good and interesting
This class is very helpful to me. Currently, I'm still learning this class which makes up a lot of basic music knowledge.
like!Prof and TAs are helpful and the discussion among students are quite active. Very rewarding learning experience!
Easy to follow and includes a lot basic and important techniques to use sketchup.
Really nice teacher!I could got the point eazliy but the v
Great course - I recommend it for all, especially IT and Business Managers!
One of the most useful course on IT Management!
I was disappointed because the name is misleading. The course provides a good introduction & overview of the responsibilities of the CTO, but has very little specifically digital content. It deals with two-speed IT in a single short lecture, so of course the treatment is superficial. It is easy to find more in-depth material freely available, on the McKinsey website for example.
Super content. I'll definitely re-do the course
One of the excellent courses at Coursera for information technology bosses and managers.
Is there any reason why you should not apply the course by BCG?)It's content is pretty unique and includes a high level analysis and a wide range of knowledge needed to cover all detailed aspects.Best regards,Oleg Serov
Excellent course and teachers. Congratulations!!
This is a good course for an CIO in a non technical company.
Good content, but the course setting does (at least for me) not allow learn the content long term due to missing reading material.
Very structured approach. Thank you for sharing with me.
Program demystifies the evolving world of CIOs in a typical global corporation.Coverage being introductory familiarizes participants nicely through some of the nuances & emerging trends.When I took the course participant numbers was fewer, so feedback was quite delayed. So one should plan to be patient to get their peer reviews.Based on peer reviews i sensed much variations in their expectations.Few sections are in French with Subtitles.Subtitle quality requires audit/review.
Very relevant and useful course designed for CIOs
This course does not say anything about digitization which is the core subject of the digital wave.
Videos that are presented in French could've been translated to English.
The course content is quite good, though it could have been deeper in some areas.But its peer review system is not working well, if at all.Regards, An Le.
Great piece of work, I especially liked a few 'lifehacks' for the CIO
Excellent course, for me it was very rewarding and the terms used and the tools given were excellent, and today and I put in use in my job, Thank you for inculcating knowledge and move on
Excellent... It is a representation of our day by day, thanks for sharing your vision, experience and advices...RegardsDaniel Damas
Very interesting and well-designed MOOC !
Excellent course! Totally recommended!
Great course information and content ! Very interesting ! Unfortunately there is a peer graded assignment which 3 classmates must grade. Although two of my classmates gave me all passing grades one classmate gave me all 0's and didn't really justify why; which made me have to re submit my assignment. Thankfully 3 other amazing classmates saw the quality of my work :)
Very interesting course. I learned a lot about the history of Aboriginal education.
Great content! Learned a lot.
This has been an phenomenal course on the education and worldviews of First Nations people. As an educator in a First Nation's community in Ontario's north, the knowledge in the lectures has been phenomenal.
I found this course was very interesting and a great learning tool and I am glad I would recommend this course to people Ni:Awen
Well-presented contents with comprehensive illustrations and easy to follow, cover in proper order every aspect of drawing and AutoCAD. Would appreciate if the English subtitle is available in the whole course, so more students could access to these handy lectures and exercises.
Very Basic course for learners without Autocad experiences.
Good quality.
Thanks.
Course is comprehensive and detailed. But is a bit fast paced for people new to IT Finance
A very great course for all IT person
I think it should be a more engaged course with practical examples
Excellent overview of the ways in which 3D printing is in use and how it may be used in the future.
Very well documented course.Assignments are designed such a way that it stimulates you to think out of box.
Very Good Informative Course.!!
Excellent course. I completely enjoyed it. Thank you Vishal and team.
It opened up my understanding of what could be accomplished with 3D printing
Important information on copy rights, patents, etc.
Progress is in a state of flux, so one must reach out to the best in academia on any particular subject to get a realistic update of technology. This course will help you catch up to design thinking and doing. Get it and do it.
A really challenging and enriching course about the amazing world of 3D Printing. In this course you will discover the unimaginable amount of applications that 3D Printing offers and will open your mind in ways you didn't think possible!
This is a really good survey class in the potential of 3d printing, with examples of how individuals can empower themselves and others without the obstacles of traditional tooling, with a relatively short learning curve and low investment. It also demonstrates the ways in which, now and increasingly in the future, we'll all be capable of designing the solutions to our own problems with increasing agility!The only thing that could make it better would be to have more design challenges!Thanks!
Excellent course , enjoyed learning :)
Great course and very informative.
I'll start by saying that this course gives a good insight into a wide variety of applications of 3D printing. There are lots of interviews with people who have or are leveraging additive manufacturing in original and effective ways. The last week of the course also introduces an interesting and seemingly effective framework for design thinking.The reason that I've only rated 3 stars however is that the only useful thing you learn in this course is the design thinking framework. I think that it would be better if these videos were scattered throughout the rest of the specialisation. I do see value in including this material in the specialisation but not as an outright course.
This course doesn't contain any new information. It does not teach you but just excitedly shows commonly known facts.There are better ways to invest your time.
Great course. I enjoyed learning the material.
Excellent course. Good classes, easy to follow, updated content, high quality videos.
It should be merged with course 1
Very nutritional course with real world examples that let you understand the potential of 3d printing as an emerging technology.
very interesting
Topics related to the economy or business are not something I am good at or enjoy reading about, this course helped me learn a bunch of useful things I would otherwise not have put effort into studying.
I was able to understand materials and devices used in 3d printing, software aspects of 3d printers and get an introductory view of cutting edge applications such as 3d printing in biomedical applications
This course is very interesting, enlightening and a wonderful introduction especially for learners with no prior experience with 3D printing.
Great information and videos. Ready for the next step.Gus
If you are interested in having a deeper insight of the 3D printing technology, I recommend this course. There are no prerequisites, all you need is the desire to learn. This course will introduce to to you the different 3D manufacturing methods, and present to you to 3D printing companies that are presently actively. If you want to transitions into the 3D printing field, I believe this course is a good start.
Full Individuals speaking
It should be less repetitive and full of useful informations about applications.
Very good inspirational examples.
Great course. It provided a great degree of knowledge about applications and the design process.
it could be easily compressed in a two-weeks course.Sometimes interviews are too long for what they need to explain.
good introduction into the applications of 3D printing.
good overview what you can do with this amazing technology.
This session was too long and a little boring. Could be shorter with the related contents.
exemplary examples to how 3d Printing can be applied to real world problems.
Great content, I still need to go over it to glean the wealth of information that has been put together here.
While there is some interesting content, particuarly in the last week on design thinking, some of the course topics don't seem to hold together well, and the videos include a lot of monotonous talking heads. While this conveys the benefit of being able to listen to some of the videos without consistently watching, the interview questions asked of speakers are sometimes printed on the screen and not asked verbally. If you're not watching, you miss the questions. I would like to see this course refocused on design thinking for 3D printing, with other applications interspersed as examples rather than constituting the lion's share of the course. I believe that format would both be more engaging and do a better job of delivering skills with more opportunity for practice.
I do not find very interesting this course. too many interviews. It could works for the first course, but not for the second. I was expecting to have more technical material and lessons.
Very good in-depth look at the potential applications for 3D printing. I especially liked the sections on development and education. This class gets you thinking about the potential ramifications of 3D printing and how it can change the economy, both locally and globally.
A good course to see the various market and non-profit aspects of 3D printing. Lot of examples and initiatives, a
Excellent course, could do with a little more visual references. Some of the talks are a bit tough to get through since you are watching 2 people. Content still very valuable.
A very complete course, very interesting!
Great review of what can be accomplished through 3D printing.
Great class!
Super! I did not expect the level of engagement needed to complete the course and it was a very pleasant surprise!Being a layman in the 3D printing revolution, this course really expanded my views on 3D printing.
A lot of speaking without any sense. Skip it at all cost
This is a very basic course on 3D Printing Technology but every aspect of the technology is artistically explained. All the various points of view are considered and a 360 degree idea is passed on to the students.By taking this course, students who are contemplating about their involvement in this revolutionary technology will be able to finally decide their future course of action, which I believe will be positive.In short, this course will provide you a base whereas the further courses, I think (as I haven't taken up the rest of the courses till now but I intend to) will add sufficient value to your knowledge.Regards.
Great course! Thank you!
Very helpful videos that really takes you into the real world of 3D printing. The interviews with the representatives from various industries in this course helped me understand the importance of 3D printing / additive manufacturing as a convenient tool, and also where to look for related resources.
Great intro! The videos were fantastic and instructors very engaging.
Excellently framed course
I like the fact that so many leaders of 3D printing came from diverse backgrounds. And they share an infectious spirit of learning and pushing the boundaries of software, hardware and materials science.
Great overview and introduction to 3D printing
So great! If you want to overview the current situation of 3D printing technology and develop so business on 3D printing, you have to watch this
I thought this was a great high-level intro to the world of 3D printing.
Got new prospects and vision of 3D printing tech
This was a great course, great implementation and motivation was provided which has definitely increased my enthusiasm and i am really looking forward to other courses to increase my skills.
Excellent course. Very well presented. I enjoyed not only the instruction sessions but also the interviews with other specialists in this fascinating field. A great course to inspire one to continue pursuing this as a career.
Very informative an approachable course. I really like the way Aric presents the information. I am excited to complete the rest of the Specialization.
good introduction!!!
The best course for beginners.
Thanks for the course! It has opened me to the world of 3D printing - on when did it start and where it is now. :)
This was a great course! Aric Rindfleisch encourages enthusiasm on this new techology revolution. It gave me the fundamental basics on the matter. Furthermore now I am more interested on 3D printing than I was before starting the course. I surely follow the following Illinois University courses on 3D Printing!
Great intro to 3D printing and the many, many ways it can be used.
Good experience to start with
Gives a nice over view about what is 3d printing.
This course change me the views on 3D printing and their revolution.
Have got a great insight towards 3D Printing.
Excelent! Lots of information and really interesting interviews. Plus Aric Rindfleisch is extremely clear in the lectures. Congratulations.
Wow ! Learning is so easy here, bring your innovation to reality , please join this course , Highly recommended !!!!
This is a great introduction to 3D printing. It covers the basics of different 3D printing technologies, from desktop to industrial hardware. It shows the resources and services available to utilise 3D printing effectively. It provides interviews with entrepreneurs and others in industry which are using this technology.
This course doesn't contain any new information. It does not teach you but just excitedly shows commonly known facts.There are better ways to invest your time.
Fred J FeilerNov 20, 05:49 PSTChat started: 2016-11-20 01:37 PM UTC(01:37:50 PM) Fred J Feiler: We need a start date for 3D Printing Software course. The learners are concerned that this course will never happen even for those who have been enrolled since June 2016.(01:38:52 PM) Coursera Support: Thanks for reaching out to us! Someone will be right with you.(01:39:38 PM) *** Jessy joined the chat ***(01:39:54 PM) Jessy: Thanks for reaching out to us. I’d be more than happy to help you today.(01:40:29 PM) Jessy: I am very sorry for the inconveniences.(01:40:40 PM) Jessy: Please allow me a moment while I take a look into this for you Fred.(01:40:59 PM) Fred J Feiler: Thanks(01:44:54 PM) Fred J Feiler: I enrolled in the five course specialization. My momentum is at a standstill so if this course is delayed I’ll look for something better.(01:46:05 PM) Jessy: I am very sorry for the inconveniences Fred, I checked and that course does not have sessions available yet.(01:46:16 PM) Jessy: It looks like we will need some time to look into this issue further. I am going to escalate this to our support specialists so they can further investigate. This means that I will be ending this chat and it will become a support ticket email. You will receive an email transcript of our chat for your records, and someone from our support team will review our chat and email you with updates as soon as possible.(01:47:18 PM) Fred J Feiler: OK, thank you!
Excellent introduction of 3D printing. The course is well designed and engaging. Looking forward to the other courses in the series.
This course was fantastic, I learned so much from it, and I am so excited to continue this track!
Great course. Can't wait for the next one to start
Not according what I expected
2 thumbs up learned something that I have never learnt before.
Great course to start with 3D printing technology.
Great Introduction to the 3d printing world
a very good introductory course. as a novice in 3d printing it helped me a lot understanding the basics of 3d printing.
Good place to start if you don't know anything about 3D printing.
Very complete and extensive.The weeks actually take weeks to complete!
Thank you so much!
Excellent information covered, very understandable with practical examples and great professors.
Very interesting course!
A very comprehensive and total introduction to basic concepts of 3d printing
Excellent course, really lloking forward for the rest of the specialization!
Suberb introducition into 3d printing idea and usage
I really liked The 3D Printing Revolution course. It's easy to understand, you don't need any background knowledge, but you will find out so much about this topic - including materials that are used, technologies, 3D printing companies... Also, the materials cover history and the future of 3D printing. It's a great introductory course and the instructor (and the guests) are amazing. I recommend it!
Nice introduction to 3D for absolute beginners. Very interesting interviews entrepreneurs.
Great course! The fundamentals were covered and I am excited to take the next course.
It's mostly very basic stuff, but even then it introduced me to concepts I wasn't aware of.
Great thanks for Dr.aric ,who has a smiley face ,If any one enrolled this course ,he would get a great knowledge and usefull information about 3d printing or addtive manufacturing ,throw a simple & exciting videos ,not only that ,you would get another benefits not only information about 3d priting ,like ,getting knowledge of many companies from the inside ,see stories of successfull people which achieves you to keep up with your work ,meet with your colleagues and make new friends ,and finally grow up your english skills ,like listening and grow up your vocabulary .....Great thaks for coursera team ,it's our pleasure to learn with you ........
Very nice introduction about 3D printing! I love it!
Good introductory course, just a little bit to short for my like.Gus
I can't just not to rate this as I really enjoyed it to the max
Great course. A must for every individual who has some idea about it and even if you don't, Aric and his team will guide you throughout this wonderful technique.
great course for learning about 3d printing and seeing where the technology has gottten to. I will be pursueing the rest of this capstone.
Do not hesitate to enroll, it's a brain storming course & I like the way of the teaching here!
Great course delivery by the instructor! Great opportunity to meet great people! To me it was like a real journey! The course gave me a clear understanding of 3D printing in high level. Looking forward to get in -depth knowledge from further courses! I would highly recommend this course to those who wish to know about 3D printing!
It provides not only a good overview about 3D Printing but stimulates people who attend it to look for more. Great course to start the journe
Geeat it give the confidence to unleash my creativity. And now I see the world with different eyes, with great opportunities to create or customize objects in 3D.
A very good introductory course in 3D Printing for everybody at every level.
Mind-blowing course!
Great introduction
I like the course. Pretty concise and straight forward. Highly recommended.
Eye and mind opening course.
good introduction to 3D printing
Very good introduction to the subject, instructor never looses the attention with new topics and examples.
Great introduction, even for people who will not pursue completion of the full specialisation.
perfect introduction to the 3D printing world!
Amazing! Very interactive, engaging and comprehensive.
Excellent introduction to 3D printing.
Great content, the videos and talks are very motivating and they give an exciting overview of the subject. Thanks for the great work.
Great class!
very interactive and reflective course highly recommended.
a very good overview that makes you long for
If you know little or nothing about additive, and it sounds interesting, this is a good place to start!
An excellent course to start with, if you are completely new to 3D printing. Easy-to-understand language, very little special tech-talk, so the course is suitable for virtually anybody. t is true that you do not need to be a tech genius to get acquanted with the world of 3D printing!
A good course, please provide more practice quiz in depth.
Simply very interesting.
Its a nice brief introduction about 3-D Printing technology.
Very good and helpful introduction to 3D Printing
Great Class!
it's a very good an easy to understand first inmersion in the world of 3d printing
It was exactly like the lecturer said it would be like.The only hard part is the last part, where we had to actually remix an existing 3D model .I think this part of the lecturer video should have had an in depth look at how to use the 3D app.Nevertheless the course was good I learnt a lot of new stuff and not to give out any spoilers.....Its worth it.
A good Introduction to 3D printing.
Great information about 3d printing. It helps you to understand what is the current scope of this technology and how you can start.
I didn't really care about the stories from the students or seeing the space for one whole lecture video. It's clear that Ultimaker is the sponsor, but it felt like a commercial. I want to learn more.
It's fantastic
Great class
This first course has been an excellent overview of the field. Easy to follow and brought everything into "perspective" . Eagerly looking forward to the next course.
Excellent course! Very thorough introduction and has only peaked my curiosity to go further in understanding this powerful technology!
The course was great! I think its a great point to start in 3d printing, it has lot of information, links, interviews and it easy to understand. Keep up the good work!!!
Very useful for understanding the basics of 3D printing technology.
This is a fantastic course, even if you've never before heard of 3D printing or you've been using a 3D printer for a while, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested in technology or futuristic concepts.The videos in this course are very engaging. There are a plethora of interviews with people who are involved with the 3D printing industry, who discuss specific topics in 3D printing, and each offer their views on the future of 3D printing. All the different opinions and perspectives really helped me understand the importance of 3D printing at both an industry and consumer level. Considering this is an introductory course, it's very thorough, and it consolidates and summarizes information that might take you ages to glean off the internet. Even though I had a 3D printer before I took this course, I learned a lot!
Very good intro to 3d printed.
I enjoyed this class very much. All the content was very easy to understand and follow. I love the fact that I can pick up the materials on my phone or table through the app! Is very convenient. Before this class I had no idea 3D printing had been around for so long, I thought it was someone newer, it's amazing to see all the different applications it can be use for.
It's not a course... this is a very short general introduction to 3D Printing
Hello!My name is Ahmed from Egypt, I am 3D Hubs Mayor. I think it's The first course in the internet which will give you the opportunity to know a lot of things about 3D Printing so stay tuned and register now if you interested in 3D printing.Cheers,
This is a great introduction to 3d printing and the maker movement. Things I thought I knew were corrected and resources I never knew about were introduced. Very worthwhile
Good information but way too short for what Coursera charges.
Practically oriented and brilliantly organized!
It was a perfect introductory course for those who really want to learn something about 3D-Printing. I loved it..
Best place to get yourself up-to-date with the "state-of-the-art" in 3D printing. I really liked 'The Revolutionaries' section where you get exposure to all the inter-disciplinary ideas floating around in the 3D Printing landscape.
Thank you for this course, very good course.
I am very glad to see courses like this one on Coursera. The course itself is well structured and contains a lot of useful information and that is exactly what I needed in one place.My only complaint is the price of the course - I think it is a bit expensive especially for this first part of the specialisation - it is an introductory two week course with a lot of advertising...£40..common..are you serious?? A lot of people will buy personal 3D printers or kits after the course, some of them will make a decision to buy a 3D printer for a company they work for (as myself), Fusion 360 subscriptions etc. These companies should sponsor such courses to make them more affordable - it is their interest.I made several courses on Coursera already (Mechanical and Electrical Engineering), they were 5 to 8 weeks and comprised a lot of quite hard work from mentors and students and were only £32 for certificate.I like the idea of this specialisation but I decided not to pay for the certificate because of its price. Although I am very happy to have access to the courses and I thank you for you effort!
This is a really great introductory course on 3D printing. I was completely new to the subject and in just two short modules both the basic techniques and some modern day applications were explained in a really clear and engaging manner.I was also really interested to learn about the business examples that made use of these new technologies.Recommended for anyone who is interested in new and exciting techniques!
Great endeavor! You can now learn about the 3D printing technology at your own place.
An excellent course. I only wish the portion on non-financial metrics included some examples or insight in how best to quantify non-financial metrics in do
week 1 and 2 were kind of boring, but maybe necessary; weeks 3 and 4 were more interesting from a business point of view (i'm not so much interested in accounting as in business decisions).the virtual class of professor Bushee was quite funny :)
Excellent course, first 3 weeks were very technical but highly informative. Quite a bit of accounting knowledge is required to understand the work. Last week of lessons were more simple and intuitive to understand, but overall, a very insightful module
First of all, I really enjoyed Professor Ittner's presentations. Sadly, his presentation was only 25% of the course. Professor Ittner was very direct but also was very engaging in how he delivered his content. I had a good feeling that I could really understand the material he was teaching. If I could give a rating for just Professor Ittner, I would give a 5 star rating. Now, this is why I am giving this course a 1 star rating. But I do have to say, going into the depths of Accounting Analytics is not easy. You really need to have a good grasp of Accounting otherwise you will get lost. Professor Bushee did not make the first 3 weeks really easy to get through. While I enjoyed his examples & case studies, he simply did not do a great job of really explaining and illustrating the concepts he was teaching. And worst of all, he setup a digitally generated classroom where he had his computer generated students ask pointless questions, make pointless statements, or answer with pointless statements/answers. I really wish I had the time to analyze how much of the course time he spent doing this, I would estimate that it's around 10% but it could very well be higher. There are so many different examples to pick form, but I'll just pick a few here. "I didn't read the Iliad or Odyssey some I'm not going to ask you to" in reference why in regression there are Greek letter used for coefficients (it's a fair assumption that someone taking this class understands coefficients), a 30 second exchange where a PC generate student says that they're "stocked" to run some regression followed by Proffessor Bushee informing us that "we're going to run some narly regressions", Professor Bushee saying he doesn't know how to perform Earning Management Analysis on Mars but he certainly knows how to do it on Earth, and a joke why people don't like accountants. These segments add absolutely zero value. They lengthen the time of the course. To make maters worse, I'm sure Proffessor Bushee had to spend even more time creating this additional interaction together.
This is the first English course I have taken.Though at first it was kind of difficulty because of language(especially the terms) and profession knowledge(it is a comprehensive course and I am still learning courses concerned at school)the course is really worth taking. I have learned a lot .and it stimulates my interest in accounting.
Thanks for your help.
It was fast, but provided a good overview. I would like some cases to work and to apply the methods to.
Providing what are the insight we need to look before investing in a company and how interpret the balance sheet and found the
No practical knowledge learnd and no clear examples of the topics. Too complex all the course
The course itself is good. Nevertheless, it says that it doesn't require any previous experience... But there is actually experience required on financial statements and concepts.
Very good course but videos sometimes too long
A fantastic course
Really fantastic and interesting intermediate accounting course
weeks 1,2 and 3 were not satisfactory according to me. the video lectures were difficult to comprehend. week 4 was very good.
this is the best course that i ever studied it
I love the professors, but unfortunately, I do not feel much connection to me (not really seeing so much importance for me to identifying if a company is making fake financial statements; I am not an investor, and my everyday work does not really have so much to do with financial statements).The Managerial Accounting (week 4) transforms my mindset!! I really appreciate that. That one single week of course can literally help so many companies/NGOs. That week 4 should be promoted more!!
This is fantastic course. The only catch is that it doesn't have Chinese translation, which makes it a little bit more difficult for non-natives to learn. The quality is great.
I have only taken one year of accounting in high school before, but the course was really easy to comprehend and engaging!
It's a very good course.
The three first weeks were almost completely dedicated to traditional finance accounting ratio analysis.
Course was not easy to grasp, lost interest after the first week and I barely got through the quiz at the end.
This course is difficult for me since it requires extensive background of accounting studies while my background is in HR and Strategy. However, I grasped the opportunity to make up my finance and accounting related knowledge, and passed the course finally after several times of trial and error. The professors taught the course in a very interesting and fun way, which could have been a boring class with lots of difficult and hard numbers but turns out to be a class full of fun and laughters. I like the way the two professors are presenting the knowledge, as well as doing the analysis. Thanks for providing such a course! More courses like this should be organized to benefit more professionals or students in need!
Very useful material to financial review of cash flow statements.
Very informative course. Prof. Bushee is hilarious,, really like his teaching technique
not a big fan of accounting honestly, but i quite enjoy the course. doesn't involve a lot of in-depth math, and its easy to follow.
The first three weeks focussed heavily on ratios and detecting fraud and earnings management in an organization, the fourth week seemed to actually relate to data analytics and how non-financial aspects of a company play a role in the financial outcomes. I really do not see where a data analyst who is not in accounting field would be using the fraud detection scenarios in real life. A data analyst would be focused on improving the business and doing the analyses that pertain to improving certain aspects of a business, not finding his manager's earnings management using an M-score etc.
It was very well done and very informational. Thanks again professors for your dedication and time to educate society!
My major is accounting but I still felt that it was so difficult. But I learned some knowlege which our teachers didn't tell me. Thanks!
Departments rigidity to information sharing as an ailment at middle and lower organizational levels was a notable issue
This course made me look at Accounting in a very different way; instead of common business schedules, it actually became exciting to read and find out what was really going on!
Most fruitful course for the most updated Accounting Analytics
Very informative and interactive. I like the style of Professor Bushee's classroom teaching
I believe that it is a fantastic course for those have some basic accounting knowledge and the willingness to enter compliance area. More importantly, the concept linking financial and non-financial decisions are also fantastic to bring accounting to life! I do love both professors in the module!
great accounting ratio analysis
Good overview on Financial Analytics!
This was very challenging course for me... I felt you needed a strong knowledge base of financial statements to really understand what triggers potential fraud, deception. I think I will need to re-review the course material to reinforce the concepts. Thanks!
Focus of first 3 week is more of an audit analytics material. Quiz material could have been more interactive. Overall OK course.
An excellent course with Professor Bushee, as always (I completed a previous ten weeks course with him, also a superb quality programme of study), very practical, focused and complete, and absolutely enjoyable.
Interesting course. Motivating instructors. Tests were sometimes a bit too much about semantics and too little about applying knowledge in a practical way (which the course intro hinted on). But it was good value, manageable next to job and private life and fun to do. You won't regret it.
This has been a challenging course for a person that doesn't have any accounting experience
Professors need to undergo a presentation and Instruction Design skills. They were talking a lot and everything was going over my head, the reason was there were not visual prompt for the examples, specifically in the last week.
Excellent overview of identification of problems in financial statements
This is an excellent course, especially for someone with near zero knowledge of financial statements and their analysis. The concepts are clearly presented, with interesting details and supporting examples of their use. The inane comments by cartoon characters using poorly simulated accents is only mildly irritating.
Interesting course with good and clear explanation. Easy to understand and with fun!Thank you!
Very clear. Excellent instructor and it's free if you don't pay for the cert! Can you have a better class experience? Thank you Prof. Bushee!
Wonderful! Very convenient discourse and utterly concise.
A very interesting course. Strengthening the advanced accounting concepts.
It was very breathtakingly and I think that it is the best course within the Business Analytics specialization.
difficult for people without accounting background to take.
Good structure... funny prof! ... alot to digest but worth it.
The contrast of provided material is quite huge. In first for weeks all the analytics are explained and decisions are shown, in the last week only principles and overall concepts are introduced.
I have many hours of undergraduate accounting and finance course work under my belt and this class gives you a tremendous overview of financial statement analysis. The only disadvantage is that the professor creates the workbooks for you and you only have to answer conceptual questions. While this would be great for some, I was hoping for some more hands on work to practice.
Excellent Material and instructions. Hard, but valuable
Although I am not a native speaker,but I try me best to understand it!Good teacher!Good Coursera!
Very insightful topic! A good overview of the use of analytics in accounting!
was worth the time, thanks professor
I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. The whole idea of earning management was cool. I will highly recommend this course to all.
Awesome Course! Very funny and really sophisticated! The last part is eye opening. Best course in this specialisation!It is not for beginners though, you should have a solid understanding of accounting for the first 3 lectures.
Besides serving as a refresher of a few accounting topics, this course really delivers on the topics of analyzing financial statements for possible fraud and linking non-financial metrics to financial performance.
I really appreicated the tools and techniques presented in the course. Very very valuable for Merger and Acqusition projects that I will be involved in (if ever)
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
i love professor Brian J Bushee!!
Great concise lectures and examples. Useful supplemental files. Entertaining Q&A in Brian's sessions.
Rather robust material with strong focus on "deceptive" practice detection. A lot of ratio analyses, each with its own moniker which I found tedious. Informative and confirmed that I don't have the "accountant gene".
Sorry to say but among the four courses of this specialization, this one really disappointed me. Not the fault of teachers or institute, i think the only mistake they made is try to fit too many topics in one course. Anyway this is only my opinion!
Amazing Course!
Very practical and complementary for other accounting courses.
The best auditing course out there!
The first 3 weeks demonstrate how to analyze financial performance based on accounting data taken from a company's reported income and investment decisions (10-K for example). The material is presented in an interesting manner with extensive use of Excel spreadsheets to demonstrate the calculation and application of common performance metrics and ratios. The test are challenging and interesting. I retook test I had passed because the information cover was interesting and the test provided an excellent learning opportunity. The fourth week deals with liking non-financial measures to financial performance. Within a typical organization, these parameters are often the ones employees most affect and are often measured against. The concepts and methods of evaluating presented with examples to demonstrate some of the problems with linking non-financial measures to financial performance.I will be able to use what I have learned from both of these classes in my current job. I evaluate current business strategies of my company against competitive business strategies. Since the competitive business strategies must be deduced from a combination of published information and reported financial performance, the first three weeks will be of greatest benefit in this aspect of my job. The last week will be of more benefit as I help business organization within my company develop their business strategies.
Great content but animations are annoying!
With my Accounts/Business/Finance/Statistics Graduation/Post Graduation Education and Teaching & Work Experience, I believe the Professor/Educator who Designed and Presented this Course requires atleast a Basic Training before putting together an important Course like Accounting Analytics.
Too far from subject
The course and the instructor are great, but a missed some referenced material.
Thanks to the Professor Brian Bushee for the good explanations. I learned a lot. I find the module 4 so difficult for me. The Prof Christopher Ittner is speaking like CNN journalist and not easy for a non native US or English speaker like me to follow.
I love to be taught accounting by Sir Brian. A very marvellous course.
Great Course
Really good teachers that made a "boring" theme (that I had in college) very interesting to watch and study.
Very good course well presented especially as the topic can be fairly complex.
Week 4 was the best and the more appropiate for the specialization.
Thank you for offering this course. It has taught me a lot of things that I hadn't known. I'm interested in Accounting and there were some times I didn't know where I could gain the materials for study. Now thanks to your courses, I don't need to worry so much. Hope you will continue to produce more
The Capstone project has been getting delayed since JanDont expect yourself to complete the specialization
There was a gap between the prerequisites mentioned on the course details and those stated by Prof. Bushee during the lectures. As such, I found this course a bit harder due to tons of new terminologies in accounting.
Best course of the specialisation so far.
Prof Brian Bushee is really excellent but I felt that Prof Chris Ittner's lecture was quite fluffy for an analytics course. Would have appreciated practice problems and case study practices like the operation analytics class
This course was very informative and can easily be used in any business setting. I can go an apply the methods learned in this course to any organization's financial statement to get a better idea of their financial performance. I really enjoyed in week 4 how the information learned in prior weeks can be tied to nonfinancial measures in developing a causal model to improve the performance of a company.
Thank you so much for this good-quality course! I benefit a lot. Many thanks to dear professors!
Really useful course, concise and resourceful
Very interesting course, well designed, using animated fun-makers to shoot out questions that you will probably do it yourself.Course content easy to understand. Very suited for non-accounting major analyst who wants to get some background in accounting analysis..
Very boring
Easiest accounting common sense. If you ever took acct , this will be a wasting of time.
While each of the Business Analytics courses have been terrific in their own way, Accounting Analytics was the most challenging and most enjoyable. Accounting + clear information + dogs + sense of fun = a great course. Thank you!
Extremely useful! I recommend it :)
Very interesting course!
Content very clear and explained by the professors.
Brain Bushee's videos are really impressive. Some areas are too technical for a beginner to understand. The rest of the material provide good understanding...
Excellent course, professor Bushee always delivers such great explanations.
I really appreciate this instructor!! He is so considerate!
Great course!
Very interesting and provocative course. It will help you to receive additional knowledge which is very valuable.
Bushee was fantastic! Ittner was fine, but not as entertaining as Bushee.
Extremely useful, powerful and course
I loved the Accounting part of the course. It was quite hard for me (non-accounting person), however I really enjoyed the form of the lectures and the content itself (the earnings management + its revealing). Great materials Professor Bushee!
the Best cour and the Best sitetanks
I bit too complicated, as a lot of material placed within 4 weeks of ~15min videos.
I recommend this course to all my colleagues. Its enriched content certainly helped me to understand things in better way and provided content in structured way, which is I liked most.
While I enjoyed this course and the topics covered, I don't feel like the course content matched what the course description stated it was supposed to. I enrolled in the Business Analytics Specialization course with a focus on analyzing a business from the inside, not outside. Of the 4 weeks of the course, I'd say that only week 4 was valid from an internal perspective but it was kept very high level. I'd say this course could be good for a specialization in business market analysis, but not as advertised.I also found the cartoon classroom questions to be very annoying, almost as bad as fingernails on a blackboard.
Great course. Fantastic ideas around modelling equity returns based business and operational performance
good overview of analytics options within accounting.
Great course and great insights!
Great working examples to learn Analytics in Financial Statement Analysis. Pace of videos was great. Working excel worksheet gives perfect hands on experience to vary and run the scenarios. Having done "Introduction to Financial Accounting" by same professor gave little bit more visibility into reading statements and understanding ratio analysis.Virtual Classroom is getting more new students in each course. I am looking forward to Advance Financial Accounting course.
Great! As always great lectures by professor Bushee!
Very well done! Contents, delivery, clarity, everything was top notch. Thank you!
This course was one of the toughest courses i pursued so far... I was expecting a lot from this course. from basic to advanced and more of fundamentals. this course should be floated as full specialization rather than as a part of other specialization.
This was a good course, no doubt about it. But i felt, that the subject needed more depth that the course framework allowed. I would have liked if it had a part 2 for this course for people who wanted to go little more hands-on in this subject.
Finally i am able to complete this course. This course was little tougher than the other 3 courses due to some complicated accounting spreadsheet calculations. But i finally i am able to make it. Good Luck to rest of the folks.
The Best Course in Accounting Analytics.
Very well thought out. Many useful and applicable techniques provided that can be put to work immediately.
The course was very helpful. Thanks a lot to everyone who have made this happen!
I would add more examples on how to populate the data, even spend time on optional videos where the professor or his assistant goes through testing ratios (something similar to Operations Analytics). I feel like the professor was rushing through his explanations and the models. Maybe people found the course very useful however I felt like there was too much text and immediate switch to Excel file that was elaborated shortly. Overall, I am not sure how to apply these ratios in my final project...
First of all, I would like to express my gratefulness to Coursera who presenting this excellent platform for those who is interested in ongoing lifetime education and hardworking and contributions to bring all the greatest courses from top universities around the world.Second, I thank you Prof Brian and Christopher for all your time, work especially your knowledge that you brought and shared within these videos. I truly appreciate and like the way you teaching and delivering the professional knowledge.To me, as a student who's just started stepping in accounting field, I found that accounting classes is so much interesting done by you, and it is a pure enjoyment as I learnt all the key knowledge. On there other hand, the courses gave me a general clear picture of how important and critical the accounting is in daily business management.I will continue study accounting as I pursue my professional goals and career path.
Lot of considerably complex and dry (accounting and statistics!) subject matter covered at a high level without much discussion! Quiz questions are unnecessarily complex - which (IMHO) will discourage / turn off those who are new to this subject matter in completing this course. The last week is pretty interesting though!I am taking the full business analytic course - and find that the quality and complexity of content is all over the place!! Some are way too simple and some are highly complex.
really informative, original and useful!
This course provides a deeper insight into financial and nonfinancial performance on a pragmatic basis. However the course itself is really brief and the exercises cannot thoroughly provide reliable measure of the understanding of the lectures.
The course makes accounting interesting and especially the examples are very illustrative. Virtual students bring some fun. The 4th week is however really integrated in the course structure.
Definitely good course for those working in either accounting or analytics. It gave me new ideas on how to apply analytical methods. Interesting examples on how to identify number management and how analytics can help to set up non-financial metrics that drive financial outcomes.
Insightful
Incredibile package.
I liked it, although I felt like they were 2 courses: One for the first three weeks, another one during the last week.The "First Course" was OK, but it was regular accounting stuff. I was rusty on that so I enjoyed it.The "Second Course" was the one related with Analytics.I give it 3 Stars because you can see some lack of preparation in the team. And because didn't made a proper link between Accounting and Analytics.
Thanks a lot for putting up such an amazing course
Challenging course, a mixture of forensic and investigation method in accounting
A technical but fun exploration of accounting analytics which completed the full gamut of analytics in a business context covered in the specialization.
Prof Brain is just superb. His hold and teaching ability of complicated subject of accounting is unmatched.
Thank you!
Vote for Pro. Bushee!
Good course if you are a beginner. Analytics is only 1 module (#3) and it is a good one.
Excellent course for aspiring financial analysts
i love this course very much!very practical and systematical content.and very useful for accounting professionbut its a little bit challenging to follow. I have watched whole the videos for more than 2 times in order to pass the assignment.
It's ok. Bushee is very knowledgeable and a very enthusiastic teacher, but his lessons are too dense compared to the content in the rest of the Wharton BA programs. I actually like all the detail, but I think it's covered too quickly and the course should probably be made longer to deal with it all. There are ratios and balance sheet jargon just flying at you at a breathless pace. It would be better to focus on a few key ones and then walk through the examples a little more slowly. The quizzes were extremely tricky with too many choose more than one answers. It was difficult to find the parts of the video to review missed questions because 1) the transcripts are machine generated and make it difficult to search specific words and 2) it's difficult to remember where the concept was covered because there was so much in each video.The last week felt very disconnected from the first week and like it belonged in a different course almost. It was pretty good, though. I liked how it contained specific examples and charts.
Great introduction to Accounting Analytics. Unexpected lecturing dialogues. Could have more analytics or additional or optional problem sets to explore more deeply.
I believe this is a very good course. Even I'm am a software engineer, I can understand how to manipulating the finacial report and how to detect them.
The Professor is really amazing. He makes every lecuture interesting and easy to understand.
Outstanding teacher and metodology. Best course of this kind i've come accross out of Business Schools and MBAs.
Excellent Designed course. Thanks
Excellent online course that caters to a wide spectrum of audiences with different learning backgrounds.Also love the cut scenes to the classroom where students make funny comments or ask questions haha
Five stars is not enough to express my satisfaction and love to this course.The instructor is very proactive in community. Every questions I posted got direcly feedback from Teaching staff (and most of them are from Prof Bushee!!!)This is the besttttt course among all Wharton analytics sessions! Honestly, you have to try!!
A little tough sometimes, but very instructive
This is my feedback as a Beta-Tester for the course:Week 1I thought that the videos were clear, well organized and flowed well from topic to topic. There was a clear logic as the professor developed the various ratios.What was missing for me was some in-line quizzes. Not the “tell me what I just told you type” but rather ones that make you think. So, for example, in the final video for Week 1, the optional video, instead of just suggesting that the students “play” with the spreadsheet, I think it would be better to give them an actual task or two… “change the assumption about X to <this value>. What is the impact on the Y ratio? Why?” I liked that he showed what numbers needed to be changed to make the share valuation closer to $55. But rather than just telling us the answer, this would be another opportunity to have the students stop the video and go try it themselves. With a specific task, it is likely that more students will go and work with the spreadsheet. This is where the real learning takes place.One of the things that I really liked about the design of prior courses by Professor Bushee was the fact that he had examples throughout the videos that had you apply the information right away. But, perhaps this is just me. I know that I learn a lot better by doing rather than just watching the videos and going “yeah… that makes sense. I understand…” I also recognize that some students, in past courses, have probably said they don’t find the in-line quizzes valuable. But, is that a reflection of the value of in-line quizzes as a whole or just in-line quizzes that simply require “parroting” something said in the video.I’m sure that the professor can come up with lots of examples. In Week 1 Video 1 the in-line quiz might provide some numbers for De-levered Net Income, Sales, Average Total Assets and Average Shareholder’s Equity and asking for the results of each of the ratios in the Dupont Analysis. And maybe a “think about what this means” type question that is not necessarily “marked” but for which an answer is provided in the video. Alternatively, he could have the students change some specific things in the Woof Junction spreadsheet and indicate what impact that has on the ratios and why.Week 1 Video 2 offers lots of similar opportunities with the Profitability and Turnover Ratios. Perhaps requiring the students to work backwards from a specific ratio to determine gross profit would be effective. Or, perhaps a question that relates strategy specifically to the ratios. For example, what would happen to the Gross Margin if Woof introduced a credit card and days receivable increased to 31.6 in 2015? Just something to engage people with the materials.All of the videos offer similar opportunities and I think having specific problems or questions will enhance the learning experience rather than just suggesting that they “go look at the spreadsheet”. The audience for these courses tends to be quite a bit different from your average upper tier university student and probably needs a bit more “hand holding” and “direction” in order to be successful.Also, if Professor Bushee expects students will watch the optional videos anyway, why make them optional? In the case of the Valuation Video, despite some of the mathematics being a little “scary” for some students, I think that the information there is really useful and helps to solidify an understanding of the spreadsheet.I’m wondering if an in-quiz question would be helpful. Perhaps it might provide a new set of financials for Woof Junction and ask for ratio calculation and what that means in terms of their position in the marketplace or something similar. Just some practice questions to get people working with the information.Same comments basically apply for the remainder of the weeks. I think that it would help the students to have some in-line quizzes – this not only breaks up the longer videos and helps to keep students focused but also provides a reinforcement of key concepts.I really liked the quiz for Week 1 even though I struggled with the questions where there are multiple correct responses. The quiz effectively reinforces the information covered very well and requires one to think about what was covered in the lectures.You may want to remind students that the questions may change from quiz to quiz. In many of these on-demand courses, the quiz questions do not change and students may be in the habit of not rereading the questions they have gotten correct on previous attempts.Week 2 – Revenue After Cash Collection at 7:39 – talking about Days Unearned Revenue and mentions that an “increase means slower future recognition”. A bit more explanation around what that means would be useful.Week 3 – no particular additional comments on the lectures other than some in-line questions might be good.. I found Benford’s Law really interesting.Week 4. It would be really nice to have something to break up the lectures – some in-line quiz questions might help. This would also help to reinforce the material.Week 4 quiz Question 9 -, the double negative wording of the question and the correct response may cause confusion for students – particularly for those for whom English is not their native language.Overall CommentsI enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I was wondering whether it would be possible to provide a summary document with all the key information from each week related to the ratio calculations and the key things to look for related to those ratios. I know that the ratios are provided in the spreadsheet but it might be good to have a written summary with some supplemental information about how to use the ratios.I think in-line quizzes or practice questions would be helpful for students – perhaps ones that asked students to do specific things in the spreadsheet and come back with an answer. They don’t need to be long or complicated – just something that gets people into the spreadsheets and working with them early. You may want to do something stronger to encourage them to “play” with the spreadsheet. Many will feel reluctant to change the numbers in the spreadsheet for fear of “messing” it up. Perhaps a reminder that they can change whatever they want because if they mess something up they can always download it again. Or they can save a copy and play in that leaving the original untouched.It also might be a good idea to have a “playground” sheet where there is a simple set of Financial Statements and the students can try changing things in the financial statements and see the impact on the key ratios without having to move from one spreadsheet to another – so, a combination of the Original tab and the first two columns of the Ratios tab. You might even want to have two columns for the ratios – one for the ratios with the original numbers that does not change (fixed values) and one for the changed numbers, so students can see the effect of the changes easily.In terms of the spreadsheets, I thought that the Original, the Ratios and the CommonSize tabs were fairly straight forward and relatively easy to understand. That may not be the case for people less familiar with MS-EXCEL but I don’t know what the target audience is for this course so the students may all be proficient with the tool. On the Valuation tab, I was wondering if the numbers in Row 41 should be highlighted in some way to emphasize that they are Years. That is not clear on first glance.There are a lot of mistakes in the subtitles. I pointed out many of these by flagging the specific videos where they occurred.Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beta-test of this course. I hope that my comments are helpful and that I have not missed too much that causes students issues as the course goes live.
Thank you very much for this awesome course, I really enjoyed and learned alot from it.I really liked the selected topics, they act like an intro to some really interesting fields in the programming.I've learned about NP multiple times but never found a use to it until now, the problems were really good and informative.I think the linear programming was pretty rushed, it should've been expanded over two weeks with more in details.Maybe add a problem or explain the use of duality .
I didn't like that course because of:-weak explanations of algorithms-almost all assignments I googled, I spent all my time googling these algorithms-when code is submitted and something goes wrong It is not possible to understand what is really happened
Nice one.
poor course. never give any algorithm. No clue where the problem come from. The forum is only help a few people. No general ideas how to solve the problem. waist a lot of time debugging but still couldn't pass the assignment.total waste my time and garbage course.
While I like the content of the course but I felt too much of topics were crammed into one single course. I had to struggle a lot to grasp the concepts on advanced algorithms by just relying on video lectures so I had to look around in the internet for additional resources. Nonetheless it was a satisfying experience though it took me a lot of time and effort to complete the assignments.
Loved what I learnt, I also implemented a project using Google MAP API for the organization I'm working at
Inadequate student and teacher participation on forums, leaving students to figure things out without assistance or collaboration. Insufficient explanation of math concepts required to fully understand lectures.
The problems are really challenging, thank you! However, the instructor is not very active in the discussion forum, which is a pity when you really need help and get stucked in the problem set.
Excellent but tough course ,you need to work and it is not simply called advanced Algorithms and Complexity.You will be forced to test your code properly ,even if you didn't do it properly in the previous specialisation course.
Thank you very much. I learned a lot in this course. I recommend it!
I enjoyed the course a lot. I cannot thank the instructors enough.It would have been more interesting if we could go deeper on linear programming, such as extension to integer programming. The discussion about the duality was a bit too fast to me.
easy to undestand, but it needs more examples
Good one!
Great intro to Ableton, with good hands-on experience. Nice starting point for those who seek to expand their music creation toolset.
great fun and easy to learn.
I personally think that I've learnt more from Google and YouTube then in this course. You can join the course for certification. Other then the certificate, I find this course not much of value.
The course gives a good basic overview of the softwareAs a newbie to DAW software it helpsActually needed it to determine if I was going to purchase the full versionI will be
Offers a nice introduction to Ableton and its Usage. However it would have been lovely if this was a longer course.. Loved the way of instructions and the topics covered.
really great course
Really useful for beginners!!
must have if you want to start using ableton
Excellent course.Great content, tasks and learning environment.It helped me to rediscover my love for creating music and how well suited Ableton is to my way of working.
Good as a introduction, but there was only a few people on blend so it was hard to earn their votes, hope there will apear some intermediate or advanced courses.
Great introduction to Ableton 9 for a newcomers. You'll learn basics, but those that are enough to start create music.
Awesome course for an intro or to just refresh your skills.
it's awesome for beginners!
Cool, The best i did on line.I learned a lotThanks you very much.
to easy. enjoy everyone! also children to old papa anyone.thanks for Erin Barra
Great introduction to Ableton. If you love music, this can change the way you create sounds, melodies, rhythms,...
If only it was a week longer.
This is a great course for people who do not know Ableton. The exercises were easy to understand.
A very good course for getting a quick and effective introduction to one of the coolest DAWs around! Barra has explained everything nicely, and in an easy to grasp manner. Go ahead if you're looking for digital music production even remotely!
Perfect Starting point to Ableton Live!!!
Mo comment went way too fast no contact not deep
As thorough as possible given the time constraints. Erin Barra did a terrific job of condensing the material . I ended up appreciating the appeal of Ableton Live -- which is to say, a non-linear, clip-based DAW. The program (and Push) is endless, and I'm still learning all sorts of things. Good to have this basic foundation to work from. Thanks....!
Great for beginners and if you want to get into Ableton DAW
Very good course, I really wish for a next more advanced level course.
Excellent experience. Material, instructor and pace of the course were really good.
A well-presented and thorough introduction to the fundamental tools available in Ableton Live.
A great course to teach the basics of this software!
Thank you Ms professor Erin Bara you are the pest
Gives a soft view and precise information about what to do and how to do in Live.If you are looking for some input to start recording yourself or to start creating any kind of music, i strongly recommend this!
Great class for learning the fundamentals and basics within Ableton live 9. Projects are realistic and designed to educate a student no matter their level of knowledge.
Great for getting me started. I feel much more confident in navigating my way around the Ableton workspace. Using blend has opened me up to some wonderful ideas and opportunities :)
Please create another course
Fantastic and helps you create music that represents you.
Fully recommend if you want to dive into Ableton Live
Great course with an even greater lecturer who helps ease users into Ableton Live.
I learned so much in this class and the instructor did a great job explaining the contents
Great course!
Very light and practical course. Good for beginners but also nice to refresh some tips for intermediate users.
it's a great course for people who want to learn easily the base of this program!
Very helpful in acquiring necessary knowledge about Live. I would recommend this course to several others like me interested to get their hands on Ableton.
An excellent introduction to an extremely powerful Digital Audio Workstation - one which I had used for a few months but still learned a great deal from the course.Highly recommended. :)
Great course
Don't recommend.You're better off skimming through the ableton manual and using the search function to get the answers you want.
Good course . A must take for beginners !
Great introductory course for ableton!
I loved! Easy to learn, easy to understand. Now i can to use my Ableton and work on my productions. Very nice teacher!
Simply an introduction but definitely helps learn the program, at least on a surface level. You will gain basic functionality and be well on your way to crafting more complex arrangements if you desire.
Erin Barra is an excellent teacher; one of the best I've ever encountered. The course plan is well thought out and structured so that absolute beginners as well as those with Ableton experience can benefit. Highly recommend!!!
Really great course! The videos were very clear and I learned a ton about a program I've been using for years to record audio only.
One of the best introduction to Ableton Live. This course is sharp, to the point and makes you sketch out a small track every week - a great way to get involved with the DAW.
Loving this course
Great course to start working your way around all the incredible tools Ableton offers.
I did not understand the submitting process till the fourth week. I feel that you could have offered a more detailed description . Doing the review in the fourth week did not do justice for my peers.
Excellent overview and practice for new ableton live users.
I have learned so much about using Ableton Live in this course. It really gives you the basic of the program and then some which is really great, especially when you want to use this program for producing and or recording. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Ableton and Berklee Online.
Excellent to start learning.
It's a great course. The teacher is the best, very direct and understandable.
As an introduction course its very helpful. It has just what you need to get started.
A very nice experience. I expected an entry level course, but Erin organised a well rounded path. I got a new effective approach to the Ableton Live 9 software.I recommend to develop carefully your assignments: you will improve your own skills by comparing your solutions with those of the classmates. In addiction you'll find some "veteran" student willing to help.Good luck!
While I did not have time to complete the final assignment I did find this course useful for creating a firmer understanding of Ableton Live. The peer review process is a great idea and something which I found to be both engaging and useful for networking with fellow artists.The content of the course I feel is probably useful to someone with no prior knowledge of DAWs, but this is not my first DAW. As such the course felt a little slow and the assignments a little unchallenging. Personally my peer review experience ranged from listening to fully fleshed out ideas to listening to uninspired loops of nonsense. I still feel as though I benefited from the process, however, and I gained an invaluable resource in Blend.I would love a next level - fleshing out some of the ideas touched on throughout the course, as well as exploring other ideas such as sidechaining.
I've started producing with live in a week. Amazing and clear course.
Brilliantly designed course for fundamental understanding of the DAW.
This course covers a lot of ground in a short period of time, and does it in a way that makes it easy to quickly leverage the power of Ableton in production and live performance. I appreciated the simplicity and thoroughness of the videos, and the assignments kept me motivated. It's a great class for complete beginners, as well as intermediate users in need of a brush up. Erin has a good approach to teaching: she's efficient and clear, and her basic examples don't overwhelm the student.
it's a great introduction to ableton but nothing more
Keeps me connected to music and music technology even in my work life
Learned a lot. Got me started and using the program, and making music.
This is a great intro class, designed to be completed within the Ableton trial period. Ableton should pay Erin a commission on sales that come out of this course, because I imagine it's bringing them 100s of new sales!The materials (mostly videos) are excellent and easy to follow. I learned a lot in this short class and would love to see an "intermediate" Ableton class in the future.My only complaints are related to the collaboration software that you need to use for this course, blend.io. Site navigation in blend.io can be painfully slow, and the site is buggy. I would have preferred to simply share information via dropbox or some other file sharing method.The peer review process is a great idea, although I think it's really tricky to do this in a music/art, because there is so much subjectivity and not much of a rubric. (There are some quantitative questions just to verify that the student follows instructions, but the open feedback is totally open). But, overall, the peer review works pretty well and gives students an additional incentive to turn in a quality product.
Great course. Won't say anything else... if you want to know how it is you must try it!
Great introduction to Ableton Live. Covers all stuff you need to know, and helps you through some stumbling blocks.
Excellent introduction to live 9. Very comprehensive, easy to understand.
Awesome course for those who want to learn Ableton´s Live DAW!
Excellent for learning the basics!
Great course! For very short time you'll learn so many amazing things. You will know in depth one professional software for music composition. You'll create 3 compositions which will be placed in musical website and hundreds or thousand of other musicians will hear it and vote for it. You will be part of wonderful group of other musicians like you taking part in the same course. You will be able to discuss with them important subject's... Great course. Thank you, Erin, David!
Really good resource for anyone wanting to learn the basics of a super flexible software.
Great instructor, I like how you can go back and keep going over the instructional videos throughout the course.
This course is a challenging into to Ableton Live. It is well worth the time for even experienced producers who are new to Ableton Live. I first got Ableton Live in November 2015. It is now January 2016 and I feel like I have come a long way thanks to this course.
Fun course! Excellent for beginners. By week two you are able to make an arrangement already.
Great to start with Ableton, even i start with some youtube tutorial, this course really works for me cause i can see some errors i did.
interesting and easy learning!
The MOOC teaches what it is supposed to, although more classes would be nice since Ableton is such a big program.
Erin is a great and easy to follow instructor! Thank you.
Great Course, lots of feedback from your assignments!
anyway, I can start to make music after this course.
Thank you so much for this course. Really... very neccesary and important for people who loves music.
I never ever would have gotten started with Ableton if it weren't for Erin's course. She made it SO easy to understand. For years, people have tried to explain it to me but only Erin succeeded in making it sink in! This course ROCKS.
Very good course for learning how to work in Ableton. Professor Barra teaches really great.
GREAT!! thanks a lot :) :)
The course is an awesome intro. It could be longer! These Coursera Berklee courses are so short, sometimes they feel like advertisements for the Berklee online courses.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The time commitment required for each week's assignment was perfect. I learned several techniques to aid me in going forward in my musical endeavors and look forward to many years of continuing to explore Ableton Live.
Great course waiting for level 2 :)
Great course! Helped me to get started with Ableton Live.Video lectures were straight to the point.
Excellent! the best way to learn!
At this moment, I'm in the week 2 and I'm loving it...I'd really recommend it.
Very good instructions of the teacher!
Very good introduction to this software, teatcher is great and very easy to understand. I have learned a lot of good stuffs such as how to warp audio, convert audio to midi and so on... I was used to work on cubase and I have discovered the specifities and the advantages of Live.Moreover thanks to the assignment objectives I had to force myself to be creative and It was a great feelig.Thanks for this course :)
Great starting point for learning how to use Ableton Live.
Really nice.. Basic, but just right..
This course got me fluent enough with using Ableton that I can sit down and play around with it comfortably and create music. Very pleased
This was such a cool way to get started again with music production!!...I'm so glad I found this course, and Erin was perfect, she made everthing so clear and easy...I wish it was a longer course tho!
It's amazing that we live in an age where you can take online classes like this for free.I went from not knowing my way around Ableton to being able to make simple tracks in a few weeks.The course load is pretty light, but it makes it easy to stay motivated and keep up from week to week.The instructor has her quirks, but don't we all. I feel like this course is great for introducing someone who has prior experience with writing music and using DAWs to Ableton Live. However, for someone who already knows the basics of Live, this probably won't be of too much use.
I enjoyed very much the lessons and I had a very good time on preparing the assignment on Ableton.A great course.
It helped me to improve myself, understanding Ableton Live and getting better in working with the program.
Awesome, Useful, very practical! Erin is a wonderful instructor.
A great course. It does teach you the essentials on how to begin making music with Ableton live. It even helps you search on your own if you troubleshoot. Its definitely worth it!!!
Very good course for does how just starting with Ableton.
Great, specifically for its collaborative approach.
This is an amazing course ! it is my second time taking it. Instructor Erin Barra does a great job with the tutorials, she really knows her stuff.
I have being waiting for this a long time :)
Good information!
Fantastic Teacher - very clear. Fun assignments and a very participatory community of students!
work motivational, very clear, well structured on a steady groove ... excellent!
Very good basic course. Enjoyed it very much
I am very grateful i came across this Course.
Very interesting.
Very useful !
Its just the best!
Great Introduction into the program....a quick look. I felt the tutorial in the program covered a lot and most of the info here can be found on youtube. Although you don't get a certificate for watching youtube
It is very nice for people are starting with abletobn program
For anyone getting started this is a great course to do it with. I'm retaking this course as a refresher since I took the same class in the beginning of the year. I've been very busy so I forgot some functions. The videos & explanations make it very easy to get reacquainted. Plus what's more fun than getting some more production in, hearing your own creations & everyone else's for that matter. =)
This is already very, very helpful with mastering the use of Ableton, understanding how the I/O functions work, and polishing a track to the mastering level. Great program and very intuitive!
Great overall introduction to start creating straight away. Liked it much!
Great course, I just wanted it to be more thorough :) But for beginners like me, it really helped a lot! Thank you!
Excellent introduction to Ableton
Definitely recommend this short course which gives a good overview of Ableton Live's capabilities and how to use them.
I love it!
good, straight to the point Course, you can learn other things in this course like Blend.io
I'm now taking this course a second time because it is so absolutely helpful and has really given me a free and friendly place to learn how to use Ableton and get started on music production!
Very helpful
Erin Barra is awesome..!!! Really good course to get up to speed with ableton.
Excellent Course... Erin Barra is really excellent in teaching. Now I can proudly say even i can work in ableton live nicely. Thank you Coursera
Great intro. Really gave me confidence with the DAW.
You don´t need anything else to get started with Ableton...
This is a great course to introduce anyone interested in music production. I would recommend this course to any and everyone. Thank you Berklee and Erin! Can you tell I enjoyed this.And the Beats continue.Johanna -JKM
Really, really nice for learning the basics of Ableton Live. The instruction videos are short and concise, and there's a clear path forward after the course.
Great class to get your feet wet with ableton.
Everything on this course was amazing!Congrats and thanks so much for all!
Great course. Got me started off with Ableton live. :)
It was fun. Have peer review is helpful. However, it was mainly one time comment. It would be great to start conversation and interaction among course takers.
Great tools and solid instructions. Thanks!
This was an excellent course that was well explained and easy to follow.
Fun and interesting course. I learned a lot, despite already being a Live user. Reviewing the assignments of other course-takers widened my horizons and helped me gain valuable insights.
Real a great course if you are looking to learn the basics of Ableton Live 9 or just need a refresher after the break. Erin does a wonderful job of explaining the basics with out overloading you with to much information. Each assignment is to make a song. It starts with basic stuff and works toward more advanced stuff near the end. It's helped motivate me to put more time into making music and use the tools and software that I have at my disposal.A personal thanks to Erin, this class is just what I needed!
Fantastic Course, i have saved the videos so i can review them again.I thoroughly enjoyed it, all over again. This was the second time i joined Introduction to Ableton Live but this time i decided to get my verified Certificate yay! Thank you Erin!
Thank you so much Jeff, iy was usefull course, i think it needs to extend the material and learning's period.Thank you so much!!!
Very excellent class. Lots of great information.
i had a great knowledge !thanks for offering this course i don't have such course in india .
Very nice course
Awesome Course. It was quite challenging though
This particular module (week 3) is written for those students who are already have at least a nodding acquaintance with the software.The videos move so fast that I am not able to detect what is going on. Please believe me when I say that I run a copy of Fusion 360 at the same time as a particular instructional video is playing. I toggle from one to another, taking notes from the instructional video when possible. Still, it takes me weeks, not days, to understand what the professor is doing.It is true that there are several online tutorials with regard to using the sketch tools contained within Fusion 360. I have been reviewing the tutorials that I am able to find -- and I have learned quite a bit of "how-to" information that this particular module does not provide.Why is it that some of us who are new to the Fusion 360 environment have come to understand that we need to spend hours of our time to "fill in the blanks" of week 3?Are we to keep searching other sources so that we can learn what has not been taught in Week 3? If so, why?Bill Clark
This course introduced me to the different software tools that can be used for 3D Printing. I recommend this course, as well as this specialization, to anyone interested in 3D Printing.
more details on ther software would definitely be useful
The instructor does an excellent job, but realistically there is no way to be proficient enough in a 3D software program after a week or two to earn a certificate. The certificate is worthless in my opinion. I liked the class but it seemed more like intro vs. a class of any proficiency required.
The course was enjoyable for the most partand I increased my skill level. The videos, for the most part, were good. However, consider revising some of the one for Fusion to include demonstrations for the sweep, loft, and revolve tools in the Sculpt mode if they are to be included in assignments. These were not as intuitive as the others and required reliance on videos found on Autodesk as well as Youtube. Additionally, it would be helpful to slow the pace in illustrating "how-to" in the videos. There seemed to be steps omitted and I found it difficult at times to reconstruct all the steps. Finally, I noticed that staff/mentor help was not readily available for weeks, when participants posted queries in the forum.
This class was inspiring! I't was worth the wait. Thank you!!
Very interesting course. Maybe Fusion 360 may have lasted one more week to get more indepth knowledge
I wanted to give only 4 stars because of the all the “problems” we encountered, but then we are learners investigating problem solving by design thinking. We can handle whatever comes, so the fifth star is for us. We are shaping this course by contributing to forums. Presumably we are ten thousand strong, let’s improve our worldwide voice by saying something on forms so we can get what we need and want we want also to stay on the cutting edge of reality.
Interesting and very useful course.
It gave me a good understanding of the software capabilities.
the introduction to Fusion is more a customer presentation to advanced CAD user than a tutorial for newbies.
Wow! It was such an inspiring journey!
The bi-weekly assignments mixed with the bi-weekly lessons is a really great course structure. The audio on some of the videos interviews can be poor, and I wish some lectures, especially the last one were more in depth, but over all great course with a good pace.
Excellent course you should make more courses like this
it was really an amazing experience , wonderful course with a lot of knowledge to learn , a lot of facilitations that make studying process very interesting , thanks a lot for your efforts , I'm very enthusiastic to have a visit to the Leiden medical school and center one day ^_^ and continue to learn from such a great medical staff =D
I loved this course. I've been teaching Anatomy to physical therapist students for two years and this course helped me a lot to improve my teaching. Thank you for your hard work!
Very interesting course! Great videos and instructors. T
I'm so glad Leiden University is working with Coursera. Such a great course!
This is a great course, i am happy that you gave me the opprtunnity to get a certificate. Its a subject i really feel i gain more knowledge now.
Well-organised , Very good for beginners and intermediate learners .
Great course!
i never saw like this very very amazing worki would like to repeat this course 10 times
I love it ! Thanks for doing this for us
iam soooo happy to joined to this course which help me to evaluate my skills and increase it
A good refresher in abdominal anatomy. Though with some negatives. The accent was difficult to understand at first. Most of the course content is for beginners in undergraduate level. Yet it is still good.
Do you have an idea how lucky you are to have access to a course like this?! Normally you would have to be enrolled in med school.
Fantastic videos walking through anatomy on a real human body!
difficult course that is full of information but if anatomy is your 'thing' then this is a very good course to take.
incredible content and resources!
I really want to thank you all! In fact ,i never have experienced that awsome lecture! The embryology is the most diffucule lesson to me,and through this lecture,I don't think it is boring and hard to understand.At the same time, I really acknowledge using what you have leraned is the coolist thing in the world.You can figure out how responsible the teachers are(include every individuals who participate in this lecture's making) !thank you all again!!
Perfect
Tough course, but fascinating and very well presented. I was never going to pass the final test because I just do not need to know the detail. However, I'm very grateful to have got to the finish line. Thank you.
amazing course help me alot
is a very very boring curse, don't recommend anyone, please for your good at everyboduy else kill this course, don't embarrass yourself and the universities that represents
Outstanding, clear, well-explained, not overwhelming. Dissections really aid to have a more realistic understanding. Good supplemental materials cover the material with great focus, and if more details are needed it is easy to get those elsewhere. Great effort by U. Leiden!
it is a very good course escpecially for medical student
Just awesome!
Excellent!!! I am impressed; they explain very well and it is very interesting to learn from them despite their accent.
great course with great dissection videos. course materials are very interesting. I understood the anatomy of the abdomen which medical school couldn't teach me.
very hard course but extremely detailed one.
I am dropping this course. don't e-mail any more for this course. How do I unroll in this course.
V difficult, but rewarding!I did not get the grade I thought I would in this class...but I learned a lot more than I thought I could! Very in depth and thorough, I think I value the knowledge I received more than the sub-par grade I received. ;)
The course itself is 10 out of 10: overwhelmingly informative, presented in a totally engaging manner, lots and lots of visual aids. Fly in the ointment: teaching assistants (called mentors here) apparently have come from very different (including hierarchical) societies and learners are required to take the mentors' diversified background and attitude into consideration. Not vice versa.
very hard but excellent course
I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Nice course, a difficult one but very challengeable. Nice structure and easy to understand.I wanted to refresh my knowledge in anatomy and in such gained a whole lot more in return.Thanks to the Professors for their time and effort in making this MOOC.Very pleased.
Not meant for learners new to the medical field. Despite the challenges, the material is very fascinating and anyone interested in anatomy will learn something. The course utilizes outside research. I might enjoy the whole course experience more if the design were not so technical. I do, however, appreciate the challenge and seriousness of the topic.
Great course, like the way of teaching. Really starts from noting and goes to a senior level of knowledge.
Very good material, explainations and teachers. Recommended for everyone who wants to learn.
Im loving it so far.
Very good course, still in the beginning, but liking so much.
Excellent course and well designed. Even though some of the concepts where harder for me to understand I now have a basic understanding of the structure of the abdomen.
Nice and necessary course.
Me gusto mucho
me gusto mucho
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I loved it, was very funny and relaxing.
EXCELENTE CURSO.GRANDES TUTORASEXCELENTE METODOLOGIA DE ENSEÑANZA Y APRENDIZAJE.SE ABORDARON LOS TEMAS DE MANERA ENTENDIBLE, COMPRENSIBLE Y CON RETOS QUE INVITAN A RAZONAR Y APLICAR LOS CONOCIMIENTOS ADQUIRIDOS.ESPERO PIENSEN ELABORAR UNA SEGUNDA ETAPA DE INTERMEDIA Y AVANZADA
So far the course is just a tutorial for using Scratch and they're not teaching how to program that is the name of the course.
Muy buen curso para aprender Scratch.
Very wonderful course to learn the basics of programming using the amusing and interactive language Scratch
A course offering very accessible, clear introduction to the concept of programming seen as a network of algorithms, supplanted with a myriad of real-life examples. It then introduced a comely intuitive software, developed by MIT - Scratch, which enables you to practically start creating animations and thus programming. Even though i'm not a fluent hispano-hablante, just the knowledge of English and some classical culture should make it possible for you to follow. At the same time, should that be too complicated, there should be subtitles/English language version to all the videos and of all other materials. Have NOT tried that though.
Very easy and good explanations
cool
The male Professors seem to speak Chinese half the time, therefore not being able to understand the material for students who aren't fluent in Chinese. I prefer the female Professor from Advanced Neurobiology I who presented the material in English, and in an engaging and coherent way.
The topics are really interesting and advanced! However, there's a lot of talk in chinese, due to questions/answers from teacher and students, and the quizzes are a bit too easy. I learned a lot though.
If you don't speak Chinese it's a terrible course...The lectures are recorded from lectures at university and the rhythm is very slow and not very well explained (at least the first week). The transcriptions into English are incomplete, so understand this course is very very complicated.I do not recommend it at all.
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!Really Advanced course with many many resources!
This course teaches us tips of effective and constructive way of discussing !
I like the way it's presented.
Great course and very great exercises
Great Course... Although I feel we must discuss more case studies
Very useful insights and definitely a knowledge enhancing course
Very interesting, well- explained, and practical course. Unfortunately you need the Excel 2013 professional to complete it and make the most of it.
In depth step by step explanations in how to use Excel for Analysis and Visualization
I have already had the basic skills in excel, but I learned many new things. The explanation was very clear and I enjoyed the lessons very much. At this moment, I cannot spend money for my own learning since I spend much money for the education of my child, but courser and pwc gave great opportunities for me to learn as an auditor.
Great Course. Lots of Analytics features from Excel... I love itttt
Good basic skills for creating clear and compelling graphs for visualizing data
Great!
Great course. Well structured and each concept was explained very well! Made me feel enthusiastic about learning more.
A superb learning experience
Good course for understanding how to create advanced level of charts.
This course gave me the opportunity to learn a lot. Thanks to PwC
Excellent course and it has opened my eyes to the wide array of Excel Power tools and their ability to provide simple, yet powerful visual dashboards for executive decision-making. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the course.
Useful information about Visualization in Excel and data presenting.
Very helpful! I have acquired a lot new skills from this course!
Very good overview and practical exercises to keep learners focus. Exercises can be very technical, get ready to spend more time on it.
Very informative and more relevant than other courses for a business environment involving simulations of economic phenomena
I had not any ideas about powers of Excel! Thank you a lot!
There are some excellent tools covered in this course. It is advanced level learning of Excel. There were a few glitches in the program. There was missing content at times. Overall, I was impressed with what the course covered.
A great course for people working with data
Excellent course materials, very applicable for professionals who work with data
Practical, step-by-step guide and easy to understand, thank you very much for PwC instructor's efforts to design and develop such a fantastic course, look forward to completing the whole specialization!
Very nice course and very helpful. It really helps to gain the in-depth visualization and analysis skills
Great business practice advices, but not very rich with real life practice, like print preview, professional colour theme chosen, etc.Achieved: 2017-02-26
Hi,I am very excited about the course, thank you and your team for excellent overview of data analysis and visualisation tools in Excel. All videos are very consistent and contain very clear and informative message.
Good practical introduction! Good course.
Very useful and comprehensive
I really learned a lot during this course especially how to build data models and dashboards. Well worth the time spent.
Excellent materials and approach. It was a very useful course.
Great course to data analysis and excel!
Good one..!
having studied competitive strategy and now moving on with advanced strategy course. It illustrate more details to me which will help the work. Also the knowledge obtained involve lots of new ideas.
I've know many skills in competition with many true cases. Thanks!
Good content but the Chinese translation is bad, which makes quiz quite obscure in meaning
Not difficult to understand,interesting,helpful when making choices.
very useful course. And thank for professor's clear instruction.
An interesting course and thank you for translating it.
The course is more about business competitive strategy and there are lots of live examples. Thumb up!
This course is very helpful to make me understand the economy and the finance th
I am very excited that I have been able to successfully complete my first Specialization.Great course!
I like all these courses
The research needs like six months
It was an excellent challenge that tested all my previous skill acquire along the specialization. I really enjoyed myself with this course. Give it a chance and do your best. Certainly, you will succeed.Cheers!
The course content is great, but peer evaluation is simply useless and almost random. This specialisation needs to introduce an actual final assessment by an actual expert, not peers.
Writing research paper is one of the most useful courses for all professionals.
I have learned so very much. All of the courses in the specialization have been taught in a way that has been easy to understand. I will miss Tamy Chapmans smiling face.
I would love to thank you for your hard working. It was a good course. I have learnt a lot from you. In addition, I'm looking forward to participating with you on another course. Thank you once more again.
It is a great moment in my academic experience. Thank you Prof Tamy.
Excellent course! I'm grateful to all who made it possible.
Jefferson is a fascinating, controversial, brilliant, and hugely important figure - unquestionably a "Founding Father", if you will - in our nation's history. Professor Onuf brings to light the key aspects of Jefferson's thinking, work and accomplishments, prompting this course participant to want to further explore all that he did, the challenges, and especially the people, who he was up against, his relationship with Sally Hemings and how that influenced his views regarding slavery, and much more.
Really insightful course giving a really amazing insight to the past political climate of the US, but also really shedding light on the current climate as well.
I very much enjoyed learning more about Thomas Jefferson through the required readings and Professor Onuf's lectures, and would recommend this course to anyone wanting to know more about the third president of the United States and the University of Virginia. My time was well-spent.
Excellent class! This is an overview of who Jefferson was, what he really thought and believed in, what his contradictions were and why they existed, and how the perception of him has changed through different historical periods. I thought I knew a reasonable amount of information about Jefferson and the revolutionary period, but I learned so much about the historical and cultural context of the time and how it shaped Jefferson's thoughts!Given our current judicial system's split over whether the constitution should be regarded according to the 'originalist' intention or whether it is a living document, I was surprised to find that Jefferson himself saw it as a living document, to be reshaped by each generation. Understanding why he thought that is really essential to understanding how to think about the problem today. So this isn't just history, it's current events!I was concerned that the course seemed to be all lecture, but by the second week I was hooked. Dr Onuf is a compelling speaker, and tries to convey who Jefferson was, the world he existed in, and get you to think about Jefferson in all his complexity. The reading material is all pertinent, and (thank you!) not overwhelming. This course is "right-sized" for an online forum. I think you could spend about an our or maybe two per week on the lectures and reading material, and do fine. You would do yourself a favor to view each lecture twice though, as there is a lot of material in each one.I would consider retaking the course for review, and would definitely take another course from Dr. Onuf. This was terrific, and I don't say that lightly.
Exciting presentation. Excellent portrial of the periodic changes in thinking of TJ with his rise, fall and revival. While a conroversial thinker he truly was a renaissance men that will inspire future generations. America would not be exceptional, nor even a free country, empowed by the people.
My only recommendation would be to add more photos, maps, illustrations, etc to the lectures, instead of twenty minutes of the camera pointed at the professor. It would help keep the attention of the viewer, in my opinion.
The course is really nicely done. Also for non-americans it is interesting even though a lot of background knowledge might be missing. But you have to be aware it is really more focused on the ideas of Jefferson and less on all the discussions and fights he had with his fellow statesmen at that time. I would have wished to learn also more about those.
Great Course! A profound analysis of Jefferson ideal and wish for the nation to be. This course demonstrate how great, clever and wise Jefferson was. Now I can better understand what JFK said during a Nobel prize winner reunion at the White House: This is the highest concentration of intelligent in this house since Jefferson had dinner alone. Thank you for sharing this course on the net.
Excellent course! I learned so much about Jefferson, and I appreciate Dr. Onuf's expertise on the subject.
Great lecture series on Jefferson's civic thoughts and writings.
The lectures are so thought-provoking and enlightening... Thank you very much!
Fantastic course by Dr. Onuf! I learned much and he helped correct misconceptions I harbored regarding Thomas Jefferson. Great videos and selected readings. The quizzes were relatively challenging.
Very Thankful for this course...
I loved the tour of the campus. It fit the material and made it seem more like a college setting than watching lectures on a screen in a class room all the time.
This is everything a Coursera course should be! Amazing videos and lectures that are well organized.
I already love this and not just because Jefferson is my life long love affair, nice.
Really interesting to get such a deep perspective on Jefferson. I had very little interest in him, even growing up in his home state of Virginia, but now I can't wait to learn more. This is a great course worth a fantastic instructor. Highly recommended!
I take my hat off for the passionate professor Onuf. It was a big pleasure to attend his lectures. They deepened my understanding of the American Revolution.
I was terribly disappointed in this course. Mr. Onuf spends the majority of these lectures implying what Jefferson thinks without discussing much in the way of actual history. Further, the course seems more of a commercial for the University of Virginia than anything else. Overall, a waste of time.
Great course
Fantastic stuff for anyone interesting in the subject matter.
I found the course interesting and very stimulating. It allowed insight into a very interesting period in world history.
outstanding prof
Exceptional course! I would have enjoyed several more weeks. Dr. Onuf's style and methods in presenting the material made it possible to understand Jefferson in a way I have not understood him before. Wonderful teacher. Thank you.
Really interesting and enjoyable course.
Outstanding overview of one of the most important figures in American History.
A very enjoyable course, albeit with a few instances of leftward political leaning.
very informative
As a former student of UVA, it was wonderful to see the place again, listen to some of the stories we heard around "grounds" -- no campus here -- back when I was a teenager. I have followed Jefferson's life story, but Professor Onuf still manages to tell me some things I didn't know. Well researched lectures.
Being Australian, I knew nothing about Jefferson so I came to this course with no expectations. I found it fascinating as it explained not only about Jefferson but about the American model of Government and Americans unique view of their nation. It is sometimes puzzling to an outsider to see this super nationalism and allegiance to the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. As an aside, I wonder what Jefferson would think of the apparent obsession with the literal words of the Founding Fathers with respect to things like gun control. Very interesting indeed.Mr Onuf is an excellent lecturer. You brought the topic aliveThanks
Great Course
I knew nothing about Jefferson before this course and nothing about his 'age' - not sure I am much the wiser about the latter after it! I enjoyed the tours round the historic sites and I thought the lecturer came over as warm and enthusiastic but it seemed he was preaching about a saint rather than giving a detached academic assessment of a historical figure and I found that it was hard to see the wood for the trees at times. Hagiographic might be an unkind description but it was certainly very respectful to the great man. I also liked the use of a student in cooperation with the lecturer.- he set the scene well and was a good interviewer.
The lectures are just videos of the professor bloviating about Jefferson. There is nothing academic about this course.
Useful orientation for a good American who more or less slept through all of his American hx courses in his callow youth. I have a much better sense of the important (if controversal) role Jefferson played in forming the values and structure of the US.
I highly recommend this course. I learned a great deal about Jefferson.
Great, thanks!
Great course that take you nicely through the intricacies of agile planning for software products. The instructors are knowledgeable and the material is good. The videos cover a lot, but the complementary cours notes and the supplemental resources makes it easy to review and use the material in practice during actual work situations.
Lots of well structured content, easy to follow and informative. You know it's the tip of a large iceberg, so it's a very good way to start and let you wanting for more.
This course gets better as you move into the course!
Great Course, Learnt alot of extremely useful tools for managing software products.
Good for learning to plan software product development using Agile
Very interestening for starting in Agility. I learned and understood a lot of things.Easy to understand for not English mother tongue.Thank you very much.
great class
Good Planning methodologies and examples
Really learning alot, well explained and illustrated.
Really like this course! I think it is the best one in this specialization. Thank you all!
Tons of great info! However, it would great to go over more of the real-life applications of the concepts.
Great course
That course is great! All material is described in easy form. I like very my tasks that had to be done and then put marks by other students.
It is very full package of knowledge and tests. I have a lot of new opportunities due to this course. Thank you.
It is excellent course in terms of the knowledge that I gain. However the multiple choice questions are a little bit default to understand. It is look like that you are examining our English skill :)
Really helpful course! Thanks, Coursera!
It is great learning experience..
79 USD? just to be able to submit peer-graded assignments... talk about greed
This course has helped me increase my knowledge and skills in project planning using Agile.
Pretty good.. A bit tough compared to the rest though.
As usual for this specs - a very high quality course.
Great examples used in course videos. The Course Notes might be a worked on a bit more in terms of models and examples, but they are quite extensive and an invaluable resource. Teaching staff is quick to respond to forum questions, which is great!
Quite interesting, may be not deep enough but great course nevertheless!
Full of new information on agile planning!
great course
The most robust course in this sequence. It is well designed, very clear, teaches useful material effectively, and is fun to take.
Very easy to understand.
I think some estimation methods are not really realistic
It's a great course
Another great course in the specialization! great instructors who are very passionate. Truly make it fun and interesting to learn.
Great course
My least favorite part of the course, but it was still put together well. Content just isn't as interesting as the rest of the specialization. Felt a bit too "Project Manager' instead of the Product Manager.
It's very usefull course
Was great course.
Great course! Very useful information for beginners and for those who already has an experience with agile planning.
Some part of learning material not concern to agile planning, for exampe absolutly not mentioned kanban planing.
This is a good series course to coach Agile process with generic pro
Really enjoyed t
Makes lots of things understandable and clear
Good Course.
One of the best coursers I have seen on Coursera so far. The video production quality, course structure and content is extra ordinary compared to other courses that I've seen so far.
Very nice content and presented so nicely. Must read and highly recommended course for all managers and business analysts.
I am Krishna Kant Kumar, working as a software quality analyst.Through this course, I learnt, how to estimate an iteration or doing an estimation of project.
Ambiguous assignments led to cumbersome completion. The peer grading got a little annoying as sometimes it took forever to get feedback and a lot of times feedback was minimal or the criteria for grading was vague and people took it WAY too seriously.
Not the best, but if you are a newbie in management field you can find valuable information inside.
I highly recommend this entire specialisation. It's clearly taught and requires your practical application throughout. I've learned a great deal and thoroughly enjoyed the process. Many many thanks Uni of Alberta.
Room for improvement:-Case studies-More Assignment
Thanks!
As a software-engineer and freelancer in the technical software domain, for me this course actually had all the meat (so far) while the first courses in the specialization felt like they didn't take that much effort to pass.
Very useful to know different tecniques for software project/productplanning. Although some of those tecniques are (in my opinion) notvery relevant in an Agile environment (like work breakdown structures,pert or gant charts) the course is good to learn how to use those toolsand also to ask ourselves whether or not they are actually relevant or useful if we follow the Agile approach.
I really liked to do it
The course materials and lectures are excellent
Really nice course. I was expecting a little more depth, but I really enjoyed the approach they took and their assignments.
Awesome lectures! Thanks a lot!
Great course! Thank you!
Super-duper, very useful!
This course has the minimal information than its brother courses, you may need to add more details focus on the planning more and give more assignment if applicable.
Another excellent module of a truly excellent Specialization
Good Course
Nice course. Decent content and always well-structured lectures. The peer assignments could have been better though.
This is more enlightening than the previous courses in the specialization. It felt like learning new material and techniques rather than simply reviewing concepts I already knew. I also liked that the assignments required creating actual artifacts and reviewing others' work. The industry interviews were a nice addition as well.
Really excited about the course..!!!
Very tough, though very instructive.
I think ti is a very interesting and well structured course.
I am participating in this course, it has an excellent material, I am learning new skills in writing an article research.
Very interesting course
The course has enhanced my reading experience. Writing in the margins… up till now I have never challenged or asked the writer any questions. This idea has never struck me before, but interacting with texts provides "room" on the page for my conversation with the writer, which is a visual reminder that all texts are part of an ongoing discussion and are not the last word on a given subject.Thank you, Prof. Bazanova!
It's a very interesting and useful course. It significantly improves my reading and writting skills. Thank you very much!
interesting, informative and useful. I quite like the self-questioning part which makes publication reading more effortless. Thanks.
It's a both very interesting and useful course for everyone who's planning to broaden the skills of a scentific writings in a quite involving and systematic manner.
Very interesting and useful course!
Thank you for your course. I improved my academic literacy skills. I still have to continue to improve but now I'm on the right track!
The course is excellent! Straight to the point, both professors can explain the subject in a very easy way. The course was a pleasant surprise!! I strongly recommend!
Looking forward to course 3!
Excellent course with very supportive staff and professors on the forum. On top of that aligning the assignments to "The Romance of Three Kingdoms" story makes it fun to follow along.
Very good course and excelent teachers!
Fantastic course material from great professionals!
Really useful, focused and motivating. Hihgly recommended!
Was a really good course which provided me useful knowledge for my postgraduate course.
Excellent, educational and witty lectures! One of the best classes on Coursera.
I like Prof. Tobias Kretschmer way to communicate the course and explain the contents in practical and well organized way. The course is very useful for my work.
Great Course and the professor is great!
I love this dude; very entertaining professor who is easy to understand. The class itself was also very interesting and i learned a lot that i can apply to my current position as a senior analyst at an industry research firm.
Easy to follow, good content and comprehensive explanations
Course and examples are generally good. In rare instances the quiz has answers it labells 'correct' which I think could be debated.
Interesting course. Valuable insights into network effects.
Excellent course, an excellent professor!!!!, Many thanks!!!
A nice course for the opics concluded from the base course.
THANK YOU!
Excellent course, professor tobias teachs so good!
The course was really great! The teacher explained excellent and the topics were very appropiate. However, when i finished the course i couldn't see the certificate of accomplishment at least; it never showed up :( And now when i click on the option "Buy the course" the page redirects me to an address which doesn't exist.Despite of this, I enjoyed this course a lot, as the first one! Thanks a lot!
Terrific course! Terrific instructor! I wish he had provided a learning path for ppl who completed this though...
Very interesting and full of real case study.
Great add-on to the first eddition of the course on Business Strategy. Congratulations to the Professor Tobias and his crew.
This is one of the best courses. The manner of teaching is very lucid and easy to understand. I am impressed with the examples. I would love to have more courses from him on Competitive Strategy!! Cheers!
It's the best course, on which I have ever been enrolled. Its language is understandable not only for students of economic departments and for everyone, who is interested in this topic. The professor is a professional in his sphere and just a talented person with an actor's skills. He turned the course into an interesting tour of Munich, because every module is connected with some sight of the city, this activates attention and makes teaching material more remembered. If this course is continued, I will definitely join it! Thank you)
Exceptional training course for those working in the field of market strategy etc. Explanation and examples are close to the actual world.
The best free strategy course!
Awesome lecture. I wish the lectures at my University would have been as good as this. Then I think I would have a much better and more interesting time and I`d learned a lot more.Thanks for all your work!!Best wishes form Switzerland!
nice one to get into the strategy of any kind of the competionsyou could pass it even if you didn't go through the Part1anyhow it will be more then useful to understand the basis
excellent and some hint of humour in an otherwise rather arid topic!thanks
This a great course. I recommend it to anyone. Also make sure to take the previous course. The exams are great way to fixate knowledge.
One of the best online course i have ever taken, i seriously reccomend this course to all those people who are into business and management.
Very informative with plenty of real-life (or credible fictional) examples to better understand the concepts that were introduced. The pace was agreeable and the subjects diverse. Special mention should go to the instructor (Prof. Tobias Kretschmer), who did a terrific job! I liked the question format as well, though it could have been more challenging by not giving away the answers after an end-of-module quiz even if you didn't pass. That being said, the course is well worth 5 stars!
Actually, the course should be titled as "Introduction Into Macroeconomics", I think. The course is fine, but I won't call it really "advanced" one. The structure and topic list is okay, but the depth is not enough to threat the course as "advanced".
Absolutely useful! They make it so easy to understand and probably the best MOOC I´d ever apply for
Just love it
Love your style of teaching. The Multiple choice answers in your exams are difficult but necessary to fully understand the topics.Content of the course - 100/100.I would take another course of Prof. Kretschmer instantly.
Well structured course! The explanation was clear and I have the frame works in my mind when I finish the course! Helpful course!
Honestly, for something that says "Advanced" in the title, I thought it was a little too basic. There isn't enough depth and a lot of it involves common sense. Perhaps a more case-study driven course would have been interesting with more qualitative, essay responses required rather than cut-and-dry multiple-choice.
content was not as interesting as in the first course, but still good overall. Questions were also less analytical challenging as the first course. But I still enjoyed the course as the professor was explaining the subject clearly and the videos were compact and enjoyable.
Overall, this is a good subject.However, some slides are not well organized.Many questions in assignment are too tricky.
Fascinating material. Thanks again!
Great professor, interesting course.
while the task of summing up a lot of information in a minimum sized presentation is always a very difficult task, the structure of the material presented was not optimal. This in turn made it difficult for me personally to actually connect the weekly information presented with the overall meaning and the objective of each module. The "why" and "how" of most modules fit to the meaning we are forming (up to week 5 -the point I am leaving this class) is not evident. Last, some of the questions contained ambiguities that could not be reasonably clarified even going back and reviewing the material of the specific segment. Thank you for the offered class in any case.
Varied and well-explained that held my interest throughout. My only criticism is the English in some of the written quizzes, especially in the final exam, needs reviewing by native speaker as some of the answers are ambiguous when they do not properly explain the context of the situation.
One of the best courses on Coursera.
Awesome course! I learned a lot through this journey. Thanks very much for providing this course.
Amazing course.
Good course, Hope we had a certification for this.
One suggestion would be lest multiple option answers, but the course was challenging enough to learn valuable information.
Very useful course and extremely well presented. Would recommend it.
World-class
Very good course, but it is not "advanced strategy".
Very informative and I learned a lot
Valuable sequel to course Competitive Strategy by the same author. Interesting and informative.
it is well put and easy to understand. besides, you can learn it anytime. the content is enlightening and has many new and intestesting topics. i really like it .
This course is not only well structured, but truly enjoyable with the various outdoor background
It was a great course, however some of the quiz answers are debatable
After completing this course, I have gained valuable insights in real life situations and be more aware in my own industry. This course would not only allow you to see the playing field but also to make carefully calculated decisions towards the best possible outcome.The tests are difficult and some are rather tricky. But hey, the situations we encounter in real life are far worse than these.
Material was tough, some of the questions weren't easy to understand / process. But overall a great class.
Very Good!
While the course was overall well developed, there are certain language challenges to overcome especially with understanding the wording of quizzes. I got a number of questions wrong simply because I could not understand the phrasing, and lack of explanations on quizzes makes for a lot of difficulty to evaluate progress. And I get the reason for not including answer explanations, at the same time I'm literally comparing answers to the module transcripts and could not possibly infer multiple choice answers based off how the topic was explained. I would suggest more definitive questions and reduce multiple choice questions or at least define the question in a more narrow, specified manner to minimize confusion. I'm taking this course for fun, I have an MBA and love strategy, so the topics are not new by any means, but if I can't understand what you're trying to say I would imagine non-business backgrounds would find the questions very difficult.
it was great learning such interesting issues
Nice addition to the "Competitive Strategy" course, although not as interesting and practical as the first part... Cases and current examples would have made this section much better.Prof. Tobias Kretschmer ... 5 starsCompetitive Strategy . . . 5 starsAdvanced Competitive Strategy ... 3 stars
An easy to understand and very resourceful course with ample examples. Would love to enroll into similar courses.
Awesome concept to learn
very Insightful
It's a very good course, with fabolous material, examples and style
5 stars! Great University !! Enjoyed and learned!
Perfect professor!
I'm so happy to make it! I learnt so much about academic writing, thanks!
I have learnt alot from this course
Very good course for writing in a systematic way.
Excellent course for whom really wants to boost his/her writing skills.
Enjoyed this course very much. Thank you.
This is not an easy course, but once you finish it, your academic writing skills are going to improve considerably, Best!
perfect course to get perfection in writing
It says 'advanced writing' but it is advanced for college students, not advanced overall. I found it extremely basic.
Great Course I like it a lot. I learn new things for my research
You need to check out his course.
I learned how to write different types of essays.
Pretty good!
Thank you so much Prof. Chapman!
Very helpful, at least, for me.
Such amazing course work on developing the writing skills in a decent way.
The perfect brainstorming exercise for academic essay writing !
It helps you build your essay-writing muscles gradually. Too much emphasis on plagiarism. Some flaws in the grading forms. The level of the participants is quite mixed, most feedback they give is useless ("good").
Great course and teachers
I really love this cause. My writing skills is really impoving. I like my peers their reviews.it really train me on writing well.
Will try it out soon. Looks very promising and informative.
it is okay, not what I expected, but okay.
I hope that this course could be free because I can't afford 69 dollars for th
I enjoyed a lot taking this course. It also represented a challenge to me.
It's really useful!
I found it very useful
Exellent course. You will learn the advanced skills for a better understanding of the English languaje.
This course is awesome.
The course is fine as far as content. My complaint is that there is no one to contact regarding papers or questions. You are left to the other students for your grading and assignment completion, meaning that some of your assignments can hang there for weeks before ever getting reviewed.
very useful course.
An absolutely wonderful course! I learned a lot about advanced essay writing. I think it is a must-take course for those who are interested in writing academic and research essays!
Not the course id think it would be.I learn less information than i d expect but these were still usefull information.
Loved it!
well explained informative course
This course helped me improve my writing skills.
Great course :)
This course has set me free from my fear of expressing my ideas and opinions in writing.
Great course
I have learned a lot in this course. Ordinary English courses don't cover the topics we have studied here.
Great !!!!
This was a great class for review of what I learned years ago. I only wish I could have participated in the assignments w/o purchasing the class, as I have been able to in all of my other classes. But, I loved the class and would recommend it.
Fantastic! Good work that the teacher can compact the course section to less than 10-minute videos each week, and it is clear. Easy to grasp . . . help a lot for my initial study! MLA format and work cited page are great too . . . thanks!
It was really useful. From now on I will start applying everything I've learn in my collage tasks.
Great learning experience .
Thank you for everything!
Great Course, in particular to students whose tongue are not English.
Very useful and professional!
Very easy steps to learn. lot of assignments to practice. Good work.Thank you.
It's wonderful and useful.
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significantly helps me increase my writing skill.
great, thank you :)
Perfect
It has good content, but there were missing classes to give more advices or clear any question students have, when grading peer review homeworks there were plenty of mistakes that would have been avoided if there were more video lectures or forums with teachers.
From this 1.5 month course, I learned far more than I did from the 4-year on-campus studying. Of course, the level of the universities in my country is not nearly as that of the US; nevertheless, in the single combat "Adv.Writing course against a "Bachelor's degree", the latter sustains a crushing defeat!
Advanced Writing is a course that challenges the best English learner. You apply what you've learned so far and things get more formal.
This course has a lot of tools to learn the writing art.
through this course i was able to right effectively on some complex topics which was what i was hoping for. Thanks a lot to the instructor Tamy Chapman whose video lectures were excellent in content and quality.
I wasn't sure what to expect with the Advanced Writing course. Again, peer review was unnecessarily harsh because people don't understand the flexibility and nuance of writing, but it's definitely informative and has made me a more mature academic writer. This specialization is well worth it, for the videos alone. The instructor is clear and the videos are very concise.
It would be extremely useful to me as it is teaching me techniques to write advanced-level essays.
It is detailed, rigorous, and exciting! The teacher's presentations in video materials are interesting as well!
great course thnx
Wonderful course!
I have learnt so much for doing this course. I have recommended the course to friends and families.
so good. must be engaged
It is so beneficial for international students who have been prepared on TOEFL iBT or IELTS.
taking Essay writing first, cannot unenroll from this course at this
Firstly, I would love to introduce myself to you. I'm Suliman from Libya. I'm Teaching Assistant at the University of Benghazi. Secondly, I would love to thank you so much for your hard working and for this wonderful course. Thank you once more.
The course is highly effective!
I learn a lot from this class so far, but I'm having difficult for the Quiz, i know i should take some notes, hahaha
Another well structured course that provided challenges to help impove essay writing techniques. Thanks you.
It is not very "advanced"
At this point, I think that the course is good, however there should be more reviews. Three reviews of people who is also learning is not enough, in my opinion. I have received some comments like 'some sentences are not good'. Which tells me absolutely nothing. I think people should be encouraged to exemplify what they mean ,to take the sentences that they believe that are wrong, and extend why.For the rest, the course is very good.
helped in my phd writing thesis
I am in love for this course, a lot of good information, practice activities, etc...It is helping me a lot!
nice things to do and good examples.
Fantastic and fun!
This advanced writing course illustrates how to writing a longer college essay and guides students all over the world to start their very first writing piece.
Extremely poor quality of instruction. The lectures themselves are little more than the material being read directly off the slides by an individual with a poor grasp on the English language. The majority of the slides are walls of unclear and non-descriptive text. Even with reading directly from the slides, the lecturer is overly circumstantial in her explanations if not just outright tangential. I commend the authors for putting together a course outside of their native language but, in this case at least, it does more harm than good.In short, this course has the air of a group of first year students giving a presentation verbatim from the slides, as another commenter also mentioned below.
This course is a discreditation to coursera, and it's low standards are appalling. From a purely certificate based perspective, the only requirement to complete the course are completely the quizzes. They are short, and can easily be googled, or the slides can be downloaded and the answers simply CRTL+F for keyboards. There is zero need to watch the lectures ( at least for the first 2 weeks).The lectures are terrible themselves. The English is beyond horrible, and I don't understand the modern culture of having teachers teach in languages they can't speak. It is purely reading off the slides in any case, word for word. I learned more about the basics in neuroscience in a 20 minutes lecture from a separate course, "Computational Neuroscience" than the entire first week here.If you actually want to learn neuroscience, check out HardvardX's intro course.
easily understood
This is the worst, most pathetic course I have taken online. If Peking University believes this is their best - I'll not be taking another course with them. The instructor's command of the English language is awful and the sub-titles are some help, but not a lot. Instructors are just talking faces up front - they cannot teach. They may be great in the lab, but keep them out of the classroom. I toughed out the course, but it only got worse. I had originally signed up for parts 1 and 2 of this course. Canceled part 2. The use of slides that are not clear / too small and not on the screen long enough to digest the information did not help. Do yourself a favor - avoid this course. As a side note - I have taken in excess of 25 online courses, this was the most painful.
Very good Course!! Thank You.
Very boring... The professor is just reading (with a bad English). The illustrations are also very boring...
The professor is reading long texts. It is not really attractive.
I greatly enjoyed the material presented in this course and while I do not doubt the proficiency of it's creators the poor standard of spoken English of its two main presenters prevents me from recommending it to colleagues. As another reviewer has remarked, their English may be quite sufficient for day to day use with other experts but for inadequate for teaching students who are hearing many technical terms for the first time. The transcripts are no better and also contain many mistakes. I believe that this course should be stopped until these problems are corrected.
Very excellent course, I learned a lot. It lets me know the development process of the neuro-science and also the heros in it. My major is alternative splicing, I wish other life science branches can have this kinds of course too.
The professors sound like a group of first-year students presenting a group project, literally reading notes off of a powerpoint slide. The professors also can't speak English, so instead of explaining things in depth, they have to very, very slowly read basic phrases (to explain complex subject matter) off of what's basically a teleprompter.
The course presented a lot of interesting, fascinating information. I especially liked the first female lecturer. However, there were some problems with downloading the course slide presentations and questions were never answered in the forum discussion groups. In addition, the second lecturer, although very interesting, often did not talk about the material that was presented on exams. I also think integrating a lot more animation to describe different processes would be effective so that students can visualise the content.
Dr. Li is a wonderful teacher! I love his style very much!
Accurate and clear.
thank you for opening ideas in the world of neurobiology I have learned a lot so far and I'm sure I will learn much more with you ..greetings from Guayaquil-Ecuador
So far the topics are very interesting but the accent of the teacher is sooo difficult to follow and distracts me! Also, she is looking down to read all the time and this doesn't reflect her knowledge.
Really poor powerpoint presentations and videos, half in chinese. The accent of the teacher is horrible (i'm not an english-native speaking person so it's hard for me to follow english when badly spoken, so i cut off the sound and only read the subtitles.)The content is interesting though.
Is a good course, with a comprenhensible material and resourses. I think they should improve the quility of video-classes and some teachers doesn´t have good english pronunciation.
Fascinating course but a little too much math for my taste.
I don't want to be mean, but the first week was terrible! I was expecting what it said: ADVANCED neurobiology.I feel bad giving this review. I'm just dropping the course.
After finishing week 1, I have decided to stick with Duke university's Medical neuroscience which is starting up again. I also highly recommend "Understanding the Brain The Neurobiology of Everyday Life" which I believe was taught by the University of Chicago. I found them to be far more engaging the viewer and the format to be much easier to follow. I found it visually disturbing and also have to keep pausing to read the slide before it switches.It's too bad because I was really looking forward to this course. It also seemed she had trouble pronouncing many of the words and I do not want to learn how to pronounce many of them incorrectly also many of the slides did not have an English translation on them.
Great course! I loved the teachers!
I find this to be a very nice and stimulating course. The teachers are enthusiastic and entertaining. The course material (slides, quizzes, captions) needs to be polished, but the general organization of the course is logical, clear, and systematic. The course presents an experimentalist's view of the subject, which I find very good considering that much related Coursera material is quite theoretical. There are plenty of historical notes and introductions of general neurobiology research viewpoints (don't miss the excellent bonus material interviews!). In particular, I enjoyed the "cherry picking" metaphor. Some students have had problems with the instructors' accent, but perhaps because English is not my first language, this has not been a problem for me at all. I'm looking forward to part two of the course!
This course is useless and perhaps even harmful.The professors would have done much better if they had taught the class in their native Chinese language and then got a really good translator to make subtitles in English.I tried turning off the sound and just watching the presentation while reading the subtitles, but even this was so badly done in terms of language and presentation, that although I desperately wanted to take a course in advanced neurobiology, I felt that this course could actually destroy my love for the subject or teach me things that are incorrect because of language mistakes.If you are not a native speaker of English then by all means steer even further clear as you will learn some very bad English habits and pronunciation.I'm sure the profs' English ability is fine for collaborating with other professionals who already know the material, but teaching in English was a big mistake.Again, I highly suggest they re-do the entire thing in Chinese and get really good translations and subtitles made and then I think it could be an awesome course. Now, as is, it would be truly foolish to take this course.
Boring and can't make sense of the presentation / language and idiom use.
before discussing genetic mutations occurred in Alzheimer disease that mentioned when discussing AIS, i think some refreshment about protein synthesis and the normal pattern that if disturbed by certain ways as mutations causes particular diseases.some arrangements of material needed to prevent information overlappinginteresting courses, go onthanks for your efforts dear professors
Lots of good information, but the presentation is very bad. Not only are the professors clearly struggling with the English (and the material, calling anatomical planes "plates" and confounding sulci with fissures, etc), but some of the recording/video editing decisions make it less engaging and more difficult to follow. For example, the size of the images is often compromised because they chose to show the professor on the left side of the screen, even though it is absolutely unnecessary to do so.Overall, I do not recommend this course.
Great course, much to learn in a short time but with an excellent guide.
Me gusto
Application assignment is a must-do for students taking this course. The second computer network application is very a rewarding one for me to finish with gains on concepts of graph as well as programming stretch with my hands dirty.
great course
coursea does not allow me to quit the class. Also, I cannot do the homework or watch video at my own pace.
Great class, very well constructed. Professors are very knowledgeable and the course materials are well designed. I started from the very beginning of the class knowing very little about python and algorithm, by this class I'm pretty comfortable coding in python. And I got to apply what I've learned in my interview for jobs. Definitely a great class! Learned a lot, and still applying it in my job.
Compared to the previous courses in this specialization I found this a tough course. Calculating the big-O for yourself wasn't easy. The descriptions of the applications #1 and #2 were not very clear to me at the start (probably because English is not my first language). Some sentences I had to read several times before I understand what was asked. But the things I learned are useful and I am definitely sure that what I have learned here I can use in my work as software engineer. Thank you Luay, Scott and Joe for another excellent course.
Too much bla, bla, bla. Very slowly, very boring.
A course I enjoy very much!
The applications were too time consuming. Please consider adding a tool that makes graphing easier. The course itself was very good and engaging and without us knowing it, would teach core fundamentals of computing through the coding exercises.
It takes some serious dedication to understand and apply the material if math and computation are foreign to you, like they were for me. But if you apply that dedication, the material is accessible and the feeling of accomplishment is tremendous. Great class/teaching.
optimization and fragmentation..algos arithmos olokliroma..fractal resilience..
One of the best course offered by coursera, helps you to develop very strong basics if new,.
Project is interesting, bu the video lecture is kind of repetitive and does not cover much
The transition from the original Coursera platform to the new one has significantly reduced my overall satisfaction with the course experience (I have previously taken the 4 earlier Rice courses in this series and enjoyed them immensely).Major contributing factors to my dissatisfaction:-- The user interface changes are unwelcome and have detracted from my ability to engage with the material.-- There have been arbitrary (and unannounced) changes to polices, e.g. dropping distinction grading.-- The price increase per course and locking down of assignments to only those who have paid has unfortunate side effects, including.-- In contrast to previous courses in this series which had an active community engagement the discussion forums are now relatively empty, running the courses more often is not going to help this situation.Having previously been an unpaid evangelist for the Coursera approach and materials I now find myself extremely reluctant to recommend this revised experience to colleagues.
I found the material of this course to be very enlightening, it's not too difficult if you have the appropriate background. However, it will take a decent amount of time to fully complete. As part of the specialization, all of the skills I've learned were consolidated and put to an interesting use with this class.
The lectures will not get you near the understanding you'll need to complete the assignments. though the resources will.The application is great, and hard so you'll actually have to understand the material.You have been warned, this course is very different to the other courses in the specialization!
A very Imperative course!
Excellent course. His content is very interesting and realistic. I suggest this course if you want to improve your knolowgede about American culture and others countries.
It is very intriguing!
Wonderful course!Thank you so much for your efforts.
Very interesting course. Each module had several "surprises" that fascinated me. All the speakers are easy to understand and interesting. Would like to see Part 2 with Russia, England, Turkey, etc. Makes you aware as to how differently countries can look at the same issue.
This course gave me an eye opening view of the world. I can see how this course can grow into a more dynamic and interactive education experience in the future.
While some of the information presented was interesting, it seemed oddly biased towards the perspective of highly educated foreigners. I had hoped to get more information about how America is seen by the (foreign) masses.
seemed kind of dumb at first but got better
A revealing look on how the rest of the world views the USA. Perhaps this should be offered to high school students, somt hey can better understand how other nationalities react to "Americans"
Helpful on a knowing america through other country's eye. However, I think the course would be more interesting if if could include more discussion about how all those country and US view each other now instead of focusing much of its content on history.
No translations available despite what subtitles and transcripts say.
Thank you very much for this beautiful course. So many concepts, clearly explained and with great passion. Best wishes from Montevideo, Uruguay.
IT'S AN EDUCATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE COURSE.
The greatest course in Agroeconomics ! Highly recommended!
it is a great course!!!!
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The course is well detailed and well lectured.
Useful course, separated into great topics and within a reasonable time-frame.
An exceptional course. The breadth of material is wide, and yet there is a lot of detail and some quite specific instruction. The pace is good - each module covers just enough before moving on to the next topic, so it's engaging without being overwhelming. There's a good range of discussions, from economic theory, practical case studies and interviews with farmers. It builds on what I've learned elsewhere, so will be useful for real-world application.
Such an informative course
NIce course got a brief idea about agriculture by one of the renowned teacher David Pannell sir
Interesting course on Agriculture and Economics, very useful to revise important economic concepts and also to learn more about agriculture. Highly recommended.
A good and relevant course
Very rewarding and insightfull learned a ton !
i like this course very much
Provides a nice basis in understanding how economic principles are used to investigate agriculture production. Could provide a bit more of an economic foundation but the course is broad rather than deep.
It was an amazing experience. I learned so much. Thank you :)
It's really about economics in its broader meaning: how different natural, social, and financial aspects play together to set present and future of farmers and the communities they live in.I highly recommend this course to anyone, even if not specifically interested in agriculture economics.
I am much excited to partake in this course and it has really improved my worth. i strongly recommend it everyone. A very big THANK YOU to the coursera team for such an initiative and also to the Agriculture faculty of university of western of western Australia for such a partnership. i am very grateful, looking forward to work with you. BRAVO!!!
An excellent course and online experience. Coming from an industrial environmental management background, this has given me insight and interest
Enriching content coupled with
Wonderful course!!I recommend it to everyone in the Agricultural space.
Pretty Good Course
It's a beautiful course! Not only did I learn more (than I estimated) about economics and agriculture, there was also a nice balance between theory and practical applications. The recommended readings are relatable and reinforce the content of the videos. As a teacher, Dave is careful to present both sides of any issue (for example, he presents both gylphosate as the largest used herbicide, while maintaining that it is also very controversial). Pannell Discussions are a delight to read, since they deliver the intended content without sounding like research papers, which sometimes they may actually be based upon. It's wonderful to see such researchers having the patience to blog about such issues online! At a more subtle level, things like the location choices (farms for the agricultural weeks and buildings for institutional/policy weeks), altering background music - all made enriched my experience!Ofcourse, I think I will still have to brush up my concepts from time to time (since an online course can not replace internalization of a subject through rigorous comprehension and examination), and ofcourse I have quite a lot more to "learn" in this area (who doesn't? :P).But the course was a very informative, balanced and highly interesting introduction for me!
A great short course delivered by one of the best agricultural economist in the world with a great publication history
The course was amazing i learned a lot of new things . if someone responding to these review i want to add something . In final quiz i did not find proper result . Which question i marked wrong and which one right . So please solve this problem.
Great Course have already learned so much. And still hoping to learn more.
Great mental workout. Well-explained, but the coding challenges and bonus questions are challenging enough to allow for a lot of growth even for more advanced students.
As someone with only (UK) high school level maths I just about managed to follow this. I am still confused by logarithms. I guess I should go and read the maths for computer science resource.
I had a great time taking this course. It was a very good course in algorithms that explained the core concepts really well rather than just providing a high level overview. The assignments take some time but it aligns with what the instructor is teaching. The instructor is absolutely excellent because he takes the time to go through the math and iterations which helps to develop a deeper intuition for these algorithms. Looking forward to completing his other courses when I got time.
Course is brilliant, but at least for me the completion took in average 3 times more effort than expected by authors (4-8 hrs/week). Of course this is mostly due to my low experience with programming, but still, might be relevant for other learners, who don!t have much experience.
Sometimes too much mathematics.
It was an awesome and challenging course.And ,the lecturer Mr.Tim Roughgarden did introduced the gist that I need.So ,of course, I owe him a big thank.Thank you all.
Professor Roughgarden explains everything clearly and is engaged in the topic. His excitement about algorithms comes though in his teaching.
Professor Roughgarden managed to explain all the algorithom ideas in a clear and simple way, and give us a very intuitive understanding of these methods. He did give me confidence in this field, even I am not majoring in CS.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I learned a great deal, and particularly enjoyed the programming assignments. Looking forward to starting course 2.
Well designed and good to refresh the basics on many top algorithms
Very useful course..Loved it.
This course has relatively few instructions about homework. I believe more test cases would be better.(Though able to be found in forum.) Besides, lecture is really awesome. Thanks a lot.
Very good course in algorithms. I bought the book to help me understand but the lectures make it way easier and thus much more fun to understand the analysis. Looking forward to complete the spec
I like this course a lot. Going to learn everything in the specialization.
Excellent course. The statistical analysis was a little too fast and overwhelming towards the end but overall I learned a lot.
I would really love to take this course as I m currently a computer science and thanks for granting me this course Yuhuuuuu!
it is very important to learn algorithms as it is truly said it is heart of computer programming .. I am very happy and thanks for offering such a course to coursera and have just started hope will learn something so that it will help !!!!
The professor is very good. However, pictures and graphics mean a thousand words. These lectures rely too much on words. It makes it how to visualize the concepts. Hope to see more pictures. Animation will be the best.
Great course but audio and video are terribly out of sync.
The course was pretty good. Definitely worth the money, and better than I expected from an online course. I thought it was a little heavy with probability proofs, but that's probably because I struggle with stats.
A very nice course!
I was glad to get exposure to famous algorithms through this class, but I don't feel like I really developed an intuition for reasoning about their runtime. The class was challenging, but mostly for the wrong reasons. I spent more time and energy pouring over the answers to tricky quizzes and having to implement algorithms exactly as described in the lecture notes rather than really truly learning. It also took me much longer than the 4-8 hours per week advertised to complete each week.
Thank you so much! I grown so much in the field of Algorithms because of this course. Onto the next one.
Liked the style and intensity of the course!
This is a best algorithm course I have ever done!
The instructor for this course is absolutely excellent. He is a master of the subject and explains the material to get at the concepts behind it rather than just a superficial understanding. He also does not get lost in mathematical notation, explaining clearly what each piece of the math he is showing us means.
Very good course !
It's an amazing introduction to algorithms. I enjoyed listening to the lectures. All the algorithms were explained in detail.
The course was quite useful and enlightening！I was a good start to learn algorithms!
Tim Roughgarden teaches with wit and depth. Speaking with idiomatic verve, he injects life into Algorithms!
A must for wannable computer geek.
The ideas from this course are fun.
Very good review of divide and conquer algorithms, however, I only recommend for those who are willing to put in the hard work as I found it challenging.
I'm so glad that I've taken this course. This is really fantastic.
Very Useful
This is a great course. The teacher is very clear, and the material is very interesting. The programming assignments are interesting: the problems asked are very simple, but the input is generally too large to use brute force: you really have to implement the algorithms presented in the videos. This makes you realize how much smart algorithms can make a difference.The level of the class is relatively high, compared to other Coursera courses I've taken. If you want some serious training on algorithms, look no further.
I would recommend this course to anyone who has some experience with coding, but has not taken an algorithm course. I particularly like this course because it is more "math-heavy" than some of the other courses. After taking this course, you might not be able to solve all Leetcode problems (so probably will not help with your interviews directly), but from an intellectual point of view, I think the instructor does a good job explaining why people care about algorithms and how to analyze a class of algorithms rigorously.
Challenging but Insightful. Definitely worth it.
This course offers one of the best introductions to reasoning about algorithms in a mathematical way. However, it is not just theory, it also gives you practical advise and forces you to polish up your programming skills as well by implementing some of the most useful and popular algorithms for sorting and similar applications in whatever language you wish.
Excellent course. What I valued most about this course was the clarity with which proofs and algorithms are explained. In learning algorithms one really profits from a great professor. Keep in mind that this course involves mathematics for proofs and I believe one has to be really curious about algorithms and dive into proofs to take full advantage of this course. Regarding assignments they are challenging but definitely approachable if you have some experience in programming. My advice: do not get discouraged, this is all about resilience!
Excellent course! I would recommend it to everyone who wants to learn algorithms.
Awesome,right now I know why algorithms are most important..!!
Tim gives great insights and draws attention to the right things at right time! Exercise and quizzes are very helpful and makes you think in right direction. Also the in-video-quizzes are well thought of to make you think about the topic being described in the video and thus makes it easy to understand the contents. This is just the right course anyone should take to improve/learn algorithm and data structures course. I've got got aaha! moments multiple times. Can't thank Tim enough!!
Sir Tim Roughgarden teaches very straight forward and easy .I like the course.
Cool class
Exceptional materials and teacher.
Great
Challenging and fun!
Amazing course!
The unique value of taking the course: read and think through the material with guidance and completing its assignments is the efficiency by saving all the search cost would I collect on my own the good and succinct presentation of the knowledge and exercises with solutions (at least correctness checks.) The entire detail of an algorithm is hard to keep afresh in memory and one needs to refresh it from time to time. It is very cost-effective to take a course like this to accelerate the refresh.
Very good course on algorithms, a lot of terms explained in details with exercises
Well structured, well explained. Great course!
Very nice course !!
This is a great course for who doesn't have a computer science background!
This course has some great quiz questions. I'd recommend it to people just for them.
The math in this course is quite difficult, but the professor does a great job of explaining it in a very easily understood way.
very challenging fast-paced course
I was very amazed with his really good lectures. Especially proving each algorithm's correctness and performance was very interesting and stimulated my curiosity. I also need to note that optional videos for probability helped me a lot to understand this course. I would like to recommend my friends definitely.
Great course to improve your skills on Algorithms, Space and Time complexities
Professor Roughgarden makes algorithms cool. With his passion for the topic you can't help but get excited about it too. I feel like I got a deep understanding of the topics covered versus just learning a recipe to sort an array. Looking forward to more.
Needs hands-on experience with high-school probability to help crack the exams
Best online course and one of the best courses in programming
It would be nice to see more examples especially were we have too many formulas. I still confused with probability.Also hadwritting isnt really helping. I am most of the time decoding scripts. In addition he is reading the formula at one moment and in around 3-4 seconds it appears on the screen. So I kind of listening him while trying to read what is happening on the screen. horrible experience.
Personally, I would recommend this course to anyone who really wants to learn how things work in that sort of algorithms. I found the assignments a little difficult, but also extremely helpful.
It´s been a long time since I had so much fun. Like going back to school. The course was great, the material is excelent, the assignements interesting and challenging. I really liked this course and am getting ready for the next one on the series.
it was awsome!! one of the best courses and materials regarding algorithms i have taken!thanks a lot!totally worth my time and money =)
Great course with interesting assignments.
the tutorials is not for average students, it takes a very high skill to understand them . also the quiz nd the assignments r too tough.hope you can make them a bit easy, the last one ,ie with graphs and trees was a bouncer. If the maths required is so high, please take a week to first explain the math fresher required in course and then start the main course
This is great course
It's an amazing courses aiming to high-level and fast-pace algorithmic thinker.
I enjoyed this course, it was more challenging than the first one in the sequence, especially in the graph-search portion. The last 2 weeks are much more simple, but it is still essential for any serious student of CS to learn about data structures, especially common and practical DS such as heaps and hash tables.
The professor is amazing. He has the ability to present the material very clearly, concise, and with a good dose of humour! I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in algorithms and data structures as an undergraduate or a professional.
good in depth knowedge.
This was another good one, providing a slightly deeper dive than I had seen in other courses. The big revelation here, for me, was the addition of Bellman-Ford algorithm for evaluating shortest path in networks (graphs) that have some negative distance values between nodes.I also like the approach to data structures (high-level, then drilling down into increasing detail for level of interest) I find it hard to say I understand a data structure based on "Interface and Theory" and I would have felt the certification meant more with at least a rudimentary implementation. I guess that makes me a coder at at heart.I am about to jump into the next course of the specialization: Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming As with the two courses before, I am expecting new revelations about the kind of programming issues I've been solving for more than fifteen years.
A really good course
Useful refresher!
I learned a lot lot lot, no more to say. Fantastic.
very good course! but I think this specialization focus on mathematical analysis, we need to practice more
Great course, at least for people like me who lack of computer science background.
This course let me feel algorithms is not hard as I thought. It is worth to learn
I really enjoyed it. Perfect balance of practice and theory together with clear explanations. I also appreciate the mentors efforts that always answer any questions and try to help. Thank you Tim, Vassilis, and Arjit.
This is a great course. The teacher is very clear, and the material is very interesting. The programming assignments are interesting: the problems asked are very simple, but the input is generally too large to use brute force: you really have to implement the algorithms presented in the videos. This makes you realize how much smart algorithms can make a difference.The level of the class is relatively high, compared to other Coursera courses I've taken. If you want some serious training on algorithms, look no further.
Good learning
Nice course and exams problems. I recommend this course if you want to understand the basics of graphs, trees and heaps.
The material was a little light and far fewer video quiz questions to test our understanding of the material. I also tried to test myself on BFS and DFS by doing online quizzes like geeksforgeeks - bombed really hard.
Excellent mix of math (not too much), programming details (probably needs a little bit more) and practical applications!
This is great course and amazing refresher!!!
The early part of the course does not make a compelling argument for why we need to analyse complexity. The lectures are interesting but not helpful for use in business.
Super interesting course, I have never seen in my lifetime.Watch me ;))
I am really satisfied by the course .....just love the lecture and slides too :) .....
Tim does an excellent job explaining things at depth and at the same time keeping things interesting. The quizes and programming assignments are well thought and carefully balanced vs the material taught. They force you to stretch just a bit beyond the lectures, which is a good thing IMHO.And there is a wealth of advanced/optional material for the curious.
I love how clear the videos (and notes) are and re-watching them really helped a lot! I wish there was more discussion on the forms though!
It's challenging but interesting.
The best Coursera class I took so far! The instructor has a good pedagogic approach -- for every problem he discusses, he starts with an intuitive explanation illustrated on a simple example, and afterwards provides a rather rigorous justification for the algorithms (omitting only secondary details).I found the problems challenging, and the quizzes required quite some thought, not only repeating/slightly modifying statements made already in the lectures. This made it feel closer to a real class than the other Coursera courses I took so far.
Very much to the point, no nonsense, good course!
Many of the weeks' videos were out of order.
Week 4 was significantly more time-consuming than the others, but it is still an excellent course overall. Recommended!
Well done!!!! That is the first English course I have finished!!!!
Well done, made a very difficult topic accessible.
if u do those math it will definitely help u to be advance
It's a very nice course if you're doing some refreshing of college chemistry.
The material was good, but I did notice a couple of lectures and in-course questions presented out of order. What really turned me off, however were quizzes. In weekly quizzes the first answer was always the right answer. In the final quiz most of the questions had the first answer as the right answer. Since randomizing the answers is so obvious and easy, I am really at a loss why the quizzes would be presented in this way.
A lot of calculation errors and incorrect answers
Great!
Excellent course, very challenging, instructors take the time to explain the work very well.My only suggestion would be that week four be split into two more manageable sections, as it was quite large and there were many different topics covered. As aqueous equilibria are not my strong suit, it was a lot to take in
Thank a lot
Great Course
The course is well-structured, clear and coherent. The assessments are quite good too. Recommend it!
Excellent course. If you are struggling with high school chem, or need a good foundation for college chem - this course moves you through the concepts and gives you lots of practice problems.
It is a good course for beginners, but it is too slow for advanced learners who want to refresh their knowledge.
I did the course before. It was amazing!
I am new to teaching AP Chem and this class was a great refresher for me....I suggested that my students enroll.
Although I had taken this course and higher levels in the past, there are still many subjects that I do not feel I have mastered them. This course helps me to achieve that goal. Also, it does not mean that this is not a flawless program, but by far is much much much better than the program I had attended in the past.I like to appreciate both instructors for their time and the effort they have put into making these wonderful videos for many students around the world!
This whole program is so knowledge-giving...thanks to Coursera and University of Kentucky.😊
There were some mistakes and weird glitches, but overall solid overview of second-half chem
Great.. I'm chemistry.. And this course is very useful to remember all things have you learnt in the university... Thank u
This is realy helpfull and interesting.
Itt's great! Nicely explained with step by step resolution of problems. I loked it :D
Great explanation. I am very satisfied.
thank you for the course. great
i like it but there is ALOT to do i am 13 taking this for science class and i am starting to get lost in what the are saying
Needs some means of feedback. Several times I felt sure that a question was wrong, but there's nothing to be done about it. Additionally, it would be nice if, after completing (and passing) a test, you could see what you did wrong and how the answer should have been determined.
very easy to follow
The course is very well organised and presented.
Very Good course ! Hope to see Organic Chemistry and some Biology courses by University of Kentucky like this.
It's great! Thank you for everything :))
amazing course. all topics about chemistry are here, very good quizes. a good course
I used this course as a significant portion of my preparation for the CLEP Chemistry exam, and passed today with an A! Thank you!
This was a fantastic course! The teachers taught the material well and were entertaining in their teaching methods. I enjoyed that the lectures were easy to watch, and I appreciated all of the practice problems.
kind of boring and I am not learning how half this info is obtained or why it is relevant to real world chemistry
Thank you for reviving my interest in chemistry!
The subjects are very well covered. Great explanation. Very recommendable
Excellent lecture videos with practice problems that are very helpful in recalling the chemical concepts. Really wish this course could offer at least an SOA so learners can be more motivated.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course! Problems and assignments are quite challenging but doable
Very challenging, well presented.
This challenging course improves understanding of algorithms and is intellectually stimulating. I learnt the theory behind algorithms and how they are applied to solve real world problems.
Awesome! The professor is obviously very knowledgeable about the ancient Greece history and it's a pity that I'm done with the course; I wish I could attend the full, comprehensive version of it! On top of the basic history, I appreciated the comments on the research method, the nuances in the interpretation of different events, the presentation of additional elements (e.g., pictures, maps, artifacts) to support the lectures, etc. I was sometimes rushing a bit to go through all the reading assignments but I'm glad to know now what to read and where to search to get more information on the topic. I think it's one of the good side-effect of this course: it motivates you to learn even more about the ancient Greeks. Thanks!
Very good. The readings indicated helped to expand my knowledge of Ancient Greece. Every undergraduate student in History, Philosophy, Archeology etc, must take this course.
Great course! Very touching and devoted instructor.
Excellent overview and introduction to Greek history. I am travelling to Greece later this year and wanted to get a better understanding of Greek history to appreciate the art, literature, architecture and sites which I will be visiting. This course was both educational and entertaining. I highly recommend and look forward to building upon the knowledge acquired in the course. Thank you!
The course was fascinating. At first, I must admit Professor Andy seemed quite dry at first, but as I began to understand his wit, I waited continually for him to deliver something extremely hilarious. I still laugh when I think about the reference to "Bats whispering". His understanding of the topic was excellent and his ability to communicate such a tremendous span of critical Western history efficiently and in an organized manner made the course valuable to me. I learned enough to of course understand I knew little, though I have written down several areas I want to research on my own to expand my knowledge. Great course, great lectures, thank you for presenting it to us and helping us learn!
Ancient History: it is not boring anymore (for me)! Charming Prof. Andrew Szegedy-Maszak gives materials in a way, that you feel an every character (even mithological) was a real person involved in a real story. I also like nice sence of humor and a voice of lecturer! A lot of reading was easy and interesting to learn during the course.
A fantastic course: Very well-presented and hugely informative.
Great course !
Comprehensive course. I gained a great deal of information that helped to fill gaps in my own knowledge base.
Great Job. Andy definitely is the best.
Excellent course. Really inspired me to learn more.
What a great course! I have enjoyed it a lot!
Very Interesting course that covers a huge range of topics over a long period of time. A very well informed lecturer who can speak about the subject matter in a clear and concise manner.
Fantastic Course! Really well structured, lectures are really interesting and I have really enjoyed it!!
Well prepared course.
Some great material and I learned a lot. I did in fact complete the course but chose not to submit written material. Sometimes the lecturer was perhaps a little dry.
Great course! Loved everything I learned.
Excellent course. It has a perfect rhythm and the teacher has a good pronunciation which it is a important detail for no native english like me. I recommend strongly.
Fantastic course. Information packed, but not overwhelming. The links to online readings provide nice context for a lot of the lectures, but weren't in any way daunting. Highly recommend!
Even though the professor talks in a monotone voice, I was so fascinated by the course content that I was able to overlook it.
I found this a really interesting course to complete. The lectures are easily digestible and help to provide context for various readings that you complete along the way. I would have liked an introductory lecture that gave an overview of some of the major themes of the course more clearly (I felt a bit at sea throughout the first topic having never studied this before. I didn't know what to pay attention to). But once we were underway, I had no trouble working out the flow of events. I really enjoyed this- thank you!
I love listening to these lectures. The professor is highly informed on the subject matter and his personality brings these myths and historical insights to life through engaging, clear story telling. I honestly did not know what to expect from the course, but I am deeply interested and hope to retain at least the main points of the lectures to take with me in my understanding of the world and the development of our richly influenced society by the Ancient Greeks.
I like this course, it covers a wide range of topics.
A good starting point to learn more about the "Ancient Greeks"
Great course, but the quizzes are not quite there yet. They focus too much on minor details and the questions are sometimes awkwardly phrased.
I found Wesleyan University's course "The Ancient Greeks" rich in varied information. Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak's lectures are particularly thoughtful and the quizzes are clear. An altogether enjoyable, well-worth experience.
Very informative and filled with interesting tidbits. I loved it.
Totally excellent and enthralling! The subject matter is well treated and easy to follow. The quality of the videos are top as well. I fell the the mix of lecture, reading and quiz at the end of the week was just right.
excellent course, I enjoyed it a lot!It helped me to gain an overview over ancient greek history.Great lecturer!
Fantastic course. Very enjoyable, quite clear and shed light on quite a lot of complex concepts. It's not hard to follow, but certainly arouses your curiosity and makes you explore more. Thank you for all these great lectures.
An excellent course, one of the best I’ve done at Coursera. I hope Prof. Andrew Szegedy-Maszak will give more courses on this subject, starting with the end of this course, the 4th century BCE, progressing to the 3rd, 2nd etcetera BCE!
Cool
Perfect!
The professor was extremely knowledgeable and clear.
Wonderful course !
I love the way this professor talk about events. I learned so much.
I love this class. So much important history that can be related to current events and people. I highly recommend everyone to take this course and think about it. We still make the mistakes these people did, and the successes are a part of our existence today. Instructor is very pleasant too.
Quality Qu
Inspiring instructor. A lot of clarity in the lectures and some really interesting facts and stories. This course is almost like watching a great movie.
Thank you so much for conducting such a well paced course to the prelude of Greek's history!The course was simply fascinating! Professor Andrew's teaching style was very detailed, often humorous and also engaging. It felt as if I was really present in one of his lectures in the university classroom!The provided reading assignments also immensely helped in gaining an in-depth understanding of the course content!The active discussion forum gave me the opportunity to fine tune my learning through Q/As and additional articles for further reading, provided by the very generous, friendly and encouraging mentors!Looking forward to such a course in future,With best regards,Saoumitaa G
I have learned many issues and insights, and I am most satisfied.
The professor certainly knows a lot about this subject, but his delivery is stiff and dry. If he shared his passion for the subject with us it would be more enjoyable. On the plus side, I admire how he shares the Greek language with us so capably and combines art with his lectures.
Really interesting course
I will keep thinking with the Greeks.
Best instructor and lectures covering the entire area..But Assignments should include more questions so that to cover entire content of course.
So thanks Prof ,i think that it was a great course and really my hope now is to visit Greece to recall Homer,Socrates,Hesiod,Solon.........................As a course ,Ancient Greeks resource me much and i advice all students to take this wonderful course.
It's really well organized. I like the pace of the course and the voice of "Professor Andy"!
This is my first coursera course and I love it.
A global and balance view of the ancient greek history
Great! I 'd love to learn about this.
Awesome course, excelent material, great classes.
Excellent course!It is a must take course for the lover of Ancient Greece.
The course is very well structured for a diverse range of learners. You could get a very deep knowledge and understanding through the readings (Greek tragedies, Herodotus, Thucydides etc) and the lectures, or a broad survey of the Ancient Greeks by just watching the videos. The professor also combines the narrative, the methods used to study those narratives and the limits to our knowledge in an erudite yet engaging manner.Definitely recommended as a top quality resource for anyone who wants to learn about Ancient Greece.
An excellent course for those interested in an introduction to classical studies. I studied roman history and latin at high school, and I was eager to learn more about the ancient greeks. This course provided me a great introduction. And it raised my interest in reading ancient greek authors. That was the strongest point for me: no need of animation, I liked the invitation to read ancient texts.
This is an excellent course and I have enjoyed listening and reading everything it has to offer.
Great Course!
WWonderful course.great professor
Interesting and informative! Professor is the best!
This was an excellent course on The Ancient Greeks. I studied Ancient History and Archaeology at University a few years ago and I found this a brilliant refresher to knowledge I had forgotten. It was well structured and interestingly taught.
Very interesting! I wish there is some animation film to explain the narative.
Wonderful and interesting course. Thanks!
it´s very interesting course ,it gives you all the details you need in the classic studies .
An amazing course! I have found many interesting details and also received completely new way of seeing the history of democracy! Special acknowledgment to professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak for his work and generous way to give knowledge to the students!
It's just plain excellent. Great content and professor.
A very interesting course and I'm at the beginning of this course and already have learned a lot about
Outstanding course, delivered measuredly, concisely, and clearly. A wonderful panoramic introduction to the Ancient Greeks. Inspires one to dig deeper. Thank you so much for offering this course on Coursera.
This course was simply fantastic ! I was captivated. Pr. Szegedy-Maszak is such a great teacher. He makes you really live and love the subject. I'm looking forward for new courses. Thank you very much.
the tests are difficult.
An engaging look at Ancient Greece from the Minoan civilisation on Crete through to the death of Socrates (with some bonus material on Alexander the Great by popular demand!). The course is extremely well-designed and presented by first-rate lecturer, Professor Andrew Szegedy-Maszak of Wesleyan University. Totally recommended.
Very informative and interesting!
Excellent course! I'd like to thank the professor for such good lectures
well presented and thought provoking
Fantastic course. Nicely paced with good lectures and background reading. Highly recommended if you want to learn about history of ancient Greece, with a side order of drama, literature, lives of women, slaves and metics (do the course and you will know who they are). Highly recommended.
I enjoyed this course. It was very interesting, the teacher explained each topic well. A very informative journey through the Ancient Greece.
Great course that let you have a quick look over the greek rise and fall over 2000 years ago.
Poor visual aids, course content and format.
It is a good course and the instructor is very knowledgeable on the subject. It´s just that, after a while studying about wars it seems that there´s no ending or purpose. It is a very good analisys though.
Loving this course! Very engaging subject matter and instructor has discussed topics in such a way as to make you want to know more and to continue with the lessons even though it's way past bedtime!I have learned quite a bit so far and am developing further interest in that time period, especially how the Ancient Greeks have shaped societal constructs and belief systems and how they have affected us throughout the ages to modern life as we know it.
The professor is very comfortable lecturing in front of a camera, which makes it quite easy to follow the lectures and what he is explaining.
Professor is very knowledgable and honest about the topic. As a student of classical civilizations I loved his simple communication style to explain concepts that tend to become overly complicated by bad professors. Definitely enjoyed
The course was very interesting. My recommendation would be to also include videos as resources, where possible. For example, I found videos of 'Medea' and 'Antigone' on Youtube and watched them and loved them! Since it's theater, it's completely different seeing the play than just reading it.
It's a nice way to learn how were the greeks! In a fews words: Awseome!
I've found this course extremely helpful as I teach Greek history to my high school classes. Professor Andy explains crucial events in enough detail yet the videos are concise enough to watch multiple in one evening with good comprehension. Thank you so much for the lectures and great resources! They are invaluable to my planning my unit on Ancient Greece!
This is wonderful swathe through Greek history. I'm glad I was invited along.Thank you.
Great course! Excelente professor
This is an absolutely 5-star course. Educational, interesting, right-paced... It is very clear that the professor has a passion for the subject and is deeply knowledgeable. There are two questions after every video lecture, which focus on the most important parts of the lecture and also helps the student see if they understood the content. Reading assignments are relevant and interesting. End-of-the week quizzes are challenging, but can be completed very successfully if the student paid close attention to the subject. I would recommend this course to everyone who likes history or ancient cultures. I hope for a sequel, too!
Excellent survey course. Only wish there was more information given on details of daily life, also wish the course was a bit longer. Had issues with verifying the quizes.
Professor Andy lectures really made me enjoy my time spent learned and studying about the Ancient Greeks, now having skimmed the top of some history of the Ancient Greeks I look to discover more by myself and as suggested in this course. "Think like the Greeks." Good day.
I found The Ancient Greeks course to be excellent, highly informative and well presented. I found the lectures, use of maps and pictures of ancient artifacts to be most useful in supporting the topic. Highly recommended.
Absolutely superb course by lecturer who knows the material inside out.
The lecturer was quite knowledgeable, but I think he needs to work on his presentation a bit. Particularly at the start of the course he didn't quite know what he was trying to say
I had forgotten how much reading there is! I didn't have a lot of time, but I enjoyed the lectures a lot and it revisited my interest in history and ancient civilizations. I think I learned more from this than the Ancient Civ class I took many years ago in college! Most enjoyable!
Very good course. I'm enjoying this immensely. Maybe a little less recommended reading, some of the readings are repetitions.
Informative and enjoyable
Well presented and very enjoyable.
Well presented, wonderful insight into the world of the ancient Greeks. I learnt a lot, and it has whetted my appetite for more. I really loved this course, and enjoyed it very much indeed
Elaborate and absorbing lectures, it was a great pleasure to follow. Thank you, PhDAndrew Szegedy-Maszak! All the best, MK
Gave me a great overview of the ancient greeks. I now would like to visit these ancient places.
A lesson with discussion about the question of quizz.
I love history and so this class is perfect for historians alike.
An extremely intresting and informative course!
It is a great educational experience that opened the door to the ancient Greek history.
I knew nothing about ancient Greece before. Excellent course. Thanks. David Pearsall, Greenville NC
This is exactly the model that other humanities and "soft science" courses should follow on Coursera. Your grades and progress are solely based on your own performance and not on the whims of student reviewers. One is also spared the experience of grading the work of others which is often nearly as painful of a punishment as undergoing a root canal sans anesthesia. Other instructors and the leadership of Coursera need to pay attention to how this course is set up in order to make their own future endeavors better for their students.
Very interesting and well explained.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The lectures were easy to follow and the additional reading material fit to the lectures. I would subscribe to a follow-up course any time!
wonderful really interesting course, well presented and full of fascinating information; well worth doing
Limited in scope but very good for the time/topics it covers.
A Great course. very Informative I recommend it to all who want to learn a lot about the ancient Greeks their culture,history and contributions to today's society.
The reading assignments were really good and the pace of the course was very effective.
Very very good course!
I loved this course and I was a bit sad when I finished it. I found it very interesting and the teacher was very good explaining and making it simple enough. The material used (presentations, maps, photos) really helped to round up the lessons. Overall, a ver
Perfect course
A really great course!!
Even though it covers some topics a little "superficially", this course is of great value for those who want to get more knowledge about the history and development of ancient Greece. It is really interesting that it does not only cover political and military issues, but also daily life and civic aspects of this civilization.Really recommendable!
Excellent overview of Ancient Greek history. Very much enjoyed the lectures with clear explanations of different aspects of Greek political, military and social structure and the differences between the different polis. Reading material was enjoyable as well -- appreciated the opportunity to read, or reread in many cases, Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch. The mixtures of readings also gave the opportunity to view different persons and events from different perspectives which was refreshing. I highly recommend this course to anyone with an interest in Ancient Greece or the beginnings of facets of Western culture.
Professor Andy can tell a story and is the best damn Professor at wesleyan!
The profesor is excepcional, and have a very good english, Thank you
Very interesting class. The readings were helpful in understanding a deep appreciation for the subjects covered. Still dislike the multiple guess questions at the end of each section, think essays would show mastery of the bigger picture, but understand the constrains of time on the professor. Still, I would recommend this class as a basic introduction to Ancie
What an excellent course! The lecturer sets a good pace and is very engaging. The subject matter is interesting, and the course hours per week are very reasonable. I also really like the MCQs to consolidate your learning at the end of each lecture.
A very interesting and useful introduction to the Ancient Greeks era.
Good introduction to the period - balances political history with wider social and cultural topics. Well supported by original source material. Maybe the expectations of weekly reading are set a little high for many students. I personally found the sections on early Greece particularly interesting as I was least familiar with that era.
Excellent course! Very knowledgeable professor, yet easy and pleasant to follow. The programme is well structured and the content approached with some depth (considering the introductory nature of the course). I would have loved to see, though, a focus more on philosophy (pre- and post- socratic), visual arts and the Hellenistic period, as it is most of the times neglected, even in today's historical accounts. Hope to see more courses on Classical Studies soon at Coursera.
The course is ok. But we need really less lectures and more application based courses.
Brilliant course. Superbly assembled and presented material. And I love the prof's wry sense of humour!I've been wanting to learn about this subject for many years. Highly recommended.
Ancient Greeks is brief overview of Greek civilization from about 1800 to 320 BC, starting with the Minoans of Crete and ending with the death of Alexander the Great. Prof. Andrew Szegedy-Maszak demonstrates great knowledge about the subjects, covering literature, government, and philosophy.Yet the course has two setbacks: 1) The professor stutters through the lectures, displaying his obvious discomfort being on camera; and 2) the overview is very expansive, so there isn't great study in any single theater of Greek civilization.There is, however, solid coverage. I also felt the chapter on the 4th cent. BC, done to address complaints about no coverage of Alexander and Macedon, feels tacked on. It's a long, but somehow hurried lecture.That said, I liked this course. I gained greater knowledge of important political and literary figures, such as Solon and Alcibiades, than I did when I studied the subject back in college.
Excellent course. Professor's Andy's calm and careful delivery is precise, scholarly and entertaining. I particularly enjoyed the readings, which I urge other students not to skip.
A wonderful guided tour of ancient greece from the bronze age through Alexander. Thank you!
Material is excellent, but new format for coursera pages is horrible. Hard to find anything, taking pdf dumps to create saved artifacts from class is completely broken, quizzes do not allow you to see your answers after you submit them even after you have finished the class so you have to remember to save the quiz answers before submission. Worst part for me is that you can only get a certificate if you agree to verified certificates which means giving coursera access to your webcam and also allowing them to save your typing patterns with to me I don't mind paying something for the courses, but will not use verified certificates as I have no need for their verification, and will only take on demand classes that use this format if they have content i really want.
very useful for newcomer
This is such a wonderful class, though it's kind of hard... But I like it very much!
It was a great course, I really enjoyed it.Thank you very much.
COMPLETAMENTE RECOMENDADO PARA CONOCER LA INGENIERÍA QUE SE APLICA EN LOS SISTEMAS DE TRANSPORTE
very good i leran to much
great course in transportion
Great course, loved it! Maybe a bit easier than the previous ones in this specialization, or maybe it's just because I started using python(compared to java and c in previous courses). Anyways the course was fun. :)
Far too easy
Great content! And explained very well. I was asked a question on graphs in my amazon interview. Wish I had taken the course earlier. Thanks!
Nice and clear!
It was one of the best course. The problems in the programming weekly assignments were very carefully designed. All the mentors were really amazing and having in-depth knowledge in algorithms. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I feel I am much more comfortable tacking graph problems and solving them efficiently. Thank you!
Overall good course, programming tasks are fun!However, some of the video lectures are only of average quality. Accent of the TA is sometimes confusing (fyi I'm not a native speaker).
Very good course. Learn a lot.
Great course, thank you!
Fairly good course. I wish the edge cases for some of the programming assignments had some more discussions. Needed some sifting through the forums while stuck.
This was a really excellent little unit. I really appreciate going over all the algorithms in this course and I have a better understanding of how we explore graphs to find valuable information. I really enjoyed the challenge optional week as well. I felt less stress to complete it since it was optional, but it was still very challenging and I couldn't complete it (even though I really tried). I feel the challenge optional week may need to be made slightly easier though to give people who are normally busy to get a chance to try and solve the problems in it (it did eat up a lot of my spare time). Excellent work, great course (wish I knew contraction hierarchies better, been reading some papers but still unsure of how to best implement it).
Great course, great lectures!
Lectures were very clear and assignments were really helpful for me to understand gist of each algorithms. This course, however, only covers 1. Basic concepts of Graph, 2. Shortest Path, and 3. Minimum Spanning Tree which doesn’t seem to be rich.With more diverse and interesting problems associated with Graph included, I strongly believe that students will get much from this course.Thank you
Was very informative course. Learned a lot stuff.
Good sessions and assignments.
Very interesting and well presented course. I particularly wanted to learn more on graphs and this helped me get not only a basic but a more advanced understanding.
Incredible collection of graph algorithms. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
very nice course. The content covered is very useful.
I loved it, great work from the instructors!while ( true ){thank you very much ;}
Outstanding. I highly recommend paying for this course instead of auditing it, so you have access to the graded homework assignments. The problems are ingenious, and so much fun I wish I could do them again. Without doing the assignments, I wouldn't have learned as much as I did. It's well worth the money.
Amazing content. Loved it!
great course
Great
Another great course. Thanks a lot!!
Very good explanations
The course was awesome but the "Algorithms on Graphs" course the month after has some ridiculous extras. Since the course hereafter will have additions related to how Graphs are used in the real world today - I have to give this current course 4 stars. I can't comment on the next course but I think talking about how graphs are used in RL is immeasurable. Good Luck. I do hope you give this course a chance if you're interested in Graphs or looking for a refresher like I was.
Good course , nice assignments , a little bit more of explanation might be helpful for beginners
Fantastic course! I am new on graph algorithms and this course totally mesmerized me. The course material is just right for me , neither too difficult nor too easy. And the programming task is challenging and I like the way the test cases not shown to us because it pushed me to think of strange or rare case on which my program may fail. I really learned a lot from this course! Thanks to the instructors!
Instructors in Algorithms on Graphs manage to provide a placid -yet complete- course.
Great course! it would be better if the course provide more problems that is not directly the implementation of what is taught
Great course, would have been better, if authors added more assignments and material to study as graphs have so many applications. Anyways, I do believe that motivated learners will go ahead and find more challenges for themselves. As always, thanks to all the instructors, keep up the good work!
Great Course
Interesting course to start learning about graphs
Awesome explanation, very concise.
It helped me to understand graphs from a programming point of view. I got fun when solving the problems.
I really enjoyed the course.
Great Course. Compact and clear. Learnt a great deal from it. Thanks!
Fun course, well done. Overall I felt the class materials were very handled in this course. Further, it was tightly focused on a related set of algorithms where knowledge of each built on preceding knowledge well. Everything I need from a distance/on-line course and presented well.
For me this was a refresher. And it was an excellent way to explain and work on graphing algorithms. The step-by-step explanations of the algorithms here are great for truly understanding what's going on under the hood, so to speak.
Very informative and useful content just like the other courses in this series.
Good Questions and very good Test Cases.
All basic graph algorithms are covered.
This is an interesting course, which is closely related to the graph theory in mathematics. As the previous courses, programming assignments are given every week but it is slightly harder than before. Some pseudo codes are not that easy to convert into the programming language. Yet, it is one of the excellent courses in Coursera.
The course contents and assignments are clear and well-structured. Compared to the algorithms & data structures courses, this one was a lot easier (for me anyway). I would have liked additional content on, for instance, (Markovian) grids/fields, but perhaps this will be covered in the 'advanced algorithms' course.
useful and fundamental, interesting assignment
The teaching quality is very average and mediocre at best.The assignments are merely implementation of lectures .The Stanford and Princeton courses on Algorithms are better courses to take for one to pursue a serious study of Algorithms.
Excellent! I learn some new algorithms on graphs.
worth looking at the course
Another great course! I started this one right after completing data structures and found it particularly interesting as graph problems seem to pop up everywhere in our modern, networked world.Compared to the data structures course this definitely felt easier, however this may be down to me being more comfortable with my chosen language as well as with the overall process and structure of the assignments. Nevertheless there are some fun problems here that have connections to problems in the "real" world.As a side note, I recommend doing the data structures course before this one, as some of the algorithms discussed rely on data structures, so understanding them and better yet having them implemented already will help a lot with focusing on the new material and passing the assignments.Thanks again all the teachers for the great course!
The way the prof. teaches is really amazing . I got all whatever he said and i really enjoyed the course.Thanks to Coursera team for putting up this course for begginers like me and special thanks to the Professor .
very bad course
This course is easier than the previous three, but will help in gaining basic to intermediate knowledge on graphs.
Really Good Course , Problems are of good quality , the content is time saving and easy to understand.
This review is based on the last three courses that I have undertaken in the Data Structure and Algorithms Specialization.While running our tests the output does provide the time and memory used for running our algorithms. I think it would also be instructive to see the running time of the best implementation in the particular language and the best time achieved ever by a student in such a course. It would provide us with an additional motivation to think about better and efficient implementations.Note: I do understand that running times might not always be an exact reflection of the actual time the algorithm takes.
Very good explanations. The course assignments were well thought-out and were the right difficulty.
Great Course to understand the graph algorithms and hone the skills to solve the Graph Problems.
I must say I feel disappointed especially when the whole Data Structures and Algorithms series take this course as the selling point ( "you'll learn how to compute the fastest route between New York and Mountain View thousands of times faster than classic algorithms and close to those used in Google Maps", blablabla), but it turns out to be the least challenging course with only elementary introduction to the big topic. Perhaps the preparing time for this course is too short? I still miss the teaching style and assignment design of the first course of the series though. It would seem to be unwise to pay for the following courses if this continues on.(FYI I was the among the first ones who take this series, and I have got 100% grade for each course ever since then.)
Why don't you put it in the Data Structures course?
The course is too shallow - amount of topics discusses is quite small. Practice tasks are boring - implement pseudocode given in lectures. No quizzes. In particular you can see that it is a bad course, if you compare it to the previous 2 courses in the specialization. I'm agree with other people posting in forums about that.Wasted time, could spend that month more productively. Not going to continue passing other future courses.
Thank you for a great course! But the assignments could have been more challenging.
Good course!
Good work ! Every concept is well explained !
Neat and suitable examples for each topics.
Simply fantastic, to-the-point lectures with great insight to look at problems.
I can only give this two stars at most.The lecturers are just like reading the PPT without any heuristic teaching approaches.The assignments make me desperate, always show very poor feedback message -- "Wrong answer", even the cases failed because of performance issue.The starter files given from the assignment are inconsistent with the pdf description. It's so confusing.Couldn't get any help from forums.
Excellent inputs on graph theoretic algorithms
Good Course material and Assignment.
Awesome! One of the rare courses that teach everything about Graphs! From the very basic to the very advanced. Together with programming assignments that accommodate almost all available programming languages!
Course was to easy and nothing new in it not as the description that it has algorithms 100000 times faster than google.
great course .... everything taught in order ... not so fast and not so slow
Prof. explains every algorithm design method such as D&C, DP, greedy very clear. Very nice class.
Brilliant course, very well taught.
really great,but it's a little bit difficult to me...
Good course, every CS student should take.
Although I have taken algorithm courses before, I still learnt a lot from this course.
This course is awesome, the test bed for code is mind-blowing and engaging. Helped me get a job at Google and Amazon.
Excellent introductory course on Algorithms.
As a developer without adequate CS educational background, it's very exciting and of great use to take this course. I've got the "Algorithm in C (Parts 1-4)" by Sedgewick and did some learning, but it's necessary for me to follow details and explanations from slides and video talks. Also the testing of coding assignment has covered several aspects which I have not paid attention in my daily work.
Wow, good lecturer, free of charge and great teaching experience!
Very useful class and you'd better read the book with this course to get more from it.
Awesome course.
I started coding with Javascript and Python...and I struggled with this course, having not mastered Java. But the resources were perfect and now I have a large cache of projects and information to draw upon as I progress with Java and more academic/algorithmic problems in my software engineer career.
Very good. The TFs are nice too. Nevertheless for a non-CS student like me keeping up with the course is really tough, especially provided that I have never learnt java language before, and that I conducted all debugging without any debugger(I don't know how to use DrJava). In all the course is worth taking.
Great Course, great assignments, great teacher!
It's a very good course, especially the design of homework.
very Nice course. The best algorithm course in the world
Best Course that one can take to sharpen his skills. Very thanks to Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne for coming up with this course. Before taking this course I used to think I have reached an end to my goal of learning Computer Science but now I feel the boat I was sailing was taking me in the wrong direction.
Awesome, Thanks a lot for providing free of cost
Best course on algorithm. Robert Sedgewick is awesome teacher.
Exceptionally good Lecturer and the course. Booksite, video materials and assignments are amazing. Would recommend this course to everyone! The only improvement i would suggest is the explanation of nearest neighbor search in KD tree. Critical information when to prune the search is not really explained so additional resources should be consulted.
thanks ~
The best course I have taken so far for introducing algorithms. I must say the exercises and programming interview questions made the course more interesting and thoroughly tested my understanding. Cheers to the instructors and the team !!!
thanks，verygood......
I took this course to refresh my Data Structures and Algorithms knowledge in order to prepare for technical interviews, and I'm glad I did. The lectures are great and the programming assignments are very well designed and have sufficient guidance. You really have to work on them. I would have liked more graded MCQs after lectures. This is also the first MOOC I've completed, and it gives me a great sense of accomplishment!
Learn a lot from this course, including algorithm, data structure, Java programming. Get some great ideas. Expect for the Part 2 !
Even though there is a lot of useful information in this course, I personally don’t like it. I wouldn’t take this course again if I had a chance to go back in time.All hometasks are much more about programing in Java than algorithms. Open any week's discussion forum, you will find out that 90% questions and problems are about Java, not algorithms. If you are not a professional programer, you will spend at least 30-40 hours a weak instead of 6-10 hours.5 week’s task is just a pure joke: 30 minutes explanation about most difficult structure in the course and not a single line of code.. After that you must write it by yourself. Just look at week 5 discussion forum. Do you know why there are 42 topics in week 3 and only 7 in week 5? Because people decide not to do it.The goal of a teacher must be to make students love the course\matherial\science, not to hate it. I’m not sure about hating, but it was annoying as hell.
Exceptional slides and better teachers!
This course is very informative and presents highly useful information in a manner that is easy to learn and remember. Everyone should take this course.
great course！
Fantastic hands-on course that helps you explore algorithms. You should be pretty comfortable with programming in Java (comfortable with creating linked data structures) to get the most of out of it.Assignments are incredibly well designed and allow you to make progress without much instructor. The discussion board is pretty responsive from other students in the course.A great supplement if you have taken/are taking an algorithm course without any programming assignments (or poorly structured programming assignments)
Absolutely awesome course on data structure and algorithms. Very easy to understand. Nice figures and demos.
very useful
A refreshing course for me, helped me to revise the stuff done long ago
This was a great re-introduction to algorithms for a CS graduate. Great content, fast-paced and the forums were very helpful.
Topics are interesting, explanation is boring
a great course of algorithm!
it's the best.
This course has an excellent structure. You get a real motivation, why you need algorithm, you understand how it works (with mathematical proof if it's not really complicated), its time/memory efficiency, and finally you practice it. Also, you can learn some Java through this course. I really like how Robert Sedgewick explains course material. Thanks for this experience.
An excellent course taught by a living legend.
Excellent course. Definitely one of the best out there. Professor Sedgewick does an excellent job getting ideas across.
Increadibly good. This is the level that all online courses should strive towards.
Very completely!
Really good course, very much helpful.
Great overview course. I have taken algorithms in college, and I am currently a software developer, but I have found this tremendously useful to review the material (especially good for interview prep!). I even gain a better understanding of concepts I thought I knew well already. The professor explains everything in a concise and thorough manner, the homeworks are well thought out, and the hints are helpful. The only improvement I could think of for the course would be to make the lecture sound a bit quieter during the few times the professor would cough -- the mic distortions can be a little annoying. Overall, highly recommend this course to anyone looking to learn basics of algorithms or review the material for interviews or general understanding.
Great course and assignments!
The course is very difficult, but the quality is excellent. Due to the stringent grading of the program submissions, I believe more help should offered for each assignment.
it's very nice to explain about what you should learn,and much。。。
As a ten year old Engineer, I recommend every engineer need carefully review at this.
Great way of explaining the topics
A superb course, the video and lectures are top class. The exercises are challenging and well set.
The auto-graders provide lots of detailed feedback and make working on the assignments a very positive part of the course.
Really good course to start learning algorithm at advanced level.
I like this course, the slide and reference book are excellent, and the program exercise let me use the algorithms to solve the interesting problems, let me understand the algorithms more deeply, let me make more efficient code and take care of my code style and the memory usage. Wow, so wonderful, thank you!
Excellently clear and thorough introduction to algorithms. Prof. Sedgewick has superb learning skills.
really good. I just cannot come up with a course that is better than this. great slides and great project
A very good course!
What an outstanding treatment of the basic algorithms! 5*.
Excellent course. As an engineering grad who has only done scientific programming in the past, this course really got me thinking about programming in a different way. I had no experience with Java before taking this course, and it was very doable having had mostly only Python and Matlab experience previously. However, if you do not have Java experience, I highly recommend learning basic Java structure and syntax before starting. The course recommends the Duke Object Oriented Programming course, but when I tried it, I found it confusing, slow, and unhelpful from the get go. This web page ended up working great for me because of my background in Python: http://interactivepython.org/runestone/static/java4python/index.htm. Also, I highly, highly recommend downloading a Java IDE (I used Netbeans).
Great class
Awesome course.. focusing mainly on developing algorithmic thinking instead of simply knowing it
excellent course, a must for all CS students or any one else who is interested in programming
Wow, great course, one of the best in Coursera! I enjoyed the lectures a lot, they are engaging and fast paced, the examples of practical applications are interesting; the assignments and interview questions are well thought and challenging.Thanks so much to the Princeton professors who decided to make this amazing material available online. The course is so good I had to buy Sedgewick and Wayne's Algorithms book, not because it was needed for the course (it is not, you have all you need in the lectures), but because they totally rock! Thanks!
Very good course, and tough too, you need good amount of efforts everyday.
Awesome course
Should be followed by every people who say is a programmer
Very amazing course.
I really like this course. It is a good recap of algorithms which I learned in my masters. Reasons for going to further approach and examples are given good. I feel if more real time examples are provided it will be good for students to understand where they can apply these algorithms or they can implement their own algorithms.
The course was really good in giving real time examples of the algorithms and its usability in the real world ,the course should also have offered few more assignment covering each topic in the assignments using every component of the course!
Learned a lot from this course, great contents and projects.
very interesting course!
Enjoyable course and challenging assignments !
Because I don't know Java (yet) and the homework can only be submitted in Java, I audited this course. Time well spent! Even without working the exercises, the lectures were easy to follow and highly interesting. I picked up several things that will likely help me write better code.
One of the best courses I've ever had. Breathtaking, exciting, absorbing!
Great course! Very informative!
One of the best courses I've taken so far, related to Computer Science fundamentals. if you need to master data structures and algorithms, this is the course for you.
Really exceptional course. Thank you so much for making this available for free, for the time spent by the professor creating this and the mentors helping out the students.
Great course. It is the best Algorithm course I have ever seen. Lectures with amazing animations are very enjoyable. Cannot wait for the Algorithms Part II.
Thank you very much.
Very interesting, efficient and exciting course! The best themes for me were search algorithms and BST.
Really clear explanation for every algorithm. The exercises are quite challenging and helpful!
great course to learn basic algorithm as well as understand the logic and reason behind them
It's a great course!
Absolutely wonderful course! Especially the lectures given by Robert! Thanks a lot to Robert, Kevin, and Coursera and all the staff! For this! This is my first Online course ever! And my experience was great all together! Thanks a lot. :D
It's a really great course with clear lectures and pretty practical homework. Highly recommended!
So good that I would certainly recommend it, the lessons are clear and cut. The assignments are very meaningful and demanding.
The contents are extremely useful, and the lecture is clear. The programming assignments are challenging.
The assignments are extremely challenging and enjoyable. The videos can get a bit confusing, but overall a great course.
I used this course for recollection of what I learned at the uni long time ago. It helped me to fill the gaps I'd naturally developed since then, as I don't need that low level understanding algorithms in my everyday work. The course definitely serves these purposes.
good course with new things that exite my tech soul
This course is amazing! The course lectures are well explained and the assignments pose a good challenge.
Great course. The programming assignments helped to reinforce the concepts.
a good and informative course.
Very applicable algorithms course!
Great content, very well explained, great exercises too.
This is perfect course. I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to get basic experience in data structures and algorithms. Thanks to professors Robert Sedgewick, professor Kevin Wayne and all who made it available.
Excellent course. well rounded.
very helpful
Overall, very good course. The only thing keeping this from being a 5-star course is the lack of resources around comparing completed programming assignments.
This is a great course and the practical assignments are really cool. But I would like to have more assignments where we have to implement the data structures ourselves, because I thing the best way to learn an algorithms is by going throw the process of implementing and debugging it
Great and challenging course to learn data structures and algorithms.
This was a fantastic course. I was hoping for a simple review but I learned some new material too. I really excited for part 2.
Very helpful! Pretty challenging assignments and well organized lectures. Looking forward to the second part!
Pretty good course for the first time java programmer. It covers most of the basic algorithms required to understand by a computer scientist. Really like the idea of place introduction of iterator and comparator within this class. It really boost my understanding of JAVA programming language. Would like to recommend this course to all my classmate. It helps!
Very challenge though, also help me learn a lot through the five projects. High recommend.
while(1==1)S.o.p("Awesome");this course is a must do.Thanks Sirs, Thanks Coursera.
one of the greatest things I have go through..........
Great course. Reminded me why I enjoy programming. Lots of updated material, and better instruction than in person, at university, a long time ago :-)
My skills in Java were not at the level they needed to be to do the course, but I learned a lot. Thanks!
Great course
Great course thanks!
An excellent course. I have learnt a huge amount about algorithms. Really, really good!!
Very detailed and good explanations. Priceless when the teacher can explain why red-black trees are called red-black, because they invented it. :)
Very good content
Very informative and helpful!!
I have had a great experience during the course. Thank you very much, I have learned a lot of useful things.
Very effective
Excellent course for beginners and experienced programmers
Strongly recommended!This course clearly introduces the basic algorithms and data structures to the students. The professor not only explains the concept of the algorithms but also shows us the applications of them. The homework of this course is substantial and deep. It is really worthwhile to spend time on the homework.
Great!
Thanks a lot for this course. Very interesting. Practical tasks very useful, somewhat challenging.
Very interesting and clear. Great value.
One of the best courses on Coursera. Elegantly explained concepts and detailed material makes this course a must-do for every Computer Science enthusiast.
This is the best algorithms course i have ever seen before. The homework assignments are fantastic.
Very good course!
I can learn why we should code like that and the method to solve the problem
Great course, assignments and job interview questions are the best part of it
Great course, benefit a lot ! And I will absolutely continue learning algorithms, Part II.
Its pretty good!
I really enjoyed this course. The material and videos were carefully made and very informative. The assignments were made that you can properly use the content learned from the lessons. The mentor/instructors are very knowledgeable. It goes without saying the instructors are reference in the Algorithms field.It is worth saying the assignments may require you to research extra resources, e.g. Algorithms 4th book.
I have never studied such a good algorithms class starting from very basics. The best thing which I like most was Java implementations of every piece of algorithms of basic data structures. All videos lectures have detailed explanation of topics. Just a suggestion that - time and space complexity explanations could have been in more detailed so as to understand easily by a novice. Although, the programming quiz questions were difficult, they require every chunk of knowledge you have just studied. Also, adding interview questions related to chapter with hints after your trial and MCQs after every small lectures were charm to the course. I am sincerely looking forward to enroll in other courdses as well. Thank you so much Coursera team, Robert and Kevin.
Excellent lectures and hard enough programming assignments. Highly recommended.
Probably one of the best courses on this whole website. The prof and accompanying textbook and website are clear and fairly concise. The assignments are challenging but fair and the autograder works really well so you get instant feedback.Probably the only con is having to setup up Java on your computer which can be a pain,
Typical question of novice of programming: What language should I learn first?Typical answer is incorrect, sadly.Correct answer is: It doesn't matter. Algorithms and patterns matters. I'm not sure about patterns, but Donald Knuth and Robert Sedgewick are best at algorithms. And here you have unique possibility to learn from the best. Rush for it! And be prepared, it won't be easy.And many thanks to Kevin Wayne for his fundamental job. Probably he is the one who we should thank for this great opportunity to learn it here, on coursera.
Good start course for digging into cs world
Wonderful course !!!! describing efficient basic Algorithms.
Great course. Learned a lot.
The course is good refresher as well as advanced to meet enterprise needs.
great course, easy to understand!
great introduction course in algorithms
It is very important course but i hope the videos included Arabic subtitle
Excellent course, concepts are very well explained, with ample amounts of examples. I also really enjoyed how the professor showed real world examples of how the data structures/algorithms are used, so that we aren't learning all this stuff in a vacuum.
Changed my way of thinking. Thank you!
Great course!Cons: too java oriented.
Very Good Content Flow..Thank you.
My programming skills reached new heights. Thank you!
Great course from great professors. Definitly must-have for any software developer.
Great course. Sedgewick has good educational skills. The course also contains good examples and interesting assignments. I struggled a bit with the first assignments, but then I liked the last 2 better. Looking forward to part 2.
Exceptional Course!But a good knowledge and programming experience in Java is highly recommended.
The course was very good. The content was explained well. The assignments were the best part. Looking forward to completing the second part of the course.
Very good course. Enjoyed it greatly. Wish I had more time to immerse myself in the optional content and practice questions more.
complex concepts explained simply !
Highly useful course and assignments. Professor teaches great techniques to writing a clean and concise code.
This course is incredible.
It would be very helpful to let us see the forums of previous sessions.
great.hope i will continue to learn untill the end.
A gorgeous cource! I've enjoyed while studying.I learned a lot of new.Thanks!
Wonderful couse for computer scientists.
Absolutely 5 stars!
very good course, and the assignments are very challenge
I had long expected to have some free time to attend this course,and now I finally did it. It's simply great with practical demo and assignments at the end of each week to test the skills acquired.For sure I am going to attend the second part of the course.
This course gives a very good overview of algorithms, justifying each new data structure or technique by examining the performance and technical problems that it is trying to solve, and explaining the meaning of the approach. It is a good idea to do a good bit of coding on your own, however, as the Assignments typically expect you to USE the data structures explained in the lectures from a static library rather than hand-coded.
Great course to understand algorithms!
The course gave me excellent insights and it helped me to improve my java skills.The overall presentation (learning material, videos, assignment) is very professionial and good to understand.It would be nice to allow a look at how other students solved the assignments. Maybe with an anonymized grading. Or some kind of a master solution to see, how the best solution to an assignnment would look like.
This a very interesting and well-organized course!
Very interesting and not so hard. Interview questions are sometimes trickier than practical exercises.
Very helpful and detailed
Great course. Made me complete many missing points in my programming knowledge. I look forward to see the part 2. Thank you.
Amazing experience. Well structured course with a lot of interesting information.
Fantastic Free Course. A must seen for programmers.
It makes the algorithms more simple and interesting.
This course is very helpful with me. It helps me review a lot of materials about algorithms I've learn from my university. Thanks professors and other members for a great course. If you want to solid your knowledge, don't hesitate to take this course, it's total worth it.
Excellent introduction to thinking formally about how to program effectively
That is a great course
Very interesting course ! It gives a good knowledge about basic data structures and algorithms used in every day programming. Thanks to course authors !
Thank you Very helpfull
there should be more problem statements for preparation
Amazing course from an inspiring instructor. The course material is excellent. The assignments are demanding, but totally worth the time spent. Thank you for this course!
Great course to learn or refresh the algorithmic core!
The best algorithms course. The video lectures are very good. Prof.Sedgewick builds the concepts very well. The code examples/library written by Prof. Wayne and Prof. Sedgewick's code are very compact and the best I have seen. The online website is great supplement to the book. The auto grader is air tight, that forces the student to think and write their code to the specs. My greatest appreciations for Prof. Wayne and Prof. Sedgewick. I wish students have the option to submit their solutions in C++ because in most of the languages the core algorithms/data structures are often written in c/c++ , I understand it is not easy because the course libraries and grader has to written for c++.
I think it is a good course. I have known more about time complexity of algorithms and some applications of different kinds of the algorithms. I have spent more time then I though for this course.
Brilliant! I started the Algorithms course with not insubstantial software experience. However, I last took data structures over 10 years ago and decided to give myself a 'refresher' since my area of specialization rarely utilizes structures such as BST's or hash tables.The assignments are 'just right' in applying algorithmic concepts and real-world technical rigor. The problems are focused and contained to fit busy schedules, but, at the same time, challenging enough to provide a sense of accomplishment and to see practical applicability.
What a great opportunity to take a course from one of the pioneers of computer science. The lectures are perfectly paced and inspiring.
I really enjoyed this course. It was not easy. But it was fun. Now moving on to Part II. :)
Great course! You really learn to program efficiently. Material very well presented to understand the stuff.
Very solid course. Well explained and informative content and straightforward algorithm illustrations. It not only explains and analyzes mechanism of algorithms, but also offers a set of very practical Java implementations. The weekly programming assignment is awesome. They are well-designed and closely related to real-world application. This is a extraordinary course and I enthusiastically recommend it.
Fantastic course, very appreciate for the Professor and all the contributors of this course. I have learnt so much!
As for non-native English speaker and programmer amateur this course is literally a godsend! Thank you!
Fun, engaging, and clearly explained
I learned a lot about algorithms, the best approaches to solving them, and coding them to use the Big-O notation.
This course is an excellent introduction to thinking about algorithms and data structures.It is challenging, in that the assignments can feel overwhelming, but the discussion forums are an excellent place to ask for any clarification.The videos are very helpful, consistent, and well-paced, and the instructor is incredibly knowledgeable and articulate.
Excellent course. I would like a similar one but using C++ to learn even more. Congratulations on this great effort you make.
Great open course. Easy to understand, and I really learned a lot from this course.
A great introduction to fundamental algorithms. This course is very well thought-out, the instructor always makes his points very clearly an convincingly: more than just algorithms, this course transmits a way of thinking about them. The material is very well polished, you can feel the instructor has been teaching this topic for so many years. In addition to all of this, the programming assignments' topic are generally quite exciting.
This course is pretty good.Algorithms' processing is clear in slide and teacher also explain well.I learned how to design API for data structure.I think it is important.
Very interesting course. The basic algorithms learned here are very useful. For game development and big data analysis.
Excellent Course. Very interesting.
awesome introductory course on algorithm!
Brilliant course, hope that some materials such as some smart design (back flush in lesson 1,etc.) could be documented. Thank you dear professor
Very good course. It really helped me to understand what is the algorithm complexity and how to estimate it.
It was a terrific course, and I learnt a lot. The lectures were very interesting, and the assignments were engrossing.
Challenging and interesting assignments. Recommend for those with basic programming background.
Great instructor. Amazing auto-grader. Interesting content. I want to take more courses like this.
Very good Course.
Extremely well designed course. The assignments touch all the concepts taught in the class. Lot of concepts get clarified when you try to reach 100% on each assignment. Highly recommend this course.
I learned so much from this course. Thank you. I will recommend it to all my friends.
it's really a fantastic course!
This is a great course of algorithms I have ever seen . great!
The course lost a lot without tests. Theory is great. Assignments are pain in the azz - too much is assumed here and there. You must resubmit like a dozen of times to figure out what is wrong.
Super course! I love all the assignments. and the upload-and-feedback system. The lectures are also very good. I did not use the interview questions.Getting the course done in time and working full time simultaneously is very hard, though, but I don't really have any programming experience with me, so that might make it harder.
The best.
I really like this course. I think the pace of video is appropriate, clearly explaining the main knowledge of each part but not digging into details too much. for me,I never learned algorithm or java before, but I can mostly grab the lecture content. Another reason I like about the course is the amazing programming assignment part. Each assignment is a little bit challenging but not overwhelming and you can exactly know how well you did through the precisely computing grader system. Thanks for such a wonderful CS course!
This is an exceptional course - best I have seen, in fact. I'm excited to take Part 2 (and buy the book). Thanks very much to Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne for putting together such an amazing learning resource and making it freely available.
Good course and assignements(make you think). I liked it.
Awesome course! The best I ever seen.
very useful
The best course on real life algorithms and theirs application.
Great for course.
Excellent course, clearly explained lectures and interesting programming assignments.
Great course. I'm really glad I took it.
This course is pretty good, for part 1, the lecturer covered some basic and essential things in algorithms and data structure. Everything is presented in a clear order.
Great lectures, great programming assignments and grading, overall I really enjoyed this course. I tried to get through it 2 other times and finally had the time & patience to do it and I'm so glad I did. Thank you!
The grading system is very helpful for debuggingA little suggestion, personally i would not go to the forum unless i meet problems, but actually i find i may missed some great thinking for ignoring it. It would be better if there is a subscription feature like what's trending on the Forum to reminder learners to participate in the discussion.And i like the every week's interview question, thank you for all your effort!
Great course, really enjoyed it - opened my eyes to the performance implications of the code I write!
Excellent lectures with very structured yet interesting contents. The homeworks are very useful!
Great, Thanks all
Great explanations and very good assignments.
Great course!
Good course for a free one. Thank you for all of your great work. Somehow, the pace is too fast. Covering about 2 sections per week is by far too hard to read the book along with the class. There's no practice exercise to strengthen what you learn. The assignment is very hard and sometime don't directly implement the knowledge you learn in that week. Sometime the video sound is too quiet (but you can read the transcript when it happened.) The book is better in my opinion.
Would be great to have a certificate
There is very informative course. It has understandable explanation of algorithms and data structures.
Great lectures!
This is the best course for learning Algorithms
It is the best algorithms course I have ever taken.
Did this course second time but still felt i learned a lot new. Amazing work in creating the course so educative and structured.
very nice!It will be better if we can be offered some quiz and feedback,not only coding assignment.
Very useful. This is the best course I've had done in my school
Great course!
Exceptionally good. I am a working professional with 13+ years of development experience and still found this course to be full of high value and knowledge. I really never looked at these algorithms the way it is represented in this course. I am very thankful to Coursera and Princeton University for making this course available to everyone.
I really liked the videos and the lecture slides. I think the assignments were really good as well, but had the feeling sometimes small but important informations were missing or not placed well enough. I read the description for the 8puzzle half a dozen times, but that this is not actually solving the task in the optimal amount of moves but rather in some arbitrary amount of moves (we just output the optimal moves) somehow escaped my attention.
This course is very systematic about basic algorithms and theoretical knowledge about analysis.
This course is helpful
Outstanding! Would recommend this class to anyone interested in software construction.
This course is simply fantastic. The instructor's code is most elegant code I have ever seen and it was very illuminating to see how these fundamental algorithms are being implemented in such an elegant and efficient way.
Excellent course. One of the best courses I have taken from coursera. Very well explained, with a lot of implementations in Java.
I enrolled this course last year and quit at week 3. But I finished it this time and it's the first CS MOOC I finished. It's a really hard but really worthful six-week. It led me into the world of algorithm and helped me improved my English a lot.Thanks to Sedgewick's gorgeous lectures, Wayne's patient answers at Discuss forum and every fellows participate this course.
The best fundamental data structure and algorithms course I have ever experienced.
Loved it, basic knowledge for any serious programmer
It was an amazing experience. Many thanks for such a good theoretical information and challenging practice. Every single time I had one question - can I do better. Knowledge obtained from this course is outstanding. Thank you again
amazing class! the best class that I have ever seen!
I find Prof. Sedgewicks' moderately paced lectures very concise and easy to follow. His animated demo of each algorithm clearly demonstrates how the algorithm works. I find the problem sets challenging and fun, and finally finding an optimized solution as very rewarding, especially when I get the bonus scores. While this course uses Java as the programming language, I find the concepts quite easy to apply in other programming languages such as C. Thank you very much course staff for offering this excellent course for free here at Coursera!
the professor is very kind. strongly recommend this course.
Good course!
Challenging, but a greater refresher on some core Computer Science topics.
It makes me learn so much,thank you so much.
Great course. As for me it is ideal. I dont have a CS degree, but works as java developer. The course shows me the beauty of algorithms!
I've been through several courses over the past year, some really good, some pretty poor, both here and on Edx, but this one has really no match to find. I would recommend this to anyone, and especially to those planning on creating a MOOC, as this one is really a state of the art :)
Strongly Recommend For Algorithm Study！
Great!
Homeworks are super fun and challenging!The lectures are super clear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Simply Awesome.
The material and the teaching method are absolutely amazing. Not just a course for algorithms, but a course on "how to teach a course right" .. very thankful to the instructors and facilitators.
Great course from Professor Robert Sedgewick. Strongly recommend.
One of the best courses I have taken Coursera, edX or any MOOC provider. I will definately follow the algorithm path (Alg I, Alg II, Analysis of Algorithms)
The course is a quality course for anyone wanting to learn algorithms(especially in Java).
very useful course
Great.
I'm taking this for the second time to strengthen my knowledge. The course is one of the best I've taking online in the past few years. This is one of the courses I would pay money for because it is very valuable to me.
Good course course with good instruction from professors
it‘s a nice course
In one word, It's awesome course
Excellent beginning for some one who wants to understands algorithms.
Thank you for creating this course. It simply, step by step explains concepts in algorithms.
Interesting material, but its presentation is haphazard and incomprehensible. In typical Latin American style, the presenter wanders erratically through the material in the videos in a confusing and non-linear way, so that making coherent notes is impossible. The relationship between the video, quiz and supplemental reading is sometimes hard to determine. The workload is also vastly different from week to week, including one reading of over 200 pages, indeed a whole book - whilst other lectures demanded only a few pages' worth. Sadly this course was one I abandoned - I lost patience with its random and frustrating structure and the limiting and perplexing nature of the quizzes. I should point out I am bilingual so this was by no means a language issue. If you have the patience for this, or are used to this style of learning, go ahead. I've had to stop, sadly.
Ha sido un curso muy interesante y útil. Lo recomiendo para saber como América Larina funciona en estos momentos. Los documentos adjuntos son extremadamente necesarios para disfrutar del curso!It was so interesting and useful. I recomend it to know about how Latin America is working at this moment. The attached files are extremly needed to enjoy the course!
This course should retrieved from Coursera. It is plenty of mistakes. One of the quiz is repeated. Questions do not have relation with lectures.
videos can be more interactive with more information on the slides. feel that slides downloaded is not worth the time. I seem to see the professor on screen more then important information we need to take note of. Some modules need to go indepth explanation but does not, especially on
Great course with very practical real-life examples. Highly recomended
A good introduction, though I would have appreciated more readings or suggestions on where to look into the topics in more depth (particularly the Financial Services Metrics). It was disorienting to not use actual data sets in the final peer assessment.
Provides a good overview of metrics and how to think about them. A good starting point
Excellent course, structure and tuition - can't wait to get started on the next one!
Good content on different data roles and skills required in the marketplace. Also good overview of different kinds of metrics. Final assignment makes sense and is helpful to apply the skills.
good stuff! informative and not exceedingly challenging
Very good concepts to introduce you to the world of business analysis
Excellent, foundational course that introduces all the important concepts to be further studied in the following courses. Go Duke!
it's better to explain more about financial glossaries in the video.
Very Educative and the knowledge is key to running a business.
Industry relevant information was presented well, with examples and the pace of the sessions was good as well.
Very helpful to know what meaning of metric for different analysis
It was good learning experience and thus I will go for the next course.
Very good overview of business metrics!
Very good class! And very useful for me! Thank you very much！
I thought this was a great prerequisite! Very valuable to know as an effective data analyst.
very useful!
Very good class for those who already have a bit of business analytics knowledge, good buildup to class: starts of slowly with terminology and builds to more technical analyses. Great overall!
Excellent Course. I learned a lot about Business Metrics - Revenue, Profitability and Risk and enhanced my skills and thinking in this space working through examples. I really enjoyed different perspectives of many participants from all over the world. It was a true learning experience. I heartily enjoyed and highly recommend anyone interested in learning about business metrics.
Amazing course! It help us to understand career path related to data in different industries
Thanks professor for explicit, far-reaching and inspiring explanations on big data culture, now I am more clear about my career goal and have decided which data analysis tools to learn!
Course is good for getting started with Data Analytics!
Like this course! Help me understand many different metrics.
It was really an honor to have this course under your guidance. Thanks a lot for guidance and assistance.
Peer Reviewers seem too keen to take marks off or dont bother reading the assignment
It was new and good expirience for me. However, I expect to see more alculations and practical tasks. To calculate smthn, to make some conclusion from it. To analize results.
Good overview of business metrics supported by great examples. If you are looking to get a better understanding and want to be able to classify your own daily activities in the business frame, this course is an excellent introduction.
Very well structured course.
Amazing Course , Covered everything that an Entry level financial analyst is looking for
Good course however the test have difficult questions since are open to different points of views or judgements so it is hard to get the right answer.
very good course. best explanation on financial models i have ever seen!!!! learn about sharpe ratio etc in the most visual and simplest explanation you will ever seen in the whole internet and youtube.
i really enjoyed the course and learn a lot of things about business analysis and how to distinguish between different metrics and which of them can we use for immediate changing in business processes
Awesome Class! Having fun with DATA!
Why were we talking about money managers and hedge funds? What does that have to do with data analytics for business? I never saw the connection and they never explained it.
This was a good introductory course, with some very informative video and instruction. I only give it 3 stars because I felt it really lacked interactivity. Although quizzes were required throughout, I felt too much of the class was simply sitting back and watching lectures.
good to understand a broad concept of business metrics
Great intro course!
It's the first course from the specification, which makes us better understand the necessary business metrics for data-driven companies, and it is a good entry for following modules. Help me a lot.
Good basic intro to business metrics
I love Dr. Egger's way of teaching, however the videos could use some updates. There are errors that were pointed out 5 years ago on the message board, but they have still not been corrected.
The scope of the course is very broad, but very insightful.
I had a wonderful experience of learning what I am interested in on this interactive, user-friendly online platform Coursera and received my first certificate. Great course hold by Duke University, which allowed me to systematically understand the business analytics, data analysis and some innovative ways of marketing. The course goes deep into details in this field, while truly require no additional knowledge before enrolling based, I could proudly tell you based on my first-hand experience. I spent several hours every week during this month to study the course, and really this was a good memory. ^_^
Great course that helped me understand business metrics in a more systematic way. The peer reviews were great as well.
Amazing course! I learned a lot!! Thank you!!
Course was great. Not sure I agree with all the peer grading I received, but the instruction was excellent.
Interesting course but I would have appreciated some exercises with more data to analyse (maybe more practical case). I don't understand the correlation with Aribnb ...
Content was a bit shallower than expected.
I think this is a great course. The lectures are enjoyable and you are guaranteed to take something away. I very much liked Professor's Egger's way of delivering the video lectures. Not even one can be called boring. I hope the specialization builds on to the fabulous start.
easy to understand. One suggestion is that it is too simple for students who have business background, add more knowledge and more supporting materials for self-studying will be better! Thanks a lot for this course!
good course
Excellent course to introduce the concepts of business analytics.
Very thoroughly taught, with many business processes introduced and explained. I have a much better idea of how businesses can use data analytics to improve their sales, profitability, and operations. The quizzes are doable, but not a breeze, and requires review of the course material for a complete understanding and a good grade. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn how data analytics actually function in real world scenarios.
I enjoyed this class very much!
The course has been very beneficial to me in that it has given me a deeper insight into data analysis and how it is harnessed by companies.
A very good introduction that moves at the right pace
Good to get an understanding of a Business Analyst / Business Data Analyst / Data Scientist job.Financial concepts brought seem a bit out of place in the context of this specific course though.
informative videos. useful final project
I enjoyed this course so much that I am trying to save the transcript so I can read it when I can.I love Dr. Egger's explanation as always and enthusiasm as well in teaching this course. I would like to complete the coursework if I can.Please keep up the good work! I am not a student of Duke University but I felt being one because of this opportunity to study under Dr. Egger's wing. Thank you again.
Great first course
Very intresting course and very usefull!!!
Great Course to understand the key principles in business analysis, especially traditional and dynamic business metrics
Overall I feel the course provided sufficient material to understand the concepts and terminology. For some of the data analysis terms, I feel that practice problems and step by step guides should be provided.
Great course for beginners in Business Metrics
This course is not about Excel or MYSQL. This is only about Probability distribution, binary classification etc. So, if you're interested in learning some Math, this is a great course for you. But certainly not for learning some basic Excel and MYSQL. I am very disappointed and have lost all my money for nothing. I did not learn what I had initially thought I will. I feel cheated, I have lost both time and money at the same time.
An easy entry point into logical decision-making.
Very good introduction. Well paced and thoughtfully constructed course.
Very informative and a good start to continue on to the next courses
Great overview of how to use data analytics to make your company competitive, profitable, and the skills required by various business roles.
Easy and pointless.
Great start to the certificate. Sometimes the industry-based case studies seemed jarring--could use a slightly better T-up. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it!
Excellent course, full with analytical examples, and a thorough approach on the subject with explanation of a lot of economical terms.
The course is good way to start the Data Analytics. Everyone before venturing into Data Analytics with lot off doubts should attend this course and it will clear the doubts.The teaching team should provide some downloadable slides of the text shown during the presentations. Coursera can recommend for slides similar to slides in Entrepreneurship Course provided by Wharton Online.
It helps to identify clearly the metrics you need for each situation
The course is insightful as it offers real world analysis and inform web companies' techniques.
Awesome course!
Good intro
learned a lot! thanx
Eye opener, great presentation by Professor Egger. The particular point of using dynamic metrics to influence performance is very useful for business
The course really gives you a great introduction to business metrics. It builds on a foundation of examples an then shows us how to apply. The greatest takeaway is being able to differentiate the various types of metrics used today such as revenue metrics, profitability metrics and risk metrics.
I've recommended this course to all my friends.Very well structured,succinct,and effective teaching style.
Great course! Everyone should try.
It is very useful to find and analyze the right business metric for special businesses in order to improve business processes which can lead to increase in revenue and profitability and avoiding risks. This course was very helpful for that purpose.
I find this course very useful and helpful. Its is a core to data analysis using Excel and I learned a lot.
Very interesting. Especially the content on Business Metrics
very useful course as first step of specialization - interesting videos and study case
Great introduction to Business Metrics!
Interesting enough, good start to the specialization but not the most content for a standalone course.
Good course for a stranger in finance and business. Very well organized
A very helpful introduction to business analytics.
this course is very useful
Very informative and must do the quizes and muster them to memorize most of the material. This will organize all the information that you use to have about the subject, and will also make you speak intelligently about all facets of the business analytics.Great class and looking forward to the excel analysis one!
It Really useful and has a lot of knowledge for beginner who want to pursuit a job related to data
Great course for beginners in Data Science.
very good and informative
Very easy to follow, but the pacing is a bit uneven. Overall a good introduction !
Good professors but you will not learn a lot, since it is more or less an introduction for the other courses of the specialization. Good if is not used as standalone.
Quizzes don't match what's been taught in the video lectures. Very poorly-designed questions, where there is more than one correct answer.
This was a fantastic course, and I am continuing to complete the certificate program.
General Introduction but it is a very interesting topic!
It is just awesome!
Good overall. Some of the material was very basic, but it does give a good foundation to build on. I recommend it.
Simple basics but needed for later work.Good introduction to Big Data world.
Very Helpful in terms of understanding Data Driven Businesses.
I think you should have the basic English skill to join this course.From this course,you can learn how to distinguish different business metrics.
Great entry level course into business metrics.
Very good course - I learned a lot and found the material to be well-structured and clearly presented.
The course is really nice and informative.
learn a lot!
Worked for me ... If you're into this sort of thing...
Teachers are excellent!
Extremely informative course. I found the lectures easy to follow and well organized. I did not pay for the course so I have no feedback from quizzes and thus have no way of being sure I really understand the material as well as I think I do. Other than that, two thumbs up
Survey course. Excited to apply the knowledge and learn concrete skills in the upcoming courses within this specialization.
It's very general information. The explanation movies are great.
The course is good, gives you all the basic knowledge you need for applying business metrics. The best part about it which I liked was that it doesn't give you a list of business metrics to mug up instead concepts of creating a metrics and their application are explained which helps us in coming up with our own metrics in real life applications
Great summaries, good lectures
excellent, great material to work with, never found videos as delightful to watch & as informative.
I really like how you don't need any prior experience. I learned a lot.
a very interesting course on business metrics, talks about business metrics itself, jobs and companies in this field, also some examples of the application of business metrics like Amazon, Costco.
really informative for technical engineers who want to know more about business! you can count on that!
a detailed and vivid picture for the job of business analysts.
Course flows smoothly and quickly. Reviewing was very easy.
Coursework enhanced my knowledge and armed me with information to speak with confident about the job I am pursuing next in my career.
Very interesting and explained common language. Looking forward for the next modules.
Great Introductory Course, which sets the right basis to deep dive into the world of analytics and problem solving.
Excellent course to get an insight of Data related tasks and profession
This was a very basic foundation course on data careers and business metrics. Gives a lot of examples of companies and their varying levels of need for data employees. There is a short segment in here on Financial services which i found to be a bit misplaced, and I would have liked more detail on the business metrics side as well as on the financial services side (if it is indeed well placed and I just didn't catch the correlation).
Course is useful for analysts.
I learned relevant business metrics and its classification.
Was great! I learn a lot of valuable topics that I am using on a daily basis!
Great course as an introduction to the business analytics specialization
It would have been better if the final assignment was assessed by the instructor too.
good but the tests can be better planned.
Very Nice. Refresh the technics and concepts.
Very good course, only 1 BIG disadvantage: you cannot take the quizzes unless you buy the certificate...
A complete exposition about data analysis and emerging jobs.
Audited the course - This course laid out the perfect groundwork if you want to be a business analyst. Prof Egger talks about the different companies, what sort of skillets you need. Its a great course!
I learned very interesting things. Thank you
Informative course, the final case study could be beefed up a bit to make the quantitative material stick better.
Excellent and informative
Great Course. I enjoyed being introduced to Business Metrics while taking this class.
Lovely. It is a good introduction to the subject explored in this set of courses and a subtle reminder of some stuff I learned on my MBA.
Highly informative adoptable knowledge to learn for any Business Manager.
This course was very helpful. I am engineering with no background in business but it introduced it in an easy way. I have gained a lot of information. and understood clearly. I googled things but that enhances the learning process. Thanks for this course
I liked the course. I give 4 stars because as I noticed some of the course content wasn't updated even if almost one year ago people issued that some calculations given by professor are wrong.
Excellent course! Highly recommended
Pretty good overview for simple business metrics definitions and basic level analysis. It is a good refresher for those with an analytics background, but also puts things in a perspective from a business setting which is good for when you are working in the field.
Basic introduction to data analytics
The metrics introduce is broad, but it helps you with the idea of how businesses function in this modern world. We were also introduced to theoretical business for which an attention to business metrics is important. It is good for those who have a technical quantitative background, but no business background.
Good course to know some ideas associated with business analytics
I was really interesting and helpful at my work, Thank you!
Easy to follow, and quizzes help reinforce information learned
Awesome class:). I have learned a wealth of information.!!
Excellent introduction to business metrics!
Very well structured course and lots of useful information! Many thanks!
Very useful course, loved it
Effective!
Despite it's simplicity the course lays the groundwork for the understanding of the new economy (Amazon) as juxtaposed to the old economy (Barnes and Noble).
I thought that they could have gone more in depth in terms of metrics, how to calculate them, and use them in real life situations. The course seemed to focus too much on the type of companies that use data, as well as what type of jobs there are in this field. I didn't find it too relevant or helpful in terms of making me more productive at work.
Prof. Egger is the best. I am so immersed when I am listening to his lecture!
great course
Why aren't I able to see this is enrolled courses- and unable to load on appletv?
Valuable and useful info for aspiring business analysts.
Good Course! Nice coverage of the basics!
Enjoyed the course, and loved the excel sheet for the Coffee business
Needs more comprehensive assignments and challenging quizzes. Other than that the material is excellent!
The instructor is VERY bad at presenting. SO dry and monotonic. Omg, I really want to learn all this but can't stand him talking.
A great start to the subject matter. Clear, concise and easily relates to actual business principles.
The course is very superficial in nature and there is no difficulty...
The quality of videos is not good. There is some absurd voice in between. Also the course for week 3 has information related to finance which is beyond understanding levels of a person with no financial background.
It's a great course! I love this course. It helps me to know more about data scientist and data analytist.
Excellent teacher!
A very good introduction to what the specialization will be covering. I am excited for the next course in the specialization!
Super overview of business metrics.
Introductory course, perhaps a little too light on the details.
Can be packed into a two-week course.
as a science student, I think the course is easy to learn. It provides a lot of concepts which I can only remember a little though I understand their meanings.
I learned new concepts to use not only in business, but in my life. I would suggest the availability of the material that is presented.
Instructor and content was brilliant.
Authors are too greedy for the course material.
Lectures were a bit slow-paced, but the information was great.
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
Great content, precise and current. Thank you!
This is a nice course to understand what you will do as a Data Analyst or related job positions. Video lectures were cool, however it would have been great if the lectures used can be made available in PDF or PPT form for future use.
very good course introducing fundamental metrics for introductory learners like me
It is very useful
Good for knowing the basis of business analysts!
This course was really fun. I have never thought about some of these aspects of business and really enjoyed having my mind opened in a manner that was easy to understand.
As a person without a business background, this course gave me a broad, easy-to-understand introduction into the intersection of business and data analytics.
What's the point of online education if one can only access the assignments if him has purchased the course? With no access to assignments, how could one evaluating his efficient of study?
This course was useful as a general overview. I plan to take other courses for more specific techniques.
Good Course
Truly excellent lecture. informative without being overwhelming.
One of the best I have taken here in Coursera.
Great overview of how data analytics are utilized in the real world. Great lectures!
Practical and useful course
This is a great course.
The lectures are good and clear, with many concrete examples and exercices to train. The topic itself is a little limited, mostly to finance, whereas there would be so much more equally interesting diversity in data to analyse. I just don't dream of money all the time.The course limitations for free attendance get in the way of efficient learning though, using cheap tricks to manipulate you into buying, though I haven't seen these features used this way in other curses, I bet they're using what they teach to increase conversion using any way available.
Maybe a little more of application activities but overall very well!
Loved the content and delivery! Just wish the Quiz and Peer Assignment (I have completed both) were allowed to be submitted without purchasing course. As it will involve no additional effort to faculty. Answers are in the MCQ format so there is only one right answer and peer-grading by its nature ensures that little or no faculty time and effort is used.Like in other Coursera courses, Official Duke University certificate could be paid.Thanks you again!
The course content is good. However, by the review assigment i can see that the concepts were not clear, ther
Great experience and fun to learn.
I feel like more examples, case studies, or panel interviews would help.
Clear explanation, easy to understand and relevant for my interest.
Very much enjoyed the course, its focus on method and real-world problems / issues. The quality of the instruction, including the technical, graphic support was high and always in evidence. The instructor's humor also came through, as well as his upward potential as a dancer. Thanks for the kind introduction to the subject matter; I intend to follow through with the next courses to achieve the Specialization via Coursera. Best from Munich
Perfect lectors with first class information!
great course. excelent teacher and content.
Well organized. Lots of useful specific tips, that I have already referenced several times professionally.
The content is quite relevant to me. The instructor is very good - explains clearly, has command over the subject.Thanks a ton. :)
The course could be completed in a matter of a few hours. Super basic stuff. Waste of money.
I audited this course as it was recommended by my hubby who is a data scientist and see if i can apply the learnings in healthcare. This has immensely benefited me. Prof. you are so crisp and clear and is easy to understand.ThanksRamya.N
I like the course. It was interesting the way that introduces the basic for doing analysis in a real company.
its kind of plain in narrative but full of good content.
This course provides an good introduction to common business metric. It provides real world and fiction example that help solidify the concepts being introduced. The lectures are easy to follow and quizzes help reinforce what student learn. The concept that I've learn will definitely help advance my career in business analysis.
It was a great introductory course, and a comprehensive overview of different business metrics.
Useful and practical!
It's a great introductory course, although a bit superficial.
Great introduction into Data Analysis. I am excited to see where the specialization goes from here. This course really helped lay a great framework from which to build.
Very brief but concise introduction of the data relationship with business area.
The course gave new insights into how name branddata-driven companies as they are called here operate and optimize their revenue.I kind of expected this of companies like Amazon, but the revelation was how even brick and mortar companies need to be data-driven in order to survive.
Very basic terms. Not very helpful for later concepts and would not recommend for business professionals that have experience
Very good intro class to Business analytics. Wish there are more content to learn.
Great course for getting your feet wet.
a very good course.i would like more questions in each video though - and more problems to solve too.but great overall
Great intro to the different types of data and very valuable information on what companies use what types of data, the real world jobs that they hire in the data world, etc. Loved how practical the information was!
Good information on data analyst.
I do not think that students should need to pay for a course in order to watch interviews with previous graduates. Half of this course should have been condensed or excluded. There is not much to learn in these modules. It was decent, but it was not a five star course. I think the ratings on this are misleading.
Good thought provoking class. A good foundation class to take before taking the MySQL or Tableau or Excel stats classes.
Great introduction to the Business metrics!
A lot of time devoted to the job stuff may not be super relevant for most students, and was certainly not super relvant too.
obviously this course helped building basic concepts in understanding further business metrics. and the examples used are very close to real life , not at all text book style. I had a great time viewing videos and improve my knowledge with my classmates.
This course links 3 important ideas:1. Measure THAN act2. How do I analyze what's been measured?3. Use computers to facilitate automation and visualization of the 2 above ideas.
Fantastic Course. Lot of things to learn..
Found it boring and pretty irrelevant. I was hoping to lean more on metrics especially in the digital marketing section. Pretty let down and $79 waste
this is a really interesting course is helping me a lot, looking forward to complete this class
Very informative
Very good course. A must for everyone.
I really recommend this course. Perfectly explained.
I had a hard time finding material to study.I wish the class had more reading material.
A very useful course for budding professionals. Wouldn't recommend this to middle managers / data experts.
excellent course for begineers
This is a great course. Very helpful in understanding Business Metrics better and at helping create a foundation in big business and data. Some of the videos around the specific numbers were a little vague on what was an example and what was an actual metric. All things considered, still well worth the time, money and effort! :)
A good lesson can bring you some great understanding of data-driven company.Worth taking it~!
This is a good introductory course for those who want to be a part of a bussiness analysts team.
Very informative course and gave a broad background about how data is being applied to companies today. I thought it was a good idea to interview people actually using the material and how they apply data to their work.
"Come as you are and leave feeling like you can conquer data"The learning is quantity combine with quality.The tutors are knowledgeable and detailed.Love it!
Extremely interesting and really helpful!
Good introduction to the Theme. Some subjects was not entirely connected between weeks.
Eggar was brilliant.but week 4 i could not understand
A very and impressive good insight has been provided.
I highly recommend this course as an example of excellence in teaching. EVERYONE should take this class. It's just that good.
Great course! Clarifies a lot of concepts.
One of the best courses I've taken through Coursera, but also one of the most enjoyed courses. I'd recommend this course for those interested in learning business metrics and business analysis.
I am confused with the job titles before. But, now with this course I understood the skills required to get into the job market.Thanks for your efforts.
Lots of information, and it helps you start doing something in this field right away.
Looking very useful.
The course conveys clear guidance on the fundamentals of business metrics to allow for a strong foundation to hear and process facts into business metric questions.
If you are going to try and complete the specialization for this course series I suggest you look elsewhere. I was able to complete the first course with ease, but the second course to this specialization felt incomplete and does not tie in very well with the how excel is used. Don't be fooled by how easy the first weeks assignment is for the second course of this specialization.**My initial rating for this course alone was 4 stars, but due to the lack of effort and information in the 2nd course of this specialization I have to give this 1 star as these courses are all tied together.
I found this course interesting, but a bit too simple.From the answers of other students that I marked many are non-native speakers of English who hadn't really understood the questions.
I would have liked the course to have been more hands on. I would have also liked to have seen other platforms utilized.Ex:Hypothetical situations to apply course content to.Group assignments with real time chat.Better formatted supplemental readings to compliment the lecture videos.Also, I feel like the instructors failed to explain some of the business jargon used, which wasn't remedied by referencing the dictionary.
Good course. Clarity in the tutorials and provides a good foundation for understanding essential business metrics for companies.
very informative and great lecture :)
Wonderful course for a starter. However, there were (although very few) points where a more structured approach could have helped making things easier to understand.But a very helpful course to understand the landscape of the Business Metrics and their application to real-life business problems.
As a recent college graduate in management information systems, I wasn't taught most of these important business metrics in the context of business, and even then, I was only taught traditional metrics, not the dynamic metrics this course covers. I would highly recommend this course to those who are looking to understand the different measures to check the "pulse" of a business.
Great introduction to the Subject
The coursework was very straightforward and prof. Egger made it easy to understand using applicable real-world scenarios.
Awesome tool to understand the basics of why we're doing this specialization. This is the cornerstone of the right usage of the tools we can see in the upcoming courses. Highly recommended.
Clear to have basic knowledge to know more about data analyst.
Good introduction to business metrics. I was less enthusiastic about all the investment metrics and formulas, but that might just be me.
Great introduction!
Quality course to learn the base of business metrics. The key terms are explained in a very interesting way. The quizzes are clever and challenging.
This was a basic, yet interesting introduction into the field of business intelligence.
Everything was either super basic or else more advanced but so niche that it doesn't really apply to everyone and we don't need to learn it in that depth. Would have liked to learn a lot more about how to determine what KPIs you should be measuring in different businesses, what kinds of metrics are important, etc. The very large majority of this course will never be applicable to me.
Great class and great intro to get excited about data analysis! Very good class for people with any background.
Very Useful and in touch with real life uncertanities
A practical course to learn about business metrics for any company
good, but no material and lack of structure
This was a great course! The content was relevant and was delivered in a clear and concise manner. I will recommend this course to friends.
I an very disappointed that DUKE hits your up for $79 just to grade the fist quiz (which should cost them $0). This is the fist time I have seen an Institution do this. I can understand charging for a certificate, or for a Final project, but not right out of the gate. I hope that the spirit of Coursera is not changing to a "pay to play" site. There are other higher rated Universities that take a more noble approach. I wonder if all the reviewers paid $79 day 1 for this class, or did DUKE recently changed their pricing policy after the reviews...
I think the pace is a little
Great insights on business metrics with practical approach!
Very interesting course
Very very entry level information.
Basic, Simplified and great
Well done and useful, Thank you.
Amazing introduction to the specialization, very apt!
This Course opened up a new mind for me and just from an intelligence perspective i see the world in a different way. I hope to build upon this. Thank You Coursera.
Solid introduction - slightly disjointed and fairly boring presentation.
Very good insights provided from a fresher's point of perspective !
Thank you Mr Egger, thank you for the engaging first course which introduced me to the world of business data analyst and data scientist.
Loved the overview of the profession and hearing from real data scientists (among others)
good explanation from sound instructors.
Really useful introduction, helps to orientate oneself on the path to data analysis work
I really enjoy this course. It has a lot of information!
This course gave us more basic concept of business metrics and many of them are brand new for me. Professor introduce this course very clearly.
Well designed, well taught.
This course has been an awesome revision for me about my Management Information Systems concepts.
Contributions of the professor in the discussions is wonderful
I learnt a lot of new things..thank you!!
It is a great introductory course to business metrics and data analysis, very clear and relevant explanations, in a series of attractive and not too long videos.
For me who thought I knew something about business analysis, this course proved me wrong, and I am very glad I took it. I'm looking forward to complete the specialization.
I have enjoyed the course
Enjoyed this course and the presenter was lively making for good participation.
This course has given me a very good perspective on metrics used by various organizations to help sustain revenue and grow sales.
love the concepts and the possible impact to business analysis to overall business success
Great course!
I thought the course was good - but I think the final case study could have been more specific. I reviewed a lot of colleagues and the quality greatly varied though most got the answers correct since it was a quite general question.
Very Useful
Good introductory material. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 only because most of the material was not directly relevant to my business world (pharmaceutical development).Anyone working in a financial environment or in web-based marketing will learn from the business metric examples given.The investment portfolio metrics are useful for anyone who has personal investments, even if you are not involved in finance professionally.
Excelent!!!, the best course on coursera....!!!!, congratulations.
Very difficult to apply the knowledge without some support material with the content, e.g. PPT slides.
Very nice lecture videos and explanations! Totally worth it
One of the best courses on coursera.
I would not recommend this course for a few reasons:1. There are no course notes accompanying the video lectures. Transcripts of the lectures in unformatted text files and a glossary are available for download. I really can’t figure why the instructor doesn’t provide an outline of what key concepts he wants us to learn from each lecture. Also, I’m surprised that Coursera doesn't require a basic set of learning tools for a paid class, such as lecture notes or an outline. This might be a good class for you if learn well from videos.2. The quizzes contain ambiguously written questions for no good reason.3. Two weeks in and there is little substance. For example, week 2 includes a few Skype videos of the professor interviewing former students from a Duke Master’s program. They seemed like very intelligent and nice people but the content of the videos offered little value (i.e., nothing new) to someone already working in corporate IT.
Good introductory course, but some kinks need to be worked out particularly in regards to the lectures and assignments.
This is a great course, and a wonderful introduction to the world of Business Metrics. I did wish it was more data driven (in that I really thought there would be more Excel work), but I'm glad that I took this course because despite the lack of data in numbers it has set me up to do well in the rest of this specialization.
Great class
The idea is whole new to me. Appreciate. Thanks!
This was a good course - I have a finance background but it presented some new perspectives
Great class.
for a successfull career, turn to this course.
A good intro course for those who are starting out.
Good introduction to business metrics, but not enough practical stuff.
Very good teachers/instructors.
Concise and interesting course that will help one to understand the basics about business metrics. It is meant for beginners and it is time-saving or better, it's largely up to you, if you want to spend here 1 or 5 hours per week.
This course is awesome. It is a must attend course specially for the people who wants to understand business in better ways.
Good. Looking forward to next.
Great course
Overall good introduction to business concepts.
Easy to follow, yet comprehensive introduction to the field.
Good course for those with limited exposure to business metrics. Would be more valuable to include 5 or 6 standard Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) by function (marketing, sales, operations, finance), etc. that will be typically encountered in an advanced undergraduate or MBA program.
Short but an excellent review on typical metrics used to analyse business performance.the sort of introductory course any adult should do at least once and ideally review every few years.
This is a very quick and effective class to teach you the language and concepts within business metrics. You will also hear descriptions of data-related jobs - what are the roles and differences in skills applied - and these jobs are fairly universal across all industries. The portion of this course that could be better is when the professor throws a bunch of math into the content. It is basically irrelevant to this course, and in and of itself it is so rushed and introduced so out of context that it is very confusing.
A great primer for further data analysis courses.
Great course !
I enjoyed the content and applications. Can't wait to continue on.
Very clear explanations and concise examples. Thanks Prof.
Totally loved it. Thank you guys.
Coursera does not want to give me a Certificate. I've got 95% for this course
Great course!
The course title is a bit misleading. There were too much math in the course.
It's great to have the chance to learn this course.
This course being an introductory to Specialization, doesn't stand so good alone. What I really liked were the real-world examples of companies. As introductory course it was fine, but id didn't contain practical assignments (as following in Specialization courses do). The structure of the course was ok.
Straight to the point. Technical. Applicable knowledge usable Right Now, current information and illustrations. Understandable and comprehensible definitions, theories and case studies. Personable instructor, down to earth and practical teaching style. Hands-on teaching style with a sense of discourse. These two make a great team! I must travel to Duke to sit in on a class or two live.*My Stamp of Approval.*
Thanks to Professor Egger, it is an excellent course with a lot of information about business, clearly expressed.
Very useful knowledge and relevant examples are provided.
The course for me was very simple and basic. I recommend it to students who makes their firs steps in this area.
Excellent coverage of relevant metrics. Learned a lot!
Absolutely phenomenal course - a must for anyone interested in the core functioning of a bus
Meh. It was just okay.
Great and elaborate explication of data analysis concepts. Thanks!
Good overview into Business Metrics. Had some focus on stock/financial terms which weren't applicable to what I was interested in. Overall a valuable course however.
It looks nice this training, but there are plenty of questions on every quiz. I think 15 is too much. I've taken other courses and there are no more than 10 questions on each one.I enjoy the last assignment.
It's very helpful for people who wish to understand the basic ideas of the data analysis.
I loved the files and links that you guys provided along with the flow of the course. It made a big difference! Thanks!
Great course
Very Clear and helpful
Great course to understand the basic metrics used in business. Content is clear and assignments are representative of the material learned.
It is too easy
Great course providing insight of business metric and application of data analytics in various business processes.
This course taught me some important metrics in business and provided me a base for solving any kind of business problem as a data analyst.
Very useful and helpful course provided with fine designed structure and clear illustration.
This course does an excellent job of setting the tone for the rest of the courses through breaking down real-life applications of business metrics and explaining their mechanics. In doing so, it's shed a lot of light into metrics/KPI design for my own work.
The course has all the components that I look for in an online / classroom class:-Instructors that know and understand the topic being discussed.-Instructors are very clear, easy to follow, and well prepared on the material-Clear goals and expectations on what you will be able to do by completing the course-Class material extremely well prepared and easy to follow-Plenty of references and uses of real life scenarios that I can see myself applying in my work (vs. hypothetical a+b basic scenarios)-Classwork and examples are easy to follow making it straight forward to complete homework / labs
If you are in data analysis this is a must take!!
Great to learn about cash flow, both positive and negative. Makes sense, a course for the real world.
Good course that introduces the idea of metrics. If you already work with metrics, you will not learn much new.
It was great
I really did not like the portion that went into detail about business analytics and related career paths. Not a technical skill or ne
Great
A good introduction course on business metrics. Especially great for those without business background.
Great class. I'm very happy with my choice for a Specialization to take at Coursera. The instructor is not only very knowledgeable, but also explain some very complicated processes in a way that helps in the understanding of the topic.
Awesome course
The course covers the basics with an in depth analysis to introduce you to the world of business metrics. Learned a lot.
Good course to build an overall understanding of metrics used by businesses but could have been better if assignments were more case-based but then again thats just my opinion and if the slides were provided at the end of each lecture--just saves time.
I loved how the instructor not only taught the content of the course, but also took time to articulate the specific career application of the material being learned, giving an overview of the various positions within the field. It gave me motivation and a target at which I can aim.
A very good introductory course taught by a master in the field.
This course starts off slow and gradually goes very deep into business metrics which provides a valuable view-point on the topic.
Very easy-to-study course about actual Business Metrics
This course was fairly basic, but still quite useful.
Generally, a very great introduction for business analytic. However, for non-business major or new to business world, this course can be overwhelming because of its frequent usage of business terms. I will recommend you to take basic accounting and basic operation class before taking this one.
Good course for beginners. the final assignment should have been with a detailed data set.
Realistic view to resolve business problems. Great learning.
Great Course, highly informative and excellently put-together.
A great introductory course to gain insights into what actually happens in different job roles.
Very good introductory class on business metrics.
This is no real need for this course. Everything sounds like bits and pieces from magazine articles.... I suspect the sole purpose of its inclusion in the specialization is to fund Coursera. $79 at a time....
very useful course for me as a data analyst in a website company
Very good course
I enjoyed this course because it opened up a nice array of new concepts in a clear and understandable way. It's always refreshing to find a well-planned course on Coursera.This is not to say that the course couldn't use a little bit of tweaking though. There are still a few areas where things could be made clearer.
Surprising Course! Very good business view.
It is a great course for introductory level. It doesn't get too deep into some topics but helps to get a good understanding of metrics in companies.
Awesome course
Very good, thanks :-)
Excelent!Very interesting... I could learn a lot with this Course.Thanks for the opportunity!Brgds,Caio
It's a fine course that doesn't go into too much depth. A goof overview of business metrics.
This is the most informative class I have taken. Even in financial and accounting field for so long, I would say I have learned more from this one class than a whole semester of course work in school. Here, it really shows you the business application of the skills and that is truly powerful. I love it. Thank you.
Very good information. The course had a very effective way of taking some pretty complex concepts of business metrics and explain them in a way that a non business minded person could understand....... That is the epitome of a good course!!
It's a great course that gives a brief business perspective to the metrics involved in companies. However, content in this module can be heavier to give it a more in depth view by the introduction of more terminologies and examples.
Helpful course with strong instruction but limited practical application versus other similar courses focused on more topical application of specific tools and functions.
Professor Daniel Egger's lectures are entertaining, informative and relevant. This course has definitely been one of the better courses I have taken on Coursera.Would recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction to the field of analytics.
Great presentation, interesting material. Both fun and enlightening, but there were a few rough edges that could be polished up. Strongly recommend!
Excellent course.You can learn about different metrics that the companies use to improve its performance.
very useful
The class is a pretty nice overview of metrics in general. it is more broad than it is deep, and sometimes the videos and explanations were not the most easily digested. While the content was helpful, this class could have been greatly improved if slides were provided instead of just a transcript. Finally, some of the explanations and definitions, though interesting, weren't often well tied together. The final assignment case study was definitely useful in thinking about several of the metrics covered over the four weeks.
not much is taught here but I guess should be a good beginning for the specialization.
Great course for getting an introduction into how businesses work!
Interesting course to get to know different business metrics and real life applications!
Essential in knowing how your company makes decisions based on numerical data.
Excellent! I'm learning a lot from this course. What I like most about it is that this course is newly open so it contains a lot of information about the current economy, especially the examples. I will definitely spend time to finish all the way to the Specialization.
Good class.
This is a basic course to learn in Excel to MySQL specialization. Lectures by Daniel Egger are easy to comprehend. Especially it is useful to understand skills required for different job roles in a field of data analysis.
I learned a bunch and was regularly challenged to do better. I enjoyed it and would recommend the course.
Great course with lots of practical information regarding finding work actually using the material.More actual case studies and less portfolio theory would have made the course a 5/5. Too much portfolio theory for a class on business analytics: Most people taking this class will never desire to work or have the opportunity to work for an investment bank, so I found it a bit irrelevant.
Very good instructor
Excelente! All of it!
Excellent content and the presenter's enthusiasm is contagious.
Very nice course, even if i'm sometimes overdue with the quizes, i try to make my best to get them in time. Reccomend this course.
Good introduction to a data science driven approach and understanding a data science driven career.
Great course.
Good course!!
I love it! Professor threads all the beads together for the aspiring data analysts!
Good coverage of basics needed for other courses of this specialization.
It's OK, I think there's a few areas that could use some more depth of explanation. As with a few coursera courses there seems to be an assumption that students know the material being discussed and so it isn't explained. Most of the time in this unit that isn't the case but it does occur a bit.
It's fairly dense with sensible things to know and do.
Not so technical in these business metrics, a bit unclear in defining all of these metrics. However, give me a very good mindset about how data analyst looks like and what skills do the position require. I am really looking forward to the rest of courses from this combo.
Lots of great technical information that was accessible for me, a chemist, to understand and integrate. My main complaint is with the presentation. The speaker was so slow that I had to run all videos at 150% speed to keep from falling asleep. Though, since that was possible, it turns out his slow speaking wasn't really an inconvenience.
An excellent course! Great teachers and content.
For a beginner like me, this course was a good introduction. I really liked the interviews of the earlier students who are now working in different role in different companies. That gave me a good insight about the working world in this field.
The concepts that I learnt are very useful and interesting.
This course is amazing! Very useful for students who are looking for data-driven position. Thanks for sharing.
A very helpful course in understanding how business is run from an analytical point of view.
Sometimes it seems very "mechanic". The instructor is clearly reading a script.
I have zero business background and I found this course to be challenging enough that I learned something new, but it didn't take me that long to master the basics so I could starting talking about what I learned with my business-trained friends almost immediately.I did have to think carefully about the final assignment which was great for my learning. I also enjoyed marking other people's assignments and gaining new insights of the case from my fellow MOOC students.
Great course. The instructor is very knowledgeable and gives lots of examples of real companies using metrics. There are some good assignments to practice using the things taught in the course. Seems like a good specialization too.
Well planned, relevant and fantastic course instructor!
This entry-level course provides a general understanding of data related job positions, companies, and industries. The difficulty of the course is suitable for those new to the data world.
Knowledge enriching course, transparent practical applications and wonderfully taught by Prof Egger !!
I thought it was brilliantly put together. It was easy to follow, but it was packed full of great information! I definitely feel like it was worth my time. Great class!
Very interesting introduction to the business intelligence, totally recommended.
This Course is simply awesome!Cutting edge insights into the data industry ,along with real time problems faced by the experts.You cannot go wrong with this one, HIT ENROLL NOW!!
great course, had great examples lots of good material
I enjoyed this course very much. I also feel that I learned something. And I am looking forward to the next course in sequence. This is a highly unusual thing for me (and I do have a lot of graduate and post-graduate experience both at universities and online). Course organizers care about what we are learning and how we are getting there. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning business analytics and enjoying the process at the same time.
This is a good course to understand the basics of business metrics in several different kind of companies.
Perfect
Good intro course with just enough info to get you ready to dive into the new Big Data world. Really enjoyed the side-videos with people in the field.
good preparation from the instructors, challenging quiz questions, most importantly, a lot of real world examples make it fun and apprehensible.
Great course. Good insight on business analytics.
Great presentation, great explanation by Dr. Egger.
Very good course. I just missed some materials to work with outside the course.
I found the lectures marginally useful. The instructor may know what he is talking about but takes a rather unstructured approach to articulating it. Having come from a business background and going into BI full-time, I was seeking novel ways to evaluate business performance. The glossary cheatsheets delivered on this best - but the videos I found to have simple, tired repeated perspective. It could be more useful if you have no business background whatsoever.
In my opinion this course is superficial. I didn't get real knowledge from it. At the same time this course might be just an intro to the series of courses about Business Analytics. So I'm looking forward to try them all!Anyway, thanks for the course!
Loved the course :)
I love it!
Great course for anyone new to Data mining
Excellent foundation course; from understanding data in businesses to the fundamentals of the role functions that support these metrics. A+++++
Very practical and useful
Great baseline understanding of how to talk intelligently about business metrics.
I love this course
Excellent video presentations. Clearly explained and easy to understand.
Great lecturing style, light hearted yet cerebral. Superb.
Spectacular contents and fantastic teaching method! Love this!
Good mix between theory and practice.
Love the course so far. Can't wait to get really good at this stuff and use it in my place of work!
Good beginning course.
This is a very high level overview. I felt it was thourough, and the instructor was good. I wish there was a little more practice of concepts... But overall, wonderful!
This is probably the best coursera courrse I've ever taken for a few reasons. (1) I want to be a data scientist and he explains the best path to become one. (2) This is the most pragmatic online class I've taken since it focuses on what businesses do and what they really want. (3) Videos are short but very substantial.In short, it's the course giving me the most applicable knowledge and skills to use in business.
Great course! But they don't provide weekly summary of content despite number of people have already requested this :)Would definitely suggest!
First course I've taken on Coursera, and I am impressed. I believe that the most important part of these MOOC's is to make sure that they seem useful and provide relevant information, and this course definitely delivered. In contrast to many of my university courses which are broad and quite honestly non-applicable to many work fields, this class was direct and to the point. I never felt as if a single minute was wasted on this course, and it was not difficult to finish this course because of that.
Pretty good course. Good professional speaker. But to common ,aterials.
Very informative and easy to get into especially for someone who's not well-versed in business concepts.
Excellent! It is a new innovated era! This course gives an opportunity to leads in a multidimensional "open and unlimited" " data space"! Unreservedly, Ι suggest it!
A great course all over! Last week is too difficult, but it worths the effort!
Best Online Course Available for SQL Beginner on Internet.Detailed, Equipped with Real Life Data and Analysis.Exceptional Training on MySQL & Teradata Tools.Power to change the Life of learner.
very helpful!
There are some typos in Week 5 Teradata exercise needed to be corrected
MySQL lessons, quizzes and assignments are very well organised and taught. But was not very happy with the Teradata part. Overall it was a very good course! Jana is a fantastic teacher.
What this course can improve is it should adopt the habit of thinking more instead of writing. Because in the week 5, the quiz is much more difficult than all the exercises we have done in previous weeks. And we don't have the guide step by step like previous weeks. I do know we have a week 5 quiz guide. However, when you write queries, sometimes, you do think your logic is right and query is right, why can't I get the same answer with the choices?And when I finish the quiz and look back to the answer, I even can't find the logic difference between answers and mine but the reality is I can't get the correct result. There is only one diff I have found in one specific question, that is, I didn't use the same format to define one constraint. But I do think my way is also fine and I also get an answer I think is totally correct from the logic.So I do suggest the answers should not be single sometimes, you should consider some specific formats or situation when students write their own queries. Don't give simple answer, give the reason why you are correct.
The relational schema for the dognition database should have been provided.
Really bad course. Badly taught, strange choice of assignments and quiz questions. Unfortunately, I did the free trial and Coursera didn't process my cancellation so that I had to pay for a whole month for this.Complete waste of time AND(!!!) money!
Very useful and relevant. Able to get lots of practice with SQL in this course.However, this is an extremely difficult course.
very helpful course
thank you!
This is a really nice course to start learning SQL. It introduces the basic framework of correlation database and provides multiple case practices every week. The loading of this class is somehow larger than it is mentioned in the syllabus. So for those who want to learn SQL and willing to spend more than ten hours practicing every week, i strongly recommend this course :)
You get a lot of information and really need to invest some time but I highly recommend it, it includes many practical exercises.
Best course to start learning SQL & Jupyter Notebook (Python). I have already tried to learn SQL from CodeAcademy, but this one is much more intuitive & detail-oriented. Lots of easy-to-follow examples, great instructor and quality of videos/lectures. I recommend it 100%.
Excellent MOOC. Ideal to get hands on experience with MySQL and Teradata working on real data bases. Great exercices and great professor. The last week is tough but rewar
great but a little bit complex, you could better learn the book first
Very difficult, but you will learn how to use SQL!
It is hard but it is worthy
It was fun and hard learning.
Very Nice Course!
This is a great course that moves at a nice pace and allows students to experience SQL two different platforms (Jupyter, Teradata) with two different but interesting data sets. The videos are great but as with all programming the key is to practice, practice, practice! Which there is plenty of opportunity for also. Highly recommend.
very good lessons with bund of materials to practice
Great course! Very useful skill for business world. Professor explain the concept very carefully. The exercise are very helpful and challenged.
The Teradata part is quite challenging and I think it would be better if there are more hints. I like the SQL part more.
I strongly recommend this course!Firstly, This course gives listeners great opportunities to get access to the real world data and the skills to retrieve the data that can be used for analyzing.Secondly, the design of this course is perfect, it includes almost all the necessary skills(queries, analyzing skills), resources(where you can find solutions when u come across problems) and tips for data analysis with sql.Thirdly, the teacher(Jana) is good. She shows us the comprehensive aspects of data analysis with clear structure and step by step.Therefore, it is good for beginners! One thing to mention is that if you are a beginner, you may need almost 18 hours every week under high efficiency especially for the last two weeks. Hence, it's good to make a balance !
Super great learning experience!
Excellent introduction to SQL if students take the extra time to do the optional exercises and really get comfortable with the SQL syntax and nuances. Engaging and also challenging.
handy tool to pull out data and analysis, but the learner themselves need to practice m
Good introduction
It doesn't go into great depth but exposes you enough to SQL to give you a good start and an appreciation of how complex company databases are likely to be.Works with real data.
EXCELLENT COURSE@ EVERYTHING YOU NEED ABOUT SQL BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE USER. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS COURSE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED.
Poor performance of Jupyter and the wildly underestimated time commitments really sunk this one for me. The latter, especially is inexcusable. The syllabus is lopsided and, while organized, not enough thought has been given to the exercise workload.
This course is great, finally that line in my resume is not a lie) I wish we went through this course on coursera back then in my university instead of SQL lessons that we had.I really apreciated the realistic setup for practice and rather big number of given exercises - very usefull for digestion of information. And by the way Jana is the best lecturer among all the ones I've seen on Coursera, very live, open, enthusiastic and giving information with structure and to the point. Thank you, it was a pleasure.
awesome material and good lectures. Would recommend this course!!!
This course makes sure you learn MySQL in the most efficient way. I definitely recommend this course. Professor Jana is super awesome, I mean it. Thanks!
Awesome course, so clearly explained
Challenging course with huge payoff in new skills gained!!!
A lot of work, but totally worth it. I definitely feel like this course does a great job of teaching applied SQL, rather than just teaching you syntax. Highly recommended.
My experience with Teradata has been awful. Connection issues, latency, time outs. What should have taken 45 minutes took nearly two hours because of the load times for datasets. No clock or indication of progression for the queries.
amazing and interesting course. I am a beginner in this field, by my experience, it is beginner friendly. I feel very lucky to take this course.
To the point and with excellent real world data to train on your assignments
The notes are perfect! But I do think that the content might be a little bit easy.. Good course for beginners, but if you are looking for more challenges, this might not be the best choice for you.
Excellent Course. Worth the efforts.
It prov systematic training and practical tips to my current job.
Perfect courses for people who have no experience in sql.
quite useful. there are a bunch of exercises which are extremely helpful to help us get touch with real-world business cases.
I have done a number of courses on coursera. After this one, I am now also doing the Tableau course. I think it is fair to say that Jana provides great value. I have seen courses with very shallow content. Jana's are the opposite. It's actually a lot or work to get to the detailed assignments, but that's a good thing. I really get the feeling that I have learned something!
It is a very good course to understand the basic fundamentals and applying them on actual database.
Perfect for an introduction to SQL. Still a lot to learn but I certainly feel like a can learn it.
reviewed. good course.
If you choose to follow this course, you will have to invest a lot of time. There are few videos, but you will go through a lot of exercises that will make you learn (or recall, like in my case) SQL in a very effective way.
I learned SQL by doing projects at work but this SQL helps me to learn from very basic to the advanced. Some questions why this happened at work before was explained well in the class. That's true that data in the real world is messy and missing.
Highly recommend this course for people pursuing careers in data analysis/business intelligence - i.e. those who do not need to know the details of how to set up or optimize databases, but will interact with databases regularly to get data for their work.
Easy enough for a SQL newbie, meaty enough to be satisfying
I think this course if poorly organized. The instructor is really trying to show us that the real life data sets and databases are messy, but providing only written instructions for me it proved useless. I, for one, need to see what other people are doing and not read long pages of horrible written explanations.I paid for the course just to be able to do the exercises, which I also think it's a minus.All in all it didn't "ENHANCE" my career prospects, mostly because nothing useful was taught here. Wouldn't recommend anyone to pay for it.
This course provided a good introduction to SQL for me as a beginner and through challenging lessons forced me to learn SQL basics. After Week 3 however, I found that the level of difficulty increased steeply and not enough assistance was provided in the lessons to get through the course at a reasonable pace. In addition to providing answers to each week's exercises, further review of how the answer was obtained and the breakdown of the logic behind it would be helpful.
Practical knowledge.
Very Challenging course work!!
As an introduction to SQL this course is great! Really enjoyed it!
Really good Course if you have the time to follow all the workshops and assignments, because they take quite a lot of time to complete, so allocate some extra time so you can learn properly, the good thing is that at the end you will have a solid understanding of SQL, Query’s and how to mine data for answers. Highly recommended for SQL starters.
I really enjoyed the course and found it very useful. I can write a basic query now !! and I got a bit more understanding of how to work with databases. My only recommendation for the mentors is to work on more samples of queries using Teradata and add the answers to the week assignments. I'm still wondering a few answers and not sure if the output of my queries was the expected.
Very good ! :) Learn a lot of SQL
The course structure was well formatted. The order of the lessons and content presented made for learning intuitive. The follow along practice queries and end of lesson practice problems were also helpful interactives for the student.However there were mistakes in the answer keys or practice problem prompts that became more frequent in the lessons towards the end of the course. This made it difficult to practice the more complicated material and queries. It was also a big time waster when as a student you were unsure whether you were answering the correct question and if so whether your answer was correct. It would also been helpful to have more open ended practice problems at the end of the course in addition to the set provided.Finally I think this course would be better split into two parts. The first part should be geared towards querying data and focusing more on just pulling data and intermediate queries. The main audience would be analyst/data professionals that have privileges to pull data but not modify data. The second part of the course would be more useful to DBAs or professionals that have database admin privileges to insert/delete/modify data. I would also focus more heavily on database schemas in this second course relative to the first.
I would like thanks Jana and all of her colleagues who helped in providing this course. Since this course has much importance from job perspective. I would also like to thanks Coursera for providing me an opportunity.
Very helpful!
Great way to learn SQL querying and analysis strategies
very detailed introduction of SQL. The only thing is that there could be more videos introduce different functions instead of writing documents as materials. Other than that, it's a great class
Really awesome course!!! I like it very much!
Very useful and well-designed course. Jana is an effective instructor with a great sense of humor. Her course material is easy at first and gradually gets harder, which is suited for students with no SQL background but eager to learn. But this course does require a lot of your time and dedication ---- Plan 5 hours every week and sometimes even more (week 4 and 5). It took me 2 rounds of enrollment to earn the certificate. All in all, I would recommend this course to people interested in data analytics, who want to update their knowledge beyond excel and have the time and the drive.
This is an extremely well organized course with problems sufficiently challenging that the exercises really help one master the material.
Best course I've ever taken on coursera because it's all about practice instead of theory - and the quizzes/practice questions are extremely difficult but once you get through it you will definitely say SQL is a skill you own.
very practical and challengin which is goood
It's very practical but hard at the same time. I like the teaching style. What's makes me little uncomfortable is that the teradata system guidance is kind of obscure. However, the Jupiter guidance is really yummy. Hope to learn more sql applications in the future.
Great course - very clear and it provides good insights and interesting challenges/ tests
there are so little video tutorials, and too many exercises without video instructions.
It's an amazing course. The final assignment is quite challenging but fun. All in all a very rewarding and satisfying course.
Cool. Tough but cool.
Brilliant course for the beginner to learn SQL. Well structured, very thorough and making use of some great technological resources for the user to practice their SQL with. By Week 4 my SQL had improved significantly and I was applying what I'd learned in my job . The final week is very challenging though, so be prepared to give it plenty of time.
I you are absolutely new to SQL, I couldn't recommend a better course. Its a wonderful course to take, good explanations and excellent practice opportunities with real databases. The program goes beyond just writing SQL queries but help you to understand the way databases are organized, and it teaches you how to right queries from an analytical perspective.
Difficult, but well worth it. I feel so much more confident in tackling SQL now!
wonderful course for beginner
Great Course! Covers everything you need in great detail.
It was an Awesome course. Really enjoyed doing all the exercises. Now I feel quite confident to write any queries.Special Thanks to Professor Jana Schaich Borg for teaching so wonderfully!!!!!
Amazing course!
Very usefull
nice course for me to better understand how to master the sql
The exercises and quizzes (particularly the teradata sets) were difficult enough that you have to think and structure your approach to arrive at the right solution. Very good learning curve.
This course takes longer time than I expected but the practices are concrete, well-designed, and therefore helpful.
Overall, great course!I have approached other courses from other platforms and the upsides of this one here are many. The involvement of the teachers in this course is incredible in my opinion and they help a lot. The number of exercises also seems appropriate so overall the experience was great.I definitely advise the instructors to suggest at least part of the answers to the practice exercises of week 5 (in Teradata). The gap between week 3 and 4 is a lot bigger than between week 2 and 3, of course, which is normal. Nevertheless, week 5 seems a bit like a detached exercise. I realize this must have been done for educational purposes but my instinct tells me that if I were provided with more indication I would have gone later to the discussion forums which I reckon would have been beneficial to my learning experience.That was, in my opinion, a significant drawback but in general the course is so great I would not like to pull its rating back, so I leave 5*.Thank you!
If you can finish this course you will be more then efficient in SQL.
Very complete and up to the point! Lots of useful resources!
Unprecedented high speaking speed.
This was one of the best courses I've ever taken. Each lesson built on its predecessor logically. I worked hard to learn each of the concepts, but was very impressed by how much I had learned by the end of the course.
Week 3 is unrealistically difficult
Title's a bit confusing. The course isn't exactly about managing BigData.
It is really useful class.
The actual amount of time required per week to complete the course was well over the 3-5 hours/week advertised on the course homepage. It was a very time intensive activity each week- especially the last 2 weeks.
This is an excellent course indeed. Access to real world data is a huge +. Some of the questions in the quizzes were difficult though. And also the witty jokes by the Prof... :):)
Difficult but very useful course
Excellent course !! Teradata experience is a bonus on this excellent MySQL program. Highly recommended to anyone who needs to learn big data SQL.
I personally found this course useful. Adding dognition database to make students feel of real database is a great plus.
One of the best courses taken! I have learned so much from practices provided by the instructor!
phenomenal ipython notebook exercises! really well thought out and coherent with the tableau course. goes much deeper than other online SQL courses, problem sets can be hard
This is by far the most comprehensive SQL course I have ever taken. A lot of times there are SQL classes that are online that give you a glimpse into what it takes to be great at SQL queries. This is a must for anyone seriously considering to becoming a data analyst.
it is as great as i think
The course should be longer, prepare yourself you are going to need a lot of time, unless you have previous experience from SQL. It'll take maybe even more than one session. But it is worth it, because it covers all skills you need for working with SQL. If you really need to learn SQL, there is no better option.
This course is too much doggy! Please do not use Coursera for advertising your friends´companies, or at least learn how to do it a little more professionally to look really relevant! This psychiatric lady also seems to be sexits. Looking at differences between pictures with a girl and pictures with a boy is really abominable and shows an intentional discrimination and racism. It is really shameful.
Course was well conducted and explained, however, the final test was quite long and challenging.
Great course for beginners :)
Perfect course
I enjoy it . It's very useful for the beginner
One of the most amazing MOOC courses I have ever taken. From the start, Jana did an excellent job with building the intuition of databases in general and of SQL. The modules (weeks) are organized coherently. The datasets were realistic and challenging (in a great way).The best aspect of this course is the MySQL exercises, built upon IPython notebook. Personally I have experience with R and Python, yet I still feel like I learned a lot from the exercises. The instructions and lessons as part of the programming exercise were clear and useful, effectively complementing the video lectures and providing hands-on experiences.The only pity I have is that Coursera stopped providing full access to course materials and Statement of Accomplishment. But that has nothing to do with this course. The instructors seem to provided maximal opportunity for all students, including ones (like me ) who are just 'auditing'.Overall, a five star rating is a must for this course.
Really helpful course with great instructor! I ejoyed it alot!
Great! I love it!
The course is very well calibrated. You move step by step from easy SQL queries to pretty complex ones. The connection to the business value of the queries you write is also explained in a convincing way.
Great content, good practice using real-world business data.
Really useful and practical course. The exercises and quizes are the best in all the courses I've taken.
In-depth, I really enjoyed it.
Great course until the end. The professor really understand the concept of teaching
Good introduction course to MySQL. Hope they includes how to import data, create table and update information too!
Great, hands-on course!
work with real industry data is so much fun!
Very helpful
This course is the greatest ever made !
Great Course, Fun, and Practical. Love it!
Amazing course and the quizzes are challenging. Learned a lot. Gives hands on experience on mysql and Teradata.
The exercises are very well designed.
It is a well-organized course. I really learnt a lot from the course. And the assignment and exercise work as a good practice for me to put what I learnt in the course into use.
I wish there was a financial support for full enrollment at this course. but still GREAT course to experience.
It's pretty good for entry-level SQL learners. However, to further improve, much time is required. Also, exercises provided are sometimes really weird.
I enhanced my programming knowledge for data retrival
Great class to start learning SQL. Jupyter and Teradata are brilliant choices (web-based interface) that avoid the plain of installation. Real datasets from Dognition and Dillard make exercises much more meaningful. Thank you for the careful design and teaching!
Very informative course！ Jena is very inspiring!
Great Course, especially since it's using real (and messy) data. Week 5 quiz gets quite challenging. Some more video lectures would be great.
I found the first 4 weeks of the course amazing: just really well structured, thought-out, and delivered in a way that positions the student for success. Jana breaks the material down into digestible bits, gives you sufficient practice, and even if you don't get it, you can look at the answers to the practice questions and figure out where your thinking was incorrect.The 5th week wasn't as well broken down, especially the last set of Teradata exercises. New concepts or ways of structuring queries were being introduced in those exercises, but there was no way to check for a correct solution if I couldn't come with one on my own (which was unfortunately half of the time). I still got a good grade on my last quiz, but I can't say that I really truly learned how to write the more complicated queries.I would suggest that the last Teradata exercise set has more explanation or perhaps just answers that the student can refer to in order to understand why his/her line of thinking isn't working.Otherwise, a truly fantastic course. I 100% recommend it.
The exercises , quizzes and videos are well planned and help understand the course material.
Amazing Course. Learned a lot. A bit tough with exercises but was very helpful. Thank you for everything.
Exercises are super challenging. But challenging oneself with difficult tasks is the best way to learn. Its a course worth going for.
Excellent introduction to SQL. Good, short overview of theoretical background. Lots of practice exercises.
Excellent course for learning the query side of SQL!
not easy but valiable course
Challenging course going from very basic to quite complex SQL queries. Definitely recommended. The only downside are the repetitive technical issues.
Errors in the material made it difficult to get through. All past discussions on the forum are gone, making it difficult to review posts by classmates.
Enjoyed every aspect.
Learned a lot !
A lot of work, but valuable training.
The lectures are great, and the exercises are challenging to stimulate stronger learning.
solid course with vivid learning structure for sql learner of various levels
Switching between platforms was confusing but overall the course was good value for money
Learn MySQL and Teradata in one course. Lots of hands on work and help for assignments. The only way I actually learn something. Just do it. I have a SQL server background and had to experience life without CTEs.
Professor is great; exercises very effective and useful. Great class!
Great starter course for MySQL and how to use SQL techniques in multiple databases. This is a great course for understanding and applying data pulls for business purposes.
Awesome Course
The most important and well designed Course I have ever done!
Much needed Sql help
Great course, a little hard
This is a great course, one of the better ones in the series.
The technical support of this course is just terrible: just like many many other students (see the Discussion forums), I have experienced serious difficulties to access the databases platforms we need to learn and to complete our assignments. I can only echo the innumerable complains from my co-students about the lack of efficient support and technical reliability of this course; many of us are very unhappy about this, especially as they have paid for this course ... and what is Coursera doing about it, by the way?My advice: beware before enrolling in this course and even in this entire specialization, and search for alternative options (there are many, not only on Coursera but also on EdX and others ...)!!!
Very good, detailed course, I can recommend! Before that I knew nothing about SQL, now I have moved to higher level of analyst. Sometimes the instructions are not 100% clear, but it is minor problem.
I love this course design, very thoughtful and instructive!! Especially having the real database to practise from, it is great for beginners like myself!
Derived attribute was never conveyed in the videos. So kindly add up the concept of derived attribute.
learned a lot about basic queries
One of the best MOOC courses out there! Challenging but you will learn a lot if you stick with it. Extensive and in-depth lectures/practice exercises on SQL. Appreciate that you learn using two systems, MySQL (through Jupyter) and Teradata. However the Teradata interface is a bit clunky and takes time getting used to.BTW, Jana is a great instructor and Duke courses, in this track, especially the Tableau and MySQL courses are the best out there at the moment.
Great course.. well explained
Its a very good class to learn to use SQL in a systematic manner, even if you had used SQL or are completely new. The two Databases ( Terradata and Dognition) gave a lot of valuable practice.
Very helpful!
great course.. only thing is answers to teradata exercises were not provided. So student cannot know whether he is writing correct sql statements
Great class to learn SQL! Great learning how to use two different platforms and applying real world applications with queries.
Enjoyed the course.The exercised are well-designed. Good way to start MySQL !
The video instruction are not as helpful as I wished. They were too brief, and all the learning end up with doing the exercises. The regular exercises and the quizzes use different database system, and it sometimes hard to transfer what you learn to the quizzes.The pre-quiz exercises are more helpful imo, but no answer key is provided. Sometimes I am still confused even after passing the quiz.
That was a very useful and interesting class! Presenter did a great job, and her materials were very use helpful and relevant!
Big challenge with even bigger reward!!
Great, great, great course. Interactive and engaging. Relevant and focused. This is the future of learning!
Very useful:) Very good explained for the begginers:)
Challenging, but very informative!
Good material but heavy work-load, especially since we are learning two new skills -SQL syntax and Data analysis. Request instructors/TA's to guide students more in the forums. Analysis like computing avg daily revenue should be explained better as I spent too much time figuring it out and the forum answers were way off. However, this being an online class I was very impressed with the detailed worksheets in MYSQL.
equipped with modern tools and practical experience
It's a good class and I learned a lot. The learning curve shoots up exponentially around the fourth week. I could see this course being perfect if broken down into two classes.
The course is very thorough but i woul have loved it if you had a way for instructors to better reach out to classmates rather than leave things to chance and everyone is confused for month. But either way the experience is priceless. Would recommend it to anyone
I love the practice exercises!
too many issues with the DB's that needed to be accessed to complete the exams.
If you work with data this is an excellent course, but even if you are not a frequent data user you can learn a lot from the logic it explains. I absolutely recommend it.
I have a theoretical background in relational algebra and SQL. This course did a great job of actually applying that theory in practice in the form of business situations. By using real life data, it also accurately presented raw data as not perfectly organized or "clean". Filtering with subqueries, IN, WHERE, and OUTER JOIN statements are absolutely crucial in cleaning data in real life situations; this course did an excellent job of demonstrating that importance.I have 2 interrelated critiques however: The usage of 2 different platforms (MySQL for the exercises and Teradata for the quizzes) was very confusing given their distinct syntaxes. I think it would have been more powerful to have the exercises and quizzes on the same platform. Furthermore, the Teradata platform was oftentimes overwhelmed by the number of users and frequently crashed. Going forward I would recommend either ensuring that the servers can handle the amount of user-load, or switching over to the MySQL platform entirely.
I can confidently say that I KNOW SQL! Thank you professor.
Awesome Experience.
Perfect to know the basics to manage SQL data.
The course instruction is very good. If the Teradata database is improved, the course will deserve 5 star.
Nice web pages to test the knowledge.
It is a great course! There are plenty of online assignments to practice.
It was one of the most efficient courses I have ever taken. Thank you very much. I learnt a lot from all excercises.
very high quality materials and experiment design.Thank for teacher's great effort!
This course should be divided in 2 o be longer for two main reasons:1) Weeks are way too long to cover all the material, plus the research you need to do outside the platform. The time required end up being too much.2) The course is not deep enough - There's just too much topic to cover, and because of time constrains there are a lot of holes in your education at the end.For this two reason is better con get 2 courses about this topic. That way you can go deeper in to the SQL explanation, and can get at thee same time a better understanding of each topic, instead of getting a lot of thing to cope in just one week.
Thank you. It was good course.
Fantastic course on SQL for those with no prior exposure. Also addresses basic database structures, relational schemas, and ER diagrams, providing an excellent foundation for further work with data in relational databases.
This course really gives you a taste of what it is to work with real-company data. I strongly recommend it if you want to master at MySQL. Previously I had done a lot of small courses on web pages such as Codeacademy, but this was so far the most complete one. At the end of the course you will be amazed by the thinh you will be capable to do!
It is very interesting, but we have to face problems with Teradata, I have not been able even to log in, and a lot of students are in the same situation, and the problem persists, even in the duedate of the test.
Getting to learn Teradata was a bonus. Great class.
The instructor is careful to include real world working experience in our learning which makes this course especially interesting and valuable.
great videos, great tutorials. Felt like I learnt this way better than any module I took in college because lectures were kept to the point, no long winding stories that goes on and on, assignments were manageable and easy to follow. Felt like I learnt at least 90% of everything that was taught, instead of a ~~50-60% usually.
easy to understand, wonderful!
I really learned a lot! But it's hard and requires huge amount of time to master.
It is a quite difficult course but very intresting!
Great Course
Really like this course!! With abundant exercises, detailed explanation, real-world data and sweeeeet professor, it is a good start for SQL beginner!
Very well structured and easy to follow. Very effective.
It's hard but very useful!
quit a tough course, but worth your handwork
Useful skill to keep. Jana is well prepared for each course. My company uses other softwares so there are some difference in syntax.
This course is really awesome!There are a lot of well designed exercises, which not only trained my skill to write SQL query but also deepen my understanding of relational database. The real business data provides learners an opportunity to get in touch with the real business world.So I am excited to recommend you to take this course. If you are a new beginner at MySQL, it can help you get started soon. If you already know some basic knowledge about SQL, this course will also be a good resource for practice.
great course. great example databases. i would suggest renaming the course Managing Big Data with MySQL and TeraData. The Teradata component of the course was very heavy, and all graded pieces of the course used Teradata.I would also make the assignments graded --- they can be peer reviewed. I think doing the assignments really help, not just completing the quizzes. those are my thoughts.
Great course! It takes you from zero knowledge of SQL to being able to write quite complicated queries, and being ready for most of standard SQL questions in job interviews. Strongly recommended!
Great course great tools. Interesting and useful!
It is one of the best course I have taken. I am really enjoying my progress and it's simple and easy to learn. So, I recommend, if anyone interested in Big Data it is worth taking this Course and You get some confidence to go deeper.Big Thanks to Jana. You are such a Wonderful instructor.Cheers....Vishnu
Nice course and I am impressed
Very good course for learning SQL - the tutorials, materials and exercises provided are very well thought and structured. The staff put lot of effort and thinking into this one. I like the whole specialization and I can recommend taking it.
I'm still in Week 1, but I'm already in love with this course. They give accurate information in a light manner, the exercises are very clear and didactic, and they also give the answers to these exercises which answers all of your potentially uprising questions, alongside with the Video Lectures. It is already giving me the confidence that it will be a great asset to me as a Data Analyst.
It is very useful by covering all related aspect in information seeking.
An excellent course: it provides learners with the concepts and skills necessary for searching and researching information in libraries and online. Lectures are clear and well organized. There are activities for students to go deeper into the topics (optional) and quizzes that helped them to check the main concepts.
Excellent, and important to investigation and intellectual working
it is Avery good course and provide lots of information about searching process and tool of management
Objective. Very good material and good practices to help you better build a bibliography for research purpose. Sometimes the multiple answers quiz can be tricky.
Not too comprehensive, but an overall good course.
I have important knowledge and skill finding information through this couse.
Perfect guided course. The only handicap to me is the accent of the speaking English. I hardly understand what they are saying without subtitles.Thx for your all precious effort.
I love this course. It helps me with my teaching and personal development. Besides, I know several reference management tools from this course. Storing the documents is really complicated and makes me in a mess. Thank you for your tutoring and sharing.
This course is very thorough and detailed. As an IT specialist, I have had no exposure to formal research and needed to understand the process. Now I can clearly and confidently say that I can perform good research and obtain formal information and data on any topic, as opposed to just surfing the internet for genuine knowledge. Great course, well done to the instructors.
Very informative and interesting. I find that the exercises did not contribute enough to understanding the material.
I learned a lot!
Very useful for university students or people who new to research world
This is a course that everyone need to pass it
Very useful and handy tips.
concise and stright to the point
it is so cool course
very informative and well organized.
Wonderful course on information seeking.
very useful!!
As an experienced researcher I learned a lot from doing this course
Very interesting course, better done when in an academic context and with an ongoing project to carry out the exercices for. If you don't have access to a university library, you will be very limited, but the course presents some alternatives for us professionals who are still interested in researching and documenting our work with a more scientific approach.
The reading material is not good (it' s even bad) , but the course videos are excellent.
Like they say in the course for bachelor students, this is very helpful. I study history, so I always and up with millions of sources. Not only have I learned how to search intelligently, I have also learned to manage my results and papers carefully.
Apart for some slightly confusing breaks in the sentences for some speakers, it was very good and relevant information.
I thought this was a great course on learning how drugs affect the brain. Everyone who has dealt with someone addicted to drugs should watch this. It gives you a better idea of what people are going through.
Very satisfied with the quality of the information. Thank you teacher, thank you Emory, and thank you Coursera. Lic. Rodrigo M. Álvarez.
Really good, detailed deep learning! Thank you
Very good course. Opened a window to the world of addiction.
I learnt so much about addiction and what it does to the brain...I wish I known this since I was a teen. I have been sharing my learning with my family and friends and looking forward to helping my community in this aspect. Thank you ever so much for such valuable AND LIFE SAVING INFORMATION!
Detailed information in an easy to understand format.
This course is truly wonderful, many intellectual mind-opening surprises... for example I almost fell out of my chair when I learned of vaccinations development effort to counter addiction.
The Addicted Brain provided me the foundation to have the conviction to be at the frontier of a community owned initiative to help the Philippines War on Drugs. The Harm Reduction Principle is the applied principle with Magnesium Mineral as agent for detoxification to address SAWS. As a Naturopath Doctor, I have been using Minerals in treating variety of ailments of my patients. Among these minerals is an End Stage Renal Failure case for dialysis which was cleared "NO DIALYSIS NEEDED" by his Physician after his Minerals Therapy. Others are symptoms of Substance Abuse Withdrawal Syndrome due to other health conditions such as Insomnia, Depression, Involuntary Muscle Movement, Muscles Pain, Anxiety, Brain Fog, Pins and Needles, and others.The Addicted Brain Course is a must course for those who are working in the field of Drug Addiction.
This course is an amplified knowledge basket that can settle in any person who is directly or indirectly affected of substance addiction or abuse. It is great to have available this kind of courses, highly recommended.
Learned so much and so interesting.
Very informative . However somebody needs to give this instructor a glass of water :}
Quite boring, a lot of propaganda against drugs. Sometimes data is presented in misleading ways to make the harm from drugs look greater. Though if you are new to the topic, you may consider to take the course as it contains some useful information.
Very informative, though I would recommend getting a little background on how the brain works in general, it will help you get more out of this course.
Did not like that I have to upgrade just to take a quiz
Excellent content!! The professor was eloquent and very clear.
Information strays between ridiculously shallow and unnecessarily deep (e.g. the stuff about GPCRs is so far removed from importance when discussing addiction). Most of the time the questions are poorly worded and thoughtless, and the whole thing reminds me of a bad high school class. Some parts border on misinformation, does seem almost as if it's been underwritten by the DEA. Paints a very distinct picture, a picture with an agenda and really incomplete portrayal of addiction. Points for trying though.
I enjoyed this course all the way. It was challenging for me and extremely educative. The knowledge accrued is already in use.
Very well-presented course with excellent illustrations. Gives a good overview on addiction with pharmacology, with good links to further reading. I found the title slightly misleading though, as the course presented very little information on brain physiology except for the dopamine receptors.
Great course, wish if it was focused more on the glutamate and dopamine roles in addiction and relapse. thank you
The course is useful but I hoped that it would cover the area of treatment better than that.
Concise and very informative for all those who want to understand this epidemic health issue called addiction.
excellent course I found it very informative :-
This course was particularly helpful and explanatory to someone like me, who has little knowledge of the processes of substances in the human brain and the effects of drugs in general. I enjoyed almost every lecture's content and the way the whole course was structured. However, I do think that the way the lectures were delivered was a bit dry and that more perspectives on the drug addiction issue could have been presented.
Interesting overview. The teacher is clear and competent. Lacks opinion of differents sources
A wonderful and enlightening course with clear and precise explanations on how does a drug influenced brain function. The course also looks into human and animal behaviour and the nature of addiction and motivation. I recommend it to anyone interested in the matter.
Its all you would want from the course. Informative and efficient.
A great overview of relevant material and a well negotiated outline of how harm reduction can positively impact longterm drug abuse.
very interesting
This course is very clarifying and informative. The lecturer is charismatic and didactic.
Very informative
The information was great. My only complaint would be how dry the lectures were, and I do not meant the content, I meant the delivery.
The instructor was great. The material was very informative and interesting. Highly recommend.
very informative
A real pleasure to learn!
This is a very well structured, very well explained course. It gives an original insight into the workings of the human mind, and how substances can impact it in various ways.
Great! Thank you very much for these classes!
I found this course well structured and concise. It covered a lot of the subject with up to date information. It had helpful diagrams and gave good real life examples. Highly recommend for everyone to help understand substance misuse and possible treatments. Also it's role in the wider society.
The instructor for this class is pretty boring, but do really like the course itself
this is very informative coures
To the point, very appealing and the professor I amazing! I have been getting so much useful information and details about the brain of addicts.
great course. so easy to follow the very clear teaching. interesting material.
Unable to even start it... Click on videos of week 1 and nothing happens
The course taught me a lot about how brain gets addicted, What happens in our body after taking drugs, why the test and screen for drugs designed in particular way, etc.
Worth skimming fast through for free to learn a little something about the brain. Don't expect to learn much about the brain though. The title is a little misleading.
Helped me understand why my left my family for a life of meth addiction. I am thankful that it has reduced my stress and anger ove3 what she has done. even a small amount of understanding
loved it I learned a lot
Well, I expected more and more debt, It seems the course is oriented to the general public.
The course satisfied me in various aspects. It is brief and clear. Thank you for our instructor for nice presentations.Nevertheless, I would expect more about pharma and treatment apporaches. More about drugs available in the markets and new trends.Psychotherapy applications / demonstrations would be very useful.
Thank you for this course, professor Kuhar. I really appreciate the organization and the contents. I appreciate your deeply interest for this subject.
Very comprehensive but easy to follow. I only regret the "pro animal testing" proselytism here and there.
It was so helpful to understanding addiction
I am a graduate student of counseling. This course added a dimension to my coursework and future career that was both needed and very much appreciated. Ideas are broken-down into understandable portions. It is helpful to have some knowledge of how neurons work and terms associated therein.
very boring and didn't learn anything i didn't already know. this was more like watching an anti drug propaganda film that I couldn't finish it.
good lectures
This was a fabulous training. Very eye-opening.
Knowledgeable professor. Distracting background. I prefer direct eye contact rather than having the professor sometimes filmed not looking directly at the camera. But the course gave excellent information and I enjoyed it.
Great course with a good overview of subject.Mr. Kuhar is a great speaker, easy to understand and very calm.
Very good course, but some external links are no longer working
This was very informative and right on the mark with how society feels and what is available in the lines of treatment/help.Thank you.
Very useful and interesting
Course give very good information, but the "The addicted brain" its not the correct name.Second part of the course give more detail information about different drugs and body biology, but its not directly related to the Brain.However, the training its very good, just change the label.
very interesting, and mind opening. Very clear and easy to follow lecturesI enjoyed this course very much
Great course and was put out very well, never felt like I was in over my head.
Very informative if you're new to the study of Addiction or already familiar tons of great useful information!
Excellent course in an easy to use format. Very enjoyable and informative. Resources and video lectures are of a very high standard.
One of the finest courses of the Coursera. The topic is interesting as to how certain release of chemical neurotransmitter is involved in day to day life factors . The experiments and scanning of the brain imaging techniques show how the brain responds in various factors like how a drug addicted brain differs from the normal brain in metabolism. Interesting
yeah i would give zero if possible. very shallow and general, cannot learn much from it. if u want a course about neuroscience there's way better course than this. what the hell emory? what hte hell coursera? i feel less and less sincerity in coursera's mooc these days. edx is doing a much better job in my perspective.
While providing some knowledge about drugs and drug-addiction, I would have preferred a more in-depth guide into the inner workings of the brain related to drugs. Nevertheless it served as a good introduction to addiction.
So simple, not enough informative.
I recently graduated with an MSW. I concentrated my course load on children and found addiction knowledge to be lacking upon graduation. Too many families are affected by addiction and in good conscience I couldn't work with children and their families without learning more. This was extremely helpful and the course gave me more passion and knowledge concerning children and addiction in terms of vulnerability, prevention, risk and protective factors. The instructor was wonderful, non-judgmental and very informative. I loved the neurobiology explanations as well. Thank you!!!
i love this course, becuase i have learned more then i really though i would in frist place.thankz ever soo much
This course is very helpful. I have kept learning this course and completed the quiz. It helps me understand the mechanism of the addiction, what is dopamine and how it works, the class of the illicit drugs, the animal self-administration model and what can I learn from the animal experiment, the vulnerability for addiction, and risk and protective factors of addiction, neuroimaging studies of addiction. Most of all, I have a better understanding of addiction. The pronunciation of the Professor is so clear and helps me to improve my English. Thanks very much. I enjoy it.
great course
Very interesting material presented in a clear manner. Great instruction and interesting substance.
If possible, I would give this course zero stars. It provides an incredibly closed minded view towards all topics and provides very minimal factual information. The makers of this course, and especially the instructor, obviously have had very little to no experience of any kind with most of the topics they discuss.
I found the course to be very informative. I volunteer in the Drug Courts and work with Homeless and Ex-felons, many of whom have substance abuse and co-occurring issues. The information in this class, will greatly help me in my work.
Excellent introductory course. It is very useful that it can be completed at the student's own pace.
I am very interested in this topic however I found the instructor's presentation to be so monotonic and slow paced that I dropped out. I am sure he knows his material cold and I am sure that he is much better "live" in class. The readings were appropriate and the course out line solid. However this is not his media. And I have done the "talking to the camera" thing and it can be deadly for presenters. It is not BTW an "age thing"; I am older than he, I am sure, and do not ask that presentations be entertaining - just that they be engaging. (Perhaps if Coursera had lecturers present in front of small groups, as "Great Courses" does? It is unfortunate that (as I understand it) Coursera doesn't offer a "free look" with the option to transfer one's fee to another course if unhappy. Hope this is constructive for both the lecturer and Coursera.
A fun, informative course with a lot of information about various addictions, the science thereof, and their impact on society. Highly recommended to all.
I learned a lot in this course. I thought the rat experiments were very interesting and revealing.
I was very enjoyed participating this course.
This course is very useful, practical and very easy to understand. It has really given me new insights into the disease of addiction.
Very informati
Excellently presented course. Very informative. Some really good recommended links to read along side the course context. Well thought out.
Maybe too easy... And too focused on the society more than on the brain itself. Enjoyed it though.
Excellent insight into how we become addicts. Encourages further research.
This course was extremely informative and easy to understand. I feel that
Very interesting
I found this course to be very enriching in understanding the physiological reasons why the person addicted acts and thinks in a peculiar way and also very enlightening as to why the relapse is so frequent in recovering addicts
This course is fundamental for understand or remember about drugs
Great course, very interesting and clear. I was drinking the talk (it is a french expression :-) )
So easy to understand; taught with compassion and real understanding of addiction.
The instructor presented the material in a very clear and compassionate way. The spee
The content was great, the presentation was a bit dry, but I feel I got a lot out of this course.
An excellent course which covers the scientific and qualitative aspects of drugs addiction and physical dependency.
Fascinating course
Excellent course, very interesting and with a very good teching method.
Very informative.
Addiction is not only about smoking and alcohol and drugs, its way way beyond that and thanks to Dr. Michael Kuhar and the Emory university for revealing it to me.
It's an excellent course!!! I love the instructor's style.
Very informative course, well structure and easy to follow.
Well-structured and very factual. Also many resources made available for further learning.
well, since i got stocked with my university homework, i couldn't get the chance to finish this course as i was expecting to. but, definitely i would like to let you know that this has been an amazing journey for me, an ADHD who is obligated to be on ritalin so that the society gets comfortable around me. although it never made me feel better about myself, but it made people around me to stop complaining about my energy. after all, i am still an addict to this pill, but at the end, thanks to Emory University guys, i succeeded to know my body and what it goes through when i tend to not be ADHD. i have never got to reach the treatment parts, but at least i'm going to give a lecture on the side effects of ritalin in university.at the end, thanks, for letting us know. that was the best gift ever :)
As a career dieter who is constantly reading about causes of obesity, I can't say I learned anything too earth-shattering. However, the research discussed does support what I have learned from listening to the podcasts from the Institute for the Psychology of Eating.
Feels underwritten by the DEA, and aimed at perhaps high school students? Very slow pace; info could've been distilled into less than half the lectures (I completed the '7 weeks' in 3 days). Doesn't really distinguish between users without serious problems & addicts (which I believe amplifies gateway effects & experimentation once people meet users who aren't brain damaged or addicts). Creates an exaggerated and arbitrary distinction between prescribed drugs as all good and recreational as all bad, and dismisses any possible benefits of substances that are not legal, noting only that medical marijuana has been helpful for HIV patients, which is certainly an understatement. Components are also helpful for cancer patients, anxiety, and more. Perhaps break this into studies of common drugs, how they work, & effects and separately, the mechanisms of addiction and treatment. However, I appreciated the 'reduce harm' policy economics.
Interesting but really introductive
Fairly interesting course. I learned quite a bit I can say from taking this class. Some of the content seemed irrelevant. But overall a great course!
This course was beyond informative. I too have been exposed to those afflicted by addiction and am to deal with it on a daily basis with those whom are in life even now. The information taught in an "Easy To Learn" manner by Dr. Kuhar was incredible. I now understand the functioning of an "Addicts" brain much more thoroughly. I'm grateful this course was a presentation in which I was honored to be able to be a participant.
This is an excellent way of to understand,
The course gives you a new vision in several ways, some of them: the addictions are related to alterations in brain function given by neurotrasmamisores as is more chronic drug use in the brain damage is reflected in general. Another very important point policy to reduce the harm allows an opportunity for these people, not only reduces the social and personal costs, but overall health, so too for drug courts. And the work to avoid .estigma for people addicted.I was invited to read and study about it, and learn more. Thank you very much to all the team at Coursera, congratulations to Dr. Michel H.
excellent course.wanted more!!!!!
This is a very good introductory course on the various aspects of addiction. I wish they would introduce a second part with more comprehensive information.
Thank you for your great lectures! I really learned a lot from this course. :)
It is a short, but multidisciplinary course, that covers all the problematics about drug addiction.
Maybe because I am a med graduate already I expected much more from this course. It was ok, but my impression was always like there was too much of talking what important stuff is going to be discussed, but not really the facts themselves. I would rather learn more practical knowledge. Anyway I learnt some new things as well.
really good and practical course
This is a very interesting course. Some of the material is pretty difficult, but it is presented in a clear manner. I learned a lot from the professor.
A great and informative course. Very clear and interesting! I would have appreciated a bit more if it discussed more tips to help prevent/deal-with drug abuse or addiction. Thank you for the course!
Good course. But a little too easy for psychology majors.
An extreamly interesting and enlightening course. The instructor, professor Kuhar, is an incredible lecturer with very pleasurable voice and amicable attitude. The topics of drugs and addiction is discussed on many levels, from phisiology to societal changes. I would certainly recommend this course to anyone who wish to better understand the problem of addiction because of either personal reasons or academic interest.
Great course. I liked the deadline notification option. I also liked the opportunity to complete work at my own pace with the final deadline the end of the course. With my busy schedule, this option was wonderful and allowed me to complete all of the assignments for credit.
Very insightful, although some of the assignments were a bit easy. Perhaps we could have a discussion of the 'rat park' experiments and maybe even the possibility that some drugs can be used for recreational use?
Very interesting as lay person interested in topic.
Very good trip !
Very interesting and comprehensive. Very helpful and exhaustive data, corroborated from various fields of knowledge. Thank you very much!
Excellent. I enjoyed the lectures, and the material was, for the most part, very enlightening and interesting.
Very interesting course
Really disappointing course. Content is shallow, despite the impressive credentials of the Professor. Quizzes are ridiculously easy.
A great insight into the addicted brain and what can be done about it all. A great broad introduction into drug addiction and the brain.
Thank you very much Professor for your excellent course...
So far, very educational , would appreciate if the videos would be little more discriptive
The individual course topics were evenly distributed and presented in a meticulous, thorough, as well as elaborate manner. The lecturer was inviting and encouraging, whereas the technical specifications of the video lectures and quizzes were exceptionally good. In overall, the ''Addicted Brain'' course positively predisposes me towards opting for more courses provided and sponsored by the Emory University.
Really enjoyed this course very informative
Highly rated course.A very good choice for youngs and seniors with addiction or not. Very important to prevent addictive trends and to help addicted people, because Dr Michael KUHAR explains very clearly and very simply with a choice of experiment and other examples, complex brain behaviors. Thank you to Emory University and to Coursera too.
Very easy and fun. Videos are fantastic.
I did this course last year, since I had psychological knowledge so it was not too hard to understand all the concepts. What really attracts me is the forum, I just tried to post my question about assignment at forum, then quickly got a reply from my peer, from then on, I started to participate on forum discussion and did learn a lot. So, come to join us!
Excellent course! Professor is enthusiastic about the subject and conveys this to the students. Great course for grappling with the issues created by addiction.
Short and very understandable lectures. Very interesting topic and the professor is very good and a master on this topic. No need for background on neuroscience since the professor explains everything very well.
Real interesting and useful course, but since it's not my major, though sometimes hard for me to understand some concept. Still quite good! Nice teacher!
A great course approaching many aspects of addiction, both behavioral studies as well neurosciences aspects.
Very good and intresting subject, well organized.
I found both the course content and the Professor very engaging and thorough. I appreciated the methodical manner the scientific content was provided and the visuals were absolutely key to helping me to completely grasp.
very useful & I enjoy it !
Somewhat too simple, but still a good basic introduction.
Very informative. Thoroughly enjoyed both the class and the teacher.
Fantastic review of the brain and the effects of harmful substances. Thank you.
Briefly introduce some concepts of the drug use and some in neuroscience, a good introduction course.
As a trainee lawyer I found this course quite good and helpful.In Portugal we have a lot of drug issues. Knowing how drug addiction works in the human brain might be helpful, especially on court, where some individuals are convicted for drug issues when, sometimes, it's not only their choice.Thank you for the course. I hope there are more courses available for this kind of issues.
Not very informative, and too simple. Also, there is way too much repeating
Very interesting
Great course. It could have been a little more dense with technical information, but it was excellent for a broad overview of the topic.
Very informative and down-to-earth. Accessible by academic types and ordinary folks.
Very good introduction to why people become addicts. Key points are learnt are our brains are wired to be addicted, addiction is a brain disease and needs to be seen and treated as such and that coffee which i drink everyday is a drug!
I like very much this class, I've learned a lot, and is very usefull for my career! Thanks
I am absolutely loving this course. The lecturer is extremely thorough in his explanations. Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. 😊
Learnt a lot !
Interesting and mind-opening course. Enjoying it!
Well designed course. I have a couple of close family members who are addicts...pills and gambling. I highly recommend this class. The professor is excellent and I've benefited from his lectures.
I enjoyed the material and flow of topics presented. I did have some trouble getting a few of the videos to load in the module on Neurotransmission (week 5), which was unfortunate. Very interesting, thanks!
I learned some important concepts, but all of the material was repeated many times. If the redundancy of information were eliminated, imagine how much more students of this course could learn!
Very well presented and incredibly interesting
It was informative but felt that the instructor was somehow too confident of his position, though he did give lip service to other positions. I am not sure why this bothered me, since I agree with the importance of being compassionate and the misguidedness of a punitive stance towards addiction. And in fact, it has nothing to do with the course. I would also have enjoyed seeing more and/or more detailed case studies.
The course gives a very comprehensive overview of what drugs are and how it affects the brain, as well as practical advice for person and government. It addresses the issue in a scientific but simple way, that makes people really understand what we are dealing with, especially with the concept of comorbidity.
Excellent. Great -- and timely information. Nicely done.
Very clear and organized materials.
Enjoyed every minute. Very educative. Thank you.
Exciting. It is clear and informative.
amazing and easy to learn and really really great teacher
I will rated number 3 because I want to learn more new stuff about protections of my body.
Interesting to say the leastWhy cant i access my certificate. I paid and successfully passed
Very good teacher!
This is a useful basic refresher course for anyone who works or volunteers in the substance abuse field. I wanted to know the latest brain research and get an update on the various drug categories.
Very comprehensive on all aspects on drug addiction, though a bit too difficult for those without any medical or biological background knowledge. More animations / diagrams for illustration would make the course better.
Great course into the physiological aspects of addiction and brain psychology. Please have expand the course.
Excellent and interesting course on a very important topic. Very professional production and high quality lectures. It was quite easy, apart from the brain chemistry sections.
Great contribution to healthy humanity.
Excellent!!! Very clear!
i love the addicted brain course it teachs you so many cool things about drugs,neurotransmitters,how then drugs affect the body.
Very informative but very dry presentations.
this is an amazing course and there is a lot to learn. the course director took his time to explain things for even a layman to understant. Perfect course with perfect lectures. I loved every aspect of it.
The lecturer explains the facts really good and determined! as someone who English is her second language it is really easy to understand the material.
Awsome course
The course content has rigor and the learning is great!! Thanks
Not bad, some tests are too difficult, specially to understand the right questions. Materials are good but some details make the expereince not so good. However, overall is a good course!
Excellent course - If you want to internalise and understand course content and tools, it requires more time than estimate written in course outline.
I am a working professional in the field of data analytics where in Tableau is one of the application we use it on a daily basis. My motive for taking this course is to learn some more innovative techniques that are used by professionals in tableau but the fact was there is nothing new for me to learn here in terms of techniques. I would say this course suits best for a beginner but not for someone who already has some lineage with tableau.Pros:1. Hourglass model is one of the things I liked the most.2. Final project submission is really challenging and which help me to learn lot of new things.Cons:1. Weekly tests are very lengthy2. Every once can get 100% not a big deal by trial and error3. Most of the questions in the weekly course are very subjective and cannot have a single correct answer. We had to retake the test again and again to get 100% due to subjective questionsHowever this course has definitely changed my way of looking into data and the way we decipher it. I am looking forward to continue and take more coursers to be a the part of this esteemed analytics community.
Excellent Explanation. Flow of teaching is very clear.
Excellent introductory course of Tableau !!
Very Resourceful.
The more complex functions in Tableau could be explained better.
Good Course for Introductory Tableau Visualization.
Really interesting even if a little complex at times
Good course for basic learning Tableau
Great class that gives you not just an intro to Tableau but takes you through to becoming an intermediate level user! I highly recommend it if this is the field you're looking to enter or the skill you want to add to your resume
It is a good start for us to learn Tableau. But I think the video instruction is not so clear.
excellent content and final assessment giving a nice funny challenge, well done to the team!
I just think that there could be more assistance with respect to the practice exercises :) otherwise the lectures by Jana were absolutely terrific :)
The instructor has masterfully convey the materials and carefully craft the course materials, hence the course is both easy to follow and enjoyable. The content are also very relevant to practical industry use.
Great Learning Experience
BEST COURSE FOR ANALYTICS PERSON.
Not enough Tableau use for it to be in the title of the course
The Best Course!, Thanks Coursera & Duke University
The best course!
An intense course but you will be confident in Tableau than ever before once you complete..The professor has made the course as interesting and knowledge rich as she can!!
Great course with lots of practical advices and tips for how to carry a visualization analytic project from beginning to end!
Very good and level of difficulty is just right.
It was really good course designed for professionals as well as associative with academy. Jana has really presented everything well. Also, thanks to coursera for providing me this course.
It is a nice course, practical, recommendable. A little bit demanding. Because the dedicated time is upper than theorical time. Good cases. Congratulations!
Great course!!
great class, i learned a lot
good course for tableau and effective communication.
Very interesting course! Its very helpful if you need to grab, analyse and visualize your data. Thanks!
Great experience. Really fun and exciting to work with real data and trying to solve a real business problem. The teacher was really clear in her presentantions and you can cleary see the effort she and the whole team made in the creation of this course. This was my favorite, and probably the harder course I had take on Coursera.
Tableau course is very worth learning because the Tableau's visualisation method is quite different from Excel. The final project is time and effort demanding but it is a wonderful chance to utilise what you have learned during the course. One thing I didn't not enjoying about this course is the forum is not quite organised and there is a few support/ response from the instructor/ mentors like the other online classes.
Very steep learning curve switching from the videos and lectures to the final assignment. But enjoyed the challenge. Relevant links to learn specific topics on the tool would have been helpful. Interesting data sets to work with (Salary & Dognition) and challenging problem statement. If the intention is to learn Tableau as a tool then I would not recommend this course. Part of my expectation was this also, hence only 4 stars.
This is one of the best courses i have taken ever.
Both Challenging & rewarding, taught me basics of Tableau, viz and comms.
So far it has been brilliant. So lucid!
Unprecedented high speaking speed.
This is a pretty basic introduction to Tableau, but the skills introduced here are exactly what you need to get started. I
This is one of the best courses I have ever taken. It is fun and yet, it is very detailed and, yes, it takes a bit more than 2-3 hours per week.You will learn much more than using Tableau. You will learn to ask the right questions and you will also learn how to present your data analytics results to the C-suite or whoever asked for it.I highly recommend this to anyone, beginners and experienced business / data analysts.
There needs to be more help available, at least for paying students, to answer questions and clear misunderstanding. The quizzes are taking too much time.
I learned a lot from this course. I may even be able to get a tableau certification as a result!
The instructor is very informative, and the course material is just excellent!
Great course! This course is not just teaching you how to operate with Tableau. It's more important that you can learn how to link your data with your business problem and help people to make better decision.
perfect course for a beginner to get acquainted with tableau tool.
well designed and impressive courses! I learn a lot about Tableau technique and the whole process of data analysis, including preparing the data analysis process with scientific guidance, making persuasive illustration and giving a high quality presentation!! I have learned a lot!
Very comprehensive and clear content delivery. Usable and helpful learning tools
Excellent Course!!! Enjoy the learning experience!!! Highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Tableau. Good Luck.
Great introduction and lessons regarding Tableau.
awesome tool, teaches you how to think like a data scientist
Good course
Excellent course, well presentedGood JobLuca
I really enjoy this Course the Explanations and Utilization of Tableau are the best, I really recomend this to anyone interest in Data Analysis or that need to work with a lot of data in their daily activities.
Very good course! Open you mind for fast a appealing visualisation of data and turning it into insights.
I will start with you do learn a lot from the videos (and the stuff you learn is very valuable), it's the absence of staff or professor involvement that is a problem and why I am not giving 5 stars. Outside of quizzes which are graded by computers, your "practice" assignments (which aren't practice because you can't check your answers before a test, super awesome when you can't really ask for help), final project and forum questions are graded or answered by other students.If you have any confusion, either it will go unresolved or be worsened by potentially wrong answers from other students which I saw happen many, many times. Maybe I am expecting too much from an online learning platform? In all, I feel like while I did learn, I perhaps learned some wrong practices too. So while the videos are great, the actual teacher involvement is poor.Coursera - I am not sure how you and the university work together, but is it totally strange to desire some input from your professor?
A great course from Business Analytics point of view.
Best course of the specialization so far, you can tell the instructor specializes in engaging presentations. I felt like I was never lost, but always challenged.
Great course and extremely helpful professor! Love it!
The videos are great! Much less math-heavy than the Excel Course in this series, so it was a nice break.
Excellent course! The videos are easy to follow along, and Dr. Borg is great at explaining the material. Also, it was fun to learn how to use Tableau, and develop a thorough understanding of the program. Highly recommend this course if you are interested in data analytics, data visualization, and/or business presentations.
Great course!
Great Course highly recommended!
The course was well built-up, the presentations were extremely clear and there was a great combination between listening and actual examples that you had to do yourself.
Awesome course. Easy to understand and useful tools. Thank you so much for providing me this course! :)
Thanks very much for great content and especially, Ms. Jana Schaich Borg for brilliant presentation skills, lovely voice and good looking as well. Please participate. This is highly recommend course.
very useful, especially the final project. I do learn a lot from this course.
I enjoyed learning this course. It's not only fun but also gives very detailed tutorial by using Tableau. This course gives me a practical learning experience and business orientated way of thinking by utilizing the Data Visualization.
The flow and presentation was very engaging. This will give you a relatively basic overview of tableau with mention of higher functionality. "Poking the box" is going to be a lot easier having taken this course.
Interesting and useful so far
Very good course
Loved the Tableau section and the instructor is a good communicator. It'd be great to have a whole course about this BI Software
This is an excellent course. You are given a six month license to use Tableau as well as practice data for the assignments and exercises. It is very practical and informative. It covers more than just Tableau. The first week is about framing data questions and working with stakeholders. The second and third week cover Tableau. The last week gives some very helpful tips for giving effective presentations. The final assessment will go over all of these things, so be prepared to put them to use if you want the final certificate.
You will be impress about how this course . Yo will enjoy high level of Educational Material .
Absolutely outstanding course. It stretched me - late nights grappling with the data, learning Tableau, recording a blooper-free presentation. So many takes!But this course was not just about Tableau; it was about clarifying goals, planning before diving into the data, putting yourself in the shoes of the client and good presentation principles. Great practical exercise at the end - make sure you put aside plenty of time for this.
Could've learnt this on youtube - really not very good. Dr. Egger's courses are rigorous and full of math. This is just a bunch of pretty pictures. Shouldn't be included in this specialization.
very useful in terms of providing an intro to Tableau and how to use the application
it was an awesome course. One of the best I attended from Coursera.
Best course from Duke's data analysis specialisation. Hands-on experience and real data to work with.
Prof. Jana S. Borg is the simply the best! Every lecture material (videos/exercises/final project) is carefully crafted to optimize student's learning experience. She's made the learning fun and that's not easy to do!Now, let's talk about the reason why I didn't give this course a full 5-star rating.... It's the students! As you might already know, this class requires us to put together a 5-minute screencast video that will demonstrate our understanding in 1) Tableau, 2) Business Analytics and 3) Presentation skills. Unfortunately, most of the students only care about the first one while blatantly ignoring the other two. And that makes the grading process a pain in the..errr.... you know what!Another important reminder. Be sure to submit the final project days before the deadline. Otherwise, you might be at risk of not getting graded by 3 other students! On the forum, a student claimed that she was forced to join this session because she couldn't get 3 peers to grade her project TWO SESSIONS ago! The horror!
It is a great course to understand how to use Tableau. Learning through this, I could utilize Tableau for real business case my company is facing to.
Great course with strong material on how to create an excellent presentation and use Tableau.
I loved this course. The lecture videos taught me a lot and I was happy I got to use whatever I learned in the final project. The only reason why I'm giving three stars was because of the submission process for the final project. It gave me a headache because I didn't really understand how to submit to Tableau public. I tried following the instructions but I couldn't find some things so it confused me a bit. It caused me to submit my assignment late, and it was just not a pleasant process. Maybe upload new instructions with screenshots, or make another lecture video on how to submit.
I have given an extra star for the free license software received.Didn't find the course as challenging as the Machine Learning course.The assignments need to be more challenging. Connecting to SQlite / GA Analytics dummy data can be added. Tableau with R session can be incorporated.
A very good broad introduction to Tableau.
I think it is excellent that you start the course with understanding the business value and stakeholders for analyzing the data.
Very nice and eye-opening class. Jena presented very well. I have learnt a lot from this class. Thank you Jena!
Nice alternative to Tableau's webinars. While not necessary for certification, handy for real world application.
The instructor provided a data set from an actual business to use in the Tableau analysis. I felt that the videos and supplemental information provided valuable instruction on data analysis in the Tableau software and the communication of the results. This was a great class.
Love Tableau. Very challenging class, but if you make it you will know how to use Tableau.
There's a lot of great information in this course and it's presented in a very good way. However, like the excel course in this specialization, most of the material isn't about using Tableau. 1 week is about running a project, 2 weeks are about using Tableau, and the final 2 weeks are about presentation. If you're interest isn't mainly in Tableau, I would recommend the course. However, if you're taking this course to learn Tableau, I would suggest not paying for it.
The course was marvelous. It helped me a lot in the Tableau learning process and improved my graphic communication abillities.
I have loved this course and the videos have been amazing. This course has been fantastic for getting a foundation in understanding data analysis and the use of Tableau!
This is a great course! Just what I need! Thank you Jana!
Well-written exercises that really force you to get it. Plus you get a 6-month license so you can keep playing around with Tableau once you've finished the course.
Amazing course with good start up
Great course that is applicable to ALL professions and is especially important to young professionals that are looking for a leg up in the work-place.
Excellent course, well presented.Very useful tips which I will probably return to later in my career.
Excellent course! The instructor is very clear and to the point. The exercises are challenging, fun and require a little bit of digging in that just takes the learning to a whole new level. A very rewarding experience.
Very interesting and interactive course.
I found the class very easy to follow, yet informative and truly helpful.
Great course!Very well organized, and worked in a format where you would build as you learned and had several milestones for review.The one complaint I have is that the final asks for you to work in Tableau, and provides you a license for 15 days, although the course runs longer than that.
Great class. Clear layout. Learned a lot.
Great course! Very useful and given by an excellent professor! I love Tableau! Made my work easier and better looking.
Very helpful content with easy-to-understand explanations that I can follow along. Jana is also engaging instructor. Tableau Desktop key provided is huge help as well.
Great class
Well design but no help from mentor site
Very good. The teacher is awesome!
Best course I have taken in Coursera until now, entertaining, all-rounded and containing interesting and highly relevant lessons-- I feel like a Tableau power user already :)
Excellent class to learn to visualize data using Tableau, I feel a lot more confident about using Tableau and its features. The final exam project was excellent. On a constructive note-- I wish they had a couple more videos or Pdf guides to format a presentation.Well done Instructors
One of the best courses on Coursera: the content covers not just the usage of Tableau but also the objectives heading into using Tableau as well as the presentation of the results one gets from Tableau. Most of all, it is evident that the trainers know their stuff and had a lot of fun putting this together!
very useful!
This course may be misleading aspiring data analysts and scientists: it may give the false impression that, with the tools learned here, you will be able to analyze your data by yourself. In fact, you would be completely missing on large chapters of statistics and, as a result, you would often end up drawing wrong conclusions and believe you did a great job. For example, what is the point of giving you a single 10-minutes video on how to do regression in Tableau if you don't even know regression (which is AT LEAST a one-term course in graduate school, and only after several other prior basic stats courses)? BEWARE: get a much larger background in statistics before applying anything you learn here in real life. Some minimal stats knowledge should be recommended as a pre-requisite for this course, or else you end up doing like those monkeys using a statistical software without really understanding what they are doing and drawing conclusions with blissful ignorance. The problem is: some of your audience will know and will notice, more often than you might think and you will end up looking like an idiot.Sorry to be negative here, but I think I owe you, my co-student, at least a warning: do learn more stats elsewhere!! ... good luck.
really good one.... best course on visualization.
That was a very useful and interesting class! Presenter did a great job, and her materials were very use helpful and relevant!
Its a good course, but I feel too much details in week 3 course content.
Excellent. Very interesting and useful for my job.
Awesome course and best instructor.
Its Been a great course.
Awesome course!
It is a great course. The examples show the Tableau possibilities in an easy way.
Love the instructor giving tips on how to make compelling presentations in addition to teaching technical aspect of Tableau.
Good course and very nice demonstrations on Tableau.
Interesting
Excellent course. Love the content and the delivery. Also, the project is super cute!
This is an excellent class that covers basic data analysis and visualization with Tableau, but more importantly covers how to approach data analysis and how to present the results of a data analysis to a business audience (i.e., management executives). I would recommend this class for anybody starting in this space, or anybody who feels that their analysis is not coming through to decision-makers in their organization.
great introduction to using Tableau (if you're like me and never used it). Jana gives an excellent lecture (never boring or mono-toned).
Thanks a lot, Jana Borg! One of the most interesting and useful courses.
The course explains basics of using Tableau as on approach for data visualization very well. I particularly liked this course for teaching me the basic presentation skills and expressing them through tableau. The final project allows you to showcase the learnt skills. Thanks everyone !!!
Excellent courseThank you Jana and Duke team
Well organized, taught and presented. Thank you!
Great for those starting out getting their hands wet with a FREE copy of Tableau!
Fantastic course. Clear, insightful instruction. No prior experience with Tableau needed. Not only is the software taught, but topics like how to address a business analysis problem in a logical manner are addressed as well.
Well made course!Thank you
Relevant introduction to get productive with Tableau quickly. Clear examples with the ability to apply immediately with a temporary student license to Tableau.
I loved this course! Amazing!
Jana Schaich Borg takes extra care to provide and share knowledge and methodology that is useful to any person who is keen on data analyst role to be competent in data exploration, analysis and presentation using Tableau data visualisation tool.I have learned and benefited greatly from such course.
Very useful and entertaining
Very engaging course. Great introduction to Tableau and general presentation tips. Real application of data analysis and Tableau with a real data set and problem needing recommendations
Really polished videos, really thorough explanations of how to do everything, really great overview of different functionalities that gave us a good balance of breadth and depth. Fantastic course.
Awesome class - very well organized, great examples, challenging assignments, and includes interviews with real data analysts and data scientists! Got me hooked on Tableau and am now working on implementing it at work.
One of the best courses I've gone through. Excellent presentation skills by the trainer and great practical tips to present effectively. Learnt a lot about Tableau through this course. Thanks!
Tableau is garbage and their assignment practice questions don't work
Very well structured and easy to follow. Very nice teacher
The material is very interesting with well-made videos. Great course to get an introduction to Tableau.The downside for me was that some videos were rushed with as they had too much content, and quizzes could be much better, I found the questions not really up-to-par with the course content.
Amazing course, teaches a well rounded experience with Tableau and considerations for data visualization. Great professors!
Excellent Course!The Quiz is quite challenging but really useful. All the exercises are well designed to guid you step by step to not only learn tableau software but also form an intuition of analyze real business data.I indeed recommend you fellows taking this course! It will be beneficial.
Great
It's is easy and precise anybody can learn quickly with some basic knowledge about computers. Thanks Jana for your efforts.
Quite helpful
I really enjoyed the lectures. The introduction to Tableau was broad enough to get a feel for possibilities and gave plenty of resources to further look for guidance as needed. In addition, the focus was not just on the technical tool but relaying the differences in visualization for analysis and visualization for persuasion. I enjoyed her lecturing and felt like the visual science and very specific actionable takeaways were good.
I have being using Tableau for the last 5 months. Though I could consider myself strong in visualization, it is clear after taking the first two weeks of this course that I was utterly poor in analysis. Thank you for this powerful course. Whether you are familiar with Tableau or not, this is a course worthy all your time.
Awesome course!
Good explanation !
Awesome! I love how Ms. Jana keeps you pepped up and makes the learning interesting. Thank you!
Really great course! Very well organized, material is engaging and really well presented.Covers everything you need to know to get started with Tableau (hands on!). If you already work with Tableau, will be quite easy for you to complete the course, but you may still learn a few cool tricks from Jana.I also really liked the first week of the course where Jana went over the general concepts of being a good data analyst. They aren't shocking or extremely eye opening, but nonetheless it is very important to truly understand. I found it interesting the way she presented them.Great job with the course! Most engaging course I personally tried on Coursera so far :)
excellent choice of visualization software. would have loved if more of the functions were explored
simply amazing , accessible and complete
Very complete
Very well thought and structured.
Such a cool Program. I've immediately used it in my place of work.
Great training using a terrific dataset. Learned some best practices and frameworks too.
One of, if not the best MOOC I have taken
The video presentation at the end isn't what I would expect/want from an online course. I stopped short of the final project, but the course was otherwise useful.
Great class!
The course content is itself interesting but the lack of active mentors to provide guidance makes the course really difficult to learn. So many unanswered questions on the discussion board and many confused students. I am so glad I am not paying for this course.
Useful Tableau tips and visualization recommendations.Instructor videos are accelerated most of the time so the speech sounds unnatural and sometimes difficult to understand.
Immediately applicable to the workplace. The learn at your own pace style is great for those with more rigid work schedules, and the lectures are a fantastic resource. I wholeheartedly recommend this course!
very nice course especially week 1 is amazing
intense but great learning
Very good teachers/instructors.
There is a gap between the instruction level and the difficulty of quizzes and final projects.
Interesting, loved the teacher.
interesting lectures, real project using the tools presented in the course, and you get all the basic functions of Tableau for granted! good job!
Incredibly content packed course. The best one of this series.
Good brush on Tableau. Great that the course included a 6 mo license to Tableau Desktop!However while more complex topics where touched, they were rushed also. An extra week or two at the more advanced stuff would've been beneficial. Some of the quizzes also were a bit silly and focusing on minor things.
Exciting course.
Nice course if anyone wants to learn Tableau. Practise exercises & Quizes are relevant. It would be nice if solutions are provided for both the practise excersies and the quizes.
Really useful class
good introduction course for this tool.
Very well taught course about using Tableau, providing tableau license for the Specialization (6 months). The lectures are well executed, concepts well explained and referenced materials provided. The most fun part are the assignments using real world datasets by Dognition. The course introduced me to very interesting visualization tool used in Data analytics. I enjoyed this course and took a great deal out of it.
Great course, very comprehensive but in the other hand challenging to keep you engaged in learning and self discover about your "real" data samples.I'll continue with the specialization, thanks Duke University.
Good class but could do with a bit more explanation of the Tableau features
Not perfect, but overall pretty good. No support from instructor or teaching assistants in the course forums.
Really liked the course. Very well designed and carried away. The only thing I wasn't too happy was the final project as the data was not easy to understand. As a beginner when we have to focus more on Tableau related features, I ended up spending more time understanding the data which didn't really help me. Otherwise, it was a good course. Surely, it put me on a fast track for Tableau.
Good syllabus and challenging assignments with real data. Great lecturer too.
Teaches the basics of Tableau along with the business concepts. A perfect way to pick up new skills.
Outstanding Course!
Good course
On extraordinary course that introduce you to effective communication with a powerful tool such as Tableau.
Excellent! The instructor did a great job!
The videos are very clear and easy to grasp knowledge. Way much better than data analysis with excel course.
Great course. The course material is very useful in helping you understand the use of tableau and best practices used for visualizations.
Great introduction to Data Visualization!
A great course that brings real life scenarios and applications to determine the use in Tableau in the industry.
Awesome course for those who wish to learn Tableau. Real-life project / dataset , in-depth exercises and a free 6-month license for Tableau desktop makes it extremely easy to practice, play and get expertise with both data analysis and Tableau software. The tips and resources for giving great presentations are like icing on the cake!i've taken 10+ classes on Coursera and this is definitely one of the best!Thank you Duke univ and coursera! :)
Good videos well presented. Good intro into data viz and Tableau
I would simply recommend this course for anyone who wants to become a Great Business Analyst. Simply sequential and All-Interesting...
brilliant! Thank you!
Just starting week 3 and I've already learned a ton about approaching data visualizations while leveraging Tableau. This course does an excellent job of demystifying the beautiful and powerful tool that is Tableau. Even after only a week or so of playing around on Tableau I feel fairly comfortable in using it in my own work.
Great course. Very informative. I am a marine biologist, but we also struggle with the same type of problems in properly presenting our data in effective and engaging ways. This course is very helpful in giving ideas on how to do this better. I also introduced me to new software in Tableau which is pretty impressive. But it is yet another program to try and learn which may be a deterrent to some.
Professor is engaging and I am happy there are so many video lectures, it is really nice and you feel you are genuinely progressing. Quizzes are very tough though and this course requires a lot of dedication and some frequent repeats of the videos to understand the material.
Excellent Course. Great learning
Nice class! Even though I got a ms degree in stat, I still enjoy it. The first week is important when you apply data analysis in the real world. And you can learn to build those fabulous tables in tableau in the following weeks. Great class!
Nice course..good example and hand on assignments.
Great course, helped me to move from a basic user to intermediate in Tableau
This course is engaging and full of great resources. Everything taught in the course can be applied to positively impact your ability to tell compelling stories with data.
Good content! Thoughtful insight on approaching problem solving in data analysis world.
wonderful design of content, good business examples.
Very interesting and very useful course ;-)
Wonderful class
This course is very helpful for me. Thanks Professor so much !
I have moved from zero to building my first App for operations in my office just after week one. I advice that you go through the labs. It will cement your understanding and bring all to practical and implementation terms. Good luck.
thank you
Online grader for labs is terribly buggy. Attempted submitting labs several occasions - all fail. Local builds work fine with apps working as expected and tests pass. The online builder gives very little feedback other than "BuidError". £40 wasted. Will not recommend and will never fall for it again. AVOID!
It's a good course by the standards of when it was made which, going by the overview, looks like 2014. the lectures are based on eclipse while the video teaches how to install android studio. Some of the examples are not compatible with Android studio and work only on eclipse. Being updated with the more recent material would've helped more. Having said that, the teaching style is really conducive to learning for newbies. It's a good introduction to the world of Android development.
i liked the materiel that was discussed in this course. really good !!
I learnt a lot in this class. It was always something I wanted to accomplish. I learnt that you must have a lot of memory and hard drive space on your PC to run the emulator I also think that the new studio, Android Studio is better than Eclipse. I loved the forums because they solved most of the problems I had. I would like the instructors and mentors to answer questions in a timely manner.
Good Course
Well done for newcomers
the course is a bit outdated and I am finding it hard to stay motivated knowing there are other more recent courses. The topics I think are still relevant but the tools are not. I am looking for courses where there is hands on development that you follow with the instructor and I did not find this here.
Good introduction to Android programming.
Excellent course, excellent teacher. Enjoyed the course.
It's a great course, really is, but there are some weeks (4th week for instance) with a overwhelming amount of content, leaving few hours to study and even fewer to conclude the exercises.
Outdated and unsupported !The code for the exercises was made for Eclipse ADT and Google dropped support for Eclipse a while ago. The official IDE for Android development is Android Studio now.I could import the project for Lab1 but I'm unable to compile the tests and the program with Android Studio, I get a ton of errors. My post in the forums about this is unanswered for 3 days now.
Very nice and well organised. Enjoyed a lot. Thanks a lot. Very Helpful.
I thought the Week 4 was a bit rushed and some content could be divided into two or more videos. The Labs were really stressful (yet valuable) and the pacing changed dramatically comparing to the three first weeks. Other than that, everything was great and I learned a lot. Cheers Mr. Porter!
Cool
Easy to follow, good beginners' Android course without wasting time explaining how to add 2+2.
Very high quality content and very challenging exercises.
Great course, but it requires personal work to keep the pace, especially for person who are not familiar with Java development. But while challenging it is d
Excellent content as an introduction to Android programming. The videos are paced nicely. Assignments are designed well.
Thank you very much , good course , i have learnt alot of things about Android programming .
Very informative, concise course. Without prior experience in adroid I have learned a lot about android itself and android programming.
Good course that goes over the material
Very good course of basics of Android Development! Thanks a lot!
good introcreating interest to learn
Very good and interesting course for beginning programming Mobile Applications.
Great course! Good refresher on Java.
Thank you for the course, simply and effectively!
This course was great for me. I was looking for a refresher course since I had some Android experience, but due to different career path I have not used in about 4 years. It was good for me.
Very good course! Easy to understand and practice for new bie who beginer with Android development
it is very well.
Very good and easy to understand course for Android beginners.
Makes you find a solution by thinking, not just copying course materials.
must for everyone who ever wants to learn android in great depth
Very good course. Very helpful.
Moves too fast though
Very useful introduction of android fundamentals!!!
That´s great!
Learnt a lot! Very challenging and hands-on course for students with passion :)Taught with lots of examples, and equips you with a lot of resources for future use.
I really enjoyed this course and found it very enjoyable. The content itself is a bit old but still perfectly relevant. Looking forward to Part 2.
Great course, extremely useful material and on point.
A basic course but not for the ones who don't know anything about java or android. Not made for the beginners. Also the submitting projects work is complicated and should be made more easier.Not recommended for the starter.
In depth, but very well explained, leaving very little uncertainty. Great course, explaining the basics needed to build a solid app with (some) previous java experience!
I like this programme its very helpful and encouraging for me to do programming
Easy to understand and the course is very well made.
Very nice content and very well explained. Examples are good too.
A great course to take because the useful and simple explanations made by prof. Porter. The course gives us the first steps to be android developers in a fun an simple way. Excellent Course.
Nice chose to start an Android developing life.The class is very logical and interesting. All the home works are easy to finish .I am in the part 2 of this class now.
Very good Course
Very good course.
Outstanding course!
I give 4 stars instead 5 just because the last assignments, building an app from scratch, should me more interesting and useful
Well structuring matherial.
I found this course to be very helpful. As someone who has used graphical frameworks in the past, I found the course's pace to be just right. Ideas were explained thoroughly, from the ground up, without getting bogged down.
You can really learn a lot from this course. Do give some effort on the labs, and try to understand the way the instructors want you to complete the tasks. It may be a better way to do it.Then, go on to part 2!
I found this course lacking in providing sufficient coverage of the basics in the course videos and lacking a useful and directed reading list. I spent far too much time researching command syntax and using try and error to find what worked with the provided code.Disappointing as topics covered are good.
Very Nice Course
very good content.
Very fast pace with no support. Be prepared to make countless online searches or to discuss solely with peers. Many drop out by the end of the course. Final Project is far too difficult for this course, because it did not prepare me at all. If you want to learn Android programming, I suggest you look elsewhere.
A concise and informative introduction to Android. Had fun learning this course. :)
Great Course..! but include 10000 of practice test like 3 hour of practice tests because test will prepare you and define what is your level , include job focus to get job , include hackathons .Include direct apply to companies from this course.
I was very excited during Week 1 and Week 2 lectures. Then, the videos kept getting unclear and outdated. The assignment is not engaging. My interest dropped. The videos really need updates!
Very Good Course.
Probably the best and most useful Coursera MOOC on Android
Overall I think the course was good. This course requires you to do a lot of self study and research on every single topic. It only covers the very basic and core topics. I would have liked it to have more hands on or practical examples.
Excellent but a little bit intense and high-required course! Like it!
Awesome course..should take!
Very good material, very good professor!
I was disappointed in the lack of explanation for the tools. Since everything depends on the IDE, and there was no instruction about the IDE, I found it difficult to do the labs. In the course of trying to, the IDE somehow managed to corrupt my hard drive. After that I pretty much lost interest in the course.
A nice course for everyone who wants to start programming Android.
I joined this course and after two weeks I fell behind because of my final college exam and again I re join this course. This course is superb course. After join this you will no need to go any institution for android course. Thanks University of Maryland and Professor.
One of the most valuable an interesting courses I have ever joined.The contents are precise and accurate.It forces students to practice what they learned in an effective way.It's very clear from the beginning to whom this course if for. In other words, it does not claim that it target all users just to gain popularity.Objectives are very clear and honest.In conclusion, for those who meet the course requirements and search for what this course is teaching, this course is AWESOME.
very nicely explian
What a wonderful course. It gives each of us a way to help in the best possible manner. One would think that only serious philanthropists can help when in fact every single person can.
The course is very good.
Thought provoking and persuasive, this course is both an excellent introduction to the study of ethics and to the growing movement striving for a better world - effective altruism.
Fairly well presented in that different points of view on the questions were put forward. I found it interesting and informative to learn how better to choose compare and charities.Unfortunately there seems to be a dominate premise. That is this course insists one must give up the maximum part of ones income to 'charities' who will do the job to help others for you. In this I disagree and have not changed fundamentally in my perception.Having said that, one does come away with more motivation to think about and to act more altruistically as the occasions present themselves.
Well balanced approach that invites multiple perspectives on ultruism. I would have liked to see the objections against ultruism of Ayn Rand being addressed in the course but I suppose it is difficult to give a course that addresses all aspects of a given topic. But Ayn Rand had a definite contradictory viewpoint and it would have enhanced the class tremendously if it had been considered.
Solid course, makes the case both for acting ethically, and for rationally choosing how to carry out those ethical activities. I had heard most of these arguments before and was already convinced by them; but if you are looking to figure out how to do more good with your life, it is a good course.
very complex, super challenging and helpful
While this course is interesting and informative, I was hoping that there would be a larger portion dedicated to jobs, industries, and ideas that help make the world a better place. I was hoping that by the end of this course, I would have learned about many more options on how to act now, today, as opposed to such a strong emphasis on the origin and meaning of ethics.
Audited the course. Found the information quite useful. In the quest to live an evermore ethical life, Peter Singer helps to bring light to the issues at hand in an accessible way.
Professor Singer does a wonderful job of bringing in lauded philanthropists to help make this course a reality. My only qualm was with my expectation of a greater philosophical aspect to the course: he does spend some time on Kant and Hume's ethical dichotomy which was wonderful though.
A nice introduction, but having already been acquainted with the material somewhat, it came of as a bit stale. Some of the bits on moral theories at the beginning were new and informative, and the interviews were interesting regardless.
A super detailed and informative course on EA!
Very interesting course, very interesting discussions. There's a lot to think about what is the best way to help others. Singer is very clear and I share most of his ideas.
Having an essay as a final assignment was great!
I love the theory in this course.
I love it!
Thought provoking, were well orchestrated, I am learning, and I am moved, and I think we are all moved towards making the world a better place.
Life changing
This course is amazing, more than I expected, you can relate it with everything, no matter your career, it´s effective
Very strong concept, to take and employ in your day to day life. I found it very vital for not for profit work.However, substantial philosophy knowledge is needed in order to really absorb and follow the argument.
Yet another good course that is ruined by a peer review requirement. Dr. Singer is a fascinating person to learn from and I am glad I took the time to pursue the course.
For me it was a fantastic course. This is exactly that time in my life when I'm alwasy thinking about what I should work and how can I help as much as I can. This course helped me a lot and I recived a lot of good ideas for my essay and for my life also.
Great material, even better teacher!
great array of speakers augmenting the course materiel
Thank you for this inspiring course that gives a great introduction into ethics and altruism !!!
A very interesting course to understand the relationship between ethics and the current problems.
Very well done. I would have liked it if there were more assignments.
No passion is on his lecture. There is only dryness and ethical superior pride through his theory.. Altruism without love is an empty vanity and well-designed commercial intention for selling his theory.
I could listen to Professor Singer all day. He draws you in, gets you involved and leaves you wanting more. One can actually see the high regard that his guest speakers have for him and his guests are always interesting and sometimes even fascinating.
The course was well done and included interesting guest speakers. However, I was not keen on the format and am not likely to sign up again for a course where the Coursera student is like a voyeur into the professor's actual classroom. In this case, we were privy to his lectures at Princeton and the camera frequently panned the classroom full of students. I have taken many Coursera classes and all were directed at the Coursera student specifically. I appreciated that. And I also appreciated Peter Singer allowing us into his Princeton classroom. I realize what an incredible opportunity he gave us through Coursera. So, thanks.
It's been a great experience to now deep this amazing Peter Singer's proposal. I appreciate a lot the way that ethical ideas, feelings and projects are exposed and shared with all of us. The result is not only to get more knowledge about effective altruism but to have the chance of changing our lives.
Excellent course, very useful. However, the examples of people to be admired for giving their kidneys to strangers, etc.were quite beyond the realm of the everyday life of most individuals with family responsibilities, etc. The course did reinforce my own attitudes toward most "charities," which are not effective nor altruistic. The lectures were just that, lectures, rather bland because we are used to animations and charts to illustrate lessons.
Excellent course, highly recommended if you are interested in supporting or giving to charities, getting to know how you can effectively donate and where your money is being invested properly and it's effectiveness. Gives great insight on what types of advocative work is being done, evaluation methods, criteria and what people should support. Very clear information on how to lead a better life and a more meaningful, helpful, altruistic life.
This is a fabulous course. I think anyone interested in giving and philanthropy should take this course, to better understand the concept of effectiveness. I took this course to identify my own role for giving, and the content and interviews helped me to shape my vision within my modest income. Hurrah for Peter Singer and Princeton offering this course to the world!
Best speech of balanced summary, which is very important to me, for one.
Too many lectures, specialized audience with huge competition, not accessible by novices of philosophy and only assessed through a single peer-reviewed assignment-essay.
as the name suggests this is really an effective altruism
Excellent lectures. In Colombia should be issued this style of lectures to sensitize the professionals of tomorrow.
Really influential course.
It would have been nice to use more complex data analysis, as used in the second course of this specialization, in order to build the final model.
Great capstone course that successfully integrates all the concepts learning in the previous courses.
Wonderful course! The final project is so interesting! I could also communicate with my peers and learn from their work.
poor design on presentation assignment
Absolutely fantastic course and specialization. It was hard work with some very late nights but the best things don't come easily. I wish to thank Dr Egger and Dr Schaich Borg for their energy, enthusiasm and time to make this course so good - and to making it accessible at such a reasonable cost to us in Africa. The dancing videos were a scream and I finally "get" the unicorn thing. One of the most profound learning experiences I've ever had.
Simply awesome, it did not only helped me to develop the required skills, but gave me the security to try greater. Astounding method, totally recommended specialization
It's very worth taking.
The capstone project and corresponding course work is amazing. The project is framed as a business analysis problem with you acting as the analyst. You are tasked with exploring the company's database to extract the relevant information, construct a predictive model in Excel, visualize the results in Tableau, and deliver a persuasive presentation for your expert recommendation. This project actually utilizes skills learned throughout the specialization with an actual application of knowledge. Duke doesn't leave you stranded though. The course offers quizzes along the way to ensure that you have the correct values to arrive at the correct assumptions at each step so you know you can accomplish this task. I highly recommend this project and thank the University for this learning opportunity.
Fantastic course, very well prepared. Thank you !!!
Previous courses in this series was better. This iteration is very "paint-by-numbers", much of the material, conclusions, format, is already prepared in advance.
This is an excellent course - really stimulating and very practical as well. Jeremy Ghez teaching is highly engaging and thought provoking. Well worth the time and effort!
All in all this was a very good course. Jeremy Ghez is a bright and inspiring teacher. The content of the course was extremely interesting and well put together. I would have certainly enjoyed to have some sections of the course expanded, which was my only disappointment. I thought the assignments were very well handled and def
Great course about anticipation, resilience and how we can re-invent ourself to be more optimistic about life
COMPREHENSIVE AND EXCELLENT
Good course with basic concepts.
Very insightful
Exceptional and practically resourceful. The lecture delivery was clear and broken down in an understandable format.
Superb course delivered by an excellent instructor.
Great content. I would bundle the shorter videos in the first two weeks so that I am not listening to an intro and outro for every small point that the professor makes.
I enjoyed this class. I recommend for everyone.
Thanks for this course! It attempts to provide not only knowledge, but also use in practice. It was a really great chance to learn accounting for me.
Mini-project grades system is awful. btw, you have to wait till three students review you project. One more point is that, the contents of videos are not that enough. You can just read the required textbook to get all knowledge and examples.
Clear and concise, with very good explanation !
It is a great course, well designed and gives important skills and knowledge in a practical way to apply in business desicions.
Great course
Professor Hecht provides a very thorough and understandable class in Managerial Accounting. He mixes application with concepts. I've never liked accounting until I took his courses. He's a phenomenal teacher.
A very informative and detailed course. The professor explained clearly all the topics and have answered all the questions in my mind through the entire course. The instructions, modules, and handouts were given completely and are very helpful.
Very helpful and interesting course.
This course is fitted for me who want to self study.
A good introduction
boring assaignments
Not a simple class
This course is great, very explicit and easy to follow.
Very detailed course，fantastic
Good course. Covers the fundamentals very well.
well structured, logical sequence, great foundation course!
I have gained a lot from this class especially since i deal with special children the strategies and goes about me has give me a lot to boost my teaching skills. How to understand the child and control them has solved a lot of my queries and thus helped me.Thanks a lot for this great opportunity to learn more
It is very informative. It suggests some very good strategies for parents, teachers, para-educators and psychologist.
It's been great!
Very informative especially with tips on how to implement things in the house with children.
Gosh, I learned a wealth of solid information. Very thought-provoking course but one that eased my anxieties all at that same time. Great experience taking this class. One that undoubtedly enables you as a learner to implement what you've learned in the real world.
I enjoyed the simplicity but at the same time depthness of the course, it gave me usefull and easy to apply tools in my practice.
This course was really enjoyable and useful. I have put in place a number of techniques and have been able to share with other member of staff many of the strategies recommended in the course.
Amazing course!
Thank you! I now feel more confident to approach ADHD in the classroom. The resources shared will be invaluable as I continue to learn and to respond to the needs of the individual students in front of me. Thank you for your efforts in putting this course together! I really enjoyed it.
I loved how insightful this course is and it does not once mention medications!!!
A must for every teacher !
Wonderful resource for parents and teachers and families!
Very easy course and the set up was very predictable, although I do wish that the course switched up some things so that it wasn't the same every week. Nice overview of ADHD. I liked how the power points were included so that I could go back and look at them and all of the extra reading materials are very helpful.
It was very beneficial, thanks for the opportunity.
The course provides a concise overview of the disorder and suggests some strategies to cope with it at home and in school. I found it a bit too short and too simple.
Very Helpful!
Quite informative.
Nicely organized to learn the practical implications and the intervention techniques
I have certainly learned more about myself....
An useful course that will help caregivers understand how to deal with children having ADHD, to strategize for betterment, and to monitor progress and outcomes.
The course is very helpful. It has cleared many misconceptions I had. I am sure the Daily Report Card and Behaviour contract will prove to be very helpful. I just wish some more classroom behaviour management strategies could be shared.Thanks!
Thank you
An easy to understand, straight-forward insight into dealing with children with ADHD. Would recommend.
Great strategies for parents and teachers!
Great tips for parents and teachers. Useful tools for classrooms and resources to work in home with a child with ADHD. I strongly recommend this course if you're a teacher or a parent with a child with ADHD.
Very helpful and useful strategies for working with elementary age students.
It's not professional as that one created by Penn Uni. Named "Pay attention " which is unavailable now and I don't understand why has it been removed from Coursera?!!
Very informative course.
A very useful course full of everyday strategies for parents and teachers.
Interesting course and quite useful additional sources are provided in this course.
The course content was very relevant and to the point. Especially the focus on interventions and strategies are easy to implement.
Excellent structure and presentations! Highly recommend!
Very poor in all aspects.
This is very informative and helpful to me.
Especially the fourth week was very informative and positive.
Dr. Fabiano's expert knowledge delivered in simple easy language makes this course easy for anyone to understand.
Informative and useful with practical examples to apply right away.
Very informative with good tools. Appropriate for parents as well as professionals working with children and families.
Great
I learned so much about ADHD and I love the practical component of the course e.g. strategies that can be used. Thank you
Shame on you University of Houston SystemI did the first three lessons, which are less than average, then went on to quiz 1, after completion, a window appeared to ask me for money to get my results! This information should have been provided when I enrolled! I find that very mis leading.
Some content on quizzes wasn't covered in the videos
Great review for the AP Physics 1 exam!
Too much question and it takes me too much time on it
The lectures are rather simple and easy to follow, but it's impossible to pass the quizzes with only a basic knowledge of mathematics/physics, only for experts. With the information provided in the video lectures you won't recieve a grade, there's a lot of extra work necessary with no other help given then some wiki that only a math genius would understand without any further help.
A very good course to start with while analyzing the astrophysical data with opensource software..... a must learn by all astrophysics student.
very good start for iOS developers
Such a great course. I absolutely am amazed by how good it is.
Great!!!
It`s great.
Very visual lessons explaining step by step how to code in SWIFT. If those that do not speak portuguese can easily follow this course. I would recommend that captions in English are added to this course or the instructor presents it in English.
It`s great, simple and very efficiently. I`m not a professional programmer and I`m learning everything.
ME PARECIO UN MUY BUEN CURSO EL CUAL CUENTA CON EJEMPLOS PRACTICOS MUY REALES LOS CUALES AYUDAN A UN MEJOR ENTENDIMIENTO DE LA TEORIA. EN EL CASO DE LOS ENTREGABLES ME PARECEN LOS ADECUADOS YA QUE TIENEN UN BUEN GRADO DE COMPLEJIDAD EL CUAL AYUDA A ESFORZARSE Y APRENDER DE FORMA NATURAL LO APRENDIDO EN CADA UNO DE LOS MODULOS VISTOS, ASI COMO AL EVALUAR A COMPAÑEROS EN EFECTO ME AYUDO A PODER CONOCER MIS AREAS DE OPORTUNIDAD PARA LOS SIGUIENTES ENTREGABLES EN BASE A LOS TRABAJOS DE OTROS COMPAÑEROS.
I do recommend the course, for both the methodoly and content, the tips it gives, the mindset it developsgo on Ronald !
Really superb! Great PLAs, fantastic stories, very tangible but also steeped in theory and research.
This course provides a road map that creates new possibilities that is relevant on the individual level and on the organization level. This road map guides the discovery of our dreams, hopes and strengths. It guides us towards creating a shared purpose and vision. It guides us towards creating an aspiration statement and take action to fulfill the statement.
Wonderful practical course!
Great methodology, provides all you require to be able to apply it in real life.
The professor is outstanding and the subject really interestingAll the chapters were veruy well explanied
I am working as an organisational consultant and thought this would add some knowledge - however it is really difficult to follow because it seems repetitive to me... I have paid for the certificate and still it is difficult for me to focus. It seems there is too much information and too much talk for things that are easily understood and do not need all this going over and over again. I got bored by the time I got to week 3 and it is seems impossible to stay focused and complete all assignments. I hope this changes in my third and last chance to get the certificate...
I rated this as a 3 though I got a lot more out of the concepts and the class in the way it was taught than I had when reading books and literature on the subject. I would have wanted more discussions with cohorts taking the class to help cement the practices by virtue of seeing it from other perspectives in different work environments. I can imagine the same class with a moderator and someone facilitating the discussions would get me to the 5 rating. In a nutshell the content is great the experience of the class could be at a higher level then what I experienced.
This course is straightforward, and at the same time deep going. the reading and available books on the topic, enable considerable in depth study. I find the work load very reasonable, still I have the impression I have learnt a lot.
Great material. The inclusion of case studies definitely helps.
Great Course!!
Despite the material being interesting the instructor's way of teaching it made it boring and hard to pay attention
Very interesting course because I learnt several specific pieces of knowledge about adjectives that I didn't know. Besides, I discovered appositives
it is fun and usefull
one of the best English courses
Very good course, thank you !
Adjectives and Adjective clauses was a topic interesting in which I learn enough grammar
I miss more homework.
this is really useful
Very useful. It makes me easily to understand.
I think tests should be little more difficult
Great course for those just learning and those who want a refresher.
I congratulate the group of instructors who did a good job. I learned many new things a didn't know about adjectives. It was an excellent course.Best regards.Anibal Hernandez
Great course!
it is good thing to learn
Adjectives and Adjective Clauses are such a pain! It blows my mind off! :-) Thank for that course. It is very helpful!
Great course. You learn a lot!!
improve and simplify the grammar structure explanation
excellent grammar course!!! i have ever done.it's so easy to understand.
Thanks everyone for such an interesting experience.
Well structured courseCourse material download as a summary would be great (PPT/PDF)
I enjoyed this course well as the usage of adjectives is very confusing for me. Its worth learning. Thanks for teachers they made things easy.
very helpful
well managed course...
Amazing course
Thank you so much . this course is very useful
Thank you! One of the most clever course I have learned. Teachers are awesome!
I learned a lot. I recommend it to everyone
It's great to have access to the course even when you're not paying the certificate. Tip: make the presentations more attractive.
This is a very interesting course. It helps me a lot. Thanks, anyway.
Extremely useful course! One of the simpliest and engaging explanations of such a difficult topic I have ever seen!
Very good. Calculus is something everyone should try. This course really explains what it is really about and how to use it.
Great course! The course overcome my expectations! Thanks Jim Fowler for share your knoledge.
Good, but Not as accessible as Calculus One as for some abstract concepts, for math amateurs like me. I am still confused where I can put what I learned in this course into practice. But I want to learn more about sequences and series using other resources.
Loved this class!
Sir, your style of explaining is awesome. If someone needs to learn how to teach, he/she should watch your way of explaining things. Your enthusiasm for teaching is just way out of any other teacher's limit! Respect for you sir.
Wonderful course! Professor Fowler is very engaging.
Many of the problem sets ask you to apply theorems in ways that have not been demonstrated. If a student makes a mistake, no feedback is given other than, "That is not the right answer".
Horrible, endless rambling, no solutions to the quiz questions (unlike cal 1 course). sucks all the fun out of math, avoid this course, find an alternative where you can learn more with less time spent watching him write out 20 numbers.
Great course
Really really thanks Mr. Fowler.
Thank you so much Prof. Jim and OSU team for this awesome enrichment course that just proved to be a blessing. I loved the very way Prof. Jim taught me. He is so good. I look forward to meeting him again. When I was giving the final exam I felt the glimpses of what Prof. Jim used to write and say in the video.I also thank Coursera for the opportunity.
Superb course by Jim Fowler. You can easily tell he's very passionate and knowledgeable about Mathematics. He keeps it fun but challenging, brilliant!
The lessons and explanations were very interesting and easy to understand.
Best for clarity. Interesting content too.
This course helped to clarify so many sequences and series concepts. It even added new analytical tools to my repertoire. While I would not claim to be a Calc II master, I feel that I now have a much better understanding and can move forward confidently.
Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Excelent teacher and course!
Not an easy topic but presented well with more than one perspective. Slightly more difficult than One.
Quite interactive
For me this course managed to finally get me over the hurdles in really understanding what is going on in sequences and series. The course is fairly difficult, but then so is the subject matter; and the difficulties were not insurmountable. I would give it 5 stars except for a few spots where a little more explanation would have been helpful e.g., the relationship between the indices in the two forms of the Taylor series for the cosine function.
Great course! The material is presented in a logical order and in an easy-to-understand way. In the videos, proofs for most of the concepts and methods are discussed, so "why?" is no longer a mystery. The textbook also is a good supplement to the videos. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about sequences and series.
The best part about this course is the way Prof. explains the intuition behind most of the proofs. For example, it seems(to me) more intuitive that harmonic series shall converge but the way Prof. developed intuition that harmonic series diverges, was awesome. This central theme in both the calculus courses from Prof Jim Fowler helped a lot.
Great course :-). Very helpful with the challenging chapter, for most students, of sequences and series in a typical 2nd semester calculus course. It goes even beyond the typical curriculum by emphasizing why sequences and series are relevant.
A marvelous teacher, I am so fond of his style! He makes calculus a real fun.
A wonderful course. Prof Fowler is outstanding and the material covered was excellent.
I've learnt a lot of calculus skill in this course. Thanks mr Jim, you're great teacher!
The overall course was excellently managed. The lectures were really superb. Prof. Jim was explaining every concept with fantastic details. His way of teaching is exemplary. The most important thing was quizzes. Quizzes contained questions which were not so easy and at the same time not so difficult. I enjoyed the course . More and more such courses will be welcome by students and teachers of Mathematics.
His enthusiasm is really contagious and the explanations are very clear and easy to understand. It would be nice to have a sequence on differential equations.
Great course!
I liked it a lot
The professor is extremely passionate and well-informed about the subject. However it would have been a lot better if he used a more visual approach to explaining things (including graphs and diagrams).The positives about the course are:- There’s plenty of proofs for those who are so inclined. So you really get to understand what’s leading up to a particular formula.- The professor shows some very interesting applications such as showing why 22/7 and pi are not the same and constructing a bridge with only one side (harmonic tower) which is a real eye opener.- He shows you that the concepts in calculus are all deeply connected. There is not a single piece of the puzzle that does not fit with the other pieces. Getting this realization is probably one of the key value propositions of this course.- The mentors in the forums are extremely helpful and respond quickly to your queries.- You learn a lot about using formal mathematical symbols.- The questions are incredibly hard and very little in way of practice examples are provided. This forces you to up your game and really try to understand how things work. Things that are learned with a lot of hard effort are retained much better than things learned without much effort. Hence, I highly recommend this course and am grateful that I took it!If you are the kind of person who likes everything to be served cut and cleaned on a silver platter, you are not likely to enjoy this course. However, if you enjoy solving puzzles with often missing, incomplete, or poorly presented information then this course is exhilarating!The course can be improved by:1. Adding more concrete example with real numbers to show how some of the theorems work.2. Adding more graphs to show how the functions look.3. Adding more practice problems with clear explanations in case you get it wrong.4. Ensuring that exercises are in sync with the sections being presented (for example, in the middle of the course we’re asked a question which involves the Taylor series which is not presented till the last week.)5. Adding more worked out examples with detailed explanations6. Avoiding using confusing variable names (like “little m” and “big m”)I learned a lot in this course.The best lesson was when professor Jim Fowler says that the point of mathematics is not truth but proof. Not whether something is true but why.
I enjoyed this course and recommend it. Prof. Fowler is very didatic and funny, and makes the classes nice to watch.I found some of the exercises a little harder than the content given, and the support is not that perfection yet, but one can find some good help in the foruns if ask in advance (in my case, I must thank a lot my peers Brian and Richard...they were true mentors).Anyway, if you have some interest in series, I am sure you will enjoy this course.
Most enjoyable calculus MOOC that I have seen. Dr. Fowler is great.
good course
An excellent course.Professor Fowler is very enthusiastic and he is a great teacher.
the best thing is that you explain why it is like this not just giving facts
This course is amazing!
Great course, super and awesome instructor, kuddos!!!
This course is awesome. Jim Fowler is very good teacher. His explanations are concise, but very easy to assimilate because of all the visual resources. I loved the fact that the videos were short overall, since I do not have much free time to keep watching slow long videos.A perfect score.
Fantastic course
very learner friendlyI like his numerical approach to demonstrate concept or a formula.
The course is really helpful but I think it would have been much better if there were answers to all the practice quizzes since some of them are really challenging.
I had already studied series in undergraduate course, came here to just revise and didn't expect the course to be this much AWESOME.Hands down to this one. Just take it if you hate series, this guy would make you fall in love with it!
The best course about mathematics that I've ever taken. The course is very interesant, the videos are very well done, the activities and quizzes are very challenging. I had seen sequences and series a time ago and I didn't like them at all, but now it is a complete different story. I really enjoyed this course and I recommend it.
It's very useful and dinamic, great experience.
This is an excellent course and the course tutor's lectures are clear, thorough and amusing. This is the future of learning Math and Sciences. Some brief summary notes of the key points would have been useful, to save one having to trace back through the videos to find something.
showing relation to physics
This course will supplement your class, but do not use it as a single source.
I appreciate the free course, but it seems that this course is not comprehensively prepared like the first course. 1) There are no solution, and sometimes nothing at all, provided under the wrong answer of each task in practice quizs. And 2), the tasks are not 100% related with previous radios, which could be frastrating for people like me who want to solve all tasks before entering into the next session. 3) Some important points are missing in the video whereas less significant points are overdressed in excessive details.
Great approuch on series e sequences...
It is a fantastic course. Learnt a few concepts which were not covered in my calculus classes at school and took the opportunity to learn!
the best teacher
excellent, very good teacher
I use this and Calculus One as reference when I need to remind myself some more basic concepts. It's so easy to find the relevant video lecture and have it explained in different ways, great refresher.I love Jim Fowler's style, he makes me laugh :)
Consistent video format, good explanations, video length not too long but also not too short.
I give four stars rather than five because I felt that the course seemed less well executed than Calculus One by the same author. He set a high bar for himself. Still, I learned a lot and do appreciate it. I felt the practice quizzes could have been more helpful in the explanation of wrong answers as was the case in Calculus One.
Very slow beginning and quite few gaps between videos and quiz but very nice to go back to basics and practice calculus again
There are a few mistakes that you need to look out for (check the discussion forum), but overall, this is a very good course!
A very well designed course with great explanations.
Outstanding course, Prof. Fowler has immense energy, a great teacher....
wonderful and helpful!!!
Thank you so much.
Its tough to get your head around the various concepts but as Dr. Fowler and the reading material say - Don't be afraid and use lots of paper. I'm 41and a non-engineering graduate. I completed this course so that I may take additional science and engineering related courses on-line.
very good course
It had been a while, and I really enjoyed rediscovering the series through this course, whether by watching the videos -providing intuitions, main points, key notions, and concrete examples (every-day-life ones and mathematical ones, as a particularly appreciated example, see the bridge video) given by an enthusiastic mathematician- or by following his related mooculus book -providing formal course materials (but you can still picture the professor explaining things to you, which is really enjoyable) including all the definitions, theorems, and justifications, and a lot of exercises with their answers, completing gracefully the videos.I truly hope that, in future coming courses, I will have the opportunity to have this professor dealing with other subjects -like integrals (on non-bounded domains) or function series- that can be related and used, afterwards, with series through dedicated theorems.
In my case I listened to all courses as a refresher of things that I learned in college about 25 years ago. It felt great to solve problems that I have not had a chance to do for a long time. I relived my college days in the process I gained a new insight that I can use in my current job as a EE.
very helpful, thank you for this material
same review as for Calculus I, awesome course, i haven't followed all the lectures, as i am only refreshing stuff, but is awesome!!!
Great course for learning the basics of calc! Thanks Prof Jim Fowler! :D
The course is fun to learn
Thank you, Jim! Very well prepared course. Well chosen examples and problems, but that's just my opinion. Nevertheless, problems and quizzes really helped me understand the materials better in this course and in Calculus 1 (MOOCulus).Oh, and it follows a free (open) textbook! What!?
This was the best course on sequences and series I have ever seen.
Excellent teacher, great course!
Great course!
Overall ,a very good course!!
The teacher is greatly great...energetic,hardworking,and the best thing about him is he knows students needs while learning things.
This course tackles two difficult topics- sequences and series. The instructor does well to build insight and conceptual understanding instead of just teaching how to solve problems using the formulas just as in his previous course. However, I believe that this course is more difficult than the previous one and learners may be stuck at some points in the course if not armed with the right tools and techniques. Also it takes some amount of rereviewing before you can understand some of the concepts.
Jim Fowler is fantastic. It's hard to make sequences and series exciting and engaging, but he manages to do it. As with conventional classroom courses, certain techniques work better than others for online learning. His pedagogical techniques for breaking down derivations and equations work incredibly well for online learning videos. I would eagerly take another class taught by Professor Fowler again. May I suggest classes in Differential Equations and Partial Differential Equations? I didn't take those in college, and over 20 years later, I still regret it and feel the lack of knowledge in my working life.
Thank you. The lessons were very interesting!
Awesome professor and a very informative and helpful course. The professor explains in such a good manner. 10/5 and not 5/5.
Very good, Focussed in learn the philosophy and know some mathematical tricks in the proofs. It was funny!!
The videos are fun and engaging, and the professor explains even the most abstract concepts in ways that are easy to understand.
Although a bit in-your-face, the presentation is excellent. It combines the clarity of highly visible and easily audible, well-prepared material with a friendly informality. I especially like the paper-and-sharpie technique.
Great course Great Instructor
The lessons are amazingly interesting
Worth completing as much for the demonstrated pedagogy as the covered material!
Great explanation, challenging quizzes. May be very difficult for those who aren't used to grasping concept in maths.
Excellent course. Very well taylored and fun. Worth the time spent.
I am just in the middle of this course. Mr. Fowler explains basic concepts perfectly. He is so joyful. I can watch the videos while eating ,just like watching the tv series :P . I look forward to study Taylor Series
very clear, very nice. and this is more suitable to me than my own lecture's course.
Excellent..teachers are very enthusiastic about teaching which is helpful when learning.
This really is a good extention to the Calculus One course. A bit harder to understand, but I assume this was the main idea of Jim Fowler - to explain, as he mentions in one of the videos, that mathematics is not about calculations - it's about insight. So be prepared for less technical calculations in the tests and more creative thinking on how to solve this or that problem.
Jim Fowler is a great math professor!
I really enjoy this course. I strongly recommend it.
Loved it and I learnt many things from this course.Kudos Prof. Fowler.
Many thanks to Dr Fowler for making lessons highly interesting
Great course!
great material and presentation, as always. thanks, jim.
A great course . I especially liked the teaching style of Professor Fowler.
This is a really helpful course for learning information about Calculus two. However, some areas in explanations were confusing so I had to search more information from the internet and from other professors.
This guy does great lectures, not your average calculus course, keeps it interesting!
The journey has been Awesome. A tribute to Dr Fowler.
Great course!
I wanted to like this course, but (and perhaps it's a mathematician thing) the teacher just kept doing stuff without explaining WHY he is doing the stuff. He is very animated and a good presenter but, even when I understood what he was saying, I couldn't get past the "why is he doing this?" It is never "self-evident" for me.
I enjoy this course tremendously! It feels like a having a personal teacher explaining the concepts one on one.
I've completed numerous MOOCs but this teacher is simply the best. Very passionate and explains things extremely well. All the lectures look extremely thought out, topics are presented in somewhat funny, but really professional way, quizes are sometimes challenging, but that's great!.If you struggle with Calculus, you should definitely take this course. But it's also great for people that like Math in general - I've passed my Calculus stuff long ago, but wanted to recover that knowledge to enter different programming areas and that was one of the best thing I did last year.Jim, please add more courses!!
Another fantastic course put together by Jim Fowler! The instructional videos provide good arguments and present the theorems, proofs, concepts, etc. very well.
Great teacher. The method of explaining things with pieces of paper was helpful and more interactive than lines simply appearing in the screen. Unfortunately the course is based on calculations and many proofs were left behind.
One of the greatest and most inspiring Professor of math!
This was an awesome course. 10/10 would watch again.
I am taking this same class in college here in Brazil. However, I was having some serious issues about how to interpret all the data. So, I started to take this course, which is helping me a lot to comprehend all the core ideas. Thanks a lot!
This teacher is an amazing teacher and made Calculus 1 and 2 both a lot more understandable than professors I've had in person.
Jim Fowler is a great professor! Would love to see more content from him! :D
Organized like the ideal textbook, but I would have preferred that there be more practice problems on quizzes.
A great job done by a great teacher. Thank you for this successful effort
The course is very helpful in understanding the idea of sequences and series. Starting from zero, you will get a really good understanding of the topic and will see applications of it.I have to admit it. I like the way the prof explains things. He tries to deliver a message that math is not just about numbers and calculations, but insight and understanding.Very helpful and highly recommended if you are interested in math.
Very fun with an amazing teacher ! In that conditions, Mathematics are pure pleasure. Take it and enjoy.
Excellent!Read the book with the lectures.Inspirational. Thought provoking. Informative. Challenging.Enjoy :)Jeremy KMS MEd Community College Math Instructor
Really enjoy the enthusiasm of the lectures. A couple of lectures run over the material a little quickly.
Perfect!
Have never seen any Professor who teaches with such passion as Professor Fowler. This was a tasking course, and I'm glad I have been able to complete it. Lim (n-> inf.) (n * Thanks!).
It was an amazing experience. I like the way it is taught, because it allows to understand useful techniques for approximation without getting rid of the beauty of mathematics. This course has opened my mind to new borders on knowledge. Thank you!
I really appreciate the way Prof. Fowler presents the course. Simple, amusing and interesting the way it is
Solid presentation of the material. Left me wanting more. Professor Fowler's enthusiasm is wonderful, and his presentation makes the material come alive.
It is just perfect! Both, lectures and tasks are really great!
Again Jim does a really great job. Care and attention to the presentation of the explanation. Really takes into account he's performing for a camera not a lecture hall. My score is 4/4. I'm not qualified to give the 5th as I can't speak to what has been included and omitted from the content.Bring on multivariate calculus as an on-demand Mooc!
decent course overall, but problem solutions are much missed. even after completing the course perfectly i'm still not sure how I got some answers.for example: "approximate f^(72)(0) of cos(x^3). I figured the way to solve it, but I hove no idea why it is solved that way.
Incredible! Probably the best maths class ever!
The effort put for explanation by Dr. Fowler is extraordinary. However the course needs to show more of the 'connection between steps' when stating a theorem for convergence tests.This current version of calculus is a bit disappointing, earlier the practice problems were solved in steps.
Instructor is a champion of pedagogy.
it is nice how to learn maths by this way < cause i hate the way of egyptian Drs in my university teach us by reading from books which already i have in my hands and solve the same boring examples >thank you coursea :D
An exceptional course as all courses taught by Mr. Fowler
I wish I had a math professor with such passion as Jim Fowler ! Congrats this course is amazing !
awesome course
This course is grate. Just like Calculus 1 it provides intuition and a way of thinking about mathematical concepts.
Great course!
Great!
Best calculus teacher ever.
I like too much that it course is all about sequencies and series. A lot of units about its topics is unusual for me. One or two units in other courses. ¡Very nice Calculus two! ¡ Excelent the teacher!
So far very good, very clear explanations.
I am working through this course as a quick revision before graduate school, so the material is quite simple for me. However, I absolutely love the way it is presented. Suddenly, sequences and series don't appear to be as daunting or abstract as it was!
best math course ever, teached with so much passion and love
Simply the best, again.
Truly excellent and interesting presentation of the topic by a professor who loves the subject matter. Wonderful.
exceptionally explained. I like it
....might be considered as a good one
Excellent course material. I was thrilled to learn about taylor series and its importance on approximation
Really enjoy the energy of the professor. More practice questions would take this to the next level.
Fast and very effective course, though it could be a bit deeper.
Even more interesting than the first.
The perfect companion for learning calculus!
Love it!
Amazing course. Really good with you're looking for a solid calculus background!
Very helpful information. It always kept me interested!
I love the instructor, she knows her material and she facilitates the information in a manner that is engaging. I am excited to complete this course.
Interesting
EXCELENTE ES AGIL Y MUY ADAPTABLE A LA SITUACION DE TIEMPOS COMPLICADOS
ESTOY FELIZ DE TOMAR MI PRIMER CURSO EN ESTA PLATAFORMA Y QUE SEA UN CURSO DE LA UNAM.GRACIAS
It looks like amaizing way to learn
I took this course to practice my Spanish, hoping it would be like the course Learning How to Learn that is in English. If you can watch that course in English instead or along with this one or even just reading the Spanish subtitles, I would suggest that course instead as it is truly amazing. This one is good... as far as it goes. It's hard to follow in the footsteps of Learning How to Learn though because it's one of the best courses in anything I've ever taken. This was a good course to practice my Spanish listening though! There are a few good ideas in here, so worth it.
ES UNA EXCELENTE OPCIÓN PARA APRENDER Y MEMORIZAR MAS Y MEJOR, AMEN DE LEER MAS RÁPIDO Y COMPRENDER TODO LO LEÍDO, YA QUE ESTE CURSO, TE LO DAN POR HASTA $22,000.00, Y PUES ESTA FUERA DE MI ALCANCE ECONÓMICO, LA VERDAD, Y ESPERO AQUÍ PODER HACERME DEL CERTIFICADO, EL CUAL ME PARECE ESTA EN DOLARES, EN FIN, GRACIAS QUERIDA UNAM.
very good I totally recomend it, if you are begginer it is very usefull
This was very difficult course for me (as for newbie). But at the same time it broadened my horizons. AngularJS - very interesting course. I'm glad to become graduate. Special thanks to professor Jogesh K. Muppala for his intelligence, kindness and excellent sense of humour. Also thanks to all people, who made a major contribution to this course: record videos, write subtitles, correct code, consulting as mentors. So I wish prosperity to this course and lots of success!
This course is well designed with very good coverage of technical details of various aspects of web development. The exercises and assignments are quite inspiring. I would strongly recommend this course to those want to learn wen development and don't have much experience yet.
little bit slow but very good. some extra tools added that make it slow and boring but it makes it very interesting if we understand its benefit
Nicely designed course to learn AngularJS
Very good course, materials and hands-on works.
Covers all the essential topics. At the end of the course, one should have enough confidence to try and deploy pages on their own. The topics are well explained and the teacher keeps the listener engaged with his teaching style.
Course is very compact and informative
Lots of random details that the professor seems to have missed make the course difficult because you end up spending hours debugging random, irrelevant things.
Very well explained from basics
The practical approach of taking a problem and solving it throughout the course and in the process teach stuff is super awesome. You get introduced to a concept and immediately followed by implementing it in the product at hand and thereby improving the product. When you actually do the exercises you get a satisfaction of developing a product along the way, which is very nice.If I ever plan to teach, this is the approach I'll be taking.PS: The sprinkle of humor is refreshing breaks from serious listening otherwise! Thanks for that too.
It is a awesome course
Great course to be introduced in AngularJS and learn the basic functionality of this framework.
Should be a more in depth course.Although for an introduction into AngularJS, it is a very good course.
Thank you for these lessons, answered my pressing questions about web development
I've been trying to learn Angular for so long! This course finally demystified the basics for me.
good and useful course, but includes some content (unit testing) that is extraneous and could be in a separate course
Awesome course
Its great!
Overall course arrangement is awsome
During this course I had many issues with bower and version conflicts. I do everything step by step like in the video, and nothing works. I look at error log and realize there is some issue with versions. =\It would be really nice if you explained how to deal with it, instead of making me waste hours of my time on googling this stuff. It almost made me quit using bower forever.
Wonderful course to learn AngularJS. Thank you to Jogesh K Muppala for explaining in a each and every topic and excercises more practically.
Apart from angular i learn task runners, testings, scaffolds and more. Love this one!
This is excellent training for the person who likes to keep up with the latest and greatest front-end developments. If you don't like to switch up and turn on a dime then this course is not for you. I had trouble aplenty and yet the point seemed to be: stay flexible, be prepared to use obscure tools (that are supposed to make the site work better but who knows exactly what is happening under the hood), expect change and adversity, become an expert at debugging that crappy code and refactoring everything at the drop of a hat. This is probably good approximation of real world experience where you would need to come in on a project and bail them out of angularjs damnation. Be prepared to be frustrated.
It was a challenging and a fun course. Good in-depth and hands on experience on Angular and other web-tools.
Very nice course! You should include an explanation of the versions of the angular components that are compatible, it could be very releasing.
some difficult, but it's so useful and powerful languages
Perfect course to get started with AngularJS
Great course to learn about AngularJS. Syllabus is good to provide step by step and deep learning. Examples are good to provide practice practices with steps. Assignment is also a good test for the knowledge learned in each week.
Great course.
I did not know what was going on and I have to stop.
Must for a new age programmer
Great!
amazing course gave me in-depth knowledge of Angular.js framework!
This is a Great Course. However I think that is a wonderful option to have an intermediate leve with angularJs.
Should be updated with angular 2 components. Rest it was awesome
good and useful course
Bad video quality and errors in course material. Worst course on Coursera.
Great Course. Thankyou!!
This was my first online course. I have everyday given 2 to 3.30hrs in this course. As angular.js is really in demand, I was eager to learn it and this course is good in terms of the lectures by prof. Muppala , materials and the exercises. Exercises are doable but let me say this to the would be en-rollers that if you miss a tiny winy thing between the scrips, you will have to devote a hell lotta time to fix it . The assignments are challenging and those gave me the feel that angular is not that easy peasy at all. Submitting the assignments on time is suggestible as late submission can create a mess to get required number of reviews on time. I have submitted two assignments after deadline and had to request a lot of classmates to review my submission. Prof Muppala is one great teacher. He is good at explaining stuffs so easily which are actually not that easy. Overall it was a good experience. I am looking forward to what this skill will offer me in my career ahead and also looking forward to learn more from coursera.
The lessons were well structured and easy to follow, while covering all of the essential topics needed to use Angular, including some server-side development tools. As an introductory course, it met my expectations.
I can't even begin to describe how much pain this course gave me.The code snippets and instructions in the exercise videos are incomplete/have errors and it's impossible to complete the exercises just using those (it's hours of extra work to get things working). Also, at some point you are given a new version of part of the files in the project, which won't match the rest of the files so there's remedial work to be done for that too. Some of these issues were flagged on the forum 5 months ago and still the course material wasn't updated. It all gets even worse as all assignments build upon the code written in these exercises.The assignment instructions are unclear. You are shown a demo of how the solution should look in the assignment videos, and then you are told you actually have to build something different than what you were shown. I also couldn't understand some of the grading criteria. You will get/lose marks on uploading a screenshot or naming variables/functions a certain way.I was really interested in this specialization so I kept going hoping it will get better but it only got worse. After 11 weeks of work I am ready to start something different. Wasn't expecting such low quality content on Coursera.
Very in depth and practical course that gets you jump-started on AngularJS. The quizzes were a bit too simple but I imagine the assignments would have more content (since they are locked behind purchase). Would love to see a Angular 2 course as well.
We need Angular 2
Nice Description with good exercises.Please provide a course for Angular 2 also
Awesome course for a good startup!!!
Very Good Course to learn. Assignments are very good,
this course overall is great. the content needs to be more in depth and give more compact information in each session. also need to give more detail why we should do certain step instead of just tell how to do.the course offer resources, and this aids with further self-pace learning, which is helpful. the ppt resource could cover more content in detail.overall it is a good course.
The most complete course for angular beginners. Grat job teacjer Mupala =D
Teacher is awesome and very useful course
good. its a worth your time
Excellent break down of Angular JS. A very good introduction; you will still need to read the Angular JS docs to get depth.
This course was too messy. I spent 75% of my time to get the examples to work. It would have been better if after each module all the .js and .html files would be given in total, not just the snippets.
Great Course. Have a wide knowledge about Angular js.
Amazing instructor!
Very nice course! Huge amount of things to learn and very useful to work on the web app field! Thanks
Explicit design of course, easy to understand flow and good practice assignments
Very Good course. Recommended
It was a great course
this course is good . thank you for this information .we look forward more
The course was really demanding for me but in the end you feel like you achieved something. Don't give up if your localhosts don't work, there are solutions, look it up.
Good introductory type course but when there are issues a student is having that no other peer can resolve, the instructors are almost NEVER available to assist.
Really useful and informative!
Overall pretty good, but I think maybe the course ought to be extended a week or so to really take time and look at descriptions of the tasks run in the task runners. The angular content is pretty good and helpful, though.
Great
Should update to Angular 2, or at least revise some exercises to include code for Angular 1.6.. and keep track properly of when gulpfile should be updated!
Starting from fundamental concepts to basic practice, Professor Muppala has the way to make you learn better.
Great course. AngularJS is presented gradually with good manners. Super work by Jogesh K. Muppala.
A well presented course with broad coverage of AngularJS. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Coursera platform is excellent and easy to use.
Good content and awesome instructor :)
sir you are best .. i learnt so much from you and i really appreciatie your work for students
Good Course Learned much from it
Exercise sources are not up to date, I have come across many problems.
Excellent! First time in Angular ; it was a very good course.
The course is well structured.
Amazing course. Thank you Yakov.
One of the best course in coursera. Thanks!
Great! I have really learned a lot by attending this course. Hope to see the AngularJS 2 or React course anytime soon :)
Amazing Course, made me understand Angular in an easy way. It gave me a good quick start. Hats of to the teacher for all the hard work.
it was fun ...
Very easy to understand.E
Great Course
Thanks to Mr. Jogesh for carrying out complex concepts with ease.
Awesome course
very helpful for newbies
This course -- actually, both the 2nd and 3rd courses in this specialization -- are like "take your interested, but mostly uninformed friend to work day". Give them some stacks of paper to sort, then shown them what a correctly sorted stack looks like. You've only got one day at work with your friend, so be kind enough to humor them with a very cursory explanation of what sorting is about, but you can't really teach them much in such a short time. So, set them to task, sorting pile after pile. Hey look! Your friend is now a practiced sorter!These courses are really for folks who can spend much more time than advertised. Sure, you will see lots of really cool things -- like AngularJS, Grunt, Bower, etc. -- but don't come into this believing that you'll really learn them, because that is just not possible with the time allowed. This whole thing is about exposure, not deep understanding.Want to learn the guitar? This is like going to watch a (very slow) concert, and then having the guitarist hand you their instrument, put your fingers on the correct frets, and then strum the strings for you. See -- now you can play!Thinking of learning algebra? How about if I simply told you to "write the numeral 5, then the addition symbol, then the letter X, then the equals symbol, and finally the numeral 12", and then proceeded to tell you, step-by-step, what you should write on the page in order to solve for X. Would you have learned about solving equations? At most, you would have written a workable example for solving a certain kind of equation, but I doubt you'd be anywhere near proficient after being hand-held through one example.On the positive side, I was exposed to many different things in the web-development world -- that I cannot argue against. However, this course could be so much more. The model of having students watch a video of a person talking about coding, whether in front of a Power Point slide or a text editor full of code, is borrowing from the worst of the "lecture-first" classroom experience of (most of) higher ed. It's a bummer that we aren't moving in a different direction with this stuff after so long, but I guess it's still what people expect (or at least have learned to cope with).
Rushed though the core material.
Definitely Not for young new front end learners .Lots of things difficult to understand.
Nice course getting into AngularJS programming foundations and some very useful tools.
Good course, cover most important topics in didatc way. But the code quality is poor and I advice to study the John Papa's Angula code style to learn a better way of using AngularJS.
Easy to understand.
This great course will teach you not only how to create a single page application, but it will also show you the basics about developing to the web, as it shows you the tools that will allow you to work better as a web developer.
This was a hard course and many of the exercises did not have enough details to complete the assignments on time. I had to rely on course forums and a lot of googling to finish the course successfully.
Many errors appeared doing exercises, material needs to be updated - many node modules already deprecated. Also it'll be better if teacher more clarify all the actions he doing. Sometimes he did something not clear and there was no answer what is happening and why in this way.
i got bunch of info in this course i believe i won't get it in organized and net way anywhere else. and i recomned even learn angular from anywhere else take the course.
The course was very clear and interesting!
Nice course. However I am hearing scratching noises when the tutor is speaking which is little disturbing.
This course is not for javascript beginners. You should come in with solid understanding of the language - probably more than you would get from the first two courses of this program.
A bit outdated now, however it is still a good resource to get started.
recommended course covers all angular 1
Thank you for providing new Angulagr js course
This course is very clear. The assignments were very well for improving my understanding.Thank you.
Very useful course with excellent course material. However there were some problems with the audio quality. Fixing them would make this course really enjoyable.
Not well designed and the professor hard to follow...
Very fine explanation
This class gives me a very useful knowledge that help me a lot in my work. The teacher's lecture is very suited with novice
Nice!! I can write a web application now!
Thank you !
nice course and nice explanation
Excellent source of information.
Angular is very extensive, difficult to understand, but the teacher finds the way putting together everything, Excellent course, the best until now.
Excellent course. I was very helpful!!
This is the best course in getting the basic understanding of AngularJS. I really did get a lot out this course and I would highly recommend anyone for trying to learn angularJs. The organization and the layout of the course and also the professor explanation of the concept are really great!!
Nice Course. Professor makes it more easy and interesting to learn. Thank You Sir.
Too hard to listen his English
very well structured for learning at our own space!
I like the professor...but the activities and projects always had errors and issues that weren't easily fixable. And the mentors are absolutely terrible at providing guidance. So I most likely won't be able to finish this course.
AngularJS is "The brain" in the front-end development, and it was the most difficult part of this specialization so far, regarding all the concepts behind, like TDD, REST, MVC, etc. Once that you understand all of these concepts, the course is great. Professor Joggesh explains the angular features in a comprehensive way and his references to external links are a must.
very interesting course
Super good start for people without any javascript experience. But you will need more in real life :)
The teacher is amazing
I loved this coursed, it allowed me to get more opportunities in my work field, I highly recommend it.
Learning materials are poorly delivered. Codes given are bug-ridden this in turn makes it incredibly difficult to follow on. Disappointing
This course is the best part of the Full Stack series. I would like to see a more advance course just on Angular.
I liked this course so much. I never had used Angular JS nor JSON before and now I leanerd something new. Now, I'm going to put in practice all I've learned with my new projects. Thanks a lot to Jogesh K. Muppala and Coursera for the shared knowledges.
Very good course, go ahead
it is good , but some items needs to be illustrated in more details , a great thing of this course is that it gives a lot of practice exercises
The tutor is exceptionally good. It included all the sources for documentation but I felt I learned more from by reading the Angularjs official documentation than from this course. Assignments covered a variety of concepts.
Great introduction to angular.js
For a newbie in Frameworks I could learn a lot! Thanks to the professor and this excelent complete course.
Quite a good experience.
Very nice explanations!
Very complete course, good teacher on my first experience with coursera, really great !
The course was very helpful. I can now work comfortably with Angular. Thank you!
A nice overview on Angular JS, just enough to get you started!
There are steps that are missing at times which require you to scour for help. There are also quirks that aren't mentioned that other students have to point out. Unaddressed questions in the discussion board required escalation. Feels rushed and it's hard to learn for a beginner. Feels like you're just going through the motions and copy and pasting code.
I am a bit disappointed by this course. I was expecting a more fast paced course with more information regarding Angular. Unfortunately in the videos there is a lot of time spent on unnecessary details and reading out loud the source code. The exercises are quite basic and they did not pose real challenges - except for errors coming from mismatched packages or mistakes in configuration files. Also I think that the level of support provided by the mentors of this course is lacking. Mentors are quite absent and very late in providing any help in the forums so the students have to kind of counsel one another - that is sometimes good but a proper class also requires a good level of supervision.All in all I think this is an OK course that is mostly geared to the uninitiated. It needs some serious work to make it a great course.
Professor just does not explain the concepts well, just reads the code snippets. You need to figure things out the hard way. You don't get too much help from the moderators as well.
Amazing course!
a great course and good instructor.
Great Course for angular 1.x for angular newbies.It includes almost all the angular basic concept,including module,controller,service,filter,directive,view,data model,expressions,two way binding,dependency injection.And also this course provides a good full example illustrating how to use angular CRUD app.However,finishing this course is far from being proficient in angular developing,you should keep practicing more and find more resources from angular official websites.
very informative and challenging course, i enjoyed finishing it.
Challenging but fun!
It's a lot better than trying to learn the methods and information on my own without an instructor. I feel very empowered. In any case, the course was a very good brain workout.
Teacher is really bad. Terrible.
I definitely enjoyed doing this course. The exercises really helped me understand it and it makes you more involved.
Excellent course. Thanks.
very useful course
There are no advanced stuff these what is taught are basics any graduate or undergraduate student can easily pickup on his/ her own interest. What a waste of time .
Everything is clearly explained! Practice was great!
Well i am surprised that Angularjs is not easy to learn but how easily and smartly you teach this course.. Really appreciated Sir!!
Loved it
A wonderful course! Good theory with coll practices!
It help me a lot. thanks
very nice and helpful
This course is awesome!! it is very informative and you learn a lot as a beginner. I love the blooper alert.
good course, very informative
This course will help you to fall in love with AngularJS. Great explanation and exercise, assignments. Thank you very much.
Wonderful course! Love it and learn a lot!
clear and the examples are very useful!
nice course and sequenced well.
The Course is an extensive coverage of various in-depth resources of technologies and concepts related to AngularJS. I really like the course and the mentor, who is taking great pain in making us understand the jargons behind the course. Thank You Sir for your invaluable insight.
easy to learn.
For all the many courses I took on Coursera, this course is one of the best.
The course was just fine. Some of the lectures were really good while some lectures were really confusing. The good thing is that course provides excellent resources for further exploring the topics in the course. So i had to consult these additional resources when i find lectures confusing.Course Assignments were really simple. Hardly any assignment took me more than an hour to complete.
It was informative course. Assignments could be more involved, and exercises could be more open-ended.
Examples are clear, very good introductory course. Can using w3schoool as reference
This course teach me one important thing : That is my job in the future.
Perfect and comprehensive course..thank you very much.
I recommend this course for naive to medium level expertise.
I like this course for some reasons:- a lot of understandable theory;- good practical tasks;- understandable and detailed speech of teacher.
Good quality content and great instructor. I recommend it!It does not cover though a very important feature from angular: directives.
Quite helpful
Very complex and interesting module.
This course is a real workout!
Great course!
Great!
Overall the course is very good but it gets trickier the further you go, specially if you have no experience in this area whatsoever... Take it from someone who's first contact with Web Development was the first course in this Specialization: "HTML, CSS & JavaScript". My advice to students in a similar situation is to look for other sources of information as well and try to experiment with your code as the lessons go by so you can really grasp the meaning of the pieces of code you're writing. Eventually, they'll start to make sense :-)
Extremely poor help and feedback.Almost no replies on discussion forums from mentors/peers so many issues end up unresolved. Considering how difficult this course is compared to other courses, the lack of real assistance is appalling.Seemingly outdated lessons.A lot of errors I get come from version discrepancies. Lessons should be checked over. If I have to Google problems to complete step-by-step lessons, the lesson is extremely ill-prepared.This is enough to make me abort this specialization.
Its very challenging for me...
This course is awesome!!!!! Thanks
This is wonderful!Thank you, Mr. Muppala.
very good course to help me start with angular and javascript frame work learning!
Best full stack courses, even after this single course you can separately make a powerful front end
A great course on Angular JS, explained in an excellent practical manner. Exercise videos clearly show and allow us to practice along which makes the understanding very effective.
Good Course
Excelent Course!! Very recomended!
Good one.Like the "Bloomers" at the end of some videos.
A good course for Angular JS.
Awesome course!
Fantastic. Very glad to have taken this course.
Very bad explanation too boring lectures
Complete
good course
sometimes it's hard to get things.. .. but it's very useful and strong course
This course is excellent, highly recommended
Had good content but description was a like scattered manner. It could have better if explanation should be in fluent manner.
Very good course, with much to learn. By applying step by step every aspect of the course was for me very helpful. I hope more and more courses to follow this example.
Great Course for those who wants to go deeper in Front-End Frameworks
This course needs an easier way to peer review. Downloading individual files to computer and plugging into your project without overwriting your own work is a nuisance. Especially during assignment 4 where everything needed to be hosted in the server in order to work; this made is extremely difficult to review.
Great Content, and by the end of the course you have a full fledged Front-end website working.
Great course!
Wonderful experience (y)Must try!!
Fantastic course, fantastic teacher.
Easy to understand, but hard to listen. I think we need a American teacher
Cannot believe charge me homework
Great
so far excellent. After first week.
Everything is explained in a big rush. Very hard to get starting from the second week
thank you professor
not good as usual one, the code you provided can not work, I had to debug againand the instructions for the assignments are not concrete as the last two courses
A massive amount of content to cover, some of it quite advanced.The exercises become fraught if your code is out of sync with the tutor's code. Things won't work, you won't know why, and there's no real recovery from that.
I didnt know anything about Angular. Now I feel confident with the skills learned. Great instructor. Funny
no basics being taught! straight away code snippets are pasted.
This course was really helpful in understanding the basic functionalities in angular js.Looking forward to learning more in the next few days
great course
Enjoyed the course. It really increased my skills
Very nice course, but it would be even better if it was about Angular 2, since it is to become the standard AngularJS is/was.
Good course
Excellent course on Front-End JavaScript Frameworks. Covers a wide range of web development topics and tools that can easily overwhelm first-time takers. Professor Jogesh is a great instructor who knows his stuff and explains everything thoroughly. Students may have to take this class twice to really soak in the material, and this is just the front-end side of web development!
also, good course but not free to access the assignment
That course is very useful to became a Fullstack Web developer. Of course, a lot of work to be done but in the end - a full respect of yourself and "..a sigh of relief" (by Professor J.Muppala) :-D
A whole lot of information to absorb, that I will definitely agree with! If there was anything I wish went into more detail, there would be two things.1) Yo / Yeoman: This part of the course was more of an "Obligatory" lecture, just to say it's mentioned. I watched that one video many times over, but still ended up going to YouTube for actual "training" on the ins and outs. I know time is constrained in MOOC's and you don't get the full load of knowledge you would in a traditional school. However, my thoughts are that either give us an exercise so we can at least have that as experience in using it, or just remove it completely. The lecture was put together as a sort of "Follow Along", but it really felt rushed and more of an "Obligatory" thing than an actual lesson.2) Give us more detail on the difference between Services and Factories. Keep in mind that I still have Multi-Platform Mobile App Development, and Server Side Development with Node.js still to go, so I don't know if these are explained more in those courses. As it stands right now, I -still- don't know the difference between a factory and a service, or even what a provider is. When should I use a factory? When should I use a service? Which is better suited for what task? All those questions I do not have an answer for after this course, which feels a bit short for me.
Angular JS is a crucial component of all of the internet. Hardly a website exists without it and it's clear that Angular will go places. However, this course fails on a few crucial levels. As such, my review might look scathing and I'll detail why in a minute, but I want you to know that this course is quite possibly invaluable when it comes to web development. Besides, the fixes that would need to be made on the instructor's side are minor, but when working without those fixes, things get infuriatingly frustrating rather quickly.There are errors in the code supplied by the instructor that need to be pointed out by students, scripts sometimes don't work, explanations are sub-par when explaining things such as $scope. There are parts that are seemingly there to pad out the lessons such as Task Runners. Sometimes, doing things exactly the way shown in the video with additional fixes by both the professor and students, it still doesn't work. Some exercises are an hour long for something that won't be quizzed in the end.Understanding that this review was made about a new course that covers something rapidly changing and not persistent, I still did learn a lot of valuable things and I would recommend this course to everyone involved in web development. However, be prepared to question your own sanity, your skills, the software you use, software in general and just despair at times. All in all, it is a price worth paying for the amazing knowledge you gain.
Amazing Course , i recommend it !
very good course
Very Nice Course. Takes us through everything and enables us with basic promised objective. Good Luck to Course creators, keep adding more to it.
I would recommend the full specialization for anyone interested in web field
great hands on course materialgreat delivery by prof. Muppala
Very good. i liked this course. Thank you.
Great course
Excellent! Especially after taking previous course on Bootstrap and JQuery and realize how same website can be converted to AngularJS easily and why this is better.
Not happy with this course.
Great course. I had a lot of fun. Structure of the course is very good.
Good course
The teacher is very good! He explains very well and the material is very carefully prepared. Great Course!
Awesome course! Expecting Angular2 or React taught by this amazing teacher
A good introduction to AngularJS, but falls short on connecting the dots in places.
It was really a extremely good course.
The teacher is very comprehensive and very serious and provides a lot of supplementary reading materials, I like it very much.
Angular 1 not Angular 2 which is disappointing but worse still, it teaches use of scope which is no longer recommended by the angular team themselves.Could be vastly improved by using modern angular best practice such as "Controller As" syntax and teaching you to write code that is more "compatible" with Angular 2
Pros: a lot of good content, worth 8 weeks of study, so good bang for the buck. Takes modular approach, where things are gradually taken apart and shown how to improve using another Angular module or approach.Cons: can be a little academical, very time-intensive.I have a much better understanding now of MVC concept using JS framework.
Excellent course, thank you very much teacher for its depth on the issues and passion for what he does !!
good course
Very good course. Absolutely recommendable.
Great course!
So good i love it so much . Thank you
very practical
This course is deceivingly full of content. If you want to get through this course you need to have a lot of time on your hands because of the shear amount of debugs your code will produce even if you follow the steps to the letter. So many things are taught over a 4 week period that if you do not do the extra reading to understand what is happening you will get an overview of angularjs, bower, gulp, grunt, yo, yeoman and so on without really knowing how to use any of these tools again. Also because of the number of interdependent parts to the application you create, when the professor decides to give you one of the html or js files again to do an assignment, chances are everything will break and you will spend a long time figuring out which variables' names have been changed and blabla...The professor does not give you a good basis for debugging your code, you need to modify the set up of gulp to show understandable stack traces to figure out what is going wrong.If you want a challenging course where you have to go the extra mile learning things from documentation and blogs to substitute the lack of detail in order to complete the course, than this is the course for you!I think this course needs to be restructured and the length increased to 6 weeks instead of 4, with more detailed content and understand of each tool and especially more on angularjs
Very good course and teacher!
Excellent course, the professor is fantastic with his explanations and the course gives a great foundation to build upon.
My First course with Coursera . loved it.
Great
The great one!
Very good. Thank you
Not a bad course, but videos must be shorter. Divide 30-40 min videos into small ones
Very good course.. Assignments should be independent of lectures to test understanding.
great class
Update:Coursera or the course content provider has changed this course in a bad way: You have to PAY for the course IN FULL AMOUNT JUST to get your assignments submitted and reviewed by peer learner.What a pity.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Great course! Material is very useful and interesting!The course introduces concepts in a progressive and comprehensive way so that knowledge is easy to be understood. Practise quiz and assignments perfectly reflects course materials.Also, professor Muppala is quite funny. Enjoy the course!
best angular course I have seen
Amazing, nothing less :)
Amazing course. Helped learn a new framework very quickly :D
It is a good course to know AngulerJS
The course is very good, the teacher very clear, easy to follow. In yet it is a basic course
excellent course, assignments and marvelous teacher. Though an example of writing personal directive would be a nice addition.
What better way to understand angular JS than doing hands on project. The transformation of entering into learning angular JS with bootstrap is something I loved about this course. Thank you Professor Jogesh Muppala. It is a great learning experience.
Very interesting course
Great course. A lot of information in lectures and detailed tasks for assignments. The course gives the review and the basis of Angular and helps to create your own Angular application. Thanks
Really the best!!! But It will be good if lecture includes some errors we can make and silly mistakes which affects results adversely. Jogesh sir is very good teacher and he is clear and brief in less time
Great teacher, AngularJS it's awesome...
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Very very good course!!
Very good course
Takes a bit of time to get adjusted to the workflow. It's a bit trial and error, especially if your using Windows. Best bet is to use a unix-terminal so if you have windows use a terminal like Git Bash. Overall it's a very good course and gets you into the meat and bones of Web Development. Just remember to come with patience and do things on time :).
Nice course for beginners
Very helpful course
Superb guidance, hands-on project, rich extensions and ample opportunities for learning new things.One of the best specializations!
Best Angular and task runners course!
Well Organized, and very informative and practical course. Touches as well on the important concepts like dependency injection design pattern and its use in Angular JS.
I really enjoyed this course; it has given me a really good platform of AngularJS to build upon.
This instructor is awesome.
it 's amzing AngularJS's course and a good teacher ... Thank you
Good to begin with Angular
Great course...
Pity that people had to spend more time on making the plugins work than actually doing the exercises/assignments but good content nonetheless.
I will rate this course 5 star.. it contains good explanation of all MVC components in angularEveryone related to the feild of web designing should do this courseThank you ,prof. Jogesh K. Muppala
Very good course overall. It could dig into a little more detail but given the duration and workload it's still pretty good. I think it's targeted towards people who are either working or studying full-time and taking this on the side.
Thank you for this great course. Great teacher, really useful assignment which push my skills to understand more of angular's way. Very recommended
Great class. Very in depth.
Overall, this is a very effective introduction to AngularJS. AngularJS can be intimidating or confusing, and this course is largely an introduction, but the videos and exercises do a great job of letting you get over the initial learning curve. This course will give you a thorough foundation in AngularJS, way better than any other free course online, and will give you an idea of where you can go off and explore on your own if you're interested in going on to develop intermediate skills.My only critique of this course is that I really had to explore the "additional materials" at the end of each section to get a grasp of some of the concepts. I found that some of the videos oversimplified pretty complicated subjects and weren't thorough enough to allow you to complete some of the exercises. I also think the course briefly introduces some pretty complicated tools too early to new developers and doesn't do a good job of explaining their value (like Grunt and Gulp).However, this course is still amazing for a free course. If you've done any of the quick tutorials in AngularJS (like codeacademy's), you've really only scratched the surface of AngularJS. A hands-on course like this give you a much better foundation. To conclude, despite it's minor flaws, this is still the best free introduction to AngularJS online today. Good luck!
Great combination of theory and practical, gives good understanding of angular and framework.
Professor's lecture is pretty good, and assignment is well designed.
Hard work, I had to watch most of the videos at least twice so took much more time than I anticipated. I'm glad I stuck with it because it made the start of the next course much easier. Very satisfying to have completed it.
The course is very good. My only point of concern is the installation procedures of packages, where the instructor either is installing an old package or not using any new installation procedures causing students to have a whole lot of issues with setting up their development environment
The perfect course to start learning about Angular, the professor is incredible, full recommended this course, It help me a lot.
Excellent course well explained everything . I liked the additional resources also.
Great course, just a few hiccups along the way with setting up environments. Had I not read a bit in the Discussion Forums before I started this course, I would've done the course on Windows and encounter all the problems my classmates did with setting up a development environment on Windows. Students should be advised to do this course on Linux or on a Mac.
Provides a thorough knowledge but could be extended to one more week to cover testing part.
Very well explained, great teacher!
Really good course to get your feet wet! A good mix of theory and exercises. Loved it!
This course is good only for newbies and very high-level. No advanced info about Angrular. No tricks. No info about custom directives, $watch, digest cycle, etc. I had expected more detailed course
Great course with excellent lections and homeworks.
Great course. Jogesh has done wonderful job in designing the hands on exercises.
a very good introduction to angularJS
You get to learn a lot about AngularJS and other tools. I enjoyed learning this course. It was demanding at times but in the process you get to learn a lot of things, so it was rewarding.
This one was much tougher than the previous two courses. Out of four weeks, I ended up delivering my assignments overdue on three occasions, which really has not impact on your grade, but it shows that this time around it is a bit more difficult to complete them. AngularJS is the bread and butter in the industry. All in all, I would say you could already code a basic website from head to toe, including very basic server setup, after completing this class.
Good Angular exercises. But I think that testing should get its own segment. Becomes a bit lengthy with 30 min videos and only scraping the surface on the subject.
The course is nice, however the assignments are the same every time and the pace is too slow. The final week suddenly too compact, and testing/yo is not assigned at all.
Excellent course. I will follow also some others or all the next courses of this specialization.
Very good course and very pleasant Professor !
Excellent Course. Good teaching and coverage of wide range of topics.
Very good overview and step by step dive into this javascript framework.The instructor knows how to deliver one piece of information at a time and with simple exercices to put it into practice.The assignments are not very hard, but they give you confidence in what you have learned.
The progression in this course is amazing! You will see how your web page is transformed beautifully into different modules. MVC concept is clearly illustrated and implemented in this course.
Great course.Gived me a good knowledge and understanding of an AngularJs.I would like to take all the courses of this specialisation.
good course
FAntastic course. With a great illustration, you progressively build a full dynamic website using json server.
Nice Course helped me to learn Angular JS
just love the fact that there is a course on angularJS
Very amazing course!
Very good lesson! With good material and good explanation of everything!
Love it
Tougher than the Bootstrap course, but it was worth it.
A very good course.I did not have such an experience even in the classroom.The course was fantastic.Thank you from the heart to all teachers and the coursera community.
Great course.
Really good course!
Good explanation with examples.Few examples need changes in gulp file to run and view the output. For beginners, it may be tough to understand and make changes. Please handle it.
Jogesh K. Muppala is a great professor, funny, entertaining and knowledgeable. The examples he provides work well and offer a great introduction to Angular.
Fun course, learn how to create a basic Angular website without getting too overwhelmed.
simply a great course! it's long but the time dedicated to it os worth it.
Highly recommended for beginners! The professor explain concepts in a neat, well-paced and clear manner. There's ample support for all the assignments too!
Was very difficult to follow. This is a complex subject and the prof is trying his best, but there are times the explanation is not sufficient. Instructions for installing gulp was not good. I was unable to complete the following exercises after gulp installation failed. Instruction needs to be short and crisp. Building on top of each other project has its negative. There must be solution at the end or at least a check point where you can start clean for the next project.
The course is escellent! The teacher is excellent!
Thanks for this introduction to AngularJS.Unfortunately we have to pay in order to obtain a certificate of accomplishment.
Great course, didactial and very well explained
More on Angular, less on Gulp and Grunt. Lectures about them are so tedious, and when you need them you get the finished code and modify it via tutorial :)
Too long videos, you should make more short videos, instead of one boring long video. You speak too slow and that makes a 8 minutes video turns into 30 minutes video.
steps for exercises are not clear.
Good Course. Cleared lots of doubts I had about Angular. Respect the professor. Thank you very much.
Much more than I expected from the course organizers. Great work!
This course is amazing. I am learning a lot with Mr. Muppala. Thank you!
great teacher with an solid approach . the course is full of exercises and built in a way to increment as bigger project .Excellent !!!
Good course for the introduction to Angular JS
Great course for beginners. Very well explained. Thanks!
The course is amazing! The only thing I'd like to be corrected is the subtitles. There are lots of mistakes that disturb our learning.
Good and useful course! Try it!
Very interesting course and very well structured. The subjects are handled with the correct depth corresponding to its importance. The indicated time spent by week corresponds accurately to the time needed, if you have some previous experience in web development.The exercises are focused in the important details and very well organized.If you have interest in client side web development and particularly in Angular, this is a very good opportunity to learn.Probably in a near future this course must be updated to cover Angular 2.0.It really worth the time spent!
Awesome course
An excellent course! Thank you so much for providing wonderful explanations to all the lectures!
As the rest of the courser, this one is another example of a good job
The most relevant course I have done in Coursera
The paste of the lectures is too slow. Much too slow
Great course. Very methodical and a great example of incremental learning. Every assignment built on the previous assignment and I always felt I was being very well guided through my first learning experience with Angularjs.
Awesome course content, nice explanation by the tutor. Must for beginners who want to have a start with AngularJS, grunt, gulp and other tools.
A very well explained course
Good course, especially good is coverent grunt and gulp which is very useful, also angular is covered very well for start. I learned a lot, even if i have some of angular knowledge.
Great course. Lots of hands on tasks
Great course and very good explanations of the concepts.
Great introduction to Angular! Learnt a lot.
very good teacher and good hard working course
Great course. Well explained, well prepared.Thank you!
super detailed and professional materials!
This course is very well done and gives a very good understanding of angular framework.
great course!week 4 a little bit overloaded of topics, but still great
Excellent course, this course is very well planned and covered a lot of ground. In additional to angular itself, it covers the tooling, automation test utilities that support angular, this make the course very practical and in-depth. Professor Muppala designs this specification very well and make it easy to follow, but yet learning the important detail.
Jogesh Muppala did a great job in this course!Angular simple and direct
I think it's a very good introduction to AngularJS. You learn and understand what you're doing in almost lessons. I'd hardly recommend it to any beginner !!!I found that the 4rth week was very very compressed. You could spend 1 more week explaining all the Front-End tools such as Gulp, Grunt, Yo (Yeoman) etc. And go deeper with the AngularJS as well.In some points I felt myself alone with no teacher support regardless there's a students forum. I'd improve the transparency and the communication teacher-student.Anyway I very happy to spent that time on this course he explains really paciently :D
Very good course as for me!
Very good course, just a few notes short of excelence.
I liked this course, especially in the way is built. The subject was not so easy but anyway, thanks to the organization of lectures and exercises, i was able to achieve the target.The teacher is good and clear in the explanation.
Although a good introduction course, sometime is focus on javascript tools rather than on AngularJS itself which, in hand, looses time and doesn't explain/give examples on how to create directives and filters, which are two core functionalities of this framework.
Very useful course.
Excellent course. Going through all the exercises and doing the assignments was a great way to get introduced to Front-end development for me.
Great Course
Dr Muppala and HKUST have produced a real winner here. The lecture material is explained very well, and the exercises are carefully crafted to focus your attention on the current lesson without being distracted by stuff that is not necessarily relevant. The course builds on previous courses, but those are not necessarily required for understanding this one -- it stands on its own. By the end of the course, the student should have a clear understanding of how Angular.js works, what are its strengths and weaknesses, and how to build applications using this tool set. Supporting tools (build tools, test tools) are also covered.
Lecturer make the course more interesting !!
Great course! Excellent teacher!
A lot of material for one course. Would appreciate more discussion of package managers, how to find packages that may be useful.
The homework is the best practice for hands on. Excellent material
Very useful course!
Just Excelent! Thank you all the people who did this possible! I learned a lot! :D
Great course for overview of Angular JS and other useful techologies connecte
Pretty good coverage of Angular as whole, how to setup a Angular project, and how it fits into bigger picture web development.Criticisms:- Overall, the code presentation (in exercises, provided files, and the slides) was ugly. Good looking and properly styled code is important to ingrain, and this course fell pretty short there. Code was (very) poorly indented, had inconsistent single vs. double quotes, and didn't follow any style guide out there. Use some beautifier and make sure jshint doesn't have any suggestions for improvement! Slides need at least some monospaced font; better would be colored code snippets or screenshots.- The Gulp and Grunt week felt pretty strangely structured. The two task runners just had such long lectures videos that it was a really big hump to get over, especially since we didn't use Grunt later.- (harder to fix) My files got pretty inconsistent with what I needed to copy/download over week-by-week from the course. Some sort of git repository and easier way to pull changes would be good. I ended up version controlling every week and every week's assignment.So yeah, I'd say this was worth taking, but some parts of the setup are pretty frustrating and version controlling makes life much easier.
The course is excellent; however, it requires more time than promised...
Amount of AngularJS topics covered by the course is too small. All assignments are very typical, just copy-paste from lecture exercises.
Easy to follow course with raising complexity. Same example from the beginning helping to better understand the need for different tools and objects. Very well structured and even fun to follow
This course had some rough spots here and there, but taking it as a whole, I still give it 5 stars. Why?a) The professor. Professor Jogesh has a great sense of humour and was entertaining enough to keep the classes lively and entertaining to the end. (Even if I did play the video at 2x speed most of the time :)b) The forums. There were a lot of experienced dudes on the forums who were willing to help out with bugs and any configuration issues. The professor also appeared on the forums from time to time. That's gold dust when learning a topic for the first time.c) Depth and pace of coverage. A lot of different topics were introduced and covered well enough for me to be able to use them in my projects and to further explore them without feeling overwhelmed.d) The assignments. They were not too daunting, but were excellent to drive home key points covered in the lectures.e) Peer review of assignments. I learnt some good techniques by reviewing the code of more experienced fellow classmates taking the course.f) Most important of all, the structure and pace of the course were balanced well enough for me to stay with it and to feel that I'd learnt a lot by its end. You will not be an AngularJS expert after 4 weeks, but will have covered relevant subtopics in enough depth to be able to progress further with confidence.
Very good course !
Great Course!! A Must!!
Interesting content, but sooo slow. 20 minutes long videos could have been done in 5 minutes. Moreover, the teacher's voice and tone did nothing to make the content live.
very interesting and well structured! i'm interested in one more specialized now!
Thank you Professor Muppala. I learned lot of thinks and enjoyed this course.I was able to complete all the assignment with the help of this tutorials.It is organized in a very good manner.
Very detailed and interesting
Very good Course , professor makes course very easy.
It is good course to learn Angular JS for beginner. It explained well how to use web tools with angular and how to start with it.
I love the style of the courses in this specialization. The exercises are useful and set you up for the assignments. I also really appreciate how the instructor guides you in the use of tools like bower, grunt, gulp and yo, and that he takes the time to cover unit and end-to-end testing. Looking forward to the next course!
Very practical approach to teach AngularJS
Great course. Very useful
Excellent teacher! Excellent discipline and way of teaching, being practical, critic and a lot fun.I'm really enjoy all the courses. This teacher is essencial to the course success.
Very useful material, the professor teaches it at a good pace and at an easy to understand level, the exercises are easy to follow and replicating the professor's steps is very simple (except for the Gulp steps, but that's not graded anyway), so you can follow how he did what he did
Excellent course! All the material was relevant and the exerises were challenging without being impossible. Professor Muppala is a very entertaining instructor. All three courses in the specialization so far have exceeded expectations. The only remark so far is the subpar quality of the subtitles in this course. There were many mistakes in nearly every video. Other than that, great work!
I missed a lot of it because many NPM modules wouldn't install on my Windows environment. :(
A well-organized course that makes you do the puzzles one by one.
Excellent Course and Excellent Teacher
It's a good course to start with this technology
Fantastic course, all explained very clearly
its a great course with so much to learn in a short period. course is well structured and intructor knows his stuff. the assignments are well designed to reinforce the presentations
Good Course
What an awesome course. The teacher is top-class, really knows the subject, and how to continually explain each module. The video exercises are just made for the student to grasp the content. One of the best courses I hev experienced on Coursera.
Great course, I had a lot of fun
Very good course
After completion I got a pretty good understanding about AngularJS and its features.
very very very very good course. I learned quite a lot from it. Thanks Professor.
I liked this Course. Now i am familiar with AngularJS. Thank you
Great Course and really great professor
Good introduction to AngularJS. Moreover their provide a wide variety of additional information related to the course, which is very useful to enlarge the basic contents studied.
awesome course!!!
great course
Very good course. It allows to learn the basics of angular js very fast and easily. I only missed a little more of content in directives scopes, but here you can learn a lot.
Amazing material and teaching style excellent!
Great teacher. Great Angular overview. I wish the instruction went deeper into Angular than it did.
Covers End 2 End web application development with AngularJS,Learned a lot and got me going with web app development.
This is an awesome course! Many interesting and useful topics were taught. I'm looking forward for your next courses.
Great Course
I love this instructor.
Great course !
NIce and very usefull course to get started with angular and web tools such as grunt, gulp and yeoman
Clear, Pleasant and Useful!
Very good course and very well organized. Is a must if you want you want to learn angular from the begining.
Excellent course for beginners .
Great course!
One of the best tutorial!!!! You will never regret :)
Awesome course! I have learned so much!
The professor is really great, very clear and understandable course.
Excellent Course.Just Superb.Great Professor.
it was excellent
I have completed 2 MOOCs till but am very happy with the new curriculum,dividing the course into small modules.I am showing interest when am watching videos,clear explanation and fully satisfied with this course.Thank you
Excellent course!!Easy to follow..course organisation is really good. :-)
We have a very cool Profesor on this course!If you think AngularJS is hard to learn you will change your mind after this course!Thank you Jogesh K. Muppala for sharing your knowledge!
Great course and professor.
Very nice course teaches you a real life examples.Lots of thanks to the trainer because i do understand in a very easy way.
Very good tutorials...
The course is very boring and monotonous. It should be made more engaging. One needs to capture the concentration of students for a subject like Angular.
i like a javascript. and i really thanks to hong kong university for this course and coursera.org also.
Very comprehensive course
I was able to grasp the overview of the course. The instructions are delivered well and the flow seems in order. However my lack of background with the topic discussed cause me to stop watching everything. Plus, I can't do the said assignment because I am a beginning on this topic. it seems this is not a course for me to rate based on content. However I will rate it in terms of the aesthetic, organization or structure of the slides .The organization of the content of the slides needs to be properly organized. Long paragraphs are a pain to read. Further when comparing, two concepts, it is easier to comprehend when they are in table form. For instance in FrontEnd JavaScript Framework Overview video, it is better in terms of organization and aesthetic to show library vs. framework in table form.Also, the volume of Introduction to AngularJS video is too loud. Though I can adjust it and lower the volume, but sudden high volume sound is discouraging when the next video has normal volume causing me to adjust it again.I was only able to watch few of the videos but they are good. Just a little improvement needed.
Great course!
This class is very clear and easy to understand! Thank you for providing such feast for students!
I love how this course delves into a very promising advanced research topic in Computational Complexity. It helps me a lot to understand trending publications in the area. Specially that the material is presented in an incremental approach. This way a researcher can live through the evolution of ideas. It is inspiring also in the way one comes up with a partial solution for the special case, and then generalizes with approximation factor that is satisfyingly good. I'm looking forward to more advanced courses in parameterized, streaming or quantum algorithms.
good course, with many examples and explanations
Content of the course is great. However , at time assignments are very difficult to understand. There are probably very few students who take this course at any time , so you dont get much help from forums. TA's and Professor as well have not responded to any of our questions. I dont expect any course to be cakewalk but at least some help need to be provided.
The assignments could be a bit improved (some are less good, I would personally complain about knapsack), but in general it is a great course, as it gives an accessible introduction to approximation algorithms (for NP-hard problems), which is a very relevant topic, as NP-hard problems are everywhere.At the time of writing (end summer 2016), it is also a unique course for this very relevant topic.
Very interesting, explanations are clear and easy to understand
Lectures and content were great. The theme of the course is to provide insight into the approaches used to investigate approximation algorithms for NP hard problems and the theoretical techniques used to assess the effectiveness of the approximation algorithm against the best answer. The production quality of the lecture videos and slides was high.The content of the quizzes and assignments was mostly appropriate and well organized. However, the authors appeared to struggle with the platform. At times there were comments such as, you need to enter something in the box but it was not actually being used. Answers to the assignments required using substantial mathematical notation, but LaTex was not enabled in the discussion or text entry boxes (no longer available in the Coursera platform??) so the work around was to upload answers to a bunch of questions as a single PDF document. Flow of the individual modules (lectures, slides, quizzes) was inconsistent, varying from week to week.
This was a relatively easy but well paced introduction to approximation algorithms. I totally enjoyed it.
Excellent advanced course! Not for beginner in computer science, nor for people more interested in applying computer science than in theoretical foundations.
This course covers the basic ground about approximation algorithms and would be very valuable for a practitioner, but seems designed for people who already know the materials and is more theoretical than applied.Lectures are very abstract --with a description of the problem and a formal description of the solution--, there are few examples with step-by-step tracing of algorithms --that is how the algorithm actually works to solve the problem--, and a significant amount of expertise is assumed --so much so, that you wouldn't need this course. For example, there are questions about "approximation ratio", but it is not explained. This seems like something that is inherent to approximation algorithms, but is only asked in the exams/project, and is not even mentioned in the lectures. Similar issues abound around the course.
Excellent Course! I have learnt a lot about Approximation Algorithms in a short span of time.
Great class, and Professor Claire Mathieu is doing an excellent job!
A really good course for programmers who want to take a bit deeper into CS.
Lectures are well-organized. Some assignments (e.g., Assignment 3, which involves merely understanding an algorithm, rather than proving correctness and approx. ratio) are extraordinarily stupid and somewhat tangential.
Really good course, the material is quite advanced but very well structured and introduced in a very simple way. The assignments were a lot of fun: really enjoyed the peer-graded assignments where I needed to write short proofs, much more useful than regular multiple-choice answers. Looking forward to the next course!
A useful course which introduces key ideas in Approximation Algorithms. Looking forward to part II.
The course provides a high-level introduction to approximation algorithm. There is no programming assignments but it provides nice introduction to approximation algorithm.
The course deals not with programming, but rather with designing and analyzing approximation algorithms. The course is on a high level and focuses on the subject without too much side remarks on applications, connections to other subjects or motivational introductions. If you are a theory person, however, you will probably enjoyed it.
Very high-level course. After week1 and I'm already excited to start it
This course is quite advanced and the assignments require prerequisite skills to prove time complexity etc. If you are upto it, then for sure take this course. The instructor is quite thorough.
awesome course!I'd like to see part 2 and other graduate-level algorithms courses on coursera.
very nice course. i look forward to the second part!
This class is the one I am seeking for a long time. Theories of Combinatorial optimization and associated approximation algorithms involve lots of hot research topics in machine learning, image processing, and Bioinformatics. The faculty for this course is a leading expert in the related fields.
Excellente course, thank you for the excellent techniques and approach that often lacks in courses on the subject.I would have loved a validation at least.I'd be very happy to attend another of your class should you make a part 3 or another lecture.
Even better than the first! Very good classes (except for the two first of week 3 ...)
Learning Approximation algorithm by self is really hard. Fortunately this class is very easy to understand useful techniques such as primal-dual linear programming and SDP. Thank you very much!
Demanding course with lots of great algorithm concepts based on Linear Programming.
This course covers challenging technical topics and I appreciate that the effort that went into making it. That said I have serious concerns about the quality of execution for Part II of the course, which was much inferior to part I of the course.In general, the lectures themselves were up to the quality of part I and are well done. In many cases, the practice quizzes were less helpful. Including one sequence where each quiz extended the previous one but if you there was no way to learn from your errors, especially an error in the first quiz.For the peer graded assignments, there was one answer field for multiple questions, rather than one per question. Worse, the answers often required equations and LaTex math was not available. The only solution was to put the answers in a document on a cloud drive like Google Drive and paste a link in. Finally, for the peer review you could just mark questions correct or wrong with no way to provide private feedback on what was lacking in a response. Furthermore, doing the peer review was purely optional and the results were not actually scored. (Part 1 was similar, but it was possible to upload the document to Coursera directly and peer review was a required part of the course, resulting in a grade.) Either there are serious limitations with this iteration of the Coursera platform or the course authors did not understand how to properly implement this.Finally, in the session I took their was no active Teaching Assistance presence. There were no responses to student questions nor concerns that were raised about typos and possible errors in the quizzes and problem assignments. Either the course should not have been offered if no TA support was available or there should have been some notification in syllabus that this session would only have peer assistance with no support from the course staff.
It is remarkable to note that Professor Claire Mathieu explains such a complex subject in such a elegant and understandable manner.
Good info, lots to think about
Very interesting course about the aging process and how living in different areas can really affect your longevity and your health in your senior years. It was enjoyable to read papers from other students on how their lives are now and what they are planning in the future.
This is an interesting topic which I have never really given a thought before. Eye-opening and really make you think
It is a wonderful COURSE
I thought this was an excellent course that looked at trends in aging populations from many perspectives. The reflections were thought provoking and the assignments helped reinforce a serious approach to the course.
TOO MUCH Peer rating too little hard information
Very well structured course.
Excellent job! Learning various search algorithms with diverse applications in real life.
A great and 'must-do' course for all beginners.
Great
Good introduction to Data Structures with Java examples
I thought the course was an outstanding treatment of data structures and algorithms. The instructors advance to more complex structures and algorithms as the student progresses. I never felt overwhelmed at any stage, and by the end of the course, I was impressed with how much new material we had covered.
Very good course. I wish we could have done more algorithms with the map. Such a great way to teach algorithms.
Great learning!
It was really great course ,well designed and challenging .
Course teams really spend a lot of time for providing a great studying experience and procedure.
UCSD always bring there A game, with fun projects and extensions to real world problems. I have completed all three courses.This course was especially informative as it dipped into the graph theory and the optimization problems we face.The course itself is fun and informative and may seem tough at times but is really rewarding once complete. Thanks guys and girls.
Great faculty, great course, great practical project!
Great Instructors...Thank you Instructors,google engineers, coursera and UCSD.
Really helpful the course was.
nice course. very well organised and presented. good refresher of ADS in Java
The projects are fun, but the course is too short and abbreviated.
Greate course! It was really fun and really difficult for me.
So So.Not good to learn an algorithm
Really fun
Another course handled excellently in the series. All the lectures and topics were really effective in introducing weighty concepts, but making it much easier to work with them through clear explanations. Super knowledgeable instructers, assignments and quizzes helped contribute to some solid learning through the course. The course was put together really well, thanks!
Overall, I enjoyed this course. Especially from week 1 to 3 where the course contents were simply amazing.It would be great if week 4 and 5 can engage the students like week 1 to 3, and the forum can be more alive.Thank you.
Excellent material and instructors
This is a really useful course. The project is quite relevant, and the work with breadth first search, Dijkstra, and A* Search are really interesting!
Challenging class and well-designed course for intermediate Java programmers.
Very well structured
This course was excellent! I learned so much and I am now able to understand the significance of knowing how Algorithms and Data Structures are related in a practical way. I
Very well designed class by 3 great professors!
The last 2 lessons did not have much content. Particularly there was no practical assessment on traveling salesman
Fantastic Course
It would be very, very beneficial if maybe one or two more videos were added to dive in-depth into ADTs and their method callback run-time analysis. Aside from that this class was educational and interesting as expected.
Super awesome course, love the professors, would've been even better if covered hashing in more detail.
I think it would be better if the lectures can go a little bit deeper on the topics in this course.
Very nice course for clearing the concept of the advanced search algorithm and applying them in the real world scenario. Well designed course and programming materials.
Wonderful Course. This has very good explanation of Data Structures
its hard, but intresting
Nicely explained and challenging projects.
Very interesting and adaptative for the student as you can catch another later session.I found there's a huge gap between week1 and week2.Thanks
Good course!
Good course. The example application is fun (looking at graph data structures as part of route planning in a Google Maps based app) - and there is room to experiment. I continue to enjoy the instructors, who present well and have obviously done a good job preparing the material. Much fun!
The first 3 weeks are really good, 5 stars. Weeks 4 and 5 are way too light. Week 4 has no programming assignment and a short class and 5 has a weak programming assignment and no class.
Now i understand how gps planing routes work! I really like Data Structures and the importance of Graphs
Loved it. Once again the skeleton code provided and course material was great. It was once again introducing new concepts which were never part of BASIC, FORTRAN or DELPHI. So I enjoyed the pain of having to get my head around the objects and code.Thanks !!!!
I understood about graphs from here at last after trying various resources online but peace was attained here in this course
Really nice finish to the specialization.
I give really high marks for this course as the graphs are presented in a proper and practical manner. I have a suggestion to present the High Level of Graphs more in the area of Information theory. Otherwise it is nice approach and very good implementation of the material and exams.
awesome course , gave me lot of confidence thanks a lot
The course content and presentation was excellent. I love the large-project format of the classes in this specialization. I only wish this course had more resources for working offline, at a level that matches the previous courses in the specialization.
good job however I think it was quite short and quite shallow
This is an awesome course with great stuff for learning and practical graphs concept in programming with some useful algorithms like A*.
Great course!
By far the best course I have ever found about Data Structures in Java.
I am really enjoying this course, thanks for all your efforts!
Introduction to data structures. It wastes a week talking about theoretical complexity when it could have been used for something more productive.
This course is very helpful in understanding Graph, which was a pain in other courses
A lot of work has been put into this course. You will get to learn a lot and use a lot of Java collections framework. You will also get to use concepts of Polymorphism and Inheritance if you are not already familiar with it.
Exciting algorithm application in path-finding and routing.
Best classes I ever took till now. This really enhanced my Java programming skills. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing the knowledge.this course was awesome
Excellent course. All the concepts are very well explained and the assignments are enjoyable and worthwhile. Highly recommended.
I have really enjoyed this!
Dijkstra and A star algorithms courses are a bit short
Very interesting and challenging
The contents were pretty basic for me, but they were presented clearly. All in all I liked the review this course gave me.
Very good series for learning Java and OO Principles. The big application approach is very interesting as we can see the whole picture even when we know little yet. The interviews with software engineers are very enlightening.This particular installment has the animation of the shortest path algorithm on the map and that's very helpful to fully understand the amount of work and the effects of optimizations in different shortest path approaches.
For me, it is easier to grasp algorithms that are written out than audio/video description. I would have given 5 stars if the course material accommodated different learning styles for each chapter. I had to do a fair amount of searching for information on the A Star search algorithm to the understand the subtle details.
It's good to start an algorithm of graph implementation. Except the first Assignment, the next following assignments are a little bit tough for me.
Amazing course with amazing teachers .Worth every penny .
Very nice course which gives good introduction to data structures. I love it. :)
Loved it .Best MOOC specialization I have attended.Thanks a lot!!!
great course thanks!
The course is well-laid and very interesting. Even though the material is pretty difficult and advanced. As always the great talent of Christine, Mia and Leo is beyond praise.I definitely recommend this course for developers who want to improve their mastery.Many thanks for the brilliant course.
well structured! I learnt a lot.
What I really enjoyed in this course was to discover how to represent streets and intersections and finally trace a path from a starting point to a destination, like a GPS! Really nice!
As all their courses this one is great!
Awesome course!
Graphs now are more interesting and useful!
Teach you the basic of graph
Thanks a lot! Very interesting course!
An exceptional course in intermediary programming!
Nice one!!
I really like the way that the professors explain everything. I also like the project which helps me understand and memorize the algorithms by fitting them into real world problem, that I learned Dijkstra algorithm multiple times but this is the first time I feel like understanding it thoroughly and will keep it in my mind.
At first the course is hands on, later on it becomes more of theory. This would have been a challenging course if we had more harder graph problems to solve though.
The content is just amazing, and the teachers are so awesome prompted me to do more courses from UCSD
Amazing beginner course to learn about the Graph data structure.
The content of the course is great. By having the concept challenges and real world tie-ins the professors ensure you've absorbed the concepts.
Great courser, challenging assignment, but learnt a lot
In Depth Course..
Nice concrete course to take. Good info about graphs as a whole. Enjoyed it. :)
Good use of data structures.
Great course.
The course is really way to easy. It could be done all in one day, definitely not worth 80$.
Challenging and fun. So glad I took this course. Made some cool changes for the extension, but I'll keep working on it just for fun!
good course on Graph
Very useful :)
Course was well paced. Assignments were relevant. Only shortcoming I believe was that the last two weeks of the course did not require any submission of a coding assignment. Only required a quiz.I feel that the course would benefit from a requirement to submit some code each week.
I recommend it. It 'a complete course and allows you to explore the use of data structures with Java.
Its awesome one
Very informative and learning experience. This is first time I have attended any online course. This course and coaches in the course explained things so nicely that I felt it like sitting in a class room. Entire team deserves a "BIG" applaud for conducting such a nice session.Course content was nicely designed and brilliantly explained. Its really worth appearing in this course.Thank you UC, San Diego !!!
Easy to Understand. Beautiful Course. Interesting Assignments and Quiz. Will help in my Career. Good Job by Google Engineers ,Coursera Team and the University.
Amazing course. I have learned a lot
This was a very useful course which covered the main fundamental aspects of graphs in Java. The assignments were very interesting and challenging as well. The lecture videos provided all the information in a very detailed manner. There was nothing more I could ask for. Overall it was a great experience!!
I'm graduated in System Analysis, not Computer Sciences, and learned to program only by experience. After 20 years it's a good deal but still I missed the theoretical background and this always annoyed me. I knew and used to make good use of all the structures presented in this course but never could quite explain how or why, or talk in asymptotic notations. Now I can. I didn't stop here, I do take some topics to deep dive during the lectures. It's being a great experience and I only wish I could have more time to keep myself always enrolled in some course.
As 2 previous courses of this specialization - the authors did a great job! I really enjoy it and learn a lot of things. The workload is perfect: not too much, so you can get things done on time, but still pretty informative and intense. The way the material is presented is beyond all expectations. I really recommend this specialization to anybody looking for a good course of algorithms in Java.
Really coool
Excellent! Very ambitious and well calibrated course. That can really be used for real applications.
Interesting things about graph algos, but I think the content should be more challengingEspecially the last two weeks, a quick quizz and a free assignment the automatically give full grade whatever the content
Thank you. Very interesting course.
interesting project.
Great course. Detailed content on the graph data structure.
Good course to build confidence in building a class from scratch.But, I expected more from this course. A few lectures could have been devoted to popular design patterns used in Graph problems maybe.One more assignment to actually make the students work on heuristics for solving NP-Hard problems would have been helpful.
learning graph with Java while reviewing varieties of java advanced data structure. in a word, help me a lot.
Wonderful course, I will never forget the Santa example used to describe the Traveling Sales Man problem. Absolutely love all the instructors.
Extremely well planned and interesting.
A few more graph algorithms and their implementations, if added to the course, would be nice.
I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about graphs and other advanced data structures.The course is really well planed and has an incredible starter code to work on.I would like to address one thing mentioned in some reviews: since the authors were focused on creating the best possible resources for the main topic of the course (and they did it remarkably well), some other data structures used in graphs (such as HashSet and PriorityQueues) seemed poorly covered, and hence it seemed there is a lack of resources for the course. But in my opinion, this was not a big issue, anyone interested could have found a bunch of free online resources. It is unrealistic to expect that the course should cover all the accompanying topics, they are just too broad. The course covers exactly what is described in its description.The only remark I have is the lack of programming assignments in the fourth week. But I am sure this can and will be easily fixed in some of the future course offerings.To conclude, based only on the knowledge I had before the course, and the knowledge I have now, this course deserves nothing less than a 5-star rating.
This course was very well put together. The videos were clear and well organized. They typically contained a powerpoint presentation and little box with the presenter's head. The assignments built off of each other by reusing code from previous weeks.The test cases for the grader weren't very complete. If I have any recommendations for the organizers it would be to tighten up their grading process. (For one assignment, I completely forgot to write one function and there was no test coverage for it! I ended up writing it the next week.) Still the codebase that they have provided for the class is large so I don't fault them for bugs. I think it will probably improve over time as more people take the course.Overall, they did a great job!
Learn graph data structures through the creation of a very cool project. Awesome class!
Splendidly covers path finding basics. Enjoyed the course.It would be great to go into advanced algorithms useful for programming challenges (like SPOJ) with the same instructors.
Really excited for this class!
There is not enough background information, no reading assignments. This makes the course less understandable. Also, the examples given not related to the stated assignment
Excellent teaching !
Excellent course, if a little short. the instructors did a really good job of explaining the concepts.
Very good. Would have been even better if the course was a little more broad and more algorithms were covered.
I learn a lot of new algorithm in graph theory and i given opportunity to apply it in a project. One of the best course in algorithm.
This is a great course with advanced content and real world projects.
A great course as the previous courses for the specialization. I know that the week 4's materials are out of this specialization's scope but I think it's alright to delve in more about P and NP problems. That material is somehow still incomprehensible for me.
Compared to the previous 2 courses, this one seemed to have been made in rush. Not enough materials covered, nor enough Java practice opportunity. The course title is misleading because it does not cover any other data structures but graph.
Just the course I was hoping for!
Great Courses just loving it
Great course, very informative and fun.
Felt like it was a bit rushed and some of these concepts like Dijkstra definitely deserve a lot more attention.
Very good introduction to advanced data structures in Java. This course is well designed and organized according to the cognitive psychology. Thanks!
Very interesting programming assignment for the BFS, Dijkstra and A* methods. Great job with that.The coverage of the TSP was weak -- room for improvement there. Perhaps include a programming assignment.Overall, the course was a worthwhile investment of time.
The course is really amazing. Professors are great.
Best and complete course series in course era. The best course staff of any course I have taken. The best quality of instruction and knowledge gained.Thanks to all team worked in this specialization
Great instructors, videos and activities. The projects are really enjoyable to enroll.
This is one of the best series of courses I came along in online MOOC platform, such a brilliant course, this whole specialization is brilliant, such a interesting projects, I'm disappointed that I live in country that isn't that much wealthy to help this Specialization and to be able to do Capstone Project , but I wish all the best hope to finish all in time, this is in my top 3 online MOOC Courses and I saw a lot of them.I wish all the best to this team and people that made this possible.
The course is excellent!!
Very easy to follow. It really gives you great tips to improve your time at work.
Not really related to the specialization.
It was a good course but maybe you should include more activities for reforcing the knowledge
I liked pretty this course. I learnt some useful skills and tactics in order to develop a negotiation. As a negative point, I found lack of examples so that understand better the theoretical issues as well as to remember better.
good course;please make it separate from specialisation also;
This course helped me much to understand the basics of C Programming.
The instructor teach subjects clearly and fluently. He conveyed his experience very well. Also he prepared documentation very well. I would recommend everybody who will create projects with Arduino or Raspberry PI.
All this peer grading nonsense is garbage. If we are gonna pay 63$ a month of something we can at least get the proper grading system included.
great learning experience
Very good material and structure overall, overall meets my expectations!
Need a discussion forum.
The course is well-structured, simple to understand and gives a good introduction into Arduino world.
Very good fundamentals of C programing and simple method so eveyone can undestand.
Good introduction of the subject
Amazing course, gives your a good introduction to arduino platform and C programming
having to wait for course work to grade is tedious... it took almost a week to review three submissions
Very good for beginners !
I learn lot from this course about arduino and the course structure awesome.
Good for understanding the basic of an Arduino
It gives you all the necessary details regarding Arduino.
Great Course! Needed to understand the basics for coding on the Arduino as well as what goes on within the Arduino. Terrific source of information. A bit slow and boring near the end but informative all the same.
Very good introduction to arduino programming and the platform in general. However i expected it to be a more in depth course, however i would recommended it to anyone who just bought an arduino for the first time.
Prof. Harris does an excellent job of explaining the concepts of programming.
Great
it is very useful for the starters, the concepts are very clear and understandable.
It is a very a nice course from my point of view. Teaching standard is good and the way classes have been distinguished become helpful to learn the core concept behind the Arduino.
Good Class, had fun!
This course will open a lot of doors, new skills and a new oportunity.
Good introduction to the topic for beginners
Good course and instructor.
Great course
amazing course with clear explanation
wonderful course.
Loved it
It is a fantastic beginner's level course.
a really good cource for those who don't have any knowledge in programming good support to c language and basic aurdino stuff, hope everyone feel the same
Very good course who want to learn the arduino...
Generally a good course about the very basics of hardware. It also has a nice introduction to the very basics of C Programming.
Great course,great instructor. It could benefit from a discussion board.
It briefly gives us informations in detail as well as basic of course modules. It's helpful to understand about Arduino and C programming.
I'm auditing this series and decided to use the autodesk simulator, highly recommended tool. Overall this class is a practical hands on approach to the subject matter. Enjoyed the presentation and topics.
Very informative and interactive.
Best Course with good assignments and quizzes.
It is suitable for beginer who want to use Arduino and C
Great Course!
i need Chinese caption
this is really good for beginners, but you need to learn a few things before getting into this.
Interesting and usefull Course
It is Amazing (Y)
The was a great course! The professor does an excellent job presenting the information!
Basic, ideal for begginers
good concept to understand what is happen
It was a good course, I wished more courses about Arduino and examples of what we can do with the platform in real life applications. Arduino seems more accessible that raspberry pi, in terms of price (I believe I cannot complete the course about this particular platform), the software (myself I have trouble with Linux, perhaps due to my low level of knowledge), in Arduino I used mostly the 123d simulator, which helped me a lot. I am grateful to Prof. Harris, the Coursera team and the California University.
it was great , and its teacher was greater :)
Very enthousiastic teacher and very clear instructions
Very good series of courses that guides step by step in learning to use ARDUINO.
awsome sir
This is a good introduction course. But!But, I don't think it's worth to pay 61 dollar for a couple of hours of lectures, that you can finish during 1 day.I'm really disappointed with the fact, that it's not possible to go through quizes and assignments without payment. What if I can't pay right now, but will be able to pay at the end to receive my certificate? I should go through the course again and I will be late for all assignments, so will have to wait for another course session... Very-very inconvenient.And, yep, coursera reduce the effect of learning with not providing quizes for those who are auditing only.
Startinng it now
Great Course! I learned a lot!
very nice tutorial on Arduino programming for beginners like me.
The course is good but little bit theoretical for science that should be 80% practical .
Arduino is surprisingly powerful :-)
explanation is nice ,.it will be help full if practical implementation is shown using videos
Found it helpful.
Explained Serial Communication very well.
Good introductory courseThis course explains the basics of Arduino and explains C programming which is essential for Arduino sketches.This course motivated me in further learning about the Arduino.
Very Good lessons, great for understanding all the concepts and inpire you tu go deep to resolve the assignements. Great course!!!
Excellent professor! Explains complicated concepts in simple and understandable terms. I look forward to completing more courses with him.
A quick short course to get familiar with the hardware and very basic concepts of embedded systems like debugging, UART and serial communication.
Nice introduction about arduino and its components
Nice basic course
good course
Basic progamimg understanding / interacting with Arduino
GOOD place to start THe arduino intro is good but little short on c but its only 4 weeks not enough for me to grasp right off the bat anyway so i back off to next session then catch up more C then finish its only a couple short c videos then your asked to write programs with little or no knowledge basicly 3- 7 min lectures on the language EASY TO BE KINDA LOST AT FIRST IM 60 yrs old not twenty !!! From what im reading online LIBRARIES ARE TOTALLY LIMITED ON ARDUINOS IDE nd ITS NOT REALLY C its ARDUINO C because a lot of the workings of the arduino ide are easier for new people alot of the inner workings are hidden tough to learn the inner workings unlike a full featured IDE GOOD Platform to start on AFTER BASICS HERE with tidbits Id rather go later to C++ and spend the time there then get on better platform ARM PIC boards with real ides and REAL C + something you can use in the real world for bigger programs and I can see staying here at arduino too long and not going on to other platforms could cause bad programing habits to start with writing limited code just seems more productive after you get your electronics down coding and some hardwhare experience to go right to the real deal Pic arm or any of the other boards with a MUCH steeper learning curve GREAT to Figure out and learn electronics get some hardwhare experience here of course on ARDUINO and from what im seeing from some pros Even if there on more advanced platforms that run bigger faster programs dont have the bootloader many pros use arduino for a first layout to test circuits here first GOOD COURSE gets you DIGGING AND THINKING This is where to start you certainly cant start on advanced platforms right off its really almost impossible without a lot more skill to obtain first
Very good course, it goes from basic concepts to arduino programming itself, without taking too long on what is not 100% necessary. As an Electrical Engineer and an Electronics Technician my self, I saw almost 10 years of concepts I learned in those courses to be just briefly touched and got the necessary information to go ahead. It made Arduino trully accessible to anyone!
Basic introduction. Useful, but could use some more complexity.
Very interesting course!
The professor seems pretty nice and the class is great but even quizzes/answers and assignments are only available for payment
Very nice code. Teaches you the basics of Arduino. You may need to know C programming language, if you don't know you can learn it.
good course for beginners and the instructor teaching simply way talent
I like this Course so much,In this course nothing is prerequisite,Instructor is very good he expains every things very nicely.I thinks all the student can do this course.
The lecturer and structure were very good. Five Stars.Sadly, I felt the course could have used a bit more substance. Less than hour of lectures per week and only one programming assignment left me wanting more. By contrast after taking https://www.coursera.org/learn/matlab/home/welcome I realy felt like I had a grasp on the material.
Great way of learning Arduino, and a great way of providing info. by video lectures. The best part being the questions that are asked in between the lectures and that makes it more interactive virtually. The course content is no doubt enjoyable and its worth taking this course as it builds up our basic concepts of embedded systems.
Very good introduction to Arduino Platform
Very good and interesting to learn.
Prefer more challenging course on this topic.
Great course !
This course ignited my passion for embedded systems. The Prof. made it look so easy. It helped me incorporate Arduinos to one of the Hardware modules that I teach. Thank you very much i hope my 'arduino fire' keeps burning.
The course is well structured and the lectures are very good. However, It could use about 2 more modules that go into more detail about c programming in arduino.
A very good course to teach you the basics of Arduino platform and IDE. It'll help you get started on how to code your programs and lets you build up on it. I'd definitely recommend for a beginner.
It can be nice to walk through this process with a lecturer. Ian Harris does it well and knows the content well enough.Most of this content however is given sufficiently in the pamphlet with the Arduino Uno Starter Kit. Some problems and applications above and beyond the starter kit's intro guide would be nice and appropriate for the course. Additionally, given that this is also supposed to be an intro to C, a bit more detail and some programmatic problem solving in C would have also added good value to the course.
Good programme for beginners, very resourceful.
Linking programming language to hardware sucks. Do not waste time on this course.
Great course for those who start with C Programming with Arduino. Liked it a lot.
A very good course. It does not teach you everything about C programming but does a very good job of teaching the bare minimum required to understand and implement simple C programs.The Arduino Platform is very well explained.
Needs more than 4 weeks worth of material. Assignments and quizzes should be free.
Very educational and very good teacher!
A must for Arduino hobbist.
Good introductory course.
Even though very basic ... but great content & great instructor
really good introduction course to the Arduino platform
short lectures and perfect instructor....very nice course....you will love the instructor right away!!
Very basic overview of the Arduino system. Was expecting to be a bit more comprehensive. However, the final module is worthwhile, even if you know a little arduino programming.This course is baby steps to Arduino programming.
Great course, so much fun!!
Great class and great professor!
Good intro but too simple.
I just can repeat myself, one who is coming from non-IT area, can easily understand these lessons. Cannot wait for the following one!
This is a good course, especially for beginners as one can learn the basics without spending too much time or getting confused by too many technical terms.
Nice course, with relevant content.
im getting an overall idea about the arduino in this course, it covers a detailed course about its hardware too !!
Great beginner course for Arduino. People that are experienced with programming will probably end up zipping through some of the videos pretty fast or skipping some of them because the programming is very basic, that aside I found the lessons very interesting and would recommend them for anyone new to Arduino or wanting a refresher
this course has a very good contentvery good instructorand increased my experience a lot
Nice course for beginners!
Great Course for the beginner. I you want to get started with Arduino take this course, very helpful to understand the basics
overall a good course. Teaches you the basics of arduino and how to integrate c language with the arduino
More detailed insight of topics is required is what I felt. On the whole a great resource to the student community who want to start their microcontroller exploration through Arduino.
these course is excellent for beginers!
easy to understand.
I'm doing this course and I'm very excited until now!
Wonderful I'm getting further in the mastery of the IOT knowledge for my future ideas.
Great Course
It covers all the programming basics that are required for the setup of ARDUINO setup.Very helpful.
Good , but not very detailed for programming the Arduino
Really useful
Very good for people new to programing.
Clear and well explained.
Very good prof
If I am auditing this class why can't the quizzes be free also?What happened to free Coursera?
Excellent. Very interesting. I am playing a lot with my Arduino and learning new things.
Great course, great delivery style from the Lecturer. Moves along at a good, but not excessive pace.
Always best
Great course and very explanatory. Just need a little more programmatic explanation.
Very clever explanations. I am really getting a nice time whit this mooc!
Great course! I knew almost nothing about Arduino and microcontrollers and this course was great! Very thorough and well made course!
Awesome.Harris Sir is great.
Great course , learned a lot from it.
nice course, good for begineers
Excellent and we'll taught
The interface of the classes is too straight, not very flexible. It almost looks like a real classroom, which isn't good in case we're at home learning by ourselves. Still, it has a very good content.
Well organised.Good Clarity of Concepts. Thank you Professor.
very useful for mechanical engineers
I like this course a lot.
awesome course... but some more program and there implementation should be provided
Good introductiong for inexperient users.
this course is great for those who want to learn the basics of the micro controller ( arduino )The assignments and quizes are very well designed.
Good start up course
good course
Enjoyed the projects and the push to use arduino
very good fully of information course
The professor way of teaching is lucid, takes thing from bottom to top in a very effective manner.
The course is useful ,teaches about different types of debugging but lacks examples of these systems.Good intro the the arduino.Thanks a lot.
A nice introduction to C programming, which could seem intimidating to non programmers at first, but this course keeps a fresh and clear perspective and you'll learn the most useful coding structures and functions to start experimenting with arduino in no time.
Very good introduction to Arduino and C. Easy to follow, short videos and good practical exercises.
Great course.
Good but a lot of technical parts all though they are discounted as not needed to know!
Not a bad introduction, but if you already know a bit about programming you can get the same basics and learn more quickly with a book.
Great
Another great series.
This was one of my favorite courses I've even taken with Coursera. The instructor was very good at explaining the subject to a beginner like me who has some programming experience yet none with Arduino.
Great course, awesome professor, I wish it would include more wiring and actual projects in the making, just to get the bigger picture.
Prof. Harris continues to make everything crystal clear. The forums don't behave as I think they ought, but I assume that's a Coursera wide issue, and not particularly to do with this class. This course is really wonderful and I appreciate so much the opportunity to be a part of it. I have posted about it on my geek pages, and also on facebook. Thank you Prof. Harris and UCI!
This great course and greate insturactor
Thanks , Prof Ian & thanks ,Ian.
Awesome class! Recommend everyone take it.
Should contain more workload
not a great amount of content
great course!, thanks :)
It was good but according to me it had a paucity of arduino programming for which i enrolled . However it was still helpful and i enjoyed it .
Some of the discussion of C programming was a little incoherent and occasionally wrong (but not in ways that would affect what you learn about Arduino programming) but otherwise the course was a blast, and it got me very interested in taking more IoT classes. Professor Harris's enthusiasm for the material comes through very clearly. I definitely recommend it.
Very basic and good course for
This is fantastic course.
The course is almost about nothing. It seems to me that the teacher didn't make enough preparations and make a lot of mistakes during the couse. After 8 weeks of Arduino-related courses I've got almost nothing new besides first 2 chapters of Arduino Starter Kit book.
very informative with simple and easy to understand explanations.
Fun class! Great introduction to programming with the Arduino.
Very interesting lesson, recommended for those people who like to learn something different and new
Very basic info and really easy. You can complete the course in just a weekend!Really nice for a beginner!
Great introduction to arduino!
This course is so good, clears all the concepts and also addresses the nitty-gritties of Arduino.
Good first intro to Arduino.
Had joined for free(non-specialization), it was good. Got a basic overview on ardunio. I had never worked on ardunio, but on AVR microcontroller. If you are looking for basic overview, its really good. Thanks to coursera :)
Very good and understandable!
Amazing course
A good pstart to know about Arduino and C Programming.
really good
Very good introduction to the Arduino platform.
Great course for an easy introduction to Arduino programming.
Good course. Prof. Ian is very good. Only I miss a deeper discussion, more complete examples and assignments. Thanks a lot.
The course is a little bit basic for me but it is interesting and didactic.Thank you to Professor Ian Harris.
Awesome course to learn basics of Arduino, so that you can jump into IoT.
good course for learning arduino
it is well designed and clear lesson. I understand very easily thank you.
Nice understandable lessons with just the right amount of work
reviewing the classmates assignments should only be possible after submitting the own work.some more sophisticated programming challenges should be required.
i expected it to be more advanced.
easy to learn and very useful.
Too simple and lack of practice exercises!
Very good introductory course! Thank You!!!
Amazingly insightful and comprehensive!
Good introduction!
Nice course to learn Ardunio basics and serial communication over it.
Instructive and fun!
Great course for getting started with a solid foundation.
Nice course, great teacher, english is very simple to understand, great for novice programmers and those who want to bring to Arduino. I suggest it! Only one negative note, take the certificate is very espensive
I felt like the C Programming parts were a bit too fast, specially the enviroment setup. But I loved this course! Congratulations and thank you!
Prof Harris does an excellent job in this Arduino introductory class. I had a rough understanding of how Arduino worked coming into the class and was hoping for something that could fill in the gaps in my understanding. This class was excellent for my purposes but will also serve students seeking to get started with Arduino as well.
Very interesting and well build up .Some of the C & C++ IDE software didn't properly work well on my laptop and are hard to get them going....THX Prof Ian Harris
best course best teacher
All the concepts were very clear and helped me a lot .
The teacher is really didactic and the material is good, but the course is too basic. It could be completed in a weekend. Maybe all this course could be only a Module.
Very useful for amateur learners. Thank a lot University of California!!
Really good and useful...
good as a start
Excellent Professor. Great pace and content
Nice course for beginners, I actually enjoyed it. Just same remark as for previous one - please review text of subtitles, it's really awful and I guess it's even funny for native english speakers
Excellent information and presentation, easy to understand, and relevant to both Arduino and other C/C++ microcontrollers. Great course!
method of teaching is fantasticmore programming example may be added
love this course
Some essential concepts are covered in this course which help understand the basis of IOT.
Very interesting and intuitive. Thanks.
Definitely Worth It !
Awesome course.
Introduces the basics of Arduino and C programming. Not a lot of content but gets you ready for the next course in the 4-course Specialisation.
Great course! Great explanations! Great examples! Great assignments!
Good overall syllabus, but needs more concentration on Objective C.
Great
Very good professor, good course for a start.
No forum, what are you thinking!
top
that good!
On one hand - basics. On the other, you may be lost in the last part of the course. You don't need to understand to complete assigements, but netherless - it's hard to understand if you do not have experience in embedded systems topic
Excellent teaching, very useful. I was looking for something new in my field, though arduino is bit old, still it is fascinating.
Great course! Im trying to keep aways learning about technology
Awesome course for someone looking beginners information about Arduino.
A good start in the world of Arduino.
The very basics. Overall good.
Great introduction to the programming side of Arduino!
Good course
from start with the arduino it´s very good
Easy going introduction to the topic.
As I was taking this class, I often wondered who the target audience was. Although the class has no listed prerequisites, I noticed a lot of engineering jargon being used without ever defining what it meant. I'm not sure that non-technical people would get much out of the lectures. On the other hand, the lectures were mostly at a superficial level, so I'm not sure that technical people would get much out of them either. The only topic that got a (somewhat) deep dive was serial communication, and it wasn't clear why; users of the Arduino don't need to understand it any more or less than any other aspect of how an Arduino works.There were other issues. The programs we wrote had to be pasted into a submission form that removed all the carriage returns when you hit Save; I had to manually fix my program each time. Perhaps most frustratingly, you could follow the assignment instructions to the letter, but after you submitted you might find out that the grading criteria included other requirements. In one case people asked about it, and it turned out that the grading criteria were wrong, but they were never updated. My sense was that not much effort went into the creation of this course.
love the course
Great for beginners wanting to learn how to use Arduino!
Interesting but should be more challenging
I really enjoyed the class. I new a little about Arduino already, but this taught me a few new functions, and gave me an introduction ("hello world!" style introduction) to C programming. Good stuff, I can't wait to take the next course(s).
To professor Ian Harris and Coursera thanks alot
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Prof Harris delivers great lectures. Looking forward to the next part.
Very useful course for beginners who want to start learning embedded systems. This intro course to arduino is 'THE' place to start your embedded learning. Professor Harris is great, he explained everything in detail, maintained the clarity while explaining the concepts and kept it simple, just introduced to what we need to know to get started. Thanks to Dr. Harris and UC Irvine for offering such a great course for free, it was really useful for me. I highly recommend this course for beginners.
Excellent course for beginners. Explanations are very clear and concise.
Very engaging! Great course for someone with no prior programming experience (like myself). After taking this course I feel inspired to continue learning!
Great course to get started with Arduino! Short lectures explaining the basic concepts and how to start programming the Arduino. It's quite short so I'd recommend to freely browse additional material and videos while you're taking the course.Have fun with Arduino projects!
Bit advanced lessons would have helped the expertise in this field.
Great...job...Really heplful..
It is an easy to follow but very basic course. It might be good for a newbie but I expected a little more.
I found this to be very useful in getting started with both C and the Arduino - neither of which I've studied/used before. I felt the lectures were well delivered and the videos of the Arduino board and circuit helped me to connect components correctly. I suspect some of the problems I experienced in submitting my projects might be resolved through some more detailed advice within the course notes. I'm looking forward very much to the companion course involving interfacing with the Arduino.
A very good course for the beginer of Arduino. After finish this course, you will feel that you are standing at the starting line of the Arduino journey.
A great class.Thank you very much!
Really good class!
This is a brilliant course if you are looking at beginning with Arduino. The videos are short and crisp, the assignments are interesting too. Prof. Ian Harris has done a brilliant job with the course. Big thank you to University of California, Irvine.
Had really fun and learned a lot. Thanks University of California, Irvine for such an amazing course. And thanks Sir Ian Harris.
Great start to arduino programming.
Great Course !!!!
This course is too short and have little real time example .
This course barely touches C programming. While explanatory about the Arduino functions and structure, It should have been spread into more weeks so that it could cover more.
Really helpful in understanding the basics of Arduino and UART communication protocols!
Professor Ian G Harris is the kind of professor I wish i had at my university.
It's being a clear and objective course. Well explained and nicely taught!
A good introduction to the Arduino platform. Looking forward to attending the next course.
Great course, very inspiring, the pace is a bit slow but you can continue by yourself
One week of this course was only marginally relevant to the subject. The instructor even said as much.
Very helpful. Thank you
Good beginners and introductory course to Arduino and C. Prof. Harris is a brilliant lecturer.
No practical at least till the end of this course in this specialization
Thank you very much. This is an excellent introduction to Arduino programming.
good one really in depth tutorials, must watch.
Easy to understand and guided student to learn Arduino Hardware as well as programming it.
Clean and precise course for starters to IOT domain
great clearly explained ...
Really great course...Having a grounding in coding helps though...And Professor Harris is a very motivational representative of the topic...
Great starter course for Arduino! Can't wait till next one to improve my skills.
expected more programs to be taught and more experiments to be shown, disappointing
Awesome, very complete program
best introductory
Very useful, informative and practical course! I highly recommend the course to all my friends!
A MOOC with great elements to improve and reinforce our teaching work and to support our students in the development of their skills of the 21st century.Masterfully guided by Patrick Griffin, Esther Care and research team from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
A course I recommend to anyone truly interested in ed
Let me heartily thank authors for the course. It was interesting and useful, and definitely I will use knowledge and experience from this course in my own practice.
Very interesting course! It has helped me revise my teaching practice and reflect on new objectives and activities for my students. I'd suggest teachers who can spare a couple of hours a week to definitely do it.
An apt course for the 21st century schools & educators.The instructors should be more interactive on twitter, after all that's what new learning is all about.Kudos, the Aussie way!!
Great course!
This course is excellent. The professor explain all concepts in a great way.
Great course of economic fundamentals, including a bit of different models critics. Great professor, I love her style: simple and plain.
Excellent analyst of economic polices globally, useful update annually.
this course is excellent ..!!
The professor is very great, she stated clealy and intersting about Ancient Philosophy. I love very much. useful!
This is a great introduction to Ancient philosophy for all of those who want to obtain more knowledge about the invaluable legacy of the Greek miracle !I deeply recommend this course, which brought be excellent additional material in Ancient philosophy useful to every philosophy student but also to anyone who wants to acquire in depth general knowledge of the roots of our civilisation, the whole brilliantly taught in a rigorous and entertaining fashion !Thank you Professor Meyer !
A very detailed and comprehensive course.
Excellent course with a fitting mix of challenges and material!
Wonderful course!
Loved the course!
learned a lot about the subject under the guidance of Professor Meyer that's otherwise hard to study independently
I very much liked the course, it has a good pace and the Professor, Susan Sauvé Meyer, does a great job in presenting the material. As the course goes on material discussed before is revisited, there are running examples (so to speak) and the set up generally seems to have been well planned and constructed in advance. This is a course anyone can follow casually on the side, its fun and offers a lot. Thank you
Excellent introduction to Aristotle.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! I started with practically no knowledge on the subject, and finished with a great understanding. The course was not difficult to follow; had interesting and easy to understand lectures, and provided brilliant resources for background study. I highly recommend this course for anybody interested in Philosophy!
Great class!
This course gives an excellent tour of the thought of Aristotle and his successors. The course focuses on the main points of Aristotle's thought and gives the student an excellent frame work for understanding Aristotle's thought without getting lost in the details. A better course that leaves the student capable of going off and reading Aristotle on their own would be hard to produce. Great job.
Though not too inclusive, it's a great course for introduction.
Absolutely wonderful! Susan Meyer is a fabulous teacher!
I loved this course, the Professor is thoughtful and insightful. It was a treat to take this course!
This was a very enjoyable experience, thank you all for the opportunity.
Definitely interesting.
Well done and thought provoking. Only good things to say about the professor.
This was an enjoyable course. The professor through her explanations made what could be difficult concepts understandable and fun.
Very good basic introduction to the philosophers and their ideas. Very succinct while staying true to the content!
like it most the epicurean philosophy
Excellent course with precious insights in the works of Aristotle, Epicurus and the stoics.
A good follow- up to the previous course. The material is well organised and gives a profound overview while still inciting further investigation, leaving enough room for expansion of the mind and new thoughts on... almost everything.
Excellent course for beginners. Thanks to Prof. Susan Sauvé Meyer and the Coursera staff.
I would like to thank the University faculty, especially professor Susan Meyer, for the excellent lessons offered to participants. I have learned a lot about Aristotle and the following schools. The video lessons contained a wealth of information on the subject. The participants also proved very interested in sharing their views and discussing some of the intriguing topics raised by the professor and by other participants. The course was truly outstanding.
I got more out of it than I had expected.
Beside the annoying loud music in the intro of each video it is Insightful.
Another fine MOOC by the prof. I really like her dry delivery style.
Professor Meyer gave exemplary lectures while explaining a variety of different philosophical schools. I found the course interesting and enriching primarily due to the high quality of the lectures given by Professor Meyer. The questions during the lectures were helpful and the quizzes were short and effective in testing learning. May Professor Meyer live long and continue to teach!
great course ( part e of 2)
A good starting point to ancient philosophy .
Very much enjoyed this course. Some areas were a review but in others I was able to gain a great deal of new insight into the philosophies that were covered. Many Thanks!
Though I feel it a bit hard, but it's still interesting.
I like the quiz between subjects in every video courses. It is really interesting.
I don't need the teacher to read Aristotle for me. Reading is not Teaching.
The gold of Aristotle's classic has been expertly mined out and presented in a connoisseur way for the appreciation, which give this lecture its form, or in Aristotle's term, its soul to be alive.Professor Meyer rarely smiled, but when she did, she smiled very charmingly. ; )
This is an interesting and enjoyable course of well connected study units.
An enlightening course
Interesting overview. Would have appreciated more time on Hellenistic Philosophy
Meyer is a great teacher and I look forward to more courses by her if she continues to release them
This is a great course because the great instructor shares her knowledge about Aristotle and his successors in a comprehensible and exciting manner.
A fantastic course, simple, high-level and didactic, rare thing to see. congratulations!
Short and sweat course!
Outstanding course for those who don't fear the important questions, such as: "What makes a good life?". Don't miss it!
Introductory course, but nontheless it offers deep insights and explanations of some special problems in Aristotle, Epicureanism and Stoicism. Thank you!
more than great!!!
The combination of this and the related Plato course are excellent.
Good course well presented and interesting.
This is one of my top three favorite courses I've taken on Coursera so far!
Both of the Ancient Philosophy courses, Plato and His Predecessors, and Aristotle and His Successors were excellent. Susan is a very good lecturer, clear, and precise.I have completed 'Introduction to Philosophy' and the 'Philosophy of Science', both at the University of Edinburgh, and can highly recommend Susan's courses at University of Pennsylvania as the next step.
Clearly presented.course which focuses only on the principal question and themes of each of the 4 philosophies. I found it extremely valuable as it structured in a logical way these issues and also related themt modern life. My only criticism relates to the grading method of the final assignment 0 or 1 is far too simplistic.
An excellent start to get knowledge about the philosophy principle of the ancient thinkers. Their vision have influenced the way of thinking in European and Western culture.
I am a mathematician, who is interested in learning and developing philosophical ideas concerning the origin of modern science. I am periodically taking philosophical courses here and there to be clear about basic notions of classical philosophical thought. I have never met such a strong qualified lecturer as Professor Susan Sauvé Meyer before. She managed to present the whole body of Aristotelian philosophy in a catchy scheme without any loss of his points. Her explanations are precise and clear. I am admired of her lectures and going to take as many of her courses as I can find.
Great course. Thanks so much.
This course give us a particular synthetical view of ancient thought with a particular conciseness and precision.
Formatted like the the preceding course. This one goes in depth with the later philosophers. The lectures are very detailed and in-video quizzes are engaging.
Very good professor. She explains everything clearly and is really enthusiastic about the topic.
Really like the mix of theory and practical application
This class gets very math and theory heavy, so I would not recommend it for those looking for programming practice with the algorithms/programming approaches presented in this class. If you want thorough theoretical background information, this class would be a better fit.The use of RNA secondary structure alignment as an example of dynamic programming implementation is overkill. There are much simpler ways to introduce dynamic programming.
This is a challenging course that teaches an invaluable problem solving approach, applicable in many domains.
Great course, problem solving oriented
The last awesome course on computing science.
You cannot get easy answers for homework and it pushes you to think hard.
great, but really difficult for people with poor reading and writing skill to finish.
I took all 5 previous courses in this series and they were all great.But suddenly Coursera has changed its policy, and one can not take courses for free anymore.If you just want to learn and gain knowledge without chasing the certificate, than the course is useless, because you can't receive feedback for your work.
Super good, challenging course that forces you to think.
Love it.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on digital manufacturing. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you The State University of New York and Coursera.
Good coverage of multiple topics.Very basic level overview
Very useful information and datas about the customer satisfaction. Challenging self projects on city branding. And the insights of real managers of main Italian cultural institutions is just a brilliant addition to the theoretical part. Definitely recommend!
Very consistent course, full of great references (both academic and professional), with a good learning logic and good (nice and simpatic) professor/facilitator. It brings to me a lot of new ideas and information. Thank you!
Excellent. Fun and very informative. Very happy with the experience.
Great course!
a good introductory course to heritage management
A challenging course with tons of theoretical information.
its an amazing course work. All study material (videos and readings) is entirely connected with course and requirements of students and very easy to understand. Anyone, who want to learn their subject i easy way, try to do this courses and even the facilitators and specialists also should see this atleast once. a big thanks to entire COURSERA team.
The course presents the core basis of Cultural Heritage Management in a very attractive way. Highly recommended.
Absolutely exceptional course - I have learned so much in preparation for commencing my Graduate Certificate in Arts and Cultural Management via correspondence. This course not only provided great management insights and how institutions implement their product to the consumer, it provided up to date methods of data processing and insight into marketing approach. I will definately watch out for more courses with Bocconi. I could not be more grateful for the material and the opportunity to learn this much at no cost. Thanks for your time and amazing effort in putting together this course and thank you to our amazing host, Andrea Rurale for being the enthusiastic, professional guide through these learning modules.
Very concise and interesting course. Thanks for offering Art & Heritage Management perspective.
Very impressive course.The content is perfect for understanding the main topic of experiencial marketing about the management of arts.I think many lessons are usefull no only for cultural institutions, but also for entertainment industries such as movies, theatres and sports, because the main concept of customer satisfaction and experiential marketing can be applied to the entertainment industry as well.I've taken the other courses offered by Bocconi and are always excellent , in terms of content quality and professors.Compliments to all involved into the idea creation and realization of this course.Andrea
good for mechanical engineers
The Mechanics of Materials course series is a must for any engineer. The material is presented in a logical and straight forward manner with applications to the real world. Dr. Whiteman is truly a a great teaching Professor!
It's an excellent course where you can remember and learn concepts about the behaviour of materials under certain forces.
Today I have another interesting course on mechanics of materials, thank you very much for providing such a great course.
very usefull my life
Explains the fundamentals of Beam bending and the topics covered are in great way and looking to finish MOM part 4
This is the best of the 4 great MoM courses. Great presentation of the fundamentals.
Helping me a lot!
Thank you, Sir. Another great course material and wonderful explanation.
it's reaily one of the most interesting course
This is a good course. I like all the part Mechanics of Materials. I suggest you to please go through the Specialization of this course.
Fantastic Course.
Absolutely excellent! Would love to delve deeper into this subject matter with another iteration of this course.
Great class!
Nice videos, competent explanation, critical approach.
This course has amazing information in the lectures, but it is difficult in the video lectures to pick out what bits of information are going to be relevant in the quizzes, you will have to re-take quizzes a number of times, no matter how well you are taking notes. Also the very last section is entirely made of a rushed-maths lesson, and a quiz based on that rushed maths lesson that is VERY difficult. I would highly recommend this for anyone who already knows basic Astronomy Math, and caution anyone who doesn't.
Excelent and nice course. Congratulations. I learned a lot
Loved the course videos and lectures were entertaining. I was a bit dissappointed with the outright dismissal of non-traditional understnadings of these ancient monuments and thought the explanations on why and how they were built, were lightly treated.A great course ...
I loved this course! This content was fascinating and the presentation was excellent, very visual which is wonderfully engaging. I'd love to see more courses perhaps
An interesting course both from astronomical and architectural point of view. For me as an architect and amateur astronomer it was a pleasure watching the lectures in this course and learning some new interesting facts about ancient architects-astronomers.
A very good introductory course.
The contents of the course are interesting however it is a shame that you can only access the quiz portion and assesments if you pay for the certificate. Same with the materials, it would be great if the readings and the suggested bibliography details could be downloaded.
interesting course but you cant do the tests if you didnt pay money (any tasts)
very interesting course and fascinating topic
FUN COURSE WITH GREAT INFO
I guess this is the course that I have enjoyed the most in Coursera until now.This is an awesome tool with such an excellent program, final project and teacher. I invite everyone to enroll in the program.Thanks for offering quality through this course!
Interesting and excellent.
It's a great course to explore the ancient Philosophy
I have not been satisfied with the theoretical content
Complete and very useful course, great teacher.Un curso muy útil y necesario, excelente profesor.
Excellent course with an excellent instructor.
This course is extremely well-organized and very well-presented. The textbook is very clear and is available as a PDF on the Internet or can be ordered from EPFL. The exercises from each week contain at one problem that requires Matlab or Octave.
I loved it! I learned so much!
It really helped me a lot in teaching art and engaging my students in a more fun and child-friendly way.
Excellent combination for education purpouse
Great content. Congratulations on the initiative. 100% recommendable
Iis been a great experience for me
Very inspiring course! Very useful not only for teachers!
Great course with interesting suggestions and views on activities, related to art.
great course
I like it so much, it was a very interesting course. Very creative, interactive and useful. Now I have another perspective of art and education. Thanks a lot!
I thoroughly recommend this course
I really enjoyed the class. It was well put together, interesting, and gave me a lot of great ideas. Great for a new teacher or a refresher for an experienced teacher looking for new lessons.
This course provide me an opportunity to know what happened in an international museum.Also the good quality of the impartation encourage me to learn more knowledge about museum education.Thank you very much.
Very interesting
Great course.Is possible to use this learning adapting for adult education. Specially the part of design thinking.
This training course is very interesting and informative. Thank you for new knowledge!
It's a good course. Funny and intelligent, but it can be a little more challenging.
WELL IT IS AN AMAZING COURSE, I AM PSYCHOLOGIST SO I WILL TRY TO TRANSLATE THE COURSE CONTENT TO MY AREA, ALSO I WILL USE IT WITH MY 12 OLD TEARS DAUGHTER TO TEACH HER ART.
Very interesting course that suggests a lot of innovative ways to get kids to engage with art.
Very interesting, usefull, entretaining and fresh. Totally recomended!
smart, interesting and short lectures, inspiring, helpful, challenging, open-minded and tottally worth doing it!
The examples were great and I would have like more of them.
Interesting approach to impart Art knowledge.
Fun and applicable to any classroom!
Very interesting and well done course packed with very useful resources.
It is a very interesting course.The tasks are achievable and easy to follow.I do not understand how your final qualification depends on an activity qualified by fellow students, many of them, as the instructions read, are not fluent in English. How can they evaluate an activity written in such?
Briliant and up to date
Excellent course that taught many methods to develop engagning activities with different ages in a museum setting. Excellent reading list and theory.
Amazing and very interesting. Good resources for education through Art.
Thank you for the ideas. I teach foreign languages and I find many of your activities will help me plan more demanding activities us
An engaging and educational tour of art education! This course was informational and entertaining, I am disappointed for it to end.
Another excellent course with useful ideas adaptable to museum teaching.
Interesting beginning level class for those who are interested in teaching arts. You can have great activities, instructors and classmates and the whole learning process is just so fun!
Great and fun activities with solid academic foundations
This course has proven very useful and relevant in helping me to develop new and exciting activities for my English as a Second Language Class.
Great course!
Very good and informative
A very nice course. Could be longer.
This course is really engaging and offers really interesting ideas and additional resources.
The course is very well organized and the contents are well explained.
I learnt a lot from this course and I can apply it my classes forward going. It's a good introduction to being an art educator especially for me as I am not trained in the art area.
Very good, complete and interesting course ;) Thanks a lot for sharing your information and strategies so we can all become better teachers. Kids need and deserve that!!! <3
Thank you.
This is very interesting course. I learn a lot of new information about activities.I am planing to invent some of new information into my working process.Thank you, Art & Activity team.
This course is a very well-made, solid introduction to Art & Activity for museum educators.
Very interesting and useful courses. Indeed, helping to learn a lot of new, interesting, promote personal growth and development. Thank you!
An excellent introduction for inquiry-based learning and how to incorporate arts education into the classroom.
Great course! Very interesting activities!
Thw course gave me a lot of inspiration. Thanks a lot!
It is just perfect for my needs :)
It was great. I loved the fact I could watch the videos and follow the steps at my own pace. The content was really good: objective, clear and the texts were both supportive of the subject presented and open to other approaches. I recommend it to everyone interested in deepen her/his relations with the theme.
I found this very interesting and easily adaptable to the Visible Thinking exercises I currently use with the 9th and 10th grade English classes. Thank you for your insights.
Really excellent activities and explanations and examples. I loved so much about it. The content was excellent, the time with students was excellent... Really great!This makes me want to visit New York!
Very interesting and enriching
Straightforward course, and at the end the principal assignment allows for both the creation of classroom/learning plans for each person taking the course, as well as the ability to view others' ideas and potential learning lessons. Great for teachers looking for new projects and ideas, as well as professional teaching artists and art museum educational staff.
Very interesting and helpful. Lot's of ideas that could be applied in the classroom.
very useful!
Very well done and very easy to follow. I have learned original ideas that can not wait to use it.
Loved it!
A very engaging course... Many, many practical ideas which will be useful in my art room.
I thought this course would teach art appreciation,but seems geared towards Teachers.
very interesting
Very informative video sessions, enjoyed the process and study of the course
The teachers there do not do what they teach: they rattle down their text as fast as they can speak and do not emphasize the content with movement or even change of expression. I was disappointed.
I found the presentations to be very clear and focused. In addition, the readings were a good introduction to the foundation and current thinking in the field.I was disappointed in the difficulty in connecting with other students. That would have enhanced the learning experience for me. I am new to Coursera, and understand thismay be a difficult aspect of the programs to control, but it's worth a try.
Videos were informative and I enjoyed doing the strategies with the videos.
Interesting approach for teachers and those involved in any type of learning processes. Useful reading material
I really enjoy this course!
Very instructive and fun.The team know their work and they are a great help for teachers.
nice teacher，I feel i am more interested in museum activity
I really enjoyed this online course)I gained a lot of knowledge, which I can apply in teaching sphere and other fields.Thank you very much to Coursera and MoMA Team! :-)
The course is brief, but informative. Lots of wonderful, creative ideas for educators in general--not just for art educators.
Very instructive and many tips to enhance the student's interest for Art
The course was excellent, just perfect in every way, thank you very much!!! I've learnt a lot, every information, tip and technique you shared with us was just what I wanted to learn about. Thank you thank you!
Loved it!
Great
Lacking in content. The OOP portion of the final project was poorly constructed. The instructions were unclear and the exercise seemed futile. We took a data set and further complicated it by abstracting into various object classes. I think a better example could be used. Since there are already plenty of ways to do the things our objects were tasked with it seemed like a futile exercise. I think a different type of real world object should be used, perhaps one that is not easily stored in a data frame.
This courses touches many interesing aspects about R programming but I did not like the structure , it does not seem to me that it adequates its difficulty coming from "The R programming enviornment".Also I miss some swirl lessons for many of the readings from the book. There are not too many help from the mentors and the peer assigment in week 4 took me too much time and had to consult a lot of external resources. Readings in general are OK but too simple.I have learnt many things but
More information material will be helpful
Great course. Learned a lot about R programming in practical terms.
Very good, recommended.
WIsh there were more assignments. The final project was the only assignment in the course. Object-oriented programming in R requires more than a single assignment to grasp- even at a superficial level.
To complete this course you have to go back and forth for the basic. Also the final assignment is bit ambiguous, more clarity is required.
Fantastic One..!
Amazing course. Smooth learning experience yet with increasing difficulty. Challenging and addictive.
The first three weeks assigments were way too easy and the answers could be found in the material.The last assignment was very poorly described and the material was very limited in explaining OOP. That meant it took a lot of time figuring out what exactly was needed to complete the assignment and how to do it.Disappointing after a great first course. Hoping the next will be better.
Great course material with engaging assignments. Strongly recommended.
For me the course provided a quick and easy introduction to the 'purr' package as well as clarity on the current state of R's object oriented programming system.
the last peer review problem is much too hard for what I learned from the course material, if there is a more specific instruction for the assignment will be better.
The course has given me good insight into the functional and object oriented programming parts of R.
Good Course! But focus should be more on OOPs Concepts through video lectures to better understand it.
This course has a very clear goal. However, the implementation of this goal needs significant improvement. The first three modules were very easy to master. However, the last module was disproportionately difficult, making it unreasonable for learners.
Great acceleration of the specialization compared to the first course. It covers modern approaches (as map-reduce-filter implementation in purrr), nicely explains debugging, benchmarking, OOP etc. I would recommend this as a kick starter for more advanced R programming.
I learnt about myself skils, how to identify and how to improve as well.
I find this course much rewarding
'Being a Teacher' enabled me to extend my thinking to accelerate my teaching and learning abilities and creating conditions which encourage learners to want to learn.
Well structured and easy for one with no teaching experience to flow with. Kudos for the job well delivered.
Really liked this course it gave me so much to learn, improve and development. One of the best course for teachers. And I would like to thanks the professors of this course. THANK YOU!
An opportunity to continue to reflect on one's teaching within an engaging and compelling framework.
Very important course to those who want to improve their teaching skills.
This course have good teachers and material. The articles of peers which you should read and assess are very Interesting, deep and curious.
An awesome course
The ideas are good, but I dislike the presentation. It's hard to read the screen and quotes when they're only on the screen for a few moments. Lengthy lists are presented, however, I need to pause the video if I want to know anything that's on the list beyond the first two points. These are often the only points explained. If one is only concerned with the spoken word, then you'll gather an okay amount of information.
Interesting material with local perspective. Could relate as an ex South African. I always looked forward to hearing the next lecture.
This course helped me explore what being a teacher really is and how to discover my philosophy of teaching.
This is enlightening!
It was great to know what exactly is being a teacher.
I have great respect for the lessons I am learning because many times we face challenges within the classroom and we always think that we must have the answers but I was humbled to realize that my very students who create these problems have the solutions.Dr. Francis was born to be a teacher, he shares these lectures with such joy that one can only be humbles to sit at his feet and drink in the wealth of knowledge he shares with us, only for you to want to rush to your classroom and be an agent of change.These lessons are for every parent and every teacher so that we can help our very own children and students under our care as well.Happy learning everyone.
The Commonwealth Education Trust provides you of a diverse approach to the teaching and learning issues with a global perspective over the studies and development concerning the matter. The course in particular touches a lot of interesting and important aspects to pay attention during the learning processes that may take place in institutions and relationships within these.
So far, very interesting course. Love the format, discussion forums and materials related to being a Teacher.
Challenge but very worthwhile to refocus on what creates a good learning environment.
I have really enjoyed this course.Many twwhanks to Prof John and Dr. Dennis for their inputs
The course is to feel the difference after getting through the course.
THE AUDIO QUALITY IS NOT CLEAR BUT CONTENTS ARE VERY USEFUL.
Really great course! Really delves into the methodology behind effective teaching in a global classroom.
The things I have learnt from this course so far have been amazing, and I am keen on finishing the entire set! Thank you so much for making this course readily available to anyone with an internet connection. I am so grateful to be able to improve myself and am looking forwards to continuing my education.
Great as an introduction for many things but, unfortunately, it is not possible to keep on developing the themes presented on the lectures because there is no access to the sources used. Without a functional bibliography for the course, the full potential for learning of those enroled is tragically cut.
I needed these introductory guides to help me assess my own intentions, strengths, weaknesses in a more structured way. I have enjoyed the whole series. Only one technical issue: sound quality could always be better.
Great!
Waste of time and I did not learn anything from this course.It is basically 6 weeks of the "facilitator" asking questions without offering much in the form of answers.
Great Course!
i'm enjoying the courses in this spcialzation and i'm working toward a goal to complete each course to earn the final certicate in the teaching for learning specialization .
Such lame quizes, I cannot pass them although I know this material in my sleep,because the english is so bad and has so many ambiguities; There are no single answers to a question, instead you need the check the correct answers, which are phrased in s misleading way, and one little mistake fails the whole question. So I try and try and try and never get all the correct checks for the specific questions. So I just fail and retry and fail and retry. This is so frustrating I consider I will unroll this course. Same because I know all this material !!!!
It hard to work with Arduino, and it's harder to work with the Iskra. But the course are very useful. I like the way the teacher guide us to do the experiment. Step by step, try and fail, you will finish this course with pround.Thanks you so much!
Very interresting course. Step by step from scratch, very complete with good explanations and lectures and many experiences. A must have done !Thanks for the course !Best reghards,GEP
Really great course
I have much fun in this course!
More respect after the course than before, as I thought this would be a pretty easy Excel course, but finishing it called lot of real work and statistical and modelling understanding.
Really amazing course. I enjoy it. The only thing is that videos should be more explicit and deeper in the difficult topics.
Good for learning statistical analysis using real examples (bank credit card application) and hands on the data in the final project!
Fun to watch, great exercises and examples, interesting subjects made simple. Congrats!
Very useful course.
I wish this course was more focused on building and analyzing data in excel. It feels like it's more focused on financial measurements and probability, it hasn't related to my line of work yet.
Very useful knowledge in this course. Although, some of the quizzes require some small fixes, and there are minor mistakes in some lectures.
Good Course, but final project asks a lot for what this course is
Hello, I am Gabriel Wang from TAIWAN. I am currently working as HSEQ Manager in a LNG shipping management company. Thank you for been so patient & Nice for having course online. I DO learnt a lot from it. Appreciated.
Leve of difficulty was above my expectations. Moved too fast. Could have been more thorough in applying the content to examples similar to the quiz. Seemed to stick to the bare minimum of what would be required before moving to the quiz. Be transparent with future prospective students that this course absolutely requires knowledge of calculus, probability, and statistics.
Resources provided are very good in quality, completeness, easy to understand, and clear for neophyte.
Good course, bit disjointed at times and some of the maths is rushed through, or not really relevant. Not sure I need proofs on why standardising figures results in easier to use data, maybe just show us how to do the analysis and apply it to more examples in real life.
Not quite the excel actually relevant to industrial requirements. had to leave the course mid way.There are better Excel DA courses out there. Concept presentation was good though.
I enjoyed the class even though I felt it was a little over my head. I learned a lot about the processes involved in doing this work.
The course was a bit disappointing. We didn't cover enough advanced Excel functionalities, opting instead to focus on 2 statistical models (Binary Classification and Linear Regression). Having a BSc in Economics, the Linear Regression tutorials and quizzes seemed infantile, while the Binary Classification tutorials proved to be too vague, when we actually had to apply this knowledge on the final project. In retrospect, I regret not starting to work on the final week's material right from the start, which resulted in having to switch session multiple times in order to finish the course. Even if I had done so, though, it wouldn't have made up for the vague instructions in the quizzes and assignment of the final week that made feel at a loss, until I asked for help in the forums. All in all, this course need some serious re-working, in terms of how the material is presented and how the assignments are phrased.
I´m quite disappointed in this course. First you should know that the first week doesn´t reflect at all the rest of the course in difficulty and in matter. As I was delighted by the first week presentation and way of explaining as soon I started the second week I was wondering what happen to the clear, concise examples and ideas presented in the first one. First The presentation of the following weeks is done by handwriting on software that give a very very poor graphic view. It´s BARELY READABLE ! It allows really smalls amounts of infos to be displayed. That could be redeemed by good explanations you may say but sadly it´s not the case most of the time. The examples are rarely connected to something real, numbers come up from ... nowhere. The level of difficulty could be challenging if you don´t have a bachelor of sciences like Math or Physics or Bio. It´s NOT A BEGINNER COURSE.To give more context I have done and succeed more 16 courses , 2 specializations, followed/audited about 3 others courses and that is the first time I´m giving a bad review. I´m sure the teachers put a lot of effort in doing the course , there is a lot subjects presented but I definitely suggest a change in the presentation to start then connect and fully explain examples. With some changes that course will fly high :)
Final project almost impossible to do with material taught. Also, each lecture comes with an additional spreadsheet that needs to be studied. Material taught doesn't match material tested.
Solid class focused on the mechanics of building and evaluating binary classification models using Excel
The course is both tough and interesting. The interesting bit comes from developing a model for a credit card company, which is a rather creative and captivating process. The tough part is in hectic learning of a vast array of statistical terms, often poorly explained – and alost never applied to practice (it is true that some of statistical metrics are "applied" in quizzed but it is unclear what's their purpose besides computing yet another number).
great course if you want to go deeper in business
Not very helpful for those with a solid statistical background. I prefer to use R to do the modeling things, while this course should talk more about pivot tables and existing useful financial functions which advantage over other statistical tools.
Great class! The teachers explained everything in detail, looking forward to takmore classes in the future!
A bit too academic, I would like to see explanations on Excels and business cases.
Teaching method of Daniel is awseome
Not enough detail and information provided in the lectures to undertake the final assessment.
The course is very challenging, but very interesting. I will probably suggest a bit more of staff support in the last week, specially the final project which is very challenging and demanding. A bit more of orientation will be really good.
Irrationally difficult and inexplicably sloppy. Having taken first "Business Metrics for Data Driven Companies" I had high hopes that it would be on the same level.Well, I was wrong. It was extremely messy, jumping around from definition to definition with little to no explanation and there was a general lack of motivation from professor Egger's part.Apart from week 1 that had some necessary basic knowledge of Excel, all of the next weeks' lessons were fast paced beyond a beginner's comprehension. By week 5 I had lost the motivation to go on and was only able to finish it through a great deal of trial and error on the quizzesI would not recommend it, unless you have some basic knowledge of the economic theories used in this lesson.
It's not Excel... it's applied probability theory using Excel workbooks.
I very much enjoyed this course. I've been able to apply some of the strategies I learned in the specialization and I look forward to using it as a resource moving forward.
I love this course and the way the material is explained. I plan on taking this course again to improve my understanding of the information because I think it relays very important ideas.
An absolutely dreadful course. The only things you'll end up studying are how to use the spreadsheets given and what the instructor was thinking when creating them... I can't figure out what, and there doesn't seem to be any way of finding out. The lectures were mostly stuff I learned at school and really quite easy, but I just have no idea what the final project has got to do with the lectures.
All theory. Quizzes you were left with the task of answering questions based on models never seen or explained spent most time trying to make sense of them. Final project is almost a joke to try and decipher how to create from scratch based on the ones they provided in the quizzes. Its not a joke but it is very difficult when the actual excel and model making isnt part of the lectures.
Good material but short explanation and no detail exercises and solution practices before the final test makes the test a bite hard to resolve.
very very interesting and well explained
Overall, the course material is good with many example. Need a general knowledge with mathematical and statistical from the beginning to pass the exam, because course slide is a little bit fast.
Tougher than the first in the specialization. You have to spend time on the material to succeed. In the end a lot of the concepts were not that difficult to figure out - don't overthink things as well!
Such a good course to learn about data analysis and statistics by using Excel!
Very good course
if you do not have a background in statistics do not expect to pass this course
I being a beginner found this course to be very helpful.It gave me a good start in data analysis.
Great course for applying real word scenarios with analytical tools such as Excel.
really awesome course...
Good Course so far. But lacks indepth explanation. Courses such as probability need to be taken prior to this
Course is very good! All examples are very clear and detailed. And a spreadsheet is provided to follow along during class. Only bad thing is that it was not so clear this course is heavily related to Math. Data Analysis = Math & Statistics. ;-)
Course did not meet any of the expectations. Neither Excel nor the analysis part. Should have focused on one of the aspects to make it more stronger. In my opinion "deviated" & stressed too much on statistics and model building (regression, logistic regression etc.) but did not do justice to that also!
pragmatic enough and a lot of stat to be learned
Really great! Things taught in this course are useful.
Though at the start of the program indicates no prerequisite I would suggest that you be familiar with Algebra and Stats. Most videos are of Dr. Egger writing out algebraic equations and discussing them, the excel component of Mastering data in excel come via pre-made calculators as attachments that you for the most part need to figure out on your own.If you do not have a good comfort level with stats then you will require more time to spend on understanding the spreadsheet and it’s use.It would be fantastic if Dr Egger could go through the spreadsheets as a part of the video and show a couple examples, hopefully revisions down the road !It was challenging but not impossible, and if you do not challenge yourself how much are you really learning?Best of luck!
I feel this is way too hard for people who are not good at math, or haven't studies math for a long time. Took me longer time to figure all questions out.
Difficult as hell.When You complete it You really start understanding this area but I think due to level of difficulty teaching staff should be a little more active.Big difference in difficulty in lessons(which are easy)and test(which are sometimes incredibly difficult).If You want to work in Big Data field You HAVE TO complete this course but...expect hell.
really use full,but before this cousre we need to acquire some mathematical and statstical knowledge.
The course was very clear and they included topics on information theory and statistics.
I read some of the other reviews and feel I should comment on some of their criticisms.The material, objectives and tuition are top-notch. Yes there are things that are unclear and difficult and I you will need to read around the subjects introduced from other sources and persevere.But that is how you will learn and remember.So far I have yet to complete the course, I am about to start my 4th attempt, but I get a little further each time and the next presentation acts as revision initially. Daniel Eggar introduces key concepts that you need to master, this course is not spoon fed, but is better for it.If I have a criticism, perhaps the course is badly named, maybe it should be called "Core statistical concepts for data science using Excel"
Too difficult for a beginner
Course only drilled down on specific aspects of excel that were inclined to regression analysis which is just one aspect used in business analysis
Excellent Course!! Great insight on binary classification model !! I recommend this course to anyone who is looking to master data analysis skills using Excel.
I'm here learning Excel skills, but this course, especially week 2, does not teach Excel skills.
Very practical course! Learned a lot.
Excellent Faculty and robust coverage!!
Egger is very well instructor. The course is useful.
I work with excel and thousands of lines of data everyday. I found this class to be challenging
It is best to have a strong statistical background before taking this course. Lots of statistical calculations and procedures. If you don't have a strong background in statistics , there is a good chance you will get lost at some point in the course. There is no questions that the instructor of this course is an accomplished mathematician, I just found it hard to follow his lectures as he got deeper into various statistical aspects of the course.
nice syllabus overall with great exercises.wish it would teach more commonly used excel skills in business e.g. pivot tables, index-match, vlookup etc.lectures were a bit hard to follow (esp the mathy ones) - i'd suggest reworking the blackboard craft
Very hard to comprehend for 6 weeks. But could have been great.
This is more of an introduction to statistics lesson than one in excel... not what I had signed up for
Not done with the course yet, but I have to say it started out very well and organized. I was actually learning how to use excel in the first week WHILE the instructor was teaching. The later weeks, however, seem to be completely different. They're disorganized and I'm struggling to see how the material correlates. It's as if I'm being bombarded with random topics, in addition to the fact that the instructor literally stops using excel to teach. After week 1, lessons are just random notes on a blackboard with a link at the end to the excel sheet in which the instructor has already prepared before with A LOT of info that you need familiarize yourself with solo. I had high hopes when I was done with the first week, but now I have to say I'm bored and demotivated!! (so far)
The explainations are a bit hard to follow if you are in a hurry, some times the course concepts just jump onto you. The techniques and content are really really great and very relavent, but the instructional value can be further ehnanced.
This course has nothing to do with Excel. It should be called "Statistic and binary modelling with little use in excel". If you except to learn about functions, pivot tabels, macros and the many other exciting features of excel, this is NOT the course for you.
I dislike this course because I have to complete so many assignment in one week. Instructions could have improved and slides could have improved rather than using chalkboard. Sorry there are a number of times I have to rewatch the videos and still dont understand. Hence I even have to place myself in another slot because I could not finish the assignment. Please improve on this module so that it is more enjoyable for learners who really want to learn. Thank you.
This course isn't for the faint hearted, you need a decent background in statistics, intermediate mathematics and good grounding in excel. All of these are covered well in the course but there's a lot to take in and I can imagine it being quite tough for those not so familiar. That said, the topics, examples and tools provided are exactly those required to build a good foundation in Business Analytics and I imagine, Data Science. Prof. Egger as always, delivers the course with great aplomb and shares his considerable knowledge in a wise but unassuming manner. Highly recommended.
Very little to do with Excel, mostly focused on statistics with brief overviews of how things could be done within Excel, but very little focus on actual Excel use and knowledge.
This course is only supported by a course of data analytics. It should clearly state that advanced statistics is a prerequisite knowledge. I expected to learn advanced excel techniques, not to be required to know statistic models to apply.
A great course to learn excel for analytics.
First step toward becoming data scientist.
Not so good. The course explains mathematical models and Excel applications but both are not detailed. There are many mistakes in PPTs and assignments.
This is not an easy course and some concepts/tasks weren't clearly addressed.But the instructor is great!
Getting more theoretical and less practical application on Excel application. Advanced Data interpretation and solving methods information can be included.
The course is built around people doing/studying business and economics. I am a scientist but I still learned a lot from it. The course is very practical.
Good Presentation
Though the Course name is Mastering Data Analysis in Excel. This course will take you beyond Excel mastering skills. Quite a Short Course compare to amount of Statistical and Probability concepts you learn. This course covers most of the concepts and models necessary for any Data Analyst & Data Science students and Professionals. This course is quite challenging and at times frustrating and time consuming but in the end you will feel you learnt something what you don't know. It will be worth your effort.If you don't know something what you don't know. Here is the course, it is an accelerated course. You many not master all of them, you will master some, I can assure any future students Professor will give all the information and concepts that you need to master. Even after completing the exam I keep repeating and going back to videos and notes which is really valuable.
The second test should be compulsory for also the non-paying students!
Indeed a Mastering course for Data Analysis!
The instructor should spend more time putting equations and concepts into concept, and tying them together. It often felt like values and questions were arbitrary. This is less about master data analysis in Excel, and more about gaining ground in a few key concepts, so the title is misleading as well.
This is not a basic excel training. The title is appropriately set as "Mastering" Data Analysis in Excel...
I did learn a few helpful tips for analyzing data with excel - particularly how to do a regression analysis in excel which is something I didn't know and is not intuitive. But for a course that is supposed to teach you how to analyze data in excel, there are actually very few lectures that actually show you how to do anything in excel. So much time is spent on how to calculate stuff by hand, without even mentioning how it translates to excel. Also the lectures have a lot of errors that were not corrected in a professional way. Just a random slide put in as an afterthought. The lectures got a bit disorganized towards the end, like the professor was in a rush and then forgot to relate everything to actual business analysis. The final project was especially difficult as not much was explained - I had to read the forums to figure out what I was actually supposed to do.
I would like to recommend for every beginner who wants to learn data analytics!
Awesome course to take if you want to be proficient with basic usage of Excel
This course is very challenging. I may not have had the proper background in mathematics to full absorb the material. Similarly I may have to busy of a lifestyle to have properly focused on this class.
We learn a lot in this course
It's more statistics than Excel itself, wich is good but I think the name doesn't fit to it
inclination was more towards concept than excel
swollen with pride that I could be a great biz analystofcourse, with Great professors ^~^
This course was tough, but I dont mind a challenge. But what I found frustrating about this course was that first the quizzes were often inconsistent with the lecture material, the TA's were less helpful than my fellow classmates (without whom I would not have made it through the course) and the final was an IMMENSE challenge that took over my life for about 1 week - despite the calculation by the instructors that it would take 6-8 hours. I did give it a few stars because I honestly did learn things I did not know, and I understand the value of the application of what was taught for modern businesses. I have been informed that the course is being reviewed by the instructors for strengthening and I 100% agree with that direction.
Beware this course, especially if you are new to this area (despite what the course/specialization says). There are very few examples to clarify and illustrate the different topics of the course, but what's worse is that the assignments are almost completely divorced from the instructional videos; the assignments and especially the final project are much more complicated than anything presented in the instructional videos, so there is no knowledge basis from which the student can operate to complete the assignments/projects satisfactorily or smoothly.I am extremely dissatisfied and wish I hadn't paid for this specialization. Beware.
very nice stuff.
Title misleading. Never ever a beginners course.
The concepts here are useful and Mr. Egger is a knowledgeable instructor but 1) this class is really about gathering information with Excel as the tool - you aren't learning anything about Excel functionality, so the title of this course is really misleading if you just want to become a stronger user in Excel 2) there is a huge disconnect between the video lessons and the excel worksheets used to complete the assignments and since many previous reviewers mentioned this, it seems like that's not going to change. 3) the disconnect between the lessons and the assignments wouldn't be an issue if the instructor could be bothered to respond to forum questions. Mine sat unanswered for 5 days as the deadline passed. You are NOT going to get support if you dont understand something.
Really unhappy with how difficult and over complicated it is. I came here to learn about Excel. Pivot tables? functions? The course really loses focus and its unfortunate that I am now stuck here and cannot continue the entire specialization.
The title is misleading .This course has a little to do with excel , you could get some mathematical information but I do not think you will master anything
PROS:- Classification lecture is good;-Weekly assignments are challenging enoughCONS- No slides provided. Professor draws on an eletronic chalkboard (with a very bad handwriting) and you need to keep going back to videos when you are doing the homework. For me, this shows lack of professionalism and laziness- Some excel sheets are provided. But they are very messy and badly formatted, matching the messy handwriting in the videos. AND, the instructions are for MAC! No instructions for PC are provided whatsoever. I never used MAC, so I had a very hard time!- Very few examples real examples are provided;- You learn math concepts, not Excel skills! Except for the LINEST function, which is very handy, BUT it's NOT TAUGHT in the videos. I had to google the function to learn it.- They say to complete each piece of the final assingment after you finish the respective week related to that piece. But they only say that as you start week 6!- The course doesn't provide sufficient material for the final assignment. You get stuck without knowing how to get to answers;- Some answers to the final assignment are not correct, you check the answer sheet, and the results aren't present in the test!OVERALL:I'd never recommend this course to anyone. I only took it because I'm plannening to finish the specialization.I've taken several Online Courses (5+ on Excel), and this is the worst and most frustating one by far!
The order and content of the lessons wasn't planned with sufficient care.
The course is quite tough for me, but I enjoyed the topics discussed, primary between a binary model and a linear regression model. The addition of Excel into this course adds an application layer, which helps me to bring the concepts to the working world as well, and not just plain academic knowledge.
Quiz does not require hands-on experience of creating templates but rather simply plugging in numbers. Students may forget most of the content after finishing the quiz.
Very poor lecture, I barely learn anything about excel from this course. The course title is quite mis-leading
not easy but rather clear speech
Well, it'll be good if you set the expectation that you're learning information theory and binary classification in this course, with Excel being the tool by which you use to learn those concepts.However, do not expect this course to be entirely about Excel, it is not.With the right expectation, this is a great course!
Great - the maths section was actually educational
When the instructor for the course expresses amazement at the level of difficulty people are expressing in the forums that tells you a lot about how out of touch he is with what he is teaching and what is really required prerequisite knowledge.There is minimal actual instruction in excel-most often concepts are taught much like Khan Academy, on a digital blackboard. Nothing inherently wrong with that but when your course title has the word 'EXCEL' in it one would reasonably expect the instructor to actually demonstrate using excel. Nope, not here.If you've never heard of linear regression or Bayes Theorem don't bother with this course. Honestly. While those things may be easy to explain without the math they are very difficult concepts to implement and a simple 10 minute video won't clear the fog.You absolutely will not 'master' data analysis with this course. I've used Excel for over 15 years, daily, and to have the gall to say your course will 'master' something with a few videos is misleading and deceptive.If it wasn't for the TA/Mentors who do the lions share of work in the forums answering questions and deciphering the questions so students can understand them this course would be an abysmal failure.If you're wanting to jump on the data analysis/ scientist bandwagon look elsewhere. i.e. EdX has a great course on a true introduction to data analysis that is more in line with people's impression of actually using excel in that context.Now, having bashed the course I do believe the instructor to be a very competent and knowledgeable individual, but I feel he's been in academia too long and has grown accustomed to teaching those who've been in school continuously and still have algebra/ stats fresh in their minds vs. those who need to brush away the cobwebs. The course in more on the level of a 201 and in certain parts 401 level but not 101.
Very important course if you want to know more about data analysis. Fascinating materials (Markowitz optimisation, linear regression, information gain, binary classification...) with both theoretical and practical aspects! In spite the fact you won't learn much about VBA skills, this course will definitely give you a very good basis for addressing any data analysis problem with Excel.
Be prepared to study a lot as the material is comprehensive and vast.
Misleading course name/title. Was expecting a course on using Excel. Forums were cluttered and not monitored often.
Easily and fun learning for novice learners as well as non-mathematics background.
given very useful material
It's just not only Excel...is mostly data analysis.
Very good course
Although more about Prob and Stat than learning to use Excel, concepts of binary classification and entropy are very interesting and are taught very deliberately and thoroughly. More practise quizes and worked out examples would be even better.
It is very easy and unusefull course.
could have lecture more.... the videos talks little about the spreadsheet provided
It's too advanced for people with no experience in statistics and sometimes too abstract to relate with
Constants errors in explanations, made you work very hard to complete it. We typically work hard, the organization of this course my you to suffer. You will go to learn a lot like I do. (Final Grade 91.4%). Learn in this course can be frustrating, they will push to the water, you will need to dedicate a lot of time discuss course material with fellow learners, mentors, and instructors to learn how to swim to save your life.
Really wanted to take this class. Unfortunately, I believe it is more about advanced statistics then excel. It was advertised as a beginners class and that is not the case. I recommend having a significant knowledge of statistics before taking this course. I'm a 15 year senior level accounting executive and I was easily spending 10 to 15 hours a week plus watching the videos 3 or 4 times each in order to understand the content. It was very difficult to understand. Disappointing.
Too difficult. The lessons go too fast.
Not so comfortable with using Excel.
very good - step by step and clear.
I found Week 2: Binary Classification really confusing. It was just not clear. Specifics were not given. Definitions were not given. Poorly instructed.
It was an interesting course.
The Course is fine, explanations and videos are a bit hard to follow at times.The final assessment is in my opinion very bad, as it i appears to me quite unrelated to the course it self. The lectures are quite abstract and the exam is a practical application of the concept.The instructions of the course also aren't very good as you need to do each part of the final project at the end of each week.I would strongly suggest to not take this course unless you have many spare hours.
Poorly coordinated lectures. References to resources that are not provided. No response (at least, for days on end) when questions are posted on the forums
quite a lot techniques to learn. Just wish they could explain more about applications of those techniques, in more details, which however might be hard to get done in 5 weeks though.
This is an advanced Statistics class. Learning was chaotic, confusing, and fast paced. Strong Mathematics skills required. As icing on the cake, there is an 8 hour project at the end of the course .. and they only tell you at the end that you should have been working on this all along! Not at all what I wanted to learn or find productive in the real world.
So far i have found it useful. Most of the introduction elements are elementary but it gives you a chance to build up your knowledge and apply it as you go.
No relevance to specialisation. Do not expect to get through this if you have not taken multiple statistics courses at university level or higher maths. Barely any practical application, does not prepare you for final project.
This course has a lot to do with math and statistics and I find it really hard to follow especially when it comes to the final project.
I hope the video could show me more about how to do these entropy calculations in Excel
highly recommend
Concepts are fantastic but the material developed to deliver the course is short of expectations, especially from a university. Excel sheets do not match what is demonstrated in video lectures, lots of confusion around how to complete tasks, quiz answer options not being correct, and missing Excel spreadsheets (e.g. video lecture says to refer to accompanying excel spreadsheet, but no spreadsheet available). Also, judging from past discussions by students, some inconsistencies around formulas being presented in video lectures versus assignment questions. could have been a great course, but the inconsistencies have made is very disappointing.
Interesting statistical concepts, and great theory. However, the lectures and the quizzes do not prepare the student well for the final project.
Great contents and teachers!
Really confusing and struggled a lot. The course doesn't prepare you for the final project.
Very heavy on the stats front, not so much on utilizing Excel but I learned some useful things in this class.
The course doesn't prepare you for the final project.
Easy understanding and practical.
The title is very misleading. Excel is an afterthought for this course; instead there is a heavy focus on statistics. The class claims to be for beginners, but that is clearly not the case, as it requires previous knowledge in inferential statistics and calculus.Excel is hardly used and is certainly not the focus; there are weeks where Excel is not used at all. There are no practice assignments, only quizzes.It's clear that this course is outdated and poorly maintained, as the videos refer to examples that are not included or content that was not presented.Needless to say, I will not be taking any other courses in this specialization.
very nice course，discussions are very helpful.
Good course. Wish it was more hands on working with excel.
I found much of this material wasn't as applicable to excel analysis as hoped and didn't cover many of the analysis tools
Excellent content, learned many new things. Mainly new tools in Excel with the Solver.
It was hard to follow along with the lessons, because it was mainly present in formulas. More examples might help students relate the information better.
This course really tortured me , but really worth the time and effort, I did learn something by heart :)
very helpful and useful in real case
The course structure is not thoughtfully prepared. There is a lot of confusion around what the instructor wants to say. The practice quizzes and course content have no match whatsoever
Really helpful
This quickly became a statistics course, which although important was really difficult for me as I went in not expecting it.However, Dr. Egger is incredible! I think he's a fantastic and well-versed instructor in the Data & Analytics realm and am eager to find ways I can use what I've learned into practice at work.
Good content but badly structured
This class required far too much independent study. The instructor did not provide enough instruction or reading material to complete the quiz each week. There was too much focus on the conceptual data with very little emphasis on practical application of the material.
Difficulty (at least for me) was non-linear. Weeks 1-2 were very basic with weeks 3-4 moving into parts of stats that I don't recall from my college course so it took some extra work to apply the models.
Dr Eggers is a tremendous professor. The course has wit and application along with assignments that are well scaffolded to the learning content. Highly recommend this class.
Very interactive and simple to learn course.the video lectures are very clear to understand and worksheets are helpful to gain a better understanding of the topic.
The class has great concept but it needs a bit more structure and change to hit its full potential.The Good:-The spreadsheets and exercises along with Quiz material. The project was also very informative.The Bad:- The video need to better explain how Area Under Curve and how the Credit model make sense. It was not very intuitive and I struggled for over 2 weeks to put the Project together due to this gap.But a worthwhile class with great potential. I am glad I took it.
learn lots of practical things
Not enough practices for the unexperienced students.
The attendants might already have a good foundation of econometric and probability statistics before taking this course. Some definitions might be difficult to understand especially how it would be applied in real life.
Fantastic course, a lot of work. You definitely need decent maths and a bit of basic statistics to fully understand the course. The course covers many topics and provide great practice on core application in statistics field.
I am sorry to say this, but the tutorial could have been organzied in a much more serious way.I do not know how much time the Professors have put on preparation. But it gives me a "sloppy" impression!!! The class carries the name of University of Duke and 70 euros are charged, so I think the learners would reasonably expect to see that the teacher puts lots of time to organize the course structure, in order to efficiently give as much as information to the learners within limited time!For example, I believe nobody would not say that the Week 2 content on confusion matrix is very consistently explained. And this is just one example.
Tough class but filled with useful and applicable ata analysis using the most popular and available program to do this work... Be prepared to get a little frustrated and watch the instructions more than once..... It's not Cousera fun fluff !!!
Content is not well organized, videos are disconnected from one another, explanations are not clear, spreadsheets contain vast information that is not explained anywhere. It is been quite difficult to follow through the course and I bet many students are giving up.
I really recommend this course. Very useful!!Perfectly explained.
Week 1 a little disapointing
Great Course, it's a useful tool to improve your excel, and your Knowledge in statistics.
This course is doable if you have prior knowledge of probability and statistics. This is not for beginners and should therefore by reclassified as intermediate and above. I am sorry I enrolled in this course. I have truly hit a brick wall and can go no further...
Goto course ...... very nice ....... :)
This course contains too few solid content.
This is definitely not a course for beginners .
Great course, just a little too technical
Does not teach Excel very well while tryng to apply the basic usage instruction to not too difficult problems. The ability to interface with Excel after some knowledge of Python/R or other programming languages would be helpful in the Data Science programming that is increasingly being promoted.
While the first week touched on Excel and the equations can be used in Excel and have efficacy in regards to analyzing data, it feels as if the course emphasizes more on utilizing math than utilizing Excel. And according to my understanding, that was what I thought I was signing up for. So, it felt like a bait-and-switch to me.
Way too theoretical. This is Excel, not Information Theory....
Highly useful and practical course. it can be a bit challenging for Uni graduate from irrelevant field.the First course and the visualisation course from this series of specialisation is okay .
To course got tougher every week while the lecture video is not cover everything.
this course is definitely NOT for beginners. you MUST have intermediate to advanced knowledge of statistics and math. I had to resort to google and khan academy extensively just to grasp the concepts in this course. This course also does not teach you everything about excel, let alone master it. you just refer to pre made excel sheets for quizzes. thats it. Good luck figuring those out.
In light of R or Python, doing statistical computing in excel is really time consuming and backward. The instruction might be OK, but I lost interest beginning of week 2 seeing how he build binary decision model in excel.
This is my first Coursera course and I wasn't sure what to expect. I was hoping for a good experience but preparing myself for mediocrity.I finished the course at 2am on Monday morning and I've been really impressed, both with the Coursera "infrastructure" and with the quality of the teaching from Daniel Egger and his team. I live in South Africa where tertiary educational standards vary widely, and appear to be on the decline. More and more, we are going to need MOOCs like this from the best universities in the world.More specifically, relating to this course, I found the video lectures well presented and the quizzes thoughtfully prepared. The Excel models really helped with grasping the concepts and practice.A couple of suggestions:a) The course FAQ makes light of the background knowledge necessary to cope with the course. It needs to be more honest about the need for mathematics and statistics. Linear regression is not for sissies, in my opinion.b) Please tell us at the START of the course that we should attack the project week by week. This advice isn't (unless I missed something) given until you open the week 6 project. Ahem... it's too late by then! I spent a very frantic 4 nights last week crunching the project work, 4 quizzes and the assignment. I got to bed at 2.30am, and i'm not a night owl.Overwhelmingly though, a really interesting course. I'm already starting the next one.
Not exactly for business use
Great course for learning some data analysis with excel that is also accessible even if you have had little experience in excel before.
Frankly speaking, this course is a little bit hard for me although I have studied them during my master programs. There are many formulas in the course and hardly to remember in short time. I had to review the videos several times. I'd like to recommend the professor may summarize such fomulas in one page so it's more easy to students to catch up the course.
Great course. Relevant ad practical examples and case studies.
The importance of this course is huge. However, I did miss better explanation from some topics...
I find it very practical. Not only do the lectures give you general overview of the concepts with examples, but also they teach you how to do the maths which is very important in my opinions. Thank you very much Prof. Egger and the team.
Don't be fooled by how detailed and clear the first weeks videos are. The second thru the final weeks are lacking details and explanations and found myself lost during most of the videos. There were even a few typos and errors. Be ready to do a lot independent research and learning from other sources in order to complete the weekly quiz. I was unable to complete the final project of this course due to the lack of knowledge provided by the lecture videos and some of own research. I was hoping to complete the specialization for this, but it doesn't seem like this course provided me with enough to proceed.** The use of excel on the weekly basis was poorly integrated with the flow of the course.
I found this course too advanced for my level of familiarity with statistics. Its true that most basic stuff is covered to be fair, but the progression is very rapid.As I work long hours and other commitments I didn't have enough time to dedicate to study beyond the time needed just for this course. If I had been able to study an extra 10 hours a week practicing using the formulas then I'm sure I would have got more out of it.
I found this course to be very challenging, but I am grateful for the knowledge and the new perspective. Thanks!
towards end of the course, specifically linear regression week, a lot of buzzwords are strung together. I wish, the instructor would be a little bit more sparing in their usage together (together is the keyword). Eg "This is the connection between linear regression and mutual information in a parametric model where we have gaussian distributions" I feel that each term in isolation I know what they mean, but when strung together, I am unclear how to process the meaning.
Instructor is highly knowledgeable and provides an interesting and thought provoking lecture.
Simply if define it in one word. EXCELLENT!!
I would have appreciated a bit more of a hands-on process in building the workbooks (with proper instruction of course) and more formal presentation of the formulas being used, but overall, I got a lot out of this course and enjoyed it along the way.
The content of the course was good.However, I did not like the presentation of the material, moreover such a topic would need to be covered by a longer duration course.
I really enjoyed the course. Professor was very good at explaining everything. And the team was very helpful. And this course is definitely for people who already has a good backround in exel and working with data.
I expected far more handy real life Excel examples, not to see a teacher speaking and writing stat formulas for hours.The idea of this course is very good, it has some room for improvement.
I missed some more content in certain areas of the course (i.e. histograms). Apart from that, great course and great explanations by Daniel Egger!
Like the course content. Though I know lot many function in Excel, but solve was new and kind a unique one.
The training course excellent however I would like to find the quiz for the week number 1
This course did not live up to its potential.The course should be retitled as an "Intro to Statistics" not learning functions and visualizations on excel.I still have three stars because I at least picked up some useful concepts from it.
Final project really hard
Excellent class. Much tougher than expected. I went in thiinking I was an Excel guru, and learned a ton.
Complex concepts (e.g., regression), which cannot be taught in such a short course format (I know from extensive prior training), are taught here in an arcane way. I don't know how students without prior knowledge on these topics (e.g., regression, ROC curve analysis) could possibly understand this when taught this way.Course is also in an 'early draft' mode, with plenty of mistakes in the videos/slides. The course (and specialization) really tarnishes - instead of enhancing - this institution's outside image and reputation.Really a deception; sorry I took this class and specialization, a complete waste of my time and money. The initial presentation was misleading (and I have found online many people sharing the same feeling).
Very interesting!
Clear, concise and clean communication! Thank you!
Given this is the third (or fourth) iteration of this course, it's telling that the errors from the original release remain in the videos and quizzes. There are other, higher-quality Data Science MOOCs available.
Great!
This course was over my head academically and I was able to glean very little from it.
Too advanced, not enough Excel
Not so relevant with real work.
Very nice course.
Very good Courses!
Probably the worst class I have ever taken on Coursera. The teacher asked us to do tons of things without explaining how and used tons of complicated math formulas without explaining what they were, what they did, or when and how to use them. There were also actual incorrect answers in the videos on occasion, so that even if you did do things correctly, you would think you were wrong and be confused, and there were a lot of inconsistencies between the spreadsheets used in the videos and the methods used to solve things compared to the actual spreadsheets given to us, which makes things pretty impossible to learn. If you're more advanced, it may be easier to find and understand the differences between the video and the spreadsheets, but the whole point of this class is that it is for beginners.
Really good course, I think the most value is at the end when you are able to apply the concept learned in the final assignment
Great class, however I felt it was very heavy on statistics and math concepts versus how to use Excel for data analysis. I would've liked to see some strategies on how to analyze large datasets, look for trends, and clean up bad data.
Very helpful course. Intense concepts covered and good examples to master them. Thanks!
Awesome！However, you need knowledge of statistics.
Good course
A great course!!
very good is increible this course for practice
its very helpful
I feel that the course does cover adequate topic to improve our mastery of data analysis in Excel. The course is more focus on the statistic and probability theory without giving adequate explanation on how to work on Excel.
good, but no material and lack of structure
Very useful
Not for beginners as promised. You need strong statistical skills to understand it.
Really useful project :)
I thank Prof. Daniel for the clear exposition of the course.
It's quite interesting, but definitely not a beginners one. I'm put off quite a bit by the exclusively financial examples
Lots of good information. However, this course could be structured a lit bit better. More examples and small practice exercises within the lectures would significantly improve the retention of material.You should posses at least basic knowledge of statistics.
Excellent instruction/instructor and great templates.
I would like to have more example, it feels there is mostly theory. The quizzes were super easy, I dropped out at final project, I couldn't get through the first questions. The course (and especially the final project) requires a good basis in statistics beforehand.The assistants are super helpful and patient.
I believe pivot tables also plays a big part in Excel, wish they could incorporate that too.
This course was somewhat challenging and having no experience in this at all it really paid off to learn about models. It would do me good to take a statistics course and i plan on doing so this upcoming semester, to maximize my benefits from a course like this.
still needs a better way of explaining the diversity of the course
It's not only basic Excel course but you can learn a lot of useful Excel functions like log or ln.
It´s an excellent courser, very dynamic and fun. You´ll learn a lot of usefull techniques to use in daily life or work
Learning some great things!
Very thorough and useful. Thank you so much.
The course requires good knowledge of statistics as a pre-requisite.
very uesful for me ,i'am a student in china
very practical course with understanding of business context
This is a great course.
Unfortunately, the material and lectures of this course fell short of my expectations. Lectures don't follow a logical path and are all over the place, and some concepts are not expanded as required. Overall, I believe they need to improve how the content is presented, and how it's applied in a real world context.
The lecture videos are not super helpful and the instruction and support for final project is somewhat lacking. You need a relatively solid background coming into doing the project beforehand. Just study the course material is not enough for you to complete your final project, in fact you need peer help or to read more materials to fully understand and finish the project. The quizzes compared to what is asked in the project is too simple and thus not constructive enough in the overall learning. Overall I would recommend you to have a solid background before proceed with this course if you want to improve your learning experiences.
great statistic refresher and hands-on experience with excel
Being honest, the lessons in the course are disconnected with the weekly tests, specially for the final exam. Professor Daniel Egger and his assistan MUST improve the lessons, including examples step by step specially for the multiple linear regression su
I never knew excel had so much possibilities
Very informative, and very challenging! The final project really challenges you to pull all of the concepts together in a real-world situation. That process helped solidify my understanding of the concepts.Would have liked to have had more explanation on linear regression, but overall everything was great. I have a much more concrete understanding of the basics of data modeling.
Very confusing stuff, need better clarification in course description and the way the material is transmitted to the student need to be reconsideredBut very well made and interesting.
In the course info this is described as the first course in the series and that it requires no prior knowledge but the first week quiz contains questions referring to an equation 'discussed in the previous course'.
after the second week I droped this course...I thought it will include excel and economics knowledge but was very wrong..
This course is mostly theory based and certainly not what i am expected!
Was very frustrated with this course. Does not have a strong emphasis on Excel skills and the statistics models provided seem to be randomly chosen and poorly explained. Quizzes were interesting, but time-consuming because of the necessary extra research outside of provided lectures.
Good content and practical examples.
Great class
This course is good, but I feel it's too difficult. It would be good to suggest 'optional' prerequisite course if there is any. Thanks Dr. Egger.
I would have liked the class to be less theoretical, with more frequent explanations linking concepts to practical applications in daily / business life, in order to keep interest and motivation high and facilitate understanding and memorisation. It sure would help to enter this course with a certain background of probability. Those memories were too ancient in my case :-(
Quite an useful course for Excel application in business decision-making. But I think the final project is a little more difficult than weekly assignments. And only Quiz 1 has some hints about the potential problems we might come across during the quiz. The linear regression part, especially multivariate linear regression, need more explanations how to derive the matrix in Excel. Even though I followed every steps and referred other classmates' discussions, I cannot work out the matrix with Excel. So sad :(
Clear and useful. But you need a text book to this course.
Good but the final project could have been setup up with better instructions.
Excellent and reasonably challenging course. One of the courses that would be extremely hard without a solid foundation in maths.The final project is massive and time-consuming - I didn't see it coming and was surprised, not in a good way ;) You better start working on the final assignment since the beginning of the course.
Very useful!!!
good course for all
Good content, some materials were difficult but the video lecture were rushed.
Amazing volume of topics covered and in a manner that is not overly complicated in terms of testing methodology, but still requires you to do the work. There are still several bugs with the course, test answers and instruction documents on the site, but clearly the course is new so hopefully that will be resolved in coming iterations of the class.
Thank you very much for great course.I have some difficult with this course and I did not finish it. Whatever the course was very interesting.
Content not discussed in proper detail. Instructor skims over the concepts. Its difficult to follow.
The content is really interesting and useful. However, the way in which the lessons are organised I'd say is confusing. The professor explain you complex concepts like entropy or binary classification to continue with an excel worksheet. It's here where the issue relays, the excel files are filled and instead of learning by doing you have to figure out how the prof made the file. In consequence, the solution is always available.In my opinion, it'd be better if a raw data set is given and you build the model step by step from the scratch.
The course is more on analysis techniques as opposed to Excel shortcuts, tips and tricks. It certainly helps if you have a good background in algebra-level math; if you're looking for a course on how to be an Excel Power User, this might not be the best fit. Otherwise, what I learned here is useful for me. Thanks!
The method of the class is very useful, and teacher has a clear explanation and illustrated it very clearly. Thank you very much!
Very good teachers/instructors.
Videos fine. Quizes impossible to understand unless you take previous courses and have time to go through forums and more extra staff. It takes a lot of time. Not suggested unless you have it.
The later part of the sessions lacks practical applicability and it is more abstract, that I find difficult to relate
Great course... Self Explanatory.. Loved the details.. Must take this one
I would not recommend this course. It was very poorly planned and seemed thrown together.
I wish the duration between each week was a bit more and there was an option to chat with the faculty directly
This is more than just an Excel course. It also covers a lot of statistics and the application of statistics in Excel (with pre-built template). I think more focus on how to build things in Excel will be useful.
Course contents are rather deep which is good and makes it challenging. Explanations could be better and there should be more content on some topics for better understanding. Someone with background in statistics would find this course more useful than on who only has basic knowledge of statistics. Nevertheless, it inspired me to learn from other sources to fill the gaps in my understanding.
Love it
Extremely useful and easy to follow!
very useful, but hopefully, there will be some slides for learning.
The course gives you interesting analysis tools, but the title suggests you are going to learn new Excel tools, and you actually use it at a very low level.
its very helpful course
I learnt a lot from this course. The first week seemed very straight forward and I was worried the course was a bit too rudimentary. From there it stepped up four or five gears and I had to work hard to reinforce the concepts and apply the concepts.A really great course for any analyst or anyone seeking the true insight in data. The discussion board is a wealth of knowledge and a good read with tutors posting very plain english easier to understand answers to questions.
The whole course has very little about excel, rather about aweful a lot of data models. The course title is very misleading.
If we would have use a real example to explain the concepts prof Eagger
Much work needs to be done on this course to make it friendly to learners. The quizzes and assignments do not align with what is taught in the lessons. Further, the content in the lessons does not even show or explain what is expected from the learning.I spent the majority of my time exploring the discussions to discover what I was supposed to be doing and the rest of it on Google teaching myself the concepts that were not taught in the course.
the course neither explains statistics properly, nor teaches how to use excel effectively, disappointed
Great information included. I feel like I know much more about modelling data than when I started. The quizzes can be in that without the hints on the discussion forum I don't know how I would have completed them just based on the information in the videos.
Excellent course. Focusses mainly on data analysis in Excel rather that teaching you all excel function. A good way to learn both. I recommend anyone interested in data analysis to take this course. The exercises are challenging to answer. It's fun solving them
For me a great course that tackle basics of data analysis that is usually done in much more advanced software.Thanks to Excel "transparency" it is very easy to understand those concepts.
If I could give it less than 1 star, I would. It wasn't an Excel class, rather it was a targeted business statistics class with only disjointed lectures and no benefit of textbook to actually help you learn. Lots of errors in the lectures and tests, and little to no support from course staff. Stay away! You won't regret it.
Very good! Useful for both new learners and expertise.
Meticulously designed for crisp understanding!
patctical and useful course,is better for your creer life. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
This course was a great recap in math/statistics that I had totally forgotten about. Things were explained clearly, and the application of concepts was practical
Awesome course; it's not only about the tool, but mostly about the rationale behind what to do and how to do it.
Very challenging course that is very insightful in the use of Excel for Data Analysis
im in week 4 , cant master data analysis in Excel
Not much explanatory
Great course! I've learned a lot useful equations in business, and the appliance in excel.
Great one
Very challenging and wish there were more exercises throughout to strengthen understanding.
I teach quantitative methods in a Business course at University of São Paulo (Brazil). This is an excelent course with fundamentals and very usefull applications.
Loved the course! I still need to review some topics to make them clear in my mind but I really enjoyed! :D
really helpful
very good training.
Amazing to get a grasp on the concepts! Might need further inmersion on the Excel area
Turning what I learned in university about data analysis to a more practical approach.
Entering this course with a pretty in-depth knowledge of Excel, it was good to be able to brush up on some things I don't use on a day-to-day basis such as VLOOKUP and STANDARDIZE functions. The subject material is quite good, AOC and Binary Classifications were very interesting to learn about and have tons of applications, particularly in operation optimization problems/cases. One point of suggestion would be to double-check and clean up the accompanying Excel files. Some of the material was confusing to follow along with. If you could define cells, arrays, and tables for instance it would make the material much more intuitive to follow-along with.
Thank you very much, the lesson is very useful to me. in order to understand what the necessity of a function. and the professor clearly explains everything in the right pace.
Great!
They have a lot of good material. It will probably be better the second time around.
Very confusing lectures, he says you don´t have to have a basic level of excel to do the course but I didn´t find that true. Struggled through all of the lecture videos and the quizzes seemed to come out of left field.
Very poor material and instruction videos, with no logical flow or process.
The material is sort of interesting but there is not much hand-holding. I actually am an Excel beginner, and have merely an average grasp of mathematics. Before signing up, I read the prerequisites - there were none! It is advertised as a class for beginners, but I have found it beyond frustrating, and whats more I pre-paid for the specialization so this Excel class and the final project seem to be an utter waste of money without me going off to study Excel at length before trying the course again. Why not label it as an intermediate or higher class? I feel there should be a more obvious indication of the difficulty.
good course
Very Useful, Eye-opener
Very good those who want make their career in business analytic field
absolutely one of the worst courses... I am deleting it from my list.no slides make it harder to follow.
it's my first course on coursera .
Too much material, that moved too fast. Wasn't opportunity for enough feedback and explanation. I say this as someone who went to Duke and has taken similar classes at Duke!
Great knowledge to build your own equity in decision making.
Most concepts are rather theoretical and it feels more like a probability and stats course. There is not much focus on excel implementation and life is made seemingly easy with all the templates provided.
Warning: The lecture videos along will NOT be enough to prepare you for the final assignment! Be prepared to do your own research for the extra study materials. On the forum, many students said they had to drop out during the last week (probably without getting a refund!) because they were completely caught off guard by the huge knowledge gap between lectures and the final assignment. If you are determined to get the specialization certificate, you should definitely start the final assignment as early as possible. Don't wait until the last week or two!!
It has a lot of problems, including: Not so many lectures about excel itself - most of the time you will be watching videos about statistic methods. The lectures are very superficial, even though the quizzes and projects demand a lot of knowledge and time. The course seems to have a staff of one man: the professor of the course rarely replies (even though he did at the beginning of the session) and all the work seems to be done by his assistant, who tries his best, but ends up not coping with all the questions asked at the discussion forums.
Great course, great professor and great TA in community discussion. Can't give 5 stars as course introduction and content are not really matching. As per introduction anybody can take and learn this course, but indeed it is far from reality. If you don't have good math and statistic background then you better learn them first...I personally learnt a lot from this course even though could not get the certificate. Thanks everyone.
Extremely helpful
This is very essential course for the analysis of data using MS Excel
good course for combining stats and excel, but it is difficult for new learners with no knowledges on stats at all
Great idea. Unfortunately, the course is young and there were too many bugs to get past Week 2. Hopefully these will be finished my next session
This course really helps in doing Analytics with the help of EXCEL
Good intro and fundamentals, but focuses far too much on finance.
Very good course. Loved Daniel's teaching. I have a request to make coming from healthcare/ lifesciences background and a starter to analytics it would be very very helpful if Daniel can include basic/ elementary videos on probability and statistics/ Bio-Statistics in this course to enable us to go deeper.Else a separate course on BioStatistics and probability would be WOW. Looking forward for more courses from Daniel.Thanks,Swetha
This course is very good! The inconvenient is the lack of exercices, however, the explanation are clear and relevant; we go to the basics.
It will be better adding examples related with engineering cases (this is for technical people in any branch of engineering).
Really Help me :)
Really interesting course and material and a very good instructor. This would be a 5 stars course if it wasn't for the final project. During lessons some concepts of statistics were taken as known (which is okay). However the final project required to utilize a combination of all new learned material on a whole different level of difficulty compared to the preceding quizzes. I did not expect that jump in difficulty and enjoyed the course a lot but the final project just was a struggle.
Good topic and resources to learn. However the business terminologies sometimes are confusing.
Thanks to Duke university for offering these professional courses free
it is too complicated for me this courese, not very useful for daily work. but anyway i
Way too many abstract concepts that are not relevant to the challenges that I encounter in my day-to-day role. I wish this course would actually show me how to solve PRACTICAL business problems.The 2nd part of the course is not enjoyable at all. Sorry.
No need to learn Excel so I'm to focus on the content. The professor examples are clear and like that he provides different perspectives to looking at a problem and makes it visual as well in order to conceptualized the idea first so I can commit it to my mind.
The course has some valuable information, however course materials and videos are not so helpful. If you already have some knowledge about statistics and excel, it will be a lot easier to follow the instructor's lectures, otherwise I don't feel how a beginner could really follow up on this course. Some topics are run through so quickly that they are confusing to students.
The course is amazing and has introduced me to new frontiers of excel which will be helpful in my professional life.
Great course! Excellent videos and good exercises.
Don't know how to apply the statistics and excel formula in real world situation. Besides, it becomes focus on approving statistics equation than teaching data analysis in excel
Great Course! Thanks)
Overall, the course is great except for some minor inconvenience of the lecture. Some concepts are not carefully explain like incidence etc
Perfect course!
So many equations presented without explaining why these things work or how they are derived. I'm having a hard time seeing the relevance. Also, I learned a lot of these statistics in college and the explanations provided in these lessons actually confused me about things I already know. Very disappointed in this course. Especially since part 1 of the specialization was so good.
Where is the course study material and are you providing a book on this subject and Excel? You have me lost.
The course include structured elements and very usefull information to turn you quickly from beginner to master.
More worksheets and examples would help :) the course is quite dense in terms of the number of topics covered
GREAT ClASS!!!....The instructor is very good at explaining difficult topics the spreadsheets are very clear and comprehensive really enjoying this class
A very good COURSE....i was looking it sinc a long timethank you COURSERA
A bit very difficult course...full of formula
The course name is very misleading. While overall it is not a bad course, I believe a lot of people come here expecting very different material. Let's just put it this way: Mastering Data Analysis (mostly things to do with probability) with occasional use of Excel. Do not expect to learn anything new in excel.
The course deserves a 5-star rating because: (1) content is relevant, (2) the professor is concise and possesses great teaching skills, and (3) the learning modules are applicable to daily problems.
The transition is from easy to advanced. It gets really confusing, not sure if it's just me. I am not following the lessons anymore so I left the course.
This course is amazing! Very useful for students who are looking for data-driven position. Thanks for sharing.
Exactly what I was looking for!
Excellent course in excel tools, probability problems and theoretical thinking skills to apply to business problems!
Excellent Idea and concept, thank you!
It's very useful to learn how excel able to handle different mathematical models
The instructions are excellent. It really helps to learn the analytical functions in Excel
great experience with great faculties and learning basics with smart ways thank you
This is just awesome.
please give some mechanism to refer my friends to this course from the website itself
Excellent training in helping me to master excel.
Exceptionally good.great experience.
Excellent course! I'm an electrical engineer, not an astronomer nor biologist. However, I've always been interested in both topics. This course delved into both just enough where I stayed focused and understood everything. Each course was extremely interesting and I learned many new things in each. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the science behind the search for extraterrestrial life!
I specifically ' delayed' ending this course because I didn't want it to end . :)
Very good, it was the perfect amendment for my studies in environmental informatics.
Highly interesting and informative course, it gives you a well balanced overview of the subject and act as a springboard to delve further into the study of the Universe and its marvels. Personally I really enjoyed professor Cockell's lessons, I found him amiable and his teaching clear.If anything, I would say it is advisable to have a second source of information concerning space missions and science discoveries as some of these go back to 2013-2014, when the course was likely prepared.
This is a good introduction about Astrobiology. I'll continue my research about this specific topic with lot of interest.
This was a very informative and comprehensive introduction to the topic of Astrobiology. It was an enjoyable and challenging course to participate in.
The syllabus needs a bit of update, as many new developments happened since this course was put together. Nonetheless, still very much relevant as an introduction to astrobiology.
AMAZING! Very very clear, easy for individuals with little to no science background to follow. Extremely interesting and spilling with knowledge. Hopeful for a further course to become available!Biomedical Science student
It is a very comprehensive course and it covers a broad range of topics.
Very interesting stuff. Nice use of static imagery, but might have made more use of video.
Amazingly interesting! Never throught i could be so interested in Astrobiology before!
It was short :(
Very interesting course. A good introduction into Astrobiology, for an aspiring Space student like me. Well worth the time, short lectures. Summary after each course is the best part. I will come back and watch the videos. Thank you, Professor Charles!
General introductory course to astrobiology. Concepts are explained simply enough for anyone to understand, but the course omits detailed physics so advanced students might find the course lacking. Course is very approachable for first time students.
Great introductory course on Astrobiology/Exobiology. It provides relevant background to understand what this is all about. I wish there would be more external pointers, recommended readings, and a next stage.
Thought provoking course and very interesting.
Mr. Cockell is the best. His teachings is so good and it can be seen that he is so passionate about the Astrobiology and he is very engaging. It is like story telling. The concepts are so clearly given and the assessments do question your knowledge.
I've really enjoyed every lecture and learned a lot , Thank you Prof. Charles :))
Although the course doesn't seem to be practically used because we haven't found any ET Life yet.I have learnt so much about Astrobiology. It also reminds me, an Aerospace Engineering student to prepare for the coming of aliens.\(^o^)/YES!\(^o^)/YES!
Good course. A few sections could be updated and some materials seen more in-depth.
I really enjoyed the course. Wish there was more. It is a facinating subject. The videos are very clear and very easy to listen to.
Excellent course, basic information for the people who are interested in astrobiology, and the origins of life in universe
Sir Charles cockell,thank you for such an amazing and beautifully designed course on astrobiology.Theres so much that I learnt from it.Wish to meet u and take up more courses related to this amazing science...you are my inspiration sir.Thank you.Tejas
Nice basic course on astrobiology
it's very helpful course
Excellent course, well organized and good summaries after each lecture.
This was a simple and interesting course I would love it to be a little bit broader and present the information in more context. But still excellent course.
Very interesting
Great course!!! I could learn much more about the Universe. My best regards.
Excellent teacher and very nice videos
Very good introductory course that embraces a broad range of topics. The depth of coverage, however, is somewhat shallow in comparison to other scientific courses aimed at beginners, such as the outstanding 'Origins' course from the University of Copenhagen.
Amazing.I want to work on a project/research on this topic. This course is very nice
I thought this was an excellent clear introduction with its succinct simple clear lecture format that was was easily complete in just under 2 hours each week
The teaching methods and pace were quite fine but it lacked a bit of media presentation pizzazz. It was definitely sufficient but could've been a little better production quality-wise. The professor had an amiable vibe and definitely seem to be a master of his field. I enjoyed it and plan to resume.
Very intensive course, definitely very well detailed and thorough. The tests often rely on paying attention to the smallest details of the lecture, which while frustrating, forces you to learn. Its one of the hardest courses on here, but also the most rewarding when you finish it.
Absolutely brilliant course. I understand the subject so much better now. Charles Cockell is an excellent lecturer.
Really enjoyable and with enough detailed information. I totally recommend this course to anyone interested in a good introduction to the field of astrobiology. Professor Cockell comunicates the contents clearly and makes you feel engaged. It was a wonderful learning experience.
This course is just right for someone curious about the subject.
Astrobiology is one of the most interesting field in science having profound implications in our view of our daily life. The course has been framed to provide a basic understanding of concepts involved in the field of Astrobiology. Professor Charles Cockell was just amazing to dramatizes events spanning more than 4 billion years of our Planet. The lectures had the materials and stuff to stimulate a persons curiosity, to wonder about his origin and the place in this cosmos. The lecture makes one ponder and was very connective in a deeper sense. TOTALLY EXTRA-TERRESTIAL!
Thank you so much for this course! It was really interesting.
Took me years to finish this course... I am slow at my education and i loved how i could work at my own pace. So glad i stuck to it.Thank you professor!
It's really awesome
I am really enjoying this course. The content is displayed clearly providing a good overview of what astrobiology is.
I found this course very interesting and learned a lot.
pretty hard but really interesting
beautiful and interesting course
While a decent overview, the course is a bit dated (2012), One thing that would be nice, is having the key topics that are being talked about, show up on the backdrop. Sometimes, there too much information being presented too quickly.
It is an interesting and easy to understand overfiew of the topic. I recommend it for newbies to the topic and those who just want to refresh basic knowledge they might have gathered in other courses.
Good course, gently showing an introduction. Had the playspeed at 1.25x the entire time though, otherwise they talked too slow.
This is a well-made course with interesting lectures and a great professor. I'm very passionate about anything "astro" related and this was for me an introduction into the field of astrobiology. Beginner friendly.
Great Class
I really enjoyed it, the first modules where the ones i consider more important and tho it was pretty informative i would like to recommend the update of a few lectures and data of the same. In the case of the arrival of the spacecraft new horizons, i mean. But in general i really liked it, it compliments my college formation.
Great class! The topic is fascinating and the lectures are clear and well articulated. I strongly recommend this course.
course kept wanting me to verify and give them a picture of me
Great Course! Highly recommend. I especially liked the sections on origins of life and habitability. The lectures were packed with info but short enough to absorb. Loved the professor's presentation, as well. He was engaging and positive, but not over the top with enthusiasm.
I really enjoyed everything I have learned and honestly was so clearly laid out. Thank you so much for this!
This course has been extremely helpful, captivating, and thoroughly enjoyable! I learned so much from this course, and it has only intensified my interest and curiosity for this field.PROS:-Oganization and structure of the content-Balanced in terms of duration, difficulty, etc.-Delivery of the instructor, who was very engaging and maintained interest throughout the course, and his personal interest and knowledge in this field was clearly evident.-The assignments were well weighted, relevant, and a good indicator of my understanding of the course content.CONS:-None!So thank you to the instructor, the institute, and everyone else involved in providing this wonderful course. I look forward to more in the future!
I missed math.
Excellent course, I learned a lot but I think it should have some peer reviewed assignments, like a little research on some topic, so that you have to look for information and learn a lot more in the process.
Second time to take this class. Awesome!
Class is WELL WORTH TAKING! Very intense, comprehensive and quite informative. Professors are well worth listening to!
I'm already a Biology student, I took this course despite the language barrier because is not teached in many universities, I know Edinburgh has a long university teaching tradition, and I enjoyed the teachings.
Very well done course. Lots of insight and community support.
Very interesting and compact intro to astrobiology. Only meat, excellent way to start with Astrobiology. I want to thank prof. Charles Cockell for his work.
Brilliant, really interesting course, with an enthusiastic and clear lecturr.
Truly fascinating and phenomenal course. I wish there were more like it!
Great course, Charles does a great job teaching the course! opens up the possibilities of the origins of life and other possible life in our solar system and universe. thanks to Coursera.
Excellent introductory course on the topic. Thank you Dr. Cockell.
Very Good course. The teacher is very clear and enthusiastic.
Loved the brief lectures and well structured layout. Definitely a must for those stepping into this wonderful area of multidisciplinary research!
A great beginning course. Well taught. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this course. It threw me, at first, that the whole course was only lectures -- no videos or readings -- but so much of this course will be applicable to teaching biology that it's useful no matter what. I also had a small problem with verifying quizzes on my phone.
Great course with excellent learning material and clear explanations. I learnt a lot and would definitely recommend the course to anyone interested in astrobiology and the search for life outside of our planet.
5 stars, it's more. Great course would advise this to anyone. Thank you for the experence
Great content and learning experience. Informative and enjoyable course, great lecture presentations and support materials.
Great course, ta!
Well organized and very informative.
Great introduction to this really interesting topic - thank you :-)
Very informative, easy to follow, and well explained.
Amazing, interesting and mind boggling course with a great teacher.
It is very important to me to understand other things about the Universe. It's a complementary knowledge over the geology , that is the course that I made before in the University.
A very good course, very well presented and didactic.It would be interesting if it were upgraded to the latest results (2013-2015)regardless, I recommend it to everyone interested.
Interesting, But Monotonous. Great Resources And Loving It! :)
I enjoyed a lot :)
I developed a keen interest in Astrobiology after reading one of Dan Brown's books and this course has nurtured my interest. It has made me sure of what I want to pursue in the future.
Gives a basic idea about possible extraterrestrial life and how origin of life on Earth.
Very interesting material and well explained, but videos are quite plain - borderline boring.
Great course So far has taught me alot of things i didnt know and some things i needed to brush up on. well recommended
Best Course I have ever seen and Mr. Cockell is a really nice person. He made me really fascinated in the field of science.
Extremely interesting !
Very interesting presentation of the material. I really liked how it was paced.
Great course on a fascinating area of science. The presentation could have been a bit more engaging with some animations though.
I loved this course as it helped me understand things that didn't make sense before
A good idea about how begin and the evolution of life in our world and possible habitable extraterrestrial worlds in our solar system or planets orbiting stars, based in our own world.
Very interesting and informative, laconic and focused. The lecturer is great.
Thoroughly Enjoyed!
About the contents, I was expecting maybe less biological charge and a bit more about astronomy, but maybe that was my mistake. The teacher makes a great job, and I have been learning both astrobiology and English. About practicing English while studying another subject, I would like to appreciate the synchronizing of the subtitles, that were perfect.I totally recommend this course to anyone interesting in solar system, astronomy, biology and the search for extraterrestrial inteligence.
Really enjoyable course - this was my second time of taking it as I wanted to revise the topic. This time around I didn't have the time to engage in the forums as much, and found that I missed the lively discussions there.
Concise and fascinating overview of this subject, which left me yearning to learn more!
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I really enjoyed this course. I felt like some of the videos from the first week were a little too long, I preferred the shorter ones, and there was a mix up where the second week ended up being due before the first week which threw me off a little but the content itself was very interesting and I'm glad I took part in it.
I REALLY love this course. I love learning new things all the time, and this course really helps with that. It puts new perspectives in your mind and allows you to think further into things you may or may not have already known. Very interesting course, always mind grabbing.
It was a great course and not easy!
Best course ever! Charles is the best of teachers. You´ll enjoy every single one of the lectures and will never want it to be over.
Excellent! Professor Cockell obviously has a passion for his field and I thoroughly enjoyed his lectures. I learned much more than I expected as the course is fully detailed, well organized and the quizzes were challenging. I found the whole experience a pleasure. Thank you Professor!
Very interesting and engaging course. There are longer and more in-depth courses if you want them but if you want a concise overview of astrobiology on your own time, then this course is perfect!
Very good course. The instructer is clear in what he wants us to learn, and uses a great selection of visuel repressentations.This course earns 5 stars indeed
Thank you very much for this course.I think I now have a good understanding of what Astrobiology is and how it is possible to look out for life on other planets.Hopefully some of the big questions of astrobiology will be answered :)
A very thorough introduction on a unique subject!
Extremelly interesting material and good wrapping, I enjoyed watching lectures. Guess I'll continue studying biology as the course made me think about things and I need more info. Thanks a lot, great course
Excellent presentation and very interesting course
Fantastic class. Shows the need for interdisciplinary studies and why space exploration is essential to understanding how life began on earth. The lecures are interesting and the concepts well explained.
Very interesting topic, I had previous knowledge about exoplanets and formation of the Earth and solar system which was helpful but not necessary to understand the concepts in the course. The weekly assignments kept me engaged in the course even though I was taking it without credit.
Someone did their homework in putting this course together; well done.
Wonderful course.I took it just to satisfy my curiosity. I really enjoyed listening to the lectures and doing the quizzes. Many thanks to the professor for taking the time to make it.I would be happy to see a more advanced version.
Thank you very much, Charles Cockell, and everyone who contributed to the creation of this course and made this overview of Astrobiology accessible to the general public.
Good inte onto the area.
An introdutrory course but very well taught.
Exactly what I was looking for on the matter!!!
Really enjoyed this course. The videos were really interesting and full of facts and information. I would recommend anyone with an interest in the extra terrestrial or sci-fi to do this course. Some of the content will be a real eye opener to those looking to the sky for little green men!!
This course was amazing! I hope the course will be updated in the near future with more depth to current exploration. I personally would suggest the New Horizon Mission, The Rosetta Mission, the "discovery" of Enceladus' subsurface global ocean, and/or Stephen Hawking's $100 million prize.
I love this course, it gave me the basic idea of how life could and couldn't start with one situation or another. The impact of some element in our life and how alternative elements have smaller chance to be the backbone of life is not a common thing to think in my everyday life (a fresh air for me)I have difficulty to remember all the project that we all do to search the extraterrestrial life though XD...this course make me think that I now have a basic scientific facts to start build a new story about the early life in earth <3 oh my god, thanks a lot sir!! (^u^)v
Instructor was boring
Thank you so much for this course! It was very interesting and opened my eyes to so many new aspects of extraterrestrial life!
I already knew a little on this subject prior to completing the course but found the content and the delivery very interesting and engaging. Thank you for making this available.
Brilliant explanation but Professor need to have a little more smile and expression
Excellent information and presented very well.
Very interesting course
I really enjoyed learning about astrobiology. We certainly live in interesting times, and this course does an excellent job introducing the students to the current topics and technologies.
Excellent course. The prof was the real driver in the rating.
Very Good!
An enlightening course; well presented and taught in a language that is easy to grasp. Left me wanting more!
Thank you all so much!This course was amazing and very useful for me.My best wishes,Anastasia B.
Excellent Teacher. Never doubted. Gave scientific answers to very tv-sh
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I thought the pace was just right, and the quizzes were just challenging enough to make me review the content more thoughtfully. Thank you for making this course accessible!
A very interesting course
Very nice course. Specially the instructor is very helpful & knowledgeable person. I am very much grateful to The University of Edinburgh for providing this course.
Very interesting and easy.
This is a terrific course! I really enjoyed Dr. Cockrell's lecture style. He is very articulate and presents and explains the material very well. The photos and graphics were very useful for following the lectures and understanding the material.I found the "What Have We Learned" summaries after each lecture very helpful. I would like to take more courses offered by Dr. Cockrell in the future.
This was a very interesting and entertaining course, I enjoyed it a lot and can only recommend it. Thanks!
Very interesting and informative.
Very interesting, easily accessible to non-professional audience, thought-provoking. Well covered topics
Nicely done! Wonderful mix of challenging information, entertaining presentation, thought-provoking ideas.
Very interesting and very well explained.
I would like to send my thanks to the professor for sharing the course and all the assistants for the efforts you have done. The classes are very interesting and I enjoyed my time while following the classes as well as doing the quiz.
This was fun. As a novice to both astronomy and astrobiology, I thought it was a nice introduction.
Almost perfect (for the intro level it was designed for). I would suggest that next time, if possible, instructor image could be a little smaller and the actual images illustrating the points he is talking about a little bigger and more diverse. But that is a minor, please, don't get me wrong. The course was very very good, thank you a lot. Also, the off-line written forum-style discussions were very very good.
Wonderfully engaging course that was fun to take and inspires one to learn more about the exciting field of Astrobiology.
This good course; but I have none of those cards, as I can do to pay the course
Very interesting material, and very well explained. The course is slightly out of date, and a couple of the test questions were poorly worded (mostly, these were corrected), but overall it is educational and fun to participate in. I enjoyed it and I learned even more about something that interested me.
I learned a lot from this course. It did feel like some of the videos were out of order in the first two weeks of the class. Overall, it was very interesting and I now know more about a subject I was unfamiliar with previously.
Very interesting and informative to get a general overview. Could go a bit more in detail in some techniques and informations.
The material could be exciting but the presentation is dull. The pass mark on the quizzes is around 80%. As these courses are supposed to be for interest why do you need 80% to pass?
Great course that is interesting and engaging. Well taught and fun!
Amazing! Thank you professor. Easily one of the best professors I've come across. The course was not too complicated, at the same time it was extremely understandable. May there be many more courses like this on the subject (as it develops and spreads worldwide). Cheers! Highly recommended. Thanks again! Thank you Coursera!
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Good course,it gives me more understanding about astrobiology and extraterrestrial life.Thanks.
Very interesting, the professor is a great teller. Unfortunately the tests in week 4 are pretty bad, and the order of the lectures in week 1 and 2 seems off. Well worth 5 stars without these two imperfections.
Super good course
Great introduction to the field of astrobiology. Captivating and very interesting - only problem is that it is too short. I would love to learn more !
The pronunciation of the lector was more than awful! His English is quite unsuitable for video lectures! It was just a torture listening to him!
Great introduction to a fascinating subject. It covered a variety of topics at an accessible level.
This must be the most relevant information one could acquire in this age! So very grateful!
A simple yet extensive overview of Astrobiology. The learned Professor has managed to communicate the grandeur and excitement of Astrobiology without intimidating us with technical details, yet not leaving out anything.A great effort and accomplishment.
Very goof introduction. Maybe a little bit short on some subjects.
Great introductory course!!Definitely urging me to pursue more Astrobiology courses!
Really cool stuff for profanes :-)
Great course! I learned so much about this immensely interesting field. I would recommend it anyone. I am currently taking classes mostly about computer programming on Coursera but I saw this class and had to sign up. I am so glad I did!
Very informative and I learned a lot with this course. It was made very interesting and there was not a dull moment in the whole course.
The professor explained all the issues clearly. The lectures cover many interesting aspects of astrobiology.I would wish for more updated news though. For example, the New Horizons spacecraft has already reached Pluto.
The summary of each lesson is excellent.
Excellent and very interesting presentation of a wonderful subject.
A comprehensive and fascinating introduction to astrobiology. The course is delivered by an excellent team and offers valuable insight into the cutting-edge field.I would just like to mention to anyone thinking of taking this course that while it is indeed catered to beginners, there are some sections in which it would be helpful to have a basic understanding of cell biology (ultrastructure in particular) as technical terminology is used and could potentially be overwhelming without some prior knowledge.However this only applies to a small part of the course and the rest is very much accessible. Highly recommended.
Very informative, well organized and well presented. My only complaint is that the class was a little on the short side, and it could have went into more detail at a couple of points. I would still recommend the course, regardless of length (and have).
This is a very interesting course looking at the rise of life on Earth and what that can teach us about how life may have emerged on other planets.
i've learned tons of new things. i would like to have more materials on the subject. could the staff attach some recommended readings? other courses? than you for making this course :)
Prof Cockell opens the door of astrobiology for me. Before passing this course my knowledge about Extraterrestrial life and life on the other planets was about the Hollywood movies. Now I can understand when the scientists talking about "life" what is the term "life" is suppose to be.
This is a very good course and very useful for everyone who is interested in the Astrobiology field. Thank you very much COURSERA for adding this course.
This course was really great, and I don't say that lightly. The instructor was knowledgeable and thorough, the problems were clearly defined and discussed, added insight to key areas of focus were provided by instructors from past courses allowing for recap, and the problem was thoroughly interesting.
Dr. Richard Meisler did a great job at engaging the student about this very current and pressing matter. I want to thank him and those who he interviewed over the whole course for taking the time to make this available online. I am inspired to help others who are effected by HIV/AIDS. I hope to one day be able to utilize my time into helping others.
when i did this couse i spected to learn more about the bology of the virus, anyway i really enjoyed this course and i have learnt a lot!
It is just everything in one course: wisdom, social issues, history, story, biology (simply explained), health, drugs, stigma, families, people, lives! It goes around the world, it kills ghosts for people who's been followed by years of uncertainty.
very enlightening and educative
I thank Dr. Meisler, and everyone else involved in this course for their excellent work and for enabling me to obtain the knowledge that I have acquired studying this course. Well done.
It is very interesting, comprehensive and useful course! I am sad because certificate is not for free...
Great course! Thoroughly enjoyed lectures and learning more about HIV/AIDS from various perspectives.
It was a wonderful experience. It was great to know about the AIDS epidemic, role of different presidents regarding AIDS, its transmission, testing, counseling, vaccine, anti-retroviral therapy, prevention, problems as a result of anti-retroviral therapy, and a lot more. To grasp more information about AIDS epidemic and various HIV+ cases, the suggested books and referred movies were simply remarkable. Dr. Meisler has explained many aspects that might help one in future research for better treatment of HIV+ patients.
This class is filled with useful information and the outside resources it references are also great. The material in the class is presented in a clear and compassionate manner. It's a class worth taking to better understand AIDS/HIV and the role the disease plays throughout the world.
The course is very heavy emotionally, but completely necessary.
it was very fun
This is an amazingly thoughtful and thought provoking course. The care and time taken to build this course is nothing short of incredible especially as it is offered free of charge to students. This was a wonderful educational experience that has solidified my educational goals of going into the field of epidemiology with focus on persons living with HIV/AIDS. Words cannot express my gratitude for Dr. Meisler and the amazing participants in this course; it is nothing short of a blessing.
Enjoyed this course. It is a course I would recommended to anybody who wants to learn about politics, Government, Medical research and Activism that is formed from the characteristics of a disease. I wish for a cure to come up faster.
I did not watch every single video (I watched it initially for a school project so I had to cherrypick videos) but have definitely learnt so much from all the interviews that the professor has compiled for us and see from different aspects, e.g. political, legal, socio-economic factors, even literature, that have shaped our society's view on HIV patients.The professor has left very positive note and resonance for us to be aware of HIV and how to change our community by being aware of it. It is truly a meaningful course and I just want to give a huge thank you to University of Michigan for this MOOC.
This course provides a concise and balanced look at the aids epidemic,and social responsibility and response to it. I think it is comprehensive in the resources that we can access, additional videos, books, professionals, advocates and patients. Definitely a good starting off point for someone who wants a detailed introduction to the topic. I will review the materials again and again. Thank you. Good job.
Wonderful course, a lot the information and resource!
It explored How HIV was diagnosed, what are all the actions taken Globally to combat pandemic.
Course content has been presented in an excellent manner.
The course gives a whole perspective of the phenom of AIDS and its impact
Very professional and informative.
Very usefull course. Good explanation about the disease and actual course.
Very complete, interesting and exciting. A great experience! Dr. Meisler is a wonderful person.
This interesting course focuses on the social and political aspects of this well-known virus. Interesting is as well the historical information provided and that different countries around the world are highlighted and how various presidents dealt with the epidemic. The focus on stigma is amazing, as this has a big influence on the disease. I would have preferred to have some more information about the bio-medical aspects of HIV to gain a complete understanding. However, I would definitely recommend this course to somebody that wants to create a more complete understanding of HIV/AIDS.
Amazing course! It opens our mind to the world in which all people are equal nonetheless what disease they have. Everyone should consider taking this course.
This was a wonderful course. I've learned so much, and I really appreciate it.
Incredibly engaging! This course provides an excellent multi-discipline approach to understanding HIV/AIDS that not only focuses on the medical background, but delves into the cultural, social, and political factors that have impacted the disease. The professor is amazingly knowledgeable and has structured this course in such an engaging and organized way. Now, I feel empowered to bring this education to the community I will be serving during my Peace Corps service. Taking this course was one of the best decisions I have ever made!
Very much enjoyed the knowledge obtained and the additional reading material.
Really good course! Amazing interviews
Wonderfull course. I highly recomend it. All the professors and people invited to share experiences are very well prepared, they speak in a way that it easy to understand. I learned a lot and realized that as a general doctor from another country still need so much to learn about just the basics of this epidemy. I loved it.
Excellent and engaging course
This course has been an useful approach for me to AIDS history.The point is focused on United States but also I Could learn something more of AIDS over the world.I was hoping to learn more over AIDS, and I did it. But also I learned over people. People who are HIV +, people who care and recent part of our history.
Very informative and thorough.
The content might be great but the teachers don't seem to enjoy presenting the course at all. They are basically reading from a script. Very monotonous atmosphere.
wonderful and comprehensive introduction to infections !
I love it!
Great. Tanks you.
Interesting and well structured, easy to follow. Some videos were a bit too long, but the concepts were well explained. Everything was clean and clear. I enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed this course. I have learnt a lot new things and upgraded on what I already knew. I recommend this to every one interested in understanding microbial resistance
Really enjoyed this excellent course. Stretched me and gave me a great basic understanding of biofilms.
Excellent course; the presenters' English is a little difficult to understand at times but nothing too incomprehensible.
Thank you team who put together a great effort. I appreciate this opportunity to refresh my education as microbiologist, in the infectious diseases caused by bacteria. The extra readings were really refreshing, and would like to learn more about combination of treatment/usage of two or more antibiotics and other actions to eradicate chronic infections. Two thumbs up for motivating broader (international research) on biofilms. I found good correlation with PCR findings and follow-up of evolution thanks to conscientious collection of identified pathogens to compare throughout the years within and between patients to understand evolution and estimate best ways of treatment. Thank you again.
interesting content but not well presented. faculty read the script and struggled with pronunciation, fluency and generally engaging presentation. Combination of basic content on the one hand and highly specialised information / terminology without explanation on the other was not helpful to learning.
very informative and interesting
Excellent presentations with engaging graphics. Worthy of time and thought
Fantastic! Really fascinating and informative quality training from experts in their field. Great resources and really interesting presentations on complex subjects.
Loved it !!!!
exellent material and great evaluation tools to asses that the course was well learned by the ones that took it.
I enjoyed this course very much and I certainly recommend it to that ones who are working in clinical fields like pharmacies and hospitals. Excellent teachers and topics as well as reading material.
Great course, very complete and funtional. Help me to understand some things that i dont have clear about biofilms and infetions. I will do more course with this university.
It proved invaluable to me as it clarified my concepts relating to infections, especially those which occur with change of season in India and their treatment protocols advised in ancient Ayurvedic text.
My name is Adithya C.G. I am studying in my sophomore and final year of my M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology course (Master's) at SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (2015-2017 batch). The course is very informative. The videos are excellent.
So far so good..I enjoy each and every lecture
This course was very insightful and interesting. The lectures was very good and I liked the recommended scientific articles that we could download and read for extra information. I would definitely recommend this course.
Difficult course for the beginner but if you put the work in you learn a tremendous amount of material.
I enjoyed this course very much. Was an excellent refresher for myself and all the material, additional reading resources and instruction from the professors was clear and concise. Thank you!
The course was very useful, and interesting as well. :) I always like when people talk about what's there to discover and work out yet, not only what we already know.
Very enjoyable and well presented.
Perfect!!! So, I had high expectations when I started the course and all were overcome. I recommend the course to all who wish to start some work, however slight, with biofilms. I congratulate the entire team of teachers.
This is a truly brilliant course that shines a light on the dark world of the biofilm. The lecturers are excellent in bringing a quite difficult subject alive. The course introduces the secrets of bacteria to us and how they change from a simple infection to a long term (some times) debilitating chronic infections such a sinusitis and artificial knee joint infections. I found it fascinating that these simple organisms were clever enough dodge the bodies considerable defences and then join with others to form biofilms - which are like little communities working together with the aim of a bodily take over. Quite fascinating!! Furthermore - the lecturers introduce the idea of antibiotics and how they work to push these little invaders back!! Enjoy and learn
very helpful course
This course is not just for microbiologists. There are tons of clinical gems for all types of clinicians working with surgical patients or chronic wounds.I think it is a must for all primary healthcare, GPs, chiropractors and physiotherapists.An excellent course! Extremely well put together and presented. I highly recommend.
I greatly enjoyed the course.
Easy and very educationally
Tough course for me but important and worthwhile. Thank you for offering this valuable material.
very helpful and easy way to learn the topic.
Very useful and coprehensive course.
Very interesting!!!!! thanks very much for sharing all this knowledge!!
The course was very interesting and well-taught!
very good course
This is one of the best materials about bacteria and infections, very consistent and interesting. Im a medicine student and this course has helped me a lot.
Personal difficulty in understanding accents, my own lack of ability.
A very enjoyable course. Both timely and informative. Many thanks to Professor Bjarnsholt and his colleagues for putting it together. Keep up the excellent work.
Great course providing a thorough introduction to bacteria, biofilm, and chronic infections. Interesting lectures - relevant to our daily lives!
I found this course to be very interesting and informing.
This is a great course. I hope I am gonna learn a lot.
very specific and a lot of information
It is a very beneficial course,though it is quite difficult.I do learn a lot from this course.
This course is really nice! Normal courses are superficial with basic knowledge. I really like the way of researchers introducing their area and talking about the recent related publications. It is a proper course for college or post-graduate student in this area! Thank you for making so much effort!
I found it very hard to understand the lecturers and what they were saying.
This course gives a deep knowledge on how biofilms form, behave, distribute and affect the human body. I found it very interesting and useful. The professors explain the material clearly and the animations give a clear idea on how the processes occur. Thank you!
I really enjoyed the course and learned a great deal. The instructors were very good.
This will help me to understand more about Biofilm.
Very good definitions about each topic, concise presentations, clear. Teachers with broad expertise on the subject.
I liked this course a lot. I joined this course to understand the cause of bacterial infections during surgery. My mom is suffering from somewhat similar condition after having a surgery, so I wanted to know the cause of it. I got much more knowledge than expected. I am Microbiology student and I am doing PhD. Medical microbiology was always my topic of interest and to get better knowledge about biofilms this course is best. I would recommend this course to all the microbiology studying students.
very great course the variety in doctors every lesson is a very great thing but the assignment and asking about the names of bacteria is really hard and there is no enough data about why they are called that so it is really hard i hope you can add a lesson clarifing the names of bacteria
Efficient, relevant and well-formatted introduction to the topic! Great job!
Excellent teaching, the diagrams and knowledge of the lecturers is great. I turned the subtitles on as lots of the words were complex, so would recommend doing this for others. Tests were rather easy but the course was full of interesting information.
Great introduction to the study of biofilms.
This is a great job!Thanks for this course.
Great interaction, congrats-
Loved this exceptional course a good foundation for the subject of Bacteria, Chronic Infections & BiofilmsI have an avid interest in the subject and have followed the work closely of Alan Macdonald Pathologist, Dr Eva Sapi and many other pioneers in the field of chronic disease and biofilms.Thank you :)
Difficult course to focus on, but could understand concepts.
Great course with extremely knowledgeable professors. Thank you.
Really good! Totally recomended...
Classes are very informative and interesting. I personally liked the curriculum.
Excellent introductory course on Chronic infections and biofilms. New information well dispayed and well explained. I hope University of Copenhagen may lunch more courses like this.Thank you very much
Really Good
very interesting course.
It was an excellent course about biofilms and I learned much of theme
Has a good organization, good topics and also a great number of teachers.
I enjoyed this course. I found the quizzes hard, but persevered, and managed to pass with 84.5%
This course is well fitted for clinicians, for scientists, i mean biologists, we can have a relevant matter too.
Very informative. A lot of different experts. Nice and sometimes funny animations
Good introduction to the medical side of bio-film studies.
Brilliant course, with some veery interesting knowledgge on biofilm and their roles in chronic/recurrent infections.
This is the greatest course I ever had, and it also gave me a lot of inspiration with my dissertation .
Very nice course and digital support, could be a little more dynamic but very inf
The teachers doesn't seem to enjoy beeing there.......... The all seem like ''The faster we do this, the sooner it will be finished....''
The course was good, but there was a flaw in a fact that there were several lecturers. Some fact were repetitive, especially the interviews didn't bring anything new, and the tests sometimes were too specific. Anyway, I find the information given in this course extremely useful. The last module was the most exiting one, with clear structure and some really interesting themes to discover.
five star course. really enjoying the presentations
A very good introductory course !!
very informative
Bacteria are among the most import forms of life that ever existed, and to comprehend its biology is pivotal to human welfare and health. This course deliveries with flare high education from one of the most pretigious universities in Europe. I strongly recommend this increadibly interesting course to anyone who wants to learn about the fascinating world of biofilms and chronic infections.
Very detailed description of bacteria behavior. It gets very technical, but anyone curious about health with respect to bacteria's role can learn something from this course.
Very good context, yet the modules could be better distinguished.
Excellent! I would recommend to all those working on bilingual education and consulting for parents about it.
I loved the course because I surely learned a lot!!! Thank you!
Thanks for providing lots of interesting materials! As for me, i would prefer having more advanced tests and tasks as the given ones did not really help me remember the materials. I would also appreciate having some additional materials on the brain areas in this course, since this area was completely new to me.
Very useful and scientific oriented
Great lecturer giving an up-to-date and accessible state of the research on the bilingual brain, based on a wide range of studies including his own. Great way to get a sense of what neuropsychology is for beginners. I was expecting more on how bilingualism influence the way we think / process information / create, but the response has been that things are much more complex than that... I recommand this course to anyone curious about bilingualism.
The content of this course is really interesting and intriguing, but it would better if there are additional sources and information. Also, instead of mainly picture the teacher in the video, it would be nice if there could be more graphics and diagrams to illustrate the idea that the professor is trying to convey. Besides those minor deficiencies, I would say that this is a really good course and will worth your time.
A great course for those who are interested in the fascinating bilingual research going on in area. Clearly stated, up-to-date literature shared.
Very well designed course for effective outcomes. This course has helped me a lot to take constructive steps to improve my classroom experiences. Now my students as well as I are enjoying the classes. I used to use certain techniques only for a limited area of my lessons but this course helped me to understand and discover more ways to incorporate art with other subjects. It has also improved my own learning experiences. I am highly grateful to get the opportunity to take the course. Thanks a lot to Coursera. Special thanks to Lisa Mazzola and Stephanie Pau.
A great balance between theory and practice
Fantastic course to learn how to teach art in schools!
Very interesting and useful for teaching in the classroom and outdoor
This course is so helpful for art teacher. thank you Coursera
Really useful with great ideas.
Amazing course!
Great course! Loved it! Will be back to do more! Thanks!
Outstanding course! I am a museum docent and found strategies presented extremely successful for museum teaching..
Great course, with an amazing approach and fantastic material. For every one who loves arts, not only teachers, art students, if you do love art, join it and enjoy it.
The articles that were limited were actually somewhat helpful. The google hangouts seemed lackluster and draining. I would recommend more substance in the videos, or MoMA might switch to an article/book MOOC that doesn't rely as much as people talking about their opinion without a ton of evidence or support. Wouldn't recommend participating in this MOOC
wonderful course . I am waiting to see how I have faired .
I like the concept but I was expecting for more video lecture.
I like MoMA courses and wish MoMA good luck!
I found this course very helpful in making me rethink the way I teach - moving from a lecture mode where I present information to students whilst they force themselves to try and focus or fall asleep to teaching using questions whilst inserting information at helpful points to guide the conversation. I am a homeschooling Mum and a church pastor, and in both those settings I have found this course to be very insightful and transformational in the way I teach and can promote creative thinking and engagement with students.
I just loved the course. Everything fit my schedule and activities.
It's seemingly a great course for K-12 teachers but lacks relevance for higher education.
I´m new in online courses but I´m learning everyday. MoMA
As with the other MoMA class, I found it very helpful for use with my 9th and 10th grade English classes. Thank you for the insights!
I really love all courses from MOMA... they are very professional
Wonderfull course
Very helpful, inspiring and informative.
Just as excellent as the other one was! Thank you so much! Can't wait to start Modern Art and Ideas!!!
Excellent course. I have recommended Coursera and MoMA to several educators in my county.
Humble; humanizing; full of culture; EXCELLENT.
Fantastic course!!! It open me a new way to see and teach! Thank you very much!!
Really good ideas and good assignments.
I'm quite happy with this course. Thank you MoMA and Coursera!
It was a very interesting course! Well-structure and nice to attend! I learned a lot of new things and I also had some ideas for using Art and Inquiry in my classroom! Thank you MoMa
Great! this course gives amazing activities and ideas for the classroom, but it also gives you smart strategies for us to connect and evaluate a work of art differently.
Amazing course!
Great !!
Good content
Some of the content are repetitive. The first interview sounds "staged". Some Korean reference ("noon sei" or something like that ) are non-value adding.
Great teacher!
I am quite new to this learning portal and thus visited just few courses. Nevertheless I didn´t finish all of them because some were unfortunately quite boring. In contrast this course is so far the best I have seen. Professor Chang caught my attention from the first second. Course is very well structured, lessons and language are easy to understand. Lecture is very interactive, interrupted by short questions to maintain your concentration. Background is changing in order to keep your attention and desire to know more. Learning with prof. Chang is simply great fun!!!
It would be better if the course can include more examples
Thank you! For very interesting Course!!!!
Great Course to Start a business Career
The lessons contain brief explanation even if this is an introduction study only. There are a lot of key things and terms to remember (that are mostly hard to comprehend if you do not have marketing knowledge) which I also believe are necessary in further B2B market study.PS. I like the funny introductions and side comments of Prof. Chang.
love the lectures
The best course I have ever taken online! Great studying, quality nad quantity of materials...really enjoyed it. Since we do not have lessons on this topic ar the university and we get only basic palentology information so we can understand todays animals, this was a great way to deepen and upgrade the knowledge . Thanks!
Excellent course of current knowledge of Marine reptiles from Mesozoic age. Thanks for accept me as free student, best wishes.
I loved that there were discrete chunks of learning in this course. All to often one is bombarded with data and can't make any sense from it. But here each weekly segment was complete and at the end, everything fitted together.Thank you. In fact, I have enjoyed all the University of Alberta courses offered on reptiles, birds, dinosaurs, etc.
Wow, what a fantastic course. Well structured and very well presented by a very knowledgeable palaeontologist. I cannot recommend this course enough.
Superbly presented course.Thank you *.*
I love this course! I have learned so much, and the quizzes are so nice and short. They don't give me time to stress!!!
One of the best (maybe the best) courses. Thank you!
Wonderful ! I have not been know about ancient Marine Reptiles until today. So, I am really thank you to teach and give knowledge for me.
Absolutely phenomenal course! Would recommend a million times over to anyone interested in this subject. I'm even looking into applying to the UofA after going through their wonderful MOOC's, well run, and interesting, wonderful course notes to supplement the clean, information packed, video lessons. Loved the interactive material too! The interactive phylogenetic tree was a lifesaver, I spent hours on that thing just reading up and looking around.
Absolutely brilliant course.
I've just finish this course and it is the last one for me in the series of the paleontology courses provided by University of Alberta. And I must say, I'm simply blown away by all these courses! The topics covered are absolutely fascinating, the material presentation exceeded all my expectations and Scott Persons, the presenter, is probably the most engaging teacher I've ever seen, absolutely perfect at holding attention and delivering the material.I liked the way the course is structured - individually following the evolutionary tree of all three major groups. It's really interesting to see how evolution worked out for them.The material itself isn't short of terminology so it's treats listeners seriously, providing nitty-gritty details of how the evolution process took place, I really appreciate that. And it's never overdone, so a person without a special knowledge background can go through course just fine. Although it won't hurt to start these courses with Dino 101 first :)Interactive materials are a very nice touch and a welcome addition to excellent videos and great lecture notes. Loved the use of fossils as well, it's a joy to get a look at some treasures a university like this has in their possession.Hopefully, the staff behind these courses will be able to find an opportunity and new topics to continue to share knowledge about that mesmerizing time of prehistoric life. Until then, many thanks to all of them!
5 star course thank you
The subtitles once not match with the avance of the video.
This is my second course through the University of Alberta. I did Dino 101 (which I highly recommend on its own or before the Paleontology series) and was so impressed. Ancient Marine Reptiles is extremely in-depth - there is A LOT to learn here, from various animals to evolution, classification and trees. The instructor is absolutely phenomenal! I love his teaching style: he kept me engaged, interested and learning with nearly every sentence. It is obvious that he loves the world of Paleontology and that makes him easy to learn from. I highly, highly recommend this course and any others from the University of Alberta - they are some of the best courses I've ever taken.
This was a most informative course. and for me. not an easy one by any means. For an under-graduate, I would say is essential. Well done! And thank you!
Can be extremely complicated with all of the unfamiliar names, and I'd lose focus. As a result, I had a hard time keeping up. I'd recommend pausing and returning another day if you lose focus.
No frills honest conjecture. Presentation material ocassionally looses to the tech but great with a chance of hiccups.
Splending. Awesome. Ivy league.
This is a fascinating journey into the evolution of ancient marine reptiles. if you're a fan of paleontology and ancient animal life like I am, this course is for you. It's really well done and you won't regret it.
Yet another great course by the University of Alberta.
I love Paleontology! This is a fantastic course, which makes me love life.
Wonderful and informative course! Thank you so much!
great course! Fun and interesting
Another great course from the University that brought you Dino101
Fantastic! I would love some more of this teaching approach on other animals groups! i.e. Pterosaurs, whales, etc.
I thought this would be a fun simple class, but I DID NOT know anything about marine reptiles, and it showed. I learned a lot and this instruction was very helpful and very educational.
Interesting course
Wonderful... just love how much there's to learn. Love the exposition the data, how it was developed. The perfect timing of the sound and english subtitles.Excellent professor.I will enrol to more Paleontology courses
excellent course would love to see more on early crocodilians and turtles, I know turtles have a debated history but would be awesome to look at possible origins.
superb presentations following the three major divisions of marine reptiles from their origins to their eventual extinctions
Another excellent course from the University of Alberta. A real privilege to have the opportunity to learn in this way.
Excellent presentation of the information. I definitely have a much greater appreciation of these marine reptiles
This is a very basic course that introduces you to the topic, but doesn't go into much depth. While it's clear that a lot of time was spent filming and creating the course material, I still would not recommend this course. Both the presentation itself and the in-video quizzes are unbelievably obnoxious. The presenter emphasizes every other word and talks in a very unnatural manner that makes it very tiring to listen to, and the in-video quizzes are far too basic and take up too much time. Sometimes you also have to go to an external site in order to do the activities, which are badly designed and just frustrating. Overall, I recommend waiting for a better course.
another brilliant piece of entertaining and informative education from Alberta.
just amazing i was looking for material in this are and had neverf ound , thanks alot =D
Again, wonderfully clear and informative.
Another wonderful course from University of Alberta. Scott Persons is a great lecturer. Material is interesting and well structured.
Great course! Just PLEASE don't use Dave Peters images on it.
Course is great. Coursera is a minus 5 stars for their money grubbing propensities. Love the instructor for these dinosaur courses, he is personable, knowledgeable and just a naturally great teacher. The information is fascinating and scientifically up to date. It leaves me with a favorable impression of the University of Alberta's research. The graphics used in all these courses are simply beautiful.
Excellent course. Lots of information presented very well.
The course was very detailed and complete. I learned a lot. It was a very good course.
An excellent introduction to the sometimes overlooked marine predators that lived alongside the dinosaurs! A lot of detail is presented here, so be prepared to act like a sponge and soak it all up.
very well organised and stimulatingly presented .a whole new world is unfolded for the student.
I appreciate all staff of UNA and Coursera. I have been passed good study 4 weeks. So I did average 10 hours study in a day , 3 days in a week. It was hard for me but enjoyed.I passed 3 week quiz full point but final one was 1 quiz lost.Please let me know how to know which quiz was incorrect. And can I try second attempt it?
A very interesting course, but it's a pity one can only do the quizzes after payment.
It would be great if even the auditing students cool take the quizzes.
Excelent course. I did not know nothing about the incredible fossil record that this ancient reptiles have, now I am learning a lot about its origin and evolution.
An excellent course on a fascinating subject, provided by an engaged team of professional and knowledgeable palaeontologists from the University of Alberta. I greatly enjoyed the video lectures, interactive tools and puzzles, discussions, detailed course notes, and just generally being able to take part in this wonderful course! Thanks for making this possible!
Very interesting and meaningful. I personally recomend it.
Very nice course. Well prepared and a lot of information to keep the interest alive in Paleontology.
Nice course. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks so much.
As usual for UofA Palaeo courses, 5 out of 5.
Fascinating course! learned a lot.
This is a great course
Great course. Would definitely recommend it.
Very well instructed and the videos are nice and short. Perfect as a side project or on the go learning.
Very good course. Explanations of new technology andbasic concepts were informative and easy to understand.
I love this course. Easy explaining so it's easy to understand.
A very interesting course for beginners and a very good first step in pursuing deeper knowledge. Thank you Edinburgh University and Coursera
Really interesting material and well presented in digestible chunks by a pair of engaging professionals in the field.
Many thanx for a fantastic course! Waiting for your next one!
Amazing course! Brings me a lot of updated information regarding technic that how mesure an observe the universe currently
I enjoyed a lot this course and even if I am doing astrophysics I have learned some technical details!!
Fantastic course for a beginner like me with no prior knowledge about Astronomy. Gives you loads of information about different elements of the universe with good details around how technology integrates with all the different elements to help us understand the overall picture better and be able to predict and past and future of our ever expanding universe. I am very glad I took this course.
The course was well planned, thorough and organized.
Great course for learning not only the way the universe work but also the way we have learned it!
Enjoyed this a lot. Wish I'd kept to my childhood plans to become an astronomer.
Provides new insights for Dark Energy and Dark Matter and also helps one understand the basic Physics as applied to Astronomy.Really nice course !
great starter for astronomy and cosmology :)
Excellent initial overview course for people without a knowledge of the Arctic or Environmental Science.
The content was good and very instructive but the videos and graphic material could be more dynamic and interactive.
Very interesting
Nice overview, gives a good appreciation for changes happening in the Arctic. Sometimes the lecture material is a bit dry and repetitive/slow.
The class isn't over but I'm suffering through it, not enjoying it, like I did the dino Uof A classes. Problems: the presenter is HORRIBLE. He's sing-songy, trying to be interesting. Can't you get the dino guy? Or me -I'll do it for free. PAINFUL. Also - you need more graphics. Charging along with Mr. Boring and a map of Alaska behind him as concept after concept - difficult ones for folks who aren't like me with lots of background - is a perfect recipe for lack of comprehension. Even inept and cheesy graphics would be better than nothing. Yes, I noticed that the earth is spinning the wrong way in the "sun at an angle around the sun" graphic but who cares? It's something. And yes, I know it's free, and I know you have budgets, but 3 universities can't rustle up a graphics undergrad to help out and call it an internship?? The content is probably better than my perception - and I'm perceiving high! - because I need an aspirin after 20 minutes of Mr. Please Get A Professional Presenter [or at least competent.] I create online education that is nothing better than Powerpoint and a talking head, lack of budget, but at least the head doesn't make people want to drown themselves in a melting glacier.
The course content was very interesting, however, the way it was presented was very dull and monotonous. The script was great - very insightful and informative, but having the presenter talk for the whole lecture without more frequent use of diagrams, figures, etc. to help understand the concepts is not helpful and incomprehensible to me. Specially when it comes to a course with so much geographical content, it would be good to have a more consistent depiction of maps. Furthermore, with all the new concepts, visual aid would help students understand what things are and what they look like since the backgrounds chosen for the lectures have little or nothing to do with the course whatsoever.On the other hand, I do think that the questions throughout the videos are extremely useful as they (usually) tackle problems that were not mentioned previously and gets the student to think independently. Finally, the end of lesson tests always have one or two challenging questions which is great. This course has a 5 star potential, so I hope the reviews are being read so they can work towards that goal!
I was really excited about this course. I thought the information was of high quality and well presented. However, I did have trouble staying focused. I would have liked more graphics depicting concepts. The presenter had a very monotone voice with a very active face. It was hard to sit through someone just talking at me even if the subject matter is interesting. I look forward to the other Arctic courses and hope they are just are well thought out but a bit more lively. You guys did a great job, keep it up!
Great! I love the fact that it is a very simple course and information is easy to understand! I also adore the professionalism that is present in every lecture. Absolutely fantastic!
A very good review of the main topics related to the Arctic and climate change. Final lesson tests are sometimes confusing.
Great course, very didactic and a easy way to learn about the Artic.
very thought provoking
Very good, very Canadian.
Very interesting course on the Arctic. As an introduction, I appreciated the broad overview of the things affecting the Arctic and thus the global climate. As a neophyte, some of the more technical, scientific aspects were hard to follow but were just as interesting to understand; having the course notes to go back to was helpful!
I found the course informative, but the quizzes to be a problem as there were too many multiple answers, so was near impossible to complete the quizzes correctly
Very interesting course that covers the the Arctic and how it has been impacted by climate change. Overall a qualitative discussion of the Arctic climate that references more detailed quantitative data. The summary sheets for each week are a really helpful reference for the class and beyond.
Content was very good. I didn't liked the assignments, they were too short and the answering options were too narrow; sometimes they could be misinterpreted and led to a confusing missing point. I would recommend to add several more questions for each assignment, chosen random for each attempt, put a limit on total attempts and give feedback on answers. Thanks for the course, I enjoyed it a lot; short but precise.
Interesting subject, the presenter is hard to listen to though.
really interesting, it's a really good base for all to understand the Arctic and a rebound to understand the climat change. I would like to learn more in the pdf lesson, if you'll be able to add some optional lessons to read I would appreciate, but for sur I'll take the next course. It well structure and explain. The other thing is about the test it will be interesting to have all the good answer after we've pass it. Just to understand our mistake
An interesting, very well instructed MOOC! Very good lectures and excellent scripts. I also liked the many questions/quizzes that were embedded in the video lectures. If another MOOC was offered by the instructor, I would take it.
Good info. Instructor had rather odd body language, but friendly. Had trouble passing a couple of section tests due to "check all that apply" questions. Sections on ocean and atmosphere circulation and global warming rather boring and a little harder to follow. Interesting class overall.
nice course, well taught, with interesting information
Very nicely put together and presented into a down to earth course about the Arctic and how climate change is affecting all species of life in the surrounding area.
The course is good but it could be improved. For example, I don't think the images on the background (even if they are stunning) are particularly important and I think they could be substituted by plots and schemes referring to the topics (all the presented schemes where helpful, but there would have been more things that would have been good to see visually).
There is a very technical portion to this class making it difficult for the neophyte to truly understand and explain course content.
Cool
It is an exremely useful course for both the Swedish language and a better academic writing! I would like to ask Lund University to share more courses with us=)
Best course ever i have completed in my life :)
Very easy to comprehend course. Both presenters put extra effort in relaying the material and introducing comical relief along the way. I can say now that I understand more above z-scores and t-scores that I ever did at university! I would highly recommend the course for anyone feeling a bit scared than facing statistical information
These guys use the best examples to make statistics fun!
Very good course and very interesting.
Is the most beautiful course ever I learned stats by taking this course.
I had a really great time with the material! Thank you!
I am new to statistics and found most of the lessons difficult to understand, although I did pass the course and had taken the first two courses of the specialization before. More exercises would help. Also I do not plan on using R in the future so this part of the course was not very relevant to me, but it was not the hardest.
Thank you! It is so amazing!
Engaging video lectures that are just the right length, and a great R lab that is super helpful, I highly recommend this course!
Very good course to get started in statistics
I had a really great time with this course. A lot of work went into it, from the presentation to the content. Really well done. It was quite challenging. I felt that the last module (7) introduced some very difficult concepts which, even after checking other sources, I couldn't understand fully. Some questions from the exam in that module were substantially different from the ones in the lectures. I would give 4.5 stars if I could.
Great course for beginners:S
The course has fun illustrations and a high quality of production, but the lessons themselves don't dive very deep. Ideas are introduced but not considered in depth. One such example is variance. We get the equations but not much insight into what it is a measure of and it's value. Additionally, and this might just be me, but the experiments used to illustrate examples at times are difficult to understand.
Thank you very much for this great course!
Was a useful course for people wanting to learn statistical concepts!
Thanks for making things simpler.
Course material is not enough, you need to also refer at least one reference book as well.
I have to say this course has the best picture/graphical illustration than any course that I have ever taken. nice job UvA!!!
very useful for BA psychology students!
Good course on basic statistics.
its very interesting course , its gave me insight about statistics which i did not have knowledge about it before .
thank you
Great course, useful and fun
Nice and well done. Teachers are very clear in explaining concepts and examples are useful and helpful.
Fantastic course. Best in the world
The course helped me to check my knowledge from basic statistics. Teachers are great and explain difficult topics on some easy to understand examples. Thank you!
Very helpful for beginners, the examples are very well chosen to help you understand the meaning of all the mathematical formulas.
it was truly helpful! thank you guys!
Thank you very much for this course! I got many useful information and had lots of fun to study it.
This course is a very interesting course. It introduces the world of statistics. It is a good start.
The lecturers are very engaging and clearly experts in the field. The concepts are explained and illustrated beautifully, with lots of examples.
It's awesome! I've never had such a more cool lecture. Thanks, Profs. I'll take other classes!
great introduction to statistics with no prior knowledge required. Although in parts has been challenging, for me is the right degree of difficulty to push an individual to learning.
Beautiful Teaching.. Well done
Great introduction to statistics presented in a very interesting and engaging way.
It's everything I needed to keep running with Data Scientist Specialization preparing.Thank you so much for your support!
I've first time attended an online course. Basic statistic is great for specialization both students and employers. Syllabus of lessons become simple to complex, so it get easier learning. 1st week of the course about to finish. Thanks for all.
very good course
Very good prepared, congratulations. The course helped me understand the basic notions very easily and with fun.
It was a very useful courser. I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot. Thank you.
Great course! very intuitive. Great learning experience.
Outstanding courses, may be the best one that I ever seen on Coursera.org!Thank you!
Whenever I read and try to understanding about statistic, I feel it's very difficult and confusing. But with the simple method of this video to teach me about statistic, now I feel that my love parameter about statistic is increased. Thank you very much.
Way too much videos and too little hands-on learning. Felt like the course mostly taught you to remember stuff, and not actually learning a skill, though I broke the course early.
very clear and well-organized, one of my best experiences on coursera
Very nice and easy presentations describing things I forgot from university.
This course is very well prepared, thanks to the video and the commitments of the 2 teachers,There is also a good balance between Theory and Practice (usage of R).I do already use the learning of this course in my daily job (data & analytics)Good job and thank you to the entire team who has prepared this course.
FUN, surprisingly!
The course was great! It was quite dense and took a lot of time especially the R Lab sessions. Mr Loon may like to use more interesting ways for communication. Also the transcripts provided do not contain equations/ formulas which becomes a problem. Integrating slides into transcripts would be helpful.
Very good to refresh your statistics skills.
Easy and inspiring
I liked the course, nonetheless I liked we had previous exercises to prepare to each evaluation.
I've only gotten started, but there seems some assumptions made about how much we know and how quickly we can pick up these new terms and ideas.
Very clear, very good visuals, easy to follow. Highly recommended. I only wished the DataCamp examples were in Python, not R, but I understand R is a more natural choice for non-programmers. The lab and the presented theory are well synced.
For people who want to enter the world of statistics...this is the course.PERIOD!
Great course!Well explained concepts, easy to grasp, thorough evaluation :)
I liked the content of the course very much; the videos were all very clear, with nice examples & visualisations of those examples. However, the R labs included in this course were not very challenging; by following a list of steps you can complete them easily without learning much from them. Additionally, the R labs sometimes would not accept an answer as correct when it was a slightly different solution to the same problem.
Overall, very good course. I thought the weakest sections were the ones taught by Prof. Emiel van Loon (the dark-haired one). I found him much less clear and engaging than Prof. Matthijs Roduijn (the blonde one). The R labs were fine for me because I have a background in programming, but people without that may need a lot of time to do them.
This course covers the basic knowledge of statistics and probability but skips the mathematical details behind the theory. Great for beginners but not perfect for advanced users.
Excellent course.The final exam was awesome.Very demanding and exciting course
I love this course, it is perfect for statistics beginner. The lecturer are talking in a interesting way, I won't feel boring.
The course is quite informative and educative for a non-statistical person like me. The instructors were explaining complex concepts in a very simpler manner. Except that the use of data camp for R could have been replaced with the exercises done on R (offline) and submitted through the quiz. The quizzes were really good.
Highly recomended!!!!
Great course but a lack of formulas in pdf files is very uncomfortable
2 Stars less because they should have included R video tutorials
Very engaging videos, good pace, easy to understand. Great job guys!
Love the lectures and the way everything is organized in the course, however the information or instructions provided by the labs seem incomplete.
Not very helpful. In the homework I spent more time wrestling with commands in R than actually gaining an understanding of the subject matter.Also, I really didn't need so many subject matter examples about the professor's baby's pooping habits. (And my family is Dutch with all the offensive humor that comes with it, so it's not just a matter of the sense of humor not translating)I'm re-taking Statistics with Calculus online at my local state university and frankly, I can't notice any benefit from taking this course first. My current online Statistics with Calculus course is rewarding and I feel like I'm truly gaining mastery of the topics, whereas in the Basic Statistics course I was floundering.The graphics in the way the lessons are presented are well done! But I would have been just fine with fewer graphics if it meant more worked-through examples.
Fantastic !! Very condensed and well explained
Good design and really easy to learn, good teachers even for beginners
It was a great course and method of teaching was exceptional.
The illustrations and the teaching methodologies employed are way beyond what words can explain. A big Thanks to all of you!
Simple, Concise and Awesome
Thank you very much for your insightful explanation on statistics. I am much more of a picture person and the approach of this course has a very huge impact on my job and study. I hope you will have this kind of new courses in the future. I am willing to follow your courses in the future.
Contents are very well explained
Though it was mentioned that this course is for beginners without too much of statistics background, I still feel, some decent background is required to take up this course, particularly the Inference part.Otherwise, the course is pretty good and commendable.
Absolutely amazing course with good humour and great pictures. You will get knowledge of Basics of Statistics which will stay with you for a long time after passing an exam.
There should be some case study to feel real time scenario. As far as the content is concern its perfect.Thanks
Excellent course, virtually all the lectures were taught based on practical examples, exactly the way statistics should be taught. 10 out of 10, no shadow of a doubt
This course is awesome :)
Great content, very useful and practical (applicable to nearly everything you ork with) and presented in a very interesting way. The Graphics are genious
As a student of the UvA I have followed multiple courses on statistics as the university, and this coursera course comes very close to the level of those courses. (For free!)
I have already given my feed back. Excellent. No words other than thanks, thanks, thanks to all who made me learn the basic statistics from your well learned team.
The lecturer does not clearly explain the topics very well especially on the topics in Probability and Distribution. His presentation in English is honestly quite hard to understand.
It's a great introductory course to statistics.
A really great course. Simple to follow and understand, but provides insights into the basics of statistics. Almost no math which is good news for non-experts and makes the course more accessible for a broader audience. The lecturers explain the intuition behind the fundamental things in statistics, which I find very important before studying the statistical tests (inferential statistics). Feels like it opened my eyes.Thank you very much Matthijs Rooduijn and Emiel van Loon!
What an amazing course!!! This is a very important step for me to enter data science
The animation is pretty great!
I have started this course again and again. Although the lectures themselves are clear enough, the quizzes are sometime so confusing and don't reflect the way that topic was taught. The worst part is R lab. I understand nothing of it. It makes no sense. I should not be part of a basic statistics course. I have wasted my money on a specialization that I can't get because I will not, and simply cannot learn R. They should have made that clear this would involve programming. I am only now thinking of learning from the videos but have given up the hope of getting a specialization certificate.The instructor in the first two session was still engaging, but starting in the third lesson the instructor is so boring and his voice makes me drowsy. Plus his sentences are so long and confusing. He has a horrible way to explain something. They need to keep in mind this is BASIC statistics, so cut down on the jargon. He does introduce the terms in 3.01 but just after one video the words don't magically sit in my memory.I've given 3 stars because although I have to work double hard just to make sense of what the instructor says by reading a book on basic statistics, at least the videos provide a structure, good examples and after watching them a few times things become clear.
Interesting course to refresh my basics in statistics. Professors are engaged and uses simple example to present the concepts.
I loved the course. The clear explanations, tough quizzes and cheerful attitude helped me invest and find joy in statistics. Now I want to learn more and more.
Really a good course. Worth learning.
The explanations in the videos were very helpful. A very useful course.
I recommend this course.
This is a brilliant course to learn statistics from scratch. The instructors are too good and their teaching methods and examples are very lucid. A must visit course for everyone who wants to get their statistics correct
great way to teach
Thank you very much! I learned so much!
I use this course to better understand a statistic course I am following for my Psychology studies. Many thanks for the crystal clear explanations!
This course is one of the best I wish every students at university for BA or MS or PHD learn Statistics I think we need it in all kind of business life
Its Awesome experience
Best course for the beginners in Statistics.
Very good class for beginners, everything is well explained and illustrated with examples. I highly recommend this course for those who want to understand statistics easily
A very engaging approach to online teaching, that is very effective at keeping you from zoning out while staring at boring slides of text with someone speaking over top of it. I wish more online learning courses would follow this example.
R labs are too tedious for people with medical or science background! we need explanations rather than trying to figure it out on our own!
The "basic statistics" is an excellent course. The course is detail-oriented, very useful and easily understood. I strongly recommend it.
I am almost done with this course and I want to recommend it very highly. I came to this with a lapsed and sporadic understanding of probability and statistics. I followed all the lectures, did all the tests and homeworks and feel like I have learned a lot.
I sucked at math in high school, but this course is making me love math again. Excellent job, Amsterdam Uni.
Good course, although sometimes instructions/questions are unclear
this course was a waste of my time; luckily I found out after wasting only 6 hours on the preview. this course apparently requires a level of probability knowledge I don't
One of the best courses of statistics for the beginners. The concepts are well explained, the learning path well researched and above everything the R labs were ideal for the beginners.
Very useful Statistics Course.
It is absolutely a great course!
The supervisor and the content is extremely good.
Excellent instructors; lessons are well structured.
Excellent course, clear informative lectures using real life examples that make statistics easier to understand.
it is very useful for learning basic satistics. really awsome,you won't regret to choose it.
Intuitive, clear, neither too fast nor too slow.. easy to follow
great intro class to statistics. Love the animation, teaching style and R lab exercises. The first class in coursera that video content and quiz are relevant. Highly recommended!!!
The case studies and explanations are very clear, and the visuals really work to help understand the material. I strongly recommend the course.
I hadn't touched math in any real way in years and this was a great re-introduction. The videos were fun and engaging, and while the material was challenging, I felt I got a lot out of it. I highly recommend it for people who need statistics for their work or for a degree program but who are feeling a little intimidated by it.As far as feedback goes, I would have liked to get explanations for quiz questions I couldn't answer. I wish there was a way to say, "This is the quiz score I'd like to accept; now please explain to me the ones I missed." The lack of feedback on the quizzes was frustrating at times.
The best course I've ever enrolled in.
Brilliant formulated course with ample examples which makes the course really interesting! Recommended for first timers as well as refreshers!
Great course :)
Uses R with no explanation. Why does it use a challenging programming language that is not the point. The point is to learn statistics.Use Statcrunch - so students can focus on statistics not programming
Teachers have very clear logic to teach and make things very easy to understand.
Excellent MOOC. A great introduction to the basic elements of statistics. I had studied statistics years ago in my bachelor but almost forgot everything. This course greatly helped me revive all the elementary concepts. The teachers explain complex things in simple terms easy to follow, and the funny examples have brought a smile to my face more than once and twice during the MOOC. Finally, the collaboration with professional illustrators adds great value to the course. A big deal of effort has gone into its making, and it truly pays off. I just wished there'd be an intermediate and advanced statistics course to keep digging into it!Thanks a lot!Alejandro
I was always scared of Statistics but after going through this training, Statistics has been made simple and I am enjoying it. I have decided to pursue more Statistics training from the University of Amsterdam on Coursera. I enjoyed the training of those great faculty members.
It is really helpful to get an idea for statisctics. Examples, quizzes, assignments as well as R lab designed on according to content of class. There is no suprise.
Nice. For noobs.I enjoyed it!
It's an excellent course. All the content is simple and easy to follow.Congratulations for such a great didactic.
Really a great introductory course. I am a real beginner in statistics, since I need it to make it easier for my self at data mining and machine learning in the future, this course gives me a solid basic understanding of terminology, calculations and relationships between calculations. Week 3 and 4 are pretty hard in my opinion, but after doing the course learning how to learn I know how to handle it, so I will recommend everybody to do that one also if you think this looks too difficult for you.
Excellent presentation of concepts!!
Great Presentation !
Thank you!
Fantastic Instructors. Imparting complex concepts using simple examples is commendable. Thumbs up!
It's a great course to learn basic statistics.The course structure is clear and well ordered, and the video lectures are friendly and well explained.I'm pleased with the course.Thanks people
Excellent jobs in explaining sophisticated theories with vivid examples ^^
Great course! Finally I could learn statistics and R
Easy to follow and information was presented beautifully. Was very enjoyable learning experience.
I am a physician... love this course. Highly recommend it. Even if you don't complete the tests, it is extremely useful to all physicians, residents and medical professionals and to anyone who wants to know statistics.
I am really enjoying all the courses on Statistics. Thank you to the whole team.
Very nice and useful course, some small mistakes in R assignments
very nice course
The course is very well done and explained in a very simple way!
The course is really good.i was little bit familiar with statistics but after this course everything became clear in my mind and don,t have any confusion also .
I really liked the course, it was relatively easy to understand and enjoyable, and specially the lessons taught by Matthijs, he was just amazing at making it all very understandable and enjoyable. And overall, I just really feel some exercises along the way for each topic would have been of great help.
Amazing teaching for wonderful subject.
IT is simply the best course i have seen here !Well done !! It would be great to see some other courses like this! A big + to Universty of Amsterdam!
Very clearly presented and easy to understand. The course explains what the calculations mean.
Excellent course and well taught by both instructors. 4 stars because of the lack of feedback on quizzes and exam.
The concepts are explained very clearly. Thanks to the team.
Lovely accent, great lecture for the younger teacher. The older teacher really confuses me sometimes cos the language he used was very academic and hard to understand, besides he has a tendency to read other than lecture
Very useful and ineresting course, Demonestration diagrams in the videos are very clear and delivering the information easily, like it, ma
Nice and challenging (despite the fact that most of the material was taught at school many years ago...)
Very well done: a lot of effort put into this course, and it pays off.
Excellent, clear to-the-point explanations supported by matching graphics and pace. About the best course I've taken so far.
Great class, but I wish there were more practice problems. Statistics is a very important concept to learn for any field, and I highly recommend this class.
The best introduction to Statistics.
It was a great and nice course. I remembered a lot o things and I knew some key concepts and approaches to learn. Thank you.
This course was awesome.
Great and clear videos, they make it very easy to understand all the concepts even if you don't know anything about the topic. The R-lab assignments are a great tool for getting usedt to working with what you have learned.
This is a nice course...thanks for providing such a great content from University of Amserdam.Please allow us to complete the course as I have to wait till the session starts for week 2 lessions.
It's a very good course to start learning statistics! I love instructors, they are so funny!
Well structured course with engaging examples. I found the tests really helped me practice and learn the material. I will certainly take other courses in this specialization.
The course is as much about computer programming as it is about statistics. The statistics I can do with pen and paper; the programming, I found very, very unhelpful and confusing. Eventually, I gave up on the course.
I would give five stars BUTI wish that it isn't a must to finish R program.
This is a great course. It was challenging but not discouraging. I think that there is a high probability that I learned something very useful. Now that I have said the most important words now I would like to give a thumbs down on the Data Camp R section. I found it to be frustrating and discouraging. You can find better information and tutorials on YouTube. Check out"MarinStatsLectures. A text book is also a great help. I bought Elementary Statistics at a used book store for $4.00 US. And it correlated very nicely with the course. If you are interested in statistics this course is a good first step.
easy, useful
Very well paced, adn clearly explained. Transcripts are good though note you'll need to annotate them with the equations discussed.
Excellent course. Very well structured. Videos are excellent and explanations are very clear.
The instructors are awesome to convey the concepts using examples. They actually made learning statistics to be fun which is unexpected and unseen elsewhere (e.g. Universities, other stats courses). I have been enjoying myself in learning. Thank you!
Very illustrative relatable examples taken to explain in this course which indeed covering most of the concepts in the field of Statistics. Totally found the course very likeable and matching the expectations I had in mind.
Great!
I enjoyed the class.
Most Precise Course with lots of excersices
some of the videos were outstanding and easy to understand. Need more handholding for understanding of concepts and review/explanation of the quiz results will reinforce learning further.
I can say, the best course I took online.
These concpets are explained in a clear and simple methods. Thats helpful to me.Thanks
Excellent, it is going to clear all my basics. Regards
Easy and Clear, I wish I could find this course a year earlier.
This course has given me a much better understanding of many concepts I never understood while studying at university - Like the sampling distribution etc. and I can recommend it...The only "but" is... I can see from the discussions that some (many?) students have problems with the "R" assignments. I have been programming previously, so I have not have had these problems. I would though like that these "R" assignments where easier to print or collect in a PDF document, so that I could easily use it as a "howto" later.
Good course, but it seems there are some errors in the quiz and labs
Simple explanations that make the topic rather easy to learn and having a visual aid (the drawings) I find it to be so much more friendly that I've really come to enjoy what I'm learning (I'm mostly a visual learner so to me this is very good). So far it has been a great course with R labs that can help reinforce the ideas and give a bit more practice in the subject, I do recommend the course.
I really enjoyed attending this course and recommended it to my colleagues and friends who want to learn basic statistics. They have tried their best to make it more intuitive with some interesting examples and make the learning somewhat fun. kudos to the entire team!
I always dreaded Statistics. This course made me really understand the basics of statistics. Well explained and good examples.Thanks
Great explanation with real world examples! My basics of probability and inferential statistics are rock solid now!
Makes you thinking.
Useful and help
Basic intro to Stats & R. Very good if you are starting either / both.
Hey its really fun to learn statistics this way. Great Job!
Very helpful in understanding foundation of stats or Theory of Probability.All tutors were very effective in delivery of content even if you do not know stats.
Very basic material for statistics, exposed with humor! Thank you for this great course!
Some of the concepts are very clearly explained. Loved it
Awesome Course for Beginners in Statistics as they clear examples for whatever they are teaching us. I love Coursera.
I have tried other statistic courses before but this is by far my favorite! Excellent lecturer who offers clear examples.
Warm congratulations to the Team for putting together a statistics course that will not scare 90% of the course participants from day one. Well paced, well explained, nice humorous cases and step-by-step explanations. WELL DONE
Despite some error in the quizzes I learned quite a lot by taking this online course. Apparently the course organisers are overwhelmed by its success, since they react (too) slowly to comments made by students in the discussion fora. At least, errors should be tackled immediately.
easy to understand.
Most of the parts were interesting and clear... some cumbersome and slow pace with the other professor. Not sure if the diapers and shit-painting were the best examples.
Well recorded video, clear and kind explanation, and interesting.
Very good course, the explanations are made very accessible through understandable and sometimes funny examples.Learned many of new things, despite having finished a course on statistics in my university. Especially the R component helped me greatly; despite already having some experience, the datacamp modules were very helpful.Oh, and great Dutch accents :)
I am at the third week, that is very well explained. Sometimes I may need to watch the video again, but in general I am very satisfied. I think it could be good both for people who want to learn and people who want to review.
Good course to polish up your statistics knowledge.
great course
High quality course for absolute beginners in stats. I highly recommend.
This course is really awesome. Designed well. Looks like a lot of efforts have been taken by the team to build this course. Kudos to everyone. Keep up the good work and thank you very much.
Very nicely created. Gets a bit too fast paced in the middle but still well worth taking this course.
Very good introductory course to statistics and probability. This course is both entertaining and rigorous. I recommend this course without any hesitation to beginners and people who want to refresh their knowledge and skills in basic statistics.
I never thought I would learn so much so quickly in a math course. The course moves fast, but being able to rewind the videos and repeat anything I don't understand is really helpful! I love the applicability of what I'm learning, and my ability to take notes and practice everything on the quizzes makes the information stick.
The cartoons and animations used in this course really make statistics a lot easier and interesting. However few modules especially the later part of probability do not explain the concepts thoroughly. However, this is a great place to start!Also, the addition of R exercises are a great idea
Best course I ever took so far! (out of 6 others)
This is a very informative and good course for beginners who wants to explore basic statistics along with R lab. Ofcourse, I felt little tought when i tried to do R lab but finally got it!! Overall course was very informative and would definitely recoment for those who wants to learn statisticsthanks for professors and the team of University of Amsterdam for conducting this course.
I like these two lecturers!
Five stars without any doubts.Useful and exciting learning experience, as for me.Thanks to the Instructional Team!
Overall, a great course that provides the basics of statistics in a thorough and intuitive way, plus a taste and feel of the software R. Of special note are the amazing visualizations in the presentations! There are some typoes and errors in the course material though, which is a shame, as everything else is excellent.
Great course! very easy & funny examples
In my opinion this course is a good way to learn basic statistics. I do think the R part and the statistics part could be more integrated in order to learn R better and to use it more efficiently. For me the studytime was double the time that was stated even though I was already familiar with some of the concepts and calculations. I feel like some weeks the subjects should have gotten a little more explanation with video's or other supportive material, maybe some assigments to make in order to check wether you know and understand the material. Maybe you could compare content and way of teaching to the Duke University statistics course, this is not a better course per se but does do some things differently whilst both teaching stats and R.
Awesome course, very friendly to people who want to start learning R and practicing it straight away!
I've always had a rough time with mathematics, but the way this course is structured makes it easy for me to go at my own pace, re-watch videos that were confusing the first time through and work through problems until I really felt like I understand how the formulas work. The consistent use of exercises in R were extremely useful as well. I'd highly recommend this course and learning system for people like me, who never thought they'd be able to grasp mathematics.
Very well-taught and complete statistics course !
Great watching all this numbers telling you information about people, though my numbers were slightly different sometimes. Thank you
Very dynamic and enjoyable class, great instructors and combination of theory and hands-on exercises.
Great course, highly recommended
Course is really well made foe beginners in statistics. This is relevant.
So far a very nice course, well explained and clear enough to be followed even by non mathematicians. Well done!
I loved it very much. Easy to understand, visual and enjoyable explanations.
Clear, simple but engaging.The three lessons about R have been a fun.I'm looking forward to start the next session.
This is best course on statistics.. at least for me who is comparatively new to it. I recommend it 100%.
I like the course very much so far. The pacing is excellent and the material is very well adjusted to learners without much previous knowledge of the field.
Good to get the intuition behind the theory, but it is a high level course.
It's wonderful how teacher have broken down each and every concept. Examples helps in clearing the concept well.
Both of the lecturers as well as the staff are excellent in making the learning simple, exciting and interesting. I have learned so much about statistics in so short a time with effectiveness and efficiency. Thanks for the excellent work. And all of you have made University of Amsterdam proud and stand tall.
Good course, nice illustrations that really support the course!
Good course for someone with background of statistics. The instructors are lucid but cover a lot in 7 weeks, they delve into intuitive insights of statistics. It is advisable to keep a textbook handy while undergoing this course. In the end good job University of Amsterdam!
Puerile, made up examples with made up data, no deeper treatment of the mathematics involved than the here-is-a-magic-formula-use-it approach and mistakes (including serious conceptual and factual errors) evident in the quizzes and the R labs. Far better to look out for the "Data Analysis and Statistical Inference" course by Duke on Coursera that is presented by a passionate statistics teacher, covers the same material (and more) and provides a far better introduction to R than this course.One of the stated purposes of this specialization is to clean up the way social scientists conduct science and are perceived as scientists; in this respect, it appears that the worst enemies of social scientists are social scientists.
its carried out in excellent way.
Very good explainations with plenty of examples
great teaching on the subject! Thank you!
Absolutely great start for statistics with R. Not too heavy in time, not too light. Amazingly curated course.
This course is very beneficial to me.It explains the theory very clearly and lively that we can easily learn the concepts.Beside, R-lab helps me about the R language. This is very important.
Inspiring course.
I love the main lecture of the statistics. The Subject is fun. After couple lecture, my mind was very clear.But most of the time I'm working on the statistics software name R. I think it would be better if require R knowledge. If not, student like me will need more than weeks to get use to R. I don't mean learn another software is bad idea. I will always like to learn something new. That's why I go MOOC. What I mean is R and Basic Statistics should be separated. First R, than Basic Statistic. Or first Basic Statistic than R.I really enjoy the class. but the extra is a bit heavy for me.
Great presentation, easy to understand with good examples. Way to go
This course is an excellent, comprehensive, introduction to Stats. It is challenging, but in a very good way. Expectations are set sufficiently high that you need to grasp the concepts to succeed. Excellent MOOC!!
It is very helpfull .
Magnific course, excellent professors, wonderful support material and presentations. Great leink woth DataCamp, love it
Now working on week 5 of this course. First four weeks were VERY well taught. Clear examples AND above all the datacamp R tutorials make it more than worth your while.This course rises FAR above the many Coursera MOOC's that i took. It is very complete and do-able.
That is a great comprehensive course!
Great explanations. Clear examples. I love the stories and the drawings. Good thought pedagogical concept.
Great materials and teachers. This is one of the best courses I've found.
nicely done guys!
Very good course, nice examples! Carry on with the good work!
Very clear and awesome!
Very well put together.
Loved presentation style. Very simple way to teach complex concept.
A difficult subject made easy and interesting.I wish there more exercise to practise home in order to master the concepts.
Best course on statistics. Concepts explained in very simple language and through beautiful visualizations
Perfect material, Perfect instructors, and perfect course!
Great class! Thank you for all clear explanation.
Great course, innovative design, great content and Organization. Great teachers and didactic..
Good lectures, but the R-lab is horrible. Do not take this class.
Only the firs week of this course, but I can already tell that it's going to be incredibly useful to me. I've learned a lot and especially love the introduction to R through datacamp!
The best statistics course ever!
I think the notes given after the lectures should contain the formula the students need. Also the quizes should show the correct answers once you completed them, if not you cant figure out why the questions are wrong.
---------- way too much time is devoted to introducing definitions and way too little time is given for student practicing and review . the presenter's accent is constantly impeding instant recognition of what he's saying. the subtitles sometimes don't accurately represent what he's saying. sometimes there are misspellings - which makes it even harder to know what he's saying. this student was inundated with formulas that needed to be practiced - and i didn't even have time to write them down !
Have recently passed the first week and I should say that was awesome!
good course
I found this course very helpful and understandable ...The slides are very beautiful designed ..I had never learnt Statistics in this way! The examples are related to our daily life! It makes everything easier to learn... Thank you very much all who works on this course from University of Amsterdam
Clear video's & examples, easy to follow
Interesting subject and excellent presentation!
Very clear expectations, and the lectures were spaced out nicely to cover material while not being overwhelming. Additionally, the analogies used to convey the principles were clever and helpful!
It was uniquely designed, well written and extremely informative.
a good course, excellent professor, and content in acordance with my expectation....
It helped me to open my eyes! Really great! Thank you all!
This course was simply amazing!
Chris Impey eases into the subject of astronomy, with increasingly difficult subject matter as the course proceeds. However, he is very methodical and plain (in a good way) in his language, and his videos are a joy to watch. I started this course already interested in amateur astronomy and learned a lot of new things about the technology and methodology in astronomy. I'd recommend this to anyone who is really interested in astronomy. Be prepared to make a not insignificant commitment, because the course is nearly four months long! Time well spent in my opinion. Thank you to all who made this course possible.
An excellent course full of fantastic information and videos. I would highly recommend this to anyone!
5 star class. Period.
Great course
I enjoyed every minute of it because it satisfied my curiosity about learning more about what's out there!
Really enjoyed this course. Accessible, fun, and I've learned so much.
Very easy to understand and the ideal course to open your accounts to astronomy.
After acquiring 2 masters degree and beginning work on a doctorate I have found a course that has taught me more than many of the courses that I have taken in person. Astronomy: Exploring Space and Time has been very well designed and taught.
The course is very well structured and touches a large range of topics. Professor Impey makes some of the lecture material very interesting and has simplified complex theories and concepts. However the Astropedia textbook needs to be updated with recent events.
I Love Astrophysics And sir Please Add More Courses .
excellent program for starting in the world of astronomy... It was a great pleasure to experience Chris' work... it a must do
Dr. Impey is skilled at covering a very broad range of topics and sciences that are all a part of "astronomy". The slides were clear. The transcripts helped to reinforce the information, although probably done with vocalization software as there are many sentence fragments, homonyms for the actual word, etc. I did not see a date done but I would guess this course was constructed in 2013-2014, so the information is certainly current.
I most certainly loved it! The professor leads you through every step and aspect of the Astronomy with charisma and exactitude.
Excellent course and content. Learned a lot about a field which I way always curious about, but knew very little about. Highly recommended.
Very good course, loads of information brough on a way even I can understand
Great class
One of the best courses around. It's not a graduate course, and it does not teach you the secret of physics, but the compact, vivid presentation gives you a great overview of the field and of the exciting things to come.
Great course by a great professor!
Very interesting course. You can learn plenty of new things, more that you might imagine, with very funny videos from time to time. I recommend it to everybody.
Enjoyed learning lots of astronomy stuff!
This has been a vastly enriching experience for me. Thanks to Prof. Impey, his team and Coursera for allowing knowledge and ideas to be expeirenced accross the world.
Great course to know more about the universe.
An amazing course! Fascinating and engaging, well-documented and illustrated, with original activities, and a challenging subject matter. Don't hesitate to enroll!
You can grasp the beauty of life and the world around only by getting deep knowledge in Astronomy. The course is great. English pronunciation of the teacher is nice. Tests are good, looking for peer assessments in the future sessions.
I enjoyed it a lot learning many subjects and topics about astronomy. It helps you get a wide view of astronomy science and learn the fundamentals.
Well-balanced in terms of content and very informative course; did an excellent job in formulating complex concepts into digestible form. Thank you.
Really interesting and exactly at the right level for me!!!Thanks to the teacher who is very clear and manages to communicate enthusiasm
Clear explanations even for foreigners and lots of interesting interactive materials. The course will fit also for absolute beginners like I am. Very interesting lectures and I continue to watch online Q&A conferences with the Prof. with great pleasure! Thanks a lot! I had a lot of fun.
Course was excellent. Prof. was excellent. I am a retired nurse so I took the course because of my lifelong interest in astronomy, science and the unknown. My only complaint is that I could not complete the last quiz because I could not get the micro-observatory to work on my Mac OS. My husband is a computer engineer and he could not get it to work on his computer either. This was disappointing!
Very nice. Something to improve: mix quizes with videos and not all videos first and then the quizes
I found this course to be very informative and enjoyable -- and demanding in terms of time. I am still catching-up on the text and am learning more and more even after completing the course. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about astronomy in the present. Chris is a very effective teacher, and his lectures/presentations are very interesting and informative.
This is a really good course for learning all the amazing things in our universe. My favorite part is the opportunity to pose questions directly to Professor Impey on the YouTube Q&A sessions.
Well exceeded my expectations! Lots of science, yet never dry and boring.
I am very happy to have completed the course. I was able to learn a lot about various aspects of astronomy, especially galaxies and globular clusters that are objects that call my attention. I was able to read much of the material provided in teachastronomy, thank you for the kindness of making the material available. I watched all the videos of Professor Chris and I was able to follow well due to the availability of the subtitles in English, this was important. The interviews I could not follow completely by the lack of subtitles. This was a great opportunity for me that likes astronomy, but because of the distance that I live from the great centers of study, it is very difficult to access good and reliable information. I am very grateful and congratulate the institution for making this course available.
Excellent course for learning about the basics of astronomy. Amongst others it covers subjects as the history of astronomy, our sun and the solar system, comets, galaxies, quasars, pulsars and black holes. The course uses video's which clearly explain various topics with sheets and additional reading material provided.
The BEST Astronomy course!
fantastic.thanks
Good and clear explanations. At the end it became more difficult since filosophie was involved which for me opened my ey. Some 'slides' are old fashioned.
Very in-depth and interesting. Impey is a good lecturer and the videos provided are packed with information. I highly recommend this course.
In my opinion, This course is really useful for the people that have an extreme interest with astronomy and also the curious people want to exlore the masive universe. And i'm one of these people. In addition, I'm really happy when i found out this website while i was surfing my newfeed, Thank to this program, it's really lightful for a lot of questions always be held in my mind but know i have lighted up a lot.
Really good course, I would recommend it for all !!
I loved this course, and I will make it in the future again.Thanks Coursera, and University of Arizona, especially proffesor Chris Impey, you are awesome!!!
Amazing course with top notch teaching!
Brilliant course this was. Recommend to anyone who would like to know bit more about the Universe we live in.
Thank you very much! Excellent course, definitely one of the best astronomy courses I have done so far.
I am a First year master in software engineering, but also a really curious "kid". In my search for interesting course related to astronomy I found this one.Although I am only half way through the course I state that this is the most compelling course I have taken on Coursera. Since I have more then some knowledge of scientific method, physics and other topics talked about in the course, but not as much in astronomy I find the course tailored for me. Especially taking into account that this course is in the right spot between popular knowledge and a little bit of science and engineering.Prof. Impley is excellent in explaining, even amazing at some points :)
Fantastic course for anyone interested in astronomy.
Good one. Detailed.Too much of video clips from television etc. Can avoid those.
Great course, easy to follow and an excellent teacher...
Wonderful course, after some time I will repeat.Thank you very much Prof. Chris Impey, you have given me much insight.We keep in touch, best regards, Bob
Professor Impey covers an extensive subject using a clear and instigating language. The assignments and tasks proposed helps a lot the comprehension and make you search for more information.One of the best online courses I have already had.Congratulations to Professor Impey and all team that produced the available material.
A good introductory course in astronomy that extends even to intermediate astronomy. I highly recommend it!
Most enjoyable and informative course. Thoroughly recommended.
The astronomy course exceeded my expectations. I learned a great deal from the video lectures and the astrpoedia textbook. I was surprised that preparing for the essay questions was also a good source for added knowledge in researching for the assignments. I am indebted to Chris Impey for the excellent lectures and course. Everything was well presented and explained well but I could not get up to understand much of the last lesson – Life in the Universe.In summary, great course and recommend it without reservations. Kudos and thanks to Chris Impey.
I took the survey and hopefully I can continue with this course because I enjoy learning about Astronomy .I've taken other courses and hope that I can continue doing this . I have problems with my computer andtrying to understand the format but I will do my best because I do like to learn more about this subject.
Wonderful experience, most recommended
Very Good Course I Love Astronomy Difficult butt Helpful course. I'm gain 89.8%. Good Percentage.
This is a great course that covers a lot of fascinating topics. Professor Impey does a great job presenting the material. Thanks a lot for the interesting course.
It is a very informative and systematically planned course.
Great beginners astronomy class, instructor is very detailed and have plenty of videos, charts, animations, ect for extra help.
Great course! Presented in a way that is exciting and easy to follow. Perfect for those just begining in astronomy and a great refresher for those with more experience.
The perfect course if you want a fresh start into the field of astronomy or need a thorough revision of the important basic concepts of the field. Definitely helped me with my revision.
its really good
Really Nice....
Wonderful insight and delivery by instructor. Visual material very helpful for comprehension. Well Done!
Simply fantastic course!
it's give the knowledge, make me better
Great course. Really interesting. Live sessions. Excellent.
The teacher is one of the best i have ever seen, truly an expert in this field of science.
Very nice course, well planned out, with just a few mistakes. Overall, would recommend this course to anyone interested in astronomy.
This course is bad!I had come upto week 4. While Chris Impey is knowledgeable and good, the course structure is very poor and leaves a lot to be desired. I would venture to make some suggestions:a. Restrict each video to a max of 7 minutes. More than that makes one sleepy.b. Reduce the number of videos in each module to a max of say 6.c. Instead of having Chris expound it like an audio reading, please include some slides, pictures,tables so that the matter to be learnt becomes self evident and Chris doesn't have to speak so much. A good example is the Coursera "The Global Financial Crisis", which I am also doing currently.d. If you feel all the material in this course has to be studied, then to achieve the objectives in (a) and (b) above, divide this course into two parts, Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space - part I & II.e. The written assignments are very simple and do not require any mental resources other than memory. Can you make the questions more challenging? For example, in Telescopes (Assignment 2), can you not ask a question like "In addition to Atacama, Chile, using Google earth, which other parts of the globe may be suitable for installation of ground based telescopes?" or "To obviate the blurring effect of the atmosphere, discuss the possibility of high altitude balloon based telescopes?" or "What do you feel about the fact that since today's mobile phones have high computing ability, their components can be used to make a low-cost space based interferometric telescopes?"Kudos to Chris and his team! On the whole, knowledge wise, this is a good course.
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed this course!
Many of the lectures were recorded years ago. But, the information is still great, and a little follow up research on the web will get you caught up.
Excellent beyond words. I learned so much and became very motivated to continue further explorations on such a fascinating subject. We have the best tutor one can hope for: Pof. Chris Impey.
Well prepared, laid out and informative.
Great conceptual level overview of many topics in and related to space and astronomy. Highly recommended.
Very good and full of interesting information.
Great course, it opens your mind to broader perspective!
I'm learning more about astronomy than ever before! This is truly fun!
Great course.
Looking forward to receive more information.
Excellent course, highly recommended
Very broad cover of the field, very well explained. I only wish there was more. Thank you.
Excellent insight into the current state of astronomy.
it is an amazing subject, and it is well taught by professor Impey. It was so much fun the way he presented it, with a lot of nice multimedial material but also a lot of hard work to complete the course.
Great course, Professor Impey does a wonderful job of explaining this topic and keeping it interesting. Highly recommend his parallel book on the same topic, "How It Began".
Brilliant Course. Excellent balance of hard and easier topics. Well delivered by the staff and very interesting. More courses like this please.
This is an excellent course. I have learnt a great deal and found the course easy to follow when broken into bite size chunks. The quizzes and coursework have reinforced my learning. I would recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn about our universe.
Actually, i love astronomy more than anything, this course contains some of my favourite topics in astronomy and i love this course...
I can't have my certirficate and already I pay for it!
This course is the second couresera course which completed. It is always nice to learn from people who do frontier work in the field they teach. I thank coursera for giving me this wonderful opportunity. Sakthivel
Wonderful!! I love it.
Boring
exceptional course ¡For undergraduate students , teaches of sciences, and amateurs astronomers
Fantastic course as well as the course materials.....thoroughly enjoyable
This course is a perfect course. Every title, video and exam is so great, in my opinion. I am learning many new things.
By far one of the best courses I have taken on Coursera. The amount of material is astounding and of great quality through and through. I highly recommend this course. Be prepared to work for your diploma, however.
I haven't quite finished the course yet, but so far it has been fascinating. Well done to the Coursera team and to Prof. Chris Impey, the course leader.
Although I was graduated from a faculty of science but the first lessons about evidence, uncertainty, imagination and hypothesis were COMPLETELY new for me,So thanks a lot for all of you especialy Dr.Chris Impey
Great
Liked it a lot.
Good course inviting the scientific thought process to evolve instead of believing the old stories.
A very interesting course about the basic concepts of astronomy with lots of additional funny videos and slides. Thanks a lot to professor Impey and everybody who created it!
Perfect intro to astronomy and beyond!
The contents of the course are great and prof. Impey is a great communicator. The course is easy to follow, the final chapters on galaxies and cosmology are a bit more difficult but that is due to the nature of the subject and I applaud that the prof does not "dumb it down" or brushes over such difficult ans speculative subjects. I minor nuisance for me were the frequent songs and funny videos interspersed in the course content. It would have been better if they were separate from the main videos or otherwise could be easily skipped by people who don't have a lot of time. overall a great course!
Amazing course! Chris Impey is a wonderful teacher. The lectures are captivating, but at a level that is appropriate for astronomy beginners. The quizzes are only easy if you were paying attention, and the writing assignments consolidate the material. This course has made me even more interested in the subject and since starting it I have even gone beyond the scope of this course and done my own investigations. Definitely recommended.
Learned loads and still learning, and Prof. Chris Impey is awesome and a great teacher.
Awesome course! Thank you, Dr. Impey!
I am i week 5, for now I found this course very attractive
I really like the way the videos were made, it's literally like a 1-1 session wiv the professor himself. I have learnt a lot in the process of completing each assignment, also it has done nothing but build my love for astronomy and space itself even further than it was.
I love the well-prepared, accessible style of the course. I also enjoyed how it progressed in building block style. I will be downloading and rewatching many episodes trying to absorb more information. I will definitely take it again next time it's around!Thanks for all your hard work!
This is a very thorough and informative introduction to the field of astronomy, and contains a lot of practical information that everyone interested in the night sky can use.
I am in LOVE with this course. No, seriously. I can't stop talking about it. With EVERYONE I MEET. I have a degree in Chemistry, and teach Earth Science and Chemistry to high school students, so my knowledge about science for this course is up to par, but I like that it adds a LITTLE more info, and it's going to give me a chance to bring stuff back to my students. The text book is amazing, and the videos are on point. Thanks for a great class!
Very informative.
Though I dont have the resources for the certficate, this is a great course to continue or start your interest in astronomy.
This is the best course I have done in Coursera. The use of animations, videos, resources, The occasional humor and the way the lecturer addressed each topic. Simply amazing!!
A really overwhelming quantity of information and an amazing presentation covering a wide spectrum of Astronomy
The delivery of the material was excellent. Very informative and interlaced with
I get here a lot of useful and interesting knowledge, and the professor explains everything very well, so that everybody can understand it.
Bravo! Enjoying these lectures immensely!
This course covers a lot of interesting materials of astronomy, ranging from planets to galaxies, very suitable for beginners. Those who have trouble with maths don't have to worry, it's not part of this course. The length of video lectures are short, thus getting distracted during the lecture will not be easy.
it provides me a lot new point of view knowledge , and it broads my eyes of view, and i appreciate the astonishing new ideas and concepts.
An excellent presentation by Chris Impey with didactical explanations, among the best if not the best course in astronomy for amateurs.
An excellent course with a broad coverage of topics presented at a relatively sophisticated conceptual level but still easy to understand and requiring little math. A great starting point for getting a comprehensive overview of astronomy at its current stage of development with insights into future directions.
This is awesome
I am only a few weeks into it, but those first few weeks have been absolutely fascinating. I'll come bac at the end with a final score.
Good explanations about the topics.
an excellent course in order to start a career as a professional Journalist. Thank you all
Excellent opportunity to show off the skill sets learned . As a returning journalist, I knocked off the rust and picked up a few new skills. Deadlines, which you live on in the industry help you get acquainted with performing work on a tight schedule. This class along with the other offered MSU Journalism Specialization courses will give you what you'll need to get a foot in the door.
Overall this course was great but I wish that the timeline was a little clearer from the get-go. I had to rush at the end because I didn't realize week 2 was for finding sources, week 3 was for contacting them, week 4 was for interviews, etc...If the MSU staff could have given their feedback on our final projects, that would have been another plus, but I know it's difficult with so many students.
A great course to learn Journalism
Thank you for sharing us the guidance for creating the Capstone Project, the final Course under Specialization - Journalism, Report the News!Enjoyed it very much, also the time spent to review my peers objectively as much as I enjoyed reading their reviews.Is there going to be other related writing studies from MSU through Coursera?Best Regards,Monika Pandiangan (Monik)
Excellent course, excellent teacher. All key concepts are covered well.
I learned a lot but I felt that the final project was significantly more difficult than the work leading up to it, and there was no support I could find or access via the class itself.
That´s great!
Great course with deeper dive into the mobile developement. You need to know that much unaided work is considered.
Good Course, but it needs more focus on ContentProviders and Services.
Moves too fast
Overall this course has some valuable information. Although, I found the pace was a bit fast, only covered enough to get by, not gradually building up to a point. Each assignment or lab you first have to struggle figuring out the skeleton code where they could have provided a bit more comments, tips and guidance. I would recommend this course for someone that at least have a basic Java or programming background. Not for complete new developers.
Like part 1 this course is very informative for anyone new to android development. Pacing is good. The assignments are well developed and clear, although I found one to be on the really tricky side. Good course.
There are no lectures on Services, and Content Providers which are two key components of the Android system. It really disappointed me.
I think the exercises could be more deep.
Honestly, I find it very hard to recommend this course to anyone. First of all, let's note that the course covers quite more advanced topics than the previous 3 courses in the specialization, so some extra difficulty is to be expected. However, the main problem I encountered was with the video lectures themselves, particularly during the 3rd and 4th week of the course. The instructor does a very rushed job at explaining everything, constantly giving us tons of information and jargon that is not previously mentioned, and even the examples fail to give us insight at what we need to do and why.Other than the lectures, no external material is given to help us decipher what the professors are saying, other than a few Wikipedia links. I'm not saying that each course should be accompanied by an e-book, but honestly, if I wanted to learn about Bayesian Statistics from Wikipedia I could have well skipped this class.The main reason I'm giving 2 stars to the course instead of 1 is the Labs and the Quizzes. Even though they could use some polishing too, especially the final Lab, they are indeed very helpful and do a much better job at clarifying the concepts presented.All in all, I feel that if you want to learn about Bayesian Statistics you should look for another course, and/or save your money and get yourselves a good textbook.
very difficult but it is interesting
This course makes a valiant effort to provide as much coverage of Bayesian statistical methods as the prior three courses in the "Statistics in R" specialization do for Frequentist statistical methods, but the lack of supporting material (e.g. reading/text exercises directly paired with each lesson) really hampers this. The videos are quite informative, but if you don't catch on to the material based strictly on the videos, the weekly quizzes can be a bit frustrating.
The first three courses in this Duke series were superbly well done. I have taken numerous courses from Harvard and Johns Hopkins, and none of them compare in quality of execution of the first three Duke courses in this series.And then there was Bayesian Statistics: much of the "instruction" in this course was truly awful. The quality of the slides and video and so on was still excellent, but the "teaching" was horrible. Vast amounts of totally unexplained jargon and very extensive equations were thrown at the students with the apparent assumption that the course was a review for postdoctoral statistics students. When material is beyond the scope of what perspective students can reasonably be expected to understand, faculty members should be honest enough to just say so rather than pretending to teach the subject matter.I appreciate very much what the Duke faculty achieved in the first three courses, but the treatment of Bayesian statistics that I have just suffered through was shameful.
Good content but sometimes it gets confusing.
This is easily the worst course in the Statistics with R specialization. Contrary to the earlier courses, which were very competently taught by Dr Cetinkaya-Rundel, teaching quality is very poor in this course. Both of the main instructors are unable to explain what's going on. There is vagueness and ambiguity, which is almost impossible for the uninitiated to resolve. All in all, a very frustrating experience. The course would urgently need re-recording. As it stands, it shows a huge disrespect for the student's time and effort.
After 3 great courses in this specialization, this one was disappointing. The content just isn't explained well in the videos. The Labs were fine. I'm sorry but the course seemed rushed, and it isn't great marketing for the Bayesian approach. As a consequence, I am now not sure if I want to do the capstone......
Excellent content. Gives a very different outlook of Bayesian Stats.
For sure the most challenging course so far.I'm amazed by how our statistical intuition fits with Bayesian approach and how we can get better results.I'm eager to use this concepts in new models at my job!
This class assumes a lot of statistical knowledge and background that is not covered in the first three classes of the series. So much statistical terminology and jargon was used by the instructor, it felt like taking a class in another language where I had to constantly stop the video and google for the terminology she used. It took a lot of grit to finish the class, which was overall a very demoralizing and negative experience.
I would've saved a lot of time by knowing the R commands used in this course. It took so long to figure out things and I I didn't like the course because of that.
Good introduction to Bayesian concepts, but the course would benefit of some rethought of design of exercises.
Very good course.
This course is very good for bayesian statistic theory. What is more, it also teaches a lot of coding skills with R which is really useful.
Theis course is substantially more difficult than the three first ones, and the material is scarce. However, I must admit that this is one of the courses I have ever learnt the most
Bayesian stats is a broad topic. Learners would benefit from more material.
very helpful, however there is no recourse or recommend information for reference textbook.
This is my first course on bayesian statistics, I really like it, it was step by step, and helps to clarify lots of concepts of frequentist statistic.
The material is good. However, there is no support from the instructors to answer our questions in the discussion forum.
Good course, but need more details.
Too Fast. Video is too short and spend a lot of time in the summary.
Very theoretical and unstructured
The first three classes in this certification were excellent; this course was anything but that. There seems to be a significant disconnect between the first three courses (probability, inference, linear regression) and the fourth course (bayesian). I do not have a strong statistics background but I felt the first three classes in the certification challenged me, while providing an adequate level of support and thorough / articulate examples; the pace was perfect. Yet, with the fourth course I believe that either: 1) there needs to be a bridge course that prepares you for the bayesian course, or 2) the material needs to be taught at a slower pace with more specific and well presented examples / frameworks to work from. Although I was able to complete the course, I will now have to find an alternative source to learn from in order to really understand bayesian stats.
Very nice introduction to bayesian statistics, the materials have some level of depth, and the tests and assignments are highly available for beginners.
Very interesting and formative. It starts from the basics (Bayes' theorem) but then it goes beyond the usual conjugate models such as Beta-binomial and Gamma-Poisson. Bayesian Linear Regression, Bayes Factors, Bayesian Model Averaging and a brief introduction to MCMC are provided. This really put me in the position of applying Bayesian Statistics to some real world application: the final test case is a good illustration. The only minus is that the part on Bayesian Hypothesis Testing (in particular Bartlett's and Lindley's paradoxes) is a bit rushed up, and not as clear as the rest of the course. All in all, a really good course, I'm glad I followed it.
The professors know what they are doing but not good at making the concepts plain to the students who don't have the strong background. Most of the times I would just ask myself why they did this and that but later they don't provide enough explanations.
Very good introduction to Bayesian Statistics. Very interactive with Labs in Rmarkdown. Definitely requires thinking and a good math/analytic background is helpful.
Great course with clear instruction and a final peer-review project with clear expectations and explanations.
I get really frustrated when the tutor doesn't explain lots of concept/symbols in the materials.....
I found some of the instructional videos a bit confusing. It was difficult to understand the underlying methodology of some of the concepts explained. I believe the instructors assumed the students had a more rigorous understanding of the underlying calculus than was suggested for this course.
Outstanding material. It may be the hardest level compared to the rest specialization course, since Bayes indeed have high technical level detail. But it was worth it. Great course and detailed from the instructors.
This course needs much more work from instructors before it gets offered to the public. It is poorly assembled, offers hardly comprehensible material with no or very few resources to turn to. Reading material is listed, but they are useful for people already skilled in Bayesian Statistics. Exercises are worded such, that even the questions are a challenge to understand. Quizzes contain material never mentioned during lessons. Discussion forums are left unanswered by the teaching staff - or if they reply, they do it in a very negligent manner. No support on the merits. A major disappointment.
Excellent introductory course!
About two years ago I completed Dr. Mine's course "Data Analysis and Statistical Inference" and was quite impressed by it. I always hoped that there'd be a follow up on bayesian statistics, so I was really excited when I heard that a course on this topic had finally been created. However while attending the course I became more and more disappointed. Dr. Mine does a nice job explaining things, other teachers in this course aren't as talented. Most slides / videos are quite useless for teaching because they skip over important steps without giving appropriate explanations. Also I was quite disappointed that this course pretty much only focuses on conjugate priors. MCMC is only skimmed over and the introduction to MCMC is more than questionable - instead of showing a simple example, MCMC is squeezed into the topic of bayesian model selection. Another point is R - this course doesn't really teach bayesian stats with R. It teaches how to call one-liners like bayes_inference (from package statsr) or bas.lm (from package BAS) instead of lm. This is totally disappointing. I wish this course would skim over conjugate prior methods and then focus on MCMC sampling methods by teaching how to build interesting and practically useful models using JAGS/STAN/PyMC/whatever. For anyone interested in bayesian stats I'd recommend reading "Doing Bayesian Data Analysis - Using R, JAGS, and STAN" and "Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers". These books are actually cheaper than this course.
I had a lot of fun during this course, but I think it is simply too short to present all the topics in sufficient detail. Furthermore, I took this course without doing the prior courses in the specialization, and there were a couple of moments when I really thought previous knowledge from a different course was required.I think for the most part the lecturers did a great job in explaining the materials in the course. The lectures themselves were also well structured, and the topics followed each other in a logical order. I would have loved to spend more time on modeling techniques and Markov Chain Monte Carlo.
Mismatch between assessment and course content. After not being able to pass the assessment, I've fallen behind on the course and I'm too busy to catch up.
This course was the most challenging one among all courses in specialization. I wish there were more explonation of how we get smth from smth and not like " and it appears to be equal .." and so on.I also had to watch Ben Lambert's bayesian course on YouTube to understand the material of the second week,because Prof. David Banks was not good enough in explanation.Assistant Prof. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel has an amazing teaching skills.Prof. Merise Clyde is good in explonations and I understand that she tried to present a very complicated material in a simple way, but as I have already mentioned above, I wish there were more explonations of casuality of the formulas with examples and Intuition that stands behind these formulas like in Ben Lambert's videos.Many thanks for such an amazing experience.
I hope we can have access to the slides, and this can save attendees a lot of time, because I think after we finished watching the video we can skip relevant slides when we come across problems in doing exercise.
This course clearly has come ambition to cover important topics on bayesian statistics, however, probably due to time limit, the lecturers have to skim through the contents without further, sometimes necessary explanations. As a result, the lectures are difficult to follow.
This course is not well-presented. Lectures are unimaginative, and there isn't enough supporting material or readings.
This course covers a good amount of bayesian statistics. However, the presentation/videos starting from week 2 really sucks. They change instructors for difference topics and obviously some instructors are not very good at explaining other than reading the material.The videos skipped many medium steps that are actually very crucial for understanding the concepts. And no suggested reading materials at all either. Also the quiz are not very well designed either. For example, some quiz are much more simpler than the course material, which makes it not helpful at all to understand the course material itself. While some times it is the opposite.The first three courses in this specialization are very good, but somehow this course are way below the quality of the previous ones.
The course lacks of explanation and it's very difficult to follow. It seems that the instructor just reads the slides without reasoning and explanation. Suggested reading materials are needed.
The section about Beta-Binomial Conjugate is taught very fast and unless the student is quite familiar with Beta and Gamma distributions, it makes it very difficult to follow the course.
I don't understand how come this course can get such high reviews. My experience with this course is horrible. First of all, most quiz are poorly designed, lots of mistakes. For instance, there are 10 Qs in week 1, 3 of them have mistakes. Wasted me tons of times.Lectures are also difficult to follow. Instructors usually just give formulas without further explanation. I forced myself to go through them until week 4, I finally give it up. I feel like it is a waste of my time. I need to find a better course on this topic.Most coursera courses are very well designed. This one is the worst I have ever experienced.
very useful
I beta-tested this course and it was an amazing experience. The instructors are super engaging and upbeat, despite having to delivery a very complex subject like Bayesian statistics. The quizzes are very rich, with a nice balance of practice quizzes and graded quizzes. The practice quizzes offer very helpful explanations that can help to reinforce understanding before doing the graded quiz. Last but not least, the final project description is super exciting and thorough. I highly look forward to completing this course and get a deep introduction to Bayesian statistics.
Pl send me the Certificate. Its overdueSanjay Banka
Very powerfull, thanks a lot!
I really enjoyed this course; it's applicable to most aspects of your life. It gave me some perspective into past negotiations, and how I could make the next negotiation (whatever it is) in my life better.
The Art of NegotiationCongratulations on the platformCongratulations on the administrative order of the courseCongratulations on the Success of the Course
Great course !!! Lot's of interesting information.
Not much useful. Limited in interactivity. Dropped out after a week and half
Great Couse
there was no home works
loved it! Learned a lot.
Thanks
Negotiation is one of the best skills for any person interaction including relationships to certain degrees, would re-take more than once.
Excellent course on negotiation skill, explained in a way which is easy to follow an practice.
Well done with good content
Very effective way of teaching
Good course for quick understaniding of the basics for negotiation. also helpfull to go over before upcoming negotiation.
THANK YOU!
good all to gather but looking for more interesting skills
Very informative for expanding my skills and terminology.
Very clear c
Way too general..
too many theory and too boring
The instructor kept referring to different authors and books as if she wasn't sure what she was saying was true. She was just reading off a screen and not actually teaching. Might have been easier, and a bit more beneficial, to just read a well prepared set of slides on my own. The first set of quiz questions also weren't really relevant to what was in the actual lesson. Quite disappointed in this part of the specialization as the other sections had in depth presentations, clear information, lots of examples and great slides.
Very interesting and inspiring course. The material is of very good quality and the teacher is, to my mind, excellent.
I couldn'tfinish this course because it was too much the. I wish it had a more practical aspect.
Great course. It has some important points to consider in a negotiation.
Great, great teacher! I am so inspired by her.
Great short course. Like the main points brought up. Would have been great to have some real case studies of negotiations that went well and badly to learn from. Even a reading of cases hre would have set the whole thing in context.
The course is mostly theoretical
Good resources and material for self study. The Guest separe was very interesting.
thanks
Nice explanation about negotiation.
Really helpful in work.
A bit boring, but still informative.
that is one of the most complicated courses for myself, but i happy to learn it cause it's pretty useful and helpful!
I found this course is very much theoritical. I should have included mathatical models and ways to relate them with our day to day life.Thanks
great tips , new world has opened for me.
Very good. Could use more on soft skills.
Very good course, I recommend!
I think this is a great course. It gives me more fundamental knowledge in negotiation. Although it provides details all information but give us a overview when start a negotiation with everyone or any organization.
It was a very helpful class to learn strategies to improve performance in a negotiation table.
I like that the course covered negotiation in general in relatively short time. However I found the lectures were too dry and theoretical as they lacked real life examples.
She is fluent just like reading the scripts.
Good Course. Topics are well explained.
Excellent!!! This course provides right framework to handle any negotiation...
Succinct and to the point;Great content;The professor is clear and confident.
enjoyed this, as well as finding out I dont know as much as what I thought i did
This course has a lots of knownledge and well-structured contents.
Structured, easy to understand and clear. Advocates positive and value based approach to negotiations.
I learned a lot of very good concepts in this well prepared lesson. Great teacher
Good course!!!
I had a hard time paying attention to the woman speaking and dropped the course after completing week one.
Great course!
There is no discussion forum. There are some concepts made me confused and I want to discuss with some other classmates. Another thing is there almost has no example, teacher just say the principles. I think one or two example for a principle may make some concepts more clear and can be understood easier.
Very good points. Logical and concisely presented. Will definitely influence the way that I approach a negotiation. Particularly like the idea that both parties need to come away satisfied with the outcome.
Very insightfull course thank you very much i,m very appriecieted
the course structure and content are very good and interesting!
Useful Course, very informative.
This is the best Negotiation course I have attended. It is focused on principles negotiation and takes us through the steps needed to become a successful and honest negotiator. Great delivery. Thank you.
Totally worth taking this course if you intend to improve your negotiation skills from simply haggling and bargaining to true win-win agreements.
Very bad course. The content can barely be applied outside US, you don't know from which perspective it's explained (for sales or purchasing people), the videos are bad quality, the teacher is babbling, no extra resources, no interaction with the audience outside the assessments.
This course offered nothing significant or new to anyone who has spent any time around business or government negotiations. It really seems as though the instructor either assumes all of her students are completely inept or that because it is a free course that producing a reasonably viable product is not necessary.
Thank you. At least I know something about negotiations that I can use in everyday transactions.
Great course! Summarized the experiences I had on actual negotiation. Also provided good tips, hint and resources for further study to improve my negotiation skills.
Very Good,
Very informative and easy to understand instructor.
Too short, too easy, too costly. Beautiful picture, beautiful title, but low content.
Best short and brief video as well as presentations.It helped me lot to learn new styles and approches towards "negotiations" which is part of daily life these days.Thanks to the team and Coursera.
great course, thanks for posting this
The answers to the test questions can be improved significantly. Most of them can be both justified or refuted.
The Instructor doesn't give enough info about principles and her presentation skills are very week,the studying material also are very poor
succinct, down-to-earth and focused on the essentials - just what I wanted and got! However, certainly no substitute for a negotiation course e.g. as part of an MBA. Overall a bit colourless.
negotiation is a key part in my work so the insights and skills are urgently needed for this. This course is very logical and useful.
Great course!!!
Don't let your emotions into negotiation.
Boring, didn't have strength to finish
great cours
very nice, the presentation about is so clear and practical
Great course, it gave me a good start in my career and I have used what I have learned!
teacher talks much too slowly, and uses many complex terms when they are not needed
Missing examples
Very interesting and easy to follow.
The Art of Negotiation is unique course in business life, after passing three modules i feel that i made huge mistake during negotiations in the past. this course help me to overcome past mistakes of Negotiation.
Clear explanations, useful word problems and well designed quices.
Excelent teacher and course!
Excellent course and excellent teachers! Highly recomended.
Great course. All lectures provide a biological context for the tools you learn in the labs. The labs themselves provide a great introduction to the many tools available for bioinformatic analysis.
I learned many concepts in molecular biology and also how to use some tools to run genetic data. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to have been engaged in this amazing course.
The teacher is boring but he conveys all information clearly.
Very nice, I would have liked to go deeper in NGS and RNA seq but is good as starter, I recommend it!
Course depends too much on multiple third-party sites to be as enlightening as I had hoped. I learned about some great resources, but that's about it.
Simplified and very useful course
It is a very nice course for beginners. I learnt a lot from it. Thank you!
Great course easy to follow highly recommend it. Thank you.
Nice course, useful to know the most common tools used to do Bioinformatics
The videos were very clear on how to use various bioinformatic tools. I found no difficulty in understanding them. Really enjoyed the course. Looking forward to the next part of this course!
The course is excellent, the lecturer is brilliant. Maybe it is a bit tough for students, also background in biology, chemistry and biochemistry is very helpful. Nevertheless I will recomend it to my advanced students because it absorbs and makes significant progress in understanding or the modern tools and techniques in bioinformatics. And the second part of the course is promised to be even more interesting.
very useful
It was a relevant course teaching basic bioinformatics. the course was well-structured and not hard-to follow
An excellent course that expands on previously known topics in life sciences.
Excellent and informative course!
A very well structured course with graded difficulty and accurate instructions. Throughly enjoyed being a part of it.
A short and sweet, to-the-point course. This course helped me in getting a hang of some of the most widely used softwares and techniques required for bioinformatics. Only issue-some of the questions in certain quizzes have been assigned wrong choices as the answer, which led to a lot of confusion. They just wouldnt accept the right answer, so you are forced to mark the wrong ones and proceed.
One of the basic and efficient enough to get familiar with the world of bioinformatics. Must for the ones who wants to excel deeper in the field of bioinformatics.
Very good starting point or restarting point for working with sequence data as a compuational biologist. Very clear course with good lab sessions.
Awesome course. The lectures are good and the lab portion is great. The lab really helps understanding how to use online tools and resources.
thank you
Thanks to this course, i am now understanding the principle and methodology of phylogenetics
repeat the class
This course is great! The materials provided are topnotch. In addition, the instructor was very active in the discussion forums during the period i enrolled; He was very helpful. As well as students who had enrolled at that period of time. (July to September 2016)I think anyone with some background in molecular biology can handle this course. Plus, do most of the labs in Firefox or any other browser namely Opera, Safari as an example. Google chrome doesn't support the Java apps you'll use in this course.
A very interesting course and a great starting point towards bioinformatics
Very usefull!! Who want to learn the basic methods of bioinfo i recomend this course!
This course is nice but very lengthy videos and at one points i didn't understand some topics , quiz are pretty tough to solve .
I am interested in RNA-seq data analysis and lecture 7 was superb. Thank you
Very organized. The labs are extremely helpful!
Great Introduction to the topics and broad concepts of bioinformatics. If you are looking for a course that goes gives you a sense of the breadth of the field, this is the place to start. The learn-at-your-own-pace was also great for me, since time commitments and travel schedules make it difficult for me to block out a set time each week to complete each lesson-- so the flexibility was great!
Very useful for a wide variety of biologist profiles
quiz questions are well explained so much that I could follow easily! Good examples for learning!
good but lengthy videos..
Great and indepth introduction for those interested in learning bioinformatics. Next stop: Bioinformatic Methods II
I personally found the course very useful. It provides a good overview of some of the most widely used bioinformatic tools nowadays, without being too demanding. That labs are particularly good, and you are able to explore at your own pace but with the necessary guidance. I have a background in molecular and cell biology, so I found it very easy to follow.
Excellent course, I've learnt a lot. Maybe the labs are a little "do what I'm saying", but that is only if you are looking for the Certificate. If you dedicate enough time to read and "play" a little bit, it's a very complete course.
It's a very useful course, very well explained
Very good course for beginners!
It was very well taught, I very much enjoyed taking this course and I appreciate producers efforts.
Good campaign for abolishing illiteracy.It would be good to update answers for the final quiz (BLAST search and phylogenetic assay).
It was an excellent course! Very well explained and paced. Thank you, very much, Dr. Provart.
it is a very good courses. I learnt a lot about how to build a phylogenetic tree here.
The best course ever ! Easy, well teached and breathtaking.This course helped me a lot in my university in my undergraduation. You can get a good knowledge about bioinformatics enough to work with it, and these teachings is necessary to improve skills to get better in this area.
It's great that the course is self-paced, I could start the course immediately to learn things that I immediately need in my work and classes. The bioinformatics tools discussed in this course are very helpful and explained in a clear manner. The instructor provides a lot of useful tips. In all, this course touches upon each of the major fields of bioinformatics that any student entering the field should know. It is suitable for those who are knew to this field, and also fascinating for those who have some prior knowledge.
Really great course.
On the theoretical side, this is a very good introduction, and clearly a lot of effort has been poured into the practical part - only for that, the Toronto team deserves a lot of credit. Sadly, it suffers from the same problem as nearly every intro course in bioinformatics: the labs are merely a set of instructions to follow... even the very last. Still, if you never heard of BLAST or how to draw a phylogenetic tree, this is the course to do.
Very good and complete course. Even having some basic background with bioinformatics, this course was still valuable in order to further cement previously learned concepts, as well as learn some new concepts and tools.
This is an absolutely fantastic course!
enjoying it and its helping alot in my unit
It is really useful and informative course to learn the basis of bioinformatic methods.
Painful to watch and boring as hell!
I like the classes!It was hard but it worth all your effort.See you on the next class!
Amazing, Excellent and Awesome
the instructor is really harsh, don't piss him off!
Excellent material and explained well by the professor!
I really enjoyed this course. The hands-on laboratories were very helpful and fun.
There was a lot of stuff I could immediately use for my work. some of the other stuff was good to know to better understand what can be done behind the scene.
Set such a solid foundation for beginners to start their research career using bioinformatic tools!
A thorough course for beginners with very interesting labs! I was pleasantly surprised with how much and how easily I learned bioinformatics skills with this course. Well done!
One of the better courses I've taken, the combination of the hands-on labs and the review videos helps to understand some of the more complicated concepts.
Excellent course! The course is enjoyable and thorough, and at the same time, it does not require any deeper molecular biology knowledge or extra computational skills.
It is very useful and helpful. Thank you very much Coursera and special thanks to dear Dr. Nicholas Provart.
A good, interesting and attractive introduction to Bioinformatic methods. Professor Provart is able to make thing easy, whilst showing you how to exploit data and tools freely - well ... usually, they are for free - available on the Internet.I suggest this course to everyone approaching the topic. Personally, I will also take Bioinformatic Method II to be initiated to elements of structural Bioinformatic methods.The 5th star is missing because I would like to have some more insights about some underlying "reasons why". But, I reckon this as my own peculiarity.Good job, Professor Provart! And thank you very much for this!
It was really useful for me.
As a biochemist, it is a nice refresher for me !
Great course. The lectures were very clear and informative. The labs were a very nice, easy way to get a hands on understanding of the tools being learned. Thank you!
Very practical introduction to bioinformatics tools from a biological perspective. Labs were excellent, and the quizzes were mostly well-designed. Only downside is that some required software/web tools are difficult to run on Linux, but that's unavoidable given the field.
The step where traditional biology end, bioinformatics starts...There is no doubt in that.
The submission system for submitting assignments in most of the cases does not work.
I learned a lot and had fun at the same time
good course . If there will any Speech recognition course it will useful > Hope Coursera will start speech recognition course in future .
Very well presented and thorough investigation into spectrogram, STFT and reconstruction techniques. Enjoying thanks.
I learned a lot during this course. It took quite a lot of time and energy to complete it, but I'm glad I did. It is now much easier to follow the text of Richard Lyons' book. Highly recommended.
this course is really great. lectures, code samples and references are clear and completeabsolutely recommended
This is a really good course if you wish to start learning about Audio signal processing concepts.
A real gem of a course in Coursera. It covers all the aspects of the topics discussed on Audio Signal Processing ranging from In-depth Theory to excellent examples & demonstration to programming aspects.
This course gives quite some fundumental concepts about the audio signal processing. I like it!!
Brilliant course! Good balance between theory and implementations with Python. Also, very good additional materials - video lectures from Julius Smith, if you want to go even deeper into math theory.
The course is very well explained, the assignment are really interesting and the topic is very interesting as well.If you never worked with coding, the beginning may be a bit tricky, but everything is well explained. Take your time to view the videos, they always help if you have some problems.
Thank you!
exceptional course -- expect good amount of work, but then you get lots out of it (as with any good course)
Very good course. You learn basics of Audio digital Processing while you learn how to use software that is open source. I really enjoy programing and learning Python and more because it was totally applied.
Excellent course with engaging activities. Highly recommended.
Very well explained and organized course material. The classes are also very detailed and special emphasis is put on illustrating every concept with example plots.
Top class! Very well explained, good examples, excellent learning material, practical exercises, and lots and lots of room for further personal study! Well done guys, and especially Xavier! Cheers!
Great support from teacher, super clear explanation and excelent level of information!
nice class!
i will thanks to management, i really need to learn this course because my FYP is based on this course
This course is what i have been longing for :)))
Awesome! Just the preview of the course already made me excited! :D :D :D
Too many errors in the graded assignments.
Great course!
Extremely interesting but could be more detailed showing more specific data and examples with downloadable spreadsheets.
I've learnt a lot with this course. Sometimes we don't stop to think about how to think on making decision.
Quite disappointing. Lecturers / tutors no responding in time, and the solution provided are questionable, which already happened in earlier courses of this specialisation.
Great course on application of behavioural finance in business decision making
I didn't learn anything more than what I already knew- which was basic concepts- and was able to pass anyway. I'm very disappointed. I want to be a good programmer, and this did not teach me any programming.The videos are not conducive to learning. You need a more engaging teaching plan. Don't just read slides to me, I can do that myself. Use videos to explain concepts, but stuff your videos with practice problems. Put more code in the videos and walk me through it. Put in mini-quizzes in the middle of videos, to keep the student aware of how they are doing in short increments. Don't move on to the next thing unless they have learned the first thing.I was unable to complete the projects because the practical coding was not taught - don't throw a third of the course into the first practice I get to without first walking me through short, contained examples of how to actually use the code, and testing me on each piece before putting it all together.
Gives an in-depth explanation about how intents and broadcast receivers work in android.
The entirety of this course is "watch and listen". There are no hands-on activities/assignments that get you implementing what you are (supposedly) learning. The assignments that are offered are optional and consist of filling in the blank code without actually providing you a way to see how your code works in the big picture.For example - they go on and on about how intents are complicated and tricky, but they don't actually give you a required assignment. It's optional. Then the actual assignment is "Do this here, and this here, and then this here" and only when you have completed every step can you actually run the code. But this doesn't actually show you how to build the intent. All you did was write down what they told you to and where. You never actually build anything yourself. You don't actually get an idea of how these things work or how to implement them yourself from scratch.The quizzes are also pointless. Every quiz is multiple choice, select all that apply. There's no thought required, just regurgitation of info from the lectures.Also, the entire week 1 lectures are HORRIBLE. The lectures on git are sssoooo dull that I could not stay awake no matter how much I wanted to. They are given in a monotone, bored tone that will drive you insane.Overall, this course seems more like it was hastily slapped together, without much thought, and then never looked at again. I would not recommend anyone take this course, let alone pay for it.
A lot of information to be absorbed.I like how up-to-date the material is, though in some cases a a little too 'fresh'---assignments need some clean-up.For the app case studies and assignments, should add simple UML sequence and/or collaboration diagrams to the existing class diagrams.This would help to better illustrate the interactions of the various Android classes---especially if it could be animated.
The programming exercises should not be optional. I still intend to do them, but now I passed the course with a 100% mark but only 10% of knowledge.
Very nice course..
More practical application would be helpful in solidifying knowledge. Concepts seem abstract outside of any programming practice. Additionally, flow of lectures seems scattered at times: concepts are introduced then not expounded upon. This creates a distracted learning path that makes it difficult to follow the lessons. (From a beginner programmer's view).
It was a good Mooc, but I think it should imply many more examples to be made by the own students along the course. I really liked the previous one (Java for Android) and of course I´m going to finish the rest of courses. It´s worth it. On the other hand, examples are good and explanations properly presented. Good... but not as good as the previous.
Not enough coding opportunities.
I really liked the course. I would have preferred to have been forced to do the optional assignment as it takes that little bit of extra motivation coming up to Christmas to do these optional assignments. I still plan to do them but being forced to do them to get a pass would help.Otherwise I really like what I learning and how its presented. Just need to use it somehow to get a job!
There is a lot of good information in the course about how different components communicate with each other in android; however, there is way too much information way too fast. I really enjoyed the rhythm in the first course but, this course left me lost more times than not. Its a great course if you plan on spending large amounts of time searching the web for other resources to complete the optional assignments
Very helpful! requires strong coding skills.
This course was fantastic. I feel bad for complaining about the delay it had before launching because now I can see it was worth it. The material is up to date and the code adheres to the recommended Android code style from Google's documentation. The material is so much more thorough than other Android learning resources I've tried. Not only do you get good explanations of the example apps, but the lecture videos themselves do a good job of explaining the concepts at a high level before you get into the code. I found that the lecture videos gave me so many "eureka" moments where the whole picture was easier to understand.My only complaint is that the grading is 100% quizzes. I don't find these particularly engaging, and I prefer completing assignments that must pass unit testing/an autograder etc. I'm still giving 5 stars because this didn't detract from my experience. I'm pretty self-motivated so I just made my own challenges and didn't move on until I was able to code examples of what we learned each week.This specialization is without a doubt the first thing I'd point someone who expressed interest in learning Android to.
Very good and high level course. The reason I give 4 out of 5 stars is coz this course uses two topics both of which were not covered in Java for Android Course : Java Concurrency/Threads and Java 8 lambda expressions. So I had to take a side route to learn these topics. Also if the programming assignments could be made non-optional and auto graded, that would be great.
This Course has been GREAT
This course will give you an understanding of how different Android App components interact. You will learn how and when to use the HaMeR and Asynctask frameworks, also, you'll see which patterns they implement. The Official Android Development Guide is a perfect complement for this course if you want to understand some programming details and get in deep.
Course work was entirely optional and only started at the end of week 2. The required level of involvement was too low to be helpful. I don't learn well just watching lectures - I can get that much from YouTube!!! However, I expect a bit more when paying $500 for a specialisation.The first module in the series was too basic but at least there was a lot of coding involved. This (second) module didn't even have that.
I was really disappointed with this course, especially considering how great the first course was. IMO...there was too large of a jump between the two courses, and the plethora of "I'm totally lost..." threads in the forums would seem to back up my opinion. I'm currently reading Head First Android Development and it is exactly what I needed to grasp basic concepts as well get my bearings in the Android world. If this class remains the same I wouldn't be surprised to see attendance drop in further courses and/or Coursera starts receiving complaints about the difficulty.
Overall it is OK, but the example framework is more like created for teach purpose which is not practical in industry. Moreover, it seems there are many incorrect part in the assignment especially optional code assignments.
Great course!
Lots of details and references
I found it a bit peculiar that there were no tasks (problem sets) that were actually required to be taken (and passed obviously) to receive this course's certificate - which kind of devalues the obtainment of such in my opinion as passing the course by taking quizzes only seems a bit easy to me. Also the whole presentation of the material seemed not as thoroughly thought through - compared to other moocs I have taken or even the first course of this specialization. Although I must admit once you totally got around the fact that this mooc relies heavily on supplementary learning material (I for one bought the ebook mentioned in the course - the busy coder's guide to android development - which is an excellent book and I probably would not have found out about without this mooc) and one gets used to it's approach it is not as bad. Altogether I have to say the course was no waste of my time since I certainly did learn a lot but it could use some honing on a few sides. On an absolute positive side I feel the urge to mention the case studies conclusively which were really eye opening if analysed alongside the mentioned ebook and doing some googling :) Looking forward to course number 3 of this specialization.
It was I nice course but it would have been better start building an app from scratch in the practice sections
The course is a very good introductory course. The instructor explains the concepts in detail and with nice and clear examples.
Good Stuff
very inspirational, useful in many industry and with lots of references. project management support and managerial role inspiration
Thank you so much for such a great opportunity! I loved the course and it was very interesting to listen to your lectures.
Fantastic!!! a must do course for any aspiring innovators.
Awesome course with a very useful framework and very practical examples. Strongly recommended.
Content is great and would highly recommendThe structure for grading however is poor. The peer assignments don't work well compared to other Coursera courses. I submitted my assignments in time, but even after a month I still don't have one peer that has completed my review which then delays the 'completion' of my course. When I go to do other peer reviews for other people on the same assignment I am presented with 6 month old assignments overdue from previous courses?! In addition, you can't participate in the forum discussions until you submit something yourself. I would prefer to add to a thread than go in blind to each forum
This course gives good perspective on innovation process and how to bring idea to life. However it was disappointing to me that content of the course has nothing to do with Art and Culture.
very good content
good pre course for learning any language
I really enjoyed the problems. I would strongly advise to solve them all.
Awesome course. Great exercises (although can be frustratingly challenging at times!) Divide and conquer and dynamic programming new to me, have learned a lot. Highly recommended!
Great course! The programming assignments are very helpful in understanding the topics in the course. It would be better if the threshold to pass the assignment is increased to 50% or more.
Problems are very helpful. Testing system of the grader is superior.
Great course! Interesting and useful.
The lectures and exercises are awesome. I can not believe it I can solve hard problems by myself. Now I'm very confident to talk about algorithms. Thanks creators.
Very helpful course
It is a great class!
Very detailed and thorough discussions about each concept and problem. Great class to challenge yourself with. Enjoyed it immensely. :)
Not well explained. Do read the resources and spend time on YouTube and stack overflow to understand the concepts. Otherwise definetly a challenge and an interesting course
The only, issue: we does not have the data set to validate our code.
The programming assignments are great, with the right amount of challenge to help fixate the learning.
I would like to give this course worse than a 1 star. The course explanations are very poor. The explanations drag on and make no sense. I had to go to outside sources to make sense of what the videos were discussing, which I felt like defeats the purpose. Why am I paying for something when I have to use other sources to better explain. I would never recommend this course to anyone. Listening to these teachers explain each subject poorly was killing me. I like to learn through examples but what they provide just makes it more confusing and hard to follow. Each instructor got worse and worse! The videos were so hard to watch and the accents made it even more worse! I feel robbed from taking this course. I should have asked for my refund within the first week, but I felt since I was paying, I would stick it out a little longer. You will get a better explanation if you take each subject and youtube the videos on each subject. Very useless course. Hated every week of this course and I wouldn't dare to continue with the full specialization program. It's very sad to hear that this course gets recommended a lot, but it missed it's mark completely.
Very good course!! Totally recommended! It takes you from the basics to more advanced topics. They will demonstrate why it's very important know and apply different approaches for algorithmic problems.
Solid! Key for anyone wanting that strong computing foundation independent of programming language
Very good course for a newbie developers and for refreshing your knowledge.
This is a great introduction to a more formal approach to algorithms and I look forward to the rest of the courses in the specialization. The dynamic programming week was somewhat more difficult than the other weeks, but I think that could be remedied with more visualizations during the lectures.If you're lacking in any basic maths skills, I would recommend running through Khan academy first. Functional notation and series would be especially useful.
Excellent lectures and challenging problem sets!
very good organized course
I really appreciate the way course contents are selected in each course of the specialization , It really gives a great conceptual clarity of all the topics .I find a bit difficulty in understanding Big O notation so please try to give some more reference to understand it and also provide some general techniques to calculate it from just looking at code.
Great class! I learned a lot!
Great exercises. My only complaint is the last 2 weeks, the instructors weren't visual enough. They kept using hand gestures and not enough concrete visualizations of some of the steps. There were a lot of concrete visualizations for the big ideas... but not enough for all the different material and intermediary steps they were trying to teach.
This is a very useful very rich algorithms course, it is one of the best i have ever attended online, i would really recommend this course to any one who wants a challenging algorithms program.
A very nice introduction to solving algorithmic problems in general. Liked the fact that testing techniques are emphasized so much.
I don't recommend this course. The lectures barely touch on the topics being taught, you are expected to go learn on your own. I learned more from the free Khan academy than from this course. It would have been worth more buying good literature on algorithms.
The content of the course is so good. However, I think the lecturers can do better job if the have more visualisation for what they are saying. A lot of time, I felt that I couldn't follow what they was saying and then, I have to pause the video and look at the pseudo code, it much easier to understand. Btw, thanks a lot for providing such an awesome course.
The best course I have done on Coursera. The authors have put together a great set of lectures and especially programming assignments, which really force you to think about what you are doing rather than go by trial and error. What's more, you can submit these in about a dozen commonly used programming languages so you can practise the language of your choice while learning about algorithms. Highly recommended!
Awesome course with very interesting practical exercises.
This is an exceptionally good course. I thank my instructors for their effort. Thank You.
The best course for learning coding.
It was an awesome experience and this course is all one needs to get good at algortihms.
Very useful
good course, thank you very much.
Very interesting topic. Hard push
the course is very good , the best part is implementing the algorithm ,this will give you deep understanding of the algorithm also it will force you to improve your programming skills if you are a beginner , it was very useful for me .
Great course to follow along, I love how the homework assignments have the input template already in place so you can focus on the algorithm
wonderful!!!cool coding problems
This was my first taste of algorithm design--I loved it! The course was challenging but just easy enough for me to get through in an unfamiliar language.
Very good design of course. It seems simple at the beginning but later very useful.
The course is a great first course on algorithmic toolbox. I love the way the toolbox serves as a precursor to the more involved courses. In particular, the topic of stress testing is something that MOOCs don't cover in general and lead me to give up in my earlier MOOCs.All in all, great job professors Sascha, Daniel, Neil, Michael and Pavel.You guys are awesome.
I liked the course - it has very good balance, with some challenging tasks, but not too hard for smart learner. Good job! Getting 100% grade was fun.On other side minimal passing grade is a joke. You can literally get the certificate simply by implementing given pseudo-code in language of your choice. It hugely devalues the certificate, especially so without Honor track and no "with distinction" certificate offered.
Course covers most of the classic algorithms problems. There should have been final exam.
The course was awesome ..The content ,the problems were all thought provoking - couple of times i had issues understanding the language of the instructor , sans that it is a very very good course and a must take i would say
Awesome course - one of my favorites I've done on Coursera. It's thorough yet clear. I also like that you can pass the course just by implementing the algorithms as shown in the lectures, but then each assignment has multiple additional problems which challenge you to think for yourself. Really great course design!
1 professor just did not make sense to me. do not just read out the pseudo code but instead try to visually show whats happening step by step with arrows and calculations from scratch
It is amazing course. It presents the toolbox in a sequence of incremental levels to help you completely understand each level.
Great and challenging course.
Pretty good course and refresher. Enjoyed working through the problems.
superb programming assignments, created sophisticated logic for solving high edge problems using O(log n) or O(n logn) complexity, this was very challenging and nice course
The videos and explanations are very poor. Most of the time the instructors are reading off a script, and everything feels fake. By reading off a script they are forced to "hand-wave" and do not explain concepts covered completely.The only thing I liked about this course were the problem sets, which were interesting to do. Will not buy rest of specialization, feels like this is just a cash cow for UCSD.
Very Good courseAll the concepts were explained very well, barring Dynamic Programming. That could have been a bit more detailed. The programming assignments were fun to solve. A must have course for people beginning their study in computer science.
Great course - the problem sets were challenging and appropriate for the learning goals. For participants who have not been exposed to significant mathematical coursework, the mathematical notation may be intimidating at first, but is not an insurmountable obstacle.
Lots to learn and a great course.
Very informative. I am a self-taught programmer, and this definitely helps with the programmer's mindset. Definitely challenging.
Really nice experience for me . I enjoyed it
I liked the fact that the algorithms are not just the introductory searching and sorting algorithms. The assignments are fairly difficult (I have decent scripting experience), but not impossibly so.
Nice materials and challenging problems!
Informative, with minimal theory - it is plus for me, because allow save time. Some tasks is not easy :)
everything is great exept last week
Lectures are very confusing. Instructors should use white boarding to explain codes. Difficult to follow them.
The materials covered are not enough to fully explore the topics. Should include much more detailed explanations especially when explaining some of the complex algorithms.
Tasks are amazing. But sometimes had to google some extra help.
The core concepts are very well explained
Pretty informative and helps you refresh the basics.
Very good course! But expensive.
Thanks for this awesome course. It helped me a lot to improve my theoretical knowledge in building complex solutions based on different approaches.
Lectures and quizzes are okay, assignments are great to make you think deeper about the topics. I have to agree with a lot of the other course takers that you get very little help from the teaching staffs. However, I do feel that the discussion forums are enough to help you through all of the programming tasks.Programming assignments aren't really friendly to Haskell's list, and vectors are not available. If you use Haskell, you'll be forced to work with arrays or sequences, which are not as nice.
This is a fantastic course. Great material well supplemented by assignments.
Learnt so much! Great content.
The course content is very good and is must have if you missed that stuff in colledge. It teaches of algorithmic analysis so you know which algorithm is more efficient, gives some examples of cool techniques and provides challenges to apply those techniques.However, there are things that I hate about this course. First of all this is about forums. They are broken down into sessions and there are too little people on each session. Staff provides exactly zero help. If you are stuck, you have no hope on these forums and will need to find help somewhere else.Programming assignments are great, they are relevant, interesting, challenging and the automatic grader system estimates not only if we get the correct answer but also the efficiency of our algorithm. There have been some problems in divide and conquer section though. I've been struggling with implementing binary search (which is quite a simple algorithm!) in JavaScript to pass the assignment for weeks. I've written and rewritten it in different ways, done hundreds of manual and automated tests, posted on course forums (receiving zero answers) and have gotten the same error again and again. I was able to solve this only by switching to Python. I am quite sure there is a mistake in the test case, which cost me hours and hours. Overall, the programming assignments are very time consuming and lack of support and not showing test cases make things worse.I do not like that we cannot see the test case where our program fails. Perhaps, if you could figure out a test case that might fail in your program that would make you a better programmer but I felt more like it was wasting of our time. The main thing is to analyze the test case that fails and understand why, it will bring the same result without wasting time and feeding anger,Some lecturers have a strong Russian accent, that is very distracting. It is not a lot of work to take some English pronunciation training before making a course, isn't it?Overall, I enrolled for the specialization and planned to buy it in full but bought only this course to start with. Now I am glad I did that because now I am not sure about buying the other courses and will look somewhere else first.Anyway, the creators of the course have done a great job, which is highly appreciated. I believe you can make this course much better by fixing the issues I pointed above.
Everything was super. Extremely useful course.
Really iam so so so happy :) this course is the best course i met before :) <3 <3 <#
Very good course. It illustrates many algorithms using simple ways, short videos and readable material.
Good content . And very good assignments.
Nice course with meticulous instructions
This course covers important aspects of techniques used to solve popular problems. But it misses to cover introductory points in some modules (i.e: dynamic programming module) as well as the accent of some instructors isn't clear enough.
great course
i don't know how to say thanks to you
This course is the basic of specialization and helped a lot to understand algorithms in a better way. Thanks so much to are the teachers
Awesome. Learnt many things.
Nice and tough course. Make sure to plan ahead for the homework if you expect to complete all of the assignments above and beyond what is required. After finishing the course I switched my session to the next one so that I would be able to complete all the extra assignments. It can be tough juggling this class if you work full time, and have other projects outside of work that demand your time.
Great course. I would suggest to improve pronunciation of some of the lecturers, add more material, lower the concentration of the material (by prolonging or splitting the course). Great work, thanks!
Very helpful course! Goes over a lot of concepts I see come up with Comp Sci a
Interesting and challenging!
it was a really good course..i had learned a lot from this course.:)
It was quite interesting .
Great course! I've learnt a lot and have deeper understanding of algorithm. Thank you!
Great place to start
I really had a hard time understanding Dynamic Programming. I recoomend to remove this topic and focus more on solidifying foundations so that students can be more prepared for moving through the whole Algorithm Courses. I never heard of this topic before and the lecturer ommited many steps when explaining the Edit Distance. I was forced to look for other resources like Open Courseware Algorithms course, and this is how could understand what was dynamic programming easily. Hope this helps!
Great Class
Very good and challenging course. Gets tougher as it progresses. Less support from the staff and the community, but proper content and explanation in the videos.
I think that some assignations are too difficult, and some indeed few explanations are poor
good concepts aree taught
Great class for students with some elementary programming background who are eager to learn the fundamentals of algorithm design.
The overall course was very good however the edit distance lectures were very fast to grasp the concepts
Homework was very nice, but strong accent of lecturers impeded me
Instructors are perfect. The course is intense and not easy. But the way the concepts are taught is very lucid. One of the best courses on coursera. I am leading my way to the specialization. Again, the instructors are really great. The assignments are the best part of this course. Must take.
It's really insightful, It would be great if the test cases for each problems, shared with the student.Thank you!
Nice course! Definitely, I have learned a lot. To be all honesty, I find myself sleeping sometimes during the lectures =)
Awesome course. Well explained with lots of examples.The must see if interested about the basics of algorithmic.
I like the assignments provided in the course
Really enjoyable, and a good learning curve
A good course , programming assignments are also good , even the discussion forums are good. Tutorials are wonderful everything is explained very clearly and hints are given at each point overall good for computer science undergrad.
Def a useful skills to have when starting to interview for jobs. This is a hard course to teach to begin with. I found the lectures really boring, too long, hard to understand and just not really motivated well. I think the homework problem are good, but they are very time consuming. You need to use various methods to find edges cases and though that might be a good skill to have as well, it's just too much to get done in one week and somewhat frustrating when you're only stuck in one test case. I think this could be an excellent course with a few modification on the slides and adding more motivations and making shorter homework problems that focuses on the main part of the material for that as oppose to things we've already covered in the previous week. At the moment, I don't think I'll continue this specialization the way it's designed.
A great course for beginners. I learnt a lot of new things from the course especially the really efficient and much needed algorithmic techniques. Had great fun!!
A little light on the theory
Great Course. A lot thanks to all instructors.
Congratulations for this well-designed, informative and extremely educative course! The language agnostic way of presenting and explaining these basic but important algorithmic techniques provides an extremely useful way to better understand and further elaborate these methods by using the programming language of our choice. Of course, some programming experience in at least one language is needed, but this course can also provide a great lab to start learning others. The programming assignments and the way you have designed them (time/memory constraints) are ideal to learn designing these algorithmic techniques correctly and efficiently.
Awesome course. Cannot recommend it more highly
I think this course is pretty interesting!
Thank you very much! I am looking forward to joining the second course of the specialization.
At my country I was dropped of the final year computer engineering and automatic control at engineering faculty due to health and financial conditions, with online courses I have the chance to prove what I can do, Thank you very much !!
Amazing course! Highly recommended to everyone. I've actually taken an algorithms course in university, and this one is much better!
Alexander Kulikov, Michel Levin and Neil Rhodes are awesome teachers. Every topic of this course opens a whole new dimension of concept. It was awesome.
Very useful for well understanding basic algorithm method!
Great course, however some assignment are really difficult and the forum seems not very helpful.
Programming assignments are well structured in such a way that it encourages one to continuously improve upon the solution.
I was great! A lot of useful and interesting tasks to improve your skills.
Well presented material. Good pace od lectures - short but fully understandable. Different instructors (you won't get bored ;)). Very good programming assigments.
Awesome!!! Thanks to all instructors.
Explanation could have been more clear, especially for polynomial multiplication.
I had already done "Algorithms: Design and Analysis Part 1", so this course was not as good as that one.This course had lot of programming questions, which I find very good to have for any course. I just hope next courses of the specialization will be beneficial for my career.
This course is designed with a lot of thought behind it and using basically every mainstream programming language makes it even more fun to participate.
Bad teaching quality.
The course brings a lot of knowledge for me, help me to improve the expertise and foreign language teachers are very easy to understand, clear pronunciation
An excellent course. The video lectures are brief but explain the main points very well. The assignments are very well organised.
Very well structured, good choice of content. All video lectures are engaging and you can feel a lot of though was put into making algorithms explanations both clear and concise. Many thanks to the lecturers.
An exception and resourceful course from best instructors n teachers globally.I am glad to be a part of this.
Awesome explanation, very concise.
The course is great
Overall is good course with many exercises, forum is supportive, however mentors/instructors never answered my questions (i guessed they bothered only with the very first session when course was launched) Language is sometimes overly complicated and hard to grasp the main principles of the algorithm (e.g. dynamic programming week 5) I watched youtube to understand same ideas but explained in much simpler way.
very cool
I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal.
If one has taken the Algorithms 1 and 2 course by Profs. Sedgewick and Wayne, this course will be a disappointment and waste of time.
I like the course structure and material. It starts off easy enough to get you interested and then throws at you challenges at early stage, if you are up for it.What I don't like is video session itself, some of instructors talk too fast and dwell much into topic, assuming you understood everything. And as way to composite that, they offer a "resource" links to help you understand.Then some of them have "hard" accent, it's really difficult to follow them even for native speaker, yet alone for those whose English is second language.Now exercise and assignments are spot on but you are forced to relay on other sources to grasp everything. I doubt anyone taking this course has not reached for "outer" help at least once.
Really Useful Content.
great course, covers the basic algorithms and techniques thoroughly. great for someone who is just starting in the field of algorithms.
The accent from teachers would be a little bit annoying, also the fact that most of the topics (incomes, outcomes from the programs) are unclear for a naive student. But for the rest, is a great way to introduce programming.
Solutions are explained with too much detail. You should give the student a chance to learn by herself.
the material are great so much information and it is the first from the hole specializationbut! the explanation is so weak doesn't match at all with this big datathe pseudocode is so distracting and hard to readi always get lost and i don't know is it an array in the code or variable and what does he want to do with itthe pseudocode should be just a normal english code saying what to donot an understandable signs :\i am really sad that i couldn't get benefits from this amount of knowledge
Good collection of task and learning materials. Definitely worth it! More numbers theory and algorithms reading could be included. But agree, it better to read books referenced.Thank you!
Overall this was a good course. Some of the presenters need to work on their presentation skills (personally I had no problems with the accents). I also felt that the sections on dynamic programming seemed a bit rushed and I needed to spend a bit of time researching this on third parties before I felt comfortable completing the exercises.The grading system was really cool and the exercises seemed well thought-out and thorough. I'd recommend this course to existing developers without a computer science background. Those who want more mathematical rigour should look into the Tim Roughgarden/Stanford course.
Some features of this course are too good like Dynamic Programming. Thanks for helping me out .
Great course! Helped me a lot, courses taught this well keep me motivated!
It`s a very good course that covers some of the most fundamental concepts behind algorithms!
Very good subject and very good topics presented. Professors are very good. And the video presentation is awesome.
I found the course to have some really helpful approaches to solving algorithmic problems when test inputs are unknown. Great "Toolbox" for a programmer.
A great and exciting start for the Specialization
Awesome start! Loved the programming assignments!
To complete this course you should be familiar with programming. While the first weeks are relatively easy to follow, last ones are really hard to keep up with.
Overall I like this course. The beginning of the course was very light and easy to follow. As the concepts got more in-depth, the weeks (namely 4 and 5) felt rushed and somewhat incomplete. Regardless, having never been exposed to this type of material, and for the price, I would recommend this course to anyone looking to get their feet wet with algorithms.
Loving the course so far! Best balance between theory and practice!
Overall it is a great course, the most challenging part was to understand the optional prove of the Master theorem. I believe that this course and the whole specialization is all about learning not only the mandatory material of the course, but also the whole optional material provided. Thanks to all the instructors for their hard work!
Loved the problem in the course.
this course is very useful. Every topic is covered here and the assignments were also very effective to check your concept.
I learned a lot in this course and it was sufficiently challenging. My only qualm was that some of the pseudo-code was hard to understand and slightly misleading.
Good instruction and examples. Easy to understand. So great so far!
Great course! Thanks to the instructors!
One of th best Courses on Coursera.
Very good course. Basic course for Computer Science graduates.
AWESOME course ,A must for any programmer.
An excellent and methodical approach to learning algorithms and their related data structures (as well as appreciating the value and importance of efficient computing). Also a great refresher even if you have had formal training in Data Structures and Algorithms.
Near the end it becomes a slosh to get through all the information covered in the last two weeks. It feels like you are given some hints and pointers on what to do, but for the most part, the last two weeks are being tossed in the deep end and hoping you learn how to swim.I want to give a 3.5 but that's not allowed. With the amount of content covered this course is closer to a 4 than a 3.
I love the whole explanations and outline... i'd recommend this to me in the next world
Thank you for this course.
Amazing course about algorithms. Complex things described by common words.
I thought this was really helpful for my day to day career as a developer. It helped give me better tools to talk about what I am working on as well as introducing me to some new concepts.
It is a brilliant course, well organized and pretty interesting. However, the problems are not as challenging as one could expect.
This course is well-designed and delivered by the experienced instructors. It is particularly suitable for those who have some basic knowledge in programming (knowing how to use if-else if-else statements, for-loop and while-loop, etc.; knowing a little bit how to write a simple code in C, C++, Python or others) and would like to enhance his programming techniques through polishing his logical thinking ability while he is designing a algorithm.
I have solved more problems in this course compared to any other courses. This course has laid foundation to solve more problems in Dynamic Programming. Thank you to the entire team.
As the title suggests, this course will give you some tools/techniques in terms of algorithms design and implementation. You will probably also learn from doing the programming assignments. Enjoy!
I love the fact that this course is language agnostic and really lets you learn about the underlying algorithms that make our software run faster. It is challenging, but definitely worth it if you are fond of a specific language!
Great to lay out the basis of algorithms. Very descriptive and progressive. I enjoyed all the exercises that helped understanding and implementing all the concepts explained in this course.It is also worth mentioning that, towards the end, they offer more advanced algorithms to challenge your newly acquired knowledge.
The course gives a good overview on the algorithms types and problems, but it's cannot be used as standalone source of algorith,s learning. You should use good textbook as well.The programming challenges are really interesting (and challenging), sometimes it took for me a couple of evenings to complete all five week assignments.Thanks!
The content covered in this course is great. However, I hope there was a more efficient way to communicate with student. I hope there is a way to bring student together like a group chat function in the coursera app. So, people who want to be more committed can communicate more often and effcient.
These two stars go to the instructor in week 1. I left the course after week 3 because I couldn't tolerate the accents of the instructors. I got frustrated starting from week 2 where I have to reread the subtitles to understand the material. Please let someone who can speak English fluently teach the course, please. The course goes kinds of fast, this is first course of the Specialization and it quickly jumps to Greedy algorithm, really? In general Algorithm course, it is usually taught late.
The problem sets are great and probably worth the price, but the lectures become very hard to follow after week 3 and the discussion forums are very disorganized - it's hard to find useful information. Some of the lectures have slides available, some don't; some of the lectures have somewhat-useful subtitles/transcripts, others have incomprehensible garbled messes (I don't know if they're machine-generated or just transcribed by someone with no understanding of the material/vocabulary - logarithm != algorithm!).I really like the problem sets, but some of the lectures are pretty rough, just a guy talking in front of some pseudocode for 10 minutes. The instructors seem friendly and engaging, though.
Great course! I really enjoyed taking it. I think it is very challenging and it definitly updates your algorithmic's skills and changes your thnking
Good introduction to algorithms !
My programming and algorithm design greatly improved after taking this course. Through the advanced problem sets I was able to appreciate the finer aspects of efficient algorithm designing and I'm sure that I'll improve a lot with courses to come.I would definitely recommend this course to any one who wishes to improve his/her skill set for designing efficient algorithms.
The ideas I learned about the classical algorithms and their run-times are really useful and interesting. The problems are also very good.
Learned a lot.The notions of testing and debugging really inspired me.
lots of mathematics and it's challenging
The dynamic programming classes could be really improved, but, overall, a solid course.
Everything is awesome except a minor mismatch between Niel Rhodes's and Alexander Kulikov's presentations in Week 4. Although Prof. Rhodes prooved Master Theorem in the first half of the Week, Prof. Kulikov didn't use it estimating algorithms asymtotics.
All the material was relevant to algorithms and the advance problem were very challengingA must Do course for those who are interested in algorithms designthank you coursera and its team
Awesome course, awesome algorithms!
The course material is very good indeed, but some of the instructors were somewhat difficult to understand because of strong accents. Subtitles were largely inaccurate.
Once they dig into the material, the difficulty ramps up, and it's absolutely worth it!
The full course should be available with the assignments for the non payers. Only the certificate of this should be provided to those who have paid.
Dynamic Programming need to be stronger
Basic algorithms, explained very clearly, great and helpful homeworks
Really challenging, starts easy but gets heavy and time consuming after 3rd week.Be prepared to study additional material and spend some hours cracking the weekly assignments. Satisfying when you accomplish it. Maybe a good idea could be to combine algorithms and data structures and separate in 2 courses Algo & Data Structures 1, and Algo & DS 2.I feel, a better knowledge of DS could have help me to solve the Algo assignements faster.
Excellent quality, loved the quizzes and graded assignments, completely worth the time and money! Highly recommend!
Very Good course. Best to prepare for campus placement tests.
Explanations were thorough, and the problem sets helped me gain a better understanding of the concepts with challenging but doable problem sets.
very well designed course ,very helpful.
I like it very very much. I would like to recommend this course to all of my friends.
It's a great course which helped me in a greater extent to enhance my concept in Algorithm.
This course was a great introduction to algorithms. I am a novice programmer at best and had little to no knowledge about algorithms before this course. The concepts and programming assignments were challenging and I did not finish all of them the way I would have liked to but the challenge has made me more knowledgeable and a slightly better coder. Thank you. I will be taking data structures next.
Loved the course, and the way the teachers taught! Learnt a lot of new things!
Nice course, learned a lot from it.
This course is awesome
Algorithmic Toolbox consists of a series of slides containing slimmed down explanations on introductory algorithmic concepts, followed up with programming assignments. The slides are the centrepiece of the course, as the presenters rarely stray from the bullet points and pseudocode they're comprised of.I learned a lot during this course. Although, to gain confidence in your knowledge, this is a course that will require you to seek out additional materials to supplement your learning. Perhaps unsurprising being an introductory course, but the presenters struggle when faced with setting expectations.Throughout the course presenters often gloss over fairly complex concepts, treating them as they were trivial knowledge. This applies to mathematical definitions, proofs where most steps are skipped, tree diagrams without the context of their underlying theory, or bullet points used in place of what could be detailed explanations.All material is left equally weighted. Rather than providing explanations like: "We don't need to go into detail on this, only x concept from it is important for what we want to focus on. Reference this chapter in this book for more detail." presenters would read mathematical definitions verbatim from the slides and move on. I was often unsure of how much I would need to know about such concepts.In terms of communication ability, the presenters don't hold up against many of the free/low-cost services I'm accustomed to using, for example: MIT OpenCourseWare, Udacity, edX, Khan Academy, Code School, Treehouse, etc. Perhaps unsurprising, as these competing services often feature professional communicators rather than professional researchers. But the marketplace for quality online education is definitely becoming a competitive one. Users now expect nothing less than presenters with exceptional communication/teaching ability.In most videos the presenters read verbatim from the slides and motion with their hands to explain concepts that would be better broken down on a whiteboard. Rarely straying from the slides, the times the presenters go into more depth on a concept, you get a scribble in the corner of a slide, lacking the clarity I've come to expect when approaching complex concepts from master educators like YouTuber PatrickJMT or Khan Academy. After a couple weeks into the course, I just went straight to the slides, read MIT's Introduction to Algorithms, and skipped most of the course videos.But all things considered, the course served as a good curriculum to guide my focus through the introductory concepts, regardless of where I sought it out.
Great Course...especially for someone who doesn't have a CSE background but is immensely interested in learning it
Clear explanation!
Some of the best course i have ever enrolled in...!!!!
Pretty Nice
Great course. I enjoy it.
Learn some new and very interesting things. It covered my doubts as well.
First four weeks of the course were awesome,some exciting problems,insightful teaching but fifth week's content I felt were not up to the standards of first four weeks.Nonetheless it was great experience.Thank you instructors and course forum.
nicely managed enjoyed learning
Great course. The team is doing a great work improving it all the time and the grading system and lecture are really good as well.
Excellent coverage of algorithmic techniques in this course, with very accessible introductions to such fundamental topics as the Master Method, greedy algorithm design, and dynamic programming. This class hits the sweet spot for people who find Tim Roughgarden's Analysis and Design of Algorithms course too intense and hand-wavy, but who still want mathematically-sound, proof-based discussion of algorithmic techniques. (Listen to Roughgarden's drive-by treatment of Karatsuba's algorithm in his first week of lectures, and you will appreciate Neil Rhodes' coverage of the same algorithm all the more.) You get an introduction to a lot of "greatest hits" from Computer Science, but at a level where you come away understanding the technique. The problem sets start off with fairly easy exercises, just enough to reinforce your understanding, and progress up to exercises that will prove challenging indeed to newcomers. You will get a lot out of careful study of this course. I look forward to continuing in this specialization.
very helpful
Extremely useful course, that will improve your understanding of the core algorithmic techniques.
Very clear introduction to algorithm basics. Reasonable quizzes and assignments.
great teaching and challenging problems
A well thought out course. Amazing teachers. Thorough assignments. Helped a lot.
I took this course as part of the specialization and find it to be an excellent refresher of what I learned in undergraduate and graduate Computer Science classes (which were solely theoretical, and I had little chances to code algorithms/data structures). Finally, in this course, I could implement what I learned before and now.Not a perfect course - lectures could be improved (pseudo code at times takes efforts to understand). But assignments are amazing and comfortably challenging. The vast choice of programming languages is a feature. Make sure that you write automated unit-tests for your solutions. This will reduce your debugging efforts.Thanks!
Very straight forward, this course comes from the basics and completes the theory with practice to ensure learning. 100% recommended for those who are not familiar with algorithms or those who want to have practice implementing and coding.
Great assignments -- Keep up the good work guys!
A great course in its own right but it also fills a void between the "Learn <programming language>" and using programming languages to analyze Big Data. The instructors have put together an excellent introduction to the wonderful, and scary, world of algorithms. I must admit I was ready to send my PC flying through the window on numerous occasions when I could not get my particular implementation of an algorithm to run within the time AND memory limits set by the instructors. More so, because often you are not told what particular test case made it fail. In the end, I believe this is a great approach to have learners really dive into the material and think about the various run times before submitting a particular solution. Well worth while your time!
This course is very good to start algorithmic coding.
Very nice course!
Another one of Coursera's trademark course. Really awesome for beginners in Algorithms.
nice stress testing is now i am learned
I agree with some of the reviews here. It's fantastic at the beginning of the course. Towards the end, unfortunately the professor's accent is heavy and sometimes difficult to understand. The subtitles don't help either because they were auto-generated. My brain had to take extra cognitive workload to decipher what was actually said before trying to understand the materials on the slides and everything else. I also didn't like the way index 0 and 1 is mixed in different lectures. Why shouldn't we stay consistent in pseudocode using index starting with either 0 or 1? The slides are confusing regarding this matter especially when you translate algorithms into code.Nonetheless, I liked the assignments overall. The course's instructors included some of very interesting problems and indeed helped understand the lessons better. I also liked the course structure and the carefully prepared slides.
So awesome. The challenges were great and I learned a lot!
This is a good course, and I liked the quality of video lectures. The material is structured and lets the students understand the basic approaches they can follow to solve algorithmic tasks.Also a good plus is that there are assignments. First, they are of different complexity - so anyone will find an interesting task there. Second, there are prepared starter files for 3 languages - so you spend time working on algos, not on bootstrapping projects. And third - grading is automatic.Just for fiuture - as a more engaging thing there could be also made tasks to review of other people's assignments (as it is done in other courses) and implementing a test case which makes a wrong solution to fail (which is something like TopCoder does). But this idea is too raw and needs more thinking.
Update: As I proceed to wk 5, I know why there are some complaint on Dynamic programming,Reduced to 2 stars. Lectures are totally useless for the assignment,The course is really good until week 4 when it deteriorates very quick. No matter how many times I re-watch the lecture, I can't understand much. I ended up using wikipedia for the quiz instead :PI can't use much of the course forum since there are too many posts there and it keep crashing my chrome.This course gets my 3 stars from the first 3 weeks alone, otherwise it gonna be 0-2 stars.
Love how clear the professors explain the not-so-straighforward context. I enjoyed every single moment. The assignments constitute the biggest part of understanding and learning.
Testing cases are claimed to be generated randomly, in that way why can't we get the random test case to improve our result? Also, there is no example code after the course, if I didn't solve out the problem I may never have the chance to work it out.
Very good content and great professors, I like the short duration of lectures and more emphasis on assignments..
Algorithm Toolbox is an awesome course for getting started with problem thinking and problem solving!
I would've never forced myself to learn to think recursively if it weren't for this course. As someone from a mechanical engineering discipline, with a minimal background in java programming, i was able to following along with this course and complete all assignments. The discussion boards and professor's lectures were particularly helpful along with the fact that I could download everything for viewing offline.
Very detailed and well covered
More information should be given for the failed test cases. Is a waste of time to find bug if you don't know what the bug is. ie test case 4/13 in the minimal dot product assignment
I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed.I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization!The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing.Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped.Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike!Regards,Sergey
Even though this course covers a lot fundamentals for introduction to algorithm, the course itself is not designed as good as I expected. For starters, the weekly problem designs aren't very good. Some problem statements are ambiguous and not very clear unless you read more than one time or take a closer look at the examples. Often, the input format/arguments are designed to take redundant info. Some problem even has more than one possible correct outputs, which is just confusing for learning purpose.In terms of lecture videos, it's good that there are some classic algorithm problems being demonstrated in the video, however the linkage between how to express a problem in mathematical languages is poorly explained. For example, in the lecture of edit distance, the realization of the matrix was not well explained at all. I personally appreciate a lot of the thorough proving steps introduced in the lectures, however I personally think the proofs are often not well explained to the audience (I also understand that it's more difficult to explain proving steps). Considering the large variety of audience, I would recommend the instructors separate the comprehensive more in-depth knowledge into optional videos, in this way the audiences could decide if they want to spend time in optional videos or not based on their own needs, meanwhile the instructors could spend a little bit more time to explain the difficult concepts better. Overall, I know that talking and analyzing algorithms can be kinda of boring and challenging, but I wish the course videos could be stated in a more interesting and intriguing way.
Thanks for explaining very clearly the basic concepts.
Great course to understand different categories of Algorithms and which one to apply to solve a problem
This course works on fundamental approaches, like divide and conquer, greedy algorithms and takes us to the more advanced dynamic approach which is ubiquitous and drives most of the modern applications.Really beneficial to solve problems on a day to day basis.
hard but great
Excellent material and very well explained, thank you so much for the opportunity
Feedback in assignment is not good enough.For example, for the points and segment, there are no correct answer in output as a reference.
It is a great course. But explanation could be made simpler in proof part of the course.
Really enjoying it.
The course starts very promising, but it gets worse week after week, culminating on a barely understandable week about dynamic programming. That’s when I gave up and decided to write this review instead, with just one assignment missing to complete the course.Some of the teachers aren’t native english speakers, which is fine, but their english is very hard to understand. I found myself having to watch some portions of the videos over and over again in order to understand what was being said. I tried reading the transcripts instead, but the they’re even worse! It seems that they were automatically generated from the videos, thus suffering with the poor pronunciation.The teachers use mathematical sophistication that feels unnecessary, but to be fair, they do mention it on the FAQ as part of the necessary background. However, even though it’s an online course, they barely use any teaching method besides very raw slides, some dry mathematical proofs and someone speaking about the content. The only resources offered to help learning are a few open source visualizations. I expected much more.The only good aspect from this course are the assignment checkers, which allow you to write your solutions in multiple languages.I deeply regret the money and time I spent on this course.
Very good lectures and programming assignments.
Gives you very good insight into Algorithms basics that gets you going great with advanced courses.
Indeed a very nice course to start learning about different kinds of algorithms.
That was such an informative course
Videos are very well explained, the exercises comes with several difficulties, good to apply what you learn and push a bit more. I was able to retake some stuff that I've forgotten and learn new stuff. As a 12 year experienced engineer, I'm please that I took this course.
Great Course
The weekly assignments are well designed and interesting
This is awesome and problems are challenging which pushes me towards my goal.
the content if very good, but lecturers are terrible. you better read slides and read any book you like. watching their videos it wast of time.
It's not too much work. For someone who wants to take programming classes online but also may have a variant amount of time, this course is perfect.
I finished the first session of Master Algorithmic Programming Techniques, the Algorithmic Toolbox course. This is an amazing course. To review why this course (and series) is awesome:1) 25 + programming assignments, ranging from easy to advanced.2) Unlike many other CS courses, this course allows multiple programming languages. You have choices of C C++, Java, Python2, Python3. They may add more to the list :).3) Super active forum, the learners come here to debate approaches and share knowledge a lot. There were so many times I'm convinced my algorithm can't be optimized anymore, then another guy came in with another genius idea.4) Plus, the instructor, Mr. Alex S. Kulikov is a super nice guy, he made 300+ forum posts in the first session alone, to guide learners thoroughly.Comprehensive grader: grades you on correctness, time use, memory use. You have no choice but to optimize all 3 aspects to pass.This course has premium access. However, both the quality and quantity are well worth the price. You can read other learners' comments and many agree with this.
Good course.But I wish there was a final assignment which covered all the weeks like a module exam to revise what we have learnt in all 4 weeks
Currently in my Week 2 of the Course and I have to say I absolutely enjoyed Week 1! My expectations are now even higher for week 2 and further. A great introduction to a critical topic and the best part was that I found myself completely involved to the course until I successfully submitted my assignment. Cheers!
Good coverage of the material, with several videos dedicated to individual topics, accompanied with complementing problem sets which have a decent selection of semi-optional advanced problems.
I love programming assignments in this course!
great leacture! thank youand keep it free for video except certification
Lectures were clear, for the most part, and the homeworks were fun and instructive. Material on dynamic programming might have been clearer. Also, notes and references to texts would have been helpful. Thanks for putting together a great course.
Very instructive and informative, helps resolving many doubts.Excellent examples and programming assignments, information provided by autograder is just about right.I feel like the programming assignment is just a tad too relaxing, for dynamic programming for example, I think we need to complete 3 out of 5 in order to pass, not just two.
This is a great primer for algorithms and goes one step further than similar courses I've taken by introducing dynamic programming.
Good. Waiting for session to began.
Having time left on the last programming assignment in week 4 and not being allowed to complete it was a downer. I'm not sure if this was bug or if I'm missing something. The course was great and challenging. Thank you for preparing, organizing and teaching this course.
This is an awesome Course. I'd like that the failed tests, of the submitted programs, to be shown, in order to have a better idea where you are doing wrong.
I really think this is a good course, but some of them is hard to understand for me as beginner.
A very good introduction to Algorithmic techniques. Well worth the cost of entry!
Good Algorithms are taken together .
Very Good. Waiting new courses~
The best online class I've taken so far: not only because of the clear explanation and easy-to-follow videos, but also the effort the professors have put int answering most of the questions, especially Prof. Alex. He almost answered more than half of the questions within short amount of time. This is very rarely seen in other moocs.
Good Course
Very clear in explanations, I learnt a lot of new cool stuff.Assignments aren't always so trivial but there's always a hint to help in solving them
I enjoyed the course a lot and would recommend it to anyone who's getting their feet wet in the world of algorithms.
Really Great for any serious developer who is willing to break grounds
very excited, thanks :)
Excellent course with tons of exercises and interesting lectures.
Excellent course!! Thanks a lot!!
Amazing Course. I have been looking for this kind of course for months.Must for anyone who wants to be good in Competitive Programming and Algorithms
Very good course on algorithms,particularly useful for competitive programming.
good course with some very nice idea. I like the fact you can use a lot of languages for you programming assesment, the content is really helpful, I would like to have more indications from the grading system to save time.
This course does more then just teaching algorithms. It gives you insights and ideas that you can later use to build new algorithms. Personally, I think this is crucial, cause it helps you to build unique skill - reasoning about unknown problems.
If you want to learn more about both theoretical and practical computer science, do this specialization. I'm completely sold on this specialization after one week. The instructors are extremely helpful and have a high level of clarity both in the videos, and on the forums. The language semi-agnosticism is excellent! The forums are active and friendly! You will hit the ground learning right away with this specialization!This course has so far motivated me immensely to delve further in to my software engineering education. I did not get a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, just an Associate's. Though I work in the industry, I wanted to do programming competitions and personal projects to make up for the lack of experience with the ideas and implementation of algorithms and their data structures.This course has jump-started my journey beyond my current abilities, and I believe it will do the same for you. If you're even remotely thinking you would be interested in taking these courses, do!
Very good quality!
A very good course on Algorithms.
My first algorithms course in life :D
Very interesting course.
Very useful
An excellent starting point to get into a popular method of building viable business models. Good value!
Good learning model
This one of the best course, I am really appreciate offering such great course.
So much of the content was limited without paying for the course, that calling it a MOOC is a real stretch. Because of these limitations, most of my work was done on my own, and by purchasing the related book. Since my local Community College used to run this course, but now points to this onine course instead, it's a huge disappointment. Most folks who are going into business for themselves need good information but have little cash. The one star is for the handouts (I believe pulled from other websites but pointed to by this course) - these have been useful.
its was the best
It was nice, considering the messages and the amount of time. However, participation and feedback by others was really limited.
A short program on Business Model Canvas, good explaining and examples!
amazing course
great presentation
Quick and to the point.
Thanks : )
Great approach and Canevas
Excellent course, the steps are clearly described and to work on your own canvas along the course gives an experience you could not get from the book alone. It helps if you can fill in a canvas with a real life case. Maybe you already have certain parts of the canvas filled in, this is just great because taking a holistic look at the whole helps to see where you can improve even an existing business.
descriptions was not enough for me, the BMC concepts could be more elaborated by giving examples and explaining different types of businesses.
It was really boring, just reading the text in the presentation.It can be made in 4 classes not 8.
Some times the videos aren´t in a logical sync with the upcoming activity, or the content from the video is somewhat vague and then not clearly explained in the class.
Nice course which focuses on the course title.I liked the animated videos a lot!!
Informative but not challenging enough.
I have given you a 2* star rating as on finishing my course promptly all the information I submitted has suddenly been locked! I haven't been able to answer a classmate's request to review his work & worse, I haven't been able to print off my own work for reference & this is a REAL project so I need to be able to do this. We were not given notice that this would happen.#disappointed
good explaination
Pretty good lectures and helpful for entrepreneurs
one of the best courses you may take to develop your business ,,,
The best course to understand and develop a Business Model Canvas, very useful course because provide tools and keys for success in the way to make the canvas for your own business.
Other than a few technical glicthes with the videos in both firefox and chrome browsers, this is a very good course. I learned to use a great visual tool for developing my business model. I would have liked to have joined in the discussions and tasks but, I think coursera is charging too much for this course.
Still waiting for my assignment grades for weeks 1-3 despite having had many people mark these.
A fast and thorough way to learn how to use the business model canvas. And not just how to fill the blocks, but also how to use it in order to get data which we would not have thought of, data which might well pave our way to success !Thanks a lot
short, effective and precise, contain all necessary for a initial learner about Business Model Canvas. In my case, I am an intermediate learner, so it was not enough.
If you are new in the learning of business model generation is a choice to start with. But if you already have some experiencie this course is very very basic.
Mix of the professional animated videos + more practical lectures was excellent planning. Highly recommended post-ideation to put some structure around your idea.
It's very good the way to describe the diferent segments to build your own business model and to give s better structure to your business idea. I'm giving 4 stars because the only way to complete the course or to interact with it is by paying the full certificate. But besides this fact it is very complete.
Excellent course. It gives you the essentials of the Canvas model, being very practical and useful
great. Learnt many things. Even though only from 3 videos. I wish i could pay the other course parts...As i'm only a school student i can't afford this. Hope you will open free courses to our future generation soon. Thanks a lot.
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This course introduces a relatively innovative technology, very easy to implement in many contexts (business, education, leisure...). Sometimes the lessons could be clearer, but the instructors give almost instant feedback to any question they are posed. The tasks are well balanced between regular assignments and honors assignments.
Very useful.
This was the first found by me AR course (I was seaking others but they were theoritical) that teaches you how do the things by your own hands. I am writing this review a half year after completing it, being invited to become a mentor, comlpeting the course for mentors and starting to help online to the instructors. It is a pleasure to see how the things happens, especially if you are not an ICT specialist. If you overcome the stress from the first meeting with the code in the second week, you would be able to complete the course. But you should devote enought time to do the practical tasks. I am not an ICT specialist. In the real life I am an architect. Honestly to say, in beginning I was doing for some hours the things that were sceduled for 10 minutes. Shame or not, my first meeting with the code took me 4 hours, then 3, 2, one, and in the last weeks I was able to complete the tasks for the recommended time. The instructors upload examples and the students their work in a gallery, done especially for this course http://www.mymultimediaworld.com/projects_gallery/ . I am writing this review to say thank you to the instructors for revealing the process of creating AR in real. I would be happy if more people start to use this technology. This course will help you to do your initial steps to this.
This is just an amazing course on a most talked-about technology of these days, and the teachers make it so easy to understand the concepts. And at the end you HAVE BUILT something real!
Very nice course with good materials and videos to understand the basic of Augmented Reality applications using the Araf.
I love the entire course. Thank you🙇
Very qualitative entry -level course in AR ! This Course pushed me to look at AR from certain aspects and look at more additional information in internet concerning extending my own mobile applications with AR functionality. Looking at recommended AR browser I also came to Ionic-Cordova cross-platform framework. Thank you very much for your efforts! Merci beaucoup
Excellent course! The instructors are very terse and accurately teach the necessary elements to learn how to build and design an AR application. Well done.
The course is pretty good for a beginner.But it emphasis too much on using third party authoring tools and proper coding is not implemented.The required code is auto-generated and we as learners are only asked to make few changes on the already existing code.
A good introductory course to AR. In some parts of the course, the lectures go over the code for an extended period of time jumping across different lines of code and it is quite hard to keep track of this. Thankfully, the transcript helps. However, it would be better to explain the code in templates or another way which makes it easier to learn. Overall, this course is definitely recommended to understand the basics of AR.
Very Interesting Introduction to Augmented Reality
The course is awesome and i like the way the instructors used to teach.
This was an excellent introduction to various types of AR application and how to build them. The balance between using end-user tools and programming was great for me: I was able to build working AR apps easily using the end-user tools, but enough exposure to the code to satisfy my inner- geek. I now have an understanding of what resources would be needed to de
This course was a wonderful intro to mixed and augmented reality. Thank you all so much.
Great opportunity to get started with augmented reality!
good overview of ARAF
Very knowledgable
Enlightening! The Big History framework/perspective provides both an anchor and a compass for our journey through life - it's basic scientific literacy.
good teachers，enlightened course gives me a way to go back and forward the big history about the whole uneverse
A great way to get an overview of one's place in this world by understanding the whole history of the universe before and after humans. The multitude of sciences touched upon during the course made me research on the topics discussed more thoroughly. The teachers are good, the intro music is a wee bit too intense
It was very intuitive course with lots of example and explanation.
Its an excelent Course. I really learned a lot from the universe.
Well the course is reasonably well organized the material is in great detail exceeding what I would've thought the overview concept of big history would be. Other big history courses I've taken do not go into specific date and time detail, period by period But function more in terms of how preceding events may be causative for future events (more like a butterfly effect analysis over long periods of time).If you are looking for more detailed specific history than this course is useful. If you are looking for more of the big history overview concept this may not be the best course for you.
An amazing and very insightful course. This is the one origin story I will tell from now on.
Excellent and very well done.
Interesting concepts here and loved seeing all the connections. At times it was a bit too cutesy in its presentations.
A really well structured course filled with rich knowledge and important details. On completion of this course, the meaning of the word 'History' won't be the same again.
Enjoying all of it. Actually in process of going through it a second time. So much information is made available every week, that I am finding and learning new things the second time through. The variety of instructors and information sources is appreciated. Thank you for putting such a extensive course together and making it available for all.
Wonderful course! It really should be taught in every school.
A fascintating approach to historical inquiry. I learnt a lot and enjoyed every minute!
Very nice course, only minor issue is that the assignments were a tad easy
Good course to show that the sum total of what the Earth is today and what she is capable of is truly the sum of everything that has had an effect on the Earth since the Big Bang. Had the environment been off slightly in heat, H2O, O2, etc., the right elements had not been present, there had been not liquid water, no lightning, etc., there may not have formed life on the planet and Earth might be more like Mars.
Exceptional course! I learned so much in such a little span of time. :) Would recommend it to everyone.
I'm impress and very amazed, with this course. I'm just starting, but I have my first insights and connections to the things I've written and research before, to help people, and our enviroment as well, through science, and now, BIG HISTORY <3 love it...
Covers a lot of fields of knowledge. Beautifully illustrated and well explained.
Great class, please repeat it
I would recommend this course for everyone.
This is a fantastic and comprehensive course. If I had to nit-pick, it would be questioning the particular coverage placed upon China in the sub-topic of "How did Modernity evolve after the Industrial Revolution?" and the seemingly critical view taken towards its modernisation.One point in particular was "We've achieved a war over nature. Where we've done it, there's a cost to ourselves, as the intensifying flooding in Shanghai often illustrates. Early in October 2013, Shanghai was hit by two typhoons which came together and saturated Shanghai with the heaviest rainfall ever recorded." I'm not a Chinese citizen, but it sounded to me like China received her due comeuppance, which I felt was a little uncalled for.While China's trade opening may be significant in world trade, I'm not sure if the particular in-depth coverage on China in relevance to the question, is a stretch.
This course certainly connected all the knowledge I had about the Universe and where we are heading towards and why.
The discovery of David Christians approach, first by reading his "Maps of Time" and listening to some of his presentations on-line, then by attending this course was an eye-opener to me. I now try to explain the importance of the subject to as many people as I can. Not only adults or university students, but mid-level students as well deserve to be exposed to the view of Big History, It changes one's perceptions of the past and enhances one's apprehensions of the future.
Very good for everyone who want to know about Big Questions.
Totally enjoyable. The videos are professional, varied and so informative. Comparing the quiz to some others , I found they were better formulated and less ambiguous.Personally I feel I learned an amazing amount in a short time span and bother the content and pace were stimulating! so bravo!This is the type of general knowledge everyone should have but probably 90 % only have a rough, inaccurate or no awareness whatsoever. This could be run even at the school level, it could stimulate future scientists.
Such an amazing experience for me.I have always loved history and appreciated the sciences. This is the first I get exposed to the concpt of both being part of a bigger thing.Big History has connected the dots between the different academic fields. Totally recommend it to all humans.
An excellent course indeed! Strongly recommended for 'everyone'!
Excellent course. It is worth your time to to learn about our scientific origin story.
big history is a good course for everybody who interest history
Why is this course dangerous?I took this course because first I liked the idea to have a history lesson spanning the age of the whole universe. Maybe it is also intriguing to explain everything just with one principle: the second law of thermodynamics. BUT as it turned out they don't have any clue what this second law of thermodynamics means. They always forget the second part of it: it is just valide in a closed system. I think everbody will agree, that the earth for example isn't a closed system.In the beginning they tell you you should be critical about everything new you hear or get taught. But if you are critical and question things they teach you they will ignore you. One glance at the discussion forum shows: they are fast in answering good feedback and compliments by students, but critical questions (with scientific papers who show different facts) get ignored for weeks and months. They are cherry picking. They just see what encourages their view and their opinion and ignore everything that contradicts their course, opinion, believe and dogma. In this respect they are so dangerous. That is the same principle how cults work.Maybe their goal, stopping polluting and changing the world in such a speed seems to be a good one. But also here you have to be careful. When they talk about climate change and the overuse of ressources they are exaggerating by a factor of 50! In my opinion you are damaging an important discussion if you are lying and exaggerating in such a shameless way. For sure it is not helpful! But again, the truth doesn't fit in their world view.Furthermore they "teach" that cities get blown away by taifoons is caused by the "universe balancing entropy". This isn't just lack of understanding physics, or history, or flow mechanics, it is just insane.In summary: this is not a history course, but the "teachings" of a lying, exaggerating, cherry picking cult with no knowledge in particle physics, cosmology, chemistry, biology or even history.So please: if you take this course, be aware of this pitfalls and their intentions.
Great introduction to the big history concept. Awesome production. Content of the last two weeks is significantly weaker than the rest though
I have really enjoyed all of the lectures just for my own personal knowledge! ! Well done!
With a grand title and grand introduction, I found the course very superficial and gained little additional insight form "Big History".
very good..thank you
Absolutely impressive! Learning a lot
So many new awesome things to learn from this course. I enjoy checking out the provided resources as well.
A very professional and complete course about the history of the whole universe.
Really really awesome course! Thank you so much! :)
An amazing course, everyone should try out!
I recommend it to everyone who's curious about how we got to where we are now.
everyone should do it.....
The high quality of videos and content makes this course an outstanding, fantastic and entertainment MOOC course for everyone who wish to learn the big history that is hidding in the Universe. Thanks coursera and macquare University for let us access to this beatiful show of altruism and openness, both of you deserve not only a big five star but a great standing applasue. Congratulations great course.All my best Coursera community,Carlos Arturo Pimentel.
Exciting course.
this course combines theories and ideas from many different disciplines to produce a coherent picture of the world we live in today. The picture does appear to match the real world far better than what we see when just using a single discipline. It is joined up thinking
Amazing course that is interesting from start to finish.
Thank You!I have been waiting for a course like this for a very long time....
The best Coursera course I've taken so far! A daring and entertaining stab at a theory of everything :)Thanks!
Great course! I learned a lot and enjoyed it very much. Great to get all the extra reading material on the various subjects.
Awesome project, awe-inspiring teachers.
The lectures are really well made, with nice animations underlining the material. I also enjoy the diversity of topics covered by different teachers.
Excellent course in integrating all the 'ologies' that give insight into how it all came together from the Big Bang to the development of life to a vision of the future landscape of human existence.Excellent presenters, the right level of subject matter content and an exceptional level of production quality.A great job done by the entire staff and much appreciated.
Just started this course, but so far love the graphics and the enthusiasm of the teachers.
An excellent introduction to this fascinating new approach to history (and everything else).
I've enjoyed this course. Thanks a lot.
Very insightful, entertainment and comprehensive. I strongly encourage it to anyone interested in having a holistic understanding of our Universe and its history.
A course that changes the way of seeing the history
Liked the way course is organized, posing questions at the beginning of each lecture is a great idea.
An excellent course with highly dynamic and interesting teaching staff. A mind blowing introduction to critical thinking and a eye opener as to different ways to view our world and knowledge in general.
Ambitious coverage of the human understanding of our reality to date. Gaps in knowledge are left for future finding, while the presentation of what we do know with some certainty is highlighted. The 4th lesson video of week 1 is a masterpiece.
An EXCELLENT multi-disciplinary course that provides a though-provoking overview of world history. The videos are interesting, the additional resources fascinating.
Very interesting and mind expanding.
This is definitely my favorite course on Coursera and anywhere else in internet! So glad I accidentally ran into it! Under a name that doesn't tell much about the content there is a real jewel - a multidisciplinary course that is truly able to connect many of the dots and make perfect sense of all these endless math and science, history and many other classes we all had to sit throughout our school years. I loved every minute of this course, all the experts zooming into subjects, all of additional materials (especially Crushcourse videos). Big History course is awesome for those always asking "but why?" questions. A very big thank you to The Big History course team for finding time and passion for making it available to everyone in the world!
Great course, fantastic presenters, smooth sailing and at the same time though inspiring.
This course has taught me so much and is very detailed and in depth. I recommend this to anyone
This is a very simple course about complexity. I do a lot of rabbit holeing so found the lectures a good way to organize further reading and research on various topics. would recommend this class highly
I find the week 6 of this course completely irrelevant. Also, I'm attending courses on Coursera to learn and quizzes are IMO an essential part of that process, but definitely not essays. For me personally, essays are just waste of time and there's nothing beneficial about them.Another thing that bugs me is how questionably and often misleadingly are thermodynamical laws interpreted by the professors in this course.
I loved every minute of this course. I only watched the video's because of lack of time, but really was sorry when reaching the end. Iit is packed full with (new) insights, very entertaining with excellent quality images, comments from the various lecturers that will make you think in a more balanced way about the world we live in.I did not know about Big History and signed up out of curiosity. However, I believe it should be mandatory for everybody to get this kind of connection of various disciplines to understand more of what got us here.Strongly recommended!
Great ideas. Great course.
A great eye opener and excellently presented. The rise of complexity as a driving force of development and evolution was a great learning point.
Absolutely amazing. Every detail of this course has been done with the perfect combination of precision and beauty.
Looks and sounds like a great course. Can't wait until the 28th March 2016 to start week 2. A bit annoyed with myself rushing quiz 1. I think one has to really pick all the meat off the bones of the information to get 100% (unless one is a Cosmologist - anyone got Stephen Hawking's phone number?)Just finished week 2 and I am already giving this course five stars. A really-really-really top course, a sit up all night job. Still haven't found Stephen Hawking's phone number yet. He probably realises I'm looking for it, clever bloke and honorary Python that he is, and gone ex-directory. Can't say I blame him, I'd do the same if I found out I was looking for my number!
Riveting lectures. Weaves knowledge from astronomy, physics, chemistry, economics, anthropology, genetics, geology, etc. into history. Enthusiastic presenters, unique assembly of knowledge, comprehensive coverage, entertaining and informative. Highly recommended.
It is very good but it doesn't explain every thing
Loved this course and I am recommending it to everybody I meet. A truly refreshing perspective on life, the universe and everything!
Excellent lecturers and high-quality material to study, although the course is heavily centered on human History as opposed to Big History - i.e. early Universe and its development over a time span of billions of years.
This is a good course. I liked the idea of the 9 thresholds of increasing complexity, with the energy required, the Goldilocks conditions, and emergence. I want to think about this a bit more, and see how I can apply it to other, smaller, thresholds.I like the idea of restoring the idea of a story to history. It's time to think about whether we should be moving into the driver's seat, and whether we have any idea of where we want to go.What would it take to make this a great course? The Discussion Forums don't seem to sparkle the way they do with some other courses I have done. I have completed other Coursera offerings, such as Origins (University of Copenhagen Natural History Museum), Our Earth (Climate, History, and Processes - University of Manchester), and Introduction to Genetics & Evolution (Duke University), and there was a lot of discussion among students. I felt that I learned a lot from the discussions, and not just the formal lectures. I also noticed the lecturers participating in the discussions. I cannot understand why this hasn't happened on this course, but it is part of my feeling that this course has a way to go yet.
Excellent overview of 13.8bn years, places a history framework around the story of the Universe. uses the concept of thresholds to help explain how increasing complexity has led humans to where they are today.
Wonderful course. The resources are very useful - I spend more time going through those, than watching the videos. The timelines and glossaries are very helpful. Everything is very well done. It's also interesting to have the variety of instructors with different backgrounds. If I'd had a course like this when I was in high school or college, I might have become a geologist. Fascinating stuff.
Great course! Tons of information explained in easy to understand terms. Lecturers were, by and large, enthusiastic and engaging. Plenty of extra material provided for further study.
Fascinating coverage of ALL of history. Great presenters
I am amazed by this eye opening course. THANK YOU!
excellent reconnection of knowledges obtained through reductionist methodology
Enjoyable course and I appreciated the interdisciplinary nature. At times, I felt like I wanted to delve deeper into the content, but I understand that this MOOC, like most others, are breadth courses designed for incoming Freshmen.
Very interesting, unbelievable professors and very clear use of the English language, that made the course easy (even in subjects I was not familiar with) for me since it is not my native language...
The Best and the most fundamental course for every human being. (I'm serious)
I am enjoying the course.
Great course!
Very nice! I like the variation and the montages of the video lectures very much. The variety really kept me enticed and paying attention throughout everything. This course would also be a perfect self-paced course. Interesting subject matter as well! Very important for everyone, to get a sense of where we are and where our lives fit into the bigger picture.
This is a wonderful and absolutely mind-boggling course. I am so glad I got this opportunity to take this course and be introduced to this topic. The range of topics covered are diverse and they make you think of how it all began, your past, present and future. I will like to thank all the professors and contributors who made this course.
I just love this topic. It is really fun and teaches you a lot.
I wish this will be a nice and interesting course.
The course content had met its objectives. I loved the way interdisciplinary sciences were explained precisely from Astronomy to paleontology to economics
This course is blowing my mind (in a good way). It has been a long time since I've felt the wonder of the world (and universe) of which I am a part. In addition, this course is expanding the language with which I can talk about and understand my environments (new and old). The information is well-organised and concise and the resources are a good blend of academic, creative, informative and fun and the lecturers are knowledgable and passionate. I hope this field floods the world's places of education.
Impressive, amazing and the really explanation of everything!!
Interesting and insightful for those who are looking to find their position in the history of the whole universe.
thank you very much for your efforts on this course
It is useful.
Exellent course, with
Truly insightful and enjoyable big picture course. Much effort must have gone into its preparation. Makes you want to to learn more.
Fantastic course - great content, very informative, and engaging presentations
A definite course to take. You learn so much and enjoy doing it. Can't recommend enough.
I love how experts from a variety of different fields of studies participated in creating this course!
Good, engaging and thought-provoking course.
Excellent course! Profound interdisciplinary expedition from the beginnings of the Universe (since "the Big Bang" ) through the creation of galaxies, to our Sun, planets, beginnings of life on Earth, evolution of that life, major changes to earth resulting from activities of our unique species (humans), toward pondering what the near and distant future might hold. Using the concept of "Thresholds", the course aims to make sense of and connect major themes and trends as it traces the fingerprints of the unfolding of the cosmos - of which we as humans are an interconnected part.
Initial reaction: Superb……Lectures are succinct and understandable. Support material seems well selected and informative. Forums are lively and peopled by very interested students……Towards the end of the course however I began to wonder about the efficacy of some of the claims and I had a growing doubt about much of the material used…...
Brilliant summation of knowledge of our universe from the beginning. Lucid and engaging.
A super well structured course with high quality lectures and enveloped in a deeply interesting narrative.
I recommend this course as I enjoyed every bit of it!
It was such a fascinating journey through time, knowledge, within myself and into the universe! I loved every moment of it and now I am touched because it's over. Nevertheless, I know Big History is in me, just as I am part of It (as small as, and apparently, insignificant one may seem) and I am full of gratitude towards the entire warm-hearted, generous, intelligent, very highly skilled and talented Big History team. Thank you very much indeed!
The course is very nicely done and well organized. The fundamental organization around sources of learning and the progression of lessons are well done and strongly support knowledge building. Some of the speakers have verbal patterns or flows of speaking that can be a bit distracting, but they are all interesting and informative. I like that you can also download transcripts. I am a very visual learner whose mind tends to wander off when faced with a talking head. Having the transcript to follow as I listen allowed me to highlight and make notes while listening, ensuring greater attention to the content. Ultimately, I made the decision to not finish the course. Not because the course was not well done but because it doesn't align with my own interests in systems thinking and complexity. It is a good course and well worth engaging in, even if you discover, as I did, that it doesn't quite match one's learning needs. I do recommend it if you are interested in cosmology and theories related to the origins of the universe.
A sweeping journey throughout the story of everything - an overwhelming subject championed in a tractable way with both a mind-boggling and sobering message.
A well-taught, mind-expanding, perspective-altering course. Everything is presented in an interesting and understandable way, even complex topics such as cosmology and chemistry. I can't rate the Big History course highly enough - it has inspired me so much and I can't wait to keep learning.
A very interesting and broad introduction to a new and exciting form of interdisciplinary form of history, that gives a wide perspective on a big range of sciences from biology and cosmology, to social and historical sciences. Would easily recommend for everyone.
Thanks for creating this course in very well organized format and sharing such an incredible overview of the history!
This Astronomy course is good but for people that are more interesting in the big bang theory and how the universe came into existence today.
Absolutely love this course. I would say this is the mother of all courses. It provides a very elegant framework to information and knowledge one may acquire. I am loving it. Apparently this course helped Bill Gates become a Polymath.
Finally! A creation myth based on evidence and multiple scientific disciplines for all humans is here! The time for stories based on speculation and superstition for the chosen group is finally over.
This course covers a lot of complex material in a concise and approachable manner. It is possible to understand the content (and most importantly learn about the subject) without having a scientific background.
Absolutely awesome! Thank you.
the last assignment is too time consuming, I didn't completed it though I finished all the other assignments.
Excellent course of history of our origin.
The history of the universe, mainkind and the future in 6 weeks. A very short introduction but a good idea
A very pleasant narrative from our story from the Big Band to present days connecting many areas of knwoledeg from astrophysics to genetics, passing through geology, archeology, anthropology, ancient and modern history, economy amomg others.
Very nice overview, but it seemed to be too much information for the limited time. There should be a separate six week course for each threshold.
A great survey of the last 13.8 billion years of our universe touching on the sciences--physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology all viewed through the lens of history. A thought-provoking overview that whets the appetite for more.
An interesting perspective. I hadn't thought of combining all history into one outlook before. Thanks.
This was an amazing adventure. I was really pleased to be part of Big History. I'd recommend everyone who's interested in history to check this course out.
A fundamental course everyone should take!
This is the history course I should have been taught at school!
Excellent course, really well presented. Informative and enjoyable.
i love this course. it seems good!
everyone should take this course!!!
Incredible course in every way: Highly competent lecturers, excellent video quality in both content and production, great pacing and delivery of information and dozens of links to engaging resource material.One of the best MOOCs I have ever participated in: fun, informative and intriguing!
Incredible course.
They speak clearly, allowing differences of opinions without insulting beliefs, break each segment into the components parts and giving current information on each so that a student has sufficient information to decide - and enjoy the 'claim tests'.I have taken coursera courses in each of the segments as well as having higher ed in some that are nice to get up-to-date - and all in one place - to begin to see what Alex Humboldt called the web of the world.
Various professors which are inspiring and knowledgable.Good format, short videos and links for digging deeper.But it´s a five star course because I enjoy being flabbergasted with my origin myth.
A logical expansion of the way history should be taught, Big History starts with the Big Bang and moves on from there. The historical information is not new but the perspective it encourages provides a way to tie history closer to science and the major events that have changed the universe, our world and human life. To often in history we get caught up in the details. Big History makes sure that the big picture, and how we fit into it, is always visible.
What a wonderful course! This is a unique perspective that links human history with science and the very beginnings of our universe.
At this moment, this course has been really good.
Thank you for this great opportunity!
Probably the best of Coursera's courses
This course was really good for me. I was able to learn the basic theory and working of how services and content providers work in Android. This course helped me alot.
Tricky concepts explained in a good and practicle way... But you will have to spend much time by reading and analyzing examples and solving optional exercises... And reviewing past Moocs to extract all date from this mooc.
Great and helpful Course!
This was a really good course, you'll learn, by example, theory and practice, why, how and when to use these Android App Components. Reading the entire code of each assignment is recommended, otherwise you may not fully understand why your code works, also, you may learn additional things by doing it.
This Course is So Great and I want to thank Prof. Schmidt 'cause every explanation is clear!
Need little change or update. But very good explanation!
This course took me three months of several hours of work a week to complete. While I definitely learned a lot during that process, it would have been really helpful to have more active instructor engagement and feedback (although I realize that this may not be possible when an official course session is not in progress, which is when the bulk of my work for this course took place).I also think many of the problem statements could have been more clearly defined. For example, I spent a lot of time on the "Bubble detection" problem constructing graphs that allowed for multiple edges between two nodes, when it turned out that in order to pass I did not need to implement this.That being said, I've learned a lot from the courses in this specialization, and thanks for the work put into it!
Really Challenging course, will make the mind to work.Enjoyed taking the course, was much harder than expected and loved it anyway.Worth the time ,effort and resources.The course was much less guided compared to other the course but instructor mentioned it that it was on purpose for developing self learning and facing real life sitituations.
challenging
The problems are interesting, the course is great. However, the problem sets in this programming challenge are often not so well-defined, which makes it really difficult to solve (especially the dataset problem). The solution of the problems usually turns out to be quite simple, but is not applicable to a large set of problems, only to the particular dataset that is given (and the characteristics of this dataset is not given; so I end up thinking about all possibilities that might occur for that dataset, which makes the problem more difficult).The examples given in the problem set are also not sufficient to describe the characteristics of the problem clearly.However, I really appreciate the whole courses, and I think it has been a great experience to go through the courses! Thank you very much!
very difficult course if you are new to R. Otherwise an okay course
Lots of good data. Really a walk through of coding without too much theory. Would prefer a little more theory. Would have helped in completing the course and capstone. Ended up having to take Eric Lander Intro to Bio course on edx to really understand what I had done. In particular, a better explanation of what is going on at a basic with methylation marks and how the Epigenome Map was constructed.
The quizzes were engaging but i think it requires some knowledge in use R for data science. Though i learned a lot. Thanks again.
It is a good start for people who study epigenomics!
The course is hard and needs previous knowledge of R. The time for for doing the "quizes" are not long. On the other hand, the questions resemble real world bioinformatics problems. The real inconvenience with this course is that the Forum does not work. Because not all that is questioned in the "quizes" are thought in the classes. So a help from the Forum is a real need for this course to work smoothly.
The course is tough and needs lots of practice and time to handle the stuff explained in this course. In my opinion the stuff should be split into 2 courses (partA and partB) with detailed explanation of every covered topic.
A nice course to introduce Bioconductor to students
I think it is a good class overall but the pace is fast and the resources that can help you is lacking. This will be good for someone who already kind of understands bioconductor.
the class gave me nothing. nobody wan's to waste tons of hours to learn nothing. so I personally think this course is on of the worst classes among the Coursera.
Course is not good at all. The instructor assumes that you have a good genomic background.
I struggled so hard! No way near the same level as the other courses.Came from Computer science background and felt that I missed so many terms and concepts that were required for this course
There is not support in the forum
Very frustrating and disappointing experience. The lectures were hard to follow on many levels:1) The enunciation was unclear and subtitles were often of-the-point, plus they covered-up the code lines that were being discussed.2) The lecturer often failed to explain logical constructs that were being used, despite the fact that the course should have been understandable with no R cran/Bioconductor experience.3) The method arguments were either not explained, or very vaguely mentioned, which means applying them to new situations was unnecessarily complicated.4) No feedback at all was offered from course organisers/reps to anyone, even after complains in discussion forum about quiz questions.5) No feedback for solving the questions/correct answers even after the deadline.6) Quiz questions required methods and logical constructs that were not explained/used/mentioned in the lectures. One quiz lacked background information of what data needed to be used (the info was available in the previous version of the course). Some quiz questions were biologically inaccurate i.e. confusing genes/transcripts/exons.
Discussions in this course are voiceless and dead and the instructor never appears in discussions. I couldn't understand anything from video lectures: cannot understand enunciation not enough detailed, lack of examples related to the assignments. So the only source was repository http://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/ with html files. And a lot of searching through bioconductor forums.I liked the relevance of quiz questions to real life genomic questions, but all quiz questions were outstandingly difficult, because of both lack of examples in lectures and errors in some packages inside bioconductor.Overall I expected much more from this course and I cannot recommend it to anyone.
Excellent introduction to Bioconductor. Thanks to the team. However, absence of inputs from TA or Instructor was felt in the discussion.
I learned a lot from this class and the instructor is good.
Four stars because the content is good. Not five stars because the english is not so good and for a non-english expert it can be difficult to understand, and the subtitle contains quite often errors.
升级到第二学期！fight！
complier error all the time!!!!!!
A good introductory course. Easy and you can begin to program after taking the course.
Easy to understand.
One of the best!
Minor mistakes in examples and exercises.
The teacher explains concepts very well. Really worth the time to go over the lectures several times.The programming assignments however lack instructions and the online judgement system has some strange requests which are not illustrated in the instruction. You have to guess what the assignment is about each time.Overall very good lectures but poor assignments.
The teacher is devoting and the courses are very helpful for first-learners.
This course is really useful for me. It helped me clarify many programming concepts and strengthen my programming skills. Thank you very much!
Great Lessons! Great teacher!
The problem sets are like real life problems and the lecture focuses on what are the most confusing parts. It is a valuable course for someone who has just a little computer programming background to start one's journey with C language.
So easy~But the teacher is well！
Excellent content. The instructors are very thorough in their explainations. The only fault I see is that there isn't many students doing the course, and such it is hard to get help, especially if your schedule is tight and you can only do online courses on Saturday and Sunday. Looking forward to taking the Advance course though.
Excellent course. The high level modeling language that is presented is very powerful and relatively simple to use. Maybe a couple of more lecture specifically dedicated to the modeling languange itself would allow easier kick-in to the course.
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"Basic Modeling for Discrete Optimiation" is an excellent course for anyone interested in optimization models, improving their problem-solving skills and have a nice challenge.The explanations and examples are fantastic and all these complemented with the utilization of MiniZinc, which make the course so much natural in comparison to other optimization tools.Highly Recommended 5/5.
Good Assignments.
Amazing course, amazing material and amazing lessons. For everyone interested in Discrete Optimization MiniZinc is a must know technology and this course does an amazing introduction with lots of different applications.
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A very interesting course ! Serious and much developed work. Nice special interactive lessons (though speaking english is necessary to understand them), important to get deeper information about some themes. This course is very useful, to be able to evaluate animals welfare through their behaviour, and then to improve it with suitable ways. I just wish there would be more concrete examples of enrichment for wild animals in captivity... I hope this course will be used by more and more people in the world. Our animal friends need it ! Thank you ! Cours très intéressant, et développé. Les leçons interactives apportent des infos complémentaires bienvenues sur quelques thèmes (mais il faut pouvoir lire l'anglais...). Cours très utile pour apprendre à évaluer le bien-être d'un animal grâce à son comportement, et pour pouvoir l'améliorer par des moyens appropriés...
High quality material offer a good insight about animal welfare problems and challenges. This course really opened my mind to a variety of topics, giving me new points of view.
Absolutely enjoy the course fill with interesting knowledge.
great MOOC that I have learned, appreciate all of the teachers and workers job.
Perfect! I enjoyed learning new information about animal welfare though the parts of slaughter and use of animals in testing is not very pleasant, but it's reality. Thank you very much for this course!
Excellent course content, well presented enjoyed it thoroughly !!
It was a wonderful course. It gave me great insights into animal behaviour and welfare issues that really enhanced my knowledge and experience as an animal lover. The course is well structured and comprehensive.
An excellent opportunity to broaden my knowledge on the topic. Has been extremely helpful in my activities as an animal rights activist in Costa Rica. Well structured, clear lessons, witty and appealing.
Very insightful and important topic! I am thrilled that this is available. This should be a requirement for everyone who works in any setting with ani
Wonderful class, gives a lot of information and points of views on how to improve animal welfare. Lessons were relevant, direct and easy to understand, a real asset to anyone in the animal welfare community or people working in animal agriculture. Great and sensitive instructors.
Very usefull course as an introduction to animal welfare!
I found this course very interessting. It gives you a lot of information about animal welfare in different areas such as pets, farm animals, zoo animals and laboratory animals. It was easy to follow as the lessons were very clear and full of scientific data and real examples.
Amazing, super interactive, all the basic information is there to generate interest in the participants. I quite enjoyed it.
Excellent course! Very informative and usefull! Highly recommend it.
Very informative and useful course for developing the fundamental knowledge regarding Animal Welfare and Behavior.
i have many new idea about how we should manage the enclosure and breeding management
I found this very interesting and informative.
Essential knowledge to improve moral values.
I missed information about behaviour in wild and domestic animals and also, some of the papers that you recomend are not for free, so some of us can't acces to that information.
I am a dog trainer in the United States, and I highly valued the information I learned regarding animal welfare of all species. I am very passionate about animals and how they are treated, so this course was fine tuned to exactly what I care about. I enjoyed everything I learned here. Highly recommend!
well informed and covered a large range
Thank you for this course.
Animal welfare issues in this course are not presented as cruelty, as they truly are, but it is very informative and science-based, which is important.
Beautifully instructed in this amazing lyrics interesting and highly informative course. Thoroughly and enthusiastically enjoyed it!
Not very useful. Somehow general.
being veterinarian student it was a power pack course to learn about the behavioral activities in various animals. I am thankful for all doctors who helped me in understanding this !!
I really enjoyed the course. I would have liked to have more information about the regulations in the European Union and less stats for the UK.
I really enjoyed the perspective and things I learned. I thought I could have scored higher on the quizzes because I was saying the same thing as them, but just in a different way. I would recommend this course.
It was a very interesting course, I learned many things about animal behaviour...Thank you!!
I wish that it would have focused more on cats/dogs/horses-- but it was really well done!
Very nice course, thank you :-)
Great opportunity to learn and even if used as a "refresher" for things you may have previously learnt, it is well worth the time to doFantastic course,
Brilliant introduction to animal welfare.
Thought provoking introduction to the complexities of animal welfare. Thoroughly enjoyed the course and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone interested in welfare issues.
I work at a veterinary clinic and have found this course to be very informative and useful for my current career path. The knowledge I have gained from this will surely assist me in providing the best care for the animals under my supervision.
That's my first course on Coursera, i couldn't even imagine how interesting it would be!
I have learned a lot about the research performed related to animal welfare and I have new perspectives of what it is needed to be improved, not based on my beliefs, feelings or point of view, but from the animals' perspective and needs to have a better welfare. I am so exited to be able to learn more about this topic and someday work somewhere I can apply it.
Very nicely prepared and impressively informative
Very interesting and easy going apart of the informal and scientific based lectures. I enjoy it a lot!!100% recommended not only for thoose who have a pet dog, but for all of us to understand better our four legged friends who live and a pat of human soceity!!! :))))Well Done!!
I can't explain how much I enjoyed this course. It's content and resources were so easily accessible and easy to understand. I am just new into the Animal industry so this was a perfect way into it. The passion the lecturers had was so plain to see and I loved that. I makes me want more.I am so happy I did this. So happy, I want to enrol on another MOOC :)THANKS EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY <3
Great course, really interesting, informative and sometimes eye opening.
Very interesting course, I learnt a lot of new concepts and it gives you a whole new perspective on animal welfare.
Excellent course, with a great variety of topics regarding animal welfare.
Excelent course with many examples of animal behaviors !
Good but can be long due to accompany material
Very good understandable !
Thank you very much for creating and maintaining this educational material.
Great course!
This course is great for anyone who is doing animal healthcare or any related field. It gives good principles of what is proper welfare and also the issues of negative or debative welfare. They also talk about how welfare is applied in certain countries to give realistic perspectives and thought of how the world conducts it's business in the world of animal livestock farming, or wildlife captivity. It's a real eye opener and I'd recommend people who are just generally animal lovers, professional or not, to take this course. I absolutely enjoyed it and learned new things from it!
Very good course, I love ! I was afraid of dogs, but since I studied this course, my fear for dogs disappeared.Think you so much .
so much to learn. great course
great course
This was an exceptional course! I really loved it, the way it was set up, and taught.I would recommend this course to anyone interested in the welfare of an animal.
Interesting, diverse and deals with compex subjects. Highly enjoyable!
Interesting topics, and some good information presented on a variety of issues for many animals and situations. However, presented info is often vague and generalized, some sections discuss very little scientific data to back up claims made, and course is generally not very rigorous or challenging.
It's fun and understandable
Very helpful and covered a wide range of topics, this course has definitely helped me widen my knowledge on animal behaviour and welfare and will assist me with my future career.
Great course! :)
What an informative course! Your Professors (all women, and which I find very impressive and inspiring) are so knowledgeable, so broad-based, as well as detail-oriented in their quest to bring animal rights to the forefront of worldwide consciousness. I would love to visit University of Edinburgh someday, I'm an alumnus of University of Montana (B.A.) and Gonzaga University (M.A., and Ph.D. candidacy). Thanks so very much for offering this most important course for free and to make it available for certification so that it can be added to any resume.
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative course
Great course, covers all the basics on the groups of animals owned worldwide, very open minded and sensitive without bias. Thank you!
Excellent content very well set out
Thank you.
Great course!! If you are interested in animal welfare particularly animal welfare in animals produced for food, this is a very good course with lots of resources.
I totally love this course! And the teachers are great!
Opened my eyes a lot regarding the welfare of all kinds of animals and their situations.Really sad course content, but needed to show the severity of how bad it can be for an animal, and the ways being used to stop and protect them.
Very informative, well put together, and just so nice to be able to take a course on this subject. Really appreciate the free courses by Edinburgh University's Veterinary School. I've done Equine Nutrition and Do You Have What it Takes to be a Vet? I really enjoyed both of them and learned a lot.
Great!!!
This was a really cool, fun course, and I learned a LOT, but I was hoping that they would talk more about the animals in captivity, and major issues relating to them. Other than that, it was an interesting topic to learn about!
i found this course very interesting past it just need to know if i can obtian the certificatewithout taking test again as passed them already
Great course.
Very interesting course, well organized. Thank you
*No Stars*Another boring animal class that I would not recommend. The teachers do seem nice and well educated however it is still too boring and slow for me.
There are a few disturbing images, but otherwise it's okay.
I have learnt much on the course! thanks.
really enjoying this course so far
Excelent course!!! It makes you a better person because more conscious. It transform your way of understanding animal welfare. Thank you very much
Excellent Course! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well made course with very good talking teachers. The course felt alive.
It's great, i recommend it.
Great course! In the past, I've worked on farms and in the veterinary area, and I still learned a lot from this course. Thank you all!
This was an excellent course. It was well put together, and presented in a way that kept me engaged and interested. I learned a lot and feel that I am much more well-informed on the subject of animal welfare now.
Interesting, thank you for making this course available. After taking it I transitioned from being pescetarian to vegan and I wish that more controversial animal rights concerns were more focused on.
Very informative course. If you think you're interested in animal behavior and welfare, you will be interested in this course.
Opened my eyes to a lot of what is going on especially in the animal food industry, and animal behaviours and animal welfare that we don't consider when a visitor to a zoo or game farm. If more of us became aware, and understood the issues as well for both the industry and the animals, new policy via populace advocacy might help even further. It is taking too long for this, considering we live amongst animals for companions, and eat animals for survival. WEll most of us do.
Really interesting. Plenty of new knowledge for me.The additional material was really useful.
Wonderful course about animal welfare issues today and how to improve our their well-being. I have always been interested in animals and I thought I knew a lot about them. This course provided a lot of objective information about the experiences of all different species. There's still a lot to learn, but I will be recommending this course to anyone interested in understanding a little more than the basics about the welfare of animals.
Loved this course. It has really sparked my interest in learning more and building my small store of knowledge further. Good content, interesting lecturers, varied strands within overall subject. This is my second course run by Edinburgh University and I will certainly be looking for more.
Loved this course wonderful instructors very informative.
Very good course with a lot of complementary material and good classes.
Great instructors and good information. I would recommend this course for anyone who is interested in aspects of animal welfare across the board, but especially for someone who is considering getting their first pet. The concepts are explained well, and easy to understand.
very well taught and covered so many topics. thank you for teaching this course. I look forward to its next session.
i found this a great overview of animal welfare, i enjoyed the videos, and found the questions relevant to the content.
This is a very nice course. Thank you so very much for it.It covers so many aspects of Animal Welfare. At the introduction, it is explained on how to have a useful discussion on such a delicate subject.With so much information and facts given, one can develop their very own opinion on this Animal Welfare.I find it very important to cover Animal Welfare for anyone, who works with any kind of animals.Alongside this course I studied Dognition and Basic Horse Management. Soon I will be starting Dairy Farm Management and Horse Nutrition.
It would be perfect if within the learning material is included in PDF files. The content is wonderful
I loved this course. I wish there were more courses about behavior, welfare and animals in general.If I ever visit Scotland I'll visit you guys! Thank you for this opportunity.Regards,Carla Romano.
I loved this course because it was simple and enjoyable. I could easily finish is alongside my schooling and extra things. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in a career with animals :)
Loved this course
The course was very concise and accessible. I enjoyed the fact that there was a lot of people involved in the course, each one of them presenting their field of expertise. Sometimes a quiz-based course can be a bit dull, but the hangouts and comments let you question certain topics or practices and add depth to the discussion. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a brief, general introduction to animal behaviour and welfare (do keep in mind that it is not an animal ethics course, but the information provided can help you question or strengthen ethical positions).
Absolutely brilliant course. The pace, the information, the explanations, all very well done. I'll admit, some of the videos and images were difficult to watch, I would suggest a warning right before it is shown as to mentally prepare. However, I may be overly sensitive! Thank you for this course!
Informative and rational. Content stayed right in line with the objectives. Clearly outlined and discussed via lectures and informative readings.
Too many animal mistreatment clips were shown, also some gross misstatements of biological-scientific truths and widely held facts. Humans cannot change the genome of any living creature, DOGS are WOLVES and always will be. We have domesticated and bred for certain personality traits and characteristics. Done with your course.
A very interesting course and a much needed one in the times that we leave...I found it very difficult not to be affected by my ethical views and emotions but I managed to complete the course and learn a lot of new things. Thank you for making it available!
I learned so much about the welfare philosophies that are practiced across the globe! I look forward to future courses with this wonderful institution.
I like the course, since I was born into a family that loved animals. I believe that this course will make a better caregiver to my animals.Thank you
Very informative.
Excellent. As a veterinary student, I found this course to be very enlightening about the subject matter. I'm now able to implement some of what was learned about animal behaviour and welfare in my daily professional activities as well as in the classroom.
Great.!!! But if the content would be more. I find it unfair for a topic of such importance to be given so less attention. People will also respect it if the content would be more than it is right now...!!
Course was very informative. It also had many amazing resources!
Informative, though-provoking and enjoyable. Excellent materials.
good to have a knowledge about the animal welfare and their needs
That´s very nice course, my focus is Poultry and I did find very useful the information that i learned in the course, Thank you Coursera and Staff of the University of Edinburgh
I really enjoyed this course and I learned quite a lot from the lectures and extra material resources that were provided. The professors and speakers obviously love animals.
Thouroughly interesting and well presented. accessible to all levels of knowledge. But it has just wheted my appetite, I want to learn more!
A good way to get your feet wet on the topic of animal behaviour and welfare!
Nice overview into animal behaviour and welfare with enough examples to make it easy to understand.
As a Pet Care manager at a boarding facility I encourage my staff to participate in a continuing education progam for rewards. I stongly encouraged them to sign up for this course. I am taking this a second time as it was extemely interesting the first time. Anyone interested in animals in general should check this out!
This course tells us more about animal welfare and the problems animal face.
I will recommand my friends for this kind of course.
Fantastic course, well presented. Easy to take at your own pace, videos allow you to pause and rewind learning at any point.Excellent content, with knowledgeable presenters. Highly recommend
Five weeks in and this is one of the best courses going, This is a course every potential animal carer should take before considering 'cute' and 'expensive' just because they come with a certificate of pedigree with names one can't pronounce of prize winning ancestry. Drive past the puppy and kitten factories and go down to ones local RSPCA centre or council pound instead, you will never regret it. Rescue animals are the best because they will never forget your kindness for giving them a nice comfortable home.
My major is not about agriculture, but I love this field very much. That is the reason why I spent my time with this course on Coursera. This on-demand course is very convenient for anyone who want to know more about animal agriculture. I strongly like and recommend this course.
Fantastic! I am loving every minute of it! I would highly recommend this course to anyone interrested!
Very interesting course which makes you thinking and analysing while reading and listening and communicatin and looking at things seeming obvious from another angle. Helps to open the world and your own mind in different way.
Very interesting look at modern Brazil and a good practice for an intermediate level language learner.
Great!
Good course to improve your Portuguese skills: there are both audio, video and texts. You learn some stuff about Brazil too but there is too much talking about identity, which is very abstract. I wish there were more podcasts as for Week 5, which was the most interesting one. Thank you to the teachers for this interesting course :)
This is my second course in Coursera. While I found the first one extremely basic and too expensive for the content of the course, I think Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro is a well build course, full of interesting information about Brazilian culture and with interesting contents about language. In my opinion it's a good tool to help working on your Portuguese while learning about the culture of the country.
Great quality course.
Great. It help to improve advanced portuguese.
I really learned things from this coarse which I would not learn it easily from life .
I would like to thank the Course team for the very impressive work they did to afford us with such a structured and valuable content.It was a very interesting course that will help me to improve and work better on my carrer developpement.Thank you!
everyone looking for a job in any country should do this course.
Its a great course where we learn many tips to make our career successful! Thank you!
Very interesting course, although lacks course notes. The final test (week 5) had a few questions which weren't covered in the lesson.
great overview, and very enjoyable/interesting.
Really good course, taken whilst I was in year 9 of high
A great overview of the profession and the field, suitable for those considering becoming vet surgeons and vet nurses. Great job of working around the limitations of online learning for such a hands-on subject, too!
I have learnt a lot about medicine and how the world has a famous sheep and there is a royal museum
This is a great taster course in order to get a realistic insight into what a course in Veterinary Medicine is actually like. For me personally this taster course has further reaffirmed my dream of studying Veterinary Medicine at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies which I have applied for this year.
I really enjoyed this MOOC, it gives a good idea of what to expect at school but also as a client. I didn't appreciate being evaluated about the nearby buildings of the school or the name of Dick's sister. Really not the type of thing that would make me chose one vet over the other.
The richest basic course I've ever taken.
I loved this course and was pleased that my faulty science was not a huge stumbling block.The history aspect of the course provided tremendous context and I cannot agree with students who might believe it to be irrelevant. In order to progress to the future, one must always have an eye on the past. Having said that, long ago I studied the Enlightenment as an integral part of a BA in English Literature!Realistically, I am too old and lacking in science qualifications to become a vet - but were I to be 35 years younger - I'd strongly consider working hard towards gaining Science A Levels and aim for veterinary school.Nevertheless, I feel that this course has given me some insight as to how to get the best out of future consultations with my very lovely local veterinary practice.In addition, I was pleased to see Dr Andrew Gardiner presenting the final part of the course.Dr Gardiner's book, The A-Z of Cat Health and First Aid is a wonderful resource, particularly in respect of abscesses, a problem which certain other books only cover in connection with dental ailments rather than the very common problem of abscesses on a cat's back, shoulders and face as a result of fighting!
A great overview full of pretty important aspects and details. I Really appreciated having the opportunity of taking this course!
very good and easy to understand even though i am 11 years old i passed everything as the lecturers were extremely clear very good!
Excellent insight in case you want to become a veterinarian!
It was a very informative course with a wide variety of videos and additional resources. The only downside, however, was that in some review quizzes (particularly the one for week 5) there were a few questions on subjects that weren't covered in either the videos or the additional resources provided.
thank you
i really enjoyed this course
This was a wonderful course and it built a really strong foundations for my veterinary aspirations! It also set up a basis for some generalised learning which is indipensible and will prove useful over the next few years!
The course is uneven at best, with some modules providing insights and knowledge and others not so much. The presentation in some of the modules is perhaps an example of how not to do it, reading fro a script in a monotonous voice. Some of the material, like the lengthy historical review of Edinburgh's vet school, might be good advertising and interesting, but does not fall under the scope of 'what it takes to be a vet'. Good idea, but, with a few exceptions, less than average execution.
The knowledge share is really good, thought provoking as well as precise and straight to the point. Although, it is very basic, it refreshes your minds on veterinary practice and new things are learnt.
The only thing stopping me from rating 5 stars is that there are questions on the quizzes that are not covered in the lectures or supplementary material. So be sure to have your Google window open and ready during the quiz.Otherwise, I love the course and am happy to give it a 4 star rating for the quality of the lectures.
I'm so happy with this course because in the bottom of my heart I really want to became a veterinarian.. Thank you very much ^^
This course was very interesting and gave insight to the kind of material first year veterinary students would be learning plus history of the profession (mostly the school). The professors present actual anatomical (dissected) organs and histology slides. I also thought the husbandry section well done. The clinical portion is a little weak but understandably, given the medium and safety issues. I still enjoyed it. The history portion is a bit too in depth, I feel, and though interesting, spends a great deal of time on the history of the school and founder itself. They are very enthusiastic though, which is a plus. The course does a lovely job of presenting some of the various studies that go into this rigorous education/career, such as client interaction, anatomy, histology, animal husbandry, and examination skills. It is so much more than just a love for animals. I will certainly look into some of the other animal science-related MOOCs offered by Edinburgh. I had no difficulty in completing this course in one week although I do have a medical background.
So great but I found the last module about history of veterinary medicine overly long and boring
The tests are kind of hard but they are qualified and educational.
good cource but its medical content about how to treat disease is low and needed to be moreand clinical cases is low alsobut another topics is very good
Hello, good day you have:I think it is an excellent course because it gives us a very broad about what is the career of Veterinary Medicine scene. Thank you very much for making it accessible to the person who wants to take it.If I may make a suggestion I would like pusierna subtitles in Spanish for people who are not fluent in English.Thank you very much to the University of Edinburgh, the Dick Vet and veterinarians who developed topics. Much success in any endeavor they undertake. THANK YOU VERY MUCHSincerely:Javier Martín Montelongo Montoya from Mexico
this course is very good especially for any one love to be avet he can know here in this course what he must do and need to be avetthanks for this useful course
I just completed my week 1 and it just very interesting, i love it!
Great Course!
I strongly recommend this course. It is a very good introduction to breast cancer and the management, with exceptional presentations. Congratulations for it!!!
Brilliant. well organized and tons of information. I totaly recommend it
Very good course!
l really enjoyed this course. l have taken many courses through Coursera and l have loved them all. l found that Dr. Chagpar is an interesting and fun teacher. l found her easy to follow and understand. l highly recommend this course if you are looking to learn more about breast cancer.
Wonderful, wonderful course made even more wonderful by Dr. Chagpar's enthusiastic and engaging manner of speaking. Kudos to our mentor, Denise, as well
Very informative and interesting!
This is an excellent course serving as an introduction to breast cancer and the many treatment options.Dr. Chagpar has done a magnificent job of presenting the material and her passion for the subject is evident.The world is lucky to have such a dedicated professional present this important health information to students around the world and free of charge from one of the greatest universities.I would have liked some additional information on diet and alternative therapies as well as proton therapies, however, as Dr. Chagpar explained, there is little data on these subjects and clinical trials are still going on.If you are interested in breast cancer, then this is an excellent place to start and highly recommended!
very informative!
Introduction to Breast cancer is an excellent course ! Anees Chegpar is an awesome and entertaining teacher. She speaks clearly and efficiently.The course is not too difficult to understand, it is well designed for patients, friends or family of patients and people simply willing to know more about breast cancer.
Great Coursera, great teacher!Mabye this is the reason why Yale University is known as Yale University!I wil learn this course one more time someday.
Great course with a great instructor. The course was aimed at general pubic interested in Breast Cancer, so the it is structured to be very easily followed. While I was looking for a more challenging course, the course does a great job as an introductory course.
An amazing introductory course ! and Dr. Chagpar has a unique teaching style
I REALLY appreciated this course! I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April and have been working to learn as much as I can in the interim. I actually learned that I need radiation from this course (none of my providers had mentioned it), so I am really grateful to have participated in this. Really good information, engaging professor, and well organized content.
Excellent! A very enriching course and is easy to understand. The professor is outstanding.
It is a really great course and I would like to recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about breast cancer. Thanks Yale for the opportunity given us to learn with you.
I learnt a lot form this intro course. I love the way the professor draw picture.
Great course; very informative, highly educational, fascinating... There were just two things I didn't like about the professor, though I liked HER a lot; she was very welcoming, hospitable, and amicable; she treated her students well, and was enthusiastic about teaching us. That is a trait I have seen for the first time on Coursera, and I have to give Dr. Chagpar high praise in these terms. The only things I did not like - which are very small in contrast to the things I did like - were that she taught a bit as though she was teaching to 6th graders, rather than seasoned adults. But that is not much of an issue. My only other complaint is that she seemed quite callous towards women suffering - even dying - from breast cancer. But I suppose breast surgeons come to distance themselves from these terrible, tragic events.
Loved the course! Loved Dr. Chagpar's enthusiasm and expertise in this field.
Mrs. Anees Chagpar has been an amazing course instructor. She managed to keep my interest captivated through lists of numerous NSABP codes and rather unfriendly data, on an issue that is much debated and triggers reasonable concern and controversy and is often viewed as a terminal condition.
perfect work.iam soooooo happy duo to connecting to this course
It has been very enriching, has freshened concepts, and I've learned to new visions respects. Very interesting, thanks!
Simple and easy to understand. Excellent introductory course to cancer in general.
Very easy to understand and also very helpful.
I really liked this course. I think there was a lot of content covered in a short period of time and the way that it was presented kept me focused. I think the professor was able to present the information in an effective way. I would definitely recommend this course.
Very good information. Thank y
Great! I got a lot. Thanks.
very good thank you
I am really impressed with the way Dr A.Chagpar teaches and explains , A very good teacher.Sushma Batra
This entire course was very well done. I enjoyed learning all that I did concerning breast cancer and loved the integration of interviews to practically apply much of the knowledge learned to specific roles involved with breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Good course, great instructor.
I have participated in several MOOC courses and this would have to be the most informative and enjoyable. As a breast cancer survivor, a carrier of BRAC1 and community nurse I found it reassuring and invaluable in terms of content; engaging in presentation; sufficiently challenging to keep me focussed and hugely helpful in working with Breast Cancer patients. A big thank you to Dr nees and her co- presenters.
Very informational, especially for hospital volunteers and health care employees
A comprehensive and thorough introduction to breast cancer. Great teacher!
Detailed course with recent information about new treatment strategies and clinical trial data. Easy to understand for non-clinical professionals!
It is an excellent review of breast cancer field. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks very much to everyone who prepared the course.
This course was just what I was looking for. I am entering into the field of pathology as a pathologists' assistant and this laid it all out in the simplest of terms. Now I can approach each breast case from the gross room with a lot more confidence! Now I feel like I can delve deeper into breast pathology on my own and have a solid foundation to work off. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Information is well
I enjoy the instructor, she is so passionate about the subject. What a great course!
Great introductury course. Well presented, excellent up-to-date-sources, and a tad of a challenge...
Great course! so engaging and easy to follow. very informative for all types of audience.
very good and informative course, really enjoyed it.
the way of introduction is quit helpful to see speaker and lecture
I really like the subject of the course. The presentation was really good. However, some of the concepts were not so easy to understand. The course does not provide any reading, so I had to watch the lectures again if I forget some of the details. Eventually I've started taking detailed notes and added screenshots to my notebook. I wish I could have more exercises just for practice that would not be graded. That would provide a safe env. to learn and practice before taking final tests. Some of the answers to exercises were very helpful to learn the concepts better. So, more such practical exercises would be helpful.
Thanks a lot to coursera ...
Course is mostly theoretical. So far it's difficult to say anything about its practical implications and usefulness. It's my first course on Coursera, so I can't compare. But I think sometimes it lacks a bit clarity, especially considering lecturer's English and bad quality of subtitles which sometimes do not match real lecturer's words. Anyway it was interesting and now I'm really intrigued about how I can apply this new knowledge to real everyday development tasks. Most probably I will try following courses in the specialization. Thanks a lot to authors!
Although superficial, it is a very good MOOC for introducing LTS testing.
Useful introduction.
very helpful
Very interesting and a good fine-tuning experience to my brain relating to systems! Awesome!
I've learn more thing's in this course..., thank you Coursera :) :) :)
i get perfect information about antimicrobial resistance ...thank you
Great course, It gave me an overview of antibiotic resistance problems.
I enjoyed this course. It was quite informative and good in introducing some concepts for me like the QA/QC/QM topic that I was not very familiar with. A good follow-up would be to present a course on how to build laboratory capacity in this area for countries wanting to get better at AST. I would also suggest that some of the presentations be shortened particularly those which will be presented in much more detail later to avoid the doubling up of information eg like the section on methods were covered almost twice for some material. Also, I would like to suggest use of practical examples when trying to explain these concepts. I thought you presented them well but for better understanding, use practical case study examples showing how you handle the situation in the lab. For example, provide us with when these methods are applied so they are not just random.Thank you for this course and I look forward to your follow-up course.
Very good complete introduction to a very important subject!!
Overall, the course contents is useful. If course slides can be provided, that'll be extra helpful.
Thank you so much for the interesting course. My thesis in master was on Antibacterials and (and more subjects) I am much interested in Microbiology. I am going to continue my PhD in Microbiology and this course was a kind of review for me with some new details. Especially ResFinder was really interesting to me. Thank you so much for the class.
I'm very interested while taking this course as it's very related to my recent study.The material and syllabus are very easy to understand.Thank you very much
Many thanks for a very enjoyable course. Please keep up the excellent work.
Good course, gives a good notion of the basics. Very technical (as in it emphasizes more the technical part of antimicrobial testing) and basic (in the theoretical part). I'm an MD student, currently on my final year. The course brought up new aspects to the antibiogram that I was oblivious about, something that I think is very important for the modern-age physician.
Muy instructivo
It was good learning experience!!
It was really a nice course, and it would help me from recollecting the past experience.My sincere thanks to the Madams, who delivered their valuable speech.
Best presentation for Antimicrobial.
This class was very much eye-opening as I have gained knowledge and experience
I did like to course very much. However, the in the last video, although the lecturer tried to speak clearly, I didn't understand all things very well.
This course teach all things that useful and importance for preparing to everyone who want to know about antimicrobial resistance. Don't think a lot. Take this course and learning it, NOW.
very good and useful
good but not giving marksheet which is much needed somewhere i want to used..
I really enjoyed learning from Dr Lina Cavaco.
Excellent course to refresh or fresly learn about antimicrobial resistance
The course covers all points about antimicrobial resistance in a simple and complete way.
I loved this course. I study biology at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and it's helped me a lot to understand many things in general about antimicrobials susceptibility. Thank you all!
I found this course pretty useful and interesting.I am a pharmacist working as an information manager mostly on hospital medicines, and the antimicrobials play a huge part of the prescriptions.It was very good to better understand the mecanisms behind the resistances and the racional to choose the best agent agains it.
Content was good, but occasionally VERY hard to understand the lecturers' English. Worth taking though.
It was a really good course, but I think there´s a lot of repetitions in many lectures. It´d be good to avoid that aspect in order to provide more information to the people.
The last two weeks are a bit DENSE. Especially Week 4. Bring your Brain power. But a course worth learning from for relevant skills to use in lab.
Very good and helpful!
Great! Waiting for the next one
Excellent course. Thanks!
Thank you to DTU especially to Dr. Lina Cavaco for expanding my knowledge about drug resistance and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Hoping for more lessons about drug resistance. Thank you once again
Very educational course, however the lectures are very lull and do not hold attention well.
good work thank you all
The course is really interesting and I found it really useful. However, there are lots of repetitive lectures and I think they could be grouped and summarized or even expanded for topics avoiding the repetitions.
This course is very interesting but in some points it get repetitive and it gets boring. I recommend to reduce some videos and not to say the same thing too many time even when it's very important
Nice introduction course but with substantial amount of useful materials and knowledge! Excellent presentations!
This is an excellent introductory course in the field of antimicrobial testing.
It was really a good lectures and please I want to know about my certificate in have already purchased this course and submitted allThe documents let me know when will I get my certificate .
So nice... I've learnt a lot.
excellent for me and my carrier
Excellent course, looking forward to do other courses from the DTU in antimicrobial resistance.
good course
Amazing course. Thank You coursera
I feal so amazed by all the information, is a complete course and i would like to learn more about antimicrobial resistance. Thank you professor Lina <3
I loved the first three weeks for the really well presented background information. Weeks 4 and 5 did not give me any further interesting knowledge. I also missed lectures on qPCR, NGS and other molecular methods for the detection of antibiotic resistance genes, as these methods are up and coming. Overall, thank you for setting up this course
Very important course that help to know several ways of anti microbial susceptibility testing.
It improved my understanding of drug resistance
Really interesting!!!!!!!!!
A good overview on antimicrobial resistance and how it is measured in the lab.
This course is quite interesting for people interested on microbiological field and research because show general concepts, different techniques and tools which are used on laboratory to identify, monitor how these resistance on microorganism take an important part on public health discussion. I recommended to refresh any knowleadge that have on microbiology field.
I really enjoyed the course, being a complete novice i found it challenging to understand some of the technical terms but learnt alot.
lectures are too long, it lacks clinical correlation.the course focus only technical lab issues, when you look for antimicrobial resistance course, the last thing that you need is tech theory. Of course that some concepts are needed in order to provide fundamental basis, but the main goal is and always will be how to interpret antibiograms and infere the most probable mechanism of resistance. So there is a need for clinical correlation. If its not present, the course should be entitled "Laboratory methods for antimicrobial resistance"
Really great, a little more specificity on the subjects (More time) would be even better.
Very nice lecure.easily understandable.
Great teacher and contents.
Great Course!! Some lectures were repetitive. So I'd like to suggest the course advisors to cut down on those lectures. Overall it was a great learning experience!!
vital information suitable for the workforce.
If you want to get in *depth with the philosophy and history of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, this is the course for you! I am so grateful to have had access to this vast sea of knowledge presented! Some of the lectures are a bit long and are not accompanied by PowerPoints, illustrations, or keyword pop-outs, but if you apply your meditative focus, you will be graced with an immense amount of information on the topic. There are also practices (with intros and conclusions) presented by three different teachers each week. You can really tell a lot of thought, effort, and love went into this program design. The inclusion of Dr. Saron was just a delight as well - I am inspired to continue in my research and my practices related to this course. Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen!
A great course. Really helpful and plenty of good insights.
Loved it. Extremely theoretical, speculative, deep and heightens inner world understanding. A true unpuzzling of the inner world!
Excellent course, plenty of food for thoughts! I totally enjoyed it.
At first, I thought the course was too academical of an approach to Buddhist meditation, but as I learned more, I came to understand the profoundness of meditation beyond the "meditation for dummies" process that I expected.
unnecessary, excessive and distracting time expent on the difference between pali and sanskrit.
The course has some Immense contribution by many brilliant professors, monks and practitioners. A Huge workload though, I had to make new replacements three times to catch up with the assignments, lots of resources, I also kept making screenshots as it is impossible (like absolutely!!) to digest all the gems provided. Special thank you to Dr. David Germano for super organised and put together lectures, and Dr. Clifford Saron, just listening to the later speak is a great deal of meditation - so special and highly connecting. Thank you to all creators and contributors!
Wowww! Thanks! Gracias!
Fantastic materail with terrible structure and loads of material. Course should be at least twice as long.
Excellent Course if you really want to visit your inside world - Manish Behl
It was much more complete, diverse and time-consuming than expected. The quality of the teachings was inequal in my humble opinion. I found Pr.Germano a bit stiff in his teaching and it was very hard for me to follow his classes. Other teachers were great though.
Excellent!!! The course changed my life, simply that!! Waiting for the others!!!
Sorry for my English.So many people looking forward to take this course and was very cold, robotic... full of theoretical and repetitive texts.
Extensive and lenghty, it's academic and practical approach makes it great for new meditators. Also the inclusion of traditional and new advocates for it complete the worldview it presents. It transformed my mind.
Its a great course!
Well-structured, highly informative,
Very intense course
It is excellent course. The sessions on meditation are very useful. However, for understanding theoretical part some patience
Wow! This course really reveals the full breadth and growth of Buddhism. It creates a deep understanding of all its past and current dimensions.
The course is supposed to be very informative. It is in fact. But after I spend hours raising my intellectual level trying to understand what they're talking about, I still have no idea what is the purpose of the meditation.Or rather I have it, but from another source, from a person who's been practicing it for 20 years. In 10 minutes I was given a crystal clear and logical answer on what is was all about. Unfortunately this course doesn't give this answer. It will rather improve your skill of understanding highly intellectual texts and will show you some interesting stuff about the brain.
This course was nothing like true Tibetan Buddhism which is my religion ! please consider canceling it immediatly or having me or a real lama as the teacher
Good overview of buddhist meditation
This is a course that sounds like a bad audiobook. The prof. reading a the lecture and giving lot of information without any soul or teaching energy to engage. I prefer then read a book about this topic than being here at this course get bored listening at the same tone a reading of a lecture.
Audio is terrible - can't continue
Not well presented at all. Great disappointment.
Great course, their are parts that are dry and very academic but taking the time to listen and take will payoff and be very rewarding. I particularly found the neuroscience research most interesting and engaging. The labs are a great way to end tie together everything that is learned in each section from: academic to science to history/application.
Good intro on meditation.
First time as a long (more than 30 years) empirical yoga and meditation practitioner that take an academic approach outside the masters himself. Wonderful experience. Very well done, excellent material and the best professors. Thanks
Really horrible in instruction, experience and application ability of lecturers, poorly put together and assembled. It was astonishing to experience such self-promoting hacks rather than knowledgeable practitioners of the art of meditation. It is very important to clarify the content of a somewhat titled misnomer. The course was an academic study in mediation bring is rather esoteric, questionable, and personal opinion concepts and comments; in effect a mesh-mash.
Audio was difficult to hear at times
Uninspiring and boring.
The amount of effort that was put into this course was impressive. The amount of information was impressive. There were wonderful and engaging speakers to amplify the learning process.
I am very disappointed about the content. It is not a course. Pr David Germano is just reading text. No design no learning experience. I would learn much better with just reading a book. It is a shame I was very interested in the subject.
It´s a very complete course with a lot of detail and valuable information. For me it has two parts, one very technical and the other that is more into the spiritual meditation and techniques. I think it was worth the time and effort. Thanks a lot!
This course feels a lot like it's being taught by a non-teaching professor. The lectures are very long, not chunked for easy viewing (to the point where I couldn't download to my phone for offline/off-wifi use). There are very long locally-hosted readings (so they're hard to print and you can't add them to an offline reader app), and the Reading section for each lesson seems to be a bibliography (rather than actual reading assignments), because there are no links and some refer to "Selections" without giving page numbers or, in at least one case, a multi-volume book. The information is comprehensive and very valuable, but the delivery is very lacking as a MOOC.
The course is very useless, there is no meat, only water - there is no substance - only talking around the topic. I am appalled that such research exists, and ashamed for the coursera
This course was one of the most useful of my undergraduate and graduate career. I have been a long time Buddhist practitioner, primarily in the Zen tradition and found it difficult to integrate, both in my own practice and through understanding popular literature. This course provided much of the intellectual background that I have wanted for a long time. I am particularly interested in the discussion of Buddhist Meditation as a religious vs. secular practice, and the cultural content of the various practices one encounters.David Germano's lectures are incredibly information dense. I learned to download the transcript and outline and highlight them as well as listen to the audio. Now I wouldn't cut out a thing.I particularly appreciate the many guest lectures, interviews and guided meditation sessions.All of my questions are not yet answered but I have some clearer understanding and ideas for moving forward.
Excellent course! History, neuroscience, practice, discussion... This course is a life changer. Thanks to all professors and guest.
Before I began this course, I had only a very general knowledge of Buddhist meditation. After going through a number of lessons, I realized I really knew less than I thought. I had only been attracted to the Buddhist world encountered in readings and travels. For many years, it was something that I wanted to know more about. So I appreciate having access to this course.Classification and organization of detailed and complex material is well organized. Great work amassing and presenting knowledge of contemplative practices.I feel there was some repetition or redundancy, but in my case that was not necessarily a bad thing, other than to add to the mass of information being delivered. The repetition helped to stabilize my memory and helped to establish a baseline of concepts from which to build my understanding.I became mired in detail, but absorbed as much as I could in lieu of being able to recall consciously specific pieces of information. I don't want to judge the presenters by suggesting that they tried to put too much information into too little of a space. I found my efforts to absorb the info meditative in nature, thus I welcomed the challenge.The videos of presenters reading texts of detailed and dense info was difficult to follow at times, but I discovered that it helps, in some cases, to download the script of the talks and follow along with the video as I read the script.The focus on history and historical debates and conflicts between shamatha and vipassana practices, etc., within Buddhism were helpful but not as key as the meditation practices. I suppose it is difficult to separate them since they are so entwined.I have learned a lot more than I ever expected when I began this course.I value discussions and sharing among students, but the course is so dense and time consuming that I had no time left to participate in sharing with others. Not to devalue the info itself, which is fantastic.
The course appears unfinished and very disorganized. The lectures are monotonous and boring.
Learned a lot and already integrated daily meditation into my life.
The early lectures were profoundly dense, monotone and cluttered with non-contextual detail while being (strangely given the subject) seemingly empty of a real desire to share, or convey, understanding. I am confess that, as much as I was looking forward to guest lecturers, I couldn't make it past the first three.
The labs are superb. The title is misleading - it is as much about the neuroscience as Buddhism, and the lectures are dry. However, because the labs are so good, I give it five stars.
Not for the basic student looking for information. Very detailed
I have to admit that the professors know the topic and are conducting amazing research, but the course was dry and terribly designed. The videos are too long, without quizzes or activities to break the long dry monologues. They also talk like robots and one gets lost really fast. I have taken many courses in coursera with long and short videos, with boring and engaging teachers but this is by far the worse. They are trying to show off so much information and in such a high level language (to most), that it makes it incredibly boring. I should add that I have studied Buddhism, and there are so many better ways to provide people an opportunity to come into contact with this beautiful topic.
Excellent guided meditations and a very well organized and well presented overview of the Lesser Vehicle of Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. The layout of the course was particularly good; with a theme each week and a set of lectures exploring the practice in question from a cultural and spiritual viewpoint, a set touching on the scientific aspect of the practice, a set outlining the history of the practice, and a series of guided meditations.
to much talk
Too much theoretical. Probably this is not the course I was looking for when I joined it. Nevertheless, I will try to get some concepts from it, particularly for what concerns the practice of meditation and mindfulness.
Great course combining the practice of Tibetan mediation with modern scientific dis
Amazing insight into various contexts surrounding Meditation, coverage of different cultures interpretation of meditative(contemplative) approaches, roadmap of practice to pursue a lifetime. Also on the side, covers academic dimensions of real life applications and impacts. Quite honored to come across such an enriched course and accruing such immense knowledge in such a short time. Hoping to revisit again in future to comeback to basics and not just veer away into real life applications and lose the way.
Very interesting course.
Very interesting history and practice of meditation
This is an excellent, in depth course packed with information and guidance on many levels including Buddhist philosphy and history, Neurology, Mindfulness and Meditation practices, and an introduction to both calm and insight meditation. Labs provide an additional resource with guided meditations and explanations. There are also inerviews with knowledgable academics involved in related fields.Instructors range from Buddhist Monks to knowlegable Professors from University of Virginia and other instutions. Most lectures are interesting and done in away that communicates well on video. Dr Clifford Saron took difficult scientific data and made it understanable. One extremely gifted and knowlegable professor, however, often rapidly read his lectures, full of academic jargon. Even so, it is well worth the effor and rewarding information wise to sit through his videos which you can stop and start to make notes.I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the subject.
All right, this is not a very "easy to follow" course. But it's such a great opportunity to deeply study the subject with great specialists and meditation practitioners : how lucky we are ! By going slowly, step by step, being aware that I do not understand everything at once, I'm all right, convinced I'm learning a lot, from both an academic and personal point of view.
Watch one or 2 lectures before you join the course, if you felt okay then go ahead, otherwise don't waste your time and money, something wrong in the course structure...
The course gives multi-dimensional (traditional, scientific, research) perspective about Buddhist philosophy, primarily on meditation. A highly self-contained course, content completeness is remarkable. A systematic description of various type meditations is high appreciated.
great course. loved the talks by virtually all the instructors and might even repeat the course again. thanks so much.
I think the teacher had to little expression , it was like he was reading loud, and I felt I might have red the text myself. I lacked some enthusiasm
Great content - learned a lot. Would be easier to follow if David's lectures would be presented more accessible - not read in a monotone voice.
Was a LOT more more than what I expected, and more effort than any other Coursera that I have done before. It is also the best course I have done on Coursera by far! Well done to the team who put it together and I am looking forwards to part 2, 3 and 4.
it was a great experience that i get this course.regards for every one.
The faculty of this course represent a wonderful assembly of knowledge and experience. But the course was not well organized, and the emphasis on fine teaching that I have found in most Coursera courses was not present.
I didn't like the main lecturer of the course. I believe his is smart and everything but for me as non-native english speaker I found the way he speaks is extremely hard for comprehension.
empty of value
Very good course, profound and complete. I strongly reccomend it.
Interesting
Well presented -- I love the idea of combining science with history and meditation.
Simply not as engrossing as I had hoped it would be.
I have been reading about buddhism for a little while, and this course has shown me a bit of the great complexity, a most human comparison between differen schools where each one claims to be "better" (no doubt buddhists are also humans), the great importance of cultural differences between east and west, etc.I have also been fascinated by the introduction to neuroscience, the great complexity of our brain, the drawings of a blind man, our multiple channels to access and interpret the worl around us.And I am also grateful for the introduction to meditation practices.This is a great Coursera course, thanks to all those persons and institutions that have made it available for so many of us,,,
Clear and well presented
Really like what I have taken away from the course. I felt the presentation of some of the information a bit overwhelming, pure lecture without any visuals.As a suggestion, I think it would have been interesting to hear the presenters talk about their own personal journey/story with respect to meditation, even if it is purely academic without any practical implication for them personally.Many, many thanks!!
Terrible...can't believe how a quality the course is. Embarrassing.
This was a great course. The professor, assistant prof, guest lecturers and supplemental material were all excellent and very informative. I highly recommend the course to anyone interested in either learning about Buddhism, or meditation. With regards to meditation, you will learn about various types of meditation and contemplative practices, as well as several scientifically verified studies results which have definitively proven various benefits associated with them.I am waiting for the next course in the series "The Greater Vehicle" to come out, so that I can take that one, as well.
too hard to follow
The richness of materials presented in this ambitious course are impressive. There are lectures and interviews with professors and Buddhists from well beyond the expected disciplines of religion, sociology, and neuroscience--including education, law, and business. With guided mediation "labs" from three practitioners there's a style for everyone. Some of the lectures are dense and challenging to follow but well worth sticking with it. Looking forward to section two.
Overall - Good course - covers both theoretical & practical.
Very nice course, it varies a lot with the content so many different angles are mentioned.
Interesting topic, . but the videos are too long and sometimes lack of dynamism . I recommend the comparison with Science.
Very good. There is room for improvement. Congratulations.
Great theme for a course, perfect idea, but I had some issues with execution of it. So, these are the issues:
An excellent introduction to Buddism
The course was a very comprehensive introduction to Buddhist Meditation:- there were lectures about the different Buddhist meditation traditions- practical trainings on Buddhist meditation- neurological and psychological view on the effects of meditation on the human bodyand many more topics related to meditation.I found the course was actually overloaded with content: most videos were too long and there were too many videos. Some videos were more like reading a text: the lecturer was most likely reading his own script from a Teleprompter instead of really talking to the audience. The videos were not bad, but I see some room for improvement for most videos of most lecturers. My favourite videos were from Anam Thubten, he was most genuine and convincing to me.All in all it was still an excellent introduction into the topic for me: a big thank you to all people involved, you did a great job!!
I really enjoyed this course and got a lot of personal growth out of it. The variety of the presenters and the scope of the information was very engaging and enlightening. Kudos to all involved with this course material!
Super experience. The teacher I found less convincing is Prof. Germano who is very learned and knowledgeable, but conveys his lessons with an extremely boring, monotonous voice, adding lots of details making it difficult for students to grasp the essential ideas. Other than this, I loved the rhythm and the many wonderful teachers who shared their knowledge with us.
I enjoyed the course, the structure and the material. I really enjoyed the interviews with some of the speakers. Occasionally certain lectures were a little dry for video.
Very informative but not very focused or streamline. The lectures on brain plasticity and such I found largely irrelevant to the subject matter. Maybe an attempt to make the lectures a little less 'wordy'. I know this is Buddhism which is notoriously filled with concepts and long winded explanations but I think a lot of viewers could lose interest. I enjoy the course but I already have a great deal of familiarity with Buddhism. I was a Vajrayana practitioner for three years. Maybe a course focused more on Shakyamuni and the basics of Buddhist teaching along with a few courses familiarizing listeners to terms might be useful as a preliminary to the following courses.
Just the kind of in depth analytics I've always wanted relating to Buddhism. Excellent semantic discussions as well as descriptions of nuances of technique.
too many videos and texts.
extremely boring teachers
This is a very well done course on the basics of Tibetan Buddhist meditation, as well as a fantastic intro into the research being done to understand how meditation effects us physically, mentally, and emotionally. This is a course I will be coming back to again and again to refresh my own understanding, and I am truly looking forward to further modules when they are released. Thank you to all the staff for bringing us this contemplative gem.
Some lectures are presented in very flat boring to follow manner. Though neuroscience part is presented brilliantly and makes it totally worth.
I'm giving this course four stars because of the ground breaking nature of what is being attempted here. I appreciate its place in the historical assimilation of Buddhism into Western culture. I applaud the diverse and interesting bunch of people brought together to present the course. This despite the mediocre presentation skills of the principal course academics.
Very insightful, great interviews, and resulted in lots of thoughtful contemplation! Thank you
A well-balanced staff and selection of lecturers. A proper provision of the tools necessary to understand and practice the material. A very enjoyable and diverse course!
Very Informative!
As someone who was taught a small amount of meditation from china in the context of another training, I found this course very informative, I have a much better understanding of the history and of the practice as it has evolved to today as well as the connection to the Mindfulness Movement. The work by so many researchers trying to prove the benefits was very interesting. The guided meditation and teachings by the monks made this a wonderful course.
presentation has to be better
This course contains a balanced content of meditation practice and scientific studies on the topic. I enjoyed the content and delivery of the course. The course helped me understand the structure and organization of the Buddhist teachings. Looking forward to the next courses.N.B: First few sessions might seem a bit slow and boring. My suggestion is to be patient and not drop out, great material will come afterwards.
This course provided a very firm foundation for understanding the philosophy and traditions of Buddhism. The application towards understanding the growing interest in Buddhist practices of meditation is very well covered in this course. Throughout the course, we are introduced to the science supporting the value of meditation for helping us to maintain wellness, or to overcome various issues of suffering in human life. I highly recommend this course and the University of Virginia to anyone interested in developing knowledge of Buddhist meditation practices.
This course is pretty amazing and contains an enormous amount of information. Some of it is presented in a very boring and hard to follow way. It took patience but is worth the time.
The positive.What a wealth of material! This is a very worthy attempt to integrate the history, philosophical underpinnings and modern transformations of Tibetan Buddhist meditation.Clifford Saron’s Week 2 lectures on neuroscience and neuroplasticity were fascinating and intriguing introductions to the topic - very engaging.The negative.Too academic for an introductory course. David Germano’s lectures are full of information but he doesn’t help the learner to make sense of it. His ‘academic speak’ obfuscates meaning rather than making it accessible. More diagrammatic slides at the start would give learners a framework of the overarching concepts.Because of the many perspectives presented each week, this course needs A LOT of time. I personally would have leaned better if the course were broken into smaller weekly segments.
The course integrates information on practical benefits of meditation, results from scientific studies of neural responses, and historical and philosophical perspectives. Also, I found the guided meditations very helpful and interviews quite interesting.
Good content. MIght want to change up the presentations for variety - add visual aids, etc.
(I posted this review in a blog [https://guhyasamajacenter.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/review-of-the-free-coursera-tibetan-buddhist-meditation-and-the-modern-world-lesser-vehicle-course-given-by-uva/]. Much of the courseware was outstanding. Many of the videos were so poorly done (boring) that I couldn't watch them. (I do not watch people read prepared text in a video. Ever.)----------- From the blog ----------------------------------I recently took the FREE Coursera course, "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World". (https://www.coursera.org/learn/buddhist-meditation) From the course catalog: " Tibetan Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World explores the immense variety of meditation practices past and present. We present their histories, their philosophical underpinnings, their transformations in the modern global world, and we give you a chance to reflect upon meditation practices through secular contemplations designed just for this course." (Note: In the class overview, it is noted that the term "Lesser Vehicle" is "perjorative" but they use it anyway. ??")There are many FREE reasons to take this FREE "Lesser Vehicle" course (the first of four):#1 - An awesome, wonderful hour-long interview with Sharon Salzberg, one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. What an awesome lady. I was not aware that she is also a Dzogchen student. (Did I mention it was FREE?) Worth signing up for the course just to skip to Week 6 to watch this interview.#2 - Guided Meditations by Dr. Anne Klein and Anam Thubten. Very, very, very nice. FREE, it's ALL FREE.#3 - The Science of Mindfulness against the Background of the Scientific Study of Meditation videos with Dr. Clifford Saron, neuroscientist. His videos start in Week 1 and continue through Week 6 in building a basis for understanding the scientific research on meditation. He (and the course) demonstrates what can and cannot (presently) be scientifically proven about meditation. One excellent example: Two trained pianists were told to learn a complicated piece of music, one with the piano, and the other only in his imagination. After 2 weeks (I think) of practice, their brains' MRI patterns exhibited almost the exact same changes. Dr. Saron noted that the results are not definitive but still may have implications for the compassion/bodhicitta meditations we do.#4: An interview on "Buddhist Modernism", with David McMahan. Very much academic-oriented. One statement, in particular, struck me since, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be true: "The Buddhist Tantra teachings are not accepted nor are they popular in the West." For all the Buddhist monastics that visit the USA and the West to grab donations and go back to their home countries, few of them are sticking around to teach complete Tantra classes. The few that do (and do it well) are having a hard time making ends meet. (That's just my opinion, I guess.)There are also short 5-10 minute interviews with Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro (a short "snapshot" of the Tibetan take on the week's particular subject, which was often better (to me) than the 90min-long "talking head" version ) and Ven. Tsoknyi Rinpoche ("How does Buddhism change in a New Culture" and "Benefits and Dangers of Secularing Buddhism", the TB rebuttal, as it were. He did note that motivation is the key. Bad agenda = bad results, good motivation will cause good results.)Have I noted the course is FREE? So you can take the course, and the following courses, without doing any of the assignments/quizzes. Watch (or download) any video or transcript to your heart's content whenever you wish in any order you wish. (That assumes the courses are not taken off-line at a future date.) Further in the course description is a blurb that may point to at least 3 future courses in "Mahāyāna, …Vajrayāna, …and a fourth vehicle, which is explicit in many Tibetan materials, though no standard term ever emerged that was accepted by all sectarian traditions - we will thus term it as the “Natural Vehicle” or “Post Tantra”." If the quality of guided meditations (GM) in following classes are even half the quality of this course's GM's, then that's all the reason I need to continue the future classes, too.Course gotchas:#1. That said (other shoe dropping here), the other half of the course was videos of people reading their prepared academic papers, in monotone or semi-monotone voices. (Transcripts are available. I figure I can read a paper in 5% of the time someone else reads it to me in a video. Ugh.) However, they would probably need the voice of Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, B. Cumberbatch or James Spader to keep me awake. To be fair, the content is golden, although the papers seems to be geared to the academic community, rather than the student community. Books and Videos on these subjects are all over Amazon, YouTube, FPMT, Dharma-Documentaries, etc.#2. The Sharon Salzberg (SS), in her interview, brought up an excellent point. She noted that she and a noted clinical psychology (CP) scientist (researcher) (whose name I have forgotten) were at a conference where the issue on the table was that someone was having trouble with "loving kindness" meditation as a first meditation class. SS noted that she would instantly recommend the student change to "calm abiding" meditation whereas the CP could not change that student's meditation technique to another technique (such as calm abiding) as her research findings would then be invalid. Similarly, many of the non-Buddhist guided meditations that I viewed in this course felt like a physical education or "How To" class. Do this. Do that. It did not feel as though they lived the material, just taught it. (Whereas it was patently obvious Dr. Klein & Anam Thubten were definitely "walking the walk", so to speak, so were able to speak from the heart.)Interviews I did not watch, that may be of great interest to others, include meditation in the school system by Tish Jennings, meditation in the Business Community (an interview with David Mick), the Burmese meditation tradition in an interview with Erik Braun, the MBSR (Meditation Based Stress Reduction) with Susan Bauer-Wu, and meditation in the legal community with Rhonda Magee.And all that is just the first course. Many of it's "failings" may just be my karmic opinions. The course is worth checking out and watching/reading/meditating on those parts that interest you. In that respect, the breadth of the course content is quite nice and so well done. Grade: B-.
A lot of talking, little content.
I learned a lot from this course although I have been exposed to mindfulness meditation in the past. The discussion of Shamata project and research findings are enlightening.
The content of this course was superb. The level of detail and the connections between traditional teaching with modern science and western practice was very helpful, and much appreciated. The interviews and additional content on practice and historical significance was wonderful. The neuroscience content was presented very effectively, with just the right amount of detail needed here, and the critique and straightforward way that the research was presented was masterful, and so much needed in today's cult-like vision of meditation. I look forward to the other 3 segments of the course.I would recommend putting the transcripts of the lectures together in a more easily readable format, then use the videos by Dr. Germano to highlight the issues presented rather than just reading.
a miriad of diferents point o view.a lot of valuble information to drive the practice.
The course is very detailed, focused, comprehensive and very well organized.Although i gave the course full five stars, there are a few things that can be better. Firstly is the time frame for every week, that is, to my opinion, unreasonable for someone who wants to really study the material.Secondly is that in could have been served in a bit more engaging manner.Thank you very much!Guy
After being bored to death by his first highly complex and involved analytical/historical lectures, I skipped over every video that Prof. Germano lectured in. I'm not sure if his later videos were great or not, and they were supposed to be "foundational/historical," but the rest of the course was extremely educative and enjoyable for a beginner like me, and Prof. Germano's lectures were not needed for the graded quizzes.
, The course was intense, challenging and extremely rewarding.
I enjoyed and benefitted from some of this course. In particular I would highly recommend the Meditation Labs, the Science of Meditation videos and the short presentations from the Tibetan Buddhist monks . But I think the creators of this course need to be a lot clearer about what their aims are in that part of the course which Dr Germano presented. Since this was he was presenting the main overview of Buddhist content it was particularly disappointing that his presentations were so bad.I understand that there were difficulties in getting the course up and running from the various delays in its starting date and the change to its title and perhaps Dr Germano's role was more affected than the other lecturers. However it's pretty damning when he manages to to be so off-putting to so many of the students, going on the discussion comments. For my own part, I've studied and practiced Buddhism for more than 30 years and I am left with little sense of what his aims were for his lectures.To be more specificDr Germano's Presentation:-he read from what I presume were lecture notes but more likely he was reading from an academic paper. the language was pretty turgid.-he could have just provided a PDF of his paper / notes for us to download. That would have been much more helpful as presumably it would have had some structure to it. doing that would have enabled him to use his video time in a more creative way.-MOOCs are wonderful audio-visual opportunities but he had no slides or illustrations at all. The few text headers which appeared then disappeared in only a very few seconds and sometimes did not relate directly to what he was saying at that time.Dr Germano's content: the amended title was Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. This is a complex subject which encompasses many layers of meditation practice culled from historically earlier Buddhist traditions. Can I suggest that any future version of this course includes the following:-include a video which presents the main aspects of the historical development of Buddhism. There was some mention of this in Germano's material but he did it from the Tibetan point of view. Surely what a modern day presentation needs is a modern impartial historical analysis of the subject. It's not as if there aren't plenty of academics and practitioners who are active in this field.-it's confusing to describe Tibetan Lesser Vehicle practices but then illustrate them with Pali text sources, modern Mindfulness practice, and modern Brahma Vihara practice all of which have emerged from the modern Theravadin tradition.-it's also perplexing to include information about many modern Theravadin teachers (Sayadaw, Goenka) in a course apparently not about them.Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos about Sayadaw and the interview with Sharon Saltzberg, but I am left in the dark about just what differences, if any, there are between them and Tibetan meditation.Overall I think this course was offered prematurely. Much of its content was enthralling, inspiring and very useful practically. However much of it was not.
wonderful course, LOT of material that you need to go through number of times to digest.the work is totally worth it.Provides insight into a very distant and complex world view we westerners can learn a lot from.
An interesting class that traces the origins of Buddhist meditation and the Western usage today. A nice dovetailing of research topics covered to attempt to link measurable changes due to meditation practices while trying to maintain a good control group; not easy.
Excellent course on the Lesser Vehicle. I am really looking forward to the next course!
The content of the course is amazingly rich. I've particularly appreciated all the interviews.The science was also very interesting, although at the end (starting from week 4 if I remember well), the result don't seem so convincing. But it is still really amazing. (May I suggest to try to use Machine Learning algorithm to analyze the huge amount of result from the retreat project, they are getting pretty good at facial recognition and analysis.)The contemplative labs were an interesting plus.The only caveats is that, although the content presented by Germano and Schaeffer is amazing (and precious to me), I think they could improve the presentation. I would suggest to consult with a specialist in communication who will be able to point out what could be improved and how. I feel that without that, the communication objective will fail (as reported by most students including myself). Here are a few points I have noticed. Complex background create a distraction, especially when the reading is monotonous, it's preferable to have simple neutral background, like a library. Reading in a monotonous voice is not engaging for the viewer. Dandling around and all sort of gestural distractions don't help us focusing on the content. Sentences are too long and use too many technical words, two things that any communicator will immediately suggest to drop especially if you are targeting a large audience. In one video the background was nice (a forest), yet the noise of the bird were too loud compare to the voice. Plus there was many cut in this video and almost every time the camera had moved from its previous position creating yet another distraction. But don't get me wrong, I have appreciated this content, I just felt that it needed a huge investment from my part to be able to grab it into memory and learn from it. This is the reason why I haven't graded this course with 5 stars. I think that if the speaker could improve this part it would facilitate the students work and improve greatly the overall learning.
I thought this course was a scholarly perspective on the Dharma, which was fantastic to learn, in particular with the efficacy shown by studies. Hope to see more of these courses in the context of the other Buddhist vehicles.
Great
A thorough academic, philosophical, exploratory & experiential introductory treatise on Tibetan Buddhism that is already proving to be of incredible value to me. I was at first pretty overwhelmed my the sheer volume of lectures on here but when you get into the swing of it it becomes apparent quite early on that the large amount of academic conceptualizations are not the most necessary to become totally au fait with & that these are in fact followed up by a spectrum of other articles which are more philosophical, contextual and relatively up beat, as well as some experiential guided meditations etc.What's become more apparent though is the fantastic faculty behind this & the incredible work being done by them as well as other colleagues in the field. I am extremely impressed by the depth of investigation, research & organization.Extremely glad I took the course & look forward yo the forthcoming ones in the series. Higly recommended for ANYONE with a genuine interest in Buddhist thought.
I am absolutely honored to have been privileged enough to take such a fascinating course on something I'm so passionate about. Dr. Clifford Saron was my favorite part of the course by far; his methods of articulating his teachings, for me, were the easiest to understand and the most engaging/interesting to follow. I will definitely be using the information I've reviewed in this course in both my present and my future. Thank you, to everyone with Coursera & the University of Virginia, who made this MOOC possible. I'm eternally grateful.
A wealth of information - a true resource for anyone interested in the subject matter.
Most of the interviews were very interesting and useful addition to the lectures. Prof. David Francis Germano questions were of good standard.
I could barely get the videos to work. The information was great, what I could get to, anyways.
I am afraid this is only two stars from me for now. It is a course with great content and a lot of potential, but the way how it is delivered can be greatly improved to make it easier to understand and more engaging. I just hope the team do not give up, but improve this to be one of the best courses on Coursera - it can well be!
All courses have their pluses and minuses. This one is a gathering of many of the leaders in this field and is a wonderful overview of the land. I would like to say that the interviews were priceless and while the lectures were a bit dry when lsitening to face to face interactions I was struck by the level of intelligence and dedication of all participants. I am waiting for the next installment.
A very interesting course. I look forward to join the next course!
Needs to be more engaging.
not very good audio.
Very poorly structured. Purely academic and dull as dishwater. Buddhist meditation is a profoundly beautiful tradition but there is no beating heart here. I gave up quickly.
Very good a bit too academic by times but otherwise a goldmine for anyone interested in the science and context of buddhist meditation
I waited a long time for this class to start but now that it is here I find it impossible summon enough will to pay attention to the lectures. As a retired teacher I have more of an ability to stick to a class than many but life is too short to wait for this class to perk up. The professors seem very knowledgable but their teaching methodology leaves a lot to be desired.
The content is great, I think the delivery could be better, and there was a great deal of interesting but difficult and for me peripheral stuff about how the brain worked. Nevertheless, even this had me wowed at times. I have learnt a great deal from every aspect of this course, and am greatly looking forward to future courses, as you have promised!. A
As a beginner to the subject... I feel like I know even less if that was possible after just the first few weeks!! I plan to start again sometime in the future and see if I can figure things out in this course.. after I learn about Buddhism somewhere else first!
As a buddhist, I feel upset of this course. I expected it to be teach in a better way, with more lectures, PPT presentations...there ought to be a better way of explanation.
This was the first MOOC I ever signed for and I wasn't disappointed. Far more complex, detailed and demanding than I had expected.... which suited me perfectly.Although brilliantly researched and scripted, Professor Germano's detailed input is spoiled by his unecessarily academic style. I found that his tendency to accumulate endless lists of adjectives had an unfortunate hypnotic effect.I very much like the material presented by Kurtis Schaeffer, especially his contribution on the development of Buddhism in the US. His interviews were well-conducted and his remarks always to the point.Interesting - and again complex material from Clifford Saron who managed to caputre the attention of my rather non-scientific brain. Very well presented material and a pleasure to listen to him.The input from the Tibetan participants was more accessible to non-specialists, straight to the point and very refreshing.The work done by the meditators was brilliant and probably what I had been looking for when I registered for the course. I feel that I now know just enough to pursue the practices on my own. It all feels very new, a little bit scary, quite exhilarating and luminous.Some of the interviews were more interesting than others but they all contributed to broaden the scope of the course.I only give 4/5 to the MOOC because of the poor quality of the subtitles. Not being a native speaker and not used to hear American English, I had to rely on them. They were so bad that, at times, what was written was exactly the contrary to what was being said. Hardly any proper names or foreign words were spelt correctly either. Beware !The course has introduced me to a new world and I will definitely pursue my new-born interest in Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. I will also sign up for more MOOCs in the future. Overall an extremely positive experience indeed. I am looking forward to seing you again for the 'Greater Vehicle'.
Meditation is an amazing practice and can change and save lives. I reccomend that more people spend a few minutes a day becoming who they truly are.
The guided meditations were wonderful, but the introductory lectures for Weeks 1-5 were redundant and boring. These lectures could have been much shorter and would have been equally valuable. Dr. Clifford Saron's lectures were interesting.
Wonderful in it's details as well as in the general picture of all aspects of Buddhism, both in secular and spiritual context.
Far too academic. Nothing of substance but lists. I'm not here for monotonous lectures.
THIS IS COMPLETE "SERENDIPITY "Thank you to your FABULOUS TEAM {*.*}
Excellent course. Buddhist philosophy taught at its deepest and most profound level possible in the span of five modules.
great material and very interesting and wonderful research material
I was looking forward to starting this course, but so far, checking through the delivery of the first 4 weeks, I can't see spending time voluntarily following this. There is no doubt a lot of work put into this, but it is painful to take part, so no thanks for me.
In week 4 of this University of VA course. Course curriculum is structured methodically, backed up by longitudinal research conducted by several of the primary course instructors.Some of the lectures need a bit of work on the presentation side. The covered material and breadth of study is significant and does not lend itself easily to the Coursera lecture format.
Speakers sound so monotone and dry that they leave an unenthusiastic impression of an incredibly fascinating subject. Some video lectures and writings are so unnecessarily verbose they cloud what is being taught. Frustratingly fought my way through the lessons and failed to clearly retain what I was trying to learn from Prof. Germano. All apologies to the professor for any harshness, and I MAY try again one day, but not now.
Extremely interesting course for all. It has changed my thinking.
The introduction is great. After that it's unbearably boring.
Badly taught
Excellent course. I thoroughly enjoyed the scientific advancements and studies presented throughout the course.
Extremely dry, academic style presentation, could use a LOT of work to make it appeal to others in the future. "Lesser" Vehicle is also considered an insult in many circles. Not a good title for a class.
A simply outstanding course! Truly laudable endeavour on the part of Coursera & The University of Virginia
Joined this course as I was really interested in understanding meditation itself from a scientific perspective. The monotonous drone of the instructors combined with the super low volume that one has to strain to hear, the extra extra long essays which read like one long chapter less novel, the videos which extend what could've been covered in 5-7 minutes to nearly 30, all take the interest away. Unclear if this was intentional & intended to enable participating students to be more patient and tolerant of imperfections around them.
boring
This is a rather usefull and actual course !!!
Learned so much. Mr. Biss is an excellent teacher.
Insightful travel throughout Beethoven's music writing style, and more generally on musical structure of piano sonatas before and after Beethoven's contribution.
Very nice time spent with an talented person... Highly recommend
organized, insightful. Mr. Biss clearly has a passion for the music which comes through in his teaching,
Incredible class.
Thank you very much.
Really interesting. Highly recommendable.
In-depth lectures about Beethoven's life and music. I'm still not a Beethoven fan, but I appreciate his music now.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was presented with great knowledge and passion, and despite being full of musical terminology and detail, it was always accessible to me as a non-player. I learned so much about how this wonderful music was structured and composed.
This is a great class to understand Beethoven. Thanks.
This was an enjoyable course taught by someone who is obviously not only a superb pianist and musician but also completely in love with Beethoven's piano music. The reason for my 4-star rather than 5-star rating was that I felt the teaching would have benefited from a few visual aids as well as demonstrations at the keyboard. As Mr Biss appeared equally enthusiastic about the music of Haydn, perhaps we might look forward to 'Exploring Haydn's Piano Sonatas' in the future?
I have finished this course and I highly recommend it. I am a musician moving from the rock and jazz genres into classical music and have been taking a number of classical/opera related courses. This one is a standout. Take this course, you will be happy you did.
Great course!
Although I have completed the course I still go back to it to listen to Prof. Bliss teachings.
Fascinating trip through the marvellous Beethoven sonatas.Although I love them since many years, I'm very happy to see that It's always possible to progress.Many thanks Jonathan.
Enjoyable and enlightening. I found prof. Bliss' straight forward lecture style very concise and his insight and passion for the material clear.
Love love love this course!!!Jonathan Biss is very well-acquainted with Beethoven's sonatas. His explanations are beautiful and I love how thorough he is! He goes through the fine, minute details of Beethoven's sonatas without sacrificing the zoomed-out view of Beethoven's life and influences as well.Besides that, Biss is an extraordinary pianist and clearly loves and admires Beethoven's sonatas. I hope he'll keep on adding to this course!
Great course for a beginner like me. It's an introduction and exploration of the adventurous world of music and musicians; passionately delivered by the expert, Mr Biss.
The course is rich in information and I appreciated the fast pace of the professor's lectures (especially his enthusiasm and passion for the subject which I found delightfully infectious ha) - however I feel that for many people his very quick elocution was perhaps a bit of a minor hindrance for those that process information a touch slower. I definitely plan to resume this course as I enjoyed the professor's manner and passion.
In discussing modulation in classical music, one of my classmates said that Beethoven's piano sonatas are bizarre in their styles compared with those Romantic composers like Liszt and Chopin. I don't agree with him, but I don't have enough knowledge to analyze Beethoven's work. The course titled "Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas" provides such a high-level overview of Beethoven's Piano music, I should say Thank you to the instructor!
I have always wanted to learn deeply about Beethoven's Sonatas as I listen to them on a daily basis.
For a Beethoven fan (or dare I say geek) this is an absolute joy. I'm 'only' a listener, but passionate enough to take on this wonderful journey through these piano sonatas with Jonathan Biss, he's just awesome and makes me want to come back over and over again ... for more. Please keep adding.Thank you for this opportunity to learn more about Beethoven and his music.
Outstanding introduction to Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. It has sparked a great interest in me for these pieces.
Going through it for the second time this summer. My all time favorite Coursera course, and I've done almost ten...
In depth analysis in a field that I was not familiar with. I recommend it to everyone whether they have an interest or not.
This course was excellent and I enjoyed it, but I was done with it when they offered more lessons and was very annoyed to get multiple emails telling me I needed to complete the course. I did complete it, as originally offered, and think that should be noted on my record.
MORE, MORE, MORE PleasePlease make another MOOC, I am dying to hear from you again, Mr. Biss. Thank you for making this learning experience so enjoyable. Your playing is wonderful, and your explanations are clear and concise, making this course a real pleasure to take. Great job, and please do it again!
I like this course a lot so far. Thanks Mr. Biss.
Absolutely loved this course! Jonathan is amazing and he has inspired me so very much. I can hardly wait for his next series.
Fantastic course! Very informative.I think the second part of the course was improved. Jonathan demonstrating more on the piano (as opposed to just explaining -- as he did more of in the first part) was a great addition.Looking forward to Jonathan's next concert!
Inspiration!
Fantastic, excellent musician and incredible mastery of the subject. I enjoyed it enormously.
Outstanding course! Tremendous insight, extremely well articulated, and explained with real passion and depth! Would highly recommend this course to anyone who appreciates this kind of music; particularly those seeking to understand Beethoven's idiom better.
Excellent course. I think I began to understand and — what is most important for me — feel the music. Thank you!
This course provides an excellent overview of Beethoven's most important piano sonatas and the innovations that he made. It is the point of view of a player, not a musicologist, and this makes the lessons quite enjoyable and closely related to the music itself. I loved it.
I have taken many courses by now, however this course brings to mind the fantastic "A brief history of time". Both go above and beyond my wildest dreams, leaving my expectations so far as to be unable to recall them.I learned not only about Beethoven the composer; but developed a greater appreciation for him and his music, for his predecessors and those who followed his footsteps, the sonata form and many other forms, and perhaps more important to ponder about the nature of music itself and it's relevance in our life. His presentation of the musical question, quotation, program music, and the notion of "jokes" exposed and explained a musical paradigm far broader than affective or cerebral qualities.It stems from these observations that there is a very rich and capable language with its own strengths and weaknesses. In this case, the history of Beethoven's sonatas is then a very close look at a critical point in the life of this language that binds multiple stages into a consistent whole.This subjects quasi universal nature, spans multiple cultures and allows us to look into snapshots of the experience of life. And this presentation has provided me with the necessary training to be aware of this and also to slowly delve further into this subject. And I find this in itself to be a very significant reason why to study music in the first place.My deepest thanks to all who made this great work possibleWither music?Most certainly :)
I am only halfway through this course and it is already a favorite out of the handful of courses I've successfully completed through Coursera. Jonathan Biss's passion for the subject matter brought me from an infatuation with Beethoven to a full-on heed over heels love. I am a vocalist, I was classically trained as a child (lately a lot more bluesy) but do not have a strong background in theory. Most of what I know is through an innate understanding of harmony, structure, etc. This is whetting my appetite for musical structure and thoroughly illustrating that musical analysis is so very exciting. There really aren't words for how much I love this course. It has really brought me joy.
Wonderful course, thank you professor Biss
Amazing course! I can now understand Beethoven's Sonatas in a much deeper level, as well as how performance and innovation evolved throughout time.
Fantastic! Thanks so much to Mr. Biss and Coursera.
Wonderful journey getting to know these sonatas with a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide. Thank you for this.
For true Beethoven lovers and others as well
I am learning a interesting things about the sonatas I love, even though some musical terminology is above my head. I would prefer a course, where the musical terminology was explained first (tonic, dominant, key, harmony and so on). Still, I am grateful for what I could glimpse though.
Exciting and Clear !
Very interesting historical background and a paced, clear presentation of the musical techniques employed by the pianists. Very enjoyable if you are a classical music lover.
Fantastic course. Thank you so much for sharing all this wonderful insight into Beethoven's works.
Excellent course. You can go into great detail in understanding the intricacies of the sonatas or you can simply come away with a deep appreciation for Beethoven, his works and what goes into playing them.
Great lectures, great playing, excellent and enjoyable course. Thank you, Mr. Biss and Curtis Institu
Extremelly interesting! I am so unhappy I don't have enough time now to attend the course properly.
I highly recommend this course to anyone that wants to look DEEPER into music. Believe me, after you are done with this course. You will see classical music completely different.
This course was excellent. I was exposed to many sonatas I was not familiar with before this class. Jonathan Biss is a great musician and did a great job of highlighting the key points of the sonatas presented. I would like to see him cover another composer.
Jonathan Biss is really Beethoven Geek of all Geeks. Thanks!
Enjoyed this course. Looking forward to listening to Beethoven's piano sonatas with a slightly more educated ear.
A fascinating course for any classical musician, or keen listener of classical music. Jonathan Biss' passion for his subject, his rich language and his emotion-laden playing combine to engage the participant, so that one is left with not just a better intellectual understanding of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, but also, a much greater appreciation of the pieces themselves and the man who wrote them. Thank you to Coursera, Jonathan Biss and the Curtis Institute of Music for making this course available.
excelent course, gives me the inspiration and motivation that i need!!
Amazing course!!! Would definitely recommend it to everyone.
Prof. Biss is outstanding, clearly articulating his interpretations and providing exceptional playing. Loved the level of detail both technically and academically. Far and above other Coursera music offerings I've sampled. More please.
thanks.
Excellent course. Jonathan is a great pianist and a great instructor.
It was an introduction to some really beautiful pieces of music, and a look under the surface that helps appreciate them more; even those that are well known have hidden depths.I don't have much formal musical education, but I feel I learned something from this course, and enjoyed it greatly.
Thanks for the Wonderfull information, I love it.
Jonathan Biss is a superb musician and instructor! This course is a wonderful resource!
Just superb. Is there a better, more passionate and lucid guide to this extraordinary music than Jonathan Biss? The whole series is utterly compelling. It's made me listen to and absorb the sonatas in a whole new way, and it's opened my eyes to the full scope and scale, beauty and humour of Beethoven's genius in a way I'd never imagined possible. Can't wait for more new lectures in the future.
I'm not a musician and have little knowledge of classical music, but I figured that an on-line course would be a great way to gain some understanding of this type of music. Mr. Biss made the course both enjoyable and educational. While I wasn't able to comprehend all of the concepts, it wasn't for lack of a clear explanation and demonstration. Somehow, I managed to pass all of the quizzes and came away with an appreciation of Beethoven's music.
Perfection, both in content and execution!
A great pianist and teacher, bravo Maestro
This is a great course! I Highly recommend it to anyone like me struggling to find meaning in musical harmony in general. The interest in sonatas is a great side effect! And the way Mr. Biss emphasizes and explained the passages, this is just extraordinary. I am looking forward to any new courses from this great teacher!
This is, out of all the courses/studies I have done in my whole life, my favourite of all time. Mr Biss is a a wonderful lecturer.
Very insightful and inspiring
I rediscover the beauty of Beethoven's piano sonatas through Mr. Biss clear, interesting and engaging lectures. I like the fact that he himself is a performing pianist that made all the demo very enjoyable and convincing.Also, I did not quite understand the greatness of Beethoven's late sonatas before and now I almost cannot pass by a week without listening to one. Thanks for introducing me to the world of late period of Beethoven. Now there is much more to be explored: string quartets, piano trios, missa solemnis, etc.
Instructor is amazing! The best!
I am about three-quarters of the way through this course and I am completely enamoured with Beethoven in ways that were impossible before taking this course. I love the depth that Professor Biss imparts without ever getting pedantic or overwhelming. I have now listened to all 32 sonatas, some several times more over the past several weeks and I feel so fortunate that I can love this music in a deeper, more passionate way because of the understanding I have gleaned from this class. Highly recommended for all musicians and music-lovers.
great teacher
Pretty good!
Excellent, great fun, Jonathan Bliss is a top teacher, thanks !!!!!
Very good demonstration and analyse on Beethoven sonata and raise your interest in further exploring classical music
A must-take for all classical music lovers.
This is one of the best music courses in Coursera. Jonathan Biss is not only one of the great players of our time, but also manages to simplify and deliver outstanding quality content for learners in any theroetical
Excellent course! I learned a ton and the challenge level was just right.
Great, very satisfying to understand what's going under the hood of a computer.
Excellent intro to basic computer architecture.
Great course! Thanks a lot
This course is one of the best ones I've ever taken on Coursera.
The best course of this segment
simple with challenges
I cannot recommend this course enough! Although I have developed software professionally for almost 20 years, some areas beneath the high-level languages I create software with felt like dark mysteries. This course was extremely helpful in illuminating many of those areas. If you develop software professionally but did not graduate college with a computer science degree, I highly recommend this course to you.
Perfect :)
Fast paced but very interesting course. The teachers are brilliant and teach very clearly. I knew some digital electronics and programming, but this course helped me fill the gaps in my knowledge very well.Already enrolled in Part 2!
learned a lot from the course. this is a very useful course.
The course was very informative and interesting , I had a tough time doing the assignments but it was worth learning.Definitely a interesting insight into the building blocks of a computer.
I got principles of computer
This is a brilliant course for those who want to learn how computers really work. It takes a bottom up approach to build a computer all the way from logic gates to the CPU and the complete architecture. You get a tremendous sense of satisfaction running a program on a computer that you built.This course is especially useful for people interested in working in computer architecture or systems, but I would recommend it for everyone studying or working in computer science and engineering.
I only audited the course due to shortage of time. A complex topic like computer hardware architecture can't be taught as simple and nice as like in this course..I took many moocs and this is one of the best. I also loved the end of the lectures named as "perspectives" which is about the questions of students mostly ask about the relevant week's topic. Thank you lecturers a lot and a lot and a lot..
Great course! I had tons of fun. Thank you!
This is an Amazing course !! A must take for cs enthusiasts
Great course!
Excellent course, i liked so much the content and the way to acquire knowledge throw practice.
This is the best course I've taken in my life
One of the best courses ever!
I really liked it and I'm going to take part II
Fabulous experience. Did it with my 10 year old son. We both loved it.
If you love computers or programming, this course is must.
An excellent course provided by phenomenal professors! Everything is broken down into simple, easily understandable portions, and leaves you with a clear idea how to proceed to solve a given problem.
Brilliant course! Very exciting. By my opinion, it could be better if it was more complicated to provide more challenges for experienced software developers, but this revision also is very good. Thanks to the authors. It was very interesting to fill this gap in my knowledge.
Amazing course, I really enjoyed it, I recommend to all who wish to understand better about the computational architecture from its foundation.
I would highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to challenge themselves to learn how computers _really_ work.
participation by the professors in the discussion forums , would in my opinion get this 5 star rating, overall a very innovative & fun course
Fantastic course which gives a wonderful overall insight of how computers are built upand working!
Awesome course. I've already recomme
Great course. Both simplified and interesting.
very interesting, constructed well and in escalating difficulty level.cons: hard to debug using the emulators
Amazing course. It helps very much to get an idea of the computer hardware.
Very succinct. Not a lot of hand holding.
Very interesting and well-structured course. Manages to explain something very complex by splitting it into manageable sections. I am enrolling in the second part as soon as I can!
The HDL syntax I felt was a bit fiddly, and sometimes hard to find the relevant technical details such as language definitions in the videos, but overall a very interesting and enjoyable course. Happy to pay for it despite it essentially being available free.
First Class Systems-approach Introduction to Computing! Together with the corresponding Textbook "Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles" published by MIT Press, this is probably THE BEST and most comprehensive course and Intro available - for both self-educated and degree-educated Knowledge-Seekers - into the vast subject of Computer-Science/Electrical-Engineering. Very practical and hands-on, but still conveying the relevant theory. A great second Computer-Science course, e.g after the traditional "Introduction to Computer Science" and before a dedicated Algorithms module.
Really Awesome Course, loved it !!! Very thankful to the instructors for sharing their knowledge, passion, efforts and time. I learned a lot from the course and it helped clarify a lot of concepts. Thanks again.
Great course!
Just the course I always wanted to take. I've been working for some 5 years in IT as a programmer with a background in mathematics. Since my education in university did not cover the low level details of how things really work deep down, I was always befuddled by the mystery of computers. This course helped to clear things out for me! There is a bit less mystery to it now, but even more admiration. Thank you very much Noam and Shimon for making things so accessible. I am looking forward to building a compiler in part II!
Fascinating course. Where is the part two?
Very fast paced overview of the computer hardware. Excellent material with a focus on the practical side.
By constructing a computer from its foundational components, this course demystifies how computers work. You gain insight into how your code is executed by the CPU, how the CPU manipulates memory, even how it works with additional hardware components such as your monitor and keyboard. After going through the first part of the course, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how the code you write runs on hardware. If you are the curious sort and enjoy peeling back layers in order to figure out how things work, you should definitely go through this course.
This course helps me learn the fundamentals of CS.
This course is worth every hour you spend on it, it is by far the most accomplishing course I took.
I am eternally grateful for everything you both faculty Shimon Schocken, Noam Nisan taught me.Really before the commencement of course I was thinking that this course will be boring.But after I started watching videos, the ultimate guidance and effort done by all the members of this course inspired me a lot.The course content is awesome. I am very happy that I build the computer. It was really amazing experience.Once again millions of thanks to teaching and non teaching staff.Thank YouHimanshu Tiwari
I loved this course. Some criticism though is that the course doesn't go into detail on the architecture of modern day computers. Also, some things were simplified in the course, which is a little disappointing. However, I did get to build my own computer, and I learned quite a lot from this course, so it was definitely worth spending time taking the course.
Very good, complete, and well thought-out course. Enjoyed every lesson and task. Gives you an excellent overview of what a computer essentially is. 5 stars!
Wow, super challenging and interesting.Loved it, now I understand the fundamental of computing ALU, RAM, ROM and Nand :)
Learned a lot of thing that I was previously unaware of.
The course is good. I just do not give five stars because we have to pay to atempt pass.
11/10 On IGN; Must have for people who want to make computers
The most amazing online course. I love how it is project based. Everything you learn is straight away applied to building the project and it it made me look at so many things in life differently due to the way it breaks down the concept of abstraction.
It's an excellent practical approach to understand the inner workings of a computer at a very low level. The instructors teach at a comfortable pace and cover in great detail even the simplest of topics. More light could have been shone on how and why the control bits produce the desired output in the ALU.
The best ever~!
It was really enlightening to build a simple architecture from scratch! Thanks!
thank you for such a great course :D
Simply great
Fun course to take. Makes you realize how much we depend on abstraction in our world. A few notes on documentation (your own code) and version-control would complete it...
just what i wanted
I love this course, I think it's one of the best I did in the past few years, most of the content are material that I read over twenty years ago, but the style and projects in this course bring the subject to another level.The course is fun, and by the end of it I had a working virtual computer from the components I built, running machine code from the assembler I wrote. The course is fun, it's clear, simple to follow, and the instructor are great.The truth is I felt a little sad that the course ended :). Looking forward for the second part of it.
I love you guys, Noam Nisan and Shimon Schocken, for this tremendously successful course! I never thought I could acquire even a basic understanding of the inner computer structure in less than 6 weeks and honestly at first I had doubts if I would be able to finish it and now by your help we have created yet another computer!You are the brilliant example of how a proper education system can hugely intensify the students' learning abilities.I Surely recommend this course to everybody regardless of their study/educational background in order to "demystify" the computer in their minds.However, I need to remind others that the course sometimes really challenges you and you might need to think a bit hard to solve the projects. Nonetheless the teaching materials are extremely sufficient for resolving any kind of problem you might have, given you spend enough time on it!I am eagerly waiting for the second part of the course.My heartfelt thanks goes to everyone, Coursera and any other individual and instructors, who has made this wonderful course available to the world!
Very good cource, but only first part of it
Great course for understanding the bottom layer of computers
Amazing course, with the perfect ratio between depth and abstraction. For me the computer is no longer a magic box that does tricks.
This course is awesome and fun and very rewarding. I learned so much about how computer memory works! Pointers make sense now that I understand the basics of lower level computing.
A very amazing course for the computer system!
nice lecture to know someting about the elctronics ...thanks...
Great course to understand how the computer "black box" works at a fundamental level. Looking forward to the 2nd half of this course!
This is an amazing class! The software and unitests provided worked seamlessly - just as described. The lectures excellent pedagogical expositions. The class has also made me appreciate the intellectual beauty of computer science; I used to think programming was somewhat boring and hack-ish, especially compared to mathematics. I'm looking forward to the second part. Also, the book is just as good as the lectures!
Fantastic course! Everything you've ever wanted to know about the computer is taught here! Cannot wait to start the second part!!!
The first part of this course gives excellent introduction to base computer hardware principles.
The course is well structured, leading the learner through project based learning from one conceptual level to another. It's completion was very satisfying and I look forward to From Nand to Tetris II.
I have never wondered building a computer by simple logical elements until I found this course!This course is simple and funny.
It was a great experience building a computer hardware from first principles. I am wondering if I can build this architecture on an FPGA@
This is a great course that explained every thing from gates to actual PC very clearly.I'd recommend this course to any one who try to fresh up computer science basics.I only have a small suggestions, the four week taught about machine language, fifth week taught about the CPU-ROM-RAM architecture. From the first three weeks, (in my own opinion) I feel the order should be reversed.
Must take course for all technology and computer enthusiasts.
This help me learning some basic concepts in CS. It worths to take!
Amazing and well structured course work. The end was challenging but it was worth it!
Fantastic. Quite difficult for me, but I learned the material along the way. Fantastic way to train yourself to think logically and parsimoniously. And the computer knowledge is invaluable.
Challenging, Eye-Opening, Fun, Well made, Well run, and Well assesed
Excellent introduction to how computer works.Looking forward to part 2 of the course on Coursera!
Fantastic course. I recommend it to anyone who not only want to know how a computer works, but want to build one out of transistors.
An amazing course that gets you started with whats inside a computer, and how it works.
I have completed the course and I must say it is one of the best courses I have taken because it is very clear all the information. In addition, the development of the projects allow you to learn in a deep way.
one of the best courses one can take to understand how computers are build from ground upThe course is organized in such a way such that its very easy to understand and relate
This course is an outstanding survey from logic gates through assembler. At the end you will have the gate level design of an elementary CPU and RAM, and the mysteries of machine code will be revealed. I am an older learner returning to computer science after a twenty-year absence. I had previously been exposed to this material, so I was refreshing my knowledge. It took me about 5-6 hours per week. If someone is brand new to these concepts, the syllabus may move a bit fast for them, and they should expect to spend some additional time to absorb the material. It is an outstanding survey course that together with part II will help you understand how all the hardware and software layers of a computer system fit together. I recommend this course without reservation.
Really good one. Would be 5 stars if there was better support.
This class teaches some very important subject regarding computer hardware design and low level languages. I found it very challenging but not too challenging, except the 4th and 5th week which were very difficult to complete.
This is a brilliant course. The information is presented in a structured and clear manner. The assignments are very interesting and really test your logical thinking.I am looking forward to studying the second part.
Had A lot to learn from this course ... Thanks
Very interesting course for those who want to fully understand the inner workings of a computer.However, the utilities offered are a bit neglected. Be prepared to fight bugs on your own.
Excellent,fun and highly very organised course. You'll be amazed just how quickly you "build" your very own computer, from the humble NAND gate to a working machine.
One of the best course on introduction to computer. Easy to follow. Well documented problem sets and instructions.
I was skeptical of HDL at first, and wished that the course had used a more industry-friendly language. I'm glad the instructors addressed this in the course. The HDL language used in the course is simple enough that hardly any time is "wasted" learning it.
Computer system internals, hardware and software architectures, concept of abstraction, divide and conquer method, the fun of building hardware, and the fun of writing programs, all combined into this course, in an organised way, I can't think of a better course and a better teaching!
Amazing course, I can actually build a computer from scratch. I love this course!
A fantastic course that should be considered as a requirement for any one working as a software developer. The tutors did an excellent job here, the course material was clear, and the assignments were fun and rewarding.I can honestly say I've now built my own computer from simple Nand gates and it was fun and educational.
Excellent course! I'm extremely looking forward to part 2.
Used this course to bolster my study group as we went thru the book. GREAT experience!
Simply takes your breath away to learn how computers are built from the ground up. This is like an art appreciation course ... but for a crucial technology that permeates every moment of our modern lives.Starting with the simplest pieces and moving all the way up to a functioning computer you will build nearly all the pieces with your own hands. You will learn how hardware is designed in the real world by actually making your own gates as well as an ALU - an absolutely delightful experience. You will then get your hands dirty with some assembly language - seeing how symbols are translated into bits before moving on to put together your functioning computer.The course is great because there is very little yak-shaving for you to do ... most of the boring stuff is actually handled by the software provided in the course. You get to focus on the joyous acts of discovering things for yourself and putting together the pieces of the puzzle at every stage.Many thanks to the professors and their team for taking the time to put this course together and for making something that's very abstract for most of us into something that's concrete and accessible.Thank you!
Fantastic course. I found it challenging enough to keep me interested, but not so difficult that I got annoyed or frustrated. However, a lot of the material I found to be a re cap of concepts I was already vaguely familiar with having worked in IT for 20 years. A true beginner would most likely find some of the concepts difficult to start with - but keep at it!
This is a concise overview of computer science. If you could only take one course in this whole field. This would be the course to take.
It gets more and more fun
Very insightful and awesome ....I am enjoying it !! Great work and efforts from both the professors ....respect ! Can't wait for the next course from NAND to Tetris II ...! :)
Excellent course with a layer-by-layer explanation on how to go about building a modern computer.
I've always been wondering how people make circuits work the way they want it to, and now it no longer puzzles me! Thanks guys for your work on this great lecture!
Very useful but I'm waiting for part 2.
awesome class
I think this is one of the BEST class on coursera.Instructors use a very efficient and easy way to teach the essence of computer architecture.
Great glass! The assignments were well designed and a lot of effort was put in to making sure students could understand what they were supposed to do. I've found that good assignments are were most other courses are very lacking. Having good assignments is what really motivates me to finish a class, and it's what helps me verify I've actually learned something.
This is one of the best CS courses I've taken so far. It's great to see how easy it is to build a simple yet powerful computer on your own, and it has given me for the first time the feeling of really understanding what's going on at the low level.The complete course is centered about the project of building a computer, so there are no quizzes and only few theoretical background lectures here. If you want a hands-on introduction to computer engineering, this is the way to go.
This is in my opinion the best course on computer hardware for beginners ever created anywhere, to date. Get ready to think and work though. It's not for lazy people that want it easy.Completing every module is a rewarding and satisfying experience and the teachers are great.
Good starting point but very slim on the 'why's and the hardware is quite unlike anything you'd find in real life. In addition, I feel they leave too much unsaid and rely on visual comprehension far too much. I had to use the book to figure out the last two weeks. Overall, I did learn the more practical sides of hardware that other textbooks failed to convey. If they would add a Status register and break 'branching' into a separate instruction then I'd be happy with the CPU.
Very interesting subject. The course is very well organized and clearly explained. The projects are progressively challenging and all of them are engaging. I have learnt a lot of things.
Excellent! I have my degree in EE and thoroughly enjoyed this trip. I highly recommend this course.
Excellent course with the brillian presentation.
This is a course makes people learn what was actually happening in the computer. It inspires me profoundly.
Excellent course! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
They claim it is the best computer science course ever. It is true!
The projects/assignments are awesome. Lots of fun. Very clear lectures.One thing is reading how the Computer works from books/articles. The other is to actually build a working CPU/Computer from nothing but Nand gates. Can't beat that.
Simply awesome. By no means does this course teach you everything about building a computer but it introduces you to the subject better than any other course that I have ever come across. It gives a voluminous amount of detail about low-level computing but the instructors took great pains to do so in a very accessible and easy manner. Thereby, the magic of low-level computing is made available for everyone regardless of who they are. Beautiful.
The projects are to die for.
I am a chinese student. I still can't express my words in English freely , so I just say thank you.
A very good self-contained course which takes you from "knowing nothing" to "building your very own virtual computer".
This is the best MOOC I have ever taken & it competes with brick & mortar courses. It is a truly *amazing* MOOC and I cannot wait until Part II comes out.
Great hands-on course with exhaustive and self sufficient material
Excellent pace and instructors.
Excellent best online course ever, very didactic an fun. It motivates you to continue learning and complete the course
Amazing Class!
The greatest lecture ever made for computer composition principles!
I submitted homework for week 1. I get an email telling me I did not submit. Then week two the course makes references to material not covered in week 1. it looks like a week is missing between week 1 and week 2?
Excellent course, didactic and informative. Every step is natural and easy to understand. Recommended to anyone who wonder how they work this incredible machines.
Boring course!
The course is fantastic. The teachers are both very good at explaining the concepts and the project assignments. The experience of building a computer from basic logic gates is enlightening and the course material is very good and straightforward. I also bought their book (The Elements of Computing Systems) which is also very good and I recommend. It's a very rewarding experience. We really learn how computers *work*.
I read the book before, it was translated in Chinese. It's really a good book and in very good topic.
Having none prerequisite is quite surprising indeed.
you get really great intuition about how compu
brilliant lecturer. i love the analogies. they make everything much easier to understand.
fantastic course so helpfull
It gave me you a comprehensive and up-do-date vision of the state of the art on current studies in cosmology for a high school level audience. Very well done. Thank you, professor Murayama, for this unvaluable initiative. My science students, at elementary school, will benefit enormously from the knowledge I've got through your lectures. Greetings from Brazil. 8-)
interesting course
Very interesting but too many informations on a short course
Just brilliant. This is one of the best Coursera courses I've ever done.
It was an excellent course with things broken to layman terms. I loved it. Looking forward to have more courses from Murayama sensei :)
Very good explanation by the professor. I have learnt a lot from this.
this is the best course ever
My jaw dropped at the gluon field. Amazing!
I loved this course... It made me realise how small we are yet how big!!! It helped me understand various aspects of universe and also about quantum physics...Thank you so much for the course..
This course is interesting and well presented. The lecturer injects humour as well as a sense of curiosity into the topics. However, I would have liked to see more mathematics and derivation of justifications of theories. Much of the material was presented as mere facts or observations with little attempt to show reasoning which leads to the conclusions.
The course is well laid out and Professor Murayama is an excellent teacher. His way of teaching has definitely increased my interest in the universe. I now prefer to read articles and watch programs about universe than any other.
Loved every minute of it. Thank you!
Very interesting course. The Lecturer explained things in simple terms making it easy to understand
Great professor! great sense of humor, comprehensible way, essential data. Loved it!
Perfect corse and perfect professor.
Very good! Lecturer use very good metaphor to help understanding.
Great!
This is an awesome course.The simulation are very practical and helpful. You will know many interesting facts.
both highly enlightening and entertaining.
A wonderful and knowledgeable course
Really awesome course!! Loved It.
Maybe the best course I have taken so far. Very interesting subject great professor and perfect distribution of content. Would like to see another course by professor Murayama in the future.
Enjoyed this informative course... Some of it was a little over my head, but then a lot has changed science I was in HS and college.
I am so grateful for this course. It is very informative and well developed.
very good course with a lot of news from the field of science
this course introduces the whole story from big bang to Dark Matter and Dark Energy, with a few math. It is not hard for any one who got a high school degree to understand the details.
This course is the best suited for the people who truly wants to understand the working of the universe and what will happen in the future. This was the best course I have experienced. The teacher was fantastic and it was enjoyable throughout.
Amazing Course!!
Very interesting and well presented
its a great thing to be part of it
extremely good course for learning basic knowledge of our universe.
very well explained and informative
The organization of this course is very clear!I learn a lot from this course.
Probably the best course I have taken - perfect introduction to Cosmology.
Very good! I want know a qualitative approach.
Clear and sympathetic, well done!
Awesome course. I really enjoyed it.
An excellent introduction to our current understanding of the universe.
Fantastic course! Awesome professor, very witty humorous and creative in explaining! Big recommendation for this course! Hope to see more like these ones!
best description by instructor
The course gives a very good overview of the current state of knowledge about our universe and is simply to understand.
awesome course, perfect for learning interesting stuff in your free-time, please more and longer courses!
Very interesting and helpful!
Very informational, I enjoyed it very much. A great add-on to physics class.
Best on the interest for this topic
This course is very nice, just needs more details in the lectures to explain some difficult points in a simple way. And the homeworks could be much comprehensive to help students understand the rational of each theory. Although this could require adding more weeks but up to 8 weeks is worth doing as this course is essentially taken by students with research goals (like me). I hope we can see some improvements in this course year.
Very interresting course! I have learned a ot about the Big Bang processe and the inflation.
Very informative, and he keeps it interesting.
100% worth your time ! Astronomy is my passion, and I wanted to apply my knowledge elsewhere while at the same time enhancing my understanding for the subject. I hope to do some form of Astronomy/Astrophysics course at university and this online course has been perfect in helping me to discuss my extra work/reading around the subject.
Excellent course!Great updated information with crisp explanations from professor Michihiro Kandori
Very interesting, deep enough without using very difficult maths (although I think too much for a person without a minimum background in spite of claiming the information of the course it is not necessary)
an amazing class :)
Great course, actually interesting, scientific and very useful for those of us that like science and want to comprehend a little more about our universe
A bit too much math in the questions, although it seemed (in the videos) that we could skip it. I'm very visually oriented (and also a MENSA member), and I would have explained more with graphics. Or at least not have to much 'equations' in the questions.
I've learned a lot of new stuff in this course.
Simple. Informative. Neat and smart.
Wonderful course with excellent explanation
I love this course!! Great PowerPoints and presentation. It is very up to date. I am glad I got to binge watch this class. i would hate to have waited a week to see the next episode. The professor was fantastic! (He has a very subtle sense of humor that you have to watch for. ) I highly recommend this class for those interested in the topic.
Very complex topic and also the one of most curious one too. A very good amount of knowledge one can gain about the big bang and our universe. Straight forward lectures through images and animations. but I feel that some of the explanations were very twisted in the 3rd week although I understand that the subject itself is one of the most complex topic of the research and these are scientists and not teacher but there is this room for the improvement. Also the quizzes were too easy and very straight forward and don't test the understanding of the topic very much. I am a very big supporter of the Coursera, I have stared many courses but due to some reasons couldn't complete any, this is the 1st course that I followed till the end. Thank you Coursera for this wonderful opportunity.
Extremely informative and well designed for beginners
its a very basic course helps you a lot if . you don't have much background in the feild
Excellent course with clear, not too technical, explanations. highly recommended.
I get lost by the end, but was a great course, now I understand alot of things
Not what I expected
That's an amazing course! very good,vrey meanningful
Excellent piece of work for beginners.Created interest in the subject.
Amazing course. Gives a great feel of what has been discovered and what is going on in latest research about the science of universe. I highly recommend this. And I will be waiting for more advance course.
Prof. Hitoshi Murayama has Scienced the course out of dark matter! Amazing introductory course for young aspiring minds. Professor has taken a cosmic ride through the greatest minds of our history. It is structured beautifully like an atom, into four lectures, each more thought provocative than the latter. Can be completely understood by anyone with curiosity and high school knowledge of basic science.
The professor is one of the best professor in the whole world in my humble opinion.
Prof. Hitoshi Murayama gives a clear presentation on the most important topics in modern physics. As I am a physics student, I really appreciate Prof. Hitoshi Murayama's class.
A very complete course of the throughout history of the mystery space! Rate it!
Great course!
This course offered a well organized and clearly articulated presentation to understanding of the complexity of the universe. I would highly recommend taking this class.
The course is for a novice. There are some mathematical treatments which need understanding of physics and mathematics of 12th standard in India. But they are in small parts and can very well be skipped.I would advise any curious person who wants to know what's going on in the frontiers of physics esp cosmology to take this course.I would love to see a Hindi translated version of this course or some similar course which will be very beneficial for Indians with little or no expertise in English.
A great course for the beginner to get their teeth into, very well taught and interesting.
It was the best course I have ever come across about universe. The course is divided into four lectures of increasing complexity. It begins with every day phenomena like day and nights, seasons and takes you to solar system, galaxies, stars, particle accelerators, Higgs boson, dark matter, dark energy to big bang and inflation theory.I would recommend this course to anyone who is curious to know about origin and possible fate of our universe.
Very interesting.Professor Murayama explains really well lots of things with... few times. This course is very intensivebut so interesting.If you like astronomy you cannot miss this one!
Immensely enjoyed a highly technical course diligently presented in a very comprehensive way. It answered many questions I had in my mind but had not been answered
Very interesting programme about astronomy and physics.
I loved this course (in spite of my poor performance in the mathematics related parts of the lecture). The presentation made dense and difficult concepts understandable.
そんなに教授に感謝Interesting course!What are we made of?How about having devices in capturing and measuring our souls when we have stopped breathing?It could be in a form of energy returning to the universe, could it be the Dark Energy?
an excellent course,only one problem: it explain a little bit of equations
Very interesting course and good information. Could you more explanation and exercises to bridge gaps for those that are new to the field.
very nice course. I found the way the material was presented interesting to follow and learn something new even I had cosmology before.
Its very informative but not attractive.
More interesting than science fiction! 😁
The contents of this course will be familiar to anyone who reads popular science books. The course is useful mainly for pulling various strands together, but don't expect much depth.
Very good course.Gives a strong knowledge of space and universe to those who seek that knowledge.
Excellent, I dont know a lot of word because I speak spanish if the course was in spanish it would be amazing
really good, with a bit of humor thrown in here and there
Thank you very much!
Very nice lecture(s)...
A great course from a Great Professor.I really enjoyed this course and i am kinda sad that is over.It was even irrelevant to my field of study ,but professor Murayama made it so easy to understand like i have been studying this subject my entire life.I highly recommend it to everyone!! Thank you so much !
Very interesting! The flow of the subjects was very helpful
Introduces many interesting topics.
clear explanation and is helping a lot to broaden my general knowledge. Thanks a lot
Overall a really good course. I learnt a lot about astronomy from this 4-week course.
Very well taught and easy to understand even for a beginner :)
I want to say I like our teacher very much. Thank you so much.
The course is really good. It touches various topics of cosmology. Moreover not too much of mathematics is used. And Hitoshi Sir was really good in the explanations. Highly recommended.
This was an excellent course! It was very interesting, well-explained, and easy to follow (even for someone like me, who isn't necessarily up-to-date on mathematics). Can't recommend enough!
I am deeply satisfied with the course . It was my priviledge to study from the professor. Sir Hitoshi Murayama was amazing .He lectures were wonderful.Course contents were nicely organised .I want to thank the professor and of course, Coursera team for providing long distance education to the ones who look for it.
Fascinating course and great teacher!
Very Good course
lifelike and easily accessible
Excelent course presented by a brilliant mind.
Awesome course! Recommend it for anyone who is interested in Astrophysics but doesn't know where to start!
Excellently taught by Prof Murayama. Looking forward to more such courses. (Y)
Excellent Course. Mr. Murayama is a talented lecturer and he made the subject matter very interesting. Brilliant examples, fun assignments, and a very well paced curriculum and structure. Highly recommended.
As my first course here on Coursera, I was happy with the way everything was taught.
The professor explains concepts is such an easy way, that it is hard to believe the complexity of what you have learn't.The professor makes this course the most interesting course on the cosmos in coursera
This course is informative and very interesting, the Professor explains concenpts in a clear way. Thank you so much!
Excellent! Thank you ;)
Really amazing presentation and explanation given by Hitoshi Murayama.
In spite of no background of science I could understand most of this course! That's incredible communication skill! Thank you!
Great course , very much informative.
Excellent content in simple words. Many Thanks to Tokyo University.
Very interesting topics, nice pictures and animation in the videos, the lecturer with deep insight into the problems.
Introductory material presented by an authority in the field. Assignments were not difficult in the least. Entertaining and well done.
Dear Professor Murayama!Thank you for the amazing course—simple to perceive, short, and yet filled with lots of interesting information!As a person with very little background in this area, I started to understand much more about our wonderful world—with the help of your lectures.Best wishes and regards,Alla
It was not difficult to follow the course in terms of the mathematics. I wish there was a follow up course on all the mathematical side to the things explained here. The materials were arranged very creatively with a good flow which made a lot of things clear to me than any other thing I have read or watched up to this point about this area of physics.
I really enjoyed this course a lot. However i am not familiar with Math, i could pass this course with 92.8% and for me this high grade.Thanks a lot for Tokyo University and Prof.Maruyama who exerted a great effort in this course , and Also i wanna thank Coursera Team too, because made this course available to students who live in arid countries.Ahmed Osama Abdelnaeem.
Very interesting
Very well presented, excellent!
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It is a little bit hard for the newbie of astronomy. But I do learn a lot from your course. It is quite interesting. Thank you.
A great review of current advancements in physics presented in a manner comprehensible to people with basic physics knowledge. Only issue was with some slides which had text in colours which was difficult/impossible to read for my type of color blindness.
Really nice course. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in entry level physics of the Universe.
Excellent teaching :-)
course contains subjects of interest and curiosity.
Very impressive approach to make such a complex topic accessible to everyone.Physics often requires being able to simplify concepts at first so they can then be pushed to larger horizons later, and Pr Murayama does it brilliantly.
Great course, keep going and thanks for your time to explain all this things
Well informative course . Liked it very much.
Very interesting course, with clear explanations and easy to follow!!! I loved it! Strongly recommend for those with any interest in the universe!
Really useful
Amazing course!
A masterful presentation that is sweepingly universal of the current understanding of science and theory of physics. It is presented in a manner that is readily understandable for both the layman as well as professional. It is a great and engrossing presentation esp. for the novice to understand the nature of the universe.
Strongly recommend to all who interested in astrophysics.This course is very good for high school students or for students of 1st year at the university
Nice course overall. On B-mode polarization, the recent results from the BICEP2 observatory was something that I expected to feature in the course content.
Excellent and clear explanations.
Just awesome. The way course was designed was great. Will highly recommend every one who wants to have a understanding of the universe.
very interesting!!. I´ve learned so many things in it, that I can use in my daily life.
It was a wonderful experience.
Entertaining way to learn about an interesting subject.
very good course, although the very beginning is very basic. exceeded expectations. I would have liked it to have the video transcripts, as i like to have another source for learning and understanding the contents. i liked the professor and his attitude. i think some things are left kind of unanswered or implicit, which for someone who is not directly involved with the subject confuse me. maybe Q&A sessions with the professor would also be a good idea besides the recommended transcripts. overall it was very good
From the Big Bang to Dark EnergyA very interesting survey of the universe from the big bang to the possible future of the universe. Professor Hitoshi Murayama presents the course in a very unassuming and welcoming manner. The idea of dark matter is explained in the problem of galaxy rotation speed, and the idea of dark energy is introduced to explain the strange idea that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The idea of discovery of Higgs, dark matter, Cosmic background radiation and atom formation related to the time history of the universe is also introduced. Future telescope/spectroscopic experiments are given in the last lecture, and can be further looked at on the web with more understanding from this course.
Very interesting. If you were curious about what is happening in this universe, you should take this course.
Great course, the professor keeps it straightforward, interesting and fun/light-hearted. Highly recommend it to anyone new to Cosmology and particle physics.
Interesting course and a nice start into gaining more knowledge about the universe and what its future is.
Very entertaining
4 stars I given because there is no mathematical calculation
The whole course was great. Every lecture was interesting to watch and easy to learn
simple and don't need much background knowledge
Very good course, superbly explained. He really knows his stuff. I'd recommend this course anytime, hands down.
Excellent course. One of the best. Related complex subject matter in a understandable way for those who have some basic background in this area.I took this course twice. Liked it better the second time. Highly recommended.
Very good to get general Idea about the big bang, higgs boson, dark matter, dark energy, and antimatter. How were they discovered and what are their effects.
This was one of the best courses I have taken on Coursera. The professor was articulate, the material was organized, and the graphics were clear and helpful. I completed all the quizzes and completed the course. I do not want a certificate as I am well past the employment phase of my life. I enjoy the courses to help keep my brain's neurons connected. I would enjoy any other courses that Prof. Marayama teaches.Joem D. Phillips
An exciting adventure through the most recent discoveries in the worlds of astronomy, astrophysics and related sciences. Without requiring any mathematics or physics skills, the course is useful for amateurs like myself trying to understand the fundamental questions and possible answers about the origin of our universe, its laws and structure as well as its fate. It is a pleasure to follow professor Murayama clarify these wonderful subjects.
I haven't finished yet, but the teacher is amazing and I am learning a lot. I am really enjoying it. Many thanks for sharing it!
Expect another course given by Hitoshi Murayama!
Excelente combination of theoretical physics and related mathematical explanations. Gave me more insight into physics in general than i was hoping for.
I've excitingly learned about form particle physics to cosmology in this course.I recommend this course for who want to get what universe in a nutshell.I believe that this course is a nice entry class of cosmology.
Great overview of the origin and history of the Universe
Really nice course but not so advance, more like popular-science but anyway you can learn a lot of interesting things.
Excelent course with an excelent teacher.
Great Course with superb videos and knowledge. Would like to work with you sir
Inspiring! I love this course, and my deepest thank to the professor for bringing so much insight, wonder and fun
The best course
Easy to understand!
Excellent course! Hope there are more of these!
Very good course. Loved the way the course is structured and presented.
simple clear and nicely explained topics. you are a great exponent.
Thank Hitoshi for exciting course! It's very interesting and particularly important for students to find out more about our Universe beginning, evolving and the probable end ;) In a sense you helped me to define in what direction I'd make a research. As mathematician I'd like to see more practical tasks at your course with more complicated calculations!
it is good course for me and i study more thing of universe ,think you
Awe-Inspiring course where I learnt many amazing new things.
excellent job from prof.murayama. easy to understand !
Awesome course. The professor explains this very complex subject simply and fully.
Outstanding presentation!
Very good and complete course.After this course you will feel fulfilled and know you have accomplished something.
awesome course i ever had in this fieldjust like watching casmos
learnt the course with an ease. Trainers knowledge and teaching skill are very good.
The teacher is really intelligent and professionnal !
Excellent course. Down to Earth videos, great approach. I really recommend it for those seeking to go a little bit deeper in the strange but fascinating world of sub-atomic particles. Thanks Proffesor Hitoshi Murayama!
its very helpful for those who wanted to learn about the origin of universe.
Thank you very much. I finally understood the essence of the theory of relativity.It is very very interesting course.
A waste of time.
Great course!
Great course!I'll do it again for fun :)
Very interesting, non-technical overview of modern day Physics, and the mystery of the Big Bang. Highly recommended for anyone with or without a mathematical background.
Excellent course and instructor.
It gives a very concise picture of astronomy in a very short time. Many of my concepts are now much more clear after taking this course. A great course and very well organized and presented. I really enjoyed it.
Nice course. It has touched week every topic, but the quizzes are badly done.
I love learning from a different prespective about Astron
Great course
Great course though at sometimes the images in the background were more distracting than useful.
It is an awesome course!!
It was a great course. I expanded my mind about learning after take this course.
It's a great course that provides a instruction manual for your brain in matter of learning efficiently
Helps me a lot understand how to organize knowledge and study better. Thank you very much!
I really like this course. I recommend for students and professors/teachers. It's a course gives you differents tools for the way you deal a complex concept or problem.Congratulations to the professors and also those involved directly and indirectly.
It's amazing course!!!
Thank you Coursera for showing me new ways of thinking and learning!
Has changed my way to see my life. Thank you soo much!
Excelent course! Many insights and tips really useful for improving learning on any subject.
Thank you to provide me a completely new perspective regarding how to learn more efficiently. For sure it was a milestone for my life. I will never going to learn again at the same way and it includes how to enjoy more and more all those courses available at Coursera website. Amazing! :)
Excellent! I'm learning great and important mental tools to brush up my mind
Very Good! Thanks for everything. See you.
This course it is greate, I learned a lot of.
Great course!
Life changing!
Great classes, but lack of practical examples.
I'm still watching the course but I can say, it'll change your life
Perfect course, perfect professor.
Great tips and mind tools to enhance your learning. Has a wonderful methodology and great analogies for better understanding . Recommend profoundly this course that may help in any forward and complex subject needed.
Very interesting techiniques it'll help you to focus and learn more!
This course changed my life! Totally cray!
I really love this course.
Loved it!
awsome course, until now.
MUITO BOM!!!!!
Very Good.
For me that course was amazing! Congratulations
Barbara Oakley developed a great course. Congrats ! I liked very much the extra videos, especially the interviews.
One of the best courses at Coursera! The best! The best!
It is an amazing course. I have learn a lot of techniques to learn better.
This is the best course I see in coursera until now. And it will help me to learn the others I wanted to. The teachers are great, they speak clearly and teach in a easy way.
This course was awesome! The professors broke the information down to make it simple and they made clear connections from the material to our daily lives so that we would know how to best utilize the new information. They made learning fun and everything in the course was useful to me. Thanks so much to the professors and to Coursera!
Thank you for giving me the tools to understand the learning process. I loved the course was very important to my life.
the beste!
Very interesting! It was a nice option to get into Cousera's courses. It makes us feel a little less dumb and brings some useful tools.
I loved to do this course, maybe never learned so much in just few weeks. Congratulations to the masters that presented the sessions. Thanks!
This Amazing Course
It's a very importante tool to improve the technics of study and learning. It's fantastic and so necessary for any student!
It is very good to understand how the brain works. I totally recommend the course.
Very good! Excellence Course and professors !!!
Very good !!!!!!! Recommended
I amazing this course, because now I can understand how the mind work.
This course is a prerequisite for any other course you are planning to take. Simple, direct, effective and with a real outcome in your learning, no matter which subject or material you are trying to master. I highly recommend it.
The course is very interesting and interactive, going between the theoretical and practical knowledge to help us learn how to learn.o curso é muito interessante e interativo, navegando entre os conhecimentos teóricos e práticos que nos ajudam a aprender a apreender.
Excellent!!! Very clear and practical course.
It's a great course! I recomend!!
helpful
This course helped me a lot to figure out how our brain works and we can take some benefits of this.
Great course which bring to us improvements in our way studying.
Great!
It's very, very interesting!! I'm loving the teachers and videos
Awesome course to improve yourself... It really helps to understand how your brain can be dominated in your favor!
The Best! (Muito Bom)
Dear Dra. Barbara,I'm really glad for has been done this course. The content is extremely helpful and your methodology show me the true way of learning.
Just great!
I loved everything. It helped me in my job, my day life and with my studies of course.
I loved this course. Eu amei esse curso. Descobri técnicas e dicas que irão me ajudar pelo resto da minha vida. That's really fantastic. Thanks Barb .Thanks Terry!!
Help me improve my knowledge of how to learn and now I can learn many things more faster than before. I love this course.
Very useful. I love it.
This is the best course I ever see about learning.
A life changer course
It´s amazing the tips in this course. I´m learnig a lot and I recomm
This course has opened new doors in my life. Thanks Coursera!
definitely worth following..
Helloto all how works in this course thank you
My course 3/4 in this specialization is still incomplete because the questions had wrong answers in the module quizzes and it was literally taking HOURS to complete the quizzes because you had to guess which one of the wrong answers would be correct this time. The questions rotate through slightly different questions each attempt so you can't simply use elimination on each attempt, YOU GUESS EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT'S LITERALLY 100% LUCK! I thought maybe course 4/4 would be better but nope, same problems here. I've wasted over 6 hours in total trying to pass these broken tests and I'm completely over it. I also reached out to chat support, they went through and said they couldn't find anything wrong and couldn't help me and a refund was impossible because it's past the refund date. Even though I paid for 2 broken, un-proofread, time wasting courses. Also, in course 4/4, the math tables in the videos are staggered all over the place and looks terrible. Seriously an issue of someone not even looking at the video before publishing, would have taken less than 5 mins to fix for the entire course. Also, every time a "checkpoint" question is supposed to pop up, nothing happens. In every single video, they're all missing. I've used Coursera for a few other courses and thought they were reliable but this makes me think otherwise and I feel like such an idiot for paying $200 for this COMPLETE GARBAGE. Other people in the forums have shown they have the same problem posted over a month ago but nothing. Please, someone from Coursera get a hold of me and help me resolve this ridiculous problem.
Extraordinary, expecially for the updated content and innovative way of communication
I love the way this class was structured with short videos and readings - the concepts were clearly articulated and easier to absorb in this format. I found the content interesting and very relevant to my work in education, health promotion, and development.
This course is a capacity strengthening one for civil society operators, quite enlightening
A very interesting course.
Another great social norms social change online course.
Excellent, very well structured with equal info on theory and practice from the field!
Amazing course! I've learnt so much from it, gained some new perspectives and enjoyed all of the lectures.
A Good course with an informative execution centred curriculum
It was an amazing experience.
Very interesting co
Excellent course and practical approach
Great Learning experience & informative!
This was really a great course and it has given me tool s for proper investment.
An informative course ; helps in understanding the fundamentals of Behavioral Investing.
very informative and interestig course
Nothing much to learn, the videos were rather short. There's no lecture on computing the angles and the full features of the framework. The framework wasn't updated for Swift 3.
waste of time and money
Why there is no "minus one" star? Because one star is way to much for this course. Stay away!
In this capstone project, you're given a framework to work with, and asked to create an app with pretty minimal required criteria. The problem is, there's very little instructions or support, so it feels like a classroom where the instructor said "do whatever you want" and walks out of the door. Overall the specialization feels ill-organized and of questionable quality, and there are plenty of negative sentiments in the forums.
After the first week, the instructors never showed up to answer a single question in the forums. The capstone project itself was disappointing, I learned much more from doing my own app in class #3.I took the Coursera Android specialization, which was eons better than this. I would not recommend this iOS specialization to anyone. I would never again take a MOOC from U of Toronto.
A Wortlhy Course
This capstone project was a huge disappointment to me. The course caption stated that this would be where we would use Location, Design and Usability, and Persistence and Settings to build a high quality app. Also stated is that "you’ll apply your skills to create a fully-functioning photo editing app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch." Earlier I have also read that we would be allowed to build an app of our choice or according to teacher's specification. That text now seems to have been removed.Anyway, none of these promises were kept. Instead we got something like 20 minutes of lectures in total for the whole four weeks, all on a simple framework to track face features. Unfortunately this framework isn't very competent, so there's only so much you can do with it. Most of us have only placed some static images and simple animations on top of the face shown in the camera view, and that is actually enough to get full marks according to the form used in the peer review. How does that even begin to fulfil the promises of the caption?We have paid as much for this course as for the previous three. There should of course be a similar amount of lectures on more advanced topics like current best practises for UI design, the Location API which was promised, and other interesting things that provide the building blocks for a state of the art iOS app. For a real cornerstone project, I expect that more than 4 weeks would be necessary in order to be able to build a good app, since many of us are doing this on our spare time.I feel sad that I had the misfortune of signing up for this course before it was made, but hope that you will take our collective criticism and make a good course out of this for future students.
The capstone project had nothing to do with the previous three courses.
I'm kind of disappointed with this last level. It isn't really what i expected.
This is a joke.
If I could, I would rate it 0/5 stars.Do not, I repeat, DO NOT pay and enroll this course. And you will be disappointed if you do. There, now you have been warned.This part of the specialization has been put together in a haste, without effort and absolutely without any care of teaching. I'm completely shocked and disappointed.In other words:It is a complete joke and a sad excuse for a MOOC. Shame on you University of Toronto!Yes, harsh words, and here's why:The course description does not reflect the contents nor the final assignment. Face tracking? That's pretty far from what I expected from this when I paid $284 for the specialization.In total, there is only 25minutes of video lectures. Really? That's it? It's way too little for a capstone project course.Staff does not care about learners's concerns. Zero effort to respond in the discussion forums. It takes days before there is any response at all.The assignment descriptions and requirements are sparse and vague. Why are we doing face tracking when the description talks about location apis and "putting it all together"?
The course has been released way too early, clearly it lacks most of its content and what does exist isn't working properly either.
Expecting more hands on experience with big data frameworks like Hadoop or Spark. Instructions of the final assignment is very confusing, you don't actually know what it really want you to do until you go through all the Q&As in the discussion forum, which is really wasting time.
I really enjoy learning for the first time after a long time. I will keep learning.
In this great course the instructors cover a broad range of topics related to big data models that is perfectly designed.
Good information overall, but the "peer graded" assignment at the end is poorly designed and seems unnecessarily arbitrary. Not a clear value add over a "final exam" format to justify waiting days for someone to "grade" your work. Instructions for this assignment are poorly written and unclear - for example, completely NOT clear you are asking us to identify a primary key versus stating there is no primary key, etc.
It was a great course from the best place in the world and best instructors .
I've learned a lot of things about data models and new ways to process the information. I want to learn new knowledge of big data because I want to apply in my professional life
Nice course to describe the traditional data modeling (RDBMS) as well as various semi-structured and un-structured data modeling and management of the systems (Batch and Streaming data processing)
Excellent professors! Everyday was a new learning experience!
good cource
very nice and interesting course i recommend it for anyone start new in big data
Thank you!
good course
Very well explained
Very Good course
Best course on Various Big Data models and management systems.
IMHO it's better to reduce the scope but provide more details of key technologies. Final assignment is not well explained.
Course material is very poor and did not give much support for doing assignments.
Too simple, no programming, just theory.
Very informative course.
I thought this course was great. It gave a phenomenal overview of the tool sets out there and some good practical hands on with them. This series of course is a must for anyone wanting an overview and some hands on in the big data world
I don't feel this course is always very clear. I Feel that I usually am missing the big picture. I follow it in details, but the pace does not match in terms of how you can view the big picture of it.
Course is very good, and highly recommended.More practice on this course will be appreciated
1. The course is very general and high level introduction.2. During the lectures there are some examples that in some cases are presented as very small images and briefly. I personally could not understand some examples presented in week 5.3. I found the hands-on lectures very helpful. I wish there was more that would delve into more examples in more details.4. The course was very overpriced given the amount of information offered compared to other courses I have taken at coursera.Thanks.
This course captures the overview of Big data modelling concept in a very simple way. I found this course very useful. Instructors are good to explain the concepts. Though it would be good to add one or two (add-on or optional hands on exercises) handson for graph and tree data modelling.
The course content was not very appealing. Explanations were not that engaging. What I really missed was the actual practical aspect where you don't work with command prompt but an much more user friendly interface that is more up to date with current standards.
Not Very relevant and detailed as the previous course. The content is not as clear and simple as previous course
The final test has little to do with the course. You must do extra study to respond.
Simply another great course within Coursera courses, thank you very much.
This course is designed well
Good Course!
Some concepts can be simplified by using comprehensive examples.The course is overall great!
Pretty good overall, although some exercises are a bit difficult to understand from the descriptions and instructions given, some graphs and initial reference documentation for exercises might help
Peer Assignment is not too clear
Assum lectures! Cant except better than that challenging assignments.
There has been very few on-hands training. It's still very very at an introductory level. At some points it goes very deep, for example with the vectors for a document, but with the rest stay at a very high level. Open an excel sheet can not be considered training ...
This course offers very useful high level overview of concepts and ideas which make you feel confident in the long run. However, the course is extremely basic and does not go deep beyond the high level concepts. The hands on exercises are boring and do not engage students. The course needs to be improved to make it more useful for students. This course is not very worthy of the money.
Very helpful
The course takes a broad approach to the subject.What I miss: the study material should provide more and better organized (theoretical) information (e.g. on topcis like database design, data structures, etc.)What I like: presenting of current software projects around big data
Great course which gives you insights into Big Data Management and various product differentiation used for Big Data
Great course! Although I think it would be a good idea to have all the HANDS ON instructions downloadable as a PDF to keep in personal files.
Too high level. Last assignment too ambiguous, peer assessment was completely random and not reliable to pass the course.
The course a materials are interesting and with significant value, same comment on the teachers, this would be perfect if the third party(the VM) is working fine, I can't say I'm happy about the course where the frustration is probably the right word describing my feeling right now, wish me luck for this week, I might pass might not ......
The course gives an extensive overview of the topic. I have particularly appreciated the hands on section.My recommendation to all the students is to not overlook the hands on and create some personal notes and code archive to quickly review those topics.Some particular good learning for myself: lucene. I have used lucene at work both directly and wrapped within elastic search: in both cases I was not going deep in understanding the data model behind lucene and concepts like similarity. You can leave like that in the vast majority of the current jobs where lucene is a third party system invoked upon needs but understanding the model behind was simply much more easy than I expected.
LEarned a lot, wasn't easy but it was manageble for someone like me who has no IT background
Overall relevant and clear presentations. Course material quite general, but I guess this is expected from an introductory-level course.Peer-reviewed assignment's instructions can be clearer.
So useful and focus on main basic aspects.
Really nice course learned much about MongoDB and Spark
I really wish I could give this course more stars, the content is great and well delivered and at a perfect level for someone like me who last worked with big data sets when 20Mb was absolutely enormous and Windows 3.1 was cutting edge technology. But and this seems to run across the whole specialisation, support from the course team varies between very patchy and none at all. Technical questions aren't answered for days if at all.
The way for going through of material and classes is now better.
I wish the courses are more project oriented. This is a very good introduction but, atleast you could provide some optional projects or some tasks.
Modeling is the start and gives an insight how to choose the correct model for a big data project. The correct choice of the model spells success for the project. Many data models were introduced and the hands-on exercises were helpful in better understanding of the concepts.
The level of the exercises and quizzes don't reflect the content of the course.
it was a little too slow but is ok, specially with beginners as me.it can be a little bit more interactive or didactical.
Reasonably good, but less structured and organized that the first course.I hope the next one will be better on this aspect.
Interesting. Sometimes a little bit overwhelmed by a lot of information within a single video but it gives you an overview of what is big data modeling and management systems.
The course was very informative. One suggestion would be to include more practical exercises as it would help in internalizing the concepts better.
The content of the course is very good, but the definitions and explanations are not straight forward.
This course is a valuable introduction to Big Data Models and Management Systems for a variety of data types. The hands on exercises and company use case examples provide helpful context and application of the concepts. This knowledge also provides the learner with more confidence in navigating big data conversations in a professional environment.
Good to understand Big Data.
As a manager in an IT consultancy, I can't justify sending my personnel through this course, even at $69 per course. The amount of information gained is very thin and does not move one toward being productive.
Thanks for the education! :)
Just about okay. Wouldn't recommend to pay for this.
Course is very much intresting and i learnt so many new things.
This was my second course of six. It was so theoretical but at the final exam it required so much exercises. I propose enrich the course with exercises and hands on
Great introduction to management systems. I would have more hands on exercises for the final week, but it was a great course overall.
Very good material and overview. However, still a little bit too basic. Fundamental management systems hands on should be much more intensive.
Poorly designed assignment on data modeling did little to expand my knowledge on the topic. Which is a shame since the individual lectures were well done and very interesting. The "Pink Flamingo" peer-peer-reveiwed exercise needs to go.
Good course!
The last peer review is really hard to do. Hard is because the wording is very ambiguous and not all understand how to review. There was a guy who answered with SQL query. This is hardcore since we have not learned that yet...
Peer-graded assignments are bad for multiple reasons. Most important one -- If I'm paying for this course I expect my work will be verified by skilled people, not by other "students".
Not worth your time or money.
it was nice but a bit complicated for beginner though i like it
Although Content quality was good, the content is too much less and could have been easily integrated to first course or other course in specialisation.Secondly Quiz were not challenging ,it was just too easy to pass, and this actually takes away the very reason they were employed in this course.
Not too much useful and practical knowledge. full of basic concepts
Very basic, the 'hands on' exercises are not very hands on and do not actually add much value
it's pretty good. I learn a lot, but some information is not enough, for example TF-IDF, and vector model
Interesting course :)
More practical exercises should be recommended.
A good course taking into account that it does not require previous knowledge. I am giving "only" 3 stars because for a basic (no previous requirements) course I would expect much more additional readings. On the other hand, if you have programming or database experience you will find some topics too "basic".I have liked it more than the first course on the specialization but I would expect more details (I think general topics are well explained).
3.5+ star course. I hope by studying the following courses, contents of this course prove to be more practical.
hard to follow not because it is difficult, but the lecture is only slides, texts, reading slides, very boring and not so many hand-on instruction. only thing i remember is the instructor's face after finish this class. Dont know why you add this into such a good specialist.
Wonderful course! Definitely worth taking!
1*(star) to the professor very difficult to understand the professor many times. Even the subtitles fail sometimes to present what he says. 5*(star) to the content of the course and especially the tool used to explain and learn the BI concepts. I have already recommended the tool to couple of companies.
Great
A lot of the lecture material is unclear and does not fit with the content I've learned from other BI books, lectures, and experience. Additionally, the quizzes don't seem to test for real-world BI knowledge, rather they test for the ability to interpret the instructors fairly unique views on some BI topics. Furthermore, the additional readings need to be culled significantly, it looks like someone just googled BI topics and then copy and pasted the links they found. Please prioritize the additional readings highest value to lowest value and then post only the 4 to 7 reading that rank the highest. A pairwise comparison process may be useful when doing this.
Good course! Although there was some grading issue for last assignment
The course was very helpful
In this specialization it are all good documented wel explained courses
good course
Awesome course with complete coverage to BI concepts in general and in specific to microstrategy
Great, many resources..
Awesome course
Basically just a product demo and the lecturer was very hard to comprehend.
Compared to the other Coursera course I attended ,this one is by far the least useful one. The instructor is super brief and his slides are mostly made of a list of acronyms!I would not recommend it until they make some serious changes to the content and presentation of material.
Actually, It's a great course from Theoretical perspective and from practical part
If you want to learn BI basics and Deep insights into how BI works and you want BI as a career go for this course.
cool! :
I recommend it
Loved it.
Difficult to understand the video lectures at time but really useful content. Excellent further reading sections at the end of each module.
Excellent content and references to additional materials.
Concepts covered a slightly harder to comprehend than with the previous courses in the specialization. I found myself having to keep going back and forth through the lessons in an attempt to understand. You really do need to read up on other sources to plug in some gaps, but overall it is a good course that covers a lot.
Orsum concepts.. much delighted after doing it
It was a wonderful experience of taking such a valuable course from a well qualified instructor, presentation was great, detailed and well understood. Thank you again for your time, effort and being the great contributor of this type of education. Many thanks again.
This course need Michael Manino.
Great
Thanks for a great course
this course is great in concept. but the reality was disappointing and will have to improve. the professor gave lots of links to interesting external materials. but his prepared lectures were much briefer and consisted mostly of presenting bullet-point lists. as a result, i found myself studying just to pass the quizes and not to actually enhance my knowledge. :( given the high standard of the other courses in this specialization, i'm sure it will be better next time....
Very good course. We had the opportunity to learn some business issues and find ways to develop solutions via BI systems. We had also good lessons
Good Course
Direct and briefed to the point.new thoughts , Tools and Ideas :)
Content of the course is very good, useful and interesting, I greatly appreciate the knowledge delivered. But assignments could improve:-All module assignments seems mostly focalize on using Microstrategy tool. In assignments, i would like to see more exercises so that students learn through practice of business cases. For example, I prefer the way modules are organized in courses 1,2, and 3: concepts with examples, practice exercise, then assignment through similar exercise + a quiz.-In last assignment, there was no suggested solution(s) for the last question, i think this is missing for a good understanding.
I did the free part of the course. It was too simpleI did other free MOOCs that had much more.The videos were like reading a book. The subject is interesting and there's some potential to the practical part of the course.I only did the first 3 weeks
The Course is well laid out with plenty of assignments that allow you master the BI by using Microstrategy. Thanks to professor Karimi, it was by far the best BI course that I have ever taken.
Great course! The professor is very knowledgeable and the materials are up to date with the current industry trends. I was able to apply the concepts learnt in this course in my job.
lecture too focus on the theory that not very useful on business world. The BI tool "microStrategy" used in the homework is too slow and crash from time to time.
It is a really good and well structured course. Initially, I felt the structure is not making me think but when I reached the end, in summative project, I realized how much I have learned. Anyone with basic IT background would be comfortable with the course. Learned various concepts of Business Intelligence; and microstrategy as a BI tool is good for analyzing. After I am done, I am going to spend more time looking at other tools of Microstrategy and apply those in the capstone course if required. I came across some students facing issues with microstrategy in the Discussion forum but I think improper installation or hardware and software support could be the cause.Thank You, Mr. Karimi.
The course has some good technical and analytical understanding of BI tools and application plus the BI project helped me derive useful visualizations. This course has helped me build my analytical skills to a different level which I think is expected in the actual BI industry.
The material and the lecture is not so engaging.
Amazing course. It taught me how to balance my daily diets.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! As a professional cook (I run the kitchen for a church in Boerne, TX) I love being able to learn more about my chosen profession from the comfort of my home and being able to share that information with those who work with me as well as put it into practice in the real world. Thank you for providing this opportunity to those of us who cannot attend classes in person and for the wonderful videos and recipes you have provided.
Very useful and encourage me to cook healthy food and notice well the ingredients of home cooked food and also the processed food . It also support me because I have a G6PD patient baby boy
It has provided a lot of help for me and my family, I love it and I enjoy every lesson!
Informational and filled with great imagery. Clear bullet points makes it easy to digest and learn.
I really learned a lot by how to make good choices when shopping for food and how to add in healthy alternatives to food I already eat. I've already noticed a change in eating and spending habits
Very Informative Course!!!
Great learning experience, and how to maintain a healthy diet. Thank you.
Out children are the future and their nutrition is a important thingfor their development.
Since I was a child I liked to help my mom and my grandmother to cook. They taught me to cook and I learned the traditions of the family. My two younger children were picky eaters, and at the beginning it was very tough to prepare food for them. Now we enjoy together to prepare and eat different types of food. We love our traditional food, but we are always looking for new recipes. This course teaches me how to combine different types of ingredients to bring to our table, every day, more balanced and healthy food.
Excelent teacher!.The course is compiled in a very clear way....She is very talented and presents the course with a great charisma!
Extremely usueful for familes~
I recommend this course to everyone. It's easy, light-hearted, and you learn a lot from it with out feeling like you're studying!
It was very complete. The videos and the pictures were good to understand the ideas.
Interesting content, great stuff for every parent.
Good course for living well
Loved the course. Very professional, instructor was very warm and explained complex topics simply. Very nice combination of videos, demos, and lecture. My only comment is that the quizzes do not align perfectly with the lesson. There are numerous examples of being quizzed on something that isn't taught until the next lesson.
This course was really interesting thank you ! X :)
Loved the way the lecture slides are depicted and the short cooking videos [ie. Dr Adam cooking - actually practicing what she preaches :-) ]
A very good course for starters.
The material given is good for an introductory course on child nutrition. The graphics and didactic material is very good. I would suggest that Dr. Maya improve on her cooking skills (cutting and chopping), It takes too long to do every task and she must use appropriate tools. also, measurements are very important in the kitchen to be disregarded as she does. Remember, she might be teaching to people that have not cook at all. Cooking without measuring is for an expert or a least for somebody with some cooking experience.
Excellent, I really enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you
Very informative. Provides lots of really useful information that you can then apply directly to your every day life. I've learned a lot about food and how to easily make better, healthier, choices for my family and I. The cooking demos are wonderful and I've made several of them which turned out delicious. The professor provides a lot of every day information that you can and will actually use and be able to apply to your life. Wonderful course and I highly recommend.
Such a great stepping stone to cooking simple and delicious foods. I have been encouraging clean eating gradually with my daughter and she absolutely picks vegetables now that they are presented differently. I would love to see more recipes from Maya to incorporate in our everyday menus.
I love Maya! She's so knowledgable and comes off very approachable in this course. The information she provided is also invaluable. Thank you so much!
It is a very interesting course. It contains a lot of helpful and new information.
Although I don't have children it was very helpful for me. Interesting information about organic food and allergies. Recommend it to everyone.
This course is wonderful! Each video is not too long but full with information. You encourage me to choose a healthier lifestyle. Thank you so much. I will use these knowledge to improve my family's health.
I did several online courses about health and nutrition. I really like this course because it is easy to learn the content and the dishes are delicious and easy to make. It is a bit US centric, but that is not really a problem as the issues are in my opinion becoming more global (if they are not already; e.g. obesity).
Good course Child nutrition. Thank you Stanford University & Coursera.
Just Amazing! Thank you Maya
Great general overview of nutrition and cooking for those who are just starting to work on balanced menus for home or group settings.
This course offers a great foundation for learning to live a more healthy and sustainable lifestyle. The information is presented in a way that absorbs well between the videos and the visuals along with the lecture. This course has the capacity to change people's lives and it has definitely given me the information and confidence needed to be able to move forward with action.
Accurate , but very basic information.
A brief and useful introduction to nutrition and building healthy eating habits from childhood—absolutely worth my time.
Enjoyed it but perhaps a little too basic for my needs. Still would recommend if you are not familiar with nutrition.
Really complet course with a lot of knowledge easy to undestand and very visual which it help to focus on the information, Im so glad I took it, no doubt to recomend to parents and people on the health area.
This is a course that teaches us how to cook in a much healthier way, as well as learn concepts of nutrition.
Please issue me a certificate. I am ready to pay the fees. Thanks:Devashree Shah
Very useful data(information) for everyone!!Lest try to give to our children more natural and healthier food.
lesson helped me understand the nutrients and spicy, foods when cooking for children
it was a nice attempt to get child and parents to enjoy, how to prepare to eat
I don't agree with everything that is being said. For instance, I prefer not to use sugar at all when it comes to cooking for my family. But still, some practical ideas are included and the recipes are easy to cook.
Nice but basic.
it was really intresting
It is interesting and so easy to follow.
This course is very helpful for young parents and caregivers.
First online course I finish, I learned a lot from it. It's recommended even if you never cooked before, as it is in my case
It´s good but really basic
Some lectures are just right for the public in general but most of them seem to be built from common sense, there´s where I wonder if the American people are so unliterate on food issues. The quality of the visual material is also variable, I am sure that including animation of more appealing graphics would be helpful to engage more people into the course; another challenge would be to prepare more challenging content.
Excellent course and very complete. It's a good start to understanding nutrition for yourself and your children. Wish there were more courses on this topic (I took the other nutrition course by the same professor as well).
A very good course for keeping your daily eating healthy.
The teaching style is very impressive of Prof. Maya ADAM, very inclusive, very informative.Thank you very much
a real pleasure to learn!
You did an outstanding job teaching this class. In another class, sometime I would like to understand things like salt and potassium and their importance. Good job!
This course definitely changed the way I feed my children. It requires more trips to the store, but knowing I am putting healthy, sustainable choices in front of them makes it feel like less of a burden. The way the material was presented was very understandable and made you want to continue.
It was great and very motivating.
This is a great course and I would refer this course to anyone willing to learn.
It's a great course. The teacher is very friendly. I can even feel her energy through videos. I love the way she taught. She will draw a beautiful and clear picture explain those important knowledge. It’s very helpful to understand those difficult terms. And the children are lovely and cute. I am glad that I have chosen this course, it’s useful and interesting. I highly recommend.
Excellent course. I hope I can hear from the book you're releasing soon.
I signed up over a year ago. the first time around I got through the first week and life got in the way. The second time around I finished it but due to the app I had to take the quizes again. It was a great reminder. Overall the course is great in helping you change the way we approach cooking at home holistically not only for the kids. I enjoyed it tremendously and would sign up for another course by Dr. Adam
Loved the course, would take a continuation if available. Little basic but with enough info. Great ideas for cooking. Felt it was too based in USA information and some was not really conclusive.
Really liked the instructor
Excellent course, the only thing I would change is the meat dishes suggestions.
very nice introduction for raising kids.
Basic principles of nutrition explained in an easier to understand and remember manner. I definitely took a couple of recipes and key learning points with me!
Quite useful ! Easy to understand and nice hits for child nutrition.
Very clear and fun. I really like it. Thanks
Excellent course, I've learned a lot about healthy cooking and how to teach kids to eat more vegetables. Thank you!
I found this class to be doable with a 2-month-old infant. I enjoyed the reading. My older kids, ages 7 and 11 enjoyed the videos with me. The class helped our family have many great conversations about what we see at the grocery store and why we cook at home as much as we can.
I passed this course 3 or 4 years ago. After completing the course I feel significant changes in my diet, grocery shopping , my kids food and their healthy snacks. This course gave me a good opportunity to restart cooking and shopping much more healthier. Thanks
thank you
Pretty easy, only complaint is that the instructor says the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body. This is not true and made me question the rest of the material in the course.
Shes sexy af
Even though I do not currently have children, I felt this course gave a great overview of the basis of nutrition and how to incorporate fresh, whole foods into my own diet and my husband's diet.
I really like this course and I learned a lot
This was one of the best classes i ever had! Clear, simple , comprehensive lessons with great practical examples!
Very informative, practical and fun. I loved the way she share the info.
Interesting method of teaching! So delighted.
I think it's very nicely organized. However, most of the information is common sense to me. But I really enjoyed the cooking demonstrations and gardening tip. Definitely thinking about starting a basil plant.
Really Informative and got me inspired to do another one and now I'm on 'Food and health' course.
Amazing course
A very interesting course with very nice videos! Thanks Maya!
Interesting info. loved the videos :)
Very informative and clear with a sense of today's world at stake
The best course on nutrition for kids! Everything a healthcare, a parent needs to know. I am a nutritionist studied in the UK. I wish we had such tutors there as well.
Thank you for this wonderful program.
The videos are short, very visual, and straight to the point. I loved the instructor's positive attitude and the way she presented information. I recommend taking this class for every mommy who wishes her child to be in good health!
Thank you for the course. Outstanding Broadcast and content.
I loved the course !! I am really inclined to such topics naturally. In fact I did want to follow biology sciences during college, however, somehow, the circumstances didn't permit.
Thank you for this motivational course. It helped me to understand how to prepare healthy, delicious and easily made home-cooked meals for my family.
Very simple to follow and nice course. My only issue was, that Doc Maya's voice is so nice, and soothing that I often had to watch myself from falling asleep. No offence meant, it is supposed to be a complement. :)
Quite a few tips and simple recipes. Very informational.
Very well explained and videos are easy to understand, however, I recommend this only to parents who are really not giving any thought to their child°s nutrition. Recipes are really basic, though professor is providing good hints on how to "sell" healthy food to our children. In the country, I come from, it is very common to cook for children and we do not have to face to such amount of processed food...yet..
Great Course!
Excelent course, highly recomended for all parents that seek the best orientation on their childs nutrition. Is very simple and clear, but also the information is very complet, the videos quality is very good as also the content. Greetings from Monclova, Coahuila, in Mexico.
i enrolled and successfully completed the course. this course really enlightened me about nutrition.
i love this course, it is very useful to my future children
I'm halfway through the videos and other resources. bravo!
awesome course learned so much
I love how easily the teacher describes everything that has to be with nutrition, highly recommended for parents who want to learn about children's nutrition and for health professionals.
I really liked this course. And as I'm a woman couch, babywearing and breastfeeding consultant and a mother of three sons I'd like to prepare similar lecture and to present it in a our club for pregnant women "Expectating a Miracle".
Very good overview of child nutrition.
All familes sholud have this vourse, as it increases the concious on the importance of home made food and the time spent together with the kids
I like this course very much, it's easy to understand and to master some skills we might need in our life. Very impressive. Thanks a lot.
loved it!
Great course! Wich give us some important information about food and nutrition
Helpful course, with nice instructional video and a perfect learning curve.
All Mothers should take this Course
Loved everything about the way it was presented! :)
Love it. Thanks
I am very satisfied with this course!
great class
Motivational Course.... LOVED IT!
Just love it!
Thank you for the course, it was very informative!
This course introduces the topic in interesting way and should be checked by anyone interested in healthy nutrition and eating habits not only for kids.
Absolutely informative course, super well explained and nice to study. Loved it!
This course is wonderful and very informative for complete beginners with nutrition and cooking. The teacher is knowledgeable of her subject and creates clear content that lends to a good learning experience. I would recommend this course to anyone who is not familiar with nutrition and who has no experience cooking.
This was a great learning experience about nutritional food and explored various options to inculcate healthy eating in today's food intake.
I love this course. It has so much great information, and it even shows you recipes that you can use at home with your children.
Very good course. Great information. Easy to follow. Enjoyable all around. Thanks Maya!
There are some nice cooking tips, but this is targeted to very young students/parents with no cooking experience, and I expected more than general information on food impacts on children.
Not very useful.
Was expecting a deeper unsdersting and knowledge of child nutrition and its impact in the health of little ones... too general.
Great course the professor is very good at explaining the material so everybody can follow.
Really good.loved it. She explains so clearly and simple.
I loved this seminar! it was very easy to comprehend and remember what I learned. My whole family has benefit from it Very easy to apply dairy meals!
Nothing short of excellent. Informative and to the point. Complex ideas made simple.
Maya helped me conquer my fear of kitchen cooking, gifting me basic learning blocks of being my baby's chef-girl-r&d!
Love this course.
I love this course, it is amazing. This course brought to my life a lots of inspiration. Thank you Dr. Adam and her team.
Although I am now a grandmother, I really enjoyed the course and was able to confirm my home's "good eating habits" and detect some bad ones, like sometimes eating with the televison on. I learned more about the environment and effects of eating processed foods or meats. I revel in seeing today's encouragement of having children particpate in healthy food : shopping, preparation and cooking.Thank You !!
Video production was very good, and good balance of video and "blackboard". Also, a good balance of practical stuff (like how to cook healthy stuff) and theory (what is a mono-saccharide, and how do they combine to form di-saccarides). Well done!
This is a wonderful course and I have learn't a
I loved this course and I am waiting to enroll in any upcoming nutrition courses. She is the best instructor I ever experienced. Thank you so much
learned something, but not as much as i expected. hope to add more nutrition knowledge.
I love this course!
A great overview on basic nutirition and how to make simple recipes your children
This is a great course for those who wants to learn the basics of nutrition and to cook better at home.
I was so thankful to do this course a second time for my certificate because it refreshed my memory on the healthy pantry options and since I originally did it I had eliminated processed meats and cans from my grocery list but the refresher helped me to learn ways to create recipes, discover their nutrition facts and present it as for a recipe book
This course was very educational. Maya was great at explaining healthy foods and ingredients that her own family uses at home. I was incorporating her suggestions while taking this course. I'm working to include less processed foods and more fresh fruits and veggies in my families diet. I even started to make fruit/veg smoothies for my 8 year old daughter instead of buying her the 100 % juice I bought in the store as a way to provide her with more vegetables in her diet as well as less processed food. Great course! I will be looking for more courses to take that include Maya and her wonderful children.
Its a wonderfully compiled course which teaches us how to encourage and inculcate good and healthy eating habits in children and also gives an insight into what is food and how can food be made more healthy and palatable. Some easy recipes have been taught which will surely interest the children.
Its simple informative and has great info even for adults.
Love it, love it, love it. Great course. Great instructor.
The relevance of this course material for a common Indian household is not much as our basic meal have almost all the component of balance diet. But the growing trend of busy life in big cities has started the dependence on fast food in India too so somehow this will help people to remind the importance of home cooked food.
Trivial course
It is a great course to learn basics of nutrition and cooking. Recommend for everyone.
Very useful and closely related to our daily life. Highly recommended!
I love the information you gave us. I wish you have more recipes.
I'm not mother. I'm still a college student but, the course gave me a lot of tools to improve the quality and take care of the cooking at my home. I decided to take this course because of my dad, who has a heart disease. Thank you so much.
I've done this course twice (once for my personal information and work, and again to receive the certificate). I always learn something new the second time around; very informative on a home level and professional level.
Great course with lots of great lessons!
Very easy to listen to and understand, she is very knowledgable and I learned a
I absolutely loved this course! I liked how I could do it at my own pace and work on my own. I highly recommend this course. Wonderful instructor! :)
Good course. A little basic.
Very good course and easy to understand. It motivates me to introduce and provide my children (to be) with healthy food.
this coarse is very interesting i really enjoy it
This was one of the most enjoyable courses!
Helpful with information as I'm in the food service industry and it will help with how I can better serve the children on a day to day basis.
It's good to learn about how to cook for children.
I ve never expected that the lessons would be so understandable and adjustable with my difficult programme! thank you!
An informative, easy-to-understand introduction to child nutrition and cooking.
So informative, cute, and easy to follow!For scholars and parents, this course is so varied and helpful for anyone along any step to gaining the knowledge necessary to contribute to the fight against Big Food companies. The knowledge against these corporations is so ahead that it is almost like watching Food Inc. or Cowspiracy.
Great course with very easy to follow kids friendly videos! My boys and I enjoyed taking this class together.
Very informative and interesting!
it's very goodbut when I sending you finish the course
I really liked this course. It has given me a renewed appreciation for home cooking. My favorite part was the hand drawings for the main content videos. I also liked all the cooking demonstrations. I plan on trying them real soon In the future, I'm hoping for more content and the opportunity to earn a certificate. I'd like to see a section specific nutritional targets for certain age groups. Menu planning would also be welcome.
really useful course
Ths course is a fun way to brush up on the basics of healthy eating
I could learn more deeply and apply them in daily life. Every time I choose my diet, I remember contents of this lecture. Thank you for making such a good lecture and I hope to apply it again.
After taking a Nordic food diet course where they talked about children's' diets in the Nordic countries and how they were changing the norm, this course covered the basics as to what and why certain foods are good for you. I had been hoping for more complex recipes, but there were some differences to my dishes that I already make which were a nice change.
Great tool for someone that it is going to work with kids or even mothers.
Excelent curse for a good food children education.
I really loved this course! The instructor was very good, her lectures were informative and easy to follow with stellar graphics. Her videos were fun to watch, and her cooking lessons were very simple; she showed dishes that I would actually cook for my family! Best of all I believe she did a great job stating all the facts and encouraging people to make smart food choices without being judgmental about it, which is no easy task!I am lucky that I am already doing a lot of the things the instructor suggests for my toddler but the best takeaway I got was to take my child to a farmers market. We went this weekend and it was so much fun! I plan to take her there as often as I can.
Love this course. I love cooking, but never realized all of the meals one can make with such minimal ingredients. I love to see that I can make quick home made meals for my kids and not feed them so much processed garbage. Thank You!
Great course. Maya is a wonderful teacher and inspired me to make better food choices for me and my children. I love the recipes, too.
UsefulEasy to understand and grasp the fundamentalsEssential for parents
Very useful. I love the addition of the easy-to-make recipes. I'm eager to try them with my own family.
very basic and simple to understand as how cooking should be, as natural as it is ! Thanks !
I really enjoyed the course.Short videos communicating essential information.I have become health conscious and now more careful while choosing foods to buy or cook.I would recommend this course to every one willing to have a healthy life.
Great course: fun, interesting, educational, easy to watch...I strongly recommend it! <3
practical approach and good nutrition looked easy and inexpensive.
practical recipes and tips, with a wise and expertise teacher! loved to see how she actually inserts nice meals and options for her little ones.
Great, colorful and useful course.
Dr. Maya has done a fantastic job of creating this easy-to-follow course which covers a wide range of fundamental knowledge everyone should know! I work with kids and whilst education is merely one side of it, ensuring they receive good nutrition is equally important. Thank you Dr. Maya!
It is very educational, enjoyable and easy to understand.
Great course!
Informative, clear and simple :-)
I really liked this course, although the things cooked in it were a little basic. That being said, it is an admirable cause and I found Maya really inspiring!
easy and friendly, full of great information for any people how is interested en have better habits
I'm thirteen years old and I took this course to learn more about the rapidly changing "food world". I loved trying out the recipes that Maya showcased, and so did my family! Thank you so much Maya and Coursera!
Wow! I learned a lot about healthy cooking and nutritious foods. Thanks
making shoping and cooking easier, not difficult, quizzes are great; it helped me a lot when shaping my new diet
First, I would like to say that with the exception of ONE exam, I was able to take all the tests WITHOUT WATCHING THE VIDEOS. That shows that this is a poorly put together course. Secondly, this course did NOT cover CHILD NUTRITION, it covered general nutrition. There was nothing helpful in regards to meal planning with children (although there was useful information in the Lunch Packing Video.) Although it claims the project at the end of the course is optional, it will not let me complete the course without doing the project. I find that extremely frustrating. This course offered a lot of great information (even if it was a weird combo of factual/opinionated) I was frustrated by the fact that this course is OBVIOUSLY geared towards the upper middle class/rich instead of the the everyday blue-collar family. I will do the project to complete the course but was very disappointed in my first course through Coursera.
Good basic information for every parent to know.All of us should make time to cook healthier food for our families.
I have learned a lot and I want to learn more! Thank you very much Stanford University and Dr. Maya! God bless!
It s brilliant course for teachers and mothers. I found it very useful as found information regarding allergies and what we can substitute for that specific allergic ingrediant.
Very informative.
doens't address the vegan lifestyle
Fantastic crash course and feeding your family. It educates and simplifies. I recommend it for everyone.... including college students!
Very easy to go through, the material sticks to you and you will be making healthy choices in no time.
A lot of this stuff is basic and common knowledge among my own social circle. The reason I kept watching is because of the teacher's exceptional diagrams that beautifully explain complex topics in a simple way. As a teacher trying to introduce my own students to sustainable living, the instructor's style has given me so many ideas on how to communicate these concepts to my own students.Thanks so much for your hard work! I will take your other class and hope to see others from you in the future, hopefully something about GMO's or food access in areas of strife and the long term effects on child development in those areas.
Very informative. I have used the majority of pieces of advice in my daily life. Already recommended to my friends and relatives!
Amazing class, wonderful presentation and loads of information. it kept me cautious and full of hope that my family and I will be able to apply these take aways.
Nice and basic information covered. Nice to have the interaction with the learnes and their dishes. Would be great to have a follow up with more in depth info about Food requirements of the different age
totally worth and helpful.
This course has shown me very interesting facts about food and how to ensure that a child is getting the nutrients they need for their development and in a fun, involved way.
Very clear, and interesting. Very useful for educator and parents.
I loved the course!I loved the way that the different issues are explained, I like the graphics, the videos, the quizzes - everything!I just tried for the Passover the almond cake recepie and it was fantastic!I really recommend this course not only for child nutrition but also for 'picky' and stubborn adults.Thanks!!
In general, this course is very nice and informative but the recipes should mention cooking time. Also, I find it a bit scary that the author doesn't make her own chicken broth a processed one.
good to learn and very helpful
Informative and basic...would have liked to have gone into more detail.
This class is great! I have enjoyed learning about foods and what are healthier choices. I also have enjoyed the recipes and how you get to watch them which makes them so much easier to make.
Don't have a kid, but learned a lot about food and some basic recipes which will make my decision making for heatlhier food easier. Liked it that you also come from a doctor's background and gave a lot of medical research insights.
I have learnt a lot of English and eating healthy with this course. It is all very well explained.
Too simple for what I was looking for. Wanted more detail on specific day-to-day routines/ for weaning from breast milk to solids, including learning the nutritional basis for recommendations. Then also m
Thanks a lot! Hope that it is not last course about Child Nutrition!
A very good course for every family. Thanks
my 1st course, easy to follow and kept my attention
It really helps me review my diet. Thank you.
A bit american - but I like it!
I loved it. Easy to understand I liked that way of cooking practical , made for every day and to improve the health and nutrition of my family
i love this class
Very simple to understand.
I adore this course! My children are not so little anymore, but I still find it beneficial and fun. My son loves watching for new recipes and then cooking them. I try to watch at least one video a day and I will be sad when I am all done. Love it.
easy and interesting
Simple and educative!
It is a wonderful class and I have learned much from this course. Thanks a lot~~
Simple, Knowledge rich and enjoyable
its a nice course 2 follow
I simply enjoyed taking this course with Dr. Maya Adams there was great information for moms with children. My child is big young man now but I need this information for the parents that I will be working with. The recipes are tremendous I'm making the chicken fingers tonight and crepe with strawberries tomorrow morning. I worked on and completed a sample work of foods for children around the world is it to late to submit my work for review
As an expecting mother, this course was just what I was looking for! Thank you, Miss Maya & family. And thank you for making this available to me, Stanford School of Medi
Easy explained, this course should be a MUST for every parent interested in their child nutrition.Congrats!!
Easy to understand and very helpful!
The lesson and tutorial from this course were very helpful and i would love to take more class
It´s a great Course for unexperienced Cooks. Most of the recipies are very Basic but I think they encourage People to cook even if they´re not used to cooking a lot. The explanations are very clear and easy to follow. Personally, I would have loved to hear more about preparing and storing homemade Food (freezing, storing in jars etc.)
Perfect!
Sinmple direct to the point and gives amazing informati
Great
A class that can benefit the entire family. Well worth the time. A respectable source as well.
Maya is an inspiring teacher and mother. I also consider her an artist for the wonderful animations that accompany the course. Thank you for inviting me into your home and kitchen, and reinforcing my choices as a mother and a consumer. It was a fun and interesting experience!
Very useful. Good recipes and tips.
I rise a small child and this course was very useful for me. I cook every day and enjoy it a lot!
Great little course
very useful for me as a mother of 2! thanks so much!
Great info! Good Recipes! Very Practical!
This course is well crafted and perfect for those who need to understand the basics of child nutrition and cooking. The instructor includes cooking tips and recipes that will be most useful to kitchen newbies and those who are trying to make healthier food choices in the kitchen.
Is an amazing course for learn about how is the best way for nourish kids. I love it.
This was a great course, thank you for the wealth of information!
I don't think the food in course suit to every child.
Great for any family
It really is a pleasure to watch Mrs. Adams' videos. She is a very positive pearson. Can't wait for other courses by her!!!
Very helpful not only for professional use but daily life with your own children also!
wonderful info. thank you so much!
Incredibly inspi
It is really complete and easy to follow. I really loved it
I don't think this course is for everyone. It's for the more industrialised societies who eat everything out of a jar. Not for those of us who still cook everyday. Having said that there was some information that was new and useful and some very good ideas to get kids more interested in the food they eat. I enjoyed it.
recommeded course!not only for a mother who already have a child, but for an individual person either.this course provide so many useful information for our daily life, I like it
A wonderful and life altering course, taught with families in mind! This course taught me so many wonderful concepts, opened up new ideas and helped me to understand that a rainbow of food without labels is what I should be feeding my family. I discovered a bit of the science behind food metabolism and how to make real, unprocessed food appeal to little taste buds!Maya Adams takes you on spectacular food journey through insightful illustrations, informative lectures and cooking demonstrations. I have taken away a plethora of knowledge and the realization that if children help to prepare the foods they eat, they will be more accepting of those healthy and wholesome meals.Thank you for this wonderfully designed course!
I get knowledge about cooking is main nutrient abroad for children increased.And professor teach very fun.
If you aren't familiar with cooking and nutrition this course is a good fit. However, if you have a bit of background in healthy eating, you may not get as much out of this course.
Awesome! really nice and easy to follow. I'll recomand it (i already did :)
I like it very much. Both the self peace study and course material. I can control myself. Very Good course !!!
The course is very basic, videos contain a lot of repetitions and quiz questions are too easy (in addition, I believe that there are too much negative questions). I believe that this course should be called an Introduction to the basics of Nutrition and it's only for complete newbies. There are no insights in specifics of child nutrition besides general concepts of balanced diet and some tips how to make your kids be more enthusiastic in eating vegetables.
I didn't expect more than basics and this is lovely way of learning it! From the very basic to trying it at home ;)
I love this course, it really helps with me being a mum who works full time to not get complacent with the fast foods that are readily available, and to go back to cooking properly and sitting down for a good meal.
Very informative! Love the positive outcome and attitude!
Thanks a lot Maya, I am cooking your recipes and my famly love them. I adjust them to ingredients in my country, I from Peru. The knowledge is great to complement my work. I am a doctor, i got a certified speciality from ACSM, so the course is important for my family and my patients. Greetings.
nice work teacher
its a very nice course i enjoyed
Enjoyed this class. Basic but to the point.
the course is really beneficial.
It is a helpful , applicable Course . I enjoy it and i finished it in 2 days, Because I was exited to continue .
A very good course indeed . A must take course . Very simple and easy to understand .
very useful info
The course was very good, very simple to understand and execute in our life.
Interesting, the information is very basic so if you already have some knowledge in nutrition it may be a little bit to simple. That's the only reason I put a 4 stars and not a 5, is a great introduction to nutrition.
Loved it
Very well presented. Easily understood and interesting.
Useful information and practical information that can easily be applied to everyday life.
Exceptional Content! If you have children - this is a must! Well done.
This course was very helpful to me. I needed to see how cooking for my children can be basic and healthy. It has motivated me to think more simplistic when cooking for my children and has sparked my appetite for wholesome foods.
Child Nutrition and Cooking is good educational for those parents need to learn and more widen knowledge in the health of their kids.This content is the best that can recommend in all parents.
Excelent course!!! Excelent teacher!
Very informative and I understand clearly.
All parents needs to follow
Maya is a wonderful teacher. She presents the information in a way that is easy to understand and follow
I loved the course! It was a joy to take and I had fun learning and taking it! :)
Very user-friendly course, easy to follow, explains complex ideas in a simple way. The information is delivered in a few different ways, using diagrams, videos, conversations - which keeps things interesting. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to learn more about the basics of nutrition and healthy eating, not just to parents. And I promise you will not get bored
Amazing teacher and amazing course, very clear and deep of ideas and education. I loved your drawings. Thank you so much!
dunno wwhat's the point of making two separate courses with different names.. the content are fundamentally the same.
Too basic. No processed foods.. ok but what else?
Really educational and full of interesting and valid arguments! Thank you, professor!
Extremely informative, invaluable lessons.
Excellent! Simple language, many nice recipes and a lot of useful information.
Love the simple tricks and tips to get the children eating healthier. The recipes were a big hit too!
I think this was a great intro course and parents would benefit from it greatly. I wish more of the recipes were vegetarian and diary free (I was in fact surprised that so much diary was part of the recipes). Regardless, a lot better foods than those being served on a regular basis.
Very informative and easy-to-follow.Please make more courses on nutrition.
very nice n friendly teaching
Nice and clear course, but the level is not university level...
Very thorough, educational, and very enjoyable. Highly recommended.
Very basic introduction and crash course to child nutrition and cooking. For the busy parent/working adult.
The course seems like it would benefit parents but does not do much for a nutrition health professional.
She is very easy to understand and listen to. I love that some recipe ideas were given and that I could go back into this at my own pace and time.
This goes over basics for how to involve kids, which is great. If you're already a thoughtful cook, it may not have a ton for you as far as recipes go but the information on how we use our nutrients and balancing food is fantastic.
good information to our healthy lifestyle
I have really enjoyed this course and it's packed with a lot of detailed nutrition, food, diet & health information.
I have not finished it yet, but I love it.
This course should be mandatory
I found most of what was presented very interestng. I found that when the lesson on chicken soup and stew was being presented, that you used chicken broth from a box. To get better flavour of your chicken soup, why not just add one cube of beef? Better yet, with your stew, why not add some homemade veggie stock which can keep in the freezer?Overall I enjoyed the course, but if you could address the above issue of chicken broth from a box, i would appreciate it. Also, is there a way to get your drawings from this lesson? Thank you
Hello.I found this course very useful, it has allowed me to know what types of things I should look for in food, diversify my family's eating habits and to have fun in the kitchen,Regards.
it is a best way to keep our family members healthy.
simple, very good and interesting classe!
Very helpful, fun and illustrative. I learned a lot.
Clear and objective, just what you need to set your cooking base straight and build healthy habits for yourself and your family!
Great!
I think it pretty good for me to learn health!
An excellent course !!! It helps me a lot to understand how to feed my children.
Easy to follow, and good contents
There was a lot of very valuable information in the course, and I very much liked the general structure. However, maybe it was due to my career and family background, but there was also plenty of information that I had mistaken as common knowledge. Apparently I have more knowledge in this area than I assumed.Overall, this was a very interesting course, and the combination of the videos and smart board graphics helped keep things interesting. I would very much recommend Child Nutrition and Cooking!
Really easy and useful. Thank you very much
Very much Informative and easy to use techniques.. Liked it !!
great and good recipes to make with kids
Very good place to start for beginners with some scientific information. Easy and quick to do food demonstrations, basic enough that students can build upon them depending on what is available at hand.Some ideas just tend to be redundant throughout the weeks, but I guess that is what she wants to stress on. No to processed food!! :)) I just wish you kept the discussion boards open, so we have a platform to discuss ideas and exchange recipes.
This is great course!
This course provides great information. If you have taken any other basic nutrition courses, as I have, most of the information is review. I found the that info wasn't necessarily specific to children but could be applied to all individuals regarding healthy eating, choosing local/organic etc. Even if you don't have children and want to learn more about healthy eating, this course would be beneficial for you.
Maya Adam, MD is a total inspiration. The course was factual and engaging. information learned was easy and practical to use everyday.
i learn so many things with simple explanation, the teacher is amazing , i was affraid that will be so difficult o boring but is great, so good that you forgett taht ypu are taking a class.
Thank you, it was very interesting and informative.And the best thing that my child is happily chewing on a carrot))
Loved the course. Never really knew about organic vs non organic.
It is a great course. You could learn basic things about nutrition and how can you improve your children's
Really great basic information. Really enjoyed the section on why to buy organic.
nice content and videos, good examples. For people in the basic is real good.
I learned so much from Maya about healthy food not just for children, but also for myself.
clear presentation and useful info
Great format and which was easy to follow.
really enjoyed the course and was very informative. I don't have children yet, but it was still good to learn about nutrition for my use and for future reference !
It is an excellent and easy way to have knowledge about food and nutrition to apply at home with your kids. I am grateful to Maya, she expresses herself very well and she shows she is an expert and a good mother.I super recommend the course.
Very basic, a must for all parents in my opinion.
This course helped me a lot in preparing and rethinking our family meals.
This was a very inspiring and motivating course. I changed the way of eating now and enjoy more fresh foods and vegetables. I also go to a food market once a week and take my child with me who enjoys a lot. Thank you very much for installing this course and sharing your knowledge.
This is a very clear and very well presented course. It covers the science of nutrition as well as the practical aspects of cooking through demos. The instructor speaks clearly and knowledgeably about her subject.I will note that it is definitely a beginner level course. If you already do a fair bit of cooking from scratch and have already read some Michael Pollan books, you may not learn much that is new to you.What it does though, it does very well.Also, the instructor's kitchen is beautiful and I spent most of the lectures coveting it greatly :)
Solid information provided in an excellent format by a outstanding teach
This course is great for anyone looking to improve their health, but spectacular for anyone who needs a relatively quick lesson on nutrition for children - parents, grandparents, childcare providers, cooks. Seriously a great course for anyone!
Thank you for this interesting course! it's really very helpfull for me! can't break away from watching lesssons!
Offered as extra credit for my nutrition class, but i am learning so much! My son just turned one and i want to start him off eating right and make changes to my own diet. this course is giving me so many useful tips! Even though i am single mother and going to school i feel like i will be able to prepare my son great and healthy meals using what i have learned in this course!
thank you, i really2 need this knowledge
Great!!
This course is well thought out an very educational to any who attempt to give it a try. I applaud Maya, the course professor on her undeniably fantastic information and the way she teaches is easy to understand and even fun! Thank you Maya!
Brilliant! A must for anyone responsible for children's nourishment.
Simple and clean, very interesting also for who, like myself, has no children to grow up.
A great introduction to nutrition and cooking for families. -Pediatrician
I love the course
Excellent course. I actually took it together with my wife and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.
Perfect! Educational and enjoyable.
Interesting materials with accurately prepared videos and animation. Author is an interesting and positive presenter. Concepts and examples shown in course are useful and can be used daily to lead a healthy life.
Great information with excellent presentation. I might take this class again!
Awesome tips for getting the kids involved in the kitchen as well as easy nutrition principles to follow.
Great course. great lesson. great recipes. It is really basic and introductive but has very important lessons which let us start to think different about nutrition and cooking
Great I enjoyed it a lot!
I loved this course. I would love to continue and implimented what i have learnt in my current life.
Very good tips to help making the entire family eat better
Excellent. I lo ve this course
I liked this course. Easy Giving information. Simple consolidate the material. It was interesting!
Very helpful. Straightforward and practical. I like the way Dr. Adam explains nutrition and I strongly agree with her views on home cooking, avoiding processed food and including children on every step of food preparation.
I really learned a lot with this course.
Simplistic. But so easy for anyone to watch and learn. I wish more people would take this course.
Good course for feeding children. very nice instructions. thanks to teacher.
Excellent course! I loved taking this course.Eventhough I did not learn much new, I got assurance via this course, that what and how I cook for my 2 year old is healthy and the right way. ;)While seeing some of the videos, I found it funny that I actually cook basically exact same way as Mrs Adams.
Amazingly simple yet full of information! This course on nutrition, including organic/holistic options, gives practical, easy-to-use ideas on healthy and enjoyable eating options not only for children but also adults. Recipes given are easy to use or adapt, and tasty as well! I highly recommend this course for anyone who wishes to have a well-rounded understanding of real, traditional (organic, grandma's kind of cooking) nutrition.
Very educational and easy to follow!
Some of the information from video to video was repetitive. However, I learned a lot about how organic food is good for people and the environment. Additionally, it was great to see how children can get involved in the kitchen and i hope that any parents who watch this try to get their children to be involved with a small garden or helping to prepare meals. Hands-on is the best way for kids to learn!
Very informative, helpful, and easy to follow and understand course. I've recommended this course to many parents.
Brilliant class. Fight the good fight.
It's very good but It should be given a certificate!!
Informative. I liked the demos. Enjoyed very much.
I really enjoyed taking this course. It was informative and easy to understand with the most elaborate diagrams/flow charts which provided a clearer picture of each topic and helped connect everything together. There were some great recipes that were healthy and simple which I picked up and will definitely be using in my cooking. This course is great for anyone who wants to be more informed about the food choices we make for our children and ourselves.
It is very helpful!!!
Great course for everyone who wants to learn more about healthy eating and how to promote it to your children
I loved it. You learn so much!
Thank you very much for providing this course, i have learned so much.
Amazing course! You don't need to be a chef, nutricionist or even have any kids to enjoy and learn valuable nutrition! I looooved this course!
Excellent class, it gave me good tips and encouragement to start cooking more healthy dishes.
Learned a lot from this course about eating healthy.
I love the teaching style that Maya provides. The diagrams are cute and engaging.A great course for those who are not used to eating healthy, and do not cook on a regular basis.For those who are already health conscious and enjoy cooking, this course may not provide you with much new information, but rather confirmed what I already knew and was taught as a child by your mother, or through learning how to cook healthy meals for yourself.
This was a great course with a lot of good information. I continue to use a lot of the suggestions that she gives in this course for my own benefit, as well as share with others. If you need some information about nutrition when it comes to children, this course will give you a great foundation to stand on!
Very useful! It can change many lives!
Great basic learning for everyone.
Both my wife and I are pleased to have come across a great course on Child Nutrition and Cooking. We happen to be aware as a family, but a reminder or new lesson is useful in the quest for a healthy family. Dr. Maya Adam is an excellent professor, one we trust immediately and can follow along. Thank you.
Loved it! Very helpful esp. once I become a mom!
Thank you for this excellent class. I knew all the intellectual aspects of it already, but the cooking demonstrations changed my life. I now feel like I know how to cook for my child, pack her lunches, shop for food together, grow a home garden and much more.
We don't have children, but I really enjoyed taking this online course on child nutrition and cooking offered by Stanford. Dr. Maya Adam did a very good job with the lecture videos, course content, etc. I just signed up for the Introduction to Food and Health course presented on-demand. You should join me on the journey.
Incredibly informative, definitely appropriate for beginners, but also useful for advanced readers in the field of nutrition, cooking or healthy living in general. The explanations are beyond great, even for people whose native language isn't English. In general, very very interesting and helpful.
Very comprehensive and informative!
I enjoyed the nutritional information provided and the way it was presented. I found the instructional recipe videos very easy to follow and fun to follow.
Very good info!
Relevant for me and my family.
This course is easy but useful!
Great Course. Easy to understand and follow.
Thank you.
I enjoyed taking this course because not only was it very insightful, but also easy to understand. The science behind the way our body processes foods is beautifully drawn and illustrated using charts and diagrams. It makes the course enjoyable and easy to follow.
easy to understand and very practical and useful in daily life.
It is a good course.I have learnt lots of fundamental knowledge about nutrition.Thanks very much!
Very useful to apply in daily life
This course is very useftul and attractive! It help me to sharp a healthy lifestyle and lead a happy family life
Good information, a bit basic though. I would've enjoyed a more in depth course.
Easy to understand and very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this course.
Changed my mind after watching the cooking. The course on nutrition is just "ok" but the teacher has a very skewed idea about what "healthy cooking" really is and fails to present with reasons for her recipe choices.Anyway I stopped watching the course, again, the nutritional part is fairly good but if you choose to continue the course at least make sure you keep searching for other points of view as well.Best of luck.
Heipful class especially for a working mom. Besides the knowledge, the lecture also demonstrate how to make meal or sweet treats. Very helpful!
This particular curse is an amazing reminder of what we all need from our childhood. My mum always cooked for me, and taught me to feed myself in the best way since I was 5 years old, after leaving home when I was 19 to live the adult life I let the easy fast food rule my life until I was a mother myself and had to go back to the healthy habits. So I adore this curse specially the way it's made! So real and simple. Love it!
Very good!! The teacher are so dedicated and smart!
An awesome course that not only teach us about nutrition but also many different recipes....The teaching method and the teacher used is the best!!!Really enjoyed.. :)
Great and conscious course.
The presenter is very confident and extremely passionate about what she is discussing. I have had a change of heart about how to take care of my child's diet. Usually the video presentations are great, very high quality, my only niggle is that sometimes the black screen PPTs go on for a bit too long, and can be repetitive. Overall a very good course.
This is the best course I've ever did on Coursera (and the only one that I've successfully completed so far!). The instructor is very practical and to the point in her explanations. Each session was very engaging and i appreciate the time taken for her to create the live/animated graphics. This never felt like a boring regular classroom session, most of them were shot in her kitchen, which kept the learner engaged. The tips and the cooking sessions are awesome. I don't have a kid yet, but will surely come back to this course when i have one. Kudos :-)
Too basic and too focused on 'farmers market' thinking.
It's a very helpful course ...Thank you.
Very well explained.
I loved it!
As a mother of a 5 years old kid,i found it so useful for my cooking.The course is easy to understand and conduct.The knowledge is very practical and the food introduced here are very healthy.Especially the freedom of the time.Thank you sooooo much!
Great course that teaches you the basic for a good child nutrition
Very good but basic information. This class covers some good solid skills everyone should have for reading labels and preparing their own meals at home.
It's a great course for parents looking for some nutrition advice for their children
very educational!
I don't even have a child; I'm in college, and the simple tips in this course helped me eat sooo much better this semester and even lose some of the freshman 15.
Excellent! I love this course so much. Its easy to learn and the presenter is so animated!
Great course!!! i learned so many things and now i see the in a different way the importance of a good nutrition to my kids..
i learned many simple recipes. thanks to you.
It is nicely described.Language and accent used is very much easy to grasp.Well categorized and presented lecture are helpful to memorize the information.
Great info and easy to understand!
Very interesting; very important course
I have enrolled in many classes on coursera, but can not finished any of them. Because they all get boring at the end. Its my 1st course that I have finished. Because from first to last, this course remain interesting to me and got no chance to be bored. M. Adam is the best course instructor to me till now (I wish I could do her classes live) because she knows how to teach on MOOC. This course is no only interesting but also highy educative. This course should start give certificate of accomplishment. Thank You :)
This was such an amazing course. It has helped me a lot!
Excellently done. Easy to follow and well organized. I learned a lot! It was a pleasure to see the professor so excited and passionate about the subject and about her family.I love the plurality of the subtitles. Surprised and pleased by the quality of them (korean is the only one I can vouch for).
This is a very useful and wonderfully presented course on child nutrition. This course has given me a good introduction on the various aspects of child nutrition in an extremely engaging manner. The author is very passionate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic about child nutrition. I love her way of presenting many key points with the help of sketches. She has covered this topic in a very holistic manner, even covering topics like sustainable cooking, gardening. I really like all her recipes. They are simple, healthy and delicious. Thanks to this course, I have now become quite interested in the world of fruits and veg,God bless the author and her family for enhancing the health and happiness of many people.
I absolutely loved this course. I learned so much info that I will actually be able to use.
great course
I loved this course!! It is very useful, this course has helped me and my family eat healthier!!
This course should be mandated for high school students. Awasome !
The knowledge I‘ve learned from this course is very useful and it makes for my family's healthy.
it was very educational and gave me great tips on how I should stay healthy.
This was an excellent course. It taught me about my own health and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who wants a no-nonsense, real-life class about nutrition.
very easy to understand and with lots of examples
Very nice layout of the course. Easy to
Fantastic cooking course! Maya really gets to the heart of what's wrong with our current habits when it comes to food choices. What a benefit!
I am already using the information i learned from this . I encourage every parent to take this course , Thank you,
This course was really interesting and helped me a lot, thank you very much!
Really inspired cursus.
easy to get .
This course is not only good and complete but necessary for all humans to watch, listen, learn and practice it in their day a day life. Kid's health is in our hands, and this course contains all the information we need to do the right thing with them. Thanks a lot!
While some of the information was a bit basic for someone who is a bit familiar with the material, it was an awesome review and I can see this providing a lot of great and wonderful information to someone who may not be as familiar. I would definitely recommend this course.
It's very interesting and helpful.
Very interesting！
It's a great course and I enjoy it a lot. I learned useful information and great tips and tricks. I love visual aids (the black board) and cooking demonstrations. However I had a strong feeling that it is designed mainly for learners from the US.
Great information and easy to follow.
Our whole class did this in comparison to other coursera courses, Generally we liked this one better than any other ones.
Simple, easy to follow, informative, approachable, supportive
Great course. Easy to understand if you do not have any background in nutrition. However, mostly basics if you do. I especially enjoyed the emphasis on local and organic as well as the cooking demonstrations at the end of each week. I learned some great things about local and organic food and came away with some new recipes!
Very good content and best described
I really enjoyed this course, the lectures are easily understandable and the cooking demonstrations are very inspiring. Thank you.
It is a really interesting course, it refers to the general public, with smart tips and quick recipies. Also, for those who know nothing about the sience part of lipids, carbohydrates and trace elements, in generall, it constitutes a very informative ''package'' for everyone. There is no specialaization in this kind of coures us I expected, because I am a food technologist, I kwnow most of the parts, but still it is really helpfull and interestin! Verry good job!
Pretty good, I like it! It is easy to understand and makes me want to try a more healthy life.
Excellent Class recommended for all individuals who cares for little ones growth.
It's very interesting to read all these informations.
Excellent course, well presented and full of great information. Thank you for taking the time to offer it.
This course is so lively and interesting! That explains are intuition and easy to understand the curriculum
i like this course.
It's wonderful!o(∩_∩)o
simple and easy to understand. it is also helpful to get knowledge in this way
This course gives you practical knowledge with regards to nutrition and cooking, its hard to tell if you fully completed the course and if its only completed after you've had 3 peer reviews done on your final project. There is no definite statement saying course completed.
It was really helpful and i enjoy it a lot!
It was fun doing this course and at the same time was quite informative. The small things matters most is what you realise and long time back Mahatma Gandhi has said most of the things especially the economic and ecological aspects of our food consumption and habits and has predicted the difficulties we would face. JC Kumarappa on Economy of Permanence is a good read in this regard. Excellent presentation and even a kid will watch it with great interest.
Very informative, thank you.
Definately, I will promote this course among my collegues.
Awesome, no words to describe
Loved the class, well explained and a lots of examples (recipes) giving us ideas on how to create our kids meals. Very simple, and very delicious; I already copy (cooked it for my family) from the class. It was amazing. Thanks.
I enjoyed the course overall. However, I wish it was a bit more informative. I know that the course was designed as simple and efficient as possible but personally, I wished that there was a bit more depth. However, enjoyable course overall.
Great lessons, great teacher!
Very good for parents who do
Good course for beginners, but those with higher levels of nutrition knowledge will likely: 1. Find it way too easy; 2. Find that the recipes actually contain rather unhealthy ingredients (e.g., always avoid butter--too unhealthy); and 3. Find the lack of vegetarian, vegan, low-carb, and other diet-lifestyles discouraging.
Maya is great teacher. In this course I liked very much that every video is 3-6 minutes long.Thank you
lots of information but in a simple way to understand. i feel like i have learned a lot here and will be trying some of the recipes on my children. Lets hope they are a hit!!
It´s too bad that no degree is awarded.
This was a wonderful course, very detailed and the meals turn out just the way she say they would, healthy and tasty.
Great training about preparing nutricious foods for kids.
It is a really great course and it was interesting and active.
i love it and hope to continue more courses like this
The course was very informative. I enjoyed doing this course.
Maya Adam is just amazing talking about Child Nutrition and Cooking. Her drawings are really wonderful, they are clear, colorful and enjoy the course as I've never seen it before. Her good mood and knowledges make you feel happier and interested in the course.Congratulation Mrs Adam, I hope you'll continue on this way and wish so much I'll enroll in other courses made by you.
I loved the course very informative
Awesome and easy to follow for parents and people interested in food and nutrition. I recommend this course to people who are not even parents but just struggling with weight or nutrition issues as it´s well made, easy to follow and not too time consuming or deep. Thanks.
Very good basic teachings that can get anyone with a family set to start cooking more nutritious and delicious meals for the whole family. I like how simply it is and how one can easily apply the knowledge to their every day lives.
Easy and inspiring course that teach us how simple yes to take care of our children.
This course is v.nice& useful. I gain so much knowledge
Excellent information presented in a clear manner. I was able to put many of the suggestions to use immediately.
I learnt a lot from this lecture.I love cooking and hope more people can enjoy it.
This a wonderful primer (or refresher) for anyone that wants to learn simple, effective, healthy strategies for eating. I found it useful for all ages, not just for children. Thanks Maya!
HelloI recommend this course to all who are interested in learning more about the health of children and how to eat healthy.It doesn't matter if you can't understand everything in english because you can use the subtitles.
I learned some new information in this course and was reminded of some healthy eating habits I had forgotten. I love that she cooks meals cooking show style. The class about how to stock your pantry for healthy eating was particularly helpful.
I enjoyed this course because it taught me about chemicals contained in processed foods, and showed me healthy recipes.
I enjoyed this course very much and found it to be a very good introduction to the science of nutrition and cooking. It wasn't focused on children as much as I thought it would be. I would have liked to know a lot more about portion sizes and calories intake, which weren't much discussed. I knew that some foods were good and others were bad... thanks to the course, I now also know why! I didn't find the course too challenging and thought that Maya Adams was a very pleasant instructor.
I am really disappointed with the content of this course. If what you're looking for is the most basic of information on making better choices and remembering to wash your cutting board after handling raw meat, maybe this course is for you. If, however, you come to this course wanting specific information about how to build great meals for babies, toddlers, and young children, or you'd like to know how their needs change over time, this course is not for you. I was hoping for information like how to teach your toddler to chew/eat difficult things (ex: whole apples). I wanted to know at what age/weight you switch to 2% milk. I wanted to know how many calories a meal should be based on height and weight and how that changes over time. I wanted to know medically verified tips on getting the right amount of each nutrient into a toddler's diet and what, if any, extra vitamins should be added. I wanted tips on weaning if you're still nursing a toddler... I guess I just wanted more.In addition, the quizzes are so easy as to be silly. Actual quiz question and correct answer: Which is NOT a good way to approach grocery shopping if healthy choices are desired? Answer: Visit the supermarket hungry and walk through the candy aisle first. COME ON! Did I need a Stanford University course to tell me that one?!?!?While the instructor is knowledgeable, this course is geared toward someone with NO knowledge, not someone who wants to gain a deeper understanding. The videos are painfully slow (am I waiting for a doodle here???) and I could read the entire course worth of transcripts in under a half hour rather than go through all of the videos. And the recipes... good god! I don't think that someone interested in learning more about child nutrition is needing a slow tutorial on how to make basic oatmeal on the stove top. If she'd upped the game- showed basics and then talked about the benefits of adding, say, chia seeds, different fruits, flax, etc. and how best to make a basic bowl of oatmeal into a complete breakfast, that would have been a useful topic.I'm just hugely disappointed. This course is best suited to perhaps a health department; not to someone seeking college level information about a topic that matters to their children's lives.
This course is enjoyable, and very helpful.
I loved this course. It was full of great ideas and amazing recipes that I shared with my friends. Thank you
It's good for people who are beginners in cooking.
Very interesting, informative and useful! Thank you very much for this course!
Simple, neat and wonderful explanation for food. I love this course and want to try to have some recipe.
I liked so much this couse, thanks!
Great course!! it's AWESOME!!!
I loved this course.It was easy and the personality of the teacher was so soft. I liked it and her too.Thank you very much.
Thank you so much!
Child Nutrition and Cooking was a pretty fun and easy course. As a stay at home mom and experience novice cook since childhood this class was more of a recap of basic cooking for me and a nice reminder of nutritional goals and current standards. I enjoyed it for my introduction to Coursera. Unfortunately this course didn't offer offer a certificate or statement of accomplishment in any form at the time I took it. :(
This class was very helpful in better understanding the nutritionnal values off various foods and how to best prepare them. It covers a wide variety of food related issues, such as the agro-industry, food safety, antibiotics, pesticides... and helps in atking informed decisions when preparing nutritious meals.
Great course, I am learning lots.
Great course. Good pace, great visuals. It's an amazing first step to know the basics (without getting bored) and it really make you want to know more and more. Great job!
Wonderful course! Easy, straightforward ideas to improve your life and some science mixed in to explain the "why" of it all. Very inspirational.
Lots of great information. I appreciate the time and effort that went into this.
Thanks a lot for this course! I've learned such an interesting and helpful information. All the best!
Great information showed in a very easy way to understand.
very useful~
I love that! Great tips, great ideas, great recipes!
I have finished this course and is really
Touches on multiple subject matters pertaining to food. Simplified in a thorough manner.
wonderful course, everything is simple and clear!
I love the course, even I am not a mother, but soon I will be, so I think this course really helpful. It gives me knowledge about how to give food to your family especially children. Start from choosing the ingredients up to cook it in a proper way.Thank You
Just amasing. I love this course!
My favorite parts from my course are when Mum Adams talks with us from her kitchen. It makes me feel like we are the kitchen together talking mom to mom. She is imparting helpful tips and tricks to be a good mom. The student was not as good at imparting that feeling of closeness.
I'm taking this course just out of curiosity and I'm loving it!There's a lot of information about food, how to understand what you're getting from the markets, how to be healthy in a world full of processed meals... it's pretty interesting! I'm also enjoying all 'cooking demonstrations' videos.Thanks for all the material and knowledge!Cheers, Thais
Very basic course, not too challenging to a non-american.
thanks very much for a very useful course! I am a mom-to-be, this course brings me a basic concept of food content and how to raise a healthy child.
A wonderful course! As a father and a sports Nutritionist I am always thinking how to make my son eat better healthier. Thank You Team Standford for putting together this great course.
be active and be healthy
The course is so interesting and helpful! Thank you for new ideas and inspiration!
Good evening, I'm from Mexico and I am a teacher in a School of Nutrition, however, I am Biochemical Engineer, the truth is that this course is very interesting and easy to understand, besides extending the criteria and me about this science. I appreciate the matching available online. Regards.
Definitely gave me and my the friends I've recommended to do this course, some well needed information. I must add that the recipes were easy simple and very much fun!! If there was a part two for this course, I would definitely sign up!
Really helpful with/o being a parent
Easy, simple and clear. Does not need extra learning time so you can do it even with a busy schedule.I think everybody should be aware and take in consideration eating aspects. Was totally happy with the course content.
Learned a lot of new things, very interesting course all 5 weeks!
This course is very useful and easy for me to follow it. I'll try to do some nutritive meal
Very well courses, I like it and all videos had very clear English language.:)
Amazing work from Maya Adam, MD. She is the best I have see here.
This is an excellent course for both adult and child nutrition. There are so many practical skills taught as well, such as learning about how to best combine flavor and basic seasonings to keep stocked in your pantry.
Useful and helpful strategies and information about nutritional cooking.
This is a great course. I take it every chance I get. This will be my third time completing it and every time I do, I not only refresh my current knowledge, but I learn something new, or relearn something that I had forgotten. I very highly recommend this choice. It has helped me make more positive and healthier choices
Very useful! Great lectures! Thank you!!
Fantastic course! Fab for anyone wanting to know more about nutrition for children and how to prepare meals that meet their needs.
Its educational. Good teacher. Thanks to great course, i had enjoyed :)
Thank you for the course. I have found it very useful.
Nice, easy and healthy recipes!
interesting, informative
It was very informative. Your basic nutrition and cooking class, but I loved the video demonstrations of the different meals. It gave me some great ideas to try with my own family.
Good course!
It's really amazing about the facts seen in the course videos.Learnt new things.
great,and useful.
an eye-opening course!!!
Wonderful course! As a first-time mum to a newborn, I appreciate Dr Maya's down-to-earth approach. Her bite-sized videos are perfect.
This course has helped me a lot to understand why our children need to eat better, how this helps in their growth and also how this encourages good family values. Thank you!
Very helpful. Thanks!
Very interesting course. Really good lecturer and well organised classes. Loved it!
It's a very interesting course! I found out a lot of things that I didn't know and I started applying the tips Maye gave! This makes a difference!
Excellent course if you want to learn the building blocks of nutrition and gain awareness of what commercial products are made from, what your kids (and you!) are eating, and much more healthy alternatives.
I like the structure of the course as well as its presentations.The instructors are very lively and creative in providing real-life information and materials.I suggest to have more courses with her that has a deeper understanding of child nutrition in various age groups.However, some of the cooking demonstrations do not indicate the temperature and duration of the heating.That's why I gave the course 4 stars.
Amazing! Great work :)
Great Course!! Very well explained, easy to understand and overall very useful information. I have learn a TON with this course and definitely i would recommend it to anyone concerned about their children nutrition.It would be great to see a Child Nutrition and Cooking 2!Great work.
This is a very good course, however it does not take into consideration certain details we learn in Nutrition. For instance the use of wood type instruments for cooking, they can hide microorganisms and the use of oil to fry when the best option would be baking.
Not very good nor scientific
pride if with family in learning
You learn a lot about nutrition without being overwhelmed.
Sounds interesting course.
Very informative Course.. Loved all the Cooking demonstrations and tried most of them.
It was a great course!
I enjoyed this class immensely
I loved it. Right to the point and simple!
Super useful! But I think it should have more chemical about the reactions of food in our bodies
This course is real, interactive and interesting. I learnt a lot
Great and easy explained with video's and drawings. Loved the cooking demo's for some fresh and homemade meals. Also great for families with no children since there are basic food facts everyone should know about. Quizzes are fun and informative and the time needed to follow up was enough even with deadlines.
Thanks to this course I buy healthful foods and cut my grocery bill by almost 40%. Tomato sauce and crepes are staples in our family now. I got really inspired to pack not only my children's lunches, but also my and my husband's brown bags. Thank you Maya and your team for improving our lives!
Very reccomended course if you want to learn the basics of nutrients and begin to change your nutrition habits and those of y
Absolutely amazing course. I really enjoyed it and it's so practical. I wish there were more of these courses around nutrition and cooking on coursera. Fantastic Instructor as well!
loved learning the great simple healthy recipes! Also great information for kids, teens, and adults.
This course has really been helpful for me and my family. I am soon to be a mother and it's great to know so many tips for a healthy diet.
Really useful. Very good lesson.
Thank you so much for such a great course Mrs.Adam!Being a mom of a little child is much easier now, at least at the kitchen! Now I can say that quality of the foods I buy will be higher and the quantity of the red meat we eat will be managed.Wish you success in your future project and health and happiness to your family!Best regards,N.U. Kurchakova
This is a great course for new parents who have no background on child nutrition. For those who are already familiar with basic nutrition, most of this course may be a review for you but there's some good information and facts to take away. I wish the instructor had a little more training/skill in the cooking segments (e.g. basic knife skills she said don't cut your finger but held the knife completely wrong, using the knife to point at different ingredients).
it's the core information that every parents or even every person should know about food & nutrition. this course has made me cook for our kids and plant our own veggies.
I found this course very much valuable for kids as well as other elder people. The teaching method was highly impressive and Dr. Maya Adam really inspired me. I wanted to give 5 stars but I found few things missing, such as food recipes were without quantity of items (especially in written format), gardening was described in a very short format (I felt that it required little bit more detail), market visits could be a very healthy and informative section, some experts advice & suggestion (including famous chefs), some discussion over food available and prepared in hotels/restaurants & also visits over there. Over all it's really a good course and I would definitely recommend to others. My all the best wishes to Dr. Maya Adam such a great work and hope see more from her.Thank you.Regards,Shoukat Shadat Ali
This class is awesome
I enjoyed the course and I cooked some of the dishes it is really taste great beside it is healthythank you!
This course reinforced what I know about nutrition and provided a more fundamental basis for the mechanisms at play. With a balance of facts with practical tips, this course avoids a lot of the extremes seen in most discussions on nutrition. Biggest takeaways:* The food that spoils the quickest is the best for us because the nutrients that pests want are the nutrients that we want too. As much as possible, choose unprocessed foods.* While this course is agnostic in terms of vegetarian or carnivorous diets, it suggests that most Americans eat more meat than is healthy for them and the environment.* As much as possible, eat a rainbow. Variety is key to getting a complete variety of the nutrients we need.* Plate size matters a lot* The fresher and more local your produce, the better it is for you and the environment.* Drink water and a lot of it
Clear and useful information. It worked really good for me that it was self-paced.
Informative and practical. I took this course because of my four year old picky eater. I got some helpful tips to help feed my child with heathy food with simple steps.
Very helpful!! I am not a mother yet, so luckily, I still have time to improve my cooking, haha!
Very nice and interesting course with a lot of useful informaion, easy to learn and understand. Thank you! Do you have part 2 of this course?:))
Great course with great info! Love how friendly the teacher is in the videos. Glad their advocating for sustainability, too!
I loved the course! Would reccommend it to all m friends, really isefull!
Really interesting. Love it!
this is the best course in United States of America. #Obama2016
This course is immensely informative, as well as fun! I loved the way Maya made things simple, with diagrams to accompany all of the the nutrition information. I hope she does more courses like these!
This course helped me understand more about the science behind foods. A lot of the content I already knew but it was nice to have a refresher. A lot of the recipes were great ideas (I have already made most of them before being introduced to this course). The videos that involved making the meals were a bit "dumbed down" for people who are not used to cooking but I like the cheerful attitude of everybody who came on screen.
Great course for beginners!
There's a little bit too much in the way of "buy organic!" when there's no evidence to recommend that but other than that a very nice course. I would recommend that they retool it to be more accessible to people on the lower income brackets. I got news for you, "almond flour" is not something most people are going to spring for when it costs several times what wheat flour does.
Teacher tells us many useful tips for cooking, which are easy to rememer and to do.
The pace of the course :) and the speed of narration was very good. In deed it makes anyone understand what is being conveyed. The graphics and animated narrations are fantastic and they talk more effectively.The demonstrations are crisp, complete and very clear and the push towards organic farming is very timely.The course also conveys a very clear message towards the family bonding which is lacking now a days.Many thanks Maya.
I only took this Course because I was forced too and I don't think it matters what you eat it's just how much you eat. You also don't need to eat lots of Vegetables and Fruit to be a Health person just saying .Plus this course is boring as hell
I found this course to be very helpful. It was informative and I learned new techniques to make meals more interesting. I would recommend this course for anyone interested in eating a more healthy menu.
This course is very good!
Got some great recipes. This was a fun course! Would like to know even more.
Nutrition is such an important factor to living well and reaching total human optimization. Living with young and growing kids, I took advantage of this free course to find easy-to-do recipes as well as becoming more educated on the benefits of eating natural, organic whole foods. My favorite parts of the videos were the scientific explanation and the illustrations that followed.
Every parent should take this course, it is a must for happier healthier kids
I liked this course. It is pretty simple, but very useful in everyday life (and not only for people who have children!)
very useful！
Each lecture is really enjoyable with typical nutrition facts presented in an engaging and fun manner! Cooking looks so much more fun in the videos!
This is class is practical, packed with great information on how to cook and eat healthy. I really enjoyed it!
I loved it.
Thank you so much for this easy, beautifully illustrated simple presentation of nutrition basics and lovely recipes!
It is very helpful and informative, especially for moms like me. I hope there will be more like these. Thank you Maya.
I really enjoy this course. It's useful and I learned I lot. Thank you so much.
It was a very informative course. Thanks to Maya and the entire coursera team.
so many things I couldn't agree with more!!! Thank you :)
A pretty solid course, though there does appear to be a degree of cognitive bias regarding certain farming methods.
Great course! Thank you!
i like this course very much....and this is my 1st course....
I love it! it's so fun and interesting! I learnt alot and I would love it if Dr Maya makes more courses.
I think this course is fantastic. Easy to understand, very informative and isnt too heavy.
I have no regrets at all in starting and ending this course! It is indeed a great motivation especially for me because I'm a semi-vegetarian and at the same time fond of organic food. I'll be always grateful to this learning experience! :)
This was a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging course that highlighted some pertinent aspects of child nutrition, which will in turn I believe help your child foster a positive relationship with the food they consume as youngsters into adulthood. Some highly practical cooking techniques were explored and as a new father I feel more confident in the food we buy, prepare and feed our son. A very valuable course.
Brilliant!
Loved it.
Nicely done. Only thing is its very 'American'. A lot of the recipes and tips are too elementary. Would have loved some more ideas on what to cook/ how to cook etc.
Change my lifestyle completely!
Course content is balanced with demonstrations and charts, along with quizzes. Enjoyed it.
Light but insightful. The course felt very humanized, as something anyone can relate with, so it feels like you are learning things that apply to your day to day lifestyle. Even thou I had a major understanding of the field, I still really enjoyed the class.
Great!
Informative, bite-sized chunks of useful information.
I find this course very useful, even if you do not have kids, like me. I would like to study more courses of nutrition after having taken this one. Thank you!
Great course!. I enjoyed every single video. All of them were helpful and interesting. Many thanks for coursera and thanks the lecturer for this amazing course.
I loved all of the recipes and cooking demonstration
Excellent for mothers to learn about healthy nutrition for her kids
Very Good course to know about nutrition, healthy cooking ways and child care.
My favourite course in Coursera! I was really surprised by this course. It’s a pleasant learning opportunity for people who want the best for their kids and it helps to promote healthy eating habits in their homes. Maya is an excellent teacher and all the staff made an wonderful job. Thank you for the opportunity!
This course helped me to solve some questions i had about nutrition. It also helped me with lots of techniques to include vegetables and healthy food at home. My 9 years old boy tested a cucumber yesterday with salad dressing! i couldn't believe that was possible. It's easy to follow and encouraging. Thank you.MG. from Venezuela.
Great
easy to understand
Education was beneficial to my everyday life. I help but revert back to the lessons taught when it comes to my diet, and the little ones that run around our house. Being a chef I was always looking for better ways to enhance the diet of adults, and taking care of a child's diet is just as pertinent to any dining experience. I would suggest this course to anyone, and though it may seem easy. The diagrams and lessons will stick with you through every meal.
Fantastically simple and informative. Been putting it into practice over the past few months with students in my classroom to get them more engaged in cooking and eating.
This course is very easy to follow and yet useful. I can really apply the knowlege and techniques in my own diet habbits and stay healthy.
This course was wonderful! I really learned a lot. Thank you for this great opportunity.
I loved taking this course. The instructor was fun to watch and she seems really nice, I wish I could meet her and her darling children. I learned a lot and I am happy that I was able to take the course at my own pace.
I loved every single moment of it, especially the cooking demonstrations. i am not a mom yet but i hope to be soon, in the main time i would apply all i have learnt to my self. Thank you so much
Great course, i love the way how you explain
Informative and well-presented =]
I learned a lot about nutrition not only for me but for children. I work with children and it is nice to be able to give insight on nut
It`s a very informative course as well as providing students with practical cooking demostrations. It is mainly focused on children but all the family benefits from healthy meals and habits,Highly recommend
very good way to remember about nutricion and diet
It is simple as anyone can follow, yet deep in knowledge and expertise. Thank you for preparing sucha a course.
Friendly, fun, clear and helpful.I loved it.
Easy, light, fun. A great experience!
A good introduction to child nutrition. I would recommend to anyone looking to learn about nutrition for children and the family.
I LOVE IT! GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR MY FAMILY NUTRITION!
Excellent course. Highly recommended
Amazingly simple reasons and ways in which we can keep children's food nutritious and healthy!
why are give me cartuficate
Excellent course, pleasant, easy to follow and informative. It is also set at the nice pace and consistency. Thank you!
This is surprisingly a very great presentation of a course. Even though I am an adult, I really want to make healthy dishes for myself, and Dr Maya Adam is a really great lecturer and a mom. I hope that Meditation course from University of Virginia learn from this course on how to present an interesting online course. Thank you again Coursera for making my knowledge broader, and possibly change my life in the future.
The course is simple and approachable by all. This course is practical, mixing simple science with statistics, rules of thumb, and cooking demonstrations that most anyone can follow.
My kids and I enjoyed this course. I have been recommending this to my families and friends.
Very useful thank you very much learned alot
Super course! Recommend to moms who want to feed their children with healthy food!
This course refreshed my knowledge, and I also learned many new aspects on nutrition for children. This course is useful for me who is a new mom and preparing to go back to work soon. The summary and graph are vivid and fun, which help the students remember the concepts easily. Thank you for offering the course.
I extremely enjoyed the couse. It changed my view of cooking! And I do appreciate the vivid illustrations and useful skills provided in the le
I really enjoy how in-depth the lessons are. I have four small children and have learned that they eat and drink what we do because they love to mimic us as their role models and if we would not want a bunch of junk in our bodies why should our children. This world is so fast paced and fast food junkies yet we can still make even small choices that are healthy for us like maybe a grilled chicken or a salad if we absolutely have to have something while out. Otherwise it's much better and cheaper to cook at home and have family time
A really interesting course and very helpful when it comes to eating. Not only for children but for oneself too. There course gives you theory and recipes which is a good combination to emphasize the understanding
I love this course very very much... i think the lecturer, Maya Adam has done a very good job for making this subject interesting,... I also like the way she explains stuff... she makes it so easy understandable! I hope she will have more course to come.. will defintely enroll again! Please notify me if she has any new upcoming course!! Well done! =)
I loved this course! It was amazing and she really teaches you the basics of cooking for children and suggests wonderful options for people with Celiac's disease!
Very useful nutritional and food information structured with care, combined with common sense advice to apply in every household.The whole package is served with delicate ambient music, practical recipes and kitchen advices, and last but not least, with love towards children and family.One might find inside some controversial aspects as maybe too much frying, cooking in aluminium foil presumed to be bad, using sugar when cooking, but everyone is free to adapt the content to his own perceptions, fears and style. The main philosophy proposed, the moderation, is a keeper though.I just loved taking this course
A very information-packed course, easy to follow and very worthwhile. Thank you :-)
Quite basic but some tips are useful to know.
This course has a lot of valuable info. Things are making sense for me. Sometimes you hear that certain things are healthier and you don't understand why. The instructor does a great job a
It was perfect and i learnt a lot, j wish i had a certificate or sort of reference to show i have completed it. Thank you
great course
So many important informations. Great teacher, illustrations and recipes!
Very useful course.It should have contained few food recipes of different countries.Great learning about child nutrition.Thanks n regards.
lessons were simply taught, easy to follow and instructor was delightfully pleasant. I learnt a lot!
It is a great course that mix between medicine and cooking, my two favorite things! I liked the lecturer Dr Maya, she has a meaningful way of showing her course information in s simple way.
This course was very informative and the subjects were explained in a clear manner. The recipes are great too!
Loved it, also loved that it was self paced.
Fun to watch and learn! Thanks a lot for an easy to follow course.
I found it brilliant! Via this course people can understand in a simple way the difficult terminology of the nutrition and the part with the recipes was very helpful and cheerful especially for people who want to begin cooking simple, tasty and healthy food. Thank you for providing me such a wonderful course!
Enjoyed the course. Has lots of visuals, which helps a lot to memorize all the information presented.
This very well structured course takes you through the basics of nutrition and then applies them to your family's diet. This course not only shows you what good nutrition is compared to the unhealthy elements, this course actually shows you how to cook great meals step by step. I especially loved hearing all about the psychology of supermarket planning to accomplish sales. Inform yourself and enjoy great food the healthy way . . . together!
This course indicated to me how important and irreplaceable is healthy eating during children's growth and development. Also, cooking for your child is a beautiful way to spend time together, express love and stimulate your child to develop good habits. During this course I've learned how to easily make several healthy meals and how to deal with everyday problems and healthy eating. Also, I got familiar with some crucial facts like reading nutrition facts labels and the huge impact of processed food on our health and environment. Thank you very much!
I very much enjoyed this course and I learned so much! Very simple, easy to understand, but highly informative and valuable information. I would actually take this course a second time as a refresher because I liked it so much! Instructor was very clear, easy to understand, and pleasant to listen to. Her videos were also relaxed and fun which helped keep me interested.
This was an amazing experience for me. The teaching method was an absolute pleasure for me as a leaner. Great graphics and short lessons worked perfectly for me. It was as if I just didn't want the course to finish. Well I guess what I am trying to say is, I not only learned so much, but I enjoyed the learning process. It was all smooth for me. Keep the strategy up! Many
Clearly state what we should do, why we should do that and provide simple solutions. No hard and confusing terminologies. Also, scenes like families eating at the dinner table is really touching.
Love it!!!
This course was one of the best that I have seen
It was too simple for my taste and not very fullfilling science wise
I liked the course, however it was too basic.
Excellent course...really enjoyed learning about healthy eating alternatives for children and how to involve them in the process of cooking. The class got me motivated to practice these great habits with my family. :)
I loved this class! It taught me a lot and was easy for me to pick up where I left off with my busy schedule. I'm so excited to try these recipes and all that I learned with my family!
Interesting class with great practical tips. The instructor encourages eating only the highest quality food, but is also realistic about what her audience will be able to obtain. The recipes make healthy cooking less intimidating.
Really useful as a CPD platform or as a parent wanting to research
I love Child Nutrition and Cooking. So educational .
I enjoyed taking this course. I have learned several *new* things about buying, preparing and cooking food. The videos are straight-forward and the content is presented in a clear and concise way.
the lady, her way of talking, her illustrations.. out of the world!
A long-time practitioner and a loving mother provides science-based learning about child nutrition. The content was very interactive and accessible. She not only conducts research in this area but also applies it to her daily life.
Excellent Course for me!!Thank you very much Maya! You help me a lot whith all the information, mainly because I've a baby and love to make helthier foods for him!
awsome for my wife , we need it!!!!
I felt like a lot of this information was VERY basic, and then I consider the people around me and how little they know about food and nutrition. Someone like my niece who is young with an infant would definitely benefit from this course. I like the way the information was presented, very easy to comprehend. Overall I'd recommend this course if you are interested in knowing a bit more about nutrition regardless if you have a child.
This was a really good course. The information was useful and down to earth and the Tutor was friendly with her presentation. I recommend this course to lots of people, friends and colleagues.
This was a good introduction to Coursera for me. Some of the information I already knew, but it was good to learn the "why" behind some of it. There were a few of the quizzes that contained questions from videos that hadn't been covered yet. Her information about food allergies was good, I would like to see her offer a class on just that topic.
Very beneficial. I LIKED IT. Deserves 10 stars indeed.
Excellent course. I have learned so many ways to cook healthy food.
The recipes shared are simple to follow...
this is the course that no one can afford to miss
Awesome course!
The modules are rampant with bias against "big food," without considering the science. On the other hand, if you take the course as a whole, then yes, the population would be better off if we all followed the suggestions contained in this course than if we continue on our current path for how we consume food. So the general idea is not without merit. However, I would have expected better from a Stanford faculty member. What is being taught should be just the science, without opinions or biases.
I love it that course.It is very interesting for me and I learn a lot of food and nutrition.
A good mix of theory and practice!
Very informative, easy to learn, and love the videos! I want my kitchen to look like the professor's!
Loved it
I found this course very helpful because of its advice on nutrition foods
Very interesting course
Very helpful in nutrition, not just for kids, but in general. Made me more aware of some of the processed junk I've been putting in my body
It was very interesting and informative course. One becomes more aware of what he/she consumes.Thank you!
The best !!!
This course was very interesting and informative!
highly recommended. very informative and very interesting. and maya a truly a great lecturer.smooth class.
Interesting course
this course is very simple and specific, very important to parentsthanks for all team
Thank you very much! It was very interesting and useful for me! Perfect!
Very interesting course. Many things I already knew it because I usually ook at home.
I love this course. It really help me put my family's health into perspective. Months later I still review models and let others, especially moms, know about the course.
the course is so great. I learned a much about nutrious diet which i have to feed to my littel sister. As a pedietrician these information i will teatch them to every mother in my clinic. Thanx alot . I appretiate your hard efforts.
Great course - I think there could be more on different grain types and alternatives to pasta and potatoes. Also the videos can be speed up during the drawings. Sometimes the sound changes awkwardly during the parts were there is only drawing.
Wonderful, very informative. Thank you for a great experience.
very informative and makes eating better exciting.
Gave me a better understanding about how food works and the different influences on human health. Really easy to understand content as well.
It is easy but useful course for everyone, especially for mums. I really love the teacher who is beautiful and knowledgeable lady.
Great course! Very informative and just simply put with great examples and step by step talk through.
very lovely and easy to understand
Great course with fabulous teacher. I still want to learn more!
I really enjoyed the passe and the visual stimulation. I appreciate that Dr. Maya Adam made the lecture personal by sharing her experiences and including her family in the videos. Thank you and I look forward to completing more courses especially if Dr. Adam is the presenter.
Perfect course
I really enjoyed this class. The teacher is very upbeat and interesting as well. Lots of good recipe instructional videos. She also breaks nutritional information down until its easily understood. Thanks!
Good and clear content. A bit from an American point of view... I missed some in depth explanation (like the class of the nerv-system or the Glycemic index). Overall easy to watch and good lessons.
Excellent introduction to child nutrition.
Worst course ever. I stopped partway through. Too many links to outside stuff. Tests/quizes were not based on what was presented in the lessons. Test design is horrible, too many negative questions. Glances over the good true information about nutrition to tell us about free range farms, farmers markets, etc., which most people do not have access to or can not afford.Giving it 1 star is being nicePeople who sponsored it should get their money back.
Interesting and informative. Contained a wealth of very useful knowledge about Brain Science, and it was delivered in a quiet, calm, and clear fashion. Simply excellent. Nicely done !!
Its Awesome
Good science, great explanations, simple recipes with tips and advice. Strongly recommended to people with little/no cooking and/or science backgrounds - especially new university students and parents. However, I would not consider the professor (she is a doctor though) a skilled chef - while her recipes are great and simple, the techniques she uses are perhaps not the best, given that she is conducting a course that's nearly 20% cooking demonstrations. I would strongly suggest consulting a Jamie Oliver book/video, or Michael Smith to augment this course.TL'DR: Great science and explanations, good recipes, could have used better cooking techniques. Good for uni students/healthy eaters.
Simple and useful information about nutrition. Very interesting!
Course is clearly and included lots of information.I am clincal dietetician so I can confirm that all of information are true.The teacher are prepared and watching her was my pleasure.I am recommend that course.
The tips and principles are quite useful even for a different cultural background. I recommended this course to a friend who just had her baby back then.
Very very interesting, and practical in home cooking for working mothers, , give important tips of nutrition about mixing food o all types, speaking of technical issues, video is very good quality, the teacher is clear, and production is very attractive and well created.
The course is very helpful not only for Child Nutrition, but Personal Nutrition as well. The course content was very interesting and easy to follow.
Exсellent course for mothers.
Interesting and informative!
amazing course.I really enjoyed listening to all information. Every day I try to cook something from recipes given. My 2 year old son loves them!!!Thanks
very informative
I leaned alot of new information I will share with my family and at the preschool I have worked in for 25 years. Really enjoyed this course.
A little too basic but it was a good class. Thanks!
I found it very basic. There were lots of repetition. I was expecting something more in-depth. Loved the graphics though.
This is an excellent course for parents! You can learn many simply tips that will have a profound impact on the way you cook for your family. Cooking healthy food doesn't need to be more expensive or more complicated that not so healthy options. Very recommendable! Maya is a great host.
Very interesting and pleasant to follow.
Loved this course!
The course has completely changed my approach in cooking food for my kids and family. Kids are much more satisfied after each food and they don't reach out for junk food. Thanks for giving valuable information about food and this is going to stay with me for rest of my life.
very good to be in healthier side after watching 1 week course.
Excellent course. The material presented was not difficult to comprehend. I highly recommend this to parents who are in a quandry every night when the question, "what's for dinner?" presents itself. More than the content, I was most impressed by the manner in which the course was taught. Instead of a "talking head" format, the instructor used a variety of techniques to present the material, including teaching the majority of the class from her kitchen, using an interactive "blackboard" to illustrate concepts while she spoke and lots of cooking demonstrations. Kudos to Stanford for producing such high quality content. I have started a lot of Coursera courses and this is the first one that I've been able to complete because the content kept me engaged.
Fun and informative.
It was fantastic! I loved every minute of it!!!!!!
Fun course. I learned a lot about nutrition and got quite a few easy healthy recipes. This course actually inspired me to cook for my family.I'm hoping there's a second part that will come out in the future.
is very useful and interesting
It is the first time I can hear directly about the importance of 'child nutrition' in every day life setting. I do thank for this introduction, thanks to the Stanford University for this interesting online course. I do hope that there will be more friends of mine in Indonesia that also should pay attention to this great source of learning
Amazing course! So positive, informative and engage learning. I want to watch and to learn one by one videos/ course materials with Maya Adam. She is perfect Teacher! Thank you
Great
I loved this course, the explanation, the cooking ideas, everything! Highly recommended!
A wonderful over view of nutrition for children.
Very helpful. I will apply what I learned to m
It's an excellent course for new moms who are worried about feeding right our children. Maya is really nice, and all the information provided is really helpfull and easy to do in our lifes. Thank you so much for taking the time of doing this course for us.
I absolutely loved this course! I learnt so much from it!
love the way this course is taught!, really enjoyed hope nice& sweet she is .
Practical and simple way to live and give nutritional and family values to our children.
It is an excelent course. Congratulations. I hope find more courses about nutrition. Thank you.
Good Course, but I was not able to get a certificate for completing it.
Learning so much. Thanks!
The course is appropriate for all ages. It helps me prepare not just food for children, but for others as well. It also provides detail scientific explanation of nutrition. The course is a very practical one.
very good advices!!
This is a useful and clear course for understanding food, nutrition and the role they complete in our life and healt.
Thank you very much for nice work, big effort and open my mind. Thank you so much
I had really enjoyed this course!
Great information, great tips and a great teacher... Thank you Maya
An amazing course for everyone who is concerned about children's health and well-being
Lovely structure of the class combined with illustration, interview and cooking is the best part of this class.The contents are very helpful as well!I really recommend this class whoever wants to know about nutrition and change your diet habit to healthy way.
Very useful for people who want to have a more balanced diet.
Great course!. Content was clear and precise. I would have loved to learn more recipes for kids.
Good for public education with general nutrition knowledge integrated with environmental protection, practical behaviors and cooking exercises.
I don't have any children, but I decided to do this course to gain basic knowledge of nutrition and how to sustain a healthy lifestyle for myself. This course was fantastic for me. The recipes that were given - I use on a weekly basis. The notes I took from the course - I look over often to refresh my memory. I highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn about a healthy lifestyle that then can be passed on to children.
am doing diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care. This course has helped me lot about providing healthy and safe food for children!
I love this course ! It teaches you what can be in your child's food, drinks, what they should have on a regular basis and the kind of routine that you should set up for them so they can get used to eating healthy foods instead of fatty, greasy foods from fast food places. I would recommend anyone who is thinking about working with children in their career to take this course. It really will help you and your family with eating healthy every day.
great course concise and percisethank you for everything:)
I loved this course ! Thank you !
I think this course should be required for anyone who wants a healthy family. The instructor is amazing, not only is she charismatic, but very knowledgeable and caring. The information in the course is presented in away that is easy to comprehend and apply in life. There's not much more I can say besides - I'm happy I took this course, I'm happy it's been offered to me and my family is a happier family with this information I've learned
loved most of the information. totally loved the recipes and really hope that my grandchildren will
Incredibly good, sane and necessary course.
nice basic overview of easy to use tips for healthier diet
Super presentation and very good information
Thanks!
It is very useful
this course is very useful if you want to learn about something that majority of people(not including me) don't care about, and is based on out-dated info and opinions of a high middle class, house mom. this course is a waste of data. someone get some actual statistics here.
It is a good course to general people and even to who have some specialization, to relax and practise English if it is necessary.
Thanks very muchIwish i can take a certificate for this course.
Great and absolutely well done
Super clear, short & fun introduction to nutrition
I really love this course!
Informative without being preachy. Cute, entertaining drawings.
This is a course that shows, in a practical and funny way, fundamental nutrition concepts. I recommend to take it even if you do not have children, but you are interested into understand how our bodies processes food and how eating healthy could be easier than you ever imagined.
loved it learned lots of new things and my family is eating healthier everyday
I love the cooking demonstration most and the easy-to-understand explanation really helps me a lot to prepare my Food.
I loved almost every episode of this course. They are very different: some are practical, some are very informative and all of them are easy to get. The course is simple and i would say basic especially for those who have decided to change food behavior, but does not know where to start.
Nicely organised and content rich course; helps to know a lot about child nutrition.
This course was a great refresher for basic nutritional/health information, and comes with a really great message: don't worry if you're not a great "chef", basically any home-cooked meal will be healthier than fast or processed food! I enjoyed the cooking demonstrations and simple solutions for making healthy choices.
I enjoyed the course.
Nicely done!
Very good. Nice choice of person to teach this course Her knowledge and soothing voice and occasional cameos of her kids made this very easy to absorb, relate and want to learn more. My next shopping trip to the store was 90% more healthier than before. I made better decisions about what I want to feed my family....especially my 2 year old granddaughter that pretty much loves all veggies and fruit. Great time to influence her eating habits.
Very interesting and handy. I'm Spaniard, so most of the things are basic for me such as the use of onion and garlic in meals, and the use of street market for shopping vegetables. But the recipes were fantastic and since I'm a mother of a 1-year-old child, I will put on practice soon. Thank you!
I have loved this course. It is the perfect mix between nutrition, recipes and usefull tips for a better eating. I am so happy and I have learned a lot!
Very useful and easy ! I just love Maya!
maya adams class is very informative
Great information to use in my classroom as well as with my son at home!!
As a college student I really appreciate how many of the tips shared are simple and can be implemented on a day to day basis. A lot the recipes and ideas shared do not require really fancy equipment or ingredients I've never heard of, are super expensive, or hard to find. The instructor truly cares about students leaning how to cook for themselves and eat healthier and provides information to do so without judgement. Her passion is clear and I love how she promotes little steps and not some drastic change that can eat up all of your energy and focus to implement. Thank you!!!!
Really good!! I enjoyed a lot!! ;)
great course and great teacher :D
fantastic and informative course and good for the health
Good Lessons and solid ideas for all ages, all income levels. Good Job.
its pretty good
I enjoyed the mix of videos, demos and visually-oriented lectures. I learn best when I can see little drawings with main points, so that style of illustration was perfect for me. I appreciated the human touch as well, being able to see the instructor at home in her own kitchen, with her own children. Thank you!
I would like to recive a certificated
I really learned a lot. My baby is still 4 months old and I'm practicing to eat and cook healthily. I started reading labels and researching healthy alternatives of food. The way the information was presented was simple yet elegant. I'm hoping this course will have more lessons. I really enjoyed the current lessons.
A very educating course.
Informative and helpful!
On demand format was great for a stay home mum and all the cooking tips were very useful.
This course is great!! And fun too...I learn many thing that I've overlooked for these years, just like nutrition label and soon. This course tell me the basic knowledge of healthy meal and the importance of making my own meal. Unfortunately, this course is pretty much short like the other...It'll be SUPER if the content of the course could be extended a lil' bit (or a lot more is better though :p)
The best course I have ever had the opportunity to participate in.
I enjoyed the course. I would like a course that teaches the next step in Nutrition.
I love it, i learn a lot. Im now using the tips she gave to give my little baby the best food i can make. Thanks a lot for this course
Couple things I didn't agree with, but for the audience in mind I think it's very solid and has a wonderful introduction to child nutrition or just to grasp nutrition in general.
Very helpful tips!!!
This is what I was looking for! I found it very thorough, easy to understand and very practical course. Very grateful to the coursera and Dr Maya Adam for this wonderful course! :)
Every mother should do this course .
Thanks for all the advices, It was great to learn how to cook healthy.
Well,I learnt a lot not only in cooking meal,but also in getting nutrition in healthy way.
I enjoyed this course very much. This has helped me understanding many basic things about food and what is important for my kids. There are many little helpful tips. As a working mother with 2 little kids, it's so much better to have seen these videos of "simple cooking", than watching cook shows in TV that make cooking so complicated (by learning nothing) and tiring. Thanks for this great course and your effort in improving the health of kids of the world! Best regards, Huiyan Roy, a Chinese German mother
Really informative, if every parent had taken this course before having children the world would be healthier. Also a great class for adult nutrition as well! Thanks for including recipes, I would love some more cooking demonstrations!
Good One!!
A very good course and so apetizing !
I really enjoy the food preparation and the important facts about our body, about our food intake habits. thank u a lot Maya.
I am a professional Chef and was really helpful for me to get some new view about cooking and using ingredients more careful.
The structure and the material taught in this course is excellent. The instructer is a very good teacher.
I totally recommend this course, it's didactic, fun and very useful. Even though it's plan for 5 weeks, I get in whenever I can. It's really motivating to change your habits for good.
very interesting and helpful,,,,,,,easy to learn,,,babies are so cute
I like how everything was clearly explained; besides, I think the teacher focuses on things (such as having a own garden or cooking one's chicken breast) which are really useful because they are affordable and they are easy to get used to. She doesn't talk about radical targets which are difficult to follow but quite common sense ones.
I found the experience on the course totally enjoyable. It gave me the opportunity to develop my passion for learning about preparing healthy meals and organizing my kitchen in a relaxed way without any pressures.
I found it very accessible. I am a student in Nutrition and this course allowed me to understand other areas that my current course does not provide. Thanks!
good course
This is a fantastic course!
Good overall course, basic and got me interested in cooking again!
Condescending, not backed up with evidence and preachy. Somewhere in there are some good ideas for making healthy food for kids but given I'm probably of similar politics to what they're pushing and I found it obnoxious I think they're alienating a lot of people. Must do better.
Very useful course! Take part of it weather you have children or not, beacuse all of us need a reminder about healty living!
This course has really good information. Very simple and straightforward and I am happy to say that I am using lots of the tips and ideas with my boys. I did find that some of the tips given were a bit unrealistic however it still makes you want to make better choices about food and your family.
Great Class! Wish that the quizzes were more difficult -- they were very straight forward and common sense. The cooking videos inspired me to cook with more variety in my own meals.
Great course
Good for everyone
it's a very great course, if you want to learn some basic knowledge about nutrition and how to cook a balanced diet for your children, this is the best course you can get.
Very interesting course. It has a lot of potential to develop interest among those who aren't really fascinated with cooking. Looking forward to many more courses by Dr.Maya Adams.
Great course! I wish there was a statement of accomplishment available when I complete it.
clear and easy for me to learn the cooking
Nice course about eating suggestions and good recipesIt could be useful giving details on how making a diet for children, with information about calories they need and so on
I feel very happy to receive this course. Thank all of you to give us such a great opportunity.
This is a very friendly course. It is complete and easy to follow. I highly recommend it.
Really good video lectures! Pedagogical and with many interesting examples. Could have been a bit more of the statistical stuff in som form of interactive exercises.. Perfect for a first grasp on the field of human behavioral genetics!
Highly recommended. I loved the structure - I could watch a lecture every morning on my commute and do a bit of reading over my lunchtime. Matt McGue was a great lecturer who broke down complicated topics into easy to understand chunks. I'm a Psychology beginner but I got a lot out of this course and most of all I really enjoyed it. Definitely give it a go!
This was a superb course. Very accessible for the non-specialist. Matt McGue is an excellent lecturer and very clear and conscientious about his subject. I feel I have a stronger grounding in behavioural genetics and am using much of the research in the classroom today. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the influence of genetics on behaviour.
Amazing... Thank you for beeing so pationate by the topic and keeping such complicating information so simple and clear.
Totally awesome! Great content, great techer, all videos are very well organized and well-thought. There is no need to have any previal knowledge in genetics nor psicology, it is meant for anyone who wants to look at the world and people differently!
"much better than the data science with R concentration provided also by John Hopkins. This course has concrete examples, and the lecturer doesn't treat his audience like the first-grade kids." I take this back. The lecturer doesn't know what he's taking about and what he is gonna talk about for at least half of the time.
Thankful that a course like this exists, as most MOOCs are quite basic. And thanks to Coursera for running the courses even though attendance seems to be low (darn, that pesky calculus pre-requisite). Lecture quality is varied--some quite good (such as the lectures in Boot Camp I) and others seem like he hadn't looked at his notes for a long time. It's great to hear a stats professor talk about the strengths and weaknesses of many approaches. It complements a mathematical statistics book quite well. It would have been nice to have had some problems that were more challenging. Overall, while the Johns Hopkins Data Science MOOCs are pretty good, they are a bit more basic than what's available through MIT and Stanford.
It was very challenging. It would be better if a couple of practice exercises were put after the relevant lecture videos and not just after the weekly lecture videos.
This course should be part of the Data Science specialization. Actually, you can supplement the Statistical Inference course with these two Boot camp courses really well!A great revision of statistics, very rigorous and thorough cover of all distributions and hypothesis tests.
The concepts are good but the delivery is quite dry. Very hard to pass the quizes, as there are no analogies or examples in the videos - just theory. I did not enjoy this course as much as I did the first two in the programme.
Great course
This course was a complete joke. Many practice quiz questions and even test questions had wrong answers marked as right so you had to re-write test over and over until you guessed which one of the wrong answers was right. Also, there was a theme of lazily worded questions and answers throughout the entire course. There is always a way to write in non ambiguous ways, it just takes some effort. Very frustrating to decipher the lazily worded questions. Someone should have proof read this course. I feel like an idiot for paying for it.
Thank you very much. It was very useful course and lecturers provided very insightful information. I look forward to participate at your next course. All the best.
good courses, easy to understand
If you look for improving your communication skills, then this course is for you.
This Course is great for beginners, and it helped to improve my English considerably.
Course is interesting but the quality of the videos sometimes not very good
Its a great course, right from the root.
It is a great course.Thank you
Very nice and perfecct. thanks sor the good course
not good enough!
Thanks all coursera team for their nice and helpful guides and information.Kind regards
This course is one of the best courses i have taken so far.
The course is awesome! I love their video classes.
Thank you very very much for this effort
very good courseThank u so muchST
I recommend this course. It has been a great experience learning the basics of Business English.Very well paced, amazing context.
I think it's a very interesting course, well focused on the strategies to arrange an effective communication.
it was a very good content with high level of knowledge
very clear, useful course about communications in business, basics of the basics.
discussion thread should be answerable and solution to the test should be available...all other things are good.
Very efficient course, now I can feel change in my communication.
I liked the course very much. All the lessons are interesting and informative, the group discussions give opportunity to know the point of view of other students
It is hard to be constructive when you do have something brilliant to compare with.The very first thing to say is that the course is presented through poorly drawn cartoons for 5-year-olds and ineffective lecture videos with little or no eye contact with the instructors. The presentations are filled with strange icons and drawings appearing every here and there, making not much of a professional impression.After watching videos, in just about 5 minutes after the lecture is over, the retained information was always going to zero. Sometimes I had to rewind the video to retrieve the points they were trying to make. Or maybe I just didn't want to listen to them. But it seems impossible due to the fact I am interested, and I do finish every course on Business writing I run into. Always with 100% final grade.The overall demeanor is not as professional as it has to be. I recommend the designers to watch "Write Professional Emails" with Gerry Landers by Georgia Tech and "Teach English Now!" with Dr. Shane Dixon by Arizona State University. I do not normally remember the instructors' names, except for brilliant ones. I do not remember the ones of this course.I do hope my criticism will eventually lead to a better experience for your students. I apologize if I was overly direct and wordy.Regards,Rafael
I've learned a lot about business, as well I enhanced my English skills.I recommend this course for everyone who intends to improve their English skills.
Very useful and well-organized course. Highly recommended!
Its nerve racking....it keeps one on the toes
I enjoyed the course. It was a challenge for me to have spoken assignments. But I did it. Thank you I learned a lot.
Great Course Thank you
Iam lahcene ifind this courses befor begin it very nice so iwould to focused it withe learning mucht timesBest RegardsLahcene
fantastic course from which I learnt a lot！！
I could improve my speaking in this course.
Interesting and attracted course. I learn the ways to confidence and effective in business speaking, so far. I hope to get more experience from this course to make me stronger in English communication environmental. Thanks
I really liked the course and how it is designed, I think it is very useful to get familiar with aspects related to pronunciation , intonation and rythmn. Most courses only provide useful expressions and specific vocabulary but this course offers the possibility of sounding natural and fluent in business environments.
grreat
Great approach and content sharing.
Good for someone who has no idea of anything about calculus
Cool
Great course!! cover step by step all the calculus theory
It is a great class and helped me by understanding little bit more of li
THANKS FOR THIS COURSE!!!
One of the greatest specializations on this platform, 5 stars :)
This specialization was really great! Thank you so much! :)
I am happy to attend those classes, and I learned more . I love teachers and classmates, I'd like attend more and more classes. thank you , coursera.
Good for starters!
Thank sir,I have learned very useful knowledge from your lesson.
very good and useful,what I really mean is that this couse is very useful 4 new-man.
good course
Support National Taiwan University!
It's so simle concept for student who want to learn C language.I suggest this lesson.
Very Good!
Easy to learn!
very useful
Very helpful.
if you write on the Blackboard the name of course I fill difficult always to find it.
A lot of vocabulary, examples and exercises!
Just like the previous two, this course is excellent! I recommend it without hesitation.
This course is very useful for all professional as it can be use in dairy working.
Excellent for managers, engineers, entrepreneur and saleman!I recommend 100%. No matter where your are, Washington University will be there and they can help you to change your life!
Wonderful course, so helpful if you are in to Business.
Very clear and good contents
Great introductory course for Big Data .
Some quiz have some bad wording which make it hard to understand.
I have appreciated the course as it explains the main concepts of Big Data drilling through until several tools which can be used to implement important operations for Big Data analytics, for example, how does a search engine basically works. It has very interersting topics and will help me up in my daily job routines.
Nice and thorough introduction to data science and big data.
I'm grateful to the instructor(s). However, when I turned on closed caption to get used to the accent, the CC text covered part of the slide information. Overall, this is a good course to take. I'm glad I took it. Also, I was hoping that there's a clear instruction of Cloudera Quick Start on Linux.
Highly Knowledgeable & learning.
I have got very useful information about Big Data and the need for mapreduce programming model and Hadoop Distribution Framework. I had also got very clear understanding of how to run a mapreduce framework using open source cloudera virtual machine. The entire course is easy to read and understand and fun. Thanks for the instructors.
I enjoyed this introductory course because it really provided the scope for this area of study and helped chart the course for the rest of the specialization as I move forward. Excited to move on through to the next course armed with what I have learned in this one!
Great!
great course for a beginner
Excellent course for a new comer to Big Data. Helped me understand the basics of it before i can delve deeper.
Very nice introduction to Big Data. This is were you decide whether to take the blue pill or the red pill (sorry that's from the 1999 movie Matrix )
It is a very interesting course with a lot of information to have a deep introduction to Big Data,Thanks,Eugenio
Excellent course. but not fully covered
This was a very good course to get a foundation in Big Data terms, concepts, and tools.
Excellent course for beginners!
great introductory course
Excellent course..I had no idea about Big Data earlier and this course so far has helped me understand the fundamentals of big data really well. The exams, peer grading etc are amazing.
Im familiar with programming, and some languages. But have 0 experience with hadoop and other programs pertaining, So i very much appreciated with thorough back ground information that was provided with the course. Very well done. Thank you.
Good first look at Big Data and the concepts.
Very well formulated with all the necessary details required to understand the basics
Overall a good introduction to Big Data. Needed no prior experience, but ironically I found I'd misunderstood the way Map:Reduce worked. Reading around afterwards I worked out exactly how it worked, but I didn't think it was explained very well. Overall though, a great intro into a subject which is highly hyped in the IT industry, and demystifies some of the concepts, explaining what Big Data is good for, and hinting at it's limitations.
Very helpful overview of all major topics around big data. Engaging, never boring. A couple of good framework to structure the various information around the topic
Very cool the course!!!!
The course content is okay and covers the basics well enough. However, the assignments are structured for memorization not learning and contribute little to the experience. I decided to cancel my subscription as there are better options on EdX and other Coursera courses.
Very useful course to start one's journey into the world of Big Data. Concepts were explained thoroughly and in a very easy-to-understand manner. The quizzes and assignment help in evaluating one's own progress. Must-do course for anyone wanting to learn about Big Data.
Great introduction to Big Data. so far best i have seen.
Great introductory course teaching the basics of Big Data and having some hands-on applications to work with.
It is an introductory course. So it does not include much about the subject.
Simple introduction, easy to follow. Probably too simple.
it is so helpful to understand big data
introduce the Hadoop framework, the data structure, and the characteristics of Big Data etc
This was a very good course covering great information on Big Data with many quizzes and workshops to reinforce the learning content. I found it very interesting and looking forward to continuing the big data journey. Passing this course was fun and exciting! I'm already using what I've learned on my job. I'm planning on registering for the next module but taking a moment to celebrate this success.
Nice course to get a fair idea for beginners
Fantastic course and all concepts were very well explained. Interesting quiz at end of every section that tests understanding of the topic and the glimpse of Hadoop in the final section is the best part of the entire course.Hadoop fs -Thanks Ilkay Altintas and Amarnath Gupta :)
Great Intro.
A BIG start with Big Data by understanding fundamentals and hands on experience with hadoop.
Excellent. Would probably go for the next course as well, if time permits. Thanks!
This course is amazing. For the beginners it will be really helpful for them and they can understand better what big data is and how it works. Exercise , assignments will require pure understanding of the concepts taught to you in the videos.
Great course.
Excellent course. Thank you for a marvelous learning experience.
This course gave me a very clear idea about why big data came out. big data applications, and the dimensions of big data.
Good course if you do not have any idea about Big Data and the technology used.
I really enjoyed this course. It offers a complete introduction for Big Data, suitable for beginners.
A fantastic course. However, I feel that probably its important to finish the 6 course specialization to have a good working knowledge
Great
Presenter is very bad lecturer. She seems to be reading (badly) from a tele prompt, rather than lecturing. The quality of the slides is very poor. Not the level of a reputable University.
In my opinion, a very basic course...
Excellent Introduction to Big Data, and Data Science.
awesome introduction to big data. Aimed at complete rookies
Was expecting more hands on stuffs, the class is too conceptual. The sound volume of the videos is not consistent, hope Coursera can improve a bit on this.
Good Stuff is provided
No technical support is provided for VM issues.
Good Introduction to BIg Data with many practical examples.
Excellent foundation...loved it!
It was very enjoyable course thank you
Really Awesome Course and speakers
Great stuff!
Good One!!!
A good summary about big data basics. Well structured. Very good course!
It was a good course ,That's amazing.Every time increase my passion for learning
Excelent course about basic knowlegment of Big Data, Exceleent materials and examples. Recomended
Course Material Was Quite Informative
Great intro for beginners to Big Data world. the pace of course is perfect.
Would love to have more practical hands on exersizes and examples of map reduce.
Very details and very cool
Right kind of introduction for any beginner of Big Data ! The pace of the course is also very good.
Great as an introduction to Big Data - now I've enrolled on the other 5 courses in this specialisation and am keen to get moving !!
The course is exceptionally well made and tailored to our needs. I had a great time going through the course. The course was clear and well tailored covering all the major aspects of Big Data. I started the course late and was unable to finish it by the deadline, but was auto enrolled to the next month and was able to successfully finish the course. Thank you Coursera and University of San Diego for explaing Big Data in such a simple way
Perfect introduction course to Big Data
Excellent introductory course. Will continue to complete more courses in this specialization.
Quite shallow...
Good INTRODUCTION , an understanding of data management will help digest alot of it. But very simple and elegant course with only simple concepts to grasp which in reality covers big data pretty well! Excited to take the rest of the courses
Overall, a good overview for Hadoop, Mapreduce and big data concepts
Best for basic
An amazing course to get a brief understading about Big Data, the course needs an improvement in the slides, and additional resources for better understading.
Excellent! Thank you!
A very good introduction to the Big Data world. Learning videos and supporting materials well prepared, quizes balanced, instalation guide for Hadoop was also perfect.
¡Excelent, I like It!
This course is so useful for the students who are just enetering the world of Big Data...It helps to understand all the terms and related meanings and also the applications required to do the big Data project
This course is extremely helpful for building the fundamentals of Big Data and Hadoop. The course was very much engaging and was presented in a very organized manner. Recommended to all.
This course is amazing for the one who wants to start Big Data! Great job by Instructors by citing real time examples and problems.
Interesting, very complete and really good explained, very participative, I'm really happy to had the opportunity to learn with this course and amazing professionals
Good Introduction
Good introduction to general concepts. Does not require specific skills
Great introduction course for Big data lover :)
Interesting overview, more examples will perfect it!
Excellent course with clear and didactic contents.
Excellent course! Very well structured and provides basic understanding of the concepts involved in a very clear way.
This course bring the real perspective of bigdata and data science , demonstrating real use cases and solution for business problems
Great class, I'm continuing on
Excellent course; thank you!
Learnt a lot about big data and its applications
Very informative, if you are like me, a newbie, this course gives you a good introduction to BigData.
a very good learning experience. really enjoyed it. thank u for this course especially to the instructors.
I did this course and have been enjoying all of the subsequent courses. I find the content great and the examples and lecture fascinating. I have been working with Cloud computing for 5 years. This course really opened my eyes up on the applicability and the inner workings. It is not a programmers course. It is excellent if you are a Sr. manager or strategist that needs to work with people as part of a data science team. I think this should be a mandatory course for anyone who thinks they may need to deal with bid data and the new computing cloud universe
This topic is new for me, therefore some of the topics required supplemental explanations to fully understand.
It is very useful. The professors are paced and explain so well.
Very informative and interesting. Instructors presented information well, and it was well organized.
Course is good to get initial background of Big Data and to understand What/Why Big Data.
The first week or so feels inconsistent and oversimplified. After that, when you get into the actual content, it gets much better. It then ends on a peer-graded assignment. While the assignment itself is creative and fun to complete, I've never been a fan of peer-graded assignments so early in an introductory course load.
The Big Data Analysis is one of the emerging topic. The course provides the detailed information about various concepts that can be easily understood by learners. Thanks to the faculty members who are handling the course.
Nice to get this course.
Very useful Big Data introduction
Great course!! Excellent for beginners!!
I learnt basic of Big Data, exicited to dive deeper.Very informative and engaging
this course need some odifications because of cloudera version
Great introduction course. The pace is slow enough that a person without technical background should be able to follow it. However as you are not restricted to only do the current week task its also great for someone who had some experience.
very good introduction.
it was very educative and it opened my mind to this new world
Too many concepts, better to provide more interactive questions during the video and more examples to demonstrate the concept.If possible, make the assignment submission free.
I'm not sure who the target audience is for this course. The level of presentation seems rudimentary to me. I had a hard time sustaining interest in the course and did not finish.
Comprehensive introduction to Big Data and Hadoop. Great and simple explanation of MapReduce.
I little slow to start but the pace picks up nicely. Content is generally easy to follow. Some differences between spoken and voice recognition subtitled text. Practical tests were interesting but not particularly well explained for the MapReduce shapes task, which seemed to leave a few puzzled.
Some commands need small modifications
I cannot complete the course due to installations problem of the software required even if I have all the requirements needed on my laptop.
It covers theoretical part of "What big data is" and basic info about Hadoop. Quality of presentation slides is below average. Most of them are not readable - many fonts, many colors, some with complicated pictures, some with no information at all. Part with Map reduce is just slightly touched, not explained in details, without examples. Practical tasks from hadoop are very easy and they show nothing (just how to navigate over hadoop file system.
It would be good if more explanation and more examples are demonstrated.
Great Course! Gives lots of insight into big data1
Excellent course for beginners!!!
Very good introduction to Big Data.
This is an introductory course which met my expectations, giving overview with a little hands-on experience. Though instructional skills were not to the mark, supporting material and assignment instructions were good.
thanks for instructors this course helped me to understand what exactly bib data modules
Excellent introduction to Big Data and Hadoop. Practical exercise reinforces materials.
The classes could have been delivered by creating more interest.
This is a great introduction to the concepts of Big Data. Compared to whats available online, this course does a great job of digging into the components and definition of big data vs just diving in with code examples. Well worth it for anyone trying to get a holistic understanding of big data.
good introduction but it's a little bit expensive.
Great starting point if you want to understand Big Data ecosystem and basic concepts
Perfect!
Very good introduction to the field. Not too complex, so a good starting point.
Nice and pleasant course, gives the basics and it is accessible to everyone.
Basic info covered.
I learnt many things about Big Data. Now at least I have some basic foundation in it.
The time / usefulness rate of this course is very low. Most of the stuff they teach (at least in introduction) is very basic theory that's presented in not really interesting way.
Excellent introduction into big data. Material is well organized and well presented for anyone that is not familiar with big data
Great introductory course to big data!
Very complete as an Introduction, the tutors have deep knowledge of the subject and it has even a practical session. Indeed is a valuable source.
The course was awesome. It taught me the ins and outs of Big Data. Although its only the basics, I'd still recommend it to everyone before deciding whether you want to keep going as a Big Data specialist or not.Some steps are not uptodate e.g. hadoop and wordcount aren't in the same folder as listed by this course. They were in the other folder /usr/lib... . It'd be nice if you guys put a "find" command with that description, because I've had to search it myself. That's why I took one star out of it.
Excellent course. Very good foundation.
An excellent early approach to a big data implementation
It is a fantastic course for beginners. The modules and the teachers are very clear, and the content is so good.After this course, I can say I know something about Big Data, no idea before do this course. The examples and the Virtual Machine was so helpful to understand how hadoop works.Thanks a lot... a fantastic course... thanks true.
I really like, it is flexible. well structured.
Thank you all.
In this course, I learned how to use Hadoop basically. With the clear explanation of the Professor, I believe every one can realize in a short time.
very boring
It's amazing , gained knowledge about What is Big Data, its sources and much more.
Learn alot in Big Data
Quite poor. Just a lot of talk and nothing practical.
Excellent teaching method of teaching with short informative videos :)
Dr Altintas is an excellent presenter and very thorough. I would have enjoyed more practical exercises instead of mainly theory videos. The ones done with Hadoop in the last week were very enjoyable. I also enjoyed Dr Gupta's videos as well. Excellent intro to Big Data.
This course is very informative to enhance my carrier in right way of my own choice.
Kindler Gentler introduction to Big Data Concepts and Hadoop hands on exercise was great!
Good introduction to Big Data and Hadoop
it's too much basic stuffs.
Awesome course with very dynamic exercises
There should be some reading material to assist learning. The course was too expensive for the small content it provided
The course was very useful with what knowledge it provides. However, it would be better if there were more hands-on exercises on relevant stuff. The exercises are too easy and boring. Tougher exercises should be added and more time should be spent on the Hadoop Ecosystem part. Knowing the history helps but it should not replace more important topics.
"Dhaado sutho mukhe dhaado wanton" ( Sindhi)Very nice indeed i liked it very much
Really good course. I had the opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of Big Data. Now I want to take the following courses. :)
Excellent!!!New knowledge
The course is a lot about talking and theory which is not very interesting. Final part of course is trying to work with hadoop using virtualbox and provided virtual image.
This course is very useful and interesting
Great introduction
Good introduction course
A good starting point.
I learned a lot from this course and would recommend it to all.
Fun and passion. Expectations met.
Introduction to Big Data !
That's comprehensive introduction
Great course which enhanced my background info about big data
An introductory course with lots of usufel information. It is a great start!
Excellent course for beginner in the world of big data. Some issues with the hands-on lab (maybe due to a change in Cloudera softs). Provided examples were not working as-is for me, because of some path issues. But great anyway.
too philosophical
Great
High level introduction.
Good Course! An accreditation like the others mooc should be there!
Audited the course. Great content for intro to big data!
Systematic introduction to Big Data...highly recommended!
Excellent course to learn about big data and how to apply this knowledge in real cases
Easy to understand and get hand-on exercise, and joyful
A good introduction to big data (last time I was working with it was in the 1990s when a few 10s of MB was a huge dataset!). Slightly let down by the forums, despite loads of mentors there seems to be almost no presence of the teaching staff beyond setting up a few posts to spark discussion which in reality just prompt short responses and no replies.
More practical use cases and applied knowledge base need to be included
It was a Good course to start with the Big Data. The content is also good and properly arranged. Good Instructors. I will suggest this course as a starter for Big Data.
That was fun!!!
Last exercise is half the course and took many frustrating hours to install and for me never worked. No support provided by instructors. You are on your own.
Good introduction to big data. I would prefer that the hadoop lesson have more practical exercices;
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career.(https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Big Data and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
Good course if you know nothing about big data, like me =)
Excellent introduction to Big Data, clear presentation of concepts and motivation to continue the study of the area.
If you do not have any Idea of what big data means but you heard to talk about that a lot and you are interested, this is your course.
A very informative course to kick start on Big Data and Hadoop concepts.
Too many things I already know and which are quite obvious, when you have some little computer science knowledge, less practical information; the explanations for installing Cloudera etc are insufficient!!!
great so far.
This course is perfect for Big Data beginers. I loved how they explained haoop's architecture and big data principles in a simple way.
Very helpful.
Very nice introduction to the core concepts of big data. Gradually introduced you to the concepts
Very good. It was challenging.
Concept organization and presentation astute and informative. Thanks!
Very basic info.
Great introduction, very detailed and aligned with my expectations.Thanks!
If you're unfamiliar with how big data is processed and what makes it unique from "regular" data, this is a good introductory course. It provides sufficient detail to understand the key concepts, programs, and methodologies around Big Data.
Very good course for introduction to big data
Very very introductory course.
this course provides with a very good Introduction to Big data, concepts are clear and the detail provided is a good start point to continue learning about it
This course will go through all the definitions and the core concepts of Big Data.It is a great introductory course.Thank you so much.
Really amazing course
Very good course, excellent professors. No myths, reality of big data.
Language is not good, and Lack of Info
The course material is overall very good and easy to understand, although a bit abstract at certain points (mostly when it comes to technical things like what MapReduce consists of and what Programming Models are). Regardless, the instructors do a great job of explaining the concepts. Great course overall
Honestly, for the price paid, the value given is quite low. I expected to have more hands-on working with the Hadoop ecosystem rather than this course's focus on background that really does not help one to become productive.
Excellent learning from this.
First two weeks are too much theory , but i guess that is needed for clear understanding of an awesome week 3.
It is a great introduction to big data world
Great, very simple intro!
Perfect course. Great material and teachers.
The course provided almost no value , and there was almost nothing covered that you couldn't find online for free. The presentation was probably the worst part of the course: It was extremely boring and made it hard to get through the videos.I didn't expect much practical parts in the course, but there was even less than what I expected: What was described as setting up a hadoop cluster consisted of downloading a preconfigured VM image and running it, and then typing in a couple of commands that were provided to you. Again, nothing of value was added, and quickly going over the FAQ page of any of the products mentioned would be more helpful, faster and a lot more interesting.
This course is amazing. Excellent Introduction to Big Data!
It is very easy to follow the course. This first course is not complex. As the title says, it is more of an introduction of the world of big data and hadoop. Also, you will learn how to install and run hadoop as well as some very basic functions of MapReduce.Overall a very good course. As a tip, if you are fluent in english, I would recommend you to run the video x1.5 or x1.75. At the beginning it may be hard, but it will reduce the time that you spend watching video.
I would like to enroll many such courses . Excellent Teaching . Thanks to teachers who spent their precious time in preparing slides and delivering quality teaching.. Hats off to Coursera. I recommend my friends too , to enroll such a wonderful course.
Map Reduce hands-on assignment does not have very clear instructions, should be improved for future sessions.
A little bit too conceptual and very basic. Hadoop hands on and HDFS should be much more intensive. However, good material, well presented and explained.
A great introduction
Less useful than reading an introductory chapter. Being able to reiterate acronyms or idiosyncratic mnemonics does not demonstrate any real understanding of this field. The minimal information provided and low level of the instruction at least clarified that this specialization is not worth pursuing.
Very disappointing. Poorly written quizes and presentations. The level of the course is far too basic to be of value, but is required for the specialization. Why not offer an option to test out of basic introduction courses?
Content is very interesting, nice introduction to Big Data.Slides can be improved though.
Good course
Completely Worth it , best mentors , Guides .Awesome Explanation .
Very good course as an introduction to Big Data, It will give you all the needed info to get around and understand what is Big Data and what is HadoopI highly recommend this course for the people who want to have information on Big Data
Wonderful introduction to Big Data concepts and well prepared material!!!
Too philosophical.
Engaging and challenging, this course was an excellent introduction to Big Data!
Great introductionClear and consice.
Course is really well explained.
It's a good introduction, but more optional hadoop exercises can be added.
I'd recommend this course be taken as audit. Doesn't add specific value to your skill set! But, it's good to know :-)
An introductory course that seems like it should have been the first week of a more in-depth course instead of being a stand-alone course. The cost vs benefit of this particular course is questionable.
Good for starters. But could have been more practical than theoretical.
I found the course is detailed and explained nicely to start as a beginner. The quiz helps to understand and learned the subject matter properly.
If you're new and an aspirant to the Big Data field, This Course is for you!
Thanks to this course I learned the basics of Big Data and looking forward to take the other courses.
Good introductory course. The first lessons are slow so I recommend watching them on 2x speed. The last lesson (hands on) is better because it gives a real taste of hadoop
Good introduction course for Big Data.
The content of the course is alright and up to date. The instructors are also good, passionate and has a great knowledge.What brings everything down is the video editing and the slide design/quality. They are terrible and clearly not in the field of profession of the creators.All in all, it is an average course, but I can recommend it to anyone interesting in the topic, because it does its job. If someone could improve the slides and the video editing could reach the youtube video reviewer/critic level, it could easily do a 4 out of 5.
Great introduction to Big Data concepts and MapReduce
Most of the course is providing useless statistics, i didn't enjoy it and it's a really basic course.
Great to Learn.
This is a great introduction for Big Data. It helps me to revisit what I learned from the meetups and webinars, then put the fundamental knowledge and information in a solid foundation. Thank you.
Overall a good introduction course to Big Data. It could have been more condensed and contain more programming exercises.
I believe this course can be performed much faster, beware that it is really an introduction, and IT professionals persons may feel it slow, in addition the presenter speaks English very slowly, good for non English proficient persons, but bad for the others.
Course was good. I had issue to configure virtual machine . but it worked now .
The material OK, but some of the exercises and their interfaces are not well designed.
Despite my busy work schedule I had fun taking this course especially because of the forum that diverse learners from all around the globe participated it. Twice I got stuck with running hadoop and other learners had posted the solution so I tried their suggestions and I got unstuck! I appreciate those who put in extra work to make my learning easier and fun. Honestly, that was the incentive that made me to complete this course for I was about to drop out. Thank you.
Very basic. All this information of this course can be self taught by Googling and the hands on exercise at the end of the course is a joke. For the $59 price of the course, expected more.
The beginning is a bit theoretical, only the end brings some practical examples up. Slides are a bit old fashioned and presenters are a bit rigid
I wish to thank you for such a fantastic course to introduce to the exciting world of Big Data. The concepts were explained beautifully with relevant examples. A special thank you note for Prof Altintas and Prof Gupta for making this so simple.Looking forward to the next set of courses to explore Big Data in detail.
very good for beginner easy and give you the bigger picture
The course is ok but I found that there were some technical quirks that could be ironed out first. Example is to download the text files in the final assignment the command wget is invaluable. How to leave safe mode if the Name node is in safe mode. VirtualBox is default to 32 bit/ubuntu when the image is 64 bit/Centos/Redhat.In addition the course content is a bit little. It says 3 weeks but I finish it in 2 days. Perhaps it is about quality and not quantity.
It is the best course for getting the overview of Big Data. It builds the basic concepts of data very easily.Thanks to Coursera and University of California, San Diego.
Really nice overview about Big Data .. I guess you have to watch it 2 times for better understanding.
Good introduction.
The content is better than the last course, nice job !
The course was in he sense truly introduction to Big data Domain and discusses the origin and reason Big Data technologies are required.The only improvement, I would like to suggest is raise the difficulty level of quiz,so that they motivate student to review and understand the key points discussed during tutorial.
That is great!
This course really usefull for me.
The course is very well made, with very clear concepts and therefore very useful to start in the world of Big Data. Recommended for anyone who wants to have a basic knowledge about Big Data.
The whole course is so informative. I'm so glad that I have learnt a lot!
Extremely basic intro, not valuable if you have any understanding of the the space
excellent course, very easy to understand,Hats off to Madam Ilkay Altintas and Sir Amarnath Gupta for explaining the big data concepts in such a simple way .
Very informative
I liked it, a lot of concepts for who is begining in the big data :)
Good work! Thanks for educating
Basic and easy clarification of big data.
This is absolutely a hands on experience.
A perfect beginner's introduction course to the Big Data World.
Introductory Level Course.Nothing much on analytical methods.
I feel that the course helped me a lot in understanding what Big Data actually means and gave me an idea of how it's being handled. Well structured and explained.
Very informative but the structure is a lecture where the concepts are basically read from a paragraph. Perhaps I'd give more stars if I only saw diagrams.
Loved every second of it, easy to understand, well structured, more big data usage examples in video formats would be a nice addition
better the second time around.
Really good course. But, I was unable to complete the final week as I had a lot of trouble installing the Cloudera platform for Hadoop. So, I would recommend others to get that installed well in advance or else if you wait till the last week you might not be able to finish it in time and 6 weeks of effort would go to waste like it did for me.
I love this course its worth for a basic and freshers learningThanks Coursera for this...
For an introduction class in Big Data this is excellent: concepts down to the point; good example analogies used; material provided to reinforce concepts and knowledge (transcripts, slides) were great. Videos were pretty good. Content of lessons are good; lab and software downloading/exercise with Hadoop give you a good sense of what expected in more advance classes.I would add a bit more of information regarding to the downloading software and its purposes for those with no computing background (like what OS used when running the Hadoop... maybe I missed that?).The class worth the money paid.
Good Intro course.for Cloudera VM installation to practice Hadoop session, be ready with at least an i5 PC with 8GB RAM
I am very thankful to you guyss
I enjoyed this course and happily displayed the Certificate on my LinkedIn page!
Great course with great instructors
It was nice n great experience.
This course allow me to become familiar with Big Data terminology and concepts, big data platforms and related applications. o believe this course this is the fastest way to get into the BIg dATA WORLD.
Nice course for a starter.
I learned some new things because I'm a total beginner,I think the contents are updated but not very structured,the hands-on part is just a small peek of the whole big data process system and not very useful.It's not a complete course if you don't take the later courses of the whole specialization.So I gave 4 stars for this introduction course.
I really enjoyed the course Big Data !!! excellent!!! I will continue showing it to everyone at the university.Gratitude!!!Thank you!!!
Excellent for a introduction course. More exercises would be nice.
This course is a good way to begin by the Data science world. I like so much the excercises with Hadoop.
The content of the course is ok. The main problem is that the way the information is presented. Ilkay Altintas, who is the main lecturer, is a sweet woman, but lecturing from a manuscript is not her strongest side. It is clear that she is reading from a screen while she is looking into the camera. Anyone could do that job, and they should have chosen more of an "news anchor" type of person with better pronunciation and more flow. It's simply very uninspiring and boring to listen to. Also, 59 dollars is far too expensive for such a short course.
This course gave us very clear instruction what the basic ideas are about big data and the structure of Hadoop. It's very easy to understand even without any background knowledge.
I like this course.
I found this program extremely useful to understand the concepts of Big Data. I can now get into any conversation and do not feel li
For a introductory course it covers a lot of things, not in too much detail, but it covers a lot of important concepts and definitions.
Great course and material. Well presented and practical!
Only skims the surface of Big Data, even for an introduction course.
good course
Good introductory course on Big Data. It does not dive directly into the technical aspects, but rather discusses the various related topics giving a clear overview of the overall Big data scenario.Helped a lot in understanding the Big Data landscape.
So much better than in the first version of the specialization! the peer reviewed project is a welcome addition to help understanding map reduce concepts
A good introduction, looking forward to the rest of the specialization.
the best lectures
Good content, good teacher. Maybe should have a little more hands on assignments, but it is an excellent introduction to the topic!
This is an introduction course, and no advanced concepts are seen. I think it provides a good background, that is all. If you have a solid technical (programming, databases, etc.) knowledge maybe you will miss more hand-ons. For me, for an introductory and theoretical course I expected more resources, for example additional suggested readings, optional exercises...Lectures are well structured (intro and summary at the end), but I have missed presentations from some of the most interesting videos (week 6).
Much better than the previous version (2015) with all concepts very well explained, using examples to clarify them when necessary.I would have liked to go deeper with Hadoop (in last version of the specialization, Hadoop was a separate course), but anyway, as an Introduction to Big Data, this is an excellent course.
This course got upgraded from 2015 to 2016. I wish I did not have to take twice because all the assignments and material seemed the same. Maybe next time you upgrade give students the credit for the classes they already took.
Really interesting course! Just dipping your toes into Big Data, and running some extremely basic operations, shows you how powerful Hadoop can be, and the potential for it :)Coming from someone with no experience in computer science.
Very good specialization
Fantastic Course. I'm so happy i took this class
Quite Informative and also touches the basics of Hadoop , Cloud Computing , Data Science.Really enjoyed studying it.
This is much better than the previous version! 6 weeks with much more spread out and comprehensive contents about big data with a nice balance between theory and hands-on assignments.Technical software taught are Hadoop, following the MapReduce framework, to which the introduction was very gentle and progressive. Thus, it makes it manageable to take in the and learn the rope by small baby steps.
It's exhaustive and resourceful course to the introduction to Big data
A good orientation class to level set key terms and concepts.
Good intro
There is room to improve, but much better than previous version. Thanks for your good work as a good resource on learning about big data
Great course. Thanks.
Amazing course !
Excellent and interesting course. Very well put together and presented.
Superb course with great structure and well designed modules and videos. You end up with a very practical toolbox to think about business models in a very disciplined way.
Great course, very inspir
Very interesting and professionalizing !! Moreover it is done in a way that keeps you in the need for more lectures !
Very good examples throughout the course : JCDecaux, the Spanish theatre, Michelin...
What a great course, I have to say that it has helped me a lot and specially now where I am setting up my new business. Congratulations to both of them for having inspiring me during the course. A bientôt FP
Odyssey 3.14 is an excellent approach to business models and I appreciate this MOOC that makes this jewel available to a wide audience.
I would have like a longer course about these arguments. Anyway it offers really a lot of examples, effective analytic tools and ispirations to develop innovation in the business.
Truly a pioneering course that has been explained in simple and straight forward terms yet highly effective context-based case studies. High valuable for start-up entrepreneurs. business unit managers and intraprenuers. This is exactly why HEC is one of the world's best business school. Thank you for delivering a world-class course.
this is a really good one and of course I had a very good time during the course and really great thanks to the educators of the course and coursera
i think this is avery good course thank you for it
It´s a requirement to put down a payment to take the quiz
Good topic great teachers
Informative, organized, and targeted for learning. Dr. Pienta and the other Hopkins professionals involved in putting this course together did an excellent job and were engaging throughout. I hope more material like this from Johns Hopkins becomes available in the not-so-distant future.
I work for a worldwide cancer research charity and found the course to be an excellent, challenging introduction to cancer biology. I particularly liked the fact that the course pointed towards some of the major questions that researchers are working around the clock answer, and that core materials were supplemented with examples of current research.
It was a great course form my favorite university, thanks very much for giving us this types of courses, I would like to be tested as a free course, but I coudn't
Great introductory course for cancer. It is simple enough for a novice to understand, and complex enough for someone who works in the field to gain additional knowledge. Great lectures.
Excellent class. I learned a lot. I like how they delivered the information into clear comprehensible segments. It was easy for follow the class, as it was well organized and clear.
One of the best but would have been more awesome and worthy if the quizzes were free too
Too basic knowledge, not enough information about targeted therapy, everything is explained without going into any details
Thank u for giving a attractive lecture and it really heIp me for future research.
I am an Undergraduate student and i didnt even read oncology subject, but this course not just start the beginer level , butt gradually it goes in depth and the flow of lectuures and topics is smooth
Excellent,thanks very much.
A great and comprehensive course covering all the basic concepts of cancer!
Great course, great motivatiin instruction, now I must pursue more cancer-related learning venues
Excellent course. Introduction to cancer at a general biological and pathofysiology level, as well as specifically in terms of risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of the six most common types of cancer.
great course with very experience lecturers . it has helped me to gain more insight into cancer development. thank you so much Dr. Kenneth J. Pienta and the other doctors. God bless you all.
Loved the way they explained everything. But the tests are very easy.
Wonderful course. Very informative and exceptionally well designed. I have learnt so much that will help me with my work in Integrative oncology and botanical medicine.
Great course!
a rally good introduction
I am a biochemist and will be working on a cancer-related problem as a postdoc. This course was very helpful for me as it provided a clear general understanding of cancer, and I would have rated it five stars if it wasn't for multiple typos and inaccuracies in the course materials ;)
good for basic knowledge in cancer biology.
Great introduction for new leaner.
Great course !!!
Easy to follow and full of basic knowledge.
I've learned a lot - thank you!
Thank you so much for providing such a interesting course, especially thanks for financial support, I will be always there for courser, cant forget the great he
very good course .benifit and more helpfull in our life and studies
Very informative, easy to understand.
Extremely informative, but loses 1 star for reserving tests ONLY for members with subscriptions
Great explanation of basics of cancer biology. It helped me a lot in understanding of the process of metastasis and cancer development.
This course is awesome. As a current research technologist in this field, this course gives me great knowledge of cancer. I recommend anyone who is interested in this field. However, this course by itself won't give you everything. It is a course where you want to begin with if you want to begin a career of this field.
i love this course very much
Very useful any knowledge acquiring course
I like this course it was so enjoyable helpful to me since I wanted to learn more about cancer biology and I got the perfect opportunity to sign into this course! thanks to all coursera team and Jhons Hopkins university school for giving their time and effort to make this course.I liked the way of teaching by the doctors. at first, i thought it would be so difficult because I didn't have the right professional background about cancer biology and I wanted to start my own journey into fighting this disease but i didn't know where to start. suddenly, I found that this course and I've signed!i have some suggestions about this course:please put serious moderators not an ex-coursera students with some privilegeplease put some sizes options for the translation
I got out of it what I expected as a person who does not work in any medical field. But I did not like the fact that we did not see a person giving the lectures and only the diagrams were visible. Every Coursera course I have taken thus far has always had the instructor visible as he or she lectured. It gave me the feeling of being in an actual classroom setting which I like. There was some information which was well beyond my level of knowledge . I am a college graduate but my degree is in social science. Then there were quiz questions which were on the more advanced information . I passed on my third try though.
Wonderful course, lots of information. Dr. Pienta is an excellent teacher. Thanks also to his staff and lab assistants for helping to create such a well-designed program. I will definitely recommend this course to others!
it is very informative and useful course for memany thanks for all of you
Very interesting for those that are not specialists and cancer and want to understand better it biology.
It is my first on line coursera course and I liked it very much. Its a very good opportunity to review and learn about cancer.
This course is absolutely ecstatic because the professor is nice and he always comes up with the smartest and most complex information a topic during the lesson!
This course was put very simply and understandably. The information was useful in my projects and I am now able to understand terminology used in medical journals. Thank you Dr. Pienta!
Very nicely organized course.
very good course
I'm happy to find such an interesting course. Thank you very much!
Very good course! Congratulation to PhD Pienta and his group.
Thanks professors. Great course & good efforts.
An excellent course! Whoever is interested in the development and metastasis of cancer should take this course. The lectures are very well presented and structured, so they are quite easy to follow even for a layman. I found the part on the hallmarks of cancer particularly interesting - a course that would go into more detail here would be on my wish list for future courses.
Great Course, was literally hooked as content was very informative and well structured. Not too overwhelming with massive information. This is a brief but effective intro to cancer - however if you are not from a medical background you do have to do some background reading to understand pathways and functions of sub cellular components.
Clear, thorough and interesting course!
The course has a high quality. The teaching method is clear and easy to understand. Instructors also provide a lot of graphs which are helpful. Though the course is easier than I expected, I still think it's a good course for students who want to know fundamental knowledge about cancer biology.
Very High Quality
This is very interesting course of basic of cancelling pathway and the biology of cancer that can fundamental to the study of research of cancer. Thanks.
It will be very helpful to me for doing my research work on the very same topic.But all of these courses should be free of cost,just like this one.Thanking you once again !Regards.
Thoroughly enjoyed this online course
Very good course giving a broad overview of what cancer is and how we diagnose and cure it.Don't expect to be a specialist of cancer after it, it's only an introduction. But it is a good introduction giving some bases if you want to go further.
Depth and volume of information perfectly balanced
Excellent course, thanks!
I Higly recomend this course if you dont know mutch about cancer and you are interested iin learning about it, the information is prety simple (i am studing medicin so it may not be as simple for other people) but is very usfull and it gives an idea about the basics of cancer.Thanks for this course and sorry if my english is not perfect... i speek spanish
This course was really good, and I learned a lot. Thanks!!!
Comprehensive overview of the biology of cancer!
Great introductory course to cancer. I love how the course includes the clinical side as well as the biological implications of cancer and provides the information in a very simplistic style. The coursework is not overwhelming and I loved this course.
Good course to familiarize yourself with cancer biology.
Well structured, amazing instructors!
Thanks so much! Professor Kenneth Pienta and your team, you are so well prepared and the presentation is empowering. One is able to follow the step by step flow of information and tips. I enjoyed this course. As a health educator/promoter, it helps me act as a good source of information. Thank you once again.
amazing course ..thanks
The course was excellent, with very good structure, with the right level of difficulty/complexity, with very good slides & discussions. The only couple of points for potential amendments that I would propose is a) avert from calling/mentioning drugs with their brand names, but rather use the active ingredient names only, and b) perhaps providing resources for further reading (i.e web links etc) to all material after each lecture, like you did for week 6 final lecture.
Enriching experience for the adventurous student.
Well-structured course, Dr. Pienta and his fellow team-members are passionate in what they do, and that's evident during the course, but I can't help to think that they have barely scratched the surface here... The lectures are good, they provide a lot of information, but the quizzes offer no challenge whatsoever. That was somewhat disappointing, it felt like I was cheating. All in all, I don't regret buying and completing the course, but I really hope that Dr. Pienta's team will be back soon with a more challenging and advanced course.
Nice overview, not worth 50 bucks.
This Course is so interesting , it is full of alot of treasures and alot of informations. Thank You
really thank you very much I am thankful of that course
I loved this course as I found the topic fascinating (the 10 hallmarks absolutely blew my mind - those cancer cells are so conniving!). I think the instructors did a fantastic job delivering the material.I am a Product Manager in the software industry, and I took this class for my personal curiosity.I wish we were able to submit the answers to the quiz without officially purchasing the course. I did not purchase the course as it does not pertain to my profession and I do not really need a certification for it.
this course very useful to my that i gained a lot of information from this course.
An excellent course for reviewing the basics of oncology
Great information. Excellent course that has left me wanting to know more and be a part of expanding treatments. Thank you!
It is quite informative and useful course for begginers. I'm working with clinical trials, so I know so many cases, so many details, but this course has made a basement for my building.Thank you! Highly recommended for those, who know smth, but want to make all knowledge in order and prepare your 'brain shelves'
This course emphasis brief introduction to biology of cancer. Here by simple words and examples you can discover which risk factors can cause cancer and what prevention needs to be done to minimize chance of cancer occurrence etc. I will suggest this course to all my colleges. I am really pleased for passing this course.I wish all group Introduction to the Biology of Cancer further inspiration to create new interesting courses.
The course is quite simple and easy to follow. Very suitable for students who have no understandings in this area. The workload is also small so I suggest those who were major in biology or chemistry you dont have to follow this course.
Perfect
Hello all. I'm glad I took this course successfully. However, I have some notes. As a 4th year medical student, I see that the information is superficial. I finished the course in around 3 weeks, so medical students wouldn't get so much benefit out of the course. I wanted to learn more details, specially in depth about each type of the 5 cancers from the basics to clinical. Secondly, there was no interaction between the students and the doctor supervising the course in the discussion blogs. Thirdly, I believe that the assessment was too easy. I suggest a 60% passing grade with a more challenging assessment. Finally, this is my personal opinion. I enjoyed the course and I would like to see more improvement in the future.
It'sgood
I mean, I am really fond of Biology and the Biotechnology, I think I will really appreciate this opportunity.
Very good introduction. light-weight explanations.Better animations and videos could enhanced the learning process.questions are too easy.Needs more complex tasks to integrates the different sections together.
very intresting course
The class was clear and concise. I was hoping to get more challenge and in depth explanation but it is indeed an introductory class.
very good course and explains deeply yet clearly the biology of cancer
An excellent and intriguing course. Well structured.
I think this was a very good course and I definitely got out of it what I expected. I think anyone interested in advancing their knowledge on the general basics of cancer, this is a good place to start.
Very informative and helpful to both students and professionals.
A very good primer on the most common cancer types. I hope to see a more advanced iteration of this course for those who want deeper understanding.
I really enjoyed the course. Very professional training, with lots of insight in cancer therapy.
This was an interesting cancer basics class -- quick and simple for those with minimal background in oncology. The only disappointment was that the course description mentioned quizzes could be taken for no cost, but that turned out not to be true. Nevertheless, it was a valuable course.
A wonderful course to get started or polish the concept.
Great course, thank you very much! I hope to become a scientist and join you in the fight against cancer
more than excellent
A very complete journey into the knowledge and outcomes of cancer. Perfect for everyone starting out.
Interesting, informative and definitely have given me a better insight into the subject
I was working at a lab last summer where I worked on breast cancer cells. A lot of the signalling pathways taught as examples in this course is what I worked on. I loved this course. The Professors are fantastic and very knowledgeable. I would recommend this course for anyone who is very passionate about cancer biology.
Useful for health professions!
I did not think to find an on line free course about biology of cancer nonetheless this one is great.
I thoroughly enjoyed the content and pace of this course.
I would prefer to see the speaker during the lecture.
I am learning a lot!
Very informative. I learned a lot about the way cancer grows in the body.
Very excellent introduction to the biology of cancer from a high level University.
i want to study more about cancer and this course give me that chance
Thank you for the course. I am looking forward for even more detailed lectures about each specific cancer types, from the molecular mechanisms involved in transformation and progression, to treatment and patient manageme
This was an excellent course for people interested in learning about cancer. I enjoyed it.
I found this course useful and appropriate in the material offered and the assessed questions as an introduction and an update in cancer biology for CPD purposes. It is rather disappointing that the final grade achieved is not printed on the certificate. For A$65 to join the course and not have the full information such as the hours involved and the final grade achieved makes it very disappointing not to reflect the effort I put in as well as tricky to include this course as part of a CPD program.
So far it's a very good course. I always wanted to learn about cancer as it took two lives from my family. I would give it a FIVE STAR if the professors could explain more elaborately as I have very little experience in this field. Thanks a lot
Lots of useful info
very interesting course..!!!
it is really organized well and i appreciated the lecture!! looking forward to the next one~
Fabulous!!!Absolutely loved every bit ...was a great learning experience!!!Thank you ! :D
I just completed week one and I am thoroughly impressed with this course so far. Outstanding work!
I wish that the classifications of the major cancer groups were more descriptive. concerning the treatment for different types of lung cancer for example. Nothing is mentioned about childhood cancers or the area of lymphomas. I realize that this is an overview of cancer but cancer cell biology and current treatment practices based on immunologic findings were not given the coverage they deserve.
Interesting introduction, very detailed with screening, staging (TNM) and treatment steps per most common cancers worldwide. Very clinical and with a glimp of promising research (clinical trials), only the counselling part of the patient is missing in this course.
Tough call on this. The course itself is excellent [5] but the "money grab, you must pay attitude" is horrible [0].
Very good for beginners who have no inkling to cancer biology at the slightest.
Informative, well structured and clear objectives. Really enjoyed being part of it. thanks.
Informative and helpful for those who are intersted in cancer
An excellent course for Biology of cancer fundamentals.
Clear and enjoyable course
Excellent overview of the subject, not difficult to follow and very informative.
Great introductory overview of a complex disease.
Could have more indepth examinations. Reference material would be useful.
I think that the course itself is very interesting and useful, but unfortunately you have to purchase the course straight away to be able to do the tests.
Excellent introduction to subject matter.
until now very informational. the lecturers are very good and share the information in a enjoyable way.
Great course involving "experiential" learning!
Thank you, I really love this course and I will make a transition from the Servicedesk officer to Cybersecurity officer. I would like to know about the online degree program. Also, I want to know whether there are assistantships, scholarships and financial aid opportunities.
Very nicely conducted course.
Great course that provides good insights into the world of CyberSecurity!
Very nice capstone project. Really useful and practice related.
Great course on the financial side of startups. The course is well structured and presented in a logical order. The course is highly recommended for those that want to know the financial aspect of entrepreneurship
THANK YOU!
Better than previous but still not good quility
A bit too theoritical
Great learning experience.
Although very interesting, this course seemed too short for me.Professor Kofman is an expert in the filed, but he mostly reads thewords on the slides and shows little or no passion or interest in sharing hisideas and work whatsoever.
Great and valuable teachings!
Just good to catch the basics. Sometimes quite boring to follow the professor, but it covers the basics adequately.
Kind of helpful to illustrate the essentials of the global capital markets, including equity, debts, foreign exchange and forward, future contracts, etc. Hope you may enjoy.
This course is excellent and very interesting!
Very useful - even brought me to further research subjects covered.
It was a great lecture and an eye opener to me.
Really interesting i recommand !
Excellent course, complete and exhaustive covering essential of this theme.
explained in the best possible way
good course
I have learned a lot from this course, although I had to postpone it due to professional commitments. Excellent instructor.
Great course!
Interesting, well structured and presented. Similarly to other courses in the specialization, content is made easy to understand. Very good overall!!
Very useful and thought provoking course. Recommended for those who are new to capital markets as well as those who're keen to understand the latest developments of the markets.
Amazing. Good knowledge
This course was really useful and interesting. Thanks for the opportunity!
I don´t like too much that you have to pay for the evaluation.
Very informative course!
Very amazing education, can't thank coursera enough
A decent introductory overview course. Most content shouldn't be too new for anyone interested in financial markets. Some concepts are mentioned but not explained further.
Overall, it's a good course.
Basic course that covers about how financial market works.
Exceptional course in all regards!
Very solid course, with a good overview on global market complexity. The final project seems a bit detached from the material, however.
This is a really great primer if you want to learn the basics of how markets function.
good clarity
Too much information loaded.
More challenging questions expected.
If you are a finace or business student this is not for you, its a complete re-run of most of the basics that re taught with some practical real life examples. Good for a person who is new to the subject of business or finance.
I am learning a lot.
Very good class that teaches you the basic statistic models and its use in real life. The instructor is extremely clear in teaching and the examples she used are really helpful for understanding and applying. Highly recommend this class!! Take it if you wanna have some knowledge about statistics. And its use in real life is more than I imagined...
Excellent Course!! Ms Dutta has profound knowledge and it helped me to implement the concepts learnt in my profession. I'm a Business Analyst and look forward to enrol in all of her courses. Thanks to Coursera for hosting such a great portal!!!
Great instructor. Complex topics were taught in an easy-to-follow manner.
A very good course, well presented by the prof. Many examples with solutions in Excel that helped to make it clear.
A very good instructor ...totally explain everything
Really great course! With a little bit of data you can explain anything! The course is really easy to understand with great and interesting examples! Thanks a lot!
Concepts are well explained with very good examples.Also doing it in excel makes it easier.Thanks!Great course for beginners
Lucid and follows a step-by-step structure which allows for conceptual clarity.
Great insights by the professor!
Excellent course. The lectures by Prof. Dutta were clear and to the point. This course helped me in clarifying a lot of doubts.
Well thought class by a very professional teacher. Easy to get access to a higher level of statistics.
very interesting, well taught
A complete course with relevant information & experiences trainers. It certainly does not misses out on any part
Well done. A couple minor issues with a video upload error, but overall a very well done and informative course.
Easy to understand and with tons of tips to help you out in your day to day job.Thank you very much!
It wasn't Exactly what I'd expected but was still a good course.
High-Impact Business WritingCongratulations on the platformCongratulations on the administrative order of the courseCongratulations on the Success of the Course
A very simplistic overview of necessary skills and helpful writing tips. The videos are a bit slow and the instructor stumbles over her words a lot, but the material is great.
This course was very good. It offered practical tips on business writing which proved to be very helpful in career progress. The course curriculum was well structured and the instructors were also very knowledgeable. I enjoyed a lot pursuing this online course.
Good course about business writing, there is always something where you can improve yourself.
This course is very useful!
Nice course. Gets you started.
I can fully understand how different is the grammar and vocabulary sentences.
I love this course
I really love this programme. Well structured and in a very logical sequence. All the tips are f
the course is very nice and have information can help is success in our life.
There are many tips that can be used right away in the professional environment.
This course helps me tremendously in my work career.
Extremely good course and as the topic say it did have a very high impact.
Nice one
THANK YOU!
Great course with good objectives of business writings.
This is very good and I would recommend it, but it is quite short compared to other Coursera courses that I have paid for. I think they should add more content for the price they are charging.
It was very good!
Enjoyable and helpful!
A simplified course that targets areas of business writing which most of us tend to oversee. In this era of digitalisation and information overload, this back to basics method was really refreshing.
The course was taught very well.
The explanations and the topics covered are very much useful for the professionals to implement in the day to day work.Thanks for such a wonderful contents.
Really enjoyed this course
its very essential for my writing.
Universally applicable, presented in an entertaining manner, and quite thorough. Even experienced writers will pick up on one or two aspects they usually overlook. Highly recommended!
the instructor keeps repeating the same information throughout all the lectures. It is not as impactful as I thought it would be. The last straw was her saying that-that was an article.
it was very helpful and very beneficial thanks a lot for the way you're considering your effort to help the student like me
Mostly common knowledge
Useful information. Would recommend.
Very boring
Sue Robins is an excellent instructor in the art of business writing. She will help you navigate the nuances and best practices behind a good business document
This course is easy to comprehend. The learning experience is so clear and concise it is impossible to fail this course.
very low quality and not practical
I found the videos, slides and shared websites very useful. Another great Coursera course.
An mix of general tips on how to write well mixed with some corporate-specific information. Broad overview, but I didn't really learn anything.
really help me in Business Writing in English
Could have more in depth content, a bit shallow sometimes.
Complete, clear and practical.
Learnt a lot ... Really interesting and informative
Helpful with reinforcing how to communicate in a business setting through writing.
approach more skills for business
Very useful, thank you
Well Organized and very helpful.
great course , learned a lot and understood all my mistakes.
I don't know why I didn't get my certificate though I get the grade 92.
I couldn't access all of the reading materials and could never finish this course.
Very basic. Tricky quiz questions. There seems to be multiple right answers.
useful and straight to the point
Great course, great professor.. I loved her explanations and style
Didn't really elevate my writing. Mostly due to the fact that there were no practical exercises included. Though some of the theoretical stuff that is covered is sort of common sense, most is still very relevant, so I don't regret taking the course.
Felt that it could have more writing exercises.
A good brush up and clear information. A bit basic for me personally. This should be stated more clearly.
Good. Overall it is basic, speaker could talk faster and in general the course could move a lot faster. Room for improvement.
Some irritating errors, but overall it was okay.
Extremely basic. Please put that up front in the course description.
Very good and interesting course, I recommend!
clear and concise
Good and practical course with very applicable content.
Great course, a lot of rules backed with many examples.
This course is really helpful and relevant for professionals across the domain.
I learned a lot with this course, but there are not so many exercises for students to train the content learned. The lectures are very good.
Clear, Brief and ComprehensiveThis course shows you the overall business writing patterns.Especially, the teacher provides a lot of extra useful materials online for self-study.Thanks!
Precise, structured, easy to understand and apply techniques. Very useful course!
Too high level
Excellent refresher on writing skills. Gives you the tools and resources needed for every day business communication in classic and modern platforms.
Very good teacher. Is clear in her speech and in visual aids as well.
Very useful for improving my business writing skill.
It is a good brush up course but a lot of it was common sense.
I found this course very valuable as much of my job centers around the principals outlined here. I see lots of this as common sense but find it very refreshing to have it in a formal format for others to learn from. I love the comment that we are surrounded by clutter in our writing and need to address it.
Excellent and very useful course for all business professionals.
The course is great. very informative and there are a lot of best practices i can practice in my day to day work.The only area i see improvement is the quiz for week 2. I found it very difficult to pass the the choices are ambiguous.
It was very useful course to revise and put together all the BASICS (Hygiene) of business comunication.
It's useful to anyone who wants to improve writing skills.
Great summary of all important things in business writing. I learned a lot from it. Thanks.
I am really enjoying this course and will certainly use all of the information I am receiving.
This course is not designed well.
Very basic, I hoped for a more advanced level.
I learn a lot from this course and thank you so much.
This course teaches the basic and fundamental concepts, idea, principles of various forms of business writing. Hope it provides more examples on each topic.
Very informative
Learning wise , a good course. Certificates for individual courses of the series would have been good.
Excellent course for those people that start in the art of writing!
Besides the course free fee, the content is meaningful and worth studying. Thanks.
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Great and helpful information for professionals starting off in business writing.
Very helpful.
Excellent content, as it is concise and clear.
Testing choice isn't great. Writing a letter, outline, etc. and submitting it for peer review would have been more productive. Furthermore, some questions in Week 2 test are confusing, the original meaning the test designer is trying to convey is, which dictates what the right answer is, isn't clear, giving too much room to interpretation not allowing the answer to be empirically right.
Poor content. Clearly filler material for the specialization. :)
The course was very short and very basic. I do not think it is fair to call it "High-Impact Business Writing" when all you get is an introduction to business writing. It would be nice to have a more extensive course on this subject. I would retake it if it was improved. My rating reflects the lack of high-quality content with more examples.
Useful tips for writing.
Great course with lots of valuable tips, not only for business writing but also for learning how to deal with arguments & confrontation in the workplace. Highly recommended.
This course is very instructive
The course approches all the subjects related to business, providing wide and deep information to reinforce knowledge.
Thank you very much! It was very useful. The material of the course were right, prompt and good collected.
Very clear, crisp and useful for everyday communication.
Easy to follow, well-structured course. Enjoyed the sessions.
The course was excellent! The only thing that I would change is to have more instruction in writing for social media.
I needed to work on my writing and this easy to follow on class was great to just do that.
It was truly helpful and full of examples for everyday use.
Very useful information.
Great reminders and a few things to think about.
Informative and easy to understand, even though the course could have benefit more if we actually get a few peer-review exercises regarding the type of writing we learned from the course. Overall, good for beginner.
This is an amazing opportunity unfortunately I have to catch up. I plan on doing this on the 3 day weekend. I have put time aside specifically for my classes. I have already put it to practice just haven't had a chance to do the quiz on lesson 1 or work on lesson 2. Again this is really a great way to help people out. Hopefully I will be in a position to get some certificates out of it as well. Thank you for this wonderful experience. :)
It helps me a lot.it is a good choice for you to learn it.and i love the teacher.
Insightful
Great course, but needed more exercises for student practice.
I found the video lectures very choppy and difficult to watch.
Great Course!
it's to general. I would like to have done some exercises. Great framework without a punchline.
I would have rated the course higher if there were a way to practice writing the documents discussed in the lectures. Great introduction to business writing, though. Very accessible to non-business persons.
Very helpful course, I highly recommend it.
Some questions in the quiz for module 2 are unclear and seem unrelated to the course work.
Very informative. Loved the professor's tone and delivery of the lectures
Teacher Sue Robins competently and interesting has submitted all material. I am grateful for training on this course!
The course was very generic and didn't teach that much. Sorry.
Love it!!
The modules had a lot of aspects and covered each one in detail. However, it would have been helpful to have some hands-on exercises like writing an executive summary, evaluating a resume, writing an elevator pitch etc so that people learn from each other. Otherwise, its a great course with emphasis on different aspects of business writing. Thanks
Great helped me a lot with business writing that I can accomplish with my Dance Company. Easy to follow great steps.
Awesome, Brilliant and Value added.
A really good foundation for writing. A good refresh of the fundamentals.
Quite interesting and informative course
useful an I like her teaching style
Great course if you want to improve your skills to write
Some lessons were a bit obvious, but lots of good content overall.
Resources Professor provides are very helpful and well-explained. Each presentation slide is clear and easy to understand. Overall, I am very satisfied with the course. I wish Professor included more exercises for us to write and have a peer review.
The course was awsome.
Very helpful tips for preparing a professional business document. Hoping the course could have more focused exercises to make sure learners actually master the skills.
The course gave me few skills that I never used earlier and would start using now on.It was useful for me.
Not too interesting, but certain things were useful.
Great course with a lot of useful information
Good but basic level for Business Writing.
A wonderful course to hone your English. Thank you very much!
Thank you!
The information was very helpful. I would have benefited from quiz explanations I kept getting the same two questions wrong on quiz 2.
It was a very informative and useful course for officials involving business writing. I feel considerable improvement in my writing after passing of this course.
Fantastic course. Real examples and very relevant for the current working population.Great job.
I enjoyed this course very much. The instructors were very good at their job. The entire course was well designed and the lectures were easy to follow. I also learned many new things. This course also helped me to brush up my English communication and interview skills.
Wonderful.NIce methodically work the PEN.Simple video and explanation.Thank you.
Great course
It was really useful!The course went well and the instructors were awesome.
This was an excellent course and I am glad and honored to have been offered the Scholarship for the Verified Course Certificate, in case this course is re-offered, I am going to suggest everyone to take the opportunity to go through this amazing course. Thanks to Coursera and the Course Instructors for their valuable time and effort to provide us with such resourceful knowledge.
Thank you for this really usefull course. It is easy, interesting, motivating, and challenging at the same time. I really appreciate job you have done and I wish to join more courses from this university. Thank you again and good luck!!!
It's just a super-interesting course!
It is an excellent course for career development.
very interesting, not annoying. Teachers are prepared and seem to be nice people. Very usefull if you are scheduled to do an interwiew.
It was awesome to learn more career vocabulary and to practice all the english skills.
good experience
My teacher introduced it to me ... now I dont need my teacher anymore :P :P :P :P :P Just kidding its an amazing course ...... And I love my teacher :P
The course is perfectly prepared !
Useful for everybody want to covert his resume in English from US
very good course and useful
Easy to follow. Very useful.
super useful the best course ever !!!!
Interesting and very useful course. I hope it help me to develop professionally. I like the methodology. The teachers explain very clear.Thank You very much.
With that course you really learn English for Career Development.The best course about that subject.
very helpful course.
Very good, thanks you very much
An Excellent course. I recommend everyone who is working to take it.
Great course!!
It is an excellent course which provides valuable tips for job seekers. The course is dynamic and challenging. The topics are well-organized, fluent and friendly.I highly recommend to take this course to improve your job seeking skills.
Very good course. But I think some exercises could be more difficult.
Thank you. Good course
Great course. I had the chance to practice my english skills while learning about the job search process and related topics. It was very useful.
I had thought that I got much experience in job seeking process, but with this course I have learnt much more than I could expected. Thank you very much!
Very good course, I really learned
This course is totally informative and useful for my future success!
This course help me a lo t to increase my grammar skilss and communication skills with people from differnet countries,and also I improve in the fiel of the employment
I hope all participants found this course useful like me.I want to thank the course teachers and the course supporting organizations.Thanks....
good course for professional career development
I will post about this course in social media and send it to my friends and people like me who are interested in this course and many courses in cousrea and i know that most people will accept my idea and love to get Certificates from coursera.
I think this is well organized course for the profession job application, but the course name is quite mis-leading. The name could be Job Application Process and Carrier Development.
this is an excellent course, it help me a lot.
a good course
It's a useful course both to learn English and to help you to find a job
Very helpful course. Very quietly and unobtrusively helps то develop English and other useful skills. Thanks
Great course. Enjoyed it a lot.
amassing course , thank you for every thing
All people that wants to work in the US and is them first time, need this course for practice English and learning about the process.
I have learned a lot from this course, if you are a foreign job seeker or worker this will definitely help you from your Resume up until the Interview process in the US.
I loved this course, thank you!
very useful
Its really important and interesting course, it's improve my English skills, learn to write professional resume and cover letter and learn how I answer question in the Interview. I am highly recommended this course.
It really helps in advancing a career.
I did not know before that finding applying and interviewing is like a science thing that I have to study and educate myself for, I found that the course is very good and standardise the whole idea
Great Course, I have learn so much from it.
Very helpful course. Thanks a lot, great work.
great course everyone should do
This course is really helpful for improving our English for both writing and reading. I learned many new things from here. I am happy that i choose this course.
great tools to enhance the job seek process!!
I really like to learn about resume, cover letter, elevator speech and so. It was fantastic. Thank you so much
In love with this course, thank you so much !:)
this is the best couse I've learned ever
This course is awesome. I have learnt so many thing in this course that I am confident finding a job will be way much easier. Endless thanks.
All the lectures were amazing and very easy to understand.I did many first times through this course.I wrote a resume, a cover letter, an interview. I did them for the first time in my life.I got good knowledge about them and in the future when I seek for a job this course will be really helpful. Really thank you a lot.Hope you will be able to do many courses like this and help students like me in the future too.
great learning point.. :)
Great course!
Thank you very much, Bryan and Robin for this course! It opened my eyes for many things, especially how to write successful resume and cover letter. Really useful and interesting material.
It was an excellent course for me. It was my first course in Coursera and it won't be the last one. Thanks teachers because every session was helpful and understandable.
Course help for people who want to be develop their career.
This is very helpful to all job seekers and also to students. This will equip them with skills necessary in job hunting and career searching. :)
Very educational and informative
It was a course that I enjoyed most.
Just as an option, please send the certicates with approximate hours of study! Thanks
This course was very informative, well structured and with plenty of examples and exercises for the students. I learned a lot of things about the job search, applying and interviews in America and I hope my knowledge will help me in the future to find a better job.
very useful for me
Great teaching, very usefull
This is a great step to all the people who want to learn how the job process is in the United States, and not just that, you can also learn grammar and enhance your listening skills.
This course has taught me very well about developing my career skills. I highly encourage everyone to also take this course and learn what I've learned. To my teachers and classmates, thank you so much. I couldn't have done this without your help.
This course allowed me to improve my resume and show a new opportunity to look for a job.
Superb....learned a lot of things
It was a perfect career development. I liked the way of teaching. I learned well and knew more about the career, job process. Thanks. It was very helpful to me.
Many Thanks for your classes, it was excellent!
Hello, I want to send my congratulations and gratefulness to the teachers: Robyn Turner and Brian McManus, as well as to the tecnical team whose amaizing work makes possible the offer of this course. This is my first course in coursera, I enjoyed it a lot and learned many usefull things taht are helping in develop my career. Thanks a lot.
Thank you very much!
absolutely perfect
This course was really great. It helped me in developing and knowing my self more. It has also helped me in developing confidence.
The Course was exciting.
This was the great course which I was able to improve my English skills while I developed my skills which I needed to them to find a job. Especially in different job industry in compare with my country.
its so good! like its a good practice for those who need and willing to try this course.
Perfect Course for my language skills and job-seeking knowledge
I liked this course. Have a good professionals and articles.Thank for your help.
This course is a must for job seekers. With my experience, this had given me a lot of information and honed my skills in English for developing my career. Thank you so much to the Coursera community, especially to the University of Pennsylvania and to our remarkable teachers- Mr. Brian McManus and Robyn Turner.
This course is really awesome and i believe , it must be a lifetime experience to develop my future career. I really amaze to go through the course. The course outline is well-decorated and really helpful for every students along with job-seekers. A big thanks to Coursera for this course.
I already have 6 years of experience and I took this course to know the new things that I should do s I am looking for a new opportunity and you gave me a lot of information specially about cover letter and elevator speech.Thank you very much and I may use some materials to guide the new grads who are looking for a job. :)
Very useful course , I feel completely different after completing it . Thanks a lot !
It awesome course with Sweet And Fabulous teachers i am thankful to Coursera And Penn for this Opportunity. thanks to Sir Brian McManus & Mem Robyn Turner.. Always keep Smile.
Thank you for the big help, yes i am not purely speak English but because of this, it will help me to find a better job and answer any interview on a good way.
this course was amazing and have a lot benefits to me
A great opportunity to develope my skills. It was offered me a very organized course with an excellent didactic and professional instructor. Congrats too all at Penn, you were wonderful!! #TrumpIsPresident
I loved this course! It will certainly help me a lot!
In this course, I had the opportunity to improve my skills for a job interview, write resume better, make networking and clarify my vocabulary.
Enjoyable and useful course! The instructors made it as simple as possible, without missing the main point: teaching how to be successful with job hunting.
thank you very much
Thank you so much. I have learned many new things about resume, cover letter, and job interview.
I loved it :)
this course will enhance and give knowledge to everyone
This course " English for Career Development helped me learn various important topics about how to be successful in Career. It helped me know my strengths and weaknesses. how can I write a proper Resume and cover letter . and I also learned how to face an Interview. This course was very useful and the knowledge it gave me is really helpful
This course is must-do for people who seek for jobs that might be posted in English, nor other language depending on where you from, but asking you to provide English resume and cover letter.Go do it right now!
Excellent topic which is very effective for developing the career.
Very interesting. I really enjoyed this course.
nice , really need to say thanks like your job career
It was one of the best courses that i have been joint ever thank you all for your great efforts and thanks a lot for your smile through all the lectures.
It's very intersting and useful course. It contains a lot of useful practical exercises. Thank's for teachers for clean and understandable,pronunciation
This course give me a lot of information about how to make beter resume, also teach me to learn about how to show our skill. Nice and thank you for Brian and Turner , you are great teacher. Thank you to AE and University of Pennsylvania.
Awesome. Challenging. Great. Spectacular!
very interesting, I learnt so much. Thank you
This course had given me a lot of things to learn not only for my career development but in enriching my English language skills and knowledge.
I think it is an essential course for all job seeker.
so important to get or submitting or a job vacancies
I'm grateful with the opportunity this course has offered me. It gives me new and better forms of knowledge of which I believe are very useful for future use. It doesn't only give me an opportunity to grow intellectually but also it gives me the chance to experience learning with people of different races from different places. That makes this course amazing and more interesting. Learning here is really fun.
The instructors are rightly just calm enough to teach student as good as they could. Happy to be in this course! :)
Good course for me but area need to be improved is the course navigation.
All I would like to know about how to prepare myself for career development.
Relevant and interesting choice of assignments.
Excellent course in strategic management, a perfect capstone to apply knowledge.
Culmination of the courses - to reinforce the learnings
Course was extremely current and allowed me to creatively present all my ideas.
Great way to put all the knowledge in context
Nice and interesting.
Exceptional curriculum layout with thoughtful lectures and assignments.
I wish it had more interaction with the teachers or to at least have more level of detail on the cases. I am afraid tha as a final project it was not of a very high use for me.
The content and the assignment were of high quality and I really enjoyed the case I had to work on.So overal the course was very good, but negative was that the course was a bit too long, I understand Coursera needs to finance the course, so it is better to have a long one and earn a lot of subscription fees. Bu the extra review rounds felt redundant, and because the course was so long it was difficult to keep focussed on it.
Being in this class and specialization was a great experience to me. Great instructors with great content but I prefer a professional person judge the final assignment of capstone.
Amazing way to demonstrate your knowledge, the only con is that the projects are peer reviewed, so no experts judge you.
Awsm course!!!! Precise and well structured...........Wish CBS introduces more courses.
All the projects are real life cases. They are close to our life, challenging but also engaging, Doing this project makes me able to implement the theoretical frameworks in real situation.
Interesting subjects to chose from. Also nice and short format of the assignment.
I must say that the Capstone Project was a good assignment. The issue is that the Peer Reviews were bad. I had to resubmit my assignment due to a student that choose to give me 0's when the other reviewers gave me 5's. There was also a bias to what each reviewer thought the capstone should cover so you had no idea which direction to update your work because the next reviewer may feel that the type of analysis you did was not Necessary.The course needs a specific Rubric and specific methods each person has to use in order to complete the assignment. For example, Must Use the Four Forces Model when evaluating Strategy. This way everyone knows what to expect and what to look for. Otherwise you can get a low grade on a great project because a Classmate thought you should have used another model so he gave you a 1 or 0 when the model you used demonstrated your knowledge.Capstones need to be monitored either by a student or assistant to protect against trolls that don't read your work and give you the lowest score. Otherwise the Course was great and the information was definitely well put together. The Peer Reviews brought my overall grade lower because I didn't get the High Mark I should have.
Excellent course. Great learning. Top Notch facility. Definitely recommended for somebody who want to learn Strategy Management in detail.
Thanks to Nicolai Pogrebnyakov and All Specialization Sectors. Good Course. If you want to have Practical Strategy Formulation and Implementation habits than Enroll !!!
very helpful on creating the strategic recommendation for Spotify.
Very interesting topics for projects! And real executive from "Bombardier" has reviewed my work! It is good surprise.
The course as a whole is excellent (5 stars), however, the Capstone project part of the specialization consists of 3 submissions that are reviewed by other students. Consequently the quality of the reviewers are of the same level as the student itself - which obviously limits the learnings from feedback.
During the specialization I only missed some support material. it was a fantastic courser, thanks.
Excellent course and teachers! Congratulations!
Fantastic learning experience. Thanks!
Ira Pohl is a great professor. There were a few glitches in the videos, but overall a nice course.
I enjoyed this course a great deal. The review of C++ and introduction of C++11 is exactly what I was looking for. The Hex Game assignment were fun. I was impressed at how the Monte-Carlo method could be used to create an AI player for a game.
Good contents
Very helpful.
Fantastic course
Just Brilliant
Excellent Course! Learning is not done by rote but rather by understanding the material.
very clear and useful.
Very good course. The teacher is great. Thank you.
Top level, very interesting and absolutelly exciting!
Great professor, but a lot of formatting issues with the problems. To avoid considerable frustration, make sure you reference this page:https://www.coursera.org/learn/calculus1/discussions/forums/WcY9_8ayEeSWEiIAC0wC5g/threads/CgOJwV-jEeWncxKXIFxpFQ
Great Course! ... Thanks for Dr. Jim Fowler and Ohio State University.
It was a pleasure to follow the videos. Professor Fowler's obvious enthusiasm for his subject shine through.
Excellent course. Good teacher and dynamic learning.
very good course to learn Caculus
Great lesson! It's easy for the one who have left these for a long time.
With all of the changes going on with the coursera platform, some stuff gets changed or messed up. Otherwise, this is a great course! Would watch just for the faces.
The many errors in the quizzes and the basic structure of the course - like having no link to a textbook in a central location - makes the experience of the course very very poor. The quality of the material makes up for it, to some extent - but there needs to be more Coursera support (I think) to get the errors in quizzes and stuff sorted out. The mods are doing an amazing job keeping people calm, but Coursera needs to do better.
Excellent, simply fantastic. Thank you so much for the effort in creating these materials.
Very fun to watch with great illustrations and explanations! Great course!
Excellent course and Instructor was outstanding.
I am definitely going to learn Calculus Two!!
Very useful and interesting course. It gave me more than an opportunity to just compute some calculations. I've learnt WHY these calculations are in the form I use them.
the best presentation I have ever seen
Extreme Good Teaching Method!
This is a hard subject to teach myself. I found the instruction distracting. I think in attempt to be enthusiastic the instructors frittered away my attention. By terrible coincidence, my computer blew up. Real Life intervened in that and other ways. I will continue to try to learn calculus, but this didn't work for me.
Great energy in the course. A lot of fun to work on.
I really enjoyed this course but week 9 was extremely ridiculous. I had a hard time relating the examples to the quiz and, when i finally figured it out, the answers were huge and complex numbers. Other then that though, i do recommend this course.
Beautiful course, very well explained with the right mix of theory and application of the learning. Many thanks to the professor and Coursera ! :)
Only the most essential information about calculus. Highly recommend for people w/o math background.
GREAT TEACHER
ThankI'll study hard as a can!!
Excellent course! Excellent and very energetic and likable teacher! Except minor technical issues with the quizzes it was perfect! For a similar experience involving a free certificate of completion I suggest http://ximera.osu.edu/
It was great, the videos were fun to watch, the teacher did a great job explaining everything, but it was also very challenging. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to embark on the study of calculus.
Good course. I wish the technical aspects of submitting typed answers had all the bugs worked out. Otherwise great experience.
Very good explanation, interesting excercises.
I love the teacher so much! He can lead me to understand the mathimatic problems which are really difficult to me. And he also taught some "life experience" by calculus: in terms of life curve, when you feel you are "decreasing", which meaning f prime is less than 0, it's sad one way, but if the f prime prime is still greater than 0, you will recover again! So, keep moving~
Thank you, the course was nice, good job.
This class is quite accurate and pleasing. I have enjoyed the course
The lecturer is very enthusiastic. Explanations are crystal clear. Quiz material is good.
The best calculus course I've ever taken. The professor is really enthusiastic and keeps you motivated. You will never get bored!
The course is clear, informative and yet not very hard. Jim Fowler is crazy looking but he's very engaging, you want to share his craziness about calculus, and by the end of the course I found myself enjoying when new approaches come from previously learned.The only one slight minus for me was, that there is no medium complexity "homeworks". Tests and exercises are sometimes too easy and repetitive. On the other side challenges given in lectures are too hard, and has no answers to check yourself .
Electric professor! Great course, without doubts.
This was the most challenging, rich, and fun Calculus I class. The instructor's high degree of motivation, personal interest, and sense of wonder at the beauty and far reaching manifestations of the laws that the Calculus attempts to capture is contagious and revives the sense of discovery and awe that Newton, Leibniz, Pascal, and Euler must have experienced. Great break down of complex subject matter into clear and concise language that even a dumb grunt, that is, an infantryman, could understand quickly and with anticipation for the next topic. My English teachers, Beckwith and Ellis, would certainly love that sentence.
Thanks very much!
An excellent introductory course on single variable calculus, Jim is an amazing and engaging instructor. I wish he did more Mathematics courses.
The instructor does a very poor job of explaining the material.
There is no good explanation of how to calculate the equations given in the quizes which is why sometimes i had to fail to figure out how to solve one of the similar equations so I can understand and solve the others. Overall is good and understandable.
The course is great! Jim Fowler presents everything is such a meaningful and insightful way. And he's very funny. But Dr. Fowler, please change the music :)
Dr. Jim Fowler makes Calculus a poetry. The concept oriented approach goes straight into the fundamentals before turning off the students' appetite with dry symbolic jargons. The same concept is explained from multiple perspectives making mastery of the material inevitable. I had the most fun learning from Dr. Jim Fowler the beauty of calculus.
The best Math Course in the world !! I mean it. "Best In the world". Excellently handled by Dr. Fowler.
Great!
Love this course. So interesting and so challenging.I like the way it's given and passion of Dr. Fowler motives so much
Fantastic course. A lot of neat tricks thrown in too. Jim Fowler's enthusiasm is contagious.
Thank you. A really useful comprehensive review of calculus & some applications.
Exceptionally good Calculus course for those who had a Calculus course in their past and want to review some credentials !!!
Solid course - well taught by highly enthusiastic teacher. Good online support from other participants and course mentors. Only frustration was syntax - sometimes you would get the right answer in a test but the syntax was not recognised (for example sometimes the constant "E" had to be entered in lower case and sometimes in upper case.)
This course was a big help. It has many applications which help you visualize what calculus really is about; great teacher, great examples and such a great time learning this.
This is an amazing course taught by an emphatic, inspiring teacher! This not only eased the effort of learning but made it FUN. 10/10, would recommend to anyone wishing to learn Calculus.
Very enthusiastic lecturer!
The Prof. ever :)
Best Online class ever!
Purely awesome
Educator is outstanding!!! If more mathematics teachers were like him, then we would have more people admiring and using mathematics, the greatest of all human inventions!
Teacher is very enthusiastic and good at providing intuitives for theorems.
Thanks Jim and relative staffs. You help me to understand the Calculus in deep, and know that Math is really fun and helpful. Though I leaned it several years ago, but now I really get some new concepts about it. Thanks every again!
that's an extraordinary course. Congratulations
Every minute I spent on this course was useful in improving my knowledge of calculus. Many thanks to Jim.
I would like to thank Jim Fowler, PhD at this point. The content of the course was explained very understandably, best thanks for it and all the best.
Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Excelent course, great teacher
Very clear explanation.
I loved it. He is a very good professor.
Covered the material I needed to progress into mathematics; provides nice intuition about the concepts; very engaging.
Professor Fowler is an excellent teacher, and The Ohio State knows it.
comprehensive skills for basic calculus :)
Very good course. As someone with attention difficulties. The lecturer was very engaging and made learning fun.
if the input format can be explained in detail, could save a lot of time wondering the genuine "answer". But, overall, brilliant! really appreciate for the sharing of joys in calculus! thank you!
It is impossible to input solutions to quizzes/exams - even when they are correct, they are graded as wrong - a massive waste of time
I wish that Mr. Jim Fowler were my math teacher in high school
Good, step by step explanation.
Great lecturer. It is perfect in tandem with the mooculus's textbook (https://mooculus.osu.edu/handouts)
Professor is very passionate and the lecture is easy to understand for someone like me who speaks English as a second language .
Very intereting
fun,practical and fulfilling,thank you so much.
very motivated tutor, easy to understand and beginners friendly.
The best course I have ever taken. This professor is very enthusiastic about his subject. He is committed to teach proper understanding of topics and gradually builds students intuition.
This is a great overview/refresher course for Calculus. The lectures cover more material than the quizzes.
Great!
The way Jim Fowler teaches calculus is amazing. He feels what he's lecturing and it's motivating to go through his videos and then hit the assignments. It's incredible how much calculus our everyday lives is sorrounded and we can only apprecciate that by taking courses like these. I do reccommend it. Thanks for the amazing course! It's incredible
The course is very well structured and has helped me better understand calculus.
I have never had calculus explained to me so well before attending this course, Thank you!
This one got away from me. I think I need Calculus for Dummys!
The professor does a great job explaining the ideas behind the mathematics. He makes it very easy to understand. However, there are not a lot of problems, so it's best to complement this with some textbook exerc
very good course you can review calculus
It is very good course and give a better understand in calculus.
Exceptional course! This was a wonderful review of calculus.
A very nice course! I love his great pasion on calculus!
I believe that the teacher creates a great way of explaining what seems to be very complicated thought processes, and he does so in a highly enthusiastic manner.The only downside is that such explanations can be either too low level or not strong enough to explain certain phenomena. For example, the professor talks about how the absolute value function of x is not differentiable at zero, and how a function is differentiable at a certain point when the two-sided limit exists and, by extension, the function is continuous at that same given point. However, the professor in this regard never truly explains why the v-shape is not differentiable and how it relates to our definition of continuity. However, overall: a very worthwhile course and a pleasant experience.
I really feel like I understood a great deal from this course. The exercises were challenging and sometimes required me to rewatch the videos, ensure my notes were good, and look up some help in other places online. I feel like calculus is fun, and I'm looking forward to doing more! I feel quite prepared to take on some calculus courses in person now.
Incredible level of teaching.
This comical man makes me very annoy.
i never seen some one passionate about calculus like Dr. jim fowler i really learned alot from this course
Explains what calculus is well
Excellent instruction! An amazing resource for anyone interested in learning/re-learning calculus!
Great... a bit more variation int he quizzes would be nice
A refresher of Calculus doesn't get better than this! Jim is a thoroughly engaging teacher, and the lessons deliver concise yet detailed explanations of basic calculus concepts. While I have not put in enough time to master every concept learned in this class, I have come away feeling like I know enough for basic applications. Highly recommended!
Awesome course!
Awsome!
This course is awesome. To listen to professor Jim Fowler break down seemingly hard concepts into easy-to-understand chunks is hugely satisfying. But make no mistake. The course is not easy. But if you put in the effort, you will find it very fulfilling.The last three sections (weeks 14, 15, and 16) are probably the best parts of the course. It’s thrilling to experience professor Fowler solve hairy integration problems with u substitution and integration by parts.The grading section is a little buggy and may cause frustration for learners. But overall, you can work around the bugs if you take the time to review the bug list in the discussion forums.The mentors are fantastic and provide quick responses to your questions on the forums.
He teaches the intuitions as much as the calculations. I didn't memorize everything (it's hard and unnecessary), but when i see a function or a question, after drawing a graph, i can see through it all the integrations, derivatives, geometry etc. Thank you so much Jim :)
Really sparkly! But more is required, for example after studying integral it would be nice to study double and triple integrals. After derivatives it would be logical to go through partial derivatives and so on.
This is one of the best courses I have taken on Coursera and I would really like to thank Our Course Professor Jim Fowler and The Ohio State University for this beautiful course on Calculus.One thing I wanted to mention is to include more examples in practice exercises and module quizzes for better understanding and visualization of the concepts.
Calculus for complete dummies by a terrific instructor.
Well done and useful. I have found a passionate professor, a fascinating subject and a superior exercise for the mind.
Very clear instructions! Jim really knows about calculus and he knows how to teach well.
Great course, easy to understand, with nice and sometimes funny explanations of difficult problems
Excellent course. I took this course as a refresher to tackle a few projects involving machine learning. Highly recommend to anyone taking machine learning/AI courses. It helped me better understand and properly implement back propagation algorithm in my neural network involving a hyperbolic function.
I want more additional lecture please prof fowler.. very longed! to learn multivariate, parametric, differential equations, linear algebra, analysis and so on. I will wait for your lecture sincierely..
One of the best courses i have taken as an Online and Tradional student.
the best thing ever in my life
had an awsome experience.learning made much easier .
Very nice introduction to Calculus! The instructor is just great!
An outstanding course with extraordinary intuition behind to make clear basic calculus. Many thanks for the content and especially for the creativity and motivation of the lecturer to deliver the lessons.
Ever since I started i don't want to stop
This course represents everything Coursera aspires to be. If only other Coursera professors cared 10% as much as Dr. Fowler in teaching.
HiMath is a great science.Great Course and a Great Teacher.Thank you
Excellent course and teacher! Right energy for people like me. ;)
It was a very good course. I enjoyed the learning experience very much.
Prof Fowler does an outstanding job of making sure the concepts behind the formulas make sense. That was important to me, and this course delivered.
wonderful instructor
Great course! It's fantastic the way that the professor explains calculus, his way to teach makes him one of the best professors I've ever had. And it's a course that doesn't take several hours of your time, it's simple and straight to the point. I'm really impressed by how they made such a well structured course for online students. I could really notice that people who worked producing this course really worked to make it the best as possible.I can't wait to start Calculus 2!Regards from Brazil! Thank you all from Ohio University.
Great Course Instructor with lots of Humor... Dude makes calculus easy!!! Thumbs up to the production guys the music at the end and beginning of the course is really exciting... I LOVE THIS COURSE!!!
A really good moth course!The teacher uses a simple way to introduce the Calculus knowledge to us!Thanks, Coursera!
I took this class to fulfill a prerequisite for my graduate program, and it was outstanding -- easily the best online class I have taken to date. The professor is enthusiastic and explain things very well. Not only is the material broken into manageable chunks, but the supporting exercises and textbooks are really helpful too. I highly recommend it.
Lecture videos are good. Assessment of knowledge (quizzes) are weak.
An excellent course. Has a focus on underlying concepts and intuitions. Could be hard to follow without recent exposure to math. I recommend doing Khan Academy videos and exercise prior to taking this course or in parallel.
Calculus is not an easy part in math, so i didn't hope that i could get through it as quick as possible. But from when i got this course, i see that to access a mindset of math's world needs persevere and connection basically.
I've always had a love for math, however I never did well in the subject in school. It's a paradox, but embarrassingly I struggled to even pass! Well, once I found this course, I decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I took it. I've learned new and applied concepts in math and Mr. Fowler makes the lectures easy to understand. The discussion forum and mentors are extremely helpful. I would definitely recommend this course to others.
The professor does an outstanding job explaining the various ways in which the fundamental concepts in Calculus including limits, derivatives and integrals, build upon the underlying algebra. I highly recommend this course to both students and educators.
Awesome. I always to learn mathematics with real world view and applications rather than manipulations of symbols and abstract thinking - not that this way of learning is wrong , just does not work for me. This is the great course to serve that purpose.
This guy is awsome! :D
Best thing of this course is that it is self paced. No need to worry about submitting assignments or quizzez. However, this is also taking some tome to get it completed.
You'd be lucky to take this course in calculus from this gifted teacher Jim Fowler
the lectures are awsome... he is an extra ordinary teacher... i haven't any idea about limits even exam time @12 but i have the confidence now... :)
great teacher
very good to learn!
Really good course. It is really good for people who want to understand calculus. It is not a course for one that have final next week but is sure a great course for those who want to learn it in a solid base.
You learn a lot with this course and the instructor is breath taking
Just one word to describe this MOOC , " AMAZING". Its been a great journey exploring the world of calculus.
The teacher is very passionate; therefore I enjoyed the topics that were taught very differently than when I took AP Calculus AB in high school. The answer input sections for the tests and quizzes were rather frustrating because I had to type very specific keys on the keyboard just to input a constant or a polynomial. And one typo caused me to fail some assignments. Also the decimal approximations were very specific to the point where if I didn't type an extra number in the tenths, hundredths, or thousandths place then I would get the answer wrong even if I did the problem correctly.
Dr. Fowler is passionate, engaging, and a great teacher. I highly recommend the course!
Quite easy to understand, the professors are active. Thank you for this class.
Easy to understand "harder" topic.
Good course!!
I'm more than satisfied with the amount of learning that I weekly get in this marvelous course
Amazing Teacher. Thank u
Brilliant teacher!
Very clear introduction to calculus. Good value!
Easy to understand basic concept of calculus but not so challenging.
awesome course！The professor is very funny so that i can pay more attention to the content.
It is an excellent course. I am a commerce grad without maths. i find it too good course. It is helping me a lot to understand calculus.
Thouhg I'm only 15,but Professor still make it easily to understand.It's great to learn such a course.
Learning mathematics is enjoyable with Prof Fowler!!
Very deep and informative for this level of Calculus
Great Profesor!
you must use the exact format to get the correct answer on problems, or it will be marked wrongthe course is "as is" meaning when there are mistakes in the coursework neither web hosting nor faculty have are available to correct mistakesmoderators are not allowed to correct course content, so what they end up doing is editing your post in the forum. get use to this: "A moderator deleted your post in Calculus One because of spam""Review our forum Code of Conduct to learn more about guidelines for participating in course discussions", but i and others are only posting problem areas, thus rendering the forum discussions uselesssince the moderators only have the power to delete and edit your post, there is a list of content errors for the course that you will need to look at. real smart. i asked to have my grade adjusted, but they deleted that post also
A very good course because of its content and its professor. Thank you for your help.
I absolutely love this course. The only thing that I would suggest is going into the trapezoid and Simpson's rule when evaluating areas under the curve.
It's really an excellent course with it's simple principles showing, great instructor professor JIM has very good communication skills and attentions pay, very satisfy
Amazing course! Jim Fowler really gets one excited about doing and learning maths!
nice and great, makes me full of hope.
It's so fun to learn calculus in this way! thanks!
This course helped understand what I am actually doing with calculus.
The best Calculus course I have seen. It has lots of real world examples to introduce the concepts, and there is a great balance between intuition and mathematical rigour. The exercises are also timed perfectly to help understanding the concept.
It is a long but worthwhile course. I took it as a well needed refresher and ended up using two sessions to finish. The materials were available between formal sessions, so I could work it at my own pace and Dr Fowler makes it fun and clear. Definitely recommended.
Great course!Coursera ... not so much.
Good for beginners, but maybe using examples instead of important concepts as elements of main structure can cause confusion.
Very interesting, well thought out and exciting course. The original style of the material supply by teacher "from God" is able to captivate any skeptic who believes that mathematics - science boring.
Tutor Jim Fowler is amazing with the real life examples and the energy he shows in the sessions.
I have finished this course and moved on to the 2nd part. In sum, the course was excellent and Professor Fowler is terrific at explaining concepts both visually and algebraically. He provides both rigorous and intuitive explanations. I learned a lot and firmed up many concepts. i really appreciated the balance between visual and numerical. The real problem with the course is the quiz CPU. It does not recognize correct answers even when those answers are exactly the same as the ones provided by way of correcting your "wrong" answer. There is something really wrong with the quiz review code. That can be a "downer" when you are seeking a little encouragement after some hard work - and you know your answers are correct - and In Fact have been correct on the same questions in earlier quizzes. So take the coruse - enjoy the learning - but don't be discouraged because Coursera writes Kludgey code.IThe course is not yet over but perhaps someone will see this and make some changes. The professor is clear and enthusiastic. The main problem with this course is the quizzes. On several occasions I have submitted answers that were completely correct, only to find them all graded incorrect. I know they were correct because I had mathematician friends check them after receiving the failing grades. They could not understand why the quizzes were returned that way. On certain occasions, questions on one quiz were graded correct - and then the exact same type of question on another quiz was graded incorrect. In some cases, my answers were exactly the same as those probided by way of demonstrating the correct responses. Identical - yet marked wrong. When there are several ways to formulate an answer, we have no way of knowing what form is required. On a recent quiz, it turned out the answers were required in raw form - not solved to their numeric conclusion. But how are we to know that? I will write more at the end of the course. It is a good course for learning - but don't get upset if you get a bad grade. It is probably not an accurate reflection of your work. A final point - Professor Fowler should learn to pronounce "integral." It is NOT "intregal." It is "integral." He is, after all, a mathematician. You would not want a surgeon to speak of "cradiac care," would you? Otherwise - terrific class.
very well organized course!
Great course
use simple words to explain complicated calulus, it is very wonderful. it is definitly worth your time.
The best introductory course to Calculus ever, with Dr Fowler, the best teacher ever.
Just awesome. it simply needs to provide information on assignments when keyboard sucks.
Course seems fundamentally sound. Prof is enthusiatic and obvioulsy highly qualified. Really appreciate the proofs he provides such as the geometric development of the trig derivatives, the chain rule, and the fundamental theorem. I'd give it 5 stars for content and clarity.I am disappointed that some of the lectures were out of sequence with the quizzes and I really found that entering the answers to quizz questions was difficult. In some cases the tool misled me i.e. when the question indicated E should be entered for Euler's constant but the grading tool required e. Also in one instance the grading tool didn't recognize the right answer and I believe the correct answer wasn't even available as one of the choices.
i love his enthusiasm
Marvelous :-)
it will be more useful if using more complicated examples
this is a good course
Its a very good course. The teacher teachs with love and attention. I just think could have more exercises in video to help to do on the assignments. I recommend!!!!
Very well designed, taught with much enthusiasm. Just soak in some of his energy and you would be fine.
A very well taught and approachable course. I highly recommend it.
best... good to perfect your basic concept of calculus... recommended for everybody...
I love your teaching style!
The professor is great and I'm loving this course! I did have to use Khan Academy a couple of times so far but this is awesome. Good luck
teacher doesn't teach what is on the quizzes. -_-
This is a great courser!
This prof is amazing. I could listen to him describe dirt. unbelievably engaging!!!
This really taught me a lot
I love it. I haven't learned anything about math since 8 years ago when I graduated from senior high school. And professor made me fall in love with calculus/math again. He is making every point clear in a easy-to-comprehend way. Thank you.
Very helpful and new way to look at calculus. I am taking this course in order to freshen up concepts when I start AP Calculus my senior year and this offers me a comprehensive guide for what to except. Thank you!
Really great class! Goes a little fast at some parts, but otherwise engaging and interesting.
very helpful
Useful and productive, tutor is good in a help to find a meaning of all this stuff.
Very very good introduction course which covers single variable differentiation and integration. The teacher is awesome! His enthusiasm is so contagious that I'm going to go through his Calculus Two course as well just because he created it!
easy to follow, good examples and practice exercises.
Its not five stars because there isn't portuguese legends
Amazing Course
The teacher is full of energy, I like the way he taught.It brings me into the world of calculus!!! thanks:)
It is very useful!
It's easy to follow and fun way to learn calculus!
This guy loves what he's doing :)
This is one of the best introductory course to Calculus. The explanations are lucid, the instructor is awesome and the level of problems is good.
I think this course is great, I like everything about it, but I can't say the same about the quiz format, it is rigid and non-standardI gave up on the course many times because of thisHow do write Sqrt(5) for instance ? 5x must be 5*x or it is not acceptable.I am sorry, this is pretty bad
Excellent professor, induce students' interest
The course is really good and clear. Love it
Really love this dude, and appreciate the self-pacing
An awesome course! The teacher is good, and the calendar is well organized.However, as to me, there are some points that have not been explained clearly and the some quizzes are just terrible.Hope to see the improvements.
Good for Beginnes. Love you Jim Fowler!
Excellent, very good teacher
This was a very well presented course. Jim Fowler is a fantastic teacher; he makes it enjoyable and relevant. It would be nice if Coursera could review the quiz addenda and update the quizzes. It is very demoralizing to take and retake a quiz due to an incorrect answer, only to find out that the automatic grader is wrong! I'd gladly take more courses with this presenter.
this is a perfect course by a great instructor
GREAT COURSE! EXCELLENT PROFESSOR!!
Cool
Great instructor!
Awesome lecturer
Really an amazing course. Helped me get a deeper understanding of calculus. Teaching quality is outstanding and assumes very little prior knowledge. The course guides you through the logic of theorems in an intuitive way at the beginning and slowly introduces more complicated problems. Would recommend to anyone with no calculus experience or who took calculus years ago but never felt they mastered the core concepts.
Very well taught, but I think the exercises were disjointed and did not always fit with what was being taught. Other than that, great course!
Awesome course!! It's just that sometimes its a little bit hard to understand XD
Very good course, I teacher of math
well-explained, good job
This course is amazing! It is a great resource to prep for AP Calculus and other course
I took this course a long time ago but I remember that my experience was overly good, the teacher demonstrates the ideas of Calculus in very creative and visible ways and simplifies as much as possible the somewhat complicated ideas of Calculus.I self used also Paul's online notes to accomplish Calculus but if you're not very much into reading and you prefer very simple and clear videos this is the course for you (although I can't guarantee that everybody will relate to the style of this teacher).
The professor uses many examples to prove and emphasize the main points. It is a very valuable course, which is also free on Coursera.
Very explanatory. Clear and simple explanations for mathematical complexities.
Thorough helpful and student-friendly.
The Instructor is amazing!
Very useful.
Very good. Thanks alot
It's great!all the chapters are explained as well as i could imagine...
Great and passionate professor.
There are still many more technical issues which lie unsettled for months in in this beautiful and extremely interesting course...
Good course that covers some of the most fundamental concepts behind Calculus. Although the lecturer is quite "in your face", the lectures are well structured and well explained. The intro music at every lecture (every 3-5 minutes) is unnecessary and annoying.
This professor rocks!
Quite concise and learning great
Love the way u guys teach. Each concept is clarified with examples. Everything seems so interesting and easy that once used to seem boring and difficult
Need to take a hiatus; this would be the perfect class to prep for my TexEs teacher certification test in two years.
Free is good. The Professor is a little hurried when he speaks, that distract me from the lessons.However, I prefer this online class to the On Campus math classes I have completed at the Oak Harbor Campus of the Skagit Valley College.
Great teaching methodology - although the test are a bit too centered on number crunching and not reasoning. (a lot of number crunching and no room for little numerical mistake although reasoning is good)
The professor's teaching was fun. But you need to rewatch many times if you do not understand. Once you get it, you will blame why you didn't understand it at the first place because it's so simple and you'll then agree with what every words the professor said.
Love the humour
The course itself is fantastic, but submissions toward the end of the course are extremely tedious and cause you to wonder whether or not you did the math correctly.
Great class, easier to learn calculus
A very well designed course with clear explanations.
great teacher gives great lectures
very clear. It should be more exercise
Professor Fowler is awesome!
Very fast-paced at times but very informative. He creates an enthusiastic learning process.
Instructors make this class FUN, even for a dummy like me.
Thank you for this course !!!
amazing course and amazing teacher.
Great teacher with a very interesting content and approach. To totally benefit from this course, going through the associated Mooculus print is really complementary to the video. This enthusiastic mathematician, beyond the raw mathematics, will give you insights, practical and inspired examples or applications, interests, and much more. You might end up seeing integral calculus as an epic rpg battle versus an ogre after this course (special thanks to the professor for this amazing image ), but you would have been well trained, fully equipped, and wisely guided.
He is an awesome instructor, Love from India, Thanks for this course.
Excellent course! The most clear way to learn Calculus! My grate thanks to the Lector!
A really awesome course to learn calculus
Great course.
I think the instructor is great.
Great!!!
Very good course, although too much long.
The course is best suited for an Intermediate student. Course is good to have since oit convers the topic from its very basic perspective. For graduates this course is more time consuming and dosnt recommended.Advantages:-very simple descriptions-even a non mathematical background student can easily understand-Proofs in all forms(geometric, analatic, practical) descrition.Disav:-basic are explained and consuming too much time-dosnt going for advanced level-no high level explanations or topics.
Jim Fowler is the best math teacher I have ever encountered, by far.
Very well presented!
This is an excellent course with the best kind of instructor! The explanation is pellucid. The examples and exercises are very practical. Thank you Jim for such a masterpiece of online education!
Videos are actually enjoyable to watch. The prof is an interesting dude.
This guy might be the best instructor of anything I've ever seen anywhere.
Extremely useful and student friendly!
The professor is passionate and makes learning calculus as easy as possible. Plenty of videos and explanations, but not many realistic problems given.
So lucky to take part in this course, since it gives me a chance to learn Calculus again. Thanks Mr. Fowler.
Solid course. Good instructor. The quizzes, however, often were inconsistent on how to input Euler's number so that it could be read by the computer. 1 quiz had an item that did not contain a question (Thank god it was multiple choice) , and the last exam asked you to select between two answers which identical except for the fact that one added zero from x and one subtracted zero from x.
I love the instructors enthusiasm!!
Professor Jim Fowler is FANTASTIC! He makes calculus thoroughly understandable, and memorable. His enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you, Coursera, for such a marvelous course. I will continue to Calculus Two.
great course
This prof. is great, he make Calculus much easier
Superb course - Jim Fowler is an excellent teacher.
Outstanding contribution to math education. Excellent course. Thank you kindly and best wishes.
Very energetic lecturer :) Thoroughly enjoyed.
Very interesting, thank you~
Thank you professor :) you are a great teacher
Terrific instructor. Cover difficult topics well and in a very fine progression with very good transitions.Good explanations and good examples of concepts. Workable, useful knowledge gained. A very fine professor with a clear interest in teaching students.
quite interesting... better if was aware of the site few week before
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Simply ¡Excellent!
This is one of the best courses I've ever taken. I recommend it 100%!!
it was quite mind opening to me. as it help me to relate calculus from note to reality and vice versa
Great course that I have known before.
i love the explanation
This course is awesome !
THANK YOU !!
excellent course just let down by the frustrations of the inconsistencies of the marking of quizzes
Dr Jim Fowler is a great mathematician and an outstanding instructor. Thanks a lot!
Professor Fowler is great! He spends some time explaining the theory behind the topic, and makes everything pretty easy to visualize. I would love if there were a few more resources with example problems. The quizzes can be pretty challenging, if you haven't done any practice problems first. My favorite thing about this MOOC and Prof. Fowler is his excitement--which makes it feel, less like a lecture and more, like a fun conversation about calculus.
love the explanation. but it would be highly appreciated if some practice material was provided which would be reviewed by experts after completion.
Excelent course! I'll do the next Calculus two!!
Great course for calculus introduction.
The teacher is very passionate. The lectures are quite in detail and well explained.
Good course to take!
Great lessons and tests. Although I already knew quite a lot of this material, I still really learned a lot about why certain methods work the way they do.I would have loved to get some sort of a certificate though.
Amazing course, amazing lectures!
I am a philology major student, and I can say that this course made me fall in love with mathematics from the very first lesson. It is easy to follow, the explanations are very clear, and the tests are doable even for those who have not solved a single maths problem in years (in this case one will probably need to refresh some basic things, but it will not take long, because many of the school basics are also explained in the beginning of the course). Thank you, Professor Fowler, for these wonderful 16 weeks of Calculus 1!
Not enough material to understand the concepts.
Great course. Fun, engaging, Prof Fowler makes calculus feel easy even when teaching complex stuff, and has always a fun example or reference to cheer things up. If you are starting your calculus studies and you want to enjoy it rather than suffer, this is the course for you.
it was tooo helpful for understanding calculus.
very nice and easily accessible
Jim Fowler, PhD (the Lector) is awesome!
interesting and useful
Thank you so much for providing students with Calculus course.
The content of this course is fantastic, if you read the textbook with it. It would be 5 stars, but there are a number of glitches in the quizzes and exams. Information about the textbook and quiz issues can be found in the first post on the discussion board.
he is the best calculus teacher I have ever meet
simply amazing to refresh my 12th standard and masters concepts of calculus pratically
I enjoyed this class very much. I found the material lucid and well presented. I enjoyed interacting with the other students and mentors in the discussion forum.
Nice teacher, nice subject!
Awsom
Excellent course and very motivating teacher. I think more real life examples could be used, especialy in quizzes. Very compelling for begginers!
Not only does Jim Fowler teach new skills and knowledge he encourages students to think mathematically. But above it all, he enables learners to look at the familiar through new eyes.
It´s great. I´m learning so much about of the Calculus. Thanks fot it.
great course, its been almost 20 years since i took calculus, now iam refreshening everything for the FE Exam, and this course has been awesome!!!! thanks
Jim Fowler is pretty awesome prof. He teaches the course in pretty easy and exciting way.
That's great and fun class, it's worth to learn.
Dr Fowler is very enthusiastic, which is one of the most notable and best things about this course. Although some reviews complain that he over-explains things, I personally found this really helpful - you are taught not just how to do the calculations, but how they work fundamentally, which for me is a pretty important thing if I am to fully understand. The course is slightly above my level in some aspects, but I managed to pass with 100%, which I am very proud of! I'd say some basic knowledge of Calculus helps, but even if you are only just learning, I'd say this is set out in such a way that one could pick it up alright from this course. Only complaint is the sometimes glitchy quizzes, although the forums often say if there are any and how to get around them.Overall, I do recommend this course!
This class has taught me so much, just keep coming back to it because once I think I've figured something out I realize I didn't learn something else properly. I hope this class remains online and open all the time, it is very helpful to me because I was never really good at math in high school and I have decided to return to college after 10 years and I wish to earn a degree with a concentration and math because now that time has past ive lived a little and Im older I do see how advanced math is used in everyday life and I want to have a part in that. Thank you again for this class!
This is truly a brilliant and amazing course. It is as fun the 10th time through as the first. I never tire of it! Seriously! It is about more than calculus. It is about mathematical thinking.
I'm taking this course as a refresher, and the prof is simply brilliant! Thanks for not making this a monotonous course. This is the teaching style we must adopt if we are to improve the way people learn more complicated subjects.Evolution of learning:Make it fun.Make it applicable.Eventually all these courses will be interactive and on tablets, but until then, let's teach courses like Jim.
Wonderful opportunity to get to know calculus before I take it for credit at an engineering university.
amazing,good illustrations, good examples: )
Incredibly Great!
Jim Fowler explains the complex concepts of calculus with impeccable clarity, resorting to analogies and graphs to help students grok the gist of each subject, rather than just memorising arid demonstrations (which the course also has, to a reasonable extent) or accept things just because. And on top of that, he's a lot of fun to listen to!
Very good course! the teacher is very enthusiastic and his english is easy to understand, even for persons whose english is not their mother tongue.
Jim Fowler has the ability to visualize complex concepts, make them easier to comprehend.He really made this course interesting. I'm very glad I took this course - it refreshes my memory also shows me learning is really fun.
Great Teachers, great content
A fun filled yet insightful course with great illustrations. You'll love calculus by the time you are done with this! Amazing prof!
I really love this professor! From his teaching, I can see that math is his love and he devotes a lot to calculus! It's much better than that in my university, I must admit it.
I took this class to catch back up before I resumed my degree. I have never been taught this class this way and I have studied under some fantastic professors before. This is hands down the best way to be taught this course.
Really frustrating method of teaching. Class is incredibly slow and does way, way too much simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication to prove extremely basic points for a calculus course.
This course is superb. Dr. Fowler does an excellent job of explaining both calculus concepts and the "why" behind them all. If you want to truly understand calculus, and not just be able to do the calculations, then this I highly recommend this course.
Very passionate professor! Excellent course.
Very nice course, with a very nice teacher, I took this course twice.
Excellent course for anyone who is looking to learn basics of calculus.
This course is full of fun and joy!
Great course! Everything is explained extremely clearly. The only 'missing star' here is that some of the final quizzes reject the correct answer due to a technical issue.
The professor spends LOTS of time doing really, really simple work -- over-explaining things, to be honest, in such a way that makes them more confusing. Then he does not explain much more complex issues throughout the course. Very frustrating, even as someone who has taken calculus before and is just taking this as a "refresher."
I have officially hit the halfway point of the course and am three weeks ahead of schedule. The last time I took a Calculus class was 17 years ago, during my Senior year of high school. It was the first time I ever got a B in Math, and ruined my love for the subject. Since then, I had all but abandoned my love for the subject because I thought I had a learning deficiency for Calculus. It turns out that my teacher was just sub-par, or leagues below Dr. Fowler. As someone who is strong with numbers, he is the perfect professor to bring out the conceptual learning student in me. The most impressive thing though is how he has delivered rules to me in an almost photographic format. After each lesson, which are all theoretical then provide graphical and numericalnexamples,I do one practice problem with what I absorbed and check the answer. It is normally incorrect, but after reading the correct answer and explanation I fly through the next five. Although I am sure that not having closed book graded quizes and more practice problems may subtract from his classroom course a bit, this is an amazing confidence booster and has propelled me nback on track!
I really liked this course. Prof Jim Fowler explains the subject very well and his style made me really enthusiastic about maths. I am looking forward to starting Calculus Two. Thank you
This course is brilliant.The lectures are full of information, but they're also funny, engaging and always enjoyable. And there are loads of them (25 hrs?), so this feels like quite a thorough introduction to calculus.Some of the exercises are pretty tough for a newcomer like me, but the answers are always thoroughly explained. The lack of a hard time limit is very welcome because it gives you time to take in new ideas at your own pace, without rushing you through assignments or tests.What's more, it's all free. Hats off!
I really love how the instructor motivates his class and makes everything easy to understand.
Solid course, I had some prior knowledge but still there were weeks that were new to me and that I didn't see before , teacher is doing its best to present material in fun way so I would recommend this course to refresh or get new knowledge in Calculus 1 area.
Loved this! The prof was very engaging and explained everything thoroughly, exactly the course I was looking for to learn Calculus!
I wanted the preview function on the quiz to be like "scratch paper".
The teacher teaches in a formal yet enjoyable manner. He is far better than any other teacher that I have ever seen, even in real life. He teaches with a balanced mix of enthusiasm and explanation. My only trouble during this course was being unable to log into mooculus.osu.edu.
It's a great course! I love MR. Fowler! He is so energetic :P And the concepts are presented in a realistic way ,easy to understand and easy to imagine.five stars :PI succeed in passing the course, I enjoyed it .Thanks to all the stuff involved !!! Best wishes.
Best instructor in the world.
The teacher is very knowledgable, charismatic, and communicates the curriculum extremely well.
Perfect for Calculus beginers. But the homework can be more harder, it's too easy.
it is very niice
the guy that speaks is so passionate about what hes teaching!!!which makes it interesting and not boring
Really thoughtful explanations of concepts that I have previously struggled with. Worth taking.
very good considering the amount of information conveyed in the short amount of time. A few of the tests were slightly glitchy in the acceptable range of correct answers (in terms of rounding answers) and would only accept things like 17*sqrt(15426) as the answer, even if an equivalent value down to the 6th decimal place was give instead.
These are perfect lessons !!!
I feel that this is a great course for all levels of calculus students- those who have just taken up a calc course in high school, those who want to review calculus for higher studies or even those who want to learn calculus because they find it an interesting subject and want to gain more understanding of it. The instructor has put in a good amount of effort to explain not just the topics themselves but also to build up some level of conceptual understanding and insight, without delving too much in depth and keeping his lectures jargon-free. This has ensured that all learners are on the same level and can reap the benifits of learning calculus. Another take away from the coruse is that learners come to appreciate that calculus is both interesting as well as useful, a total contrast to the popular perception that it is confusing, boring and can be learned only rote learning of forumlas.
This is a great course, eventhough can be improved by having more subcific information.
Great Course. Used it to review part of the math I had on University about 15 years ago.
Excellent courcse, aimed at understanding of concepts, not for cramming formulas in brain.
An excellent course and the best I have seen for calculus. It is very easy to understand and covers all topic and most importantly, it does so in a very short period of time. Thank you to the creator of this course.
It's Simply The BEST!!
It is the most hilarious course I have ever done online - and I mean the pleasure with learning. Not everyone can say the same about any maths course.Thank you for this wonderful course on Calculus.
The teacher Jim seems a very optimistic man. He is always happy. And the animation is just amazing, I never thought that the internet lesson could be so real and funny and successfully. Good luck.
Jim Fowler is the Janis Joplin of mathematics. He transforms math into a never ending source of happiness.
Fantastic teacher!
The content is good. Needs better maintenance. Certain bugs and assignment errors should be rectified.
Jim have a special thing, he make me feel that happyness when I practice calculus, awesome teacher and excelent course, it is the same in my college. Thank you very much Jim. My calculus final grade was 4.19/5
The proof can be more precise and specific.
very good-course
the video lectures are clear and very well done
Taught very well; phenomenal teacher.
Great
It was too advanced for me
Jim's enthusiasm is contagious.
Great Teacher.Very simplified explanations on complex material.
the teacher is awesome
Good course, everything well explained !
Great instructor, great lecture materials, best math class I've ever taken.
This course is great. This guy has a way of really breaking down the subject and making it very easy to understand the concepts. Thank you very much for creating this course.
Very well organised, and it makes easy to understand difficult calculus topics.
One of the best courses on Coursera. The material is presented in a very interesting way. You can get good skills in Calculus participating in this Course.
awesome professor and the classes are really helpful , thank you so much .please keep doing it , it means a lot to certain students like me who are actually facing difficulties understanding calculus .
Hey. It's really perfect !The great thing in thin course is the professor.He is really good.i'm in the first of Intermediate Level in English and it means my English is not good enough but simple teaching of this professor really good and Be very good in English is not a must for learning.Thank U All !I'm Ali from Iran.
This course is extremely interesting. I found (and understood thanks to the simple and concrete explanations) so many things about maths that I didn't know. Nevertheless this cannot prepare you to take an exam at university (it's unthinkable to learn all about Calculus One in 10-minutes-videos!), but it can surely help you fill lacks on your knowledge of mathematics and fix many doubts. The professor is without any doubt really knowledgeable, and he knows how to increase interest in the audience. I can also say that his English is easily comprehensible (considering I'm not native English-speaker).Thanks for this course!
Amazing Instructor !! Gives very good insights and relates the concepts holisticaly
I have never seen anybody who taught like Prof. Jim Fowler !!!!.Only he tells the "WHY" hidden behind every question.-Videos were FUN.-Practice Quizzes were making our understanding more clear about each topic.-End quizzes were extremely helpful.-Taking notes from his videos is "WORTH".THANK YOU
The course has rekindled my passion for math!
The teacher is so enthusiastic! This is a great course!
the best teacher ever
Cool stuff along with fascinating teaching. Teacher's energetic manner deeply absorbs learner.Thanks a lot cause of this in my view "masterpiece".
It helps me in all of my aspects in life and also makes me a more advanced and intelligent high schooler
Great Course
very clear explanation
Great course! Everything is broken up into manageable pieces and the assignments are challenging. I'm up to week six and am learning a lot.
Very fun way to mathematics..
The best course i have ever seen!!!
The lecturer is a naturally gifted teacher with seemingly limitless passion and enthusiasm for the course material. Freely downloadable textbook is also of very high quality. This course is a cut above the rest and should be examined by anyone designing a MOOC.
Thanks
The professor is funny and clear. The examples are easy to understand.
The professor is great at explaining things and seems REALLY enthusiastic about teaching calculus. I would've never thought any maths course could be so fun and easy to understand, especially when I'm only an eighth grader!!
Excellent lecture videos and quizzes. Got a lot of help.
The teacher is Excellent. The materials used in teaching are very good.I liked the use of colors, the explanations in very details, and not skipping calculations. I liked the explanation behind everything, on how this is used in real life. I liked the enthusiasm of the teacher. He likes what he is doing and he loves Math.I think the limits subject should be taught in more details. I would liked it more if every theorem would have a proof. I think the use of epsilon/delta in practice was too little in this course, and should be expanded (it looks like this is a course for engineers rather than for mathematicians).The most painful problem in this course are the exercises, in 2 aspects.The first aspect: in many cases the exercises repeat themselves in a slightly different form - the diversity of of exercises should be expanded.The second aspect: exercises which require my typing have a lot of parsing issues, which are not clear, and are frustrating: example from integrals: the system would expect an answer like this one: (x)*(E^x) - E^x+C and would not accept a correct answer like this x*E^x - E^x+c. In this sense, I recommend using questions with multiple answers, and leave the open answers only for the cases where you need to type something where there are no parsing issues expected, such as typing numeric values.Thank you for this course.I liked it.
I am simply enjoying this. Thank you Dr. Fowler for those wonderful teachings.
I thought this was a well presented course with good coverage of the material. Only thing holding me back from giving it a five start rating is a few errors in the quizzes need to be fixed.
This course is great for Grade 5's like me
Easy, fascinating and very common course based on the simple explanation of the instructors.
never enjoied that much calculus
good lessons but i cant manage time to listen . but now i decided to be punctual.
straightforward and good pace with course material. this course really helps a lot in terms of preparations for more stats and calculus courses.
Fun & effective teaching!
This instructor explains very well.Thank you very much.
Great Course, Easy to learn and can be done at any pace.
Jim fowler is simply awesome!!!!!!
Thank you for this course, Sir!
Very passionate instructor. Has helped me with my personal math anxiety.
Fun and challenging!
It's awesome!!!
Good intro to calculus that is not heavy on theory
One of the best online and offline courses I have taken. Love the enthusiasm of the professor and focus on really understanding actual dynamics behind the formulas.
I have just started but it looking real interesting so far.
Great first year calculus course!
Great materials
Great, very good teacher, in fact superb teacher. Outstanding explanations, easy to follow, very dynamic. I would like have had a teacher like this when in college. Recommend 100%.
This was a very interesting course. I hadn't done any calculus for 40 years and it was wonderful to get back to it. I really enjoyed Jim's enthusiasm and the explanation of the fundamentals of calculus. . It would have been helpful to have the errors in the marking of quizzes corrected as they had been pointed out and acknowledged months ago.
Excellent. I really enjoyed the presenter.
I always wanted to revisit my university course of Calculus. This course was the best refreshment I could have. All the lessons were great: limits, derivatives, integrals...Special thanks to Jim Fowler for the passion he puts when explaining the lessons
The material is well presented and the instructors enthusiasm is really infectious. I did not finish calculus in college and this was a great way to revisit the material - and it is even presented so it makes sense! Very different from my first encounter with calculus. Thanks for producing the course!!
One of the well organized with best Teachers, best teaching methods, and easy to follow course.
The teacher is great!
This course helped me excel in Calculus I my first semester of college. Calculus is a very difficult course, but the combination of an actual calculus class and this online class through coursera made a world of difference.
lectures were really great
The teacher is greatThe course is funThe way I have to enter answers in quizes is boring, but doable.
comprehensive and fun!
Excellent analogies and people skills, overall, by the instructor. Excellent for visual minds.
Absolutely the best professor I have ever met. He is a god to me.
This is a very good course; it help to remind the knowlodges about the introduction at the Calculus I.
Funny and entertaining, besides rigorous. It givess an intuitive understanding of all the formulas and a clear big picture of what calculus is all about.
it's a great professor,
Jim Fowler is a great math professor!
Very interesting
Found what I missed in college life.
Great introduction to calculus. Very clear explanations and good pace. Thoroughly enjoyable! Thank you!
Great instructor! Very clear and specific. It helps me a lot on calc one. I recommend it to those who are learning AP calc BC if you really want to skip the calculus in college. I did not do well in AP tests, so I took calc one this semester and it really helps me a lot.
An excellent teacher and dynamics examples. Calculus becomes easier with this course!
Mr. Fowler has a very unique talent to explain complex things in a very simple way. I had A grades in mathematics through out school and university, but was never able to give such a practical definition of limits, derivatives and the rest of the foundational ideas. The best course on mathematics out there.
Great teachers, great explanations! Thank you!
I have never loved calculus as much, before. Fun, engaging and informative. Jim must be one of those teachers who can make any soporific topics fun.
It's one of the greatest and funniest math courses I've ever got! Thank you so much for providing this great courses on-line!
The classes are very didactic, however the professor sometimes meanders too much and doesn't get to the point. Also, some of the the quizzes have little or nothing to do with the video lessons.
Amazing teacher - must seen
This course is great. I have been in love with math since i was a child. But, I took an English Major at my campus. Though, it's been like forever since the last time i learned Math, I don't find it difficult to understand this course.
I'm missing mathematical proofs.
This teacher is great. Calculus was a problem for me. Now it's solving problems for me!
Superb course; it's helped me immensely in learning AP Calculus, and it's yet another reason for why Jim Fowler is such a highly acclaimed mathematician.
Exceptional technique of teaching. Keeps you gripped and interested in it.
really informative, with a great teacher who is clearly passionate about his field of work
Very useful!help me a lot
Wounder full, first time i deeply learn what is function, limit and the whole Calculus. i love it.
Amazing Professor
Excellent review of calculus!!
Energic lecturer. Love it! From how he teaches us, we can judge that he really loves calculus or maybe math in general is his passion.
Great course and great teacher. Makes calculus seem very easy!
This course is not good in giving lessons with examples that will help a with studying for the quizzes.
This character was made for MOOC - his passionate energy is contagious and finally provides the excitement and awe that is Calculus!
Superb! A very small but important thing that has grabbed my attention is the energy with which professor teaches. He tends to repeat very important concepts many times so as to make them permanent in the brains of students. 5+ stars. Keep it up. More than impressed.
It's a greet course. The teacher show he's breathtaking way to help us to understand about calculus
Great job，Great course
Great teacher, enthousiastic and energetic. Thanks very much
I absolutely LOVE this course. I've done calculus before and was taking this as a refresher course as I am planning to learn multivariable calculus. I feel like if Dr.Fowler taught the undergrad course in calc while I was in college, I would have enjoyed taking the class so much more. He explains concepts clearly, walks students through calculation steps thoroughly and, most importantly, is an enthusiastic lecturer. This is -- by far-- the best course I've ever taken on Coursera.com and I highly recommend it!
I THINK THAT CALCULUS NEW WORLD IM MY LIFE...
Extremely useful and as clear and explicit as possible.
Excellent course on calculus, Both the professors have done fabulous job.
great job done by The Ohio State University
Energetic teacher does a great job of explaining what he's doing.
impassioned professors!
This course is exceptional! Great Teacher!
Awesome class! Very interesting concepts of calculus were taught indeep by professor Jim. He was awesome too. In fact, it also help me with my cal class at my college. I love it.
very great course
The material is very well explained and the exercises at the end of each lesson are helpful for solidifying the understanding of each concept.
The teacher is so passionate it makes it easy to watch and learn :)
he is really can explain a profound theorie in simple language.
My brain hurts.
This course is the only reason that I am currently flourishing in my college mathematics courses with 4.0s, but even more importantly, enjoying it. Prior to this, mathematics had always evoked a feeling of distress, but I now marvel in its ability to make us less intimidated by the universe's complexity and vastness, although it certainly does not answer every question. I almost feel guilty learning all of the things which took the whole human civilization thousands and thousands of years to contrive, and am humbled by the geniuses who had discovered all of the finite crucial mathematical theorems which ultimately gave way to an infinite amount of physical discoveries and insight, explaining "the complex visible by some simple invisible", as Jean Perrin once said.
I am taking this course together with my graduation calculus course, and this is pretty much better than all my classes, so far.Very good.
It's easy to understand.
Amazing course very helpful on my first semester! Thank you very much!!!
Amazing course! Many thanks for all the effort that has been put into making this. I have loved taking this course and am looking forward to taking calculus two!
Loving it so far
Great thank to Jim Fowler and the rest disagners of this course for outstanding course! 1 this course discovered calculus better than a year of Calculus in my university (allthough it wasn't mathematition university, topics was same as on the course).
Great Teacher with clear examples and presentations !
That's great!
The instructor has a communicative enthusiasm !
i love the teacher, his way of teaching, also, hes very energetic, dynamic and passionate.
Great course. Nice lectures, well organized and challenging exercises.
Best Calculus cousrce I've ever been
I cant wait to start
Professor Jim Fowler is amazing: great scientist with 'this' sense of humor that inspires me to study math more,more, more...
Five stars, even though there were some errors in the quizes and inconsistencies of parsing E/e. But that's a minor issue when you have such an amazing lectures in the course. I've praised Jim for Calculus Two and I praise him again for this course. Superb instructor, the best I've seen thus far after working on tens of Math/CS MOOCs. I wish there were more courses from him, a really gifted teacher and amazing mathematician.
The teacher is great and the course is even better.
One of the best Mathematics course that I have seen. Prof. Jim Fowler is awesome.
Jim Fowler is a passionate teacher. Fortunate to learn from him.
I am in the course currently. Very nicely done with a most enthusiastic instructor.
The best math course ever! Finally, I find out all my issues which I wanted to know.
good.explains the lessons so simply and with a lot of examples so we can learn better.
I love this course!
I did calculus in my final year of school, and a couple of years later I've realised I'm actually going to need this calculus. This course not only got me back to the level l was at when I finished school, but it gave me a much better understanding of the fundamental concepts and processes behind everything I had once upon a time learned, which gave me a much better understanding.
A very funn course, for the way the professor brings the material, without turning the subject a havy stuff, as it usaually turns out to be with mathematics.
The professor is very easy to follow and makes a subject that is constantly deemed as dry much more interesting. I can't wait to learn more.
This course is just amazing! But it could have been a little short!
almost finish the 2nd week ! already fall in love with calculus One, refreshes my calculus mind :)
The way Prof. Fowler explained the concepts and the energy he put in teaching is commendable.I got confident in calculus I after learning this course.
Has a bit too many errors in the questions, and there's no proper introduction to new signs.
Brilliant work you got there........................Keep doing what you are doing i.e.,exploring...........
The course is just awesome. What makes this course so good is the enthusiasm with which professor Jim teaches this course. Brilliant! !!
Such a nice class.However, it does not cover some subjects in ap calculus bc
Very well taught course with lots of hands on work.
Very well structured!
The instructor is awesome - think if Bill Nye and Bob Ross got together to teach calculus. Loved it.
he is cute～
The teacher is very energetic and good speaker. I can see that he worked a lot for this course. Videos have very good details(graphical effects, prepared papers for lesson). He teaches very clearly, i am understanding all the subject despite i am bad at English.
Prof Fowler has a really effective and engaging method of presenting the course in an accessible manner. The visual aids are used to good effect to illustrate each topic, whilst the module tests really help to cement the knowledge, occasionally boosted by being able to re-watch the relevant lecture should there be any sticking points.
Outstanding.The instructor has a _great_ and rare skill: He is able to make calculus easier, interesting and fun. It's a pleasure to watch these lessons and listen to the instructor.I had other calculus classes in past (now I want to refresh my knowledge) and they leaded me to consider calculus boring, not so interesting, and sometime difficult. This course convinced me that I was _completely_ wrong! Now I'm looking forward to watch the next lesson!So far, I really have to recommend this course to everyone. Don't miss it!
Great course content. Great professor. What more could you ask for?
It was a great opportunity. Thank you very much
This course is simply AWESOME. Prof. Fowler's explanations are great, but probably you know it won't do its job unless you really dedicate some effort on your own.Calculus is a pretty complex and intimidating subject but not an impossible one. Do as many exercises as you can. Play with it and keep your enthusiasm like Prof. Fowler. Understanding will be your reward.
Fantastic work, thank you!
awesome teaching !!
I am studying engineering and I wanted to study calculus before I had this discipline in the college. It is helping me a lot so far.
This is actually good. the tutor is very fun and it makes me feel clearly about calculus. But, it will be more excellent if this course give a short quiz for each topic in end of the section. And for the final test, can this course give more test? I mean like more question in number or kind of test.
Really good course materials and really effective explanations on topics relative to Caculus. However may not be very effective for people who haven't yet graduated from high school mathematics.
Great way to introduce Calculus to everyone!
It's an really amazing course. The teacher made every formular a lot more easier to understand. :) Thanks Tim!
The lecturer was really great and was able to explain things enthusiastically and simply. Unfortunately I feel the level of the course is too low. I think the basis of calculus has to come from rigorous definitions of the concepts involved and firm understanding of the proofs. Hopefully I will get some of that in your Calculus Two course.
There were and still are some typos in tests.
got the job done
Thank you Jim. You finally helped me understand the applications behind calculus and you did it in a fun way. Hope to see more courses from you on Coursera!
this is awesome course.
The instructor is great that make me to enjoy the Math. I never think Math can be so fun. Thanks so much.
The explanations are direct, simple and exact! The exercises are the reflection of the classes! The teacher is espectacular! Congrats to the team!
I'm loving the course so far! I'm only in week 2 though, so I'll let you know in week 7 or 8 if I can
Excellent!Read the book with the lectures.Inspirational. Thought provoking. Informative. Challenging.Enjoy :)Jeremy K
There're some errors in subtitle, around the Integrals Weeks
It was a really fun course; I have started to understand how the power rule, etc can be used to differentiate functions and also learning new methods to integrate (Riemann Sum) and differentiate! Sadly, I wish there were extra questions that you could attempt to consolidate your knowledge!
easy，but very interesting！！
this course is very communicative and inspirative
it is 'the' course for foundation of Calculus!
The course is very well presented and the lecturer's explanation is very clear.Thanks to this course, and the lecturer's enthusiam and passion, I have gain a good appreciation of the subject.
Awesome. I have enjoy very much this course.
Covers all the information needed for a basic calculus course. All the videos were understood and it encourages the student to learn and keep learning while enjoying it. One of the best courses I've taken so far.
With it Calculus is easy! Could have more creative homework though...
I recommend you this course. This course is very nice.Lectures are very easy to understand even if you are first time of calculus.But I think the questions are too little to exercise enough.Anyway thanks for the instructor. He's very nice and passionate guy.
Some of the contents just seem overly complex, especially the videos. If they would do a few problems similar to those in the quizzes, it would be much more better.
Awesome tutorial.
Not only the contents but also how it is presented. Jim Fowler, PhD, presents the content of this course with so much enthousiasm. A very nice example of how teaching calculus, mathematics or any course/module at any educational institution should be done.
Really good explanation.Great teacher
Pretty neat course for filling in gaps left by your education system in teaching you, probably the most important of all mathematical concepts, CALCULUS. J. Fowler does a great job of explaining things clearly and is pretty neat, overall. Highly recommended!
Perfect!
The teacher is just awesome! I love this! Thanks alot for making this available for everyone for free! I really appreciate it!
This is an awesome course
The best course so far
Very clear explanations. Funny content. And the most important:Challenging!
best math class ever
Awesome, in depth, just the quizzes seem a bit difficult to comprehend.
The professor is awesome and explains everything very clearly. I think I can even fall in love with math after this course :)
Thanks so much, teacher!!!!You are the BEST!!!!!
Top notch .
Learning is intelligent and differente. Good work teacher.
Wow! It's just AWESOME :)
Very well explained and easy to understand. Some concepts that I missed in college got cleared....
Excellent course, far better than any I have encountered previously. The course takes time, but Jim Fowler shows step by step how the derivation and integration fit together in one whole: calculus. Relevant theorems and proofs are highlighted clearly.
I wanted to go back a relearn some calculus long ago. I can't say enough good about this course. I love the professor's passion for his subject - always a mark of a great teacher. He breaks big subjects into small pieces for easy ingestion.
I have always loved math and I always will, but I enjoy this class because at times when I doubt my love of math, this class somehow reassures me.
The course will make you love mathematics!
Extremely enthusiastic teacher with an intense passion for what he teaches. Makes calculus interesting and more than palatable.
I came here curious about the chain rule (in connection with computing gradients for neural networks back-propagation) and to brush up calculus so I could help my high schooler kid. I ended up relearning lots of old skills as well as some techniques that I didn't remember (or didn't learn well enough back in high school). Prof Fowler is very engaging and a great teacher. I found his attempts to prove the same idea from multiple viewpoints very interesting. The self-paced setup of the course is also quite helpful, and the mandatory exercises at the end of each section help to reinforce the material. So great course and a great implementation!
This course is very impressive to me. I get many experiences in answering the questions. Thanks
Pretty great, must say. The teacher is enthusiastic and quirky while knowledgeable and learnt.
Great teacher, good material. It's awesome for those who want to become familiar with calculus.
Many thanks to Jim Fowler for the excellent course!
Perfect way to remind university Calculus program.
It is a good course, but the quiz/exercises are very difficult, and sometimes, unrelated to the topics
This course is great! Deep and very clear!
The professor is very motivated, teaches very well, uses different (including visual) ways to explain the content.The course is very detailed, but does not goes fast. So this is easy to get it done.
The course is really good, because the teacher is great, but there are some errors in subtitles, and even in some exercises.
Easy to understand and the teacher is cool
I already took Calculus 1 before and now tutor in it - and this course makes me feel like I'm seeing things in a new light. Jim Fowler is amazing!
Professor Fowler is a wonderful teacher. I am very glad I signed up for this course on Coursera.
Exceptional and Unique Style of Teaching!
Brilliant professor, brilliant course!
Love the instructor. You won't find a college Calc 1 class with a more engaging prof.
Great Professor. Made the subject simple, like adding two numbers.
This course was helpful for me. I learned some basic things. Thanks Sir. :)
Finally I can understand calculus.
Awesome course!
It's a great course with an amazing teacher.
Thank you ,i have learned a lot from this course, and this teacher is my favourate teacher.
Best way to learn basic univariable calculus there is. Jim Fowler explains everything incredibly clearly showing all the proofs, the intuitive evidence needed. This course is how I went from a maths-idiot to a maths genius in a couple short months.
awesome tutor!!
Great course, loving the energy so far!
Jim Fowler is a wonderfull teacher and this course explain theorem not like school does. An awesome way to learn and to remember what you've learned. His motivation and dynamism is contagious ! I think the message is "Use your god damn intuition !".Thanks a lot.
There is some good material in this course. The text is fairly good. But I have two main reservations about the course. The first is that the lectures do not always correspond closely enough with the quizzes, and with the text. There are times when one can take a quiz and think, "How exactly does this relate to the lectures I just saw?" The text has quite a few exercises, but there is a tendency to throw in one or two problems whose difficulty is an order of magnitude above everything else in that section, and I find this discouraging and a waste of time. Save those for a later course, or put them into a separate "Extra Challenges" section. Learning calculus is hard enough without trying to grapple without some really tricky trig problem at the same time. as a single example.The second reservation is with the instructor's manner. Many students find it very enjoyable. I am not one of them. Much of the time, he's OK, especially when the camera is not pointed at him. But as the course progresses, much of the footage is of him at his desk, and the closeups become more and more extreme, the hand-waving and fist-clenching approach sheer windmilling, and the exaggerated eye-rolling, grinning and so forth become so distracting that I can't bear to watch. I realize that the goal was to avoid being a dry-as-dust droning professor, and that is commendable, but there is a happy middle ground between that and hamming. I can almost speculate that there was an impulse to add in cartoon sproing-bonk-cuckoo-klaxon sound effects. (There is actually one such sound effect, but just one, so I won't quibble on that.)I would have found the class more effective with a demeanor that was enthusiastic without being histrionic. I'm sure this is one of those "you either love it or hate it" things, and I may be in the minority.The instructor is not generally one to throw out some concept that has not already been learned and then just motor on without explanation. He errs on the side of overly-detailed explanation, which to me is preferable to skipping over subjects or techniques and assuming you know them.Having said all of this, I repeat that there is good material, and you can learn the fundamentals of calculus for free in this course.
A course that changed my life and my attitude to mathematics.
Till now this is the best explanation i've come accross for the limits and functions
This is an online course that is designed as an online course. It is not just a recorded classroom lecture. It is an excellent math course, and an excellent example of developing and experimenting with new means of teaching and communication. One of the best MOOCs out there.
Great content, thanks.
Did not go over determining a point on a graph of g from two functions but had it on the first quiz
Was able to reach our imagination. Great transmission skills.
Love the way Jim teaches. It's easy to understand and grasp the big picture of calculus! I love it!
A great refresher to the calculus from high school, and then some.
A very useful course.Although I studied calculus before , this course was a good revision and helpful in gaining insight. This course is not only about applying formulas, but also understanding them.Recommended for anyone who wants to start studying calculus.
Very impressive, comprehensible and exhaustive course! Thanks a lot for a possibility to review and study such an important part of math. Indeed, very interesting.
The instructor is phenomenal - the material is clear, engaging and even entertaining. I am having a blast, ergo I am learning.Thanks a lot!
Excellent Course. Good professor and good exercisses. Good job, Professor.
It maybe early to say since I am just mid way week 1 but so far it has been great. Thank You Coursera
Love it. Very in depth and detailed. One of the best for college students I've found. Others go randomly from one topic to the next without showing any real, necessary application.
the professor is amazing.
excellent material delivered in a simple way
Thank you professor Jim Fowler! You make Calculus seems easy as pie.
superb course especially for beginners.....
Entertaining, maths the fun way.
I thought the professor was really great about explaining things in a clear, concise manner. I think some of the quiz problems were more complicated than they needed to be, especially considering that typing in a long string you're very likely to have a typo which results in missing a question you knew how to do.
so much use full for everyone.
A great course :)
Brilliant! Best course and first of all best teacher ever! Thank you for what I learned and how easy and interesting that was!
Excellent videos! The course is well-paced and thorough. Explanations and example problems are worked out in detail. This is one of the best on-line course presentations I have seen--and I have taken many online courses and MOOCs for both degree and non-degree study.
incredible :) It makes me feel the amazement of Calculus
I haven't finished all of the material yet, but this is a fantastic course. Needed a refresher on single variable and managed to learn a couple of things I missed in high school.
Perfection it’s not a “real” thing, it’s an “idea”. Perhaps, it’s just like a “Limit”. This Calculus Course is not “perfect”, but can leave you as close to that limit as you want to be.
Like the way you teach so much! :) thank you and waiting for your new courses!
Fun learning and the course is set up so you actually learn the concepts and not just how to regurgitate information.
interestingusefulthanks
Good teacher
I lost all my love of math while in college. This helped me take up interest in math again. I'm also using the material in this course to prepare for a masters in Mathematics.
Awesome teaching style. I must say, "This course saves me in mathematics" or "Re-inducts passion of mathematic"
Great explanations by the course guide.
Perfect Class
This teacher is awesome :)
The instructor has a unique way of presenting calculus that simultaneously makes it both interesting and clear. The only part of the class that was very frustrating is figuring out how to input answers to get them acceptable to the computer grader.
really easy to understand. :)
Ones of the best the professor is just amazing!!!
So far the professor is the most engaging math professor I have ever had. Very easy to follow the examples.
One of the best courses I've completed on Coursera.
interesting and comprehensible, very enthusiastic teacher!
This is the course that I'm taking for right now before closing time for math assignments for me. I know Calculus is a large subject with all new topics dividing into modules. The Calculus 1 will be included functions, limits, infinities, derivatives, and area and integrals. I will just do my best as I can in order to try Calculus; it's going to be tough for me to listen. There's a lot of stuffs going on in Calculus.
thanks , good challenge
The teacher is so cute!!! And this course is really insteresting and useful.
I like this course full of details.Thanks :)
The instructor is phenomenal. He really knows how to demonstrate the concepts well.
Jim Fowler is a fantastic explainer
Nothing is making sense. None of the videos are related to the quiz. None of the examples are remotely related to the quiz to even give you a suggestion on how to solve them.
A fun way to get reintroduced to what once was boring calculus.
looking forward your calculus 2 :)
Very good course. The lecturer was amazing!!!! The best Math lecturer
Awesome instructor, visualization, concepts and materials!!!
Amazing course and wonderful teacher! I wish I had done this course before I entered university. Greeetings from Belarus! Thanks a lot!
The Doctor speaks so funny!Look at his eyes!!HahahahahahaLoL!!
I Loovvveee This Class :)
too easy,not fit me
I Love it, the instructor is amazing. He explains everything so clearly, i dont even need the subtittles, who needs subtittles.
I love the instructors enthusiasm. Its extremely motivating!
Professor has AMAZING energy...just a solid class and perfect if you need a refresher.
This is a beautiful course about Calculus.
Course is really cool, though, there is some as for forms of Answers, e^x or E^x for instance, if fixed, it would get 5 stars
This course is amazing! I used it to study Calculus, all the videos are self-explanatory and the excersizes are a fun way of checking what one has learnt. One should have a working understanding of algebra though.
A total waste of time -- not challenging at all in any aspect. It was quite funny that many word problems were identical with only some parameters changing :) Buckeyes... please, try harder next time :)
It is a complete course, with visualization and with silent demonstrations accompanying explanations. I like very much the videos and the exercises.
This course requires really hard work, although it is worth taking and doing. The instructor is very enthusiastic, which makes me love engaging with this course.
Your teaching skills are brilliant. I really satisfied from materials and undoubtedly I try to get every course who you are teacher.
Inspiring lecturer!
It's a funny and fascinating course
The dynamics of the lectures, coupled with Jim's humour and his capacity of explain concepts in a simple way, makes the Excellence of this course. Hopefully we can continue through Calculus 2, 3 and 4.
Nice Explanations by the Instructors.
Excellent course and brilliant teacher! The best way to learn calculus basics for non mathematicians.
Fantastic teacher who teaches concepts simply and with passion.
Excellent Course. Jim Fowler is fantastic tutor....
i like this kind of class, it makes Calculus attractive charmin
Great course! The professor puts a lot of passion in the lectures. Strongly suggested for anyone interested in calculus. I just hope that some little errors in the tests will be corrected.
Excellent!Extremely recommended to all interested in learning calculus.The teacher and the teaching tools are great.
It's a great course. Some of the points touched go beyond just the theory and are made so profoundly by the professor that you start looking at few concepts in a different light.
Lively, and more practial
this course is very good for understanding Calculusif you don't believe just give it a try!
This course is awesome... Simply enjoying the enthusiasm of dr. Jim Fowler.... Thank you...
Some parts of the course were either not well explained or too rudimentary in relation to the quizzes.
I like this course, the professor has explained problems clearly and orderly! I like the way he teaches. Many thanks!
Very good course to brush up Calculus
Brilliant course! Easy to follow, well-constructed - Jim is thorough and clear in explaining quite complex material. Even if you are new to calculus I would recommend this course. I'm doing his second one now whcih is even better.
Excellent lectures, and funny, too! I enjoyed this course. There is some problem with some quiz answers that should be fixed.
Excellent Course. Recommend all mathematics lovers to take this course. Prof Jim Fowler is absolutely amazing. Thank you Jim and Coursera for putting together this amazing learning experience.
would be 5 star if it gave certificates
Started with almost zero in Calculus and deeply immersed with professor's passion in math
The class is great and novel.And Mr.Fowler is very funny.I like the class very much.
Prof Fowler is the most engaging math teacher of all time!
Dr.Fowler is my best math teacher ever!
Great introductory course!
Lot of typos and glitches, as well as typing in equations being really difficult
Perfect!
best course i ever had .professor was just perfect nothing could be pleasing than seeing his overly happy face.good luck sir !! we all student really appreciate for your efforts .
get new material - new videos these videos for all your classes are years old - the quizes dont relate to the material taught and it seems you guys got this set up years ago and just forgot about it
The perfect companion for learning calculus!
Great course, although at times I had problems with figuring out how to enter my solution into the answer box.
The explanation of each topic is awesome.I used to find calculus to much to remember. After signing up for this course, I keep coming back to learn more :)Very nicely explained each topic
This course is very awesome. Professor's unconventional way of explaining the concepts really helped me learn some of the tough concepts. I really enjoyed Calculus for the first time :)
Excellent teaching methodology ! I really like the enthusiasm of the instructor Dr. Jim Fowler.Although I had prior experience with calculus, this course has helped clear some of the basics and made me look at Calculus from a totally different perspective.Thanks to Coursera & The OSU for developing this exciting course ! I highly recommend it .
I think this is really best course on courseera, teacher is just amazing, he is explaining very clearly and with good humor
Very passionate professor,
This course has been a great source to revise and learn calculus. The textbook and the course quizzes have added great value to the course. Thanks to Dr. Fowler and his team for providing a very good course. It would be great if they could come back with a course for multi-variable calculus.
That was awesome! This course was exactly what I needed, It gives me insight into Calculus. I love the effort instructor puts in and his creativity to explain terms. I am gonna take Second part of the course too. Peace
It's a very good course.
Every concept is taught excellently by providing examples. Just loved it!!
The best math course online. The format is great, and professor Fowler is a terrific teacher.
I enjoyed it. Jim Fowler does well, his enthusiasm and the time and effort he (and whatever filming and editing team he has) have put into the presentation is impressive. Difficult for me to rate it as a maths course - how would I know whether it covers what it needs and have anything meaningful to stay about the standard of it. I felt I understood what was going on, I passed the quizzes. Maybe that's all good?Occasional bug in the quizes - nothing you can't work around (eg totally blank question but four answers to choose from.) The mathematical symbol rendering doesn't work on the mobile app at all.
The course assumes no prior knowledge of calculus. The video lectures and explanations provided by Professor Jim Fowler on all of the topics in the course are excellent. There is quite a lot of work in the course overall, and it does require some perseverance to get through it. However, it does allow you to work at your own pace which is a welcome feature for a beginning learner in calculus. As well as providing a thorough explanation of the usual processes involved in differentiation and integration, the course shows many techniques that are not well explained in text books. From a personal perspective, the course took me about 6 months to complete and I learnt a lot by doing it. Many thanks to Professor Fowler for his teaching and insights into calculus.
It's fun
Clear and fun.
It is unarguably among the most amazing courses with a great instructor. I took this course to brush up on Calculus and I think it delivered way more than my expectations.
This course is amazing, I really learned a lot about calculus. Teacher is great!
Fowler is the man Keep on! Wonderful!
it's great and i knew what is calculus rather than doing thousands of problems i do frequently
awesome teacher!
Fun refresher for someone that took Calculus 30 years ago. Great lectures and examples. Quiz answers don't always use the proper "upper case E" for e correctly, so be prepared to be marked down for correct answers sometimes (but you can "correct" your answers on retake). It would be great to get this fixed!
Excellent course. Jim Fowler is a wizard!
The instructor is awesome. One of the best in coursera...
Amazing Calculus course, helped me a lot.
The instructional videos were very helpful. I've learned a lot from this course!
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Really challenging. Great course!!
This course is an excellent brain exercise.
My least favorite course in the specialization. The lectures are harder to follow, and are actually all about bioinformatics algorithms, which wasn't clear from the course description. Thankfully, as with the graphs course, Michael Levin wades in to save the day for the last couple of weeks. His lectures are really well structured, intuitive and clear.
Another great course! I am a little sad since it was only 4 weeks long when the rest were about 5 weeks each. I feel like there may have been another topic (regular expressions?) that could have been covered but these are still great and now I see how we can do string matching in things like text editors and do them in O(n) time. Wonderful series, I've certainly grown a lot in just these past 4 online courses, keep up the great work! My advice to people taking these courses, be prepared to put time and really think about what you're doing. Try applying the things here to things you see in real life and you'll find they have much more relevance. Cheers and good luck!
I think last week was too complex and not that exciting.
Good contents, but lectures could be improved for clarity.
The excercises should be set up to be more comfortable.
Some tasks was hard to understand and solve, but it in general it was good.
The course contents we useful and easy to learn for the most part. The assignments and spot quizzes helped a lot to understand the string algorithms. I appreciate all the effort the instructors put to create the course materials.Few things to improve:1) Some of videos in week3 and 4 were hard to understand due to English speaking skills. I found a lot of grammar mistakes in the subtitles and the interactive transcripts.2) Please consider adding more contents like Boyer Moore algorithm, regular expression and etc.
Initially the accent was a little bit hard to understand, but after few minutes everything become crystal clear. Extremely useful course content.
I really enjoyed this course
I would recommend this part to anyone who wants to learn string algorithms. Thanks for the course!
Very focused on bioinformatics problems.
I have only one feedback: the relation between subsequent weeks are not clear. It feels like I am learning one technique in week 3, and then another in week 4, but why is the technique in week 4 necessary? What are the differences in terms of functionality, between the various techniques? I think these points are not explained quite clearly.Great course though, thank you very much!
Quite an interesting and well-organised course, giving a detailed overview of the pattern matching problem and solutions for it (on the other hand, if you are expecting to see a wide variety of string problems, the course title is misleading).Assignments and quizes are also likeable (although the pseudocodes in the slides and the code skeletons for the solutions contain quite a number of mistakes).
It would be nice if you could deliver the problem's solutions after the course ended. I ran out of ideas for the BetterBWMatching problem and i couldn't overcome the time issues.
This course is not precisely bad, but it's very lacking compared to the other courses in the specialization. Here are my complaints:-Much of the more interesting bits say "check out this other course in bioinformatics for details". Of course, if you aren't registered for that other course, you don't have access to those materials.-Not a lot of thought went into the homeworks. All of them are "implement this. Here is some pseudocode", with no "think about a problem that can be solved with the same ideas", like the other courses in the specialization (which are, in my opinion, much better).-We saw 4 algorithms for string matching (KMP, Rabin-Karp, suffix array matching, Burrow-Wheeler's transform), but virtually no discussion on when to use each one, strengths and weaknesses, and so on. Also, no Boyer-Moore?-After passing all test cases for a homework, we should be able to download a solution with the correct implementation, in order to improve our own.
too complex, and I don't think in the future work I will apply these.
Very difficult test programs
Very good course. I learned a lot. The most important part is the assignment. I have not watched all the videos, but checked it only when I am stuck at the programming assignment and the slides are not enough to understand.
The lecture was very abstract and difficult. I could pass the course somehow by writing the code presented in the lecture, but I must say I understand less than the half of the course contents.###Responding to question from the instructor, I clarify the comments above.I found the whole lecture difficult. This may be because the subject is not something I have even thought about. It was difficult to understand the difference and importance of key concepts such as trie, suffix, class, etc. Overall, I learned that the tricks somehow work, but my comprehension was not as deep as I can think about the extension or applications. I guess more examples or providing intuition would help me to digest the material.
This is an interesting and useful but a bit difficult course.
Excellent for working on string related problems in competetive coding as well as development profiles.
Still stuck at Problem 5 of Week 1, had to left this problem undone.Wondering if the mentors or professors can send those who completed the course the standard/reference solution/program via Email???
Difficulty level increased a bit compared to first 3 courses, be prepared!
Course Content is good. Instructors are not that much active to give answers for the raised questions compared to earlier courses.
Great Course, assignment a little bit harder than previous courses in the specialization
Good course!
Excellent course, properly designed and well presented...
It's better to watch the Youtube videos to understand the concepts.
Nice introduction into string algorithms, even though Ukkonen's algorithm is missing and slides sometimes contain buggy pseudocode.
Really good quality information and examples (includes reasoning). It includes some of the latest developments in this area.
The lectures are a little bit confused
this course is awesome!
This course has wonderful algorithms
This class makes string algorithms a very interesting and enjoyable topic, and if you are interested in improving your algorithmic knowledge, I would highly suggest taking this course.The first algorithms you will learn are motivated by problems from Bioinformatics (genome sequencing), and new interesting problems arise and get solved on the way.All the material is very well explained so you can really understand why it works and not only how (there are even some very enjoyable proofs here)! The programming assignments (there are a lot of them) give you a hands-on experience implementing the different algorithms. This greatly improves the understanding and is therefore a crucial aspect of this class.
GOD BLESS! AMAZING COURSE! THANK YOU!
you have to let us know in the beginning of the course, that we have to pay for finish the course!!!
Test errors, no answers from staff on forums, poor narration at times, audio scripts that do not quite correspond to what is being said... It needs careful reviewing and more user-friendly features being introduced by the organisers.
is an interesting cours....
Loved the course. Learned a lot. Totally worth it.
A great class, a great professor
First to congratulate the teacher, who impresses the class with a unique dynamism and uses tools so that history to be narrated so brilliantly, enters the body and is impregnated every neuron about information, which becomes a part of your life , Since that structure becomes a film that is narrating a history as a whole, that of Rome and that of the Jewish people.
Very disappointing course. Far too much repetition. A lot of opinion based on scant evidence. It would have been much better as a 30 minute video without all the fluff and unsubstantiated inferences. I would not recommend this course.
I think, I can understand, the more and less of living rooted in a common history. The description of life with the elegies and sorrows can be seen in the panel of the Arch of Titus. The most important teaching is positivism in the face of difficult facts and the capacity of the human being to give a different meaning to adversities.
I rate this course as excellent. It was fascinating and I enjoyed the detailed study. I also enjoyed the beautiful filming of the various locations and especially the Arch of Titus itself
I didn't really feel that there was enough material here to make a six-week course, so that there was a great deal of repetition, and very little context of the Roman period.
This wasn't quite what I expected. A lot of the "lectures" were very repetitive, which was annoying. However, I learned a lot and enjoyed the assignments. The Arch of Titus Project sounds really interesting and I'm looking forward to their next findings!
Historically the basic background have been discussed. Effort was to make it nationalistic and emotional.Significance of Menorah as a symbol is absolutely missing. All the emphasis was on the Arch but the Arch looses its very significance without the menorah. So this should be covered or shared properly. For example Questions like why 7 hands needs to be replied. Why 3 legs needs to be repliedWhy painting ? This learning was not supposed to be in it. Someone might or might not like painting as a concept to learn and the course title also gave no indication towards that.. Wrong to make it a mandatory part as an assignment.
Interesting and inciteful. Dr. Fine is an excellent instructor! Thank you, sir. I hope you will present more classes from Yeshiva University!
I really enjoyed this course. It both further my reading and knowledge in some areas, while introducing new topics to me that I'd not yet encountered.My only problem was with the final assignment - it does not do justice to the topic of the final week, which is the issue of colour on ancient monuments (in particular the arch, of course) and the implications of colour on composition and on later perceptions of antiquity. The assignment itself did not give me an opportunity to really explore these issues.
The last assignment is a time-waster and really poorly designed. Not all adults are into coloring; this is not elementary school and what's the point of coloring a picture of the Arch for you? Frankly I can't be bothered to look up sources for the descriptions of Roman soldiers' attire, and especially to figure what each number is pointing to. It wasn't even always clear what the numbers on the template referred to and two of the numbers were missing. In addition, there were a lot of glitches with the grading software. Finally our questions were almost never answered. Otherwise I found this to be an interesting course and I learned quite a bit from it, although it could have been condensed into three or four classes at the very most. The video lectures were videotaped a bit strangely, with Professor Fine often seeming to talk to an invisible person on the right or the left of the camera, instead of at the viewer. The videos I liked were mostly the office hours ones and the one with the interview with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove at Park Avenue Synagogue. I could have gotten a very good grade on this course, but the last assignment ruined that. No, I will not be recommending this course or any others by this Professor.
Highly recommended for the would-be historian of Rome and ancient Judea. A course which challenges the common viewpoint of both Christians and Jews, with major implications for the reinterpretation of other artifacts surviving from the classical period.
It was a very interesting, insightful and enjoyable course. A lesson of history which I wasn't consider like that before. The passion of Pr. Steven Fine was obvious and strong. Thank you for the opportunity to learn from you.
great course
The best course i have come across on Coursera
Too many generalities and roundabouts and little real detail.
great course, well taught.
This course is badly structured, with proposed tasks not being well oriented, and videos where teachers are constantly doubting and making mistakes. Not really happy with it.
Enjoyed working through this course. Well structured and paced.
It's a compulsory course to apply for professional accountancy Msc of UOL. Short, smart course.
Excellent contents with lot of learning and enhancing professional exposure
So fresh...
A very powerful course, I would definitely recommend any of my colleagues to do, especially, the ACCA holders who like to take the current Masters in Professional Accountancy.
Quite interesting and very relevant as a good reminder of the fundamental concepts.
Really enjoyed the course.
This course is worth learning in order to be uptodate with new things in the business and standards.
Good for a general understanding of the mainstream theories relating to business strategy and corporate governance.
GOOD AND COMPREHENSIVE
Excellent resource for getting up to speed with some of the challenges that the accountancy profession is faced with. I do however feel that this course and the accountancy profession as a whole needs to the consider the repercussions of rapid technological advancement and how these would impact the profession as a whole. The Accountants of tomorrow will need to be able to delegate the mundance daily tasks associated with financial accounting and bookkeeping etc. and be able to think and act more like business people. The course should also look into this aspect.
Videos are too short
comprehensive yet a bit too easy
Top option for learning.
There are serious issues in the IT infrastructure for this Online Course. Coursera needs to upgrade their IT infrastructure for it to be real time. You may go through the threads in Help for more information and issues posted by other users.Apart from this, it is extremely difficult to communicate with someone in Coursera regarding anything and in any form, i.e email, live chat, etc.
Very useful course !
Very relevant program and applicable to current economic, social and global iss
Great and interesting
Good refresh of managerial knowledge, especially if combined with my practical experience, thx
Very Informative
Indepth and challenging - brilliant
The course is well-developed to cover key issues that are brought about changes in the
Awesome course. I would definitely recommend it to any Finance professional wanting to keep abreast with the various changes in the profession.
Great course. Well structuredould highly recommend.
Very informative
best coaching provided by coursera and its also a effective way to study with coursera instead of going through books
Already doneThank you
it is a very good course to start in android
its my first day hope for the best
This course is recommend for beginner to learn on how to create their own apps.
Excellent course that introduces students to android app development through practical and comprehensive topics. Allowed me to build my first app and launch on Google Play Store.
really awesome
So helpful and interesting.Thank you Coursera and all the team members who make this course.
good course
Nice course, thank you!
I love my course, since I started Ive been learning a lot. Thank you coursera
I really liked the course! Good combination of videos, example apps and quizzes.
I enrolled for this course because of pure interest in android app development and didn't think I would complete it with my existing work schedule (happened to me on several earlier courses) BUT this course is made to be feasible for the busy/less motivated/slow (all apply to me). The material is well organized and sufficient for beginners. By the last date of the the course I DID complete all the lessons and assignments. It was a tremendous feeling and the credit goes to the course setup. The exemplar apps seem trivial during introduction of the course and you wonder if they are too simple for a wannabe app developer but as the course progresses its evident why you need to learn developing them. The instructors also explain alternate ways to achieve a result. The quizzes are challenging and drive you to know more on your own. Best 4 weeks spent on coursera.
Good course to understand the basics properly and then take it forward from there.
The first courses are great.Unfortunately, the course that covered the installation (week 2 - "create your first basic application with android studio") got me lost.
The design of the course structure is extremely useful for beginners.
I am very sorry to say that the course is very poor in english (speaking), too bad you do not teach the course in french this could be useful for a lots of french speaking students and better for the quality of the course.
Excellent course to get started on android app.
Great course but can have some improvments
I especially thank you for those great 9 blocks. They are really helpful to start.
i need android programming based course specially in xamrin / visual studio ........... i feel so much disappointment .
its a great course and i learned a lot during this course process and finally created a basic android app .I thought that there should be a tutorial of shared preferences in this course
The instructor's explanation is not orderly nor structured, and with a lot of 'noises'.
Best course to begin android development.
Very useful and well designed online course!
Great Course :)
Very fundamental, if they can talk about some UI design principle, that would be 5 stars.
I enjoy this course. But why enghish ?
I havent' built an app as of now but am likely to build in few days.
I appreciated the building blocks approach, and the highlight to importance on prototyping in week 1.Some skills in java are required.
great course to start with
I would recommend this course for the beginners
Really Great, PDF and apps are captured with snapshots and explained in sort and crisp with diagram as compare to just sentences. Good for start up of android app development. Thanks to author and content creator to bring interest on this course. I recommended to all my team members and they also started this course
Very informative and beginner friendly. Thanks!
Great course
It is most useful,interesting and important course the basics they are given are very good.
Build Your First Android App (Project-Centered Course) is a well organised course with good introductory material covering basics of the android development. I recommend this course to anyone who is new to Android development or anyone who wants to brush up their android development basics. You'll need to work through out this 5 week course. The course material is consolidated with Quizzes. By the end of the course you will know how to prototype, design and code an android application with the best practices in mind using a rubric. Instructors of this course are good too in terms of knowing their stuff and being able to convey and explain it in simple terms.
Mildly fast,well built and useful.
very good course
It´s a great course for beginners
Great course. It shows and explains the whole process of application development. From the idea, the sketch to execution. We will learn how to install the development environment, and how the application is running. After the course we are able to create an average of advanced applications with GUI and use ready-made functions of Android. I highly recommend and everything in five weeks (or less) !!
This is very helpful course for my project and hopefully for my job in future as well
I still do not know how to put the application that I created to my phone or make it available to other phones to download.
this course was good for every begginner who has no basic understanding about android.. it help me alot to learn the basic
Took the free version of this course to learn some basic building blocks of Android app dev and to dive back into programming, already having Java knowledge from long ago. For my purposes it was a good intro. For a totally new coder this might not be best as there isn't deep explanation of the code itself. But for the rest, it allows you to quickly dive in.
i was very excited at the beginning of the coursebut when i figure out that i must paid for unlock some important lecturei really felt disappointed i thought i should only paid if i want to took the Certificatei had been wasted some time at this coursenow i have to search for another course but complete one this time.
Really looking forward to this class. Getting a better understanding of JAVA mixed with creating a mobile app sounds awesome.
I think it's a great tester course with very good Blocks of code, and these blocks of code are not seen until week 4 and 5. Week 3 was a hands on km to miles, and miles to km app, good hands on. I explored the course, so I'd not do any of the exercises, but did the final assignment from what I suggested I will create in week two. I created a great app, but wasn't able to share it, so i'll put it on github.
Poor material, terrible french accent, not a good Android course at all.I don't raccoment it unless you're a total novice at Android development.
What a fantastic course.Thanks to the mentors.One can learn the basic designing of an android application from scratch using this course.
Good basic course hard to get lost but does require some follow through if things are unfamiliar
There are courses that offer better level of details and better course materials and presentation .. and also for free ..However this course is a best-effort course and is helpful for beginners.
Good overall but you should use better microphone, because sometimes it's hard to understand and improve your English.
Explanation of concept was poor
Very good class. Need to have some knowledge of Java ideally.
I very much enjoyed this course. It gave a great introduction to Android programming for those who don't know any android programming to start with. I recommend this course as a place to start.
The course if well-organized and the instructors do a very good job. However, three weeks of slides and theory and then only the last two weeks of seeing code hardly makes the course project-centered in my mind. Also, requiring learners to upgrade to run an autograder on a quiz is ridiculous!
Great!
easy learning,understanding..
Nicely targeted for the programmer needing a jump start into Android while having a good base in Java.
The free version of the course is far more restricted than other courses I've taken, the content wasn't brilliant, and it wasn't really more advanced than other tutorials with far better presenters which can be found online for free
Great learning experience.
I thought it was free. I might was well go to Google to learn Android development.
You really need prior coding experience to understand the training. I also was very disappointed in the teaching. We have an incredible opportunity to improve education, and I feel that this course is merely an extension of current learning techniques. It was extremely difficult for me to fully participate without paying. I was using this course to make a specific android app to control my wheelchair. I act as an analyst for my programmer husband. So I fully understand code architecture, but absolutely hate coding by hand. This course glossed over coding however it is far more code intensive then I was led to believe.
It is interesting.
excellent course to get started in android. helps build basic blocks that can then be used to develop more complex apps as well as know where to search for more info. great job!!!
This is real boring I just learned that
Very Good course, simple and deep.
Fantastic course
Well organized course. Refined down to details. Gradual introduction of topics, good test-case, the skill of the Professor is excellent.
not exciting, instructor too stiff and looked like reading a paper
This could be improved by adding more interesting subjects :- how to use list adapters with list view- how to use menus- how to use scrolling view- etc
This is a very good hands-on course to introduce new students to learning Android programming.I have basic knowledge of Java and found this course easy to understand and follow.Suggestion:Change the graded quiz to practice quiz so that non-paying students can submit and check their answers and learn from it. Or find another alternative to Coursera since it is not 100% free for students.I look forward to another building blocks Android course in the future! Thank you for this course!
Can't finish even week 1 if you don't pay
Very Good Course.
Big 5 star. Unfortunately I can't give more. My suggestions are to re record the section where the male instructor was explaning the very first android app,; the video quality on that section was very poor. My next suggestion will be: you guys mapped that course perfectly, you should add an advance level to this course or at least, create an android specialization for this course. At last, it would be a better idea after all 9 blocs, before the student submitted their project, the instructors create a big app that include some of the bloc or all of the blocs. This course will be my first completed course on coursera and I will definitely going to pay for that one later
Great course for biologists and non biologists. Materials well explained and interesting, stuff very helpful and eager. It opens a window to bioinformatics and is a good first step towards it. Very recommended!
Thank you.This course was very effective for me.It has a lot of details, and I need to review some issues agian
Personally, I never believed I would enjoy coding, but I had a deep interest for biology. This course not only helped me develop an interest and grasp the basics of programming in python but also gave me an insight as to how I can use this knowledge I gained in various fields such as bioinformatics.
It's amazing course
Excellent course! Instructors are great and the exercises using Stepik are awesome
A very entertaining way to learn programming and applying this new acquired knowledge to real problems in biology.
Limited intro course compared to one offered few years ago but still Great start , Thank you
Really interactive and challenging. I learned a lot. Thank you.
This has been a very helpful course, showing me how to program in a fun way because every coding challenge is linked to a biological question. I think the pace of the course was good, without any prior experience in coding I've had a few moments where I was stuck. But thankfully with some patience and helpful replies from the teaching assistant of the course to my questions in the discussion, it was possible to get past those coding problems.
Step by step method.
Great course. I learned a lot. I came into it with only a little bit of background in Python coding. I worked through the recommended Code Academy modules and attempted the course work early and often. I feel like my understanding of algorithms, molecular biology, and Python coding have all improved in just 4 short weeks. I look forward to learning more Python, algorithms, and molecular biology from UC San Diego and others.
Very interesting but i don't like switching e-learning platforms
It was a really interesting course! Some exercises were challenging but it was very rewarding when you found the solution.
True introduction to Bioinf.It helps a lot.
Really liked the course and love the topic, however the algorithms section was very difficult and could use some more in depth explaining. Without that, I would not quantify it as "beginner".
Good course for someone beginning in bioinformatics with background on computer programming.
The stepik interactive text was just amazing !! I think it is a great way to teach. Integrating with Code Academy to learn Python was really helpful. I spent quite a bit of time on a few challenges. However, arriving at the solution was very rewarding. As a biologist, it is a good start for first time exposure to bioinformatics and algorithms. There were some concepts I had to read multiple times to understand. Some detailed explanations by earlier students were helpful in a few cases.
It's a great introductory course for Python and Bioinformatics. I found the platform for completing assignments, Stepiks, to be very slick and easy to use. Completing this course was so satisfying, informative and fun!
Good introduction to specialization
Very good introductory course to new learners in bioinformatics or students who are just curious about this field.
The course was amazing!
I really enjoyed this course, thanks to coursera
Challenging and interesting. Only downside is the lack of help in the programming sections. I had been stuck on one of the last code challanges for more than a month without anyone of the staff answering my messages in the comments. Besides that, great course and content.
Very helpful and well designed, thank you !
It uses mixed material from other platforms meant for pure Python programming learning, jumps between sections in the external platform going forward and back so its pretty confusing to find problems involving content that you have no chance to know if you do not have previous experience with python. I would not recommend this course for beginners in programming.
thank you guys,the most difficult lesson I have got,but I love the feelings when I finally accomplish it.
Good class, great for beginners to get started!
I had great fun learning each week of the course. For students interested in understanding DNA, I would sincerely recommend. Also was the best experience I had learning Bioinformatics and python simultaneously. I believe in learning contextually. Thanks
Pros: a lot of programming in automated online environment.Cons: inconsistencies in code like changing parameter order in often used functions, changing structure of some variables (arrays become dicts). This can be unneccesarily misleading.
cool
very challenging course
Really helpful to understand basic bioinformatics.
The course content is highly challenging and that's great for a sense of accomplishment. The biological problems motivates the biologist to go through the abstract mathematical concepts(but I have to admit there is a threshold where the biologist can not get it well anymore(greedy motifs, gibbs ...) and I wonder if he does really need it to be practical with day to day problems with chip array seq selex...)be ready you will struggle hard here
very interesting!, i liked the stepik interactive lesson very much, i prefer them over lectures
Thanks for this nice course.I would recommend to avoid exercises with very long calculations that cause time-limit problems.Regards
The interactive design in the course makes me impressive
Not a bad course, but it is a python programming class. There are some steeper steps at times if you are not used to python. Support can seem distant if you hit one of these steeper steps. It's best to have a coding attitude and not a "I want to read about biology and genetics" attitude to approach this class.
A good introduction to computational aspects of bioinformatics. However, the pace of the course might seem too low if you have a strong computer science background.
Nicely designed course. Frustrating at times but well worth the effort.
It's good, but I would prefer that the python was taught within the course.
Very good course, and very similar to the first course of the Bioinformatics Specialization. However be warned, it takes a lot of time and effort to complete this course (definitely more than 10 hours a week).
Excellent course for beginner like me!!!Thank again for introducing me to this matter.
It really has helped me programming on Python.
Very badly linked with other websites that provide the actual content. This is more like a click-bait setup than the actual course. I'm not sure why it's even offered on Coursera, other than to make money on a more popular website using the content hosted by less popular one. Very bad experience.
An excellent course that is a great opportunity for anyone interested in bioinformatics, no previous experience is necessary but either a biological, mathematical or computing background will give you advantages in certain areas. Being a biologist I struggled at first and many of you may do the same but stick with it, work hard on it and you will be rewarded and it is incredibly satisfying.Due to the practical coding nature of the course, each week can take up a lot of you time. Best if you have a few weeks free (e.g. a graduate student like me) so you can spend a few whole days of it but could be done before/after work if you are motivated and plug away at it each day - just something to keep in mind though, don't expect a light easy 1 hour a week course, it is intensive but in a good way. It can get frustrating, you will want to give up time and time again....but stick at it and you will have a shiny new Coursera certificate and a wealth of programming knowledge under your belt once you finish!A massive two thumbs up for this course, one of the best ones out there that gives you real worthwhile skills that employers and academia want. Thanks to all the course staff for a great experience!
Stepic issues with not syncing progress and assignment completion. All else was good. Well paced.
Frustrating as hell. Too much math and computer coding.
This is not a beginner's course unless you already have previous programming experience. The Python lessons are just samples taken from a completely different curriculum on Codecademy and poorly integrated into the bio-centric course content. The lessons are disjointed, taken out of context, and some of the examples are using the wrong version of Python and missing parentheses. It would be a lot better if they took the time to actually craft custom Python lessons designed specifically for this course instead of using ill-fitting lessons from other classes.
I give this course 5 star because I did Bioinformatics I and I totally enjoy it.This is where programming can be fun, and practical, and you'll learn some basic biology too.What's not to love?
Innovations and creativity have been immersed into my mind through learning the course.
Loved this course. Lots of great info and fascinating ideas. A must for anyone interested in astrobiology!
Good course.
A really nice course for someone pursuing astronomy or likes to know more about the cosmos. Really expands one's knowledge of the universe.
Again a course that comes with very simple (and not always good prepared) video lectures but for recieving a grade an enormous math knowledge is necessary, with no further help given
Really enjoyed this course which gives a good summary about astronomy to beginners like me.
So far a very easy to understand and enjoyable course. As someone coming from High school with some research and knowledge in Astronomy this was a great way to fill in the gaps in my knowledge and get a more technical sense of Astronomy. The prof makes this incredibly enjoyable. Lectures are paced well and the 'homework'/practice work is easy enough.
If you know nothing about astronomy, this is a great starting point. You will cover a brief overview of everything from the solar system to the frontiers of dark matter and dark energy. It will allow you to get a taste of everything so that when you're ready, you can dive in deeper to the topics that interest you the most.
This course is the worst i have taken on coursera. They just want to mention everything in very short time. Quiz is much harder than material on video.
Really great course, but I would recommend that if you haven't taken many classes in this branch of the sciences to take a different introductory course, first. It can still be done, but might require more study and review of additional resources.
a great introduction to a complex field, highly recommended.
Great Course! Very interesting!
Great course! Loved Adams' enthusiasm in sharing his knowledge with the virtual audience. Comprehensive and very spot on. Congratulations.
Great teacher! Extremely interesting lessons. The teacher was able to explain very complicated aspects in physics to non specialists audience in an intriguing manner. Thank you!
The best course I've seen on Coursera! Wonderful lectures, amazing pictures and animations and all very engaging.
Enjoyed it very much
great content and great teacher, thanks so much for this :)
Great course to learn the wonders of the universe by understanding a littler of how it works! Saludos desde Venezuela!
Very exciting, strong structured course, The most difficult materials in a simplified and exciting declamation. Great lecturer .
Easy to follow. Anyone who is interested in Astronomy should take this course. This course is better than the course (Astronomy - Big Questions) that I took at my University.
Very easy to follow, and immensely interesting.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST COURSES AND BEST LECTURES I'VE SEEN, AMONG A LOT THAT I WENT THROUGH! Such fantastic and humorous way to lead the audience through wonders of the universe! Looking forward to MANY MANY more courses from this lecturer on any subject really - that's how engaging this course was for me! AWESOME!
That the course was extremely interesting is an understatement, nothing that touches upon the most fundamental questions of our existence can be dull, but it also was very dynamic, the themes presented directly and well explained. The exerises where we used simulators were the final touch to completly understand concepts
Very good overview of modern astronomy. Easy to understand by non native English speaker.
Prof Adam has done superbly well in engaging viewers into the subject, the structure of the course is obviously well thought out, so that viewers will be able to comprehend step by step into the deeper mystery of the modem Astronomy has to offer without going into the maths.After the course, I have the dismay feeling that the course has ended and human being is so minute compared to the vast mega parsec of the Universe.Bravo !!
Great professor. Simple to understand and made me love astrology... Quizzes are a bit challenging though...
Very interesting course, isn't too geeky and mathematical, unlike many other astronomy courses. The only thing bothering me was the inability to learn the correct answers and explanations to quiz questions. Some of those were rather mindboggling.
excellent course! at last a teacher that explains the universe in plain English in a way that can be understood by most.
Not for beginners in the slightest. Enjoyed the videos. But the quiz just made me feel stupid as I didn't have a clue on any of the equations and simulators I was supposed to use. It got me thinking of how ignorant clever people continue to be! Every time a smart person comes up with a new theory it's taken as fact. Give it a couple of decades and someone will prove it wrong. The sun orbiting us proving wrong, easth is flat, gas giants only orbit outside the habitable zone etc etc etc. So when will we learn that just because something happens on this planet doesn't mean it will, has happened elsewhere. The deepest depths of the ocean have life forms, yet we'd perish. So who's to say life forms can't exact on a planet, moon that is nothing like the earth! The world is still at the centre of the universe to these academics!
Best course ever. With a very professional professor. All just perfect, every word and every subject!
Very nice. The professor is very nice and teaches with great experience.
This is a very good and informational course : however, the person who is speaking tends to have a lot of mums and stammers a lot. Overall, pretty decent course.
It's my first course on Coursera, and also my first astronomy course.It was fantastic, No lot's of calculation, but more focus on the concepts, such as relativity, standard model of particles, quantum mechanics. Sounds hard, but easy actually.Thanks Prof. Adam Frank.Everyone can take this course, even without science background.
Thank you!! Very organized and easy to follow. The questions at the end of the week encouraged me to explore more about the subject matter.
Fantastic. I got got what I expected and then much more. It gave me lots to think about. Impressive teaching. Thank you Professor.
Great course. Awesome Prof. Easy to understand and get into even if you don't have a science background. Can't wait to learn more!
Good course. Adam is a good teacher.The topics are nice. It's about the big bang, supermassive black holes, and how a star is born and dies.. and then some :)I really enjoyed taking this course. Two thumbs up!
Totally inspiring!
Very good course. Instructive and easy to follow.
I love this course! I have passed the first week exam. I really very very happy ! I will continue and pass all the exams!
As a quick overview to modern astronomy and cosmology this is a very worthwhile course. Highly informative and well presented. Material is detailed enough to provide an understanding of the topics covered and hints at more complexity to encourage further exploration.Marked down to four stars solely on the basis of the review questions. Some of these are ambiguous or have a lack of clarity. Otherwise this course, given the level and time allocation, would rate 5 stars.
This course provided a great overview of Astronomy. I thought the difficulty was about right for a survey course and recommend it to anyone who wants a better understanding of how we think the universe came to be and what we think will happen to it.
Now this course might seem small but it is not, the test are really challenging and the knowledge of video lectures aren't enough, you have to dig deep and study from other sources too. The simulations in the test and exercises are cool and fun way to learn. I will highly recommend anyone who is interested in cosmology to take this course but be prepared the ocean is not that calm as it seems.Happy learning.
twas nice
excellent course really enjoyed it...
The course lives up to its title. We indeed confront the "big questions" of modern astronomy: where did the universe come from, what is it made of, what is its future. The presentation is lively and engaging. Relevant topics are touched upon just enough to understand how to approach each question, without any feeling that dense physics is being discussed, as befitting the "highlights" term in the course title. The course structure is very enjoyable and illuminating, and the weekly exercises are superb. Highly recommended.
Good overview of the topic. Inspiring lecturer. No need for any complicated math. Having a background in physics on advanced high school level should probably be enoughto pass this course.
Great introduction to Astronomy! I learnt a lot about the current state and the unsolved challenges in this field. I liked that I could play with various simulators and develop detailed understanding.As a beginner in Astronomy, I had a little difficulty finishing the first and last week's quizzes. Apart from that, I was able to easily follow the content in the course.
Professor explains concepts well.
overall lectures are good and explanatory.
I strongly recommend this course to all who interested in Astrophysics.
Too much time required. The first Quiz had almost nothing covered in the video lectures. I saved all transcripts and was unable to answer the questions. The Sim's... I have never seen anything like that and again - it most certainly wasn't covered in the lectures. Disappointed in this course. It took 3 hours for each segment of the first week... not 3 to 4 as was stated. Leaving this course.
Hi,I tried to get knowledge about cosmology from my university but everithing was insignificant and boring. This course is more than amazing. I like it very much. Waiting for more courses ! Thanks a lot to you, professor!
Good but not deep enough. It could be longer to cover more aspects or more profound.
Wish I had more professors like mr Frank. His speech being concise and pleasant, it is truly enjoyable to listen to and watch the lectures ; also the 'touch the surface' attitude on various topics boosts your curiosity to look further on and search for answers on your own. This being my first enrollment on Coursera, I cannot but expect the best, as these first lectures have really set the tone.
Course has been very helpful; giving the apt amount of knowledge in a way that can be easily understood with a little background in physics.
This course is amazing, and the professor is great too!!!! 100% recommended
The lectures provided by the Professor were very much insightful and helpful. Especially the interview videos of the C level executives were great. Had lot of information and the exams were fun to answer.
A very informative course that will definitely help you to excel in your professional field.
better way of learning :)
Didnt find it very interesting because of language interpretation issues. The content was good though!
Teresa is great! she seems very friendly and kind but some contents are a little bit borried and difficult.
I love the interview parts.
I came across many new concepts and the articles shared were useful. However, It was not very challenging like Pricing Strategy - which is understandable. Nice course
More case studies perhaps?
The accent of this teacher made me struggle to comprehend some of the most basic concepts she was presenting. I learned way much more on the previous modules of this specialization.The course should be 2/5 stars, but thanks to Boston and McKenzie articles, I will give an extra one.
Great course - really useful insights
A good course, but not up to par with the first two. The content was far more theoretical and left me looking for applicable information. That said it was still a good course.
Not as complete as the two first courses of the specialization but still good.
Really great introductionary course with helpful additional recources!
good but sometimes cannot hear clearly what the tutor says whenever they have strong Spanish accent.
I liked the professor very much, and the expert interviews were interesting. On the other side, she used a lot of articles from the internet which gave not much knowledge. I think it would be better to use more material from professional manuals, not from "trendy" websites.
The instructor was hard to understand at times.
great course about distribution channels
Good course! For a student like me beginner in Digital Marketing the course covered my expectations. Recommended!
A great course! Of course I will recommend it.
I think the lecture is pretty basic and general compared with the other lectures in the Marketing Mix Implementation course. Many examples were suggested, but I think it would be better if there were more international brands rather than Spanish brands. There were many errors in subtitles. I would appreciate if they were double checked before release.
the quality of this course is very low, and the content are not interesting and useful at all.
A very informative course that proved to be very useful to me in my work.
This is a very great program full of important and accurate information! Congratulations!I find it very complete inside its category. It's pretty interesting since the first moment you watch the first video lecture.Good design and presentation of the program. In other words: beautiful!Thanks. Keep bringing quality!
The video lectures are informative and interesting, but the QUIZZES COVER INFORMATION NOT ADDRESSED IN THE LECTURES!!
info good, photos way too small, would be nice if they were full screen
Interesting subject matter, but offered in an insufficient way. Bad transcripts, for example: AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT COULD BE SERIOUS FOR LOCAL POPULATIONS AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNIST, THAT MEANS YOU – am I a global communist? And quizzes with questions that cannot be answered from the course texts. There are far better courses on this subject, from the University of Alberta (Coursera) or the University of British Columbia (edX).
Great information from the lectures and great photo's of the Arctic, the free downloadable book is an extra bonus and helps with the quiz questions, well done Terry and team..
Quizzes kept requiring information that was oddly specific (needing an exact decimal number without multiple choice options), which would have been okay except that it was not covered in the lectures. Ended up dropping course because there is no way to get through the quizzes if the information is not covered.
Great course, but there is a problem with 2 of the exams not accepting correct answers.
LOVE THIS COURSE KEEP BRING MY INTERESTING COURSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. THANKS BRENDA
This was a very interesting course. I only wish it could be made deeper and extended a bit!
I thought this was an brilliant introduction to a complex and vitally important topic. I certainly want to know more about this topic
Great!
Great media support (video and Interact Book) with teacher's quality for explanations and course's structure
This rating system seems to be broken
Perfect course !!
Very usefull course but I think It should be also with spanish subtitles.
Excellent Presentations! Answers for Quizzes are typically not provided in the lectures and extremely hard to find in the textbook or challenging to enter.
This is a very bad course
Excellent course, informative, good use of visuals. Work is at an easy pace for those with less time.
This is a very good course. The material is formatted in a way that is very digestible even for those without a strong science background. Some of the quiz questions are harder than they should be, and challenging to locate the correct answer to. And it is not immediately clear that in order to pass the course a student must read the book the course is based upon. There are some spelling errors that should be corrected, and a few errors in the filmed dialogue. But the information contained in the course is good.
This a really nice introduction to how the Arctic is changing and its potential impact on lower latitudes in the remainder of this century. A big thanks to Terry Callaghan and National Research Tomsk State University in the Russian Federation for making this course happen. It would be great if there were a more advanced course on this topic in the
Good learning experience.
Thanks to this program, I was able to obtain a job as a data scientist in a big data environment. I built a graphical database using neo4j, which no one else at my workplace had thought to do. I really appreciate the training I got through this specialization.
Very poor explanation and very complicated topics.
Lower quality when compared to the previous courses in this specialization. Neo4j is very interesting but it is poorly explained.
This course is supposed to be the most interesting, and most challenged one of this specialization. However i am quite disappointed with the instructor and the contents he put together. He speaks too fast without much clarity, and worst of all, i can tell most of the time he reads from the scripts without really conveying much knowledge about the contents.
Greate Course
Great hands on examples! Really enjoyed the Neo4j and GraphX Hands On
Displaying handson queries graphically would make it more appealing as it was in Neo4j
Good approach for introducing to graph analytics
All the complexity of the course is concentrated to the last week.
I would have liked to put 5 stars. This topic is so important and relevant to big data. After week 4 hands on part, it became obvious we will not see how to implement or interpret the more abstract graph concepts presented in week 3. That was very disappointing.Moreover, the structure of the course is not as good as the other module. I don't understand the lack of balance between theory and hands on (Not enough hands on to reflect the theory) part.On a constructive note, I would replace some of the theoretical concepts of week 3 with additional information on how to link a graph database to machine learning OR I would add more hands on exercise to help using those more complex concepts and learn how to interpret them.
I like the content at a high level, and I have a better appreciation for the value of graph analytics. That being said, I struggled with the GraphX hands on exersizes, where many of the Scala commands simply hung.
Very interesting class, large applications possibilities, unfortunately the hands on machine wont work properly
The concepts are brilliantly taught but the technical part that was programming was rushed through and not explained step by step. This is probably out of scope for this course but would have been good to get a little more technical training
Thanks so muchyou are great people
The neo4j parts were good, and nice introduction to graph terminology and concepts. would like to see detailed hands-on for wk#5 (like wk#4 had w/neo4j, which was very well done). like the tools survey and concepts. would like to see recommendations for other course(s), not necessarily in this series or by UC SanDiego, about where to go for deeper math.
Really Thank you for all the big data course, just a little about the 5th course, Graph analytic, I think can must go to the deeper insight with more explanation, some of the modules was really vague!Thank you
Not so easy, but well worth it!
Probably because I'm new to all the big data and graph analytics terminologies but the lectures in this chapter were quite difficult to follow in my opinion. The instructor was just talking, not teaching nor explaining, just like someone who prepares notes and is reading to students. The hand-ons were a bit helpful, but overall this class is more for those who already know about the subject.
Concepts are explained in a rather structured way and hands-on with Neo4j are interesting.The last part with GraphX is pure copy-paste of orders, it is disappointing and not a good way to practive.
Very good material, very good Neo4j hands on for new comers. The critique goes to the coverage of GraphX hands on which, at least to me, is not explained clear enough
I enjoyed this course and learned a great deal.
This course was excellent as an introduction to Graph Analytics and using Neo4j. Not only did I learn a lot, I've been given tasks related to what I've learned in this course after finishing it.
Another good and interesting course but the total lack of engagement by the course team and community mentors makes it hard going.
Good Course to get introduced to Graph Analytics , Neo4j, Cypher Graph Query Language , GraphX through Spark. Really enjoyed hands-on exercises
The professor is well spoken and the class started out very well. But by the final section the hands on example were simply cut-paste with no explanation of what we were doing or how it worked. It's not the fault of the professor but this course and the Big Data specialization attempts to cover too much information. Graph Analytics should be its own 6 course specialization. But really, to understand graph analytics one should be spending a great deal of time with the subject. Perhaps online courses are not the way to understand such a complex subject.
Wonderful course.
This course allowed me to understand graph theory, evaluate graph properties, analitics and routing algorithms. In addition it introduces to neo4j and graphx, that are valuable software platforms for analyzing graphs
I was unhappy with this. It was clear that this course was pulled together from a superset of other material, and that it was not checked for consistency or completeness. The students were tested on their ability to write down a specific phrase from a video rather than on application of the principles learned from utilization of the graph database tools. (Broccoli -- REALLY???)Further, the lack of response to questions posted in the forum indicates a lack of engagement from instructors and / or facilitators.
Need to include more student project design in the course
First week of 3 min video. Seriously we want to dive into the subject. And the last two weeks should have more content. Felt like much more copy and paste without understanding why you did that. Understand this should be introduction to Big Data... But the price you pay for the introduction is too expensive.
Nice love it.... the best in bigdata
best course of the series
Maybe the best course of all the specialisation. Good balance between theory and hand-ons. I would give the fifth star with more details and explanations in some hand-ons (mainly the ones from the last lesson). In summary, a good introductory course to graph analysis.
The material on graph analytics was of introductory level. A string of interesting ideas, with unclear explanations. The lesson on GraphX was basically a copy-paste introduction to it's abilities without actually teaching how to use it. The transcripts are full of mistakes. Someone not proficient in English or hard of hearing would be confused by them. It was somewhat difficult to understand the main lecturer. The best part was the explanation of Neo4j - and it was at an introductory level. A disappointment.
Great course. The reason I did not give it five stars because I thought the last week of the course was not up to par with the first 4 weeks. The lessons on Giraph and GraphX were confusing in my opinion and the hands on exercise did not really clear things up for me. Otherwise, a great course.
interesting practices with neo4j
Basic concepts in distributed computing/ cloud computing covered well.
Thanks Indy very challenging. Project was very stimulating
Everything was really well explained, quizzes are hard as they need to be, but not impossible and the instructor has a really good personality.The only "bad" thing was the programming assigment. It was really hard (but again, possible) and the specifications were poor.In general, a five star course.
Very interesting course if you want to learn about inner workings of distributed systems. Lecturer was very knowledgeable and provided good examples. Exams and quizes were pretty challenging and fun. I love that there was a practical programming assignment. I would only suggest to tweak the template for programming assignment as it was a little bit limiting. And maybe allowing for different programming languages other than C++.
Great lectures of distributed algorithms
Very good aproach, theoretic and professionaly. A great work of teacher! :D
Very good course !
Overall I really enjoyed this course, and I think I learned a lot, so thank you!However I think there were some things that could be improved.Firstly the quality of the code provided for the programming assignment was very low. It contains a lot of things that are far from modern c++ best-practices (e.g. using raw arrays instead of std::vector, mixing malloc and new, using new where there is no reason to use it, using raw pointers when references would be fine, missing consts, macros, ...). There were also some relatively minor bugs: the first log message doesn't print with the correct prefix, and the grading script as provided doesn't run (IIRC it was because the #! isn't on the first line). Since this course could be some people's first introduction to C++ I feel that it's important to set a good example, and to keep the code simple and safe.Secondly the symbols used for things were often inconsistent between slides, which was occasionally confusing but should be easy to fix.Despite these issues I still think this is a great course, it just could be a little bit better.
GREAT course ,the concepts and theories have been explained thoroughly. But I also believe providing a few reference materials would have been better for a theory oriented course like this one.overall still the best could theory course online
The course contents are composed of some superficial concepts of cloud computing. And the code framework for programing assignment written in c++ is probably the worst kind of code I've ever seen.
Great course! I learnt basics of current cloud computing technologies, even this is really tough course.
Indy you rock with that Uke.
very good course!!
This course was fantastic! I really appreciate taking part in it! It also was a good remainder of C++ pointer arithemtic.
Excellent course material, the coverage, and the articulation. You can reduce the pace a little bit.
Too much technical. I would have preferred high level generic concepts. Also, the exercises were quite tricky for a beginner.
Great course, very useful and well explained
Very good intro to a number of distributed computing topics. Challenging assignment and engaging material.
The contents cover a vast set of topics. just what i was expecting. I was hoping some good books, papers would be suggested
Good introduction to the concepts.
Not very engaging. Information overflow and poorly delivered lectures where the instructor is just reading from slides. I don't recommend paying for this, it is better to just check out the syllabus and read about this stuff online.Note to instructor: Very simple concepts were explained using overly complicated language. Also, please refrain from over using the word 'essentially'.
The course is worthwhile. The instructor explained the concept clearly in engaging way that I rarely found on Coursera. The most I liked is the design of assignments. As well as, it has some interviews of academics and professionals which shapes your thoughts very well.
Great lectures. However, the starter code for the programming assignment is quite atrocious. Overall, would highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn high level concepts in distributed systems.
Great course giving very good basics. The questions were also challenging and ensured that we go through the content in earnest
The concepts are explained very well. The only issue was the Programming assignment, which could have been more descriptive. Also, they could've given us the option of choosing a programming language.
Very good course. Challenge to learn. Flexible schedule.
Excellent Faculty, Clear and concise. The material covered is current and concepts are illustrated with clear examples.
Course lectures don't seem to match up with the questions on the quiz. It is also not clear if the typed in answers are not read by the program correctly or if the answers do not match what the instructor is looking for, in any case the 3 weeks quiz is very difficult to figure out.
I am loving this course.
I love this course.
The programming assignement was very long in relation with the resto of assignements (quiz). However, the course's content is very interesting and complete.
Worth every minute
Nice Course with Nice Tasks.
Esential to undertand the cloud
The best
The course introduces many cloud computing concepts, and briefly highlights the trending technologies. It is a good starting point for the beginners, it also contains a set of challenging quizzes and final exam, one could not pass unless s/he masters the course contents. finally there is the programming assignment which would not sound easy until you pass it.
Very difficult programming assignment if not an expert.
I am giving a 5 starts because I really enjoyed the course and I learned a lot. but to be honest I almost gave up. The programming assignment is a little bit frustrating since there is really not help and not much guidance.
The course gave me an interesting overview of different problems from the cloud computing field. The course start looks little bit slow, but later it gets more interesting. However I was disappointed with code quality of the assignment framework.
The instructor's lecture sounded too robotic and I feel like he didn't make any effort to explain some of the principles or simplify the course to the audience. It feels like he just copied concepts and pasted them into the lecture and then read them quick.
This instructor is fantastic. He is exceptionally thorough and his delivery is very good as well. This is a course definitely worth taking if you are interested in learning more about the cloud.
Great, and highly relevant/topical, content. However I found the quiz assignments to be needlessly tedious at times.
The slides are unclear and very very ugly and old style.The assignment is very specific to Linux based machine.Only one programming assignment.More theory than practices.The QCMs don't really help understand. They are just about remembering values.I woudn't recommande this course since it is more like a book then it is like a course.
The course teaches a lot of core concepts of distributed systems (clouds included). The content is well delivered and the homework reflects the material very well. The homework is appropriately tough.There is an optional programming assignment for setting up a distributed network of nodes with failure detection. I learned a lot about gossip based information spreading while doing the exercise. That said, the assignment is not clearly explained and it is hard to get started.Overall I did enjoy the course and learned a great deal.
Good course!
Great course but the main problem is that very little help is available. Programming assignment is not able to understand meaning not able to find how to start (what should be the first step?)pace is little fast. learned a lot about Cloud Computing. Homeworks are really challenging.
I wanted to understand what "Distributed systems" are all about, this course is the best resource IMO.
Great Course! A little more contents regarding the Programming Assignment would have made it even better. I'd like to thank the entire Team for making this wonderful course. :)
Good at explaining conceptsGood Quizzes& assignments
I enjoyed the contents and homeworks. Overall the delivery was very good, and I have grasped a lot.The main reason that I won't give 5 stars is the program assignment. I have spent and wasted 3 weeks to work on the tools, yes, tools, not the subject matter. Course should clearly indicate that the assignment only works in Linux/UNIX environment, and need to further test the scripts in most popular Linux OS platforms, different c++ versions, and different python versions.
Very useful course. It built my Cloud Computing basis from scratch. Fisrt course gives me the enthusiasm to start the later ones. A good place for studying and sharing with course mates. Thank you!
This course is a wonderful introduction to distributed and cloud computing. Definitely go for it.
Very well taught, easy to understand. The questions in the exams have been very thoughtfully selected, one must pay attention to the content and understand the concept. Going to remember the concepts for long time after watching & listing the tutorials.
The best open course topic I have ever seen. It's very helpful for career development to go into the technical details of all modern cloud technology trend!!!
Professor Indranil Gupta is apt in his explanations.Course Material is highly relevant. Good foundation course for cloud computing.
The course is not for beginners and WinForm lovers. This is real re-branding yourself. I would say path to reborn to what real open source world is living in. Low or no help from course instructor, community or google. Course comes in huge amount of concentrated videos. 7 hardest assignments. I would give up on the beginning but commitment is top of all. I respect anyone who has completed.
a very good course for cloud study. the content is colorful , a lot of examples to support deep understanding of the concepts. The biggest drawback is that maybe there can be some small programming assignment after each week's course. And the standard answers of the Week5 quizz have some bugs.
It's a great course, but the assignments are kind of annoying.
the test is terrible and teacher is just reading the ppt. boring
Cloud computing course provides an overview of the concepts of distributed processing. The algorithms behind real world distributed applications are well explained. The video lectures and quiz questions on various distributed protocols provide insights into the working of these systems. Highly recommended. Thanks Prof. Indranil Gupta and the Coursera community!!
The material is covered in depth and clearly, the content is very current while still covering the historic origins and the development of the current state fo the art. It comes with evaluations that are not aimed towards memorization, but rather towards understanding the subject. As a cherry on top, they allow you to take a verified certificate towards credit on the Masters degree.
Thank you for starting this exceptional course and the advanced specialization in cloud computing again.
I learnt a lot from this course! All lecturers are great and they explain difficult themes very well for the beginners but also offer interesting questions for advanced audience. I enjoyed the deceptive ease of DNA purification (I did it at my work too), comparison of sequencing technologies, and all algorithms and software described. I found all classes very helpful and would like to thank staff for this great, interesting and inspiriting lessons!
I think it's a great course!!
It is great! This helped me to develope my skills about science
Very simple yet comprehensible, this course has helped me understand complex subjects and apply them to simple things such as real day to day activities or decisions. Thanks Dr. Gershenson
I enjoyed this class and was amazed by how the Bible came about and the fact that it survived 2.5 millennia. I will be reading the Bible with a new understanding because of this course. I wish there were additional courses on the Bible on Coursera.
I found this course very interesting, and learnt a great deal about how and why the Bible came to be written.
Great!
Very complex and tedious subject.
As a casual participant with a general interest I found this course to be enlightening - it helped me ground the fragments that I had already learned here and there about the Bible in historical, social, geographic (in particular) and political contexts and thus weave those fragments into a narrative that makes sense to me. This JW thanks Emory's JW!
Excellent course! Professor Wright is passionate, warm and engaging. Loved it!
Very great course for believers and non belivers, packed with useful information
it would be better if we could do exams without buying certificate
I found the background given for the writing of the bible very interesting and gave me a whole new perspective on Hebrew Scriptures.
It's a very good course if you want to know how the bible came into being, events that happened from the very beginning and how the bible continues to remain and be read even today. Wonderful!
Compared to lectures offered by various seminaries, Professor Wright has organized the course in a way that has included both biblical sources and extra-biblical sources which are not permitted by seminaries. The part I love the most is the interviews by Professor Wright with leading scholars of different expertise.It is not hard to tell the effort the professor has exerted to put the course together. I would love to take more courses from Professor Wright regarding OT and relevant areas and am wondering how I can access them.
I just started this class this morning and Professor Wright is great. Usually I find the professors in a one on one lecture such as this, either speaking too fast or just boring. He is terrific. I have enjoyed the lessons very much.
This course has mad me look at the Bible in a completely new and exciting way.
Outstanding in every way.
Can't actually be done as a free course, like others on the site; you have to pay just to get a quiz grade.
This is a very enlightening course. I loved it.
Really fantastic. A lot of great information and insight and interesting interpertations. A lot of superb thoughts to think about. Very well taught. Kept my interest through the entire series. Professor was easy to follow. A lot for me to
Very interesting discussion about the writing of the Hebrew Bible. Particularly enjoyed the interviews with experts in the field.
This course is an excellent way of going about the history of Israel/Judah from a political perspective. It also presents many archeological evidences and compared them to the Bible. The discussions are quite interesting and multidisciplinary and the professor is really has a very practical approach.
I like Dr. Wright's observation of the Levant bridge between the 2 main powers of the day.
Really interesting thesis about the impetus behind the formation of the Hebrew Bible. Makes a convincing case by linking the historical, geographical, archaeological, and textual evidence. Great lectures and guest lectures. Also provides a case for why studying the bible is important even for secular humanists and atheists. Includes really interesting ideas about the genesis (pun intended) of modern conceptions of nations and states.
Great course! As a non christian I learn a lot about western culture and history
Thank you for giving me excellent information on Chemicals and Health. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Johns Hopkins University and coursera.
Course is well organized and very good presented. You can feel the pre-work behind. Lecturers take their job very seriously. Examinations and peer review assignments lead to review what you've learnt and better understanding. Thanks to all efforts.
That was an interesting coursework. The lectures were taught to the understanding of all.
Nice understanding and structured course. It has strongly deepened my knowledge on health outcomes of chemicals.
Very Good Introduction to Environmental Chemical Exposure
Interesting and clearly presented course. Easy to follow with good explanations and various examples. I have learnt lots of new things. Now my own understandings of a safe environment have developed and I am more cautious. Great job! Thanks
Great course!!!
Excellent. Continues lectures on American Constitutional law and covers freedom of speech (in its many forms) and freedom of religion. I paid for this courses as a donation to the school, professor, Coursera though I knew I would be unable to complete the exams to get certification. Though I did get a certificate for Course 1 in this duo of courses. I would like to see a donation box for each course, if you want to contribute but cannot take exams. I want to financially support Coursera et al.
I thought that this was a fabulous course. It went beyond the standard coursework I had on Constitutional Law in law school with some different cases than I had read before. It really helped to have someone who had real life experience before the Supreme Ct teaching the course rather than someone who had gone from practice experience to a university position pretty quickly. I highly suggest both parts of this course.
The course was interesting and well presented. The only drawback is that if you are not pursuing a verified certificate you cannot submit the quizzes or the peer assignments. Even so, I would still take another course offered by Prof. Chererinsky.
Curso bastante básico de Ruby on Rails.
Anybody that has a big idea or wants to start a business, would benefit from this course.It's well presented and the content is spot on.
THANK YOU!
Good insight about entrepreneurship¡
Great online course, really learned some new technics - others got refreshed. Looking forward to start my own venture using this course as the first buildingstone.
I like the course and I found it useful. Thanks.
Gives an overall idea of being an entrepreneur!Good MOOC :)
it is fantastic to learn your big idea
I think i learn a lot and can't wait to begin my journey! Absolutely excellent course!
Very Good Course and the Professors explained the material very well. Thanks
good course and well presented by both.
Perfect for me!
Good course, the ideas are organized , some many real example have been explained. I recommend this course for all people who have ideas in their minds.
Good quality. Very instructive and inspirational. Thank you!
It is a wonderful opportunity which offers Coursera to take this course to form an idea and more training about entrepreneurship, I recommend this course 100%, it is excellent
I really enjoyed taking up this course. I could recommend this to all budding entrepreneur.
Great topic
Very lucid introduction to the topic.I found it extremely useful.
this course is great
Definitely helpful. Highlights the most important points very quickly and succinctly. Would have wanted a little more detail and examples which is why I withhold the 5th star.
Best course ever! Very well-thought-about content. Requires you to go beyond just the videos and assignments. Far far better that course 3 & 4 of Cloud Specialization.
I loved the cloud networking course. After the great disappointment with the cloud applications course, and because I am not a "networking guy", I wasn't sure what to expect of this. But the highly professional Prof. Godfrey and Prof. Singla got me motivated from the start. They really know their stuff, and know how to teach. There were a lot of papers to read for this course, and the reading was actually required to answer some questions in the quizzes. It took me a lot of time, but it was worth it. The assignments were also well prepared and offered interesting insights. My only criticism: the programming work was too simple. Overall, I had to write less than 10 lines of code.
Great insight into networking in complex clouds! Fantastic approach: videos but also scientific papers!
Cloud Networking (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is a great class
Very good and practical!
Very good course, with well prepared materials. Programming assignments were a bit too easy.
Emerging helpful Course will lead to fully advanced skills in cloud networking ,traffic analysis & troubleshooting latest Issues.
This was a decent course. Some informative, big picture information but I felt that it lacked some hands on understanding. The minor hands on labs that were provided, were challenging for anyone that is not familiar with Python script writing. I would suggest that you brush up on that before being comfortable with taking this course.
It was very exciting course
Great Course. Content is very rich and assignments are very good to illustrate the concepts.
This was an excellent short course about key issues and solutions for data center networks. We read important papers on topics including data center network design, congestion handling schemes and network virtualization. The programming assignment were very helpful and gives one an appreciation of the power that SDN brings in programming a network through writing a few lines of code (and not having to CLI into switches to change configurations). I learnt alot from this course.
A phenomenal course on the challenges and solutions of today's Cloud infrastructures. The material is high quality and sourced from the best in the world. I'm extremely satisfied.
Good overview, but lack in details, lectures are to short. Assignments didn't really reflect the complexity of the content that is taught in the lectures.
Great and valuable knowledge, focused explanations, great teachers. One of the best courses in the specialization.
The video lectures were excellent. So much so that I wish they covered more of the material rather than relying on reading academic papers. Thanks!
Got very good knowledge about branding and all lectures very informative and well delivered by professor
Great course! Very useful and easy to follow. Congratulations for the course!
I find the course a very good summary of brand management with focusing on important concepts and definitions.I would like if the professor elaborates more on the Lemonade business example. That would give me a better understanding of how to apply in practice the brand and product management concepts discovered throughout the course.
Great Course! I got to learn a lot. Very useful content.
The course (videos and especially teacher) are very well done and I've enjoyed that however in my opinion the content is more for marketing beginners and doesn't go much in depth.
Excellent! I really enjoyed following this course.
This course helps me to understand better of marketing process. And real examples from the lectures was great help to apply to where I am working for (and made me understand why there are doing such programs such as brand ambassadors, dash boards, etc). I highly recommend this course to my friends who is interested in marketing and wish to listen lectures in off-line too!
Am really happy about this course am taking and I enjoy how it is being thought.
It is a course which offers practical knowledge. Provides a very good insight on the branding world.
Great Course, covered everything from Product development till Brand positioning
Very good content, awesome instructor!!! Can't wait to apply the concepts on my current work.
Great course to learn about brands and product management.
Analysis of an issue is super along with illustrations.
This course is awesome i like a lot
Fantastic course. Thank you!
good learning,
Very engaging and informative course.I'd suggest the organizer to add more assessment except the quiz that do not require much effort to get passed.
Great course and amazing professor!
Very informative
VERY THEORETHICAL. NEED TO HAVE MORE IMAGES OR MAPS OTHERWISE CAN GET BORED WITH THE GUY SPEAKING.GOOD LENGTH OF VIDEOSGOOD REAL LIFE EXAMPLES
Great!!!
A very nicely crafted course on brand and product management. Explained in a detailed and structured manner with abundant examples. Awesome learning experience!
Excellent course to develop you Brand as an Experience for Customer and among the employees of the organization.
I found this course very effective and helpful. Hope it will help others too in understanding Marketing approaches that are explained very well.
Beyond my expectation.
I liked this course 'Brand & Product Management' by IE Business School. The material is clear and specific with business cases of the real life. I recommend it to those who are interested in up-to-date brand management and marketing.
Informative and interesting course
The content was very useful. However, a little more detail could have been provided while explaining a few concepts. I am confident of using these frameworks in the future. However, before applying them I will have to visit the material again. Thank you so much.
better accent clean verbal this is how every course should be slow and steady
very interactive course.. very helpful
Good Job, really helpful!!!
Great introduction to the subject matter.
Thanks !!! A Lot !!
The information is very well organized, easy to follow and to understand.
Really great course! I enjoyed it alot!
Very enjoyable, easily translatable to real world scenarios and completely relevant and focused. It was a joy to learn and I had a lot to implement after successful completion of this course
Wonderfully designed course. Everyone should take this course for a good addition to knowledge whether one is a marketer or not.
Brand and Product Management is one of the most useful marketing courses provided by Coursera, and it gives me a better sense of marketing.
Great
Great teaching and comprehensive, clear presentation of concepts related to the topic. I have acquired a deeper understanding of brand and product management theories, models, frameworks and concepts at a higher (more macro) and more strategic level that is very applicable to the real world. The professor is very engaging and I like his use of real-life examples (through his work experiences, etc) to make the course material very relevant. Hopefully this helps in my headstart in my career switch!
Good one to begin with. Very well laid out and illustrated.
its awesome every one should go through course to be best in branding techniques.
Excellent course taught by a passionated professor. You deserve 6 stars.I just cannot wait the 2nd course of this specialization.
This is the best course I have taken on Coursera so far. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in marketing, branding or management.Thank you for this awesome course!
Excellent course!!! Would recommend to friends, colleagues and family.
what an organized , clear and understandable videos and content ,
Superbly taught to the point.
the language of this video is to high, it's like to be for reading more than speaking ( Too Formal).The Content is quite good, but it needs more time in order to fully understand it.
i think this course is a great opportunity to know how the work is done at IE Business School. I am very proud with my purchase of the Specialization in Marketing Mix. Moreover. i want to say thank you to the professor because he is a amazing professional and his explanations are very nice and clear.
The lecturer is so engaging and easy to learn from. Really practical and doesn't use jargon. The industry words he uses he explains well so perfect for a beginner.
Great delivery, very informative and resourceful.
totally love this course <3
Great, great course - many very useful insights
thanxxxx
5 stars, this is a perfect course with Impact.
I think that presentation slides should be offered to students. These slides will cointain information that is given by the expositor. Also, it is possible to offer a toolkit pages in each module to faciltate teaching..
very very good course
Amazing course!
The Subtitles were bad not in sync with the words of the professor and were wrong in many cases.Delivery of lecture and Visuals of the lecture was Ok.Module 4& 5 were very confusing and not interestingThank You Professor for your time and effort
I cannot take the quizzes, because of money. The other courses let us take the quizzes without paying money. I dislike you paying policy. Please, let us take the tests without money payment.Sincerely,Garik
Great course for Branding Insights!
The instructor is one of the best teachers I ever had. He made the point concise and clear. He has natural talents of conveying knowledge and information.Please, please provide more classes taught by Professor Luis Rodriguez Baptista !
A very innovative course explained in simple lucid language with the help of lemonade business. Prof. Baptista has very amazing technique of conveying the concept with practical examples. A course worth doing if you aspire to get into the world of management.
Overall, great course. The contents are meaningful and useful. IE's widely recognised expertise comes through all
This course is very realistic and practical in nature. Professor Rodriguez -Baptista has an incredible way of relaying the information and illustrating the practical application of tools and models to the real business environment. Highly recommended!
First of all, i have no words to appreciate Coursera for providing such a big opportunity to study from best business schools, which was not possible for person like me. This course was very comprehensive, have learnt some new and relevant examples, teaching style was also excellent and, provided many new ways to think and practice about brands.
I had learn in this course! More than my own university.
Great course! I really enjoy all the videos and lectures.
Great course with solid content and concepts, i definitely recommend it.I didn't gave a 5 star review only because i felt that more examples were needed on module 4.
This was one of the best professors I have ever had. This course was very interesting, well produced and had a good support material.
One of the best courses I have come across. Highly resourceful and worth the time and money.
Very Comprehensive !
Thank you for the course, I like the examples and the quantity of the information very much. The thing I miss about this course is how to do the metrics that the professor recommends to do at most of the steps of most processes.
Excellent Course, really I gained a lot of information and a lot of exper
Great course.No bla bla. Straight to the point.Exactly what you need.
The depth of the topic taught is really amazing
Knowledgeable Course and excellent professor. Crisp and to the pointThank you very much
A very well explained course
Very good material with more than enough detailing on the subject. Wish it could have more practical examples and exercises.
Okay course. Techniques and content are a bit too traditional.
Love the course
Positive: Approach to the topics is solid, readings are very valuable.Negative: Some videos in week 3 and 4 have audio issues. Course should had a template with the course objectives, learning outcomes and grading scheme. 4 out of 6 quizzes didn't allow to see which questions were right or wrong. Social media resources such as a linkedin group for the specialization would add value. But the most negative aspect was not having the slides. A lot of the topics covered were presented very fast and not having the slides to review the materials made my experience in learning very frustrating. I note that also the course Critical Perspectives on Management had the same problems with the quizzes and also did not provide slides. what was somewhat frustrating also. Also, if IE is making an effort to become more relevant in this online space, it should allocate human resources to monitor and interact in the discussion forums. In my opinion there are a lot of opportunities to improve the student experience. What I found somewhat because being this a series of courses in marketing, a lot of these issues had to been fixed/addressed before the course started...Nonetheless my critics - which I expect to be considered as constructive critics, it is important to thank IE and Coursera for continuing providing online courses.I wish you luck.Ricardo J. Oliveira
Great courses
Only 1 week of study and I already got so much that I am excited to talk about MAPS all day long with everybody.
A nice course about the MAPS approach and the typical difficulties of natural scientists and mechanical engineers when approaching the political arena and dialoguing with stakeholders. I would like to suggest:1) to change the name in order to make clear that it is about the specific MAPS approach and not about "climate change mitigation in developing countries" in general terms.2) to integrate development professionals and some policy analysis / political decision making experts in the revision of the course but also in the MAPS approach in order to make it more effective or relevant for climate governance.3) to include (more) content about low carbon development and climate change mitigation strategies in some key sectors in the development context in order to increase the benefits for students interested in mitigation.4) to reduce the parte about the own difficulties of scientists and engineers when interacting with politics and stakeholders.5) to try to simplify the MAPS approach to make it more accesible to governments and regions in more poor countries.I hope the feedback is useful. Kind regards and thanks very much.
Hi everyone, Thanks v much for this opportunity to understand the Climate Change an burning issue at global level having impact at local level. In this course, I learnt basics of CC and mitigation measures being undertaken in developing countries.Though the the course and most of mitigation measure focused on sectors like Energy and Transport may be bcoz of their major contributions, there is need to work on other equally important sectors in this regard.In fact, I belong to Agriculture sector from India where Agriculture is major enterprise in terms of economy as well as employment, however badly affected by impacts of CC leading to food security threats beyond India and developing nations.I really further interested in mitigation and adoption models or results in Agriculture sector where enough awareness is created and many internationally funded projects are being implemented.
Positive and rich learning for all lives on Earth, congratulations.
LOVED THIS COURSE! Taking this course has truly shaped how I plan to pursue my career and gave me a much better understanding of the current ecosystem of climate change in developing countries. Everything about this course was just great - I really learned a lot, and even reached out to one of the speakers/professors for further guidance. Thank so much for making this course available!
I really Enjoyed the course
Very interesting and unique approach to tackling these problems together! Great course
A course that provides an overview of the challenges faced by sustainable development efforts, and the processes the MAPS programme practices to effectively tackle them. I wish I could have access to the detailed "models" that were a main topic to more deeply understand the kind of effort that goes into creating and adjusting them, and how they then translate into affecting policies.
It is very useful to develop knowledge on climate change. Climate change matters and that's how the course reflects.
Interesting course especially in the context of Pakistan
learned so much and will recommend this course to others!!
This course was very comprehensible and I learnt the complexity and excitement to tackle with climate change and economic development at the same time. Episodes from many countries are also introduced by kinds of stakeholders were interesting too. I recommend this course if you're interested in climate change issues.
Super-awesome course that taught me about the super-wicked problem of our time and how to effectively achieve climate change mitigation and development objectives from developing countries context
Good course for Climate Change learners
I enjoyed very much this course.
It explains the issue of how developing countries are facing climate change and on that aspect it presents the information not only the way they deal with it but the obstacles they encounter in the process. It also introduced very interesting concepts that could be used outside of this course.
Excellent intro to Climate Change mitigation and what has already been done, and how to take forward from lessons learned.
Thank you very much for the course.
If people can mitigation a climate change the world will be solve the problems . I hope this course can make me clear about climate change in the world . why's climate change ? what's the problems ?
I found this course to be outstanding, in terms of: Interest, inspiration, technical content, stimulating new ideas, learning from other course participants, and general enjoyment.
The course is excellent one giving specific outlook towards the problems faced by developing countries.
Excelent way to understand the mitigation process. Excelent way to evaluate the kwonledge
A excellent course to understand the mitigation process.
It was amazing. Really informative course. Thanks!
Excellent with lots of explanation & charts and future R&D stuff
Good knowledge sharing for a beginner.
Very informative course. Thanks Coursera and Yonsei university for this course.
This is excellent experience really getting with this course...
The instructor keeps the audience engaged
Great course for beginners to understand Cloud, Hadoop, MapReduce and CDN
Very basic. Could be improved by increasing the level of complexity.
ultimate teaching style, energatic
Excellent content, but it would be better if the quizes didn't need payment.
Great Course! Congratulations!
Good concise introduction for the topic.
Excellent work done on presentations. Nicely explained.
this course is very helpful
Its awesome....and fantastic course
Content delivery is very good and to the point.
This is a perfect course
I would like to thank the Younsei University and the Coursera for giving me this course immensely. My thanks to Professor Jong-Moon Chung who patiently and effortfully passed the course content to the best of his ability. Thank you very much for this opportunity. A big hug from friend Edivaldo.
Brilliant!
A very good course for Introducing to Big Data and Clloud, the teacher speak very clear and the explains are shorts and clear.Good material and very good structured.Thanks for this course
It would be nice to see more detailed explanation instead of reading the lines in slides. Also there is less practical content for real time usage
As a Cloud Consultant this was an especially interesting course. I was particularly interested in the way that Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) work as I know how to set them up (on say Amazon Web Services - CLoudFront) but didn't fully understand what was going on behind the scenes.Also thought this course was well presented with all the course notes in a single PDF which was extremely helpful in (a) following the course; (b) reviewing the course; and (c) Helping correct my initial mistakes in one or two of the knowledge tests!Well done...good format!!
Great introduction to the topics mentioned in course title. Thank you.
Most of the materials are conceptual, would like to see more real life examples and methods applied.
very good instructor.
That is a excelente course to start and comprehend more about big data and the current technologies about Cloud Service, Map Reduce. HADOOP, etc.
It's a very good traning for a beginner. Overall system and key concepts have been introduced in this lecture. Very good!
Not the best one on coursera. Included many details that are not really relevant and quizes just checked if you memorized it.
An entry level informative course suitable for everyone who wants to have basic understanding in the areas.
Very informative session ,specially BIG DATA part
Thank you. Now I know the basic conceptions of BD and CDN
Very good overview course. This helps you understand the terms used in Big Data, Cloud Computing and Content Delivery Networks. You will understand most of the terms fairly well by the end of this course. I'm impressed by the instructor, his English is very good. His command of the subject is great. He manages to structure this course in a way that makes it more understandable than it would otherwise be.
the content is simple, I think the course is just for watching during the break.
The course is really designed from beginner to advance level. Love it
Really good
easy to understand , highly qualified teacher
It was a basic course which provided insight into basics of Big Data, Cloud and CDN technologies. The lessons are well planned and articulate the subject matter in detail.
Simple to understand
Only an introduction which was also not proper.
Clear, simple to understand and very useful information
Recommended for novice in the field
Great, simple and lite.
Its very boring. Just someone reading off slides. One could read from a book instead. No examples or explanation to the information on the slides.
The touch on a lot of topics, but do not provide nearly enough information to make it worth staying through the course.
Excellent coverage of relevant topics.
Nice Overview of prevailing technologies.
it is very basic course just giving the introduction to a layman.
All the regards and proud & honor .High end features courses.New era of innovation learning.Let me say, for a future for all, it must continue with Coursera Learning Platform.
thank u
Presenter is reading the slides. I feel I would have been able to learn as much by just reading the slides.CDN course is a bit more visual, with some maps and charts used during the course
The courses are so interesting and I learned a lot from your programm. Thank you so much
very pedantic. course teacher just repeats the information on the slides verbatim. an interesting subject is made quite dull. would request more emphasis be put on presentation skills as the course material seems ok for a refresher
Had fun with this course. Precise, concise & the content is cutting edge & juicy!
easy way to learn fields outside of my own in short amount of time
Awesomely presented! A Semester course packed in a short-course. You need to be a tech savvy to follow the concepts.
somehow I feel the course materials were not prepared well also it was not effective presentation, it was more like a reading a presentation
The way the content is delivered is not interesting. And the lecturer basically is reading from the power point
Wonderful course, giving a valuable insight into the latest technologies. Had the course delved a little more into the depth then it would have been a perfect corse!
Not well prepared course.
Great course. But introductory level. Would appreciate if in future in dept course or specialization becomes available for each module of this specialization.
Good job on the explaining CDN concepts!In the two first modules, the lecturer just read from the slides.
Really nice course to clear the concepts regarding the new existing technologies and all the related terms. The tests and mid lecture questions really helped in testing the grasp of the course.
Poor context, no real examples. The guy just reads what is written on the slides without further explanations.
It's very helpful to polish my educational skills as a engineer
Good Cloud Compyting and CDN lectures and material.Lack of practical examples and use cases in Big Data track.
The course is very goodSpecially designed for the beginners of big data/cloud.Highly recommended.
Great entry level course
Repeating slides
I have enjoyed Learning this course, its very informative and I will recommend this course, the tutor is very informative.
A good intro class! Thank you for sharing!
I liked CDN course very much.
A very basic course for Cloud and Big Data. For a laymen its good choice to cover all basics but not for a technical person.
Good course for overview
Cloud Computing is the Future and prof is explaining the future very clearly , i really enjoy learning from him.
I know about cloud
Good, may be we can have some more real world examples.
Very good introduction to those with small IT background.
it's very good course.. congratulations!
One of the best!
Great Instructor, good examples and aspects.
Great course fr introduction into the emerging technologies
Course is very light and very informative. Professor gives enough information for future study. Thank you for the hard work and simplifying those very complicated topics.
simple and concise overview
Nice introduction to the technologies , I am very thankful for efforts of entire team that make this introductory course .Thank You
Great
Great Course
Good explanation, Less material.
great course for a general overview (plus plus) of the subject(s).clear and accessible. can help you get in the subject..
my first course, and i liked !
Great Slides! The slides were good enough to pass the exam.
Course is very basic , although contents are compact and informative.
Good material!
I found it way too condensed for introduction.I believe it needs to be slowed down, extended - as it is. it is just a blast of facts.
I'm supersed the professor can explain these concepts using words and figures in such a clear way, even for me, who don't have basic knowledge of big data, can understand well.
useful and short
while being informative, and a decent course, it does require some knowledge of databases and networking.
Very good content and presentations,Thanks,
it is good course
Not enough detailed.
Thank youu very much for the very comprehensive and informative content of this course.
nicely articulated !
for a beginner this course is very good and provide good basic knowledge related to cloud computing and others..thanks for the course
Slides were informative, but the lecturer did not add anything to them. One could complete the course by purely reading the slides.
Was fully theorytical....Need hands on practical things so that we can do things ourselves
This course was very knowledgeable but it didn't hads anything to use in practice, no coding and only theory. However it was very good.
Good course to learn basics of cloud computing and CDN.However Big Data part needs to be more elaborate.
Good learn
Very Limited material.
the lecture just reading the ppt than extend it
Its good as an introductory course
CDN topic was very good and well explained.
Very good expression !
The course was very basic and there was nothing new in the videos compared to the document(PDF) . Instructor was only reading the slides.
Excepting some coding on Big Data.
Awesome... Very helpful in building concepts in knowledge in big data,cloud computing and CDN.
Now, I really liked this course.Now, very structured.Congrats Professor Jong-Moon Chung :)
Map Reduce needs more crisp explanation. Too much content explained in short slides. Scope for improvement
very high level syllabuses, limited application description of BD, poor quiz and questions designed
While testing the questions should be increased.
Very good for understanding basic overview of Big Data Hadoop, Cloud computing and CDN.
Well done for a short course, I learned a lot.
Very Useful
For a beginer, this is a very good starting point.. I am loving the contents and enjoying my learning..
This course was good but from practical side I was not able to learn anything. That thing lacked in this course.
After attending this course, I think I had some background about Big Data, Hadoop and CDN.By reading more books recommended in this course, I think I will have a deeper understanding of those technologies.Thank you
It is a good introductory class. You do not need any programming or math background to take this class.
It's almost desk work, not practical.
not of a worth
Good introduction to edge technologies, very good explained with examples which make it easy to understand.
Thank you prof. Jong - Moon Chung for your wonderful method of teaching.ruly enjoyed my learning experience
Very good course, I learned a lot of knowledge, especially in cloud services, which is the most updated tech in the world.
Wish those courses would be longer. I'd really like to learn more about CDNs.
Well laid out course with concise course ware focused on the core areas.Thank you Yonsei Uni!!
Cloud Computing and CDN courses were perfect. However, Big Data details was not very clear to me, the general idea was clear though.
Very useful, informative and easy to understand, easy to access. Great work, Thanks
Thank you
I got understanding about the big data, cloud and CDN. It really help to go further studies in Big data.
good to have a brief knowledge
Learned More. Thanks for the class.
Good course for understanding the basic concept of cou
Awesome course. Short and sweet and straight to the point.
It was very good and basic course. It would be great if its next part can also describe these technologies in detail and with hands-on experience.
Its a great course, Gives you a detailed explanation on what is cloud computing and the different types of various services and its current usage in the market.I would recommend this course to all the people who want a vivid clarity on what is cloud and bigdata.
Trying to cover many subjects and diving deep into less interesting areas.The lectures themselves are very clear and easy to understand, accompanies with good decks.
good corse
a very useful beginners' class
It was informative and very helpful for beginners
Great course. Short and to the point. It is also very motivating for me to go dig into the topics of Hadoop and CDN.
Quite an interesting view to keep updated, not being deep involved in too technical topics.
Great but must be little more interactive and deep
Very small and concise course.
I'm Current Working on Five Star Sedan Cloud Management System.Have Three parts Desktop Controller (Admin) + Mobile App (Customer) + Paas (Cloud Technology). It was recommended by Coursera and I start it for understanding how Cloud Technology Works. I gain a lot of free Education that is not available in my Country. Thank you my Honorable respected Sir Jong Moon Chung and Yonsei University South Korea.
Pretty good first introduction.
The instructor is very easy to understand for international students and the course teaches you the fundamentals and language of cloud technologies. It will be useful for both students and developers to take the course if you feel the need to learn more about these technologies.
The contents of PPTs are just read out in the video lectures. It's as good as providing only the PPTs.
It is a good short course to get an idea about Cloud Computing, Big Data and CDN.2 Points to the gentle instructor, Please try to elaborate more outside what is written in the slides. and the other point, please revise the Cloud Computing quiz as it focused on dates and history rather than focusing on the core of the subject.
Good overview of Cloud related technologies. Too many details sometimes about specific providers, something that in my opinion may not be really useful but overall is okay.
Generally pretty well put together. There were more then a few times some of the videos probably should have been combined into one, so as to be less cluttered. Otherwise overall a pretty pleasant experience.
Very interesting and nice, but too short!
A very interesting and very developed course, wth so many concrete details ! Serious study in the depth of chickens life (backyard and commercial). Much useful, to be able to understand chickens, to evaluate their welfare, and then to improve it. I think that, thanks to this course, it's really possible to be a good stock keeper, and to have a happy flock ! Thank you so much for this precious help !
The course was clear and extremely informative. I have wanted to get chickens for a while and now I feel much more qualified to give them a good life!
I'm very glad I took this course. I've kept chickens throughout much of my life since childhood and some of the information presented here made me go, "Oh! Now I get it." The course was well structured and presented in an informal yet professional manner that I found appealing. This was one of my first coursera classes so I don't know if it's already offered, but I would love to see this team put together a course on chicken breeds if they haven't already. The only downside to this class was that the last section (slaughter) seemed (to me) a bad note to leave on. Maybe add a bit about bringing in the new batch of chicks or just anything a bit more upbeat. Thanks to everyone involved for a job well done.
I really enjoyed the course. I hope to see more animal specific behaviour and welfare courses in the future.This course mostly covered parts of the poultry industry, I would have enjoyed it even more if non commercial farming was included, like chickens at home or at the children's farm.
i have some backyard chickens this course helps me a lot towards understanding them and i would like to say they are doing really well in terms of health and i am glad.
Quality information & supplemental info provided! I own chickens and am very interested in animal welfare and I love edinborough's welfare courses.
The subject we fascinating and was presented to me in a very willing, patient and kind woman.
I LOVED this course. I don't have chickens, nor do I have much experience with them, but I want to keep them in the future for our own personal egg production (not commercially). This helped me really understand what I'm in for, and helped me understand different parts of poultry anatomy, behavior, and what I need to do to care for them.
I love this course! So super informative.
Informative and interesting.
Very thorough. Learned a lot.
I enjoyed the fact that the background was the real environment. The material was short and to the point and easy to follow yet offered deeper learning with the extra articles that were offered. I was amazed at some of the statistics and that gave me more appreciation of chickens. Thank you.
The individual lectures are kept short and the exams at the end of the week felt "fair".The course itself is very informative and comprehensive . I learned a lot and I feel somehow ok prepared to keep a few backyard chicken :)
Great practical short course, am very glad I took it!
nice teacher but the course is too succint.Each lecture is very short and theoritical with little visual content. the course could/should be more detailed and a section of the course should relate to backyard chicken farming as well. i wish there also had been a section on how to recognise different illnesses in chickens and demonstration on how to humanely kill a chicken for example.I enjoyed the course for what it was but i wish it had been taught with far more depth and breadth
perfectly organised and set on many short videos which makes learning much easier and simplified and i found all the topics very interesting and very well explained by the professor
Fascinating general information on commercial and backyard chicken welfare and behavior course.
Honestly, I am absolutely delighted to have access to that course. Information is reliable, strong, you can have access to a huge number of articles, studies... It is well structured. My only regret, is that there is a lack of actual images of the actions and the process described.
Loving this course!!!!! When I was a teenager we lived on a farm and raised chickens I even had several for pets!!
As a backyard chicken owners, I find this course to be quite helpful in understanding how to better my chickens' living environment.Thank you :)
I started this course knowing nothing about caring for chickens and have completed it feeling like I now have the knowledge required to properly care for a flock. I have also answered some of my friends questions, leading to the improvement of their flocks lives.
Thank you, it was very helpful. I am starting to raise chickens next year in my backyard and I've learned so much that my confidence is boosted to 100%.
very good course! after finished all the contents, I really have a brief and basic understanding abt birds and chicken behavior
I have learned a lot more about the behaviour and welfare of chickens. Highly recommended for anyone who keeps a few or lots of chickens.
This is a great introductory course for anyone interested in raising chickens or working in poultry science. Doesn't go much into biology of chickens; just the methods of raising and drawing conclusions based on observations.
pretty basic information with lots of repetition. course is short and really can be completed in an evening or two. instructor is knowledgeable. video of lecture doesn't add to presentation. there are few examples or interactive sessions and most of the time the instruction just speaks in front of a chicken cage. if i evaluate this course dispassionately then i don't think there is much difference between watching this course and reading a 5-10 page article.
Really great! (if you want to learn about chickens:)
Good overall information about small personal flocks as well as the commercial use of chickens for eggs and meat.
this course is excellant for who want to know more about chicken behaviour and welfarei belive that when we know the normal behaviour we can know the disordersthanks
Fantastic course if you're just starting out in the world of chickens. I feel that I gained vital knowledge which has boosted my confidence in my abilities as a back garden hen keeper.
An excellent course, whether you have backyard poultry or just want to learn more about domestic, show or commercial poultry care, this course is a font of information.
I learned a lot! Thank you.
This course was very very useful for my wife and I (backyard chicken owners). Dr. Sandilands's clear presentation makes it very easy to get the concepts and understand how to apply them in an actual flock. Highly recommended!
This class helped me understand chickens better.
Very well-explained information is given. Anyone who is a chicken-lover or keeps chickens should take this course. It's not too much to learn. The videos are short and to the point, yet well-explained. A very good course.
I have learned so much from this course that I hadn't even considered before attempting to raise layers. I especially appreciate the tips for rearing free ranged birds in an urban or small yard environment; expressly the difference in approach for broilers opposed to the layers. I will most definitely incorporate the tip about liming into our routine. I've used it in the past as it sweetens the soil and helps for a healthier lawn, but now I know it can help lessen events of worms. Couldn't be happier about the decision to take this class.
This is a great class. I enjoyed the videos. I hope to see more classes on poultry in the future.
A very informative and interesting course, a good cover of both behaviour and welfare. Each section was explained well, so no background knowledge was required. I appreciated the additional video content to explain concepts. I would have liked a little more information on disease and nutrition but I understand it is difficult to cover everything in a short course.
Awesome! I took the course to go along with my current job training and will use it to help me advance in my current career.
Clear, concise and comprehensive. Brilliant course.
Can be taken by anyone with an interest in chickens! Good references and interesting variety of topics!
Great!!
Interesting and not too difficult for a complete novice of the topic.
Very interesting course. Truly enjoyed studying the behaviour of the animals I started appreciating a lot. Nevertheless 4 out of 5 stars because I felt the course is typically focusing on the large scale agro industrial side more then the (increasing number) of small scale/hobby keepers. Also I would have loved to learn more about typical chicken health care issues and how to prevent. All in all very informative and definitely a course I recommend!
Learned a lot!
Very worthwhile. Great overview of pertinent behavioral, environmental, physiological and biological factors influencing chicken behavior and welfare. Good videos with supplementary materials that added value to the course. Thank you for making this available through MOOC.
I found this course to be very informative for those who are beginning to learn about chickens or would like to expand their knowledge to improve conditions for their backyard flock.
very good and helpful course
good concept clearing and appropriate problems and assessments to check your understanding.
This course wasn't the most riveting course in the world however it did help me to further my understanding of chemistry. Most of the topics had already been taught to me at school but considering I go to an English school, the ability to approach something from an American point of view was a new experience. This was definitely a useful, informative course which has allowed me to approach content from a new perspective.
Good course, I enjoyed learning chemistry! However, the pdf slides could be much better made, since most of them are empty, and the errors in the quiz should be corrected
If you have the time and the work ethic, it is a great course that will teach you so much
Great course to learn the basics of Chemistry!
This course was intriguing and eye opening for me. It was relevant and broadly useful.I hope I took the advantage of it and that it will help me in my future learnings of chemistry
The information is not presented well and the math is not always taught.
The videos gave really good explanations.
amazing one,I LOVE the way they teach and the explanations are clear and simple while the course level is not low
Excelent teacher and course!
thorough, detailed, everything's explained clearly, lots of practice problems, great examples and experiments (my favorite are the thermite reaction and the endothermic slush) - loved it and certainly recommend it
clear progressions and simple explanations.
plenty of video resources, very useful lecture notes and exercises solved step by step
I enjoyed every minute of this course and I have learnt so much. Thank you Coursera for this opportunity. I'll definitely recommend this course to my friends and colleagues.
I really appreciate the developers, professors, and all the staffs who have worked behind this course. It is really a wondeful introductory Chemistry course, well explained and filled with great exercises. The team who answer our doubts in discussion forum reply promptly and with great detail explaination. Thank you so much. Must for any chemistry lover or interested in it.
I am very happy i have learn new things in chemistry
This course is quite best for a student want to learn basics properly.👏👏🌟
The course is very organized and the pace is very reasonable. Looking forward to part 2.
Thank you, this is a very good introductory chemistry course for teens as well as adults.
GOOD COURSE
I wanted to give a four-star rating because of the fact that I couldn't grasp quite a few things, but then I remembered that it was just me. They explained everything very well, I would very much recommend this course for anyone seeking knowledge on Chemistry.
I was really bad at chemistry to be honest and didn't like this subject somehow. With this course I am starting to love it, lesson are taught very clearly and explained in detail. Yeah, it's true that you don't like what you don't know :)
Very interesting course. Many examples of problems. Good lecturers.
Love the works of the class! Videos are easy to follow and go along great with the provided notes.5/5
Very thorough, easy to stay self-motivated with the clear objectives and accessible lectures. Occasional demos were a treat!
Very good course!
the best explanation so far , thank you !!
Loved it! Some Organic chemistry courses coming up then? lol
Very good course with knowledgeable professors.
Very nice course!
Great course, complete and very well explained
It's a great course, but some of the questions could be improved. Many of the questions were too lacking in content.
it very very effective and useful course. It made me fresh my knowledge.
big biig thanks to my dear helpful teacher and university :)
Simple and clear explanations. Great to identify if you need how to solve problems on your own - so important for uni.
This is a great course. The primary feature is the number of worked and practice problems. Instead of memorizing, one learns by doing. Short of being in the lab, this is the next best thing.
It was a great course. I am looking forward to seeing organic chemistry course
Very good review, especially the atomic structure unit. The stoichiometry unit was also very comprehensive. I hope there could be more on gaseous state and solution/acid-base chemistry. Quizzes are very good.
I love this course
Poor lectures, inaccurate and incomplete information. Narrative about changing colors is reminiscent of Sal Khan. I just can't listen to any more of this.
Well explained and a lot of questions to practice.
Very good course, congratulation to University em Professors.
Very helpful for basic knowledge of chemistry.I like this course, very much. I hope for advance course in Chemistry from University of Kentucky.
I really like this course, it's simple explained and direct to the point.
Pretty difficult but, if you plow through, you will feel like a god damned genius in the end.
A very informative ,interesting journey through the world of chemistry
It's very understandable
It's been awesome so far!!! great work and material. Good way to teach too.Thanks a million
I have never been good at math nor chemistry but the professor explains the various processes in such a simplistic way that so far I passed the quizzes with a perfect score and I have a pretty good grasp of everything she's saying. Granted, I had to watch some explanations more than once but that's just my pace of learning. I'm thankful for this online course and waiting for the certification to become available!
Great tool for students!
Clustering demytified
Redundant, poor explanations and a complete lack of examples about the general concepts and the foundations of this discipline. The interaction between the teacher and the slides is limited to a reading exercise that does not provide any add value at all. Very dissapointed and still wondering if this course is worth my attention -and extremely limited time- or not. Plenty of room for improvement.
I have sat through 4 of the lessons and I am not very impressed. I fell that the topic is very interesting, but the professor does not do a very good job explaining the algorithms. It may be because I do no have the textbook, but overall a rather poor course. There need to be a little more explanation beyond the slides.
good course!
Learnt More Here Than I Did At My College!!
Very useful and well taught
too theoretical without enough practical quiz and assignment
Just read the slide., The presentations add very little since the presenter is (stumbling) over just reading the text on the slides.
Great course!
The course is very insightful and very helpful for the data mining studies at university courses.
I am concerned about the last assignment of this course. And I cannot get any help from here.
This class was a great introduction to the topic of building a data science team.The material was practically oriented, cited a lot of relevant external sources (e.g., news articles about data science), and was easy to understand.The production quality was excellent - easy to listen to, ready to follow the slides, and the questions immediately followed each short segment.I would have preferred it if the Professor had gone through different examples of data scientist and data engineering resumes to show me what performers in each quintile look like and what signals distinguish members of each quintile from the higher or lower quintile. Apart from the signals, and interview questions used to elicit these signals, how would the ability levels be different.
This course was very helpful! Thank you.
It was a bit.... general. That could be a bias of mine, as I have done quite a bit of management-type work, so maybe it didn't feel that new or informative.
Some of the multiple choice questions are _really_ more opinion than fact - making it almost impossible to get them "right"
Really enjoyed myself
Good introduction to managing a team from the perspective of Data Science.
Good overview for those without management experience. For experienced folks -- probably a good number since this is an Executive Data Science course -- it was pretty basic. Also some of the elements come down to management style. For some, other approaches have worked well and might not be ready to switch philosophies based on the course.Otherwise, pretty good.
Very good overview , very interesting and with a very good management approach.
As usual the team does a great job of distilling complex ideas without sacrificing the quality of information. Data Science is a complicated field. Don't be fooled by the topics, the walk before you run approach is super productive for your learning curve if you're not native to this field.
A nice course, and very helpful!
very good course for beginners, in my case I built the same team and processes by heart and it matched the suggestions in this course
Extremely practical and essentially human, this was really interesting to better understand the different roles and how to help data science teams to work together, highly recommended
This seemed more appropriate for a startup, and most of the content was rudimentary
This course was much better than the previous one in the series.
Great class!
Must do it! Really good!
Very helpful and easy learning and objec
A very interesting course focus on the true life with data science teams. This course is more about the day to day life and problem to manage a data science team and less about pure organization. The financial aspects are not covered by Jeff nor the complex problems of people organization. I have noticed that I was the sole person to post on the forum.
A quick and Great introduction on building effective Teams
Nice course. Thank you.
Jeff Leek is great, explains things in a very clear and understandable way. Loved the course.
Very well documented and presented. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Great knowledge
Good overview of the roles and skills needed, but loses a little momentum when it gets into the team management side of things, which is covered in many other business courses.
Great course, learned lots about building and leading a data science team; and also some tips on keeping teams motivated and ensuing communication and collaboration works well.
Excellent lecturer and the topic focuses on issues specific to data science teams rather than general business practice.
Good overview of forming Data science team. The challenges are typical of any SDLC project. However I was looking to glean some specific challenges between DSc team and product or marketing teams.
Very useful for learners who do not have a background in Data Science or, Software engineering
Very good course! Thanks to it, i got an interest in developing my skills in Data Analysis further.
Content was good and questions were well-thought. Video lectures however would need written notes to accompany them. Also when videos are as long and fast-paced as it is in the course it would be nice to throw the major point in discussion on the background,this would help clarify and focus the idea the lecturer is trying to convey.
For those non technical coming to the subje
Easy to understand and very valuable
Good pointers but not a lot of unique new insights. A lot of this is based on building any team, not unique to Data Science
Short, well organized, and very useful. Perhaps quizzes could be improved in order to address more relevant topics. Thanks!
Great overview, lots of useful tips, and an interesting angle to approach data science that i was not well versed in.
needed more depth, which still could have been achieved in a 1-week format
If you know anything about management, specifically software engineering management, this course won't tell you anything new. It's very high level survey of best practices. I'm currently working as a software engineer on data science problems alone on my team. I wanted some idea of how data science teams are typically structured for when I need to talk about my work to my chain of command and my peers and for interacting with other dedicated data science teams at my company. I feel I got a pretty good idea of that and a better understanding the roles in an ideal team. I also feel prepared for the future if I were to apply for a role on a dedicated data science team. As far as actually building a team myself, I think this course won't really give you that if you don't already have other management experience, but it does give you some insight on the specifics of data science people. Finally, Quizzes could use some review, the answers don't often line up grammatically with the questions. Also the one with the instructor's LinkedIn profile linked doesn't work because LinkedIn covers the content and wants you to create an account. A link to a resume or something might be better.
Excellent Certification course on Team and deliverable management related to Data Science.
Very basic
Material presented was succinct and easily understandable.
Very informative course on building a data science team!
I will be using in my project,It is really important to articulate the various areas of my organization with the data censors, can work transversally
very informative with practical inputs.
Some of the videos are very basic concepts on how to lead a team (i.e.: Management strategies, common difficulties,...). It is already known things for a manager with some experience leading teams. This course could be shorter.
great course and instructor!
Great useful course
For most people this might be four stars. There is solid content here, but I couldn't help but feel a lot of this stuff is fairly standard OD/management material and in some ways, it felt like asking, say, a project manager to deliver a data science course. If you have never done any managerial training or read material on intrinsic motivation, org and team culture, then you will get value. For me this was pretty stock
The mode of teaching was interesting and I hope you can do better in the area of providing answers to questions we missed after the course. Thanks for the opportunity given to me.
The explanation of roles is clear. So are other remarkt / piffalls / do's and don'ts. But those are valid for all specialist functionsCouple of remarks:(1) The target audience seems to be the data manager, rather than any executive (C/ C-1 level) of function (HR) dealing with building a data science team.(2) With regard to management and organizing, I missed the "academic" level (organisational design) nor did it help in setting up data science (where / how to start ?).
Hi everyone !It is my honor to appreciate what I learnt from this course. I love it,the university,and the instructors. It is a step forward for my carrier.
I'm not sure if the material presented in this course warranted a whole separate course (even if it only was one week). It probably could have been inserted in various segments of a larger data science specialization throughout the classes. Most of the topics discussed should be common knowledge to a mid-level manager of data science or even strategic marketing in general.
Rudimentary HR / new supervisor level information. Not specific to Data Science either.
Really well put together material and the Jeff Leek is engaging as a lecturer
This material is important, but the assessment quizzes were tedious as the right answer often hung on some small obscure remark that was hard to recall.
Great course for someone who will be leading a DS team for the first time.
Really great course, quick yet informative!
too pricy
This course delivered all the materials the way I expected it to and was easy to understand.
A good, enjoyable course with some interesting additional reading. I think I would have preferred a little more detail/content to have given it a full five stars. That said...I am very happy to have taken and passed the course. Thank you all involved. Now on to 'Managing Data Analysis'!!
Good and useful material
This course gave me good insight about building a data science team that can be easily related to my work environment.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career.Please, take a look at my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11I did this course to get new knowledge about Big Data and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.Regards
There could be more work in the assignments in this course. The Quizzes are very simple.
Thanks
I will like a little more of excersices, "real"/"simulate" problems.
Great course!
Lectures are very brief and concepts that were delivered will surely help Data Science Managers intheir profession.
In my opinion this course does not fit to the specialization well. Not sure how big proportion of the specialization students have a background different from data science and are going to manage the data science team.
Very clearly presented!
Good course
Excellent overview of the structure and dynamics of data science teams in various types of organizations.
good insights and ways to avoid problems in building and importantly advertising your team
Very short. Quality of the course is OK.
Very challenging and practical
It does what it says
This is a great course and a daring venture for what is really an art form, beyond it's scientific requirements. This part of the specialization needs a little refinement.I posted this in the discussion forum.· 7 days ago · EditedFirst of all.....these guys running this data science department have their hands full. They are teaching live classes for students who have spent OODLES (lots) of money to attend this prestigious college . Johns Hopkins is about as good as it gets for a medical degree. Then they are doing experiments and other data science for the research division of Johns Hopkins which is also as good as it gets........THEN they are doing these MOOC courses on top of all their other responsibilities......Dr. Leek is a University of Washington Alumni, which is also top notch for Data Science.The video lesson is flawed, there is no denying it. But I must say these teachers are very open to improvement in the course and your comments on what could be better done are received and acted upon, so I would include them in your thank you letter to the teachers.ALSO I think these MOOC courses are best done by all members of the department contributing. Truly this field IS a team sport. I feel this course was good, but the videos need to be edited and scripted, so unnecessary language, which dilutes the core knowledge, that must be learned, is not diluted where questions are left in the students head about content when being tested. I learned long ago in a college calculus class that if your mark isn't perfect, it's OK, so long as you pass with a high score......even if it is the teachers fault. The course could use better video production with teleprompter scripting......maybe some AV students at Johns Hopkins could get on board. it will happen eventually I'm sure.You want to take a course that is absolutely one of the best courses I've taken anywhere and truly the best online. Try the number one business course on Coursera:GROW TO GREATNESS, either part 1 or 2, University of Virginia, Darden School Of Business...........A team created course with one helluva a teacher who is a business person, researcher and award-winning writer. I would recommend this course to ANY student and especially E-Teachers.The problem with this course is that there is a lot of information that can be included but may not be absolutely necessary as a "core concept". Needless to say, the more technical skills any employee has, the more insight they will have into their teammate's skills, as well, as the overall mission of the data department and the business it serves. I'm more of a tech and infrastructure person, I'm not real passionate about coding. I find it tedious. The more I learn about it, the more I enjoy it, albeit, from a distance. I can't see myself creating great blocks of scripts, but the more I know about how they are created AND what rules the code in a project must abide by, the better my skills will be as a data center manager. So I'm trying to learn as much as possible about R, Python, and companion programs like ggvis for creating visualizations. I'd say visualizations are an essential skill for a data manager, since you have to present results and projects, questions, and answers to higher ups and other departments.this link comes from the resource section of this course:https://www.datacamp.com/courses/ggvis-data-visualization-r-tutorialThis link or URL is of much more value to me, than a flawed test question and a reduction in my 100 percent average in the specialization.Without this lesson, in this course, I would not have this valuable resource.Another great link, which has a great FREE print publication as well:http://www.processor.com/ ...these people have been advising data center managers longer than just about anybody !Verbally and in the transcript are some nebulous statements that point toward the main idea, that concept being: the more any employee, on any data science or technical team member IS, a "jack of all trades", the better. So that could have been included in some more general way on the quiz, because really that is pretty much a general rule, I've found, working in ANY capacity in the tech industry. I have done a great deal of audio editing, working at numerous radio stations, with Adobe Audition. With others like: Pro Tools, or any other really good quality AV digital editor the result is streamlined, near seamless, audio-video, or one or the other. You just learn how to read and edit wave forms of all kinds.Years ago, in Dallas, Texas, attending Richland College. I learned a valuable lesson. I was taking a college level Calc-Trig math class being taught by the regular professor's WIFE. I don't know if the professor was sick, but this woman, who was teaching the class for the whole semester, frankly, was not qualified. I had always been considered an illiterate by my high school math teachers, a married couple who, frankly, were highly abnormal even on the geekiest scale. These people were acting like they were a world above most people in the class. Needless to say, I assumed, by their "adult" opinions, they were sent by God Himself, to educate me thru denigration.I was amazed, how 10 years later, in College math how well I was doing. I was carrying a 100 percent average ! So midterm this faux professor declares, "I'll be prefiguring all the arithmetic to be easy, so you won't have to bring your calculators !"SO I DIDN'T.......and of course the teacher's wife proclaims....."I didn't have time to make the arithmetic easy so you'd better use your calculators !" I literally had pages and pages of figuring in handwriting accompanying my 3 page test. The result was a C plus on the test. I angrily told the sub teacher "I did not bring a calculator to this test because you said it wouldn't be necessary, therefore I must be allowed to redo this test with a calculator !" She of course relented, "No that won't be possible...that's not a bad grade...." she continued, "what are you worried about ?"........I was so peeved, I was going to drop the class. It was too late in the semester, and I was so disgusted with this woman's cavalier dismissal of my perfect grade that I just stopped going to class. The result was a failing final grade.Who ultimately suffered from this dilemma ? That, albeit, unfairly was me.....who created this "academic" tragedy, by the aggravation of a deeply flawed situation. Once again, that would be me.
The information is useful, but I think the five courses in the specialization could be merged into a single one.
This was a fine overview however I was hoping to drill down into more detail on some of the roles and responsibilites data teams can have. For example data architects, stewards etc.
Good course to build a foundation on how to recruit your data science team
Well organized body of knowledge on how to build efficient data science team, from 0 to 60. Addresses a number of challenges including how to build an inter-disciplinary team, what to expect from practitioners from different disciplines, how to recognize right candidates, how to assign the right mix of practitioners to right business problems, how to cross-polinate the knowledge, how to keep feedback loops at professional level as it's fraught with potential for conflicting opinions, when to stop analysis, how to empower the team to initiate next iterations with business, common pitfalls and more. Worth every $ and all the time you'll spend on it.
great for existence human and android based life-form simulation internal lifestyle...The course improves life within the simulation 10 fold at least(when combined with the other specialization courses) ...Perfect learning tool for those who have worked professionally in research field sin our simulation and yet now have a touch of "the turrings" or you know : CBI...Special thanks to the designers of the course.Top scores for coursera.org &John Hopkins ...
Good but should come after the Managing Data Analysis for understanding better what the people you hire are actually going to do. Preventing the "Dilbertification" of the data science manager.
Gives a good overview for newbies in the field and provides a few great link
Great course
Useful information indeed, but still running into some disconnects between the course material and the tests, which is definitely very frustrating.
Great for a someone who wants to build or invest in a data science team.
Great advice, helpful reference material.
Interesting, but content is a bit limited
Very informative
I have studied this course as part of the Executive Data Science Specialization. I think this set of four courses meet my objectives by providing a very nice overview on the key points of data science projects. They are good to give a flavor on data science and data science projects helping decide if you want to search for more in depth knowledge.
A very helpful course in understanding how the team composition should be and the typical Job descriptions of different members of the team.
Easy to understanding the structure knowledge of building a data science team.
High level but with enough details and context to make sense of the manager/exec/director's role in data science or the enterprise employing data science.
This class had hard quiz.Sometimes it seemed very basic, but some are hard unless you read and learn really well. Great class/knowledge. Practical real-life examples help.
Excellent Course for everyone keen to learn data science.
I think the questions in this course do not map as well as they could to the lectures. But, overall it's very helpful.
Precise and relevant, and gets one into the groove ethically and practically , on the nuances of on-line learning and ettiquette.
A good overview on how to build and manage data science teams.
Very enjoyable and useful.
Gives a good idea of the roles required to build a competent team, dispelling the myth of the all encompassing data science guru
Short yet nice :)
Building a Data Science Team does indeed contain helpful recommendations for starting data science teammanagers/executives; for me it had a little too much of a Hu
Good overview on the roles and how to align expectations.
Probably, I wouldn't have a course just about how to hire/build a data team.
Expensive course.Good for how to find a team.
Great overview of building a data science team
Excellent resource for a manager in data science projects.
The courses in the specialization are - in my opinion, excessively short.
I really enjoyed this course and I have found a lot of similarities with issues and challenges that I face every day at work. This has been very useful to me bot as a way to get inspired on new ideas and techniques, and as a way to confirm what I am already doing.However, there were few occasions where I found the quizzes not to be clear enough.In some instances this was due to the fact that the question asked required some extra knowledge that couldn't possibly be achieved only by reading the course material or listening to the class. I was lucky I new the answers because of my personal experience but it seemed quite unfair in my opinion. Also lectures materials are very short and don;t provide any extra information.In other cases, the answers, especially when there were multiple answers didn't seem to be clear enough and sometimes contradicting what I had listened in the class. I don't remember specific cases at the moment, however I have left feedbacks throughout the course. You should have my feedbacks where I mentioned specific questions that in my opinion were confusing.Hope this helps,Giacomo
Great Course, Loved it.
Very good and interesting course, I recommend!
Ver good with clear and on point material. I would suggest to include real life stories of success and failure some managers had in building a data science team, and discuss about the mistakes or the strengths of their recruitment process.
Good interesting material but the quizzes were badly designed and did not test concepts well.
Covers theory of basics for building the team very well.
Topics are explained pretty good
information is useful. But, still, it is a shame to split one month course to 4.
Good overview of the different roles and skills needed for the roles of a data science team.
Very good practical review of the composition of a data science team.
I thought this course was great.
Thanks for your efforts, I can't put my hand on something specifically and say good job! but you did a great job! thanks for sharing your knowledge for everyone on earth without any complication!You have taught me a lot and I own you a lot!
Very Informative & Elaborate
Good coverage in a very fast intro to the subject. Definitely take away some things I am able to put into use in my work. I get the feeling this is quite a new course (compared with the very well established Data Science Specialization) and does not have the student interaction base yet. I hope this aspect develops - perhaps even with the TAs. For this level course student interaction could be even more valuable than the more hands on data science subjects. Hope this specialization takes off as well as the DSS did!
Great idea and syllabus.The videos are too short and missing some explanations.
Great Course
This is a great course for helping you decide where you fit in the data science domain. The content is very clear, informative and have definite suggestions and conclusions. Unlike most of the information available on this topic, which mostly says that you need to be a unicorn to be in this space, this course talks sense, divides scope, suggests achievable targets and you can plan and assess rationally.Also Jeff is a classic teacher,it's always rewarding to listen to him whatever be the topic.
Excellent course, good for both the medical professional and the interested layman.
it is a wonderful course. Highly recommended!
it is very good course but need more case presentation.to be more clinical more than academic part.
excellant/good job/ it help me in my studies ,my clinical work and devolope my skills
Learned a lot!
Perfect class !
Learnt a lot, would like to get more advanced information on same topic
Wonderful course. Great instruction on very interesting topics. Videos support learning and a good amount of information every week. Thanks for the organization and delivery of this course.
Very well structured, gives basic knowledge and additional assignments to explore the subject. To go into details time schedule is sometimes a limit but possibility to continue in next section and finish the course can be a solution. Discussion forums and practical examples helped a lot.I really enjoyed this course.
Great course!
Very nice Medical Course..Must be done by individuals
very informative indeed.
Great! very well structured.
A very well designed and delivered course. I found it very useful, very well structured and the content was relevant and in the right amount of detail. Excellent course.
not being a physician I found this course challenging, but very interesting. thanks so much.
Very labor intensive and stressful course. However, I learned a lot.
Very useful for all the users, who are not still working in the transplantation field: for those people this course is perhaps too superficial.
fantastic graphics,clear content and concepts.
Perfect balance of content, teaching excellence. It has been very gratifying to take this course.
brilliant tuition and information, thank you thank you thank you!
Interactive, very well organized, good communication with the mentors, also updated information.
Awesome material and knowledge.
A great course to understand the procedure for non-medicos
Very well informed.
Sometimes hard to understand the speakers.The medical knowledge is also assumed to be relatively high, with no references to some of the terminology and background reading material that can bring one up to speed.
This course deserves no starts. There were no instructors answering the many questions raised by the students. There were no explanations for wrong answers, and so no opportunity to learn. I was helping other students understand the assignments, and spent extra time grading submissions as no teaching assistants were available to help.There were a couple of very good teachers in the specialization, however the structure is critically flawed and your time would be better spent studying on your own.Avoid not just the capstone, but this entire series.
It was realyy interesting expierence!!!Thank you!
Exvellent specialization you can learn alot from this. Recommended.
The course was great for the most part. The material was more challenging than previous courses in the specialization and really helped me pull everything together and understand everything a bit better. I will say that I felt there was a huge gap between what was taught in the Neo4j course and the Neo4j assignment in the Capstone. I'd learned a lot from the assignment, but it took me loads of time and their were parts I still don't really understand. There are also a some broken hyperlinks to previous course material. I'd also like to see better support for a paid service. There is no interaction from a Coursera employee or course instructor in the forums at all. It would be nice to have someone to clarify some instruction or material that may not be clear at times.
The capstone, just like the courses of the specialization are a strong illustration of the problems of higher ed.
Bad course. Things mentioned by the instructors are naive. According to my knowledge (my knowledge about Chinese philosophy come from A History of Chinese Philosophy, Youlan Feng; History of Chinese Philosophy, Sze-kwang Lao), that is not Chinese philosophy at all.
This serves well as a basic intro but not for people who are looking for a deeper dive.
It‘s not difficult， maybe I’m major in history， so I find this course very interesting.
incredible course！
Some profs are very good, some are terrible. The terrible ones need to improve their teaching skills and even language skills. As a native Chinese speaker, I find some of the lectures very boring.Good lectures are clear, concise, and right to the point.Good teachers make the learning experience effortless and fun, poor teachers make it like a torture.
I learnt a lot and have enjoyed the course. Than you all the teachers!
very good.excellent lesson and very nice teachers.
The method of delivery is a bit conservative, dry and boring but matter wise, it was really comprehensive and easy to understand. Good beginner course.
Interesting material! It is really useful to understand the basic of Chinese phylosophy.
A little boring. Some lecturers did not deliver a good presentation and some "philosophical masterpiece" are not practical at all.
It's a good starting for Chinese Philosophy。
Really far from the courses by NTU...quite disappointed.
A good course that gave me a good refresher on at least what I grew up with decades ago. It also introduced me to two that I am aware of but have not read them. I especially like 王阳明 whose philosophy I resonate with. I checked out his work 传习录 from public library thereafter and am a firmer believer in how I would continue to conduct my life working with others.无善无恶心之体 有善有恶意之动知善知恶是良知 為善去恶是格物
As a health professional who works mostly (basically ONLY) with pregnant women, I found this course very interesting and at the same time I gained so much knowledge from it. I recommend this course to anyone looking to expand their knowledge of this process in a woman's life.
I like access to learn childbirth Emory university !
I am really enjoying this course
It's AWESOME! I can't believe how powerful our mind can be, it's great to learn how to improve our learning process
I think this course is awesome, I really feel that I can learn what ever I want if I apply the techniques seen on the videos, THANKS!
Loved it! Planning to use all the techniques.
Thank you very much for this course! This really help me to understand about how the brain works and the interesting new learning techniques that I was not aware that they exist.
[ESP] Excelente curso!! Abarca interesantes hechos sobre el cerebro y conceptos del proceso de aprendizaje. Adicionalmente (y no menos importante) el curso ofrece valiosos consejos del día a día para ser exitoso en el Aprendizaje (y en la Vida en general).Lo recomiendo para personas de todas las edades y/o intereses (estudiantes, profesionales, etc).[ENG] Excellent course!! It covers interesting brain facts and learning process concepts. In addition (and not less important) it gives you valuable day-by-day tips for being succesful in Learning (and Life in general).I would recommend it for people of all ages and/or interests (students, professionals, etc).Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and all the people that made this course possible!
Useful, very interesting course.
I think this course is totally awesome, because even if you are a good student all the information that you understand here helps you to get more deeply the way you learn, so this way you can increase more effectively your study habits, be accurate with all things you want to learn and encourage you to learn more and more.
A great way to learn more
ONLY ONE WORD: WONDERFUL !!!!!
best of the best
GReat!
Learned a few things from this course.
It is an excellent course which shows you useful tools that you can apply during your whole
Excellent!!!, I learned much in this course about many technics and methods about how to learn more easy and is really useful
Amazing course and amazing teacher. Thank you so much
It is a incredible course, you must to enroll it. You will love, it is fantastic for know how to learn of the best way.
Excellent course, outstanding instructors, highly recommended.
An excellent course, I learned pretty good tips to improve my understanding on how I learn, it is still a day by day process to get use to, but it is fun and encouraging to know our minds always have the opportunity to grow.
Very fine, congratulation for dedication and compromise.
I love this course!
SUPER SUPER EXCELENTE, ME HAH AYUDADO MUCHO A MI Y A MI FAMILIA TANTO EN EL AMBIENTE PROFESIONAL Y ACADEMICO
Se lo recomiendo a todo el mundo, realmente es un curso que ayuda a replantearse la forma que tenemos de aprender.I recommend it to everybody, it is a course that really helps you to think again about the way we have to learn.
Great! Thank you :)
Absolutely amazing. I'm begging you who is reading this to not drop out of the course. The teachers really put it together in a very friendly, understandable way.
Everybody should take this sourse!
I will try now a Summary of the whole course, without notes, by memory, so I am going to...Recall the Learning how to learning course of Coursera.Our brain is the most complex thing that human been has discovered in the whole universe. We are still learning how it works and about its functions. At the moment we can talk about two basic modes that our brain uses in the learning process of both academic and non-academic subjects.The first mode is called Focus Mode: we put our attention in one specific idea, concept, material, or text that we are trying to learn for a reasonable time: not too long. We do not want to make tired our brains. Here we keep away as much as we can any distracting stimulus (phones, internet, friends, etc.). Focus Mode is an important part of the learning process, but not the only one.The second mode is the Diffuse Mode: it is related with all the process that our brain does while we are in a more relaxing moment. For instance, when we are sleeping, or doing automatic things like riding a bike, driving a car or just eating or watching television. This process is as important as the focus mode. We hardly could imagine the deep connections that our brain is making during this. The Diffuse mode allows our brains to discover new ways solving problems that sometimes we cannot manage with the focus one.I will continue with more concepts and less words:- The importance of mix both modes (focus and diffuse)- The importance of doing physical exercise (work out) in the resting moments or breaks during learning process. Sports or exercise in general maintain our new neural connection alive.- excercesing- The importance of go beyond procrastination:o The use of Pomodoro Techniqueo Having a Plan B to overtake bad habits, and create new better reaction when our minds do not want to do what we need to do because it looks boring or difficult what we are trying to learn.o Understand that the pain we feel when we simply think in these things that we know we need to do but we do not want to, is absolutely normal. This pain or ugly sensation will disappear when we begin to do it.o The more you delay the things you need to do, the more stressed you will become.- The importance of using metaphors and analogies to learn and assimilate new concepts or ideas. The more visual, likely the best.- The importance of “recall”: bring to memory what you are learning. It will be much better than read one time after another the same text, or repeat again and again something that you already know, but maybe you do not really understand in a deep way.- The importance of study in a large period of time, repeating a little bit every day the material you need to memorise, and understand. The more you master the concepts, more time you will leave between every new study session of this main topic, ideas, subject or material.- Create a task list:o Do it before going to sleep.o Write on it: your goals, and what works for you, and what does not to reach these goals.o Be realistic in your goals. Step by step.o This list will save working memory energy (you will stop thinking any moment: “oh, what I need to do?” “Am I forgetting something important?”....And all this kind of questions that make you tired and lose your vital energy.- You can improve your learning process if you know how to work in a good way with partners that are achieving the same goals of you. If you study in a group, try to:o Start on time the study sessions.o Prepare the material before the session.o Try to create answers for the questions if any.o Be active, giving examples or showing possible answers, and asking when you do not know something.o Keep not related with the material small talk as low as you can. And focus the attention of the group in the study object.o If your study group in not helping you, look for another one.- You have to use both sides of your brain. This is important because if you do not, one side of your brain could confuse you making you think that everything you have done in your test is correct. You must go back in your test and check your answers again. It is not a bad idea to review the test in other order than how you just did it.- Taking a test:o Check the before-test list before your test.o Ask your teacher everything you cannot understand.o Study hard until the test day, but then try to relax. The stress will never help your brain working well.o Use relaxing techniques like breathing exercises, not only just before and during the test, but also weeks before the exam. Remember: practice makes permanent. So, learn how to breathing deeply to liberate the stress.o Order to do your test: try to star with the hardest problems or questions, but if you see you are stack on them, Jump to easyo You can change the way you feel about something changing your thoughts and reactions after some sensations. For example: you feel yourself completely anxious and stressed, your hands are sweating and your heart bit fast, because the test. Here you can see two options of thoughts about these feelings: a) this test will kill me; it makes me feel so afraid about it, or b) this test makes me feel excited! I want to do everything I can to pass it!- List before tests- You can change your life changing your thoughts.- Take rest correctly the night before the test: this is maybe the most important point of the list before test, because if you do not sleep well your brain will be working with toxic fluids that will not allow you to think in a correct way.- It is absolutely normal have a hard moment during your learning process. Sometimes you may perceive like you are going back on it, but it is not true. That means you are creating new and better basis for your knowledge. If you continue practicing and studying every day at least a little bit, you will improve for sure!- You can learn and improve in any area of learning, not only where you find you have facilities or better capacities. You can also pride and take energy to improve from the very things that other people might use to convince you shouldn’t do this or that, telling you, for instance: “oh, no, you cannot do this. You are not good in this stuff, try another thing...” In the same way, you do not need to feel envy for others.- Sleeping after study will help you to internalize what you are learning. If you dream about the new concepts or ideas is even better.- Try to teach other people what you are learning. This will also help you mastering the concepts.- We can learn how to learn!- We can learn at any time during life!- Learning is beautiful!Thanks a lot my friends!
I am ver grateful with both of you, I learned some much things and I will apply these to learn every day.
Great information, great teachers, I love
Awesome course, I recommend you to take THIS ONE before any other course you want!!
I WISH I had known this information since elementary school! It truly is important to know HOW to learn. Way too many people are just getting by when it comes to their education because they don't know how to learn what they need to know. Dumbed-down tests don't help, either. Want to be truly competent in your field? This course will help you get there!
EXCELENTE TOTALMENTE RECOMENDABLE, TEMAS CLAROS Y BIEN EXPLICADOS POR LOS PROFESORES.
It is a great information and it help me a lot
I am a grad student and I am still learning how to learn. This course has been very informative and I have used it to analyze my own learning routines, and hopefully, improve! Barbara is very clear and concise and I enjoyed herlectures and the material.
Very interesting course. Easy to follow and very well explained. Definitely recommended.
Efective and ejoyable!Thanks
It was a great course, I learned a lot and allowed me to jump into understand some key issueas about procrastination which I can also apply into my day to day work and life.Thanks,Diego.
I think this course has very interesting information but it needs a way better format. It needs agile presentations, better, infographics, graphics and design and to be much more flexible and fun.I have not finished it but it does not make me get involved in the content even it is very interesting.It needs a better script and handling of the information to be able to conect with new students.
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Great course! Simple techniques, easy to learn and start using them and become more productive / learner in the day-by-day.
great course for bioinformatic lovers
Informative!
I am looking forward to attend this course from China's number one university
I gained useful insight on data analysis from this course that directly applies to work that I am doing on assessing the accuracy of a new measurement method.
Just great, and really practical and useful!
Teaches some good applications of statistics with plenty of real world examples, and hands on experience with Excel.However, be aware that this class heavily depends on Microsoft Excel, so in order follow this class exactly, you will need a copy of Microsoft Excel and a computer and operating system that can run it. You can mostly get by with alternatives but you will be on your own to figure out how to apply the concepts in this class to LibreOffice or other statistical software.
I had audited so many courses until I found this one. The best!!!
Good instructor. Straight forward material.
good information shared
very interesting course
Great explanation!
Very good course, perfectly interlinking theory and practice of statistic decision making.
One of the best course I have taken in Coursera so far. The subjects is absolutely interesting and the teacher succeeds in making the course both rigourous and fun. There is plenty of practice material to consolidate the knowledge.
Good revision for data analysis using Excel.
This is is one of the best teaching courses I have taken.
Excellent Course and thanks indeed
it is an excellent course . very informative , recommended to all teachers involved in hospital based teaching
Excellent, Illustrative course. Highly recommended for all health care personals.who facilitate learning. Thank you all
Excelent Course, fully recommended.
Excellent source of review and practical application of teacher-learner situation.
Great course and great information very useful
this course is pretty thorough as far as data sampling goes. The professor is clearly very well versed in the statistical methods. This course is mainly about statistical methods used in the field of biodiversity, so at the end, you will have to use the formulas mentioned in lectures (without any worked examples), so if you are not comfortable with calculus, it's not for you. The transcripts are helpful but often incomprehensible.
A well organized course from basics of biodiversity to the field requirements; it has covered the necessary methodologies. It was very useful. Special Thanks to Dr. Roberto Cazzolla Gatti of NRTS University; who was the backbone of the course.
Subs are not always understandable.
At this point of time, when the climate change has gained pace and we are in a different world with erratic and unpredictable climate, it has become essential for us to set right the ecological balance, which is possible only by better understanding of biological diversity.
A very interesting and clearly presented course. I would recommend this course anyone who is interested in the study of biodiversity.
This course was very helpful but there is a need to discuss it more further in details.
This is a great course, very thorough and comprehensive introduction to Biological Diversity.
Great Course!!!
This course seems great, although plenty of errors in the audio transcript. The steepness of the learning curve increased very quickly and understandability decreased after week 3, which made me drop the course. I hope to be able to retake it some time in the future with the right mathematical skills.
Very nice, quick overview. Formulation of equations in Biology leaves a bit to interpretation but this is a systemic issue. The guy is obviously highly proficient and comfortable with the subject matter never falters in his delivery. Assignments are all quizzes and the whole thing can be completed without undue pain.
Lots of new information. Really great course!
Wonderful course
A wonderful experience, a course well planned and structured, and with the best human resource, I will miss this enriching experience. Thank you for helping me to improve and to love each day more my work and to help many people, just as you have helped me .... infinite thanks ....
I really enjoyed Preventing Chronic Pain: A Human Sysyems Approach. The information was invaluable and relative. I learned a lot about Myofascia and Orofascia Pain. Thank you Dr. Friction for presenting an outstanding course on chronic pain
assume class so much practical knowledge
Nice approach to manage chronic pain
Very disappointed with the information provided. I went through the second week, completing all assignments and quizzes, but did not learn anything new. Most of the information provided is common knowledge anymore. I was also a little put off by the frequent self promotions by the instructor, in reference to his treatment center, organizations and book. I am withdrawing from the class.
Overall, great work. The course creators did superb job. My only recommendation is that the questions should be more challenging. Even thought its an introduction course, course participants should be challenged. We should have individual and group work components attended to the course.Deeqo Godax
This was a very informative course especially for child rights advocates
The materials are good and the lecturers were so great.
very informative and good
pretty good course
Informative and easy to digest content that leave students with a better grasp of the challenges that children's rights advocates run into in the past and today. Course content is modern enough to discuss sexting and whether it infringes on the rights of a child.
i would like to thank all the persons who were involved in the implementation of this course, it was very helpful for my work in the child protection field.
I was slightly disappointed by the course: too much information was given and not always in a clear way. In particular, sometimes the sessions were jumping from one discipline to another with not much explanation and this was confusing. Also, the information provided was in huge amounts but not in details. I expected to get more detailed information on children's rights while sometimes the presentations were only very general overviews.
Very informative. I like the additional resources offered for further learning.
I thought it was enjoyable but the quality of some videos was not that great. But the topic and well researched topics were wonderful and made up for it
Although very interesting and very innovative in its presentation I had the feeling this course was an introduction to the Master program at the UNIGE, rather than a stand alone course. At times it was difficult to comprehend the speakers. I would have preferred deepening of one aspect of this topic rather than such a broad approach.
Thank you for a highly challenging, interesting and varied course. I have learned a lot which will be helpful for my work, but also personal interest in this area. I did have difficulty sometimes understanding what was said in the lectures (technical issues) and also I thought some of the quiz questions were not correct. They seemed to contradict what was said in the lectures. Otherwise, it was an excellent course and one I would recommend.
Good basic coverage on children's fundamental rights. The course could have benefitted from assignments being more consistently accurate to lessons as there are some gaps. The last module I found the most interesting as it covers challenges to child rights in real time cultural/social dilemmas.
A wonderful course indeed. I had a lot to learn. Thank you so much. You are doing such a nice job.
The content of the course so far is interesting - and to be fair, I've only completed the first week of this course.Unfortunately, the combination of multiple lecturers within one part of a lesson (often with highly varying accents, reading verbatim from lecture notes) makes the presentation of the course material come off as very stiff, over-directed, and hard to understand. It's hard to adapt to the idiosyncrasies and lecturing style of a new person in a four minute video, at which point you get a whole new lecturer and have to start the process over again.A maximum of two or three lecturers for the entirety of the course (perhaps with the occasional guest speaker) would be helpful. Also, either allowing the them to deliver the course material in their native languages with English subtitles, or perhaps having them record the course material in English in something similar to a classroom environment where they're accustomed to lecturing, would make things infinitely easier to follow.This 'too many cooks in the kitchen' issue is what I also suspect happened with the week one quiz. I do not know who generates the quiz questions but they seemed to require a lot of mental gymnastics for a multiple choice quiz. Perhaps on my end there could be a cultural misunderstanding in how a quiz checks your knowledge of the source material? Let me put it this way: in my previous university studies, I have never taken a multiple choice quiz where the question starts as 'In your opinion...'Sadly, I will probably drop this class - but the course has sparked enough of an interest where I will probably be picking up some books or doing some informal research on my own about this topic.
An interesting introduction :)
After finishing week one I am inclined to say that the course is compared to other courses labour intensive. The content is consistent, well structured and up to the point. However, the level of English of nearly all speakers is more than poor. Most of the lectures are read of the paper. The subtitles do not help to mitigate misunderstandings resulting from the poor language. Instead, it magnifies the problem (e.g. naming the "PISA-test" as "pizza"). Also the power-point slides hold many mistakes, e.g. in the formatting. Even the quiz questions are not free of mistakes and are misleading or grammatically incorrect or even hold incomplete sentences. Very annoying. Overall, the finalizing of the course was not done with due diligence.
Great course and specialization!!
Cover very broad range of topic
Dr Wentzlaff is an excellent instructor and explains the material very well. Homework and tests are well designed: the questions are fair and they help you further your understanding of the material.Only complaint is that some of the lecture video had out-of-sync audio which was distracting.Thank you Dr.Wentzlaff and staff!
Excelent classes, I learned a lot and I'm using it to design my processor using FPGA.Thank you very much.
Absolutely amazing course! Thank you Dr. Wentzlaff and all the mentors that created this course. I would take exception to the number of minutes that are in the syllabus as far as the reading time (it took me significantly longer!)
Very good overview course for CPU micro architecture.
Very Nice
This is the best Computer Architecture course available on Internet. The Exam material is really good.
This course was a very helpful for filling in gaps in my knowledge between high level software development and details of processor architecture and instruction sets (MIPS mainly). I didn’t have the exact prerequisites for this advanced course so it was hard work especially at the beginning (hadn’t done the earlier architecture course recommended and am not an electrical engineer, but have trained and worked in software development and physical sciences). The concepts are not unduly difficult but the course is VERY detailed and the sheer volume of recommended reading somewhat overwhelming: I got by with buying a Kindle version of the Hennessy and Patterson text book (plus a few peeks into a digital logic book). I appreciated Prof Wentzlaff’s insights: he was clearly teaching from experience.The course is however not really designed bottom-up for online teaching. The lectures are videos of actual Princeton lectures, with a few multiple choice questions hacked in. It helps to keep a copy of the slides when watching as when the camera pans out it is difficult to read the diagrams on the board.The course homework was quite difficult, even after the brief solutions were given. The mid-term and final tests exams were however well constructed and instructive and much clearer as to what was required. So all in all a real bargain for the cost of a text book!
vey usefull course, nice professor.
Excellent course, provide real knowledge.
amazing course
Excellent course! It was really nice to have a high-level course, and I feel like this course makes a great substitute for the Computer Architecture course offered in my university.
Fantastic course in Computer Architecture. I highly, highly recommend this course along with the hardware/software interface by U Washington. Advance level course - high level of background knowledge required.
Excellent. The best COURSE very formal.
Too shallow. It's just common sense and a little of vocabulary.
great course
This is a very good course, let me learn a lot of business skills, thank you!
My name is Jose Antonio.In Brazil, English is the second language. Very useful in business.My experience in speaking English is small because I don't practice it every day.I am in transition career to Data Scientist, doing specializations at Coursera.English could help me a lot at this moment in my professional life.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by the teachers.Regards.
I learned a lot in this course.Though I have learned English in China for almost 15 years and doing my master's degree in America, no one has taught me those basic skills of how to text ,how to write a invitation , how to decline an invitation and how to write a thank you note.This course is amazing and useful.
I found this course really helpful. I'll recommend with my colleagues.
Exceptionally good
I do like to thank my teachers for interesting course and for the work they did to teach and share so many interesting business details with me and my peers. Besides I would like to thank my course peers for valuable and positive feedback they gave me during our course. The course is great and it is very interesting indeed. Thanks once more.
informative course
Great!!
I like it! really good module!
it was amazing ,informative , exciting courseThanks
The course was really good. They give you idea what's proper way to use business language. However, it's hard to get professional feedback from the peer-graded assignments.
Very easy and very useful!
Very useful
the networking course has been very interesting, exciting and amazing for me, and, last but not least, very formative! Thanks Daphne Mackey and Richard Moore, and thanks to all the learners: the sharing has been very enriching
very nice and helpful material everyone can start applying instantly at work and daily communications.
Excellent.. Thank you.
Very useful. I am less afraid of socialising at business events.
To the team behind this course, it is actually a dream of mine to become a UDub Husky someday I just took my first step towards experiencing a world-class education. Thank you for the opportunity to learn more about networking in the business world. I can really use this in my day to day life as a young professional and will never forget the pointers I've learned from this session. I look forward to complete this specialization for me to be really equipped in the field wherever I'm at.
It's really good co
I think the course is very well organized and provides great ideas. I enjoyed doing the exercises and quizzes.
Good to learn about language to use in business, for email, conversation.
It was a great course!
Super useful, I recommend it to everyone
I enjoyed taking the course so much. It is very useful for my work.Thank you:)
I really like this course, after learning this course , I feel I am not nervous when talking about work in english
A really nice course.
good course
In this course,we can learn how we write email,or how we call someone or how we invite someone in formal,or informal situation.I strongly recommend this lesson to who want to learn business manner.
great so far
Excelent course. I've really learned a lot about Business English, specially with vocabulary. I do recommend it 110% for anyone who is interested.
This course it is great and amazing. They focus in the real important things. I am very impressed and I learned a lot.
Excellent course. Great teachers and very useful topics. I recommend this course for everyone who is in the business world.
Very good material.
It absolutely amazing course , I personally benefit a lot. really it's not just the certificate .Thank you Coursera for this huge chance.
Nicely organized, all lessons present new information in portions, the assignments are interesting and involving. Surely, one of the best courses on Coursera.
Very good course I wish it was 49 reais. :)
It was an amazing course including a lot of information which is very useful in any company and any work.
Excellent and very solid content ! Structured chapters with very informative and explained examples to develop skills in Business Networking.I'm very exciting to continue this learning adventure with the second course in the Specialization of Business English Communication Skills : Meetings.Thank's to the two excellent instructors Daphne Mackey and Richard Moore for this course ! Thank you Coursera !
its a very good and interesting course specially if you are new to corporate world. i learn a lot from this course.
The knowledge gained is enlightening and life transforming. Thanks so much to all the the lecturers and everyone who participated in the put together of this awesomely amazing course program.
Amazing teaching. A very good courser for business student.
Excellent! All my expectations were met. Specially when I can see a huge improvement at work. And also I feel confident with my business communication.Thank you,
I got this after Switching, for whatever reason the first time people marked my submission wrong, I sent the same submission, and passed?!
help a lot.
It is really good for improvement of comprehensive English
This course was really great. Thank you very much !
very helpul
Really helpful.
Learnt a lot. Thanks.
It's a very useful for all beginners and intermediate professionals.Keeping Learning! Good luck to all.
It's very practical. I enjoy it a lot.
Very helpful!
A very slow and dull course. Lost my interest Half way.Probably a course for non-native English speaking students.
Engaging Course. A lot of Assingments. Really structured information.
Great !
Very basic stuff. Assignments can be done only in the paid version, but as it's so basic and everything is peer graded for me the course isn't worth the money (compared to other paid language learning classes online or in-person).
great course
useful but a little esay for me
The professor does not evaluate your assignments. Your classmates do, giving you sometimes unfair qualifications. I won't continue with the rest of the course because of that. I think University of Washington or Coursera should have said this at the description of the course so people can decide better if take it or not.
This Business English: Networking Course is so great. Thank You Very Much!
It's a very nice course for students who are just starting to enter the workforce and the vocabulary is very useful for everybody.
Great!
Very basic stuff
Nicely taught.
It is a very useful course, I have learned new things about meeting some one for the first time, making the conversation continue, exchanging bussiness cards and writing e-mails
It is one of the most useful course from Courser, and it significantly help me improve my business English skill.
I think it is useful for the freshman like me.
Amazing course. Highly recommended!
This is an amazing course, I completed the week first and learned a lot of stuff regarding communication, I am simply having an amazing time doing this.
It is excellent.
A very useful course! Thank you!
I enjoyed this course it was helpful to me on many different teaching levels.
This course was wonderfully constructed. It took simple, but relevant concepts and made them come alive with humor grounded in realism.
Great course! I highly recommend it both for teachers and teacher trainers. All content is delivered in a very engaging manner. Although I have already had a solid previous experience in the area, I have gained a lot from this course. It is definitely worth taking if you are interested in effective professional development.
Extremely helpful!
Excellent, useful, pinpoints and tackles the issues.
As a teacher trainer, this course reminds me to be clear and specific about my instructions. Sometimes, as a trainer, I got carried away and ended up telling the teachers to do too many things in one attempt. Thank you, Match!
This is my first MOOC and it has been a pleasure. Our instructor was creative and effective at the same time :)
Very comprehensive and useful!
A little to coach "driven" for me but good information and tools to use for specific conversations.
This is a very helpful course that balances theory with practice. The material is explained in an easy to understand way that makes it very accessible, even after a long day as a teacher. The videos and worksheets are quite useful in aiding comprehension of the material, as well as how to put the theories into practical use.Thank you, Match Teacher Residency!
Great course! Especially the practical part of week 4! I adore it! Also, names are awesome: Kraken, 4 horsemen, Big take way! Keep up the good MOOCS! :-)
Very interesting but perhaps not as in-depth as I would have ideally liked. That being said I learned quite a lot and would encourages others to undertake this course of study as well.
Wish this had been around when I started teaching! Invaluable strategies and specific, targeted interventions to improve your ability to facilitate learning and manage the classroom.
Great course! Well done and interesting!
The course
The strategies provided in this course have been very beneficial for me in developing my paraeducator skills. I thoroughly enjoyed taking this course!
I really loved that course! It was intresting, the video lectures were clear, the reading material to the point! I also appreciated a lot the encouragement I was receiving via email in order to meet the deadlines.
Thank you Match for helping make effective mentors! As with the first-year teacher course, I appreciate the goofiness to get ideas stuck in my head, and the serious examples I can relate to. This course also checks my understanding often enough to make sure that I've absorbed the material in the background.
I enjoyed this course. The topics, the instructor, the whole team, and my very wonderful classmates. Thank you, and please keep offering courses like these.
Very good course. Entertaining videos that keep your attention throughout and clearly outline and explain good practices for mentoring teachers. Highly recommended.
Very useful course. Thank you, Match!
Very useful!!!
I took this course after the previous one from Match Education. This was again a very accurate and helpful course. The amount of work is reasonable, goals are clearly set. Information is accurate, with detailed ressources that open the way to real implementation and experiments. Videos and explanation use sense of humor too, which made the whole learning experience very enjoyable. Thank you again !
That's a very helpful course with many ideas. Thanks a lot!!
I really liked the course. Why only 4 stars? The references are missing, it's hard to validate the studies that are cited without having a bibliography.
I learned very little from the course. The tests were easy. But that's because there was little to be learned.
Of the several courses I have attended, this is the most helpful, juicy, and designed to be immediately useful of all. Nice organization. Nicely differentiated between reading material, video, audio, and practical thinking exercises. Well done.
I really enjoyed this course. I have to admit that it was hard for me to accept the theater-style of teaching at first. However, I soon got used to it, and it was very helpful addition to the normal instructional videos. It was a lot easier to understand different teaching-coaching circumstances through short video anecdotes like the ones seen here. I learned a lot and will definitely play around and maybe even translate the rubric and some of the readings for my Spanish-speaking teachers. Thank you!
The course is focused and clearly presented from a specific viewpoint. I appreciated seeing this topic, which will become an important part of my work in the coming years, from Match Education's perspective. Very helpful!
I took this course even though I am a teacher and not a teacher coach, simply because I loved the course 'Surviving your Rookie Year of Teaching' by Match Education. Your PD coursers are excellent! I only wish you offered more courses here on Coursera.
Very interesting course, I really like it
very poor. even though for the most part I found the videos engaging, the course's overall structure doesn't help to 'read the novel together', as is stated in the title. the quizes are poorly written, even for me, a native russian speaker, it was often hard to understand the questions, and sometimes its plain guess work on the opinions of the course authors. often a required number of answers to pass a quiz is the same as the total number of questions in that same quiz. the essay's topics rarely correspond with the actual reading of the book. for the very first week the essay required knowledge of the book that hasn't been read yet by the participants. or it should be stated that one needs to read the book prior to taking the course. then again that would require the change of the course's name.
Wise and humorous Professor. Charming and intriguing course which serves as a great introductory overview of Chinese literature.
Interesting: old Chinese professor speaks good English, class kind of short.
great course and fun to be exposed to some new ideas
Professor Zweig is a real expert on the topic.
This course gives absolutely unique insight into the making of Chinese politics. This is a very comprehensive course with content that would be difficult to acquire through other channels. I strongly recommend this course for everyone who wants to start with Chinese politics.
Great Introduction! How about part 2?
in depth knowledge about Acoustics and Electronics. Great Course, highly recommended !
very helpful
really nice material and learning methodology
Very interested information but I thought that the focus was for other thing instead a guitar amplifier
Greate Course. An innovative, encouraging, motivating course, excellent teachers, intensive content. Excellent. Highly recommend.
Great course, now I hope I will make my own bass cabinet.
It's a great course!! Both teachers explain everything in a very clear way!! It's really the starting point for those who want to follow the audio engineering path.
A lot of good info in this course.
It is a great course, and you learn with very simple approaches to all the different circuits and physical phenomena explained. Would be useful to have a summary sheet with all formulas used for calculating the dimensions of a cabinet, as it can be very useful in the future. Thank you!
bad course .. teaching was poor... assignments were very high level.. but teachings very of low profile
The course was very enjoyable, nevertheless I would have expected to learn a little more about sound acoustics. The complementary exercises were helpful towards the understanding of the subjects, especially for the electronics parts.
Absolutely Excellent Course, Fantastic teaching; I found the circuit analysis for the last two weeks really challenging (in a good way). Very glad I stuck with it and finished it.
Real pros telling the fundamental things. This course will open the door into music hardware guts.
It's good for my life, thanks this team!
As a retired EE this was a fun course for me to take, but it does cover a lot of territory quickly. I really liked the more practical aspects of the course
I enjoyed all the lessons and discussions. The whole course was a great experience which eventually enhanced my knowledge and developed new skills. It is my first time to be in an online course but I could say that it is worth experiencing. Its so epic to complete the course. 5 stars men!
Excellent Course. I can't wait for part 2 after this course. Thank you to instruction for sharing their experience and knowledge with us.
For me, this is a very complete course, in my opinion it will be better for the students if you give to us a pdf documentation.I have a digital notebook, so I want to follow the class with the slide in my notebook, but, in general, is a great course.Thanks for taking your time reading this commentGreetings from Mexico
very good want to learn more
I got to know the use of calculus in the real world and it is very exciting.
A very interesting and useful course, and quite a demanding one, too.
Great way to learn the science behind my passion
Love it!
I learned new exciting things about the technology behind guitars and pickups! Great course.
..good for us musicians :)
Very nice intro course.
While the lectures were good, this course had annoying issues, such as in-video questions asking us to refer to previously shown material (which isn't easy given the Coursera interface). A few assignment questions were also poorly formulated. The course would have really benefited from .pdf reference material, for review and elaboration of topics presented in lectures. At minimum, a list of relevant equations would have helped.The acoustics part of the content seemed somewhat sketchy and hand-wavy; the assumptions and limitations behind the rule-of-thumb equations and models presented weren't given much weight, so I wasn't able to get a good grasp of when they were relevant*. The electronics part was more reasonable, but still suffered from some over-simplification (for example, the model of guitar pickups didn't include magnetic hysteresis).All in all, the course was worth taking, but I think the material deserves more rigor.*All models are wrong. But some of them are useful.
The lectures are unpolished and hard to follow, especially as the captions are inaccurate. The mathematics in the course are not explained clearly.
For someone without a couple of years of college or a technical school this could be way over your head. To much to learn in a short period of time. By eliminating all the basic engineering math tutorials and very simple circuit analysis the course would be more focused. It should be a prerequisite to have finished a pre-calculus course to allow for more in-depth presentation of the engineering material, especially the acoustics. However, it does cover a lot of the basics for understanding music engineering. I look forward to part two.
I never thought I'd learn so much in such a short period of time, thank you!
Great.
Need a good foundation with knowledge of calculus(integrals), electrical engineering and wave and acoustics. Not just a course to pick up for fun.
Very informative course. I like the ocntent of it and how it progresses through it. However I think it can improve in termms of practical examples on the differences when changing values of parameters.
Excellent. Very complete and didactic
Lectures have very poor teaching skills.
Good course. I enjoyed watching the lectures, especially from Bocco. The quizzes were also very representative of the course materials. Thanks for a good learning experience.
A very good Course!!
Good course for audio enthusiasts. A compilation of basic electric circuits and audio waves.I enjoyed very much. Would be great if lecture notes were provided.Thanks
I totally love this course!
Blended Learning course was not just a course but an excellent eye-opener. It has helped me to apply new techniques and teaching methods in my class also it has helped me to save more time and to use this time in improving the learning outcomes. Thanks to the great instructors and to all who contributed to this course.
This is a nice online course by great and passionate teachers inside. Thank you so much with the sharing and tips for the creative teaching strategies!
Great!
Do you wanna know about modern and efective edication? Take this course!!
The instructors are didactic and friendly. Congratulations. The course covers broadlythe topic and presents interesting cases.
This was and excellent course. I really was able to understand what high quality blended learning looks like.
Highly recommended !
I like this innovation in the education. This course is really good job and teachers are awesome!
I am a elementary school teacher in Taiwan, I use teaching of Flipped Learning for 3 years. I feel that Blended Learning is a good way and upgrade my Flipped Learning. It's pretty good course that make everyone to know what's the Blended Learning.
Good overview of what makes blended learning different from just using technology with in-depth looks into the different configurations. The most helpful part was seeing the different models at work in different and unique schools that are each making it their own and taking ownership to build their schools as they want to.
This course offered many interesting ideas about flipping school classrooms, but offered no suggestions about the practical methods to do so. As a teacher, I need to have realistic suggestions about the technology necessary to flip my math class, not a series of testimonials about how great it's going to be once my class is flipped.
Very interesting and motivating course, thanks a lot for it.Only one star less because all the videos i've seen shows lots of computers in closed areas, lacks connection to another "real world": nature, plants, animals, rocks, sports ... and everything that can be learned at school. I love blended learning, and i would like to have more examples "outdoor" to be totally convinced and inspired...
Well thought out, although some of the work and links were unreachable.
Wonderful lectures with heaps of useful information including video on blended teaching in action along with teacher interviews and enthusiastic presenters. The course is self-paced though so you are relying on your fellow learners being up to the point you are for peer assessment. Also some links don't work and there is little or no interaction from the Course leaders or TA's. The lectures are well worth it though.
This Course is good. I got a lot of insight in doing the blended learning model and apply that in my class.
A must for teachers, trainers and educators who wish to be innovative in the field of education.
Michael, Brian and Rob have accomplished what they set out to do. This class is a first for me that upon completion I am confident I can implement the objectives of blended learning my situation and my school with success.The class is planned and paced well with clear examples and explanations. The assignments are not only helpful they are comprehensive. I feel that I can essentially go from idea, presentation and implementation upon the completion of this course. The goal, budgeting and application assignments are clearly structured and students are not just asked to imagine how to use them in a greater context but given ways to implement them directly in a classroom, school or district depending on their personal situation. This practical application makes it possible to truly understand the concepts; it will be hard not to think in these terms when planning in the future.I count myself as one more blended learner!
As always, teachers continue to be the most critical resource in education, new digital learning tools will only be as effective as those using them. As blended learning continues to evolve, the role of the teacher will undoubtedly continue to evolve as well .
Great course! It completely turned my ideas about right teaching process in school. Highly recommended!
+ Very clear explanations+ All the examples from real schools were so helpful and stimulating+ Inspiring(-) Too much focussed on teachers. I did this course because I'm interested in education, but all the assignments were meant for real classroom activities (and yes, they provided alternatives; however I personally didn't think that would've helped me get into the knowledge deeper. Also, I did a lot of assignments for schools when I was studying Educational Sciences, and it's almost impossible to contact a school and do an activity/research there within 4 weeks, so for me it wasn't possible to fulfill the practical assignments) Shouldn't we work together in education, teachers, policy makers, educational scientists etc. Too bad this course was so much focussed on teachers.(-) Too much focussed on the US. Please explain local settings and terms better. Took me a few weeks to figure out what was meant by 'K-12'
highly benefited.
Excellent course. Very well developed and accessible.
Great overview of Blended Learning. I highly recommend the book Blended as well.
Very informative and complete yet concise. It gave me great ideas and tools which I'll be able to put into practice.
Exciting and Challenging approach
Great introduction to lots of different blended learning styles, and tons of resources for further study
I am glad I took up this course and it did help me in having a better insight of what blended learning is! Thank you to all the profs and the team!
This class was very informative and practical. I teach Kindergarten and often things that purport to be K-12 are just not useful for the K level, but this class was really applicable to my classroom and what I am trying to do with integrating technology in an intentional way that complements and increases the efficiency of my instruction
The course is great! It is very useful for me as a teacher.Thank you so much!Olga
The course content is interesting and well laid out. The lack of contact details for course queries is concerning as is purely being assessed by peers who may not follow the grading guidelines very well (providing no feedback etc)
Mind blowing
I think the information in this course is well organized and the delivery is good. The video lectures are high quality and there are a number of different people interviewed, each one giving a different opinion on blended learning. Most of the example schools were elementary so it would be better if they could include some secondary schools as well.One area that this course could improve greatly on is the assessments. They are peer-reviewed and I think the rubric used for grading is so strict that it doesn't allow the graders to interpret what we have learned. I also think that some parts of the assessment being measured really aren't important when it comes to us demonstrating what we have learned about blended learning.If you are looking to learn more about blended learning, I would recommend this course.
Brilliant and well-organized. I am enjoying learning this course. Thanks a lot :)
The best course on the subject I've participated in.
So interesting and so much fun!!!
The theories and the cases give me deeply impression. I think the course is very useful and grounded.
This course is really relevant in today's education system most especially K-12.
I wish I could work in one of their example schools. Great teaching.
Comprehensive and pragmatic. I particularly like the real-life examples of schools using Blending Learning.
great information about new ways of teaching and examples of start-ups
Great Class! many different new ideas to wor
I found this part interesting and useful. While I have been doing most of these things already in the course of planning and writing content, this MOOC has given me more clarity. The peer reviews and discussions are very useful; some of the ideas shared are really good.
Social media IMC and IBM interview was amazing
Very useful, practical and with real-world scenarios.
The role of human centered design in reaching out to target audience has been delved with beautifully in this module. What to use - Image, videos, graphics and which medium to use - mobile, computer, tablet for making the biggest impact is the backbone of this module.
very good lecture and assignment design. But I prefer more case study in the lecture to help the learners better understand the rules.
I really like the concise and informative way in which this course is organized. Thank you for developing relevant, cutting-edge content and delivering it the wide world audience! I think you really contribute to the better world.
Very practical approach with useful information and great guests
Good course, but the assignment was underwhelming compared with the other courses.
Interesting material
good course :)can i get hard copy certificate after finish all modules sir?
Excellent Course to finalize the specialization, It was interesting all the different approaches regarding the way how security, budgeting and other strategies works in the Social Landscape
Day by day my knowledge growing with this amazing science, thanks a lot.
Great course!
This Course is excellent and especially Prof Randy had put in a lot of effort to give this amazing series of Mooc on Social marketing. I highly recommend these Moocs
High quality content and presentation.
I felt like this course gave me a better understanding of why data is so important. I took this class as a way to gain better knowledge of marketing analytics in order to help my non-profit in which I volunteer be more successful and I hope that I can share the knowledge with them so that everyone can be successful. Ducks Unlimited is the organization that I volunteer for. They have a very "old way of thinking" approach when it comes to marketing and, while it takes a lot to listen to its volunteers, I think if I share what I learned with them, hopefully they will listen to the volunteers, specifically this volunteer on how to make things better. I would have given this course five stars, but I felt that in Week 3, some of the test questions were difficult because I had not taken MOOCs 1-3 and wasn't aware there was an order to these courses. If I had known, I would have taken them in order. Thanks for the tips!
Awesome sauce
I did not find that this course added anything to what I already learned. Seems mainly a re-hash of prior material slimly disguising marketing pitch of other Northwestern courses.
Fantastic! Content very well prepared and shown in a clear and didactic way.
Perfect and best course.
Excellent course, very brief but does point out some of the important aspects of SM Marketing.
An excellent course for those new or seasoned to marketing. We live in a digital world and if you own your own business, work for a large company or are a freelancer (like me) you can grow your business and benefit from this class. Seriously do yourself a favor and take this class!!
All these courses have been wonderful!
Excellent and practical approach!
Great course! The course material is focused on the current Social media techniques. Recommended!
Another excellent class in the series. Straight-forward information about transforming social media marketing knowledge into an ongoing program.
This was a fantastic Course
not as good as the others and way too quick
A great start to this specialization, and excellently done. I've found out things in this course that made lightbulbs go off above my head - and after having finished all 5 courses, I've signed up again to review, and to get the paid version of the course!
I've really enjoyed taking this course and I've learnt a lot of very valuable lessons.
relevant contentIt would be nice to add a practical piece e.g. sell social media marketing program to our top management using tools from teh course. it would be 5 stars thenanyway welldone to developers of the course!
Good "cookbook" for create, apply and manage applied marketing, in a real term to a company.
Super courseThank you Professor and Northwestern University and Coursera for some wonderful material
Although still very good and insightful, I found that this MOOC was the less strong of the specialization and the three first MOOCs were the ones that taught me the most. Especially, I found this one was missing a peer-to-peer assignment. In MOOC 4 we were told to write various tweets corresponding to different parts of the Maslow's hierarchy. Logically, I assumed that the next peer-to-peer assignment will be about the results and how to interpret them and where to go from there. But no. Furthermore, we could have been asked to prepare a Business Plan to defend the project as taught in this MOOC. No again.
you can really learn a lot of social media and digital marketing with all this courses
Interesting course on the business side of social media marketing
Phenomenal Course!
Thanks for a better understanding of the business of social media and marketing. The series has really clarified much for me.
The course content and delivery ha
What I liked: Materials have quality and a professional approach. Speakers add value to the discussion. Toolkit is important.What I didn't like: This course, as most of Northwestern courses, is excessively short in video lectures per module. In this course each module had about 20 to 30 minutes of videos per module. That is clearly insufficient. Most courses in Wharton's, U. Michigan's and Illinoi's specializations in Coursera, have more video materials per module, than your courses in totality... 1.5 to 3 hours per module in the three institutions mentioned in average per module against about 2 hours of videos on all your course modules combined. That is a serious and very salient gap, that I think you should reflect on. In my opinion, quality MOOC's either singular courses, either specializations have to be very well balanced in content - both in quality and quantity. Your courses have very reasonable quality, but fails completely in quantity. As competition in the online e-learning domain increases at an impressive speed, you should benchmark what I mentioned above and do something about it, or probably after 2/3 runs of your courses, people with churn for more addedd value offerings in the dimensions that I pointed out.Good luck.
A lively introduction to the basic theories of Communication Science with a very easy-to-follow approach. I was getting into Journalism at the time I took this course and it has helped me a lot in the acquisition of some fundamental knowledge.
It is awesome.But if video quality can improve and add some interesting video,it will be much more better.
Hard; lot of theory, much information... but very complete. Very good course! Thanks!
Great I have learned a lot from this course! Recommended 100%
This course is good, however, it seems to much academic without practical experiences or exercises for learners to practice skills and knowledge.
It is an interesting and interactive course. I have learnt basic Communication science theories with a visual and understandable methods. Thank you so much for your great course!
Explain the basics in easy-to-understand language. Extremely useful for beginners. Cute visual aids!
This course was incredibly delightful and very helpful, as a media and communication student, this course widened the information I had and helped me with my home university courses. Thank you!
This course transmited good examples, and taught us to think about the media, in general, and the paper it has in our lives. But I think the more important thing was that our teacher taught us how to construct a different way to look at the world aroud us. Thank you!
This course is awesome! I learned a lot about communication science from this.
I love it so much!
This was an exceptional class in every way! The course was well organized and expertly delivered. The faculty presenter was engaging and energetic with an excellent grasp of the communication science content. I appreciated his examples and the integration of theory with an historical developmental focus. I wish I lived in Amsterdam and could attend your classes on a regular basis!
Very good lecture in selected content and presentation (interesting, motivating, concise and precise).The course could improve by providing a written script in addition to the excellent lectures, as this would make summarizing the material and preparing for the tests easier.
Give me new perspective in communication science
This is a best course for the Beginners in the Communication.
It was an awesome course with very relevant material from different scientific perspectives. I am really happy that I took this exactly course. Thank you for fantastic presentations, notes and interactive discussions. It was a real pleasure.
I love the example stories, very simple and effective. Thank you!
A great introduction to the Science of Communication, very interesting and properly articulated.
Loved this course! The University of Amsterdam has one of the world's best communication programs so when I found out that they offer a very short and condenses crash course on Coursera, I had to take it! It's a shame the university doesn't offer other courses regarding different aspects of this field. Would have loved to take more. Regardless, I give this course 5 stars!
An awesome course, very interesting and the teaching method was awesome. Loved the drawings presented, it made it a lot easier. Hope to be studying at this University in the future.
Good course. I would like it better if there are more depth in theories and analysis/examples used in lectures are more reflecting social media and the use of more cutting edge innovation in communication technology.
This is the first MOOC that I've taken and completed and it was very well put-together. Videos were of a reasonable length and interesting, and the quizzes were just challenging enough to test my learning and make me think. For anyone interested in the topic, I would recommend taking this course.
what to say about the Universidade de Amsterdã ? My Congratulations!
Great
The course explains variety of theories connected with communication science. The lectures included in the course are great and pleasant to watch. However, in my opinion the instructor gives too many information per minute and it's hard to note everything without spending hours analysing the lecture over and over again. Everything else was great!
Thank you for your valuable efforts to create this online course. It was totally of great use! Waiting for your next courses!
It was really fun studying this MOOC. I had a really wonderful experience even though I'm not a Communication Science major (I just took it out of curiosity to learn!).
I think the difficulty of the course and progress is very suitable for beginners, you can see very attentively when producing, I looked up some information in learning, think that teacher is very clear. So this course I'm very satisfied, very happy!
simple&clear,but not easy
it's very basic but excellent framework course about communication science. enlightening and inspire functions from either historical level or 3 mainstream approaches for communication study.
This was a great introductory course into the world of Communication Science. I learned a lot from this course.
While course uses a genie method for presentation the content, Quizzes are just made to accomplish one goal: to make sure you have memorized every small detail haven said in the course. Even if someone memorizes the details like specific names and dates, for how long he/she is going to keep it in mind? 2 days? On week?
Wonderful, enjoyed it.
Great course! Great capacity for synthesis of complex subjects, and tests are very useful
Dr. Rutger de Graaf is a great professor of communication science :)
I truly enjoyed the content as well as the format of this class. While the pace was very swift, it was apparent that a lot of thought was put into developing this course. I feel like I've gained a quality education on the basic introductory information to Communication Science. The Little Box of Nuances inspire me to further explore this subject.
From the first two lessons, I learned the general ideas and brief history of communication science, which provides me a frame and an overall picture of developmental path.
nice teaching
Helpful introduction basic theories and approaches in the Communication Sciences, which were explained clearly for those new to the field.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The course material clarified many of the things I had learned during my years working in the communications field. The supporting material was excellent, the videos were well done, helpful assignments and the final exam was an excellent review of the course material.
Intresting and well structured course to give an overview of communication science, inc the history of it. It is not a hands on course to learn something to do but a good introduction course. I did it before going deeper into PR.
Great course!
It was a very interesting course and I like it very much. Thank everyone, who have been spending time to create it
Perfect!
Great course. Many thanks to this amazing University and its staff for making the world better.
Excellent introduction to the subject - clear, concise and engaging. A very condensed overview of the key topics, which is exactly what I expected/wanted, and presented in a friendly and enthusiastic way.
The course is an introductory course in the subject. I really want another one which is more focused on the cultural approach, given that we are facing many multicultural challenges in the work environment. Dealing with too much differences could be frustrating. Trying to communicate better then becomes a must. Thank you
The structure of the lectures is not really effective.
The course was very good. Learnt a lot.Thank you.
This is a brief overview, basically food for thought. I liked the small portions this course was broken into, it made it all the more accessible.
An excellent course, very interesting material, extremely well presented. Thanks so much for providing it.
The bulk of the material in this course intersects many disciplines (history, philosophy, psychology). Almost all of the material and information was new to me -- and I found each lesson interesting.So much value offered for free.
This course inspires me to observe, think about and analyze our media, culture and the society as a whole. After finishing the course, my horizon has been broadened, and I ammore interested in getting to know and read more about communication science as a way to support my career planning. I feel very glad that I took this course.
Very clear and complete!
Interesting first approach on communication science.
Great! Concise and comprehensive at the same time! Exactly what an introductory class should offer you: a good presentation of the field and a healthy sense of curiosity.
Great and extremely helpful MOOC. Thank you!
i think its a good way to introduce someone with little experience to communications science
very fascinating course
very impressive course but the accent........................................
The Prof is awsome! I love love love the course
Very useful course!
This course introduces some basic but important concepts and theories of communication. It fits new leraners even through they knew nothing before. And most importantly, the doctor is so wit and helpful that I like the class best.
Informative though a little basic.
it is very useful。
very useful and completementary vision....very nice work, interprets and MOOC
A wonderfully designed course. Really helpful and gives an in-depth view of the science of communication.
I founded so basic, I didn't feel engaged to continued.
Great course to understand the importance of the communication sciences!
great mooc
Amazing course that gives you an interesting experience. Really like it.
Excellent course, very rewarding.
Great material, great methodology and lots of knowledge to apply in a communicators daily work.
It is a really nice introductory course on Communication. Includes the basic concepts and helps to influence, tools and channels used in communication.
Very well structured and concise information.Unlike the classic "Introduction to communication theory" class that's available in most of the Universities worldwide :)
Great course!
Really interesting course. Useful and applicable in marketing, branding and public relations. Also good for those who want to expand their understanding of mass media and socio-cultural influence on each and every of us.
I'm leaving because I can't keep up with an 8 week course given in 4 weeks, and even less if the course keep on refering to the 8 weeks time frame. A pity, I loved this course.
The course is all comprehensive about models and concepts of communication science, however the break-down into small lectures turn out to be too brief in my opinion to develop rich understanding of the subject. It would be more conducive that lecturer expands more on the cutting edge study and research, to give people a sense of the finding of the field and its benefits.
A ver good course!
Very interesting and informative course.
It was interesting. Thank you for the french subtitle
Interesting
really helped in clearly understanding the various theories of communication as a concept. thank you for developing such a wonderful MOOC. waiting for some more courses from the University of Amsterdam so that I can learn something else.
I am the student of Communication Science in Indonesia. Before join this course, I have studied the introduction of communication science in the 1st semester of my lecture. But I have still no idea what communication is. This course is so helpful for me to learn the basic of communication.
I havent finished it but I love it!
I really enjoy participating in this course. It is very well structured and explained so that one can easily remember and put on a timeline the different historical, sociological and scientifically aspects of the communication. I recommend it to all working in the field.
great learning experience! The content was well designed and examples during the lecture really helped me to understand the theory a lot. The structure of this course was very clear. I have learnt some knowledge on communication before, but this course really helped me to get a better understand on the topic and to reorganized all my knowlege on communication logically. Thanks a lot to all those who contributed to this great MOOC course!
The teacher speaks too fast.
It has been great enlightening experience with this subject, I never knew such depths of this matter before I completed this course. Communication is the basis for success or failure for topic. I thank you courser & University of Amsterdam for bring this course
Great course, very well presented. I had never really thought about communication in science terms and this course has been very valuable in bringing my knowledge up to speed
Fundamental but really inspiring courses, extremely helpful for starter and those want to enhance their basic theoretical learning of communication.Clearly explain and expand the concepts of communication theories.
I didn't like the fact that you could not earn a statement of accomplishment but only a verified certificate.Other than that the course was pretty interesting.
Very informative and interesting course with a lot of visuals!
The videos lacks clarity, not loud enough and at instances it's ungrammatical.Certainly, there ALWAYS WILL be scope of improvement and although, it was moderately enlightening, thank you for producing this course (quite credibly flexible)
I enjoyed working with such talented mentors. Thanks to this course, I improved my English skills, got acquainted with the basic concepts in the field of business and entrepreneurship, got great experience in communicating with native speakers and expanded my horizons. Thank you so much for this wonderful course!
Great course!! Easy to understand and learn a lot from it!
Its course is very interesrting and exciting , Thank you all !
I will recommend this course to anyone who would want to start their own business. This course is also part of a start up process for your business to be successful.
Great opportunity for learning more!
Very useful
Great course!
This is an excellent course¡¡
Thank you so much for your helpful course. Awesome and Super wonderful.
I enjoyed the course. very informative, i had taken business classes at school about 7 years ago. the information i had in this course were refreshing and some were also knew giving the time that has elapsed since my graduation
The language . Think before starting a project. Business Plan
Great. Specially weeks 4 and 5.
It was the perfect opotunity to learn more about business sphere and of cause to take part for studing at University of Pennsyvenia. I was fully glad to do it.
What a fantastic course! It covered everything an entrepreneur needs to know in 5 weeks. I learnt the meaning of Venture Captalist, Equity owner, angel investor and so many other terms. Making the business plan was the topmost skill i acquired as that really gives one a clear picture of where one stands now and after 3 years.The videos were very clear and articulated the points very well. I will give this a 10 / 10.
A great experience. Many thanks all ! :)
Basic but well done
Another brilliant course from University of Pennsylvania. I had earlier passed and received a certificate of accomplishment for English for Journalism. Yet another certificate of accomplishment to do with English for business and entrepreneurship is for a complete cycle. Trust me it was not easy but dedication and hard work never disappoint. Is worth every effort I have had to put in.
It is good if you are looking for basic information, I did not finish the entire course, I think it was not right for me.
awesome course thanks for your efforts
Great course for those interested to increase their knowledge of business creation, management, operation and strategy.
Absolutely useful , it is a great opportunity for everybody.I highly recommend this course.
It was a very useful course, I really enjoyed.
very well designed course helpful to everyone aspiring to become entrepreneur.
this course is very useful for me, the assignment also motivated me because there were deadline.
I learned a lot of business vocabulary. How do I start my business, since I need to get sponsorship. The course is excellent.
It is very helpful.
Very comprehensible, interactive and useful!
good course
Very useful and efficient course
A cornerstone course for anyone wanting to improve their English with focus on Business & Entrepreneurship. Takes you through setting up you Business and the English you might need. Good Course!
Wonderful course I've ever known
awesome course in the course designed especially for non native english speakers
Very interesting this course
The very best course ever, thanks to our Teachers, who helped us in every way possible regarding the course materials up to projects with it.AN
Instructors is very warmly and clearly to give explanation, also this course is valuable for non native speaker to improve their English language skill. It is good course to follow it. Thank you for AE Institute, Coursera Team and lovely Instructors also UPENN.
This is a good coutse i truly like
I have learned numerous skills for business and entrepreneurship thanks to this course.
I have learned how to make a market research, a business plan and a elevator pitch.
I love the course and I learn to much, thank you
I learned a lot about entrepreneurship. It was easy to understand because they designed a great course for people who know basic English. This course is a good opportunity to improve English skills. I want to say thanks to everyone who are involve in the design, organization, plan, and more to teachers that shared their knowledge with us. Thanks to my classmates for review my assignments. Good course to invest your money.
very interesting and amazing, I had fun to enjoy this course. Thank You!!!
Great course, Excercises are a challenge
Great content with practical materials
Very nice course, it helped me get many specific vocabularies related to business and entrepreneurship
Thanks so much!
Excellent course. I learn many things.
I have gained so much knowledge after 5 weeks with this course. Highly recommend to non-English speaking students.
Excellent course of English for Business and Entrepreneurship.
this course is really helpful to me. i like it!
Good course for English starter
It's a very helpful course. I've learned many new words and got acquaintance with entrepreneurship. I strongly advise other coursera students to try this course. Thanks to the perfect instructors.
very useful
Great course.
Thanks a lot. I'm very thankful. It was for me very informative, Good luck in the future
this course is very helpfull and is such an effective way for non-native learner like me have more knowledges and vocabulary about business. Thank you guys for this course.
very useful
I really enjoy this course, thanks for make this way easy to learn and practice other things that we don't know.
It was an excellent experience. well designed course with up to mark quiz
very awesome course , really I have learned a lot of skills and techniques that will certainly help me , thank you so much . I'm so grateful to you coursera and university of Pennsylvania , i appreciate your great efforts
This course was for me as an interesting and exciting adventure in a business area in english. Amy and James thank you very much for knowledges that you gave!
Really helpful!
It was great! Thank you so much for this course!
What an entrepreneur need from describing your idea, market research, writing a business plan to making a persuasive pitch, the key element to attract potential investors. I do recommend this course
I would like to offer my special thanks to my teachers, they were so great to me . i will continue new course!
It was the best course i have took ever. nice lecturer and friendly tool with good platform. Thank you for working for us.
Great course!! It is a wonderful way to practice and improve the skills in English language.
brilliant one.
Very good, I suggest this course for everyone search about improve reading skill and English for entrepreneurship.
A very helpful course！
Great course! If you are thinking about this course, you should defnitely take it!
Great!
Fine course for start-up entrepreneurs - I would highly recommend it
In my opinion the course is very complete. I've learned enough vocabulary related to the business world, plus expressions and strategies as well as the problems and steps as an entrepreneur. The platform is dynamic, helping to learn. In summary, a highly recommended course!
There might be some interface and server issues, but it's almost perfect!
Very good course.. highly recommended
This course is very useful. I not only learn about startups but also improve my English. Thanks!
It only gives you a basic overview of start up's vocabulary. However, it is very simple for who has never experienced economics subjects.
I am glad that I got an opportunity to learn a lot this course.
Great Course. Assignments are the best part of the course.
This is a great course to improve Business English skill for every non-native English speaker.
This course is very exciting. I love the contents and the instructors. Great.
It is well structured course.
Possibly a bit too simple for an advanced English learner. However, first time ever to complete a business plan writing. Pride of myself!
Nice course, I Recommended it
wonderful experience learning english for business
Very good course it's helped me so much
Thanks for giving opportunity to learn this interesting course!
very good course
Fantastic Course
This course was very useful for me in terms of remebering the Busines and Entrepreneuship concepts. This course is designed in easy and simple way to get knowledge on specific vocabulary. Teachers speak not fast and it is great for those who just starts to learn English for work or passing language exams. Course also have very bright, clear images, definitions and moreover it includes grammar classes. I can definitely advise this course that is led by teachers from Penn Unniversity.
Thanks Professors.
it was ok
Super! Ill look for other courses from Penn University. Thank you!
interesting course with different typer of exercises!
This is a Great Experian to Learn with coursera and university of Pennsylvania, A very interesting educative technological interaction !
This course is realy amazing!
This course was great for me. I could gain a lot of knowledge of entrepreneurship. If there is another course like this, I will 100% sure take it.
Great course!
The courses were very interesting and I learn a lot of new vocabulary, phrases and all about entrepreneurship. They were the best teachers I have ever met, very well spoken so i understood every word. I recommend to all Brazilian students.
I would like to learn many great knowledges from this course
Excellent course. Very insightful and immensely helpful.
I'm loving it although the written part is very difficult. I won't give up. :)
great course! very clearly structure and important fundamental knowledge...
Fully funtionalExcelent trainning to gain vocabulary, english business focused lessonsGreat
Highly recommended!
thank you so much for this course , lectors are very good and the materials are easy to understand.
It was a very interesting program. I learnt a lot from it !
Greate and interested course for non-native speakers!!!
Very nice course! Highly recommended.
This course is helping me with my English as well as its giving me notions and concepts that will help me while i'll be setting up my own business. The lecturers are excellent and make it easy for us students to learn. Anyone interested in both, English and business should start this course.
A very good course structured to help non-native English speakers and to those who want to get into an entrepreneurship.
It's a brilliant course. the mentors are very good and they use common English which is understandable to all
An amazing and comprehensive course!!!
Excellent course, because I learned a lot and would recommend.
I think this course is amazing. I can practice English and learn about entrepreneurship. I recommend it.
It was a great course, thank you so much for this oportunity.
Good course
This is great course for both Entrepreneurship learning and English.I was happy to have a opportunity to learn those with wonderful teachers.From Tokyo.
helpful, useful, interesting and fun. very practical and help me facilitate my business.
Terrific course! Very interesting indeed!
This course is very useful and practical. It helps me understand how to write a business plan and how topersuade investors. Furthermore, It also helps me idenfity which kind of investors are suitable for me.Good course, Thanks a lot.
I want to know why haven't I gotten my certificate?
Great course ! Easy, well structured, I also enjoyed different reading tasks for intermediate and advanced levels. Short videos, various types of tasks to complete - readings, quizzes, audios and videos etc.
The most exisiting and inspiring course! Thank you for intresting lessons and very helpful information!
Awesome Course :)
Its a great Idea to establish the steep about How I can do to start a business, development an Idea and to create the structure of this, and to grow the business plan. This Course is excellent to help the entrepreneurs, thank you for you knowledge.
I am in love for this course. Unfortunately, in the first week I did not had much time to study and know I am late, but I will certainly catch up rhythm.
This course is really good. I came at it thinking I know English well and do not need to be taught like I'm a first grader. But I'm learning more about entrepreneurship. It is fantastic.
It's greatful, fantasic and useful course! Thank you!!
this course is so good. i have learn so many things from this course. they use some creative way to make we practise our lesson.
I admitted in this Course , and I completed it. I would like to say that this course is the great course to improve our English skills. Even more, this course is the best way to start studying business for whom interested on business.
This course is very easy to follow with structured syllabus, nice videos and great assignment. Highly recommend for those who starts learning about Entrepreneurship with the beginning or intermediate level of English!
Very usefull. I have learned a lot of english and techniques for make a business plan!
I really enjoyed this course, it is very detailed and the instructions were crystal clear. The instructors were very good because they did their best to explain difficult concepts in an easy way. Also, the materials were very helpful and practical to understand the topics.
In general this is a nice course. I recommend it to everyone.
Its very trendy and informative course. Thanks Coursera for giving certification from dreem university.
It's was very useful to learn vocabulary and create a business plan and apply the new knowlege.
I recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their English.
This course is very organized and well planned with various technique for stimulating students' interests. I highly recommend people who consider for working with or opening one's own business to English speakers.
This has been the most exciting learning experience since I left university.I am very thankful to have had the guidance of Amy Nichols and James Riedel. Their kind smiles were always inviting me to keep up.I will definitely recommend this course.Thank you so much,Juan Carlos Melo
Many thanks for this course. I take a lot of information about business and enterpreneurship.Best regardsDenis Vaschuk
it was very helpful and interesting, I learned so much.
Dear hosts, many thanks for this excellent opportunity to gain knowledge. I wish you all the best and good luck!
Excellent work and professional - the best way to learn ... thanks
Why the assignment of "Week 2,3,4, and 5 Locked until June 13. Will it really open by then ?"
This is such a great opportunity of high-online education class.
Wonderful course, It's a very big pleasure to learn new things with new methods.
Very useful course for those who want to improve their knowledge of English and business skills.
I haven't learned this course yet and this is my first time to use Coursera .I have learned course one ,part one .I feel excellent and I think this course can help me ,Thanks!
This course is the baste I've taken. Helpful and practical.
İ would like to mention that, This course was my first enrolment. I enjoy and really learn a lot of things about entrepreneurship,business plan i.e.
This course is very great.it has more knowledge but through the course is fun that me make me concentrate during learning with out boredom
It's very cool to learn 2 favorite subjects of all time at the same time!I will do my best for this course
Great course !
Thank you so much two distinguished professors.
This cours helps a lot. It provides you with important knowledge in easy, fun way.
We can learn not only Basicaly English but also Business and Entreprneurship.Thank you for kindness staffs and classmatesHowever you needs computer , Android application software is not perfect.
It is really a good course and instructors are also great.
this course help me to understand more quicky and really a subject
Great idea but unprofessional design and programming.Looks like nobody double-checked it before starts to offer it, especially for money.Almost every Quiz and separate questions has programming bugs.Waiting for ver 2 ASAP.
For all the businessman is focusing management is very Important this series of courses that teaches Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship students learn to read market signals , but less noticeable , to be ahead of trends and make decisions appropriate , which is already one of the main characteristics of the have Entrepreneur is to know the information and use it for their own companies benefit and lead to success .
Great courses , well designed , explanations are clear and Exercices and quizzes helps to have a better understanding . I'm really delighted and grateful to have acess to that course
interesting but tough course.. lots of statistics.
A very good and effective course.
The course has addressed all the fundamentals and has given me direction and the information I required as a person that is not in the medical field, making it easy for further research. Some additional numerical examples in the keynotes would have added great value. The use of actual journal articles added a practical twist to the theory and applications of statistics. I am proud te be South Afriv
Very well explained the quantitative research method
Thank you for your course , statistics part was new for me, and I will try to take more courses on medical science for medical librarians, secondly, how can I get a certificate ?
Hard but rewarding!
Good course, most of the concepts were taught well. It enabled me to develop a more intuitive understanding of clinical research and statistical concepts used
The videos and key notes seem to be not in snc when it comes to some points .
This course is excellent!!!
An Excellent course, a very thorough breakdown of Clinical research. I am now better equipped and more knowledgeable in the subject area.
I would not recommend this course because the video lessons are quite poor. The teacher mostly reads notes from his iPad without a proper presentation or some kind of text.
Very useful course. It gives you the basic skills to understand the scientific and statistical methods of clinical research with a light workload
Excellent course to get learn how to interpret studies and select the appropriate tests for your own research!
Very logical and clear approach. Brilliantly explained.
This course is an excellent introduction to statistics in clinical research. Dr. Klopper is clearly passionate about the subject. This is reflected in his engaging video lectures and the high quality of the material presented. I now have a much better understanding of the meaning behind commonly used statistical tests and variables in the medical literature.
If you're interested in clinical research or just wanting to grasp the basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, this course is definitely for you. Dr. Klopper's lessons are clear and understandable, yet rich of useful concepts. Highly recommended!
I highly recomended this course, the explanations and the material are so clear. This a good way to understand the basic topic of stadistical aspect in clinical research if you don´t have a great knowledge of the mathematics aspects.
Great course! Easy, clear and effective in explaining the statistical basis of clinical research! Very useful for anyone who wants to gain insight in the process of clinical research
Excellent course, congratulations to the whole team
The course is very good, and I learned a lot.
Very good course.Can be improved with more exercises.
Good, Easy to understand and interpret.
Great info and entertaining course!
Well described and easy to understand.
A very useful Course with practical insight into clinical research and bio-statistics.
an excellent course, very clear and easy to understand! thanks!!
I have learnt a lot! more then I expect. People who created it made a great job!
very good start to understand basics of clinical research and its statistics
I increased my clinical backgroup through this course. Thank
very systematic and knowlegable
thank you ,for this course ,it was so difficult to me but i have much more understanding now about the statistical principles needed in any study,and for me that was very important for my next PHD study
Great course, really grabs the core of research without bothering the student with statistical equations.I highly recommend the course for all healthcare professions regardless whether they are interested or not in clinical research, because we are now at an era of publications, and everyone of us will be confronted by a piece of research that he will need to understand and at least be able to assess the quality of what in hand.I would like also to thank the mentors especially Dr. Juan, for the great effort and the simplified course they had given, it was really motivating to continue to the end.
its very useful test. Information id presented in a very simple and lucid way , easy to grasp and remember. The notes provided are very useful. Thanks Dr.Juan H Klopper. you were very helpful. Allah Bless you
Was a very helpful and interesting course with so much important information about statistics from the clinical view. I'm very grateful for taking it and I hope you'll do so.
Very recomended course
It is an excellent course and opportunity to learn about statistics and its applications in the medical research. The concepts are well explained and easy to understand. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Coursera community and University of Cape Town.
Excellent course. Gives all that is needed in order to practically understand and criticize every piece of scientific paper in clinical context.
I found this course to be excellent. The material is high-yield in every regard, giving the right balance of big-picture understanding coupled with enough detail to flesh out the experience and the understanding. The professor was very direct and clear in his explanations; I consider the course to be extremely well taught. There were a few areas where the explanation could have been slightly more illustrative or detailed, but nobody is perfect. Overall this is a very valuable course and a worthwhile use of time for any medical practitioner who has to interact in any way with the world of research.
excellent and flexible way to obtain helpfull knowledge
This course mainly focus on statistics and statistical parameters and almost nothing about about Understanding Clinical Research - as title anotate
Excellent and concise. Thanks a lot.
Wonderful! I really enjoyed it and learned so much
This course was a pleasure to take! Thank you Dr. Klopper for all of your efforts, it is very much appreciated!
I believe this may be a more helpful course to those already quite familiar with statistics and for those who use statistical terminology daily.
Great course. A good review of material I learned back in University a couple of year ago.
One of the best courses I've ever had (including classes at my University)...Starting fro the basics, explaining the difference between numerical, categorical data, discrete and continuous variables, Prof. Klopper gave me a better insight in the subject.I am extremely grateful.Kind regards,Diana
Perfect for beginners! :)
have learn too much interesting concepts and perspective regarding interpreting the results of an statistical analysis, also knowing how to chose the perfect statistic tool for a given data set>>>>really enjoyed to have such course with that excellent explanationNote:can you guys make a better presentation image to visualize hard concepts.
amazing course. Recommend it to everyone out there!
This online course is one of the best I have enrolled so far. I paid for earning a certificate and it is worth the money. Some refreshers for statistics and also enables you to expand your knowledge about clinical trials in general. Highly recommended if you are just starting to learn about clinical research.
Well understandable INTRODUCTION to med statistics.
Really good. Worth the time invested double.
Useful course for clinicians in order to read medical research papers more critically.
Is a great course, easy to understand!!
An excellent introduction to (or refresher of) statistics that pertain to the clinical setting. The two peer-reviewed assignments were very valuable and interesting. My one complaint is that the videos are short, so some lessons are made up of many 2+ minute videos that need to be downloaded separately.
Good video classes, good written/complementary material.
A very comprehensive, thorough and complete course for statistics in the context of clinical research.Love the passion and teaching of the instructor.
Excellent introduction in statistics
It's amazing and very very helpful! I'll definately recommend this to my colleagues, classmates or those who just entered this field.
A very fine course ,clear and concise.well done .
Excellent work by the professor.I was always bored of maths and statistics but in this course everything was simplyfied and explained. 5/5
-Would highly recommend for anyone looking to quickly get a basis for evaluating statistics and logistics of medical literature. Notes sections after videos are an excellent supplement to the videos (which are not too long), and does a great job of hitting high points.-If I could make 1 change I would expand the test section to explain more tests (logistic regression, etc.)
Excellent course! Thank you very much Dr. Klopper. A++.
i found the course very helpful and informative and i t helps to critically read and interpret research papers. my only take on it is that there was no responses to questions that i asked the lecturer
Very interesting and practical.
This is the first statistics course I could keep up with and understand. It is enjoyable.
i love this vcourse
Great course. Very useful as it has translated to me running a cohort study in a major private hospital in Queensland, Australia.
I learned a lot about statistics without doing any maths :) The course is a good introduction to stats and I feel more confident reading clinical researchs papers now
It was nice course. I have learnt a lot from it.
Very informational, exactly what I was looking for when I enrolled.
Great course! Easy to follow, gives you basic understandings about statistics in medicine.
Very clear and understand material.Tks
Having no knowledge of the actual types of statistical research, I felt I gained a wealth of knowledge that will help me in my social science research as well. I believe that this was a great introductory course, however, I do feel as though it is a more advanced beginner's course.
Superb Course!! A beautifully structured introduction to the statistics needed to understand clinical research. Please be warned that this is not a course devised to learn statistics or how to conduct clinical research. It is exactly what the title suggests, an overview of statistics used in clinical research and how to understand them. Dr.Juan Klopper is a great teacher and his videos are succinct and filled with nuggets of key concepts. I would strongly suggest this course for a deeper understanding of clinical statistics.
It's a good course if you want a general overview of the statistics of clinical research. Personally I was hoping for a little more depth in some of the statistical methods. Some links or suggested readings on the methods would be great as we move along the course. Overall a delightful course. Everything is clearly explained. Thank you Dr. Koppler!
I really liked it, learned a lot.:)
A thoroughly enjoyable course that explains fundamental statistical concepts in an accessible, common-sense way, illustrated by examples from medical research literature. If you're intimidated by statistics, Dr Juan can hel
Great course-really helps to gain insight into all the statistical info when reading the literature. This course has been particularly good in terms of understanding study results and how I can apply research findings to my clinical practice.
Excellent course and instructor. It covered the basics and related them to real life research.
Very useful course when you have very little background in statistics. You are taught the basic ideas behind the most commonly used statistical tests. The course really gives you a solid base to understand statistics described in scientific medical articles. Actually, after completing this course I felt confident enough to start doing basic statistical analyses on my own research data.
The course covers very useful and interesting topics, not in very much detail though. It is useful to begin with the topics, but it is really not more that a thin introduction.
I have been looking for a course like this for years.
Totally comprehensible and a most interesting course even for people not involved in the medical profession. Thank you!
Great course!
very useful and systematically designed course.
Thank you very much Juan, for your time and dedication! You really inspired me to take the path to research in the medical field! I never have had such a high standard course in clinical research! Thanks very much, I feel proud to have had the chance to be one of your students.
Great introduction to the clinical statistic usually encountered while reading medical or biology literature. However it would be much appreciated if more calculations could be incorporate into this course.
Great course so far..
I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to understand medical research papers. The concepts are presently clearly and I wish I had taken this course years ago!
very simplified beginner course on biostatistics concepts
Great course with intense knowledge. Just because I had little history background of modern China. Another short course to state facts of history may be helpful. This one is challenging.
Great course. Could have been longer, if you ask me. Also there were a few technical bugs. Notifications for assignments could have been clearer too. The system said it would email me when I needed to review peer's assignments, but that never happened.
Both enjoyable and informative. It is exactly the sort of crash course in Chinese politics I was looking for and I have been inspired to take my learning on the subject further
Thank you for such brilliant course. It was quite difficult but very informative and interesting. Now i know much more about China. Supplemental material was very useful.
I am audting this course and intend to attend the second part. The Professor is outstanding !Greetings,Bjorn OLUFSEN
Really good programme so far, very clear and structured input from a knowledgeable expert, who is nonetheless able to make the topics covered accessible.Tests are a bit tricky though!
The course provides fundamental knowledge regarding the topic. It's very organised and informative.
I am looking forward to the
Very Good! Excelent professor.
An In-depth looking at Chinese politics!
excellent material and lecturing!!
A well-structured, thoughtful course delivered by a true expert on the subject. One of the finest courses available throughout the entire Coursera platform.
I've just started this course, but
Really helpful. Very interesting. Especially the focus on evidence based interventions is going to be really helpful at working with people with ASD. As I worked with adults with ASD I found it very good, that this group was referred to too, not only children with ASD. I really enjoyed the course. Thank you!
Great starter course for understanding Autism. My 2 year old son was just diagnosed with a mild case of Autism and this was a lifesaver!
I have more in depth knowledge of ASD
Very good, it covers a lot in simple terms
Thanks for the rich and well conducted course. It was very beneficial for me and I recommended it to my friends.
excellent, I am very happy to achieve this course.
Very interesting
Very good!Congralutions :)
There are some errors on the quizzes in between the videos. I had to skip a lot of them because it wound't accept the correct answer. I liked the testimonial videos.
An introductory course for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Useful course. Introduces you to evidence based interventions and modules that could further enhance your knowledge and understanding in the field.
I loved this course, I found it really interesting and I look forward to using my knowledge in the future.
Taking this course has helped me gain greater insight into what kind of things I can do as a teacher to support learns with ASD. I feel that I will make better choices as an educator to create a more inclusive classroom environment in the future.
Thanks for this course: it is an important opportunity to learn more about ASD and provides useful and valid references to deepen and acquire tools.
Excellent course. I intend to continue studying about autism spectrum disorder.
This course was extremely informative. It helped me to understand Autism and corrected all my preconceived notions. With a better understanding of who they are, I am less fearful of them and more willing to interact with them. I am so grateful for this course.
I am verry happy to finish this course. It was very informational and beneficial. I believe that taking this course will help me a lot in clinical environment as an Audiologist.
very great and very informative. I've learned a lot from this course
Very informational. Seemed to be geared towards parents and caretakers.
I am extremely happy to have finished this course. Now I have greater security when applying for a job and achieving my ertificacion of certified therapist in autism.Thanks again.
a good course, especially if you are not too aware of Autism
I learned a lot of important information that will help me deal with my child, of which I highlight: recognize characteristics of ASD; Strengths and weaknesses; Types of interventions for the treatment of ASD.
This course provided an excellent review and knowledge of ASD. I think it is imperative that all staff in a school setting take this course to better become aware and familiar with the students
nice but too short.
Very good and clear overview of the diagnosis and characteristics of childhood autism and the assessment and choice of effective evidence-based treatment and education. There is very little about adults with autism, and there is no interaction facilitated between learners or between learners and educators.
I took this course because my ten year old son was diagnosed with autism. Although the course was developed for a wide range of individuals (from interested laypersons to professionals who work with children and teens) I would heartily recommend it to any parent, grandparent, sibling, or other relative who would like to know more about ASD.
This is an excellent course for understanding the basics of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The information is invaluable.
I work with kids with special needs, this course has helped to understand kids with ASD better.
The course is very informative . It is very concise and presented in a very simple way.
very very informative and academically stimulating
There was a wealth of good information, strategies and ideas for working with children that have autism.
An excellent overview of the developmental characteristics, academic implications and the emotional and behavioral challenges individuals diagnosed with ASD experience. It also provides some challenges families face when caring for a child with ASD. The importance of understanding evidence based practices and access to evidence based practices for individuals affected by ASD across the ages is paramount.
5 out 0f 5
A great course for introducing teachers or parents to ASD. Found it an invaluable resource for helping me provide support to my students, both on and off the ASD spectrum.
Great class!
Very informative. I teach high school and am seeing more and more students mainstreamed with ASD. For some, it works out, for others it does not. Clearly, a case by case experience. I appreciate being able to take this course online and deepen my understanding of ASD.
In general, I enjoyed the contents of the course. It's a general overview that introduces all aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder which is exactly what I wanted. However, half of the final week is a list of established and emerging practices, so this was quite boring. I could have read them off the screen faster.My least favorite aspect of this course is that you can't take the quizzes without buying the certificate. Currently, the certificate won't assist me; I simply wanted to learn more about ASD so as to be more informed. This was quite frustrating because I use the quizzes as a means of checking my understanding and retention of the material.
lots of information! loved it
Thank you for the knowledge that the course gives all concerned.Congratulations to the whole team involved in this great work. And thank you to everyone who shared their experiences and enriched the content of the course.
As a new teacher of students with ASD, I am glad this course was available. I learned great background and foundational information which gave me a better understanding of students with ASD. The course also gave lots of information and resources for further study. I will recommend this course for other individuals who work with or interested in learning about individuals with ASD.
Hi, im from Puerto Rico and i speck Spanish. This class for me is so simple, taking on mind that i dont know a perfect English.
Great course
Good introduction to ASD.
Full of information about a broad range of
Lots of theoretical information but very little practical information about what to do with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Very informative course, gave me a great insight into Autism Spectrum Disorder.
An intresting course. Lectures are small and very easy to comprehend. The whole course has a great structure and help you learn and remember things!
This course was wonderful! It gives a comprehensive overview of autism for both family and professionals, and gives the student additional information on the UC Davis Mind Institute and the educational opportunities there.
This course is a great guide for mental health professionals but everyone can take it. I really enjoyed it and I will continue visiting the recommended websites! It would be awesome a second part about Established Interventions.Thank you and all the best!
The course had some useful content, but there was too much time spent on USA centred materials for an iavailabe course.
Excellent Course, would love to do Part II if there is :)
This course was a good introduction to ASD. I was hoping to learn more about how to best serve students with ASD, but this course was not designed solely for educators. I will now look for a more specialized course in ASD.
This is best course to understand Autism prorperly.I will recommend to my friends.
This was an extremely informative course on ASD. It allows me to assess and design interventions more effectively. Thank you.
Very clear and complete for a first approach to the ASD
I am an Autistic adult and I took this class so I can understand myself and others on the Spectrum. This is a great class to take if you want to know about Autism. I learned a lot of things that I didn't already know.
Five Stars - Excellent Course. Very Informative
Really great course for people who want to systmatically learn ASD. No need for prior knowledge in Psychology.
I work in a Verbal Behavior classroom for toddlers diagnosed with ASD, and i am also the mother of a little girl who has Angelman Syndrome (a severe neurodevelopmental disorder with many crossover symptoms of ASD). I found this to be an very well done introduction and overview of the basic aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder. I was pleased to see that the sensory integration issue was addressed so nicely.Thank you so much for this course. I hope it will be helpful to families and new staff alike.
Enjoyed the breakdown of the lessons from the core characteristics of ASD, to the DSMV diagnostic criteria, increasing rates and demographics, patterns of strengths and weaknesses, the explanation of Theory of Mind, and finally the evidence based practices and interventions. I am glad that massage therapy was listed as an emerging intervention. Massage has helped my son, and many other children on the spectrum, with sensory regulation and activation of the parasympathetic NS to help calm the fight or flight response, and tactile defensiveness. Would love to see UC Davis MIND institute do more research into this area, like that of the Touch Research Institute. Excited for more research and information!
It's a really great class to know about Autism. The information is sufficient as well.
very informative with latest research for evidence based interventions with those on the autistic spectrum
I suffer with sensory overload myself and learned a lot from this course.
An excellent overview of what ASD means and well designed foundation program for new beginners .
Aimed at those needing to get services -- in a spectrum of family living. Too much on California systems, not enough on direct coping with day-to-day.
My 2-years old niece in China has just been diagnosed as a ASD child. I took this class to help the parents understand the disorder and take prompt steps to start intervention when she is still young. The class is concise and informative. The 5 week contents provide just enough information for parents who have ASD children that has just been diagnosed to briefly understand the challenge and solutions of having an ASD child. I find the videos that illustrates how ASD children behave and what the proper intervention needed from parents, friends, and teachers very useful. By participating the class, I understand what ASD disorder is and I will pass what I have learnt to our big family so everyone has a correct and positive perspective to ASD and offer help to alleviate the anxiety for the parents. This is a very good course.
This is a very well organized and very interesting course, with a lot of useful information for those who work or intend to work with children. It also gives you an insight into the world of adults with autism, which is not a subject you can usually hear a lot about. This course can motivate you to investigate further about ASD, and it gives you good reference points.
Lightweight and marginally informative. While it is clearly aimed at a lay audience, a deeper presentation of the scientific foundations of the disorder is sorely needed. If you're interested in the etiology of autism, you'll need to look elsewhere.
very good course! easy to follow and learn!
It was excellent, but I expected more feedback in the discussion forums.
Short, superficial, and sometimes even condescending towards people with ASD.
The course is quite amazing.. It improved my knowledge regarding behavioral changes and role of educators and therapist in this field.. I must appreciate the way of delivering lectures and the content.. I wish i could attend classes in UC Davis Mind institute as i found this spectrum quite interesting... I hope other classes would be conducted regarding Autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders with further content at coursera so that i could better understand the process of dealing with those suffering individuals.. Thankyou v. Much the instructors :)
Good but short course. The statment of acomplishment is unaviable.50$ for short course is a big price
I found it very easy. But if you do not know anything about Autism, I think you might would contribute from it.
Could be more computer friendly. Had good information but hard to engage because the majority of the lectures are just powerpoints with the professor talking over them.
Very interesting and informative. I taught children with special needs for 33 years. I think this course would be very helpful to new teachers and anyone interested in learning basic info on ASD.
This course is informative and introductory. It has a value in generating a general awareness about ASD. It would be useful for parents and learners who are new to disability issues. The content can be used for introducing and familiarizing with clinical practice with ASD. But this course has the limitation on following grounds1. The contents of the course are coloured with medical perspective and with pathological view point2. At some point this course appeared like an advertisement for the institute and its research work3. This course tried to cover too many things like theory, practice, research, experience and so on. But at the end it failed to do justice all4. Finally the contents are infected with virus of medicine, market and military science. Terms such as intervention, package, therapy so many terminology. The unfaithful use of "social" in few instance look like an altruism to social science by dominant discipline.I am sure that this course has market. Evidence based research/ practice will corroborate it. Best wishes
This course was a great overview introduction into ASD. The information was presented so the information was not overwhelming. You begin the course by looking at ASD from a wide-lens down to details. This is recommended for anyone who is interested in learning more about ASD and then to take more details classes as needed. The videos that were part of the course were informative. There was not a lot of discussions nor was this class led by any instructor. I wished it had links to more articles or more in-depth information, especially the weeks on the developmental areas.
I'd like to learn a bit more about ASD.
More than helpful. Highly recommended if you're interested in learning more about ASD. Quite useful in terms of understanding people on the ASD. Quite convinient in terms on learning how to interact with people on the ASD.
Amazing course. Helped me learn a lot. I think people around the world really need to understand autism in depth to truly relate to their peers suffering from it. We all know people with ASD and we need to be able to understand them in order to make them feel loved and integrated.
I had problems to understand better about ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) because my 3 year old daughter been diagnosed as Autism Spectrum Disorder. The doctor explain yet I still couldn't clearly understand about after learning this course I clearly understand what is ASD all about..
I was really, really hoping that this course would be educational. I personally work with an individual with AS and I excepted to have a better insight into some of the things he goes through. So far, however, I have found many of the lectures condescending. As a person with a disability I find it highly offensive when people speak like they're doing the person with whatever kind of disability a favor for even helping them. People with disabilities are just that, people.
Excellent information
Very helpful information particularly in the earlier weeks. I found the last couple weeks less helpful because of the large quantity of listed interventions without elaboration/examples - I did read the attached report but would have found it helpful to see some of the interventions demonstrated either via a video or diagram. Temple Grandin is a great documentary and I appreciated hearing her perspective regarding tactile sensitivity. She's also a great example of a person with autism who has developed her strengths and worked around her weaknesses and is a highly functional and successful individual. Overall enjoyed this class. Thanks!
very useful course. gave insight into a lot of the issues faced by children with asd. a little more detail would be even more useful.
What a wonderful course and great review of the new information on Autism and Aspbergers Syndrome. Thanks so much.
Thank you for a great course!
Very interesting course!
In this course I had the opportunity to show some of the skills that I have learnt so far. Thanks!
This part helped me channel my relevant experiences and things that I learned from other courses in UI/UX, especially from typography and imagemaking. It's nice to put your skills into practice through learning by doing, and have an actual portfolio after the course. It's also a good practice to rate others from draft 1 to 5, feedbacks from peers weren't always relevant to me but mostly helpful in solidifying my capstone project.
Excellent course, the material and lectures are easy to follow. The assignments are well explained. The overall experience was very enlightening.
Great course, it really encourages to apply the item learned throughout the specialization, I really enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this class - it was a great way for us to put into practice all the interesting things we learned in the specializat
It was great in terms of working on closer to a long-term project and even learning what a branding guide is. Plus it added to my portfolio and I got a lot more working experience with my programs.
A great course in which I have learned so much about graphic design, working with programs, thank you coursera and call arts specially Michael W.
Excelent course where you put all of your design skills to action.
Nicely designed course
Really interesting to interact with students through the feedbacks
Great Course.
Very good course, very systematic knowledge about branding
Its hard to review this course without looking back at the other previous courses. For me it was more about self discovery. Every lesson and concept learned in the past courses have become part of my workflow and it was able to see it during the time that I was working in my final project. My peers' critics and opinions also helped me during this process, whenever I was not sure if something was working in my designs, someone pointed the problem or made a suggestion. A the end, I am extremely satisfied with my final project, I enjoyed every step of the process, and I discovered new talents thanks to this course.
I loved the process of branding from start to finish, including company/client. Although, I may not always be able to brand a company I make up, the process was very thorough and I believe will help me in future branding opportunities. In this sense, the class was invaluable! The instruction was very clear and interesting and the help of the class aid, Calvin, made this a great experience! I also loved seeing what others were coming up with and how they applied the principles of design learned in the other courses in this specialization.
A well presented capstone to the Graphic Design series.
This is a very good course if you are considering a career in graphic design, it does not concentrate a lot on the technique but rather on the creative process and the theory. The assignment are not too intense yet very helpful in giving that exposure to the role of the graphic designer. I definitely recommend it if you are a beginner or even if you already know some techniques but want to learn more about the theory.Also, throughout the course you get very valuable recommendations for further readings, I found that very helpful.
Great class! It provided concrete practice for presenting one's designs and thinking about all the elements of graphic design in one project.
Love the whole process. I learned a lot!!
I really really loved the entire course and will recommend it to my friends and work mates, excellent tutors and easy to understand their lectures. Thank you so so much!!
A real excellent course. I really enjoy it and learn a lot. Thanks everyone and the teachers~~~
I always loved designing and had time only to do certification and this was a great opportunity and learnt a lot .
Excellent! Nothing minus!
The course was well laid out, had us tread old ground in a great way (especially with those of us who are already int he field or took the earlier courses in the graphic design specialization) by forcing us to look at the basics as we solved design problems. While it's great that people review (and are even left tips and hints on how to leave a helpful review) I do wish there was some sort of word limit (even a minimal one) for them because oftentimes getting a review like 'Great', or 'Nice' while heartening don't actually help the student learn about what the person liked about their design or what failed.
Enjoyed it a lot! :)
I love this course, learned many new things. Thanks
This course is just fantastic. It is well paced and very informative. There is also room for all levels of proficiency. It has changed the way I see visual arts and branding. I am now more aware of the history and the motivation of this discipline. I would recommend this course to anybody who is interested in learning how to enter or continue in this field!
This project provide us an opportunity to do a real work, by using the typeface, color palette, logo mark, layout, which is interesting and helpful!
Great course. Thank you team CalArts and Coursera. You have made an impact my profession as a graphic designer.
Great class, pushed me to be better and develop my skills.
This part of the course is really intense, but it teaches you A LOT about who to practice what you've learned in the integrated courses. Highly reccomended
Good way to get started with doing from just listening or reading.
Great!!!! I love Coursera and CalArts!! Thank you! :)
The Brand New Brand course has been simply amazing and easily the most fun of the specialization courses. I was really hoping they would allow us to be openly creative on this and they certainly have. Great course!
it was good, could be more dinamic though
This is an excellent course. well designed with historical examples.
Great course!
Course should have more homework to drill the appropriate concepts.
Learn something about the money supply and demand and their relationship with the exchange rate. but can hardly used in daily
well detailed course, much needed for the topic
The content covers very good the most important theories and concepts in macro economy and explains in detail the relationship between them. I wish the course would take more advantage of interactive multimedia tools in order to support the spoken word with visual means.
Very good course, as all in the specialization, the professor shows a great devotion to getting the students to understand these very complex topi
the videos are too longassignments are difficultand dr asfahani is not like dr larryi loved dr larry much moredr asfahani is not interesting in his presentations at all
Very helpful and simply explained. Everyone should love it.
Excellent course, highly recommend!
This is a good course, but be sure you have a foundational level of understanding of Macroeconomics before starting - it doesn't provide a lot of background before diving into more advanced topics.
Good material, fair presentation, too many peer evaluations.
Take your time, this course is harder than the others. Very worth it though, learned a lot and it was a lot of fun!
Good coursera.
One of the most difficult courses so far, but working hard you made it.
this course is easy understandable and interesting for the beginners!
a very good course!
A very well taught course that gives you the ins and outs of sequence comparision and introduces chromosme rearrangement analysis in a succint manner. This was
I thought at first according to the title of this course, that it should be an intro for c programmers. But it is more like a brush-up for already c++ programmers. Be ready to take some other course or reading parallel. Otherwise the homeworks are absolutely interesting and suitable for new-comer. It would be better if more videos with more details could be made.
Lots of overlap in the videos, not a lot of information on C++ features, too few hands-on activities with the features taught.
I enjoyed this course. It was great as a review of C++ and an introduction to C++11 for me. The assignments are heavy in graph theory and are non-trivial.
this is a great course
it actually introduced c++11 features to me well,it was my first course on coursera and it is benificial to me in ways .
Great overall introduction to C++ for C programmers. It should be emphasized FOR C PROGRAMMERS.Once you know your stuff and a little bit of Computer Science (data structures and algorithms), this course can benefit you if you never had a formal course or introduction on C++.The instructor is well-versed in the topic and the examples are pretty interesting from a CS point of view.
Great passion, great lecture.Thank you for your kind explanation.
Good course for people who want to be quant in future
+ good material-peer reviews-hard to understand exercises
It was great to listen to someone with as much experience as Ira Pohl. I learnt a lot in this course, but it required *a lot* of work on my part. It might still be better than trying to learn totally on your own, but I would have liked a bit more structure and assistance.The slides showed on videos (not available for download in the session I took) could be formatted better. The concepts were presented too superficially, in my view, and the structure was a bit disorganized. The assignments where difficult in part because they weren't stated very clearly, but they were very interesting and were a great way to learn (or review) computer science courses while learning to code in C++.Despite these shortcomings I'm glad I took the course and I'm overall happy with it.
I am a C programmer with little knowledge of C++.This course really helped me to correlate both languages.
Nice course with content focused on the extra things C++ brings - STL. However it would have been better if Inheritance also covered in this course. Also learned about Graphs through this course. Exercises were tough but were good.
Really interesting course. Learnt a lot. Professor Ira Pohl and the team behind the course did a great job.Thank you.
It accomplishes the main goal: help with the leap from C to C++, but:- It's damn slow. I had to use the 1.5x or 2x speed all the time, and I'm not native English.- The format of the slides is really ugly (e.g., those bullet points in the code)- No lecture notes are provided- The references are to his (expensive) books instead- No source code of examples is provided either- Graph theory is interesting, but out of scope. Waste of time for those who already know it are not interested in and just want to learn C++. It would be better to provide references for optional reading or reviewing.
The best c plus plus course for c programmers.
Do this course for the assignments and to have something that keeps you on schedule. But be prepared to do your own research on topics.The professor goes off on pointless tangents forever. C is also supposed to be a prerequisite but then he ends also ends up explaining basic C (prefixing his explanation with you should know this). He then goes into these very specific, typical academic-style examples that he spends time talking about them (again pointless). And then very little time is left to explain the actual new C++ stuff, and he explains it assuming you kind-of know what he's talking about. So you'll have to stop the video and look up the topic online.
The course should have a more detailed analysis of c++
Peer to peer assignments are really slow and due time dependent.
Very poorly designed course material. Everything has been split up.
Very Nice Course...
I learnt a lot of new things about C++ and graph theory. Good course. Looking forward to part B.
Great class, I learnt a lot about C++
From this course, you can learn some inspiring features of C++11. Moreover, you can grasp a basic learning about programming with C++ as a beginner. The homework assignment is also challenging, usually it takes me a whole day to finish the program. But those homework is a good practic and will prompt you to work harder and deeper on programming with c++.
The course presents the topics in a non-linear manner. It should be called "Learning graphs with C++"
i can review my c++,it's good for me
Just right for programmers seeking to update their skills to the new V11 C++. I recommend getting the book by the author that helps along with a text or Coursera course on Algorithms.
The course is good and exercises are not trivial, the teacher speaks very slowly but this is to accommodate not native English speakers and I find it to be fair.The course mixes a bit of graph theory with the teaching of the C++ language and I reckon that to be a good idea as it makes you solving non trivial problems thus stressing the C++ topics covered during the lecture, that would not have been the case if problems were simpler.The only big limit I see in the course is the grading system as the peer-review system does not work very well as the student's preparation is very uneven, you can't expect much more from an on-line course though.To draw a conclusion I had the sense of having learned something at the end of the course, which is rewarding, I really appreciate the work you are doing in striving to provide the best knowledge to everybody, I think it is a small revolution.
Very great course.Course is well taught and well organized ,It is not for beginners if you are programming at least from one year this is for you.
This could be better if the lectures have more hands on programming examples.
Excellent course. It helps you transition to C++ by understanding the reasons, not just a simple recipe.
This course assumes some basic knowledge in C. I really appreciate prof. Ira Pohl's approach to explain things in details and fill some gaps students might have rather that assuming everything is perfectly clear. Some might find the pace to be on the slow side but please understand it is intended for people with various background and experience. You will also appreciate the way prof. Pohl elaborates some of the fundamental algorithms and data structures in a very clear and well articulated manner.
Instructor speaks too slow and sometimes hardly audible with my earphones plugged in with 100% sound. Incredibly slow paced. Coffee must!!! Too much of story and history and introduction. Much less material presented for concepts shown. Much of the lecture time is wasted on things which does not matter, for example Djikstra shortest path... I would be more interested to know about the algorithm than a huge lecture on who is Djikstra, and also would like to have some exercise to implement the same and realise. Very unsatisfied with the course. But there is no other courses offered for C++ programming language in English Language. Not worth the time.
A very good courser, especially for people like me that have a lot experience in coding c program but want to learn something more to advance my career. I'll recommend this course to my friend.
The course is good overall but needs more to focus on new things in C++ and not on algorithms. I would recommend this course if you are struggling with C++,it goes throw the basics and tells you how the STL works.The homework are hard and that is a big plus :)
This was very good course to learn about the differences between C and C++. I have been C programmer for some time and never had a C++ introduction until this course.
The course content is good. But it needs some polishing...Major comment:The assignment submission/review process should be improved. Grading system is not clearly defined at the time of submission. Some grading question are inherently subjective "Is the code at least somewhat efficient?". But even for inherently objective questions "Is the code correct?" (as does it give the correct answer" the staff does not provide the correct answer... I think the staff should create some automated review for what is objective: does the code compile? does it yield the correct answer? is it efficient enough? (Just like many other courses on Coursera) And only when it passes the automatic review, use peer grading for coding style. Finally there a lot of confusion with the deadlines.Minor comments:Lucky Coursera has an option to play twice faster! Not that the content is too easy, but the talking ... pace ... is ... hum... very ... ... slow. Also how come for a programming course the slides with code are so poorly formated???
I would like thank Prof. Ira Pohl for the excellent lectures in the courseC++ for C programmers Part A. The build up of C++ using C as abackground gave me a good understanding of the various featuresof C++ and how one can make use of these features to writeprograms in a good idiomatic programming style. The lecturespresented with a blend of data structures and algorithms providedmuch insight into programming in C++. Looking forward to the PartB of the course.
This course provides good overview graph algorithms. It is not an extensive C++ course though.
too hard in practice
The course was very useful for me. I have known new features of C++11 and now I use them in my projects, so my programming style become both more modern, and more effective. It was very lucky for me to have at the same time other course about graph theory, so I again learned and implemented those algorythms. I suppose for new students before this course would be better to have some experience in C++ programming and some understanding of OOD and OOP, so you can think about interesting ideas instead of trying to read a 1000-paged book in a week to learn base of coding. Now I am watitng for part B.
Very good course, the content is great and well organized. The slides with code are a bit of an embarrassment for the University of California. The code is presented on what looks like a power point slide with bullets so the formatting and alignment is totally messed up, and then there are no shortage of typo's and code errors. But, the material is very good and Ira Pohl does an excellent job presenting it.All in all a great course and exactly what I was looking for.
- Assumptions about the student are not clear, before starting the course.Instructor examples are not practical in all contexts.Jump to dijkstra in very second week, without clarity on major C++ concepts and examples, is too much an expectation from the student switching from C to C++ for the first time.Confusion with deadline for assignments.too many lectures during later week courses, as if the effort is to crunch everything in that week and complete the course.If its spaced properly with examples and problems over few more weeks, it would help.
A much needed course for all those students who have strong fundamentals in C Programming but lack the OOP skills in C++.Still there is a scope of improvement.
I am highly disappointed with the policy of providing the homework only to the paid participants. It seems this is gearing towards another means of making bussiness when it comes to education.I understand that grading and providing feedback requires effort and the fees charged is required to the cover those cost, but like before we must have an option to get access to the homework, allowing us to apply our learning while it maybe be acceptable not to have any feedback or certificate on the course completion.Currently, the closed homework policy goes against the basic objectives of MOOC and I hope it is reconsidered.
Very Boring!!
Explanation is really Good. Contents could be more elaborate.
The instructor speaks too slow. Teaching concepts that are not valid anymore. e.g. prefer inline over function call, const vs #define, declaring variable anywhere in the code etc...The topics are too small and too much time is devoted to them.
I've already written a review for part 1 and I have the same opinion about this one. The course is rather poor and not challenging. Only general information about relevant topics that as well read on wikipedia. No exercises, no code assignments. A lot of this content was repeated from first two parts of this specialization.
good course. I hope it can contain more contents.
Quizzes are trivial. Makes the certification worthless.Prof. Campbell is not a good lecturer.The topics are treated mostly superficially, then suddenly go into too much detail sometimes (how to use IntelliJ IDEA, machine learning).Subtitles are very buggy.I enjoyed Mr. Farivar's talks much more, it seems like he knows what he is talking about and his presentations are well structured.
Not enough depth. Put another way not a CS course.
Better understanding of latest technology
good practical materials which help to better understand the theories from previous courses
A very good course, with interesting topics about Big Data, Cloud Computing and MapReduce paradigm with real application examples.
good things to learn about real world big problems
Love this course!!!
This course contained a great amount of information about several systems widely used nowadays for large-scale problems. There were analyses of the inner workings of these systems and their algorithms, as well as simple examples of how they can be used to solve common problems. The only drawback of the course is that the coursework was not significantly challenging and there were no programming assignments, which could give learners an opportunity to experiment with some of these technologies and acquire hands-on experience.
The course could use a programming assignment to go along with the lectures.
Excellent course! I enjoyed the videos very much.
I like so much this course because all materials are very interesting, useful and easy to understand. The teacher explains very well and use good materials. The tests are also very helpful. I definitely reccomend!
Laoshi is just perfect. The course was awesome designed to understand various requirement of business.I found this program very using especially dealing with Chinese counter part.
I am lazy, but this course is easy to make me continue coming here. so helpuful, :)
This course is super helpful. It's not only for business people but also for employees, so I strongly recommend it to every learner of Chinese language.
I really liked this course。 I have a hsk 6 degree， and was looking for a course more of an intermediate-advance level， and it served the purpose。 Thank you laoshi！
This course is excellent. The level is very appropriate - not beginner but not too advanced. The subject matter is quite applicable for business applications, especially sales, quality, customer relations, and personnel. The teacher is excellent - easy to understand, she repeats important points and vocabulary, and uses clear examples. The quizzes and assignments are good for practicing what has been discussed in the lectures. I hope there is a follow on course!
I learned a lot about business affairs in this course. Our teacher is really nice and skillful.Thank you for conducting this course.
I'm really learning a lot.
It was a great course although it was not exactly what I expected.
ES MAGNIFICO, LA VERDAD TIENE CONTENIDOS MUY INTERESANTES
excelent course, excelent teacher, muy interesting and funny
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!
The course brings lots of information, but the assessments are not at all creative, so it becomes a lot of theory with little practice.El curso trae mucha información, pero las actividades no son ní un poco creativas. Entonces se converte en mucha teoria con poca practica.
Very good! I don't understand the language, but the professor is fantastic and make it easy.
Awesome class!
Loved it !! Thanks!!
INCREÍBLE CURSO
Love it.
I think is really useful!I found it in a great time, because I was desperate and I didn't know what to do about my professional project and I lived worried all the time. This course made me feel better, with a all world to make things different.Thanks.I didn't finish the last item: write my assignment. It is my fail. Outside of that, I think is a great course.The course is in spanish (I'm mexican), I think it would be great for non-speaking spanish people the use of subtitles in english.
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Exelente, la relatora es muy clara y provista de muy buen material, las explicacion y la producción de los videos es bastante novedosa y hace muy fácil su aprendizaje, en cuanto a la teoría entrega muchos conceptos interesantes, menciona autores entrega guías y herramientas para evaluar algo que parece muy abstracto la creatividad.Excellent, the teacher is very clear, and give very good material, the explication and video production is really creative, and make learning easier, talking about theory, the teacher gives very much concepts, give authors, and tools for evaluate something which seems so abstract, the creativity.
I really enjoy the way the instructor teaches this course, becuase I am a kinesthetic learner and all her gestures helps me remember things easily.
Somewhat basic and not very applicable
Very Interesting!¡Muy interesante!
Needed of specific information to now how to be more creative in schools as profesionales
It's a great experience that allows creativity to flow that we carry within ourselves
Excelent course! Definetely, I learned a lot on how to be more creative.
Very interesting! Helped me in term of self-esteem, by realizing that I have inside much more possibilities to discover and embrace whose I totally unknew. Thanks to UNAM and to our tutor Guadalupe Vadilla!
I can't find my results
Very easy to digest and very informative
The interviews in week 4 is totally worthy to watch
Very useful and concise.
Great Course delivering practicable ideas, Tools and Tipps!
Great Course
It's really good opportunity to learn more about the environment inside the work and how to deal with the problems in a professional way
well structured material, recommend to anybody who would like to either get good guidance where to deep dive in conflict management topics
Great Course for anyone that needs help looking at conflict from all sides and not just how it pertains to you only
I was assisted in my journey by this course and would recommend it.
Good course
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
I had a very poor experience being graded by peers. Although the Capstone Project Assignment itself is EXCELLENT, the peer grading rubric is not. I was not fairly graded, and I am sure of this 100%.
Thank You Indy for a most challenging Course. I have taken >25 coursera courses and I would have this one is the most challenging. The C++ development project really strengthens your Computer-to-Computer Protocol Communication ability. Five stars all the way.
Just the same as the first course. Medium-hard quizzes and a hard programming assigment that is actually harder to understand than to develop.Overall a five star course.
Learned a lot
Very interesting course if you want to learn about inner workings of distributed systems. Lecturer was very knowledgeable and provided good examples. Exams and quizes were pretty challenging and fun. I love that there was a practical programming assignment. I would only suggest to tweak the template for programming assignment as it was a little bit limiting. And maybe allowing for different programming languages other than C++.
Very challenging and very well presented material. I wish all coursera courses could be this way.
Great Course!!!! I have learned a lot for P2P system, and replica etc. Thank You!
very good course!
Excellent Course! I found both the Cloud Computing Concepts highly informative and relevant for the course objective.
Good at explaining conceptsGood Quizzes& assignments
It make me strong
It's a good course for cloud studing
A nice and succinct overview. Even though I was able to get a full score on most quizzes before watching the videos, I still learned something new.
Excellent course. I would recommend this course for everyone who are interested and don't have the opportunity at their institute.
It is pretty exciting course with rich knowledge in clinical trials' field which is well expressed with practical examples
This course really helped me to understand trials and gave me starting knowledge about how to design a trial. But it is not enough itself, and you should consider taking biostatistics classes.
Understandable and enjoyable. I took home a lot of valuable inforrmation from this course!
Very well, lot of information !
Definitely a great add-on cert for those with healthcare professional backgrounds, biomedic graduates, prospective public health grad students, or those wishing to pursue a career in the pharmaceutical industry.
Well done, very systematic and well selected, well structured, focused analysis supported by appropriate examples, definitions and discussions. Lectures are a little bit dry, but I guess this might be due in part to the nature of the subject! Thank you!Alex Ginev
Excellent course. It made me not only get a better understanding on topics i've seen scarcely prior, but also contributed to a solid theoretical basis in the field of clinical trials. Special attention to the first week of the course should be given, since it provides one of the best explanations about study design i've seen so far.
This course offers a broad, honest and critical view on the production and evaluation of RCTs. It is a useful introduction to the theme, although a small background may be required for full exploitation of its resources. I would highly recommend it for any student or professional in health care - being you directly involved with research or not.
Great introductory course about Clinical Trials methodology. It helps if you have some background knowledge on Epidemiology.
An amazing chance to get clear in the clinical trials interpretation
Great time, I've learned a lot of new informations.
I really enjoyed the course and believe the information was really beneficial. They gave great examples of studies that included the techniques that were being reviewed.
Great course
Eventhough my English language is not strong, i just can complete this course as requirement! Excellent! Thank you very much
presentation is poor, not very engaging
I learned so much and am excited to take more classes
Short but very useful!
Very comprehensive and understandable. Thanks for uploading such an informative course. Now I will read the method section of the article that I use to skip very often.
This was a good introductory course into clinical trials, providing an overview of its principles, features and design. The lectures were good and clear, and the accompanying slides were just as useful. I will admit to being occasionally lost on certain concepts, especially with regards to those which would've normally been covered in the biostatistics class, as Ms. Drye mentioned once or twice -- after all, I believe this is a class which is probably offered in conjunction with others. That notwithstanding, I can now consider myself aptly familiar with clinical trials and what they entail, thanks to this course.I will say, however, that having just 10 questions in the quiz is hardly neither exhaustive nor -- and I suppose this goes without saying -- a true test of a good grasp of the course. For instance, I'd read most of the supplemental material for Ethics (week 4) only to realize that that week's quiz could've been passed using common sense alone. I felt somewhat disappointed by that. And also, while one lecturer was very clear in her presentation and discourse, the other wasn't really; more often than not, I was confused by her sentences.
Comprehensive, pitched at just the right level. Perfect length of course. An eye opener - highly recommend.
Very GOOD lesson!!
Excelent for understand about clinical trial.
Excellent and very useful course! I recommend!
great course to refresh my knowledge and update some concepts
Very good course.
simple, easy and to the point
An excellent course totally recomendable. Very clear and focused.
well designed course and fair evaluation
Great work! Thank you.
Clear, concise, and well-presented, should be part of corporate educational programs for staff involved in clinical trials.
Clear, precise and very interesting content. I am working with Clinical Trials for 18 month, this helped me to learn about the bigger picture.Suggestion to Course creators: A module focussed on what is a Clinical Trial before we start with module 1 would be extremely helpful.
The course gives me more thoughts on clinical trials.
Good introductory course.
very informative course. give me a overall picture of clinical trial design.
Great introductory course to Clinical Trials.
THANK YOU
Very useful. Important aspects highlighted. Systematic presentation.
This is my first course in Coursera and I found it really enjoyable. It is well organized and easily explained. I improved my knowledge about this argument.
amazing and I have understand it tota
Very useful
Thanks for such a wonderful course.
The powerpoints and audio lectures are very clear and concise, much appreciated. I would also appreciate more exercises or reading materials, to help solidify our understanding of the topics.
Amazing course!
Excellent primer on the types of trial designs and how to interpret study results and reports.
sometimes they go through important topics very fast ,
Good course but I hope if there are readings after each video to improve the understanding of information with more simplifying the content of ethics lesson.
The course clearly explains the concepts of clinical trials with great detail. The course was taught in a structured manner and helped me gain knowledge in this field.
Great course and instructors!
The course gives a great introduction to the design of clinical trials. It is very useful for people starting to approach this field of studies.
Great course. I am happy that I could participate.Ernest
thanks alot for teaching us this great course
This was a great introduction to Clinical Trials. I would recommend taking a statistics refresher before this course if you haven't had one recently.
Basically good. As I want to know the practical guidance of how to conduct a RCT, this course is not sufficient .
the lessons were too long in duration and i was really bored because the teaching didn't have anything engaging me to be more eager to listen and all the slides were with the same background and design and there were no pictures or animation or fun stuff to create some kind of diversity in the progress of the course.
Great course! This will help me in my graduate studies and future career. I have learned a lot.
The course really deals with great insights of randomized clinical trial
Great course!
a very good introduction to clinical trail
Informative course also for clinicians!
Intresting and informative course for design of clini
A rare course in clinical trials, and also a good one.Strongly recommend for those interested in clinical research!There's a reason why Bloomberg school of public health is one of the best healthcare research institution in the world. It is very fortunate to learn from such expertise in clinical research through this course.
Excellent course. Compared to others in the Coursera Catalog this course was rigorous to be sure to take great notes or you will be revisiting the lectures and literature often. I work on the financial side of clinical trials and this course was extremely helpful in filling in some gaps in my knowledge (many of those gaps I didn't realize I had!). Everything Johns Hopkins University puts out on Coursera has been top notch (my reference is the Data Science Specialization!)
This course has really helped me in my understanding and appreciation of how research should be conducted.Thank You
Easy to read slide materials with concise presentation videos.
This course is well-designed, well-paced and well-structured. The study examples described in this course really help you understand the importance of design and interpretation of clinical trials.
Not very much in depth and does not offer complete lecture notes, which are necessary for answering the quizzes...
Very good explain nd excelent material
I loved this course
I think that, besides lesson 11 and 12, everything was very well explained. I was a bit confused with lessons 11 and 12 since I am not new to econometrics. Perhaps I found it confusing the theory background related to the lessons themselves. Just my opinion, very good course.
I get lost a bit too often.The teacher sometimes explains easy concepts and omits the difficult ones (e.g. exponential distribution is explained as "for example if you are waiting for a bus that comes every ten minutes" and then he tells you how to compute expected value and moves on, but he does not say WHAT IT MEANS - is it the probability that I will meet an oncoming bus? is it probability of waiting ten minutes for the bus? is it the average waiting time? is it average number of buses that come every hour? - but there is detailed explanation of what A squared means in lesson two (!))The teacher often makes me confused as to where he got the numbers he is plugging in the formula or what answer the formula gives.But I take it as a challenge and I intend to finish the course despite all of that. Sometimes it is fun to decipher the mystic equations. And maybe it is me, maybe I was not born to be a statistician. Maybe there are people that find this stuff easy and understand it right away.I really like the quizes. They are HARD.One last thing: Wearing white shirt and using white marker makes it impossible to read what he writes. But I take it is part of the challenge ;-)
Excellent course. Professor Lee did a first-rate job of giving the intuition for Bayesian methods and building the foundations for further study of the topic. The course is short and to the point, but that is a feature and not a bug. It will prepare you to take further courses in Bayesian statistics or to study the topic on your own. Highly recommended.
Short course that's actually mostly theoretical with a bit of R/Excel analysis. This fitted my needs perfectly. My only suggestion is that they should have released more comprehensive notes for the lectures.
A bit too short.
The whole course is not bad. More examples in the classes would be helpful.
I found this course to be incredibly useful to learn Bayesian statistics and a useful guide for applying the information in r and excel. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in furthering their understanding on this topic.
Steep learning curve. really taxed my thinking capacity. I enjoyed it thoroughly!
Very concise and easy to follow to the end. The linear regression part could be more clear (i.e., with a lecture on the background).
I really like the assignments, they are very well designed and helped a lot in consolidating my understanding of the topic. In my opinion, these assignments are the reason why coursera courses are better than the video lectures available elsewhere.
As a long time frequentist, I occasionally run into problems that are very awkward to fit into the frequentist paradigm. I was aware at a high level that the Bayesian approach could be applied more naturally. Unfortunately, I was unable to "get it" simply be reading a book on the subject. This course made it very approachable. Professor Lee showed us the difficult math (tough integrals) behind it and how we can apply the results of that math in Excel or R
This class is very much an intro, so if you're looking for advanced topics you it might not be challenging. But this is a really good intro. The lectures are good and the supplemented material is great. I wish there was more R, but I'm very happy with the class.
The lectures were good, but I hope more background materials can be released. Understanding the topics needs a relative solid mathematical background. Although having completed the course, I am still confused about some concepts in this course.
This is my first course on Coursera and I am delighted by the construction, how it was led by the instructor and what I learned. Quizzez are great, I spent on some quite a bit of time, but I feel they really checked if I understand the concepts and calculations. The questions during the video are also an excellent idea to check if you follow. All in all I am very happy I took this course!
The course is excellent to learn all the basic stuff needed to master the technique of Bayesian Data Analysis.
I have learned a lot from this course. As there is not course like this one in my univeristy, I really appreiate it.
It is a nice introductory course on Baysian s
It's a great course, there is a lot of information and it might seem at times overwhelming, but it's organized nicely and prof. Lee has a very comfortable time explaining all the concepts. A few more examples would have made this course easier, but that does not mean it would have been better. It's as good as it gets
I could say , it is the best bayesian stat I ever experience till now.
Very good introduction to baysian concepts and very helpful in understanding the difference with frequentist statistics.
Good course, but in my opinion misses of lectures/pdf to ease understanding.
amazing quizes, and you don't have pay to take them.
If you already know everything about the topic and just forgot some little things or you are very strong in calculus, this may be a nice refresher. Otherwise, not very useful. Really dense and little explanation. I liked the Youtube MIT course on Probability (it includes Bayesian Statistics) much more, since it has good explanation of the concepts.
This course provide a very good understanding of the bayesian approach of the statistic. It is very accessible thanks to the learning material (pdf) provided before each lessons and which recall all the basis needed.Thank you Herbie
Very good course. Prof. Lee explains each concept well. Bayesian Stats makes more sense to me now than before!!Thanks so much Prof. Lee
A well-designed course with sufficient support materials and useful practice exercises.
Very instructive introduction to Bayes reasoning. By attending all videos and completing quizzes, you get a reasonable understanding of the concepts and reasoning. Thanks to prof Herbert Lee and all the supporting team
Learned something new :). Lecture were excellent, but, I need time to digest and hope I will get opportunity to use it in future.
I found this course to be really useful. It did progress through the math a bit quickly for my liking, but it was paced very appropriately and the discussion forums were helpful. Excellent examples are contained and I loved how both R and Excel modules were leveraged. Looking forward to seeing more Bayesian courses on Coursera in the future.
Really great, from basic to advance.
Some matters were just given formulas and there was a lack of practice. The course should cover less materials or be longer to be effective in teaching.
It was pretty intuitive and easy to follow the first couple of weeks, but then the assumed knowledge of beta and gamma distributions and their frequentist usage, stood in the way of me fully grasping the Bayesian part of it. In the end I just copied the examples from the lectures and passed the tests ... without really getting it.
I have studied some Bayesian Statistics before. I feel like the materials itself is not sufficient for entry level, and will actually confuse some of the learners. Anyway, this is just my two cents. :)
It was little difficult to understand what the professor , but anyway it was good.
from week 3, the learning curve become steep
Great course! Very concise, yet very informative! Go Slugs!
Very clear lectures masterfully delivered by prof. Lee. The quizzes are good, if somewhat on the easy side. Don't be discouraged by the choice of R as the tool for assignments. R is flawed as a programming language, but you won't need to do any programming, only one-liners to evaluate various statistical functions and plot results.
Very useful lesson! give me a new perspective on daily data analysis.
Short but sweet. This course is a good introduction to the subject. I particularly liked the instructor and the design of the tests, which are really complementary to the learning material and are really helpful to put in practice the somewhat abstract theory. The supplementary material is also well done. It would be nice to have a course book to follow though as referring to videos is not always easy.
A step by step course, designed to pay attention all the time with tons of practical examples and very clear explanations, I would definitely recommend it!!
Excellent ! Thank you so much !
This course has given me some good new insights into perceiving data and has got me started nicely I am very great full.
Pen hard to see against shirt. Was mildly irritating to wait for prof to write out stuff, maybe prewrite it?Went too fast forward for me, would've liked complementary optional material, eg extra quizzes, to help understand and get used to the tougher parts.
An excellent course, it opened a new perspective on statistics for me.
A good course - recommended.
Very nice introduction to bayesian concepts and rationale. With this course I could understand why should I spend more time learning this technique (which I will definetly do on sequence).
Excellent introductory course to bayesian statistics. I'd like to thank Professor Lee, University of Santa Cruz, Coursera and all supporting staff for the opportunity. I'd enjoy if you provided intermediate and advanced courses on bayesian statistics that covers more topics.
This course requires solid grounding in mathematics. No meant of Social Science graduates without proper training in statistics/mathematics. The course was good in the sense that we could how probability distributions are used to model real world problems.Study material was certainly not adequate.
I really enjoyed this course. The lectures were short and clearly explained, and particularly highlighted why Bayesian statistics is different and what is useful about it. I would have like a bit more walk-through on some of the derivations in weeks 3 and 4. More R exercises and further resource recommendations would have been useful.
very great lecture
Instructor responds quickly to problems. Good job.
Great intro to Bayesian Statistics. The math gets complex but the professor illustrates with examples to help with understanding. The exercises are generally similar to the examples in the lectures and honestly not as hard as they could've been. The course is only 4 weeks and moves pretty fast. Although I scored well, I may take the course again to help make sure all the details and concepts fully sank in.I'm hungry for a deeper dive into the topic. I hope there is a follow up course in the future.
I enjoyed the lecturer, the material is relevant, and the tests are well tailored to ensure you are absorbing the correct information.
This course provides the student a profound understanding of the statistics behind the bayesian approach. Also, it gives some intuition for the difference between the frequentist and the bayesian approach, although that part could have been more explicit in my opinion. It would be very helpful to have more examples on the differences in using freq vs bayesian approach, the gains from using bayesian approach, examples of where the freq approach is limiting / misleading in its 'objectiveness'. More 'real life' examples instead of coin flipping examples - although easy to follow - would be very helpful as well, maybe in a consecutive course with applied bayesian statistics?
One of the best courses I took to date. Paralleled only by ML (by Andrew Ng). Non-trivial assignments, focused on practice, well-explained concepts in readings. Truly impressed.
I wish the last week were more explanatory. Although overall now I do have an idea. It's a good course. :-)
Definitly the best statistic course for beginners with some mathematical knowledge. Love the way the videos are recorded (Transparent glass between the camera and teacher) it should be a standard for online course! thank you so much!
Although I only spent less than one week to finish the course, I think it is quite valuable if you are interested in statistical inference and want to learn more specific in Beyesian Statistics. High Recommended.
Very good course, with less emphasis in the videos and more on exercises and critical thinking, the way I like and learn the best. I particularly liked that the lecturer writes on a transparent vertical surface standing between him and the camera, very convenient. For those not so familiar with mathematics, this might hurt a bit but the payoff is super positive.
Everything was perfect beginning from explonations and ending with materials
A good course but neither notes nor lectures were not in much details. But still it was worth my time. I strongly recommend it if you want a subtle introduction to Bayesian Statistics.
Clear, concise and well presented
As a grad student myself, I liked the way this course was presented in short video format and in only 4 weeks. Definitely there are much more to learn about Bayesian Statistics and one can go way deeper, but this course gives the required basic Bayesian knowledge to someone who wants to get familiar in a short time.
This is the first online course I have ever taken so I don't have anything to compare it to, but this course was excellent! The lectures and materials were very clear and I will be adopting some of Prof. Lee's approach into my own teaching practice. The bar has been set very high for any future online courses that I will take!
I want more practice programming tasks for this course.
I'm a graduate student in mechanical engineering. Thanks for the open course, it is really convenient and helpful!
Unfortunately I could not finish the course in due time. But it is very useful.
A very good course which enlights me the study of bayesian statistics, thank you.
Very well presented course. Interesting and intuitive introduction into the fascinating Bayesian world.Many thanks and congratulations!!!
Good and simple introduction for Bayesian statistics.
Amazing course ! Excellent. Prof. Herbert has a great didactics, the material is clear and very well planned, including the assessments. Thank you very much. Flavio Lichtenstein (Brazil).
Simple but well explained.
Very thoughtful and deep, great learning experience, thanks!
wrote in my comment.The course is extremely well presented and the difficulty level of the excercises is perfect.
Liked the course, but it was a little easy (took four days total to do the material for the whole course). Many questions were left unanswered (such as how dependent the credibility intervals are on the choice of prior distribution and the assumed distribution of the data), and it didn't touch on later topics that are interesting (MCMC sampling). Again, good beginning course, but I was looking for more in depth study.
I enjoyed the course. My background is mathematics, but not specifically statistics, though I do have a basic understanding of elementary frequentist statistics. My goal was to understand the fundamentals and uses of Bayesian statistics, having attempted that via a couple of textbooks without much success; this time, I got it!I do have some reservations about the course. Herbie Lee spent a huge amount of time deriving formulas and methods - a few gaps (either hand waving or 'leave it to the student to finish') would have been helpful, I think. This would leave more time for examples and applications. But the course was well worth my time and effort.
Very nice course that in my opinion nicely fits between Bolstad and Gelman in difficulty (talking in popular Bayesian Data Analysis books). Herbert Lee does a very good job at building one's intuition and understanding in the general Bayesian inference. Good starting point for moving on with Bayes.
The course creates great foundations for digging deeper into more complex concepts and trying to run some Bayesian statistics on simple real life problems
The lectures from week 1 to week 3 are nice and useful to me, but I think there should be more details about the content in week 4. For example, I think the lecture about the Jeffreys prior skipped many things and I did not understand this concept very well.
There are several things in the course that were able to clear up my understanding. The course instructor responds to more questions than I would have expected as well. The course uses a lot of mathematical notation and it helps to take some time with it but once you get the idea of conjugate priors down you can quickly employ them in your own problems. The course covers conjugate priors for several different likelihoods including the normal distribution and the binomial distribution. Although the derivation of the conjugate priors looks daunting as it is written down, the usage of the priors make Bayesian statistics much easier.This course uses R and Excel but is not a course in either. Most of the computations that are performed for the quizzes are pretty simple and require little skill in R.I am glad that I have taken the course and would take another if provided by this instructor. I plan to reference the materials provided in the future whenever I need a refresher.
Great Course! The material is very well presented. Highly recommended.
A great introduction. I feel like I know a lot more about bayesian statistics now. But I do mostly feel like there is quite a bit I don't know, and while I passed, I feel like there is quite a bit more I need to do to really 'get it'. The professor recommended some books in a discussion forum and I'll be going through some of those next I am sure. I also feel, looking back, I should have had some additional math preparation before starting. The calculus was vaguely familiar but with the pace of the lectures, I felt occasionally lost. I would have found it helpful if there was a quick primer on calculus to know and review at the beginning of the course. All in all great course. Loved the presentation method.
This course are excellent and Thanks for Prof for offering the course. I've learned a lot from the course. Thank you.
The course is a great introduction into Bayesian statistic analysis. I particularly liked the detailed explanations of where the parameter formulas came from. Also a great thing, in my opinion, was to write the explanations on the glass instead of just displaying the final results. It kind of provided a sense of interactivity and made the material more digestible for a person with not such a strong background in math. It greatly smoothed the learning curve for me and kept interested and motivated to finish the course. In the end the pace accelerated a bit but was still manageable. Four weeks seems a great duration for such a course - not becoming boring and tiring. Honors tests were quite easy, I'd prefer to have a little more challenge. Overall I'd recommend the course for everyone who wants a quick introduction into Bayesian statistics. It provides a solid background for further studies.
The course is nice, the lectures are really clear. Professor Lee is brilliant and he often gives some excellent interpretations of Bayesian results. For example, the classic example of testing for rare diseases is explained in terms of ratio of true positives to all positives. Another example is the explanation of predictive mean for normal models, or the explanation of noninformative priors. They're all clearer than what usually found in many books. The only limit of the course is that it's strictly an introduction, thus very useful topics for applications such as hierarchical models or nonconjugate models are not covered.
The course content is concise and straightforward. For novices it is very helpful
The material is good, but I've found the lectures challenging to understand even having some background in math. It would be good if all the definitions and key facts were stated more prominently in the lectures, as opposed to algebraic transformations which most readers can hopefully do on their own.
Out of 15 online courses I have taken over the last 3 years, this is the best. Professor Lee presents rather difficult material in a clear, detailed, style. The lesson quizzes are remarkably useful; it seems real care has been taken in aligning the questions with the key points in the lectures, and in furthering one's understanding of the same.
Great introduction to bayesian statistics
Good course. This course is quite challenging for people who don't major in math or physics. However, it isn't so difficult to understand as the post half of this course has a lot in common. In my experience, understanding the concept of priors and posterior estimation is the core of this course. Have fun learning this course.
Short, simple and clear explanations. I only regret the course is not longer.
it's very helpful for me to understand the Bayesian statistics. things are clearly stated and the quiz are good. Many thanks! It's better to have a further course on the Monte Carlo. It's better if the regression can be talked more in details.
I followed this class with a great enthousiasm. It was very clear and pedagogical !
Just an introduction to the topic but very clear.
Great course ! Simple and clear !
This course makes a lot of details clear to me. Thanks professor for this great course.I still have one question, is the professor writing on a transparent board in inverse pattern? The technique is amazing!
Excellent lectures by Herbert Lee. Great intuitive content for learners.
I enjoyed the course.
This course is a very good introductory of bayesian statistics. But it better that you have known the basic statistics inference.
good practice.
It was really useful
Very useful, full of important concepts which you can use in any field
One of the best courses I took on Coursera, and the best one for Business English learning so far in my opinion. The teachers know exactly what the ESL student need and put solid business material into it, which is really fantastic.Great job! This is the best one I could imgaine, and that I just want. Hope more great courses coming up in future.Thanks so much, and I really enjoy it and would appreciate every effort you've made in this course.
great course thanks
hey folks, what seems to be the easiest thing on the way to the top is taught here and carefully,what an amazing experience (!)
I thank Coursera for providing such platform to learn from word renowned universities. The course has been help me like anything in the teaching learning process. I feel highest level of satisfaction.I have a concern related to peer review assignment. What shall we do if the submitted peer review assignment is not up to the mark? If we review and rate as they deserve, they may do the same thing with our assignment. Less number of classmates is also a concern.In such case, I request the course mentors to take initiative and do the needful.Thank you
One of the most useful courses provided by Coursera, this course substantial improve my presentation skill; and I would recommend to all professions.
Excellent!! It is a great opportunity to get new skills. I really recommend this course.
Great.
Excellent. Thank you.
No TA, staff or instructor presence during the whole course. Students are left to their own devices.
Great way to showcase your newly learned skills. Extreme variety of projects reviewing other people's work. Very rewarding!
This is the rating for the whole specialization.1) Some course are nice and well done, but probably only 2-3 of the 9 (The entrepreneur one is really well done). But most of them are simply useless.2) It's too long. For the same amount of knowledge, I could have done just 3 WELL DONE courses.3) Most of courses are just things people read in front of a screen, without any passion or interest. And the concept are so easy I am wandering if they need to be teached at all.4) The exam are just sloppy. Even a monkey that didn't watch the video could answer them (sometimes I try to do the same and it works. If I already know what you will ask me, which kind of knowledge are you supposed to teach me?),5) About this project, the instructions are messed up.In the end, I finish it because it was my first specialization, and I was lucky enough to do the interesting one at the beginning, so I feel compelled to end it, but really, I am not sure It was worth my time.
Excellent, Nothing better than this to brush up your basic Management skills. in my opinion every manager should enroll for this Course
Great Course by Great University and best Teacher
Very educative and informative will definitely help in your career.
Brilliant course.. I learnt so much..
It was a great privilege for me to be here, i really benefited from it, it increased my potentials on construction management... Thank you so much..
thanks alot
Thanks from professor Odeh and his colleagues.
Very good course for civil engineer
You need to be working in a specific discipline to do each line item on a spreadsheet for detailed estimating. Here several ways of estimating are presented from budget to detail. Also Lean philosophy is incorporated. Owner cost protection and project specification, with respect to cost and ROI are addressed.In short if you are already an engineer, then these concepts are job applicable Right A Way (RAW).If you are learning, then this is also the right place to start. It may open a new door for your next job.You can list this achievement to your CV/Resume.I recommend you take all 4 parts of the Construction Management program thru Coursera, course work created by Columbia University.
Very important for civil engineers
Complete garbage...items not really presented in relevant details with respect to standard industry practices. What you will learn here is not how things are done on the job.
The course content covers a lot of topics related to practical cost estimation and cost control and the presenters did a good job in relating theory to real life experience examples and they were very engaging.The downside was with the test and quiz questions, there where several errors to what the questions asked in relation to what the actual answers where intended. All the quiz/test section needs an entire overhauled and a detailed reviewed should be undertaking to correct all the questions in relation to the provided answers.
Good Topics, but covered at a very basic level.
THE COURSE IS GREAT
Very helpful and interesting course...
It seems like the team have tried to do the whole course in one take! Perhaps some practice would have been in order? at least to work out what they are going to say next.... content is ok so far but delivery is tough to listen to.
I was fortunate to enroll for this program and i learned a lot. Now I'm confident to address the questions, issues and resolve with the solutions in Data Management for Clinical research. I've already recommended to my colleagues to enroll. Thank you very much...!!!
Quite an informative course to take briefly. It was able to shed light on what the thought process for work a data manager must use. Would be great if more real world application on how inter-working the data manager is with the rest of the team conducting the research study.
I find the course helpful and a good introduction into data management. I'm hoping that there is a follow up course to take us further and deeper in planning for a study and data analysis.
The teachers clearly explain the knowledge in clinical trial, using understandable words and examples.
Very good! Very interesting how to design a eCRF for a clinical trial
I feel I learned a lot in this course coming from a research scientist perspective trying to switch careers. I had some informal training at the pharmaceutical company in clinical data management, but this went over nitty gritty of the process and area of data management. Although it did not use the typical Oracle Clinical or related software, it did introduce us to REDcap. Just be aware that this is not a course that will teach you the job of a clinical data manager and show you how to use all the software, it is a course that introduces you to the topic of data management and REDcap. I still highly recommend it.
Excellent course! Enter the marvellous world of RedCap!
I went into this class thinking it was going to be dry, but it turns out to have been one of the best classes I have ever taken.
Much of the survey building topics were rudimentary, but the content covering regulatory concerns and Mobile Medicine considerations were worth the entire course. I recommend it for anyone who would like to get familiar with Clinical data capture concerns.
This course was a revelation of sorts. Although I have never underestimated the planning phase of any study, the level of attention given to the data to be collected, the conscious effort to be put in and the conscientious care taken at each and every step to maintain the data integrity in this course opened my eyes!!
well constructed! I am so glad I took my time in the course :) Thanks
Even though I didn't learn anything significantly new from this course, I believe it served as a great refresher when it comes to data management. Also, this course could also be applied to data management in general and not just for clinical research.
Great Course
Not very applicable -just a bunch of concepts.It feels like a very disorganised course.Paul Harris is extremely repetitive and takes so much time to get to the point. Sometimes he over-explains unnecessary things. His lectures need serious upgrade.Lecturers speak too slow, I have to use the 1.5x speed not to fall asleep.
Very practical!
The course content is good but sometimes very fast paced. The downside of the course relates to the peer-review system of some of the assignments. You can get stuck with a failed assignment for weeks and you have to kindly ask in the forums for someone to review it.
Practical and flexible powerful tool for building a research database
Other than minor technical glitches, excellent way to learn about clinical research, REDCap & general data management principles.
Interesting course! But the lecture videos are too long.
Very good course. Learned alot
This course was a very disappointing experience since it is designed around depending on peer reviewed assignments that don't get graded. I have been waiting for over 3 months for the 1st assignment to get regraded.In the future I suggest the creators of this course stay away from peer graded assignment as it puts students in a position where their grade depends on others and not the knowledge the student acquires from the course content.
Excellent course! I do not have a background in clinical research, but the instructors did a great job of explaining each subject and testing our knowledge and understanding. I would highly recommend this course!
It was very nice course,thank you for the course instructors,and thank you coursera !
Very informational with hands on experience. Highly recommend it to others who are looking for basic courses in clinical data management.
This is excellent course for me as I started my career in as data management assistant for clinical trial and this course help me to learn all the things that I must know to do my job properly. Thanks lecturer and supporting staff who make this course more enjoyable and I hope to start a new course with Coursera again.
Very interesting and relevant course for anyone interested in research involving human subjects. The teachers are very good at making a 'boring' and difficult subject interesting by providing thorough examples and very good online hand-on tools. Excellent course!
Very interesting!
It was a helpful course which thought the basics of Clinical Data management. The sections on RedCap were new to me and I am happy about learning something new today. Congrats to the team for putting together a useful course. Hope to see more courses like these.
Very good and useful for those wish to pursue a career in Clinical Data Management.The classes were very good and the syllabus was well structured.Thanks for providing this opportunity and my sincere wishes to the lecturers and technical staffs.
Fantastic!!! Very useful. highly Interesting content
Red Cap is very helpful in understanding Managing Clinical Data and understanding various concepts.
This is course is simply amazing. Everyone involved with research, specially if provided access to RedCap at the home institution, should take this wonderful course.
Very useful tools to figure it out the rational thinking before initiates a research project
good for people who don't have any background about coding, and want to build a prototype of an app
I do not recommend this course. It did not fill my expectations. I am not able to create application for mobile phone after finishing it.First 4 modules were somehow useful but since module 5 onward it is just waste of time, I did not learn anything useful, I did not learn how to code. Advices for sources were very shallow and it was not shown how to work with them. I could gain same information with basic search engine request.The teacher is nice and willing to give information to students. But unfortunatelly he did not prepare for recordings of videos. His speeches lacked structure and focus. Very often he was lost in talking and he often re-explained (in detail) staff which was already explained in previous videos. This caused that videos were too long considering the amount of knowledge that was provided to students and watching them was waste of time.The course was shallow, information did not go deep. Students participation was not supported (nor required) after 1 module.
Interesting concept.However, in my opinion, there is sometimes a lack of :- practice especially for the coding part (entire courses are exclusively theoretical)- explanations (during the courses, I have heard several times this sentence : "don't ask me why", which is disappointing in my learner experience and frustrating not to get the answers I was expecting.)- subject mastering (the "teacher" seems to be lost sometimes and admits not being able to explain some parts of the course, which may confuse and demotivate learners not knowing exactly what they are being teached and how it works.Moreover, in the courses covering database subject, security issues are involved. Example week 6 - c video how to send a ROAR from the app to the internet)
This Course is awesome! I am by no means techie. They really break it down, I am so excited to see what i can create!!
excellent. i enjoyed and learned a lot participating in the course.
Good explanation
I learned a lot of useful information in this course--my first on Coursera--and I'm really excited to see how I will apply the things I learned here in real projects. Although I think that it would be beneficial if the course also required us to submit our code (not just watch and read) and also explain github at least a little, I feel that I am well-primed now to acquire more knowledge of how to make apps in the future. I positively adored the instructor (his accent and way of explanation made it so fun). Thanks, Clement!
my favorite Course.. :)
Nice Lesson and good subject
Best bang for the buck on Coursera. Beauty in simplicity. Commendably concise. If you're interested in mobile programming I suggest taking this course FIRST to avoid becoming overwhelmed. This may be the only class you need, or you may take more from the schools offering longer and more expensive specializations. Either way, take this class first!
An amazing tool for entrepreneurs
I really liked this course...its ideal for people new to mobile apps and who wants to quickly build mobile apps.
Great course for people with little or no experience in programming. Clement is great deliverer.
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This Course is very easy to learn, all it's themes are so good explained.I'm sorry but I might to change the RATE of this course.All went well until the course started reading the explanation of code , after that ... I lost , and I could not continue , because It just came out of nowhere , coding , there wasn't a previous step that says , we will encode here , or are we going to do this somewhere ... just appeared and disappeared as it appeared ... ... we were very well ... but I can not say much more !
Pretty good beginner's cource
I'm already in week 4 and the course has been great. the lecture videos are easy to follow and there's so much content available.
Excellent course, with plenty of encouragement, community discussion, interaction, and of course learning! This course sets a high standard of how a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) should be. If you have any interest in coding mobile apps, CODAPPS is a great place to start. Coding can be fun, and opportunity awaits! See for yourself. :-)
the course is very well made and easy to
It is a course that will provide you a start on creating a Mobile App. The subject matter is very well presented and exercises are well thought of. It does give you the glimpse into programming and deployment of the app to your mobile. It does not make you an avid programmer of mobile app. It does brush upon the geo position tutorial. But overall very concise and well thought through topics.
I can't understand why this guy is trying to teach me if he doesn't know how to code?!
This Amazing Course
well structured
Really Cool, I love it!
Awesome !!! Similar to asp.net :D
This was a nice course, it put everything together from the previous 3.
Good examples...a little hokey pokey, but still good to see a good example of the coach in action. The fact that you are required to do a video of your own is not comfortable, but necessary to actually do it and not be intimidated by it!
It was a very good course which provided a thorough platform for launching and up scaling the coaching conversation skills
This was a fantastic course as it brings to fulfillment all the learnings of the previous courses. There are practical components which challenge the learner in a good way and bring to the fore reflective learning.
Very good course. Specially the assignment where in the participant gets to record the coaching conversation and shares for review. Also, gets a chance to review the assignment of fellow partici
I've enjoyed the material/ideas in this course and the way Kris Plachy presented the information. I do like her Introductions before content, and then ending each lecture with her Summary. And definitely enjoy her Podcasts during the course, they are very valuable and reinforcing. (I also appreciate her 'signature chuckle' ... gotta love it.) .... M
The videos of coaching are really well done. Highly recommended course.
A very practical courses. Very good introduction to Big Data sources and Computational Analysis tool.
Thank you so much. I experienced a new work in the MOOC of Calvin. I sincerely hope that this lecture provides a new light with the name of hope in Korean
I learned so much from it. The professors are greatly knowledgeable and the materials are helpful.
Extraordinary!!
very comprehensive course on bitcoin related technologies and economic theory
Great course. Love to see more of this material.Please find my promotion for it here on the first blockchain based social network:https://steemit.com/education/@blocklab/education-bitcoin-and-blockchain-technology-by-princeton-university-freeIf you want to donate Bitcoins for me to write further blog posts:1MaJ18dULBEMcGEkes4KQDFzMUt5TdHufh
The best course on bitcoin out there!
Course content good but labs difficult to work with as no offline unit tests were provided which made debugging painful.
This course gave me a good understanding of Bitcoin and fundamental mechanisms of main alternative cryptocurrencies. A good balance between theory and programming assignments helps to to deepen the understanding of matter. I found particularly interesting the explanation of how Bitcoin achieves decentralization. I was also surprised to find how many different applications could benefit from a decentralized infrastructure similar to the Bitcoin network.
Great
The course was really helpful.Considering the fact that I was not from security background, it went very smoothly
Well paced, very informative, challenging enough.
It is an excellent course with good resources. The only problem is that you need to know Java to pass this course. It should have better assignments to evaluate us.
I think that it would be a good idea to improve the grader, release more informative assignment information (take a look at the Algorithms course for example) and lecture materials in pdf format.
Extremely good course. Only drawback is that the assignments cannot really be checked independently.
Very well organized course about this fascinating technology!
The course is quite great! At least I wouldn't be silly when talking about the Bitcoin stuff. However, students like me who don't have any previous knowledge about crypto technologies should first read through the text book.....
The only downside of this course is Java.
Great course! Explain bitcoin system with a very friendly way. The topic is well covered with recent update. Strongly recommended.
As an introduction to cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in particular the lectures were top quality, and I returned a number of times to watch certain parts again. Thank you for well prepared lectures and material. The java exercises I found a bit laborous and not exactly matching with the content of the lectures; for someone with a lot of experience in java probably easier, but as I saw in the forum discussions, many java programmers had difficulty finding their way to the solution as well.
Good overview of crypto currency. The programming assignments are interesting (can help if there is some support on the forum). overall good program for someone wanting to learn blockchain
Course has very good content and well structured. However it lacks more details on the mechanics, under the hood functioning of Blockchains.The practical assignments are not adequate. Propose more exercises that goes up in incremental content and difficulties and allow students to get more practical insight upon how a blockchain really works.
Nice course with troublesome assignments.
This course is a very good introduction to blockchain technology and popular in nowadays Bitcoin currency. However the main disadvantages are assigments which are hard to accomplished because there aren't any tests attached, so you cannot check on your computer whether your solution is good or not and you cannot debug your code to find an issue if it isn't ;)
This course is a glorified Nakamoto whitepaper. It explains every nuance of it and goes beyond that. Even for scientists looking to do research on cryptocurrencies this course is a valuable reference to get some hints on where it might be worth investigating. All of these without feeling too scientific or informal.Assignments are a little inconvenient at first, but they provide a good insight on some details which need practice to understand.Overall, definitely highly recommended.
Great course, thank you
Great!
Testing environment for coding assignments was difficult to use to troubleshoot programs for errors.
Liked it very much. The exercises, however, could be better explained in some parts
I really enjoyed the videos and i get a good knowledge.
I really enjoyed the depth of the information in the course and the forward looking view of 'where does bitcoin go from here.'
Great overview of Bitcoin, solid foundation in Blockchain. This industry is fast moving so its a bit dated with its content -- for example, this was done before Ethereum so it is not mentioned at all. Needs to be updated. Plus -- no certificate dings it one more for me...
Overall it is a great course. Just think that the assignment could have been break into many smaller sections with a slower learning curve.
Good introduction to understand the fundamentals of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.The assignments in JAVA are quite challenging. They are cleverly chosen so that you can understand the problems under the design of a cryptocurrency.
Comprehensive and interesting course, covering BitCoin related topics in an easy to comprehend way.One thing that can be improved are programming assignements - it would be much easier if there would be project (Eclipse, IntelliJ, maven, ...) and unit tests provided.
Thorough overview of relevant topics.
Very good course, but be prepared to do some non-trivial java programming as part of the assignments.
The theory part is quite good: you get a rather strong in-detail understanding of the technology behind Bitcoin. The Java programming assignments, however, are an organizational disaster.
Wonderful course
Programming assignments are probably the best part as they force your to learn.
Very Informative and a great entry level course to get started on blockchain and bitcoin space.
great course (the provided material and assignments) to understand the basics of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
Programming exercises were really helpful for understanding. Advanced course including more programming exercises would be very interesting.
It is difficult to complain too much about a free course, but I expected more from a course carrying the name Princeton. The videos were generally well done and interesting, but did contain factual errors almost every week.Unfortunately the instructors were absent from the forums after a couple replies the first week. The homework assignments were disorganized, provided components contained errors, the grading system had problems and the requirements were often unclear. The assignments require Java programming experience (not mentioned in course description). Most importantly, the assignments in no way reflected what was taught in the course videos. They were of course related, but were implementing parts of a bitcoin node, but in a simplified manner. The textbook PDF is good.It would have been nice to have assignments working with real bitcoin (or testnet) transactions, sigs, verification, hashing, etc.Anyhow, I'm enthusiastic about this subject matter, so I'm just happy the course exists, but don't expect a glossy polished course... it's a rough ride.Here is another Bitcoin course that looks good: https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/bitcoin-decentralized-technology
There is quite a bit of material within this course. Having the supplementary book and Princeton online material helped substantially especially when debugging the assignments.
Very useful information about bitcoin and blockchain in general.
Good course but I found it a little difficult to follow. The prof. speaks very fast. It becomes a little uneasy to follow the slides and I need to pause the video frequently.
great course
The best resource to really understand how Bitcoin works
Well organized and insightful content.
good and very informative
Loved this course! It was very thorough. However I think assignments could have been made more clearer as it was often hard to figure out what needed to be done without checking discussion forums.
Despite some issues with the automated grading of programming assignments this course was a great immersion into Bitcoin, surrounding technologies, and research areas. It is a great foundational course that prepares the student for many possible career opportunities as well as advanced studies in the field. The textbook is outstanding as are the lectures.
Very helpful to understand Cryptocurrency!
The course is very good!
Well structured, good explanations. Tests require java programming skills, could be a good idea to divide them into smaller pieces and combine them with other type of tests, so they can be distributed every other week instead of having 3 big programming exercises.
The course is comprehensive and covers technical, social, economic. legal aspects of Bitcoin. The technical treatment is hands on and gives a really good fell for how bitcoin and blockchain works compared to several other sources where treatment is superficial.There are several parts of the course I was not able to get a clear understanding - such as implementation of the actual bitcoin core in the stack based script. Also I found the questions for the programming assignments convoluted and not very helpful in describing what is required from the student. Had it not been for discussions on the student forum I would not have been able to complete the final assignment.Despite the shortcomings I would recommend this for someone who is good in Java and would like to get a technical as well as comprehensive understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
Course is good. Content wasn't updated after its initial run in 2014, so doesn't include recent developments. Could include a section on ethereum. Programming exercises could be structure better and unit tests could be exposed to students.
Lectures were extremely good, but assignments and graders were very low quality and difficult to decipher requirements from. Professors and TAs were not active in the forums.
Great course. Very well explained topics. The only criticism would be on lack of tests in coding tasks, and only one language supported. (Java)
Great course, definitely a complete introduction to crypto-currencies.Lectures are great and assignments interesting and insightful.Keep them coming !!!I would have only one recommendation: Try making a certificate course, and for example, the final exam would be to create a simplified cyptocurrency from scratch :)
If possible I would rate a 4.5 out of 5 for this course. The lecturers are very good and comprehensive (compared to all other sources I found in the web) at explaining how cryptocurrencies (especially BTC) work and what the up- and downsides are. The workload for lecture videos is pretty low for each week (1-2h a week) which makes the learning targets pretty easy to achieve in the proposed time. I found the programming assignments quite difficult when beginning with each one, since one needs to read and understand (most) of several hundred lines of starter code and also needs to understand the task setting which uses a somewhat different terminology than used in the lectures. Also for assignment 1 and 3 there is no simple test code provided to at least partially test your code submission candidates. That makes it hard to debug in case of small logical errors that cannot be detected by the compiler but probably break the complete solution and result in a very low score. I had no experience in Java programming before the start of this course but with a one day crash course of Java for Python programmers I managed to complete all assignments in time (and learn at least the basic principles of Java, which is nice for itself). Each assignment is expected to take 3h by the creators of the course. The come up with a high score (not just passing) I needed to invest about 5-9 hours for each assignment which is probably but not exclusively due to the little knowledge of Java. Nevertheless I would encourage the creators of this course to use Python assignments for future courses since this would make prototyping a lot easier (due to it's interactivity) and attract more students without having real downsides (at least to my knowledge). All in all I really enjoyed this course and would like to thank all lecturers and the Princeton University for making this course accessibly free of charge for everybody. Thanks a lot!
Please More Videos about Boincoin and Blockchain relation with programation
I enjoyed talking this course and it was a in-depth course on cryptocurrency. I loved the course thanks to coursera
The lectures provided an excellent overview to Bitcoin technology, its place in the world and the potential of cryptocurrency-based approaches.. The assignments were more technically challenging, requiring some knowledge of Java programming and data structures and requiring some extra thought on the algorithms for the highest marks..The assignments might be made more accessible if they were integrated more systematically with the lecture concepts but nevertheless the end result is a very impressive and useful course.
so great!
I find this course prepared very well. There are many perspectives and this course does not concentrate on the technology only. I find this course very helpful. The level is more then just beginner.
Why is this marked as complete there are more weeks of lectures?
This course is very interesting, I learned a lot of thing about bitcoin ecosystem and technology behind them. The programming assignment is challenging. Thank you.
Assignments would need to be improved...
The course is just amazing, the assignments on the other hand are much less: hard, grader issues ...Thank you!
This is just an addendum to my previous review. To make every bodies life easier, I would suggest imposing a requirement that all homework be done using Eclipse. It is a popular IDE for Java programming and certainly adequate for this course. Then, I would have the homework cast as an Eclipse Java Project for each assignment. In each raw assignment, include something like theDropBoxTest code that gives a testing framework. Personally, I would do that with a JUNIT style framework. Again, it just makes life easier. You could even bare bones testing assertions and have the students add their own stuff in which is what I eventually wound up doing. The test, themselves show how you expect the whole thing should work.Then, we students would import the homework as a new project, do what needs to be done and just submit the code developed. The point of including the testing framework is that ambiguities or interpretational variations can much reduced in what we are being asked to do. I found that all my problems pretty much came down to thinking about how I would implement the functionality of the specification quite differently then how it needed to be done to fit into the grading framework. There is really a lot of hidden specification in the grading framework. I could not have done the assignments without the DropBox... framework. The grading process gave very little hints about what might have gone wrong, which is ok for grading, but not so useful for debugging the problem. I think this kind of project approach would reduce a fair amount of the forum questions, and, at the same time, make this course more accessible for Java nubies.
Very nice course. Everything explained very detailed with examples and of course most important practice problems to program by myself so that I can remember the principles of work of ScroogeCoin system data validation. The one thing I miss is that I am unable to choose another programming language instead of Java
Good oversight of the ideas of crypto currencies in general and many details about BitCoin in special. The programming assignments gave me a good impression about the technical considerations in order to establish distributed consensus.A mostly fascinating topic presented in a mostly usable way.
Love this course! The lectures were outstanding. I took one star off for the programming assignments. There is much wasted time required. No test framework is given that allows developing code outside of the grader. And trying to debug code by submitting to the grader is difficult and time consuming.
The course and the teachers are amazing. I learned a lot of new things about the Blockchain technology and I also learned many things from the assignments. You should include more assignments in the future. It would be very constructive if you can create some suggestive diagrams in the assignments and if you can present the results for some simple test cases.
This course offers a full coverage of the topic. The programming assignments are very useful to apply the lessons.
thank you very much
Inattentive lectures. There're only a few videos that are worth watching. You need to be prepared for wasting a lot of time for programming assignments -- it's not because the assignments are tough but because of poor descriptions and out of sync with lectures. If you're interested, just download the online material (not videos) and read through it. Much better than wasting your time with the lecture videos and assignments.
Good course, but without Certificates!
The content and videos are good, but the programming assignments could really use some work to make them easier to understand and implement.
Great class, very interesting assignments, a lot to learn.
very interesting course. Thank you!
Incredible. Good Job
First and foremost, i want to say a big thank you to 'coursera' , and the speaker in charge of the class, 'Professor Edward W. Felten'It is nice lecture, still taking the classes. and i love his 'audibility', it is superb.am so enjoying the class.
Great teachers and topic.
Easy to understand and very Useful.
good course
It´s great, Excellent ,I recommend Spanish subtitles .Thank.
Dear Dr. Odeh,Thank You and Kudos for gathering and organizing such a high quality material for the CM Scheduling course. Valuable Hands-on exercises and best of all, having lecturers that are authorities in their field.I look forward to following with CM Budgeting and later CM Finance.With all appreciation,Hanna "Tino" Brenalt
Very good content
Very Informative.
Thanks Mr Odeh, this course is very helpful f
Lots of bugs
I like the course for its clear structure and straightforward content.
Its a very good way to start learning how to schedule a project and all the possibilities you have.
Exposure to numerous areas of scheduling software. The presenters were successful at getting across software exposure to the students. Further to scheduling software there were also scheduling analysis software introduction.
Thank You Prof. Odeh, this course i giving me better perception on the construction scheduling. Perfect!
I am really fascinated by this course and its a first step towards Project Planning and specially Lean Scheduling Its a brilliant and advance method in Construction field.
The Course is very interesting and helpful from all prospective. I'm the project Owner and it was great experience for better understanding of the scheduling, different techniques and Lean Delivery.
Great course, very informative !
Very useful and concice, thanks!
THE COURSE WAS AWESOME
This is an excelent course to learn the art and craft of Construction Scheduling.
A very good course on Project scheduling, both theory and calculation.Very very great!
The course is very helful in understanding the various concept of scheduling. The course material gives to the poibt views and examples to understand tbe concept and very nicely delivered.
I really learnt a lot.
Very briefly covered and clearly explained, but in my opinion it needs to add more on Risk assessment and management, and baseline scheduling.
I can really imagine how helpful to course is to me, I really got so much information which could help to better my position.
This is a very powerful course with pragmatic solutions to daily coaching. Kris Plachy provides us a set of tools and techniques to implement straight away. I appreciate very much the work examples she gives and the way she deals with r
Week three quiz is real bad. I suggest you give it a try and see for yourself.
Great Course! Would recommend to all those would like to set up Coaching Culture and learn about coaching tools. The tools discussed are very effective and easy to implement and practice.
good course
Great course! I have some experience in HR, and also in coaching and I find the information very useful.
Found a lot of the tools in this class to be helpful in my career.
A good course with valuable insights, however, I'd like to see more assignments
Great course. At the end of the course you will have all you need to establish coaching practices in you company.
I think this course has many practical tips for coaching process
Good and brilliant one
Good tools and explanations, good audio. Thanks!
Useful and able to practice right now !
Great course with really clear lectures! Nice methodologies to get management related stuff done!
Thanks for bringing us an excellent program and valuable tools for managers!Coaching is a key element in the organizations for handling the human resource and lead them to better performance and results that will set the path for the organizational achievement of goals integrating its employees.I´m glad to say that your course is very complete as it is an assorted set of enriching learning elements: video-lessons, quizzes, readings, peer-review assesments, and the suggested activities like interviewing an actual coach - which is a very fulfilling experience in the learning process and one of my favorite activities for it leads you to interact with a real coach.Please keep delivering and developing quality education. I express my sincere and grateful: Thanks!
Very good lessons.
Very comprehensive course content. An excellent way to get an overview of the English legal system. The tutor is very concise and explains technical areas in a well-paced, clear manner.
A first class course; interesting and enjoyable. Thought provoking content, which was logically, enthusiastically, and professionally delivered. The method of testing was imaginative and stretching.
Overall very detailed and informative. A great way to get insight into English Common Law. I just felt that in the last week (6), perhaps the transcripts in English had a few mistakes and seemed to be missing out a few words of the lecturer. Also a few grammatical mistakes, which seemed slightly odd? Nevertheless. Very happy ultimately.
A well structured course on Common Law.
pretty good course
Comprehensive introductory course that sets a good foundation for future study in English Law
Thank you very much for such interesting and useful course, which allowed me, a man who lives in the country with another jurisdictional system, to get better acquainted with common law, its principles and values. I really enjoyed it, got much from it and hope to continue my study of English common law further someday
Right amount of detail that the concepts don't overwhelm (or even bore for that matter) and one gets the whole, clear picture. Enjoyable. Great job done by Professor Adam. Word of advice, course could really do with an additional week on BREXIT and its likely consequences in the long-run.
Extensive and useful! Many thanks to the staff!
Brilliant course from best University of the world.
Good enough, but too difficult to understand if you are from another legal system. I would suggest to simplify a course and fill it with more examples. Every test was great! Thank you.
The testing element could be improved with in-video quizzes and the end of chapter test could be expanded to include more varied and generally more questions. The lecturer is clearly top-notch and an expert in his field. Very informative and thoroughly enjoyed it.
it was a fantastic experience
Given the nature of law courses (a lot of reading), there needs to be a great deal more written information on the lecture slides. Quotes from pieces of legislation, judgements from various courts, quotes from politicians etc. need to be provided on the slides, otherwise students are either left to search through the transcript, which contains numerous spelling and grammatical errors, or write what Prof. Gearey is saying which means continuously stopping and starting the lectures to get it all down. IN SHORT: Better lecture slides with more information on.
Excellent course giving a deep insight into the origins and spirit of the common law, as well as its functioning! I particularly enjoyed Professor Geary's elucidation and examples on common law and in particular, EU law and human rights law.
Great
A brief course of the key principles of common law and its relation with EU law. The course provides some theoretical knowledge as well as professor Gearey's explanation and clarification that makes it useful and interesting.
Taking this course in January/ February 2017, I found it to be jumbled, out-dated and frustrating.Materials are presented in a chaotic, roundabout way, which is neither chronological nor thematic, leaving huge lacunae. The initial lecture started with an entirely uncontextualised location-visit to Lewes, and mention of the Battle of Lewes in the Barons' War, with plenty of merry jumping over the *rather more important* Magna Carta. In later lectures, there is similar dancing around the English Civil War, which is shocking, given its constitutional importance... and then lots of vague, hand-wavy references to European law. I understand that these lectures were filmed before last summer's shock result in the EU referendum, but - honestly - would it have killed Professor Gearey to have discussed the context and possible implications of the referendum? By contrast, I'm currently following a Futurelearn course which is a repeat iteration of the original material (that's how online courses are viable - I understand that) BUT which the educator cared about enough to updated with topical material from the very week in which we were following it (Week 1 of President Trump)!It would have been far better to have gone into the Common Law course with clear historical anchors (e.g. Magna Carta, Civil War, Great Reform Act, EU membership), which would have given a proper framework for studying the development of common law, through cases and precedent. Instead, we get Professor Gearey sliiiiiiding into half a dozen subjects per lecture and then "leaving that question there for a later lecture."I must mention that other lecturer is much more coherent, and that he talks sensibly through various cases, actually demonstrating how precedent works. However, that's just not enough to make up for Professor Gearey's flibbertigibbet style of exposition, which seems to make up the bulk of the course.On a technical level, the un-corrected transcripts of "lectures" were a huge headache, since they didn't make much more sense than the lectures themselves, and at times made even less sense, due to incorrect transcriptions. It was particularly frustrating to have legal references mis-spelled (e.g. "Blackstone" as "Blackspen"), making it difficult to track down better sources to supplement the lectures.I can't actually be bothered to see this course through to the end, and am very glad I didn't purchase it.
It is very good to understand all the base of Common Law, but need to be updated in some aspects with the advent of Brexit.
The content is good, but it's lacking articles, important bills etc..; and the quizzes aren't very hard
No slides or writen support to guide the student.
I have found this a deeply frustrating experience. The main lecturer, Professor Adam Gearey, clearly knows his subject well but is a terrible communicator. His lectures are poorly constructed, repetitious and sometimes confusing. He seems at times to be delivering the lecture as a stream of consciousness rather than a properly prepared lecture: as a result he sometimes misspeaks himself, for example saying that murder trials are conducted in the High Court rather than the Crown Court, and these errors have not been picked up and corrected. I am forced to wonder whether anybody in the University of London team bothered to quality check these videos. These problems are compounded by the uncorrected subtitles and 'transcripts' of the lectures, obviously done by somebody with no understanding of the subject. It is also frustrating that when I raised these concerns in the weekly discussion forum, I received replies from a volunteer moderator which were so badly written as to be almost unintelligible. This moderator made no attempt to enter into constructive discussion, but told me that 'you cannot say our professor is wrong because you disagree with him' and that I should 'read the sentence properly': in other words, no criticism, however constructive, can be tolerated. Even some of the questions in the quizzes are carelessly constructed: for example, the 'correct' answer to q8 in the final quiz uses the word 'allowed' (which implies an element of discretion) instead of 'required', which would have properly reflected the provision in question (s.6 HRA 1998 - 'the authority could not have acted differently' ). All in all, the presentation of this course falls far short of the academic standards I expected from a university with London's reputation.
The court helped me to construct a set of comprehensive and systematic knowledge of English Comm
a wonderful introduction to the the law, and a fascinating new educational experience for me as a year 12 student that has provided me with knowledge and insights that are hard to find at this stage of my education. although at times i felt the lectures got slightly repetitive, this course has provided me with valuable skills that i will certainly draw upon in the future.
Useful update for old students.
Outstanding course, with great lecturers
Interesting .
This is a superb introduction to the principles of common law and how it functions in the UK. I would have liked supplementary reading, whether mandatory for the course or merely suggested.
Unnecessary video segment at the start of each lecture is annoying and a total waste of time. The content of the course lacks in substance compared to the "An Introduction to American Law" course. So much time spent on European effect on British law: this is not a course for lawyers, I would presume, but supposed to be an introduction.
very good! The teacher is professional. The course is worth of learning lots of times. I love the course.
Some videos are lively... some questions are unnecessarily hard... the instructor is generous and learned.
The course needs pdf files for additional information.
Great Course! Highly Recommended!
Very interesting course and very insightful as well!!
Excellent course for beginners to understand what is Common Law about and how it's really working. Greatly presented materials by Professor Gearey. I strongly recommend this course for first-year law students outside Commons Law jurisdiction or for graduates that are interested in studying in the UK. Cheers
Incredibly informative and well explained for people who don't already have a basic understanding of the common law. Also manageable hours for people who are busy.
Like it, very interesting and useful !!! Thanks a lot
Really badly organised. Course lectures are interesting however end of section quizes have no relevance to the material taught. There are no external links or additional relevant material attached to even link the question to the lessons taught.
A very well-designed short-term course. Served my purpose in exploring the English Common Law and the English Court system. Thanks to Prof. Gearey for putting together this wonderful presentation.
Excellent course! Professor Gearey delivers this course really well!
Wonderful course, packed with vital information.
It was a great learning experience. Professor not only teaches the concepts but socialise common law principles, structures and history through examples and discussion. At the same time, a very generous initiative by coursera to provide learning opportunity for underprivileged.
All talking, don't even have slides to assist with the presentation of materials, also seemed to have focused too much on the European Union/Convention instead of the Common Law itself.
Very Good Good. The professor is super brilliant and funny. What an attractive course!
This is an excellent course for those who seek for the basic ideas of common law, especially the English Common Law as well as the relationship between the English law and the European law. This course is very useful and easy to understanding even if you are not living in the United Kingdom. Everything starts from its roots and you can easily follow the concepts even you are not familiarise with the history and background of the United Kingdom. Another reason I love this course because this course spreads the European law, especially the European Convention of Human Rights, to the whole duration of course which allow students like me to understand how and why this convention is so important to the English Common Law.
Useful course for exposure to debates that animate the common law, with some bits about the relationship of English and European law, pre-Brexit. It's probably fair to say this course offers some experience in the elusive skill of how to think like a lawyer. The legal debates might seem a bit pedantic to all but the specialist. For example, the course attempts to sketch in the debates about proper use of precedent, with frequent reminders that the task of fully developing such debates is beyond the scope of the course--I'll bet some students were thinking, thank goodness it's beyond the scope. It's all clear enough, and delivered pretty much exclusively in traditional lecture format--there's even a lectern. Each of these lessons about the legal debates outlines and develops the opposing sides but doesn't give you a whole lot of new content to be tested. Thus, many of the quiz questions are on comprehending passages from cases, statutes, or commentary. Such quiz questions sometimes feel like those reading comprehension questions from a standardized test, rather than tests of the material covered in the lesson.
The contents look great. I just can't wait to begin this course.
I found the presentation of this course very straight forward,
This was a very informative course. It will be interesting to see how the laws will change with The United Kingdom exiting the European Union.
Thank you a most enjoyable and informative course.Baie dankie, ek het my gate uit geniet!
It has add knowledge to me as I'm pursuing a law class
Goes into constitution, EU Human Rights, and lots more. Gives you a strong foundation to build your understanding of the history and current status of Common Law. Thank You!
I am an engineer with no background in law, but found it rather easy to follow Prof Gearey as he neatly unravelled the hidden logic of a complex, amorphous subject. The lectures build on the topic from first principles and the quizzes are well designed. I am hooked on the subject and am ready to tackle some of the more difficult subjects.
A very informative course
A very lucid yet succinct introduction to the Common law.
Interesting material and good teacher but very poor use of the media (an audio file would have been sufficient for most lectures) and low quality recording for some lectures (background noises, echos, wind...)
A great starting point for further study in Common Law. The course explores the interaction of UK law with the law of the international conventions (Human Rights and the European Union). Prior knowledge of certain basic concepts of law (Ratio Decidendi, Obiter Dicta, Judicial process etc.) is recommended.
Interesting course on the English legal system. Just keep in mind that the audio is not that great in some areas. However I highly recommend this course.
Extremely useful to understand and learn about the Commom Law.
Informative and engaging.
It is an extremely informative course that presents a lot of information in an interesting way. It's a very serious course, so I'm glad that it's so accessible.
this course is help for the communication
After finish this cousre I gainted many usefull knowledge about communication.
Very well organized course...
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Quizzes are extremely subjective and hard to pass. Couldn't find direct relation between content and questions. Cultural barriers might be to blame.
I need access to the quizzes
This course is a good one!
Great course to sharpen communication skills.
It wasn't challenging but more irrelevant to what I'd guess is a lot of "workplaces"
This course very usefull!
Simple and nice course
A wonderful format. Easy to follow and great learning materials.
I liked it very much, helps to develop personal and corporate communication.
thanks it just needs more time
Overall a good class but the required reading links could use some help as they didn't always seem to cover the videos of that section.
Cheesy. If you mess up in your delivery, press the little button and start over! Needs some judicious editing.
Short but well put together with many additional external recources (readings)!
Communication and Active listening is so very crucial.
While the course materials themselves were very useful, the quizzes didn't feel like an effective test of the material and consisted of very few questions, which didn't leave room for error (especially problematic because some questions were subjective).
I like the course content but the presenter needs to have a more friendly way to present it.
Kinda disappointed that in a course about Communication, Margaret can be such a "so-so" communicator herself. Except that, the course is good and offers some cool tips on how to deal with that new ways of communication that we must deal of.
Good course to learn communicating with various types of people in various environment.
hurry up. we need to finish all the course
Simple and nice course ... to the point
Very well explained and with rich support material.
Relevant Information, well documented and easy to understand !!!
Course is very informative and practical
Always good to learn how to communicate in an efficient way, even with new technology
This course is fantastic!
I did not meet my expectations from the course
The extra/outside content provided is great. As others have stated, but clearly not adjusted, some of the quiz questions aren't clear items covered in the material (which is frustrating).
I enjoyed this course. I used it for personal development. It gave great tools and information to think about as a middle manager and how to properly communicate with
Margaret Meloni was constantly looking down to read directly from a poorly-rehearsed script while trying to stumble through phrasing and lecture points. Considering this is a course about communication, this was very disappointing. The quizzes were vague and either didn't have clear correct answers or didn't feel applicable to the module to which it was assigned. After reviewing the material, I had to complete the quizzes by trial-and-error since the answers were not reflected in the lectures.
Thanks for the course. Clear and concise.
Overly-remedial information, but that is not what earns this course such a poor evaluation from me. The poor evaluation comes from the composition of the review quizzes: The end-of-section quizzes ask questions to which there can be more than one correct answer, yet only a single response will receive credit.Example: "A recommended solution to a problem is valued by an executive because..." Followed by four possible answers: One of which is clearly incorrect while one makes an awful assumption. These two choices can be eliminated easily. However, the final two options are BOTH UNARGUABLY CORRECT, but only one was briefly mentioned in the material (reading or video), and thus only that one receives credit.Unfortunately, this demonstrates the course creators' desire to value a student's memorization of the instructor's own unique words over the student's assimilation of the course content and ideas.Course-takers beware, this course seems more tailored to stroking Ms. Bravo's ego than to you actually learning anything of commercial value.
Simple and direct. Just the way it should be.
This course is really helpful. I would recommend it to my friend to learn how they can improve their communication skills at workplace and can be a good employee and a great manager.
I thought it was going to be good. Did the first week videos and Lectures. But I feel cheated because it will not let me take the quiz to move on without paying for the course. No where did I ever see anything that said ahead you had to pay -- if you didn't want a certificate or to do the whole specialization. Coursera used to be a platform I used and recommended. No more.
Wonderful.. loved it!
Very helpful, I wish the "slides" had more in them so that I could use them for quick review.
The idea of having support with the videos does not work with this course. Also, the exams do not match at all with the information provided. The anwers to the exams are so relative or subjective, and that's a problem for those who does not domain English very well, just like me.
Really well designed course, with lot of examples from world-class games. This course was very useful for my work, as I work in gaming industry.
Great Tools!!
Way too much reading material. Not enough video lectures/ explanations. The professor also needs to speak a little slower for people to follow.
Useful course for middle and senior managers. Helps with different perspectives and practical tips to be more effective at this. Highly recommended. Thanks!
A lot of reading material is unavailable (link does not work or it is behind paywall).I also found the videos lacking. For example, there were 5 important tips and only one was given, before jumping at next topic.
Great Course, really discusses how to communicate effectively in todays business environment at any level and how to choose best platform too.
The content of the course was good. Lectures were effective. I specially liked the last statement after every lecture "where ever you may be have a great time"
Nicely fine-tuned content -- relevant to multiple settings and spaces of work.
It is basic course with simple information
I think that , this course need to add more keys critical important point in each lesson by keywords on Videos. And examples how to use these skill on nature life
Brief, high-level ideas. Could use more specific examples.
I think the teacher was very welcoming, but the content was less than enough to answer the quizzes. In the quizzes, every answer choice was correct and there wasn't any possible way to discern. What the teacher said and complemented with the lectures didn't match with the question answers. So, my score is "2".
Great course, but really short. Could have more content! :)
A very informative course. Thank you.
speak speed is little bit too quick, difficult for non-english speaking student
It is good course. Very brief and practical. As always, the most important things is to practice in real life situation.
Cannot believe UCI have just very short course, compared to san diegi/Duke/Virginia/Copnehagan who have courses worthing thousands of dollars for free as compared to this one. UCI have exception course in objective C which is worth the money to be paid, but this series, are extremely below the expected standard
There wasn't a lot of information inside the video and the test's questions hade multiple possible answer.However, the links to ressources such as HarvardReview or Inc.com were pretty good and usefull.
More interviews were few real-life scenarios are discussed will be useful. Patricia is one of the most expressive tutors on Coursera and her energy & enthusiasm is infectious.
Theoretical, lack of activities.
Good tools, approaches, and guidance on communication with different people within an organization. The only drawback of this course is that it relies a lot on additional readings rather than lectures slides.
Very good course, I recommend!
A good introduction to Workplace Communication.The resources supplied were extremely helpful.I didn't pay so much attention to the slides that came with this - in fact, I'm not even sure how relevant they are looking back.I had expected the overview videos to be an insight to the resource content, but it wasn't quite compiled that way.The tests could have been longer, and perhaps could have contained obvious solutions - in some instances the solutions provided were all applicable, leaving the student to select the best option. In other instances the options available weren't even discussed in the content, confusing the student.
I love this course, its very helpful and practical. I also like how the course is short and get to the point.Thank you very much .Natalie :)
Has good collection of resources for improvement of communication skills
The teacher of this course talks toooo fast ! I`m for example a french educated student, so I prefer to take courses with a teacher who talks in a comprehensive way in which I can understand everything he says in order to proceed in my work and then to benefit everything in this course.Concerning the quiz, in the all of the quiz there is questions not related to what already said from the teacher or in the articles required to read. I red the articles coupes of time but in a specific questions, the answers, it seems, that we should answer from our own memory because badly it`s not mentioned in any article or in the video of the teacher.Thanks
It was GOOD !!!
great course.. top class collection of articles to help in communication. Most of the knowledge is in the articles then the videos themselves
it was great experience, and very interesting.
I really enjoyed this course.Very good material and lots of hardwork from our tutor...
I expected much more information in videos. Instead of that, videos are very short and provide only few information and don't allow us to pass the exams at the end of each module. There are some link to websites where you can learn much more and which are not even written by the professor.
It very useful for me, i can apply knowledge in my workplace
I think this course did a nice job of breaking things down into manageable pieces. The required readings were very helpful, but there was one link that was unclear what I was supposed to read on the link
Good course. It will help both managers as well as direct reports to find a common interface for better communication, and more efficient business relationships.
Less required reading and more targeted lectures would make it great. It often seemed that the questions in the quiz weren't properly covered in the material provided.
So I went into this not so sure about it but it's actually a fun little course. The instructor is actually really entertaining and makes what could be a very dry and boring topic interesting to hear about.
This was a great course. I understood how important listening is in Communication.
a nice "entry level" course lacking a forum discussion... was not even able to report some issue with videos and no explanation provided with quizzes results :/
Useful for my career
Tiny lectures and no readings from professional books
the course is not that strong when it comes to communicating with direct reports .
I enjoyed this class and found the readings to be very helpful
Ok course. Well tught, but overall I prefer more business related classes.
A great introduction to basic communication theory as it applies to the workplace.
Great lectures, the only problem is I could not find the entrance of forum. I want to discuss some topics with other learners.
The test questions are abysmal.
materials/lectures are brief and could go deeper.
It's a bit hard to answer the quiz since the presentation is not speaking about the qu
I enjoyed the structure of the modules and the recommended readings were very
Aside form the sound quality issues during certain sections, the quality of this course is excellent!
The material was well delivered but I found it distracting to go between the video lecture and the additional material.
The value of this course is the collection of reading materials that can be found in the same place. The lectures don't add much to the course.
A lot of reading, but the course is pretty thorough. The quizzes are mostly just regurgitating information from the readings.
Gives just enough info. Great, but I wish it was more detailed.
Sound information. Would have liked more verbal communication regarding communication styles. Maybe some role playing scenarios.
Interesting course
it really help me to make correct and effective communication.
It very short and brief. I was thinking it will also emphasise and help us to grow our communication skills for the 21st century communication, but it's just a brief explanation of some changes and nothing more.
Its a great course, ive learnt the importance to do something now, also i didnt know all the stuff other countries are coming through now. i recommened
Good course with solid background information. It is definitely a good introduction that provides plenty of additional information for those who want to go more in depth.
Could and should be showed to the community
Integrated course from the basic to the action, well structurated and supported by specialists, practical cases, an in- deep access for further study.
The link to down
I paid the course and the course seem to be no longer supported, I tried without success to switch session , in summary : You paid and don't get to follow the course, incredible :-( ....... !
This is one of the best project I have done in my life. This project gives you insights into how to build secure applications. It has three different rounds including a built-it round, break-it round and fix-it round and each of them were equally challenging and fun.I would recommend everyone to take this capstone project and you won't regret your investment ever.
A nice Course explaining the very basics of cataract surgery. Almost all areas covered, but for some topics videos can be added along with the theory lecture. More links to youtube videos explaining your point of view would be welcome. Nice initiative but I hope they keep on adding slightly more detail to the Videos in future editions.
Excellent introductory course for those beginning to learn and perform cataract surgery!
FULL OF ALL INFORMATION AND TEACHING FOR BEGINNERS CATARACT SURGEONSVERY NICE COURSE
Thank you to Professor Daniel Gordon, high quality course in both content and how it is presented (can feel it is through personal knowledge and experience vs. several MOOCs where people give the feeling they are simply reading their script...)
great course
THANK YOU!
Great course with so much precise information, process and examples.The focus is on how to develop the full business model
I had recently purchased the book and read through it. This course was very complementary to my reading and put everything in a better perspective. Mr Gordon did a wonderful job. I will definitely do the follow up sessions.
Great introduction , very detailed. Recommend to everyone good development practice.
Thank you Professor Julian Birkinshaw for sharing your knowledge with us. Very interesting course and well structured.
Very useful and very interesting course. I highly recommend it to everyone who wants to get a detailed understanding of 1) Managing and of 2) the Company of the Future. Thank you very much! I will look for the courses on the anagement of the same lecturer, Prof, Julian Birkinshaw.
Really helpful course covering lots of valuable topics. Julian was very good in getting his points across - very focused, direct, and efficient.
Very useful for me as an Engineer but a bit out of date
Very good course. Covers hot a hot topic (today, March 2017) how to change a company to more right handed, alternative management models away from more traditional management models.
This is a very interesting and enjoyable course that gives great reading materials supplementary to the main materials. Thank you to the course team. The key problem with the course design is the peer marked review system for the final assignment. In the language of the course, there is no 'intrinsic motivation' to peers to mark correctly or with any effort, leading to inappropriate marking practices.
great course indeed.
I really learnt alot from this specialisation course. It deserve 5 stars
Thank you very much sirs
The best course on management I have ever taken! Fantastic!
Excellent course. Very practical , relevant and applicable
One of the best online course I've ever attended. I have learnt many useful information which gives me clear vision of the future management.
Extremely interesting course, which widen our outlook on the management
An excellent course with a lot of insights into the traditional as well as emergent models of management and how these two converge to a compromise. The instructor was excellent in communicating and explaining the ideas with lots of good examples.
very useful and interesting for future career
The course is very effective for all the working professionals who have plans for their own start up in the later stage of their life
A great course, A great instructor, worth your time.
Very well structured course with videos from the professor as well as clips from important and knowledgeable people in the sector. Overall the course is easy as long as you can follow up with the material each week. Good insight on where management is standing and how it will be changing over the years.
Excellent alternative approach for considering classical management perspectives.
Great course! Highly recommended.
Fantastic! It was absolutely nothing less than a true pleasure to do this course. Everything from the strucure and layout of the course itself, to the good tools provided from coursera (I especially appreciated the app!). Excellent!
Great course and content delivery was outstanding
Excellent information
I learned so much, about the right way to present a case analysis! Very meticulous and the community really care about what you put in your answers. This course deserves to be taken seriously!
The course was very interesting and rich, with wonderful illustrations and examples. Thank you very much Professor Julian Birkinshaw for useful materials and assignments, as well as a special thank you Kursera team for organizing such training courses
Very traditional way of teaching through classes... would need an innovative approach :o)
Great Course, Professor Julian Birkinshaw make it comprehensive, thank you !!!
It is an excellent Course with and excellent explanation !!!
Great course, learned a lot of new and applicable concepts. Thanks!
The course is a wonderfulBut the idea of a peer and the final assignment a very badYou need to wait ... for several days and a waste of your time in order to be assessed by other peopleThese people may be incompetent and give you a zero for no reasonAnd lost your effort and your time
Useful knowledge for all people who diseire be a manager.
Very well structured, good foundation, great contextual environment and easy to understand principles.
great course to consider.
This course is very cool!
Great course! Brilliant insights into the future of management. Really enjoyed this course.
The course is very practically-oriented and the quizzes are actually designed so that the learner can make a strong emphasis on the weekly content.
Good lecture and content
This course is really explanatory and building simple concepts from the past till what will have today
Peers review is not that positive as people are not that fair.
Great!
Great course！ I have learn a lot. Thank you!
I really enjoyed the course. Lots of information. The professor knows what he is talking about and he is very interesting to listen. Most of all, I enjoyed the case studies in the end of every module.
Excellent stuff, very current , great teacher. I recommend
Excellent overview of Management Models to consider moving forward and how well they play out against the challenges managers faces today, its benefits and weaknesses and related points to be considered
Very detailed and well taught, liked Prof. Birkinshaw's methodology and energy.
Great course!
Good and clear.
Useful, pragmatic and realistic view of where to head for the future, as far as company mgt is concerned.
Great opportunity to complete high level course.
I really fell in love with the theme. Mr Birkinshaw has an excellent talent - he can just grab you into a particular theme and make you really interested in it. Thank you!
Great course!
It was a wonderful course to partake in, and particularly informative.Thank you Julian!
Fantastic course helping structure intuitive and acquired through experience knowledge in a ordered fashion.
This course and the professor was definitely worth spending time on and learning from. For those that are looking for more certificate, I believe London Business School has a good name, the course title and course knowledge is strong. My rating 10 out 10 and can't wait for the next one.
Course content was very good, easy to follow. Julian made it quite interesting and insightful for managers who see change as the only constant and want to get the best out of their workplace. Really enjoyed the course. Looking forward to other courses from Julian
Great Learning!
Good course specially for senior level executives who get caught in the usual rut of EBITDA/Profitability and Stock Analysts
Good course
Very Good Course.High
great course
not so much live examples full of theories.this has been thought in class it self.
This course has helped me to understand various aspects of compensation management it is a very great course and it provides very good insights about the topics related to compensation.
Very well explained!
Disappointed by the course content ( except for the 4th week).The course content is US specific which has no relevance for international students. How am I bothered about Obama care or other american statutes?!!
Good course content with great examples
Great
Very helpfull for those HR partners not linked to C&B and very usefull for HR Generalist which need this including to be promoted or transfered into an organization.
The most useful parts were salary benchmarking and explanation of stock options. I think there could be more details on how these small parts expand into
Too US-centric. Very strange concept of non-monetary benefits. It very common to forgo cash remuneration for non-monetary benefits (mainly for tax advantages) which was largely ignored in this course.
knowledge sharing and gave a nice chance to learn something new about us economy and trade practices. thank you
The content was very extensive but due to the fact that I'm still in secondary school some of the content was over my head and targeted towards people that have been in the field for a few years.
Excellent course! The learning design is very simple and engaging. I would recommend it to anybody who wants to build a solid foundation in compensation and benefits.
Very comprehensive course.
a very good and comprehensive course. The videos are very informative and the presentations are also very good.Some details can be added into ESOP development and how to budget for employee compensation.
I loved this module. Thus, I want to thank the teacher and the Minnesota University for offering me the chance to keep learning on this matter!
Very detailed explanation and perfect practical examples. Enjoying learning this course.
An engaging introduction to employee compensation, both monetary and non-monetary. Very useful for participants from other HR backgrounds looking to fill gaps in their knowledge.
This course gave me the overview on compensation and benefits I was looking for. The professor explanations are clear and well detailed. I recommend this class for anyone interested on the topic.
Great course. Thanks a lot for your time.
This course will give you a good view of how the different components of the pay mix affect employee compensation. The instructors in this course did a great job in reiterating the different aspects so that learning the material is easy and intuitive. While there are references to the other courses in the Specialization, this course can be taken as a stand-alone without missing anything.
I enjoyed this course. I learnt a lot of stuff about Big Data processing in a simple and clear way.
Pros: covers lots of good topics about Big DataCons: No real big data exercise
We need more exercises to use phyton and spark because with only the examples the hands on quizes are very complicated and I feel that I'm not understanding very well how to use the bigdata tools, is more like error and proof than real learningthanks a lot!!!
The materials explaining the course are too poor. This is a core course in the specialization.The quizzes are out of the material's league
Very Good Course! I'd never used spark before, and doing (and passing) the assignment on it was very rewarding!
This course is more hands on than previous courses, I've found it very interesting and useful
I think the last project was very badly positioned and explained. First the Coursera is using Cloudera VM, but if you execute and run the Cloudera Express to set the Cloundera environment up the Coursea exercises do not run There should be a warning!. If you do then the simplest Jupyter exercise it fails - this took me about 10 hours to figure out.Then for the final Project, technically to succeed you must miss country names in all lower case and you cannot match with countries with a 'space' e.g. 'Cape Verdi' and if you try to take any of this into account you do not get the same numbers to pass the test. There needs to be some warning on how to interpret and manage the files so that you get the same numbers being asked for in the test. Again this too me about 10 hours to resolve. Both resolutions ONLY because another colleague is doing the same course and we problem solved together. THIS IS AN AWFUL EXERCISE in frustration due to incomplete details. Not a learning exercise. Just AWFUL....
One of the best ways to start to be in contact with the real Big Data Tools
Thank you. Spark in this course is very helpful.
Course was excellent. I liked the hands on sessions the most. Not too easy and not too difficult. They encourage you to explore more and learn more.
The course and presentations were very informational and good. I enjoyed that aspect. I would have rated the course 4-5 star based on that. The reason for the low rating was the 6th module, and the fact that I felt very ill prepared for the syntax of creating all the operations in Spark (building out the Jupiter notebook). We really did not cover much of that, and it was quite punishing to search the web and sources to make things work. Even the instructions to export the csv file were misleading at best. I have a full time job and a family, I am not some young undergraduate with copious amounts of time to waste. While I am not opposed to some searching of other sources, I would like to have more of the useful information taught so that it is not so much of a burden. I believe that if you are going to test people on something, you should at least cover it in some sense.
The VM doesn't work out of the box sometimes for the hands on activities
A little slower than the last ones, not my favorite but great use of hands-on projects and enagagement
This has been one of the best courses ever. A really good insight into big data. I will recommend it to all people trying to get into data scientist.
I have enrolled in this twice but can't see the course content. Every time I click "go to course" I get directed to the description of the course. Where are the lecture videos and other course content?
Lot of learning in this course compared to the first two courses.
Big data integration and processing is a very nice theoretical course on big data integrations systems and also includes a bunch of practical exercises with big data integration products. The assignments including mongodb and apache spark are worth doing.
Very good course and professors. I recommend it.
Poor presentation of topics, I don't recommend.
I found this course like the others. I really liked the hands on labs. It gave a real feel for the programs being explained
I learned a lot of implementation of the techniques and concepts that were covered earlier. A great experience.
Lots of learning of programming Spark and MongoDB
The course was good enough...but exercises were very simple. Only the final course was little bit challenging. For a guy that sits in IT business for a while it's rather too simple. Besides, I've learned spark basics which is super cool...so thanks for thatMaybe you could consider to build docker image instead of using virtual machines. VM is ok, but I think that docker can simplify all the stuff without necessary downloading, installations etc.Looking forward to the next spark challenges :)
Lots of good hands-on and explanation...
Goog hands-on and assessments, i like it and it took me sometime and reading to solve itThanks
course is very good. Excercises are very good. learnt alot about the mongodb and spark sql and RDD's
interesting course, I learned a lot about MongoDB
Programming instructions were not clear, and the version of Python that was installed on my machine did not support the Jupy
a wide spectrum of tools practiced. awesome!
The last assignment of the course is, compared to the others, more difficult. In my case, I ran into several errors which I couldn't get help in solving by using the course Forum, as the end of course deadline was just a few days ahead. I had to analyze the tweet texts for the last graded assignment without using Spark framework (nor any of the other "Big Data" tools explored in the course).I also found some of the videos by PhD. Amarnath Gupta were difficult to understand, his examples were unclear and, in my opinion, too complex and difficult to follow and understand what was the reasoning thread.
some of the stuff was not mentioned properly, like for last quiz how to expoert data from mongodb
I miss a proper buildup from the theory to the practical exercises. Especially the last quiz I found very difficult based on the limited number of exercises presented upfront.
Good amount of theory and also hands-on exercises with some of the tools.
This course is great!!! I love the handson most. Working with tweet text was really challenging for me but it was worth the time and effort.
Very well explained!! This course and specialization are really good!
The Spark introduction and exercises were good. It would be an added advantage if the final steps/answers also get published.
The assessments are quite tough compared to the course examples. Moreover, some programming basics should be given or made to understand, especially in Spark, as these are very
The best course so far (still not doing 4,5,6). It is more complex than the first two.
wonderful course but information much more condense for beginners for this course is hard because lots of error and even no solution on cloudera community blog. first experience with Mongodb after this course i am able to say that yes i have knowledge how to work with mongo and spark at beginners level.
Content was good however we need to get more support on hands on as sometime we feel that we are stuck due to non availability of the right
Some of the lectures seemed slightly lesser quality with regards to the materials. For moocs especially, I would like to have the lecture better documented in order to download and review later.
I had a considerable difficulty with the last exercise because it seams to aim to a different level of students than the ones that followed the rest of the course. I would suggest to put the rest of the course, videos, exercises, etc. to the level of the fine_project which, in my opinion, is the correct level.
Poorly designed, no help whatsoever from the staff, Forum is totally worthless. Worst course I ever had on Coursera.
I feel the contents of this course were great, no second thought on it. It makes your concepts crystal clear. But faced lots of issues during practicing the hands on exercises and did not get proper feedback or response on any of the queries.
It was a good course, different data sources and spark in action
The lectures were very structured and informative. The quizes were challenging. The final week was demanding and fleshed out concepts
It was a very helpful course in understanding of the Big Data Integration and Processing. Learned a lot.Thanks to the instructors and Coursera team.
I had many problems with the final two programming assignments with running Spark in the VM and there isn't a lot of help available online.
Good last week practice!!
Very challenging, specially in the week 6 quizzes where a lot of researching took place in order to pass it.
Excellent..but not easy. Be prepared to have to do some research! But hey....isn't that part of being a data scientist!
Great course! The practices were very useful to me to understand the subjects.
The final assessment somewhat not really well designed, imho.
Needs more depth. Instructors should reference more external readings since the lectures are brief.
Good experience of using the big data tools but a total lack of engagement in the forums by the instructors and community mentors make it hard going if anything goes wrong. The final quiz took me over 8 hours mostly because there was no one to ask for hints when I was totally stuck and confused!
Course is well balanced between theory and practical exercises. Assignments in week 6 for me was challenging but very instructive. I learned many interesting, and useful in real world, things.
Overall this course does have some good content and delivers big data concepts. However, as others have mentioned some content (especially in early modules) could either be combined or ommited. Key focus areas on Spark and MongoDB are not given enough focus and lab time.The quizes have badly worded questions. Finally the last assignment required to pass the class has bad directions and covers content not reviewed in the class. Spent a frustrating amount of time trying to get what most likely is simple code to work.I'm hoping this particular module is revised. For those just interested in learning Spark or Mongo and not doing the certificate program you can probably get better learning from doing your own research.
Great course !!!
I recommend more practical work but as an introductory course it is OK.
Quizes are inconsistent with given dataset. Questions are bad: i.e. what is the difference between "number of distinct countries mentioned" and "number of countries mentioned in tweets".
This is a very descent to understand MongoDB and Apache Spark. It contains hands on assignments will will allow you to learn how to handle these two software. The course is introductory level, and I recommend this course to people who have not used MongoDB and Apache Spark.
It's good
I tried giving zero stars. This course is very poor. In particular the last portion of the class wherein you are tested on things that were not taught. If I had wanted to spend hours in google trying to learn this stuff I would not have spent money on this course.
Loved it! Very practical and hands-on, with a variety of platforms used on practical examples. I'm off to analyse some social media data soon just for fun :)
Best course taking into account the first three. Good material, more in depth than the other ones. Very well explained. Useful to get a sense of various interesting topics and orientative.
I felt this module, like most, represented good value for money. It's obviously not exhaustive, but you shouldn't expect it to be for the price.The final quiz was a nice challenge and struck a good balance between course material and requiring you to research information online.
The course cost too much for the gain of knowledge. Feels like this course could be merge with the first or the third course.
Forcing users to install demo software which requires a registration is just too lame.Other than that, courser is very boring, introductory, jumps constantly between things and doesn't explain much. Stack overflow and 2 hours would do a better job.
Great fun, learnt a lot, and loved doing the peer-reviewed assignments.
this course should be the first one of the whole specialization. They are all so good!
I love this course, it gave me confidence to restart my interest in photograph.
I have learned a lot from this course!
Fantastic course, worth the time for any photography beginner as well as those who are not.
Really helped me get control of my camera and understand how to create the images I wanted.
Thank you Coursera, my wise teachers and fellow students.
The course is well laid out and the explanations are concise and perfectly clear. Ideas are laid down clearly and the student can continue his/her explorations. Good job.
I loved to do the course, it help us to open the mind. Congratulations for the Dreamers who made the course, congratulations!
very enlightening and interesting course.
great course
Makes the more difficult photographic topics MUCH easier to understand!!
The Course is very Practical, Enlightening and Resourceful
Great introduction to photography basics! I think everyone who buys a DSLR or camera like it should take this class.
I especially liked to learn about the equivalent and combination shooting modes. I was aware there was of course a relationship, but wouldn't have been able to explain it and now I can and find it very useful in practice. Also the light metering modes were very enlightening.Thank you so much.Kind regards,Robert
Now I can just go on to area of controls with ease keeping in mind the desired results,
Well made and practical.
really loved the course.
Great course. Just wish these guys would sort all the stupid bugs out. Uploading images can be temperamental. Can't do anything via the app. Images are to big. Nobody to notify. My review score is for the course and not necessarily for Coursera who need to iron out all the bugs.
It was a great step
This course is all about the controlling elements of a great photo.How to take a purposeful blur image,how to take a action shot.You will learn about all this and more in this course.A must for a photography newbie.
It is a great course everything is explained and the extra material is great.
Excelent course with very good sugestions for meking yourself a good photographer.
Camera control is the practical foundational course to bring you up a notch above everyone else. It is like knowing what rpm of the engine to change gear is most optimal - it may not make you a better driver, but it definitely help.
I really liked the community and the peer review assignments that made me do some creative stuff that i enjoyed
Basic knowledge about photograph, but It is so useful and great for me, an armature guide. Thanks teachers so much.
Incredibly clear and detailed explanation, great exercises to develop good photography skills!
I always thought that the photos are in focus right eral perfectamenet, without anything that moved.Today that capture the motion with my camar is an artistic way of expressing my vision!
I see my camera in a different way after this course. Thank you!
Awesome, Loved the course
Over all the class was great and I learned new things and tried techniques I have always wanted to use but didn't know how. I really wish there was a way to see all the of the submissions for the peer review once we have handed our assignment in and have finished reviewing the minimum requirement. I think a lot can be learned by seeing how everyone else in the class interpreted the assignment. It would be fun to see what everyone else photographed.
Great course!!!
This corse was awesome and fun. I enjoyed the lessons and getting out taking photos. I feel that I learning a lot and am learning how to use my camera more efficiently.
This course and the others of the specialization made me thinking of nothing else than photographing in the past months/weeks. I am learning so much from here and it makes me eager to know much more and to investigate on different sites for further details and lessons. Thanks to all of you at MSU who have helped in setting up this lessons!
Excellent, I learned a lot
Nice course. Gives a good overview for beginners.It would have been better if you show different camera's and their control buttons.
getting really back to the basic makes a good foundation to build on
this is great
Very detailed but understandable except for one of the tests...The references made are very difficult to correlate with the answer being sought.
This has an really great course of this Specialization, one the best I've ever taken, online or 'real' (and I have taken a lot, two Masters Degrees and PhD studies). Peter and Mark are awesome!
Thank you for allowing me to audit this course.
Excellent course and specialization.
Great course with a clear and simple explanation! Recommended!
very good coarse...would like a copy for reference.... what can we do about that? oh and by the way this coarse is so beautiful...I took photography for four years at a local junior college and didn't learn (or remember) nearly as much while being challenged and having fun at the same time.... its is so good you want to learn more....and you sure can, I am on fire trying to find out MORE. I now read quite a few articles about photography in various publications, as most "latest" info comes through the grapevine. I always inquire as " How did he do that"? it's amazing how much I don't know! Good job guys
very helpful :)
course worth doing.
Great course that explains a lot of core concepts and techniques (like controlling depth of field). Also gives a great introduction to the different types of lenses available. My only criticism would be that the last two weeks are lighter on content (however the assignments are challenging and a lot of fun!)
I am learning so many things I am loving this course
Simple yet comprehensively explained course that inspires confidence in beginners and I guess works, as a good platform for amature photographers to brushup the basics.
learnt heaps again, very beneficial. Thanks!!
Even though it's the second course in the specialization, it is still an introductory course, a great option to learn about the details of camera control and to improve or review basic techniques. This is also a challenging course, you will start to test your own boundaries.
Great, been learning so much through this course. Highly recommended.
The content is helpful in learning to use the camera and understand terminology, but it is somewhat, if not totally, a false representation of interaction with the experts. There is absolutely none. Some seems repetitive from course one.
As someone who has often been complemented on his photographs, this course has nonetheless been of great value in that it has yet again forced me to step back and think before pressing the shutter. I am already seeing the improvements in my photography. Thank you.
Peter & Mark hit a home run with this course, very thorough , great advice,this was a course full of knowledge and at the same time I truly enjoyed their way of delivering the content.
For people interested in deeper knowledge of photography this is the course to take!
I learned so much in this course, I would recommend this and the previous courses being offered in the specialization Photography Basics and Beyond from Smartphone to DSLR.
Well delivered course
This course explain more in detail the practice of photography and is step by step, I really lIke the course and is not so expensive, there should give a continuity for all the for courses, maybe an advance course online.
thank you.
wonderful course!
Awesome course! Will definitely tell other people about it
Weeks 1 &2 were worthwhile. Weeks 3 & 4 were very thin, not really up to expectation based on first course or even first two weeks
I am in love with coursera team, Faculty and their work for the youth and people who are trying to get educated and don't have the resources to do so.Keep up the good work.
Same comment as before. Do the professors ever look at the assignments? Can we get feedback from the people teaching the course?
Sorry but yet again a potentially great course spoiled by the implementation, way too many mistakes in the quizzes, peer review grading systems which in places are nonsense . I hope things get better and I give the the course the 5 stars the content would merit if it had been properly QCed and delivered to best Coursera standards
Lovely course, specially the blur action photography part
The glitches with Coursera itself are not excusable and should be taken as a black mark against the organization. They made the professors and Michigan State look less than average and caused confusion among the students. The material is good and it makes me learn about the camera that I use and try new things.
It is a very good course, both professsors using simple , clear but detail explantion to teach us ! Thanks a lot!
I'm a novice in photography, I know how to deal with my camera, but I'm not confident with it. This course lighted some dark corners of not-understanding of mine like the flashlight used by Professor Glendinning in his "My Paris" series. I liked it very much. Thank you!
Interesting aspects on camera usage are well explained. Interesting assignments as well.
Great content but some very choppy editing which spoils the flow. I'd much rather have longer lessons and less aggressive editing
Both the professors are trying to give max knowledge required for this course and they are 100% succeeded
Brilliant course with fantastic professors who explain everything in the easiest way.
If there hadn't been so many hiccups with the videos and quizzes I would recommend this course. However, I lost a great deal of time viewing incomplete videos and trying to complete quizzes covering material that was not addressed or only partially addressed in the videos. Then had to go back and Review all the videos once they had been re-uploaded. It was a very frustrating experience. I lost momentum and even motivation and as a result am now behind with the assignments and quizzes.
Excellent! I take my camera with me wherever I go now, and I am starting to get an eye for a photo; that tutorial on framing was a big help.These courses are very thorough, with lots of photos to view as examples.I am really looking forward to the rest of the course.
I have loved this course as much as the first part. My work has dramatically improved by taking this course as my understanding of what I am doing has increased. Thank you for providing this specialization and I look forward to the next part.
The course started really well and followed on nicely from the first course in the series but I'm really disappointed and frustrated with the video editing issues. Many were fixed but there are still some errors/omissions and the second half of the course was very short of content compared to the rest. Such a shame as I'm sure the writers really know their material and conveyed so well when the content was there. I'm looking forward to the next course and hope the material is all ready to go!
The only content I had access to were lectures, but I still want to say that I really liked this course. And I'm looking forward to another courses of this specialization.I'm a music student with bachelor's degree in Computer Science and dozens of coursera certificates (from the times they were free), I'm curious about everything.I used to say that I'll learn to paint when I retire :) But it turned out that I can do pretty good photos without having to wait until retirement. It's not the same thing, of course, but it's a visual art.This course and "Cameras, Exposure, and Photography" teached me a lot and brought so much joy into my life.I'm not planning to make money as a photographer, but I'm happy to have an opportunity to create better and better photographs.Thank you, Prof. Glendinning and Prof. Sullivan. And thanks to everyone who helped to create this course.My photos can be found here, in case you're curious: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140271759@N03/Most of them are made with my old cheap digital camera, only a few with a new DSLR. I would never have the courage and motivation to buy it without your courses. Thanks again for all the happiness photography brings into my life :)
Great introduction course to photo exposure techniques using ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. The course on depth of field was short and felt a bit rushed so I suggest using a supplemental text book or online resources during the section.
problems..problems ongoing
Got lost and left behind very quickly even after watching videos numerous times and doing additional research. There were videos missing even with deadlines approaching. Some videos were very well explained while others I didn't understand at all.
I have learned more about photography in the short few weeks than I have studying by myself in much more time. Great course.
The explanations are a bit and drawn out. For non-native English speakers, this is very difficult to understand as well at time difficult for native speakers. Also, the course for auditors is not very interactive and we cannot participate in some quizzes and work submission.
I think this course gives me the most fundamental knowledge of photography, which consists of many new words and ideas. Thanks to this series of courses, I began to work better on my photograph skills, and I found it really interesting and amazing. The only thing I'm not quite pleased with is the payment of the full course, without the upgrades, I just can't review others' works and that's disappointing. But anyway, I will continue this specialism and I hope it's the right choice.
Useful lessons to have the basic knowledge of photography.Clear and well taught.
During part 1 of this course, i kept thinking "I know all of this, when will we get to the interesting bits". Part 2 has caused me to put on my thinking cap, nothing felt really dificult, but it is obvious the easy part is behind us.Looking forward to participate in part 3 of this course and to be learning new skills
I had really high expectations from the course, I believe but it wasn't upto the mark. All it went through was some basic though I would have expected to go in details esp. for Aperture, Shutter and DOF.I am not sure if that i going to be covered in next unit but having gone though the basics in 1st unit, that was expectation in 2nd unit.
Great to be given such clear instruction.
I watched all videos over 3 days! Looking forward to next course.
I juist started course 2 ... and loving it!!!!A lot to learn about!Thank you Coursera!
I am learning a lot about my camera!
This course was pretty self-explanatory. All cameras are digitized enough for these lessons to be obsolete or redundant.
Recommended by my friend,I think it is a very useful.Most importantly,the instructor Dr.Liu is very charming!
I loved this course. Professor Chemerinsky did an amazing job making this course easy to understand. He provided real court examples after he explained the concept of the law. I strongly recommend this course of you are trying to get a basic understanding of constitutional law.
The profesor Chemerinsky, is one of the most brilliant stars on the constellation of the Constitutional Law.
I found the course challenging, the paper topics inventive and the quizzes straightforward.
This course was extremely interesting and well presented. I fully intend to take Part 2 of the course.
It was an amazing experience to me for the very first time I studied online.I learned a lot. I enjoyed learning with COURSERA.Everything was great!
Thank you so muchThis course is one the important courses should anyone take itGreat course
Although some matters are presented quite broadly and generically, some others are exhaustive and of practical usage, especially the ones supported by documents and references: very useful!
I found the lessons on cultural aspects were very interesting and well instructed.
Great Course :)
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needs more info and practical references
Great course
Lots of examples make the lectures interesting and easy to understand.
Very helpful
Love the teacher，love the course！
very good.but translation has some errors.
Good job! It's an interesting and easily understood course for people like me who hasn't learnt before the competition strategy. Just a suggestion, could you please change the translated quiz into the original english quiz? Maybe it would be better to fellow and solve the questions. Thanks.
A little boring
thanks for your fantastic cou
The course content is very good and useful. But the so-called "Chinese version" doesn't fit my need. It takes longer time for me to understand the quiz and find more information relative to the quiz items from Chinese materials. Exactly the course itself is clear enough to understand, but the quiz part doubles the difficulties to comprehend.
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It's a good course for the basic study
Nice course.But the Chinese translation is weird.
I wanted to ask but it is not possible (there are not chat or discussión).I think this course is interesting but I need to learn more english first and I realy realy want to know it, How I can to know the profits (payoffs) by my company?
awesome!! the professor explained details very clearly. I have learned a lot
simple charming
it is a very good course!
step by step,i get to know what game theroy is.and combined with the knowledge i learn in my college ,i feel this course quite interesting。professor ‘s kind and does help us a lot.thx
A really nice course！ Thx professor.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL.THANK YOU
very good ,it's easy to learn and give me a chance to revise the course , and the quizes give the practice to be more efficent
It's a great course, which gives us a basic understanding of competative strategdy.
Very nice course,thinks!
very interesting
very practical, professional course
nice course, very helpful
Very good course to introduce Game Theory and give lots of examples to make the complicate theory in simple way. Much enjoyed. Thanks.
Interesting and useful.
A wonderful course! So useful it is!
very good course to let you know how is the strategy, and how you set up the strategy
very good speech, vivid and interesting, the next time may be your gus can add some programming materials and homework to have a practise
Very Clear! Very Good!
This is a perfect course.
Clear and understandable lectures and homework.
intresting !!!!
Helpful introduction to complex analysis. Sketches the intuition behind fundamental theorems without becoming too difficult for amateur mathematicians to follow.
Doctor Petra Bonfert - Taylor is out standing scholar and she knows how to deliver her deep knowledge in mathematics to her students. I remind her as great scholar in mathematics.Sincerely,Johannse
With this wonderful complex analysis course under your belt you will be ready for the joys of Digital Signal Processing, solving Partial Differential Equations and Quantum Mechanics.
good class
Excellent introductory course to complex analysis
Nice course explaining basics of complex analysis.
This is an amazing course.Cant thank you enough Dr. Petra , and also thank you coursera :)
This course is fairly appropriate for those who have completed high school eduaction and opt to pursue higher studies in the field of science and engineering. This is an introductory course on complex analysis and does not cover advanced topics like zeta function, Manderbolt set etc in great detail. If you are doing major on Mathematics and looking for a graduate level course, this is not for you.This course offers an introduction to complex numbers, then discusses briefly on function iteration. In this course, you will learn on complex functions, complex derivative and integration, Cauchy-Riemann equation, Residues. The topics required to pursue undergraduate science education are covered nicely in this course.It is essential to do the quizzes and assignments to get hold of this topic. I thought the exercises in the course are not enough. I would recommend to do more exercises from any standard textbook on Complex Analysis. This course does not specifically follow any textbook. You will get some suggestions for textbook in the discussion forum.To get a deeper understanding, it is a great idea to follow the discussion forum. If you have any difficulty in understanding any topic, you can share in the discussion forum. Also following other people's questions helps you to develop an insight on this topic. Discussion forum is an integral part of this course. Use it wisely.To conclude, any high school graduate can take the course without any difficulty.
A good introduction to complex analysis, well paced with good peer-assessed assignments and quizzes.
Excellente.This course is a great way to learn complex analysis.
Interesting and illuminating course on Complex Analysis. Thank you so much.
Great teacher. Subject matter well presented.
Excellent entry into the world of complex analysis. Dr. Petra Bonfert-Taylor carefully constructs the foundations for complex functions while constantly providing enriching examples. Complications in advanced proofs are sometimes obviated (she will mention what she chooses to skip). If you only need to learn to use complex analysis Dr. Petra Bonfert-Taylor provides more than enough guidance. Since I enjoy understanding mathematics from the axioms up, I found myself turning to outside resources to fill in the nuanced complications. Consider doing the same if you are like me.
I never took a course in complex analysis before and very much enjoyed this introductory course. I found that the material was presented in a very understandable way, with good and often illuminating examples.
Very nice course. It was very informative. Even though I did it in Audit mode, I am going to recommend my PhD students to do the course for improving themselves as physicists and computer science by knowing what actually goes behind the scene mathematically. I will recommend the course for all students of electronics (with strong desire to understand the mathematical basis) in general.
While there are a plethora of MOOCs around aimed at first-year maths, Prof Bonfert-Taylor should be congratulated for being one of the few to bring a course on higher mathematics to the masses. This is a particularly valuable effort that's accessible to anyone with a grasp of first-year calculus.
very nice explanations .....thanq somuch
I realy Love this course! thank you so much.
It'd be awesome if the content is more rigorous, but this works too! Thanks :D
Great course very clear and explaining well the motivations behind the results
Enjoyable and very solid course, excellent on all aspects. Great teacher.
Good introduction to Complex Analysis
Amazing course. Very interesting to learn about.
Pedagogically insurmountable! I recommend it! I am a PhD student writing the thesis, and need to refresh old subjects. Well, this was better than any math course I took in the University. The professor serves the aim to teach, and not to feed her/his ego, really next level education!! Loved it!
Very nice content, easy to understand, with assessments that are challenging but do not take much time.
Materials and instructor excellent. Got very good grounding.
Great, informative introduction to complex analysis, really interesting.
Great course, I wish there were more courses like this one on Coursera
A great course for beginners and engineers looking to just apply concepts of Complex Analysis without going too much into mathematical rigour. This course does not require any knowledge of "Real Analysis" or "Multi-variable/Vector" calculus as a prerequisite which is one of it's greatest strengths.This has especially helped in my preparation for a graduate-entrance exam called GATE that we have here in India.Although, I believe the course could include some more number of problems and solutions.
Thank you very much for you to explain step by step with diagram....
Gets from easier basics to harder ideas very fast. We gotta work very hard. But well worth it.
This is an outstanding course; one of the gems of the Coursera platform. It is only the launching point for my study of and fascination with complex analysis. I'd say the course covers about three-fifths of the content for an engineering mathematics treatment of functions of complex variables. I'm a student of fluid mechanics and my ignorance of advanced concepts in complex analysis has kept me from mastering some of the advanced topics in FM. I'm well on my way to go beyond those barriers, now.
fantastic course for beginners
Good overview over the material. Many thanks to the teacher.
This course has been very exciting and powerfull. The lectures are very clear and the professor use many didactic tools for improving our learning. The content of this course is completed with some other advanced topics in mathematics (for example: topology), and the course is well enriched. I recommend this course for all learners who want to learn something of advanced mathematics.
I hated Complex Analysis when I first encountered it. This course made me fall in love with Complex Analysis. Kudos to Prof. Taylor
Very good course. I learned a lot of new things
Awesome lectures...Great...Explanation...
The course is really interesting and it is very clear.thanks a lot of !Sylvain
Very interesting course, lectures. One of the best courser I have taken here.
Excellent course with interesting content, great self explanatory notes and a nice teacher who explains it all meticulously!
An excellent Course. Thanks Professor and thanks to her entire Team.Thanks Coursera for making this possible.
Thank you for the great course!
I found this very interesting, covering some topics I did not expect an introduction. I think the pace of the course is about right, but I would have liked more questions. Unfortunately I became very busy during the course and failed to keep up. I look forward to repeating it when I have more time.
Very clear and well paced class. I like the early introduction to Julia sets to introduce recent mysteries of in the subject before teaching the classical results. The professor is a very clear speaker and was generous enough with her time to answer some of the forum questions.
If you could create a course Topology as good as this one it would be heavenly.Thanks
The proposed material is very good. The classes are very didactic and with good examples!
Clear and useful. I´d like to thank the professor for the course.
Very good course. The professor introduces evey element in a careful and insightful approach
Great Course!!!
Excellent!! A great way of introduce non-mathematics students in the wonderful world of complex numbers.
The course is very well presented. Great experience for those individuals who believe in purity and virtue of the ideas enchained by the mathematical consensus.
I am really enjoying this course
Super Great teacher, very interesting new things to learn.Highly recommended for people who love Math.
this course is fantastic, is a good option for learn about complex analysis.
Wonderful. I have been waiting for this course for some time. It begins somewhat basic, and progresses really fast, to cover some deep topics in complex analysis theory. Also, the instructor, Prof. Petra Bonfert-Taylor, does a very good job at explaining concepts simply, by not being too pedantic (e.g., with the topological preliminaries). Overall, really satisfied and grateful!
Amazing Course
Perfect overview on machine learning methods. The numerical example could be better. The Neural Network is also didn't cover that is very common now.
This course is a great fit between theory and pratice
Really fun, glad I finally finished. I got so distracted running off and learning things. I got familiar with scala and python along the way too.
This is the best course of this specialization. Dr. Nguyen describes and teaches the contents of machine learning with clarity and digested knowledge.I would suggest to add more in-depth contents to each of the machine learning category, especially clustering, classification and association, at least as optional contents in case the number of weeks allocated for course are restricted.
Very interesting cource! Thank you!I would suggest to advance python tasks
Nice course, very practical.
This course introduces the basic concepts of ML beautifully, the instructor explains everything in a very lucid way. It also teaches modeling with ML in KNIME. I would personally want to know more about spark, but this course gives a good introduction. Overall very good starting point for beginners.
Very basic things... Any examples for regression.
Very well explained course on Machine Learning. I am grateful for the highly insightful course like this. I will recommend this course for all data enthusiasts.
not enough work in the other machine learning models (the course centered the main part of it to classification )
I think its a good introductory course, but lacking in exercises.
This is a valuable course in learning the basics of machine learning. but I was hoping to to get more hands on practice in this course. but overall, i learned a lot with the existing content.
well structured, fits well to beginners!
Good overview of tools specially Spark. The last demo handson with Spark clustering had too much content to be covered in 11 minutes. The presenter does not give any details on many functions he was using. Felt like copy paste coding. The rest was good, specially the lecturer compared to the lecturers of the other courses of the specialisation.
It is really great.
The course was the best introduction I had for machine learning. Helped me a lot to understand different concepts from people who already know about the subject and I didn't have any idea.
Easy to follow. Good resource to understand the basic concept of big data.
I really enjoyed the course since it's match with my patience and work, in addition I'd like to highlight the instructor, clear,organized idea and steps, this was 70% of the success of the course I believe.
It's ok for an extremely high-level overiew
Excelent Introductory course to MACHINE LEARNING with Big Data.
Great introduction with great tools. Has definitely inspired me to lean more about 'Machine Learning'!
excellent! best place to begin with Big Data and ML!
The course helped me understand the concepts of the machine learning from the very rudimentary level. It also laid the foundation for understanding and dealing with the practical implementation of the machine learning algorithms and their implementation in big data which eventually elevated my understanding of applications dealing machine learning with Big Data.Thanks to all the mentors and instructors for everything- the teaching materials, quizzes, assignments and hands-on; everything was awesome.
thanks so much
the course helped understand the machine learning concepts and the hands-on were very comprehensive.
The course content is very poorly explained. The quiz questions don't really test what was taught in the lectures, and the assignments are just copying and pasting things. I feel like I still have a very poor understanding of what was supposedly covered in the course. I cannot generalise or apply the 'learned' information or skills to other topics or researches because I didn't actually understand the core concepts or how to use the programs.
Both the professors are great , the videos helped alot in understanding lot of core concepts in machine learning.
This was a good introductory class to machine learning, but I wish it had more depth.
Machine learning is too simplified and spark part is not even explained, also very little relation of all course with Big Data.
Have to make sure that code provided are fine and without problem... also, better instructions on how to go about the tool needed to use. Remember, we are learning and the amount of tools in Big Data ecosystem is vast...
Good overview of working with SPARK and KNIME - acceptable little theoretical background for all the presented concepts for the sake of application use.
This is another course in UCSD's "Big Data" introductory course. The material is not pertinent to a specialty on big data technologies. Further the course does not increase one's knowledge of Machine Learning in any way that justifies spending the time in the course.
Almost a useless course - ML overview using KNIME which gives no insight whatsoever.
insightful
This is a wonderful courses for learning about cancer metastasis.
A very informative course that I highly recommend. Great explanations of a lot of terminology used when speaking or reading about cancer. I would love to see courses that go more in-depth about cytokines or cancer syndromes. This is the second J.H.U. course that I've taken about cancer and now I plan on taking the Prostate Cancer course, as well.
Everything was intresting and usefull. I hope this knowledge will help me in my research work!
very good course
I've found the course very helpful and educative. It has definitely widened my understanding of cancer.
Very informative and good for revision
Thanks for letting me know more about cancer metastasis!
Excellent overview of cancer metastasis. The class struck a good balance between large, broad concepts and specific details. I liked the combination of 2 quizzes for each week. Maybe it was just psychological, but I felt like I was getting a lot done. All instructors were easy to understand in their teaching approach. After completing the course I feel I have a basic understanding of how cancer metastasizes.
Best medical course ı have ever had thanks John Hopkins Unv.
As a biologist, it improves my understanding about cancer a lot. Glad to take this class. Thank you!
Excellent course. Gives you a well oriented description of the steps required for metastasis and doing so it opens our view of places were treatments can be implemented. Thanks for sharing your knowledge..
Very interesting course,
Thorough course on Metastasis that anyone can follow regardless of whether they have a background in medicine/science or not ; loses a star for locking access to the quizzes to non-paying coursetakers.
Very succinct course, although if you have studied molecular/cell biology in depth, it will mostly be review. The pacing of the lectures was engaging, and each lecturer held my attention well. In short, this is a great course to review basic cancer biology!
Very interesting, very informative!
Good course, but why researchers whant to hold/control cancer in a human and not rebuild the destroyed mechanisms of autoregul;ation by genetic engeneering for example? That would be true cure.
Loved it! Thank you teachers! Wish it had bit more details though :)
That's was Avery good experience on the course it's really beneficial and very helpful and I want to thank doctors that had taken apart in explaining cancer metastasis thanks very much
The lecture and quizzes were very acceptable and I truly learned a lot from this short course. I have tried starting a few courses before and noticed that there was a huge disconnect between test material and lectures; this course was not like those. I am starting another by JHU at the moment and strongly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about cancer. If you are an undergrad like me, this is a nice bio 1 review of cell cycle and other things and their applications to cancer as well.
Excellent course, very high quality presen
I just love the way you develop each subjet!
Very clear explanation. Enjoyed watching and learning. Thank you the team!
It is a brilliant course. Loved it.
Course content was excellent, and very interesting. The presentation could be improved however; at times I found it hard to hear what was being said due to poor sound quality. Nevertheless the course has served as an excellent introduction to Chinese culture and would recommend it to anyone looking to learn more about it.
Fascinating topic, especially Chinese painting. The videos were enjoyable and instructive and the quizzes were tricky but not overly difficult. Glad I took the course. I learned a lot.
Extremely lightweight and totally missing in substance; I cannot recall whether they stated so in the course goals.
The comparaison between Chinese and Western Culture was really useful. It was a nice overview but it would also have been interesting to get information (at least some ints) about the long and fascinating Chinese History. More historical context would be appreciated.
Short and very surface level, this course offers many general pointers for people interested in Chinese culture.
Great course with clear explanations and very entertaining topics! Didn't expect to cover so many aspects of cryo-EM, would recommend it to everyone interested/working in structural biology or science in general.
I have worked a bit in cryo-em before and I find this course absolutely amazing! Very detailed and easy to understand.
Thank you for this valuable course, specially for the Fourrier image explanation.
Excellent class and Presentation with all clarity concepts
An excellent introduction to the topic, explaining from the basics to the detail of things. Useful and recommended to anyone in structural biology.
An excellent course to get to understand the field of cryogenic Electron Microscopy. The mathematics are presented at a high level, often geometrically, without getting into details. The physics of the electron microscope is presented again at a high level but with enough detail to understand the operation. The teaching style is well paced and inviting.
Really good introduction to cryo-EM and EM in general!
It's really useful. Thanks so much.
Very well detailed on a easy to learn pase. Will help you learn all to EM that is necessary before using them.
Great explanations and examples, even for complex things like the fourier space.
very informative, simple and easily understandable. Love it
Great information, great teacher, greater visual presentation. Disclaimer: I only took the first week.
Pioneering online course in Electron Microscopy.
Great introduction to Cryo-EM for biologists that covers all the basics in a clear and concise manner.
Simply AMAZING!
It" Awesome. Thank you.
very great course, including so much details.
best course for lab workers ,physics is deal in a great detail
Very nice description of electronic microscopy techniques
its really very helpful for me as a beginner. After learning the video, I kind of know what's going on when I got the training of TEM. Thanks a lot for the free video.
USEFUL THANK CALTECH :)
The best EM course available online
absolutely fantastic!
Very clear, very easy to understand, a lot of useful information. Excellent course.
This course was outstanding. Every aspect of cyro-EM was covered in detail. The professor's delivery was excellent.I would recommend this course to anyone who has a desire to expand their knowledge of the nano world
Just needs a certificate and some practice concept questsions added and would be perfect. Right now just really interesting videos for the intermediate mind...not much math...mostly concepts so good for the beginner who wants to know more. :)
It is amazing. I found it extremely helpful since I have just have an internship in a Cryo-EM lab. I found it difficult to understand these procedures without the knowledge of theory.So your course is just like a gift that exactly meets my need. I have told every friend of mine to see it. Thank you a lot for offering this magic course.
I highly recommend this course to my Post Graduating Friends and Research Scholars. This course helped me so much in understanding EM operation which is not available any where else. It is helping me in current Thesis work. Professor of this Course is explaining in a lucid manner. Thank you very much Professor Grant Jensen. Thank you Coursera.
Amazing! Practical and easy to understand every info.
The course gives a clear and means ideas about how communicate in works areas.
The lectures are very good and give a good overview of the subject of the whole computer architecture and its optimization. Unfortuntely only MIPS processor is focused and rest of architectures are not discussed. Furthermore, I think that it could be better if the quizzes were more tricky and that if there had been a comprehensive final exam at the end of the course.
The audio quality of the lectures could be better. Assignments need to be challenging. Programming assignments in Assembly should be used to evaluate the grade in addition to quizzes.
Cache coherence and branch prediction can also be included in the course.
A well done course. Some on-line exercises are necessary.
Could use more content, breezed through in 3h on 2x speed achieving 93%.
Makes the material accessible to a beginner
Good course, overview of computer architecture
Thank you for this course. it was very interesting
A great course for advance learner.
It seems the "summary" videos are exactly the "copy" of previous ones. It will be better if the professor could add more new stuff.
Very good course!. The professor is very competent and explains very well.
I followed the lessons of the course with great interest. I like to make a compliment to the professors and to the editors of the course material. The resulting insight into Big History has already helped me to better understand environmental problems and reports of newly discovered planets.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course. The assignment was also very appropriate, I enjoyed the challenge of complet
Awesome! I'll watch these videos over and over again!
Unfortunately this course consists of the Professor reading his notes very quickly with rapid listing of concepts and very little time spent explaining complex topics. The quizzes emphasize the terms for various elements of the analysis rather than teaching how to work with the tools to analyze data. There does not seem to be anyone monitoring the course forum and mistakes in quiz questions and questions asked on the forum are not answered or replied to by anyone. I was committed to working with the course but by week 4 it was unfortunately impossible to absorb and there was no way to interact with anyone to get help. I'm sure there is room for improvement on this course and I hope the instructor does work to improve with the course, but currently the course is disappointing as a learning experience.
The course is great. Although it is really fast and requires some advanced understanding of algebra and statistics, it is not bad. However, I would reccommend to expand it and to include the advances in non-manipulative causation, as sustained by proff. J. Pearl and F. Squazzoni (specifically talking about sociology).
This is an useful course for medical researchs even though you can apply to other social science.
Very good course!
Great intro to causal effects. Gives great intuition.
I enjoyed the topic. The lectures could be augmented by breaking them up into more pieces (particularly for Instrumental variables and double difference). It would have been nice if additional (optional) readings were listed to give interested students more direction. I also would have liked to see topics added to the course such as propensity score matching.
Material is goodLecture style is dull, monotonous & uninspiringFor best results - follow the advice given in the MOOC, i.e read relevant readings before viewing lectures.
This give a very good insight into what i did not know earlier. Thank you Prof. Anders Holm. I recommend this course to all all. I did a lot of learning. Go for it
It teaches an interesting topic, but it's a bit hard to follow the teacher. I learnt from the exercises, mostly.
An amazing course .Very crisp and clear. Thank you Dr.Inez for making learning so much easier and fun.Examples gave a better understanding.I'm sure I'll be able to apply it in my research. Thank you.
its Good in technical reporting and professional presentation, i would recommend it to anyone who want to improve that area !
This course certainly gives a good idea of Data Analytics for a Six Sigma Project. However, for a beginner like me, I think one has to do extensive reading of different analytical technique such as 2 T test, ANOVA etc, as I found this course doesn't cover the theoretical aspects. Still, it is a nice course to start with and I am looking forward to further courses from the team.
This is my best class so far. It is practical, hands on, and detailed.
Nice Course! Clear explanation with supporting of good examples. Look forward to joining more 6-sigma and minitab courses, intermediate and/or advanced levels, conducted by University of Amsterdam. Thanks Dr. Inez Zwetsloot.
Data Analytics for Lean Six Sigma was a great introduction to statistics and the principles of six sigma.
Thank you Dr. Zwetsloot, your lessons and examples were: practical, crisp an clear. Learned a lot. Just wish I had slides to refer to. Can you include that in the future?
It is easy to learn and also good explained detailes about six sigma data
The course is structured and easy to understand with a lot of practice exercises. However, I use Minitab on a MacBook and there are differences in the layout and location of functions. I struggled to find certain functions; even googling did not help. I would suggest you incorporate instructions for Mac users to use software tools. Overall, the course is very informative and definitely adds value.
Good learning on data analysis & its method etc & how it can be used
very useful course.
It is a really useful course for starting in the world of Process Improvement.
Easy to understand, very informative! Thank you so much!
Perfectly Suitable my Professional requirements.
Very well organized, focused
Very useful and inspiring
Great course! Making statistics much easier, highly recommended.
Very good introductory course describing the whole process and usage of Minitab for each type of analysis. Team should consider having more course
This course gave me a better understanding of data analytics for Lean Six Sigma. It also improved my skills involving Minitab. A great first acquaintance with Coursera and MOOC's in general.
Great Course
MELHOR CURSO DE PYTHON DA HISTÓRIA DA INTERNET!!!
Great course, very nice teacher as well.
MUITO BOM.
I strongly recommend, this courser is very interesting.
A nice one indeed , felt good being challenged ...I will continue to study ,
Great course, highly recommended !
I like this course , It is informative and useful for the people who wants to gain knowledge about Cyber Security. It gives a general understanding for this domain.
The course is good but need to be more in depth videos and tutorial.
really... strange. Kind of childish.
Really in depth explanation of cyber security and its domain. I would recommend this course !
Great course, should have more videos, but a lot of reading and helpful stuff and links to learn.
This course gave me a comprehensive overview of cyber security. The readings illustrated the concepts we were learning. I'm glad I took this class. It has been very helpful.
Excellent opportunity to learn about CyberSecurity in a structured way!I recommend to that would like to understand about Information Security basics from physical access, continuity, responses cryptography and other topics.I`m already using the knowledge acquired in my day-by-day business.
A good primer for the modern world.
Only fit for absolute morons and perfect ignorants. No content value whatsoever. I don't understand why Coursera allowed this one to happen to be on the Coursera website.
Most of the effort in the creation of this course seems to have gone into the visual and acoustic effects of the slides. The first week's material has no substance whatsoever (literally!). The second week' s presentations are just listings of lengthy definitions and "Best practices" which in fact are mostly goals, not practices.With the poor quality of the provided videos, my hope was that the reading would be better. But the second week's reading are uncommented links to a 270 page NIST document, an Open Online Course(!!!) and OWASP material.At this point it is clear that continuing the course is not going to help me in the way I would expect it from a course. When I compare this to the excellent Software Security course of Michael Hicks (University of Maryland) , which I also attend on Coursera, there are worlds between both.I understand that "Cybersecurity and its Ten Domains" addresses students with less prior knowledge, but especially for such students I would expect a much better didactic approach.One star seems harsh, but after the first two weeks, the only words I find for this are: "seriously?"
Content is very weak, sounds that are used very annoying...
A good investment in your time if you have some knowledge of how people and organizations use the cloud to send messages, share data, download and or use net-centric applications. The content seems particularly helpful for business people that want to learn about cyber security terms, concepts, mitigation steps, etc. It is a great course to move learners towards "content competence" (not "content expertise").
This course provided the fundamental concepts of cyber security for beginners to understand the industry needs.
very helpful course
Not very helpful, very stessfull music and only read definitions, do discussion or explanations to go deeper into the topic.
Nice introductory course to the different domains of Cyber Security. Suggested for beginners also (no previous experience needed)
One word....Fantastic
Excellent for beginners , good assignments :)
The design of this course seems rather lazy. There should have been more meaningful contents and discussions in the videos.
Good foundation class for cybersecurity knowledge.
It was nice course and really helpful.
Good course to get attention and find out what is going on within Cyber Security
Thanks for your course
Amazing course great overall view for Cyber security with all domain aspects covering every major pointers
I rate this course with 5 because is focused on teaching the secrity from a management perspective and teach the right way to get things done
Great Learning
No content, essentially you just read a textbook. The videos are about 5 minutes per week.
Great course, a lot of content to be explored
This is a great course and I recommend it to everyone interested in Cybersecurity. The reading material is of exceptional value and I was amazed at the quality of the links to study material. What was totally new to me was Operational Security or Opsec, a totally intriguing subject, more or less cyber-self-defense!Yes, the videos are short but the reading material is quite large. I have kept the books and websites and will be reading them again, especially the NIST book.To everyone who claims that the course is not useful, I would say that you were probably one of those people who never read the books and the study material.
A real eye-opener to the various domains of information security. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start a career in the field.
It was good and informative. But i did not feel challenge while taking the course. Good course for beginners.
Although I gave 5 stars but the background music in the video lectures is really irritating.
Content very light, near of empty course.
Nice course, very informative.
i think it gives you more than your average cyber security introduction.
Quiz isn't challenging enough to validate the understanding of the user taking the course .
Basic course with videos running too fast......
This Course is a total scam. In doubt? Sign up for the free version and go watch the videos. Each video is only 1-2 minutes long, so you can watch all 7 weeks in half an hour ( speed 1.5). O, I forgot they also include a link to a 4 years old TED talk, FUn but not really relevant.This course is a disgrace to Coursera. It ought to be removed.
I do feel that I learned from this course, though I almost feel that it was too easy to earn the certificate.
So far I've gone through the first week. Lots of business and technical info. The video quality is AMAZING!!
The course covers the essential areas in cybersecurity. The challenge for me was in the suggested readings, although long it is required reading!
too much external references
A complete course if you follow the readings dutifully, good material, but the videos seem a little shallow and you wont learn much just sprinting through it, though you may pass.
Not recommend. Very basic and videos are only 2 - 3 minutes.
The free course is very short and only give a generalized information of the cybersecurity word. I can't review about the full course (but you should pay for it).
Good course
Very interesting course, good starting point to get deeper into cyber security as a field!
Addressing measure issues and concern with today's cyber world.
This course was really good but not too deep. I went on to study the CISSP manual and some additional training. This is a great course if you want an introduction to cybersecurity.
That's course is fast and informative
Wonderful course!
I had some issues with this course which is why I rated it a 2.First off, let me start by saying this is a very good overview of what the Cybersecurity Terms are, but I wish it went deeper into the subject.1. Having to pay just to take the quizzes for an overview course is kind of a joke. I could see asking for money if you went into more detail information regarding each lesson, but just telling me what each term means and then pointing me to a website, then asking for 50 bucks is kind of cheap considering no in-depth information was ever given.2. Why did you have all of those people that are in the field of cybersecurity just read off a list of terms? You could have done that, kind of a waste of time for those other people. I am guessing that you had to pay them. Which would explain why you are asking 50 dollars just to take the quizzes.3. Where was the real life experience? Explain to me the most common mistakes people make with each of the different type of networks as securities. That would at least be worth 50 dollars, for some real world practical use. I could have easily googled these terms and have in the past. I thought it would contain more detailed information about the subject considering is technically an online course.
Really good course for the basics of Cyber Security.
The course gives a perfect introduction to the field of Cybersecurity
the only reason to take this course is because the certification will look good on your resume. don't expect to learn anything new if you are already in IT or related field. i passed the tests without going over the material. there is a shortage of original content, although their graphics and effects department did a good job, and mostly they expect you to read outside resources.audit the course for free to get familiar with the content but only pay if you need the certification for professional reasons.
I DON'T recommend this course AT ALL. This college doesn't spend much effort to structure this course - just putting short videos (less than 10mins in total per a week) and external references (which someone else wrote). The assignments are just open discussion among students and have ourselves evaluate with each other. I haven't learn anything from this course. It's just a waste of time and money. Coursera should inspect this course otherwise these skeptical courses can deteriorate the reputation of this MOOC platform - I love the other courses/specializations provided by other universities though,
3 introduction videos each week, and tons of links for reading?Do not want.The worst course I ever took.Not enough Video material with good explanations. All we got - links to articles which we can found ourselves without any help.
very informative
No useful info for me
Too short lectures;The study material is not properly defined, only entire books to read as reference;The tasks/tests are all literal parts of the books to complete, no understanding of the subject is motivated, but memorizing and tiring reading of books without proper directions.
The high video production values of this course fail to hide the abysmal lack of content. With approximately 4 mins per week of video charging $49 for this course is a disgrace. Potential students should save their money and read the relevant Wikipedia pages.
great course
A good course for persons those who are employed as in security role to an any organisation. I appreciate the method of distance learning to all on online. Thanks.
this course is very important nowadays!
Course material reference readings were good but videos were pathetic. It was more like a high school kid reading the slides.
I expected much more. The course material is really weak, did not improve my knowledge about Cyber Security. I am very disappointed, also cos I payed 30 dollars to a certificate. I do not recommend this course
This was an excellent course. I found it very informative and useful for someone such as my self looking to enter into Cyber Security as a career path.
Great materials to learn, highly organized and so helpful to enrich your knowledge.
An amazing course!!
very interesting
This is not a course - each session is 4 mins or less...
Good Course. Google Search knowledge required
Gets us basic knowhow of security terms, and technology used to combat the issues.
It is not any technical 'lab based exercise bases I mean'
Boring course... useless videos... only the referential resources and exercises are good
Great Course.
I really enjoyed this course, It's very informative
too short, I prefer that the engineer share a little experience or make more in detail.
Course is very interesting but i think the videos are very short. Better to make longer videos
I love this!
A collection of links to other sites and short and highly generic videos
The course is very interesting. It is supposed to study many aspects of cyber security - their own. Overall, a wonderful course.
Very good course. However, you need to do a lot of reading. The videos are simply introductions to the topics. The course has a lot of reading. The readings are great resources, however, some of them are very very long. I wish the videos had more of a lecture component. The final was difficult as you had no idea what would and what would not be on it. Great information, in-depth course, but it could have more video/lecture resources. It could also have more information concerning the information on the final exam.
Superb course with lot of resources to learn concepts. websites really helpful to update knowledge. Simple rules will avoid hefty fines by govt and safeguard brand reputations
More like a good guide then an explaining lesson.
Poor video lessons. The course is sustained by the reading material alone.
I enjoyed the course, found that the videos didn't really help and guide that much.
This is the poorest Coursera course I have participated in. Very few and short videoes that only scratches the surface of Cybersecurity. Instead you are directed to massive amounts of readings with no guidance on what should be read. To read it all includes sometimes +1000 pages for one week (not going to happen). I ended up just reading the introduction, glancing through the texts and searching for the answers for the quiz.This course totally miss the purpose and potential of MOOCs and the great Coursera platform. It's a shame.
Excellent Course.. However you cant take this as a CISSP training course.
Poorly made very short videos that do not explain the subject matter, some of the content is outdated.
Teach me many things I don't know about security.
The course is for an overview of many aspects of cybersecurity. There are many resources to read, videos that briefly discuss concepts of the week. Then there are quizzes and discussions with the topic of the week, doing the possibility at the student to talk about that and post his idea for assimilate concepts and reaching goals of the course. This is useful also for discuss with other students and how your ideas is viewed.I think there is a very basic course in his entire length, with more reading lectures at academic or professional level not for a beginner. it can be adding videos with more length and in-depth that in a easy way the ten domain about cybersecurity.
awesome course to start the journey in cyber security field
awesome course
A lot of personal work and complementary readings, good course.
what a course, elaborative and to the point
Thank you for providing this course. It was really very helpful to get an overview of cyber-security.But I will also like to suggest you to add some supporting study material along with this course, So it will be helpful to the students who are searching for in-depth knowledge.Thanks again.
Too little course material; video's too flashy (noisy) and do not discuss enough information
Awesome course. Covered the fundamentals of Cybersecurity and its ten domains.
great course
Very very broad with no real depth. Basically a very light summary of what cybersecurity is. You could watch all of the videos in 30 min probably. The real course comes from the reading and peer discussions.
This course is very clear and comprehensive, I used a lot in my career .
This course is not prepared as well. You see several video with animated presentation and typical (vocabulary) terms.It is not for beginners because in course you didn't find answers.It is not for pros because in course you didn't find interesting material.Hope that instructors can change course to better.
Very interesting and also made me more knowledgeable on the general subject of IT security.
Amazing and progressive course with smart and concise videos.Enjoyed every bit of the domains presented and looking to build upon the knowledge acquired from this course. Thanks guys for putting this package together.
Very informative, easy to understand well explained! good instructors
I wish that the videos were longer.
I wish they spent more time on the content of videos and less on the silly effects and 30-second intro and outro sequences. Practically every question of the final comes word-for-word from a book not assigned in the module readings and not available for free to students for them to study. I won't be taking any other courses from this school if this course was an indication of quality.
Gets you to know the basics of Cyber Security. This definitely is a foundation course and has good topics. If you are looking out for information on Cyber Security and do not have a clue about where to start from, this course is recommended for you.
I didn't like it. It's all theoretical and there isn't any practice.Also, they didn't send me an accomplishment like the other courses that I already done.
Great to learn more knowledge.
Good learning.
This is my first course in coursera.Cons:Information redundancy, unnecessary required reading.Extend some information that only need few hours to study to a 6 weeks courses.Pros:There are some useful basic concepts & frames
This is my first class here at Coursera and it was fantastic: good teachers, good reading material.
Very good course. Some readings and the final test are not so easy for people with other mothertongue than english but it is possible.
good courses
I like the class and the assignments. Lessons are quite short however with the assignments and quizzes I am forced to search for the answers among provided reading material. I feel I am learning a lot!
I learned a great deal
Excellent overview of some current issues related to security and the Internet. I especially liked the assignments which required one to write a short essay. The videos are somewhat minimal but I do not think that is necessarily bad. Instead, one has to gather a lot of information oneself through readings and Internet searches.
Could have utilized video lectures more. Questions on final exam did not seem to relate to materials covered in course. Course seems to just comprise 1 or 2 minute long video lectures and then direct students to vast amounts of online reading material.
The course content does not follow the exam question is totally different what you learn from the two-minute video. You need to have the background in the field. This course should have gone through the beta test before release to the public.
Videos way too short, annoying music/animations, lots of stereotypes (floating 0's and 1's, really?).This doesn't seem like a serious course provided by a university.
The subject matter is very interesting, the reading material is well-chosen, but the video lectures are superficial, to put it mildly. I recommend doing th course, but strongly suggest the staff upgrade the lectures.
I Felt like this was a very in depth course, the reading material was very good. At times I thought the instructional videos were very short - I would have liked them to have been longer, perhaps going into more depth about some of the topics covered in the reading materials - I was not fond of the written portion of the course - I would have preferred exams to the written portion.thanks.
Very good beginner level course
A good course for people who are trying to lean the basics of cyber security.Regards,Kashif
It's good to learn new about cyber security and assignment are good.
The videos are too short, without enough information about the topics. You have to read a lot, Actually, this course doesn't look like as others Coursera's courses and I don't recommend it.
This was a very interesting course. There is more to Cybersecurity than I would ha
Interesting course ... final quiz is a little bit going deep into details
great stuff learnt !!
The best part about this course was that it made sure you are interested in learning the subject. If not, it is really really difficult to get on with it. It makes sure you understand the subject really well and you have to give back to the community.I liked the fact that you have to read the "Readings for this module" part, otherwise you won't be able to pass the Quizzes at the end of each module. You have to write a short paragraph which it will be reviewed by peers, who will in turn give you ratings. You have to do the same for other peers. This was probably the best aspect of this course.The music was extremely annoying and the quality of the content in the videos was okay, but the most important part is that it guided me in the right direction every time. Sometimes, by the end of the video, the music started in between the lecture itself and played itself for 3-4 seconds.
It is a great introduction to the topic and does not require previous knowledge to grasp the concepts. Simple and easy to understand
all on demand flow are bad. difficult to follow and see where we are and what is left...
More reading on my own than I expected but great class overall.
It's a course really structured, with expert people who work in the area. I've learned a lot and I'm very happy to have been gotten involved in a course like this.
Too microsoft-oriented, too much reading (sometimes not very related to the topic) that is not unique and can be easily found on the internet without attending this course, not enough video presentations and explanations.Final exam seemed to me a bit out of topic.
Very Informative even if you work in the industry the last part week 6 is definitely a learning experiencethe videos are short but the reading material is great
A little bit too much generalist, need more precision.And unlimited attempt for quizz is not a godd idea, because quizz don't mean anything
very good for begainers and if you want to start at security i suppose that course
Need more information in videos, but course is very nice - especially I liked submissions
Good but not so deep as I expected.
Loving it so far
Too elementary. I would recommend this course for non-technical managers or security/coding beginners under the age of 13.
I did not find the lectures at all informative and the readings were not targeted enough to understand what items required focus and what information was more background. I did not find the course especially helpful.
This course is relevant to Cyber Security and Information Technology Systems Security
Really enjoyed the Course.. Thank You
I find this course very informative, but at the same time the videos seem pointless. All the quizzes are on the suggested reading material. The videos are quite cursory- almost an afterthought.
Videos seemed disjointed. Assignments were marked inconsistently. Did not find the subject interesting but the course did give useful insights into the industry.
This course is very helpful
Interesting! It´s a good choice!
Good basic course
Very useful course for beginners in cyber security
The material may be nore specific
Not to much information during videolection as i expected.
Great Course with brilliant people and resources. Many Thanks
Videos are very brief - slide presentations of course outline. One has to depend entirely on reading materials to understand the course.
The video's could be more informative and longer
This is quite a good course. However it's pretty basic and if you are trying to dig deep into Cybersecurity I suggest taking the Cybersecurity specialization.
A new generation of MOOC with REL available for free on the web as teaching ressources!Already got that elsewhere...
I found the course interesting though the continual music being played in the background was a distraction for me and felt like a brainwashing exercise.
I get many opportunity according to this course
Video content barely summarizes the outline of each module. The questions in the quiz are not "though provoking". Peer discussion are rather superficial and do not cover half the content of the course.Readings are OK, show good sources, but there is no real discussion about them in the videos or in the quizzes.
An awesome course
The lectures are brief and a lot of readings on the reference materials are needed.
A great course, a great way to know more about cyber security! Recommended
Pretty average and way too short/fast paced videos. Felt like it was put together on the fly. I don't usually review but this was not great, the reading material they linked to was the best content overall.
Very Good.
It's not exactly I was expecting. It covers lot of theory part. Some practical work in coding and security practicles would have added more value.I enjoyed the some material pdf suggested. However, I didn't liked "Accordingly to Microsoft" question and material. It was made 10 years back. Course content must be updated and more invovled tasks or discussions with Course makers. It looks like some videos are once made and kept as it is. I never saw actual teachers teaching something in this course, just browsing, reading and eassy writing.
Practic and useful for any security person.
I have learning a lot about cybersecurity in this course, and I really liked the process of handing in assignments as well as reviewing other students' work.
interesting and excellent course not yet finished but about to end it, so thaks for transmitting these knowledgements to us in a comprenhensible way.
The videos and documents are not balanced with the quizzes. The quiz questions are sometimes verbatim sentences from one book with a missing word - which I find hardly a test of acquired knowledge. The course must rise above only a few definitions and rough concepts. Most of the video's hardly offer insights - they last only 2 minutes and cover a few of those definitions. This course has a lot of potential, but in its current format and content it was a disappointment.
animations, animations and animations...
The content of the videos are just some engineer citing with some brief headline of security, it's lacking of depth and explanation, totally wasting my time !!
Very informative.
Is a little basic introduction to InfoSEC but is nice a good to start.
This course is missing content but it is still very interesting to work on the exercises provided.
Its very excellent teaching method. short time more information.
I'm going to try to continue to the end but the first three weeks is probably 15 minutes of videos with the most annoying music available playing for way too much of the content. I also didn't need to watch 10 seconds of an animated caveman grunting and smashing things on the screen. I would probably enjoy that part more if I felt that the information that is supposed to be learned over three weeks was more information than 5 pages in a book.
The lectures were too heavy on Industry experts who quickly covered the important topics. I have taken many technology and business courses on Coursera with one or two professors covering the important content accented with industry and subject matter expert interviews. This format works best for consistency and learning, IMHO.. A student who is not in the Cybersecurity field will not gain insight into the meat of the material from the lectures. The final exam question material is almost exclusively absent in the lectures. One is required to read the cited material to gain the required information
One of the absolute worst final exams I've ever seen. Vague questions coupled with synonymous answers form a frustrating experience that ruins an otherwise decent entry in security topics.
Good information, would have preferred more in-depth lectures and detailed information. More lecturer interaction/engagement on the issues.Overall I enjoyed the course and it was great.
Like any course, you get as much out as you put in. The real learning comes from reviewing the reading material-- even as an IT professional, I was able to learn quite a bit. IMO, this material should be readily available as a high school elective.
This was a good introduction to the field of Cybersecurity, but I wished for a more in depth coverage of many of the topics and other topics. This class would not be a preparation for the Security+ exam, for example, but it is a good start as an overview of Cybersecurity.
Lots of interesting external material, though videos are not quite helpful.
The course isn't bad, but the videos explanations are all way to general, they should be more detailed.
a very good introductory course to CyberSecurity.It covers all main arguments, with a neat overall picture.Highly recommended as first course, then step further with Software Security and Cryptography!
Very basic
Worth to learn
Thank you! Loved the quick response to Doubts.Awesome!
Minimal video efforts, not enough content, and long readings. Definetly not a good course to get a verified certificate
Thanks
Great course!!!!
Good course
Short lectures, long intro, ridiculous music. Very quickly decided to learn this elsewhere.
Great course on Cybersecurity
Good amount of knowledge
This is a great course and a great addition to Corporate Finance I! Thank you Heitor!
This was the most intense and enjoyable courses I've ever taken. Professor Almeida is simply brilliant. He's the type of academic that marries theory with the real world. He's also a first class academic with some great publications. The course provides a great mixture of analysis and then true-to life case work on companies and deals. Be prepared to work But know that you'll come out of this class with a completely solid knowledge of corporate finance. You can't sit back in the class. He challenges you to work and practice and ask questions. I don't know if I've ever learned as much from one class as I did in this one. One thing, usually I speed up my video lectures but I had to slow down my video feeds with Prof. A.! This is the best business class I've ever had.
Great Professor; Meaningful content; Useful in the workplace!
Great course. Recommend with great enthusiasm. Comprehensive and extremely well taught.
One of the most thorough and fair teachers I have ever had. This course was well out of my wheelhouse, but I felt empowered rather than defeated with each exercise and before I knew it I was conversing about current events that previously would have gone well over my ahead. Prof Almeia is the best!
Very good review course
Great course !
Excellent teaching
Great Course :)
My english improved so much!
Very good course, the teachers are great.
Thanks for such a excellent series of advanced lessons. Havind learned this course, I became more knowing of adverb clause. It's great. You are perfect teachers.
It was awesome! Thank you.
I really liked this course. I learned so many details that will help me to improve my writing skills. I consider that the information is well developed because even though the topic is complex the professors were very precise when organizing the material.Easy to follow, to understand, and to memorize. Professors, thank you so much for your dedication preparing each video.
I find this course, so far, too good, and looking forward to completing the course. I wish I could find all grammar courses at one place, and in order.
It is a very interesting course. Thanks for all this supportive context. I enjoyed it so much. I look up to the intructors. They are very professional.
Very fantastic course...
Hi everyone,I think that taking this class helped me so much to understand more about the English language.Thank you very much for giving the chance to attend the class for free.
Emily and Jake are the best, but the course was too difficult for me
MUY BUENA TEMATICA QUE SE MANEJA EN EL CURSO, LO UNICO QUE SUGIERO ES QUE IMPLEMENTARAN TAREAS PRACTICAS EN CUANTO A LOS REGISTROS CONTABLES.
CONTIENE INFORMACIÓN VALIOSA QUE NOS PERMITE ENTENDER EL MANEJO CONTABLE Y FINANCIERO DE UNA EMPRESA.
Very useful and interesting course
Gives the student real world exposure to the tools to study proteins gene regulation, etc. Instructor is involved and friendly. Highly recommended for someone who is interested in contemporary
Wonderful course. :)
well structured and useful course
I absolutely loved this course. The material is highly relevant to someone who works with large databases and computational tools. The lab portion really demonstrates how different online resources can help answer research questions.
very useful!!!
good but lengthy videos..
Awesome Course!
I really appreciate these series of courses, I want to thank Prof. Provart and his coligues for their great job on preparing and presenting these series. Thanks a lot!
Great course with the kindest professor.
The best.
introduction to many useful online data resources
I use this course as a good resource it has been very helpfull for me the explanation of Dr Provart are incredibly good.
Very informative. Loved the course. keep making more please
Excellent. It's very interesting for the introduction to bioinformatic analysis.
Bioinformatics Methods II provides a broad overview of several bioinformatics techniques for co-expression analyses. Lessons & Labs are as interesting and exciting as the ones of Bioinformatics Methods I - which I suggest to attend as well.Again, this "training on the job" approach is useful for achieving familiarity with this rich and many-sided subject.Thanks professor Provart & team for this!!!
I think it is a very good course about Bioinformatics. The lab content is especially useful to me,
I was a very very useful course, specially the heatmap plot generation and R language lab exercises was great!
Excellent course with excellent support by the Professor and Mentor. Covers what you need to know about protein bioinformatics and detailed expression analysis.
At first the questions were wrong, but i contacted with the professor and he corrected them.
Excellent course for astronomy enthusiasts with really useful and informative Python Assignments. One of the best MOOCs I have attended.
Great and quick way to learn things. Thanks for the troubles taken to put this together. Some of the computational exercises could do with a little more clarity of language. But, overall, Great!
A very interesting course, even though I am not an astronomer. Plenty of examples on the use of Python for data handling, ML classification of astronomical objects (sklearn), plus a neat section on RDMS usage (postgresql + python). Many thanks to all at astro-sydney for their help and Coursera.
I really enjoyed this course. Lots of useful information about composing music.
Great course!
A very good course. nicely put together and easy to follow.
Lovely course. So nice to learn more about the chords.
Loved it! Very challenging, but I learned so much. It will definitely help me write music in the future.
Comprenhensive, fast and easy to learn classic harmony basic course.
good course for beginners can learn the basics behind composing.You will learn key techniques like inversion of chords, insertions & substitutions & progressions which i believe can help any aspiring beginner composer regardless of style.You will also learn to analyze music pieces.
Excellent. This course is really an opportunity to enjoy composing like mozart!
Great course!
Very Good, Excellent
Love the teacher..
this course is perfect! in all ways.
Interesting content, good instructor
Absolutely fantastic, Edward is a wonderful pedagogue, thank you so very much for this course
Contains a lot of information for the short course time, but well worth taking even if you can't complete all of the work. It applies a lot of music theory, so consider it the hands-on practice for all of those theory lectures you might have taken.
This course helped me to understand what is involved in music composition.
If you know harmony it's Excellent!if you don't know it's good but difficult!
This is an excellent course. I cannot imagine better coverage in six weeks. Peter Edwards is a first class teacher and I hope he will do some other MOOC on a musical topic - I would certainly join it. The course has been an introduction that has already helped deepen my understanding of this period of music, and it has given me the desire to study these matters more fully.
An excellent course to learn the basics of classical style composition.
This is an excellent course and it really pushes you hard to learn Classical Composition. There are a few problems, however.Minor quibbles:1) The instructor does not really explain Parallel Perfect Fifths or Octaves; I had to look them up on my own. They deserve a whole lecture.2) One of the assignment solutions has a Parallel Octave by contrary motion, which is not supposed to be allowed.3) He also neglected to explain the Harmonic Minor Key being used for minor chords in his Lecture 0 of Week 2. Just a very short explanation would have saved me 40 minutes of stressful researching, confusion, and doubts about my own sanity ;)The biggest problem:This course should really be an 8- or 12-week course. The weeks are very densely packed. In Week 2, I worked 3-4 hours every day, and then was greeted by 11 classes due in 7 days when I opened Week 3. The assignments are rated 10 or 20 minutes but actually take about 2 hours. It would often take me thirty minutes to an hour to get through one 5-15 minute video. (I do take detailed notes and do recall and mnemonic drills along the way, however). If you are already solidly grounded in music theory and have much of voice leading on autopilot, this class is faster.That said, I would not want him to cut out anything. Every class so far has been necessary. It has taken me from almost 0 musical theory understanding to feeling very comfortable with advanced concepts, all in an extremely short time.If you try to complete all of his video examples just before he does them, they work like a charm. I came here to get solid skills, and Just three weeks in I feel like I have made a years' worth of progress.I highly recommend this course, but know the kind of work you are getting into.
This course taught me so much and it was easy to follow. Thank you for the opportunity!
Great!
An excellent lecture by Peter Edwards but couldn't attend it due to academic pressure.Hope will get similar courses in the near future.Thank you
I had no time to actually do the course material properly (due to real-life work) but I loved following what I could and eventually will take the course properly (next year). There is a lot of material covered and can be challenging for someone with little knowledge of music theory, but with some extra baxkground reading (and some wikipedia articles) one can catch up quickly. Highly recommended.
Very deep and fluid course.
Very full content of this course , the teacher does very well . Too bad it does not have subtitles in Spanish , it would be perfect if I had .
Really great and practical! You can really start to write some sophisticated music with this course!
The course is complete and clear (even better than the one in my conservatory ) I hope there will be course on orchestration ,even if it is paid I would take it ,thank you so much professor Edward.
Dr. Peter Edward does an outstanding job of explaining concepts for this genre of music!
Is one of the best courses I've taken
Practical and informative course for those who want to have an overview of current trends of Business Analytics.
That was a great course to start with. I started to work as a BA, and taking this course helped me a lot to get the general idea of how things work in business world. Great introduction about Data, Roles, Rules and SQL which is very useful for someone who is new to this field.
This course was great. The instructor really broke down the fundamentals of Data Analytics in several of modules. The only thing I would have liked a little more explanation on is the SQL section in module 3. I felt like this module went a little fast and could use some more supplemental information. Overall, this was a great intro into the world of data analytics.
Trust me, It is a wonderful course offered with great lectures. The course content is pretty cool (not easy though) and requires you to think on real-world-scenarios at the same time giving us an opportunity to build your our business models enabling us to think big, thus exercising our brain. Cheers !
It has been a pleasure to take this course, as it contents a lot of new stuff of my interest, helping me to be iniciated in the Data Analitics world in a very well guided way.My favorite part was SQL as a tool to extract data, it was one thing that has been in my mind for a long time, but never had had the opportunity to enter in contact with this code.Great profesor, whose profound domain of the topic, his enhusiasm and passion made this complex theme were seems easy!! Thank you very much for all the effort put in this course!
The course was easy to follow and understand
Great course! I worked in IT for years and this course closed some gaps in my knowledge in this area. The course is easy to understand and extremely informative in many areas of data analysis. Big thank you to David Torgerson and University of Colorado Boulder. The presentation is just fantastic!
it was too much teory and not really data analytics tools.
Very very good. Needs some clean up in the PowerPoints and perhaps a bit more elaboration with some concepts. The quizzes were a bit tricky where some of the questions hinged on a single word or phrase in the lecture.
Overall, course quality is good and have a appropriate level of knowledge for new analysts. I will recommend for who begins learning about data analytic.Need improve:Some of the subtitles are wrong.Examinations need have more explanations, they will be helpful when we choose the wrong answer.I need to wait too long for reviewing someone in the end of course. Please consider this.
An excellent course, very clear and concise. Its already amazing, but extra material would've been helpful , especially in the SQL week.
Great overview of the world of data analysis.
I register in this course as a real beginner but I develop many practical skills in SQL, business analysis. I recommend it strongly for those who want to become a data analyst
Great
This was a really good overview/introduction to a lot of the concepts needed for Analytics roles in business!
Excellent course! Pace is good, and information is valid. I liked this course!
Great set of materials. Great introduction on data analytics
This course is a must for researchers
A very good introduction, especially starting with SQL
This required a lot of work with little gained. Some questions, referring to budgets and site layouts, required skills that weren't learned in the course. The 3 word feedback comments I got from all reviewers did not feel like worthy responses to the amount of time I put into this project. Additionally, I was graded negatively by some reviewers without reason, as happened in other sections. Overall, not really worth the money for a paid certificate. Would be nice if maybe for the capstone only, some sort of professional or professor weighed in on your project for some legitimate and helpful critique.
Very challenging with the goal to bring a complete strategy to life.
While I appreciated the challenge of the capstone project, I didn't feel like the assignment's requests accurately aligned or represented what was provided in the lecture series. As someone who bought this course as one large pack (four courses, one capstone project), it would've been nice to see more intersection. I felt a little "in the dark" on some of this. Given the short timeline to finish the work, too, many of these requests need more time (e.g. building personas needs user research, ideally). All in all, a good challenge to a content professional, but don't expect all of this to align with what you learned in the lecture series.
Seriously this is the best business-related course on coursera! The material and the professor is outstanding. I'd very much recommend it. You won't get bored while watching all the videos. You can see the effort put into producing such a high quality course. It's by far the best course I've took on coursera and believe me I tried a lot of courses.
Great course and quizzes. Learned a lot about competitive strategy and economics. Look forward to the next course.
Fantastic course and quite interesting material as well. I loved the pace and the approach where we looked at actual examples to study the content.
I recommend this course for people who work in field of commerce, trading, and business development. I think this course could bring valuable knowledge for people participating in industries mentioned above
The content was very nicely put together. The delivery was excellent, examples pertinent and course takeaways very relevant. Any one who is looking to understand how to analyse and interpret market competition, New entry threats and Game theory need not look any further.
Very good practical introduction to key competitive strategies concept. Professor Kretschmer provides real company examples that further illustrate and reinforce the concepts. The course does not delve into the theories behind the key concepts which may it quite fluid (though leave certain student asking for more. Course is well articulated, relatively easy to follow and quite funny at times (just thinking about the logistics of bringing the AT-AT along on field trips!). Well done. Thank you.
A lot of strategy concepts and basis, from Nash to Porter... Nice explanations, easy to follow and actually funny!
This course is good... The material and teaching methodology is simple and taught in a way that its easy to understand.
Very well structured, overall good (sometimes slow) pacing. In this introductory, only very simplified settings with few variables are considered. The course description could highlight that.Although they are not long each, I personally found the style of the videos a little tiresome (talking head scribbling illegibly on powerpoint slides). I therefore just listened to them as 'audio' while doing errands around the house, and only returned to my desk for the invideo tests. Worked well.
Helped me understand through multiple scenarios explained in the videos.
Very good course with a professional instructors and hoping to enrich it with many other examples for different rules
Eye opening now i know better how to plan operations for Q2.
The concepts are clear and well presented. Quiz questions are relevant to the course material. Flexible due dates make it possible to fit this course in a busy professional life.
Very good course! Well organized and clear content!
great tool to learn and develop Strategic Thinking concepts and behaviors.
Great course and wonderful professor!
Great Course and Great Professor.
Tobias is a nice teacher and he makes game theory looks like piece of cake.
Excellent course for those who are engaged in product marketing and management. Highly recommended.
Hello. Just noticed the new Competitive Strategy Specialization. Very much interested. Loved the first course. Made sense of all my old microeconomics classes.Nevertheless, I've already done Competitive Strategy Course with success and was already in the advanced one.If I do Specialization will I already receive a specific certificate for the course I did? Will I be able to pay a smaller fee for having done one course already?Final question, does the specialization have some specific certification from LMU?Thanks again.
An interesting course with real life examples and engaging content. The Professor's style of delivery and thorough use of examples made this an informative and easy to understand course, whilst maintaining a reasonable level of detail for an introductory course. Highly recommended as a starting point to understand competitive behaviour and strategies
The Course is an amazing gift from LMU. I am thankful for the opportunity of learning so much information with such a high level of quality. The course is very clear in all lessons. At the same time, it does not represent any loss in the approach of the issues, which is very complete.
This course was awesome! I've learned so much doing this course and that knowledge was really helpful in my later postgraduate course.
This is an exellent course with a lot of exercises. I ve learnt more during this than when I studied Strategy at school
Great course! Thank you Tobias and LMU for it!
A great course! I wish that Prof Tobias would author a textbook/book following the same subjects.
Don't have the certificate to certify that I've undergone the course. It is sad. The content of the course is good. However, without the certificate it feels like all my efforts have gone in vain. Please look into it.I would like to receive the certificate, I am willing to pay for it. But I don't know how
This is a very good course, however it is not in my main line of interest and I kind of lost interest.
Very clear presentation, good exercises, very good driven and with consistency.
The course gave me important insights about competition and decision making in different scenarios. Going through the weeks, the course provided me levers to make better decisions and understand better some strategic moves we see everyday in our company.
Great course! Recommend it!
Very interesting and well structured course
Great lecturer! Content nicely put in suitable chunks, easy to listen and interesting to follow. Good examples for better understanding.
The cours is informative and I'm really grateful to professor Tobias Kretschmer and course staff for the opportunity to improve myself.
Amazing way to understand industry strategy, as a game. Thanks for the quality lectures and the professor's great method.
One of the best treatments of a complex subject. I loved taking the course.
very good professor, taught in a interesting way
Got very good insights on the application of the various aspects of Game Theory in the real world scenario.
The course has added more value to the knowledge i have of competitive strategy.
Very good course with basic but extremely important concepts.
Amazing Simplicity to Deliver High Value Content!
THANK YOU!
The course is very interesting and easy to follow, but there are some concepts that are not that easy to grasp.I had to watch some videos a few times so I could fully understand some concepts.The test were real tests that made you study and think. I liked that.
Well structured course and considerable amount of materials covered. Thank you
Great course! It's very important to understand the decisions, and how to achieve them.
Nice course for a preliminary understanding of Game Theory! Highly recommended!!!
very good and up to date. This is one of the best courses I ever taken. Thank you so much
This is a amazing course with great content, keeps you on the edge. Ludwig is a master of this ! Cheers
Amazing knowledge very well delivered by the teacher
Really good for free.
It's a course that will develop your capacity of watch the company's decisions for a theoretical way, and be able to understand their choices.These decisions will be needed for a sustainable firm.
I am an MBA and have studied marketing but this course was an addition to my knowledge of strategy. The content was practical and readily applicable to everyday business scenarios. I have been thinking about my own business for some time and I found this course tailored for myself. This course helped me develop strategic thinking.
Miss Tobias :)
This is an excellent course. Very clear lectures with good real world examples. Highly recommended!
This is amazing course, easy and informative.Thank you.
This course was a truly exciting learning experience. The lecturer was very well capable to awaken interest and keep up tension. Thank you for that. I look forward to joining the 'advanced' class.
Very clear, concise and well explained with cases
well structured, engaging, educating with good use of modern communicaton tools
Great course.
I really enjoyed this course. Topics are well explained and there are a lot of real world examples. The only negative aspect is that there is no certificate for this course.
Fantastic course, it was really easy to follow and
Interesting and informative course!
Really good!
Well-designed course that gives the fundamentals of decision-making and crafting business strategies
Excelent course and content!! I'd like to have the course material to do a further study, though.
In order to be more clear with the exposition, the course started with a game theory introduction and that works a lot for me. Then the course become more strategic and more apllied. Great course!
The course was a great experience for a coursera beginner like me. The reader explained the issues with good examples and used descriptive use cases. The only problem I had was that some of the exams are broke down my browser, but I think that this was a problem between coursera and IE11.
The flow is the course is highly structured. It starts with what actions/strategy firms take in the general scenarios & then moves on to specific cases like market entry, deterrence, innovation etc.I highly recommend this course for all beginners who want to have a broad understanding of what firms think in a competitive environment.
Very good course. Easy to follow and served in adequate portions. Lots of examples and very didacting format that builds on the knowledge. Excellent intro to competitive strategy. thanks.
This course really helped me how to act rationally, in a way that benefited for me (or us) without ignoring the competitors.
This was an excellent course. The examples and diagrams that were used to explain concepts and situations were effective. The professor's teaching style was effective and engaging. It was worth my time!Namita A Shrivastav
Excellent perspective of competitive strategy in general. The lecturer was very articulate and gave insightful anecdotes to all the concepts being taught. Very good for developing business thinking on the fly with all the different considerations. Suggestion would be to create a end of course case project.
Interestingly, understandable
Very nice course.
This is an interesting course with inspiring strategical thoughts for many real-life scenarios. Good for both new comers for business strategies and seasoned strategists to recap the most important theories and actual applications. Highly recommended!
well structured course for every learner.
Absolutely phenomenal course, the instructor goes through the material in a very easy to understand way, is engaging, and the subject matter is presented with practical and real-world examples to support the theory!
Amazing course and the curriculum
Awesome learning experience.. Best course.. :D
great material and video quality, love it.
Great course! I really liked it. Very informative and didactic.
Excellent course. Very good content and the instructor is excellent, explaining concepts and using very clear examples. Thanks!
Very well designed and easy to understand, the professor really gave illustrative examples for students to understand the core conceptions.
An amazing and necessary course for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of doing business at any level.
Very much enjoyed the course; the instructor used good examples and the content was relevant and aligned well with the subject matter. Enough examples and quizzes to reinforce the theories. I'm looking forward to follow-up with the 2nd course.
really good!On suggestions: Publish the slides.Thanks
Excellent Course with a good learning opportunity with Examples and Quiz at end of each topic
The course is informative. The lecturer uses comprehensible language and examples.
basic but cool!
Great instructor! He simplifies everything without making it any less interesting. I loved the numerous examples too! so helpful!
This course is very much enjoyable
This is a great course!
Why some companies sell the same products at higher prices when there are competitors in the same city? Understand that the differentiation of a product is important to obtain profit is possible with this course. I recommend it.
Excellent! The teacher was awesome. The best!!!Can I know his name and the university where he teaches?
This lecture series is clear and attractive. Location and media use are selected smart and charming. The contents excited me and I deliberately deal with Game Theory. You have enlightened our world bright, ...Thank you.
I really really enjoy the teaching. The professor explains concepts in a clear and concise fashion. The quizs are useful too in helping me consolidating and realising the gaps in my knowledge. Game theory is now one of my favourite themes in Economics.
运用浅显易懂的例子让你很快明白它的basic concepts,然后会及时的出一些quiz让你active participating rather than passive listening
Very confusing course, unclear example, too theoretical (very limited relevancy to business questions)Also, presentation format could be improved (tables are not intuitive to read/understand)
Very interesting approach, even-though some exercise are not clear enough.
Very interesting and developed very smartly. Thank you.
Well-structured and entertaining course, in which basic competitive concepts are issued. I dont rank it with 5 stars because I think they should post the slides of the lessons for the students and they have to add the possibility of paying for a certificate
very slow and boring. needs better and more relevant examples. Instruction should be more fast paced.
Very structured which allows a step-by-step
This course gives a simple, concise, effective outlook to competitive strategy. I'm glad I decided to take it.
Very interesting, thank you~
Its very good for understanding purposethank you so much
great course, great content and awesome professor.
Great teacher and very good explanation of the subject
Would have rated it 4 if i had received my certificate of accomplishment like i was told at the starting of the course. The course was very informative and explained thoroughly and all but when you put it down on your resume or something its good to have a document backing up the claim.
Really good!
So far , very interesting and covers much of the material that was covered in my Strategy Course in my MBA. It has been a delightful course as a refresher and putting more up-to-date examples than when I covered much of this material some time ago. Have another 2.5 weeks to go but I will look for more courses from LMU & Tobias !
Thank you for this course
Very confusing subject which could have been better presented.
I would like to thank professor Tobias Kretschmer and his team at LMU for teaching me this course. Thank you for giving me a chance to learn those wonderful things free online.
Great course! Very comlex and engaging!
Great presentation style. Only recommendation would be to make the slides available for download.
I really enjoyed this course. It's an excellent exercise in applying game theory to competitive situations. As an IP professional, I found it helpful to see the other aspects of competitive positioning beyond patenting.
Thank you for new approach for the strategy! Great!
Excellent, content, explanations and methods, highly recomend it
Very Clear and insightful.
Very interactive, well-built, concise and interesting.
This course is extremely well paced and Tobias is great at explaining the competitive landscapes.Highly recommended.
I guess the professor is not a native English speaker,(neither am I,) So I find some sentences in the PPT quite confusing. Everything else is perfect.
Very good course, refresh on strategy
Enjoyed this course. There was a bit of confusion on some points, but overall really good.
Very good compare to what the courses in Nicaragua are like. Perhaps the bad point are the examples that the professor use, many of then are not so realistics. When learning about a situation that conditionate our strategy, we must also know what others inputs take part too.
Very good starter into Game Theory and Competitive Strategy
It has helped me to view business in a new way
Thanks for a wonderful course.
Thank you
very useful for our company !
Great class to learn business strategy
Great!
Great course with easy and simple examples that helped me better understand these concepts. I am looking forward to enroll and start watching the videos of the Advanced Competitive Strategy Course.I recommend this one to anyone wanting to know the basics of competitive strategy, decision making and management concepts whether having or not a job related to management.
This course is awesome!
I have no previous business experience and I really enjoyed this class. It gave me insight into game theory and marketing and product development concepts. Good pace and good explanation of topics.
Really Good! I love the examples using on the curse and the attitude of the professor.
Hi, I took this course as a refresher and found it very helpful.It is well structured and easy to follow, clearly communicated through a rich set of exmaples. I recommend it for those with an interest in the subject matter.For myself I look forward to starting the Advanced module.
Great teacher!
Made it easy for understanding.
I am quite pleased with the course. The professor was extremely thorough and presented the information is a clear and logical fashion. ItI
VERY VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE I LOVE THIS COURSE
Very well explained
Excellent course. Very straightforward, very interactive and with appropiate applications to the real word and corporations. I do recommend it!!!
That is good!
Not the expected quality
Interesting examples and useful contents for strategists
lectures are very well explained by the professor and slowly the complexity of the subject is exposed. The content was presented in a clear and sometimes funny/remarkable way. I learned quite a lot, so my thanks!
Great course! I learned to combine traditional strategic concepts with game theory. I would liked some bibliographic references.
This course is really well built. Lessons are understandable and quite funny. Recommended for everyone.
I really liked this course, it taught me a new world about decision making that I will carry forever
Very well put together, explaining in a simple and direct manner many concepts that were forgotten to me.
Great course for an introduction on competitive strategy. Easy to understand and follow and the quizzes keep you on track. Recommended!
I would like to receive a certificate, that's why I don't rate it with 5 stars.
I loved this class it was very easy to follow along.
Is a good course. because have a resumed content with a practical view and usability in real world.
A very interesting course, not only for beginners but also for people who have already heard of the game theory and who want to deepen their knowledge!
Its a great course filled with information and practical examples. Doing Advanced Competitive Strategy now.
Great stuff!
Good analytical concepts into strategy with competitors. Recommended for anyone who is in business and or intends to start a business in a competitive environment.
Excelent course, I've learned so much. Examples and lessons are very clear
Wonderful course! I've learned a lot. Thank you very much for providing this course.
Nice and intuitive course
The course is very practicall and easy to understand. It provides a lot of examples and its separared in small 10 minutes lectures that make it more pleseant to diggest. Also, wonderful teacher, very clear and also fun.
Excellent course to get you started in competitive strategy. Clear and relevant examples, and the professor has made the course interesting and thorough.
I really like the lesson.I enjoy it and will re-take it to brush up my understanding.
I really enjoyed this course. The fact that I can go at my own pace helped me a lot to be able to finish it.
This course is very interesting and is helpful when in business. I highly recommend it to those who want to learn about competitive strategy.
It's a great course! Well-structured and full of usefull knowledge.
very good and very didactic.Keep pushing
this is a very informative course...
Very interesting course. Excellent teacher.
Great course and well worth the time. I took this as a refresher and enjoyed it immensely. Great content, good lecturer.
Excellent Course, It has been useful for my professional development and studies.
I have mixed feelings about this course. From a instructor and content perspective, this is by far the best. Tobias is a great teacher and he explains the concepts very nicely followed up by quizzes.What I hated about this course was the web exprience and how the final questions were set up. It gave a feeling that the intent was to "get you" vusrses questions that were more to see if a student has understood the concepts. Some of the multiple choice answers were borderline and a rational mind could go either way. So my suggestion is to significantly rewamp your quizzes.From a technical perspective, the system did not capture my results the first time, It graded me differently on the same set of questions (this needs to be really looked into) for example the first time I answered the question a certain way, it marked me correct, however the same answer in the next attemp was marked wrong??? This lead to a lot of confusion (and I am not saying because the numbers in the answers were changed on different attemps but the content itself was marked differently).I loved this course and would have loved to attempt the advanced strategy course however but for the above reasons will not.Its dissapointing that although the instructure and content is world class the technical glitches are too many for a student to have a seamless, learning experience. Hope this helps and topics mentioned aboove would be seriously looked into. I want this course to be a success as this the one of the most insightful courses that I have taken.
Explanations are clear. Examples are curious.
Awesome course. Very useful introduction to the concepts.
Excellent lectures, well thought out. Exercises were too easy but a great intro course.
Thanks, I could learn on it in an easy way.
Excellent course! Strategies were clearly explained.
It is an excellent course. My only feedback is to make it even more interactive that makes the students engage and learn. Also provide more real-life and challenging examples.
It was educational!
helpful and inspiring course!
Very good teacher! real examples!
Excellent course and very well explained.
A lot of information, well presented and delivered. I really enjoyed this course.
hiI am studying management and the new approach appears to me to see you.tank you :-)
I am going to finish week six and so far the course has been excellent !!
Great course! Very useful for developing strategic mindset in both personal life, business and career! I HIGHLY recommend if your feel interested in the subject!
An excellent course, and excellent professor and wery well explaned. Especially considering that I don´t have a very broad economical/strategical background. I hope we can enjoy and learn more in this way!
Excellent course. It is well organized and should be a required course for anyone thinking of starting a new business or simply wanting to increase his/her value to their organization. The concepts apply to small and large organizations, whether for profit or non-profit. Even non-profits are in a competitive market.
Great course, I highly recommend it. I thank to the LMU for creating such a tremendous course with great contents and excellent teaching techniques.
lots of pedagogy...
I love this class. It teaches much better than the game theory I took
Very good course, interesting and helpful.
Good introductory class to the topic. Much time spent on examples. However, each module feels somewhat a bit disconnected from the other ones. A case study or example which would navigate students through all 6 modules would greatly help students remembering it all.
Excellent course for a beginner in this subject
Very complete and well explained, goes slowly sometimes!
Splendid explanations, good examples and a great teacher.
I am doing this course at my own pace but I must say I am enjoying it completely. It is so much fun!Thank you!
Enjoyed the class, Game Theory has always been interesting to me.
Excellent course with extensive amount of real world examples. Really gives you insight in the fundamentals of the business strategy that businesses pursue in competitive markets. Quizzes are not hard but do teach you the point. Definitely recommended if you are looking for some insight in competitive strategy and the reasoning behind it.
Very good content, nice videos with interesting speaker. Very interactive course.
I really enjoyed this course! Learned lots of valuable concept for my business in an easy way. I suggest this course to every entrepreneur out there!
A good intersection of Micro-economics and Game Theory. Very well structured.
Even though the course talks about strategy a better tittle could be Game Strategy applied to Competitive Strategy.
This course is amazing, the structure and contents are planned in an outstanding way. I am very glad that I found it. It fulfills my expectation way further. Congratulations to every member, professor and the team that made it possible.
Excellent, content.I see this as a valuable input to change our mindset and tailor it to a more strategic approach. Technics like Backwards induction really help to achieve this.Thanks :)
Prof. Tobias Kretschmer is a great teacher capable of getting you interested in the topic, thus making the course itself even more interesting. The course is very helpful in getting the perspective how one should position himself in order to get the most out of the market.
Excellent course! Tobias is an excellent tutor. Course opened my eyes to a whole new spectrum of analysing the behaviour of firms in the market place. It gave me basic insights into my own business. I will never look at business and competition the same way. I just enrolled in the advanced competitive strategy course. 5 bright stars from me
An interesting course with a lot of examples. I was really enjoying watching the lectures.
I liked the course, it opened my eyes to new ways of thinking, and I'm continuing the advanced competitive strategy course. The approach of making models and calculations to see what the best strategy for a given company is, can help greatly with making sense of a chaotic world.Minor points to better the course: The lectures are sometimes too simple, especially the examples given can be sped up, up the ante ;)!. In the quiz one whole answer is false if one of the sub-answers is false, especially with 10 answers to give, I sometimes had a hard time to pass a question due to this reason, can this be resolved a bit? Say for example, a question is passed if 80% of the sub-answers are correct?Overall... thanks dear Tobias for having me in your class!Greetz Floor
Great course! The professor is very clear, concise and easily understandable. The different examples and cases illustrated very well the fundamentals of competitive strategy. I am looking forward to continue this course series with the Advanced Competitive Strategy.
very interesting and challenging course
Great Course
Basic knowledge of Game Theory and Marketing
Good course
Was really good
I really enjoy learning from Professor Tobias Kretschmer. He has all these interesting props related to the examples that always grab my attention and make me laugh. This course is suitable not only for those who want to learn more about strategy but also for those who are beginners to the business world. I'll definitely start the advanced one soon!
Very helpful to have a better perspective of the real world!
Great, well-prepared course!
i really enjoyed this course and i learned a lot from it...competitive strategy is really a great course and people interested in business should definitely try this course..
Excellent course, very useful content explained in an easy and effective way. Highly recommended!
Very interesting and sometimes challenges understanding in the quiz.
Excellent course. Very Helpful in understanding competitor analysis.
Not a lot of practice problems and somewhat superficial information.
Very insightful, although very theoretical. It is great to create awareness of different strategical concepts and how they are applied, but not enough details in how it would actually play out in a real scenario between different entities. Kept me wanting to learn more though, which is a very good thing ;).
A great introductory level course to Competitive Strategy. Professor Kretschmer does an excellent job of engaging the audience, keeping the content simultaneously light and yet challenging. The course highlights the basic premises of how best to enter a market and how to keep a competitor out of the market. You will also find ways to strategically price products for profitability based on the expected, logical reaction from your competitors. Thank you Professor Kretschmer for a great course.
Good Attractiveness
Excellent course to offer deep insights into decision making in real business world.
Very useful.
This is a brilliant introductory course on Competitive Strategy. Instructor explains the concepts well. It would be useful to get the slides of the lectures.
A very informative course, looks at the application of game theory to the world of business. Clear explanations and good tests.I would like to know why he has an AT-AT next to him in lectures however.
Good, basic concepts covered with examples
I learnt a lot of things from this course.
Fantastic course except for the quiz questions. Many of them can be interpreted in a way that an answer different from the intended one can work too.
fantastic - GREAT instructor!
Awesome learning experience. The interactive way of teaching by respective professor Tobias Kretschmer has created great curiosity. The examples discussed are highly relevant and laymen for freshers. Definitely going for next advanced course. Enjoyed the learning Game Theory.
This course is very interesting, I enjoyed all modules. Teacher explains everything very well and the practice tests are very exciting to do.
Excellent course... A great introduction to Competitive Strategy, well dictated through theory and examples
Thanks to this course, I think economically my society and the world. This strengthen my economic wisdom. Thank you.
excellent course for both beginner and moderately adnvaced economy students and enthusiasts. press Kretchmer is very well spoken and explicit with his content
Well structured and really interesting. The teacher clearly explains and walks through the arguments with the aid of specific case studies. Strongly recommended for learners of business, finance and entrepreneurship.
Excellent! Mr Tobias Kretschmer really his way to teach is great, Obviously you can realize how he love that he is teaching, Simple great !!
5 stars. Highly recommented.
great!a lot of information, descibed in an easy way. I learnt a lot despite the fact that english is not my native language. So I decided to subscribe to the second course "advanced competitive strategy" as well.
Amazing online course. Tobias Kretschmer is a great presenter and lecturer. He has a good way of implementing fun into these subjects, as well as keeping them very informative. I learned a lot from this course. -Tobias Brouwers, Denmark
Slides availability could prove helpful
really informative, great teacher and I learnt a lot from this.
Very good! It was very intresting for me!
The course is amazing and very helpful for everyone who works on Business Development and Business Strategy. Definitely need the second course - Advanced Competitive Strategy.
Excellent for anyone searching for better comprehension on strategy and decision making. Is also a practical approach to game theory.
amazing course learnt a lot
It's a pretty well structured course with one exercise after every lecture that helps you to learn properly.
A very well explained course on how to break down decision making purely on rational and analytics . This course did not explain strategy in a higher level. It only explained in systematic decision making scenarios.
This Course teaches you about the basics of Strategy making and clearly explains about the step by step approach with real time examples .Beauty of the course is no prerequisites are required and explanation of the content is of top notch
The professor was good. There was an over abundance of game theory, however.
Really interesting subject, with helpful quizzes. Some technical issues with the videos but nothing there to stop you from gaining some really helpful skills, if you dig business related courses.
Wonderful exercise for your brain.That is simple story about math magic in real life.
very well structured course, good to have no limitations on start or end dates. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Excellent teacher, great structure, no words are superfluous, material is valuable and very relevant.Thank you!
Very interesting course, thanks.
Good course especially for those involved in business strategy. It requires attention and a lot of quizzes to be solved. Nonetheless all information shared by the professor can be useful and a knowledge advantage. This course can be taken by people who aren't familiar with business/finance/economics.
This is the best ever lecturer that I have observed. it's very much practical and would recommend every marketing aspirant to look forward to this.
it is great
An awesome course! I like the way the professor does the lectures. He gives a lot of real life examples, and makes a great difficulty balance so one could really enjoy this course. I hope we see more courses from Herr Tobias Kretschmer and the LMU.
Easily set up hence easy to follow! no room for boreness!
Interesting things about shiny applications nd creating own swirl courses.
A very good coverage on creating interactive charts using various facilities such as plotly, google vis, and the shiny app framework. The knowledge is very practical to be used immediately for my day-to-day work.
Great class, great series. Still much to learn.
Terrific for shiny and leaflet learners
Great class!
Great practical course !
Thanks to these courses, I program production planning and control software for the company I work for.
Very interesting, lots of useful structure
Nice course and good classmates. It's very focus oriented and gives very good idea of Shiny, Rmarkdown, plotly and how to publish documents on github, Rpubs and other online sites. I learnt power of R
Excellent, relevant, and updated content and guidance through videos and assignments. If you work hard and use material from previous courses in the specialization you can start to feel how you are getting somewhere. With the technology we learned in this course I feel I can now provide usable products that provide interactivity and promote better understanding of complex data sets.
Nice course. Developping a web app in R is not exactly mainstream, but I learned a lot.
One of the best modules where you can learn how to apply the knowledge!
I think this one is the best from the Specialization as it is the most Practical one (more than Practical Machine Learning).Can be taken without the others if you have basic experience in R and want to learn about cool R applications.The reason I don't give full rating is for not having practical assignment every week. So there wasn't enough effort put into the course. Of course, we can do optional homework and make more applications, but assignments like these should be mandatory. There is no package building and no swirl course building - So why do we have week 3 and 4 at all? The quizzes are also laughable - no knowledge testing at all.So although I liked this course from the Specialization the most, I still can't give full rating because of the mentioned issues.
Great
Very Useful Course.
very helpful and teaching. learning practical tools for producting data products. examples in the course are not very complex, but give a very good intro for several tools.
Really had a great experience through getting hands on real projects
Really nice course! It extends our vision of what is possible to build as a data scientist. Strongly recommended!
Real world learning experience. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Was a highly pleasurable and rewarding experience for me.
I didn't learn many data science concepts in this class
a great course, I know a lot of new stuff
This course is very hands-on and good for building quick prototypes.
Excellent course. Got to learn Shiny Application in this.
A course where you can show everything learned in the R language, especially in visualizations.I hope and in the future there are courses focused only on visualization with R
I really like the new version of this. It mixes a lot of tools, but most are useful. It was fun doing the assignments.
the course i enjoyed most in this specialization. Learning to use plotly, leaflet and other tools was great
Top 3 course of this specialization.
Really Interesting class, interactive app/plot is so much fun. Great to be able to make creative stuff myself.
Filled with useful information about practical tools.
Great Course
This course is packed with rich content that draws on all of the data science concepts in the other 8 courses. The best part is leaning how to use Shinyio so it is easy to share R analysis and visualizations.
Very informative
Excellent course, well delivered and adapted that help to build a structured output from a statistical analysis. I would recommend this course to anyone.
very good course to understand on how to present your work in a very structured and repeatable manner.
The course introduces us to a ton of valuable material for developing data products. But it is up to the student to have the initiative to dig deeper into the material by going through the various API reference documentations in order to create the final data applications. I'm not sure there is a better way to teach this course; but it felt like I was left to my own devices to complete the course. In a way it was a good learning experience to have to complete the assignments without much hand-holding from the instructors.
Awesome course. Overview of all the things you need to become part of the data science community in terms of contributing and sharing.
Great introduction to interactive plotting, mapping, and shiny. Deeper examples would be helpful.
One of the best course.
The final project was very cool!
Excellent content and very Practical
Love this course. Many interesting features (Shiny App, Maps, etc.) that I will definitely use for my job.
great course
Rewarding learning experience.
A bit fast paced as they teach so many things in a single week. But the stuff they teach is surely great and makes you appreciate the beauty of R
Great course, just like the others in the certification.
Really nice course.
One of the best courses in the Specialization. Really great content.
This is an excellent course that will teach you plethora of new things! The only gotcha is that things move too fast in the world of Data Science. Some of the topics and code might not work exactly as shown when you take the course, and many things will change. It's up to the student to make-up for the missing pieces, but I guess that is the only caveat when you work in a still-evolving field.
Great Course
I am a developer and know how to create advanced websites. This course has less use for me as in my day job i create sophisticated websites
Very useful
Great course, a lot of information!
Although I really liked the content of this course, the videos seemed to be have been done with rush. Many of the explanations were started but not finished and the presenter had many breaks during his speech to think or to go back with a better explanation.
Good course but I think it can be better.
Love it!
Had a lot fun developing my Physics App
Great Course.
The skills taught in this course are fantastic and I'm sure using them will blow my colleagues' minds away. However, I must say that the lectures on Rcharts and other interactive plot builders sound kinda sloppy, poorly prepared. I know the documentation for those packages is bad and it takes effort to figure out what they do, but that is precisely why a well-prepared lecture would be so useful. I would also talk about license, since we have been dealing with packages that are completely open for use, but these have some restrictions.
I enjoyed the class, but was frustrated when it came time to get my Slidify to work on GitHub (since RPubs wasn't publishing them correctly.) I had to convert it to RPres (which was easy, thankfully) in order to get my project submitted in time.
Nice course, but the discussion forum are not the same as in the old format. I also think that the shiny videos from Rstudio are better than the instructional videos in this course.
Great Course!!!
To be honest I don't think this is worth the money.
very useful to design a data product.
Good introduction to a wealth of great tools and to the concept of data products.
A very straightforward course on how to build fast and useful applications fora broader audience.
It was a fun course. The final project allows more practice with Shiny.
Great work
The Shiny project was the best part of the course!
seemed like a filler, nit are why this was included
This module is not the same level as the previous ones, giving a superficial view of several package but not on any deepens. The application development was the positive part of the module.
Really enjoyed learning how to build a Shiny App, and see a lot of use for this in my work environment. The Slidify product was not as useful - after 3 months of working on the project, I moved from Slidify to RPres, and was able to complete the project in very little time.
Easy tools to use and powerful
Awesome Course !!
The lecture is not so fluent taught than other coursers in the specialization
Compared to the other classes in the JHU Data Science specialization, this one is pretty laid back. It's useful information, and teaches a few nice tricks on how to present data analysis results.
The course is fine in the content. As usual, the presentation from Brian Caffo is rather rushed and stumbling. A better presenting style would improve the course no end, but ultimately, what is covered is what you need. I generally just avoid the videos and read the slides.
Love this course and enjoyed the shiny apps building exercise.
This course isn't as clearly outlined or carefully prepared as the others in the Data Visualization specialization.
Nice I like a lot, shiny nice tools. thanks to the teachers.
The best course so far and pulls everything together, surprised how much I have learnt over the specilaisation
Nice introduction which allows to start using some tools to present results of the analysis.
I greatly enjoyed this course. It helped me to improve my skills in the field of data science.
Would like to use the time to learn more machine learning/predictive technique, etc.
The class was OK. This was the topic I was most excited to get to in the specialization, so I started playing around with Shiny, Slidify, and other tools ahead of time. Because I had gained some basic familiarity with those packages, this class was a bit of a letdown. I was happy with the week on making R packages. That was all new and fascinating. If you're looking for something more advanced than a very basic overview, you may want to look elsewhere.
Excellent course, that helped me finish my own student project.
This is a very useful course in the Data Science Specialization that teaches us how to present the results of our data analysis using Shiny, Slidify and other R based data presentation tools. It also introduces open source charting APIs that we could use in our data analysis applications.
Good and useful module.
Fun making some apps and presentations in the context of Data Science.
Good overview of available tools. Lack of practice exercises makes preparing for quizzes difficult. However, the course project does a good job to get your feet wet with Shiny Apps.
Awesome course really enjoyed doing the project.
This will help you jump from office applications to more self developed products.
Although it is an easy course to pass, it is very important in content. It teaches the finishing moves, the ones you'll need after all your hard work. 5-star without doubt.
I liked the course and found it informative, but wish there were more stuff on Shiny Widgets and Input/Output/Render topic. R Shiny tutorial is pretty good, but I was hoping more relevant info about those topics from this course.
Loved this course
This is a great introduction to some of the many ways to present your data. It's probably the easiest course in the specialisation but shows off an impressive array of widgets and gadgets.
I loved learning how to build a Shiny application. I know this skill will serve me well moving forward.
This one's a keeper -- learning to do both Shiny apps and Slidify/RPres will be quite useful in the near future. Thanks.
Developing apps with Shinyapp is so much fun
Very interesting class. Need to watch all external (shiny+slidify) recommended tutorial to fully masterize the subject.
Great course. Very practical and state-of-the-art contents.
The course is OK, but I'd rather learned app development with Python or Java.
Updated and entertaining!!
Saves the time to explore the options on your own, nice one!
It is a true practical course. I love it. Thank you for your hard works.
The course not only instroduce me to great resources it also pointed me in the right direction to further develop the skills needed to create data products.
Excellent course with great didactic. Congratulations!
Lots of material in a short amount of time.
Although all coursera courses are same, the peer assessment is very useful for this course. It's very helpful to see products made by other people.
Interesting course showing some of the possibilities for visualising and publishing data.
Thank you son much!!!!I really like the course.It help me in my job =)
Covered really useful tools like shiny and slidify.
This Course was georgeous!!, i like the way of share my analisis, shiny rules!
Very practice oriented. After completing the Data Science Specialization courses with the course of Developing Data Products, I finally understand how important and useful R Programming is as a tool for research, data managing and inference making and for communicating results. Excellent way to crown the specialization's courses.
After several back to back dense, high paced, steep learning courses in the specialization, this course is a welcome break. Its light, interactive and has a certain calmness about it. It touches several topics like shiny, manipulate, googlevis and plotly. As someone who has taken all courses in the specialization, I always wondered, how do I show my analysis to someone in an enterprise production environment and not as offline pdfs generated from rmd files. This course attempts to answer that question.
For me the course was really interesting. Yes, all topics are not covered in deep details - but lecturers show what technologies exist and for what purposes. So if you're interested in some of them - it is up to you to discover more (useful links are included). Really nice and useful overview.
This course is cooler than the title sounds. The emphasis is on developing data apps with Shiny. In my case, I had only part of a weekend to work hard on the course project, yet I was able to make a nifty little data app that even impressed a potential employer. Leave plenty of time for brainstorming ideas for the course project and you'll find it very rewarding too.
The material is great; and learning to use Shiny and creating an application is a lot of fun.The only complaint I have with this course was it being put into the new Coursera platform. I felt like I was beta testing the new platform and that distracted from focusing on the course and the assignments within it.
Good course. Teaches you to take advantage of Shiny, Slidify, GoogleVis and Rpubs
I have not received yet my certificated and I can't see it in the list. Is there something wrong?
very interesting and useful for R programmers
Great introduction to available tools to get the job done.
Interesting course
This review does not reflect the course content. The new Coursera UI makes it impossible to download transcripts or slides of the videos. Without these features, following the lectures is significantly more difficult, and I can't rate this course any higher than 1 star. I would rate it zero stars if that was possible.
The new platform is very versatile and easy to navigate. The page layout is much more clear. It is easy to navigate from course material to discussion boards.I like the Quiz format, including expanding the number of choices for the multiple choice selections, but the grading was confusing. For Quiz 3, some questions came back with multiple "Well Done" comments, even when I had not selected the answer for which I was being praised. I also was told I made errors on the same question.... and this was after I answered the question (Question 2, on R generic functions) the exact same as I had answered it when I took the course earlier this year.I was not a fan of not having to take a picture to submit work, so I am pleased that is no longer a requirement. I hope the typing pattern match is sufficient to affirm identity.I have one comment on content specific to this class. Week 3 content lacks relevancy to the project and data products in general. I agree that knowledge of R packages, classes, and methods is an important part of understanding R. I am not sure where that fits in the Data Science curriculum as a whole, though. Maybe expanding the curriculum to include a second, more advanced R class, with a project to write our own methods, build an R package, or do something with yhat. That would assign relevant work to reinforce the lectures.I would be happy to do further beta testing.DCP
This is very useful course and I using most of the items especially shiny and slidify, and other tools, I have recommended this course of all my colleages. Now I'm writting my reports with RStudio.
In general, an excellent course, taught by competent professors. I believe that in the main this course does very well in achieving its objective of knowledge transfer. However, having experienced it, there were parts where the professor was demonstrating a topic using a video presentation showing him operate a process or screen sequence on his computer. These aspects, like virtually all the material on this course, are of a technical nature and contain many important details. As such, to help complete and re-enforce their learning, students require something like a sequence of slides that they can print out and retain for revision and future reference. In certain parts, the provision of the printable screenshots in the form of slides was absent.An important theme of the course and Data Science in general is "Reproducible Research". What I'm arguing for here is, "Reproducible Learning Materials" covering a complete course, not only parts of it. Admittedly, it was only a very small proportion of the course that suffers from this defect. But I would not like it to become the norm in the future. As a suggestion, it could be possible to author a lecture using HTML so as to combine the verbatum lecture text with every slide/screenshot image embedded in its right position within the lecture.I notice Coursera courses have also moved away from the weekly lists of individual lectures together with their links to .txt, .mp4, etc. files. The new presentation keeps you submerged within the flow within each week's series of lectures. One has to 'click out' in order to watch your progress and then re-enter the lectures at a resumption point. I prefer the previous navigation structure in order to access lectures and materials. Printed learning materials are also important for me, in addition to the video lectures. The latter are of course vital as the medium for the initial exposure of the material.
Taken this course in its old fashion style. Now reviewing the new design was a little bit displacing, but I ascribe this to the fact I've done all the specialization courses in the old design.However the structure of the course is quite good. Some typos were reported, as well as a bug on the unanswered questions in quiz 3. Main worst point was the missing format of several text boxes. I would have appreciated paragraphs, bold and italic, some links, picture, not only raw plain text.Overall review is nonetheless over the average.
This is my comment as a beta tester:1) The changes to the lessons have changed the course for the better.2) If you want to be factually right than the statement that Bootstrap is a style should be changed on a few places. Bootstrap itself is not a style, although it is used as a style guide for the development of products. Obviously this is not a big issue and people that delve into will find the facts easily.Bootstrap is an HTML, CSS, and JS front-end framework with a strong support for themes which people also call styles. Many themes/styles are available to build responsive, mobile-first web sites. Bootstrap was created by a designer and a developer at Twitter in mid-2010 and was released to the public in August 2011. It has become one of the most popular front-end frameworks and open source projects in the world. Bootstrap has a few easy ways to quickly get started, each one appealing to a different skill level and use case.
This course gives a good introduction on how to develop an application.It gives all the available tools in the field out for us to try and use them.The course is enjoyable and not stressful. I find the assignment as meant to get us to do the project and not really there to fail us. It is difficult to fail to course as only the minimum is required.
this is for your kind information that due to some technical problem i am suffering too much. kindly consider and give me certificates . Thanking you. NABAKISHORE PANDU
Great and totally interesting
Useful knowledge. Very recommended to be applied in daily activities or academic research.
very good and informative course
Excellent initiative by World Bank
Very interesting Course.
Everyone should take the course if they have a computer. We need to start admitting the science and focusing upon how to fix this over the next few decades. We need a plan.
To lock assignments for money is disgusting.
Algorithms in lectures were useless to programming assignment
I like this co
Very Interesting course! These assignments significantly improved my coding skills!
It's exhilarating!
Excellent material and excellent delivery. Thanks for the time and effort making these courses.
For a beginner like me its totally going over the head. I mean i get the logic but if you guys can please give more code...I am learning data structures for the first time and it is bit difficult for me to grasp it all and write codes in a week...
The only things for the learners is that the course is amazing , keep faith in yourself and see the change you will undergo through this course.
Another good course, though the last two weeks were a lot harder to follow than the prior ones. Not because the material was that much harder, but the lectures and homeworks were less clear (a lot of descriptions of how to do various operations without explaining why).
Great course, great lectures!
Awesome course!!
This course was really awesome and helped a lot to revise old concepts as well as learn many new things about the data structures
Great course!
This is a challenging and amazing course. I have learnt a lot.
Even though this course requires completion of tough assignments, I believe that this gave me a chance to understand and grasp core concepts about data structure and also about programming skills.
Great course - the homework problems were really helpful for cementing concepts. However, I did feel that the difficulty of the homework problems did not increase with the progress of the course. I think that it would have been very reasonable to increase the difficulty of the homework assignments as the course progressed. Otherwise, great overall course.
This course is very hard for non-STEM major student, even non CS-major student. Some concepts are very abstract to explain. The course team generally did a good job at explaining concept, but it would be better if they can offer more examples, animations, illustrations, sample code and explanations, etc. to help students understand these concepts. A rewarding course overall. Best if you are going to have a code interview.
A very good course that is suitable to young student
The quality of the course is very high. However I give a slightly lower rating than for the Class 1 from the specialization. The assignments seemed little unbalanced this time - some were very easy while other were very hard (I passed one after loading a special package to manipulate data or recursion limit).
I've learnt a lot. The content is very interesting but a bit challenging. I had hard times accomplishing all the assignment and put much more work than I expected.
Amazing course especially final task, I've learned a lot.
Very informative and, at times, challenging.
Learnt and still learning a lot!
Really liked this course - it is a comprehensive overview of basic data structures. Programming assignments are mostly to implement some data structure and use it to solve problem, but there are some challenging advanced tasks, which it was very interesting to do.
Nice and Tough.
This was no easy course, but definitely worth the time and effort!
This is a great course. The lectures were easy to follow, CLRS references are also good to clarify anything that is not covered in the videos. Programming assignments are challenging enough and spot-on to practice the concepts.
Very good course. I would not say its for beginner. But would definitely helps you in the future progress of your career.
First weeks are awesome, it is a great course if you want understand very well some structures like heaps or union/find. I just think the last week is too fast and concise, I would like some additional work about trees and for many users could be a problem, otherwise will be a 5 stars without any doubt, though for me this course worked very well.
Congratulations for this second course of the "Data Structures and Algorithms Specialization". This was again well-designed, informative, and most importantly an extremely educative course. Yes, it is demanding and some times requires significant effort and time for someone to pass the programming assignments. But there is "no free lunch"! Making easy to pass the tests or providing all the test cases may help more people to earn this certification, but the added value of a course that can really learn you how to design better algorithms will be missing. On the downside, I would ask from the instructors to further elaborate on some week lectures (modules), especially if the topic is going to be discussed in the corresponding programming assignments. The problem with the splay trees is probably characteristic. Overall, well done! Many thanks for the quality of the course you provide! Keep up the good work!
This course is pretty good. The most good part is that it includes academic learning and hands-on practice.
Some of the assignments seemed overly complicated and irrelevant to the topics discussed. On a few occasions the videos would mention something but never discuss the reasoning. Once I posted to the forum and no one answered so I never asked about the other questions I found during the videos.
Very helpful! The course is well designed with appropriate difficulty and the questions are good for practice and understanding the contents.
Tree exercise had absolutely no relevant video material. Videos give zero context for why data structures are important or when they are used....Should take a lesson from the Stanford course.
Awesome and very helpful course!!!
Great Courses. I have a much more clearer understanding now about the basic data structure and how to use them. The assignments are the most important part.
Excellent course well explained with both theory and practical examples!
First 3 weeks were great (as in first course of specialization), but material in last two weeks was very hard to understand. Feels some mess in explanations compared to other part of the course. Maybe its because of difficulty of the last weeks topics.
The final module with the Splay tree is way too difficult when compared to the rest of the material in the course. This course would be better structured with three assignments as follows: 1) tree order problem, 2) a simpler tree assignment that only deals with a basic binary search tree, 3) the set range sum problem implementing the splay tree, as an advanced problem. Aside from the difficulty of the last module, this is a great course. It's very comprehensive and you'll take away lots of useful information on course completion.
Feels a bit rushed, but overall it's great and challenging.
I found the assignments challenging in the absolute best sense of the term, and therefore incredibly rewarding as well! Whenever I've gotten stuck, the answer was always in the course material somewhere, even if I didn't see it there at first. The discussion forums were extremely helpful, and I was astounded to see that that instructors were still actively monitoring the discussion forums and responding to student questions. I'm obviously not an expert in this field, but I've been an educator before, and my own impression of the assignments was that they were extremely well designed: it was impossible to pass them without knowing what you were doing, the tools to approach them were always found in the lectures, and the challenge problems pushed your knowledge even farther. I would recommend the specialization to everyone. Additionally, I noticed that the content aligns well with other DS&A syllabi I have seen in brick-and-mortar institutions, especially the first 3 or 4 courses. It's also a very nice luxury to be able to submit in Python. I have certainly learned a great deal.
A really great course, you should definitely take this second after Algorithmic Toolbox, as that has an easier learning curve for the very 'CS professor' style code (lots of single letter variables and other quirks) and how projects should be submitted and tested.That said, there is a lot of good learning in this course. Make sure you have some good Algorithms textbooks to accompany the lectures, they have recommendations in the course. I personally use Sedgewick's book and CLRS which aren't exactly what they suggest, but work well. Take your time with the learning, make sure you really understand the concepts before moving on to the homework. Use multiple sources to learn (they provide plenty of links!) and you'll do well.In response to a very politely asked request for clarity: I rated this 4/5 rather than 5/5 stars as I found that for my preferred language (Python) some of the starter files were very poorly created. This meant I often have to rewrite the initial parsing of the inputs because it would create variables that contained incorrect or incomplete input data. Further, there were some non-harmful quirks like semi-colons or parameters shadowing Python reserved words in the code. The next course in this series, Algorithms on Graphs, did not seem to have any of these issues, though!
Lots to learn and it's fun to learn from different teachers. Very heavy (and high quality) course if one wants to do proper justice to all the materials presented (especially hashing and trees... Week 3 onwards). A worthy investment . Enjoyed it immensely.
Overall the course is good. The last two weeks on AVL andSplay trees need more examples and felt a bit rushed.
I liked this course alot.If you are a student and come from the previous course, you may only read the cons, since this course has the same spirit as the previous.Pros:1. The lectures contain quite a good material which is somehow difficult and they made me to pay attention. The lectures are based on dasgupta's book and MIT course book.2. There are links to additional materials, I found the dijkstra's book and MIT course book, so I was able to gain extra information for topics which interested me.Also slides are very useful3. The forum! This course has a life forum where you can find help or share your ideas.4. The teaching stuff! They are answering student questions and taking part in discussionsCons:Having compared this course with the previous one from the set, this course suffers from luck of interesting problems. The previous course has more than ~25 problems and for each module it has advanced problems,even more they added extra problems during the course running.This course has ~12 problems and only one advanced for the whole course!. Only this advanced problem made me take a piece of paper and a pen and draw trees, and play with toy examples. Only for this problem I wrote a stress test. That is the most fun for me of studying!If this course didn't have this advanced problem, I would barely give it 3 stars.P.S.Theaching stuff, please conider to add extra problems, the first course is awesome and it is way too good. This course is good, but it think you may develop it not only the first one. Otherwise students may get dissapointed if they come from the previous course.I hoped that you would have added extra problems, so I slowed down, my expectation didnt come true :(
Nice course, It was bit difficult for me. I think I will have to go over the few lectures again soon. Problems were very cool, these took lots of hour head down. Thanks all lecturers, specially Daniel M Kane and Alexander S. Kulikov. Loved your lectures.
The course material was good and the understanding of the subject was satisfactory . :)Thank You and keep us updated .
Some homework have challenges. But the discussion board and professor helps a lot!
Helped summarize the basics for a newbie like me. Glad I took it :) Recommended.Although, I do recommend some more material on the last two weeks - I loved the concepts that were taught, but I feel there could have been more lectures on BST applications, given how powerful they are!Thanks!
Interesting topics like DHT and ropes are included!
Excellent course in general, and I learned a lot of new data structures that one doesn't generally learn about in standard algorithms and data structures courses, like disjoint sets and splay trees.Only complaint is that sometimes the problems are too complicated for how easy they are. By this I mean that the problem statement is very long and elaborate, when what they are really asking is something trivial that can be programmed in a few lines, but it takes a while to understand just what they are asking.
The last two weeks felt rushed. The Binary Search Tree/AVL Tree module doesn't have a quiz or an assignment and it's easy to move on without fully understanding both data structures. This allows for wasting time on the last assignment which relies on understanding AVL trees. I recommend reading the external resources for each lesson and making sure you have a grasp of the data structure before moving to the next module.
Great course! As soon as you'll understand how the splay tree works and use a hint from the assignment, the rope problem (the best so far) will no longer be a problem. The course could have been improved though by giving a brief overview of B-trees and Red-Black trees. Anyways, thanks to all the instructors for their hard work and good luck to the all the learners!
Liked this course very much.
Best course of Data structure.
Pros:Effort has been taken in putting up the assignments.Cons:Quality of teaching is very poor and too fast to follow through . Instructors have rushed to present course material . I would not recommend this course . Princeton and Stanford offer much higher quality and presentation on the same topics.
Personally, this course is interesting and essential for the learner to proceed to other more advanced courses, either within this specialisation or not. There is only one suggestion that it will be better if the instructors can provide more details of the pseudo codes.
The optional videos are not allotted enough time. Those concepts are difficult to grasp.
The lectures are vert explicit.
This course is well paced and covers all the data structures needed to code efficiently. This course also provides good real life problems in the form of assignments.
A very good course if you want to learn how we organize data in such a way that we can perform specific operations with low computing cost. This course is language agnostic so it becomes more about learning the fundamental structures and less about troubleshooting the language you use. Very good course!
best course for algorithm
The last two weeks' content may need to be revised to provide a better learning experience. To me, it seems a little bit too fast.
Very useful basic data structures, interesting assignments closely related to the course.
All in all a great and challenging course. A big thank you to all the teachers! I especially liked the assignments as completing them forced me to think about all the little details and edge cases.A few observations/constructive criticisms:- While the first 3 weeks had almost everything explained rigorously, including complete, usable pseudo codes, the last 2 weeks had lots of holes in terms of details. I think it is down to the fact that it covered a lot, however, pseudo codes suddenly became very high level, to the point where a 5 liner translated to ~100 lines of real code. This in terms meant that learners had to do quite a bit of additional research about the nitty-gritty. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed this extra research, just be mindful about the extra time required.- There are languages with first class support, namely C++, Java and Python3, which means there are starter files supplied. If you choose a different, supported language then be prepared that you have to implement everything from scratch, which again mean extra time, although I would argue that you will learn more, especially in the last 2 weeks.- Forums seemed to be more active in the past, especially with regards to teacher contribution. Be prepared to be self-reliant and able to come up with answers to your own questions.
great course but I think the last two modules are a little difficult to understand, especially for beginner like me
Good course!
the last lecture was too fast. Would be good to divide this into two parts. Rest all is great stuff.
Data Structures was really interesting, over all, also assignments are quite challenging. It's important to check the external references & discussion forums if you want to get the best of it.
This course helped me clear a lot of doubts as well as it introduced me to many useful things with their implementation. I must say this course is one of the best courses available on Coursera. Thanks to great instructors who helped me a lot.
Great content followed up with good programming exercises. Please keep up the good work!
I'm honestly quite pissed. The material itself is fine but I have had a terrible experience working with the instructors. I don't think I will continue taking these courses.I don't appreciate the amount of time and effort given into the programming assignments only to receive practically zero help. First of all, I don't know WHY I'm failing the test cases, I just am. Your program runs through maybe 100 tests to ensure correctness but somehow the instructors decide you should only see the first 3. But then, I try posting on the forums to receive help only to have it removed. Quite frankly, I have spent well over 10 hours at this point on a single problem and I've created my own tests and I have looked at all the very vague hints given in the forums and I still have no clue what to do. I have school, a job, and yet I'm losing all this productivity because I'm running all these damn tests hoping on the off-chance that I catch whatever weird bug it is that's failing my code. All I want is real, concrete feedback.
Great course with great content. Really enjoy the addition of support material and test cases for the difficult problems.
Pretty Nice
Course content is ok, but some lectors are really boring in explaining mathematical details.Tasks are pretty easy, and this is from algorithmic perspective, because from programming there are almost nothing to do.And overall it feels that there are not so much info as for 5 weeks course. If it would cost lest, than it would be ok. But for 80$ I've expected more.
Great course, I learn a lot!
[Slightly updated according to Michael's questions]The course is fine, but comparing to the previous one - Algorithmic Toolbox - this one is weaker and with lesser quality.Pros: the course contains some interesting data structures and valuable observations. The starter files for assignments are in place. Related books are given after each video session. All the tasks have automatic grader. There is a couple of interesting tasks to do.Cons: the material is mostly lectures, and there is even a video where lecturer just reads the article from Wiki (Splay tree - has the same information with same lack of some proofs). Expected: add quizzes as it was in the first course. The course has less weeks - only 4 as comparing to 5 in AT. So various important data structures are not discussed. The course has less homework - 3 tasks each week as comparing to 5 in AT. And all 3 are usually just implementations of some basic algos seen in lectures.I consider the course valuable due to a number of good videos and a couple of good tasks to do. But in general, this course has the area for improvement.
Recently the instructors updated the course and implemented a solution to all my past complains.In my opinion the team is really taking the quality serious.However I just want to mention, that there are regular session for each course so that everybody can avoid having two overlapping courses in this specialization at the same time.I did not know that and worked on two courses at the same time, until the instructor informed me about the short interval between sessions of a given course.
I learnt so much in this course
This course is very helpful, especially for its assignment. You must pass the time and memory constraints which will help your thinking of how to improve algorithms.
I think it will help me a lot.
Awesome Experience completing this course
the teachers are good and the visualization of lectures are very nice.
Excellent!!Maybe more examples and more details in the math prove
Really awesome Course , Must take it as a software Engineer and if you have already learned these things , It will open your eyes and make you correct your mistakes.Simple explanations in videos and covering all intermediate data structures.Problems are also good companion to the course content and allowing us to implement in many languages .
Similar to the first course in this Specialization, a great course on algorithms and their applications. Frustrating at times, but I definitely recommend this course (and the others) if you are serious about implementing algorithms for whatever purpose.
It is a really professional and enrich course ,, materials are very helpful and assignments really help me to improve and check my understanding.
The depth and explanation of theoretical concepts are better than the first course. I like the in depth discussion over various introduced data structures, for instance there are comparisons between naive implementations vs smarter implementations. However overall the topic is very theoretical, maybe add a little more connection of each introduced data structure with respect to its application would make the topic less dry and more motivating.
Course is Excellent.The final week is a bit fast, understanding the splay was very difficult for me.Could have given more examples for splay trees.
I like this course very much! Rope is the cleverest task I have ever done! Of course, I hope in future I will work on even more difficult problems, but this is pretty good already for me as a student!
Worse than the first course. I expected something that is not academic-like explanation, which I can't find it here.Please bring back those explanations style similar to the first course.
Great course although last lesson about splay trees explanation is too fast and basic for me to understand.
very theoritical
Great assignments
The course has excellent homework to help you study, but the course itself sometimes doesn't cover more generally applied knowledge such as red-black BST. Also, the professors' teaching style may be confusing sometimes and require extra work to understand, especially when they didn't have a pen in hand and were just talking quickly to the air. I do hope the following series will eventually tackle these issues, and I'll be glad to give the whole series 5 stars.
I always wanted to improve the algorithms and data structures field. The books wasn't so efficient. Especially they weren't so practical. These courses are the first courses where I really got a lot of knowledge. Especially because of assignments. All lectors are very good in explanation of the material and tell many additional useful things. These courses are the really good base, after which you can open the books related to algorithms and read more details if you needed.I am definitely going to complete the whole specialization!The only thing which was not convenient for me is that both courses Algorithmic Toolbox and Data Structures are started at the same time. It was difficult to find out the time for both courses and spend enough time to solve all assignments instead of only enough for passing.Anyway, now I am started the second iteration of the course and I am going to solve all assignments which I skipped.Big thanks to Daniel, Alex, Pavel, Neil and Mike!Regards,Sergey
The structure of the class follows the regular academic model you'll find in college: lecture -> lecture -> lecture -> assignment... repeat. I don't think this model is suitable for online delivery. Without discussion and the ability to interrupt and ask questions, the lectures are at times a more frustrating than useful (especially with Coursera's user interface, which lacks quick rewind and is generally speaking rather poorly thought out).For many of the topics, better videos exist online (try safari or pluralsight). As for the problems, they were the main source of learning, but were also at times a bit frustrating (the splay trees starter code was rather sad to look at). I find that hacker rank is probably better at delivering value (if you can forego the warm fuzzy feeling you get from getting a verified certificate, you'll probably be better served by practicing on hacker rank than from doing the problems in this course).
Thanks so much
Good course, but the problem set is too small. They will be much better if they are more.
Great course, hard and challenging.Couple comments.Please use pen during lectures easier to follow and understand .Some assignments require more then 8 hours to complete so please add to description of the course(don't make assignment easier)
Good coverage of data structures. Also emphasizes stress testing to develop your solutions. Can be challenging, but well worth the struggle.
A great class. Professors explains really well.
Awesome extension of the previous course.
Good explanations and resources.
The fact that test cases are not available is extremely frustrating and time consuming. I absolutely disagree with the instructors about the reason why test cases are hidden.Michael LevinHi,Learning new complex things is time consuming, it is essential, and it is ok. Without this time spent you wouldn't have learned even half of what you've learned while trying to find your mistakes yourself. Also, the testing techniques presented here are indispensable in the real life, and many learners of the Algorithmic Toolbox course have already confirmed thisHello Mr. Levin,First please forgive me for communicating with you in this place. I am not sure if there is a direct way to answer you, but I believe you will have access to my response.I entirely agree with what you said that this needs time and I do not mind spending time learning new things. That is why I am here in the first place. But I think that hiding the test sets misplaces the balance where this time is being spend.Let me give you an example: week 3 – hash chains - assignment no. 2. I wrote the app, submitted this and it failed on test no. 5. Having generated tons of test cases I was nowhere closer as all looked good, but still failed your engine. As it turned out the problem was not with the algorithm implemented but with the presentation layer. ‘Check x’ command when x is not found in the hash table should return blank line and my program returned nothing. I could not find this in the specification hence lots of hours trying to figure out the solution.It was not a bug with the program, it was the problem how the data is presented. I do not mind spending time developing solutions to the assignments. I would love if there were more advanced (even optional) problems to solve but I want to spend this time on the algorithm and solving the task rather than trying to figure out how to display the data.Please, do not get me wrong, I absolutely adore the course, lectures are brilliant and my opinion should be regarded as a constructive criticism even if you do not agree with me. Thank you again for what you are doing.Regards,Marcin
Clear presentation of basic data structures with non-trivial applications. Material is presented very well for beginning coding or as a review. Online grading is better than many programming courses. Works well as a stand alone course.
the problem is very good,the teacher has a good teaching.
A really great course that deliver exactly its promises : a college-grade algorithmic course.If you are looking to know all about classical data structures (arrays, lists, trees, heaps, ...) used in every program, this is the course for you. And if you are not interested in those topics ... well, you should !Or course, this is a challenging course by it abstract nature. But with some work, the support of the instructors and of your peers, you will overcome the difficulties. After that with your newly gained knowledge, you will be able to choose the right data structure for your needs or implement it efficiently in the language of your choice.Worth mentioning the course is language-agnostic -- and the assignment may be submitted in C, C++, Java or Python.
I found the wording of the assignments really difficult to follow so I didn't really understand what was expected of me. I spend a lot of time (and therefore money!) on this course but in the end I made a conscious decision to stop. I was taking it for personal pleasure and it was not worth the stress each week of trying to work out what was being asked. I have taken a number of other courses in creative writing elsewhere, and other courses on Coursera - this is the first one I have actively chosen to stop because I just wasn't engaging with it - either for education or for enjoyment.
Wonderful course.
Brando does an amazing job describing plot, explaining the structure, and describing the differences between good plot and bad. I highly recommend this course!
This course took me one step closer to my goal to becoming a good writer. The material was presented clearly and efficiently. I liked the implementation of the peer review system and I found the ability to go at my own pace extremely gratifying.
I was hoping the lectures would be more dense. My previous coursera courses where on data science, machine learning, etc. I somewhat feel that the content on those courses is twice or thrice more.
Great class. Inspired me to keep at my writing. Thank you!
I learned a lot from this course.
Brando Skyhorse is a fabulous instructor. I really learned a lot about the structure of plot. I feel my writing skills have improved dramatically.
This course is worth every minute I spent taking it. Thanks to Brando and the rest of the team behind the lens. You've made a better writer out of me. I'd write your name in my acknowledgements!
I found the teaching videos very easy to follow and understand. The assignments were relative to the teaching and helped cement the knowledge in my brain.
This is a great course. Although I have an MFA in Writing already, I learned valuable skills from this course.
I am so happy with this course and can't wait to complete the sister courses!
A super introduction to writing that leads, step by step, to the confidence to write.
A great course, I profited more from this course than from the other Creative Writing courses. Totally recommended.
This course got better as it went on. The first week, the teacher went through the entire plot of Harry Potter which seemed like a waste of time. The point was made long before the telling of every plot point in Harry Potter was done. I thought, really, I signed up for four months of this? Then the lectures got better, learning the basis outlines and structures of plot is useful. Simple, but useful.
Brando Skyhorse is a fabulous instructor!
Thank you. This has enriched my life and given me such purpose and drive. Fantastically put together course, can wait to finish the next 4.
Thank you Mister B. Skyhorse for organizing this introduction to creative writing and for sharing your many years of work in the field of writing. It is quite an achievement to be proud of. The material of the course is very informative and a great guideline. Thank you for sharing. Best Wishes.
It is a really good introduction to writing, I love it. The format of the course is excellent for virtual studies, the time periods are good for completing the assignments combine with every day activities.
Auditing is pretty useless with how this class is updated. I can't get peer reviews so my assignments get zero feedback. Coursera didn't used to be like this.Asked about how to be more involved in class discussions and peer reviews a couple days ago and haven't received feedback.
I love this course. This is the first time I have ever attended a Creative Writing course in University level and the first course I took here in Coursera. The lecture delivery was outstanding, and the content is very essential, very helpful for people looking to find structure in writing. I have re-written a piece I wrote based on the knowledge I learned from this course, and indeed, my re-write is so much better than the original re-write I did. People who have been informally writing will benefit so much from this.
I really enjoyed this course. It had a lot of concrete advice, and motivated me to start writing again. The assignments made sense, and gave me a list of things to look for when editing the draft.
Thank you Brando for giving me the tools to write my own.
Useful and tangible knowledge delivered succinctly. Writing prompts a bit rigid and specific.
This course is amazing because it really helps a lot. I've greatly improved my writing and discovered a new world of important structures that are very useful and make the writing process easier. This Creative Writing course is very helpful and I'm looking forward to completing the specialization. Thanks ;)
Easy to follow and exercises were helpful to better understand the classes and to motivate towards more interesting writting. Thanks!
As a beginning and inspiring writer, this course is a fundamental stepping stone.
Very good introduction class and i really learned a thing or two: particularly about the ABDCE structure and the guidance around always starting a scene with an action.
I'd rate any course as 4+, at the end of which I can learn something tangible. This course introduced me to basic structure of story telling. The assignment was fun and the explanation was simple enough.The best part was that the author explained concepts using Harry Potter and not some arcane book that I might not have read.
Step by step instructions with excellent examples of the various elements used in writing and crafting a plot.
I liked that the bulk of time spent was practicing writing. I learned many things like the elements of a strong scene, how setting plays a role, and the 5-act structure of a story.
This course improved my writing skills in a tangible way - I will apply it both for my aspiration to become a writer as well as to express myself better at work. My main improvement is in structure and understanding more about editing process, getting rid of unnecessary part of the outcome.
great course... short but learnt much. Would like if it were for more weeks!
Excellent way to start diving into the awesome adventure that is creative writing. The structure of the course is laid out nicely for all learners - both beginners and more advance. Highly recommend it if you want to start learning more about writing.
The course itself has been really useful, although I'm not sure it has taught me much that is truly new. What It has done, though, is to fill in gaps, and to give me a big helping hand into understanding how to tackle what to write about. Beforehand, I suffered somewhat from blank canvas syndrome, but this course has given me ideas to get past that. The Coursera site and app could still do with some work, since collaboration with other students is not as easy as it could
Very helpful course for an aspiring writer.
Eceptional
I had tried my hands at writing before, but this course gave a better grounding in the skills of writing a story. I feel more confident now . The module presentations were interesting and I particularly liked the interviews accomplished authors.
An excellent course for beginning and advanced writers alike. I can't wait for the next section!
I learned a lot from this course and enjoyed taking it. The instructor was awesome and the feedback from fellow students was invaluable. Thank you very much
The exercises are good, and the material is clear. I really like that the students have to review each other's work. I found the feedback helpful, and I found reading other people's work helpful too. I really would like a teacher to grade me as well though. There were a couple of times that I wasn't certain that I fully understood what I was doing, so to have me grade someone else left me feeling unguided and unqualified to assign a grade. I believe I got feedback saying just that at least once.
The device of giving feedback has to simplistic, given the scope of the audience, but it's difficult to get any real value from it as far as future revisions. There should be a free write section that's required for someone to respond to the story organically as well as the specific, "Did the writer do this?"
The course is excellent! It definitely helps writers in taking the story from their minds to paper, using methods to keep the reader's attention.
I really enjoyed the taped lectures and thought the assignments paired nicely. I'd like if Coursera set up a interactive element to the online learning environment such as a live chat with the instructor once a week and perhaps a live forum area with a set meeting time for the students. I've taken other online classes that have had these and found them extremely useful.
Thumbs up! I haven't taken a writing class at university before, but I've written a lot over the last few years - I'm a bit of a self-taught amateur. I was looking for guidance in growing my storytelling abilities. I thought this class was fantastic for that, and I feel that I have some more tools in my belt moving forward. Not only that, this class made me excited about writing! I enjoyed the interviews that Brando did with other teachers. Brando as a teacher is fantastic, he is clear and concise, and you can tell he is passionate about writing. On top of that, he has a lovely kind demeanour, which made the videos a pleasure to watch. I would recommend this course to anyone who is looking for tools to advance their writing. I'm looking forward to the next class in this series on Character!
This course was excellent. Brando is an incredible teacher, passionate, engaging and knowledgable. I learned a tremendous amount about plotting it out from this class - in fact, one of the benefits I got is that some level of intimidation I had about building a plot was alleviated. The lectures, materials and exercises were all so useful and absolutely thought provoking. Thanks!
A very good course on Plot by Brandon Skyhorse. Would have loved to go in more details into scene construction and structure. That is why gave it 4 stars, else it was a clear cut 5 star
Very helpful if you are picking up writing again. Not to time consuming, the content is manageable and the instructor is very clear and concise!
it seems good and hopefully will be valuable in my context
Very good course. Since I've only done the audit I haven't practiced with the assignments (probably going to do so on my own time with a friend though).
I loved the course especially where Mr Skyhorse talked about rising action. The assignments are very engaging and this course has been a great learning.
I liked the way Mr. Skyhorse explains the secrets to construct a great plot. It was excellent in every sense of the word. However, my only complain of this course it's that you can't report those "funny" peers that write "reviews" like this one:" ' "It's so unfair that some of us, the real students, took our time to write detailed reviews about every peer assignment AND expected at least WORDS as reviews. You need to implement some kind of report system to ban those "funny" peers that only check your work to put the point and to get their course done. And to start that "system" I will tell you that:SHOKRY MOHAMED FATHALLAH EL SAYARThat guy, gave me reviews as I described before. Not only in this course, but in The Craft of Character. So PLEASE, someone needs to make justice and punish this guy. I can even send you captions of his "reviews."
Loved it!
The course material and videos are very good, however I would prefer that comments about your work be emailed directly to the student so that they are more likely to read them. I found it to easy to just move on and not really look for the comments on my work.
Very interesting and enjoyable. Perhaps a little shorter than I expected, although I only audited the course.
Good course. Got chance to read some interesting stories while reviewing peers. Discovered what I was doing wrong while writing stories.
Very challenging, engaging, fun and for new writers its covers the basics. I learned a lot.
it would have been great if the final assignment had been grade
I had a dream , but always bushed it back ' writing novels; i had a false assumption about fiction. this course help me to see myself writing .
I enjoyed this course. Brando's videos were great, I took lots of notes and used them to help complete the assignments. Over the years I've picked up books on the craft of writing but I find the motivation of deadlines to be a big help in actually creating a writing practice. The videos are short- the time commitment is really not bad. Reader feedback can be more or less involved, I did find a pretty good mix. It'd be nice if you could keep pace with the same group of students but people are entering at different times within a range so you can't keep up with individuals unless you want to spend a lot of time tracking them down.
Great course to take as the first step in the sequence of the "Creative Writing" certification. Exercises are fun, professor provides useful methodology, load is manageable for someone with a day job.
A helpful one
I enjoyed the course which was well presented and I feel I have learnt much from it.
This course filled in the blanks for me as a writer. I love the way it is delivered and presented by Brando.Thank you.
Thank you! I learned so much.
An excellent course which will lead you to the significant entrance into creative writing. I am a beginner writer and I think this course helped me a lot to understand the general philosophy and some methods in creative writing. I strongly recommend this course to every person who is interested in any kind of text writing.
This course is what I was looking for. I wanted to learn the main aspects of story and plot structure and now I know! :)
I loved this course and the assignments were really putting every section to work right away.I wish that at least one of my papers would have been reviewed by Brando... but maybe that will happen in the capstone.
I think Skyhorse was very good. His instructions are clear. A little too heavy on Harry Potter references.The theory on the 5 act helped frame the work. This class inspired me to take all 5 courses.I wish is passion for writing would come thru a little stronger. It would also be nice to have more instructor feedback vs peer reviews.
I learnt much but only rated 3 stars because students are unable to submit their assignments or receive peer group or mentor feedback unless a payment is made. The previous writing course I completed with Coursera did not have such restrictions - you only had to pay for the certificate if wanted. However, thank you for free access to the content
I couldn't take the instructor seriously. There were too many comparisons to Harry Potter and various three and five act formulas. I wanted something that would be practical and adaptable to the ideas that I'm working on. This just wasn't the right course for me. The assignments felt like they were pointless as well.
Awesome for the beginner of creative writing!
Just great information and technique learned in this class.
Great overview and excellent teacher. Enjoyed the points discussed
This is a good course and a good series. It has been very helpful for me in terms of learning to be a writer and in terms of asking myself what kind of a writer I want to be.
Very informative course. I enjoyed doing the assignments and reading my peers write ups
Too prescriptive and prone to lists. "Do these 21 things when editing a novel". If that's what I was looking for, I could search the web for blogs. Maybe this was too beginner focused for me, but I'm not sure I learned anything really useful here.
Love the clear direct explanations. Would have enjoyed more examples, more robust practice examples and a longer class overall, to l earn more plotting, but love the prof. Brandon knows how to teach!!
I audited this course after completing two books - a novel and a memoir - that were going nowhere and fast.In both cases I knew I had a great story to tell, but I was telling it poorly. After taking Brando's course, I believe the biggest weakness in each story was my failure to appreciate not only plot generally, but the finer points he discusses here: show, don't tell; the five-act story; the 21 points of editing, and so forth. I've read Stephen King's "On Writing," but too often have dismissed the valuable information therein. Brando's course, both his own teaching and the valuable interviews, I know will make me a better storyteller and, will help me write compelling, plot-driven stories. Whether or not this leads to me getting published - well, hopefully someday I can thank Brando in an "Acknowledgements" page :)
This course is great for everyone interested in working on their writing skills, whether you're a beginner or more experienced. As a novice writer I learned about several useful tools that will help me improve my writing, got a lot more practice, and having a schedule helped me improve my daily routine for writing. For me the most valuable part was getting feedback and learning through analysing other people’s work. Oh, and just because the description says 1-2 hours of work per week doesn't mean you can't do a lot more!
An excellent class. It helped me sharpen up my writing. I would say this is better than any book I ever read on writing. A huge part of it was in the reading and reviewing of other student's work. I felt I learned even more in doing that.
I understand the importance of reviewing other classmates work however with the time constraints of today's world, I believe it takes away from precious time that could be spent developing the craft of writing .
Great instruction on devising a plot.
A good course that I would recommend to everyone that want to follow a career in creative writing or to improve their passion.It helped me to acknowledge things that you have to take in account when writing a book.I could not imagine some of this things when I was thinking about an action,and,how to put it on paper and sound good for the reader.The assignments are very good and you can also complete them in audit only mode , but only for yourself , no one will revive you.It`s not that easy to write something when you don`t know much things about the structures , how to build a character and so on , but , here you have everything you need and it`s free.I finished the course in audit only mode but if you have the possibility to buy it , don`t hesitate.
I really enjoyed how the instructor broke down plot, the examples and assignments. I would definitely recommend it.
Very good learning material even for non-english native person.
Thank you for the valuable information and providing the listener with plenty of examples, making it easier to follow and understand. I really enjoyed listening to the interviews and the explanations given in this course.
I have learned a lot from this course. I appreciate the good instruction from Professor Skyhorse as well as the encouragement, constructive advice and critique from my lovely classmates .
Simple, great start, could have been a little more profound though. Great start, no doubt.
Great way to bump up writing skills, especially with plot development. Really enjoyed!
Great course
Great class! Simple and direct. Brando Skyhorse has a great demeanor and very open and warm. Very encouraging. The assignments were clear and manageable and yet challenging. Stimulating to push past my comfort zone. Definitely recommend it! Thanks so much, Brando!
I loved doing the course, and especially while doing each assignment of writing a story. The short guiding videos were to the point and interviews with personalities was engaging, Thanks for the course!!
Very basic course with an extremely limited view on what makes a good plot.
I really enjoyed this course. I learned so much and i feel like it's helped me grow as a writer.
This "Craft of Plot" class--taught by Mr. Skyhorse--covers the ABDCE method, the 21 point checklist, etc. Stories written in this class must have dialogue, at least ten points of rising action, and must begin with an action sequence. No, this is not an "organic" story writing method. This class teaches students how to use formulaic writing to artificially engineer stories efficiently and effectively. I was very disappointed with this class. I enjoy reading literary fiction, especially stories in The New Yorker. So it is no surprise that I was appalled by Mr. Skyhorse's strong focus on, and praise of, the Harry Potter book series. If you plan on writing formulaic genre fiction, then perhaps this class is for you. Even though I disliked the class, I must admit it was well taught, hence the 4/5 star review.
The course materials are really useful as they are not just oversimplified guidelines, but practical skills that I can really utilize in my writing. The constraints in every writing assignment gave me new inspirations as I must come up with something that fits into the constraints. I especially like the interviews with other writers, which are included as part of the course materials. They serve to give me another perspective on the same matter discussed by the teacher and hence to stimulate my own thoughts on it.
It makes you write a lot and that's the most important thing. However, there are some small inconsistencies in the materials, so additional reading might be recommended.
This course was really useful and Mr. Skyhorse's way of explaining in the videos was so good
Perfect basic information for me. Thanks a lot
I'm really quite liking it! It's fun and I get to be creative! Yep! Good stuff!
The course work is easy to follow, full of great information and very clear. The only thing I find inconsistent is the reviewing of others work. It seems no-one ever gets reviewed by the same person twice, which means the standard of reviews is varied and inconsistent. Also, many people may not be/feel qualified enough to review or feel bad about failing someone so wont. There can be a great deal learned by having mentors or qualified teachers review the work. Given that, I have learned a great deal in this course and understand, and think it's one of the best online courses I've seen. I also understand you get out what you put in. Thanks for the opportunity.
Short and to the point.
I enjoyed this course. Brando did a good job in breaking down the important aspects of plot and providing examples. I liked that lessons were concise. Each one contained roughly three videos, most less than 10 minutes. I thought this was very beginner friendly. I found Feyman's pyramid and Alice Adam's ABDCE of plot structure particularly useful and I especially enjoyed the Shop Talk videos where fellow writers discussed their approach to writing. I only audited this course, but it bugged me that my board kept displaying overdue assignments when that feature was locked.
I found this course useful in focusing my short stories. I found the lectures useful, interesting, and directly applicable to the assignments.
Its just been the first week.... and I love it!!!!!!!!!
I learned so much about plotting from this course and it changed everything for me.
The course is nice and informative. Unfortunately one can not do any of the pear rated assignments or pear reviews.
Didn't pay to unlock the assignments but still enjoyed it. Lecturer explains points clearly and gives examples from familiar literature. Even if you aren't an aspiring (or struggling) writer, you'll still learn a lot about the structure of good storytelling. Ever wondered why movies and novels seem to follow the same pattern, yet it always works? You'll find out here. Great course. My only regret is that assignment reviews are locked until you pay for them. It would've been nice if only the capstone project required payment.
I absolutely loved this class. I found this course fun, interesting and informative. I feel that I have a better understanding on how to create interesting characters and how to make scene's that captivate and hold a reader's attention. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who has an interest in writing.
Nice, informative, but basic and short.
Clean, succinct, and clear explanation of the fundamentals of successful plot structure and movement. I appreciated the warm, encouraging manner of the instructor, and found the assignments well designed and helpful.
Brando Skyhorse is a well spoken instructor. Well done.
really good organized!
I thought the course was very informative. It had a lot of good and essential information for writing and the teacher was clear and easy to understand.
The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course.
Very instructive once you get used to using the subscribed structures. Great mentor support and a nice bunch of people to bounce ideas off.
The course helped me a lot in understanding what a plot is. This is my first time to join a creative writing class and I did not regret signing up. Thank you everyone for a very great course.
I learned a lot about doing it the better way, than I did. What would have been cool: The essential graphics from the videos and some school material to print out and work with it.THX!
Putting aside the use of the Coursera apps on Ipad and Iphone (which are beyond awful and made the experience of taking this course utterly frustrating), this course was outstanding. The student will be given sold information on how to organize, structure, and edit a story. All of the material was approachable and extremely useful.
Course is a little formulaic, had trouble making my submissions follow the structure outlined but still, I learnt some useful tips and actually got to just write something orderly.Liked some of the visiting speakers (the third speaker who talked about character - mature lady, dark hair) was quite good. So was the first gentleman.Overall, the course is ok but given the strict methodology and requirements for writing, I don't know if I'll make it through the specialisation.Thank you for reading!
Excellent course. I learned tools that I can apply to my writing. Thank you
I loved this course. It really gets into the meat writing. I look forward to the other Creative Writing Courses and recommend it to anyone interested in writing.
I really liked the balance between explanation, instruction and hands-on-exercise. Brando Skyhorse explains things well and he seems to be the knowledgeable, skillful professional and teacher that you can trust to help you move forward.
I didn't take this class for credit, I took this class as a refresher. The professor gave a lot of good information and I really enjoyed the class. I enjoyed the class so much, I would take it again. Please recommend a book for the next class. Good class!
Brando Skyhorse is an excellent teacher, and the course becomes more and more challenging as you go.
Excellent skill-building, even for the novice writer!
Wonderful. Just wish it could have been longer. The shop talking sections with featuring Brando speaking with other writers were incredibly insightful.
Fantastic class! The teachers is organized, charismatic, a respected author of such interesting subject matter. He brings relevant outside writers to interview about their viewpoints. The assignments are clear and really opened my mind to other ways of thinking. This series of classes is more than worth time and cost.
Great course, doesn't take much time and you can learn a lot about writing.
Great course and foundational skills! Enjoyed the lectures!
A humble writer and teacher, thanks for sharing everything about writing!
Before taking this course I had no idea that there can actually be a format to follow to create a good story! I've learned a lot and Brando Skyhorse
I am very much enjoying how my professor breaks everything down to the simplest form. I find myself applying what I have learned to my everyday writing as well as things I read and watch. He is upbeat and energetic and the assignments are fun! Although he asks for 200 words and I find that difficult because I am accustomed to writing a small novel for each answer, as you can clearly tell from my review of this course.I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to begin writing or to writers who want a fundamental understanding of what they are already doing.
I audited this course so I was locked out of submitting assignments; however, I would recommend this course to any creative writing beginner (like myself). The course was well organized and concise and the concepts were clear. It was easy to apply the concept to the assignments and I was surprised at what I was able to write as a result of auditing this course.
This was a great way to get started writing again after a long time. The videos were engaging and full of good information. It's good to see and hear real authors talk about the work.
This course involved challenging assignments and very interesting lessons. I thought the course was well thought out and would recommend it to anyone.
very good and well organized course that helped me a lot to improve my writing skills.
Thank you very much! I was enjoying this course and I hope that I will be enjoying all specialization.
The course is easy to follow and informative. Challenging assignments and guest speakers add variety, clarity, and creativity to the way you think about telling a story. It touches on important points like structuring and editing. Plus, the instructor compares much of what he's teaching to how it's used in popular novels.
Thought this more than useful in relation to plot and how conversation should move the story along
I was not sure about this course at first, but I am so glad that I enrolled. Brando gives specific tips and ideas about how to write a story. He has made me realize that creative writing is not just about lofty ideas; writing can be improved and polished through approaching a story logically and methodically.One of the best designed courses I have ever taken on Coursera. Thank you Brando!
Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot is simply one of the best video courses I have found on the subject. Easy to follow, great examples, clearly explained, engaging presentations and assignments, tips from the experts; all those things made this one course I couldn't "put down". Brando Skyhorse comes across as a phenomenal teacher who really knows his subject and truly cares about it, that alone makes the course worth watching. I will definitely be referring back to this again. Keep an eye on the dedication should my novel ever hit the shelves!
A very good course for any beginning writers
Prof. Skyhorse has a kind, engaging face and mannerisms. The course was well organized and free of technical issues- wish I could say the same thing about Coursera in general!
Very good lessons to learn
I love it and very easy to follow. Great for the beginner trying to fine tune their work and/or get started. They offer you the tools to author your first story!
The instructor has done a good job with the structure and assignments for this course. He explains the course and the assignments very well. I enjoyed the course.
Thanks to instructor Skyhorse for devising a course that is useful, yet not overwhelming to the student.
A good introductory course to the craft of plot. Covers the basics, though I would appreciate some more complex assignments. Perhaps offer some more advanced course in the future? Maybe an advanced fiction specialization? Either way, good introductory course.
I learnt invaluable things in this course. I never knew of the Freytag's pyramid or the 21 point act structure etc and little by little, after doing the exercises, I feel I have learnt to edit my manuscript well enough. That has been my achievement as a learner of this course. Thanks a lot for the course. :)
The content is interesting, but not rich enough for a course. I finished all the videos and assignments in only 2 days.
I found this course quite hard to take to; especially after starting the second one on Character. Saying that though, it is good to learn about different perspectives and approaches as education whatever form enables us to move forward on our learning path.
Interesting course with new outlook and perspective on writing. However, I did find it rather brief and not much interaction going on within the forums. People had to wait a long time for feedback and I also thought that those who had paid for the first of the 5 sections, should not be obliged to pay for the next four if they wanted at least to access the material,without being graded. That was a sour point to the overall positive structure of the course.
i recommend this course , an excellent introduction for an aspiring writer or anyone interested in litterature as it explains and decomposes thorougly the mechanics of plot , thru very alive ideos and sharing of experienced writers , i enjoyed the submissions which taught me disciplin and structure . This experience helped broaden my horizon , i learned a lot from the peer rewiew also , this first module convinced me to go on and complete the full course. Thank you
Excellent course, helped me so much and gave me good ideas and inspiration.
Full of helpful tips and suggestions.
-Made on 10/05/2016- Low quantity of information and resources. For the cost , is not even near to other moocs. Block the sending and sharing of activities, and unable the peer evaluation because of a required payment, really handicap the learning and the quality of the course. If I pay a Mooc, is becouse of a strong quality and substantial learning; this two lacking in this course. I can give you a list of other moocs around this and other subjects (film, writing, mat, entrepreneurship, photography...) for you to make relations and compare structures. Please revise this course, you have nice video edition and the teacher is good, and willing to teach, but the global course is missing several things. I encourage you to take my words.
Very well presented, clear and concise. I have always just flowed a story out. This course offers insights into why some of my stories work and others don't. I found I do many of these things subconsciously but am now able to apply a solid foundation to build upon to ensure more consistency with my writing. Thank you
Clear and concise. Instructional. The only thing that I hope is to get more examples from the course except explanations.
This course was a great learning experience.
This course is very interesting and easily to understand for beginner just like me. And through read the stories of other students, I learned more and find my disadvantages.
I learned quite a few new themes. This is a great class.
A good introductory course designed to be effective for people of a basic background and beginning skill level. As a course from Wesleyan I was hoping for something a little more robust or actually at a college-level, so I was a little disappointed at how rudimentary this course was. Still, I did learn some new things about plot and would recommend for the new or beginning writer.
Congrats fo the Teacher. Best Creative Writing course I've taken.
Great course. Only accessed the course via 'audit'. Really enjoyable.
The problem is that the only feedback a student gets is from other students. I only received 1 feedback from the supposedly 3 each week for 4 weeks. I gave 3 stars because the videos are very good and good concepts but I paid far more money than they now charge. So I doubt I will finish the certificate because the final course relies only on student feedback which is non-existent.
Brando did a great job in presenting a structure for plot. I think his insights are valuable and he did tried to offer practical guidelines writers can use.What I didn't like was the reviewing of the assignments. Some times I didn't receive valuable feedback ( the same sentence copy/pasted in every section) and someone failed me for not understanding my intentions because he was not an English speaker.Away from that, I really liked Brando, his style, and his involvement.
This is an absolutely wonderful course.
Felt very much like an exercise in writing-by-numbers. Assignment instructions were too vague and the pass/fail grading system meant lots of classmates were upset that their work was not appreciated or understood. So many people on the course do not have English as a first language that the marking is often erratic. Great that non-native speakers are trying to write in English, enriching the canon, but in those circumstances a pass/fail system seems misguided.
Great course, really helped me develop my skills in plot.
Good exercises. Good, interesting, helpful teacher. short lessons. concrete instructions
easy to understand and funny Assignment
Great course. I just audited it but even the audit content was very helpful. You'll have to pay for peer review, but I just wanted to learn about plot and this course delivered. :)
highly inspirational, clear, to the point. just sorry that assignments are only for fully registered course followers
fabulous course with lot of do's and don'ts... and an inspirational guide and techniques for a startup writer or a beginer. course with its full content , quality and knowledge .
I hope the instructions were cleary and not too vague that it was open to many interpretation. An example would have helped and the rubrics/criteria for grading should have been shown beforehand so students would be guided what points they would consider when making their piece.
Great course, Brando is a great professor. The task are very clear
So overly simple with a lack of details in the steps.
Overall, I sincerely think this course was useful to me. I did learn, and that is great. I got some good advice from the reviewers. And I appreciated most of the videos, especially the shop talks.But I wish the instructor or his staff were more present in the discussion area, and I would have preferred a better written material. The transcripts are not formatted. They are completely raw and difficult to use.Furthermore, I don't think it is normal that people duly registered to the class have difficulties to get their 3 reviews. Too many people have to ask for it in the forums.In conclusion, a good course with good video material, but a lack of presence and organization.
Pretty good class; good information. The classmates are engaged and have good feedback to give.I'm frustrated at the lack of instructor (or even staff presence) until at least week 3, when finally a staff member answered *one* of the many student questions that have been piling up.Students are a great resource for critiquing work, but we can't help each other with technical questions, or with assignment clarifications. So there *definitely* needs to be staff on hand for that.
Good class, good lectures. The plot devices taught are very specific, but helpful for beginning writers for whom conflict, and movement are not easy. I'm a beginning writer and I struggle with finishing a story because at some point I just think, well now what? what's supposed to happen?The class helps you push the characters into conflict, and make choices, which is the heart of a good story.My only complaint - the assignments were so structured that they were tedious. the peer reviews in this class were also painful. Reading other people's work, I felt like perhaps we needed less structure and more space to practice simpler techniques.But overall, i'm using what I've learned in my writing, and its definitely helped!
I love writing, and even if English is not my mother tongue this course is enjoyable and useful!
This course actually got me writing!
Lots of great information. Most helpful for me was the story structure. My whole life I've been taught the same structure, either the 3-Act Hollywood Standard as told by Blake Snyder and Vikki King, or Chris Vogler's The Mythic Structure. It was nice to have a new approach. My only disappointment is that many genres, although follow a similar story structure, each genre has genre-specific elements. I was hoping that I'd learn the particularities of horror, mystery, comedy, and others. There doesn't seem to be much genre-specific information available online, except fantasy and erotica.
This is priceless.
Very interesting course and good advices! =)
The course is really intereresting and I am learning a lot of new skills.
It's a good course. The explanations of plot and scene have made me understand for the first time what writing fiction is all about, and for the first time I was bale to write fiction that is better than anything I had ever written before.
Good material. Brando Skyhorse is a very talented lecturer. The exercises look simple but are actually very difficult, so set aside more time than you expect to complete them within the parameters.
Thank you for giving me some concrete guidelines. I enjoyed following along without doing the assignments. Grateful to be able to be a part of the learning.
The course modules are helpful and easy to follow. I wish to give it 5 stars but because we, students, failed to experience the professor's feedback even in some of our thread, I think 4 stars are enough.
Exceptional clarity and with real life tools and inspirational, lively, all too short, presentation.
Excellent, great info. Loved it.
I expected to hear the usual "show don't tell" mantra that I have heard in other fiction writing courses. Instead I learned the one thing that makes that statement make sense to me. I learned what they mean when someone says "show don't tell" and then I learned how to do it. Thank you Brando Skyhorse.
Really enjoyed it. The teacher makes learning fun and interesting. Also the assignement are pretty challenging.
The course was pretty easy to learn, but the assignments were challenging, which is the best combination of theory and practice in my opinion. Although I didn't have enough time to dive into discussions and get to know with the community, I'd recommend this course to anyone who's making his first steps in creative writing. It will teach you how to limit yourself in your writing, be consize and yet create stories that are both entertaining and thought provoking.
I did learn. However, some info could of been better explained. I felt like some videos didn't really further my knowledge. And the lack of communication on the discussions by the professor, was quite unbelievable. More participation by the professor would be appreciated. I do understand there's many people doing this, but if other can, why couldn't he? Maybe have an assistant?Otherwise, like I said, I did learn a lot and I do appreciate it.
Better than AdvertisedEasy to understand and well explained concepts
Very educative with the knowledge I have gained from this I feel I've come out with much more than just valuable notes.
The video lectures are very nicely done. They outline the basics of how a story line (Plot!) should be, how the characters should be developed and how scenes should be depicted.The tips given are practical and clearly defined - even for noobsThe course motivated me to write, to refine my thoughts while writing and since there was always pressure of peers reviewing my work - I always revised what I wrote. I discovered that revision helps immensely, and I found I could express the same things in better ways and using lesser wordsSome students did have difficulties in understanding assignments - something that can get better with time. Also, I felt some learners received the brunt of bad grading since the grading guidelines weren't clear. Shaving off 1 star due to that
I enjoyed this course; it provided a thorough overview of plot - well worth the time spent watching the videos and completing the assignments for myself.
Besides an engaging instructor (Brandon Skyhorse), the modules' content is accessible for nascent writers. Moreover, I enjoy the shop talk series with authors. These lectures cum interviews show a fulfilling, intimate view of writing lives. I feel more confident in my writing and have been a better, more critical reader of others' work, especially my own. I recommend this course to anyone who needs to brush up on their creative writing skills and for those who want to start from a clean slate.
Brando Skyhorse was my favorite Professor. It was extremely helpful and will be wonderful for the capstone project.
Practical, well-presented, inspiring!
I gave 5 stars to the craft of character - because it was great, but this is even better. yay
Very well lead, clear explanations and great content. I found this course both useful and delivering to my expectations.
I enjoyed taking this course. It was interesting and I found every module useful.
While this course was interesting, it seemed very light. There was only about 10 or so minutes of 'content' a week, plus some interviews (which were very interesting, but didn't feel as though they taught too much). The assignments were all good except for the third one about the physical object. It was a weird prompt and not in a good way.I would recommend this course, but I'd also love to see it expanded a bit.
just amazing and helpful. thank you from the <3
Probably one of the best moocs i have ever taken :)
This course is great. Before, I used to write not knowing what I was doing. Now, I write thinking about writing and having clearer gols.
The content of the course is very useful and delivered in a structured and effective way. I enjoyed the writing assignments and feedback opportunities. My only complaint is that there are a great number of people auditing the course and we had to create our own google community to share and get feedback as the assignments and feedback sections of the course are locked for all of the non-paying students.Other than that is was very enjoyable and informative.
Short, pithy descriptions; to the point advice/ suggestions with leeway to alter the structure. Worth the time.
Great course for beginners and advanced writers as well, has helped me a lot improving my stories.
great lesson to
The videos are quite interesting, though I think they are overly committed to very specific techniques. I did not, however, find the assignments and peer review system very helpful. People had a tendency, particularly on the first assignment, to read in requirements that were not actually stated or written down and failed people accordingly. There also does not seem to be enough people to review all of the assignments, either--perhaps due to the paywall for assignments. The very nature of the peer review system also guarantees you see a real range on the individual criteria you are evaluated on and the depth of the review. This exacerbates the very harsh "0 or 1" point option for all assignments (i.e. either you get a 1 and pass or you get a 0 and fail).Bottom line: I think the course materials are useful and at the very least interesting for developing writers, but I'm not sure it's worth the $79 entry fee to gain access to the peer review, unless you really need or want the course certificate.
Sure told me what I needed to hear
Someone needs to review/proofread the final part and assignment. Many students were/are confused about the final assignment. Revise the video too.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I would highly recommend it to new writers, old authors, editors, and anyone interested in stories. It was a great recap and refreshed the basics.
I loved this course. It was very helpful and gave me a lot of insights in fiction writing. Thanks for bringing this course to us!
Very simple videos to understand complex ideas. Had a whole lot of fun watching them
Thank you so much for this amazing course!
The material isn't bad, and it does provide some interesting prompts to think and write about. But, the curriculum is not at all creative. It focuses on easily teachable and repeatable lessons that teach a certain, standard way of doing things. It tries to reduce creative writing down to a formula instead of acknowledging that many compelling and successful stories can have almost any imaginable form. If perhaps many types of structures had been emphasized or structures had been pointed out as optional, this would have been mitigated, but the time period is so short that there's no time. The result is a class that feels more like "Writing: How to Make a Formulaic, Sellable Book" than anything with "Creative" in the title.
This is a very good course, but I would have expected transcripts of the talks as well. I have done a few coursera courses and the supplementary materials here are minimal. Also, in the week 4, it is confusing to have the video transcript in the assigment section - very unclear whether that's a part of the assigment or not.
Really professional and fun!
It was very clear, nice, entertaining and it looks like the professor has lots of knowledge in the scope of writing.
Great start on the course.
I finished this course in a single day in roughly about 8 hours, including taking notes and doing writing assignments. The material is quite good, more geared towards the beginner to the concepts of Plot. But, in my favorite parts - the interviews with Amity Gaige and Amy Bloom, I discovered new sides and tones to Character and Setting. And, they now compel me towards doing the rest of the courses in this specialization.I really wish I could submit my assignments even without the certificate version of the course.Thank you Mr. Skyhorse and the Coursera team. :)
Extremely innovative exercises and guidelines. Really opens one s brain to think creatively. The intructions for assignments need a bit more clarification.A worthy ue of hard earned money.Thanks Coursera
All the videos contain necessary information. The assignments are clear and very well structured. It is really a great course!
The instructor really gives the nitty-gritty of how to write a plot that will intrigue readers. He explains what a plot is (and it may not be what you think! The assignment is much harder than it looks! Believe me, it took three days for me to get mine done, sign of a good assignment as I can typically write 250 words in a snap (this review for example!). If you want to write, this is a good beginning.
I'm learning a lot about creative writing. The examples are very clear, the course itself is very entertaining. You won't regret taking this course.Cheers!
ÓTIMO CURSO, IREI REALIZAR TODOS!
A lot of great insights on the way a team functions and generates ideas and projects. The format of this MOOC is quite original (discussion between a few speakers) and stimulating. I
Good introduction
Lectures are rigorous. Homework and Quiz problems are very helpful!
For prospective students who are looking to enter the biostatistics/epidemiology field in the future. This course is designed as an in depth fundamentals of biostatistics where Professor Brain Caffo dives deep into some of the key formulas, origins of statistical formulas, and theoretical aspects of statistics.Great lecture with valuable information, however, due to the lack of engagement within the lectures, it absolutely leave students who have no background of Calculus or Linear Algebra in the dust with no reference to assist them in the course. Once or if a student has a solid foundation for the topics covered in this course, this information is very insightful and understandable.you might ask yourself, someone who doesn't have a prior knowledge of the material covered in the course if you should even take part in the course, my answer would still be yes, so long as you are willing take notes, save the videos, and return back to them at a later point once you build yourself up by studying calculus, statistics, and/or linear algebra.
Undoubtedly the course instructor is very knowledgeable. However I did not take away as much from this course as I would like to. It is mostly theoretical; very limited examples. I also missed the bio in biostatistics. A title like "Mathematical Statistical theory boot camp" would be better suited. I believe having a set of cases that get reused in some form over all lectures would be very beneficial for -at lease mine- understanding the topics. The form of lecturing is not using the benefits that an online platform offers. So instead of short interactive videos, this has slides with lengthy essential spoken word with it; hardly summaries.
Nice course giving strong mathematical basis for statistics
I think the process of the class is a bit too fast and it is hard for beginners to catch up
A perfect introduction to mathematical statistics.
This course should be part of the Data Science specialization. Actually, you can supplement the Statistical Inference course with these two Boot camp courses really well!A great revision of statistics, very rigorous and thorough cover of all distributions and hypothesis tests.
He terribly prepared us for quizes and gave about 4 examples in the entire course. I filled a notebook with about 40 pages of notes, about 3 of which were useful for the quizes. Though content was good, but i found myself looking things up because of his somewhat neive explanations of difficult concept.
Great course
Advanced level academic style statistics course. I liked the mathematical style of the course, which also brings me to the only one critics I have. The course is lacking a bit intuitive explanations. Otherwise, totally recommendable.
did not find too much about the bio part
I need to have a class. I really think this course could hel me a lot.
Statistics was never this interesting! Thanks a ton Bryan!
The material and presentation are at the highest level, but the course is lacking real life examples, and contexts.
I enjoyed the course. I wish there was perhaps a little more evaluation along the way (maybe occasional in-lecture questions), but otherwise very nice.
Very concise, well-presented course. This was my second time taking it as a refresher. Prof. Caffo does a great job presenting the materials. However, prepare to be challenged.
Good course, needs updating, since it was a first generation course. Worth taking, but make sure to review a bit of Calculus, especially integration.
Thank you very much for your course. It is clear and to the point.But it was very difficult to perceive a video-lectures of 30 minutes.
I wish this Johns Hopkins course is more interactive. Like the Ohio State Calculus One class.
It´s a very complete course, you need to know a littel bit of calculus.
It's a really good, well-paced course.
great course
Topics presented well for comprehension, good lecture quality.These topics are covered in grad level statistics courses at certain universities.
Despite Finance is not among the subject that interest me the most, the topics of the course are very well explained and help build the knowledge about the concepts in a easey way. Above of that, everything is explained in relation to the construction industry, from real state development or highways construction.
Very good course. Applicable to the construction and real estate industry.
Very useful! Thank you!
Quizzes are not challenging enough
Super useful. I would recommend to go thru all four courses in the way they are structured so student more clue of what are teachers talking about. But construction financing is crucial part to understand how industry works and this course explains that very well.Thank you!
Very nice course, Just the Excel sheet of Professor Anthony Webster is a big question mark, where we can get this file so we can follow up with him during the class
Excellent course, this course has very good and qualified professors. Thanks professor Ibrahim Odeh for this great class about Construction Finance...
the course really help full for every engineer.
Very Deep in Project financing
It's only enter-level for people who don't know R. For those who already used R, it's not a good choice.
enjoyed the foundational info
The course gradually introduces you to new R concepts in a natural manner. I highly recommend the Swirl exercises. Nothing beats exercises that have you actually coding yourself instead of watching just videos.
Great start to the course. Nice introduction to Git
Very nicely explained!
Good for newcomers.
Very good introductory courses.
Get started and feel good.
Real basics. Not certificate worthy though..
The best way to start our path in the Data Science world.
it is a good course to start the data science career. syllabus was well structured and training in methodical way.
Great course
The content is very useful for beginners. Moreover, the material is very good, nevertheless the links target in PDFs cannot be reached.
Very interesting
Covered all basic about data science.
The course is great but there are some serious glitches happening in the Coursera platform that desperately need attention. I just went from showing that I did not pass the peer review section and in the next second was greeted by a big green Course Completion Certificate.
A good place to start of your entry to Data Science. You get to know what data science is, what are the tools used and get an idea of what can be done and cannot be done. The course even walks you through installation of r, rstudio, and git. It introduces version control system using Github too.
There is a pretty big jump from the content to actually completing the assignment. The assignments are not well aligned with the swirl learning or the videos. There is no logical process taught about how to move forward if you get stuck. It often means a student is forced to search the internet and hope the answer they find is appropriate so they can write their own code.
Some detail of the Quiz and course project were not mentioned in those video courses, it made me have to google or find out the answer in other ways. But through this, I did learned more .
Very well explained and helpfull!
Well structured course.
This is what, I always dreamed about!!!!
Great introduction to the discipline of Data Science and the necessary tools required!
What I like (so far) is that you have to search for information via internet and by practising your knowledge in GIT and GIThub you can discover what you have learned or what should improve.
It helps me a lot!!!
Good introduction to data science stuff.
It's a good introductory course, but it's very basic and I feel that I paid a lot for a very basic experience. I do understand it is the first step in a full specialization but I think it can be more challenging.
This was a very helpful introduction into setting and getting started to use the programs neccessary.
Good introduction to data science using R
greet efforts to learn us about Data Scientist's Toolbox, thank you very muchjust one comment, it's about the instructor talking speed .. it was too fast and was not easy to keep focus.
Insightful and Handson
Basic introduction and programming for data analysis.
interedting course
Very useful introduction to the tools used to get us started.
Very, very, very basic intro. The entire 4 weeks could have (and should have) been condensed into 1 week.
It's really a great course to understand the basic concepts before beginning the actual course.
Very intuitive and exceptionally good training material which helped me to understand the data science key concepts.
Great beginner's course
Seems like a good prerequisite course for getting started on remaining specialization courses
nice and short course
Very basic introductory course. Looking forward to the other modules.
Elaborate introduction to the data science arsenal of tools. Thank you so much.
Gives an excellent overview to Data science course and what it take to become a Data scientist. Well organised videos and instructions
Progress is a bit too slow.
This course gave you a general introduction about Data Science. but you need study much more to learn about this área.
This is a very essential course for a person aiming for a career in Data Science.
Gave me a good introduction to basic Git and GitHub operations
Really good, with basis for the next steps in statistics. For me the most interesting thing is the Github software and it functions and possibilities.
More exercises should be given, not just theory
It was a good overview. I understand that it’s really just a quick intro into upcoming specialization courses. I wouldn’t take it alone. But I’m excited for the rest of the courses!
Excellent course that covers the basics in a very step by step manner. You need to take this course to get your basic data science R tools.
I enjoyed it :D it was great from basic as I did not know much about R.Jeff and team you guys are doing a great job
too easy
really easy and nice course to give you basic understanding!
Mostly preparatory material and setup activities for the rest of the series. It's OK, but not a revelation.
Good summary of the available tools for a budding data scientist!
Great introduction to Data Science and its tools
A good introduction to the world of Data Science!
Great course - highly recommend.
Perfect start for the Data Science course
Good introduction to the Data Science and the courses provided here in Coursera
Better help to understand the basics
great course
Excellent teaching
It was good as an introductory course.
Good introduction to the tools needed for the remainder of the specialization.
Pls teach little more in depth. Little more.
This is awesome learning experience.
Great way to get started on the Data Science course with the right tools.
Thank you coursera for the studies, it was all a great experience.
A very Good Course. Highly Recommended. Project/Quizzes are very well planned.
This is an ideal starting point for data science journey.
Too little information and too basic.
Good encouraging start for a new comer to Data Science but also Coursera. The course material was specific and all topics explained thoroughly.
Very Good for basic understanding of Data Science and the tools used by Data Scientists.
Its a great course and keep it up
Overall the course is very good and well paced, but I believe it could be a bit more clear in the git and github lessons on how to push from your local repository to your remote one
This course is a good start to give an overview on the toolbox you should be aware of to specialize in Data science or analysis. You don't need 4 weeks to complete to complete it! At best you could complete within a week or 2 days. Best of luck!
Excellent content. Simple language to understand.
Very introductory - can finish the class well before the 4 weeks are over.
Great course, you get to learn about the tools used in the Data Science specialisation.
Good course, that brings goos insights on the basics about data science.The lectures about Git and GitHub are not so clear - maybe this classes would better fit when the class already have a more advanced knowldge on the course's theme.Thank you for the quality of the lessons and to make it available.
A wonderful course to get you started on getting the basic tools and packages of R installed on your PC. Highly recommended for first time learners of R.
The git and GitHub section is not very clear....
Excellent course for anyone with basic knowledge of coding and wanting a peek into Big Data and analytics.
Excellent training with nice quiz
i feel that the course need more explanation .. i got really lost in the begging of the HW
More code and figure would be good for understanding.
I had a great learning experience
Very basic course, I was able to complete the 4 weeks on content in a weekend. I would recommend skipping this module and moving directly to the R Programming course.
Probably a good course if you aren't terribly familiar with GIT or some form of version control. It also helps to get all the tools in place to be ready for the other courses.
Appropriate level of difficulty for those who are not used to Git Hub and R
Was good intro to the course
Good introduction.
Gets you well set up! Great start. I especially appreciated how easy setting up Git and Git-Hub was. Thanks!
Gives a basic idea on the further courses. It's a useful course.
Excellent overview of information.
Covers the basics well
Good overview... ready to get to the real work...
A very good introduction to Data science and the required tools
Excellent introduction... Cant wait to get going on the next course.
Very good practice about data science.
It is a really nice course if you plan to complete all the 10 courses in the Data Science Specialization track. As a standalone, It is not that great a course as it basically introduces you to different things and you need to do other courses to actually learn something.
A good course that quickly teaches you the basics of setting up R, Rstudio and Gitbash and Github.
good intro to R and GIT
Well equipped with contents to begin with data science course.
This is one of the most important course which describes the essential tools used by data scientists.
Helps install and set up the necessary software, but does require you to do bit of searching on the web to completely understand certain aspects of the course.
Very Good!
Great！
This is a great introduction to what this Specialization is all about. I'm excited to start the next course!
Very good overview of the core principles of data science
It's very good.I got what I want from this course and i will continue to learn.
Good introduction
Excellent instruction, step by step coverage of topic in easy to understand terms. Support study material is very good and useful for quick reference.
Nice build-up to the courses that follow.
It was accessible, challenging and I came out of the course knowing the essential information.
I like the pace and content.
Good course.
Good starter setup. Looking forward to the technical portion of the Specialization.
Give a brief and concise introduction to many of the tools a data scientists should be familiar with. It serves as a good starting point for someone getting into the field.
Not a bad intro; I don't know if anyone would benefit taking this as a standalone (or for an entire 4 weeks, for that matter). Still, it introduced some solid concepts for professionals and scholars, alike.
good course
Audio level is too low and not balance, ever worser then udemy, please fix it asap.
It would be better if we can attempt the assignments even if we are not enrolled to the course. It would really help us to evaluate ourselves about the extent to which we have understood the concepts.
Great introductory course for the specialization.
Good introduction.
Excellent one to start with
An elegant course that will help you set up your computer and GitHub repo so you are ready for the next adventures in this data science track.
Great instructors. Hope you can guide me into reaching my goal as a data scientist
Very basic introduction...
Very intuitive.
The word 'toolbox' made me think there was more in the course. 'Introduction' or maybe' Overview ' may have been more accurate. Good course otherwise.
I was expose to new things and I enjoyed it. Looking forward the rest of the classes towards the certificate.
This is a good, general introduction. A motivated student can run through it very, very quickly. As the first of ten courses, I understand that it is a very general introduction. Still, I think it could be ramped up a bit. Week 2 of the next course - R programming - is kind of a kick in the head if you're not a programmer. I feel like some of the content from R programming could have be included in the toolbox course in order to take advantage of the relatively light load.
Good course, but maybe this course and the following course R programming could be combined into an 8 weeks course as that one is took longer than 4 weeks and this one took less.
Easy and lucid flow and syllabus.
Course is presented in very lucid manner and give you ample information to learn from scratch. Great course those who don't have any background in data science and willing to learn it. Pedagogy is highly appreciated and assignments are never like fun activities that John Hopkins are crafted for learners.
great introductory course but could have been more beginner-friendly
I found this intro course really useful as a warm up and to get into the "data scientist's mindset". The only (minor) point for development is to devote more time to Git and Github, as some of the steps were not particularly straightforward. Well done though!
With my background, this was a lot of repetition of information that I already knew, but I was happy to have the reminder and it would be an excellent introduction to the specialization for others who do not have as much of a data science/computer science background. Overall, I feel that the course was worth my time and I feel it is a great start to the Data Science Specialization.
A good start ... just enough to get me going, without overwhelming me ...
Great course.
It is really good to learn new things, thank you Coursera / JHU!
Learn quite a few new things.
Great course, but maybe there should be a better explanation of git.
Too little substance, though I do expect the rest of the series to be good as I take this as a setup course and my expectations for those are high. Having said that, perhaps it would be wise to charge less for this initial course or even offer it for free.
This is a perfect good course for an absolute beginner like me! Thank you!
Things got a bit hazy when it came to adding the .md file to our data science repo on GitHub. Other than that I enjoyed the course.
I have never learned programming and totally new to this field. However, this course really served its purpose of teaching me the data science tools.
Though the course itself is introductory in nature, i wish there was a lecture on what and how exactly are these going to be useful with the help of a real life example and also an increase in the depth of the content.
Pretty good
This is a good overview of the Data Science track.
I wish the instructors can be more clear with the Git and Github part. I still don't fully understand how to use Github for various tasks.
Nice introduction to many basic tools and concepts that are substantial to the work of a data scientist. Also, a good start for a person encountering MOOC for the first time.
Good intro to basic tools. Would like more exercises.
Course was excellent. Learnt a lot.Had a good experience.
Excellent starter course for this 9 course journey.
Very informative. A great start to the sequence.
This course is the first step to dive into the data science course. One finds a lot of videos about how to create and use the tools to carry out the specialization. Great job!
More like intro to Github and RStudio, but useful for the sequence so a gentle introduction to the sequence!
It was good - I think I would like a bit more on Github, but it gets covered in other courses. It shall have more material on the coverage of data science.
Nice course! I liked it.
A very big difficulty for me, French people who uses to speak english everyday for may work is that :1) Teachers don't do any effort to speak slower and to articulate2) As with all other courses I've attended in english, it's impossible to read a transcription, even in english, while reading slides.Slides are not sufficient by themselves, i.e. without commentary beside. The workaround I've used is to print french translation or english transcription and read it, trying to guess which part suited with which slide ...For a non-free course, it's not really professional ...
Good course! Lectures are easy to follow, have good instructions,
A good course to set up your software tool kit before you start your dive into Data Science Specialization
Too basic, not very informative. Waste of money.
Very helpful
Great starting course for the Data Science Certification!
While this course is introductory to a specialization, I believe there is more curriculum that should have been covered in this course.
I enjoyed learning new things and starting my journey to being a Data Scientist!
Excellent introduction to Data analytics and computer sciences ! Easy to follow and pedagogical.
Great introduction to data science, git, github, and R.
Course is very descriptive. One can easily learn.
Nice insight about data science
This is a very good introductory course for all those who are eager learn about Data Science. It gives you good insights.
Easy to follow overview.
A simple list of programs that needed to be installed would cover 90% of the course content. Some of this content is also repeated in other courses in the sequence. If you have any technical skills this entire course is extremely tedious.
This is really bad structured. As analogy - imagine a cookbook that says: in chapter 8 you'll learn how to cook pies, but here in introduction let me tell you how to add baking powder in them. It is not useless information it is just very out of place.Learning some git commands was the most usefull in the course for me. (Though again, why would you first show the commands and just after that explain what's the tool for and where to download it?)And by the way it takes half a day to cover all 4 weeks material (listened through all videos, installed the tools). Which is not bad, just of other users information)
Good for a beginners course, could be a little more challenging.
It was a good starter course.
its a detailed and the lectures are good at explaining the complex concepts in easy way to understand
A perfect first step in the ladder of being a Data scientist
The content is good.still some content should be added.
Very good course for a beginner with just the right pace!!
Great to start with.
Too basic!
Nice and clear course for beginners
This Course is a great start for the specialization. The course is designed in a very thought manner so as to help a novice understand concepts easily. Thanks!
It would be better if more details included in the lecture on Git and Github.
Good introduction. The rest of the speciality is harder.
Basic but fruitful for begginers!
This hands-on-wheel course provided me with all the basics understanding I was looking for in my road to become a data Scientist.
The lessons were very informative and well organized. I only wish the audio were louder for some of the videos from Jeff Leek. Other than that, excellent course.
The tutorials have the ideal information about the data science course
it is a great course
it could have been better if it was more hands-on learning, for instance I don't understand why did we learn CLI till now and how will I link it to my studies
very nice explanation. Professors' knowledge is quite high. im completely satisfied with
Amazing Experience of Online Learning.
Great experience so far, this is my first time in an online course.
Coursera has changed the way of learning,Yes anyone can learn anything and everything at the comfort of their own time and place......Thanks Team COURSERA....Keep Going....
Great course
Very enjoyable and well presented.
A good and simple introduction to the Data Science field.
low voice
Simple introduction to the tools used in the specialization.
Very well received by this beginner. I appreciated the time taken to offer an introduction to the command line, which was focussed on the immediate commands needed to continue with this course. Many other data science courses either overlook any kind of command line tuition, or they point you to an overwhelmingly large other tutorial on the subject which would take you 3 weeks to complete.
Super friendly to new beginners with clear definitions and easy-following learning path. Although a bit of slow for me. I'd recommend anyone without programming background to launch their study in data science with this course.
Good course, but worth only for really basic learners.
Very basic overview of the tools and installation of them. Should be an optional course rather than part of the specialization.
Very useful, easy and clear understanding. Thanks for your lecture and many peers.
Very Good Data Science Toolbox
It's really a great introduction to know the very basic things of Data Science. This course will be useful in setting-up the required tools of R programming on your computer. For the beginners this is a must.
Very helpful and informative.
Very good course, simple to follow.
A little bit simple, but maybe it is enough for an introduction course.
course is good... need to include video on Rstudio setup on windows
This module is just enough material for 1 or 2 lectures with "How to get started" notes..
I have just started the course but so far the videos and education background references are exceptional. I highly review this website and university for its great learning experience.
Great course to learn the nuts and bolts of Data Science.
Very useful course.
Too little material for 4 weeks. All this could've been written in a PDF instead of videos.
Very instructive and interessant course
One of the best course and well explained
Setting up Github is so important. Thank you!
Its a good course those who prefer to study online.It gives a basic knowledge about the data tools which are going to be used.
So far so good, Git was a bit difficult to get going but I'm excited to continue with the specialization.
Meets expectations.
A little hard to follow only because this first course has been big on theory and definitions. Therefore it requires a lot of imagination. I found some of the quizzes a bit assumptive. Luckily I have a computer science minor so I knew the "type" of thinking expected. I think novices and beginners would stumble since some of these quiz questions are not directly covered by the material and require some "out of the box" thinking.Despite this, I could not design it better! I'm just trying to provide valuable feedback to the designers.Otherwise I have enjoyed it so far and it's DEFINITELY valuable. I look forward to the units where we actually start doing the "science" part on the data.
comprehensive and informative
Great Course,developed the basic understanding required to get into the data science. Nice content and presentation.
The course is a real beginner's guide to the world of data science and gives a good introduction to some of the tools used by data scientists.
I really loved the course. My peers were amazing. They always help and when they review your project they make sure that you will understand what you did wrong, explaining why and how you might gei it right the next time. Mr. Peng you are amazing. Thank you!
This course didn't teach me much about Data Science or the different areas to pursue after this introductory course. I probably could have got as much out of it as following the tutorials on GitHub and the new desktop tool. Following the tutorial which was made for windows was also a bit annoying at times. Finally I had to wait weeks to have my assignment marked and there is still conflicting information on the course page - in 'grades' it shows I didn't pass the week 4 task. On other pages it shows I did and earned 41 out of 41 points. However I can't see a confirmation of course completion.
Excellent Course I have learnt a lot from it.
Great insight to different types of data analytics and basics.
Very good foundation material.
Very help towards the journey of learning Data Science.
Pretty basic stuff.
Great course, I'll surely recommend to my friend. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge with us!
It was a little to easy and the quizzes were not really necessary. Questions like "What courses are in the Data-Science Specialization?" don't help to controll my learning progress. However for a first, introducing course it was okay. R Programming is way more interesting and challenging <3
Good startup course
This course is well organised to start the journey of data scientist.
Very Good course
Very thoughtful and well-executed course. Although, one of the professor's voice is not very clear.
A good intro to the needed tools. Thanks
This is a great class in preparation for the forthcoming treatment of data science.
Pushing file to GitHub from GitBash could use clarification.
Easy to follow and very helpful
It was a very detailed course and the mentors absolutely exceptional. The extra exercises really helped achieve a better understanding of how to use the tools. Thank you!
Pretty helpful . But 4 weeks is an awful lot of time for the content being taught in this course
Good course with very good foundation information.
Excellent primer course....just the entree...harder stuff is coming
Very basic. I am hoping it helps guide my time commitment for further classes.
Adequately descriptive and easy to follow course material. Thank you Coursera!
I like the pace and contents in this course and found it is very helpful.
Great and very informative ! I strongly advice to anyone who wants to start learning how to manage a data and be involve in data science field. This is an absolute course to become familiar with the essential software and technique to get start!
The course is very structured and helpful to have basic knowledge related to Data Science.
Great
Couldn't hear the videos
Good Course
Excellent!! Waiting for the others 9 courses!!!
Great class. Nice introduction to Data Science.
Good introduction, the first step is always important
A good intro to the tools, but for anyone with prior programming experience unnecessary
Really nice intro to a specialization I'm looking forward to!! Cheers!
I have no idea why you called it course, since there was nothing inside.
Very informative and easy to follow.
good to get the basic setup of R and git in place
This is a nice course for begginers, I like the excersices avaibles in the forum and that the project allows me to practice too. Thank you!
The course is a nice set up for tools and environments that you need for other data science courses.
Great start. The textbooks are most valuable. The 101 on Github is a little bare bones and could use an update.
Course content is good. I was able to get the basic understanding of git and github and also understood how it works.
There is a slight lack of clarity in videos in terms of audio and also in terms of what exactly the author/lecturer is trying to convey.
Very nice introduction! Unlike a lot of online courses, this course is no fluff or jargon. It is solid stuff with hands on experience. I only wished this course was longer. After completing the 10-week Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng, this course felt a bit too short. :-)
Useful as an introduction
It is much needed course. Helps in setting the environment for smooth flow of the later courses.
Its good learning a lot and looking forward to learn more
Excellent thanks very much
Good introduction to this specialization
Very basic but needed for people not introduced to R! Thank you!
I learnt new things.. I am super Excited to move on to R Programming.
I like how the course is structured. I learned a lot. I was able to set up a github account and download R, R studio and all the tools I need to get started.
It was a good introduction. Looking forward to the rest of the course.
Basic understanding of Data Science.
Provided a firm foundation of what to expect and how it will be accomplished.
Very good introduction to Datascience and an overview on the tools used for analysis.
Great introduction to Data Science. I will like to receive more emails with reminders about dates so I will not forget. Anyway, thanks!
Good Course
This course did give me some useful tool information.
My first online course and it could not have been any better. Gives me the confidence that I can learn online and add to my knowledge new things. Course material was explained in simple terms which is not the case always.
5’ is not enough to express my desier to study data science.
Good intro.
Very Helpful.
Really enjoyed this introductory course. Good exposure for a beginner.
Great initial course.
I've learned lots of new things
Clear, structured and effective. Nice and useful slides as well.
Pretty simple, the Univ of Michigan Data Science with Python set the bar pretty high.
Some video explanations are not so clear, so will be great to highlight some concepts, theory and methods or technical (with some reading), also will be great exhibit the latest news about toolbox(that is the current topic) or data scientists
A good introduction to the basic toolset you need for the rest of the specialisation, and what each "tool" is for.
Very interesting
Pretty light weight so far, but I certainly understand it's targeted at a broad range of people so the vanilla material is probably a chore for some.
Very good in setting up for the next courses. I would like to see more on Git though because I could have definitely understood it a bit better
Good introduction to the specialization. It might be a little basic if you already have a lot of programming background, but it's nice to have the foundation in place before diving into the nuts and bolts of the software. Does a good job of gently introducing the user to Rstudio, git, and github.
nothing special, no significant knowledge gained.
Github exposition is a little complicated. I believe it could be more detailed. But the rest is very well done!
It's the basic introduction courses for data science and it's good, we can learn a lot from this.
SUPER NICE!THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION!!!
Clears the basic GIT bash commands and helps to install the basic software required to analyze data properly
Great course
The course is very explanatory and collaborative to learn. I loved it.
Great course, brought me to Github, myself would never do it.
This was a great introductory course. I am looking forward to the other courses in this specialization.
Great intro to data the tools used for data science. Very easy to follow.
Great online course. I can't wait for the 2nd course.
Great approach to the course!
It was a great introduction to data scientist
The course is too short and I didn't learn much.
This is really interesting and necessary course to understand data science
I knew most of the material in this course already, but I thought it was a good introduction to some of the tools that data scientists use.
Very good! I like the way the course is given!
Yet to explore more about Data Science, though this course provided with right insight and what to expect further from this course. :)
Not really a course, should just be Week 1 in course 2
Very basic and boring
Very friendly to the biginers
Really good introduction to the specialization. Quite basic, but good for someone with absolutely no background in the topic.
The narration and content are excellent. The clarity of the slides has given neat direction steps to installing the software. However, I was not able to co relate the Command Line Interface with the R console after installation. I was overwhelmed with the huge list of commands immediately after software installation. The Week 3 videos have great information but lacks a coherence with the remaining course content.
Very good course, in terms of learning tools and preparation for the specialization
Fabulous course on the basics of data science.
it's pretty good start for this fast-growing field in business,and I'm terribly eager to learn R :D
Lots of information. I learned quite a lot. It was a nice and informative introduction to Data Science in all aspects technically and theoretically.
Fantastic introduction to a topic I always found daunting. Thanks to everyone involved for preparing such an informative and soft approach to a hard topic like data science.
Thorough grounding in the basics. Even a novice like me could grapple with it, even though it did not come naturally, all the information was accessible for tasks. Thank you.
A very detailed guide for setting up working environment.
A good checklist for the basic tools of data science.
Good course.
Quite a fast course. Material is a lot though and would be quite daunting for someone completely new to this sort of stuff.
clear and good. Recommended to every one
Great instructors...very well done!
Only informative. Not worth it outside the specialization.
I mean, it's replicated in the next classes, and it has silly questions in the practice quizzes. It's not worth it. Just kill this.
Very crisp and short.... like the way in which presented by Leek
Good overview. Helpful introduction to topics covered in the specialization.
Doing this course first doesn t make you anticipate how difficult could this speciality in the next courses :p
Very good, well structured and grading by peers is a good one
Are you ever tired of long-winded professors, focusing on a lecture for an hour or more, or spending hundreds of dollars for a class? Well, this course gives you the structure of a course, but the video lectures are concise, the topic is to get you in the door for data science, and all of my questions were answered quickly. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn data science.
It is an introductory course which will help you get started!!
Good course
Very Good Course... Learned new things.... Adviced for Beginners.
Very briefly introducing the background of data science, it is very suitable for beginners in this area like me.
Great course to get started
Great basic explanation for the course.
Necessary Basic Tools for the course
I wouldn't really call this a course, rather it's more like an introduction to the very basic tools of the trade.
very good course. if you are looking for a overview of tools in data science specialization
Very informative, a good start
It's very complete way to start learn about the data scientist tools and data analysis.
Nice course. Clean information e right forward on necessary.
Good introductory course. Gives you an insight into the courses and topics which you will come across in the future. Would recommend this for beginners who want to get an insight into data science.
Simple and very straight forward, I belive this is the best way to give a starting point course
Really enjoyed the course and Jeff Leak's clear presentation. Feel ready and excited to go and learn even more about Data Science starting with R Programming
I like the course
it was fun~
Good course, very interesting. But, could you please make for audit purpose also can post quiz?
One of the best course to get into the field of Data Science.
Good course for the basics of R and learning Github.
Instructor speaks very fast so that i read subtitles instead of hearing what he say, in addition to i stop video more times to understand what he say, but totally the scientific and technical contents are great also his advises for us in which how we can find the answers for our questions about data science
An excellent introduction to Data Science!
Very useful, the depth of information was perfect for an introduction to the course
This course provide a good introduction to github , Rstudio and command line interface.it also gives a information about different ways to analyse data.
Super basic, each week was only about 30 minutes of video lecture... but I think that was their goal? Bad form on coursera for making you pay to submit assignments that are autograded to begin with.
Great intro to datascience and installation of required packages. Wouldnt pay for this though!
The Data Scientist's Toolbox is a good introduction into Data Science specialization and gives a glimpse of what can be expected from the other modules. Looking forward to other modules.
Jeff did a wonderful job with respect to his teaching style(pace,course structure,concise).I've recommended this specialization to my peers as well!
really interesting to study and learn new things
Very nice and useful into, worth the time and effort
The course introduced us to data science questions and got us to know collaborating with peers using Git Hub
Great course for beginner.
Very informational and well organized. It did not make me feel out of my depth as a humanities student.
Great introduction. Looking forward to going more in depth in follow-on c
Good beginning class for Data Specialization with R and Git set up well. Light weight, can pass the course in 4 hours without breaks.
This course is good beginning in Data Science. It's necessary complete with more.
Good course; homework exercises are not particularly challenging.
good initiation for those who want to begin in data science experience
Solid and good introduction to basic tools (R-related) for doing data science.
Did what it said on the box: got me set up to continue with the specialisation.
Good understanding build up on best practices among data scientists' day to day operation!
A good basic introduction to the types of skills, and the tools required for data science professionals.
It is a good course and gives a very nice intro to the tools for R.
This is a good intro to programming so far. It feels like I'm building a solid base from which to understand R.
I wouldn't take this if I wasn't taking the specialization but it's a nice introduction to the specialization.
Great course to get you setup - don't expect to learn anything besides getting the correct software and file sharing profile.
A very good for beginners.
very good course, dealt nicely about basic requirements to be a data scientist
Very Basic and informative Course. Looking Forward to next course
Great starter course for complete newbs like me!
Basic introduction to the specialization. It was way too simple for me since I already have knowledge in machine learning.
Good introduction to the entire track.
My first coursera ever. Comprehensive and clear.
Not worth 29$ considering you could take away very little from this course.
Great Introductory course to Data Science.
Really tough to review this class outside of the context of the other elements of the data scientist specialization. What was presented was straight-forward and quite well done. After I know how well prepared we are for next classes, I will re-evaluate.
Ver good course for the beginners
Very good base fot the next courses!
This is a clear introductory course, but the content is not as much as expected. Compared with other coursera course, this one is like one-week pack.
awesome course for beginners
Very good introduction to data science
Basic introduction to data science.
Learn what is needed to become a data science, some trivial but all must have tools to become a data scientist.
Great intro to Data Science Specialization. Hoping to complete the other courses as well. Dispels my myth about Data Science is all geeky stuff. Looking forward to bust more myths.This course is light, broad and introductory. 4 weeks is a sweet spot. Keeps you engaged.
Perfect Course!
Please add more non-medical examples
Got to learn about various tools and their uses.So it was a very informative course to start with data analytics
There wasn't much to learn that I didn't already know. There was a lot of talk but no real practical application (I guess except for github for people that didn't know how to use that).
Too easy, very basic
This is my first course on Coursera so i didn't really know what to expect and i apologise in advance for my ignorance. The course only takes you 8-10 hours or so to complete (even accounting for reading external sources) spread across a month. I enjoyed it, but it doesn't feel like i learned a lot and i think it could be a bit more intensive. Looking forward to R Programming (part 2)
Too simple, too easy
A good intro to the tools required for a Data Scientist. However, could cover the usage of the terminal and Rstudio better.
Not much of a course, I understand why it exists, but it's basically just getting setup with the environment. Almost not worthy of course status.
Good to give you and overview of what this course is going to take you!
A good start :)
Good for starters..
I liked this course, I know it is basic but I found a lot of ineteresting things I want to learn
Really good!
Is this entire course going to be watching videos of powerpoint slideshows, wrapped in a rather buggy website?
The course gave me refreshment and new knowledge.
Take your time and do the recommended reading and tutorials especially if you are new to Command Line Interface (CLI)
Brilliant prep course for what to come from equally well prepared lecturers!
Great Course.!!
great to start with basics!
Good for introduce you to Data Scientist
This is a good introduction to data science and also informs you the tools that are used in data science.
Well planned introductory course giving insight to the tools required for data analysis
I've just started this course, that's why my rating is 4/5. But I'm very satisfied with the video lecture, and I find it very interesting so far.
Very good pace, sequencing, and mix of lecture and practice. Only suggestion is a bit more time on the "Add", "Commit", which appears to be a very core element of file handling/version management with GitHub.
This course provided a smooth segway for an older student just learning R, and getting back into "school". It was great preparation for the subsequent intermediate-level R course. Thank you!
Too compact and short. Should be integrated to other courses.
Not really specific, just a broad indtroduction to data analysis.
I found the way in which John Hopkins present the course, very valuable. Well structured, although the pace is quite fast !
Quite basic - but good overview of general theory. Don't do this on its own, it's quite useless as a standalone module
A good opener, gives you a feels for where the greater course is heading.
Great introduction!
nice introduction about data science and tools
Really helpful for learning basic Git and setting up Github.
Gives a very good overview.
The course goes over the basic toolkit for data scientists. Overall it seemed too easy and maybe a bit simplistic. I was expecting more. There was a lot of optional reading made available in week 1, perhaps some optional assignments/quizzes related to that reading could be added to the course.
Audio on videos was sometimes unclear. Course content was interesting.
Basic introduction how to install R
Thank you for the fantastic effort. Here's some constructive feedback on the course.It's a very basic course, could have included more material. Also, the audio quality is not that great. To make it better, I'd Include more walkthroughs for Git and GitHub.
It was a great start to data science but also students should have it in mind that the material presented in the course won't be enough to get through it.
I absolutely loved this course, it a wonderful foundation for the rest of the course
I am glad to get a good start through coursera's Data Scientist Toolbox.
Impressive explanation on the subject., Freshers with no knowledge about the domain can easily understand the subject. Thank you so much for such a fantastic MOOC mode of learning possibility. Love it all.
Course Structure is good. I could able to gain the basic knowledge & ideas about tools & questions Data Analysts work with, then could also get practical understanding about the sharing & version control tools.Looking Forward for other Courses.
Great course!
great introductory course. enjoyed it.
Great course as it shows you the basics of what the Data Scientist needs. It is easily understood and you can review lessons after you have taken it.
Challenging and worth my time. It validated my understanding of the subject.
This course is awesome. It takes you by your hand from the very beginning and leads you through all the process to install softwares and sign in on the most up-do-date tools to work on Data Science. And, besides being very friendly, it doesn't stay superficial on the subject. Another highlight is the quality of the material and of the experienced instructors. Excellent value for the investment. Highly recommended if you are a beginner.
Nice introduction to statistics and tools. Great instructor.
Interesting Initation to the data science world. It make me want to keep on learning. That's gret !
It's very useful course for people with no programming background. Gives a good review of Git and GitHub. Also I have processed my first commit :D
illustration is not enough for the commands. More schematic description could help understanding the course much better.
I didnt learn anything about data science. I could have learned how to install all those tools by myself
Good course for an introduction, the next course in the data scientist specialisation gets better.
Very interesting
This was a good basic overview and orientation for the rest of the specialization.
Excellent course structure to gain exposure into what to expect out of this specialization.
Ideal course to get you started for a data science specialisation. Informs about and helps you install all the required softwares.
the course was very informative.
It is a good start.
To start with, I have enjoyed this experience of online learning a lot and this is my first online course. The structure of the course is very well designed. The platform is very user-friendly. Although it was just a basic introductory course, it is just a step towards learning more interesting things from a renowned university and very good professors. Looking forward for more quality courses. One step at a time!
A thorough introduction!
Great course! I like it :) and it punch me in git :D :)
Really beneficial for the career.
Easy and fun!
It is a very nice introductory class. It starts with a good background leading to the courses required for Data Science Capstone.
The course helps with installing the basic software for data analysis, as well as makes a brief introduction into how data can be analysed.
Very good introduction. It is a very basic, but much needed step. Setting up the tools you will need.
Pretty great introductory course on types of data analysis. I can't wait to see how this builds in the future courses of the specialization.
it is a very great beginning course for people who want to start their data science study.
-Well structured course-Great instruction-Easy to follow-Applicable and effective assignments
Very useful and basic!
Good introduction to basics. A few improvements are warranted:Lessons could be reordered in a more logical progression, particularly when it comes to Git.Gitbash is not easy or intuitive. A more structured approach (e.g. with cheat sheets, command glossaries, structure diagrams, debugging algorithms etc) would help assimilate it.
The course is very useful.
Useful insight into DS
This is a good course for someone who is not familiar with the basics of Git,Github and needs to install R,Rstudio and related packages. If you are not the kind of person described above you will be able to breeze through the course very fast.
Just an introduction, not so great.
Good Introductory course!!!
Best course passed til now. Great!
Well constructed course giving the students a great start point toward the next courses of the series.
I have absolutely no idea how could this become a separate course - and one spread over 4 weeks. It is extremely basic, extremely general and extremely high level. It should be compressed to 1-2 hours and added as an _optional prerequisite_ to other courses in this specialization. I personally feel cheated out of my 29 USD.0.1 star.
Seemed like a great course for beginning programming!
I had so much fun learning from this course. I think this course has been constructively laid out and the quality of the presented materials are at it best for such a vital field.
Great course! Plan to continue.
Basic Introduction to data science good for newbies
Very insightful and great materials!
Great!
Good introduction to the world of data science
I really enjoyed this course and think it is a great introduction to data science.
A good overall intro to the tools and approaches in analyzing data.
Good Introduction For Data Science Beginners.
Easy straightforward course, good for beginners.
I was expecting 4 weeks of work, but it was more like 4 hours.
Very basic and insightful introduction.
I would've liked some practical assignments on using Git/Github.
very helpful but i think it is too short, i need some more concepts to fully understand what these tools used for
It was excellent course. I gained new information. I believe it need's hand on practice and base information for beginners who does not have any back ground.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
Not much to learn, I would have liked a more thorough introduction to data science's principles.Yet, everything is really presented step by step to make sure that all participants install correctly all tools needed for the further classes included in the specialization.
Nice intro but i think only if you want the whole specialization.
i am so satisfayedthank you so much
Covered basic elements of data science and statistics.
I felt I learn some basics but nothing new or indepth
It is too easy as a "university" course. It is much more like a pratictioner course. The final exam is ridiculous, really too easy.It can be thought as a week course instead of a four week course.
I enjoyed it a lot, but I want more!
Awesome Course
Covers the basic effectively.Hope it's useful for the upcoming courses
A gentle start to the 10-course data science specialization. Would not recommend taking the course just by itself. If you're planning on the specialization, it's a great way to easy in.
great, can't wait to finish the entire specialization.
Great to develop the fundamentals!
awesome course for learning data science and R.It is really helpful for beginners who wanna start or learn data science.Recommended for anyone who knows basic programming ideas.
Great for beginners to start off with!
An Introduction needed.
Very informative and the course begins with very basic stuff
First course of specialization easy for understand
Gives a good overview of topics and the specialisation, however is still very basic. I'm looking forward to the next advanced courses
Very basic and helpful to new learners! Thank you!
Good introductory course to get started on the Data Science Specialization.
Very helpful. Looking forward to using what I learned in this course in the later related courses.
Useful introduction to the world. Could have been a bit longer and gone into more detail about a variety of other factors is my only comment, but overall pretty happy with it.
Just the introductory course I needed
Great course. Very nicely laid out and provides many resources for background reading that backs up the material in the lectures. Great job!
Informative. Making it more elaborate in terms of coding would be helpful.
It was an interactive session. The introduction to the tools and the examples related to various models were relatable. I am glad to have joined this course. The peer graded assignment is a good option to learn different methods in problem solving.
More number of hours are given than required. Good learning for non IT field people. For people with IT background, its too easy.
Started out a bit slow with material that I felt was somewhat extraneous, but then got to the good part (hard part?) of installing R and getting it working with GIT.
Does just what it says on the tin!
Great intro into the subject! Lots of basic hands-on experience is transmitted to the student in this course.
I strongly recommend taking this course! Very informative.
There is practically nothing in this course to learn. It can be termed as a introduction to the specialization
Good for start.
Interesting, but could be improved with further applications.
It was great for starting !
Usefull introduction Course. Course material is clear.
Covers the basics
It's a good introduction to Data Science
Great. It was easy and interesting .
Good start for the beginners especially for people new to the data science. Topic are not covered in depth but as its just a introductory course so its totally fine..
Feel Great To know about the tools.
This is a comprehensive introduction to data science tools and basic concepts, the invested was worth!
Excellent intro to Data Analyst tools!
This course sets the stage for the rest of the Data Science specialisation.You get a lot of textbooks for free and they cover a lot of material.The quizzes are a little bit underwhelming, especially the first week. Too few questions, testing some questionable knowledge (eg, what other courses there are in the specialisation -- hardly a required tool in the data scientist's box).Overall, it's a good preparation for what is to come. It managed to whet my appetite for more , however I'm not sure the course is very useful on its own.
Great course! well paced and timing appropriate. Quizes reflected taught lessons.
Very. Very. Very Easy.
good course
this course is very poorly structured.
Good, Good! My first try at Coursera classes. A well organized class and real field data samples to practive with.
Very good intro and brief us with the high level knowledge around the data science area
Thank you for this formation, i have learned many thing related to scientist's toolbox
It is very clear and useful course. It holds one hand to go sure through the contents. Anyway, I would suggest to end at certain point doing something simple in R, to give an end to this chapter in this story.
nice course, but it would be better if the teacher can give us more details more about git and github
Good and easy introduction to Data Science
It's a good course, but it might be a little too introductory for someone who already has some familiarity with programming (although I hadn't used R, I had other experience with a similar language). So for me, I completed this course much more quickly than I anticipated and was really just very eager to move on to the other courses in the specialization.
Excellent course that helps you set the foundation for the data science domain.
good starter course
Nice course for an introduction, Excellent
Its a good course.
Good course stuff. A little bit too fundamental for a programmer.
What a great introduction. It needs a lot of reading and self developing to be able to do that project at the end. It's kind of difficult but you'll feel that you've really learned something that will be useful for the rest of your life. Thanks JH and Coursera staff.
Great, Thanks!
excellent course to begin with.
Really very helpful course for understanding the steps and tools required to explore the innovative field of data sciences.
A nice slow intro to Coursera, but not a ton of actual content. Good to get your feet wet, but skippable if you are familiar with the basics of the toolbox or taking courses on Coursera.
Excellent Course. Will highly recommend it.
Excellent for beginners. The course material is very well prepared. Its neither too detailed nor too concise.
A nice course, it helps you learning the basic of data science.
Simple Intro and effective
Fun and easy, and still very informative.
I had fun learning this course.
very good intro to the Data scientist's toolbox.
This is a basic course but since this is what it is design to be it is ok.
I think the course was too superficial and didn't cover enough topics to be a standalone course. It could be part of a greater course. My feeling is that this wasn't worth $30 dollars, and that such a small course was put together just to charge for one more module.
This is a good course for the beginner in data scientist field. Thank you very much Coursera.
Really good material.
It is a very basic course to give you high level of what the course is going to cover and the tools that will be used throughout the course. If you have much programming background this course will be a breeze.
excellent lecture for me. thanks you
This was really basic information. It's not really a 4 week course. It takes several hours. The info is necessary, but it's sufficient as a single week of content for a larger course.
It is a good introduction to the Data Scientist Tools and processes.
Baby steps to become a data scientist
Well basically tutors only providing slides, speech, forums and ebook in this course...rest is self-learning, self-understanding, self-asking... if not, then you'll not pass this course i think..
A solid course to kick off the specialization, but not worth taking on it's own.
One of the interesting course i have ever learned , helped me out to learn alot of basics for data science. thank you coursera.
Basics of GIT and R explained really well. Helps you get the basic set-up done easily and efficiently.
Nice course, it gets you started. Maybe they could lower the price for the verified certificate (let's say 10$) since it's just an introduction. Thanks for making me discover the world of Github!
A really basic course many programmers know all about this already.
Fast paced and a great introduction to the field of Data Science. Good background material and now I'm set up with the tools of the trade.
concepts were very good but teaching method/material must improve...some of the materials and methods used are too unstable to be useful for professional use...more work should be done by instructors to separate the 'reliable' concepts/info from 'interesting to know but not ready for mass use'
This was my first experience of a Mooc and I was impressed. In particular, I enjoyed the guided use of Git and Github.
extraordinary course
Very clear introduction for those unfamiliar with R, RStudio, Git, GitHub and the basics of statistical analysis.
good introduction, as introduction courses go
a bit too simple to be a paid course
It's enough for the beginner. A good guide
Good course for Starters
Fantastic Course
The first course is composed in articulate way that allows a simple and schematic way of comprehension, but some single parts of the first course seem to be lacking of some information, above all to me without previous experience in informatics tools like github. Maybe I suppose to master this tools too long in advance.
great course
$38 is a lot to pay for tutorials about how to install software. This course takes only 20 minutes to complete. It is also obsessed with command line interfaces. There's a reason that they were left behind in the 80s. It does cover GUI software like Rstudio, which is ignored for the rest of the course. How about something on the desktop Github version? https://desktop.github.com/ So much easier to use.
Is this a real course for a data scientist just installing shit and a peer reviewing for that screenshot and forking all repos ...very bad not worth to be with rest course in specialization
A really nice overview of tools used in Data Science!
Pretty good. Some lectures were good, a couple seemed rushed. Covered the basics OK.
Just doing week 1 and loving it already.
It is not clear enough for a greenhand to understand, especially about installing Git on Mac or pushing files to Github.
More of a warm-up than a course. Great intro to the specialization.
Great and interesting course
Very enlightening of a course for those starting their journey as a data scientist or analyst.
There just wasn't much to this class. It's not bad information, but it could have been done in one week.
It is quite good for a start up
It was easy to follow up all material and I really learn a bunch of things. Thanks Coursera.
Very introductory
perfect intro. thank to coursera and jhu.
It was great introduction course. Thanks!
Nice introduction to common tools in the area of data science.
Good introduction, but the professor could have been more descriptive about how to use git/github. These are new concepts for people so it may be difficult to grasp right away.
Good intro to the tools
A great introduction to the tools needed to be ready to handle data science.
Helpful introduction to people who have little experience with GitBash and R
It made my life easier on Github
Very very introductory. I didn't find the tooling aspects of this course particularly helpful, but I'm not in the target audience. It's length was misleading -- I completed the work in two days easily, but I am a technologist, and already had the tools installed. If you use GitHub and RStudio, the meat of the course is only about an hour of the lecture.
Maybe too easy for some people, but is ok to ensure a minimum level in order to enroll other courses in the specialization.
too easy,i wish we had more things do submit so we will learn more
Very methodical, easy to understand.
Good course. I would recommend it to others.
The introduction of how to use github is undetailed in my opinion.
It's a good course, you're not going in-depth but this is just an introductory course for the Data Science master and the tools you will use. You will learn the basics of Git and get acquainted with R and is thus somewhat essential for starters.
Good course
Very easy but provides the necessary first steps to the DS specialization
It's good but easy
Great course
Perfect course for the person who wants to expand his or her career in Data Science field.
I thought this was very very basic
The course is too easy to be called a course. Just an easy intro, which you can complete in a couple of days.
very basic.
No all the videos have spanish traduction
Awesome introductory course!
great intro to stats concepts for data science and the programs. No real coding taught in this though.
I would recommend it to any one. The introductory course is so basic that some might see it not important but the course has done a well job by easily getting across the foundation of Data Science as well as helping non-programmers to easily drift into this field. I would have given 5 Star if i was allowed to attempt my tests even though i am auditing the course. The only thing coursera should benefit from is providing the certificate. By freedom of giving test and doing courses people will surely pay for one course or another when they get more confident with their results in audited course.
Very well organized course. Well done .
Well presented, but this course should be optional in in the specialization. There isn't really enough material to justify it, but it does cover the basics for someone with little to no development experience.
This course helps people attain the basic knowledge of the tools that are to be used while creating scripts. It also emphasizes the value of community feedback, which helps us learn in a better manner.
Good Intro
Great videos, good walk through the materials for those unfamiliar with programming (:
It is a good introductory course, but it could be optional for people with some experience in the field, as it is very basic.
very practical and useful introduction
This one is just a warm up for the Data Science Specialization.
As someone who knows little to nothing about computer language this is very easy going and the TA's are very knowledgable.
Great intro for a beginner. Fun course. Definitely recommend.
The course is fine, however its more an introduction than a course. The course in itself doesn't teach much, should have been the first week of subsequent courses. I went through all 4 weeks in 1 week, the whole course is mostly about downloading different tools and signing up for accounts.What I didn't like is that the teachers seem to be really concerned about their reputation and workload. Its repeated several times that you shouldn't email the teachers with questions and that online questions should be of a certain standard, its understandable but its a bit patronizing. I think teachers should be available for questions, even if its only through the forum (which they are) Its understandable that there are a lot of students so direct emails might overwhelm but that's just part of the job, we pay for the course, we should also get support when its not working for us.Overall I wouldn't advise taking this course if you aren't taking it as part of the specialization.
Good introduction to data science, however it should have more details and practical examples about Git.
A light introduction to the Data Science field, in many ways it can be difficult for inexperienced people with software or inexperienced with stats - in my case it was not very difficult since some of the topics were already familiar.The course can be done in a couple of days if the topics are already familiar, in my opinion the course's contents are perfect for someone very new to this field.I would have rated more stars if the course's content was more "objective" for people unfamiliar with the subject - other than that it's perfect.
Would like to have seen more material using git and git bash commands. More repetition here would be helpful. Seems like a lot of this information will be lost or forgotten when it comes time to use it, especially as it relates to the Data Science Specialization.
Great! As a new,I think it can help me do a lot of basic and useful work:)
This is a fantastic way for individuals to get a leg up if they want a competitive edge in an ever-changing scientific environment. It is important to be able to use certain programs and code to some degree in order to be competitive using today's technology.
Just an introduction course but helpful in setting up the rest of the specialization.
Good course for a first contact with the Data Science world !
$40 is way too much to spend just to learn how to install a couple pieces of software and sign up for a GitHub account. The entire course should have been the first week of the following course.
I loved it. Quick and concise way to start the specialization.
This course was a great intro to these concepts and helpful guide to getting things set up and getting used to the MOOC format, as well! A few times it seemed like the slides jumped right in while skipping over a bit of context, but was able to orient myself with some googling and asking friends some basic questions to figure things out.
Good introduction, tells you what Data Science actually is. Also teaches you basics of GitHub, R and Rstudio.
Thank you, this is Course good
A clear introduction, prepped for whats next
Simple, useful, keeps you on track. Artem
Serves as a good overview of the course but not recommended for persons that have some experience performing basic data analytics with git.
I would have liked more information and a broader understanding
FOR A NEWBIE IT IS THE BEST.THANKS
Completed.
A great introduction to tools such as git and GitHub
Good information, good format.
Too Simple for Professional
Good introductory course for the specialization.
This is a really basic course. If you have never touch code before, it's more useful, but little is actually covered here and the gap between it's contents and the next class, R programming is dramatic.
Great Course.
Amazing info for the beginners !!!!!!
A very basic overview on Data Science. You learn how to use git, rstudio, and other tools though. The other courses of the specialization are way better.
It was not harder... but It is a great start.
This course is great! It taught me how to install and start using RStudio and GitHub for data science.
Expectations for simply meeting the baseline learning objectives or to outpoint it aren't exactly clear and there are two monitor strings that are far from being clear (15 minute guide on xyz).Content and evaluations match in requirements. I learned a lot about softwares and databases in with which I can learn and work.
Very useful and insightful!
Extremely useful info, but the material is too shallow to be satisfying.
Great way to start!
Great Course, sets the foundations for the rest of the Specialization.
In this course was proposed the outline of the specialisation, showing in a practical and interesting way some of the principal points in the path to be a Data Scientist, I was wondering by the exposition and decide to finish the whole specialisation.
This should not be a course. It's just introduction and should be condensed to one video and a handout with pointers to those who need more specific and detailed instructions for setting up their computers. This is not a learning course. All they teach you how to install git, R and Rstudio. And they take money for this (if you want to say you "completed" the course)!!! Highly unethical practice in my opinion.The surveys are stupid too. They don't distinguish between those who completed (but not earned any credentials) and those who didn't.In my opinion this is a very dumbed down version of an introduction to a data science course (and not a cours in itself). Definitely not worth 4 weeks!A much more valuable course is Stanford's "Machine Learning" where you can actually learn something (and don't force you out of evaluation if you don't pay).
Love the exposure to Command Line Interface (CLI), Git, Gitbash and R. Will recommend it to anyone that wants a career in any computer/mathematics field.
Excellent course !!!I want to keep learningYou are to be congratulated!!!God bless you!!!!
Very shallow overview, not really a full course I'd say.
Good introductory course pointing to background reading materials and providing context for following courses as well as supporting the installation of the required software tools.
As a software engineer I found this course a bit useless, but I do understand other people don't have the same background. Having said that, I believe it should be optional in the specialization.
Wonderful tools were taught. Good course. The presentation of the tools was appropriate to get started quickly with these tools. Thank you Instructors.
It is a good intro course to get set up with everything you may need for future courses, but it's not necessary if you are already a little familiar with github and R.
Great course that allows an introduction into the world of the data scientist. Some instructional videos could be improved.
A really interesting course, and also, basic and simple. The lectures are a little fast though. I hope I would continue this course if I have time.
Does a good job of introducing students to Data Science in general and gets you started with R and github.
should contain more tutorials about Git and GitHub functionality.
Simply loved the course. Thanks for the material.
Interesting learning the basics of Data science. Very informative
A great course. But I still think there is a lot of room for improvement.
Nice Overview course
Good overview. But it is confusing for the first class when you have no idea about the topic.
A nice introduction to the field.
It is an excellent first contact with such a complex discipline as it is data-science.
A bit odd this one. It hase some points, but most of the training is looking on what the other courses are.. Like paying for commercial :-)
I liked the course.
Good and relatively easy course. Perfect to establish personal confidence.
Nice course, sets you up with the basics for R programming, and sets you up with all the tools. Basic introduction to Git makes it interesting.Overall, great.
I found this course to be very useful in shaping my analytics career. Many thanks to coursera for provinding me the financial aid to pursue this course.
Nice introductory Course
Excellent introduction to the use of various tools and some theoretical concepts for data science.
Good course for begginers like me. All information is provided very simple and it's easy to understand. Also involves srudents not only looking videos but offer books. In addition you will need to search some information yourself to complete some tasks.Thanks for this great course.
It's awesome introduction course of Data Science!
It introduces useful tools.
Good overview of the most used tools and methods used by Data Scientists.
Very useful and easy to understand.
A Nice introduction to Data Science. Well appreciable. Thank you Coursera. You Guys Rock ! ! !
Very good course with all the basic knowledge provided as a stepstone for a Data Scientist. Many thanks
Leart very much from this course
Great introduction to the used software such as R and Git(hub).
I liked the course, it was simple and to the point.
This course provides very nice and useful tools for data analysis!
it was a nice starter course for anyone who wants to know what will be involved in data science and how to go about becoming data scientist.
Enjoyed this introductory course. I now feel ready and eager to dive deeper into this Data Science Specialization!
Excellent Course for learning Basics. I had no previous experience with software, computers aside from surfing web, checking e-mails and some Microsoft Office. I'd recommend this course to anyone Interested in data-science or coding in general. The course is easy but not too easy the frustration of dealing with computers exists and I feel it was important for myself to struggle a little bit. I followed the advice of the instructors and sought out solutions to issues. I spent twenty hours a week but if you are tech savvy, take good notes, follow directions and everything goes as planned you could possibly get through the course in a lot less time. There are also a lot of people willing to help. The course shows you how to seek out help efficiently. I didn't request any help this time around had I done so I would have spent half as much time on the course.
Good base formation for beginners.
The course is very organized, helpful and up to the point.
Definitely useful to get a start in the data science stream
The course itself only introduces the main aspects and helps with installation of the tools, while no actual programming is taught. But it is useful for having better understanding of the following courses in the specialization.
As a preparation class, I think it covers all the necessary things and made me very interested in the following classes.
If you have a background in IT you should get through this pretty fast, but it's still a well structured course with useful support in getting the basic tools set-up before the rest of the course. Clear, concise & to the point.
good way to start! Clear and easy to understand.
Basics are given utmost interest
Very basic
This is a required course in the Data Science specialization. If you're planning to take that specialization, you should start with this course. If not, you shouldn't bother - there's not much here.
Great intro class.
It was a good starter course
Consistent yet very basic course. I would only recommend this course if you are willing to complete the whole Data Science specialization or if you have troubles with the basic functioning of GitHub.
Very basic even for people with no DS background.Issues with quiz having passed and results showing as failed. Inability to speed up and move on to next module
Very short, easy and introductory course. Gives a nice high altitude overview of the subject but little else.
Too basic, but I liked it!
Very nice intro - easy to follow. The swirl stuff was especially helpful and a very good way to teach R "in situ".
Overall the course content is good, but the power points are not engaging and interactive.
Pretty helpful, things start from scratch and this works for me because I had no previous background in the subject whatsoever.
Great course!! I strongly recommend.Cheers,Gustavo Xerez
Just an intro and learning a bit about Git and Git hub.
It would be better if they are these practice teaching in detail.
Good introduction to the Specialization
Didn't learn anything in this one.
Good initial overview and setup for the rest of the series.
Very Informative
The material is apt and the timeline is also apt.
This was a great course!The beginning of the course was a little heavily focused to the rest of the specialization, but otherwise it was great!
All excellent and a very good introduction. I wish I was able to get my quiz graded without having to pay just to see if I was learning. For the rest, I recommended for a great intro.
Good Basic Course
With my background I found this part of the course rather slow, but I can see why it's necessary for people with less of a software background.
Really good course to shed the light on R and Git for newbies
This course is a very basic introduction, but I think it is an importa
It's a good first step into getting the right programs, learning key vocabulary, and interacting with important websites/programs at a very introductory level.If you are not from a math/statistics background you can still complete the course but you will not understand the previews for later courses completely, that is ok! But consider getting the eBook with this course.My only complaint is the quizzes, it often feels impossible to get a 5/5 based on only what you get from the lectures, there's always 1 question that is completely over the top compared to the other 4, but you can do the quizzes 3 times every 8 hours and just trial and error the 1 gotcha question on each quiz.
It's a very introductory course and in a sense I don't feel like I learnt something useful, except the part that shows how to install all the tools that are needed for the rest of the Specialization.
This course is perfect for really newbie. However, it also answers the question of "What is Data Science?"
Good cours for a starter
I have heard a lot of good things about this course. I still have to explore this.
It was good, well-executed course, but it was too basic. I expected more.
I found it interesting as an initial landing into the Data Science topic.
Complete waste of time. This should be a course on its own, and much less be charged for. This should have been the 1st week of an actual class. This only dealt with installing a couple of software tools. Hopefully the following courses will teach something worthwhile.
Excellent for anyone who is new in the topic, covers all of the basic material you'll need.
It is one of the most interesting lesson I have ever take.
A great little course, quite basic but very informative if you - like me - do not have a lot of knowledge on the subject. It can be taken in a day if you have some time to spare.
This is a great introduction to Data Science.
A real pleasure to learn
Audited the course successfully :)
Easy to follow, and a nice difficulty ramp so you never feel you're in too deep!
Awesome course to start data science with.
Important note: Opt for this course only if you plan to do the entire specialisation. It is developed solely for the specialisation and not as a standalone course. You will not learn much concepts or theories or practice any R programming here.In general this course was basic and good enough to get someone started for specialisation. The video lectures for setting up R, RStudio and Github account were helpful and very basic ( maybe coz I already had an github account).
Loved it.
This is a nice course on getting and installing the data scientist's tool box. In the future, this course should be improved with an example of creating files in Git and pushing them to GitHub. Although issues were addressed by peers in the class, going through an example before the course project will very much help future students with no experience. Great course. I highly recommend it!
Good course for starters. Can be more detailed.
Very nice introduction to this world.
Excellent course for anyone who is working on a data scientist career path
Very nice course. Talks about setting up GitHub and R etc. required for Data Science projects and key issues to address in a data science problem.
It boosted my career in data science!
Very interesting and good to follow
Not sure this should be a course that is charged ....on to the next one now.
Thank you so much for the great course! Looking forward to taking the rest of the classes in the specialization. I really love the GitHub info, lectures overall, as well as the Textbooks you have provided.
Well paced and well taught.
It was great!
Great introduction to Data Science and the steps to get the tools installed
Great introduction to R programming
Would have bee nice if it included a bit more "in Git" tutorials, but that is easily figured out when left to one's own devices.
I like this course. It is very informative though rather simple.
It's a good preview, but very little is actually learned here.
Love this introductory course. It really sets the stage for anyone new to the topic of Data Science
Great introduction. The lessons were clear and easy to follow. Github is a new tool. I used to be shy about using Github because I didn't understand all the commands, but I'm confident I'll pick it up easily during the rest of the course. I already feel more comfortable with it.I'm a mechanical engineer, so this is a different way of thinking for me. I was amused by the lesson on what data is and about the kinds of data analysis because the data I look at always comes a CSV file / Excel file, and I only do mechanistic analysis. So I'm looking forward to expanding my definition of data and analysis.
Introductory Course mostly around installation and setup for the other courses in Specializations
This course is not very "beginner friendly"
Nice introduction to the subject and the tools used in the field.
In my opinion, most of this information should be free and available as a pre-req. for other classes (installing R Studio).It was cheap, but in general, I thought I was going to be more out of this course than I did.
Good but it still too much basic
The videos might not seem a lot at first view, but they contain links to some of the most useful material out there. The mentors on discussion boards are immensely helpful as well. For the uninitiated in data sciences, this is a great module to begin with.
The course is well structured but for investigation methods purposes some subjects should be improved and more clear considering that not all of us have deep statistics knowledge.
A little bite long regarding the concepts number developped in this course.
They charge you to take a class that explains how to install a few programs. If you go to the program's websites, there is directions to install it anyway, so this was completely unnecessary. Waste of money. This class should give you some early training on R before throwing it at you in the next course without enough training.
Extremely helpful. It was detailed and at the same time brief, made sure I am able to connect with the content and learn in ways that will be useful in career.Also, the exams and exercises made sure that my concepts are deep rooted into me.Great Course.
Nice course, but at the end it is just introductory course, so i am waiting for the coming one
This course is very general! It is quite helpful to take this course as the first one for people who want to know data science.
A good intro to the tools used in data science.
A great starting. Perfect for providing a foundation. However, instead of slideshow, a few real-time videos would have been better.
Great course. Learned alot and am enthused to continue along the Data Science Specialization
An easy start ;-)
It's ok. After the first lesson, I should be able to provide a clear elevator pitch with a high level understanding of what I can expect to accomplish (4 or 5 steps) as a Data Scientist. Instead, there was one slide that touched on this quickly, somewhere in the middle. What are the problems, how do I solve them, give samples.
Course teaches how to acquire the tools necessary to complete the Data Science specialization. Explanations were clear, and quizzes and assignments were straightforward to complete.
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
Great introduction to the field and specialization.
It's an extremely basic introduction... which doesn't help in much for the next session (R Programming)
totally worth it !!!
Decent for a start. Focuses too much on Github.
Very intuitive and technical as necessary for a beginner's course.
Good, but would like a step by step walkthrough for MAC/Windows when setting up the final assignment to ensure everything is correct.
This was a useful & interesting course, Thank you.
This course helps you to establish a preliminary understanding of the Data Science.
Good introduction and instructions to get ready
LOVE IT!!!
Extraordinarily basic. Entire thing can be done in about two hours.
Good introduction to a complex topic. I appreciate being eased into this!
quite a beginning to a journey.
Very informational and had great resources. This class gets you ready for the rest of the specialization.
Succeeds in conveying course prerequisites, contents and benefits.
Git setup lesson was awesome.
Great course for a beginner !
Very helpful, though it requires some persistence and a curious heart to learn this (at least for me). It's like a completely different world!
Overall this is a great introductory course to Data sciences.
A good basic class and collection of the tools. I wish there had been a little more explanation of what we would use the software for, but I found the lecture parts to be both concise and informative.
It is proper for the beginners
Easy to understand, good delivery
Straight forward instruction which easy to follow. Provide practice to get familiar with the course environment.
Very simplistic and could be covered in a handout as part of another course. Unfortunate that this is a requirement of the specialization, otherwise I would have skipped it.
The course design is very nicely paced and easy to understand. This course's take aways are going to help me alot in near future
Excellent course, it teaches you how to install and set all the tools needed for Data Science
A good start to the specialization.
Useless. The information content is close to zero. Just some blah-blah and a long tutorial to install software.
Good introduction
Good introduction!
Very good, explicative. Could have even more information and practice sessions on R.
Best in it's Class. Short but so much descriptive with a constant effort to deliver high quality teaching with easy understanding language and concepts!It's highly recommended to those who are new to Data Science, and want to make their Base strong( like me)
Good overview of the specialization. Probably very good for someone new to R and software development tools in general.
I was hoping to learn more stuff I didn't already know. This class is more of just a vague overview of the other courses. Can be completed in 1 week.
It superb
A good but brief introduction to a number of useful skills. I learned a lot in a short amount of time but I still have a long way to go. I was somewhat disappointed in the lack of communication with a TA or instructor. The message boards were desolate and could not support any kind of a robust discussion of the conceptual issues involved with data science.
What an amazing course!!!!!!!!!At first I skipped this and started R Programming. But then I thought let me just check it once and I am really grateful that I started this. I am looking forward to complete whole specialization
Jumps around, doesn't put anything into "real world" examples.
This class is a great introduction to the tools needed to begin working on data analysis. The assignments provide just enough instruction to cover the basics and propel you toward uncovering additional information on your own. The assignments are structured in such a way that you must pay close attention to the lectures; then analyze and apply them on your own. Great course overall.
waste of time. except for git and github ,nothing much is in it.
This course has given me a basic knowledge of different tools and statistical techniques that data scientist use to play with data.
Brilliant intro! Also a great (easy) CV filler :D
Great Course.
pretty simple overview of data science tools
Excellent course to start my journey towards data sciences
Very excellent startup to motivate a one want to become data scientist
Good introduction into basic data science tools and a nice starting point for the data science specialization. Yet, the certificate is a little bit overpriced.
Fine as a general introduction, but not a lot to it. Good explanations of how to use github and get set up.
Very helpful introduction to downloading R and Data Science concepts.
I is not so difficult for a beginner, but I suggest it could be more information in the course.
Way too basic for the price - almost no content - this is just setup - I resent paying for setup instructions.
Good introduction to these concepts and tools.
extremely helpful as a first step in the data science career path. Also doesn't need previous experience, You just need to be present and search for more knowledge to pass your assignments
This course was well paced and provided clear learning material.
Too basic, this should just be a read
they made this many courses as they can earn more money.I dont think this course should me taught seperately
Course doesn't seem to be of much use. Was not much informative. Only some information is relevant.
Great support!
Great
It's a very good start!
Overall, I liked being exposed to Github and GitBash. I felt this course gave me a broad overview of what to expect in the future!
Loved it!
Great insights and helpful for beginners.
Very basic, but interesting.
The course is basic, and quite simple. Some might say too simple. I think it should be about 1 week long. I already knew all the things going into it so it was easy to finish it over two days.
Would have like to jump straight to the material. Although I understand some may need it, the command line course was pretty basic. This course on it's own doesn't give much. One can get started with Programming with R w/o missing too much.
Good introduction.
Could be completed in a single day but spread across 4 weeks. I could understand a week but 4 seems silly.
Later courses are better. This one is quite easy.
I really enjoyed it!
I like the notion of presenting Data scientist's toolbox in a concise way.
So far it is great...just starting week two
I ran into a few unexplained issues with final project but a very good course overall.
Helpful for people with no experience on the subject matter. Very straight forward and easy to follow.
A very good intro course but must be priced lesser when compared to the other courses in the specialization.
Straightforward, interesting, and easy to follow. I wish it were a bit more challenging.
The way this course has been designed, it is very good for all the beginners
Excellent introductory course, even for those of us who just know HTML & SQL.
A good start...
Fantastic introduction to data science! I'm excited about this career choice.
Very clear and simplified course.
It's very straightforward.
Great intro. Too bad you need to pay in order to get quiz answer or statement of accomplishment.
The course is not updated.
It's a good introduction to data science. However, without prior knowledge of statistics, programming, and research methods the course would be fairly difficult to follow.
The course is excelent for people who don't know anything about R, Rstudio, RmarkDown, Git, GiHub and other tools. However, for people who already know a little bit of those technologies, they will find it a little repetitive. Anyhow, the classes are awesome for you to get to learn to use those tools. Congratulations to the team.
The Teacher is very kind and patient, statement is very clear and simple.The knowledge is very useful.
Not much content for this course, can be done in a few hours.
A good Introduction to Data science
This should not be a course in itself
Good Introductory Class, all though I think some of the videos were too fast. Need to provide more explanation on some of the slides.
Simple straight forward. It did push me enough to be interesting but not enough to make me give up because it was over my head. Nice step-by-step instructions.
This is a nice, thorough and clear introduction to Data Science. The instructor provides all the details to get started in this specialization. Can't wait to continue!
I think this class is best for academic people. I did not find what i was looking for.
great course
I found this course to have very useful material and good, clear explanations. My only criticism is that the last of the four weeks has practically no content. There are no lectures and the only assignment is grading the assignments of other students, which at most takes 20 minutes.
A great course.Erwan Bonnet
easy to understand and complete.
This course is a good first into to the topic. I think that the additional reading from the book and the Git manual will supplement it very well.My only complain is that in the first quiz, there was a question regarding some R packages used in Machine Learning that were not covered in the slides. It took me a while to find those so I had to take the first quiz 3 times. I think this question should be revised to guide the student as to how to find these packages. Another alternative would be that in the slides there some guidance in this matter.Otherwise, I liked to course and the final assignments.
By far to expansive for what you get. Anyway, thanks for the hint about swirl.
Great!
It really help me a lot to have knowledge on Data Science, with the tools we should be using.
Good as just an introduction to data science. Some more exercises using Github, maybe some collaborative works would have been nice.
I am delighted I took this course. It gave me confidence to continue in the full certification program. I was able to learn the information stated in the syllabus.
Good foundation for the following classes.
There were lectures about how to install R and RStudio on Mac and Windows. And the quiz asked about information on these lectures. You must pay attention to them even if you have previously installed them.
Awesome for the basic of the domain.
Very informative
Thanks for your job
A great introductory course that helps you setup the tools you would need to carry out data science related work.
great content, a little long course for the provided content
Very useful course to pursue Data scientist career path and
maybe this review will hold
It is good, but I think they speak so fast.
wonderful foundation to the specialization!
This course was a loss of time and money. Except from week 3 material, the rest can be found on the internet and should be required by everyone who wants to take that specialization. This course doesn't worth it, it's just to take extra money from anyone who wants to learn about Data Science.
Some interesting concepts, but way to simplistic in my opinion. Only reason I see to pay for it is the fact that it is a requirement in the Data Science Specialization
The instructions for using git and git hub left a lot to be desired.
Quizzes were based off of extremely high level overview videos not covering anything specifically or deep diving into anything. When applying the git commands covered, numerous errors arose. Overwhelmingly academic course with very little hands on. This is not for anyone actually looking to work in this field, but for someone looking to be able to talk about this field.
A good introduction to the language and tools of data science.
I think you have to say more about git commands and their syntax
Its very very easy and covers the basics. However 2 hours are enough to cover all topics instead of 3 weeks.
The course is well structured and provides a good introduction, however, I expected a bit more from a course that costs 20 pounds than just a few clips on how to install and set-up software/create a github account etc. This information is available for free online on the websites of the respective software.I understand that such an introduction is needed for the course, but then do not offer it as a separate 20 pound module. Instead include it for free with any other 'specialization' you can buy.
This course gives a wonderful introduction to the world of data science. You'l probably finish it with plenty of time to spare which makes jumping in the middle of the next course very tempting. I did that and i had a hard time. It would be best to familiarize yourself with the other commands in github and explore the many helpful sites instead.
Good Introduction to Data Scientist essential tools
Excellent introduction to R programming
Good introduction. Good to learn the way it works....
Good pace for the first course. A little more guidance on Git command flow would be help. However, the available Help documentation on Github did the trick. The problem was having to work primarily in the command line which provides limited feedback.
Great course - solid on the basics.
I enjoyed the course - I wish there were more exercises, but hopefully they'll come in the next courses of this specialization.
the speech is too fast to be catch up with and doesn't have much useful contents
I think this course could be integrated into the other ones of the specialization, or, if it is meant to be just a course to get an overview, be free of charge.
Too expensive for what you get :(
Experimental Design is very great. Other contents are just fundamental for beginners.
Nice course for Beginners, No complains regarding course material, however there is little bit audio issue in some slides as it is bit low.
Excellent course to get started. But whish I could move to other courses in parallel without having to wait for the R Programming course to finish.
This course is great to start with. It provides overview of what is in the course and how should we as students be prepared to learn the course.
Might be a good introduction for those completely new to computational tools, but not useful for those with any background in git or R. Can be safely skipped.
Great course
Audited only.
Great introduction to the different statistical software packages, Git/Github, intro to data science terminology, and basic command functions to get started.
most part of this course is a duplicate of the "R programming" course.microphone/sound of the teacher quality is very bad.not original, boring, dividing this in "4 weeks" is too ridiculously long, this should be done in 1 week to enable users to take more time for the "R programming".this course should be free. don't lose too much time on it, it's doable in a day or a weekend and move on to "R programming".asking for so much money to see how to install R and github is a shame.feels like this course has been added just to have a round number for the specialization.even the survey in the end asking for feedback starts with a question not adapted to moment it's been asked "did you get a certificate?" of course i did not as i've just finish the course and now wait for my peers to review my final submission.
Sound is too quiet
Very well done intro into the subject to test your affinity for the work.
The course covered the foundations well especially how and what softwares to install etc. I would have given five stars if the course contains covered some extra details about R and datascience.
A nice introduction to the rest of the course.
I found this course very helpful and I had learned a lot of new
Good Introduction
Very helpful course!
The materials are good, but it felt like this class should have a been a 1-week introductory lesson to Data Science. It is definitely now a 4-week class, maybe a a 2-week one if you take very easy. You end up with a basic setup for the next class. That I found very useful.
helpful for student and field of computer science in the development and information technology science
Practical to do if you are continuing with specialization. Ensures all students have the correct setup, which is important. I'm not sure how useful it would be on its own though.
4.5 Stars. Decent introduction. Good reading material and quizzes. Would like to have more hands-on assignments.
Excellent Course, Great introduction to Data science. Gets your interest going. Next Stop - R Programming.
Very good introduction to Data Science!
This course is done
A pretty good introduction.
Great way to learn R and become familiar with how to use it. As a developer with an understanding of Python, Java, C and C++ I could quickly see how to use R, how to extend it and start working with it today. Very good use of supporting tools like Swirl to assist with teaching.
Too basic, but still informative.
a brief and yet organized and good resource for review old skills i have learnt and new skills that can acquire from here.
was too easy!
Precise and perfectly executed.
It has almost no content and isn't actually useful. I've heard later classes in the series are way tougher, so the ramp up isn't at all good.
Well prepared and well thought!
This was a great introduction to the tools. Just don't expect to actually do any analysis yet.
Course is good and well organised.
Good course. I've learnt many things.
This is a course to get you set up with all of the tools that you will need to go forward. No hard homework, but you will be ready to work. The intros into various aspects of the curriculum also serve to prepare you mentally for the coming weeks.
This was a great introduction into a Data Scientist Tool Box. While I did enrolled formally in the class it provided me with the knowledge to understand better Data Science. I would definitely recommend this course.
Excellent Introduction with brief descriptions of subtopics
a well defined course to know the basics
Lots of very general review information, not much new stuff. Did force me to start getting familiar with gitHub.
It is a nice introduction, but the material is barely worth a one week orientation lesson (I have completed it in about 4 hours with watching all the videos, taking detailed notes, and completing the quizzes for 100%) . Why should we pay for a specialization preview, we can read info about the separate courses on our own? I am really looking forward the next courses in the specialization since I really need a good course in statistics and this seems to be one, but the first course should be eliminated. The installation of R and github account videos should be added to the next course as an introduction.
Awesome content. I'm happy with the results.
Great start :D
Very usefull, easy and comprehensive course about the different tools available for data cience
This course is an excellent introduction to the basics of data science!
It is really a basic course, but it gives a necessary introduction to R, R studio, git and github.
Good start but not very hard if you already programmed bevore
Assignments are useful, background is interesting, but meat of it is nothing you can't get from googling "Data Science"
Very light workload if you're technically competent. I would have liked to have had more to do with the math and such...
A good introduction to the course. Opening up quizzes to help feedback what we'd learned (for free learners) would have made the course much better!
Basic content with detail course materials. Helpful.
A good introduction to the subject area. It would be nice to see more real-life examples.
The first week's quiz is really difficult and I had to go through the lecture material several times. Because of the great number of very short lectures it is difficult to find an asnwer to sought question.
It's more a preview than an actual class.
It very basic but still very useful
It's a good start to the data science specialization.
The sound volume is very low
Brief, to the point introduction to Data Scientist's Toolbox. Simple to follow instructions.
The course does not warrant the price, it has way too little information. Very dissatisfied.
Very helpful. Thank you very much for this initiative. Elements that I did not know exist and useful to launch a career in data science. Keep it up.
Very good introduction to data science. It gives a general overview on data and its problematics but also tips and help on how to start with the basic tools that will be needed (I haven't done any R programming and didn't have a github account so that was helpful for me).
Does what it says, gets you set up with the tools required to continue on to the other courses JHU offers in this Data Science series.
very good introductory course!
Great course although very basic.
It's a good introductory course to get those who are unfamiliar with this topic and type of learning environment acclimated with the necessary skill sets.
It shows the major tools to use in real life to program with R.
A good start!
Too simple. Personally feel this can be clubbed with R Programming
Quick, great intro information to get an understanding of the expectations of this course
Course content gives a clear and easy information.
This is a fantastic course, being a person who already works with loads of data I can surely stand by the statement that "This is a fantastic base line to all your data needs"
Awesome intro.
The course has been designed in an optimum way so that no strong backround in programming or statistics is required. By the end of the course you will be familiar with the necessary tools (Rstudio, GitHub) for data analysis. Moreover you will have a sound knowledge of the basic concepts in data analysis. It is an excellent way to introduce the student to data analysis.
Excellent Course I learned so much!
Basic introduction...
This course is a good, brief introduction to the foundational concepts of data science and some of the tools you can expect to use when doing data analysis with the R programming language. It's best suited to someone who intends to continue at least with the R Programming course that is also a part of this Data Science Specialization.
This should not be a course of its own.
The course was fine, but I think it should be offered for free even if someone is doing the data science specialisation track. It is really just teaching you what data science is, and how to install a few programs.
Not useful at all if it's audited.
It was pretty good, but most of the information is rehashed briefly in the intro to R Programming
As a novice to data science, this was an excellent introduction into the (very) basics behind how to get started in the field. Great way to begin an education in this area.
This was a very professionally done course. It is *very* introductory, which is either good or bad, depending on how you feel about it.
The course accomplished its goal. Nevertheless, since it is a paid course I expected to find more theoretical content
Good introduction to tools if you don't know them already. Otherwise very remedial.
Good course to start the data studies
Basic course introducing the minimum tools to start your journey in data science. The course was very important for me to get up to speed with Git and GitHub. All the information was given in a concise and objective way, yet covered all basic important points of such tools.
Everything was fine. It would be nice to add one slide about tortoisegit
This is the first course in the Data Science Specialization series by Johns Hopkins University taught on Coursera. It introduces all the tools necessary for subsequent courses on data science and gives a driving motivation for the specialization.
Extremely remedial. Not worth the time or cost on it's own, unfortunately it's required for the specialization.
Explaining everything that needed to start the course. To the point and easy to understand...
Clean and simple to understand. Hope the rest of the courses in the series are of similar quality.
Excellent short course for getting introduced to essential tools for a data scientist.
I didn't get much out of it
A good theory on data usage.
Good course. Short and sweet. Nice to be able to access future weeks' lessons and finish ahead of schedule if you wish to.
Really poor quality of the material.
highly recommend it, very useful background information to start the "data science" journey
It covers some basics, but doesn't go deep into anything. Definitely take the other courses in the specialization to go deeper.
This should be at most a 1 week course, that is free. Half the course is installing Rstudio and signing up for github. The other half of the course is simply learning what each course down the pipeline is about. Those lectures could just be tacked onto the description of each course and you would get the same thing out of it.I think this course would be improved by more instruction on what git is and how to use it and maybe going over some fundamental statistical topics.
The course was really insightful. Enjoyed a lot ! Thanks.
Really enjoyed this. And Mr. Leek's lecturing style is very straight-forward.
its so so inteeresting
This is a wonderful introductory course. I allows one to get an idea if they would like to continue towards the specialization. I would suggest taking this course with the R-Programming course. I have a very basic knowledge of Data Analytics and I could have taken the first two course simultaneously. However if you have a incredibly busy schedule just taking this course would be fine.
A necessary prerequisite for the other Data Science classes, but not really a standalone course.
it gives you the necessary tools and knowledge for just beginning the data mining course. so you cannot expect to learn about the process itself.
Content is very nice.
Not worth the price. Extremely basic stuff spread very thin over too much time just to be able to charge for it.
That's a good startup to excite you about the coming courses!
Very basic survey and mostly just setting up software, but confidence-boosting and fun
A great introduction to Data Science and GitHub!
short but good introduction
I expected more detailed use of Github - otherwise great course.
Appropriate for all levels of experience to get a concise overview of the current state of affairs.
Good course
Only include very basic contents, doesn't need 4 weeks to finish this course. More like a one or two day induction session.
Good course, but it needs to be more difficult and more in depth.
Very good start in the Data Science world
Great intro course. Good overview of why you need what you will need for the Data Scientist specialization.
Good start, looking to dig in more, as I already have a background in stats data analysis and data viz.
Good introduction
The course is in fact an overall intro to the full data science specialization. Some of the content are useful; but some of the quiz questions are not very informative, and don't really test on stats...
Excellent course, very useful to lay the foundation for the specialization.
A good overview. Set the expectations for what will happen in the rest of the Data Science classes. Gave a lot of good, basic information for people that are not familiar with git, GitHub, Rstudio, and basic Linux/Unix commands.
I'd like the course, because it is a very general introduction to the specialization
Basically if you take this course you are paying money to create an account on a website and download some software (both of which you can do for free). The rest of it is a preview of the other courses in the series. The quiz questions don't correspond to the information on the slides. I successfully passed the course, but I didn't really learn anything. Now I am debating on whether or not to continue to the R programming course after reading through the reviews of that course.
This should not be its own course, as it would be pretty useless if you were doing it on its own without doing any of the other courses. The end of course project literally being just to make a Github account and download R-studio could be quickly covered in the first week of the other courses.
This Course helped me to understand the foundation skills. I practiced on GitHub with assignments and now I feel the flavor of getting things done in a systematic way!
Really solid introduction to the subject matter. This course gave me a better understanding of how to go about finding the questions which need to be answered, which is fundemental to the study of data science. Also, it gave me a wonderful tutorial on where to find help and how to ask for help which I found very useful.
A basic introductory course
Great Course!
Certainly not worth paying for this course, only talks about how to install the tools.Not able to take quizzes when you try to take the course for free.
It is not worth 30$
This was a great introduction to data science. It provides an overview of the science in general, and the course provides all the tools needed to move forward.
Might be useful for total newbies, but this was very simple for me.
Great course!
Good courses and necessary for people like me who never have a relation to computer science,,, But it is a waste of money...lol
Barely any depth
Upgrade to submit? That's meaningless. Especially for this fundamental course.
Might look trivial at first glance to more experienced users, but was very much essential for a complete beginner like me. Gives a nice overview of a somewhat overwhelming (and sometimes intimidating) field and equips you with the basic tools necessary (like how to use git).
This class makes the whole pictures of R clearly and simply understood.
Too short and easy.
Lays the groundwork for the next course in the specialization.
Great introduction to Data Scientist's Toolbox.
Great Course that will provide a good background about Data Science tool set.
Doesn't provide a strong enough base for R Programming.
Really good starting point for R
Good introductory course. However, an overkill as a separate course (and hence charging $30 for it). Courses 1 and 2 could have been clubbed together.
Good introductory weekly lessons ..
With many thanks to the instructors, I expected to learn more. I did not learn as much as a 4-week course in Coursera. Please include more materials and avoid advertising for other topics in the future courses!
It's kind of too easy
Nicely taught and good course contents.
The course is very nice and provides all that you need to get started on Data Science. Looking forward to the next set of courses. Thanks!
Great intro. Having no coding background, this was still a good blend of being shown the basics but still having to figure out a few tiny things on my own.
Getting things set up is not that exciting, but a necessary part of it. I'm looking forward to learning more.
Great kickoff course
Great intro to the tools of the trade and what you need to get started in Data Science
This course is (as stated) suitable for beginners on the subject. It gives a very good introduction to it, and helps people learn more about what the data science is all about, how it works and which tools are usedby data scientists.This course helped me to determine if the path I was thinking of taking as a career options is really interesting for me at this point.
Good advises not only for this course, in managing own's difficulties and good tutorials for this tools installation.
Probably more useful for someone with no background in programming.
Finished
Very helpful overview of the subject.
Maybe, I am already somehow experienced, but I think that the time I spent on that was a waste :/
This introductory course is a good overview, goes pretty quickly through the basics, and gets you prepped for delving deeper in the subject matter. Planning to sign up for the next course in this certificate program.
Basic tools for shareing and develop that right now I don´t consider usefull. In the other hand, the content is well explained so right now I new how to use new tools.
Too little information, i think course need to be a bit bigger
Fast tour around the Data Scientist world.
This course must be a part of another courseres.
Good introductory course, but could offer a bit more of a challenge, with actual (basic) problems. Learned about R, although not programming, and more about GitBash and GitHub.
Not much substance to this course
It is great to have this course as the introduction to the specialization.
Great starting point for Data Science. Gives a very good intro to all the tools used for working with data.
Great!!!!
Nice introduction but actually very little content
very good material
Setting up the environment is often the tricky part that deters people from moving into, or back into coding. This class provided me with a hand-holding needed to start coding again. I recommend this course as a kick starter for those who were on legacy environments.
Excellent introduction to the Data Science world. Smooth path. Very good for beginners
i feel i just learn the superficial knowlege
Very mechanical in nature. Worth doing though as it provides essential building blocks for the remainder of the specialisation.
Great for getting all your software set up.
The instructors are great, but I think the content of this course should be embbeded in other module. Despiting being important, the topics covered here are very introductory. I recognizes, though, they are important to align expectation and to put everyone in a minimum ground of knowledge. However, I am not sure if Coursera should charge US$ 29,00 for it.
The course is great, I just think the course should has a little more content to be perfect.
I took me step by step, just what I needed since I do not have any previous education in statistics and programming.
Very good introduction to the course.
the first step to become data scientist. which is clearly explained to understand.
the lectures are full of the Prof misspeaking, this leads to you not knowing how to complete the task because the Prof can NOT communicate properly to us while we listening to the lectures... it seems like they completely missed the fact that NONE of us are data scientists...Now your Audience......
Very helpful introduction to data science.
it's a very good course
Highest quality MOOC I've taken yet.
An excellent tutorial explaining the steps to set up the tools required. Easy to understand and effective.
An essential introduction to the rest of the specialization program, but not too much information included in the course by itself.
Thank you a lot!))
This was useful.
Loved the format, I did find that in some cases I did need to use google and stackoverflow to get some answers forcing me to learn the subject. Overall I enjoyed my first Coursera class.
Excellent introduction at a leisurely pace.
Sets a great foundation!
Very informative and well structured course. It is highly recommended for all who are interested in advancing their careers with Data.
Students be more interactive.
Love this course! One of the best introductory courses for data scientists !
Really enjoying the course. I'm finding it challenging but getting there through lots of practice.
Concise and informative overview of the tools needed for this specialization.
very good content
It is ok...Good overview of what is to come!
It was a good course.
I found this course a fairly easy introduction to the tools you will need for this series of courses, however I already had a rudimentary knowledge of Linux and Bash Shells. For the computer novice this may be more daunting. The one area that is worth spending some time on as an investment for the future is git and git-hub. Understanding how these work together is not transparent. It took me a while to figure out what I had to do to push committed files to a remote site. I think suggested reading could be more specific to guide people in this area.
Gives a great foundational overview of what Data Science is, as well as getting your technical environment set up for the future classes in the Data Science Specialization path.
Too easy
So far this course is pretty amazing.
Videos provide a useful overview. The week quiz kept me accountable to finish my work. The final assignment was straightforward.
A good intro course - however, it's up to one's own initiative to work independently in order to test out what you've learned from the video lectures.
The overall outline are great. However, the contents and requirements of this course are too simple to be integrated as a whole course. I think 1 lecture should be enough. I am looking forward to deeper introduction.
Very good place to start. Tells you just enough to get started and also just enough to get hands dirty to keep learning.
Covers great data science concepts.
Great course!!!!
Great for beginners. Just take your time and you'll be able to figure everything out.
Good course
It's way to easy to be a separate course. It should be part of R Programming.
A good starting point for beginner.
Very well done online course. Thank you.
Like it very much, getting all the tools needed for the next part of the course and getting a sort of background or introduction to data science!
Easy to follow. Might be too easy for some people with experience in data analysis. However, the instructors also talk about some frameworks and insights from their experience which could be helpful for even those who have experience.
Gives a good intro to Data Science and makes sure you get the essential tools downloaded.
Not useful by itself, but grudgingly necessary to get you ready for subsequent courses in the specialization.
good introduction
Good but needs more assistance with the students.
Introductory course about general aspects of data science and basics of R and Git which will be used throughout the whole specialization.
Easily digestible and had some great links to current events relating to the course.
I have completed the Data Scientist's Toolbox. I enjoyed learning this course. I learned a lot of new concepts, installation of R, R Studio, hands-on with these and GITHUB.The lessons are well balanced and help me learn the concepts and the tool usage in a cool way. I liked the Quizzes, Assignments as these help me evaluate myself and instill confidence within me. Now, I've the confidence in work on any of these with certain amount of instructions.However, I feel that certain guidance on progressing further with respect to R, RStudio, GITHUB could be provided as additional study material.Thanks to Coursera for providing such a wonderful course and to Prof. Roger D. Peng, Jeff Leek and Brian D. Caffo for their meticulous effort in designing this course and helping in my learning.Wishing my Professors and Coursera all the Success.
Nice, reasonable introduction to the tools of this series.
Perfect start to a great course.This has to be the best learning experience everMy best regards to the team from John Hopkins
great introduction
It's a very good course for beginners. If you already hace R and gihub it may be a little boring, but remembering the basics is never a bad idea.
This course is very basic for a person with an IT background, but nevertheless might come in handy for people without relevant experience.
A real science that I enjoyed.
This is a very basic course. If you are already a software engineer you could zoom through this entire course in an evening. If you are not a software engineer and don't know what things like github are, this class could be useful.
Very good course materials, videos and quizzes. Learnt a lot. :D
Slides and videos are a bit insufficient in order to finish course projects.Apart from that, this course is awesome!
Very good course for data science beginners.
Going great till now.
Very introductory. This material could have been compressed into 1 week.
Very interesting and useful.
Good and simple
I think there are only few contents.
Gets you all set up! Essential if you're new to R
Great foundations to the field. The instructions for setting up of GitHub and R/Rstudio is clear.
Brilliantly put together and well organized. The Professors are knowledgeable
I think this course could have been done in two 30 minute videos. It jumps in with overviews but contain some high level items you won't understand until later in the course and it really doesn't give enough context to be meaningful at the time. It almost seems like it was thrown together without a clear mission of what should be in the introduction. Being a developer who has used some of the tools in this toolbox (Git, GitHub, Command Line) this intro really glosses over tools that most non developers won't understand. If I had a say in what should be in this intro it would be one video end to end of setting up the tools. The second video would be all about the history and logic and some of the applications we will be exploring without all the r formulas in the slides.
I have mixed feelings. It was WAY too easy for me, but my wife did it too and it was about right in difficulty for her. But either way, I felt like it just taught you to install stuff rather than actually teaching meaningful material.
Useful steps for starting the specialisation, but should this really be a course that people are paying for? Come on guys. By the way, some R programming concepts could be introduced here and de-clutter the congested/crammed R programming course.
Very basic introduction to Data Science. Seasoned programmer or other IT professionals are likely to find this course really weak.
Great Introductory course for R.
Clear and concise. Can be completed in a very short period of time.
It's a good preview.
A little basic, but necessary to get everything you need set up for the next classes in the series. And it does that well enough.
A great introduction
Good course about getting the basics for the Data Science specialization, but a bit overpriced, as the content is low, and can easily be done in 4-5 hours.
Great introductory course into the world of Data Science, Git and R!
A good course with high quality information and good presenters.
Good introduction class.
Good overview, I appreciated that the course gets you set up and makes you prove it. More command line and RStudio simple exercises would be nice.
This course is good to get all your programs set up before you start your studies in Data Science.I think it could offer a little bit deeper knowledge of git and github in order to guarantee it will not be a problem later, since they will not be strictly related to data science.
Although the content is correct, quality models videos and materials is very low, wanted to make all the specialization, but I'm not satisfied with the quality of the course. It's a shame, because the JHU is an excellent University
Excellent course with great didactic. Congratulations!
Great introduction!
Great course! Explains the details of what is in the content of the rest of the certificate while not being too detailed. Showed which classes will be related to the content of each part of the introduction. Did a great job of setting up all required tools for the the R programming course (which I am currently taking).
Very light & not really consistent with the heavy workload of subsequent courses. Felt it could have been much much stronger explaining GitHub- which shows up as a problem in latter courses strongly suggesting that toolbox does not effectively cover GitHub for newbies
A great introduction to some of the tools of a Data Scientist. Just enough information to get you going, but still leaves enough mystery so that some investigating and problem solving is required.
Very Basic Course. Doesn't require the time that was allotted to it.
Super interesting and easy to understand even though is pack full of information.
Too basic content.I have not learned anything with this course (installing R and RStudio should not be part of exercises or lectures).I hope R programming course will be better
This could probably be compressed into a single week of setup for the R Programming course. There isn't much in terms of substantive learning here.
Great start to the Tools.
A good start.
Course was good, nice introduction to data science and its branches. There was not much of depth.
Great Course! Overall I would recommend. Had a little bit of trouble b/c I am using a Mac but after a few Google Searches I was on my way!
Very good composed, explains in a very good manner the complex topic, a general overview about the tools and their connection to each other would be great and helping, as there are many tools to install and understand the functions.
Very good introduction
Good introduction!
great introductory course
Very basic if one has already worked with software before.
Good foundational understanding of tools required
Not really enough content to be a course in it's own right, should be additional material as is useful, but definitely not a requirement.
The Data Scientist's Toolbox the second course that i have taken in the Coursera. I have completed this course in a short time but the course is awesome and providing info from basic and videos are helping a lot. I think to become a data scientist this is the best place to start pleased to complete rest of the course also. Thank you Coursera for providing such awesome course.
I would expect some more methodological material,\though everything else is fine
Good overview of existing tools but more information will be useful to dig into the data world.
In the course they use some tools' older versions and, for example, some Git commands shown on video are different in newer Git versions.
Very useful for introducing data science
Very informative on the tools and basic elements of the course.
Very basic material, but a good introduction and a necessary step to ensure a baseline of knowledge for future courses in the data science specialization. I would only take this course if you are interested in the specialization otherwise save your money and google the info you need.
It is perfect!
Great
A bit easy but a good base. Motivating start.
Gives you the tools you need to learn the rest of the courses, by itself is completely useless
Pretty easy and straight froward, for someone who is already familiar with Programming Editors, and Git shouldn't take 2 hours for him to finish this course including its project, so I guess it's an exciting start for someone who is new for Programming.
Very good introduction to Data Science. Well explained and great material
A good beginning to a promising journey
Insufficient available project available for review and thus unable to pass course due to technicality. This is a major problem. The course should still be passable even in the absence of sufficient other projects to review, which is a problem that no student has any control over.
The course is excellent for beginners!!
Really great introduction to Data Science and the basic tools and concepts.
Thank you son much!!!!I really like the course.It help me in my job =)
it's well done, i was expecting more details in the lessons while students it's requested to search many things on internet in order to learn, for instance GitBash. However it's a good first course
Too easy if you already know anything about github or Rstudio, although I do understand the need for an introductory course. The "Experimental Design" video was the only really useful part and contained quite entertaining examples.
Its a Great course...
I appreciate the opportunity to study in this institution.
Very Interesting and I continuing to learn
Decent starting course for beginners.
Good start for freshman to get into the data science field
It's a very basic introduction. Would be nice to have the option to skip it for more advanced students.Also the recorded lectures are really quite, so you have to turn up the speaker a lot.
This course should be a free trial for whole specialisation. IT will be more helpful for students to know what is further stored in the specialisation.
I really liked it!Good and interesting course!
It is useful to get to know the software that staticians use and some review about them but it doesn't teach you how to use them. A good introductory course for the specialization track but useless as a unique course.
It's fine, but mabe quite easy. 4 Weeks are too much. This course could be done in a couple of days.
The course is very simple
Is a very nice course. Is very basic but exposes you to the tools most used in the trade. If you have any IT background you will not probably benefit that much, except in learning what kind of tools are relevant to data science.
Loved it!
Good Start
Super basic introduction. I liked the last section reviewing data science methods and conceptual ideas.
Good ground level introduction to data science.
The real basics of data analysis. The course is not bad I would just say it may be too simple even for an introductory course
Great primer on how to get started.
This course was a great start. It was simple enough to follow, I guess the real deal is in future courses. Definitely leaves a good impression for the rest of the specialization!
a helpful toolbox intro to get beginner started.
Great introduction to the different tools that a data scientist will encounter and use, including RStudio, Git, and GitHub. I would have appreciated more practical experience linking Git and GitHub, as that is critical for version control of code.
Very great to have a course centered on installing and using the required software.
Very helpful course, an excellent introduction to the field.
Needed a step-by-step information sheet about what R Software and Tools need to be downloaded with links.
Thought it was too easy to be its own course :)
good introductory course
Pretty easy, but totally necessary information needed to continue down the track.
good and easily manageable.
It is a good course, however, I would have liked deeper knowledge in git
Very nice course gives insight to the basic tools useful / required for being a data scientist.
Good and basic understanding of terms.Can be made vast.
Very basic, but gets you up and running with R, Git, and Github. I was self-taught, so this course was good to consolidate and refresh on the basics.
Great course overview and prep for Data Science.
This course is good if you have zero background in R and using GitHub. It'll walk you through installing what's necessary and give you basic tips on how to use them.
Good, clear introduction to Data Science. Looking forward to the rest of the modules!
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox is a great way to dip into Data Science and the methodology behind it. The course is very general, and makes an effort to cover the bigger scope of things without delving deep in any. More than anything, it's a great way to learn the components and uses of data science and set a framework for all that will be coming after.The materials are very well laid-out and almost feel like attending college classes. The visuals and slides are a little dry, but the pace is lively enough to maintain momentum at all times.
It's a very superficial introduction.
The course was very helpful and instructions were concise and easy to understand. Great for those fumbling around to scour the net for which tools to start with.
Very good introductory course to start with on Data Science
Good introduction to data science, primary tools and what the spec. course is about.
good pace and introduction,thanx
The part of explaining Predictive and Inferential Analysis is confusing. I think it won't hurt to give some more specific examples and methods used in each case. Both types of analyses involve sampling, so I think it is necessary to keep it clear how that sample can be used to either "infer" or "predict".
Very little information for the cost. I was done with the whole course in a few hours. The review in the next course covered most of the same things. It certainly wasn't worth the price.
This is a good introductory course to some of the tools but it doesn't go into the details of R programming or Data Science.
great intro!
You will learn some command line commands, git, Github, and what you will need for eventually using R.I was a bit annoyed that this course is a requirement for the Data Science certification (which is what I am after). I already knew everything taught in this course and was a bit annoyed I had to pay for this in order to complete the track. I think 'courses' that are fully setup like this should be opt-in not required.
Quite basic, but good to set the needed programs
Good intro and start of your data scientist career in my opinion.
Good prep for R!!!
great introduction into data science. thanks
Helpful in getting all the tools installed and a "sneak peek" at how each is used.
It is unfortunate that I was only able to audit this course and not take it for free without the Coursera certificate, as it is currently not possible for me to pay for the whole course.
Great Startup kit.
Good course to start your basic understanding of Data Science.
I enjoyed the start up course and look forward to more, but am battling to figure out how to sign-up for the next step all roads seem to force me back to the Toolkit.
Good introduction to data science necessary tools.
Very simple to understand and very well explained. As a start to the tools used, it is very good.
My first step in my new world...I love it!
The videos were thorough and clear. This made learning easier. I also appreciate the informational tid bits about the data science field, including the history. :)
Just shows you how to install rstudio and github, rather slow-paced.
Brief and great introduction to Data Scientist arena
Very short and just a basic overview on how to install a few tools that most of them I already had installed. All this course content could be packed into an introductory lesson instead of having to pay for it. I abandoned the specialisation because of this, I know it's a big business but at least you need to offer some value for the money
good way to start a very wide course
I think more detail statements are needed on PDF.Because I'm not good at listening, so I studied by PDF.
It is a good Introductory.
Great Start to a an informative specialization!
Great Introductory Course, strongly recommend anyone thinks to pursue their career in this area!
A good course for identifying the field of data science and introducing the computing tools of the trade.
Very helpful since it is an introduction to the tools we are going to use and does not assume you know everything before starting the course!
Well. I don't think this could be categorized as a course. You can think of it as table of content for the specialization.
It is generally good course, but I feel it is just a combination of very little tools, skills and ideas. I believe it is quite complicate for me to understand, esspecial git and github. I think it is better to combine this course in other courses where you need it.
Good starting point for the Data Science
This has been a great introduction to the Data Science world. I really like being able to review as need
Good start to R, GitHub and Data Science
Get way to quickly familiarize yourself with the specialization.
sample,it is fit the first study student.
Informative and helps people like me who are willing to learn from scartch. The course content though can do with a little more updation.
A perfect course to build the base in data science.
Perfect start for the followu
Great introduction course. It doesn't take too much commitment either, so getting it done will motivate you fore further learning!
Very interesting and motivating!
Excellent. I had a little trouble interpreting my lessons and completing the final project but I figured it out. I was under the impression from the previous videos and the assignment descriptions that I needed to do everything via "Git Bash" in my Mac Terminal, rather than just going and doing it all on Github.com. Either I completely misinterpreted or something was lost in translation right there towards the end. Loved the course though.
The content is very basic. The whole course took my around 6 hours to finish. I think the instructor should add more solid training on GitHub.
Interesting to know about Data Scientist and the tools. Eagerly waiting to go through the next lesson
It clearly introduces the specialization and what to expect we learn throughout it different courses
Quite simple. It could be more engaging.When downloading PDF slides, links in them should be clickable.
For someone very new to this field, this is a great introduction!
It gives the firs tools for data analysis and provides the first tools and how to use them step by step
So far this course is given at a pace that is just perfect. The instructors explain concepts in ways that make the subject matter easy to learn, particularly for someone who loves data, but is terrified of heavy mathematical concepts. I've taken similar courses at local community colleges where class size is much smaller, and have been very disappointed. So f
Good introduction of what is to come, but nothing too provocative or thought provoking.
Really nice introduction.
Good introduction about Data toolbox!
Walks you step by step getting you setup and familiar with the core software.
Don't just rely on the lectures. Use this course to introduce you to a bunch of tools that you'll need when doing data science, and then go study these tools in depth on your own.
This course covers lot of ground up knowledge on theory and essential tools.
Not much helpful course
This course is very helpful for helping me walking through my Ph.D. thesis
Good introduction to basic tools and future work.
Good course to kick start your interest in Data Science.
Interesting information about data, statistics, and programming. Loved it!
Get my feet wet with Git！
I've learned a lot from this. Thanks coursera.org and John Hopkins University.
This was a great starter for me. I have very little experience with Data Science, especially the practical work. This provided the foundation I was looking for.
Useful couple of modules for helping you get set up with R and Git/GitHub. Really doesn't require a full month to do.The quizzes were pointless.
Very common curse about common data things.
It is really basic course, I expected much more even if this is offered only for $29.. (the cheapest course in the specialisation)
Excellent course to understand the basic of data science.
Excellent introduction to the ideas around what data science is and useful software.
Very informative.
Good Course
2 weeks in. Just got my Github setup. I already feel rewarded.
Very informative course. The Quiz questions however may not be necessarily be in the course content.
You don't really learn all that much, but then again I have experience with R and some data stuff already, so perhaps it'd be more useful for someone else.
This course is a great introductory course for data scientists.
Clear presenters.Clear video.Very helpful to understand and practice Data Scence Toolbox, esp. in R (for beginners).
Very well organized and useful.
It has been awesome kick start to my first course of coursera for Data Science
The course was nice but seemed too trivial at times of discussion about basic tools like git and command line interfaces.
The course content is very useful, but explanations are short and It's unclear how to install R studio for the Windows (I found it at Youtube). Also I had a problem how to install the R packages, and solution was simple: you should run it as administrator (it wasn't in lecture).
Great Introduction!
Great course in getting set up to take the following courses in the Data Science Specialization. Class went at a reasonable
I liked the course. Is the introduction to the data statistics specialization so it is brief, but is fine!
Great course! I would recommend compressing the audio on the video presentations so it's easier to hear and more consistent in volume level.
It is an excellent entry level course for data science tools, specially for non IT professionals.
Good introduction to data scientist's toolbox
Getting started with the tools
Completely useless. Just a number of boring videos of what you may possibly learn in Data Science Specialization.
Great course, nice ease into the Data Science specialisation.
Learned a bit but overall it is literally not worth the price of admission. I think that this course could be offered for free and maybe the others are worth paying for. Hope that the rest of the specialization is worthwhile
Good introductory course. Learnt a more structured approach to categorising statistical methods. Much of the rest of the content was a bit basic, though probably useful to fill in any knowledge gaps pre-course.
Good starter but a bit slow paced (I think intentionally).
Very good introduction to the subject.
It's a luring start for a series of courses.
Dry videos. Most classes are someone showing how they do something their way, rather than guiding or teaching with the intent to have the student absorb and re-apply principles.Very difficult for a student to absorb material from this video series
Great course!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good overview of Data Science, but geared more towards people who have little background in computer science. Info that *was* presented was very thorough.
A simple introduction. Easy to cover very quickly, however important to understand the basics before progressing.
Excellent course, well organized and very pedagogic. Requires homework and motivation, but really adapted to someone not in the field, thanks to the teachers !
Excellent introduction to the field of Data Science.
As advertised, satisfied with the content
A brief introduction and overview of data science and the specialization from JHU. It provides necessary information and materials for the following courses, but itself does not cover much technique details. Won't take long to accomplish but still necessary if you don't know Git, Github or background of data science.
The course is primarily aimed to get you primed and set-up for the other courses in the Data Science Specialization. This is a fairly lightweight course and can be completed pretty quickly.
Cool course.. covered required basic knowledge in data science
Easy to follow and the discussion board is active.
highly recommended for newbs in any kind of development, otherwise waste of time.
It is very intresting and the jobs of the instructors are interesting as well as amazing too! :)
Good basic knowledge on data sc
It's a course which is designed to preview the other courses. It could easily be eliminated
Very easy going, but I think week 3 has much information, maybe a step by step toturial might help.
It is an excellent experience so far
Great way to star on the subject, complemented by the book "The elements of data analytic style".Good Job
Great intro to the specialization.
The course was very limited, it should have been combined with Introduction to R.
A good Introduction to GitHub and Data Science
Very nice to receive such an in-depth overview of the entire course before starting. Also: great instructions on how to get help, I'm sure I'll need it!
Good intro. Very motivating.
Very well though through and organized.
The introduction was very precise and straight to the core concepts of data science.Please include a slide with the road map of becoming a data scientist.
First experience got me hooked. I love coursera. This course, even though an introduction taught me a lot and showed me an error of my ways in everyday life. One question in the 3rd Quiz was very confusing to answer. But that's about it. I hope the rest of the specialization carries on forward in a similar maybe even better pattern.
Nice flow for the course!
Hard to follow with a lot of technical intructions right off the bat with inadequate explanation, a lot of "read more about this at <insert URL>." Videos were boring and the instructor was invisible just reading off the slides. Not very engaging.
From the basic layout of the course you would assume it's for beginners since it covers step-by-step instructions to install software and run command on command line window.But on the other hand, many advanced concepts are slipped in this course without even basic introduction. I remember in one class, "data dredging" is discussed for about 2-3 minutes. But the instructor did not give a brief description about what it is, instead it just goes on about when you do not have clear question in your mind, you would run the risk of data dredging.I think the course could be organized in a better way. But I do appreciate the instructors' hard work of putting up such a 10-course specialization.
Didn't provide much info beyond the basics of git. Could have skipped this one.
Excellent introduction to Data Science topics. The course material and the hands-on project assignments speak for high quality professors.
I'm doing this training for the second time, now as a beta-tester. Particular comments about lecture content, problems, etc. have been put in every lecture.General comments, in short:1) Related to the new platform and UI design:_ It is cleaner and simpler than the previous one. I like it, BUT..._ It lacks of some useful features: saving intermediate results in quizzes before submit them; calendar; limited number of subforums._ The most relevant flaw: there are not downloadable versions of lecture slides. Unacceptable! No way to check most of the links we saw in slides (URLs not visible)._ Description and steps in course project appear "too packed" together. I prefer the former design.2) Related to content:_ The course is mainly for preparing students for the rest of data science specialization program. When you said "toolbox" you mean the concrete toolbox you will need to do the program. Some people expect to have a general introduction to data science but that is only a half of the content. I think this is clear enough in the presentation but for some reasons there are people in forums who protest the content, so maybe you should insist more in this fact._ I would like to suggest some kind of reorder of material: week 2 is all about installing a running tools and week 3 about key aspects of data analysis. Maybe you can split both types of content between wk2 and wk3 to make wk2 more appealing for not technical oriented students._ Git is a source of problems for a good portion of people. See my comments in lectures about how Git is explained.
I would like to report some major issues with the new interface.1) We don't have access to the slides anymore. This is a major issues since some of the slides content important links. These links are not shown in the transcript (I've double checked).2) When we try to download the videos, subtitles or transcript, the resulting file name is the same for all content of the same type. More specifically, all videos are named "index.mp4", all subtitle files are named "subtitles.vtt" and all transcript files are named "subtitle.txt". This makes it more difficult for the student to save the files. In the previous version I would only right-click and saved in the right directory. Now, I have to right click, type the right name (which could be long sometimes) and then save the file.3) In the previous interface, it was possible to see all the threads we were subscribed to. It is no more the case. It is not a problem right now, because there is not a lot of posts, but in cases where the number of post increase, it will be a pain to go through the list of threads and find the ones of interest.Please ignore the review for now, I couldn't submit my comments without reviewing the course.More comments may follow later...
The new graphic is really nice and helpful. Even the fact that you can retake the quizzes after 8 hours is really nice. I have noticed that there wasn't any possibility to download pdf files of the lessons (or I didn't see it), the last time I took the course there was this possibility and I found it so helpful.
The great end of the great course.This course allows to dive deeply in the Could Computing Technologies and use those bunch of theoretical knowledge gained during first 5 parts.
This was advertised as a six week course, but the deadlines make it a two week course. The assignments are exceptionally challenging given that the instructors offer now actual instruction on how to perform them. Two and a half days into the course not a single moderator has answered a question in the forums and I can't find a way to contact Coursera about this problem.I am very disappointed. I was planning on taking additional courses through the Coursera platform, but now I am reconsidering.
I am disappointed because the course doesn't provide profound material on data analysis with python. The videos are too short and the samples demonstrated in the videos aren't thoroughly explained. For instance, the speaker often only says what she is doing but not WHY she is doing it or what the function of a particular parameter is. I felt left alone and forced to google. In my opinion it cannot be the purpose to make your student google basic things that could easily be integrated into the course.Considering that this is labelled as a beginner course I was expecting much more theoretical input. Other courses offer additional slides and scripts that are aligend with the course videos and allow the students to look things up.
Excellent course. I do recommend this course for anyone who is interested in analytics.
I would prefer more coding example provided by the professor, I will be super useful.
The course was informative and stretched me a bit.
The course is really helpful for beginners and is explained in a very simple manner.
The instructions for submitting through Tumblr are not specific enough, especially after Week 1.
Terrible. A waste of time and money. I recommend doing Statistics with R from Duke instead. This one should be taken off coursera.
As an English speaking student, I felt this course was easy to follow and translated a complex subject into a step by step process of interpreting data. I like the hands-on development of a research question and learning the SAS and PYTHON Data Analytic software coding to extrapolate information from data sets. I didn't like the fact that it was difficult to get an instructor to respond in the forums and very difficult figuring out how to contact Coursera with any problems.
Great course! Thanks!
Perfect for beginners
Being the first ever course I took seriously with, it was fun and a new experience. Liked it. The way of teaching, the unique grading technique used by coursera, the tutors were perfect and to sum it up it was much more than I expected.
got to grips with SAS
Very helpful videos and clear explanations. Easy to follow up.
The course is great otherwise, however the certificate of this course just completed 'Data Management and Visualization' with no mention about the skills learnt or the grade attained.Primary reason I enrolled to the course was to list 'SAS' (basic) as a skill in my resume, however the certificate does not mention anything about SAS. If at least the certificate said completed 'Data Management and Visualization with SAS', it would be a good value for money.I strongly recommend Coursera should look into this. Thanks!
This is a good course. I have done stats in the past so i was using this as a refresher but also to advance my python skills a bit more. I think you should take an introduction course to python first. you will get more out of the coding examples. I suggest the Intro to Python by the University of Toronto at Coursera. I found that to be an excellent course.I find that in these lectures they do a great job in explaining the stats theory. They do not dwell to much into the science behind it but more the applicability. This is all good. You can simply do a little additional research and get the pure science behind of it all
perfect first touch with data management
Very good summarization and introduction of data analysis process
Course content good but a little too basic in my eyes. I think the addition of more functions in SAS/Python would be useful. Having to do peer reviews is also not ideal.
A decent start for anyone interested in learning the basics. However, please make sure you add extra efforts from your end in understanding stats concepts if you are totally new to the subject as well as browsing things related to usage of SAS or python. The course touches only the basics so it is up the learner to explore and learn more about interested statistical tool.
Totally just marketing materials! Don't waste your time with this school at all! You cannot learn a program in a couple of minutes!
A very beginner level course aimed at starters who dont have much experience with Data. Emphasis was on teaching Data Management with area of our interest. In Order to support this, assignments didnt had clear objective. I would have learnt a lot more through a course had they been more defined assignments.Not a course if you are looking to be ready for data related interviews. However, this course will be okay if you are working on some other field and want data management as an extra skillset.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
Great course, clear introduction to concepts and code
Good classes for learning SAS
It is a good beginners course but I think there are better lessons in SAS and Python if learning these is your goal, and the content in data cleaning and visual analysis is very basic.
Very nice course! Good starting point of learning SAS!
Very easy and very helpful course
Good Course simplistic way in explaining core concepts
Excellent introduction to SAS no matter what your field of research. Videos are clear and easy to follow. Looking forward to doing the next course.
The professor and instructors don't understand how to properly write SAS programs and ignored constructive feedback. It's very sad to see students follow suit by producing hard to read codes, ignoring programming conventions.As an analytic leader in healthcare industry (I am supervising some of my junior level team members to get some basic training), I want to say something to the students graduated from this course: if you program the same way as being taught, you will lose a competitive advantage during job interview.
This course didn't talk too much about data management and visualization, which made me feel quite disappointed. And you couldn't feel you could practiced what you learned in the course in the assignment. Most part of the assignment just focused on making some comments.
I'd pick 3.7 or so, really. The applied nature of the course is nice if you have a project in mind and to see the programming you learn in action. Without it, it might not be worth it because you could learn a lot of the SAS programming for free from SAS itself using their beginning programming coursework offered online (in fact potential students may consider taking the SAS programming essentials course before taking this because you learn a lot about the SAS coding framework that comes in handy for this class).
wonderful study experience！
Really smooth conduct of people in videos and excellent way of explaining things. Very excited to keep going to see what this specialization has to offer further. Thank you.
Very Knowledgeable and interesting course.
A fantastic course for beginners, and an extremely useful tool to learn! Recommended for anyone who wants to get started coding or increase their work skills
This course is very good especially for beginners getting started with SAS or python for data analytics. The lessons are very clear and easy to understand. Learnt a lot of valuable information and also enjoyed it.
It is a very nice course, although I was expecting something a little deeper / denser on both statistics and SAS programming. It is getting better on Module 2! =)
It's very clear and innovative!
Excellent course easy to understand and very practice evaluation
Nice introductory course to learning both SAS and Python in data analysis! I look forward to taking the next course!
I appreciate the fact that this course doesn't go into the fine detail on how to code everything, I believe there is still more information on the coding and data management practices that could be included in the course content. In addition to that, I feel the course could use the following adjustments to make it better:1 - Have Python students grade other Python students and SAS students grade other SAS students. While it is nice to get exposure to another language, it is more than enough to learn one at a time.2 - Add quizes and/or other well formed questions that are graded (automatically, not peer graded) to help enforce the concepts being taught.3 - Make the assignment instructions/expectations more clear. I feel there are times when the grading criteria don't exactly match the requested assignment. While people follow the spirit of the assignment, the grading questions may ask for slightly different or additional items.4 - Certain aspects of statistical analysis are glossed over and should be covered in more depth in the training videos. While I like the short videos for brevity, I would prefer to watch 10-15 minutes more content and really feel like the material was well covered.
It was really good.
I think the course is wonderful for beginners. For somebody trying to learn this on her own, I found this course extremely helpful and easy to grasp.
Great way to get started in this field!
It was a great course for me! It gives a very important basic of statistic & visualization.I really appreciated the way it was presented.
It is too small and shallow. Whole specialization is actually one full course split into 4 tiny parts.
Great! Easy to follow, very well video lecture, and very useful!
Great
This course states that it is for people with no knowledge in SAS. I had to go online elsewhere to learn SAS before completing this course. There are free SAS tutorials on the SAS webpage - I highly recommend completing them before trying this course.
Choosing an actual research question allows you to find a topic of interest. This makes the content more meaningful and accelerates understanding of the concepts.
It's very useful.
This course is very simplistic, but interesting. I was able to complete the first 3 modules within a week, however I am somewhat skilled in this area. I was looking for something more difficult. However, my main goal was learning these techniques in python. It was frustrating that it took so long until we actually produced graphs (I don't like just looking at tables). However, all in all, it was useful and interesting -- I really like the applications-based approach. You get to analyze data about whatever YOU are interested in!
Course material needs to updated to reflect current software updates.
perfect class
There is a lot of self-teaching with these courses because there are no professors present to reach out to with questions. In addition, the course staff do not always respond promptly nor are they fully knowledgeable about all aspects of error messages that may arise out of coding. At times the code that were provided in the lecture videos were out of date and a lot of time was spent on googling to find the updated code. This is definitely not a beginner coder course and I do not recommend it to anyone who has not coded before.
there is not enough instruction of using SAS online~
Simple material, and nicely presented. Good choice for beginners
Simple and powerful Course. If you are a beginner. Just follow the instructions and Assignment Schedule. The course may seem a bit easy, if you are good at math and have some prior programming experience, yet you can be surprised with what new you learned by the end of the Course, considering the time you spend. Also you develop sound reasoning to answer your own questions regarding handling and presenting Data. The clarity you develop is worth it.
The content is easy to follow and is clearly explained without adding unnecessary complexity at this entry level. This specialization reaches its goals. Instead of trying to over achieve it keeps things simple.I would recommend taking the "Data Science Specialization" as the next step.
It was good overall, some of the course materials were a bit sparse. You had to do your own research into getting packages working in spyder etc.I'd probably recommend that learners learn some python separately and read the docs for pandas.
Very superficial. Too few in statistics, too much in python and SAS.
simply a great start to data science , very practical skills
The course videos are fantastic
Well done. Thank you.
Awesome course. Thanks Prof.
Thank you so much for the course!I liked the research project, it game me a lot of interesting knowledge. I thought in the beginning it is pretty easy course but the last assignment took me a while.
I saw little interactions between students and in the discussion list. But I liked to learn a new language!
Great introduction to quantitative data analysis and a great refresher for those of us who have been out of it for a while. Presented well, the videos were great, and I enjoyed it very much.
The perfect pace for students new to statistical programming.
Easy to understand!
The course has its positives, but overall does not perform well instructing on the use of the two statistical software offered (SAS & Python). At the beginning they offer multiple data sets to use and formulate a research question, but all the examples utilize only one data set and do not cover the differences you might face with the other data sets - leading to a lot of missed opportunities. Additionally, the tutorials for using the statistical software do not lend themselves towards a thorough understanding and more to a route learning.
Very good introductory course on managing, subsetting, and manipulating data with SAS or Python.
Very disappointed about this course. The topic is very interesting, for me at least, but the course organization is horrible. Lectures do not provide enough information to complete the assignments. Zero interaction from course staff. Issues with getting assignments graded. In previous session the staff just refered you to the coursera helpdesk, but you cannot easily contact coursera directly.Main focus of course seems to be earning money and not educating. Be warned and don't pay for this course!I really don't get why this course has so many good reviews.
Very good references - codebooks and examples.
So far, course is one of the best I am taking. It moves at a slow enough pace that you feel you can actually learn explore but at the same time are not bored. The videos are well done and have the right balance of interesting content and skill building.
Very well organised and I really admire the project based approach that is and will be followed throughout the specialization.Thank you
The highest video production values of any class I've seen on Coursera so far. Unfortunately, that's the best part of the class; the support is simply nonexistent (a post by someone associated with the staff from a previous run of the course suggests getting help troubleshooting Python from Coursera staff), the instructions for the class software are out of date, the source material for the assignments is sometimes unsuitable to the task you're asked to perform (e.g. statistical analysis on a data set aggregated from disparate sources), and the pretty videos are at times completely unrelated to the actual assignments (the very first week with the literature review). Dropping this specialization like a hot coal; it looked quite promising, but the aggravation over the poor organization and lack of support considerably outweighs anything I could get out of it.
Very nice lecture videos and explanations! Totally worth it
The course is a very good introduction to Python for data exploration and management.That being said, it focuses too much on categorical data analysis, and I felt the transition to quantitative/continuous data was not very well done.Moreover, some more explanations about several Python functions or coding choices could be better explained.But it's encouraging to see this type of statistical course for Python and not R!! Again!
Great course! Perfect for starting in analysis of data
I really enjoyed this course. Have been using Python for years but never jumped into data management and visualization. This course helped me doing that and presenting results in a beautiful and useful way.I am not rating with 5 starts because the rating system is cumbersome. I submitted my first assignment late and they were not peers to review my work so I am still waiting after a month of rejoining the course.
It is one of the most structured course that I have ever seen On line and is very simple to understand.
The content is OK, but that's about it. Near zero interaction from staff, short videos leave a lot to be desired, and worst of all, there seems to be a problem getting everyone's assignments peer reviewed (which makes no sense).There is a somewhat comical thread wherein staff direct students to contact coursera directly via a "contact us" link on a page, but get this, the link isn't there. Students repeatedly pointed this out only to get directed again to the non-existant link. In an online forum it's important to actually address concerns. Replys that avoid directly addressing concerns sound like automated messages. And that's the feeling I get here.This course requires a DIY attitude and a willingness to proceed without feedback.If you're looking for a good example of online learning, look elsewhere.
The slides are excellent and instructions are clear and to the point. But that point is very limited. The main negative about this class is that there is absolutely no student/TA/teacher feedback and you're pretty much on your own learning.
I have never used SAS. I have done minimal statistics and my major in university was Sociology, which I did 20 years ago. So needless to say, I don't remember much. This course was easy to understand and was structured in a way to build upon knowledge from one week to the next.
this is not a review its my personal progress bar
I love blogging and i love data science. This course brings the best of the both worlds :)
Bad material, poor graphics, wrong mc questions in videos.More hype content than a course.This is not the way to learn Python, seriously don't take this one
Great step to learn data analysis in SAS!
Wish they offered R
excellent, thanks
The support from the faculty and the website is beyond explainable bad. The user interface gets stuck without reasons. There is no direct way to contact the faculty, if you are stuck on any assignments. There is hardly anyone who responds to the feedback that is sought for!!I will never recommend someone to do this course.
They put a lot of effort into this course, but especially for the videos it was a bit too much. So many different visual backgrounds, sounds, music, text floating it... It's as if they just wanted to use everything, while never thinking about when it would start being too distracting.
Beautifully designed course. Really helps me understand basic data analysis and improve reporting skills.
Good Learning experience and loved the way of teaching.
I really enjoy learning from the teachers of this prestigious Univresity.Videos are not boring and the material is great.
Well presented and useful; assignments mirror lectures
excellent course especially for those interested into playing with data
Really enjoyed this class. Just wish it could've gone into more statistical depth.
This class is well produced and suitable for people who might be a little intimidated by coding or statistics. It's definitely a great place to start, and with only a few hours a week and simple pointed assignments, it was a soft re entry for me into the academic world.
good but i thought it will cover most of SAS technology. But it has covered basics only .
Amazing Course!
Great course.
A great idea to create a project based online course. We should focus on application based learning not on lectures. You need improve this course still. 4 weeks are to short.We need more deep and more weeks.
Great course, teaching end-to-end on how to select data, "prep" it up, analyse data using SAS/Python and create custom visualizations. The project based course makes it more enjoyable as students can quickly apply the principles presented in each week's videos. The resources to learn Python and SAS may not be make you a "star" programmer (since this is not a programming course), but are more than adequate to get a newbie learn enough to process data and work effectively. Definitely recommend to anyone to get an excellent head-start on data analysis from a business and academic research perspective.
This is the best Course and Specialization I attended ever in my life. The way of presentation, the content(examples and detail) are really amazing. This is the course that any layman can understand. I would recommend to anyone who would like to understand and work on Data Analysis.Hats-off to the Profs and team. You did a fabulous Job. Thank you!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! The videos were very engaging and interesting, and the instructors did a great job of explaining all kinds of different scenarios involving copyright and how to evaluate the potential use of copyrighted materials. I would highly recommend this course to anyone that might be interested in it!
Excellent course, wonderful links to references that will be extremely important even after the class completes. Would like a disclaimer that this class should be taken BEFORE the Copyright for Multimedia class.
Highly recommend this course.
A very essential course that all educators, authors, academicians (and librarians) should take.
Excellent course! Many thanks to the three excellent instructors! :)
Very informative course presented by knowledgeable instructors. Gained a greater appreciation for the pros and cons of copyright, in addition to a respect for the complexity and nuance in this area.
Great Course that teaches well about copyrights
The assessments were exceptionally useful because they were very realistic examples, close to the course examples but not so close as to not make the learner think.I enjoyed the engaging team teaching and the clear high competence of the instructors. There was also an engaging switching of presentation modes (slides, team teaching discussion, presentation by one / two / all instructors).I would like you to maybe add a page where I can find links to all course handouts and further readings. This would made reviewing easier (instead of finding it again from each individual page in the course; page loading times in coursera can be quite long). But this is really the only wish I can add. In every way a well-rounded great course! Thanks a lot!
Really good.
This is a fabulous copyright course for academic professionals! If you've ever had questions about copyright law in an academic context, take this course!
Thank you.
Great information! Well organized.
This course helped me better understand the complexity of copyright. The teachers gave many useful examples and scenarios to clarify the frameworks and concepts of copyright. The course is well organized into manageable sections. The video lectures are extensive, and I did spend considerable time viewing them and completing the reading. This course is not what I would call easy. Be willing to put in time to complete this. I highly respect professionals who deal with these issues on a daily basis.
This course is great for online freelance writers! I have learned a lot!
Excellent course! Many materials, very good lectures and very practically comprehensive exercises. Congratulations.
Excellent course and teachers!!
Wonderful course! I found it very informative!
Clear, accessible, excellent materials for review and the discussion boards are invaluable.
Great course -- wonderful overview of copyright (especially for someone who didn't take the course in law school)! I appreciated the teamwork displayed by the instructors and their clear knowledge of the relevant subject matter. I wish I could get Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for this course; it's so much better than most of the CLE I've taken!
I want to learn this since my childhood days. Thanks for keeping this course for me.Love you coursera..
Wonderfully informative and intriguing.
Great team and good information. Logically organized. I'd love to find a similar course for writers, not just educators and librarians.
A great course that acted as an eye opener for me!! Thank you Duke University and thank you Coursera!
Organization of the class is clear and easy to follow. However, it might be better to place the Supplementary Readings after the Essential Readings for each unit. At times I would miss these required readings on the outline. Other times I would think they were required readings for the upcoming unit, when in actuality they were still part of the required readings for the previous unit. Most of the time, I come across the supplementary readings after the quiz has been taken. And when you're following the steps on the website the computer screen determines where you go once each step is completed. The quizzes at the end of each unit should be placed at the end of each unit. I appreciate the ability to take quizzes at least three times and that you use the same quiz for each time it is retaken. Something I would change about the quizzes is, that the quizzes display the questions that were asked, instead of just marking with a green check mark or red X next to the number and the question that was asked, once the quiz has been submitted. The videos and transcripts of those videos is very helpful. The videos are very clear and easy to understand. The content of the supplementary readings at times went over my head, but the content is both helpful and useful information.The due dates for each assignment was reasonable and flexible. Aside from including the questions asked for each quiz after submission I would change your policy of establishing the honor code. When attempting to have my picture taken along with my ID to establish identification my head didn't quite line up with the Head Frame displayed on my screen and the button needed to be pressed in order to take the picture. The button was either not visible or the head shot frame was too high up.I understand the need to establish ones identity during online classes, but wouldn't it be better to create a electronic pledge for the students to agree to? One that would uphold and honor the Coursera Honor Code; When someone is asked to type the same sentence repeatedly they're typing speed can increase because of the familiarity of that sentence. Also, the need to take more than one photo of the student before a quiz might make them feel uncomfortable. Especially, when the student is taking a quiz later in the day and may not exactly be "picture really".
Very professional and very useful.
An excellent introduction to copyright law for those in education!
This course does a great job laying the foundations of a very complicated legal world of digital and other media with repect to what consitutes fair and legal use, verses what is inappropraite use.A Must Take Course for every student who uses the internet.
This course offers the most easy and informative way of understanding copyright laws. Though the course appears to focus more on the US Law, the instructors actually offer a guiding framework that can be used globally.
Very useful
Very clear and easy to follow.
Wonderful course!
A great course
very useful and well explained
Good introduction to the Analytic Solver Platform for Excel used for various prediction and prescriptive modeling. Could use better integration of slides and transcripts but that is a personal preference since I like my notes to read more like a textbook rather than spread across a simple text file, a video, a sparse PowerPoint deck, and some Excel workbooks. Too disjointed for easy review in my mind.
I love the course ... its Awesome ... Thanks Coursera
Great course!
very good course
it was very useful course specially that content about construction technology trends and the guys delivered it very simple and covered almost most of construction management topics. can't wait to the next course from columbia university
It is so far the most demanding of Coursera courses I have done, but very worthwhile; the breadth of knowledge is immense. Only one or two changes could be made to make it more palatable - one half module is very US-centric, and the last week is very full in coursework, which makes it extremely hard to complete.
Best in class...
very good course!
Great course, I would just like to suggest more numerical examples on the Lean module
Great course. thanks a lot!
most enjoyable ! being on the next unit !
a very good foundation to introcude us in the construction´s world
Very interesting course. I would reccomend it to everyone. The only thing that was not so useful for me were modules which are very specific such as Bonds. However, these might be useful in the future, for we dont only work where we live.Great course!
Recommended for entry-level young professionals.
Great intro to CPM! Highly Recommend
Great introductory course on Construction management. I liked the module on technology trends the most.
I loved and enjoyed this course it was very helpful and understandingThanks
Most of the courses/lectures seemed to be very basic Project Management principles. Some lectures did give a good background and high level understanding of Construction Project Management, but expected a bit more in depth info.Last lesson/assignment required more research on my part as it required general construction knowledge. The reason I took to this course was to get a better, high-level understanding of construction project management and planning, however, the Job Logic assignment expected that I would know what all is involved in the technical workings in construction (i.e. excavation, prepping, waterproofing, etc.) in which I have no experience or knowledge. A 2-hour assignment took me more than 3 hours to complete.
Well explained, specially liked the new trends in technology class.
Great course!
itisa really industry related programme and very useful .
Overall it's good. Depending on the customer's level of experience in construction. Some of the classes are very basic knowledge. But the structure of the course is consistent.
This is a very educative and interesting session. My knowledge about construction management has improved.
very good course
Not all the parts are useful for European construction market, but it's very good quality information. Thank you!
Great course!
I did not think the instructors were very engaging. For the most part they read from slide decks that were also on the screen. There should be more visuals and discussion about what it is like to work in construction management.
Great content, well organized. I like the lecture with the visuals and the slides to review after the lecture.
Excellent Course. Well presented and a joy to study.
this is very good for those people who are under construction manangement.please follow this course.
Thank you so much for the opportunity of learning and improving myself. It has meant a lot personally.Last year I was layoff shortly after giving birth my son in USA, had to repatriate to my home country, and have been unemployed ever since. Became a stay-home mom for the first time in my life, after 13 years of sucesfull career. I needed SO MUCH some brain work, adults time, international environment and also desesperately to fill in the gap in my career.Thank you. I apologize for making it personal, but I thought you would like to know how teaching can postively affect someone else.I don't know if will land a job and advance in my career, or if I will have to almost start over again. Regardless, I am greatfull to you all for bringing some professional meaning to my life during this really hard time.Thank you so much.
This is a really good introduction to construction project management. I have learn some basic notions and I would thank you for that.
it was a very useful course with a huge amount of information and so related with practical live
Good introductory course. Light on details, but can't do without.
Covered all key aspects of construction project management.
many thanks
Such a gr8 course!I am still in the middle of the first week but i can see -as i have completed more than 3 courses in Project management here in COURSERA - that its content is very rich and maybe more better than any course over here. still i see that it is better to know the principles in other courses like those offered by UCI to digest the material.May thanks to Mr. Ibrahim for bringing us such experience.Happy Learning!
superb.. i love this course.
This course offers valuable information on the different aspects of Construction Project Managment. The only critic I have is that the instructions/grading rubric for the assignments are terribly vague. The assignment starts with a simple example in the videos which the student can reasonably replicate and create their own version. The problem starts when you begin the peer-assignment grading and realize the grading points are painfully specific. Now you have to go back and re-do your homework assignment after you learned what was really expected from the student. This wouldn't be an issue except that your second draft may not get graded if all of the students are done grading. Plus it's annoying to have to re-do work that you could have done right the first time but the guidelines were unclear.
Thank you.
This course is amazing! The technical material is awesome! 100% Recommeded
One of the best and engaging course amalgamated with the best and helpful people. I am looking forward for several more experiences with coursera on the path of learning.
Interesting topics, most of the lectures felt topical and cited real world examples, would recommend to someone with limited PM experience.
Awesome course!
The course content and presentation is very satisfactory as its covers the relevant topics adequately. Most of the presenters who are very experienced CEO's and Directors used very good real life examples during their presentations.
Very informative and very useful course. Full of knowledge packed. Thank You so much to all the teachers.
Clear and understandable. This course showed me how to plan with professional notation and how to schedule any activity, not only related to construction project management but in also we could apply the in any type of project management.
This course provides a very good overview of Construction Project Management. Thank you!
Great course, very informative, full of insights and practical information.
The quizzes are not set up correctly and you get marked wrong when you put in the correct answers. It seems that the course was rushed and not properly tested before it accepted students. The content is good and that is why I gave it more than one star.
Great course and right examples and very detail explanation of fundamentals, in my opinion being clear in fundamental of subject would be easier to get mastered. This course provided that to me.
A vigorous understanding of the management of construction. From job contracts down to job logic diagrams I personally left well informed and hungry for a project of my own.
Easy to grasp. Love that I can listen to lecture anytime.
Great course, it gives you the basics of construction management and an overview of important topics surrounding construction.
Great curriculum and instructors.
Great course
Amazingly covers all the areas and new advances in Construction field. I would still like to get in depth knowledge about new delivery systems like IPD, etc.
An excellent way to start this specialization! The course was clear and very interesting.
Great content and amazing methodologiy!
It's a great course, covers the basics with leaders in the industry, so you have the opportunity to learn not only theory but to listen to their experiences as well.
Very good and inspiring course.
Very well taught course, in which I learnt a lot of things even though they are the basics. I serioisly trust the contents learnt from this course will be of good use in my career. Thanks!
Good start with Fundamentals. Need to take more advanced courses to gain indepth knowledge.
GREAT COURSE. ONLY ISSUE I HAD IS THAT FEW OF THE PRESENTATION VIDEOS DIDNT DOWNLOAD.
As I'm not a Construction Manager or Project Manager, I'm an owner for my first housing project. I've found the course to be just what I needed covering the basics ang slowly getting more in depth.
Dr. Ibrahim Odeh, was capable to put a five weeks course that surpass many other courses of one year lenght, the mix of theory and quizes based on real experience of top notch professionals of the construction field was great! - I recommend this course for any project manager that want to walk a step further in construction management. Congratulations Professor Odeh !
Great course! Keep on to the next level.
Very informative and well taught
As an engineer in a construction firm I should admit that this course is very useful for those, who start their careers in this profession.
Great Course
Gives you a good overview of Construction Management. Good selection of instructors and they know what they are talking about. Organizes course material in a very defined and systematic way.
I have been very impressed with the speakers. Each is an expert in their own field and provides interesting, well prepared materials. The speakers do an excellent job of pacing their material and keeping me engaged.
This is so wonderful but i wish i would receive the printed copy of the certificate by post too.
More than my need nice course thanks dear teachers
Defining our leadership point of view and the importance of setting clear expectations is something we don't normally do a great job at. This course and extras from Ken Blanchard provides a useful framework to do this.
The courses in this specialization keep on getting better and better. I believe that I have never had a better grounding in what coaching is than in this series.
I find this course very informative and they way Kris explains the process behind being a great coach very easy to understand. After starting up this course, I have found that I did things quite a bit differently, and some of the time, wrong. Kris has really opened my eyes to the ways that coaching could be done more effectively, meaningfully and respectfully.Thank you Kris, UC Davis and Coursera for bringing this into existence!
A good course with valuable insights, however, I'd like to see more assignments
A comprehensive and practical course for managers - wish this had been around when I first started out -- would have saved me a lot of time! The readings are great and reinforce key ideas. Techniques are easy to apply ASAP for immediate results.
Instructor is very engaging and provides additional learning resources. Content very useful for long-time and new leaders and managers. Great specialization!!!!
Very practical, logical, and delivered in a very effective manner by Kris.
Very good audio and video quality. Explanations are very understandable and given with a lot of examples. Summaries and connections between the different content parts are provided regularly.
Amazing course. Loved it!:)
Great course, just loved it. I will definitely be using a lot of what I learned here in my job.
This was an incredible course with information that I could immediately put to use in my current, middle management position. Even someone that is not in management or is at a higher level of management would benefit from the skills taught.
The course content was clearly and concisely taught. The professor expounded on concepts and gave applicable examples. The only suggestion that I would give is to provide downloadable slides in pdf format for each lecture video.
This course provided great insight and strategies on how to assess your team.This training is a must for any manager!
Kris is fantastic. If you are a manager looking to sharpen your skills, look no further. G
Great Course :)
Fantastic course and offers a lot of great solutions for establishing exceptions with your staff. In addition I liked how the course gave several examples and tools on how to have sometimes challenging conversations with them to also assess their ongoing performance.
Great course. The knowledge I received is very useful for my work.
Very nicely designed. Motivated me to explore more in Indian laws.
This is a good starter for setting and framing your copyright policies if you work with Multimedia.
Excellent, informative and engaging course!
Slow paced but wonderful
Very informative!
The course is very interesting and includes a big number of practical cases and examples. Also lecturers seem to be so nice I wish I would have an opportunity being educated by them face - to - face.
Very good course with a lot ofpractical examples and real cases to be analyzed.Format also quite nice with many small sub-lessons on each topic.
Excellent course, incredibly informative and very well taught. Highly recommend to anyone interested in entertainment as well as the laws and liability involved.
Nice course. Important in today's digital world
Excellent. Love the videos lengths, which were easily digestible.
Very informative and well organized (with a ton of resources, references, and optional further readings). The instructors were clearly passionate about the subject matter, and excited to share their knowledge with the viewers. The videos were informative, full of helpful case studies, and oftentimes, funny. Definitely learned quite a bit from this course. I would take other offerings from them, if possible!
While I enjoyed this course and learned quite a bit, I think the strong leaning of the content toward use of materials for educational purposes should be made much clearer in the class title and description. Another primary complaint is that many of the quiz questions are are poorly written, requiring assumptions to be made outside of the information presented with the question. On a positive note, the wealth of supplementary content is very helpful.
Excellent course. The tests and quizzes were challenging. I look forward to taking the copyright for Librarians course as well.
Thank you.
Do not be taken in by the simplicity of the lectures: this course is designed to make you think about and apply (very carefully) the principles of Copyright Law. I recommend it to anyone who requires a functional knowledge of the law.
I loved the course. The information was presented in a very easy-to-understand way. It has been curated very carefully with the needs of anyone who would take such course in mind. No matter if you are working on a school project, blogging or running a website it would be extremely helpful to clarify the legal issues related to your artistic work.I am a musician and found it extremely helpful in many areas of my development.
Great course, the professors are passionate and very informative.
The content is good. I learned a lot about copyright law. However, it annoys me that most of the time the instructors are looking at a piece of paper while discussing.
A great class for higher education and online learning staff.
This course is a great additon the Copyright series, I look forward to more on this topic.
Very useful course. I really wanted to find such information. Thank you
Excellent content, very good lectures and good material to share about copyright issues.
It's such a wonderful course. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
I've really learned much! Thanks!
very useful!
The course is very well structured, but the teacher is boring
Really worth to join this lesson.
It is an excelllent course. Helps me a lot. The quality of the information it is great and it has a very good objetives to reach in every week. Thanks so much for this kind of course.
Perfect. Very helpful to business growth.
it's a great course offering a great quality of work covering everything i needed to know about meetings and how to handle meetings in a great professional way.
Thanks. It was very useful and meaningful in my mind. I liked it
I think it is the best of 4 courses. I loved it
Its amazing learning phase for me.
The total learning process along with our instructors lectures are presenting extra flavor to our Coursera Community. I feel pride to be a learner associate with the Community. I personally salute and thanks to our Community Mentors for their excellent contribution to perform these holy responsibilities. Thanks again to them.
Good oneVacob List is very good to remind myself.Thanks.
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Great Course
BEM is an important course which gives us knowledge and practical experiences about how to organize, plan and develop a successful meeting.
really interesting, it offers a lot of information about meetings, vocabulary, exercises.
The presentations are very clear and didactic. The course is very well ordered and gradeed.
Meetings is one of the most useful courses for all professionals.
All information posted in this course is very useful and completed, I did not really expect found all it at the same place. I am completely grateful for attending this course!
Easy to understand
I expected much deeper knowledge for the course.
Great course for those who learn English. Very good tests and challenging assignments.
Please stop reading from the screen, it looks ridiculous.
This course is very helpful so far, it teaches you many different aspects of a meeting.
This is a great course and I strongly recommend it!
qualified teachers and modern teaching methods.
This is mostly a sales pitch for the professor's book (you're required to purchase the book for the class).
It is a very useful insight into community change in public health and a must for every one who want to ensure sustainability is integrated into his intervention
the course really covered information I knew but made simple concepts complex - that is just my opinion
It was a very insightful course as it showed us how community change is effected in developing countries. The case studies were practical and showed the change that occurs in reality, not just theory
An excellent learning program..a great opportunity to gain knowledge..
It was a very informative course that helped me understand the principles behind community work. The use of case studies to explain concepts was what helped me the most.
Great Course with in-depth lectures
The course is extremely comprehensive in regards to coverage of the subject matter and the professor employs a certain mixture of academic as well as practical knowledge, which is second to none. The material is quite approachable for a range of students who may have little or extensive experience with public health/community change models of healthcare.
the course was informative to me
Very useful course for those who work in the field and want to better structure their public health activities. Plan for more time than what is written if you really want to benefit from the case study homeworks, especially if you're a non-native (even good level) English speaker, but this should not stop you from taking the course: the topic is very well addressed and the examples tremendously relevant, not to say inspiring J!
LOVE the topic/content. I would like more small assignments to solidify defining terms and ideas before applying the course ideas to case study samples. I would take more courses in this topic and similar topics!
A very good course if one is interested to practise public health in the future ;-)
This course is ideal for anyone interested in community-oriented public health. It's worth the time and effort.
A good course with many recommendations on how to build a character.
Amy Blooms assignments were so complicated and obtuse that they were hard to dive into. The lectures didn't particularly hold me , either. Often, what the lecture was titled and what was taught seemed totally unrelated. Could be improved but at least it kept me writing.
Outstanding: Provides many tools to help the author better tell their story. Yeah
I felt like the teaching was fairly abstract, and I had a difficult time figuring out how I was supposed to apply certain lessons. Overall, I did pick up several helpful hints, so the course was worth it.
I did come away with some good books/stories for reading, but would have like them to be included in the course the way it is in the Setting and Description module. I found the videos did not always lead up to the assignment, and I think the assignments could have been more clearly laid out. I still came away learning, but it did not feel very structured. To be fair, character is a sort of amorphous subject to begin with.
The course information was great and the assignments were very helpful. What lost points for the course was not the content provided by Wesleyan, which was good, but the poor effort on the part of many of the fellow students to really work on constructive critiques. For each assignment I had at least one of the three peer reviews that was useless to me to improve my writing, sometimes more. There should be a way to rate critiques so that students can't move on if they don't do the work of critiquing well.
If the week 4 was not there, i would have a 2 or even a 1 for this class.Until week 4, there was very little connection between what we were watching and what we were asked to write assignments. And the assignments were also confusing and overly restrictive. There didnt seem to be any sense in why we were asked to write those.
A well thought out course that was very illuminating. Not sure about the complexity of week 2's assignment, but overall good value.
I found this course very helpful as a step along the path to improving my writing. I really liked the course director Any Bloom, who has an engaging, calm manner and gave very useful insights into writing about character and creating characters that feel as if they have a life beyond the page. The course is well structured and the assignments well designed to help you to think about point of view and character and I found myself being able to develop a fictional character that I have had in my mind for a while. I really enjoyed the course, thank you very much.
Really great advice on writing character. I have a toolkit I can use now that I think is quite powerful. Thanks Amy.
I think Judy Bloom is a brilliant writer. She is also an engaging instructor but I found it difficult at time to discern what the salient points or "take-aways" were from the lectures. I also found the assignment to be less than clear.
I had no idea how much I didn't know! I enjoyed the class and felt like I learned a lot. Thank you!
Very useful, I love it.
A pleasure to have learned under such accomplished writers and teachers. Thank you. A beautifully well conducted course.
very great
As much as I enjoyed completing this course, as I've enjoyed every course in this program, this one feels less organised than the others simply in that the learning material doesn't clearly connect with the writing material and it was difficult to predict what the review criteria might be. I found myself guessing at the meaning of each week's modules before completing my assignments and more often than not I discovered little correlation between the videos and assignments.
Learning a lot, improving my writing, enjoying the assignments, and meeting new people. What a wonderful experience.
I truly have learned a lot, especially understanding more about my strengths and weaknesses
Amy Bloom covers a very difficult topic of craft of character in her course and she does it really well. The course is very well designed and Amy explains everything in so much detail. My only feedback is that at least few of tools and methods should be explained to students as a beginner will have an extremely difficult time in creating characters.
Great course. Incredibly helpful.
Good course (I did the free version, full disclosure). Learned enough about character development to help me with my fiction - and non-fiction. I teach creative nonfiction and you need to understand how to make the people you use compelling. Wish there was more exposition, factual step-by-step and less interviewing. Liked the Plot class better for that reason
I found the assignment instructions to be quite confusing. Some of the questions asked for the peer-to-peer reviews were very unclear. I didn't feel the course, overall, offered the same level of content and knowledge that the Craft of Plot offered.
Excellent course. The video presentations are well done with information that is vital for developing the skill required to be an effective writer. They include videos that discuss concepts and interviews with successful writers. The assignments are challenging but enjoyable and well paced. This the second course I have taken in the specialization, and I am pleased with the big level of expertise that is shared by the instructors.
I loved how Amy Bloom gives us advice about writing believable, complex and alive characters. The course was excellent in every aspect. I loved the peer-reviewed assignments, the video lectures and the interviews. Definitely, one of the most useful courses out there to learn about characters!
Excellent course. It regenerated my creativity which is what I hoped for and it cleared up some confusion I had about point of view.
Terrific class that does a great job of teaching how to write believable characters. I also learned a lot about how to incorporate your characters in your setting and how to write different points of view.
I am honestly not a fan of Amy's teaching style. She seems to have a discussion with herself about character building techniques but not really explain the technique nor structure it for the student.There are too many shop talks.I would rather have a structure explained to me and then hear a discussion... the way Brando Skyhorse does in the Plot course... really a let down. I will have to buy the book she keeps averting I guess... after spending quite good money on the course already. Pity
I don't know how to thank Amy Bloom for this course. Her positive aura and the help of the other writers taught me a lof things about creative approaches for creating a character and all other stuff about character creating. Thank you very much. I'll continue to the specialization.
What a pleasure to learn from Amy Bloom!
I feel very inspired especially learning from the interviews. Even when I know I can't afford the course, just watching and listening to the videos is enough for me. The videos are educational, hinting famous stories that I would love to read.
Is too bad that for those who can't pay can't be evaluated on the assignments. But the whole course is very good and interesting!
This course offers great ideas and tools on how to make a character more 3D. Helpful links are offered and the discussion boards are very well done.
Great course, the instructor provided insights into what makes a character interesting.
In this course I learned how to build characters traits and bring them to life. I also learned about POVs and the difference between them. I wrote, rewrote and did it! A special thanks to Amy B.
This course is beneficial to all those who struggle with character plot. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This course has been unbelievably useful. It has exceeded my hopes. It is well taught and the assignments have really challenged me. I have learnt just as much by reviewing the work of others. Thanks so much.
Typically writing courses deal with either the business of writing, or the pretentious art and literature side of writing. Almost nobody deals with the science of writing. Where is the talk on motivational arrows? Character likabilities like being unrelenting? Where is the meta-analysis of good techniques in writing? meta-data is the future of defining the science of writing, but it's not mentioned here even slightly. What about will he/won't he moments? Backstory interacting and being relevant to the plot? What about fish out of water? This course doesn't even touch upon foundational pillars and tenets that make good writing. I couldn't imagine paying for this course, since I've already paid too much with my time. As it stands, I could have taught a better course than this, and maybe some day I'll be so fortunate as to move writing studies in the right direction, towards the truth that older generation teachers are unwilling to accept: that good writing is empirical, and therefore can be learned.
Instructions were very unclear compared to the rest of the courses in the specialization.
I wouldn't recommend this course to anyone who's paying. The assignments instructions are too vague to understand and there's no example given.
This course was challenging and informative. The ability to speed up and slow down the video lectures is fantastic. These video lectures are jammed packed with information and I often listen to parts again and again to grasp a solid understanding. Without this feature this would become tedious and boring. The lecturers are knowledgeable and the words chosen to explain the content are spot on. Thanks. Loved it.
Wondeful information on creating characters and breathing life into them.
I very much enjoyed this course, and found it to be very useful and effective in improving my writing. The format of interviews with different writers iengaging and interesting. The most valuable part was the weekly writing assignments, and the peer reviews. The feedback I received was very useful to me, and I found that giving feedback to others also helped to advance my own insights and understanding.
Excellent lectures. Assignments were a little too "exercisey" for me.
I liked the course -- there were plenty of useful tips throughout. However, I felt some of the assignments were unnecessarily oblique and complicated (particularly the second assignment). Ultimately, it was a helpful course, though I feel much of the information, expectation, and specific instruction could be more streamlined.
Excellent experience. Instructor was very informative and the peer feedback was very helpful.
Just finished watching all the videos and it is excellent!To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. Phillips Brooks
Great course.
Excellent On-line Course in Creative Writing developing Character. Amy Bloom was an exceptional Instructor, both in her lesson planning and video lectures and interviews, as well as in her caring monitoring of the class involvement, progress and questions. Thank you, Amy, for offering us your knowledge in such an interesting and engaging form!
Just as good as the others in the Creative Writing specialization. Try them all!
Compared to other courses in the creative writing specialization, I felt that this one needs some improvement. The video lectures just didn't have enough meat to them. For example, in other courses in the specialization, there will be links to optional readings or videos, leading to a deeper understanding of the concepts. Some readings, for example, would be welcome to give example of great (or even not so great) characterization.
I absolutely LOVE this course! Thank you so much for offering them.
learned a lot!
Great material to rethink what you are working on and how to approach your characters
Excellent course. Looking forward to starting the next one.
I loved this course! Extremely useful and hands on. The course instructor was really impressive, both informative and empathetic, both arty and to the point. Totally admired her style of instruction.
The lectures in this class are well done and informative, and they provide a lot of good material. However, the assignment portion needs a lot of work. The instructions weren't clear for anyone taking the class which resulted in incredibly difficult grading. It was hard to even understand the basic ideas of what was required for an assignment.I think the teacher very much needs to go back and change the wording of the assignments, add more information in the instructions, and also post an example to show what is expected since a lot of the assignments are very strange, like a describing a character without mentioning the character in any way.
The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course.
The excercises on the course are great, but the videos can be a little vague.
A really thorough course into making characters. I personally think that I have leaped further, in the quality of my writing. Recommend it to anyone willing to spend time to work on their writing.
Excellent teaching, be aware the meat of this course is in the interviews. If you read and watch them then the assignments are self-explanatory. The discussion boards were however a disappointment.
This course was very helpful in showing us how to create characters that writer and reader both can really know.
I like this course. I have done some good job and at the same time I can feel some disadvantages of myself. I learned how to find, create a character and how to make them alive.
Great inspirtation for practice writing
simple easy but not that easyAssignment tho it's good for you
Excellent scaffolding of exercises to provide a broad intro aspects of character development. Enjoyable, meaningful, and great teaching methodology!
Thank you.
The material is interesting and relevant. I found the assignments challenging and the review questions slightly lengthy.
I didn't find this course particularly helpful or useful. I'm not sure why, there was a disconnect somewhere, I think maybe that I didn't receive the help that I feel I still need on the subject of how to create a great, memorable, believable character. Also, some of the assignments were confusing. Nothing really stands out about this course, and it was actually a bit boring and I don't feel I learned anything related to the subject. Everything about this class needs some work: the videos, the instruction/syllabus/content, and the assignments. Sorry, I didn't like it. =(
The course was great. I really liked the way the teacher explained about the characters, it was really helpful. Also, I like the fact she suggested a lot of books to read about characters.Last, but not least the assignments to do were really interesting. I suggest this course to anybody who is interesting in writing.
This course was very interesting and the assignments were good. I thought it relied too much on conversations with other authors but overall it was enjoyable and I learned new skills.
Liked this course. It helps to make sure character is central to the plot
Amazing teacher, wonderful content - incredibly recommended!
Prof. Bloom was very interesting to watch and listen to. The course was well organized and free of technical issues, but it didn't seem quite as thorough a discussion of the topic as the plot course was. Very close to 5 stars.
I have enjoyed Amy Bloom's lectures and guidance on character. I feel as if I'm making different choices in the words that I use now, as well as focusing more on characters and how they can move (or not) a story. The assignments really helped me to lazer in on specific language that helps to illuminate character.
Good course, but assignment instructions were difficult to understand at times and no examples were given.
Very good course, gave a lot of insight on writing and specially about the character
This was a great course...so much detail and she asked to many questions that it really makes you think and then helps you to determine how to apply it to your story. Amy Bloom was very easy to listen to and learn from. The assignments were thought provoking and definitely helped me to hone my writing skills.
I didn't think there were many solid pointers...and not much that was original coming from the instructor herself.
I enjoyed the pace of this course and the constructive feedback I received from fellow students.
Very insightful .Thanks
Excellent, well-prepared professors!
Wonderful. Really helpful course.
I've got the chance to practice writing and I've learned some interesting insights, but I think the instructor didn't put too much effort into this course. All there is to it are 'shop talks' and too little structure.
This was my least favourite course in the the Creative Writing Specialisation. I learnt a bit about creating characters but I found the lessons bland and the assignments difficult to understand.
Enjoyed building my characters as the course progressed.
It is a really good course, i've got some problems with the task, because it was a bit difficult for me as my native language is Spanish, but despite that, it went all good.
This is my best course in this specialization. The assignments were challenging and fun, and it also made me realize that I'm more of a character person. I find it easier to create a character then to write about the setting.
One of the better and most in-depth courses in this field.
this was my least favorite of the classes - the lectures ere not informative, and far too lofty. The style class, the plot class and the setting class all had detailed, concrete teachings, whereas these lectures were too airy. Most of them consisted of authors chatting with each other. The assignments required real craft however, and it would have been helpful to LEARN those skills in the modules.For example, one assignment asked us to describe a character in a setting, while they were not actually there - say a divorced nurse in a hospital. Not once in the lectures were we ever taught HOW to do this. We watched a series of author fireside chats, and then people bumbled through the assignment. I really wanted Amy Bloom to just walk over to the board and draw a character and say "this is a woman, she's divorced, she's middle class, she tends to get very angry when things don't go her way" or whatever,and then draw out a list of how her internal states might manifest in the world around her - she throws things, she's disorganized, she writes mean notes in the patient charts.I wanted her to teach. She seems to think we already know how to do things like imply a characters state of mind through action. I mean, for a beginning writer, its helpful to just make a list of details about a character - where they're from, what they like or don't like, what sort of flaws they might have and so on. We did barely any of this. It was assumed we knew the basics of characterization, but most students did not!some of the other students frustration and confusion came out in the peer review, which was a bad sign.
I liked it overall, though there were some glitches and I was hoping that there'd be at least some feedback from course organizer.
The course was very helpful in navigating new ways to approach character building and finding their voice. Along with the other classes in this specialization, I feel anyone looking to improve on their writing should take this course to build stronger stories and write believable characters.
I do not understand why these courses over lap. I finished #2 today, tried to start #3 but found that I had 10 hours to complete the first weeks assignment? Who is in charge out there?
I love writing, and even if English is not my mother tongue this course is enjoyable and useful!
Great insight into character, voice and connecting with our story. The professor also references books that can be read to further our understanding. The only drawback is that auditing students cannot participate in feedback on assignments.
I like Amy Bloom, but the lectures don't provide the explanations or the processes for creating characters. In the Craft of Plot, Skyhorse gave us the tools we need to develop plot and structure, and even how to start to develop characters. But in this course, the lectures don't do that. They seem more philosophical than instructional and all of the lectures go right over my head. Craft of Plot gave me hope, Craft of Character confused me.
I didn't find this module very helpful and some of the assignments were truly confusing. I wish there was more "meat" in the sessions and more availability to access the lecturers more readily when there was confusion. I don't like the fact I pay money for other people to "assess" my work when half of them don't even read my submissions properly. Or the question. Or both. So if the lectures don't stretch me, I find my money spent unwisely.
I enjoyed Amy Bloom's guidelines and am keen to create some well rounded characters. Thank you for enabling me to follow along without having to pay ( no evaluation of the assignments).
Wonderful! Very informative. Filled with examples, literature and very interesting interviews! Thank you so much! You're a great teacher!
Another 5-star Wesleyan University creative writing course. Again, if you want to submit assignments and receive feedback from peers, this is not permitted if you're auditing the course. That aside, this course helps you consider character development on a more complex level.
I am learning a lot, particularly that I can write up to several thousand words per day; not just words, but meaningful words.
Amazing course! Thank you so much!!!!!
Good Course for Marketing
Very good course, extensive information, examples to form a clear picture on business strategies in general and in particular in emergent market like Russia.
Overall, I enjoyed the class and the content. However, I found it difficult to get feedback on the homework assignments and there isn't a way to review what you missed on submitted assignments after the course is over. Students should be able to get a copy of the solutions for the weekly graded problem sets once the course is over to keep for their records and to review what they missed.
This course was a very interesting and challenging. I highly recommended to anyone who wants to start with power electronics. The quality of the course was outstanding and the instructor really knows how to teach it. Looking forward to participate in the following courses.
Excellent course. Great professor. Homework was very helpful.Would highly recommend to any electronics student. Even if you havea PhD. in E.E., this course is a must because you will definitely learn somethingnew! Thank you for teaching!
Advanced my techniques for circuit analysis - great techniques gained
Nice anda hard course.
Very helpful course. This course has helped me in getting a good insight into Power Electronics. Thanks alot Dr. Robert Erickson.
Amazing course!
This is one of the best courses available on Coursera, it's very professionally presented and covers the topic from an academic point of view.This is not a cook-course that gives you circuits that are ready to implement, instead this course focus more on the design (from scratch) and the trade-offs involved.Also the details provided here is very deep in the topic, if you are expecting a nice easy intro course this one might not be the good choice.ISA I'm going definitely to continue the specialization and I'm looking forward to the knowledge and concepts I'll learn :)
Great course!
Aim to complete this specialization course. My interest and work both aligns perfectly with this course, and its immensely helping me out.
This is very helpful......Thank you very much
This is a very useful course
Good course.
Awesome course, very well explained!
This is a great course which teaches you several concepts about modeling basic converters. I recommend.
There is no feedback on quizzes. and no the moderators evidently do not monitor traffic in the dis.
Very knowledgeable and impressiveThanks
One of the best courses I ever had. Clear, enjoyable... only good stuff!
Best of all. Properly structured. Excellent and clear instructions.
The course is very challenging at time, but the models and formulas are all quite intuitive. Thanks so much!
Excellent! I love this course.
Great course with subjects explained in a very comprehensive way.
The course is very helpful. I feel that my skill of Power Electronic devices design increased significantly!
The course is detailed and also helps a lot to understand and reinforce basic concepts already known.
Very good, but some topics may need to be explained further, like the realization of the switches
This course was very knowledgeable. I found a great opportunity and a platform to learn something. Everything was awesome. And, I learned a lot.
Very good course
Great Course!!!
Well structured...
Great course!
Superb. Learnt a ton of new things. First lessons on semiconductor physics were a bit challenging but detailed enough to get a hold of the operation of semiconductor switches. It's great to repeat converter analysis techniques week after week so one becomes fluent with those tools.
It has been one of my favorites MOOCs, I would say a top 3 of the best courses i have taken.Even though you have to work so hard to deal with the homeworks, you are going to learn a lot. Professor Erickson is a great master in his field and he explains so clear. I really recommend this course to those who love electronics and want to develop their own projects.
Really good again. Thanks EPFL team.
Excellent and accessible introduction to object-oriented programming.
Didactic, the teachers explain very well the topics, some assignments could be a bit challenging but at the end of each week they provide you with some exercises that get you prepared for the weekly assignment. It's recommended to know a bit of French but no mandatory because the videos have subtitles and the assignments are in both French and English.
Fantastic course. The topics are relevant and very nicely explained in the lectures.
Very effective and concentrated. I learned all the essentials of C++ in just 2 months. All the programming assignments are very interested, the instruction guide us on the convention to write beautiful codes. The automated grader gives very concise and sometimes helpful feedback. The staffs reply on Discussion forum as well.
compact and to the point . I used it aside of my intro to POO class. very helpfulcours tres compact , je le conseille a tous.
Easy programming language . Thanks to the teaching team !
a good detailled course . Thanks a lot !!!!
I recomend this course to any one who want to become a serius C++ programmer.
Amazing course! Great material with detailed videos as well as excellent teachers!
Very nice course. I like how even though the course is in French, the instructors still make English content assignments available. This is one of the rare courses on Coursera that teach C++ and I'm really recommending this course.
Well organized course with many exercises to practice and ameliorate programming level
Very nicely formulated. The professors made a very clear and organized course.
outstanding course
Wonderful course! Really opened my eyes to new ideas.
This course gave me courage to slice into my words fearlessly and cut the deadweight out. I feel like I am a better writer having completed the course and am feeling very confident about my writing future.
What an amazing class! Very structured, great exercises, excellent advice, and I learned a lot.
A great course that forces you to evaluate and re-evaluate the way in which you write, facing you with decisions to improve your style that are sometimes hard to make.
An excellent course dedicated to you developing your voice through tough exercises.
Great, easy way to learn style. Highly recommend.
Very interesting and educating course. I am very happy that I had a chance to learn something about creative writing from the writer such Salvator Scibona.
The course information was great and the assignments were very helpful. What lost points for the course was not the content provided by Wesleyan, which was good, but the poor effort on the part of many of the fellow students to really work on constructive critiques. For each assignment I had at least one of the three peer reviews that was useless to me to improve my writing, sometimes more. There should be a way to rate critiques so that students can't move on if they don't do the work of critiquing well.
This course is just what I needed, a lesson in the mechanics of writing. Difficult coursework but worth it.
Excellent course and excellent teacher, I see you soon inthe capstone.
For a beginner, this course was a challenge in comparison to the other three base parts of Craft of Writing, but as a result of the challenge, it is by far the most rewarding as well.The concepts discussed, and the material provides the learners with both broad perspective into several topics that I would argue to be crucial in becoming a writer, and also a deep look at some very key concepts to writing.I would recommend taking this course last of the four, before beginning the Capstone project - if you're planning on going through all the parts. If you're a more seasoned writer, I would recommend starting with this course, and seeing how you fare with it.I've enjoyed all of the base courses, but for me personally, this one struck the strongest chord.
Really enjoyed the course, well thought out, well presented, changed the way I am writing. Recommend!
Awesome class!!
Excellent course by Salvatore Scibona. The range of subjects covered was so wide and the practical tips given in the course are really helpful. Thanks a lot Salvatore, a well-designed course :)
This was an incredible class with a passionate, dedicated professor. Salvatore makes you want to write your heart out. The exercises were thought provoking and I was fortunate enough to get some good feedback, which helped boost my confidence. A wonderful experience! Thank you!
I liked the course very much. For a foreign speaker, though, I found it particularly challenging. The nuances of words are particularly important when dealing with matters of style, and I struggled through the exercises, which I found a bit more "abstract" than those in preceding courses of this series. Maybe it was just self-consciousness... In any case, because I encountered this struggle, the course was helpful in making me think about how do I want to pursue my next steps in the process of creative writing -- should I continue in English, or should I try, instead, to do it in my native language? I am sure this is a question that many other students have asked themselves. I shouldn't conclude without saying that I do recommend the course, in any case.
I felt this course was slightly tough. When it comes to the degree of strictness in passing, I had my share. I thank God I finally passed, though some peers are very hard to convince.
This course takes your writing craft up a notch! The writer hones his or her clarity while becoming a sharp editor and more powerful storyteller.
Extremely useful information. Thank you!
Excellent! Thank you so much!
I loved this course. It's helpful to have focus and direction.
I made comments in the discussion board which I think would help with the assignments. I would like to see the idea of "style" communicated a little better, but I haven't seen the fifth course yet to know where it's all supposed to finish.
Thanks so much! Awesome course!
This has been a great opportunity for me to force the work and get something done. I haven't been that happy with some of what I've written, but I like the challenge of meeting a deadline.
Great instructor and assignments
I feel like a much better writer and I feel capable of going about getting published now.
Excellent course! I appreciated the instructor's enthusiasm for the topic, and found his lectures thoughtful, interesting and enjoyable. I had several "ah-ha" moments, where things I had learned before but never solidly grasped came into sharper focus. (For example, the concept of "no ideas but in things," which Professor Scibona explains very well.) I think my writing will be greatly improved by putting into practice the things I learned in this class. I would love to see a "Part 2" that delves more deeply into the topics covered, and covers other aspects of the craft of style.
Having completed all four CW modules, I feel this was a tad "inferior" to Character. High quality overall, as always.
I like all the writing courses organized by Wesleyan, I find the content meaningful and the instructors approachable.
One of the best classes in Coursera.I heard about style but I never really knew what it meant. I am glad to have taken this course. I learnt a lot and I am very excited to apply these in my writing. "Not ideas but in things" was most challenging but it was worth the try. Thank you very much for sharing.
This is the fourth class I've taken in the Creative Writing specialization program. As a whole, I enjoyed the class, with only a few notes to make. As with the other classes in the specialization, I feel the curriculum could be expanded upon, perhaps with assigned readings to help illustrate the points made in the lectures. Another thing I wish to note, albeit a minor one, is that the videos in this course particularly feel a bit cut up. It seems like several takes were combined into one video, which makes the overall presentation feel a bit jerky in comparison to other courses in the program.
I thought this class was incredibly useful. It has a lot of good information, as well as good ideas on further reading a student can do to further their own knowledge after the course is completed. I found this to be one of the more useful classes in this specialization.
Another great course of the Creative writing specialization. It was really interesting and helpful. Thank you!
This had been my favorite one, incredibly practical and useful, I feel that I can understand better how to construct my story in a believable way.
Best course in the specialization.
Very limited teaching and contradictory assignments. For those with English as a second language be aware this course uses grammatical terminology but in a stylistic way and can cause a lot of confusion. Assignments are weak but as a whole for the four courses making up the Capstone just grit your teeth and get through it, the least enjoyable and instructive of all four.
I think this was the best of the four Wesleyan Creative Writing specialization courses.
Thank you.
This was a great class. I really learned a lot ... this is the type of class that will change someone as a writer. The quotes, the diagrams, the instruction, the assignments, the book recommendations ... everything was great. Thank you!! =)
I am just about to start week three. I am enjoting the close reading exercises, the tutorials are informative and the conversations are very illuminating. Very well set out.
FUN COURSE AND INSTRUCTIVE AS WELL
I really like it. I learned things that I was not aware of when it comes to write.
It is a very interesting course, but I think it is difficult to understand if somebody is not English speaker. However, I recommend this course to everybody who likes writing and wants to know more about style and text editing. The teacher is excellent, his explanations are clear. The exercises are funny and I could learn from them.
I was helped by the lessons regarding choosing words carefully.
I thought the videos were excellent and the interviews of great value. I always download the text, create a .docx, and follow the videos word-for-word.
This course helped me in my writing. I enjoyed the feedback and the exercises.
Great class for the content I needed. I audited this class and benefited from the theory discussion and practical exercises. The class guided me to improve my writing style which was my ultimate goal.
Loved it! Clearly set and inspiring. A charismatic teacher.
Great, short and sweet.
wonderful course, clear assignments, informative lectures. of all the classes this one changed my writing the most. I thought it would be the most extraneous of the series. I thought the plot and character class would be more important but in fact, just paying attention to style helped the movement of my stories - it forced things to happen, it forced a plot, it forced a character to do things. Scribona's advice is practical - use more nouns and verbs, pay attention to how you describe the world through the eyes of the characters, learn how to edit and so on. He helped me finally get a handle the POV i use all the time in writing, but never really understood, and so I used it badly.Some of the other classes in the specialization were too heady, and not practical. But most importantly, Scribona's love for the written word was so apparent during the lectures that it elicited the same reverence in the students.
Excellent class for learning prose and editing. I wish there was a class to learn even more about the craft of style, an advanced class.
Great course on the application of style in fiction writing. Professor does reference a few books for further understanding and example. He explains things well and in a concise way, sometimes with the use of simple diagrams. Very effective and useful assignments and topics. The only drawback is that auditing students cannot receive peer review internal to the course.
Priceless instruction - as with all related courses in this specialization. If you're auditing the course assignment completion isn't permitted, so essentially, course "completion" isn't a possibility.
So inspiring, thought-provoking and skill-provoking! ^_^
Salvatore is outstanding! I would happily pay for more courses like this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! It's been a fantastic experience and I can't wait to put what I've learned to use. Thank you again!
Great course, great teacher and amazing cost.
I decided to take this course to revise what I learned for the last 4 years in business school.I did not expect it to be excellent like this. I think this Corporate Finance Essentials is better than the Corporate Finance I had before in my university-sorry for my faculty lolThanks to this course, I was able to improve my knowledge and learn something small and trivial but very useful at the end.I highly recommend this course if you would like to know what the principals of finance would be like.
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Great Professor, and course
This professor was great. Finance is not my strong suit, but he made it easy to follow and understand. Thank you!
It is the best course I've taken in Coursera and EDX, it made me want to continue studying because prof. Estrada was very understanding in his financial terms and approaches.I searched for more courses in this matter (financial/business) with IESE but did not find anything else. Would really recommend to your Business School to sell a MBA or more alike diplomas with this exact type of teaching.
easy to understand and a guide to complex courses related to financial engineering
Was Excellent, the content, the way the profesor works and explain and really worths the time and effort, thanks to all the IESE team
really good course
Excellent course with outstanding professor.
Exceeded my expectations! It's not as calculation oriented as most other finance courses are. Rather it's very thoughtful and goes much beyond numbers. Well done witty professor #Javier Estrada, I tried to be an intuitive student.
awesome doesn't begin to describe this course. i loved it
Thank you for a great course with a great professor! I have really enjoyed it.
Good explaining, very basic stuff. Readings are basically the same as lectures, but maybe help to really remember the knowledge. I recommend it for beginners in the area.
This was very enlightening even for me as a financial translator!
My opinion about this course is very helpful for people who are in the corporate finance field.As a Finance specialization student it has been created practical knowledge.
Great course!
The material is covered in a very accessible way and it covers the essentials comprehensively. This is a great introduction to Corporate Finance.
It was really great! Tons of information in easy style and short term! Amasing!
Covering Basics, But awesome content, with solid examples.
Excellent course and instructor. Very informative!
Very good introduction for corporate finance
I loved this course. I learned some of the essential components of corporate finance and feel much more equipped to apply to modern finance
Very good course to understand the basics of Corporate Finance.
A very well-structured course! Gives an understanding of corporate finance basics.
Well presented, interesting and covering different aspects of corporate finance. Would recommend.
Great course as a refresher or introduction to the world of Corporate Finance. Prof. Estrada got the right balance between theory and real-life examples and is a great lecturer.
It was a fully practical course and the professor explained everything so clear that a child could understand. Excellent course!
Estrada is one of the best teachers that I ever had. Congrats
Excellent...Prof Javier is good. Concepts really well explained and as simple as possible ways !
Very informative
Very elementary coursework. Quizzes were too simple while I expected some challenging questions that'll make you think. Please improve the assignment quality.
Great foundation course!
Great overview of Corporate finance with useful excel exercises which are related to lectures and readings.
It could be a good review for me. I did this course before. Thanks!
Probably the best course I have taken so far in Coursera in terms of time spent versus depth and quality of concepts learnt, and I enjoyed, too! A very simple, intuitive, straightforward and amenable way to learn the fundamentals of corporate finance. Although the name of the course may seem slightly intimidating to non-financial professionals, it turns out that Professor Javier Estrada manages to explain every single concept in a simple and practical way. It has helped me adjust, consolidate and expand my understanding of concepts that I had touched upon earlier in my career such as risk versus return, correlation, diversification, project evaluation, the CAPM or the WACC. Also introduced me to the essential concept of value creation in corporations. It has given me a deeper and broader perspective on issues on which I was already numerically proficient such as IRR and NPV, and yet Prof. Estrada does this with a few, simple sentences and examples. The readings are genuinely didactical. I must thank Prof. Estrada and the IESE team for this outstanding learning experience. Muchas gracias!
soon...basics of the introductory course for corporate finance.And highly recommend the suggested book written by the speaker Prof. Javish <understanding finance>
It was a very informative course and helped me learn a lot about finance. It touches upon the crux of the subject, the important bits, without going into too much depth, perfect to obtain an initial idea for someone who is not from a finance background but is interested in pursuing a career in finance, business or just the curious individual who needs an understanding of the finance jargon and help related to investing in the market yourself.
This is definitely a great course. Prof. Estrada explained the basic concepts very well. Extremely useful for someone who doesn't have a financial background like me. The only reason I am giving it 4 stars is that I wished the quizzes were a little more tricky that would help test my understanding of the materials. Overall, pretty good, thanks Coursera and Prof. Estrada for the course!!
Precise and very useful.
Excellent Course! Profesor Javier Estrada is one of the best, very useful and 100% recommended
great course
Learned a lot throughout the course. Easy to understand lectures and good supplemental materials that makes this course an enjoyable one.
Thank you professor.Currently I'm doing MBA in Finance from Department of Financial Studies,University of Delhi,INDIA.The whole course is well designed and helped me a lot .It's really very helpful for an MBA guys like me who doesnot have any prior finance background.
liked the teaching
Thank you for making me understand the very basics of finance, OMG. Although I prefer Islamic finance (without interest), I wanted to understand how western finance works. The videos are short, to the point, and I would advice anyone to be committed. I like how Coursera sends you emails to remind you, encourage you and motivate you to complete the course. Much respect for the work you put into the technical notes, and for making the concepts as easy to understand as possible! I am so grateful for this course, it helps a lot with my Managerial Finance class!! :)
Great introduction to corp finance.
A very intuitive course! All the necessary information I needed to know about corporate finance was given to me, easily and successfully! I have completed my gaps in the knowledge of the WACC and the EVA which was a rather complicated factor. I look forward to enroll in more courses with professor Estrada! Thank you very much!
Very informative and precise for providing basing corporate finance knowledge; would not recommend it for people familiar with the subject
Congratulations to the team! As a complete starter in corporate finance I really appreciated the professor's approach : starting with Theory and then Practice...thanks again !
Instructor is so clear. He really focuses on teaching the intuition behind finance terms and concepts so that when you finally face numbers, you know WHY you're being asked to do this calculation or that. I wish I had this instructor when I was in college. I would have switched majors in a heartbeat.
Extremely useful course, lecturer explains concepts really well, one of the best courses I have taken. There is a required reading, but even the videos cover everything. The examples given were explanatory and, also, the course offered many comments on investment strategies that every person should know in my opinion.In general, I learnt a lot, but then again I didn't have any background on this topic before.
Amazing course, from an exceptional professor! The instructor is very explanatory and uses several examples to make sure that the course's concepts are understood. I only had a very small background on Finance before taking this course, yet I managed to grasp all that was tought very well!On a special note, I also loved the accompanied course material provided. It is comprised of a few chapter samples from two of the professor's books and it has a very engaging and easy-to-understand writing style!I reassure you that this is one of the best courses on the subject that Coursera has to offer and I would be very excited if it had a follow-up course in the future!
Thoroughly enjoying prof. Estrada's course. he Witty Prof. vs Student notes is a very good read.
Great course for understanding the fundamentals.
Excellent short course for corporate finance beginners.
Loved the course, even though the explanations were too long. Overall I highly appreciated it.
Excellent course that really teaches or reviews the basics. The only reason I am giving it four stars (which could be unfair) is that I cannot give it 4.5. The only reason I believe this course deserves a 4.5 is the lack of problem sets or changing exams. I'd love to really master the concepts with different figures and situations. This course is still definitely worth your time and effort and is a great introduction or revision.
Great introduction to finance!!Totally worth taking!
Very well organized and easy to follow.
Very informative and easy to understand, the professor is really good, interesting practical examples.
Excellent Course. Very clear and understandable lecture and material.
This is a nice a course well explained
Excellent course! A great professor with clear examples..I warmly recommend it
This was a very good course for a down and dirty review of WACC, NPV, IRR, EVA, etc. The instructor covers the material well and I found that the reading material was a very good compliment to the lectures and helped embed the material for use in the assignments. I recommend this course for those looking for a review or an introduction to Corporate Finance.
Professor use very understandable language and focus on the sense/rationale of the question rather than on the formulas.
A very interesting course explaining the complicated concepts of Corporate Finance in a very simple manner. Prof. Javier is extremely eloquent and clear in his delivery. I will be eagerly looking forward to more of his courses. Thanks a lot Coursera tem, IESE and Prof. Javier.
Simple explanations with the main logic of the subject
I do not judge the course itself as I am a novice. But I can assure it is really well structured, easy to follw, well explained and at times intuitive. The professor has an engaging way to explain and the deadlines are feasable. I took all exams and finished 97.5% which is a good result to a total novice. Good job! I am taking more courses for sure! Thank you Coursera.
It's good course.
Fantastic Course!
Great introductory course
Excellent Professor !!! Many thanks for being so clear and passionate
great class, enjoyed the videos and readings, wish they had more examples and exercises with excel
I like the course which is easy to understand.From my point of view, it's both academic and practical.Thanks for providing such great course.Thanks Prof.
Concepts explained lucidly
This course helped me to understand the vague concept of finance. Now these ideal are crystal clear for me. Thanks for Courseara and IESE Business School.
Very practical course. Proffesor has good tips and very easy to understand explanations and practical examples.
As the name implies, this course covers the very essential materials of corporate finance. And it focuses on the interpretation and application of WACC. The whole course is a preliminary for Corporate Finance.
The Prof. Estrada shows a vast knowledge about the financial matters, very enriching course. I not only recommend but I'm also sure that I'm certainly going to do any other of his courses.
Clear explanation supported by examples
It is a very good course. It explained very clear the fundamentals and principles of finance.Also is free if you do not need a certificate.It does not have very deep explanation of the formulas, so it is only good for people who only want to know and understand the principles.
This course is a great source of information for those who are being inserted into the Corporate Finance Marketing. Prof. Javier Estrada has the brilliant method to explain all tough issues that compoud Corporate Finance.I truly reccomend you to check this course out and collect the maximum information you can. It all will worth it!
An absolute must for those interested in how we pick 'good' projects, create value in our companies, and choose the best investment
if you are looking for a killer course on this topic , then this course will disappoint you .best suited for very beginner and some refresher for the older guys .
It was fun. But I think that would be great to add more various tasks and do something with the quality of the video, because sometimes it was hard to concentrate on the content.Nevertheless, it is good start to develop your creativity and open some useful tools for yourself.
This is a fun and engaging class. I was challenged by the assignments on so many levels while taking this class. They have encouraged me to try new things even if it seems ridiculous to others. I especially liked the feedback, the constructive critiques all helped me through this course.
Not what I expected. Though the lecturer quite patronising and the exercises too juvenile. Did not finish the course, so it may have improved after the first few sessions. Thank you.
Could have been better. It was little boring when this type of course should be super exciting
I don't see how the assignments would make me a more creative person. Some of the content was new and interesting but overall I din't think it was a good use of my time.
The concept is interesting and the graph is visual.
elementary school level program, not college or university
I don't like pay to submit courses.
It was a life changing course for me. Although I didn't attempt the certificate or the assignments, yet it has helped me a lot to take a whole new approach in my business.
Creativity without a reason, without a real problem/question. Divergent thinking per se. Try to be divergent just to be divergent. Too simplistic, doesn't worth your time.
the course delivery is regrettably boring. The 90-second breaks don't work very well. The lecturer is not trying to be engaging or at least pleasant to listen to. I hope he lectures this way in the attempt of being clear. However, it comes across as being very monotonous and boring. I had a strong motivation to follow the course, but honestly had to drop without completing the second lecture. A missed opportunity.
Lesson 1 - no longer available via PCLesson 1 no longer exist to do via PC on internet.Sugggested . It has been removed. Cannot go ahead without having the Lesson 1 information.
There is some good content on creativity in this course, thoug it barely addresses problem solving."Do something different" assingments were an interesting idea.Some content material is missing, including the link to a text that is needed to answer a quizz which will influence your final grade.Grading standards are weird: maximum grades are to be given to assignments performed in public, as if things done in private aren't creative; there are better ways to have someone get out of their comfort zone. Assingments request that you be photographed or filmed, and there is no disclaimer that your photos or your privacy will be protected. If you are an introvert or simply a person who values privacy, this is not the course for you.
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This is good experience for me.
A very interesting and challenging course!
I enjoyed this course a lot, it makes you expand your horizons and challenge yourself in order to be more creative, i liked going through the different assignments and forcing myself to think outside the box; however i wish there had been more material and emphasis in actual problem solving which was the reason why i wanted to take the course in first place.
SO INTERESTING AND FUN. Have you ever took a stranger'S secret and propose another stranger to take that secret in exchange of one of his? This course is an opportunity to do crazy stuff like that!
Very inspiring and useful. Thanks for providing me with such a great service.
This was a really fun few weeks. I truely enjoyed the assignments of doing something different.I have to think about something. And firstly I always came up with 'normal' stuff. But just before the due date I had great ideas. I 'wasted' a lot of paper. Cutting, glueing, folding, writing questions, instructions.For the assignments I used the towns forest, which starts behind my place. I had not been there for years. And I liked, to have 'connected' with it again as a result of this course.I learnt many techniques. So I can choose one, that suits me and my problems-to-be-solved most.Thank you so very much for this course.
This type of course I was looking for, which is fulfilled. It will help to explore and polish my creative abilities. Thank you for providing it.
Such a great MOOC, I really enjoyed it a lot!! My life is not the same after it anymore.
Very intelligent approach of incentivating the creativity. Maybe the videos shall give even more activities to do. But it is a very interesting course.
Super duper awesome course.... It bring you out of your comfort zone and send you out in the world
The assignments do not give you any practical methods for actual problem solving. They're just a succession of activities that pretend to be creative by making you do things "you wouldn't normally do". It's like they forgot the part about "problem solving".The assignments are to eat foods you've never eaten, talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to, take a photo of yourself smooching someone/something, and to "give" something to someone you "never have given anything before". That is not creative nor helpful at problem solving. It's just a series of activities for people who have too much time on their hand and need something to do to get out of their routine.Not a course I would recommend for anyone wanting to gain useful skills.
It is very effective. A lots of things to learn from this course.
Not a course that helps you solve wicked problems which do not have solutions that will come suddenly one fine day and ones that require more thought effort and brainstorming.
This course is an easy, entertaining, and beneficial course. It is encourages you to enhance your creativity in everyday lives. The reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is that I would've preferred to include more theoretical knowledge in addition to the practical.
After about one hour the only things I learnt is to do "stuff" in different way (too vague concept) and the basic of photography.
Presentation is a little dull, bit the content is really good!
Not all the DSDs were useful, and some of the content is very dated (such is the nature of a MOOC that isn't maintained), but it was useful to learn about methodologies and tools to think creatively about issues and solving problems.
This was a great course!
High incentive, productive, informative, scientific, and unique course
Very good! Nice insghts about cretivity in a pratical way.
Really enjoy this course.
Good Marketing Course and great teacher!!
As previous courses in this specialisation it gives an opportunity to see all critical human's problems in the 21st century from totally different perspective. Thx!
A lot of information in a short period but well done, I enjoyed the experience.
Great professor and great material; applied for everyday use at work.
I am part of the iMBA program so my opinion might be a bit biased, but it was precisely because of courses like this one that I decided to be part of the program. Excellent value, the Coursera content is at graduate level, with plenty of practice material and use of real life data. The four honors assignments and additional readings allow to adjust for the level of engagement you want/need.
Great class, highly recommend it
TRES INTERESSANT
Good learning experience!
Excellent examination of management assumptions! Engaging lectures and materials.
Course was very much to my satisfaction and requirement at the time. Opened my imagination to a lot of different narratives. I'm glad I took the course and will recimmend it highly to others
A brilliant course! I could not expect it would be so interesting. Not only the content, but the way it is presented by professor Rolf Strom-Olsen was thrilling, funny, sometimes unexpected. It is really impressive how he made huge complicated ideas comprehensible for students, so that we could freely examine and play it during the class. Highly recommend.
Superb Professor!!! Best intelectual time I ah in a while.Very refreshing to have a critical point of view that adresses some of the actual business paradigms.Light and clarity needed in Business Ed.
Excellent professor. Great build-up and perspectives for very relevant topics. Interesting personal insights. Loved it!
Thank you for everything, it's wonderful.
The class was wonderfully informative, but would have been better if it offered graded tests without the paid version. Since the answers are multiple choice I thought it was strange that it did not.
Professor was excellent and the subject, well chosen, extremely interesting.
A good counter to the usual management training - real food for thought.
Best course I have done so far. I find the course interesting, stimulating and most importantly enjoyable and informative. Thank you Professor and IE business school :)
One of the best courses I have ever taken. Amazing.
A fresh and intelligent course that really fosters critical reasoning about management principles and practices.
One of the taught courses in the MBA program of the IE Business School.
Amazing! The course, with the instructor's charismatic and powerful delivery, lives up to its name. It truly presents management perspectives critically and with great impact!The delivery style is unique because the lectures are filmed at real lectures, with the instructor speaking to students and students contributing their voices. It feels like you're part of the real lecture when listening to the instructor's teaching.Beside exceptional delivery style, the course structure is very engaging with business lessons that draw from history all over the world. The assignments are thought-provoking and make students think critically about management through practical scenarios that were discussed during the lectures.This is really great! One of the best courses from IE Business School.
Fantastic course with a great professor. I loved the way Prof Rolf weaved the different practical perspectives into the story line while relating to the relevant aspects of management theory. The choice of topics, the different stories used to illustrate the concepts and the story line all make a fascinating course well worth my time.If you want to experience a different perspective of some of the traditional management theories, have a go at this and you really won't be dissapointed.
Great course, extremely pragmatic and the teacher is engaging and brings interesting views on both past and present firms. I learned much from these short 6 weeks and greatly appreciated the extra reading assignments that were optional.
Great, actual and interesting content.Excellent professor.It really gives you another insight, perspectives and different ways of thinking about the traditional management practice.Never keep questioning, is one (in many) of the most important lessons that you can take from this course.Recommended!
Great mix of history and management, with bits of economics thrown in. Emphasis on the 'critical' thinking side, as per the title.
really well done!
Undoubtedly one of the best if not the best MOOCs. Period. Has set a very high bench mark as it what a management course should be and how the pedagogy for the development of MOOCs in general. Ofcourse the quality of some of the vi
The lecturer is both well spoken and knowledgeable, the material is both interesting and very much applicable sound logic!
Applied management analysis, demonstrably relevant, with great case study examples presented with enthusiasm and interest.
Interesting course - good topics and novel angles used in approaching the topics. Plus intellectually engaging way of discussing over management issues.However - really annoying quiz questions. And good portion of the right and wrong answers were highly debatable - you had to know exactly what was the angle during this specific course. I still graded with 5 stars, hoping they will make some changes in grading.
Should be a required course for all C-level execs of medium and large public companies and the leaders of their stakeholders at the institutional investors. Essential insight that I did not get earning an MBA in 1985.
Great course with a lot of interesting information and unexpected insights from different points of view and sources.
The best course of ever!
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
In modern people's wisdom, wisdom of the ancients, a critical perspective in the discard the dross and select the essential understanding of the history, divergent thinking, to seize the core,excellent!
Rolf Strom-Olsen is one of the best instructors available in Coursera. He is a very unique way of presenting Management Ideas and Concepts using history as his channel, something I haven't certainly come across yet. Anybody who wants to pursue a career in management should definitely take this course before going through any books or even courses.
Lecturer is interesting, and manages to carry students along
This course will really make you think on the "hows and whys" of management decisions, and how they can destroy a business if not thought out carefully. The instructor's use of humor in a traditional classroom setting was also quite refreshing, as the interaction with the students is something that isn't present in most of the MOOCs that I've taken. I would like to see a second course offered on this topic by the same professor.
Excellent subject matter, teacher very fun to listen to and very knowledgeable. Would like the class to be more in-depth.
Top class. Very useful indeed for my job as a mining manager, especially on FDRS which I've found never works well as people become yes-men to the boss. And having a bit of a passion for late antiquity history, I was fascinated by the Roman grain trade and its lesson for us today. But wasn't something a bit similar set up between Constantinople and Egypt which ran successfully until the Persian invasions in the 7th century?
Insightful and lively lectures. Manageable assessment tasks. I would recommend this course to anyone.
This course is okay, kind of a bit slow-paced.
Simply the best MOOC on management I've ever participated.
The videos were ok, reading materials added some value, although about three years have passed since the launch of the original course and the materials are all the same. I expected that something new would be introduced to give it a bit more value. But what is very questionable is the architecture of the quizzes. On one hand it goes way beyond the simplicity of the lenght of the course, assume a mindset that extends well beyond this course, and on the other hand after doing the quizzes some times and observing the considered right and wrong answers, some of them - to say the least, are highly ambiguous and express a personal point of view of the instructor in what is right or wrong (what by itself is not very reasonable), and lack ultimately in objectivity regarding the materials covered. I am not by any means saying that the quizzes are hard or simple, I am saying that they lack objectivity and go beyond the scope of the materials and try to put the student on a state of trying to guess what the instructor's opinion is regarding the question at hand. In some cases the 'best' answer chosen is absurd. Highly questionable this approach. Again, I believe that evaluations should be challeging, but these quizzes are a bit esoteric, they lack objectivity.Nonetheless, it is important to say thank you for being present in this platform and having the will to put it together. I wish you luck for the future.
Brilliant instructor
This course was good. It was great to refresh knowledge.
Excellent. Good for pet owners and interested persons. Not as helpful for experienced animal professionals, but I learned a few new things regardless.
Very good course, especially for the (new) pet owner!
The content was inconsistently delivered and the topics disorganized. The content was excellent, although a bit repetitive at the end.
I highly recommend this course. In a short period of time this course taught me the skills needed to innovate, and most importantly, not to be afraid of failing. My toolkit is full and all I need to do now is to start using the tools to bring a change in the way I work and create an impact in the lives of the people I work with.
Great! Must Try.
I hope this course will improve my creativity with practical ways
This program is a well structured course designed to introduce participants to the three title concepts. There are useful and effective approaches to creativity that are based on rational and systematic content. Applicable to any discipline, the assignments and assessments were relevant and sometimes challenging and well worth the effort. I have applied the concepts to my own workplace and career.
This course really helps you look at creativity in a different way, it is very empowering but for this course to be successful you must apply what you have learned everyday, its practice otherwise the teachings will not be complete.
The MOOC was good and full of hidden treasures. Unfortunatelly, last week had a very low quality - it was the only part I wasn't able to take out anything. Week , on the other hand, was full of interesting techniques prsented in weekly homework and surely worth further investigation. To sum up: I'm glad I finished it, but I suggest to rearrange it's form - add some videoes, and remove other ones.all the best,Piotr Milewski
Super cool course with interesting tasks and outstanding lecturers. Keep the good work!
Very wonderful and useful course. It did inspire,encourage and change me a lot. I am very excited and grateful to watch every vedio and read every comment ,sharing and reply from my peers and nice teachers. It may help people to create new miracles in this world. Thank you. from Junfeng,Xu shenzhen, china
Very useful! You really start thinking creatively and understand these processes better!
It was a very interesting course. It has benefited me to stimulate my creative juices. Would really love to continue its next module if any.Thank you all the Facilitators for your support,help and guidance.
Amazing! You all are such great professionals, wish I could have half of the wisdom you all have! Thanks for everything, this course helped me a lot on how to open my mind regarded to the world around me!
A very helpful guide to every creative venture!
I enjoy this course because of the great interaction between we students and the novel and creative homework is also attractive.
The quality of videos was pretty poor. The question and answer format of discussion was not a great idea (might have been great for kids videos). Doesn't enthuse us to continue the course. Thanks however for putting the effort and making this available to everyone for free. Really appreciate that.
I totally enjoyed the course and it really opened up my mind to think in new ways. Absolutely recommended to take this course!
It is an amazing course which will truly boost your creativity, help you interact better and bring about change in society. The assignments in this course are also fun-filled! :)
Really interesting material for how to become more creative and get the best out of you. Innovation comes with a challeging world about how do we work it out with, this course will walk you throught it.
Excellent course, I learned a lot about my own way to express my creativity and how to improve it in all aspects of my life
wonderful and informative course
I think this course is full of fun. It taught me many techniques for creating things. I think in my future life, it can help me a lot.
This course is wonderful. I always thought that few people can be creative or innovative but thanks to this course I have a new perspective.I enjoyed doing the activities and think over all the information provided in the course
This course is what everybody needs! Take this course, enjoy these people's knowledge and change your life for good.
This is a creat course. It gives hands-on practical knowledge and material one can use straight away to generate ideas and solution. It shows, how each one is creative, in a different way. Once one knows this, one can apply the different procedures accordingly.The assignments allow to think about ones own life and wishes. The results will be very usefull.
great course! rally gets your brain moving
amazing ideas in a simple way
Creativity, Innovation and Change is a refreshing taking on using creativity to solve problems. It employs the use of structured but unique approaches to solve problems in an individual or team setting.
this course is really fun, inspiring and different from all the others. I'm loving those old hippies teaching the young how to be rebelious and innovative!!
Simple and easy to know how to improve your creativity , innovation and change skill.
Great and very inspiring course! Not the 08:15 "listen and learn" course, though. Short videos with a lot of things to think about and challenging tasks, some easy and playful, some quite demanding. Very recommendable if you want to learn more about creativity, how it happens and how you turn it into innovation.
I think it might turn out to be good for me in a long run.
A must for Engineers!!
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Great course.. Really enjoyed it!
I Love the lessons, the task, its didactic and you learn a lot :)
one of the course you must learn on Coursera
Brilliant one to change myself!!!!
Amazing course that helped me a lot improving my creativity. This course can help you with a lot of nice assignments and useful techniques to push you to develop your ideas, with very interesting steps.You will discover that you are creative even you think you weren't!I really suggest this course to free your mind and re-organize it.Thanks to the teachers team, very inspiring and clear in the lessons.
An excellent course. A lot of eye-openers and very useful tools to live a more innovative and creative life.
one of the best coursera course
Very interesting topic, good short video-lectures and enthusiastic lectors.
This really gets you out of your box.
Best ever on Coursera! Thank you so much!!
At first the topic was not as concrete as I would like however after I got into the rhythm of the course, and the more practical frameworks of the course, and was more proactive about the coursework, assignments and grading component I really am enjoying the course. Would highly recommend.
I am very happy for joined this course and now that is over I can say I miss it!The weekly assignments were really useful and I know they'll still be useful for my daily activities. Thank you all for that!
Perfect course, I really like it
Thought provoking. Filled with excellent tools and techniques.
This was a very inspiring and self-awakening course. While I attended the lectures, I realized I could do much more than I am doing right now! I began to look at each situation in a more innovating perspective.
Great course. Very practical and challenging at the same time. It helps you to become focused and gives you tools to plan your life or what you want to do.
Strong accent
Really useful! It will teach someone a lot
An awesome course with good explanations and tasks.At the end of the course, it enabled me to think the other way that I usually do not do on looking at any object.Thank you team.
Great course with amazing ideas and knowledge you can directly apply in everyday activities!
Great course to find out how to find out are you a creativity guy or not?
Very interesting, definitely helpful in cultivating a creative mind and perspective. I would recommend this to anyone not just designers, artists and creatives.
Interesting course regarding Data Visualization.
Great entry level course to Tableau
Awesome introduction to the course.
Good but many problems with platform... and help center not easy to access
This course doesn't offer much of a learning curve. I would rather suggest taking Data Visualization Using Tableau by Duke University.
Excellent course, but very introductory.
A little too basic
Poor course. No original material, they use Tableau training material. I did the first 4 weeks of the course in 5 hours and learned nothing new, except using Tableau. I could have learned the same using the Tableau first video in 10 minutes.
Thanks
I was looking for a course that discusses how to think about the data and how to manipulate the data based on the questions you have. This course was more basic and didn't really focus on the many ways of visualizing the data to tell a story. The course did not discuss the pros and cons of each type of visualization (e.g., pie chart vs. line graph vs. column chart etc but of course more complex because we are using tableau) with the type of question and answers you are looking for. This type of content is what I was most interested in.
I like the balance between learning the principles involved in creating effective visualizations and practicing them while learning to use Tableau. I was happy with the visualization I created for my final assignment. It would NOT have been as good had I not taken this course and learned to make use of pre Gestalt principles, attentive attributes and decluttering techniques to reduce the cognitive load involved in viewing my visualization.
Really fun course and the lectures goes at a nice peace. Really recommended.
This course is really informative and provides new learning to me. It is just what i need in my career path right now. Kudos to the developer of this course and for making it available on the internet platform
Good course, easy to follow.
This course basically treats you like an extremely slow-learning retarded individual. Totally waste of your time by watching a bunch of videos. The contents are so thin. All the contents covered in these course videos can be summarized in a 10-minute video. If you have a lot of time you don't know how to spend. Enroll in!
Good intro
Excellent course. Very help full to understand the visualization basic by using Tableau.
The course covers all of the relevant parts, however it does not go deep enough. It is highly recommended for complete beginners, but not for those who already have some knowledge in the field.In particular, more content should have been provided for the following topics:(1) Data connections, e.g. include a real example for connecting to odata and web data connector, also create a sheet with the data;(2) The context of data visualisation (who, what, how, big idea), e.g. walk though two additional examples in different fields.I particularly appreciated:(i) The historical introduction (and I would have liked to read more about this)(ii) Live Connection vs Tableau Data Extract(iii) How to prepare an Excel sheet for import(iv) The strategy for making a story (but as I said, this is partial)
Excellent content. The fundamentals of Tableau are explained very well.
Good basics !
Easy but really complicate to submit the assignment.
Although a very basic introduction to the use of Tableau, the course provides a broad and interesting background that should prove useful to anyone seeking to enhance their understanding of visualization fundamentals.
nothing special, I do understand this are fundamentals, but i felt like 5 year old
Each week was only about an hour. Most MOOC courses I've taken have at least 3 to 4 hours of content and learning. Very little learning for a 4 week course. This is a 1 week course stretched out to 4 weeks.
The material was very well laid out. I learned a lot about the basics of tableau. The resources and references were very helpful!
Just right for an intro - looking forward to the remainder of course.
Nicely Articulated and Delivered
No engagement from faculty, if you have questions regarding anything in the course, no one will answer them. Unclear and incomplete instructions for assignments. Overall, probably my worst experience with Coursera.
Interesting, but elementary content. But absolutely no support from 'teachers'.
Good intro to Tableau
Very interesting course, it motivates to learnand use Tableau more
Love the class!
The instructor moves very slowly (both speaking and covering topics). Points get belabored (I usually watched the lectures at 1.5x speed but I also have some basic Tableau experience).
Good start with Tableau. You will also get a license that is good for a year! (License worth $500+).
This course is absolutely helpful in every mean for a person like me who is taking his very first steps in the data visualization world. although it is very difficult for everyone to accessible fully as its not free.
So basic Tableau explanations
Clear and straightforward. Good introduction.
Pretty exciting course, really objective, clear and resourcefull.
This is an amazing course. One of a kind in Tableau. The course is very interactive and the professors are amazing teachers.
thanks for this wonderful knowledge journey
helpful
The course is great. Would have been even better if there were questions posed and answers given during the videos for Tableau case studies. Overall, an informative course! Thanks.
A good first class about the software Tableau. You will learn the basics and how to create a story in order to present your datas. A good glitch for a first class of a Specialization.
Course was OK - the material on Tableau though was very light.
Instructors are amazing and the course is not overwhelming at all.
One of the things that I loved about the course was that actual professionals in the field were teaching the course.
Great starting point
Really, fantastic and helpful course.Thanks Coursera and University of California.
Good course! the submit assignments weren't always celar unfortunately.
Simple & Understandable
The Course was well suited for beginners and explained pretty useful concepts, but I think materials of week 3 need to be polished more.
Good intro to Tableau
I'm sorely disappointed. I learned almost nothing valuable and found the content to be so basic that I didn't get a good feel for Tableau. I paid $20 elsewhere (UDEMY) and I'm learning a SHIT TON about Tableau through them. Tableau has great free resources too that are better than what I paid $80 for on Coursera. This class is a joke and not worth $80. As a UCD Alumni I'm embarrassed my school's name is on this.
Fundamentals should be like this!
This will be one of the Foundation skills for every professional in the future. Thanks Guys.
I like the course, helped me with the concepts of visualization and basics of Tableau.
Good beginning and good course
Nice Course focusing on Visualizations with Tableau instead of vague Visualization skills.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Visualization Tool and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
Good for what it is: a rock-bottom basic introduction. I would have appreciated more technical instruction in how to create complex, involved visualizations and less philosophizing and design ethos. A better name might have been "What is Data Visualization? A Course In Tableau For Non-Professionals" or something like that.
I learned a ton in this course & I am looking forward to expanding my skills this is a great course!
This class was really lacking. The content was skimpy and the assignments overly simple and rote.
Great examples and perfect for learning the basics.
Valuable introductory course on Tableau. Also lays the foundation for by providing good reference material on Statistics and as well on the communication/presentation of ideas
Very basic course
Some off the instructions for the assignments were either incomplete or misleading. Uploading instructions were also unclear.
introduces the fundamentals of Tableau and gave examples of story board, explored basic functions of Tableau, a good introduction course to Tableau.
The course is very preliminary. Its content can be covered in one session and does not need 4 weeks. The assignments were not clear enough. The course material can not be downloaded and can not be retrieved or used as reference after finishing the course, unlike other courses I have taken with Coursera, but in other University.
very good content and standard basics
Very basic in terms of material covered. Would be nice as a free remedial class in prep for the main specialization. Homework assignments were confusing and did not appear to have been reviewed by the instructors before being sent to students (main problem, the free software students use was not the same version as that being used to develop the homework). Instructor support was not evident in the user forums. Below the quality of the free classes taken in the past.
Too good to start with Visualisation!
Excellent courseIt did kick my interest in tableau and data visualizationLuca
Awesome and amazing
This course is terrible for many reasons. Firstly, the amount of content is ridiculously small - only about 20 minutes of video lectures per week. Moreover, more than 50% of content is just non-relevant.Secondly, practical assignments are very poorly planned:1) in weeks 3 peer graded assignment students are asked to save Tableau workbooks as twbx files, even though this feature is not supported by Tableau Public that is used in this course. The assignment itself is just opening and saving file in Tableau.2) in weeks 4 peer graded assignment you just asked to write some vaguely defined 1 page description. It doesn't include any Tableau-related activities.Thirdly, quizzes are ambiguous and very general.Overall, this course is just a waste of time. For comparison, you can easily get more useful information about Tableau from the 4 minute long "Getting started" video on the Tableau website than from this course. Just wonder how Coursera allows such courses to be places on the platform.
Great material however discussion forums is dead (despite hundreds of views), mentors are unresponsive to questions
It was a great course! I learned so much and the difficulty was just right!
A very useful course for me
I really like this course.
The material was always good (
Excellent course for starters in power electronics and great knowledge tool for industry people.
I wish I should had done this course earlier. I obtained clear understanding on converter control basic concepts.
Very knowledgeable and impressiveThanks
Excellent! Time consuming and difficult but excellent!
Great course
The analysis and materials of this course are very useful. A great section. If the MATLAB script for calculating the converter Poles and Zeros can be provided will be even better.
This is a great course to get a basic foundation of bode plot techniques and fundamental control theory in relation to power converter design.
Very good!I think week 4 was very time consuming, in contrast with week 3, that was very light. Maybe these contents can be better balanced in the fuute.
very interest courses
Good one !!!
It's a great course!With great professor!
Great content.Need more exercises, and solution to homeworks (eventually).
Contents are excellent.The only disappointing is that It costs to submit assignments.
PWM Switch modelling and use of that to simplify converter modelling not covered in detail.More theoretical. Intuition on the models that we derive is not there.
Sadly, I was unable to comprehend everything I had seen. :(
A very informative and easily understandable course! I always fancied math, but never really got deep into it, so some of the primitives discussed here were new to me, but even so I was able to easily understand them thanks to Prof. Katz! And of course it was super exciting to find out in which way are modern secure connections secure. 10/10 would pass again.
A pretty dry topic, but the teacher manages to keep the interest up!
Very interesting and challenging course.
PDF slides would have been appreciated. The course is good, contents are good.
Excelent course for beginners to get into the topic.
Cryptography is one of the areas that most developers know just enough of to be really dangerous. Reverse-engineering and debugging code I have seen way to many examples to list here of home-baked attempts at cryptography.
Interesting course, the math was certainly complex. I would have liked to know a little more on how the equation itself worked.Also more hands on work is also nice and paints a more clear picture.Thanks
Great course! Remember to reserve enough time. Its challenging course. If you are good in math that definitely helps you a lot.
Excellent course. The proofs that are laid out in a way that made it easy for me to follow along, and it gave me a good overview of the areas of cryptography that are most relevant to me.
They say that if you don't have anything good to say it's better not to say anything at all.
Pretty nice course, on par with the more popular Coursera course Cryptography I by Dan Boneh - more of an introductory course for applied cryptography while Cryptography I is somewhat more theoretical. Useful introduction to DH and RSA. Purely optional programming assignments - .
This is a good course for deciding if you want to pursue a more advanced degree in Cryptography, Computer Science, or Mathematics, but As part of a Cyber Security specialization, your paying customers are most likely working professional engineers or programmers, interested in practical applications of cryptography that they can use in order to create secure systems and services. This is a mathematics course and your paying customers are not going to use the knowledge from this course in their jobs. This is not an indictment of the instructor, but of the content itself. It is the wrong content for your target customer.
Very interesting course. I would like programming assignments to be mandatory, not optional. Or at least there should be a way to get some information that the assignment is passed on Coursera page.
Good course, but can get very deep at times, especially near the middle of the course.The first 2 weeks are rather simple, week 3 is okay, 4 and 5 are very detailed, and 6 and 7 are easier.
Wonderful and well organized course, it is really recommended to take it for those who are interested, which will definitely provide you with really understanding of cryptography!
Too fast...
I am now genuinely excited about cryptography. It is a huge field, but this is an excellent introduction. Having watching enough DefCon and Hak5, I know that a good number of 'professionals' in the industry are lacking the fundamentals. This course is the fundamentals. Dr. Katz is renown in the field, and obviously has a passion for the topic. I have also been re-inspired to 'make math my own.'
Could have given a certificate of accomplishment.
Course provides practical understanding for cryptographic primitives without delving too deeply into the maths. I found the accompanying book (optional) to be of great value in enhancing the depth of material. Would have been helpful to spend a bit more time on SSL/TLS to solidify the knowledge.
Great Course , Amazing Proffesor. I enjoyed it a lot. Worth taking
Lots of notational math but a great course to get into the meat of cryptography and understand the foundation of this most important topic.Underneath that Professor facade, I suspect he's a wild and crazy guy :-)
This course provides a very good introduction to both Public and Private Key Cryptography.
This is a best class I joined in coursera whit high quality of sound and method of teachingtnx
Complicated course that requires lots of mathematic background
Awesome course those who wants to learn more thing about cryptography should go for it.I really appreciate work done by Prof. Jonathan Katz.Thanks Jonathan Katz for sharing your valuable knowledge.
This is a really good course to get a high level overview of cryptography, the main elements and concepts, and the teacher is really didactic
I needed an introduction course for cryptography.finding coursera was amazing, registering and participating in this course was just what I was looking for.Explanations and examples are clear and understood.Keeping the pace for 7 weeks was a straggle worth paying !!Thanks for the effort invested to bring it public, will surly participate in more classes.
Nice course! The private-key schemes part was especially well structured. I would consider plus one or two weeks to have more time for public-key part too. This way the practical implications of public key cryptography, like the lecture on SSL, could be more detailed as well.
The professor is excellent. He covers a lot of subjects using good analogies without loosing depth. There are programming assignments to help you grasp the material.
Very useful insight about Cryptography, very good practical assignments. I advise it to everyone interested in Cyber Security. Very stimulating.
This course was enjoyable and challenging. Early lessons cover historical ciphers, along with some fun programming challenges to attack them.Later lessons dive into modern cryptography. This is more challenging and you will need to study some number theory if you have not done so previously. I ended up buying Prof Katz' book and also Concrete Mathematics to fully get my head around the subject matter. The treatment is not superficial.This is where I dropped one star from the review - I thought that the course could have done a better job of covering the theory in this space, or at least pointing to sources to study it, or mentioning it as a pre-requisite.I also thought that the course could have done a better job of describing how all the pieces come together - the discussion is there, but it is light and somewhat assumed you will get it. The only thorough discussion is specifically for SSL / TLS late in the lecture series.Overall, a good and challenging course. This is not an easy MOOC - so only take it if you are interested in a challenge and don't mind extra study time.
I am very fond of the way the course material was presented. I found the definitions and proofs to be rigorous and intuitive at the same time, which is of great importance when learning such material. The accompanying textbook is great, too. Although I was already familiar with parts of the material, I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
An enjoyable trip through the history of crypto schemes, and practical attacks against them. By the end of this class you will have a good basic understanding of modern cryptography and real world implementations used online everyday. It's designed in a balanced way so that both those with a Mathematics background and those with programming backgrounds can both keep up.
Very much helpful for learning Cryptography
Gotta love both the passion and the delivery of the professor. This is a very challenging and rewarding course.
Excellent course!The course has a very nice structure, the classes are amazing and the professor have a lot of experience and domain of the subject.Recommended!
Great Professor! Thanks a lot!
There are too much materials for each week for a Hong Kong secondary school (middle school) student. The speed can be adjusted to a slower one, so as to allow more people to catch up the course.
You Are Teching Great! Thank You Very Much
I found some slides to be inaccurate which makes the material difficult to learn. Also I found the instructor's presentation style to be too abstract. I think a more practical style would be more suitable.
It's really good
I felt it was a good introduction to cryptography. There were quizzes and programming assignments throughout the course to assess knowledge.
Funny workshops.
Undoubtedly one of the best courses. Loved it. The additional readings were really very useful and the lecture content was manageable and interesting. A must try!
I did this course for 2nd time. The course is very interesting & informative. Thank you Coursera & Leiden University.
I enjoyed every moment here. I recommend this course for everyone.
Outstanding course!
A good global/general overview of oppertunities and threads irt new emerging powers and states!For me, as European, it may had more focus on CSTO instead of NATO (we generally know enough about this organizations, and information about CSTO is more difficult to get (in English/German/French/Dutch)After all a very good course, i'm looking forward to see a followup comming ;-)
Good Introduction
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
I liked it a lot but I didn't´t find helpful the assignments and how they were asked to be corrected. The assignments ask you to list things that were seen during the course but dont´t push the learner to think and look up for further information in the topic. I have also taken Business Strategy also from University of Illinois and, in my opinion, the assignments are very well conducted and the make you think and go beyond the course info.I think this is very important to address it properly because it is when the learner really acquire the knowledge, when he/she has to connect what he/she has learnt with real cases.
I liked the concise content covering various aspects of the corporate strategy; and the online learning platform is a great experience.
Needs to structured a bit better.Answers to discussions if provided will be very helpful and help analyse situations in the way instructor aims to.The MIT Case readings, not 10min things, thos cases are all like 20 pages+!
Great!
A solid guide in corporate strategy.
Unsyncronize subtitle with audio. Please fix thisIMO, I think the video must not too long. (below 10 minutes/video), so lecturer separated it to more segment. And give pop-up quiz in video
One of my favorite
Really good course, great materials and well structured
Great course!
This is actually a skill on his own. Nice you made a course just on this.
good course, but the way it is required to be done sucks
Very helpful course, thank you!
Nice but only for those who search their first job.
A great course for anyone preparing for a job interview! Not only it shows you what you should know, but it also helps you sharpen the skills you already have and points you in the right direction towards career success..
Helped a lot with my interview preparation.
UCSD, thank you so much! This course is extremely helpful and encouraging.
Awesome course!!!
Unique course giving great soft skills for interview preparation and also soft skills for working as a software engineer in practice. This course has given me insights into my strengths and weaknesses as a software engineer. Awesome course.
Great course. For me, having no knowledge of what to expect in technical interviews before taking this course, I found it really helpful for preparing for interviews
It's a great course, I learnt so much
Very useful information for interviews, especially if you're not familiar with the process used for interviewing software development candidates.
Reliable, good for people who still need to find their first position in the industry
Very practical course, It helps to master Software Engineers hard and soft skills during interviewing.Thanks to Coursera & Google
This course is really helpful and useful with great contents and tips !
The lessons have been very helpful in preparing for a technical interview. Highly recommended!
it was an amazing course thanks for all of us :D
Just Awesome
It's a bit too simple all of this. There is not enough depth in the course. No way I would give 71 $ for such an introductory material. The best part of the course are the additional resources lists. The good and bad examples are useful as well, but they are all too simple as well.The videos are good quality though and there is some information that is useful. If you are looking for a simple introduction / never seen an interview / have no experience with public speaking / have not taken many oral exams then this is for you.I rate this at 2 stars because I was expecting more. A lot more. "Mastering...".. really? More like "Not completely failing.."
nothing in common with reality. nothing that can prepare for real interviewuseless loss of time
Good course!
Love all the teachers and the course!
awesome course! having had so many bad interviews lately, this course points out all the mistakes you can make in an interview and how to improve and practice your skills.
It's just amazing! So many really helpful tips and tricks. Thanks for this course!
I strongly recomen this course, it has helped to create a great CV, and above all it gave a great confidence towards the Interview.
I am not sure peer review is eventually working in this course.
I found this course is very useful. It covers all of the important points of facing technology job interview, even including how to deal with psychological emotions and build strong growth mindset.
I have switched session, but for the second time nobody reviewed my assignment for the second time! I have a doubt about such approach and this particular course as one before a capstone project (to my opinion it should be held after a capstone)
Practical and very useful for job hunting.
Nice course. Should be taken once you are done with the Computer Science basic courses like data structures, algorithms, etc.
The mock interviews are helpful
Very useful for job finding.
Good course for freshers.
Most of contents are already in the books like Cracking the Coding Interview and similar ones. If you have them, you don't need to take this course.It can be good for students who have never had an interview.
best to have to get an approach for a technical interview.
I spend a lot of time enhancing my software skills, but in this course I realize that I should also work on my soft skills!
Well crafted, but the number of questions could have been more.
Complete waste of time. I could learn the interview skls anywhere.
This is a must do course
I think this is a great course and gives very good insight into what is expected in a technical interview setting. :)
Very good advice on how to succeed in interviews.
It was really useful! Thanks a lot for the course.
Amazing course with amazing teachers .Worth every penny .
A really good course but not worth being part of a specialization. Should be very helpful for students / freshers who are preparing for an engineering interview. Personally, I felt most people would have taken up this course paying the course fee only because it was a mandatory part of this specialization.
Loved it .Best MOOC specialization I have attended.Thanks a lot!!!
Great information, very useful.
Interesting course. Definitely got a lot of Value to doing this, despite it being something not typical in a software course.For example, I realized that when I'm focused explaining something, I do have a very annoying tick. I say the word "basically" wayyyyyy too much!It's important to have this course given that good communication skills defines a major part of professional life which helps in a team software development approach.
PERFECT PERFECT! I wish this course was here 2 years ago. The materials are so useful and the mock interview too. Well done Professors!
Guys, I'm flying overseas on Feb 17th to a life changing interview, and although I worked in companies like BearingPoint, CSC and IBM, interviews in Brazil are not even close to the process I'm going through. The methodologies that you cover in this course matches, at least so far, the phases that I've passed. I feel much more self-assured now.
Pretty good information
I loved this course! Now ready to flaunt my basic Mandarin Skills. And finally ready to begin taking courses on HSK.
Useful and interesting
Great course. I was very pleased to see how all the individual specializations came together in the development my capstone report. I had to go back and re-learn some aspects of the specializations I may have forgotten, but this course ultimately equipped me on how to ask research questions and go about using the right tools to find the answers. Repetition is key, and the more you use it the less you lose it.
Great capstone course.The instructor was always available for help and guidance throughout the course; she also held many Q&A live video conferences.I highly recommend taking the course.
Really enjoying the courses so far. Learning so much from what I already know from past studies and work experience.
This course was excellent and I completed it feeling that what I have learnt is truly of value and relevant to this industry.
This is the third course I made on this journey to becoming a journalist at the Michigan State University and I'm very satisfied! Professors are prepared explaining clearly every aspects for being a serious and honest journalist. I recomend it to everyone who want to be a journalist, but also for people whoi want to know who means to be a journalist. Thank you to all Professors. I'm waiting for the next step!
Learned so much in a short time. Thanks for the great course.
I truly learned a lot from these journalism courses, I am in process of applying to a University here to persue a Masters degree in Journalism. These courses prepared me with a good background and motivation to understand this profession and related academic challenges.
Thank you for sharing the Course. I learn a lot and enjoy a lot too.
I am extremely happy to be here.
I found some of the topics repetitive and trivial, already covered in previous courses of the specialization. However, there was good advice that still makes it a worthwhile course.
This was a good review course.
Excellent content, inspiring teachers
Great course! I learned quite a lot and also got to get into the swing again of being in a class taught by a Spaniard. Totally awesome!
Spanish grammar is learned by indirect way.
me gusta mucho
simple but helpful，very like the professer!
Very well presented overview of the classical socioligists.
It seemed to me that it is a good introduction for someone totally new to the topic.
i personaly feel its too general, on the surface. i would rther know more on fewer sociologist.
Very nice Interesting precise whole Super !Thank you !
i FOUND THE COURSE VERY HELPFUL AND THOROUGH. ALTHOUGH WE NEEDED MORE DISCUSSION TO SOLIDIFY THE CONCEPTS LEARNED, THE PROFESSOR DID A WONDERFUL JOB IN SELECTING AND ENHANCING THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE GRASPED BY THE LEARNER.
This is definitely one of the best MOOCs on Sociology I have ever taken, and I am new to online learning so you can imagine! The professor is funny, clear and passionate about his work, his lectures and his students!! I couldn't believe this MOOC was over so quickly as I couldn't stop reading and watching more videos. I'm looking forward to more on this topic from Professor Heerikhuizen and the UvA on Modern Sociological Theory. I hope this MOOC will become a MicroMaster Program and I even might get my Master's degree in the future on Sociology (when time and finances permit). I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning about our society, dealing with people, situations etc. By having a more sociological mindset, it will allow us to be less judgmental, communicate more effectively and see the world as a whole instead of bits and pieces. Then again, in order to understand the world, one must start with the individual. Very interesting!!!
The professor makes the topic very attractive
I should say this is one of the best cours in this subject that i have ever seen . i am sociology student in MA and indeed i have spent a different classes in such this subjects, so it is normal to recognize all of this theory , but this kind of method in explaining and the way is selected by this skilled professor is really nice , at the end i should say he really know her audiences and their question too .thanks your team and website so much
Very interesting to learn mid learner about classical sociology
I really enjoyed this class. An easy and essential introduction to classical sociology! Thank you professor. Can't wait to take your next class on modern sociological theory.
I liked this course so much, I was sad when i finished it. Thank you!
Wonderfully explained by making connections among the first thinkers who were preoccupied with the functioning of society.
Fantastic... very well written!
Dr. Heerikhuizen has explained in such a great way that nobody else can, he has got great experience. I am pleased to get taught by such an incredible prof.
I love sociology when I was an undergraduate. Now that I am working, I have rekindled my love for sociological thought. Really grateful for the lectures by a passionate and engaging professor who ignites my thirst for learning once more.
This is one of the most fascinating classes that I have ever taken. The material itself is mind-blowing- it covers some of the most influential thinkers of the past few centuries. The professor of this class is what really made it special- he is an excellent teacher, full of great stories and examples. He truly knows both how to keep one's attention and also to deepen one's fascination with sociology. Thank you!
The course was great, though the final exam was a little too much.
Short, easy to understand lectures with a great lecturer. Thank you for this course!
A really enjoyable course. Very well presented and structured. I learnt a lot and it gave me much to think about in relation to world issues in 2017. Thank you. I hope there is a follow up course on modern sociologists very soon.
Thanks for providing courses of sociology! I love sociology, and although it seems not many persons are taking this class, it's still a very excellent learning experience! Hoping there will be more sociology class!
I enjoyed this class a great deal. Hopefully there will be one on contemporary sociological theory in the future.
Excellent course with a well-balanced approach of the classical sociologists' fundamental ideas. Self-driven research is required if you wish to explore the topics presented to a deep degree but this course provides a great starting platform. In particular, Dr. Bat van Heerikhuizen was incredible. His passion for the subject is very evident and his teaching style is clear, well-focused, and personable. I highly recommend this MOOC for anyone remotely interested in an introduction to sociology.
This course is well-structured, informative, and useful. I liked it!
A wonderful course full of interesting information! I just loved each of the explanations, examples and suggested readings.
thanks
It was a pleasure to take this journey through classical sociology with this charismatic teacher.
I want to thank dr. Bart Heerikhuizen and all the team that made this course possible. I'm very satisfied with the explanations and examples that dr van Heerikuizen gave in such a short time that lasted each video. I also look forward to go deeper on the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber and Norbert Elias. I have never had the chance to approach this latter author and now that I did I feel very intrigued and interested by his theories.In my considerations this MOOC achieved its goals. I'm very looking forward for the next MOOC about contemporary sociology. I hope it can happen,Thanks a lot to everyone. Best regards from Mexico City!!
Great opportunity to be allowed to inspect into classical sociological theories in a very friendly way.But please, take care! After it, you shall definitely see the world different than did before :) .
It is perfect if you want to know something about sociology!
Great course!The professor's explanations are clear and made me want to read even further for most themes. You can tell he's very passionate about the subject. I am looking forward for a similar one on Contemporary Sociological Theory.
Love this course. I really obtained new insight of those theorists. Thank you Dr. Bart and producers of this course! I will definitly come back to your contemprary sociological theory course.
interesting approach in teaching some of the hardest concepts. Thanks!
Great video lectures but a lot of reading
The professor discusses with ease every assignment that you'll completely understand from the most basic theory to the very complex ones.
Informative and well presented, but honestly you need to make the core readings available online, as it makes it really difficult to possibly get the most out of this course. I live in a remote part of Australia where are no universities or public libraries which would have a copy of the book by Calhoun, and even if I had been able to afford the book it would have taken 6 weeks or more to get to me. So I read the alternative readings but it clearly wasn't enough to get the quiz questions right which were obviously extracted directly from content of the Calhoun book. If it isn't possible to make sections of this book available online then you should at least rewrite some of the quiz questions so that they are accessible to students who can't get hold of a copy of the book.
I really enjoyed this course. I am completely new to the social sciences and I learned a lot. The instructor is a great teacher who explains ideas carefully. His enthusiasm for the subject is infectious and inspiring. The optional answers for the quiz questions are sometimes very close. It was challenging to pass the quizzes. I look forward to the next instalment: Modern Sociological Theory.
So great a course ! I learned so many subtletlies about the first sociologists. Thank you so much!
A fabulous course to start with. After this course I can indeed read and understand the classics of the sociology. And I also love the clear, elegant, sometimes concerned and passionate expression of Mr. Dr. van Heerikhuizen.
Looking forward for the Modern Sociological Theory course that was promised.
The professor is a delightful, knowledgeable and articulate lecturer. The pacing of the course is excellent.
I'd highly recommend this as an introduction to Sociology. Particularly beneficial for those with no previous experience of the subject.
An interesting introduction to sociology given by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Why, I even now have a Norbert Elias book on my Amazon wishlist :)
Course have nice subject, but somehow cannot take my full attention all the time. Missing more practical examples.
hope to see soon the modern sociological theory course!
A classic course! Eager to do the next part.
It's a course very completed and it give you a good sight of the classical theories, entering you to the social thinking.
GREAT COURSE! GREAT CONTENT AND EXCELLENT PROFESSOR. 100% RECOMMEND
Great course! I am just more curious about all the subjects studied by Sociology! I really look forward to start my undergraduate degree in Sociology in the city of Laredo, Texas! Greetings to everybody, I definitely recommend this course to anyone that has even the slightest interest in knowing about what Sociology is all about, this is the course you need!
Lectures are intuitive and easy to follow, while the quizzes complement them perfectly. I really enjoyed this course!
It's probably the best introductory course to classical sociological thinkers I've ever taken.
Absolutely perfect! Very informative and what a great professor! Hope contemporary sociological theory will come up soon!
LOVE this class!
Excellent course about the classical sociological theories.
A great survey of great sociological thinkers. Perfect for anyone who has never taken a sociology course before. Interesting historical background and social implication information for understanding modern sociology.
The course is great and beautifully explained by the teacher. I am a Social Scientist and it is being great to remember and review all the classical writers of Sociology.Thanks a lot University of Amsterdam and Dr. Bart van Heerikhuizen
It's fantastic!
Interesting course :)
Thank you so much. Concise and very insightful, it did make me want to read more of the classics!
its just great the way he explains everything, makes it so much easier to learn.. even on another languaje.im from Mexico and i use this house to complete my understandings in class, i wish all my clases where like this course.Thank you for this.
Witty and interesting! Exactly that kind of open course I'm looking for online!
It's a fantastic lecture. The content is clear and succinct. The lecturer is good at teaching the complex in a simply way.
The content of this course is very good to cover some greatest thinkers in human history. It is important to know them and their thoughts to understand the society and oneself. One thing could be improved is the exercises. They're repeative and fail to inspire me.
Very interesting course, deepened my understanding of how the social world around me works and in turn giving me power from ignorance. Thank you.
Great !!!!
Good foundational view of sociology
great courses, Thanks sir !!
Love the teaching style and the clarity of concepts. A great professor. Wish he had more courses on sociological theory
Great course taught by an even better teacher! The content is very rich and rewarding and it is explai
Very informative, very well organized! Thank you, Professor.
This one is a great course.
Great way to get an overview of Classical Sociological theories for those who have a general interest.
Very interesting course. I really liked the way it is organized and the way the teachear speaks.
Great profesor! :)
A must have to understand progress of human thought in general; also get experience of what a sincere and committed teacher is like.
The professor's love for the subject matter is evident and the retention factor of the material has exceeded my expectations.
A great lectures, I really like the attitude of this professor. He is really into his subject and I appreciated his resolution, when it comes to reducing the legacy of his favorite sociologists, into just one crucial point.Not five stars for quizzes, the parts concerning reading of classics could be much more motivating, in the aspect of the actual reading and anderstanding.Wish the course from University of Amsterdam on modern authors to come sooner.
the mooc really gave me a perspective on the subject
Great for anyone looking for an introduction to social theory. Accessible, interesting and not too demanding.
I appreciated this course because I found in it something more than mere information, which one can easily find in Wikipedia, for example. There is love for the subject, relativization, historical contextualization, stimulation of a critical thinking, and an holistic view. All things that are rare in sociology, at least according to me.
Great course. Very eye-opening and an inspiring professor. I will continue to explore more in that area after finishing.
Very good intro. Being a Engineer with a couple courses of humanties, this was a solid base for further reading. Pay attention to the readings!
A great insight on the classical sociologists
Excellent professor!I look forward to the next course about Modern Sociological Theory!This course was very meaningful to me!
Amazing teacher. He has the clarity and simplicity. Lectures are sufficient enough to grasp the essence of the content. People may feel that it is easy to pass this course. I must admit that I was pursuing this course not for a grade but for understanding. I got it. Thanks to the course teacher.I completed other mooc courses in edx and other platforms.I competed a few. I going through two other mooc from coursera. I had a mixed feeling after attending other two courses from university of Amsterdam. But this course is the best mooc I have so far completed. I was so immersed in the teaching. I completed the course in five days. I am eagerly waiting for the MOOC on Modern sociological theories. There is some element of Eurocentric Focus. But we cannot expect everything one Mooc course.
Great
A great course on social thinkers.
This course is the absolute best I have taken on Coursera. The teacher is very engaging, explains with ease is a very friendly professor that guides you effectively as if you weren't taking this class online. It is elegantly designed with in-video questions and helpful quizzes that are short and on-point. I liked the over-all design, it touches in the most important thinkers of Sociology but also focuses on aspects that aren't always taught in Sociology classes. A great course!
Excellent! Thank you very much for this experience. Very explicative, focused on the most important aspects of each social thinker's therory. Many thanks to the professor and his team. I really enjoyed it!
Excellent Course with extremely detailed lectures.
It was really a perfect course. Thanks to Prof. Heerikhuizen and his team.
excellent instructor and graphics...Very thoroughly explained in simple way... Well Done Coursera!!!
One of the best MOOCs I've taken so far. I've fallen in love with this series.
very good, can't wait for the course expanding on modern sociology.
I denotes the course thoroughly. It was a pleasure to listen to the professor. He instilled a sense of joy in understanding the classical sociological theories. I feel happy that I was exposed to the ideas of some of the greatest thinkers of Western Europe. I look forward to the next course on modern sociological theories.
Extremely interesting course!!! I realy enjoyed it! Thank you.
I've been delighted by this course and I still keep saying I have no idea of how long my learning journey might be and where it will take me. You just gave a challenge I'm proud of!
Great, useful for everybody who wants to start or enhance his worldview
Bart method is just clear and fantastic, in my opinion. Great course!
Very nice course with thorough explanations on classical theories
Excellent course to learn classical social theory. The teacher is wonderful. Thank you.
An amazing start for my first online experience! This MOOC was an eye-opener for a field I had minimal knowledge about. It is a great testimony to the hard work of the organizers and executors of this course. The passion of the lecturer -Dr. Bart Van Heerikhuizen- trickles down to his audience through every single video of this MOOC. The adequately selected suggested readings were extremely coherent and captivating that even a week was barely enough for me to complete them. The books that I have on my to-read-list further to this course are so many, and I wish to get the time to do manage them. If you are hesitant about enrolling in this course, I strongly suggest you give it a shot. Cheers!
gives very clear idea and insghte into the lassons
Very enthusiastic teaching by the professor. I enjoyed tracking my progress throughout the course. Concepts were explained very clearly and in an memorable manner
Great lectures lead by a professional!! Thank You for the efforts!! :)
It is perfect for who want to learn the bases of sociology.
Excellent overview on the major sociological thinkers from Adam Smith to Norbert Elias. A very good introduction to the subject. Beware though - the professor is an engaging teacher, but his quizzes are tough. You actually have to do some of the recommended readings to answer the questions - there are at least three questions in each quiz based on the writings of the sociologist who is the subject of the test.
I really enjoy all the lectures!!!
An excellent introductory course to classic sociological theory.I'll be eagerly awaiting the modern sociological theory course.It would be very useful a course about the different sociological perspectives (Functionalism, Structuralism, Critical Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, etc.), their difference at methodologies.Thank you.
Great lectures with clear explanations and illustrations. Well chosen readings. Extremely interesting topics. Some of the quiz questions were ambiguous, particularly ones that asked students to pick the quotes that best represent a particular idea.
Thoughtful presentation with excellent graphics.
Great course. Not only is the topic interesting and the lectures informative and clear, but the lecturer is thoroughly engaged, obviously loves the subject and his enthusiasm is infectious. Really well put together by the team at University of Amsterdam. I found the readings interesting and the regular tests were challenging. I feel like this stretched my brain, in a good way. Can we follow on course about the modern greats of sociology? Please?!
That is Awesome, really interesting, it´s real knowledge, you find new ways to see social sciences and in that way the adventures in the world, being by famous
The professor is wonderful. He is informative and full of genuine passion about his subject and joy for sharing it. He makes the subject very fun to learn!
Very Subtle; Lucid; Articulated; Insightful-Knowledge-Packed Course!
Outstanding introduction to Sociology's greatest thinkers.
The course that can best show you to understand human interactions in society. I now have explanations to most of the world sociological issues.
It is one of the best courses on classical sogiological theory, in my opinion. The lector summarizes ideaies in a comprehensive way and invokes an interest to study further the theories and their authors. Enjoying the course a lot! Thank you!
Professor Bart is a really good teacher. Take this course and you will see. I have studied sociology at University of São Paulo, the biggest and the "best" university of Latin America (according to international ranking), since 2009. However, during all this time I never found a Professor like him.
This course is a very interesting introduction to the Classical Sociological Theory. The main authors and their works are presented in a thematic and progressive way. The pedagogic skills of the teacher, based on his involvement and his enthusiasm, are astonishing. I hope to find nearly the course on 'Modern Sociological Theory' as the sequel of this one. Thank you very much to the team to this great work and best for all!
I like it!!!The Course is smart, interesting & appropriate level. Thanks to the instructor and the team. Thank you to the Amsterdam University for another great course!
Very fascinating course. I guess because I have a deep interest in Sociology. The way the professor explains the course is quite interesting and easy to understand. I do hope the professor develops a MOOC on Modern Sociological Theory.
Interesting insight in my favorite subject. A bit simple compared with my college classes
Excellent course. Very well and entertainingly presented. Very clear and informative content. Would love to it extended as a Part 2 to cover the more 'modern' Sociologists.
waw.... great course and great lectures!
Excellent, very interesting AND understandable, the professor is engaging and the love he shows for his subject quite touching. Thank you for this course.
Excelent contents, it is exactly the same that I learnt at University of El Salvador
Great profesor
Great course. Fresh and competent view of classic sociology. Weekly content is well balanced and the readings are very insightful. This course offers valuable insights about the sociology foundations that are still important today for evaluating social interaction. Thumbs up for a quality MOOC!
Excellent course and excellent specialization. The classes were well taught and easy to understand.
Thank you very much for creating this course. Basic concepts of Population, Sample, Sampling distribution, Sampling distribution variability, Hypothesis testing and ANOVA was really very helpful. the course is designed in a very nice way and the questions in between are of good standard.
Had important problems with SAS which were due to a bug in the software but did not receive any help from moderators. However the course was good and interesting.
Gives a brief introduction of basic data analysis tools and concepts. Simple yet effective videos.
This was good module. It covers the basics of inferential statistical techniques along with its application using SAS/Python. I would definitely recommend to take up if you are a beginner.
Interesting but very superficial I would say.
Found this course to be really nicely balanced... I learnt a lot and did not get bored doing so :-)
Good Course , simple but effective videos
Intersting Mentor.
Enjoyable and easy to follow along with. good videos and examples. Helped fill in some gaps.
Nice Course Thanks :)
It is not very deep, but it certainly helps to understand / consolidate some basic analysis / statistical tools.
A great course! Thanks.
Really good!
This course is very good especially for beginners getting started with SAS or python for data analytics. The lessons are very clear and easy to understand. Learnt a lot of valuable information and also enjoyed it.
Very clear description of basic statistics without all the jargons and mathematical formulas behind it. Unfortunately, somehow, such a good course lacks students and the discussion forum is like ghost room with virtually zero interaction.
Very informative. Tedious concepts like ANOVA, Chi square test etc taught in very simple and effective manner.There're two options for analysis, SAS and Phython. I'd recommend readers to read more on PROC ANOVA for better understanding.
Very well done. The videos are well explained, with nice illustrations and examples to clearly understand each concept. The assignments are self directed and do not take too much time to write every week. I really recommend this month-long course for anyone who struggles with basic statistic and wants to know how and when to run an ANOVA, Chi-Square, Pearson Correlation.
too mechanistic. not much creative modules.
Videos are good and to the point.Animation is very user friendly.
Very good from a conceptual point of view.
The material itself isn't bad, but the course instructors never respond to questions. What's the point of the class if I can't get my questions answered?
There was no explanation about background mathematics. Grading metrics are unclear because assessment of assignments are only peer grading.
Very basic introduction and not thorough or mathematical enough.
There is a lot of self-teaching with these courses because there are no professors present to reach out to with questions. In addition, the course staff do not always respond promptly nor are they fully knowledgeable about all aspects of error messages that may arise out of coding. At times the code that were provided in the lecture videos were out of date and a lot of time was spent on googling to find the updated code. This is definitely not a beginner coder course and I do not recommend it to anyone who has not coded before.
Amazing course for intermediate , well designed course material very good information about the different types of hypothesis testing.
It is a good course for a complete beginner in statistical inference. It helped me to understand some points I found confusing in "Statistical Inference" Coursera course.
It's one of the best course for understanding all the statistical tools , used for data sciences. Thanks to entire team for making such a wonderful course content
Awesome course. Thanks Prof.
Lectures are well realized (animation, change in contexts) and peer review process.
Easy to understand!
The instructors are pleasant, and the videos helpful. Unlike some classes where it feels like there is gulf between the toy examples covered in the lectures and what's requested in the assignments, the materials available speak directly to the homework.The virtually non-existent discussion board, lacking much activity from either students or staff, is a real downer.
This course is very interesting and every data scientist should take time and digest it.
Very nice lecture videos and explanations! Totally worth it
Complicated mathematical concepts explained in a very simple way.
Again, with no formal SAS training and minimal statistics background. I found taking the first course and then this course - week after week my knowledge grew in a consistent and organized fashion.
The manner how the course was done is very good. It was evenly paced. The only difficulty i encountered is when i try to submit assignments because for some reasons the internet in our area is so slow and i failed to create a tumblr account after several attempts. Also Im having difficulty with SAS also so i used other STAT software available on my laptop, it gives same outputs too. Great course!
Quick, easy and Practical way to learning statistical programming and data analysis with SAS/ Python.
I am just starting. But i like how peer review is made the core model of the entire specialization though :)
Very good for beginners. concept explanation as well as coding were great. doesn't take too long to finish. I enrolled regression modeling course by Wesleyan and waiting to start.
Great!
This is a good basic intro to both statistical concepts (correlations, analysis of variance (ANOVA) ), but also presents the methods for coding these tools in Python or SAS in a very accessible and easy to follow way.
very helpfull, thanks
I learn so much about forecasting with assignments ! Thx u Coursera :)
Just a great course to get the big picture of Demand Management & permits to be able to get the base to go further & in detail. Definetly a great course.
Excellent industry knowledge coupled with engaging video tutorials. Great intermediate course to further your knowledge on the way traditional hotel departments have developed into the intertwined entities we see today.
Excellent course for intermediate level, with good explanations and highly relevant topics. Well presented, too.
Comprehensive and very thorough.
Felt a lot less like a commercial than those videos of the previous session.These presenters are much more conscious of how many hand gestures they use.Thanks.
A really interesting course, complete yet condensed to understand most of the future of Revenue Management: the comprehensive Demand Management. Accessible to most and really well made. Will recommend!
High quality professionals spreading their knowledges about marketing , channels and resources in hospitality and IT business. Update issues in current matters. Thanks!!
Absolutely brilliant course with a variety of speakers from different backgrounds - loved it!
The course has intrinsic value, but as the complexity of the materials covered, the weekly slides were a priority to allow students to grasp better the materials covered. Just relying in the videos to assimilate the content is not an effective form of learning. Also pausing the videos to watch the definitions in most cases was ineffective as it was hard to see it properly. Please consider to release the lecture slides to all courses. If the slides were available, that would helped me to go further in my learning proccess. That's why I only give a 3/5. The slides are determinant to improve and master (to some extent) the materials covered.
This was a very helpful introductory course I would recommend to anyone with no experience. Lectures were clear and easily understood.
Well structured course. Accessible for everyone who has an interest in cryptography. Really good in repeating the key points.
Great intro to a complex topic.It could be improved by having the programming assignments be:+ Mandatory+ More related to actual cryptographic algorithms/libraries (only some are)
Nice Course for programmers
The Course has been more about knowing about and implementing them and has been more helpfull in doing so.
Such a good course
Succinct but in-depth course about the important crypto primitives and how they work behind the scene. Awesome course!
This course is the real deal. You will have to work hard to pass it. It gives a solid overview of the main cryptographic concepts like pseudo random generators, functions and permutations, block and stream ciphers, public key encryption, and key exchange. If you haven't studied number theory, plan to spend some extra time getting up to speed.
Thanks to Dan for the excellent course, really enjoyed it!
Excellent course and covers a lot of ground. Fairly challenging, at least foe me :).
FANTASTIC course!!! No better place to learn Cryptography. Prof. Boneh has amazing ability to explain difficult concepts in an easy way. Don't get me wrong - it's not super easy topic but the way you are guided step by step makes it the best Crypto course on Earth! EXCELLENT JOB!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent course. Dan explains crypto from the ground up making it easy to understand more advanced constructions as the weeks advance.
Very interesting but sometimes too detailed. Courses often needs good knowledge in mathematics althought there are some reviews.
This is a fantastic introduction to the world of cryptography! You learn about the basic concepts of encryption, authentication, authenticated encryption, public and private keys and the underlying mathematical principles that (should) make it hard to break the ciphers! You also learn about historical developments, real world applications and current challenges that would bring you instant fame in the crypto world. Also it is not a disadvantage if you really love solving puzzles!
Professor is very knowledgable but he is fast... Even before i can understand the first line. he is on the fourth line. i find Hard to keep up with him. I am dropping this course.
Thanks, was a really great and enjoyable course.
Excellent course to master the basics of cryptography, and for smart card developers to understand what's written in the specifications. Crytpography II is my next goal :-)
Excellent resource for encryption primitives, and the math behind good crypto.
Very well explained concepts, a must for every student of crypto world
Amazing!!! It was long, but totally worth it. I hardly believe that such material is given for free in this platform. Thanks a lot to Dan for the course.
very systematic and thorough application of crypto
Just Awsome
Thanks for Coursera to give me a valuable opportunity to improve my skills coursera rocks
A fantastic overview of the subject. Highly recommended!
Cutting edge cryptography topics. Good explanations and slides, but pause button is highly recommended. Can be a bit too mathematical for the general public, and not very formal for mathematicians.
It was an absolutely wonderful experience. Looking forward for cryptography 2
Lots of knowledge and an engaging course.
Thank you very much for anyone that make this course very interactive and fun. Special thank's for Prof. Dan Boneh as Instructor in this course.
Excellent course, i recommend it to any one willing to start understanding and working with cryptography.
The way material is presented and the cource pace is perfect. After lessons the topics are clear and there will be much more understanding why all those crypto libraries are built like they're built, and how to use them even in case the API is not elegant and is error prone. Can't wait until part II!
An EXCELLENT course on Applied Cryptography!!!!
it is a great course, covers a lots of different area with details and concepts. i like it very much.
Really cool course that was fun and very informative. Really well designed quizzes, homeworks, and programming assignments. It was pretty difficult compared to most online courses but I guess that's expected from Stanford...
This course is brillant, with awesome (optional) coding problems to learn who to go from theory to practice! Thanks for these wonderful materials.
Lecturer was able to communicate and breakup difficult topics into simple easy to understand lessons progressively.
Great course. Challenging topics and exams
Recommended!
Great introduction to Cryptography.
while i do my ms agree ,i found this course on the right time
There is no reason why this course deserves anything less than 5 stars.Everthying is nicely explained and there is so much to learn.
This course is definitely worth the time -- the explanations are very logical with refined transitions from topic to topic. I enjoyed every part of it including the tests and programming assignments. Thank you very much for filling many gaps in my knowledge!
Great introduction to the concepts. I really enjoyed learning everything in this course. My only regret is that I was too busy to take time to do the optional programming assignments.
the real MVP!
A great introduction to cryptography. The material is all contained in the lecture videos making it easy to work through. The notation becomes a little hard to keep track of following week 4 but that's probably my fault for not committing it to memory thoroughly enough
The course gives fundamentals of Cryptography. But I would say that it dig very deep with fundamentals so I would highly recommend this course if you need/want to understand Cryptoraphy
This course helped allot by which I learn more in Cryptography. Thank you very much for providing an excellent opportunity to learn this course.
Very theoretical and mathematical and not enough real examples.
I liked it! Hard but worth it.
Great Instructor, really enjoyed his style of expanding the math "sentences" into lay English EVERY SINGLE TIME! That really helped this learner "go with the flow" as my background is CS.
This isn't a beginners course. I dropped out in first week. I took every note I could and reviewed again and again. I really think the instructor is an intelligent man, but I'm not quite sure he understands how to teach well. I'm really disappointed that I didn't get to take anything away from this class.
Usually cryptography is something what developers don't like to touch or pay attention to. Fortunately, most crypto features are available: just use openssl. But understanding is still important, though the course was very helpful for me. Thank you very much, Dan Boneh.
One of the best introduction in Cryptography and Number Theory. Thanks to Author for clear explained information!
A really hard class for anyone not graduated from collage.
Challenging but worth the effort, especially if you work in software development.
great introduction to crypto.Enjoyable and well designed course. Challenging material and practical exercises.
Excellent course. I've worked with cryptographic methods and practice for many years, but this course provided me with a stronger understanding of the underlying theory than I'd had before.
The explanations are clear and the topics are relevant, interesting, and well explained. I have a background in computing science and machine learning.
The course is really what I wanted: It covers theoretical and practical aspect of cryptography. The exercises are also very well designed, although, I found some of them quite difficult.Overall, I would recommend this course to a friend.
Tough! But worth it!
Great course!
Time consuming and hard work but very rewarding. Took me several attempts to finish (other life commitments kept getting in the way).Will be doing it at least once more to try and finish all the programming exercises too :)
The course is very well structured and gives overview of whole flow and systematically prepares us to understand each of the part. I am really looking forward to Crypto II, where will be described more things about certificate and new exchange protocols. Thank you.
Great lectures to give a basic understanding of cryptography!
Very thorough, lot's of math. A bit too academic for my taste, it's not really useful in practice.
Really helps to understand the underlying concepts of SSl and hence helps understand the working of SSL.
Cryptography I is most interesting and useful course. I like it very much.
Amazing course, awesome practize - want more!!!
I always wanted to know a bit more about cryptography, and this course is perfect as a starting point. It balances theory with practice. The part I enjoyed the most was the programming exercises where you could use some of the theory in practice.
Very interesting course, I used it as Brain training. Thanks you.
Awesome course!
Great!
The course is very interesting and very challenging,As an firmware engineer who never had the chance to learn Crypto. the course gave me a grate introduction to this field.It is very fascinating to understand the different Crypto. methods and their vulnerabilities, and it made me more aware and gave me the ability to evaluate strength of Crypto. systems that I encounter.Before every topic there were a detailed overview on the Math theory required to learn it, the explanations followed by real life examples and it feels like the team put a lot of effort to make the lectures comfortable and easy to follow.The Homework are challenging and very help-hull to understand the learned topics.
Quite challenge but it is very well prepared course.
Excellent introduction to crypto primitives with gentle coverage of formal definitions and methods.
Very stimulating, very accurate, good balance between theory and practical examples. Many thanks to the teacher !!!
Great course! very interesting
This is a great course that was taught well, and had very helpful mentors. In general I found the course challenging but not too difficult. The reward was a good understanding of the open cryptographic protocols that are used in most real world applications. As minimum prerequisites, I would recommend having done courses in statistics, probability theory and programming.
Great course!
I am happy about the fact, that this course is teaches people very important Cryptography subtleties. This makes me think more about -- what would be the best way to preserve this information, so that it can guide future human generations! Thank you, Professor Dan Boneh! I am looking forward for the Crypto II. Kind Regards, Andrey Arapov
Great course indeed!
Fantastic course that gives the basic notions of cryptography. Both practical a theoretical tests are very useful.
Great course!
Amazing course!
Amazing content and great material to study
Very informative beginner course. Perfect for someone who needs to understand the basics. Prof Boneh's instructions were excellent and the quizzes were tough but valuable.
clearly and easy to understand
I took the course in 2014, whether you are a beginner in cryptography or a regular practitioner, the course won't disappoint you. Another master class from Stanford. The problem sets and programming assignments are of reasonable difficulty. So if you are planning to take a course on cryptography, this is just the one- comprehensive and up to the expectations.
Can't wait for Cryptography 2, excellent course, fantastic professor.
Quite good course to increase your cryptography skills...
Great course! Thank you!
Thanks for a grate learning experience.
I had to review college algebra and some of the prerequisite, optional material to get by. I found myself thinking I understood until I got to the quiz. There are a lot of spaces where he assumes you know things or that you will figure out that a+b=c (like putting 2 and 2 together). Notes should probably be taken in outline format. After watching a couple weeks you can tell how he organizes it. The teacher is very knowledgeable and explains concepts very well. The material can still be incredibly hard and gets easier as you repeat it.
This is a fantastic course. It has greatly kindled my interest in cryptography, and I look forward to learning more on the subject from Prof Dan Boneh.
Dan Boneh is an excellent techer, he has the ability to simplify complex topic. So greatful to be able to take clasess with him.
Wonderful course and the teacher is very well prepared.
Excelent course and professors..
Amazing Introduction and oreview !
Pretty nice course! It helps me understand why encryption algorithms have been designed to be the way it is now.
This is a tough course.but teaching is very good.
Good choice, recommend to everyone!
The course is clear and goes at a sustained but correct pace. I really like the fact to show the weakness to understand what are the requirements of a secure PRF, PRP & co!Optional programming assignments are really interesting unfortunately they take too much time to do and lack of guidance as it could be the case for the famous ML course. At least the first exercises should provide a development environment to get familiar with: hex, crypto libs, dictionary research, stats algorithms implementation ...The first two weeks lack of in-video tests.
So great!
The course was authentically cryptic. Just kidding. Once I listened to Prof. Boneh a few time over, I started to get the idea. asymptotic security while never stated as such played a fundamental role in the security proofs. Professor Boneh augmented the notion of correctness to include immunity from side channel (Power and timing attacks). The course was a great medley of pragmatic advice and theory. I am grateful for this class.
Amazing course and an outstanding teacher. Worth every penny and minute spent on this one. You learn not just how to build secure systems but also how NOT TO, which I consider even more valuable.The material is explained so fluently you have no doubts about professor's outstanding knowledge of it. This doesn't mean it's an easy course, though, so get prepared for some headache :)
A very challenging but worthwhile introduction to cryptography.
No matter whether you know what Cryptography is, and if you don't know whether you like it, you'll find the answer after taking this course.
Great into to the disciple for those of use who are interested in it but don't have access to a formal crypto class for what ever reason. This class made me fall in love with Coursera.
This is just a great course. The subject was new to me, and while it was difficult, I learned a lot and actually got a good grade.Prof. Boneh is engaging and very clear in his explanations.
Teacher is very clear and the course contents are very good. This course is highly recommendable to any who is interested in crypto.
I am very happy and satisfied pursuing this course. I love it. Cryptography is one of the very important concepts in Computer Science and just loved to have the course from Stanford University.
Hard but very fun, cool and the teacher teaches very well!
It 's the second time I follow this course and I still find that so amazing. I'm waiting Crypto II until a year and I hope it will be released soon... Thanks Pr Boneh for sharing your little (for you) big (for me) knowledge !
cannot s it actually.
Very good course, it's easy to understand the concepts and the programming assignments help to understand the details of the implementation of the algorithms.
Great course. I haven´t finished it yet but is too useful and well explained.
This time it will be finished. I have such a craze on cryptography and network security. i want to finish the course perfectly this time :)
Great course, but a bit disappointed by the fact that I'll have to do it all over again to get a certificate.
Great course.Very intensive - not a single page without teaching you something new.
I didn't have time to finish but first couple of weeks were great, a lot of math concepts sometimes hard to grasp but I like it, that is why I enrolled, I recommend it for anybody who knows some math and want to know history, how it works and background of cryptography from beginning till this day.
pretty good, well explained and clear
I learned a lot about this course. This is a very helpful addition knowledge to my profession.
It's a great course! Professor Boneh has done really big work to explain the principals of cryptography. I really enjoyed it.)
Very good course with a level accessible without the need to be a mathematical guru. Maybe some videos are a little beat too long.
This is one the best course to learn Cryptography. This course is speacilly design for basic level to higher level.
Very good course, clear lecture.
Excellent and very practical course. Thank you, Dan Boneh.
Fantastic course. I am getting preliminary idea of cryptography from this course. Hope to take the "Cryptography II" course as well.
I love the pace of the course. The content and narration is crisp and informative. Exactly what i was looking for. I loved the initial brush up sessions on discrete probability.
technically sound course
Excellent course, even the persons lacking the very basics of cryptography can understand.
The course is super-awesome. I am excited for next weeks....
Very exceptional material and courseware
Excellent course! I can recommend this to anyone who is not afraid of some basic math. But a person interested in cryptography should not be afraid of math, yielding that this course can be recommended to anyone interested in cryptography.
It's hard, yet it's really good.
This course is one of the best course I have tried lately and I cannot wait for Cryptography 2.
Really good course, instructor provides real life examples a tries to avoid the mathematic abstractions to minimum - relying rather on intuition and pictorial examples.
Simply amazing! A great social service in the history of Education.
Very very interesting topic. I like this course so much. It is the key to the information security. Thank you.
Real good course
I have already finished this course in 2014. This is my second time. Five-star recommendation!
收获很多，thanks!
Excellent course for those of you who want to know the very inner workings of encryption, how it works and why we use it.
Great class which inspired me with enormous excitements
When someone explains concepts and ideas in such an easy way, it means he/she understands fully what he talks about; this is the case of Professor Dan Boneh; I widely recommend this course for anyone interested in Cryptography topics.
very challenging
I liked the level commitment the programming problems demanded. It truly made you feel you had a deeper understanding of the subject after finishing them as opposed to just reading and answering multiple choice questions. Thanks for putting this together for the world to learn!
Fabulous course, great content would recommend to anyone in IT.
Wholesome experience
Really great introduction course for IOT and BYOD devices.
Would be better if this course includes guidelines and policies of cyber security
this course its very good
Links to 4 year old articles, websites and TED talks that can be found on Google don't really constitute a course to me sorry.
I liked the combination of video and readings, and short quizzes during the video. Very practical while still academic.
Cyber Security is miniscule in the topic. Mobility poses severe cyber security threat and syllabus is talking about MDM which is for compliance and cyber security.
Generally, a fair intro to key topics in "Cybersecurity and Mobility", however some of the sources are dated (and could be updated), given the fast-paced nature of the field. Still, worth some time if you want to learn more about where current trends are heading.
Interesting info and very interesting point of view
Excellent course for learning about the growing cybersecurity challenges associated with BYOD & enterprise users moving to their personal devices. Also places an emphasis on end-point security and application security without digging into the technical aspects but rather focusing on the security. User friendly BYOD policy and awareness are key.
Very effective!
A little dated, with most material and research presented from the glorious days of 2012. The issues at hand are however still valid, though
Good course for general knowledge of the subject. I felt the amount of reading, especially the 4th week, should be more accurately represented. At least for time management.
Its is a great course to take, it opens you the window for future knowlege about cybersecurity and mobility.
Course is designed very well, tutor explained all topics in detail and would be great if there are some additional information about the progression towards as a Cyber Security profession.Highly Recommend to other learners and many thanks again for offering such a valuable course.Farrukh
In my opinion this is not a course. The contents are a short interview cut up over 4 weeks, fluffed with a myriad of vendor-biased PDFs. The 90s classroom style video editing is annoying to boot.
A wonderful course delivered in a lucid and easy to understand format. I like the discussions much. Thanks.
A very informative course in the sense that though its very basic but its the first time I got everything in a structured way. I am already a Infosec professional however my domain is not mobility. So mobility with security and its use business development is a phenomenal task. Hence, I guess its a very good course for this specialisation. I am not giving 5 stars as there is always scope for improvement. However, it may be taken as a five star course.Thanks to all the people who designed the course.
I wish there was a little more meat.
Great class; interesting reading assignments
Useful course on Mobility
Excellent to better understand those new threats
A good introduction to the subject of computer security and mobile security. More of a general subject and not vert in depth, but a great start.
So far I've gone through the first week. Lots of business and technical info. The video quality is AMAZING!!
I would recommend the course for everyone who is either beginner or an intermediate researcher like me
Thank you so much coursera. I am so delighted.
informative course. Lots of information provided.Course set a foundation of knowledge that will be built upon.Good instructors. Good pace.
Great course, the instructors were clear and concise. I had zero knowledge of DM before this course and this course show the basics and essential at least to start to talk about data management. Absolutely indispensable to anyone doing research of any type. Kudos to the teachers!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was well-taught and easy to follow. It covered many aspects of data management that researchers might forget to take into consideration as they begin their research. As someone who is interested in Library Science, I found this course incredibly informative and interesting.
It is a really great course! I learnt a lot!
Very good course!
It was wonderful reading and building our knowledge. Thank You our Professors and mentors. Please let us know the procedure to get our certificate. Please send the details in dangolreshma11@gmail.com.Once again thank you so much............ :)
An excellent course for all researchers that want to understand what Research Data Management is and how to apply this to your research. The course also gives very good arguments why managing and sharing data is an excellent career strategy for researchers.The videos are short but really informative and full of further sources of information. The practical exercises (optional for completing the course) are a great way to consolidate the new knowledge and to helped make the cognitive bridge to data management practice .A course any researcher that aspires in applying for a Horizon 2020 grant in Europe should take!
This course provided some god information on version control and file naming conventions, but a lot of the lessons just refer to the DDI protocol.
I probably should wait to finish this course before reviewing, but I'm halfway through and have found my motivation gone--I'm finishing it just to finish it. The delivery adds nothing to the content, especially as much of it is simply the presenters reading lists also shown on screen. Class content would better serve the students as a searchable PDF. And why are there super-specific questions on quizzes about things like what specific funders require in a grant proposal? That's information that you look up when you need it, not that you quiz people on. This class is a let down.
Good introduction to an area where library science, information science and archivistics come together.
It's very useful. I recommend this course.
A very informative course. i learnt a lot.
very good course!
I found this to be an excellent course. I have been teaching myself about data management for about the last two years as part of my work. I have read many documents, taken one course and have been to a couple of workshops. But I still felt that I was missing a lot of information - especially if I am to help researchers with their DMPs. Finally, thanks to this course, I have the more in depth information that I need. The topics covered, and the way they were covered also helped me to paint a better picture in my mind of the "whole process of data management" - an not just disjointed information which I felt I had.My compliments to both of you for making such an excellent course.Jitka Vavra
This is a an important topic and more scientists (and students in the sciences) should learn about this but the quizzes are not great as a learning aid and my motivation is running through lows.
It's a great course!!Fernanda Peset
Great course!
Very informative and deliberat
This course is vital for every caregiver. Thank you so much.
Thanks for a highly informative course
Excellent Course and fantastic TEACHER!!! Dr. Mannino is fantastic!
Good Materials with great instructor
good course for foundation
Very well structured course, with very nice contents. Needs revision for a lot of easy spottable errors, better lecture slides and better explanations. The last module also needs a complete revision because it has errors and it is really not well explained (beside the subject is relatively simple).
Great course. I learned database essentials before, but this course presents content way better.
Thank You for beautiful course.
Great Course and Instructors!Only think i didn't like is the peer grading system as many of the users grade low without any reason!
This course is really amazing!
best course for a database beginner.
Hey corsera kindly check my week 4 answers please i answered it before and no one doesn't checking it i finished all the weeks except week 4 thank you.
This course helped me a lot. It's a big help to me as a student to learn all of this in videos and words.
Comprehensive and good pacing for content.
Very Intresting
Personally they should add a free textbook and a vocabulary list with clear examples.So yes this course could benefit from more detail time to time
Would like more thorough definition of terms, examples with explanation application of terms. Still a great course. Learned a lot.
A great course with great exercises.
Amazing course
this course is giving me a lot of useful info and i recommend it to others who is interesting to start learning DBMSs
Coursera and this course sucks. You are at the mercy of idiots doing your peer review.
very Great well thaught and underastanding
This is the worst course I have ever seen in my life, I'm ain't lying these guys use the terms which they haven't thought and they use it so frequently as if they have thought it, One who were teaching may be industrial experts and have lot's of experience, but one thing to note is:Teaching is an art...
Awesome Specialization! Thanks!
Good focus on database essentials
horrible
It's so nice.Good explanation and matter.
Instructor teach well and thoroughly. Gives a good foundation for understanding databases, structure, queries, issues and applications, without excessive strain. Useful for understanding effort required at work to make changes and improvements.
Good course
Good for business/system analysts as well. Excellent course to learn how to conceive ERD diagrams.
The course was very helpful
Great course
Provides an excellent coverage of the essentials of Databases.
Recommended for everyone making transition into Database Career.
In wk3 my DB is totally messed up and I do not know where to find the CORRECT create statements to recreate the DB that the assignments expect! It shouldn't be too difficult to provide one page that gives the commands to execute to create the DB that is used in each week (for each week separately). Due to that I'm un-enrolling from this course.
It is very good beginning for BI.
Great course. Needs more than the suggested time to do it justice.
good learning
A free book to read would have been nice.
Excellent course content, very well presented, great slide decks.(When I hear "DB Management" I think of tablespaces and indexes. The course should be named "Data Modelling Essentials" instead. )
A very comprehensive course to learn databases and related concepts.
Great course, learned a fair deal in regards to DB from a beginners POV. The only thing that left a sour taste in my mouth is the poor attitude of some students towards each other. The course uses peer-reviews and sadly some students take joy in poorly grading others whilst providing feedback along the lines of 'Great work!'.If there was the possibility to actually report these users instead of having to resubmit your work and pray the next set of peers have some decency, I'd happily change my review to a 5 star.
Course moves very quickly, but material covered was good. Some complaints that the peer-graded assignments need an appeal process.
Good as an introduction to DB!
Great course for a solid introduction to SQL and database concepts. I would highly recommend it. However - if you are completely new to SQL, you must expect to spend a lot of time on the first half of the course.
Course really introduced me to the basic concepts that I need in database design. I really appreciate.
Great Course
The material is fine but the course isn't taught well. The instructor tends to start talking immediately in subject jargon and abbreviations without first giving students an intro or explaining foundation material first. It seems a lot of material is left out of the lectures and slides on purpose and forces students to buy the instructor recommended text book (which is also authored by the instructor). After each lecture I'm forced to Google search a lot of what was mentioned before I even understood half of what the instructor was talking about. I didn't pay to listen to something that forces me to Google search everything.
Very good. thanks you for help me to improve.
Its good
No programming demonstrations, but this is a very good introduction! thx!
This course will be very help for me in my masters track. Since I am doing master in this field so I want to study all the topic in more detail. Furthermore, the course is helpful for me in my career development.
Peer Review is sub-optimal
great course
Awesome course, well taught.
This course is really helpful About Database Systems.
Good one
This course help me a lot in my career
Good instructor his teaching way is good!!!! hope so its easy ahead...
Great content, horrible technical support from Coursera and the team that runs this program (since it is clearly obvious that Michael Mannino just recorded the videos and is not part of the class anymore).
very good course
Very good but more examples missing
The course is very well structured and everything is well explained. You learn a lot, but for a person with poor previous knowledge about database systems it requires more time dedication than the the 4-6 hours it says.
This course is on-point and it has really helped me develop my skills is database Management.
Thanks.
It well designed course. It has good composition of basics and as well as use cases details. Thanks to instructor for good explanation.
can't wait to rate this course! I hope I could give 1 start but to show respect I rated it 2. It's just because I personally don't like the instructor and the way he talks, which could ruin the course! I truly hope we could have another instructor in the following courses or the whole specialization would be ruined and so would my interest in database.
I really enjoyed the course. I think the pace of the course was a bit fast but I could catch up with the lecturer because I was mostly familiar with the concepts. In that sense it was a great for revision. I recommend studying hard and solving lots of sample problems for newbies to benefit from the course to the full. Regards.
Really useful!
Nice introductory course for database management. Assignments are challenging enough for beginners like me but I like that. If I'm already 'investing' my time into something I expect to learn something in return. This course gave me that kind of reciprocity. Course would benefit from radically different approach to video-lessons. Reading from power-point slides which are written in the same manner, have identical structure tends to become tedious after a while. Professor seems nice and knowledgeable but a bit more relaxed and/or engaging approach would be beneficial to many. Oh, and peer-reviewed grading, wherever possible, should be replaced with an auto-grader. That's not a critique, though. Not quite sure if it's even possible with this kind of material.
Excellent course with lot of insight to Database Management System.
The content was very well structured, the practices were very appropiate to the concepts that the course is teaching. And the professor is very clear explaining each of the modules, one of the best courses I that have participated . Thanks !
Great course.... with lots of practice questions.
Excellent course, with good video lectures. However, the written course materials, especially in terms of slides and assignment instructions, suffer from poor grammar and an occasional lack of clarity.
Good Course with good learning, but at some places it becomes extremely boring which drifts away the excitement and commitment towards the course.
very informative and rich content
This course is so interesting and very useful.
The course was clear, I had difficulties to find course materials, especially examples were used in the video class, I wish they had been put in more obvious places.
Very useful and applicable material.
Great
it is really good course. but the lecturer should speak slower and more focus on the important issues.Thanks overall is a good course.
Thanks for a great course
Good course for broad end-to-end discussion of database design and management. Lectures are decent, assignments and practice problems are pretty helpful. Class takes 3-4 hours/week on average, though it varies by week. Would have like to see more advanced discussion for some of the easier topics/shorter weeks.
Good review of DBMS concepts and practice, I felt it was a nice refresher.
An excellent course to start with. Great for people who are just starting to learn database as well as for those who want to refresh their knowledge regarding the subject.
very informative!
i will be applying for a bussiness intelligence job within 1 month, and within the first few lessons im feeling very much confident that taking this course is a good step towards my database management career.
This is a very good course that teaches you many important skills in preparation for the next courses. It does start off with the basics of SQL DDL and DML that most professionals may already know, but later modules that cover design concepts and practice are very good. There are a few errors in the videos but these are easy to spot.
Perfect for a DB beginner ! It has all the basic standards taught to follow when working with basic commands in DB.
Do not be fooled by the course description. You do need to know some basics before attempting the course. Be prepared to look a lot of things up independently or purchase the "optional" text book. There is virtually no moderator in this course and the instructor does not grade or comment on the discussions. Basically he is reading you PowerPoint slides and adding very little to the lesson by watching and listening to him do so. Your grades are based on what your peers (who are also trying to learn) think or interpret the correct answer to be based on their limited knowledge and discretion. I would not recommend this course for someone wishing to learn SQL as it is not the main focus, it is only a small part of the lessons.
The course is very well structured and provides good resources of practical data sets. I would recommend others to do this course.
Step by step explanations. Divided into small parts so that the students can digest the information in small pieces. I like it so far.
A good course to learn backend
Pros: Information is perfect for anyone looking at Business Intelligence as a career field, or already in the career field itself. I found the first week to challenge my on-the-job knowledge of a fuller set of concepts and general terminology.Cons: The wording on the quiz questions, in some cases, seems much different than the PPT slides and the instructor's language. UPDATE: The wording is a significant challenge, even when advancing into the more complex topics. I have had many differences of opinions on the solutions based on wording in the requirements.
Excellent for start the journey to a magnificent BI Analyst.
The specialization is great, and the course breadth and topics described in each is equally good. For this course, however, I felt like I could have covered what was taught by myself with a book, i.e. I didn't feel like it was class room level engaging with the explanations.I realized this is a one way MOOC, but I've taken courses off and on since they came out, and some others felt more interactive. This was more of here's a slide, I will read what's on the slide and explain some topics. The assignments were not bad, but definitely took more time than stated (just keep that in mind). The other thing that would help immensely is having TAs in the course. It's possible that they may get some later, but I've felt I learned/got feedback a lot more in courses with TAs.That said, this is an excellent introduction to databases course, and there's not many of them out there. If I had to go it again, I would, and I also paid for getting the cert - if anything for career advancement and having it on your LinkedIn profile as a starter DB course.
Very good course
Wonderful course. As an Electronic Engineer, I've always have a lack of Knowledge in Data Base structures. Nowadays, not only software applications but software based hardware solutions depend on this infra structure to warehouse data and information. Moreover, we live today in an Analytic world, deep mining knowledge to make decisions every day. This Course met all expectation I had and I want to get trough specialization track. By the way, professor Mannino is a great mentor and quality of support material (book, slides, assignment, etc.) is totally above the line.
Some terminologies are confusing, like BCNF, more in-lecture examples are appriciated.
I really enjoyed this course, the course instructor has a nice tonality and the presentation are most of the time well structured. The database installation should be covered in more detail and i had to buy the book in order to understand everything. Over
I you like lots of exercises to master your skills -- than this course is right for you.
assingnments are not grading .so i do not have reason to study something that can't finish
good introduction to database and basic SQL
i learned a lot from this course , its fun and it has very good exercises
Easy to get started...
Awesome professors made learning SQL so easy. Thank you.
I could not finish because videos were stuttered - even with bigger bandwidth - and as a consequence I could not finish the course and the exercises in my limited free time (therefore, only 2 stars). Is the problem solved now - cause I d like to resume the course again. If that's more successful now I would start the next parts of the specialization.Thank you for an answer!
This course is very good!
A very good introduction to database management, the professor explain very good and you can learn so much, also arouses interest in exploring the topic.
Exceptional but i still feel that reading material should be free of cost.
The Course was excellent, regarding the lessons, practice problems, and the assignments.Mr. Mannino was a great teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.Regarding the reviews: I didn't have a problem in this course regarding the classmate's reviews. Everything what I have done correctly, it was reviewed also correctly. Where I had some mistakes, I was reduced some points. But, some of my classmates wrote that they were not fully satisfied with the marks given even if they provided correct solutions to the problems. Maybe in the future, you can think about the way how the students should be reviewed. This is of course just a suggestion.Best regards,Milos.
Not enough implication from the instructors in the course. Students are left alone with the material, without any answers to there questions on the course.Peer review process subject to personal interpretation and leading to frustration for the students.That's quite unfortunate as this provides a bad experience whereas the course might have been good without that.
Pros: The course content covers a lot of relevant topics on Database Management. Things like Basic SQL queries, Database Normalization, Conceptual and Logical databases, and making ER diagrams are covered in the course.Cons: Prof Mannino is a bit robotic in his reading out of long sentences and the constant pace of talking. There is tons of repetition of sentences and words mere seconds after they were just spoken. The lectures seem to be a collection of bullet points.The assignments and the peer review structure is really a low point. There's no specific grading rubric - so points allocation is random and based on your peer's assessment. I had many instances where my right answers were marked as wrong. There is nothing you can do to correct it. Moreover, the questions are iterative and thus the same apparent error carries on and you get multiple wrong scores.Assignments need to be submitted in documents. Separate documents for each question !! At times, even a one-line answer needs to be in a separate document. Pictures of database diagrams need to be pasted in said documents. It was a bit frustrating to take screenshots all the time. Especially when you make a small correction, and have to take screenshots AGAIN, then paste it AGAIN, and upload AGAIN !!Summary: Take the course for it's content, and use the assignments as good practice. Don't take the grading seriously. Also, focus on the content rather than the delivery by the professor, and you will still be able to get some value out of the course (and the specialization by extension)
Short videos, but good Practice problems and Assignments.
Professor Michael Mannino presents a very well prepared course that achieves optimal results in a limited time. Given my experience, it was a bit basic for me. Nevertheless, it filled in the gaps in my knowledge and gave me confidence to take it forward.
Great Course. Awesome Content. The sessions can be a little more interactive.
A good entry into database thinking. Homework is a tad on the high side for people who just want to learn on the side. Also, not clear why diagrams can't be automated directly from the database programs e.g. Access. Why would I draw an ERD and then design a database separately - better just design the tables and the diagram directly; then you have your ERD from the program e.g. Access or Filemaker.
good course
I found the content was great but the style of lectures were a bit too robotic and not conversational. This didn't help the learning process. Also, the course admin might consider explaining 'On' 'And' 'Where' 'TIMESTAMP', 'DateDiff' more than what was provided.
As I only interested in learning SQL, I did learn a lot quickly.
This is excellent course for someone that just started his journey with databases!
Good but with some errors in assignments and not real support via the forum - some question has not been answered
Very professional, very complete course.
Great first course to learn SQL language!
Nice course, but very little has been said about the performance of the databases.
Avoid this course like the plague. Terribly taught, no support, problems only vaguely related to the course material, and designed to force you to buy the manual for the course. The next classes in the specialization get even worse, with the student forums full of students who can't get any help though the grueling process of installing Oracle, Pentaho, etc. on a personal laptop. I was fortunate to have experience with the tools, would have never managed to finish the course just based on the terribly taught material.
Great course
A good introductory course. I would recommend allowing for extra time to get the database software up and functioning so that you aren't crammed for time trying to get it configured and do the assignment in week 2.
Awesome course content and teaching techniques used by Michael Mannino.Kudos!
This course is very well put together with detailed video lectures, many realistic practice example and extensive problem sets. It requires a lot of work but it can be accomplished quickly if you are dedicated. You can quickly acknowledge the value of the course by the amount of work the professors put into creating this course. If you want a course that gives you are complete introduction and detailed development of Databases and Database Modelling incl. MySQL and Oracle. This is the course for you.
A great course for everyone who wants to learn database management.
Excellent course. Sets a complete introductory base for DB management with some theory and examples.
Fair enough. Good material and content for someone new or that needs to remember basic concepts about databases. Not needed if the main focus is DWH and experience with DB exists
Great Course!! The videos are excellent and all the material given is easy to understand and practice It. Highly recommended.
This is a very, very good course about databases fundamentals and design.
Very useful information, and the explanation is really easy to understand
Severe lack of support (zero) from the professor or TAs. Some wrong solutions were provided for assigments but were never addressed or acknowledged that it will be fixed. Some assignment files are not Mac friendly or is just not viewable by all students (I can't tell). Materials are quite good but grading is subject to broad interpretations and there is no human to provide guidance on what are the best practices. To think that I paid for the specialisation in order to take the graded assignment AND I have to do the grading BUT I do not receive support? This is ridiculous. I will have to think three times before I pay for a Coursera course in the future. Never again. I will not recommend this to others.
Great teacher and awesome content!!!
Although not have any business intelligence content, I recommend it to people who need to strengthen their knowledge in databases. On the other hand, it should be an optional course for those who were interested in obtaining certification.
Interesting, I would have liked to deepen SQL knowledge and practice. The conceptual parti seems a little bit too important.
I enjoyed it quite well!
The lecture videos have a format that is a bit over structured. It feels like the instructor takes as much time asking and answering an often contrived "motivation" question as he does teaching relevant material. The slides are of sufficient quality however to make viewing the lectures optional. .I would have appreciated having all the courses documents in single zip file.
Very well prepared, skilled instructor
Poor english, hard to follow assignments (instructions spread out over 3-4 microsoft word documents with no links between them). Teaches SQL with MixedCase namings, all-named constraints and other non-standard syntax.
The way of grading is unfair sometimes.
A very well planned and prepared course.
This is a very well planned course. In a few weeks, the student learn a lot of things in a way that he/she consolidates the fundamental knowledge about databases.Congratulations to the course designers and thanks for the opportunity to learn all the concepts treated here!Thiago from Brasil. =)
Very useful this course. Thanks
The course was very well presented and was easy to follow. my only problem is that I struggled a little and as much as I was trying to follow and read the recommended reading material, I found that there was not enough time due to the volume of assignments per week. Maybe if the assignments were reduced or we have them every 2 weeks?!
Excellent Course and Very Knowledgeable but it requires some personal work outside the Course and it's only downside for me.
very good teacher and very helpful and learning style and really appropriate course content. thumbs up
Great
Excellent Course and well explained tutor
Great course!The course is well structured with clear objective for each lecture.The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant.Excelent material.Thank you!
Expected a lot more from the course. Also, the teaching style isn't very engaging either.
Assignments are very inaccurate. Mess with table and field names. Oracle VM is very heavy and slow to use on regular laptop.
I wish to have more contact with the academic crew.
Very nice introduction to databases. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments.
The course is very good
Good course material and wonderful instructor. Was able to learn a lot.
The course is well structured with clear objective for each lecture. It starts by asking the main question about the course then summarize the answer and the key messages.Practice and assignment are valuable to apply and test courses knowledge.Thank you
It was a very concise and to the point course. really helped learning new concepts and tools.
Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant.
Very interesting ... loving it.
REALY solid information in this course are given, great topics allocation and scheduling, definitely the best online course in this field.
excelent material. Good task and Assignments
It was a very nice course, however, there was less focus on SQL and more focus on ERDs
Great course! My suggestion is to correct a few errors in the proposed solutions. Thank you very much to all the persons that make this courses possible. I enjoyed it very much and I will continue to finish the full track.
many mistakes in files
Very good course. Clarified some basic concepts, got some hands on experience on using databases, ERD drawing tools. Need a bit more detailed explanation for the topics.
if you dont have knowledge of database at all, then its little hard to understand concepts.but the videos are insightful and helpful..we need to work more and more.Normalisation is little difficult to understand here...my personal comment
Excellent course!It was my 1st experience with Coursera and I didn't expect that online learning can be so stimulating and exciting. The biggest advantage of this course is its very practical approach and fact that each week there is assignment. The only disadvantage here is the fact that this course has been more time-consuming that I initially expected it to be hence I had to spend more time on it than estimated 3-6 hours a week. For full-time working person it was not easy to keep up with deadlines, especially the weeks with 2 assignments per week. Nevertheless - truly intensive and interestingly presented. I strongly recommend:)
Good course
This is a very good introduction to databases, how the evolved, what they do and why we need them. The presentations are easy to follow and a good number of resources is provided to deepen the understanding and to practice.While there are, of course, technical chapters that require the student to delve into a high level of detail, a large focus is on understanding the business problem that needs to be solved. Detailed knowledge and practice are necessary, but knowing how to join tables is not what makes a good database manager.Understanding and assessing requirements, identifying missing or redundant information are far more important.Thanks, Michael, for this course.
really good one!
very good for beginners, truly wide scope of topics.also some assignments' conditions are not transparent and contradictorythank you
Great course! Thank you!
Interesting and Informative
The teacher's lecture is not very clear and all the assignments are graded by peer classmates which may occur several controversial issues.
Very comprehensive course on introduction to database. This is an advanced course so you should have some experience with DBs before taking it. The lecturer, Mr. Mannino, delivers a dry, straightforward teaching style. There are plenty of materials but unfortunately, there is little interaction in the forums from the teacher himself.
A solid course, I feel well versed in the fundamentals of database design. The 'opening question' bits are rather superfluous though.
The course has good material and solid assignment. It would be five star if it goes more deep in some topics
I think it's a great course to help starters get ready to what's next.
Enjoyable, thank you !
Thanks to the Course team for the efforts
The course provides extra materials and so many extra practice problems, so that you can study thoroughly and really learn something.
To be an introduction, it is a good course.
nice course. however would have liked more specific examples of cyber conflicts along with how they were resolved to each country's satisfaction ( if there are any such examples to look at ). Thank you to you all for putting this course together.
It's Ok, nothing much to gain iin terms of knowledge realted to cyber conflict.
Great Couse!
The course was alright
Excellent materials and professors!!!
I like the comparisons between past physical wars and current cyberwar. However, the course take the long way to explain very basic elements of nations interactions and trust.
The videos were not always easy to understand because of the unclear pronouncing of the key speaker. Also although most of the tests were easy to complete, the ones that you had to write the answer down instead of only choosing the correct answer, were hard since if one word you wrote was wrong you lost the question.
The course in very interesting. It is focused on Cyber threats, cyber crime, Actors of Cyber crime, Motivation, attributions, psychology, international situation, cyber attacks in history, confidence building measures.I learnt a lot from the course and I highly recommend the course to others.
It gives you an interesting visions about hot subjects and provides with sources to go deeper. Maybe a course to short on each topic covered.
Pretty good course. While the assessments are pretty much just a repeat of the in-video questions, I feel I was still able to learn a fair amount.
Its indeed a plus to my career growth...
A detailed course which will give a great insight
Excellent Course, if you want to clear your aspect over International Cyber Conflicts.
I enjoyed the course and it ticked the boxes of my expectation.
A Great Course to understand the Cyber Conflicts issue. Highly recommend to individuals learning Cyber security or planning to go in that direction. Thank you to the Course Team for making the material easy to understand and interactive lessons !!
This course - analyses the Cyberworld - and what it is there for the people of the world. Very well compiled syllabus, course contents and assigment/quizzes. Thanks to the Professors of State University of NewYork as well as Coursera.
A political view of the Cyber Conflicts.
Nice blend of psychology, game theory, international relations and cyberwarfare, enriched with all kind of examples from the nuclear arms race.
EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND EXCELLENT MATERIALS
Interesting
Highly informative and interesting to follow even at this early stage I'l currently working at...
Course material was interesting but very rudimentary, the courses biggest challenge was understanding its spoken English. I do not recommend this course.
It takes time for me, as a non English spoken, to understand some professor's accent. Overall, I learned a lot from this course. This course helped me understand what causes of cyberattack are, the wa
Good way to be introduced into this topic.
informative and simple to follow
general view on the subject. some interesting ideas.
Very interesting topic with high level of explanation and references to self studies.
I thought SPECTACULAR HOW PROVIDING CLASSES, making THOSE WHO LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, SITUATIONS AND POWER NOTE PROVIDING SUCH INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
Good course ... good introduction to the topic.
The lectures are very well-organized. The topics are also cover in this field. However, the lectures are very dry and boring. The main professor were reading the scripts on the monitor. From my perspective, with his knowledge in this field as being described on his personal web site, he should be able to talk comfortably by looking at the topic on the slide then discuss about it in detail. I would suggest to change the environment to be at the wide open space, like coffee shop, to make this course more attractive. I'm sorry, it is not what I expected.
Superb course. Gave me a lot of insights.
Course in not only just about theory of cyber security .But also ,It also accommodates psychological view to cyber world . This makes it more interesting .The brief part of law related to cyber security buttress the content maturity .However, More information on privacy should be added .If done ,course is a 5 star Course .Moreover, every lecture gives information.So, efficiently crafted out of course .Overall,it's worth taking and worth time spending
A little bit short, but a great introductory class. Won't go into too much detail, but will get you started on the subject.
Excellent course, video lectures were very useful, psychology portion was especially interesting.
Professors accent very hard to understand. Week 5's lesson should be reviewed as may have no place in class
Parts are thin on detail. This is a good and broad overview but lacks in-depth information of use to cyber security specialists. Still, a good course to start with if you plan to move forward.
The topic of the course is very interesting, the readings were important, but some of the reading were based on a book, that I had to purchase. Was a very useful course, but was a little bit tiring, videos with 12 minutes with too much theory but less pratical examples. But was a good experience. I would like to thanks the professors, that made this course.
Good for an international perspective on Cyber Conflicts. Covers a wide range of topics
Wished the course was a deeper dive into this area.
The course content was great but delivery was a little dry. Appears that the presenters were reading from a teleprompter - sort of awkward.
This course was very informative and helped me understand about International Cyber Conflicts. Ahmad.
The same information was covered in multiple lessons. It was a very conceptual look at cyber conflicts that you could get if you paid attention to the news over the last five years.
I'm sorry that I'm going to sound harsh, but this course is useless.It touches so many different topics without going deeply into any of them. All you get is a basic knowledge about All Things Cyber™.The recommended readings are all over the place, the video captions look like they're just a basic speech recognition and like nobody actually proof read them. They're full of errors. Lecturers say one word, captions show a completely different word. Plus, they're full of spelling errors. (Kadafi regime in Libya!? Really!?)You can get the same amount of knowledge by reading two or three Wikipedia pages. Don't waste your time on this course.
Course was ok. However, some of questions were not clear based on excerpt from support video. For example, quiz #1 question 7. Course was "general" overview of very important subject matter of Cyber Conflicts. Looking forward to a more specific and detailed course structure. PS: A course concerning Cyberwar in Space would be quite interesting.
A comprehensive course with good thematic.
Good material.
Very useful course!
+ Excellent introduction and overview. Recommend!-Some of the readings were not available on the internet
Having no experience in cyber security, this course is helping me understand the basics of cyber security so that I may advance in Cyber forensics. I highly recommend it.
This course is very interesting and actualized.My unique problem is about the certificate, I need information about the quantity of hours duration.
Great information on cyber conflicts and the psychology of cyber conflict and warfare.
it was interesting to learn about the dynamics of the Internet and how it is used for villainous purposes.
This was a very good course (4.5/5.0). One area that could be improved would be the discussion of industrial control systems (ICS). On lecture briefly mentions STUXNET and SCADA, but this was rather incomplete discussion. A very recent incident that could have been used was the attack on the Ukraine Power grid as a demo of a cyber attack against infrastructure. https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/alerts/IR-ALERT-H-16-056-01?_mc=sm_dr_editor_kellyjacksonhigginsI am perhaps biased toward this area, since this is my field of work.
Excellent instructors, very interesting subject and great learning experience. Highly recommended Course for those aiming to master this subject.
awesome course I learned a great
On the positive side I emphasise the importance of bringing this topic to a Coursera course. Also the readings were important and added value to the learning experience.On the other hand there are - in my opinion some aspects that made this course a not so rich experience. First, there are some audio issues in the videos. Second, the quizzes are excessively easy and the in video quizzes should not appear in the weekly assignments. If there are required readings, some of the quiz questions should relate to those readings. This way students had an incentive to go over those readings. But the most salient thing that made my experience very limited was the fact that one of the instructors - the one that presented most of the videos, was excessively nervous and all that he did was read the slides, in most cases not doing so naturally and committing errors, rephrasing, stopping, changing speed. I found it very, very difficult to follow along what he was saying. I had to focus only on the slides, otherwise I would get distracted. I think it is ok to be nervous or at ease, but the team should alerted him to this, and shoot the videos again and again until they had acceptable and balanced quality.A minor thing, I would like to had available the weekly slides to further reflection. I think the video issues that I've mentioned should been carefully planned before this course made it mainstream.This is my opinion. Hope it will help you for future improvements of the course and/or other offerings.Ricardo Oliveira
Simply awesome!
Good course
Great course, understanding that our biggest security threat is our own behaviour is key to building cybersecurity.
There is a lot of practical and actionable information in this course related to cybersecurity. I would highly recommend anyone interested in their organization's cybersecurity take this course!
Very good content. It helped me learning more about the behaviour change models! Enjoyed it
A great course to check the vulneravilities that can have
a lot of interesting materials and articles for self-studying
Sways between incorrect definitions and buzz words to word dense academic papers. Lacks clarity to the point of bringing the providers expertise in to question (only those who understand a concept and have relevant experience have a hope of explaining it) . Calls in to question the motive of the course and coursera - this seems more like marketing or pre-sales than it does education.
Very informative and progress work for students.
Not worth wasting your time over: they state that which is blatantly obvious and provide little insight into human factors of security.
Tough course to get through and very different to the others in the specialisation but knowing about statistics has given me a different view of the world and I have really gained something from doing it. I can hold reasonable conversations with data analysts and the like now.
Really great course on statistical tests for experiments. The long quizzes are a little annoying, but helpful in the end.
I think this course missed an opportunity to teach ways to run real life experiments in abstract of R-Studio. Instead, this was an R-Studio course in running experiments in abstract of what or why you would want to even approach these types of experiments. It didn't fit the specialization IMHO, but I did find it valuable as someone who is re-approaching and deepening my existing skillset.
Too much statistics, too much coding and inadequate instruction. This is not a coding specialization and if I wanted to learn coding I would have taken a coding course! This 9 weeks course has been a nightmare!
This is the specialisation that sucks all joy out of the entire course. 6 month on and I am still on week 2. The software and the provided files are not fully working, something is always missing, constant error messages... If you don't have background in statistics, you will have a very difficult time.
Some times i felt lack of explanation. Because there is a lot of math. And quizzes are too big (10 + 32 questions on Week 7). But overall i would say that this course is the only one to which i will definetly come back
This is a complex course for people who don't know R Studio. While it is not very hard to learn R Studio (even for people who are not comfortable with coding), it is very difficult when people get stuck. I did not get the much needed support when my R studio installation failed or when installation of libraries failed with error messages. The instructor was good, course content is good, but the lack of a suitable support representative for such complex subjects pulls down the reputation of this course. Please provide a good support personnel to at least help with online queries.
I think it is a very good practical statistics course. Thank you!
Very nice course, at them same time challenging
Interesting to try R hands on. Could have made more definitive statements on the usefulness of each test (there was lots of 'you could have a look at this analysis, or this one, or this one' without covering why each one would be particularly good for this case). Some of the later exercises also made quite of a leap in terms of what you were expected to know about R syntax, although the follow up answers were good if you didn't understand what was expected.
NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW R TOOL!This course needs an interesting approach to keep students wanting to study. The teaching method was boring. The professor was reading things from the screen 90% of the times (he looked bored himself). The topics covered in this course need more time for students to understand 10 weeks are insufficient.
If you already took statistics, this is a reasonable refresher. However, it is way too brief for the amount of material covered.
Far too advanced for a total beginner as I am, was really hard and very confusing. My industry friends said it went too far for what I need in the real world
Too much theory less practical things.
This is a thorough course, but was way harder than I expected. I needed to understand the experiment design more than to learn R programming language. I am glad I did, but it was hard for me and took a lot more effort than anticipated.
This module took me on an interesting journey with lots of twists and turns. While I love challenges and learning otherwise I wouldn't have taken this course. I'd like to suggest the following: mentor to assist students, review of codes I found lots of glitches, one quiz rather than two, cut back on timeframe. I'd like to give more stars but am being generous with 3 stars.
Way to technical
Love it! A lot of important concept, algorithm and codes learned.
Designing experiments wasn't what I thought, and had a very steep learning curve.
Very hard to follow and to understand if you don't have any mathematics background or statistic knowledge. But it is doable.
Great course, my advisor recommended to me!
Excellent course. Very well organised. Challenging yet satisfying. Jacob Wobbrock is a very good tutor and despite the complex nature of the course material, he is engaging and thorough in his approach but leaving just enough for the student to explore and practice on their own. Very enjoyable. Thanks
Quite hard, advanced, but rewarding course.
Amazing class. Covers a great deal of statistical methods and explains them in a plain/clear/accessible way with good examples.It cuts through the chase and gives you what you need to know (the real essentials) from a practical standpoint. You will not get a lot of theory (for that, there are plenty additional courses) but you will get enough theory to select the right method for each scenario.It will not teach you to program in R from zero (for that there are many other courses) but it will jump start you with snippets of code that you can read, understand, modify, and use.Real useful stuff... done the proper way...
Great course! It was difficult, but mostly due to my lack of basic knowledge about statistics. A primer lesson would have been great. But with some research on some topics on my own I could complete the course with a sufficient understanding of the concepts.I found the lectures and assignments to be very clear and concise. Props for the professor ;)
Much more emphasis on statistical analysis than on experimental design. Seems out of place with the rest of the specialization in terms of both length and subject matter. Course assessments seem to test in-depth knowledge of coding in R (which isn't gone over in sufficient detail in lectures, rather students are told to look it up in more detail on their own; however, the class is already longer and more in-depth than all the others in the specialization!) more so than experimental design or statistics. Should be less detailed, or split into multiple courses, or at least should have an introductory lesson(s) or prerequisite course on basics of how R works - I found it extremely frustrating trying to learn about and conduct statistical analyses in a system of which I had only minimal working knowledge.
Neither statistics nor R was covered in any meaningful way. At the end of the course, you are left with frustration for having to jump through the loops, but no understanding of the principles. I am a college instructor for Statistics, having graduated from a PhD program - even with that background I could not follow the instructor.The course designer never considered the audience, and never identified the goals of this course. The instructor was lost between teaching R and teaching stats, so in the end he did neither. Worst course I have ever taken, both online and face-to-face.
It looks great
Awesome! Analytics is what I like. Design doesn't always have to be about graphics and drawings and arts.
OK content but too slowly presentedpainful experience to go through all the lessons
Omigod! You're kicking this off in R-studio and teaching the whole course from this interface? Could you at least use a pen with ink that we can read when you're not in R?!This might be the last straw for me in this specialization. Nothing about this subject matter is easily digestible for a designer, and I'm okay with that. (I'm also a web/js developer, so I'm used to intense struggles with really abstract stuff.)What I can't get over is that this is part of an interaction design specialization that teaches design concepts, but whose instructors almost never practice those concepts in their pedagogy. "Do as I say, not as I do" seems to be the prevailing MO. The whole effort seems totally half-baked, and nowhere more so than in this course.I might not be so harsh if there weren't such great examples of well designed pedagogy elsewhere in Coursera, and for material that's at least as dry as statistics.
Despite of been a interesting course I find it really hard to pass it. In my opinion, previous knowledge or R should be required.
It's a great course. It is very well structured and provides a foundation of research and I am glad that it is a part of Interaction Design specialization. However, might be extremely challenging for people without Statistics experience.
This was the most arduous undertaking I have ever been through. My frustration is not with professor Wobbrock, who is obviously an expert in his field (though sometimes I felt like he's speaking in "High Valyrian" and not English). My disappointment lies with UCSD which included the course of such depth of information and a strong requirement for understanding R, without much thought on whether students will be able to follow. I feel that going through this course was largely pointless, because I'm not going to retain much of the depth of the material in the long run.Based solely on this experience, I'm NOT going to be recommending this specialization to anyone.
Very dry content and hard to retain any information presented in the course because of it. Quizzes are fairly easy to pass provided you have some programming experience.
The instructor for this course was great. He was very responsive to students' questions concerns.
That course was going to drive me mad but it's one of the most useful parts of the specialization. I already know where to use it in my job as most people listen to numbers more. I think that the problems that appeared in the process of calculating the results are some bugs in R and have nothing to do with the design of the course. Good job, Jacob and Scott! You're great, guys!
Very very difficult. Quizzes are quite easy to accomplish, but the practical "take-away" from each week is small. I would have preferred if the course focused on getting the results(data) and keeping the statistical analysis to a few (most common) areas.Too academic. More focus on practice use.
Quite advanced in contrast to the rest of this specialization!
As a stand-alone course this would be very good. The presenter is engaging and clearly knowledgeable, and the treatment of the course subject is thorough and well-designed. Grounding UX design in rigorous statistical analysis is important.BUT as a component of the Interaction Design specialisation it was much too long (nine weeks, as long as the previous three courses combined) and the coursework was un-interesting (long sequences of statistical tests with strange names) and very different to the creative and interactive assignments in the other courses. It very quickly turned into a demoralising "death march" for me.As part of the specialisation, this course needs to be slimmed-down radically, and perhaps complemented by other analytical approaches to UX and interaction design. In its current form, the inclusion of this course in the Interaction Design specilisation is represents an error of judgement.
I took up to week 2 and, so far, this course assumes statistics knowledge. I expected it would provide a background on the rather than just run a code and show the results.
Not finding it very useful, but it's good to know about the concepts and theories for each type of experiments.
This course was put together with lots of thought and care, and I appreciated the thoroughness of the files and assignments. The content was quite dry, and I'm not totally confident in my abilities to execute the tests in real life.
I found this course hard, but very rewarding. R is a tool which I see more and more frequently on job postings so I'm grateful for having had an introduction into the syntax and the tool. My only issue with the course was that, as this wasn't a programming course and was just an introduction into the tool, I had no way of troubleshooting problems when I had error messages or my answers were incorrect. I struggled to know how to fix my test answers when they were wrong and had to re-do most of the analyses until I got different answers.That being said, the course materials were excellent and have provided a brilliant grounding into the tool which I'm sure to use into the future.
I was able to follow the course and keep the pace but I got lost on factorial ANOVA. The professor is great but the course feels rushed through. It would be great if more time was spent on actual explanation of main concepts, since many here are the beginners in stats. I will try again, hopefully will get it this time.
This is a really well-run course. The lecturer explains complex topics in a very simple way and is obviously very passionate about his subject. He is also far more engaged in discussions than any other lecturer. Unfortunately tis a total mismatch in the Interaction Design specialisation. We need to know what results mean and how to use them, we don't need to be able to calculate them to this level of detail ourselves. This should be pitched at a much much higher level for it to be a useful part of the specialisation.
This course is good but TOO FAR from the real content this specialisation look for (or at least, I was expecting).
I think the intention behind including this course was probably well meaning. I think it was a punishing course to get through for those of us who had no background in statistics, scientific studies, or programming. While I was able to fail my way forward through it, it was completely overwhelming, and overly painful. I really think the expectation should be set before students sign on to the specialization, as was I wonder how many students gave up on the whole Interaction Specialization after this course. Prof. Wobbrock was great, but I think there was a lot of vocabulary assumed to be known to us that just wasn't. I felt like I had been dropped down on Mars.
I think the course requires some basic statistic knowledge which I do not know anything about, it is tough to keep out. If providing some basic reading or keynote before hand would be really helpful!
too complicated
I'm really sorry to give this rating, but I have no choice. The course was horrendously boring, and so far removed from the interesting and interactive work that we had done in the previous sections of the Specialisation. This is such an unfortunate course to have as a requirement to complete the Specialisation, and especially the final hurdle to get into the Capstone. Moreover it was the longest of all the courses. Thus the least interesting and also the longest - makes little sense!As I said, I'm sorry to give this rating, but it needs to be said. The teacher seems like a great guy. And I'm sure he's killing it teaching statistics and R Studio at Uni, but using R studio to such a standard just doesn't seem like the everyday work an HCI designer would do. A statistician or data specialist yes, but a UI designer?Perhaps you could make the course higher level, avoid the indepth R Studio, and make it 3-4 weeks like all of the other courses.
Disappointed ... very technical course and not so practical for today's world, there is a lot of terms and subjects that you require a good background in statistics analysis to understand well. It is a shame that this take part of the specialization program.
If you do not know R studio or R programming this course will be very difficult for you. The fact that they state you dont need to know this program and then require you to use it to complete tests is unacceptable. Week 2 test onward requires you to modify code or program code in order to get statistics required to answer the questions. Their helpful hints cause errors when used mainly because you must know the correct syntax or placement of the code to get the correct answer.I'm very disappointed in this class and probably will not pass because I do not have the time to figure out how to program in R.
Overall the videos related to the quizzes are to vague and un detailed, I more often than not feel lost.Also this should not be part of the interaction design specialisation, and just be a small part of another course.Not once have I needed R or statistic in my 7 year design career.
Not recommended. Not clear why we need to use R and learn all this statistics. Not practical for use in UX design.
This course is good.
Little to no use for me. Should not be included in the specialization... I didn't sign up for a data class...
Hello. Unfortunately- 2. Just my opinion - not enough information about R tests and program, what is this, basic details for testing and code, no details for Mac-users. Videos are to short to understand details and goals, what I will learn, how to use mathematic formulas? If I could - I wanna leave this course. Thanks for understanding.
Thank you for designing a course that demonstrates that UX is not just painting!
I enjoyed learning this course from day one till I finish. The lecturer is awesome and the supplementary materials are well-prepared and extremely informative. Plentiful scientific literature on survey methodology are available to deepen you understanding on this topic. I particularly admire Fred Conrad, his expertise in Survey Methodology is unmatched. I wish I had him and this course when I was learning Statistics in college.
This is an excellent and a very interesting course. I have found slides extremely helpful and the subject is well explaine
Many thanks
great class and useful information. However, it feels very boring.
Informative
Very nice course, with lots of insights about survey data collection and the issues related with getting right data for right inferences.
One of the richest course I've ever taken. The quizzes even help me to have a better understanding about the content of the course. Highly recommend to master and phd students particularly in social science.
There is one word for this Course "Amazing". No matter if you are a undergrad student or a seasoned researcher, you'll feel that you have learned a lot from this course.
Excellent overview of survey modes. The interviews and use of research was especially helpful!
Great ! Extremely intuitive ! A lot of state-of the art literature and bibliography. Excellent !
This is an exceptional introduction to designing an organization. I greatly enjoy this iMBA specialization in Leadership and look forward to finishing all 7 courses. In one month, you learn a lot of very useful information through readings. excellent lectures, quizzes, case studies and written papers. I highly recommend this course.
very informative
A very good course that simply introduces the main concepts of organizational design
Great Course
An excellent course that mixed essay writing with quizzes to test the individual's knowledge of the course content.
Really Good Lecturer! He explains concepts in avery clear way.
MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE COURSE I VE SEEN
This is a very complete course, as well as challenging. It provides plenty of materials and resources to learn more on the subject.
interesting for my position as a General Managerl
Interesting case studies, but very uninteresting professor.
5 Stars! I really enjoyed this course as it provided plenty of real-world examples of organizational structures. A course easy to understand and relate to, with useful articles and essay assingments that allows you to research and gain a better understanding of the topic at hand.
The course is nice but the wording of the course is heavy and is confusing most of the time.You've to put a lot of effort in trying to understand what the instructor means or want to say/ask.
The lectures were great. The entire structure of the course is good
This course was good and the professor did a good job explaining content, however, it didn't really seem like useful information to me since it was extremely theoretical.
The course was interesting, but unfortunately it really felt like it was tailored to a male audience. The metaphors, examples (ie "surely you've taken part in team sports like American Football") and tone really made it feel like the course was aimed not at me, but at men. As a woman in an industry dominated by men, this was disappointing because I don't believe that I am any less deserving of a place at the top table, but this course made me feel like those kind of jobs weren't for me. I would prefer it if the course leaders would take the time to look at the content of this and other iMBA courses and ensure that the content takes on a more neutral tone, to make it feel more welcoming to people traditionally shut out of very senior roles
This course help me to understand the overall corporate structure and why the were designed as such
very useful content, great readings, but total lack of peer-to-peer engagement. It's like reading a book: nice but not up to industry best practices. Overall, the course is lower quality than the ones before from Gregory Northcraft. Another problem with this specific course is word hunting in quizzes. The ones for case studies are especially tricky.
OK course. Difficult to follow at times. The assignments and reading make it worth taking.
It was a very informative course - I definitely will apply with I leant in my every day management
Just taking part of the course material was rewarding. A good basic introduction to Organization Design. Looking forward to the next step in Designing the Organization
The course lacks coherence which comes as a big disappointment as it follows two excellent modules by Greg Northcraft.
I like the course. It's answer my questions about organization design which was a mystery for me!!
Loved it!
was suggested by L&D team to do this course. turned out to be a wise suggestion.
Very educational and relevant to modern day organizations.
Great cou
Very intribuing and engaging course! Seriously, one of the best that I have ever taken!
Great course. This course cleared up the confusion i previously experienced concerning the concepts. I will keep recommending the course to friends.
Content wise and pedagogically I found this course extremely valuable. It gives you a nuanced insight into 'federalism' and 'decentralisation'. Particularly valuable are 1. The conscious incorporation of a multi-disciplinary perspective that shows that the actual practice of these political architectures are by no means shaped primarily by their institutional design, but heavily influenced by historical, political, social, economic and cultural factors. 2. The extensive references to the three major cases in Africa, particularly through the reading. Very interesting articles also that draw attention to in-country variations and how recentralisation may occur within federal and decentralised systems. Pedagogically the course is also well set up. Jan Erks is an excellent presenter whose tone of voice, articulation and body language make for effective communication. What on the surface seems to be periodic 'repetition' of key points, in fact is intentionally designed so as to get key messages reinforced. There were only three weaknesses in the course when I did it: 1. The English transcripts should have been checked. They may have been done by volunteers whose input is admirable, but often there are grammatical errors or it was obvious that the transcriber didn't understand/capture what Jan Erks was saying. 2. Four out of the readings, which like the others should have been accessible, actually were not - only if you paid for them, which is not what it should have been. 3. This course now seems to be running on automatic pilot: there was no indication whatsoever that there was anyone making up a support person or support team who was monitoring the discussion forum, where the problem of the inaccessible readings was flagged up in week 2 already. So it wasn't rectified by the end of the course. That is not serious, certainly not for a university with a reputation as that of Leiden. Some attention please, and rapid corrective action!
Amazing and insightful course.
Excellent Material for the passionate students of better government in the future!
Very exciting, informing and educative. A great platform to examine if the promises of federalism and decentralization has truely lived up to expectations given the huge challenges of diversity, democracy and good governance in Africa.
Very interesting and informative. THANK YOU.
great work its about time we paid attention to this great ontininenti
Great course and very well explained.I have decided not to click the maximum puntuation because the course focused on Africa less than I expected. It focuses much more on Federalism and Decentralization, which is good. However, I missed more info about Africa.Congrats for the interesting course!
This has been the most interesting course for me so far on coursera (I have done about 9 so far). The lecturer and the topic were both interesting and presented in a lively and accurate manner especially concerning Africa. No assumptions or stereotypes on the continent or topic were made and I learned a lot.There ain't many courses here on Africa and this was was so engaging I completed a 7 week course in 1 week, that's how much I actually enjoyed it. The course material is deep and confusing thus a lot of focus is need and this was a course I actually wasn't able to multi-task on because it requires much of a person's attention.
Interesting subject matter. Very informative and complete. Dr. Erk did a fine job as an instructor. I did have some technical issues, but this is only to be expected in any large, dynamic organization.
expected so much more!
If you took the first course, this is a must to complete the whole picture.
Great course, with really good information. Instructor is excellent.
Great course, however some points could be improved because sometimes it seemed just a repetition from the theory one.
It was really helpful.
Loved the structure of the course. It was a great learning experience!
Very good and informative
Good insights!
Excellent Course, but is not for beginners.Excellent Professor too.
Excellent theoretical foundation and suggestions how to practice and use tools like unstructured data pulls or data hygiene/tidying.
This course was a let down. There wasn't enough practical or real world examples to practice with. Good candidates would have been software companies in the SaaS space.
Great use of information that can be put to use immediately!!
hands on experience based content would have been appreciated, Its a good course.
Great insight.
the information is outdated, and I have find some examples, services not working anymore. during the course.
It was good
Good course for basic information about digital analytics.
I wished the content and the tests were more challenge.
Its theoretical.No practical project to do
This is a dynamic, interesting course. It gets just granular enough for you to understand different types of data, reporting, and visualizations without getting too in the weeds (I'm not actually an analyst so this level of granularity was quite helpful). Highly recommended!
Uninspiring teacher, repetitive material that could have been consolidated with month 2 altogether.Did most of my learning from the supplemental readings.
If we can learn by a specific case study to utilize these tools, that would be more practical
Very nice content! Some more hands-on exercises would be very helpful.
Superb!!! very useful information i have got after completion of this course. Highly recommended.
I think its been amazing learning about ZMOT and the funnel, the ways the markets form itself, the moment of truth is really so great explained, Kevin Harman did a great job, i love all the course, and i would totally recommend it and continue this way.
The course content is very valuable to any digital marketing practitioner, but the reason I am rating it as 4/5 is that there was basically no "In practice" part. All assignments were along the lines of "discuss this," which might be OK to make us think, but analytics is so much about doing I missed having a chunk of data thrown at me to see what I can find.
It is a good course
Excellent course for Marketing professionals as well as for novices
All courses have their benefits. this one had fewer benefits than the second course in this series but still a good one to go about
It was really helpful to see rules to make data analysis easier to resume. How to make memorable presentations that the forum can take away and action.
great course
Very good insights and formation for the professional on digital marketing.
Great insights...
Very good course, give a practical knowledge about digital marketing analytics !
This course is great.
This course was more specific and actionable than the theory course. It fulfills it's mission well. The readings are excellent. I printed several to use for my own blog and content marketing efforts.Though competent, the instructor is lackluster, frequently just reading from the slides. The substance is good but the style is dry.
Not that helpful for me
The content is definitely interesting. But I didn't see any "Practice" there... I didn't really get the difference theory vs practice between this course and the previous one "Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Theory".Sometimes the assignments were not very interesting, and didn't always help practicing the content exposed in the lectures... For example, the piece about the different statistical tools: I didn't get why it was included in the course... either we do exercises on it, or it shouldn't be in the course... but there is not point of knowing by heart the differences between the different statistical tools.The part about the customer decision journey, the plan for analytics, and the different analysis techniques were very interesting. I would have liked to see and practice more concretely how to collect data (e.g. how to perform clickstream analysis), etc.And the lectures should avoid general tips and guidelines (like "5 things to avoid in order to"... the web is full of this kind of content)... I mean, it has to be "in Practice". And the professor should know exactly the content of his slides, and prepare his speech.Lastly, a lot of the suggested readings were from a blog that is really horrible to read... The author of the blog might be very knowledgeable on his subject, but his blog it is full of useless jokes, very long to read... I mean one of its articles could 3 times shorter if he gets straight to the point
This is very much a primer. I was hoping it would go into more detail than it did, but I did find it a very helpful overview.
Very good course. Specially the coverage of all 4 phases (Plan, Collect, Analyse and Report). The last topic about how to present and the brain ways of working is great. Thanks for so great content.
This is a great course. I'm new in this ground and got a good introduction to analytics and a great procedure to comprehensively evaluate marketing strategies to feed the whole process with new insights to better decisions. It is best if the learner could count on an administrator account to a website to apply the knowledge in order to develop the skills.
Very good material, it added to my knowledge for sure, I recommend taking it.
Great content! With great teacher and great articles. Loved Avinash's articles!
Well explained, insightful, with manageable but challenging coursework and a lot of resources for further learning.
Very useful course. It talks about simple things but often it is these simple rules that we overlook while making our presentations/reports.
Great, though some parts felt like the lecturer was reading off the slides.
Great! I learned a lot !
nice but doesnt give you much knowledge
Presents a useful analysis framework, but with limited practical examples to learn how to use analytical tools.
Very good course. Interesting content, great suggested readings, well explained lectures. I have no previous knowledge about the subject and I have learnt a lot about Marketing Analytics in both course Marketing Analytics in Theory and In Practice.
Was aware of how to present data, however did not know it makes difference in visualizing and presenting. I have learned the power of visualizing data with artful use of numbers found in the digital space.
Wonderful course and I would recommend everyone to do it who wants insights about digital marketing
Which practice?
Very interesting and challe
Great insights and enjoyable.
I stongly recommend this course if you are working in a marketing department. The only reason I give 4 stars is because I would like more recent extra material. Instructor Kevin Hartman is great and clearly passionate about his job.
Overall it was a good course but the only thing I would recommend is relating with the assignments. What I saw in almost all the assignments we should have had experience on the work to do them. But since not everybody has that experience it would be nice to think even for beginners as well.
Great course with useful tips and organized materials. However, some of the materials (recommended tools, hyperlinks, etc) are outdated so it would be great if they can refresh them. Also, the in-course quizzes are too easy to the point it seemed quite stupid - please include more meaningful questions in the in-video quizzes.
Good, however the instructor videos could be better in content.
Great Module. Enjoyed thoroughly.
Great course
Again the content and presentation is great.But the web site is getting really annoying, especially in the assignment area. The editor is faulty and on the submission on visualization you cannot use visualizations(!) to make your point due to technical limitations (can't paste charts or screenshots).Sometimes verification does not work.Support is sometimes very good, sometimes useless, depends with whom you chat.
This course hardly has any new content and a lot of it is also repeat from previous courses.
Great Course , thank you Kevin Hartman
Implementing the theory part of analysis by using practical tools and follow analytical processes this course teaches how to adopt professional ways for performing a Analysis in the Digital Marketing World. It is highly recommended that each reading in the course syllabus must be reviewed for better learning and experience. Thanks to instructor Mr. Kevin Hartman, University of Illinois and Coursera team for bringing the global community of digital marketers this professional course.
Great!
I liked the 5 highlights per lesson - it helped recap the most important content.
Great course.
Very useful information. Although you need statistics knowledge this course gives you a good broad perspective of the correct analytics practices you need to develop in order the have the right marketing insights.
Teacher has no parallel
very useful ,thank your very much . I will learn it again
It's great to learn from someone so high up in the industry and knowledgeable in this field.
For a practice course I found that was full of theory
Absolutely useless course
Even though the theoretical part was well put together, case study questions were too vague and should have been better thought out. This part of the specialization did not meet my expectation.
Nice teacher, all understood perfectly. Thanks!
Very insightful, a great combo of theory and practical information.
not enough practical examples. the information is providede on a bit higher level
I preferred the third course that emphasized practical application in the specialization over the second course that was mostly theory. The assignments were geared to engage your insights / ideas about what you know and/or are learning about real-life projects. Although it still only scratches the surface, I liked the ability to apply some of the assignments to a company with which I've been working.
Great course and engaging instructor.
As soon as I start this course I literally fell in love with Marketing Analytics and I don't have any background in Marketing studies.Great course!
Extremely well designed course in my opinion. Very clear and to the point information delivered well.Great introduction to the subject. Assignments were not too daunting and enough resources were offered that directly related to the questions asked.
If you want to understand the context, use and possible tools to manage digital marketing understanding the importance of data in this process, this is the course you should apply for.
I expected it to be far more
I'm really enjoying the course. It gets difficult sometimes since I have no IT background. But there's nothing that can't be figured out. Of course one needs to apply additional efforts for a deeper dive to the subject. Overall it's a great basic course to start with.
I enjoyed every minute of this course. Professor Hartman clearly has done an incredible effort in preparing the program. His style in conveying information is great too! Very good useful resources. Thank you
this course is very nice
Great way of tutoring.
I love it!
I am not impressed with this course so far. The quizzes and assignments are out of order with the materials being presented - the questions on each come from readings and lecture content that have not been introduced to the audience at that particular point in the course. The first module was a very, very basic outline of a generic analysis process, and really has nothing to do with digital marketing analytics in particular.
Excellent! The way the Professor explains the opics is very clear and engaging
Great content and well presented by the lecturer connecting to the previous module.
not worth the money.
Great course full of good insights and generally covers a lot but need to do your own research afterwards to truly understand the topic :)
Great course, and the instructor makes the class easy to comprehend.
Not practical enough
Awesome class. I really like this instructor. He knows how to present well and give solid readings and information, and I feel like I come away with actionable information. I wish he taught ALL the classes in this course. I would absolutely take more classes/courses if he were presenting.
Good theoretical and practial lessons.
Good course that provide basics. However, I wish it gave a chance to practice the gained knowledge!
Geat stuff....
I would have appreciated practicing more
I was somewhat disappointed in this course as I expected much more "practice". The assignments did not have you actually perform any analytics activities. The course materials seem very out of date considering how much things change in the digital age. Reading Blogger posts from 2006 on a Blogger blog that hasn't been updated since 2012 is not forward thinking in my view. Yes, things don't always change, but the face of analytics changes daily.
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
The course is very informative for those interested in data analytic and want to go for market research kind of jobs.
Great. Thank you.
Good course overall. I gave it only four stars because I expected it to be more practical and more hands-on analysis to do for assignments, instead of just discussing things.
Great course!!
This course provided an good high-level overview of how to attack a data analysis problem as well as data collection and visualization.
Very basic course without much in depth explanations or insightful matter.I hope this course is worth the money i paid, I'm starting to regret paying for this.
Was an improvement on the previous Theory course.
I really enjoyed this course. I liked the professor's teaching style as well as the materials the course provided. All the knowledge I've got from the course helps me when I do research online.
Excellent course. Gave me a great idea regarding the basics of Marketing Analytics. Highly recommended for those who has no prior knowldege about the Marketing Analytics Process
Great course. One drawback: exercises are not oriented towards actions
I think this module should have included a bit more stories just like the first module of this specialization to make it more compelling and engaging.
Good resources provided in the course material, good overview of how analytics can be used and processed, overall a very good course.
This course is acceptable for basic practices. Highly recommended for those who want to take first dip into the Marketing Analytics world.
Thanks Professor Kevin for all the work you put in this course ! Great explanation and great information !
Interesting course with great insights on web analytics. It will be good if there were some assignments where we could execute some analytics concepts
Same as the theory class not much examples or case studies....
Very boring presentation of the material. I am sorry to say so, but the professor is not a very engaging speaker.
Very interesting course with clean slides and good understanding of the key concepts. A bit more "practice" would have been better, but I still highly recommend this course for a basic knowledge in digital marketing.
To put more context here, I think you can expand a little more what are you teaching; especially in the data analysis part.
Hard but useful
Module 1 is good. will see and rate later
Very useful and lucidly taught by a very learned person. Thanks
Great Course! Complements the previous course (Digital Analytics for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Theory) very well!
Good High Level understanding of Analytics
It is quite basic but gives a nice overview of the subject.
so far one of the best courses at the moment!
Simple, Practical and Crisp.
Marketing Analytics in theory was much more enriching than this one. It would be great if tutors can add practical examples to show how marketing analytics is actually performed it would have been great.
Nothing practical
It would be helpful if the reading materials had recommended chapters from the textbook that we were asked to download. While it it helpful to have the text book the course is entirely passable without the use of the text, what I caused for me is heavy reliance on the videos and recommended reading material because it consumed less time but then I still feel that there is a bit more I could have learnt. So I suggest using chapters from the recommended text book as well to broaden the knowledge of students who are quite new to Digital Analytics like myself.
Awesome very concrete course on the practicalities of digital marketing
A little too simple and too broad. Overall it's ok.
It was very interesting to understand more the analytic and now this part of my business.
Good Class，I like the meterials they recommand so much.
Very instructive and easy to follow. Kevin is a great teacher. I recommend this course for everyone interested in knowing more about Digital analytics
Since this course is about practice, more impetus should be given on practising the concepts. The concepts should have been taught in 'Marketing Analytics in Theory' course.
When going through the Theory course, I often wondered why the assignments are so abstract and theoretical, and I thought that maybe when we come to practice, we will be able to do something with our hands. No way! While reinforcing the theoretical background (mostly repeating same postulates from the Theory course), this course contributes very little to its name (practice). Only the last module on presenting goes a little further than making you ponder on abstract themes. This is surprising - there are lots of practical tools discussed in the course, and you have no opportunity to get hands on at least one of them (except Google Trends) and evaluate it, at least for primitive purposes. Why does the teacher not take the example of the brilliant Aric Rindfeisch's course Marketing in the Digital World with really well-crafted practical assignments?
Interesting but not much practice despite the title.
Great course. Like the slides and the way it structured. It could be broader if not so Google centralized and more international. For example in Russia there is Yandex.ru (ya.com) which controls 75% of search market and in China there is Baidu and others and no Google and Facebook. These questions is not highlighted in the course.
Very practical, clear concepts and very useful information
Good foundation class for marketers. Does not delve into ways to actually analyse data, but talks about sources to find data and how to present results in a meaningful manner.
It was an interesting overview and a good in-depth method of managing a digital marketing project. I wish there would have been more statistical insight and data analysis exercice.
I have learnt a lot from Kevin on web analytics which is beneficial for us as an analyst as most of the analysis we are doing are skewing towards digital analytics.
Great introductory course for those looking to familiarize themselves with the overall thought process behind analytics and visualization.
Good intro to implement marketing analytics principal, especially lecture 5 onward.
Awesome course
Basic, but good knowledge
I appreciate the practicality of this course/
Excellent material and work from the instructor
I love the way the professor takes his courses
It was too easy for me.
had a good learning experience
I appreciate this course and the instructor's time, but so far I haven't really learned anything.The structure of every lesson is:"1. Here are the 5 things we're going to cover. 2. Name (not explain) those 5 things. 3. Here are the 5 things we covered"I think there's a lot of potential for this course in the long run. I would advise having a professor from Illinois who is not in the business school take this course and get their feedback. I believe the instructor is very smart and experienced in this area, so this is definitely a course that could grow into a Coursera essential.
Fantastic content, gives me a better understanding of the methodology which I was missing. I had a few problems with the platform, but managed to work after a few days.
welcome challenge. Informative but easy to follow for a tech dumb newbie
An interesting problem to tackle. I really liked that you started with very raw data and needed to work on many cleaning methods. Good practice for real data science.
This course introduces data science with a emphasis on large scale processing. The project was challenging and very interesting. Applying with I learnt throughout the specialisation to a real problem is very exciting.
Great content!!
I got very rich and enormous practical insights from this course
Very informative courses and great assignments.
Waste of money.....
I like that it took the knowledge I'd acquired over 20 years of working in the technology field and applied it to the new organized business analysis field that has become the norm.
Great course
Valuable course, the Ambiguous requirement concept is very useful
It's a excellent course about writing requirements from clients' stories. I just wish I dad seen more techniques about linking business requirements (high level requirements ) to software engineering requirements (low level requirements) and its management.
I enjoyed this course. Loved to learn from peers how same thing can be done in different ways, with different approaches. Excellently designed course.Thank you-BRShyamala
The course is ok, but it is discouraging for non-English speakers.
To depended on peer graded tasks, when all course is done an you are still waiting for others to rate you. This is really annoying part.
Very informative.
Like fine wine, the course is getting better as I dive deep into the specialization. Go ahead and take this course to get your basics cleared!
Great course, very concise and right to the point with great graded exercises to guide you to the end with the right knowledge.
Great course. You will learn lot of techniques and practices to elicitate requirements properly.
I know a lot of work went into preparing this material. Although the Table of Contents serves this purpose in a more text-rich, visually complicated way - something I would find very useful is a step by step table or guide (to ensure no step is skipped) for the entire process, i.e.Requirement ActivitiesUse CasesWireframesStory Board developmentUser Story DevelopmentProduct Backlog Developmentand so on. I hope this will be helpful.
Excellent material, very useful. I recommend this course 100%
this very useful thanks for this course
A very good overview on requirements engineering, for me as a practitioner. It was good to see non-agile as well as agile approaches
An excellent course, it helped me a lot in my work.
Very good. Highly recomended
Great content!! Very useful information to start implementing the scrum process.
Very software engineer, not necessarily in managerial role, should take this course. Collecting user requirement is the first step of a software development project. With the knowledge given in this course, developers can avoid lot of mistakes which they would do otherwise. I enjoyed this course a lot.
Very interesting and useful course
Thanks to Coursera and University of Alberta, I have got the chance to learn more about how to address client needs and also how to create good software requirement. The knowledge I gained from this course will support me a lot during my career as a Business Analyst and a Project Manager in the near future.
Very good content and good exercises. However, I would like to have even more practical exercises related to eliciting requirements, quality requirements
Good overview and refresher course
Nice course explaining pretty much everything a SPM needs to know about all kinds of requirements. A must if you work in software development, regardless of your position: developers, QA professionals and of course PMs will benefit from this one.10/10 would attend again in the future for a refresher/reference.
This has been very helpful, interesting and practical course from the SPM specialization.
I have stumbled into Agile project management, but I have no background in it whatsoever. So I'm learning on the job, and this course has filled in some of the details for me. Thank you!
Very useful.
What makes this Specialization of such high quality is the pacing; each separate course is thorough for its own sake, but the courses build the knowledge base excellently.
Very informative! Highly recommended!
The course is amazing and very well structured.
A good course to revise the concepts of capturing software requirements learned during a software engineering bachelors and to gather some of the newer techniques used in the industry such as use of user stories.
Great overview of the subject, appropriate homework assignments to understand de value of the concepts we ar talking about
All knowledge is very good. I help so much for my subject at my university
This course is very great. With this course I know what to do to be system analyst
It is the User Stories that seems so simple and easy for the first look and so practice-valued and attention consuming in practice. Great to study how to do it well!
For me, this was the hardest course, because I must to learn more about how to talk with clients. The U of A training supported me to understand a little bit about the beginning of project management, something unknown for me because my past was a programmer.
Simple to follow overview of useful concepts, helpful reference documents for further reading.
Really enjoyed the presentations, tips, format, quizzes and resources. I work in software development, so it was nice to close my knowledge gaps and affirm my specific understanding of disciplines I'm less familiar with.
It's really helpful for me !!
It is very good course and i learned many new Technics. It will be very benefit in my current job.
I liked the course.
Thank you very much for developing this course! There is so much that I have learned about helping client to identity their needs for a software and creating requirements that meet those needs.
Really useful and clear.
Great content and presentation. Thank you!
Thank you very much for the course - it was really interesting and I've found some useful techniques to be used in my work. However, there are some moments to be improved to make course better: correct questions statements and lack of communication between partipants (there were a lot of interesting topics to discuss but only very few users were involved in discussions, thus, discussion were very poor).But still thank you very much again!!!:))
Very informative course
Presentation of concepts is really good.
Excellent, and very dense. To really benefit, must be revisited when putting in practice.
Incredibly frustrated by the peer grading system. I've been able to work on the course at relatively fast pace and have now completed all of the lectures, readings, quizzes and test but can't go on to the next course because not enough people have submitted the homework for me to grade. I understand the advantage of being able to "learn from others" but it doesn't outweigh the disadvantage of not being able to work at one's own pace .
This course is very helpful to learn client and software management skills.Thanks faculty and team.
Amazing course. Very practical.I have been working as a Product Manager/Business Analyst for last 9 years. I am happy i took this course. There are lot of details which i learned by going through this course.I strongly recommend to take this course.
Helped me to learn a lot a new things.
Great courses...
thanks
Very modular and detailed step by step explanations. Easy to follow.
Interesting but would gain by digging more on each topic. And give more feedback from the real life. The worst part, for me, was one assignment (ambiguities) that I thought was neither well designed nor easy to peer review (due to its desing ;-). Then again the course was nice to follow and interesting!
Amazing course, thanks to the TFs
Teaches you a lot about understanding problems. This course provides the basis of creating a comprehensive thought. Although it is about software requirements, going through this course will help you become a good listener.
Excellent! There is a lot of great practical info you can apply in real life. I would suggest instructors include some more info about SPM in the framework of startups (rather than client framework).
A great course in a great specialization. Very high quality content.
I like the clear explanation provided in the lectures by Morgan and Bradley.
I found it very interesting the way they present the information in the course
It taught me alot.
Everything was good but I think they have to re think about the ambiguous requirements module
Good learning.
great course
Great course with passionate instructors and helpful resources.Highly recommended!
Clear and interesting materials helpful for other teachers and students.
Very detailed and well designed, I specially liked the assignments.
It is pretty solid. I can see that issues with quiz question ambiguity and under-checking of learning criteria are getting better. Problems were not serious, they are better in this course than in the last, and they are better in the next one, and they are better in the next one than this one.
really happy to take this course and are now waiting for my last assignment grading so that i can jump in to capstone project :)
Very useful and well structured course. Thank you!
Very intersting and useful course about requirements engineering and business values elicitation.
Really good course for studying basics of software requirements domain.
Another great course in the specialization :-)
Great opportunity to ensure you really understand the clients needs. Fun exercises and interesting lectures
The material is really good and well explained. Totally recommended.
Great series
Great Course, thanks to Tutor! By the way, Karl Wieger's "Software Requirement" is a good addition for this course and specialization
Good introduction to Requirements Gathering in general but more specifically agile techniques (e.g.: User Stories, Use Cases, Story Boards)
One of the best coursers I have seen on Coursera so far. The video production quality, course structure and content is extra ordinary compared to other courses that I've seen so far.
touched the most important concepts like prototyping, creating user stories and removing ambiguities in the user stores.
It's easy for audience to understand the concept of software requirement.
This course was very useful for me as for Business Analyst in IT company. There is not unnecessary information in it.
Very nice content and presented so nicely. Must read and highly recommended course for all managers and business analysts.
I don't know how useful the ambiguous requirements exercise is when we only have one-way feedback. I also think that the ambiguous requirements exercise is the most important of the course, and the exercise missed the mark.I would suggest you structure that exercise as a dialogue, where a PM is working with the customer to elicit requirements, and not give us a big long wish-list of functionality. Structured as a dialogue, you can show that a PM would ask, "You said that the game would make noise. When is the first time it makes noise? How often would game noises be made? Does it ever stop? What makes it stop? Why even have the game make noise in the first place? Are there different noises made during the course of game play/"So, I can't recommend this particular course, and I'm concerned about what the capstone will look like if you give us an assignment where we're to make sense of functionality delivered as a block of text .
Great course, great materials!
A very interesting and complete course on the argument.
This has been my favorite so far!
Very good. I find a very good idea to include the topics about reducing the ambiguity, because it's one of the biggest problems in the real world.
I highly recommend this entire specialisation. It's clearly taught and requires your practical application throughout. I've learned a great deal and thoroughly enjoyed the process. Many many thanks Uni of Alberta.
Great course
Great course. I've learned a lot from your lessons.
Perfect!!!
Great content, wonderful course
Very good course to learn how to deal with software requirements, from an Agile perspective. Totally recommended.
I really liked to do it
Could be a useful course if you've never worked with IT projects, or for younger students. Everything seems to be about building a mobile phone app.
Excellent course. The explanation of various types of requirements and the kind of ambiguities that they could have is really nice.
Awesome Course, Thanks Much for making the course clear and crisp
I really like this course. I plan to take more courses in the sector offered by University of Alberta.
Very useful course to understand role of stakeholder! I suggest it!
Good for new people in the area. All the basics well covered.
Good material, easy to learn
Again excellent foundation course, it gives you teh tools and the
I really like tasks and quizzes in the course. It makes in much more transparent. Thanks!
Provides lot of clarification for such important stage of a project!
Amazing course introducing real and workable concepts. I will be applying this to my workflow immediately.Only downfalls being a little ambiguity in some questions and some `multiple choice` questions only allow one answer (radio buttons).Thank you!
Great course with a lot of useful lesson. Thank you University of Alberta
Great course. Thanks for putting it together.
Good course with an excellent assignment.Just if more details are supplied then the course be more valuable.
Excellent course and material. All of the assessments where really useful.
A great course.
Great production values and useful techniques and assignments for eliciting and expressing client needs.
Its a very good course, easy to understand and good explanations and resources all through
I liked the content and the presentation of the course a lot. It is a good structured starting point from which I can go on learning the respective course topics. Further reading is delivered. This course offered me a structured repetition for a general understanding on the topic client needs and software requirements.
I have to say thanks to both teachers, who teach me a lot of things useful for my career.
As a seasoned developer, I enjoyed taking this course. I think this is a fantastic course for beginners as well as more advanced learners. The presenters are great, quizzes are as well and perfect handouts. Just take it.
As a developer on multiple web application projects this was very helpful in defining, organizing, and prioritizing requirements/tasks.
really good practice tips
It's very good and useful course!
Too high level course. Expected more from it.
Thanks spm team,I learned a lot about requirement and the methodology we could apply on the real project, it opens a new door for me, and it helps in my work.
very good course
Very consistent and interesting course, assignments are feasible and engaging, very practical course, thank you!
Excellent way to gather wisdom about eliciting requirements!
That's interesting course - a practical method of learning a theory topic. I like the way people interact in assignments. Thanks so much.
Good overview. Wish there were more take away documents as well as links to additional information that summarized content in each section so you had a course book with terms at the end.
Great instructors and in depth coverage of the course material
very interesting and usefull!!!!!!!!
An excellent, practically oriented course with great use of quizzes and assignments to re-enforce learning.
At the beginning I thought I will not found out something helpful for me. But, surprisingly, I've discovered absolutely new and extremely useful information. I'm impressed a lot. Many thanks to the authors of the course.
Excellent course. It gives you what is needed
Great course!!!! Love it
Very useful course to build up a theoretical base for software requirements management. Relevant for every member of a software development team, especially analysts and product managers.
Excellent training!
great cover of what , how, why , to do to get it rigth
Very informative and efficient course. As a project manager i think this course is the most important from the whole specialization!
For me, a really nice combination of1. a theoretical overview of database and data processing concepts, MapReduce and the most important implementations of the various concepts (SQL and NoSQL databases),2. practical application of these concepts in real-world programming exercises.I like the way Bill explains, and I like the exercises - however, to complete those, you need to be ready to learn the technology on your own, the lectures are NOT about learning the technology (Python programming etc.) to do the exercises. For me, that's fine, but for people who have little or no programming experience it might be frustrating.So, if you like the combined approach of this course, I can really recommend it!
Very good and informative course for data scientists and data engineers
Course gives you good overview on different important data science technologies. Hands on labs are important to get the grip on concepts.
This course totally reminds me of some courses back in college: unorganized material and the assignments are unrelated to the tutorial. The assignments themselves seem to be very helpful but the tutorials did no help of achieving these assignments.I had a hard time following the instructor despite that I've completed all the certificate for python from University of Michigan. I'm aware of my background of python is still not strong enough so I thought it's probably just me not able to learn it fast enough.But then I watched the tutorial about SQL. As a data architect / ETL developer, SQL is something I'm familiar with and use it everyday and then I realized that the instructor couldn't explain a nested query well. The reason I was able to understand about the SQL part is because I already know.
Overall I enjoyed this course and got a broad overview of the various technologies used in big data analysis. The course is video heavy but short on practice. There are 3 assignments the first 3 weeks, then week4 is an endless series of videos. I really enjoyed the assignments but felt there should have been more assessment/practice provided -there are no quizzes to reinforce understanding. The readings provided are mostly academic ones which aren't that clear to beginners (even to programmers like me).In contrast, a Python data science course on another MOOC platform has 4 times as much content with practice exercises after every video, mid and final exams, weekly problem sets as well as readings.Ultimately the course showed me what I need to learn next to get into Data Science but the first course hasn't given me confidence that the rest of the specialization will be worth the money.
The course is good. But it does not has lecture slides that is better for students to understand.
The contents of the course were good enough. The assignments, though simple required some work in terms of understanding the kind of data that you are dealing with, which is important. Although, a lot of content has been covered, it was arranged in a logical manner.
Overall, this was an excellent introductory course. The instructor presented the material in a very clear manner and introduced all topics using applied examples. The weekly assignments were aligned with the course content as well, allowing me to apply the knowledge learned in each lesson.
Many mistakes in the slides and poorly defined problems in the assignments have gone uncorrected for over a year. The content is very basic, as would be for an introductory course, but can even serve as a refresher for CS graduates.
Outdated, unintelligibly exercises, terrible lectures.
recommend to improve assignment details
Great course!
good practical examples, usefull materials. Good job Bill!
This course is quite outdated. I didn't learn much beyond what I already knew before I started. The Spark courses from edX are way better than these. Hopefully "Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark" from the "École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne" (also from Coursera) is good (I know their Scala courses, which are taught by Martin Odersky, are quite good).There are very few quizzes between lectures and the assignments are not very challenging.Many of the videos, specially the ones at the end were extremely rushed over. They serve more as a review if you know the subject, otherwise I don't think most people will get much from them.The audio isn't very good for most of the lectures, many having an very annoying chirping sound (from when you leave an old flip phone near a computer... "teh-teh-teh teh-teh-teh teh-teh-teh teh-tehhhhhh....". Gosh, I haven't heard this sound in maybe over five years...).
Good content for Data Scientists but video lessons are not sufficient to be able to complete the assignments. It required great deal of own searching and trials and errors to complete the course.
A great course. I would just like more assignments and more information about spark.
The course was very good - especially the map-reduce part I found very well explained and inspirational. The problem sets were thought-provoking and really taught me a lot.Two things that could be improved:1) The problem sets are really nice (again, map-reduce is the best one), but there are quite a few errors in the description, a lot of information is dated (e.g. in ps.1 the twitter link is old), and working with the grader can be very clumsy. See Machine Learning by Andrew Ng to see how to design perfect, easy to operate and submit problem sets. Perhaps work with PyCharm creators?2) The second to last part was a bit lacking - it was basically skimming though all different types of databases, which didn't make me feel like I really acquired any skill. Because of how little time was spent on each database type and there were so many, I don't really remember much of it now (hardly anything to be honest).
The contents were very relevant and more geared to those with some experience already. The assignments are worth doing. The only problem is that some of the assignments have errors which are only listed in pinned posts in the forum (with a link to a ticket but nothing's been done about it). Still, learned a lot so the on the whole would recommend it.
Really useful course when you want to learn about big data management and need a starter. It is however definitely recommended to have some programming experience and knowledge about bash/command line. The course met all my expectations, but to make it perfect I would have wished for an extra exercise using Pig or Spark.
It gives good information, but frankly covers way too many tools at the end, and the explanations are good but somewhat rushed. Some parts were a little boring, as no immediate practical use seemed on the horizon.
Definitely need some background in R or Python and the lectures are a bit old. Seem to be from around 2013 when this first came out but most of the info is still relevant.
This class assumes intermediate-advanced experience coding in Python, so if you are new, you are likely to struggle a lot. The SQL part, however, was taught from a base-level understanding of almost 0 and is much easier for a beginner.
The lectures are all just the right length. As a working professional, it was easy to consume the course in my varying bits of free time. For the most part, the assignments were good. There were a few places where there were mistakes in the instructions or the code downloaded from github had some errors. It was fairly clear that these mistakes have been around for quite sometime, so I wonder why nobody ever bothered to update the code in github or update the bad instructions. This is the internet, not a published textbook. That should be pretty easy to fix. It was also a little disappointing that the 4th lesson was extra long in terms of lectures and had no related assignments. The course was marked as completed when I finished the 3rd assignment so the fourth lesson was effectively optional.
This is a quite wonderful course for large-scale data science. I believe I will have learned a lot via completing the courses.
Good introduction to Big Data systems.
Very nice course!
This is a great introduction. I would give it a higher scoring but was frustrated with one of the labs have issues in the grader and even after completion of the course its not clear what was wrong: the instructions, the solution data set, the input data set. Other then that enjoyed the content.
I had a lot, really, a lot of fun in this course.The first week was really awesome! Although the debugging was very tedious and time-consuming, I felt a great deal of achievement first hand dealing with Twitter data and coded up text analytics algorithms from scratch.Really a great introductory course to data science! Highly recommend because it's really fun. However, a great amount of comfort with coding and patience for working through ambiguous bug messages will be essential to completing this course :)
I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments.I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging).
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
I enjoyed this course and found it challenging. Good job!
Found the assignments were 'very loosely' aligned with the lecture material and had poorly formed problems in places.Lectures were reasonably good but not quite up to the standard set with other U of W Data Science courses or other University Data Science / Machine Learning courses I have taken.
The assignments are really what make this course stand out.
This course probably deserves 3-4 stars in a better, maintained form, but the entire specialization is not maintained, the lectures have no production values. Basically, it's a money pit that Coursera is keeping up cynically. It's a real shame because the syllabus correctly addresses a gap in most data scientists' skills.
covers a lot of ground quickly, but you still get a good understanding of the underlying theory or technologies
1. The title is misleading since "at scale" led people to think that large scale data processing platform such as spark and nosql databases will be central to the course right from the start2. The assignments need a lot of improvements. I am not happy with how we're often only required to submit a single number as an answer. The biggest problem is that this way the grader won't be able to give you meaningful feedback / hint of where you might be wrong. A grader that only tells you "your answer is incorrect" does little to help you learn from mistakes.3. I think assignment 2 can be paced differently - now it feels that we have a bunch of very easy parts (a-g) that is not very interesting, where the last three are significantly harder.
Lectures are great and well structured. Programming assignments are just amazing and interesting. Great course!
Long, slow, rambling video. I watched most of it at 1.75x. Slides are kind of a mess and lectures are disorganized.
Very usefull course. Great!
The exercises are fun and challenging. However, the lecture are not related to the exercises and are very hard to follow (I think it's the same thing as Brian's class in Johns Hopkins' data science course) If you are taking Bill Howe's class, just go straight to those exercises and skip lectures.
The grader is horrible leaving you with such brief error messages. You never know what is wrong with your code. The forum is not as useful as I expected nor as it is in other Coursera courses. You know, few classmates. The videos provide you with tons of information, but not much of them are well-organized. I often felt tired and confused since these long videos seldom got to the point.
very interesting materials about RDBMS and nosql systems
If you are interested in data science then this course is the right one.
The power-point used has a lot of mistakes corrected live by the speaker.The speaker speech is sometime slow and not precise, it probably has been recorded only once.Apart from that the content covers the subject and the assignments are relevant and fun.
- great and very useful overview of concepts important in big data that does not get bogged down in random details- interesting and sufficiently challenging assignments
Good focus on ideas vs principles. The focus on relational algebra is a great way to look at data manipulation in general. Unfortunately, relational algebra is explained quite well, but not really applied after that. This could be a great course if it really taught to constantly think in terms of relational algebra.Okay-ish explanations of databases and hadoop. Not very deep and not always structured, but rather focused on the technology principles instead of the data principles.I think that this specialisation suffers the same problem most data science/mining/analytics courses suffer: it ignores the non-technical starting point: scientific or business relevance. How does one organise data, get to know completely new data, understand possible value? i.e. how to start a data science project if all there is is unorganised data and the wish to do 'something' with it.
Poorly designed videos, too long and confused
I learned so much from this course. In particular, I've got a much more solid grasp of SQL (even though I've been using it for 30 years), and much more clarity about "map/reduce". The lectures are clear, delivery is excellent, and the assignments are interesting.
Great course for those who want to know more about big data analysis.
Very relevant if you want to understand the theories behind data systems and algorithms. I consider it a bit time consuming but completely worth taking into consideration the amount of topics it covers.
Th first three classes are very 'thin' in content and the assignments are easy. The fourth class is basically optional and it has TONS of content. What's the point?
There are some inconsistencies in the course or the arrangement of the videos, maybe due to technical problems.For improvement I would really wish to have some substantial results, especially in the last week of the course. That is, I would prefer to discuss at least something in depth rather than everything broadly.
Good! I like the final (optional) project on running on a large dataset through EC2. The lectures aren't as polished and compact as they could be but certainly a very valuable course.
This course, which sounds promising in title and syllabus, has many glaring deficiencies. In fact, I feel terrible if anyone ponied up $100+ for it. It roughly covers some concepts of data science, but never at scale, and never very clearly. My background is a science Ph.D. with a lot of computational science experience.The lectures: Clearly poorly planned. Bill Howe has some knowledge about databases, but little skill in communicating it. The organizational structure leaves much to be desired. Much of the lectures are broad-brush and halting, simultaneously being too detailed as times and not broad enough at other times. Technical portions are marked by a number of errors in speaking and on the slides, as well as a lot of hesitation and jargon. It's as if he neither thought about the structure of what he wanted to say or a script of what he might say prior to recoding the session. Phoning in it is an apt description.The Assignments: The first assignment with Twitter was fun and interesting and gets the course 2 stars instead of one. The lectures prior to this will not prepare you for the assignment though, so might as well just skip them and do it on your own. The SQL assignment followed a set of lectures in which no proper discussion of SQL was ever given. The last assignment on Map-Reduce is acceptable although a number of errors in the homeworks are still uncorrected long after the first offering of this course. The autograder's idea of helpful feedback is similar to "Incorrect value. Try again" Week 4 of this course, which contains a vast amount of information has no exercises at all.Overall, this class is the polar opposite of a quality online course like Andrew Ng's Machine Learning Course. Do the twitter assignment and skip the rest. Lectures are poor and assignments are well below average. If I were at UW, this is not the kind of course I'd want representing my university in a public setting.
excellent treatment of the material
Interesting course, good hands-on exercises. very useful course to practice python
Going through the content really scares someone like me. At the same time, i feel that the challenge in doing the assignments will only help me improve well. I would suggest beginners to stay away and get a hold of the basics before jumping into the course.
Great course!
The course is very coherent and comprehensive. It covers only important aspects of the fields. Also, the exercises are very well prepared.
Its pretty decent. I liked the assignments. However there were some typos in the lecture slides and also the grader output is not very friendly.
Great course that strikes a balance between teaching general principles and concepts, and providing hands-on technical skills and practice.The lessons are well designed and clearly conveyed.
Very good course! Interesting problem sets.
Assignments were just not that challenging except first one
Very broad and instructive course with a good level of theory, many practical examples. Good teaching.Some nice assignments but a lake of assignement for the 4th weekI recommand this course
This course has appealing assignments and covers interesting topics. The course, however, has two fatal flaws. First, the lectures are a bit disjointed. While there is much to learn in the lectures, the lecturers style is a bit halting and scattered (it would have been much better presented if the lecturer had a script to read off of.) As is, the lectures are mediocre, which is unfortunate since the lecturer is clearly knowledgeable about the topics presented.Second, the assignments suffer from a lack of good error messaging and no support in the forums (aside from what you will find from other students, which can be very helpful at times.) The assignments themselves are a great approach to learning concepts (and you get to work with real data, like the Twitter data), but without good error messaging when you submit a script you pretty much end guessing where you are taking a wrong turn.I had high hopes for this course, but it seems as though it fails on execution.
Really good teaching: instead of cramming tons of information lecturer differentiates main ideas from technical stuff (that will surely change in several years). Also, exercises are good.Disclaimer: I have browsed several courses that touch these topics. I think this one is the best, at least on coursera.
Last week of the course is too much information and without any assignments it kind of doesn't make much sense and it doesn't stick.
Somehow interesting course about Data analysis. The lectures are interesting for those who have no prior knowledge about the topics, but boring to those who have it. The assignments are quite challenging and the disadvantage is, that they are not connected to the lectures and are therefore not well explained. What I like about the assignments is, that it is practical.
Great course. Very helpful!
Coding assignments help shed the resistance :)
The emphasis on methods rather than specific tools makes the course more resistant to the continuous changes in technology. The stage is set well, and there are practical implementations. Still, it's disappointing to see that errors from previous rounds have not been corrected.
Course is well structured, moving on with the lessons is a build up of techniques and concepts. Delivery of the course material is well paced and gives all the required information to grasp the concepts.
Great assignment and course design! Not easy for me.
Lost in details. Professionals(btw I hold a MSc degree in Computer Engineering) cannot get anything from this. What is the point of writing frequency.pl where there is a hist() function in R? If the instructor is trying to teach us how to program in any language, then I can assure you the data science class is not the right place. I recommend the instructor check ESSEC Business School for analytics subject to better comprehend the Coursera and its goals.
Very good course, but lectures could be more tuned onto the home assignments. A lot of independent work for me at least. Teacher is very good.
The lecturer is very, very knowledgable and seems to explain the landscape of topics both from a grand perspective and deep knowledge.Though there are a wide variety of programming exercise,I would prefer some more in-depth assignments (as is usually the case with me and Coursera).
Interesting intro to some powerful ideas
This was a great course - well planned out and really informative. Thanks!
Excellent overview of the Big Data field and its relation to eScience.
It was really frustrating that the autograder and assignment instructions didn't match. This course has been around too long for that big of a mistake. The lectures were the redeeming factor. They were interesting and presented the subject matter in a concise way.
While I haven't been able to keep up and submit most assignments, the material seems highly relevant and good to know. The videos are helpful and assignments provide good practice.Note: I am currently a software engineer and have an undergrad degree in Industrial Engineering (so I have some exposure to the concepts in the course).
Excellent course content and lecture, however, the homework design is not so friendly for students.First, instructions are not clear. I spent a lot of time in figuring out the real meaning behind each problem. Second, the judge system is not so rigorous. Though trying best on homework and not playing tricks are students' responsibility, the judge system is just too weak to survive those hackings.Thank you all for your efforts.
Great exercises one can learn alot from.
Brilliant course with amazing test tasks!
speed is too fast, I can hard to keep pace with teacher's s
Lots of good material, though I don't like how they've repackaged the original material from the prior longer version, which I worked through at my own pace a year ago, off session. Cramming all the material relating to NoSQL and Graph Analytics into the final week without assignment is ineffective. Instead, consider focusing the 4th week on NoSQL, and keep an assignment with it, maybe even the original Pig assignment that required and AWS account. I don't think the nominal charge Amazon will levy would hold anybody up who's serious about learning to process data at scale, it's just a few bucks.
the material is too simple. This course is just like a brief introduction, but not a course in college to teach student the real knowledge. I think MOOC course should be the same as a real college course. With the same difficulty and amount of material.
4.5 because it was very difficult to access the optional assignments and there was effort expended on reformatting them since the last offering of the course. Otherwise it's an excellent course and I've already been recommending it.
I feel that there should be more assignments to make the course interesting. The last part just briefly explained about different database types but it also focused two lectures on Pig. There could be an assignment to make the lectures more meaningful or perhaps, a quiz. Otherwise, last week is too much information to grasp at once.
This course left me with mixing feelings. I learned some new things, but overall I don't think that I got understanding of base concepts. Week 4 seems to have disproportionately more material than previous weeks, as though authors tried to Although free, this is course is also offered as a part of paid specialization, and I would be really disappointed if I'd spent money on a course like this.
it is very useful but easy enough
Good Course for beginner in Data Scientist field. I recommend this course
good for people who have some experience in python and SQL
This is a cooked up version from an earlier, more extensive course. Lecture videos now split from 10-14 minutes into lots of 4-6 minute videos. It seems, some assignments are missing, too.
Program instructions could be more specific. Make it clear exactly what format the programs output should be.
Amazing Course!
It gave a nice, challenging and very engaging introduction to different data preparation techniques. The course surveyed Twitter data stream analysis, SQL, MapReduce jobs and a host of NoSQL and Graph tools. While it could use assignments for the latter topics, the course was structured in an easy to follow manner and was sufficiently challenging to keep engagement. In addition, the way the lessons were broken down into digestable chunks greatly aided in keeping engagement and keeping my interest. I look forward to future courses offered by UWashington and the same professor.
It is a comprehensive course for learning quite up-to-date technology and concept.
Awesome course. I would love more courses like this.The only part I feel rather discomforting is that the course does not offer non verified certificates to those who cannot afford the 59 dollar fee (PS from India and 59 dollar for a course is huge deal for me) :)
great exercises and assignments. The course is involving.
This is a great course
Breaks down all complexity in Data Visualisation
It is worth the cost and effort, but ... four weeks did not provide enough time for the instructor to really demonstrate techniques for achieving the kind of results that are shown. The cost is low compared to other delivery mechanisms, but high compared to other, longer, more detailed, Coursera courses.
Very good course
Outdated materials, theory is taught and then praxis is tested. Course needs an update to materials and either teach AND test theory, or teach AND test praxis. I passed this class by switching sessions multiple times in order to use the time to learn the practical skills in data visualization I needed to pass the tests.Additionally, the presented materials and the lecture format are very uninspiring.
I wish for more hands on work.
I suppose that we should have some basic knowledge of data visualization before this course. There are no practical sessions. I could not understand many topics and it seems that content has been missing from this course.
Very good course
Excellent! Looking forward to the next one!
Let me deal with data in a new way.
Professor has a soft, easy to follow teaching style but the course structure has several pitfalls:It gets too theoretical in week 3 and 4 and you really don't need complex algebra or statistics to pass the course but it'd be hard to understand the core matters without them. Week 4's assignment is only a quiz and I think there should have been a project to really test student's ability to apply the learned materials in real situations. Besides, you don't need programming skill to complete the assignments, but it takes a lot of time to learn free, ready-made datavis tools and they are too limited to deliver the outcomes we want.I think if anyone is serious about learning data visualization, you can't get away with not knowing programming and statistics and those two should be prerequisites.
too theoretical without enough practical quiz and assignment
Great course to understand the basics of Data Visualization.
One of the excellent courses I have ever studied. Professor style of teaching is very soft and simple, point to point and very clear. I have given 100 out 100 marks.
Interesting course, but too much theoretical data without providing sufficient practical tasks to remember it better.In other courses they used to have mini quizzes embedded into videos. They are usually very helpful, but here we got none of them.
I consider the assignment is not very useful. Network plot usually does not help much if you are researching dataset. Scatterplot, histogram can be much useful. Tableau? Sorry, can't afford it, why not excel? At least, almost anyone uses it. Not very practical one, but it does contains a lot of information in the course.
I think the course is nice in general but I have one comment. I think there is too much information in the course videos and sometimes it is really hard to follow the video if you want to take notes. It would have been much better if the instructor gave some time between the slides for the watchers to digest. He doesn't have to stop but he could slowly go through a set of examples, even 30-60 secs would help.
I chose the "Data Mining" specialization to learn more about data mining ;-)I'm not so interested to present data
The detail that they use in the course is just so helpful.
The visualization can give you a general overview of data visualization. It opens an door for the data processing.
This is a great course. I highly recommend this course if you are looking to better visualize your data for an audience, and how people perceive graphs.
the third week requires learning a software package.
This course was excellent. It provided not only an overview of what data visualisation is but it also proved to be sufficiently challenging regarding the assignments and quizzes. This was truly a university course.
The course is awsome to get motivation and quite informative. However it teaches lot of practical concepts using Tableau which is a commercial software.Since these concepts entirely new to me. It take me a lot of time to understand videos and still I'm afraid I'll forget the things as soon as I leave it. I think some more practical activities should be introduce (on free platforms), to make knowledge more sustainable.
Starting it now.
My understanding is improving. Thanks to Professor Kart
Great course, very informative and definitely useful.
A course that can benefit you in both professional fields and daily works.It suit for all since it doesn't focus on theory but application.
The course do not match its price at all, it is catastrofically sketchy. First time while using Coursera I am so much unsatisfied with some course.
I really enjoyed this course. It gives very insights on useful knowledge, and opens the door to dig deeper into more specific knowledge, but is also possible to understand the concepts and succeed on the assignments without deep previous knowledge on programming or linear algebra.
It's not necessary for me
very interesting and useful information. A bit challenging for me to use the tools as I was not familiar with the software
Cool
Great class
I thought at times the explanations were a bit concise. If I look at the process mining course for example, a lot more video material is included (and its price is lower) with more concrete examples and practice. For non programmers it is not evident to find a solution to some of the assignments and there isn't much guidance on how to use certain tools. therefore, the time to be invested for non programmers - especially in week 3 - is far more than the hou
Carefully designed to provide an overview of data visualization concepts which are important for any data scientist.
Excellent opportunity to understand Data Visualization. I loved the home work given in the course, very unique and creative. Lot's of scope to cultivate an idea.
Very good course ! interesting aproach from the human vision and cognitive system to the differents ways of displaying data
I like the course because it helps you make visualizations of different types of data by using very simple tools based on rich algorithms. I understand the fundamental concepts to discover patterns and relevant information from the data, applying some design rules in the software.
Very enjoyable class. I especially enjoyed interactions with other classmates. And I learned a lot about data visualization!
Great course, i highly recommend as a primer for your journey into visual analytics and business intelligence.
Absolutely fantastic course! Learned so much. Thank you
It is an excellent course under data mining specialization. Going for it will be definitely a great investment in terms of education.Teddy Muchape.
I started this training with great anticipation by the central theme (Data Mining) and was surprised with an excellent training on data visualization. The richness of detail and material supply should inspire other training also the Coursera I have accomplished.
Quite clear, good for introduction
It is a really interesting course that help you know how you should use any kind of data and discern the type of data you are using to visualize and provide information that could help you make decisions or understand behaviors easily.
Too dull, no programming explanations. Sometimes too simple and suddenly too technical.
I found the class to be very informative. The assignments on creating charts and graphs for large data sets were practical and helped me understand the concepts taught in the course.
Awesomely worth studying!
Thank Coursera very much for providing such a good course. Also thank for the teacher from Illinois.
Great, useful course!
I really enjoy this course. It is informative, effective and assertive. The Group of Professors were committed for it in advance. You can tell based on the planning and methods. Two thumbs up!Realmente disfruto el curso, es informativo, efectivo y asertivo. El Profesorado se comprometió con las metas con anticipación. Se nota la planeación y los métodos. Bravo!
I really enjoyed Amity's style of teaching for this course on The Craft of Setting and Description. Her instruction, examples, and general style of teaching was very well thought-out, deliberate, and specific. One of my weaknesses as a writer, I believe, is around setting and integrating exposition but in a showing way. These exercises were helpful, I had hoped that the feedback from my peers would be more helpful. Some feedback was great, but some was too superficial (did they read it?) or too harsh (wanting to boast their own expertise).
The best parts of this course are faculty as well as the feedback received in peer reviews.
This, for me, has been, by far the best part of the Creative writing course. Amity is an amazing instructor and gives great incite and lessons on Setting and description. She takes it one step further with readings and visualizations. I have learned so much that I can put to use! Highly reccomen
The course, The Craft of Setting and Description, allows students to delve into the skills needed for polished creative writing. Amity Gaige was a great instructor who provided exercises and lectures that stretched my imagination. I really enjoyed this course.
Amity has been the best teacher in this course series. She had us, big gasp, actually READ some wonderful stories and passages. Nothing like a writer reading. Her lectures were spot on and interesting and dynamic. The assignments were clear and fun to complete. Thank you Amity!
Excellent, of course! This segment made a huge difference for me. It completely changed how I look at writing in terms of using specific details to describe a setting that fits the mood and movement of what I'm writing. I loved this lesson!
Really informative course that makes you look at what you read more closely.
This was so helpful in getting over significant roadblocks with ongoing work, and getting me to write new work.
good assignments and clear tips and inspirations.
it's amazing course that gave you a new point of view for writing and a very good training
Excellent. I truly enjoyed the content, the tasks, the feedback, and the instructor's ability to engage learners. I perceived Mrs. Gaige as a natural motivator and a great facilitator.Thank you so much for your time. Mrs. Amity Gaige.Sincerely, Maria Barreto
The same as I have written for the other courses in the specialty. The course information was great and the assignments were very helpful. What lost points for the course was not the content provided by Wesleyan, which was good, but the poor effort on the part of many of the fellow students to really work on constructive critiques. For each assignment I had at least one of the three peer reviews that was useless to me to improve my writing, sometimes more. There should be a way to rate critiques so that students can't move on if they don't do the work of critiquing well.
This was a great course. I feel like I learned a lot and was able to expand my writing abilities in ways I never knew I could. I absolutely loved the guided meditation and soundscapes portion of the course. Thank you, Amity Gaige!
One can tell that Amity Gaige has carefully tailored this course to teach us the craft of setting and description. I have never paid much attention to it before, always connecting much more to the characters' feelings. Only now after taking this course, I can appreciate how important setting and description really is for the reader and also for the characters in your story. Thank you Amity!
The way Amity Gaige passes on her learnings makes it extremely easy for the beginners to pick things up. Her tips on persuasive writing completely persuaded me :). A very well designed course and delivered very well by Amity :)
Just as the Amy Bloom's course, this course has no descriptive arch and one is left to try and grasp the teaching points in a flood of reference material. Teach theory in a clear structure first please then provide reference. See Brando Skyhorse course, very structured.
Interesting information, lots of inspiration and good excercises.
An excellent course under the mentorship of Amity Gaige. She is a gorgeous mentor. I learned a lot of new things! Thank you very much.
I really liked this course because it contained a lot of reading material and made me practice on various aspects of setting writing. My favourite so far.
So far, this is my favorite module. I can tell my writing is improving & am grateful for the thoughtful instruction. I would like some Instructor input, not just peers, however. That would be an amazing bonus to an already wonderful course!
I enjoyed everything about this course. I found every module extremely helpful along with all of the feedback I received from my peers. The exercises were extremely enjoyable and creative. This has been an excellent course through and through.
Great course that caused me to get out of my comfort zone!
In this course I practiced an exercise that changed forever my way of writing a setting description. I loved it!
Ms. Gaige very thoughtfully made it really practical rather than theoretical by bringing in examples of various writings from the past writers, adding in some videos as well for the learners to see it exactly for what something is, while making the points about what should you put into your writing and what you shouldn't. Would have liked a short goodbye video from her at the end though!!
Very thought provoking, inspiring and educational.
the most informative and most structured out of all Creative Writing Specialization courses so far. Thank you!
Great knowledge. Time consuming.
The assignments are challenging and fun to do. I feel like my writing has improved a lot!
The creative writing series of classes have been extremely enjoyable. The classes are very well organized, the pace of the work was perfect for me. Wish there were another series of classes I could take.
Awesome teacher, awesome skills learned!
I really liked how the videos set up the assignments and enjoyed the assignments themselves. They worked really well for a couple different projects I'm working on -- so useful and versatile.
Great course!
Excellent course highly recommended.
Amity Gaige quickly became one of my favourite tutors. I enjoyed all the meditation parts so much that it made me rethink how research should be done. Thank you!
The examples and the assignments are very cleverly thought out. Good teaching!
A great course to get you thinking about the what and where of your story. I highly recommend this course.
An excellent course to help you involve in the art of setting and description. I recommend it 100%
This was a fun course. I learned aloy about setting.
Amity Gage is an excellent Instructor with helpful tips and information regarding The Craft of Setting and Description.
Excellent course. I learned a lot. Amity Gaige is a terrific instructor. I enjoyed her method of teaching.
Challenging and very helpful course. I learned so much. Thank you!
Thank you so much Amity for all the knowledge that you have given me. Your approach to teaching is wonderful and I was intrigued by your views on writing. I thoroughly enjoyed learning from you. You are amazing and I feel blessed to have been you as an instructor. Again, thank you!
This course was awesome. Every assignment was really challenging and the classes were so interesting. I think it was the best course in this specialization. Thank you very much to the teacher!
I thought this course was very well done. The video lectures were very interesting, and the links to additional readings and videos was very welcome. Definitely one of the strongest segments of the creative writing specializations.
Such a great inspiring teacher. My favourite course on this Platform.
This was a difficult one for me but incredibly useful, I really needed it as a writer in order to create great settings.
The peer reviewed assignments are next to useless, as there is no oversight on them. I think there needs to be a basic comprehension assessment done first, before allowing fellow learners the ability to pass/fail students in the course.
Really instructive course and exceptional teaching, discussion boards were a bit barren but maybe that was due to the lack of mentors at the time.
The course was inspiring and made me focus on the small details in the environments I create. I think that the professor leans too hard on the quotes and the work of other authors as a core part of the curriculum. It would have been useful to have a breakdown in charts or a checklist to help push our descriptions along. Having said that, the professor seems to care a great deal for her students and that came through clearly.
This was an excellent class. The assignments were specific, challenging, and enjoyable. I enjoyed the instructor's approach and insight to writing. Additionally, I found the supplemental materials very helpful. Finally, sharing past student work with current students helped clarify the subject matter and gave me perspective on the required assignments. I wish more instructors did that!
Great course and exciting writing assignments! The peer reviews were mostly constructive and the instructor was clear and brought her learnings across. Highly recommended!
It was a great experience. This course enhanced my writing skill to a whole new level. The most important thing is that it was both: challenging and fun.I would recommended to anyone who wishes to improve their skill as a writer, storyteller, and so on.You would regret it if you don't enroll on this one. By the way, language is not a excuse. English is not my mother language, and I had a lot of fun with this course. It also improved my writing skill. Grammar is a must.Cheers!
My favorite of the specialization. Rich in information, challenging and engaging assignments, and nuggets of wisdom.
Thank you.
Great Course!
This class was pretty good. I liked the reading assignments, and there was some helpful instruction as well. I liked learning about the second person perspective, and the section on credibility and research was also really helpful.
i recommend this very enjoyable class , courses and directions for submissions are clear , provides interesting and efficient tools for progression . Teacher s personnality is a passionate and encouraging one . Great experience.
I am thoroughly enjoying this course. There is the right mix of close reading, difficult assignments and thought provoking conversations with authors.
This one was much more intense, and as such, much more fruitful.
One of the best creative writing courses. Truly enjoyed it!
This is great course for challenging your perceptions of things and encouraging you to try out different perspectives.
loved this course, the prompts really got me thinking and writing about things/topics that were different for me. Being forced outside my comfort zone has really gotten me thinking about writing from a different angle and I think that will help so much moving back to my own writing
I've enjoyed "The Craft of Setting and Description." It's given me a good chance to spend some time focusing on the details that matter. I've learned a lot about what to include where setting and description are concerned and what to leave out. It's been a very good course.
I have learnt so much about description and about power of meditation. I recommend this course for everybody who would like to show his or her world to the Readers.
Creative writing being an art, one may try and describe its constituents but never an entire composition. One such constituent is setting and description. Amity Gaige presents this constituent with rare sensitivity. She recommends inspirational reading materials, and designs challenging assignments that defines the space yet affords freedom to the learner. Additionally, she possesses an effective screen presence.
Gives out clear understanding. The choices of reference books are interesting, especially 'The Odour of Chrysanthmums'
Amity was nice. I liked the way she presented the materials the the instructions for the assignments.It would be nice to see more feedback from the staff. This is was the majority of the peers were expecting.
Very good course, thanks!
If you've not read a single book on writing, this class might be good. Otherwise, don't expect to get much about the ~30 minutes of lecture.
I enjoyed learning about how to create a vitamin rich unit of fiction and the importance of specific words.
I enjoyed the course of setting and description as this is an area I particularly enjoy and so it was a great learning experience and a chance for me to enhance my description and setting skills and Amaity Gaige really gave you a free hand at doing this.
Clear lectures with practical advice, and very good assignments. The assignments in the plot class and the character class were too confusing and structured, but the assignments in the craft of setting class were perfectly designed to help the student practice whatever was taught in the modules. I know it sounds unimportant, but we're here to write, and when we're given awkward assignments, the peer reviews go haywire and the writing quality declines for everyone.I read some of the best work, peer work, in this class and in the style class.
Wow! This is a real good one! And also the extra literature is waaaaaaay to interesting!!
Very good and interesting course!
I joined late, much too late to participate in many of the assignments with my busy schedule, but I took notes and read all the required reading. From this course I will take into my writing new, helpful skills. My favorite lesson was setting and description where I learned that the environment should not be described frivolously, but through the emotions and opinions of the character(s) who observe them. Thank you very much for your lessons, Amity Gaige, I'm now not as terrible as I was when I first started.
Amity Gaige was a tremendous instructor. It was a very enjoyable course.
I really liked Amity's style- a great presenter, great voice and very encouraging. She also really got into the meat of the subject. And her assignments were a challenge but really enjoyable. I have found out things about my writing in this course!
Great follow-up course to "The Craft of Plot." As a side note, those auditing this creative writing series from Wesleyan University must choose one of their paid routes of they desire to turn in assignments and get feedback from classmates. I guess this is the new course structure for specialized topics on the Coursera platform. The inability to turn in assignments was of little concern to me, but it may disappoint some, so I thought I'd mention it. Otherwise, at the very least, you'll have a firmer understanding and appreciation for crafting detailed settings and descriptions after auditing this course.
More engaging and inspirational than many, many other approaches.
Excellent course that both informs and inspires. There is a good deal of content as well as advice. The student writer is encouraged to explore and be unafraid. The only draw back is that the online classroom does not allow the auditing students to post and get feedback on their assignments and it must be done externally to fully get the benefit of our fellow students.
What a great course. It was accessible, but at the same time challenging. Wonderful!
Excellent course: Thank you so much!!!!
very informative and need some improvements.
I would strongly recommend the instructor provide pdf lecture notes that we could save please.
Great course, gets you reflecting on your practice
Excellent course! I learned so much about all types of disabilities and resources that could be used to help students.
A brilliantly structured course, with very thoughtful assignments. The pace of the course and the way information has been built in the for the students is awesome, and it gives an holistic understanding of disability support and helps create complete awareness of the subject. Loved it, and will expect a few more follow up courses as well.
Like it! Good information to get in touch with the experiences in accessibility that are occurring outside my country. :)
Was an excellent refresher for me as it encompassed several of my undergrad classes on the topic. I would recommend this course to anyone that supports individuals with disability through service, volunteering, or care of any form. Thank you for the opportunity!
great course and important materials
This course has been fantastic! I learned a lot of the Laws of Disability and the Requirements that Institutions must provide. I have Epilepsy which causes me to be a slower learned, so it's good to be refreshed on what I did know, and for me to be updated on what I didn't know previously. Thank You!-Justin Dougherty Winter Park, FL USA
Geared specifically to college professors, as opposed to general public. Could be more useful with more background information on ADA and IDEA and everyday implications. Could also incorporate mental illness and disability aspects.
A very practical and informative course, the links and readings are also very educational.
Glad to see the video is equipped with Closed Captions
Great material. Some things I didn't know about disabilities and colleges, however the presentation of the videos that were not of a guest speaker were poorly done. The instructors sounded like robots and you could tell easily that they were just reading from a script.
This class is a great introduction to disability awareness and support and as a refresher course. Having worked in education for more than 25 years, I learned a lot taking this course.I especially enjoyed hearing from multiple perspectives and reading posts from my peers on accommodations. The web links were an added plus.
Great course! This was very helpful and I recommended it to my colleagues. Thank you!
This course is great, but it took for ever to start!!
You have to pay to upload the assigments , this does not pas in other courses ...
very interesting
Great, but easy
Good course
Great job
Excellent course nice and easy
Great course with excellent videos!
Great course. For intermediate level it can be more inDEPTh.
a great course, funny and interesting material and really good lectures given by the profesor
very good introduction on the field of health research. I have a background in Mental Health , although the subjects in de course were more somatic related, this was not a problem. I actually learnt some interesting things about certain somatic diseases.The course could be better when provided with reading material. The only suggestion made was the authors book which is an obvious choice. Of course , with the help of Google one can find more reading material but I would have been more complete if the course itself had some links to web material or is able to unlock material by make a payment.
Goes to the point, warns about thinking wrong about DS because of hype and lack of (scientific) sustainability.
Quiz should be open to all students... :/
Excellent introductory course for the interested in Data Science!
Very well organized and thought!
Extremely informative, you could finish it in half a day though...
This is great course for both beginners and intermediates alike. Thank you.
very elementary. Takes approximately 2 hours to complete.cannot continue with the in-dept material but have to wait until next week (and payment ofcourse).
This course gave a high level view of Data Science.
If you're looking for an introduction to data science and machine learning which doesn't get your feet too wet this course is ideal. Its meant to be a conceptual introduction to the subject. Just what I was looking for. Thanks Guys.
Very helpful
Great Introduction to the fundamental concepts of Data Science
Good intro to the terms, concepts, and approach for data science.
I really liked the content , the difference between machine learning and statistical modelling was nicely explained.I also like the topic hype from value and it was well explained.
The course can be described as the first hour lecture by the professor. It introduces students to data science, its uses and pitfalls.
Great course. Lot of complicated detail segmented and described in a way that was easy to digest. Thoughts for improvement are with the first few segments. The lessons didn't start with the "why". Why machine learning is used or what problem it solved. I had to google that in order to understand before the course which started with "what" it was.
I had gone through each session, it gives good understanding on the data science. My suggestion is to go through each session more than once. Both the faculties are great.
very good introduction to DS.
Easy to understand and I really got general idea of data science.
Great course
Great overview course!
Excellent course for beginners who wants to grow in Analytics space
Good high level introduction to the field of data science.
An excellent introduction to the world of Data Science for a layman.
A good crash course eliciting the basic nuances of Data science
The course can use more visuals instead of videos of the face of the instructor. It can also use more interactive examples as this is a more executive view instead of having scholar examples.
Its easy and good course for my field/area
I liked the course. The only problem of this course is it was a little bit advanced for a person like me who did not have any idea about data science. Otherwise it's a good course to start learning about data science.
A good course. Very basic, but that's to be expected for an overview course.
Great Crash course.It fills the coriosity about this field and encourages me to follow with this path.I'll continue, for sure.
A little too high-level for what I was looking for but a good introduction to get familiarized with some of the terminology and concepts.
Thanks for the awesome content!!!
Too theoretical.
It is good informative course for beginners.
A good course for people, who want to get some insight into Data Science
Good overview of Data Science but lacking a bit of meat.
Extremely helpful and informative this was my first time experience going through an online training, i should say thanks team for making it so easy and effective :-)Looking forward for more sessions and positive experiences.
Good overview course. Maybe include a few more examples that we can review offline.
Excellent intro to the Data Science.
Very useful introductory course to help you get familar with different fields in data science and typical data analysis procedures
Overly academic
Great course. Easy on the mind and not too taxing with details.
Good overview on data science. Assisted in better conceptualizing how as a manager to evaluate and implement data science and analysis concepts to decision making.
Great class!
This course was exactly what I was looking for - I got a high level understanding of the field and that knowledge has helped anchor me for further research.
really nice course!
Very Good course for understanding the Data science elements
The first week gave me a good insight into the data science process. I now understand the situations in which Data Science can best be applied. However, I still do not fully understand the statistics aspect. It would help me if the instructors would provide examples in detail of supervised vs unsupervised learning. I seem to understand the theory behind it but I am not sure how valuable it will be for me.
This course is very helpful for someone to know and understand what data science is in Small amount of time.
Helpful intro course. Easy to understand.
This was a well established course!
a bit of mumbling in the videos, and some of the single/multiple answer buttons were incorrect.
Gives good overview of data science. Maybe one example would have been better.
Great start, good examples and a very nice way to 'crash' into data sc!
Good one
Great course guys! Thank you!
Just great!
Brian Caffo's lectures were rambling and confusing, with excessive use of jargon without proper explanation. His graphs were overwhelming with information, and little effort was made to explain the graph. Otherwise, the other lectures were very good, concise, and clear. Thank you.
A good introduction to Data Science. Clarified a number of questions that I had about what it actually is. Presented in a way that does not dumb down the material, but still makes it accessible to a person without a science or data background.
truly Informative course. Well thought about the syllabus. This is very useful for doctorate students as well!
Great introduction. Clear, well-paced introduction. Recommended for busy executives looking for an intro.
Really helpful contents.. Presentations with examples are awesome.....
A great high level introduction to what Data Science is and how it is used to answer business questions.
I do not have a statistics background and i was abit worried at first, but this was well organized and i am really glad i took it!
Great material, good structure, right level of detail. Great for the executive overview specialization.
Easy to follow without the jardon. Recommendation for those interested in statistics, Biostats, and looking to cost effectively learn or enhance skill sets.
Great and straight-to-the-point introduction course for getting started with Data Science projects KSFs and pitfalls.
Great lecturers who make it easy to understand.
very well constructive
Just what i expected it to be helped me take my Data Science knowledge up a notch!
Very helpful, well structured and comprehensive course.
Clear and streamlined. I wish it could go deeper. Moving on with the other courses on the subject.
good starting course; information well presented.
Excellent introductory course!
High level, but very informative.
A good introduction to data science.
Solid introduction.
Good introduction in Data Science
Great course.
needed more depth
Well upto the mark,Content is very relevant and informative
This course gives a brief idea about Data Science. It is helpful for the beginners.
Good introductory course. A bit dry with no interaction with other students (the forums were not popular and there were no peer-graded assignments).
Some questions confusing (with less than 5 so missing 1 was a fail) and a few videos were lacking written summaries. Other than that not bad
Good overview... but expected more content..
It is great to have some of the key concepts clearly explained. Often times things get overcomplicated when understanding the basics is the foundation to build upon.
some explanation was too technical too early
It's a good course, good material, videos and the quiz are aligned to the knowl
Great course! I start up my own headhunting company specialised in Data and this course is now part of the standard training process for all new employee! thanks! Aldo
Really good quick and dirty high level overview of how to structure and talk about data science projects. Great for improving communication about your project to your boss and people from outside of your team.
Very good overview. Most basic vocabulary is nicely explained with examples.Only one thing more could have been covered a bit more: Big Data and/vs Data Science. I am still wondering if there is 'any' difference between the two terms, what 'exactly' is it?
Nice overview for those of us unschooled in the language. Syntax of the notes and text is in need of major editing-proofreading.
Excellent Material and good explanations. Thanks.
Very basic introduction to data science. The class is well-organized and suitable for new learners of data science.
Good overview, highlighting many key points in DS specialization.
High level overview - not technical at all.
good introduction
great to s
Course Material is good however I felt trainer is not very much engaging with the audience. There is not liveliness in the way the videos are projected.
This was logically structured, yet interesting and engaging, great videos. The only thing that could make it better is more imagery for conveying some of the more complex ideas.
Would have been better if quiz access is available for free so that it is easier to reinforce concepts learnt.
It's a good starting point. I've now got a good idea of what else I need to learn. The course also provides an easy to apply approach to get value from my efforts using data science.
Great introduction for those getting into data science but don't have the statistical background. The knowledge gained in this course can be applied immediately to anyone looking into leveraging data science.
The course provided an excellent overview of the subject area and provided many references to the profession that will allow a beginner to become integrated with this work.
Great introductory course!
Simple but full of useful information. Thanks for the instructors.
I enjoyed this course. It was well thought out and nicely put together.
A good first overview of what Data Science can do in the corporate context.
Nice high
A good course to learn all the basics of DATA SCIENCE !
I am a PhD biologist leading a team of data analysts. I found this course to be quick and easy to follow, well presented, and extremely helpful. The instructors are truly professional and they excel in this medium, I was very impressed. Thanks Coursera and Johns Hopkins!
some of the content and videos were too wordy and had more theory v/s examples.
While the course has excellent material, I would not send any of my executives to it. The information is to deep and technical for a business executive in my opinion. I would have liked more examples on how implementing this would benefit a business.
Solid executive level overview of the domains involved in leading a Data Science program.
Good introductory course but a bit too superficial.
Excellent course. Good overview and not too technical. Excellent presentations by the lecturers.
They could have stated the audience of the course more clearly. I found most of the information irrelevant that added little value. Most of the things discussed are generic and would apply to any project.
Excellent, succinct and applicable insights on Data Science for the uninitiated and the experienced alike.
Excellent course for getting the basics of organizing a data science team.
Excellent high level overview of data science
The material is of a good level, it is a good first introduction to the field.
This was really a crash course in various aspects of data science, with words being thrown around and defined for a lay person like myself. Overall, this was a good course for beginners.
Great course for managers that what to start understanding the most relevant concepts about the data science area and how to apply it in practice.
Course was really informative and provided a great hawk eyed view of the data science field.
Very nicely packaged, concise course for the one who themselves may not handle the data but have a need to understand what is going on around them and how to make team more effective
A great way to enter the field of Data Science theoretically.
Very basic course!
A solid but gentle introduction
This course summarizes Data Science concepts and its application very precisely and effectively.
As of now I have forgotten what I learned in the course but I am taking data science as a specialization , so this course would definitely be useful. Mr. Caffo has a good personality and good narration skills.
1-week does not seem enough for a Crash Course
Good intro to data science and has given overall information what a data scientist actually do in a high level.
The crash course is true to its word. It gives you a fast paced overview about data science. However, the learner is advised to read more about the matter. The free e-book is more than enough to give a solid background.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career.Please, take a look at my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11I did this course to get new knowledge about Big Data and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.Regards
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This course leaves you frustrated, as valuable information is only ad the end and at the beginning. It doesn't really answer questions of what are data science, big data, machine learning, how they interact and how to use them.
Excersices! real excersices to really understand the theory.
Just the right knowledge that a beginner like me needs
A very good introduction to Data Science!!
Very basic course, gives a bird view of the Data Science
Executive Summary: Do not spend time on this course if you have minimal common sense and have read at least one article on Data Science.I finished the 11 week course "Machine Learning - Stanford University - by Andrew Ng" 2 months ago, which was such a great course! It kept me busy for about 20 days (at about 4-6 hours per day) and I learned so much!This course "A Crash Course in Data Science - Johns Hopkins University" , Part of a 5-course series, the Executive Data Science Specialization, provided just some superficial obvious information, took me only 3 hours to complete and even this time I would could wasted time.Finally coursera now starts to make courses smaller and smaller and them adding multiple of them up to "Specialization", so that at the end you have to pay much more to get a certain amount of information and course time. With this course they seem to have streched it to a new extreme. The price for the certificate for this superficial short mini course has reached the same price ($ 44) as what I payed for the extensive great Machine Learning course from Stanford University by Andrew Ng !
Quick and fairly easy course to complete. Gives you good and short insight into what data science is all about.
Good for getting a quick summary of what Data Science is for those new to the field.
Really should be retitled to "An Executive Overview of Data Science." The course covered all the critical Data Science components that Executives or Senior Management should be aware of. Corporate america still does not understand, nor recognize the critical components of properly funding, supporting and committing to a Data Science effort or program. This course outlines the needed core components for a successful Data Science journey that could impact the top and bottom line.
Great for beginners in Data Science. Lecturer are good and instructors are very knowledgeable and provided valuable inputs through short duration lectures.
Fast and objective. Great course.
Very good and brief overview of the topic.
Basic course but very helpful and explained about the Data Science very well. 5* for the Tutors, material and for the overall course.
Information is well presented and keeps a good pace. Quizzes could be improved.Additional material is very good and interesting.
Is really hard to summarize the potential of Data Science and being clear, but I think that the instructors have done their best, so that we can achieve the most from the Course.Great Job!
Great to have an idea about what Data Science means
Indeed a crash course. Gives an excellent overview of key concepts in Data Science and whets your appetite for more
This course is the 2nd certificate course I've completed through Johns Hopkins and Coursera, and the content is always excellent. I suggest pausing the videos and take notes to grasp everything, and for reference if you're going to take other courses along this path. I am also going to complete the other Data Science certification offered by JHU
Good crash course. Not really sure if a certificate is really needed here though, since it's basically an overview/introduction in data science.
A very nice introduction to Data Science. Loved it!!!
It would be good to be able to complete the quizzes even if you are not paying for the certificate, this would enable people to understand how much they have taken away from the class.
I was quite satisfied with the content of this course.
Great crash course! Wide variety of information and useful for me as I lead a data science team.
Really organised, simple, the teachers are awesome.
Great beginning to Data Science
Good intent but poor execution. Tries to summarize all the major topics but ends up delivering a totally disjointed, cut-and-paste experience with no real flow.
Great course! thank you very much this was very insightfull!
Great! Very interesting & informative.
It is a good introductory course in Data Science
Great course
I recommend this course to all who wish to be a data scientist, and, for those who want to be managers of a team of data scientists. The course introduces basic concepts, tips and tools, and also good articles as supplementary reading. Recommended!
Excellent intro into what Data Science and Data Science projects really are.
Highly recommended - efficient way to crash into Data Science.
A little devoid of depth.
Good introductory course for Data Science
Great Learning
Great crash course with the fundamentals of Data Science. Excellent for having some ideas about the subject.
Very good introduction, by real experts.
Very short. Quality of the course is also not that good.
A wonderful course for getting exposed with the fundamentals of Data Science. A must for those who wish to understand what exactly the Data Science.
It was a good introduction to a subject that is polluted by big data hype. Although I am giving 5 stars I wish slides for software engineering part were also published.
Learned the basics of what goes on in data science world.
fairly general concepts of data science, but may be quite helpful l for people totally new to the field of data (e.g. not having any idea), or as material to review the big picture of data science
I liked the methodology to explain with details all the embasement of Data Science. I'm learning since the basic to advanced. I'm gonna do a MBA in area of Data Science and this certification become a more one step to me. Congrats from Brazil.
This course was Great!
Quite basic material... If you have some technical background you might fund this course not so useful.However, I think that it does provide the right information for non-technical managers in a simple and comprehensive way.Personally, I wish it was a bit longer and deeper to feel like I acquired more knowledge to take it to the next level independently.
Great intro
Provided a good, very high level overview. I audited so I didn't take the quizzes, but the questions were all on the general side. I liked how they used some examples of real-life research.
Quick and concise. A great deal of knowledge acquired.
Was a good introduction. The focus was good as I feel I came away with knowledge of the field as opposed to technology. Only recommendation is to ask professors to use more practical examples in the lectures.
Although it was the first course to which I registered (makes it hard for me to rate and compare), I really enjoyed the lectures and found the information clear and concise! Can't wait to start the following courses related to Executive Data Science.
Was expecting more of the how to's and a bit of programming or at least concepts of the programming/statistics, but I guess there are different interpretations of the idea of a crash course.Definitely geared for people who work with data scientists but not in the data science field.
Great overview. The distinction between statistics and machine learning gets a little fuzzy, but probably because I never took statistics, and have only used machine learning in a limited context. Really enjoyed it, thanks.
great for existence human and android based life-form simulation internal lifestyle...The course improves life within the simulation 10 fold at least(when combined with the other specialization courses) ...Perfect learning tool for those who have worked professionally in research field sin our simulation and yet now have a touch of "the turrings" or you know : CBI...Special thanks to the designers of the course.Top scores for coursera.org &John Hopkins ...
Too basic.
Great class!
I would have liked a bit more detail and some more examples from business perspective. But I am sure there will be a more advanced course that I could take.
Great course!
It is helpful for those who want to get an overview of what data science is all about.
Interesting but uneven. Felt like the first draft of a team-taught course
Excellent introduction. Especially liked the short lecture on supervised v. unsupervised machine learning. That answered a question I had at the outset.
This is a great course if you need a concise background in data science. The more you explore the resources and extra materials the more you will learn. The instructors are well versed in the field and certainly have their hands full constructing software and analysis for what is quite possibly the number one research medical hospital/college in the country, Johns Hopkins. Any certificate or credentials from this institution is indeed most valuable and highly recommended. The material can be a little dense since it is a "crash course", but if you retake your tests and use them as a review of the basic core components of each lesson, you will get what it takes to get a team off the ground working on a real time project with precise goals and applications. Use the variable speed on the videos to slow the lectures down when needed. A great introduction to the varying data sources you will use as a data scientist.
An outstanding short course on data science which clearly explains the what, why and how of DS.
Excellent introductory overview.
Excellent. Help me review stuff that i had learnt years ago.
Really basic course. Not needed for people you have already done data science specialization in coursera
It's too short, I think it should be a part of a course and not a course itself.It is a repetition of concepts and examples from other courses by john hopkins univ.
Good overview course. Better for managerial folks than data engineers/scientists.
Nice content and well organised.
Ref: "A Crash Course in Data Science" the content could be presented in a simpler way. Some of the presentations sounds little vague and conceptual level like an Advanced Math or, Statistics class. I am wondering since this is an Executive program, is there a simpler and easy to grasp way to present the material. The text download files (i.e. txt) document descriptions needs to be more clearer. The Power Point downloads are excellent and are to the point.
This course is very sparse on details, and just a week of content. The lecturer is not the best at explaining concepts.
Enjoyed the structure.
It was crisp and loaded. A perfect course for executives starting out in the field of Data Science, it, in fact, inspires one to pursue data science at a more detailed level.
The course lays out the basics of Data Science in a very easy to understand manner for someone who is a beginner and gives an overview from where you can start scouring for more information either through the further courses or outside of them.
Great teachers in this program
Very good course, I can't wait to continue the rest of the certificate.
Great, clear overview of the standards, principles, terms, and applications for data science - geared toward executives, managers, and professionals working with or directing colleagues and team members specializing in data science. A great snapshot for organizational leaders seeking to get a better grasp on how to make critical decisions about data science investments, resource allocations, applications, etc.
I want to give 3.5 stars but there is only option for 3 or 4.Given that it's geared more towards wanna be managers in this field. I would have expected lot of case studies, and links to additional material for individual reading plus a mini write up or a project at the end.For MOOCs to compete with a degree program or an onsite instruction few of the things I think that are needed areInterviews with industry practitioners which is a big plus.interviews/postings from people with similar background as the 90% of the MOOC students of this program who made it... this motivates the students from dropping from the middle of the course/specilization programslinks to additional articles that the students can read at leisurewriteup/project as assignments that the students can pursue and publish (not necessarily for grade but as a mind jogger)One more thing that I think should help (not specific to this course) is that the student with the best grade should be offered one free course and think this will motivate the students to complete the courses.
I have studied this course as part of the Executive Data Science Specialization. I think this set of four courses meet my objectives by providing a very nice overview on the key points of data science projects. They are good to give a flavor on data science and data science projects helping decide if you want to search for more in depth knowledge.
Great course for somebody who does not know anything about data science. When doing this specialisation there should be credit for those that did the other data science specialisation
I finished the course in just one evening. It is really quite and easy course into various aspects of data science. The biggest benefits for me is it provides many inspirations which helps me to decide which areas of Data Science I would like to learn more later.
A really good introduction to the subject.
Lectures were fairly straightforward but not really that exciting and the lecturers sometimes felt a little unprepared or underwhelming.
it was a great learning experience,the lectures were good and excellently designed
Really wonderful high level overview- quite helpful for me.
Great overview! Passing and internalizing are different goals - take the time to read & watch not only the mandatory items but the links to Wired etc.
Brilliant Course.
Good short introduction to the field who someone with minimal understanding of data science.
I think the course is apt to begin getting a feel of data science management and needs. I have realised during the course that it is a fairly complex discipline for a beginner with no exposure to statistics and the terminology.Initially it might seem like over the top, but with some research and reading of suggested materials , one shall be able to get a hang of it in due time.I also believe the instructors have had to work hard to make sure the upper level course can be delivered as close as possible to the level of a beginner.My only suggestion is if they could add a list of sorts for statistical jargon , explained in layman terms, which would actually enable quicker absorbance.
Excellent course, material and superior teaching.
The course touches upon most important topics in Data Science but doesn't go deep into the topics:- Covers most important important topics in Data Science on high level.- Course works as a "refresher" to follow the course you should know the basics in statistics and modelling. Concepts like parsimonious model would be used with expectation that student already knows it.
A clear and concise training of Data science. One example of Data science project would help to understand better. Thanks.
A great primer to get you started in Data Science or get up to speed quickly.
Good crash course, presents relevant concepts quickly
Very basic level, nice talks though
Thank you all professors of John Hopkins, for excellent explanations and relevant examples to help improve learning.
Very useful and prolific. All thanks to the professor and the whole team work!
Very basic, for absolute beginners/ managers completely new to data (let alone data science)
Very well organized course ..Short and to the point
Solid introduction. Not so engaging if using the non-paid options
Short yet nice :)
Too short to get any depth of information. Too expensive for the content provided.
It's what I was looking for!
Great value to get started; especiall
Very helpful and interesting. Well paced.
While to introductory, yet very good.
A satisfactory overview of the Data Science Specialization.
A really great overview of what is Data Science and how it fits in with decision making. It answered a lot of basic questions and got me curious to pursue other courses on data science. The professors were very knowledgeable and gave great examples. The only thing I would recommend to the professors is to make the lectures a little more dynamic. A voice over of static slides can be a little hard to follow.
Good, simple, straightforward, and applied. It starts to introduce you to the language and platforms of data science, but it is most definitely not a standalone course if you want to be conversant in the field. Really just a "taster" to get you into the specialization.
Very good introduction to the topic and also clarifies some terms that are in the air and end up misleading. like inference prediction and machine learning.
I believe this course is much informative & provide me a clear knowledge about Data science...
I am in the middle of it.I find it a bit challenging but very interesting.
Good course for someone wanting to familiarize themselves with Data Science and understand the basics.
This is a very nice executive level explanation of Data Science topics. These 3 professors are excellent communicators of this field.
Provides a quick overview on what constitutes Data Science.
Good one for the beginners in data science
A good 10000 feet view on the Data Science
Good general introduction.
This course is a really good starting point for people new to the field of data science. I come from a data warehousing and historical analysis background and I found this course useful.
Very good introductory to Data Science.
Interesting course
short and crisp
Great course about data science and terms involved in data science.
Very light overview.
Simple and to the point. I recommend this class to any data scientist or manager planning to supervise a data science team or plan projects based on data analysis. This class would make an excellent review for early PhD students in any science field.
Excited for the course!
I wanted to like this course but It felt entirely too academic in terms of both the subject matter and the way the specifics of "data science" are presented. The course content reminded me of my time a few years ago when I was enrolled in a Ph.D. program at a major Tier 1 research university. The professors were great, but the content was esoteric and incredibly focused on research based "data science" and less on business analytics or more practical applications of data science for the working professional. I felt myself re-watching the videos to try and understand the content because there were many instances where the professors' spoke about some fundamental aspect of data science but failed to provide some real world context. I liked the course but I would not recommend it as a crash course for the working professional, more like a crash course for someone who already has a degree in statistics/math/engineering who is looking to further their studies in an academic setting where research is the main goal.
The courses in this specialization are - in my opinion, excessively short.
A nice starting for those wanted to understand data science.
I enjoyed this class very much. It was concise, precise, and digestible. Not to mention the instructors kept it lively though out the course. Thank you for such an informative course.
Advises are really good. The course charges too much! A one week course should set a reasonable price, for instance, $19.
A very articulate orientation, which meticulously arouses interest about different corners of Data Science.
I got all the basic information about what is data science and what a data scientist should do. Thank you
Very insightful little course introducing what data science is and what it's used for. Would love to see more of this group's work.
Quite fast-paced indeed. Even the instructors seem like they're in a rush :)It would have helped if there was a glossary of terms for people who aren't well-versed in programming basics.But in summary, it's an interesting course =)))
too basic, the 4 courses of this specialization could be just one course.
Highly Enlightening for those who just beginning to learn data science,The courses are very detailed and well organized,All the aspects of the data science are introduced in intriguing mannerThank you
Too theoretical, e.g, comparison between statistics and ML is not at all useful. Too many quizzes after very short classes and on topics of absolutely generic things.
Good overview. I would
I left with a good understanding of the reach and dynamics of the field of data science. Even with experience in using data to answer questions in the context of an organization this has been a good way of mapping out the areas where that experience can be extended.
This is an amazing short course, covering the basics of data science. Must-do for all (aspiring) data scientists or management working on data science projects
A very good intro to Data Science by three experts. Well-paced, with reasonable quiz questions and can be completed in less than a week. However, I would certainly not pay for it, because it is feels more like a well-designed ad for the spesialization that follows!
Great course to start learning about Data Science.
As the name suggests, this is a Great kick start to understand what is data science. This course have given me a an insight into what is this big name Data Science is all about. As a Statistics graduate and a Software Implementer, I feel that my domain has taken a Thanks Brian, Jeff and Roger.
Good overview of Data Science - peaks interest but doesn't go into depth of any subjects
The crash course was easy to understand. The classes used good examples to give you visual details about the subject and the instructors were clear and precise.
1.Concise and well structured.2. Allows me to think about the core and the essentials.3. Creates the basics on which I can learn further, deep dive and build expertise.
Fantastic short introductory course. loved it.
good introduction on the lingo and bird's eye
An excellent summary of What data science is with great links, topics and books to go deeper into this industry. Thank you.
As the title of the course says, it's a Crash Course.Quick, simple, effective in giving you the very basic terminologies, use cases of Data Sciences.
As a complete novice to the field I found this course really useful to get a concise overview and understand some of the trends in big data/ data science. I liked the way the lecturers highlighted that hype needed to be distinguished from what data science can really do for us.
Concise but could already include a basic proyect.
Nice one :)
For an introductory course, this was really fantastic. It's really high-level, but it gives you a framework to understand the world you are entering into (or considering entering into). This is the first course in the Executive Data Science specialization which is built around topics like hiring a team of data scientists, and managing data science projects. So, this would be a great first class for that. But, it's also a great start for someone moving on to getting elbows deep in R Studio, Python, Hadoop, etc. I think. This is a really friendly introduction to the world of data science.
very useful for amateurs
Good course, with general and not over-detailed explanations of all the relevant topics in data Science. A good, general overview definitively worth working on.
very helpful!
Awesome short introduction about what data science is about. If you don't have a lot of time but want to get acquainted with the field of data science you should take this one.
Good One.
The course offers a solid overview of data science. If you have little to no familiarity with the field, I recommend taking a few hours to go through the course.
Short and sweet :)
short, but useful course :)
A good course to begin with data science
It's really a nice introductory course for Data Science!
A really useful introduction to what is data science. I found it very complete, besides maybe I would have liked a little more deepness in some concepts. I'm willing to learn more about the subject, maybe I will complete the whole specialization.
Very interesting course.
A great overview on data science world.
Simple and good overview of Data Science
Great course as an introduction to data science.
Quite useful for introducing Data Science. I will now enroll in the data science specialization.
I really liked it. Some of tje jargon was a bit technical though. But overall really appriated the opportunity yo learn,
Very general course. Doesn't give much insight into data science.
need to get a bit more specific about the tools required
boring
Great introduction into the world of Data Science. I appreciated the 3 different lecturers who each brought a different aspect of data into light.Thank you all.
It's very great course for understanding data science.
it's a shame to split a one month course to four.
Very basic course. If you know about data science, data analysis, or machine learning, you may find this class basic or boring. Good intro course for those who have no prior knowledge
Very nice introduction in Data Science to have a good overview of the discipline
Very good course to understanding the nuances of Data science and various tools used.
Good for introduction, start kind of 4 stars but get way better with the further lectures
Overall a compact course, illustrations could be better.
A good course to start to learn data analytic vocabulary.
Very shallow
A great brief introduction. A good starting point for other Data Analytics/Science coursework.
This course is too short.
Excelent as basics course
A good introduction to anybody interested in learning what is data science.
Quick and informative for those new to data science.
It provides a quich shot on data science, but the way it presents is not so interesting.
Quick scope of data science. I particularly liked the discussion about fad versus fact towards the end of the course. Some questions in quizzes seemed a bit arbitrary. The course delivers what it promises; crash-course with the key ingredients for understanding more about what data science is about
It was a great course .You can get idea about Machine Learning from this as well .Relevant information about data science .Well explained examples .Got clear knowledge about data science .Goof course .
Very crash course that gives you a taste about the different aspects of data science and makes you want to dive in the specialization program right away!
A good introductory overview of data science. Grounds you on what you can & cannot do with data science. I find defining the question really impactful. Teachers were enthusiastic and the brevity of the course gives it good appeal for beginners who want to "get their feet wet".
Good intro to the concepts. Not technical at all.
Very Helpful!!!!
Good introduction of a few essential key concepts.
I enjoyed this course. It gave a quick and thorough
Very good overall introduction to data science (DS). I would go for the other 3 in the specialisation.
great introduction to field, but there is lack of examples of bad usage data science methods and tools
Great for an overview of the different aspects of data science.
I really enjoyed this course, it gives me lot of new, interesting knowledge about data science, But there are some mistake about good (clean) programming. Please do not use comments, the comments show strange code, do not write big function etc... Clean code book from Uncle Bob helps me a lot of to write clean, maintainable code.
very small and easy to understand and worth to take
Fantastic overview of Data Science avaible to all public
This course was truly a crash course with less crashing and more succeeding on the parts of the professors. My only suggestion is to more clearly outline and link the next classes in the specialization.
Offered me a great refresher on the basics, in a very short period of time. Great course!
The course was very well covered and explained the basics properly. A good starter if one wants to know what Data Science is all about.
Only one week. Not much depth.
Many tools and methods beyond the power of Tableau
There were some good modules in this course and the assignments were helpful in applying the principles. The videos were not as polished as those in the previous courses. It gave the feel of the course a bit of "quick to market" feel, particularly given that it was a week late in getting started.Overall though, I would recommend it.
Week 1 & 2 not terribly useful; week 3 (in depth look at actions within dashboards) & 4 (significant content relating to building a story) are what I expected the class/series to be.
I very much enjoyed the challenge to use Tableau to make a presentation and learned a lot while doing so.
Overall its a great course to be introduced with tableau's functionalities and its usage in Business analysis and then explaining stories, Discoveries via visuals,dashboards and story telling
Some topics need a better explanation, and the programming assignments should go along the topics.
It's one of the best courses I've ever take!
Nice learnings, horrible experience with the exercises.
This Course is very interesting and very practical. I saw the reality of theories in the Mini Case where PV of Total FCF is equal to Enterprise Value in an all equity firm...I have been challenged, i Have learned new things and i will made a difference
The course is very much focused in the method of DCF, but there is a lack of information regarding how to apply it to startups in practice.
Just Great. Actual, Useful, iNTERESTING, amazing teacher,Thank you very muchDomi
I have no words to state how much I've learned, on a continuous basis. Excellent course design and content. And an amazing tutor:) Many thanks, Alina
Very interesting, providing knowledge, developing skillset, mindest and experiences,Chris!Thank You
it is so an amazing and excellent course! i am honor to have the chance to learn this course. it is interesting and practical. it enriches my life. i am from China. it provides a new access to learn RN. i will always recommend this course to my friends and colleagues.
Great class for getting acquainted with Medical Terminology!
I have been trying to get a job at largest hospital here in PA. I went through an interview process and I let the parties involved know that I was taking a course on medical terminology from PITT. I believe this was a plus and I would like to thank you for such a wonderful course. It was very challenging since I am not familiarized with the healthcare vocabulary but you guys made it easy with the many resources that were provided. I had fun and spent lots of time researching the internet as well.The good news is I got the job and I finished the course just in time because I will be starting my new job soon. Thank you Mrs. Swigart and Mr. Gold.
An excellent experience, thanks..
thank you for your works
Love the course hard work and lots of studying but worth it
I liked the course because it allowed me to complete it in my own time. The material was well documented. I would have liked to have my questions answered in real-time and interactively maybe to others taking the course. There were some quiz questions that didn't reflect the material in the course so I got lost and had to find my own answers on the internet. Overall...I would recommend this course to anyone who would like to learn medical terminology.
That's a great idea!
great ! and very useful
This course is very complete in terms of vocabulary and helpful for people who haven't been in a hospital or clinic before to get and idea of how these settings work. The only thing I would have wished for this course to have a little more vocabulary is on diseases, conditions and procedures.
This course is great. I can totally understand how to communicate with each other in a US clinical unit.
thank you, this is my first course, and i want to take more courses.
Loved the course very interesting and helpful!
This course created by John Hopkins was designed for thinkers
For me this project was harder than all other courses combined but, because of that, also more rewarding! The theory is very scarce so you're on your own, that's what makes it hard. Once you get the theory right the rest is easy. I learned a lot of NLP and let me practice "Pitchs" using diferent R tools.
Great course, challenging and fun. I have learned a ton in a short time.
With this course I learned to go through a data problem from the scratch and get a real data product, and document it. My only constructive comment is that, when reviewing the projects of classmates, there is a huge dispersion on the effort and quality of the products presented, from very basic and simple Apps to a very professional products, and the scoring of them all is quite the same, perhaps one or two points of difference, in eleven points maximum score.
Wow i finally managed to finish the specialization!! definitely learned a lot and also found out difficulties in building predictors by trying to balancing speed, accuracy and memory constraints!!!
Excellent to start in data science. Nothing learned deeply but you understand how you can improve. Now I can improve by my own or choose other courses based on my experience, interest and capabilities.
Very interesting, but Capstone is much more difficult than the rest of the course.Be sure to study carefully the first courses, and don't rush.
The main reason for my rating is because the course is so "loose" on what your are supposed to achieve incrementally every week that it can lead to some hard situations.Just to give my example: the first week was piece of cake and I didn't feel like it really contribute for the following weeks. Then, I was struggling with the suggested library (tm) until I got support through the discussion forums and someone suggested me to use quanteda.Then thinks started to run smoothly, or so I thought. When implementing the language model (which, at first, I thought was supposed to be KBO), I got stuck for a long period. Not because my model was wrong (I was able to implement it and to check it against some hand-written and proved examples - which I should probably thank again), but because I was not able to make it run efficiently enough for the given constraints.Being stuck in this stage for longer than I wanted, I had to sacrifice another important steps of data analysis pipeline in order to not jeopardize my final delivery by not meeting the final due date. I know that this is exactly what will happen in the "real" life, but I think that some better guidance could guarantee the students spent a more even amount of time in across all steps.All things considered, I think the Capstone was really interesting and likely took more than the 4-9 hours per week, but most of this is probably because of the problems I faced.I believe that with a better guidance on the paths to follow or maybe some suggested libraries to use, a lot of "noise" (useless difficulty) could be removed and this course would definitely get more starts.
In my opinion, this course is a waste of time, it simply throws a bunch of links and terminology for you to google and research. The project is interesting but once again, you have to do tons of research and take up other courses to fill the gaps (might as well do the other courses instead of this one).I do not recommend this course or the specialization.
Although this project is very open-ended with little guidance, it definitely requires the "full-stack" of data science to complete.
A very stimulating and challenging capstone. It is stretching and puts all the 9 specialization courses material to use. It also gives the student a glimpse of what Data Science in real life is and touches on Natural Language Processing as part of AI.
NLP is a total different thing and should be a course by itself. I would prefer a a large scale machine learning capstone where we could make models and it would fit better to real life situation! Through all the courses I worked hard only to reach NLP capstone? this doesn't feel right! Please fix it!
My name is Jose Antonio. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this specialization to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
clear and easy course which gives a basic understanding of working with data. Great inclusion of the tools that are useful for presenting your data analysis.
Thank you Roger, Brian, Jeff
This gives a picture about the data science in live.
Simply brilliant ! Fantastic exposure to Natural Language Processing! Learnt a ton about various NLP algorithms for anyone who aspires to be a Data Scientist !
It's been a challenge to learn all these new concepts and package them into a working product in such a small period of time. I am glad of the things I learned. Also, in my opinion the materials / resources given to this course are scarce compared with previous courses of the specialization.
Not enough information on how to approach the final project. The project itself is very time consuming with lots of self learning and unclear specifications.
it could've given more instructions!
This is a fantastic finish to a brilliant specialization. I gained real usable skills and a lot of confidence doing the capstone.
Really great course to apply all the techniques learned earlier in the specialization.
This course was great. I went from having a decent grasp on statistics and a little knowledge of software like SPSS to being employed as a data analyst where most of my job is using R.
I liked it. The final project was a challenge but it was a good test of all the data science skills I learned over the whole course. Thanks!
Self pace and with a lot examples and discussion forum support
This class was a huge challenge for me, but it pushed me to learn a whole lot and practice many of the skills that I had learned in previous courses! I had a lot of fun, too. Thanks!
Good scenario and a good learning opportunity. I don't think the quizzes related well to the problem we were trying to solve and introduced a red herring, however. Predicting the next best word is not the same as predicting the relative probability of 4 words where one is the "right answer" but not necessarily the best prediction of a text prediction algorithm.
It awesome that you can have the opportunity to learn so much just online. Thanks!
The Capstone Project makes you summarizes what you have learnt so far and take it to the next level, natural language processing . Besides, the ability to create a working app is a reward by itself.It is challenging and interesting at the same time.
Really nice proyect to recap on everything you learned!
Good test of what we learned in the courses.
This is not for beginners with no experience. The estimated weekly hours are absurdly low.No one has seen any sign whatsoever of the industry partner, SwiftKey, despite claims they will be around to help. The field has advanced dramatically since the course was developed. Be prepared to do a lot of research and trial and error.The specialization has been an excellent way to learn a fair amount on the topic, but it is just the beginning. The capstone will challenge you. It is rewarding when you complete it.
Excellent first step for Data Sc
This course is unlike all the others. Although you will need information gained in the previous nine modules, the Capstone Project requires you to work on a long and difficult problem using your own initiative. Mentors, tutors and Swiftkey employees are lacking throughout this project.I worked through many different R packages to generate the word prediction N-Grams because R has a tendency to run out of memory. Many students are forced to use a cut down version of the three million lines of text because of memory issues but I managed to find the proverbially needle in the R packages haystack that allowed me to use the entire dataset!I had problems with publishing the presentation to RPubs - it just would not work using either RStudio or RConsole but at least I had a fall back position of placing the presentation on my own website.It took me three attempts to complete this project, nine months (Jan-Sep 2016) and about 300 hours in total, I didn't give up so nor should you, you can do it! And Good Luck! Hope to chat with you on the Data Science Specialism LinkedIn Group for Completers!Finally was it worth paying for all of the certificates. Yes, it was!
The Capstone starts well with sufficient guidance. The second part gives much freedom however, it might be overwhelming and unclear at times what to do next. However, I loved going out on my own and slowly learning more and more on the subject.You can pretty much choose how much effort you put into it.
Difficult but really useful
The course has nearly nothing to do with the previous themes. I already have had enough knowledge, but as there is no support by the team it seems to be rather time consuming for others.
A good & fun idea to implement. Would have prefered implementing my own idea though.
Overall a good course that makes you learn a lot on your own (unlike the rest of the series). Maybe a bit too much self learning. However, if you can complete it does give you a lot of learning especially in some text analysis which hasn't been covered before.
This was essentially a self-study project with some social peers. The topic, approach, and standards were different from all of the other units in the Data Science specialization. I found the other units more enjoyable.Learning the essentials of NLP quickly is necessary to begin the project. I ordered a textbook, for example, and I was fortunate that it arrived quickly. If NLP is a prerequisite for this capstone project - whether in the form of a prior class or textbook knowledge - this should be indicated clearly on the course description page.Nevertheless, the main learning that I achieved with this course was in the area of software engineering - specifically, how to take advantage of vectorization in R to achieve reasonable computing performance. While this is a valuable skill, it doesn't seem the proper focus of a capstone course in a sequence focused primarily on other topics.As noted elsewhere in these comments, there was a complete absence of any traditional teaching support. Learning outcomes suffered as result. The missing resources included instructors, mentors, partners, and learning materials.The course site notes an expected time requirement of a few hours per week. My commitment was 20 hours per week, under some pressure. Numerous students take this "course" multiple time, in order to arrange for reasonable software development time.Producing working software was fun, as it always is. The course learner community was supportive, which is fortunately typical for Coursera.All in all, this project was *not* an effective capstone for the Data Science specialization. The project was interesting in its way, but it felt 'parachuted in' to this learning sequence.
Good and interesting project.
As a capstone to a series of courses that covered data science and R, I found this one to be a bit lacking. There was no involvement from the professors at JHU or the folks at SwiftKey. As was mentioned in another review, the course feels abandoned. All you get a few short (two minutes or so) videos that give you little in the way of instruction or direction. Basically, they just say, "Go do this. Good luck!"There were also no Mentors or TAs to guide students or answer questions. It was the students helping each other through the forums. Sometimes it was helpful and everyone involved learned something. Other times, it was the blind trying to lead the visually-impaired.On a positive note, you will use all of the skills from the previous courses: writing R functions, performing exploratory analysis and publishing it via RPubs. Your final product will be displayed for everyone via ShinyApps and a presentation using R Presentation (also published via RPubs).On a(nother) negative note, the topic of Natural Language Processing is not an easy one to just walk into and feel confident in providing a working next-word prediction algorithm in about eight (8) weeks. You're reading academic journal articles, watching multiple videos from another Coursera course (which actually focuses on the topic of NLP, and takes place over several courses and several months!).Supposedly, there is work going on to update the course, so hopefully future students will get a better experience. I did take a bit away from this course, especially since I made more than one attempt to complete it. However, it was definitely a shock to find myself missing those things that one typically finds in a learning environment -- descriptive background, assistance to problems, etc. -- and seeing that I was for all intents and purposes on my own. Even in the professional world of data analysis, I have never experienced the lack of support that I found in this course.With that, I am giving it three (3) stars. As I said, I did learn a bit, but it was a bit of a struggle that required multiple attempts to complete. This would have been better off as a stand alone topic (which it already is by another Coursera affiliated school), or having a capstone course that builds on a topic more in the wheelhouse of the JHU professors: a capstone project focusing on bioinformatics or biostatistics would have been amazing in comparison to this.
Hi, the prject was nice and at the end I learned some new things, but it didn't have people to provide any guide. In the videos it was said that personal from SwiftKey will be there as well as JHU teachers could provide some insights. It looked a bit like a phantom course
I enjoyed the course. This course took me waaaay more time than I thought because I struggled with a few issues. First, I wish I'd started by taking the NLP online course before starting the Capstone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aMYz1tMfPg). There was an issue installing RWeka, RJava and it took me several days to work through the issues. I eventually moved to using quanteda (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/quanteda/vignettes/quickstart.html). I also waited far too long to develop a method to test my model using a subset of the training data, so I could test whether changes to my model improved and reduced performance. It turns out that my model trained on a 25% sample performed just as well as a model trained on 100%. I'm thankful for the Discussion Forum and final peer review process. Both helped me learn how I can improve my model and demo application. I really appreciate the instructors for creating this specialization. I've learned a lot.
Nice capstone project. It leaves a lot of room for experimentation!
I loved doing the capstone project for the Data Science specialisation. I applied all the skills I learnt during the length of the specialisation on Coursera. Having completed this project, I feel more confident about my skills as a data scientist in solving real world problems.
Of all the offerings in the specialization, this one felt like it was thrown together in less than hour. I expected to have to learn quite a bit of material on my own, but even the references to additional materials were very thin.I could have saved many days if more guidance on the project workflow would have been given. The pre-processing of the data was quite extensive (9 steps before generating the ngram tables I used in my model) and was the key to getting decent results IMHO, but one had to step on a quite a few landmines to figure this out.The problem was an interesting one and I ended up reworking it after passing with 95% (the only class in the specialization I didn't get 100% on) because I didn't have time to implement much of what I had to figure out by 'hard-knocks'
A poor end to a poor Coursera specializations.
The sequence of activities in execution of the project envisages multiple interactions with your peers and unfolds your creative aspect to churn out a solution to put all the learning into practice!Cheers, DSS team - Brian, Jeff and Roger 😁
This is a great capstone project. It requires the student to really have an understanding of the concepts learned throughout the specialization and apply them to build a prediction app. There is very little guidance asides from the discussion forum which could be discouraging at first. Otherwise I would've rated it 5 stars.
Great way to build up knowledge & experience ....A challenge considering the actual time needed for the Capstone project... but worth every single effort.
I hope it will involve statistics analysis in the capstone project. It is kind of bias to apply NLP knowledge and develop data product in the capstone project.
I liked every course in this specialization except
I currently taking this capstone and I must unfortunately say that this is the most worst course in the whole specialization. Of course the topic NLP and word prediction is interesting, but the problem is, that this is a dead course. A couple of students in the forum strugeling with details, but there is NO Mentor, no Professor or other course staff and no SwiftKey engineer as announced in the Project Overview.So everything you have to figure out completely by yourself and this takes a lot of more time than the 4-9 hours. And also why should you pay for a course where you learn anyway only ba your own.Pick any intersting topic you would like to work on and invest the time in this instead of paying for this Capstone without any support form Coursera, JHU or SwiftKey.
Practical approach to learn Data Science.
Great course for learning data science.
Unfortunately this project is not fully aligned with all the previous program, which is a shame. Ideally, the project was more related to quantitative data, or have compulsory module NPL. It was certainly a very important learning, but very stressful to have to grasp NPL and do the project in a short time.Learning NPL in short time in a DIY way without any help it was very negative and stressful.
I had no experience in natural language processing before I took this course, and now I'm kind of in love with it! Some of my fellow learners complained about the new data type and little information provided, but I feel this is a good simulation of real world experience as a data scientist! The field is constantly changing, so we have to be ready to cope with unfamiliar problems and come up with creative solutions. Due to other commitments, I was once 3 weeks behind the weekly deadlines, but finally poured all my efforts into this and deployed an App in time... You never know how much you can accomplish before you are forced to do a "Mission Impossible" ;-) I think I've improved my hacking + googling skills, and built more confidence over completion of this course. Thank you, JHU and Coursera!
Was a great course. There was no hand holding, this is the capstone so it was time to put everything to use on a problem that wasn't outlined for you and required you to self study and work with others to deliver.
Coursera lost my thoughtful 2-star review so I am replacing it with this. I learned a lot through my own efforts and through the efforts of students who bothered to post in the forums. The one mentor disappeared half-way through the course.
Well-paced, highly structured Capstone that allowed me to put to the test the skills I honed during the 9 previous courses in the JHU Data Science specialization. Strongly recommended.
Excellent course and this module! Makes you feel sort of real work :) Lots of interesting findings while working on the project.
The capstone project doesn't fully utilise d knowledge from earlier modules such as Machine Learning, statistical analysis, regression models n etc.
Very disappointed with this final course. Little to no support. Discussion Forum provides some level of help but you are basically on your own.Very challenging to come up to speed with Natural Language Processing techniques if you have never taken any class about it.My recommendation to JHU and Coursera is to add a separate course for NLP where you cover all the basics and then have the Capstone.
Most stressful but interesting. Not enough material was provided
Could be better. The teacher sometimes explain the concepts in a hard way, and not always shows how to do in practice.But you will get curious and in case of doubts, you can find more simple explanations on the web, and the forum is very good.The assignments are hard, you will need do research to accomplish then, but is the best way to learn.I think the specialization is good to someone without much knowledge on the field (like me). But it's only the start!
Amazing project! At first glanse It looks strange, but de facto it's standart data science problem: you should analyze raw data, clean it, build some models and make data product. I highly recommend this capstone.
The course is outdated and abandoned by the teachers.SwiftKey engineers are nowhere to be seen.There is no guidance.
The course allows you to gain some interesting experience in text mining. If you're into this thing, you can do really nice coursework
None of the previous classes will prepare you for this one. This is not really a class, but rather a project on a topic NEVER covered in any of the previous classes in this specialization.
Great to learn the basics of music.
Great Course! it really helped me a lot!
Nice Course...very funny and constructive
Awsoem Course, Incredible Teacher! I will remember that forever
REally Good
This pretty good but maybe should explore more than just theory septma chords blues and jazz encganche something that although is very good explanation leaves you anelando something more modern.
Great course, and a the best teacherThanks Berklee and Coursera
Awsome teacher, great and fun lessons, thanks!
thank you for your great spirit and the amazing way to teach us. really the best course ever.
Great course! just it misses some of the basics. Fortunately I already knew how to read a pentagram and note lengths so it was OK for me, but the "True" beginners had a little bit of an issue with time lengths at first
Excellent, easy to understand for starters.
I learned a lot of new information that will be helpful in my future career path.
Well-organized industrial know-hows and useful concepts of business model
This is yet another brilliant module by Dr. Ettouati and Dr. Ma. I really appreciate their bringing in industry experts with deep expertise, practical experience and insights to make this an engaging and interesting course. Definitely recommend it to anyone looking to get a good overview of the Drug commercialization process.
Excellent course on strategies for drug commercialization including pharmacoeconomics and how pharma partners with other stakeholders to accomplish this. Excellent examples of drug lifecycles.
This is an excellent course. It has input from leading industry experts that make it relevant. There is an attempt to make reference to EU and some other global statistics. But this is a course focused on the USA industry. However, many concepts and theory are valid globally.
Excellent learning program.. Thanks
A very interesting course, with all aspects of diabetes well explained. Great lecturers, and nice interview format. I especially liked the focus on developing countries, and what is different about the diabetes populations there, since this was new to me.
powerful course
The course was easy to follow and understand. The information was useful, and the way the course was set up was simple.
Great course, great instructor. The expert interviews are the best part. In just 3 weeks, they manage to impart so much relevant and up-to-date information.
It was very informative & awesome.
As a medical student, i found this course really helpful and up to date, lecturers are great, material are organized.Highly Recommended !
It's an introductory course to key Pattern Discovery techniques with a comprehensive coverage of important subjects. However, it should be complemented by following the referenced material in order to obtain a wider and more complete picture of the field.
Great course for beginners without experience in Python programming
Should be more support in the forum for quiz and assignement
The explanations are not clear. The course is very theoretical, there's just one obligatory programming task. It's one of the worst courses I have ever enrolled in.
The course exercises are medium-hard. But the topic coverage is spot on.
I'd review this course for two parts: lectures and programming assignments.Lectures: Prof. Jiawei Han is a pioneer of the subject. However, I was expecting a more indepth elaboration of techniques. In almost all his lectures he covered very crucial topics at a near-shallow level. For someone like me, it was a motivation to be learning the subject from him but I was left disappointed a little bit. I felt if i was just to gain a superficial understanding then I would have browsed through any website/blog/article rather than paying for this course and coming here under his tutelage. I will not expect him to be as thorough as he'd be in his lectures at UIUC (although why not!) but a more elaborative explanation with more notable examples (instead of pointing to the reading material at the end of 4th minute of the lecture) will be more fruitful and a better learning experience.The programming assignments are challenging and will definitely open up the thought process towards being able to imagine what patterns mean and how to go about extracting them.
I learned a lot from this lecture. And I believe the lecture is excellent except that if he could become a little bit funny, then it would be perfect. Thanks,Clark
Really disappointing. The slides contain a lot of paper references that seem to be of high quality (that's the reason I'm giving it 2 stars and not just 1)... but the course itself is bad: it covers many algorithms, but so superficially that you learn nothing; and there are not enough programming assignments to really allow you to get any intuition on the concepts.I would love to see this be turned into a 5-course, 30-week specialization in itself (and the professor sure looks like he has the knowledge to fill these 30 weeks)... but as a single course over 4 weeks, it's not good.
too theoretical without enough practical quiz and assignment
I like this course. Its provides a good base for pattern discovery, with useful high level techniques, this can be used as a starting point.Something to improve can be incorporating at least one lesson with best practice coding techniques to solve the practical exercises.
The course is very helpful and brings fascinating insights for projects.
A list of research papers to read further that's it. The course is too short to cover the subject so it covers nothing in the end.The programming assignment have no help, whatsoever it's "do it" any language. The 2 programming assignment doesn't have much to do with the course. We don't even talk about the algo to use to do it. It looks like coursera has asked the professor to add a programming assignment to the course and he had 3 minutes to choose what it could be.It shouldn't be advertised in coursera as it is.Ah, forgot to mention that no one replies to the forums,actually no one uses them.I think the subject is very interesting but this course gives a really bad advertising to Coursera, the university and the professor.It needs more work before it's deployed on the platform.I am going to try another Coursera course in the same kind of subject I hope it won't be the same.
Cest Fantastique, the lessons ;earned here will give you meaning and transferable skills.
A great course. I have learned so much things. A good way to began seriously in sustainable development.
Great course, covers wide range of contents relating to Could technology. Quiz is very well designed to test your understanding.
Good class overall. I was not really a fan of the teaching styles at the beginning because they pack a lot of info and just keep going. Examples are pretty rare and quizzes require you to have an analytical understanding of the material which you can't get from the lectures themselves easily.
This is a great introduction for someone who wants to see what's available in terms of open source and proprietary cloud systems. The lectures definitely cover items that people actually use in industry, and the lecturers describe the technologies in products accurately.
thank you for everything !
The content was interesting, but it was too much theory, sometimes a bit borring
As a developer I consider this a very poor course. It can be good for manager and business people to better understand what technologies are available these days, but that it. You can easily look at the syllabus, go to the wikipedia and read the pages on presented subject and you will get the same knowledge. There were no programming assignments, quizes and exams were not challenging at all and some questions were really confusing. I won't recommend it to anyone and it shouldn't be part of this specialization.
Really good course for distributed funda!
Well structured course. Gives a good overview of the basics of cloud computing. couple of typos in the transcripts. will flag errors in future courses
Mr. Campbell's presentations are quite boring and consist of a handful of phrases repeated over and over again. The subjects are treated very superficially and the presentation style is confusing. I recommend to other students to read the Wikipedia articles about the subjects instead. Several times it feels like Mr. Campbell has never before seen the slides he is reading from and he is simply inventing stuff. Some information presented is plain wrong. Also, there is repeated talk of practical exercises to come, but that never happens. To Mr. Campbell's presentations, I would only award ONE STAR.On the other hand I really liked the presentations from Mr. Farivar. He obviously knows what he is talking about and presents the material in a clear and understandable way. He should take over the whole course and let Mr. Campbell do some research back in his office. I would award 4.5 STARS to Mr. Farivar.The homeworks of this course are simply checking for a very basic understanding of the topics. E.g. "To do this and that, would you use technology A, B, or C?" Where the answer are some quite different technologies.The course needs more involvement of the students by going more in-depth and adding some practical exercises.Had the cloud computing specialization started with this course, I would probably have aborted it.
There should have been more examples and more use case and more applied rather than just a theoretical discussion
Highly recommended .Wonderful course and good content but a bit slow ..Could have been faster.
Not enough depth.
I would like to recommend the course for everybody to want get good knowledge in cloud technology. It's help me a lot to figure out the market trends. From now on, I got a big picture about the differents types of the clould services. I very excited to the next step. I also to hope you enjoy it.
the video is too long
At the start of Week 1, the course was a bit boring (too slow, too easy), but things were becoming more and more interesting: We were able to see many up-to-date technologies used in companies, several protocols, market tendencies, many competitors/actors,I recommend to students to open an account at AWS, Azure, GoogleCompute and create their own exercises (it is mostly free for limited usage).
Great course, extremely helpful!!
Interresting, but too easy to understand. Not much details. Very easy course, but you won't learn a lot.
The course is really good. However, in some situations, it is very high level and the instructor assumes that the audience know what he say. I would prefer to see some other figures for the cloud use and the use of the cloud in reality.
This course covered many relevant topics to the Cloud that you would't find in any other course. The professors have done a wonderful job. A must for any Architect or folks trying to deploy or support Cloud technologies. Even helpful for application or API developers to understand the Cloud technologies.
This course is ok, but it gives only high level overview of cloud technologies. I will do the second part, but I will do a free version. I don't think that it's worse this money.
It tries to cover a lot of ground. Lack of some practical tasks.
Wish there will be some lab assignments, for example doing some real work on AWS.
Consider adding a programming assignment to the course curriculum. Please address content issues in a timely manner. Thank you.
It was really focused on high level concepts of different technologies, the level was really basic. No details have been served.
Coming out from two very good predecessors (C3, parts 1&2), this course is somewhat a disappointment. The contents are too broad without real focused depth, and too much time spent on background info in almost all lectures. There ought to be more hands-on practices, and the assessments should be more challenging towards understanding, rather than matching terms.
This course is neither high level nor low level. After having taking Cloud Computing Concepts Part I and 2 (which were excellent), I expected a continuation of the very deep level of technical material. This course doesn't do this. Instead it is sort of much higher level except that the instructor fails to stay at the high level and will suddenly go deep - but without providing the detail so that someone to whom this is new will be totally lost. Given that I was expecting the technical depth of CCC parts 1 and 2, I already had much of the knowledge that was presented and could figure out what the instructor was trying to present, but I felt bad for someone who wasn't already familiar with the material. It is my opinion that the course needs to be taken offline and redone.Note: Apparently I took a prior version of CCC parts 1 and 2 so my comments on those two courses may or may not apply anymore.
Colorful information about various advanced technologies in cloud computing.
interesting topics but explanation is sometimes unclear
Well-structured course with great content.
Well organized course. I loved the content and the real world assignments in the course. Thank you to all the 3 trainers.
I love the course, good explanation of basics in Java.... NEEDED
very good course for data structure
Great course!
GOOD COURSE
Great Course To revise your knowledge on data strutures!
The course is really good, I've learned a lot. The only thing I am not happy about, is lack of posibility to check the assignments without having bought the course.
Great Material, and great teachers!
Really loved the course and how every aspect covered was related to a real word application.It is an awesome start to learn the basics about data structures and algorithms in order to move to more advanced topics.
Course is very well organized with solid projects.
A very good course for beginners , people having prior knowledge about data structures might found it a bit easy , anyways the projects were fun and was course was worth taking
Such a wonderful course! It will help you walk through a challenging path to learn java.
The materials are interesting, but the course can become better if the instructors discuss more about stacks, queues and trees
That's greate course. Strongly recommended.
Rebalance of the content could make the course even better. There were too many topics at week 4. Tries should be discussed in another week. The example code in the main at week 5 was a very good idea. Similar solution would make the understanding better during the other weeks.
I usually do not review courses, but this is far better than my expensive college java classes. I can not express enough my gratitude for the great quality putted into this program by the instructors. Thank so much for presenting the course in easy, challenge but fun way. you guys are the best :)
One of the best courses I have taken in coursera
This was another outstanding course. I will review what I've learned because everything was useful.
The presentation of the material, multiple paths to choose depending on your skill level and actual use / application of what was being taught make this an excellent course !
Great course!
Very solid review of data structures. In fact, I learned a lot of new things along the way like how to benchmark test Java code and how to properly use JUnit and other unit testing frameworks.
Super awesome! I wish I had taken this earlier in my job search. It makes a lot of the algorithms you find in tech interviews super intuitive.
Great review of data structures
Again the explanation and representation was good.3.5-4 stars for some Data Structures and their performance. Few basic ideas and introduction about the gui of the project would make it 5stars.
Content is well organised and explanation is really very good
best than first part
Nice Job!Thanks for the course!
It's really well made, everyone who took this course should be very proud of the program they made during those weeks.
Very good course, well taught by the instructors.
Really good to learn and implement data structures and algorithms through project
Thank you.
Too much information in the StarterCode t
Good one. Nicely paced. Necessary challenge included..
Best online course I have taken to date.
Covers basics well. The video lectures are easy and simple to understand. Liked the assignments and they covered the learned content well.
Thank you!Please keep up the good work.
This is awesome!
Brilliant course. Learnt a lot about Data Structures like Trees, Tries, HashMaps etc. The best part was implementing the back-end for the text-editor project. Highly recommend it.
Great course overall. Excellent, well compiled set of lectures and assignments.
its very basic stuff , and uses not optimal solutions to coding challenges , which might be okay for basics , for example the spelling check/suggestion project algorithm is probably exponential in time complexity .
Amazing course, I learnt so much about interesting data structures and gained a new understanding of how important it is to choose the right data structure for a specific purpose.
Grate course, really interesting and useful especially Algorithms.Assignments are organized very smart way it really motivates to go deeper.Thanks University of California San Diego for creating this course on coursera.org and make it available for online study!
Could be more challenging. But I really enjoyed the course!!! Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn java and data structures.
Very good course, I learned a lot!
Excellent Course. This includes useful Data Structures. The Programming assignments are helpful. The instructors have done well to explain the concepts clearly.
Since my majors was bioengineering, whenever my computer science friends discussed about data structures and their importance, I always wondered what data structures are and why they hold so much importance. The course and the instructors who have beautifully designed and developed it, gave me really good insights into data structures. Thank you Coursera, UCSD, Mia Minnes, Christine Alvarado, Leo Porter!
wonderful course, most beautiful is the application
I love this class. There are a couple of data structure classes in Coursera and i think this class fits me the most. I like that it teaches data structures and how to use them in the real world. So, you will be building actual programs with the data structures you learn . It skips alot of the math stuff and I love it because i am not trying to be a "real computer scientist" . I dont need to know how to write a math proof on how a algorithm works what not. Maybe in the future when i want to do research, but as of right now, I just want to build cool software and have fun.
Good course!
It was really a very good course, you can learn many data structures and its implementations along with programing assignments and quizes which are quite challenging. The idea of concept challenge was awesome. You could learn performing efficiency of the algorithms, benchmarking, linked lists trees hashmaps and other data structures.
Fantastic, enjoying and challenging.
good course,i get much knowledges about java
Thanks
Excellent course continuing the tradition set from the first in the sequence.
The course gives you understanding of basic data structures, how they implemented and show their usage in real life.
Wow, I learned way beyond expectations!
Never know anything about Data Structure before this course and it changes everything!!! a MUST for any CS student or professional.
A very good course. Sets a very strong base in data structures.
Great course
Super easy and practical way of leraning the basic data structures, and some other important CS topics.
One of the best courses of data structures in the world !
Great course to introduce intermediate level data structures to the person learning Java. I have previously used these structures in other languages, but this was a good way to knock the rust off my Java skills and update myself on Java implementations. Instructors are great!
Great course!
great course and valuable material that is worth to learn .
There is no one participating or collaborating here! There's no way to get help.
One of the best courses I have found!.
Well Done - I enjoyed these key concepts and how they were put across. Also the testing methods are pretty good.
The concepts introduced and the application of concepts in problems is very good.
Learning a lot in this class about OOP and class.
Perfect course for intro of data structure
clear logic and you could get to know data structure in a fast pace
Good but it was also good to let the students do some of the codings, I found the coding part actually very simple and short
I really liked this. Learnt a lot in java. Would have been a 5 start had it included some more optional assignments that appear in competitive programming contests like ACM-ICPC.
The most awesome course I have ever joined.
The course does an OK (but not great) job at teaching Data Structures. And it does an OK (but not great) job at teaching Algorithm Performance/Optimization.The lectures and starter code could use some better integration.The assignments could be improved. They give you a bunch of code and ask you to complete it. This is kinda the way things work when you inherit a bunch of code, but its not how it works if you have to write it from scratch.This course has been taught many times, and the forums contained old posts, and they didn't seem as useful as in other courses I've taken.My main objective for this course was to continue learning Java, and it helped me do that, so I gave it 3 Stars.
Really interesting projects
This is a great course.
Projects are a lot of fun to do! I strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about algoritms and data structures.
Good course about algorithms.
not bad,but too simple for me
Very good course containing interesting and fun projects! Professors' explanations make the topics easy to understand.
Just....Awesome
It's great that this specialization now get autoGrading for projects. It could be better if the Content Quiz is more challenging.
Excellent course... This course really a great pleasure to watch and do work.
This Awesome I can learn for free!
Very perfect course.
very good lecture format :)
The overall course is good. But might touch too little on Big O? Not sure. But still good course!
This specialization is really efficient. I passed first course. And I'm now on a way to complete this second course and go forward.
Very good series for learning Java and OO Principles. The big application approach is very interesting as we can see the whole picture even when we know little yet. The interviews with software engineers are very enlightening.
Great
Great course! Big thanks!!!!!
Amazing course with amazing teachers .Worth every penny .
The course is extremely good. It would be still better if there is inclusion of basics to create a UI.
Great course! I learned a lot in very little time.
Loved it .Best MOOC specialization i have attended.Thanks a lot!!!
Well structured and explained, and, as always, provides very good programming assignments. Love this specialization!
The lectures, assignments, and projects all encourage you to learn about how to design and use optimal search algorithms for text-based applications. I especially value how the discussions present the material in way that is relatively easy to see how it relates to search routines in general. My only complaint is that the instructions do not inform you about the constraints that the online grader implicitly imposes on you. This unfortunately meant that I was not able to submit code with further optimizations that I came up with.
The content includes interesting and useful Java programming examples. The lecturers are generally on top of their subject matter and can speak confidently without visible notes. The tests are thorough and you won't get away with only half-knowledge. If you take all the lectures and study the slides, you will generally get to the necessary level of understanding.
I recommend this course to all beginners programmers
A very useful and instructive course. The difficult abstract ideas are explained very clear way. You learn the basic theory, learn to develop understading why and where use a specific Data Structure and the porjects and examples are real world problem.I am very happy that i had found this course and finished it. Thanks a lot
Introductory course to data structures. The lectures are good, however the assignments are too much guided. Sometimes you can get it done without actually understanding what is going on.
A very good course. The concepts are common and basic but the projects are fun and useful.
What i really enjoyed in this courser is that I learned how to measure and discuss the performance of a software.
Here I had a good introduction to regular expressions also I like the design of the project.
Great course. I learnt a lot about data structures and Java in general.
Presented in an easy to understand format, videos are short which helps keep focus, assignments are well prepared which keeps student on the learning material. This course really helped me understand things more clearly.disclaimer: I have previously enrolled in Algorithms Part I (from Princeton).
Really liked this course! It tested my patience and logic....I am glad that I am finally been able to complete this with "flying colors :)"....Will take some break before the advanced data structure though! until then ...
An exceptional course in intermediary programming!
Very interesting and really well taught!
The course is fantastic! The professors are very enthusiastic and creative: they explain difficult subjects very clearly and provide visual aids and in-video quizes to enhance more deep understanding of material.Special thanks for the project assignments! They are very interesting and well-laid.I would recommend this course to programmers who want to deepen and practice their data-structures skills. For the novices this course should be taken after the first course of the specialization.
good course, but... paid, I can't submit the task
Very nice intermediate course in Java and Data Structures, highly recommended.
Great class. I hope to take more advanced classes with you guys, if possible. Will you a series on complexity theory, dynamic programming etc?
Awesome! Excellent methodology and contents! It goes to the point. Assignments are cool and help to understand the concepts. Perhaps, I found it a little bit easy, but this is also good because I can adapt my tight schedule to follow the deadlines while also remain motivated. ;-)
Was a good course for data structures and a good overview of Big O notation
Nice . But It could have been better if we ourselves were supposed to make the Trees and Tries instead of relying on the java's built in classes. I learned a lot!
This course is a excellent introduction to data structures and algorithms for beginners. The lectures are extensive, complete and very helpful. The assignments are challenging and stimulating. The project is the construction of a text editor with check spelling, auto-correction, suggestion and more. It was the first time I felt involve in a large project, and you learn a little bit of software engineering too. This is the second course in the specialization and it overcomes the previous course in every aspect.I'll give five stars. The only thing I didn't like was the concept challenges, and not because of the challenges but because of the discussion with the UC San Diego learners. They are not beginners, they are actor pretending they don't know how to solve the problems when it is evident -at least it was my impression- that they are advanced students. I found them annoying and not helpful at all.
I learned useful thinks about the Data structures like lists, and trees.
This course by Alvarado, Minnes and Porter was clear, interesting and well presented. In fact, it's one of the better MOOC courses that I've taken.The assignments were of medium difficulty: not too easy but certainly not so difficult that you will get frustrated and give up. In addition, they are interesting assignments. As mentioned, the lectures are concise, clear and interesting. In fact, I recently signed up for another course on algorithms and dropped it because it was SO BORING. Also, I am taking a course on machine learning that presents algorithms. In contrast, that course is not clear whatsoever; if I hadn't taken this one then I would be very confused. Finally, I like how they have the Concept Challenges where students discuss a problem. The thought processes of multiple people talking through the problem was helpful for me.As a result, I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to brush up on performance calculations (i.e., Big O), basic data structures, and a few basic algorithms.
Excellent engaging course, top lecturers and suitably challenging assignments.
Perfectly designed..
Loved it
It is raising the standard.
Such a nice course on Data Structures. Whats stands out is the simple explanation and assignments thats solves real world problem.
I knew most of the concepts before I get enrolled into this course, but I find the project assignments really interesting.
The work load in this course is more intense than the preceding course in the specialization, especially on week 3. Other than that, I think this was an excellent course. I'm definitely glad I took it, it taught me a lot of the things that I was looking to learn as an intermediately experienced programmer.
Great course
Loved the assignment, challenging and fun.
very cool
I'm graduated in System Analysis, not Computer Sciences, and learned to program only by experience. After 20 years it's a good deal but still I missed the theoretical background and this always annoyed me. I knew and used to make good use of all the structures presented in this course but never could quite explain how or why, or talk in asymptotic notations. Now I can. I didn't stop here, I do take some topics to deep dive during the lectures. It's being a great experience and I only wish I could have more time to keep myself always enrolled in some course.
great course, straightforward and paced very well
Good course to understand the basics of data structures and performance of different data structure implementations
Great course to refresh my memory on data structure that I haven't been thought about after graduating from college.
Very challenging, but totally rewarding and worth the effot!
Very good Course. The assignments were fairly challenging and required 3-5 hours per assignment.The instructors were really good. This was the first course on Coursera which I fully completed. I liked working with a large software project as part of the assignments.
it grate course for me i learn a lot from this course.
This course covers some of the industry standard applications and they can be implemented. This really challenges the programmer to sit down and work some of the very good algorithms. And it shows the real usage of the Java data structures.Professors Christine, Mia and Leo's teachings were very professional and helpful.A word about the projects. After a student finishes the projects, they can confidently say they did something good with the data structures in Java.Thank you for the course instructors and everyone who worked behind this.Highly recommended for the serious Java programmers.
After so many years, I actually understood the core concepts of data structures. Thanks all three instructors. The amount of effort they are putting to make the things easy for the students is awesome.
great course, but the assignments are somewhat easy....
Excellent Course!The explanation is so detail with examples, even a person new to algorithms can understand the concepts.
I really liked this course and the way it was taught. Although I am a CS major, I really learnt a lot of other stuff from this course apart from learning the core content of Data Structures.
Excellent course, packed full of information - A MUST for anyone who is learning the Java programming language. Lots of effort has gone into this course and is very well structured clearly defining topics week by week.
Very good teachers/instructors.
Amazing video lectures that help in understanding the concepts quickly. In video quizzes help make sure your thought process is right.But The assignments are way too simple if we follow all the steps provided. Assignments have to be more challenging. Surely 5 stars if they add more challenging assignments to this course.
Great course!I have learned so much from testing design using JUnit on Eclipse to Algorithm big O evaluation.This course is really a delight especially due to the very cool project we built during the course.Thank you!
Interesting and practical course.
Thanks a lot for great and interesting course.
The best course in JAVA programming and much much more!
Very good course. This is a very right course for Java learners, will be touched on all basic stuff that are needed in Java. I will highly recommend this course for my colleagues.
Very good lectures.
Great course.
This course is great and uses real world projects to teach.
Very well structured. Information complete and good exercises.
Best course on Data Structures with a very cool project to apply the concepts learned in this course.
One of the better programming classes. Definitely recommended.
Amazing lectures and practical assignments.
I can tell the tutors spent time on preparing the course. This is the most well-organized coursera course I took.
Truly exceptional course for any beginner who wants to learn data structures from the basics. Everything is explained in detail. Loved learning things like asymptotic notations, calculating rate of growth of an algorithm. Also I liked the way the pseudo code is presented in the class made complex algorithms too easy.
Are you good at data structures ? If not, this will be the best course to start with. You learn the data structure and implement right away in your project assigment. Very practical.
Great one
Additional Programming concepts, and solidifies programming skills in Java.
What l learn is how cool is data structure and how useful in real world.
This is one of the best series of courses I came along in online MOOC platform, such a brilliant course, this whole specialization is brilliant, such a interesting projects, I'm disappointed that I live in country that isn't that much wealthy to help this Specialization and to be able to do Capstone Project , but I wish all the best hope to finish all in time, this is in my top 3 online MOOC Courses and I saw a lot of them.I wish all the best to this team and people that made this possible.
Thank you
Cool
This is a great course. If you ever feared (like me) about implementations of linked-list, trees, tries, you should definitely join this! It would make these things much simpler!!!
Really good course.
Great stuff! Don't give up on the first assignment, the rest are more easier...
The instructors were engaging and most charming in the videos.Most suitable for programming learners taking the step from beginner to intermediate level. The material was divided into fun bite-sized videos, quizzes, and assignments; but still thorough with the details that were necessary.
The course curriculum is well designed and teaches students the basic data structures needed to be a successful software engineer. The project is good, and the weekly assignments are challenging.
but more depth is required
I liked everything about this course: the theory, the programming assignments, the consistency and clarity in explaining complex things. The material was structured, well-organized, valuable and helpful. I really liked the lecturers. Mia Minnes, Leo Porter and Christine Alvarado are the ones of the best I've seen in my whole life! A Huge Thank You for your hard work and your strong dedication to what you do!
A great and comprehensive course. It was well organized and carefully incorporated the user.
Promising one!!!
worth taking
Learned a lot of useful ideas specially how to implement your own data structure efficiently.
As all your coursers, great! I have learnt a lot!
Loved it. The assignments were fun to solve.
Fun and very interesting
Interesting assignments. Concise video lectures.
Not difficult course but teaches you much about Java
The data structures are basic in this course. But I loved working on the project. I had first hand experience on how to use Java to code these structures and I think this will help me a lot in the future. The course is well designed and I would recommend it to anybody who wants to learn Basic Data Structures with Java well.
The content that has been showed through this course is enough balanced and sufficient to help learners around the world like me to understand clearly Data Structures with java and also for with the other programming languages.
Amazing course! Very clear explanation of data structures and some basic algorithms. Very good preparation for the interviews.The only drawback is that the lecture slides are not available for downloading.
This is an excellent course with super awesome syllabus. It is taught in an engaging manner, with quizzes. It could have been more improved by adding in-video quiz.
Great course! Interesting and challenging tasks - all of them very well prepared. Definitely worth recommending!
Perfect!
Interesting approach of core and support tracks! Great content.
This courser deserves 10 stars and not just 5. I hoped that the team have started the series from the very beginning as to replicate the course 8A. I am perfering their style than from the very short Duke's course.Still Many topics to come from this extremely successful teamthanksAhmed
Amazing course! Amazing professors!
Very informative and helpful. Thank you for a great course!
HW is a bit boring
Nice, expesially the second part of the course.
Good, a lot about research and collecting data.
Important concepts like tasks, walkthrough scenarios, use cases, and personas are very well explained with good examples helping to understand the differences. There were methods like the quantitative analysis and ideation that I have not come across in 15 years of my professional life as a software developer - so there is certainly still a message to be spread. Questions are presented within the videos to make sure you are keeping track. A lot of hints for further reading are given. Great learning material!There are two minor points I would like to mention although they do in no way make me downrate the course. The part on the quantitative analysis I found a little too shallow and short - but on the other hand, these methods are more common and easily accessable in statistics courses and books. The ideation assignment I found a little hard - to come up with 100 ideas alone, not in a team which the method is designed for. On the other hand, it helped experience that the method works as I could come up with several really different ideas for the given problem.
I learned many useful lessons that I can apply to my work in designing social programs for partcipants.
very practical and updated course
The instruction is vague and boring.
this course is very useful and helpful, and it was made very careful, I would like to recommend it to my friends.
It's good for learning the basics. I'm a true beginner so it's perfect for me.
Exceptionally awesome course which teaches the basics of front end development
Concentrated on image manipulation which would be ok if you wanted to build visual websites for a living. If you want to code anything like business applications (like I did) I wouldn't do this course.Because pixel manipulation wasn't something I was interested in (in the JavaScript section) at all I found the course really boring but it was too late to pull out.
Great material. Nice for newbies to web development.
It is very informative for beginners.
Nice introductory course. The instructors have put a lot of effort into the course materials & presentation.
The course is very good and informative.
Excellent course to get hands on experience with JavaScript,HTML and CSS. I loved the assignments which focus on application of the skills and concepts learnt during the course.
It is very useful for me, to learn HTML,CSS,JavaScript. I am very thankful to the Duke
The course contents are pretty good, but the suggested time to complete each week's assignment is misleading. I spent on average 2 hours for each assignment that suggested 10 mins to complete. I end up spending way to much time on this course than I planned to.
Great course!!
Well Done!!! Excellent Course. Really liked the Honors Assignment.
Great course for beginners. It gives you the basics to become a good programmer.
This is an excellent code for both beginners and novice programmers who want to improve their problem-solving skills. This course does not only teach the languages but also teaches the best ways to approach a problem, and how to implement our approach into coding. I have learned various image editing techniques, gained domain knowledge and even built my own full website. The only downside is that the javascript libraries which is used in most of the exercises is written by Duke itself so I'm not sure if I'll be able to use them outside the course. But these libraries really helped understand the process.
way to beginner, felt it could've gone a bit more in depth coming from a known university such as Duke.
It was a pleasant journey through the web foundations.Thank you very much!
I think it's too simple....... I finished this course in 2 days.
It is helpful for me
The course is really beneficial and I did enjoy the challenging problems designed for the course.
I took the course in 2015 and found it very hard, so took a break. Now, when I resumed where I left off, I was very happy to see that the course has been simplified much more. I just passed it, thank you!
Some things were a little too easy (like the quizzes, for the most part.) Occasionally, there would be some challenges in exercises for which solutions were not laid out in much detail, making them harder. That's a good teaching strategy, and encourages independent thinking to solve them. The discussion board mentors were helpful and promptly responsive, tho I did not find the discussion forums until the end of week 2. I think there should be links to those on more pages.
A very smooth introduction to computer programming and computational thinking. The four instructors are top notch with excellent explanation skills. The courses exercises and the final project are very well designed. I highly recommend the course.
This course is very well-structured and is foundation course towards learning programming. The instructors are an expert and are very engaged. I recommend this course to everyone who wants to start learning programming.
Very nice course, you learn a lot by doing it slowly, listening everything and then trying it. I would recommend it to everyone.
very well taught. The concepts were well presented and explained. The exercises were sufficiently challenging.
I like the teaching staff!Excellent travail et merci infiniment !
Good introduction to very basic stuff. I skipped many videos and found the same information on the internet. If it wasn't part of the specialization I wouldn't pick it.
This course is awesome and the instructors too. They all were cool and taught the stuffs really well... I will recommend everyone to enroll into this course.
A good way to learn the basics of web pages programming.
Thank you for the excelent course.
A great course for newbies covering almost everything there is!!!Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.
Nice introducing course.
Fantastic course, the teaching was good and the you will learn definitely.
Excellent starter course for those seeking their future and opportunity in the IT field. To see if this is the niche where one belongs to.
So many better options out there to learn to code. The videos on this course had me so confused that I eventually gave up and went to another website to learn what I was supposed to be learning here. Asked a question on the forum that another student was also having a problem and nobody answered me.Very very boring. Try somewhere else.
The programming development environments BIC & DLTP are very helpful. BIC with the Chrome console helped get unstuck on a couple of occasions. The presentations & the exercises effectively impart the basic concepts.It would be really nice if the quizzes have a button to confirm answers separate from the button to submit.
I found this course to be interesting and fun. I would definitely recommend this course for beginners in programming as this course teaches you how to solve some real problems with the help of html, css and javascript. I enjoyed this course hope you will too. Happy Coding :)
This is a very good course for beginners who want to start with HTML, CSS, and JavaScripts, and the detailed course & the embedded quiz & exercise are awesome as well, I will continue the course followed.
Great professors
Awesome course for refreshing Programing knowledge!!
Good paced exercises.
Interesting introduction to programming.
Well structured introduction to programming. By starting with HTML and a structured environment that takes most of the pain out of JavaScript but allows students to create real working applications, the approach makes you feel empowered and engaged while drilling through the basics.
i love to learn this course
The course focused so much in interacting with images instead of the HTML, CSS and JS subjects
This is a great course, it teaches you a way of thinking, the way of the programmer the way of the software engineer. Anyone who wants to learn programming or cs must take this course. Is one of the best decisions I've made. Thanks Coursera and Duke U!
Thank you for excellent content!
Great intro to general concepts :)
very useful
This course I can learn JS and Image processing at the same time, wonderful!
Duke university professor are really have good knowledge and they learn like as guardian .
great great course to get you started, and on your way programming
Thanks a lot for your front end design and image processing exercises. This course has provided me an extensible knowledge of an image processing with simple programming languages like HTML, CSS and JavaScript which I had never thought in my wildest dreams. Kudos to all of you.
The course content was fantastic!!
This was an engaging course prepared by an amazing group of instructors. I learned so much from it and I would recommend it to beginners in web development field.
Thank you !It was really interesting
Very nice and organized but the "Try it" exercises should be made easier to read and divided to small steps instead of long paragraphs
I think this is a great introduction to object oriented programming that Java uses. I have some background in Java already and can see the parallels this course brings
It is very course to learn and very easy to understand. I felt very happy that i got a certification from this University.
It is very interesting course with easy and comprehensive contents. It had short length videos which did not create boredom for me at all. I hope Coursera will improve it's stance more in the future. Thanks to Coursera team and teaching faculty. It is really adorable effort.Regards
Very Good and useful course
I have not felt overwhelmed by information at any one point while taking the course, so it's a really great starting point for beginners.
Clear and easy to follow. Encourages you to try things out for yourself. Definitely recommended if you want to start programming.
Can be mprovised in terms of course content
I have learned a great deal from this course. The lectures and assignments were very well structured. The most important feature of the course for me was that after every bit of new information, there were challenging exercises that gave me a good grasp of the newly learned material. It took many, many hours of working on the assignments, but it was worth every second!
Great course for beginners!
This is a fantastic course, a great introduction to html, javascript, css and programming in general. The best part of this course is the seven steps to solve a problem using image processing which is helpful in solving real world problems rather than some toy samples. This technique is used in repetition for solving different problems so that the student gets a deep understanding on how it fits in solving real world problems. I would definitely recommend to someone who wants to learn programming. You get more worth than the money paid for this course. Kudos to Duke and Coursera, guys keep going. I have enrolled in many other edu platform, but I see a lot of quality and value in coursera.
Excellent course! Highly recommended!
Very easy to follow. Kept me motivated! Great course! One note, probably update the dukelearntoprogram website a bit. It would be good with an easier navigation tool to access material on the website through Coursera, specifically with regards to challenge exercises.
student needs to read a lot out of this course in order to solve the exercises!the course materials are not enough, and they focus more on images, while this entire course for beginners level, it should be fundamental stuff.overall the course is good but needs more changes
Great course,very understandable and useful!
i didn't get the certificate yet
It is good course for beginners , it gives you overview of HTML, CSS and Javascript
good teacher, very nice video and practical task
Love this course
well done,very clear and useful.
Great introductory course!
I HAVE ENJOYED THE COURSE BECAUSE OF A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF TEACHING,LIKE IT IS DIVIDED INTO 4 PARTS AND EACH PART A WEEK. ONE MORE THING ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT THE (TRY IT) WHICH WILL MAKE YOU TO GET A GOOD PRACTICE. I LOVE THE QUIZ BEING KEPT AT WEEKEND TO ASSESS ME.
Awesome explanation. It is very understandable.......
Good course!
Very helpful class that give me the fundamental knowledge about Html, CSS and JavaScript. I'm ready to learn and develop my own website for fun!
It paved the way for my programming learning.Excellent Course! 100% recommended!
This is very good course for beginners and a bit advanced programmers.
Excellent course with good challenging programming excercises.
Good intro course
Everything is great and im so excited to be here and learn from Duke University
Very good course, I like the fact there is lot of exercises and in case someone gets lost there always mentor in discussion forums who is prompt to help. Especially I would like to thank Gerry, always got response from him within half an hour. If only you could add a little bit more material about CSS that would be perfect.
The way the proffessors deliver there speech is amazing and in a very lucid manner.One-Liners questions between the videos is really a nice way to enhace students mind so he remains involved and keeping him/her bound to that topic.I really appreciate the efforts of proffessors who taught me and all other students out there selflessly and with utmost devotion wihout asking anything in return.SPECIAL THANKS TO COURSERA.
I like the idea of using JavaScript for learning very basic idea of programming. It was very easy to follow and transitions well into the next course.
This is a lie. I do everything. I complete week 2 and now i come back to watch videos about week 3 and i see that i dont do anything.Can you imagine ?Good job guyz.
Well paced, mentors are active in the forums. You have a chance to mingle with everyone and share ideas. The course itself covers pretty much everything from beginning HTML up to Image Filtering and Steganography. I would recommend to anyone interested in learning how how the internet works or anyone with an interest in programming.
Great course, I learned a lot about programming foundations. If you do not know anything about programming, this is the course to start. The teachers explain very well with good examples and the tasks are a challenge but well explained and these can be completed with the material learned in the videos.
exceptional teaching nice documentation really helpful duke learn to program.at the end its all by COURSERA :)
Very helpful and interesting! Thank you :)
Great course! The assignments had been designed to help the student practice and learn what was taught on the presentations. I was able to keep up with the course and am very satisfied by what I have learned.Thank you!
I've always been interested in web design and this course was really helpful and now I know the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Very good course, from the basics to the advanced programming, very suitable for people with no basic knowledge of modern programming. Good teachers, with good explanations and a well balanced learning curve.
This course was an excellent introduction to programming concepts. I developed familiarity with html, css, and JS through the coding projects that accompany the excellent presentations by the Duke instructional team. Thanks for putting together such a great course!
All professors are excellent, and have a wonderfull energy. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you all.
Nice course. Helped me learn the basics well. The quizzes were really good and needed through understanding of the course.
Excellent Program for me and all the students, which have basic knowledge and a passion for learning something more.
Its an Awesome Course!!!
Great course; I learned a lot!! Not sure "beginner" level was the way I'd describe it though. I was glad I had some programming background.
This course was excellent. The instructors were very good and the material was very well presented. Once you complete the course, you will realize that you have learned a lot.
this is the very good course for your clear basic fundamental
Its a great learning package especially for beginners!
I love your course, best course I have ever attended and I am looking forward to the next 4 courses :)
wow. the presentations are really boring! the Java script part is super confusing!
Very informational and the teachers are extremely helpful and quick to respond. Lots of fun programming activities. All in all a great course!
It was a great experience! Very nice instructors and content!
the best
This course is very inconsistent when it comes to JavaScript. Instead of giving fundamentals of the language, course instructors prefer to give you a bunch of non-standard libraries and teach you a couple of randomly selected methods which could be applied to images. All core concepts such as data types, data structures are explained very sketchy. OOP paradigm isn;t explained at all. For example, they give you a line of code which goes something like:var x = new SimpleImage("...");no explanation of what SimpleImage is is given neither you are taught how exactly it works. Apparently, this course relies heavily on self-learning the lib docs given on their site.All together this leads you to simply monkey-coping lecture materials into code editor without even realising how it works and what it does. This course is at best serve observatory purpose to give student just a peek at what web development is like.This course could not be used as a solid foundation fow specialization.
Clear Explanation and provides a platform to dive in detail.
The course provides complete information and guidance for a beginner in Web designing. Me being unfamiliar with programming before starting here, our mentors and teachers provided study material in such a manner helped me (a fresh comer) learn HTML, CSS and JS quickly and pretty well. In a month, you really do learn a lot. You require a good amount of self-discipline and dedication for learning any new subject, specially if you're juggling it with a job or being a university student. But the quality of lecture videos, the material provided for extra learning and the weekly amount of work is perfect for coaching you in Web Designing.Good Luck !!!
Excellent Step into Coding and computer science program for beginners
Thank you for this course! Straightforward explanation with good examples!
This course is awesome! They really teach you the fundamental of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
Really helpful and full of essential information.
Awesome course, thanks for providing it.
As a foundation level this course is very good.Practice will help you gain some confidence .The way this course is organized is very good.Even non-computer science student can try with some more effort.
Great course !
Great course of introduction to web programming.
I thought this course was excellent. The lesson videos are very well put together and the overall layout and instruction for the "Try It Yourself" made learning the material so much easier. I look forward to course 2.
Moderator answer in a very short time. I was impressed of that. I think the course should add a video to explain more in details some concept as variables. many of my issues were coming from deep doubts i had about this. maybe explain variables on hardware and variables as pointers.
Very good concept. Helpful explanations and fun practice parts. The mentors are patient and answering every question in no time. Keep on going!
Decent introduction. Should consider more assignments with automated submissions. Maybe bonus assignments with automated submissions just to develop a broader introduction to different parts of the various languages discussed.
great class
I've been learning Javascript with lots of different online courses over the last 2 years and this is the first one that presented the information in such a way that I could understand it. Thanks!
The course was very well planned and knowledgeable.It taught me a lot of things like creating,designing,planning your web page,image processing and most important of all - the patience and perseverance to debug your own code because we will always make errors no mater what.Also the mentors were there to help in the forums.
Best to make a strong base in computing. Highly recommended to anyone.
Really great course!
Nicely explained but a bit boring for me. i believe that is my fault, because i don't like web design and i also knew a lot of the things in this course
Fantastic course.. Very well put subjects and classes. Loved the assignments.
Challenging, but bite-sized lessons. The lessons give you enough information to complete the required assignments - making you stretch but not leaving you in the dark like some other MOOCs, in my experience. Mentors responded quickly in forums. Really enjoyed the course and looking forward to completing the Specialization.
It was a very nice course. I was satisfied the way it was taught. The DLTP library is of great use for future projects. Thanks a lot for providing such a great course content which helped me to gain the basic knowledge on JavaScript. It was fun and interesting to solve "Try It!" section.
Fantastic Class looking forward to the next one.
We need more quizzes, want to make projects and to check them
You are forced to do your own research and study as the instruction is light. However, ample tools are provided like CopePen which allows you to test and play. The forums are a great to see what the rest of your class is doing and saying. Good luck with the course :)
Was very good, but the titles of week 3 and 4 threw me off since I thought they would be seperate weeks, not the same one.
I learned a lot with your course and thank infinitely
Great course on the basics! I enjoyed the activities.
The materials are great and easy to understand.In the videos,professors articulates the content well.I've learned basic JavaScript,CSS and HTML,which might help me in the future.I don't know when and where I will use it right now.But It has been an thrilling experience to gain knowledge.
Very good course i think i am addicted to programming!
I was amazing to learn and participate in this course.
I absolutely LOVE your courses! I have tried a lot of Coursera and other online courses that bored me to tears, but you have mastered the platform. Your courses are so well built and I love your sense of humor!Some things that set your course apart from other courses:1. A variety of instructors. Seeing different people introduce different topics in the videos makes it more interesting.2. Regular quizzes to keep me paying attention.3. Regular exercises to put into practice what I'm learning.Thanks for sharing your expertise with the world!
The content was very useful, especially the lessons that focused on applying the scientific method to computer science. I liked the fact that most concepts were taught, and then reviewed again at the end of a video, solidifying what I learned. I did find the quality of the videos to be rather lacking. As someone who develops online courses for a living, I suggest using two cameras so that you can switch between two views when a cut is needed to prevent jumping or leaving mistakes in videos. The professors definitely seemed nervous, but I suppose that goes away with time. Thank you for this awesome course!
I have written a review when I gave my feedback.
decent course for the beginners though it can cover more detail study of the topics.
Great course, very interactive and fun to follow.
Great Course!
This course is a great course. It gives you concepts and teach you how to apply them. It also provide good exercises and programming problems.I was just wanted the course to add more materials and more lectures about HTML and CSS.Thank You for this great course.
I love it, you guys doing great job
bad explanations, nothing you can do at exams without researching from external sources.
The teachers and instructors really should make better videos and stop giving peer edit assignment when people are picky and do not grade your assignment. The instructors should also give their contacts to let their students contact them when the discussion forums dont work
This is a perfect intro level course, I especially like the project. In a word, I learned a lot.
For the eager student maybe some more resources should have been shared. I was hoping to learn some production quality environment basics e.g. the ideal editor, best practices etc.That said- I really liked how the 3 components, css, js and html were stitched together to help understand interactive webpages using js.
awesome experiance ,good explanations but it would be better if you provide more time to do exercises
This course is very well setup for bigginers. Thanks to all the professors who put their hard work on this course.
A great and fun way to learn fundamentals of programming and basics of HTML, CSS, and Java Script. Exercises were simple and very good to reinforce what was learned on each session, plus they included challenge exercises for those who need something a little less basic.
Great course! I'm honored I could learn from wonderful people. I'm looking forward to learning much more!
Excellent description of how to take first steps in HTML and CSS. Thanks a lot!
The course seemed a piece of cake at the beginning, but as the weeks passed, it became more and more challenging. I'm glad and satisfied to achieve this certificate, thank you!
lectures should be more detailed!
The programming environments used in this course probably won't be used in real life, they are used to get the very basics of programming.But I recommend it for absolute beginners with no knowledge of computer science whatsoever,someone who already knows at least one programming language already will probably be bored by the semantics, but what I really found useful was the step by step explanation on how how to solve programming problems, without using a block scheme or intuition.No teacher ever explained that in detail to me before.I heard they are cutting out the steganography project, or adding it as something optional, but that was actually very fun, hiding images in other images, as though I was a spy, sending off a message that would save that world...But,laughs aside,it felt like I was doing something practical.
Very good presentation of subject matter.
This course is good for beginners!!
This course is not relevant in the real world.
This course is super awesome! Eye opening concepts and plenty of exercises to drill down the concepts learned, for a complete beginner like myself, the problems and materials provided are sure to set you in the right mental direction. I loved the emphasis on problem solving, which is key in the field.
was helpful in laying the foundations of my programming skills
Week 1 and 2 were very useful. As a beginner, I learned a lot about HTML and CSS. Week 3 was a big leap to JavaScript, and the level of difficulty was the reason why I quit the course. Concepts are not well-explained, a lot of material for completing the tasks is missing. Please make JavaScript part simple for beginners.
Im very happy to see that the authors improved the course by actually showing the students how to integrate JS and HTML. I still can't understand why its not allowed the access to the projects to students that won't purchase the course. There are several of other courses @Coursera that require payment only if you want the certificate. I guess that hundreds of students would be happy to see that as the general procedure.Thanks to all the authors for such a wonderful material. Im continuing to the 2nd level of the specialisation.
Very good and well structured course.
nice beginning course!helpful~
The last module felt like I really had to apply my brain here!
I would like to sincerely thank The Coursera Community for providing this wonderful opportunity to get a overlook on the HTML,CSS,Java Script concepts.Now I am in a position where I can design webpages and edit images easily.I think Coursera is providing a wonderful platform where it integrates people from various communities into a common task-coding.I am feeling privilaged for associating with Duke Universities.I once again take this opportunity to thank the Coursera Community for providing me this opportunity.
The course is excellent in many ways. The course material,video is very simple and understandable to a layman also. one need not be an expert.The presentation was superb, leaving no doubt at the end of each week.The course material and video is self sufficient. I am very happy to have joined the course. I would like to complete the rest of the course satisfactorily. I would love to have soft copies of the material which can be downloaded for study at convenient. Thank you
Awesome experience>
I was very impressed with the level of the course. I really appreciate constant effort to make this experience even better for us. I learned a lot. THANK YOU
very creative course specially duke java environment. and codepen plateform.
Great course, with great teachers. Really useful and clear.
It was a very helpful and interesting course learned a lot from it.
Excellent beginner course that teaching many new skills
Can't be completed without payment
I really enjoyed the first two weeks. When it came to JavaScript I couldn't follow, so much information was missing and lessons were not clear anymore. I understand that the goal was to teach the most in a short time but this was not the right approach.
I am really learning how to create a website. The instructors/professors, that are teaching this course, and the way the online classes are set up, make easy to follow and easy to understand. I did not expect something like this online, right to the point no fluff class type teaching, besides I've always want to learn how to read and right behind the scene website, instead of making it from PowerPoint, and not understand why idea is not being executed.
Really enjoyed this course!
Amazing course, amazing teachers!
The teacher is very good, material is also very careful and useful.
I'm confused as to why there was so much emphasis on domain knowledge rather than a good, solid foundation of basic principles. I'm also failing to see how much of this is going to be applicable to future installments of this course. As a starter for a Java course I am worried.
Great fundamentals and it's nice to have something tangible to show for your work at the end!
Should Make courses audit
Great videos, interesting content. Quizzes were good, assignments were clearly stated. There could have probably been more coding work involved, but it is definitely a good first course as an introduction to programming in general.
An excellent course that is so easy to follow and comprehend. It has everything that a beginner needs. Wonderful teachers and very good content. I really enjoyed this course. Thank you so much!
Breaks it down very nicely for beginners...to the point where I can move forward to more complex languages.Cheers,Don Card
it is a very good course. Just need some adjustments on week 3 and steganography extraction and duplication.
This course teaches absolute basics when it comes to programming, with a few tips that give you an edge when it comes to professional coding.
It's a great course to learn the basics, plus you get testimonials about how some are doing in the business. Mostly younger college students but never the less, still useful.
I haven't finished the second lesson yet and I am in love with this course; it's simple and suitable for beginners indeed. I have know many concepts I never heard of lie SEO, UX, UI. Thank you and keep the good work
very informative and fun to learn
It was great to finally get to know about things I've been wondering for a long time. I got lost from time to time and struggled to keep up but, at the end I think I get the benefits the course was meant to provide.
learned a lot, images are fun!!!!!!
It is a very neat and organized learning experience. It is not perfect (nothing is), but it is one of the best learning experiences I have ever had.
Nice course for those who don't have the idea about the web designing in the front-end.
Excellent introduction to programming the web.
The most terrible course I have ever seen in my life and on this site. For some of quiz questions, you feel like you are dumb because you can not make connection between lectures and quizzes. I really wanted to learn java on coursera but It seems impossible to me. Focusing on rbg values and image thingies too much and making me feel uncomfortable at quizzes after watching all those lectures are the main reasons of giving 1 star.
It's a great course up to when you start dealing with arithmetic calculations. I was wishing for a clearer explanation.Also, something about explaining the structure of the coding, i.e. the syntax, the tokens, etc. that are being taught seems to be missing.Otherwise, teachers are great and the course is very engaging.
I found it pretty more useful in HTML and CSS.Teaching JS can be improved a bit by letting more videos about JS.
Cannot participate in graded work unless purchased.
A great course.
Great!!
An excellent course! Very introductory, but it is meant to be and the Professors are great! It was all well planned and organized.
This course is Amazing! I learned a lotabout webpages and how to style them. It only fails because we don't see an example of javascript on a real webpage.
Speaking of beginner level it is good until you are learning css in it . but as java script starts this course becomes a headache , not because javascript is difficult but they made it difficult . instead of going with basics they teach you to manipulate images . which is not every one's interest field . they should improve their javascript course . other than that it is ok .
A very good course that teaches many interesting and surprising things. I admit I was unaware of this material. Completely unaware. Creating beautiful webpages (HTML, CSS), creating and modifying images with JavaScript, encrypting and decrypting images in other images !!! Ooooh !!! What an unexpected joy !!! I did not know someone can do such things all by himself. I'm really happy to have gone through this course. One thing. It takes time. I think that the time required that is given in the information about the course is unreal. Anyway I wholeheartedly suggest this course to anyone interested in science, computers, and is energetic enough to absorb this amazing stuff.
A real webpage implementation of Javascript can be included in the course.
so nice a class as it is
My previous review is : This course teaches NOTHING about JAVA! Does not worth the money and time!After I learned more about coding I realized I was wrong that it is very important to understand HTML, CSS and JS before learning Java. The only thing is that I wish this course teaches more algorithm.
Material is relevant. Most of the assignments require student guesswork, writing functions not covered in the lecture.
This course is very difficult. I recommend only taking it if you have some experience with syntax. Although very challenging, I learned a ton.
Finished
This is a very good course and great experience, thanks for teaching
it is really good effort. i am actually learning
It was really helpful and I really feel like I learned a lot!! Can't wait to start the next course!!
Very well designed and taught course. Thanks to the Duke Univ team.
Great course
Awesome course... lots to learn about, one is Steganography. The faculties of Duke University are amazing.
The jump to javascript is too great for beginners. Fundamental concepts of programming severely need more time spent on but are in fact glossed over too quickly.
great course
showed me 4 videos and no course instruction, am bummed really wants to take the course
awesome course.veru usefull videos to learn from.
Although I have been studying programming for four years, this course still managed to surprise me in terms of content offered - really interested for the image editing and formatting from HTML and JS. Really worth the money!!
very good teaching skills I do say
This is a great course. Teachers are full of energy and desire to teach, examples are easy to follow (not so much at the end) but it is a great course where you will learn a lot. Highly recommended.
Awesome course.
I found the course both interesting and challenging and I definitely picked up new skills. On completion of this course, I am able to write a webpage with active URL links, pictures, make ordered, un-ordered lists and make tables with embedded lists and images etc. In addition I learned how to style the web page with fonts, colors and positions using CSS.The next section was about image processing using java scripting. We did steganography , hiding images and text within images. The whole thing was finished with creating an e-Portfolio, which tested everything we learned.I enjoyed the course and am now moving onto the next course in this specialization.Darragh Merrick
I think I learned a lot from this course. Thanks 4 teachers for giving us so many great materials.
No consistency, from very easy web design fundamentals to advanced Javascript with no explanation videos to help over a series of quizzes and assignments in week 3 lesson 3.
Great intro to programming, and learning to think, like a software engineer
that's very good course i love it
The HTML and CSS portions as well as the beginning javascript lessons are great. However, towards the end of this module the instructors seem to stop teaching and/or expect knowledge way above 'beginning' that make it necessary for me to teach myself way more than I expected.
It is pretty fast paced, I wish there was more studymaterial to help prepare you for the quizzes.
really helped me to have a hold in programming
HTML, CSS and JS materials were covered and were made easy to understand. CodePen and the Write Your Own websites cooperate great with the course. The quizzes are simple while I found he coding practice challenging and yet not too difficult.My only concern is whether the materials covered would help to build a realistic website, say, the homepage of Facebook or Google. It seems though I've finished the course, I still have no idea of how those webpages I see everyday works, let alone code them myself. The following courses in this series focus on Java, so ...By the way, spending 2-3 hours for a week to finish it as soon may help against forgetting. HTML, CSS and JS seem disconnected before you make them cooperate. Cheers!
The material is simple and easy to understand, instructors explains very well.
All the modules but last are really interesting and informative. The last week's module is very poorly explained, a beginner cannot really understand it.
nice, not easy, not too hard, yet challenging. it will surely improve your skill of HTML, CSS, and also JSP
I learned eight lines of Java code in four weeks, and we never implemented any of it into a web application (viz, a script that actually runs in a live website). Read a book instead. It's cheaper, takes about the same amount of time, and you learn a lot more. I gave it a star because one was the minimum. It should be zero because it wasted my time.
Really poor course. Rather than starting from the basics, this course picks random information to work with. Week 1 was information anybody with a computer knows. Week 2 was really good. Week 3 and 4 were completely useless. Rather than starting from the basics they jump into picture manipulation and encoding. Don't take this class if you want to learn about coding.
Poorly designed and explained. You do not really gain much knowledge from this course.I would not recommend my friends and basically others to take this course. There are far better courses out there for much cheaper prices.
Precise teaching. Informative.
Very good and excellent teachers. I have a lot from the coursera
Great info!
Great!! so far
Good beginning lessons for people who demonstrate an interest! The instructors are passionate and helpful.
HTML and CSS were well explained and clearly cover. However, some of the JavaScript was glossed over and very difficult to follow.
The course is well put together, however they say you do not need any programming background, but you definitely need a little. I had to use other sources to help such as Codeacademy and Udemy just to keep up. The do not go over loops, conditionals or basic C foundation that would help. The leap from HTML, CSS to JavaScript is massive. They need to relook some of the topics and either more videos or add in some easier teaching methods. I took a similar one on Udemy (that was free) just after I completed this one and it was 10x easier to understand and closed so many loops I had when learning JavaScript.
This is NOT a beginner's course. There is not enough coverage of fundamental programming concepts, and too much playing around with complex application concepts such as Steganography. Simple image manipulation is a good way to teach programming concepts. Teaching bit arithmetic in a first programming course is NOT. Also, there are many errors in the videos that should be corrected. And finally, this course is advertised as requiring 3-5 hours per week. What a huge underestimate! I have been programming professionally since 1989. Other than week 1, every week requires closer to 8-10 hours at least. Stop advertising this as a beginning course, or restructure it such that it is more appropriate for beginners.
The instructors overly explain simple concepts and talk about programming inbetween makes the course confusing then you get lost and quiz you on stuff that was not properly explaiuned
the last week material is too time consuming it's actually requires 2 weeks of hard work
great course except the charging assignment
This is a good course for beginners but for the more experienced web programmers this is like a good brain teaser only.
The javascript section was very good and helped me develop my programming skills. I really like the seven step approach and using it work through the exercises. The HTML and CSS sections were not very useful though.
Good course but I dont like how you have to finish each module within a week it would be better if you could finish everything in fourweeks
I will give it a 3* review as I really enjoyed and learned a lot in the HTML and CSS part (first 2 weeks), but the java script is really poorly covered. It is too hard and with no "translations" on what the hell is going on. The Duke University team is good and they obviously know what they are doing, but they need to review this course and make it more simpler... :)
This course is very good for beginners in programming. It is informative and reveals practical aspects of programming.
I learned a lot. Still, I wish the explanation were more geared toward beginners.
This course is fine, but by week 3 and 4, it is already getting very advanced. It is quite impossible to finish within 4 weeks
Although you might learn something, this course is not well organized. I wouldn't recommend it.
javascript part is not covered in depth
The JAVASCRIPT part of the course was to difficult for me I didn't understand enough. I would like to see more tutorial.
Steganography Wasn't upto the mark..!
it covers a wide range of material in fairly quick order.
Nice course. However I do not understand why javascript is treated in a way that separates it absolutely from its web-related applications (it is treated as a general purpose programming language, which it is nowadays, especially once node.js came to the fore, but still - it is primarily web language and it would be better to treat it as such, even more so when the rest of the course is focused on html and css.
It is a good course, but I'm not sure it's simple enough for beginners - it doesn't teach you all the steps you need to know
A great course whether you're a beginners and experts alike!
Lessons are too compact and some of the videos too long and full of content, so it's hard to process all the information at once.
interesting programming topics selected. Modifying image is something that everyone could relate to as everyone must have encountered with digital image before.The use of pencode which is WYSIWYG editor makes it more interactive and current. A huge improvement from the plain, boring Python platform and text editor.Most of the instructors facial expression are so dead, and flat-voice delivery makes it a chore to watch. Think how youtube tutorials engage their audience and makes it entertaining to watch. But maybe that's too much to ask for a traditional institutional lecture.Overall, this is one of the best intro to programming video I have watched. The lessons choice are relevant and could be followed with ease.
Excellent Introduction to HTML and Js
Great course. Amazing exercises. Really a warm-up course for someone who is willing to begin his/her programming journey. Finally the instructors were more than friendly.
One of the well organized and informative course for beginners.
Thanks to everyone involved with the design and creation of this course.This course added a lot to my knowledge, I hope to meet them again.
Very nice course. Not that boring as other intro courses. Image editing and stego part was awesome. Thanks a lot!
HTML/CSS - easyJS - extremely hard
Hard to understand JS part.
Tutors reading from a teleprompter comes across as robotic, lifeless and boring. We should be told before we do a piece of work that we can only submit it by upgrading, not afterwards!
It so simply to understand, I love this course!!!!
Good overall but the content uses library and other content that make it hard to apply the technologies to the real world, an emphasis on orienting the content to 'from scratch development' would be duly appreciated I think. Nevertheless interesting and well presented over all.
pretty good but very time consuming
Great class. All the professors are very good. Learning a lot of new things.
Good course. A little demanding for someone who cannot invest substantial time figuring out how to code some problems.
The class is very interesting and the teachers teach me a lot.
Javascript was a bit challenging and complicated but in general it was very useful. Thanks!
The sequencing of the elements and the pace are delightfully challenging but in no way overwhelming. This is a world class level offering. Loved it!
Though it is a nice introduction, I would have expect a more syntax learning lessons.
Took this as part of a Java specialization but would not have taken it otherwise.
easy and understandible
This course, starting from week 3 in NOT for beginners at all. If you are truly new to programming you would understand nothing from the Java Script part of the course. A lot of people complain about the same issue during the course.
Lectures are boring but the assignments are interesting and useful for the future, and quite involved.
It's ok...
Not really useful ~ I would like to email in a PDF file of comments
It is nice. Comprehensive and simple.
nice for beginner without any CS background!
This course was okay at best. The last two weeks focused too much on image functions and making. While I get that this can be a 'fun and practical' example, it became stale and annoying. It was more stressful than anything else. I really hope the future classes in the Specialization aren't designed in the same way. Variety is not a bad thing.
I quit this course as it does not live up to the specialization which it begins. JavaScript is not Java. The course description should clearly state that JavaScript will be taught and that it will be used to draw boxes of different colors. I was extremely let down by this course.
Challenging and difficult thus rewarding experience . I think the great thing about this course is the freedom they give to make certain programs with whatever way you want to use.
This is not for beginners at all.
The course is a bit of a show. Maybe that's good for teenagers and Millennials, but not for me.
I was very disappointed in this course which held much promise. Too much of it has to do with the changing of colours. I got bogged down by hex colour requirements and other ancillary requirements. I did not want to learn such things. I wanted to learn the methodologies of programming and how the statements in HTML, CSS and Javascript interact. All of these areas were only touched on in very minor ways and with little learned. I got more out of the books I borrowed from the library in the same timeframe.
Last project was pretty tough. The class is more ambitious than the title suggests. First two projects, not so much
Great Course for Beginners
Great run in with Javascript, HTML and concepts I remember from school days. If you have never programmed at all you might have a steeper curve as the work progresses. Also if you innovate on the tasks, prepare to spend more time than what is shown. I enjoyed this course.
Great introduction to the use of Javascript and how to publish a simple interactive webpage.
I really enjoy taking this course. I have learnt a lot since i started
Very good course for beginners, but some of the practical examples could have been done better.For example it would have been nice if the course had taught how to execute JS code directly from a webpage, with or without using CodePen.This is the only reason why it gets 4 stars instead of 5.
A fantastic introduction to the world of programming and designing your own webpage. :)
Nice Course Learned lot from the Course..
A very interesting and informative course. I am happy I took it and I thank Duke for making the course available to us.
The first two weeks the course present a reasonable pace for beginners. The second two weeks, when the Java Script is introduced, the projects suddenly become very hard. It is assumed you understand binary numbers. Coding is introduced without a lot of explanation of Java Script syntax or methods or what actually happens when you write a line of code. The idea of hiding an image within an image is interesting but I do not see that as important for beginners web developers- how is this relevant to building a web site?
Doing it plainly for the purpose of specialization certificate :)Very eager about java courses though :)
Awesome programming exercises
very nice soft start into programming, for someone who has some background would not be challenging but encourage them to continue through this specialization where it will be more challenging through the specialization
please teach more about javascript basics
it started off as being for beginners but after a while it was rushed and made it extremely difficult for beginners to keep up. Please dont just tell the student to go and write the code for something without giving a hint. Also, there were math mistakes in the course material that are easy to fix.
Overall the course was great, with a nice variety of topics and plenty of time to complete it. Difficulty wise, the course was not difficult, however, some sections were a little bit confusing. Specifically regarding the JavaScript portion, some of the instructor videos that I viewed didn't really help and instead caused extensive use of outside for help. Sometimes the instructors would seem a little bit unprepared for the presentation as well, resulting in videos a little bit less polished than it could've been.
It was a great course nicely taught by the teachers. Javascript couldnt have been interesting if steganography hadnt been taught. It really stole the show. Great job (Y)
I actually managed to finish this class!
One of the best courses, that teaches you a lot about programming and the Instructors are AMAZING.
Nice introduction.
great course for beginners
This is a great intro but it's only going to get your feet wet (if not barely humid).
I learnt a lot of new information and I found the course content easy to understand and follow.
Good but I think the java script they jump into very advanced stuff if you have never code before.
Good course. Sometimes too easy, but go to start.
HTML and CSS is good. JS search for another course.
okay for an intro, not the most boring content. It is a bit aweful that the insist on you using their libraries and programming environments. You spend perhaps 20% of your actually practicing coding, and the rest is wasted in libraries you will never use again
Very good course
Thank you for such a brilliant course!
Pretty good. As a beginner, I have learned a lot about html, css and javascript from this well-designed four-week class.
Great course and great professors. Very interesting knowledge base to learn from.
A seriously fabulous course, well prepared and with really cool coding assignments.
This course is the best course to understand the programming
Love all the tutors in this
It was an amazing Course. High quality videos, good practice quiz and interesting assignments. also the idea of final mini-project is very good. Thanks all of you for preparing this course
I wanted to learn more about programming, but instead I found myself tested on RGB combinations and building a website straight out of 1998. The course is scatter and although it claims to be for beginners, it covers programming concepts rather quickly. If i hadn't taken other programming classes, I would have been lost.
This course is misleading in a lot of ways. It is not for beginners at all. The quizzes in the course are beyond impossible. The lecture videos give an introduction to some concepts, but you are left on your own to figure everything out. They do not provide the proper tools to enable students to understand or pass. Reading through a lot of the discussion boards, there are two types of students: 1. those like me, who have never programmed in their life, and cannot figure any of this out, and 2. Those who have all sorts of experience and write things that are way advanced for a "Beginners" course.Do yourself a favor, and seriously do some research on appropriate programs before signing up for this one. It needs to be structured way better than what it is now.
Best for a beginner to learn HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Very good introduction
Very good teachers/instructors.
Granted it's an online course so there's not the back and forth provided at a physical classroom. However, the presentation of content is efficient and if an individual puts in enough time and effort, they'll get what they're looking from with this course.
As the title of this course states, it is about web and programming for beginners. While myself I wasn't absolute beginner in Web and HTML, only Javascript was a new topic for me, I used this course to check my knowledge and experience and "brush up" my skills. Teachers are friendly , videos are good, questionnaires check your understanding. Tasks are interesting enoug for people "to get a taste of things" and do some funny stuff.Thanks to Duke University team!
The course was really good. I am web application developer myself and I learned some new things here. One of the most important things that I learned here was Steganography. It was a new concept for me and I'm glad I learnt it. The JavaScript part of this course I must say, was very poor. It wasn't designed for beginners like the course mentioned. You could have taught some basic JavaScript stuff instead of just focusing on image manipulation. Anyways, great effort teachers! Thank You for teaching us.
Everything apart from Steganography was well explained with examples. I liked that the quizzes were fairly engaging and required programming exercises to familiarize you with the content.
I really enjoyed the course!
Very very basic course. Learned about HTML ,CSS in initial classes. Then it was completely JavaScript. But there was no details about how to use JavaScript for web programming. Projects and Quizzes are kind of ok difficulty.I will recommend this course for the people who are not aware of programming.
HTML and CSS are good. Javascript is not adequately covered.
A good introduction to programming in general and in relation to web apps. A lot of focus on just a few problems, mainly graphics manipulation but a good starting point I think. Looking forward to learning much more in future courses.
Great Introduction Course
Great!!!
The content of CSS and HTML are really good in this course, but the details about the JavaScript Code are not sufficient, this let me hard to understand the JavaScript.
It is very helpful and engaging. If you are starting computing for the first time, this is a very good place to start. It makes the impossible, possible. In the end, you'll feel good about learning computing. I guruntee you.
So far I enjoyed and learned to many concepts about programing, I have none technical background so for me this is like learning a complete new language with different alphabet, they explain in a clear way, with examples and easy language, the Javascript part could be more specific but it is fine.
The course is great. Loved the HTML and CSS basics. I do have a couple of recommendations for javascript part.There was no example of how to integrate javascript to an HTML page. i.e., just a small example of a web page where user can upload an image and then process it would give a complete understanding of javascript. I do understand that this specialization is for Java so you don't want to concentrate on js much but that would be helpful.The steganography example seem a bit complicated for people who are new to programming. I personally loved it and in-fact found it very useful to not just program but also to learn more optimal programming but in the courses that I checked, most students seems to be struggling. You may want to revisit the video introducing steganography. I would still suggest you to keep this as part of curriculum.
Very helpful course in understanding basics of internet and website design.
very poor content on Java Script. If you just started JS do not take this course. It will be too hard.
First two weeks of the course were ok, but after that it became something like JavaScript clap-trap, oriented to playing with images. I wanted to know how to make web-pages, I didn't get that information from this course.
They make it very easy for beginners like me to follow.
Brilliant Course with Google Crew !!
Nice course. Everything is explained. Good first step.
Not everything is explained well so very challenging for someone with no prior coding experience.
Nice... the final assignment stegonography I found was difficult to convert RGB pixel values to 8 bit decimal values
thank u so mach for this course it was simple and pretty good for the first 2 weeks i really enjoyed it :) ; but the other two weeks though ... i had a hard time there , if you try to improve it , the js wasn't understandable at all or at least mention in the course info that js background needed !!
No ancillary reading material or text to help along with the assignments lead me to fail the course.
Great course! Very practi
very good professors. course really helped a lot. thanku coursera
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适合编程初学者，有经验的可能会有些无聊It's good for the green hand. May be a little boring for the ad programmers
The lecturers are speaking very fast. Some times at the code practice it is not understandable how to solve the problem.
Last week was incredibly difficult.
It was my choice to join this course and now I am so glad its easy to learn and remember everything easily. A Big thanks to my Teachers.
Good Job !!Deserves Compliment !!!!!Keep it up forever
Good course for getting started. JavaScript might be a bit confusing for new learners, but learning slowly and looking up stuff on the internet will surely help a lot (and I guess this was the intention of the course creators: to make learners look up stuff on the internet on themselves).
Quick introduction to HTML, CSS, and Javascript for beginners. Compactly organised content. Excellent course.
Good overall beginner course but definitely for the beginners. Only the last week may be interesting to people that already know a bit about HTML and CSS, as the JavaScript part at the end has some interesting assignments; like hiding an image in another image.
This is an extensive course in beginning programming that covers everything from CSS and JavaScript to creating images from scratch and steganography. You will learn alot of useful and interesting programming techniques.
Good learning start to learn web development :)thanks
Amazing professors, who as a unit put a lot of thought and creativity into the design of this course. This was a logical and appropriate acquaintance to programming, covering also necessities of Web design, serving as a great intro to computer science. I'm taking the next course in this specialization!
Awesome course for any beginners for web programming
Final assignment is too difficult to do for beginners. It's crucial for them not to pass the course unless getting a certain score on the final assignment.
The instructors rushed through the Javascript part. Unlike the previous sections, this section assumes that one knows Java and its syntax beforehand.
Pretty useful entry-level course!
It was the best course ever....Thanks from the Duke University and their nice teachers.
Great course, very edifying.
Great course. The explanations made recover my love for programmin, sadly I didn´t have time to finish it, but next time I will.
Too much emphasis on taking tests versus actually programming.
I'm learning a lot and all the lessons are easy to follow!!
javascript was disconnected to html and css a little bit.
Amazing course. It's helping me a lot to understand how programming works.
Great course! Loving the experience of programming!
Well, I think I learnt some things about JavaScript, HTML and CSS. However, the course hasn't been focused on programming with JavaScript to solve real problems. All assignments are based on the creation of images from scratch, the modification of these images and hide messages in an original image. I really don't think these types of assignments can help students to learn Web technology. In fact, I know some professional Web programmers that they don't use javascript to manipulate images but in some cases when it is really necessary. I'd change the way of how the assignments are presented to prove the students' skills. For example, a possible assignment could be the implemention of a counter on a Web page using JavaScript or the creation of a web page with buttons, emerging messages, menus etc. On the web (Googling), there are a lot of codes that allow these funcionalities and could be used and modified by other students to create their own Web page.
Video Lectures are really great and easy to understand with hands on programming tasks. Very interesting and informative. Learnt a lot within 4 weeks time. Definitely recommend for anyone interested in creating websites.
Well done! Interactive, entertaining, and always applying and checking what you've learned!
I drop at the beginning of the Javascript, before Javascript, everything is good, after Javascript, "What are they talking about"?
This course is the first course in the Courser's Java Programming specialization, however, it uses JavaScript to teach high level programming concepts. If you want to learn JavaScript, this course is not for you. If you want to learn Java, this course is not for you.The course mainly solves image manipulation problems with Duke's proprietary JavaScript IDE. All the details are "black boxed" so you can't see what's in the JavaScript functions. I believe this is the wrong way to teach newbies because too much abstraction is never good.Also, as a man, I was personally offended by Professor Susan Rodger saying she wanted to see more women in programming. More woman means less men and that is sexist. As a supporter of equal opportunity, Duke University should take disciplinary action against Professor Rodger. I will not financially support any University that allows it's faculty to express inappropriate personal ideology in a classroom setting.I do not recommend this course, or any course with Professor Susan Rodger.
HTML and CSS were GREAT. JavaScript was very confusing as it did not teach me what each part of the code meant, including the syntax --- and hence I was unable to understand anything by Week 4, despite having listened to all the lectures and participated in the all the activities. I wish JavaScript's structure was more consistent with that of HTML and CSS.
Introduced me to some cool ideas, web services and ideas for basic web design but isn't really a beginner course. I've switched over to a similar course from University of London.The lecturers in this course were very stiff and scripted and not overly simplistic in their explanations- something essential to avoid frustrating those of us just starting out. If you want a course that teaches you the basics from the true beginning but doesn't make you feel like you're an idiot for not understanding try Responsive Website Basics from the U of London & Goldsmiths.
This course is divided into 4 weeks. The first two weeks are about CSS and HTML. I started this course as a beginner and was able to keep up with it for the first two weeks. Week three material isn't explained at all and for a beginner, it is very difficult. I wouldn't recommend this course to a beginner at all. What i did like about the course was that the material is organized but that doesnt help if you dont understand what is being taught. I dropped out of this course at week 3. Good Luck.
A giant and complete waste of time. $79, and 1 month of work and it's all Javascript, no java. Worse yet, you are required to work in BlueJ, (google it) with custom Javascript functions that you are not allowed to view or use outside the course. So, none of the code you write in this course will ever be able to be used anywhere else. (The functions probably are in a minified file, but the students were not given access to that file.) A complete waste of time. I would give it ZERO stars but can't submit this rating without giving it one star.
A very good course for the beginners.
Very good introduction to web programming!
Definitely not a course for a beginners, very confusing. The part with the Javascript is a real horror for beginners and even challenging for some newly programmers!
its very good for beginners.
I learn so much! I am thrilled!!
It's fast paced but you do learn a great deal.
Really frustated with this course. Lacks of explanation on the javascript part. Don´t think is recommended for beginners.
some of the quizzes felt haphazard and too specific, but overall, the material was timely and well presented.
this course is really helpful
Thank you for such perfect materials and knowledge.
The teachers explain everything very clearly, but the guest videos are a little pointless
Great Course... Challenging for the grey cells :)
It was great fun! Learned a lotThank u Coursera and Thank u Duke University!
This is a pretty handy introduction to the Web and programming. It contains pretty useful hands-on sessions. The instructors are very clear in their presentations and the quizzes emphasize on comprehension of the course material. I certainly recommend this course for anyone with no or little prior web programming experience.
A great way to learn and practice javascript. Great course for beginneer and great practice for a seasoned programmer.
Waaay too basic and simple for a comprehensive principles course. One or two concepts is not enough to gain an understanding. The power behind online learning is that if it takes you three views to understand it all, you have the luxury. Please beef up the videos and the assignments. The assignments had no feedback mechanism so I could easily plow through them without any knowledge of whether I did them right.
All the basics for beginners. Some step by step and some things make you think and research more references. I think that's a great combination.
Excellent course ! Really enjoyed it. A lot of learning -- the practical examples offered by the course were outstanding
I have learnt a lot in this course. Also it is great that the methodology and algorithm are taught systematically
I learned a lot in this course and it does not take much installation of software.
Actually it's rather hard to understand how JavaScript works if you'd never learnt it before this course. And all this comments like "write a programm before start the quiz" hold me up to ridicule, because as a beginner I don't understand logic of writing.HTML & CSS are simple, so there's no problem here.
The first week was a bit slow, but things picked up a bit after that. If you have programming experience, this course is not very challenging.
Week 4 was a big leap from week 3. Difficult with less time to complete the project. But course was good . I think course could be extended by adding 2 more weeks so that more practice sessions could be given to students.
Good for the beginners
It's really geared to beginners and very well planned.
This is a great course, I found the first week a little slow, but it really gets going and is a fantastic introduction to HTML, CSS, Javascript and computational thinking.
Needs better explaining on Java Script!
This class is challenging for a beginner but really does teach a lot in a short time frame.I feel that some concepts in week 4 were much harder than necessary for a beginner, but am glad I didn't give up. Some students said they were dropping it in the forums after having passed previous weeks. I'm glad I stuck with it though because I believe that I was able to get far enough in my understanding to pass this course and also give me an idea of some things I may like to explore in the future.It's possible to pass this course even if one of the concepts has you frustrated. Keep with it!
Very poorly structured. Explanation and examples were not very helpful. should revamp the course content and video lectures (specially the steganography part).
This course lost focus in later half and I nowhere I felt learning JS but just using JS as a tool to learn most of Image manipulation techniques.
The professors are erudite and give amazing lecture. They explain the hard subject in an easy-to-understand way.Besides, they cover more knowledge in a limited time.
Excellent course for begginers.
Good course!
Great course for the novice web developer.
Great intro course to web development.
I's not exactly class for the beginners. First half covers HTML and CSS and quite understandable and easy. Although, it might also help that I had class completely on HTML and CSS in the past, so I actually know what to do to write necessary code. The second part is on JavaScript. And here is where problem starts (at least for me). I didn't take JavaScript class in the past and it was all new for me. Professors try to explain it in few lectures 10-15 minutes each and then they expect you to write couple of programs and to make some project from scratch in few days. Sorry, maybe it's just me, but I got to have much more then about an hour of explanation to do so. I would highly recommend anyone who is new to JavaScript to take JavaScript class first and then to start this one. And no, I'm not new to programming.
This is the first course I am taking in Coursera.org. The valuable instructors of Duke University designed and created a masterpiece for learners. Thank you so much guys. Greets from Istanbul, Turkey.
Very nice course with level of difficulty increasing in a good pace.All of the tools used are easily available.Instructors clear on the message being passed to the class.
Great course!!
Amazing Course!
This coure was a boon for me .It is a best start up course for the computer science engineer. I want to thanks Coursera app and Duke University for such a innovative and creative course.
A perfect place for beginners in web programming
a good course for beginning.
I'm learning a lot of new and useful programming skills quickly and efficiently. I also love that I can make progress on my courses on my iPad.
Great！ Relatively intense but really beginner-friendly! You can make it in 2-3 days!Look forward to the next course in this series.Thanks! Drew, Robert,Susan and Owen!
Honestly not a very well designed course. I went through the videos and tests for weeks 1 and 2 and found that it's just rushing us through the basics while not really telling us much. Much of it was "here's an introduction to a tiny detail... You go find out the rest"..
Looking forward for week 2!
Very useful!
It was a great experience and fun! I strongly recommend it to everybody who want to get solid knowledge in web and computing at all.
very useful
An excellent course giving a comprehensive overview of the transformation happening through digital manufacturing & design; unveiling the future industrial trends by exploring the manufacturing’s “Fourth Revolution. Thank you University at Buffalo and coursera for providing this opportunity.
Too much short for a vast and challenging topic like digital manufacturing.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on digital manufacturing & design. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you University of Buffalo, The state University of New York and Coursera.
Excellent course for Industry 4.0 technology aspirants.
Not to much of interesting, but interesting
A lot of hype has built up around Industry 4.0 which makes it sometime difficult to recognize the key components. This great course let’s you organize the tiles to see the big picture.I also find it very appropriate at management level. You get the elements necessary to envision a digital transformation project and communicate with all stakeholders.
i see course must be require for every engineer ,that because the new technology and last updata of data
This course is just definitions... and the next one as well. I was expecting a few more technical examples or exercises (mixed with their accompanying definitions), but I will check another course that is not so academic.
This course is very informative, it discusses a broad of things regarding digital manufacturing, and it can put you on the right track by letting you know about the industrial revolutions, where are you standing, and which field do you want to proceed and work in. I recommend it to anyone who wants to start a career in manufacturing, even those who are already in the field and want to refresh their information or to know broader information regarding what they are missing, or want to upgrade their factory's systems. I recommend it also to engineering students, and young technicians. Good luck everyone!
It was very usefull information. Our Trade Center would have at 24 th of february this month a conference about Industry 4.0 I would be proudly inform taht I would be qualified soon and I already aware of it.
Gives a good insight of what really Digital manufacturing m
Everything very very good, except discrepancies grading the final quiz of m1w2... Question 3.
Great visuals, content and lectures from the professors. Easy to follow!
Its a nice overall introduction to what's coming in the following courses.
The course does not has lecture slides that is better for students to understand.
The big assignment at the end contains instructions that are outdated and incomplete. Given the length of the course, it feels like you already need to know the material before even taking it.
The peer-review assignment is not properly designed. From my own experience, colleagues tend to underestimate other people's projects. In addition, the peer-review had an extra/optional advanced component (analysing criminal patterns for a second city; comparing patterns across two cities), which I carried out but got no extra credit for. The extra work was not even part of the assignment classification -- there should be a bonus question for students who carry out the advanced part of the assignment!
Great and useful first week about visualization, although I wish it would cover more material . The ethics and cloud computing felt somewhat incomplete, but useful as well.
Good class, very effective hands-on homework tasks. One thing I found is that the time for homework is very underestimated by course creators. It takes much longer to complete the tasks than indicated and within time given. Otherwise, very happy with taking the class.
The instructions are very good, and it's nice to work on real big data. Also it is very helpful for hearing information about how a data scientist should consider problems carefully. Without taking the class, it wouldn't be easy for me to rationalize for example cost and sensitivity issues.However I took out one star because of the instruction for the final assignment being out of date. Although the task it self is not too hard to figure out. The initial instruction on how to start using AWS was outdated.
I was very upset by the end of this course. The documentation was terrible. I ended up spending way to much on AWS even though I managed it the best I could Terminating instances. In general, I think this course would have been more fulfilling if the documentation was appropriate.
This course is really bad. The instruction is not enough to solve the programming assignment. The almost contents aren't related to communicating data science result.
I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments. The AWS final assignment is a very much throw you into the deep end with no real instruction (well at least completely outdated instructions) and will expect you to swim (or more likely for most people, to drown).I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging).
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
Very good exercise to pick up PIG and AWS environment. It is best to pick up jupyter notebook prior to taking this class for the first exercise. I like how David has been able to present so much content in a 3 weeks lesson.
This course is not maintained. It's flat out exploitative to throw students at an AWS assignment without updated instructions and with outdated versions of pig scripts, etc. They're setting students up to hemorrhage money on AWS and possibly not get anything out of it. Under no circumstances should you take this course or even this specialization so long as this assignment is gating it.
Much of the assignment was out of date. The content was not related to big portion of the assignment. There was no way of getting clarification over the outdated assignment content.
Nice lectures with lot of good information. AWC setup instruction need to update according new AWC interface.
Very interesting subject. Nevertheless the training course material is too theorical.
The lectures are excellent, but do not take this course if you are not already proficient in a graphing package, whether it's R, python, or something else much more sophisticated than Excel. Otherwise you will be faced with the painfully frustrating task of learning a package while trying to complete an assignment, all with a short deadline.
First professor was incredibly good at giving an overview over design choices in data visualizations.Second professor sadly somehow spoke too fast and had less of a red thread through his presentations.The first and second week of courses were good, the third week however was too hypothetical and one-sided.
Excellent content. Detractors were some of the lectures had a continual popping in the audio and the instructions for the final assignment seemed a little dated and required a bit more work to figure out the correct steps.
OK, but obvious for someone who has worked with data science.
Great class !
It opened my eyes to things I didn't know about game design. Now, everytime I play a game I try to find the elements described in the course. It's a different way to see them now and to learn from the experts.
This is a very good course for experts as well as beginners . Quiz assignments were very challenging . I like the concept of practice and solved quiz
Very useful course with helpful examples and questions to strengthen theoretical concepts.
Very nice introductory course, broad explanation of traditional logic gates and synthesis tools. Graded Exercises and Practice exercises are chosen perfectly to grasp the topic
Very nice course the assignments are well designed and they are very challenging to solve
I already had done a digital logic course before. But, this course is different from that, as it is much more formal in describing a digital system. In this courses, the emphasis is on systems which is much welcome. The Processor topic is very interesting.Although the videos could be made a little better. The content is interesting, but the presentation is a little dull.I write this review after 4 weeks into the course. And, I personally am enjoying it.
This course helps me to understood the complexity of moving to the cloud and to learnt Best Practices and Guidelines can help me to define roadmap to cloud.
Great!
Taught by leading practitioners, the course presents realities that often buyers must be aware before embarking on the Cloud . In the next revision Authors could consider condensing the last two weeks content, which are generic in nature.
This course deals with Cloud Migration and change management. The technology is treated not as strongly. This okay, but I whish there would be more case studies and practical examples. Sometimes it is more like a course about change management and looses connection to the Cloud topic. However along the course there is valuable information provided.
1)the course is very abstract and is looks more like an obvious advertisement. Less than 10% contains useful information and the rest is describes the same idea "Cloud is good" with various words and phrases.2)buggy. And the worst thing is one of the last tasks contain a bug which doesn't allow you to pass this course. So you've completed all the tasks and in the end you find out that you just can't finish the course.3)The course is about "Cloud" as a technical term. Then why in the end you require to complete a task which is fully philosophical? And of course again - you have completed a course and in the end instead of finished course you will get this "sucker punch".Good luck to everyone who wants to try to pass this course because in my opinion it means a wasted time.
it's worthwhile course. My educational background is in economics, but it's possible to understand what really matters in the development of latest technology especially in computing field.It gives me clarity about the new era of computing. Thanks for sharing the informations.Warm Regards
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Great course, well-constructed and very informative.
I really enjoyed the course, and found it really useful- it has inspired me to continue on and study applied mathematics at university!
Week one starts with interesting material that relates probability to data science. Unfortunately as the course progress the course material and videos become less and less helpful. Ultimately the student has to visit other web sites and youtube to actual learn the expected material. The course notes are next to useless and the video are equally unhelpful. I am sure the teachers know their stuff but they have no idea on teaching it clearly based on the material presented in this course. Avoid this course, and head over to KhanAcedemy and complete their probability and statistics program and you will actually learn all the material in this course with a ton of examples and top class videos.
Instructors made this subject so much easier for me to learn!
Awesome Course!
A tremendously useful primer on the fundamentals of data science math. This course is a particularly good option for individuals who have seen some amount of calculus and algebra but haven't used those methods in a long while and need to review. Thorough, easy-to-understand material.I would suggest to the course facilitators that they develop the provided lecture notes -- already a useful tool -- into a full-fledged text. I'm not suggesting something much longer than what they already have, but simply taking that document and adding a bit more rich content. While the notes are useful for more carefully studying the math being done in the lectures, even a bit of effort putting some pedagogy into the notes and combining them into a single document (which I did for the sake of printing) would create a hugely valuable resource.
I love this Course!!!!
probability theory was a bit fast but otherwise it was awesome!
at time the formulas are given without proof or intuitive explanations. overall a good basic level course
Great course except for the instructor videos for week 4
Great Course!!!!!
First three weeks were mostly review, but the fourth week was incredibly helpful. Would appreciate some more background/derivation of the binomial theorem - it was hard for me to develop an intuition for it in the same way I could for the Bayesian theorem.
Very rushed presentation. Blows right through a lot of fundamental concepts without a deep enough explanation or enough practice material (especially in the last two weeks). I feel like completing this class will require supplementation with better instruction.
This course is very short. I've completed it in about 4 hours. Nothing was told about linear algebra, statistics, optimization. It is not enough even to learn Data Science.
Very condensed yet accessible material. Great invitation for further, more deep dive studies!
Difficult content not explained well by the presenters.
very good knowledge for someone who want to call back prob theory in uni or get an introduction in mathematics problem
Refreshing your BasicsThe whole course is a just brushing up your basic math. The videos are brief and to the point, and problems make you use your brains and they are not right out of the video or any other reading material. I feel only Bayes and binomial theorem videos are not comprehensive and the problems a quite challenging.
Material was well presented. Exercises could have been more involved; likely would have enhanced the learning.
Too basic. Should give an example on how these math skills are used in data science.
Great course covering the fundamentals which I had largely forgotten (not used) since college.
Good course to cover all the basic maths related to data science
Good course. I feel like Week 4 could have been explained slightly better but otherwise I really enjoyed it.
Very useful who wants to start or wants to revise.
If you are a right-brainer and/or rusty on math, I strongly recommend this course as a precursor to Duke's Intro to Probability and Data course. Some of the practice and final quiz questions really threw me (and that's good)... Most of them I was able to rethink and derive the correct answer and a few others remain a mystery... :-)
great course! it was a nice refresher for me, though I still learned new things as well! thank you!
Very important Review course
Very easy to understand and know how to succeed in the future on the learning path. Thanks a lot !
The material is very useful, however, the second teacher is not the best...
A fantastic course for anyone
Am glad and happy
The Probability section could use more practical examples, I found it difficult to follow.
good materials and questions
Very basic course... probably won't teach you a lot of new things
This course is very strong with respect to presenting the concepts you need to know for data science. It is extremely WEAK in terms explaining those concepts. If you are like me and did this kind of math back in the 70's and 80's but have not used it since, be prepared to seek sources outside Coursera in order to understand the material and pass the quizzes. The instructors leave out explanations and skip important points leaving you confused about the concept.Example: In the Permutations and Combinations sections, "results" of calculations are thrown at you with no explanation of how the instructor got the answer. 10 minutes later, totally as an aside, you get the explanation. The course is not taught in such a way that A leads to B, B leads to C, and C leads.....; instead the instructor will tell you about C, might explain A, and forget about mentioning B until the graded quiz. That is why you will need to fill in the gaps using websites like betterexplained.com or kahnacademy.com.The student is better served by looking at the syllabus and then going to either of those sites - where the explanations are worth your time.In addition to failing to present steps in a logical order, the course often teaches at an extremely basic level but tests at a much, much higher level. Again, to get to the higher level of understanding needed to pass ANY of the required, graded quizzes, the student will need to heavily utilize outside sources. The explanations on the practice quizzes also fail in many cases to thoroughly explain why an answer is correct.Then there are the issues with Coursera itself, the course navigation using Chrome is quite bad. If I did not constantly monitor what part of a course I should be in versus what part of the course automatically loaded next, I often found myself taking a quiz for which no lectures had been presented. The TA's response to my complaint was flippant and WRONG. She then closed my question and I could not respond or ask for more details.If I had it to do over again I would invest my time and money somewhere else. In my opinion, Coursera should rescind the instructors' rights to charge for this course until the instructors improve and meet higher teaching standards.
I graduated with a BS in computer science and mathematics 15 years ago. Since then I've been working as a Business Intelligence consultant and I've recently decided to look into the field of Data Science. I was looking for a math class to refresh my math skills rather than start from scratch and this was the perfect course for that. Kudos to Daniel Egger for creating the class. It saved my a lot of time.
Basic math course help to get revise all the high school concept. Even those who haven't any background on mathematics can get it easily.
Great refresher course on the math used in data science!
Suitable for high school students. For a University student it can be easily finished in 1-2 days.
I loved this class, the only one of it's kind and much needed, unless you particularly want to re-do your long forgotten high school and college math. It was nice seeing a Venn diagram again. I did have to supplement some of the material that was covered quickly with google searches, but filling in the blanks was quick and easy.
the course is designed at a good speed and provide necessary information.
One of the best course, i have ever learnt. Even though i have been learning the Data Science for the last few years, i had no idea how the algorithms are working in technical. Which i was always skeptical. But honestly, now i am able to get things really faster than before. I am very happy, i have joined this course. Thank you so much for coursera to bring this course and importantly thank you so much for the professors to explain things in an easy for the people to understand. God bless you both and your family.
Maybe the course should be split in two, the one using NodeRed and the without
I've done quite a few online courses over the past few years, and I consider this is without doubt the poorest. The lectures do not comprehensively provide the information needed to complete the assignments. I think this is not just my opinion either as posts in the course forum suggest other participants have the same view. The stated module completion times are wildly optimistic. I only managed to complete the course by substantial independent research. Consequently, I would not recommend this course.
Very Good and Knowledgeable course. Thanks for this course IBM and Coursera.
An excellent intro to developing IoT applications with IBM platform. General programming knowledge is enough to go through the course with the only exception of last exercise where knowledge of JavaScript will make things much easier. I give only 4 stars because some screenshots inn the videos don't match current versions of IBM Bluemix platform.
This is an excellent course to start IoT journey
Assignment 5 could have been explained clearer.
Very interesting
This is a wonderful start for iOT development, it gave the pinch of everything that we need for iOT development. Only concern is the grader, it looks specific way so even our code works in our system grader fails. Need more explanation on Week4 final programming assignment, but good thing is we get support from teaching staff in 24 hours when we stuck. I enjoyed this course.
The course is a very good introduction into a lot of areas connected to IoT from an IBM perspective. nodeRED, Python on the Raspberry Pi, the SenseHat, node.js, etc. are very powerful tools.In Yianna's videos, the sound quality could be optimized significantly to improve the experience.Thank you!
This course look easy but the assignments are not so straightforward. It is a interesting and challenging course. Encourage people who are interested in IOT should take this course.
great course for introduction to IoT with hand-on experiences.
Very complete
Challenging if not a developer and grader needs very specific code. that aside, this was a fun interesting course, great intro to bluemix and Node-red and js. Need to allow significant time to research around content taught and decomposing programming assignments takes time. Make use of forums and post queries - peers answer as well as staff. You Learning in IBM suggests 12 hours - most on forums were taking 6-10 hours per assignment! Overall this was a good intro course
great course to learn the IoT platform from Bluemix
This course is a pure advertisement for IBM products. I entered the course expecting to learn about Raspberry pi and Python and got nothing our of it! If you are really looking to learn about IoT, check out a course called " An introduction to programming IoT" by University of California, Irvine. I am taking this course right now and already learning a ton! This course, on the other hand, is a total waste of time.
A very good approach if you are a beginner to cloud computing.You need some knowledge on programming, but you could easily learn on the go.
Great course along with hands on. I enjoyed hands on although I was new to Javascript, IOT and Python but course made me to learn these things in details.
I really like this course because it covers many interesting things related to developing Internet of Things solutions with Raspberry Pi, sensors and web services. The course is easy to follow. I especially like that there are a few home assignments each week that could be done in a couple of hours. I also like frequent quizzes. It helps to learn things better. There are a couple of small things I wish the course could done a bit better: update videos with the latest Bluemix UI and slow down a bit when showing a demo on how things could be done on the Bluemix site and NodeRed editor. Otherwise it was fun and very useful course. I highly recommend it to all my friends.
Awesome course, very structured
A well worked course, a course that is working thee.
There are a number of cryptic instructions that really don't need to be hidden. Simpler instructions would make the course more effective for those who aren't developers in their day-job.
This course includes very up-to-date and interesting technologies like MQTT, Node-RED and Node.js. As the course only lasts four weeks, I would advise to start the exercises a little bit in advance, as starting on week 3 it gets quite intense.
Very good course for the beginners to understand IoT concepts.
This is a very good course to get familiar with IBM Watson IoT Platform. The course is well structured. Since I was new to Node JS, I had some difficulty but the Instructors helped a lot . Thanks to IBM and Coursera.
Tutorials was not matching skills to achieve assignments given. Due to that was involved many ad-hoc works which may not the best practice.
Ready to use my new IoT skills -A developer's guide to the IoT! http://ibm.co/1qfZw9M via @coursera #DevGuide4IoT
Very well designed and enjoyable
Course was well organized. The sequence was very helpful to understand the concept by first using bluemix application and then sequentially moving to using API based application in bluemix and raspberry pi. But felt assigments description needs some improvement. For few assigments grader failed if there is extra valid 'if' statement. I felt grader should not be so strict to not accept valid javascript statements.Some of the lecture content were not up to date which caused problem in generating successful results.But overall a very nice Course. Thanks you.
The best course about Internet of Things
Informative class as far as how to use an IoT service to set up, publish and analyze your data. I do recommend brushing up on Javascript as with every assignment, it became more apparent you need to have some background in Javascript to complete the work. Otherwise you'd spend way more time on learning the language than learning the topic in class, which ended up being the case for me.
This course introduces many concepts on IOT. i was able to learn interesting technologies and concepts. This course gives a basic end to end picture involving communication with devices and cloud platform using different technologies.
A Excellence course for IoT beginner.
Very good course - very good for learning - some of the later assignments does get a bit chaotic which takes the focus a bit away from what you learned. But overall really good.
Good Knowledge
Very good content. Good videos and tutorials.Assignment was a bit hard to understand.
Nice Description about the Course
It was a really good introduction to both concepts, tools and offerings, I would recommend anyone interested in IoT and IBM Bluemix to take this course.
A very good course to help a developer understand how to develop IoT applications on Raspberry Pi and IBM IoT platform.
Very good course for developers looking for the basics of IoT development using the IoT Platform in Bluemix. Starter to intermediate skills in Javascript, Bluemix, Python and Linux are required.
Very interesting course. I would recommended to anyone interested in getting started in IOT but I would advice that you learn JavaScript and Node.JS first.
Very Good. Lot of new learning and understanding.. I liked the responsiveness of Discussion forum is great. It helped a lot as learning new subject..Points for improvement: Video may rerecorded as screens are different now in bluemix... I also there are material to learn on this IoT platform, like Blockchain Managed Device and Edge Analytics, it would have been covered in this course..
The course was good, but what disappointed me was that the assignments were more focused on java script and less IoT. Also the lectures were short and fast at times, the instructor would move thru the demos so quick or show pages and not provide a detail description of what we were looking at, making things very confusing. At times for example I would look at the screen he was showing on the services running or docs and I was like where do I find this in BlueMix and what does all these nodes, services, etc.. mean? None of that was explained and if they were it was at a very high level. The assignments were not honest with the time estimates. Not sure about the others but I must have spent countless hours and nights working on these with little guidance or direction which would have saved me countless of wasted hours. The forums were not monitored frequently, and when I got responses they were late as by that time I figured my issues or some of the suggestions offered were cryptic not giving me any hints or letting me know if my approach was in the right direction.Either way, this course is very hard to do while also working on a full time job and travelling. With those aspects I hope that the forums are monitored by the instructors for a quick feedback loop and the lectures are updated to be more detailed. The only way I was able to finish this was because I worked 8+ hours each day and late night, and all weekends trying to make sure I finish by the end deadline (the last thing I wanted was this being monkey on my back for the next few more weeks).The positive is that I learned about BlueMix offerings and lastly I can play around now with the Raspberry Pi and do some real IoT and less Java scripting.
very good course to start with iot
Great tool to IoT and Cloud Computing
A must for IoT developers and innovators!
The grader functionality is bullshit. Working code needs to be fitted to the way its excepted to be.
It is really good for DATA SCIENTIST & ENGINEER to gather raw data from your IoT sensor as a data tool!!Specially, I had fun this course with Raspberry Pi, Pi-Sense. I feel like this course is very easy full-stack course (Front + Back ends). Also, we can easily use NoSQL-node in Node-RED when you finish this course.If you have strong patience, I strongly recommend this course. It's not easy this course because you will implement both SW(Python, Node-RED, Node.js) and HW(Raspberry Pi2, Pi Sens HAT.You can do it!!
Good Course
The course experience was a little bit weird. It's too easy for a dedicated programmer or IT person, but there are some obstacles to a person who are not familiar to the Javascript programming. (And maybe Python programming, too.) The main problem is too small community. I wrote some, but never got any answer. I think it's due to the charging policy of this lecture.
Great course to learn Internet of Things!
Excellent course from IBM IoT. Enjoyed it very much. The practical assignments were fun. It was great seeing my SensorHat board coming to life. The instructor videos were great and provided enough information to complete the assignments. I liked, it didn't attempt to spoon feed you ... and you needed to search for some of the solutions. Everyone was very helpful answering questions on the forum, and I liked the Coursera environment. Good stuff!
great start for IoT learner
Excellent course with a lot of examples and explanations. I'd recommended this course to all new students
I really enjoyed discovering and testing the various option available to interface with the IOT platform.The explanations were clear and the assignment challenging but doable with the resources provided and some research.Highly recommended.
ideal course to get started with the Internet of Things (IoT) - I enjoyed doing the assignemnts :P
Good Hands on intro
Good material, easy to understand
Completing this course was a great learning on understanding IoT platform. The course sessions provided by trainers and documentation were very useful to complete the assignments.Discussions column to work with Trainers directly improved my confidence on completing the assignments on time.Collecting of data is useful only when analyzed.Regards,Mohan.
Easy to learn and assignments are challenging.
This is one of the unique course on node-red and bluemix topics.
Good course - frustrating at times but you got to put the work in and really read the assignments carefully
Great course to start with Internet of Things. Good to have primary knowledge of coding in nodejs and python. Videos are awesome, instructors are really helpful. 9/10.
This is a practical hands on course with very responsive teaching staff. On mature reflection I personally wish I had made the time for a python tutorial before starting that assignment. Most of it is javascript though and probably the same holds if you are unfamiliar with javascript/nodejs programming - do a tutorial first. Overall I had some fun with this and I learnt new stuff. I had to use a simulator for the SenseHat; it probably would increase the fun factor if you have a real SenseHat.
Hi, I am an IT specialist (30 years experience). I undertook the course so I could learn about IBM Bluemix and IoT development, and extend my skills/understanding of the environment. However, I have very little good to say about this course offering. I had numerous issues with what was offered:The videos were generally ok, but some had poor audio. There was minimal video (compared to any other course I have done), and more detail and discussion in videos would have been more helpful.Some of the video material is out of date already, as I suspect Bluemix layout has changed - this made navigation a bit confusing.The downloadable Pi image has changed since the course was prepared, and the newer image has different code as standard. I ended up having to muddle-through manually loading packages and dependencies, etc. to get things to work.I lost many hours trying to debug and rework assignment code, just to get it to work for the grader tool. This was further complicated by not having good debug output from the grader to work with. Naturally some of the grader fails were my own fault, but the majority of issues I ran in to could have been avoided by better worded assignments and/or more detail about requirements.Lastly, it was taking sometimes days to get any response to requests for guidance on the forums / discussions. In fact, I think the majority of useful assistance came from other students who had run in to the same issue(s). When you have a course that is such a short time frame, you really need to be providing assistance in a timely manner.I could not, in any good faith, recommend anyone take this course in the future - which is a little saddening. I do thank the lecturers for their efforts thus far, and sincerely hope they can either improve or drop this course offering in the future.
A very interesting course with a lot of practice.I learn how IBM bluemix work. The weak point is that the assignment must be more clear and with more explication.
The intro video just really put me off. sorry!
This was a decent class to get started on programming a Raspberry Pi and hooking it up to a web service. The material was easy to follow and the instructions were precise. With this class, you'll be in a position to create interesting applications using the Raspberry PiThere were two negatives to this class:1) Most of the assignments used the Node Red environment. This is a visual programming tool. Although it's easy to use, I would have preferred programming using a more widely used and more powerful environment.2) The auto grader for the class was not very robust and did a poor job of giving feedback on why things weren't passing. Several times, the assignment would pass in my environment but fail in the auto grader due to (incorrect) assumptions that the auto grader was making about implementation.Overall, this was a worthwhile course but could use some improvement.
Gained very good understanding of how to register and connect an IoT device / gateway to Watson IoT Platform. Use Watson IoT APIs, Python APIs, Node.js APIs to send, receive and process events / commands and learnt how to use a Node-RED UI Flows to handle IoT requests from Raspberry Pi & Sense HAT devices. The hands-on labs and exercises inspired me to try out other examples / ideas to further extend my IoT knowledge boundaries. Thank you!
Lots of great information with access to excellent resources. But also lots of typos in the notes and missing steps in the instructions.
Very good introduction to IoT
Clear explanations for using Node-RED tool. The intro to IoT is a bit too verbose, and 1st quiz has like a "gotcha" question.
Nicely done and well crafted course here. It explains clearly what is IoT in theory and with hands-on project. For the cons, maybe should be better pointed out that specific hardware prerequisites are required. Also, I found it's a little bit too IBM-centric course.
The course is awesome. Not too lengthy video with good explanation. The only drawback is the audio quality of some of the lectures.
I was interested in this course but as it stands it is more like marketing hype than a proper course. For one thing it tries to cover far too much material in 4 weeks. Within the limited scope of the beta test I started the node red stuff. It looks easy but the lecturer didn't make it clear what it was for anyway.A much more thorough introduction should have been given to everything.The lectures on the Rasberry Pi were a joke. In order to do the course within 4 weeks I would have had to order a Rasberry Pi before getting to these lectures. A clear guide to course prerequisites and the Rasberry Pi and Sensehat must be provided.Neither of the tutors seem very happy about their job. This is a small point and not a show stopper.Overall - don't issue this course without major revisions (perhaps a new course team).
The obstacle of not knowing French is quite detrimental
A broad collection of different subjects. But only a part of it met my interests.
useful senibilisation ..... very well driven
I do not like the different language. I do not read fast enough to keep up and understand what is bing said. I think we should have a language button to translate to English or any other language that takes cources from Corsera.
Eye opening to me - comprehensive analyses that went beyond the paltry discussions of a viral infection. The course examined many ramifications of an epidemic, showed the importance of a cultural approach, discussed the successes and failures regarding efforts to cope with the new plague, and also dealt with the existing socioeconomic disparities.
Highly recommended
Decent course content, but fairly basic. However, the peer graded evaluations are subjective and take too long to get feedback and progress in coursework. I will not be taking another course that uses this loose of a peer evaluation.
very good course
Very usefull and didactic.
Basic concepts very well explained...
The Course Content is very good, no doubt about that. But there is some scope for improvement in the operations of the course conduct. Like assignments. It is completely peer graded and hence subjective. There should be a certain % weight for peer grading and % for instructor or examiner grading.Also I was given low marks in one of the assignments but when i re-submitted the exact same thing, some one else gave me 100 % marks. These things should be looked into. Some objectivity in grading would be helpful
The course has been really good and valuable. The first 3 modules have been outstanding and I reckon the 4th one could be much more simple and interesting. Overall, it's a great content and thoroughly knowledgeable. Any affiliations of Coursera with employer community would greatly inspire students too. Thank you Coursera and ISB for all the support and help in bringing this course.
This is my First Coursera course i did, i get impassioned with the quality of the course, all documents from very trustfully institution like MIT or Harvard, using material study from HBS. The Quality of the videos was amazing, the teacher really prepared and the videos dont take you tired.
Just great !
Good lectures and content but the guidance for the assignments are not particularly clear. At times, it feels like grading parameters and questions are just loosely coupled.On a more personal level, I found that the deadline at the end of the same week of the lectures does not allow for a lot of time to ponder and digest the information. I've tried a few other MOOCs; they all granted students the week after the lecture to prepare for the assignment.
A littler redundant when you compare it to the previoud courses.The map part is good.
I found this course extremely useful as it helped me better understand design principles which can be put into good use in other visualization tools as well.
Great course; only limited by the requirement for peers to review the assigned visualization to complete the course. Although I turned my assignment in well-ahead of the due date/time, I had to transfer to the following class because I could not get the required peer reviews (2) prior to the course closing, despite multiple requests in the discussion forum for assistance.
Useful topic, great course. But sometimes there are unnecessary repetitions of information.
I enjoyed the class much, however I would suggest that a little more for feedback could be provided to questions raised by students. Also, PLEASE make the slides available for ALL the lessons.
I think the final project grading is a bit confusing.
I enjoyed the course as it highlights many strategies and insights into making effective visualizations. It makes good use to Tableau and gives practical examples. The only thing I would like to see added is a simple instruction manual to accomplish some of the methods they employed. Overall I think it was great to have this as a second course in the series because it lays the foundation for good design practices.
This course is only useful if you have no experience visualizing data.
The assignment for week 2 should have been the last assignment in this sequence and was not clearly explained or taught in the videos.
All it's about visual design. I was expecting more deep on tableau usage.
The course is really helpful
No Feedback from quizes, it doesn't even show you what you have answered, makes it very tedious to study the material. I like the questions during the video, that is an addition that ought to be used more often, because it forces you to remember and learn faster.
Great one
Very interesting to progess beyond a pure technical approach.Then some modules are really to much verbose and may be much more effective with more examples
They not only tell you how to do the visualization design but also tell you why (the physiology, the principles). I would highly recommend this class.
Good content, good opportunity to practice. But the teacher is very fast sometime
Very good at explaining design principles and to get the students thinking of making simple visualizations that convey a story.
Great course -- guards against some subtle pitfalls in visualization preparation.
I found this course to be very informative and impacting. Too bad, I could only audit it and not purchase the Course to earn the certificate.
This course was very useful to me! I'm a data miner wannabe and this course covers visualizations in a simple but very effective way.
great course！
This is fabulous.
it helped me to remember the importance of diversity. Many times we tend to prefer teams with less diversity just because it is easier to manage. This course is a good reminder of what should be done
I did not enjoy this one. I find it too politically charged as it emphasized the "visual diversity" (religion, ethnicity) over the "second-order diversity" (diversity of professional profiles and personalities) which should be the focus of a management course.
The overall information in this course was very informative and in some aspects rewarding as refreshers as where the mindset is with some population standards. from a technical perspective I am not sure the system is working at 100%.
The content of the course is extremely useful, however assignments need review as the exercises results have mistakes and they are not explained very well (missing step by step guidance).
Unfortunately, the content of the course is poor. Too many interviews and some of them are pointless.
Very good assignments, honors track.
The content is too basic, and both lectures are too boring.
Awesome Professors!Great Material.Very thankful to Coursera for providing this course.
I love it. Would be cool to be able download all materials in one big .zip file (e.g for searching using grep) ;-)
instructions for assignments are not clear! Lectures are good, but its practically impossible to get the certificate.
Overall , it is a very interesting course.But I would like to say , that there are too many interviews. I think that it is a little bit difficult for some non-native speaker to understand the main and important things from the interview, because some interviewers talked in a very loose way. So I would suggest our teacher , to summarize the main points of those interview in a better way .
Excellent course providing not only the knowledge of algorithms but also useful insights into developing and maintaining recommender systems. Only thing that could use some work is the assignments. Spreadsheet assignment in week 4 is poorly designed (as evidenced by many forum threads with people not knowing what is it that the authors actually want). Other than that, that was an extremely helpful course.
Very good content ! Very interesting interviews with expert in the field that shows real examples. However the exercise needs a bit more work to be very useful.
I think this is very useful for introductory, but it lacks some references for who wants go deeper.
The data document for assignment is a mess.
I enjoyed the hands-on aspect of this course. I learned more about using Tableau from it that the prior courses in the specialization. I give this 3 of 5 stars for 3 reasons:1) My classmates and I think that the instructor left one video out the course which is necessary to answer one of the quiz questions.2) The instructions for at least 2 of the peer-graded assignments are incomplete. The grading criteria requires features that aren't mentioned in the instructions. As a result you need to alter and resubmit the assignments in order to meet all the grading criteria.3) The instructor repeats himself in the course videos. He's present a summary of the video while displaying a Tableau screenshot and then repeat the same summary while displaying a Presentation slide. I feel that more time should have been spent reviewing the Tableau features and eliminate the repetition of the material.
The course is very helpful. Please include LODs also to the course..
Excellent course - really enjoyed it
I really enjoyed this course. It is completely practical. A lot of exercises. Presentations were well organized and focused on the topics
The videos for this course seemed to be 30% recap of the prior lesson, and 20% restatement of what was learned. Some even duplicated their own content in the restatement. The material covered was simply running through each of the menus in Tableau. Again, this material may be of use, but would be better as a primer for the class rather than presented as useful, paid content. Terribly disappointed.
Excellent course. Everything concise but well explained. Nice activities and quizes.
This course is not well designed, there are multiple mistakes in the videos, assignments, etc. The content is covered after you already had to apply it in an assignment in a previous lesson. The tests are also not well made. The instructions to peer-reviewed assignments are not clear and will not bring you to the correct result which is shown during peer review. No involvement from the faculty, no one to answer questions.
Great information presented clearly.
It would be great if mentors/instructors can promptly follow up with students' requests/problems.
Best class in the series yet.
This was the first course in the specialization where I learned something new. People with any experience with Tableau should probably start with this course.
This course was more focused on tableau, The examples were basic but usefull.
The content is essentially a subset of the information available in the free tutorials on Tableau's website. And a pretty small subset with that; the total length of the course is less than most of the MOOCs I have taken have for one week.
Another good course on
Great course
Very useful tips on creating beautiful and meaningful visualizations.
Great Learning exceptional skills gained looking forward to new course
Assignments should have been mentioned in details.
Interesting to acquire basics of TableauThen a lot of fundamental features are missing like interaction, Level Of Details, and so on
Cool tools with knowledgeable instructor, thumbs up.
Exercises were good, but the actual teaching of technique felt somewhat lacking. In a way, the instructors actually cover a lot of ground over a short period of time, but on the other hand, there are certain areas that I wish they would have covered more in depth in order to be equipped to complete the homework.For example: the Week 2 HW on Shipment status did not specify the criteria for early/late/on-time, so I ended up making a parameter for the user to vary it; however, parameters are not covered in this course. Also, for the same homework, there wasn't enough explanation of how to get weeks to be listed starting with a particular day, which made it difficult to replicate exactly what the homework sample is supposed to look like.
Really great experience and a must for every learner!
Great way to learn how to prepare a digital marketing plan in a step by step basis.
Overall the course content and quality is good and the lectures are pretty good and highly informative, but the course content need to be highly practical oriented and geared towards meeting the real-time needs of digital marketing professionals.
Hello,I've completed 5 modules of the specialization successfully with excellent grades. However, the biggest challenge and disappointment was the capstone. The case given is pertaining exclusively to the North American market. Students enrolling into the course are situated globally which makes it extremely challenging to gather data to understand and substantiate our work on the project. Several hours of extensive research yields no usable data which could provide a logical direction to the project. Reading material provided explains mainly the company profile, a few links are blocked due to geographical restrictions, reports that are available are to be purchased etc. While the money invested is not refundable now, however coursera with university team needs to seriously resolve this point. All learning done through the course remains largely a theoretical knowledge if a student isn't able to apply it in his/her job.
This capstone is unavailable most part of the year. I paid in advance for the complete Digital Marketing Specialisation which is a 1 year subscription thinking I can complete the course anytime I want (that is how they advertise it). I finished all the theory well within the 2 months into my enrolment. When I came to the capstone project it was unavailable and for almost 3-4 months. When I contacted coursera.org they had no clue when it is going to start. I am a working professional and my schedule gets very busy when I am on projects. And ever since then whenever the capstone is available my schedule has been very busy. I have completed 2 Assignments in capstone and 4 to go and the 1 year subscription is over. Coursera.org says I have to pay for it again to continue which I am never willing to. There is no courtesy to a student/customer who has paid for the course. I have paid in full but I don't have the Digital Marketing Specialisation Certificate. This platform is more about money than education.
Great
This was a challenging class that truly put your knowledge to the test. I felt it was very representative of a real-world problem.
Excellent course! well structured, gives you an overall perspective of Digital Marketing. Willing to gain deeper learning on the topics discussed.
It is ok, and not as good as the marketing class from warton
Excellent course, the only advice is it takes 10-12 hrs per week, plan accordingly.
This was a wonderful class, and definitely a intense cap to the rest of the course. I really learned a lot and enjoyed my time taking this specialization and have recommended it to many other members of my company. I will definitely be taking more classes and specializations in the future!
Great specialization and wonderful instructors!
Great course to understand Digital Marketing concepts and apply in real case scenarios.
There is no doubt that coursera platform is the best education in the worldBut I want to learn digital marketing and this Capstone needs to experience in the digital marketing not less than 10 yearsI wish there are a path or templates to work and learn, such as the Capstone project of specialization in marketing social mediaThere is lack of information and data and the previous five courses is insufficient for professional project like this CapstoneThe first course marketing in the digital world was really the best course in courseraand This course is really the worst course in courseraAnd unhelpful and I did not learn anything from this course only gather information from various sources to pass assignment
Was great.
The capstone topic was not very interesting.
Thanks for the capstone project.I learned a lot during the journey to this capstone.Got confidence that i can do more specializations on coursera. Thanks for my professors Aric Rindfleisch and Kevin Hartman for the great lectures.
Not easy, but worth it, especially if Digital Marketing is your career.
too long
Far more demanding than previous courses, and thus far more interesting. Lacks clear direction compared to previous courses which can be difficult to adjust to, it leaves you to your own devices so to speak and is challenging in that regard.
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
Just three stars for the topic chosen Grainger, a bit to complicated and sometimes not strait-forwarded tasks.
Lack of information and clear direction. I could have produced a more cohesive document if all of the deliverables were described from the beginning.
It wasn't structured that well, Plus most of had to make a digital marketing report for the first time without even a sample of how industry experts expect to see when they look ata repot
Capstone exercises were very ambiguous, the students were left to interpret they way they had to finish and how they rated their peers.The peer reviews were poor with little to no feedback and the focus was on how the material was laid out vs what the content was.I have done other coursers and capstones in Coursera this was one of the poorest. UIUC has to revamp this. More guidance to students in the instructions would be the first step.
There were parts where the lack of context felt worse than others. In general, it was OK but I think with the years it will improve.
I will highly recommend this Specialization. I have learned a lot. Thanks
Very useful and challenging course. I'm glad I was able to gain some insight into how digital marketing is operated at a high level in big companies, such as Grainger and Bosch. It's always a good experience to look at other companies and the way to do digital marketing.
Great course with excellent content
Overall, it was an interesting course that touched upon various learning/teaching strategies. The course is relevant in the present times of digital transformation sweeping the globe. As responsible citizens, we need to keep reinventing the wheel when it comes our learning and teaching mindset. In this respect, this course has been a catalyst to nudge us to think and expand our cognitive horizons. Thank you!
The course is amazing. It gives you a good grasp on how e-learning can be used to better apply existing learning concepts.
The content of the course is satisfying. I recommend it.
Thanks for this great course! It was very interesting and informative, and I learned a lot about e-learning.
Awesome course. It's packed with tons of information on how to get started making cool interactive programs, especially if you are a music junkie like myself. Great work!
It was very useful for me.
A bit difficult in terms or using very complicated words....
Great course! I had fun and learned some basics of dental medicine
the course was helpful thank you so much for everything
Amazing! This is a very well structured introductory class that will give you an accurate idea about the field of oral medicine and dentistry; they even covered advanced stuff like medication related osteonecrosis of the jaws. The intraoral/extraoral examinations were very valuable, insightful and easy to understand, even for a person with no related background. Great Job and thank you so much!
It was very well organized and structured course. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Excellent course, although I did not find many disease entities that I was looking for !
Objective course and well illustrated, many case examples. Excellent course and very well organized. Highly recommend!
very useful
Wonderful. Very instructive and easy to follow.
A very interesting and enjoyable course. The lectures were very well presented and extremely easy to follow.
I would like to say I am thankful with Coursera and Pen for give this opportunity to learn essentials about dental medicine, I am a dentistry student and it has been very useful to take this course for strengthen and increase sound fundamental knowledge
THE COURSE WAS AWESOME.IT HAS ALL THE NECCESSARY INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR A DENTIST TO REVIEW ALL WHAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT AT DENTAL SCHOOL LEVEL.I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY TIME WHILE PURSUING THIS COURSE.
very helpful course from great professors thanks alot
This is an excellent course to review basic dentistry, wish you all best
IThanks to everyone who contributed to this course very useful
I like the way they try to give you all of the information ! I would totally recommend this to all of my friends!!
This course has provided me with the general basic knowledge I need in order to start an education on Dental Medicine. I highly recommend it for all those who are pursuing any Dental Medicine studies and also everyone who is concerned about their dental health and want to know more about the subject.
All about oral hygiene, their solution and much more.
Great overview of issues encompassing the patient assessment and management in the general dental practice underpinned by theoretical basis of health and disease supported by the latest evidence .
great course
where I can find the resources of this course (ppt or pdf) ?
the course is very well divided and includes many interesting informations and cases.
An excellent course that provides you with an overview of and an insight into the various areas of dental medicine. For me as a medical translator it was not only a great learning experience, but also added value to my business. I can only recommend this course to anyone interested in dentistry.
we need more dental courses
Highly recommend this course for all dental professionals. Even though I am a dental hygienist, I have learnt so much by taking this course. 5/5
Great course if you are looking at dentistry as a future career. Learned a lot within the 7 weeks and really appreciate the work to put this course together.
I absolutely loved this course! As someone who plans on going to dental school soon, this course was a great way to get my feet wet on a lot of topics. I definitely learned so much about dentistry that I had no idea about!
Thank you so much for the amazing lectures! I can't emphasize enough to say how the course really helped me to engage myself in the field of dental medicine!
Excellent class but A few spelling mistakes: fluoride/ flouride??also grammar mistakes: affect/ effect;is/are. Probably could be more challenging. I'm looking forward to the next class you make. Thanks so much
Straight to the point.Excellent piece of work.
This course is really nice for all who want to refresh their Dental knowledge. I liked this course very much. I recommend to all my friends and others who want to learn and get very important informations of Dentistry. It has great video lectures (with scripts) and full of detailed information about all different aspects of Dentistry. Thank you UPenn and Cousera.
It is quite helpful for everyone but for professionals it is superficial and I wanted it to be more explanatory with examples.
This course is insightful into potential careers with dentistry and helpful in gaining an understanding of teeth and dental practices. As a Qualified Equine Dental Technician I can also recommend this course to any Veterinarians and para professionals wanting to further their knowledge in the world of Dentistry.
I enrolled in this course looking for an introduction to supplement my current dental shadowing experience, but there is so much more. I really love the organization of the material. This course is thorough, and the instructors are great! I really wish there was more of an interaction with the instructors, but overall this is an amazing course and I loved it. I recommend all PreDental students to take this course!
This course is packed with interesting and useful information for patients.
One sentence that sums it all: "This is a MUST NEED for Pre-Dental Student." From, a Pre-Dental Student
Excellent course for Pre-Dental students interested in learning fundamentals. I put it on my application for dental school this cycle.
Great experience! Very interesting and educational.
One of the best specialization on Coursera. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to apply his/her programming skills to fascinating real-world problems.
Simple, direct and perfect
I haven't finished the course yet. However, up until now I have found that it is really complete, interesant and presented with amazing clarity. I would really recommend it.
Muy muy bueno but the test are only in french and the Google Translation is not so acurated, so I faild in some easy questions
I am never going to forget what I learned in this course.
EXCELENTE CURSO SOBRE DERECHOS HUMANOS
It's a very comprehensive course, offering an approximation to the notion of human rights that we understand from any system of protection of human rights.
I think it's a interesting course because in my opinion, nowadays Human Rights are one of the most important things to protect people in this capitalist word.
Very interesting content and specially usefull in a world more and more unjust.
Supper! Merci boucoup Coursera pour ces lessons.I really had so much fun studying and learning Human rights, It was a big pleasure for me.
Amazing course.
TRES BIEN, C'EST TRES IMPORTANT COINNATRE SUR LES DROITS DE L'HOMME, MERCI BEAUCOUP COURSERA
Excellent course, even though I don't speak french, I learnt a lot.
It was really well done, i think that most of the issues were raised, there were a lot of extra materials (it's worth to say: accurate matterials) and generally i'm just satisfied :)
Amazing course. It helps you understand college life and how college works. And gives you tips on how to get the most out of college. Definitely recommend it, specially for international students.
I felt that this course was very informative and would most definitely assist the first year student who is enrolled in the University.
Great course for those looking to go to college or those who are looking to help individuals go to college! I'll be recommending this course to all of my college prep students this summer!
This was a fantastic overview of how college works. I highly recommend this course to high school seniors and their parents to better understand the basics of what going to college is all about and the variety of experiences one can have in such a uniquer setting.
The course is very helpful, but it's an extremely messy program and needs more work done to it.
This course is helpful for all college freshers to know more deeply about the college and college life.
great course
I'm already graduated from undergraduate, but I'm applying graduate degree in UW.It is a double-degree program with THU, I'm eager to study in UW - it is my dream school.Thank you for giving us this wonderful class
Very informative, I believe students before going to college should complete this course. In doing so, it will help them know the ins and outs of college life.
Excellent course that illustrates what a future college student should expect in a higher institution.
You can find your object in this course, but this course is too platitude to make me feel boring...
please i need a pass certificate
Excellent course. Thanks a lot.
I've been to college, so I'm not the target audience for this course, but I was curious to see what would be covered and to learn more about colleges today. I felt the course covered mostly simplistic, obvious stuff and left out a lot that many students wonder about.One topic that was covered was the different activities of professors. I wished I'd known more about this when I started college. Of course I knew they did research, but I thought they were primarily there to teach. This is true at some colleges, but at others, the amount and quality of research can determine whether a professor gets to continue working there and reach tenure. So teaching may not be the first priority for some professors. Students may find that chunks of courses are devoted to a professor's research interests, which could enrich or derail the course. This could have been covered in more depth.Other things that could have been covered: why some courses are so large and the function of recitation sections and graduate teaching fellows for those and smaller courses; what a seminar is; the existence of course reviews that can help with selecting classes and professors; how to deal with not getting into a course you really need to take (wait lists, professorial overrides, etc.); when pre-requisite courses are really necessary and when they're just recommended; dropping courses; GRADES (how the college grading system works, what happens when you fail a course, academic probation, earning honors); campus codes of conduct (greater freedom as with class attendance; smoking and drinking rules, harassment policies) and disciplinary actions (disciplinary probation, expulsion); good campus activities for shy students.
Good introduction about American College life
Very much Helpfull for New comers in College or who gonna admitted in college and trying to start their undergrad life . Thanks for this Course .
This course is a great job giving a broad introduction to college. It tries to cover many aspects of life and how they can occur at different types of schools. Overall, if you're just about to start college. or just curious, it's worth it to spend an hour or so to take the course.
The course could be structured a little bit better and some topics should have been discussed in greater detail. But in general, I really enjoyed the course and found the two instructors very likable.
Very interesting course and most video's are fun to watch.Only the video's with a lot of interviews or where they switch all the time between skype conversations I sometimes find a bit boring, or I think the duration is too long.
Too many peer-viewed assignment
My feeling is that this MOOC is very inspiring in way that it brings out the fact and paradox that we previously were reluctant to say out , and that is we are not saving lives in an effective way and that's how we actually should behave if we are real egalitarians in ourselves. And it also provides us with simple tools to make analysis by ourselves.Space for improvement could lie in that the links between videos and reading materials of a same module or block could be strong, at least sometimes they don't seem so hooked with each other to me or I sometimes got confused what these contents together show something different from other blocks.
The content of the course was really interesting and made me think about things I didn't think of before. However, I found the layout of this course really confusing. It would be better if there was no division per week, but just a list of mandatory things and a list of optional things.
Engaging instructors and very interesting content. This course is unique because you can apply what you learn in the real world.
This is a very interesting and possibly even eye-opening course. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to use more rationality and solid science in everyday life.
I really appreciate the attempt of the course; what I got is that we should trust good research and that claims need to be proved. The problem though was the approach, in my opinion. I felt that someone was giving me the right answer for everything and I wasn't supposed to think about it all.I would rather focus my attention on the large gap between reality and "scientific" claims. The power of a cost-benefit analysis is enormous and it could be even broader with a personal interpretation and with a high level of awareness.Well done with the aim of the course, just develop the approach impact.p.s the part with the guy that is apparently in Asia is really chaotic and I couldn't follow that amount of short videos.
Great course!
AWESOME COURSE
Thanks a lot!
Simple, clear and understandable - Excellent!
The content is so good.
Wonderful course for anyone who wants to explore bioinformatics. I really liked the programming assignments.
Fascinating subject where informatics and biology come together . By taking these courses you get a deep understanding of how research results are obtained by multidisciplinary teams.
Doing the Honors track. It's hard, but extremely rewarding! Thanks for making an awesome course.
To be completely honest, I was expecting more from this course. One big setback is that the course material does not really go into biochemical fundamentals of what is going on, and instead jumps straight into algorithms. This might work for someone with enough background in biology who needs to learn to code. I, on the other side, have already had some exposure to software development and algorithms, but when Pavel mentions gene expression and transcription I have a very vague idea what he is talking about.
great introduction!
Great course
It may be more helpful to students who are not taking the honors code if they had access to ready made programming codes to complete the stepik exercises as it is extremely taxing and not feasible to solve all problems by hand.Brilliantly structured and very effective learning method!I also felt that Gibbs sampling could have been explained further or more in detail.Thank you!
You'll learn a bit of biology, but the emphasis is on algorithms and the interactive course will let you work your way through a series of (almost) real-life problems. Decent programming skills are needed to enjoy the course fully as some of the exercises are challenging, but the friendly forum helps anyone that gets stuck. Definitely one of my top MOOC's ever, I'll probably take the whole specialization just for fun.
I like the intersection of computer science and biology!
This is certainly not a course for beginners! The content of the course were rather complex and prior computer science knowledge is extremely helpful to finish this course. It was a struggle for me to finish this course without any background in computer science. However, it was definitely challenging and gave me an insight on how two different disciplines can be connected in a single field of study. The only improvement I could think of is if there were videos regarding the basic computer science knowledge that could have helped biologists such as myself. Perhaps giving an example on how things are done could be useful. There were only a handful of examples and the examples only gave the answers but did not explain how to get that answer well enough.
This course is excelent!!!
This course has been a lot of fun. However, I would like to experience more!
It is great!
Great Course!
Great course. Learn
A very structured course
Excelente!!!Very well explained. I'm a molecular biologist seeking for some programming skills and understanding of the basics of the everydays tools. I've found some caveats in the coding problems from stepik but I understand that's difficult to give complete and exact explanations to everyone and every programming language that someone can use. Besides that everything's perfect! And recommended!
Some of the algorithms are pretty cool but overall the course is not worth it. The material is pretty weak.
Very interesting course! I am enrolling to bioinformatics II :)
This was fantastic course! I've never experienced such passion in an online course. I've learned so much, and I am striving for more... fortunately this is just the beginning. No wonder it has been proclaimed as one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. Not because it is popular you should take it, it has become popular because it is just marvellous.Worth it!
An excellent course. It worths to take it till the end.
Very bad course. No videos, just an interactive textbook. The course states all you need is "high school level biology" yet you require coding knowledge for the very first quiz. there are side questions on the first week like does this algorithm runs in O(k * l * x^2) or O(xllogk) without ANY explanation. I guess you can find much much better book about bioinformatics, and as this course is nothing more then a book i recommend a better one.
Very well explained for both biologists and computer scientists.
Very good course, but at the same time very hard. Unless you have quite a bit of experience programing, be prepared to spend at least 15 hours a week working on this class. The good news is that if you do spend that time, you will learn a lot.
Very interesting course for those who want to learn new algorithms.
Very nice course and information, but backend could be more polished. Many tasks (expecially about randomized algorithms) could fail even if you do 100% right. And very little debug information provided.
Excellent teachers, excellent assignments. My favorite MOOC so far, congrats!
Very well structured and informative. Got a good understanding of motifs finding and its related algorithms
The interactive lessons are excellent! Especially with the optional break-out lessons to dive deeper.
This course offers in terms of knowledge and programming far more than I had expected. Very satisfied with it.
Unfortunately, as often happens, what is "simple" and basic for one is not that for another. This course presumes a comfortableness with coding that I simply do not possess as a teacher of high school science. Please try and develop a true introductory course that normal, non-programmers can access. Thanks!
After completing only one Week I am absolutely sure that this course is amazing!
Excelent course, it fulfilled my personal goals and motivated me to keep advancing in the field.
With this course, I learned a lot of things about Unity. It is excellent for beginners.
Very good material. Needs more users participating to be perfect, but it's a very good course, with contents in Spanish. (Plenty of similar courses with English content so it's perfect).
Nothing special, thanks for the information.
Excelent, I learned too much in this part, for implement a little 2D game
The Course was great, except for two things. one it was too short :-), and two, the peer graded projects were confusing.
If you are interested in viewing the eclipse you need this class. It has excellent, very concise information about the eclipse and the sun. NOTE: Weeks 2 - 4 are about the sun. Weeks 1 and 5 concern the eclipse.
It's amazing experience. I had the opportunity to get access to new knowledge
Brilliant framework and well designed structure
Great Class. We need more of these courses.
Great course, great lectures and interesting subject. Learned a lot in a short time.
Excellent detailed course. Although US content. It is relevant since much development is done in the USA.
Great course. I will try now the optional exercises and try having a deeper understanding on this.
A good introduction into Combinatorial Game Theory.It's obvious this course follows the book Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, vol I.This course does extremely well on its own,but you can also chose to work together while working through Winning Ways (which I personally would recommend, if you can get your hands on that book).
very fun introduction course. it doesn't take much time. however we don't go much in depth, just the concepts are given. The strategy to win at Nim is given as well, but no proof of it, not even as an extra, which is a bit disappointing because it was kind of being the highlight of the course. i guess we have to think by ourselves to understand why it works (or google it...)i was surprised to discover symbols such as up, down, star, ... and all those surreal numbers... the last lecture leaves us wanting more but alas the course is too short
Excellent! An interesting subject taught by a very good teacher.
I like it, but as a math undergraduate I wish we have gone through some of the exciting research trend in combinatorial game theory.
Tom Marley was fun. He is like a little kid in a candy store.
A good introduction to games without chance.
An invigorating subject to learn about. Learning made great by the lecturer!
The course topic itself and the syllabus was interesting and magnetic especially for someone like me who is equally interested in Economics, Game Theory, Mathematics and Computer Science. But I do feel that the concepts can be dealt with more theoretically so as to build formal background. I know it is difficult to make it mathematically heavy but still some of the concepts should have a theoretical explanation and proofs.Overall, course was good and I learnt a lot of new things.
I found the course content to be too simple, hence uninteresting.
Sadly, I found the presentation poor: not at all fluent, and under-prepared - sometimes what was said was different from what was written (which was correct), potentially causing confusion. Also, some results were given without justifying them, for instance the concept of simplest number was stated but not proper
This was a very enjoyable and clearly educational course. It sparked my interest in surreal numbers (which I had heard of but never explored in detail.) Doctor Morley is a delightful character with a personality well suited to the playful nature of Conway's games.
Very interesting and so much fun ;)
It's a fine course which enables you to learn some interesting things about simple games and a branch of mathematics most people are unaccustomed with. It doesn't need much previous knowledge, although a decent level of mathematics and mathematical logic is very helpful especially when it comes to understanding new terms and definitions. The professor helps you with simple examples when something seeming difficult to get comes up, but beware his weird sense of humor! Enjoy the course!
A nice introduction to the topic. Suitable for a beginner.
Great tutors and classes! I really enjoyed it!
This is an excellent course, I enjoyed full content about the every topics and some topics I improve along the course. Thank you, I recommend this course.
Excellent second course in machine learning.
I learned a lot in this course and it's definitely well managed and well taught by an amazing professor.
If you want to understand better optimization techniques, this is an excellent Course, the explanations and examples are one of the best, the Course is also very challenging but worth the time and effort, you will learn a lot.
Very thorough and nice course. Prof. Pascal can make even very difficult things funny and interesting!!
Very interesting course with challenging programming assignments
The best course at Coursera I've had so far.
I like the instructor teaching approach and the evaluation system, the subject itself took me a lot of effort and i think the LNS technique should be teached just after local search.
the brilliant lectures really inspired me to work hard
I've enjoyed a lot this challenging course. To get a 10 in all the assignments is very hard. But 7 is achievable.
This course is absoutely excellent. It has really time consuming and challenging programming assignments, but I learned more than I have in a long while. I could not recommend this course more highly, and I have completed 20+ MOOCs. This is one of the best ones by far. :D
Amazing Course. Enjoyed a lot
Great course for every software professional.
One of the best and most interesting courses I have taken a part in. Very demanding and frustrating sometimes but absolutely brilliant. Interesting lectures, problems to solve, etc. Small improvement in my opinion can be achieved in two areas:1. I could not get used to instructor's showmanship and he sometimes covers up the slides.2. I would suggest changing submission format not to post code but solution. In this case we would not be limited in programming language's choice.
While doing Tim Roughgarden's Algorithms course (https://www.coursera.org/specializations/algorithms) I became interested about the topic of solving NP-hard problems and wanted more. That's how I bumped into this course. I'm VERY happy I did. I never had so much fun programming since I was in high school. The assignments are tough and time consuming and super addictive. Don't be surprised if you find yourself at 5:00 AM trying to squeeze a slightly better solution then what you currently have.The course covers a lot of material: constraint programming, local search heuristics and meta-heuristics, linear and mixed integer programming. I think each of these topics could be extended and made into separate course. If you want to get a thorough understanding of all of the presented topics, you're gonna have to go through the additional materials. However, prof. Pascal Van Hentenryck is an excellent teacher so even though you don't have a thorough understanding of everything, things are gonna make sense and feel very natural and intuitive. Dr. Carleton Coffrin is also very active on the forums, constantly answering questions or encouraging interesting conversations. I've never seen a MOOC which such actively involved staff.Bottom line, if you have10+ hours/week and you like CS, definitely take this one.
Great course, enjoyed each hour.
Really interesting and engaging
Too good course! One of the very best courses on Coursera!Thank you so much. It is a wonder to follow your course.
Great course!! Love it!!
Good Introduction to Embedded Systems and operating systems, discuss interesting topics and the architecture of OS, a little hard and challenging but it worth it.
I do not recommend this course if you want to be taught intuitively. The slides are mostly just a list of bullet points, with very few intuitive figures or charts (normally figures/charts are easier to understand and remember, even the simple ones). You are just fed with lots of concepts throughout the course. But in the end, you are suddenly required to do some practical C programming in Contiki (an embedded OS), which you need to spend some time to figure out quite a number of practical issues just for a successful run.
I categorize this course in the beginner level not intermediate.
The course is for people having advanced knowledge in embedded architecture and knowledge. Until 3rd week is perfectly alright. But from 4th week the course changes to advanced knowledge. I do not think an intermediate could easily grasp enough knowledge from the 4th week. Kindly do the needful to change it.
IT IS VERY INFORMATIVE AND KNOWS ALL FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT AND IDEAS
The course is a shallow introduction to a set of topics about embedded systems, it tries to cover too much without really explaining the concepts. The videos could have some diagram.
Useless bla-bla-bla in general words. Nothing concrete. It is not possible to build embedded system with OS after finishing it. IoT is mentioned just for marketing and promotion. If you seriously consider developing OS-based embedded system even just reading Wiki pages about EOS would not be such a waste of time as listening to this course.
Instructor is very good.His explanation about CONTIKI is simple super.Course Structure is very good.But,in my opinion require little bit elaborated explanation about ASSIGNMENT.Rather than everything is fine.Thanks to COURSERA.
I found this course to be dry. No practical examples. Just information presentation, like reading from a book. The lectures do not prepare you very well for the Quizzes and even less for the assignments. This is the only course in Coursera that really got me disappointed. Since there are not many students in this course one might feel a bit "left alone".
Initially it seemed easy and what I already knew... but the week 3 and 4 had alot of new and interesting stuff. It was great eventually... Especially the OS part and some practicals
It's very clear and easy to learn. The speaker used simple way to elaborate OS and ESP. To sum up, it is a excellent course!
It's a nice course, but there are also a lot of things that need improve! Thank you,teacher!
Good introduction to embedded systems development with "OS". but it needs to include better & more code examples
Main issues I encountered in the course:- many videos end with a suggestion to "refer to the suggested materials for more information". Which are these materials, and where can they be found?- the slides could use some diagrams here and there, as the constant text screens are monotonous and make understanding harder in some cases- the course does not settle on a balance between breadth and depth of information. Some aspects are presented at a very high level, yet using very specialised terminology and concepts. For instance, context switching when describing the disadvantages of microkernels, or pre-emptively scheduled systems - I have a CS background and had no problem with these aspects, but I am aware I am highly subjective. It's a case of "chicken and egg", where if you understand the low level concepts you probably don't need the course, and if you don't understand them you also can't understand the high level concepts.- At the end of the Week 3 videos describing the three OSs, it is said "In order to know the details on how to write a program and run applications in Riot/Contiki/TinyOS, please come back to our lectures who have more detailed videos."Which lectures are these, and where can they be found?- the only practical exercises in the course (Week 4) are only vaguely related to the course's targets-----All this being said, it is an ok introduction to the embedded OS world, if you bring your own CS and OS background knowledge.
the best :)
very good for basic fundamentals
Very in-depth, an excellent starting course for paleontology and prehistory education.
A very enjoyable course. Fantastic for those who want to learn about early vertebrates, particularlly those thar gave rise to tetrapods. While a small amount of biological and geological knowledge is useful, s
Difficult subject to get your head around but ultimately worth the effort. The teaching, as always with the University of Alberta's MOOCs, is second to none.
Very informative, great course!
The presenter is world class, and I really enjoyed the interactive maps. The quizzes should be a bit more challenging though - perhaps learn how to identify a few fossils,
I really enjoyed this course!
very impressed with quantity and quantity of information made available
Everything you need!This is the first of a great series - first-class lecture notes, well illustrated lectures and plenty of links to further study.
The professor could have been a bit more serious, he acted as if he was a kindergarden teacher. Seriously: do you really need to imitate with your hand how a fish swims? I don't think so.Also, the pronounciation of the latin words was horrible - then again, all native English speakers have problems with it, so don't take this remark personally.
The professor explains well, however it's a introductory course.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and would recommend it to anyone interested in evolution or paleontology. The course does an excellent job in picturing one of those truly revolutionary time periods in the history of animal life on Earth. The level of detail, pace, materials and visuals are just perfect. And the presenter does a top-notch job of delivering the material. Thanks to the University of Alberta and the team behind this great MOOC!
good course!
Very nice , clear, precise, interesting and usefull. Very good speaker!
Exciting course! :)
Although not as strong as the other palaeontology courses by the University of Alberta, the current courses takes much the same approach and uses the same teaching techniques as these other courses. As such, it easily and effectively gets the millions of years of early vertebrate evolution across clearly and concisely. The video lectures are both interactive and fun, and the course notes are both informative and well adjusted to the video lectures. If there is anything to be remarked upon, then it's the slight lack of depth as pertains to the material covered. This, however, is hardly surprising considering the highly complex material (drawing from fields as osteology, paleoecology, evolutionary and developmental biology, palaeontology and more), the speed at which it is discussed, and the level of accessibility that is provided. Overall, a very good course, and one I very much enjoyed following!
I love all your online sources. I think the information is presented well and with logical questions to test the information. I like how the presenter was clearly knowledgeable and spoke with excitement. He was very engaging. The visuals are great. The fossils are great. The extra time and effort put into the materials is obvious.
Even if you've never had a lifelong fascination with natural history like I did, this course should be fascinating and educational enough to draw you in. Scott Persons is an amazing teacher: clear, concise, knowledgeable and passionate enough that you will never feel lost, learn a great deal and yet never feel bored. Highly recommended for anyone with even a modicum of interest in fossils and vertebrate origins.
An excellent introductory course on Early Vertebrate Evolution!
Very light and comprehensive content. The geology part is pretty well explained!
it is good for maths students who haven't studied biology and struggle with understanding palaeontology. vertebrates have been explained very well.
The topic is interesting and I enjoy the enthusiastic presenters.Recommended!
I haven't completed this course yet. Self pace and enjoying the lectures and videos. I've taken another Univ of Alberta course on Marine Reptiles which was great! I enjoy the Paleontol
I have learned so much from this course, thanks to Coursera and University of Alberta. This course is highly recommended for students with a passion for Evolution and Phylogeny. The handouts are also very useful.
Awesome course, pulls no punches in delivering a top-notch educational experience!
WOW, I learned a lot form this and it was fairly educational but not overwhelming or difficult. This instructor really gets the points across without being to easy or hard. A very good class.
Great course! :)
I think this was a great module wich gave a good insight into the early vertebrate evolution. I willl definatly reccomend it to any who is interessted in this topic.
Great course in vertebrate paleontology.
Very [very, very] nicely done!
realy usefull , direct and easy to learn i full recomend this course =D
Very interesting and entertaining!
Very interesting and well presented! Wish I lived closer to Alberta, Canada!!
Beautifully made. A new insight of nature. Awesome to see, listen, think about and recognize development of evolution in todays species.
I originally took Dino 101 as a U of A MOOC and found it very worthwhile -- and challenging. Paleontology: Early Vertebrate Evolution was equally interesting and challenging. As the opportunity presents itself, I will explore taking other MOOCs in Paleontology.
This (like the other UoA paleontology courses available on Coursera) is an excellent introduction to the subject. Detailed enough to be really interesting to those with some background in the area, the material is engagingly presented by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic lecturer. The format is exceptionally well-structured, combining cutting-edge research and discoveries with helpful graphics. Highly recommended!
Short, informative and exciting course!
Lots of information; well-organized & well presented.
Interesting course
i like this. this is good. good can be fun. fun has rewards...yay, i win
This class was very interesting and explained things clearly. I already had a bit of knowledge about this subject but this course taught me new things and connected the things I already knew to these new thoughts. Thank you!
Excellently presented; very clear and concise.
Scott Persons really presents this course to make it interesting. Very nice.
Fantastic! Open a new gate for me.
Enjoyed the class, only part that was bad is I couldn't do any of the quizzes. I can't afford the cost. Other then that the class was very informative and I found it very entertaining as well. Thank you.
Excellent course, I really enjoyed the host.
I thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience on this course. Notes and videos clear and concise, well put together, as expected from University of Alberta.
Very interesting and compelling course, and I liked the questions every few minutes during the lectures as that helps me to retain information.My only complaint is that the lecturer's manner of speaking is very rhythmic and repetitive and that makes it kind of hard to lose track of his words.
A jurassic park image, with material you can read by yourself?
Typical of UofA MOOC's, very high quality. Excellent content. Well paced.
Great course! Very informative and all the concepts are very clearly explained!
Any one looking for quick refresher course in Business Statics this is the specialization to enroll.Prof/Instructor Sharad has explain the concept in crisp & precise manner & hands on practice in excel is big plus..!!For any one who wants to learn business statistics ,I kindly urge you enroll this course/specialization so you have basic overview of all topics in business statistics & later read text book Business Statistics by Ken black for through understanding of all topics.
The instructor's approach to presenting the basics of statistics as well as the application of excel functions is by far the best I've experienced in statistics courses. This is a refresher for me, and, I'm really enjoying it!
Contains all basic information on data descriptors, presented in a thorough and easy to understand way. More practice exercises (quizzes) would make it even better.
Clear and concise, great!
Lessons learned are very impactful.
The lecturer is well versed in statistics and he explained complex theory in a
It was a clear explanation to the statistical, and the examples are
Looking forward to more such courses on Statistics and Probability related to Data Science.
This course is awesome!
Absolutely great course. Learnt a lot of useful information.
Great course Even better Instructor
One of the most practical courses in business analytic I've ever enrolled.
Very challenging course, but I came away with far more knowledge than I entered it with.
A great course very educative and valuable!
The information in the videos was very interesting and well presented. I feel like I learned a lot. However, the quizzes and tests seemed to be of a very different level, and often covered material that was hardly discussed in the lectures. I understand that students are expected to do independent learning of material, but the gulf between lectures and test difficulty was extreme. If others were interested in learning about the basics of music theory, I would not recommend this course.
An amazing course on the Fundamentals of Music Theory! I am beginning my musical education with this program and getting ready to start community college in the fall, so this is definitely getting me ready. Perhaps, one day I plan to study music at this university in Scotland.
What a wonderful course. The instructors were so engaging and knowledgeable... and talented! It is a topic that I've always wanted to know about but never had the opportunity in school to learn about it. It got pretty technical at times and, like learning a language, it really takes a lot of memorization or experience to fully grasp the subject matter, but the parts that I could follow, was just what I was hoping to get from the course!
These professors do a wonderful job of breaking down difficult material. Thank you.
Great approach to the hard part of music understanding making it easy to follow and gain more appreciation of such an amazing subject
I've learn a lot here from absolutely zero. Before taking the course I couldn't even imagine that it is possible for me to learn anything about music and to be able to understand notes notation. Definitely recommend. But keep in mind that it requires you to work overtime and practice it.
This course is great!
Excellent!Not so easy for begginers.Very Useful. After this course I can explore many new possibilities.
It was good, and i learnt a lot, but it vexed me that in the first lesson they stated you didn't need to read music to get on with the course, but everything from then on seemed to require reading music including an very difficult final test reading some complicated Beethoven apparently! I understand why they did it that way, as they are used to reading music, but music can also be described as actual note names and the theory will be learnt nevertheless, without the massive barrier of having to translate it all from musical notation.
I'm not a professional musician, but I am a music lover, and always wanted to understand the math behind the music.This course exceeded my expectations.
Great course, great professors. Really fundamental
After going through each lesson, week by week and thinking I was really learning something, but I can't pass the first exam (even with my notes and Google) and almost had a panic attack when I looked at the second exam.I feel like I wasted fifty dollars and hours of my life in order to get what little belief I had that I might have actually learned something come crashing down.
Great course! Not too simple, not too complex. Approaches many things in a pleasant way.
really helpful, but also tough
I really like it.It help me a lot. Thanks.
Absolutely great so far.
Great teachers and most easiest way of learning music, thank you.
Not too easy, not too hard. Great way to learn fresh material or brush up,
Love this course so far! As I am using this for a quick review for my music theory to supplement my years of piano music before taking the AP Music Theory exam later this year, this course is very informational and helpful. I wish they had released a vocabulary list each week as either an assignment too for just a completion grade, or given hand in hand with the printouts each lesson to help develop the musicianship and familiarity of music's unique jargon.
its very good very informative
this course is comprehensive and very useful. thank you coursera
A steep learning curve for someone who has not gone beyond very basic music theory before, but worthwhile nevertheless.
Great course! Really helped me to achieve a better understanding of the music theory and how the basics of composition Works.
Quality Course material.
They just throw all the material at you without giving you enough explanations or exercises. This situation gets worse in the last two weeks and you can hardly breathe. It is like, "Okay now we have learned that 1+2=3. Let's talk about calculus."
First of all: Thank you very much for providing this, I've learned a lot!Why not 5 stars?In some cases you just used a link to Wikipedia as additional material for a video. In the first and second week you had more details, I know you already kindly invested a lot of time, but I would appreciate if you could add some details to those sections where you just used links.
Fantastic entry into the world of music theory. One minor complaint is the lack of corrections after submitting the quizzes.
Great course, worth the value!
One way (approach) to 'teaching' data shows only that you know data but haven't designed multiple ways of teaching it. No, feedback from instructors, directly, makes it hard to obtain conceptual understandings. ie, as soon as you become lost with the one-way taught week, no way to grasp the following weeks. There could be a higher rate of success AND enjoyment of learning, if more thought were put into 'How to teach' the material. Been playing music for over 30 years and am failing from week 4 on. This shouldn't be as confusing as Coursera has made it. Disappointed and DISCOURAGED!
Pretty good in overall, but there are a few points that could be improved:- The content is taught in a weird order and the difficulty doesn't increase steadily. For example, week 4 and 5 feel like they have been made separately and about the same subject, but week 5 goes further. The last video of week 5 is interesting, but it seems improvised...- There could be more examples, especially from modern music. John from week 5 uses examples from the Beatles, which is great, but he's the only one. Week 3 has pretty much no examples at all.- Suppplementary material and notes are uneven from week to week. Week 2, 4 and especially 5 have good summaries of the videos and examples, but week 3 almost only has links to wikipedia...- The final exam is VERY difficult. There are some crazy chords and rhythm to analyse and there are advanced questions on points which have been seen very quickly in the videos.I can't really compare since I new some of the content of the class, but I think it's weel made for beginners as well as for intermediate musicians. But you'll probably need to do a bit of research yourself if you want to be ready for the exam.
I have taken many other basic music theory but they are so hard to understand! But this one totally works!! What an excellent course!! Thanks so much!
Really interesting...
Very interesting!
Great course !!
I am an amateur musician myself, in high school. I love playing music and singing so much but i always felt like i was missing theoretic information. Thanks to this course, I feel like i am overcoming this situation. Thank you so much for making this possible.
I am absolutely delighted to have had the opportunity to study the fundamentals of music theory from a prestigious university such as The University of Edinburgh for free online. I extend my most sincere gratitude to Coursera and the professors teaching the course for making this possible. The course makes it very easy to build knowledge going from week to week. The assignments are all challenging. In this way this course encourages studying to understand the concepts. I have attended the course as a beginner in music theory, having encountered only some very elementary concepts earlier. I have found all the teachers to be very pleasant and very clear in their explanations. I have given 4 stars to this course because I would have liked to learn more from the professors on some topics which were very briefly mentioned. Some of the courses have external links to Wikipedia instead of a more clear explanation. This are however the exception and not the rule. The majority of the course is well taught and presented.
At the beginning, I thought the course was very good for beginners or people that know how to play an instrument well but would like to know more about the theoretical background.However, the last two sessions were very hard and there could have been more detailed course material throughout the course and more exercises to make sure the concepts are well-understood by all students.Nevertheless, the course proved to be very useful and enabled me to analyse a musical piece, which made it worthwhile.
A very well structured cpurse. A solid amount of information delivered, with the pace picking up maybe a little too abruptly after week 3. However, I did learn a lot, and investing the time required was definitely worth it. Highly recommended.
very very good course for beginners.
Great class! It filled in a lot of gaps for me on things I had picked up on my own. The explanations were great, and the amount of work and pace were perfect.
If you don't know much about music theory, it's going to be pretty challenging, and still is reachable. You learn as much as you want with this courses. I'm glad I could finish it.
Thank you all so much! Really useful course and beginner-friendly journey! Hope to take more classes from your university!
This was fun as a refresher course. If you're brand new to music theory, this course won't help much unless you spend a lot of extra time learning the concepts using secondary materials, google, youtube, and your own keyboard.
The lack of teacher or teaching assistant participation in the forum discussions is deafening. For an institution like the host institution, this is odd. I liked the course, but it was not very well organized. Seems like it was for experienced musicians, eve though the goals of the course hinted at it being for beginners as well. Good Course, badly organized.
YOU TURN ME ON
I think it is a really good course, unfortunately too advanced for someone that is just starting to play the recorder and recognises the notes and so on. Also the fact that the notes are ABCDEFG instead of DO.RE.MI.FA... made thinks a little bit confusing for me. I learnt some stuff until 3rd week where started to be quite complicated, 4th week was frustrating. Maybe in the future I'll come back to it.
This course is excellent.
Great and easy to follow
This course does not do a good job at teaching the material. The lecture videos gloss over the topics briefly, but do not give a thorough explanation of the core topics of the course. The quizzes will repeatedly test on terms not even remotely mentioned in any of the course materials.
could offer and cover much more subjects.spend too much time on basics, less on advanced.could have chosen better music examples.
A very challenging course, particularly in the last couple of weeks, but very rewarding. The instructors have produced an excellent set of video lessons, plus supporting materials.
This was a great class, but some of the information could have been more comprehensive, and some of the questions on the tests did not match the information from the lectures.
Good for beginners, introduced basic theory systemly. But a few mistakes appeared, though corrected in the videos too, but better to clear them in the future shifts.
The course material itself is enjoyable, but the quizzes don't work properly. The feedback given to the same responses between retakes is contradictory.
awesome, a bit hard at the end but, this course helped me alot to go much better along other courses. Thanks you !
The course material itself is good and you do learn a lot but for a course that starts at complete beginner level the final exam is too much of a reach for many. It feels like the course should be at least 50% longer as in that exam you are literally trying to stitch ideas together into educated guesses (i got 80% plus on all of the course work). It needs work to narrow the gap as this is not good learning, it frustrates many and is not helpful.
Great course with excellent teachers. I learned so much. Thanks Coursera, and thanks to all involved in develloping this great project.
Excellente course. A great opportunity to learn.
Challenging at times, but doable with effort, and quite rewarding upon success. Recommended.
A little bit steep demand curve regarding to what is offered in the lectures.Well, well... The whole world knows that "they" are a little "thrifty" ;-)
Very informative course. Teaches all the fundamentals till they're painfully obvious. It has helped me understand the skeletal structure of the music I listen to and has helped answer many questions. Thank you.
Generally this course has good subjects and syllabus. In some parts of course they teach reasons of the subjects and it becomes more logical for me. The only reason that I gave four stars is lecture videos are not enough for the final exam. Especially for part 2 of final exam, some questions are more detailed for given lectures. However, it was a good introduction for music theory.
Excellent course. It's perfect to get a solid base to learn music. The explanations are clear, the progression of the contents is easy to follow. I highly recommend it. Thank
This is a very unevenly paced and constructed course - not at all delivered to the standard of the previous Coursera courses I have followed. Some lectures are clear and guide the learner step by step - and then others suddenly assume a level of knowledge and sophistication that is at a significantly higher level and includes concepts that have either not been introduced or have been dealt with in minimal detail. It also ends up focusing more on music analysis than music theory - while there is a relationship between these 2 approaches I did not embark on this course to become an analyst - as a practising musician I wanted to understand more of the concepts behind what I do and hear. Very disappointed - I will now look elsewhere to satisfy my learning.
Perfect because I just want to play piano again.
Great introduction to music theory. In some sections the layout of the course could be somewhat better.
Very interesting course: I'm a Computer Engineer and I found very interesting the lessons about bistability and about stochastic modelling.
This is a amazing course. I've learned a lot and all the knowledge will be usable to me in my work.
Great course
The first week on MATLAB was a great refresher since I hadn't used MATLAB in a few years
Easy to follow up and clear lectures to understand dynamical modeling methods
a little too much for my taste, but I learned a lot cellular biology.
Probably the best course in this overall very nice specialization
Lots of good parts to the course. Found the ODE examples very useful. Feel like it tailed off at the end in terms of detail and utility. Also, it seemed less adapted to the format than other courses such as Machine Learning by Andrew Ng and Computational Neuroscience by Rajesh Rao.
This is a great course.Very clear and well constructed.
Great course. Well taught and very useful.
it's quite very interesting
I liked it a lot!
This is a very useful and well dessigned general course.
everything explained in very easy to understand way. the assignments were designed quite well- not only to test the knowledge acquired but the assignment results were designed in such a way that they will be useful in modeling.
Very informative course with good exercises. Would recommend having PDE example code, as well.
Firstly Peter Clarke, what a legend!! thanks for all the help particularly through week 2. I owe you a virtual beer.One change would be to make the forums the same format as course 1-3 as this was a much more efficient way to review issues.Over all the material was good, I stuck at it even when I wanted to quit and feel knowledgeable now on the lesson taught.
A very good course. I recommend people who want to learn valuation should do this course
Very good course. Recommended!
This course is almost the final one for the specialization taught by prof Kaul. It is a little redundant with the 3rd course of the specialization. However, it is still of great quality, format and content, as the other courses were.It allows you to apply courses 1-3 in close to real life contexts. The exams are very interesting, and module 4 of this course made me want to go further into valuation problems. I encourage to take courses 1, 2 and 3 before this one.
The course educates about all the aspects of valuation
I love the professors explanations through applications
the prof is so good, even an amateur cant help falling in love with the subject
Great content and great professor! Best course.. Thanks!
This is an extraordinary course that teaches valuation of projects. As usual, Prof Kaul builds on the basic building blocks of valuation and makes us fall in love with the concepts. He then possibly sits back and smiles at us tearing our hair out with the assignments. It is great fun and invaluable learning, especially if you happen to have a non-finance background like I did.
An excellent course on Valuing a company and understanding the same with the help of assignments.
Excellent course as far as content is concerned. However, the older Coursera format was way more user-friendly. Also the discussion topics were not arranged appropriately as in the previous modules in this specialization. PDFs of assignments would be helpful if posted.
Exceptional teaching!
This professor is amazing. He explains things that others just overlook. I guess that others assume we should already know the basics, but this professor teaches the basics instead of assuming. He is wonderful!
Excelent! Really learnt a lot, thanks :D
Course realistically takes 15-20 hrs/week of work, not "3-5 hrs/week" as said in course description, that clearly assumes either someone already knows how to play piano well, or already knows music theory well, if either of these skills are lacking, be prepared to spend 15+ hrs a week to understand the material (2 hrs/day). The prof says in the video "just practice 15 mins a day" which is complete hooey, it takes at least 1+ hr/day uninterrupted practice at the piano to get close to skillful at the material presented, plus another 0,5-1+ hr of theory study on paper review. I highly recommend this course but the amount of time should not be underestimated (like so many music people seem to do, because they likely had many years of music exposure already).
George Russell is a beyond phenomenal teacher. I would fly to Boston just to take classes with him.What a blessing of a human being. I never played piano in my life and thanks to him and his amazing personality, am becoming proficient!Thank you for being you Mr. Russell!Leo Arias
Nice course, good intro. Pretty thin but helpful and good value for money.
Very low content: I got more information about Berklee than about music from this course. It is more of a show-off of the university than it is an actual informative course. Looks a lot like a yt tutorial, just much fancier because they are berklee. I watched from the beginning to the end waiting for them to start talking about anything other than naming intervals, but it didn't happen. They try to ear-train you, but any app for ear-training will do it better. Quite disappointing.
EXCELENT COURSE FOR STARTING PIANO AND MUSIC IN GENERAL
Great course!
Excellent. thank you.
I enjoyed the videos, but not the assignments. I wanted to have fun and learn more about the music that I think makes life more beautiful. The final assignment in the module was unclear to me and the feedback unkind. Telling me to wait a year, get outside help and try again is not in any manner fun or helpful. I can't imagine doing that to a student of mine, a peer, or even a stranger. Nor do I find it in keeping with the claim this should be fun. In the end I would rather be an uninformed lover of music than make myself crazy trying to learn it with people that are taking an introduction class and clearly forgot what it was like to be in your first couple of months of learning music. It is like learning calculus from the math instructor that thinks some of the steps are so obvious that he can skip them forgetting he has a PhD in math.
Excelent material... great videos, great motivation and a great teacher!!!
Great for the very start in music theory and practice.
Thank you very much for the very enjoyable and very educational experience. I Love it!
Great Course!!
This course was absolutely amazing! Developing my musicianship has me making up songs left and right now and I absolutely love it!
Great course for not only beginners but also somewhat experienced as it it super easy to understand and with very nice instructor. Great assignments which help you get back to all the basic. Strongly recommended.
Exactly what i was looking for
This course was a good use of time for me as I didn’t have much back ground in music theory.I now know how to construct a major and minor scale with any root. I’m also able to use those scales to build a number of chords to help guide improvisation.I found the ear training exercises to be a fun way to develop my musical awareness. I found them a little annoying because when I would go back to try them again my answers from the day before were still there.
It's a good foundation for music theory. This assumes that the student can read notes, or encourages self-help in that area, otherwise.
This is a great course.
it is so good, so interesting, so informative!
Great instructor!The content is basic and with appropriately narrow scope of theory and applications.
Very good for beginner. I learn a lot.
So far, I have been learning a lot from this course! my musical knowledge has definitely been improving.
George is the best teacher ever!!! It is my favourite Course at Coursera. Thanks to George, I have learned to differ musical intervals and the basics of improvisation. First I use to doubt, whether the ear training really does work. I had no music school education experience. After some few lessons I was so suprised, when I saw my progress and good results. I understood that the simple methods really work. When you have a slowdown, and you cannot go further (like I use to do) just trust George and try again and again. It will work. You do not have to be a professional musician to succeed in this course.George, it was wonderful to meet you at the beginning of my music career. Thanks a lot!!!
Perfect course
Cannot do the test without pay...
The best teacher I've seen for music. :)
absolutely amazing and i am soooo glad that i have chose to learn this!!
That is extraordinary. Loved it completely! The teacher is such a sweetheart, He is such a joy to listen and work (even online) with ! Great course!
Thank you Coursera. I'm really happy to have a course with Berklee, I'll keep going to learn more at .
This is an excellent intro course. The instructor clearly had a lot of fun preparing videos, and it's contagious. There is a high-level of polish here - even pacing, helpful study guides, solid video production values and active teaching assistant in the forums. I learned a lot in this class, but aside from that it was just a good time :).
One, flat three, four - five, flat seven, one!
This course is a great introduction to music theory. I have been playing by ear for a long time and i now finally understand some of the things that i did before. I recommend this course to those that one to get a good foundation in music.
This course whet my appetite for some more Berklee courses. Definitely recommended to musicians who would love to improve their craft. Thanks, Coursera and Berklee!
This is a really great course. It's broadened my scope of music a lot. I never use to think much of Jazz and Blues, but I've really got an appreciation for it now. :)
Very motivating and easy to follow. I enjoyed every lesson of the course.
Great Teacher and Pianist!
I learned so much in so little time. I actually impressed a musician friend of mine when I rattled off and showed him all the chords I learned on the keyboard. I played a 12 bars blues riff on the keyboard, tracked it, and then played a melody and tracked that and made an mp3. I cannot say enough. If I ever have the honor of meeting the professor who taught this course I will tell him I learned more about music in 6 weeks with his superb methods of instruction than I ever did in other courses. I am trying to save up money so I can take an official Berklee online course. This course was awesome! It truly showed why Berklee is in a class by itself.
I'm going to the 3rd week and I'm already loving it, the teacher is great, the videos are not so long, but very effective. LOVE IT!
Great course, the teacher made every lesson fun and interesting.
And intro to theory made fun and practical. The ear training is fantastic. Love Berklee's approach. Thank you! :)
Because I did not purchased the course, I was not able to do the quizzes, however I learned something about the Blues.
If you are doing this course, for a little preparation for Berklee's Audition. You're doing right. Everything you learned here, is everything they will ask you to do at the audition!
This course is excellent for a beginner like me. I'm loving everything about it - the content, structure, not to mention the instructor's charismatic style. This is a much appreciated opportunity to learn and understand music theory from someone who has such obvious passion for music.
I can already feel the revival of this course. This is going to change lives!
Learned the trend of latest Pharma industry and review the basic concepts in drug discovery
The course presents the basic concepts of DD and allows familiarization with the technical terms of the field. I strongly recommend for those who want to understand a little bit of DD.
The course was interesting, enjoyable and easy to comprehend.
The course has given a strong understanding of how the drug discovery process works with expert presentations by Dr. Williams Ettouati, Dr. Bourne & Dr. Stephen Burley. Thanks to Skaggs School of Pharmacy and ofcourse to Coursera for making it possible.
Awesome Course! Interesting speakers!
It is an amazing course. It reflects and relates to the most latest aspects of drug discovery.
Now I can see the complexicity of a drug design porcess. The course helped me to see the most important steps of drug discovery and drug construction.
Excellent overview. I had to dust of my orgo hat for one of the lectures.
A very informative and highly interesting course giving a high level condensed overview of the Pharmaceutical Industry, the key chemical and biological components of drug development and key concepts of pharmacokinetics and dynamics.
Very nice course. It helps you understand the importance of the new discovery methods and how the industry is changing.
Excellent course. Goes through the initial efforts to rationally get to new therapeutic molecules, then the testing and screening to maximize the chances of success, and finally the routes of administration with allusion to pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
very useful, very practical. The professors told nice stories.
Although overall the course is interesting, it is clear that it has not been designed for MOOC format. A clear structure for learning lacks, and some of the lectures seem to be more about the people talking about their own work than trying to convey general concepts in the drug discovery field. I think the course would benefit from more structure in the way the lessons are presented, starting with a more general outline of what a good drug is etcetera. However, there are some interesting concepts I can take along in my further studies, but I am slightly disappointed.
Some lectures were quite interesting but the generel course level is very low. Furthermore, I think several topics is missing which I believed the course would cover like GLP Tox, CMC, IND filing and the topics which are covered should be covered in more depth.
Very good pharmaceutical chemistry overview course!
such an intriguing and exciting course. I have really learnt a lot. Thanks very much.
Great!
Very Good !!
Good information
Simply excellent. A brilliant 360º vision of trading food & beverages products from a very professional point of view. Highly recommended.
The course is very well structured to achieve the goals. The teacher is charismatic and very well founded. His style is clear and appealing, with great examples. I have learned so much from this course, and I will recommend to friends in the Marketing world. It was better than many of my MBA courses!! Thank You and Congratulations!!
Thanks!
Great course on geology
I enjoyed taking this course, very simple and clear information.
Videos are very well-designed and informative
very useful course.
great course
The lessons were pretty good and definitely focused on teaching. The assignment though was by far my favorite part. I think I might continue to do my own research on local geologic features just because of how much fun I had doing it for the class.
I highly recommend this course if you have enthusiasm for structural Geology, and have taken intro-level Geology courses. The resources available are current. The class is helpful for Earth Science educators as it reviews the new teaching standards, and the lectures are specific to the research done by the AMNH Scientists leading the course. I especially enjoyed the field assignment and reviewing others from around the world. A great course! I just wish it would have been longer!
well presented, I would have liked more Information on teaching geoscience though
Excellent course. Required some corollary reading, but basically supplied all materials required to meet course outline requirements.
Great course for people who are passionate about Geography and Geology!
Excellent Course! Great educators!
I FOUND THIS COURSE VERY USEFUL. BEING A STUDENT OF GEOLOGY, THIS COURSE WILL HELP ME IMPROVE MY KNOWLEDGE OF GEOLOGY.
so far i have completed week 1 course its quite interesting, and feel like reading a research thesis
Some interesting topics and detailed insight, but the course could be more systematic.
I liked the course very much, it could focus more on teaching metods during the assigments, but still give us a good material, tips and resourses to engage teaching practices.
I am a geologist, however, I found the course very useful! Very good job! Congratulations!
Great course for Teachers or those, like me, who want to gain general knowledge. I like the diversity of reading, video content and quizzes and the aspects of geology that were covered.
Interesting and tips for teaching are very useful!
Great course until now.
I wish I new it before my job interview .
This course gave me a great understanding of the history of political ecology ; it's also a clear introduction to the current total depletion of resources and to the transformation the earth system is living. Thank you !
It's an excellent course that gives me the whole view of the disease and the nrw treatments and aproaches
very good course
This was very detailed course on Diabetes
Good course. Challenging, detailed and academic. Suitable for people with basic grasp of human biology, in particular metabolic functions, as well as research methods.
Excellent course, I would like more courses from this University.
its a wonderful course to learn the basic knowledge of diabetes. the course design is wonderful and it never looks boring. One of the best online course.
The certificate doesn't show hours per week and the topics we did during the course. I paid for an empty paper.
A wonderful course which provides complete grasp of the global challenge called diabetes. The videos are very lucid and every tutor give their lecture to the point. Lectures are down to earth. They are all very short and sweet (non-diabetic!). I would recommend it to any one.
Love it.
An excellent course, very nice learning experience..
GOOD COURSE
i really enjoyed this course. We should be more carefully with the food we eat ad its quality.Thanks for this great course.
Very informative and richly educative course. I rate this course 5 star.Dr. Aloysius O. Ikwuka, MD
i really wait that moment to receive the certificate because it was very long course
Well organized course
One of a kind, course on diabetes. It contains few levels of difficulty. Weeks 1 & 2 can be passed without watching the lectures at all. Weeks 3 and 4 are some serious molecular science,presented by the top head on this course Jens Juul Holst in perfect English. So far, so good. Week 5 is somewhat easier than previous weeks.
I enjoyed the course very much. It's solid, updated, and fun!
Excelent course, complete, including information about new drugs and studies for treatment, well explained, it requires time and attention, totally worth it!
Very usefulModified easy way of learning and understandig the course subject
It looks great!!!
Excellent course with invaluable knowledge to review and update the current concepts regarding to Diabetes
nice and informative one.
A complete overview about the theoretical and new approaches considering Diabetes in the world.
This is a great course to know the basics of glucose metabolism and insulin action, what changes lead to diabetes and what current treatments exist and what more developments can be made. I learnt a great deal.
Great course with full of knowlege
A real learning process. Well explained and easy to follow!
very informative and interesting course. However it was mind bogglingly confusing about what was exactly required for the final assignment. Please be clearer next time!
Very informative course - I knew nothing about diabetes before, now I learnt quite a bit for my needs. Struggled at times with some tutors' English but subtitles always helped. Highly recommended course!
Excelent knowledge source
Very interesting courses, maybe a little difficult for me because I'm not a doctor and English is not my first language. Anyway I enjoyed taking this course very much and I recommend it to anybody interested in Diabetes.
Great instructors and excellent course!
state of the art coursei enjoyed it to the last piecemany thanks for the staff and coursera
Good one!
Interesting and concise!
great one but my certificate is over .... I just enrolled for a second time just to learn about the research advanced without sending homework and my passed certificate is over ....
Really, new informations but I wish you to present more about drugs.Thank you
This course is comprehensive and has a heavy focus on the latest science advances
nice, informative, update new techs, research, and easy to understand
Complex and cutting edge!
One of the best courses I Have had.. Thank you professors for this effort.. And for the updated, well presented Data, and the passion from the professors.
I am loving this course!
amazing course.....i am currently started working on diabetic retinopathy. This is course is helping me a lot.
Great
I WOULD LIKE MORE COURSES LIKE THIS, A LOT OF INFORMATION AND GOOD TEACHERS
This course was fabulous. I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and the information that is available to the general public on this disease provides little, if any, factual information on what the disease is, how it is caused, and why certain treatments, such as diet and exercise, work. This course was taught at a level that was challenging but it gave me the information I have been looking for. The sections on treatment options will be particularly helpful for me as I discuss my situation with my doctor.
too much speciific details that make the course difficult to understanding.
The contents seem to start in a more informative than scientific way, but then it is a great course as the weeks go by!
DEBERIA TENER SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL PARA QUE ASI FUERA DE MAS FACIL ACCESO PARA TODOS.
Excellent course material and challenging assignments. Really informative . Five star course !
This course has a high quality, I highly recommend it to any public and especially to medical personal.
As a medical student I find this course pretty easy.
extremely good
As an aging American I have a personal interest in Type 2 Diabetes, and before taking this course have always felt that the information I had access to was too simplistic to be of use to me for understanding the mechanisms of the disease so that I could best optimism my diet and lifestyle to potentially avoid or delay contracting it. Along with alleviating the specific ignorance I just described, this course treated me to a comprehensive overview of the current state and future prospects for the epidemiological, laboratory research, translational medicine, and treatments using novel medicines and stem cell technology. It was beyond perfect for my needs. I am a huge fan of Coursera. ( If anyone is interested in the Gut Microbiome, Recommend another Coursera offering: "Gut Check...")
Interesting, informative
A great course. A complete overview of diabetes.
great course enjoying it is one everyone should join to create awareness about Diabetes and the health benefits of regular exercise
Highly appreciate the info I get from this course.
I loved the SQL lessons in this course. There were lots of examples to practice.
Very useful
The course was very helpful
Great
Good course
Well designed course to understand basic concepts and execute in project.
pretty challenging. Compact delivery.
Awesome content ,very well drafted and explained course content. I am thankful to the coursera team, who has discovered such kind of really good course and specialization.
Had a great experience
It was amazing, I am satisfied with all the knowledges I had acquired. Congratulations to Michael Mannino.
Excellent Lessons taught by Prof. Maninho. Big Thanks.
Great
Thank you for amazing knowledge
This course was very exciting, a little bit difficult, but interesting. Thank Professor
great course
Enjoyed learning about the Rate to Ratio and Cumulative Distribution fuctions
Great course. It helped me to expland my knwoledge in query structure.
Excellent Contents for concepts explained with sample queries and assignments. It is really amazing to go thru all the new concepts within such a short time frame.
Thank you for this well prepared and presented course.the assignment were very useful to test and validate our understanding of the course materials. I also liked the opening question and the answer at the end.
If you have Oracle installed from previous classes, there is very little setup required. If not, give yourself ample time to install/configure it. Assignments take MUCH longer than the quoted 30 minutes.
Yet again, professor Michael Mannino presents a very well prepared course that achieves optimal results in limited time. in this course, he ties everything together from the first two courses and gives good practice with real world requirements.just putting these courses on my CV helped me to get my first job with Data Warehouses. and then i found myself well prepared for the challenges of my new job. THANK YOU!
Nice course, would be nice to have more exercises and more elaborated, but fair enough!
Good course for improving working with SQL in Data Warehouses
This is another very good and useful, hands-on course. I am looking forward to Course 4 in the Specialization.
Excellent Professor and good lesson
I am very disappointed in this specilization/course. I am working as a business analyst in a data warehouse consulting firm, so I was highly motivated to take all the courses! However, lecturer's poor delivery has taked me aback! It is really hard to grasp the information when it has simply been read to you! The lecturer is always reading and it makes me sick (sorry!). Anyway, I would not continue with the courses if nothing changed. In my opinion, if the lecturer respects students and his field of study, he does not READ from the script and lack motivation...
Those courses are very well prepared. The instructor are clear and concise. The practice is super good for self-evaluation prospective.
thanks
I really enjoyed this specialization.
Presenters with deep multiple layers of experience and confidence in their value. Clarity of highlighting specific points for presentations of this length. Obvious each person could spend days speaking about these topics. Thank you.
Most of this course felt inconsequential, unhelpful, and not worth the money. I'd condense some of the commonsense aspects into other sections of the course and eliminate the 20-40 minutes of filler videos.
I took onus with a number of ideas/concepts offered, simply because they are either misrepresentative of SM or untrue. First, the the "prof" who talked about visuals OVERPLAYED the role of visuals online. The Internet began as a text communications vehicle, not a medium to share graphics (etc). The rise of video, images only grew as the technology evolved to allow easy distribution. Words are still key online--are there ANY websites major who do not use words? In fact, for many of the good ones, visuals take a secondary role to the actual written content. Second, the section about joining a community and then faking your way to gaining credibility by posing as a newbie etc--especially by marketers--is highly reviled by many SM communities. As an INFLUENCER who has been approached by many marketers in the past decade "to help them understand something" (etc) I can tell you, we do suss you out quickly and treat you appropriately. We are not here to provide free consulting to make you feel or look competent or knowledgeable (as we would for real members of a community). I contacted a friend who's an influencer in different communities to me, with what your "expert" suggested. He, too, was not happy with what was in this unit. If you want to know why marketers have a bad rep? It's because of bad advice given in webinars like this one. I am so glad I did not pay for this course.
I got a solid foundation in Content Strategy and already see results in my work. The information I learned taking this MOOC helped me to come up with an insightful proposal at work! I am thankful for every minute I spent in this course.
I love this course! They really went in on different content in this one. Definitely recommend to content creators.
I simply love you guys! That explains everything
The project for this course, as with all in the specialization, really emphasized the learning. The peer review did, too.
Nowhere near as useful as the first two courses. The assignment did not feel particularly relevant to the bulk of the course materials.
I didn't like the assignment; it did not make me think of the taught theory, or teach me any kind of practical skill. However, the rest of the course was good.
please open capstone soon
Great and interesting!
This course is good, but I think should it be split in two parts because of density of material presented.
its a good course to enhance our skills
The professor is very good. He explains very complex mathematical concepts very clearly and simply
i like the way of teaching .This subject is very useful to for me .Its related to broad casting side .And how to maintain keying in electronic media to visualize the picture clarity .I appreciate that are using chrome keying . I thankful to you sir .This subject helpful for my further studies . Thank you .
very good course
Extremely great course. For one who has had knowledge about this subject, the still feel a llittle bit hard to understand some mathematical material.And I think we need more homework to comprehend this course
super course Fundamentals of Digital Image and Video Processing
Great course on image and video processing. I learned many interesting techniques that will be very useful in my academic research. The instructor is very knowledgeable, and I'm looking forward to starting other courses with coursera. I highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to understands from the basics to the most modern methods in image and video processing.
Really a great course, with focus on the concepts and mathematics of image processing . More academic type course rather than a hands on one. Less weight given to video processing. I wish there was a bit more programming and practical assignments to accompany this compendium of DSP knowledge .Thanks alot!
Good course, could have provided more examples and more elaboration regarding the fourier transform. Good instructor who is knowledgeable about this field. Might be better to introduce tutorials that go through selected problems step by step. Thanks very much and all the best.
The course has been quite interesting, I have learned many things, which I will certainly apply in my work.thanks.
Self explanatory, good assignments, very helpful
It is a well structured course covering a lot of ground that is certainly worthy of your time. The only aspect that I found could do with some improvement was the practical side: the programming exercises could have been a bit more challenging or rather they may have demonstrated the more advanced or state-of-the art techniques rather than focusing only on the basics. I recommend this course to everyone working with images and video.
Well worth the time. Topics are clearly explained most of the time. I was getting a bit lost in the math towards the very end (last couple of weeks), but even though details were hazy, I think the general concept was conveyed well. The labs could be a bit more insightful for a few of the weeks but were overall good.
It is a very nice course and I learn a lot from it. If there are much more exercises about matlab programming, which can improve our application abilities, I think it would be better.
It's a great course although it'll probably make you go back to math very often but in the end you'll feel so happy because all the parts starts to make sense, I mean, you can understand mostly of what happens behind the scene (in digital video/image processing) and you read books to deepen your knowledge.
Very useful
Great course. Learned some basic as well as most recent knowledge and technologies about image and video processing. The test and programming task using matlab is very suitable for begineers. Professor Aggelos K. Katsaggelos is a good teacher.
Very good course.
gives full understanding of digital image and video processing
Good course, I only recommend to incorporate mini projects per week, ...Thankyou
I work for a software company, and develop image processing software. I think this course covers pretty much a wide range of digital image and video processing field. Assignment are moderate, well solved with lectures and materials only. You would have a comprehensive skills and knowledge you need to get into this field after finishing this course.
I enjoy the intensity and pace of curriculum offered in this course. The materials presented were comprehensive and relevant.
An exceptional course from a world-famous professor. The quality of presentations is of top level, the explanations are crystal clear and the examples are many and relevant. I feel lucky to have been a student of prof. Katsaggelos.
It is a very educative course. I like image processing and really enjoyed the course. The only suggestion that I like to give is to switch speaking pace or pitch time to time to keep the audience listening. It is hard to focus on a voice that does not (or try not to) have up and downs or excitement.
I cannot understand what the teacher says because of the accent, in the first time I thought it's not a problem but actually I was.
The professor gave instructions in a clear and logical way. I benefited greatly from this course.
I would like to study this course. So, It is giving me more knowledge.
The Course is very informative and definitely a good basic course to image and video processing. However, I felt that linking the course modules with python snippets for examples will help the people who work in the related fieds. Thank you.
Tremendous amount of information. Instructor often says "this will become less mathematical from now on!" when in fact it doesn't. Exact literature references are missing for later chapters. Still very useful material.
it must be 5 starts！
Quizes were poorly worded.
Excelent introductory course to the subject of video and image processing, highly recommended!
Quite a good course. I just wished a free programming language being used in place of Matlab.
nice class!
It was great!!
Very nice course I learned new things. Thanks for the Coursera team and community.
I think the teacher should speak more clearly, he has a strong accent, however, the materials and contents in this lessons are pretty good.
This class is far too theoretical and abstract. You only have to get 50% to pass the quizzes, which indicates how difficult it is to understand the material.
Very good overview of theory, specific algorithms, and some practice of application in MATLAB. There's a lot of material to cover and the videos are longer, requiring self-pacing throughout the individual lectures. Some of the weeks are very challenging. Extracurricular study, practice and implementation helped in areas where I had yet to encounter supporting material and/or prerequisites.
Excellent but need more challenging questions both in theory and programming part.
Course lessons are good,informative and easy-to-follow.
This is an excellent course to get to understand the principles of image and video processing. However, this is not a course to take lightl. If your goal is to learn, you'll spend AT LEAST 5-7 hours/week (especially between weeks 5-9) if you want to get all the juice out of it.
A good course, with a tremendous amount of information. I would suggest to split it up to (at least) two courses. Prof. Katsaggelos is very enthusiastic, the summaries in the beginning and in the end are useful. Maybe, it would be helpful for the students to summarize the necessary mathematical knowledge for this course, because this topic is really colorful in mathematical point of view. As a mathematician, I really enjoyed that, but an outsider may not feel the same. All in all, if somebody learns all of the topics, he/she will have a very strong basis in this topic.
Good course!
The only disadvantage which i've noticed in this course, is that the examples shown in the lesson are not correct number-wised,which make a little-bit confusion to the students.for example,the critical and oversampling slides, the shown sampled picture is totally independent to the frequency domain shown beside.
As an amateur in this field, I realy enjoyed the course. It provides broad review of the subject. The mathematical details are not perfected, which caused me disorientation in week 7. Nevertheless, the main principles are very well explained intuitively.
This course material and the way of teaching of guide was awesome. I have learnt a lot from this course. I was newcomer for image and video processing, knowing not much. But finally learnt a lot , Now I am very happy and relaxed
Very complete.
The course has a good content. I wish there was an active participation by the mentors on the discussion forum.
The material is very unclear.
I am a Robotic and Machine Learning Person. I needed to know about the fundamental of Image Processing and Video Processing for some projects that I am working on. And joining this course is really really addressing my needs
Quite allright for an introductory course to image processing! But to really understand the course, one needs to have experience in basic DSP and statistics. Otherwise, many of material won't be as clear.
This is one of the best introductory courses on image processing. The lectures are very good and cover a large variety of topics.The only thing that I didn't like about this course is that the homework problems do not cover all the content. The programming problems should be designed to be more challenging.
It covers all the fundamental knowledge of digital image and video processing
that is awesome course . but , there is not any support from staffs (for example in answering in discussion )
it's a good material and nice professor, but sometimes the material is rather theoretical. Some lessons are very heavy with details and very basic practice excercises. I was missing deeper excercises that cover more of the studied material
Very useful for my research
I was disappointed by the lack of response from teachers to the consultations
MUY BUEN CURSO, SUPER PRACTICO Y SE ENTIENDE YA QUE LA EXPLICACION DE PARTE DE LOS PROFESORES
Muy buen pensum me gusto mucho
It is a good introductory course. It can be included an application project to practice the concepts learned, in order to improve this course.
the best
An useful and amusing intro to Arduino
Very good course with people that seems to love to teach this subject.
Great course, congrats.
i´m learnng a lot, and in my own way.Gracias Coursera.
This is one of the best courses which you can approach to understanding Russian economics, particularly its contemporary challenges and also a bridge to know the transition era!
A very well structured course. It was a real occasion to develop and increase my personal historical and economical skills. Not only about Russia but also compare to other countries. The internal informations about Russia were really precise and it was easy to understand that researches behind were really strong.Thank you.
Thanks for this very innovative approach to understand Russian economy from an historical point of view. If you're interested in International Relations and Geopolitics of Russia this course is definitely well-made for you !
Poor delivery, very hard to listen. Lector uses too many buzz words like "em", "am". This is not a live lecture so it could be worth practicing and recording a clean quality speech. For example, lectures from the week 2 are unbearable to listen.
It is too simplified to get a real view of the 90's economic situation , especially the 91-93 years.To talk about transition between A and C , better to talk about A and not only about B and C.It is an useful course for general knowledge of Russia , it as a start , for more accurate analyses I could advise this ( in russian) :https://openuni.io/course/2/and thathttps://openuni.io/course/3/
Very interesting course. I have significant insights from it.
i liked a lot but im still to learning
So great course!
This course is just AMAZING! I am a composer and I found myself astonished of how much I was lacking, yet, the quizzes translations, man, are so bad, must of the time those where "Straight trough" translations that are complete meaningless on Spanish, it's like they simply used Google translate. You might think "it is not THAT bad", well there are sections that ask you to determine stability based on the length of the line... good luck with that (Spanish usually takes more words to write the same idea)
Its really helpful to learn such course from coursers. Amazing experience :)
I have learned so much. I hope I can help some kids around here. Many thanks for teaching us, you both are great.
It's an excellent way to help our students and to improve our teaching and learning skills.
This course provides a good overview of the topic.
Wonderful course for teachers to help children facing reading difficulties.
Found this course very useful as a teacher.
An exceptional course with extremely well thought out information and cleverly laid out modules that guide you through the complex information.
This course was very helpful to me as a teacher. I can identify a child with dyslexia and help him\her in reading and writing. I am also very grateful to Vincent and Jenny (our facilitators) for motivating the participants for their active involvement. I want to know the way to get the certificate for the course done. Your help on the above will be highly appreciated.RegardsMuskan
This course is wonderful. I have 3 kids with dyslexia. I am learning so much about characteristics, additional difficulties and strategies to support them. I recommend this class to everyone. Make sure you have a notebook you will have a ton of notes. Best Coursera course I have taken as far as information goes.
Excellent course, very well structured, explained and with loads of practical and useful tips.
Amazing course! Clear, structured presentation of material.
it was difficult but when you have decided this is what you need to boost your career, than no matter what you will go through it.
I really learnt an incredible amount from Jenny and Vincent! I will review the videos from time to time and use them to help me improve what I do.
I am a tutor working with special children, I find it easy when i adapt with the child in his way always reminding him that he is capable of doing things, not fast and rashly, but slow and smartly. i keep boosting them to read aloud sound the words and put them down I have found it easier to cope with their studies by translating in the medium they know best , repetitive reading,, selecting key words and putting them down in writing. I have learnt a lot from this course and yes the professors were awesome in their lectures. it has bettered my way of approach to assessing them.
This was one of my first online courses. I admit that I was little nervous at first when faced with Peer Reviews, Uploading documents, and facing deadlines, but I found it all to be quite beginner friendly! I was also happy to realize that many of the suggested methods of teaching were already being used by teachers in the school where I work. Second Semester begins on Tuesday, I am ready to 'hit the ground running'!
thank you for this amazing course
The course presents you with clear and structured information and guidance about supporting students facing specific types of learning difficulties. The quizzes are a good way to identify knowledge gaps and prompted me to seek clarification.
A very straight-forward course for those who want to know how to help Dyslexic children in a short time.
Lots of information packed in this course. I benefited a lot by doing this course. Thank you for putting together such a wonderful course.
I definitely loved this course. It is the most informative course I have ever attended. Great ideas, hard work, difficult assignments;) .. everything was taken so serious and to be honest I sometimes felt bein nervous of not being able to pass it so easily.I love the way both lecturers provide the informative lectures. It has greatly influenced my daily practice whhile working with children at risk of Dyslexia.Wish you the bests.
It is an excellent course for parents and teachers who support dyslexic children!
As a not native English teacher I encourage you to get into this course. Is extremely complex and accurate. GOOD sources and research material. Excellent educators as well!!!
This was a challenging course that provided helpful information. Well worth the time and effort.
Very helpful every teacher should try it !
Very helpful and informative course. I love it!
A must for anybody involved with education. Highly recommended for parents also.
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Absolutely wonderful overview of how to support poor readers or dyslexics. Great for teachers and parents who want to learn the nuts and bolts of dyslexia in order to help their students/children read. Especially loved the book on how the brain learns to read! Easy to understand and tremendously interesting.
Extremely useful and inspiring course. Thank you Jenny and Vincent for chance to peep into learner's head. I hope I will help my students to master English.
A wonderful, well organized, and very informative course. Dr. Jenny and Dr. Vincent have presented the course in a very simple and engaging manner. There are plenty of demonstrations that are very helpful.
I loved this course! It held my interest and I found that the information was delivered in a well structured manner with additional reading links and supporting documentation provided.
Really enjoyed the course. The materials were very well presented and well paced.
I found this course extremely helpful. I was able to build on my existing knowledge and feel more confident in talking to the teachers and parents regarding my students who are facing difficulties in literacy and in particular reading.
Thanks a lot! I do learn a lot from this course, and I'm sure will take more lessons like this.
It was very helpful to take this course as it gave me an insight to understand and look closely at the indications which will guide me in the future to deal with children who are normally labelled as 'slow', 'not focused', 'has lack of concentration' etc. The course gives a detailed understanding towards the psychological aspects and directs teachers to engage and encourage such children.I sure feel more equipped to handle such scenarios in the future. Would appreciate if more videos of real classroom training can be added! All the best!
Excellent structure, resources, information, use of research
Informative and intensive course.
I did this course as a parent of a dyslexic child. I thought it was brilliant and I made pages and pages of notes. It is well organised, engaging, and informative. I really liked the two presenters as well. They both seemed passionate about the topic and modeled good teaching in their explanations and advice. That said, I thought the assessment part of the course simply didn't work. It was far too narrow for anyone besides primary teachers and therefore excluded those who might be doing the course for other reasons. It doesn't matter to me, I don't need the certificate and I got a lot out of the course but for others it would be frustrating, I imagine. The quizzes too, for the most part, were a disaster. They were poorly written, confusing, and dishearteningly obscure. Otherwise, I loved this course and hope you will offer a follow up soon.
Really Informative. Information clear, functional and well delivered. Thank you!
superb!!! Perfect strategies to learning and preparation to test.
I am not a praticioner in this field but this course has allowed me to become fluent in the main theoretical framework and the issues concerning dyslexia. It has been very interesting!
Done it and got the certificate. I love this. This course will definately help me with job.
Very imformative
I really found this course really interesting and helpful for my career.
Just the best.Ana R. Pelayo.
Lo mejor... the best!
I understood the topic very well.
Interesting and useful to a degree, but I was looking for something a little more challenging. In addition, the quizzes were far too easy.
Excellent explanations, simple and accuracy. Both teachers are very qualified.
I would recommend this course to all educators since it has already helped me a lot
This course has been really helpful in forming my views in many arena especially dyslexia of course.a Big Thank You for reforming my views.
I found this course to be extremely informative, filled with the latest research findings and recommendations to assist those working with dyslexic learners to improve reading comprehension and writing. I have a better understanding of dyslexia, exspecially the psychological and neurological aspects. I have learned how the English language has evolved (opaque) and the challenges this presents to those with dyslexia. This course if filled with suggestions on how to make a learning environment more inclusive for those with dyslexia, incorporating multisensory teaching methods and explanations of the different learning styles, including planning to adjust to working memory capacity of learner. I highly recommend this course- don't miss it!
challenging but so worth it and learned so much!
A very informative, comprehensive course.
I haven't quite completed this course yet (the end is in sight!) but I want to report how challenging and worthwhile it has been. I have had a lot of my questions answered and I am inspired to read and review the content again as I am sure I will understand a lot more. Thank you.
Excellent course for beginners and specialists alike. I have worked with students with learning difficulties for over 8 years and still found the information presented in this course to be up to date, practical and very informative. The tutors, Vincent and Jenny, are extremely prepared and knowledgeable. They make the information easily accessible and relevant for those who work with students with difficulties. The course staff is quick to respond to any queries. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in specialist work or supporting students.
This course gave me a great insight into how the mind of my dyslexic son works and good hints to help him succeed in the classroom.
This is an excellent course for teachers who want to better understand and support children with reading difficulties. The content of the course encompasses all of the main aspects of concern and the references to the research provides a springboard to further study in this area. Many thanks to Jenny and Vincent for making this course informative and interesting.
Not very well put together. It marked some answers as wrong that were actually correct.
This is a very nice overview of the research behind dyslexia. I would have liked additional teaching suggestions, rather than having the class be primarily about research and screening.
THIS COURSE IS ONE OF THE BEST COURSES I HAVE EVER DONE ONLINE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL COURSE
very informative, research oriented. it includes multiple perspectives.enjoying it!
A very very helpful course that gives practical solutions in a classroom and school-wide setting. It was structured well and easy to follow. If I had one comment, it would be that some of the quizzes did not line up with the course so well (you had to study ahead to answer questions). Other than this, really worth the amount of time spent studying!
As a teacher, I found this course to be most helpful. Especially because as I got the to section on co-morbidities, one of my own students was diagnosed with Discalculia and had I not been doing this course I would have had a very limitdd understanding with which to guide the child's parents, as well as assist the child herself.
This is the best course I've ever done on Coursera. It's not just watching some videos, but actually studying the topic and getting challenged. I'm taking so much away for my work. Thanks a lot for all this enthusiasm and professionalism!
This course is very important and useful. I learnt a lot for my future experience.Thanks a lot for coursera! !!
Excellent! Incredibly rich lectures, knowledgeable staff/instructors and great resources provided. I learned a great deal from participants as well in the discussion forum from students all over the world. Thank you so much for providing this opportunity.
i gain a lot of knowledge! it is well organized and the teacher are experts!!
Excellent course very informative would recommend to teachers and parents.
I am just halfway on this course but I'm already learning a lot of things. I am becoming more aware about all the factors and interventions that a child diagnosed with dyslexia needs.A big thanks to all the persons who enable this free online course. It is very helpful and convenient to study.
It's interesting,,,
In my view this course is well structured and it focuses on business topics. I highly recomend do it. I'm an spanish native speaker and in my opinion with B1/B2 level you can follow it without any problem
the course content was good to improve business writing
Very well explained and easy to follow.Learnt a lot from this course
Thank you
I am very happy that courses like this are now online.I thank Coursera team to facilitate the course.
very good course
It was the worse experience I have so far on Coursera Platform; the course itself was sloppy and with nearly zero content. The instructors spent too much time telling you what you will learn and talking too slowly as if wanting to fill in the gaps than actually having some worthy material prepared for all the "pupils" out there, who gave their time, effort, and commitment. Pity really.
Good course. Excelent material but the girl of the videos speaks too low, always need to put the volume at the maximum and somethimes also in that way I hardly can listen to her.
i think i need more time to finish this curse
very useful especially for non-native speakers.
This course made a big difference in my writing skill.
I find the videos are overly formal and traditional in their rhetorical style. But the course' main contents and Practices are still relevant.
I cannot say much about the content, as I`m not a native speaker and can`t really decide about the quality of the language used.I really appreciate that we have the possibility to join online-classes but this courses made me have mixed feelings.1) I missed a proper Introduction - even tho Week 1 had a brief Introduction, I felt from the beginning like I was thrown in thr middle of a class starting somehwere2) The animated clips are quite nice, but the power point presentations were really old-fashioned. I think it might look more professional if there`d be a modern design as well.3) The teachers are quite difficult to rate. But I actually felt like in point one, even tho I was listening and understand what they were talking about, I didn`t felt related to any certain situation or example. Again, I felt like joining a class in the middle of the course.4) Writing some words big, some words small. In Titles/Headlines I understand that, but why do they write words like "Negative or Highly Sensitive" big within a text or in another text "negative or highly sensitive" ? There are no things like nouns in english most of the times, so why? That doesn`t look really professional to me.5) Lessons mentioned that didn`t seem to happen, like in week 2 or week 3 they referred to a previous lesson which never happend?6) Paying for the Quiz. I understand I joined the free audit and I`m really thankful to have access to all the material. But reviewing a quiz without paying would be useful even for people who don`t pay. As I`d love to know which things I did correct or which words I could use instead.
Great course! Extremely useful material and interesting tasks. Highly recommended to those who learn English!
the outline of this program seems good
Thank you for giving me excellent information on digital manufacturing. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you The State University of New York and Coursera.
Superb Course and overall a great experience.
The methodology taught was awesome. I, being an Indian benefited a lot, truly. It was another platform to interact globally.
It is extremely contemporary and a very useful course!
I really enjoyed this course. Be prepared though that some of the assignments take substantial time to prepare, interviewing others. Don't just assume that each 'week' in the course plan will take you a week to complete. It would be useful to have a bit of warning up front in the course overview about which weeks have assignments that require more time.
What a great class! Thank you very much for all your work on this. It was a great learning experience.
doesn't show the videos.
I discovered a lot with this course, it made me understand a lot of things.
If you enter fully into the course and participate with gusto, you will learn and grow as a leader.
The ideas presented in the course are interesting, relevant, and impactful. I wish the course was a little less conversational; however, I thought it was valuable and sparked new ideas, thoughts, and behaviors.
I found this course intensely thought-provoking. I wish to revisit it again just to reflect over the conversations that were part of the active learning assessments. It helped me rethink the methods that I used as part of coaching conversations with my clients and mentees. The course has inspired me to strongly reconsider my social identity group and evaluate the relationship with my inner circle of partners and friends.
Very useful
This course is very very helpful. Simply just loved it.
Simply awesome!
This is a lot of work a lot of reading but what a great product ! Emotional Intelligence has been basterdized on the web and in some books, thanks to the team, this course re position where EI should be : Neuroscience. Thanks to the teamMA Bouchard, Quebec , Canada
A very nice course for self improvement.
I have learned a lot and I hope to be able to apply it, helping a lot of people.
One of the best course of my entire life. You will find yourself in a theraphy which will make you return for further investigations in the fields of EI, empathy, mindfulness and ideal self besides many other subjects.
This course requires that you already are a manager or are in a position very similar to a manager. More importantly, this course is filled with "neuro-babble". The fact that the hoax (by now debunked) of the "positivity ratio" and the "attractors of happiness" are still in the course and presented as fact is a big red flag. Not recommended.
Great theoretical approach to obtain leadership skills is described here, though a little bit more visualized info (those academic case studies in PDF are really difficult for comrehension) could make this course much more effective in terms of knowledge acquisition and accessible for wider audience
I thought the recorded lectures, the reading and the assignments were well designed and really helped me to get a lot out of the course. The tone and pace of the lectures was great and even though they are recorded, it felt almost as though Richard Boyatzis was lecturing live. The frequent reflections and assignments really helped to build a good foundation of understanding of inspiring leadership.
Very useful course for my self development
I thoroughly enjoyed this course as I am keenly interested in neuroscience and how it impacts behavior. Furthermore, I have always been interested in OD. Wish I could study further with the instructors.
Good content. Impressive style of teaching. Thanks for such wonderful and valuable course
Very interesting
I love this course..I highly recommend this course to people who are interested in Organizational Psychology.
thanks all of you, you changed my thinking , i never believe that emotion can have this important and grate impact on others
I enjoyed this course and thought the material was interesting and well-presented. I gave it four stars instead of 5 partly because so many of the exercises were geared to people who were in a traditional work environment and since I am currently in transition and trying to figure out my next career move, the exercises were not as readily applicable to me. I did all of them and tried to make them relevant to where I am in my life. I plan to continue with this series so I hope the remaining 3 courses are somewhat adaptable to my situation as well. I did think the instructor of this course seemed to have a real passion and joy for the subject and for life in general, so he was a good ambassador for the message of the course. Thank you! Feby Shen
Exceptionally brilliant
The exercises are not very interesting. The exercises initially focusses on identifying a leader who we have worked with but It should also focus on how am I as a leader, what is my level of emotional intelligence, how do I scale up basis some test etc. I lost interest in the course because it was more about seeing some one else as a leader than myself.There is a lot of research into the course yet it is too theoretical & not put in precise & interesting manner. The module needs to be shorter.
Outstanding Course..
Really great; I learned a ton! I especially appreciated the neuroscience data that backs up the overall philosophy/theories. Prof. Boyatzis is really really great. His lectures are very engaging and never too long. I was able to fit this course into my busy schedule, and I took away a lot of relevant knowledge as well as new skills, both of which I used in my work immediately and still 6 months later.
One of the best courses I've ever taken on Emotional Intelligence. I can't believe how good this professor can teach!
Incredible course
one of the best course I did! if everyone at work could do this course it would be a way better place to work!!!
brilliant course. excellent teaching and content.
Instructors took to long to get to the point half-way through the course.
Amazing content, well presented, and very applicable to anyone who leads people. So much of what was covered resonated at a deep level for me. I return to this course again and again for inspiration, and I share and recommend it with many other friends and colleagues.
very good course for all managers
Great course!
Great, great course - extremely uplifting and thought provoking
Amazing track and outstanding facilitator
This is a great course where leaders can learn what it means to be emotionally attuned to their people in organizations.
Incredible material, readings and asigments.
Great Framework. Love to see more interview videos of people sharing their experiences of using the framework in their lives.
Richard Boyatzis is super! Each word is a brilliant.. Vary useful
Really excellent! Gave me a new model for thinking about how to think about and apply emotional intelligence.
Excellent teacher!
I think this course was excellent! Definitely more of a workload than I anticipated, but the information was excellent. I would have just preferred more notice about the assignment as I had to rush mine at the end!
Anything with Boyatzis in it is an incredibly valuable course! Love the way he explains the neuroscience of emotion, motivation, and group work. I use this so frequently working with young people and staff teams.
I liked it. It was an excellent course about my life's strengths.
This course is very complete, the readings are understandable and also the classes. It does require some more time comparing to other courses, but it's definitely worth it. I've learned so much i can't even believe it.The only thing i'd maybe change is in one of the modules (week 5) it's kind of confusing how to submit the results of a review of some essays. that's it.
An interesting and inspirational course on an important topic - how to build sound and resonant relationships with the people around you.
This course opened my eyes to many issues. It's really my first course in what I'd call, economics.
Great subject, (more than) perfect teacher !
I very much enjoyed this course. However the tests at the end of each week were not always absolute answers. In many cases several answers could be considered as corect depending on political views.
The course was very interesting. The content was well explained, and the examples were very well done
A must do course for beginners who are interested to understand the underlying considerations behind formulating economic and redistribution policies of countries.
This course was AMAZING, very interesting and useful for professional and non-professionals people. Plus, the Professor Yoram Y. Margalioth make it so EASY and ENJOYABLE to understand thoroughly a complex issue.
Great course. Adds some good depth to how and why policies may be introduced.
From the fundamental basis of economic to applications to real life examples, best course ever!
Very useful until now
Very nice course. Specially, the art of teaching by the professor is one of the most significant attraction. Thank you Coursera & Tel Aviv University for this course.
Great course - even for someone who is a novice in the subject, the Professor presents the fundamentals in a clear, simple and concise manner. I had thought before doing the course that it would involve plenty of mathematical formulae and statistics, but such was not the case, elementary mathematical knowledge of high school level would suffice. Anyone who needs to know basics of how a welfare state should or should not operate, ought to do this course.
Great, thanks
Such a great teacher! Everything explained very clearly.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was very informative. I would like to see more up-to-date data incorporated (I did this course in 2017 and the data used was current to 2013). The videos were clear and easy to follow and understand and the recommended reading materials were appropriate to the subject areas.
Good beginner course. A bit easy at times but informative and well taught.
Very informative course.
I like this course very much, it is simple but very illustrative.
This course is simple and informative. After learning this course one can go and speak about Energy in general, take part in discussion, and expand his further understanding.Thanks for providing this course-ware!
Needs to be updated. Also correct some errors.
I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot about the energy industry and issues facing the US based on energy resources. I have taken another course that involved writing reports, rather than just quizzes. I think that a more in-depth assessment for the course might improve it slightly.
The instructor rambled on when back on forth on topics and numbers too much and made the videos much longer than they needed to be. Some of the information is badly outdated like the electric vehicle driving range and hybrid vehicles only able to drive a mile with ou
Very Informative and exceptional course on understanding US energy scenario
I learned lot many things related with energy scenerion. Overall this course is good.
It was a good course in spite the fact that it was all about the situation of energy in us.Very goodTHanks
It was really a brilliant experience taking this course shared by coursera and Georgia Tech University. I learned so many new things about the energy sector like renewable energy sources, present energy scenario and efeective utilisation of energy sources. Everyone should go through this course for having a sound understanding of energy conversion and utilisation because as the name suggest it really presents the big picture of energy.
Got to learn many new things. I would recommend this as a must for an aspiring energy engineer.
it could be a little more challenging to pass the course, like a work group
It is a great course about a big picture of energy.
A good introductory course which provides a general overview of the the US Energy System. The delivery is clear and succinct.Could be expanded to cover the global energy system.
Good introductory course on energy. The data shown is 3 years old (2012-2013) but the trend analysis presented holds good for a long time. Professor is very practical minded. I gave it a 4 star because more coverage required on Nuclear Power.
The course material as presented appears to be at least four years old. History has proven many of Professor Shelton's conclusions to be wrong. Having Professor Shelton read his powerpoint slides is a very dull way to convey information. I expected more from Georgia Tech.
Very good course and complete... Best Regards,
Broken links for texts, typos, not updated data. I would like to find a course on global energy that I could start any day, like this one.
Not very motivating way of talking about the topic. Also it's getting old. He's lecture is sometimes colored like a stereotypical Texan. His extrapolations as flawed as those of the EIA. (Which by now can be seen with hindsight)
The course is a study case for the US. It would have been more interesting if it had presented an worldwide overview. Still, great job!
Under the time constraint, its a good summary!
A great course! I definitely recommend taking it to whoever is concerned about energy independence and climate change. Professor Shelton gives a solid overview of the facts that one needs to know to better compare current technologies and the emerg
Great course for getting a basic overview of energy worldwide. Highly recommended as a starting point and then focusing in the field you want to specialize. :)
Excellent course presented by Dr. Shelton, who provided the facts and the energy situation on 2013. For me was very informative and I am hoping that he can have the time and opportunity to present an updated course with the current energy market situation.
it's a good course actually for overview about energy but not for specialization
Excellent course! Dr. Shelton is an excellent instructor and the content is very insightful.
The material is very interesting and relevant; however very quickly outdated in this area. There are a few mistakes here and there in the lectures and the quizzes.
Information needs be updated especially with the changes just made in France 2015. It was a little slow and quizzes were often frustrating due to questions and answers not matching up, or info was not given in the lecture. Overall, since it was 101 and basic, I enjoyed learning the new information.
A short course providing the big picture of US energy. I enjoyed taking the course as it provided background information in all the main fields - technology, physics and economics. The course would be even more enjoyable if it concentrated less on US and more on the world at large.
Course material providing out-dated concepts. Argumentation throughout the course is shallow, many of the the current arguments are not mentioned - from both sides of the energy lobby (fossil & renewables).
what in Stalin's name is "tail that wags the dog"?
it is an excellent course for beginners.
In all it's a good course to know some basics, but the data and some of the informations are out of date. It seems most datas are from late 2012 early 2013, things have changed.
Thanks, Dr. Shelton, for this comprehensive
Really not good. I am trying to find out how to un enroll
Good course, but be aware of the 101 part. One of the minuses is that a lot of information provided in the course is about US (to be honest i expected more world related data) and the professor is not that emotional / interesting (sometimes monotoneous).
I like this course. It is my first full course on Coursera!!!
Very basic info suited for highschool students. Many errors in transcripts that you will just have to slog through.
Inaccuracies and low level of engagement.
Good info, but a bit outdated and dull.
Good if you want to fall asleep. The content is probably interesting, but they would have some use of advice from the entertaining industry.
Great class. At times I was lost, when he talked about alternative
It's great course. Give you broader picture of energy world. I would like to have a follow up course with focus on solar and wind energy.
Very good overview of US Energy and how the facts should shape policy
Great information for anyone who is not knowledgeable in Energy and P
Very practical.Sam, the lecturer is a likeable chap.
Teaches a lot of the basics but all the numbers are outdated (from 2013)there is minimal use of this being a video course.
This course is great! It is truly a perfect introduction to how the world acquires its energy sources and how the real impacts, social, economic and environmental, affect us.
The course content is very well organized. Every aspect of the topic has been covered with emphasis on the important factors.
Covers a lot of ground, but the quizzes don't always line up with the material, the prof speaks painfully slow (needed to speed it up) and the info is getting dated.
I'm unimpressed with the quality of the material and uninspired by the professor's video presentations. Out of the dozen or more courses here that I have taken, this one ranks at the bottom. I'm not going to disenroll at this time, but I have lost interest without even progressing beyond the first week. Maybe if I get inspired later, I will try again.
Fantastic course. Very eye opening. Some of the lies that are created from miscommunication from other agencies. When you dig into the weeds and it's presented the way it was in this course, it was very enlightening. I don't think people realize how much energy or a carbon foot print that they create in their day to day lives. Thank you.
It is a comprehensive course presented form a good expert in the field. The course added to my knowledge
First of all, thank you for the course, as it enables students to get a bit more up-to-date and knowledgeable in the topic.On the other hand, unfortunately it's not worth one's time as it didn't deliver very good quality, nor on its promise regarding "The Big Picture".Pros:Easy to understand.Self-paced.Objectivity and positive overall message.Cons:Overall quality and clarity of the lectures is not very good. Lectures are a bit hard to follow, not because of the complexity of the topic, but because of some controversial and outdated data, and the speaking and presentation style of the lecturer.Assignments contain too many trivial questions, but also some mistakes which makes some questions impossible to answer correctly, based on the lectures, or at all.No staff engagement or feedback on the forums, which is especially problematic regarding to aforementioned mistakes.The title and description of the course don't inform students that it is completely US-centric, and mostly concentrating on petroleum/oil. So along with a lot of important topics, "The Big Picture" is missing.
Excellent non-biased course, I reviewed it on my tablet and now going back through it again on my desktop!
great information
So far, the course is quite interesting. Also, since I am a 1968 graduate of Georgia Tech in Mechanical Engineering (now retired), I am very pleased to reconnect with Georgia Tech through this course. I worked in the Canadian nuclear industry (nuclear power plant design and supply) during my working career, so a course about the various forms of energy is of great interest to me.
Uncomparable. This course is worth 1000$$ atleast.
Got good understanding about energy demand, supply and its independence.Good content and lecture.
This is SO out of date that half of the information is irrelevant
Great and useful information.
Very interesting Course. I really enjoyed it. I learned not only traditional sources of energy (oil. gas, coal), but also got wise to alternative sources of energy (their future perspectives). Also it was interesting to hear about energy supply from economic point of view.
It is an exciting course available to us; It opens our mind about how difficult it is to change energy resources to renewable ones. I feel enthusiast, we will achieve together our goal .... a better world for everyone not only US population?! but all world population.
is not just a survey about energy and sustainabilityExcellent course!
The gives a deeper understanding of managing diversity and inclusion
I refreshed economical knowledges and found something new. Thanks a lot to Mr.Kim for high professional teaching and funny time. Everybody will get benefits for life who will have complete this course. Good luck! ;)
I have learned a lot from this course regarding economics.
That is a truly great course for beginners like myself. Easy to understand explanations, real life example and a wonderful instructor. Recommend! Thank you, Mr. Kim!
This is a very nice, introductory course about software based investing. The programming part is not very demanding if you already know the basics of Python and libraries like NumPy and Pandas. Even if you don't know much about them, there is still enough time to catch up during the course. There are also some good pieces about stock trading (the more general contents are presented in the first two modules) and how stock markets work. The techniques shown to perform automatic trading are very basic –I assume this is to be completed by another course that will dig deeper into that topic.All in all, I really recommend to take this course if you have some interests in stock markets and programming: you will have fun with it and lear something in the meantime.
the tutorials are outdated. I could not install all the software needed to complete the course nor do I understand what they are used for... too bad. looks like a great course
Good introduction, QSTK not an optimal tool and many of the things were a tad too general. Technical analysis as a whole is a bit sketchy subject but this course gives a good intro to it.
Interesting and useful, with an accent on the practical exercises. It will test your Python programming skills, with application on the stock analysis and trading back-testing.
I liked the practice with Python. However, some of the code was outdated and didn't work properly. The course is abandoned. No one reacts on the forum any more.The instructor occasional made mistakes or was repetitive. Sometimes I wondered if Tucker was really knowledgeable about the domain that he tried to teach in this course.I'd only recommend this course if want to learn about CAPM, Sharpe ratio, and 'event profiling'.
great introductory level course on using python to study stock.
I liked the course. I learned useful information from it. My only disappointmet was with qstk which might have some bugs when trying to run the event profiler
The course content is not up to date. The course software tools updated 3 years ago, and the second part of the course does not cover in the same depth the topics it aims to cover.
Very superficial and too few insights. Could have been delivered in 1 hour. Probably ok for people with no knowledge at all in IT or Finance
Super Coaching!!
Good introduction to Pandas. Interesting information, but not that information dense compared to other courses. Musical intros and outros on videos waste too much time. Too many "ums" and "ahs". Later assignments can be hard to get exactly right due to bugs in QSTK and also uncertainty around event counts. Would have liked to be able to discuss work-in-progress code more, but understand that it's tough to manage cheating in an online course.
Just great
Very good intro course. Highly recommended!
An excellent introduction to the subject for the computing professional. I learned enough basic concepts of investing and fund management to be able to navigate about the literature and I got some good practice in Python, in particular Pandas. I got my hands dirty and now I think that I can throw a passable trading system and this is what I wanted from the course. It is only to be hoped that Part II of the series will be offered sometime in the future or that at least a reading list for this course would be made available.
interesting topic, but teaching is not so attractive.
very helpful
The Course is good which gives an overview and good introduction to the field to Algorthmic trading. However the course exercises are very easy, but on the otherside it gives oppurtunity to every learner to complete the course
Great 'hands-on' approach! I've learned so much! Thank you, Tucker!
I really like the wider range of topics covered in the course.Theory and practice are very well balanced.Thanks a lot Tucher!
good course but course material was too easy ... it should be more rigorous
The course material was interesting, but the TOTAL lack of support forces me to give it only one star. I left the following complaint in the general forum for this course 2 months ago. Neither Coursera, the instructor or any moderator ever responded. Many people were not able to run the software supplied in the course because of bugs, but the solution was left to the student. I have taken good courses on line before, but this is not one of them.It seems that the Dr. Tucker Balch and/or the moderators have totally abandoned this course, but Coursera keeps offering it and collecting money.The neither instructor or nor the moderators have posted on the Meet and Greet Forum.The instructor and/or moderators have ANSWERED NO QUESTIONS posted on ANY forum.The QSTK (software) BUGS have NOT BEEN ADDRESSED by the instructor or the moderators. Only students have answered these forum questions."Computational Investing Part II is coming shortly." That is what they said 3 years ago. Further evidence of abandonment.
I think the approach of the course, whereby the participant are forced to start writing algorithm and rather than the same being spoon fed to them, was very fruitful.
Terrible. Nobody seems to monitor the forum. No response to questions posted.I want to rate zero but there is no such option available.
I give this 4 out of 5 stars mostly due to some technical video/audio issues with the material and its presentation and editing. Also, there didn't seem to be anyone moderating and only a few other people taking the class so not enough forum discussions to help us out. Additionally, I'm also disappointed there isn't a part II that continues into ML approaches to the subject. Finally, I think a bit more rigor and theory could be introduced into the videos before just pointing to the accompanying textbooks. But I understand the tradeoffs. Looking forward to part II (please Dr. Balch!)
Nice introductory course. I thought Prof Balch was a interesting and engaging prof. The assignments were well thought out. Here are some tips: I would not recommend this course without a grasp of python. The more Python you know, the easier it will be. Next, and more importantly, spend time learning Pandas. Pandas is extraordinary, for timeseries data. You will save a tremendous amount of time as you get deeper into this subject if you have a grasp on Pandas. Read the professors text. It is compact and to the point. Expect that you will get more out of this course the harder you work. So, try your own experiments, read the recommended texts. Think of Prof Balch as more of a tour guide and it is up to you to go explore on your own.
Very effective overview of quant methods. Gives us a good foundation for digging deeper in the recommended texts. It even has a theme song!
I think the course is really missing some key parts.
I like Mr Balch but to be honest I learned next to nothing. Maybe this is a good course for somebody who has no background in finance. As for myself I felt that I was wasting time and money. The book associated with this course was just like the course itself: shallow and doesn't go in any depth to explain the matter fully and rigorously. If you want to know WHAT computational investing is, you can take this class. Googling a bit will have roughly the same effect, though. If you want to learn how to actually DO computational investing, do not take this course - its just not serious enough.As the name of this course implies, you probably expected to find part II somewhere, which was promised to be a course about using machine learning in investing. 3 or 4 years after part I went live, part II is still missing and probably will never come out.The software used in this course, QSTK, is buggy and has been so for 3+ years. Its not maintained by anyone, and the people taking this course had to find ways to overcome QSTK bugs to be able to complete their assignments.And lastly: the exercises. There are none. All you get is a lame quiz for every week which basically asks to change some variables in the scripts provided. I did some coding for week 3 but that was it. No coding practice after that.
great course. I am a software developer in this field and this helped me understand
Excellent! The professor and the teory is excellent, all the material is clear and good.
Although this course holds quite a lot of information, it is quite slow in the way the information is transmitted and unfortunately, the presenter did not 'made homework' in terms of preparing what to say. In addition to the lagging of 'so, anyways, uhmm...' or just silence, many of the videos are also quite low in quality - especially sound due to bad microphone.Overall the information was interesting and useful, and I'm looking for Part II.
Very interesting course, especially the homeworks on python. I learned a lot from these homeworks in programming with python. The only inconvenience was the software QSTK w
I wish the course covered machine learning. Looking forward for part II
I can't even access the site.
The perfect mix for those with background in computing and interest in financial markets. A starting point for a whole life hobby or even professional career.
Well balanced course with easy comprehension.
Coming from a programming background with an interest in finance/investing, I found this course really helpful.
The code teacher used is out of maintenance, students have to spend a lot of unnecessary time fix it. Even I have purchase it and finished week 1-3, I still chose to drop out. Not great learning experience. :(
Best course for beginners! Very much informative and practical.
course is pretty good and everything is very simply explained but i gave 4 stars only because many things was repeated so many times that it was sometimes soo boring and i thought we will compute in python more.
Simply Awesome, Great Teacher. (y)
I'm glad to find this course in coursera. I'm a Computer Science student. I searched for many website and tutorials to understand how stock market works and how to analyze and predict stock value using computer. Oh god! I could not get clear way and it seemed lot of hard work needed. But this course gave me a clear road map to analyze stock market using computer, especially using programming. I love this part. Thanks Mr. Tucker Balch for offering wondeful course.
highly recommanded
Listening to Tucker Balch talk is a pain. He keeps repeating himself... Not much content in the latter half of the course
Very good material.
I enjoyed this course. The content was good and the assignments challenging. The presenter was OK but he seemed a little unprepared at times. I think the course is a little dated in that the strategies taught simply don't work anymore, but as an introduction to some techniques and considerations for technical analysis then I recommend it.I also recommend that anyone considering this course without a strong python background takes some time to learn how to use Pandas - it will make your life much easier!
Good introductory course.
I have learned a lot, thank you for the course !
It worth every minute... Take a look you'll like too.
It provide a basic framework for stock investment analyze
Simply love it! Thank you very much professor Bulch.
I'm really enjoying this course. Challenging application of lecture material to actual working Python code. You should be well versed in Python and programming in general before undertaking this course. Otherwise, the challenge is nicely balanced and quite attainable for a wide range of audiences.
I enjoy the Prof style to explain complex concept in a simple mode!
Excellent course! I learned exactly what I wanted to learn.
Some of the data that gets pulled in from the QSTK package is missing for the exercises. It takes a bit of work around to get to the final data set.
Extremely interesting and challenging. Looking forward to part II.
Easy to understand. Homework is somewhat challenging and the contents are very useful for novice.
I truly have learned a lot from the first week.
challenging course with lots of practice
GOOD:topicsBAD:presentation (poor sound, unprepared and unrehearsed presentations, long intro's, unjustified use of greenscrenns, etc)shallow with regards to the theoretical aspects of what it is presentedassignments are mechanical (easier than the tutorial and you have to perform the same tasks for different constants for several times)
Incorrect formulas. Very simplistic approach to subject matter
damn great course!!! I've been looking this topic for long. Really nice.
Really great course! The professor is very knowledgable and the lectures are informative. Would like to see other courses by the professor!
great course
great, curious about part II
One of the best automatic investing courses. Must attend for everyone who wants to build trading robot or interested in investments
Excellent real business cases and the course stays interesting all the time.
Excellent teacher and course.Congratulations!
It is an excellente course! The idea of inviting entrepeuners is a fantastic resource for those who want launch your own business.
The best couse that I did
Amazing course, I have learned many thing about entrepreneurship that are important and sometimes are forgotten.
Very good and in portuguese!
Very good course in entrepreneurship, giving good theoretical and practical insights at the same time!
Very good Course! Just 3 weeks and I have already learned a lot! Thank you Coursera for this amazing opportunity. I also want to congratulate the teacher Paulo Lemos for being a very good teacher.
Very good course.
Great course!
Larry is awesome! I loved this course.
Very helpful with my position
amazing course and amazing instructor
I am Mariam Qavtaradze and I want to say thanks to Lary and to all team who gave me the chance learn a lot and very interesting things ! Thank you all very much !
Thanks for all guidance.Video and other Material was very good
Overall, good information that is very helpful for making the transition into the HR field. I wish the lecturer didn't trip over his own words all the time - it made it hard to listen to the video's.
great course
All the best. i really understood the importance of Managing employee perforce i really liked the idea of civility and its important.
This is a great course for anyone who wants to manage employees performance, starting from knowing what is performance and how to assess it to the idea of improving the performance and create the culture that supports great performance on the long run.
I really enjoyed this course, especially the feedback process and culture.
The scoring of the Peer Review, was not really measurable of your effort.
Great lectures from Larry bourgerie! I really enjoyed the course, though had some difficult time with the peer graded assignment.
A great course for budding managers and students. Gave me a proper understanding of the subject with real corporate examples,quizzes, articles, links and videos. Overall it is a great course to do. Really enjoyed the videos and assignments.
Loved the course
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Every manager must take these courses to better understand and motivate their team members.
very helpful course
It's a great course for people who are newcomers in employee performance management. And for those who seek to have better career with this knowledge, I think this could advantage them.
It is a facet that any organization needs work on. It helps with overall engagement and retention of employees.
Great faculty and course content
Really enjoyed the course! Nice overview of performance management.
Thank you so much for such a fun and well done course. The material is very well structured and learning is done progressively. The professor is such a master of his subject and a great orator that it was very pleasant just listening to. A lot of insights, quotes, examples, suggestions are made and it really helped me learn and retain new knowledge.I would highly recommend this course, even just by itself. For future or current managers.Thanks for sharing this knowledge!
Thanks for this course.
Favorite course of all. Larry is such a likable teacher and very good, was actually sad that his course ended.
Excellent! The teacher is dinamic and it shows that he knows a lot of the subject.
It is great¡ I am learning so much.
The style of lectures is concise and straight to the point. Love it.
very good course. One thing, the 7 days to retake the exam, I see it is long time
Fantastic overview of Mech-E work.
The Applications in Engineering Mechanics course is a must for any engineer. The material is presented in a logical and straight forward manner with applications to the real world. Dr. Whiteman is truly a a great teaching Professor!
Great course
thats great program for the students who is in mechanical engineering program. Great examples of the related module. Thats the best explanation of the concepts by the lecturer i've ever seen. Thanks for the lecturer and university and coursera.
Superb instruction, great that there are optional levels of problem-solving (i.e., for those wanting only a review of the topic, you can do just the worksheet problems and skip practice problems). Still, the "none of the above" options on quizzes with numerical answers is something I would reconsider.
This is an amazing course. Highly recommend for Mechanical Engineer.
good teacher, excellent class.Luis Fernando Restrepo
Great course!
This course helps in understanding the basic concept behind the force and its reaction. This helps is visualizing and understanding the concept behind real-world structure.
Good one!
Great course!
Excellent explanation of all concepts with real time machine application. The course is organised systematically to understand the concepts sequentially.
Among the very best MOOC courses ever!
I really wanna thank Dr. Wayne for his efforts in this course, it really refreshed my Knowledge and add new skills, Great work
I am so happy with this course since it really achieve my expectations. The examples are the best way to understand the theory
Even though i finished my graduate course some 6 years ago.. This class was very good enough to bring back the entire concepts back to my mind. I would even recommend this course to anyone who is currently doing their graduate in mechanical engineering.
I am not really happy with the quality of the course, but the courses from Dr. Whiteman are the only mechanical engineering courses available on Coursera. And it seems that Dr. Whiteman is very enthusiastic, so I am grateful for his efforts. Well done!
Good lectures and amount of homework problems.
Course was excellent. The discussion form was very effective. whenever i post a query on discussion form it was always solved by some coursera expert(whom so ever he/she was assigned).
This is a fantastic course. Lots of examples used. Dr. Whiteman makes the subject very easy to understand. Excellent presentation of material.
Detailed and Vivid
Very well explained.
Great review of various aspects of mechanical engineering, a "must" for any engineer
Great course! I am able to learn some important skills
Very convenient and excellent review material for us engineers.
Just awesome!
Much more challenging than you imagine, but really good
The professor is really capable ,so interacting and hence making the course a wonderful one!!!!!!!!!!
hello sir! you are quite phenomenal in your teaching and we are learning a lot through this course. thank you for the support from you and coursera indeed to expand the horizons of education.
thank you dr whiteman
A course with a very good level of detail regarding every important aspect of the topic (considering the amount of time required); information presented in a clear way.
Well designed and well taught. Great learning for Novice
The Virtual Machine Experiment was very difficult to implement because the instructors' format did not allowenough detailed instruction specific to each OS platform. Regardless, students did learn how to use VM-Ware to make a virtual cloud on a home network and control it via smartphone.
very helpful
A course which improves your breadth as a machine learning specialist.
Really great course to supplement reading of Dayan and Abbott's Theoretical Neuroscience text. Programming assignments were really helpful in getting practical understanding of concepts. Only wish there were more graded programming assignments!
Congratulations !!!. You have managed to explain complex knowledge in a simple way
I recommend it
GIves a very good introduction to the field. It was quite hard on the maths some times.
I must admit that, before starting this course, I was skeptic about an online course on Computational Neuroscience. My initial feelings totally reversed during the first weeks of the course. I really appreciated the effort of Rajesh and Adrienne to explain the complex mechanisms of neurons and brain functions in a clear and enjoyable way.
this course is perfect for who wants to get familiar with computational neuroscience general concepts.
Excellent course, very clearly and well explained, suitable for beginners. Also, Rajesh's sense of humor makes the course very enjoyable :) Highly recommended!
This course is an absolute must for those interested in computational neuroscience. The professors are very knowledgeable and the course is very rigorous. The techniques introduced in this course are useful and the supplementary material is enough to last for you months of reading on this topic.
Very good teaching skills by both professors and interesting guest lectures and tutorials. Assignements that demand your full attention. I would like some more depth as far as the developement of programming skills and the practice. Great intuition and explanation.
I loved this course. It is an excellent introduction to the realm of Computation Neuroscience. The lecturers presented the concepts clearly and effectively. Dr. Rao was especially great. However, those looking to take this course should have some knowledge of Differential Equations, Calculus, Linear Algebra, and either Python or Matlab before taking this course.I had not taken very much Calculus or Differential Equations prior to taking this course, and I had to do a fair amount of external research to understand some aspects of the lectures.The professors who teach this course do a great job of explaining the concepts and ideas of the topic, rather than just reading lots of formulas. They break the math down to help the viewer intuitively understand what each one is doing. Someone taking this course who doesn’t not have that solid of a math background will have some trouble, but the course won’t be impossible. A bit of Programming experience with either Python (2 or 3) or Matlab, however is a must.
The teacher is funny!
It was by far the best course I've taken on Coursera. For someone not dealing with math in their everyday life it could have been a bit challenging, but I really enjoyed watching how math, physics and neuroscience use the same concepts and how various models can be interchangeable.Main subject was super-interesting, but I also enjoyed how it showcased how mathematical concepts can be used and applied. It's really disappointing that such approach is not that common in formal education many of us have received... For such interesting topics you presented I would go back to university and learned differential equations once again, seeing some purpose in them at last. I always knew that mathematics is a beautiful language, but during my education no-one showed me such profound and exciting problems to express them in it.The instructors were great and guest lectures were fun as well. I am almost regretting choice of my everyday computer science career when hearing about problems you get to solve :) Thanks a lot! This was definitely one of the best online courses I've seen and time spent on it was not wasted.
interesting instructor and interesting content. Now I know more about the theoretical research related to neuro function and its connection to machine learning now.
This course serves as a nice introduction to the field of computational neuroscience. However, at some points, more than basic knowledge of differential equations and probability & statistics is needed.
It was a great experience. Thank you very much you all.
Great course and really helpful for me.
please let me show quiz again please
I very much enjoyed the course overall. Lectures from week 2 to week 5 were a little bit tedious in my opinion, not because of the content, but due to the way the lecture was presented. I suggest that by the end of the course, one could see the correct answers (with explanation) of the quizzes, since that would help learning. I enjoyed the course and I learned a lot. I thank the coursera staff and the UW faculty who made this possible.
Very informative. I started the course as I am an undergraduate who is involved in a research and development project on Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity. This course opened me into the literature on STDP and helped me understand the relevant material.
Lectures are concise; quizzes are helpful. Great introduction to computational neuroscience!
An amazing course for people with a computer science background wishing to explore the world of human brain from CS perspective.
Excellent Course, with very clear and detailed explanations, and a lot of additional materials indicated through links and papers. I particularly enjoyed the Guest Lectures as well, showing the applicability of what was learned in real life.
Phenomenal course. My background is in mechanical engineering, but all the biological concepts were explained clearly and concisely. I wish a bit more modeling in Matlab was done, but overall I'm very pleased with the course. A solid background in linear algebra, statistics, and some basic calculus is recommended to get the most out of the course.
Thanks a lot for a lovely course, I rushed through it in 2 weeks in excitement. This course is not only good in its content and rigor, I also found that I was able to absorb mathematical concepts much better than I would in a pure Math class. I typically took about an hour per 20min of lecture and paused in the middle to really take in the maths, and that helped a lot. The non-academic highlight of the course was definitely Prof. Rao sense of humor. Only thing that could be nicer is the Discussion Forum which was pretty empty :( All the more reason to join in and contribute!
Excellent course, looking forwards to going back over the lectures and consolidating what I've learnt. Big word of thanks to Rajesh and Adrienne, but also to TA Rich Pang, who does an excellent job getting you up to speed on the maths. Very excited about what I've learnt in the course and the way it's made me look at neuroscience in a new and richer way.
Great course, but it requires quite a bit of mathematics/physics to get through. Enough material in there for three or four courses. The quizzes are not hard though - in fact I'd preferred it if the programming exercises had been more challenging.
It is an excellent overview course of computational neuroscience and a wonderful introduction for beginners who want to join in computational neuroscience research.
This is a very interesting course that provides many interesting ideas. At the same time it is quite challenging. Solid background in probability theory, linear algebra and signal processing is needed. Considering it "Introductory" level is misleading.
Learnt concepts about Neural Networks, Supervised / Unsupervised / Reinforcement Learning. Covers topics about Information Theory, Statistic and Probability. Matlab / Python assignments.
In general very good, but some concepts are rushed over due to the short length of the course.
Excellent overview of the different areas of computational neuroscience taught by engaging academics.
Good course!
Te course captures from the very beginning!The lectures and work with REAL data (despite it's obvious simplicity) will hold you till the end.The confirmation of the theory, calculated with my own hands, with the practical results from the laboratories.It's just a first step, the next one is in supplemental materials, and then proceed farther and farther.Well, and a fly in the ointment :) a lack of programming through the course, we can do more! :)
Wonderful course for introduction this field. Good luck!
It is fantastic. For me, it could be much better if it has Chinese lyrics~ Thanks a lot~
This course is perfect for gaining a broad perspective on global energy markets. It also delivers useful tools for analyzing political issues, strategic business decisions, and energy markets.
Very useful
Too long, not enough concrete materials, too much focused on US.
Great introduction to the world of energy business. Provides the basic tools one needs to further analyse energy firms and markets.
please there are need to evaluate energy production in financial statement analytical
The course is well-designed. All the topics were purposefully chosen - enough to give a comprehensive perspective on the energy business. The lectures had a good mix of theory and case studies. Most importantly I enjoyed the course very much - maybe because I had a background in economics and strategy?! If there was a Global Energy Business 102 from Sir Orlando, I would take it.
Great course for someone who is not an engineer, like me. All in one course.
This course is a great opportunity to get a very complete overview of the very basic facts behind energy business worldwide. Highly recommended!
The material is very useful because a multidisciplinary approach was adopted in its delivery. Although I was not too comfortable with the references that was severally made to the US economy, but I guess this was influenced by the professors background. However, the last project paid off for this.
Excellent course! Lots of useful information.
Very interesting crash course in business development, coupled with energy issues and technologies. Suitable for beginners in business development strategies and concepts.
It was great learning experience. I loved the way Prof. explained, very simple langauge and explained with proper graphs and images. Inclusion of external videos was very helpful. I highly recommend.
A very well structured and systemized course which provides its listeners with first experience in the field of energy markets. Definitely recommended to economists who would like to specialize in energy business.
Very braod and enhanced look and description about global energy issues and its branches.
Very rich content, thank you!
Good course to introduction in energy business.
Important course for anyone...essential for energy professionals.
It is a very good course to get a pretty high-level overview of global energy business. For someone without a business background, the use of business fundamentals such as supply and demand curves and the use of strategic frameworks added a lot to my understanding of the subject matter. Thank you.
Good content and GREAT assignments. Main problem is that the lecture videos are unscripted and could easily be made more concise. The other thing that worried me was that most of the assignments that I peer reviewed had missed large parts of the question. I would rather have my work marked by people who have read the question properly.
Very interesting
Very interesting overview of the energy business. I would encourage Michael Orlando to release other more specialized courses on hot topics such as the levelized cost of generation resources, electricity or natural gas market dynamics,...I would thank you Michael Orlando for his time and effort to make this course available to all of those interested in energy matters.Antonio
Very informative course!
Very well structured course with a good introduction of thinking about the world energy business. Videos are very crisp and development of the course from broad base info of energy options to the strategy tools involved in making energy decisions is very well thought out.
Great work of the Professor Michael Orlando, going from the general but at the same time technical part of the different resources to the more specific analysis in the bussines part. The way of explaining how to do market analysis is incredibly useful not only for this kind of market, but for any the students have to do in their professional life; in my case related to consuting the explanation has been fruitful.Thank you so much for the course ! :D
Pace was slow and I was disappointed by the content level. From the title I thought this would give information about the "global energy business" but the focus is generally on the US, except for portions that discussed location/ use of global resources and demand and supply levels globally. The class begins with analyzing Supply & Demand curves for energy use and production which was interesting to me and I thought meant we'd be taking an economic view throughout. Then the large middle section covers very basic info about the types of energy production (coal, oil, NG, renewables) in the world -- low in factual content considering the time spent on each topic. The final section about political considerations was very basic and only focused on the US. I am amazed that the 3 branches of US government were explained on the simplest level; this is a middle school & high school topic in the US. I expected a more in-depth class with details and analysis about the global energy business. I am glad I did not choose to pay for the certificate.
generally satisfied with the course content and its execution. Gives a brief, but very qualitative, overview on the issue. Sadly as a citizen of EU, some of the course materials are focused more on the US economy/energy systems, which for me would be much more interesting to see these information about EU. But it is logical, as it is provided by an US institution.Overall I only can recommend to any newcomers to the global energy business or who want to get a little bit deeper knowledge about the issue.
This course provide an in-depht analysis of global energy market, mentioning a lot of aspects. In order to comprehend the material I was recommended to make some additional research on my own which I find very useful. The lecturer presents the newest statistics about the market, expleining as well the economical background of the market itself.
Covered a great deal of ground in a short period of time. Heavy economics.
An eye opener and a very intuitive Course I must say!
I did it twice. One of the best. Very recomendable.
I have benefited a lot from this course and the professor teaches perfectly. Thank you for such a wonderful opportunity. I will recommend it to as many people as I could and for people in this Energy Sector its a good brief of the market.
Excellent introductory course to the energy sector. Professor Orlando explains everything in a friendly manner and backing up the information with excellent sources, aside from his personal knowledge. I wish the university would create a specialization or make more courses from the energy management program available.
The course covers the various aspects of Energy business in detail, but is very effectively covered. The case study surrounding the political decisions was very interesting, as this is generally not addressed in detail in traditional courses surrounding energy business. While completing each quiz has been challenging to get the required score of 9/10, the questions have been built to ensure exhaustive coverage. It is worth taking this course seriously and completing it.I really liked the course and would recommend this course for any one trying to understand the basics of energy business.
Really interesting course, thank you so much!
The course content is carefully thought through. The participation contribution is rewarding and the instructor has managed to convey key concepts of the energy business in a few properly executed short videos. It will be great to develop a Specialization around the core areas addressed by this fundamentals course. I will recommend this for anyone interested in understanding keys aspects of the global energy business.
Great course for an introductory knowledge of the energy business!
i don't have an economic background, it took me a lot of time to understand in depth the expressions used and meanings. i admit that i have learned a lot. i understand now different aspects of the energy business, how to think about it as a whole integrated in a bigger system. i recommend this course for anyone who is involved in energy, even if you are not, you will learn a lot how the global energy business is working.Thanks a lot for the staff effort, special thanks to prof. Orlando.
Definitely informative and Instructive! The courses challenges you to new and old concepts, while refurbishing college education and giving a heads up on the geopolitical and economic impact of global energy portfolio.
This is the right first course that i took on courser, and it just helps to open my horizon that let me know i need to learn more than i presently have and i can learn much than i know. Thanks to courser, this is the start of my life-long study, from now on, i will never find myself nothing to do anymore.
Great Course
Excelent! Simple to understand energy bussiness economic, finaltial and technical issues, even if you aren´t related to this areas. And assessments are realy made to ensure our learning
Super! It gave me a lot of useful information. I enjoy it!
Great course, enjoyed doing analysis cases! Thank you!
Excellent course:My only (minor) disapointment is that the slides are not available
Great course
Good material. The notes or transcripts were rather poorly done, making for a lot of editing to get the supplied text to a usable form. More interviews with outside experts would have been welcome. Case studies were informative and useful.
Very smooth, easy and gives a good insight in energy business.
This is a great introduction to Engineering but make sure you know your physics (and some maths)As someone who hasn't done physics and math for about ten years I was struggling and I spent many more hours studying and watching other video's on the internet to get the hang of the questions.After things clicked for me I found the video's of this course easier to understand.
Excellent explanations, approachable exercises with real world applications.
well!!it was interesting.
Fantastic course for the beginners. Go for it if you want to develop your concepts and skills for statics.
Very good, through explanation of concepts. I enjoyed it!
Highly useful lectures.The classes can be more effective by active participation of more students simultaneously. A brief insight into derivation of some basic concepts and introduction to fundamental difference between different kinds of members used in engineering applications can be added.Thanks for the lectures !Practical demonstration of the problems provides a better clarity.
Going for Basic of Engg Mechanics ,These course is recommended.
Really Good!!!!!! Thanks for your course!
Thank you for the nice way of teaching the course was really good and you make it easy to understand all the topics.
Really Very useful
EXCELLENT TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH TO CONCEPTS IS AWESOME. PROFESSOR WHITMAN EXPLAINS THE WHOLE TOPIC IN A PERFECT MANNER. I LEARNT A LOT FROM THIS COURSE.REGARDSARYENDER SINGH
Simple and very basic principles for engineers to know!
this course is very usfeul to machanical engineering
I hope received certification as a pdf on email, and money be for hardcopy certification , thanks Dr))
Its very informative for the fresh studentscourse content is explained very clearly.
thanQ sir for offering this course at free cost .this will help in my future development for improving my skills and talent
Really Excellent Course. Learned a lot. The way Professor Teaches and explains is excellent. I would suggest all who are interested in mechanics should go through this course.Best Wishes.
A very interesting and educational course. Thanks
Thanks so much Dr Whiteman for clear explanations. I used this course to review the last semester and like it very much.
fantastic course designated for mechanical engineers
Great course I recommend this to all!
Very good course of an introduction to Engineering Mechanics. Good lectures and material.
Very good, I could solve a lot of doubts I had about moments and the physical concepts required!
Such a great course!
Great course to learn the fundamentals of static mechnical analysis. Dr. Whiteman is extremly clear in his lessons
This is a reasonable course, I definitely learned some stuff about mechanics. Things were generally explained well, though there were some things that could have been explained better. The quizzes were very simplistic (the type of multiple-choice questions where you often don't have to actually be able to do the calculations to figure out the answer, you can just look at the options and rule out all but the right one).
If you know the topic this course will be excellent way to remind it to yourself with learning new sides of known material. If you just started to learn mechanics this course will give you indispensible basics knowledge in detailed way.
very helpful to upgrade knowledge
Decent start to Engineering
Great professor, lectures are easy to follow.
Strict re-quiz structure and odious "None of the above" options, but superb instruction.
very useful course for engineers
I love this course
It's aver good course and i had learnt a lot of information from it .
As someone with no prior education in engineering, I found this course interesting and a digestible introduction to what the math of engineering looks like. I would recommend this course to anyone interesting in learning more on the topic, but would warn that the course required a decently strong background in math.
Thank you very much. I had learnt more information in this course. You have a very good and simple way to explain the problem. thank you again
It is a good course, however it is less demanding that the one I had in the second year of my engineering education in the 1950s.
Great course! would highly recommend it
Application based teaching.
This is the must-learn course. One of the best ever for Introduction Engineering Mechanic. I hope that the Georgia Tech will create more courses like this in the future for engineers.
very good learnt a lot but , a small suggestion is that please work out even more problems it helps us strengthen concepts . Thank you
Rather good one for beginners!
The prof was so good at explaining the theories and setting the foundation for his upcoming courses. He made math and physics fun.
Great course. Very straight forward. Good real world examples.
I took the the Introduction to Engineering Mechanics by Dr Whiteman. I would like to give feedback that the Dr Whiteman is awesome, his way of teaching shows great subject knowledge. The practical examples with scaled models is superb and I could understand different support conditions with the help of his models. Hats off to Dr Whiteman who made understanding so practical which no professor here would teach students in India. Hope he takes several courses especially Civil Engineering, most importantly the Design of Reinforced Concrete Members in the future, which will help interested students around the world like me. The way he talks about beams, columns and structural members is giving us a lot of confidence. I would love to take Theory of Structures and RCC (Reinforced Cement Concrete) structural design courses from Dr. Whiteman/COURSERA. Thanks from my heart to Dr Whiteman of Georgia Tech. Chandra Prakash (a middle class father of 2 daughters earning 2500USD per annum), Hyderabad, INDIA.
Enjoyed thoroughly! The professor seems to be quite friendly ad overall the course is quite easy to follow and understand. Also liked the concept of asking questions between modules to stimulate thinking and revision of prior topics. Huge thums UP :D.
It is very understandable and very practical(problem solved focused). I recommend it.
It's a great course for the students who want to learn more about mechanical engineering and how some machines work.
Basic knowledge of Engineering Mechanics, very good recap of College level Physics. Great examples in Engineering Applications.
the professor is awesome
good method to learn this course, thanks!
A semi easy introduction to a very broad and complex topic, loved it!
Best guideline for the students and very easy to understand each and every lessons.
Great, Sir!
Great cours thank you very much
It is a good online courses. I like the way Mr. Whitney present to us, he is using a tools to show us the phenomenon. Overall I like this course!
it was very simple and easily understandable at all levels. This course has made me understand the concepts clearly. Thank you.
it is very useful course
Brief and clear, very helpful. Definitely will recommend this course to my friends.
Very clear in terms of style of teaching. Very impressive. I was an EE student and now a postdoc in aeronautical engineering and was in desparate need of a course in introductory mechanical engineering. This couse suits me perfectly. I will continue in other courses of this specialization.
it was a great thing to refresh my knowledge and remember a lot of ways i had forget, thanks Dr.Wayne a lot, hope you the best
This has been a fun course. The length of it is ideal. It's long enough to think I've learned something, but short enough that I'm not bored or dreading it. I definitely spent at least 10-15 hours a week on it. I had to read most of the relevant text book sections (the free, online one) to do the homework. Results may vary. I'm not sure how intense this is compared to an actual college course. My guess would be about half as intense, but it would definitely prepare you to breeze right through such a course. I took it out of genuine interest and I might use it in my current career.
Outstanding! Prof Whiteman is a 'real' Engineering instructor. The course is very well structured. I look forward to other courses as well. Highly recommended...
Good course for an introduction at the concept of vector, force, momentum, and static law. Good teacher, english is not difficult to understand... Free text book available (optional)
Feedback: Great course! Only request is that the homework solutions be provided. Thanks.
very interesting course ,Thankcoursera
I needed to review my statics, this was a great course.
i loved the course content as well as the teaching style of sir WHITEMAN . thanks to the coursera team.
I highly recommend this course. The Course is designed so well!!
I appreciate the enthusiasm.Thank you
i recommend this course to any mechanical engineer out there. good basic
The course design was very clear and understanding. Kudos to Dr Wayne Whiteman.!
Thank you a lot.I got to learn so much from this course.
For me, as mechanical engineer, it was very useful to see how this course, that I had some time ago in Serbia where I live and work, is presented at an top US and world university.Thank You so much Dr. Whiteman, Georgia Tech and Coursera for a really nice experience.Drazen Kosutic, BASc in M.E.
Awesome lectures and course's materials. I enjoyed it greatly. Many thanks to the instructor.
I took this course to improve myself in fundamental concepts of Mechanics & now I can confidently say that I'm clear with the fundamental concepts & I can apply them confidently.I really enjoyed the course because unlike the traditional Lectures, Professor Dr. Wayne Whiteman used to explain concepts in much simpler & practical way. Because of this kind of teaching the concepts became crystal clear for me.Finally I would like to thank Coursera for providing me a platform to learn freely ,share my ideas with online communities, for learning courses from top most universities of the world & also for believing in me & granting me Financial Aid for this course.I'm grateful to Dr. Wayne Whiteman & Georgia Institute of Technology for offering such a wonderful course.
Very good!!!But try to cover more topics....
Excellent way of teaching..crystal clear teaching of concepts..excellent use of models and providing good practice problems side by side
Professionally prepared.
Fundamental concepts are explained very well. Explaining concepts through solving problem made it easy to grasp the concept. Contents are short and precise. I loved it.
Sir,Honestly, I am a true beneficiary of this course. I have completed my Engineering and it has been 10 long years. I dont remember understanding this subject as clearly as I do today. Thank you so much for clarifying the topics in a very lucid way. Its a dream come true to be able to learn from top instructors and top universities. I have scored a overall grade of 86.5%. I hope I was a good student :-). Wish you and your family a very happy and prosperous new year 2016! All the best.Best RegardsCharan Siddachar
Awesome experience! Great professor, clearly explains topics with easy to follow lectures, examples, and graphics. Has plenty of examples in easy to download and print pdf format. I have not tested the online help forums mainly because the lecture modules are very well made and self explanatory. Wishing I had this excellent resource available when I was taking Statics in college. Highly recommend for any Engineering Major, or just brushing up for the PE/FE Exams, etc.
Excellent professor, excellent explanations, sometimes a little bit hard to understand for a beginner or he went a little to fast, however I was able to get help in the comment section.I will definitely suscribe to his following course on Mechanical Engineer. Thank you.
Professor explained the course concepts with examples and real-time models. I gained knowledge and i got new teaching aids and ideas for teaching Engineering mechanics. Thanks all.
Thanks a lot!
its wesome
simply and easily to understand.
Well structured, there's time for solving too , cool :)
Excellent course. Enjoyed the presentation. Variety of examples used.
Great course, I like short videos where concepts are well explained and the quizzes are not tiresome at all but I consider than the pdf of the power point documents could be better, the complete solution does not appear in most of them
Yes! It adds more stars to my bachelors degree in mechanical engineering pursuit
Good introduction, excellent instructor.
Great course and excellent refresher. Dr. Whiteman provided slides for all modules with spaces to write down the examples as following through the course. Use of props were excellent also, as my prof didn't use any props when I did this in Uni many years ago!
This course was my first engineering course and with dedication and drive I passed all the curriculums and achieved my certificate to this course. This course was very helpful in all aspects from beginging
Good overview of engineering statics. However, I wish the homework and/or practice problems were built into the coursera platform like the quizzes.
Learned a lot!
It was very beneficial!
All lessons is teached in a very good way. Thanks alot.
Dr. Whiteman explains the subject in a very good way, also using models and demos that help for better understanding. I definitely learned a lot from this course
very helpful for the freshman
I finished the course and I think the course is a great first view of what engineering mechanics can offer to the students at the university. I am a mechanical engineer newly graduated at UFRGS and the course was a great experience to recall some of the content learned at the university.
Concepts are explained very well with practical examples. Assignments are made in such a way that an overall understanding of the module covered is ensured. I'd definitely recommend it to all who have interest in mechanics.
Introduction to Engineering Mechanics is an outstanding course and I highly recommend it to anyone wanting a better understanding of statics.
This course is not easy but it is very interesting.
Wayne comes across as very enthusiastic and likable. The course material is interesting.It does feel like the course if artificially stretched out a bit too long, though. The material and exercises seem to get repetitive after week 3, when the pattern has been established to sum up all forces, and then to sum up all cross-products.Nevertheless, this is an introductory course, so too much depth can not be expected. As an introduction, it was a great experience.
4.5, Not perfect, but very clear and consistent (I'm only in week 2 and this is my first coursera course) there are some topics that I feel need a little more clarification, but that is my only complaint. Perhaps it would be a good idea for the site to have a FAQ for each individual course. The Professor or course instructor, could answer these questions for future course sessions. Perhaps there's a reason this idea wouldn't work, but it would be nice to see from the student's perspective.
Great introduction to engineering processes. I was hoping, however, to gain a bit more insight on general details of structures and mechanics, such as what types of materials or designs should be used in certain situations and why. This course covered only mathematics, which while essential, are not the only aspect of engineering in real life applications.
Easy to follow thanks to the great explanations of the professor. (You don't need to speak english fluently to understand these courses).Thank you.
its a very usefull course
Well-paced course with good accompanying exercises.
Besides those interested engineering, those interested in learning how stuff works will love this course. I have been studying calculus and was bored with math problems that do not have real world application. This course provided those applications in spades, although at a beginning level in mechanical engineering. If you love math and love solving problems, this course is a great place to do it.
Hard work but very well explained, lots of exercises and good content from a great university.
Very convenient and excellent review material.
Ideal for Highschool students/graduates who want to pursue further higher educational engineering subjects. A little bit challenging, yet entertaining, and worthy of participating in. Good luck for all!!
I would like to thank you for this wonderful course, I am a Mechanical Engineer, I studied outside the US and this course with other courses are very useful and the way this course was presented is simple yet with so much information.
it was a magnificent course. Thank you Coursera for this oportunity.
Good & useful course but with some errors.
It helped me a lot, it is a high level course
Very good course, even better if the homework exercises would be provided with the possibility to check your own answers.
An excellent course; it helped me to learn the most fundamental topics of Engineering Mechanics conceptually and with clarity.One of the major things that I liked about the course was that Dr Wayne made the otherwise seemingly difficult topics very easy and simple to understand.Questions (of lecture modules as well as quiz) were also very nice.Thank you very much Dr. Wayne!
Excellent course! It's very well explained, and has all the necessary stuff to understand the topics although it has 2 or 3 mistakes that have been noted but not yet corrected. Very recommendable!
Great illustrations!
I liked everything about this course except the unavailability of answers to the quiz questions. I think that once when someone passes the test, he/she should be able to view the answers.
Nicely delivered, engaging and actually teaching you what you need to know to prepare for the Mechanics/Statics courses at uni. Great job, professor!
It's a great course. You'll learn a lot and you'll be totally happy if you can apply the knowledge from the course in the real world. And it's great if you already want to learn some basics before you start studying at a college or university.
I was very excited when I discovered that the most influent universities in the world are providing courses for free to students. I had never heard about Georgia Tech, but because of this excellent course of "Introduction to Mechanical Engineering" I search about it and saw its magnitude. I really would like to study in somewhere like that and I appreciate your work here, specially to Dr. Whiteman who teached me a lot and made me laugh sometimes with his intelectual sense of humor. I divulgate the Coursera plataform and the Georgia Tech to my collegues and hope that more and more students could appreciate the technology that you both offer to us. Thank you!
This course of Dr. Whiteman was awesome . I can now understand the meaning of Engineering Mechanics.
very nicely taught...i learned many things
A bit fast paced, while the book is too long. I need something in between. :)
An excellent and worthwhile introduction, this course is a definite must for all mechanical engineering students especially those like me who have yet to take a mechanics: statics course in college. This course will provide adequate background to get started.
Dear Professor,I love the way you taught me since last month. Your way of teaching, using real life examples, helped me to better understand and solve the problems. Thank You for sharing your lecture in Coursera and making it available so that a distant student like me can take advantage. And THANK YOU one more time Professor.Sudesh Pathak.
Amazing course. Really enjoyed it. The approach is perfect, not very difficult yet forces you to think on your own.
Must for Engg. students...
Interesting, well teached, clear, exhaustive. Hard enough.
I found it one of the Best MOOC and I am looking forward to learn more.
Excellent, well structured and well explained.Thanks
Very insightful! Does a way better job than the professors at my college at putting concepts across :)
The level of this course is high. It's better to take a basic course on Econometrics and then take up this.
This course is great and satisfying. It's also challenging and demanding. It teaches you how to apply regression and time series to build model for forecasting real world events. It also requires you to have certain level of calculus, linear algebra and statistics to understand the underlying theory. Besides, statistics tools, like R, SPSS or Excel (of your choice), is a must for you to do exercises and projects. Studying all those videos, slides and exercise would take you many hours a week, but you will be very satisfying with modeling skills and working knowledge of time series learned from the course. Studying this course is a wonderful and unforgettable experience for me. I strongly recommend it to those who want to build a solid foundation of modeling data (not only economical data).
Easy to understand [If you are familiar to the course] and imparted by intelligent and intelligible professors.
Some topics that were covered in this course were not explained in details and, in addition, there was no explanation of the theoretical aspects of the course (for instance, formulas transcript ).
It is a good material to get quite valuable knowledge in the area of econometrics
The class recording could have been made simple. Lots of notations, and would definitely be difficult for people without prior econometrics background.
Lecture materials are very rich and well organized.
Really insightfull course.
Excellent faculty. The concepts from week 1 till Week 8 has been very exhaustive and worth the time.I have learnt a lot in these 8 weeks of the course.In the end, I would like to thank all faculty members in the course for explaining such complex concepts in a simple and easy manner.
Great and very useful and pragmatic course. Would recognize it to everyone for sure. Clear and easy if you're willing to commit to it 100%.
This is a fantastic MOOC: it has depth, exercise questions with solutions, challenging assignments and background material. The quality of the lecture videos is excellent!
Good revision for me of linear regression and basic time series.
very good, comprehensive
excited to do this course
This course very usefull
many mistakes in the exercise solutions
Generally speaking , I have to say that it is good course , I learned many things. More explanation should be provided for some concepts.
Very interesting intermediate course in Econometrics. I strongly recommend for both new learners and those are interested in refreshing their knowledge in econometrics.Maybe some blocks are too theoretical, there are some "bugs" in the content, and I miss a bit more of applied econometrics using statistical softwares.Definetly a very good example of teaching econometrics through MOOC, my heartfelt congratulations to the Econometrics team of the Erasmus University for the great job, it has been a really valuable course to attend.
Good experience! Very well organised and presented, given the limitations of the MOOC format. All key topics are covered lucidly and succinctly. Maybe a follow-up course on advanced topics like Stochastic Regressors, Panel Data, etc could be offered?
It is a good course, but a bit short in my opinion
excellent course with a lot of practice
This course was amazing!
Excellent work and thank you. the exercises and tests are great. Including some eviews assignments along with eviews access during duration of the course will be great.
It is really helpful!
Good information, and detailed mathematical representation of the concepts, but often you will have to do outside research to truly understand the material, and the building blocks are not very helpful beyond a basic refresher course on matrices and statistics. This class requires a lot of studying and initiative to seek outside help to understand the material.If more time was dedicated to truly explaining the concepts and principles and the REASONING behind them instead of just supplying equations and test names, this class would get a 5 star rating.
Great course and well taught!
GOOD COURSE! I can learn a lot of basic conception about econometircs, and the training exercises is good for me to understand what the teachers has taught in the course!
Great and very practical course.
I love the course structure where it started with fundamental concepts and used all that we learned to take on a case project.
I find this course excellent. It is a well balanced course in combining econometric theory and its application. The fact is that to apply econometric theory one needs to understand fair bit of econometric method (that includes matrix algebra, some properties of inner product space etc.) as well as how to apply those concepts in practice. In this respect this course does serve its purpose very well.Overall, this course focuses some fundamental aspects and properties of cross-sectional data and time series data. Therefore, it provides one a good foundation (over 8 weeks) so that one can carry out one's future quest regarding any empirical topic by oneself ! I admit that modern econometric theory develops more sophisticated techniques but all of them share one common aspect i.e. they are based on more or less the same fundamentals or properties. Indeed, this course has been designed carefully by targeting those fundamentals and properties. Thus it might be very helpful to follow the modern econometric techniques.However, this course does not talk about the panel data analysis, which share both the cross-sectional and time series properties (more or less). In my opinion it might be better to have at least additional one week session on panel data. In particular, when the data set shares both cross-sectional and time series properties, which set of properties will be dominant or how the estimation technique incorporates the variation of two dimensions (i.e. cross-sectional and time ) etc.Finally, I like to thank all the teaching members and moderators of this course. I have enjoyed the lecture slides and videos very much.
cool
Old fashioned Econometrics course, still using the ideas of fixed regressors (rather than the more sensible conditional models approach), emphasizing prediction instead of causal interpretation, etc.
Very practical, I would urge people who intend to take this course to come to this course with at least some knowledge of econometrics and statistics. It would come in handy.
Thanks everyone that help to do this course a exemple of excellence instruction.
This course is not for someone who hasn't taken much advanced math. There's a strong requirement of linear algebra, calculus, and probability. Someone who is relying only on the math prep they give you in the course will likely be very under-prepared for some of the more theoretical homework assignments.With that disclaimer out of the way, this course gives a fairly good overview of important econometric techniques, though I wish they would have done more with time series analysis.A major shortcoming of this course is some of the more complicated material (RESET test, Chow test, endogeneity, etc) were not presented in a complete way (in my opinion). I found myself referring to quite a few outside sources in order to figure out some of the more complicated material. Keep this in mind when taking the class and give yourself extra time to read farther into the concepts discussed in class.
Good and challenging course.
Tough course! Very close to being in a classroom with plenty of material in every video. Keep a book on the topic handy and you will understand the material better.
Very useful course for those who want to learn what is behind econometric tools and what their limitations are. The combination between practice and theory makes it an exciting learning experience that is worth the time investment. For those, like myself, that were not 100% up to speed at the start, a significant time investment is needed. To finish the course I had to spend in excess of 20 hours a week to satisfactorily understand the material and be able to reproduce the main takeaways. I am sure the course can be successfully completed with less effort, but grasping the essence of the material made sense to me as I am trying to get a better idea of how to use econometric tools. Conclusion: it is completely worth your time, but if you are not sufficiently well versed in math and statistics, basic college level, you will need to make a significant time investment to make full use of the material.
Great course to pick up on Econometrics quickly
Not much teaching going on here. The concepts are barely touched on before the student is asked to jump into training exercises that require lengthy proofs of concepts not thoroughly taught.
Good content and exercise, very pedagogic.The only problem are the use of the program: If you don't know how to use a statistical program such as R, you will spend more time struggling with the program than understanding the topic.
Very informing and attractive!
If I can understand all of these derivatives, why shall I attend your course? It is not helpful course, especially for persons looking for some practical econometrics applications rather than focusing on the mathematics side of it.
One thing I regret from this course is the content of the video lectures. Having watch the first week's videos, I found that the professor mostly just read the slides - and did it in a very faithful and careful manner, not to miss a subscript .... This is quite devastating for me. I can read the slides myself (although I have to download it first, since the fonts on the screen are very small). What I need is the professor to explain the logic behind the formulas, the *why* behind what is written, instead of just reading *what* is written on the slides.I find it amusing that with an expected learning of 8 hours a week, the total duration of the first week's videos add up to a mere 36 minutes. A couple of weeks ago I have just finished a course that subjectively is comparable in its difficulty level. That course is also rich in mathematical content and also requires a commitment of 4-8 hours per week. Each week, the duration of the lecture videos amount to somewhere between 120-150 minutes - and the lecturer didn't read slides; instead, he would explain the logic behind the concepts and provided papers for learners to read on our own time. That approach really helped scaffold my learning.I hope you'd consider revisiting this course's learning plan - or probably just state on the course info page that this course is more suitable for a refresher course rather than an introductory one.
This course greatly exceeded my expectations. Thank you Erasmus University Rotter and Coursera for giving me a happy learning journey.
solid content and dedicated teach staff!
It is a very good course I guess, but being 15 years old, it didn't make any sense.However, I got to learn a lot of new things about a field which I wish to pursue.
Found this course at a very crucial moment. Hopefully will enjoy the next 8 weeks with this course and it's instructors.
Very Good Course!Many Thanks to course development team!
I like the structure of the course that different professor is in charge of different chapter but the contents of each chapter are linked to the others. Each chapter offers different topic (of course) but the style and structure are the same. In detail, there are always theoretical and practical part as well as small quizzes in each chapter. In addition, the guideline and syllabus provide students with great details. On top of that, chapter assignments are provided with solution which are necessary for students to check their knowledge.I would love to participate in follow up course which might deal with more advanced topics after this basic one.
Awesome, helped me alot! Thanks MOOC cordinatiors.
Excellent & Well organized course with great team!
Really profound course in econometrics.
Highly recommend this course! Looking forward to learn an advanced version.
It is being a good experience for me, because the teachers and the structure of the course is great.
This course will be a good revision if you have known the models before taking it. But if you are new to the models, you may not really understand them. This course tells you which models to use and how to implement, but does not tell you the rationale behind (maybe the theories are too difficult).The teaching staff are really helpful and answer every question you raise in the discussion forum.
The course is excellent, with a good balance between theory and practice.The level is intermediate. I wouldn’t recommend it for beginners.
Very solid course. Instructors are great and the difficulty of the course materials are just right. I suggest finishing the Building Blocks first.
More focus should be given on application part in initial modules vs. derivation. Also, the presentation can be made a bit more simple to understand.
Not for the faint of heart! Be prepared to work hard at a fast pace. Put in your dues and you will be rewarded with an excellent understanding of Econometrics.
Excellent material and lectures. Top notch.
Great course, learned a lot. Thanks for your efforts.
Some of the terminology doesn't seem congruent with what we use in North America
The course it's great , however in my opinion it's too theoretical with few practical examples.If you're confortable with matrices and mathematics this course will provide you with very interesting tools and demostrations.I don't think that the course is for casual students, as it's very specific.
Nice overview of econometric theory.
One of my best Moocs course.
Very good course, not many available online courses on this subject.Warning: Course is very fast paced (and the instructors give only broad hints as they move from 1 step to the next and it is left to us to figure out stuff - which is how it should be of course). Therefore expect to be kept busy throughout the course.I barely had any previous knowledge on the subject, so folks with some basic understanding of the subject may have a different view
nicely explained.
Awesome course, it's helping me to remember all I learned in College. Thank you
The design of the course is very Helpful and efficient. The course is well explained. The instructors are very clear and master the subject. They very detailed and well organized.
This is one of the best courses I have taken so far
top course for learners
Funny presentation and helpful powerpoint
Very good course. But too much emphasis on statistical derivations. Also estimating models by using any statistical software (SPSS, STATA, R, Eviews) will for sure be an interesting ad on.
If you have to pay for the certificate itself, then the course can't be too serious or maybe even that much helpful.
This training is really useful for everybody.
Very good and well structured course. Very usefull and interesting interviyu
It really opens your mind and gives you a better understanding of a very complex topic that is doping
Very specific course. For me as an amateur cyclist it's good to know the face of the enemy. Second week is great for it's sociological info.
it's fine, not technical but ok
The teacher seems to mainly read the slides and the tone is quite scholastic, not a lot or engagement. Indeed the course gives some info on the social background of doping, on how it is fought and it is adopted. Worth it if you have a strong interest in sports.
The course is very interesting but the translation was very bad.
Great course. Fulfill my knowledge needs about sports and doping.
Good graphics and great rhetoric of the instructors. Recommended!
The course content is excellent, however the English transcript is very poorly done and there are words and sentences are either missing or translated/ transliterated wrongly. A native English language speaker would be great.
Very Interesting! I would extend the part on the biological passport and give more details on how the adaptive model algorithm works.
Great course! Thank you for making this possible!
thank you for a wonderful course really enjoyed, and hope to see more courses.
Very informative. This is obviously [now] an incredibly complicated and important issue.My personal preference would to have a bit more science science and a little less social science among the topics.
Brilliant Course! Very in-depth, educative and precise. The revelations on Cycling, Body Building sports & Socio-psychological aspects of Doping were eye-opening! Will add great value add to the knowledge base of anyone wishing a career in Sports
Fantastic course about a topic I knew very little about. Thanks so much.
The material covered in the course is adequate and relevant to various aspects to our social lives. The course's purpose is to get you acquainted with the broad field of emotion study, to pique curiosity and fuel further research and deep dives into the multiple topics that are presented. It does this very well by offering lots of references to research papers, articles and videos. The course doesn't aim to dig deep into its topics. This remains as your task depending on your interests. As a final note, and this is critique I've already submitted, the presenter doesn't add too much to the slides in the videos. He basically reiterates what is written on the slides and doesn't expand on it much or at all. You're basically given links and references to what to learn by yourself. Hopefully this will change in future reiterations of the course.
Thanks for the course. I've learned a lot and will share my experiences to my friends :)
Very interesting course. It provides good informations about the basics of emotions as a philosophical issue.
Really enjoyable! A lot of information clearly unified and in consideration of different points of view. A little bit hard for the accent at the beginning, but fastly overcome.
The lecturer and his avatar are funny, the course content is structured but the delivery is a bit loose...
This was a very interesting course. It presented a new way of looking at emotions I had not thought of before and the lectures were fun and interesting. The quizzes could have been a bit more challenging. Excellent forum participation from the mentors/staff.
This course gives some great insight as to why and how we act emotionally. It walks through the physical and cultural aspects of emotions in ways that really tell why we do and interpret things certain ways.
It was a fairly good course, the professor is funny and the slideshow itself is well made, but the content sometimes got boring and my mind stepped away from the course, something that did not happen even with other more difficult courses.
It wood be interesting, but unfortunatly Prof. Vallverdú's English is quite hard to understand. The scripts are therfore nearly unreadable. What a pity!
A useful overview, but I think this course tries to be too many things all at once. It would have been better to break the philosophy, the ethics, and the science of emotions into separate courses. There is a lot of confusion and oversimplification in the considerations of consciousness and self awareness, and the implications of those things for emotions in humans, that would I think have had a better treatment, if the prof had pruned out some of the other stuff (perhaps ethics, or artificial intelligence, for example).
Love this course. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to understand emotions. Jordi, I can't wait to do your next course.
A really good courseIt help me achieve all the skills needed to
Great course because it has provides excellent background and all ways that have to be used while using Conflict Resolution Skills to resolve a conflict.
this course is very interesting for me and i learned how to make conflict resolutions, its excellence and well prepared course
It was a good course so informative and simple to understand
not enough content - would have preferred more examples/scenarios that included conflict resolution solutions
I have watched all the videos provided for this course and I think it's very educative, simple and well organized for a better understanding. The only thing I think lacking is example of real conflict situations like those between and within states, those between citizens and their elected governments etc. and conflict resolution skills or approaches used both nationally and internationally to resolve them. Thanks again once more for such a wonderful lesson on conflict resolution, it's My pleasure to learn from the online courser classes.
She didn't seem interested at all in what she was teaching. She had a frown the entire time. Maybe she was trying to be professional? Either way, I didn't feel like she liked what she was doing.These were good tips for people in a new business management position, but honestly this was all stuff you learn while socializing with people. They are generally good social skills that every one should have. I learned little to nothing while taking this class. But, as I said, most of this is directed towards to someone in a management position. I guess this would be helpful when having to work with someone who is a drama-maker, although, fortunately, I have not had a situation yet with someone who creates drama. Yes, I know people who create drama, however, there have been no blowouts or severe problems. Maybe this is the reason why I didn't learn anything in this class... :-(
Very good course a lot to learn specially with the globalization and working with different cultures is a really with tool for personal and company improvement.
great course
Useful information for on the job application or even private interactions, as well. Easy to follow, common sense, and good advice.
Not too much material in addition to the Types of Conflict course but worth reading
I didn't feel like I learned much. Some of the problems I've experience would take more than just trying to find common interest and compromise.A lot of conflicts arise from personal agenda and gain and that's very difficult to deal with.
There was anything innovating in the course and the intro of each lesson was extremely loud.
I wish there were another conflict specialization on Coursera to choose from.. one that is more modern, up to date, interesting, engaging, less patronizing .. etc. but there isn't. So I guess we're all stuck with this one. Need I say more.
very interesting learning experience
Good, basic information on conflict resolution. Interviews were very valuable.
The course is very short and more advanced courses are not free.
The visuals and practical examples are very useful as they can even permeate even the very uneducated with understanding.
Effective presentation of conflict resolution ideas and challenges.
Just great. Leads to emotionnal intelligence too.The professor is awsome !!
This course provides its participants with an incredible tool to solve critical situations in the work place and in the private life.
A good course! The assignments were fun to write. Some videos were redundant, but overall I enjoyed it greatly.
corporate HR focused conflict NON resolution.
Really useful
It's an excellent course from University of California, Irvine.I would appreciate the course curriculum designers and faculty who have delivered the course through examples and case studies.Looking forward for the more informative courses like this.Regards,Hemendar PusaProfessional Social worker and Special EducatorIndia
Too much theory, too little real life examples.
Good survey of traditional communication methodologies and processes. Could be enhanced with inclusion of e-empowered tools such as blogs, e-conferencing, issue research producing position papers, etc. Remember KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Simple and easy to follow
Clear structure and examples.
Simple and practical!
This Course has a good and practical approach to conflict resolution in any a Organization.
I loved every topic. The presentation were great and the assignments made the mind think harder.
it is perfect course i take it until now thank you
So empowering and insightful - thanks.
Presentation is so boring and dry, I could not bring myself to watching past the first couple of videos.
Great cursory course, provides a good but brief and succinct overview of conflict resolution.
A must-learn for ALL
Set the collaborative stage and improve the resolution skill for conflict.and recommend more useful books for further analysis.
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
I really like learning this material, and it helps everyday life.
Should have been a complete course. The course did not give specific tools to conflict resolution rather information about the subject was disseminated
Great
This is a very useful and comprehensive course.
This is a joke right?5 minutes long videos with questions after it shall teach me effective?!you guys are ridiculous!
The course was very simplistic and more targeted to a new manager or a student who has never taken a conflict resolution course. I only found the interviews with Karen and Joseph to be of interest. The instructor's teaching style is too monotone - I didn't get a sense of her real world experience coming through. No sense of her brand.
I wish there was some more "meat" on actually resolving conflict, maybe it's in the next chapters :)
this course really helped me a lot.
Very interesting.
I love the detailed advice and resources in the course. Very clear, very well spoken.
The course is good but very basic. Suggested for individuals who have never had any exposure to information on conflict or humanities
I do love the content of this course, however I do wish we saw more scenarios play out when trying to get a point across. This course is just harder to obtain for me memory wise.
Using Mind Maps to explain can be a lot more easier!
Great introduction into this subject.
Thank you.
Very boring. Not many real life advices. Mstly theory
great course, a good introduction to the subject.easy to understand
Tell the basic principles of conflict resolution. Reminds me of the summer course I took at Columbia University.
Good Course
short and sweet. The course is quite short but covers the true essentials of conflict resolution in a professional environment. the only reason why I did not give five stars: the concept of Active Listening, although mentioned all over the course is not really well explained.
This a basic course and covers the Collaborative style in some depth. The case studies are the clinchers. I would have loved to have more on the other styles as well.
I like this course. H gave me a lot to understand more myself and others in cituations of conflicts. Great,
it makes an strongly initial to conflict resolution!!
Its great that Cour
The course material is interesting (3/5) but the assignments rely heavily on reviewing the work of other students which severely detracts from the course. If I wished to grade other people's coursework, I would have pursued a career in academia instead of becoming a research scientist.
I enjoyed this course and believe it gives a nice base for further development of essential skills for all.
Excelent teacher!!
The professor is very clear, repetitive which is easier to retain all the information. The course is easy, with great short quizzes at the end of each module!
Very good way to shift your mindset and show you that its really possible to start your own business
Very Good.
Great course - the best beginning for everyone to being entrepreneur. Not only in business but in whole life.
Hard to follow for non-native speakers. Especially week 2. There are a lot better Courses on Entrepreneurship on Coursera. Especially the Technion ones.
content 4, thx!delivery 2interaction 0TOTAL (average) : 2
Challenging and gets you thinking. Awesome and worthwhile.
I really like the challenges. And the course is too interesting. The Black teacher (Sorry I don't have his name in mind right now) show how science can support empiric thoughts : Everyone can start a business !!! So run people.
Awesome experience!
The course made me think. The instruction was clear. This was an enjoyable experience.
Great content! This definitely challenges the mindset of what it takes to be a business owner or entrepreneur. One opportunity I see for the course is to better link the quiz language to what's taught in the videos and the articles, especially for the open ended questions. Those specific points can get lost in all of the ideas shared.
The course helped me understand that being afraid is common but that giving one step forward proves fear wrong.It opened my ideas to a million more, it guided me into clearer ways of understanding how my idea can come true. I definitely recommend this course if you don't even know where to start from. Don't underestimate the time you need to work on it ;)
Overall it was good. However, the content delivery could have been better.
Good material, insightful thoughts about starting a business. However, course material could be better quality. Looking forward to the following courses.
It will be helpful to reach my carrier goals. Thank you USA!
This gave an opportunity to present a product and show how easy it is to start preparing to launch your own startup!
Very useful course that preps you as a student really well.
Great course! Would have given it 5 stars , but this first course by itself is not much. I'm definitely going to check out the other courses in the specialization, as I'm pretty confident that as a whole it will be more complete.
Good and straightforward content but with so very little written excercises and thus very little room for lecturer feedback - I would not pay an additional 100$ just to get rated like that (I might consider it if the price included the mentioned books though). Still - I find it a very well designed, concise course. Thank you!
I love this course,and i will return back.
Course was clear and the exercises were very important to make us reflect and improve our mindset.
take the first step forward
Practical and useful... good for someone who has thought of opening a business, but who has never actually taken action.
It is a great course. As the presenters said, it is not tailored to Silicon Valley companies or to sell great inventions. It will help any time of business from dog grooming or barber shops to the Facebook
Very inspiring and powerful!
Great course!
Very good, very useful for beginners, + + +
Perfecto to start a change :)
The whole experience with TicketForChange is really changing the way you can interact with the MOOC. No wonder why the termination rate was so high last year.
Clear, complete and helpfull
Over the top
Very interesting and encouraging. Fantastic ideas and presentations Highly recommended
This course is amazing course ! It is the best I've ever taken yet ! I do recommend it to everyone who want to be inspired and find his way to lead the change, have a positive impact in his community and contribute to change the world.
Obviously this course is really fantastic, I learnt a lot and can apply a lot! Thanks
Great topic
Very helpful and interesting course !!!
Great course !
too brief to learn
Excellent teaching of digital signal processing theory and techniques. Even form an engineering student who already has most on the material, is a very good review source.
Good one
The content of this course is really useful and contains the key points of digital signal processing.
This is a great review and reference for the fundamental knowledge of DSP. The class uses the concept of vector space and basis to explain all the linear transform in signal processing, which helps my understand of the material. You probably need some background of college sophomore and junior level math and system knowledge, but the math in this class is not dull. Rather, it focuses on applying on practical problems, especially on music signal process.In the filter section, there are not much material about windowing. But in general, the material is adequate as an entry level class of DSP.The only thing I don't like of the class is it does not provide the lecture slides. I like to take notes when watching the video, and I found it much easier to go back reviewing the material or looking for reference when there is a paper copy in hand than digging into dozens of videos.
Its is very helpful for me to study and understand this course
Excellent course with fantastic and passionate teachers
This course is very helpful for me to complete my academics with it.
A mathematical and, to a lesser extent, a programming and standards (ITU) perspective of Digital Signal Processing. If you have solid maths skills and are comfortable on the complex plane this excellent course is well worth the time and effort.
I am feeling very honor to complete this on-line course in your organization, i am feeling very thankful to this organization because you helped me financially to complete this course.I will educate my neighbors and friends to do on-line courses in this organization
The course is very good. I have learned a lot of things from the theoretical and practical parts of the course. I like the mathematical derivations and the signal of the day. I wish you can give advanced course about adaptive filter design, advanced digital communications and audio processing. Thanks to the staff!
The best "beginner" digital signal course! waiting for a stochastic and adaptive signal processing course
The best course on Digital Signal Processing taught in the most coolest way :-)
A pretty math-heavy class, but it is very rewarding in terms of understanding Fourier analysis and DSP. Very well organized overall.
Good Course, really helps me!
This is tough course for a novice, but such is DSP for you! I am absolutely happy that I took the course and have learned the things I would never manage to learn on my own, like Fourier transform! I was hoping to learn more on digital filters, and the course did the job best possible!
Very Good course
I really enjoyed the presenter who was engaging and interesting. I didn't enjoy the podcasts.
good experience
This feels more a like a sales pitch for Copyblogger than an actual course. Kinda feels like a waste of my time. I didn't learn anything new.
A huuuuge amount of great information. Very professionally presented. Easy to put into immediate practice. Thank you!
Really helpful course on environmental laws.
Very clear and approachable, even for people without a law background (like me). I will miss it!
Thanks for being a wonderful teacher and a jovial person.
By far the best, most interesing, most valuable and also challenging course I have ever completed on coursera. Highly recommended!
This course is amazing .Gives insight of environmental issues ,law violations,environmental protection and economics policies and there impacts.Professor teaches in an exceptional way ,makes you finish course before time . I would Recommend it to anyone who is concerned about environmental issues and law and protection .
This subject has been presented in a very interesting and motivating way by Prof. Hornstein. I have learned much about relevant legislation, Supreme Court jurisdiction and international agreements in the context of environmental issues. Since environmental problems concerns all of us I can warmly recommend to take this course to everyone.
The material was exceptional, but as I came to found out, that the assignments were watered down with respect to the earlier version of the course that was available in 2014. Please work to get back peer-reviewed assignments. Also, Prof. Hornstein's informal manner and way of teaching greatly helped in understanding the concepts. Thank you University of North Carolina and Prof. Hornstein for this wonderful primer on Environmental law.
It was very good to have such courses online. after going through this course i have learned a lot about environment and how should environment problem get resolved. I would highly recommend this course to everyone.
Awesome course!
Really informative and enlightening course! Prof Hornstein made the content easy to understand especially for those of us who don't have a law background. For anyone looking for some insight into environmental law, whether it's for your own general knowledge or if you want an idea of what studying environmental law entails, I'd definitely recommend it.
This was an awesome experience- I was very much impressed by the course material as well as Professor Hornstein's enthusiasm and approach! I certainly learned a lot and this course will truly help me down the road with my career and advanced studies.
I really enjoyed this class, it was a meaningful learning experience offered with a lot of passion. Thank you so much!
Absolutely love the course, piqued my interest in environmental law even more. Professor Hornstein is an amazing teacher, he makes everything so easy to understand. Great course!
great mooc !! an excellent way to gain insight into the north-american green policy and law.
Would like to call Prof. for a lecture as his teaching and aura has surely reignited my interest in Environment Law
Enjoyed learning about the different statuates and policies as well as how to read them. From those not from US and fear that the stuff learnt may not be as relevant, don't fret! What's introduced are major policies that are important to the global community!
A remarkable course. Well-presented and organised.Eager to enrol in more advanced courses presented by the same professor.5/5
Very approachable as a student with little law background. The teacher was personable, very informative, and got me excited about the material.
I have tried to follow many different online classes but quickly lost interest but given the dynamism of this teacher, I feel it will be a breeze this time. Thank you for sharing your expertise.IS, from Canada
The best course on Coursera that I have taken till date!
I really liked this course. It was very interesting and Donald was a really great, enthusiastic teacher. It had some fun quizzes to keep the lecture videos interesting and the content was very helpful and well presented.
I had a great time doing this course. Excellent content and great case studies.
Professor is a great guy and keeps the entire course entertaining as I'm sure Intro to Environmental Law isn't the most exciting topic of conversation. He covers a lot of ground in a concise fashion. You learn quite a bit and many of the need-to-know details in this field. Any sustainability professional would greatly benefit from this course.
Great introduction to environmental law. Very well-structured. The case studies were helpful and crucial to understanding of the materials. Analysis and theory lectures are very interesting. Lecturer is knowledgeable and passionate about the matter. One of the best courses I've had on Coursera!
Im very happy to have taken this course!!! Thank you very much!!!
Great course imparted by a great teacher capable of transmitting not only knowledge, but also enthusiasm. The course, eventhough it is an introduction, gave me tools in order to make interpretative reasonings about my domestic environmental law (Mexico).
It was a great course with amazing enviromental cases.
Brilliant introduction to Environmental Law with an engaging teacher! Throughly enjoyed it!
Great course on the basics of environmental law an policy, very easy to follow and enganging for the audience. Still, would suggest to update some issues e.g. GHG as the Paris Agreement was ratified recently. But overall I would recommend for everyone interested in environmental issues as it was a great introduction.
Excellent tutor, relevant information.
One of the few online courses which is very much organised to understand. It is a great course indeed.
Fantastic course and instructor!
Amazing course! The teacher keeps it super interesting from start to end! Its definitely useful if you want to get into laws and policies and you have no background knowledge about it!
Don't think that I've ever had a teacher that is as detailed. He has great knowledge and makes the course entertaining.
I loved this course! The professor is so enthusiastic and easy to follow, and I feel like I have the basic background knowledge that I need for my job now. It also helped me to interpret cases - I read the case (which he has condensed) each unit, tried to puzzle out what had happened, and then listened to his lecture to see if I got it right. Thank you Coursera and Professor Hornstein!!
Such a great course, the teacher is so knowledgable and enthusiastic! HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Really Interesting and easy to understand and learn! Loved it!!!
Incredibly interesting and well structured.
The course gave me a valuable overview of existing legal tools in the US to protect the environment, as well as efforts at international level. Above all, it gave me an increased interest in environmental issues and solutions. Professor Hornstein is a wonderful and brilliant teacher, which not only makes the course interesting and easy to follow, but fun and engaging!
Awesomeness.Professor Hornstein brings in good insight and knowledge of law and policy that shaped the very environment we cherish today, and tops it with good wits and cheer which makes the course quite enjoyable.
Very insightful course.I learnt a great deal.The Professor is very articulate.I would highly recommend
The teacher is so fun and the course was very informative. I actually cared about not only the content, which had me interested in the first place, but how it was presented, and I learned a lot. Thank you.
Very interesting and practical course that focuses on case readings and the understanding of concepts, precedents and theories on environmental law. Great for begginers on the subject.
For a $49 course through UNC - the teaching was stellar and very informative! This course is a great supplemental course for anyone with a environmental science or even meteorology degree, like myself!
Thank you for all the knowledge you gave me! I opened a new scientific world... Will miss your lectures very much!
This course is an excellent primer for this topic. It's really well gauged for general interest public and it does not fall short for whomever would like to go a little further. I will extend a policy chapter on a course I teach on Environmental Science.
An extremely instructive course delivered by a passionate teacher. I recommend to anyone with an interest in sustainability!
Came to know and judge various topics and common laws including specific once.Great teaching spirit and good explanations.
This course was well organized and highlighted the most influential environmental law cases in the US. It would be great if the course could be updated to reflect the recent COP21-Paris Agreement
loved this!
I found the course most engaging and delivered with great enthusiasm. Professor Hornstein is a great teacher and even across the computer screen seemed eager to pass on to the student his very infectious love of the discipline . One cannot help but become equally infected. Out of that, I intend to engage myself more fruitfully in matters of the environment; the laws and policies that should govern how human being interact with the environment. I hope to further my knowledge of the subject by hopefully studying for a higher qualification. Thank you very much for the opportunity to study with Coursera. And grateful thanks to Professor Hornstein.
Wonderful primer for activists, journalists, or anyone else needing to know a little more about the law and policy shaping our environmental stewardship in the U.S. Shows you the complexity of these things and adds depth to many news reports.
Excellent work ethic of prof
This course is a solid introduction to Environmental Law, a topic where it's exceedingly easy to get lost in the weeds, so to speak. The instructor for this course is simply delightful. High energy and engaging, it's clear that no matter who the named parties are in a case, the ultimate client is the environment. If I had had the opportunity to take a brief survey course like this one when I was starting college back in the 1980s, I might well have gone into this field as a profession. Excellent course!I did not participate in the forums, so I cannot speak to the value that they may or may not have brought to the course. I did, however, do all the reading, and I think it's important to have students understand how to parse out meaning and significance from these often dry documents.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy course and appreciateProfessor Donald Hornstein's creative approach to teaching. I was both inspired and empowered by this course and look forward to further courses in Environmental law from The University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll.Thank you so very much.
I very much enjoyed this course. It provided background on environmental law and introduced me to some common law doctrines as environmental law. Good investment of time.
Great course, interesting and easy to understand
The explanation of material cover in this course is very clear. I really enjoy every week and look forward to learning new material.
Great
This was a great introduction to Environmental Law!
Awesome course and awesome prof!!! I learned so much. Thank you!
Very informative! Professor Hornstein makes the topics easy to understand & interesting despite little knowledge on environmental law.
Thank you
Thoroughly enjoyed this intro to law and policy. The professor is very enthusiastic with his teachings and made the class that much better.
The professor has an immense amount of charisma and a concise way of breaking down concepts. The content material is short and to the point. These short lectures allow the student to even explore philosophies of economics in detail giving a big picture to what the issues at hand are with Law, Policy, and Climate Change.Great lectures, materials, discussions, and extremely effective Professor. Highly recommend.
Fantastic course. The topic and the presentation were on point.
Very dynamic and enjoying lessons that don't spare details, making for a very cohesive and complete course.
Exactly what I wanted - a course to help me make sense of the basics and give me the language and the tools I need to pursue a deeper understanding of several of the subtopics which are most applicable to my work.And Bonus! Happy Prof = Happy LearningI appreciate that :-)
A rewarding course. The professor's passion, energy and knowledge will enhance your learning experience on Environmental Law.
good basic class
Don Hornstein is a very engaging instructor in his lectures, which makes watching the videos a breeze. I wish there was more though for reading materials. I gave the course five stars because it does as it states, it is an very brief introduction into Environmental law. However, I feel there are things lacking that can be improved upon, like written work and more in depth study.Perhaps a specialization where the subjects are taught in courses of 4 weeks, where they go in more depth. Such as common law and nuisance, wildlife protection act, clean water act, and air pollution. Then finishing off with a capstone project. If a specialization was offered, I would sign up. I feel the missing requirement of coursework beyond the quizzes is detrimental to my retaining the information learned.
Wonderful breakdown of cases over time that cite each other. Excellent introduction to Environmental Law.
Informational and very entertaining course.
I found the Course very informative and Excellent way of teachi
It was really a great course, super interesting, well designed, with a great speaker, Don Hornstein. Really loved it. Thank you so much !ByeLéon
The instructor was engaging, the content was interesting, and the structure held up very well as a self-paced course.
Excellent, easily digestable snap-shot of environmental law. A great class for anyone interested in how policy affects environmental causes!
Excellent course! Very organized and easy to follow. Interesting cases and examples were used.
Instructor was very enthusiastic about the course, I thought it was well structured and it's good to get a framework for things. As someone who came in as pretty conservative leaning on the Environmental issue, it helps me become more knowledgeable about why the EPA can do the things it can, and a better understanding of how environmental law works. More information is always better!
Excellent Course. Great instruction that can be easily absorbed and underst
Very helpful!
This course was excellent. I would highly recomme
This is really an awesome course. Lecture videos by Prof. Hornstein are very lucid ,informative and bang on point. Thank you Sir and thank you Coursera for this superb platform.
As a state government employee in environmental protection, I found this course to be extremely helpful in understanding the history of environmental common and statutory law. Professor Don Hornstein is extremely knowledgeable and well spoken on every topic he covers and is clearly passionate about his work. The assigned readings are interesting and illustrate the evolution of environmental law very well. Professor Hornstein's commentary encompasses these readings well and extends further to provide a better contextual understanding of each. The assignments are straightforward for anyone who completes the readings and watches the videos and help with retention of the lessons. Overall, the course was very good for those wanting a general knowledge of Environmental Law, and Professor Hornstein is a very fine teacher!
This course was well planned and dynamic. The professor extraordinary and presented all the topics in a way to make them even more interesting.
I'm only half way through but I'm enjoying this one a lot. Its clear, concise and engaging.
I really liked the structure of the lesson plan and the individual lectures. It is told almost like a story with parts for you to test your recall and understanding of the unfolding adventure. Really good course and very much worth the time.
The enthusiasm of Don was making it so easy to sit through any long lectures. And the interactive Q&A was helpful to understand concepts. Though I am not from the United States, this forms a very nice platform to understand legal systems. Thanks a lot
Absolutely love the professor. He is very clear and articulate. You also don't really need to do the readings if you're very good at listening. Or you don't need to watch the lectures if you're super good at law and policy and don't need any clarifications. He makes it fun and interesting. I also learned quite a lot. Love all the examples he gives. Great class I would definitely recommend for people trying to get a little introduction and background to environmental law.
Great course! Challenging and interesting! Teaching style both excellent and enter
Wonderful lectures and readings!
Enjoyed the course and Professor Hornstein's energy in teaching it.
I enjoyed the course and especially enjoyed Donald Hornstein's teaching style - upbeat, dynamic, funny at times and interesting always. I actually looked forward to each lesson throughout the course. Thanks...
Great course in delivery and design. A model for MOOCs in my opinion.
This course is awesome. If you really like the theme, you'll even want the course not to finish.
Excellent material, excellent professor, a must for any aspiring environmentalists, very comprehensive and informative lessons.
Balancing the perfect amount of information to help me know how decisions are reached and not overwhelming with technical or theoretical legal terms.
Great course and great professor!
Great course. Really enjoyed this introduction to environmental law and policy. Many issues and concepts were covered and the professor delivered the content in a interesting and well structured manner.
It is a very good course, specially for people who wants to know more about, of course enviromental law, and comonn law system too. The teacher gives you a practical and interesting focus about cases and precedents dictaded by the US law system.
This course is a great resource in understanding the foundation of environmental law. It is a must for anyone who is interested in the incidents and reasons that led to the inception of many of the laws and Acts that govern today's operations.
The lectures are really interesting and clear. It is a very good course to make all law students and staff working in environmental field get to know the theory and practice of environmental law and policy of US.
Professor Hornstein is brilliantly easy to follow -- he walks you through "legalese" at a beginner's pace, apt for a college undergraduate-level. I particularly like his One-minute Lawyer videos, wherein he explains the case readings in a conversational style. Very good for reviewing.
This is a very informative course that directly applies to many present-day environmental issues. If you're someone who has a passion for the environment and wants a better understanding of the underlying statutes framing these issues, take the course! It is heavily focused on United States law, but the basic concepts are universal.
Very inspiring and informative lesson. For people with no background in law, this course make a successful first step towards the way.
Very informative and pleasant hearing and description of different components in environmental law.
great course so far, great lectures and great professor
I was very satisfied with this course because it described the system and policy regarding Environmental Law in U.S., and provided the relationship between the current law and conventional nuisance.
Great intro if one is contemplating an LLM in the field
Good, but could have been a little more demanding.
The professor is very passionate about the subject which adds to the course. The studied material is very professional and understandable.
The professor is one of the best I have ever seen in LawStrongly reccoment this course
Superb professor (Donald Hornstein), interesting and relevant course material, just wish there were more courses like this on Coursera and/or by Professor Horstein...
Wonderful course. Very well organised. Lecturer is great.
The Professor was incredible!!! Very enthusiastic, made the subject very interesting!!!
This course was very helpful to understand the environmental law in USA and in the international level. I really enjoyed it!
It was an excellent course that not only gave an idea of what environmental law is but also how it is implemented and what it's significance.
Incredibly well structured course, so easy to follow along!
The contents of this lecture are profound and can review variety cases.I recommend this course to who works as lawyer and are interested in environmental dispute cases.
I really liked this Course.Although I am not a lawyer and more environmental engineer, the professor explain different environmental law cases (Waste, Soil, Water, Air) in an easy-going manner. It was simple but very strong content!100% recommendable!!
This is an amazing course by an amazing lecturer. I've taken classes in environmental ethics and environmental impact assessment and this is a wonderful addition to that knowledge base.
This course is highly recommended for undergraduates,graduates and professionals who want to get a general view of environmental law and policy.
Law does not have a reputation for being light reading, an interesting field full of personality and humor. Professor Hornstein defies that stereotype. I learned a great deal from this course, and actually looked forward to the lectures because of his good nature and lighthearted presentation of the material. For anyone who wants a basic introduction but may be hesitant about taking a law class, I highly recommend this one.
Prof. Hornstein - Thank You!!!
This was both informative and useful Thank you.
Excellent overview, interesting presenter (passionate about subject, knowledgeable and entertaining) and well organized in content. I would strongly recommend to anyone interested in environmental law.
The best course that I have ever had on Coursera. It goes along with a great pace, and sessions are not too long to lose you to distraction. Each session includes good amount of information which I think they are all useful for someone in the field. All in all, the course is designed perfectly. A+
Very engaging ! Easy to follow, and well structured.
I thought the course was a fantastic introduction to environmental law and policy. I especially enjoyed the structure of each lesson (reading -> video) and the entire course. I thought the Prof did a great job of being enthusiastic and was mostly clear when explaining, analyzing and discussing each case. Perhaps, an aspect that could be improved in the future is to ask more in-video question to challenge the student to think critically while watching the videos. However, where there is most room for improvement is to have much better management of the discussion section. There was no authority answering any questions whatsoever, not content related nor operational.
I love this course to the extent that I was glued to listen to the video lectures. The professor is extremely well spoken and the course is nicely organized. I love to see the professor again in some other courses too. Thank you so much for your deliverance.
cute lecturer with strong logic
Our instructor is a well experienced professional and the material is up-to-date. Highly recommended!
Great knowledge about policies!
Prof. Don Hornstein is great at introducing each and every concept related to environmental law and policy. I am a graduate student of Sustainable Infrastructure having no background in Law but I finished the course with 100% grade and learnt many aspects and terms of Law, specifically Environmental Law. I would like to thank Prof. Hornstein for the wonderful lectures.
Very interesting and a great way to gain a broader understanding of Law regarding the Environment. Touches on subjects of pollution, waste control and trade; very valuable in this day and age in my opinion. Useful to anyone interested in the field of Sustainable Energies, World Trade, Environmental Protection etc.
I enjoyed every session, the explanations were very easy to understand, the 1 minute lawyer were a great help to understand the lectures
Excellent course!!!!! Not only was the professor's teaching style fun and engaging, he made environmental law exciting!!! I learned so very much. Although my current degree is in Environmental Management and I'm a Healthcare Sustainability Specialist for an International regulated medical waste disposal firm, the course inspired me so much, i'm actually considering going to Law School to specialize in Environmental Law!!!Thank you so very much Prof. Bornstein & UNC staff for offering this amazing course!!!
Prof. Horstein was a great lecturer - he had a very structured approach and spoke to his audience, not just "at" his audience. I enjoyed the mini-quizes inside of the videos, and felt his lectures were the perfect length. I learned quite a bit in this course! I'm a trainee lawyer in the UK and have a Masters in international policy (political science) so this was a very good way for me to see if I'm genuinely interested in environmental law - which I am. Thanks!
Thank you Prof. Hornstein! Excellent delivery, this course should be taught as compulsory. Would like to drill deeper on the proposed TPP agreement as it relates to GAAT with respect to (for example) BGH arguments, along with the potential economic machinations.
Thank you so much Prof for guiding us through a difficult yet an interesting topic. The course is well arranged in the way the choosen cases make it easier to understand the statutes, though it not that easy. I wish the course had brought in more international cases as the non-American students like me might be more intersted in.I love this course, as well as the T- shirts and the tux :)
So far it has been an interesting course which has provided me a new perspective on thinking about the law and environment
This was an excellent course. It was interesting and informative.The professor was a great teacher.
the course was fantastic especially the 1 minute lawyer segments. Not sure if it is a site problem, problem with the course or with my machine but I frequently had times where the picture would freeze and audio would continue. The videos while informative were also quite long and it might have been a better idea to divide each 20 minute video into 2 smaller ones. Otherwise though it was a great course by a fantastic professor.
Extremely informative and very well presented. Makes a seemingly dull subject come to life and engages the students with the material in a way that makes them want to learn.
the lawyer cum teacher rocks!!
I rate this course excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed my learning experience. It certainly opened my eyes and improved my knowledge. Thank
very very good i appreciate
too bored
Extremely well prepared, interesting material and great teachers.
Loved it!
Good mix between content and clear picture
Thank you! easy class and very interesting
I really like this course. The topics are presented in very clear way and in short time cover a big variety of issues. Also practical discussions are really useful and interesting.
Good practice
It's a very good course. Even it's a general view is very clear. The practioners point of view, put it at the end of some lessons are a very good idea and help to close the hole lesson.10 points and go for more courses!
better if to be more in depth!
Very good gourse, I persoally enjoyed the lectures in which the relatipnship with other areas of mathematics were discussed.
This is a wonderful course. The lectures are engaging, clear, and intuitive, but from my perspective the best thing about this course is the depth of the problem sets; although not long (usually 3 - 4 problems), each problem requires genuine thought, understanding , and creativity. This has been especially refreshing in the world of online courses, where shallow and computational problem sets can sometimes be the norm. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in an introduction to this beautiful subject.
Excellent course. I hope there are more courses by the same team.
Marvellous online course. High level and ultimate lessons.Don't underestimate the level.
Good content, but way too slow. Please use pdf instead of writing everything.
Very insightful and detailed. Perfect spoken and written English
Really interesting and useful course to obtain great insights of the Ecosystem Services approach.
This course is excellent to learn, from scratch, how to write Unit and Integration tests, also you'll learn why, how and when to apply testing and security to your projects. You'll learn to use JUnit, Mockito and the InstrumentationRegistry.
very interesting course
I would advise anyone doing this specialization, to take the Java for Android first, then do the Engineering Maintainable Android apps, as its only in the Engineering Maintainable Android apps that there is an optional coursework to create and test a very simple app for the first time. All the other MOOCs optional courseworks start from very complex pre-existing app examples. I was able to complete these courseworks but I didnt really understand all the surrounding code that did a lot of important UI stuff, or the JUnit test. Its good to be forced to make a simple app and get used to JUnit from day 1. I did not take this route, but I wish I had.
personally speaking, the contents are not helpful. and the multiple-choice quizzes stuck me a lot.
Few content, bad quality, many mistakes in the material, no programming assignments, poor support.Definitely not worth the money.
Good information on unit and Android testing.Also provide some info on security issues.Could do with more hands-on assignments and provide URLs to Android testing, security, and debugging/code analysis tools. May be expand to include overview of code analysis tools like lint
The Professor is a Great Professor!!
Gives very good understanding of Android Apps
I really enjoyed every single lecture, especially that I was also learning French. If you are a lawyer (so you are familiar with the most important legal concepts) and you also possess some good French reading/understanding skills - you don't need to be a French speaker to easily underastand the most of the content of this course.
It is an excellent course. Professor Marchand has a huge practical experience and a sound theoretical knowledge in the course topics. An academic and practical course of great value in a very difficult topic taught by a real specialist!
A very good and useful course, taught with mastery by Prof. Marchand. Highly recommandable for everyone, lawyer or not, dealing with international contracts.
This course is good; but not the best. In some videos, the instructor was hard to understand and I had to turn on closed captions.
Very informative and engaging. Although I'm not US citizen, the practice and legal framework of the US that is being used to counter-act epidemic/pandemic diseases would help me understand how different parties can work collectively to control and contain the diseases. Thank you professors!
I want to give 4 stars because this course teaches you many concepts in a short time. In a very understandable way.
An excellent course, very nice learning experience.. thanks
there is too much about inside rule of US. I did not find that interesting or useful for me.
I enjoyed the course a lot, in particular the historical and more recent anecdotes and examples.
75% of the course is amazing, the rest needs some work. The course feels as if its target population is lower-level undergraduates or the general population. Would love to see more advanced graduate level content included.
an excellent course to understand Epidemics, Pandemics and outbreaks, which helps to get better public health understanding
excellent course quite informative and will definitely improve on my previous knowledge in this field.
First of all, let me congratulate the team for starting this course on Epidemics, Pandemic and Outbreaks. It was a very nice and I could come to know about the epidemics which occurred throughout the Globe. I have a suggestion. I feel that this the course may be more detailed especially about the problems of developing countries like Malaria, Measles, etc., My sincere thanks to all my teachers. Please keep in touch
Short, but pretty good; very clear and concise lessons, understandable for beginners or intermediate learners.
Was very helpful, I learned a lot from this course. It's a shame that the legal frameworks introduced in the course are limited to the US because I, as a non-american had some trouble understanding the last
Very informative course. I loved it and learnt a lot.
I hope there will be continuation of this course and expanding with examples.
An excellent introduction or a refresher course to this field! Provides a good amount of content for a 4-week course. The self-paced aspect of the course is also very helpful if you would like to make your own schedule.
An interesting course!Definitely glad I took this course. I was expecting a more medical approach, but it was interesting to see the legal issues as well. Sometimes hard to follow, and I think that might be due to my lack of knowledge on the l
very very helpful
I love this course everything is really informative.
Great Course. Very dinamic.
This is a truly enjoyable and intriguing course. Thank you!
The course inspires me to learn more about epidemiology.
Amazing class. Informative.
Excellent course! Concise and very different from other Epidemiology-type courses. Videos short yet very informative. VERY ENGAGING. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Very nice course. It is a pity that the legal framework is almost exclusively focused on the US.
was searching for an online course in the field of public health and found this .....its a brilliant course and was worth it...............good job guys......thank
It was interesting!
A very interesting course and a good introduction to the topic. Would be beneficial if one could gain official credits or points towards an online degree with an expanded/more in-depth course volume.
informative
Most of the lectures were very short. I would have preferred more in depth discussion of the topics
Very informative! Learned alot.
A very good process to validate your idea for a new business. 2 optional resources that were introduced in an earlier course of the same program - Business Model Generation (Osterwalder, Pigneur) and Blue Ocean Strategy (Kim, Maubongne) - proved indispensable for this program finale. I continue to turn to these books to tool my new businesses. The Capstone, and the program in general, became the turning point in my entrepreneurial development.
Awesome course. I was enjoying every minute in it.
I am so grateful ....thank you
thank you so much
A great opportunity to learn and experience the first steps to start a new venture!
this is a very good specialization course for entrepreneur to be. I recommend it to everyone
There is lack of communication with peers and mentors. Its like styding alone
One or two of the assignments were very similar to assignments that were offered earlier in the specialization. Otherwise, the class was a great finale to a very well-done specialization!
Feedback for the developed business model is missing and thus sigificant added-value cannot be captured.
A example of the Capstone quiz, could made this course best. I suggest to give example of a business idea analysis and also lecture on it.
A Must course, which every individual should take before entering into the awesome would of Entrepreneurship.
Great course indeed
Great course, I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot about policymaking and policy implementation.
The lectures made by the professor were really helpful and provided many insights into policy making within the EU. However, some tasks such as filling air pollution standards were not that insightful. Also, unsynchronized subtitles were a bit annoying same for the poor sound from invited professors in air pollution videos of chapters 4 and 5.
I like it very much
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to complete my CV in English to the area of Data Science.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teacher Karen Peterson.Congratulations to Coursera team.
Recommended for anyone
Thank so much for this course. I enjoyed the content.
It's good and well done!but for Italian/European users is not so common to have an Eportfolio (Linkedin a part).
Great course.Thanks Ms Karen Peterson, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Coursera.
I loved it this course. It was very pleasant in content and flow.
It is a very interesting course, on which you can clarify some statements and improve your professional information to be competitive. Thanks a lot! A greetings from Cali, Colombia.
Very useful.Thanks a lot :)
really great course ... if you need my advice take it
This course is very essential and effective both self and colleagues to do the job in Multi-national platform. Thanks to my instructors and the mentors to frame this kind of courses from the World Renowned Universities.
The View on Mobile app and Desktop is so different. When I posted week two work an old website I'd built populated. I didn't have time to even notice it. It did not meet assignment rubric. And once my classmates reviewed it and moved on I was forced to switch sessions because "nobody" was left to grade any resubmissions. That should have been visible in the mobile app. For a week I kept searching for the "problem" and the mobile app said all complete, the desktop assignment tab finally revealed my issue.
This course is impressive.
cool
I had the opportunity to learn useful tools about how to build an online e-portfolio.
Great Lectures! I enjoyed your lessons and I am now confident in creating my ePortfolio.
very practical, step by step approach!!!
A lot of information about eHealth Handled in very accurate way, with real life examples not only theory.
Very informative and interesting course with well substantiated real life examples. It was fantastic to have a variety of perspectives from knowledgeable professionals across the campus involving the private sector. A big thank you to Professor Tim Shaw and all the participating professors and industry professionals in helping make this course so enjoyable.
The format with a large variety of testimonials from experts in different niches of the healthcare sector was interesting. However, it lacked critical reflection and depth. Throughout the course, with only a few exceptions, I lacked the feeling I was learning something.
This Course is have a comprehensive content for the current trends in technology. I am glad to be a part of this Course.
Very interesting approach through interviews. Thanks for sharing with us such innovative subject. You rock guys!!!
Very very insightful. It's worth it.
this course is so important to all professional of health public
It was great to learn about epidemiology and public health from the masters of the art.
Videos and materials are fine, but insufficient for the quizzes, which are apparently very difficult even for PhDs in the field.
Geat cours suppling the general views of epidimiology.
It has been an excellent journey for me, I just graduated from dentistry school, and want to enter to this field of Public health, to make a change in populations, and communities around the world, this is the start of an adventure for me, before I take my master degree, and travel around the world for doing a volunteering an internship in Africa and Asia. Thank you.
Very good course
The teachers are fantastic. The content is introductory, but it covers a lot of information in an easy and clear way. Also, it helped me to pass the exam to enter into a Master's program in Epidemiology. It was really helpful, even more than some very well-known introductory books on the field. Thank you, it was great!!
Can't wait for the next course
I learned a lot from this class, but I had a difficult time with some of the multiple choice quizzes, which I think could be improved. I felt that the additional materials (PDF readings) could have done a better job explaining concepts like risk ratios, rate ratios, and odds ratios, among others. I hope the teachers of the class consider revising and improving the lectures and readings for clarity.
Very well delivered online course. Lecturers were able to explained the concepts of epidemiology concepts clearly.
A great introduction to the field of epidemiology. The lectures are easy to follow and understand. I liked the examples, which also gave a good insight in studies and possible opportunities to apply the gained knowledge.
Great course, I learned a lot, thanks!
An amazing which was well delivered. I have learnt a lot about Epidiomology and hope to learn more as I begin my journey in Medicine.
5/5 as an intro course. I wish that there had been some more in depth learning, but this course is intended only to give a broad overview of epidemiology. Good lectures, good examples, all around good course.
An interesting introduction to epidemiology. I felt that the statistical concepts this course covered were clearly explained, and the numerical examples helped further my understanding of these principles.However, from the course description, I expected the course to talk more about concepts (it covered this a little bit, e.g. the Bradford Hill criteria) and perhaps the state of modern-day epidemiology than it did (for example, studies and successes from within the last 10 years?). I would love to see a follow-up module on that topic!
Good course, very well structured, well signposted, progressive, very clear, with a good use of the media. As for the content, the examples are not always well connected to the theory. The speakers speak at a good pace, not too slow not too fast but their tone is monotonous and it is a little bit formal. Therefore the course is a little dull. As the course is very introductory, it would have been nice to be directed to other more advanced courses either online or residential.
Excellent introduction to the field of Epidemiology. The lectures were very good and the material was presented in a clear and orderly manner.
These are clearly well designed and structured essential basics in epidemiology.
this course teaches precise and useful concepts of epidemiology. the way of teaching is simple yet understandable. thanks a lot to all the teachers for putting in their efforts and for providing us with an opportunity to learn it!
This was actually a great course as I have learned a lot from the lectures. I would definitely recommend this course to my peers.
I loved it. The ladies did a great job :) Many thanks !
The course is great, but more practices would be better. In addition, the exams are too detailed to test one's ability.
very useful
Thanks for the course. It was really helpful to review some of the topics in basic epidemiology. The course could be more better with better presentation and by sharing more basic information in a simple way.
This course provided a brief overview and covered some statistics.
The course gives an overall good introduction to epidemiology applied to public health. The classes are well structured and the basic concepts are cleary explained, providing a more pratical insight on the uses and importance of clinical and epidemiological studies to public health. In my opinion, the course fill its purpose which is to give an basic introduction to epidemiology.However, considering its six weeks long duration, I think that it may be suitable to add facultative activities (videos or even supplemental material) to provide those who want to go deeper a more complete learning experience.
Very informative!
The basics covered in this course were useful, however there was minimal interaction with instructors. There was also limited ability to work with the course components, such as lecture transcripts. It woud be a great course if it were a little more accessible.
Fantastic course, Learnt allot
Great course for entering the world of Epidemiology!
Great course, very informative for beginners. Examples used throughout lectures to help understand material.Recommend to other beginners.
A great introductory course into the field of epidemiology covering all basic aspects of the field. The educators are very well organized and the work load per weak is very manageable. It is to be noted though that the exams can pose some difficulty in first two weeks as some may consider them to focus on trivia, other than that a great course.
Great course!
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Wonderful course, full of details and examples
one of the best, highly recommended
Good overview of the subject, and easy to understand for someone with no health sciences background. My only complaint is that the additional readings were redundant, covering the exact same thing and using the same examples as the videos--I would prefer either different readings or making them more obviously optional.
Good and concise introduction course for epidemiology
Interesting course excellently delivered by two of the best minds in epidemiology. highly recommended...
It was very helpful course,thank you coursera!
An excellent expose to the rudiments of epidemiology
It was a thrilling experience to complete Epidemiology (The Basic Science of Public Health) offered by Coursera. I am now excited to obtain the Certificate as I have paid by net banking an amoumt of required 1928/-INR & also submitted my photo ID.I want to know how long it will take to issue this certificateThanks & RegardsDr.Balbir S.Dewan
it was superb experience at coursera to get certificate on completing the course. I'll refer these courses to my friends and colleagues and will also join the other courses.
This course has been very usefull for profesionals and students of public health. Thank you for sharing us all of your knowledge
The course is interesting. It opened my eyes to public health. Now more than ever, I am keen to proceed on a postgraduate study.
The course was enlightening. The module on measures of association was very clear and simple.
I am a little disapointed with this course. I have completed the third week, but quizes are too big, and the questions are almost impossible to compare with the lectures.It seems like what is evaluated is your ability of getting languages nuances, and not the epidemiology subject.
The course was fantastic and learned the things which I could not study from many books I had referred. I have spread this message to many of my friends and colleges. Thank you very much.
The course cleared a lot of doubts i was having in public health linked to community optometry. Thanks for the basic knowledge.
This course was excellent as a basic course, highlighting the most basic definitions and concepts that anyone interested in epidemiology without any background should and can understand.Thank you lecturers and organizers, this course definitely answered some questions I had after reading scientific articles.
Such a great course, informative and concise
Nice way to start my journey in global health..............
This is the first time I have learnt Epidemiology. It's give me a chance to know professional information about it. As I thought, It's a difficult cause. So many definitions are difficult to distinguish. I hope in the future I could learn more, especially in pharmacoepidemiology. Thank you very much.
Great course. May be expanded a bit with more examples from both developed and developing countries. Thank you all very much for giving me the opportunity to learn from you all
Very informative and liked the mini quizzes in between and the visuals as well. Made the learning experience smooth.
Not very in-depth, but I don't think it was really meant to be. Good starting off point to see if you like this kind of thing, and it's helped me understand the important concepts behind public health.
Succinct presentation of the information for a beginner. Highly recommended!
Although the content was informational, the presenters were uninteresting and made watching the videos hard to do.
I like to learn epidemiology basic courses through coursera applicationThanks!
Thorough and clear course layout. Engaging and interesting. I enjoyed it!
This is a very good course. I'm a resident physician and am looking forward to completing it. I didn't realize I would be so busy with work last month. I'm hoping to finish it this month if it is still available.
Amazing course! It is highly recommended to anybody interested in public health.
Good course, worth taking
Thanks for this excellent course. I am a doctor and in 2012 I have completed my MPH in Epidemiology from BSMMU, Bangladesh but for some reasons I have a gap in last 4 years in my career and recently I have started working with an Epidemiologist in NUI Galway,Ireland and looking for something which would help me to remind all those things I had learnt 4 years back. This course works like a magic. Now I got my memory back. Both teacher are very kind and they tried to make it easier for all which made this course fascinating .Best wishes for all...Dr. Sabrina Zarin
Important basic informations...
It's awesome. I am learning a lot. Thank you
Concise, insightful and relevant teaching material!
An informative and nicely structured course. Recommend those who want to gather precise knowledge about Epidemiology.
I am entering public health from another educational background. I plan to take the graduate course in epidemiology next spring when it is offered. This has given me a very helpful introduction to the field, as well as a review of statistics I learned in the past and different ways than I have used to analyze data. Thank you for making this available.
it is the excellent course,and most helpfull to my profession
Content was easy to follow and the tutors delivered material appropriately
Great course! The course covers fundamental concepts and terms used within the field of epidemiology. It also strengthens the knowledge, understanding and design of the different types of studies that may be useful for scientists in basic science.
great tool, really easy to understand
A well-organized course for the beginners. Thanks to the instructors.
it's an excellent introduction to epidemiology, with very clear explanations.
very good first step to public health
This course is an excellent introduction to Epidemiology. I am prepared to pursue my interests in the subject.
It was a very helpful course for me in preparing for my master's program in public health. Dr David is a very good teacher and it was a great learning experience!
Very informative and professional course. Great instructors and teachers.
I have just completed Module 1 and I am really enjoying the course. Good quality presentations with a good depth of subject matter. From a health professional's (RN, ENP) who has not studied this subject before, this is an excellent introduction to the topic so far.
Great and very well explained. Loved it!
I am really enjoying the course. It is really simple, informative and helpful.
Good course to learn the basics of epidemiology.
I have just started with the course and the introductory slides I found are perfectly designed. Thanks.
Very good and interesting course, I recommend.
This is a very good and very basic course of epidemiology.
Excelent!!! Very clear and easy to follow.
Amazing and simple introduction to epidemiology! The additional resources resume the information very well and facilitate reviewing the content of the course
good information. organized well and not too many lectures
This course was very helpful as a refresher for the epidemiology course I complete years ago. I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn or just need to review.
This covers a lot but in a clear and manageable fashion. Really impressed to find this available, just wish there were more public health courses on Coursera!
Course content was pretty detailed. I did not like that I had to write down pretty much every single word from each slide and that was said in order to make sure I could answer the quiz questions. Either the quiz questions were bad or it was taught in a confusing manner. I would go with the former.
I struggle with Epidemiology and Statistics, and this course helped me to get a better understanding of the teories of Epidemiology and helped me to use it in practic. Thank you for putting so much time in building these modules.
Loved this course! I learned a lot, as this is my first course on the topic, and had no trouble understanding the material.
Everything just on point.
This course is a great first look into Epidemiology. It covers a wide range of material from the general to the specific and does a great job teaching some of the statistical tools used by epidemiologists. I highly recommend this course to everyone with even a small interest in the field.
This is a great course. I learned a lot and was challenged a lot. Thank you professors! I hope to see you online again for a credited course certificate in the near future.
It is an interesting course, as a first contact with epidemiology and public health
Helpful to get an overview of the field of epidemiology and what options epidemiologists have in the real world.
very helpful,impressed by coherent topics in epidemiology.
Thank you very much Karin and Lorraine for your course! It really helped to understand more about Epidemiology, but more importantly about the mathematics behind them! I'm sure going to put in practice all the knowledge you gracefully displayed on those lessons! Thanks very much, your job is of really high quality!
Informative and complete, accurately provides the basics of the course. Perfect foundation for going deeper into the study.
The course explains key concepts in an easy to understand manner. Glad to be a part of it.
Thank you for encouraging me to continue the courses and quiz! I was moved by the motivational emails of the course for the first time since I started Coursera. Now I'm considering to apply to NC's online degree programs of public health, and change my career path.
An excellent introduction to epidemiology. The reason I gave it 4 stars rather than 5 is because I would have liked to see more statistics e.g. one or two statistical tests and maybe a prac on experimental/survey deisgn.
poorly done
The course provides a good introduction to epidemiology. Both teachers are relaxed and speak very well, which is important for foreign students. I would add more intermediate ,practice exercises before quizzes, intermingling them with lectures. Absorbing too much material before the quiz is not always easy. Especially formulas should be practiced repeatedly with some real life problems, although not too difficult ones, in line with the purpose of the course.
I enjoyed hearing about epidemiology, but didn't find the quizzes very useful. I was expecting more practice doing computation or examining case studies. The lectures also had no time in between slides to pause, write notes, and make sure I understood what was just said. I liked that the lectures were well organized and the review questions in between the topics of discussion.
boring
very informative
A great resource or as a reminder from previous material!!
Basic concept of epidemiology.
Very interesting, I learned a lot.
Clean, objective and full of examples. Lovely.
The course has been structured very well. Suitable for biologists without a strong mathematical background. I truly appreciate the hard work of the course instructors for designing a course that is worthy for the general audience as well as for those belonging to the field of bio-medical sciences.
Good course, tough, but good. Very engaging for those interested in Epidemiology. Lots of detail! I walked away learning much from this course.
Well organized - presentation engaging - Makes it a pleasure to take part
It is a very interesting course. I really have learnt a lot about epidemiology.
I really enjoyed this class, very comprehensive. Thanks Coursera
This course is exellent to have a complete vision of the field of Epidemiology. Iam considering myself studying a Master in this subject. The course gives you a great overview about what Epidemiology is , and I think they have achieved it very well
Great for beginners in Epidemiology! Not too intense, but covers topics from epidemiological studies, risks and ratios, calculation of CI and p-values. Very informative and easy to follow!
Great course
Data science is my passion, I love to do data analysis in public health to help our people.
A very good Basic and Refresher course on Epidemiology
One of, if not the, best course in the topic. Highly recommended for med students, statisticians, graduate doctors and public health servers. Great job Dr. Yeatts and Dr. Alexander!
Very useful and comprehensive information. I warmly recommend this course to all the ones interested in getting a proper understanding of the terms, concepts and designs used in clinical studies.
Pretty cool
As a Masters candidate in Public Health, I found the course quite informative. It covers all the basics and is helpful for understanding concepts in the subject. I study Epidemiology, and this course helped me revise and summarise the subject in the simplest way possible. Also, the language used, makes it easy for even lay people (with no health background) get a brief understanding of the subject.
Nice course, highly effective for other background. I suggest to improve the course content of week 4 & 5 which may be expanded with some other topics.
Love this course it is a basic introduction to epidemiology a MUST! It's engaging and the instructors explain things in a really easy way.
This course is well-organized and it is challenging to complete the quizzes
Excellent!! Now I understand more about Epidemiology!! I'm trying to get into a masters in Public Health or Healthcare Administration, so this will be really helpful to me!! I'll definitely search your graduate programs :)
It has lots of valuable concepts!!
Great for the begginers and the curious! Sorry for the bad english
educative
The coarse precisely and concisely says everything about basic epidemiology.
it was like a summary-short, clear and of great importance to all the learners of epidemiology! Thankyou
As a novice to the field of epidemiology, I have found that the course is very informative and insightful.
Great course. Contained little pieces of information that adds to my knowledge of epidemiology. I am grateful that I am associated with Coursera, because of which I was able to add stuff to my encyclopedia.
I liked that the quizzes were not easy, it made me feel the class was worth it. It is a good intro to study design and basic statistics. Definitely a gateway course.
Nice course with the correct approach on the basics of Epidemiology. Only one minor issue, i think the focus on the historical aspects, although interesting, was a bit too much in the lectures and the tests. Being able to define OR or CI should be more important than questions on history. Overall, great work!
Extremely well organized and informative. I loved the extra reading material provided as it was very straightforward and helpful for overall understanding of the concepts. I'm looking forward to learning more from the School of Public Health at UNC in the future.
Simple and logical for anyone to follow.
Excellent revision course for those who would have previously been introduced to Epidemiology and great for those who are now being introduced to the field.Reviewing of the added reading materials is recommended for heightened comprehension.
I was more than pleased to see the huge amount of information in a 5 week duration course. Very professional !
Thank you, it is a very useful course.
I thought this was a good basic level introduction course. One suggestion is to update the quiz section to be able to click on the questions that were answered incorrectly and see the correct answer with explanation (after passing).
Great Course!!!
Thank You!
It was overall pretty decent. Learned alot. Almost every lecture is applicable in my real MedStudent Life as an amateur researcher.
Thanks for this very interesting course on line, thanks to both teachers, that was perfect
Great course! basic knowledge to start the comprehension of Epidemiology.
Gives a great overview of Epidemiology. Perhaps more clarification on cross-sectional studies.
There is no real flow between videos and questions, not easy to follow. Good efford, good content, just wrong methodology for online training for 2015.
Very interesting, comprehensive and easy-to-learn.
This is a great course that everyone interested in epidemiology should enroll in!
Very easy to unestand and now I feel more motivated to
Great course
This is a great course. It accomplishes its objectives to give a basic understanding regarding the basics about Epidemiology.
Very Educative.
Good introductory course for any biologist of life science student.
good.but why i can't see my certificate? i already completed and paid.
Not as in depth as I was hoping for. Useful for gaining a more precise vocabulary for epidemiology.
Learned a lot about epidemiology. Professors are really great!
This is a great introductory course (and it's even useful if you've already studied these topics but need a bit of reminding). ;)
Good enough for a free course offering very basic understanding of the topic. Lots of video errors, and sometimes the lecturer's speech isn't very smooth. Tests are poorly worded sometimes in ways that contradict the language used in the lectures, making them difficult to pass even with notes. I wouldn't pay for the certificate - if I were an employer I would not recognize this course as teaching any sort of proficiency.
This course help me understand history of epidemology, study design and methods to measure association and causaliy. I am very satisfied with this course. I appreciate
The content was really neat and definitely not something I had been exposed to before. I really liked the quantitative parts of the course and wish there had been more time spent on that and more quiz questions on that.The reason I am ranking this 2 stars is that I felt the quizzes were unreasonably difficult (or perhaps they had bugs). Week 2 quiz I had to take multiple times and really couldn't figure out what the correct answer was. Looking at the discussion boards I believe my sentiment is shared. I have taken multiple coursera classes (Astronomy, Astrobiology, Calculus) and these are by far the most difficult quizes I have encountered.
Thank very much for all the information and lectures shared. It was a very helpful course to get into public health.Best regards!Karina Vázquez.
Tough quizzes but its well said "you need to heat and beat the iron to re-shape". its totally worth your effort.
Great to learn the basics. Excellent explanations and to-the-point.
Useful content for health area.Easy to understand. Really love this course!!!
Fun introduction (I have no background at all in Epidemiology or related fields). However, the material is quite basic, and therefore not very challenging. Still worth the time if you want to get a good idea of what epidemiology is.
I am very grateful to you this introductory course, it has helped me a lot. I'm about to start a Master of Public Health and the seen here will be a great support. The topics were handled in a very practical way and explicit. No doubt in finding new college courses to which they belong, and considers much a doctorate. Greetings from Acapulco, Mexico.
very uneasy
Well organized and while challenging, fluent course materials in this course provides a fine introduction to Epidemiology.
Great course and wonderful style of teaching.
It was a good basic intro into the statistical methods of epidemiology. Quite basic.
Is a basic and useful approach to Epidemiology
It's a very great course for beginners who want to know the basics of epidemiology, I learned a lot from it. It gives a lot of examples, pictures, flashed to explain things, easy to understand.
No better course found, very direct and detailed as needed!
The best C++ MOOC online
Good course for engineering students engaging in computing science or coding oriented study. Will lay solid foundation for Data Structures.
Excellent Lectures! Some hard programming assignments. No TA or instructor around on line. Not too many to discuss in course forum. Overall, not an easy course.
very clear and helpful
Great!
pretty good ，learn with c++ primer helps a lot
boring and helpless
This course is very good ！！！
best C++ courses I ever learned!
a vey good course of c++
no one would take this course any more.
Great course to help you get start with C++. Give a lot of details about class. It is good enough thinking that it is a online free course.
Great C++ course, very helpful.
It's a nice course ,especially made by Peking University and teachers are quite easy and charming ,Itbetter to have more pratical projects about C++.
Teachers are very fun and intuitive!!!!!!
This is just what I want.
there are some fatal problems in its OJ system
Very Good Course.
very interesting and worth using time loving it!
I learn a lot from the course
High quality course. Ari Belenkiy, Vancouver, Canada
This course gave an excellent overview of epigenetics including molecular mechanisms with multiple case studies and a focus on cancer in the last week. I learned a lot and feel more confident branching out into the field after taking this course.
The course was great! I did not know much about epigenetics beforehand and now I feel like I could have an informed conversation. My curiosity was awakend
Highly engaging and in-depth! This isn't one of those dull cookie-cutter intro classes that is extremely easy. The material is highly specialised and the Professor Dr. Marnie Dewitt presents the material in a clearly organised and visual way.
Great course for learning the basic and intermediate level of epigenetics.
it's very interesting and very helpful to provide at least a database of the epigentics
I did not finish the course so far, but I´m already convinced of it. It´s a super interesting course that goes really deep on an awesome topic. What I like is that this is a really challenging course. It demands a good bit of effort to understand everything, but one is rewarded with a deep understanding of what so far is known about epigenetics.
I really enjoyed this course it's really interesting and I learned a lot about epigenetics. I really liked the professor and the way she explained and really enjoyed the materials she suggested us to read.
A brilliant course which enables students to understand the fundamentals of Epigenetics. This was my first online course and I am delighted to say that it was a wonderful experience and I gained immense insight into the field of Epigenetics. I'd strongly recommend it to prospective students and academicians.
Excellent course that is well structured
A great academically challenging course. Glad I have passed it!
An interesting course delivered in an excellent manner, with a challenging material being explained in a way that is easy to grasp.
Excellent course, easy to follow, well taught. Great depth of information.
A quintessential course for Genetics students all over the world. Very nicely prepared and elucidated by Dr. Marnie Blewitt .Many many thanks to Dr. Marnie Blewitt & Coursera team.
I find the course to be very interesting and full of information. The course is structured very nicely to make it easier for learners to gradually gain more and more insight into the field with minimum difficulties. I feel very satisfied by the time I finished the course.
A great course! I certainly learnt a lot. Please note, that if you haven't studied a scientific course before, then I think you would find this course too challenging.
Well constructed course and carefully designed questions. It is very useful for someone with biological and/or biomedical background to expand their knowledge on epigenetics!
Excellent course by an expert in the field. Full appreciation requires a background in biochemistry and genetics, but still a lot can be learned by anyone with interest.
this course gave a general ideal about epigenetic control, and it is helpful to me, Thanks
I have taken this course in the past.
Very informative, descriptive and useful.
The information is presented in a clear way and haves an apropiate level of difficulty. My problem is that the method of evaluation, with only multiple choice answers, is very lazy and easy.
It's pretty good :)
This was an AWESOME course. Really exciting, interesting, AND surprising, I never thought there's that much to talk about in epigenetics! I'm going to recommend it, definitely :)
Difficult course but very worthwhile your time
The more you learn the more exciting it gets....
I really enjoyed this course, and as an Australian it is so exciting it comes form a domestic university. Thank you
Excellent course and i can say one of the best courses when it comes gene expression and i wanna thank to Dr. Marnie Blewitt
I highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to understand what epigenetics is all about, how the discoveries were made, and what are the open questions in the area.I wanted to give a big shout out to Dr. Marnie Blewitt for her great teaching skills.Her pace, and the amount of information and details provided are just perfect. Loved it from A to Z.
This course is amazing!
Great introductionIt is a great introduction course to this fascinating field. Explanations are very clear (supposing you have previous knowledge about molecular biology) and provided further reading links are very good if you look for deeper knowledge. I strongly recommend this course to biologstudents who did not have the opportunity to go into detail about epigenetics.
Very clear explanations. Four star because I think that the part on X chromosome is too long and covered with too details respect to other topics.
The course is very interesting for those who like Genetics. The lectures are delivered in an understandable manner, and the motion pictures make everything clear right away.
If you think that epigenetics is just about DNA methylation, you are wrong and need to watch this course. It is fascinating ! It is full of new scientific materials and bizarre phenomenon such as "X chromosome kissing" offered by a nice presentation and wonderful movies.
This course is brilliant. It presents a complicated topic with some details, taking non-experts in Biology, like me, to a good understanding. It is worth remembering the main elements in the course from time to time, so I am retaking this course (at least the videos) to refresh my memory. Wonderful course. I truly recommend it.
This was a wonderful course and I enjoyed it very much.
Good course with many aspects and details in the field of epigenetics. I think it is better to formulate the course at more weeks because there is much information at short time. The courses in specialised scientific field should get details like this course.
A challenging course that does a superb job of exploring the topics.The lectures are well-presented and engaging, the additional materials are well-selected from both popular press and academic literature.I wish there were more courses at this level!
Absolutely amazing experience! Every week was very captivating . Focus is on concepts and assignments test the understanding of them. Thank you Dr. Blewitt!!
I took an earlier version of this course and learned a lot!
Intriguing interective presentations and positive lecturer who grabs the attention not only on the course material, but on the matter and problems of epigenetics, in general. Very thorough and detailed course, but the material is easy to understand, interpete and remember.
Love this course. I don't have enough time to devote to it but I still get a lot out of it.
Interesting & Professional.
What can I say? An extremely complete course, very resourceful, dynamic and with great quality content from reliable sources. If you are interested in genetics, you will love this take on epigenetics; definitely worth it.
very well planned course. It makes the student want to pursue epigenetics for a career
As far as we have no Genetic, no Epigenetic courses in our medical universities. I feel that I have a huge gap in my knowledge in this field. I am so happy that I can attend such interesting and necessary course. Thank you very much)
very comprehensive
boring lecturer, monotone, passionless reading of even more boring powerpoint slides and images, and absolutely no intelligent discussion going on in this course, I have learned more from reading the book "the epigenetics revolution " by nessa carey, a book written for laypersons, than I have from this course taught by university professors. don't waste your time
muy buen curso, aprendi sin tener bases de marketing
Wonderful course, especially for non-finance professionals!! Very friendly in learning.... Take enough time out to go and deeply understand the terms and concepts explained... This will provide a good head-start!! Cheers Vaidya Nathan Sir!! You are amazing... gotta meet you some time!!
Introduction to Financial Markets was a really interesting and refreshing course which was successful in furnishing new concepts and intricacies regarding the financial markets. The videos were well structured and Professor Nathan exhibited great knowledge and teaching style which kept me engaged and intrigued all this while.
Questions in examination can be taken from a pool of 20, may be 30 every time but not the exact 10 always.Since all questions have maximum of 2 options, if it is wrong, for the next attempt other answer is true definitely.
great course
It was very easy to understand and has a lot of good information.I would recoment this to anyone interested in the Financial market.Only downside is that some of the videoes have sound issues, nothing major but a bit annoying that there is a buzzing sound while he is talking.
A fine overview of many things , Good in terms of knowledge.
It gave me a bright insight into the world of financial markets.
helpful
I like the course pattern as well as contain. It gives you all introductory information about Financial Markets. I am sure that I have enough knowledge to trade in market.
Had an amazing experience , the faculty was well qualified an and with best he helped me best of his knowledge with the videos . My basics are mostly cleared .
This course was really great. It help to broaden my knowledge.This was my first time to take a course about finance, i love the course and the teacher is great also.
Great course!
The course gave me basic information for further understanding about share market, currency market and bond market
Very Good starting place for a thorough introduction to all aspects of Financial Markets.
Excellent course for beginners to learn about financial markets.
Really good for a beginner!!
Firstly i am so glad to take up this course.Professor vidhyanathan explains micro concepts in a simple way .And gives a brief summary of financial markets .finally i am so happy choosing this course to knowledge myself and learn new things
good n valuable info....hd there been more pictorial representations of effect of inflation wud have added value. Thank u.
It is a efficiently designed course covering all the key elements which you basically need to know about the market.
Gave a good overview of the financial markets. I had enrolled thinking it would be on the Indian financial markets. Would be great if there was a similar course based on Indian markets.
Great explication about the markets.
Well explained and concise.
A great way to improve your profesional skills
It was a very useful course with a lot of practical examples.
Clarity, basic information and background of the theme well-explained.
This is an amazing course! Ir presents the Fundamentals for a Powerful Business Writing!
Great TIPS for everyday work related documents.
Good for a basic level but I expected more in this course.
Good information to follow !!!
Terribly difficult to engage with 10+ min lectures in every lesson, plus unorganized presentations and interviews making extracting important information difficult; the lack of organization in the interview videos (which are SUPER long) made it very difficult to extract significant information for the course and assignements. I will say that the research and academic readings made available in the course were exceptionally helpful and full of great information, i just wished that that information was presented in a more engaging and interesting way, sometimes more organized as well. Furthermore, much of the referenced material should be made accessible within the course rather than simply cited; it looks fascinating but from places like China, databases and websites with such relevant sources are often wholly inaccessible. Please include links or entire documents.
This course is really nice for someone who is working in teaching English as a second of foreign language area. It enhance us to be more understanding in L2 reading context, and I enjoy working on the assignment.
GREAT, JUST THE BEST FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS.... IT IS SIMPLY AMAZING
an eye-opening course for teachers who want to develop their knowledge in communicative approach in teaching English language. Thoroughly enjoyed each module as it was very thought provoking and detailed. It was a great experience to peer assess too.
Excellent, well thought-out course combining aspects of TBL and Best practice on Reading.
I loved everything about the course content, but peer assessment is a TERRIBLE idea.For one submission I could get both the highest and the lowest grade, without any feedback. Any internet troll could have taken the course and graded participants with the lowest grades possible. Not fun.I have passed the course (89%), but I won't even try another peer assessment based course.It's such an irony that (aspiring) teachers were not able to assess someone else's work properly.
It is very useful and authentic learning with advance scope of knowledge under the high professional experts. Very recommended
If you are new to teaching ESL, this is probably not a good course. I found the homework used topics that a beginner would not be familiar with. I did like how they used various links to supplement the course (ie a chapter from a interesting text book) to help illustrate points in topics. I may retake the course after I have a foundation.
Awesome! It was great to see how texts can be approached, through different lens from our cameras in the lessons. I definitelly recommend it!
This course was excellent! The material was scaffolded very well, and gave me a very good overview of TBLT, the teaching of reading, and how to create tasks for reading courses. I appreciated the mix of video, readings, interviews, and optional readings. This is the best MOOC I have ever taken, one of the very few MOOCs that I have ever completed, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about TBLT, teaching reading, or being a better second/foreign language teacher in general.
Overall great course, homework problems could be a little muddy at time and the significant figures asked for can be unnecessarily tedious
An excellent theoretical and practical introduction to average switch modeling, peak and average current mode control. Dr. Maksimovic really demystifies the control loop modeling. I highly recommend the course for power electronics students as well practicing engineers.
It was very helpful and pleasant lecture. I learned the many. So thank you very much for all lecturers.
The material was valuable, but support very spotty. It took a long time to get feedback, and I usually fought through the question by the time a mentor got back. Maybe that's how it should be.Also; I got 100% for all weekly tests, but this reflects some social engineering skills on top of electrical engineering. Some numerical answers require 3 decimal place accuracy based on whatever approximations went into the original calculations for the number required by the Grading Bot. For example, one question involving phase margin had the wrong answer in the Bot; however, the number the Bot wanted was plausibly in the same measured output that LTSpice delivers when it calculates cross over frequency and the phase angle of the cross over frequency (which the Bot treated as correct). I spent 15-20 hrs on each week's material, frequently to sort out stuff like that. Can only give 4 stars.On the plus side, the mini-quizzes (with answers provided after bad guesses) were fantastic, and I hope future versions of this material will build on that.
This is very helpful for me cause i am pursuing Power electronics engineering degree
Knowledge obtained is very valuable, but teaching stuff should improve by solving more examples in detail.
Good course
I really enjoyed the intellectual challenge of the course but I was a little bit disappointed by the set of problems for Homework #4. In my view, the whole set should be reviewed in order to make
Very knowledgeable and impressiveThanks
Excellent quality of simulation files and homework assignments. This course denotes a tremendous effort and hard work. I feel proud to have completed it, this course is by far one of the most challenging I have taken at coursera, and now going for the capstone project to complete my specialization !
Dear Prof,I take the opportunity to thank prof. Dragan Maksimovic for his detailed explanation and excellent course material. I have learnt many exciting things while answering practice and Home work quiz questions. Looking forward for Magnetic design (next course in specialization). Once again thanks prof. for all that you gave to us through the course.ThanksPandu S
THIS IS A VERY WONDERFUL COURSE AND I BELIEVE IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO ME IN THE NEARBY FUTURE.
Loved the course, it is very much interactive and informative. Keep it up!
One of the best online course available for data analysis using Excel as main tool for analysis.
Great course. Excited to continue with the rest.
Useful for business analysis
good course gives a basic foundation for data analytics ! Excellent for beginners who have no idea how to use excel for want to learn systematically excel files given at every lecture are very useful.
a clear intro to some basic-moderate user level functions in Excel. Good for those who have yet to use functions and graphing capabilities of the software.
Great review of how to use Excel to calculate basic arithmetic values, create charts, and some statistical values.
i am very happy as i was perusing the course despite the hard time i got while completing it, i earned a lot of skills from the course and am lucky that it helped in what i am doing currently because it touched many areas where i needed to apply a course outside, now that you did it online, it has saved me alot, the videos i downloaded for revision purposes... thank you so much for that.............
The whole online course was a wonderful experience. Its easy and can become more perfect with the assignments. I thank Sharad Borle sir for explaining the course in an easy and perfect way. The assignments were helpful as they were an assurance that you got perfect with a topic. Cant wait to use it in my work! :)
Great course that teaches you a lot of the basics in Excel. The instructor is very knowledgeable about the subject matter and explains the material in a clear way. I am now using much of the stuff that I learned in this course during my daily work.
Well Organized. Easy to learn.
I thought this course was straightforward and I felt that watching the professor go through the steps of performing different functions and creating different charts was a wonderful way to watch and learn. I felt the quizzes really tested my ability to apply the knowledge
Very useful, well balanced course. Thank you.
It is very helpful course, it give me a lot of fundamental knowledge in Excel to analyze data.
very detailed and clear intro and examples in the course on the very essential tools in Excel
Thorough and at the same time easy to understand.
good course to set foundation
Excellent professor and good course for start learning Excel!!! Basics on formulas, pivot table and charts.
nice course with a good instructor.
very useful
The course structure is set keeping in mind that even Beginners can do the course without any problem.
Well explained, good examples, easy to learn.
Loved it! The pace is perfect and the instructions are easy to follow.
It was very basic. No additional reading.
Please add more manipulations within basic data analysis using excel course
It was very nice to get my skills expanded. I would be very helpful, if the professor included handouts with functions, definitions, and instruction (e.g. on how to create a histogram). This way it would help to review something later without the need to open the videos again and searching for the content one is looking for.
Extremely engaging and practical course
Very good course
I found out I already knew alot of the beginning material in this course. So I just used this course for learning Vlookup, Hlookup, and pivot tables. The histogram section was a nice refresher if you have taken a statistical class before. Very helpful and great examples.
Presentation is good. Concepts explained in a simple and clear manner. Missing interactivity which is very important to retain the understanding of the concepts explained.
good course
Great course for Beginners and mid level. Thank you
Good course for learning the basic on data visualization.
very helpful
Very clear, good course but if you audit, you won't be able to get the answers to the end of week quizzes.
Excellent course for basic and medium expertise in excel.
Great Course! Concise and well taught.
I truly enjoyed the whole course. It is perfect for brushing analysis and presentation skills before moving on to advanced level. Thank you for this platform!
Great Course!! Quiz questions needs to be discussed or solved by the support staff if needed.
Great class, helped with basics
Very useful but not necessarily a course for beginners. Understanding the concepts isn't tough because they are explained very well but the exercises can be challenging for people who don't have a functional knowledge of excel.
This course will give you a great foundation in Excel if you have no previous experience. I now feel confident enough in my abilities to try higher level courses involving Excel.
wonderful, easy to understand
I use Excel constantly at work, but I have frequently gotten information from it the hard way. This course helped me increase my knowledge in some Excel functions that I knew about, but wasn't getting the most out of, such as Pivot Tables. I have already applied what I learned in this course at work and THAT is about the best that you can hope for from a class.
The course materials are designed logically and very easy to follow. Thank you very much for this valuable experience
The course is really helpful as it equips one to use basic and advanced functions of excel and explain concepts in clear details
This is one of finest course in excel i came across
Well organized introduction to Excel analysis. Well suited to beginners.
It is easy to follow and very useful. I have discovered many tools to improve my use of excel.
The course gives a good understanding of basics of Excel. Using various important elements of Excel it successfully shows how data analysis can be performed using this powerful tool.
Well structured course taught by an extremely good professor. Great projects and quizes that make you learn with each question
Excellent course to learn the basics of Excel and how to use it for day to day problems of data analysis.In short it is a complete package for learning excel to beginners as well as for those who know a little about excel.
Wonderful course. Great teaching. Learnt a lot.
Very Good and informative course!!
very basic. for novices. not worth it to pay money for it
Excellent introduction to Excel. I could revise my knowledge and I learned some new formulas. Videos are very helpful and explanation is clear. I strognly recommend this course!
Very helpful, enlightening and interesting! Thank you so much for offering this course!
the course is absolutly a 'must' for gaining new skills.
Very good preliminary course. Covers fundamental topics in a clear and concise manner. Video lectures are easily understandable, and each lecture is followed by a practice quiz. The quizzes for each week are also well constructed and test the student's practical knowledge. Overall, very good introductory course.
Not life changing but it told me what I needed to know with a minimum of faff.
Excellent!!! Thanks a lot to all behind this course ( specially the course instructor Mr. Sharad Borle for his clear and to the point presentation) . Examples, Videos, Sub-Titles, Quiz and other contents really help the learner to be more adroit and practical. I would like to complete advanced courses and other upcoming courses if possible. You guys deserve high rating, Kudos (y)
a great course. it made online learning easy.
Audited this course- very helpful, eas
Great very easy to follow and good videos and sound
A very useful course, I found lots of new and important staff to learn and can implement them all within my day-to-day tasks.I am expecting a huge difference after participation of this course into my statistical skills, thanks for the organizers of this course.
This course can further be extended to some advance level.
Highly Enlightening!
Nothing can be better than this.........
I recommend Coursera and this course for anyone who use Excel and data analyses in business.
I really enjoyed this course. The pace was very good, videos were clear and informative and tests helped me to memorise the lessons better. This course is a very good starting point for beginners when it comes to Excel and provided materials helped in constant working "side-by-side" with the professor. Thank you very much!
Interesting course to brush up already acquired knowledge in Excel and add up more skills.
Very useful with lots of practical cases for learning.Both knowledge and skills mentioned in the course could assist to uplift productivity and efficiency at work.
nice course....good for learning basic excel....
A nice course for begginers in excel which includes business data.
Everything the instructor did, he did well. I just wish there would be more.
Great pace, all very useful materials. Only thing is I wish the instructor gave the excel data files that he uses to demonstrate with so that students can follow along.
Pretty basic course with a lot of 'dead time' not really learning anything about Excel. Tutor should consider a few more advanced and useful topics.
Good course. Basic level.
Overall, this was good study for learning basic functions in Excel. However, the tutorials and practice quizzes do not adequately prepare you for the actual graded Quiz at the end of each week that counts toward your final grade. You will definitely have to be either a quick study, who can pull a lot of inference and practical application out of minimal technical guidance, or know how to Google the steps that were glossed over in the videos or for which no practice question was provided. Also, side note, if you have a Mac, you will be somewhat flustered at times, and you will also need an add-on app for the Histogram portion.
its an excellent course. Enjoyed doing it
Excellent course. Thoroughly enjoyed the work.
A great beginning towards learning Excel
Such a great course I ever have! Thanks.
A course help me a lot in Excel. I can apply what I have learned in my daily work.
I would give 5 out of 5 without any hesitation. It is a wonderful course covering right from the basics to a moderate level, presenting the approaches to analyse the data. Good that Dr.Borle had presented tricky assignments for the course, that really helped us to use our brains and dig into the analysis. Much appreciated course. Thank you Dr.Borle and Coursera. Look forward to many more interesting courses on Data Analysis and Analytics.
Was a great course for learning and for review. It was relevant and concise. I would recommend it if you choose to do either.
Great course. Detailed instructor videos, good quizzes to test knowledge and materials were helpful.
Easy for a novice and very useful, but It would be better if there are more materials for each week.
Superb learning experience.If there is an advanced course to this would definitely love to do it .Very good faculty support staff and very enthusiastic fellow students whose guidance and thought process gives a different perspective.
Very concise beginner course in Excel. This is not a course for those who have intermediate (or above) level of Excel.
Very good course and instructor
Good informational & well planned course
The course was really helpful. Feeling confident to use Excel now.
Very nice introduction to vlookup and pivot tables.
Excellent explanations int he videos show exactly what is necessary to learn. Thank you!
Great course, very helpful - though a few issues around the techincal wording and interpretation of questions being asked in tests, and more support for Mac users
Learned so much! excellent. Challenging tests and interesting lectures
Great Learning Experience.Thanks!!!
Fantastic content. Learning to streamline and visualize data is useful for everybody. The additional knowledge on importing and managing data has given me an insight into the power of excel. I highly recommend this course to anybody, even fresh graduates/students.
Awesome and easy course! A must for the beginners or for a quick revision. I completed this 4 weeks course in 4 days.. I know 4 days are alot more of a time but i hardly studies for 3 hours per day.. Great course.. looking forward for other courses as well in this specialization.
A good course for consolidating essential Excel skills, may be a little basic for some but a good introduction and lead in to the specialisation.
Useful, helping the entry level excel user to be more familiar with excel function and tips.
Very useful if you just have a little idea about excel must do this course.
Awesome course for beginners. Explanation with examples are really good and easily understandable.
Great and essential for every business manager.
prof is very down to earth, speaks clearly and explains very well. the examples are terrific. material is very important for anyone in industry
Nice introduction to Excel for data analysis. Covers all the fundamentals.
exactly what I need, thank you
A structured and easy to understand course. A must for beginners who wish to start learning about various excel functions and tools.
Exceptional course. Course load is a little less if you're familiar with Excel before, otherwise learning while doing is really easy. The assignments are very practical and interesting. Looking forward for the specialization.
The best excel course I have seen on Coursera so far! Great for any analyst.
I am in a profession to provide the smoke barrier solutions so i am involved in the safety of people, property and environment around us. As i started the course, since very first slide, i realized that this course is tailored for me and anyone who want to know the fire and its effects on property, people and environment. This course covers the contents in best way and approach to get a person into this career oriented study is awesome. I would like to have such courses for hundred times. I am grateful to Maryland University for offering such good course. Special thanks for the instructors , who designed and delivered it right way and in extreme interactive way.
Congrats and Many thanks!
Good fundamental fire protection knowledge
I'm surprised at how much I learned in such a short lesson plan. REALLY useful information, both theoretically and to make me aware in real life of the risk of fire, and mitigation strategies and techniques. Thank you for a very engaging course!
The contents of the course are really easier to absorb and very informative. They are structured in a simpler way and very effective to gain knowledge easily
Thank you coursera for providing such wonderful course. Learned a lot and hope that it will help me to take my career next step ahead. Finally i would like to thank my professors specially Dr. James Milke.
Amazing course of fire science and learnt alot of new concepts and things. I am really excited to implement the newly learnt knowledge and skills. Thanks Coursera
This course is a great introduction to fire safety engineering, it gives a clear overview about the subject. I really hope there will be more courses on this topic!
great course but I cant seem to get a certificate even after paying and finishing it
I loved this course!
investing class with ideas i hadn't considered prior to taking the course.
entry level, very basic concepts for professionals. It would be very good for anyone who wants to know about fire protection engineering. No background is needed, but engineering background
Best for Gaining Knowledge deeply.
Its amazing how the general population view fire just in a small perspective as opposed to the broader perspective, this course has made me to understand. Its amazing how this course has made bare all the facets of fire and its management. I really enjoyed the course....
Great course, interesting subject!
Concise and ample for the busy person. Very great insight. Much appreciated.
learn the basic and engineering concepts
Very well presented. Easy to understand with the examples that were provided. Details were clear.
Several of the lecturers are unusually monotonous and do not express excitement about the subject matter.
Clear and interesting!
Nice course covering basic doctrine of EU law. I recommend it.
I got a great overview over the fundamentals of EU Business Law. Nice concise lectures with lecturers that captured my attention.
Great course!
Good course.
Definitely recommended for people who have no clue about European law whatsoever. Its informative but partly the course fails to set the right priorities. For example: IMHO it makes little sense to ask for numbers of paragraphs in the quizzes - its not only a waste of time to learn them by heart but also it hinders the participants to show their understanding of the material.
Very interesting and useful course.
I really enjoyed studying with Lund University. I am specially satisfied by learning more about EU legal system.
A must do course for those outside Europe
Clears out the fundamentals of EBL.
The course is very informative for non EU member State lawyers
Quite good course providing structured overview of European Business law fund
The course provides with a detailed overview on how the EU is functioning. If you intend to study the EU law, this course is very helpful to understand the basics.
Content is relevant and concise, with enough materials to research or use if one wished to further their knowledge on the subject. Lectures are mostly lively, kept to the point, and presented with real life examples that aid comprehension and prevent monotony. In my opinion this course achieves its goal of teaching the fundamentals. However, if one wished to get a solid grasp of this topic additional work on their behalf would be required outside of the course.
It's a good course
This is a great course for law practitioners that want to gain basic knowledge in the field of EU Business Law. The professors explained the course clearly and concisely. The training materials are very helpful as well. Many thanks to Lund University!
Challenging but insightful and well structured course. As an American, my exposure to the EU at this level was limited, and the course provided a solid framework for understanding as well as legal analysis.
Just great! Many thanks.
Course lectures are good, but many quiz questions are out of syllabus. Sorry, I am not satisfied.
The University of Lund provided a great course. The content was rich and well presented by a team of dedicated professors. Thank you!
Nice course and every business man should join this class
High level course with great instructors.
Thank you very much for your course ! It was informative and useful !
Thank you for your programme. It is designed to provide a compact but complete preparation.
Helpful course covering the legal basis and institutional structure of the EU.
This is a professional, detailed and enriching course that I, as a practitioner and legal adviser in the field of EU law, highly recommend. Well done!
A great effort to initiate MOOC users into the institutional complexity of the EU.
Overall good course. Clean and elegant style of presentation. Some videos had some echo problems with the sound. Also there were some english typos in some slides and in video quizzes that should be corrected. I would like to seen the slides for the presentations. Also if this is going to be a series of courses wouldn't it make sense to bundle it in a specialization?Nonetheless, congratulations and thank you for presenting this course in Coursera.
Another interesting course. It offers a wide range of resources and content, and the learning outcomes and objectives are clear.
Very informative and helpful in assisting teachers with learning how to assess their ELL students.
This course helps me to improve my teaching skills
I truly enjoyed this course. As a speech-language pathologist, learning the process of assessments for ELLs was especially helpful as I work in the city with very diverse populations. Thank you for the wonderful course!
Great unit. Highly recommended. Really appreciate the interviews with staff working in the field as well.
The course can be informative, but the presentation needs some work. All of the instructional videos were merely a person reading a Power Point presentation to the viewer. The "in class" examples appeared to be completely hypothetical and were also read to the viewer without any video demonstration of how the presented information works in an actual class.In addition, the written information in the videos was confusingly organized and had not been fully edited. In multiple videos, there were typos. In at least one video, the instructors had not fully deleted the sentences from a previous version of a slide. When the revised slide was presented to the viewer, a word from a previous version was in the middle of the sentence. In addition, the previous version was obviously about a different subject.I was disappointed and continually frustrated with this course, especially since the instructors required me to pay fifty dollars in order to take the module quizzes and the final assessment. I have no problem paying for a good product. However, the professionalism displayed in the course was incredibly lacking.
Practical and useful!
As a seasoned teacher, 20 years, much of this content is intuitive or has already been in place in my classroom. The course validated much of the methodology I already use, but I did lose interest from time to time.
cool
Informative!
I am an intern school psychologist, and was concerned that the content of the specialization would not benefit me as a practitioner. I was going to just take this Assessing Achievement with the ELL in Mind and not the other courses. I am eternally grateful that I decided to take all three courses in the series. I have a better appreciation for both instructors and students. Much of the content and strategies benefit all learners, including myself. I would highly recommend this class, and the
Excellent course which provides sources and ideas to help the teacher in the classroom. It is trully designed for and to teachers who have to deal with ELL on a daily basis.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. It was a great learning for me and to understand how assessments can be created and modified for different learners.
Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!
Quite useful if you are trying to become a better teacher for your students.
Very useful! Highly recommended!
WOW! I learned so much my head is spinning--EXCELLENT Course!Amazing Content! Fantastic Examples! Well Organized! Superb Teachers!Thank you for the opportunity to learn!
This course is taught in a way that is easy to understand and gives lots of insight and examples to further solidify the knowledge presented.
Very clear and inclusive. Lots of practical examples too.
It was one of the best courses I have done on coursera.Also the instructor explains detailed subject matter very well which makes it easier to understand the subject.Certainly a 10\10 for the course !
Great course, great things to learn. I enjoyed the
Through this course I get to know the essentials and the big picture of global health and the most important concepts and actors in this field. Thanks!
Very complete course and the teacher is a good one.
very good comprehensive Global Health MOOC
its one of the most powerful and skillful course for data scientist
Require quite a lot knowledge on statistics
good course with example and assignment, we get the real feel of doing things.
This course if very helpful. Lectures and assignments provide a great opportunity to gain hands on experience.
I really appreciate the course design. Even if somebody doesn't have much background in R, she/he can comfortably learn from the videos and understand the concepts. The exercises and project assignments are challenging and actually help you practice and re-visit the lectures and explore further. Though I had already known and used Clustering, PCA and SVD in my work before, I really liked the way these concepts were explained here. I would strongly recommend this course to anybody who is keen to see R in action!
Very instructive!
Very helpful!
Very helpful class.
Excellent course, extremely practical and useful
Good course.
Great course!
Help to Better understanding of R-programming graphical
Quite repetitious in covering basic graphing, and very shallow in regards of clustering, SVD and PCA.
Great course!
It was awesome to learn visualization. SVD and PCA part of the course could have been elaborated better, and a pilot project on that would have cleared the basic concept. As usual Prof. Roger is a engaging and amazing teacher.
Very useful experience
Really good.
First two weeks are too repetitive with other courses
Well crafted, carefully designed learning materials!
I really enjoyed this course. It's a must to start understanding your data before digging into analysis
Great course, really gives an insight on how you can get a set of data and actually make some sense from it.
Would have needed a litle more in depth explanation of the clustering analysis
Very fruitful course on how to approach issues and use plots to deal with it
Favorite course until now in this track. The visualization is very helpful for both academics and career.
Good course on plotting libraries and useful plots in R. Wished there was more coverage of ggplot and less on lattice, but overall a useful course.
Nice course! Workload was just about right. clear lectures and well-designed projects.
When it comes to hierarchical and K-means clustering, the theory wasn't explained clearly. When do we use U and V for what purpose? How does D come in? I'm left confused after this.
Great to understand clustering analysis and create beautiful graphs
Excellent Course, really enjoyed it and learnt a lot!!!
Good introduction to graphics systems and principles. Practical exercises are well conceived.
useful course for me . thanks to my tutor
Great Projects!
The course was fantastic. It was very challenging. I could do with some additional opportunities for exploratory analysis to reinforce some concepts.
Great course! It have been very useful for my job as data scientist! Thank u very much!
Really helpful. I really enjoyed getting familiar with plotting systems and also increasing my abilities dealing with data frames
A nice introduction to operating on Data sets. Clear examples, interesting projects.
I really learned a lot in this class. I plan on going over the materials as well as taking one of the next courses
Nice course, but too much focus on "R" as a tool.... Industries don't use R as much... The course must be made more generic and independent of R - understand it is not easy to do but ....
Great Course, that require to use all the topics you have learned in the previous courses of the specialization.
Thank you very much. I enjoyed the course a lot. I recommend it!
2 thumbs up
It delves into many important topics. I would advice to explore the topics in much more depth on your own. Overall a good breadth of topics.
Course is good in general but "HIERACHICAL CLUSTERING" part is hard to understand and is not clear, should be explained more.
Nice but basic course.
good course!
I love these courses
Well Structured Course, Learnt a lot from it
Clustering topic is covered superficially, too much time spend on employing ggplot graphs, not very useful since making graphs is straightforward on other software, like excel, once you aggregate datasets correctly. I had not found it very enriching as a course. I would merge this class within R-Programming section and call it Part 2 rather than categorizing into "Exploratory Data Analysis".
Able to learn and understand the way of doing exploratory analysis.the way of teaching is very good.
Good introduction to patterns recognition. I found principal components analysis technique very useful. It would be great to provide more lectures about this topic.
Awesome course, with a very detailed step by step approach
It was an amazing ride
Very interesting course on plotting with R and much more! I've enjoyed it.
It starts to get a little more technical and complicated when I reach Week 3. A lot of things about Dimension Reduction and K-means method. I would love to have some assignments or exercises on that.Other than that, I love this module.
This is a great course! I really enjoy the pace. Plus, the real world application isn't a bad thing at all either!
I love this course!
I did learn more about putting together a set of graphs that help to explore the data. I did see how subsetting and aggregating data helps to give a better understanding of the data.
Excellent introduction to various graphics packages in R. I've already been able to apply these skills in my job.
What a wonderful course to undertake. On my way to take all 10 courses :D
A great course. I was hoping to get some more hands on the actual case study though. It was mentioned that Exploratory Analysis is some times intertwined with modeling - and I think in later course it might get covered. But just a glimpse of the relation in the case study would have been helpful.
It was a wonderful experience to read the structure of data before delving into the advanced statistical levels of data analysis.The need for inclusion or exclusion of dependent variables or dimension reduction in regression analysis can be intuitively understood and visualized using Data Exploratory techniques and then we have the clue as what to do in the next level.It is like putting the whole characteristic of the data under full control.
A nice overview of data exploration techniques.
Excellent training! Lectures are easy to understand and let you focus on the subject.
The first two weeks were good. The third was a bit confusing and the 4th one just felt like padding. A more in depth study of ggplot would probably be more beneficial as I felt like we were only scratching the surface with it
Excellent course to develop and understand the technique of data visualization.
Very Nice!
This course is very helpful. Thanks for the teachers of this course.
This course is excellent in that it gave a great introduction to the plotting functions in R. They also introduced singular value decomposition, which is a concept that is interested but wish the course went deeper into.
Very well designed and delivered course.Glad to be associated with Coursera.
The exploratory part was very good. But, PCA was a waste of time.
One of the best parts is the introduction of Singular Value Decomposition and Principal Component Analysis. Also does K-means and other clustering.I would recommend reading the handouts to you get the math behind the technique.
Assignments were really good!
Course content and assignments were difficult to follow. Loads of statistical content along with high-level R content means it was probably the toughest of the 4 I have taken so far in the Coursetrack.
The course is interesting and the content is relevant. I do think that there are some issues with project 2 though. I did provide feedback on that to the course administrators.
good overview of how to make graphs!
Engaging main instructor and structured lecture notes
Excellent course, I really enjoy it
Excellent review of various visualization techniques.
Good course worth taking
Excellent class!I totally recommend it
Very good course that provides handy tools for data manipulation and representation
GREAT TEACHING IN GRAPH, I LOVE THAT PART
Very excellent course structure. Gives you all the bases you need to get you started in exploring your data.
Great course
Interesting learning more about ggplot and base plotting system, as well as clustering techniques.
This class gave me insight on how to better analyze questions. My faults arose when trying to present to much information which may have caused confusion or even disinterest. The main point is to convey results in a simple and understandable manner. Good class lots of practice.
An interesting course
Fun and good approach on exploratory data analysis
Awesome and must take course!!
Interesting. endless plotting possibilities
Excellent course but would have helped better if there would have been assignment related to clustering.
Great intro to R plotting
Great course
Like the clustering
Very good course. I liked the clustering examples. They were a little bit detached from the rest, but they were also great.
Thanks
Wonderful primer on how to get thinking creatively about data.
Excelent course! Very direct and informative, leaving many doors open to individual quests.
Thank you very much, it was very interesting !!
Very interesting course. the week 3 is the most challenging and the practical case of week 4 is quite cool also !
Material teached in this course is must have for everybody who wants to use R for Data Science. Exploratory Data Analysis is one of first steps in every project.
It's extremely useful to learn how to make plot using R
Graphical Methods are taught in a very good way.
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career.Please, take a look at my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
About plotting in R. Not about generating real insights from EDA.
Great!!
Very solid class in terms of R's base plotting system. I wish Coursera offered an advanced class focusing on ggplot2 and the wider world of dat viz.
Prof. Peng teaches you not only how to use the r base plotting system but also how to make wonderful graphs using the lattice and ggplot2 packages. Awesome course!
A nice introduction to the three plotting systems in R. The second part is devoted to clustering, but it is not detailed enough to be really useful.
Great Course, Swirl is really where the value comes from
There is a lot you can learn during this course, I enjoyed it!
Well structured and very informative
The lectures in this course included theory and examples on PCA and SVD - however this was missing from the practical materials
Great course
I love all those courses, I have learned so much and I'm planning to complete all 10 units.
NEEEEEED TO EDIT MY PEER REVIEW FROM OTHERS
Really great and useful stuff
If you get data, take this course! You will love the course and your data!
I really enjoyed all of the data visualization techniques and packages that were covered in this course.
Overall a good course!
very useful course
When it comes down to it, there's simply not the support to assist a student that has a really hard problem, "hacker mentality" seems to equate to "figure it out on your own cuz nobody's going to help you". If things do not work perfectly for you then you are likely never to be able to finish because your "peers" don't know any better either. The way this class is set up makes me angry every time I have to deal with it. I would probably be just as well served doing just the swirl() exercises. I would quit if I hadn't paid all the way through in advance. I can't believe this is the type of school John Hopkins is to produce a course of this quality, but I guess I have to.
Very detailed. Like the case study by Dr. Peng.
Nice lectures. Projects are very interesting.
helpful.
Really nicely explained, learned so many useful methods for data analysis in R. The dimensionr reduction and principal component analyses walkthroughs were a little tricky for a newbie in those areas though.
Great Course
Excellent course with in depth analysis. A must for anyone who sees his/her future in data analysis.
Hopefully it could be clearer on dimension reduction.
The course is quite good and informative in the first two weeks covering a lot of information and a lot of exercises.Week 3 is very unrelated and hard the videos and exercises are bad, and I had to do this part by myself again.Also when we get to the final course project doesn't cover any of these techniques.In my opinion, week 3 should be replaced with something more related to plotting systems and distributions, also one project would be enough.
very handy and saves a lot of time for making plot with R
Very interesting content- going to be useful in my career
Loved the course! Super useful tutorial of the different plotting systems, and basic exploratory data analysis. Very practical and hands-on, which is what is needed for this kind of work. Assignments were relatively simple, but I think they got the key points across.
Good course
It is powerful and useful, In particularly for students!
This course was very important for my work. I learned so much and I want to say thanks to the professors.
This is the second course I have taken from Roger Peng and both were outstanding. I have a strong math background, but not much of a background in stats, but this course was very approachable for me.
A very good introduction to the exploratory analysis and the R's plotting systems. The most advanced exploratory techniques (singular values decomposition, etc.) are not explained in depth but the overall role that these kinds of statistical learning techniques plays in the exploratory analysis is firmly established.Great work with the course!
This course served as a great introduction to R and helped me to get ease with R
Great!! I highly recommend this course.
I wish there several comprehensive examples of exploring some real data as guided by the course instructors.
Course feels somewhat abandoned by instructors. Content is okay, but can't help the feeling that it's basically a cash cow - students would benefit a lot if instructors were move involved.
swirl is very used in this course. It is one of the best tools to learn R
Very interesting and insightful course. I enjoyed it.Assignment was okay, could have provided more challenge and depth though.
Good hand-on class
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
The course projects are interesting and challenging!
Amazing experience. Great job Prof. Peng!
A nice coursera, but I was a bit lost SVD.
Nice introduction to graphics in R!
great course but wish to have more materials or explanation on svd and PCA part.
The course covers very limited subset of plots and mostly oriented to R-specific technical routines rather than overall approaches. Case-study example is helpful and contrary to the most comments I do appreciate the final course project: this how most problems are stated in real life. If you would like to cover more fundamental concepts behind exploratory analysis I would recommend other sources.
The only missing point I would say about this course is how to deal with skew data and/or outliers. Although it is not specific to "cleaning data", I think there is a good opportunity there to at least give some hints on this subject
Alas, after only 10 minutes of the first video, I am reminded that this instructor does not gear his lectures to the true Beginners among us. He speaks much more for an audience of grad students. I do want to complete this Specialization, so I will try again perhaps after learning more - about statistics and R and who knows what else. I fought my way through the first three courses, but now I'm going to work smarter by finding other ways to acquire this knowledge. Then return to him; maybe. This course should be labelled Intermediate and Statistics should be listed as a prerequisite. (I think; since I don't know what it is that I don't know, I am making a guess as to the missing piece of the puzzle.)
Very good introduction to the various graphing systems.
Great
I enjoyed this course.
Pretty good course. Nice content. Middle section on clustering felt random.
Awesome course.
More real data example is even better!!!
Excellent course. Very accessible yet an extensive overview of techniques in exploratory data analysis.
Very useful !Teacher is awesome, statement is clear and simple.love this course!
This course is really awesome!Highly recommend. You'll learn all the data visualization techniques in this course.
This would be very effective for my personal skill enhancement.
Some functions are so tough to remember but general ideas that i received is wonder full.
Great course!
Good class - links and slides have not been updated recently. Frustrating to finish without the exact linkts to the data.
This course mostly about how to use plotting libraries in R.
Great course.
Its one of the most important steps in learning data science. Before even jumping into the real thing, it is worthwhile to explore a little bit the data set at hand.
Good course, but the SWIRL exercises (and a few quiz questions) needed to be updated for the latest version of ggplot2.
Very well explained and didatical! Thanks for the course!
A lot of broken swirl(), which wouldn't be so bad except *a lot* of this course is based entirely on swirl(). Also the swirl() text was almost verbatim of the lectures one has just watched.All in all, good information, but the swirl() badly needs an update.
For someone new to data analytics, this was another great, rewarding course. But as with the others, it demands exploration beyond the lectures and course materials.
Really useful and easy to understand
I found it very useful.Some space for improvement are better coding skills (naming variables) andsome more complex topics like SVD / PCA should be explained in a more intuitive way.
Good Course
Great course, lots of good things to explore!
Good course
Very unprofessional, compared to other courses. It wasn't well organized.
Great practical lessons on using plotting in R to analyze the data.
Great fun class I would highly recommend it.
Very good course! It's the hardest yet on the Specalization
This was an excellent course full of useful exercises, assignments and lectures. I took these classes for the data analysis
Excellent course, Rogers enthusiasm shows truly through to his speed-talk :-)
Love it, very helpful course for graphs and clustering!
This is a great introductory course on the topic and on R language.You will get acquainted with basic R functions which are most useful for initial statistical analysis.
The final project did not require use of the material in the course beyond the first week and a half. I did not take any quizzes or otherwise have my knowledge tested on the material in the second half of the course.
It misses an assignment which will allow to practice the clustering skills.
Great course!
Really nice course. Good to put the graphics functions in R to use. I think it would be helpful to have a summary page somewhere that compares the format of how to generate simple plots using each of the 3 packages - just for reference.
very very useful
I strongly suggest for future Data scientist, if you know R language with making Plots, you can be a good analytic
Interesting stuff, but not a lot of detail
Great course
The course content applies to R. The teachers focused on the programming language rather than the application of the existing graphs to explore data.
Good course overall. There tends to be many lectures that are just lists of commands. Also, they don't seem to be updating the material. Many lectures are several years old and still have typos in them.
Very important course towards th specialization and well done!
I loved this course!! All of the classes taken in the specialization all come together for practical use. Course 2 is where it really kicked in. Students will learn how to use R to explore data sets that send you down interesting paths.
Kick-started me into using graphs in R!
Very good. I enjoyed and learned a lot.
a great course
Really Enjoyable!
Material is to basic for an entire course.
Excellent overview of plotting and clustering. However, there were a few bits that were required for good completion of the projects that weren't covered in detail. Overall an excellent course and specialization.
This course is definitely helpful in data manipulation.
My congratulations to all those people who worked to create this course although I have to pick up something I've found a bit annoying:1- there were two video where the audio were nearly unintelligible2- I would link the link proposed by the video to be possible to be clicked3- Some exposition imperfection (even if they make these video more "real and human")4- Since quiz are not so difficult to be evaluated automatically I found it a bit annoying to notice them locked by not-purchsing, even if I understand there have to be something which would make the customer to purchase.I've found the swirl experience great although a bit annoying sometimes but I've no clue on how to possibly improve it so.Keep up with this great work!Bye
Great course!
Very good course for doing practical data analysis.
The course did a good overview of the different plotting systems in R, but it rushed through clustering. I had to watch the videos of k-means and hierarchical clustering at least 3 times to sort of understand it. The matrix concepts went completely over my head. Otherwise, the projects were very interesting, and I would highly recommend this course to other people.
Pretty useful introduction to various plotting tools and some deep down insights as well.
I like the course and it was helpful in understanding how graphics work in R.
The need update the homeworks
Very good course. Explains some very peculiar concepts of PCA and SVD very clearly.
Excellent course with great didactic. Congratulations!
A quiz or project question on k-means clustering or PCA would be nice. Overall the course provided solid coverage of the three main plotting systems in R.
basic plotting and getting the feel of data, this course really helped tackling that and seeing perspective in data analysis
Extremely practical, yet challenging for a R starter.
Insights delivered by the course were great. However, I think it emphasizes too much the lattice and basic plot systems to the point it is redundant with functionality on ggplot. It should focus more on concepts and techniques for delivering richer and meaningful graphics using ggplot rather than talking that much about technicalities on the basic plot and lattice systems.Assignments were too basic and don't reflect all the concepts learned in the lessons e.g. clustering, which I think are of great interest for researchers.
Thank you son much!!!!I really like the course.It help me in my job =)
Really great class that teaches tools you can put to use right away.
A Must have course for beginners in Data Exploration and Analysis. The best part is that exposure to these amazing concepts in R.
This has been a great course. Accompanies by a book, it constitutes a great piece of material about exploring and visualizing data.
Some parts of material is good quality, but some is bad - also some show bad practices in R. Extensively use swirl as assignments over self work. It is better to go through good tutorial over R base plotting system and ggplot2.
some swirl tests (4,5) don't work because of parameter method in qplot function. This parameter is not realy existed in this function now
I learned a lot and the assignments were the right kind of challenging.
Covers all the basics of visualization in R. Well structured and there is plenty of opportunity to practice your newly acquired skills.
pretty good starter course. I liked 40 min Case Study video at the end. It was very helpful to watch the instructor do the analysis from start to finish.
I think this is a great course. I learned a lot about data plotting and some multivariate techniques for understanding underlaying patterns of the data.
More challenging Problem sets, as in the R Programming course !
Great course!
Wonderful course with lot of graphical representation of the data. Dimensional reduction and Clustering analysis needs a bit more detailed explanation.
Very good course. Clear instructions.
Swirl is really great!
If you know some R programming and want to learn how to generate plots for your data analysis, this course will give you a good start. I highly suggest doing swirl exercises after watching the lecture videos to reinforce your understanding of the course materials.
The course is useful with a lot of learning.The second half needs more of improvement, I think the pace is quite fast compared to others.
A worthwhile course that breaks down methods for doing initial data analysis to get a rough feel of the data. It provides enough useful information about the 3 plotting systems in R and how they differ to allow the student to do sufficient exploration on his or her own.
Excellent class with easy-to-understand videos. The quizzes and homework really help me master the topics.
Very nice course, plotting data to explore and understand various features and their relationship is the key in any research domain, and this course teaches the skill required to achieve this.
much better presentation
Very helpful and great lectures!best regards,Kasia
Practical, applicable, best instructors
ggplot2 module was extremely helpful
Great knowledge!
I have taken the course earlier, so am somewhat familiar with the layout and the materials. Overall it is a very good course and covers a wide range of subject matters. Roger has done a very good job explaining the concepts. I certainly would recommend this course to all who's interested in the subject.I realize that there's limitation on the time people suppose to spend each week, however, I would like to suggest adding homework, in addition to quizzes.Several video clips have some audio issues, not sure if that's fixable.
amazing course
Great content. thank you!!
Very interesting and very much useful course - I really liked it. Very easy to implement in your daily leadership roles.
Great content, presented in a direct easy to understand, easy to adopt format
Not a fan of this course. Reasons:1) The subject material is presented in a dry manner (too much talking and jargon) - I find it repetitive and boring. I have to play it at least 1.75x in order to get through the material and try and stay engaged but I still have a hard time paying attention. Seriously, so boring!2) There is a high degree of subjectivity in grading essays (peer reviews)This course can benefit from:1) Clearer introduction of concepts using pictures and animations, as well as cutting out the repetitiveness (and the assault of the jargonaut)2) A better approach to grading that places importance on concepts instead of key words (jargon)
Great course!
All the concepts you need, to manage the everyday leadership, either at work or in your private life.Professor Gregory Northcraft goes always straight to the point, very clear and effective
Great course, highly recommend.
Excellent!! Highly recommended
This course is amazing,There is very important information for employees and for employers.
Good conceptual insight. Basic but thought provoking assignments.
He's a great instructor, gives great explanations and goes in depth on the subjects.
The course itself contains interesting material. However, identical to the course one of the specialization, the writing assignments of the modules focus too much whether the student can name all learned phrases from the module rather than letting them express the answer in their own words in order to show that they understood the content.
Great course materials.Found it difficult to form groups of students and meet up for the activity cases.
I like it so much.
I really liked the courses as it was provided with good examples and case studies.
I thought this course was very well structured and the information immediately applicable. The instructor is clear and I enjoyed the examples he used to reinforce concepts. This is the first course I've taken toward the iMBA program and I hope the other classes are as informative and interesting as this one.
The course is nice and very easy to understand, Great effort from the instructor.
Well taught topics. Lectures were delivered in clear terms without much ambiguity.Thanks to the instructors, thanks to Coursera staff.
The segments of this course on negotiation and conflict resolution are extremely valuable for managers and entrepreneurs. Professor Northcraft's presentation style is very polished and the readings add depth to the subject.
Love it! Great valuable material and instructor.
All the topics in this course are very relevant to our day-to-day management. Content, Case study and video materials are also very good. Thank You.
very good course, very informative will teach you alot
Very well designed course, clear and didactic....Lots of rich strategy and tactics to take home!
Great class to prepare you for the iMBA
Excellent Course by professor Northcraft.... I loved the case Studies activities.
great course. Fantastic. The only thing that could be improved is collaboration part, that feels a bit under-thought. Description of case studies could be better in terms of what students should do.
Great Professor!
Very nicely put together course with straight forward examples and well thought out assignments.
I highly recommend this course by the Professor Northcraft. Great communication style, pedagogue and with a good sense of humor.Bravo!
A little light in terms of depth but very well structured and clearly presented.
Really enjoyed Prof. Northcraft. The material is well-organized.
Simply excellent. Professor Greg has designed the course in such a way that that the participants REALLY learn.
Excellent course! Very well taught. Dr Gregory Northcraft is very well spoken and engaging. This course is nicely structured with Readings, Videos, Cases, Essays, and Quizzes. About 6 hours per week for 4 weeks. Nicely paced. I did not take this with the for credit iMBA classes, but am considering doing so and might thus repeat these courses to take the iMBA classes. I like that you can get certificates and a Specialization in the Leadership and can even grow this into the iMBA which is a fully accredited world class MBA program from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I highly recommend this course!
Very much enjoyed the class. Articulated ideas in a clear manner allowing one to reflect and best approach problems.
Excellent contact with relevant case studies. I've been impressed with the course's organization, guest interviews, and level of interaction.
Great class. Challenging and thought provoking. Highly recommend.
Great insights into the application of everyday leadership concepts.
Invaluable information conveyed in a well-prepared way! Thanks
An important course on leadership and dispute management. I really enjoyed it.
Great follow-up course to the foundations of everyday leadership.
Extremely useful and clear course. Thank you
Very good & useful information that can be easily implemented.
Excellent Course! Well Taught!!
The course was wonderful and was well lectured.
Great Course very informative and easy to follow
It is a very informative course and I have learned some new dairy farming subjects here. Thank you very much for this course.
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS COARSE
It was a lot of fun and I was able to take a lot of the ideas and information and apply it to our commercial beef operation as well.
GOOD COURSE
Very informative!
The course has covered all the topics related to Dairy & Farm Management. Thanks a lot to the Professors for sharing their
Great Course
I have found this course very informative and got a lot of information through this course. I recommend all related people to join this course.
Interactive and full of necessary information. I love this new way to learn
This is a comprehensive and holistic approach to dairy cattle production and management. The detailed course materials has equipped me with the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed in modern day dairy cattle production. Thank you Penn State University, Thank you distinguished Professors for been my instructors through out this Dairy MOOC.
Very grateful! It taught me everything I wanted to know about Dairy management basics.
Lots of information, but could be presented in a more learner-friendly manner. Not a lot of information for someone who wishes to learn about organic/holistic dairy management.
Good information from a mass-production standpoint, may be adaptable to fit small-scale family farms. Overall pretty good.
Excellent content that is expertly delivered in a comprehensive and precise manner.
Very good course with solid background information touching on the fundamentals of US dairy farming.
Covered lots of detailed materials.
Great survey of dairy operations
Great!!
I missed more interaction with lecturers.
Well done and interesting.
It´s being a great opportunity to improve my understanding in the US dairy production and management system. Very useful lessons!
It is wonderful to see the tremendous advances in Dairy Production and Management methods since I grew up and worked and lived on a dairy farm.
Great course, loaded with information! Definitely worth going through for any cattle farmer or vet. My only complaint is that on some of the quizzes, you will never get the right answer because the answer keeps changing. But that can be fixed. :)
Bad videos. Reading material should be summarised
Excellent online tutorial. Course had a lot of application to my field of study in South Africa. I will definitely be applying for more courses and using Coursera more. Thank you to the lecturers at Penn State University.
Excellent course.It is a really good overview about Dairy Production and Management. It does not bore with too much detail. However provides enough additional material to work with and get as far into the subject as one wishes to.Thank you so very much for this online course.
Good course, teaches how are actually big dairy enterprises, in a country with unlimited resources, it`s not usefull in develeping countries, and doesn`t teach how to understand the way to start a business and the differences in small, medium, big and gigantic business in diary production. Aren`t there any small diary farm en USA ? It`s not feaseble to start a small diary business in USA? How different in costs and profit are diary in different countries?, How USA government helps diary business in USA? Thanks for your teaching and Sharing your experiences.
Useful...Excellent...Thanks.
Excelent course! Interesting lessons, good material and explanations.
Very interesting course covered a number of different areas I was particularly keen on the sustainable and environmental issues. I don't have any farm animals but it still taught me a huge amount of what is involved in getting a pint of milk to ones doorstep
Some things are a little boring but you have a good overview of diary cows when the course is completed.
I've been working in dairy genetics for less than a year, but never had any previous
A great course for awareness of one of our most important agricultural industries
A very interesting course with great professors teaching.
It is an excellent course! Thanks to it I have learned lots of things I dind't know about dairy farms. Also about care, food and needs of cows. The videos are so great and professors make lessons easy and accessible to all levels. 100% recommended!!
i found this Course really interesting broad the views and concept of Dairy Management ,
Fantastic broad-based course content for all levels of dairy knowledge and experience!
this is a really well put together
Brilliant Course, very well instructed and a pleasure to be a part of-
Very interesting. Learned a lot about dairy farming.
A course suitable for those who are eager to use proper Turkish language and want to experience the impact of speaking in communication.
Very enthusiastic instructor! Enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you!
This is a great introduction to key photography concepts
great course. really helps one learn how to use the different settings on a camera or smart phone.
Great course to start the basics!
I enjoyed most of the course but I found the last week a puzzlement and not as clear cut as it could be. I'm still confused as to what settings to use for blurred stop-action.
Great introduction to digital photography.After completing this session, I now have a much much better understanding of the workings and options involved in digital photographyI would recommend this course to others..
This course a must have package for those who want to produce magic out of their camera or smartphone.
This course was so fun to be apart of, I really enjoyed the professors and the way everything was explained. Although the sound quality could have been a bit better on some of the videos.
Incredibly informative, basic without being condescending, truly a wonderful experience for an absolute beginner. Very, very accessible.
I learned a lot! Thank you for this opportunity!
This course, as part of the specialization is really a great start.
This is one of the most informative, well researched and philosophical course available online. It deals the technical aspects with such a humane flair that it transcends to more engaging and immersive learning experience each day.
It really helped me with getting the basics of photography down.
A good basic introduction to photography. Some nice resources are shared, including books and web sites.
Great lessons learnt
I love my the course and it's hard but im very satisfied and learn a lot with both professor.
I like the course because it puts the emphasis on creating great photos by finding interesting vantage points. A photograph can be technically perfect but still be boring if you do not find the right viewpoint.
Amazing course, I did learn a lot.
Great for basics!
Excellent content and Professors. Course is what every budding photographer needs to learn from the ground up. Loved it!
Simply awesome!
I've learned a lot and the deadlines have created a schedule where photography is incorporated into my every day life.
The professors are really good. They explained how even the simple things can make a significant changes in the photographs we take. This course is as good as the python course.
Love it
Gentlemen, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge, the course is really useful for the basics.
Loved the course... it was informative and interesting.
Excellent instructors! Each has a no-nonsense approach, and yet, easy-to-understand and follow lectures. Highly recommend this course for beginning photographers and those that want to refresh their photographic knowledge.
Covered all the basics
There is a lot to learn from this course. Very well explained.
This course did everything I wanted it to do : it has made me a better photographer, it has raised my game by improving my practical knowledge and the way I see the world.
I have recently come back to photography, being from the 'old school' of black & White with my own darkroom. Having recently acquired a Canon DSLR, by accident I may add, it has renewed my interest in photography again and it is good to review the basics again, even though a lot of people might say, "I knew that", it is good to go back to basics after such a long time. The course is well brought and I'm enjoying my photography again and when walking, driving or whatever, I look at things again through a photographer's eye:).
An exceptional course carefully catered to open the mind of a new photographer to the real world of photography!
It is a great class and teaches me a lot.
Basics explained in an easy way. The professors are engaging. I only wish the rest of courses caoul be taking free of charge..
Awesome course with excellent professors, Mark & Peter are the best mentors anyone can ever have. Has given me so much more knowledge about photography and helped me explore new aspects of it. thanks to Coursera and MSU for introducing this course.
I have been able to be comfortable with my camera by switching on to various pointers, changing ISO , gave me the clarity in understanding photography at the grass root level.
Great course with great professors .
Very engaging course for learning Photography Basics and Composition. Professors are very hands on and have great depth of knowledge of this subject.
Excellent Introduction to Photogr
Good course to start with the basics of photography. Group assessments can be hit or miss given varied experiences of other students, but overall a good place to start
great course really enjoy it and you can learn a lot from this.
I really enjoy the course. Thank you
It was really awesome, I'm I knew a little bit about photography but after this short course, my perception of the world and the things around me really changed. Also my technique improved and it was clearly visible in my photographs. Thank you very much.
Very enriching. I got to learn a lot about camera and photography. Professor Peter Glendinning is such an amazing teacher. He makes learning a fun process. I am glad i joined the course!
Dear professors Peter and Mark, I am very happy with the improved knowledge and results during the courses. Really, the excitement of you is mine too! I confess that I have a degree in digital photography and his classes always amaze me! It's a great joy to be able to access such a well-prepared content and watch your incredible classes! A hug with affection and admiration, until the end of the 4th. course!Fátima Nunes
This course is a great start in taking control of your camera and photography skills.
It is a great course. The only bad thing I can think of is the quality of the audio in the videos.
I learned quite a bit. This group of courses will take me to the next level in photography.
Incredibly clear and detailed explanation, great exercises to develop good photography skills!
10/10Would come again!
Suddenly after taking this course, I can not imagine any one becoming a photographer without this essential knowledge. These knowledge I now feel is basic to anyone who is serious about making photographs. Funnny how knowledge transforms us
The course was really helpful!
The course is a great introduction. I just wished that we could have designated people evaluating our submissions, instead of exclusively peer to peer.
The best!
Great, learned so much
good introduction to digital photography with some good tips. some chapters are a bit too long in my opinion.
good course
Good for both inexperienced and experienced photographer. Gives you a better understanding of photography as a creative expression, and will definitely make you a better photographer.
As a novice in Photography, this course taught me the necessary basics when you are starting out to become a photographer. Videos about content and composition of the photo are extremely helpful.
I have taken courses in photography before. I periodically attempt to brush up on my knowledge. A lot has changed with digital photography as a new medium. Everything is clearly explained and the professor is articulate. This course would be excellent for someone who is just beginning photography and/or it may be beneficial for someone who would like to review photography concepts. The peer review process could be improved, but also it is beneficial to review other peoples work. I still think its helpful to have a professional look at your work when possible. An extra credit assignment might be to join a camera club or talk to a professional in your community and possibly even show them your pictures as your progress through the course. The main thing is don't be too hard on yourself, or others too. We are all beginners here.
Very good intro into photography!
The course covered the material thoroughly, but the presentation could be improved: 1. the examples, charts and other helpful aside additions could be left on screen during the relevant discussion. I often had to pause and go back to study the material that was only briefly displayed. 2. Using the screen for just a video of the lecturer speaking seems a waste of the many video techniques that could be included, with the lecturer in a small window at the side. 3. Although the lecturers tried not to favor one brand over another, at times it seemed like we were watching an infomercial. Maybe this can't be helped, as all the camera's features, and their accessories, were described in detail. I for one have a camera that I want to learn to use more professionally. Purchase suggestions could be moved to an addendum. In my opinion it should not be in the body of the course material.I am finding a lot of good information in the course, and am continuing with the second section.
thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!!!I really appreciate it ...
Pretty good, especially about composition and advices for hardware, bags, and discretion.A good basic course.
Interesting class for beginning photographers
Love it from start to finish. I will teach anyone to know how to properly operate a camera, even a phone's camera.
I loved the course, it was really dynamic and descriptive.
I enjoyed every minute of the lectures! The professors are really enthusiastic and professional, and they are nice) The information is given in all details, but just enough - and you don't get bored.Thanks to Michigan State University, thanks to Coursera!
Great course with great teachers!
The first week was quite suitable and I had enough time to spend. The only problem was in editing of clips. They had bad cuts.
Very good coarse...I am now taking #3 soon be finished, its just keeps getting better all the time...its so good I may move to Michigan, .... but then who would root for USC (Trojans- the real USC
Information was excellent, and the assignments were incredibly helpful by integrating the peer-reviewing process to help get a better idea of how to improve your work! Both professors made information easy for newcomers to process by laying out all of the vocabulary upfront so everyone stayed on the same page. Highly recommended for people who photograph as a hobby and people looking to get more serious about their photography.
Thank you for allowing me to audit this course.
Loved it, super usefull
Really good course for clear concept about camera and exposure, focusing. aperture.
Intuitively informing. Thank you.
Good:very wide and also deep in transferring knowedgeassignments are clear and challenging because they require a story to which the shots ghave to followNot so good:sometimes the shown examples are show too shortly, and the videos toggle between professor and motiv to fast. Show both at the same time woiuld helpthe (iOs) app is a bit limited (e.g. assessments can not be edited).
This (so far) Is a great course, would highly recommend it :)
The course full of very useful information. Also it is so practical and the assignments are great
Loving this course. The material is well thought out and well explained. Great course.
I rate this course highly although I only audited it. It turned out to be too basic for my needs. But the presentations were well made.
not only knowledge of photography, but also creative thinking for the way you take photo.which is critical for you to taking the next step to reach the professional level.
It gives you great and useful information if you've just started using your camera. It definitely improved my photography knowledge.
Absolutely love the course, and I'm learning so much.
I really learned many things in this course :)
The professor explanation was good for beginners.
Very practical and the content was exposed in a common sense manner. Enjoyed auditing it very much!
So far so great! Thank you for building such a strong knowledge base. Let's see what is next!
I really learned a lot from this course on camera settings. It real
loved the course, learning a lot
Learned quite a bit as a beginner photography student. One thing that would have been helpful is if the weeks were flip-flopped. Week 3 and 4 replacing Week 1 and 2.
The content is helpful in learning to use the camera and understand terminology, but it is somewhat, if not totally, a false representation of interaction with the experts. There is absolutely none.
I learned a lot. This is a great introduction to photography. When I first saw the course content I thought it might be just a bunch of stuff I already knew. However, I was learning new things from the beginning. The peer reviews and feedback were a bigger influence on my experience than I expected as well.
For newcomers to the art and science of photography this course requires learners to have no knowledge of the subject and leads them to an understanding of the functions of a camera. Through the tutorials learners got to grips with the hardware of their cameras and started to move out of their comfort zone. Well it certainly did for me, as someone who has been using a DSLR for over ten years!
This was a fun course. Information is presented in digestible, bite sized pieces. The peer review process works fast and well--I was surprised how perceptive the critiques of my photos were.
It is very a great experience to learn about the grammar of photography, those are the basic. I also got an idea about frame, composition and about the goal of a photograph. This series of lectures guides the students to learn how start "working on scene".
This course content was brilliant. It is a good course for everyone, from beginner to the well seasoned photographer.I think Mark & Peter will find a way to enlighten you in this course.
A very good course that introduces you to a lot of photography related concepts and terms. The assignments are very hands on and fun to do. The course also gives you great pointers for choosing a new camera!
This course was just amazing! A proper and a brief description is given in each and every lesson of the course. People, those who are very new to photography can find this thing very much interesting. My fascination towards photography has doubled! I thank both the professors for their teachings.
A fantastic introduction to photography, it is a well organized course with clear examples and a very easy to follow pace.If you're new to photography and would like to start building your knowledge about this toipic, this is the course to go. On the other hand, if you're an experienced photographer or have notions of photography, this will be a really easy course for you, but you will certainly gain a good insight into the topics you already know.
Good and informative beginner photograph course.
Great introduction course for begginers in this great world of photography!.
love it very good
thanks
Great course, been learning lots of new things about my camera and the creative process that goes into creating better photographs. Highly recommended.
Nice introduction.
This is far too rudimentary to be something produced by a university
I really enjoyed
Good basic course that helps you familiarize and get started with a lot of the camera setup and photography principles.
This course is awesome. Thank you for being so helpful! I learned a lot and the professors are so great!
Fundamental but good course for photography.
Great course for beginners!
I enjoyed this course very much, thank you professors!
I am very new to the world of photography and this course was without a doubt geared toward someone like me. I really learned a lot from this course and I have told that my pictures are already starting to improve.
This course is offering to build up basic technical expertise in photography. Even though many photographers are emerging without attaining any related professional degree, the course will help to build technical proficiency that can help them to reach at much higher level.
It was really nice learning a bit more of the uses I can do with my camera. thank you
Wahoo! Thank you for this course! I love it! Informative but not intimidating.
Very helpful and continuously learning new things to help me in photography.
This class was really helpful, and my photography benefitted from it.
It is a fantastic course. It has wonderful faculty and assignments are worth taking.
A very good course. The information is really useful and the professors explain it in a simple way. It was not very interesting for me to listen to the functions of i-phone ans sumsung, I think it's better to do this information not obligatory but on choice
Very basic content, not that helpful - states what to pay attention to, but scarcely "how to". Also is very static, uses very little illustrations / animations / visuals, which is a shame for a photography course...
I wish I could at least read the assignments if not get reviews on them in the audited version.
Nice for a beginner.
As a professional photographer , I can say , this course was amazingI am teaching in art academy , and this course very useful for me in teachingThank you for this great job
Very good, got me to learn the basics about photography and many other things i didn't know!
The course is very informative for people who want to learn the technical aspects of photography. The material is helpful for those who want to turn photography as a serious career. It also enables enthusiasts improve their skills that will capture great moments. I highly recommend this course to everyone who wanted a peek on the science and art of taking pictures which tell a story.
Great course learned a lot
Excellent course. It helps a lot!! Recommended.
Very informative. I like the pace, but get the impression that the instructors never see our work. While peer review is awesome, professional review would be very helpful.
Essential for every Photographer
Very useful!
Great course but it's too expensive....
Good introduction. Covers fundamentals clearly.
I cant wait for more.
I want to say thanks for all the information in this course it was really successful for me
Very good. Easy for beginners to follow up
Very interesting subject. Also useful to learn how to properly take pictures and help in daily life and learn about different art forms and techniques.
I learned so much information from this course since I am an amateur photographer. Also ,I just got my first camera 2 weeks into this course, a Nikon d3200. This course became very useful and gave me the foundation I needed to start taking pictures with my new camera.
Really nice class. Now I'm clear with some basic things
Absolutely Excellent. Tutors delivering this course are so knowledgeable but also present the information very well. They speak clearly and at such a good pace for learners. Thank you Professors Peter and Mark.
This topic is excellent, I learnt lots of things from this course. Thanks to Proffers Peter to provide such good session.
Amazing course. I'm looking forward to the next.
The content of the course is good and I feel it would be beneficial for beginners or those who want to top up their technical / academic knowledge on the subject.I found the terrible editing of the lectures distracting though, and it felt like no one bothered to over-see the final version that was published. I also don't think the fact that one has to pay so much to access the assessments, which many other courses don't do at all, is conducive to creating a strong engagement in the course. I wouldn't for example be encouraged to take another course from this series (not sure if one is offered).
I love both of my professors and learning a lot of new things about photography
It was nice, interesting and useful.
As a beginning course for photography, it teaches you quite a lot.The academic in me feels like there's not enough serious assignments though. To pass this class, a lot of what you'll be passing will be fairly easy multiple choice tests, with only two assignments that specifically require you to go out in field and take some pictures.I have high hopes for the rest of the specialization though, as this was only the very first of five courses.
One of the nice things about this course, is that it challenges one to DO something - take photos. My trusty old point-and-shoot doesn't know what has hit it - it has never worked so hard before.
Nice！ I've been wanting to learn how to make a good photo, this course helped a lot. Thanks!
Absolutely amazing! I had been waiting for a course like this for a long time.
Informative, numerous examples, great for beginners. Locked content is the downside.
Introduction course to all the basic camera controls from button functions to memory card formatting to type of camera bag to use. Good place to start if you want to begin with the physical aspects of photography.
Course contents are not very well organized.
Learnt some very basic info about my DSLR other than the basics, but nether the less its nice to know what
Super great~ I can learn a lot about the camera and creation of my own masterpiece😃
not really possible to give a higher rating.at the moment too many problems.
Dear sir,can i get the hard copy certificate after finish this capstone project because the course is so interesting for me, i would like to get one as a memory
An Excellent course!!! Thanks Peter & Mark....Thanks Coursera!!!!
it is a very good course, it help the beginner understand more what is photography!
I have learned much more about photography in the short few weeks of this course than studying much longer on my own. Great course.
Thank you very mutch!!
I learned a lot from this course. It made me become aware that it takes skills to captures a photo that is compelling and eye engaging. I realized that it was not easy and it would take you a lot of practice to learn how to take a proper exposure or how you would want your photo to appear.
Great introductory class for beginners
Poor video and audio quality. Not worth the price.
This class was perfect for me. Although I have owned many cameras and have taken thousands of photos over decades, thru this class I have finally learned how to use the camera without always using the 'full AUTO' setting. By doing this, my passion for photography has been reignited and my creativity is soaring. Thank you MSU for offering such an awesome class. I am strongly recommending these classes to my photographer friends.
The course would be great if only everybody could fully participate. As I cannot pass quizzes and submit assignments not having purchased it, I have less motivation to carry on :(
This is a fun class and it is nice to start gaining control of the camera.
Great course, I've learned a lot, but it is somewhat discouraging not being able to pass the course because I can not pay for it. I don't need the certificate, but I would still prefer getting feedback on the quizzes and getting involved with the assignments.
I love learning and I love photography. It is great that this is o
Loved this course
Very interesting course!
SUch an Excelent course! thanks a lot!
I learned a great deal with this course and have become more confident in photography. There are a few little problems with the quizzes, but considering this is the first time the course is offered, that is quite normal.
The instructors have structured this course rather well, focusing on fundamental principles to enable you to take good photographs (even without a sophisticated camera). What is 'good'? Well, this course is geared to make one dwell on that, steering you to give some thought about how you can photograph even everyday subjects interestingly; and the peer review process serves well in learning how to view your own work, and that of others, objectively. By the end of this course, you may be eager to invest in a better camera, or to sign up for the next module in the series. :) Thank you, Prof. Peter Glendinning and Prof. Mark Sullivan.
I'm recommending to everyone i know
I am a beginner in photography and find this course of great help. It's much easier to take control of the camera when I get to know how it works. And I believe I could learn more from the course.
Good basic Info
Excellent instruction with interesting assignments.
this course covers basic and advance knowledge about cameras and photography that is what a new photographer needs in his starting days
There have been some problems and glitches, especially with the peer review but it's understandable since it's the course's first run. I learned a lot with this course, just starting to learn how to use the various settings in the camera. I also saw the instructor respond to some forum posts so that's a plus for me.
The course is really interesting, along with lessons, I like the cooperation between students in reviewing each other''s pictures - it's very interesting.Waiting for the next course with interest.Best of luck,Beso.
Great course. I learned a lot! Thank you.
Very effective and comrehensive course. I learned a lot in this course.Trainers were good.
Basic photography course, but a good place to start or to refresh your memory
Great course!But videos are not very good technically. Too much "jumping".
Pros:Good concepts. Peter Glanding is a very good teacher.Cons: Too short and concepts explained too quickly.
I have thoroughly loved and enjoyed watching videos and attempting assignments. Also Prof. Peter and Prof. Mark are really good teachers. I learned all that I could better from them rather than back in college. Hope to do more courses with them and also continue being a Spartan! And yes, hoping to meet the professors in person someday.
I have learned a lot of little rips and tricks that really help my Photography work become more and more Professional every day I practice it.
it was really a nice course i learned a lot from it .
This was a good introduction to understanding the Exposure, Aperture and Shutterspeed. Peter presents the information in a concise and clear format.
Love the peer review process! The professors are incredibly knowledgeable, the assignments inspire creativity, and the content is relevant and timely.
There were some technical challenges that made this course not as fun. The content was good. If you make the assignments easier to submit (for example: provide a box to write a statement as opposed to uploading one) it will remove frustration and increase enjoyment.
Thank You!!! i be learning a lot..
Great introduction course for people with absolutely no prior knowledge
Simply excellent! Great professors! I really appreciate the step by step explanation.
Very nice course, lots of information, well structured. Tries to take you out of the "common" and visualize distinct aspects of your photos, new angles, perspectives!
Really enjoying the pace of this course. The video sections are easily digestible! I like the assignments and my classmates and I are learning to critique. It would be nice if the instructors could do some critique for the students who are paying for the full program including the Capstone project at the end.
Great info about photography, very easy to digest.
I have to say, I am disappointed in that I feel there is little to no interaction here between students and instructors/aides. Additionally, the assignments are not functioning properly and it creates much confusion. The instructors videos are great and have been helpful but the rest is lacking! There is no way to view other's bodies of work and critiques are very vague, etc. This is photography... where is the photography from learners (other than the assignments)? Why is there no gallery here?
Useful. So many information that can help to choose the camera and the type of photography we will want to make in the future.
I never believe that a course of photograph would be available and one that take you step by step is awesome, keep this kind of coursers where you learn everything and with a teacher that take you and have a patient to teach and give you examples, that is also the key, examples.
Somewhat repetitive. However I took this course to shop in my photography skills and I finally learned how to use the proper shutter speed!
I have enjoyed this class very much! I have learned many new things about myself as a photographer and about my new camera. I can
Excellent course, it is a great oppotunity to learn photography principles online!
Great classes, but I do believe some of the concepts are a little scattered, the way you present them could be a little more organized so we get a better understanding.
Although I've been active in photography for many years, there was still new information. I enjoyed the assignments as they made me think more creatively about my environment. I enjoyed the class. reviewing as well as the reviews from the other students. Thank you for a great class.
I really liked the course. A few adjustments are in place, but it was nice to have the feedback and the attention from the teachers and Coursera community.
Not sure why so much time was devoted to camera bags.Looking forward to the next lessons. Hoping to learn about being more creative with a camera.
I am completely new to the world of photography, the lessons are clear and specific, I am very happy with the course.
I found this class to be very helpful in exploring the art of photography. If you want to learn more of the basics and beginning elements of photography this is a great start. The classes are to the point and not very time consuming. The assignments are well written to make you go out and start using your camera.
I found the course very informative and useful. It has taught me to look at objects, landscape etc all at different vantage points and angles.
This course is excellent. Thank you.
It's a very interesting and complete course. They show how to use the camera, how to buy a camera according to your needing, and a very extensive list of accesories. Also they teach how to compose pictures properly, concepts of aesthetics, and so on.
Great course even if you´re not new to photography it stores and refreshes and widen your knowledge. And very clear for beginners.
It was quite confusing with unlocking next weeks work, and the filming of the videos were poor. Eventhough everything was understandable
A good course
An incredible introduction course.
Great introduction, easy-to-follow lessons.
Hello everybody!the course is arranged so that every next class is expected with great anticipation.I enjoy every moment.Thank you very much.
excellent overview of basics o understand photoraphy
delightful and very useful course
I loved it. There was a few technical hitches but it didn't take from the course. I learned much more than I ever expected and it has helped me improve my photography. I am looking forward to the next part.
so much detail and wonderful instruction. learning so much and becoming more familiar and comfortable with my camera. having a blast while learning too.
Very interesting and helpful, but as I didn't purchase the course, I didn't have the chance to take the exam and view others.
Wonderful introduction to the Photography World!
Excellent teaching
Wonderful Course.
Very interesting, great information and incredible explanations.
I'm a beginner and an amateur photographer and I find this course very interesting and useful. Great job prof. Glendinni
The content, although very basic, is interesting, and some of the teacher's insights do stimulate discussion, but the video quality is low, with non matching slides, etc.
Loving it so far - great lecturers with engaging teaching styles
very dissapointing to not be able to make the quizzes and the assigments without paying it
It has been so interesting! Learning a lot on how to actually see things.
I've learned a lot about emergent phenomena on this course.
All the topics are quite interesting and surprising (and I mean every one of them), but all are treated like popular science with little insight. I had to read elsewhere to fully understand some topics such as reaction-difussion systems. All in all, I wish there was a version of this course for those of us who have no fear of mathematics.
This class acted as an excellent overview of a wide variety of topics. The focus was on breadth rather than depth. I would have loved to go more in depth, but I think that is a limitation of the format and lack of mathematical prerequisites for the course. The professor interviews were some of the best material included!
Provide more examples of Physics.
This course could have delved in more depth in the respective subject. What was presented was good but I felt that more could have been presented.
Nice Course. Thanks.
Good lecture to know experimental method in lab
Loved it! :D
Very useful. :)
its very good.
The course was very interesting. It touched upon all currently employed techniques in good detail. The lab-based videos were the most interesting. However, the lectures were too long. It would be a brilliant course if the lectures were cut short and made to the point.
This a great course it helps a lot to get to know state of the art techniques and how to use them properly although the assigment questions of selecting the statements are quite confusing.
Excellent course with a wealth of information about system biology technologies
the lab was fasinating . i never seen those big machin in my life. THANKS!!!
very good introduction but as i go through the videos and then do the quiz i feel like the material doesn't highlight exactly what is needed for the quiz. Maybe i'm not taking the video lecture as seriously as i should. Something else to reinforce the material cause it seems a bit condensed.thanks for a wonderful course!
HighTech!! Quite difficult for someone who not from the field .
Thanks for overview of experimental methods and references to relevant articles!"Complete the essay" quizzes looks like a joke
On the bright side, "Lab based" videos are excellent for visualize the techniques. Nevertheless "Choose all that apply" questions in the quizzes are very ambiguous, these questions should contain an explanation for prevent confusion at the end of every unit.
it's interesting but it's quite difficult
Great course,Recommended if you are interest in new technologies
Great!
An excellent course that I would highly recommend. The best MOOC I have every done for improving my French and great fun too. I love the Coursera Platform, everything runs very smoothly and it is very easy to navigate. This also adds to the pleasure of doing the course. Congratulations to Coursera and the organisers of the MOOC for making this learning experience outstandingly good.
It was great! Lots of content, quizzes etc. The videos were clear and well explained. It helped me understand some grammar points I've been struggling with for a while.
Very useful and well designed! Even for students at level A2 like me, the course is really effective! Thank the contributing team very much for your great work!
It is a very well-structured French language course which encompasses every needs of living when you arrive in France for further study. It also has a metaphysical angle for higher command of the language. That is the constant exposure to different extracts of literature or exploring further on some language issues. It also has a touch with the current web culture and popular movies in France to make the course more real and down to earth. Professors are engaging with lucid, solid and well-thought explanations which could help clearing ambiguities. This course is a real success. I genuinely wish the team of École Polytechnique could expand further into providing the online courses for C1 and C2, or even French history and literature courses.
I audited the free version of the course. I found it helpful in brushing up and polishing parts of French which can sometimes be difficult to find and study online. There's a great portion of French media that is incoporated in the course which is great. Film clips, comic strips, pieces of writing.If this course lacks two things it would be more assignments, especially practice quizzes. And above that, more detail for some of the topics. For instance, I found the covering of pronouns to be lacking, particular in detailing the difference between "dont", "a qui", "à lequel", etc. and then asking questions about it. A good course. I think worth the time.
the best
This is a great MOOC I really wish we can enjoy more French-oriented courses like this. I did not like that is basically pay-to-learn. Other thant that I loved it.
This is a great course - very useful and interesting. I can recommend it for sure and would like to thank its authors - they did a great job!
I am never going to forget what I learned in this course.
great! recommended!
Very helpful, I definitely am much more equipped with ideas and proven methods to grow as an entrepreneur even with the challenges in economies like mine.
Good course for people involved in the design of public policies. This course is perfect to politics and CEOs, people with the money to invest or the ability to organice big group of people and educate them to invest.
Interesting course on how the startup ecosystem was build in Cleveland, Ohio. Especially interesting was to tell and read about how the startup ecosystem in the Netherlands and the countries of the fellow students look like. I would recommend this course when you're interested in how startup ecosystems work (and why sometimes they don't work)
Extremely useful concept wise with case studies.
This was a fascinating course on how to revive a failing business area by use of government financing of primarily tech start-ups. It was a place in the country that is very different than Silicon Valley. The knowledge to finance a new startup was very limited and had to be set up in government funded groups that could mentor all the new businesses. There was a quick tour to other countries such as Greece which showed that even the EU had set up a Fund for Greek startups. The one they were working on was a company that was trying to produce an app. They did say that due to the lack of tech knowledge in their country the EU Fund was still full of money and could fund other startups. The main course went back to Cleveland, where most of the effort was made to use a government approach. They set up their own foundations, extended loans, made contacts with Venture Capitalists that participated in Silicon Valley and in this new type of gov approach. After 10 years of working with this, they had some very good companies with great ideas. The only drawback was that they didn't employ enough people to revitalize the entire area of Cleveland. They were just beginning to do something that used the actual resources of the area. There was a well known Cleveland Medical Center and some of the Professors there had done research which was new. For some reason, again the lack of business resources, they had never created any companies from what they knew. They did begin to create companies from the medical researchers in the area. The main one had to do with maintaining cardiac health. And
It has been a great pleasure and satisfaction to have participated in this course!
Very good course
I would have expected more in terms of the depth of content beyond Ohio, but still it is very interesting and complete. A must do for anyone looking to build a startup ecosystem
great course with excellent teacher and very effortful videod! Really enjoyed it and learned a lot
A must have. Very inspiring...
Very inspiring course, focusing on building and strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems. Very well made, fast paced, and the assignments ask you to go out and act.I enjoyed the course so much, and found Professor Goldberg so inspiring, that I'm very proud to be one of the community mentors on it now.Come join us, and learn how to enable entrepreneurs in your region!
Excellent teacher and courser.Congratulations!!
A really insightful class giving new perspectives on entrepreneurship in growing economies.I personally took the class looking for a few ideas for my entrepreneurship oriented association. And I ended up with a renewed energy on which steps to take and which doors to knock on.I definitely recommend!
Interesting course! Strongly opened my mind further on understanding entrepreneurship success, its impact on business and communities development as well as jobs creation.Thanks
The course touches the topic very lightly. There are transitioning economies around the globe in dire need of start ups and the overall entrepreneurship spirit of Silicon Valley. I wish the course had provided deeper knowledge on this particular subject, specially focused on The Americas.
This is not the entrepreneurship primer I was hoping for, but it did a tremendous job of educating me on the different ways in which public and private partnerships can potentially spur the growth of entrepreneurship in a region if utilized effectively.
Course helped to reinforce my knowledge and give support to others in other countries.
very practical and interesting
Good overview of the EU but you cannot do the quizzes unless you pay.
It is a course made in 2014
An excellent course that will truly help you understand what the EU means.I highly recommend it!
I'd like all the information and the presentation, but actually I think it is need an actualization to comprehend the new problems that are appearing in the EU.
Thanks so much for a solid course that covers all the main pillars for understanding the structure and philosophy of the Union. Particularly important in those time of crises in which, the raise of populism and far right political agenda is being used as a tool to assign responsibility to the EU to failures at national level. Lack of transparency and accountability in addition to a lack of leadership is the real responsible of this crisis of credibility.Is for this reason that its essential to educate people around the meaning of the EU and this course fully achieves this goal. Only one point to take it into account that is regarding the feedback from peers. In my case were not quite useful, without almost no analysis and without understanding the meaning of the assignment in itself. It´d be good to further consider this aspect and/or see other alternatives like the intervention of the facilitator.
A great course about Europe. We will learn a lot about Europe, its instiutions, history, foundations,...And above all you will learn how you can act for Europe. At the end of the course, you will have everything in hand to know how and where to begin to act.You will need to study very seriously for this course but it worth it.
This course is lively and varied and I learnt a lot. The level is quite high though, and in view of the widespread lack of detailed knowledge in Europe about the EU, it might be an idea to have a 'light' version as well
Great!
Excellent and well-structured course that provides learners with the key and simply-explained information about the EU, its history, institutions, policy-making, civic engagement instruments, opportunities that are available to all of us thanks to the EU, and so much more! For me it was very interesting to watch interviews with people whose work is closely connected with the EU; these videos are absolutely inspiring. Quizzes are designed just right (I think they cover the most essential facts one need to know about the EU), and peer-graded assignments touch upon some thought-provoking issues and stimulate students' critical thinking. I would say the course is truly worth taking, both for EU and non-EU citizens.
Its an excellent and thought stimulating course. I gained good understanding of the structures and working of the EU through this course and the course has increased my appreciation for the EU.The quizzes and assignments could be difficult at times but are very useful to grasp the concepts and think critically. Highly recommended.
Very comprehensive. Good materials and presentations. Relevant to the current topic of Brexit.
Some of the exams are hard so you need to be on your game for this one.
This course is very comprehensive and covers a lot of information, videos are entertaining and Prof. Alemanno is not only extremely knowledgeable (as are other lecturers invited) but also very enthusiastic, adding a touch of humour to the lectures which make them very light to watch. Full of examples, very didactic and well designed. So, from this point of view, I strongly recommend the course, I've learned a lot about the EU and I am sure others will too. I must say I am frustrated with Coursera though, as the course quizzes are not open for students who don't opt for a certificate, worth 43€. This course was designed about 2 years ago, and although most of the information provided is still valid, there are several topics that require an update. Also, as the course seems not to be "monitored" as "live" editions, there was a very low level of participation in the discussion forum and little to no response from the supporting team to student's questions. Although I understand Coursera is a business and must generate income, it might have been more appropriate to charge, say, half the price, for those who still want the certificate despite some of the contents requiring a refresh or don't mind joining the course in "unattended" mode.
In a clear and easy-to-understand way to introduce the basic concept and major functions of the EU. Very useful and practical for the real life.
Excellent course about how the EU works, highly recommended :)
Nice Mentor and totally through understanding about general aspectsof Europe
Terrible englishQuite diffuse contentNo reading texts
Everything that need to be known about europe to understand it. That is a big relief to find a so clear explanation.
Very useful course, thank you!
Interesting course! Gives a good initial notion of how the EU works.Two written peer-graded assignments are cool: it's very interesting to read peers' submissions from all over the world (I got ones from Spain, China and US).A major drawback: the slides are mostly bright pictures. It would be nice to make the slides more informative and available for download.
The course is structured in an efficient way. However, it does not offer an unbiased opinion about EU as can be seen from the title of the course. There are many things that can be improved in EU and a more critical approach would be a lot more helpful. Overall, this course has an above average quality with an acceptable level of engagement.
This is just blatant propaganda for the EU. It's like a big commercial. I'm surprised that Coursera allows this tripe on their website. Awful!
Really great course material. I spent way too much time on the exams and projects, because i believe not enough information was given (had to spend a lot of time searching through discussion forums, stackoverflow, help files etc...and while that is useful experience, it was a lot more time commitment than expected from course description)
Doesn't worth the effort. You learn the most by searching online tools each time you encounter a problem while solving a quiz problem or following the steps the instructor did.
Fantastic! I find myself using the information I learned in the class on a daily basis.
In general, the instructors seem to think it's a better learning experience to give the bare minimum in R, then have the student 'hack' their way to the answer using online forums, etc. While I get the motivation, I think it'd be better to give a more experiential learning platform - more swirl type exercises but deeper - to guide the student to the most efficient path to competency.
To get value from the class, I used other on-line materials to understand the topic. Thus, I spent about 20 hours/week on this class.
I am so glad this course was available. Otherwise, I would noy have had an opportunity to build a data set in my everyday work
Very informative.. specifically the 4th week project.
This course gives an excellent introduction to the various data collection and tidying processes using R. This course is a must for any aspiring data scientist.
Good course, worse the time I spent
brought up some good concept inside, like "tidy data", but not in detail, how to grab data from different source shouldn't be difficult. should have more focus on talking about data.table, "tidy data" principles etc.
Great info on accessing data from multiple sources. Also some excellent teaching on relevant R code modules.
In my experience, this course has a huge gap. The lectures go through all manner of tools, commands, packages, etc. about cleaning. That's fine and probably necessary. It's like "this is a hammer", "this is a saw". That's fine and probably necessary. But then you get to the final project...All of the sudden you're plopped onto a construction site with your hammer and saw and a pile of wood and told to build a house. You've never built a house before and don't have the slightest idea where to begin.What's missing is some principles of "tidy data construction" in the lectures. When introduced to a new data set, what are some approaches to understanding that data? How do you develop a plan to build a tidy data set (i.e. how do you think about developing a plan, not looking for a step by step instruction set)?It's disappointing that the only way for someone new to data science, R, etc. to tackle the problem is to read someone's third party monologue about how to make your reviewers happy.
Would have preferred if there were programming assignments that incorporated reading from data sources on the web.For those planning to take the course, note the following:*The course covers reading data from a myriad of sources, but largely in passing superficial detail. These sources include XML files, mySQL databases, HDF5 files, csv files, txt files with various formats (for example fixed-with files), JSON objects, and web API.However, the course project only involves reading data from several txt files and combining them into a single R dataset.Course topic order: In the first two weeks of the course, a lot of information is glossed over in passing- this information involves reading from the various file formats mentioned above. Week 3 involves subsetting, sorting, reshaping and merging data. Some of this may be review for you if you've taken the R programming course or the "R Programming Environment" course in the "Mastering Software Development in R" specialization. Week 4 involves string manipulation, regular expressions and working with the Dates. A lot of this is covered in Roger Peng's ebooks "R Programming for Data Science" and "Mastering Software Development in R" (both are freely available- google them).Assessments: The only assessments in the course are 4 quizzes- each of which involves about 5 short programming exercises- and a final project which only involves topics from weeks 3 and 4 (specifically- subsetting data, sorting data, reshaping data, and working with regular expressions). So you can do the course project without understanding anything covered in weeks 1 and 2 of the course.Mentor David Hood is fantastic for providing valuable resources to aid you with each assessment and so is Xing Su for providing a complete set of course notes. USE THE DISCUSSION FORUMS IF YOU GET STUCK!
Good intro course to learning about ways of getting data into R. I think the final assignment's instructions could be a bit clearer though.
Thanks
Very informative and moderately challenging final project
The course of getting data is a little difficult, however, the cleaning data course is excellent. Using the package of "dplyr", I learn how to clean data effectively. My suggestion is that getting data from website can teach less, and the cleaning data course can add more practices.
Assignment difficulty is good and practical, however, I took quite a while to understand the raw data structure and the purpose of the assignment.
Great course. Could be more interactive and could have more detailed instructions for the Course Project. Last task for the Course Project uses a function that is not covered in previous lessons, which I think is not OK.
Very helpful and practical course to learn about data sourcing and cleaning.
Very useful. Well structured
Great coverage of useful R libraries for retrieving and tidying up data, and difficult but valuable course project.
great course... feel more confident with data analysis....
Good! Actually I think this course is useful no matter what other people think.
Covers a wide range of topics without loosing transparency. In my opinion requires more work than the other courses, but is really worth a go. You end up having a firm basis for working with data and learning more about the process.
great course, very useful and insightful; challenging final project.
Very intense and covering a lot of material - After about an year from having the course and with a different understanding, this is probably the course to revisit.
Challenging and very educational. Needs a better explanation on the final peer assignment. Otherwise a great overall experience!
Useful course for me
Great introduction to scraping information from internet sources and turning complicated data into something that can be visualized and processed.
Informative and complete.
Before taking "Getting and Cleaning Data", I had no prior R programming experience aside from completing the R programming course in the data science specialization on Coursera. I found this course to be challenging and that it covered quite a bit of ground in terms of the "getting data" more so than the cleaning data. After completing this course, I feel like I learned quite a bit more R programming and the basic knowledge for obtaining data from a variety of sources/formats and cleaning it up to make it look nice and tidy. Overall, I rate this course very positively!
Wasn't excited about it. But I've used and re-used the materials for work. Good stuff.
This course is very interesting, useful and practicalI appreciate for all of efforts of my professors in this course
need to be crisped, over all good
Amazing course! Even after a few years using R in a daily basis, I still learned quite a bit of new / useful information.
This is a fantastic course. Well designed and incredibly useful as far as course content.
Materials (video and written) only partially prepare the student for the quizzes and course projects.
Solid course overall which covers in a high level many data gathering methods.
I really started to get interested in R only when I started this course.Before that, it was just an old, cryptic language that could not do more than what I can do with Excel.Now I am starting to see the full potential
I took this course a couple years back. It's much improved with lectures and exercises around specific functions to help with cleaning up data. Thank you!
Very useful and detailed summary of advance methods
Very good place to learn very important tools like dyplr and tidyr to access and clean from several formats
Lectures add very little to what you get simply by looking at the slides on your own. Facilitators are expert biostatisticians, not R programmers, and sometimes their explanations of R functionality is superficial and imprecise. The assignments are rigorous and challenging, however, and if you take the time to go through all of the exercises you will gain valuable knowledge.
Very fundamental things that all data scientist must learn. You will know how useful of data.table and dplyr package.
Excellent course. It gets through the "dirty job" of obtaining data from diverse sources (including API, web, and others), cleaning it, and transforming it into a "tidy" dataset. Highly recommended, along with the R programming course (which you should take first).
kind of simple
The course isn't that hard but there is a lot of content to assimilate.
Very practical and demanding. That's how you really learn!
Nice and hard course, which is good :)
I use so much of what I've learned here on a day to day basis! Using the suite of functions from ggplot, dplyr, plyr and others has greatly reduced my data management time.
Of the courses I have done so far in the specialization, this was the most practical.
Great teaching method :)
This is a challenging but very intersting course, I had to learn lot from the course and from the colleagues through the pairs work examination.Thank you!
Great
Really good course! It's basic before analyzing the data!
Provide a good introduction to getting data and processing them.
very good course.
awesome proyect
Very good introduction in advanced R capabilities.
I feel that getting and cleaning data course is highly important to know since this is where 80% of the work in data science is being done.
Wonderful course for those who are keen on expand their knowledge n R skills.
For such a terrible course to then change payment terms without my authorisation. Take $64 from my account without telling me clearly amongst all the other junk mail. Coursera have a lot to answer for, and this specialisation is not even worth wasting your time if it was free.Taught without purpose; meaningless instructions given to copy without regard of the bigger picture.
Very helpful and pragmatic.This course gives a general idea on how to get and clean data in r, and specifically taught me how to use "dplyr" and "tidyr".The assignment is very helpful, too. It forced me to use the knowledge I learned in this course, might be a little bit of hard for a beginner though. Nevertheless, you can still achieve a 100% score!
thank you!
Great course! allowed me to learn a lot of new skills
A pretty good course on cleaning up and preparing tidy data. However, the material for a couple of weeks was quite brief and could have been more involved.
Really great course which helps to understand basics of data tidying. I've also enjoyed regex explanation, it's really clear!
Very helpful
This course is little fast for me but real helpful.
A very nice and structural course.
This class needs more content, more explanation. It is clearly a very important aspect of Data Science, but the assignments were more complex than the given course content.
Absolutely Necessary course this!!!
Great lecture, easy to follow with R studio. Assignment are moderately challenging.
Could be more hands on! for example interactive tutorial where the instructor actually using the functions to demonstrate how things work.
The last course in this specialization had me second guessing myself on whether or not I could do this (based on how difficult the quizzes/course project was). I spent tons of time researching, looking at the forums, and programming documentation. Going into this course, I was surprised about how much I knew when it came to the quizzes and how my time looking at all the resources above decreased and I actually knew where to begin! The course project was still VERY difficult for this beginning specialization compared to what information is given in the lectures (spent over 16 hours on it and still didn't meet ALL criteria). However, it does challenge you to think and reflect on your knowledge. You probably won't understand 100% of what is in the course (especially the project) but you will LEARN especially if you are totally NEW to programming like me! My knowledge has increased and that is what I was hoping for. If you have those same hopes and do not mind not getting 100%'s on all quizzes/projects this course is for you. Do be mindful that I personally feel that this course requires more than 4-6 hours per week especially for beginners. I spent more than 24 hours on week 4 alone.
Teaches a crucial and often overlooking step in the data analysis workflow. Brilliant tips and insights!
A good course, which helped me understand how to get data off the web and from other sources, and improved my R skills
Very useful and helpful
decent enough but this is a heavy subject and really it is not that interesting although clearly necessary. I feel maybe it could have been organized better to make it more interesting Also reading some of Haldey wickhams book he deliberately keeps this part of Data Science away from new learners as it can be a bit dreary, so my recommendation would be to do some of the other courses first.
Not the funniest one but very useful !! thank you !
Very interesting. I've learnt a lot.
This course was okay, but projects required much more in depth information than the course materials provided.
Difficult but valuable. You will be watching the videos repeatedly and become a regular at StockOverflow but it was completely worth it. Getting, cleaning, and processing data is pretty much 80%+ of the job, this course's information is vital to any future data worker.
Thank you for giving me opportunity to learn. These material (or this class) would have been super difficult, if it was taught through the same traditional channels based on my academical experiences. Yet, the materials were presented in such an amazing way that I wasn't taken over by the difficulty of the presented subjects, rather I was getting more focused to learn more and to be challenged. Thank you for letting me get 3 free online certificates. It means a lot to me and it has given me hope through this difficult time. I feel accomplished. It's a great feeling and it the best and the only gift that I have received and would probably receive this holiday.
The content is good for the most part. There are some errors in the instructions to the assignment which make the assignment more like a real-world spec than the authors probably intended, but that's not necessarily a bad thing!
Loved this course,best so far from all data science .
Insightful !
A great course. I mean, It has not been easy, I have spent a lot of time in front of the PC practising and doing exercises, but this time and the tools that I have learned make me much more agile and confortable with R, and I have seen the big possibilities that this language has.
lectures are too fast.dropping out.
Kind of slow in the beginning but picked up to the end to give me a challenge
Very useful course. I suggest taking this course straight after R programming and before taking any other courses in the specialization.
This is a great course! I like it. It really helped me a lot.
Excellent course, I would like to see more content about cleaning data
I learned so much of R with this course. Thanks Johns Hopkins. Thanks Coursera.The course final project was so challenging that made research R tools I did know they existed. Such as generating MD files from RMD markdown notebooks, so I could mix live code with text. That's how I produced my CodeBook.md. Then I learned that there are a bunch of libraries for pretty-printing tables. I discovered even more about dplyr. And also learned how to return multiple objects from a function.You can really write papers with all these tools in R and getting expertise about knitr and pandoc.Thank you Jeff and team for putting together such a quality course.
Excellent course. You will learn about concepts of 'clean' or tidy data and apply it in R. One of the most important, yet often ignored, aspects of data science.
great course
Useful technics to make things workable
This course is quite hard, but it's really great!!!
Cool course,very useful info
A lot of self learning is needed in this course. Be prepared to search for function documentations and stack exchange. Quite frustrating but worth it.
Great course! I learned a lot from it! Thanks!!!
Good course material. A very good project at the end of the course that gave an idea about cleaning a real life huge dataset
Capstone project is a little ambiguous. Although that's good experience having to find a way to reason out what the objective is based on limited information.Introduction to chained dplyr is incredibly useful.
It is sometimes daunting and difficult, but now I do understand so much more about downloading files from remote sites and getting them ready for analysis. What I should have done is look to the final project so as get a better understanding of what the project entailed. I also should have done more work replicating the code used in the lessons so as to appreciate how it worked.
This course is really helpful and very practical. Provides industry standard information and adheres to the scientific principles.
Very helpfull.
Very instructive
It is a very good course, but it does not follow the same level of proposed work as in the previous course (R Programming).
This course it's a great job! There is too much information in here and a great amount of knowledge. I would like to say that in my point of view the current lesson should be updated in more different data sets examples that gives the students the opportunity of learning different kind of ways to manypulate some data. There are some standard ways so it would be great if you expand this.
Well done. Thanks for a good course.
Excellent information on getting and cleaning data.
Really great course!
This course provides a lot of methods and strategies about reading data, manipulating data. But I think some important issues in the real world are not discussed enough here, like how to treat missing values, how to deal with messy format data.
Good coverage of topics. A bit scattered in early slides and assignments were often inconsistent with coursework. Overall a great introduction of what to expect when gathering data.
Course is too simple, should be more extensive.
Nice set of techniques and methods!
Amazing course!Thanks for everthing.
Really can learn practical skills! I like that each sub course of data science specialisation just focus on a certain areas and takes only 4 weeks, this way I won't be overburden between work and learning, and also easier for me to absorb the new skills.
We have good course, thank you very much, teacher!
The course content is important. I felt the final assignment quite hard. I struggled a lot with R on it. Interesting enough, when looking at the solutions during the peer reviews, they seem to have found way easier solutions than I had. I am not sure why. I got the same result but my code looks way more complicated. Also the description of the final assignment was a bit unclear. For example, where we supposed to rename the features or not? Where we supposed to calculate the mean per activity , subject or activity subject combination? Where we supposed to select the mean() only or also the FreqMean(). etc.
Great course! Very well structured and complete in the knowledge it brings both on the R language itself and in the concept of data clean up and transformation.
This is an interesting, helpful class. It was challenging, and exposed me to a very wide variety of topics outside R for data analysis, including databases, XML, APIs for getting data. I would have found found swirl type exercises for those topics helpful, as the additional practice really reinforced the lecture material and homework/quiz problems. I also would have found some worked examples or discussion of the homework problems after they were submitted helpful.
A thorough course on how to structure and clean dirty data before making analyses on the data - very practical course in R.
Learned a lot! I have now dedicated more time to becoming a data analyst, and eventually a data scientist. The materials used in the videos were helpful and current (for me at least, 30 years young). I have started doing more learning on the kaggle platform as well as doing some hands-on Hadoop related training. Thanks to the professors!
This course is amazing! I have spent the majority of my time in R merely doing analytics. This course taught me the tools needed to go out and grab the data that I need for those analytics.
One of the best courses of the track!
Basically impossible to complete quizzes and course project using the provided course material. Poor correlation between instruction and testing. Makes one wonder: If I need to solicit others' guidance to complete your tests, why am I paying for your guidance in the first place?
Very Good Course
This course is really a challenging and compulsory for any one who wants to be a data scientist or working in any sort of data. It teaches you how to make very palatable data-set fro ma messy data.
a must have course before applying any math model to our data! :-)
My name is Jose Antonio from Brazil. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career.Please, take a look at my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Instructors.
Interesting, challenging course. Opened lots of questions to the topic and gave a good direction to find the answers.
The course material is ok - it would really need a book like the other courses have. It is much easier to check something from a book than slides/video when doing the assignments etc. .
clearly this course gives important lesson. but i think lots of materials are overlaped with previous course. final assignment is really helpful.
Lectures and other material just don't cover the information needed in the course project. Majority of the learning has to be done outside of this course, in order to pass the course project.I cannot recommend this course anyone who is not deeply familiar with the topic already. The course project is truly frustrating!
Great course for a budding data analyst/scientist
Nice content and assignment!! Enjoyed it.
Great course, you learn a lot of ways to find data and improve other skills as regex and the use of "dplyr".
A great course. Learned a lot. However student has to put an extra effort practicing.
in my opinion, with more details, we could learn more about R
Course is great, specially the assignments. Don't depend on lecture videos too much, this is a programming course so you'll have to get your hands dirty. Don't forget to work on swirl() package, its a great way to learn interactively.
Thank you, it was very practical!
Great Course.
Great Course!The Course Project was really challenging.
This course is where the material starts to get difficult, and the learning materials fail to provide the structure needed. There absolutely HAS to be a better teaching method than "reading the slides of bullet-ed text that I'm also showing". No functional examples are provided in the lectures and the real learning content is linked out to web resources. You will have to Google your way through this class because the provided instruction will not contain answers to the quiz or exam questions. A real disappointment.I also think that Coursera knows this, because this was the first course where they ramped up the e-mail encouragement campaign. Their data must tell them this is where people fall off the specialization. Rather than addressing with marketing and messaging, they should encourage the instructors to improve the course.
It is amazing to learn how many different kinds of data exists and how to work with them using R. Wonderful course!
The best course so far (though that's not saying much). This course would be better as a follow up to an example workflow showing an end to end analysis.
Great way to learn how to optimize data
The only interesting part was dplyr. The rest was too confusing, with lots of lists and no explanations.
Useful to get the basics right
Thanks! I learnt a lot of practical skills/
Well pack, but could have more practice.
Wonderful course. gets you through the basics and beyond in getting and cleaning data from diverse sources. Very well thought and explained. There is a lot to be learnt from this course, and it requires devoting a good amount of time to let the material sink in.
Interesting but too simple.
Great
good course. but some concepts are hard to understand for newbies. so felt it was a bit advanced in parts.
Learning how to create a tidy Data set was one of the perks in this course
The code for the final assignment is peer reviewed which doesn't make sense. It should be reviewed by either a TA or some kind of application than can verify what you've done. Also, the assignments were a bit of a leap from the video tutorials at times.
The video is simple and good.But the final project and some test are too hard based on material presented.Also staff's support are not good.
Very informative course.
Very usefull but can be technical and discouraging
Excellent course. Challenging but extremely worthwhile.
Brief instroduction of getting and cleaning data.
Very well elaborated. Very useful and real exercises and tools.
I think it is a decent introduction to data cleaning. Could be more detailed in terms of the content delivered.
Too difficult practical exercises with the theorical background given. I know that hackers skill should be used but it is too much assumption in the projects!!
Exellent course, which brings you to the next level of a Data Scientist.Getting and Cleaning data principles can be used in alot of situations. I found the build up of this and the assignment at the end to be very well tought trough and important.
Contents in first half weeks are very superficial, have low depth so that do not help me do some meaningful studies. But later ones are good for understanding the structure of data.
I liked the initial approach of this course, aswell as the resources given. However, I feel that the difficulty the exercises showed wasn't really linked to the concepts: many things were not explained in the lectures, and I had to find the complementary informations in various sites. So, rather than evaluating the understanding of the concepts given in the lectures, the skill to look for further informations was assessed.
awesome course, will require a lot of reading and re-reading though - mainly for the R part.
It's pretty good. It should provide a high-level approach to "getting and cleaning data"....and how it fits into the high-level roadmap of what Data Scientists do. Some of the quiz questions were written poorly - I expect better from an online course from a prestigious institution. I may have caught a few words misspelled as well.
It taught a lot of tools and introductions
Not well explained.... Previous module was better structured.
Poorly constracted course!
This course was very important for my work. I learned so much and I want to say thanks to the professors.
Using R with training through your course seemed almost too easy, your book also greatly helped, thank you for such a well designed course which is so practically based and geared towards commercial programmers like myself.
Topics were OK but the focus on R and no other tools is frustrating
This course could be a little difficult for people with no programming experience what so ever, even if they took the previous R programming course in this series. Examples are often a little too laconic and not all of the material is as practically useful as the best of it.However Jeff Leak teaches some excellent data tidying, cleaning and extraction techniques with modern tools and libraries, that I find very useful in my everyday work with data.
R is really just the worst, and the instructors do not make it better. The code in this class is unreadable:- too many one liners, because "it's faster to write", though harder for other people to read- variables are named cryptic things like spIns or x, rather than names with meaning (eg, sprays.by.insect), again "because it's faster to type"- way too many cases of "there is more than one way to do it", which just makes things confusing because the other ways tend not to be equivalentWhat I'm most concerned about is that I've seen lots of poorly written code in many different languages: Java, C++, C, Python, Perl, and now R. But I've also seen really well-written code in all the languages *but* R, I have yet to see any code in R that is flexible, maintainable, and clear. Which leads me to think that no such code exists, or it's so rare that it doesn't matter. It is clear to me that if I am to do data analysis, then I will need a different set of tools; but because this specialization is taught entirely around R (the lectures are about R, not about higher-level concepts), then this specialization is not useful to me.
It is somehow just an extension on R Programming course, with many unnecessary details that will be forgotten in a few days after the course.
Sometimes get a bit boring, though the upcoming courses in the series are real-awesome
Really fantastic even as an experienced R user. This is helping me remould my habits and break some of the bad ones. Thank you so much!
The examples used were good.
It was kind of exhausting, but great.
Awesome material and lots to learn
There is a lot of fluff in this course and at the same time it assumes that you have knowledge and skills that are not covered in this course or in the previous two (e.g. github). I'm really disappointed in the quality of this course--specifically at how vague many of the instructions were in the quiz questions and the final project-- and that most the time when explanations were asked for on the message board the professors just did some hand waving and said that figuring it out was part of the assignment. That isn't teaching (online or otherwise). And if your instructions aren't clear, you aren't doing the job of an instructor when you pass the buck and try to sell it as "part of the learning experience." I hope this fall off in quality isn't reflective of the rest of the courses in the data spec.
Very useful concepts taught in this course, one would be crawling data consistently as a full time data scientist. But even thought the pacing and project were good, I found the videos a touch boring. Nevertheless, it is part of the whole specialization, which in itself is serious education :)
The videos did not teach anything that was going to be on the quiz so it was like answering 5 questions at random using google. The lesson plans and project were very vague and too much time was spent trying to figure out what was even being asked.
建议更新课程中所涉及函数的使用方法Please update the using methods of some functions in this lecture.
good introduction and practice being given on handling data cleaning. Lesser thought on getting data merely introduction. Still good to give a try if you are new in data analysis.
The content of the course is good, but it seems abandoned - some links are outdated or don't work. I think it would be a much better experience for students if these first courses in the specialization got more love from the instructors.
Have challenges, but very useful!
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
The class is getting stale. The instructors didn't respond to questions on the discussion forums about quiz items, the majority of assessment items seem to be available on Google and 50% of the peer reviewed assessment I checked used plagiarized solutions.
Videos are very good and the content was well explained. However, in my opinion, at the last couple of weeks the content felt a bit too fast and lacked depth.
Good course, learned a lot especially through the quizzes and the course project, but slides/presentations could be more engaging.
I liked it, but I had the impression it wasn't as prepared as the other courses. Especially with the course assignment I had a bit trouble to understand, what was wanted.
Extraordinarily useful!
Great module with hands on practicals !!!!! help to build confidence...
Excelent course. It is a great oportunity to develop the aknowkedge in R and System analysis.
Its really help me a lot to build up my basic concept and now data wrangling is quit bit easy for me.Thanks :)
Good course, though I have to say that the final project was a bit confusing, and I am not sure that the people who did the final project really understood the course and how to create a tidy dataset, as the ones that I looked at did not meet all the principles of tidy data that were outlined. What concerns me is that they all had similar issues, and are all doing peer review of each other - this means that there is no one that can make sure that their answers are really tidy...
It's a good course, with right amount of exercises and well explained classes.
Decent course for learning how to navigate data sets in R. Not always obvious what the intent was, but it was good for learning how R operators think.
Peer reviewed assessment with students who are unsure of the correct answers = unsure if solution is correct. Perhaps a formal process (same as previous course where a SHA commit is submitted and source is automatically downloaded (and plagiarism detected) & run to verify the output that columns / data meet an acceptable criteria
less hands-on exercises and this course covers too much topics without details. More like general intro to each tool and data sources. Swirl is still a great package for practice.
The demanding complexity for 'programming-project( final )' should offer little more instructional support on lecture slides.
Insightful!
Great way to exercise and practice something that is often neglected in data science courses.
The course was a bit mixed in terms of its quality.
This would be very effective for my personal skill enhancement.
A really good course!
I believe this course suffers from neglect. Rarely did I see any of the mentors participating in the group discussions even though there were plenty of questions. Furthermore, some of the quiz questons seemed incomplete or confusing. The project was no better. I feel like the course was recorded a few years ago, and not much done after that to fix flaws, even though they are probably well known. The material is useful, but it would be nice to have a set of notes or a text to go with the lectures. You will spend a lot of time searching the internet to compelte the assignments. Sometimes that is good, but other times a guide geared to the course would have been better.
i apprecciate the learning by doing and the lot of support that the staff and classmates provide
Actually, very interesting and helpful class. The one area around more complex structures (API, XML) warrants more attention, since I assume those are more dominant access methods.
The worst! I don't recommend you to take any course from this institute. It is just wasting time and money.
The assignment was excellent but challenging, instruction wasn't too clear or obvious though, struggled for a while (good kind of struggle)The lecture was okay but the Swirl part is always fantastic.
Great course!
Great course, more difficult than previous two, but also more challenging and useful!
Powerful tool
Great practice for R programming and the MySQL part is extremely helpful for my work.
Description of assignment questions is not clear. The expected answer from the questions are confusing.
This course is of lower quality than the preceding courses. The final assignment instructions are not clear. The forums helped but I have the impression that they are not really followed by the mentors.
Solid fundamentals gained from this course on data manipulation
Fantastic knowledge cleverly delivered. This course adds structure and polish to your data munging skills.
The evaluation part of the course needs some fixing. Otherwise, very good course!
A reasonable course. Could use a little more focus on dynamically creating a codebook.
Honestly, I wanted to give complete 5 rating to this course, because the content of the lecture is well explained. But one feature I didn't like at all and that is Coursera has made it mandatory for the users to purchase the course in order to submit the quiz/assignment which I personally didn't like it. Except that the course is awesome.
Dinamyc and very usefull!
Good course. I like it. However, it looks a lack of explanations or training for me. It possible, there too much material for this number of lectures, or just I haven't due background. Maybe, it makes sense to add more swirl courses for people like me to gain a proper comprehension.
outstanding!!. learnt a lot.
There were a lot of good nuggets in here, but overall this course felt somewhat disjointed compared to the others. It would be nice to have more practice with some of the different formats (e.g., JSON) and for exercises to loop back to some of the early content. I did like that the final exercise required a fair amount of investigation into understanding the documentation and relationship between the files before undertaking to code.
I saw two main issues with this course: 1) dated lecture videos, oftentimes with R code that can't be replicated using up-to-date packages, and 2) lack of thoughtful design: example after example after example after example doesn't really teach you anything.
Ok course, level of difficulty on assignments should be re-assessed and converted to kind of conceptual assignments and tasks than repeatable code in each offering.
A good start for data science course. It is very essential to cleanse data before start analyzing.
Fun and interesting. Won't remember all the ways to get and clean data, but it's good to review them so I know what's possible.
Some parts of the course felt like... here are some cool things you might want to do... Google them. Otherwise valuable.
Toughest class in the offering. There really could've been 2 classes for cleaning data. I struggled with the lecturer's style (spoke too fast).
The project at the end requires actions that data scientists should know but does not actually talk about the items. For example the project "book". You hear about it but are not actually taught the right way to make one. At best case you are taking a guess and at worst you are learning bad habits or missing out on what should be in it.
The Final Project was excellent. Really satisfying upon completion. Course was good aswell.
Very useful and relevant knowledge to have!
Love the new strategies that learn in the course.
cool
Very good course. By taking it you have the opportunity to build experience with R and get used with the main codes needed to perform a data cleaning process.
A good course for dealing with different types o
The content of the course is too general, with too brief introduction of some commands in the lecture notes(slides), I don't think it would be very helpful for the students to deal with some real complicated problems.
The course was quite good, but the last assignment was really much too vague.
Nice one. I would like to have some more information like getting data from API
very well organized, good teacher, good projects. PCA and SVD are pretty hard to understand for who is not in the field (statistics), but no evaluation on this topic.
Helpful, but more than half of the knowledge is in the swirl tutorial.
Recommended for all who want to manage their data and not be handled by them
Very good course!
Really helpful on a subject that's not often covered.
For someone with no programming background and limited experience working with data, this was a challenging, sometimes frustrating, course. But perseverance through the struggle can end in a deep sense of satisfaction. Happily, this is how it was - quite rewarding.
Very good class for a beginner. Helps become more comfortable with R programming and aspects of getting data into R
very helpful
good, i need more pratice by myself and i haven't read the book yet :-)
Good course to learn how to use R to getting and clening data
great course, requires a little bit of programming background with no rigid specifics though.
Maybe some more notes about the quizzes and the course project would be helpful.
Great use of R. It really helped solidify what I learned there.
very useful course for making data
I am happy now with the single file HTML Documentation for the whole course, generated from md-Files in the cloned repohttps://github.com/DataScienceSpecialization/courses/It is much handier than the standard downloadable PDFs.
There are quite a few issues with the final assignment of the Getting and Cleaning Data course. I feel this assignments lacks quality in contents, suffers from a flawed process and lack of attention by the moderator.
Interesting course with a lot of time intensive quizes. It, however, opened my eyes on how to effectively work towards clean data.Thanks for the great courses!
Hi all,Course provides interesting insight to getting and cleaning data. However, the course misses practical examples (not only showing the code in the slides, but also presenting how it works in R or RStudio).
It is a great course so far, with a lot of applicable topics covered. However, I feel that some of the questions are structured poorly to achieve their goals.It is fine to have difficult questions where students are expected to do a lot of extra research, but it should done in a way that they students know what they are getting into ahead of time, and not include questions or code that does not run without explaining what is supposed to be done.It's just not a good teaching technique for learning.
Excellent course. It helps to complement the knowledge of data analysis. The project was quite interesting and illustrative, especially considering that they were real experimental data.
This was an incredibly useful and amazing course!
very nicely made course providing a good hands on with R language. Thanks!
Didn't really cover how to deal with messy data, e.g. if you need to join to datasets and have orphans, or you have no foreign keys between two datasets and you need to use fuzzy matching.Basic validation was also not covered (i.e. making sure that your data covers all that you expect).
This course itself is quite nice and important.However, I think that the instructor should have set more assignments to lead us know those techniques better.Moreover, the ppt can be more detail-oriented.Overall good but need improvement.
Sometimes is hard to follow
Very good content, but could have more content added.. I had much more free time with this one than what I did with the R Programming. Would be better to have more swirl lessons
This course lacks projects to implement the skills we learn.
very helpful
Easy to follow. It would be beneficial to recommend this course before or with Introduction to R. Most courses that start teaching R programming, start with teaching about cleaning data before detailing other functionality. Nonetheless, good course.
The materiel covered in the course was great, but more assignments instead of quizzes should be added.
Learnt a lot!
I worked hard, and I learned a lot. This course convin
I would have given just one star except the swirl() assignments are actually very good. The videos are just a (poorly) narrated glossary. Topics I learned in another course were presented here in such I way I actually got confused. Can you imagine? my knowledge was actually worsened, not improved by thus course. (!!) // If the swirl() functions were made the centerpiece of the course, and the videos were described as just a narrated glossary, at least our expectations would be in line with reality. // Even so, I come to Coursera because I WANT to be taught by an instructor. If I'd wanted a curated list of tutorials so I could teach myself, I would have done that already. Anyone who pays for this should get their money back. NOT recommended for beginners. // I going to complete it because I'm stubborn that way, but it is an unpleasant experience for me and everyone within earshot as I have to vent my frustration often just to make it through. // After week 2 I resorted to just reading the pdf of the slides and stopped watching the videos. The videos added NOTHING to my understanding. More often than not they put me to sleep. And what's worse, the narrator mispronounces "attribute". There IS a difference. I atTRIbute certain ATtributes to native speakers who mispronounce important vocabulary.
The course is excellent. Only problem is, for me, it is very hard to understand the meaning of the final assignment. The description is too simple.
This is just because of the unclarity of the final assignment.
Very nice course.
Easy to follow. Might be too easy for some people with experience in data analysis. However, the instructors also talk about some frameworks and insights from their experience which could be helpful even for those who have some prior experience.
Thanks for this wonderful session on Getting and Cleaning Data. I would like to convey my sincere thanks to Professors Roger D. Pend, Brian D. Caffo and Jeff Leek and my fellow learners for their excellent help in completing the projet to generate Tidy dataset. I would like to name Mr. Luis Sandino for his help and effort in putting a help Guide for this assignment. I follwed it and got the assignment completed. The step by step procedure helped me and other fellow learnerrs to complete the assignment on time.Though this course is over, still we have the doubt on the dimension of the tidy dataset, whether it is 180 by 68 or 180 by 88 as the total number of "mean' variables considered are varying. Request mentors or TAs to help us arrive at the correct dimension and help us understand the reason behind the same.This course has witnessed the need for support from TAs and mentors. Their help and support was very valuable in understanding the subject.Thanks to Coursera, my Professors, mentors and TAs of this course for their insight, guidance, support and effort.Wishing Coursera and Professors all the best and Success.The SWIRL component for learning the subject is the best and wish SWIRL support for all the heavy courses. Special thanks to those who made SWIRL course material possible for Data Scientisit's toolbox.With Best Wishes,S. Ramalakshmanan
Really nice course, practical exercises were very handy.
Slides and videos are a bit insufficient in order to finish course projects.Apart from that, this course is awesome!
In some weeks only about an hour of input where several topics have already been covered in R Programming. That's very little value for money.The final course project again feels like it's done in a rush and without another review: The submitted dataset should be automatically checked. It's simply impossible to derive from it whether the student did everything right, but it could be easily done programmatically. Some of the questions have wording and grammar issues that make it hard to understand. Also there is slightly contradicting instructions between the task and review description.
Perfect
Great! And the project is wonderful!
Some thing were very dificult and i needed more research
Great course! The course content is very good and the length is appropriated.
Excellent course with great didactic. Congratulations!
Course is great! Many examples are given on how to get data in various format.
Very challenging! which makes everything even more fun!
90% of data science is cleaning, this really gets people accepting that key concept
WHen i took this course i though i will never apply the knwoledge in here... i was wrong, the basis of a credibly analisis is here. Thanks!
Thank you son much!!!!I really like the course.It help me in my job =)
A Great one ..
Great course with good lectures and labs. Don't forget the swirl assignments!
Very helpful.
Great course!I think that cleaning the data in the right way is the key of data science.
Course is really well done and useful.
The course is good, but it doesn't really offer all the tools required to pass the exams. I had to take extra courses in other place in order to pass. In addition, the exams some times become a bit too subjective of what the classmates want to grade you.
great course so far
was tougher than expected. i learnt a lot!
Content is good, but the delivery could be improved (email alerts, assessment feedback, etc)
Great
Nitty gritty of organizing the data in to a form where it can be used for more complex analysis.
Great Course if want to know what data really is and how to handle it in the right way.
This is a very well put together course. It teaches the basics of data cleansing and how to setup data for modeling--by far the most foundational technical aspect of data analysis.
Challenging, but in a good way!
The lecture material was high level, and didn't seem to be a good preparation for the quizzes.The description for the final project was not very detailed, and the grading rubric likewise was not very specific for peer review.
Very interesting material and basic knowledge on R to read files and produce tidy data
Easy, mostly instructive Course. The Assignments and quizzes are quite good, and illustrates the lessons very well.See the videos for general presentation, but use the energy on the excersizes.
really thorough class... come prepared to learn and be patient as your going to get your hands pretty dirty reading data, cleaning it and manipulating the result sets with R
Great course.
Good introduction to data cleaning
The selection of topics is great. However, the course is too abstract. I think some of the materials deserve to be discussed more comprehensively.
Thank you to the professors who made this course possible and especially to Dr. Peng who was willing to spend some time with us face to face via video. I found the course very challenging but at the same time I did learn quite a bit about R. Working through the course assignments and the final project was the best part. My rating is 4 stars because the course lectures are not engaging. The lecture style is basically just reading the slides to us and they don't take much time to explain what is going on.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course project. Overall, It
One of the best courses for Data sciences!
it's a little rapid fire, but the exercises are excellent for applying the firehose of functions and concepts from the lecture
The content in this course is essential, but the delivery is patchy and the course project is hard to complete with just the learning materials provided. Read around the course and visit the data science specialisation wiki for extra information, and work through it at your own pace, rather than that suggested by the course. It's much easier to do this now it's on the new Coursera platform :o)
It's awesome. Very difficult, challenging, and lots of stuff to be learnt
The course is more challenging than the prior two courses, but also very rewarding. I can apply the skills from this course directly to my work, and produce results.A bit drawback is the some quiz questions and the final assignment can use more detailed instructions. Providing the clarity doesn't necessarily gives away the answers.
This is not a beginner's course, so a decent grasp of the R language is necessary. It is best to take this course after some stints with Data Camp, Swirl, or Code School.
Instructor reads lectures in monotonic voice. The lectures themselves are just a series of cases of some R functions usage with no basics of Why you need to clean the data or real cases with complete examples how and where to get your data and what steps you can do to make it useful.The course has a lot of links for tutorials in R. That's a plus.
Good course this...
Best instructors, best learning . . .
Really great class. I found the lectures easy to follow. The quizzes and homework helped me master the course material.
I was pleased to be selected as a beta tester, but it turns out to be a little bit boring for a course I did already pass and succeed. Slides are unchanged, so my concentration drops after a while, even with some good will. It seems there are new swirl lessons, but they don't seem to be available yet, at beta test time, bad luck.I like the new overall presentation (provided by Coursera?) where we can pick transcripts without leaving the normal course flow. I tend to click the "finger up" icon for each lecture, because I just think the general organization of this specific course is quite good, and the contents consistent and not uselessly overlapping (unlike some other courses of the track such as "Reproducible research"). Also, the theme seems to perfectly fit the 4-weeks standard slot of the track. I have been busy those days, so I didn't fully review the course yet: I'll try to review as much lectures as possible till the end of the countdown. I'll try to do it better for my next beta test, if any. Anyway, thanks a lot for that very interesting track (I plan to go up to the capstone project, certified).
Very useful course. It's worth to add slides and to make sound of lectures bit louder.
The course is great and useful. In my personal experience, this course were so important as R programming course, since on this course one get the essence of R and the hardest process when deal whith real cases. I could see that the videos has ensured about velocity and audibility; when I took it, it was difficult to heard and has a so high velocity.I want contribute as beta tester, and will try to follow all the course, at my own pace giving feedback in thankful to you for the opportunity you gave me to learn free.
This is an outstanding course due to Mr. Biss' extensive knowledge and passion for the Beethoven sonatas. I can only dream that someday he'll conduct a course on the Beethoven piano concertos too.
Amazing! Excellent delivery of content and virtuosic playing at the same time
I suppose a coarse yet hopefully functional metaphor is we get to fly "in the cockpit". Mr Biss guides the student through the inner workings of pieces covered, points to some of the the twists and turns and plants the seeds of perhaps a lifelong contemplation of some of the motivations, feelings and hopes embedded into their architecture. As great as the source material is, I would like to add that Mr Biss is a very eloquent, warm and insightful guide. This journey into rich sonic landscapes, is doubtlessly something not to be missed. One of the best life experiences available on Coursera, highly recommended.
If you are looking to increase your appreciation of music, and specifically of Beethoven's piano sonatas, this is the course to take! It does not require highly technical knowledge, other than a tiny understanding of harmonic progressions. However, Professor Bliss love and knowledge of Beethoven's music, coupled with his ability to explain its beauty, provides the fuel to push the student to the next level of love and appreciation for classical music.
Thank you for the lessons, immensely grateful for the classes.
A deeper and better organized course that Part 1. Thoroughly enjoyable and instructive.
Awesome course! Intensive learning. I recommend a few studies of astronomy before take it.There are some issues with the feedback of others proffesors
I found this course very interesting.
This is a very brilliant course and was taught in a very good manner. I really learned a lot and look forward to enroll in more courses
Requires some knowledge of physics to do calculations. Concepts are well explained (with examples and graphics) so that anyone can understand the material otherwise.
Prof Djorgovski's lectures are excellent, especially Week 4. I may be biased, as I knew much of the Planetary & Stellar material before, I didn't know much about galaxies, so week 4 was all new to me. The quizzes are well designed to test the student's understanding.I'm giving the course 4, rather than 5, for two reasons: a lack of further reading, which many other courses provide; and the forums are almost completely dead. Generally I learn by discussing things with other students, with help from the instructors when needed. The course could work better, IMHO. This should not be interpreted as a criticism of Prof Djorgovski'slectures, which are worthy of Caltech!
An awesome introduction to astrophysics
Good course It is a must for an budding astrophysicist!!
This is a very educational course.I came to know about various facts and this course is very helpful if you have your your interest in universe.all the points are explained in a very good manner.I thank professor Djorgoviski for this course.thanks caltech.
It is fantastic! I really want to learn more!
Great introduction to a wide range of subjects in astronomy. As an engineer with a keen interest in physics I really liked the focus on getting an intuitive understanding over rigorous derivations and proof. I enjoyed the course very much!
A bit dry, but so vey interesting. Thank you very much for the course. I loved the Course Cal Tech.
Amazingly interesting topic presented in a well structured way.
Clear explanations of everything you need to know about the Universe, really enjoyable and graphic. I love it
I have really appreciated this course.
It's useless and lacking enthusiasm.
This is the third or fourth time I've reviewed this course but it still keeps asking me to
I truly enjoyed this course!
covers a lot of ground in short time
In general it's fine, but I'd like to see more questions with calculations, such tasks help better understand the topic
Great course, contents are very accurate and comprehensive, explained in a simple manner.
Excellent class! Lacking a background in Physics, I was lost in much of the math. But even without understanding the details, I felt privileged to get a glimpse into how scientists have come to understand so much about a universe in which we seem otherwise insignificant. Thank you!
Giving inputs to the Universe.
Enjoyed it tremendously
Amazing Course!!!
Pros:ContentProfessorDepth of materialCons:Exams are shit, full of mistakes, stuid questions asking 2 values but you have one field to fill in the data. Totally unacceptable quality issues with exams. READ THE FORUM!!!!
serious knowledge
Great introductory class, do it again!
The course is easy to understand and has simple tests that test your knowledge once in a while. It helped me gain lots of information. Hope this helps you! :)
Great!!!
Nice work love it! Thanks for the great support!
A fine course and a necessary preliminary for the following course by the same good professor.
good course
Perfect. This is the best basic universe class I have even seen.
It was another unsival.
It's been a great tool for learning and exploring. Perfect for my curiosity for this subject.
It`s a great course!
One of the better course on Universe hosted by Coursera
Amazing presented and documented, change my view of universe and life....
Very nice!! Thank you!!
Took this professor's course in Galaxies and Cosmology which was for 2nd year physics majors. I think this course is a more general course for non-physics-majors. Excellent course!
You know what, it's not that complex.... it was never that complex...... humans are missing something very basic, elemental, kinda stupid thing I guess. Humans need another stupid.
Course with deep notions. Prononciation can be difficult to understand.
I love this course!
Awesome course. Covers a lot key information in understanding our universe.
Amazing course. Gave a complete overview of entire universe. Just perfectly what I was hoping to learn from the course. Very interesting.
Great learning experience with well explained topics.
Need to review some question. Example: The universe is 13.8 billion years. No unit for computational question. Two questions for one field to fill.A good idea to add an indication how to write an exponential number. Use Coursera tools to check if the answer is a number by student.
Perfect MOOC. Well done!
Great Content! Very recommendable.
Outstanding in any aspect!!Thank all.
the teacher is boring. other then that its an ok class. need to explain things more.
Awesome course. Really liked the optional assignments.
Finally I studied the Fibonacci sequence and the golden spiral. I used to say: one day I will.Very interesting course and made simple by the teacher in spite of the challenging topics
Thoroughly enjoyed this course. Interested in the Fibonacci Numbers and Golden Ratio and was looking for more information, this was clearly provided.
An amazing course
I have learnt so much about Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Ratio in this class. This is so much more information that what I'd learnt way back in school or when solving Fibonacci based problems in Computer Science courses in college. I loved the content and Chasnov's teaching as well. Would love to do another course by Jeffrey R. Chasnov and this university :)
This is a great course. I learn very complete knowledge of fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio. Thanks for professor. Thank you very much!
Neatly planned with excellent information!
learnt something interesting!
Great course! A little short.
This course shows how mathematics is beautiful and fun
discussed some stuff I've wondered about for several decades. thanks so much.
Interesting, challenging and fun!
Good course. More problems sets would have been great!
Excellent topic and clear explanations.
great learned a lot .
Good course for introduction to Fibonacci Numbers. Should include more introduction lectures such as group theory, category theory, type theory, number theory, and algorithms.
Great course, please repeat it!
Very interesting course
good course, to learn something new
Very nice course, interesteing approach and examples.
Great course to learn the secret of Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio!
In this course so far I have been able to see what different types of patterns are and I have been able to see what kind of counting ways there are. I have also learned that the Fibonacci Sequence is everywhere in nature so I really like this course.
Very intriguing and interesting lectures. These got me thinking and venture into Fibonacci numbers and a bit of sacred geometry too.
The theory explained and the exercises are not at the same level.
More real world examples of Golden Ratio necessary
Very wonderful courses! Better than reading 100 papers!
I enjoyed how the course touched on all important aspects of EVs in depth providing relevant and supportive literature
It's a great course, learnt a lot. It would have been great if the slides were provided too and addition of discussion forums would also help to cultivate what we have learnt better by exchanging views with fellow classmates. Thanks very much for providing the course.
Well put together and very informative. Great job!
The course provide a general introduction of this field and the methods usde in the experiments.
This course gives an excellent overview of the field!
I am a masters student doing an EV related lab project, this course has provided great insight into EV research from leaders in the field. Importantly, this has made me aware of what to look out for in the literature.Many Thanks!
Excellent course. A great overview plus a lot of detailed information that can't be found by reading the literature.
The most important benefit of this course is the fact that it exists. At present the course is mediocre to bad: its educational value is low: transcripts are disgusting, they are not proofread, omitted pats of sentences, inconsistent English, they almost completely obscure, disrupt the sense of the presentation. The course offers no slides. I see obvious negligence in preparation of many lectures (especially bad week three).The target audience for the course is professional biologist that are comparable with arithmetic and elementary algebra and can easily use an internet browser.The course contains numerous mistakes: in particular, the elementary formula Dr. Cecilia Lasser presented in her week 4 lecture on Differential Ultracentrifugation contains an error.The lectures presented by non-native English speakers are very difficult to understand because of poor & inconsistent English.Please, make the lecture slide available for your students.Please, arrange a forum giving a possibility to ask a questions and get understanding of the material that remains unclear.The lectures on electron microscopy were very good, - thank you, Johanna!The lectures on AFM was the only one that was just excellent, - Thank you, Dr. Shivani Sharma.Please, review the sequence of lectures: I think the week 5 material may be moved to week 3.
This is one of the best course I ever completed successfully. The course instructor's describe all the critical problems arise during the lab work. I believe by following this course one may get inspiration to start work in the field of Extracellular Vesicles.
I found this a very informative course on the recent developments and the basics of the EV field.
This course was really well organized and paced but packed full of a lot of really good information from great sources and leaders in the field. I really didn't know anything about exosomes before I started this course and now I feel like I can even teach the people in my own lab a few tricks.
I didn't purchase the course so didn't do the quizzes, but the topics covered are so enormously important, regardless to the contents which is too broad to review in one course I gave it five stars just for bringing them up and presenting them to the public.
This course is awesome. It provides information about Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Insurances, and Taxes. The bonus material is also great which provides a chance to become a volunteer for the Internal Revenue Service.
Good Understanding of Personal & Financial planing for savings and investement
Great stuff.
I'm an expat and this course is super helpful for me to understand the tax, retirement and investment in the US
Some of his information was useful. It's pretty basic.
Really good!
I think this is a great overview for beginners in the subject of personal finance management. It contains lots of useful information, references to websites for everyday use, practical examples and exercises to absorb the content and put it to action. The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the subject matter is US centric so part of it (taxation for example) is not as relevant for those who live in other countries.
Its a good lesson before starting a new life
These Course help me alot in planning,cash Management,wealth Management.
Good Course and Professor very clear. But a lot of content (40%) is for USA.
Practical information you can put to use right away. This class was fun and easy. It's an 8 week long course, but finished within 2 weeks. It's not really time consuming, so I definitely recommend anyone who's not too financially savvy to give this course a go!
There is a lack of supervision by the instructor. Some questions are too simple and basic, and don't really prompt much of any reflection upon the course material presented. I feel like participation in the forum posts was also weak. All in all, it was a good class for basic financial knowledge (e.g. financial terms, different investment vehicles, etc.)
Good course
It's my second time to enter this course, last time I quit in the middle due to time conflict. Professor is great on explaning these basic family financial planning things. Grateful & look forward to more related courses.
A really great approach to personal finance, with a lot of useful tips and information.
Great overview of personal financial planning!
Great Course, I've learned a lot that i did'n know. Thanks.
Some concepts are a little difficult for a non finance person. However, so far it seems very interesting and useful!
Great course, learned a lot about reading financial statements and basics of conducting business valuation and investment assessment, very nicely done!
This is one of the classes that I would recommend to anyone whom is interested to horn their skills and knowledge on finance.
Excellent course to give an overview of the Financial World. If you want to know the finances of your project or what the Finance Department in your organization does, this is the course to take. The course strikes the right balance between theory and practical examples and perfect for learners with little or not Financial experience. A big thanks to Professor Weston. Loved and enjoyed the course.
Outstanding course material
A very good course for those who don't have any Finance background but are interested in it. This course gives you an insight into the Financial Matters and helps you to make better decisions. Also the Mentor teaches in such a way that you find yourself familiar with this field. Very nice course and the way of teaching.
Fantastic course that gives you an overview of all the financial tools needed to evaluate companies and projects performance
Very informative course, flows smoothly and enjoyed the presentations and discussions.
Excellent course, learnt a lot and the Professor was funny and engaging.
A great introduction to finance concepts such as DCF, NPV, IRR, discount rates, and the usage of these in the capital budgeting process.
Amazing course. thank you.
The professor provides an excellent overview of finance. I work in a different industry but the examples provided gave me great insight and gave me an appreciation into finance. I can see myself using the tools provided in my own personal finances, and also evaluating different types of assets.
It's cool to do classes from prestigious universities, especially when learning how to be financially literate!
I really enjoyed this course as it simplifies the subjects and we build some excel sheets.Thank you professor
Name of this course tell youeverything , this course give enough info and wisdom to read and understand balance sheets , income statements and cashflow statements of companies . This is my first course and I'm happy that I took this course
Very concentrated, non boring and informative! :)
Awesome content and execution. Focused delivery and student-friendly approach. Highly recommended!
This is a full of content, very focused and well thought-out course. Mr Weston stays on topic and presents the material in a very coherent, logical, clear way.
I really enjoyed this course as a non-Finance professional. This is enabling me to better communicate with Finance resources on my team - on their terms.
I enjoyed the course a lot and is very inspiring to pursue my degree in finance.
Great course for somebody who wants to learn the basics about Finance.
Very well structured and clear course. Professor is truly amazing
Good and short video lectures that gets straight to the point
thanks!
I liked that this class was very much right to the point. Made it very easy to follow.
A nice course to lay the advance foundations in accounting and finance.
Straight to the point!
this is a good course with incredibly amazing stuff regarding the topics
The peer reviews should be anonymous. I graded a students work and gave him a 0 on both questions in the peer to peer review section. My answers deserved a 10 and I ended up with an 18/20 because this person graded me badly too. You should come up with a way to encourage fair grading without penalizing the person who graded someone elses assignment badly.
Great course for someone who has some background in financial accounting. the videos are short and precise and the concepts are explained in an easy to understand manner. Well donel
The advanced topics on the financial accounting have been really an interesting journey. I have more confidence in what I do now. Looking forward to the other courses of this specialization.
I have finished it, cool.
Excellent course. Prof. Oktay explained very well
Great and interesting course. All the video lectures are understandable and informative. Thanks to Associate Professor Urcan!
This is really an amazing opportunity to learn more and vast.
Great topics by great instructor ... exiting for future courses
Comprehensive and manageable.
thank for this course it's very good
I am confident to say that I now have better understanding of F.A.
Very concise lectures, but sometimes the content of the videos does not fully explain the topics that are covered on the quizzes.
Great class by Professor Oktay! I learned a lot and quick abo
Overall, very useful syllabi have been designed. I wish for more detailed, or at least less repetition of materials in videos and notes. Some of the terms have not been defined for me, so further research was necessary.
Great learning experience! Thanks a ton to the John Hopkins University for offering such a wonderful course!
It was great to see how does it work in real life. I wish there was more example and more challenging scenarios. I did enjoy it.
It was a great experience
There were a couple of bugs, but it was a great way to close a very well-designed course.It felt almost like a game!
Thanks for coming up with a near real-life problem. I understand a lot of effort goes in creating these problems.
this was good very practical and able you to apply your practical sense on making decisions...
A good way to evaluate what we have learned.
An excellent course to learn about data science areas for executives and managers
Excellent practical application of the knowledge gained! Chapeau!
The capstone project was too simple and not sufficiently challenging
Good course for quickly learning Data science concepts and creating winning Teams...
Good simulation of a real on the job project.
The interactive nature of the Capstone is brilliant!!
Very nice simulation. Thanks!
Good to get a formal overview of all the phases and ingredients of data science projects, without getting lost in the details.
Great course - even for those with only a small amount of data analysis, this is very useful in explaining the bigger picturing of managing data
the interaction with DataCamp is awesome!! love the data science capstone, I even felt under pressure from time to time, like if I was managing a data science team for real!!
Excellent project implement your learning and see the results. Very well planned as the last exercise.
Great capstone! Wish it went on a bit longer :)
Capstone project was very interesting and engaging in its interactivity. It is simple but not trivial one.
Great mix of theoretical concepts review and hands on approach.Good interaction flow, nice dialogues and great material. Great learning experience.
Fantastic and Fun end to an extremely enjoyable specialization, that was also very educational. Thanks!
Although it felt strange viewing pre-recorded videos who address me as a team member, and although I had difficulties to into this 'I am now the manager' role, I somehow liked the people recorded and I liked the sequence of the capstone. It wasn't difficult, it was overall just enough to achieve learning. I am actually quite impressed where online learning goes. Well done to all designers of the module!
I liked the way the Capstone is structured, it's really engaging! However, I think it was oversimplified (I was expecting something more difficult that really challenged me and examined most things I learnt during the first 4 courses). Overall, a great experience though.
Probably the best online class I've ever done! Loved the simulation and how it went beyond things we learnt in class and required making several context-specific decisions.
Quite easy to do it. I was expecting something a little bit more challenging.
Really realistic and fun! But it´s almost impossible to grad less than 100 after two attempts.
This required nearly no effort and is probably of little value in the real world.
was fun and engaging
Fantastic. This was the first time I had taken up a simulation based test. Was definitely an immersive experience
Thank you for such wonderful material!
Was not very challenging, I was looking for more detailed discussions. Good job
Great Experience ! Extremely morale-boosting after weeks of preparation and study !!
this was fun and really cool!
Very good overview. I did the full data science course but I'm a senior manager, so this was nice to get some organization perspective. Some parts might be a challenge for some IT people, but if you want to manage big data projects, it's worth the effort.
Short but to the point...
Exceptional way to launch into the field.
Very useful to put in practice some of the learnings obtained
Good way to put all the learnings together
Very accurate representation of how it looks to work with a data science team. Great job!
Terrific way to bring together the course. I have a background in knowledge management and I really liked this learning approach.
A fun way to end the courses.About the reading material for all of the courses - please proofread and edit the reading material. There are so many grammatical errors and typos that it made it difficult to read. (The non-word "wanna" was used many times!)
It's very cool idea to visualize the decision making process. Thank you!
Fun and real life problems, is easy but would be cool to make it longer and a situation in which real several problems are found.
Great fun! Attractive way of education.
The capstone project was really good and felt like a real project where the manager is tasked with the decision making.
Good course, it was interesting applied the learn knowlegde
Learned quite a bit and the course was
Thanks
Excellent capstone - using a real world situation made it very valuable.
Well done! Very realistic.
Fantastic overview course!
Great concept. Perhaps a little bit too easy to complete :)
Very interesting and related to a real project Assignment
Useful as a necessary step towards finishing the specialization only.
Total disappointment. This was only clipping through a tool, not a real capstone project.
This capstone was really fun!! Manager material :D
By far, the best course in the specialization but yet too easy to complete.
Very interesting and got me thinking about what is the most appropriate decision to make.
The class was a little brief, but I really did enjoy the way it was presented. The real life situation, with videos, and a famous company made this hit close to home. I really enjoyed the "choose your own adventure" format of it as well. Unfortunately it was so brief, where the $49 price seemed a little high in comparison to the content that was available in the other sources in the Executive Specialization series. I also would have liked a longer or more in-depth scenario. Lastly, for any of the "wrong choices" that were chosen, a debrief "why" they were wrong would have also helped. Even though there is room for improvement (and thus a 4 star rating and not a 5), I really did enjoy it and found it to be a very enjoyable way to end the series.
Great course
The app is neat but too short.
Very poorly constructed with links in the final exam that didn't work so I couldn't finish the exam. Then I was graded after only finishing 4/5 of the exam. I managed to get everything straightened out but it took some effort.
Fabulous way to live the lessons & put new skills into action. Loved it!
I loved the virtual environment. It was an engaging experience and really felt a sense of accomplishment in the finale video. This was very rewarding!
Excellent!I is a really good idea about the game
Very nice and creative.
great for existence human and android based life-form simulation internal lifestyle...The course improves life within the simulation 10 fold at least(when combined with the other specialization courses) ...Perfect learning tool for those who have worked professionally in research field sin our simulation and yet now have a touch of "the turrings" or you know : CBI...Special thanks to the designers of the course.Top scores for coursera.org &John Hopkins ...
I wasn't as challenged as I thought I would be with the Capstone course.
The capstone experience was really wonderful. Thanks for all these huge efforts and knowledge.
Maybe I'm biased, since this is my first completed specialization... but this is the kind of course-structure and capstone that I would enjoy doing for any and every subject!!
Fun. Challenging with gamification.Maybe it's a little short.I was expecting to put in a lot of work in this capstone maybe because I was expecting a more thorough, longer analysis challenge.So a recommendation is:In the same style, create more weeks where the challenges will increase.
Disappointing, thought it would be more involved, perhaps with a real presentation graded by other participants in the course. Was interesting to watch the videos, but it was a 10 minute job. The other parts were OK, but after the Capstone I would hesitate to recommend the course.
Thanks for creating short course for busy business pearson.But, it is too gamificate to (professional business managers) educate. In addition, this is the lack of contents.For improvement this course, I strongly recommend you to add create presentation and peer review assignments. This is the issue of the Coursera( included other MOOCs) Open Access Education philosophy.
Good case to touch the practice with Zillow, the real estate online and involve with the data science team members.
Too short, too easy, and did not result in a project that I can show potential employers.
This was very well done- high quality and fun!
This course covers all the basic financial management that you need. It is easy to understand,, easy to digest , clear explanation--- even for a person without accounting background. I am so happy that I can add the certificate in linkedin for this diploma, it perfects my CV and qualification in the market. It is a brilliant online course for those whose looking for learning in flexible hours.
What a great course. I built a great foundation of my accounting skills for my future use in the business world.
This course is very good. Everything is explained well and there are a lot of quizzes to test how well you learned the information.
Brief and clear, very easy to understand
i have studied many things from this course. i have got knowledge from this course.
Really good, clear, and perfectly explained.
Great entry level course for general accounting concepts.
This is a very useful course for me on my job, for the property insurance claim requires me to understand what the balance sheets are talking about
Very structured and easy understanding course content. It is a good start to pick up Financial Accounting Basic by watching each videos and work on the quizzes. Thumbs up!
In my humble opinion this course has been excellent to me, I found it amazingly interesting, I have never worked the balance sheet and there is a lot to get to know yet but the course got my deepest interest and I wish everybody to do this course, the professor Oktay Urcan is perfect, I like the teaching a lot.!!Thanks Coursera!!😊
Good and clear explanations to refresh or establish knowledge about financial accounting principles.
This Course is very Helpful for beginners who are not from Financial field but are very keen to learn finance.
I thought this was a great intro course and that it reinforced some info I already knew, and gave me basic info to build on during the courses.
Really .. it's very good
Very interesting and applicable. Not just the concepts but also a contrast with reality.
Really it's benefit course
it's a good course in financial accounting foundations and I real liked the idea of the peer assignment
This course is very interesting, Have a basic aproach on accounting but develop the key drivers of financial accounting
A great course. I liked it a lot. Lot of effort has been put to make the course interesting and helpful in real life situations. Thank you coursera for the financial aid. Thank you professors and all the mentors associated with this course.
Very easy to understanding and practical, especially for the beginners like me. It give me confidence to go further.
Practice quizzes were really helpful.Overall a good course for the starters.
Awesome explanation! adequate knowledge gained.
Excellent class! Professor Urcan portrays brilliance in teaching accounting! Would highly recommend.
Love it cant wait to complete more in these specializations
Great program and good lecturer. I plan to complete the 7 courses. Anybody interested in this program should go for it.
Nice course. Very well organized and easy to follow
good course
Great instructor. Good course materials.
Very useful course !
One or two mega examples to cover all the topics of this course would have been great
Outstanding! Absolutely recommendable!
A very well structured course.
Interesting course, totally enlightening!!!
Good foundation class for financial accounting.
GREAT SKILLS TO BE LEARNT
very interesting
Recommend the Introduction to Financial Accounting Course from UPenn, which is more informative and more engaging.
I feel better after having to lean all the concepts in this course.
I needed a solid introduction to double entry accounting. This course helped me understand where plan articles had failed in the past.
This is really a great course. I have learnt a lot about the fundamentals of Accounting.Thanks.
boring assignments
it‘s so great and I can get the point of each lesson. And I think it will play an important role in my future study. Thank you!
This is amazing course to clear your basic concept... Like it
Very detailed teaching! Really learned a lot of thing about basic accounting.
language accent difficult to fallow
Very helpful!
Find it really useful and like the short video for every module
Very useful
good, but need to pay to attend test
great foundation course!
This course really offers an accessible introduction
I have lear
Wonderful training contain.
I learn a lot, Now I can make finacial analysis!!
Good for learning how to calculate ratios and NPV. The course material doesn't explain the interpretation o
I had a little background of the concepts and content - and was therefore able to solve the numerical questions. However, for the uninitiated, the lectures contained more theory - while quizzes and assignments more numericals. Would recommend to include some examples of numericals in the videos so students have some idea of the concepts before trying real problems. Without this, some may find themselves lost. Otherwise, a good course. Thanks..
Short course compressed to give high level understanding an
This is very useful and interesting course. This helps to obtain deep financial knowledge for my career in Credit Analysis
Very good course! Im glad I took it. Congrats
Great!
I find myself lucky and blessed to have undergone this course.
Could go into more detail and be harder.
The course was easy to understand. The example given were accurate to explain the concepts.
Very Good course giving details on different finance ratios
I loved this course! It was very complete and I learned a lot. Actually, I am already applying some of the things that I learned in my workplace.
Fantastic course to learn basic corporate finance.
Very well explained course which gives great insight about balance sheet accounting
Great course! It was insightful yet everything was polished and on point. The knowledge and the "tools" are really useful, for someone who is a beginner and interested in Financial Analysis!
Really good course, great professor, good examples, good information and very useful
Great Course.
Good initial knowledge about corporate finance.4 week of the course is the most difficult, because there are a lot of exercises. Looks like a lot more then any of first 3 weeks. Be careful to finish all in time.
Excellent. This course made my basics very clear.
A nice introduction to accounting, giving understanding of basics. Thanks a lot to mister Koffman!
I feel empowered with knowledge after I finished the course.
Great Course.
WOW!!! By far the BEST Course in Coursera catalog! Incredible the tools that are taught. Thanks so much. Absolutely recommended for every person regardless of professional background.
I am not in financial major, but the with the help the this course, they teach the basic conceptions and ideas about corporation finance.I appreicate a lot.
Very bad way of teaching and not reach content
Clear, concise
Very good course!
Excellent course, very helpful even I have no previous knowledge of this theme
The Course is very well structured and easy to grasp.
Excellent content and a simple manner but effective to transfer the knowledge of the issues.
Easy to undersstand
Very useful!!
Very clear explanations
Very well organized and planned course!
Just Great
Great course!
thanks,Paul Kofman for good explanation
Very concise presentation of information using real-world examples to drive home the points. Quickly and almost imperceptibly moves on from the basics. High recommended!
Good introduction!
This course has a very good structure and the material is really appropriate.
A great introduction to the basics of accounting, its uses and tools in financial analysis, upon which one can continue to build a deeper understanding of the complex world of Corporate Finance. The course content is made easy to digest and understand and there are plenty of suggested further / complimentary readings and sources. The tests are focused on theoretical understanding and background and practical number crushing which works great for me personally. Looking forward to the next course in the specialization.
excellent course especially for me as being an accountant i am learning and understanding how the numbers are used to analyze and compare
I quite enjoyed this course. It gave a good background on the necessary basics for financial analysis.
Basic introduction course.But it is interesting and well developed.
Objective and Professional Evaluation:If I could give this course a zero, I would have done so, but it is not possible. I shall explain my reasons below:1- The teaching method of this course is very lackadaisical and lackluster.2- The ratios are introduced and solved without having a P/L statement or a Balance Sheet on the side to see how the figures are extracted and implemented, which made it more boring.3- Its final 3-part quiz lacks the proper instructions and the redundant instructions already there do not help either. For example, it says Part 3 is answering NPV. However, Part 3 includes six calculation questions unrelated to the project to be submitted in Parts 1 and 2.4- The forms of putting an answer are unclear, although it mentions how to put a percentage and two decimal points.5- Peer assessment take ages and is unnecessary.6- Discussion forums are deserted islands where no professional staff interaction is given.I've stopped continuing this specialization and I strongly recommend others not to waste their time on it.
well-organized and well-presented
It is a great opportunity for whom wants to break into Financial Analysis and Corporate Finance.
Excellent!!! I am gain much knowledge from this course
Great lecture and great course.
Very good content and flow of information.
It is useful for beginner.
Great introductory course to understand financial statements
I highly recommend the Language and Tools of Financial Analysis for the new executive and the long tenured executive who is looking to refresh their knowledge and skill set to grow their business. The professor teaching the course does a fine job of delivering the course material. The tools provided to review the material and test yourself are very effective. Two thumbs up! - Darrell W. Gunter
For those who have already had majored in accounting, it may seem too easy. It may be considered as a course for review some basic accounting concepts.
Assignment is only allowed for students who purchased the course. I don't think this is a way to encourage learning.
A good course to learn the basic tool about financial analysis
This is a great course, simple to understand and well-taught by Dean Kopman.
This course walks you through fundamental accounting concepts (such as financial statements) and drops you off at the tools used by financial analysts to assess investments (discounted cash flow and net present value). The quiz questions throughout reinforce the learnings. Be warned: the final assessment on DCF and NPV is tricky - you will need a pen and paper (or spreadsheet!) to answer it.Regarding the presentation and pedagogy, top marks all round. The professor builds on prior concepts very neatly, ensuring the course is easy to follow throughout.
Very clearly explained in the video lectures
Nice start for basics and introduction to corporate finance.
Exceptional course in all regards!
The course delivers on it's promise - you will complete this with a pretty good overview of financial analysis and solid, basic, understanding of how to read a balance statement and P/L.However, I felt pacing was a bit uneven and the weekly quizzes didn't always capture the most important elements of the week's lectures. This led to missed learning opportunities and unnecessary stress on the final exam.The instructor speaks excellent but non-native and non-American English. As a native speaker of American English I found myself having to do just a tiny bit of extra work to understand some things and being slightly frustrated at ambiguous wording during tests and quizzes.All in all a very good class that with a little tweaking could be great.
Really good class! The class material was explained clearly.
Highly recommend for all those who thirst knowledge.
Awesome course!
A good introduction to some of the basics. The presentation was generally okay; the course materials could have been organised a little better. Requires no previous accounting knowledge (though that helps) and only very basic math.
Great quality, learning, applications. Enathe language and tools expected after course completion.
This introduction is very clear and gives a fast understanding of the basics
very good course
Very good introductory course for those who have to understand the basic of financial analysis
If you have no idea about how corporations and financial institutions works this a really good primer.
Great course, especially useful to learn the specific vocabulary and get insights into Financial Analysis. I found some topics could have been explained more thoroughly, for example regarding the evaluation of discount rates or number of time period (we have the criteria, but no example of a method). Previous accounting knowledge is a requirement in my view.
its is very helpful
It is a good ***INTRODUCTION*** to Financial Analysis, videos are clear and well edited and slides can be downloaded and are ok. Quizz difficulty is low, which is good for an introductory course; the final exam requires to calculate ratios and infer conclusions for a real company, which is a great practical exercise.However, students looking for a more in-depth course may check elsewhere for a detailed course on i) Financial Accounting & ii) Financial Analysis.
I realized that the key differentiators of the University of Melbourne are the degree of excellence in organization and focus on quality, whether in the selection of teachers or in strict compliance with the preset program.
More in-depth analysis would have been amazing.
Excellent! Very good tool for who works in financial. Very well explained with examples.
This is the perfect course to take to improve your understanding of the fundamentals of accounting and corporate finance. The professor's videos are very well structured, he cuts out the fluff and focuses on discussing essential concepts of financial analysis. Go for this course if you want to solidify your basic understanding of financial analysis!
The course represents an outstanding summary of An Introduction to Financial Accounting and Introduction to Corporate Finance by Wharton, providing handy tool of a real implementation of the knowledge in the real world.
Very Nice course for Corporate Finance
A brilliant beginners' course for an introduction to accounting and financial analysis. Prof. Paul Kaufman is an added asset to this course with his simplistic definitions and examples. It definitely has a lot to teach and much to take forward in a corporate career.
Just for fresh beginner in this topic
Great course for a conceptual introduction to Financial Accounting and Basic Corporate Finance
Solid class, good overview and a useful final project. Very informative for learning financial analysis.
Very interesting, educational and above all useful, thanks
The information was laid out beautifully! Being prepared with this knowledge will help me keep the emotions out of giving feedback.
This is an excellent course - the instructor was obviously competent and lucid in her approach. Each module built on the previous one and that made it easy to stay connected to the course over the five weeks.
This course has been my favorite so far. It has really helped me be a better manager to my people. It has hMy employees have even noticed the difference in the feedback they have received vs other management in my company. Thank you!
Very targeted toward managers. Would like some info from the perspective of non-managers.
A must take for any person wanting to be Task Team Leader or Manager. :)
I have many staff and I am always lookin g at ways of challenging myself to be better with them. Thanks for an awesome course
Excellent course. I started it being a bit skeptical, just with the intention to go quickly through some video scripts. but I changed my mind. There is so much to learn here
Extremely helpful. The video-based sessions were full of examples that made the learning simple yet effective. The examples are going to be of great help in preparing the training presentation for managers. Thank you once again.
Only directed to business situations. Probably great for managers. Some of the ideas I'm sure could work in personal situations as well but hard to know exactly how or which ones.
Good course overall. Would be nice if the course offered review of questions we answered incorrectly. That would be helpful feedback.
Very clear, lively and informative. Very good overall!
Interesting and really helpful
Not long but very informative course
Very Helpful!
Very useful course, presented in a lively interesting manner. Highly recommend.
I enjoyed this course and found the information on constructive work related feedback and suggestions useful. I did not pay, therefore I was not allowed to take the quizzes to complete the course. I am very grateful for the opportunity I had to view and learn from the provided lessons. Thank you :)
It helps me understand feedback and social environment in general
This course is very helpful for me now. After finished this course, It is good to think about how to study, how to commite with others in my life, and how to try to avoide negative feedback in future：）
Really good information and easy to follow.
Very easy to listen and absorb. I have recommended this course to my team members.
Very Nice course. It will really help a person to improve their skills and better relationship in working environment.
The information is this class was the best I have heard about giving feedback. The examples were very helpful.
Useful but a little bit fluffy (but i guess so is the topic).The material is good, the presentation (the speaker) is awesome: clear spoken and at a good pace.i found the questions in the quiz to be a bit vague.
I think it's a course everyone should take. It really lays out square and simple the main guidelines and counterintuitive ideas about giving feedback. Does what it says on the cover.
Everyone, I mean everyone, should take this course. It is easy to follow while full of tools and understanding. It brings not only the recipes but also the background behind helpful feedback. It changes relationships altogether and for the better.
This is the BEST online course I've taken on Coursera - or any other online platform for that matter. I appreciate the care taken to script each lesson and I also like the animation that kept me engaged. There's nothing worse than listening to an instructor who's not even prepared and is "just sitting there" in front of a camera.I also liked the final PDF documents. I plan on applying what I learned from this course at work.
this course, instructor Mr.Gabriele Troilo, course materials, videos, and interviews with professionals were absolutely perfect. I ve really appreciated the style of the course. I hope it lasted forever that I could learn more things. Thank you..grazie grazie grazie
What a wonderful course, I believe I certainly need to review the rest of content for months to digest it completely, thank you very for providing the course, thanks a lot for Universita of Bocconi and Coursera!!
very helpful especially if one is really new to this field.
Thank you professor and team, this is a subject I should learn by hearth as I will like to put my own venue one of those days. Thank you for sharing with us Coursera learners.
very good material for those who want to gain knowledge about food and beverage business
It was intense and at the same time efficient online course. Videos were clear and short enough to catch attention. Interviews and examples were impressive!I really liked this course from Bocconi University, and I highly recommend everyone who wants to know about food & beverage management as a beginner.
Thanks Bocconi for this course. So helpful for those who wants to create a business in F&B Industry. It helped me a lot to clarify my ideas and develop a better plan for the near future. GRAZIE MILLE!
Superv! it's quite remarkable the good quality of the Bocconi MOOC's but the outstanding contents, video, structure, overpasses by far related MOOC's,If yo are in the business of the food and beverage, no matter the size of your organization, this course is a must.
Average course, some cool case studies, but overall not amazing and not many business models
I've been working for almost 10 years in finance in an international F&B company and I think this course has been really helpfull for me as helped to fix lots of concepts I faced in my professional life from a theoretical and objective point of view. Very nice readings, attachements and interviews. Congratulations to prof. Troilo and Bocconi!
It is a very good course. Got to learn new things about marketing sector. I would definitely recommend some one who is willing to do online course. the language is very easy to understand, and the study material which is provided by the university is very helpful.
a great experience, an excellent insight into Food and Beverage management.
Very comprehensive, staight through concepts of F&B Management.The speaker of the lecture explains very well and the interviews really interesting.Looking forward for new courses related to business management.
This course is definitely an informative food and beverage management course, and helped me learn a lot about restaurant management ideals and brand name management. Thank you Bocconi University!
Great course, thank you
Very interesting course with the chance to access detailed interviews and extra material
I have found it very helpful to understand the food market. I particularly found the first week to heavy in terms of content, maybe it should be split in to two weeks of course.
Very useful course, which gave me the basic information about the subject.
i am pleased to do it..this course help me a lot to know about food and beverage management.i think i so so able to work in this sector..so thanks a lot coursera.
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A educational course with a lot of useful information. The interview with different kind of stakeholders also help the student to understand the ideology of the food & beverage management.
The course is pretty comprehensive and has a handful of insightful examples of the F&B industry. The concepts are covered in detail and I would recommend this course.
Excellent course which runs through the 101 of Marketing with the F&B Industry as base.
Very interesting and detailed, but would be more interesting if have the chance to interact more with classmates and lecturers when doing assignments.
It was a excellent experience. I learn so many things about Food and Beverage Management and i feel ready to start managing companies of this subject. Lessons were useful for me to add marketing and management knowledge
really enjoyed the interviews!
This was a great course because I like a good challenge; it was way more difficult than I had previously anticipated. The course shined a light on some things that I normally wouldn't give much thought to, and as someone who currently holds a position at a company that is in the F&B industry, it was quite inspiring, to say the least.
Very Good!!
This course was very helpful. The information was very well presented, with a lot of examples and clear statements. Easy to understand, remember and practise. The tests were very accurate with clear questions and answers. The interviews were inspiring and clarifing the whole material of the course.
Relevant, Interesting and worth the time.
Very complete. Covers a wide range of subjects. Prof. Gabriele transmits a really clear message. Their quality is unquestionable. But, the program lacks of more specific examples.
Very solid training focusing on several key points and giving a full understanding of food and beverage ecosystem and the way the market is structured.
The course was well structured, well presented, and it had thorough content. The interviews were also well chosen and diverse, it added a lot of value and clarity to the concepts, very valuable overall. Inspiring course, it can be used on other industries as well. Highly recommended!
Excellent, so interesting and practical :)
Clear examples, outstanding lectures and interviews.
The professor, the explanations, the video lectures, slides, graphics, examples and interviews helped me to understand what is F&B management. The units were very well organized and the topics were very well explained. The course gave enormous pleasure from the beginning to the end. Loved! Thanks for everyone that worked hard to make this course.
I loved it! Very good material and information.
Great content.
The course covered a unique topic, not readily available in books or on the internet. It gave a new perspective to look at, in the world of food and beverages. I am thankful to the organisers and professor Troilo for giving me an opportunity to indulge myself in this area of
extremelly helpful and well explainedpractical and real life knowledge
Having majored in Food Marketing Major and Psychology this course is incredibly comprehensive about all aspects of the Food Industry. The professor uses relevant and interesting examples and interviews experts to bring depth to each lesson.
Excellent course, a very good instructor using good examples and clear explanations. I also enjoyed the interviews, the quality of the production used to develop the videos and the great locations.
Good course but slow, each video was quite long with the same concept repeated few times.
I have learned a lot from this course. Food & Beverages is also one of the main branches in Hospitality and Tourism sector, which is the path I'm going to take from now, and I really hope to apply all the things that I've learned.Thank you very much,
Excellent course for Managers and Entrepreneurs on Food & Beverage businesses!!!
this course was really helpful for my experience, it really enhance my day knowledge,the teacher Gabriele is really good, looking forward to do others courses soon!
Great course!
great courses! I learned a lot from that.
Very interesting for those who seek for food and beverage course with high quality. Congrats
excellent, innovative and eye opening course.
Very informative..
Badly formulated alternatives in the multiple choice test
Great teacher Mr.Gabriele Troilo. I really enjoyed the course and have learned a lot from this course, the way the course was designed and performed made it very easy to follow and understand.Thank you
Amazing teacher and amazing lessons. Wonderful first experience here at Coursera!
Really well-strured and very informative course. I enjoyed my reading and listening hours, and am very glad to have completed this course. Thank you!
Informative course! I really learned a lot.
very good, but can improve with more interviews and experiences, thanks for all :)
love this! Im learning so much more than how to manage.
The course is well structured. It has a simple language, which facilitates the understanding of the concepts for those who are non-native English language, whitch is my case. The teacher is cool :)
A great mix of theoretical concepts and interviews from industry opinion leaders. My first Online course with Coursera an Bocconi and I definitely look forward to more.
It is a very good course and give to the people who look for a knowledge in F&B a better vision, a diferente way to see the food and beverage chain and how is the administration of the big and small companies and brandies and the way the manage your business, being it a big restau
High quality of marketing issues in food and beverageLot of significant exemples in all chaptersVery good teacher
Great course instruction, easy access and I can actually create notes while in class instruction, I can develope my test plan
Very informative course. Gabrielle is a fascinating lecturer and I very much enjoyed taking this course.
Very interesting and informative. I believe I will constantly review the course content in the future.
Amazing course! I enjoy every video, every interview. Professor is cool, a professional . I like that you provided not only the theory itself, but also informative slides, interviews with so interesting people, plus gave/showed visual examples. Videos are of great length (not too long, not too short), information is valuable and only on business. I had a great , kinda , customer experience studying your lectures)) And its more than lectures, its a joy.Thank you for your job!
Hello, I'm Giuliano from Milan - Italy. This is my first course online. I've got a food-pr Agency. www.GIROIDEA.it – I believe in continuing education. I deal with communication and I provide strategies to entrepreneurs who want to create new business. The fund of F & B is very interesting and long follow it with interest. I take care of the business of two eCommerce sites that sell wine and Parmesan cheese.
Excellent course, Professor Gabriele Troilo is obviously very passionate about food and the subject matter. I thoroughly enjoyed this course.
Highly recommended!
The best course in this field, there isn't another specialized course in food and beverage management here.
Very practical course
very informative and up to date
Clear. Concise. Practical. Well structured. Useful presentations. Nice pace.
really good
It´s a very interesting course, food and beverage are a very kid of business.
Very clear, good examples, teacher goes "to the point". What I have learned is being very useful for my business.
Prof Gabriele Troilo, you are amazing! Your module is fantastic!
The layout of the course, organization, the structure and the additional key points displayed next to the lecturer make it easy to understand and follow. Overall the course has kept me interested, and eager to apply to the universities summer program.
Excelent! Thanks!
This course is very well structured and conveys it's content in an interesting and comprehensive way.
Great course I really enjoy it. I saw a lot of new ad campains and the new develops and strategies of some companies.
Great course! Very well organized and with some quality interviews as well. Totally recommended
Course done with passion and knowledge of the subject.
Great course! Excellent stuff! Highly recommended!
Well-presented, interesting and insightful! Thank you
Really good! The professor was really clear and specific with the explanations.
Excellent course. Had exactly the right amount of information with respect to the management of food and beverage businesses that I found useful as someone who is investing in the food and beverage sector.
really nice!
find it better than what i expected ..thank u
Excellent structure and content!! Thank you!
very good content in the course
Excellent teaching
I learned a lot and it was really interesting and well prepared. I specially liked the lots of real life examples. I seriously think it will help our company to increase the efficiency of our marketing and management.
very in-depth view of the management company in general. It has presented different perspectives on management rather than the cliched management frameworks such as SWOT, Porter's five forces etc. The content on target, segmentation and creating point of difference is very actionable.
I higly recommend this course for someone who is interested in earning knowledge upon Food and Beverage management. Excellent presentation, easily understood, informative examples and case studies. Good work, congratulations.
I really liked this course! So interesting and useful
One of the greatest courses I've done so far. The lecturer is very insightful and his method is pretty straightforward and concise.
Great course, thank you!
Really high quality explanations, material and videos.
The course is beautifully designed and is helpful for learning managerial aspects of the food and beverage company. Thank you!
Perfect!
I admire of this lecturer and its structured information (espessially in presentations). I think this course gave me a better understanding of marketing than my university's course of marketing. I have finance background and I like to work with numbers but this course was really interesting for me.
Learned many new things I did not know on F&B. Thank you for your efforts and time.
An excellent course full of insights and masterfully delivered by a clear expert in this
Excelente course, excelent mentor, great oportunity, I hope you made more courses like this and from boconi
Useful in general, it is not very advanced but gives you a good overview.
Great!
These two are excellent courses. Cannot recommend them enough. High Quality lectures, quality assignments, and excellent content. If you would like to understand fundamentals of Derivatives pricing and risk management, then don't think or wait. Just enroll into these courses and have very productive 15-16 weeks of learning!
Very broad range of topics. Unlike FE&RM Part I, this part requires us to develop Excel formulas independently.Although all those quiz can be finished within a week, further review of the course is needed to gain better understanding of those core ideas.
This course is amazingHowever, I do not give full score for it because it lack of some quizzes. I do expect we study more since there are many thing left behind.
Very insightful course, working in the financial industry can often imagine the material learn't being applied in work environment which is rewarding.
Quite useful and hard
Excellent course and teachers with rigorous assignments. Must recommended for FRM candidates or Risk management professionals.
Great course!
Good material and grounded introduction to the complexity of the real world applications of the subject matter.
Good course with practice in Excel
Good content and nice explanations. The assignments might need a bit of clean up and couple places the Algo mentioned does not work as intended.
Very similar style with Part I. The instructors are clear in explaining the models. However, it would be more useful if the instructors can give several real-world examples on the financial market.
Very challenging course that I would recommend to anyone who is interested in financial engineering and financial risk management. Love the math!
Not at all what I expeted
Great course! Thank you!)
Good lectures and exercises. After this course I had much more understanding how the financial crisis had happened.
Just what I need to prepare for CFA Level 2!
I choose this course maybe september at 2015. however, i haven't take this course till now:)
Very useful and practical
Excellent course ! I'm glad I paid for the certification too as it helps me commit to the completion of the course. The lectures in part I and II of the course greatly helped me in landing a cool internship in financial engineering in the Pricing & Development team of Societe Generale Africa Technologies and Services in Casablanca, Morocco and I'm currently doing very well at the company.
The material covered in the course is highly relevant to the current job market. Professors Haugh & Iyengar were great at explaining the material and the quizzes were reasonably difficult. The learning spreadsheets were very good as well. Overall, it was a great learning experience and I will enthusiastically recommend it to my colleagues.
really good lecture ! support it !
An useful analysis of the principal rules about the calculation of important financial instruments.
This course is challenging and the skills learnt are valuable. The materials are well-made and formulas well-defined. I hope they provide more practice quizzes.
Im very pleased with this course and the teachers, many thanks to the Columbia university. However, It will be usefull explain the answer when you got it like the first modules in part 1.
Answers to week 2 are wrong, no forum to discuss it, submitted a case over a month ago - still no reply.
There's no way to get help in this course. I'm stuck on one of the quizzes -- probably just something easy that I've mis-read-- but there's no way to ask questions, so there's no way for me to complete the quiz. This is very frustrating!
Following this course, and many FE books
Great speaker, very usefull information fon non-financials
This course has been an integral part in my work promotion.
Great course!!!
Easy to follow and understand.Actually interesting..
the course. It has advanced my knowledge and understanding of basic financial concepts which greatly helped me in my career.
Finance for Non-Financial ProfessionalsCongratulations on the platformCongratulations on the administrative order of the courseCongratulations on the Success of the Course
Needs more examples
Very clear and very helpful!
It's a general overview and introduction to some financial concepts, it might be good to know some general terms here in a short time.
Although I am NOT a financial person, I did enjoy gaining a deeper understanding of the financial aspects of the business that I will eventually have to utilize. The instructor made a subject that I usually loath a bit less intimidating. Thank you
Excellent course as a refresher.
Very easy to understand and interpret the information. I would take it again. Finance is not my best subject. The professor was engaging but could be more so.
Definitely a great course for beginners. The pace is great and the exposure to key terms is very beneficial.
very good. but in general needs more explanations in the videos andIf you introduce more languages it would be better
The formulas were very clear and the examples were very useful for understanding the financial side of the business.
The course was good overall. I would have enjoyed more practical exercises, specially in the Valuation module.
Fantastic explanation on the course matters. Can improve further by giving more examples and and case studies.
nice course . short term for non-financial people
Very general but it shows the basics of finance. I wish it would had been a little more deep, but it shows what's necessary.
Nice brief introduction and passionate lecturer =)
Easy to understand, covered important aspects that while some may be intuitive, it is always good to see them in paper.
good. but a bit too basic
It was very intersting course and so useful for me!
Adequate course for non-professionals in finance, although I thought they were going to explain many more themes.. to short for my expectations and excesive for the price.
Giving a good understanding on the financial ratio and how it preform in a business cycle.
Clarity of fundamentals, easy to grasp; also helped me in my MBA.
Solid foundations course to give you a good overview of accounting and finance to distinguish between the two with some understanding of the tools and methods used by each with some practical examples.
The course is wonderfully designed for professionals who don't intend to take a full time course.
Very basic overview of the topic. Did not meet my expectations.
great course
Really useful course; it gave me a great insight into finance as a non-professional!
Great! Thank you Mr. David Standen!
A very good course for people who does not have knowledge of finances. I highly recommend this course. It would be better if the course had more practice exercises.
I didn't think it was possible to dislike finance more after taking a course designed for non-financial professionals. Clearly, I should have known more about finances before taking this class, and perhaps I would have liked it more. However, I left the course feeling more frustrated than ever.
Enjoyed this module right. I felt it was quite fast and just skimmed over certain topics but I definitely learnt more than I did and looking forward to learning in more details.
Definitely helped me understand some of the lingo use
First experience using coursera, and it meet my expectations.
This course is amazingly interesting. All the course content are relevant and easy to catch up. Everyone should join this course to create basic knowledge of finance
GREAT COURSE EASY TO FOLLOW. THANKS A LOT
Very well done and informative. A really good overview of finance and just what I needed.
it gives you a good summary of what you need to know however, its just a guideline you have to investigate deeper into the concepts on your own
Really easy to understand the financial concepts. I am from marketing and never understood the language of the numbers. Thanks a lot!
This is a fantastic course. I never thought that finance can be so easy and interesting. Thank you. Love from Bangladesh.
Nice and Succinct! Considering others in the specialization because of this.
very easy to learn with an awesome teacher.thank you sir, thank you coursera
A very simple coarse to understand the different financial terms and its usage to the business
Excellent course for beginner in finance
Great course. Thank you
Good and easy to understand.
Very easy to understand and broken down very well.
Learning a lot of practical information in order to work as an entrepreneur
It was a nice overview. I wish some topics were discussed more in-depth and with practical examples. Yet, in general it was a nice quick refresher.
Very informative
I love it. It was great. Thank you
For the first time I really understood some stuffs that I'd never knew. Thank you so much!
Great!
I found this course quite mainingful which helps us to have an overview of Finances and Accounting, including lots of example to enhance the understanding.
It has a lot of useful information.
Volume too low.... need more concrete examples.Thank you for your effort though. I learned from the course.
we will finish all this course
The course is good for getting an overall idea of the main topics of finance but not on getting a deep understanding on them
Very Useful, easy to understand, short yet informative course for non finance professionals to understand the basic concepts. worth every minute spent on it!
I learned so much!! thanks
Quick and general but useful and easy to understand. Thanks.
Was initially nervous going into this course however, the information, examples, and presentation were really easy to follow and understand. Well done!
I actually understood the lessons. And I suck at Math. :D Thank you, Prof. David. :)
Very easy to understand for those just starting out in Finance. Great primer.
Very informative and easy to understand.
Very good Instructor. Explains hard things in a very easy way. He made this course very easy to learn.
Brief overview of the topic but well presented. Thanks to the teacher, the university and Coursera.
It was fast with lots to memorize but I could quickly obtain the basic knowledge of the genre I was not familiar with. The clear speech and the slides of the instructor helped me a lot to understand and the price was pretty reasonable. Very satisfied!!! Thank you very much!!!
A good course for understanding the fundamental terms that I often hear when discussing issues with finance professionals. The supplementary material really helps grasp the concepts
This course is very well presented and the content has been made easy to follow through the use of simple succinct language and examples that are easy to relate to. An excellent place to start.
The instructor is fantastic. He is clear, concise and easy to understand. I found the class to be very informative and enjoyable. Thank you.
I've missed at least one practical exercises on each module.Overall is good.
Very good to gain basis in the financial terms and tools.
Very helpful to understand de accounting department beter.
A very good and quick introduction to finance and accounting for business. With this class, you will have the basis and you will know if you want to learn deeper about finance or not.
Great course, easy to understand but profound in content!
Great course!!
It was a good course but there were things missing, such as exercises and more examples.
good intro and overview.
A really good course for anyone with non financial background. Its literally taught right from the basics with very helpful examples
good introduction financial course for non-financial person.
Excellent!! Clear, concise, and practical. Thanks David!
As I am from science background, each and every terminology were completely new for me. After completing this course, I not only become familiar with terminologies but also understand their proper applications. Thank you for offering this course.
tough concepts are explained in a easy manner.
Really liked the examples you gave! Great teaching method!
Thank you, David. I enjoyed this class thoroughly, and learned so much! I feel much more confident in being able to work directly with accountants and finance professionals. As you said, there is so much more to learn, and I'm thinking about going back to University to take an Accounting Degree. The pace with which you conduct your lessons is very nice and your diction is pleasant and easy to understand. The real life examples help
Very general content. Not as useful as I thought it would be, but maybe I should have read the introduction better:)
very practical and brief to understand the whole method about finance
very interesting
Good course,is very good fo me
the best course l ever saw........thanks to the university and the lecturers [[[[[
Excellent course, explained in a very fun way, CONGRATULATIONS !!!
This is a good course for non-finance folk. My only wish is that the assignments or the lectures had more examples where we could practice and find out if we are making mistakes or getting things right. More math please! Highly recommended for anyone wishing to enter the world of P/E ratios, discounted cash flows, ROIs etc.
Very easy to follow, as he gives easy-to-understand real life examples! Really good!
Great course. Good instructor. Everything is explained in an easy-to-understand manner.
Easy to understand.
Very Informative
Excellent course, definitely worth taking if you have free time and are willing to expand your kn
I found the course really useful and informative and the teacher was very enigmatic and engaging. My only comment would be that perhaps the teacher goes through the slides slightly too quickly at times,as I found myself often pausing to read them. Excellent course though.
Me gusto mucho!
Great professor. All the concepts are easily explained. More courses like this, please.
Great course for initiation into the world of accounting.
It was a bit confusing to understand the topics and try to learn them by heart.
Good introduction for non-financial people willing to understand some key concepts often present in out professional life.
Simple and useful
Fast, practical and constructive. I would also add pragmatic, lots of examples and case studies.
I have just finished the first week, and I already understand that this course has all what I need to be aware of accounting and finance for my first business!
The course was good but it would help if after specialization in particular subject,lets say finance,coursera could help connect students with employers around the world:)
Great presentation for non financial guys
Excellent overview of finance for a non-finance person such as myself. I learned alot more than i expected to learn in this short course. Great information, and broken down in a way i can easily learn. Thank you for a great course!!!
Concrete, easy and understandable!!!
The course gives a brief but concise overview of Finance. It would have been better if some more concepts and case studies had been incorporated.
A bit too hard especially in the last two weeks.Overall worth enrolling.
Good course for Non-finance people or people who interact too much with the financial chaps. With this course, One will not sit as a duck from the next time he / she sit in the business plan or other meetings, where price, cost, revenue, profit, performance, etc are disuccsed.
Very good course, easy to understand but it also lacks detail.
A very good course for beginners
Great!
Well done overall. I would have liked a little more detail with some of the formulas mentioned, but overall I felt like I learned quite a bit.
it was very simple , but i expected more content
A quick and very rich course, it is highly recommended for both:1- non-financial people who are interested in finance and accounting to understand basics and;2- instructors "like me" who wanted to help their friends who want to help people from number 1
Quick and easy. But I would have liked more examples. For instance, how NPV and IRR actually works on Excel. Luckily, I have some prior knowledge of the subject, but sometimes it was not so clear for a complete beginner.
Very useful!!
I felt the course was really helpful for those from a non-financial background. Simple to understand as well.
This was a good refresh on
awesome . I recommend
Very good , easy to understand .I have learnt a lot of concepts very important .
A very basic, however, very important topics were covered for Non-Financials Pros. Great teaching method!
This is a really good Course!!!!!!! Easy to Understand!! I loved it!
Good basic course if you have no background in Finance. Reviews the important concepts that can get you along easily.
This course comes in handy for anyone without finance background and attract to learn it
Basic stuff.Good choice of subjects.A little too short.
Simple and important concepts that everyone should know. Took this self paced course and understood all the videos. I wish the course could have more information on Finance which is useful for entrepreneurs.
Love it!
Not a bad overview but overall far too shallow to be of significant worth on its own.
For non financial profissional like me, this course gave me plenty of ideas about financial concepts that you help follow any kind of financial discussion in my company.
Great learning!! Appreciate UCI and Coursera for making learning fun and accessible.Keep up the great job. You have made a difference.
Very professional and helpful professor!
A very quick overview of finance. Good review of fundamentals but not a lot of depth.
Very helpful for non-financial professionals. The course is too short for me. I'd like to get further knowledge about the finance. Thanks very much for your impressive work.
Great, engaging lecturer - Content was at the level described. Fantastic course!
The teacher is great and the subject is very interesting
It was a great Course. I found it very concise, to the point and well presented.Hessam K.
This course was a good, quick introduction to finance for those of us who haven't been really exposed. My only reason for not giving 5 stars is that there were not enough examples of actually calculating ratios to understand what exactly needs to go into getting the numbers required.
Give you a general conception of finance and help to understand some simple accounting.
Instructor is very good at explaining the topics. I like his style.
Very Good to learn the basics.
It is a good start for people always hear about terminologies in finance but never have a chance to lay out the structure of all concepts.
This is a good course to introduce the novice to financial terms used in common place.But in my opinion, the instructor could have a gone a bit further, explaining about Markets, Stocks, Bonds etc.Types of transactions involved.Maybe its expecting too much, but still, just a suggestion
The lectures are quick and concise. The lecturer speaks very clearly and gives great examples that illustrate the concepts well.
Good, help me understanding more about FI
Boring financial concepts explained in interesting way. The professor way really good. I liked the course!
Best beginner level course for finance novices. Superbly structured and filled with great examples. Happy learning :)
Wow,everything about Coursera is wow !! Love u
A clear, if fairly basic, introduction. The lack of discussion forums makes it a fairly sterile experience.
This course gave me a good basic understanding finances. I can now better listen to the investors calls with a added level of understanding.
Very very good course. Gives a simplistic view of accounting and finance basics with nice examples. This should help a lot of people in getting their finances under control.
This is an excellent course for everyone who wants to basic financial understanding
Good introduction to Finance and Accounting concepts for those with no background in either field, even as students. I liked the valuation module the most!
It is very useful for someone with only basic finance knowledge
Great introduction, overviewand usage of finance
Good course, good introduction about finance, but some terms and topics require more explanation.
My comments maybe not so useful as I had taken some study on this topic. This course give me opportunities to review what I learned before and I have to say this professor is really good. His explanation is clear. Maybe some addtional examples can be intresting
It's quick and easy, gives me an overview of finance and inspires me to want to know more.
Fundamentals of finance, very useful for beginners of finance
Decent with space for improvement (a bit more content)
Awesome revision subject.
Easy to pick up and helpful for me to start deeper learning.
Great short course for non-financial professionals.
I very concise overview. The teacher is excellent. I would have liked more real life examples,e.g. looking at the numbers for real life companies and comparing them to others and seeing what we could learn from these numbers about these companies.
Valuable course in a easy way to learn.
Good introductory course. Complex concepts are explained in a simple form. It's not deep. It just provide a quick overview of the subject.
Really digested and simplified for people unfamiliar with financial terms or without an strong background on economics.Strongly recommended to grasp basic, as well as, complex terms and definitions explained in a very simple way
Very informative course and very nicely explained
SImple, effective and interesting for the basics of finances in the business envrionment
Simply and clearly explained, good examples. Just what you need for a short review of the topic.
Very easy to understand...good le
Interesting, lectures are easy to understand
Really great course that was able to explain concepts in layman's terms! So easy understandable, makes Finance less intimidating :)
Good basic overview of financial practices and methods.
Good course, fast and easy to getCould be enhanced by a few practical examples where the formulas presented could make more sense
The presenter is good and knowledgeable, but the information is barely skimmed over and there isn't any real opportunity to learn. A few worked examples might be good
nice introductory course on finance
Great class....l.loved it !!! Great class to learn about business, finance and money !!
All the information that a professional needs to know, explain it in a way very easy to understand.
Simple and fast.Try to put more difficulty on the quizzes.
First noticeable thing is that the instructor doesn't convey competence very well. He lacks the practical examples to explain the principles more efficiently. The result for me was that, although he chose not to go deep, the principles weren't as clear, memorable or relevant as I think they could have been.I did learn a few useful things of course, but it was a disappointment in general.
Good course!
Very important concepts of finance covered in very short time.Very useful.
A solid overview of accounting and finance for the non-financial professional. I have 0 finance and accounting experience, so I valued how broad this course was and I imagine it's a good primer for more in-depth courses.
Very good for dummies in finance or pure techies. Can add a bit more content in IRR, ROI topics as we come across those quite often. Also these topics will help engineers with technical knowledge to understand the bigger picture of financial viability of the projects they handle.
the test of this course is so easy,i wish it could little harder
A basic overview of financial analysis starting from the structural underpinnings of accounting and moving into the frameworks of finance.
Nice overview but does not go really into any detail. Some case studies would be helpful to see the concepts applied.
Very helpful! Explained well. I'm a business and M&A lawyer and I found this course extremely valuable to skill building.
Informative for MBA guys
Excellent first look at the basic financial principles applicable to all corporations in all industries.
It's Very useful to understand the basic finance.
I've passed my first week within the night - that's how interesting it seemed to me.Hope there will be a lot useful knowledge further.Great thanks to the tacher.
Great course for non-financials
Test for module 2 had questions that weren't part of the course (about programming). I think it was a kind of error in coursera configuration.
Very good course.
Pretty hard to Keep track but the content was good.I probably need to be a bit more focussed next time.
Great, straightforward course. It would be nice to have "practice" problems to help engage the information beyond the quizzes and video lectures.
A lot of formulas in a few time. But the professor uses lots of examples which allow to better (and faster) understand the concepts behind all those formulas.
For me it was boring and too specific. I had a great difficult in understanding it....I quitted before ending.
wonderful course, it got me familiar with financial concepts.the instructor is very much appreciated.
Very simple way to learn finance, I strongly recommend this course. The instructor
Please include exercises for computing the ratios and the valuation methods. In-video questions would have helped more. The quiz does not actually test the understanding of the topic in-depth. There can be some external readings suggested - resources that help us get more understanding on the subjects discussed.
Directly and efficient.
A very good course that introduced a lot a financial concepts. Not too deeply but widely.
Probably the single best course I have seen on finance and, by extension, accounting for those of us going in more or less clueless. It's actually an entertaining course and easy to keep watching.
simple enough for outdoorer
I really love this teacher's class lol
I'm still not completed the full course but i can say it's good course and very awesome Instructor
too brief course...
Good, Introductory Course on Finance,
The course is a very well designed for the non-financial back ground professionals. Really gives an in-sight into the financial equations.Anil Kumar
Helpful to understand basic terms in finance. Thanks.
Great course to gain a basic understanding of Finance for anyone who is not a finance professional. I highly recommend this course.
Good content for a short duration course.
This is a must for everyone. From Financial Statements to Valuating companies it covers everything that one needs to know. Lucidly explained and compellingly presented.
lack of examples to workout. good short videos. good option for introduction
Great lesson :D
This is an amazing introduction to Finance. I am now much more confident in talking Finance with my colleagues and super
Wonderful course! I learned a lot of concepts with a very simple and clear language. Professor was very engaging and explained many abstract concepts with clear example. Highly recommended!
Good for Non-Finance professionals to get an overview.
exercises to practice and check correct application of the concepts
Overall, it is good :)Hope there is a way to download all the study material.
Very very simple. Recommended if you need a fast and simple introduction to finance.
It could be more elaborated. In the 3rd week, there was more equations and hurry to complete the topic, i think. But all in all good. It gives you a brief idea of finance.
Very brief and precise! Excellent!
Great introduction into the world of finance, highly recommended & very enjoyable!
This course gives a good introduction for financial knowledge. However, the quizes are too simple.
Great course, which give many useful information.
great lectures,thanks
Great course but, in 2 videos, the professor makes reference to exercises that should be for downloading and they are not. Please, either include them or re shoot the videos.
Very interesting lecutes!
Its been very effective and useful for my Startup
I am satisfied with this course. GREAT JOB by our Instructor
I enjoyed this course. I somehow remember the accounting terminologies better after having completed this course than before when I was busy with my "self-studies"
Very nice concise bird's eye view of the subject, which introduces important concepts, principles and practices. Highly useful for the non-financial professional who wants to get a basic understanding of what finance professionals are gabbling about!
This course is great! If you are an entrepreneur or any professional who would like a better understanding of basic business finance this course is for you. This helped me even in my own life in deciphering which businesses to invest in and even in figuring out businesses to do business with. It also will help you in planning your finances! The professor was engaging and easy to understand.
The professor did an outstanding job with explaining key terms and definitions. I loved the intro and how he broke down the difference between accounting and finance. Very informative. The only thing I suggest to add is a few examples in between formulas that students can valuate themselves during a brief pause.
Its an excellent course and I would recommend it to everyone.Thank you very much.
I have learned a lot from this course, as there are so maney things in this course which i needed in the start of my teaching career, thanks to Coursera and Staff specially for Instructor.
This course shows in a very simple way, the differences between finance and accounting, with no heavy mathematical formulas. Professor David uses a lot of examples to make understanding easy. Liked a lot. Could have some more literature so we could be always up to date.
Excellent. Brief and enjoyable teaching.
Simple language and easy to understand for beginners
Great course.
Really helpful
Thanks a lot!Financing is really large field! But it is a little too cramming for me...
It was clear and simply understandable for non-financial professionals like us. Yet, useful.
Very good overview. Could be a little bit more in-depth.
Hy,Great, simple and very useful course. Good basics for every enterpreneur.
Very brief course.
excellent presentation. not complicated with excess examples or digressions. good visuals that were easy to understand. Explanation given from a position of experience.
Basic course. Very effective
The concepts are very clear, but in order to get understanding I think it's necesary to provide additional exercises
A good overview for someone unfamiliar with finance but given the brief and introductory nature of the course, you'd need to do further reading to understand many of the concepts.
It is a real good course with rich content for non-finance people. Good understanding and explanation of
Excelent professor!Just include some more examples or quiz problems.Thank you UCI
Great for an introductory course!
basic , rough , but effective ! only 4 models , wish there will be more specification in the future !
You may have wondered why brokers may get it wrong, and why accountant may willing, or unwillingly, do the same. Surely, Finance is a very complex matter and keep it simple cannot be a bad thing. If you want to know more without getting just more confused instead, this course meets your needs. For me, it provided outstanding learning/time ratio...!
I really liked this course beacuse of the content and who is teaching.
Very good course for non-financial professional
Superficial and not well presented.
The cource was to easy for me. I expected more
Simple, fast and useful.
Wish the course could add more example.
Course is so clear to understand and content is fair enough to learn basics of finance.It won't make you finance guru but you will be able to learn essentials.Lecturer David Standen has ability to transfer his knowledge to audience, so the lessons are easy to understand and comprehensible.More graphics, more animations or more visual items can be added to lessons to boost comprehension.
Simple; Understandable. Very Thank you for ur lectures!!!!
Great Course! Relevant material and a excelent teacher David Standen!
As a nonfinancial person, I liked that it is a good clear intro finance. However, I wished there was more reading content available on the site to go more into depth on the topics.
It's a great course!The Professor does make the topics very understandable. Everything is useful in this course.
is very useful and interesting
Great intro course and very helpful in building understanding for someone who is not familiar with the financial terms. Instructor had great presentation skills and provided excellent real world examples and insights. I highly recommend this course for anyone who needs a basic understanding of finance and business concepts.
Very good introduction that gives a high level view of finance
the course is very beneficial for people from other backgrounds. Understood the basic concepts of finance. thanks a lot. Waiting for such more at your pace courses. :)
Great course, instructor was very enthusiastic in his instruction.
Great course, clear explanations, I gained some insight about the financial world.
I am enjoying this class so far. It has given me a new way to look at companies and evaluate their financial stability. I look forward to taking more classes from University of California.
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Highlight: The concept of the course itself is great and the course is well structured that makes it easy to follow. It was very basic yet had a lot of new information that will help advance in more detailed programs.Lowlights: Need more focus and details on the Cost module.
This is the first course I enrolled and accomplished in Coursera and I deeply enjoyed this. It helped me understand concepts typically used in business meetings. I strongly recommend this course to all Non-Financial Professionals.
It was a good intro course. However, I wish there were a few more videos to go a bit more in-depth.
Just essential for everyone
Brief and to the point
Good brief introduction! Expecting more details.
This is a very good course. I liked it very much!
For being a free course, it was pretty good.
This course is good for basics for Non finance professionals. Topics should have bee covered more in detail and totality. For examples Accounting principles coverd only 6 or 7 principles, while there are more principles.
This course was quick and simple. I enjoyed the definitions and monetary examples. I would have more quizzes and harder questions.
Brillaint short introduction to finance for non-finance professionals
A very nicely addressed course for the non-financial professions to apprehend. Short and to-the-point. However, if the course provided a non-paid certificate, just for keeping purposes, it would have attracted a wider audience. But overall, worth putting efforts and time into !
Very good course. Thouht me hot to control money and plan for the future.
A bit short and general, but in a way that is exactly what I was looking for, as I needed some key concepts to start understanding the topic.
Very helpful
Practical, quicky and easy.
Found it useful
Funcional and complete course
Good course
cool
indepth overview of load balancing and autoscaling
great learning sets and again loved using all the tools introduced, but would love to see this updated with Spanner, Functions and other new features
This course and material does not articulate the 'Google Cloud Platform' offerings. Maybe Google does not want to compete with Microsoft Azure and AWS alike. If Google itself has approved this 'Google Cloud Platform' trainings on Coursera then vola I am out. I am way better off supporting AWS and Azure (at least they have tons of good trainings and stuff to keep folks in the field excited).
The labs are not up to date and several things do not work as they should. I had to fix several of the provided scripts to finish them.
Good course
This course its Amazing!!
The labs in this course have fundamental flaws which mean they cannot be completed. This is a major failing in a paid course such as this.
Another batch of interesting topics, but this time the labs are ... imperfect. There are are errors in the scripts, not difficult to troubleshoot and fix but still. Please review and correct them.
quizzes should have more than 1 or 2 questions in them.
Good Overview Course
Best balance of content and lab out of the 4 courses.
Last labs contained errors (or at least missing commands), but in a way it permitted to face issues and resolve themOtherwise great course
The title created too many expectations
This was a really good training. Thank you.
The course is really good, however, would suggest some additional detail be captured both in training and in the exams to add more coverage
Great course. I definitely learn a lot.
Good...again could have done with a bit more detail
Great course!
Very great course
I was doing hydraulic business for years. It is the first I understand this system more clear and which opens a beautiful world for me
This was one of the best trainings in this area that I have ever done in my life.I am very grateful to the University of Minnesota for the opportunity and initiative, as well as the developers of the coursera who are able to disseminate knowledge on a global scale.A huge congratulations to all.
Great course. Especially enjoyed the introduction to Simscape.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on fundamentals of fluid power. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you University of Minnesota and Coursera.
I fully appreciated this course which creates my deep understanding towards fluid power, and also it will be beneficial for my career growth.Thank you.
Very, very good course. Professors(both of them) are trying to show some pratical solutions in industry and explaining theory behind them and that is great.Only thing I would add is that they sholud concentrate more on Simscape solving homeworks beacuse quizzes are easy.
Excellent course, the practice and excercises are very useful
Unbelievably promising. I've regretted the classes I'd already taken at university as an engineer.I considered this course was a complete review of my years spent during my education life in that field.Thank you so much. I'm obliged.Hats off.
Very powerful MOOC in fluid mechanics, thank you to its makers.
It's a real contribution to the mechanics of fluids
Very good course... objective and very informative... recommend...
Not too heavy on theoreticals and gives a wide array of industrial applications.
A great course for fluid power
An excellent course to gain an appreciation of fluid power, which is often taken for granted in our daily lives. The overview of simulation of fluid power on Matlab gave me an idea of how modern fluid power systems can be designed, optimized and played with before a single component is purchased, certainly the trend in today's information revolution.
It really helped me a learn a lot about fluid power and honed my concepts and applications of hydraulics and pneumatics.
I'm really happy to learn in this course and I recommend every one to enroll it because it's very useful course if you was a beginner in fluid power
A great course. Really well explained. They provide you with problem sheets weekly and what is taught is obviously applicable to any fluid system. This course is also a good introduction to Mathwork's Simscape Fluids.
I found this course to be an excellent introduction to hydraulic systems.
it was useful and helpful course
I really enjoyed the course and would highly recommend it to others interested in the subject matter. Some may find it basic, but I found it very useful as the theory is explained in a manner such that it can be applied in a very practical way.
Yet to start but am loving it already!!!
Very usefull things shared.
This course is very explanatory and it has many practical life scenarios, which we are not exposed in college (here in india). Thank you very much for this course.
Quite informative course with practical examples.Must take if you are interested in fluid mechanics.
It is an excellent course with a solid introduction to Fluid power on the industry. It is a little biased toward hydraulics than pneumatics, but this don´t come in detriment of the high quality of the course. It is really a must if you want to grave a solid understanding of how to do things with valves and pistons. It gives a great experience for newcomers and experienced who wants to solidify their basic understanding alike.
Exciting course for beginners with a lot of examples of Fluid Power Application.This course has only one disadvantage - Assessments are too easy. Most of questions could be answered by substitution of values in a single formula. Тhis can be done even without understanding the subject.
Fantastic Course; i am a 11 years experienced sourcing professional; i always wanted to get to know few steps more than the basic hydraulics. This is the perfect course which i found on online platform.Great..... now only thing i have to do is finish the course.
Very helpful to understand the basics of this topic.
Great
Excellent. Very good explained.
To simple with little examples
An expansive survey with up-to-moment research info. Clears up many misconceptions about genetic engineering and biotech.
Excellent course to review latest biotechnology information such as using transgenic animals and plants in many different ways in addition to various dimensions of synthetic biology. The course also covers importance of genes and epigentics from a variety of angles. Thanks very much for providing it. Greatly appreciated.
this course was very informative and valuable
Thank you coursera for providing me the best lectures!
Great course, as a beginner i could follow along and learn.
I learned a lot from this course. It clears the basic concepts of genetics likewise instructors are also good.
Not being allowed to submit quizzes without paying for the course - I am withdrawing from the course and any other Coursera courses where this is the policy - I will enrol in other free online course sites where the are "free".
Great content but making the theory of ape or chimp the origin of humans as the corner of the course and intruduce it as a truth is very wrong and shameful.
The only option I had was to watch videos, I could not submit quizzes, which I completed, unless I paid.What's even the point of having this course as part of Coursera?Very disappointed. Shame on the University of Maryland, College Park. Will stay away from this school.
This course was definitely helpful for me and introduced a new approach about human genetic evolution and biotechnology.I appreciate your efforts...Thank you all
Can genes make us liberal or conservative ? If you want to know about genopolitics and many other interesting genetics, do not miss this fascinating and enriched course !
Broad spectrum over view useful to beginners as well as advanced learners. would have loved to be able to download slides along with Transcripts for later revision , Thank you UMCP and the Faculty !
Fairly dense material (for novices in the field like me), but mostly fascinating stuff!Dr. St Leger makes it very interesting with his animated teaching style, crisp and clear diction, and helpful illustrations.Sadly, the supplementary reading materials mentioned in the lectures never showed up on the site. Students would definitely benefit from followup reading suggested by Dr. St Leger.Overall, a solid effort from the U Maryland team, for which many thanks!
This course is amazingly interesting and presented in a clear, achievable way. HUGE THANKS to the professors!
I am a lover of the science of genetics and have some basic knowledge of the same. I joined this course with a hope to get my concepts clearer. The course is meeting with the expectations to the fullest - after just one week of exercise.
Very interesting course that teaches the basics about biotech
An AMAZING course for beginners. As a highschooler not pursuing biology in school this was still pretty easy to understand and enjoy (the reason I started it). Highly recommended for people wanting a light introductory course to genetics and a bit of evolution and those who can't take out too much time for doing an intense course.
Very clear and concise. Excellent course. I learned a significant amount and would recommend to others.
Best course I have ever taken. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work.
Provocative and engaging review of topics in human genetics. Requires some basic familiarity with biological principles. But well worth a personal investment in time and effort. Both lecturers are fascinating. Only recommendation for improvement would be to present sources cited in the videos elsewhere in the course materials. They roll by so quickly at the end of the video segments that it was impossible to review them adequately. Great course.
This course is an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject. The content is challenging but presented in a way that relative beginners are able to absorb the concepts. The instructors are engaging and interesting.
The best course I had on coursera. It is a comprehensive overview of current biotechnological techniquess and their established and potential results.The course keeps a shrewd balance between giving scientific information and looking at the broader more complex implications for society. You might think at times that the professor is not a scientist but a philosopher as well.The course is taught superbly by both professor and assistant, not one extra word, and not one word missing given the choice of topics.I think most of what is taught here should ideally be known by the majority of all people, in order to make more informed and thoughtful choices about life, as well as understanding what will happen in the next decades.
Great course -- especially the second half.
Lecture material is well presented with green screen. Lectures are very clear and engaging.Topics are recent and appropriate for this fast moving field. Quiz are at the end of the week and not immediately after each video to promote review and retention.Overall, a very informative, broad coverage of this field.Thank you
Not perfect because in the video, multiple times the lecturer mentioned external information or links that didn't exist. No additional information was provided
Instructors were very passionate. Very interesting topic!
This course is just awesome!
I just started this cours and I already like the way how the subjects are explain in simple and yet professional way.
I'm old - DNA was discovered in my last year of undergraduate studies. I am learning a great deal about what makes humans alike and different, what drives our behaviors. The course is informative
An excellent course as a short overview or as an introduction to a specialization.Seemed to touch on neurology and evolution more than genetics. Didn't get into the mechanics of genetics or molecular biology as much as I had hoped. Read Genetics for Dummies and reviewed my old textbooks to refresh on topics I found interesting and this was a nice course to accompany that endeavor. I really enjoyed the short segment near the end that delved into the field of biotechnology.Thank you so much for providing this as a self-paced class, I really enjoyed taking it.
This was an awesome course. Thank you for educating me on genetics. It has opened my mind to different areas of GMO's. I will continue my research on the safety.
Fantastic Course!
My first step to know about DNA, epigenetic, human ancestors, and genetic engineering. This course was great!
Large topic and well presented. Due to volume could perhaps be divided into smaller, more comprehensive,
Excellent course, I´m starting and I have learnt a lot of concepts related with the topic. I`m so excited and grateful with The Maryland University and the Dr. O'Brien for developing this course.
this course was great! I liked both lecturers, and found them to be very informative and great speakers. their lectures were easy to follow and brought up a lot of things i hadn't considered before (but this is my first completed genetics class). i would definitely take a class by them again.
I really enjoyed the course. It was very informative and the relatives used helped a lot. The best part was that the course aligned with my school curriculum. Double win for me!!!
This course did an exceptional job of providing a lay audience with a broad overview of human genetics, evolution, behavior, and associated technologies. The lecturers were engaging and have an impressively varied range of knowledge. This course lays an exceptional foundation for exploring a variety of in-depth topics covered with a more narrow focus elsewhere on Coursera (e.g., molecular biology, evolution, human behavior, neuroscience, &c).Tammatha O'Brien’s initial lectures did a particularly good job of introducing basic genetics with accessible metaphors, without allowing those metaphors to be overextended. She was also careful to flag the caveats and exceptions where appropriate to ensure students didn’t walk away with an oversimplified narrative of molecular biology (a challenge I’ve seen in other introductory courses).Raymond St. Leger’s passion is clear, and makes his lecturers particularly captivating. For the most part, he did a good job of flagging areas where results were preliminary (e.g., based on a single study) or speculative (e.g., based on his interpretation of the research). Nonetheless, there were some areas where it was unclear if he was presenting a well-established scientific consensus, or his own (well-informed) conjecture. In these scenarios, it would be useful to provide a more comprehensive bibliography for students interested in diving deeper into the research.As an aspiring science communicator involved in addressing public concerns over GMOs, I was particularly pleased to not only see biotechnology covered, but also to have it effectively dispel many of the common criticisms. I’ve generally found that once a basic understanding of genetics and evolution is established, it’s a short leap to disarm most of the fears; nonetheless, I’ve now taken five genetics courses that have steered clear of even acknowledging either GMOs or their controversy. Thank you for addressing these head on.Thank you for taking the time to put this course together and sharing it with the public via Coursera. The effort is recognized, and much appreciated.
It was the best class, I've ever taken. It teaches you so well and in such great Detail.
Genes and genomics, the emerging field of medicine and health
Thank you to Dr. O'Brien and Dr. St. Leger for an excellent course: solid information delivered clearly and intelligently. As the course moved along I found myself binge-watching! I must have finished all 7 weeks in record time-- like a good book, I could not put it down. This was an outstanding educational experience.
Through this course offered by Coursera, entitled Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biolechnology), I have learned an extraordinary amount of information about a burgeoning field of scientific study.I found this course to be well-paced and easy to follow, even though the topics discussed were quite complex. Both professors provided fantastic and enjoyable lectures; the course was like a really great book that you can't put down.I would strongly recommend this course for anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about human genetics.
The best coursera class I have taken! The instructor's passion for the material covered is contagious!
A very interesting and stimulating course. I strongly recommend it!
I really enjoyed this course. It was informative and thought provoking. Biotechnology has always humbled me always.. We call ourselves superior evolved organisms but one chemical group can turn us off... some organism, a virus which is not even as big as two lines of our fingerprint can kill us... I wonder if we are manipulating nature or nature is manipulating us in greater speed...I also wonder we should have stone inscriptions of our findings that can stay centuries later to tell the world of the future, our stories than software and hardware which might not stand strong against calamities...overwhelmed, humbled by all the information...
Great Course, very interesting and well- made. I find it easy to understand and it is a fantastic opportunity to implement my biology university's studies. Thank you!
Lots of bias on evolutionary theories.
I've learned so much in my first week :)
i'm in second week of this course and it's get better and better
it enlighten me with extra information at molecular level and new interesting things. thanks to coursera
Course is Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Much trouble with freezing and no sound
Very good! I learned a lot about genetic and biology!
good course a bit hard to understand at times the information can get confusing but the it is there wish they would add printable bulletins at the end so make information readable just for extra help with the understanding of the material
As someone that doesn't have much prior genetics knowledge besides intro science courses in college, I enjoyed this course a lot. It offered a good challenge and I felt like I learned a lot despite the complexity of the topics. The lectures were presented in a compelling way that related to day-to-day life and how humans interact. It has me excited for future developments in this field and has prompted me to do follow up research on some of the topics.
The course was pretty good. Maybe concepts were illustrated too general and briefly (not in details) but maybe this course is just a warm up for people who are not specialists in those fields. Nevertheless it was quite fun to listen the lectures and that's why course went pretty fast. I only regret that there's no free Statements of Accomplishment.
Excellent course and very good explained
I am liking a lot what I see. Great course ! thank you
It was really an exciting course with a lot of insights, sometimes controversial (especially the last part), but always recent and deep. I will miss the enthusiastic lectures of Prof. Leger. And I would recommend this course to others.
Very engaging lectures, very well executed! The best MOOC I have done so far!
Very interesting material, and very enthusiastic lecturers. I have done a few courses on here now, and this one has definitely been one of the more rewarding.
Really good course. I have learned a lot.
Congratulations for classes and tasks! This course is amazing and useful.
I love everything about this course.
Enjoyed every bit of it! Definitely a flow maker, enjoying and flaunting my verified certificate. :)
Really a great course
I loved that a lot of the content was easy to understand and convenient to follow. The materials is definetely helpful for anyone who has interests in eating healthy or even losing weights. I was just a little surprised that the last week of this class turned into a series of cooking videos. Overall, this was an amazing course!
It was a really great primer! I would not pay for a certificate for the class but loved the addition of a respected author. I'd love a second level of this class!
this an amazing course, with loads of information about where is the world leading to with all the unhealthy food supplies we are consuming... it is a sure worth it programe
Ver easy to understand and in the end of course theres a nice recipes !
This course is awesome to learn about food and health for human body. Very Familiar of Maya Adam.
This is a very enjoyable course for beginners interested in nutrition/health. I would really like to see another course to follow this introduction
Thank you Dr Maya and her team for this excellent course, covering the basics of a healthy food nutrition. I loved the chapter where you show how to evaluate labels on packaged products and the cooking tutorials. I really hope there will be an advanced course, exploring in-depth specific topics like food categories (nutrients and benefits), student diets (food for brain power), athlete diets, food lifestyles (vegetarian/vegan...), food and disease prevention (Alzheimer, aging...)
This course gives you a general overview over nutrition. It is a good start for those who want to have an healthier diet. Personally I already knew most of the information provided and I am a bit further into the 'eating healthy' process. The course is well done anyway and worth a look.
I love the course! It's a great introduction on how to eat healthy. I've been meaning to know more about nutrition and this is a great first step :)
Good course, practical, simple and valuable advise. The information provided will indeed help improve my quality of life. Thanks a lot!
This course is very informative and makes me feel less apprehensive about cooking in the kitchen. I would definitely apply all the things that I've learned in this course. Thank you, Dr. Adam and Stanford!
Very useful guide for healthy eating with clear explanation. I've learned a lot from the the course. Gonna apply those rules in my diet slowly by slowly. Thanks for providing this.
The course is easy to listen and comprehend, and all material is pretty practical. However, it is rather superficial. I myself maintain a healthy lifestyle, and I didn't learn almost anything new from it (i'd say, around 5% of the information was new to me). I expected more. On the other hand, it's a good course for people with weight&lifestyle problems to figure out first steps towards a healthier lifestyle.
This course gives you the 'short and comprehensible' scientific story of food and nutrition. I recommend it to anyone!
LOVE IT THANK YOU DR. :)!
Very beneficial course.recommended to all
Thanyou for the course .its informative. I wish there is more metabolic description and consumer behaviour
Great way to re start my education. Learned alot. Thanks!!
I always enjoy any course that Maya does. I love that she keeps it simple and provides us with videos of her cooking these simple but amazing meals.
Awesome course! Got a lot of useful tips about food and eating. Thank you!
Maya is a great Teacher..!!!I´m really happy with my new knowledge about health and food.Regards From Colombia
Was great experience in terms of healthy food
Did not go into enough detail, reiterated home cooking and spoil rate but did not get into specifics. Perhaps another class on what foods do what in your body would be beneficial.
Excellent display of information.
Always enjoyed classes by May. Excellent delivery, interesting and easy to follow. Contents very rich and practical.
A very good course for a laymen
With all love to all the instructors, I personally benifited too much
Very informative, will be of much use to individuals looking to start a healthy lifestyle.
I feel like it was rather short and not too detailed
Very Informative.
Nice and light course on Food and Health. I really enjoyed taking this course.
I am still waiting for my diploma
very valuable knowledge
Marvelous course! I had a wonderful time learning and enjoying the lessons! I am very grateful for both! Professor Maya made everything so special because I could sense it was a pleasure to her educating her students and sharing this education with her family members. I am eager to learn more from her and looking forward to her next course!Adriana Bonorino de Aragão
Excellent information to start a healthy diet!
Just Great,Friendly, easy to follow and really practical and useful.
Just Wow
loved the course. I believe this course is vital to all American's today. I believe this class should be a necessary class offered in our children's schools.
Fun and exciting course!
I actually enjoyed this class very much, but it doesn't go very deep in the topic. The questions to the quiz are very easy to answer to. In my opinion, this class is great for a general public, but it is not an university level course.
It is a course that very single person has to take, in order to improve diet habits.
This course had a lot of valuable information but in the quizzes it was only the most basic questions asked. And I would have liked more practice quizzes. Over all a good course though!
Excellent refresher course! Brief and to the point, this is a no fuss solution to a sensible approach to clean eating.
Excellent course with simple language and a wealth of information.
This was an excellent course; My sincere thanks to the instructors - Maya Adam and Michael Pollan who made the course so insightful, interesting and easy to understand / apply in our daily lives. I will surely think about food and cooking very differently and positively after this course. Thank you very very much!!
High quality videos make this course entertaining as well as educational. Even if you have a basic understanding of nutrition, this course contains good information that will make you thirsty to learn more.
I love the course it is nice for the person that works and wants to take the course at the same time.
Great course with easy to understand and practical applications to improve your nutrition and health.
I learned so much with the few lectures I've done, I feel better about my eating choices and have integrated what I've learned from this course.
Its a very good course to cover basics on eating habits
It is a kind of introduction course as it was mentioned on course info, however it is very basic.If there would be follow up courses about the same topic it is a good start, otherwise that is not a learning based lecture.Thank you for your understanding.Deniz Ozalp
I just loved doing this course ! It helped me to have a healthy plate on my dinning table . I would recommend all to this course . The contents of this course were simple and easy to understand through which I was able to gain interest .
This class is taught very well and gives a lot of information in not a lot of time. I would definitely recommend this class
Thank you. I learned a lot from the course!
Great introduction for people who eat a lot of processed foods and would like to change it. I liked the simple language, rather than difficult breakdowns of chemical compounds and processes that I encountered in different course. I believe this will help many people understand the reason why they feel bad in a simple, understandable way. I cook at home every day. For me it's the best way how to stay healthy and know what's in my food. This course was right on track with my believes and I greatly enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
Nice and helpful area for students who are having food processing as their course it will help them so much.
Wonderful Course! My favorite professor
The information is helpful and practical, but the recipes at the end with all that butter and eggs just do not correspond to the message of this course to eat mostly plants
Very informative.
Good information, explained well
Very nice visuals and animations!! it's a pleasure to watch. The teacher was very nice also.Thank you! =)
Conscious eating plus a few recipes. I loved it as it was short enough to finish in an afternoon and have the key point stick to your mind.
I really learn a lot in this class about healthy eating and nutrition
A great Introduction Course into the topic of Food and Health.
One of the best courses I've taken on Coursera. All of the videos were clearly explained, had detailed graphics and were short enough to get the point across but not too long that I would get bored and uninterested. Excellent work on this series and the cooking videos at the end a wonderful bonus!
it was really interesting, thus very kind speaking. thanks!
Helpful. Got to know lots of things through this course about food. Recommended course for everyone.
pretty simple but clear and concise
Very informative and digestible information (pun intended). This course really makes you feel knowledgable about what you put into your body. Highly suggest this course for basic guides on nutrition.
Nice experience as well learning with coursera
Very easy to follow, I enjoyed it very much.
v good course i benefited too much
This quick course helped me FINALLY understand the importance of nutrient-rich foods and how they are used in the body. It repeats a lot of information I've heard throughout my life, but explains the WHY behind it. I feel confident to make much better decisions about my food and, therefore, overall health.
A very succinct, informative and pragmatic course!
Very helpful and informative course. Enjoyed the interviews with Michael Pollan. He always has something useful to say. I learned so much about nutrition, reading ingredient labels, shopping for groceries and living a healthy lifestyle. Enjoyed the recipes in the end too.
Simple and practicalI really enjoyed this course and how it managed to focus on the beauty and enjoyment of food as a main point in making healthier choices when it comes to diet. I only hope there is another follow up more in-depth course with more information on micro-nutrients and hormonal influence on obesity.
It's amazing course I've learned a lot things specially how to healthy by eating a right food.Thank you for an amazing course well done
This course was informative with great tips for healthy eating.
Great and very interesting course! Thanks a lot for the opportunity to listen to the speakers and to get very useful information!
A very nice warming session that stirs awareness into food, nutrition and health.
So much valueable information and knowledge about food and health
A simple, yet effective course nonetheless can deliver a powerful impact.
Excellent teaching. Clear and concise. Boon to students like me. Thank you Coursera and Stanford! Great job!!
This was a very thorough course that I really enjoyed and learned a lot from.
Very interesting and eye opening.
A well organized and informative course relating food to health. If one joins this course as weight loss program then it will be a disappointment. On the contrary, if one wants to gain knowledge about what are the right things to eat and what are the right way to eat in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle then this course is for you
I learn a lot from this lesson.
This course was much more useful than the things i was thinking abut that, thanks to Stanford University and the teams
Brilliant introduction to food and health. We read a million blogs every day on this topic, this course just sums it all up with an added credibility.
Very important for develop nutrition in the style life, congratulation need other for nutrition sport, thanks.
very practical knowledge with clear and concise suggestion and advice. Thank you.
Good information for those beginning to understand nutrition. I also highly recommend reading Michael Pollan's books.
This course should really be called BASICS of healthy cooking or for people with unhealthy habits. It is very basic! And very based on the US reality! Living in Europe and used to cooking healthy food for my family everyday I have not learned anything new! Very disappointing to see such a basic course being offered by big names as Stanford University.
good and interesting, and also very useful! Thanks a lot
very nice and usefull.
Very informative and easy to follow
It was a pleasure , i am now more aware of many things and the historical context es splendid
Useful information about nutrition, I would've loved to learn more about that. The part about home-cooking and how to reduce the health risks when cutting an onion where too superficial and unnecessary for me.
Very nice course about good food habit and for learning about nutrition. Thanks for this wonderful course.
Very good information.
Very motivating and clear course. Thank you!
I love learn about food and health, the explanation of the concepts were didactic and entertained. I'll definitely recommend this course.
Great for our health
Excellent course! It is a very useful and helpful course. i learned a lot of new thinks of food we consume every day. And get a new way to look at your food, to love it not fight it. As a med student i want to thank you for your efforts to help us eat healthy and be healthy
I love Maya Adam as a teacher.
Excellent! Thanks Maya! :)
Excellent Crash Course to learn not only how to eat well and live healthy but what are the effects of the food we eat
Excellent Course! Folks this is not just about type of nutrients and nutrition. All your questions regarding will be answered through this course. It does not only tell you what not to but also tell you what should you eat and what amount, I think that is the most important thing.I highly recommend everyone (even if you think you are not fat, you are very healthy) to follow this course. You can see there are years and years of research and experiments are explained in very simple words and along with solutions to all problems we face.
Love it!
The best way to learn new courses! Thank you coursera.
Nice introduction to nutrition.
Decent course. I really liked the instructor -- very well spoken, and the interviews were interesting. I would definitely take another course with this instructor. Course was pretty short, and easy.
An excellent course that interprets why/what/how to eat and introduces some key concept in nutrition concisely.
I found this course amazingly helpful and informative about the various kinds of foods we eat. Different facts and tricks and checks are listed out here to make sure that you stay healthy and fit. This course makes me want to cook more and not regard cooking as a tedious activity anymore. It is effectively explained by professors Maya Adams and Micheal Pollen. They are passionate about food and the need for everyone to be healthy. This is an excellent course and I would recommend for everyone to take this course.
This corse is very useful as a basic learning of food and health. If you are interested in how to control your health through food, I recommend it to you.
Easy course, but informative. I recommend it to everybody.
Real y interesting
A easy/simple/satisfying/excellent course that will surely benefit me and my family with no doubt. Couldn't recommend more.
Very interesting and worthwhile course, especially for overseas students. English used and speakers are very clear and concise. The content was excellent and opened our eyes to nutrition values and the sneaky psychology of supermarket logistics and planning.
Good Course
Straight to the point!
This course provide very useful information for my carrer. The lectures is friendly and attractive
I am loving the Stanford nutrition courses. I think this course, plus the Child nutrition course should be mandatory for all human beings. What I wish could be done is that their would be offered more serious courses, ones where people considering the career would truly benefit from. These classes seem more general and light, which is good for people that just want basic knowledge, but insufficient for people seeking more than just that.
Thank you for helping me; this course will help my career and personal habits.I'd like to know about the future courses you will be giving on coursera.THANK YOU AGAIN !
This has been the best class I've seen on Coursera. The videos are broken up into small clips that are just a few minutes long. The videos are fun to watch as well and the presenter speaks very well which I appreciate. It's hard to understand and take notes when a presenter speaks too quickly or doesn't speak clearly or fails to enunciate.
Excellent introduction for the majority who have misguided beliefs about their eating habits; with some general background information and simple guide lines for improving physical and mental health.
Very informing and practical. Helpful even for a Food Science major grad.
Very nice course for introduction to food nutrition. The material was pleasant and easy to follow. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to have a better understanding of what they are eating and what can be done to have better and healthier diet.
Very interesting information. Easy to understand to all people, I think
Easy to understand with lots of information regarding nutrition and how it applies to your busy life; I enjoyed a lot of the info that was new to me.
Learned a lot of what I believed to be true. Recommend this as a simple quick family night of education.
I kept and have have made several of the recipes...awesome!
This was a very helpful primer in understanding nutrition.
Thanks this is an excellent curse.
Good advice to improve your eating habits!
I really got a lot out of this course, specifically because of the simple tips that were given to improve health and eating and the science behind it. I have shared this course with many friends!
i am very happy to complete this course , but unfortunately i didn't get the certificate
This lesson help us to know the basic of understanding healthy food and healthy habit of eating. It's very clear and easy to understand.
Solid info. Easy to digest!
It's a really nice course about food and how to consume healthy food instead of processed foods to maintain health and longevity. basic for people with little knowledge, but enough to make you want to start eating more healthy.
Great course content and delivery. Well-structured to provide practical insights about food and health.
It was a very clearly explain introduction to the relationship between Food and health, very practical and applicable way of estimating better eating through home cooking made fun and simple.
Should be required for everyone, even if you think you already eat healthily! Essential and up-to-date information about food and health is presented in an extremely clear and engaging manner. The quizzes are exceptional and you'll know you learned a lot when you are not only able to find the right answer, but correct the wrong answers in your head. Thank you so much for creating this course, I truly hope it helps change the world's eating behaviors and eliminates our population's chronic health crisis.
Lots of useful and practical information. Thank you.
It's a very nice course. I learn a lot thing related with how to improve my health and my eating habits.
Wonderful Course. very inspiring . Thank you Dr Maya and Paul.
The lectures are short and pragmatic, addressing the most relevant points of interest of an average person towards nutrition. Almost every of these lectures provide simple and doable advice to implement it right away, while all the information is research-based. Assessments allow you to strenghten your insights upon the information given through precise and thorough feed-back.
Too superficial, basic and short vs my expectations. It might be because high expectations or another target audience for the course, but full course content could be fit to the first week.
I loved it ,thank you. You're making our world a better place. I hope you come up with more moocs that concern about our health,fitness and lifestyle.This mooc is - without any doubts - a must.
It was really helpful for me...
Very helpful and concise.
it is very informative and interesting i really like the way you guide us thank you
Very basic course for American non-healthy food consumers. Would never call it a university course. Not useful for professionals.
This was a very informative and life changing course. I now cook more often at home and as soon as I move into my new house, I will be cooking at how on a daily basis for my entire family!
Very Great!
Understandable and useful.
I thought the course was comprehensive and gave information that I am still using months later.
This was a great course. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm positive that the information attained through this course will gratify you.
Simple, succinct and very useful information. Basics on nutrition clearly explained and very easy to understand and remember.
very good for basic information on nutrients and a great start for a healthier food choice.
Clear language, very good video stream. Good examples. Systemises the knowledge about nutritions. thank you!
perfect for a pre nutrition student, someone looking to better understand their weightloss journey, or anyone interested in knowing more about their own body.
Very Informative
Great course, thank you,Maya
This course is wonderful! Maya is a elegant lady, I like her a lot! I took her other course, too! The recipes she gave are so easy to practise! Will always love her and use all the wonderful tips in life, in everyday meal!
very important for every person to know
Short course but you will find something useful if you are not well versed in nutrition. Not sure how much you will gain if you already are.
Learned a lot and very informative and very interesting course.
Very Nice!
Nice course to get started on Food and Health
Very useful, simple and easy to follow advice. Now I understand more about how and what I should eat.
Easy course
Got a lot of this course. Upbeat, friendly and informative. Great visuals, inspiring for change. Appreciated instructor's warmth and presentation style.
I was expecting much more from a Stanford or Coursera course. Lack of scientific evidence .Processed foods have become an easy villain among many people and the idea that processed foods are dangerous to our health and the responsible for all our problems is a mistake. Very disappointing.
I really liked this course, it offers great introductory information to the subject of nutrition and encouraged me to eat healthier and care better for my health.
Very usefil course for everyday life. Highly recommended for all of you!
eyes opener for our food habit..!!
This Course is useful and practical for all the students and people would like to know the detail of food and health. Actually, after finishing this course, I have a stronger interest in food than before. If the lecturer can give us more information about this area, that would be better.
This is all information I already have in my arsenal after researching health trends and learning more about how I should eat. I was hoping for something a little more detailed.
Everyone should take this course. The language is simple and the concepts are not so in depth as to lead to confusion, but rather give a great foundation about humans' relationships with food. Educating the future generations on how to build a healthy life for themselves could really start with a course like this. Very coherent and manageable course, worth your time.
Very easy to follow. The course offers many tips you may easily apply in your everyday life.
Easy to understand and apply to daily life. Love it!
The course is very well managed and so informative from basic knowledge about foods and its nutrition then takes us a very fundamental but bold about nutrition and health. For those who does not like to read lot of books to come up with a simple and quick idea about how to have a health eating, this is a recommended one.
Amazing course. I learnt everything I wanted (and needed) to know about the basics of good nutrition. I loved how the course doesn't just give you general information but also practical tips to shop, cook and eat better. I feel that I gained knowledge but also the ability to apply this knowledge in my everyday life, which is very empowering. As a social scientist, I appreciated the effort put in addressing socioeconomic factors affecting people's diet. To me, the course was complete and thorough its its objectives, and the great quality videos were very enjoyable to watch. I could tell that there was a team of professionals who put their passion and skills behind each one of them.
Extremely informative and engaging!
this course is really helpful for people who wants to change their eating habits for the best. this course will teach you how to make first step to healthy food.
A wonderful Course
I found this course to be very easy to understand and practical. Thank you!
GREAT CLASS
very simple way of teaching for a complex course that actually makes a difference for peoples life to the better !!
This course was so amazing I will be recommending this course
Very informative. Really enjoyed lecturer.
The course should focus more in health professionals
Very interesting course! ;)I sincerely recommend it to everyone, who would like to extend the knowledge about healthy eating and how to make wise changes and choices regards to diet. Everything was explained in very simple way and the lecturer has a perfect pronunciation (might be important for non-native speakers, as I am).
Good course well presented :-)
I found the information useful, good introductory course. However, not as challenging as I had hoped.
What a pleasure this course was. Exactly what I needed.
This was soft and clear, informative and interesting course :) I enjoyed every bits of it, I SAVOR it all ;)
What a great course which helps me understand more about the correlation between nutrition and human being health. Highly recommend.
Very informative, simple, and effective!
The teacher`s pronunciation is really clear and easy to follow.And the movie makes me really relaxed and motivated me to the healthier life.This course is useful to change your view to foods.After this lesson,I became to avoid fast food restaurants and try to eat vegetables and fruits.
Very interesting.
Too easy. The biology, history and sociology of food was the part most beneficial to me. Since I am a vegan from Sweden I tend to cook food everyday. The course seems to be mostly for people born in the USA. In Sweden, there are some problems with obesity and people buying higly processed food. However, the problem seems to be more alarming in the USA. Discussing the differences between how the average person in the USA eats with how the average person in e.g. Sweden, Greece, Japan, Brazil and Ethopia eats, would, I think, make for an interesting additional lecture.
love the course... highly recommended
Very clear and well designed course. Gives a good insight and overview on food and health.
The course was really interesting and provide diverse points of view about the way how we eat. I really like the different perspectives provided by the presenters.
This MOOC is awesome!
I love the recipes she shared!
It's awesome. Helpful and re
Suitable for me, useful for my future. Thank you for a great course <3
Thank you for giving me this course. Thank you for giving me a great teacher. This course has to be one of the greatest courses I've ever been in. Like I said before, thank you. I hope you can be in my next course.THANK YOU
Great course!
Well, this course definetely has a clear message and a good purpose. However, it is very basic and coursera might not the right platform.
This course was very helpful and I have learnt a lot of different things that I can use in my day to day life.
I really liked the material form this course.
I feel delightful and happy with what I earned from the course
Short, high-level presentation about the topic. Videos and sound are of a very good quality.
This was a fantastic introduction, as the food suggests. The commitment is very minimal, and the quizes are very fair, and help to reaffirm and commit to memory what you just learned. I completed the whole course in a few short days! Will definitely be taking other courses by this instructor if possible.
Learnt lot from the course
very useful
Love it
This has ruined my life.
Maya is the best teacher ever, every time I get the chance to learn more from her, I'll do it because thanks to her I became a certified nutritionist and a better coach to my pupils and students.
I'm a student form China exactly. I thought it may be difficult for me to learn in English originally, but illustrated with the lively and vivid cartoon, the course is more efficient and thorough to understand. Anyway, thanks all who provide such a exquisite and meaningful course for us to learn about. Thanks.
The course was interesting and it helps people to get basic, but really nessesary knowledges if nutrition and healthy eating.
Very interesting and informative but a little hard to follow when eating alone.
I am glad i took this course. It is very enlightening, and would help me as a future nutrition and exercise expert. Thank you.
Useful and practical information of home cooking and healthy eating.
Very easy to understand, and excellent filming. Great job on this one!
This was a very insightful introduction course,the lecturer was kind of passionate and looked healthy herself,what gives credits to what she says,wish there will be a deeper following course
Incredibly basic- more for the average person rather than a student or professional, but it seems as though that is who the material is directed at- so not a great course if you are a professional looking to increase your knowledge, but great usable information that the average person can easily apply.
Very helpful. All videos are short, smart and positive. Thank you for the sharing. I warmly recommend !
This is a great and really inspiring course on food, nutrients to improve your health. It really inspires you to take second look and how you feed yourself and others who matter to you. Most importantly it teaches you to respect food and to see the connection to the hum
Basic but you still learn a lot ! Loved the way it was put together... Really entertaining course.
First things first, I am really glad that I 'stumbled' over this course. I got to know a lot about what to eat and how calories are not everything we ought to be looking for. After this course, I have come to know that I've been reading the nutrition labels wrongly all my life.
Great class and really love it
Very helpful, it added to my knowledge. Thank you
Very good course to learn the basics of nutrition and how it's related to health
Easy to understand, worth to learn
Wonderful course, great introduction to better eating habits and choices. I would love to see continuation to this course.
It reinforced the notions on food & health I knewIt taught me new valuable information
This was a wonderful course! I would encourage everyone to take it.
This is a sweet and short course. I loved that many of the things that I already knew from owning a Vegan restaurant and my own research were covered. I learned some of the scientific terms and bodily processes behind the common sense knowledge I had. Great course!
I learned a lot of things and information about health
Very informative. All key areas are covered.
thank you I had finished 2 nutrition courses by Maya Adam .and I wish to Diploma in Nutrition by Maya
Very interesting!!!!!
Very insightful course. I think every one should take this course regardless of whether the are interested in nutritional science or not.
Loved the course! Excellent content that could have long term health benefits when implemented. The videos were well done and the information presented was clear and interesting. Thank you!
What every adult should know but currently doesn't. Simple clear guidelines that follow common sense and science.
very interesting and useful
really informative, nice interface with the lecturer and nice co-lecturing by the second lecturer
It is quite good course for beginners and for everyone, who want to check out their knowledge and thoughts about nutrition vs. real food.
This is a great course for someone who is just getting into the whole healthy eating thing. As someone who is familiar with Michael Pollan, (I'm a huge fan!), I didn't hear too many new things. Nevertheless, the course has a fantastic flow, it's a pleasure to listen to, and even though most of the things I was already familiar with, the course is so beautifully designed that it was great going through it again and again. Thank you Stanford University, I wish you had more courses like this, just with a bit higher level of difficulty. All the best, and good luck to the future students!
I have learned a lot and I would like to say thank you very much!
Brilliant introduction to healthy eating and lifestyle
This has been quite an interesting course for me. I have had an interest in health and nutrition for quite some years. This was for me basically a refresher. This course was really good for that as it was complete and compact. All the info needed to learn in 4 lessons that were easy to follow. Highly recommended.
A great introduction to a healthy lifestyle, very useful to be aware about our daily food consume and how this can change our health and wellness.It does not go very deep into many topics but was entertaining and very well explained.
Very Informational!
It feels great to learn about healthy eating and having a great meal without incorporating any processed foods.
A nice introduction to eating a healthy and balanced diet. Brings to light quite a few things we have been doing wrong and highlights easy ways to correct those habits.
I liked this course, I lerned so much
Great!!!
I loved it! Everything was so easily explained and it just motivates you to change your life haha:)
Very basic so makes for a good introduction. Very informative and enjoyable to watch, concise lectures. I strongly believe every person should have this knowledge!
Learned some new stuff and it brought back joy and a new passion for food and cooking. Thank you! :)
Just completed Week 1, it's so great that it is possible, to gain good information about Food and Health, for free, so I really learn to make good choices.
Easy and well-structured course for those who want to begin exploring how food affects our health and what and how to eat to live a longer and happier life. Those who are already interested in the topic might find the course very basic. Most of examples are about so called Western diet and American eating habits so it might be less relevant for some other countries.
excellent teacher very accurate. Now i have so many ideas
I didn't come away from this course with a ton of technical knowledge or a complete understanding of nutrition, but I'm pretty sure the point of this course was to teach a simple set of guidelines to eat healthier and navigate today's environment regarding food. And it did that just fine.
A wonderful and informative course! Learned a lot about the dangers and benefits of food. Made sure to cook at home very much more useful. Learned how to buy groceries at the supermarket, and liked the recipes!
Wonderfull, very thanks
Very insightful and informative.
Loved it! Waiting for a part two, three, etc.
One of the best courses online! very informative, engaging , and useful
It's great for basic information, but it is very common sense, a little bit of more in depth information could be added
A great course to establish a fundamental understanding of positive nutrition as well as integral steps that can be taken and implemented everyday to start a meanginfu
I loved this class! It was so interesting and a great overview of food and nutrition. I especially enjoyed watching the videos and having the recipes at the end. I am so excited to incorporate the information I gained into my cooking and everyday life!
This course provided me with some vital knowledge about health and nutrition, however, I consider it to be very short and rather shallow. The issues would require more coverage, than, with some weeks, 15 minutes for the whole week. Another issue is the tests. 50 % margin for passing the exam seems too easy. The videos have great graphics and the issues are well explained. Overaly 3/4 stars.
Solid information to educate everyone about food and health to keep up the fight against highly processed foods imposed by economic interests instead of well being. We all can if we all care and spread the word.
Very basic knowledge
Before i began this course, I have been studying food and nutrition since i was 13 years old. this course has helped me so much, The quantities and what foods to start a meal with, it has made my life a lot simpler. For those interested in food and health this is a great course.
Great ! Thank you !
It was a very helpful course, giving an insight about our routine when it comes to food and health. It gives an understanding of how to take care of ourselves in the best way possible, and how easily we are fooled by media and the society to ruin our health in the long run. It is more essential than we think, to maintain a proper diet, so thank you for this.
Well spoken, perfect quality, easy to understand and very useful! That's how courses should be done!
a best course gained a good knowledge
This course is a very easy-to-follow instruction of how to choose food and eat healthy!
Very useful and easy to follow.
Very basic
Good introduction to everything, but it is all very basic knowledge.
Nice and inspiring!
little accurate data, little useful. But for newers in science of healthy food course will be easy and helpful
I enjoyed the course but quite frankly, it was very basic.
It was a bit short but very concise and full of helpful information. I hope to find and enroll in a similar course past this introduction course.
This course is really useful. I'm able to know what kind of thing I should do in my daily life and what to have even if I'm very busy.
get a lot of information about the food and the health
Very insightful and well structured. The information in this course is presented in a way that allows for great detail to be given, while remaining simple to understand.
A great course. Gives helpful information on how to eat right, what is a healthy diet and how to manage healthy food intake.Simple and informative.
Not a very high volume of material.
This class helped me gain a perspective about what a healthy/nutritional diet is supposed to be like. Thank you for teaching this class Maya!
There very few things today that can set you mind apart and take your soul to full realization of an actual truth.The topic and approach, but more than that, the clear personal commitment of Doctor Maya Adam, make this course an impactful experience and a real catalyst for change in your life, i felt it, and i want to live now by this value.I want health for me and for my family specially my children, and i want to live long for them.Thanks Maya
Awesome this was the best in a long time for me!
Great experience! This course is really well structured. It have short but very objective lessons with really good take home messages. Easy to understand, and no time consuming. Congratulations to the organizers, specially to Maya Adams. I recommend this course to every one.
Easy to understand and navigate and know where I was in the course and I learned more than I had previously known about nutrition which I thought was helpful. Thank you for the opportunity to take this class :)
Great introduction to nutrition and healthy eating. Videos are simple and very easy to understand for someone with little to no knowledge of this topic - recommended 100% - thank you!
very insightful....
Very good work! I really recommend this course to who care about their health.
Overall good course, but maybe too easy
A very useful course that I recommend to anyone who would like to have a healthier lifestyle.
Very inspirational and easy to follow.
It had very basic information but interesting and I liked how the subject was explained.
Simple but informational.
This course is very enjoyable and interesting if u want to know about nutrition, as well as inspiring for cooking. I highly recommend it... and want more :)
Relatively short but packed full of interesting and useful information (information-dense if you will)
Very simple and concret course!
It did teach me all I need to know about food :)
A very good course recommended for health personnel and lay person ;-) Learnt a lot especially about healthy home cooking recipes
nicely made, but too basic
Extremely interesting course. I feel the material and videos were very easy to absorb and understand. I certainly would recommend this to anyone with an interest in food and how it affects our health.
awesome class, very well done and super helpful
Interesting course. I really enjoy it. Thank you for all the information.
The course really changed my life .. i highly recommend
It's not a challenging course, but it is very informal at the same time. The interviews with the journalist throughout the course were my favorite parts because David was very detailed when it came to explaining how important food is a whole, compared to focusing just on nutrition individually. It's an introductory course, so I expected it to be an easy pass. Just take simple notes along the way, and you will pass the quizzes with no problem.Thanks Coursera and Stanford!
The course is short but very helpful.
Interesting useful
Very education, but short. I'd love to see more. Thank you for the recipes in week 5!
Thank you very much! It has been a very enriching experience for me.
Good for healthy living
A compact, to-the-point and well organised course for the basics
This course was great for an introductory course to food and health because it emphasized getting back to the basics of real food and cooking simply. It lost a star because I felt like there were certain topics that needed a more in depth and less cursory approach. They were almost dismissive at times for the sake of "keeping it simple" whereas a simple suggestion about washing produce to remove pesticides could've been helpful.
The course is a bit too basic, I expected to get deeper information about healthy eating than this course suggests. Thank you
So glad I took this course! I loved how easy it was to follow along!
It was amazing. This course s very enjoyable and interesting if u want to know about nutrition.
I am disappointed, from a place like Stanford I was expecting a real course in nutrition.This course doesn't teach anything. It's a mere half an hour a week of advice we should all already know, if we are interested in nutrition.I am quitting this course, unfortunately it's a waste of time.
Very kind voice and great content!
I am in love with this course. I want more!
Great Course for healthy food practices!
It was a great course where I've got a lot of knowledge!
The course was so awesome ! Got to learn may insights on Nutrition and health.
Great information in an easily understandable format! Highly recommended
I really enjoy this course, it helped me to understand how to stay healthy.Thank very much for making this course and I am willing to share it with others (:
This course was enjoyable and I learned a lot about eating healthier. It made me look at food differently, and gave me hope that I can choose foods that are delicious and healthier for my family. Thank you so very much!!
I took this course because I want my family and I to be more healthy. There is a lot of great information, which has helped me to make better lifestyle changes.
Very Helpful! Thank you
Really basic info that most foodies will already know. I liked the cooking demos but I am vegan, gluten-free and eat mostly organic already.
great course, wish there were more like it
I really enjoy the course although I've only been through Week 1. The video lessons are interesting and full of useful information. They use a very easy to understand language so I can recommend the course to everyone who likes to improve their understanding on the topic.
This has been an excellent Course. The content itself is very clear and gives you an enormous background about food and eating habits, although is focused mostly in the western diet in USA I think that at least in America continent an other parts of the globe eating habits are similar, Public health is a great concern and I think that in this way we should change completely our habits and stop eating processed food. Congrats Stanford University more courses like this one.
This was an easy course and I found the information very helpful in making you aware of processed food. I think it could have been a bit richer by exploring some other areas of health and food. I felt like the main focus was on processed food. The good thing though I learnt so much about processed food and I'm making every effort to cut it and eventually eliminat it from my diet.
Very informative course, which has encouraged me to research the topic further and to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Based on my research, however, I believe a mistake might have been made. According to the instructional material, the only group of essential fatty acids is omega-3. Based on my research, however, essential fatty acids include ALA, an omega-3 fatty acid, and LA, which is an omega-6 fatty acid.
I thank for system of knowledge which you invented, this simple format will allow ordinary people to understand food. Now each who completed a course will be more healthy and conscious.
Thanks so much for this course. It is really helpful.Good Luck with your future Courses.
After taking this course, I know what the Nutrition Facts of food means and what type of food is good for health.
Incredible, informative and clearly designed course!Thank you.
The topics discussed into this course are really interesting. The videos give some perspective at the time of taking care of our own health and eating habits.The only problem I see, is the shortness of the course and the videos. The topics don't go beyond the surface and there is a lack of: details, examples, and comparisons between healthy diets and harmful ones.
Quite good for those in need of heathy living basics
is a basic course but is a introduction i learn a lot wish it have more the teacher is easy to understand
Great beginner course to kickstart knowledge to start a healthy eating lifestyle!
A must for current outrageous lifestyle and eating habits. Informative!
Short and concise. The course strongly aims for USA residents who eat too much. If you are that person, this course is perfect. As someone from another country without health problems, there was not much here. I was hoping to learn more about food and how to optimize my diet so as to increase energy, improve mood, increase life-expectancy, and reduce chances for depression. I found nothing about that. But it's not so bad because the course took me less than 3 hours and I still picked up a few things :).
A really comprehensive and complete course to a "back to basics" on our essential needs ! :)
Excellent course. Maya adam is a wonderful teacher ,she teaches and makes the teaching and understanding different aspects of nutrition such an easy task.
its very helpful
I think that course is so useful ,, it helps me understand more about food ..the most thing i like about it is the great videos form as it gives me info in an interesting way avoid learners to get bored and frustrated with the info ,, it goes easy and smoothly so 5 rated ..
Highly informative and educating course.Sushma Batra
Very informative. Examples that were shown helped me.I will definitely review the class again because there are many attachments of interest.
Great course. Everyone should participate to improve one's quality of life.Ernest
Amazing.... Learning Is Too Much Here....
Everyone should now these fundamentals.
This is an excellent course. Very precise and very informative. This course has changes my way of looking at food. I now treat food as "FOOD" comprising taste, health and nutrition.
Like it , a changing life course
i like this course very much.
a very interesting AND HELPFUL COURSE FOR EVERYONE
Starts off informative and then becomes very basic. It felt like it was more for informing families struggling with nutrition than for informative education on health and food.The interview with Michael Pollan that was woven in to each lesson were the main reason to finish the course.
Interesting topic and very good informationNot enough content (my opinion)Tests where way to easy, I could take them all without first watching the videos, and my grade ist above 90%. The questions are (espacially in Week 3 and 4) easy to solve with logic and a basic intelligence. Please work on making it harder! :)
Good course. It would be nice to have 1 or 2 healthy meal recipes at the end of the course as an example. I like that I can work on the course as I have time. The only downside is posting comments for each chapter because it is not an active discussion.
Everything I learned or relearned fit with my knowledge of food and food systems with one glaring exception: I am a strong supporter of organic standards and regenerative agriculture. Therefore, I would be unable to recommend vegetables and fruits regardless of their pesticide residue.
Amazing course! Learned tons that I didn't know about sugar, fat, and carbs. Thank you, professor!!
Hi thereThis course is very useful for basic learners and very useful to everyone irrespective subjects!!Thank you
Informative and thought provoking.
This is a very basic course on food and nutrition. I would consider the majority of the content to be common sense. I would not recommend it if you already have an interest or general knowledge of nu
I liked this course, it explained the basics about the healthy food and what are the best choices. It is really helpful for people who don't know about the topic and want to learn how to start to make changes for healthy foods.
absolutely wonderful course, the concept of home cooking and sharing the cooking work among family members is fantabulous.
Absolutely fantastic and clear, I strongly recommend this course!
Enjoyed it tons, really straight forward, easy to follow and common sense! Highly recommend it if you want to understand how your eating habits influence your health and how small changes can make big impact in your future well being.
Good introducing regarding healthy eating and the dangers of highly processed food. I recommend this course for everyone interested in these topics!
The videos were interesting and the lecturer captivating. Overall an excellent course and finally the first course that I have been motivated enough to finish!
It is useful for our health and can practice English.Thank you very much.
I strongly recommend. If you don't have any knowledge about food - this course is for you. However, if you know some basic stuff you won't learn anything new, but still it is good reminder and very strucured. It is very short, could be completed in about an hour and a half. What I didn't like during the lectures - Maya (the lector) was not talking with her normal voice, but kind of slow and unnatural, which for me was extremely anoying. At the end, when she is showing some recepies it is so much better.
Very instructional learning course, I have actually started eating healthier.
this is the most beautiful thing i have ever experienced about food and healthBefore this introductory course i had almost total dislike to the theme because of the incredibly high percent of low-quality sources - both human and media - both in informational (logical) and emotional (presentational) parts.Some highlights:0: It is a Scientific approach1. It considers sustainable goals2. It considers transitions to the goals - very important part which is often omitted3. It is does not confront with other models (like vegetarian) - this is the first sign of science (but not otherwise: a lot of people have this way of thinking: "science - corporations - just for money - bad for health" - it is obviously logically incorrect way of thinking but wide-spread)4. It suggest improvements for any income5. It considers emotional aspects of the solution (this disproves another wide-spread logical error in the area: "science in food - just nutrients - no emotions". For those who is trying to do the critical thinking this error is obvious as well - science is about objective knowledge about the real world - and there is enormous science knowledge about areas which study emotions, in this course the knowledge is gracefully used to transfer the information and construct sustainable goals and transitions).6. To have a bit of emotions in the last point: it is a very harmonious base knowledge about food and health.
I'm beginning to take courses on Coursera. This is a four week course but can easily be done in one setting. Great information and material that can be used for a long time.Easy to follow. I'm going to try some of the recipes that were mentioned! And it's FREE!
Absolutely fantastic course! Thanks!
Week 5 is the most interesting. Thank you for the course!
簡潔易懂，可以分兩天修完，多吃食材而不是食品Loud and clear, can be finish within two daysEat food without processed is better
Very clear and informative introduction course to healthy eating. Truly motivating and reasonable approaches to start a better diet!
great course, would love a certificate!
thank you so much MAYA i've learned alot
I'd learned more since I check Harvard Health Blog so often.
basic but interesting
Good quality introductory course
very informative . I liked it .it will improve my life style and my patients too as a health care provider
Very helpful information for those who are trying to make healthy changes in their life.
It was a great course that teaches you how to eat, how to cook and how to eat well. I've been always interested in the relation between food and life, and this helps me to have deeper interested in the subject.
The course provides with usefull, basic knowledge about healthy food. The video in the courcse is interesting and motivating. I think the course would be enteresting for all healthy consious people.
very informative
Good introduction! I wish it was deeper though
A great way of getting started into simple healthy eating!
Easy to understand
Very informative.
I loved this course. I useful and practical. The explanation from both the speakers and graphs is clear. Learned a lot. Thanks!Encourage to have more such courses.
it's good and important to learn the knowledge from the course to maintain my health. I already changed my eating habit after the course. Thanks!
Fantastic information. I am a nurse and a lot has changed since I took nutrition. Great easy class if you are looking to update yourself or wanting to eat healtier. This is not about a diet, it's about nutrition.
I loved the videos of the course. It makes learning so accessible. I'm now onto course number 3!
Enjoyable and refreshing! I wanted a brush up and this was perfect.
I really enjoyed this course.The explanations were very clear, she caught up my attention and I also love the book: "Food, Love, family". I absolutely recommend everybody in this course to get it.As a testimony, my life has totally changed, I started love cooking, I enjoyed trying new foods, and I want to make a better world by education in nutrition and the need for all parents in the planet to know more about how can they love their family better by eating healthy, fresh and homemade food together.Thank you, Maya.Cheers from Zacatecas, Mexico.
Each of Dr. Adam's lectures are short but very thorough. The visual aids in video lectures are very simple and effective. This class is the perfect intro to food and health. The material overall is very simplistic, but people wanting to learn about the intricacies of nutrition will find this class establishes a wonderful foundation.
Highly informative and clears many misconceptions about food.Bottom line of the course: "Avoid processed foods"
Worth not just learning , but apllying in day to day life!
Basic informations about nutrition, but very useful. And things that you are not usually thinking when you go shopping food. Great!
Easy to learn, yet really helpful
I learned a lot from this course!
This was a great course in learning more about how and why we eat the way we do. I enjoyed the detailed information I learned, and highly recommend this class.
Great Course!
excellent course. I love the recipes and cannot wait to make them for ny Family.
This is ok if you know absolutely nothing about nutrition. Otherwise, it's basically information I'd expect to be relayed to kindergarteners.
Great Course and very informative
simple and nice-designed course, i enjoyed it very much, thank u~
Very informational! I base my healthy diet off everything I've learned.
It was really short, but has very good information.
This course should be longer and more in depth. However, I did find the readings quite useful and intriguing.
good stuff, but a bit preachy
It's totally an amazing course!! I'd like to recommend it to my friends definitely!
Straightforward and easygoing!
Great course. Teaches you the best of things about health and nutrition. I'm thinking I'm going to start changing the way I eat in order to get healthy and be pain and disease free.
Simple and clear way to approach food, but it would be great if we could add more nutritional science and physiology based info
Very helpful Thank you.
Good for general knowledge about healthy di
great introduction to food and nutrition knowledge for non-science background learners.
Good content but extremely basic
Excellent course that serves as a great intro and refresher for food and health.
wonderful course
I really enjoyed the first two weeks. It was all stuff I kinda already knew but was presented very concisely in a way that was easy to understand.The second two weeks weren't so useful and I completed them very quickly but I can see how someone who isn't too confident with cooking at home could benefit from them.Overall, a very interesting course that tackles an incredibly important subject in a succinct way. This kind of food education should be compulsory for everyone.
meaningful wonderful ！！！！
i enjoyed this course its very benefiting , i didn't fee like i was taking a course , more like taking tips from someone who cares so much about me
it's amazing course ever . I like it
Thank you, it was very intresting
This course really helped me to be aware of packaged foods which are highly processed,thus less nutritious contributing to obesity and diabetics.It was very detailed which also put a lot of emphasis about the need to be health conscious.I really appreciate it and became more knowledgeable about food.Thank you a lot.
Very interesting course with solid information on why and how we should be eating better than what we currently do.
Amazing and excellent course ! Well done!This course is a great introduction into the up-to-date topics of food, nutrition and health!It is very informative, helpful, enlightening with clear explanations and demonstrations!
Very informative and easily accessible
Informative & easy to understand.
it was very helpful
Great course! Thank you so much!
Good & easy learning....liked it.
very informative!!! i learned a lot!!
Amazing course
Fantastic content!. Prof Maya condenses healthy eating into concrete and simple item sets -1.What food items to eat and what to avoid2. Where to find them in the Supermarket, how to read the nutrition labels on packaged food3. Healthy cooking with minimal ingredients4. Awesome recipes for healthy dishes
Great and helpful!
Amazing course! It's a great tool to help people choose better foods to eat!This course can also help people have a better life! Thank you for the opportunity!
This course helps a person individually and also help them to promote health and well being of the society. It also develops entrepreneurial ideas in the new field of organic farming.
Short, easy to watch videos fulled with high quality content and good ideias to incorporate healthy habbits in our daily life.
Covers the basics and must know well . All though it's for Western particularly American audience however it has many generic facts too . It was very helpful and has convinced me enough to have a good diet
Concise, informative, and well-done!
pretty good
Useful recommendation which can be used in everyday life and its quite easy explained.
These were valuable information not taught in med school! Thumbs up!
Very useful course! Recommend everyone who focused on healthy lifestyle to attend!
Excellent course loved the info and the way it was presented. Quick to the point and on par. I wouldn't mind seeing a little more info on seafood and fish in general I've read a few studies and as far as i can tell at this point in the game we've poisoned our oceans tremendously and theres been scientific studies that have found large quantities of highly toxic chemicals in the fish's blood and meat. so thats about the only thing id like to see is going a little deeper into the actual health risks associated with the damage humans have caused to the food we eat from the oceans to GMO's. These seem like hot topics in todays day and age. But like i said i really enjoyed the course and look forward to taking additional courses on nutrition and food prep.
insightful introduction to health and nutrition.
Clear explanation and demonstration and thank you for the recipes!
very helpful！！
Great introduction to how to live a healthy life within the constraints of your daily work life.
I find this course very enlightening and helpful.
Basic but very important!
Very interesting and enjoyable, I think the mix between information about food and recipes for healthy food is a good one. I do think that for example adding recipes to lectures about certain types of food would make it an even better combination. For people living outside the US, the information about healthy diets might seem a bit US centered.
It's free and would serve many to be passed through at least 10-20 mins per few days. Good info.
I expected little more in terms of how to structure food habits and diets
Very good and interesting course!
very concise and informative class. And also the first and only class I actually completed since I started using online course ware like 3 years ago. Worth your time!
The very first lesson implies that sufficient quantities of micronutrients can't be obtained from a diet high in animal-based proteins and fats. In reality, organ meats and egg yolks are higher in micronutrients than many fruits and vegetables, and only small amounts of dark-colored veggies and fruits are required to balance a diet that already contains a variety of meats (as far as both species and cut). The body is also better able to synthesize glucose (or utilize ketones instead of glucose to fuel cell function) than to synthesize amino acids, which are more easily obtained in the correct amounts from animal sources. Plant-based diets work for some people, but if blood sugar levels, chronic inflammation and/or amino acid intake are issues that an individual needs to take into careful consideration, a high-fat, low-carb, diet with a variety of animal products is more likely to meet their needs.
i have some information i dont before know what it means so i am very happey to got this course
Simplicity and good piece knowledge about fundamentals of food and related habits throughout the course keeps the person bound with the course.
I seriously loved this course!! Good information, excellent teacher!!! I just wish you could get a certificate for this class. Would recommend to anyone!
I wish you add Spanish subtitles, is the second most important language and there is a huge obesity issue in south America.
Very simple and understandable chunks of information, charming and inspirational instructor, fascinating and colorful video... It would be great to enroll in advanced course :)
Very easy to understand, and gives you the most important aspects of nutrition. The focus of the course is for the student to understand how to make a balanced diet part of their lifestyle, and not rely on fad diets for short periods of time.
very nice course :-) Enjoyed it.
What a wonderful introduction to food and health, simplified so well! I thoroughly enjoyed this course, as it presents the information with clear examples and helps us become more informed consumers for our own, as well as the environment's, benefits.
I loved it! The format was excellent, the information was well presented -and useful- and I really liked that the recipes at the end were actually taught, and then we could have the printed version.The only thing I didn't like was that it seemed too short :-)I look forward to the next class!Marcela
Knowledgeableble information covered under the topic.
A great course for people who are unsure if they are really eating healthy. A plus are the really simple simple but delicious recepies at the end of the course.
Well paced, easy to follow, and very enlightening.
Maya made it look so easy that I completed the whole course in 2-3 hours. I now have an understanding of where I am going wrong with my eating habits. I am not confused about what to eat and how much to eat anymore! I guess I will start cooking more often as well!
Amazing course that is useful for everyone! I learned a lot. Thank you!
It's a good course, I wished it was a paid course with a certification (a diploma) with more number of lectures that one can study in his or her part time upto one year. Dr Maya, your teaching style is excellent.
Interesting, but not so much new things to know when you've already learned about healthy food. It's ok.It's quite hard because of the english language. :(
Learned a lot of the history of food and procedures it goes through to come to our table. This course helped me start making healthier decisions day to day.
Great introduction for food and nutrition for adults! It may be too basic for some of us aka those who are in health and fitness field, but it is super useful for layman. I am going to get my helper to study this also.
Interesting and engaging. My only con is that a few pieces of the information was out-of-date.
it is VERY basic course suitable for people who really struggling to find their way to healthy food and even to its determination. Basic recipes are giving for home cooking. BEAUTIFUL illustrations along the course as well. BUT I hoped to find more scientific information about nutrition and suggestion which products might cause specific diseases. Would be also nice to have lectures from scientific point of view like: why it is unhealthy to eat before going to bad, which products digest slower etc.
Great course!
Super interesting, but it is a very basic introduction to nutrition. Only the first or second lessons have information about nutrients and how they are different from each other. The other sections you could've gotten from a Michael Pollan book, or one of his documentaries. Nevertheless, very engaging, visually and verbally, and ideal for someone who is getting started on nutrition.
This really is such an insightful course.
I was hoping for something a little more scientific and a little less home-ec-y.
Very Easy to understand with sound advice on health and nutrition.
Typically aimed at the US lifestyle
This course is extremely well made! I am enjoying it very much! I'm personally using it for a review of nutritional principles and basics and this course is FILLED with wonderfully clear and visually captivating video lectures cut into shorter 4-5 minute lectures! This course is probably meant to be taken over a months time, but It's SO Captivating that I can't get enough and be through it in a few days at most! Thank you for putting this course online for everyone to take, learn and enjoy! I'm going to recommend it to my whole online nutrition course at my university for an excellent review of basic and key nutritional concepts! It will certainly leave a lasting impression on my further nutritional studies.
very simple to understand, clear and direct information is delivered
very helpful....already started adjusting our food choices!
It is great course what helps you to improve your health!Eat food.Not so much. Mostly plant)))
Excellent course & instruction! I thought I knew it all regarding food and health (haha), but no, I did not. I learned so much valuable information and tools needed to rethink and assess how I shop for food, and my relationship with food. I will definitely recommend this course to my friends and family.Thanks, Stanford. I really enjoy your courses!
Very good course!!
I think pointing out loopholes in food industry is a big plus! This is ACTUALLY educating people.
This course is less demanding than I expected/hoped, but nevertheless the content and its delivery was top-notch. The lectures present material in a clear and natural way. Course content is immediately and easily applied to daily life. The video production is the among the best I've seen in online education. Not groundbreaking, but immensely helpful to those unfamiliar with this material. Definitely worth your time.
It is so useful.Especially the professor will teach you how to cook and I felt so hunger when I was watching.
great course
Very good content! Easy to understand and very practical ! Loved it
very good thank you
Informative and practical. Mixes lectures with real life examples (from the professor's personal life) to validate content.
Fun, quick and easy course that had useful information for beginners and those with more experience alike. Don't expect to learn a lot about the physiology and chemical science of food, but has some great useful information for anyone looking to make healthier choices in their everyday li
This was a very baseline introduction and basically a summary of Pollan's books and ideology. The positive is that is was very accessible in time and presentation however provides little insight to ins
THIS IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND VERY WORTHY TO LEARN! AND VERY USEFUL FOR DAILY LIFE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS CLASS. i WILL BE HEALTHIER PERSON,
Very useful course for newcomers to nutrition!
Interesting course, talked about the food we eat and how to have a balanced diet.
Easy to understand and do learned something in the courses.
good overall conversation about food
A little too easy
Great content!
Great for an introductory class on food and health
Very useful cours. Thank you very much! :)
It’s a very nice course, simple and clear to learn about the benefits of eating healthy but also about the reasons, using some statistics and advise but keeping simple and entertaining.
Very educational and fun way to learn. Instructor was very good at explaining key concepts and I especially enjoyed the new recipes I learned during the cooking seminar.
It's brief but quite informative. It organizes its content in a way that's both educative and entertaining at the same time. love Maya's style.
I enjoyed this course! Very informative and very educative
Brilliant, enjoyable to watch, informative, interesting and practical. WELL DONE!
A very interesting and practical approach to our daily healthy diet. Refreshed some of my ideas about food. especially the last chapter " moderate eating" made me realize I do have over eat problem. ask yourself " are you still hungry " instead of " are you full"
Very easy to understand for a person with very little knowledge about nutrition. It provides the basic information and also a start for those who want to start learning about eating healthy.
great! thanks!
Well developed and useful.
it was not too difficult for me who is non-native English speaker to understand what they teach and tell me. In addition, thinking about health is a really important topic in our lives. I am glad to take this course. thank you.
It is a very basic course, very useful for general public. But if your specialization is nutrition or public health, this course is way too easy and does not have enough info.
Very clear and well explained, but a little too basic.
Fairly well designed course and quizzes
I now feel that when I go grocery shopping that I can make informed decisions on what to purchase so that I can live a healthier life style. I greatly enjoyed the class and the bonus recipe at the end is very nice. Thank you.
A lovely intro class. Although I feel I knew most of the information presented, it came packaged differently. This was a much needed update, thank you!
Great course, It is very informative and fun to learn. I love the fact that I can watch the videos on-the-go. And I learned a lot about food and eating. Great job! Thanks!!
Very basic course with lots of common sense. But could be good for someone who never thought about their diet before.
Really useful and practical. Helps with your knowledge about your own health and it's very indicated to people who want to start a new life style with healthy food. I truly liked.
simple, easy to follow, for everyone. Not really a "course" per se. Not many real nutrition "courses" on Coursera. :(
Good advice, well packaged, enjoyable.
This class was awesome, I wish there would have been more reading though. Videos get boring eventually and I like to research further and be able to look at the words rather than just hear them.
Very helpful and easy to understand.
If you are looking for advice on how to live a healthier life I believe this might be a great course for you. However, if you are looking for depth in the nutritional science this course will be unfulfilling. I stopped after the 3rd week of lessons because this course did not contain the scientific information I was hoping for.
Love it!!! Very educative and well resourced.
Amazing, easy to follow, valuable information!!!
Hate the music. And that permanent fake smile and constant nodding. Those are cheap brainwashing techniques which target human cognitive abilities and subconscious to make their words sound more deep and convincing.You often can see such brainwashing tricks in commercials and advertisements which try to elevate some concept or idea but lack any information or facts to back it up. And it is very weird to see same tricks used in this set of lectures, because these ones actually do have a lot of facts and information and arguments behind them.The whole course is basically just blaberring about vegetables. Almost no new or useful information for me.
I really like this course. For me, it was a good introduction to know how to eat properly and how I should combine my food. The way Maya teach is clear and close, and you can understand and assimilate easily the concepts. Also, the videos of the last lesson are very helpful.
wonderful info. thank you
I loved this course.
Very practical and applicable information. Great quality in the videos.
It's really an introduction, but in spite of it I've found some new and valuable information in the course. I recommend it.
Very informative and simple. I love all the recipes and I can't wait to try all of them.
Great introductory course. I especially enjoyed the interviews with Michael Pollan.
Very informative beginner course for anyone looking to learn more about Food/Health. I recommend everyone have the basic knowledge this course offers.
Great material, great insights and well-built tests.
I recommend widely this course, it reaches very important information about our western diet and how can we improve it to a healthy diet. As a Physician I got important tips for my patients, most of them have metabolic syndrom; and obviously I want to apply this information to me and to my family health.
If you no nothing about this topic, lectures are very good.
Highly recommended course!
Very informative, short, and well worth the time invested.
Not about the actual effect of food on your health, it's just a cookbook.
In the beginning it feels like a course, but from week three on it feels more like a conversation about food. It is more suitable for people with very little background n food science and nutrition, aiming to get some knowl on these fields. But the views are quite one sided and necessarily true when it comes to the understanding of the food chain. Of course, many of their opinions are valid, but I wouldn´t accept those views as solid rock statements because they are not.In any case, I recomend the course for people with obesity problems and those who are too lazy to think about the importance of home cooking.The quality of the videos is outstanding! Congratulations!
Great information. To the point
Short and sweet intro!!
I really enjoyed this course - the recipes at the end are very nice, even though, gluten free is rather unnecessary, as only a very (very) small group of people actually need gluten free diets. But I liked the other content of the course very much.Thanks for explaining and sharing.
Very informative and insightful. Great flexibility of doing it at your own pace.
Great course on nutrition.It highlights the key concepts and gives a good knowledge of the food industry. It also enables us to understand the major problems related to food & health as well as how to tackle them.
Excellent food and health information. I learned a great deal, very impressive.
Short and very informative. Such a practical way to a sustainable healthy lifestyle
The course was really illustrative and full of information, it has clearly answered all my doubts. The presenter is great and the interview with Pollan is totally inspiring. Loved it.
Utterly disappointing. I hoped for a fact-based education on current scientific thinking in nutrition. Instead, this course consists of a couple of people's opinions on eating, without cited evidence, presented in a feel-good documentary-lite format with good camerawork and cute children. This is a high school public service announcement, not a university course; not what I'd expect from Stanford or Coursera.
Good "basics" course. Great for beginners and reminders!I was hoping for something more advanced & was a bit disappointed. I am probably more knowledgeable than most however. The statement made regarding "eating fruits & veggies regardless of whether they have pesticides or not" was a bit tough for me as I became ill in part due to pesticides and still am. I might always be. I understand eating veggies in place of other foods (i. e. - processed foods) as I eat very little meat anymore. But coming from Stanford and someone as educated as he is, that was shocking. It makes me wonder who funded this course.
Really simple and to the point course. Learned a lot from this, really thank you to people at stanford for putting this together.
This course literally changed my life. I have been trying to cook healthy meals, and actually have certain ingredients I always have, like lemons, onions, olive oil, and several others. I took this course at a perfect time, where it really helped me move more toward plant-based meals. Thank you.
A short important course for life.
very good.I love u
Excellent information!
Wonderfully simple and sensible take on how our food relates to our health. Well produced.
Good introductory course covering a wide range of concepts. I particularly liked the lecturer - good tone and pace.
Good introduction to the food and very easy to understand
It was filled with a lot of interesting, pertinent information but I did feel that there was not enough variety in terms of interviews and I do wish that she had delved more into some of the topics. I understand it was an overview but I often felt that it was very brief.
Great, enjoyable, easy to follow and understand, and really practical knowledge! Thank you
It's a great short course! It changed my wrong eating concepts. I will eat more vegetables and fruits instead of highly processed food.
Informational and easy to follow! Thank you!
I really enjoy taking courses on this site. Very helpful and educational.
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This was my first course, and I hope all future courses are exactly like this one! Maya has such a nice way of talking. The videos were easy to understand, without compromising substance. I also enjoyed the overall high-quality of the course. My only complaint is that some of the topics seemed a little bit irrelevant, such as the case study of a middle-aged, pre-diabetic man. I feel like that video should've been shortened by sevety-five percent and tacked onto the end of another video as an example.
Greate course thanks for share this all knowledge
This course was really very enlightening and interesting.
This course is very helpful for me and for everyone who want to have a healthy lifestyle.
Very interesting, useful
Interesting course, with a very popular guest: Michael Pollan (Netflix, Cooked) A perfect - more scientific underlining of the documentation "Cooked".
its a very good start when you doesn't know nothing about the food or habits
It's great!
nice intro for people lacking basic nutrition knowledge.
I like the course very much! and I like Maya and her recipes!
amazing course which can change the way in which people eat
Its good. It will motivate a person to have healthy diet :)
It is very basic and the principles are for a third-grader. After all the things said, at the end the first video was about pancakes (nvm they were gluten free)
good overview of the basics for people who want to improve their health (and don't realize that the standard American diet is making them sick).
A fantastic course that delights as it teaches!
Nice, easy to understand
EXCELLENT!!! In my humble opinion, this course has what it takes to learn about nutrition, nutrition talk is very interesting
The course is great for beginners in nutrition, it helps dissolve a lot of the misinformation in the food industry today and can help change our eating habits with some helpful tips and lessons. A follow-up course would be needed to really expand and touch upon the many subjects this course introduces us to.
Good introduction course
I loved it, i justed wanted to learn more and more with every video
Excellent, I really enjoyed all about the course, mainly the recipes. Thank you so much
It is a basic course about food and health. You could learn the most important issues about food and our habits. You can learn easy tips about how to bu
Brilliant!
Very good introduction to a more healthy life style.
A good basic review of healthy eating habits.
very nice studying for my life!
It was really a very rewarding course ! Thank you !
I wish there is a continuation
Very Informative!
Many culture have different diet.But we all are supposed to consume more real food.And the moderation of labels is very helpful.Hope everyone can master the art of moderation.
Simple and informative.
Very engaging. Well presented and friendly. I would recommend this to high school students and really anyone who wants a basic primer on eating healthier.
Thanks for this amazing class!Since I started taking this class I have cooked more at home just because this class has helped me to understand that is not difficult. Thanks for his AWESOME class
Easy to follow. A great deal of information in a short period of time! Excellent.
I really liked the course. It presents simple and yet very good and applicable principles that I'm trying to apply in me everyday meals. Thank you!
A very systematic course indeed. Extremely simple to understand .
Very good Course for better understanding of daily diet and food habits.
It is interesting and helpful in developping good diets.
really nice video, I learned a lot
I spent 2.5 hours on this course and I've learnt more about food than 2.5 decades I've lived so far. Highly recommend!
Useful information, thank you very much for the opportunity to learn.
Amazing course, very applicable and easy to follow!
Easy to understand, easy to follow up. Love the recipes, hence these just prove, cooking ain´t complicated at all.
Very useful course for me and for my profession. I'm a young Doctor and I wanted to do this course during university.
Someone really put some work into this! Great if you (like me) do not have any clue on how to eat healthy.Somehow superficial treatment though, if someone asked me what i took out of this course i would say to best eat half vegetables and half meat/carbohydrates. I hoped for more answers on "why" questions, like "why are vegetables necessary?", or "what vegetables are needed for what body function?".Still, nice, flashy videos and great commitment of the editors.
Clear and simple. Very useful. I recommend it to everybody.
So practicial Thankyou Maya and team
Great basic information about nutrition and health. I wish it would go a little bit deeper into each nutrient.
Basic information useful for those without much knowledge of nutrition or want a review about healthy eating
Loved the course! Very informative! My fiance and I did it together and he enjoyed it as well! Wish there were more weeks!!
Really enjoyed this course, thank you x
learn a lot!! looking forward to some constructive life changes
Easy, quick and healthy! Like a good lifestyle should be. Very informative material, especially for those with less knowledge about the first steps into a healthy lifestyle. Good basics for starters and freshup for those with more skills.
Extremely informational and very engaging, exactly what I was looking for when I enrolled in this course.
I enjoyed this course very much!
Wonderful Program, changed me and my entire family,
general and shallow, not very informative, could be inspirational for those haven't cooked in a long time. recipe are at the end of course.
Excellent short introduction that helps you focus on the importance of replacing as much processed food as possible with more healthy choices.
Very well presented course.To certain degree, the concepts are basic. If you're looking for a course that explains the physiological effects of sodium or the chemical reaction of glucose, this is not it. However, it gives sensible advice about how to eat well for a healthy life.I took away a number of good ideas. Also, the course helped me put into a wider context some things I already knew in a disjointed manner, which helped me to understand them better.Good structure, script, presentation (including interaction between the presenters), visuals...In summary, I feel following this course was time well spent.
The course was informative, condense to be easily understood, and was well done. I left the course eager to learn how to cook!I think the course could have demanded / pushed the students a little more to think about this deeper.I am excited to try out the recipes!
BeautifulFunAnd very thoughtful!
Very Informative. A practical approach to daily life and food choices. Really appreciate Maya Adams and Micheal Pollan for thier immense knowledge and practical advice.
I liked so much and I learned to have better food habits.
very helpful
Fascinating course. Learned alot!
easy to understand and happy to learn
I am 25 years old, and 6 month ago I went to the cardiologist because I was having high blood pressure. Since then I tried to change my eating habits, but choosing which foods to eat became a task that I didn't know was so hard. With this course actually became a lot easier. Thank you!
Great course with beautiful images and illustrations. I would like to learn more about the topic, it would be great to make a second part for it.
It fit almost exactly what I was looking for in the course. Simple high level guidance about food, nutrition and communicating it in terms of the foods we would buy in a grocery and the portioning and composition of an ideal plate of food. Very digestable videos broken up to keep interest. One thing that might have been nice was delving deeper or providing references with more sources of each type of macronutrient so you could walk away from the course and just begin mix and matching. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's a very easy course. I enjoyed it. And I learned a few new concepts for understanding food and health that I did not know before.
This course was taught well, loved the videos, it was a bit basic but did serve as a great overview.
I really enjoyed this course and would encourage people the world over to really listen to the truth in this course. Beyond food , I've learnt a whole lot more and I believe this would help individuals, coporate societies and communities make informed choices about this important sphere of life
This is less of a university level course and more of a long infomercial for Michael Pollen books with a cooking show at the end.There is no interviews with nutritionists or scientists. In fact, there really isn't much here in the way of science at all.The cooking videos are fun with some good recipes.
Incredible classes so easy to understand and great recipes Thank you Maya and Professor Pollan!
the start has a steap learning curve but starts to flatten from the second week. Learned a lot though
It´s a very good course, based on the information you get about food and eating. The best i get from this course is that i got interested in cooking and adding more vegetables to my plate.
Good course in a sense of introduction to healthy eating habits. Would like to see more advanced courses with larger emphasis on vegetarian/vegan lifestyle
Great course
Changed my view on food
Short and effective course. Good information and practical advice. Would recommend to anyone interested in what they're eating and what they could be eating!
I liked everything about this course, from the presentation, to the method of teaching. It was great.
really enjoyed it.
This course is informative course. Somehow, it may require some basic knowledge. Thank you and I have learned a lot.
Sound information, very well presented! (I Loved the Crepes!)
Very good! Everybody should see this course and try to get a better diet.
Very good as a introduction course! Its clear and easy! Congratulations for the contents!
Videos are fun and informative. I think assignment questions sometimes are too scientific nevertheless for some people this can be even more exciting.
Fundamental, but pretty good!
Broadened my perspectives regarding what should we eat and how we eat everyday: Eat (real) food, not too much, mostly plants. Excellent course!!!!!
Excellent course, very empathetic speaker.
Really good, I enjoyed from the begining to the end.
I really enjoyed the course, but i found out that there is not enough information about such aspects as vitamins, minerals and what happens to them while cooking, what methods of cooking are healthier, which helps most to preserve most of the nutritions and why, etc...Nevertheless, I really appreciate your job and it was amazing feeling to spend some time with you because it was helpful and i enjoyed listening to your speech, voices and the culture overall. The knowledge will certainly be useful! Will suggest this course to my friends :)Kind regards from your russian student!
Very good!! The best
It was well presented but a little light on, I was hoping for a bit more "meat" to it. But interesting none the less, & a fascinating insight into how few people apparently cook their own food.
Not much content
A simple and great comprehensive course on human food for everybody who would like to eat healthy.
Beautifully executed and fun to hear Michael Pollen speak, but sooooo easy. Too easy, really.
Would have enjoyed to have been shown examples of breakfast, lunch, and dinners for people that are just getting started.
I totally enjoyed watching it! Thank you! I'll recommend it to my family and friends.
Great class for anybody interested in how to get away from the western diet that is doing so much harm to people that eat it. Well-produced and thorough introduction to the causes of and solutions to the obesity epidemic in the US.
This was a great introduction with practice advice on how to make and suggest lifestyle changes.
It's a very good introduction to nutrition and food
Great quality course! Highly recommend for anyone interested in basic food and nutrition. I thought it would go into a little more depth than it did but the production quality was so amazing I didn't mind.
Really nice!
Thanks Maya a lot ! In 3 minutes you share more than others in a book.
This corse provided best insights about food.
Thank you for offering the course. I've learned a lot of new nutritional information that I will apply to my lifestyle.
Fun & easy introduction to basic concepts in Food and Health.
In my opinion the course was fantastic!! Very easy linguage, clear explanations and an excellent and nowdays topic: "Food and Health"I love the videos from Maya Adam!Sandra AguiarBrazil
Very clear and didactic. Useful concepts to the point.
Great information that is presented in short segments that highlight that topic. Very basic but good information that is a great refresher and good introduction to learning to eat healthier. Excellent presentation and enjoyable format.
Good info, maybe a bit basic. Would love a more in depth follow up.Thanks for all your hard work.
a tad simplistic - grades should be locked too
Easy and engaging and very helpful!
This class helps me to realize the significance of foods and health.I had a bad dietary habits,then I have been fat and some chronic diseases.I thought i was lazy and didn't know how to deal with it.But now,i determine to have a healthier diet and lifestyle.THANK YOU!
Great presentation of information. The course was exactly what I was looking for, very helpful.
It was really nice introduction, I would love to make higher level with certificate!
Extremely well produced. I would have liked a little more bit information but for a Free Intro class it's well worth it. Being a food professional in the industry over 20 years the challenge is getting others to change their eating habits. Stopping the super sized highly processed food consumed here in America is difficult when many of the people think that is their only choice and for some of the poorest it is. But all of us can and should pass this message on to others.On a side note, lose the animation of the overweight guy with the flannel shirt and the cutoff sleeves. You've just alienated a demographic you would like to see change in. Kind of elitist in my opinion. Not that I own any flannel shirts :)Thank you for a great course!Jon M. CostedoatLos Gatos, CA
It is a starting and refreshing point of view of how can we start to eat healthier without the feeling that we have to put a lot of effort, time and lifestyle.
I enjoyed this course and learning, specifically how to adapt a healthier diet and the evolution of food in the US. The videos were interesting and the information was insightful and applicable to daily life. The only thing I might change in the course is having the professor incorporate definitions to some of the terms (i.e. nutrient dense, , metabolic abnormalities) in the videos, or as a supplemental document.I would recommend this course to others.
Very clear and understandable messages about food. Actionable piece of advice for every day, much recommended to everyone.
The course is essentially a self-help guide focusing on the idea that cooking real food promotes health. This is certainly a message that many people need to hear.Unfortunately, the advice concerning what to eat is less sound. Let me illustrate this with a historical counterexample.Around 75 years ago, a Canadian dentist visited my home country of Switzerland, where he examined the health and diet of a population in a secluded mountain valley. He found them to be of exceptional health. Their diet?breakfast: rye sourdough bread, butter and cheeselunch: rye sourdough bread, butter and cheesedinner: rye sourdough bread, butter, cheese and potatoes, along with some vegetables in the warmer half of the year, and small amounts of meat on SundaysContrary to four fundamental recommendations in the course, these people ate a lot of saturated fat (butter) and animal protein (cheese), but few vegetables and had hardly any variation in their diet.They did prepare their own food, grown or pastured locally, in very mineral-rich soil, which imparted their butter and cheese with very high amounts of fat-soluble vitamins A, D and K2. Perhaps animal foods are not as unhealthy as the course suggests, and food (and soil) quality is paramount.Instead of taking this course, watch Maya Adam's TEDx talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-gyIkA-crM) and browse the recommendations of the Weston A. Price Foundation (http://www.westonaprice.org/) to learn what to cook, in particular their Healthy4Life dietary guidelines (http://www.westonaprice.org/wp-content/uploads/Healthy4LifeEnglish.pdf). If you still need a self-help guide to actually start cooking your own food then by all means, take this course. It'll only take you about an hour.
Loved it, and the recipes at the end are great!
The best nutrition course ever! Thank you very much Dr.Maya Adam!
extremely short & easy - fun-ducation. Not hugely informative for someone who's looking to learn about the links between what we eat and how we eat, and how human bodies respond. But the instructor is very charming, so it was a pleasant experience. The whole course can be completed in 1-2 hours
Too simplistic if you already have some knowledge about a healthy lifestyle
This course is very useful and helpful for those who want to stay healthy for their own live and the family especially if they want to instill good habit for the children in eating healthy food.
Great course. Learned much from this experience.
Good course, easy to follow and informative. I regret that the content was so basic, I would have loved more depth particularly when the instructor is so knowledgeable and such a good speaker!
Very interesting course, I really enjoy it
Exceptional. Simple and understandable and also useful in every way. The videos are made in such a way that you remember most of the things.
I really like the style of the video lectures! They aren't the typical boring lectures. I enjoyed the course and would to love to know more about nutrition!
Really interesting! Now a days I act suspicious about the food I'm buying. It's a journey to integrate this information to a healthy lifestyle, the workshop is great help for that.
The course taught me how to eat healthy.It's very helpful in daily life.but not that helpful in my study in food science.
Interesting lectures with helpful tips for staying healthy. I would like to have seen more specific examples or supplementary articles to support the information.
Good content
Good material, very basic but very meaningful
I thought this was a terrific tutorial on the practicality of eating healthy. It's one thing to be concerned calorie intake and understand the nutritional differences between protein, carbs and fat. It's another thing to become knowledgeable about real vs processed food. I really hadn't thought much about that. I will be looking at a lot more ways to eat plant-based and fresh foods. I would recommend this course to everyone I know. Thanks!
Simple and quick introduction on eating healthier!
A very informative course. Beautifully explained to let one give thought on what we eat everyday and even more motivating to start cooking super simple healthy dishes to survive on !!!! all worth it !!!!
Very informative and well produced! Can be helpful for everyone who wants to live a better life by changing a bit of the diet habit :)
Way too easy.. I was expecting more information in nutritional science.Still there's some useful tips for us to choose good food and improve our health
Information: excellentVisual aids: beautiful but sometimes tedious and repetitive, sometimes unpredictable, more creative ways of visual aids can help understand and remember better.Overall excellent course.
I really enjoyed the course, the simplicity of the lectures made each of the topics easy to understand.. it's been great to have participated in this course, I feel much more equipped in knowledge of nutrition and better understanding of the differences between nutrient dense foods vs energy dense.
I found this course to be very informative. It is nicely paced and allows you to gain some insight into the whole issue of diet and health.
Very informational!
Amazing content for beginners
A helpful comprehensive start to learning nutrition basics.
This is not a course - this is a 90 minutes lecture.The idea is greate. But this lecture is only start. Its very brief and not profound.This more advices and not scientifically oriented.
Very useful and interesting lessons on health & food, what to eat, how to eat, and some useful tips for home cooking, thank you!!
very enjoy learning this course. :)
Very good course overall. It gave me some good thought nuggets to keep in mind for the future. At times the course felt more like it was trying to sell the notion of home cooking rather than being about "food and health". Sometimes terms were hastily presented and maybe assumed to be common knowledge, which left me confused in one of the quizzes ("serum triglycerides", for instance).The course touches on interesting topics that could've been elaborated more on, for instance how transfats are made.
Very easy introduction to nutrition.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! I walked away with a profusion of knowledge and a new lifestyle to focus on.
Very interesting course which is presented in a clear and easy to understand format.
Taking this course has taught me what substances such as (un)saturated fats are, what to look out for in food and several useful tips on how to manage a food lifestyle that is healthy and satisfying.
Interesting and well presented information. I wished the course had been more interactive and had spent more time on the chemistry of nutrition. Also the lectures and quizzes could have been longer.
The materials are wonderfully presented and the instructors are very likable and engaging. However, the quizzes are very pandering and the course overall is not very challenging.
Great visualization! Enjoyable easy to understand course.
This course has helped to connect in a very persuasive and positive way to basics of food and health. It gives a deep yet simple approach to food and the art of eating, living and enjoying life. Kudos to Maya and her team!Looking forward to more such courses in the future!
Thank you! very interesting and "easy going" course!
Very good introduction to health & foods :)Nothing much new if some of u have seen already the doco in defense of food :)
I have learned alot its beautiful and awesome. i changed my lifestyle.
I learned a lot, and it was easy to follow and keep up with. The quizzes could have been a little more difficult, but overall, it was a great course.
Thank you, this was a fantastic overview of nutrition. I feel very confident going further in my studies.
This is a must! Good tips and advices to gain health by the food you eat and the way you eat. Great teachers, short videos, easy to follow.
Every human being must take this course to be conscious on what they are eating and what they are feeding their children. The lecturer's clear voice and pronunciation will be very easy to understand, especially for those who are not native language speakers.
A Great course for anyone who wants to improve their diet. You wound'nt find any other course out there.
absolutely amazing, informative, and inspiring
loved it, can't wait to try the recipes
Great course! It was very basic and short and that's precisely what makes this course great. The information presented was concise and anyone should be able to understand it and apply the concepts into their everyday lives. If everyone in America applied such simple principles that were taught in this course into their daily lives, I have no doubt in my mind that the obesity epidemic would be ended within a few years.
Great way to understand some basics! The only thing to have in mind is that it's US based info, so you will have to research more about your culture and your society. But it's good.
Very straight forward course with essential information that is potentially life-changing and enlightening. I loved this course which has given me new understanding of foods and their value for myself and my family.
Well, I was raised by a home ec major and a librarian, so I already knew much of this. But for those who weren't, it's very valuable.
Loved your videos Maya, and your recipes too.
Straight forward facts presented in an engaging format.
Good, succint , well presented and informative course
Nice and straight forward informationVery pleasant deliveryThank you
Great introductory course which gives a more nuanced view on eating. Everyone would be able to understand this and start to cook by themselves. Would have been nice if one week would have been dedicated to some myths, like the protein shake or gluten free diets which are very much debated.
I really loved the course and found it to be incredibly useful and well taught.It was so well explained that I would like to have even more info about Food and Health.Please continue to have courses like this.thanks.
I am a pharmacist and I'm recommending pharmacists too to enroll in this course. Yes, it is true that I myself am into reviewing the Nutritional Values of every item I shop and often compare one against another brand. But this course changed my mind. Thank you Maya for sharing this. Mothers, wives, and health care practitioners must do this firstly and make themselves healthy first before making a difference to another's health. Have a great day!
I was hoping for something a little more technical. This course might be good for someone who has no previous knowledge of the nutrition content of food or how to cook. It would be perfect for kids getting ready to head off to college who've never cooked for themselves.
Good basic information. Easy to understand by anybody
This is a really well thought out course with plenty of sound advice. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to everyone who cares about their health.
If you have some basic knowledge about food and nutrition, then this course is not the right for you. It's very basic and sometimes trivial. But the lecturer and course itself was really nice.
Videos are very clear and very well explained... Nice animations, graphs, ... definitely a great piece of work.However, I have to say that I expected more content/theory on food and health inside our body rather than general advises on how to cook at home. I am a person that cooks already at home and does not like to eat much processed food, so majority of videos I found too simple and basic...
It was pretty basic, but great and very interesting!!!!
Easy to understand the fandamentals of our diet, well organized, and realistic and actionable suggestions for busy people. Highly recommended for people who are keen on their healthy lifestyle.
The one thing I do not like, is that its not long enough.
its the best course on food i believe .
strongly recommended for physicians
Very informative
Interesting to learn about the modern US diet and why it doesn't work. I thought it was a great intro course on benefits of eating at home but more important eating meals cooked at home.
Very helpful and beneficial!
Really very basic, anyone with an interest in the subject is likely to know most of this already. nicely presented though, good quality videos.
This is a great introductory and time efficient course that allows anyone to get a brief overview of a healthy life style. This course, aside from the first video, does not go into the nutritional value of food or micro nutrient variables. So, if you'd like to get more information on how to cultivate your own healthy life style this is a great choice. However, if you'd like the more scientific side of things this course is not for you.
Really enjoying the course. My only wish is that it would be longer and more in-depth. :)
A very inspiring course confirming the conclusions made on basis of my own life experience. Thanks!
I signed up for this course because of health issues - my triglyceride level was a bit to high on my last blood analysis. Even though I felt, and still feel, that this course is more specifically aimed at people who are inexperienced in the kitchen and maybe even overweight, it has helped me and my family improve some of the aspects of our lives that could still be improved. Furthermore, i think this is a course that everyone should take for themselves and especially for their families, since the person who cooks is the one influencing everyone's diet and therefore their health.Maya, thank you so much for sharing your wisdom (and your recipes) with us!
This seems like a good overview for those new to the kitchen, and/or health concerns more generally. For someone interested in deepening their understanding, it's of more limited value--but it is presented as an introduction. I wish there were readings to supplement the videos.
This course was very interesting. I would like to learn more Food and Health. Thank you very much.
Insightful and easy to understand and apply to your daily life.
This was an excellent class taught by a wonderful professor. Professor Adams needs to do a follow-up to this class in the future that expands on subjects taught.
It's a very informative course. I like the way the instructor presents and discuss the facts and current issues.
great, too short though, would have liked more on the underlying theory and on the applications
Course breaks down nutrition simply to someone who is new to a healthy lifestyle, or someone who just wants to refresh their memory on the basics to nutrition.
It's real time learning and mind awakening topics and learning more information contained herein .
Sooooo useful. And I love the simple rules that are easy to remember.
Great information, but in some instances I would have liked to see the course delve a little deeper into the topic. This was a minor concern however, overall it provided the information that mattered, and did so in a simple and "easy to digest" manner. Well done!
Overall, I found this course to be a good refresher given my prior knowledge / skill base. I could see this course being very good for absolute beginners with little to no knowledge of nutritional concepts or cooking. I personally was looking for more advanced / in-depth information about nutritional science in order to better equip me to be a knowledgeable resource for my clients (with whom I primarily work around health / wellness related issues). Additionally, the cooking ideas / concepts were all practices that I already utilize in my own kitchen / feeding my own family. One section that I did find incredibly helpful was the discussion about the different types of fats.As it stands, I would definitely recommend this course to a client, friend, or family member starting out at a beginner's level (like my fiance) or anyone who needs a refresher.
Very light, as it is broken down in quick, appealing videos, but super informative and complete. I loved the course and I certainly learned how to lead a more satisfying food life.
To me , you were preaching to the choir. I have been trying to follow Pollan's ideas for years. I was hoping for new information, but for me it was a rehash of stuff I have heard ad infinite. this did not seem like a class. This seemed more like an advertisement for healthy eating with it constant music and sparse content. Certainly it did not have the rigorous content that would have been required in a college level credited class. It was certainly not as interesting nor as informative as the Berkeley class "edible education 101"Still as an advertisement for good eating it was well done. If you found an audience out there somewhere who had not heard these messages, then you have succeeded and I applaud you for that.
This course was short, easy to understand, and provides excellent information. I enjoyed it. This might not be new information to some, but I liked this format and think it will appeal to people who like straight-forward talk about food and health.
Lots of good tips and reminders one may have forgotten in this busy lifestyle most of us live.
I star reduced because it was somehow lacking in assignments and practical applicable steps to start eating healthy. A great base of information to build on and offer more in depth of what foods to eat and not to eat. Would also love more information on label reading and organic vs Other food. Extra Virgin vs Virgin Olive oil etc.
loved the instruct
Its a good and simple intro. the the very important world of eating healthy, ergo being happy.I would complement it with Michael´s Pollan book "In Defense of Food".Excited to continue my learning journey...
Very interesting and well organised course where you can learn the basics of food, nutrition and health
This course is a good introduction to basic nutrition guide lines for people who have never learned about nutrition before.
Thank you for this beautifully simple, easy to follow, well-structured framework for a healthy diet. Maya, your courses are my source of inspiration to be a healthier person, a better mom, and a happier individual.
eat food, not too much, mostly plants... great course, thanks
I liked this information, but I wouldn't call it a 'course'.I'm a certified PT and I benefit from the information, but many books have been written about the subjects as well.I, personally, loved the information given, as it gave me a touch-up on my knowledge and tips to give to my clients.
This course has given me a completely new understanding of how my body functions and how I can "play around" with my meals to change my body and feel healthier! I thought (with this being an online course) that I would not gather much from the content that I didn't already know, but that definitely was NOT true! Thanks for a great experience!
Really good and useful!! Thank you!!!
Awesome course with invaluable practical information about daily food and diet. Would love to see follower courses about specifics.
Great introduction! I will definitely recommend this course to many of my relatives to whom I struggle to explain what a healthy diet means! To me, two aspects could be emphasized a bit more as I can see many people trying to eat healthy making those mistakes: 1. eating natural non organic food is better than processed organic food, 2. marketed healthy food is usually not healthy (orange juices etc.) as natural healthy food does not have to be marketed. Raise awareness against marketing labels "organic" and "healthy"Great job! Thanks a lot.
Great introduction to real food, cooking, and healthy living. Michael Pollan interviews are great.
Nice for a first approach, easy to follow. Good content.
Easy to understand, a simple guide that really orient me
Simple and to the point. Good practical tips to lead a healthier life style while enjoying a variety of foods.
Great class, but a little shorter than I would like and similar to Dr. Adams other Coursera offering.
Great introduction to nutrition. Entertaining, instructive and potentially life saving :).
Liked the course. The video materials were short and to the point. Learnt a lot and hope to improve my eating habits.
Nicely done, with lots of common sense. Got me motivated to change my eating habits and improve my well being. Thank you Dr. Maya.
more scientific evidence would have been useful
I love this course!! It helped me a lot! We are using all the information given and applying it in our kitchen. It would be great to have more courses like this.We´re creating new habits in our family. Thank you Maya for sharing.
Good introduction into nutrition
Very helpful! It gave me a better idea on what to eat and how to eat it :)
Basic information but well presented.
I found this to be a great introductory course. It gives helpful tips and ideas that provide you with the foundation to start looking at food, eating food, buying food and cooking food in a more informed way.
It's a really good introduction to food and health in our daily lives. It would be great to continue by understanding how we can solve a lot of health issues. The Dr. Kousmine succeeded through her researches to fight against the cancer and other diseases. Thanks again Maya for your great courses.
Thanks for keeping the videos short, as to not have to deal long loading/buffering/streaming time.
I wish all of my patients and their families would watch this course. -Pediatrician
Very informative!
Michael Pollan is wonderful! Great fundamental tips. Music can be distracting. Maya's speech is a bit slow...Pollan's pace was stronger. Visuals were clean and easy to digest. Content was succinct and memorable. Appreciated the brevity of the videos. Thank you.
an easy course, i would reccomend it to novices to nutritional science. If you're a more seasoned nutritionist, move on and find a more challenging course.
Information is very straight forward and short, which is very good for people, who claim they do not have time. I think this course sums up and clarifies many things I watched and learned over the years in a very orderly manner.
really remind us to always eat health.
Not in depth enough
This course changed the way I think about food. I became more informed about the choices of food in my daily life. I respect the views of Dr. Maya Adam and Mr. Pollan on cooking. It is a really short course and I have already recommended this course to several of my colleagues at work.
Way too basic. Only useful to people living in the US having extremely unbalanced diets.
Dynamic course with well presented info.
Very clear and to the point. Easy to follow and learn.It will be longer with more in-depth details about the different topics discussed!THANK YOU.
They talked a little about LDL and HDL which is good.But the rest was just a summary of avoid processed foods, eat less and eat less meat and ways to do it. It is important, but I thought the course lacked science and it was very very short.
the course is just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know what I expected. This course was quite pedestrian, but it *is* an introductory course.
This s a very good course for the new so called busy generation.
It was great to have Michael Pollan. Thank you so much.
Quality course with valuable content. Good experience!
This is a "must do" course! Fantastic! The information is simple, clear, and very important for dealing with our modern days problems.
Very useful and straight forward class. I enjoyed taking both courses (children nutrition as well as this one). It helps me to make better choices in the food I buy and cook for my family.
Hi,I was looking for a good introduction course to food and nutrition and, alas, this is not it.I knew 90% of the things discussed in this course, and I was expecting more, but all I got was very basic advices ("eat less", "don't eat crap", etc.), all with videoclips and music which got annoying really quick.Disappointing.Take care.
Love it!
Most of the information in this course is common sense. It may be relevant for someone with very limited knowledge about food, but for anyone who is moderately informed and interested in food, there is not much to learn here.
Very good course raising nutritional and healthy awareness to this generation.
Awesome course. I won't say that it was way too easy for me to solve the quizzes. I have been reading for a while before I took this MOOC. Loved everything about this course. Both the instructors were amazing, especially Dr. Maya Adam. Would love to take another course with her. Some really good additions to my knowledge database. Though it was good to learn how to access a proper food market to buy good food. Thank you guys for such an amazing learning experience. I will be waiting for another course from the same team. ADIOS!!!!
Very inspirational and educative. My life will never be the same again!
I just review the first week of the course, and I think this course is what I want. It will help me to build my long-term health.
Awesome! Very inspiring! I wish it lasted much longer!
I really enjoy the course. I learn a lot of things about food that i didn't know.On the other hand I realized I was wrong about the amount of food we eat , the portions and the way of thinking about food.It's a very interesting course, the material is very clear. I enjoyed very much!!!Greetings from Colombia
I would have loved to get more information. Addtional readings, forums to share ideas and recipes, projects etcs about food, health and nutrition. Maybe homework would increase our knowledge! Some paper as final assignment would be helpful.Thanks for the course and enjoy your meals :)
Great but short!
Simple, powerful, and convincing.Thank you
Very interesting and simple, usfull for everybody
Very interesting
Great course for entry level knowledge of food and health. It was also a great refresher and reminder on rethinking how we eat and how we approach food.
Very Nicely done. Loved it.
Helpful ideas, but could use some more practical suggestions.
Very useful and handy!
干货很多，really practical knowledge!
Very basic content. I am not sure that there was anything new for me in this course. I am born in France and I guess we learn this from our families.
Down to Earth and easy to understand. I love the fact that Michael Pollan is involved! Thank you for the opportunity!
Awesome, very short though. A lot shorter than the first one.
Great course! love it!
Simple and straight to the point. A simple approach to healthy eating that we can incorporate into our lifestyle.
In general, this course is great! Thank you so much for it.Great lectures, great videos, animations and slides.One thing I didn't like is the assumption, that cooking at home will do so much help in slowing down the obesity epidemic. Here in Ukraine most of us don't eat out, but obesity is prevalent nevertheless.
Amazing! Just amazing! Provided with good advice based on science.
This course has to be broadcasted on TV every single day, worldwide :)
I am currently pursuing this course and I find this course to be very simple for a rookie to understand and implement. It clears a large amount of myths that we have regarding different types of food. I understand that in order to gain full benefit of this course we need to implement the stuff presented in this course. So I will start the implementation and additional research required very soon.
Amazing course
Could be added more technical question, but I understand that the course is trying to reach as much people as possible.However explaining a bit more details about minerals, which was not mention, would be good. Extending to flavonoids and some other stuff which most poeple is unaware would be interesting.
great course, wish it were a bit longer.
I love this so much, and I think everyone should watch these videos. This is a work of art really. There is so much useful, globally applicable information packed into a concise, interesting, and credible collection. I love that there are scientific explanations and that the chemistry is shown. I also love how understandable it is to the lay-person, and how there are so many sensible pieces of advice that I feel the need to take and run with. Thank you for this; I will be passing this along to everyone I know.
An excellent introduction to how food impacts health and how health can be improved by small but important changes in our food preparation and consumption.
Far too easy and far too basic for me. I would have hoped for a more in-depth and scientific look at food and nutrition.
Great basic course. I hope it give more detailed answer about cases study
I love it!
Very interesting! Is a basic geodesign course but introduce professions in a different and very important way of thinking: shows the importance on plane urban landscapes with more environmental respect.
This was one of the most interesting coursers so far, especially the Game part. I'd definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn how to understand political behavior.
Very good basic course for everyone interested in the European Union. Here you can learn about the past and the present state of affairs in the EU, as well as get to know some future challenges. The course is filled with lots of EU-related facts and statistics and presents the EU from different points of view. I would say the course is quite a "light" one: there are no peer-reviewed assignments and quizzes are rather short and easy, but it definitely gives food for thought. Be aware that the videos are in French but with English subtitles.
Design was the one we have longed for
This course helped me a lot in understanding more about the different types of data (e.g., vector versus raster data) used in GIS. Also, I think the course does a great job focusing on the main points and gives good videos for work flows.
Takes one step above from Funadamentals of GIS...Must take course!!!!
Introduces some good spatial analysis techniques. You learn how to integrate raster and vector data.
I had a very pleasant experiential learning.
The course provides required knowledge to understand GIS File types, data formats, Design, Spatial Analysis and Creating Web Maps etc., My sincere thanks to the Instructor Mr.Nick Santos.
Great teaching material, great teacher, great tutorials and assignments !
Excellent course. I'm a current master's student and this course was essential to my understanding of Raster GIS. A must for the GIS-oriented professional!
Its a very useful and informative course.
Easier than I expected to follow. Great help in forums.
Excellent course and great instructor.
This is a really good course, I strongly recommend. In this course we've learned lots of new analysis tools which are very useful in different kinds of work. Thank you UC Davis, thank you Nick Santos and thank you Coursera for this opportunity.
I didn't love the final project for this. It took a lot of time due to some software glitches. Seems like that is unnecessary and should be better managed in the future.
The final assignment is impossible to finish since I have 10.4 version in my computer. You, as the course provider, should modify the assignment instead of asking the student to make changes. The point is that we are trying to gain some knowledge, not wasting time on solving those bugs.
It's really excellent! The course helps me a lot! Thank you.
Good course to know about data formats and other tools used in GIS
Lots of contents, I really enjoyed this course. Good material and videos. Thanks
The video lectures and the course assignments are all challenging; and that moves my urge to go on & on...I love this course
Great course. Very useful level of detail into the various data types and storage formats used in GIS. Includes functional workflows and some of the key tools used by GIS professionals to conduct and share usable analysis. Definitely recommended.
Great contents, very wel presented and fun to do assignments!
The course was great. The tasks were a bit more complex than the ones from the first course, but they are still very fun. In the final assignment I was marked down on one aspect. I had every field in the new parcels layer but only got 4 points. I think it was a mistake from the grader.
So useful! The teacher is also absolutely brilliant. Thank you!
Great course! Thanks Nick, UC Davis, Coursera and fellow learners!
More in-depth work with ArcMap and associated principles. Redundant to a degree with the intro to the specialization, but good blend of instruction and assignments.
wonderfull and usefull course, now i m able to manage data for analyse and design it for a good understanding
The course has opened my eyes to a lot of new concepts, workflows and tools in ArcMap. Challanging, fun, motivating and educating. very pleased with myself for taking it on.
I Love every thing about GIS & Coursera
Fantastic course and the instructor is also really nice. I would highly recommend this course to my friends.
Excellent course. Thanks all for the oportunity!
I really think that this course is the best specialization already available online.
Excellent course, easy to understand. may give you a few headache if you don't have the correct ArcMap Version but
Peer Review system needs an overhaul. I would suggest increasing the number of reviews required by each student so you one incorrect (based on user error) review does not influence your grade so significantly.Otherwise, this is an informative and useful course.
Had fun learning about map making in depth.
It's a great course and the final assignment is very challenging and interesting. All credit goes to the tutor.
Scattered and lacking focus. The material is all there, but it feels like a laundry list of miscellany that didn't make it into the previous or next course in the specialisation.
Another really good course on GIS. I followed on from the first in the specialisation and I think I would have been quite lost without doing that.I like to follow the videos with the demo materials in an open version of ArcGIS - this can be quite hard as some of the demo materials are very big and my laptop struggles to keep up with big processing, a slight improvement could be to have smaller demo files.
Very informative course, thank you Cousera, UC Davies
Awesome course! Thanks!
Very good and beneficial.
This course is fantastic for people interested in getting practical experience of using ArcGIS
Thoroughly enjoyed the course! The lectures are well structured and organized and the assignments are very supportive.
After the Fundamentals of GIS course, this was my second course in the series. This course covers very useful tools that we need to learn. The lectures were short and simple, to the point. The best part was the final peer graded assignment. The course instructors did a remarkable job in designing the problem and it was a great recapitulation of what we learnt during the course. The discussion forum was also a great place to learn. Thanks to my course mates and it actually felt like being together in a classroom. I am thoroughly enjoying being a part of this specialisation and would love to continue. Thank you all.
Great course, great materials, great instructor!
I found this class to be a little more slow in places...mainly when it came to the big section about th data types etc. But it is important to know about them, so I'm glad I stuck through and finished the course. Learnt interesting and smart ways of adding tables and conducting analysis.
Another great class in the GIS specialization! The lectures and course materials are very well thought out. This course moves pasts the basics and gets into details for GIS data formats. The tutorial assignments and project are very useful in practicing the concepts learned in the video lectures. Highly recommend!
This is a really nice course that lets to go deeper into GIS concepts, at this point one can feel power on the fingertips - ability to create and publish own online maps can not be underestimated!
Great! Much fun to have the guest lecturer as well :) Thanks!
Very much recommended course.
This course was worth doing twice. There was so much information and I learned many new skills. The tutorials were in-depth.
Excellent course and I thoroughly enjoyed and learned a great deal of GIS! This combined with excellent teaching approach of the instructor, Nick Santos and the good balance of theory and hands-on makes this course absolute recommendation!
Excellent course. Very clear lectures and assignments. I learned a lot.
Very useful.
Excellent course. I will take the next one :)
I enjoy this course , Excellent learning resource for Gis Data Formats, Design and Quality that teaches with examples ,
Well paced, well structured, good fun.
Awesome course. Comprehensive content. Great lecturer. Proper labs. I like how this course does not just let you wade through learning GIS, because the technical level is high. You'll be a pro after going through all these courses
Fascinating, really well taught with good assignment! Looking for to the rest of the specialisation!
Great course, I loved all the workflows and started thinking way more like a GIS Analyst. Hope I can make my own workflows soon.
Great class for expanding your GIS foundation skills. Learn to create and edit features; determine slope, elevation, and distance; upload your content to ArcGIS web maps.
Awesome..... The lectures are very helpful to the students or gis learners who wants to do some on-line, especially the final project was awesome... i really enjoyed and learned much more things...
This course was challenging but it really forced you to learn ArcGIS. I really liked every one of the class lectures and found them easy to follow and a perfect in length. I can't wait until the next segment open up!
Jus what i needed
Not always as up to date as could be. Overall very nice overview of the different aspects of Global Health. Good course!
Very structured, perfect overview of aspects of Global healthcare, engaging lectures with multiple experts and professors in their field. Highly recommended!
A very informational course. Gives a good overview of the concept. Only if they add recent developments and updates on infectious diseases like Zika and Ebola, it would be great.
Very interesting and insightful, with a broad range of topics. Thank you!
A great overview to Global Health - though a bit dated. Still largely refers to MDGs and all....
excellent teachers ,teaching to the point.
Great introduction, really informative and manageable as a beginner course.
Very interesting course. The classes discuss broad topics with excellent specialists in different fields. I do recommend this course to anyone interested in Public Health.
Very interesting and well organized course
one of the most beneficial courses in this feild
I really enjoyed this course as it was an interesting blend of lectures, readings with practice quizzes and case studies. It gave me an overall understanding of the global health issues and I will refer to it whenever I need a revision.
Very good initial overview on Global Health
I am very unhappy about the Course Certificate for the following reasons : it doesn't state what subjects have been covered, it doesn't mention the hours of study involved. The certificate has a worthless appearance. In comparison I had a very good MOOC Statement of Accomplishment from the university EPFL which I can send to you if you are interested in making any improvements. jack.fairgrieve@gmail.com
alessandro demaio is very inspiring person ,he presnted ncds very well ,all lectures are good very easy to understand.
very informative course
Great course to expand your understandings about how our whole world works from a systematic point of view. If you are interested in an in-deep analysis of the challenges we are facing in the 21st Century, the topics of this course should be a must for you.
This course was informative and interesting. I learned a lot and found it very applicable. It was a great intro course to an important topic!
very comprehensive course!
Very interesting course with excellent teachers.
Superb, it helped me make out my mind about being a professional globalist!
Great course. I will keep in touch with the research of the University of Copenhagen through their newsletter. Hope our paths cross again. Thank you.
Provides a lucid understanding of the health issues across the Globe.
Very interesting and broad topics, inspired me to carry on learning more, I have really enjoyed the course.
Great material taught by such experienced professors and professionals in the area. Wonderful to increase your knowledge in this field, an area where there still so much to be done!
Some course content are not updated (links not working). Very few people in discussions. Didn't see TAs. I had some questions on the forum but not answered.
This course was excellent.
Great course!
Im passed week 5 and this is a fantastic course, providing a huge amount of insight into the challenges and most prominent issues regarding global health. A great introduction, helps you understand and define global health issues and topics.Highly recommend.
This is a great introduction to global health and to the University of Copenhagen. I'm thinking of doing a Masters in the field and have been considering different universities. Having done some of this online course, I
the course provides very rich knowledge on health issues in both developed and developing world. The teaching staff are enthusiastic and professional.
Great interest in working with various global health sectors in the near future, particularly Kenya. Embarking on this course will be a stepping stone.
Great overview of designed and organic data collection! I feel more confident interpreting and understanding survey results and providing input on community-based research projects. Some of the readings were challenging for me because I have not studied statistics, but it was a welcome challenge. I plan to return to some of the course materials after completing a stats 101 course.I took the survey questionnaire design course in this specialization two years ago and I wish I'd taken this first. If you're thinking of sampling courses from this specialization, I highly recommend you start here.
This course is extremely hard to follow, not because of the content but because of the delivery. Presentation, "visuals", word choice, speed, all very poor. I'm in week 3 and EVERY video has been just as difficult to follow.Quizzes are hard to understand and ask you about things that weren't of any actual value to the course, and/or weren't even covered. Also, because multiple answers are required for each question, you are basically answering a 4 part question that is only worth 1 point. Get one part wrong and you miss the whole 1 point.
One of the most informative courses I have ever taken.
This course is no joke. I struggled. I do not have a background in statistics or research but took it as pro dev for what I do in my job as a system administrator (admin for our university's survey tool). Excellent content, great introduction. Opened my eyes to how much I DON"T know. Will be pursuing the rest of the specialization.
Stunning cutting-edge topic to convey Data Science results.
Thanks
The course content was good but teaching method was too poor to understand. First time little disappointment by coursera.com
this course is really good. i enjoyed a lot.
I think this course gives the basic & important knowledge about survey and data collection. Some can feel the course boring. But I believe the important knowledge boring sometimes.
AWFUL monotonous way of talking. I have such a great interest in this topic, but listening to her makes me want to rip my eyeballs out.
Great overview of the survey process. Instructor presented information in a concise manner. Highly recommended.
Excellent introductory course!
This is an excellent introductory course. It provides the learners with all the basic information required to understand surveys.
Great overview of data collection and analysis.
An entremely good effort, gives you a wonderful introduction to the wonderful world of Survey Research in general and data collection overall. One of the plus point is that it directs you towards quite a few new sources of data that is pretty interesting if you are an active researcher.
really helpful. and nicely thought!
This is a rare course that teaches data collection framework from the ground up.
An extremely thorough overview on overall survey design methodology.
The deliver papers are great but slides are poor. In overall, a good course to begin learning about Data Collection and Analysis.
Gives a basic overview of data collection processes.
A good overview of surveys and data collection methods. The Total Survey Error framework is good, but its application isn't shown as strongly as it should be. Regardless this is a good primer for future material.
A great course Prof. Halderman explains the concept of Digital Democracy from the past to the current events in our society.
Clear and interesting
Excellent and Interactive Course...
Very thorough and interesting take on the topic. I am bit horrified how unnecessary complicated can voting system become and i see now voting in my country in a bit different light even if it wasnt part of this course
I really enjoyed this course. The reading material is a thorough listing of what I can continue to reference in my continued work in this area. I aspire to utilize these new skills in subsequent involvement in my local government elections.
A very interesting course, more relevant than ever...
excellent content made very accessible. thanks!
Enjoyed all the real-life examples
Interesting review of historical voting mechanisms and their flaws. Easy to finish in one setting.Not to offend the course instructor, but 'uhm' how can I say 'uhm', every sentence starts, stops and 'uhm, is interjected with filler words 'uh' 'um' etc. Extremely annoying at 1.5x speed.
If you are worried about electronic and on-online voting systems in your country, you MUST take this course. The teacher uses real examples to illustrate the weaknesses of many voting systems around the world. After that, he gives tips and solutions to improve them.There's no need of engineering or programming knowledge.
Amazing course. Loved it. Thanks :)
great course
This is a great course. Excellent history of voting that puts everything in context. Good overview (with details) of how voting machines and systems are vulnerable today taught by a professor that is good at what he does and enthusiastic about the topic.Although it is not presented this way, this is a good course for those in CyberSecurity.One of the better Coursera courses available.
Awesome course, the teacher has very good knowledge on the topic and he explains very well.
Thanks für the team of the course. I have learnt a lot about Securing Digital Democracy.
Taught very well. Assessments can be frustrating (i.e. "select all that apply" questions) but it adds to the learning process.
Great course on a real battlefield in Systems Security. A well designed academic "mind opener".
Especially loved the DRE voting machines part.
Teacher is so goods,and so enthusiasm.
Definitely worthwhile!
Fascinatingand slightly scary! Anyone who votes should watch these lectures. Some of the "correct" quiz answers are dodgy (illogical factually incorrect) but don't let this discourage you. Also, accepting peer marking is not for those with fragile egos or low frustration levels.
Having been out school for over 30 years this was a very challenging but rewarding course for myself. I'm glad i took it
The educator is really wants to be boring. The questions doesn't reflect the material. Why am I learning so much about a dog or who is whose relative in a bioelectricity course?
Well explained, I liked it!
The course was a great learning experience for me, and opened me to the world of microeconomics. Prof Larry has presented concepts in a very lucid manner, and the references / reading materials are great too.
Very interesting lecture videos which makes it a great learning experience.
More detailed explanation possible. On the whole, very patiently taught by the professor!
Totally enjoyed this course. Highly recommend.
Great course
An excellent course with very informative content!
Great instructor, and the quizzes and exercises genuinely make you think a little bit.
Its an excellent course. Many difficult concepts have been explained in plain language with good examples.
I loved this course, very interesting and great teacher!
Excellent course and excellent mentor who can really make you to rediscover the economy and love it much more than before. Great thanks.
Great course! Extremely rewarding
Awesome instructor, awesome materials and awesome learners. Of course, difficult assignments that I taught me a lot! Thank you Coursera, Dr. Larry and the entire team behind the scene.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this session with Larry DeBrock. A delightful presentation.
Excellent course. Larry is a great teacher and the quizzes and assignments give a great opportunity to consolidate our learning. One recommendation I would give is to try to make the forum more useful maybe by including TAs o including mentors that response on the course contents and not only on technical issu
good course to learn something more in the markets
A great teacher and interesting course ^^ Thank you so much.
I like this professor and he taught beautifully even in Producer and Consumer behavior, the prequel course in this specialization. High expectations from this course!
Great course!
Another great course! This is the 2nd of the specialization and I just love how the prof., Larry DeBrock, explains things. With real life examples, he makes it easy to understand and apply to everyday-life. Really great course! Highly recommended!
i have done the previous course in the series , this is absolutely a delight for a student .
Detailed explanation about forensic accounting
Amazing course! please offer more courses like this on fraud examination and forensic accounting. I would also be interested to take a course on Internal audit, Internal controls and res management.
Very informative, well structured, a lot of important information provided in a limited period of time.
amazing course! thank you very much
Was an informative and even fun course. However was too easy and I wish that there was more deep dives and challenges to push me further.
Great Class. A must for any manager or business owner.
Interesting, practical information presented by academics who know their stuff.
Pretty interesting course, though I think the title is a bit misleading.
My review: 75%. It's a big picture course. Despite not so deep, it's sometimes a bit confusing, because the topics are aparently uncorrelated. Maybe in fact I couldn't catch it...
Good overview of topic. Videos well presented. Poorly worded quizzes. Refers you to outside site where they want you to pay to access further material regarding actual fraud stories that they tease with a part of the story each week.
A very informative course which I have taken while preparing for my Advanced audit and assurance exam - which complemented my preparation very nicely. I am now considering in due course to take the CFE exam and potentially pursue a career in the fraud examination field. I highly recommend this course to anyone who has a passing interest in this subject.
Very useful for my career. The lecturers are abreast with current trends in the industry and that makes it a plus. Keep up the good work, Professors
Great Lesson and great mentor. Hope there's more case study on the next batch
I found this course very interesting. It has definitely deepened my interest in fraud examination, I hope a similar course comes up soon
I took this course to explore what Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination entailed and if it would be something I would want to pursue in the future. The instructors were excellent and delivered a considerable amount of information that was clear and interesting.
Great information, layout and insight into what fraud is and its classification or predators and accidentals frauds. Very informative.
great course
Very informative and educational. Case studies was relevant.
Very well informative.
Excellent Course on Forensic & Fraud Accounting! Highly Recommended to all professionals working in Accounting & Audit.
very informative and interesting
very good introduction to the subject
Very well explained and with excelents examples.
The course is concise, educative and well taught by the lecturers
I found this course to be quite interesting especially because of my current work requirements. It actually provided me with some insights on items I can include in my staff training as well as in my day to day operations.One of the things that this course has done, is that it has inspired me to do more reading / research in this area and possible pursue the CFE accreditation which I have been pondering about for some time.Good place to start...
Excellent course! It gives you an understanding of1 the meaning of fraud2 the fraud examination process3 how and why does a person go about committing fraud4 what are some of the internal controls that organizations should focus upon along with the red flags suggestive of frauds5 using data analysis for detecting frauds
It's wonderful. I enjoyed this course. It was the most challenging I have encountered so far. I enjoyed the lectures and the practice real life examples on fraud. I will definitely be recommending this course to everyone who would like to pursue Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination.
exam questions are designed for raw facts instead of critical thinking and resoning. Sorry maybe its my poor english. Regards.
Great course and great teachers!
The Course is very useful in terms of emphasize my work and let me gain more understanding on my current work in order to detect fraud and identify internal control deficiency.
Well done course that works well with studying for the CFE exam.
quite inciting and informative exepercially in my society where fraud is very prominent and seen as a way of life.i am now convinced that with the knowledge i have acquired i can help to design control measures for institutions and organizations alike coupled with my background in Accountancy.thank you so much COURSERA
A good fundamental knowledge of Forensic Accounting!!!
Very complex but clear enough to facilitate learning and skill development.
A lot of useful information
The Professors were wonderful, issues with wording of questions on tests and grading of tests
The course is good for providing introduction to Forensic accounting. What would be good is to include some analytical tools or examples of how exactly text analysis will help us find fraudsters. Overall the pace and content is good.
Good overview of fraud, relevant fraud studies, and counter-fraud processes.
Would be good if correct answers are shared for all the questions listed in the quiz. Great work. Wish to learn more on the same topic. Thank you.
Very basic stuff, but informative.
This is an excellent course, i was able to start my learning on Forensics Accounting due to this course.
This course have improve my understanding on auditing, fraud investigation and others.
An extrely good course to introduce people to Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting. I think a future course may have to be somewhat longer and have a bit more detail on Forensic Accounting.
Expert learning experience .
Congratulations. This introdutory course is useful and recommended to anyone who works or has interest in the subject.
Provides inside details each Internal Auditor should learn
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For those who have been working in subjects such AML/CFT, Anti corruption and other similar issues is a great complement that add value to that fields.
Overall the course impressed me well,but even more coverage of broader topics/chapters in the course would have been an added advantage.
An excellent course with real life examples that zoomed in on many of the essentials in fraud and forensics.
Great class, easy to follow and very informative!
Quite good but kind of too theoretic. Some practical examples would make the contents more understandable
Excellent program, I learned a lot to complement my knowledge of fraud examiner. I will recommend it to any one interested in Forensic accounting and Fraud.
Great job!
Fantastic course. This course provides strong basis towards CFE certification.
An excellent course full of information that is relevant to anyone working in accounting and management. who is concerned about fraud in his/her organisation.My only recommendation is; would it be possible to include some practical case studies for course participants.Thanks for the great work
Very interesting content that introduces many common fraud schemes and warning signs that may help prevent or detect the fraudulent act. Additional real life frauds were incorporated into the lessons which was one of my favorite parts. Wonderful teachers and a class that encompasses accounting concepts, forensic and investigative skills, and curious minds. Highly recommended!
This course is a better learning than general auditing course that was taken in university by me. Awesome knowledge provided. Very easy and slow english speaking letting us to understand each word.
informative and challenging course
Brilliant introduction to fraud examination, informative and intellectual instructors. It has really helped expand my knowledge of fraud. A+.
It is very good for someone to have basic knowledge in this subject and want to stu
this course has gave me a new sight of accounting. The easy to understand and follow in explanation by the professor and example of fraud case. Thank you for the great education.
The videos are eye-opening. It provides very comprehensive discussion on FRAUD and how these things happen, the studies conducted about it and interviews from some of the prominent people who were known to be involved in some FRAUDULENT matters.
This course help me in better understanding many areas of fraud investigation, so I recommend it to all!
A great insight into Fraud Examination. Very beneficial to a future in this field
Too qualitative, too much theory, narrative.Needs more specific examples of how numbers are manipulated for e.g. in financial statement fraud. Perhaps show real data on how outlier transactions are spotted.
Just buy the book and memorize it.
very interesting course. Concise and easy to understand.
Excellent course when requiring the skill of fraud detection within a working environment and the systems required to prevent fraud.
This course is an excellent platform to know the basics of fraud and the mode of operation of itit will help you to do better in your career
Very informative. I learned a lot.
One of the best Courses I 've ever taken
My issue with this course is the lack of depth. Most videos are shorter than 10 minutes, the instructors race through their bullet points without developing the ideas enough. The pace is frantic and the content is superficial. I understand the topic is massive, but that only leaves me baffled as to why there is room for 5 min videos in this course.
Amazing. Simple videos but powerful content.
Positive: It was refreshing to see this offering in Coursera. It is an important topic and there is limited amount of offerings (the Wharton course in accounting analytics crosses in the benfords law topic). The discussions in Madoff, Snowden, etc are positive to stimulate critical thinking. The approach was solid. The videos with real fraudsters were very good allowing to connect the theory to practice. The final exam with 60 questions is also very positive to force/stimulate the student to 'cement' the knowledge gained.Negative: This course was shockingly short. If discounted the weekly videos with real examples of frauds, per week there was only about 20-30 minutes of 'real' materials. This is not nearly enough a balanced output of resources to allow students to grasp the concepts. Institutions like Wharton, U. Michigan, U. Illinois, U. Virginia and Yale are packaging in their top courses/specializations at least 1.5 to 3 hours per module (what can have between 4 and 11 modules), plus resources - slides, readings, excel spreadsheets and others. This is an enormous gap. Also - although it was positive to see the materials of the collegue and acfe sites, more was expected. For example, it would be extremely valuable to have resources related to Bernie Madoff, Armstrong, Edward Snowden to engage on a more dynamic discussion. The slides used to back the video lectures should also been made available. Also in some topics more detail was expected. For example, Benford's Law. It should been shown the formula used, what is the threshold value to raise suspicion that manipulation might be present in the financials and also what are considered to be normal values.Overall it is positive to see your offering but I think it can be improved and add a lot more valuable.I wish you luck.
I really like the lectures of this course. But on the other hand this programming assignments are...I am not able to see why using such a complicated main code template is useful to understand the principals of the finite element method. I spend 5 hours for trying to install all the libraries and finding the correct header files of deal.II and this visualization thing which is needed in the write_output.h file). Because otherwise you will not be able to compile the code. This is not the first time I did installation of complicated code in unix and I know by heart this can be cumbersome sometimes.But why doing this for a simple programming assignment. I started this course because I want to learn about finite element method and not how to install deal.II software. But exactly installing is what the first assignment is about it is not about coding what will be only a small fraction of the whole assignment then.And the next thing is there is not only one person facing this troubles there are quite a lot if you look in the discussion forums.On the other hand if there would be sufficient help given for the installation it would be fine, but it is not.The only help which is given are sending some links which is nice. But links I can also watch by myself.So I really liked this course and found it interesting ( or I still find it interesting ), but I don't see what learn effect I should have from messing around with those deal.II libraries.
good for learning.
I've encountered very few courses that demonstrate the detailed connection between what we learn in theory and applying them in programming languages. The instructions on programming assignments are limpid, can get through them even with very little programming experience.
This is a good intro course which introduce the Finite Element Method step by step, which suited me perfectly since I hardly coded in c++ nor did FEM before.Nevertheless, as a graduate student, the pace is very slow, and the outline and motivation unclear, which would likely have discouraged me if I did not review video in x2, and stuck to second week lectures and onward.I would advise to introduce more outline and motivation at the beginning of the week lecture to keep students motivated.Apart from that, I recommand the course !
It is very well structured and Dr Krishna Garikipati helps me understand the course in very simple manner. I would like to thank coursera community for making this course available.
A rigorous and organized introduction to the subject with the additional benefit of learning through implementation.
Very weak presentation. Must be improved to keep attention.
This was a great course, I can only recommend. The tutor really explains basically all that there is to linear PDEs. What I miss, maybe as a different course is the case of nonlinear equations.
Professor Garikipati provides a thorough explanation which is of immense help to a beginner in FEM like me. The course is very interesting! The practice of making entire video in form of notes is very efficient for a student to grasp everything the teacher wants to convey.
This is the best course as iam learning I so happy about your lecturer'sIt is an wounder full experience that iam getting from you
EL PROFESOR ES MUY CLARO Y ENTREGA BUENA INFORMACIÓN APLICABLE AL TRABAJO
Excellent introduction to how to run genetic data analytic applications on a big data infraestructure.The theorical concepts related to data analytics were explained with highly professional quality; easy to understand for those with a data science backgroud. Also there were efective, efficient and acertive in the on the process of knowledge transference.An outstanding course that exceed my expectations on regarding to data analytics theory and methods.A good start. Congratulations.The course has some minors mistakes that does not affect the essence of it.
Great course, it was exactly what I was missing to help me progress in my work analyzing genetic data. By studying the content, I gained in a short amount of time the new skills I needed to analyze genetic data. The course is very rich, and I enjoyed it very much. It is very visible that the professor is an expert in this field !
Poorly organized course. The lectures seemed to jump around from one point to another. In some cases, way too much detail; in others, not nearly enough.The subtitles have so many errors that they are virtually useless.
This course is very well organized, has a ton of very practical information I could not find anywhere, all made available at your fingertips. I really enjoyed all the material, and am grew in confidence in analyzing big data from biomedical domains. Thank you for spednign the time putting all this material together !
Very Happy to learn about Genes. Expecting for More Praticles
Difficult to understand due to her very strong accent and poor audio, meaning I spend 90% of my effort trying to make out what she's saying. As it turns out, all she does is read from the slides! no additional insight, nothing. This makes it boring to hear and she comes across with no personality (although a quick rate-my-professors search tells us a very different story, a real shame since people seem to really like her). At any rate after one week of this course and not seeing any improvement, I've decided to call it quits.
The course is amazing, I want to purchase the course but it is not being working...I don't know what is the problem.
It is undoubtedly an awesome course.
A great introduction to the topic. It will leave you wanting to learn more.
This is an amazing course that combines different areas very well to a level understandable to non-specialists. Thank you for sharing your knowledge Isabelle
The course was fairly good and covered different topics about big data applied to genes. The resources and the course content were useful, to get a good understanding about the field.The assignments weren't as good as I anticipated, I would have preferred more hands-on work.
Amazing course! one of the best courses on couresera!
This course equip me with the basic information about university and how to research articles which might be very helpful for my future academic study,it contains many useful knowledge and I think that continuing study is needed
This course is good and useful.
A step in the right direction.
The course is helping to understand a lot about academic research.
thanks
Great course! Excellent materials and presentations. Although in some videos I turned the volume all the way up but I could barely hear anything... please check. I learned a lot from this course, more than I expected! And I can take what I learned and start applying it directly to my current project. Thank you!
Great course!!
Great course! Highly recommended!
Amazing course! Essential for professionals that want to become Strategic Advisors in the Health Sector!
A good introduction to the Healthcare Marketplace though the pace of the class makes hard to understand all the economical concepts.
Great Introduction to US Healthca
This was a great module. Loved it, learned a lot.
Great material, but presentation was way to fast and can benefit from some additional details and examples.
Total awesome knowledge on Health care domain
A good overview of the Healthcare ecosystem. Definitely recommend to anyone who looks to get an overview into the industry. It also serves as a good base together with the other four modules for experienced professionals looking to transition into this industry.
I never new there were so much procedures and steps in the healthcare industry. This course has truly gave me a better understanding of what's going on around.
A very helpful course, it acts as a perfect accompaniment to the existing knowledge of any health professional.
The course could be improved by cutting the repetitive materials, avoiding the time-consuming drawing on the slides and be more precise on the wording.
Learning is part of the growing and acquisition of skills by which one can contribute to society. Coursera has very good courses. I am so happy, you provide opportunities for study and scholarship. Thanks.
This course was very helpful to my current position working in a Hospital. It was very thought through and I enjoyed it! It kept me wanting to know more! Thank you!
He talks to0o00o fast and His slides are too wordy and I feel so sleepy When I was watching these videos! (I don't know why)!However As a PhD biomedical Eng, I'm learning alot from this specialization and I highly appreciate them for creating such amazing Idea. I'm Canadian and I know we have lots of similarities with you and I think I should make it for Canada and our university.Sincerely,Azadeh
I thought this course would be kinda boring, but I have been pleasantly surprised at how interesting it is. Steve Parenti has a dry and sly sense of humor and the content gives me great historical and current perspective on the way healthcare works in the U.S. and to a lesser degree, in the rest of the world.Only quibble: There are lots of typos on the slides. Sometimes these are pretty amusing, but sometimes confusing.Also, some of the listed handouts seem to be relevant to the next course in the series, rather than to this one.All said, I think Dr. Parenti would be someone fun to go and have a beer with.
Some of the lectures were too general, too fast, or left things outI also don't like the peer review type grading structureAlso, I am sure I'm not the only person taking this course (or the whole series), who does not CURRENTLY, have a career in healthcare; I am working towards that - So; to ask us to do a market sizing memo and come up with something from nothing, while swearing not to plagiarize, is not a good method.I'm here to gain knowledge and skills - a broad overview.Perhaps a course or actual 2nd degree in Health Info Tech or Healthcare Admin. is better way to go for me; however, I cannot afford it finance or time - therefore, am trying to learn as much as possible off here.Kudsos to Parente for having super cool interests though - the sailing, the places he sails and the awesome vacation home in the Scottish Highlands!
Poor English. Unfair assignments ((
very informative and interesting
Only catered to the American healthcare system. This course was not mind numbingly boring as hell
lecturer is very monotone and isn't engaging. Course also focuses a lot on the history when it would be more relevant to look to the future. It is peer graded which is extremely unreasonable, people do not read the submissions fully or fully have the knowledge to be able to grade someone else's work. People also have different standard which causes a large variation in grades. Grading rubric does not include areas for where extra research has been done either
Excellent course because is: Organized, current informed, excelent references, high quality, and deliver for very experience instructors
Unclear assignments unfit for an international participant base.
peer review is not fair!!!
Very comprehensive and content-rich. A great course for the average citizen to take to expand their awareness.
Excellent! Very clear presentation help the learning process...
This is a good course, providing quality information. It has a bit of a financial lean, as the professor has a background in this area; this was stretching for me as an engineer, but ultimately I found it helpful, as the financing of healthcare is an incredibly important issue! Unfortunately, the professor is a bit hard to understand; he does not speak in proper grammatical structure and often rambles or mutters, so even as a native English speaker, I had to turn on subtitles in order to understand the point he was trying to get across. Overall, after taking this course, I feel *much* more versed on the healthcare landscape and all the players involved therein. I recommend this course to students who want to better understand the general workings of the healthcare industry.
The professor just read the materials through all the modules, and the course was really boring. But, the content was quite updated that was the only good thing. Does not worth such a high payment.
Very well strucutred and with real and updated references!
great course
the quality of the lecture is poor - slides are dense and full of bullet points which the professor LITERALLY JUST READS OUT on videos. I did a google search, and found almost all of the analytical charts he presented, readily available on the internet. What exactly is the point in the lecture then? Instead, why don't you compress some valuable learning nuggets into half the course time, instead of hearing you ready through your ocean of bullet points, and needlessly underline (in red) the current bullet point your reading. Seriously, this is one the poorest quality lectures I've ever done!The quality of peer assignments to grade are a joke. Classmates are simply copying bits and pieces of the lecture material to make up the 'market sizing memo'.I seriously doubt the learning value in this class, and the quality of instruction.
Overall a great beginning to the course. It does comes across as a systematic dive into the rather complex world of health care in US. My only concern is related to some of the questions in the quizzes. Sometimes they are too literal, like year of XYZ etc, which comes across as test of memory rather than an evaluation of knowledge. Else I am enjoying. Am on speed. And keen to continue.
There is no staff´s to help you through the course.
totally recomeded this course if you need to learn about the medical system the EEUU
This course provided an updated refresher on the healthcare marketplace for me, who studies health systems in college a decade ago. It was much needed and very helpful. I am excited to apply these concepts to my daily work as a healthcare analyst. Thank you!
Unclear, ambiguous direction and material that is unhelpful for building the final project
Very useful,I will Recommend this course to my fellow mates .
Excelent course. Much of your time will be needed to do the assignments.
The course is not very well developed like course 1, 2, 3.
Very good course to enhance BI learning.
Mentor review for the final project takes long time to be completed.
Course is good but mentor grading needs to be a bit sorted as in they required almost 2 additional weeks to grade one assignment in total that is 1 month to grade an assignment so that needs to be taken care of
Excellent contemporary course content and hands on course. Recommended for everyone who wants start or change into exciting career in DWBI.
I have submitted all my solution long back but the last submission which was suppose to been by mentor is pending from one and the half months.
Great
The best course in the certification path.
Awesome content ,very well drafted and explained course content. I am thankful to the coursera team, who has discovered such kind of really good course and specialization.
Very Beneficial !!!
this is an excellent and rigorous course and a valuable preparation for working with data warehouses. frustratingly, the assignments contained errors, inconsistencies, and vagaries that left me wondering if the professors did this on purpose, to simulate real world situations. anyway, the bottom line is that this course offers a great opportunity to learn and practice. they say you get out of it only what you put into it. be prepared to spend 8 to 16 hours on the assignments. but it definitely was worth it. THANK YOU, PROFESSORS!
Excellent course..provides hands-on experience on designing a data warehouse for BI implementation
It was very challenging. Not everything was well prepared. But overall good! Thank you very much!
The capstone project is interesting but requires far too much time compared to the other courses and to what is announced.
Awesome Course!
Well framed capstone project. no less than real project.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on digital thread components. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you University of buffalo, The State University of New York and Coursera.
Very helpful to understand the vital nature of information in product life cycle.
This course is just definitions. I will finish the course, but I do not recommend it for someone who needs a technical approach. I was expecting a few more technical examples or exercises (mixed with their accompanying definitions). This course are pure lectures, no practice beyond open-ended questions. I wish it was a blend of lectures and practice. and not so purely academic.
The course is good, Examples are briefly explained. It doesn't cover a couple of subjects, but still good.
Many Example and quiz problems have wrong answers, other all is prefect, simple explanation & great content
I graduated eight years ago and never took the FE. After some pressure at work I decided to take it, but I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a review course. After completing this course and doing the practice exam, I was able to pass the FE on the first try. This review course is very good because the topics which are discussed are discussed in detail. I would also recommend getting a review manual that goes over all the possible topics. I had a number of questions on engineering economics. Thank you to the professor for providing this wonderful course.
The lectures do exactly what you need. He starts with just enough theory to help you understand a concept and then jumps into applying equations and solving example problems. The biggest problem is that there are examples that are wrong every once in a while during the lectures and one or two in each quiz. It's not a huge deal because sometimes figuring out where he went wrong helps you to understand the problem better. It can be annoying for some examples though.
Great refresher and guide to passing the FE
very valuable courses and great instructor
The course is well made. Unfortunately, you will find at least one, minor or fatal, error in every video as well as quizzes. It also doesn't cover all the important subjects, so I would not call it an "FE Exam Review" course as the title might be very misleading. The course is good for reviewing the mentioned subjects but don't depend on it as your sole source of review.
I am glad that this exist but notice many errors. Every chapter has at least one error. Wish the admin address these issues through the discussion forums.
very helpful for FE/PE
So much better than the paid courses available
I think it is a good courseany one can get benefits
This course is very helpful if you're preparing FE exam. I passed after study this course! Very recommend.
This course was a good refresher which hit a lot of topics covered on the FE exam. I supplemented this course with some reference books and the NCEES manual and I was able to pass the FE Exam.
Great review!!!
This is a fantastic course that helped me prepare for the EIT exam. Thanks for providing this and it is greatly appreciated.
Great resource and very well explained. The lessons are concise and to the point. Thank you very much.
i think this course is extremely helpful if you want to refresh the subject without using the damn manual
It is very brief,creative and simple .Thanks
Great refresher
the session was was most interesting and knowledgable..i loved it
An advanced course of fluid-solid interactions, probably suitable for first or second year graduate students.Personally I hope that the course can be longer (which is hard to achieve for courses on Internet) so more details can be talked about. Sometimes the students need time to respond to derivations of equations and physical significance of an equation.
The best course and the best teacher. I would like to see the advanced version of this course to be offered.
It's very interesting, thanks¡¡
It is definitely one of the most interesting MOOC I did and would congratulate you for the simplicity (and fun) with which you explain the complex coupling models and approximations.I am currently working on FSI for bubble collapse close to solid walls in cavitation, and your MOOC has helped me gain perspective and understanding to solve many practical problems.
Excellent course, making such a difficult subject very easy and understandable. But I really think that the pace of the course is fast when compared to the contents.Also the addition of numerical/ programming examples would be of great use
The fundamentals of fluid-structure interaction was well explained through examples and laboratory tests. However, small applications should be explained and done by the students in order to have a better representation of physical phenomenon.
It was amazing, very interesting and well explained. Unfortunately I could not do the quices without paying the course, which is a pity. I would have rather done the course first and then decided whether to pay for the certificate. In any case, I learned a lot and this is very useful information I will use in my Ph.D studies. Regards
Very nicely instructed. This is the first course which I like the most but cannot afford to pay.
I am delighted to subscribe this course. Thank you Course team to introduce us the wonders of FSI, the way this course was designed and the contents explained are all excellent. Thank you Coursera for giving us this opportunity. Hope more courses by the instructors are coming soon.
Got a lot to take back from this course. It's very rare to find courses online on this topic! Thank to EPFL teaching faculty and Coursera!
absolutely brilliant! This course is very well structured and very well presented. It touches upon a rather complex area of research but has masterly conveyed the essential skills and methods in a pace that is a bit challenging but not to a point of intimidating. I have watched each and every lecture video for at least 4 times. It is a very good starting point for anyone interested in FSI.
very very helpful course!
Great course. Very organized and performed.A more general point of view using non very complex examples and rich with applications.Congratulations!I suggest a second course using CFD and FEM, for example.Best Regards and thanks very much for this opportunity.
It is an excellent course. Professor LaGrange has an extraordinary skill to facilitate the understanding of the fundamentals of fluid-solid interactions. Every week of the course combines theory and experimental demostrations in a very balanced way. The visual images accompanying the equations and the summaries at the end of the sessions are great course assets. Without any doubt I will enroll in a future sequel of this course.
This course is very informative and gives starting platform to pursue this field. I really like this course. There is one thing that I felt missing. I could use some coding assignment to better grasp the course contents. it can be made optional. This could provide more help to people who wants to have a deeper understanding.
Lessons were pretty concise, engaging and well arranged. Quizzes were relevant and stimulating. Would love to take an advanced version.Thanks to the team.
Very clear introductory course about fMRI. It touches almost every concept needed to understand an MRI experiment. Many complex topics were explained in a very clear and concise way.
It was a great course.However I expect more discussion in foro and the proffesors opinion
A though class. But I think I learned so much. Anyone who interested in working an area related to fMRI should take it
Very great
It goes a bit too much into the details sometimes. Personal researches are sometimes required to understand what is explained.
This is a great course to have available. However, I do think that in order to truly grasp many of the concepts, you need to either have a good baseline statistical background (ie, more than one college stats course), or be willing to spend a lot more time looking up many of the concepts (though many can only be found referenced in papers). For those who are engaged in applied statistics/signal processing, this would probably be fine. The course was very interesting, but I do wish they spent a bit more time breaking down the statistical measures and more examples/figures/analogies to make the course overall more coherent, and encourage a deeper understanding from a big picture perspective. It would be helpful if they had optional supplementary videos that dive deeper into the stats for those who could use it.
Great course. Great overview of fMRI, including the background for statistical tests used.
Great course！
In general terms the course is very good. It would be great if they could include at least one real example of each statistic method presented.
Great course
Some of the mathematical models and statistical models were hard to understand had I not taken mathematical and statistical classes on my masters. I really appreciated the slides for each individual modules; it made it easier to follow.
Extremely helpful and well guided roundup for any one who is interested in experimenting with FMRI data and experiment.
Statistics should definitely be a pre-requisite for this course. I study clinical pharmacology and my knowledge of stat was limited to mean, median and mode and standard deviation haha. good course though for whoever studied statistics.
It has been very useful informations for me. The method used by those teachers was very good and didactic. Thank you.
The language is clear. The video edition is fine. The mathematical parts were illustrated fantastically. In my case , practice made master, meaning that I saw the videos several times and searched on wikipedia and googled words a few times. Maybe some ideas would've been better understood if it had been included the use of a special software such as AFNI or SPM, that's why I didn't give the five stars to the course.
As a person who actually studied physics and knows a little about data science, I am literally baffled the way information presented and lectures speak. Really don't recommend this cource at all. because Week 1 materals is a imcomprehenisble mess full of incorrect explanation and vague definitions.
Whenever examples were given, things became much clearer, but there often weren't examples. In many instances it would have been nice if there had been a second take of the video taken to prevent potentially confusing mis-speaking from making it into the lectures. Obviously you get what you pay for, and it's great that I got a vague overview of the subject for free, but I easily aced the course without feeling like I'm at all prepared to run an fMRI experiment.
Instructors tend to talk too fast and read off the slides verbatim instead of thoroughly explaining the topic
I was incredibly impressed by the way in which Professor Lindquist and Professor Wager were able to take relatively complex concepts, and present them in a way that was engaging and accessible. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in familiarising themselves with fMRI research.
Great.
great course but more technical than I needed to know.....interesting, however.
Terrific learning experience!
An excellent course to gain a working knowledge of fMRI and fMRI data analysis!
I found this course very interesting and useful. Even though it is more based on theory than in practice, it really manages to provide a wide range of ideas about different aspects that influence on education. It motivates active thinking about concepts that I personally had not thought about before.
Excellent for anyone who is interested in education or is looking at a career or profession in education or just wants to get a bigger & broader picture about education.
This is a great opportunity for me. I am very pleased to this courses. Thank you for that.
Insightful lectures every week, but the assignments' grading criteria is a little too simplistic and does not push students to really think further about the future of education.
It was not a great course. I found it not very rewarding, because the discussions were hard to follow. Also, it did not present historical literature and research on the subject. I was hoping for peer-reviewed articles and readings that helped illuminate the history and the psychology of education.
thank you
This course let me the direction of future education and I, as a student in normal university will devote myself to this career.
Great course that focuses on reflective learning. Highly recommend it for educators and those interested in Education
This is a really great course. The topic of discussion is not only very important and urgent but also very interesting. The interviews of each week were really well done and the people interviewed are experts in their field. The course is challenging, but the feedback of the other students is very serious and supportive.
Insightful and reflective material; great facilitators.The sessions were a little less engaging in between because the facilitators didn't talk to/engage the user but were talking between them.
Really great course, with lots to learn. I recommend doing this course if you are self-led as a learner and motivated to develop your own thinking, as a lot of your learning falls to you and your responsibilities over your reflective blog.
great course except for the "testing " system
Good discussion video, faculties of UCL were excellent. should have more contents and further reading materials. Felt the course is more UK centric, also bit more insight to education referring to the old educationists should be added advantage! Thank you for this nice course. Need more such courses for teachers and
Awesome online course. Put together really well. This course makes you reflect on ideas rather than just teaching you concepts. A great opportunity and a must for anyone studying or working in Education. I loved the experience !
Very well structured, great lecture-videos with experts in their field. Love the vibrant discussion forums as well where i get to learn more about different education cultures from all around the world. My only one criticism is that it became to predictable - pre-lecture activity, lectures, discussion forum, reflection. rinse. repeat. thought perhaps the learning, and maybe the assessments could have been diversified more? Instead of personal reflections, maybe we could do reflect on case studies?
Great job Dr. Brooks!
Very well organized. I have found this course very applicable.
A really excellent course - well delivered, informative and insightful. I would highly recommend this for anyone working within the education space, whether a new practitioner or experienced.
Excellent course. Teachers and partners bring the support not only to learn but finishing this meaningful course.
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From the start it seemed politically correct and ideological. Did not even broach the topic until the final week (as far as I can see from the list of videos). Life is too short.
This course is an eye opener for me.
great time to rethink about the future and interact with many people who have different perspectives
excellent very useful and adaptable to different realities.
I like the delivery and I like it more that I am learning so much. Very excellent presentation. Thank you.
I like the lectures -let's say sincere chats- between Clare and other educators. They are good in their field and the messages were quite clear. Being have to comment to others' posts and padlet and other interactive exercises made the course more "natural".Course also gave some new perspectives to me.Thanks for the great course!
Really helped to reflect my thoughts on education and how can we improve it. Got some peer reviews and they were really motivating and I am thankful for such great peer review system to Coursera
Most informative and thought provoking particularly as I teach across two educational systems. Many thanks.
Very interesting
thanks
It is a perfect course both for a beginner and a professional!
This course is great for people who want to learn the latest about being a good teacher.
Good to know about education on future
Interessante, porém poderia ser melhor elaborado.This course is interesting, but could be better elaborated.
I very much enjoyed this course, and it has an active forum with some good contributors but I found that it felt more informative and engaging on the starting topics, rather than the core question of what is the future of education. This may be more due to my personal interests rather than any fault of the course, however! Particularly enjoyed the first few weeks "How do we learn", "What is intelligence and does it matter?" and "What makes a good teacher?".
could clarify some more on the question it asks, for example, the question about intelligence.
Excellent course. Every educator should take it.
I found the course thought provoking and a good example of using technology effectively in a PL environment.
I genuinely enjoyed this course - Brilliant insights and allowed me to further expand my knowledge with regards to education!
The way the teachers give lectures are compact and easy to understand. It has been useful for me to join the class!
My rating is for week 5 - Why do governments fund education. Everyone should know that.
Great and informative course held in a very relaxing and enjoyable way!
I enjoyed the course and its interactive nature.
Very informative. However, some videos have audio problems.
I love this course!
It was a pleasure to follow this MOOC course. It is a very good opportunity to assist some good experts talks and also share knowledge and experience with tutors and some peers around the world. I learned a lot by dedicating time to the activities and papers. Thank you all for your care and congratulations for the course. Regards, Arnaldo, Brazil.
Well orgnized course with self-paced homework and essay writings.
great discussions and a refreshing point of view
My dream to create the Best Learners Academy is just helped by this course to a great extent....Outstanding content and knowledge shared by the professors..
so far I'm liking the course... i'm not really sure about the last assignment where we need to submit a TED kinda video... not sure how this complement the goal of the course overall.. but so far the videos and the journals are so relevant and make valid points to discuss and think about them, whether you are a teacher , like myself, or a learner or both
Great course! I enjoyed it very much. I feel like it is slightly more directed at teachers and those who have a career in education, rather than individuals interested in the topic.
pretty good!
This course is well organized and provide me a chance to review various educational theories with context.
very beneficial :)
Excellent introductory course to the subject! Requires some basic math (and programming if you are not an excel fan)
As the first serious encounter with financial engineering I found the course challenging but very rewarding. Very good theory-practice ratio. I would definitely recommend to somebody who is interested in the topic and willing to spend many hours with it. My experiences are based on 4 weeks of completed sessions, so please take it with a grain of salt.
Great introductory course!
Concise and informative content. Good intro to the overall subject. Really enjoyed it.
Excellent course content supported with relevant excel sheets. Requires rigorous practi
really great course
Great course. Highly recommend.
Really good insight into the pricing of financial instruments
promising
Good introduction to term structure modeling, arbitrage and other similar topics, quizes were challenging and required independent thought. Good course overall, the lack of guidance on incorrect quiz questions except for through the forum is the only reason for a loss of star.
The only reason i passed was because i ignored the lectures and asked others for help, once i did that finance became a lot easier to understand.
Help on topics is very limited. Nothing more than instruction videos. Discussion forums are helpful only to solve assignments. There is hardly any input from instructor about genuine theoretical questions.
It was OK! One of the most valuable parts of this course are their excels woorksheets, very very useful. Moreover, the clever view of the trainers is fantastic.
The course is very elementary and basic. It should be a good intro 101 for those who have never studied mathematical finance. You can also practice using Excel if you have never used it before. It could be more challenging and fun if there were more modeling questions.
Interesting, useful, with very nice examples and helping tools. For me, Prof. Martin Haugh's style was more appealing, but I congratulate both Mr. Haugh and Mr. Iyengar for a difficult and beautiful course :). Thanks vm!
Wonderful course with helpful materials and assignments. I especially appreciate the depth of assignments, which really helped me discover blind spots in my knowledge structure.
It is a great entry-level course for engineering students like me who want to learn some basic finance. The assignment after each module did take me some time but it is quite worth it. And the last module of background materials that cover a lot of finance mathematics is very helpful too.
Great courses, extremely clear. Thanks a lot to both Mr Haugh and Mr Iyengar.
Very comprehensive and quantitative!
The course in general is fine. Although it is not an introductory level, and users should be aware of it. By the time you finish it, you will have an idea of how financial engineering works and will understand the math behind the scenes. The required level of mathematics is not very high, and high-school maths are enough to follow the formalism. Also, several assignments are done in Excel, so basic knowledge of its features will help.
It's a very nice course for those of you who interested in financial engineering. Highly recommended
Fantastic class. I hope in the future someone teach how to code in python for the assignment. Thank you so much. Also i suggest someone mention what's next after this series. I want to be a quant. I believe this is the first step. Want to know more.
Very good course, quite challenging. I think I understand financial world better now.
Gorgeous
very good course. the exercises are very useful to review the material but it seems that rounding errors can make the difference between right and wrong.
Eye-opening and powerful crash course introducing to the life of a quant. Problem is in the discussion forums, where there is very little interaction with mentors and week-long (or more delays) in getting feedback.
Very rich content
This course is amazing. The structure is very clear and coherent. It is very mathematically focused and the models are interesting. I would always recommend this course to my colleagues.
Great course. Level of support from the mentors was non existent though.
It's terrible if one wants to accomplish the quiz using Garud Iyengar's Notes!! Examples in his notes were not well explained!!
I think that the simply reading slides doesn't help people understand. The idea is to make this courses as accessible as possible.
Truly excellent course! I really enjoyed learning through the guidance of Prof. Haugh and Prof. Iyengar. I loved the end of week quizes. For more details, please see my review of the Part II. I completed Part I in Oct 2016, and Part II in early Jan 2017. Very good beginning to the New Year! Time well-invested.
Very good this course!
The course provides me the first experience of a complete foreign course!Although some of the theories have been known to many, this course is still worth a thorough learning for its insightful financial ideas.
Great learning experience. Learnt the various concepts on financial modelling and related topi
Great learning experience. Learnt lot of concepts and pricing models. Thank you Faculty for efforts in explaining various aspects of inancial
I really liked this course and definitely recommend it! The videos are well prepared and make all the math easy to understand and the quizzes are excellent to resume the ideia of each lesson. Congratulations to the team!
I think the way it is taught is not very insightful, the lecturers clearly just read a script and make it difficult to follow. They assignment questions are often hard to understand. Most importantly, there is very little about the actual mechanism behind pricing financial instruments, instead they just state the formula.
Excellent course and learnt a lot of details. It really gives me lot of confidence and motivation to do more courses and I have already started Part 2. Can't wait for it complete.
Fantastic course, Good course on financial mathematics. I am looking forward for FERM II.
Great!
Really good explained. I also loved the exams. but I think you should have some background in finance if you want to enroll.
very good basic courses for beginners
Was very educational, learn't a lot and the great thing was having to implement the theory learn't in the notes and lectures during the assignments. The "curve" ball questions were great too as it forced you to apply understanding thus teaching you to apply your knowledge based on the core principles learn't.
Pretty cool course. I hope they come out with two course sequences, one based more on theory that doesn't back away from stochastic calc so much, and another on practical methods using something other than excel.
Great CourseI like It
The lectures weren't always easy to follow but the quizzes were really useful as they meant it was necessary to understand the material. Definitely a useful course, I will be interested to see how it relates to the real world of derivatives pricing.
Very good for basic understanding of FInEng field. Especially on Binomial Model. Many thanks.
looking forward to lots of self-learning experience!! might be needed for my master program later on.
I took this course to prepare for the interview for the MFE program in Columbia, and I am so excited to see these two professors in person in this fall. Cool course, quite intro level, but practical to take for the preparation for interviews.
Unfortunately, no tutors/instructors present to supervise the course, which made inconsistencies between course material (slides, videos) and solutions calculated for assignments horribly annoying to deal with, especially for someone like me new to the topic. Further, the solver addin (needed for the week 6 assignment) is not consistent across different excel versions and libre calc, which resulted in a whole lot of guesswork to pass this assignment. I'm sorry to say the course never came close to my expectations, despite the very interesting topic. Would not recommend.
It is a brilliant course covering all the key concepts in the financial engineering and model calibrations! The assignments are challenging but really help me reinforce my understanding of concepts and practice basic excel modeling skills. Highly recommended
Very good course to understand financial products. The excel spreadsheets give a good overview of how to price such products in the limits of the model.
Good course for a dry subject. I feel that the modeling could've been more thoroughly explain. For example, the professor could've used cases to analyze/explain what relationships between variables signify in greater detail.
Makes clear concepts I've been struggling with, for me, understanding equals easier to digest and remember. :-) Well done.
Great knowledge! Thanks for making it available!
It has better content provided than ours.
Not at all what I expected--big disappointment
Its an amazing course.
Nice course, covers a wide aspect of materials. However, much of theories are not that easy to understand, so it would be better if the instructors could add a little bit more real-world examples/applications of these theories.
it is the best course that i have ever learnt in coursera~~
Great course! Thank you!)
Great Learning!
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Excellent course for students with some finance background. Content is nicely paced and well illustrated through models and examples. The quizzes range from straight forward application to challenging (given there is no feedback on where you got a question incorrect).
It is not an intro class. This course is challenging particularly when you are not an English Native. In this course the most frequently used model is binomial model that can be fairly dealt with in the Excel sheet.
Very good course!
The teacher in the first few weeks is hard to follow; it sounds like he reads from a paper and he barely writes anything on the slides. It sounds like every sentence he says is crucial to understand, which is hard to follow. The other teacher does a much better job at this. The course would also greatly benefit with exercise material so you get a better feeling of calculating these things.
I find far too theoretical, too dry; no examples, no exercise guidelines. It's almost having someone reading the slides to you. Still useful for someone like me that never done financial engineering, to find all the concepts in one place. Hence the two stars as oppose to one.
Awesome...the concepts have been explained in a superb way, the contents are itself high class, he example computations are jist wonderful. Although I am yet to finish it, I am just enthralled with it and have been a fan of coursera big time!!Expecting more detailed and rigorous course on financial engg which can be a testimony itself for an entry to the industry!!
The course goes into a reasonable depth of the area. I particularly like the excel models for pricing of various financial instruments. My only suggestion is to provide more supplementary material like open source books, research papers etc on the topic so that one can expand their knowledge even further.
nice challenging course with very good lecture videos and supporting material. the questions tested the material very well and were just challenging enough for my taste. Also the teachers were explaining the material very well.
It is not a recommended course, when they explain something they assume that we are expert and we know all what they are talking about, they need to have statistics experts which is not mentioned in course prerequisite.================I recommend to review the material and to review the purpose of this course
Excellent material with high quality quizzes. Highly recommended.
Just what I need !
A very good mix of Detail and comprehensibility
Challenging course but I've really got a good sense of the mechanics of main financial instruments such as bonds, options, futures, swaptions, etc. Being able to do all the exercises in Excel is pretty convenient. Exercises are difficult because there is no feedback - it's either right or wrong.
I wish it could be harder and have more challenging quizzes than simply arithmetic and multiple choice.
Excellent, in-depth and comprehensive
Great course. I learned a lot and I'm fucking master in Financial engineering so it's a good sign
Bit difficult but worthy
Good course. Personally I think it is almost the perfect level for those who have some basic understandings about finance and look forward to go deep(such as me). This course requires some understanding about using Excel, which is quite useful when doing the quiz. Mastering Excel well would save a lot time. Some material might be a little hard but with patience and hardworking, it can still be solved. Highly recommended!
Very technical-based teaching style, great experience with substantial amount of calculation.
Brilliant course! It requires some prerequisite knowledge of finance and quantitative analysis but introduces you to financial concepts from a new perspective.
Excellent approach, robust presentation, demanding but rewarding quizzes, overall a valuable course.A slight drawback is of technical nature and is responsibility of the host platform: a couple of module videos contain wrong subtitles. Nevertheless, both teacher speak clear English, and it wouldn't be hard for most participants to follow.
Perfect Course,Thank you!
The material covered in the course is highly relevant to the current job market. Professors Haugh & Iyengar were great at explaining the material and the quizzes were reasonably difficult. The learning spreadsheets were very good as well. Overall, it was a great learning experience and I will enthusiastically recommend it to my colleagues.
A very good course for students of Financial Engineering. Recommend people who have basic financial mathematics knowledge to join the course.
Inconsitencies in instructions and information for some assignments otherwise very good
It is a little sad that the materials taught were not matching test materials well in the quiz.
Very interesting course. I think i get a lot of technical and important tools. Thank you!
Examples have to be more clear. i cant seem to get anything correct because of computers
This course is a great, from the perspective of how it is organized as well as the assignments provided at the end of each module. The way the content layout is well-suited and leads student step by step gaining insight to the mechanics of different financial derivatives and working on those assignments is a great method of pushing student spend time to understand how the mechanics works.Both instructors are great! and I appreciated greatly their effort as well as Coursera.The only one improvement I would suggest is that if a TA can be assigned for this course, it'll be a great help to all students.Thanks!
The course is good. Would be better if there are more examples given and lively interaction with fellow learners on the forums though.
very strong on the basics
good learning with explanation on basic financials
Very well presented, structured and selected material, easy to follow, relevant and interesting. Quizz problems are well thought through and have a reasonable degree of difficulty and length.
Both the tutors are very nice and I like the way of explaining simple concepts and building upon them for higher level concepts.The course content is really nice. I wonder if part of Stochastic calculus and ito's lemma could also be added.Thanks for sharing such vast knowledge.
have not finished it yet , but a very good course so far, a lot theory mixed with exercises.
A very interested course. Only suggestion:a. if possibile more interation with the professorsb. being more realistic in the case studies
Definitely worth taking!
This course is rigourous, the quizzes are challenging. I hope they provide more practice quizzes
Very good course! Well-organized. The homework helps understanding.
Very good course !! It combines theory and practice !
Dr. Martin's teaching is wonderful!
Sufficient rigor for a course that is notoriously quantitative and challenging! Working with Excel models is the best way to get your feet wet with abstract price evolution theory which will ultimately be implemented in algorithms of C++ and Python! Kudos to team who is the best in the field educating this subject to the masses!
Great Course
This course is conducted mostly more or less by reading just the slides.
Good course!
The course provides a very thorough introduction on the basic models and mechanisms by which various financial products are priced. One issue I had, was that the quiz questions sometimes used terminology or jargon for which the link with the material covered in the videos was not always immediately obvious. Also, the course, especially the later modules, heavily relies on Microsoft Excel, which some people might not be willing to pay hard cash for. It is possible to pass by doing the assignments with e.g. Python, but it's a lot of work, and not for the faint of heart.
course needs problems with explanations and/or better feedback on quizzes. there is no way to tell what error one has made - it could even be rounding. a student forum might be helpful, too.application of some formulas is not clear, leading to errors on quizzes. in some cases I have used external resources to give me a way to achieve the correct result
Great! A difficult subject that has been very clearly presented.
Great course!
Very good course indeed.
Low quality slides. Monotone lecturing style.
Great insight, but the lecture is quite hard !
This class gives allot of good information on those who are interested in the stock market and how it operates.Wish I would have started this class sooner.
Very well structure
It is my major!
very useful
iI have joined late but worth it...
Great course that require some background and some work but excellent.
Three stars for course structure, two stars less for every poor course material which doesn't contain any guidance to test questions.
Very interesting. The quizzes after each model compels me to learn and research more.
Extraordinarily dry presentation. It was a struggle to sit through each video.
Following this course, and many FE books
The content of the course looked promising. But then I took a first look: the instructor is reading formulas from a slide. This is missing the whole point of a online class. There is no motivation for the formulars, no context why they are important. And from a learning point of view the course is very hard to follow. No real advantage compared to reading a book on that matter.I just took the "Economics of Money and Banking course", which is one of the best courses I ever attended (personally in class or online). There are other great courses on Coursera. And for easy introduction to some of the concepts Khan University courses are unmatched in accessability.Too bad that this course doesn't match up to the above examples. The topics would deserve that they are presented in a way that they can be understood by a wide audience.
I would like to see the discussion forum back. That will help debugging the answers to the quiz.
Excellent, well done course and an opportunity to touch some topics on finance very interesting
Im really fascinated with this course.By the way, i think some quiz have few mistakes as the module about pricing swaptions in the calibration model. The answer the professor gave is not 13300 or 19400, but 1330 or 1940 respectively.The quiz#6, the answer for the question 1 and 2 is multiple, its between a range and i cant complete it, please check the parameters again.
The content of this course is apropiate for drive the finances and risk, We be lear more about this courseI am Engenier in Sofware, the know of finances is aplicable in anyware software.
This course provide with a lot of useful knowledge about financial market and different types of securities as well.
Great course, challenging and very interesting!
Thank you so much prof. HirschfeldI'm so sad the course is over - it was a weekly meeting with a different, higher reality.Thank you again
What a shame. English subtitles were promised and not arranged. I truly wanted to learn this course. Obviously Coursera doesn't care.
Lectures are in Hebrew. English subtitles are in Hebrew also. Completely useless unless you understand Hebrew. I am about to drop this class.
an usefull introduction to Data world and Ananlytics tools
it's my first online course , i liked it too much . it was an amazing experience
Satisfy with the content
Its a good basic level course, which discusses on how to think strategically and approach for the real time problem at hand.
Too high level compared to what I expected, but does give a good overview of the topic.
Very good and dynamic overview of (big) data analysis approach
Disappointing. Just brushed the surface of most of the topics, felt a bit too much like an ad for PWC or story telling about client engagements. Content was lacking
very little useful information, more like PR for PWC
Basically this course was an excellent promotion of PwC as a consultant. A well crafted introduction of buzz-words with very little substance (Unlike the following courses on Excel and presentations)
A good overview of data and analytics from both business application and technical perspectives
Excellent material, I was delighted to take this course and really think it is very helpful for data analysts.Thanks!!
Great course.
Very helpful for building an outline for data-driven decision making. The exercises are also well designed for helping to review and strengthen the things learned in the courses.
was an excellent c
Great insight.
Very well designed course to help understand how data analytics is changing the way we make decisions
I really liked the material in this course! It was very helpful to gain a base understanding around big data and the potential insight and uses that come from tapping into it.In terms of the assignments and projects, I think the strategic approach to helping firms tap into insights from big data was a little bit vague.
Great course that provides insight on the various types of approaches, techniques, and tools utilized across data analytics and visualization. This first course of the specialization is a great opportunity to learn about the concepts. I am looking forward to the rest of the courses that will be a little more technical.
Excellent high level overview for a complete beginner or someone with a passing knowledge of the tools and processes. Taking the class just to get an idea of the PwC data analysis framework is worth it
Peer Reviewed Assignment not a well planned marking system. Grades can be to vary. Dependent on fellow students for pass not most ideal.
Very great course. An awesome foundation for anyone who has a keen interest in data analytics. I am glad I took this course
A very nice course for beginners and professionals.It helps one to improve, achieve results and also gives a chance to experience the knowledge and expertise of Professionals
It is a good introduction to data analytics techniques and methodologies. However, I think there is over-repetition of basic points which undermines the more subtle, yet significant, points.
very boring lectures. expected a lot more from something like PWC. Doesn't worth it at all. Didn't learn anything new.
it is a really good introduction to the data bussines world
Very nice intro course to analytics!
Just gives a very basic and layman level information about data analytics. Good course for people who are curious to know what data analytics is all about.
A more practical assessment should have been there. Although, 100% satisfied witht he content and the curriculum with insights from the veterans at PwC.
Excellent concepts building materials and flow of the course.
Excellent course materials, progress, and outstanding course instructors focused on valuable knowledge and the latest trends in data, analytics, techniques and tools. Thanks
Fantastic introduction into Data Analytics area!
This is a solid introductory course which provides a good framework to structure your approach to solving complex data problems.
Gained hands on knowledge in Big Data and current Data Analysis
It gives very good direction toward business application of Big Data. And helps you to get rid of that misleading Dilbert cartoon style worship of "Big Data that lives in the Cloud", which is quite common in the corporate world nowadays.
Thanks A lot
This is a very helpful top down approach for how to frame a problem and select analytic tools.
Could have been more practical.
Lovely course that lunch you to the world of Data analysis
Excellent way of teaching. I really appreciate the materials used which guided me throughout this course.
This course was a great intro to data analysis. I was able to learn about all the different tools that data analysts use for analytics.
This course will change the way you think about business in general and will definitely influence the way of how to make smart business decisions
Please let the graded assignment to the financially poor candidate as well.
Too high level the course is.
A very good course that matched my expectations and is ideal for anyone without any prior knowledge of the topics but manages to elevate you at the right pace. Thank you I look forward to more courses in this Specialization
Very easy to understanding and practical, especially for the beginners like me. It give me confidence to go further.
Its a very good course to understand the importance of data led decision making in the organisations.
The simulation was very interesting, but there is a lot of theory leading up to that which was at times a bit overwhelming. Summary slides / videos would be helpful.
This course is very useful. Data analytics are so important to the success of any business, public or private.
Great course!
It made me aware about all the insights of the decision making through data. I am been able to understand the industry in a much better way. Thanks pwc.
Too many speeches with too few slides.
Overall, this is a good course. It provides many handy tools, frameworks, techniques for data-driven decision making process. It does improve my decision making skill. However, the course is quite short and doesn't have much in-depth content.
Wonderful Course and very motivational experts , Thank you
A good introduction to Datas, decision making and PWC approach. A good way to begin this specialization :)
This course does a good job overall of framing the importance and challenges of working with big data, and certainly inspired me to want to learn more. However, I think the material could be organized better, and the lectures are not nearly the same quality as the universities' courses...not to mention too heavy on the PWC pitches. The quizzes and assignments don't necessarily correlate well with the lessons, and the assignments are structured poorly. Based on my experience, I would not recommend a PWC course to serious learners.
Very well organized, provides easy to read material and has clearly seperated modules.
Lear
A board overview of big data analytics
Very well presented and with clear guidelines. Also, a master course in presentations by itself.
Very good course in one of the new domains which is becoming increasingly important everyday.Very lucid and easy to understand as well. The simulation session was the best part of the course in my view.
Very insightful and structured course!
A very good course to get a head start in Data-driven Decision Making and the field of Business Analytics. Looking forward to more such courses from PwC.
This course suit for beginner who wants to explore data analytics world on the surface. It is a good tool to introduce you to data-driven decision making
Helpful course and practical case studies to assist learning.Thanks pwc team
A good foundation course. I believe the information regarding tools and techniques could've been presented in a better manner by working on live files and displaying it. It was monotonous. Apart from the rest, the final course case studies were brilliant and helped us to collaborate our understanding of the course.
Very eye-opening. It makes sense now to make decisions by going through and analyzing data; no more gut feelings and intuitions (probably just a little bit).
Good overview of big data and an interesting case study. Could be graded more difficultly.
A must do for every intending decision maker
I really liked the course - it is interactive, very helpful for your daily life and really ap
Please add Case Studies in every week.
I really liked the Discovery, Insights, Actions , Outcomes Model and enjoyed the application to the case study.
I found this course extremely interactive and easy to understand. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who is interested in data analytics.
I thought the course was extremely valuable and on point with the type of information I needed to know. I do ask that you keep newbies in mind and some of the videos went a little fast and indepth for newbies to the complete data analytics process. Some more basics would also be nice to add.
this course brings a excellent overview of what data are changin organization and how to planning data analysis to improve bussiness
As an overview, introducing not only an analytic framework, but walking through how to apply it and the rationale behind its use, this course has been quite helpful in organizing thoughts around problem solving. The different scenarios offered give some measure of flexibility to think about the applicability of what's learned (available tools, changing trends, guiding principles) across different industries. The lectures are clear and concise, and the progression made sense.
I had so many issues about organization of analytics clear out with this course that from life will be easier.
Really excelent course!
Insightful with a lot of
Extremely informative. The project work in the end provided a good practical view and a hands-on approach.
Good course content. Helps create the foundation for getting an understanding of Analytics tools and techniques
Very good course. It helped in understanding many a topics clearly.
This is a Great Course!
Very well structured and presented - and great supporting notes
Nice basic knowledge about the big data and easily to understand.
I was expecting a lot more detail on ***how*** to perform data driven decision making. What I found is just a lot of buzzwords and very shallow overviews.
As consultant this course was very useful to understand how data analyst consultant works.
Great course. The videos and the reading are very well done.
One of the most practical oriented online course.Keep it up PwC and Coursera.
Good summary in data decision.
Very interesting and easy understandable course!
Thank you Very much. Excelente course to Learn how to manage Data Analytics.
excellent course, looking forward to the next ones
extremely high level
An insight into pwc way of doing things. The course was worth the time, effort and investment. On top of all, it has pwc to ensure its value.
Interesting course however the website is very slow and can be hard to log into at times.
Quite informative, great learning materials, and interesting corse project.
A good start for anyone wants to know about data analysis
It was very useful and knowledgeable course and I am looking forward to complete the specialization
The reason why I am giving only one star that the course did not covered much information and the time allotted could have been less than 4 weeks. So it was not really worth the money.
The course is good for elementary understanding, th exercises were fun too. However, the tools could have been described
This course has several highlights, very good structure, organization, concepts, experience and the msg of each vide is very good transmitted
the structure of this course is well organized and interactive at large. Even beginners will not find themselves lost in the process since there are multiple sources of assistance along the way. Highly recommended.
Loved the course !!! Happy to be a part of the learning experience .....
The course is well done and well structured, however it's too theoretical.
Very useful overview
Good overview of the state of the art data analysis tools and methods.
Very useful, when I meet problems or come up with cases, I know how to deal with it.
Very insightful.
The course is very usefull for finding more about data analytics for making faster and better decisions for business. Thank PWC for giving me this course, it will help me much for my career.
This course is really interesting and very useful, if interested in Data Analysis. But even if you're not pursuing a career in Data Analysis, still the knowledge you acquire is very practical and may come in handy.
The course is extremely helpful and the content is good. However, it is hard sometimes to follow the Principals/Directors teaching the course. Additionally, it would have been fantastic if a lot of time was spent on giving examples, practical work demonstrated and a thorough structure of how it was done.Maybe, all this will be coming in the future courses. But for beginners, it is hard to understand and catch interest on the topic if not discussed with detailed examples and not merely giving highlights on the examples.
Good introduction to the topic, provides a high level overview of data-analytics and visualisation and their importance in the work place. After this course I'm inspired to dive further into the field and looking forward to PwC's follow up courses in the specialisation.
It is really a good class with comprehensive interactions between students, cases, and good for those who would like to further learning about Big Data and how to analyze it in a high level.
Very good introduction into the field. Peer reviewed assignment could be better
Excellent and very useful!!!
This course is very good and informative.
Simple and structured introduction to the importance of data, and the tools organisation should use when dealing with big data.
Nice Introduction to Data and Analytics
Good to know the data analysis trend and useful tools.
Excellent presentation. Gradually built to the conclusion stage.
Loved the fact that we are sharing the PwC expertise internally. Good to see the ocean of knowledge and the excellent te
The course was really good. It was structured very well and at a great pace. I would have liked more handouts as there was a lot of information and descriptions. Also, more examples could be really helpful to remember all the information and scenarios.
The course is helpful in providing a basic introduction to how data can drive better decision making in real business context. It provides a basic introduction to various tools and techniques. The best part is the final submission in 4th week which ensures learning from the entire course.A possible area of improvement is including more case study discussions during the course which help understand what kinds of tools and techniques should be used in which scenarios. Currently the course devotes very less time to this aspect.
Very good at focusing your attention on what matters.
Good Overview for data-driven decision making
Very informative course, focused on building the practical problem solving skills and application of knowledge. Help
This is an excellent course to study.
It's good, even though just having some brief view of the Data-driven Decision making, it brought me a new word. I know data is important and does effect the decision making, but didn't know how. This learning session provided a good chance for me to fully discovery what happened behind the sen.
High level overview of data and analytics in business
Great course.
Awesome Course i ever had about the topic.
Don't walk, run to your PwC laptop and take this course pronto!
I found this course amazing! It was just what I needed to update my knowledge on the subject. The videos and the readings were really informative. Congratulations on a terrific course!
Excellent course, great material, concepts well organized, nothing to complain really. The presenters were all very good too, and I'll be taking all the related courses for sure. Recommended 100%.
This was fun!
Excellent: presentation, content, resources. Fascinating as well as highly instructive.
Fantastic introduction course!
I am an absolute beginner in the topic and this course is perfect for me. I am learning a lot and the sessions have the right length.
The best course of paleontology and paelobiolgy. Thanks!
Engaging intro course with superb visuals and virtual specimens.
I love it!!!can´t get enough of it, want more more more :-)
1rst and best
Thank you for this excellent course! I really enjoyed the short videos, the concise notes, and quick quizzes (both at the end of each lesson, as well as the main point quizzes throughout the videos).
Really great teaching and use of wonderful tools to reinforce and assist with learning. Would enjoy doing more courses with Betsy and Phillip. Thank you for taking the time to put this material together and thanks for the brilliant presentations.
Great course, so interesting, I learned so much. It is presented well and helps you to be methodical and taught me to analyse with a new perspective. I find I am now able to understand better the scientific papers that are published. It is such a shame that it is over, but Intend to continue with my studies. The additional material at the end of each lesson is a great idea which causes you to research even more. If you have an interest in these fantastic creatures, how they came to be and why they disappeared, apart from the birds of course, then this is the course for you and you don't have to have a degree to complete this course, just an enquiring mind. S. ATKINS
Thank you to all the instructors for putting together a very educational course!!! :) i enjoyed every lecture and have learned a great deal (my childhood dream of becoming a paleontologist (or at least as close to one as possible) has almost come true! :) Hope to continue learning in further paleontology courses.
I am really enjoying this course
The amount of information I learned as well as retained was astounding. I had no idea I was going to be taking in this amount of information from an online course no less. The course it's self is well structured and allows for you to work towards the goals at your own pace. Highly recommended. I will be looking into the other paleontology courses offered here on this site by The University of Alberta.
Brilliant course, pitched at the right level for an introduction into Paleontology. I got a lot out of doing this course and it has kick started my interest in Paleontology.
This was a really beneficial and well-rounded course. It was interesting throughout and I have learned a lot, so, thank you to Betsy, Philip and the University of Alberta and Coursera for providing the opportunity.
great course and great reading material. Easy to understand but precise and deep
This course was fantastic!
Really enjoyed the course! Cant wait to take more.
Wow, what an awesome course. I can't find anything to complain about. The notes were useful and well-formatted, the video lectures were concise and full of clear language and examples to demonstrate ideas, and the quizzes were a lovely balance between easy and impossible, they gave just enough challenge to make me rack my brain for some detail I'd almost forgotten. Awesome course, I am walking away with what was once just a passion for dinosaurs is now a concrete starting point for an academic intrigue in the entire field of paleobiology.
Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a fantastic introduction to the world of Dinosaurs and to some of the science which underpins our understanding of them. The course is well designed and gradually builds upon your knowledge. The information is clearly presented and easy to follow, and most importantly - learn.I have throughly enjoyed learning from this course and would recommend it to anyone, amateur or potential professional alike.
Thank you for all the efforts you put in this course. Lectures are very interesting! It's definitely a course that I would recommend to all dinosaurs enthusiasts!
I think this is an absolutely fantastic course for anyone with a passion for Dinosaurs and wants to know more about them!
very fun, informative and interesting. definitely recommend to any one interested in dinosaurs
very interesting 2nd course I have taken with Alberta
Excellent course. I appreciated the notes, teaching from experts in the field and being exposed to new information and research that was new to me. Thank you. - David Haitel
This was a most informative course. and for me. not an easy one by any means. For an under-graduate, I would say is essential. Well done! And thank you!
I loved this course and I am definitely going to be a paleontologist, I love dinosaurs. FIVE STARS!
Interactive, thorough, and interesting.
Great course for beginners wanting to learn more about the life, anatomy, origins, and extinction of Dinosaurs
I LOVED taking this course! I've learned so much! I can't wait to take the additional courses available on this subject!
It was a great course and enjoyable to learn lots. Thank you!
Great course, learned lots and really enjoyed the content that was taught!
The (near) Perfect Course for me.Uptill now I was not especially interested in Dinosaurs, but as amateur Palaeontologist I was looking for a Course Palaeontology that suits my special interest: Pleistocene Mammals.But this Course Dinosaurs Palaeobiology offers so much more than Dinosaurs and many of the toppics are useful for other species too, such as:Death and Fossilisation; Eating; Moving around; Birth, Growth and Reproduction; Attack and Defence; What is a Species; Evolution; Stratigraphy and Geologic Times and Paleogeography and Plate Tectonics.I have studied the Lessons with great pleasure and I learned a lot thanks to the clear explanations of Dr. Philip Currie and Mrs Betsy Kruk. The Course is very well composed with PDF for reading, Video for watching and interactive media for doing exercises. The quiz at the end of each lesson was also good and easy to answer after studying the lesson and handles more about understanding the content than reproduce endless lists of difficult names.Now I am studying the last 2 chapters and I can say that I have learnt a lot, thanks to Dr. Currie and Mrs Kruk and I am looking forward already for other Courses of the University of Alberta. Probably Early Vertebrate Evolution will be next and Marine Vertebrates after that.
This class does EVERYTHING right! I am a course designer (the world is full of junk courses, including from Princeton, shudder) and I love, love, love this entire sequence, but especially this course. The flow is logical, the questions in the video ask you to think but aren't too far (they are scaffolded) away from what we might know or guess, the final questions are fair. And you don't use 5 new tech terms in the same sentence; you let us absorb the new info at the rate that the human brain can actually learn. I learned a few things just by watching you. A lot of credit to Dr. Currie for some of this: he uses the terms that need to be used, and plain English for common things like "river" (another class' Waterloo). Bravo to the gents and brava to the wonderful presenter. I just wish you had the budget for another 15 classes.... sigh.
Awesome stuff.
Excellent course! I appreciate the insights given and the
This is my first time trying out an online course and I must say I am extremely impressed with the detail.This had made me even more interested in Dinosaurs now! Firstly a great way to learn about Dinosaurs and palaeontology .This course was brilliantly detailed and extremely engaging. Everyone in the videos were clear and engaging to listen to,the way the information was presented in different locations simply excellent.The video lectures were wonderful with the way they make you think,especially putting questions within the video lectures were wonderfully done. The notes before hand were also well presented and put together.So thank you Dino 101 team I have really enjoyed Dino 101 and will be looking into your other courses in the future.
Excellent! This course changed my destiny.
A serious, attractive and well done MOOC. Big thanks to Mr Curry and his whole team for sharing knowledges in Paleonthology with people interested in. I really enjoyed learning those courses, which deal with many topics, give the basics and more about new discoveries. Best whishes !
Great course! Thank you!
Super interesting and educational! Would recomend this course strongly, it was interesting to study about how to know where fossils are from, how to know what animals belong to what group etc.
This course is great. I learned very much. Thank you very much!
Clear simple language well presented. Keeps audience interested.
Good course for new learners. Switching back and forth between Time Value of Money and the Decisions framework can be off-putting, though. Organisation of material is not necessarily the best, but the course is definitely worth taking for Finance newbies.
Good learning experience
excellent course: topics are well explained and easy to follow.
great course. simple, powerful.
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Excellent, I've learned new ways to be a leader and how to manage change in business.
This course is very important.
Great course an clever instructorthank you coursera team and big thanking for Prof: Nagy
this course easy to understanding even i'm beginer.
The valuable information in this course got me the promotion I wanted.Higher management noticed I had changed my management style in a short time period and was pushing the employee's to get the job done.In fast food it's all about timers and labor.The employees trust me and I have confidence that shows. Not east considering they are mostly teens and young adults.Thank you, Tammy G.
well structured course with illustrations
Well structured, clear examples.
Great course! Engaging and useful tips and tools
outdated, and the guy is really hard to listen to for hours.
Very useful course and a lot of information that could be used in real world . Even with my 15 years of experience I learned a lot from this course
This is the most challenging course I have ever took. And its also gave me lot of experience.Thank you very much, EVERYBODY
Excellent course. You will study a very clear class about management, leadership and control.
Great course! It helps to explain the issues I encountered as a manager. I can't wait to implement the lessons learnt here.
very good for me in overview about management
Good start for fresh students who want to learn basic knowledge about management.
Very useful for everyone
the course is useful and meaningful for me.
THANK YOU!
Good to know for every manager
Thanks Sir! You are very good! This course is very important and necessary for young people as me!
Very interesting and easy to do! Great sheets!!
Such an interesting course for understanding the basics of management.
It was an enlightening experience.
Too preliminary!
comprehensive overall view to the management topics
Perfect course for entry level
Great Course . Thank you
The course provided a good basic and conceptual idea behind Management.
Great content but a little too slow in my opinion, still great input about management.
primarily thanks for financial aid,by getting financial aid from the couresera i entered to tis programmeafter get in to the course learn lot lecturers were explained well understandable mannerthank you coursera :) :)
Nice and easy explanation clarifying all the concepts properly.
The videos are excellent and it provides good information
It is really an awesome course for any level of learner or professional in management field. The course is essentially of beginner level, but it covers all areas of interest for one who is ready start career in management. Above all, the course is short, simple, introductory, and well-explained.
Exciting course :)
Good materials, but too long and drawn out.
This is the best course if you want to learn the Fundamentals of Management. Dave keeps it very simple and explains the topics lucidly. I have trained in some topics as part of my job which made it easy for me to get certified in this course. Some of the questions on the quiz have real world scenario's which are pretty fun to work on.
Excellent MOOC with almost all the basics covered,.!
frankly so far this is the best in Career Success but still not well presented
Excellent course for begineers
Simple and Understandable!
Very Good Content
Excellent content, but the instructor does not motivate
Very practical, understandable and useful, thank you!
Informative but there were less videos shown specially on real time situations.
Many New things are available to learn. I am alrealy a management student but this course help to know me that i dont know anything and I am continously learning many new concept.
The course is an overview of the principles of management, but t's a great introduction to the principles of management.
Very well explained. Easy to follow.
absolutely a must
Dave Nagy sir has explained this course with such simplicity that one can understand the course with ease. Thank you sir. The videos, and the related articles are so distinct that it helps us understandvery well. I personally enjoyed doing this course and am looking forward to do more courses.
A Simple Course on the basics of management that surely could benefit any working person...I would have love to come across this class much earlier on in my life...it would have given me a much broader view on what it takes to be in charge and lead others and would have made some past experiences a lot easier to transition through...thank you for providing these learning opportunities online...
Great Course for those who wants to leant capstones of management! Good structure and materials!
Great course. Precise and clear content
It was a nice course. It has a nice content and powerful tips.
This course was very useful, provided me with the basic knowledge that I needed about management. This course was my chance of exploring this subject which I grow interested in recently. I'm very happy I found it on Coursera and now proud that I have completed it. Thank you very much!
Start very basic but at the end it becomes VERY interesting
I really like simple, but well rich explanation of fundamental basics of management in this course. The lector is great.
I liked how the course is structured and Dr. Dave Nagy is amazing in delivering the information, Thank you Dr. Dave Nagy. the course is 100 % structured and deliver all the information
Nice one
A brief basic course. Good understanding of Management.
Great Class the concepts are fresh and new.
Awesome course! Loved the instructor.
very useful course! great organization
i like this course because the material which Mr. Dave gives is easy for understanding and he explains so good!
5 Stars Course!
The Fundamentals of Management is a good introduction into this area of knowledge.
That was fine. Not great, but fine
Course material is fine.But the instructor isn't the most inspiring. The course feels like the instructor is just reading off the presentations.Overall, just an average course
Down to earth course
Very importent things only.
It was really informative and brief course on management
Great for people that, like me, does not have a management background but maybe end up dealing with this type of position. Good guidelines, simple but complete and using understandable examples.
Nice content but a few bugs with the videos and sound track when watching online.
Excellent! Highly recommended! Thanks!
4/5 for content, 2/5 for presentation. Compared to other courses, the lecturer is slow and often reads from slides. Nevertheless thanks for the course.
This course was very helpful in my professional and everyday life. Many thanks for the information and dose of humor :)
Nice course to know about basics of management
I would like to send my thanks to this source.
It is a very simple and clear program, ı have ever seen in this area.Thank you so much Dave NAGY and to provide this program.Knowledge is universal and should be shared.
Gained good knowlegde about management.
great for beginners! simple explained
It was OK, but a bit too basic
The course was very helpful
Short but Still Very Impressive Distribution of the Topics with Good Learning Experience
very clear :)
Clearly explained concepts and relevant references and resources.
I just finished this course with my happiness and pleasure. I be always grateful about this course, because thank to course, I learned the number of vocabulary of management that I never knew before. Besides that, I also improve my English skills, especially Listening and Vocabulary.For this reason mentioned above, I really grateful this course so much, and helps my dream come true.
Mr. Nagy presents an introduction to fundamentals of management that can be used by experience managers as a refresher. He presents the contents in a clear and concise manner, with useful examples that help retain the concepts he is presenting. I highly recommend this course to anybody, whether he or she is just entering the workforce after College or people that is already involved in management.
Great introductory course for Fundamentals of Management
A good starting point for new or future managers.
Thank you very much!
This is an excellent course. It clearly explains what are the key functions of Management and what skills are useful in a Manager. It also highlights the importance of Networking in today's global environment.
For a developing manager this has some great insight to help you work to become a great manager in this changing environment.
A Very Good overview of the "Fundamentals".One feels like they have all the information they need to start managing after completion.The Questions are fairly simple but the Content is Meaningful.Overall, I got a lot out of it, it's an enjoyable introduction to management.
Excellent course content, flow and example sharing by Mr. Dave Nagy. Thanks UCI for providing such a wonderful course.Thanks!!!
Excellent lectures. Teaches simple yet important points. Does not inundate the learner.
Nice one , This course having basics of the management , i will recommended to all my peers bout that... thanks to coursera.
Very useful for me - a small farm manager
As for information in course itself, it was interesting for me to enroll and to be part of the course.But I highly dislike that there was a feeling of that the lecturer is trying to remember any things right while the video goes. It is not a real class, it is a video and it could be done much more accurately. There were many many boring moments, while management itself is not a boring discipline, it is very interesting.Anyway I am glad I participated in the course.
The course gives an overly simplified vision of management, but is still very useful as an introductory course.
This course really helps me to get the general concepts about management.I'm willing to take further courses provided by UCI.Thanks for the faculty.
Concise. A good tool to learn in few minutes.
too easy quizes(
nice course! Thanks,
I think management is not easy to teach compare to engineering. I didn't learnt many knowledge and not get plenty readings as well. Even I get some knowledge, it's just like I read an article or TED or Youtube. Since I have the inherent implication of China or East, I give it four star.
Second and third function of management lost :(
I enjoyed this class and it gave me some good ideas to apply to my career.
Good information presented in a basic and unassuming way, with practical and easy to understand examples.
Excellent. Very clear. Concise.
Amazing material. Great Professor
Wonderful Content and well explained
simple and or
it is good useful course
A good program for Beginners.
This course does not go in-depth into the selected management topics selected. I used it as a benchmark to make sure I am taking into account the most important / basic tools of management science.
Thank you very much
Excellent - full of high-quality content.
Very good course, that is very useful for people who did not studied bussines at the university
Maybe a little thin in terms of content; besides interesting
Very good course and provides a clear fundamentals of management
In spite of this course being very basic it give you a quick highlight on the fundamentals of management principles.
This nice course and I enjoyed it .
Great insight!
Nice review of all things learned during College.
Good Course
Fairly basic but very important course.
Too simplistic and not enough real world examples. It was clear instructor regurgitated material directly off of the screen, offered zero highlights to real world experience or issues. Rather than wasting a couple hours listening to presentations, download the slides and read them yourself. Disappointing.
concise but great course. the teacher also uses some examples to explain. it really helps.
Great course to give you some pointers. Not a difficult or a deep one but definitely worth its time.
Yes, this course is nicely tailored to know the fundamental of management.I enjoyed this course alot
Even though some of the information seems like common sense, it's good to have it stated aloud. I thought the pace was well done, the examples used applicable and easy to understand, and the instructor seemed to enjoy the topic he was teaching. It's a good introduction to thinking about these topics and understanding jobs and roles in any business.
The Course was awesome, and Dave Nagy is really a good professor, he explains clearly with practicaexamples! thank you so much
Just soft teoretical material - need add some "real life" exsamples.
It's an amazing course and I like it!
Really simple and easy to follow along. I learned things that will definitely help me work more efficiently in my business. I found it faster to just go over the slides instead of watching the videos.
Good course that gives a basic idea how management works and what is the difference between managers and leaders.
Interesting course!
Quick primer of what management and supervising is about
Very useful course. Thanks for authors!
I really enjoyed doing this course.The lecturer was very insightful,engaging and knowledgeable.It's my hope to continue doing other courses.
Amazing course can't wait to learn more! Thank you for giving me this opportunity.
I recommend this course for all beginners interested in management !
Very good fundamentals course on management. I was able to complete it in a couple of evenings.
great course ,thanks
It was great to learn all basic of Revenue management. I have not remembered all words used for revenue management but could understand almost all. I will read materials and watch short movies again after this as well.
great learning !
Excellent course that introduces you into the world of Revenue management! I suggest it to any beginner!
I really found the course quite insightful, and was surprised with the amount of factors and variables that are taken into account when developing revenue strategy. I would have liked to see some mathematical aspect to this course.
Solid course, but needs a little bit of a more practical application of the theory presented. All in all fine upgrade for people that up to now haven't had the awareness of revenue management importance.
Excellent course. Very interesting, and well taught. Good supplemental graphics. I wish all courses were like ESSEC's courses.
I personally found this course extremely interesting and useful though I, myself, on the other side of the road as far as the Hotels are concerned. It had been though very important for me to understand how the Hotels are seeing the future in regard to revenue management and strategy. Thanks a a lot to Duetto team, the guys were absolutely phenomenal, I could not stop educating from them. Thank you all very much for another tremendously interesting and educational course.
Course was very interesting regarding the application of revenue management and specifically reviewing "Revenue Management Terminology" within the context of past and present trends in the Hotel Industry, but the course and it's additional reading material were slightly dated due to the fact that "Rate Parity" was referenced many times and I understand those clauses non-existent on OTA contracts anymore due to their dubious legality. (It seems that most of the articles referenced were from 2013, and a handful from 2014/2015)Also, unfortunately, Augustin Cacot was a little difficult to understand at times, and I speak French!
Very useful. Thank you so much for this course.
Thank you for establishing such a ground and base establishing course <3
Excellent course material with gradual approach
This course is a bit repetitive and provides only a few real life examples. As well as this, the evaluation of this course is based on the result of a single quiz of 15 questions, which is not enough to prove any knowledge at all. I think it should focus on a more practice oriented course in order to master the price optimization process and see how it fluctuates in real life examples.However, this course gives great insights and useful concepts that are of huge importance to the application of the revenue management activities.
Simply awesome!
Great content, valuable insights. Thanks!
Great course, lots of interesting material!However, I wish this course was not so fast-paced. If more time was dedicated to every subject and more examples were provided, that would make a learning process more effective.
A very interesting course outlining the important of good revenue management and flexible pricing to maximize hotel revenue and profits. I would welcome a few more practical exercises DURING the course and not only on the final quiz. Also, it would be good to have the tables and presentations on .pdf or . jpg format as details are not readable behind the presenter. Looking forward to the next course in this specialization, namely Demand Management.
Great introduction to the hospitality business revenue management basics
Very helpful. Only wish we had more opportunity to practice on a facultative basis.
Very nice overview of the major revenue issues facing hotels today
While I enjoyed most of the content of this course, I felt that it was one long advertisement for Duetto. I will certainly continue the course series because I enjoy the learning. Also, a note for presenters, please be aware of how distracting so many hand gestures can be. Thanks!
Excellent course for hospitality professionals who want to learn about revenue management
Last lessons were a bit repetetives. I suggest to introduce more real case studies or revenue strategy building process simulation.
overall course was very good
Tests and quizzes don't really ask the right things and the answers given are hard to understand. Bad quizzes but lectures informative.
You can get to know about basic points about RM, like user segments, forecasting and pricing.
The course is highly theoretical. Only good for coming to know the terms that are in use in the industry and their meanings. Very little take away from a practical perspective. Some live example or a case study to be incorporated where the students can apply the principles first hand.
Up-date content and well expalined concepts .Added value as reading and links . It really engagement me to going on for the next.
Such a great course! Very interesting course with a lot of information on the renewable energies of the moment, its operation, numbers on it and advantages and disadvantages, also a lot of information about fossil fuels, in short an energetic vision of the moment.
it wasn't smg that i expected . too much chemistry instead of physics and explanation how are things working. really long hours to complete a homework but it was worth it! in the end i really enjoyed the course
I think everybody should at least have this knowledge.
Fantastic course, great material and very complete and insightful. It would be great if the information could be upgraded to see how we currently are.
A good course, giving a thorough understanding of the various types of renewable energy, their issues and opportunities. I cannot rate the course higher because some of it is so out of date. It really needs to be re-done. The Paris Agreement wasn't mentioned, some of the research is from the early 2000s, many of the lectures are at least 3 years old. This is an area that is changing rapidly, monthly, and this course can't really be seen to be current any more. Particularly the politics section in week 8.
This class was bizarre. Some of the content and lecturers was fantastic, but some lecturers were quite dull and some lectures and quizzes were poorly written and misleading. The class was also strangely designed and executed: the amount of content per week varied significantly; the vast majority of the content was in a very specific energy sector (biofuels) and other key sectors were almost entirely overlooked; it also seems like the content is already a few years old. It was more of a description of UCSD's research than of the "future of the energy".
Too much information for a short amount of time to compile. I liked the questions in the middle of the videos, but I would be great to always have the justification of the answers for a more profund learnning.
Excellent course with well explained instructions. Broad range of topics and in depth enough to have a good grasp o
This course is informative and comprehensive.
A very good overview of energy that opened my eyes for how to solve in a sustainable way the global warming and food issues.
An eye opener on the energy possibilities of the future!
The course provides a detailed account on the current state of the global energy demands, environment and climate. The lectures also discuss the the steps being taken to improve current state and the future technologies that can be adopted as a holistic solution.It is important that we try to find the silver bullet but not forget to use the silver bucks in the meantime :)
Great learning experience! Easy way to get an idea of the work that is being done to better our lives in the future in terms of energy. Very interesting lectures and would highly recommend it.
Excellent Course to have an overview about Energy Management and future challenges.
Truly enriching stuff.
They give an overview of the most used and innovative sources of alternative energy, well explained!!
Very informative course even for someone with a prior knowledge in a particular segment in renewable energy. Covers diverse energy resources along with economic, and environmental considerations.
very encouraging course , nicely put and very hard work to put all these themes together.Thank you
Super class Present Generation needs it.
Excellent course. I learned a lot. Thank You UCSD!
Excellent teachers, thanks to you all.Dr. Stephen Mayfield inspire respect for the subject, Congrats!
This helped me to understand much better what is Sustainable Energy and what it implies.
Nice course with lot of numbers and facts.
I am a retired US Army Officer and Wind Energy Professional. This is a superb course and is immensely relevant.
An excellent course for environmentally conscious individuals interested in the different options we have to create a 100% renewable energy future.
Very interesting.
Great course so far !
Nice and comprehensive information from all the fields.A real world wide problem!We are looking forward for even more up-to-date information, and data, and more in depth information, when they are readily available, either as in video information or as text links.
It's a excelent course to study the all perspective about the energy situation in the world. Covering the poor and rich countries and diferents technicals skills to develop new and innovation s
This is a great course on energy technologies, with quite in-depth lectures on the technologies, current research, future prospect and delivered by experts in their field of study. The assignments were also interesting, and tailored to inspire what you can do to be more energy efficient and explore your local surroundings on existing or future initiatives on sustainability. I'd recommend this course to anyone interested to know the current and future energy and renewable technologies, or aspiring researchers to explore and zoom in their field of interest. Great job!
A week thought through collection of different aspects regarding our energy future.
you must take this course if you want to know basicly about energy past, present, future
Excellent, in-depth overview of today's challenges for Our Energy Future
For every person with social responsibility.
Excellent course for those who have interest in Renewable Energy and very comprehensive and informative for everyone.
I appreciate the fact that the course addressed not only the technical details of each of the most promising technologies that are being developed in the energy sector but also the socioeconomic and political issues that we need to face in order to make a meaningful dent in the negative impact humanity has on the world.
It is an excellent course
good course with detailed information. I enjoyed by part of this.
This is an outstanding course which covers such a wide range of energies including wind solar, and a large variety of bio-fuels. I was impressed with the selection of different presenters who were all specialists in their field. The level of technical detail is appropriate for a layman while being quite in depth. In fact in some cases one might feel overwhelmed but this was intended in order to give a good feeling of the innovative technologies, problems and futures. It was good to review the well known energy sources like nuclear, hydro, fracking, corn ethanol, etc, but I would say most people are unaware of all these alternative sources of energy such as from various plants, algae to make bio-fuels or electricity.The questionnaires were both helpful in forcing one to pay sufficient attention even if sometimes they are near impossible to get 20 on 20. Also I thought the interviews were especially well prepared and helpful to recall the basic material presented. Bravo
Because of this course, I'm considering a masters degree in the Field of Energy, In sha Allah
it is an excellent course, after going through this course i came to know that the situation is not aggravated still we have lot of opportunities to save our environment while improving per capita energy consumption specially in developing and under developed countries.
Great course. Very useful information and very wide approach to the subject.
Very good, informative course. A broad field of science is included, from biotech to sociology, and lots of information. Recommended!
Found material interesting and informative
One of the great course I ever attended...well structured, very fruitful...definitely guided me to do something for clean energy and green environment..Thank you all professors...
Informative and well composed.
I took this class out of curiosity about our energy future and was pleasantly surprised! There were numerous teachers providing lectures on their expertise and the information provided for this course went explaining how we got to today, what we are doing today to energy in the future. It really opened my eyes as to what can be done now, and what is possible in the future. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone with a curiosity in energy! If you are taking this course for marks, take notes during the lectures. Awesome course!
Very good and interesting overall, the slides are very helpful. The only thing for me is that it's going a bit fast sometimes. The content can be quite technical and for a social science graduate like myself it would be nice if some very technical things could be explained just tiny bit more. But overall it's understandable and clearly done.
This course is awesome! Im finishing it and its very complete!
I love this course, very helpful
Not adapted to an online format. Low quality videos.Interesting topics, but no efficient progression. Many sections become an update about UCSD research, not adapted to the audience.
This very interesting course looks at both the science and economic factors that influence energy technologies.
A Fantastic course, bring forward a lot of new material to me personally. Having not studied any science since i was 16, and completed high school, i found this course extremely interesting and very much enjoyed the clear presentations. The content on bio-fuels was, for me, the highlight.
very informative
This course is an excellent introduction to energy topics especially in the optic of the energy challenge that humanity faces with global warming!
Exceptionally eye-opening!!!
best course in the world!
Difficult course. If this is what you are interested in,the work is all worth it.
Very informative!
A very good course. I totally recommend it for those who want to get some insight into the world of energy from different perspectives.
Amazingly informative and thr
I really like it. Thank you!
Not really helpfull
Have to say: this course is not useful
The project is too unguided, you can set an example by creating a sample website throughout the course.
I felt the course went far too fast and is definitely NOT a course for beginners. I gave up after the 2nd week and I now feel more than ever overwhelmed by setting my own website.
Took the mystery out of a few things that were new.
great crash course for anyone interested in the web design process.
I though it would be a little more detailed. Thank you for the course!
I did not find this helpful for a complete beginner. I will try an alternative course!
Worst course on coursera.
It good for beginners who have no idea where to start in creating sites .But, can improve some of the audios are not complete yet the audio has finished and in some of video are not completely organized
This course does not live up to the high value that I've come to enjoy and expect at Coursera. The videos are read by the "teachers", so the inflections are wrong, making it very hard to follow. The videos are clipped short and cut off the words at the end. The information is given so quickly with terms not explained that a novice will likely not understand parts of it. I found no value here. There are far better tutorials on the web. I can't see how any college or university would respect any certificate from this course.
makes it very confusing. I was looking to make a business websites.
The course is very disappointing and useless. The two lecturers are not explaining anything properly, they are just showing slides and handing out links.The only useful part of the course is Module 4, which is outside the scope of the course and taught by guest lecturers.I would not spend time on this course and instead find another source for learning WordPress.
too short and not very helpful for me, I was missing more details.
I was really happy to join this class, until I saw there was no video learning, everything is articles. I need something visual. I am sorry but this class is not helpful for me, I do thank you the teachers but please do remove me. Thanks.
It's quite simple and doesn't show specific steps of how to do it.
Taking this course is like getting lost across a ton of different websites!
If you have any experience with websites, this course is not for you: it is merely about the soft stuff. Got a couple of nice links to color scheme generator et cetera, but did not deliver what I thought it promised.
Very limited information on Wordpress. Then added some lectures on web design that could have used information relevant to Wordpress such as image compression plugins instead of tinypng.com (see last component).
I have some html/css background. I listened to the first Module and then part of the second module. For a intro level course to get a site up and running using Word Press, I feel like it is missing some key information. As a non-beginner I am finding this course frustrating and not likely to continue. There are definitely better courses out there.
A little too simple of a course, but meets the expectations!
The sequence of the learning movie are not good and some times while teaching the the movie is ended.Besides, rather than educational material this course refer to several website.
Very horrible and boring course, poorly designed and the teachers can't even speak properly.
Great Course but needs a little prior knowledge
So basically it cuts off. It's like it gives you part of the information and then drops off. They also speed through it much like my old math teacher in college whcih caused 73% of the class to drop. Now I'm in them mist of it Paid for blue host. Paid for my web name and it looks like I'm going to have to pay someone to finish it. So bascially what I got was a bunch of added on expenses and still no web site. I would not recommend this course.
They jump around too much and it is very hard to follow. Often I feel like I missed out on content.
I thought you would learn how to actually create a website, not just how to pick and install a premade wordpress theme.
Solid basic course.
Nothing good in this course
I'm sorry to say this is a poor course. The audio is bad, the sound editing is bad, the "videos" are mainly static slides that sometimes aren't even showing what the audio is talking about. There are no worked examples or annotated slides. As an example, there's no discussion of the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com. The only time that is mentioned is when they touch on plugins, where they say you can't use them if you started with WordPress.com! The additional lectures by guest website designers were the most interesting part, but they were supposed to be after the final project. I just gave up after less than an hour and went and played with WordPress myself. Created a website in 2 days, but with no help from this course.
Despite all the bad reviews this course got I told myself to give it a try to refresh my antic prior knowledge and since it is for my personal usage and not a career I m not interested in a certificate. So I went through all the open sites which were extremely disappointing. Since I was warned by the reviews, I was not even tempted to pay to unlock further pages. I attended many interesting courses on Coursera, but this one is simply a waste of time from the very first moment.
No content for the first two weeks. Only links to websites.
I normally struggle to give poor reviews to free online content, but there are so many glaring fundamental issues with the presentation and content of this course, that it I feel it's important to warn people not to waste their time with this course in it's current form.The mapping and planning lectures raise some good points, but the rest give only the most basic overview of the topic at hand, glossing over steps enough that you would probably learn just as much watching youtube, or looking around inside wordpress on your own. The delivery of the lectures needs a lot of work, with distracting, erratic pauses between words, and the sound frequently cutting out mid-word as they switch between slides. I found it difficult to make it through more than 15 minutes of content.I gave more than 1 star because the links underneath the slides contain some valuable information, so if you can be bothered trawling through the slides you can gleam some knowledge there.Hopefully the creators of the course take on board the many negative reviews and give a major overhaul to the course, to bring it in line with the quality of almost all other content on Coursera.
If I could give this course a lower score, I would. It was not helpful at all. I ended up having to take another course so I could actually complete my website.
This course is very helpful to motivate oneself to create a website. But it looks like the authors themselves made the course in one weekend. The lectures are too short and not informative enough to complete the assignments. Some videos don't show what the lecturer is talking about, maybe there is bug or something, but there is only some irrelevant picture. The due dates are inconsistent through different pages. Finally, the next day after the course ends I am not able to view my assignments and the grade for the last assignment, even though the authors sent an email that it would be possible.
This was the most poorly designed course that I have ever encountered. Whoever is in control of quality assurance was caught napping on this one - the instructors were woeful! It was as if the principles of instructional design and adult learning were abandoned entirely; there was minimal instruction and I had to rely on my intuition and the assistance of a study buddy to work hard to complete the course. If you are completely new to website design (as I was), prepare for a steep learning curve as you will be spending many hours preparing and organising your info - the title is deceptive and misleading!Ann, Melbourne, Australia April 2016.
The content for teaching how to create website is nothing. The name should change to how to create a website with Wordpress. I found some videos on the internet help more than this course. However, some links and information are very useful.
cheap !!! just money involved in each subsectionswhich r the most interesting parts
It was really nice - I found the last week lectures most valuable.
Not enough teaching from the professors , just presentation slides. Which kind of reduced the human component of learning.
Maybe som of the material i section 4 shoul have been given earlier?
This is a bait and switch. You must purchase the course even though parts are free, it's really not.
More basic than I was expecting
This course is super fast for beginner and i colder find the pause button. Great info but could've been delivered better.
No use at all
This course should be called "Intro to fundamentals of website design". You may learn, in the process of a few days, how to create a website, but not "how to create a website in a weekend".
The most boring course ever. I just couldn't go beyond the first day
The title of this course is so inspirational that I actually ended up creating a website in a weened. Now I am using course material to enhance it.
1 out of 10.A waste of time. If I cannot participate in discussions, forums, submit assignments, or give reviews, I might as well watch youtube lectures.The course content was very poor as well. (this is based on the unpaid material)This course should be scrapped and not offered as an unpaid course. Its a classical case of bait and switch.
Assignments should be free for everyone to try and be peer reviewed! Payment should only affect the certificate.
I was very disappointed because in order for me to move to the next module I have to pay to unlock some of the course materials. Coursera is changing. I understand that in order to maintain such a big structure is expensive; however it wasn't clear to me from the beginning that I have to pay to unlock the 2nd module courses.
Learning how to create a website is by far the first skill for the new entrepreneur. I'm here for that.
Sorry to say that this is the worst Coursera Course I have ever taken, and I've taken quite a few. The instructors did not do a good job at explaining how to use Wordpress. They didn't explain how to use wordpress to make a website that looked more like a website than a blog. They didn't explain the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org even though they mentioned them both. They talked about hosting but didn't explain how to do it. They mentioned hosting on bluehost but didn't give any instructions. The few tidbits of information that they did give about using wordpress were so brief with no examples. They mentioned Jetpack but didn't say what it was. They didn't explain what benefit adding the social media icons would have or how to link them. And on I could go.The only good part about this course was the last section where they had guest lecturers, some from Coursera - those were all excellent.
Very informative
Good enough for a fast start.
I can't believe this course is aimed at people with no experience in building a website. The videos are actually slide shows and use too few screenshots. Had this been my very first introduction to how a website was built I would never have progressed any further than these lessons. Much more in-depth information is necessary, including step by step screenshots of various processes.Terrible course.
This course lacks a level of professionalism. The splicing of the videos is bad, and for me actual video of how t
The links provided are informative.
Excelent second part, very useful. Hoping to complete all 4 parts.
Great explanations for most subjects. The tests are significantly more complicated than the excercises covered by the lectures.
Would've liked more on the truth table of the conditional.
A good continuation of Think Again I. However, final quiz had lots of bugs in it.
The material in this course is well presented, though scarce at times. However it has its share of problems :-little to no interaction from TA's or mentors in the forums-the quizzes are often out of sync with the lectures-the final exam has severe problems with questions (form not content).In more detail, on the final exam, some of the questions don't even contain all the content to answer them. They can request multiple answers but have single question boxes and/or the reverse.
Great but too short. I realize that it is hard to know where to start the course from but it is true that the Introductory Course for the Genomics Specialization has a lot of over lapping material. I suggest getting rid of your intro material and go just a little farther in depth.Thanks, MC
It's a little bit hard for the fresh guys
I really appreciate how much effort the authors have put into the course 'Algorithsms for DNA sequencing'. The clarity of the lectures is absolutely amazing and the assignments are doable. The assignments took me a lot of time because my only programming background is the 'Python for Genomic Data Science' course. Another really positive aspect about this course is that it helped to consolidate the python coding I had learned in the previous course.
Finally a course that really combines genetics with informatics !!!
Awesome! Although you should get some python experience before taking this course. I had a blast :)
Very nice course!
Great Course!
This course is worth every cent you paid! Expecting new courses from the instructors!
Engaging course with a lot of information.
The lectures and practicals are very easy to understand. The programming homework is a little bit hard for a python beginner to finish. I wish there are more hints or test examples. It would be better to include some reference papers for those who are more interested in the sequencing techniques and methods to read by themselves. And it would be very nice to have a summary slide at the end of the course.
Great job to teachers !
This lecture was amazing.The practical was also very helpful.
Excellent explanation. I really enjoyed this course (among others of the Genomic Data Science specialisation). Thanks a ton :)
This course was very helpful at building a perspective of how useful algorithms are in DNA Sequencing! The tools I have learned are invaluable.
Excellent course, not like the first and second one of this specialization.
This was really fun. Really enjoyed the a-ha of the algorithms and the fun of solving the alignment and assembly problems. Feel mildly powerful after assembling a virus genome.
This is the best course so far! Teacher is amazing! You have to spend some time on this course, but "at the end of the day" it is worth it.
Very well taught and gives a good theoretical background, while still focusing on the practical side enough!
Already having a computer science background, this module was right in my comfort zone. The instructors not only got down and dirty with the technical aspects of the algorithms, they preceded each practical coding session with multiple lectures with great explanations and well thought out visualizations.
Very nice review of basics algorithms and data analysis problem. Very good introduction to python programming in biology.
Absolutely nice
the best course you should take if you wanna do bioinformatics
Excelent teachers and content
Good course!
Excellent course that gives enough to understand a lot of interesting DNA related algorithms. Great instructor.
Awesome course. I recommend it to all how like programming and biology, specially DNA.
My favorite online course ever. Thoughtful attention to detail, polished presentation, and helpful cohort of students made this topic really great. Thanks!
This is a good (albeit short) introduction to algorithms for DNA sequencing. The instructor does a good job of explaining some select algorithms as well as the pitfalls they may have. The programming assignments are short but fairly challenging for inexperienced programmers. If you like this course, you will enjoy the 6-part Bioinformatics specialization from UCSD on Coursera where they go into these algorithms in much more detail.
Very Clear!
I had a lot of fun doing the little programming assignments in this course. I did not know I like algorithms this much. The pace is good and it is well taught.
Nice course even for people who don't understand Bio-informatics that well.
Excellent intro to the computational challenges in analyzing genomic sequences.Lectures and programming exercises explain algorithms very clearly even for beginners.
Awesome, you will learn a lot about how DNA assemblers work, but very challenging and time demand in, especially if your background is in life science and not computer science.
Great course. The instructors are very clear. I learned so much about algorithm in DNA sequencing.
This course gives a good introduction to some basic algorithms.The standards it sets for students, however, is very low. They ask you to download an already written piece of Python code and change a line or two.To get the most out of this course, I recommend implementing all the algorithms yourself, perhaps even in a different language."Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences" by Dan Gusfield will be very useful for that.
The subject of the course is very interesting. Lectures are very engaging and professors do a great job explaining abstract concepts. On the other hand, assignments are extremely difficult and frustrating. The lack of feedback for the assignments leaves you with important knowledge gaps and that's a serious flaw for a course that offers so much most of the time.
very good and very helpful
Amazing experience so far
Amazing course in Finance for managers ,loved it.Specially the professor Tom's teaching style and amazing communication skills and detailing of the concepts.Will recommend every manager to take this course and save hell lot of money in going other colleges and spending huge money.An experience to cherish!!Thanks professor Thomas smith !!
Too general... extremely easy to solve the quizzes. I would say needs deeper evaluation of the learned materials.
Do you want to be a good manager? Well, start taking this course
make it more interective
Really great content!
It was fun :)
Just love it, I learn a lot about how approach a idea, the guys in the videos are amazing, and the teather is so cute :)
I loved it! Watching all this great artists working and giving you advices is so useful. This course really help me to design characters in a more creative way.
Very interesting way to learn by observing the approach of different artists.
Absolutely help me!
Very insightful course. Teaches good design basics.
Excellent course in teaching you about the design process from different designer. Helpful exercise were given to teach you how to apply the learned skill.
The best course in the group, with a lot of masterclass.That' my opinion, and I hate to draw, so this means that I loved this course a lot.
I enjoyed this course because I learned about the more practical aspects of character design. The assignments were based of the same theory but didn't feel repetitive. The only thing I found was that the grading was veryyyyy easy.So: A bit underwhelming but fun and interesting.
Great!
As I said earlier, I recommend this course for everyone; doctors included (:I like how this course was treated in a different way. We see people doing the job on there ground, that's interesting.
Best teacher in the Calarts courses!
it give me a strong basic knowledge on character design, i enjoy every session on this course
It was a fun and artistic. I learned alot from it
Awesome, really learnt a lot!
First week and last week were pretty useful with some good tips from the videos... the other weeks not so much.
I would like a different approach on the way this course is given to the student. The first couple of classes were really cool and inspiring, but the later two became more of the same and kinda took my inspiration and motivation down to finish the course.
Very good and helpful course.
Top knotch! Great professor, great interviews! Great material.
I liked the assignments and the creative ideas discussed in the class. However, I wish there had been more practical, step-by-step instruction in approaching design work; game artists of more diverse styles; and some discussion of game character design as a career.
I have an MFA from Calarts in animation- so I can speak from experience- the course here is on par with what I have studied in the past. It's well thought out, offers insight, and gives a chance to hone skills. Very good intro to character design- for comic writers as well!
This course is exceptional! it really helped me improve my designs and was super fun to participate in!
A very interesting experience. I got imagination level-up. Though it was really difficult to understand what should you do in each assignment. I've spent quite a while time to realize what to do each time. And some students did their homework completely wrong. But except of that it's a great course.
It was a fun course, not sure about the educational content, but it was fun.
This was a really fun and educational way of exploring different aproaches to character design. I didn't want it to end!
Instruction was through watching other characters designers talk about their process.
Interesting course overall ! Suitable for beginners.
Beautiful course, very informational. Great community here, too!
This is a great course, and your created material can go towards a good developmental and presentation portfolio.
Great course, fun projects - inspiring and informative.
a good way to begin to express our ideas
The Course Was Awesome
From the first 30 seconds of the first video I can know I'll love it!
While the information given by Fran was useful, the part where other artists talk is not presented well.
Good course, especially since you have the option to take it for free. Nice assignments that gets you to think outside the box or challenge. Recommend it if you wanna keep yourself busy and learn.
I love this new course!! Thank you for the opportunity of the know how it works and for learn something new.
One of my favorite ones up to now, long and interesting classes with amazing artists.
Great course, I like to get some experience with these artists.
Very open way of learning. Few talks with people from the industry, sharing their approach.Not much of fundamental knowledge.Generally great motivator to exercise Character Design. Not that great resource to learn from a beginning.
I've known a lot of new things and they make me become a better designer and think more about what is a good design.
great first week, I like Fran's First week video, with the puppets and very engaging interaction,the next following 3 weeks are total bummer, It does give some tips for character design (such as what is tangent, or some other design tips), but it feels like a bloated interview and not a class-like experience. Great first week, terrible following week
The good best practice and insight in the topic was greate
Awesome course! :)
Very well organized. Awesome interviews with character artists. Super videos!
I learned a lot from the teacher, and the guests gave useful insight into the industry
really good
This course was great, like other courses from this series. But this one was especially hard for me because it requires a lot of drawing, something I'm not so good at.But anyway, great course, recommended!
Thank you
Feels like a money grabber rather than teaching anything useful, when designing character for video games is also important the skill you have or obtain while doing it and this doesn't place any emphasis into it. So for the price the charge in the certificate it really feels like a money grabber rather than teaching anything useful at all. Other schools like Gnomon WorkShop and DVDs like "Eat3D" and many others out there, which gives e more content for a fraction of the price they charging here! It needs to be deeper and more robust if this course wants to stand out, right now is not.
The best course that I have passed!
great professionals!
For the first course, you will only be drawing. You will not learn anything about programming video games. It was nice that they showed famous artists for cartoons, but the videos felt too long, with dialogues that felt like rambling at times.
I would have liked to get input on my work by an instructor instead of just other students, but it was a good exercise to hone my skills. I wouldn't pay for credit because I feel like my work isn't being professionally graded.
Really good course, must be done with the rest of the specialization.
Really fun course. The different artists have pretty interesting tricks and tips, which can significantly improve your character design skills.
Great course! Great teacher! Fun, engaging and very useful. I've been using the first four courses from CalArts Game Development Specialization to develop a game idea I've had jotted down some time ago and I've found them to be the best thing I could've done to get my game going on the Narrative and Visual fronts. I've been doing the first four courses in the five course specialization as an unpaid observer, but after taking these courses, I'm signing up for the full specialization. If the quality holds true, the project driven fifth course will be amazing and well worth the money. The teacher in this particular course (Same teacher as in the Introduction to Game design class) is funny and entertaining to watch. Definitely goes the extra mile, doing interviews with great character designers and exploring their unique processes. Highly recommended!
This was a great course! It was cool to see the perspectives of different artists. I only wish there had been more of them, with more different styles (What about someone who is more realistic? What about someone who is super stylized in a different way?) Really delightful to have the opportunity to hear their perspective on things and have them describe how they think about what they're doing and to see their different processes.
It's the interviews with famous artists which make this course great!
As a complete beginner to character design (and game design in general), I found this course very easy to understand with many great assignments to reinforce learning! I especially liked watching other designers create characters from scratch - seeing and hearing about the process other designers use to turn their ideas into a character they can use in a game - even animated characters - was particularly helpful. After completing this course, I now have many different character designs I can potentially use in my own games, along with awesome feedback from peers to make my character designs even better! I recommend this course to anyone interested in getting into game design and development.
It is powerful and enlightening for those who want to go into the field of design of video games, design of characters, and simply story telling.
I liked the talks a lot but didnt expect to be forced to draw :)
Guest artists were AMAZING and the weekly exercises productive. Thanks Fran.
An awesome class to learn character design
Lots of useful information.
Not only did I learn more than I ever thought I would, but I had fun, as well! In fact, I liked this course so much that I've enrolled in another course offered within the same specialization.
Enjoyed a lot!
coolest stuff ever, please do more of them so I can tell people to join the course
A very good experience, but if it could've helped me to find a job it would have been even better.
It's a great course I strongly recommend. Not only you are going to practise different character design through various exercises, but you are going to watch some great artist talking about their work while they are drawing. So interesting!
I really enjoyed this class a lot! Taught me a few things about designing a character, for sure
The interviews were great, and useful to see a real experienced designer, however the contents in the course were almost nonexistent. The homework was well planed but it depends much more in the student to learn something that the contents exposed in the videos. Tips aren't the same as methodologies and content in character design.
there was 1 concept taught in the first lesson that of density. then it was loads of videos of other people drawing characters, not actually going through a design process. and then a few assignments designing a few characters . I was hoping to learn more about some of the principles of character design- wasnt blown away by this course wont be taking any more of these
This course teaches a lot by talking professionals, each one gives something unique and that's great!
Lots of fun to join in and nice easy pace to complete the assignments. Overall had an awesome time participating!
An amazing course, I really enjoyed it ..very useful assignments .. opened my mind in different wayswould have loved references or so ..
It is cool. but it does not give any certificate of completion at the end as other courses do.
This is one of my favorite courses since it encourages creativity and really contributes to good game design practices.
Great course I really enjoy it
Amazing course!
Excellent! Sorry, I didn't do any assignments, but I really enjoy the course. The words of Robertryan Cory were brilliant! Cheers.
One of the best courses I've ever taken on-line. Good explanations and artist's examples, and the assignments were awesome. Thanks!
The 3 masterclasses are so awesome... You will not only learn a ton about character design, but also about professional work, design, communication... These 3 artists are so inspiring!
Loved the different approaches to character design and the insight on the ideation and work processes of the different artists!
Very interesting course, would definitely recommend it! Learned new things to refine and introduce into my own style.
I believe that exaggerated the amount of minutes per video and lack of theory, but it was still a good course.
I love the set up of this course - the fact that we get to sit in on artists as they draw and talk about the design/decision making process out loud. I wish the world design course was set up this way.
Found the course I imagine to take
Awful course. The lectures IN NO WAY prepare you for the final assignment which is supposed to take two hours. The "course" consists of really boring videos of the instructor using Galaxy and in no way teaches you anything about using Galaxy or how it works. The lectures and quizzes are a joke. You can pass the quizzes just by watching the videos. I got to the final assignment and had no clue what to do if you. I know nothing about bioinformatics, or NGS (which is why I took and paid for this stupid course) so I spent WEEKS on the final assignment and I STILL could not finish or pass the course. Whoever allows this course to still exist and waste people's time and take their money should be ASHAMED of themselves. Read the discussion forums and you'll see what I'm talking abut. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE.
Good course to learn how to use Galaxy. Only one problem, it was difficult to perform the final project wiht the knowledge we got from the course. At the end I didn't know if the workflow I used was adequate.
Good, but a brief overview.
I think the final project required much more domain knowledge than what the course actually taught.Peer review system can be sometimes very confusing. Some of the confusions can be clarified by reading bunch of past discussions, but it'd be much better if there is a single place (not discussion forum) where students can find all the necessary information regarding the final project and how to grade. I think this info must be part of syllabus.
This course is really bad. I didnt understood anything until by myself and with tutorials I could do it.
I like the course, very useful tutorial to start working with Galaxy, as a programmer it gives me a lot of knowledge to help the bio molecular scientists
Very bad explanations. You don't understand anything about what you're doing, just pressing buttons. THis should maybe go after the command line course, so that at least you would have any idea of what you're doing.
Very poor presentation and content. Difficult to navigate and all the links used including that for Galaxy are outdated. There was no effort made to provide a method to get through the course given all the changes since the videos were recorded. This course is the reason I have decided not to pursue the specialization it falls under.
I think this course is ok but is a limited version you need to spend a big time researching a lot about all the things to understand well the purpose and the final project.
Not enough guidance for final project.
The content of the course is not explained clearly
I am very dissatisfied with how there was absolutely no outside help/feedback from instructors or mentors in the forums when clearly the final project was outside the scope of the material presented. In the future it would helpful if either the lectures were modified to be more helpful in completion of the final project or the final project to be reflected of material in the lectures. Either way I felt like I taught myself all of this material using web resources and got absolutely nothing for what I paid for.
I am taking this course as a requirement for the Data Science Specialization. I appreciated the concept of learning a platform in which I could conduct bioinformatics, but I feel the course did not provide adequate guidance and information. The lectures were basically video workshops with a few gems of knowledge here and there. I am now at the end of the course but I feel like I learned nothing but a few steps to running an analysis or two ( which I could have done for free through the Galaxy website itself). More significantly, its not wholly clear to me why some of the processes were conducted, or what, explicitly, could be gleaned from the analyses. My expectations were that the lectures would be more in depth about the science behind the tools available, why you would use such tools, and when to use such tools. I think this course would have been perfect as primarily an intellectual course with a hands-on introduction towards the end.
Save your money and just work through the free Galaxy 101 tutorials on the Galaxy site! I found that the lecturers sometimes used random terminology without ever explaining it (for example, "tags" is another word for sequencing reads, but this is only ever used in RNA-seq methodology, and then only rarely). Also, the final peer reviewed project isn't explained very well and uses tools and methods that aren't even within the scope of the module. Mostly just a waste of time.
The material/information required for the capstone was not covered in the lectures and required considerable additional time and effort to find via online forums and the galaxy pages themselves. A manual of code examples and types of jobs would have been great. Further a better use of time would be to start doing the capstone on day 1 and do all of the lectures and quizzes later as the quizzes were very easy and anecdotal, but the capstone required more time then scheduled in the course.
The course Info was too simple. While the explanation of Why Galaxy and what the idea behind it was great, the content taught by the videos was more than basic. All this I have learned by trial and error myself, and I completely missed the info of WHY using THIS tool and not others. About extra options we did not talk at all.Additionally, after all these easy lectures and quizzes we were left with the final assignment that was super-hard. The vidoes only prepared for 1/3 of the workflow asked for, and for the rest one was left alone with a tool that was suboptimally introduced. Furthermore, the galaxy instance was crashing regularly, making the convenient batch tool impossible to use.While I liked the idea of grading each other, it was too much work, as everybody got different answers, because of too hard questions. Therefore I spent quite some time on grading, which I did not expect
Good introduction to Galaxy. The final project will require a lot of reading and time understanding various tools.
Excellent explanation. Thanks
Galaxy seems to me out of date. There are some useful information, however there are also some drawbacks, especially not clear criteria of assessment of final project .
The course material did not cover anything that we needed to complete the final exam. Although I learned a lot working on the final exam, I felt overly stressed & I had to self teach myself in order to get through it.
Overall very helpful. The peer review instructions for grading may need to be expanded; found helpful notes in the forum, unfortunately after submitted.
This course doesn't teach much beyond how to use Galaxy tools.
I suggest to do this course ONLY if you're doing whole specialization.Course is simply bad, teacher doesn't give to much information and project is very hard to finish.
A lot of complaints about the final project for this course. To be fair, the course content wasn't directly relevant to the final project. However, there were parts of the course that communicated saved workflows, how to import, etc. In order to identify how to do what was asked I found an example workflow that could be imported. I also found an example history that allowed me to read through the approach and then complete myself. I was honest in turning in the assignment that it was based on an imported workflow. There is a big part of community and reproducible research to the Galaxy tools and I had no issue completing the project.
Course was pretty simple but the project was the toughest and took me another attempt to pass. But i enjoyed it!
This course is supposed to be part of specialization. Unfortunately this is a second course, and the first part doesn't provide necessary information on what we actually do with Galaxy. It felt like following instructions to push certain buttons.I would only recommend it to knowledgeable people with certain background, that should be listed as a REQUIRED knowledge. I hardly learned anything, except for that there is something called Galaxy, we do some analysis by pushing buttons, using preconfigured tools. I don't have expertise to analyse data on my own... unfortunately.As I applied for a financial help here, I won't complain much :).
Great introductory material, please do suggest more reading material!
This class presents very elementary information in the video lectures, then it requires knowledge far beyond what is taught in the course to finish the final project.
I think this course might have been great if I did it like 5th or 6th in the certificate sequence. I think this course assumes you have a lot of knowledge about both biology and statistics that I do not have, nor will anyone else who has only taken the first intro course. Even after having submitted my final assignment and peer reviewing others, it is not clear whether or not I or any of my classmates used the correct methods to complete the assignment. A valid solution to the final project hasn't even been given to us as part of the course, so I'll never know whether or not I did it correctly.
Course assignment requires knowledge that is not discussed in the course. Various inconsistencies throughout the course. Week 4's material is not really helpful and I had a feeling that the instructior just wanted to "wrap up" the course and didn't really care if the material is appropriate. Poorly written quizzes.
Good intro course for people trying to understand data science role in Genome related data and other informations.
First, the instructor assumes that the students know so much background knowledge when the students are expecting to learn these stuff in the course. I also feel that this course teaches students to memorize steps needed to accomplish certain operations in Galaxy without explaining why it occurs.
Great instructor with clear and thorough understanding of the material. If you don't have any experience with this technology, this course will walk you through it patiently.
Very nice course. However, the final project is not very close to the course content. Still, it is very well doable thanks to the very helpful tutor / mentor.
Awesome Course
I have very mixed feelings after completing this course. I can hardly say I feel I have learned any valuable stuff, especially in contrast to the first course when I had a feeling "I am growing with knowledge".Here, I was able to follow lectures' instructions but I did not fully understand why I was doing this and that. I believe not enough foundation was given to make people use the Galaxy tools consciously. The final project was ridiculously far more difficult than what had been covered in the class. I truly believe in the idea of giving ambitious final projects, but I do not believe in the idea of giving the project that is by no means doable based on the course content. Very discouraging.
Very good and useful course with very deep supports !
This course did not make any effort until I had to dig deep into biology by myself. The course content is insufficient. I think if a sample input was used and every field of the input were explained and also the outputs were explained then it would make much more sense. Poorly designed and demonstrated. Thankfully I started the last assignment very quickly, it took me 10 days to understand how to proceed with the assignment. The TA is excellent, without his help I wouldn't pass this course.
This course's content is useful but honestly the final project is ridiculous because it is peer reviewed and the project is not very straightforward. Everyone gets different answers and without an answer key, no one knows what is right and wrong making it is almost impossible to pass. This needs to change.
The final project is the real challenge, the course lectures are just and introduction and you learn the hard way with the project.
Course Project is way outside of what was taught in class.
Really interesting course! The introduction to Galaxy and all of the analysis tools is awesome. There is a pretty big cliff between the course content and the final project; it would be helpful if there were more detailed information along the way about what each of the analysis steps means (i.e., interpretation of the information, versus just knowing what file type to select at which analysis step). Based on the discussion board, many students had similar thoughts. Grading the final projects for others is a bit uncomfortable, given that no answers are provided for the counts, and there are multiple different workflows that could be considered correct.
Good introduction to the galaxy tool. However, the final project was too difficult for what was given in the lectures. I spent 97% of the time I spent on the course doing only the final project. It was too difficult and unfair. I think a way to improve the final project might be to make easier a little bit and give exclusive lectures to help students to do the final project.
The cloud computing service with amazon described in the course is not free anymore. I was charged money for using it. The course also took much more time to complete than I wanted to spend. I believe a better design of the project could lead to a more efficient, less frustrating learning experience. Details below.The usegalaxy server was extremely slow. As shown in the course, I installed an instance of galaxy in the AWS/Amazon Cloud. I was under the impression that this was a free service for the first year. Amazon has changed its interfaces and I could not do the installation as recommended. But I managed to run a few analyses with some workarounds. I did not explicitely terminated the galaxy instance for ~ 6 days. Charges of $280 accumulated.The course project in week 4 was far beyond what was covered in the lectures. It took me a whole week, spending multiple hours every day. Many dead-end roads coupled with extremely long run times on the galaxy servers resulted in very inefficient learning and many frustrations. Help via the discussion forum was critical to design an analysis pipeline - so thank you Dejan and all contributors for the support.This is not a course I could easily do part-time: I don’t have time to read the fine print on what is available for free on Amazon, nor do I have time to go through all of the tools on galaxy to find out what would be the best for my analysis.On the positive side: I think Galaxy is a great tool.
Course project is difficult for someone who have little idea about the steps in pipelines. Could have included a video that explains few commonly used pipelines and ask the participants to do a project based on it.
This was a bit challenging, not in content, but more in organization. I felt like I was getting freshman-level lectures and than was given a graduate-level assignment. The directions and expectations could have been clearer but the TA was terrific in trying to help us thru our difficulties.
Very good experience. The lectures seemed to have covered very few topics but I was able to manage. It will be nice to have more information on running galaxy locally and the way tools and genomes can be imported/installed as that is one thing I really struggled with. Overall the course is good.
I feel dual emotions about how this course is organized. Although the Course Project was hard to perform without much background in genomics, it was the part where I learned the most - thanks to the staff and the other students in the forums.
Nice overview of Galaxy, but does not really provide enough information for a beginner to start using it without additional resources.
I liked this course. I would like to study more examples of genome data processing. I wish good luck to creators and mentors of the course.
This course was very disappointing and much of the content in the tests and course did not show up in the course project. I felt like the course project was far more advanced than all the other detail. In addition, there was minimal to NO detail on instruction. VERY poor development here and I would not recommend it to anyone. All you need to do is look at all the threads of complaints. I am looking forward to the next Python course and h
It gives a quick background on Galaxy and its softwares. Content is appropriate but does not prepare you for even the final assignment or real genomic problems.
Good course, great tool.
Quite confused during the majority of this course, especially after how clear the first course was. Was able to follow instructions but did not fully understand why I was doing anything. Not enough foundation given. The final project came out of no where. We did not learn nearly enough in the course to be able to tackle that. The majority of steps that needed to be taken were not taught in class or if they were, they were glossed over. I was floored by how the class went form simple to extremely complicated with no transition phase.
The lectures were very informative and clear. I had no problem giving the quizzes with the lectures. The project I had no clue where to begin. There has to be extra lectures included to guide the project. I hope they add some lectures as whatever lectures are currently available are
clear content
very helpful class. instructor is very clear.
Perfect for basic analysis using Galaxy. Course will help you get over the fear of using some of the rather complex tools used for RNA-seq analysis.
The exam really covers all material in the course. Prepare yourself by reviewing all materials, especially on graphs, dynamic programming, and algorithm complexity.
Great Exam :D , this is an excellent specialization frankly, I highly recommended If you have zero idea about this domain.
Great course. Thanks.
Loved this specialization. My only complaint is that I became very attached to many of the other students in my cohort and I felt that this course did not give me adequate closure. We kinda needed an end of course virtual party. :)
This specialization has been nothing short of awesome. This exam really caps it off on a high note. Not only the quizzes were challenging and interesting, they are also very relevant to all the concepts learnt throughout the specialization. The exam consists of a good mix of conceptual, algorithmic, debugging, optimization problems, graph modelling and mathematical computation problems. The very tight time frame of only a few weeks with only 1 single attempt each week forced me to be very careful with my solutions and double check my work carefully before submitting.The only thing that I wish to see is that this exam should be 2 exams instead of just 1 exam. I sort of still hunger for more challenging exercises like this exam. I really hope that this capstone exam course sets a good example for other Coursera courses because challenging mini-exams like this are incredibly valuable tools to validate our knowledge.
This was a very helpful course to prepare a resume.
I only did the free version but feel I got just as much out of it. I would recommend this highly to anyone serious about presenting a good looking resume.
Good for students
This course was fantastic. Logically set out and full of great content. Made me really reevaluate my own resume as I learnt a lot.
This is a very interesting and informative course which is ideal for college students and young professionals to enhance their resume writing skills. The instructor's approach to writing resumes is quite impressive.
Very good course :)
The course gave me a lot of useful information that really helped me to revise my resume and make it more competitive! Thus it was short and a bit simplified...
Completed the course. It provides nice tips and tricks on resume building.
It's very engaging and I learned very much about resume writing that I was able to revise my resume in good time for job seeking. Thank you very much!
pretty good, would be better if some of detailed document in the video could be attched
Good For under standing basic concept.
Some points were technical making a key understanding of how to present a resume
It's an interesting course. I have learned and exploded many helpful things during study this course.Thanks so much for you all contribution.
I feel like i made an improvement to my resume with this course. I was good before, now it is even better.
This course is best for recent graduates. It covers the basics. Feedback from course participants is not very valuable unfortunately. People just don't have the time or the experience to give any substantial feedback. For a project-centered course, I would expect feedback on the project (your resume) to be important.A better course that covers the same topic in more detail is: Writing Winning Resumes and Cover Letters. I've taken 5 MOOCs on resume writing and this course is by far the best. Much better use of your time.
We are expected to complete a quiz for which we can submit responses only when we purchase the course. What Bullshit!!
very informative and will let you create your professional resume to attract employers
Very important information. Real experts advice.
Wonderful and a must enrol for all those who are writing their first resumes.
Not bad, I knew some tips from this course, it was rather brief and informative, but didn't contain full information of resume writhing. So after finishing the course I can only orient on the samples given and on separate lifehacks, but not making my resume by steps.Still almost perfect
Some information don't work in our context. But generally it's helpful to me.
I have gained wonderful Knowledge. very good course
It helps me a lot to re-understand the concept of resume and recreating my resume in more professional way. Thanks Zach Slaybaugh!
Does what it promises with no nonsense.Warning for those not living in the US: this course is tailored toward US resumes, which have requirements such as not being longer than one page, which may not be applicable to you. That said, I still found this course very useful despite being Dutch myself.
Genearlly it helps but I hope it would be much better if you have chances to review resume from each other and receive feedback. Thank you.
really helpful!
Practical and really helpful! I redesigned my resume as it is instructed.
This course does not allow us to answer the assignments without purchasing the course instead they should allow us to do so.
It was a powerful guide for building and improving a resume.
Some really good pointers. I would have liked to see more for the experienced person, this was quite focused on new college grads.
Excellent course, pretty straightforward and completely oriented to nowadays agile developments using the latest technologies available in markets. Love it!
A lot of content...great concepts I hope we review a lot of this things in course 3
Very interesting course well explained, good assesments, I learned a lot
It's so intuitive and engaging.
Thank you for all.
Very good course. I learned the basics of data warehousing, design and data integration, and get abilities on Pentaho (a data integration tool).
I enjoyed learning this material and found that the Pentaho Kettle hands-on experience was a nice additional to skill set that I can provide my clients.
It's a great course, with quality content. But I would like to see more practice videos for the tools.
Great course with a lot of practice
Best course for beginners to learn and develop their careers in field of Data warehousing. Also Coursera is best learning source. Thank you all
Personally I don't recommend this course. I really need to learn data warehousing for my job and I have no problem with learning by doing. This course gave me basics, but the learning was very stiff. I think it's just to theoretical here.
I love this course! Especially with the practice exercises. This course has helped me significantly improve my understanding & the technical skills revolving data warehousing. It would be much better though, if this course has a lot more technical exercises, learning how to utilize essential data warehousing tools efficiently.
The course was very helpful
Theory and practical content very well balanced. Use of tools to see how ETL concept works.
Good learning for Data integration and ETL learning. How data from source to target table transform over the business requirement to be ready for processing
Awesome course for Datawarehouse professional to understand the concept in systematic way.
Course is very high level and teacher inspiring. As I highlighted already it took me 8 hours with a professional to install Pentaho... for what? to explain pivot tables totals. that is very unecessary. Also from Europe virtual machine use is just killing my computer and I end up spending more time crashing and restarting my pc than working on the course. (and I am surrounded by IT professionals in my company for reference). This is sadly a big let down for an excellent course theory wise.
Excellent introduction to data cubes and data integration.
Great course
Well organized lectures but the documentation is full of errors. This in combination with the lack of response on the a lack of responsiveness on the forums might make this class frustrating for some.
Very instructive, engaging and challenging.
Great look to the integration problems, drawing and theoretical exercises was not as good.
I love open source tools description. It is really good designed course to refresh your basic. Good job from instructor side to make this course enjoyable.
Very clear and complete concepts about the design and integrate data to populate de Data Warehouse
ThankYou :)
Fantastic Course! Very Helpful!
A good course, but the learning curve in the middle shoots up so the hill is quite steep to climb. Some typos here and there in documentation, but overall a great course that really challenges you to think hard.
Pretty nice course, although installation and pre-requisites could use a higher note before installing since there would be a couple of tries before getting them working.
very good course
For me this course is one of the most important in BI. We had good teachers that helped us to understand the important issues.
useful information
Excellent course. Very logical sequence of presentation, accompanied by well designed exercises.
Clearcut explanation from basics
Pros: Information is perfect for anyone looking at Business Intelligence as a career field, or already in the career field itself. I found the first week to challenge my on-the-job knowledge of a fuller set of concepts and general terminology.Cons: The wording on the quiz questions, in some cases, seems much different than the PPT slides and the instructor's language. UPDATE: The wording is a significant challenge, even when advancing into the more complex topics. I have had many differences of opinions on the solutions based on wording in the requirements.
Many thank!
Week 3 wasn't taught well. And the assignment was too difficult. Other weeks were fine.
great course with hands on practice of the concepts. Getting the tools installed is a little frustrating but once you get past that part there are a lot of good exercises to apply what you are learning.
Very good course
The course lectures were too sparse leading up to the final, very important assignment of learning to how to create an ETL package. More time and energy should have been spent on the technical aspects of the Pentaho Spoon program, rather than doing overviews of application pros and cons.
Excellent information, I liked this course.
Excellent course in the way of preparation to be a Expert in Business Intelligence and Data Warehouses.100 % recommended!
quite challenging, high paced lectures. It seems like an easy course because the lectures are quite brief, but make no mistake, there is no repeating of concepts or endless bla bla. To succeed in the assignments one is very likely to watch lectures again. Without any previous knowledge in this subject it is almost impossible to grasp everything by just watching the videos due to the new vocabulary and the information density. The assignments definetly take more time than indicated.
This course needs a cleanup of loose ends on some of the assignments. Some assignment requirements are very ambiguous and in some cases the solutions are not matching the requirements of what was due.
Not enough implication from the instructors in the course. Students are left alone with the material, without any answers to there questions on the course.Peer review process subject to personal interpretation and leading to frustration for the students.That's quite unfortunate as this provides a bad experience whereas the course might have been good without that.
I think this course is great, however weeks 2 and 3 should be restructured to ensure students acknowledge topics properly. I had a bad time solving those week's asignments.
Again, professor Michael Mannino presents a very well prepared course that achieves optimal results in limited time. This course provides the background and basic skills necessary understand and work with Data Warehouses.
Real world data warehouse integrations are more complex than just inner joining the tables to drop those rows not found in the original tables. i wish more complex scenarios are covered.
Awful. Just awful. There are dozens of students trying to install Pentaho and failing. Only reason I managed is that I have prior experience with the software. There are no TAs, no help, nothing. The Quiz is a scam designed to force you to shell out even more money of the so-called-optional textbook, and the assignments are extremely vague and orders of magnitude beyond the laughable 30 minutes the instructor suggested they should take. My submissions for week 3 total over 30 pages -- and I work a full time job... Avoid this class, do not reward terrible courses with your cash.
Overall a great course mixing concepts, technical skills and self learning very well. I'd recommend this course for anyone who is looking to learn about building data warehouse from scratch with minimal starting knowledge.
I like the course, and I learn a lot (having plenty of experience already). However, the assignments take far more time than the quoted 30 minutes, and a lot of time is spent installing and getting open-source tools to work - which I would have rather spent on actually hands on work on the subject-matter.
The instructions for installing the software are not very intuitive and can be very frustrating at times, so make sure to allot additional time getting it installed. The assignment time listed is FAR less than the amount of time to complete the assignment, again, make sure to allot additional time for completing the assignments.
Good for Beginners to go for.
Good course. Give basic concept and practical experience in data cube designing and data integration.
This course was not better than the first course. Not too much of practical included and mainly theoretical
Hello,Thank you for this well structured course. Exercises and tutorials are very useful to complement lectures and help increase our skills in the domain.Tools deployment and connection (Oracle database on Virtual box and pentaho data integration) was a nightmare.It would be great if you package all the tools needed for a given course into a predefined virtual machine image ready to be downloaded from the course.Kind Regards,Mouhammad Moustafa
This is a very well-structured and demanding course with an excellent professor.I'm looking forward to finishing the entire specialization!
Excellent structure of the course and very interesting
Very interesting course
Amazing course. Thank you.
Solid class overall, however video lectures do not provide enough background info to complete some of the assignments. Expect to spend much more time than the estimated 30 mins to complete.
I enjoyed the first two courses. However, I would have liked to continue but as a Mac-only guy do not have access to an Oracle database, which seems to be a requirement for the assessments and the case study.The first two courses went well on MySQL, so I'm afraid I have to leave here.Thanks and bye. If the MySQL option gets added, I'll be back.
Missing course material about how calculating fact table size ans sparsity
Very useful this course. Thanks
Great course to learn DWH concepts.
Very nice introduction to databases and data warehouses. The lectures are not very engaging, the plus is there are practical assignments for every week, where you learn the most. First you submit your own solution and then you provide feedback to your peers. I like the format of the assignments. What I dislike (giving 4 stars instead of 5) is difficulty in setting up the environment for assignments to complete - it took me longer just to properly install the software needed for assignments 2 and 5 than to work out the assignments. The lectures could be also improved.
This course was full of issues related to the installation and use of Pentaho Pivot 4J and Data Integration. The professor's presence is resolving these issues was practically nonexistent. Coursera needs to do a much better job at insuring that their professors are offering a quality course and living up to the expectations of the students. In the case of this course and the professor, they failed miserably. In addition, it is practically impossible to get support from Coursera when an issue exists and in most cases when contact is made, the assistance is minimal. It is a shame as the platform is nicely designed and the course topics are very interesting. If you are considering taking this course, be forewarned that the majority of the support of problems/issues come from the community, not the Professor or Coursera. In addition, you are required to grade the assignments of your fellow students. This is not done by the professor.
Overall - great course giving possibility to learn working on tools such as Pivot4J and Pentaho Data Integration. While I am more interested in Business Analyst approach - it certainly gives meaningful background to data warehouse concepts and data quality. Biggest disadvantage is in my opinion module 5 with rather difficult and unclear assignment. I wish instructions were more precise and whole assignment more analogical to presented examples.
Excellent course. Very logical sequence of presentation, accompanied by well designed exercises.
Very nice class, well thought out and organized. The assignments are interesting and the practice assignments are relevant. Getting hands on on Pentaho was a big plus.
Excellent course.The hands on project ties together the background knowledge learned so far.
Satisfactory!
It was very easy to follow the reading and the videos helped to answer many questions. Very informative.
The course is well structured and remains focused on the topic on hand. It is easy to follow Kevins thought, but the discussion is quite superficial; no concrete numbers and examples are worked through in the discussion. It would have strengthened the course if the discussion went step-by-step through a balance sheet of one of the companies featured in the course.
Easy to comprehend but far too basic to be helpful and I don't feel I received an "Understanding of financial statements" because the course was too rudimentary.
Great course, nicely taught. I learned a lot about balance sheets.
very good course, helps me to pick up a lot about accounting basics.
I found this course to be a good introduction to reading a balance sheet, with a lot of personal examples.
What at a great course. I hated accounting and the presentation of this course has changed that. Now I clearly understand.
Great course...the instructor was excellent! Really was clear and understandable, and held my attention despite this subject not being my strong suit. ;-)
This course focuses entirely on how to read a balance sheet. You will learn the three principal parts of a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, and equity), how they relate to each other, and how they describe the underlying position of the company. This is illustrated by the professor talking to a number of small businesses in the Urbana-Champaign area.If you have no experience with accounting or finance, this is probably a great place to start. It's a gentle introduction. However, while the focus on local businesses is interesting, a relatively large amount of time is spent learning about these businesses and their owners without necessarily teaching much about accounting or balance sheets in general.
It was very very nice.I go forward more steps.I am so glad to take this course.
Very good course. Gives a view on corporate business finance.Teacher is also great.Recommend this course to anyone who want to start finances, business or wants an dive deep into entrepreneurship.
really its very helpful for me and helped me in my College thanks you
I made the right choice when I chose to take on this course
Really well taught!
I learned so much, and the format was easy to follow.
I really enjoyed this course! The professor did an excellent job in walking students through the basics of financial statements.
Thank you for the work and creative idea of presenting the information. I now feel as though I have an idea or overall gist of financial statements, however, I would like to get into the ratios and analysing part of these statements.
New to Accounting-Will need some additional study-Would like to move on to the nex
Very informative, enjoyed the course.
It is really works to make you understand a balance sheet practically
Wonderfully designed. Clear and interesting explanation. Love it!
This course is a great introduction to understanding Balance Sheets and has been a big help to me in my job. I highly recommend this course and I really liked the Professor.
I think it's a good way to introduce the world of "accounting" but I think videos need to be more specific and I would have appreciated if there was some practical exercise and not only quiz! But all the informations are exposed clearly.
Great course, it teaches you a lot in a simple way. The material is presented to you in a easy to follow format, with lots of supplemental material.
This course is extremely basic. It took me about four hours to complete the entire course (minus the peer reviewed assignment since I audited). This wouldn't be an issue in and of itself, but there were quite a number of issues with the presentation, from questions appearing in the wrong video, to badly worded and misleading questions. It's as if the course material was quickly thrown together and not reviewed or tested. Overall, there is some good info in it if you have no background in accounting and no idea what a balance sheet is, but if you're looking for insight into interpreting balance sheets, this is not the class for you.
Enjoyed this course thoroughly. Very good instructor, good content, well-designed.
A very detailed and easy to understand explanation of accounting with good examples. Enjoyed this course!
It was pleasure to participate in this course.
This Course Had Help Me in My Ramay Trade LTD Business in Rwanda
Great course! Mr Jackson put a lot of effort into the construction of the class and explained everything in detail so that you get a solid understanding of the Balance Sheet
It was great
Simple and effective course!!!!
This will refresh my memory of what I learned and more
I really liked this course. It is short, useful, fun and really objective. I started the course because it was an evidence from another course I am taking, but I ended completing it just for satisfaction. Great explanations, great teacher, great platform. Thank you!
The content of this course reflects its title: "Welcome to game theory"!
Great Course!
Excelent introductory course
A very great leture about Game Theory. Really appreciated
Excellent introduction to game theory. I started from zero and I was looking for a general sense of how game theory was applied to modern situations. This course gives you just that, so you can continue your journey.
Its simple and really useful to start with!
a good course to learn the basics of game theory
Wonderful class, great insight into the world of game theory. Sensei did a phenominal job of breaking down what was at least for me very difficult ideas to understand (I'm bad at equations), into visual examples that were able to not only understand different aspects of game theory but the equations themselves. Hoping this class continues to be offered on Coursera for future students!
Unforgetable new thing.
very nice course
Rather philosophical then mathematical. An accumulation of simple, but essential and interesting reflections on what game theory is and how it relates to reality. Thank you, it was very enjoyable!
Good intro to game theory. Many real-life examples, easy course to follow. Recommended.
I find this course a very good primer for introducing Game Theory to someone who has zero prior knowledge on this topic.
Great Teacher!Fantastic work!!
It was realy interesting.
Excellent course, I found great the examples and application, like in evolution as well as in social behavior (and cleaning the living room), I want to repeat it to get a better grade
Dear Professor, I found your lectures quite inspiring. I reaaly enjoy your introduction on game theory.
It makes you to use your brain haha
Great option to learn new things of mathematics and probability
Very good introduction to game theory. The content is well presented, clear and nicely organized
Excellent way to see the economy compared with real situations!!
loved this course
Good introductory course; very high level, as expected by an entry level course. Basic mathematics only, which was good but also a downfall.Recommend this course, introduces some interesting topics and points. It has convinced my to pursue another course or two minimum in applied game theory.
Nice introduction, light and easy to follow without being completely trivial. Questions are a bit too easy or too loosely asked in the quizz but for an introduction it's better to avoid disgust student.
An inspiring introduction to game theory!!!
It's very nice that I can learn game theory very easy. He teaches about concept of game theory very well by using many situation.
Good course to learn the basics of Game Theory
This is an unexpectedly wonderful course, a fantastic introduction to not only the basics of game theory but also to applications and results you (and I) might not have expected. If you begin the course, do not stop - the first two weeks lay out the basics, without requiring much math background (leaving that for the Stanford/UBC course which is quite good). But the final two weeks are eye-opening as they show uses and discoveries based on game theory, especially with regard to social and economic concerns. Prof. Kandori has done research in these areas and has passion for them - don't miss those sessions.The only drawback to this course might be that it is a bit slow, with much repetition, a useful technique in the classroom but not quite as effective in this online mode. But speeding up the videos one notch might help :)Were Prof. Kandori to speak here (the San Francisco Bay Area) I would eagerly attend - and his ties to Stanford might make that possible - my antenna are raised for such an occurrence.
An excellent basic intro or refresher course. Very light on math.
It is a great course that Ican"t stop learning.
For an introductory course to Game Theory I think it is quite usefull
Exceptionally well explained course.
Excellent introduction to game theory, high on concepts and practical applications, low on math.TA's are active in the forums.Quizzes usually have 4-5 very easy questions from lectures, 2-3 which require a little thought.
Excellent course on game theory by prof.Kandori that will get you started on the concept, applications and some concrete assignments that took a bit of work for me to handle. I must do for those who are interested in a high level process theory with concrete applications.
This course is opening my eyes.
An easy to understand introduction to game theory. Excellent course!
In taking this course, I have been guided by a fully knowledgeable professor and straightforward explanations provided with the help of powerpoint presentations. The material is exciting, and the delivery is great. I will now dig deeper into this awesome subject!
Excellent introduction to the subject, good course to follow before diving deeper into Game Theory (as I plan to do). Small problems when showing images but nothing that ruins the experience. Dr. Michihiro Kandori is a great teacher!
This course is very interesting, it helps to understand basic knowledge in game theory) And it's also easy to understand, because of available explanations of material.
Good teacher and good lectures! Awesome!すごい！
Great!
This course is basic yet so powerful and will excite those who enroll that they would like to study the subject and that I feel is the most important objective of any course. I had already completed two game theory courses offered by Stanford university and still I found this course to be enriching. The course deals with basic conceptual knowledge of Game Theory and how and why it is useful and applicable in the world around us. I have read Professor Kandori's and he is one of the leading researchers in this field. I feel great to have been taught by such a faculty.
Teaching quality is good, but more example needed.
Excellent course and introduction to game theory. Some parts were difficult, but quality teaching needs to be challenging. I think there are areas for improvement, but I would overall recommend the course.
Great course!! Really interesting and enjoyable.
I looked into the course because I'm an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology student that got into Evolutionary Game Theory. I wanted a more basic and fundamental understanding of game theory. Really good lectures - I particularly think the examples/applications are interesting.
Very good course. Should be followed by Game Theory II
A very basic course, and oriented more towards economics and predicting behaviors. The course sure is nice, but not what I had expected. Wanted something more on the logic side. The one by Stanford looks better-suited.
Is really interesting, It makes you think about the simple things in life.
The course was useful in providing an introduction to the basics of game theory.However it would benefit from a native English proofread and smoother delivery.There were also problems throughout regarding the display of graphics and notes behind the professor, who kept pointing to something other than he was referring to.A couple of math notations were also incorrect, for example "<" when the professor said "less than or equal to".Overall though, I'm pleased that I took the course and I learned several important aspects of the topic that will benefit me in future study.
Very nice course. I strongly recommend.
As my dream university, Mr. Kandori did really well to explain these basic ideas.
It's a peaceful and well produced introduction to Game Theory. It helped me a lot to uncover the Social Sciences from its obscurity, subjectivity and boredom stereotypy.
It was a great learning experience! I would like to thank Coursera team and University of Tokyo from developing such an insightful course.
This course is an interesting course. Game theory is applicable in all the fields. Having a strong foundation in game theory is advantageous in the 21st century.
it was really useful!! thx!
I always wanted to know what Game Theory was and now I know. It is something that is a little hard for me to understand.
Interesting
While the subject is interesting, the professor sometimes makes it confusing and dense to understand the basic ideas.Maybe this course does need a mathematic or economic background...
It1s a wonderfull course, the lectures are very clear, and you just have to have some discipline to learn the basics of game theory.Good Job
Many thanks for teaching this course!
Very educating .
good to begin with!
It is a bit complex, maybe it would be more feasible with more dynamic or visualizing resorces
I thought the course admirably fulfilled my expectations for a general introduction to Game Theory.It kept maths to a minimum and the explanations were clear and always backed up by examples.Seeed to be very little forum activity, don't know why... maybe that's just says soething about the sort of people who want to learn about Game Theory!It's a good length with a good amount of time dedicated each week. Sometimes it was a bit challenging, but all round pretty good, I thought.
pretty good starter's course, Professor explains information good, hope for more complicated one, less newbie friendly
Very helpful course for beginner~!.
Very entertaining introduction.
Really great and interesting course!Professor is a great speaker too!
It is good.
Good introductory course, great lecturer
This is very good basic course, a one star missing due to some difficulties in good enough explanations of some of concepts further used.
It is good for any green-hand in game the
This is a very good introduction to game theory having never before studied this subject I have found that the Lectures are easy to understand and flow very well from one to the other.
very helpful for my master degree.thank you so much!
Very good introduction to Game Theory. Works everything out with intiuition.
amazing, it rlly halped mi overstand the importance of strategies even in social situations.
Video Orientation is not proper.
Really interesting course! I recommend it to anyone interested in game theory! :)
This course explains game theory from the perspective of social science.
The course was really great. It gave powerful insights and tools for aspiring public policy practitioners like me, and for broader social scientists as a whole.
It's an inspiring lecture for those who have little background about game theory.
A very interesting introductory course to Game Theory, which is a very complex subject. Professor provides a easy-to-understand approach and daily examples, which can raise a big interest for students.
sth not bad
Just read the ppt
Great course!
I like what kind of job you have done creating this series of courses. But the final course was too long. In the end, I made the final document for the last night from scratch, received 100%, and I was a little upset. I would like something more complicated as the final task. Even the criteria for evaluation were extremely formal, with no concept of quality assessments. Nevertheless, thank you very much. I learned a lot of details and nuances of game development. And I got a bit of confidence in the chosen field of activity.
Excellent specialization, I have learned a lot of how to create a Game Design Document and a prototype.
Fantastic course, recommendation for everyone interested in video games design.It could do with more video lectures, and maybe even little harder assignments, but overall it is really great course, and specialization as a whole.
Excelent project to close up the specialization. I loved the constant feedback and refining of an idea through the whole course.P.S: Had some problems with mi verification in the first week of the course, so I needed to retake that asignment; apart from that all perfect.
The course was nicely prepared and structured, in my opinion it lacked a bit of content compared to the rest of the specialization. But it's a good rounding up of everything we learned before.
This course was mostly working on the same document, and refining it for six weeks. I kind of wanted a little more from the class beside extended peer review time. I thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the specialization's courses, but I didn't think this one was quite up to the same caliber.
This is a course almost without any content. You coul pick any book about game design and you will learn more of game design in the first ten pages. I recommend Level up! by Scott Rogers for begginers like me. You could be fooled by this course if you dont know the principles of design and narrative structure, but if you know it you will not find anything of value here, becouse dont explain almost anything about videogame concepts like gameplay, balace, GAME DESIGN, etc. They explain very basics things in the first course and then they forget everything. The rest of the information are very very basic knowledge about character and world design, without being vinculated through metodologies to the games!, only with empty words of inspiration recorded in useles videos. Sorry the critics, but i followed all the courses and paid the monoey for the certificate, hoping that some week the course could show somethign usefull. Never did. See for books if you want to learn something.
An intriguing course.Uncommonly advanced material.Rare content on Coursera.
Several comments, in general the course is well conducted,it is not easy to follow, but this is natural as it a very abstract subject. The exercise sets (peer-reviewed) where very instructive, but I think that the quizzes where a little too easy in comparison. I missed a little a more intuitive view, a broader view of the subject as well as a review of more advanced applications and developments, such as infinite Galois groups, etc.
It is a rare online course of advanced pure mathematics. Overall it is very good. It is not recommended to take other courses in parallel with this course as it will consume lots of time on external notes and references. I would recommend National Research University to open more similar courses on abstract algebra, like Groups, Rings, Fields and Modules as a bridge program to this course, or an extension of this course to Lie Algebra or Representation Theory.
Overall, this course has very solid content. In fact, this is one of the few (probably the only one) advanced mathematics course on Coursera. More specifically, in order to take this course, you need to have good understanding of group, field and ring. In other words, you are assumed to have taken general undergraduate level abstract algebra courses before.However, there are some aspects of the course that are worth improving. First, probably due to the nature of online course, I personally find learning Galois Theory online very challenging. The lectures themselves make sense. The practice problems and quiz, however, sometimes do not seem to be reinforcing the lectures. The materials on tensor product seem to be unrelated as well. Usually these are covered in a course on commutative algebra. In addition, there was almost none communication within the discussion forums.Overall, I would definitely recommend this course if you have good background in general abstract algebra. After all, Galois Theory has long been a capstone type of course. If you have some background but not solid, it is definitely still doable.
Outstanding course so far - a great refresher for me on Galois theory. It's nice to see more advanced mathematics classes on Coursera.
The material is very interesting, but the course goes very fast, and the presentation is dry.
Very interesting course for poeple with knowledge in algebra.
It's a good topic. However the quality of the lectures are pretty low. In my opinion people could learn the topic more efficiently by reading Stewart's book.
Hopeless ! Less clear and understandable than simply reading a textbook.A waste of time.
Great course!
That's a great course for those who want to broaden their horizons in mathematics. Learning process involves a huge amount of useful information from different areas, such as linear algebra, fields and rings theory, and many more.But I'd like to share some thoughts with possible readers of this review.1) A learner should have a really strong mathematical background. I would say that it's a graduate-level course, and I couldn't recognize that from course description. Otherwise,2) One needs a HUGE amount of time to learn all the material thoroughly. Just to clarify, I'm changing my job now, so I fortunately have a lot of free time. And I spend almost ALL of one for this course! :) That's great, I'm ready to do that, but how many people have that kind of possibility? Amount of given information is enough for a separate specialization in Coursera terms, so maybe it would be good to split this course into several separate ones.. for sure, it fits into a standard HSE university course. But I can say that I do have some background in maths, but a number of years it was unused, so it takes time to recover a lot of things. Just my thoughts, but I see how discussion in forum is fading away, guess it means that a lot of people start giving up.3) And finally I would suggest to add some small quizzes within lectures as it's done, for example, in 'Learning How To Learn' course. In my opinion, it can help learners to catch more from videos.So, 3 weeks left to finish this course, so I'm starting a next quiz! Thanks to everyone and happy learning! Or teaching :)
Actually rigorous and non-trivial maths.
Brilliant course :-) I found it a lot tougher than the previous courses but still interesting and fun.
I really liked the course. Even though I passed, I know there is so much more to learn before i can pass the real test. In this course, I had the option to pause and play the recordings and take breaks and resume the tests which I am sure wont be available in the real test. I still feel there is a lot of vocabulary need to master. And since I don't know many Chinese people where I live, I need a lot more listening and speaking practice than I have access to.I loved the course since it allowed me to learn so much new vocabulary and grammar in such a short time.Thank you very much to all my instructors. You were lihai.
Learnt alot of new things even though I'd say i've got experience in this field. Evaluation and conducting interviews as part of principles is a fresh way to look at how we understand design! :) Recommended.
This course is boon for designers. Very detailed and absolutely rewarding specially for those starting a new career in this field.You have the best faculty here. You not just learn the tools of the trade you are walked through this course by one of the authority in the field.
Great~
Design Principles has been meticulously structured, although, I'd have loved to lean more on Typography. One feedback to Professor will be to update his content and include more contemporary examples.
It was great. The tasks where challenging, the explanations were simple and concrete. I loved it.
This course give me more information and knowledge about how to do design and the basic design principle ! It's simple and helpful get starting of design.
Great, if brief course. Some occasionally ill-worded test questions. But this course piqued my interest for the ones that follow.
Very interesting, but I found it a little bit confusing.
This is a well-designed course with assignments from which one can learn a lot. It is only 3 weeks long so it is very accesible. In particular I enjoyed week 2 where topics about typography, spacing, layout of contents etc., were addressed.
Good introduction.This course was verry useful for me
Great course - but tougher than the last!
Gave basic introduction to design principles but the assignments were very engaging
Fantastic course! Learned a lot from it - both theoretically and practically. The hands on exercises were very smart and applicable. I'm left with a lot more interest in the subject, a bunch of books for ruther reading and some new tools under my belt. Thanks!
This is an excellent course.
Excellent.Learned three distinct set of skills. 1) Product design that makes the job easy for the user. 2)Elements of importance in designing layout for soft screen 3)Conducting experimental studies on users.Great course!!! Good teaching Scott...
Great intro course!
This course as much content in it and it's difficult to have an holistic idea how it all fits together. Some videos are taught having the same problem like, for example, some tools/themes are presented without us knowing what they are for. E.g., Chi-squared test and null hypothesis. Only after a while we understand their use. This bring a lot of overhead to us who are learning.Some videos seem to have been re-worked over time and present cuts or jumps.As for assignments, they should be better worked because some questions are not clear or misleading regarding the criteria that you want to evaluate.For example, I already reported that in Question 2. and 3. of the assignment for the 3rd week. The example you give is a short introduction with two problems: 1) "I did the website", which can make the participant not to be at ease to criticize and 2) we're no evaluating the participant performance but the website. Next, you ask us to rewrite the introduction, which we do with those two problems in mind. Now, when we do the peer review we realize that you're expecting for us to rate the new introduction based on having "early prototype" and "user feedback". The original problems just seem not to count. Only by chance you can eventually write the new introduction touching the points that count for grading.
This course was very informative and well structured. I feel like the concepts stacked and that by the end I had a better understanding surrounding the "why" behind a lot of these concepts.
Great course loaded with a well planned spread of topics.
I love it , 5 Stars, but -1) Please ad the functionality to zoom into posted pictures!2) Please more further reading material or videos linkedThanks!
An essential course for any job in the field of Design, it teaches the core concepts such as Typography, Colour, Positioning, Spacing, etc. and requires one to work hard on the assignments.
Interesting materials.
Several errors in lecture and lack-luster assignments decreased my perception of value.
Great course!
Some of the evaluation methods just allow other people how doesn't do to much work to just pass...
This course really helped me understand what to ask of my Design team!
Overall it was mostly good but the maths was not well enough explained and some of the course materials felt out of date.
Huge informative course materials.
It was a good course overall, but some of the material was very complex and would require more than 3 weeks of study. I am not sure whether it will be useful in a real life, especially calculating Chi-squared and such. I also wish the professor would simplify the language in which he speaks in the lectures.
Great introductory course work
good tips for testing experiments
Great!
I feel that this specialization is not focused enough on developing portfolio pieces. One portfolio piece at the end of an 8-month course does not seem adequate to me. So I wish we focused more on developing high fidelity work - in addition to the need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly assignments. This high fidelity, digital work could even be optional, but I need some guidance on what work to develop and how the overall process should look.Even being allowed to enroll in the capstone before completing the first 7 sections would be helpful.The review is kind of about what you are looking to get out of these classes. If you just want to LEARN about UX and human centered design, then it's a 4-5 star course. But if you want to PRODUCE some great work that will help you land a job in the industry, it might not be for you.
This is a great course with tons of valuable info. The peer-review projects are very hands-on, and you learn a lot by doing that. However, I wish there were more explanations for certain things (for example, for the experiments section) - or at least, more resources to get further info. Also, for Assignment 3, it would have been very helpful to have the answer key, since there is some confusion around some of the answers.
Slow review process (can be).
I found the information and the references in this course very valuable.
The first assignment was very confusing in terms of what was required, and it should be fixed.
A really good course - much more concrete and in-depth than the previous one in the specialization.
Everything is great apart of the third week assignment. I guess it needs to be changed.
The basic principles of design and their philosophies were covered well in this course, and it was taught in a quick, efficient manner. I liked undergoing this course and would recommend it.
If you don't pay the fee to get the certification, you can't do the assignments :(
I didn't like the way contents were organized. It was too much information in a very short time.
This class was insanely insightful, and I found many of the topics covered very interesting and fascinating — towards the end of the course, specifically around designing experiments, I found that whole terrain to be pretty difficult to comprehend. I think the lectures have opportunities for improvement here.
Thank you very much for this interesting course! I still do these excersizes and try to notice good and bad design solutions in everything what surrounds me. I love this course and I am reading now Don Norman's 'The Design of Everyday Things' to understand design principles more deeply. It's an upgrade for me!
Definitely improved from the first course of this specification. Better feedback on errors regarding quizzes' questions and still really interesting assignments for peer review that help you to learn. Still missing a document or a file with all the notes that one can take away and use as a reference guide, hence only 3/5.
Very interesting course. Lots of information is considered. Lots of example that makes everything clear.
Superb breadth of the content.
It's great to help you get insights about basic principles of design.
I think that is a poor course; a lot of much theory and little practice; is better read a book and see youtube. It doesn't meet my expectations.
Another very good class in this specialization.
Such a great and intersting course!
Lectures are clear and extensively cited; assignments are interesting.
very good course! the final was much more logical than the first course
Another great course, it was challenging.....
Should go into more depth - esp with Visual Design.
Great stuff!
Great for the first 2 weeks of class, the third week seemed really unbalanced though and all of the sudden was about 4x the amount of time to watch videos. I wouldn't have minded if the same material was spread to an extra week.
After this course my interest in web design is increased and all material was very useful. I liked examples too.
This course raised my awareness of the design of everyday objects that I had always taken for granted before. It's definitely a great intro course into design -- and to raise everyone's awareness about how things are presented to the user -- and why that matters so much.
Simple & Clear , Handsome teacher!
this course is wonderful
Learned a lot!
Good One... there are few rough edges but a good start
This course wasn't good. Many of the assignment instructions and questions were poorly written, and students clearly had trouble understanding what was asked of them. The assignments also weren't very deep or imaginative, and some of them requested very specific answers relying in keywords from the lectures rather than ensuring that the students had really understood the concepts. The design principles were introduced at such a surface level as to be just silly rather than useful. This was kind of a waste of my time.
I enjoyed this course a lot. Very useful information about basic design principles (within subject design, between subject design, online studies, etc). Also good to catch up and remember things from past studies.
Very interesting. The assignments test the learning are and more related to what we see around us. It is a test of our perception on interactive design. This is very helpful.
Good explanation of few design ideas and technics.
Interesting topic, however I quitted. Video lectures were recorded almost phrase by phrase, making it too hard to follow the contents properly
Really a nice course for a UX beginner!
this class is really cool!
Really good introduction to interactive design
wonderful lecturer! and wonderful way of explanations!
Scott Klemmer is always the best
very good, I like this course, It teach me many knowledge about dynamics.
The best course I have taken. Totally recommended for those who want to improve their knowledge in dynamics.
Great Course!!!
Can be very challenging if you aren't well-versed in the various problem-solving tricks used for MechE problems (how & when to choose axes/reference frames, how to visualize the motion intended by the sketch, where/when to assume friction exists or does not exist, etc). Discussion fora are relatively inactive for assistance.
Great course with fantastic supplementary materials.
An amazing course, which has helped me tremendously with the conceptside of mechanics
Excellent explanations of fundamental concepts in Kinematics and Kinetics of particles and rigid bodies.
I will finish all this course.
It's really good. I am revising these concepts in the best possible ways through this course!
A brilliant course, gave me a great foundation for more advanced courses in mechanical engineering. When ever i use some of the things i learned in this course in my work i think of Whiteman.
Excellent course!! It has been very useful for my engineering studies!! Thanks a lot!!!
good course....!!
The courses are extremely helpful and Professor Whiteman teaches amiably with great clarity.And I have a personal suggestion: the questions in quiz are great and challenging, but I don't think they should be challenging in calculation. When I did not have my calculator with me, there was nothing I could do to deal with those weird numbers in the questions.Anyway, I really love the mechanical engineering series and hope Professor Whiteman can put on more courses.
Very helpful to me. Thanks GIT and to you sir.
Excellent teaching by Professor Whiteman. Easy to understand and simple explanations which render even complicated concepts easy to grab. Moreover, he relates the concepts to real world applications which makes the course even more interesting. Best course on Coursera.
Great explanations.
Excellent course, very substantial and properly taught.
Excellent course, I can only recommend
Very useful and dynamic! The teacher is great, very knowledgeable, and very relevant to day-to-day reality. Especially for those of us who don't speak finances fluently.
An excellent teacher!
Great Instructor videos, bad assignments and peer grading system."Is the file submitted as PDF? Rate from 1 to 5" everyone puts 1 as my score even if I submitted it as PDF file, should be a yes or no question.
Fun course although a little too conceptual for my liking.
This course has a lot of info to offer. The instructor is enthusiastic and provides lots of helpful links to articles, books, and resources that are really useful. I also appreciate that there is a portion of the course dedicated to social issues in games, which often get overlooked or dismissed.However, the course appears to have been restructured at some point, which can make the videos confusing, as they refer to things you haven't learned yet or make you wonder if you accidentally skipped a video somewhere. That said, I also don't think the current structure is ideal, because what you're learning is sometimes at odd with the structure of the assignments—for instance, a game design doc isn't finished until a game is nearly done while a prototype should come early in the process. So why does the game design doc assignment come before the prototype assignment?Also, while I appreciate that the instructor attempted to make the quizzes and grading more fun, the resulting options are often misleading or unclear. For example, the typical grading options are 1) You barely did it or didn't do anything, 2) You went above and beyond, and 3) This is pretty epic. If the person satisfied the requirements but didn't add anything else, do they really only deserve a 1? I didn't grade that way, but the options suggest I could have. Also, if the question is "Is this a zip file?" these options don't make sense at all.Overall though, I recommend this course and give it 4 stars for the level and variety of information it covers.
The quiz feedbacks are empty, this is not good.
Love it.
Very useful as basis to learn more! And the Professor is great!
It's okay, I like the instructor and I really enjoyed the assignments creating worlds and such. I found that Im not a complete dud when it comes to making stories, it actually comes easier than you think ,especially if you play games a lot. Towards the end of week 4 though, I was about done with all the theory and wanted to get back to some Unity work, so i bombed through those videos, and actually skipped social impact on designers (or something like that), but I aced the quizzes though. Kind of funny, the only videos I didn't watch are the only ones I got fives in xDThank you!Ugo
The course is amazing.I started to work 1,5 year ago as a 3d modeler and i found out that many many people dont even know about how important is a good game design.Great presentation great teacher.Thank you so much for the valuable knowledge.
The course touched just the basics of game design principles. Everything was mostly theory based without any practical examples. I was expecting some kind of other approach of teaching this kind of topic.
This course helps your game go from concept to reality. It pushed me to get a digital prototype made and ready to demo. Great depth of information related to game design and the gaming industry.
Professor Casay is awesome! The course is very well handed and paced, I learned a lot. Also, I enjoyed extra lectures and videos, thanks for print your passion on this! Great job!
The course is interesting.The peer-review assigment and grading system is the weak park of this course : you are asked to do a prototype in one week that must be reviewed "pretty epic" from the other students for the highest grade.
Hard to follow, ideas are not organized and are not well presented. Lecturer has many pauses, that even on increased playback speed (x1.25), are still distracting. Do not recommend!
I found that the momentum build in the first course of the "Game Design and Development" specialization was lost when going into Principles of Game Design. In my opinion the course became too focused on the theory, where it could have combined the learnings of "Introduction to Game Development" with the principles of game design in a 50/50 ish combination.However, if your sole purpose is the theory of games and game design, and you do attend the course in relation to the specialization, then by all means, it's a decent course.
This course is mandatory to design a good videogame.
Could have more information about concepts. I would say this is a very, very high level look at game design. Concepts are not explored very much. For example, level design is mentioned. I can sum up the whole lesson in that as "Game designers create pieces and level designers put those pieces together in interesting ways." How to actually do level design, what makes a good level, etc. are not explored at all. There are some generic tips, like ("Make sure it is balanced," "it should be interesting and paced right." The most value of this course is the documentation to write down game ideas in.This should all make sense by the fact that the course alone is 4 weeks long. 1 week of the machine learning course is about equal to this whole course.
Excellent thank you
Really great course. Highly recommend.
It was great opportunity of learning game development and designing process. I would like to recommend it highly to everyone who is interested in game development. It will boost your skills and concepts up to expert level.
My difficulty in completing this course is that I am having to actually develop a playable version of a game. The information in the course is excellent but it is taking more time than I have to develop the playable version of the game I used for the exercises.
A great course - I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Wonderful course
A lot of conceptual stuff going on, I learned what's a high concept document, a game design document, and the importance of prototyping!
Lots of good information.
The course covers a lot of interesting topics i a short time, citing external documents, webpages and books; sometimes some questions in the quiz refer to external documents.About the assignment: it start quite easy, about high concept, story bible, game design document, making the student write more and more detailed, focusing all the attention on the documents. Than, at week4, you need to create a prototype, digital or non-digital, based on your creations. I found this unexpected and really it's unrealistic to be able to create a decent prototype in the same amount of time given to write a document.About the grading system: to take the best score, you need to go "epicly" beyond the call of duty. I don't like that. A student should take the maximum score if he does everything required, and he/she does it good. No need to overdo in my opinion.About the quiz: if you make mistakes, he doesn't tell you what's wrong, he doesn't show you the right answer. It's not a problem of the Coursera platform, as in the previous course, the teacher filled the quiz with all the explaination of the correct and incorrect answers.So, should i suggest this course? Well the topics are interesting, they could have been transmitted better, with better assignments and grading score.
Excelent course. I've had chance to see how process of design game looks like. I'm new in games area so I've got a lot of usefull information. I also think that many techinick can be succesfully used in other life activities - especcialy brainstormin, idea creation ect.
Pros: Good lectures. The professor (Casey) provided a lot of interesting readings to supplement the discussions. Some of them were a bit on the scholarly side, but overall surprisingly interesting and informative. I also watched the documentary about indie game designers (Indie Game: The Movie) during this course and found it very helpful. Cons: I wish the quiz questions had explanations of why something was right or wrong.
Loaded with great information! Thanks!
Well worth the time spent becoming more knowledgeable about what goes into making a game.
I enjoyed this entire course from conception to prototype. Brought the game to life at the end. I wish there was more time for this course. Felt like I could have put a lot more detail into the game design.
Nice abstraction about all kinds of games not about a specific game genre. But I'm not into it because I like developing games more than thinking about design. This course's homework is somewhat irrelevant of the course content.
The course is great but there is some room for improvement. One awesome way to improve learner experience, I think, would be to provide one or two examples about what is expected to deliver for each activity (good/bad examples from previous courses, preserving anonymity?).I know a lot of creativity is involved in the process, but sometimes I felt like I was wandering in the dark, trying to complete an assignment without knowing whether I understood appropriately the instructions.
Don`t put your irrelevant politics in games
Some say you should make this course just when you have a ga.
Great course on game design! You learn and you do...
Amazing teacher, and amazing concepts! I REALLY enjoyed going through this course and learning a lot of great concepts for getting ideas for video games, and general advice for game design!
It would be the best if the written feedback on assignments are compulsory. Currently it's sometimes difficult to get useful feedback
Great Class, I have learned a lot stuff
With this course I really learned how to think about a game idea.
This seemed like a somewhat outdated course but did have a lot of basic info for people who want to make a game but haven't given it much thought. I also found the quizzes and review options frustration due to poorly worded questions and rating choices, as well as the lack of a written feedback option besides comments. Some of the videos seem to kind of drag on a bit as well, but overall it was still helpful for developing my game despite feeling like I didn't gain much new information.
That person should not teach. Nobody. The person is not able to construct a sentence without denial and course has really little information, but lots of empty talking.
Excellent course, it was sure difficult at the beginning but be patient, at the end you will be amazed of the amount of game design skills you've learned! Thanks a lot professor O'Donnell!
I probably have to rate this course 5 stars just for the supplementary reading materials provided. There's a lot of great information provided here. This course helps formalize a process that highly talented people just do intuitively. With the information within, you're able to better understand different aspects of your creative process. At times, the professor's delivery can be a little distracting (he has quite a few awkward pauses in the middle of thoughts, and uses the phrase, "right?" a little too unconsciously). I also found some of the lecture material difficult to connect in a practical sense. Some aspects of the design, play, experience model could use better examples in lecture to make the points more concrete. It is a deep model, and they do in fact point you to a whitepaper published on it so there is that, but just for the sake of the lessons; the examples need better explanation. The quizzes were easy, but challenging in the wrong way. Often, questions are posed that weren't ever directly answered in lecture or the materials, and sometimes they are worded in ways that make it difficult to pinpoint what they are looking for. It would be nice to see student responses to the free-response questions make a comeback in future lessons or at least know that they could possibly carry into the material used to teach the next incoming class. The assignments follow a logical progression, and again are supplemented with great materials. The review system is a little wonky. I've posted in the boards about this. They need to make the criteria more clear. The community activity is pretty low. I'm not sure how this can be addressed, but overall this is a great course and perfect second stop on the journey towards the Game Design and Development specialization.
The quizzes were too short to be effective, and without requiring written feedback from peer review, the process doesn't seem very useful. The best information was from the articles and books he recommends.
Very nice course ! :)
It was difficult, but interesting
why intro is so long?it becomes boring without any physical interpretation of knowledgecan't you take at least one design project or demomany things were said but very little went in head
Nice lessons, but the "teacher" use too often the word "right", what is really annoying. I hope you caneradicate this terrible habit and fix the course materials after that.
It's a really nice course it's teach you a lot on how to design a game from begin and make it something big!
good game design introduction course, lots of concepts, great!
Peer review is really bad idea for such assignement when you are writing your very first design document. It's very subjective and peers cannot provide a valuable feedback on your work
Fabulous introduction into a world of Game Design and documents writing. Highly recommended!
Very insightful course although the assignments were a bit redundant
When I'd started the course, I did't like the course, because of the course is mainly theoretical! But soon I got to learn that Game Designer is the foundation and creator of games! And, I love the way our tutor taught the lecture. This is the best course for any game designer!
AMAZING COURSE!For an introductory course on game design this course is amazing!
Really good course! Gives you the basic foundations you need for the specialization.
I will review this course appointing its pros and cons.Pros:- The instructor: he is a captivating person. It really seems that he like game development, he make jokes and try to make the course interesting. So, he’s personality is makes the course less boring.Cons:- The course name: when I saw “design” in the course name and the icon of course page, I thought it would be related to graphic design, or history telling and so on. But no, the “design” means “project”. So I think a better name would be “Principles of Game Project”. Although, it might be just me who thought this way, because in my language design means something totally different.- The course content: this course should be at the end of the specialization. It is too much abstract and, in some aspects, very obvious. I will not say it is completely useless, because it is not. It gives us a structured view of the stages of game design and its documentation, but I think it would be better if it was like a case study.- The assignments: probably the worst part of the course. They very very complex, to be sincere, none of the assignments I reviewed were full, I gave max grades to many because I think the person tried really hard to make it. Imagine this situation: you are not a programmer, not a graphic designer, not a writer and with a week you need to make a prototype of the game idea you’ve been working on course. This prototype must show the game mechanics and aesthetics, should be playable… And can be non digital? Come on, we are here learning the concepts of developments digital games and the instructor says that we can make a non digital prototype? Some people did it, and I can say for sure that I couldn’t imagine the real game. I made a digital prototype using the knowledge acquired from the first course, but as you can imagine, it is not enough to make our game ideas come true.- The peer review system: the grading is completely non sense, as I said before, the assignments are complex, so it is difficult to show our ideas clearly in a document, without the abilities to make concept arts or something. In 2 of the 4 assignments 2 of the 3 people gave me max grades and 1 gave me bad grades, and did not left any feedback! One of the assignments when I first submitted it I got 12/20. Then, when I resubmitted it, without changing a comma, I got 20/20. So I think this system must change, maybe the mentor should do it.If you want to do all the specialization, ok, go and do this course. But, if this is not your objective, do not waste your time.
The lessons were very informative. And the instructor made everything easy to understand and follow.
I enjoyed a lot to have classes with the teacher of this course.O'Donnel helped me alot showing us some importants essays of Game Design and guiding us in the way to how to have a simple idea and work on it in order to make it in a good game.Thanks!
Love it !
Great course!!!! Big round of applause for the coach :D
There's a lot of ideas and materials to make you think.I also appreciate the pragmatic tips and document templates.The best course on game design I've seen so far!
Very interesting course. I am already familiar with software dev documentation, so a lot of it was not new for me. The style of teaching in the previous course was more pleasant for me. But I am well aware it is just a personal preference. Very good course indeed. Thanks!
This course was a little stressful, but it seriously pays off. The instructor was excellent, he explains everything clearly and gave us quizzes and projects not only to do, but to really learn from. He discusses subjects that really are worth thinking about, if you are considering becoming a Game Designer. I highly recommend this course for avid learners and those that would love to work hands-on on projects that concern Game Design.
The lecturer is very engaging and for the most part these lectures were valuable. A few of them bordered on "why are we talking about this?" though. Felt more like filler than actual value. I think this could have been condensed to three weeks without losing much.
A really interesting course which details how games are designed from the inception of an idea, and what kind of work goes on before the actual development of a game. The instructor is absolutely brilliant.
It appears the teacher doesn't take the necessary steps to polish content and tests, everything feels unstructured and ad-lib. Course videos don't seem to follow any kind of logic or purpose and tests are based on highly subjective content, but are not prepared to deal with the subjectivity of reviewers (i.e. forcing them to provide feedback instead of giving points arbitrarily).
Excellent and amazing, motivate you to use your brain and imagination.
The first steps into the world of making games. All those important documents that you have to write is all well explained here. I highly recommend for everyone.
This course gives great insight to the importance of planning out the various structures of a game before building it. The valuable resources such as the readings were also very much helpful. The instructor has a calm spirit and his lectures are interesting and easy to understand.
Very usefull and with great material to read
Great course. A very good balance between practice and theory. This a very well documented course.
Very interactive and good practical knowledge about game design development
There is a lot of writing here, but the course gives a better understanding of what is required outside of actually building a game
Great content and great teacher. But I found the assignments and the quizzes not that great. I reckon the questions and corrections were a bit subjective and time consuming.
Very thorough coverage of the topic. Helpful.
After the excellent first course in the specialisation, this was quite a disappointment.I realise that the subject matter in this course will inevitably involve abstract concepts and subjective opinions, but I didn't really 'get' the way that Casey was presenting the subject given that there were quizzes and assignments to follow.That's not to say that the videos aren't interesting. But, given their rambling style, they would be much more useful as reference material rather than driving the course, in my opinion.Many of the questions in the quizzes felt like they'd been added simply to make them up to the correct number. Some were so loose that you could write any answer and I'm sure you'd get a mark!Also, I'd say not to even start this course unless you have a clear idea for a game. The assignments require you to produce design documents that are tedious, going on impossible, to write without some firm rooted idea to start from.Maybe if you really want to be a game designer then this will be the course for you. If you are doing the course out of curiosity, for fun, or to learn how to control Unity, I'd give it a miss.
Very comprehensive and thorough introduction to game design. I gained lots of insight into what it really takes to be a developer, and the steps involved. This course really helped to explain the process of getting a game idea off the ground, fleshing out details, and making it presentable to a team or prospective producer. Thanks!
Teaching style a little loose for me, but man did he make me work on my assignments. The information is valuable and the references are beneficial. My take-away from attending this course gives a good base on how to think about a game and set things up properly from the start. No quick short cuts here. Just good old fashion hard work and how to approach things logically to get things done constructively and productively.
It would a 4.5 star actually. The thing is the course thought me more in just a few hours than a 4 month physical course in Game Design. That it super awesome.There a few things here and there that i wish were more elaborated upon, but then again i only audited the course not participated in it actively.
Great course!Thought I wouldn't use the stuff that I learned in the videos at first, but as I started working on my own projects, I realised it was very important knowledge for a game developer.
Awesome course for Game Designers
This course covers everything you need to know about planning and designing your game. Don't be afraid to think big and even if your aren't sure about a game idea you have write it down and keep coming back to it. My capstone project was based on my design from this part of the course after many iterations of the idea and my game came out great.
Tasks are different in complexity, but time is given the same.Speaker's constantly interrupts sentences. Hard to understand for people, who bad speek English.Questions for peer review are bad:"Mark 5 if work amasing". But we just student, our work are rough, not amasing. And everybody can grade as he wish.
This is a great course, if you want to hear The Questions you need to Answer to make a good game design for your game. It does not give you the answers, but it gives you a road map to follow.Downside of the course are Quizes and Peer Reviews. Quizes sometimes have shady and non-clear answers, especially for non-native English speakers. Assignments grading criteria makes your peers to choose from 1 to 5. And 5 is "you did so awesome, that you've impressed your peer very much". And this is not happening often.
A pretty nifty course for game design. I loved getting to work on the documentation planning for the game I was creating. Simple and easy to follow. Some of the quiz questions were a bit tricky as I had spent more time than I though I would, going back to the lectures to review the questions.
This was a very good course, however the assignments were too long to complete in only a week.
Sometimes it was difficult to follow! but good overall
Great ideas and things to learn here, makes you think about a lot of stuff.
One of the best course i have taken and would recommend it to everyone who wish to start a carrier in Gaming.
I really like your course, It is easy but yet make me understand and have a clear point to start!Great course sir
Casey O'Donnell is very talented and knows a lot. Thanks for the course.
It's a really good course but I feel like you need more time to really do the assignments, one week between assignments is kind of little time to do all the design. Sometimes the lectures are not directly relationed with the assignments.
This is a great course for the people like me, that have programming background and want to learn game design. The transmission from programming to design could be very challenge, but this course provides lots of help. Please enjoy the *hard* fun.
A great course
I would have liked that the written feedback in the assignments were mandatory, it would allow us to improve on our designs
Didn't learn as much as intro to game dev'.
I learn a lot by doing assignments and reviewing other people's assignments. The important con of this course was some of its quizzes' questions which was ambiguous or badly framed.
I really enjoyed this course, I learned a lot of thing that will help me to build better games and today I have a clear idea of the whole process of creating games. So I think that everybody that would like to build games, should do this course. Thanks to Coursera and Casey O'Donnell for providing this course.
One big user-experience comment is that I wish that the videos had been edited; there are many long pauses and times where there is a lot of talking around the thing that you actually want to say. I think you have some great things to say, but perhaps streamlining those ideas and editing out the times when you need to pause to think (which is definitely legitimate when recording yourself!) or other things of that nature, would have definitely cut down on the length of the videos. Long videos aren't bad, if they are well put-together and conveying information in an engaging way.
Great course for fleshing out ideas. The only problem was the third assignment: making a prototype should take about a month, and we only had a few days to make one.
Very good course. A unique experience for who's interested in these topics.
Really Great Course
This was a very wordy course. Some times it felt like they just kept repeating and rambling, but I did learn the proper documentation for big games.
The information is good but is going too fast and I don't feel I have learned much from it. I'm on week 3 and I'm still not sure of how to make my assignments in a proper way. The quizzes are very confusing too and sometimes I felt frustrated.
The information in this course is great
I find the course interesting in its totality. It's more difficult than the first course, because of its theory but every piece one near another makes the whole!
Great course, thanks!
The course is not bad, right? It gives you interesting texts to read, right? And explains a design process, right? Is it OK to say right after each sentence? (English is not my first language, right).
loving it so far
This course has a good starting point, but there are so many things that ended up being wrong that I just can't force myself to give it more than 3 stars (and I'm not sure if it should be 3 or 2 stars). I think this is also the first course on Coursera that didn't get 5 stars from me (not sure if I've given 4 stars once only).So the bad parts first:Assignments are so unrealistic it's unbelievable. Week 1 is doable. Week 2 is problematic if you have a complex idea, let's say it's still doable, but you would certainly need more time than expected weekly hour work. Week 3 is insane. It is so out of the scope of this course. And week 4 is even worse, I had to use pen and paper and then explain only 1 of the core mechanics (even that used more than expected weekly hour work).Some of the quizzes are not fully clear if you are not a native English speaker. Sometimes I had to re-read things several times, and still wasn't sure what I was doing wrong (I realized that only after I managed to literally guess the correct answer).And most of all grading is the worst I've seen in any course. All of it based on a personal opinion. Hey I even managed not to get full points for a "document is HTML/PDF/....". I mean - how can I not get full points there? It either is or is not a HTML. It's so much subjective that it's making it awful.Now about the good parts:Professor did a great job, the course inspired so many ideas for me.The material is concise and it was a pleasure listening to this course.Most of the courses are too slow for me, so I have to fast forward them to 1.5 and some even to 2 times speed. I've run this course only on 1.25 speed, which is a good thing. I'm not a native English speaker.
While I really liked the first course I have massive problems with this course. The first 2 assignments, a high concept document and a story bible were doable.But a full GDD and a prototype on week 3 and 4? These aren't part-time tasks for a few days, these are full-time tasks for at least a full month each to do them properly from scratch. These assignments are so unrealistically hard that they demotivate. And I'm saying that as someone who already had quite some ideas for one game and even started experimental programming. For people that are taking this specialization without a focus on game design and/or without ideas... this course is going to be hell to finish in time.
The concepts are good and important, writing the assignments was not so easy :)It feels like there is a missing link between the concepts & the writing the documents.For example -the last exercise (prototype) was not good at all for most people I checked (including myself?).On a secondary importance level: some of the questions/answers are hard to understand or related to extras (movies, for example) I did not I need to see, so it was a bit frustrating.
Just perfect!
This course has made me more thoughtful and analytical, about things I did not really look at previously. Plus I learned to use Twine, it is a great tool.
great teacher, good material and excellent examples.He knows how to teach =)
Amazing! That is why i LOVE Game Design.. HAHA!
Very good course, allows you to actually "think" and implement a game, which I love.Only issue is the grading. I would change the name of the scoring, makes it easy for people to give bad grades.
Not very informative content, some parts are interesting but not worth the money.The worst thing is, all assignments are writting work that are evaluated by colleagues, meaning, it is purely objective, to the extent that one question asks if my uploaded file is in a readable format, example pdf, txt...etc and two out of three marking my pdf file as not!!! and not even leaving a comment why they are giving that bad score on obvious things!
It is very well structured, easy to watch&listen course. Highly recommended!
The information is great, but I think they need to make this course in two phases because there was a lot of information to process and the assignments need more time if you want to do a good work. The other part that I didn't like was that the information doesn't really correspond to what you actually need to do for your assignments, I think the course needs more videos and examples of how to create the required documents.
An exceptionally informative course that covers the more intricate principles behind the actual design of a game (not to be confused with the more technical aspects of development). From brainstorming ideas to developing a concept to actually testing your game before release, this touches on the more difficult thought processes that one may not learn by simply picking up a game engine and learning how to build a game from the ground up. Couple the concepts learned here with the technical skills from the game development courses (or your own technical experience and knowledge), and you'll be much better equipped to make a solid, marketable product.
I wanted to take these courses to supplement my own university's Game Focus in Computer Science curriculum, and I got even more than I'd hoped for. This course is the perfect introduction to key game design concepts that most universities don't teach (as opposed to pure programming), and I'm certain that my ventures into game development as a career will be much smoother thanks to this course.
The best Game Design course ever!
This course is very thorough, explaining game design principles (NB: not just the barest basics!) in-depth, yet it is not 'rocket science' in terms of difficulty - the material is conveyed in a friendly and comprehensible manner. If you're seriously passionate about game design, not just idly curious, this is definitely the course for you!
Excellent introduction to Game logic and documentation
Great course, i loving it.
This class started out very rocky and the videos had errors, the quizzes had problems, and the assignments had a poor grading system. Hopefully, these will be corrected in future offerings.
The templates are very good, but the course videos are too general.
Just great!
The course material is good, and Casey always gives further reads and references. I specially liked to have book references and I started to read one of those.I found however a disconnection between the idea of using the MDA/DPE framework described in the course, and the actual projects which were more into creating the set of documents used in game design to collect the details, create a better picture, and think better about the game. In some way, the iterative process of coming back to the idea, from document to document, helped to refine the game, but it happened more as something natural.I wished we would have had some sort of checklist to evaluate and apply during the design process the framework.As feedback to the instructor, I think he needs to stop using the ending word "right?" to finish his sentences. At some point, of the course it became really difficult to follow, right?. right?. right? ... ufff ...Also, I believe he knows a lot, but a bit of preparation and flow in his lectures would be appreciated. Maybe the use of some sort of autoclue, would help.Last, but this could be more for the course editors, the instructor has good slides and material, but usually during the lectures the slides disappear (just in the moment one need to focus his attention in the written material) and the instructor appears in first plane. I think you could keep the instructor in a PIP box all the time, and perhaps put him in first plane only at the beginning and end.
Content is interesting but the lectures and the content is far below the first course in the series in my opinion.
Very good course if you are interested in games and/or game design.
I was able to learn a lot! Worth the money.
This course has some great content and assignments that I'd never make myself do on my own, for that I rate the course highly.I did find myself often wondering exactly what was expected of me on the assignments, and during lecture I'd hear "this is something to think about...", but not what I'd like to hear which is "here's what to do".Overall a great fit into the game development specialization.
it would have been cool if they could have tied in some of the projects from the last course and talked about ways to better organize their design, but all in all this was a pretty good intro to game design. There were a lot of links to outside resources which was cool too.
At the start, I felt this course was mostly uninteresting, irrelevant and unnecessary. Pretty much a waste of time. But as things progressed, I discovered there were lots of great theory and concepts introduced that play a critical role in how the game industry and professionals need to think and work.My only complaint after having completed this course is that the instructors didn't do a good job explaining why this course should be taken. Once you're in and working your way through, you should see the importance. But on first glance it sounds irrelevant.
I enjoyed the teacher. On online classes the teacher can make or break a class and this teacher did a great job at keeping my interest because he was obviously passionate, informational, and intriguing. Thanks for the great class!
Once you set the video speed to 1.5 it improves a lot ;-)
Amazin course coverin a lot of info about Game Design really useful for every aspect of the Game industry.
One of the worst courses that I have taken in coursera.The videos feel unstructured without preparation and boring.The quizes are subjective. You can pass all of then without watching a single video or lecture.The assignments are interesting but the way of grading them are bad designed and subjective.Sad, I passed this course without trouble but made me stop wanting to get the full specialization.Spartans! Review the course or better close it. Its a shame.
Very practical course! I recommend it!
I didn't like the class despite getting 100% on pretty much every assignment. I learned very little from the class. I don't think 99% of what was in the class was useful to me at all. The grading for the class had ludonarrative dissonance with the quizzes. The projects were graded by peers, but the rubric was nonsensical. 1-5 scale for submitting a PDF, for example. So, someone might give you a 1 for submitting the PDF and thus you wouldn't get a full-score. It was just idiotic.
Great course.
This course competes with a full specialization on Coursera with a slight flavor of the "Understanding Video Game" course also available on Coursera.The grading is supported by quizzes and assignment associated to a poor grading system. I found this single class less challenging and interesting than the full specialization on Game Design from CalArts although it allows you to have another view of the process of Game Design in a more engineering way (e.g. writing documentation and not thinking on creating game...).
Very helpful information with lots of solid, practical advise (prototype! test!) and a few important questions to think about (genderfication? accessibility?) when designing. Excellent learning experience for game design documentation. Quite worth the time and effort. Thank you!
A lot was discussed, and many resources were offered, but I felt the general direction offered was too loose. When time came to do each week's assignment, I was not always sure how to execute.
Great Course !
The course has several mistakes; the instructor forgot to remove some of the clips taken wrong inside the lectures, and the project for week 3 was incorrectly written. However, in general the course is very appealing; it's the main part of making games. And if some may think that you don't need to take a class to "learn to be creative", this course was an excellent way to put my creativity in practice, learn about how game design works, and read many interesting articles and stuff from different sites, provided by the instructor.Highly recommended, it's a very fun course.
Amazing, I recommend to everyone.
I really enjoyed it :)
Very good brainstorming expirience! Thanks :)
This course is perfect to giver an overall view of what is a game designer. It has interesting articles and templates inside this course that will help you to give a direction. I recommend this course to everyone who dreams to enter in the game industry.
Interesting ideas but a bit disorganized.
Great overview of how games are designed. Course includes brief overviews of key topics in a game such as mechanics, rules, story/narrative, input/output, and user experience. While not very detailed on each aspect the overview provides a starting point of the various ideas and components to consider when developing a game. Additional resources on examples of games and articles on the topics are useful in further exploring the concepts.
Although the course content is highly informative and interesting, the way it's all presented it not the best, most of the time concepts are confusing because of this, quizzes become guessing games most of the time. Forums feel neglected by the course tutor, lot's of question that someone knowledgeable should answer become random rambling as nobody is sure as to what the tutor actually meant. As somebody said on the forums "I feel like I'm alpha testing your course".
This course so intensive and onteresting!!
This course give me really a lot of!
great information from diverse teachers.
I am a frontline physician working in Scotland. This course is certainly relevant to my daily clinical responsibilities. Excellent course. The topics covered all aspects of GBV and delivered with clarity. Does it change my clinical practice? Absolutely.
Very interesting course if upgraded will love to be notified for furthering.
I liked this course, but sometimes the presentations was boring because show only letters and no images or graphics. But in general I liked very much the content. I think, that this course is very interesting and proffesional. I learned many new frames about GBV.
Excellent course, speaks not only to health professional looking to investigate introductory concepts related to GBV and VAW, but for policy professionals as well
I loved to attend this course! Congratulations to all the people who made it possible.
Great information! I highly recommend this course.
I learned a lot of new things throughout this course. At first, my skeptical approach was: "well that I've seen on YouTube", but after 1st week I started realizing it gives you more - the understanding of how games made, what it takes and what you're capable of when left with limited knowledge and some ready-to-use tools. This month wasn't that easy for me and what I know for sure - if not for college-like system and approach - I would've put studies away to solve life problems, which would probably result in putting it away for longer.
Very well made. I enjoyed this course enormously!
Pretty good
Great learning experience! Beginners don't sweat it. Very good place to start with no prior experience.
I learned a lot of useful things, and had to work harder than I expected, but it was fun :)
Loved it! Great intro into using Unity
Nice introduction of Video Game Industry..it helps me open the door for my new career! I want to do more and more in Game Development! My goal is getting closer by finishing this course! Just like Serena from Pokemon XY, she found a new goal as Pokemon Performer! Thanks Serena and Ash Ketchum to encourage my career! Never give up until it is very end!
Learning online was better then expected. Sometimes there was some hard tasks without all the hints, but searching for answers is a good way of learning. There forum isn´t very helpful though
Very good tutorial
Great course! I loved every minute of it.
This course is one of the best courses for begginner game developers who want to learn Unity3D as well as basic C#. The course content is well prepared and is taught step by step by the instructor. The assignments given at the end of each week are very educatory.
Very well structured course with good pacing.
I very good course..giving a basic understanding of Unity game development.
Great courses. Helped to learn the basics of working in Unity Engine, as well as the basics of programming C#.
Very intense = useful course. Some complain that it is too difficult, but as a non-programmer I found it the most efficient course among 10+ others I found for free.
Great course as a first approach to game dev. I'm taking the full specialization and so far I'm having a lot of fun. Totally recommended!
Excelent course for those starting from scract!
I enjoyed the course, but I the scripting part was still mainly, "here's a script to add to the game, and then we'll look it over". There was very little scripting until the project, which really didn't require much scripting either.I recommend adding more ACTUAL scripting, or a new section or course that discusses ACTUAL scripting.Otherwise, I did find it informative. I have a lot more questions, but until I see the final course, I can't say whether they'll be addressed.
Excellent! Brian is very simple and clear in his instruction. No messages missed or trouble understanding the program. Also, when you think your system doesn't have something, they provide you with the equivalent of what they is required. For example in the build case and getting Web Gl support. yeah! You'll see it.Thanks, I had a lot of fun doing this course. Now on to the next!!Ugo
Brian is a wonderful teacher he didn't take for granted all the aspect related to basic principles of game development in Unity. It's clear that he has built the lessons in order to teach you the method to approach the use of the tool rather then a detail explanation of specific features leaving the learners to deeply inspects this aspects on their own. The session are all well written and enrolled and Brian never leaves you alone during all the courses.
Thoroughly enjoyable course, lots of examples to work through and get you going making some basic games. A lot of room for creativity as well as well-structured and explained lessons.
Great intro course.
Great way to get comfort
Great course! Shows basic concepts of game development using Unity3d Engine!
Nice way to introduct yourself to Game development !
Brian is a great instructor. This course was a pleasure.
Loved it, a must for newcomers... Worth the price.
This is the best course for a beginner to start working with Unity3D. The instructor had explained the concepts in a simple and precise manner. Thanks for this great course.
Great. It moves fast, Brian Winn wastes no words.
The course teaches you the basics in Unity game development. It shows you the most important things, from usage of game objects, prefabs, camera and UI. But I hoped that it would be more extensive, that it will cover more things. Also the Quiz questions and final assignments were too easy.
I love this course,I learn very more thing int there.
Excellent introduction to Unity's engine although I found it doesn't hurt to know a bit of engine and programming to really graps the basics and more from this course. Thanks for doing it continue with the rest modules of the Game Design and Development.
This course is a walk through most things in Unity3D, knowing Game concepts, and basic components to make a game. I strongly recommend this course to who want to start from scratch.
I learned a new views on game design and development that I would never knew about in my years through college and online resources :D
Found that the course lived up to my expectations. It was a solid four week learning experience, where you get to know Unity. I do wish that the teacher would spend less time reading from a manuscript, as it hurt the immersion from the student's perspective.
i love the instructor and the content
I like this course a lot as it provides all the necessary topics for a beginner.
Fantastic course to start developing
Great course! Simple and clean instructions. Specially the course instructor "Brian Winn", lots of <3 <3 <3 for you sir :D
Very good introduction to Unity 3D.
Very nice and simple course
Great course! Congrats to the teacher!It was clear and I learnt a lot!
The course is a great introduction to video game development using Unity 3D.Highly recommendable for those who love videogames and want to create their own.
Very Addictive Course
A very detailed and nice intro to unity
Pretty amazing introductory course to unity, makes you feel like you've learned a lot!
Best course for the starter,
Very comprehensive and suitable for a beginner
Greate course for beginners.
This was a great introduction to the Unity game development environment.
An excellent introduction to game development in unity.
This course is a great opportunity to understand the basic game development concepts. Is a good way to make an approach to Unity3D as Engine and its integration with programming tools. You can create 3 projects that give you a perspective about how exactly you can create a video game from the beginning.
A good start for learning game design and development
You cannot even complete the first quiz before they demand your :P
Great Learning!
Very nice course for someone who wants to learn basic concepts of Unity. My suggestion: create more challenging assignments
The course is clear and to the point. There is enough detail to explain the concepts underlying game development, but not too much detail to overwhelm beginners.
A very good course for beginners!
good class for beginner
Pretty useful if you are the beginner.
Thanks for all, thanks for the opportunite.
Great course, easy to understand, step by step instructions.
I found that the course was an amazing beginning level course. Brian Winn was straight forward in what he was teaching us, and helped me get a good handle on Unity
This is a strong start to game development using the Unity editor. This course covers the basics of game development from graphics to game programming using the C# programming language that the Unity editor uses. It opens the door for growth opportunities.
Very systematic introduction to unity development. But be ready to continue self education after the course!
Very detailed introduction and instruction on this topic! I have learned the basic elements needed for game developing from this course.
Good Course, but fairly easy to pass and repeatitive after week 2. Good intro for Game Development.
Excellent course. Thanks
No allow to submit quiz
Nice course for 3D games beginners
Very good insight into the world of making games using modern up-to date platforms!
Wounderful course. Congratulations!
Very much helpful course to head start in Game Development area
A very well organised course, leading you through the understanding of the Unity 3D program, and helps you get the basic understanding of how game design works.
Awesome course and the teacher was so explanatory did't have problem at any point in whole course long.
Great intro to Unity!
Best course for beginners to learn the basics of Game Development.
It was great opportunity of learning game development and designing process. I would like to recommend it highly to everyone who is interested in game development. It will boost your skills and concepts up to expert level.
Excelent course. Gave me a gerat ideai of how to develop games using Unity
Excellent course. I highly recommend it! I learned a lot with the instructor and by reviewing my peers' work. Again, It is an excellent course!
The course is very good, its a great start for people that want to begin developing games, but don't know how. It motivated me to start other courses and put more effort on the subject.
Great introduction to Unity3D and common gaming concepts,
Excellent introduction to Unity3D. Wish it went more into the process of developing games.
I've been using and studying Unity on and off for a year, but every lesson of the course introduced some important pieces of knowledge. Brian was methodical and had a great way of making things clear. Even the quick view of C# helped me understand it better. Thanks!
Great Lectures, learnt a lot from it....Thanks for uploading this certification. I am proud to be a part of it.
Very detailed material and hands on examples. It is a great introduction to how to build 3D game in Unity.
Great introduction. You can see how relatively easy it is to build your own game!
I really enjoyed this course!
Such a nice course offered by the Coursera! Our course instructor professor Brain Winn design the whole course syllabus such a way that anyone from the beginner level can easily understood the basic things of Game Development.I just love and enjoyed the whole course, and very much interested to finish the whole specialization courses.
The course is fast-paced with 8-16 hours of workload for me (mostly for the assignments). The videos are pretty clear, but because the concepts are pretty difficult I had to watch some of them many times. The learning is reinforced by weekly assignments. The solutions from peers became progressively better over the first half of the course, probably because of student attrition. This course does require some hard work to follow. It help not just learn UNITY 3D also it create concept for learner programmers about C Sharp. it help how to efficiently use all features and functionality in game. I'm very happy i got my first ever experience with Michigan State University and really big thanks to Brian Winn Sir, who provide nice lecture with energetic style. Thanks to Coursera to build affordable and financial aid for all nations. i recommend to all.
its really help full specially students like me how cant pay full fees and learn alot
Great course, very useful introduction to game development!
Absolutely Great! Brian Winn is just amazingly concise and to the point, pragmatic, organized, exhaustive in every detail and alternative variation. A fantastic course. Thank you!
Very informative in game developing study
Very well explaining different things of game development and how things work together. Also I liked the fact that he explained how to use Unity and different ways to do basically same thing i.e. not only using the one way but also alternative ways.
Loved it helped me get into Unity game design
A very useful basic course on the process of making a game and using Unity. The lessons are well structured and give an excellent overview of everything that is involved with creating a videogame, though never going into the detail (it's not a programming or 3D modeling course).The quality of the lessons is the best I've experienced here so far and the videos are very comprehensible to a non-native english speaker because of the clear speech. I loved the fast pace, but I guess it could be a problem if you're not used to it.
Great course for beginners to understand game dev and understand basic of Unity.
Hands-on instructions and a very practical knowledge. Thanks!
Trust me, you should choose this instead of any other game development courses in Coursera.
Taking this course was quite exciting and challenging to me. Thank you!
I've enjoyed the experience. This is the future of education.
The best course and structed material for every of beginers in gamedev)
it made things easy
Hi, If you want to create your own videogame programming on unity, this is the first step to get it. Brian Winn is an excellent professor. This course covered all my expectations.
This is the first MOOC that I have completed. It gave me a brief insight of how games are made. The instructor is superb. I'll recommend this course. Thanks, coursera and MSU.
This course made me do three functioning games in Unity. My dreams are closer to being achieved. Thank you, Brian Winn.
Great way to start off learning about the development of games.
Very well taught and complete introduction to Unity3d and Game Development. I'm a Unity developer since 2010 and i can say this course covers all the topics in a nice and clean, structured way. The projects required are quite easy to make, still require attention and some time if you want to make a step further.Definitely suggested to everybody.
3 stars because the lecturer is really good but talks a little bit fast so foreign students cant clearly understand what he means or get "lost" in the course. You will say "you can reduce the speed" but this would reduce the sound quality too.
The course gave a cler introduction to unity with fast results which are motivating to go on. You get a hand on basic unity features and learn how build a simple interface.
Perfect for newbies like me :)
Very good opportunity to gather some basic knowledge for game development
Great info
A very useful course for beginners who have no knowledge of Unity. This is the best course to learn about the basics in the Unity and using the Interface. Scripting walk through was not enough. A few more exercises would have made it the best course
What do you feel when you've created something? Did you experience that exciting feeling playing your own 3D first person shooter? If you are keen on game development and looking for a starter course, this one is exactly what you need! The course content is well structured and easy to understand. So, if you decide to start this course you will be totally satisfied with the result!
The materials are awesome!
This was a great intro to a new world!
its cool!
This course is comprehensive. All you do is concrete and hands-on.
Excellent course for learning the ins and outs of Unity. Though I would have liked to learn more of the scripting aspect of programming with Unity, the course was still quite satisfactory. Beginners are taught the basics clearly and quickly, and those with more experience don't have to wait long to get to material relevant to them.
very interesting and informative
I really liked the course a lot! The information he gives you beside the course itself it's really useful in making your own games! and practicing by your own. I would be gladly doing this course again if i were in the position to want to learn gaming development!
Great course, I would like to compare it to unity tutorials, they might give you a better coding experience but this course gives you a deeper understanding of game creation process an a feeling of consistancy.
Fun course! The teacher was great at explaining concepts taught through this lecture! I would really recommend this course along with the other courses in this specialization!
This is a great course - a very comprehensive intro to the basics of Unity.
This course was amazing. I learnt a ton about about Unity and making games. I can give you a long review, but in short, it is challenging to understand, and there are slight loopholes which are hard to figure out sometimes. It was slightly disappointing that the course does not go into coding specifically, like the official tutorials do, but the official tutorials rush learning - these are much better. And when you see those official tutorials, you will see why you don't do much of your own coding - C# is not the easiest language.So, what does that mean? It means that this course is very much worth it for beginners. It is relatively easy to understand, but expect to do a lot of work!
This course is simple enough to understand the complexity that is game development but that is not to say it doesn't pack a challenge. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for offering this amazing course up to the public. Which I wouldn't of had access to without wonderful and awesome people like those at Michigan State and Coursera. Thank you so much.
An awesome introduction to Unity! You will make two 3D games, utilizing tools like Player Controls, User Interface, Light, Collision, Music and Sounds, Camera and many more. Everything explained in a very practical and clear manner. I liked the teacher very much!
Provided Unity scripts for projects don't work properly with newer versions of Unity. Quality of video recording is kind of crappy esp. audio. Most of the stuff learned in this course you'd be able to learn straight from the Unity tutorials anyway. Not recommended unless you absolutely need scheduled assignments in order to learn.
nice course but needs more quizez in the middle
A brilliant course for all those people who want to know about game developing, who want to get their feet wet. This is just the beginning and will make you decide whether you want to pursue learning more about it or game development is not your piece of cake.I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to all those who would like to test if they have it in them to become a game developer.If you enjoy this course you will surely enjoy the next courses from this specialization.
Excelent for first contact with Unity 3D
Helped me a lot, great course for digging into the real stuff.
The way He explains is Good But it would be cool if he also Explains Every small thing in Unity. But yeah ,Great Course for a beginner though.
I highly recommend any of the courses given my this instructor. This was interesting and enjoyable.
Very good сourse. But it would be better if it covers more information.
Best course to start Developing the games.
A great course of beginers in game development. The content is clear and concise. Brian has a good command over the topics.
It's a good start.
A very thorough explanation to the concepts. I would like more challenges and an exercise section to practice what i've learned so far.This would be very important.
Great class packed full of info! The videos were fully explanatory in what they hoped to achieve, instructing in the basics of Unity 3D. An overall well balanced introductory course, my only problem was with a broken link to an assignment. I had to get the specific course materials from another student because the download link didn't work for me. I was hoping for a Moderator/Admin to get back to my complaint, but after a few days a fellow student that had the problem previously was the one to help me out. 4/5 Stars. Be kind to your classmates, you'll learn a lot from them as well!
This is a great introduction course for anyone that wants a taste of game development. One great strength of this course is that the instructor communicates his ideas and concepts clearly.I enjoyed the fact that I was able to review other student's designs. It's a great way to find students that get creative.
I totally enjoyed the course. Very well structured and organized. Contents are clear and relevant. I learned a lot. Great opportunity for beginners!
Great intro to game development. I wish it had covered a bit more about coding in Unity as well as importing assets from other software, but overall very informative.
Excellent course that provides the fundamentals of Game Development. By the end, you will be able to create basic games. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn the basics of developing games on Unity3D.
As a starter, this course is an wonderful learning opportunity. You get to know everything from basics.
The special thing about this course is that it does not focus on theory only but also largely on practical work to make the student use to of unity3d's environment. Great Course!
Very good course. It helps me to understand working processes in Unity 3D and essential scripting using C#.
Excelent intro. Dynamic and interactive content in all four weeks
Thanks a lot.
A great introduction to Unity and game development in general. Occasionally feels too "scripted" when watching the videos, but otherwise good. Thanks :)
Introduction is much more than this course is, in my respectful opinion. When I read the information on the specialized program, I thought it was something more compact, more useful in the face of the video game industry.However, this program of courses is rather a paltry touchdown, an insignificant approach. I think it should be underlined that it is a course for those who have never had any experience in videogames development.Considering all this, is a great course. You have to be objective.
Very good pace, sets you on a path to creating your own basic games using Unity in no time and also brushes upon scripting with C# which can make your games x times more interesting!
A good course that gives you an overall view of the development of a game.
Straightforward and gives the required pieces to make a couple simple games that actually play well and are easy to expand. A great introduction to Unity and C# scripting.
Perfect intro into Unity3D. Great instructor. Only downside is if you finish earlier, you'll have to wait for others because of peer review setup. :D
Excellent course to dive into Unity3D, great materials and instructor.
Excellent introduction and good coverage as a start.Thank you!
Awesome Mentor and comprehensive course
The perfect place to get into game developing :D
Loved it
I think it's a good course and easy to use.
Both the instructor and video + documents are great. Recommended course for anyone who want to create game in Unity.
best instructor ever
For an introduction class, I got to create awesome games while learning Unity.
This course will be very help for me in my master track. Since I am doing master in this field so I want to study all the topic in more detail. Furthermore, the course is helpful for me in my career development.
Easy to follow and understand, good balance of conceptual lectures and hands on practices.
Great Course. Thanksfor evrything ! :)
Recommended even if you have some experience with Unity. I have a Computer Science degree and worked as a professional game developer on released iOS and Android Unity games, and even though the material was a breeze, I still learned from it. Fits the description as a good introduction. The code week kind of throws beginners into the deep end a bit (lots of material just sort of thrown at you, but they warn you about the ramp up requirements). Good idea to invest time in some beginning programming resources before you dive into the week 4 material. What are you waiting for? Enroll!
Some given assets need to be upgrades or provided for the latest version of Unity. Otherwise a great class well worth the time and effort.
Very good introduction to game engines, in particular to Unity 3D. There are several projects that provide hand on experience. The only negative side is that the first 2 weeks provide very little material whereas most of the work is concentrated on the last 2 weeks.Overall this is good experience for anyone interested in learning about the subject.
Instructor did a great job explaining functionality in Unity 3D. Class material touched on basics needed to start building games using the tool.On some advanced topics the instructor moved too fast in the videos. Could pause, rewind review to catch up but it was a bit too fast.
I tried other complex Unity3d courses online, and this one beats them all in the way it is built stage by stage. It doesn't pile too much information from the start, and lets you use pre-generated complex assests first, and only later explains them gradually. Even though I had some basic tutorial in Unity3d I couldn't imagine getting that far within a month, investing only about 3-4 hours on the lectures. The projects themselves consume as much time as you want/have to put into, with at least 3-4 hours on average, but if you want to really learn and improve your skill, it requires a lot more than that.
i liked and enjoyed very much but the discussion form is not good , i don't receive answers of my problems.
Its really a great practical "Hand on projects" based course!
This is a very introductory course meant for people having absolutely no background in 3D graphics or 3D game development. As a student with some experience in OpenGL and concepts like 3D transformation algorithms and whatnot, I believe that the course clearly delves into the making of the games rather than having deep insight into the algorithms required for that which is absolutely amazing and easy to understand for a starter. However if the course takers are expecting a deep insight into the 3D world and the mathematics behind that, you'll have to rely on other sources like books on Computer Graphics. However as an introductory course this clears the required concepts to a required extent.
I have learned a lot from this course. It was clear enough to follow and fun to customize as well as challenge oneself.
Great lecturer, easy to understanding and extra content to explore more of the course. Give it a 5 star!
Great!!!!
Really helpful and amazing course!
A very interesting course of the basics of Game Development. Gives you plenty of luggage for further exploration. Clear instruction video's, fast pace but very understandable and lot's of fun! Thanks a lot!
Great walkthroughs of features and concepts, fun to do.
Great intro to Unity.
Very informative and very hands-on. I enjoyed being in this course quite a lot.
Very interesting!
Great and very informative introduction.
Awesome Course
Really good intro to Unity and its basics accompanied with great lecturer.
Perfect course to those who want to get involved with Game Development! 5/5 starts!
Well this course is absolutely amazing, all the 3 projects were hard fun but week 4 was quite tough for me. Overall it's the best course to start learning Game Development.
The courses introduces very well the Unity Game Engine. I wish i could find it earlier. Thanks
The tutorials are so simple and so useful for the beginners who doesn't know much about any software development. The projects are also very basic for us for starting. I would rate it 5/5 for this.
Great class, you learn to use Unity at a great pace, instructions are clear, and everything is reasonable to do as you are walked through the process of making games.
Just perfect! Though I already had some experience with Unity3D, this course had taught me a lot of new things.
Good course, really liked it, even if you are not a programer expert, or are a beginner, it's possible to do it.Strongly recommend it to who wants to start in the Game Development.
Great course!!!! Big round of applause for the coach :D
Excellent course. A great hands-on introduction to game development!
It is very easy to understand.
Love this course!! Perfect for beginners to Unity and Game Development.
A well organised and cohesive introduction to Unity engine. totally worth it!
Brian Winn is an astoundingly good teacher, and has leveraged a huge amount of professional knowledge to pour his heart into what is arguably the best $400 I've ever spent in my life.This teaching/learning format is inordinately effective, and I'm 100% looking forward to course 2, 3, 4, and the capstone.Thank you for going above and beyond in creating a truly fantastic learning environment, syllabus, and a plethora of wonderful content.
It's a real good course with a great base for know where and how start your own project, this course allows you to build basic 2D and 3D games, with a little more effort you can build amazing things.
Good Starter Course, will be Nice more Unity Examples
Top notch course. Even in the first few weeks, I feel like I've learned a great deal, especially for the price.
Such a amazing course!!This course is amazing for whom is just stating in gaming dev.
Nicely Placed Course!!
Great course. I gone through it and learned much more than many months before! Highly recommended for beginners like me)
happy for learning this course
Very interactive and extremely helpful.
Very good introdution, gives a solid foundation for future studies.
Lots of learning with a little bit of study burden.
the instructions are clear, and the teacher is a total pro, totally recomended
Very basic introduction. Though it covers all the needed information it lacks of interesting content.
Really well structured course, really basic from the scratch for everyone. Try it!
This course is superb!
Teacher is boring. just learned programming from kahn academy and the teacher was excited to teach. this guy though.....PUT A LITTLE EFFORT IN!
This course was very informative and hands-on. I learned so much from watching the lectures, working on the assignments, and from the amazing community. I highly recommend this course for anyone that wants to start game development.
As a newbie game developer, I find this course very helpful to know the basics of game development. The course materials were perfect for newbie learners like me.
This is an incredible first course in game design with Unity3D. The professor does a great job teaching the material with perfect sized lessons. The quizzes help reinforce the lessons topics while having a good depth of knowledge.
very good intro. to unity engine
The instructor did a great job taking freely available tutorials and breaking them down into actionable and explainable components. I cruised through this course in almost 2 weeks instead of the recommended 4 because of how enjoyable it was. Many thanks for putting this together.
I found this a great course.It launches you straight into building games and its easy to understand.A must for any budding game designer.
Great course. Hands on all the way with concepts clearly explained and demonstrated.
Very good course for beginners but I think you need to take a separate C# programming course as this course doesn't really teach you how t
The hands on approach game me a solid foundation on how to work with Unity and the Assets Store
Excellent course! I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get into game development or game-orinted coding. It is also a really good introduction to Unity's interface and features.
An awesome course with an awesome instructor.
Awesome course! I learned a lot!
I've always loved video games, but knew nothing about game dev. I decided to take this Specialization because the dev courses focus on Unity, a good choice for indie development. The example projects are fun and Brian Winn is an excellent, clear, and likable instructor.I'm a software engineer by trade, so customizing scripts was fun and easy for me, but it would probably be challenging for someone who has never programmed before.
Tons of information in this course! I loved it! Very easy to understand even for an absolute beginner. I really enjoyed the instructor's style and the projects!
For the price, I felt like I learnt a lot, and the way the learning was structured helped me learn quickly and efficiently. At the end of each week I was happy surprised how much work could be created in such a short time!
very great course!
I really liked this course. I learnt a lot.
Excellent Course. I Learn a lot of Unity. The explanations are very good and step by step. Thanks to Michigan State University
Excellent - Learned a lot! Great teacher.
Perfect introduction to game development. Does not delve into a lot of theory and instead focuses on the making of games. I really think this helps motivate learners better. Great instructor!
Great course! It just has some small problems regarding scripts considering that most of them give some warning messages, due to the latest version of Unity which made some changes and deprecated some stuff.I've also felt sorry discovering that I can submit the tests and the projects only if I purchase the certificate.
Based on the first week, this course is awesome!
Very useful
A must for new devs, I learned alot.
It really helped me understand Unity 3D and feel more capable in using it to create simple games. I can't wait to see what the other courses in the specialization will teach me. The instructor is very clear and easy to follow.
I learned so much in this short course! I learned more than I ever thought I could about making video games, considering I'm a complete beginner. Great step by step videos for learning to make games in Unity, plus lectures about aspects of game development. It would not be very challenging if you are not a beginner, and there is almost no focus on writing your own scripts, so this wouldn't be the right course for someone wanting to learn to code their own games. I subtracted one star because there was no professor interaction (such as on the message boards), although the professor is very good in the videos.
great and didactic introduction!
Just.... great!
This course is a great introduction to Unity3D as a tool for game development. Helped to cover some gaps on my self-taught Unity skills
It's a simple and straight-forward course that brings you through the basics pretty fast. If you have the time, you could actually do the whole course in a day or two, just coming back for peer review. There are no surprises and the projects are simple. The instructor even lists what the objects of each lesson and video are, so if you need to look back at a specific feature, you need only look at the titles and then watch that one video. It's also interesting to see what people think of when creating a second level, if they try to go further.
Awesome course for people who wants to start their game development career!
Nice intro to Unity
I am really happy I have started this course as it has made me a good game developer and it teaches alot for begginers!!!
It's a good, but timid, introduction to game development with Unity. It addresses many relevant game development concepts, like programming, collision detection and 3D coordinates. It course may be better appreciated if taken as part of a specialization.
Good intro to Unity and easy step into game development.
very clear introduction. An additional week with a bit more scripting practise would have been nice.
Great course - You're learning the foundations of building games with the most ubiquitous game engine - Unity!
A great introduction to Unity and how to think like a game developer.
Very very good course :)
This is the course actually allowing me to believe making game is possible for me. Thank you.
Great course, some items where hard to follow, but over all lots of fun, and frustration.
Really like the course, I wish there was projects involving coding (specially for those of us starting)
Great for getting started in game development with Unity 3D!I had a lot of fun with the assignments.
Great teaching. The code walk-throughs for the final few lessons were quite intense compared to the tempo throughout the rest of the course, although multiple viewings are encouraged.
Great course for introduce. Review the content of the four week.
Excellent intro to game development. Really well done and balanced to be interesting for all levels of skill.
Everyone must take this course if they seriously taking Game Development as their profession. really helped me a lot.
I can learn to many in this class, thank you!
Really enjoyed the course as it was full on unity dev
With this course I was able to teach some stuff to people that is already working with Unity3D.
Great course to learn the basics :)
Awesome course on Intro to Game Dev. I hope you guys will provide one on Game Dev on C# as well. Thanks a lot for this course.
Great course. Really nice...
Good course with both theoretical and practical content.It lacks instructor and staff support.
Great Course! You learn a lot about Unity; for someone who has never used it before. I've tried to start with Unity from books and tutorials on my own, but I never got as far in the 4 weeks of this course. You make three basic games, which gives you all the basics of Unity. Very well worth taking this course, and the instruction/materials are superior.
This is a very good and complete course.
I'm not done yet, but this course is amazing.The instructions are well presented, the teacher paces the class properly and I'm actually learning useful information that will help me on my journey to become a 3D developer!Thank you!
Excellent course for people withought previous experience in Unity. I really enjoy it.
A very interesting and informative course. I really enjoyed furthering my knowledge of Unity. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning how to make games.
Great introduction to real independent game design and production. It let you build games since day one.
excellent course, well paced and a great introduction to game development
Great course to really understand the basics of unity 3d.Cheers, Tom
I liked the way the lecturer went through all the material slowly repeating information.
Good for beginners. I am not sure if anyone who has designed even a small game in Unity will be interested in this course. I was quite bored and had to go through all the videos just to complete the assignment which cannot be completed if you don't go through all the videos which I think is the drawback for this course. But again, its for beginners. As for me, I am looking forward to interesting and in-depth topics to learn about. The specialization will hold no value if it doesn't pose any challenge to its pursuers.
This course is really cool (Y)
The lecturer is quite good and this course is very useful
One of the best course i have taken and would recommend it to everyone who wish to start a carrier in Gaming.
The course gives you a good understanding of Unity and
Solid course with a good introduction to Unity.
Served as a perfect introduction for me to Unity and game development in general. Being a programmer, I need a rounded picture of the whole process and this course gave me exactly that without dwelling too much on programming.
it is perfect course
Learned a whole lot!Great community, helpful guides and an awesome instructor!Count me in for more!
Professor makes the complicated process easier with his detailed lecture. This course is really great for beginners to learn how to make games and the concepts of games. Thank you professor!
It was great to learn about Unity with step-by-step instruction. I think a little more code explanation would have been nice at the end (Like what an "!" meant before something...I figured it out, but it pulled me out of the lesson to have to look things up or wonder about them.) Very interesting stuff.
Great introduction to game development for people, who had no experience in that and good base for future skills development.
This course can open our minds to a possible balance between Art and Programation, creating a light atmosphere that embrances all of us to put the projects to work.
Great course for beginners in game development.
Great course, although I would've liked a bit more emphasis on coding.
Thanks for your course!
great start for any one who would like to build his own game
Very good course. A unique experience for who's interested in these topics.
This course is filled with the things that are needed and organized so perfectly. It was great pleasure to do this course.
This course is absolutely awesome! During 4 weeks I realized that there's no such fun as making games in the world! Also with the help of modern tools (like Unity game engine) it is very easy even for the beginners. You only have to focus on your ideas and the engine will take care of all the physics, visualization and interaction. It's absolutely amazing!Thank's to Brian Winn and all the comunity!
Good start result in 50% success.
We really need more coding on this one, perhaps half the time should be dedicated to actual coding. From creating environment grappling- hooks. As well as showing 2D gaming and how to work with Physics.The UI and the Unity Walkthrough on everything from Objects to Particles and animation was really well done. And the Tutor is very good at describing the differences between things, as well as alternating how to create things.
This course shows a good introduction to game development. The instructor goes to the point without losing track. It's my first online course for game development, and this gives me good hopes.
The course was really enjoyable, I learned a great deal about game development and Unity 3D in general. I loved the practical approach and getting to know the ins and outs of Unity a lot better. The very last project was the only part I didn't learn as much from. Where going through the code wasn't really helpful - as it's so complicated to someone like me who is very new to C# and coding in general, but I understand it would take too much time to go in depth and that isn't really what the course is about.Otherwise I had a fantastic experience and would definitely like to continue my learning with more courses similar to this! Thanks!
Great course, interesting and challenging!
Best course to start game development.Even if you don't have any prior experience this course will help you start making games.
It was pretty informative. Some things felt too rushed, but I definitely learned how to use the basics of Unity.
Course was very informative and helpful. I learnt a lot about unity and its tools and concepts. But there was very less scripting (coding) in the course.
Good technical base introduction to Unity 3D and usage of standard assets for basic prototyping.
Great beginning course.
This course give basic's of developing on unity3d. As a beginer developer i had lots of gaps in my knowledges about Unity3d. This course has filled them :)
Excellent course for beginners.
Great course for learning the basics of Game Development and getting into the Unity 3D Game Engine.Suggestion: The workload needs to be re organized, the first two weeks need little to no efforts while the last two weeks are more intense.
Great for learning Unity!
I loved it!
Been waiting for a Unity course for a while and it's finally here!Too bad there is no free option, so I am just following it without any grades.
Really good course
I had a knowledge about graphics using OpenGL and I found this course a great introduction for using unity and Game development in general.
Excellent course to get started with. Concise and fun lessons with really fun assignments. I do wish the quizzes were slightly more challenging/longer.Would recommend, 8/10!
Really great introduction to game design in Unity. Would be nice to include a more detailed intro to C# as well, but I expect this to come in the follow up course. I would choose this over other online beginners courses.
Thanks. It's very useful to start game development .
It was informative and had the right-level of difficulty.
Great course, fast but really explained, I recommend it 100% even if you dont know anything about unity
Great course if you interested in Unity3D and some boring games!
This is the best course i had ever done. I learned many concepts in a very short time. Thank you...
Fantastic course.Brian takes a well-reasoned approach of introducing you into game-development through learning about the Unity editor first and then looking at how scripting can supplement and expand your abilities to create games. Well presented, and very useful.
Great introduction to Unity3D. Everything is taught in a very comprehensive level. I would have liked to see more fundamentals of C# scripting though.
Great walkthrough guidance , learned alot!
This was a very good survey of an intimidating topic. The walkthroughs are thorough, and each lesson gives you room to incorporate your own ideas.
Very great course. The instruction is spot on, allowing me to listen while I work without the need to actually watch the video. Definitely worth it for novices and even intermediate level developers.
All those things got explained here , someone want to know
Excellent course! Very interesting and fun!
Really Cool for a beginner
Great Introduction to Game Design and Unity3d
Whirlwind but strong introduction to the Unity platform
I'm finishing up week 3 and I'm loving it! Very easy to understand even though they just brush up the basics of Game Development.
Good examples and great video tutorials. The learning curve it's well balanced and the workshops are well structured according the lessons.
Outstanding. I'd never thought I'd be able to produce some results in such short time.This course opened my eyes on many things. I'll love explore Unity 3D
Very good course and the instructor really explained everything .
This course is a brilliant introduction to game design. If you've got little or no experience in the area, or with Unity 3D, this is absolutely THE place to start. Congratulations to Professor Brian Winn and staff for the excellent work!
Best Course Ever. Brian Winn is very talented instructor. Thank you!
awesome course
Very fast and easy introduction in Unity3D
I really liked this course. I started this course with no knowledge of Unity3D and ended with an intermediate knowledge of this rather complex game development platform. The instructor is very enthusiastic and explains everything in a clear manner. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to become a game designer.
Very good introduction to 3D game development in Unity game engine. Projects are also interesting and leave ample room to showcase our own creativity.
Nice course but so easy .
The first course in this Specialization was very fulfilling and I've learned a lot in a short time, even though I had quite a bit of prior knowledge on some topics. The assignments were fitting and realistic, the instructor sympathic and the course was overall great.
It was a great course.The topics were well understood and the techniques used to make the games are providing a good basis for further game dev learning (in unity)
Great introductory course to Unity ! I wish that we worked more on scripting .
Very nice intro do game development using Unity.
Hi, I had fun doing this course :) Having some experience in using Unity3D my main intention was to consolidate my knowledge, but I also learned a lot practical hints, that makes using unity even more efficient. BR
I think the course is good. I could've wished for some more engagement from the lecturer as it often felt like he was reading from a script, and I might as well have read the script myself. I also think the course was very slow paced and I finished all the projects in a week alongside my MSc-studies as well as working part-time, I wish the projects would've gone more in-depth for those students who wished to put in more hours into the course.
Very nice course covering the basics of game development using unity3d, very well arranged and step by step approach. Special thanks to the instructor (Brian Winn) who put his maximum sincere efforts to make this course great stuff.
The course is a great start to learning how to develop games in Unity3D. I have enjoyed it thoroughly.
Amazing! Everything is so well explained, Brian Winn does a great job teaching us the basics. 100% satisfied!
That is a incredible course!I've learn a lot of things, and now i can go to the Game Market Area with more knowledge of this sector.
quality of the video-presentations is top! assignments and quizzes are fair
With the understanding that this course is focused on how to develop a 3d game in Unity, it is a great course. The material is presented in a way that helps understanding.This is not an introduction to Game Development in general terms, it does not cover game design or other aspects of producing a game. There are other courses that cover these design aspects.
Learned so much from this course, definitely knowledge I can use building games in the future.
Great work Team, have been waiting along for it. thanks.
Really nice itroduction to Unity 3D
Excellent course and very good intro to Unity. Videos, assignments and everything really helped to become familiar with Unity and adopt good practices when making projects.
is excellent programme game development. but i need your help. i have problem download or installation of this unity 3d programme. please solve my problem i thanks for you.your friend jawed
Good course. A good intro to the use of Unity3D for video game development. A lot of the code is already given, everything is easy to install, so no coding experience is necessary prior. The teacher is very calm and teaches well.I would personnally have liked a bit more coding, but that's only me I guess.
Awesome Course!
Dont think twise ,If you want to dive into game development just enroll
A nice introduction to Game Development. The content is great and it doesn't overextend to the point of scaring you off game dev. I would give this course 5 stars if it had a little more spice. Everything in the course felt too scripted. I would suggest doing some fun live sessions on the side or something to let us know we're not being taught by robots.
I love this course and the way Coursera force us (in the good way) to learn. :)
The only thing that stands between the 5 and 4 stars evaluation of this course is the fact that assignments should have a broader range of grades for the peer review (like 0-2.5-5-7.5-10).On all the rest, congratulations! It is a great course!
Very Informative, and educational. I most certainly recommend!
Very good lecturer with easy to understand material. Thanks a lot!
Amazing time learning this course. It is hard fun indeed.
Very good introduction to Unity3D game engine, if you want to do this on Coursera and not on official Unity tutorials.
Excellent course to learn Unity3D!!! The hand on projects help a lot in learn the Unity3D environment. I definitely recommend is class.
Interesting and hands-on. Enjoyed it.
Easy and the instructor is REAL EXPERIENCED
Amazing course, really gets you going with unity
Easy enough for newcomers but with enough room to have some fun if you've already started studying.
Great course!
Great course! The lectures are very thorough with all the necessary details. It would be nice if they made the lecture slides available for download.
Amazing! I recommend it to all who want to simply be introduced into the complicated world of Game Development. The videos and your classmates are a tremendous help so make sure to interact with them frequently.
Very detailed and well-explained course. Thank you very much for teaching me the valuable concepts in Unity and game design. I highly recommend it for anyone, even if you are not a game designer.
This is really good course for people who just started explore Unity and basics of the game design.
An excellent course, I have learned a considerable amount about Unity.
Great hands-on experience to get started with game development.
I learned a lot. Before taking this course, the word "Game Engine" was a scary term and I though it's only for the very professionals. Now I see everyone can easily use them.
Great course overall, just an issue here or there, but great experience for the most part.
This course is really fun to take!!!
Although classified as an introductory course, the material is very complete and comprehensive.
This course provides exactly what it promises - introduction in quite easy pace to grasp ideas of game development and practice using Unity3D platform. It is professionally designed. Good stuff.
Was hard to keep up with work as well.
"Introduction to Game Development" was amazing course personally. Through taking the course, I gained a greater appreciation and interest in creating and developing games.
Didactically I was a little disappointed since, as so often, allegedly innovative e-learning is based on a conventional transmission pedagogy, with the instructur delivering frontal-teaching-style lectures and the learner imitating the instructions. As a comparative novice in the field, I'm not sure that I am now able to apply independently what I imitated for the assignments. Scripting went right over my head.Rhetorically, many of the lectures were preformulated written texts rattled off, sometimes quite fast, in spite of the complexity of some of the information. Where the instructor formulated freely, the excessive Uuuhms and "go ahead's" nearly drove me bonkers.On the whole, a useful course, though.
Very well structured and handled!
Very fun as an intro to Unity.
The course meterial was state of the art. As a software development engineer I know a bit of OpenGL and I personally found it interesting to see how much is really covered in Unity already so that you can really focus on game flow more than on nitty details of trail rendering for example.
Really cool, quite intensive hands-on introduction to unity development. I am really enjoying it.
A very good start for beginners, and informative to the experienced. Give the real online college feel and completed with real examples.
Interesting and well taught. Five stars.
Awesome, I really love how it started and went to the final with ease with many topics covered. Unity is a great tool, and the teacher has a great method of speaking. The projects assigned to these cover the basics for making great games, from design to script. Can't wait to continue the legacy of game making courses. Thanks Coursera!
loved it !!awesome course,Brian winn does a great job in explaining the concepts, very useful!!
Great Course, I learn a lot, now I feel like a real developer.. :D
Great introduction to Unity 3D game engine for people interested in game industry.
Incredible course! It´s awsome to feel like taking classes inside the university again!
While I enjoyed the projects and found the instructor easy to follow and understand, I was disappointed in how little coding we did. The code walkthroughs were rushed and I barely learned enough to scratch the surface of some of the scripts we used in the basic projects. Since scripting is such a huge part of game development, I feel like there should have been more focus on it. Maybe a new term in each video or something?And I understand that the course was only four weeks, which doesn't allow much time for deep scripting analysis, but maybe the course should be longer than four weeks.Overall a fun class and I now have two games to show off to people.
I learned a ton about game development! Fun course so far!
Good course that gets you going with Unity3D. Very simple to follow the hands-on lectures, just repeat in your own editor. The assignments are very easy, this is the easiest course I've completed on Coursera. Very basic coding involved, and you don't need to write anything from scratch. I will take the next Course offered by Michigan State University as well!
Easy to understand format. Starts off from the basics. Concepts are explained through projects which are actual games- so you gain hands on training. Excellent course.
I loved the course through every single lecture and assignment. I think the projects we worked on were a perfect introduction for people who had never worked in Unity before, and for an experienced Unity user (like me) they were a great way to touch up on the basics and even learn a few new ways to organize projects. I'd take this course again a thousand times over, and recommend it for anyone interested in getting into the game development industry, programmer or otherwise.
I think this course is ok but it is not enough.
Excellent intro to Unity and game development! Clear, concise, useful
Great start for me
Great introduction to the game development world. Very easy to understand and uses free tools to teach the theory.
This course gives you a very good foundation, how to create beginner-intermediate complex games. Great example projects!
Amazing introduction to game development on Unity. The course used the latest build on Unity and taught me enough to feel confident experimenting with game development on my own. The videos are clear, concise, and valuable.
A very good intro, and everything works. I loved it
Great course, i love it..
Very interesting course. If you want to know the basics of Unity, is a great option to do.
Excellent hands-on introduction to the Unity game engine, the development workflow and the many nuances of how these all work together for the artistic as well as the technical designers. I especially appreciate the instructor's careful attention to learner-centered demonstration, and for his respectful use of, as well as frequent nods to, Unity as a top notch engine for quality development. Packed with a great deal of information, and the demonstration of how to apply this knowledge, I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is wanting to break into interactive media development, or is wanting to broaden their methods and application knowledge in this area.
Very good introduction to Unity3D.
Only hurdle was some downloaded assets that wouldn't work with the animator.Well paced, clear, and easy to pick up.
Well taught course. Thanks.
The course introduces the student to the production of a game using Unity, but it lacks on programming focus.
Very well made and taught me a lot thank you very much
An exceptional introduction to development in Unity that combines theoretical concepts in game design, with hands-on experience that enables development of a guided project, coupled with a comfortable introduction to Unity and its various tools.
Sweet introduction to unity 5.
Great course, great intro to Unity and Game Development, pretty useful, for somebody that know something about programming it was sometimes hard but fun.
I loved to follow this course and learn the basics of Unity3D to start making my own games.The material was well structured, and Brian challenged the students to learn and test what they learned with the course quizzes and the projects.I have recommended this course to my all friends.
Great teacher!
Really good course for an introduction into the Game Development! It's brief yet complete, making it a good course for doing online.
Ever wondered how games are made ? After taking this course you will be able to make your very own video game.Very hands on course with lots of practical assignments.
Awesome course, just what I was looking for
Great course!
The instructor did a great job of presenting new aspects of game development in Unity, week after week. The deadlines and assignments did a good job of reinforcing what I'd learned while still letting me to have the creativity to feel like I made the game 'my own'.
This course is great! I wish that we'd spent a little more time working on scripting, but otherwise I have no complaints! Great introduction to using Unity.
I really loved the course and learned a lot. Thank you
It's great opportunity to start thinking like game developer. It gives a lot of information and tips which helps start specialization.
Thank you for this course, things are more clear to me now. DefinitelyI will go for the specialisation. Keep up the good work! :)
The class started with great instruction and was easy to follow. Coming into week 4, the class sped up really quick and became a lot more difficult to manage.
followed instructions to download twice waste of time both times still kept getting an error never got past this to continue with the course so didn't learn anything other than there is little support out there to resolve the problem i think because the course is not monitored or if it is well then more fool me! it would have been a good opportunity to explore this had it been possible to download Unity oh well those who can do those who can't resume their day to day life packing boxes.
Very helpfull and intesting. Thank you.
Great topic and extremely well made and balanced materials (lectures, projects, etc.).
Great course to get familiar with Unity and game development
Very interesting course. Entry level but enough challenging for a beginner.
The course works nicely as an introduction to Unity 3D, and some of the basic concepts that you may find later in game development.
I enjoyed the course. Very fun playing with the Unity editor, and the assignments give you some freedom in how you tackle assignments. The class was fairly easy and doesn't need much time commitment.
Very good course.
Really good course. Very high quality teaching and lectures
This course gave me much insight and experience in creating a game
I wish this went into 2d game development as well
Great course!!! A lot of contents, but really well explained. You can feel that you are learining as you follow the lessons. Does not require any previous knowledge, but gives you a reallt good insight of what would it be to become a game developer. I totally recommend it.
Great instructor! Thank you!
Course very good. I learned a lot about architecture and game design with Unity .
This course was AWESOME! No joke! The teacher is very clear and pedagogical and I'm already recommending it to some of my friends :)
Really enjoyed the fast paced teaching methods and the hand on training :)
Great course to introduce Game Dev
Very good course. I have learnt a lot about Untiy3D as the teacher explained descriptively each section.
A very nice and practical introduction to game development. Thanks Prof. Winn!
Excellent course about Game Development introduction. It will be nice if they include achapter about Mobile game.
Great introduction into unity3d and game development.
Very good introduction to Unity3d.
A great course for anyone wanting to start on unity3D in a light way. There is no need of previous knowledge neither in unity or programming language, just will to learn. For anyone that don't know programming a good complement after this course would be a oriented object programming course.
A great course to explore game development using unity. Great Instructor. I've learned a lot from this course.
Easy to understand, very interesting. Learning really fast = Enjoying it a lot!
Great introductory course for all starting to play with game development.
The content of this course is well explain and easy to follow, I have a lot of fun doing the assignments, it was sort of playing.
The instructor videos were clear and informative. The course had a balanced mix of game development theory and practical exercises. Solid introduction to the Unity game design platform. The projects increased in difficulty and time commitment as the course progressed, building on prior knowledge. The peer review of game files was challenging at times, but it was a good experience to create actual games.
The best course I have done so far - entertaining, interesting and especially a lot of fun. A really great course by Professor Winn!
Very efficient and to-the-point hands on learning (and teaching)!
This was much less about the development of games as it was an intro to Unity. Furthermore, the assignments weren't graded on a timely basis, which left very room to collaborate and refine. Overall, I felt like I learned to follow a few basic things about Unity, nothing more.
Great start for someone that has an understanding of computers and basic programming, but wants to get started in video game development. Didn't know anything about Unity or game design to begin.
Very informative, funny and practical.
Super and clean concept and explanation. Good for beginners. Not enought programming, but when you start with Unity it is not so big problem.
Great Course, exactly what I expected it to be, well done
Excellent !!! really useful and inspiring. Thank you!!!
Really awesome Intro to Game Development and such a great professor.
Exactly what I've been looking for! And FREE!
First, I enjoyed the course. They kept it at an intermediate level. I got some problems, but I was provided with enough materials to solve that problems.
Liked the whole course, more practical and extensive than other similar courses.
Useful!!! :)Nice and Good!
Good course to begin with game development if you are open to learning new things.
few theory, lots of practise, easy to understand and learn
Great intro to game development for those who have no prior experience in this area. I had some, but found a great deal of information, knowledge and skills in this course.
A nice quick introduction to game development and to Unity 3D framework.
Good introduction to Unity.
Excellent video content and quality, engaging assignments and helpful resources.
Great Course!! Excellent teacher and methods, with very pleasant projects =)
Professor Winn has developed a very organized and fun course.
Would have hoped for a bit more coding without hand holding, but I did learn Unity basics well!
I really liked the precise walkthroughs
Amazing course, this is the first time that so much essential information about learning is accessible in a such well organized matter.It was exciting to learn about the process and the organic materials in the brain when effective and non-effective learing process is take place.I believe that this course can really help me to managie further learning processes on a daily basis.Thanks,Shai
Very nice course
thanks MSU!
Awesome，I really desire the cousea like this!
good experience and definitely a great primer on unity. didn't really focus on coding until the last lecture; even then it was pretty minimal.
Great course. Just the right balance of lessons and hands on activity. Taught an old Cdog new tricks.
This course is Good.
Well-prepared course that is easy to follow and teaches the basics of game development with Unity 3D. It was fun and engaging, and the instructor seemed knowledgeable. Recommended to folks who want to get started with Unity and game development in general.
Awesome Awesome ! You have to pay for quizesThank you a lot for the cource like this
Love the projects and classes!, but i was expecting more interaction with the teacher due that we found some bugs in the content , we were able to solved using the forum, but i was expecting that the teacher step up
Best unity tutorial I have seen.
Very enjoyable, and a lot of fun. Instruction is easy to follow, and the workload is quite manageable.On the downside, there is no interaction with the instructor or any course staff on the forums, so if you have any issues, it'll be up to your classmates to help you.
An excellent course which requires hands-on work and well worth the time investment.
Exceptional introductory course. Lessons were well organized, different methods were used to perform the same function to show flexibility, simply a pure joy to take!
Interesting and useful course, easy to follow and full of contents
Good course, I learned a lot about Unity. However, I feel that it does not promote investigation by ourselves. Basically, the videos are the steps we need to do to complete one half of the assignment, and the other half is just about repeating those steps we were shown. Also, I expected a bit more depth in the scripts week, but I understand it's hard to add a lot of content for just a week. The course is still good, but maybe too easy.
Great class! Very informative and enjoyable. One of the best I've taken on Coursera.
On of my best cours on coursera so far. Great teacher!
Very useful and interesting course
Excellent course for someone who wants to learn and make a video game!
The material provided is fantastic. After the first introduction week, you learn a lot how to use Unity. The last two weeks are intense due to the amount of information to assimilate.
This was both a fun and interesting course, I am looking forward to Principles of game design.
mainly explanation part is nice and overall its a good course
great course for everyone
Its a lot useful for people who want to learn how the development of games is done from the scratch. Few basic details are not concentrated well, but overall the course is very valuable.
Great intro to game development and Unity3D!
This course is very good at explaining both how and why you would do things a certain way in Unity, something that is missing from most of the tutorials you can find out on the Internet. The professor explains concepts behind why you need to use certain components instead of just giving a list of things to match up to replicate the projects. I've rated it 4 out of 5 stars not based on the content, but because the response time, interaction, and feedback could be improved upon. The content is definitely 5 of 5. I took this during the first run of the course, so I'm sure that the course staff will improve on this in the future once they get a bit more used to running a MOOC on Coursera.
That's great. It is useful. The basic knowledge is simple and easy to study. I lovest it.
Great for an introductory course. Fast pace of the course keeps the course very interesting.
Best course I attended yet!
Pretty good, just wish it had more time to focus more on programming for this free portion of it.
Very well designed, excellent material and the practical exercises were very fun
Great course. I recommend to everyone.
Excellent Introduction. And Prof Winn is SO right. Creating games is hard fun. With this course, you learn much in a short time and come away with a more-than-passing familiarity with both basic game mechanics and Unity3D -- as well as a little C# coding. It IS hard (for a beginner) but it IS fun!! Thank you.
For beginners of video game development tool (Unity), this course is a great start. I think it would be even better if it can have maybe one or two more weeks for more example projects, and cover more about scripting, computer visual, imaging concepts etc.
Excellent, nice introduction to game programming with Unity 3D. Good Webcast, excelent course materials, Great teacher. Very good Job.
One of the best courses i have ever attended to.Full of useful information. I can't remember a session that was dull, or out of context.Nice pacing, application of the principles and technical know how in the projects.After this course i have a very good understanding of the UNITY development environment.It's a must if you consider a career in game design.Useful for both technical and non-technical persons.
Really like this course
Loved the course, although it could have been a couple of weeks longer to provider longer time to absorb the more complex material. Many thanks to Brian Winn for making it hard fun to learn!
I like making game after this course!
This is arguably the best tutorial on the internet for making games in Unity. It will provide a solid foundation upon which a student can expand his/her horizons in game development. This course has the right pace too.
It is a really good introduction to developing games using Unity3D.This course is 100% hands-on and you won´t need to read hundreds of pages just to get started.As stated, no prior programming experience is required since you won´t write code extensively. In fact it is reduced to just locating and inspecting the available scripts.
I loved it. I learned a ton about making games and I learned it by doing it. So, I have two games and a media simulation to show for it.Unity was covered. However, 3D modelling, illustration, and audio were not really taught (but a little bit, in theory.) I think it somewhat has to be like this, unfortunately. For me, I used Blender, Photoshop, and Fruity Loops to create my assets, but mostly just the game development is handled in this course. I'm only saying this, because you should know this upfront, really, which I didn't.Looking forward to the next class...
Incredible basic course.
Amazing course, great teaching, you will really understand all of the subjects taught and it is 100% one of the best courses I have ever taken.
Really great course to start developing games on Unity 3d.
Really good stuff
I'm currently starting week 3 of this and already I feel I have got a huge amount out of it.I was not a complete beginner going in, but with the course taking me back to real basics, I found it helped fill in a lot of blanks that I didn't even know I had.Even if the rest of the course from week 3 turns out to not be as good, I will still feel I got a tremendous amount out of this! The tutor is straightforward and an excellent lecturer, the course is so far structured really well and the practical exercises are simple to set up and get going on.
Unity3D is no exactly a new thing for me but this courses is very interesting! Love my first project, Solar System Sim!
Brian is an amazing teacher. This is the best course that I've ever taken on Coursera.
The course is like. Very interesting learning.Best regards!
An interesting course. I really enjoy it.
Thank you so much for this amazing course! It is very challenging, but at the same time very interesting! I like it also because the material is structured and the explanations are very clear even for the person who never had experience with the backend languages.
The Course id realy good design to the beginers. I'm enjoyed to create game in unity with the spiker.
I find this course interesting, knowledgeable and fun.
Really ice course, the videos are ease to follow, and the instructor is really active in the forums (which is awesome)
Awesome teacher and awesome course.
Excellent introduction to Unity. I learnt a lot in this short course.
Cool!
I really enjoyed the course so far. The explanation is great. The only downside is the video quality is not that great its not bad but it would be a lot better if it was better quality. Its very Blurry even in High quality. Although thats not a problem that did not stop me from enjoying the course.
this course have a very practically knowledge and a proper go through to all basic topic.
I really liked this course. Although some of it depended too much on pre-made scripts it was at the level of games that make sense to a beginner without being to complex (like all of Unity's own tutorials are). Sometimes, it went to fast and I was quickly switching from Unity to Coursera to hit the "pause" button to give me time to catch up. I thought that it took way to long to download other participants work in order to evaluate it, but I think that is an issue with Coursera and not with this course.
Very Nice Course!!!!
Excellant course. Assignements were at the correct level and it was a great introduction to the unity editor and game design
Excellent course. I will definitely
Very good course to learn the basics of game development in Unity3D.
Awesome! :)Covers all you need to be introduced to Game development basic conceptsand also experience using this knowledge in projects and assignments.thanks Mr.Winn, coursera and spartans!
Great teacher, very organized and clear lectures, cool topic and a lot of fun!
That's really a great course, even if we're at the starting point I wanna vote and give a five star cause the first lectures were amazing
So far so good. The professor explains very well and the material is excellent.
Good and easy to follow
This course gives good motivation for learning.
So far I love it!
That was a quick module, and makes you comfortable if you have worked across on multiple UNixes/Linux
The quizzes are too short
A little light but still effective course
good course and will take it again
great learning sets and again loved using all the tools introduced, but would love to see this updated with Spanner, Functions and other new features
This course and material does not articulate the 'Google Cloud Platform' offerings. Maybe Google does not want to compete with Microsoft Azure and AWS alike. If Google itself has approved this 'Google Cloud Platform' trainings on Coursera then vola I am out. I am way better off supporting AWS and Azure (at least they have tons of good trainings and stuff to keep folks in the field excited).
Videos are okay. Content and labs are great minus a issue with one lab where the supplied files were probably designed for a later version.
No practical learning, use case basis discussion. All course material is just google provided document.
Unless I missed something, the penultimate lab (startup scripts) seems to contain some errors or missing parts : the /proxy/proxy_cloud_sql script is not installed on the guestbook instance and there are some permission issues related to the SQL API. I wonder if the Startup Scripts labs shouldn't be positioned after the SLQ API lab, at the very end. By the way, it's not a blocking issue, just a little bit frustrating. Troubleshooting brings a stronger understanding of the various steps.
Too sample , and I would expect more in detail.
The final lab had an error that took a long time to find a solution for, which was disappointing. For a paid course, you would expect the labs to be better quality tested.
Very good course, regardless of the fact it is extremely shorter than the previous two. I do wish the quizzes had a few more questions each, but the course as a whole does a great job breaking down some important GCP features.
It's really useful how they are showing management tools for GCP. Great course.
Good Course
Informative if shorter then previous two courses. Very useful labs.
Very good for learning.
Could have been a little more comprehensive...but enough to get the gist!
I was expecting more modules on configuration management like deployment manager service.
Johns Hopkins University shows how versatile teaching institutions needs to be these days, delivering an extremely well prepared online course. Having Professor Yaakov Chaiking on the driving seat, was certainly a wise choice, as he is a great communicator, able to keep the audience interest up to the very last lesson.I was looking for an introductory course on HTML and CSS, which is amazingly covered during the first three weeks of the course. Javascript was a plus, a highly useful one.This was a great learning experience, and a fun one too! Hats off to Professor Yaakov Chaiking for such a great performance!
Excellent classes! I really recommend it!
Very good course! I recommend!
I like this course, I'm beginning of this part, don't have much(almost have no) background about web development. But this course is really nice organised and easy to understand. I also like the way to do the assignment, make me understand better, also by viewing other classmates work, also helped me a lot. Highly recommond. Thank you Yaakov. :)
Great course. I learned a lot. Very well organized and presented.
This course is nice for beginners, and experienced peoples
I learned a lot from this course.
Just perfect!
Great!
Translation from English only on the first slides. I thought it at all lectures. Spent a lot of time beginning to study.
I really appreciated this excellent course. Many thanks to Yaakov Chaikin and his collaborators from Johns Hopkins University for sharing this opportunity.
Loved the way this guided me and the examples on the way
Really worth to learn and take this course. Professor is so nice in teaching.Thank you coursera !!
Thanks a lot for this great lectures !I've learned so much following this course.The whole lectures are easy enough to follow and understand.Very good starting point to jump into the web development world.
This is the best course for beginners
Great course to start learning html, css, and javascript. I personally would have liked a bit more in-depth discussion of Javascript as it went a little quick for me, however I would definitely recommend it for anyone looking to learn some web development skills.
Best Programming Lecture EVER!!!!
Yaakov is an excellent instructor, as long as you are able to listen, and do the coursework, you have an opportunity to learn quite a bit from this class.
Loved it. This is the teacher I like the most.
There was very less practice and understanding of AJAX compared to other topics like HTML, CSS and Javascript. Very less hands-on practice was there for AJAX, otherwise the course was very well set up and very well explained!
A really great course combined with a very good teacher makes for a great learning experience. A very beautifully designed course which takes you from the basics to quite advanced levels. Anyone looking to start learning web development, look no further!
It's a great course to learn web development.
Great information. Wish it would teach more individual css instead of base on bootstrap but very helpful.
The Javascript part isn't explained that nicely but overall it's a very good course.
I enjoyed every moment of it. The explanations are very thorough and it seems that Yaakov is answering the question that you're going to ask in a moment...
Very helpful and informative course!
Absolutely loved Mr.Yaakov's teaching. I began learning web development long ago before dropping it as most of the tutorials out there were not exciting and really lacked in organisation of material & fundamental concepts. Either the tutorials were too slow or went over the top. Kudos to Mr.Yaakov for making the course interesting, dealing more with fundamentals and for the way he integrated HTML, CSS and javascript topics on a real-world website. I for sure learned more regarding web dev over past week more than ever.
Nice course for beginners
A really great course!
Nice, but not the best.
Nice one!
As an Iraqi student I have to give huge thanks Yaakov Chainkin. He is enthusiastic and explains the materials very good. I hoped to know more about navigation bars, anything else was amazing. Also, I think the organization needed some sort of simplification. I really hope if this professor can teach in our American university.Thank you professor Yaakov Chainkin.
Very clear and well organized!
Very good course, 100% recommended.
Great course! Love it!
It was great!
I enjoyed the html and css portion of the cs but the java script portion is not for beginners.
This course provides a concise introduction to the topic. It covers the basic theoretic aspects, but does not lack easy to understand examples.The lecturer clearly put a lot of thought and effort in creating this course, which makes learning very efficient and motivating.
very good course
Great teacher for this course. It is not just a one time thing. Students should keep coming back to take all kinds of tips from Yaakov. I guess the Rabbinic education has a great role to play in his approach. Baruch HaShem, you even wear a kippa to the lecture. A big thumbs up for that.
A very nice course!
Great class, very helpful forum if you get lost, the videos are very straight forward so if there's ever the case you get stumped during an assignment you can get right back to the lesson.
Great Course!
Hi! I think that this course gave me information that will help me in my future career. This course is easy to understand although it gives you good knowledge. Thank you!
I first went through the Angular course first and after trying to learn Angular several times, I finally learnt it. That made me go to this course to refresh my knowledge of HTML, CSS and JS and I not only did that but I understood several concept also for the first time. An excellent course for everyone!
Awesome course! I really liked the way Prof. Yaakov Chaikin has structured the course, very informative and very interactive. Thanks to Prof. Yaakov. I would definitely recommend this course.
It's a great course even you (think that you) already known HTML, CSS and Javascript. This course surprise me because the teacher brings to me relevant information where some stuff come from and how to use it in a consciously way.
If you don't want to actually learn what anything means and just get walked through steps on how to do things then take this course. But if you're a beginner to HTML, CSS, and Java Script, this isn't for you. He doesn't actually TEACH you anything, he just takes you through the process. They haven't updated the course content to actually match what is on GitHub's page, so from the start you have to go into the FAQs to figure out where to go from there. It's really frustrating because he will just skip steps, and because he doesn't explain WHY he's doing something, if you miss a step, you get completely lost. I've taken a few coursera courses, and this was the most frustrating course I have taken.
Really good, teach me the basic skills of web development.
Awesome course. Thanks Yakoov
Excellent broad exposure to many things which have changed significantly since I saw them in the past.
It's Really A Cool And good Course... We Get To Learn A Lot!
A very useful and interesting introduction to most actual web technologies. I'll suggest to everything that would become a web developer. Thanks Yankov!
Best online classes, Nice content.Fantastic way of conveying.
The teacher is awesome: he explains coding in an extremely clear way with such useful examples. Totally recommended!
Very effective method of teaching, high quality of the contents
Very simple introduction course for web development with great lecture
It is a really good and well-organized course! I definetely recommend it to anyone who wants to start exploring the field of web development!
As a systems programmer, this course was a great into to the world of web design. The introduction of HTML, CSS, and JS was absolutely perfect. The site definitely gets more difficult in the latter weeks, but with a bit of extra time everything I needed to succeed was there in the lectures. Great course!
Great course! Clear, well-thought out lesson and one project each week to test your understanding of concepts. I did have to do extra reading and coursework outside of the course to fully absorb the javascript portion of the course.
Very good teaching.Thanks you very much sir.
A well-designed course that allows me to understand the web development concepts. Each section is clear and flows to the next section. A great teaching method that makes you think and try out the changes. It does not matter if you make mistakes, the tutor as your back, and provides the before and after source code. Brilliant, other course providers should follow a similar method.
Just great
Excellent course to start with HTML/CSS/JS. Many thank to Johns Hopkins University team!
very bad course but i have come to the point that it is ok for the beginers
Excellent course! Instructor develops a real-world website in the videos and builds the conceptual understanding of web development through a "this is the problem and this is how we'll solve it" approach. Don't miss out on this great course!
I give 5 stars for this as the coverage of HTML and CSS is like teaching for Dummies. JS and Ajax there were little not so easy to follow. But its certainly lot better than many premium courses available on net for HTML and CSS.
Great course!
I loved this course. It filled in a lot of knowledge gaps that I had. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars is because the JS portion went a little fast, and it was difficult for me to keep up with it having minimal experience with JS.
Great course!!!
Professor yakov taught very well this course. His lecturs are amazing :) i highly recommend this course for web designning
Very funny teacher :)
Great course!!
Love the professor and how detailed/informative he is.
Really well organized. Supportive teacher and reasonable deadlines.
The best course for beginner developer
This is a very good introduction to HTML, CSS and at some extent to Javascript.The first two topics were very well explained in details. The classes had a good pace and every topic was made very clear. The exercises at the end were a good challenge that matched the level of the course and gave us that extra incentive to push a little bit beyond.The Javascript part was a little faster than the previous two topics (HTML and CSS). If only one thing should be corrected at this course I'd say that the same pace should be followed for Javascript.I'd definitely recommend this course as a great introduction and one of the best courses I've taken at Coursera so far.
Great Introduction .!! Great place to start web development it helped me so much.
Explained in very simple way.Excellent course to proceed with.
Any most aspects an excellent course. The teatcher is engaging and inspiring. The only thing that I have to be negative about is that the pacing is a tad fast in the javascript part. Some concepts would be better understood with more examples and repetition.
Very good course!
Great course. The instructor is able to simplify complicated stuff, grasp, focus on teaching core concepts of latest html, css, and javascript functions through using real example/application. This helps me as student to quickly understand the technologies and apply them without spending too much time or losing focus in every details. The exercise and assignment is very helpful to measure what we learned and how to apply them.
I have really enjoyed this course, especially the real-life content in which Yaakov helps an actual restaurant develop a better website. I also really like the focus on the Twitter Bootstrap framework since this is an awesome time save for CSS! Yaakov makes it really easy to follow along, even with complicated issues, and I immensely appreciate his attention to detail when explaining the "why" behind the use of certain tags and classes when using Bootstrap.
I would prefer more difficult excercises
Fantastic course. It was well done and I really enjoyed the instructor's creativity when conveying the material.
Although I audited the course, the course provides a clear and concise instructions and in particular the Java script and AJAX videos are excellent. Highly recommended.
This course was a very good intro for me to get to web-development. you will learn enough while the whole course is fluid and easy to pass.
Good lessons but the issue for me was that some of the video content was a little outdated. For example, it doesn't cover the update version of github website and how to use it. That being said directions sometime can be a little bit confusing. Another thing is some of the instructions are not clear for instance the guidance to how to submit an assignment. It is also intimidating that questions cannot be answered directly and if you want answers you have to dig a little bit dipper to get exactly what you are looking for.
Writing html, css and javascript made very accessible
Very good course :D Easy to learn from the teacher Mr. Yaakov- and good coverage of material with videos.
I learned very much in this course. I enjoyed each moment studied the content. The teaching methodology is wonderful and teacher is so nice. In general, this course is excellent and I recommend it.
Great course, Yaakov, thank you. Very easy implementation, explanations and a lot of fun. Good luck!
Great cours :)
It is really a perfect course for a beginner and also for the experienced to learn the logic behind each topic. Thanks.
great course on the basics of front end web development. I liked the part on JavaScript best, challenging but not not too hard
great course with enjoyable assigments
The content of the course is really great and helpful but I hope I can have more practice through this course.
I'm not best at this but I'm loving it guys!
This is my first course about web development. I am very grateful to Mr. Yaakov Chaikin. I got the right direction and a lot of new knowledge for further study. This course to anyone. You will not regret the time spent.
I am so glad that I enrolled for this course, initially I was thinking that I know all this stuff but after starting the course, I learnt and understood the basic functionality behind things and I realized if I would have not taken the course, I would have missed on so many basics. Thank you so much for designing this course.
Enjoying the course, looking forward to take angular js course from the same author! Thanks Coursera.
the best course for front-end developer
I was joined this course , thank you so much !
Very good course on the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - and Bootstrap. Also, promotes the usage of Git and Github.
Great course. Thanks.
When I started this course I was a beginner in WebDev. After this course I feel that the tools and skills I had the opportunity to get familiarized here gave my the necessary guidelines to pursue a more advance level. Five stars!
Great course! Gives practical knowledge.
Fantastic course. Yaakov is really good at what he does. Thank you so much!
A very helpful course for who want to learn some basic web development skills.
it's been greate... very well planned... instructor got an A+... very good materials an topics
Brillant ...ONe of the Best courses I have seen with real time scenarios
Congratulations, Yaakov and JHU team! Amazing course! =]
Think you Yaakov Chaiki !!!, it' a very nice course.
thanks alot
Thank you, Professor Chaikin. It's a fast-paced course but deeply focused in important topics of html fundamentals, css use and organization, javascript fundamentals, and consistent ajax basics.
Amazing Course. I learned a lot. And Yakoov is an excellent teacher. This is for sure the best course in Coursera.
I already feel like a web developer, all thanks to Yaakov Chaikin. Its been a wonderful and exciting course.
Awesome Experience
This is a very useful course. Despite the fact that covered a lot of topics, the teacher gave the most important knowledge
Great course that covers all the crucial stuff for frondend development. I really liked how information is presented, tasks that make your brain work and use all the knowledge that you gained in previous videos.
best and very valuable course
Great course! This course gave me a clear understanding of JavaScript basics and Bootstrap framework! Thanks to Yaakov Chaikin Sir!
Great course and great teacher, all my expectations were met and I had a lot of fun while learning!
The CSS part was very funny. I also liked the video about the communication with the client.
Wonderful course for beginners of web programmers
Amazing course, amazing instructor: Yaakov Chaikin! Everyone who wants to improve their frontend skill should take this course. It is intuive, concice and very clear! And the instructor is AMAZING and FUN!
The course is quite thorough for a basic course and is challenging in pace. The work load is higher than the guidelines suggest for someone who hasn't done any programming for a while and is not familiar with object-oriented programmingYaakov is very knowledgeable and presents the material in an accessible way. He throws in some humor, which helps with absorbing the material. The quizzes are good learning guides and are appropriate for the material in the course. They require some thought, but adhere to the topics in the course without assuming additional knowledge. The exercises are difficult and take more time than the listings. But the reference materials are helpful and the online forums are very useful in clarifying points of uncertainty. I found some of the assignment descriptions, especially in modules four and five, to be unclear and it took some additional research to understand the intent of the task.The registration process and installation of the needed software was clearly explained and easy to accomplish. The software worked well with the course and enhanced the learning experience. I especially liked the way BrowserSync worked with Sublime Text and Chrome. The Chrome analysis tools are very useful. The use of Github as a coordinating platform worked well, for submitting assignments. The Coursera UI was very efficient at tracking progress and coordinating the peer level reviewing.Overall, I enjoyed the course and found it well worth the effort despite the few frustrating hours that always accompany grasping new skills.
Excellent course. It is challenging, but you will learn much. No previous programing experience required.
课程设计非常合理有趣！老师讲解的很详细，而且真的特别幽默！！虽然报名了好几个课程，但这是我在cousera上完成的第一个！ Although I've registered in several courses in Coursera, this course is the first and the only(so far) course that I have finished! So much fun and I learned a lot! Thanks Yakkov!
Loved this course! I thought Yaakov thoroughly reviewed the concepts, while focusing on good programming fundamentals. I feel that I can adequately apply the skills that I've gained through this course in my future web development endeavors. However, I do believe that the grading guidelines are too generous, so it would be difficult to employ a student based solely on a specialization in this course.
Great course. It is beneficial even for a seasoned professional like me. Learned a lot.
Hello John,Thanks for your help I gain a lot from this module being a graduate in electronics it is very difficult to survive in core IT industry on software side you really me help me in this I am still searching a new opportunity and will sure I will get it soon once thanks a lot one thing I would like to suggest you if you can start some course for testing tools also that would be really greatThanks and Regards,Divyansh Bhatnagar
Nice job, only that I believe they were quiet too fast with javascript and it wasnt well thought the way they did with html, css. Great Job. Cheers
You learn how to produce a viable webiste and a lot of things that can help you develop your skills as a web developer.Sure it can get better because some things are not clarrified and u might have difficult time starting and learning the fundamentals and the logic of how to use the tools you are given.
Setting up the development environment is sadly dated. GitHub has changed and doesn't match the videos so any information delivered doesn't help get someone up and running. Videos run way to fast when someone is working between multiple windows to accomplish tasks. Update info in videos and course would have value. Expecting people to pay to update tech skills in unrealistic in todays competive environment when you are competing against other pla
Professor was awesome! Lectures were really good. The only thing that I can think to improve on is some clarity on the explanations but even then that was on point. Enjoyed this course very much!
A very good course. I am glad I took the time to complete it. A bit lacking in Javascript though
The concepts are very clear conveyed. Even if you have no backgrounds on HTML, CSS and Javascript, it would be suitable for you.
Nice Teacher and Nice course
Really good course with a really a good teacher and instructor. Everything is very well explained and I feel I've learned a lot (specially as a newbie in this field) :)Thank so much!
This course is awesome!If you have some programming experience but you don't know how to use HTML & CSS & JavaScript to build your own website, then this course is made for you. This course is awesome! Just before taking this course, I didn't even know how to write HTML, let alone CSS and JavaScript. But! After I finished this course, I have built a very well knowledge system about web development and I believe I have had the ability to dig deep into more practical and more difficult fields.Thanks to Professor Yaakov Chaikin and Johns Hopkins team ! Thanks to everyone who makes efforts to improve this course. To be honest, this is the most excellent course I have taken and it helps me enormously.
it is a great course and you will benifit from it 100% thanks mr yakoov
A clear and concise course - presented by an engaged instructor.
Great course and instructor. Requires no pre-requisites and goes quite deep. Will teach alot about web development, and instructor responds in forums with detailed replies. Active community.
It was an excellent course
Enjoying this course and hoping to keep going!!
Stunningly effective training.
Great Course, Step by step, clear, usable.Thanks a lot !!
It is a nice course, i leant a lot from it.
The Javascript module, and specially the Ajax part was more abstract and vague than the rest of the modules and I honestly didn't get much of the Ajax part. I learned a lot, though, and fully appreciate the amount of effort put into each lesson. Loved it!
Excellent course!!!. Very clear explanations. However, I think more time should be spent on the last topics as they're more complex to understand 8for me at least!).
Very thorough, helpful, and well structured. Instead of explaining what every single HTML or CSS tag does, Yaakov goes explains all of the core elements in web design in high detail. The course also does a good job of covering useful tools and templates that greatly speed up the web design process and make it much simpler.
Very good teacher and course
Great instructor, great course. I learned a lot !
This was a really interesting course, it shows you not only the granularity of a project, but also how to build it in a way that allows you to keep scaling with different technologies, basically as the title of the course says, you will implement a real site, and Yaakov will give you a ride to the clients restaurant in order to take requirements, you are going to create a website for that restaurant, and step by step you will see how to improve it, from simple HTML structures to complex Javascript code (using good practices). It will give confidence if you already have some knowledge and you will learn a LOT if you are new.
Great job
As a person who hated HTML, CSS and JS previously mainly due to my ignorance with the subject, Yaakov has helped me in understanding the core concepts as well as common pitfalls that surround the technologies. Now I am a huge fan of web technologies!
I really enjoy this class. Easy to understand what's the teacher said. The best part is those assignment which testified I learned or not.
Good teaching style...!!!
It's an amazing course. Thank you Professor Yaakov! I'm going to continue learning your angular course
I have just started this course, but I can already tell it is like no other on this site. It already feels immersive and I feel like i'm really part of the group. All the other courses seem harder to follow a long, but I feel great on this course.
This is a very good course for getting your fundamentals. I like all the content it provides. It can be made better on the Javascript part where explanations can be made little slower or some more references may be provided to explain.
Simply awesome. Especially after passing W3Schools HTML and CSS tutorials.Thank you.
Very good course, after I started to take this course I also signed up for the other courses in the specialization and they also turned up to be very good.
Concise, simple and well structured practical course to easily learn HTML, CSS & JS for web development
I wanted to write this review just when I'd finished the course, when I have seen all.I want to thank Prof. Chaikin for this great course. I really liked it and enjoyed all the material. I'm new to HTML, CSS and JavaScript and the course just enlighten me a lot. I had the opportunity to understand a HTML, CSS and JavaScript file, and I know that now I can write a web page and a web application. Now it's a matter of time and dedication by my part. I also realize that my knowledge of Java still applies with JS. I really enjoyed our field trip to Baltimore. Thanks, Prof. Chaikin, for going with us and for sharing, more than the course itself, part of your being. I can tell you are an excellent person. I had lots of knowledge and fun. Thanks again, Prof. Chaikin. I was very nice to meet you...I Also want to thank Coursera and Johns Hopkins University for made it possible for the course to be in my laptop near the countryside in Colombia. Thank you!
This Course is very good.
Great course. Learned a lot and the subjects where explained very well. JS and Ajax are kind of difficult to grasp when you are not a full computer science person, and although some previous knowledge is assumed and fair to be expected, it still would be nice if there could be a bit more of an introduction to them, for the less savvy out there. But overall, great course, easy to follow, with a nice real world example and peer-reviewed assignments.
Highly recommended course!Because I improve my knowledge of CSS3, I learned to develop an environment working with Git, create pages in GitHub. I wanted to create my first page in GitHub and I made it through this course. I also improved my JavaScript skills and learned Ajax which is totally new to me. And finally and no less important the assignment of module 5 was super incredible. I thank the Instructor Yaakov Chaikin is a great instructor super inspiring and the whole team of mentors were fantastic, they were of great help. :)Thank you very much!
Great Introduction to HTML&CSS Javascript
Great Course.Learned a Lot of different things.Will Recommend anyone who is looking forward to get a good understanding of web development.
I have godd experience during this course.
easy to understand material covering almost every basic things you need to know about html, css and javascript
Well done and very useful
Great course! Good pace, enough challenge and nice teacher.
Very good, practical and complete course. Thank you.
Great course!
This was the best web development course I have come across on the Web. Yaakov is very knowledgeable. He
Absolutely loved this course
This was a great course and I wasn't expecting to learn as much as I did. Prof. Chaikin is one of the most clear and concise teachers I've had the pleasure to have. The quality of the course is awesome and I recommend it to anyone who wants to get a grasp of Web Development.
Very clearly presented and interesting to follow. For now you can also access all materials without paying. Great.
Excellent course ! Thanks a lot
Yaakov you rock! Love the course, thanks you for all the efforts deployed to give it to us. Cheers!!!
It's easy to learn with good example!
An excellent introductory course to these important web technologies, and delivered in a very invigorating way. I was surprised at the details I didn't know.
Great course and very well explained, I've learned new things.
very good course forme.
really good course
I'm learning a massive amount of information. The course is well paced, clearly articulated and provides excellent examples.
This is a very good course,this results in Professor Yaakov Chaikin who has a great training plan.Thank you,Professor Yaakov Chaikin!!!
Clear, concise, informative, and great fun. You must have put a lot of effort into this to make it so wonderful. I don't want to give 5 star or 7 star. I want to collect all the stars in the sky and give them to you. and every shining star says a thank you. As you can't really count the stars, I can't say thank you enough.
Excellent Course....Learn't the bascis of web development real quick
It is indeed a great foundation for Web Developers! Easy to understand, great examples, very recommended to all web enthusiast! Awesome jobs John Hopkins University!
This way lecturer explained about each topic really very good, covered all required topics. So This is really helped for me.Thanks to Yaakov Chaikin Sir.
It's actually true you learn a ton of new stuff. Information is so packed and concentrated it is amazing! I'm sure that there are people working in the field that don't know a lot of the stuff covered in this course!
Great introductory course!
It was a very good course.
The course is valuable especially due to the personality of the teacher. As an obviously experienced developer, Mr. Chaikin provides you with modern techniques of using Javascript and responsive design. You'll probably encounter most of these techniques in the real life of a developer. The course is centered on practicing and the pace is fast. Don't be mislead by the colloquial tone and the quality humor present in lectures. Although the humor is good, you'll need to replicate most of the code examples on your machine, if you want to feel you've really learned something at the end of the day. That being said, the course is not perfect: the AJAX part might deserve more room in the future versions of this course. For those with previous exposure to some web techniques (my case), the course was an excellent refresher.
Great content and solid interpretation with specific real-life example.
This is the first proper course I took of web development and it's a great way to start and learn a lot. I could feel very comfortable with the content and learning process. Yaakov produced a very good content that can brings practical knowledge even for those who hasn't background in IT.
The HTML, CSS and javascript parts are VERY enjoyable. The videos are nice and short and Yaakov is an extremely good presenter with lots of enthusiasm. There are a lot of review questions which builds up confidence. I personally found the ajax part to be over my head - because we are jumping into the code without a basic conceptual understanding of what the structures in the axaj wants to achieve. Thank you however for the explanatory links to the w3school ajax pages. I thoroughly enjoyed the course - and appreciate the manner in which you are making the course materials available. I also learned to use git in the process and this has been extremely valuable.
Great course. I learned a lot even I am in intermidiate level. The best course I ever take in my life. It has everything yes everything. From creating real websites to tips in design and functionality and speed to marketing with clients. If the teacher was my university's teacher I will never miss a class. Thanks so much
This tutorial site is the best side ever for the freshers students.
Great course!
Best course of HTML, CSS and JavaScript I've seen so far. Teaching skills is everything and this Yaakov Chaikin is really good at it.
Very good course!!!
This course is awesome! Before I started the course, I had very little knowledge of web technologies. Now I understand how these technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, backend stuff) work together. You learn how to write a website from scratch using HTML. In the second part of the course, you will attach a nice design to your website using CSS, and make it responsive, so that it looks nice all kind of different devices (phone, tablet, pc, etc.). You will be introduced into the Bootstrap CSS framework, which is very easy to use and used by many different websites. In the last part of the course, you will be introduced to JavaScript, which will help you to put some user interactions to your website.I highly recommend this course, especially if you are a beginner in this field!
Completely perfect!
That was a very good experience.Also, I've got to admit that teacher is the best!
Excellent and the best course. Lectures are very clear and neat. Additionally the samples websites info was very useful.
Great course
Excellent course with great series of tutorials.
greate course
I learned a lot of basics on front-end programming.CSS was through - the Java Script side felt a bit rushed.
The course helped me a lot at my work. Good material and explanation
Sir is fabulous .....................
Greate tutorial and very easy to understand...inevitable
Yaakov explained the positioning element is easy to understand, and also on the JavaScript part, he summarised what the recommended book (JavaScript and Jquery by Jon Duckett) does is also easy to understand. I am very impressed his actual visit to the restaurant to do the requirement elicitation technique too.
First part (HTML&CSS) are good, but JS is to fast and hard to follow for the beginners.
Great course. I am learning a lot so far, onto Week 2!
Awesome course, by an awesome instructor.
Great course with fun learning
Great introductory course, and maybe more. Five weeks are not enough, if you don't have previous experience in programming but the assignments are not hard to be passed. Both books of Jon Duckett, that are proposed by the course, are great and very very helpful. Finally, the tutor is excellent and gives a well structured course. Furthermore, his speech is clear and comprehensible, something that is very helpful for non native English speakers.
I'd give a 10/5 if it was possible. I had a splendid experience during this course. Yakov did a great job explaining the basics also touching important points. I love this and highly recommend to anyone looking to start a new career in Web Development.
Awesome course for learning important aspect of HTML, CSS and Js. Yo get a big picture but also learn the technical material. You can learn what you can and cannot do with these technologies.
I personally felt this course being very interactive
very good course， really learnt a lot! Thanks!
like everyone said this is awesome course. I just want to mention several things it can improved.1. assignments are too easy such that you can not really learn much through finish it.2. this course contains fair amount of content but don't go much detail into each topic especially the final week class video. it could have contain much more detail about how to implement the code and the mechanism behind it. Unfortunately that part is missing so you can only get a very sketchy whole pic and in the end what you learned from that part is just some funky words.
This course has been very enlightening. I have come to understand the basic of how things work when it comes to web development through the use of CSS and JavaScript. Course materials were on point and the exposure was very educative.
wonderful course. Thank you.
Class is very well done - great organization and great presentation. Thanks!
It was my first course on coursera and i learnt a lot from this. I would recommend everyone who are interested in web development to take this course and benefit from it . And last but not the least Thank you Yaakov sir for providing us this course.
I really enjoyed this course. I was already familiair withHTML and CSS but I didn't know the theory behind it, so very usefull. Also the many tips for the work-emviroment are great. And ofcourse Javascript where I knew nothing about; hard to follow but I figured it out eventually and the possibility's are fantastic. So my developing-skills got a great boost from this course. Yaakov knows how to keep things interesting so for that many thanks!
The content in this course is well-structured and well-presented. Topics are broken into short digestible segments that are narrowly focused and thoroughly explained including relevant examples. Quizzes and assignments reinforce the critical aspects of the lectures.
Great Course! I learned a lot, specifically the JavaScript part in which I was really really weak.
Very good course
It was a bit fast and some things were not well explained but other than that a great course, love courseera already!
The course was really good !!
really awesome course for beginner
Awesome Lecturer and really helpful course for new Full- stack developers.
Excellent introductory course for simple web applications. Covers basic layout for responsive design, javascript coding and structuring of the final project. Everything is explained very well and thus the course feels easy (although if you have never before seen HTML, CSS and/or Javascript, there are plenty of new things to learn) - especially the later assignments for Javascript. I feel at least the last assignment should be somewhat more complicated.
I have compared it to other web development course and this is the best course so far in my opinion.Thank you for such a wonderful learning.
All the topics are covered with apt description and detail!!
Very informative, very well structured, I liked very much. The teacher was excellent.
Excellent course for starting web developer. I feel that I got solid foundation for learning more advanced front end frameworks. This course also introduced important development tools and good tips for using them effectively.
My condition: a total computer science newbie.This course, as its proclamation, is very suitable for someone like me.It is a condense and delicate course, which means in order to get the skill to build a website, the only thing has to be done is following the steps in the video and finishing the assignment ; and yet every topic in the course, even a line of code, deserves further contemplation."Why Yakkov does this instead of that?" is a question I frequently ask myself during the course.In short, this course provide a solid ground for developing skills in web development, and I sincerely recommend it to everyone who's interested in this field.
It is no that perfect.The instructor focus on explaining what the code do instead of implementing it in the same video.I think the only downside is that he prepare his code and we can't implement the code at the same time because it is already given
Really good course for those, who want to start applying theoretical knowledge in practical tasks. It helped me a lot to start creating real web apps. Looking forward for Angular course from Yaakov. Rock on \m/
Useful, very practical and helped me to refresh my frontend knowledge
Good course. I would recommend this to everyone who are interested in learning HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Great Course that provides a good survey knowledge of HTML5, CSS, and Javascript.Provided a great introduction to Web App Development
A course explained and organized very well. For me that mainly work as software developer on back end it was great to get a better front end technologies knowledge.
I really enjoyed and learnt a lot! Thanks for the opportunity :)
Very Good Course! Yaakov is a great teacher - all is very interesting and easy to understand.
Great course! I enjoyed it a lot and the content is extremely useful in bringing your HTML, CSS, and Javascript up to speed.
Very Interesting and enjoyable. Love it
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Great course
Good for beginner, except for JavaScript part where you will need to study JS externally as it may appear quite complicated without programming knowledge. Not so good for experienced desktop developer who wants to learn web: it's all too basic.
Well deserved 5 star rating! This course was used as a refresher but also help lay the foundation to applying my web dev skills to a more real world practical use.
I believe this is an excellent course because the fundamentals are explained in great detail. The instructor conveys his knowledge in a very precise way. I highly recommend this course for anyone who has a basic knowledge of web development because the last lectures can get a bit difficult for begginers.
The best course I have ever enrolled . Thanks Yaakov!
Really good course be Professor Chaikin is very thorough in his explanations of the different steps towards understanding HTML, CSS, and Javascript. The course left me with the feeling that though we learned a lot there was still much more to learn. With a course like this, you get out what you put in so I highly recommend committing yourself to doing the assignments and keeping up with examples while Prof. Chaikin is explaining them. It helps a lot if you following along using your own code editor and Browser Sync.
This is a great course. It helped me learn the basics of HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap and JavaScript.
Great course, thanks a lot for it!
Great pace, great instructor, well-designed assignments. Excellent course.
very usefull course. I'm now able to create good website. Thanks a lot !!!
this tutorial is awesome.
Good Course, I liked the delivery!!!
cool! so nice ,i like this course!
Would like to see a second part for this course to pick up where it left up. Maybe even discuss further week 5 material and more. Maybe have more coding assignments for part 2.
Good lectures from the Instructor. Very well framed lectures and step by step explanations till the end of course. Covering all topics related to this course.
Best course on coursera so far. Mr Yaakov Chaikin is best online teacher ever seen :))
THANKS A LOT!!! I LEARNED THE BEST WAY TO DEVELOP HTML, CSS AND JAVASCRIPT. THE TOOLS GITHUB, SUBLIME AND BROWSER-SYNC ARE POWERFUL.
Good to learn bottom to top
helpful!It's a good course and help you to have a habit of using github.
Absolutely one of the best course I have attended. The teacher (Yaakov) is very competent as well as friendly.
Great course !!
Thank you for the amazing and very useful course! :)
Great course! I have really enjoyed the information is presented in a very detailed way.
Excellent explanation. Short quizzes interspersed in the material is very useful and keeps us engaging.Teacher is <a href="#one">#one</a><section id="one"><p>Outstanding teacher!</P></section>
It was a good course and very thorough. I did get a bit lost during the Javascript module. A lot of detail in a short period of time. Would prefer if that module might be simplified.
Very good course. Very well explained. Although that the assignements could be more difficult :-) More time to do a harder work and we will learn more with mistakes.
I am a Java software engineer in a big company. Took this course while commuting. Really great course with great lectures. It is fun listening to the lectures, which is really important.
I am a software developer and without any doubt, this course was the best course i have ever taken! very well organized, clear descriptions and great couch!!!!Five starts to Yaakov:))))))) his work is greatly appreciated..
A good introduction of HTML, CSS, JavaScript (libraries, functions, objects etc.,), Ajax and JSON. The instructor was very good and explained topics well through explanation and through code examples. Would recommend it.
Good teaching, easy task!
Great tutorial! Thank you!
The real world example website is a great idea for this course.
Grt instructor
Good course. Relevant knowledge.JS part was a little bit too hard, cause there was not much overall development theory.. but overall - very good.
I thought the course was great. Yakoov is a great instructor and he is very easy to understand and follow. It can get pretty overwhelming towards the end but all course examples are available from the git repository so you can download it and go over it at your own time.
Very good course even for seasoned developers. Its always a good idea to know technologies basics and this course achieves it gracefully!
Thank you for this course!
Very good courser. I am new to CSS, JavaScript. Learned a lot from the course. I liked the way instructor taught the course.
I would recommend this course for anyone who wants to learn basics of web design. First of all, Mr. Chaikin has a very pleasant voice so its easy to listen, unlike some other courses i tried and quited only because of that. Course goes deep enough for a beginners yet its not boring. Anyway, A+ for this course.
I feel it is too basic
Have completed 3 weeks, and find the course very good.Lot of effort to build the content, very clear and detailed and explanation and if you repeat it yourself while going thru the lecture, the concepts will be get much more clearer.Programming is all about practice, but this could be a very good starting point.
Very nice course that teaches you how to create web pages by using HTML, CSS and Javascript.Be consistent on watching the lectures, reading the material and learning and trying all the concepts presented every week.And last, but not least, please don't be afraid of asking questions by using the forum. There's always somebody who will give you a hand or who might have the same questions as you do!
Exceptional teaching by professor Yaakov!
Awesome course! Learnt a lot!
One of the best courses for web development.
I ve learned HTML, CSS and bit of JS before. It is really a good class to remind me all of those and there are more to learn as well. Highly recommend to anyone who is new to programing and people who also know programming.
Thank you Yaakov and J.H university!
Excellent course and instructor. The course was well-organized and well-delivered.
Eye opener... made me work harder. Great course.
thanks for teacher
very interactive
Definitely my favourite course so far from whole RoR specialisation! For such a short time course is packed with everything you need and hints where to search for more knowledge. Oh, and instructor is such a nice and bubbly persona which makes the whole experience even more positive, I wish I had this kind of teachers at my uni back in the day!
Very cool course !!!!
Good content, Good approach, good pace.I didn't even realize it, but suddenly I knew HTML and CSS basics.
Great online lesson.I do really love it.
Best Instructor ever and a thorough course
I have learnt a lot in this course! It is basic but the fundamentals will actually make you familiar with all the interfaces!
The Best Course there is on Web!
it is really a very nice course with video explanation.and a small suggestion is some tags and attributed can be explained in a more detailed way.
I really enjoy it !!!I recommended a lot this course for anyone who's looking to understand this three technologies.
The material is excellent, and the lectures are very high quality. I also like that in addition to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, there's brief introductions to things like Git, as well as links to places where you can get more information. Very happy with the course.
I signed up to audit this course, but ended up enrolling in the specialization because this course is so phenomenal! Great coverage of topics and very well explained. Assignments are relevant to the course content and I also liked that I could download the whole course from one repo instead of having to download each module separately...it's the little things! I highly recommend this course; you will not be disappointed!
Content builds up very nicely. I'm very confident now for creating a website which has the layout I want
Very efective introduction to the basic web tecnologies and a great teacher!!!
Wow! Thanks a lot! I really enjoy that course! Good explanations, interesting and useful lectures, very simple english, so I understood every word, every sentence. Thank you!
It's a good course
Clear and concise. It makes front-end development look easy.
Extremely well planned and highly instructive course which I recommend above most on-line courses on Web development. Hands-on coding makes the difference.
This course is actual for Mac machine, all instruction are for Mac only. I use Windows so it unuseful for me.
This is an awesome course. Namespaces, IIFEs and the likes have helped me better understand Javascript. Yaakov is by far the best teacher I have met online, along with Jeffrey Way.
This course really shows what you need to know in order to start coding high-quality webpages. It'll open a whole new world to those people who are insterested in coding websites and deploying web apps. I recommend it!
Great course!!! The explanations are very clear and the material is also pretty good. Recommended for everyone that wishes to learn about web development and improve your programming skills.
Clear and focused on the fundamentals and, of course, very fun. Thank you Prof. Yaakov.
Nicely organised course. It gives very comprehensive introduction of front end development.
Its Awsome...
Amazing Course! Learned a lot.
If you're interested in learning how to produce beautiful, responsive web pages, this course is the best I've ever seen. If you're not, you may as well learn it anyway, as you can't escape the web these days. Thoroughly recommended.
Very wonderful course that is very easy and focus on the students. You will get awesome skills and a lot of fun.
Mr Chaikin will teach you A LOT in these five weeks, more than most (if not all) of the courses out here. Best lectures ever!
Great Lecture ! Yaakov Chaikin is very pedagogical and we learn everything we need to start coding dynamical websites :-)
Enjoyable and educating
Great Course! Yaakov Chaikin tells very interesting.
Yaakov's approach to the topic is extremely clear and friendly, and yet it hits the right points to make you grasp the important concepts. This course lays very good foundations for web programming and is definitely recommended.
The discussion reinforces a strong foundation for front-end web development. In particular, the Javascript component of the course was quite valuable for me.
Awesome course, it´s worth the time. Congrats!!!
Yaakov is articulate, knowledgeable and entertaining. I am learning so much and it is only the first week. Thanks!
Very great course. The instructor has a wide kngoledge of the subject and explains very well.
Good course, very well explained and the assignments are funny
Great stuff! Highly recommended.
Wonderful course Yaakov has made everything clear and simple
One of the best MOOC's out there! So glad to have completed this.
Lessons on html and css are very good, better than other coursera classes, so I suggest you to give a look at those. In general, the teacher is very good, even though I found the javascript part less deepen. A week, and partially the last week, are dedicated to the construction of a restaturant site. Unfortunately, the student role is pretty passive: you'll just look the teacher at work, you'll not build a site in this course. I skipped much of those lessons. But the most disappointing point is for me the excessive simplicity of the assignments. The assignments are the primary reason why I decided to take a MOOC instaed of simply reading a book. I expected much (interesting) assignments and much more practice...
This is a very comprehensive course! I love it!
Great course! I took this as a preparation for the 70-480 Microsoft certification exam and it covered a lot of the material required. Besides, Yaakov is a great teacher - I like that he is very thorough in his explanations.
This course is very comprehensive and explains things that are not explained in other online HTML, CSS, courses. The teacher is personable and is good about not just assuming students know things. The videos are not too long and the code examples are great. The assignments are at the right skill level and really employ a lot of the skills taught in the course. I would take another course by this instructor.
Very, very good course !
Excellent course and superb videos. Everything is explained very well.
Very vast course, nicely done.
such A good lecture!
Great course. I really recommend it. I have learned many things. Maybe it could be a bit tough for who doesn't have any experience with coding, but It's totally worth it. I really enjoy it.
Excellent course with a lot of useful examples that will help you to understand the concepts explained in the videos.
Wonderful way of explanation and presentation. Easy to learn this way
Excellent course for web beginners. Would be better if more about Ajax is covered
I found there was too much information given in the course lectures without enough practice to learn bit by bit to really understand what I was learning.
A wonderful course! Not so heavy workload with lots of practical knowledge. Suitable for those beginners in front end development and UX/UI designers or product manager who want to learn some basic coding.
An awesome course!!
Fantastic course with fantastic teaching by Yaakov sir.Thanks a lot Yaakov sir for giving such wonderful teaching...
It's an all-rounder course with a great introduction to HTML, CSS and Javascript/jQuery/AJAX. There's enough formal background to tell you why things are they way they are and what each HTML, CSS, JS component is meant to achieve and how to do it. Great links to external resources as well. The practical examples and assignments do all they should to reinforce that. The course gives a very good base to build on by yourself, or continue further with more advanced material. It definitely helps to have some programming experience for the latter material on Javascript.
I loved the course, specially the HTML and CSS sections. The Javascript part was fast and technical, which made it hard to follow.
Overall very nice job! Rated a 4 because I feel the JavaScript was too rushed. I think the final usage of JavaScript should be reviewed with an eye toward a beginner programmer.I liked the website development theme and interview with the restaurant owner, but that disappeared along the way. Maybe the final week, instead of making the special random, could be something the owner changes that the code has to change. Perhaps that change could involve a change to HTML, CSS and JavaScript, although that might be ambitious.Again, nice job. Learned quite a bit.
Interesting course with a practical approach. After passing the course you can easily have a personal web page with a portfolio of your grade works. Yaakov advises very useful resources for out-of-scope learning and doesn't waste time for explaining the theory, instead he pays particular attention to practice.However, the total lectures time is quite impressive and the course requires students to study every free minute. I feel happy after passing the course, thank you for making it available.
I was very nice
It is a awesome course and the teacher is very good, he really knows what he is doing and he knows how to teach a class
Loved the course! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making this course interesting and easy to understand!
very good course very well explained
Good one
Excellent intro to HTML, CSS and JS. It covered a lot of ground and gave me a basis for continued study. Thanks!
EXCELLENT instructor.
Excellent course, period.This is the first course I've taken from Coursera. Before the course I knew something about HTML, CSS and Javascript but not too much. First week is a piece of cake. Second week was also easy but I did not have a strong logic about the "box model" before, after the second week I had it.With third week things went in a strange way, but in a positive one. We started to code a "real" website (yeah you'll understand if you enroll) from scratch. This was invaluable for me. Reading documents is something, but watching lectures, interact with the real code, try and see way, using Git and Github, getting great tips, I mean doing real stuff is invaluable.Fourth week is also not so hard for me since I have some basic Javascript history. And Javascript section is not so detailed and difficult, but just for one week it was beyond OK, it was great. Even in basic info you'll learn something.Fifth week is a total stranger for me since I don't know anything about Ajax or dynamic loading pages style. Ok, I know what was Ajax but just the name :) So, after the week I've learned those. At least the concept itself and how to implement it in a simple web site. But I must confess, I watched the videos twice and examine the codes again and again to fully understand what we are doing and how we are doing. Because a week is not enough for this and things go faster. But hey, lectures are recorded and you can watch them again right :) And you have all the codes!Beauty of this course is all the weeks and assignments are related and integrated. So you learn something, finish the assignment. Next week, you learn new things, get new assignments but continue the last week's job. Yeah, you remember the real web site part?And of course last but not least Mr. Yaakov Chaikin is a great instructor and person! He has an excellent way of teaching.So, if you are a total newbie or someone who is beginning of his journey like me do not hesitate to enroll this course. But please pay attention, if you are so new about those topics, about the week four and five you will struggle a little bit.
nice. I have learned a lot. keep it up and do more courses like this.
Amazing course! I've tried to followed some online coursers on the same topic, but none kept me so motivated as this one. It is very complete and comprehensive course, and Yaakov teaches everything in a way that even the most complex subjects are easy to understand.I really recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn any of these technologies.
Very good course!
Extraordinary clear! In simple steps and, mostly of all, in the weekly assigment, you are going to fix up and to learn all the explained concepts and to have a very clear understanding of web responsive design, boostrap framework, javascript et cetera.
This course is so enjoyable.Amazing!!
An excellent course that teaches the basics of front-end web development. Easy enough to be passed, hard enough to be challenging. Great!
I had learned a lot of new things like bootstrap, media query, IIFE and DOM manipulation from this course. Professor Yaakov Chaikin had prepared the course in detail and his explainations to deep concept are concise. As a prerequisite, you are advise to have some basics of html, javascript and css to equip you to follow the lectures.
This was a great course and gave me a very good starting point for HTML, CSS and JS. The only negative I found was that the JS module seemed a bit rushed and the assignments at the end of last two modules didn't really test my understanding of JS concepts very well. They were too simple because the starter code had a lot of things already written out. Making them more barebones and having the student fill out most of the details would be a more hands-on and useful activity in my opinion.
Great course!
Very well structured course, gives a solid foundation to web development!
Very good and comprehensive course with a lot of fun and a nice teacher!For the Java Script part, you should be prepared to have basic programming experiences already..
Just completed module 1 and i am really impressed by this course.I learnt so much and so easily that would not have been possible by reading books.. Keep up the good work and special thanks to Johns Hopkins university . Yaakov Chaikin is the professor teaching this course and he is too good :D
A very decent course to acquire a working knowledge of HTML, CSS and, to a lesser extent, Javascript basics.
A really great course. It's very interesting specially for beginners web developers and backend developers that want to fill the gap about frontend development (my case).
very useful, just what i needed fro work!
awesome course with example
The course is very useful and is very funny as it keeps going. Totally recommended.
I feel that I need more explanation about the code, I don't feel capable to solve different problems on my own
Thank you! It is a great course and it really improved my skills! Perhaps a new version could show a little how to organize internationalization.
Learned HTML5,CSS and JavaScript from many resources but this was innovative and updated course with such live examples like meeting with client and etc. I love this course. Yes we can say, here is the knowledge, Hats of to the Professor, he taught us well, Salute to you my HONORABLE/Respected Sir.. You are amazing.
This was a great course for beginners who are looking to get into static website design as a starting point.I had taken this course first out of the ruby on rails specialty courses, and decided to enroll in the entire course.The videos are well done, minus some small dating issues (like versions of software) but that is understandable. The forums answered every question i had.I would recommend this course to anyone interested in learning HTML, CSS, and the beginnings of JS.
A good course! I really had fun with this course. Mr. Chaikin is an excellent speaker and his course is clear, well organized and the videos are of excellent quality. This course could be further extended because the field is very wide. The only downside of this course is that I asked a single question to Mr. Chaikin and this is one of those Mentor who sent me wandering perhaps because he did not know the answer...I look forward to another course of Mr. Chaikin !
Very professional, deep and comprehensive course for beginner web developers. Very pleased, I recommend!
Great course for junior web developers to build their web world!
Excellent course! Very well structured and explained
Excellent course. Liked much for `Review your peer` & `real website design as assignment`!
This course is so nice and useful .
perfect coursera!!!learn a lot form it.
As a backend developer (C, C++, Python) , this is a great course to start digging into the Web Development world. Even though the tasks given were very simple, I recommend it because it gives you the knowledge to understand how HTML, CSS and Javascript works. Everything is simpler when you learn the foundations of a language.
I normally get bored real fast with online teachers, since they, well, simple put usually lack a cool teaching style. This time around, niiiiiiiiiiice :)Cant say anything else then, if you want to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and want to do that while being inspired, take this course!
Great course
Perfect
Assignments may be a little more challenging, otherwise the course is great.
This is a great course, detailed, well organized, and fun, and Yaakov is a great instructor. As always, coming into a course with some experience is better than none, but even without any knowledge coming in is ok if you watch all the lectures and read the supplementary books as needed. Completing this course can bring you along the path to web development expertise quick. I highly recommend this course and instructor!
Great!!!! I love the course and I love how the instructor teaches. He is very clear and descriptive.
Awesome experience learning this course.
it's a good course to learn basic HTML, CSS and Javascript
great course
Great course!! I highly recommend it :)
It's an excellent course. Well crafted and well delivered course.
Very good course to start in the world of web development, I loved the part where you talk to the customer and note the requirements that will have the site (First time I see a course) is taken.
Great course! Videos were extremely thorough and helpful.
A great class. Comprehensive and thorough with good guidance. Thanks!
Great informative course. Goes into enough details to understand the concepts and background of the code and structures.
Till date the best course I have learned
Amazing course, everything is made simple, understandable but deep enough to unveil most of the secrets of these languages. Thank you.
Great instructor. Very knowledgeable.
website is so slow
great.... Probably speed should be reduced bit for non native speakers
Great course. Excellent lecturer. Very usefull, and also fun. Highly recommendation.
Great course! I really enjoyed it. It helped consolidate a lot of important knowledge, in order to create high quality, modern web applications.I do have one suggestion though, which would be creating a version of this course directed to Ruby on Rails. The framework has numerous helpers for building frontend and a lot of things displayed in this course could be approached differently with the help of Rails. I would've enjoyed having this perspective, since I'm taking the Ruby on Rails specialization.Nonetheless, congratulations on the great course you guys put up!
I've been developing web sites and web apps for some years. I never imagined that I would learn so many things in a course on this subject. Excellent course. Thank you Coursera! Thank you Professor Yaakov!
Explains clearly. Nice teacher.
i learn greate thigs
I loved the way Prof. Chaikin taught us in this course. Absolutely a fan of Prof. Chaikin and his teaching methodology. This is the best course so far in my experience to learn Web-Development from the scratch.
This course empowered me!
This is very helpful for learners. I'm learning a lot !
Very good course! Step-by-step approach for developing a real website in bite-sized chunks was great.
Awesome Course.
great course
Very detailed and comprehensive course!Have learned a lot not only firm knowledge but also practical implementation.
Very helpful course and with great and funny instructor.Thank you, Yaakov!
Best HTML, CSS and JS I've taken so far. It covers all the basics to get you started in web development with a solid foundation. Great structure and teacher! Thank you!
JavaScript part especially worthy to look at.
Nice course, very helpful!
Excellent introduction for this topic!
Really great course. Learned a lot, thanks !
Definitely one of the best web development courses i ever took and moreover the field trip part demonstrates us how to real time project requirement would be.
A great course. All the basics covered well. A good starting point for anyone with no previous experience in HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Fresh and with basic concepts well explained!
great course. learn a lot. thanks
Very good course. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone learning about HTML, CSS and JaaScript. The lectures are very well structured and result in a really good understanding. Definitely try this out!
It's a really nice introductory course and I have learned a lot. In the end, it's kind of loosing the depth though when it's comes to AJAX and applying JS for web development.
SuperVery easy to studyGood quality videosespecially the tool for increasing the video play speed
Everything about this course was excellent! The quality of instruction, the motivational aspects, and of course -- something that Prof Yaakov always seems to strive for -- lots of fun!
Very useful and interesting
Great lectures, great structure, great instruction. Great course for beginners to HTML. Its easy to get the necessary information to go from no knowledge to a decent understanding.
The best course for learning web development.
Could've been more thorough. Basics still well taught.
The contents in this course are absolutely useful and concise!
This course helped me to organize what I already know, and fill some gaps. Yaakov makes good explanations of things that come into web pages, and after his lectures I find my knowledge defragmented :-)
The best course ever!
Very well structured and presented. Great instructor.
excellent instructor keep on
Just started Module 2, but already like it very much. Great course!
Great course for intro to HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Great explanation on the why and clear meaningful examples given in the course. Thank you to Yaakov & Team.
mind blowing
Bravo and thanks!
Loved this course! Incredibly well structured and well explained content! The assignments were a little too easy for my taste but the explanations throughout the lecture made up for it. The instructor is very fun and engaging and explains the subject matter very clearly. Would definitely recommend!
Great course, help me a lot about the concepts about web-developing,
Awesome course. Instructor is very informative and sets a good pace. Recommended this to my entire team.
It is ok. It is super :)
Very useful!
I'm learning a lot with this course. Thank you, Coursera, for the iniciative!
Fantastic introduction. More thorough than I expected, this is a fine foundation class to enter front-end web development.
Very well organized course material which covers the subject of modern front-end web development and offers basic familiarity with its technologies and many useful resources. I would definitely recommend this course for a head start to anyone interested in learning web development.
Really a great instructor, benefited me a lot to grab the basics of web development, not just that the course exercises are also a great place to practice what we learn in the modules.
Very nice and comprehensive, thank you!
The course is great! Everything is well explained, a lot of example, good sense of humor and really cool and adequate exercises to implement what is leant, I highly recommended for anyone who wants to get the basics (maybe even more) of web development.
Thanks, tatty! :)-Moshe
Amazing Course with a great communicator.The message is passed on a clear way and the examples are amazing.Whish we could have some more to learn.Thank you for sharing your knowledge!António
Excellent material, to the point. Looking forward to completing the current course.
really helpful
Great course for beginners in web development with an excellent instructor who explains everything in detail. Highly recommended.
Very good course!
An excellent introduction to web development technologies, valuable even to people who have been doing web development for years.
Very good course for understanding HTML, CSS, JS.How we can add russian subtitles
It's a very useful and modern course with professional team!
Great Explanation!!
Very good!!!!Especially to new-entry.
Great course for the beginners. I believe these who are really interested in web design will like it. Thanks for the lecturers of this course.
Prof Yaakov really makes the class experience come to life & provides seamless instruction.
Course is great!But I have to say there should be more practical excercises (writing code) through first and second part just to use html and css syntax in real world not only on quizes.
am really thankful to Coursera for teaching me this subject and its really helpful :)
Fantastically well structured and with good explanations. Really like the structure.
simple to follow
Great guidelines and teaching schematics, I love the way the lectures are approach and how this vast topic has been made basic, easy and understandable.
Amazing course! Lots of information, practical work and learning.
What a thoroughly informative and enjoyable course! A big shout-out to Prof. Chaikin who explains the concepts in such a brilliant manner. Highly recommend this course to budding web developers.
i'm done with the first module,so far so good...
doesn't have to be that complicated with command prompt actions from the beginning of the course, that make the motivation drop very fast.
Great course. It is carefully structured to quickly show the fundamental essentials. This is specially useful in a platform that is hard to identify what is current and functionally complete and what is not. It is also clearly explained.
The course is nicely paced. I was able to go through all the videos and assignments within a day or two.Prof. Yaakov Chaikin is very skilled and makes his videos fun to watch. It is amusing as well and educational. Really liked the videos about the Restaurant Visit and how to talk to a customer and what to expect and how to deal with issues in the process.
Great course ! Highly recommend .
After trying several courses, i can say that this one is the best so far. the rhythm of the lessons and the clarity of the lectures are some of the most valued virtues that i found here. it is really enjoyable to keep going thru the weekly lectures.
very good lectures!
A very good course which walks you through developing a real web site.
Excellent course. I appreciated the focus on responsive websites with Bootstrap. I really liked the explanations on the core foundations of CSS & JavaScript that seasoned web front end developers should have.
Really good course, Thank you :What I liked the most is?- The koans at the end of each "not always" lesson.The professor gives you the what´s, why´s and some tips.
Lot of useful knowledge given in very easy way. Accelerates fist steps in web development and gives strong ideas of future possibilities.
I used to go through W3school and Codecademy to start my coding learning as a front-end developer. This course perfectly blends in the knowledge I learned. Amazing! If you have read many chapters of HTML/CSS/Javascript but still don't really have an idea of what are you doing. CHECK THIS CLASS!
only put Spanish subtittle
The best course on coursera
i love it, thanks for the great work,
its awesome to start with...
It's a great introdutory course. It explains very well why things are the way they are.
Awesome! An interesting course and the JavaScript part is really a jewel. Professor Yaakov introduced us in the guts of JavaScript with a very clear explanation. Definitely a great course BUT it demands of the students time and effort to finally get the goal!
Awesome Mentor and comprehensive course
The best course! so far on Coursera. Very impressed with the instructor Yaakov and also everyone who provided timely help with assignments or other questions.
This course was very useful, there was something that I already knew, but some thing were new for me
Excellent front end course for the required level (intermediate). Does not go over concepts already known by anyone who has done some programming, and instead concentrates on the laguage most specialised areas
Great Course and great learning experience. Would learn a lot if you actually care!
Very useful, complete, clear and awesome course. The tutor explain not only what you need to know about web development but also what you need to know when using this skills in the real world interacting with clients. I absolutely will recommend this course and be forever grateful with it. I encourage you, who is reading this, to sign to the course! Especially if you have interest in the informatics and coding topics!
Very informative course!
This course was great! The instructor was very knowledgeable and incorporated humor into the lessons, which kept me interested in the topic. I found the last section (Javascript) a bit challenging since I had no prior knowledge of the subject, but I was able to follow along enough to get a basic understanding. I definitely recommend this course!
Phenomenal course! Hands-on, great and thorough lectures. Perfect for beginners as well as people with some experience/idea how html works! Much more advanced than many other courses offered.
really good course . very detailed .
This is one of the excellent courses I've ever taken online. The professor is very professional and articulates amazingly the concepts living no room for dozing or re-running the lecture videos. I really loved the road trip to the client who wanted their website designed, and it really gave insights on how to go about the process from Mock-ups sketching, Client Interaction up to the Actual Design. Kudos and A+++ for the course.
This course is very usefull... in a simple word.. Its awesome... thank you "Johns Hopkins University" and Mr. Yaakov Chaikin.
This teacher is amazing. I was registered for Angular, when it was delayed the teacher wrote and recommended this (week 4 and 5) to brush up on Javascript. So glad I found it. He is so clear.
One of the best courses to start learning front end web development from scratch. The course contents are of high quality and Professor Yaakov Chaikin is great at explaining things in an easy to understand fashion. Kudos to the team behind this course. I am glad and happy that I enrolled myself in this course!
Great information not just on coding but also the programs used in coding. Also, incredibly well presented and easy to follow and understand.
Great Course! Learnt a LOT which I never knew before... Thank you Yaakov!!
It's the best course and the best teacher I ever had!
This course has been very insctructive and great motivation to look further into Git, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap and Javascript. It's the backbone of web development meaning the best place to start from but also that it cant possibly cover everything. I found that w3schools and an online git tutorial of the quite a few out there, perfectly complete this course. A big thank you! to all the people that put effort into this.
great course, accurate and good explanation.
Great course with well structured content. Instructor explains everything to detail. Best HTML CSS JS course I'd recommend.
A much appreciated course !!! This course give me a boost in my studies further in Web development. Will appreciate Johns Hopkins University team if in future you will provide the course on Node.js as well.
Excellent course.. I recommend this course to all newbies ..
Beautiful Course, Very well crafted both beginners and for people who need a refresher course
Great course! Instructor does excellent job clearly explaining a number of important topics.
Greate course! Thank You
It's absolute grate.
The course is very informative and useful if you are newly introducing yourself to web development.And the instructor is just awesome! He makes the course very interesting, deserves 5 stars.
Great cource! You will use most actual instruments to accomplish it. Good basis and pro tips included.
I liked the course very much. It is organized very well. I have found all the content appropriate and useful. Moreover, some more interactiveness in weeks 1 and 2 would add more value to the course :)Thank you very much for effort
Very Good Course.
This course was a nice into to HTML, CSS and Javascript. If you have no previous background in programming, the js will be very hard to follow and is quite complicating. BUT this course will get you thinking and excited when you solve a problem!
Yes. Five stars! Awesome course
If possible, I would give 6 stars :P
The AJAX part could have shorter sections of 5-6 minutes at most.The course could use more images/animations - too many explanations given at the code editor!
Great!! I haven't any other words! )
interesting and useful !
The HTML/CSS part of this lecture are really amazing (5 star I would say). I felt that the JS parts were a bit rushed through and probably needed a separate course. I am also working on the side (as a backend engineer) and got the chance to apply whatever I learnt and not rely on our front-end engineer so it was great. Thanks for the course leader and the course providers for my first step towards becoming a full-stack engineer!
Very thorough and clear.
Salute to the instructor!
This is a great course, I really liked it! First, because I don't speak English very well and I could understand everything and second because the content is real and it helps you to learn more about the development's process. Congratulations for this course!
Most of the course was very enjoyable, but some of the lectures seemed to drag on without much happening and were pretty hard to slog through.
Learned many things, instructor was good, the way of teaching was good. interested to go for paid certification :). thank you coursera
Thank you for such an interesting and intensive course on web development, it really covers a lot: HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 3, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, wow, that's really cool course!
It's just amazing lecture. Thank you so much for sharing it here.I would like to thank Coursera for everything they are doing to help us, and I would like also to thank in particular Yaakov Chaikin for all what he did during the lectures. Thank you so much!
Awesome course! This was my first course on coursera and I am satisfied. This course gave me many tips in order to improve my coding on web.
Although it took me quite a while to figure out how to push my solution on to github (was making me very mad), I figured it out!! I really like the way you teach lectures. I am giving you a 5 star because, I like the way you give resources and examples of each section you're teaching. I am leaning a lot and look forward to learn! Thank You
I've learned bits and pieces of HTML, CSS, and Javascript in school and work. With that said, this course was an easy one for me, nevertheless it helped organizing my prior web dev knowledge, and had definitely shined lights onto some details that I didn't know before. Yaakov did a great job explaining the basic concepts, as well as tapping into the common tricks and pitfalls.I'd recommend this course to anyone who's just starting to learn web development, as well as those who'd like to put their previous on-the-spot learnings into an organized piece.
Very Good Course.A real world example site to work on made it much easier to understand and put the coding into context.
Very nice & detailed course! :)
Good course. The assignment is very good.
The HTML and CSS portions are excellent. The JS and AJAX portions move at a very brisk pace, making it difficult to understand and keep up. I have some cursory knowledge of programming and JS but it was still quite challenging to fully understand module 5.
I'm learning a lot in this course! Thanks to Yaakov Chaikin and Coursera!
i like this course. The syllabus coverage is good. i am eagerly waiting to enroll the next course...
i liked th course , easy to understand
Excellent course! It combines the perfect amount of "practical" theory that it will really help in real life. Very understandably examples.
Simple, practical, and interactive approach. The faculty is an experienced instructor, making coding looks simple and easy.
Excellent class! Professor Yaakov explains very clearly. Highly recommend!
Great course! Perfect amount of content. Loved it...
One of the best courses on HTML,CSS and javascript..Unlike other courses which directly take to higher concepts leaving behind all the foundational concepts,this course teaches the foundational concepts first and then gradually introduce higher concepts as well.Thus making the learning process pretty easy and at the same time making concepts clear and free of doubts.I like this approach!!I would highly recommend this course for those who want to understand the basics of HTML,CSS and javascript and clear all doubts which are otherwise created by directly jumping into higher concepts......And last but not the least thanks Coursera for providing best online courses and Thanks Johns Hopkins University for presenting this beautiful course......
Great course, though the javascript part is very fast paced and could be extended a bit more. As a beginner, sometimes it was very difficult to understand some code lines without using outside resources. Nonetheless, it is an awesome introduction course for beginners.
Its really great and easy to learn
Very nice teacher, he is responsible, thoughtful, knowledgeable and ready to handle all the questions we posed.Very nice course! This course provide us a whole view of the HTML,CSS,JavaScript and lots of useful websites and tools, which may help us develop easier and learn with a target.This is the first course I attend in Coursera, I've spent a lot of time choosing the start, and now I can say this is the one.Thank you teacher and Johns Hopkins.
A great course. It is not difficult to learn and is very useful. as a lecturer has a great sense of humor :)
In this course you will learn the basic concepts about web development with the latest technologies. The explanations of every concepts are clear and understandable with simple examples.I highly recommend people taking this course. I learn a lot!
Very helpful for beginners.Instructor teaches every details you need to start as a web developer.
Amazing! I was a desktop developer. At the end of this course, I´m sure that I wil became a web developer.
This is a good basic course to get started with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The last two assignments did seem a little too easy and the last module feels a bit rushed through the Javascript code.Nonetheless I would recommend this course to anyone interested with web development and the basic concepts!
This is fantastic course, everything is clearly resented. Foundation parts are just excellent - they give knowledge what's going on behind the curtain. Everyday I was launching next video with true excitement.And last but not least, Yaakov Chaikin is a great tutor!
This course is an outstanding introduction to Web design technologies and tools. As a backend developer, I was looking for a course to refresh my knowledge of HTML and CSS, and this course went far beyond what I had hoped to learn -- even introducing me to some new tools, as well as filling in a lot of the background of WHY things work the way they do. My only criticism might be that the final week's assignment was not very difficult, and perhaps as a result, didn't force me to really study the material. Otherwise, I highly recommend this course, and I'm looking forward to taking the Angular course in this series. Thank you very much, Yaakov, and Johns Hopkins!
with this course i already feel like a developerMr Yaakin thanks
Very Nice Course!! Really Helpful.!!
Excellent course and material. Good instructor.
Before this course I could write html, css, and js. Now I actually know what I am doing.
the Course content is great and the Tutor is doing a great job but I didn't like the fact that i'm forced to use Github to submit my assignments
It's a great course. Thank you very much professor Yaakov, I learnt a lot!
Great!
great course
Simple and great course for all beginners in Web Development.
My first completion of a Coursera course, the materials are interesting. The JavaScript part of the lecture is kinda overwhelming, I wish we could have more practice and some more in depth or involved homework to help me understand the material and practice them.
I can tell that the Professor undertook a lot of careful planning and execution in preparing this course for students. Yaakov Chaikin teaches the course in a fun, problem-solving way. I personally appreciate his clear enunciation of words and thorough explanations of his website-planning process and the tools needed to accomplish the goals.
Excellent excellent course!!! Professor Yaakov Chaikin is brilliant, he really knows what he is talking about. I attempted learning HTML, CSS, JQuery and JavaScript on my own and in just a very short amount of time of taking this course, I have learned so much more! I am thankful I found this course when I did. I am looking forward to what is to come. Thank you professor!
I feel this course has been a great way to be trained in many concepts in a little amount of time. Html, css, Javascript, bootstrap, jquery, github, ajax, json... there were some kind ob big scary names for me, and in just 5 weeks I'm in my way to master them, after a great first step. I've enjoyed it.
Great !!!
The best course ever.
great course for beginners
Detailed and easy to understand
Excellent course.. very practical and didactic
Instructor seems like a genuinely invested teacher who provides plenty of resources, points you in the right direction in considering how to approach a client meeting, and provides in-depth explanations for what you need to know and do. A few of the later more advanced concepts really relied on students to follow along and type themselves, and you will want both notes and comments in your code to help you remember the important details (<!-- --> in HTML or /* */ in CSS). This combined with one or two other HTML/CSS/JavaScript Resources provides a comprehensive introduction to web design, though! Just be sure to allow yourself time to learn, absorb, practice, and work on the assignments. Plug into the community with detailed information when you have questions and you will be fine! :D
Really good
Explanation is really good. Some more assignments were required
great teachings but somewhat improvement in the use of technology
Nice, the assigments were a little too easy in some cases and the last part with javascript it was a little too quick with all the code to make the webpage dynamic. But in general you learn all the basics to amke a full website with html/css/javascript.
Very good course. Lots of useful tips on how to set up an efficient development environment. This course has a lot of knowledge and is very well taught.
A very interesting course in which you can learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You don't need a high level to start this course but you can learn a lot.
My first web developing class.
Great course, covers a lot of areas. Things do get quite advances, particlarly later on in the Javascript modules so you might have to watch it a few times. Yakoov does a great deal of explanation in order for you to understanding, but somethings might not sink in straight away. The assignments are a great way to troubleshoot issues and their is great support on the discussions fourm. Would recommend. Thank you!
Course which learnt in best way!
Yakoov is one of the best instructors I ever had on coursera. I am planning to take additional courses from him as instructor. This class is great. I was expecting just the a basic refresher course on the basic web technologies, but I ended up getting more than what I expected. The coverage is just enough to getting off the ground and explore more complex topics. Also, the responsive design coverage was completely appropriate and timely, at least in my case. I highly recommend taking this class and others offered by Yakoov Chaikin.
A very thorough and interesting course. Prof. Yaakov is incredibly talented and keeps the lessons dynamic and he goes into details without making it tiresome. I'm happy to have discovered it and I would definitely recommend it to others, pure 5/5 rating.
Great course !
Awsome Loving it..Hope to brilliant websites after the tutorial...
Great course!!!
I also went through a couple of other universities that provide the same course, But this is the best of all. Easy and simple as well.
Really stimulating course and very much worth the time and effort needed to keep up the pace.I took advantage (due to illness) of the possibility of retaking the course, and am grateful for the chance to have finished all the weeks after the pause.Very impressed by the lecturer's enthusiasm and help.
This course is really well thought and organised.Thank you very much for the course
Great deep & wide view on topic of the course! The example site for Restaraunt is excellent!
This is real HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers! Great course!
Learning a lot, very fast. Thanks Yakov!
Very well explained and lots of details to understand (not to mention that all the course has examples that can be downloaded from github).
Well organised and presented, but the assignments need to be "meatier". There's almost no actual coding involved, very little scope to practice what we learned.
From Shallow to Deep.A complete course for web development.
As far as I've just finished the second module - I'm amazed!The mentor is great, the information is awesome, the practical part is helpful and useful... I'm very glad I've enrolled to the course.And even though I'm a TOTAL beginner at web design, I started to understand what it is all about and how it works.I build up fresh plans for my life using the new possobilities I well learn at the course.Thank you very much.I really enjoy it))
GREAT COURSE.......Learning alot
Wonderful course
Finally it's simple to understand! Thank you for your work!
It was a great experience for me to learn about new technologies. Thank you very much.
A perfect gateway into web development. I would recommend this course to anybody who deals with websites in general. Even if you are not a developer, you can take this course just to know how websites do the things they do. It's concise yet very complete, and very rewarding.All the content is structured very well: the topics are divided into small morsels, if you will, perfect for learning. The instructor, Yaakov Chaikin, is one of the best teachers I have come across and the assignments are engaging and pose just enough challenge to help you learn. Five stars any day.
Very clearly explained.
Great course, learned a lot of new concepts
Really great course with detailed illustration and excellent organization!
Informative, detailed and well constructed together with well timed responses from the community,the course components marry well together!!!
The best course in coursera!!!!
Lessons are really easy to understand and the material is quite professional.
very detailed. much better than the Hong Kong University's one
Good Course for beginner !
Well developed and fast paced. This course is for intermediate students. Prof. Chaikin has a thorough understanding of how all of the pieces (HTML, CSS, JS, design, photography, and copy editing) work together to create a useful and engaging web site. You will also pick up and learn to use great tools along the way: GitHub, Sublime Text, and BrowserSync among others. The instructor is engaging and gregarious, as keeps in touch with the discussion forums.
One of the best courses I have ever taken. Yaakov explains everything so clearly and and uses examples that make you fully understand all terms. Also all content is wrapped up by a project - a real project, a real website that you create from scratch and by the end of the course you 've got it ready, working and functionable.Thanks Yaakov for the exceptional material and your effort and thank you coursera for offering the opportunity to take this course even with no money at all!
There should be a 10 star rating! This is the coolest course on web developing! Yaakov's teaching approach makes coding fun and interesting. Thus, it helps me, as a beginner, to absorb the lesson without tensions or fear of failure, but, instead, full of excitement in exploring the world of coding.Many thumbs up!
Tutorial is very good.Explanation are really easy to grasp
Excellent course! Thank you, Yaakov!
Very good course! I have tried different coding classes online, to differing degrees of success.This course had 2 benefits in my eyes:1) Realistic, yet actual deadlines. Self-paced stuff is great too, but its also good to have a certain time that assignments need to be done.2) It helps you set up dev environments! Hard to find good walkthroughs of that. This class has walk-throughs in the beginning, but you also do it a few times throughout the course.
that was good
Excellent material, very well explained. Useful and practical approach.
Very good teacher, he knows the subject and how to transfer his knowledge to the student.
Very well explained!
Great lectures and the coding assignments solidify the new knowledge. Lots of context so that you can identify the tools of the trade.
Learning so much in this course. The lectures are very informative and fill out the info you need to complete each component. The lecture style makes it a much more rounded learning experience than just a straight online coding course. Thanks to all who put it together, can definitely recommend it.Make use of your ability to review the content as it does move quite fast and there is a lot of information to retain before you get to put into practice what you have learnt.
Awesome! Yaakov is very entertaining, but still educating.
Great course! Covers a lot of useful topics to build your own site. Good speed and doesn't contain useless talks about nothing.
One of the best course in Coursera
easy to understand and the teacher is very cute
Very good course! Well structured!
Great course. Instruction was clear. Information had great depth for an intro course. Gives you enough to build basic webpages and begin to explore nonbasic concepts on your own.
Great course, very instructional
An exceptionally comprehensive but concise course on Web Development.
really useful!!!
This is the best Intro to web development course on Coursera. The other courses don't take the time to explain the whys.
Arguably one of the best courses online for web design and JavaScript! Highly recommended for beginners.
This is a really great course. The teacher makes it a passionate, interesting and, above all, friendly experience.One of the most complete and thorough courses I've found on this topic.
I really can't believe this is free to access... Awesome course.
Javascript would be better!
It's really great. I used to programme backend application in Java EE and modern frontend was a kind of magic for me. Now I understand!Thanks a lot.
Great course. I learned a lot.
Excellent course! Mr. Yakov Chaikin is a great instructor. Many thanks to him!!
Nice introduction to web programming. Module4-easier version assignment is really too much easy.
This is one of the most detailed online courses I have ever taken. Great job!
This course is awesomely good. And hats off to u Mr. Yaakov for ur efforts. One request is that, atleast for the person persuing the course for free should be given some kind of certificate for completion of this course.
wonderful course....this is the first time I think I wold be able to complete a course....keep up the good work sir.
Excellent course, good structure very easy to understand.
I really loved the way HTML 5, CSS 3 and Bootstrap was taught! Great job there. I just wish javascript was covered in more detail.
Perfect - superbly explained, well paced, thorough without being overwhelming and offers some intuitive and rewarding assignments.
Very practical course, a lot of resources to your disposal, all information is very clear, you have a forum to ask any question and the professor answers really fast.! I can't believe it but i'm getting a lot of fun learning how to program with this languages! Also, the professor speaks english very clear which is great for me as i'm from México and i have no a perfect english. There is also an option to put subtitles on, but, at least for me, is kind of annoying read subtitles and listen to videos at the same time.
Amazing course!!!
Really fun journey through web development.
good course
I liked it, but still a little advanced for me. Starts simple, but I recommend starting somewhere else for Java if it is new to you.
Excellent course! Learnt a lot when I actually got to see a website being developed from scratch!
I like this course it is very easy because of the trainer
Fantastic first step into Web Dev! Yaakov is a talented teacher who is clearly comfortable enough with the course material to teach effectively. I have learned so much in the past 5 weeks and I will definitely be signing up for more courses!
The Best Course For beginners.Thanks.
This is a really great course... I had some experience in Front End, and still, through this course I got many insights and got better understanding of several Front-End aspects. Thumbs up!
High level (at least for me), but very well explained. I really like rating and being rated by other students. World class course!
solid teaching style where you mostly see code being worked out instead of see the teacher talk. he uses the command line, github and browser sync, which are all pretty useful. i wasn't too familiar with the extras, but it was a friendly introduction into how all 3 could be tied into HTML/JS/CSS.
All I have to say is: Excellent course!!! I would highly recommend it to anyone :D
This course has made me more confident about my web development career.Thanks to coursera for providing such platform for the learners.and off course a big thanks to the instructor Mr. Yaakov Chaikin and the community.
It is a very good course. It is loaded of many guided examples.
A lot of information comes at you pretty fast. Which provided me with plenty of practice backing up the video to repeat some parts. I'm not complaining, but it was a pleasure to have code available to follow during Dr. Yaakov's lectures.This is a good initial course into HTML, CSS & JavaScript.I'm hoping to find a continuation of this course in the future.
Very good and useful course for beginners in front-end development
Good course to get some knowledge about the web technologies foundations.
Very clear explainations. A good quality course!
Really good
excellent course highly useful for beginners.
Incredible! Not only does this course teach you how to develop a webpage in detail but it makes it so much more fun and convenient to understand all the codes. Thanks to the professor a million times for this course! Even though I've just passed my 12th grade I'm not having any problems learning or understanding this and trust me, I'm not a topper. I'm an average student but this course was exceptionally easy to understand! Thank you!
Good overview and gave me all the cards to do thing by myself
I think this course and lectures are excellent i have ever learned on Online course.I am able to learn a lot of pretty much of things which i never learn before.Thank you Coursera and Johns Hopkins University to brings this course to us!
great course
Nice videos that make the course easy to follow. The HTML and CSS are very good starting points to learn about these lenguages. A little more info on JavaScript would be nice though. The instructors are very helpful and are willing to help you if you get stuck in the assignments.
Great course! I enjoyed it a lot!
Great course.
Its Very interesting . I am able to get almost every thing and able to use it.
Lectures are nicely short and straight to the point without any redundant explanation.I feel I am learning a lot of information on each lecture.Quizzes are short and great. Also, they help me to kind of review the lecture right after I watch them.
Great course for beginners. First half is really good, but the second half looks slightly unaccomplished.
Excelent professor and course
It's very good!
Great course! Yaakov is excellent teacher and quite entertaining.
Great Course, and well taught as well!
If you're looking for practical web-development skills, clear explanations, and plentiful examples, this is the right course you should enroll in. Highly recommended for those who don't have any experience in web-development like me lol.
Most Effective Course.... Thanks a lot....
Extremely useful . I will complete it .
It is a great course, it helped me link all the things I learned from different sources and make something out of them!
Besides the Course been very good, I thing it could be a little bit harder. After watch the lectures of Module 3, I got sad because the Assignment didn't asked for a lot of things we have learned.
This course was taught in a very professional way. I liked the style the instructor moved from one concept from other. This Course was worth my time as it turned out much better than i expected and i learnt a lot from this course. Thank You Coursera for such a wonderful course.
Excelent course! The professor Yaakov is an awesome teacher! The content of the course is very good!
Good Course and Prof. Yaakov is really great!!
Wow! Awesome information!
it's very good for me to understand the principle of the HTML, CSS, Javascript...
Prof. Chaikin is great and funny! Learned new things even as an experienced developer.
Excellent Course and Perfect Prof. Yookov Chaikin :) :like:
A really nice course!
Excellent course and delivery in easiest style of teaching and practice... :-)
Very well structured course! The best on front-end I've taken so far!
Thank you for this course! it is helping me understand HTML, CSS and JavaScript from a working point of view, and it shows me how I can combine all the languages beautifully.before I started this course I didn't have the confidence I would succeed as a developer, now I feel more optimistic.thank you!Aled
Perfect Course for someone like me to start web development from scratch! Great videos! Thanks for carrying out this course.
Excellent course and the presentation for the information was presented in a clear and progressive manor.
I liked the Course.
Very well structured and covers content from the root. Amazing professor. *Respect*
Great course, great explanation and very enthusiastic teacher
Very interesting and very well presented!
Awesome lectures and drills. Also, very useful materials. Perfect to me as a home-based worker. I'll recommend this to my friends and mentors. Kudos Coursera!
Very good session on the basics and Javascript. This gives overall good idea on the Web application development.
Good course for all developers.
Good course
Great course! I've learned a lot! Even I'm from China and my English is rusty.
Very effective. Helps in learning extremely well.
Really like this class. In addition to the basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript taught in this class, the instructor gave us lots of useful web site to get more resource in the future. The class is well-paced. I only wish that the class is longer say 8 weeks so it can cover more in-depth discussion about JavaScript. Also I wish the last two homework are more challeng
This is a very comprehensive course (based on my personal experience with Coursera at least) that goes into relevant detail on the topics it covers, but without wasting time on unnecessary trivialities. The delivery is clear and engaging, so if you're interested in the matter, you won't get bored. The material covers all the right topics for an up and coming web designer, providing the right amount of information for a confident start and plenty of pointers where and how to expand on the knowledge provided. Another point in favor is the frequent and valuable engagement of the professor and his teaching assistants in the discussion forums, unlike some other courses that feel abandoned by the staff once they start. In closing, I've checked out several web design courses on Coursera and if you can choose only one, this one would definitely be my pick from all the ones I enrolled in.
Excellent presentation of material!
Amazing course!
Absolutely not apropriate for very beginners. Lacks explanation of "why" through all the videos, simply giving you information to remember "If you do this, this will happen". Such a structure of explanations doesn't give freedom in the future to do something different, as you don't get a general understanding of what you do.Additionally, all course is tought in Mac. Some commands are different for windows, and they were not even mentioned in the videos! I did not sign up for this course to be forced to spend hours in Google, trying to find how to do something, that supposed to be explained in the lesson.Overall, the course absolutely lacks attention to windows users and is not appropriate for absolute beginners.
amazing proffesor!
A course without tedious learning of tags, styles, properties and js commands that tries to give you an overview of developing front end of a single page web app.
Very, very interesting course.
It's awesome
Very clear and structured material delivered by a great lecturer. Close-to-real-life examples and advices concerning cutting edge developing tools are really helpful.
A good course for beginners, consisting mainly of following along as the instructor demonstrates code. The assignments are short and largely restricted to modifying supplied code. This is a necessary restriction of the peer-review grading process: the problem must be highly constrained in order for an untrained person to quickly grade it. You could certainly learn a lot by completing extra examples from a book or other resources, but this is not required to pass the course.
Great Course!!
Very clear, useful information and resources from instructor.
This was a good course. The most valuable parts were the practical tips: using the Chrome developer tools, showing console.log(), etc. The first two assignments were challenging and fun. The last two on javascript were a bit less useful, but overall a very good course.
I'm in the first week but I find it to be fun and very informative. Everything has been explained in great detail. Very happy for this introductory class. Thank you.
Very well done. Yaakov explains the concepts well and demonstrates everything with good examples.
The instructor is great and I had fun watching Yaakov. I've also learnt a lot of stuff. I wish course would be a bit longer and contained a bit more challenging assignments. Especially those ones which are in the middle of week.
This is the best course ever. I learned so much! Thanks to Johns Hopkins University and Yaakov Chalkin.
This course, HTML CSS JS, benefits me effectively in many ways:HTML: I learned most updated HTML here with a little over 60 minute lectures; wohich otherwise may take me weeks to read two or three books with many redundant chapters.CSS: I have to admit I need more time to be proficient about it. Styling, floating, DOM traversing, ..lots of CSS features that I learned are essential and with just about two hours of lecture.Javascript: A language I am familiar and strange to it until I went through all the lectures. Two ways of function definition; object data type; used to confuse me and now they become clear and dynamically typed Javascript has become one of the language I can write.
Great course!
I wasn't being fair on my review, it was my mistake that I didn't see this is a part of a bigger course. I feel like it doesn't deserve 5 stars because the way the exercises were made didn't help me retain information. I feel like the students should do more.
This is the best course I have encountered so far. The instructor, Yaakov clearly explains the theory, and demonstrated them through actually developing a restaurant website. Even for an experienced web developer, there is something to learn from this course. I strongly recommend this course to anyone who would like to enhance their web development skills. Thanks to the Yaakov and Coursera to sharing this course.
The best classes I have ever had. I enjoyed every single lessons in the class, the assignments and grading other students assignments were fun. The last assignment is quite challenging, but it is worth learning. At the end of the class, I feel like I am a real developer, and ready for real world challenges. I highly recommend anyone to take this class.
For the last 7 months, I've been enrolled in all of Coursera's courses related with Front-End Developing and this one is so far the best course ever. This course is very well structured, it's hands on, and get you ready for "real world" development what is great. Yaakov Chaikin is a great instructor, explains well, is engaging and get to the point. It is a very demanding course and you will need to dedicated more hours per week to watch all videos (then what you usually you need in these kind of courses), so you will need to be committed to do it but in the end you will learn tons.Thank you for the Johns Hopkins University team for doing such a great job and a special thanks to Yaakov Chaikin!
This course is very usefuld cause it covers the basis and so much deeper and very well explained. I just found a big leap between modules 3 and 4, the difficulty increases!
I don't think it could be better. Very demanding and interesting, you will certainly learn a lot if you take this course.
Great course that will introduce you to HTML, CSS and Javascript. Fast paced and good exercises with force you to use your knowledge and imagination.
really awesome !!!
It's a great course and I could learn a lot for starting to be a web developer.
Best class ever!!
Assignment were very easy
I am very appreciated for creating this course! It was very helpful and exciting for me!
Great Course with lots of material to learn.Though many videos to watch in each week.
Great Course! very practical and well designed.
Great course, very detailed but also clear
Very clear, very well organized course for beginning web developers. I have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript, plus some other stuff (command line, git, databases, servers, etc.) and it was easy to get started and understand the content. I really appreciate how well organized the course materials are, and how the course progresses without leaving you struggling to put critical pieces together.
really helpful! Good explanations and examples! Makes you to dive in and explore the whole process from the beginning to the end.
Excellent Course! Start from basics and go in depth. Tons of great interactive examples!
Awesome! the way the course teaches and assignments are very impressive. I liked it.
I really like the course!Simple and easy to understand.Thank you very much for your hard work!
Excellent course from real web programmer!
Just Amazing, I have learned so much from this course.
Awesome Course and Awesome Instructor !!!
usefull information
Great explainations from basics to more advanced knowledge. Nice work!
I'll review 5 star because even tho we are LOTS of people Yaakov and the assistant both take the times to clear our questions on Discussions. Yaakov takes us on an amazing tour for our web client! His explanations on videos are great and has really taught me not just to code, but to do it as efficiently as possible. This course and Yaakov are amazing! Thanks for putting this up and for listening to us!
Great!
I already suggested this to my friends. :)
Really good course!
Nice way of teaching :D
It was one of the best courses I have taken so far and the instructor for this course Mr. Yaakov Chaikin is one of the best teachers. This course starts from the very basics and touches even very advanced topics before you even know. This course is complete in itself and encompasses all the topics that might be required at the time of practical implementation and makes you ready enough that you can start building a website from the scratch just after it's completion.
Great course, it cover a lot of point .
so far its great just a step to fast sometimes .
This course is really great !
Great course
That's the best course I've taken (and I've taken a few). Thank you Mr Yaakov Chaikin!
Great course! If you’re a complete novice it won’t be easy, be ready to work hard. But it's worth your efforts. A lot of practical and really up-to-date information about web development.Many thanks to Yaakov and his team!!
Programming courses had never been that interactive. Absolutely in love with this course
Best CSS Tutorial on the Net!!!!
really good instructor
This is a great course to learn basic, or if you are intermediate and want a clear explanation on what things are and how they work. The key to being a great web developer is is understanding the functionality of your website and how people see in in many devices views. This is the course to find out all the details and make it a part of your web development. I would recommend it to any one who needs these skills.
Thank you so much, Mr. Yaakov,you are Great and your lectures are awesome!I am new in programming and I have learnt a lot for your lectures and never give up!
Changed to five star because it really was that good. Thank you for this course.
it's a five star Course :)
The material in this course was presented very methodically and accurately. Yaakov is an enthusiastic instructor, offering encouragement and motivation when topics get complicated. I appreciate that he thoroughly explained topics without brushing over details. Great foundation to layer more knowledge on!
Great course!
This course does a really good job of teaching HTML and CSS, as well as the basics of Javascript to beginners. I used it as a refresher course for what I learned in the Web Design 1 & 2 courses from high school and it covered just as much material in only a few weeks. Videos are really easy to follow and you are given step by step instructions on how to create your projects. Not a difficult course and it teaches you the basics so that you are prepared to further your skills in more advanced areas.
The instructor does well to structure the course to focuses on important concepts. His explanations are clear and expectations are reasonable.
clear, fun, and practical !
Five stars for that course and special thanks to mr. Chaikin for his skill to tell complex things with simple words.
Very good course, and amazing teacher :D
Nice! I hope I can learn a lot form this course!
Very good, great teacher
Great course! Great lecturer!
Unbelievably in-depth and well structured. I love this man. My only regret was that I believe I bought the recommended text books directly from amazon by mistake, instead of the referral links provided by Professor Yaakov :(
The videos and classes are very understanding, helpful and dynamic. I like it a lot.
Great course, I really enjoyed it! Even though I've done a bit of front-end web development before, the class gave me a solid foundation in the core concepts and I learned a lot. I would highly recommend it to others.
A really enthusiastic and a practical course. The presenter does a good job in presenting the course.
Great overview course! It provides a good starting point for you on front-end web development.
Great course!, great teacher!. My mind it's getting clearer now
Nice Teacher! He's explain very well.
This has been one of the most exciting online course that I've experienced in quite a while. Mr. Yaakov has been brilliant , and all his lectures are wonderful and keep us interested without the sense of boredom.I'd like to thank him and Coursera for such a brilliant course.
Very comprehensive course.Thank you
Really good course!
Really enjoyed course and lecturer's style, but had an inexplicable craving for Chinese food throughout.
It is reallyy awesome.. When I started, I didn't know anything about web design. Now I can design a website !!! Thanks to the course!
I totally learned web development !!!Great Lecturer.
Very well organized lecture.
This covers provides excellent coverage of the most fundamental concepts of front-end development. The presentation style in the lectures was very clear and easy to understand and the information in the lectures themselves, particularly the ones on CSS and Javascript, was quite comprehensive. I have learned much more about CSS than I ever knew before and have even been able to apply that knowledge in my full-time job as a software engineer. This has all been possible thanks to this course. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is looking to understand much more about front-end development.
The course is a good opportunity to get started with html, css and javascript. Personally I would have liked more time doing more smaller assignments. If you are totally new in this it might get somewhat fast. But of course that's the reason to start the challenge!
Very Good course. Loved the way lectures were delivered.
Enjoying the learning experience so far
Great course, great material and very fun to watch! Show real examples and keep us always motivated to follow! Thanks very much!
really detailed course work with good foundation. better than being in a classroom.Still learning and aspiring for greatness.Kudos all!!!
Wonderful course. thoroughly informative and the discussions page really helped me to overcome several annoying small problems
So far the best course on HTML, CSS, and Javascript! Great instructor, very good design and structure.Some concepts (especially on the topic of CSS) were presented in really great detail, even a somewhat experienced web developer might learn something new.
Very brief and clear course structure and the assignment do test my understanding on the course well.
I only enrolled so I can watch some of the CSS videos. I never formally learned CSS so some of the attributes are fuzzy for me. Not sure how comprehensive this course. I am pretty sure that more can be done in CSS but the course still did a really great job of explaining all the common attributes. It is very clear for me now... and they are good lessons for beginners because it's thorough but not overwhelming. Disclaimer: I have not done any of the assignments; I just use what I learned in other projects.
This was such a great learning experience. I really liked the way Yaakov has structured the course and made it so much interactive. Learning while building a real web application is so much cool! Looking expectantly at AngularJS course now!
Very Helpful Course.
Great course! Highly recommended.
HTML and CSS courses are very well structured and detailed, showing how to build responsive pages from scratch and giving real life example of a SPA. It is of good help get us used to think separately client and server responsabilities and use APIs. Great as a starting point to javascript, presenting many aspects of it.
Wonderful course. Went more in-depth than I expected, had great content and explanations.If I might make a suggestion, I think this course would fit better into a six week format. That would allow for the assignments to be more involved and closer to the lectures in terms of richness.
It is one of the best courses I ever took on Coursera. Great Work !
I loved the experience in this course
One of the best classes I've had the pleasure to have.
the course is excellent
It's been really fun to go through this course and learn HTML, CSS and JS basics. The teacher is the best, has a good sense of humor and a great method of teaching. I'd reccomend this course to anyone who wants to learn the basics of these technologies and have fun at the same time.
great course for beginners. Highly recommended.
Great Course and great teacher. Excellent explanations. if you are looking for a good JS course for fundamentals, do not miss module 4.
Great course! Packs quite a bit of useful, practical information for the learners in a light-hearted style that holds the learner's interest. The videos are just the right size. And most importantly Yaakov has a great sense of humor, refreshing, quite unusual for MOOCs...thoroughly enjoying the course so far!
Very well presented and detailed
I know you don't know me at all.But you have to trust me on this one: The prof is amazing and course is awesome!
Yaakov is a life-saver. I come from scientific computing background ( Python/C/C++/Fortran ). He is very funny and to the point in the lectures to get your hands on in no time. Thanks for this awesome course!
because I am remembering, which already use and understand how the best way to use.
Thank you for this free course.
One of the best courses I've ever taken! Just amazing!
I had a couple of Coursera courses before. But, I never found any courses as interesting and knowledgable as this course. Contents are so accurate and taught by Prof. Yaakov in a very enthusiastic fashion which makes me stick to the course. Great Work! Looking forward to finish the course!
Very satisfied with lecture material. Great job!Thank you, Yaakov
this course has provided me with the necessary tools to do my job better. Thank you
Explain every well. It will be great to have some programming exercise.
Good Course, the professor goes into the inner workings of HTML and CSS.
Excellent course. The explanation are very accurate and easy to understand.
You can't get any more generous than this course. It gives you tons of knowledge, tons of practice, tons of meaningful projects to do.If you have started this course a beginner and have since then religiously following the course materials and activities, you'll emerge an intermediate level developer who will be on the right track to building more advanced web applications.
Excellent course covering not only basics and most useful features of the languages, but also principles on wich popular libraries are based. Assignments are easy yet engaging.
useful and clear
Great course to learn html, css, js and ajax in less than a month. It was very helpful and effective to develop a commercial website. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to develop front end web applications.
Excellent introductory course! Content well explained, good examples, good course.
Very interesting course, and information is easy to understand, yet really useful.
Great course, very well done and lot of stuff in it. There's a great job done by the teacher in planning and organizing everything, always very clear in the lessons and using clear examples to explain the concepts. My only suggestion would be to divide the last week into two different weeks, since there is lot of material in there, and cover a bit deeply Javascript language.
Fantastic course
Excellent .This is my first course in Coursera and I am liking it very much....
This course was great in terms of material composition and the lecturer! I learned a lot and will definitely recommend it to others. I'm also taking the AngularJS course, because I really liked this one!On the down side: in my opinion, the assignments (especially week 3 & 4) could be more challenging, as the course is targetted at web developers, so people familiar with coding. I found them quite easy. I understand that the last assignment was aimed mostly at forcing students to view all the lectures or get familiar with the provided code, but doing something bigger for the assignment (or at least without such obvious hints) would be a nice challenge and bring more value to the certificate, I think.Splitting week 4 into two with separate assignments is also worth considering, as there was a lot of material covered in the last week, in my opinion (but I may be biased, as I went through the last week in a hurry, because I was late with my assignment).
Awesome course! Great learning opportunity with Hands-on!!
First of all the instructor had a really well put together material and equipment (sound was clear, the slides made sense, there was live coding in some lectures).The assignments where challenging enough in weeks 1, 2, and 3.For the 4th week however, I found the assignment a little difficult due to lack of explanation caused, in my opinion, by the fact that the we only had one week to introduce JavaScript and ajax.Overall I definitely recommend this course to someone trying to enter the web development scene
One of the best courses I must say. Yaakov Chaikin, a name that I have become familiar, since he coded so much, was absolutely phenomenal. I wish I was at JH, taking a class right now from him, or consulting with him. He was very thorough and did an incredible job. This course is great for people who want to delve deep into CSS and JS, and AJAX. I want to take more classes in AJAX now I have learned the fundamentals.
Very eay to follow and an excellent profesor
concise and clear, the right way to learn.Thank you.
Fourth week of the course was too much to handle and imbibe.Could not practice and complete within stipulated time
Great course! Very well organized. Lots of useful information. Gives you a peek at real world application.
This was an excellent course. I thought I knew html, css and javascript but this course gave me a much stronger foundation. The instructor is very good and I think no matter where you are in your learning, you will be able to gain quite a bit.
The course was great. Everything is explained simply yet with a great amount of detail. The staff was superb in their support and responsiveness. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the length. I feel like the JS/AJAX portion could/should be two weeks instead of 1.
Great course! I've done quite a few front-end online courses but nothing beats this one. Clear concepts, good explanations and a great real life project.
This was a really great course, i learned so much, and it was really interesting and very well explained. I will be taking any more courses done by Yaakov! Really excellent course, thank you so much.
Yaakov and the teaching staff answer everyone's questions with details! Great.
10 out of 5 stars! Yaakov, you are the best teacher in the world, and this is the best course in Coursera. If only this course lasted a bit longer than four weeks. I would really love to see you teaching just JavaScript in depth.Many, many thanks to you and all the stuff crew in creating this course.
Excellent course! Lots of well explained material, engaging quizzes and assignments and even a field trip!
Great Course!!!
It's explained beautifully. The optional quizzes show you some neat tricks / easy to miss information. And the pacing works really well for me.
Excellent course. Highly recommended.
A very solid course on HTML, CSS, JavaScript with Bootstrap and AJAX! I've never learned so much. Yaakov Chaikin does a great job explaining everything in great amount of details.
Really informative and helpful in giving a good understanding to the basics in HTML, CSS and JS!
Really good course. Nicely structured, and shows clearly the main concepts. Thank you!
Great course! I have enjoyed every week. I will miss you Yaakov. Regards and good luck!
The course was enjoyable! Teaching instructor was great at explaining the concepts and examples. Hands-on assignments were helpful.
I have been using web technologies for quite some time now and I was one of those people who are writing html/css/js without really understanding what is going on behind the scenes. The course helped me fill in the gaps in my knowledge.The lectures go at a nice pace and explain as much as possible without getting tedious. They are very practical, no dry theory.The assignments don't require huge efforts.Well done!
Appreciate this course!!!! I have been given a foundation and will continue to build upon my understanding. :)
It is very concise straight to very important points which you could easily expand further by yourself.
This course is awesome!100% recomended.
Excellent course! Good mix between theory and practice. The hands-on examples are actually useful and relatable to day-to-day programming tasks. Even if you're an advanced programmer there are still things to discover, which makes this course even cooler.
I really like the course specialty the beginning, the only thing that could be better its just the last assignment, I'm pretty sure, it could be interesting start developing the code from the scratch.Great job and thank you
The best overview I've ever seen on these topics!
I have completed plenty of HTML, CSS and JS courses/tutorials before and this one beats the rest hands down! The assignments could've been more challenging when compared to the quality of the lectures, but overall the course is still exceptionally good!
Great Course! Very informative videos with great explanation and examples.
The Ajax part was my favorite part of the course, i'll not give a five star because third week for me was a little to much talk, i know its importante to talk about getting specs with the client or following a wireframe, but we have another courses for that, and sometimes thas was not how it happens in the real world
Great intro to web development
it is a greate course of web dev
Nice course. The last week should be split into two with more comprehensive js examination.
Really great course! The professor makes it very easy to learn, especially if you know nothing about web development and you need to learn really quick!
nothing to complain about this course , invaluable course in coursera.orgI hope he turns this course into specialization with multiple courses
One of the best courses on Coursera.
This course, although it takes only four weeks, provided me with knowledge of concepts that are key to understanding, for example, css and js classes. I did several courses on html5/css/js before, but never heard about some core things explained here, and only now I start getting the global picture. With that knowledge, the further details are easy to look up in documentation. Thank you for choosing this approach and keep that on!
Complex concepts explained in a simple and easy to understand. Simply incredible.
One of the best courses I had on Coursera. I would personally recommend this.
This course is very thorough and well-paced for learning front-end web development.
Great! keep teaching!
Thanks, great course
One of the best Coursera courses I've taken so far. The quality of the contents is second to none - Not to mention the way they're presented is simply outstanding.If I had to come up with areas of improvement, I'd probably say that the length the weekly sections is a little bit overwhelming. Actually, I think the contents of this course should be split into two separate courses on their own so the various concepts can be absorbed in a more efficient way.I've really enjoyed going through this course and I must say I've definitely accomplished all the learning goals I set for myself at the very beginning.
The course is easy to follow and presents a lot of useful information. The instructor is very good at it.
Nice format, excellent instructor, interesting tasks and exercises.
One of the best courses for web developers!
Very friendly and knowledgeable teacher. Great course. So many existing findings
i like the course
I didnt like this course. I found it to be confusing. Compared to other CSS JS HTML Courses such as the one from Michigan or Hong Kong Universities which are quite clear and crispt and refreshing, this seems like a work in progress. Confusing, convoluted, odd.HTML CSS JS Are Actually not very difficult.This course makes u question your own name. Makes you think basic math is Calculus. It needs work. Lots and Lots of work. I cant recommend it to anyone who is serious about learning JS HTML or CSS. It accomplishes the exact opposite.With regards to that Chinese Restaurant field trip. What the hell man? Is this a joke? Have the lady call 1800 Web . Com and have a cookie cutter just add water web site. This segment is silly.The rest of the segments? Confusing.
Great course!
Very comprehensive and pedagogic! I appreciate how Yaakov Chaikin explains every line of the code and he even brought us on a field trip.
well done!awesome!thank you :)
Very informative course. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get into web development to start here.
very good course!
Excellent training with good focus on responsive design and enthusiast trainer who likes to talk about his subject.
Brilliant course! Explains the basics of everything. Good enough to get you started in Front-end Web Development.
good work, even when my native language is spanish, this course was easy to follow and i learn a lot. totally five star.
Hello!I found this course very exciting!The lecturer's voice is clear and the video is excellent quality.The materials are interesting, well structured and practical.Many thanks for the team! =)
Awesome course! Thanks a lot!
The class is very well put together and the instructor does a great job explaining things. I enrolled in this class just to see how things worked on coursera and wanted to do that with a simple starter style course.Personally I think that this course should have stayed away from ui-toolkits and js frameworks (maybe just using something like normalize.css or reset.css). Maybe going into more things like @imports and writing maintainable html. css, and javascript. Anyway, it is minor i guess because in the end you still had to do some overriding of styles so you did write some of your own css.All-in-all it was a fun first course for me on coursera.
Entertaining and educational. I have enjoyed this very much!
Much fun to sharpen your skills. So far i have learned a lot from this course. Highly recommended to others.
Great course, you really get to learn the true basics of CSS and web developing. Great job guys!
Pretty good for the beginners.Yakov is really good tutor
I think this course is best of "HTML, CSS, and Javascript" courses on Coursera!Working with Git, going deep into objects and function in JavaScript, HTML/CSS/JS tricks and so on.
This is a fantastic course if you need to take your front-end development skills to the next level.
This is by far the best course I ever took. I learned in two weeks more than I would in a four month course.
I am learning a lot of things.Thank you Professor and thank you Coursera
Very good course!Assignments deserve to be longer and more challenging though
I am really enjoying the class so far. The professor and teaching assistants have been very responsive to questions in the forum. I've been looking for a HTML/Javascript course that wasn't a super beginner level course as I have some programming experience but am trying to learn more, and this class fits the bill. If you are very new to programming I wouldn't recommend taking this as the professor moves pretty quickly, but if you're like me and want to learn web development and have some programming knowledge under your belt, this class is made for you!
Great job! For a new course it is very well structured and presented. Thanks :)
Great course!
A very fun, practical, and engaging course!
It has been a great learning experience so far. Picking up a lot of new things, even after having been doing front end for a while.
This is an amazing course. If you want to master these technologies in a fun way, this is the course for you. What sets this course apart from the others is the way Yaakov demonstrates the whole web development process, including interacting with a real-world client and taking requirements of the application from her, doing the design and implementing a complete solution for her.
I highly recommend this course, the instructor is very eloquent and clear. You will gain solid fundamentals in HTML and CSS. You won't regret to enroll in this course. However, it is good idea you study by your side GIT and GitHub, to avoid frustrations with that part of the process.
Great insight into how everything works, what is important and how to code websites properly
Why 5 stars:1. The amount of effort to put the course together is evident. It is not easy to go over all the basics in such short videos but Yaakov has managed to construct the course in such a way that we have enough understanding to ask the right questions that we can then investigate.2. Practice quizzes after the lectures are very helful. They help us refresh the concepts and also give us a sense of confidence that we have understood the lecture.3. The on screen recording is done very well. No clutter or unnecessary clicks and easy to follow.4. Engages with students in the forums.Room for improvement:1. A cheat sheet document would be great. I am taking notes but wish I had an organized and concise document that contains the rules/syntax that need to be memorized.
This is my first course in Coursera and I am extremity happy with it. The teaching is excellent and i get remainders and updates to my E-mail on a regular basis. I never expected an online course to be this good. Thank you very much for that.
Professor makes learning very easy and engaging. Good content and course materials. I have learned so much in these last 2 weeks.
Great course! Thank you!
I am impressed and love the way this course is taught. Quick, entertaining, and engaging. Great job!
This is awesome. and you can learn a lot in leess than a month!!
I really like the structure of the course. Even though i had some experience with HTML and CSS before, this course definitely improved my understanding of the subject. I want to say thank you to the teacher, teaching assistants and everyone involved in creating of the course! Great job!
An excellent course! those materials are exactly what I want.
The content of the course is excellent. Descriptions are also excellent and very complete. The course has been created so that most people can understand what's happening here (even if you're new to programming).I'm only giving this 4 stars because there are some things that make this course too slow, in my opinion. I don't think you need to mention which file we are working on [after the first couple of times] because we can easily see that by the name of the file and the browser of Sublime. Those are a few seconds that are a waste of time.Secondly, I think that the questions in the practice questionnaires are a bit too easy. I didn't feel like they prepared me enough for the project at the end of week 2. You mostly ask if something is true/not which is too easy to guess. I think you would greatly improve the quality of the course if you designed some mini-situations. For instance (not sure if Coursera allows it), show a mini mockup and give 10 lines of code. Then ask how you will add another div to the top right of the mockup so that it aligns with the current code without breaking. Making those exercises not the same as your lecture code is going to help improve self-awareness. Currently, I think that people find it way too easy to select the right answer, since it's easy to remember what you said and what not.I also understand that you wanted us to like the page for good reasons (because you look an extremely radiant and happy person) but I think you oversold it a bit. You should have mentioned that once or twice, but no more. Seeing it in a few of the examples wasn't quite my cup of tea.On a good note, I was extremely [pleasantly] surprised when you did that real world project thing. That was an amazing idea and you're executing the details quite well (not writing 100% code on-screen, etc.). I really like how you sometimes say that we should look up the reference by ourselves, since that's what most programmers do (I study CS and after 3 years, plus a 6 month internship at a big company, this can't be more true).I'm definitely giving this a 5* if you fix the questions to be harder and a bit more different to what you said in the respective video. They should make you think. Also, some of them could be open answers, requiring you to recall classes/code by memory (or cheat by watching the video). It would be nice if the answer was in some reference, so people could learn to use that too.
Awesome course!!! Very informative. I have gone through other similar courses and this is by far the best one.
Good Course. Helps solidify the knowledge on HTML and CSS mostly
Awesome course covering fundamental concepts!!
This is a well thought out course and delivery by the lecturer is superb!
I would like to thank prof. Yaakov Chaikin and JHU team for clear and well-prepared lectures in this course.
Excellent Course. Excellent Content and Excellent Teaching.Impressed with the Tutor's command over the subjects. I can't ask for anything better.Thank you Sir!
I like everything - the information, the tempo, the presentation quality. Thank you.
Very efficient presentation in extremely clear and unambiguous terms.
There are few teachers whose lessons you remember for the rest of your life. Yakov is few of them. Absolute clarity, amazingly optimum content, passion to make course interesting and hell lot of hard work. Complete bow down. You are great and set an outstanding example of teacher. This course took me back to memories of learning Calculus on Coursera by Jim Fowler, You can't wait to finish the assignment you cannot wait to start new module. Absolute perfection.
Becoming Senior level professional within the next two years is very important for me. JHU Computer Science course will me reach that level.
I like this course a lot! Everyone should take it i'm from venezuela and i a almost graduate in computer science! I want to take it because it's always cool remember the basics and the way the professor make this course dynamically and fluid it's awesome! The professor has a great way fluid way to explain everything and he always add some humor to examples or quizzes and that makes it very cool. I can't wait to meet him in the angular course. Thanks you!
Great course and great professor.
It's amazing course for beginners
It's precise and easy to understand. Just love it!
I am super confident even with just two weeks into the course of coming out as a really skilled developer, and hopefully have a fairly advanced "developer's intuition". Best part is he has worked diligently on the minutest of details and been careful how on-line learning can be difficult.I have never done coding, and have often wondered what could be special to it.So.. guess the course approaches a specialisation successfully allowing retention of that "excitement & curiosity" that almost always is inherent to learning.Five stars already.
Nice course to get started with web development or refresh your memory.
I have learned the HTML and CSS before but the way you have taught this course makes me believe that this is the perfect course to get started with if you want to be a professional developer. This course has been a motivation to me and now I am enrolled into the another course (Single Page Applications with AngularJS ) by the same instructor. I am also planning to take more courses on coursera now.Thanks for such a great course!
Absolutely brilliant and very entertaining course, which at the same time uncovers a really useful set of tools + I really liked how easy Yaakov made the process of building a site look. This was clearly one of the best courses that I have taken on Coursera.
Very Good Course
Material was presented very thoroughly and the staff was quick to respond to any issues. Very good course!
best course about html, css, and javascript in Coursera.
Great
The content of the course is relative to its topics and very well designed and presented :)
Excellent Course but i was expecting some more content !! its very good
A lot of demo !
Very clear, structured and interesting material. Easy to follow and understand.
Excellent instructor. He has made HTML5, CSS and JavaScript easy.
I have learned so much in two weeks.. The course is very engaging and fluid.Thanks for putting this up together
Well done and easy to follow. The instructor is very engaging.
The instructor explains core topics very well, simply and straight to the point. He also answers some important questions for people who are learning to code for the first time. I've been learning coding online on and off for a year, and I wish I had taken this course straight from the start. Thanks very much.
Loving this course so far! Fairly in-depth, yet still easy to follow. Lecturer is easy on the ears and keeps one captivated
I like the style of speech because I think it influences on making up a mind of not over-complicating while coding, in theory of course. It is an excellent aspect of the course that there's an introduction to real life tools to used in the making g and use of the technologies taught. It is invaluable the exposition to a client interview process. I will like to overview other courses from this instructor.
One of the best courses I've taken on Coursera - it's straight to the point, very informative and comprehensive at the same time. The teacher is friendly and the kind of an expert who is able to pass on his knowledge in a simple way that everyone is able understand. I strongly recommend this course!
It's a great course ! I have learned a lot ! Thank you guys ! :D
Great
This course is great and shows a lot relevant details about HTML5
I'm in a web development for many years, but I learned all things in very unorganized way. This tutorial helps me to sort all of that.You deserved a Five stars.
Excellent course. Very well constructed. A lot of thought and effort went into this.
thanks a lot for the very interesting presentation and the photos.
I have learned the basics of climate science and gained a deeper understanding of climate change. I feel better prepared to have conversations about the state of our planet and to attempt to enact positive change for the environment. Thank you for making this course available and for the thought and planning that designing this program took!
this course is very important for me, it is a mixture of several sciences like energetic and chemical and other.. hope that i can carry for it !!
Thank you.
This course is important for climate change researchers. Kudos.
Really good course with useful information and case studies. Introduced new concepts that I was unfamiliar with. However, a few of the lectures were a bit tedious and difficult to concentrate on.
An important course to take given the current situation of climate change.
The quality of content, as well as the style and approach of the instructor made this course a valuable learning experience. Assessments were tough, but helped review course material thoroughly. Overall, I would recommend this course to those who are inclined to learn about climate science.
Very informative and well presented science. I understand so much more now!
The examples used were very understandable in relation to course materials. Very thought provoking material.
Pretty well presented through different views, sources and media. What could be improved upon is putting some effort into tying the disparate parts together and making a coherent course that flows seamlessly from part to part and shows how everything is connected to each other.
Good introductory course. I felt the wording of some of the quiz questions to be uneccessarily ambigous.
Though this course, l learned a lot about climate change and how to discuss this problem. Besides, the parts involving geography were explained in a charmingly simple and clear way. Above all, it was an extraordinary experience and I has recommended it to my best friends.
Very interesting course if you want to have an overview of how climate works. You will understand what we know but most importantly what we do NOT know on the subject. Sadly there was no feedback at all from teachers...
Really GREAT course. The presenters are ALL very interesting and this is a great condensed presentation of the topic. I wish everyone would take it!
I HAVE REALLY ENJOY THIS COURSE. THANK YOUPLEASE KEEP BRING MORE COURSE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.BRENDA
Really interesting!!
There is too much talk about climate change.
Lectures are interesting and understandable. It brought the role the ocean plays into sharp focus and told me things I had not heard before. Now if our politicians would just take the class!
A nice introductory course on climate change and its impacts.
A lot of useful information. Good educators.
this course was great and adequate.
Very nicely put together, informative course.
Nice, but very basic.
Great course to take! Learned a lot and the information given, is very creditable. Love it! :)
Very insightful course with lots of current information.
This is a very enjoyable and instructive course. The lectures are excellent, the videos are high quality, and the essays are interesting and not too long or intimidating. The links provided are very helpful; you can study the topic of climate change to whatever academic level you wish to.I live in Southern Africa, and believe me, climate change is having a dramatic effect on we who live here. Never mind 2100, the time of change is here, now - today.
Learned great things about climate change
Great broad introduction, with links to resources for deeper investigation.
Very thorough, straight-forward and entertaining course. Amazing number of outside sources worth discovering!
This was a great course! A variety of teaching styles (lectures, guest experts, videos, & readings), very well presented, & just fun. The "this is what I do for my research" bits add a personal touch, even tho this is a MOOC. Nicely done.
Nice course. Learnt a lot on topic. Eye opening.
Love that I could take this course at my own pace. Good as all the other AMNH courses.
Very professional !
This is an excellent course. It provides a clear explanation of many climate drivers. Dr Tillenger, especially, is worth listening to. Her clarity is exceptional and her enthusiasm (and concern) are infectious.
Our Earth's Future provides a very helpful introduction to climate science, and addresses issues of climate change in a highly accessible and well presented series of lectures and readings. The course helped to quiet the inner-war of current controversy relative to climate change, by clarifying the issues, and providing explanations to help settle, for me, the inner-debate. This is great course and the quality of instruction is, in my experience, impeccable. Thank you for providing this education to life-long learners who might be seeking to better inform themselves relative to climate change and the issues of controversy relative to global warming.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and it inspires me to do more to help the our Earth's future. I hope to be able to spread the word of science to others so that they can begin to make a difference. Great videos and explanations of some things I wasn't aware of til now. Maybe adding a what if scenario and how we could fix the issue or help would be a great assignment to add, covering everything we had gone over. But overall, thank you for a well informed course with so many links of information.[I have many of them saved in my bookmarks :-) ]
Great course! Interesting and informative, it was as much a public service as an academic endeavor. Nicely done.
Great class! Everything is explained in an intuitive manner. Highly recommended!
great course, clear and dinamic.
good recolection
Great introductory course to microeconomics covering free market supply, demand, cost curves and firm short run equilibriums.
worth your time and effort. some mathematical background required but professor Larry makes it very easy to understand the intuition behind the fo
Great course!
You can't help but like Prof DeBrock. Such a fun course!
Really liked the peer review process.
A useful elementary course.
Excellent teacher! Made microeconomics micro easy. Prof. DeBrock rocks!!!
Learned a lot about the fundamentals of supply and demand, and other related topics. Lectures were informative and enjoyable. Assignments tested fundamental knowledge. Recommend to anyone interested in the basics of economics.
Very impressive, The first course on Coursera. Good!
Excellent course with a great explanation.
Great instructor
Excellent intro to Firm Level Economics, great teacher.
This was a great refresher on micro economics. The online format was easy to navigate and the content was challenging. Really enjoyed the course.
Larry is really engaging. Great lectures.
a well thought-out best course... It's so enriching and engaging
Loved the course. Had a wonderful time studying!
I love the teacher!
I really enjoyed this course and definitely recommend it. The instructor was great. I am removing one star because I feel that it needs a little bit more of real problem solving and a small amount more of mathematical derivations.
Great professor and great videos, make this class very easy to understand and apply these concepts in the business world.
Complex. Bu
Good lecture, good material, but the peer review part is sucks...
Very articulate course
Very interesting course. Thanks Professor Larry DeBrock!!
It is well organized.
Loved it throughout! If you have an introductory background of algebra and differential calculus, you will love this even more. Professor really knows his job, and he is doing great. Thumbs up! Thank you very much professor.
nice course, with links to additional reading materials... well thought and good for busy person :-)
Excellent course! High quality video/audio and it is organized very well.
The concepts explained well and easy to understand.
Really good course!
I like this course
Very few topics are covered. Although all the topics that are included are explained very beautifully.
I thoroughly enjoyed Professor DeBrock's course. He did a fantastic job of illustrating important concepts without muddying the water with unnecessary jargon. I'm looking forward to continuing in the specialization with DeBrock at the helm. Thanks again!
good course to enroll in , will not disappoint you especially if you are new to economics , the instructor is very good and grading pattern is a lot of fun .not for economics major there is nothing in here for you folks ..
Awesome course and good instructor!I liked it a lot!
Great insights on the application of microeconomic theory to everyday decision-making. The application assignments makes the course more understandable.
This is a great course! Gary teaches always with a smile on his face and with great everyday life examples! I loved it because it provides great insights for corporations or ventures by linking econ. theories to businesses. Thanks a lot! Great teacher!
Please unlock case solutions in advance so we can assess our peers correctlyOtherwise great class with great references to other videos as well
Courses r very benificial but all courses are not freee
Professor is great at explaining complex notions. Very well structured!
I truly enjoy this course because I am using the knowledge I acquire during the lectures and applying it to complete assignments instead on relying on quizzes along to gauge my understanding. The assignments are based on real world examples.
A brilliant course, full of surprises and challenging ideas. I can't recommend it highly enough.
A wonderful way of understanding gender in Art. I was a complete beginner in this topic and now I feel I have tools to help me continue my training and to observe art differently.
Can't Describe The Awesomeness Of This Great Course ...The Great Relationship Between The History Of Art & The Vision To The Cultural History Of Countries ...I'm Really Speechless When I'm Seeing This Awesome Pieces Of Art ..No Words To Describe ...Thanks To Everyone Who Works On This Great Wonderful Course..Professor Jeanette Hoorn..All The Professors & All The Team Of The Course..Appreciate Your Hard Work A Lot ...Thank You So So Much ...
An excellent and thoroughly engaging course on disparate pieces of art within the context of gender and sexuality. The course allowed me to view artistic works within a cultural context that is deeply embedded yet often ignored .
Good course. Coming from a traditional art historical context/content. Which is still a very valuable methodology in this age of "Visual Culture"! Thank you.
A great course lead by very good teachers.
I learned a lot from this course! I loved how analytical it was and it was great to learn about the historical contexts of gender on the canvas. It has already made some of my museum visits much more interesting and thought-provoking. I will say that at times it would be difficult to follow the lecturers is the only issue I had with this course. Otherwise it was awesome.
Superinteresting subject, but since I did not have access to all the literature through the website I was not able to finish it unfortunatly
Great Course!
Very well illustrated and organized course. Points made very clearly. Good learning experience.
So good course with an excellent Staff,so thanks for all and specially for University of Melbourne to give me that chance.
I'm really enthused with the lesson cause I feel I had a general view before about this subject and now I m approaching the core. It;s been an issue that I was thinking a lot the last 2 years.
Very good information with a fantastic understanding of the variety of artists. However, I almost dreaded logging in to watch the lectures; they were often boring me to tears. Were this information presented in a more engaging way, this review would be much higher.
I really enjoyed this course. An added bonus--I now understand what "sensibility" really means as related to the novel, Sense & Sensibility" by Jane Austen. I hope this team comes up with a part 2 or another class.
I thought the course content was great; it gave me a new perspective on the works of art shown in the course. I also enjoyed the variety of art, styles and mediums used to teach the subject matter. Very interesting.
Some interesting lessons, yet a rather boring presentation as most faculty were reading their scripts, or seemed nearly jet-lagged in some lessons. Sound recording is sometimes also perfectible (echo due to large museum room).One may also take into consideration that the perspective given in the course is a bit "Australian-centric". I should have expected this as the course came from the University of Melbourne, but I have the feeling that some courses on Coursera feel a bit more "global"...
Mind-blowing !!! Thank you from the heart !!!!
Great Course! I loved looking at the art presented with a different context and understanding. Thanks so much.
it was nice precise and full of knowledge will help me in related field
Well framed excellent course, the teaching is lucid and practical for routine practice. Highly recommended.
Realy nice done! Very interesting an easy explained.
Thank you very much! It was very interesting for such a curios person like me.
The course is very interesting but includes essentials and basic principles only! That is why 4/5. But in terms of quality it's 5/5 only!
I enjoy learning in this class!
This course was extremely time consuming because a great deal of effort was required to translate it into something I could use. I had a great deal of trouble with following the lecture videos. The demonstrations of the tools were typed on a screen that was too small and the command line tools were executed so quickly that it's hard to see where the screen full of data came from. The lecturer had such poor pronunciation that lectures' transcripts show that the voice recognition software could not understand and transcribe a lot of her words. For example, "command" sounded like "comment" and likewise was transcribed that way. More seriously, it was hard to hear the difference between "VCF" and "BCF".
Great course
I would prefer the lecture command line notes too in presentations or any other files in each week modules. It was difficult for me to understand her way of teaching and I felt the lectures didn't flow correctly.
very information with hands on training exercises.
This is the worst course I've ever listened, and I've listened my fair share of online courses! Do this course ONLY if you want to complete whole specialization!Professor is simply awful, English is not her native language obviously, but even that is not the problem, she simply speaks sentences that doesn't make sense at all! And she obviously doesn't have computer science background, if she does then she is even worse then I thought.
this is a useful course
It was a useful course. A pity that the instructor makes so many mistakes when speaking, which makes sometimes a bit confusing to follow.
More in-depth explanation would be better. Reasonable projects, overall. Well structured.
Thanks for the great course. IT was just right level of easiness/hardness. While the quizzes were basic, the homework quizzes were hard but not unsolvable. These actually motivated to further spend time on familiarizing with the tools, whch is essential for home usage.Sometimes the videos had their length when we watched somebody else typing... that could have made better.
Awesome course. The skills taught will cut across not only in genomics but also, in other aspects. The discussion forum was amazing! The mentors and people who were doing the course at the period i did it were very helpful.
It gives a significant coverage of many important command line tools. Teaching level is not good, very difficult to follow.
I have learnt so much from this course.
Excellent course. Thanks :)
The video lectures are confusing and quizzes too
Coming in as a veteran coder of 2 decades, I thought this would be "easy". And, had I completed it using my own C/Python code, it probably would have. However I made the decision to stick with ONLY the command line tools and actually ended up learning a lot more about basic unix tools that I rarely get to use.Be prepared to knuckle down and REALLY learn a lot about the specific commands and what they provide as there are a ton of them. The instructor goes into a ton of detail on each one and the course is laid out in a nice flow starting with the basics and ending with a very challenging exam at the end that showcases an entire RNA-seq technique.With a bit more polish, it would be 5 stars, but as it stands there is a bit rough around the edges.I think this course should be #2 in the specialization as the underlying concepts of RNA-seq and how the tools fit together would have been invaluable while taking the current #2 course on Galaxy. I think that I can now go back and get 100% on the final project armed with the RNA-seq techniques that were not originally covered in my first run through the Galaxy content.
Th lecturer could be a little more engaging and the materials used during classes, if made available would help following it better, by replicating the examples being shown.
I recommend this course to be provided early along the Genomic Data Science Specialization, probably before "Genomic Data Science with Galaxy" as it would help make the later one much more easier to understand.
The worst course I've ever take in Coursera. I can pass the course all because I have some background of this topic. The lecture taught me NOTHING!Consider I just finish the previous course "algorithm for DNA sequencing" which might be the best course I toke in the Coursera, this course makes me very disappointed! If the previous course gives me the faith to continue learning something in Coursera, this course must be the reason that let me leave the Coursera left.I can't even understand why there are some guys give this course 5 stars. If there is -5 stars option, I'll put this score in front of the lecturer and tell her WHAT A BAD COURSE her give us.
Very detailed and simply explained introduction to work in linux environment for biologist
This is perhaps one of the most clearly taught courses I have had on Coursera. Thank you for putting in time to teach us!
Great introduction to command line. Even if you don't have some experience with Shell or know the programs, you can follow the course with some effort. The exams are great to remind the key concepts learnt during the module.
It is easy to learn the basic knowledge,And It is very useful
If you want to know the array of options of the various tools in the Tuxedo suite (and don't want to read a manual), then this course is for you. I was hoping that there would be some conceptual grounding in what each tool was useful for, but that was not present at all.
This course covers used of command line tools such as the Tuxedo suite. Just what I was looking for. The subject was well paced and the material covered appropriate. I felt confident at the end of the course that I had almost mastered something valuable. The discussions were not very active and I felt rather isolated, so I'm taking one star off for engagement.
Very informative course. Because I am new to this, it was at times confusing. But overall, great teaching and great experience. Thank you.
Very interesting and detailed course.Most I liked the tasks: they are very detaild. Thanks to them I've leraned a lot of new things.
very basic and useful command line tools for genomic data analysis.
Very bad or non-existent support
I learned a LOT from this class and the instructor is very clear.
The course content is very solid. It focuses heavily on the tools and technique, and there lacks the concepts and biology behind those tools. But I would guess there is some prior courses in this specialization explaining the concepts, though I didn't take them.The tools explained in this course is the most popular ones for handling up-stream analysis. They are the must-have ones for current bioinformatician jobs.The instructor, Dr Liliana Florea, did a great job, walking you through those tools step-by-step. I also found the exercises (exams) highly useful.The course title is not the most accurate one. The title is not very catchy either. This course is more about the tools for analyzing next generation sequence data.
Very interesting course!
It was the first time I attend a MOOC. I enjoyed the course very much. As my first MOOC in my freshly changed career tower sustainable development, I couldn't get a better start. The course gave me a great overall knowledge about all the fields of sustainable development. The course was very well organised, and the quantity of work was reasonable for a working person. I highly recommend this course.
Great insight into Sales forecasting. I liked it
A really well done course that got me thinking in ways that I'm not used to. The insights into how to make science engaging will definitely come in handy as well. All in all a very enjoyable experience with enough new material and new ways of thinking and teaching to keep me interested (even ten years post-PhD in genetics). Thanks!
Useful one
This course was very informative and gives an good knowledge of the basics of genetics.
Very nice course
Actually , I've benefited a lot of this course.
This course covered a lot of ground & will be a good jumping off point.
Very good course
Very good course. Thank you.
Excellent with many resources available
I requested for a refund and I did not receive it. I guess I won't get it until about 2 weeks. I want a refund because it's too easy, this is stuff I learned in freshman biology. It's nice that it offers resources and links however, I wanted to take a course and get a certificate in one at my level to prove that I can learn beyond a high school biology level. And the course says it's for educators but it doesn't go into much detail on how to actually teach the information. I guess this is good if you want to be a substitute at a middle school or high school, but it's not for me. I was looking for something that was more so at a college level. Also on the important information, they sort of skim over sometimes. I'm 19, I'm not in school because I don't want to waste thousands of dollars on stuff that's elementary so I don't think I could get any special benefits and get courses for free, but that's also the reason why I'm on here, but I'm disappointed to have wasted 50 dollars if they aren't going to refund me. I can barely afford 50 dollars, I'm unemployed and no one will hire. I wanted to take a course in something that would at least get me some kind of job or volunteer work within my field of interest. Seriously, not even these minimum wage jobs will hire you if you didn't go or aren't going to college. Just wanted to feel like I accomplished something suited to my level.
this was a fantastic course. Genetics fascinates me!
A very fun and interesting course. It was challenging. I learnt a lot from this course. It is the best course a person could ask for. It was really interesting. I will remember genomics: decoding the language of life forever..
this explains the laws of power
very informative and interesting.
Lecturers are great. They really explain clearly what is it all about. The structure of the course is also great.
I particularly loved how the course was taught so conceptually. There were no strict methods or formulae to mug up and follow. The homework questions were very stimulating. I found the depth reached in addressing the concepts just perfect for an introductory course.
Very enjoyable course and would highly recommend
Very Good and encouraging
Well-organized.
During my postgraduate degree programme, I could learn basics of game theory. After that, I started to love the field and waiting for more opportunities to explore the theory. This Coursera's game theory course gave me a solid foundation on that and encouraged me to explore more. I will continue learning Game Theory, because it helps me in my career life. I work for the government in planning and policy related matters. Therefore, Game Theory is a helpful tool to me analyzing public policies. Thank you Coursera Team, Stanford University and The University of British Columbia for offering this interesting course. I expect to complete the follow up course in the near future.
Very informative, the professors were great, would recommend this course to other people for sure.
Really enjoy the course and thanks for sharing ! However, if the story line could be a little bit more clear, I think that will be more helpful for the process of learning.
this is an interesting class, but not easy. learned much useful information from this.
The course concludes the elementary knowledge of Game Theory. But it might be a little bit difficult for a new learner to grasp the key point. The lecture sometimes could be too much academic.
I had no previous background in game theory before taking this course. I am an undergraduate physics major with the corresponding mathematical competence (up to multivariable calculus, differential equations, etc.), and an introductory course in Discrete Math. So I had seen the set theory and summation notation before, but had no experience applying them to game theory.The instructors were excellent and clearly have a deep academic background in the subject, as well as a significant personal interest. This is important because they didn't come off as if they were just relaying information; they gave the impression of genuinely enjoying the material and even going into brief interludes about the motivation behind some of the definitions and examples from their personal perspectives, in addition to the more "standard" lecture material.The course is definitely an introduction, and doesn't go into most of the more formal proofs of the theorems used, nor does it use examples or homework problems that require a significant background in the subject. I found I was able to complete most of the problem sets within 4-5 hours, with an average of about 3 hours. But your mileage on this may vary, especially if you're less familiar with the mathematical notation and the style of problem solving used. This is not to say the problems are not difficult, because they are! Many of them are non-intuitive and require you to think around corners, or consider methods of thinking and problem-solving that are not commonly used in math and the natural sciences. This, I think, is a byproduct of game theory's preeminent figure -- John Nash's -- unique approach to mathematics. He was famous for using highly intuitive, non-rigorous ways of coming to conclusions before proving them more formally. Thus, the field is a bit unconventional in its methods and approach, and won't be automatically accessible just because someone has already had exposure to advanced math or science. It requires time and careful thought to develop a deep understanding of. But I found that this effort was well rewarded by the end of the course where I started to see all the earlier theorems and techniques coming together to form a unified system of problem-solving capabilities.I strongly intend to take the advanced version of this course that is also offered on Coursera. As for this one, I recommend it to anyone interested in understanding the mathematics of games, competitive environments, and complex systems in general! Very well done by the instructors.
This course covers basic knowledge about Game Theory. But if you want to go deep on the topic, more efforts are needed beyond the course. It is good for beginners.
Very interesting and mathematically explain many daily phenomenon.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on game theory. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Stanford University,The University of British Columbia and Coursera.
Great! have learned a lot from this course!
Great and quite practical, really get me the insight of this lesson
The Questions in the weekend quizzes are not that challenging and the lectures are also not concentrated on complicated (Real life scenarios). Good for an Introductory course
Some of the material could have been re-recorded to remove the mistakes, but overall good work.
The course overall is good, with plenty of insights into game theory. However, I wish there could be more concrete examples for concepts such as Bayesian Equilibrium and core. The examples given are too special and is not in accordance with what is given in the exercise.Thanks for the lecturers and mentors!
I recommend it to everyone who wants to broaden their thinking and knowledge. To people with background in gaming this course will be to liking)
There is nothing as such to mentioned from a beneficiary's end but thank you for bestowing me with the gist of this humongously significant topic
Well structured and perfectly presented course program. Great lecturers!
For a beginner, it is a fair start but definitely many things could have been better. The course does cover the main subject concepts in fair amount of depth and with decent rigor. The course videos are sometimes kind of less engaging. Many a times I felt my interest waning off. Many a times, the mathematical equations looked daunting. I think more focus should be put on including more number of real world examples and solving them within the videos.Also, the concept of three Professors for one course was hard to digest, which led to the whole course feeling discontinuous and disconnected at several instances.
Good structure and useful exercises
Good presentation of the Game Theory with mathematical models. Interesting course!!!
Great course. Learned about a whole new concept that I had not really known about. Changes my view about decision making in a scientific manner. Somewhat practical but may have a subtle impact on everyday life.
This class is a recommendation for beginners who are interested in game theory.
Very good course, it's worth the time
An intriguing introduction to game theory, with a good number of resources and useful videos. Notes could do with better explicit explaining and more examples, but cross-referencing with the videos and putting in the work is more than enough. Definitely recommended.
Extremely interesting course topic, well organized and communicated.
Good Course
Great introduction to Game Theory !!!!
Amazing course. Taking the same class at my university here in the U.S and this is way more in depth, better explained, and resourceful. I really like the concept of cooperation between universities as well to teach a class and provide students with the best professors in the subject.
Very well structured course, gives you good understanding of game theory and its applications
There are better courses than this for example Yale Game Theory(YouTube) explanation is not good.
I like it, as economics student
This course is a very enjoyable tour of introductory game theory, covering several different general types of games and a wide variety of examples taken from real-world situations.The main results of the theory are stated and demonstrated by examples, rather than proved (if you're looking for a proof of Nash's theorem, you won't find it here but you should definitely look at his original one-page paper from 1949 which is freely available online). Some advanced topics are also briefly mentioned so that interested students have the option to look them up for themselves.Some may find the use of formal mathematical notation offputting, so you'll want to be comfortable with inequalities, linear equations and the basic notation of set theory.In the discussion forums for my session, the course mentor was very helpful and supportive of all the students. Some feedback on error corrections and suggestions was posted to the forums (including a summary list posted in week 8) which will hopefully reach one of the instructors.Overall, I highly recommend the course and am looking forward to part 2!
This course is very recommended for people who tries to understand more about strategies and how we should react to a problem. It explains many kinds of problem we usually encounter in real life. Most of them are simplified but still gives us insight about the theory in giving our best response to the problems
Good course, but sometimes I missed some supplementary reading material... when I couldn't quite understand something from the videos alone, it would have been nice to read up on a topic.
The course is fun and practical. Never before had I imagined such invisible strategic interactions can be possible to illustrate by the measuring of payoffs. Lots of nice tools and realistic examples though some definition formulas seem to be somehow intricate to me.
5 out of 5!I managed to finish this course in just 10 days. Pretty simple yet practical, providing a very good introduction of Game Theory.Would totally recommend this to anyone who wants to start learning Game Theory. Assessments are easy relatively; focus more on practical calculations than theoretical questions (which I assumed will be asked in Advanced Level).All 3 instructors are friendly and experienced in lecturing, which helps a lot in understanding the materials.
Very interesting course. In my opinion in requires some mathematical background (e.g. to read mathematical notation) but more important is logical thinking. Sometimes you'd have to go an extra mile and find some external materials on particular topic to fully understand it but I'd say it's a good thing. I would recommend that course to anyone who knows that game theory exists but never really had a chance to explore it in more detail.
Another approach but mathematical demonstration is probably possible.Coursera offer technologies to avoid classroom demos on whiteboard.
This course is very basic and not intensive. Overall, it's good!
The topics that were explained very lucidly and clearly. The real-world examples helped develop an intuitive understanding of the course material. However, I think more topics could be covered in an additional few weeks.
love this course
The examples are getting very abstract. It is getting difficult to understand the concepts with the examples explained.
The course is very interesting and challenging but there are mistakes in the videos and too much mathematical theory with relation to examples.
Solid course. My only complaint is misnomer that you have to know little math/logic. Game theory is a math-heavy subject, and while they do not delve too deep into advanced math, a lot of formulas are used with discrete math symbols (from set theory, probability). It is quite possible to make it through this course without fully understanding these formulas, but it did make a fair amount of the lecture videos confusing to watch. Otherwise than that, the instructors are humorous and obviously understand and like what they are teaching. I highly recommend this course if you are looking to learn more about game theory!
I think it would be more easy to understand the concepts with more examples
Very formal and difficult to follow. Not for beginners. Not recommended for pros.
Great!
Beware, if you're not mathematically inclined, this course will be a struggle. It is a great course with very valuable theory and practice. If you haven't taken a statistics course or able to take account of every variable, take this and keep track of your notes, rewatch videos, and have fun.
the course is really well organized but the mathematical skills are required for usual skip of steps by the teacher. if there are supplementary material, it would have been better!
May be it is only my perception of education but I'd appreciate a lot if the course provides more examples and deep review at least for a few of them. But theoretically it was more than full and interesting.
Very clear lectures and well-made quizzes. Contains a lot of different definitions, but I think that's how it must be. Recommended.
Lecturer not conversant with subject.
tricky concepts and long equations yet fun
Great course!
Treat this course as a "things you need to learn for a basic grasp of game theory" and you'll love it. A bit rough if you don't have any set theory experience or math backgrounds; pick up some supplemental material from gametheory101 and you'll be fine.
Overall, it's pretty good. Some coursework are difficult, because they are quite different compare to those in the lectures
In my opinion, some lectures do not fully explain the theory or do not show enough practical application of the theory. And I am not talking about "real life application", but the ones given later on the test. Had to refer to the internet on multiple occasions to fully understand the material.However, have to say, pretty good course overall. Give you the idea, of what type of knowledge one needs to "understand" the game theory. Help to build your mindset.
Excellent course, very interesting!
It is necessary more examples for to understand more clearly the topics.
A bit technical (in a good way) and very pedagogic
Really nice!!!
Great and clean outline of content, but more examples coupled with the theorems which are quite hard to understand will be better.
I belive that this course is usefull in computer science research, the discipline allow us to explore alternative soltions from other approaches.
Actually, this course is a great one to take. Professors have explained these concepts and main ideas very clearly, therefore students can understand it very easily, even if they do not have previous knowledge about game theory. I want to say “thank you” to all the three professors for making such a concise and intelligible course.However, I would like to give some suggestions about this course. There is an obvious gap between the quizzes and graded assignments. Sometimes the quiz is very easy and it just requires you to have a basic understanding of the concept, while the assignment is even more difficult than the examples included in the videos. I think this course would be better if the staff can improve the difficulty gap between quizzes and assignments. And for people who want to enroll this course, an exercise book with detailed solution would be helpful for you to learn it better.As for the content of this course, there are lots of formulas from Week 5 to the end, which are a little difficult to understand. I fully understand this because math is always abstract, and formulation is an essential part of it. I think this problem can be solved by providing more ungraded quizzes for students to practice. They can have a better comprehension of the content through practicing.Anyway, this course is worth taking. Through learning it you will gain not only the knowledge about game theory, but also a new way to understand relationships around you. Happy learning!
Exceptionally very good course - Must for anyone who is doing research on Control systems using game theory !!! Kudos to all the three professors !!! Will definitely do Game Theory 2 !!!
This course is great. The teachers provide excellent exposition of the problems, the formalization, and the solution concepts of generic agents and types of agents acting simultaneously, sequentially in games with complete and incomplete information. The math required is middle school probability calculation and equations. The formal definitions of games and concepts are more demanding, but a complete understanding of the formal definition is not required to solve the problem sets or the exam. The teachers are good at giving explanations and examples in a natural language to scaffold the understanding of the formal definitions.
A great beginner level course to get a quick view of stuff game theory deals with.
A perfect introduction to game theory, especially the exercises make you think about the subject.
Had lots of fun doing this course. The lectures were all top quality and never bombarded us with too much information at once.Kudos to Kevin, Matt and Yoav for a memorable experience! :)
NICE COURSE.CAN BE RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINEERS
great course to start with game theory
Very useful to understand the concepts and practice related problems associated with game theory. Cool !
This course is really helpful for me to understand the game theory, and it's not hard to comprehend so this course is optimal for those who know little about the game theory.
Excellent course from top researchers of this field. Classes are concise and lecturers' teaching skills are strong.
Clear illustration, well-designed structures, vivid examples.
good course!
Excellent course with very interesting topics covered and adequate examples!
Really interesting course but I have some recomendations:1)I've missed that the professors would have done more example exercises on every lesson2)The value of the certificate to others (ie to find a job) is how hard is to pass the course or the minimum knowledge that the student adquires. The evaluation system makes it very easy to cheat (with 3 attemps every 8 hours for the practice sets or the exam). With test-type answers it is very easy to pass the course even if you haven't watched any lesson video or learnt anything.3) For point 2 I recommend that the check system on practice sets and the exam could be able to accept numeric or simbolic answers (not test-type) so that it will have infinite answers and nobody could cheat the system (in Edx I've done some courses that have this system). Another option could be that every attempt that you make substracted 10% on the calification of that practice set, so if you've already done the practice set twice you could only get 70% tops on the third attempt.Thanks to the staff!
The topic and the class content itself are good, but the introduction is too brief. Hope they can add more stuff!
Great course for introduction. Actually, the course itself does NOT tell detail enough for fully understanding of Game Theory. Extra studies are needed, such as the reference book, the article mentioned in the first week and also Wikipedia.org. But the lecture is good enough for us to know what we should search for:)
Makes a hard topic really easy to understand and comprehend.
I liked this course, but sometimes examples showed in the lectures were much easier than those you needed to solve in a quiz.
Interesting course content
i didn't really enjoy this course
A great course. Beginner friendly.
In my opinion, it gets too technical and it is not a self contained course at all. Neither it is a beginner course for game theory. If someone is looking to understand the real basics of it, should take the Univeristy of Tokyo course. Some lessons were really abstract and I ended up looking for information in other websites to understand it. Another thing... I suppose the three lecturers are incredible good in their respective fields, but in the teaching part, Some Shoham's lessons were like listening to a robot. M. O Jackson is pretty clear in his explanations altough too technical, and Leyton Brown has a very clear way to teach, but I honestly got lost many times in the final exercises.
You need to simplify it a little more
I guess that more exercise solving process should be should in lectures.All the rest is great!
The games needs to be explained in sufficient details. In addition, after a point in time, it became too technical.
Great for completing the course~Thanks for the detailed and clear description from the three Professors.Without this course, I have no opportunity to learn such things because no one will teach me in such clear way.
Very good and useful course.
Amazing course! Thanks!
Great course, specially because of the professor, who has an incredible ability to explain it really simple so that you will understand concepts right away.
Very Good course!
Short but complete course about project management, I like.
Very good! Amazing!
Simple to understan for beginners in project m
Very good course with clear explanations and good pace.I would add some more extra material to cover some aspects that are not given in deep during the course but overall is a really good course.
Very good explanations, and the exercises and power points prepared helped to understanding it better. Thanks!
In my opinion issues aboard at course are too complex to explained in shorts terms.But the infomation was value enough for an overview approach.Thanks.
Basic content that do not explain how business models are applied in digital world
The content was excellent but it requires a high interest/attention span on part of the students because very few teaching aids are used.
Interesting Course for Digital Business..
Amazing insights on how the new world of digital is evolving
Some questions in the quiz are not helpful for learning more about the topic. For example how does it help the learner to be able to answer, what question the shirt of the presenter has? Seriously?
It was very interesting course. We learned how the digital business model can be applied to different industries and how it can be exploited by the software developers ecosystem.
While this topic is interesting, and course goes over some examples. I feel course lacked depth, and didn't really answers main question: how to find business model, or gave case studies of business model. Just reiterated obvious examples, which is common knowledge.Topic : 10/10Quality: 4/10Presentation: 5/10
It is good course.I expect part2 with english subtitle.
Nice course, very interesting.
Till date, very good course with interactive learning.I thank to Professor who took to much pain to develop this kind of lucid interactive learning source .Dr. Tejas P Joshi
I have taken many courses, but this one is really useful and knowledgeable.
good class, watched all the lectures, just won't do peer review.
I've taken many, many Coursera courses and this is one of the best if not the best.Video presentations are given in a straight forward manner with real world case studies that demonstrate application of topic material. I learned a LOT primarily due to the interesting nature in which the course was structured and material presented.I cannot say enough nice things about this course and Professor Bates. Well, how about 'Outstanding"Thanks You!
Its just amazingly good. Doing forensic science as a job is my dream since 2 years old according to my family. Its really finally the day that i can get in touch with it!!!!!!
Many case study examples to illustrate forensic techniques, interesting and inspiring!
Wonderfull, I loved so much
The course was brilliant I just wish we had been given more mentor, lecturer input and when do we get to know the right answers.
Extremely interesting and informative. It is an excellent option for understanding and knowing about these topics.
Excellent course its easy,simple,perfect lecture materials.
very interesting course
Very good course that provides a little more than only basics of forensic science at the same time giving overview of the major areas that this subject covers. Mr Roderick Bates explains everything very clearly implementing new ideas gradually. I loved plethora of examples and case studies. Assignments made learning enjoyable.
Outstanding professor!
Best course for beginner who wants to know about Forensic Science. Would be better is have more case study shared, but its good enough now.
This is by far one of the best courses I have taken. It's intriguing and thought-provoking while providing fascinating information and going into detail on how forensic science works.
Amazing course more interesting than tv shows:)I recommand.
An amazing course with plenty interesting information. I was personally astonished from the quality of the material. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in learning and loves to be challenged.
Very good introductory course, gives very good background on forensic science, evidence collection and analysis. Particularly enjoyed Professor Roderick Bates' informal style and witty comments during the video classes. A very interesting point were also the video experiments, showing us simple protocols that can be used in the lab. All in all, a great course!
I have really learn a lot through the participation of the course and would like to sincerely thank the people conducting the course to make the course so enriching and also interesting.
The material is good, but the format of the case study submission has allowed numerous cases of cheating and plagiarism.
This corse is teaching me everything I need to know about Forensic Science!
Great Course to get some insite on what to expect in U
Professor Roderick Bates is a fantastic lecturer. It is my first time back at school in 23 years and I followed his classes with ease. Highly recommended course for everyone.
I love this course. I have been waiting for this course to restart for months. I hope it gets archived so I can revisit it when I need to.
Over my expectations!!! Really good introductory course.
Super interesting course.Would be great to have more Courses about forensic science
Great course, very interesting, and actually quite fun! You will learn a lot from it.
great course. lots of case examples. loved the case assesments
The best Coursera course ever
Very funny and interesting.Also pretty practical
Really practical project in the genomics field!
Great course. Thanks to professors and peers. Ready to use now.
Excellent set of assignments to apply multiple tools used in the specialization!
Very much helpful course. I appreciate it.
By conducting the capstone project, I applied essential concepts and tools to analyse genomic data in order to understand interesting biological processes. The tasks were well designed and explained. The peers in this learning community were ver supportive. After taking this specialization, I feel confident in integrating genomic and transcriptomic data analysis into my plant biological research. THANK YOU!
Great course! I can't think of a better way of putting together all we learned during the whole specialisation in one real world research project...
No clear explain about which is the right dataset to be downloaded, no support from instructors about that on discussion forum.
The first round of the capstone was separated in time by about 6 months from the initial courses, so the lack of additional material was rough. Otherwise the process was a good real word application of NGS processing.
Only a more large, and longer course, would be better, it's a great course.
So complete and enriching. Well structured and organised.
EXCELENTE, ME DIO UNA PERSPECTIVA ACTUAL SOBRE LO QUE PASA EN NUESTRO MUNDO DE LOS ASPECTOS MAS RELEVANTES Y SIGNIFICATIVOS, DE TODO LO QUE PODEMOS HACER DE FORMA EFECTIVA Y DE LOS RETOS QUE TENEMOS COMO COMUNIDAD MUNDIAL.
Covers the basics of geopolitics in a very concise and interesting manner.
An amazing course!
The content of the course is very interesting. The final task could be more ambitious, however - just to inspire greatness.
This really gives you a fresh look at the world situtation. If you studied this 10 years ago, repeat it, and you'll see how much it has changed.Congratulations to the ESADE team
Kudos to the ESADEgeo team. This is a wonderful course, full of insights and valuable information.
Great course, but simplistic.
EL MATERIAL ES REALMENTE DE CALIDAD, CADA CONCEPTO MANEJADO TE DA UNA AMPLIA PERSPECTIVA Y TE BRINDA UNA VISIÓN DE SEGUIR BUSCANDO TU SUPERACIÓN. GRACIAS A COURSERA Y A LA UNAM POR ESTE TIPO DE CURSOS
Great. I am happy to completed Blended learning course. Amazing experience and learned lot more .:)
A great course to get you started!
Very good. Very useful
A great course, well presented with clear objectives and instruction that ensures successful outcomes. Well put together, engaging. I walked away from this with an in-depth understanding of how to apply the materials. Each area was fully and carefully explained and demonstrated. Most fun I've had with a MOOC. Such a good teacher who anticipates the questions and provide the answers.
good explanation and interesting content. Lessons learned can be put to practice immediately. The content let's you think about starting a business in a general way also. Negative point: the main point are repeted a lot of times. The total number of classes could be reduced (a lot) and still provide the same message
Very interesting topics.
It is really a exceptional course which illustrates networking problems and answers with real life examples.
Very enlightning course.
thanks to get world class education at home, my name is Mutlu from turkey
very interesting
Great!
I thought the course had good overall information and provided an online mapping tool using ArcGIS despite access and technical issues which I recorded in the forums. I felt getting rushed at the end of the course for the major map project and peer review and final exam all in the last week. The map project itself should be Week 3, peer review Week 4, then final exam Week 5. All students should use the same ArcGIS Online too for the final map project, instead of allowing everybody a free-for-all to use whatever map tool they wanted to including images. I was steered to be more lenient in reviewing submissions of simple PDF or image map without interactive content. This made for an awkward and rushed peer review with little time to address access or technical issues. The final map project should be standardized for all students using ArcGIS Online for an equal playing field and applied learning.
A Fancy course for learning the basic of cartography and interpreting maps!!Excellent!
Great course
Instructor really made this course. If you want to learn about map theory and WHY maps are interesting and important, you need to check out this course. Dr. Anthony Robinson did a commendable job keeping the material compelling and the class a worthwhile venture. I can only hope he will hold more courses in the future.
Love the knowledge, the humor, the inspiration. Overall, Dr. Robinson has taught us a great deal about how to make great maps, how to leverage location info (many sorts) and how to link info together to reveal interesting and insightful findings. I am very grateful I have taken the course and looking forward to being able to make use of it.
did not learn anything useful at all.
Very useful course. But it's cool to add some more urban planning focus.
Really enjoyed this course! Would love to see more.
Excellent course and very interactive despite it being an online course. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to know more about the 'interdependent' global health state we are in. Well done Dr Boyd!
great course for a basic understanding of Global health
This has been a wonderfully motivating course into the field of Global Health. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to get some appreciation of health on the global scale
very helpful course; introduces the basic concept in Global health and I start to become more interested in it!
The content was potentially interesting but the delivery was slightly below expectations, in my opinion. The topics and discussion could be possibly a bit more factual and focused. It was quite difficult to go through transcripts of interviews because they were interrupted by the interviewer.
Video lectures are engaging, using different methods to bring across relevant knowledge and tie information together. The lectures are well-paced and slides are effectively used to communicate important knowledge. The recommended reading materials are all excellent choices to improve background understanding of the modules and ties in well to the lecture content.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and would like to see more course offerings from Dr. Boyd.
It was a wonderful, practical and clear course about Global Health. In my opinión this theme must be included in all the programs of health perssonel (M.D, nurses, etc)
A strong challenge and fun, thanks to all supervisors on this course very much .. I would recommend it to enroll in this course and the enormous benefit in the shortest possible time within the elite teachers
This is an excellent "most do" course for anyone interested in global health and security
simply interesting
Dr. Boyd did an exceptional job at scratching the surface of global health today, and in the future. This course is well organized, easy to follow, and keeps one interested with discussions between colleagues.
Great course with a great instructor!
Dr. Boyd is very engaging and his graphics are helpful to guide you along. I also love the variety of guest speakers that appear in his class!
Really good!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well organized course
This course provides information about major global health issues, actors and solutions. I really like lectures of Dr.Boyd and interviews. Thanks for the opportunity to gain new knowledge through the modern tools!
Great instructor!
Excellent Course. Gives a basic understanding of Health issues even for persons from non-medical field.
comprehensible and well organized.
Give the basic view in global health. Make it easy to understand
highly recommended. interesting topics with mix modes of learning (lecture, interviews, discussions). great prof!
A great and all round picture of Global Health. The interviews from diverse healthcare actors are wonderfully designed. Great job Dr.Boyd. Thanks very much.
Was able to address all necessary areas with relevant evidences.Excellent learning styles/methods employed by the Prof. made the course even more interesting...
I recommend for who wants to get to know a bit more about Global Health and also keep in mind the challenges and the future solutions.
Whether you are a non-medically inclined student seeking to make sense of the vast landscape of health information or a person with a strong science background looking to apply your skills on a global scale, this course is for you! Taught with a mix of engaging videos, lectures, and interviews, Dr. Boyd breaks down the complex terms and information surrounding global health in a way that is engaging, informative, and practical. You will learn about the global burden of disease, the health concerns facing certain countries, as well as key strategies the global community and even individuals can implement to improve health outcomes whatever your field of specialization.
The professor is amazing and the content was up to date and really engaging!
Dr. Boyd's course "The Challenges of Global Health" serves as a great introduction to the field of global health even to those without a health-related education or work background. He presents this course in a necessary perspective to draw attention to the pressing global health issues that affect every single specie in this planet we call home.
Dr Boyd was very engaging throughout the course. His humble nature made for a very relaxing, informal but highly educational learning experience. A great first distant learning experience. Thank you kindly :)
A very interesting course. Thank you to all the instructors. Gracias
i get lot more about health and global issues
Very engaging and informative course! Would highly recommend to those seeking a "101" on Global Health or looking to refresh their understanding of the space. Dr. Boyd is a highly engaging instructor and brings in different forms of instruction to keep the student involved (interviews with public health professionals, on-site investigation of a topic, etc.).
it was great but weeks 4 and 5 should be a lot more challenging and cover more topics.
This course was my first experience in Cousera an i can say that is really amazing the way Dr. Boyd take us to all his experiences and knowledge. I had the opportunity to met him and i can say hi is a really great person, he gave me some advises about my future carrier and i really appreciate hi take his time to talk to me.Sincerely Thank you.Natalia Lancheros
So intressting this lecture is and the professor is
This class is very insightful for those interested in pursuing any career having to do with global health or traveling. I am not pursuing a career in this field therefore it didn't entirely appeal to me but Professor Boyd is very passionate and knowledgable at what he does!
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Fantastic course. My only criticism is that the teacher talks too slowly. Fortunately, this is easy to remedy by increasing the speed to 1.5x.
It was a great first experience at Coursera. It was incredibly interesting and fun. In Guatemala, where I live, we rarely have the opportunity to have real experts as teachers, even in collage. Here I met some of the experts in a subjet that fascinates me!
This course was a great course eye- opener. Packed with a lot of information for each week, one really must spend some quality time to learn everything that the course has to offer. A great course from Duke and Dr. David Boyd. Loved every bit of it.
great and useful
A great introductory course which is simple and fun.
Thank you so much for this course!
Great insights of cities around the world. All thanks to Professor Boyd, who developed the course in such a way that even if it was a MOOC, it was so interactive. Added bonus were the weekly interviews with experts.
Really wonderful course, all the terms are explained in a lucid manner with a balance of technicality and simplicity. love the concept of actually going global i.e. explaining the concepts by visiting the countries where major outbreaks of diseases took place or explaining concepts by showing us photographs from the professor's travels, which makes the learning realistic and wholesome, not to mention quite fun.
its totally worth it! am glad i did it and would recommend the same to everyone interested in understand the health issues in global basis. good luck!
Duke University's The Challenges of Global Heath sparked my interest in global heath with informative lectures, compelling interviews, and a charismatic professor leading the way. It is very organized and has great suggested readings and resources all in one easy to reach place. This course lets you learn at your own pace so you won't rush yourself. I knew almost nothing about global heath before taking this course, I have learned so much while enjoying it too. This course has changed the way I look at global heath. I highly recommend taking this course, especially if you have little to no knowledge on the subject. I can almost guarantee that this will get you interested in the challenges of global heath.
The course was very informative and interesting ,wondering if its possible to get a certificate of accomplishment.
Amazing combination of scientific data and practical examples.
Excellent course I enjoy it so much Thanks so much
The professor was very engaging. I would like to take another course with him.
I enjoyed the course. I gained a new awareness
Good range of material covered, interesting lectures, very engaging and enthusiastic professor.
I think this is a very practical course for every person
This course is amazing. Very helpful and interesting!
Great course, really useful for people who want to pursue a carrier in disaster management.
Learned a lot more than I expected and finally got motiveted to formalize and finish our emergency plans and supplies.
This course is super interesting and the professor is amazing.
Really great course that's paced well. I believe this is a course everyone should and CAN take! These things are important to know especially if you live in an area where disasters are prone.
Dr. Beach was engaged with students on video. I really enjoyed the interaction with other students globally on the 'Open Forum' portion. MOOCs gave me the opportunity to learn on my time frame. I highly recommend purchasing your certification, you've earned it!
Mandatory
a quite practical course for DP and ER.
Very interesting and informative, the information provided will be put to good use.
Great course
Very good course that gives you the basic information about preparedness.It would be very interesting to know how to take a practical course in disaster preparedness and survival techniques
I really liked it. Thank you teacher. It was very interesting to listen to and make a plan.
Well described course and it helps me to improve my understanding on disaster preparedness.
Enjoyed the course. thank you!
It is indeed a wonderful learning experience especially with respect to using practical tips and tricks for disaster preparedness
Very helpful to know different perspective of disaster
the course is great. also I would like to thank coursera for the fee-waiver opportunities without which people like me could never afford to take such high quality and up to date trainings!
Lots of good information.
Very enlightening course. A must for anyone who thinks ahed
Interesting study, it covered things that I all ready knew but also presented others that I had not considered. Overall a good place to begin.
It could go a little more quicker into the Medical aspect but otherwise very good.
This course is a piece of shit.
Amazing practical information. I would have appreciated more showing of the water purification system.
lessons are very clear and rich of links to external material, and instructor is communicating effectively
Excellent Course. Everyone should take this course.
Very informative, thorough, and interesting! Instructor very knowledgeable and communicable along with excellent guest speakers!
Very good course, but sometimes goes into too much detail for things that are quite common sense.
An engaging and highly informative course. My only concern is that the required reading was not available, and there were several broken links for optional reading. This needs to be looked at and repaired as soon as possible.
The course was informative, but seemed to be geared towards individuals not accustom to survival situations. I would enjoy taking a more advanced, in depth program.However, the course was clear and I enjoyed the assignments. Some of the quiz questions were based off of information which may have meant more to the instructor than it was significant to the students.
Very baisc, and uninteresting
The course helped me a lot to gain fundamental understanding of emergency preparedness plan, right attitude and awareness of how to act in a disaster. I would recommend this course!Regards,Almaz KassymkulovAstana, Kazakhstan
Thanks for thie great course I am enjoy it so muchAll the Best
informative course, although I found the assignment to be somewhat redundant and insulting to the student's intelligence. It's common sense that anyone what automatically know to make a list of survival items and an escape strategy in a disaster situation!
This class is amazing, informative and full of useful information. Highly recommend this class.
Superb course material and presentation by Prof Michael is simply awesome. Thank you so much for providing me an opportunity to learn through this awesome platform.
Good basic course for understanding of disaster preparedness at a high level.
Good info for the novice
relevant course for everyone to take
The course was very interesting an informative. I feel much more prepared for if an unfortunate scenario is to present itself to me and the family. I'm very glad for this opportunity I received and the knowledge I now possess. Thanks.-Justin Dougherty Winter Park, FL
Kind Regards,Reasonable for target audience, good self awareness review and expansion of cultural and professional base.
Great and very important!
Interesting Course
Very informative. Great illustration.
Excellent course, logically put together and well presented. It raises multiple issues, some of which we were aware of but had not addressed and others which we had not even considered.
Awesome course that presents a fresh, sane approach to being prepared.
I'm really enjoying this class on Disaster Preparedness with Mike Beach. Mike is a great instructor!
Very insightful course. The peer-reviewed plan was also incredibly useful, both in the exercise itself and seeing the risks (and mitigation plans) by others. Outstanding!
I wish there were more majors at the university level with this specific topic of study.
Very well presented course. Enjoyable and informative.
I loved this course and all the interesting speakers. I learned a great deal and how much I am unprepared for a disaster, I had no idea. Well worth every minute.
This was not just a course, but an experience in learning. The professor took us through a journey of learning about a topic very difficult understand, and patiently led us through the learning experience with right amount of maths and excellent use of examples, quotes etc., to keep the interest alive all through. I wonder if some such course on General Theory of Relativity can be there, even if that is perhaps more mathematical.
Than You so much this course has really influenced my life at such great heightsIt has also made me give more recognition to our Bible Family for all their great accomplishments.
feels great, to know about such a renowned personality like Einstein. feeling like i came closer to Einstein and his work, but more than that it i feel closer and connected to the universe. this all has become possible only because of professor Lary Lagerstrom's unique teaching skills and presentation of subjects. myself being from science background found it very easy to get hold of what is actually going, but i'm 100% positive that any person from any background can understand and successfully complete this course. thank you professor.
good course
Fantastic course that is designed for anyone with at least basic knowledge of mathematics.
This course was amazing, and I'm sad to see it go. It was interesting and full of new things that I have yet to learn and hopefully go more in-depth into during my university studies. I hope more people are informed about this course and I also hope that I still have access to the video lectures for future reference. Thank you for the experience!
quite enlightening! Great job Mr. Randles
Great course!Mr. Lagerstrom thank you very much for giving us your insight about Special Theory of relativity and more generally for your learning initiative !
Very well thought syllabus and the professor really taught it well. The handouts are simply awesome
This course was truly an excellent way to learn about Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. The content covered most of the main aspects of Special Relativity, and the instructor did a top notch job of explaining how the various aspects of the theory are derived and many implications of the Theory. The maths involved in this course is no more than high-school level algebra with a few tricks, and as such the course should be within most people's reach with a bit of effort. Mind you, the concepts themselves are somewhat counter-intuitive, so be prepared to think a lot about the implications. However, all that being said, I highly recommend this course! It is a very well presented and accessible way to start to grasp Einstein's most profound work in his "miracle year" of 1905.
I have never felt so enthusiastic to study anything in my entire life!
Top, easy to understand
Great course!
I enjoyed this course very much. Professor Larry Randles Lagerstrom made a difficult subject easy to understand. Especially for a fellow who at 85 has forgotten a lot of what he learned in college.
Perfectly explained. Love the teacher.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL COURSE. THANKS TO CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY AND THE PROFESSOR DR. LARRY LAGERSTROM FOR DELIVERING THE COURSE IN A VERY SYSTEMATIC AND JOYFUL MANNER.
Great class. The professor is very careful, clear, and methodical. If you know basic algebra then you'll be able to understand everything that goes on in this course. The progression is nice and slow so that when you get to the "weird stuff" it all makes perfect sense. Highly recommend.
Amazing，thanks very much for your professional and responsible in teaching.I am always having the curiosity about Einstein,so i hope maybe someday you can give us the curriculum on his general theory of relativity.Thanks again for all the courses i've learned from your teaching.
I disliked really slow speed of formulas derivation, simple operations like cancelling out terms are done in multiple steps. Like for children that only starting study mathematics. Otherwise great course!
Very good introductory course, clear and well designed, with a nice emphasis on the key concepts of the special theory of relativity. The mathematical background required is very light, hence the quantitative analysis of various examples and situations is limited.
I really enjoyed learning about how light and frames of reference can affect time and length, and what consequences these results have. It was a well outlined and explained course.
Excellent Course!! The instructor took abstruse concepts and made them accessible and fun!
Excellent introduction to the Special Theory of Relativity: steady pace, lucid explanations and thorough comprehension.
Good course for introduction to special relativity. I expected more related to E=mc^2 derivation.
Very interesting and not so much difficult. The professor speak slowly and it's easy to undertsand him.
This is the first course I ever finished on coursera! Thanks to Prof. Lagerstrom for making the course so easy and engaging for people with any level of maths and physics knowledge to follow and pick up. I've really enjoyed the whole journey and gained knowledge about this universe. It's definitely worth recommending to anyone who's interested to know more about the world around us.
Excellent course. Prof. Lagerstrom provided detailed explanation regarding the special theory of relativity in a very simple and understanding manner. I hope to attend more courses from the good professor soon. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us, sir. Kudos.
Rather easy questions and not many difficult ones even in the optional exercises.
Thanks for this course. And I am overwhelmed by the fact that you're giving away these course materials for free. Of course, I'll buy a few important courses for I'll be asked for a certificate. Anyways, thanks a lot team course era. :)
100% recommend for anyone who enjoys the fun implications of higher-level math!
it is one of the most hard and confusing topic on the physic . But the professor makes us very clear about the ideas of the relativity around the worldI recommend everyone to know about relativity once .
A very thoroughly planned and executed course. It is obvious that the professor/Stanford spent a significant amount of time in determining the content/videos and the supporting quizzes and tests. Ideally suited for those with basic math skills up through algebra but not calculus. The inclusion of the motivating historical aspects is something that is not always covered in similar courses.
Larry is the best-I highly recommend! I loved this course and really enjoyed exploring these concepts. It is very well put together in a way that gives you time to ponder and try to truly understand the theory before getting to the "cool stuff." I will miss this weekly adventure!
This course goes straight to the point. Now I have a better understanding of STR
great course.just enough math .repition of key points really helped.will miss it.thanks
The struggle to understand the marvellous structure of reality is an ennobling experience. The course is more engaging than a movie, I literally mean that. Professor Larry takes you on a roller coaster ride. I bet you would love the ride.P.s. Don't be afraid of maths. Professor Larry has taken care of that part. It's only simple algebra.
Not much of mathematical inclination. But the Prof. is really of high standard and he makes sure that you understand everything by the end of any topic as he will run by each topic more than once. Its an introductory course but induces a great amount of interest to learn more!
i love this
I loved this course.
This fascinating course presented by a historian of science covers not just the basics of special relativity but the historical context as well. The lecturer starts off each week with some Einstein quotes and goes to great depths to explain the basic concepts at a level that is accessible to students with minimal experience of maths and physics. The concepts are firmly drilled in with plenty of optional quizzes after each mini-topic, and a summary video at the end of each week. The lectures are long but anyone short on time has the option to go straight to the weekly summary/quiz, and/or play videos at up to 2x speed (especially in weeks 2 and 3).The main highlight for me was the explanation of the famous Twins Paradox and other related paradoxes which are resolved by understanding frames of reference and the relativity of simultaneity. Another bonus was an explanation of the bending of light by gravity through a simple thought experiment involving an accelerated elevator.Some important topics not covered in the course, or only hinted at, are: treatment of accelerated reference frames (required to derive the relativistic rocket equations), relativistic momentum and kinetic energy (required to calculate the rocket fuel required) and relativistic energy (used to derive Einstein's mass-energy equivalence formula).Overall I highly recommend the course to anyone with the time and inclination.
The professor is so slow I have to have him at 1.5x speed when listening to his lecture and am still falling asleep. I am very interested Special Theory of RElativity but I ll just get a book. Will be faster.
though i have read lots of popular physics before, nothing ever explained lorentz contraction and time dliation like dr lagerstrom! really helpful new understanding.
Very well paced, with very clear explanations and interesting insights.
Course was well organised and with mostly qualitative discussions. This course is apt for beginners.
I think this is the best Introductory course on Special relativity. I strongly recommend beginners to go through.
Professor Lagerstrom does a superb job of presenting Einstein's special theory of relativity. There is a good balance of history, high school level mathematics and thought experimentation. I have been studying Einstein's special theory of relativity, mostly by reading books, for over 60 years and this course solidified the theory in my mind. I actually have two good friends named Alice and Bob, who are unrelated to the course heroine and hero. The real heroes in the course are Professors Einstein and Lagerstrom.
course well organised. nice note preparation and hand outs.
This course helped me understanding many concepts of The Special Theory of Relativity. I recommend it particularly to high school students. Thank you very much to the teacher and all that contributed for that job.
This is one of best courses I have ever taken. Professor Lagerstrom did an outstanding job in this clear,consistent and careful introduction to what is arguably one of the most revolutionary theories of all time. I am taking the 5 stars and multiplying by a lorentz factor of 1.2 to achieve 6 stars!!
A great exercise in thinking.
Professor Lagerstrom takes it slow to approach the theory, making it available to anyone with very basic math skills. While the equations are important, building the mental model around the strange world is way more essential to comprehending the special theory of relativity, and that is where this course shines. Professor Lagerstrom will look at the same problem in many different angles, cross referencing between them constantly, making sure the fundamentals of the theory sinks in.
Really enjoyed the course from begging up to the end!!
too easy
Amazing concepts and very interesting course
This was a great course which is taught by a passionate and patient lecturer. The whole 8 weeks covers the first half of Einstein's famous paper in detail. The pace can be slow, but of course you can always speed up the videos. The mathematics is very approachable - school level algebra is all you need. The only other prerequisite is a basic understanding of light and electromagnetic waves.
Professor Lagerstrom is a great teacher and the course is well organized. While still a little complex for someone with rudimentary or fairly stale science knowledge, Professor Lagerstrom's approach is easy to follow and understand. I especially like his summaries at the end of the course which put together the complex mathematics into simple
This is a must course those who want to really want to learn more about the theory of relativity which is considered the most confusing theory ,but its actually not true because of this course you can easily understand the course. After completing the course sincerely you would be able to solve basic problems on relativity and even quantum mechanics.
great...but need some documents...or text book.
Classic style of teaching
Amazing course!!
This is a very good course! any thanks to professor Lagerstrom.
A enjoyable and well laid out course, mathematics level: high school, some rigorous algebraic proofs though not essential to pass.
Excellent course. Excellent instructor. Well worth the time!
Fantastic course
Very methodical & lucid way of explaining the concepts. Understanding of Special Theory of Relativity made relatively easy, pun intended! Thank you Professor...
This course is really brilliant, Professor Lagerstrom ( I hope I have spelt the name correctly ) really knows the subject, a superb lecturer.
Great course. I have a BS in physics from Colorado School of Mines, which is a tough school, and they didn't explain it as well
An interesting course, the special theory of relativity easy for anyone to understand and very well explained.
Amazing course! If you're looking to broaden you're knowledge in Physics then this course won't disappoint you.
An experience of discovery into the perspective of 1905, and the path of reasoning.
A comprehensive introduction to the subject, somewhat spoiled by the unrelenting reiteration of the most basics concepts in the earlier parts of the course. A bit of a pity, since the lecturer is a fairly engaging speaker when he is not busy interrupting the flow of his argument with mind–numbing repetition.
Amazing course, but the videos can be shorter as same concepts are explained more than once.
This course is superb, covers easyly all the aspects of the special theory of relativity
Larry R Lagerstrom is an extraordinay instructor, for an extraordinary course.
A very useful insight into Einstein and his Special Theory of Relativity
Great teacher. Clear message. Goes slowly though the material and highlights key concepts few times to make them stay. If someone does not want slow pace can always jump ahead as course structure is well organized and described.
Very in Depth for if it is your first time learning. If you have already read about General and Special Relativity it doesn't tell you very much more than what you already know. Either way it is a great course.
One of the courses that i have taken ever!
The teacher was very good and made it easier to understand some of the more difficult topics.The course was very interesting and gave me a very good insight into Einsteins special theory of relativity.
Really appreciated!
Professor Larry Lagerstrom is an exceptional teacher. He explained the Theory of Special Relativity in such a manner that the theory became easy to understand. Not only has the Theory become understandable, he also managed to convey the beauty of the theory. I cannot find words to describe how I have enjoyed the series of lectures. From very simple concepts of the property of waves, he led to a very deep understanding of the principle of Light Constancy. From that principle, it became very easy to understand Time Dilation, the Length Contraction, and then Lorentz Transformation, and finally, the Invariant Interval. The journey he has planned was brilliant. Once one has a firm grasp of those principles, the explanation of the Twin Paradox became a "piece of cake".
Very good, easy to follow course. Concepts like time slowing down and things becoming shorter at high velocities are no longer a mysterie to me after taking this course.
Very good course, and excellent way teaching.
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it is really amazing and fun !
Great course, awesome instructor
Excellent course which presents the special theory of relativity in a very clear and accessible manner and also explains well the scientific, technological and biographical context of this discovery. I warmly recommend this course. Congratulations and thanks to Larry Lagerstrom
I really liked this course; super interesting. It requires though the knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, as there is a lot to work on it!
I have learned a lot of basic knowledge from Fundamental of Graphic Design. This course is very usefull. I would recomend everyone who wants to try himself in graphic design!
Great! Teaches you how to begin thinking as a designer. Interesting concept, cool homework. More than happy to recommend. Will definitely continue with rest of courses in Graphic Design Specialization!
Great！It's amazing!
Good for beginners. Do all assignments even if its optional.
Very useful classes
Really enjoyed this course - very glad I saw it through to the end. Got a bit discouraged around week 3 because I don't have any experience with Illustrator or Photoshop yet, so I couldn't do those optional assignments. That's just a heads-up though, not a complaint. Would fully recommend the course.
Great way to start on the design world.
Excellent! Thank you.
Nice introduction that is useful in the following courses
Learnt quite a few new techniques, methods and concepts. I recommend it for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of design in a step by step lucid and easily understandable manner.
Good course. I can use these skills on my job.
It helped me to learn the fundamentals of graphic design,it likes a key which can open the door of design.
I loved the course, it really help me a lot to understand Graphic Design and to find inspiration in the things that surround us, which mostly are composed of basic geometric shapes.
As this was my first course on graphic design, I WAS FASCINATED! I learned so many things- which our prof. made clear-and for the first time I used the graphics and did things I had never thought I could do. Our Prof was excellent, no unanswered questions, a lot of creative work, it was really a great experienceThanks a lot!
Very helpful. Amazing.
It was really good for beginners like me.
cool
I really like this course
Really great and helpful. it helps to look to art from different point.
I would not recommend this one to any paying customer. This is the second intro to Graphic Design class I have take on Coursera, and I found the way the material was presented in the CalArts course to be quite slow and pretty boring. Our assignments were simple and I felt no excitement in doing them. It would have been beneficial to see how these fundamental building blocks could be used in real life design. The other class (by CU-Boulder) made me want to continue learning ,and I felt excited to complete the projects whereas with this class I was forcing myself to sit down to finish just the required ones.
Fantastic course, gives a concise yet specific survey of all the basic graphic design skills you will need, presented in such an interesting and fun manner and at the perfect pace for beginners and more skilled designers alike. Thank you to Dr. Worthington and CalArts for creating this course and making it available to students worldwide who aren't able to relocate to Southern California just yet.
A great course to help understand the basics!
The best foundation for a graphic designing course.
Wonderful new in
Excellent material, very interesting activities.
Very interesting and a beautiful course that gives you the essential basics needed for the graphic designer.
really amazing, before I did not know designing can be this tough and demanding. creativeness matters. and you should really try and practice. this course is far more better than the rest of the specialization!
Good Course
Thing I liked the most about this course was that there were so many practice assignments. It had me practicing and designing every day which improved my skills
Very well designed and delivered course. Great fundamentals and fresh application exercises. Valued the realistic briefs, the creative practice and feedback giving/receiving in the course. Heartily recommend
Excellent course, with very good content
Very useful and funny: I enjoy a lot doing the exercises.
Good stuff. I've got out of it what I've expected and some more.
Excellent for learning the basics!
This is exactly what you need for the basics of knowledge in Graphic Design!
really eye opening fun and educative
Very well organized course, with interesting topics and assignments. I took it as a free course and was very grateful for all the good information and practice was available. Many of the other students were very talented and it was fun to see their work during Peer Review. The 2 only criticisms are that (1) I wish they had recommended good, free software for completing the assignments. I ended up doing the 2 required assignments in an outdated version of MSWord, but managed to make that work, though it was time consuming. And (2), I never figured out how to request reviews of my work except as a "reply" to another post.
Very well conceived and useful! A great intro to Graphic Design.
nice course,very helpful class
Provided a solid and comprehensive introduction to graphic design
Challenging one!
Amazing course to get hands on idea on graphic design.
Excellent Course. Lot of learnings. Well illustrated as well.
I really enjoyed the content and learned a lot but, there were far too many videos that were not functional. In some the video froze, in some the sound went off, in others there were a problem with bot visual and sound. It became increasingly hard to follow the ideas as I had no visuals to support the text.
Impressive. Great Idea and professionalism. An excellent foundation of starting student.
I really enjoyed this course! It helped push me to think outside of the box with my creativity in order to create a sequence of images of a household object that I am still quite proud of.
Thank you Michael Worthington for this fun course! I loved the classes and all of the assignments we had to do, especially helps that they were peer graded. Getting these sort of insights help you make critical choices of you are as a designer and what is your personal style.Looking forward to taking up more of such courses :)
I FIND THE MATERIAL REALLY GOOD AND EASY TO FOLLOW, THE ASSIGNMENTS ARE VERY HELPFUL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH CHAPTER. I LIKE THAT THERE IS INTERACTION BETWEEN PEERS AND HOW THERE IS FEED BACK FROM EACH OTHER, BUT I DONT LIKE THAT IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET AN OPINION, IT DOESNT SEEM TO BE ENOUGH, IF I GET FEEDBACK FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS AS LITTLE AS ME OR IS BEGINNING TO EXPLORE GRAPHIC DESIGN, I WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OPINION FROM A PROFESIONAL OR A TEACHER WITH MORE EXPERIENCE. ALSO, AFTER FEEDBACK THERE SHOULD BE A CORRECTION ASSIGNMENT OR A GROWTH OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK AND MAKE YOUR PROJECT BETTER.
A bit basic, but I guess that's what should be expected of an "Introduction"It would be nice to get a more advanced alternative course
The course introduces a structured way for beginners to make images. It provides a disciplined schedule to produce images. I recommend the course to people who have dabbled in the subject and are interested in learning a more systematic approach.
Great course to introduce you to basics of graphic design and basic design language.
I like the course a lot because I could not only work with computer but also with different manual techniques, that was very creative.
I enjoy this course!
Great course!
really enjoyed this course and learnt so much. a must for a understanding into business brand and creating a brand you will love.
Loved the teacher, loved course work, so happy I found this course. Well worth the money!
Good introduction to graphic design. The videos have a lot of "mouth noises".
A great experience. Glad to have work and pass it. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to complete this course.
I learned some stuff and this was one of the easier courses I have taken.
I was expecting to learn to use some tools during the course. Looks like I have to teach myself how to use different programs for designing.
This Course has opened my eyes to different simple concepts I had forgotten or not quiet understood until now. I am going to work through all of the 5 coursed for Graphic design. this was a great start.
Very good lessons !
Great course! I strongly recommend it to anyone studying graphic design.
Excellent, easy to understand and step by step instruction! Thank you!!!
I learned so much!
Thanks for the lessons!
I'm a journalism student and some knowledge of design is a requirement for most internships, and honestly this coursed helped me a lot with undestanding basic concepts. It's very interesting, fun and easy to understand.
Great course
Good basic introduction to the topic.
Got great feedback from other students.
This course really demystified graphic design, and taught me some basics so I feel like I'm not completely lost anymore when I make or design things. The videos are really well produced and easy to follow, and I learned a lot from the assignments and projects.
I really liked this course, I think it has broadened my mind to a whole world that my heart and my intellect were expecting for so long. I enjoyed every single part, from the classes to the activities. The only think I would add at some point (maybe towards the end), would be an expert's feedback so we can challenge ourselves a little bit more. I would really recommend it and of course, I will keep going with the specialization.
That was a very good introductory course for someone with no background as me. Its a 5-star rating course, however, I would like to see some more practical classes as for example, doing a project for a firm.Thanks.
I really loved this course, it really pushes you forward to create and it is a really good course for beginners. I would only love for the review part to be morechallenging in order to get better at your work in the future
Its very good course, has different kind of interesting tasks which force you discover your own creativity . I recommend it for every graphic design beginner
I found the lessons very interesting. I've read lots of design books and used Photoshop and Illustrator for a while in my job (web writer / marketer / developer) and this courses bridges the gap between all the information in my head and the hard question : how to use all that in a creative way ? I really appreciate it !
100% recommended
An inspiring course.I've learned a lot by experimenting. It would be better if there's a mentor for us.
Just excellent, really help me understand and teach to other the fundamentals of graphic design
Amazing Course! I loved every minute of it. The videos are well done, helpful to understand the process and a big part of understanding each element. The practice exercises are a great way to apply what I learned. Leaving Feedback on my peer's work was also very helpful. It forced my mind to analyze the design in ways I was not used to. I've am excited to keep on learning.I would recommend this course to everyone!
It is a great course from Michael Worthington. I learned that the best way to become a designer is to work on designs no matter how pitiful it looks first.
learn a lot of fundamental information about graphic design, and really do a great help for me to learn a designer's view.
A great intro to the field
This course helps to look at things, at design and instruments of design deeper and wider. It encourages to create!
Really great remedial start of graphic design. Knowing very little going into it, I loved the pace and assignments.
Great course! Learned a lot. This a a great introduction which covers basics on design: Colour, Composition, Medium, Typography, Methods, etc.
Great Course
Creative course
Fantastic overview of Graphic Design theory. Essential to underpin technical knowledge and inform design decisions while using the myriad apps and solutions available today!
Great course !
this course is so full of information in a deep manner of details and give best knowledge, instructions, guideline and education of graphic design. I'm so inspire from this course and take have a so many education from there.
Nice Cource! Understanding principles of design on the practice. Easy but very good, effective exercises.
Dear Teacher, I really enjoyed the first part (module) of the Graphic Design. It was more than introduction and i really loved the practical work at the beginning. I will recommend this course further. The start is very important and that's why i decided to enroll al 5 modules. THANK YOU!Continue with you great work in the future!
Great examples and excercises. A good way to get into the graphic design. I enjoy every assignment and it gives a lot of ways to keep doing graphic design.
This course was very helpful to build up the basic experience. I decided to continue.
Very steep path from proffesionalov. I learned a lot, the information understandable and memorable. Thanks to the authors of an interesting course.
An excellent introduction to the principles of graphic design.
I really appreciate an opportunity to join this useful course. The given information is basic and essential for beginners in Graphic Design.
Great course for beginners to get the basics of graphic design as well as for specialist to refresh these basics. The great advantage of the course is practical assignments that are all connected, so that in the end you will use material from previous assignments in your final one. I would make all those optional assignments obligatory, though. Great course!
I Like this course! I have had some knowledge about colors and composition before, but this course helped me to organize them. Also, I got some new skills about typography.
Excellent !!! really amazing. i learn a lot. waiting for new courses.
Very good introduction to graphic design. Highly recommended.
Excellent format for both beginner and more advanced students with optional projects and an easy to grasp presentation.
Great instructor and lessons. I love the organisation of the course and it really provides a great basis for looking deeper into aspects of graphic design! Looking forward to doing the other courses in this specialisation.
I like this course as its the fundamentals but we do it everyday doing it without knowing it. I am very happy that i am able to recognize what i have been doing. Course is great clear and designed simple to learn but one has to work hard on its end to show how far they can go.
I found the course rather interesting and useful for the beginners in graphic design, however I think the students need the feedback from the instructor. I missed some professional critic during the course.
Hi! It's a great course - structured and inspiring. Thank you very much!I'm going to start it again doing all optional briefs. It's really essential!
This was a very nice course for beginners and it helped me very much. I'm now on the last module and I am very excited to make the final project. I strongly recommend it to anyone.
Great first introduction into graphic design. You are encouraged by doing optional assignments that should open your eyes on graphic design principles
Very interesting, informative and a fun course. It surely is a good start of getting familiar with the specialization.
This is a great course! I learned so much, thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in learning or fine-tuning their understanding of the basics of design.Very well structured and worth the time!
The course responded very well to my expectations. It outlines and analyze all the elements and strongly prompts you to think about design making and to ponder each component of it. And it makes you work!! I learned a lot, technically, by myself, having to submit assignments. Looking at the materials I made, I almost cannot believe I did it by myself. The only thing: I wish I had more time to work on it and, perhaps, if the students knew since the very beginning they will finally make use of each assignment to create a very final one, they would probably consider this when choosing objects, styles, techniques. But maybe this is stated since the beginning and I did not realize that. Anyway, absolutely worthy.
Very nice introduction course, on my way to become a graphic designer :)
it really inspired to create things with different physic tools
Refreshing, modern and excellent course!
This course sets a decent foundation for anybody interested in pursuing graphic design seriously.
It was a great course. I have learned a lot. I don't consider myself specially talented in art or aesthetic feeling, but I think I improved after passing this course. And I have got a different view on many things connected with graphic design.
This is one of those courses that for me open a door to a whole new world, that was right there in front of me the whole time (design is all around in society) but I had been to blind to notice. The course has lifted that veil for me.
Really useful and totally inspiring course! Highly recommended the novice you or
It's very very basic, I know it's considered an introductory course but I expected more. It was very interesting and informative though.
I was hoping they would taught me softwares in order to do my assignments
It's awesome course
Excellent course with a really great teacher! Many thanks to you.
Very basic introduction to the ground floor of Graphic Design. Get in, get it done, get out. I like how precise it was.
This course is very useful, especially for the beginners. It creates the fundament for your future study. The practical part is very interesting and gave students the opportunity to try different aspects of graphic design. Thank you Coursera and CalArts
They are very basic knowledge, but very useful and illuminating.
good course for beginner
Excellent course! I find this Fundamentals of Graphic Design very useful for everyone not just designer. It does not only provide me with very basic yet very useful knowledge of graphic design but also helped me greatly in practicing certain skills that I never thought I would have. The assignments and all peer-review sessions are quite challenging too though the video sessions with the teachers always sound very easy to understand. I love this challenge anyway. Strongly recommended.
Concisely convey the essentials.
This 4 four week were very inetesting. For me, I got new knowledges in sphere of graphic design. I improve and develop my skills. Thank you to authors and people who make this big work.
Thanks for this course. It helps me to learn graphic design as well
Amazing Course, well organised and excellent teachers!
This course has been great and I have learnt things I can start applying to my job straight away.
very informative and yes, one learns a lot of theory
I enjoyed the course and working on the assignments.
it's my first time to complete online course , really i found it very helpful and attract me by new knowledge and information.
I really enjoyed this course as it made me stop and take the time to not only make art but to have fun with it. This course made me think about different ways to blend art and text the different elements within a typeface and font. I learned a lot of new and important things to consider regarding graphic design and I really enjoyed the instructors way of teaching. Thank you for taking the time to make courses like this so easily available to individuals like me who do not have the time or funds for traveling to a formal college.
Excellent! A great overview of the design fundamentals. A great fit for complete beginners.
I really enjoyed this class. The lectures were very well done and I learned a lot about design that I had not thought about before. I love the optional and required projects. I was inspired to be creative again, which was a nice surprise. I think the final project could have been a bit more challenging/creative similar to the first project. Maybe there could have been one more image, so 7 total, that could have been included and allowed us to be more creative and go crazy.
It's amazing how this course breaks down graphic design to fundamentals that we hardly even think of. It acquaints you with the building blocks, and creates a foundation that'll take you a long way!
Fun assignments and informative lessons
This course is very useful and good. Cool, interesting tasks and beutiful lecture. I gained valuable experience and knowledge in the performance of tasks.
Great overview of graphic design for someone who does not have any experience in this area. Encourages creativity and new ways of thinking about every day objects and representations.
Excellent Course...Got a lot information about designing.
I love this course very much! Thank you!
very informative and really well explained
great course and great lecture
Great class. I really enjoyed all of the assignments. At times, I wish the lectures would have been a little longer so as to include more information / detail. All and all, really enjoyed the course!
Excellent course! This course is better than University classes in Brazil. I recommended it!
Very fundamental. Nice introduction to the field of graphic design.
Really Good
very important for both new designer, who want to enrich their knowledge, and experienced designers, as a refresher.
Very systematic and full of main knowledge course!
I love it!!
I just starting but the I feel this is gonna be awesome course!
Very basic but important knowledge.
Great course if you are a beginner...
Good start, I am getting hungry for graphic design knowledge :::}
I loved the practical side of the course. It opened up my mind on different possibilities and gave me the encouragement to explore and experience more.
Excellent and well guided introduction to Graphic Design principles and thinking.
I have very useful feedback from the peer grade assessment from this course
Cool
GOOD!I can learn something about the foundation of Graphic Design.
In my opinion, this course help me to see regular items in different ways. Also, it open for me "world of design" it is something new for me.I liked this course because it is simple, i can learn in different time.
Good explanation and very basic
The last assignment caused me CONFUSION. I mean, due to the unclear assignment requirements, we cannot review composition for composition's sake. For example, I did use two squares as the assignment asked, but I changed the transparency of them, so they form a new square when overlapping. And people think I used three squares and thus not following the instructions. And many people used a small circle and a large circle putting at the center vertically to form a scale composition, and you have to give them 3 points because they followed the instructions, but they actually did not do much in terms of composition. Though I got 3.5 scores by two people ( not very bad）, I'm still frustrated, and I hope the assignment requirements could be clearer.
I am a Communications professional based in Nairobi, Kenya and have repeatedly seen the importance of the role of graphic design within my department at work. This, coupled with an interest in design, led me to sign up for the course. Getting an introduction to some of the theoretical aspects in this course was extremely worthwhile. I look forward to completing the specialisation. Thank you!
Very good course: The instructor, the method, the process for evaluation, everything was good, fun and interesting. Thanks for sharing it!
This was a great intro course. I had no previous experience to graphic design and it was something that has always caught my attention. This course is perfect for giving you the basics and really getting you to start designing. I was always intimidated by it and now I feel compelled to continue taking any related coursework as well as to keep creating designs!
Great course, well thought out, well presented and lovely lecturer. After having done all 4 publicly available courses in this specialisation, this really was the most fundamental and gave a great summary of what Graphic design is about and which disciplines it involves. 5 stars!
Excellent course for providing the basic elements of graphic design. It's helped me launch my graphic design career! I can't say anything bad about it!
Thank you for the course!I refreshed something I had learned by myself before, learned some absolutely new stuff and learned some more about things I only heard about before. Videos are very nice and the text is super easy to understand and the teacher's voice is very appealing. There are two things that I want to notice. First of all, I would like this course to be more informative. All weekly videos and tasks can be watched and done in one day now. Give us more videos, more information, let's go deeper! The second thing is that peer reviews seemed ineffective to me. Yeah, on the one hand, that's a real feedback from real people who are not your parents or friends so you can be judged objectively. On the other hand, I'd want to know teacher's opinion, I mean, feedback from someone who has a great experience in design. Personally, I didn't get anything but good marks and good words from my peers, though I believe there are things to improve, I just need someone who can point at them.
Great course. I took this first course without an interest in the specialization, but now... I want to finish all four courses!
Just loved the course and recomend to all who appreciate and love graphic design and those want to know the process of creating a brand first hand.
I really liked this course, it was a great introduction to this world which is graphic design for me. I also appreciate very much the scholarship, without it, I would not be able to complete this first course session. Thank you!
It`s a great course for the people who study design and want learn more abut this profession.
very nice and amazing time learning in this course
Very good basic course on graphic design. I've learned a lot about typography, composition, image making and shapes and colours. The course is very well structured with good videos and practical examples. It's a must do course for everyone that is wanting to learn more about design,
Great intro to graphic design. Covers a lot of concepts in a short period of time.
Great teacher!
Perfect for beginning and intermediate graphic designers. The explanations of concepts and exercises are quite useful and makes the foundations of graphic design clear and accessible. Highly recommended.
Loved it!
Excellent course! Learned so much and the modules were easy to follow. I would recommend this to anyone.
I loved the course. The assingments were very appopiate to learn.
I didn't really liked the course of the first week but than I really came to enjoy a lot the course about pattern and forms in particular which was a completely new way of thinking how to create for me, very interesting and full of possibilities.
A decent course, but flawed by student reviewers with subjective opinions.
I really enjoyed this course, I like how It is organized, I like the teacher too, I think that makes a big difference. Many times this course surprised me with things I believed obvious or things I didn't know at all. I would recommend this course to everyone interested in this subject. Thank you CalARTS and Coursera for this opportunity!
Overall great course. Some knowledge Adobe Illustrator and file formatting needed.The Audio is out of sink from the video on many lessons.
Great intro to the fundamentals.
Great, great course. Really comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of graphic design
INCREDIBLE. I really learned from this course!
This is a very basic course, not at all college level.
it was very useful, helpful and all i need to know as fundamentals or basics was in there. Thanks a lot.
Excellent!!! I could understand things not previously understood. I could not perform activities that my computer was damaged and could only watch the videos during lunch at work.
The amount of information covered in this course is just right for a beginner. But it suffers because one, the lectures are boring and lifeless (can you imagine graphics design being BORING?), and two, the examples are UNINSPIRING. They could've done better than use the same circles, squares and triangles to explain various concepts! It's hard to get excited about a topic when the presentation is this dull. And did I mention the lecturer doesn't even look directly at the viewer? It's like they're looking at a monitor or camera on the side, so it's like he's talking to somebody else.So in summary, basic concepts and information are there, yes. And it's free so take it and check out the others in the series. It's just that execution could've been a lot better.
This course is superb! Thank you for offering it here.
IT IS A GOOD BASIC COURSE IN DESIGN, NICE FOR EXPERIMENTING.
Very basic information but a good beginner's course.
This course teach me a lot about graphic design in a whole. For those who wanted to learn more about graphic design and has no knowledge about this, I recommend to try this course.
Very great basic but detailed concepts for graphic design.Easily understand. The exercise made me think through the whole idea of graphic design.
This is a great course for all-time beginners to learn about the most fundamental principles of design. It is not, however, so much a compelling course if you have any notion about design in general or color as it is as bare-bones as it can get. I have really liked the lectures though, and the projects, though they could have been a little bit more challenging, were good examples of a real-life practice.
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A very good way to know the basics of graphic design
amazingly practical
Briiliant course! It gives you very solid fundamentals for all other courses of the Graphic design specialization. The teacher is very passionate, loves his subject and can make all ideas very understandable. The course helps to believe in inner strenght and creativity. I loved it so much! Thanks for this amazing 4 weeks!
Its a great course to start understanding the basics of design and know what graphic design is all about. the lectures are very well explained and the assignments are all very easy to complete.Its a very well structured course.
Very good introductory course to Graphic Design. A good staple to get familiar with the very basics before starting learning more.
Full of useful information, very well organized.
Excellent introduction to the basic principles of graphic design. It made me excited to continue through the specialization.
Instead of reading blogs and books on graphic design and then following that up with consequent practice I decided to take up this course which would help me do both more efficiently and so far I'm not regretting my decision.
Excellent and a lot of fun!
Awesome course! I learned a lot. I liked it so much that I went on to take the rest of the series.
Fantastics course!
Really awesome course. I like that it has all the theory and a lot of hands-on projects to practice and learn the how-tos of design. I totally recommend it.
To break rules and be unconventional one needs to know conventions and rules - and this course is just that! It gives you key vocabulary to name some things which you may consider easy, but never bothered to notice and name :)
Over all a good experience to get a solid understanding of basic graphic design aspects.
I like this course and I'm going to study all the courses in this specialisation! Thank you!
i hate to say it, but this course is really really bad ... not practical at all. i'm not sure where this is all going. maybe by the fourth course in the series, 100 hours later of lectures, you might have something practical but this approach feels wrong. i'm sorry, it's a reputable school and who the hell am I, but one man's opinion: rethink how you go about introducing the newbie to graphic design as it's applicable to the real world.
It was a learning experience to get other people's views on my designs.
Loving this course. Not only is it helping me learn the fundamentals of graphic design in a fun and inventive way, but is also providing a great community. Would highly recommend this for anyone looking to improve or start there graphic design skills. :)
Very helpful course for me!Bring me new way to improve my design skills.And the knowledge it sums are really basic and significant!
I love how the instructor break things down so simply and easy to understand. The examples given are straight to the point. Love it.
Some of the videos seem a little repetitive, but all in all it was a great overview of Graphic Design. T
As a self taught person in Graphic Design, it was interesting to put words to my basic knowledge. I found particularly helpful the lesson about composition.
This course is great to start the design graphic and shows you how it is important to practice a lot!
A lot of the material given in the lecture was intuitive, but I thought it was extremely valuable to see all of the different examples the instructor showed, and the peer review process was also helpful (not only to get feedback on your own work, but to see the way all your classmates approached the same prompt)
A great introduction to graphic design.
I have been working in the field for a couple of years now, but this course gave me some key fundamental bits of knowledge. Recommended for those who are self-taught or simply those who want to brush up on some concepts.
Enjoyed it.
Opened my eyes on how to create art and different ways it can be represented
Good to know basic elements of graphic design
Interesting and exploratory but not much was really explained; he just kinda showed examples and said see what I mean. That's great but you're not really learning why and thus in my opinion I don't feel like I learned much about graphic design
Great course
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Great course
It was very useful and helped boosting my creative & confidence level...So i strongly recommend this course to all novice.
I think that this will help anyone that is trying to get into the Graphic Designing industry.
This was a great course for those trying to try their hand at Graphic Design for the first time.
Very rewarding, with easy to understand but comprehensive lectures and optional exercises that can be done with each sub-section of the lecture. These exercises were interesting, relevant and challenging. It was also educational to do the peer reviews and see how other students approached the assignments.The instructions for assignments perhaps could be broken into bullet points, as sometimes they were perhaps not fully understood on the optional exercises. Some guidelines to help give more substantial or constructive feedback (beyond "This met the assignment criteria" or "I liked #3") could be helpful.I'm very glad I did this course, and I was thoroughly engrossed in the exercises. It was sad when the course ended. :-)
A fantastic introduction to Graphic Design!
This is amazing course I love it
A wonderful comprehensive overview of graphic design. I particularly enjoyed the instructor and his examples show a mastery of the material.
I really love it!
Well-made videos, strong assignments.
Very informative, and the instructor was clear and engaging. The course challenged me, but not to the point that it was overwhelming or felt beyond my abilities.
Very interesting, very clear. Take it without any doubt.
Great! Fun and interactive!
Thats a good course for beginers.In my opinion should be more illustrative with more real and nice examples.
I liked that course and also the specialization very much. Very new subject to me, and it was fun to learn this stuff.
really cool
Great way to get acquainted with the basic tools of graphic design. I will be sure to use them next time I am creating a presentation at work or in my personal life.
Very good visual material accompanied by excellent written supplement that allowed us to follow the recorded portion of the course. Interesting exercises and great methodology that allow students to review and provide feedback to others.
It's described as "fundamentals" and that's it. Very basic. Everything is well explained. In my opinion, it could be a little more in depth.
Amazing course !!!
An excellent starting point for anyone interested in graphic design.
This course inspired me a lot. I enjoyed learning graphic design. The assignments are fun
It's an excellent course. I learned a lot and I could practice everything I've learned. I love it!
Excellent introduction to graphic design. The instructor is engaging and interesting and the topics are broken down into easy to understand segments with excellent examples. Assignments are interesting and really helped me work with the different topics.
nice overview to get you started in graphic design. Lots of practical tasks to do which are fun and give a great opportunity to really explore the concepts.
Its a good course for people who never look at design but its a lot surface. Of course if you want to know the main aspects of design very quikly it course for you.
this course is amazing! very good choice for entry-level designers
Really creative, insightful and fun; five stars!
I'm fully satisfied with all course.I was able to systematize all existing knowledge about graphic design and also fill some "holes" in basics of creating graphics, especially I'm very gratefull for lesson about typography (it has always been my Achilles' heel :) ).All assigments are very interesting, I got a lot of fun considering what I will do for each of them and also enjoyed whole process then.This course is highly recomended for all, who wants to start in graphic design industry and for those, who already experienced in it, but also needs to put in order existing experience in appropriate form.Thank you!
I was so happy when saw this course for the first time. It became the first step to my dream career. All lessons and assignments are very useful and interesting to watch and implement. Thanks you very much for such an opportunity!
A very good introduction to this specialization, with fun and thought-provoking exercisees.
The course is very interesting and useful.
Great course. Instructor was easy to follow along to. Would highly recommend.
This was an excellent course that was well taught and offered practical and real usable assignments. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to learn about graphic design while learning how to apply concepts. The professors lectures were clear concise and very well organized and gave great examples for each concept discussed.
It's a great introduction to Graphic Design!!!Really amazing !Congratulations from Spain ;-)
Great course! recommend everyone who likes to design
Best Graphic designing course for the beginners.
Wow what a course it is
It's really interesting, well paced, engaging... A really nice course, for sure!
Great course.
This was a great course for expanding the way I thought about making, communicating with, and looking at graphic images.At times I was frustrated because I did not know how to easily do certain things with the programs I was using, but I reminded myself that this was not a class on how to use Photoshop or Illustrator. If you are looking to learn about actually using programs, look elsewhere, but if you are looking to build a strong basis for thinking about creating images, this is a great resource.The course work and necessary time input is flexible - if you are stretched for time you can still complete this course, and if you have a lot of time you can get a lot more out of it. Either way, a lot of the learning from this work is dependent on how much effort you put it.
In my third week and I'm loving this course so far. I'm already thinking about the learning points I gain each week in my everyday life!
I like this course and Coursera .org. its giving opportunity to peoples for learning. guys if you want learn so please visit on Coursera .orgi learn many things from this course and i wish i learn alot
It gives a very good overview of the fundamentals of graphic design, also how to start thinking the graphical way.
The course gives fundamental knowledge, as promised. I like videos and the way how material is presented.
Topic and videos, very good, perfect explanation. Thank you!
Great course, entertaining assignments, a lot of information. Good way to start.
This course was great from beginning to end. It woke up this creativity in me that i haven't seen since i was in freshmen year of high school.
This is my first formal instruction to Graphic Design this course made my appreciate my work and instilled interest on my part to pursue and improve in my craft
This course is excellent. Being very informative and fun, it is a great introduction to the design process. All of the assignments are well thought out and are very interesting. This course provides a lot of scope for learning and discovery of new techniques for image making and composition.
Great inspiration source!
I enjoyed this class. The concepts introduced here were easy to understand. It's like graphic design made easy. It was very engaging as well. Highly recommended!
The instruction videos are pretty good. The course gives a good overview of the fundamentals. It delivers what it promises.
A very good course and has helped understand a lot about The said subject :)
A thoroughly inspiring, empowering, exciting, and enjoyable course.During the course, I found myself wanting to rush on to the next part because I was delighted to find answers to questions I've had for years and other pearls of wisdom, but on the other hand I also wanted to linger and revel in the process of making.I most heartily recommend this course to anyone looking to start out in graphic design, or who, like me, enjoys hobbies such as card making and creative embroidery.
Great introduction for a broad theme!
It's a great course to start the Coursera Specialization for Graphic Design giving you a basic understanding of the principles. Depending on your own motivation, it is time consuming or not. In my opinion, it's a great course, I learned a lot and am waiting for the next one - Typography - to hopefully be able and complete the whole specialization.
Awesome course
Ive really enjoyed this course, in fact ive never painted before. So i glad i start, i was a little bit shy to post my work for classmates review, but i understood that its only begin of Graphic Design, so i will learn a lot of interesting things and i have to work hard for that. Thanks to teachers, wish you all the best.Want continue my graphic design education.
The learning process is a complete experience, full of knowledge, good videos and excellent teachers. I think is a 5 stars quality course, because of the amount of tools teachers give. Each one special and necessary.Graphic Design is about making our soul, heart and brain work together. I believe this course is a great way to get this team to complete our expectations.
The course is simply amazing. Prepare to do a lot of hands on work, and use your creativity. The instructor gives hands on work that is really fun to do, and you end up with the knowledge and the skills to actually make a good poster, especially if you do the bonus assignments, which are really nice.I must note, though, that it is very useful to know how to use computer programs to arrange files and text. I used Adobe Illustrator (like the instructor) and Pages, but basic knowledge of Microsoft Powerpoint or similar is enough, as you will scan hand-drawn pictures and put them in, arrange them, then export them as PDFs. Considering you are on this website, I'd say you are ready! Start ASAP!
Really empressive
Great course on graphic design. Explain graphic design in more detail than most college classes I have taken. Would recommend this class to others wanting to understand or explore graphic design as a possible career move.
Brilliant Course. It gives you a good theoretical understanding of modern graphic design. At the same time, it also gives you ample opportunity to make graphic design through its multiple peer reviewed assignments. Personally, I came out with some of my best poster works during this course as it pushed me to experiment beyond what I had done till then.
I love it.
simple and easy to complete it, powerful information covering multi topics of graphic design ....but still need more declaration of tasks . thanks
Overall I think this is a great course and really helpful. However, I had an unpleasant experience on the last week. There is an assignment that asks you to create a single contrast composition of 2 shapes. It says "shapes" and still people are not sure if they can use more count of those shapes. I chose to use 2 shapes, but multiple counts and some people that thought this is not only 2 shapes, but 2 counts as well, chose to grade my work with the lowest rating due to unfulfilled assignment. I think this is Coursera`s fault to begin with. They should word their requirements properly so it does not create confusion. Now, we are left to the good will of a classmate to judge our work and people are not even sure what the assignment asks of us exactly.
A great course to learn to design. It's not a software course, which is perfect. Just what I needed it. Unfortunately, it's too short.
This course helps any beginner to understand the fundamentals of what it takes to create graphic design. Great course!
very good introductory course. i enjoyed the assignments, they are not overwhelming, easy to start, and the optional ones offer great opportunity to dig little deeper into graphic design fundamentals.
Thoroughly enjoyed it, and learned a lot. Highly recommend it! Thanks to the prof and everyone who made this class possible.
This course is the best option to know or review all the graphic design essentials and how to combine them to make a good piece of communication art. I really recommend this course in which you will find an excellent structured program to learn from the basic concepts all the way through the very pillars of the graphic design thinking and creation.
I loved it so. I'm an art maniac so I found it dea
I thoroughly enjoyed the class. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars is because, I would have liked to have seen one of the design projects reviewed by the teacher or a teacher's assistant. I appreciate the peer review, but hearing from someone with experience can be very reassuring.
I really enjoy the exploration journey of this course!Especially the moto of the tutor : "The best part to create it's to have fun in the process!"...Thanks a lot!
Seriously great course. It was informational and fun. The assignments were engaging and the professor was as well. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in graphic design.
It comes with a lot of exercises which made me learn concepts that I've trying to learn only by reading.
I really enjoyed how hands on this class was! I was able to create some beginner Graphic Elements. Thanks for the class!
One of the best graphic design courses I have taken, I loved it.
Great overview of Graphic Design! Thank you for so much for the basics. I would definitely recommend this free, 4-week course to friends.
Great content, presented in a clear and direct manner and then applied with assignments that are accessible to all skill levels. Highly recommend.
Such a fantastic course! Accessible resources, hints and tips, and useful and challenging assignments. I've really enjoyed it.
Great start for people who don't know anything about graphic design, and a great refresh for people already in the industry!
Very interesting and useful
I'm taking this as a refresher. I find the videos to be very helpful and the peer reviews super rewarding in terms of both contributing and receiving. I've managed to relearn a few things as well as pick up some new approaches to my daily work.
Very good course for new learners and of course for old students. I personally recommend it to those who want to learn graphic designing.
It is most effective and valuable course found online. The course schedule is simply perfect every one can learn a lot by just giving a little efforts.
I love to do it! It's so much fun to create and experiment. The descriptions and lessons are clear.
There was just the right balance of instruction and hands-on assignments that let me explore my creative side. The only problem is that if you are paying for this class, your grade depends on reviews by other students.
Splendid inspiration!
A very precise and interesting overview into the world of design and graphics.
Good explanations and great tasks to accomplish. Really didactic.
A great course with a simple approach for the beginners. It was the class to not only learn, but enjoy with whatever is being done.
I'm new in Graphic Design and this course was a great introduction.
This course was well designed and very informative.
Nice course to understand the basics of graphic design
The lessons are very well planned, small and compact yet informational. The design of the videos is superb. It encourages you to focus on the narrative and never distracts from it. I enjoyed taking it and plan to follow up with the other courses in this specialization. I do wish I could do the last project as well, even if I couldn't submit it for grading as I have taken the free course.
Great course! Even though it is quite basic course, it makes a great introduction and gives you an overall look about Graphic Design.
Great course, the peer-review assignments are the key to the success of this course.
Thank You so mutch. I loved to learn more about graphic design and the exercises was really helpfull. Keep Going, guys. We need you.
Very useful course. Gives me a different perspective towards image, art & typography .
I enjoyed the course a lot! The information was well-structured and clear. There was great emphasis on practice that helped to understand the given material on a deeper level. Receiving feedback from students and analyzing the works of others was also wery helpful.
I am a better graphic designer today, with a prior knowledge of how to design a standard graphics for the Global market. thanks to California institute of the art and Coursera
I really liked the course, the content and flow of information not being too saturated, helps students to not lose interest on the course.
This course was very easy to follow along with, making learning the fundamentals of graphic design easy and fun. The assignments required and optional challenged both your understanding of the material and your creativity. I loved every second of this course and I would recommend it to anyone interested in graphic design.
Great course! This is the first course I've taken through Coursera and I am so impressed, both with the content and the delivery.It really influenced the way I look at design. I am really looking forward to completing this specialization.
Really enjoyed this course, wish the other courses in the specialization could be audited.
Very nice course!
Everything is well explained, and the assignments are interesting and fun to make.
Great course. Make sure you plan time to do all of the optional exercises, they are great.
Enjoyable course that really does cover the fundamentals. I have a much g
This is a great intro course for anybody new to the subject. I look forward to expanding my knowledge with the base of information provided here. I also really loved the assignments and the deadlines; I've been trying to learn the fundamentals on my own, but having the structure of this class really helped me to make progress.
The course was exactly what I expected. Professor Worthington made the videos quite interesting and was always to the point. The assignments were also interesting and not too much time-consuming. I'm happy I took the specialisation and I hope that the rest of the courses are as satisfying.
What an Excellent Way to Re-Cap!!!!Thanks Cal Arts....Thanks Coursera....
Loved this course. Very interesting and fun to experiement with the different aspects of design.
This was an amazing course with a very talented and engaging instructor. I suffer from a chronic illness and have recently had to put an unrelated university degree on hold. It honestly felt like my life was falling to pieces. If this course is any indication of what's to come, I have full hopes of being able to start a successful business from home, allowing me to work with my illness and not against it like I was doing before. Thank you Coursera for opening my life back up to possibilities again.
Loving have the opportunity to take this course.The lectures are brief but full of valuable contet.The assignments fun and practical.THANK YOU!
Very interactive and effective
Excellent. Really gave me a perfect immersion in the world of Graphic Design. I sure am more knowledgeable now.
Covers the topic very well, but keep in mind that it's only an intro. The focus is on introducing concepts and language.
Useful and interesting course.
Professor Worthington was awesome and I learned so much. Thank you so much.
I had so much fun and learned so much. I plan to take this course again just to do the assignments.
Awesome course!It has been a really good and well organised! I am greatly improving!
Thanks a lot! Great introduction course with interesting lectures and very good professors.I loved the assignments! :)
Good course. Interesting clear lectures and interesting, enjoyable assignments.
Very interesting and well done course. If I can suggest, we should have feedback from the professors on our assignments. If this is something impossible, considered the huge amount of persons applying for the course, he should at least check some work and give a feedback in order for us to understand if the works done are made in a correct way or not.
It has been 40 years since I took my last art course (and that was in elementary school). While I enjoyed making posters in high school and college, those were done by hand. I had ZERO experience with computer graphics, and was quite nervous starting this course. I liked the way the instructor eased into it - bringing less experienced artists along slowly, and constantly encouraging us to practice and experiment. By the 4th week, I figured out my computer's basic graphic design program, and was really enjoying playing with designs. I look forward to taking the other classes in this specialization.
Fundamentals of graphic design is a terrific introductory course!!! This was my fist contact with art and graphics. Thank a lot for your lessons and advices.Mauricio GarcíaColombia
I learned so much from this course. Thank you!
Clear, concise and efficiently overview of Graphic Design.
Really nice introduction to fundamentals, very punctual, brief but juicy in content. So glad that I've found this Coursera.
I enjoyed the combination of hands on creative exercises and quizzes. I will forever remember " You learn to be a designer by designing"
I enjoyed this course
Very good introduction course with explorational aspect!
The material is really good for beginners. In order to make it more useful I think all the tasks should be mandatory, there shouldn't be any optional ones
Good course to learn more about graphic design and some aspects. Thanks
Good course
It is truly a lot of fun to experiment and to find your own way of designing during this class. Thank you!
Lectures are short but cover the fundamentals thoroughly enough.The peer grading worked very well, too. I got some nice and really helpful reviews.
I absolutely love this course. It's complete, precise, easy to follow, and ignites your creativity!
Very good. I am not major in graphic design, but I learn a lot here.
The materials and knowledge of the fundamentals from this course are helpful. However, the assignments and peer grading threw me off. I did not like the fact that your grade depended on students' review of your assignments. It is all subjective. Good course materials, poor grading system.
Great course and tutor.
Fun, hands-on and very interesting! Loved the assignments and the layout of the course.
I had an absolutely wonderful doing this course. I always wanted to do a graphic design course and this one sure did help me with learning all about the fundamentals of graphic design. I do hope to complete the entire specialisation later on. Great job, Coursera and CAL Arts! I look forward to your other art courses.
Took this as a bit of a 'looks interesting' - wasn't disappointed; was well taught, engaging and pitched at the right level. I'd recommend it to anyone.
This is an excellent course for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of graphic design. Wonderful! The information and hands-on activities bring to point the information discussed and lessons taught.
This was a great introductory course. I appreciated how much the lectures were chunked down--to make it easier to move through the information each week and that there was a good mixture of required and optional exercises. I had fun!I also liked that this course did not require software such as Indesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop.
The course itself was great. The only thing lacking is that all the assignments were reviewed only by peers.
Great basic concepts of graphic design and balanced number of assignments
Clear teaching line and complete content makes it a wonderful choice for starters who are interested in graphic design. However, as the name of the course indicates, it is not an advanced tutorial for those who wants to enhance their design skills in a more specific area.
I'm so in love with this course! I want to take it again!
Great introduction of the fundementals of graphic design! I recommend it - the videos and instructor are clear and concise. I look forward to the next course in the specialization.
I learned a lot and it was an excellent test of my foundational Graphic Design knowledge.
This course does go over some of the basics of graphic design, but I expected it to be a lot more rigorous. The assignments are incredibly simple, and I think that there should be no optional assignments in the class. The reason I'm taking this class is because I have a hard time motivating myself to learn on my own, so I need something that will really push me. I only spent about an hour a week completing this course, and I believe that you can't learn something by only spending an hour a week on it. Also what's the point of having mentors if they don't engage with you? I know I could have contacted them if I had a question, but I didn't because it was so easy. I wouldn't mind getting feedback from a professional graphic designer though if they're available. Also seeing how many students misinterpret the assignments, it makes me nervous that they are the ones grading mine.
Clear and Organised.
Its a great course. Even if it's a basic of the Graphic Design, it's pretty detailed and a good start to anyone interested in the subject.
I had a great time doing this course. Professor Worthington covers the theory in an interesting and useful way. The lectures are short and sweet. The best part of the course is the 9 creative assignments (2 compulsory and 7 optional, but recommended) that really force you to expand your technical skill set and get out of your comfort zone.
great design course for beginners
Maybe too basic sometimes. But the teacher explains everything in a very good way. The platform works amazingly.
Very informative and inspiring.It is unfortunate that for optional assignment does not give marks. Only peers review.
I loved the course, although I think the instructions for various briefs should be more precise and/or someone should be available to clarify the instructions and answer any questions from students (regarding the briefs).
The course has been very illuminating and informative, not to mention the engaging assignments! I have really learned a huge deal and wish to learn more!
It's a grear course site... I learn lot of new thing in this course.
What a great course! The content was prescient to the artwork I do and the assignments fun and applicable. I look forward to taking the next course in the sequence.
Simple and very good for beginner!
Absolutely loved this class. Found it to be very helpful and worth my time and money. I think the professor did a great job with his lectures and I enjoyed the assignments.Thank you.
Excellent module with simple and concise explanations.I recommend it
Great course! High quality. Good peer review
Very good course for starters who want to understand - Good Work ;) !
Information was very good and presented in a clear and intriguing manner. I do wish the professors or someone could give some oversight. Some students were nice, but some were very nasty to each other. Ironically, the people with the worst work were the nastiest.
Good content, it explains with so much clear and simplycity! Really love the course!
Great start for graphic design beginners! Lessons are well organized and well explained. The assignments are the best part of the course and very helpful to explore the topic.
I enjoyed the course as a
An excellent introduction to graphic design. The videos were useful to clearly show the concepts. There were a number of assignments, many of them optional, which allowed you to practice and integrate the learnings. All material was taught at a level that made it accessible to a true novice.My only hesitation on giving this course 5 stars was the lack of any presence of teachers/tutors in the course discussions. There was a lot of questions about the final marked assignment, with many posts on the discussion boards. There was no response from anyone other than the participants in the course. The issue was not clarified and students were left to interpret (and peer review based on that intrepretation) the instructions on their own.
ok, i'm probably not the average student here cause i am old,... saying that i have a fine art qualification and 25 years of 'almost there' design experience to have a point of view. 'almost' being the important part of it...what this module gives you is a very firm understanding of how design works these days. the main lecturer is really good at what he does, and that's probably the most important part of any teacher-student situation. For personal reasons i committed a bit too much on this course, and i am glad to say that whether you feel like devoting 8 hours a week for it or 28 as i did, there is stuff for you to learn.although i already knew pretty much 70% of the material, having the concepts reestablished by this teacher in such structured manner really helped me out.If we're to get sentimental, i can honestly say that i feel this module was the best thing i did this past month, cause through fine art i have been designing for the past 25 years, but this gave me the STRUCTURE to think of DESIGN in relevant terms.awesome.-do it!btw.,i've tried to be as honest as i can possibly be here, hope it helps. if it was crap i would say it's crap. but this one isn't. and of course it's up to you to fully exploit this wonderful possibility.
Professor Worthington is very thorough and the information in this course is not only interesting and accurate, it is useful! I absolutely loved the course and was extremely excited upon receiving my Certificate!
Great course! Awesome teacher, interesting material, and manageable projects.
Excellent course.. I love fundamental of graphic design. Highly recommended
Perfect short introduction to Graphic Design.I wish I could have dedicated more time for the optional assignments!
A very complete course with many applied exercises. I recommend it.
Explanations are simple but covers many aspects. The assignments are also simple but quite useful to practice what it is explained in the video lesson. I really enjoy with this course and creating the composition suggested in the assignments.
Exactly what I needed
Absolutely awesome course! Very informative, great examples, every lesson is logically structured and really inspiring. The whole course is helping to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of a graphic design principles.
IT's a nice introduction into the design world. I enjoyed it.
This had some really good fundamentals and some really helpful exercises. I recommend this to anyone who would like to understand a little more about Graphic Design.
Great course! The lessons are really interesting for those who love Graphic Design and need to know and understand it from the basics.
The strongest part of this course is that it prompts the learners to apply the designing skills.
A well-organized course.
Very interesting and insightful!
The course was very interesting, hands on orientated and it offered me a lot of useful information. I have really enjoyed it! It was also a good motivation to practice graphic design more often, explore the realms of shapes, colours, typography etc.I was really grateful for the peer reviews, but I missed a bit more professional approach sometimes, for instance comments like "I like it" or "It is not that bad" does not tell me much about my work. So in these cases some feedback from someone who already is a graphic designer and knows much more about it than us, students, starting with the graphic design, would be more than welcome.I also missed advices on where to find out more on a particular topic.Overall, taking this course was a very positive experience and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in graphic design.
Very Interesting. The Illustrations make it better.
Very clear and not too complicated! I really appreciate how Michael Worthington gave us the history behind each term to give us an in depth understanding of how it functions. This lesson was very thorough and I will definitely apply everything I've learned to my designs.
One of the best courses that I have taken.This was my first approach to the world of arts and this course definitely gave me a solid background to start understanding Design more. Their assignments and feedback were very useful to understand the topics better.Recommended 100%.
I like the exercisesthey are very useful!
Although this was a beginners class and a lot of the concepts were really simple, the instructor still found ways to make the class fun and get me thinking creatively. This class got me excited to learn even more about design!
I really enjoyed this course. The teacher made the content very approachable and doable. The goal was to just create and start designing. I loved how low pressure it felt! It actually made me want to go the extra mile and design more!
The concepts are communicated in a clear and organized way. Great visual examples are provided for understanding and inspiration.
interesting simple way of learning, thanks for the encouragement.
Great course! Lots of usefull information. I used it to refresh concepts.
This course is a good start in understanding the basics of graphic design, I felt it could go a bit deeper into the materials but its a good beginniing :)
Seems as though all the essentials are here in a very efficient manner. The assignments and fun and inspiring.
This course helped me to explore my creativity. Although I've been working as a graphic designer for sveral years still I found a lot of interesting stuff that opened new horizons of creativity.
Awesome course!
This course was organized in a very easy manner for all types of learner. As someone who have had experience with Graphic Design, I thoroughly enjoyed this class and all the assignments.
I would like if there was some instructor feedback. That would be great! I loved the course, really useful.
Love it - very interesting
This is a good course and you will learn to be creative and learn about things you haven't done before. I would suggest anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals to take this course
Very good and educational contents. Great practical exercises that help develop knowledge.
Great introduction that give the learner the foundations and lets them explore by doing.
Inspiring assignments! THe instructor has a warm encouraging aura around him that made me want to listen to him. Also, he is very clear and thorough
Thank you for this excellent course!!
The course was very cool. If you have already studied anything design-related, the content might be too basic and might look boarded in a rather shallow way. However, if you are new to the topic, I think the course is the perfect introduction to how the design process works and also, to the specialization (if you are interested in that). Additionally, the assignments offer a great chance to practice every concept reviewed in the videos, so that even a person who knows those things, but is a little rusty on the whole practice side, might benefit from the course.
I loved this course so much I would suggest to anyone who is interested in graphic design. The videos are clear and the assignments very motivating.
Better than most courses why? because you are forced to create things a feature i have not seen in many MOOC's. Yes there is the ocassional programming assignment (mostly consisting of prewritten code and clear rules) in which you get to create something but that is not really creating something new. That's what you are stimulated to do in this course.
This course does an awesome job of integrating beginner's knowledge with practical graphic design projects. I'm enjoying it tremendously. I'd highly recommend it! :)
This course covers a great variety of important subjects in a fast way
If you want to be designer, get your hands dirty on the job! I really liked this course. It really showed a new perspective for making designs and I have learned new terms and concepts during the course. I would like to continue different graphic design courses in following days in Coursera. Really appreciated it. Thanks for all :)
Interesting and innovative
This is a great course for getting into art in general. A lot of the course is very cursory and never goes too far into detail like some classes do, which can be overwhelming.The structure of required vs optional assignments was great, allowing you to choose where you'd like to practice more or even just additionally be able to continue (whereas some people cannot).I would highly recommend this course to everyone. I look forward to continuing the entire specialization when I have more time. Until a couple of months from now, CalArts - you have made me a happy student!
Interesting and well-thought course for graphic design. Looking forward to earning more on the subject.
Great course for anyone!Excellent learning and hands-on for those in any field and creative interests, also non graphic/visual designer like me. Lessons inspired me and helped applying to other projects I am working on by stimulating creative thinking and ways to experiment.
Great intro course!
Extremely helpful course even for experienced graphic designers
Excellent introduction to graphic design, I really enjoyed the lectures and learned a lot.
Great course, excellent introduction to Graphics Design for me as a developer and a non-designer.
I've enjoyed this course so much! I nearly quit it before properly starting, because the first video seemed very uninteresting. Also, the material covered seemed very basic and common sense. And I guess a lot of it is, but to discuss these basic concepts, and experiment with them is very valuable. It also made me very excited about designing. In this course, it's up to the student to decide how much they want to put into the course, and therefore how much they will get out of it. Lots of the assignments are optional. However, all (but one) exercise really helped me explore the concepts explained.It's a clear course. It's a very basic course. Get ready to get hands on.
Simple and clear enough for beginners.
wonderful course, very helpful with basic knowledge of graphic design usage of elements and forms and terminologies. Thank you, the videos were very helpful and very insightful and easy to follow. I'd so love to carry on taking more courses that can help broaden my knowledge
I found this course extremely engaging and interesting. The fundamentals are basic but that's what the outline states. It's good for beginners or graphic designers who need a refresher on the basics. You can execute the course at your own pace, following the timeline or completing assignments and lectures ahead of time. I'd highly recommend this course.
This course is cool! Good explanation of the concepts and the assignments designed in such a way that a feed back is guaranteed.
I love this course! It is fundemental and interesting .
Great introduction course. I wish there were links to relevant literature on the topics. Some exercise formulations are not instantly clear.
It is a really good course, but it is designed for complete beginers. I took it as a review of fundamentals and didn't learn nothing new, but I didn't have those expectations. I just wanted a pure review of things I already know. It was fun and maybe a bit too easy - even for beginers. :)
This was my first attempt at a MOOC, and I think I'm spoiled. This is the just right format and just right medium for learning these skills. The class demonstration videos are simple enough to really demonstrate the concepts. The exercises are also well formulated to help get the concepts across effectively in this medium.
The course provides just what it promises. Each module presents a set of concepts or theories are foundational to graphic design. These come to life in the lectures with many real world examples. The design assignments don't work toward a single fixed solution, but ask the student to explore many possible solutions -- a training in divergent thinking and creativity. I am looking forward to the other courses in this specialization.
I am enjoying the course as a beginner in graphic design, i am also taking practical classes on PS, Corel draw and In design. i believe strongly that this specialization will give me the much needed edge.
A great introduction into the basics of graphic design. I would highly recommend.
It is a great course, simple yet complete. However, it would be nice if we had more contact with our lecturers, and if they graded our assignments instead of other classmates. They are not as experienced as our teachers are.
An exceptionally good course. Hands-on, and—as the name suggests—all about learning the fundamentals of design, rather than what to click in a piece of software. Highly recommended as an antidote to all the Photoshop tutorials out there.
Excellent course! As a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience this course took me back to the basics and re-ignited my passion for Graphic Design. Truly great and well put together course, very inspiring.
Very inspiring course.
Excellent course. Thoughtful introductions and good briefs. Enjoyed and learned lots
Very interesting and "to the point"!
Loving this course! It has a really nice pace. I always prefer shorter videos cause then I can divide the week up and not have to find hours to do it all at the same time. Also it is easier to think along (I am doing it as an after work extra activity). Probably a lot of things are basics but this was exactly what I was looking for. Also the system of mandatory and optional tasks is really nice cause people can choose how deep they want to go. I have skipped optional things cause I do not want to design myself, more work better together with the designers but I might change my mind during the next course cause I am definitely taking the hole spezialisation!
Course is pretty good as a starting point. Makes you start thinking on different lines and gives a good introduction about the various aspects involved. Getting reviews from other students also helped a lot.So overall, i quite enjoyed the course. Thumbs Up!! :)
clear instruction and easy to follow
I was satisfied by the content and the pace of learning.
Very great lecture, interesting tasks/projects.
I like design much ,this course will be nice
This was a fantastic course, and I really enjoyed what I learned in this class. It was awesome to be able to learn from a CalArts instructor!
Amazing course! great for people who are interested in graphic design :)
Assignments could be more fun and hard but the course was very good.
I really did enjoy the lessons, the assignments on different views of an object and last one on single contrasts indeed contributed to my creativity practicing. The lecture about patterns was impressive!
Great course. Interesting and fun lectures, useful exercises. Awakes creativity in you.Thanks a lot for this course!
It's great that the course has a lot of practical assignments! Also it is very important to get feedback on your work from other people that have interest in this field. It's good to learn what works and what doesn't and why. Very useful for me! Thank you!
It is a brilliant course. It is creative, innovative, fun and educational.Be ready to be surprised. Loved it and enjoyed it more.
A great course, I liked very much the way the teacher speaks, I could understand everything clearly, the activities were well made and even the optional ones had some deep meaning. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
A really good course for beginners. Lets you know the basics of graphics design.
Really helpful! Thanks for this course.
This was very helpful. I learned a new vocabulary and improved my graphic skills. I'm looking forward to the next course in the series.
"Let's try and draw a very basic, simple apple." I had to stop watching this course there. Sorry, but this is less than "fundamentals". I'm trying a new course on graphic design now...
Excellent enterance to world of design.Thank you lecturer.
i'd like to thank all who works to give us much more information to understand with easiest way ..
Recommend this course to everyone who is interested in this area
Thank you!
I've barely started this course and it's already been a great artistic breakthrough for me. It certainly has opened my mind to the variety and depthness that graphic design can have.
ProsThe information is good. This class is good for learning the vocabulary in graphic design. I already understood more general terms like scale and form. I learned new terms like figure/ground and visual contrast (or how graphic design defines it).ConsThe teacher's pace for some of the videos is slow for the amount of information. On week 4, the pace slightly quickens. But overall, it's really slow.VerdictI would recommend this course for learning the terms of graphic design or getting a basic understanding of design principles. I also found the assignments fun. If you have some understanding of the basics of design and art, you do not need to watch every video. Feel free to skip on videos covering terms you have a general idea about.
Great not only for the beginners, but also for professional graphic designers who whant to revisit the basics. The typography classes are excellent!
Amazing course!
I really am enjoying this course! This course makes you jump right in and play, which is something I love! So far it has been helpful to me and I'm beginning to understand the basics of Graphic Design as well as experimenting with different techniques to create unique images!
Excellent course! It really gives you the fundamental of graphic design, and it fuels you with lots of ideas to continue creating and learning.
Its taught very nicely and its an eye opener. :)
Awesome course with lots of learning and fun!!!
Although very basic the course helped my to discover the bases of graphic design. Willing for more!
Amazing course. Learnt so much. And still learning.
This course was great and the instructor was very helpful. Peer comments also helped me to improve my techniques throughout the course.
Nice class. Quite inspiring at times.
Great course for begginers! Thank you!
I learn a lot about graphic design and I'm eager to learn more
Super course! It helps to learn and systematize basic knowledge of graphic design. Very useful for the start!
Not so long ago i decided that I no longer wanted to practice the art of graphic design hazily since i was self taught. I wanted to know everything about it and this course has been quite helpful. For once i can now speak fluently about the fundamentals of graphic design. Thanks to the Coursera team.
The course is clear, simple and easy to hand on!
great introduction to the basic concepts
Nice short course with the right balance of theory and practical assignments. Only two assignments are required for completion but there are several assignments that are optional and to get the full benefit of this course, the optional assignments are important, if you have the time for it. The course covers all the basics and it's fun.
Very cool, very practical. I love it.
Too simple and boring
Absolutely awesome course!
Great course! Amazing teachers and good content!
I loved this course, even though (for me), some things were quite repetitive and unnecessarily lengthy.
This course will open your mind to graphic design to a whole new level. It will make you "think design'. Highly recommend it. The assignments are well thought out too. You will learn-if thats what you want.
Really good course. I would have given it 5 stars but it could use a little improvement. Too many optional assignments perhaps. They should have been required. The class just didn't engage you enough. That being said I've signed up for the next ones.
Nice Course i really enjoyed.
A great course, it sparked my interest and built me up, starting from the scratch I now dare to pick a pen or brush and scissors and ductape and be creative! Thank you very much!
This was a great introductory course to graphic design. It made me think of many ways to represent the same image. I
Love the class, I learned a lot. Taking simple idea to new level. I'm looking forward to taking other classes in this specialization.
Four stars, because there is always room for improvement. But this is a well structured course and gives a great grounding for anyone looking at graphic design.Thanks to those who put this course together, great work.
The course is pretty good and not difficult to take. I've learned basic graphic design skill via this course. Looking forward to taking more classes here again!
Ii really enjoyed this course because it sets the basics - it is called "fundamental" and really it is. Thank you!.
A lot of useful information for begginers!
Great introduction to the basics of graphic design. Interesting presentations and fun assignments.
Very good course for begginers.
This is an excellent introduction to graphic design. Time is not spent on learning the technology, but rather on producing the examples of art and typography. Thank you.
This is great
I love this course so much, and I have learnt a lot of skills, techniques and knowledge about Graphic Design. Though some of the assignments are optional, I guess is to reduce the workload of the learners, I strongly emphasize learners to try all of them since the results won't affect the overall performance. It is a good introduction course for Graphic Design.
I am a professor in the arts. I enjoyed the projects and felt this course was very organized and easy to follow. The videos and project examples brought it all together.Thank you!
Thanks California Institute of the Arts for this course! It gives me opportunity to study graphic design
Great intro course....Could you consider more courses?
Fantastic. Amazing quality of teaching, must be one of the top courses.
Excellent material for beginners who don't have any experience with Graphic designing.
Loved this learned a lot.
I encourage this course because it has many exiting features and tasks.
Great course, awesome professor! The course is great for all, even people who currently work in graphic design. I especially recommend this course for those of us who either have no formal training/education or those of us who have been in the business so long that a refresher course just adds value to what we already accomplish on a daily basis.
interesting and fun course!
I was unable to follow up bc of vacation and some busines travel, I wish to do it again one day.
I joined to learn outstanding experience but ... disappointed
Very useful knowledge and practical skill. The assignments are interesting, fun and practical. Like this course!
This class takes you through all the basics of graphic design (type, shapes, colour, composition), perfect for beginners! All the assignments help you to understand the concepts as "you can get better at graphic design only by making graphic design" :) I hope there will be a specialization with advanced levels as well as I would very much like to learn more! Thank you for this class!
Great course.
I think this course was great- it really got you exploring and experimenting. I do think that there should be more REQUIRED briefs. Two of the modules out of the four were quiz's which was a little disappointing. I also think there needs to be some online help. In the last brief there was a large discussion as a lot of students were confused about the task and nobody stepped up to help clear the air- this is the reason I gave this course 4 not 5 stars.
Excellent course. Enjoyed the classes and all of the projects. I recommend doing the optional projects as well, because you get a chance to apply everything that you learn on class.
I loved all themes of this course. Learned a lot and made my bases in art bigger.
Awesome course! Learned a lot.
Perfect!
Awesome course. Well presented by an experienced faculty member. Thanks coursera!
Hey, that's pretty good.
Simple and effective!!!
I'm really excited to complete this course and have a better understanding of graphic design!
Clear direction, get more ideas on Graphic Design
The fundamentals, like the title says. Very well explaineI wish there was more info on what software to use for the assignments for those of us more used to traditional mediums rather than digital.
I really liked this short course. Having not been exposed to any kind of arts classes before (not since elementary school anyway), I felt this instructor explained things in a way (and used examples as he explained) that I could understand. It got me to appreciate just how much you can do just by changing simple things like typeface and size. This class got me doing stuff that I hadn't done in a long time, like painting with water colors. It was not a complicated or challenging class, but it was a very good introduction, which is what I think it was intended to be. It was approachable and it inspires further exploration.
this course taught me a lot about graphic design. i was so astonished about all the meanings from composition, shape and color. nice for beginners
Great course and great teacher!!!! Compliments
Awesome!!! i really enjoy the course
good course structure for beginners !
For what it was, it was a decent course. For some reason I thought it would be a little more advanced. This was a very basic class. Wording of the last assignment limited creativity as it was hard to tell if you had to limit your pictures to 2 shapes,(as in one circle and one square), or 2 shapes(as in as many circles as needed and as many triangles as you needed, but don't add any squares). Reviewing these assignments, because they were so basic, made it hard to offer much in the way of constructive criticism.
great course for beginners in graphic design.you get to know the basic and the tasks are simple so anyone can do them.no previous experience is needed but its fun to try and make your own designs
The professor is great. That is the best part of this course.
Concepts were all clearly presented and discussed, and seeing others' work was very helpful in broadening my understanding of the possibilities.
Great course that teaches you what you need for graphic design.It is a good approach to graphic design.The reviewing system encourages you to talk to your "classmates", there is a very friendly atmosphere.However, it is a bit difficult to get feedback from the institute and the teacher direclty.
Great course, very engaging and useful !I hope there will be a part II.
Vale a pena fazer este curso! Muito bom!This is a very good Course! It is worth it!
Great way to learn the fundamentals of graphic design through practice.
Awesome course! I thought the lectures were really thorough and assignments were a great way to practice.
I did really enjoy the whole course. The videos were easy to understand and follow. All the assignments helped me to transpose the theory into practice.
Great class, I learned a lot and with these basics I can now go on and continue studying this subject confidently.
Very helpful, I love it!It would have been 5 stars if it had been longer.
Fantastic Course! You will find something for you - for sure!
This perfectly introduced me to the basic know-hows of graphic design, thing which you'll never learn from self practice and creating stuff on photoshop or Ai. I enjoyed learning more from this than my 4 years in engineering in school!
Nice course! I learn a lot about Graphic Design. Thank you very much.
Great course with a great range of introductory information with a good selection of exercises to complete. I learnt a lot from this course and had fun doing the assignments.
Very interesting course on Graphic design with a good structure and playful creative assignments.
This course is very helpful to understand why some designers present certain information or things in a certain way.
This course was very enjoyable. It was nice how the videos were broken up into many short videos, and the assignments were useful in understanding the concepts.
It is good for beginners only
Love the course and the teacher was awesome, I am college graduate in Advertising and Graphic Design and happy to say I learned new things, as well as new ways to see composition and every other aspect of graphic design. Thank you a lot for this and keep them coming!
Will be better again if we can have a return from the pedagogic team on the differents achievement done.Merry Christmas and HNY
I enjoyed Fundamentals of Graphic Design. The course in such a small time makes you understand the thinking that goes behind any creative work.Thank you.Amit
Im glad to be part of it.
A great pleasure for me to be part of this awesome course. I have enjoyed it as a child.
Amazing classes to create some interest over the graphic design! I finished and aprove.
It has been really helpful for building base for basic graphic learners......appreciate....(Y)
I really enjoyed the classes and the explanations were clear, precise and professional. thank you very much for preparing this classes. The exercises and references were very useful.
It's a quite simple course, yet it manages to give a few critical insights about graphic design. Really interesting for absolute beginners.
Keep on doing these kind of courses! Thank you so much!
What a wonderful introduction to graphic design. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and enthusiasm.
Notes made available would have been very handy.
Great Course! You must enroll in this.
Very encouraging to practice from day 1
Really a lot of fun. It would be great if discussions were more active, but overall a good introductory graphic design course.
Very useful and well-organized course.
I haven't applied for a certificate but I really enjoyed the lessons. The course is clearly structured and the videos are very well done.
Very practical course, making complex simple
This is a wonderful wonderful course... The tasks are perfectly designed to make you learn and understand... Every single video lesson is fun and engaging! I definitely recommend it to any one who is no familiar with GD and is interested in learning it!
This course was very well designed and extremely suitable for peeps of all backgrounds. I suppose the only drawback was that I didn't find the course challenging enough. But I went to design school for a few semesters, so I was already pretty familiar with the concepts. Overall, very good practice and a nice refresher. Thanks, Michael!
Great course, I had a lot of Graphic Design courses recently and this is the best , it's the best approach to learn Graphic Design and be a designer too, not like other courses just reading theories as a story without knowing even how to make a step in the field.
Really helpfull to start working on graphic design!!
Un bon rappel des bases, merci encore.www.brandelys.com
The course is being great so far and very well taught/instructed by Professor Michael. I hope it will be an important asset to my future career in Arts.
The course is great! Well organized, with good assignments and good lessons. The graphics and edition of the videos are really nice.
Comprehensive and useful content
Really useful course for beginners.It would be nice if some of our submissions is reviewed by professors instead of peers.
Excellent overview of the basics for non-designers looking for some design knowledge.
Excellent course, videos are short and effective , the activities and content were also great . I would love more courses about desing like this one in Coursera
Easy to understand
Very inspirational course. Great tips and amazing opportunities to gain hands on experience.
A great course. By showing the mutation and combination of elements, it makes design more approachable, and fun to do.
Bit too simple for my liking.
Great course!
Excellent course. Interesting, simple (in a very good way) and very engaging. Loved it. If only it continued...
This is a cool course, and helps me a lot! Thank you!
Enjoying it! Thorough, effective, a great opportunity for beginners.
Michael (the lecturer) did a wonderful job delivering the lessons in an easy to understand manner. The whole course was easy to follow. I don't recall any ambiguity in his teachings and his voice was clear. I also enjoy some of the assignments because I surprise myself by producing some great images. My main problem is the instructions of the assignments that causes a lot of students to be confused (there are many complaints expressed in the Discussion forum).
Very practical and enjoyable introduction to graphic design. It condenses a lot of content in an approachable and diversified way so it's useful to learn a lot in little time.It's also encouraging to put all the concepts taught into practice with various media, with its balance between technique and talent. I like the instructor's way to express the importance of relying on the idea over difficulty.Among the MOOCs I've taken on art topics, this one stands out as one of the most clarifying and fulfilling.
This is a great course to start learning graphic design. Though I expected to find a bit more profound information, I still recommend it to those who has never had any experience (or conscious experience) designing something
Great quick course to introduce concepts that everybody should be familiar with, really easy to follow.
Great course!
The course introduces you to the vital basics of graphic design. Sometimes the information provided is not enough for me as a practicing designer, but I guess it would be OK for beginners. Maybe the main thing about the course is that it constantly encourages students to do a lot of design, and it's definitely inspiring.
Great introduction to graphic design - well paced, clear and the assignments were very useful to help digest the principles!
Absolutely clear and rational approach to fundamentals. Thanks a lot!
I loved this course. Thank you!
A solid introduction on the big picture of Graphic Design, I am so motivated to dive deep into more details by taking the class!
Even if you are an experimented designer, it's useful to come back to the basics and maybe discover something you've forgot or something new. A good one for people interested in design.
Very basic, but some things are useful, the course is worth it if you are a total newbie
Videos explain very well all the contents.
I really like this course. It's simple yet very interesting!Thank you, Fundamentals of Graphic Design team.
Interesting and funny assignments!
Based only on the preview, I believe this course approach to design is excellent. Starts from the very basic building blocks that apply to many visual branches. The originality and variety of the included examples perfectly support the explained subject. I can also appreciate the connection from this view/approach to arts.I miss the possible motivations behind design and arts.
I really enjoy this course and all the activities involved.
Really interesting and really passionating! This really pushes me to do a University of Design later :)!
Very-very complex and saturated course. It makes u believe in yourself and reduce fear of the white sheet))) easy to understand)Thanks a lot! i want to create after your lectures!
Very good to understand the basics of graphic design
A good, fun and very didactic introductory course. I'd like to have more courses on graphic design.
Great course!
Learnt a lot more about the design process so far in the week two of the course. Experimentation is constantly encourage during the classes and course exercise, i believe its an essential process every designer should embrace to communicate ideas effectively.
It was so much fun to complete this course and I really learned a lot
Very helpful course covering all the important aspects for a new person.
I like this course. It is great.It is not the easiest course ever, but it gives a lot of important information.I do like it has theoretical and practical assignments. So you will have Fun and Challenge :)Highly recommended.
very interesting course with detailed teaching of the concepts and its application. recommend to anyone who is interested in graphic design, would be a good starting point!
I learned a lot from this course and it was very flexible, interactive and easy to follow.
Just watched the first week and I am already excited about it! Please, I BEG YOU, make the Graphic design specialization! :)
Up until now this course is really practical, well explained and a "happy" place to be! I love it and wish my University lessons were as fun and informative as this!
I totally liked the hands-on approach and the nice presentation of the material. On the other hand, I felt a little left alone since there was no didactically planned interaction beyond the peer reviews. Furthermore, a forum for discussion is nice, but it's a little sad if no one can answer course related formal questions, you misinterpret the instructions, and therefore receive a low grade.
The class It's really clear and simple.Every week you can put the information to work on the assignments, that in my case made me put my creativity out there, have fun, discover my abilities and create really cool stuff.I learned with the recommendations of my classmates and I also learned by review them. I feel I learned a lot on a few weeks.I really loved this class, very, very much!
Well structure, informative, and very accessible introduction to graphic design. Assignments were achievable and enjoyable, and supported the lesson very well. Great course! I hope you create more!
Very good, well paced course which gives you a flavor of graphic design. Nicely presented and concepts demonstrated well. I would definitely do more courses from them.
Very good lecturer, has very good command of English Language. Impressive
Very useful and interesting course. Waiting for more courses from your university about Graphic design.
Excellent. The best Coursera course that I've taken.
I learned a lot from this course. Thank you California Institute of the Arts for this wonderful experience.
I've been working with designers as the client for 5-7 years now - I foudn this extremely interesting to get little bit of insight in what the potential is.
Great entry level course! Big thanks to Michael Worthington!
Like the format and the presentation of this course. Each topic builds on the next and then finally you are shown how to mix the fundamentals. Enjoyed this course.
Totally engaged into this course, I can wait to finish it and start a new one following this path.
Amazing course! I hope you will do something similiar again soon!
A great course that I highly recommend.
Very interesting and helpful course. I hope than professor will make course about painting on a computer with teoretical background and practice.
awesome i think.
love this course
Love this class on Graphic Design learned different types of imagemaking never new the different types or what they were called
I was led to believe that I would be learning the fundamentals of graphic design, which to me means learning how to use Photoshop, InDesign, etc. This is more about learning how to create art in general, not exactly what I'm looking for.
A very detailed course with good analysis frameworks.
Very Nice
Great
Excellent teachers and course. Congratulations!!!
Very Good!!!
I really enjoyed this course
Awesome course delivered by wonderful team. Highly recommended
this was an enjoyable course with lessons that are applicable in everyday life and perspectives that change how we view
I think it's a great effort for presenting us all this research, videos, activities, etc. but sometimes is heavy, boring, long, I think you could resume de course, so we don't loss interest. Thanks a lot anyway!
The course is highly engaging. It made me come back, day after day, in spite of a busy schedule. Also techniques taught are extremely basic and implementable. I found them to be useful and life changing. I signed up with the intent of just observing but ended up taking back a lot of value to bring about a change and creating happiness enhancing habits. Needless to say I have been endorsing and recommending this course to other. Thanks Dr. Happy Smarts for curating such a beautiful course!
amazing experience and great thoughts inputs
Very gratifying. I'm working on changing my life and of course, this MOOC arrived to my hands, I really would like to share my findings with people of my community, to create a happy team like yours but with the latin touch. Thank you to life for having put you in my way.
Very interesting course. Recommend it to everyone
An incredible course!
Love it!Simple, pleasant, interesting and relevant ;-)
pathetic
Excellent course, very interesting content.A great opportunity to learn about happiness in a different way.
very good, interesting, you can apply the learned lessons in your daily life from the first day
Brilliant!!!
Thank You!
This is something out of this world! this is an absolute must ! everyone should go through this it is so so worth it :) it is worth nothing that it is quite long. but I encourage everyone to go through it because everything is extremely scientific and just great! I am thrilled
Really capable of change your mind and yourself!!!!!
A life of Happiness and Fulfillment :) - This is one of the finest course I've ever taken online. I wish I could rate it 100/100 :) If you are planning to take this course then do not miss out on it, this course can change your life.
Pretty Helpful. Professor present lecture in an organized way
nice and short videos
Excellent! I was really motivated to follow, I've learnt in enjoyable waya lot important and useful things both for my professional and personal life. Thank you!
This course changed my life! I truly never thought of happiness as a value until it was pointed out in this course. Prior to taking it, feeling happy really was a bonus to what my family and I valued. I was raised to work hard and provide for my family. Now, happiness by my definition is a value that is considered in my decision-making framework, and I choose to foster an environment to let it grow. Mahalo and Aloha!!
A must for every human being
This is one course which I strongly recommend for everyone irrespective of their cultural and educational background
It is very interesting and emotional course)
Much more than I expected it to be.
Best among all courses! Should be compulsory in high schools.
Very informative and interesting
really it made me happy after completing the course....i would suggest everyone to do this course...
Thanks A Lot
A very good course. It makes your more mature in life.
Very entertaining and informative. Evidenced-based but taught in a dynamic and interesting way. Love it!
Thank you for the class. It was really insightful.
I can not wait to continue a Life of Happiness and fulfillment with more tools to utilize helps us to train ourselves to be more content
it's helpful. how to define happiness, is happiness equal t money or success? the 7 deadly sins, 7 methods to overcome the sins, and then practicing. after this course, you can see why sometimes you are unhappy, anxious or angry.it' s useful!Good luck!
I would apply for this course again and again. Wonderful experience. The best course ever taken! Congratulations to all the team!
ALOHAF. I would absolutely recommend this course to every single person in the world. Can you imagine the impact on our society if more and more people developed awareness for a Happy and Fullfilling Life? I am glad I attended this course and thank Prof. Raj and his team for the brilliant exposure of the contents and for the enlightment it brought.
A disorganized mess. Got no acknowledgement that i was turning in assignments. My peer-review assignment for week 1 was done the first week was never peered, reviewed, or peer-reviewed. Completed three weeks, all assignments exactly as instructed. God only knows if anything has been received or credited. I hate myself for getting suckered into this awful thing. Bye Coursera.
it was great I learned a lot and had a lot of funonly the main exam was too long. I need more than 4 hours to write it down and than have some problems to submit it.
I can see the hard work of Prof. Raj and his team. More of cognitive inputs are there please try putting more tools, tricks and techniques to be more happy. Thanks.
This course is based on personal anecdotes and not facts. Many of the examples provided have been proven to be farces and/or practical jokes.
Loving this course ! i wish it had been part of my undergraduate experience 20 years ago… I may have a had a really different outcome! lol
The conclusions in the course are not convincing, or at least not presented in a convincing way. I have many doubts about the argument given in the lectures, and I myself can offer many counterexamples and counterarguments. I just cannot believe in Raj's theories when they are so weak and therefore this course will in no way increase my level of happiness.
Good course..inspirational content
Very well researched, lots of practical applications and examples, explained thoroughly, highly engaging - great course!
The most uplifting course! I was smiling during the whole duration of the course! Thank you!
Very Interesting to me :)Thanks Prof Raj.Anh Nguyet from Vietnam :)
Well worth the time. I use this information every day, and it reminds me to be my better self.
I am very thrilled with this course.. Professor Raj is amazing and overall I find the course very meaningful.
This is the best course that I ever had in my lifetime. At the time of signing-up for this course, I was bit skeptical that how someone can teach us happiness and could be it be a spiritual discourse?But I'm happy, I was proved wrong. This course has no spiritual discourse and methods taught in this course are complete based on scientific facts and 100% practical. Having practised few techniques,I feel a positive difference in a way I see & feel experiences.Thank you Prof.Raj for having delivered this course on Coursera. No wonder this is one of the highly rated course in the website.
This course is amazing, very well structured, with a lot of resources that back the information. And most importantly it gives you the tools to be happy and maintain your happiness for the future. I love it and I would be going back to reference it when I need help reinforcing the ideas.
I would like to thank Prof Raj and his team as well as Coursera team who have taken so many pains to device such a beautiful course. I strongly recommend this course for everyone. We all desire to live a happy and productive life. Somehow, we unknowingly make decisions which reduce our happiness. Similarly, our ignorance also stops us from taking a few more steps which can improve upon our happiness. Prof Raj's course actually targets both- mistakes we make as well as positive steps we need to take.
Its a very good course. This happiness course has provided me the knowledge to make conscious choices which can improve my happiness levels. Thank you.
Best course I've taken so far!!
An exceptional course that is appropriate for anyone that wishes to be happier (or, I guess, anyone who is interested in the academic work on happiness).It's not an easy course to complete. Intellectually, it's not too difficult but it will take longer than 2-3 hours per week to complete.Strongly recommended
A very nice and fulfilling course! Highly recommend
Very inspiring and motivating for positive changes in my life!
Such a nicely science-based course on how to get the most out of life - thank you!
Perfect.
Excellent course and Prof. Raj excellent person!! Thanks for this opportunity :)
This course is a joy! I cannot recommend it highly enough. Practical advice based on long-term research, interviews with worldwide experts on the topics discussed, and a fabulous professor. So great!
Valuable information and great vibe :D
Prof. Raj teaches the course well.
Excellent course. Professor Raj has explained things in a very simple and power
very useful
What a fabulous class. I am happier already.
This is my first week which I've completed already. And as the saying goes, I'm loving it! Thanks.
This course really did make a difference in my happiness.
Great Couse, really loved it because the topic is there which is not covered any where and even though we all seek happiness.
It is an excelent course that everyone can take!
Great course!
strongly recommended ;-)the best course in my life !!!
I absolutely loved this course.
I loved it. Congratulations Prof. Raj!!
Overall, this course contains some great, potentially life-changing advice. I would definitely recommend it. It loses one star for the production values of the videos (lots of stock photography, annoying sounds) and the unnecessary length of the instructional videos for the assignments.
It was a great course.
This is a life changing course. Be ready to be challenged; it may very well change your perspective on life itself. At least it will make you feel a little bit happier.
Very good course over all, with a fantastic teacher. It covers many areas on how happiness can be improved, which in turn will help you conduct a more fulfilling life.
Loved the enthusiastic professor Raj. Thank you for being so contagious throughout the course for being happy and spreading the happiness.
Loved every moment of it
eye opening, full of positive perspective which means happier rest of life
It was a join taking this course.Thanks Coursera and Prof. Raj for this opportunity!
A truly fantastic class!
Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is a great professor. He and his team work really hard for this course and you can certainly tell by watching the videos.The recommendations and ideas from this course are key for enhancing happiness and for a better understanding of our selves. I highly recommend it.
Excellent course! Highly recommend.
The information in the course was really excellent and was set up in a way that it wasn't overwhelming. I wish I could give four and a half only because some of the videos explaining procedures were really long and were obsolete, and also because different parts of the site would say that I needed to submit something and others would say that everything was received so it made me really nervous - at one point the site was telling me that I was late in submitted my work and that I'd need to sign up for a later class but it turns out my assignments had been submitted and graded before the cut off time so that alert just really frazzled me if anything.
I like it very much :) there are some interesting ideas on how to improve your happy life :)
Awesome Course. Very structured, organised and clear for academic learning. Professionally done with ample scientific research studies to support every point that is referred in the course. Assignments are well done with creative learning. Also personally it is a great way, gateway to enrich or nurture one's happiness levels.Dr Raj Happy Smarts smiles in the videos and enthusiastic interaction inspires to learn to be HAPPY.This is my first online course and highly appreciate the inputs from the entire team. Dont wait to enrol for the COURSE.
Amazing course! Have Change my perspective about life!! Thanks Prof. Raf and your team!! Great job!
Just what I needed, when I needed it!
I believe taking this course will improve my ability to being a happier person.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Raj is a dynamic, positive, well-organized presenter, which contributed to the enjoyment of the course. The material is very useful both in terms of my work as a psychologist and in my personal life, and I am referring back to my notes frequently as they are so helpful in everyday life. I have recommended this course to several clients already as well as my own family members. The readings, resources, and general format are exceptional. Thank you for making this course available on!ine. I look forward to doing the extended meditation and going through some of the recommended reading!
Man Man Man!! What a nice and interesting woven course.First of all hats off to Prof. Raj for presenting a course on a topic like happiness which is really important to us but is missing its relevance in today's age.The concepts explained have scientific backing so I as an IT Analyst, was spellbound on the extensive research put to prepare this course.I felt really great and definitely recommend this course to everyone. Please try it once, I am sure you will get addicted (in a good sense!!!!) to complete it, like me!!!I can confirm that my happiness score has improved and I feel more at peace with me than I was before joining this course.Three cheers to ALOHAF, HIP HIP Hurray, HIP HIP Hurray, HIP HIP Hurray!!
One of the best! I'm glad I chose this as my first course!
Informative and fun!
Best course i have taken for personal development. Now i can be happier and share that with people around me.
insightful, inspirational mostly, informative, but gives an impression of a false pep-talks.. the lecturer is very nice but the over-accentuated humor and false bonding with the audience diminishes the overall good feeling of the course
Very nice course! It can really help you feel happier!
Great course but there are too many videos (maybe they can be zipped into one longer video instead of four to five short ones) and readings and I think this course should have more practice, more exercises, more field activities.
The author put passion into this cours!
it is the greatest course that i have ever taken in my whole life. with its practises it teaches an individual to be happy and be happy for all of his/her life time.
My happiness went down after this course. Only positive thing was that i realized how messed up my life is.Overall its a interesting course, it is obvious that a lot of effort was made while creating it and you can definitely learn something from it
This course was very useful for me. At first in every week we learned the theory but not too much, then we received very useful, practicak exercises. I learned many things about myself, i use many pratices in my life reguraly since i finished this course. Based on the recommended authors, readings i can continue "the work"
Everybody should engage on this course. Knowledge for life.
This man is a genius!
This course is a great learning experience!
Top notch course. Thanks Dr HappySmart.
Overall great course!!! Very interesting and scientific content which is presented in an engaging and motivating way!
very inspirational course
A must course for everyone! Seriously it's such a valuable course. And great and enthusiastic teacher!
I strongly recommend this course!!
Fabulous course and such an happiness inspiring teacher Dr Raj is!!! I truly recommend this mindset changing and life changing course.
Awesome class, learned a lot which not only do I practice more of now, but also hope to teach others this information in life coaching business I'm trying to do now. Inspiring me to help others find the happiness I did before this class and now added more knowledge to further pass on to my clients and those in my life already to spread goodness to all around me. :)
Very much liked this course, thanks
Very good course, makes you think again about live.And what to pursue in your life time.
It was a nicely designed course. Though I believe it could have been made more compact.
A life changing experience. Even for a analytical, skeptical and agnostic engineer like me!
This is a great course. It teaches you a LOT of valuable lessons and resources for applying to your life. Indeed is one of the best courses I've taken so far here on Coursera. Very interactive and interesting. Also, I think it should be studied on all universities, companies and other places, because it provides you with those findings, facts and studies (backup), of all the things you learn.
One of the most engaging and impactful courses I have taken online!
This is exemplary course to take. It has changed my daily habits a hundred fold. The instructor and speakers were a delight and enhanced my meditation practice, mindfulness, and continued gratitude habits. It has been a pleasure taking this course and I even purchased the book. I look forward to continuing the mindfulness practice. Namaste.
An excellent course. Over a period of few weeks, a gradual change happened. The first most important step was making happiness enhancing decisions rather than proving myself right. Each of the exercises was very useful, especially the I forgive letter. The creative altruistic exercise was lots of fun. The expressing gratitude exercise was very moving. Birds eye view of MBA was very thought provoking and summed up the entire session differently and was very insightful.Thanks a lot Prof. Raj and team for the ALOHAF course.
better than going to see a doctor
Very engaging, informative and inspiring. Highly recommend!
An excellent course! Inspirational and educational. Highly recommended!
THANK YOU!
I enjoyed doing this course very much. The amount of research, references included in the study material makes it credible and easy to relate to. The assignment and exercises are also very helpful.
Very very Good and interesting
I was scepticale at first but Raj explained all sides to his ideas so well that I had to keep watching. Every time I thought of important questions, he'd explain it 1 minute later. The only concern for me personaly was that he choose creative wordings over clarity & simplicity. I also aticipated better strategies and explainations to sin #5 for toxic people, psych pain, accountability but besides this everything else was beyond expectations.
Awesome course. A real life changer.
This course is absolutely amazing! I recommend this course to everyone.
Really makes you think and do self-assessment. Free therapy.
Very helpful! I think it should be mandatory for people with high roles in society.Congrats for your course!
I absolutely loved the course and the content!
I love this course. The instructor is amazing and his happiness really radiates.
I am extremely happy to have participated in this course. Kudos to Prof. Raj and ISB Team for addressing a fundamental human concern. I am sure that this course will continue to help lots of people clear up misconceptions on Happiness and live a Life of Fulfillment. It certainly helped me a lot. Thank you Prof. Raj, ISB and Coursera
It is fantastic as it is very essential for life. Thanks.
Love the professor, great material, easy to follow along.
Great course to take. Its intelligent, not just motivational tips. I would recommend it to anyone.
The course is very detailed. The theories and philosophy is supported by lot of research, talks by expert. The course is overall has lots to offer, the only improvement needed is on the aspect that it seems like a very theory driven and a serious course, the fun part is missing in it.The orator of the course has immense knowledge and does offer lot of take aways. I actually would have named the course as Scientific method & theories to achieve happiness.
This course is absolutely amazing! I took it because I was feeling kind of moody in a regula basis and that made me very unhappy. The topics covered in the course made me understand how we do so many things that go against our happiness and made me think about my own situation and why I was getting upset about silly things.I also found very interesting the focus of the course. I was worried it may be new age, happy clappy kind of affair, but it is very well structured, organised and all the facts are based in research, not on believes.Happy, moody, sad... I'd recommend this course to everyone, there is plenty to learn and to understand for all of us.Thank you Prof. Raj!
Very well researched and presented! :) Quite helpful practically as well!
It's one of the best courses so far on Coursera. Prof. Rag was just in his element teaching this course.
Honestly excellent! =)
This is a great course. Students learn a lot about themselves and others that helps build lasting happiness through internal control and building strong healthy relationships.
the best course I have ever gone through
Everyone should have this class!
I'm absolutely loving this course! Prof Raj's presence just cheers me up..he's so bubbly and positive! The content is really excellent. Great to have all of this information in one place. I'm really enjoying the exercises too, thank you so much!
I have enjoyed this class so much - it has given me skills to be a happier person! can a person ask for anything more than that? the professor and course content was awesome! well done!
5 star for effort.4 star for content - some of the findings are open to debate but are seemingly portrayed as "truths"0 star for trying to obtaining personal information (name, email) under the pretext of assignment when such information are not required for completing the assignment.
This course is intended to provide the concepts of Happiness what it is and how we relate to it. Prof Raj is amazing at explaining all this in details yet in common man simplicity.
This course doesn't just help you give an understanding about happiness. It really helps increase your knowledge in a wide variety of areas. Anybody will benefit from this course, but if you're interested in (cognitive) psychology this really helps with building or expanding your knowledge of subjects like motivation. Personally I've done a Master in Applied Cognitive Psychology, and have read about self-determination theory, but never have I seen it applied so broadly to so many subjects. I feel like I understand my own degree much better now. Not just that; since this course I feel like I understand everything and everyone better now...
Very meaningful..Guiding us to live a happy and fulfill life!!!!Thanks,Dr. Raj.
A course that really makes you feel good
This was my first experience on Coursera, and I'm sure now - it is not the last.The course gives you an opportunity to see how the way of your thinking affects your happiness. The patterns you don't notice, which are easy to understand and notice as soon, as you hear about them. No magic, just science. And as a result you can feel happier. And what is most important - you feel happier not because of some metaphysical stuff or because of someone fixing all your problems. You feel happier due to your own conscious actions in you mind, in your way of thinking. You yourself make you feel better. And you can see each step you take.And of course, big thank you to Prof. Raj and his team for creating this course, for systematizing all the information to be easy understandable. And which is even more important - it's easy to put in practice.Also Prof. Raj is very nice! And I think he is a trustworthy person : )
Great!!!!!
Wonderfull course!
Life changing course. Thank you Raj and all the team
Excellent. i have learned not only about happiness but how to lead my life. Thank you
Very interesting and engaging course
Eye opening to the gift of Life
So great! I liked it very much!
It is the second week I am enrolled in this course. The course is amazing and the professor teaches us properly and passionately. I am enthusiastic to take this course and I enjoy every single video lecture to the fullest.
Useful and well done MOOC, congrats to the team!
Very interesting class with good example and lots to learn
Great course! Learned a lot that I know will stay with me thank you!!
Raj, is super pleasant it was so nice to spend some time in his happiness univers. He spot our bad habits and recommend simple change of mindset to get back on track to happiness path.
Very complete!
Rich, great and intense course. Be aware of the implication of the students before enrolling in order to be stressed about the exercice that need you to work / think of it every week.Thank you for the content which is really rich.
Very good course- simple to follow videos- not so long that you cant concentrate- and its fun as well. Very well researched course- I like the way the optional readings are grouped by module- this helps pace you correctly and give you the flexibility to explore a particular topic further. Handy practical guidance on avoiding the happiness mistakes we make day to day- I didn't realise so many I make myself. Thanks Prof Raj and team!
The course is "a must" for everybody and on top it's a great fun and a lot of positive emotions!
This is a very enjoyable class.
Amazing...and extremely helpful...a big thanku to everyone who helped in making this course available :) :)
This has been very informative and helpful for me.
Outstanding, practical course that provides clear lessons, tactics to self-evaluate and improve our happiness.
I love it!
Love this course. Prof. Raj's happiness and enthusiasm is quite infectious. The gratitude, self compassion and creative altruism exercises leave one with a warm smile.
This is an amazing course; absolutely well structured, very insightful, completely useful and inspiring! It has the potential to change your life.
What a fantastic course! I stumbled upon this through an email from Prof Barbara Oakley who had recommended this highly. Prof Raj Raghunathan and team have done a super job in putting together a fun, thought provoking and a potentially life changing course. I must admit that I took this course with great trepidation because I am an Atheist and felt that there would be a lot of religious discussion and woo-woo as part of the subject matter. I was certainly mistaken as this was not the case. The emphasis through the course was on recent research and geared to convince rather than philosophical and airy. For a person like me this approached proved to be convincing and clear. I have personally benefitted tremendously and have certainly evangelised it to anyone I meet and will continue to do so.Highly highly highly recommended by me!
It is the best course on Coursere that I ever saw
Inedited subject, funny presented, interesting \and welcome concepts. Congratulations to the coursemakers!
Awesome course! Scientifically backs lots of happiness enhancing tactics and techniques that you probably have heard of but might have overlooked or misunderstood.You get a practical methodology to head towards happiness confidently and efficiently.
I will recommend everyone to spend some quality time with Dr. Raj to discover happiness inside you.
It's a very interesting course. It provides a lot of insights into ways to lead a life of happiness and fulfillment. I truly enjoy this course, thank you for all the efforts in making this wonderful course!
This is an excellent course that teaches you all those things that you do not learn at school. Even if you are an academic interested in studying these kind of stuff or if you are just a person who wants to know how to have a life of happiness and fulfillment , this course will increase your levels of conciousness.
I am really enjoying this course. Its so nicely planned out and put together. Prof Raj speaks so eloquently thats easy to follow him. I love the way instructions are provided to submit the assignments. In other coursera courses I have mostly quit because of the lack of proper instructions during the assignments and also additional help. Not this one.What I dont like is the pop up quiz. Its not that the quiz is bad but the pop up destroys the flow of the topic. You could have executed the quiz just like the polls where there is a pause by the Prof and then comes the quiz. It would ensure a coherence in the videos.But overall a great course.
Most interesting, compact, comprehensive and a real life saver. A Million thanks to Prof. Raj and the whole Team!
Excellent! A must for everyone!
Great information, well-organized presentation and Raj is a joy!
Extremely well taught, excellent supply of materials and very good collaborators.A must enroll class for everybody!
great course! definitely made a change in my life for the better☺
Interesting and insightful course indeed
Refreshing and enlightening
Good contents. Interactive. Useful for life.
A really great and fantastic course!
Excellent! Elucidates the definition of, value of, contributing factors to, and behaviors leading to happiness. Further, it is not only philosophical, but evidence based. Both thought provoking and practical. Changed my attitude and approach to happiness.
Excelent course! It helped me to be happy again!!P.S. I'd lke to help translate this course to spanish so more people can benefit from it!
Too much peer and dealing with others--not making me happy at all
It is a great course, I enjoy and I learn a lot of things about happiness
Currently Doing this course. Pretty good it is.
I am still a student under this course but i am all starting to get happy and happy about myself and my life day by day, this course is the best and i recommend it to everyone who want to lead a happy and lovely life , we all have problems in our life ,buts its always good to be happy from small things that gives us happiness everyday.
Thank you so much for offering this class on Coursera. I like the professor's teaching style and the class content very much.
Lots of interesting information & exercises in this course, plus an enthusiastic teacher. Very enjoyable.
not finished yet but ready to say it's great
Boring
Extremely motivational, engaging and positively suggestive. Awesome job Prof. Happy Smarts! Great videos and materials, Kudos to the team! Great Job :D :D :D
One of the best. Every one must do this course to know what really matters
it is a great course for life.
I can definitly attribute an happiness increase due to this course
Great course
The course is very effective, helpful and motivating! It teaches to look at things from different perspective and makes you to be more optimistic and mindful. A Great Big Thank-You to everyone involved into making this course and, especially, to its organizators. Recomended to all, even those who are already happy! )))
I learned a lot. Now to keep on practicing.
Really nice class, I love the teachings and the exercise are very different and interesting too.
Great course! I'm auditing the class and I got to say, this course is packed with tons of information. I came in a bit skeptical and left happier. If anything, I think it is in the way that this course articulates "the pursuit" in the "pursuit of happiness." I guess I never formally knew how to "be" happy. With that said, thanks for sharing the course and putting it out there for free!
Great course, really tied in nicely with all the stuff I have been learning about mindfulness. Loved the presentation style and content.
The course is amazingly descriptive and helpful. And the instructors are great!
This course has helped transform my life. Evidence-based research on happiness has been powerful for me. Thank you kindly.
It is a wonderful course, so funny and interesting! Bravo! :-)
Very good course, Really helps you to be happy!
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Excellent course for first responders and those who just want to know how to react in an emergency
really helpful for my life and career
super awesome class! strongly recommend!
Very interesting, pleasant and helpful! I totally recommend this course!
So much wisdom all contained in this course and very well explained too!
Excellent course content, a little longwinded on the videos, and therefore more diffuse than it needs to be, however a hugely important topic, and presented multidimensionally in a way that draws in the latest research as well as ancient wisdom .The happiness framework gives a clearcut way of action-ing Happiness hacks into ones life. Even the apparently simple task of Defining Happiness makes it clear how we are unclear & confused about happiness, to the extent that we keep measuring the wrong metrics.Ones that could never result in happiness!
a bit boring
Awesome. Would thoroughly recommend it.
This course provided an insight to the ultimate aim of human life - Happiness. In order to reach that dream, you need to take certain actions, it speaks about those. More than anything, it urges you to be open minded to everything.
A great eye opener for my life , family , but tests your observing power . Concept of mindfulness is also new
This is SUCH a fun course! I LOVE the professor and it is all very upbeat. If you think you know what happiness is and think it might be a silly class to teach being happy, think again. You really have to get in touch with yourself on many levels. I loved this MOOC!
Very well prepared course material with awesome teachings by Professor..Great job!!!
Really interesting. It really help us to become happy as happy people are more likely to succeed
Is an excellent course. Practice and theory are integrated in a very joyful way.
An excellent source of information, I would recommend this course to anyone.
This is a wonderful course that teaches us much needed strategies to mitigate our problems(or view of) and learn tactics and habits that will help us lead a happier life. Some of the content feels like its basic, but its a much needed reminder. I appreciated the expertise interviews that are incorporated into this course. There is important science behind the concept of being happy and you learn it here. Professor Raj has an optimistic style of teaching and it brightens the course work and mood within the course. I would take it again.
Fascinating and fun
What makes this course useful are the exercises so unless you are paying, don't bother, and it's not really worth paying for as it's just a synopsis of stuff you easily find on youtube.
Great course
Recommended! :)
Excellent course..everyone should try it once and I am sure there will be improvement in the happiness levels..:)
It makes you think more about how you view your daily life - helps you feel happier :)
great course
I thank Professor Raj and the rest of ALOHAF/Coursera team for this fantastic course which has motivated me to prioritize happiness in life and showed me the way(s) to do that.I will certainly recommend this course to everyone I know and hope many others will take the opportunity to wake up to happiness like I did.I thank all of you and wish you lots and lots of happiness always,Sushil
This course really is amazing. It is helping me to understand a lot of thing and giving me a new perspective to make things better
The best ever! Congratulations professor Rag
Excellent! everyone has to do this course!
Great course! I highly recommend it.
The course was excellent. My regret was that I didn't have sufficient time to devote to it - tax time and extra courses perhaps weren't the best idea. I'm a little down-hearted not being able to complete it, but realize I learned a lot, have started to meditate, and did manage to read 3 of the optional books suggested by Dr.Raj. I have noted others to read in the months ahead, including (most definitely) his own new book. Best wishes and thank you to everyone who worked so hard putting this course together. Barbara Phillips-Conroy
I had reached the last session of this course when it suddenly became impossible to access the video. i had to wait several days before this was possible (other videos from other sites were OK so must have been local to you and not a fault at my end) Then when I could access the site again I found I could not reconnect with the course at the level at which I had left it but would have to start again. Unsurprisingly I did not want to do this but would like to finish what was a very interesting and thought provoking course and the presentation was excellent and deserves 6 stars... the prof is a star. I hope you can help in this matter as there does not seem to be anywhere on your site where one has the opportunity to contact Coursera with problems such as this as I do not think this review page is truly relevant to the problem but where else can I go? Please do not suggest the Community Forum.HopefullyMary W
What a FAB Course !
In fact this changed my life
Its an amazing course, I recommend everyone to take this course. Its just not any other course, it's happy course :-). A Life of Happiness to all.
Excellent course. I've taken many and there have been many amazing courses available on Coursera. This is one of them. Enjoyed every session and looked forward to studying.
This is a nice interactive course, whit a quite hilarious guy (but you've gotta love his style, won't be to anyones taste I reckon).
I have not fully finished this course, but would love to recommend this one to people in all different fields. I do think our education system fails as it only teaches us about how to make a living, not how to actually live. This course is fantastic in the sense that it brings happiness to surface, break it down and make it more tangible. The lecturers are very engaging, the best I've seen on Coursera so far. Thank you for putting this course together and I truly believe this helps many people like myself to be happier in life.
Amazing, colorful and really helpful course! Thank you , professor Raj:)
In just 4 weeks...my own happiness levels have increased. I am enjoying life more. my health is improving. wonderful course. love the exercises and format this course has been presented in. Prof. Raj, awesome person!
It's not mere course, It's a way of life :)
Great course with a lot of practical knowledge, delivered in a fun and engaging way
Thank you with the utmost sincerity!Namaste
If you need a true inspiration to improve yourself, go for it!Thank you, Raj! You have made a real difference in my attitude towards life!
Just finished this course yesterday. Totally loved the experience! Great if a kind of summarised text could be made available so that we can refer back easily.
GRAN CURSO, MUY RECOMENDABLE, ABORDA DE FORMA MUY COMPLETA UN TEMA FUNDAMENTAL PARA CUALQUIER PERSONA.
Definitely will make you think of how to find happiness
The class was absolutely Wonderful, however I don't have the time to go at a student's pace (work , hom, life in general). I was trying to go back and finish week 6 video #4 but was unable to open the course! I want to llearn I wasn't aware there was a time limit to learn happiness. :(
Feeling truly rejuvenated and invigorated while doing this course. Wonderful
excellent in every aspect
This course was EXCELLENT! Great information and it was presented in a fun, engaging way.I wish the last week's information and assignments were chunked into two weeks as it was a lot to get done in one week.
The lectures were interesting and insightful and the practical assignments were very helpful.
I loved this course. I'm a clinical psychologist who works at a university counseling center. Raj distills several principles of a very notable treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy into an easily understandable set of assignments. I will refer many students to this course. Raj is an enthusiastic personable lecturer. I'm so impressed that this course was supported by a business school.
Very well-designed course
Very good course. Professor Raghunathan is extremely invigorating lecturer and the course is full of great information. One thing that bothered me, though, was how the maximizer and desirability for control test scores were not explained further.Edit: I think my point about DC and maximizer scales sounded a bit more negative than I meant. Very minor thing, but as the course was so good otherwise it stuck out to me. In my case, I got "contradicting" scores (low DC, high maximizer) and the following discussion mostly addressed the overly controlling case. This left me at first a little uncertain whether the corresponding habit of the highly happy would suit me. (It does.)I highly recommend this course for everyone who wants to learn what makes people happy!
It is an excellent presentation by dr. Raj with a lot of science studies as well as life experience.
I never knew a course about Happiness and Fulfillment could be this interesting! Thank you professor :)
Great course. I have often wondered what was wrong with me. This course helped me to better understand myself and others.
I am SOOO happy I took this course. The material is so eye opening and it's presented in a very engaging way with a variety of speakers, references and visuals. I thought the assignments were quite relevant and made you think in ways you typically do not.The only slight drawback is organizational- sometimes links were missing the readings and the assignments require too many unnecessary steps. It can very easy be simplified.
The content of the course was actually very helpful, but the way the assignments are made took all my motivation away. They use an external tool where one has to enter the information for the assigments, at the end you get a PDF and then you have to copy paste that again into Coursera. The emails are often confusing and some assignements require you to do something each day for seven days in a row, but don't really warn you about that anywhere. So when you think that you have 3 days left to meet the deadline ... wrong, you should've started 4 days ago.This in combination with the ridiculously detailed instruction videos, which consist to 95% of a tutor reading aloud what is written on the assignment webpage. Chances are you get bored quickly and miss the one information that was NOT given on the assignment webpage.In total, it is very sad that this course started so great, but the technical and organizational problems reduced the motivation so much.
Great course, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Good course.
One of the most impactful courses I've ever worked through. Really just an incredible achievement, the actionable and lovable focus of the course really pulled me in and never let go. On paper I didn't do the assignments but I actually did everything suggested in the course and it really has helped my happiness, satisfaction, self-compassion, and I now chase flow rather than superiority.Thank you is not enough, I'm so grateful to all the staff, Raj, and all the guest speakers. Best course ever.
The content it has been very exciting, dynamic and enjoyable. I like how the information is structured and all the sources from professionals are gathering together. Great class for everybody! definitely much more than a Happy Life course. The only thing I don't love about it is the music introduction in every session, which for me is a little too cheese.
Full of info, tips and strategies, and very engaging videos! Many thanks!
Very good and useful course. And all the knowleges which I'd got from it I began to use now and will continue to use later in my usual life.P.S. Sometimes there were too many names of researchers in the videos, but all of the findings were interesting by themselfes.And I want to give personal gratitude to Prof. Raj: thank you Mr. Raj for your positive, passion and help! I wish you a life of happiness and fulfillment!
Awesome professor.He presents everything in a wonderful way and it is an amazing topic with great research.
A really well done set of lectures and lessons. Incorporated a great deal of common practices in simple, easy to follow format. Was particularly interested in the Mindfulness piece and you did a great job presenting this practice. Loved being with you throughout the course!
In addition of the very relevant content, all the materials and videos are of very high quality.Além do tema ser muito relevante, todo o material e os vídeos são de alta qualidade.
Extremely helpful and informative. The benefits of this course is going to stay with me for the rest of my life.
This is a warm breeze, I recomend this course in order to make your life full of happiness. ;)
give me so great ideas to find more happiness,I like the course
This was a great class that really made me think. I highly recommend it even if you are already a very happy person because you are likely to learn some tips to make you even happier. I've shared several of the sins and corresponding habits with friends and family members. Plus, I look forward to practicing many of the suggestions for years to come and reading some of the recommended books.
Timely for me and most enjoyable - made the learning easy
Practical and scientific approach to being happy.
Awesome course to get life back on track.
Great course, worth my time, learned so much and feel better than ever...
I have liked very much this course, seem to myself to be very completed ans that made works my mind. I have learned of what it consists to be happy,because of it I will been grateful always. I recommend it of the heart, it will be a nice experience. Adjust the belt!Enjoy it! Diviér
I really enjoyed this course! Dr. Raghunathan has a lot of energy and is very engaging in the videos for each module. The information is clear and easy to understand, yet at the same time, has led to serious improvements in my life. Not only that, the assignments in this class get each of us to reach out and connect with people in our communities in an organic and comfortable manner. Also, there are a lot of very good book recommendations throughout the course and I highly recommend checking some of them out!! I've already recommended this course to friends in my "real life", and I hope that this review will sway someone to enroll. Stay well!
very nice and insightful course.
thank you for this course and the professional way it has been set up. the enthusiasm, quality and learning I got out of this are way beyond anything I could I have imagi
I used to always say that everyone in life no matter what their profession was, should take at least one basic psychology course in their lives. After taking this course I can now say that this course is another one on the list for everyone in life to take --it should be a requirement. I feel very fortunate to have stumbles upon it, and I´m very happy that I took it! And just by taking the course my life has already started to change, because I am now aware of things to make myself happier that I was not aware of before, so this course has shed a lot of light on life, human beings and how to be happier. Last, I´m very grateful to Prof. Rajagopal Raghunathan, for coming up with the great idea of giving this course! And wish him all the best with his new book! Thank you all!
I am definitely enjoying Professor Raj, a fellow Texan :-) . I enjoy the guest Skype segments and the book suggestions. I like the Budda quote and the cartoons. Suggestions for improvement.... Make fewer, but longer videos. In my opinion, I lose learning time by watching so many short videos, because each video has the opening animation and closing credits. Also, there really is no need to have someone else give the assignment, she is beautiful and pleasant, but it's distracting and her audio is different than yours, so when wearing ear buds, she sometimes blows my ears up, she's so loud. Would be interested in seeing what else Professor Raj teaches on line.
I love this course and I learned very much about my life.
Learned a lot in this course...all very useful. Many thanks!!!
I can't think of a better topic. Give it a chance. I certainly learned a lot.
Even though I disagree with some of the ideas (for example, I don`t think that dietary instructions belong to this course, since every case is different and some of the suggestions can be harmful), this is the course that should be revisited regularly to remind yourself of many useful things described in lectures.
Excellent course!! Very engaging and extremely useful.
This a fantastic class, it has changed my outlook on many facets of life and has been thoroughly enjoyable!
I really joy making this course.
I liked it a lot. Not sure I learned a whole lot new, but isn't it so helpful to spend 6 weeks immersed in practice? I think so! He clearly had way more info than he could go through in six weeks -- you could tell by the number of guest speakers, extra research students could do. He did a great job condensing and picking out the most basic and core elements. A lot of group effort -- first course I've taken where I've seen how MANY people were involved in pulling it off....
A very good course!
This is the best course I have ever taken online. It is the kind of course you want to last forever.
Thank you! I enjoyed the content and learning more about happiness. I found the music a wee bit corny, though.
This is probably my fourth course at Coursera. And the first one I could complete properly. I have had to leave the rest because of the time and effort they asked for, and for a working professional, it's just that much harder to give in so many hours!With this course, I feel at ease watching the lectures and felt the tension melt away rather than having an add on pressure. The best part is that I finished this course within 4 weeks rather than the stipulated 6 weeks(which shows how good Dr. Raj is, kudos to him!)The only thing I felt missing was a sense of feedback from the professors, like in a real classroom. When people indulge themselves in courses involving such vigour and enthusiasm, they expect to find a feedback from the professor as well. Maybe a sense of real time involvement. But then again, I'll congratulate Dr. Raj and the team at ISB for making such a brilliant course. I have already made many of my friends sign up for this!Cheers.
Best coaching lessons I ever learned with scientific explanations which makes it unique and trustworthy. It is definitely life changing experience.
Good fun & very thought-provoking.Deductions for sometimes lousy sound quality of videos and inane placing of quizzes.
My favorite course ever! I think everyone should spend 6 weeks studying this! It can benefit EVERYONE!!! =D
The course modules are too long and at times what the speaker wants to share gets confusing
This class is excellent and has made me a happier person!
it is good to get interacted with the course
A highly scientific and engaging course. I have learned many useful, practical tips and will be referring back to many of the videos at a later date to keep myself on track to happiness :-)
A very good course. My only suggestions would be to extend the course for a week or even two. The time and amount of work needed to complete the last week's assignments were inconsistent with the other weeks. To have done my best with the final quiz and assignment, I should have spent a significant amount of time reviewing material from previous weeks.
Absolutely briiliant course, just enroll as quickly as you can. You wont regret it
It is a reasonable well-delivered course given the topic
A must! I'm sure EVERYBODY can benefit inmensly from taking this course! Excellent content, excellent quality, excellent proffesor!
Great for everyone! I recomend! This course will definitly improve que quality of your life!
Best class I've taken in 15 years !!! Loved the material, loved the professor, loved the guest speakers, and loved the assistant. That'
Very Practical stuff. Definitely not woo woo. Already things I have learned have changed my way of looking at experiences. As a bonus, the material makes great family conversations.
Excellent course. It helped a lot and brought
Great one! All information and tests are useful and practical. I am happy that I have opportunity to learn all these :)
Pr Raj is the most happy man I have ever met! Very helpful course with many positive information to ennhance our hapiness!
Prof Raj is a charismatic and engaging professor. Although at first glance, the content may seem theoretically heavy and dull, he teaches in an entertaining way without jargon, and with lots of anecdotes and metaphors, making it easy to follow, and most of all, fun to learn. I would definitely recommend this course for you!OVERVIEWEach module and the entirety of the course is structured very comprehensively. The lectures incorporate various professors who are experts in their field via video conference, telephone, and quotes. Lecture videos (though sometimes long) have lots of embedded quizzes and relevant external videos. Just like taking a course at university, supplemental (yet an optional) reading list is provided for those who wish to explore further.LECTURE VIDEOSProf Raj definitely knows what he is talking about and the videos are easy to follow. There are only a few videos where the audio isn't the best, but transcripts can be downloaded on Coursera, and a clean-format of the transcription can be found on the Facebook page. The animations, lighting, audio, in general are all great.THE COMMUNITYThe discussion forum is very active. With at least three mentors active during the duration of the course, and at least one responding to a post within a business day, you won't feel like you're taking the course alone.CAUTION !Although it states that time commitment is 2-3 hours a week, it will most likely take more than that. The total number of minutes spent on watching all lecture videos (for that week) averages to a little over 2 hours. If you're like me and want to take notes or take a break while studying or re-watch a lecture, you'll need more time. Plus on top of that, there are quizzes and assignments. (You can save time by not submitting assignments via the ISB website.) I would allocate minimum 3 hours a week for this course and maximum 5. Bare this in mind for those who are working or studying full-time or are taking other MOOC courses. - Enjoy the course!
A very well structured course. I really, really, enjoyed it. I'm grateful to Prof. Raj and Coursera, for providing this incredible experience. What I've learned is priceless. Thank you!
Lots of food for thought served in a very enjoyable manner. I learned a lot about the scientific theas about myself.
i HAVEN'T MADE IT PAST mODULE 1 DUE TO VARIOUS SETBACKS BUT I FEEL MUCH HAPPPIER THAN STARTED.I look forward to starting again on the 15th of February!
Great concept! Much needed
Exellent course! Very well documented academically and Professor Raj was able to capture my attention every day. A must take course for every single human being :)
A very happy course for everyone, even when you believe to be happy and mindfull, this course will shown you how to be even better. Just watch and enjoy the benefits :-).
Wonderfully Amazing course. Lots of information to bring your happiness level high. Although, I would love it if there is daily format or to do list after course. Like 2-3 page summary and things to do on the course.Also, I don't know how Raj manages to remember so many experts in the field and get their feedback and involvement in the research. I would love to hear that :)Amazing course definitely recommended for everyone :)
I paid to get a certificate and did achieve good marks on the tests and assignments up to week 4 if memory serves. And still, I "dropped out" before the end of the course. Why?- the tests trip you on little bits of trivia, as opposed to assess your understanding of key concepts. Another course, “learning how to learn”, has the best tests in that regard;- the modules are too long. When you do this in addition to working, it becomes a chore;- the assignments: instructions are tedious & confusing. As for the assignment themselves, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I was a test subject with data being gathered in the back. Not what I signed up (and paid) for.So it’s a pity and I do regret having had to stop attending this online class. I was attracted to the topic, I enjoyed the personality of the host, but all the above made it a chore.
Great course!!
What a wonderful experience taking this class has been...I have really enjoyed Prof. Raj's videos and learning about human nature in regards to our happiness levels...I believe this to be a beneficial class for anyone and everyone to take and have expressed my excitement for it on many occasions with those I come in contact with...THANK YOU for the amazing work on putting this beneficiary course together...I hope to have the opportunity to continually review the content and continue to learn and grow in a positive way...
such a great course!!Thank you so much, Raj
This course is amazing. Everyone ought to take this course, it changes ours lives.
This is a wise course which helps with goal-setting and spiritual direction.
This course is one of the most fun and well-planned courses I've attended on coursera.
Fresh, insightful, entertaining ... and profound. This is like a vacation for the psyche, a chance to hear about spirituality and self compassion and gratitude and joy without feeling like you're engaged in "heavy philosophy" or religious zealotry. The messages are on-point, Professor Raj's delivery is perfect and engaging.
Good Course
Excellent class ! The professor is dynamic and really interesting. Thank you !
I love Prof Raj
Interesting class with many useful ideas and techniques.
This is a very complete course if you want to understand how happiness can be achieved in your daily life and practice different methods to internalize them.Definitively after taking this course, your view about happiness will be different, and if you were neglecting happiness in your life, you will have now a motive to prioritize it in your life.I want to congratulate Dr. Raj and the course's support team. The idea, research done, the video assembling, the quick tests, etc., are well engaged and create a great synergy throughout the course in favour of the student. This methodology helps a lot to internalize the ideas and it is so playful that despite you will have to work in the course, you will do it happy.
Excellent! Learning about things and values you already know but in a scientific way. Great exercises that promote happiness and a unique way to introduce mindfulness.
Thorough, well structured, engaging, entertaining, and fun. Every lecture has a proper APA Style reference list.
a course made with compassion and creativity
very informative, fun and motivating! keep up the good work <3
A really excellent course, where I have learnt huge amounts. I'm going to really miss Raj too, he had a very natural way of presenting to the camera.
Simply Outstanding, my appreciation to Profesor Raj and all his team. Very practical, evidence-based know how about such a subjective matter. Being happy is not that complicated and this course slaps you on the face on how easy that can be... Well done and Many Many thanks!
Excellent course. Worthy to do it many times.
Lectures are short and engaging. Good info. Great prof! Would like a little more evidence for some of the concepts presented but overall GREAT!
I love this course. I am taking this again as I feel I need reinforcements of all the lessons
One of the best courses I have undertaken till now.Prof. Raj is very charismatic and the exercises/assignments involve a lot of fun, innovation and creativity and helps to spread happiness in our and other's lives.
A brilliantly presented course that can be life changing if followed as presented.
Awesome course. Really helpful.
Very good, practical, just to the point, with lots of quotes and evidence on studies that suppport course affirmations. Really enjoyable!
A very well constructed and an amazingly delivered program!
Very interesting course! I would suggest making the explanation for the exercises shorter.
I loved this course. Prof. Raj is amazing. The way he communicates is very clear and friendly. It doesn't sound like preaching. All the mentors are very friendly and responsive. After the end of course, you will be more aware of the happiness quotient of your own life as well as other. I recommend this course to everyone. Keep smiling :) - Nitesh Manav
Dr. Raj is very interactive and entertaining, as well informational and tasteful.
Backed with research presented clearly and artfully, it is both helpful and enjoyable :) Kudos!
The course was great, it was really interesting and fun. But the final exam was somewhat lackluster, writing it was not even close to enjoyable
Excellent course because it is so simply & clearly presented by Prof Raj.. who brings his enthusiasm across well in the videos.. highly recommen
Its excellent. Gives solution to all my questions one by one. Its a great experience with Dr. Raj
It was fantastic!!!!
I have been reading / researching on Happiness / Success for many years; I think this was was the most comprehensive material on this topic I have seen. Many of my beliefs, thought process, day-to-day interaction methodologies, my approach towards life, etc. were validated. Dr. Raj Raghunathan has done an amazing job and I am sure many people must have become 'happier' after attending this course.THANK YOU Dr. Happy Smart!P.S. My daughter is freshmen in UT Austin; I have requested her to be part of your course there soon...
This course delivered a ton of very good perspectives, insights, and data to help you grasp an all-important topic which is not typically explored on an academic level. Instead of bombarding you with opinions, this course approaches the topic in both an analytical and personal way, inviting you to explore and expand your own definitions of happiness while learning the science behind it.I found my consciousness of as well as my knowledge about happiness elevated substantially through this course's teachings, and I would recommend it to anyone serious about living an intentional and happy life.
Great course!
What a grt course....wow ! Its amazing to see how each topic is covered with so much of detail and in a interesting way. Kudos to Dr. Raj and the whole team. Thank you.
It`s perhaps the most beautiful course made by really good people. Thanks to professor raj and coursera.
So far, so good! Just about to start week 2 of this course and it has been good so far.
Enjoyed it
Love it
I am very much enjoying this course.
I found this course had a lot of insights.I have gone from one thing to another but this course is the realdeal. It explains things an easy understandable format.The topics and explanations are the best. Both older and younger people can benefit. This has proved the missing link to my happiness.
A life-changing course.
Fantastic approach to the topic. Excellent content and delivery.
Fantastic insights, coming from many well established research areas.Taught in a very enthusiastic way by prof. Raj, a pleasure to be participating !
This course enriched my life and was fun as well.
It is a great course and I would recommend this to anyone, everytime!!! Thank you Coursera and prof. Raj!
Probably the best prof on Coursera
One of the best!!I enjoy every step on it.A great teacher.A fabulous experience!
Excellent course. A great combination of theory and practice. Very applicable in daily life. I'm very happy I took it!
🌞🎉🌞🎉🌞🎉🌞 !!!!I absolutely love it!!!! 🌞🎇🌞🎇🌞🎇🌞
Unexpectedly beneficial
A course which cause considerable change in your happiness level
It isn't rocket science... but this is an informative, fun, upbeat course ... useful to practitioners, educators, and anyone that works with people... plus just good fun self-help!
Great and entertaining course, very compact so it needs my attention!
This is a terrific course! I am recommending it to everyone that I know. If you're interested enough to think about it then you must take this class.
This course is for people who are already relatively happy. Tasks are impossible for those who are not happy. Personally i couldn't define happines and couldn't remember anyone who i am grateful to
Very useful course, can learn a lot about happiness and also about yourself :)
This course is awesome! I am enjoying every word.
I am so happy that I am taking this course!! I look forward to the lectures :)
i am a much happier person.This class helped me tremendouslyto see the glass half full(maybe even more than half full)rather than half empty.Thank you Dr. Happy Smartsand the Happiness Team
Excellent course on whats important in life. Have ordered the book too. Should be a good read.Shall recommend the course to a lot of them.
I realized that my anger stems from true unhappyness. But this course gives me hope. It can get better
The Course seems to be a great one and the way it has been delivered is fantastic...Although, I know there is a lot of content to be covered to make it really impactful but I felt the duration is just a bit longer than expected.
Very interesting and useful!
excellent course, it combines the scientific basis of happiness as well as the practical tactics to pursuit it.
Cant get better than this
Really great class, everyone should be in this one!
Probably one of the best courses I have done in my 46 years of existence!
Love teachers help and how the information is clear.
Just finished the first week and I have hope that I will see some improvments at the end of it, it seems to be very promising
Really inspiring!
Interesting and exciting...
Great content and delivered well. Kudos Prof Raj and team
Nice course, very lively professor, highly recommended for everybody
I like absolutely everything in this course: the idea, the teachers, the lectures.
I think this is a wonderful course, very inspiring!
This is such an insightful course, and provides many fun yet practical exercises on ways to increase your happiness.
This is the most positively engaging MOOC I have taken to date! I'm extremely happy that I went through this course. The knowledge I've gained will last a lifetime.
That was very informative and motivating course. I wish the quiz was not that detail oriented and hard..
This course was the one of the best I've taken on Coursera. The videos are well done, easy to understand and motivational. Highly recommend this course.
such an amazing course about happiness :)
Extremely interesting and engaging. Take this for yourself, and you will find that you come closer to a happier you.
That's a fundamental course to learn :) Thank you Raj
Very helpful information! Thank you for making this course available. :)
Thank you for your efforts, from the bottom of our hearts. Much grettitude.
I really enjoy this course, it helped me so much on the journey to A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment not only of myself but also who around me! :D
Lecture uses "you know" so much, that I couldn't hear enything else.
Good course , For Living more better
very useful
Dr. Raj has been extremely down to earth but yet professional and all the speakers (guests) and Ms. Xavier have shared the same qualities. I'm beyond satisfied with the course and am feeling great that I've chosen to partake in this and practice obtaining more "Fulfillment and Happiness". Thank You So Much to all who make this possible.-Justin
Very interesting!!!!
This is an amazing course, I will recommend it to anyon
Since the beginning makes you happy!
Extremely Good
Way too many weekly lectures, way too many. In addition to that, lots of the lectures were too long and sometimes even meaningless. It was impossible to follow through.
Extremely interesting, engaging, entertaining and useful! I recommend to everyone!
Really Really Interesting !! :)
One of the best course on coursera . Loved it . I am glad that I took this course and will definitely recommend to others . Thanks to coursera team especially professor Raj . Thank you so much for changing our attitude towards life .
Is an awesome course and a great start for those who want to make some changes in their lifes
Really lovely course. I learned a lot, and in addition the atmosphere and sense of community is overwhelmingly lovely! Thank you.
Great!
Personally I found this course really well made and quite helpful.Although not everything was new to me a bigger picture was presented and I found motivation to employ some of the really helpful techniques.
I love Raj! He is awsome! Thanks Raj!
the best video and slide and funny straightforward way of teaching easy to understand
Love it! Do you want to have a better life? Take a look inside!
Great Course!
This course is a joy!
Thank you. I am indeed happier. I am very grateful to professor Raj. You've changed my life! I needed just this course.
Fantastic course, fully engaging, with a lot of resources and practical knowledge.I think its the best course I have done online so far, and I did quite a lot.
Life changing.
It is fun, it is usefull, it is full of new knoledge (and I'm only on first week). It gives me inspiration and make me happy.
Excellent course. Very informative, research-based, and fun.
:) Great
Quite happy one
superb course. Recommending to friends .
Loving the class so far. Good to know that I am on the right path in obtaining and maintaining
I adore the professor! It teaches me a lot about how to have a wonderful life!
What an awesome adventure!
Outstanding course! I have recommended it to several people and even tried to bribe my daughter to take it...
Amazing course - very well designed and delivered.
Really Loved this and want to make it a part of my life!
Lots of unnecessary information included in each video which make them long and boring. Number and length of videos in each week are too much while the "practical" information you get are not enough!
Amazing Course!! Everyone should do this couse :)
This course is AMAZING! I haven't finished it yet, but I'm in week 6 and starting to miss it already. As a former engineer/scientist, I can appreciate the research and science that has gone into the topic of happiness. It is very well summarized here. The lessons are fun and engaging. Also, the resources from the optional reading list will keep me busy for awhile, which I definitely don't mind! I would highly recommend this to all, those highly happy as well as those that would like to learn how to be happier. Can't say it enough, but THANK YOU, Dr. Raj!!
Excellent. Program is highly add value to personalty, improve thinking abilities and bring life into happiness.
A must for everybody. Amusing and very instructive, this course will bring a new light into your life.
What an uplifting and inspiring course!From this, you will get so much information that directly links to many other psychology studies, what a great introduction to the mind and it's workings!The video's are humorous, engaging and with so many guest speakers you are exposed to many varied viewpoints, which sets you off researching.I do want to add, that although the course title describes its aims perfectly, I feel it does not do the knowledge contained within, justice!Inspiring Work Raj Raghunathan!!
I have never come across a course like this before. Usually a topic on happiness is delivered by spiritual leaders but the way Dr. Raj has designed and delivered this course is simply amazing. Its simple yet completely supported by research findings. I would highly recommend this course to everyone.Amit
This course was fun and it re-opened my eyes and mind to how happy life can be if we remove/ take control of our own mental obstacles.I would recommend to anyone who's cup isn't full.
Deep and fun...
Good course
Amazing course! Totally helped me and i would recomend it! Thanks Raj and Team
Thank you Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan and team for developing this course!
Its the best course which I have ever joined. It really helped me change my life possitive way.I highly recommend to everyone.Join as soon as possible
This course covers a lot of ground and provides some interesting research to back up the information. I have read several books on happiness and I still learned some interesting things.I recommend it if you are at all interested in happiness as a subject of study.
One of the most entertaining and inspiring courses I've ever done
Very well done! I am very grateful for all the people who helped putting this course available online. Thank you Professor Raj. It was a pleasure watching the videos and reading the well selected material. I will keep going. ;)
Highly recommended course, very well documented, fun, and with great practical information. Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan is an excellent speaker, and he added great videos of recognized specialist in the theme. Congratulation to Coursera and the Business India School.Un curso muy recomendable, esta muy bien documentado, muy ameno, con información útil y práctica. Además del Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan, que es un excelente expositor, hay muy buenos videos de especialstas muy reconocidos. Felicidades a coursera y a la Escuela de Negocios de la India por tan buen material.
Best course i've every taken on coursera or ANY MOOC. So uplifting, Prof. Raj is on point!
I loved this class. Learning about happiness was harder then it sounds. I loved all the science behind being happy. Thank YOU.
The best course I have taken in my life. Thank you very much to Proj. Raj and to all his wonderful team.
very good course
LOVE this course! Am going to suggest to all my students and clients that they take this course!Nurse Courtney
I loved this course and enjoyed it.
There is nothing else to say but, Thank you. I consider this fundamental to all education.
This course is really great!
ridiculous , unscientific 'self-helpie", far below of even talk-show standards. It gives bad reputation to any business school that endorses such "course"."
the contents of the course were very good. It is essential material that everyone should learn about as early as possible in their life. It should be essential learning in each school. All the material is based on scientific facts. there are, however, reasons why I did not rate this course with 5 points. The amount of material takes a lifetime to digest and adopt. To cram this into a few weeks was not the appropriate way to teach it. there were way too many videos one was supposed to watch within a single week. Sometimes even the summary videos for a single week took 20 minutes. That is just not right. I was so busy memorizing the material that I did not find the time to adopt it in my daily life. what a pity. it will take me many months to really digest the material
I've taken about 70 MOOCs across multiple platforms. Of those 70, I've completed about 12. Of those 12, about 4 were good. This is one of those four. Sometimes the videos were a little long, but the work was inspired and the science behind the content was great. I did every assignment (rare for a MOOCer, as you probably know). This was totally worth my time. I hope you find it to be worth yours. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed this course for many reasons. I found it very useful in helping me identify things that make me happy and how to experience them more often and also other aspects and habits of the highly happy. The exercises are very engaging, pushing the students out of their comfort zone just the right amount. Also, I found the teacher, Prof. Raj, to be a really nice, down-to-earth kind of guy, which made it easier for me to follow the course - not the best actor, but a great teacher ;). He is the kind of guy I would be happy to hang out with and share a beer or two :)
An insightful analysis of how to be happy !!
The best course and insights based on research based evidence. Love it.
Please take this course! :) I recommended to everybody.A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment or "life appreciation" which is very useful for everybody to live in the social world. :)
A beautiful combining of statistical data from psychological studies, simple examples to try in our own lives and a hammering home of the idea that "Happiness" is a concrete and desirable state of mind that people may want to prioritze and work at to achieve that elusive something that life hasn't "accidentally" had them stumble into.
A really life-changing course!
Its a good class but a little fast paced. The teacher is enthusiastic and energized.
what a way to convey the course materiall!! amazing!
I really enjoyed this course. The material was substantive, backed up with studies and ample research. The exercises and assignments were relevant and led to deep insights. I loved the videos, the dynamic cheerful tone and thorough coverage of material. One of the very best!
Great! Dr Raj is so wonderful! His happiness course is really smart, intelligent, funny, powerful, really well-explained, thanks to him and his team also - you've done a huge job here, really :)
loved the pace and check in quizzes. like a classroom
I love this course, professor Raj is so dinamic anad this course has truly changed my life in a very possitive way.
I love this course, the teacher makes it fun and very understanding and useful. This course in just week one has already opened my eyes a lot to what it means to achieving happiness no matter what situation is faced. I am super excited to see what else I will be learning within the weeks to come!!!I recommend this course 100 percent a MUST take course!
A must do course for any individual no matter how happy or fulfilled. Awesome references and research.
Extremely informative research and findings. I'm loving this class. He delivers his lectures in a very uplifting, charismatic, engaging way.
Thank you so much! It's a great and fantastic course, extremely well organized and presented. The professors could not be better, the materials as well, and well.. the contents... perfect.Thank you so much to all the team!
Simply excelente, It helped me to understand too many things that have been happening to me for a long time and teach me how to overcome my bad habitsTHANKS A LOT!!!
Really really enjoyed this course. Interesting and thought provoking material, all very well presented and referenced. The inclusion of various guest speakers, video and film clips, and a good dose of humour (only occasionally flat) all helped make this a very enjoyable 6 weeks.If you have a curiosity about happiness, especially your own, but a mindset that values the evidence over other's opinions, then I strongly recommend this course.
Best of all. It may seems like "blah blah blah", but it's full of useful information.
The best course ever!
A very interesting course that helps you get a grasp on what happiness is, define it, and work to improve your own happiness level. I really enjoy the logical approach to happiness, and defining what it means to you and how you experience happiness really does help make positive decisions that improve your well-being. The instructor is excellent.
awwwwwwesome it teaches to lead a fulfilling life thanks to dr.raj and co.
Thank you for tour time and effort. The course gave me ideas for a new perspetive in my life.
A class that is inspiring and makes you smile each session. Helps me appreciate things more.
Absolutely essential for everyone who wishes to be happy.
Best and the most interesting course ever.
an excellent course. Engaging and educational. The best course on happiness out there.
It's an open-minding experience! A lot of studies, researches, examples - a lot of fun too! I recommend it everyone - unhappy and happy and everyone in between as I was happy before the course but now I know WHY. ;p
One of the best courses I've ever taken on any subject. It changed my life and I can't stop raving about it.
A really great course with great guest speakers and masterfully delivered by Professor Raj!
The best synthesis of material on emotional well-being anywhere, and presented in a delightful entertaining manner, Better than years of therapy. I say this as a former clinical social worker with psychologist friends.
Really loving this course, lots of new information to apply to my life and work.
THE COURSE HAS BEEN SUCH AN EYE OPENER AT DEFINING ONE SELF,THE JOURNEY OF LEARNING THE WRONG AND COORECTING IT TOO.IT HELPED IDENTIFY AND SIMPLFY FRO ME MY LIFE..IT CONNECTED ME TO MYSELF,...I CAN SAY I UNDERSTAND BETTER,,I GAINED INSIGHT AND WITH THAT THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT MY SELF AND MY SITUATIONS AND ALSO TO CONNECT THE DOTS AS I CAN SAY..THANKS A LOT A BIGGGG LOT..TO EACH AND EVERY ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEAM OF COURSERA THIS COURSE IS EXCELLENT...PROF RAJ YOURE TOO GOOD!!!!!
Excellent course about how to live a happy life.
Great class! I would recommend it to those who are interested in the topic.
Very warm and interesting course which does make an impact on your Happiness levels
Love it.
engaging and well explained, I love how the Professor explains and keep the audience's attention alive!
This course is a whirlwind of joy and good humor. The main recipes for happiness and fulfillment are exposed in a structured manner. The main speakers are not taking themselves too seriously.
Great and very informa
This is an awesome course! Must take for any individual. I thoroughly enjoyed it
Wonderful jorney!
Excellent course about creating habit which enhance our happiness and well-being.
The program was well put together. The class was what I call "bottom heavy" because the last part of the class had a lot of really good and relate-able information. I found my self replaying classes 2 -3 time to get the full value of what was being presented. I found myself saying "wow" a lot.Could someone tell the lady that does the 6 week class to turn off her clock when on line. I dropped that class, the coo-coo was distracting
excellent course with great content
So far this has been great, and I'm very excited about knowing mo
Just great
Great topics, engaging videos, excellent teacher. Recommended!
Amazing course! I would recommend it to everybody!
Such an entertaining and happy course!!! i am on week 2 but i feel so much better now and i totally like the course and the profesor is awesome... he makes us feel happy because of his happiness!! keep it up! :)
If you want to be happy join this course.
I haven't completed the course yet but so far, I am enjoying it. My only complaints are the technical difficulties. The discussion forum does not load properly on my computer and right now, I can't even access the course.Update: The technical difficulties that bugged me most were not the course's fault. And I am still loving the material. So, I've amended my rating from 3 to 5 starts. Well deserved.
This course has been really eye opener. The research on happiness done by Prof. Mr Raj is amazing. The way the course is designed is very nice. There are systematic contents in every week. I must the exercises also are very good and I did not feel that I am doing this course on virtual platform.Kudos to all the team who have really put an effort to make this course available on Coursera! I would highly recommend this course to all my friends, colleagues and relatives.Cheers and Thank you.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I am using the information in it to improve my life. I shared its teachings with friends and family, out of the belief that it is valuable information which will improve their quality of life.
Brilliant, helpful and inspiring. Thank you!
Awesome! I am in the 6th week of this course but would like it to go on & on.... How subtly & effectively Prof. Raghunathan shows us what we do and how effectively & scientifically we can make changes in our life, approach to lead much better life - to be really happy & fulfilled. Only saying, Great work! would be too little.Thanks so much!
Great course. Love how it's broken down and the explanation of course work and subject are easy to follow.
Really outstanding course. I am a retired learner and thought that the course might not provide a lot of new insights. The reality was that I learned a lot and much of it very useful and relevant for day to day living. The presentation was great. Very upbeat and enjoyable with lots of interesting guest speakers. I don't know anybody who wouldn't benefit from taking this course
Nice course by the ISB (Indian School of Business). Proud to be an Indian. Thanks to all those who helped in making this course.Santoshchandra
A life of Happiness and Fulfilment has been a real great experience, a time I could offer myself to explore and dig deep into happiness.I think Prof. Raj plays a huge role in motivating participants to move forward, even the more suspicious about the value of compassion, mindfulness, loving care.Prof. Raj teaches with passion and always finding balance between being and acting professional but I am so grateful Prof Raj knows he can dance, and tell us jokes, be super friendly and yet be his perfect "self".Thank you prof. Raj, I enjoyed your classes and the guests you brought to us.Alohaf!
This is one of the finest course I have taken on Coursera. I know what "Happiness" is and how to be happy all the time. I loved the 'Mindfulness" videos, they were simply amazing
Its very enjoyable! I loved hearing about being happy and the resources to it.
A little tough but very interesting. A must for everyone!
It really boost the happiness level in life and really a great guide in handling the complex situations and circumstances...
Because all of us owe it to ourselves to be a bit happier than we are now. I'm finding this class is allowing me to give myself permission to be happy. This is making a difference in my daily life. I laugh more often & louder.
Very good content, oo long, too many words to get to the point, and too many instructions on assignments.
Excellent course with full of inspiration.
This has been my favorite Coursera course thus far! Not only is the material interesting, but the presentation is also great. Love the topic! I would definitely agree that this course has changed me as a person.
Very interesting course
Enjoyed this immensely!
Loved every moment
Exceptionally well taught and amazing content! I can only recommend everyone takes this course :-)
awesome just it
I'm learning a lot of things and being happier each step of the way. :)
Fantastic course if you are interested in happyness!
A soul searching course
Very Informative and fun course.
Excellent material ! I liked it !Everybody with scientific mind must do this course!
Made me feel more happy, so I would recommend it
I was skeptical about the concept. But once you get into the course, it becomes addictive and certainly makes a lot of sense and positive impact on the way we look/consider happiness
great learning
One of the Best course I ever had.
Very creative and inspirational!
very beneficial
It's really working.
A welcome change....Brilliant concept in the world of technology and data crunching this course makes it so easier to detach to materialistic things and follow your heart and do what you really like....
Fantastic and fun!
A must take course for anyone who is seeking to understand and enhance their Happiness Index. Professor Raj is awesome and i love every single minute of his wonderful classes
really so great,i love it
Very very good, The course is so interesting and has no boring spots.
I like this. I curious and want happy more
awesome course
The best online course I've ever had. I enjoyed lectures, the teacher, format very very much. This course is highly professional and easy going. I recommend this course.
Excellent course. Engaging, fun, thought-provoking, meaningful, blended learning experience the content of which is life changing. Highly recommend this course to all that will listen! Bravo Dr. Happy Smart & Indian School of Business! Bravo!
Lecturer is really easy to understand, the ways he is using to describe something is understandable, a lot of examples. Really like the system of validation, when you need to "put marks" for other people to pass assessment.
The best course I had¡
This is truly one of the best courses I've ever taken: smart and intelligent in how "Dr. Raj" reviews the material and yet very fun. The course makes me want to go from week to week and makes me want to apply the lessens and make them my own. Strongly suggest this for anyone who needs some concrete ways to stay and be happy.
One of the best courser courses I have watched so far. Thanks for the whole team's effort.
Engaging videos. Clear path with easy to follow directions for practices
Wow, this course is really great and it helps a lot!
Very good and inspiring course!
Interesting course
A very professionally made course on positive psychology. It is concise, based on many scientific articles, well organized and explained in an enternaining way. Best I've seen in the field so far.
Must for all. Make you think what is happiness for you. Make you analyze your habits and check the direction of your efforts for happiness. I like the structure of the program. 7 Sins and 7 Habits for it. Also references to books, research papers, videos, scientists convinced the audience the techniques to become happy are scientifically proven.
Well structured, easy to follow and very, very useful.Thank you for such a great course!
This a life changing course. I urge to all students and working people -- no matter at which management level, to t take this course.
Excellent! Prof. Raj Raghunathan rocks!
Insightful and fun, it made me realize so many things and now I am happier.
Awesome course !
I love this course. Very interesting, full of practical and useful content. 5*
Great course. Very informative and fun.
This course has made me be more thankful of the people around me and wanting to contribute to society in a good way.
The best course on coursera ever made!!!
Wonderful, a must take course for all stressed out, high achievers. Loved every minute of it.
A course everyone should follow ...for your own happiness!Truly a great course, significantly research-based, well articulated, fun and entertaining while also very thorough.
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Happiness and Fulfillment for All
What a wonderful class! For six weeks I've devoted more time to focusing on the more important things in life –– the things that actually matter, versus letting the trivial get me down like it used to. I feel absolutely prepared for a happier future! This class has left me with a greatly expanded tool set to further explore the value that being happy and fulfilled can add (and have added!) to my life.
Best course in any online MOOC. Wonderful Professor Raj and wonderful learning !!!
super course - both the content and organizational aspect of itthank you that I could participate!best
Excelent course with really usefull techniques.
Dr. Rajagopal Raghunathan, the teacher, is a very compassionate and funny person, so it makes the course so much more fun.
A very engaging, enriching and pragmatic course on happiness and positive psychology.
Excellent course ,gives great insights of life and how to being happy.
One of the best courses I've taken through Coursera. Love the energy and knowledge of the instructor, and the unique way he presents the material. I'd highly recommend this class to others. Thanks for such a terrific course!
For those to whom life is all about being happy, this is a must do course!
Awesome course. I want to thank all the people who worked on this course. Especially I want to express gratitude to Prof. Raj, he is a really good teacher, I watched every video with a big interest. Your students in universities are big luckers to have such a great teacher. Prof. Raj and his team have done a big job, learned a lot of materials, took a lot of interviews etc. just for preparing this terrific course for us. Thank you so much. English is not my native language, maybe I did some mistakes, but I hope I've expressed my gratitude pretty clear.
This is a course worth taking.
Thanks for the course, it helps me a lot to find true happiness and know more about myself :)
Excellent course. I have learned practical, applicable, meaningful skill that I can apply to improve my life
I feel happy already
I loved it!!! It help me a lot to understand what happiness really is to me!!
Wonderful course, wonderful speaker!
Fantastic course. Based on a lot of research and evidence. It does indeed teaches you how to be happier.
I am just mid-way through this course but I really can't stop myself from writing this review now, before I even finish it! Definitely it is the best course I have personally taken, despite the large number of courses I have experienced, some of them of excellent quality, in Coursera and elsewhere. Here we have a charismatic professor giving a great teaching performance, offering a vast amount of knowledge, a wealth of positive motivation and a big lesson for life! Obviously there is huge effort and hard work behind these exemplary video lectures. I would give it a 6/5 if I could..
Well presented and interesting course, I've taken some great points from this that I hope to integrate into my day to day life.I didn't feel there was much value in the self assessments, perhaps there are a Coursea requirement?
I really enjoyed the class. I just felt that the topic of the last week was very hard to grasp and explain.
This is a course that has the potential to impact your life possibly more than any other course coursera offers. It is well done and timely. Highly recommended.
Really informative and inspiring.
The most happy class ever. Great teachers, great content!
Excelent course! I am really enjoying the topics and the videos! Please do more courses like this.Mariana from Mexico
Too practical and enjoyable.
Life changing.... Excellent, well thought out, and entertaining. But most of all, this course backs up some intuitive "opinions" with research that makes it a much more persuasive and powerful message.Thank you!!!
Good course in this competitive world.
Very good and helpful course. I really appreciate the chance to learn a lot from this interesting course too. So, thanks to everyone that's involved in this course. It's really 1 of the best course ever!
This course is fun, funny, and of course happy!
Thanks, I really enjoyed this course.
I really enjoyed this course, Raj's sense of humor kept the course interesting! I felt the reviews at the end of each module were too repetitive and unnecessary, and Catherine's explanation of the exercises too drawn out - they are simple exercises and I don't think they required and explanation other than what was there when you actually completed the exercise.Other than that, I feel that I learned quite a lot, and am grateful I took this course :)Thank you Raj!
very good class
This Course CHANGED my life! I am very grateful for this course.
A common sense approach on how to lead "A life of Happiness and Fulfillment". A very engaging course, enjoyed it throughout, is thought provoking and creates a lot of self awareness. Excellent lectures and Prof. Raj is equally brilliant. Thank you for this course.
An Excelent and insightful course that everybody should consider taking no matter what profession thry held; Everybody wants and deserves happiness.
Excelent course! it is very funny and interesting
Truly interesting
An amazing course. Interactive, relevant and absolutely fun. Raj is a great inspiration.
If you will participate in this course with your full attention and honesty this can help you to find more happiness in life than you expect.
I rate it really high-5 stars
This course is one of the best offerings I've taken from Coursera. Due to Raj, Catherine and the team, the content, research, production with graphics, and readings ----- the weeks' lessons far exceeded my expectations. The trick with learning is applying what I have learned, so that is my intent. Hats off to enhancing sometimes hard-to-grasp concepts through video, interviews and quizzes. The online format and technical process worked 100% fine for me without any problems or glitches. I have been happy with everything! Thank you! Learner ID
wonderful course one of its kind, very beautiful and effective presentation, smooth flow , life changing content
V meaningful; very uplifting presenters. Thank you.
One of the best MOOCs I had the pleasure to attend it. For some way, change it my life!
I've got a lot of knowledge about how to define and getting your own happiness. And i have a new perspective on many area level and how to living this life in a good way.
Great methodology by the teacher and very ludic videos
Such a passionate professor, he slowly pushes you in the right direction trying his best to help you find your own happiness.
it is great, only having problems with finding quizzes and the app. the rest is what I was in need of
Very interesting, and the lecturer is just great!
This course changed me a lot.
Wonderful course and learnt a lot. thanx
really good！：）
The best course I've done so far.
Great course; great thoughts. Many ways to reach happiness and easy tips. What I appreciated the most were the references to backup the course. I recommended it to at least 5 people. Unfortunately it's not available in French.
Great course. It is so awesome that a concept such as happiness can be studied academically... and yield good results! :) 10/10
I love this course! It helped me a lot in becoming stable and happy person. It helps in making life balanced. Thanks to Professor Raj! He is a mentor and seems like a good friend too. The fun lectures give so much useful insight about happiness and life. About how we go through our life journey by being unnecessarily sad, however we can take responsibility of our emotions and actually be happy. Thanks for making this course. :)
This was a very good course and it offered many reasons why people aren't happy and techniques on how to change. There were some instances where it was confusing and/or the information was too segmented. I liked that the videos were short, but sometimes that contributed to the segmentation of a lesson. I would recommend this course to others.
Nice one. Since it gives some confidence to advance.
Just perfect. Fun, practical and informative, quite some interesting guest speakers as well! Thanks for setting up this wonderfull course.
It's makes my life more happier than before.Thank you teacher~
Great set of mind and heart tools to develop
I'm waiting for stage four! My real problem! The big hole in the baloon. So far I'm much happier with the two lessons i've got. This experience reminds me students faking jailers and prisonners and end up with the same results. Except, those jailers and prisonners are in the same embodyment. How to get rid of it... Thx for your work. Really nice;););););)^_^
ALOHAF course is quite practical and scientific. I am into mid-course and already feeling a lot happier.
Exceptional instructor. Arguments based in sound science. Presentation a bit hokey at times, but all in good fun.
THIS COURSE IS INTERESTING,INFORMATIVE AND USEFFUL. RIGHT NOW I AM HEADING TOWARDS END OF THE COURSE. IT HAS HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY. I WOULD RECOMEND THIS COURSE FOR EVERYBODY.
Title is a bit sappy, but content is excellent with a very engaging instructor. Would highly recommend to anyone in management or professional field, as this course will not only offer introspection into your own psyche, but offer insight into how and why others think the way they do.
A wonderful course for anyone, particularly if you are interested in positive approaches and mindfulness...Prof. Raj will make you feel the happiness mood, explaining his ideas supported by researchers studies and teachers interviews.All the team is greatYou will learn more and start or go on living daily life with a smileCompliments to all the teachers and thanks to Raj
Awesome One... One of the best I've ever taken
loved this course, leaned a lot and want to share
Very interesting approach and a very dynamic and positive teacher!A must for all dog lovers!
The course was informative and I really enjoyed through out.
Is a great course if you want to understand how is that dogs have become such important part of human life and to know how they interact with the world around them. Thanks Doctor Hare!
Very interesting information - not just about dogs but tells us about ourselves as humans too!
This course is excellent and well taught. You will learn fascinating facts about how dogs think, the importance of social skills as a dimension of cognition, and much more
GREAT information, great teacher with a positive attitude and open-mind. I wish there would have been more interactive material and the quizzes were not only two questions before getting to final exam. I hope there will be more to come!
I truly enjoyed this course to its' core. Dr Hare is an animated professor w/a gift for teaching to an engaged audience. I learned so very much during this course, some new and some confirmations of what I believed to be true. My experience w/Coursera is a positive one for certain and I am already enrolled in my next course. Thank you Dr Hare for sharing your knowledge and expertise in your study of dogs w/me. RufF lOve, Alice
This was a great introduction to the subject of cognition! Dr. Hare is engaging and the material was interesting. I learned a lot about the newest member of our family as well as more about chimps and humans. Dogs are truly fascinating creatures.
Solid entry level course to dog cognition. I would have preferred that it focused more strongly on dogs, and payed less attention to how information about dogs can help us understand humans. The section on general domestication was phenomenal, and the bonobo to chimp comparisons were incredibly helpful. I would have appreciated deeper analysis on what each of the five cognitive domains for dognition were, and what they actually meant.
Dog Emotion and Cognition is a clear, well-structured course with some wonderful 'added extras' that really help round out the MOOC experience. Dr Hare's enthusiasm for the subject is infectious and the material presented is more wide-ranging than I had anticipated -- again, adding to the experience. I have learned a fair amount about my dog, which has been fascinating, but have also learned about dog cognition against a wider species-comparative context, which has strengthened my understanding considerably. A superb course (and the accompanying book, The Genius of Dogs, and citizen science website, Dognition, are wonderful too). Thanks Dr Hare, Duke and Coursera!
Awesome and very interesting!!! Thanks!
The material is interesting, if not all that novel, but the professor is incredibly repetitive and boring to listen to...to the point where the lectures were almost redundant, and if the content had not been so interesting to me I would have greatly disliked it
This class was full of great information and is really cool for any animal lover especially dogs!
Intersteing thing to know about the dogs that dognition "method". I liked Brian Hare as good communicator.
Loved it! And learned so much. Expect to hear about some scientific info!
Fantastic insight into dog behaviour, thank you!
Great course! i Learned a lot, but it had a lot more content about evolution than just dogs.
Dr. Hare speaks really clearly and with a lot of enthusiasm. The information the course brings is really interesting and kind of unexpected. I really enjoyed it.
Great course! Informative and fun too. Loved it.
Excellent course ! many things to learn about Dogs, about ourselves and much more!Thanks!
Really great course. There's not much coursework so it's mostly listening to lectures that tie together with the (optional) paid website Dognition. If you decide to buy Dogition those will function was your lab for the class, but you don't need to. I enjoyed it the same way I enjoy the Great Courses series, as something to listen to and learn from largely passively. And the topic couldn't be better; dogs!
What a fantastic course. It's great to learn from someone who is so passionate about what they are teaching and the knowledge they are willing to share. AMAZING.
very educational and easy to follow.
Thank you Dr Hare for the fun learning course.
Compared to the other courses, this one is kind of boring, but learned some origination of dogs :)
excellent and open minding,
A lot of information and joy .I do recommend it.
This course was short and interesting. Maybe the presenter tried a little too much to sell his book but I still watched until the end and found out many new things that I now notice with my dog! I really think this helpted me understand my dog in a different way, but I do wish there had been more studies/facts about dogs (longer course I guess). I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about how dogs think.
Great view into dog emotion and cognition! Fantastic for helping learn the psychological side of training!
I had a wonderful time during this course. I think everyone that likes dogs and animals in general will also enjoy this course. I learned a lot and I really recommend both the course and the book (The Genius of Dogs)!
Really nice also with overlook in dognition
I learned a lot about how dogs and people think. The experiment videos Dr. Hare shows are really interesting!
I liked the fact you could read the course or watch the videos and also that the activities could be done at home.
If you have a dog this course is a must. It is worth the time provided you see your dog for more than ''just'' a dog.
It was an incredible course. It be so hard for me because I speak a few english but I HAS DO IT!!
The course is nice introduction to the study of dogs behaviour, with easy to follow lectures and exercises, after finishing you understand that dogs are smarter than we think.
great class, easy to follow
A very enjoyable course which has provided me with further knowledge with regards to understanding our relationship with dogs. Up to date and using as much new research as possible, alongside with historical studies, it made it an interesting comparison to further improve our understanding of dogs. It was ideal for me to use as CPD for my continued membership of the dog training organisation of which I am a member (APDT UK).
One of the greatest courses I've been in. Thank you!!!
good tutor! good class structure! and the videos, pics and experiments in the classes are really interesting!
Great information, slower to get to the real goals of the course until the second half of it.
A waste of time. One long advertisement for the instructor's book.
Best Coursera course yet. Fascinating topic of wide interest, the right pace, practical and fun with your own dog. Brilliantly done!
Great course for those of us have dogs
This course is interesting and easy to follow. I was aware of his work through some of the articles he mentions throughout the course and would especially suggest this course as potentially interesting to people who have been reading some of the scientific literature (including Dr. Hare's publications). Well done, I would take a follow up course any time.
Very interesting, very well organized. Thank you
worth every hour i spent doing this course.
This course was not only absolutely fascinating, it gave me a scientific perspective that I had not previously acquired throughout the rest of my education, training and experience as a professional dog trainer. I now always consider and apply the principles of cognition to my evaluation, training and behavior modification of dogs. I look forward to the future of this research.
While very canine in its specialization, the course keeps one aware of similarities we share with most sentient beings and marvel at forces and decisions of countless of our ancestors have taken to make us the species we are and also make us aware of the responsibilities towards our plant which provided te perfect conditions and others who share our home. Thank you for your work.
There is a lot to learn and it is very interesting!!! The games are fun to play at home with your own dog.
an amazing experience with a very well done lectures and you can feel the enthusiasm of doctor Brian the whole time
Really enjoyed this course. I don't even have a dog! Now I wish I had one.
Well presented interesting information, reasonable quiz questions (though some were not phrased in an easy to understand way. Highly recommended for those with a interest in dogs learning and training.
Super interesting and easy to follow!
Great Course
Too many gestures, movements and ahhhs, slides available but not downloadable (what's the point?).
Really insightful. I learnt a lot
Thanks Professor Hare and Coursera since I do enjoy this amazing course which challenges many stereotypes. For example, dogs evolved from wolves not because of human's intentional domestication but due to "self-domestication" 12 -15000 ago. Also, it is generally regarded that certain breeds of dogs are smarted than other. However, in this course, Professor Hare points out that cognition involves many types of intelligence rather than one and there is even tremendous variation within a dog breed in temperament, behavior and especially cognition. Strongly recommend this course especially when you ca n taste this class with your own dog!
Like it, always a plus to learn from our best friend. Love the way of the comparison with other animals. Recommend for everyone.
I loved this course, I read the Genius of Dogs and when I saw who the instructor was, I had to take it. Very informative and engaging.
Fun and interesting course
Wonderful course, learned a lot and have applied my understanding to my do
Great course teaching us about animals and human evolution
Loved it and I am recommending it to my dog loving friends
-An absolutely fantastic course, very highly recommend it to anybody who owns a dog. My only complaint is that in week 5, the teacher gets quite a bit overboard into all of evolution. There is no need for this, because the course is on Dog EMOTION and COGNITION, not primate and human evolution. I felt I was a captive audience for his own unnecessary preaching on primate evolution. The best example I can give is the classic times when a person would invite you over for dinner only to sell Amway. Other than that, the course was wonderful! Great teacher.
Loving this course!!!
It was a very informative course, it went into great detail and allowed you to try experiments/games with your dog to see their own cognitive abilities. I really enjoyed this course and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about their dogs.
I highly recommend this course if you own or want to own a dog. The research on animal interaction with humans is very interesting and helpful. Dr. Hare's experiences with his own dogs led to fascinating studies!
is more than useful...the topics makes you to enjoy all the lessons
Great course, it goes through many scientific experiments to draw forth the amazing results. It is useful for dog (or other animals) lover. By the way, I got the book.
I loved how this course was very information about dog cognition. It's amazing what you think you knew about dogs going in and what you learned coming out.
I may have gotten more out of this course if I hadn't already read "The Genius of Dogs".I would like to suggest that the slides be subjected to more rigorous proofreading, as I came across several typographical errors. It doesn't look professional.On quizzes, when a student is asked to select the one FALSE answer, please remove any "all of the above are TRUE" statements. A mentor replied to another student who pointed out this conumdrum on the Week 7 Forum with: "I understand where you are coming from Phil, but only one of the answers as an individual answer is incorrect. The answer "all of the above are correct" is neither true nor false, as only one of the answers in the 'all' is the exception." And I say that if I have a bouquet of roses, 11 red ones and 1 yellow and I were to say that "all of the roses in my bouquet are red" you would correct me, as one is not, and "all" demands 12 out of 12, otherwise, it is not all. Should you still feel a quibble, let me suggest that you contact the Department of Philosophy, ask for someone expert in symbolic logic and run it by him/her.
It was very useful.
lots of fun. great info on the evolution of dogs and how dogs learn.
this course was very interesting and fun. It's unbelievable how dogs are amazing and how we just took them for granted and didn't even know!! Lucky you you came to the right place; Dr Hare will teach you all that. this course is really well made and will teach you a lot about the basics and way more. I highly recommand it.
Very interesting
I really liked this course. It was really fun. I learned a lot and I will put it to good use with my dog, Boomer. I also haven't got a chance to do Dognition so I will try to do it, It sounds so fun!
This course gives scientific insight on how dogs have become human's best friend and it leads to better understanding toward as well as relationship with dogs. It is fantastic to come to know the citizen science which all dog lovers can contribute for better future with dogs.
Well developed materialClearly stated informationInformative and put forth in a vivid way
It's a wonderful course. I like how Brian shows videos inside videos.
The course was good, but I think that only it's really enjoyable if you have a dog. As the professor says, both the book and the online resource Dognition isn't needed for the completion of this course. The book was really good, but I think that Dognition was too expensive, especially if you haven't a dog (not useful).
highly interesting and engaging. great learning experience
Wonderful logical explanation of the new dog cognition theory. I'm excited to see how this knowledge & research will affect dog training in the future.
This course was a positive surprise! Professor Hare is a really good lecturer, you can feel his energy even if it's all recorded and the course is very well structured (and does not take too much time). I'm a dog lover and owner (I have 2 dogs), but I would strongly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in extending ones common knowledge, plus, it is a very interesting topic to bring up when networking as well as a conversations starter!Thanks for an awesome course!
I really liked this course!
Great insight into the research done at Duke and around the world. Could use more focus on raw data and experimental designs although what was presented seemed fair for a course trying to reach a broad audience, including non scientists.
It was ammazing!
It is a very interesting course. Does not tell you how to train your dogs but makes you understand the way dogs, human, great apes and other species think and solve problems which is very interesting.
This was a good course. The lectures were a good length, they were interesting and very easy to understand. The lecturer was articulate and easy to follow. I liked the way the readings supported the course and the dognition stuff will be really useful. The citizen science material was also interesting. A useful and practical course that was fun and interesting to do.
The course was excellent - it was easy to follow/excellent content and presentation and a new respect to scientists who work very hard in obtaining verifiable data, which can benefit others. Hats off to Dr Hare and his Team; love your dedication and professionalism and your enthusiasm to extend this information to the citizens of this world. Heartfelt thanks to all concerned. Would love more :-)
Very interesting and always a great topic
Loved it!
The course was fun and very informative. It made me more aware of what my dog was in historical and evolutionary terms and made me more appreciative of him in general. But it did not translate to actual things I could do with my dog and did not give me any real understanding of his reactions.
I learned a lot about the way animals perceive the world and how we as humans can give them a better life. We are all connected. Dr, Hare was filled with information audit was easy to gain the knowledge thru his lectures.
There was a moment I was a bit skeptical about the class, but I ended loving it. Learned a lot about dogs and general behavior.
Very informational and gave me a new understanding of my furry friend for life.
Absolutely a great course! It was a bit strong on the advertising in the beginning but after the first few lectures this significantly decreased. Dr. Hare is one of the leading researchers in dog cognition, and he also goes into a the cognition of a number of other animals. It was a very interesting course and I highly recommend it.
If you didn't like the first few lectures, you won't like the rest. It won't get better. More repetition, clichés, and advertisement that anything else.
Learning a lot and applying it to my daily work at the Dog hotel. Very Greatful!
Well paced, lots of information to assimilate and understand. This course focuses on general aspects of evolution and cognition, and then moves on to the application of principles to animals generally, and then, particularly, to dogs.
Very interesting presentation. Thank you!
pretty good course
I learned a great deal from this class and Dr. Hare did a remarkable job teaching the course. The reason I gave four stars instead of five is because Dr. Hare continued to promote his book and Dognition, to the point that some lectures began to sound more like advertisements. Besides that it was a wonderful experience, and I have no doubt the knowledge gained will be useful in my own work with dogs.
Love, love, love this course! Dr. Hare makes learning easy.
I love, love, love this course. Recommend it for any dog lover or those interested in how dogs think and our utterly unique relationship with them. In my years of college and online classes, this is the most interesting course I have ever taken. Highly recommend the book too. I couldn't put it down. Dr. Hare does an amazing job.
Very interesting information about dogs that's also a 'myth burster' of sorts for me. Dr. Hare 's video's were not only well made but also well spaced. I found a few quiz questions difficult to understand even though I paid close attention to all lessons. But hey- I passed the final quiz in first attempt so Its all good! Thanks Dr. Hare & Duke University for making this 'different' course available!!
The course itself was fantastic. I had read Dr. Hare's book previously and was a part of the Beta Test of dognition. But this was even better. It helped me gain an even better understanding of the subject. I can only highly recommend it to anybody interested in dogs and their behavior.
Interesting and useful!
Love this course, thank you ! A great look as well to fallow on
Great course! super recommended!
This is amazing. I truly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone that loves dogs and wants to know more about them. I will probably take this class again. I liked it that much.
cute and helpful
I didn't come away with much understanding of how dogs think - I don't have much experience with dogs and I was hoping to learn about how to have a good relationship with a dog before I decide whether to get one - but the science is fascinating and I am glad I took the class anyway.
This was excellent! As a professional dog trainer, I really value the information I got from this course. Yes I also bought his book but It is a really good resource. You can get it used at a lower cost. I have been recommending this course to my "want to know more" clients.
This is a GREAT course and complements my B.A. in Human Psychology. I've fostered dogs for decades and have always wanted to take some classes to learn more about dog psychology. Your professors and knowledge base are of incredible assistance, and I appreciate this opportunity to get certified and add this to my resume'. Thank you!
I think people who have experience in studying science will take better advantage of this course but, in general, it has great content.
Well made course, Hare knows his stuff, interesting if you like dogs ^_^
This is a fascinating area of study. Thank you so much for this wonderful course. Dr Hare's lectures were well paced, informative and fun. More please from Duke!
Very interesting course and I learned a lot! Teacher is great.
Fun Course and very interesting!! Well worth the time.
Very informative, unfortunately Dr. Hare had a lot of filler words (ah, umm) in his videos, but typically receded towards the later part of the videos. As opposed to other reviews I do not feel like the incorporation of his book and website burdened the lecture, many professors in universities use their own book for their courses and I feel like Dognition would greatly help students be engaged in the course, they do have a couple games on their Youtube page if you want a taste before purchasing Dognition. I feel like this lecture has more to do with cognition than with emotion, and unfortunately I went into this lecture thinking it would be more about dog psychology. So don't dive into this course thinking you'll know a lot about dog psychology as emotion and cognition are just parts of psychology but it'll definitely give you some insightful information on dog cognition.
interesting course with new insights which will change your perspectives on the evolution theory of dogs as well as general cognition. People exaggerated about the book comment, yes it is mentioned, but not ad nausium
I haven't completely finished this course yet but so far so good! Great information; presented very clearly and keeps you interested.
Excellent course, super interesting, the teacher is very clear in his explanations
This course was engaging and informative. Dr. Hare picked a great line of work, as he kind of reminds me of a friendly puppy himself. I look forward to more research from these experiments!
Very interesting; great teacher. Even if you don't agree with evolution, the course is still great.
Interesting.
I chose to take this course on Dog Emotion and Cognition as it reminds me of doing my volunteer work at Peace of Mind Dog Rescue.
Wonderful. My poor dog...he is having daily fun as i test him emotionally and cognitively.....
For anyone that has lived with a dog, much of this content will be common knowledge. The value is the scientific and technical studies done to validate those assumptions.
Great course, just a little too much selling towards the end I felt. But top-notch videos, and interesting content for sure!
A must for all dog lovers/owners. The course is well paced and explains how we can communicate better with our dogs and better understand own cognition.
I'm an international student. I just have been studying English for 6 month. I think this topic is very helpful for me to practice my listening skill, and also it's very interesting! I love this course. Thanks professor.
Little high on the scientific data
I loved Hare and Dognition - this was informative and fun but probably needs an update given recent research by Oxford's Larson. Though I'm still firmly in Savolainen's camp, it'd be interesting to hear Hare's take on it all.
I am an ameteur dog trainer and this helped me out considerably in ways I can improve my interactions with my own dogs to make my training sessions be more productive. I'll be raising a litter of puppies soon and am looking forward to watching them grow and develop their own cognitive profiles so that I can make sure they all go to the best fit homes.
Fascinating, and very well done. Thank you!
I'm in the dog profession so I took this course for personal knowledge and I have learned so much! I am very satisfied with this course and I love the options.
I was expecting this course to be just about dogs. It was still interesting. Thank you.
Interesting subject & Basic idea to have a dog defined for the exercises is nice but w/o dog hard to benefit. A bit too much talking in front of a wall ;-) Could benefit from more illustrative material. Graphs / Videos / Pictures. Why not show examples of Dogs doing the games, that would be great for people who do not (yet) own a dog. I was hoping to get some insight into problematic dog behaviour but maybe that was wrong expectation.
PAAAAWWWWSOME!!! Must study for doggie lovers. Helps me debunk so many myths and undrestand my own dog much better. Highly recommend course participant to read the book (an easy and very pleasant read) and play in cognition! Oxytocin FTW!!! :D
*No Stars*Okay.... this class is very pointless. It is super boring and gives me little information. He says that you do not need to buy his book or visit his suggested website, however that is all he talks about.At least the tests are not focused on that, its mostly on vague points he explains. I would not recommend this class.
Excellent. Maybe my favorite course on Coursera ever. Full of useful, compelling, new information. Instructor super friendly and a great communicator. Obviously he learned from his dog.
Very boring presentation. Far too much 'buy my book/go to MY website'., in it. If he did that in a RT University he would be hauled over the coals. Some interesting points made but most of the information given was from other's research.A little less self-promotion and a little more work, combined with less boring presentation would move it up to 4*
An excellent course to know more about behavior of our dogs. This course help me a lot to work with Dolça & Luck.
This course was fantastic!
This is an extremely interesting course that delves deeper than just dog cognition by connecting the evolution and domestication of dogs with that of humans and apes. I thoroughly enjoy this course and will be looking for other courses conducted by Dr. Hare.
Fantastic course! I have learned so much. Worth reading the book "Genius of Dogs". So happy to have a certificate from Duke University signed by Brian Hare! Totally worth it!
I was interesting and very helpful.
Super interesting ! I really enjoy it. I want more courses regarding dog psychology !Love Dognition , also !
Wonderful lecturer and fascinating material.
I really enjoyed the course. It was divided into clear parts that were short and thus easy to follow anytime during a quick break. It was not too demanding as there were no assignments or things to write. I felt I was learning interesting information. I would have liked more detailed information though on what dogs can and cannot do... perhaps a follow-up course. As I just adopted my dog a month ago from the shelter not sure if I can already use dognition with him.
It gives a scientific vision of dog's intelligence and their relationship with humans.
Great simple but at the same time precise and scientific course to help people understand what dog cognition is.I definitely do recommend this course!
Very fun and informative!
The guy is full of shit. He's just trying to sell you his book and his online game product. He was also obsessed with bragging about all of his accomplishments. I was quite disgusted by him at the end. I paid for the certification, but now I want my money back.
GREAT. I listened to these lectures while at work and it was so engaging. A few very interesting studies are cited and I would recommend the Dognition app to any of my pet lover friends. This course has followed me in my interactions with animals and it will probably continue to come to mind in the future.
I really liked this course. I have owned and trained dogs from a very early time in my life. I found it very interesting how dogs evolved from wolves and how that is apparent in dogs today. I typically like courses to be heavy on the science side, but this class was well presented for mid-level people or people who don't have a science background. Of course people will disagree with some of the material but overall it was an interesting class and the book recommended for the class was a good read. Mahalo from Hawaii
Brilliant Course! Gave me a new understanding of my cunning canine!
Excellent start to the course. Looks like it is going to be really hands on with the different tests you can do with your own dog/s. I can't wait to get started and find out all about my dog's psychology. Just wondering how different it will be to my pre-conceived perceptions.
This course is for you if you love dogs, and/or are interested in the science of animal behavior. Dr. Hare's presentations are interesting, informative and fun. I loved his use of scientific studies, videos, and Russian history (yes!) to get his points across. His book (optional) and the dog games (also optional) only add more depth to his lectures, but don't feel you need to buy the book and/or the games...you can take the online course and do just fine (but hopefully you'll want to read more, and participate as a citizen scientist, after taking the online course!). I will recommend this class to my canine_enthusiast friends, as I found Dr. Hare's class to re-evaluate how I look at the thought processes of dogs. This course is time well-spent!
Dr. Hare: Thank you for this assignment and I really appreciate your advise for helping me and my Perrhijos (dogs sons)
Very good course will be a great help in my dog training by allowing me a better understanding of Dog Cognition.
Excellent course. Very accessible to everyone who wants to learn more about dog emotion and cognition
One of the best dog courses I ever taken. Hare is wondrful on explaining.
It is very helpful to get a better understanding of dogs....
The professor talks too much about the website and his book! That doesn't make any sense!
Detailed and insightful course delivered in a very engaging manner.
This was a really outstanding course. Can't wait to recommend it to fellow rescue friends!
Dr. Hare did a great job explaining the results of experiments and what they mean in laymen terms. The information was well presented, and he is an enthusiastic professor. Although the super science-y stuff at the beginning may be a bit of a turnoff or seem boring for people like me without a science background, it really sets a good foundation for the more conventionally interesting material later in the course. I strongly recommend this course, and the accompanying activities via Dognition.
Good information contained within the course which has sparked my interest in continuing to learn and build on my small amount of knowledge. Lower rating than I would usually give for a course because of the way the lectures are delivered. Having a lecturer standing in front of a brick wall, plugging his book and not really connecting with online students was not great. A couple of times during the lectures I dozed off and had to re-run them. If the plugging of own material was removed and the background and tone of voice were altered this could be a captivating and interesting course.
Not learning much and constantly being bombarded with sales tactics. Not impressed.
I have just taken this course and I am completely captivated ! Moving at a very fast pace to finish it. It is really fun to learn and of a great help since i have two puppies at home. Thank you Doc. Hare for making this great course !
very well presented and enjoyable to listen to, the summary's helped a lot and the quizzes were a good way to remember what was learnt in the lessons. Thank you
Thank you very much for this course. I learnt a lot about dogs' behaviour.
Really interesting and easy to understand!
I am enjoying this course.Thank you
Good beginning level class and a nice reminder of how complex learning really is.
I was really disappointed in this "course" for several reasons. I did not complete it, because it was really not worth spending time on. The organizer impressed me as only wanting to sell copies of his book on dog behavior and used the course as his vehicle. Then there were games to "purchase" online to facilitate teaching my dog cognitive skills. The videos were lacking in creativity. I was really disappointed with this, especially since its a cool topic that could easily be presented in a very exciting way. The artistic level, the videos, slides, etc were something a high school student could pull together. After taking solid courses like ModPo and Positive Psychology, I was amazed at the lack of effort that was put into this.
It was a lot of fun!
useful and interesting
I had a great time learning all these new thing not just about dogs, but also about apes, evolution and cognitive approach to all species.
This was a giant advertisement and got tiresome very quickly.
Nice course. If you want to learn better your best friend, here you are. Also, dognition seems to be a remarkable endeavor for serving this purpose. Thanks!
very enjoyable, I learned a lot - will continue with the Dognition profile as well!
Elegant. This course teaches us how scientists have been able discover the ways in which dogs think and behave and presents those lessons within the broader context of evolution, domestication, psychology, ecology and society. The course reveals surprising and practical insights about how having a better understanding of dogs helps improve our understanding of ourselves, our human history, and contemporary society. The course explains how science helps to correct many of our common misunderstandings about the intelligence of animals, and summarizes how the manner in which we study animal behavior and cognition is changing today. The course is fun. The video lectures are clear and concise. Everything is very well organized and delivered with enthusiasm and clarity. The quizzes are not technical nor particularly challenging but do help with learning the course material. The course has references to optional reading materials and optional activities from dognition.org that you can explore with your own dog at home. I would recommend for anyone interested in animals, psychology, or behavioral science and certainly anyone with a pet dog. I personally enjoyed seeing so many examples of controlled experiments being used to discover new knowledge about the inner workings of animals.
It was a great course for all dog lovers! The content was so interesting with types experiments and games to better understand our pet dogs. Also the scientific findings are so suprising for us to really know who our dogs are. Go through this, your dog-knowing journey will be wonderful!!
An exceptional introduction to understanding our canine counterparts
Fun course. I really feel like I understand my dog better now.
very interesting, good new input!
Excellent, I learned alot
should have multiple teachersshould show more live dogs/puppies
The three stars are because the parts actually giving information had value and I learned some interesting things. The 2 stars were removed because of the truly obnoxious plugging of the prof's own book and research project. He goes on and on about how fantastic it is how we can all participate in scientific research, but if I am SUPPLYING DATA, why do I have to pay for that privilege!? If it were really about the research he would want my data whether I paid for it or not. The course felt mostly like one big plug to make money. To make this course worthwhile you have fast forward a lot through the sales raps, which includes a few lectures in their entirety. It's also much better at twice speed, but most classes are. :)
The lecturer was an annoying speaker and very repetitive. I just couldn't listen to him... I'm sorry. There was also so much about human development etc that I started to wonder when the info about dogs would start....I found the formatting so different from other courses I've taken, that it was hard to get started and figure things out. Adding to that, was the constant interruption of the "paid certificate" page. If I answer "no" once, please leave me alone! I also think it's a bit suspect for a prof to be plugging his own book for one of these courses.
very good and easy to follow learnt a lot
Great course, I learned a lot. I enjoyed the lectures and I read the book.
Awesome course, thank You! I did learn a lot!
Very well taught
Really interesting, I learned a lot from this course. It's approach was more scientific than I expected, which is a great thing. Some experiments presented here blew my mind!
Well outlined class! Outstanding layout and very informative.
LOVED the course, ENJOYED the learning! Great video presentations by Dr. Hare … easy to engage, and wonderful to have the flexible fit into my schedule. Keep up to good work. Would like to know more about how the "Certificate" is issued. Keep getting opportunity to pay for the certificate on screen, even though I did that at the start of the course. LOVE the book as well … thank you for providing such great tools.
Very informative and science-based, FUN course. I really loved how Ilearned so much about generic animal cognition, beyond that of my beloved dogs.Although a bit of a sales pitch made the beginning of this course a bit "meh", the instructor more than made up for it on later weeks. Suggestion: spread out the sales pitch a bit or focus it on it midway through the course, instead of the beginning. :)
A must take course for anyone who is studying animal psychology in college or works with dogs.
This is an extraordinary course. I'm currently enrolled in school to become a Veterinary Assistant, and this course (along with Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods' "The Genius of Dogs," has been a wonderful learning experience. I definitely recommend this for anyone working with dogs and dog owners. Cheers.
we need more course with this kind of theme... thank you
Absolutely excellent. I enjoyed it so much and learned so much.
Really enjoyed this course and learning more about how average dogs learn
I thought it's going to be a little boring - I only took it "for fun", I don't even have a dog or plans or get one, but starting with week 3 and especially week 4 the bigger picture of evolution of humans and animals up to this day alone was worth taking this course. Definitely broadened my mind. Also very valuable were was the information about dog breed profiles and what science can actually tell us about traits like aggressiveness and if they are related to breeds (they are not). If you are looking for concrete dog training tips you won't find them, this course is more about giving an overview of the state of science, but it does so very well IMHO. You can take the course in two afternoons easily - I recommend against doing it over 8 weeks. The videos are short, I watched them at 2 x speed mostly.
It was very interesting course, I thought I knew a lot about dogs psychology and cognition but it turned out that I have a lot of white blankc about some thing. Very informative course with good slides and some very interesting information.
This course is fun to take, and it opened my eyes to a lot of research findings about dogs, people, and other animals. The material is presented in a way that's interesting and easy to follow, even though the ideas that the course covers are far from simple. I like that the course goes into the history of the science about animal cognition. I also like the way it debunks old-hat ideas about intelligence in animals, ranging from ants through apes, wolves and dogs, to humans. A big side-benefit is that the course has made me think in new ways about human society and human achievements, and the evolving shape of our relationships with one another and our capabilities. It has also validated my positive feelings about the dog in my family.
Definitely helped me understand my dog (and others) in a much more thorough/holistic way
Really interesting stuff. I was a little concerned after watching week 1 & 2 that I would know most of the material already but in week 3 things really started to pick up and now that I am finished all the lectures I am so glad to have taken this course!!!
I did enjoy this course, but at times I felt a little bored, like it was loosing my interest. Some of the information given was more about other species and I think that's what made it less gripping for me.
i love this course! No where around me at all offers a class like this and for my situation the fact that its online is even better! I've learned/learning a lot, thank you!
What a wonderful class. I have found very few colleges that offer aclass in regards to animals, unless you're majoring as a vet. This class gives me the option to learn about my best friend (my dog) and how to apply my learned skills to better his life. The course content is easy to understand and exciting for an avid animal lover. Thank you Coursera, for changing how education is delivered. #rethinkcollege
Excellent course! Engaging instructor and interesting material.
I have fallen asleep during 3/4th week, and it have never happened to my during any of the Coursera courses... I'm sorry, but it completely failed my expectations. 3 weeks out of 7 gone, and I have learnt absolutely nothing about dogs. Yes, I got some psychological basis, but that's not what I looked for/ The lecturer politely suggests to buy his book ... well if it is the same quality as the presented course, than it's useless...
Fantastic! I learned SO MUCH!!!
I just do not feel a connection with this professor - he is constantly plugging his book and the website. The content is just not engaging.
Great class!
Thought provoking. Different cultural attitudes toward dogs a little unsettling - given number of bites and attacks, resources devoted to dogs rather than to humans, is a serious question.
Loved learning about the history of dog evolution and dog cognition. Thank you professor!
So much interesting
Interesting insights into human interactions with dogs. I just could not finish the entire class.
Very clearly and useful
Brilliant course. Learnt so much about dogs and evolution I never knew. Really recommend this course even if its just for some basic knowledge.
Superb! Incredibly interesting, well-planned, and enlightening. The most absorbing MOOC I have ever taken (and I have taken a few other really great ones!)
Veryh fun and interesting class. I learned a lot.
Very good course,it gives an overview on some important aspects of dog (and human) evolution and cognition. Important work is going on at Duke University at the Dog Cognition Lab.Dr. Hare is a very inspired person and scientist and his willing to share and go further in research and understanding about humans and canines is involving.Highly recommended.
This is a really enjoyable course with lots of information and deep knowledge of the matter, also given in a positive and relaxed way. Thank you!
Great course for anyone who either likes dogs or interested in psychology+evolotion. If both appliess - it's lust too awsome :)
I enjoyed a lot of this course, especially the parts about evolution and social intelligence. Very interesting!! However, as a professional dog trainer and having studied through the Karen Pryor Academy, I was VERY disappointed to see Brian Hare's misunderstanding of clicker training. I would be happy to chat with him about the realities of clicker training and how an event marker works, if he'd be interested ;)Futhermore, I bought the book and paid for a certificate, but because I took over 180 days to complete the course (despite the course being "self-paced, with suggested deadlines to help you keep on track), I did not get my certificate and was informed that to get it I'd have to pay again for the same product.
This was an amazing course! The format was fantastic and easy to follow and Dr. Brian hare was an engaging speaker, which the videos wonderful to watch. I also really liked that it was self-paced because then I could really try out the Dognition exercises with my dog and have the time to read the book.
Many thanks for this delightful course.
love the class learned a lot of things about my dog I didn't quite know before
It was very interesting and classes were fun to watch.
A great course! Thank you so much for al the knowledge!
It was a little long before getting to the REALLY interesting stuff, but it's a good course for what you pay. I wish there were a follow up one, like a level 2.I also wish that Brian didn't refer to groups of dogs as "dog packs" as dogs are not pack animals. This leads to confusion as dog owners will then believe that they need to be a pack leader and everything that comes with that stereotype. I also wish he didn't focus so much on the idea that dogs are from wolves, because again, many people revert to "this is how wolves are so this is how i treat my dog" it leads to confusion. Just read the comments on some threads. Even while doing this course, people were saying how they need to be a pack leader and how they follow what Cesar Milan does.However, for those of us that know there is a difference, it was interesting to learn more about the differences between wolves and dogs. I just wish the course focused more on dogs
Overall, I enjoyed this course, but it gave just a bit too much information on cognitive studies in other species, and it left me still wanting to learn more about dogs. The last 2 weeks were great! The professor was engaging and his work was very interesting, but he said ummm and ahhh so many times that it was a little distracting. The quizzes were good, but some of the questions were worded very oddly so I just couldn't get them right without several attempts. I didn't feel like he covered dog emotion at all. I thought there would be some discussion of facial expressions, the meaning of different tail wags, and the extent of dog emotion (for example, how they grieve and how long they grieve after a loss).
Great course for understanding dogs and other animals better.
Absolutely amazing course! Everything is explained really well and I loved the content!
Fantastic! Thank You!
Excellent course and very well presented. I do hope that you will present another course on animal cognition, it's an intriguing subject. Thank you so much.
I Have just finished the course and loved it! Brian Hare is great, and is an honor to see his lectures. I work with dog cognition and emotional sense, so i've read a lot of Brians papers. This course is amazing and I indicate to everyone who study animal behavior or just love dogs (or both).
The material is so interesting that even though you're learning a lot, it doesn't feel like hard work. The only possible drawback is that it keeps referencing this citizen science (a similar concept to crowd sourcing or open-source) program called Dognition. Dognition's this website that allows you to play games with your dog that test its cognition, and uses the data from it to better understand how dogs think. You don't need Dognition to learn a lot and get a lot out of the course, but if you don't have a dog to play with or feel like spring for the fee (which again, are highly optional and not needed to learn from this course), you will miss out a bit. But other than that, it's fascinating to learn about how dogs think and how that's unique among the animal kingdom.
learning this course is fun and exciting
Clear, well articulated, recent study findings and explanation.An over-all wealth of knowledge.
i love this course
Love it! such interesting info and an excited presenter!
Very interesting and thought provoking course, I have learned a lot. However some quizzes we not moderetated and some answeres seems to have mistakes.
Loved this class. I LOVED that they didnt label the pit bull as aggressive!!
excellent for both practicians and scientists, I loved it!
Such a great and interesting course! I'm really learning so much from this and feel it's really well put together. Great work from Brian Hare et al - keep up the good work you're doing!
This is a relatively easy course to complete, but I definitely enjoyed learning about dog cognition and how they have evolved over time to become man's best friend.
Excellent course. Very well presented.
Excellent course; thoroughly enjoyed.
I love the new aspects of learning how dogs process things!! An added tool for sure!
Easy to follow, fun, and interesting! I really enjoyed the lectures as well as the extra games :)
A wonderfully put together course on really exploring our canine companions to learn more about how they learn and ultimately have better relationships with them.
Highly addictive course! I find myself quoting random tidbits that I learned to complete strangers. I don't even have a dog! I recommend this to anyone who is an animal lover, interested in cognition and learning, or...ju
it was a great fun to listen to the course and practice the exercises with my dog!
Very interesting course. Hope to hear more courses about canines. Especially about their psychology.
I really enjoyed the material of this course. Well worth the money paid. I feel that I learned a lot. I definitely suggest reading the book also. The only issue I had with the course is that there were a couple times wording on the quizzes were incorrect/misleading
Excellent for Clinical social worker and psychologist if want to use intervention with animal assisted therapy
Awesome course. It blows your mind and take you straight to the universe of cognition. Very recommended.
It seemed this course was a teaser to get people to enroll in/pay money to join the dogcognition program at Duke. I realized this in week 2 and did not continue the course.
Awesome course, easy to understand, and far more informative about various species than the title would lead you to believe (although it is, obviously, based and centered around dog cognition and emotion).
great course if you're a dog lover, dog trainer, dog walker, or just someone who's interested in the interface between canine human relationships. My only qualm is that some of the questions may have been written better, but all in all a capturing class!
very interesting, informative especially for dog lovers.
Was great learnt a lot more than I expected and was a lot more detailed then what I expected as well. Highly recommend this course.
This course was AWESOME! Really enjoyed the professors lectures, learned so much!
Very fun and interesting !
Very interesting and engaging course! Great job!
Great course to understand how dogs have become the species they are today and how they distinguish themselves from other species. I've learned a lot about my own dog and how other dogs vary in their own thinking abilities.
I am fascinated with the course
Fantastic, really enjoying this course!
The best online course I have ever attended. I never got bored. Lectures are just awesome. As a cognitive Science student, I enjoyed it most.
Not much here
A waste of money. Only $50, but it was so terrible I did not even want to finish it. And apparently I waited too long to get a refund as well. Never again.
Learned more than I had imagined I would.
Excellent and based on science.
Right from the start a brilliant course, engaging, intelligent & thought provoking!
Lovely course! I learned so much from this, more than I was expecting! Also great to understand human evolution and behaviour as well.
love it throughout! wish it lasted longer
Fun course that explores why dogs are so special. I especially it when Dr. Hare explained the different experiments and their results.
Catchy course suitable even for non-professional dog/animal lovers. I enjoyed it and I hope I'll have a chance to apply newly acquired knowledge to my training in the future. Thank you for the project!
I have learnt some basic knowledge about dog's congnition. It may be more interesting if I have a dog to take part in these experments.
great course gives really good insight into cognitive thought of canines and other animals
Interesting insights about how dogs think and what we perceive through their behavior. Taken purely for personal enrichment. Wish I'd had more time available to work with the lab material.
Lots of fun and very inspiring. Like it
I like that is not only about dogs, but also on apes (including humans).Easy to listen to.Would love more articles or other reading materials in this course besides the book.
excellent course to understanding your dog. Good information about how dogs evolved. 2 thumbs up.
Excellent! Great scientific information, videos and other explanations on animal evolution! You'll understand your best friend better and your own evolution.
The course was informative and enjoyable. I would have given it 5 stars if a free certificate of accomplishment were issued as in other courses.
Outstanding! Very interesting ad completely beneficial!
Brian provided a great course that informed and entertained. Good for those with many levels of animal interaction and familiarity.
Excellent course. If you have a dog you have to take this. Instructor is awesome. This course will help you take your relationship with your dog to the next level.
I simply love this course, the material is complete !
Good course for any dog lover to take.
Only halfway through and I give this course 5 stars. The instructor is fun and charming. The course is very interesting and informative. Thanks for putting this out. I hope you put out more moocs like this in the future. :)~April W.
Videos kept cutting out either entirely or the sound would cut out. Made it very difficult to follow.
I'm thinking about quit from my mechanical engineering major lol
Extremely interesting. I am glad Duke University offers this course via Coursera.
Really interesting information about the evolution of dogs, their cognitive approach to problem solving and their relationship to humans. Just the tip of the iceberg but a great jumping off point to further understanding man's best friend. Content was presented in a way that was easy to follow and complete at your own pace.
Brief, but informative. This is a great course for general dog lovers, owners, and scientists. It's surprising how short the course is, though. The videos are quite brief, but there are many every week, so the coursework looks longer than it really is.
Intersting
The lecture make me understand more about my puppy, thank you
I´d found this course really good, I have a litle bit experience with dog training throw the years experience with my dogs and internet videos, but this approach never have it before, I thanks to Dr. Ohara for the great course he made for Coursera I definitely apply dognition games to my dogs and the dogs of my friends. Saludos
Everybody who loves animals and who wants to understand better his/her pet should take this course. When you discover all your dog's potential you will be a better owner and a better person.
Do it if you love your dog!
Fun and informative learning experience
This is a great class so far. I am enjoying taking a new look at dogs. It has been especially interesting looking at my dogs in a new way and applying what I have learned. I have found the incorporation of real life cognition experiments with apes and foxes a very interesting part of the course. I hope to be able to take more classes from Duke University.
Very nice and informative course; it is perfect for people with very basic knowledge of biology, evolution and animal behavior. Maybe some aspects should have been treated in greater details to meet the needs of more advanced learners.
Very interesting course. The quizzes were challenging, which was good, and I liked that there was a final exam, too. The lecturer was maybe a bit too "wordy" and could have cut to the point faster without repetition but he was being enthusiastic about his topic, so that is forgiven. Overall, a good course!
should know
The content was interesting but the lectures could have been taped in a more engaging manner.
Mostly just an ad for the instructor's startup. Very annoying.
Funny and Directly involves the audience which is great!
Very interesting ! I learned a lot about different species and it showed me some believes I hold weren't maybe as true as I tought them to be...
I love this course
Excellent course. Very interesting and the professor was really engaging showing his passion for the research discussed.
Very informative and entertaining.
This course was a minimal time commitment, simple, and very interesting for the lay person and scientist alike. It's fantastic to see an open online course offered on a subject that has exploded in the last few years!
This is basically just one giant commercial for the web site. A whole lot of talk, but not a lot of information. I was going to finish the course anyway, to pick up what is in there, but I just cannot stand any more plugs. Very disappointed.
really well done. quality shines through
Just wow!
Passionate speaker and truly amazing things to learn about dogs!
I love some of the discussions in this course, and i think that students can be prompted to contribute even more. Perhaps make contributing to a discussion in each module an essential part of the course?The content is well-structured, going from a general overview of evolution to canine cognition. I would have liked to see it go even further, questioning the assumptions behind some of the recent research publications in this area instead of just including it in this course. A little more critical reasoning doesn't hurt.
great course and Dr. Hare delivers the material with passion and enthusiasm
excellent course...amazing instructor....thanks
A fantastic introduction to Dog Cognition sciences!Either as a trainer or an investigatior in dog-related issues this is a course you cannot miss.
In my opinion:The topics reviewed were too haphazardly selected.The citations for quoted research were hard to impossible to find,The course focused disproportionately on the lecturer's commercial ventures.
Great course!
What an amazing class! Thank you very much Dr. Hare, Duke University and Coursera. Great job!
As a dog trainer I found this course very insightful into the mind of a dog and will be putting many of the games and ideas I learned into action with the dogs I teach. I will also suggest the Dognition site to all of my clients looking to do more with their dog's training
Enjoyed this course very much. I would love to take another course on this topic.
I could give you 5 stars if you issue the Statement of Accomplishment to students who passed this course by free, at least... Anyway, the course was so great and interesting to me ! Thank you so mu
Very fun and educational course!
I found many interesting insights into how dogs became man's best friend and into dog cognition. However, some of the points were belabored far too long; in addition, problems in dog behavior--such as biting etc.--were not really dealt with at all. For me, the promise of knowledge of dogs leading to knowledge of self remained unfulfilled. I could also have used more practical insights into how a dog can be guided (trained) to become the ideal companion.
This is a fun course. However, there is not much content on dog emotion, and lots on evolution (not limited to dogs). It is straightforward and slowly enough paced that no one should be afraid it will be too difficult for them, and the instructor is enthusiastic and eloquent. I have a PhD in a related field and I learned quite a bit, so I would recommend this course to others.
Very informational I liked it 10/10
The best!
It is an amazing, well-organised and exciting course. Would recommend for anyone!
Great course! Very interesting!
I enjoyed this course and found it very informative. I would like to see more practical information related to dog training in the material, but I understand that is not the purpose of this course.
Fascinating course! Loved it!
This course was great, and I'll do the experiments with a friend's dogs. I love dogs, but don't have one. I do have a cat, and would be interested in a similar course about them.I believe probably cats don't have the same communicative abilities as dogs, as they don't cooperate that much as wolves, but for instance my cat can differentiate between "give me the paw" (where in one hand I have food, the other is an open palm, and he has to inhibit going to the hand of the food and putting his paw in my other palm), and "eat" (going directly to the hand with the food and eat it).
I loved the course. Please, could you pland other courses about dogs, cognition, emotion, trainning....?I think the profesor is very good. Plese, could you organized more courses with him?
great course！
Great course. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about the evolution of our relationship with dogs--a unique relationship to be sure. Good opportunity to input into citizen scientist data base if interested, and willing to submit a fee.
A new and interesting subject to learn, well explained!!
One of the best courses seen at Coursera. Really gives you insight.
While the topic is interesting, the materials are poor and the lectures are not particularly insightful. The slides have several mistakes and typos, which makes you doubt the whole course. The speakers are not engaging and it just looks like no effort was made in preparing this course. Additionally, the materials do not prepare you for the review, and on weeks 2 and 3 (the hardest) you don't have a chance to review the questions or correct your mistakes. The course really needs some improving!
Excellent Course with many useful example drawn from life. The tests are a good check on whether you have fully understood the material and a good opportunity to revise anything that is not clear. I really enjoyed taking this course.
It would be better to provide detailed explanation for the cases and questions raised in the slides.
Excellent study material and good for knowledge. I give full rating to this course - Duke University through coursera!!
A very interesting and useful course. I had some difficulty distinguishing some of the biases - it is like some of them are nested within others, which makes choosing the one that is most relevant to a situation quite tricky.
I just stumble upon this course and like the lecturer says it's a relatively new school of thoughts. It combines psychology and finance or to say find psychology application in finance subjects.I did come around my university to find finance books written about this subjects but so disappointed I found none physical books, all are ebooks.
Great course, great topics, well covered!
Best course,very good study material.
The way Emma explains theories are really clear. For students whose first language are not English, her speed of teaching is proper. I just finished the very first part "Utility of Money". Looking forward to learning more from her.
The best finance class I have ever taken! So easy to understand with many vivid examples
The course was good and the material was interesting. I wish that the course were more video-based however. There are some videos but they are meant to be played at specific points during the reading.
Very instructive, lot of examples that help to learn the most common biases!
This course is very a very challenging since it deals about behavioral aspects. But then, this course is fun and exciting because I was able to see biases and mistakes that many people does and became aware that I commit those mistakes also. Two thumbs up!
it is a brill course which is interesting and full of magic
Overall, it summaries all the concepts you need in behavioral finance.
Great Course!
Very informative, fun to learn, plenty of material & well taught. I highly recommend this course!
Interesting course about behavioral biais with many examples and cases. Altough I expected a course more oriented into financial decisions on how to learn to avoid financial bias and make better decisions I still learned a lot.
Not enough materials in the video. Most of the info are in the reading.
Interesting course. I just wished there was more interaction and discussion and that there is further clarification regarding the length of the course.Right at the start Ms. Rasiel mentioned a 14-week course. I feel there's more to the course but I wasn't able to take advantage of it. There were also some videos that seem to start mid-way already.
Very interesting topic and great instructors.Unfortunately, many things were not covered by video lectures. It often felt like there were parts missing.
I very much enjoyed the information contained in the course - however I did find that it was difficult to apply some of the very nuanced biases to the financial problems posed in the quiz when many of the biases were used in examples outside of the stock market in the course readings leading up to the quiz. I really wish there were more examples for each bias (and more from the world of finance) because some biases were really hard to distinguish from one another. On one hand I did like that I wasn't spoon fed the information for the quizes but on the other I don't feel as though I was fully equipped to answer some of the quiz questions due to the way the information had been presented.The information built on itself so I found myself going back to week 1 information and week 2 information in week three.
The first two weeks were great, they were more behavioural economics than behavioural finance specifically. The last week was not up to scratch, readings from the popular press, not experts.
I personally enjoy this course, really interesting in different points and open my vision in a way. I would like to be able to communicate directly with the professor because I was uncertain of my level of comprehension through certain parts.
This course has very interesting and complete content. However, for begginers it can be a bit hard to take all quizes successfully at first attempt, due to the high number of concepts addressed in the videos and articles. Some concepts seems obvious at first, but a begginner can get confused among them. Maybe the material should be better organized in topics, in order to facilitate the comprehension of different ideas. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this course.
A glimpse to our mental traps in the field of Finance
The lectures dont cover all the subjects discussed.I would be delighted to listen to lectures about economic bubbles and non rational behavior.
good examples of interesting situations
Very interesting!
Very useful especially as an introduction to Behavioral Finance. Week 2 would have been better to be split over two weeks.
Comprehensive course on behavioural economics with a focus on getting those constraints in thinking and alternatives for rational thought explained in clear language. Although some prior knowledge in economics comes in handy, this course is clear enough to follow and complete for those with no experience in the dismal science. The video's are clear, the reading consists of college slides and the examples give a clear reading of complex processes.
Excellent course if you plan to be an investor
A very good course. Required readings and lectures are detailed. Will help create a strong platform for the human decision making bias and behavioral aspects on decision making. Detailed example and real cases make help better understand and relate the concepts. The instructors are great.
The course information was fairly useful, but the execution not so much. The material spent more time on somewhat repetitive examples than it did on explaining the actual concepts those examples were illustrating, and the videos were primarily just lecturers reading parts of the slides that you had already read, but in their own words.The tests, sadly, were poorly-designed for the subject matter of the course. Behavioral biases - like many psychological phenomena - overlap to some degree, and the frequently-used format of 'choose all that apply' - or worse 'choose all that might apply' - resulted in trying to guess what the test-setter was looking for rather than trying to apply the information that had been learned. When you find yourself trying to decide between the best answer based on what you have learned and a conceptually worse answer that happens to meet the wording of the question - and trying to guess whether the test-setter is looking to prove your understanding or catch you in a mistake - then you start to suspect that the course has been designed more as a way to earn grades than to actually learn.
Lots of readings! Would have loved a more engaging format. Also found the content slightly ambiguous, you might have to do some trial and error and might be surprised at the answers in the quiz.
Basically not much content. The guest speaker uses unnecessarily weird examples in his talk.
it helped me to built up my basic knowledge of behavioral finance through very effective and attractive movies and interesting reading stuffs as well as testing which I had to review my notes and research to think it over. Thank you for the great course!
great course ! lucid explanation of all the biases.
Ever wondered how much deductibles you should pay for your insurance? What drove the recent sub-prime mortgage crisis? how you can improve your chances of avoiding bias in making financial decisions? Well then this course is for you ! Very well presented notes and vid
very interesting course. It provide us several mistakes that we usually make but not realize. It's worth to learn.
3 weeks was a bit of a rush to get everything done, but the course was very informative and met expectations.
Duke.... Coursera... guys, come on! I'd like to contrast this with the Wharton Business Analytics specialization that I'm completing. It was like night and day. I mean, professors in that course are presenting their own research! Cade Massey presents research he did with Dick Thaler! None of that happens here. The information shared doesn't even flow smoothly.This course relies mainly on PDF slides (if I wanted to read, I would've bought a book). At one point, it even links to 6 articles on another website (and that's in the quiz as well). It seems like very little effort was put into this online class by the professors. The slides themselves seemed scatter-brained, several times asking questions that are never even answered. It was almost as if someone took already prepared slides from a course and just kind of mashed them with a very little bit of video to make an "online" course. Even the answers to quizzes seemed extremely vague (it often felt like there were several right answers... or none -- to me, this is sloppy quiz writing).I honestly expected better from both Coursera and Duke! The only redeeming part about this course is that behavioral economics is honestly compelling, despite the shortcomings pointed out.
Was a major eye opener for learners and beginners I could relate with most of the biases which were introduced in this subject was feeling reluctant as always to attempt the exam papers nonetheless I downloaded all the PDFs of all the chapters for life long learning which is most important for me as I am a potential future investor.
This is a great starter course/primer for behavioral finance! I would like to thank Dr Rasiel for the contents of this course.Recommendations for improvement:-Create a single sheet defining the biases contained in the course for easy reference.-Add more examples and retrospectives that explain the similarities and differences between the biases.Overall, I really enjoyed the course and look forward to additional courses on Behavioral Finance.
It lacks of video lectures so I had to rely on notes only. The course's content is interesting and has potential to give learner more depth of topics. Hope it will be improved soon.
I think this course is great as an introduction to behavioral finance, however I think the content lacks depth and is rather superficial.
The subject matter is good, but the course does not adequately explain behavioral finance concepts. Most of the course consists of slide decks to read. There is a dearth of video content. I expected better quality from a course provided through Duke University.
I would have liked this course to be longer, so that the information could have been spread out among more lectures, rather than so much information condensed into one week. It made the exams a little confusing.
It's a great course, clear explanations and simple videos.The missing star was lost on the way that misleading or undefined bias are presented, especially during the different decision phases.I would like to propose to discuss a case of a stock share in a timeline, to see whether this "panic" or "overconfidence" applies, and also in global macroeconomics (e-g. the PIGS bubble, the debt bubble)
The course covers the basic foundations of behavioral finance, especially prospect theory and various cognitive biases that negatively influence our decision making in financial affairs.The topics covered are definitely very interesting and the lecturers frequently prove that they know what they are talking about and explain some topics in adequate depth and breadth.For a valuable Coursera course I am expecting that most of the material is covered with video lectures (otherwise I read a book on that matter) and I am expecting thought-through slides with clear definitions, clear practical examples and exercises, and the presentation of experimental proofs for the given statements.Regrettably, most of this course is comprised of simple slides with limited structuring, as definitions, exercises, and proofs are often intermingled. More importantly, only a very limited subset of the course is covered with the suitable and valuable video lectures.Especially the last of the three-week course consist mostly of reading material from an external website.The exercises after each of the three weeks are at the lower end of what I have seen on Coursera and the lecturers should consider putting more effort in creating useful questions for formative and summative evaluations of the learning progress.In summary, smart lecturers present a very interesting and highly relevant topic, but they put to little effort in creating a compellingly online course.
This course is really interesting, especially for people that are into Business Management and Psychology. In my humble opinion, every human being is a decision maker in their everyday life and this course( in conjuction with other sciences) is a tool of paramount importance to make better and more effective decisions in the everyday life. I feel really happy to have had the opportunity to learn all that i have learned and become a better decision maker starting from..now!
This course had almost no lectures. It was almost all done in downloadable PDF's that were rarely discussed in the lectures. I never learned why anything happened.
A different and interesting perspective to look in the field of finance. Content is little confusing and more of self study component, but overall it's worth.
Accelerated course but really concentrated. Practical and clearly explained. Perfect alternance of slides/lecture videos. Easily understandable by with economics background and by other as well with thehelo of the slides. Definitely the best among similar classes on Coursera.
The video lectures are not adequate, too much self-study effort is needed to have a good understanding of the subject. The time allocated for this topic is not enough.
I love the idea of behavioral Finance. i find this course leaves you with a lot of terms and ideas to explore outside of the text. If that is what you enjoy, this course is highly recommended by myself
The course is very light on substance. There are significantly better courses and books available on the same subject matter. I definitely would not recommend this course.
Excellent course. Quick and concise, but packed with hugely relevant theory for those in the financial services and investment management world. Well delivered and excellent tests to cement the knowledge. My thanks to the organisers for their work.
Excessively short course.
great course!!, I bet a lot of people will be interested into a second part to this course!!, keep up the good work
Very impressive fundamentals of magnetic components!
very useful
Quite intriguing with carefully designed assignments.
Thanks a lot, professor Khurram.
Recommended for everyone who is getting started in power electronics world.
Very good instructor that presented everything in detail. Totally worth it!
Excellent introduction to design of magnetics!
Good lecture with suitable teaching speed which is helpful because the formulas and abstract magnetic concept are difficult to follow. I recommend this course!
Well structured material with practical examples. Excellent!
You could include a flyback transformer design example in optional lesson.
It is very nice and the way it was presented and teached is very easy to understand and visualize few inherent concepts
I am a working power electronics engineer and this course has taught me the basics to nuances of designing magnetic circuits used in power supplies. I feel much more confidence in reading more advanced materials and application notes going over design and testing of magnetic components. Thanks!
very very well structured course !
Good Course
Very knowledgeable and impressiveThanks
The quality of the slides, and the notes written on them were fantastic. It was a great experience. Looking forward to the capstone project.
The quality of the lectures is very good but the material of the course has some little deficiencies, at least compared to the previous courses of the specialization:-Some slides are not completed. Dr. Khurram Afridi completes these slides in the lecture, but there are not the slides with the final result. I had to take screen captures to save this final result.-Subtitles impede to watch correctly the video when explaining in the subtitles area. I had to switch off the subtitles to be able to watch the video correctly.-I missed the pdfs of the homework assignments. I like to work on them off line, so I had to enter into the assignments to be able to see them.-I also missed the questions alternated during the videos as in previous courses.For these reasons I only give 4 stars instead of 5.
This course was great. I would preferred more forum activity, but i think it was all right because this is fundamentals concepts. The experience in this field most be intense in order to consider be a specialist in magnetics. Regards,
muy bueno,very good
I love this course and the teacher is excellent!
Very good course
The course gives you an understanding how global health functions, how different players operate and what challenges our society encounters. It made me aware of the complexities but also the opportunities we are facing.
VERY WELL STRUCTURED, CLEAR AND INTERESTING READINGS. THE FINAL PROJECT GRADING SYSTEM COULD BE IMPROVED.
This course is excellent for any student who dreams of e-Learning in America!
Thank you, It was such a great experience, I learned a lot.
very good course, objective and very well explained
It's a good approach to electronics but it doesn't go trough a complete explanation about how we found the formula needed to solve problems.
Considering that it is a introductory course of just 7 weeks I consider that it achieved its goal. Don't expect a deep explanation about the physics of the devices and complicated circuits. If it is you first time learning electronics it will help understand the basic concepts and I recommend it. If you want to remember some basic concepts I recommend it too, but if want to learn more advanced topics like high frequency response of an amplifier, communication circuits, cascode, differential and operational amplifiers this is not a course to you.
perfect refreshment for me to go back to my undergrad topics
I like this mam teaching
Super..Eventhough i am doing PG..I learned a lot through this course.
Very exciting and interesting course. Both the duo of Dr Robinson and Prof Ferri made it possible to understand the fundamentals of Electronics. As a graduate of ECE, this was a perfect refresher for me.
Very usefull course. I begin undestand more things in electronics. Thank you, Dr. Ferri and Dr. Robinson
This course was awesome, i liked it very much. i will look forward for more classes with you guys! Thank you for your dedication to do a class so amazing.
I am very pleased to find this course online because as far as i got i learned so much how to solve some examples here which is beneficial for my exam in my university of electrical engineering. Thank you so much, very good content and teachers.
A really very good introductory course for the beginners in the field of electronics, I do recommend it. And a BIG thank you to all of you who have put a lot of effort and made the course available to us, may God bless you all.
Awesome for basics in electronics field.
the op-amp part was very good. better than others. I do thank the teachers.
It is very good learning source to present generation.
Good introduction level course. There are space for improvement though: Content-wise, I wish the instructor can give an introduction or summary on different types of transistors, at least compare MOSFET and BJT transistors; Other aspects: the instructor and mentors could answer questions more promptly. There are questions left unanswered for more than two weeks and questions which never got answered on the discussion forum.
I loved this course. Really very amazing course and very talented Instructors
Good introduction to basic circuits and components!
great for people have just basic knowledge
Very lucidly explained.This course not only covers theoretical concepts but also designed and aimed to cover practical concepts through the help of demonstration using breadboard .Just have a try I promise you will naturally develop affinity towards electronics.Once again my best wishes to the team who undertake this course to the highest degree of accuracy and dedication.
IT IS VERY USEFUL
Excellent course , very helpful !
Thank you very much.Finally I understood the base of electronics.
it is very useful to me
Starting from the Scratch of Diode Information to ending up with Transistor analysis indeed is a great way to either kick off or brush up the concepts in the field of Electronics. This course led me to design fundamentals in Analog Circuits along with good portion of focus on CMOS Design that can be helpful for Digital Design as well. Over and All, It is such a nice course that I will strongly recommend it to my peers.
She is the best electronics teacher I've seen. I wish she did the whole course by herself.
It was usefull to recal my knowledge of electronics. The course is not deep, but it's that you want from "introducting" course.
I finally understand the concepts of Electronics. Very good lecturers, my compliments.
Really good course with the necessary concepts of electricity and control systems to get started in electronics. I'd suggest to add a little more on semiconductor physics and calculation of the operation point of diodes. Nice and well curated content, clear explanations and good examples. Congratulations.
Very informative course with great example that enhance understanding. I love their quizzes and questions, they prove how much you understand the topic. I recommend that to every starting electronics engineer and student or as a quick revision for the basic topics in electronics!
Brilliant!
The only complain is that it kind of feel uncompleted
very good course for the learners who want to deal with electronics.
Good explanation but some necessary point like how voltage work, because this is an Intro i think ! ..
very good course a lot of
It is really helpful the explanation is more than great I think it is going to be beneficial for all electric related departments.
Good for new learner.
I wish we could have feedback from coursera organizer as well for further improvement.
Excellent course to improve your writing skills. I loved it!
simple and clear to understand.
Recommended for anyone who want to learn more about the language skills especially in writingwell it's comprehensive course.
Very good course !!
Super online course. I really enjoyed the content and mastered some skills.
It is great course for beginners who wish to learn how to write the essay. This course will build your foundation and their idea of peer review and topic practice will help you to make this foundation solid. I have greatly effected with this course and now i am able to write a 5 paragraph essay in a well manner.Thanks
If you are looking to just take a class here or there, yes you can, but if you want the 5th course open to you you must complete the 4 courses before. Had I known this I would have started that way, instead I took 3 and tried to take 5, it does not work that way. If you are looking at cost, be sure to review the those options. While I didn't think I needed the other courses, I found it helpful to refresh my memory and it also helped understand the direction of the course material and assignments in detail. Even though it may look simple, always take notes during the lecture videos because by the time you get to the quizzes you might find your self stumped and the notes are great reminders on the outline principles of the subject. No, taking notes will not give you the answer, its not designed that way.
The video lectures were good, the tests were almost a give away and the essays were an opportunity to practice what I learned from the lectures. My only BIGGEST disappointment is that the essays were evaluated by students like me. I received evaluations that doesn't tell me much or evaluations that doesn't make sense. If I only knew that this course was not an instructor supervised course, I would have been willing to pay extra money just to get a professional to assess my essay and provide me with feedback. At this point, I am disappointed that I decided to just watch the videos but skip the peer-reviewed essays and make the most of what I paid for.
Great course!
very helpful for academic writing！
Course material was good. But, I was hoping the essay corrections and feedback will be given by experienced teachers/instructors, was disappointed at this as it was given by the fellow students!
It was amazing course.
This is very comprehensive course for learning about styles of different essays in just four weeks. Videos are short and yet cover all aspects.
I learned many things from this course,it empowers my writing skill.
I loved the course
this is course is just wow!!!! i have learnt a lot - will defiantly help me using it in my career.
I really enjoy the course, now I have the argumentative essay structure in my mind. Thank you so much.
Great course!
I like this course a lot, Professor Tamy Chapman is very good, she explains everything in a way that makes it feel easy to understand. But I would like that the teacher was the one to review our homework submissions.
I loved it. I'm so happy I chose UCI to help me with this.
I learn several topics about writing essay. It helped me to improve my writing skills. Thanks
The ONLY reason I rated low is because I paid this course and am receiving NO feedback from other students on essays. Very frustrating when you have tried to do your best but get no peer reviews.
Very informative!
A very good course for those who want to learn English composition or essay writing, or both. If you are looking for developing your writing skill, you must give it a try.
Great course, I learnt a lot of writing and improve my skills.
It is a good course, but if you want to hand on the assignments, you have to pay. So I am a little disappointed.
Very helpful course! The instructor took the learner through carefully designed material and I'm happy I took the course!
An exceptionally outstanding course!
Good course definitely recommended
Very Good. But still, I think we need the feedback of the professor.
A very good course for beginners. Found it informative and interesting.
It's absolutely amazing! I highly recommend every non-native english speaker to take this course.
All I wanted was to understand what a basic thesis question was, and what was considered an acceptable, basic, entry-level academic essay. I think this course delivered well enough. I only audited it, and I have thought since that I should have paid the money so I could have gotten more feedback on the assignments.
Very effective course for me. It really helps me to understand the basics of grammar.
Best teaching approach and superb explanation of all the course material. Each and every week is so well designed that I learned a lot of things in flow.Thank You.
In the modern world today, English becoming an essential language. If you can speak English, everybody can understand what you are talking about, but if you can transform what you are thinking into writing, you become a master. Writing essay is one of the major step bring you to this target.
this class so good
A great course!
Excellent course to develop your writing skills
Very nice course, especially the reply from classmates. Here we met some classmates with the same problem as ourselves, and we can help and encourage each other. Helpful course
Good resources in order to improve your own academic writing
Very good for beginners in essay writing.Thank you.
Very informative and effective lessons to learn about essay writing!
I liked the course very much. It extended my knowledge about essay writing a lot. Also, I got many useful feedback from peer-reviewed assignments. Thank you to the instructor and to the classmates.
The course wonderful and just suffer from some shortcomings. First, it assess by the peers, sometime people just say "great", "wonderful". It surely don't help students who come here to improve themselves. Next, sometimes it is take too much time for assessments. There is no forum or somewhere that you can discuss about the course. There in one to ask about your ambiguity.
Comprehensive, well-designed and easy to work with.
The professor is very good at guiding students through essay writing. I am looking forward to taking more courses introduced by her.
Great course. it helps me a lot .
Thanks for the basics! =) I enjoyed the course
I recommend this course, I learned the basics to writing essays.
Writing part was an immense difficulty for me, before Coursera Getting Started With Essay. The way my submitted assignment evaluated, gave me a credible feed back to improve my short coming and learn quickly.Thanks you very much.
Very general, and knowledge you could easily acquire from the web. The only difference is the presentation of the information is stretched over an hour worth of video. The most useful part of this course however is the walk-through examples provided.
thanks, it is good
Awesome course
Most advanced course for essay writing. None of the MOOc has prepared such qualitative course till date.
No-nonsense course that teaches you the nuts and bolts of academic essay writing. I've looked at a bunch of writing courses both here at Coursera and other sites. This is one of the best I have found. No words are wasted. No lengthy boring lecture. Just the stuff you need to know. Don't miss it!
this course is very helpful for me improving my writing skill. thanks to those who are the tutors of this course. thank you.
Very useful course for people who want to level up their writing skills and improve their essay stile
It's a great course,
...it is a great opportnity to improve your understanding about your college writting style.
Very Excellent Course for English Learners...
Excellent entry level course for students and professionals who are starting to develop and improve skills needed for academic/professional essay writing. Although the focus of the lessons is for college level writing, they will help to develop the basic skills needed to brainstorm, organise, draft and write down good quality essays for the on-stage work. Highly recommended for anyone who is eager to improve his/her writing skills.
Good course. Too bad we can t access to everything for free.
Excellent course, well taught by instructors. Peer review system enables you to know what exactly graders are looking out for. I took the course to help me prepare for a test. The test is a prerequisite for a graduate course I needed to take at Harvard University. Taking this MOOC course paid off because I passed the test and I am going on to register for my graduate course.
Excellent course for students who wants to learn about writing academic essays.
Recommend this course to high school and college students.
i found this course very effective, supportive and informative . i had downloaded all videos and practicing it.
Nice introduction to essay writing. It gives several tips and examples.
Great course for practicing! Totally recommend it.
This course is fabulous!! The participants will learn what the types of essays are, they will learn the parts of an essay, and they will learn how to formulate/structure essays. Thank you so very much, Coursera and Professor Chapman!!! I have learned a significant amount of information which have enhanced my writing skills.
this course helps a lot in developing essay ability especially to those who didn't get chance in school days.
Loved a lot.
Very good!!! After the course, I feel more confident to writing an essay.
I'm actually pretty happy with this course; I'll keep progressing to the Specialization.
I learned so much and this course was a really big help in leveling up my essay writing skills.
Great course!
bad for the projects
Nice course! But in my opinion, it needs to give more practice exercises for each sub topic so that student doesnt think the course as fast paced.
The is the most useful course for me, I have ever attended.
This course really helps improvise and develop essay writing skills.
The process is awesome.......
Clear and practical. I'm loving it :)
The best course ever!
I have yet to have ANY of my essays reviewed, although I have finished every requirement of the course. I"m very disappointed. I hope that the directions given to me by the course attendants will correct this problem, however.
this is an helpful course. Now, I know how to write essay. :D
An excellent course that provide to the learner who to write an essay and who to understand it.
It was a fun course, and throughout the course I learnt the fundamental basics of essay writing. Only thing that could be improved on is to put some example essays for students to read as an assignment, and go through it afterwards. Also to talk a little faster.
Helps you learn the basics of how to write an essay.
Totally disorganized, mis-managed, unfairly graded course!
Really helpful
Easy to understand for the beginner.
It's a good course for anyone who wants to start writing as it shows you the variety of methods. I personally gained a lot from the lectures. Likewise, the additional links and the assignments were very useful. Thank you!
I learnt a lot in this course that surprised me. I went from being terrified of essays to managing to write one a few pages long. Thank you. My biggest issue and why I didn't give it 5 stars if the grading is via peer review and this meant a long wait and lots of begging PLUS getting only one word reviews such as great. Not very helpful. I would like a person who is experienced in essay writing to do a review, but I do understand that, by sheer numbers of students, this would be non viable.
Very informative for starting Essay Writing
It's a good writing course for English-as-second-language learners.
Great !!!
I believe that this course make me more comfortable writing. I like the lessons and the teacher is very clear in explication.
It is a good course in overall, it gave me an opportunity to practice writing and refresh some useful informations about how to write an argument. Minuses of the course: there is no indication of how long it might take for assignments to be graded, some of the students rush through their assignments so it is waste of time to review them instead of an opportunity to learn from others as it should be. Perhaps the non-granded assignments could be more though through to help the learning process?
interesting course that helps you to improve your English writing. Very good
Excellent and good sources.
Excellent and good sources.
This course was a little confusing, specially because this was my first experience writing Essays.On the other hand, the feed back was super slow. I still don't know how did I do with all of my assignments.
Getting Started with Essay Writing helps me improve my writing, and changes my point of view toward essays.But we need a feedback on the assignment essays from the instructor or any specialist, the peers review is not enough.Thank you!
Really good course. I've learn a lot. It makes student interact with each other really well.
Getting Started with Essay Writing was an excellent course. I really liked it !
Course has great material and I do like how the teacher explains the topics. I wish course was fully free so I could have the chance to write my essays and get them reviewed.
Amazing course, thank so much for this opportunitty.
This course is excellent. I learned English in school but forget it over time. I found this course an excellent source to revise my English writing skills.
It is a great course to improve your english skills.
it is very helpful, and if could have more details about sample essays, would be better.
Awesome course! It will teach you all that you need to know to begin writing essays. From compare/contrast to arguments essays in a simple and undestandable way.Cheers!
It's a good course and it has a great structure !
it is very interesting, it´s not only for writing...its for life what they´re teaching, thank you
This is a great course to advance your English writing skills.
The course was great and interesting.
I think the course is very good, but the peer review grading should be improved! Sometime, people have to wait for more than 3 weeks to get their assignment graded, or they don't know whether they will get the grade. Thanks!
The course provides a solid structure on which to build academic essays. The content of the videos is generally good and seems appropriately targeted but the sample essays are disappointingly trivial (and not terribly well written). They seem more suited to young High School students rather than would-be college level writers.The big issue is in the peer assessment process which forms the centre of the practical experience in the course. There is a tremendous time lag apparent between essays being submitted and being reviewed. Mine took between 3 and 4 weeks to get through the process. This is obviously an issue for Coursera to address as it relates to the platform design rather than the course team but it is nevertheless frustrating.There is a big disconnect between the standards the instructors seem to expect and the assignments submitted. The vast majority of students clearly do not have English as a first language and for many writing an academic essay is really some way ahead of their current position. Perhaps more disturbing is that most of the (apparently) native English speakers seem not to have taken any notice of either the lectures or the peer grading rubrics.Despite the shortcomings in the peer review process the material is well presented and offers a strong framework around which students can build good effective essays.Once again, the lack of a forum in this course makes life unnecessarily difficult and frustrating and for me pushes my rating down from a low 4 to 3 stars.
Incredible!!! This course really improve my essay writing!
I like this specialization a lot! I recomend it to all students!
Thank you so much for providing such program , i have learned alot of things in here !
Very educational & rewarding
The teacher explanation is excellent.
This course has helped me immensely.
For those who find it hard to write good Essays. This course is made for you.Great and very informal.
The course provides essential knowledge on how to approach writing an essay. those who are involved in both academic and professional activities can benefit from it. The profesor is concise. The course is practice-oriented, so be prepared to mastering your writing skills.
thanks, it was a pleaser to study with you.
It was a tough course! I loved the way the teacher explained everything so clearly with good examples. My writing skills had improved tremendously!Thank you!
Great course, I've learned a lot!
This is a good course to improve writing skills
Amazing course! I loved this course and it helped me a lot and is going to help me more and more and more!
It is a very good course. However, I must admit that is discouranging making the course because when you do the course free you do not have the opportunity to make all the excercises. Despite that, it is very good.
I took the first class in this specialization. I liked that enough to enroll in the second class, however I did not realize that it was being taught by the same teacher. Nothing against her, she certainly taught the class and met the objectives, she just speaks too slow/articulates too precisely for me. Also, I was not aware that Coursera changed the auditing policy. As an auditor, I am no longer able to participate in the assignments or quizzes in this class. Without the ability to do the assignments and receive peer feedback, it seems pointless to continue the class. Furthermore, there was a problem with the practice exercises... You need to download an app to do the practice, which I did several times, but the lessons or assignments never worked. I sent notes to coursera about this with no reply. The low rating is primarily based on the fact that I could not do the practice assignments and that coursera took away the ability to complete assignments and take quizes.
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significantly helps me increase my writing skill.
learn basic knowledge of essay writing.
Didn't learn much of anything at all, the peer review system is lazy on the Teacher's part, and half of my classmates couldn't even speak proper English, let alone write it.
I enjoyed learning the different ways to write an essay and the differences as per each type.
I liked it. The content is clear.
Very effective and informative
IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS HERE
I am learning a lot but I can not afford to pay.
It's better if you start with the first course
There is absolutely no supervision on this course. My essay has been sitting in a student review cue for two months now - so, no completion of course and the program has the audacity to mark me as 'late submission'. I have reviewed 7 papers (requirement of 3) and am shown as being deficient. It is as if I dropped into a void.I paid a decent amount of money to attend this course and very disappointed that it is simply run on auto pilot with no place to go for resolution, questions or help.I would NOT recommend taking this course and would better advise you to find something in another online teaching program or course within Coursera that has at least a modicum of personal interaction.
Very good lecture videos,sample essays and quiz. I enjoyed taking this course. It helped me a lot how write the essay. I would like to thank
This course was very helpful, and I apply my new knowledge not only in english, but in any other language.
I loved the course. All lectures are well designed and clear, the exercises are concise and practical!
This course change my life
It is a very effective and useful course. It helps me improve my writing skill a lot. Thank you so much coursera and UCI.
It help me a lot to change my thinking of writing very valuable for Essay Writing
I always loved writing. What I didn't know, however, was that writing had some scientific structures that could make it very interesting. Take this course and know why. I took and was very successful.
The course could be harder on us students to make some of us understand better and have a better practice.
Short videos, variety of exercises and interaction with other colleagues make this course a very interesting experience!
From my point of view, this course is not only useful but also helpful for many students. If you have some problems with your writing style, I highly recommend you "Getting Started with Essay Writing".
Excellent course for students who want to learn more about English Composition.
Great course
This is my second course. A very good teacher, resources, and explanations.
I love this course. It helped me so much in writing essays.
In my opinion, it is possible to learn a lot in this course.
Simple and effective. Great course!
great course
The course itself is exceptional. Instructor elaborates everything perfectly, but it takes really longer time to receive peer-reviews to pass the course. Also course doesn't have any forums where students can post that they need peer-reviews (which can be helpful to finish the course in timely manner).
I didn't like this course as much. Mostly because the peer reviews were strict and unforgiving and as an experienced, essay writer, I didn't feel I needed the rigid, boring academic structure required for this assignment. However, I made it through with a decent mark so I'm grateful for it.
There is a problem with the peer reviewing of the assignment. Even you finished all tasks, you need to wait for receiving your grade. For example, I am still waiting for the grade of my assignments, specially I am waiting for more than two weeks for the grading of my assignment in week 2.
It is simply the best course I have ever attended on essay writing.
i think, this course content is a bit dependent on thought process..it changes with individuals
Is a very good course with an amazings explanations about wirting essays. Although you need to practice a lot to get good skills, in this course you get the concepts to learn how to write, etc.
It was a great course and I learned a lot from it.. Unfortunately, I'm short on cash and can't do the assignments
great course thnx
Perhaps this class would be good for a non - native english speaker. I went through the first, maybe, five videos. From what I could tell, I learned all of the stuff in this class by the age of 10. If this class is for people who english is a second language, it should be more obviose.
Peer review assessments in this kind of course, with more complexity, are a little bit annoying. Someone reviewed my essay (1 introduction + 3 body paragraphs + conclusion) saying stuff about my "5 body paragraphs", showing that she has not even understood what a body paragraph was. This same girl also noticed "lots of punctuation mistakes" in my essay, while others evaluated it as "almost perfect". I know it is kind of complicated to teachers and mentors review the essays, but this model is a bit frustrating. :/ Other than that, the course was just amazing! I loved the videos, the format, the quizzes and games really helped me to learn, and the proposed essays were nice. Thanks!!
This is a helpful course
The instructor way of guiding is highly commendable as a result the concepts can be easily comprehended.
This course easy to understand and easy to follow.
i enjoyed it much and really admired the lecturer.
I enjoyed this course; although, I only participated in the free version.
I help me a lot
"Tamy Chapman" you are the best teacher ever I've seen before. Your teaching and your course are very understandable and simple. Thanks a lot for all this stuff.
Easy to understand introduction to essay writing. In future versions of the course, would be advisable if people were trained in how to give constructive feedback and there were measures implemented to ensure that people provided feedback. Sometimes I received gibberish as feedback such as "erg" or "uyt."Training in feedback could include a sample list of common types of errors that people make or ways to give positive feedback that is specific.
very good course and
good. must be followed.
This course helps a lot. Makes it easy and clear to write different types of essay.
Very interesting. I'm very excited
Very well explained. I learnt a lot form the teacher. The assignments are easy and very productive. They provide good material.
Really useful.
For me, Tamy Chapman is the best teacher so far.
I've learn to write the proper essay
Fantastic course, thank yiu.
Thank you for this course I have learned a lot!
Too easy. The example showed is not very academic
It's a very good class!
Very helpful. This course teaches me the basics and I had some improvement on writing after taking it.
Great course!
It's a great course. Simple, clear and so many things that you can learn every session :)
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The course really helped me write essays better.
such a good course :)
Gorgeous
Very good not only for essays but for every kind of writing, it opens our mind and improve our vocabulary!
Essay writing is made so easy with this 'no frills' course. I appreciate this course and have become a better and more confident at writing essays because of it. Thank you.
Amazing course.
It is a great course. I learned a lot about writing.
The course was very useful for me. I started with the video lectures and the questions they arose took me to other academic sources that I used to complement what was being taught. The only criticism I have is that the essay examples were very basic, even trite. It made me feel we were discussing high school writing level, not university level.
While some of the materials are interesting in this course, it gives a very "high school" feel rather than providing help with college essay writing. It would be helpful to have this course more geared towards college academic writing and have more emphasis on developing ideas, finding resources to support ideas, synthesizing, paraphrasing and all the other skills useful for college academic writing.I assume most people who come to Coursera are above high school level. Some of the materials like the monkey example are a bit too childish and the sample articles can be too simple to be appropriate to learners at this level.
I enjoyed the class and I learned a lot. Thank you for the opportunity.
Great course. Very easy to understand the formula for writing proper essays. Thanks!
I am only on the second week an have done my essay and feel very powerful. English is not my first language but the instructor made it easy for me by detailing every aspect of essay writing. Thank you
Excellent ,I think I can learn a lot of useful skills through this course
It was okay.
This module is very practical, and is very useful to people who want to improve their writing skills.
Very good course, in particular for international students who have no systematic training on essay writing.
The course gave me good information on writing Academic essays. This certainly helped with my MBA essays.
It is super nice, but still needs more challenging concepts, sometimes I found it was mostly information I knew while it could be something I never paid attention to regarding the subject.
Very Innovative and meaning full.
It is a clear and simply course about how to write an essay. I did not know too much about writing before I take it, but now I feel confident to write a good essay.
It's a big challenge for me to write an essay each week. But I'm really happy to attend this course since I learn a lot from it :)
Good course with practice and interaction with other students to improve own writing styles.
It really helps to improve your writing skills!
Great course for all those who want to get started with essay writing.
Thank you for teaching me how to write basic essays. This has been one of my most important goals for years. I've tried several other ways of learning but your method worked for me. Thank you so much.
Great!
It is a very fabulous writing course, from which I learned different writing styles and the important writing elements that a professor looks for. Thank you, Irvine
Very nice course!
Its ok, I didn't learn a little and I didn't learn a lot.
Great course!
The teacher explains very well how to write the different types of essays.Very interesting.
Much better than the first course in the specialization.Too many dependencies on non-standard data formats, like MS Word.
This course was informative and helped me to review my essay writing skills.
thank you.
Most enjoyable, challenging and helpful.
Very good. I missed some way to communicate the others their mistakes. Such as sending a pdf or word, coloured and maybe with the mistakes underlined. I am just thinking of what I would like to receive from others. I think that it could make the practice even more effective.Thank you for the course!
I have recently started and can see all benefits and positive sides of this course! Excelent one! Many thanks!
It is helpful to learn the structure of each kind of essays.
Leaning from thesis sentence, supporting ideas and topic .
Very helpful to develop your academic writing skill
It is a wonderful course. I can't believe that it is possible to find a such qualified course for free! The organization, content, activities, practice and tasks were perfect. Neither in my face to face english classes I have learned how to build a so effective essay. Thanks, Coursera. Thanks, University of California - Irvine!
The course is very well organised.Ideas are clear and precise.Not too much talk to say a little.
Although I studied only week1, I would like to give feedback because students who are not good at writing should not miss this course.
wonderful course
As a fiction writer, this class has helped me tremendously.
Wonderful course
I feels interesting when learn in this course.
The second part of the specialization, getting started with essay writing, is extremely useful. It has lots and lots of essential things to learn and practice in writing. I strongly recommend completing this course since it shapes the way you create fully developed and strong message, that your essay should contain.
great course
I would love some more excercises, more modeling concepts. A great experience after all!
As far as I know, this course is unique: it is the only one that lets you build your knowledge of modeling climate change by building your own models. I'm giving it 4, not 5, as the forums are very quiet. Prof. Archer has done a great job of providing infrastructure so students can focus on the physics. Assessment is a combination of a grader, to check your code in particular cases, peer review, and quizzes that will be easy if you code works. You can probably bluff your way through the quizzes, but it's easier to get your code working and then read off the answers to the questions. Peer reviews also give you a chance to see how other students have solved the problems.
This contains some very interesting and challenging exercises related to "Global Warming I", which are fun to work on. It contains no real instructions about python, and I think it would be better to at least have some guidance there. However, the course info is at least totally up-front with that information.Although this course is related to "Global Warming II", it is not correlated with it. It would be a mistake to take them concurrently, since GW-II moves much faster, and is a much shorter course. This was not clear to me when I signed up, and it should be made clear to students at the beginning.I like Prof. Archer a lot, he seems like a good teacher. However, aside from brief introductory lectures (and the selection of great topics for simulation) he plays a rather small role in the course. The student is pretty much on his own. There is no TA or anyone monitoring Discussion questions. There are some places where the "Model Description" notes are incorrect and badly misleading (notably in Week 4). I pointed this out, with others, in the "Discussion Forum", but we got no response and there was no correction. There are other places where information is unclear, but there is no one to turn to for clarification.
The course was an interesting way to explore writing models to explore climate change. The way the assignments are written was sometimes confusing.
Really good course. Short, content-filled lectures and practical application!
Great class!
exciting course with skilled design
the course is very exallent
difficult course but somewhat repetitive.
This is an excellent information and writing about ebola which will help me to study further.thank you
Excelent professor and content of the extra material
Great information - well put together; logically orgainized; engaging
Wow, I have so many congrats for your course at the Med SchoolIs very important for this days the knowledge about this pathologyI am from Mexico and I believe my country is not prepared for this pathology if this comes to my country, I trust with this course... More physicians, nurses... well all the health sciences comunity can be more prepared and go to Africa and fight against this.Thanks for the Amsterdam UniversityFrom the Tlaxcala University, and the "UNAM" I study at the two colleges at the first Medicine and to the second Psychology...From: Mauricio Arroyo AcevesThank you
Good course.
Great course to get basic of Ebola, clinical presentation and tretmant.
im very benefitted by this course
We have a valuable experience. Thank you very much.
A very informative, well organized course with up to date information. Thank you!
I learned a huge amount by taking this course. As a health care worker I feel that I now have a much better understanding of the disease -- it's still scary but I can see that given the right conditions, it is manageable.
FANTASTIC AND ILLUMINATING COURSE
Excellent course for anyone who wishes to know more about Ebola and how to respond to an outbreak.
This course is very informative to a healthcare giver like me. This helped me to understand what Ebola is all about.
Loved the course. Well presented and interesting.
I mainly admire the collaboration with MSF that give perspective on actual 'battle field' in the epidemic area
This great course encompasses the major knowledge you may grasp about ebola disease.
Covers everything
Fantastic Course! Much more comprehensive then I ever expected. The information was put together with such a well rounded approach that I honestly feel if ever there were an incident here with Ebola, I have confidence now with knowing what proper steps would need to be to remain safe as well as keep others safe. Thank you for creating and making this course available free of charge on Coursera
this course not only teaches you "ebola" but you will also learn how is it to be in the area with epidemic. besides teaching the "health aspect", you will get to learn even more. it is a must for anyone of medical background ...
Very informative
I gained a lot of - especially technical - knowledge regarding ebola and I also enjoyed the field experiences communicated by the participating doctors.
Very informative
A very informative, helpful, well-thought, very well-structured course, providing with knowledge, very good supplemental materials, visuals, examples. Thank you very much for such interesting and useful course. It was such a pleasure for me to go through it! Thank you very much!!!
It was really helpful to me. I learned a lot. Not only it gave me a better perspective about ELLs but also now, I know how I can improve to develop my classes in order to help them in the way to English Language acquisition.
The lesson is of high standards, very well structured and contains concrete information without useless fillers. Perfect for busy proffesionals.
Hi,I, really enjoyed taking up this course and have learned a lot of new strategies, which I am using in my classroom. Thanks.
Loved it! Very helpful to get a overall picture of what needs to be done to support these students!
I was really interested in this course and I think the information is useful. But I find it boring, it didn't get my attention.
Highly recommended. I really enjoy this course
I truly enjoyed this course. As a speech-language pathologist, learning the process of adapting lesson plans for ELLs was especially helpful as I work in the city with very diverse populations. Thank you for the wonderful course!
This helped me with new ideas in my teaching and also the lesson plan templates will definitely help me preparing my classes in future.
Very useful!
This class brought to light many oftentimes unknown or overlooked yet extremely important aspects of both teaching and learning outcomes for the ELL student. I highly recommend this class. I believe the information included in this class is highly necessary for todays growing education system. Kudos to the educators teaching and utilizing this information, and to Coursera for offering such a gem
oh my God this course it is verry good!
The class was well put together and highly informative. Thanks very much for the opportunity.
Very interesting and well organized course. I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much for it. It was very helpful for my new teaching challenge.
Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!
Highly recommended if you're into planning English classes for forigners.
really worth studing
This is an excellent course!
It was an amazing course but the language was very difficult
Very clear presentation by Ellen
Fantastic Course!
Marvellous course! Highly recommended!
Such a helpful course! It really helped inform my teaching practices to engage all of the students!
Not worth it
Amazing course
Very interesting and easy to understand
This make you and Ebola Expert in just one month
Very good material...
Was a great evaluation of what we know sofar and detailed look at the suggested medical practices, whilst provoking a deeper discussion of the bigger picture elements (such as global impacts) simultaneously.
This Course presented some valuable insight into what the public are urged to believe on this controversial epidemic...
Great course! Very interesting and informative.
Lots of content and interesting interviews though there may have been a superfluity of them. Oftentimes I found myself not paying attention because I was waiting for important information to be delivered.
Great Course! Videos were a little long but very informative! This is a course where one can really appreciate the "take away" as it is timely, and being taught by some of the best in the field.
Nice course!Very elaborate and well detailed.Except for some videos that get stuck for some time making the lesson longer,it was a nice course.I also thank you for giving me this opportunity to get a certificate from Amory University which will help me as an EMT-I.Thank You.
Very informative, yet depressing
I loved every unit. The lecturers were amazingly clear and I understood the content. Great work.
Great Course!
Solid presentation, encompassing history, ongoings and future. In depth knowledge by presenters and partcipants. Course material organised, easy accessible, and presented i
Great course on Ebola. Very engaging and intense at times. Thorough and interesting.
Some excellent material here relating to ethics and Ebola, more focus on the nature of the outbreak and not just the disease. Well worth taking this course. The videos are sometimes rather long and could be more concise.
Very good, broad introduction to many of the issues surrounding this epidemic. My only criticism (and why I only gave it 4 stars) was the unbridled self-congratulatory tone and Emory-centeredness of the course. I realize this is probably a function of why Universities create these free courses. There is a marketing aspect to it. But it did get a little tedious.
Excellent content from experts in the subject
this is a fantastic and very important course. its really into details.
Really awesome!
I really appreciate that the instructors have strong journalistic backgrounds—truly helpful for impactful writing!
Filled with valuable content for helping professionals do better at strategically creating and delivering content.
Great advice o writing best practices. Done with humor and memorable quotes.
Very well explained and easy to follow.Learnt a lot from this course
Some of the videos are labelled wrong and have the wrong subtitles to go along with it. Great information but a bit boring. But really great information.
I learned that content strategy is a marketing plan with content, not just the content alone. It is a great course.
An insightful course that helps a Content professional to relate to the audience effectively, create a persona and then build a strategy to meet their needs.
An incredibly insightful course which gives you the theory and science to create the content which will simply break through to your audience. The further reading is really great as well on its own. the whole sequence of courses together are the best professional learning i have ever found on the subject.
Quality information and an enjoyable course. I would give it a 4 but there were errors--modules/titles/questions didn't match with some Week 1 content. Additionally, for the grading of the Case Study, there was a section where you could either upload a document or type, then on the peer grading it encouraged you to penalize people for not uploading anything. This negatively effected my grade and the grade I gave to other people.
really great for practicing in biz, I am in middle of creating a slimming solution and I really love people, to help them be healthy and beautiful easy way, I use this course material in creation of my new biz.
Content was fantastic, however delivery was quite dull, two talking heads and chapters from a helpful, but rather dry book. The best part was the assignment. Could be spruced up with some printable versions of the text screens, or even better, a workbook to use in figuring out how to use this at home.
Greatcourse
The case study for this is VERY demanding -- be sure to schedule in at least 5 hours for the homework in the second week (not including the lectures).
Its nice course to begin with Content..
I really like the format of the course. The professors deliver lectures in a concise and eloquent manner. Thanks a lot! I got what I needed.
great way to success
This course fell far below my expectations and failed to rise to the level I've expected in comparisons to other courses I've taken via Coursera. A few of the issues:-Very basic information. If you have any marketing and/or messaging experience you will most likely be bored by the course.- For a course that focuses on engagement, very little mixed media use.-Timing issues of informational slides (usually too short.)-As someone who is a paid adjunct I did not value paying for the course, only to discover I'd have to review other students' work.-As a professional I did not feel the need to be reviewed by others, or share (for free) any input. The course did allow me to just space through and then submit with no actual answer, but doing so does impact your final pass/fail.-I signed up with the intent to take all five courses. Fortunately, I planned on paying for one at a time. After a disappointing course one, I will not be taking the additional four.
Makes my work more professional, and I have learned much through the course.
Very Informative Wish there were more examples uesed
Very basic information. Could have been covered in full in a ten minute video. Not very useful, given the time and effort involved.
Good course. I especially liked the assignment.
can we get the hard copy certificate after finish 4 modules and capstone sir?
This is such an easy to understand course. All the important things packaged into one course.
Very clear and illustrative course about the industry.
I learned a lot! Very interesting, educative, relevant and up to date issues/infos, eventhough it is not a 2017 course. The structure of the course makes a lot of sense. I enjoyed the teacher, easy to listen to. This course taugh me (as expect) about international politics through topics such as the difficult situation of gas pipelines. However it also encouraged me dig deaper on subject that should matter to any citizen. In fact, I found myself researching about my country's energy mix or recent green buildings in my city. Finally, I learned about technical and alternative option such as portable and safe nuclear energy -it did not even cross my mind that nuclear would be anything else than huge reactors -tricky to stop.
Great course!
This a great course, no area of the politics of energy is left out.
an extremely interesting course!
A fantastically well presented course, one that is sure to be of benefit in the future, I think it not only gives a good overview of the current energy situation but paint a fantastically informative picture for moves to watch out for into the future.
great course! hope, to take an actual Master degree in it!
Hello,This course is very interesting and content are very usefull.As improvement points I would like to mention:1-Some videos are not anymore available2- A general update is necessary to take into account the last years big chances and evolutions on the energy politics and economics dur to the stabilization of oil price notably and all its impacts.
An excellent overview about the complex issues of international energy, its economic and geopolitical implications. I highly recommend it.
Excellent class, very instructive
Interesting Course with a variety of Topics! A Must!
Highly recommended!
best course for beginneer
Fantastic course I have learned a great deal.
Excellent overview of energy resources and the related economics and politics. Exactly what i was looking for!
Really interesting course and gives a really good insight into a lot of the tensions in the energy market and why certain projects become politically charged.
Very good course for persons interested in the energy sector, explaining the basic facts surrounding energy sources. Could do with more insight in how the energy prices are computed and how they are influenced by lots of factors
A very well organized course that provides a perfect overview of global Energy markets. Professor Luciani has combined a good mix of informative lectures, practical examples as well as specialist views and opinions from academics heavily involved in specific areas of the global Energy industry.
I loved it! Well worth my time. I hoghly recommend this course.
Excellent way of lecturing. Keep it up.
Great course.
the best
Absolutely wonderful. I learned a huge amount and Giacomo was a very friendly and helpful teacher.
Overall a good introduction to the current state of global energy supply and demand. It covers basic information about the controversy of nuclear vs renewables though personally I would have liked a little more detail on this point
Course has good breadth and structure, exploring the economic and political side of international energy, however it would be good if a basic technical understanding of energy is incorporated.Some material is rather outdated / inaccessible
This course was awesome! I love energy and the economics of energy and I still learnt so much! :)
Very good for general understanding. Information is a little bit old.
excellent introduction - with superb up to date examples and exercises
I like the course I have learn a lot about the politics of Economics of international Energy, I would recommend for those interested in knowing about energy in the international realm.
I will strongly recommend "Politics and Economics of International Energy" to anyone working or thinking about working on the energy field. This course is also an asset for those advising policymakers or policy -makers themselves. I have learned so much from this course though the materials and interviews. Yes it was challenging because it is good. I can only say that I am glad I made the decision to take the course.
Its a hard course, and u may only take the quizzes twice every week.
A great introductory course for Social Scientists in the interesting world of international energy. The course is not that much about the actual politics and economics of int. energy, rather than about an introduction in to the complex ways in which energy is acquired. Very enjoyable nevertheless!
Very informative, great mix of videos and additional reading, great choice/balance of topics
A very informative and concise course that gave a very basic idea on what is going on in the Energy industry today.
Amazing, really worthy
Overall an excellent overview of the principal political, economic and policy issues related to international energy. The course is well structured and presented and I would recommend it highly to anyone interested in this important area.
I enjoyed the way the instructor presented the material. Very easy to understand and informative.Hagai
Excellent course. I have no experience in this field so I took it out of curiosity and learned a lot. Very well taught, very well organized, covered just the right amount of material. Does take a bit of a commitment, I would suggest keeping up, it only takes a couple of hours per week. It made me want to learn more about the field.
Very clear and helpful to understand the energy market.
Very good introduction to global energy situation.
This was a really good course, particularly for providing good context for my understanding of energy regulation in Europe.
Excellent course. Especially in understanding the gas politics in Europe. I would recommend that more ephasis is given on the politics of oil as well.
Interesting, well-structured, topical
Excellent snapshot of today energy market and future orientation
Great, I learned a lot. I would totally recommend it. Now I have technical knowledge about energy sources, and critical assessment of energy policies.
Excellent, it broaden my knowledge about the politics and economics of international energy. Bravo to team that bring this information together, and thanks to the teacher.
It's very interesting to become aware of international affairs between countries based on energy. The course is not difficult to understand. At the same time the information provided by the tutor and by other professionals as well is profound.
This is a very good course to grasp the fundamentals of the various forms of energy.Admin detail: one week between exam-taking after two fails makes no practical sense and is detrimental to the timely completion of the course.The course would also benefit from an actualization, with more analysis of recent economic & political trends:- Oil market has historically been cyclical. Need an analysis of past cycles, and a fresh view on whether the current slump is part of a similar cycle, or a new era?- America's insistence on energy independence, how/why Europe views independence differently, how China/India view their own?- Current Middle-East politics Iraq-Iran-Saudi-Qatar, historical and current role of Saudi Arabia in the OPEC cartel, and the reality and dynamics of spare capacity within OPECStudents should come out of this course with their own view of whether this is the last leg of the fossil fuel race (as hinted by Prof. Lucciani in the COP21 video), or just another bend.
More like 4,5 a star, but still a very good introduction to International energy markets. It touches the economy of energy, the politics of energy and also provides a deep look into the actual technological process of drilling oil, gas, etc. Materials are visual, lots of graphs, sometimes articles and interviews. Tests are moderately hard. I would certainly recommend this course.
Very interesting course with nice presentations, discussions and examples! I recommend it to anyone interested in the Energy sector!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was very insightful for me. It gave me a more rounded understanding of what appears to be driving infrastructure investment debates, as well as political and economic decisions both globally and in my own country.
Very good introduction to the stake of energy politics in our world. Very interesting speakers and clear courses.
Great course, but can be somewhat dry at times. Yet, highly recommended!
No only comprehensive and complete but also explanatory. Congratulations to professor Giacomo!
Its a very good course and educative.Y'all should sign up.Thank you Coursera!
Very informative course. The lecturer has profound knowledge about energy and politics not only in EU but also around the globe! Highly recommend it!
The content is well presented and provides remarkable overview of current global politics of energy.
Excellent delivery.Fantastic external sources with clear and precise explanations from a graphical viewpoint.Great range of industry expertise and professionals within the appropriate fields.
This MOOC is a great introduction to International Energy, with all the necessary basics to understand the field.
Excellent course, I am really impress with explanation of instructor of this and specially interview videos, which are included in end of every unit help me lot to understand more about topic.
Great course Useful information, especially in the oil and gas sector.
Excellent course that offers deep understanding of political structures of energy while being concise and enjoyable and with a very manageable workload.
Great subject, great "école" and wonderful professors here. Thanks so much!
Very interesting course that provides a very insightful overview of the international energy issues. I like the way it is structured and how much of valuable information is given (taking into account relatively not big time commitment). I work in the electric power industry and I find information that I have learned during this course to be very helpful for my general understanding of the international energy issues.
I have amazing overview about the subjected course, thank you
The course is out of touch with reality and systematically underplays the Paris Agreement, progress of renewable energy and EU emissions mitigation, says absolutely nothing about climate science. At times the attitude is down right hostile and disgusting. Will share these observations widely. We are in a climate emergency and need to do everything we can. When I was taking this course, my city is going through severe flooding and the country is in yellow alert stage due to abnormal thunder storms. You should be ashamed of yourself for pushing this garbage.
It is not actualized to the current conditions.
Very good course.
I liked the quiz questions. Thanks.
It is very interesting. I gain a fundamental understanding of different resources of energy sources and linkages to world economy
I like this course. Very important for me. I want to be a energy international professional. Didactical videos, accurate data and correct assessments.
Great course!
This course is great. It's obviously tougher than the Part 1, though not exactly a follow up on the first part, as it covers different areas. The course content is such that it did not become very statistics-oriented - and it had independent lectures by Nobel Prize winning economists too.It's very easy to use the jargon that the course is suited for the layman, which it probably is not, but it's designed for ready understanding by a novice in economics, and Prof Yoram and his team have done a great job in putting this together. Thoroughly enjoyed it, even though at times I did have misgivings that I may not be able to complete it.
Course has not been updated. Wrong answers in quiz (eg week 3 quiz on progressivity), videos getting blocked at review question point, etc. I am checking out.
English Composition I is an extremely detailed, comprehensive, easy-to-follow and well-thought-out course to help aspiring writers as well as academicians. Dr. Denise Comer, the course instructor, has a very engaging style. She is also very encouraging and makes everything sound very easy, which makes one confident that he/she can do well. Other experts have also shared their insight through videos which are very helpful. Readings and various websites provide guidance and assistance throughout the learning process. The grading system is also thorough. I suggest that if possible, lowest scoring students should be given some kind of a personalized feedback in order to encourage them to do better or address their weak areas. I will definitely recommend this course to other people.
Great experience, nonetheless, I would say that it is more about applying your writing to different contexts rather than improving it. There is some of that, but not that much.
Hello to my instructor. It is a "Thank You Note", arriving from Palmdale California. It is my pleasure to tell the university that my instructor is great. I am expressing my gratitude and genuine appreciation for dedicating the time to be part of my life as a student, thank you so much for instructing Ana Pelayo.
Thank you for not putting writers in a box! This class is amazing!
This course gives fabulous tools to encourage the writer. From first using your own life as a reference, and that helps to recognize that you have material to write, since each of us, is a book to know.
Very helpful for writers and future career writers. Plus the professor is extremely down to earth. Was not expecting that and I forgive her for being a Duke fan. Go Tar Heels!!!! jk jk
Amazing course with lots of tips
Excellent course. I would recommend it to anyone.
Dr. Comer is an excellent presenter. She makes you feel welcome and positive about each module. Thank you.
One of the best course for learners who want coaching as well as practical work in academic writing. Very interesting and engaging!!
the lecturer's voice is too low
very interesting course. The fundamental of english language. It was a pleasure for me to follow that class.Thank you!
An extensive course for those trying to master academic writing
It's useful for scholar writing.
Although it is supposed to be a basic course, it deals with fundamental topics that everyone should be aware during the writing process. It helped me a lot, mainly in what concerns with revising the work and making drafts
This course really helped me improve my academic writing skills. The videos are detailed, and can be understood easily. The writing assignments are always easy to understand, and can be done. Professor Comer teaches us very well. I'm in 8th grade, and because of this course, I can write college level pieces.
very interesting but ........
Thanks for providing this excellent course. I really want to improve my skills to write and think academicly.
This course is huge as long as developing your English is concerned
It is a very good course for learning how to write well.
sorry for shortage of money to support me continue the course
Its a good course but not very exceptional.
great teachers! great lessons! I just hope to get feedback :)
The course is everything I expected it to be! It offers a wide range of interesting and challenging assingments as well as very developed theoretical background. Professor Cromer explains everything in a clear and understandable way. I strongly recommend this course!
This amazing course brought new skills in my life. I wrote for public, and my article "India and Armenia: the Connection" got published. I learned how to make arguments and support evidence to make the arguments stronger. I learned the strategies on how to make a visual analysis. We learned to write annotations and do proper citations. I would strongly recommend my peers to take this course.With best regards,Mane Mehrabian, Armenia
The course content is excellent, but the peer review quality can be improved. Course Mentors are kind and helpful, however, the system is not functioning well sometimes.
She is a wonderful Teacher. Thanks for sharing..
Wonderful course, really enjoyable !!!
the scholarly writing becomes easier after taking this course. it is definitely an interesting course.
Cool
Areas of improvements:common mistakes made and how to overcome themsentence structure and vocabularylearning from prose to better refine writing style
fabulous! Thank you Professor O
Very interesting
I reinforced my basic knowledge in financial markets and financial math
Very well conducted course that helped me answer a lot of my own questions. Like why do bond prices fall when yield increases. Or what do they mean by having a long call position.Would recommend this course to anyone seriously interested in understanding how the components of a modern portfolio works. Thank you! for this course.
A really nice introduction to financial markets and its instruments.
Good introductory course! It gives an overview of the global financial market-as the course name suggests. The math problems are a bit hard though. Improvement can be made for the pop up quiz during the lecture--it suddenly cut the lecture; thus disrupting my concentration. It think it needs to be properly placed during the lecture so as to help in reviewing the lesson, not disrupt the student's focus.
Thanks Dr. O!
Excellent!Completely practical and objective, this course provides the mathematical basis for obtaining the data necessary to implement a financial plan or strategy. Understanding the numbers, nothing is clearer and more convincing.
Despite being focused on US and EUROPE markets what, particulary, made the compreension of the course a bit harder considering i'm from latin america, Brazil; the course allowed me to have a great approach on global markets and financial instruments from the rest of the world. Knowing this kind of stuff allows me to agregate value to my clients negotiations in terms of insurance risk.
Great overview of financial markets and tools. There is some basic investment math in the first part of the class that can become tedious but is good to at least see in action. The more complex investment topics are only defined and summarized, which was exactly what I was looking for.
Some calc and formulas are not clear otherwise the course allowed to have a general overview on financial instruments and trades
It was a good course but unfortuantely I cant enroll for the entire series as I would not be able to pay for the course and there is no option of fee waiver
Overall, the course is fine, however there were several annoying typos / rounding issues, which would prevent you from getting the correct answer.
The material was interesting, but it lacked in sufficient practice resources for the mathematical portions. Also, instructor support / feedback to student questions was lacking. I found this course adequate if it was free, but not worth $79 for the amount of resources I was given to practice what we learned. This is highlighted by the fact that the weekly quizzes didn't show you the solution when you missed a question, so you were left guessing (instructors don't respond to student discussion questions) if the videos didn't address that specific question type.
The course information is very interesting but covers the material too briefly. The topics were covered very quickly and not in very much depth. Quizzes often asked questions in a way that was not covered in the course material and were therefore quite difficult to figure out at times. I'm taking this course series to learn the material, not to be tricked of failed on a quiz. Also as this is a rather math-intensive subject, a more comprehensive review of the algebraic tools and skills required would be helpful. Lastly, there were many mistakes with grammar and spelling in the written portions. I know English isn't everyone's first language, but if we are paying for these educational materials then it doesn't look very professional for there to be glaring errors repeatedly throughout the material. It's not that difficult to have a native speaker proof-read before publishing (I would be happy to do this for you, any job openings?). Just some thoughts.
Very good teacher.
way too many peer reviewed assignments.
Explanations and examples are not so good.
This course proves very helpful for me
I have no background in this subject but am highly motivated to learn. Dr. O was super informative and provided links to additional resources on complicated/controversial material. I have learned a lot, and I am very thankful! If you are interested in learning this subject, I strongly recmomend this course
Super helpful!
Great course. Teaching the basics of financial education in theory and practice.
It´s easy to follow up, well structured.
A great course for dummies like me to learn the basics of investment industry.I would appreciate if they incorporate more examples to explain and make things easier.
The course was very informative. Could have been better if more reading materials along with more real life scenarios were included
Good course to have an overview on the global financial markets and instruments.
I like that the course material is divided up such that someone who is busy with a day job can also find time to listen to the lectures and do the quizzes. Also like that the course gets you familiar with the way the financial market is organized and helps one get familiar with the terms. However, I personally felt there was insufficient coverage on the math and many of the quiz questions were not at all easy to understand the terms and apply the formulas. There need to be more examples of such problems so that there is more familiarity with the math especially for those completely new to this field.
Excellent course!! Dr. O's personalized and prompt responses are very motivating.
Excellent review of the basics for investing
It's an excellent chance to be a one who is learned this course with a simple explanations, also I learned and revised most of the topics that I learned before but I don't remember them clearly.I'm interested to continue with the coming courses.thanks.
Great starting point for grammar and punctuation. The teachers point out essential information to understand the rules.
Really helpful course. I recommend!
Good to review some key concepts of the English Grammar.
It is very useful course!
It is an amazing course and I highly recommended it.
The course was very good for me to revise old concepts and also at the same time to learn some new concepts.
This course has really helped to improve some aspects of my sentence structures and punctuation. In addition, the classes are well organized, the material is clear, and most all the professors are really good.
This course refreshed a lot of concepts that I forgot.
Good course.
The course did not review all basic English grammar but specify tense, sentence type and punctuation. At first, I thought I would have known how to write a appropriate sentence, but only after took this course I find various way to rewrite my sentence in a more correct and natural as native people. I realised some minor mistakes I have always made before and knew how to fixed it. Now, when it come to writing I feel much more confident. Definitely, I recommend this courses for someone would like to review their grammar, and I will considering studying the next courses about Business writing in this program.
this course is great.
WOW !I really enjoyed and refreshed all of my grammer.
I´v learned a lot, and proved my skills
I am glad to have learn and understood better what was covered in this class. I think there would have been opportunity to explore grammar even more, deeper.
I loved this course! I learnt a lot from it, and I hope, I can put that to good use.
i got a lot of new staff that i didn't know them. Thanks
i enjoyed this great course. It was wonderfully presented.
Wonderful learning experience.
its very good
Every thing was good ,but I wish if the English teacher corrected my assignment and gave me a feedback.
it's really easy for me. I finished it in a day.
It helped me a lot. Thanks!
Very good and informative.
I have learn a lot from taking this course.
Thank you.
Really good ! Really recommended for someone who wants to revise the knowledge of Grammar and Punctuation before studied further writing.
It is very useful.
Clear straightforward review of basic English writing concepts.Very well presented.
Its been very helpful, Thank you.
No doubt, it was an excellent..
A good course to sharpen your grammar and punctuation skills. It helped me. Thanks.
Although it should be simple enough, i found it hard to understand the material and sometimes, the videos would end without finishing the content.
The excellent course for the getting crystal clear idea about the basic rules of the grammar and punctuation. I strongly advice to continue to this specialization.
It's a really good course to clear all doutes and to make better your writting skills!
very useful!
The course is great. I learnt a lot from it, and I liked the Tamy Chapman delivered the content of this course.
In my opinion, it was a good course because it was well structured, understandable and easy to follow. Even tough I found it useful, I would like to find more content on english grammar.
A great way to revise grammar an punctuation from scratch!
Amazing course
Requires payment to complete the course.
I have benefited a lot during this course .For example , I've learned many grammar and punctuation rules which help me to promote and develop my writing skills.Therefore , I recommend strongly taking this course for who want to be professional in writing English.
A very intelligently designed, and exceptionally smart program to train learners on grammar and punctuation. I fully admit this course was far more useful than I had initially thought of it to be the kind of, and never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would turn out to be this much professionally rich. I’m equipped with a masters degree in English, and have a very valuable experience in teaching high school level & college level students. I wanted to brush up my own academic writing skills so I could guide my students more effectively. I’m so happy I joined this course. I must appreciate the quality of the instructions I watched in videos lectures which all had excellent content and had easy-to-follow examples. Practice exercises before the quizzes and the quizzes themselves were all very smartly designed stuff. I truly believe it couldn’t have been any better. My heart goes out to admiring your efforts. In a nutshell, I had a more than wonderful experience. I now strongly intend to going for the next course. Thanks a million, indeed! ndFr�
This course provides a very good introduction on punctuation and parallel sentences. Also, it introduces how to write good essay. My suggestion would be that the course could reduce sometime in the week1 learning and add more content in the sentences writing. Thank you.
Good course; very easy to understand.
Ecellent course! I have always struggled with punctuation in English; now I feel more confident!
Great course! I liked the format of the lectures and the exercises, very dynamic and objective.
Take this course! Very recommended :D
It would be improved if students can have some reviews from the teacher
I learnt a lot from this course! i highly do recommend it to everyone.
It would be grate if they can offer a course about explanation of more English grammar and Tenses (especially Perfect Tense)
Concise and perfect !!!
Very good course
very helpful!
Very simple and effective!
The course has a very good planning,Thanks a lot.
Nice course, if you have a little bit knowledge about writing and understanding, this course will definitely help you.
This is really good. I expected a tedious review of my grammar subjects from grade school and high school. I am pleasantly relieved that the emphasis is on the areas that will be commonly used in academic writing; that is, sentence constructions. I have learned a lot and have also discovered that my compound and complex sentence constructions do need some work.
A very useful course because I have learned a lot!
This course was wonderful. I learned new things about grammar and punctuation I don't recall learning in grade school while blending and improving my known knowledge. A tip for those thinking of just enrolling in one or two random courses of the five specialized courses, enroll in all. It is worth it even if you think you know. For instance, some of the papers in Advance Writing expect you to know some of the previous courses info and that could lead to some misunderstandings or struggles on quiz/peer reviews.
The material of the course is very precise, simplified, and organized.
It was really useful
I learnt some basic but important things about common English writing. Great job. Love the course!
It was helpful for me to remind basic grammars and learn the way for good writing.
It's a great course because it aids you to improve your skills in writting.
Excellent course.I learned lot of valuable things.Thank you.
Actually, It was better than I expected. Punctuation and writing style were well explained. As a non-native speaker, I have never knew how comas should be placed. Thanks to this course, now I feel more confident with such things.
Great course! It helps me with understanding some grammar rules.Thank you!
really, it is very useful course.
Excellent course! This really helped me professionally since I teach business English globally online to professionals and managers with multinational corporations. This course was a major asset for my professional development regimen, along with the other UC Irvine related course. Videos, quizzes and exercises are interactive and ideal for learning! Thank you!
This course is very helpful for anyone who is seeking improvement in grammar and punctuation.
I'm very happy for this course, not only for learning grammar and punctuation but also for improving them.
Great!, thank you!.
It is easy to understand.
This is a good refresher course, but you will need much more practice afterwards.
Really helpful to better understand some complicated issues for not native speakers.
It was an excellent course. :)
A very good, short and concise, refresh on English grammar.
Its a really wonderful course, and the method of explanation is just awesome.
Great way to refresh your writing skills before you taking on further studies.
This course gets to the nuts and bolts of grammar and punctuation. The lectures, exercises, and feedback helped me to review the fundamentals.
As a native English speaker, this course has taught me so much about language and grammar rules. Thank you for offering it. It's given me a much deeper understanding of how my language works.
Pretty good course for someone who hasn't taken english in many many years!
Starting with the training of basic and important grammar and punctuation knowledge, this course literally make us prepared for the following essay-writing courses. The professor elaborate every and each grammar through numberous examples, which is more than easy to understand.
This is great course of writing.
I learned so much!
This course has helped me a lot to learn the English Grammar.Great
This was a really good experience for me, i learned how to properly punctuate a sentence, add sentence variety, use of introductory phrase as well as transitions. I highly recommend this course!
It's a good lesson, and it help me correct my punctuation.
It was a great help for me to start understanding how to write correctly. I'm gonna definitely start using it!!
This is a very useful course even if you are very good in English . This course helps in understanding the type of sentences, proper usage of commas and perfect ways of writing attractive paragraphs.
A great course. The lectures are great, and there are many exercises for practicing.
It was great but I can't continue it because I am from Iran and living there too so I can't pay and enroll next courses :(It was just like a great starter with no purpose for me.
It's best.
This course helped me a lot to write better.
it is very nice
Very good course! All explanations are clear and too powerful for understanding.Two stars because all tests you can submit if purchase certificate.
Awesome!!!!!!!!! a great course
I really like this course ,because it has a lot simple but necessary information that really helps people for their daily English use.Actually, I have been looking for these kind of courses :)
Great course. Such an amazing way to improve my writing skills.
The course was really useful and interesting.
Awesome course. I have learned a lot
In this month, this course that help me a lot to improve my English grammar, and I will keep going. Thank you!
An excellent course especially for beginners!
Grammar and Punctuation, I always had some issues. I got to learn a lot and improve more. I am looking forward to other courses.
The course is helpful but incomplete. It does not mention dashes and colons. It also misrepresents the usage of semicolons. I have seen the idea of using a semicolon followed by a transition word taught before, but I do not think I have ever seen it done in published writing in my entire life. It strikes me as being pretentious, something to be discouraged.
Thanks! Some examples required me to use google to find out why things are the way they are.
It's really helpful course to understand grammar and to improve writing skills.
It is a really good course to improve your punctuation, congrats professor Tammy!
I really appreciated for all your effort to created this classroom.This class helped me so much;in addition to this experience I am also very happy to attend your classroom.I have upgraded my confidence since I started to take this classroom.
the course is pretty good, but the present of the teacher at the moment of corrections is needed
we need to ask the instructor
this course is very interesting and good.
It's knowledgeable and interesting
Amazing class! Brushing up on grammar or learning for the first time.
Best course every!!
It helped me a lot.
Amazing, it is worth taking if you want to improve on your writing.
Excellent quick course, reminds you of details that make writing more professional.
The contents seemed too simple for preparing academic writing; however, it is still va
Such a helpful course! I like the explanations. And it was good oportunity to discuss with peers our knowledge.
This course is incredibly simple, but it had explained a lot about English grammar and punctuation; it added structure to things I have been doing without understanding and with mistakes.
need more material.. course is too simple
Excelente course. I learned more than I expected!
Really helpful and fun.
I gained a lot of English knowledge
i liked this course a lot!!
It was a good course. But it doesn't worth the money. Paying $69 is just too much for this elementary course.
Thanks a lot. This course was so fantastic that I want to put into practice all I have learnt. Moreover, I strongly recommend taking this course.
Interesting and straitforward course
I truly recommend this course. It gives you not only details of the grammar but power to become a better version of you: a great writer.
Amazing course, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their writing and communication skills.Thank you so much!
It has helped me a lot. A great starting point.
This is a great course.
It is really useful and helpful. :)
Thank you
This course explains the basic grammar principles in the simplest way possible, and that is something that a non-native English speaker like me really appreciate.
Very interesting course with many examples and quiz which makes learning easy.
I really like this course and found it very helpful for what I was looking for. An excellent explication, plus, lots of examples and reviews. Congrats to the teacher and the whole coursera team!
Nice lectures and tips to clean your grammar and write better essays.
Great online class!
this is very helpul course
Great!
I have been learning English since 1999, but this course was the best one that I have ever studied.
I found it to be enjoyable, the teacher lectures where well understood and I also enjoyed the test. I had enough information that also helped me to take down notes. I have recommended few of my friends. Thank you all.
I found this course to be a very helpful tool in writing, especially for non-native speakers.I recommend all non-native speakers to take this course.
I've learned so much in such a small time in this Grammar and Punctuation course, that I'm still processing it in my mind! The videos and texts are concise and creative. It facilitated my understanding of the words, since English is not my first language. Through the exercises and extra resources, I practiced a lot. Here are some of the things that I studied: simple, compound and complex sentences; dependent and independent clauses; comma and semicolon; transition words and adverbial phrases; introductory and interrupting phrases; parallel sentences; variety of sentences.Thanks to the instructor Tami Chapman, she is the best!
All I was expecting to review and learn.
I learned something new from it.
It's really helpfull
This course provided the basics in English grammar and punctuation. The lecturer gives a lot of good examples and provides the learners with enough opportunities to practice whatever is being discussed.
The grammar and punctuation course was a learning experience for me not only I enjoyed it but also I learned a variety of concepts for an effective English writing ;yet, it's still the beginning,you will learn about the exact situation where to put the commas and many different rules don't miss it.I guarantee you,you won't regret.
I recommended
Thank you so for this very course. I have learned so much. Now, I can dare to say that I am able to write an essay in English.
Great course!
satisfactory
I learned a lot from this course.
In brief, an excellent course on grammar and punctuation. Thanks to our instructor, Tamy Chapman.
A short and concise introduction to basic english grammar blocks including Verbs, Conjunctions, adverbs clause, and type of sentences. Good examples in lectures to make things clear.
This course is really important for us to write a sentence correctly. Feeling proud to be a student of this course.
Thank you professor for making this course. Good exercises and examples.
I learned a lot. Thank you.
good course
This was a great refresher course for basic grammar. I would love to take the next level up if there is one!
Now, I feel much more confident about my writing and grammar skills. It's an amazing feeling, even, to witness a small change in your writing skills.
Actually, good Course
It is a good course, very helpful.
Very good overview on Tenses and Sentence structure
One of the greatest course that I ever done
useful course for writing.
This course had an outstanding syllabus and i have learned a lot about punctuation rules and regulations in English Language; which will excel my capabilities for my future endeavors and study plan.
the peer grading system is poor, considering that they are learning just like us.the grading should be done automatically or by a professional .
It's very useful for me!
I love this program am learning a lot... I wish I get financial aid to earn certificate
It is a great courseI have learned a lot .
I recommend this course! It's very good
It is very helpful.Something which I thought it was right turned out to be so wrong.Thanks to this course, my writing has improved a whole lot ^^
Very good course, very instructive!
This course really helps you improve your punctuation and how you
It helped me a lot! Thanks
This course is very helpful for students who want to improve their English writing.
It really helped me in brushing up my basic english language concepts. Thanks Alot.cheers !
helpful .... easy to keep up with it
Pretty good course, everything is explained very clearly, probably, the tasks are a bit easy, but I still appreciate the work of people who created this project. Thank you.
Good course!
This course is practical. You get clever instructions, and all activities are simple and clear.
It's very well put together.
very interesting
The course is well explained and covers the topic nicely, however, a prior knowledge of grammar and punctuation is required. The instructor has clear pronunciation and a smile on her face that makes learning enjoyable.
Very Much Useful to Student Community, particularly when these are given in form of assignments to student groups. the videos are interesting at the same time it gives a joy of Fun Learning
Great course!
This was a nice course for me to revise grammars and punctuation. Thank you.
Kind of... too basic?
very helpful instruction
Loved the course. It enlighten me on both grammar and punctuation that was not conveyed clearly at school as a student growing up. I love the English language and would love to write a book someday. I am happy to gain this knowledge through this course. Keep it up.
This course was very informative for me.
I'm still a little confused on some things, but otherwise great course! I really think I have learned a lot.
Very well structured and informative course.
I couldn't afford to pay for the course, but I really learnt a lot about grammar and punctuation.
Great learning, easily defined concepts. Quiz section really helps you to retrieve core concepts. Thanks a lot Coursera.
This course teach us many grammar rules which we haven't learned ever. One of those rules is punctuation. After completing this course, you will be able to not only write English sentences better but also understand documents written in English easily. This course is definitely useful for everyone who know the grammar well but cannot write sentences well.
Really disappointed you have to pay to be able to do the quizzes. I thought the whole point of Coursera is to enhance our skills for free and chose to pay for a certificate if we wanted to.
It was really wonderful and beneficial for me.
very useful course.
Very interesting course
Thank you for helping me correct my wrong usage of punctuation!
I am glad that i have choose this site. It is very helpfull and best site ever for the people who relly want to learn
great and awesome
I've learned a lot in this course, I know there are so many things to improve, but I can say: it was very worth to take.
Thank you so much.
Great course and tutor. I've put in place all my grammar knowledge and learned a bunch of completely new things about punctuation.
I have learned many useful things from this course. Thank you very much.
good course
I learned a lot of new thing, ideally we don't bother what we write; but we make a lot of mistakes.
Paced perfectly for me. A great review as my knowledge of what underlies our language system is well hidden after years of use. As I embark upon a class in Spanish, I hope this thorough look at English conventions may help me in learning this second language. My motivation centers on my grandson's enrollment in a dual immersion school; helping him with homework is a challenge.
Very Simple but great, I enjoyed it alot.
Basic English, great for beginners, well-explained.
excellent course to create a foundation to improve once writing skills...!!
too simple(
I love this course. The instructor explains the topics very well and it's well organized!
every well explained. simple and to the point examples and exercises.
Very good and easy to understand, especially for me whose English is not the first language. Highly recommended. Thank you, Tammy and UCI team.
Excellent course!!! I really recommend it for those who want to improve their grammar skills or just as a global revision of already acquired knowledge. Thanks so much to all the staff for this opportunity.
Very good course! I recommend.
Awesome course, I have learnt so many new things here that is really very helpful in my career.Thank you..
Thank this course for helping me know clearly how to use puntuation correctly.
this course is very good
A wonderful course to learn or brush up the use of commas, conjunctions and tenses.
It is useful.
It is very good. Clear explanations and logic.
is very useful course .
Easy to follow.
It helps me a lot in my writing skills.
Good course.
Just amazing course. Very helpful.
This is a very comprehensive and useful course. Since this is a beginners course, the difficulty levels have been maintained accordingly. I have personally found it very useful to improve upon my punctuation and sentence formation, in general. Well designed and well structured. Highly recommended for the beginners.
Punctuation overwights grammar in this course.
Good review of English grammar and punctuation! I have a lot more confidence with my writing ability now! Thank you!
It was a good start, but I wish the assignments were a little bit harder.
A very good course to understand the basics of punctuation and grammar.
This course was really helpful to improve my English, thanks.
Best course for English available on Coursera. Go for it.
If you want to recall your English Grammar - you have to take this course!
Made clear what is punctuation and where to use it.
The course helped me a lot about grammar.
Tammy Chapman makes this easy!
This course is so useful!!!
Very exact and useful
Teaches a lot, but is super easy to understand at the same time.
Very useful course.
This is great course, I wish we should submit our final exams as audit followers
Great explanation of punctuation rules. However, upgrade costs too much given the amount of materials covered and its complexity.
I learnt so much tips
A great course! There is a lot information well explained. I loved it!
I strongly recommend this course to All.
Great course
Great course
This course has been very useful and interesting for me.
This course is beneficial for a person who wants to write well or to pursue career in writing. The teacher is very good. The course is very informative and productive. She prepared the course very well. Assignments and exercises will help you to learn things easily. Each and every second of lecture is worth to listen and they are very precise also. The professor has provided useful material which you can read later. I'm so glad that I took this course.
The course is great but short, I spent two hours to finish this course.
In this course, you can learn basic elements of writing. Basic as it is, the knowledge is very important because we always make mistakes in these trivial things. Therefore, I think it is very necessary to take the first course in order to avoid future mistakes.
Really great course, i recommend it for anyone.
Very well made course. The pace and sound quality of the course is excellent.
VeryVery interesting and knowledgeable course
Very helpful course! Thank you very much!
This is good and informative. And it provides with the knowledge of grammar and punctuation.
Congratulations! I really appreciate the classes and the course content. The videos are very objective and synthesizes, in a cleaver way, hart English knowledge.
"Grammar and Punctuation" was an excellent course. The instructor made the concepts so easy to understand and practice. This course is highly recommended! Keep up the great work!
Fantastic Course!
I like this Course very much.Hope to do next course.I have learned how to punctuate sentences correctly.This will help me to write sentences in good and proper manner.Thank you all the Professors, Mentors, and University of California.
Great
Quick and easy course, and a good recap on my grammar skills!
I found this course very helpful. It laid a solid foundation on which, I can now gain further proficiency in essay writing.
Good course with a simple structure to deepen your knowledge in grammar and punctuation.
I learned so many things that I didn't know. This course is complet. I think so.
Nice courses. It helped me to learn punctuation and some beginning tips for writing.
Very good and clear course
The class itself is quite good. However you can not submit the Module Quiz without purchasing the certificate, which is quite annoying.
Thank you! The course is very helpful.
I love it!!!
Very helpful course. I liked a lot. Although I would prefer for some quizzes not to be locked unless paid.Thank you for sharing your knowledge.E.
Really awesome.
Very well-organized, very clear and straight to the point. All the materials and exercises are really useful.
A great course that improve my English.
I have learned so much from this course. The information was and is invaluable!!!
I liked very much this course. I had forgot many of these grammatical rules, so it was really good for me. As in any other language, English is not easy, you have to practice daily, even that be just a little bit.
Very helpful, but really basic. Even though, there were topics I didn't know.
exactly brilliant!
Very good course. Interesting tips and summaries. Very helpful.
This course helps me a lot.
You should tell people before they enroll that, to take the quizzes, they must pay. It was a waste of time...
I am really satisfied with the course. I learnt new ideas and concepts about English grammar. This is a wonderful course.
HelloIt is an excellent course for those who want to improve their writing skills.
This course is very useful. I love it.
This is really helpful course. If you have already some knowledge on grammar and punctuation, but you are not sure about it yourself, you should take this course. You will have more confidence when you write in English.Thank Coursera for this course. I really enjoyed the course.
great course
It's a great course for learning English.
I really like the way students are involved in activities through the assignments. They students are also introduced among themselves and get to review each others work which boosts confidence and also inflicts more interest
Good! :) Thanks a lot
Thanks so much
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. God Bless UC Irvine!
My grammar and punctuation has improved ten-fold because of this course.Thank you so much Tamy and everyone else involved.
It was very useless for people who want to be a writer. Thank you very much for wonderful organization and interesting tasks!
Great Course
I am totally in love with this course. I experienced instant improvement in my writing skills, and found errors in my writings which I would have never thought of as errors.
I am Brazilian, and I have been studying English since 2011 as a second language. So far, I have not found I course like Grammar and Punctuation. What makes the difference is that it explains the content in a simple way so that students can learn easily. Besides, I learned things on the lecture videos that I had not learned until then.
As a college level academic English teacher, I've learned quite a lot from Tamy's lessons. Tamy's instructions are very clear, systematic, and effective. This course can be a very valuable supplementary resource for EAP students' self-study. I will definitely recommend this course to my students. Thank you very much.
Great classes! She is amazing!
Great
loved it, thanks!
This is a good refresher on one's grammar and punctuation.It's an absolute bummer that the quizzes are behind a paywall.
thanks so much for this useful course i only hope to not make the final quiz with upgrade or with payment i need to see how much i achieve in this course.waiting for new courses, and thanks for your advanced for help,Dalia
Excellent course! I would recommend it to my friends.
very helpful
Some very useful points. Would recommend to anyone who struggles in understanding punctuation.
Thanks for the course. It's really helpful.
Thank you very much for helping the world with this course.
Very simple to follow
Very useful
Simple and Useful course
Useful and clear.
It is so interesting!
What a great course .. I really enjoy it .
The course is very helpful and specific. For me, taking this course is like reviewing some points and getting more detail understandings.
This is a great class for individuals learning the English Language, and as a refresher course for those who use it as their first language.
Wonderful!! Thank you!
Amazingly helpful. And for once I remember the rules I learnt.
The course is quite informative and useful. However, I think the charge of 60e is too high since the skills introduced are both elementary and limited. 10e would be a proper price.
really helped me a lot, I didn't pay attention to my teacher when I was in school, and the difference is, Chinese teachers don't really teach punctuation. I was always confused about it, and this course really helped.
Very helpful!
Really helpful. Amazing course.
Good course.
it is very useful for learning english.
I would like to thank the course Instructors, It is really fruitful and enjoyable.
This was a very good class and helpful. I only had some issues with not being able to see some things on my app like the practice exercises.
basic and clear
Great really good !!!
challenging
I really like short courses which give you a lot. I learnt many key, although simple, points from this course. Thank you.
Very useful for both students and teachers.
The course is clearly lectured, and I like it very much.
A really helpful and detailed course. You really can go trough it for four hours and gain quite useful knowledge about the punctuation and the correct way of structuring your essay. The only recommendation I would have is to give up on the adobe flash technology for the practice tests and use java script and simple html.Thanks for the course.
The course professor was excellent and made the rules on commas and parallel structure as well as verb tenses seem so simple. I was able to brush up my grammar rules and punctuation through the course.
This is an amazing course in English writing. The course is simple but comprehensive. In addition, the tutor is very good in delivering the subject.
It's very helpful. It seems like they've planned each detail!!
I just wish I could have gotten the certificate without paying, at least a Basic.
Great course =)
This course is fantastic because it´s helping me to remember some rules in punctuation, and I can understand easy and practice exercises.Thanks
The course is really exhaustive and, at the same time, simple.
Great.
It is a great course for undergraduates and intermediate English learners.
It is a really useful course! :)
Great course. I learnt a lot!
really nice and good can be learn in this course, l studied many words that known about grammar and punctuation in English language. assignment of this course is helping me to improve my language. the lecture look at good and friendly..
Very useful.
The course is great, but I am very disappointed that after spend 3 hours watching the videos and practicing, I can only submit my answer if I upgrade. This should be said before I enrolled in this course.
Good course! help review the basics.
Excellent to know and expand English Knowledge.
material was good but it doesn't tell you to pay for the course until you take the quiz
Nice course! Excellent insight to the details that make a difference!
Learned a lot through this course! Thank you
Great !!!
excellent course, easy to follow , well explained, and the exercises focus on the material being reviewed, also the practice exercises reinforce the material.Thank you.
Very helpful. The teacher make it so clear and easy
The lectures were good and useful. Anyone who has confusion or doubts on the correct usage of punctuations should sign up for this course.
great Course
Useful course for those, who want to improve their punctuation skills and resume with the following courses from this programme.
Very good course! Helped me a lot!
It's a great course.
I really enjoyed this course
I really enjoyed it not only because it was helpful but also because it was precise.
Pretty nice
An excelen way to improve writing skills
In this course,learning grammar has became an easy thing.
Thanks for providing us this opportunity. It was a very nice course. There are few things which might help improve the course:- For a four-weeks course, I feel the material was not enough. I feel there is room to add more items like the use of hyphens, colons, and determiners.Thanks again.
very helpful
Strongly recommend for everybody.
This helped me remember and understand many grammar topics. It had a lot of very good information.
i loved this course
It's a good course with some interesting resources. Most of the practice resources use Flash and one of the assignment submissions is inconsistent with the other submission formats. The content of the course itself is 4.5 stars. For me there is one element that I wish had an explanation or somewhere to ask about it. Instead I'll need to search the internet for an answer and hope what I find is correct!
Provides basic understanding and practice.
very good learning
Awesome reminder to all that I had forgotten. It is put forth in an easy to learn manner.
Concise and precise. Complex concepts explained in easy to understand style.
This course was very useful and brushed up some of the rules of punctuation and taught me some new ones too.
Thank you :)
Even if you are fluent a review is always helpful to remind you why things are done a certain way. If you are not rusty, it should take you no time to finish. But if you are rusty in some area, and just don't realize it, this will point to where the problem may be and fix it.
Great
The course is apt for the people who are adept at speaking and amateur in writing. The course definitely improved the way I frame and put out my sentences for readers to read.
Nothing new for somebody, who studied English before.
Good course
It should be freehehehe
This course was very helpful for the work I do.
This course was very helpful to me. My grammar and writing style has definitely benefited from taking this course. The modules were clear and well-paced, and the practice quizzes were relevant.
The best course! Information is given clearly and understandably. I enjoyed participating in the course.
It's a good starter course if you are looking to review Grammar and Punctuation.
The course is really nice and easy for beginners of English grammar.
This course covers all aspects as per description. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to polish up their basic grammar and punctuation. Special thanks to everyone who it possible. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
This course is very useful.
it's so great.
Very useful and straightforward course on the basics of grammar (but just the basics of Verb Tenses; was expecting more of it in terms of grammar topics - Passive voice, Conditionals, Reported speech etc.)It's basically a Punctuation 101 course which focuses heavily on proper sentence structure and syntax - got a great deal a good stuff out of it, though. Warmly recommend it to everyone who is not confident in his basic writing skills.
A good preparation to the following courses.
Very helpful course to remember general grammar knowledge.
Good course, easy to understand, and useful.
Some of the lessons aren't clear enough to follow
Good course! Don't be leave the course if the pre-course test results suggest you may be too good for the course. The grammar part was a review for the most part, but the punctuation section taught me a good deal of the rules I didn't know.
It's an excellent course, and i enjoyed it.
I give 5 stars to this course, I want to say thank to University of California, Irvine that i can improve my english grammar
I very liked this course and the teacher Tamy Chapman
Review comments:What I learn most form this course is parallel structure and sentence variety lessons in Week 4.[Parallel Structure]It uses some conjunctions like and, but, both....and..., not only...but also...[Sentence Variety]Use the different 4 types English sentence style, simple, compound, complex and compound-complex to enrich your writing. In addition, adverbs, prepositional phrases (like in the morning), other transitions (furthermore) could be used to create variety. At last, combining the short sentences, medium sentences (10-15 words) and long ones (20-40 words) will also make your writing alive. Some other tips will also help like repeating key nouns, using synonyms, saying things in different ways.- Use different sentence types- Start sentence differently- Use different sentence lengths- Use synonyms effectivelyConsidering sentence variety will be the last step when you revise your essay, so do not do it in the begining.
Very informational and helpful.
Actually, it was not that much hard but I got to know various new things.
This course was challenging, yet it was easy to follow. It helped me a lot in writing better. I was able to practice my knowledge of the lessons, by giving feedbacks to my co-learners' assignments.
This is is one of the best grammar and punctuation courses I have ever taken!
Great and useful course!
Very good course.
it was a great review of grammar and punctuation, it would have been nice to print the slides as you go along.
This lesson was really helpful, even though I already know all that.
very nice and clear to let us know more detail of grammar. although i have not paid for class, i still would like to keep the course and review it. thank you!
Since the beginning to the end, I enjoyed this course because I learn new things for me. It had good explanations, nice examples and many exercises. Thank you very much.
best of the best
Great Class,I appreciate all,
i enjoyed taking this mooc. very well structured and straight on the points and details.plenty of practice exercises. i recommend!!!
All the concepts regarding sentence formation are clear now.
In fact the course is fantastic. I'd say that is perfect, but it is not because requires payment to be assessment in the activities.
Excellent course for English learners.
I really enjoyed listenning to all lectures and saved it to return back to it again. I always used some of these rules without information but now I could use it professionally.Thank you for this lectures :)
this is the best lesson that i have ever had.
It is simple and clear to understand for entry-level learner.
Learn a lot of useful knowledge in English writing. Enjoy the course and continue my way to finish all of them.
Good material and simple, fluid explanation. Perfect for anyone who wants to keep his grammar and punctuation in check!
The course is well structured, but most of the features in the exercises' pages were not working properly. I tried to access them via both my computer (macbook) and mobile phone, but in some cases I could not even complete the exercise or check the answers...
Very simple and helpful. Just the perfect mix for me.
It has a nice way of making learners interact with each other. I've learn a lot.
Very good course; it was structured in a very simple and efficient way. Also, it made see this kind of things very easy!
This course is great
Good one
A very weak course, gives very little knowledge of grammar, doesn't really explain quite a lot of things. If you are a first year primary school student, this course might be helpful, otherwise a complete waste of time.
This course only works if u pay, which is shit coz most people dont have money...
Thank you! Great course!
This course is excellent. It uses lecture, practice and question effectively to let learners master in Grammar and Punctuation.GreetingsMubashar Rehman
It is a great opportunity for those who what review grammar and punctuation.
Even though the course was pretty basic, there were many new things I learned, especially certain tips and tricks. The lessons are simple; the examples were good for understanding and to the point. The course-content, video and audio qualities are good. Links to extra materials are also provided towards the end of each week.I felt the assignments were too simple. They were reviewed by other students and not by the course organisers. Though peer-review is a good practice, comments from the teachers would be much appreciated. I would prefer more options for discussion on a topic, other than through the assignments alone.
First, I thought I wasn't going to get anything out of this course. But then I realized my writing had improved after finishing this course, I was really suprised to see that . Thank you for all your effort in making this course possible.I look forward to taking some of other courses in the same specialization. Thank you again!
This course is very helpful, and I have learned something new . Thank you.
After completing this course,i have a good knowledge on the types of sentences.I have learnt a lot from this course.Thank You..
It's a good course, In the last lesson miss more examples.
I find this course quite interesting and useful!In this course you can learn not only by video and quizzes, but also play games and do interesting tasks. The education goes in an easy way and without any difficulties!Thank you!
Great
Thank you very much, I am learning a lot.
Great! Thanks
Interesting course!
Excellent, specially for English teachers.
Everything is fine so far, but I'd have had more exercises to work out.
Good for a starter.Thank you professor.
I loved the course, as well as, the teacher.
it is very useful course
it's very useful for its purpose
I'VE already finished this lesson. Frankly, it's simple and easy to understand.
great course! very helpful!
Thank you! It was very interesting and productive for me
Clear explanations and examples. Very helpful for everyone not just ESL learners.
I really enjoy practicing with this course. It contains clear explanations and a good variety of practice exercises.
I would've wanted a bit more of use of commas, but it's a great introduction.
Great course! I've learned a lot of new stuff!
The course provides essential knowledge on basic grammar and punctuation, which iteslf is sufficient for moving towards essay writing. The course is practice-oriented, so be prepared to mastering your writing skills.
World's best English Course.
Great course for beginners
Thanks Tamy for the great course. I really like your teaching style, it is very clear and easy to understand.Since I took the free version, I did not had access to the exams; nevertheless, I learned a lot.Thanks
Great course for improving your English!
It helped me improve my wirtting a lot.
very good content
I learnt the different forms of sentences, differences between tenses and sentence varieties. Thank you for this course.
Good interactive course.
Nice, quick and effective!
It was an excellent refresher course.The course included a lot of student reviews. In my opinion there was a plus and a negative to this. It was great at inspiring student interaction; however, because the teacher didn't review the work after, if the student had a misguided interpretation it may lead you astray.
A very informative course.
A simple introduction to grammar and punctuation that is well laid out and easy to understand. I explored this course as a refresher, and it served that purpose quite well!
Thank you for this course.Well presented.
I enrolled for the course to refresh some basics and this was perfect.
it is helpful to me
Thank you so much!! I not only enjoyed it but also learnt a lot! Again, thank you!
It would be nice to have the slides for downloading.
I love this course. My old English classes were not as much clear as this course.
This is a nice course, very compact and efficient, and it helped me to see some punctuation issues, I got from other languages I speak.
It is a good course to review grammar and punctuation. Well done and clear.
This course is brilliantly designed, contains very short lectures but full of information and sufficient numbers of examples. Thank you so mu
I feel much comfortable with the lectures and assignments.
Focused too much on commas. Could have incorporated other grammar elements as well. Nevertheless, a very good, easy-to-follow course.
It was really helpful. Thank you!
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significantly helps me increase my punctuation knowledge.
This course is excellent in detailing how to correctly use basic grammar.
Very useful and the information taught are well presented
I would love to take the quizzes without an upgrade to see how I have done in my classes.
The adequate explanations about clauses and the exercises linked to each chapter brought me a lot of confidence in my English writing.
Thanks for this perfect course!
Useful information and very well explained.
The course helped me to remember all forgotten things, and I learned some valuable new information.
Very cool to study the get back to basics!
I thought this course was a great review to key concepts for using proper english, and being able to write well.
Very useful and well explained.
Great course, I recommend it.
Excellent course for the people who want to start English writing.
This course was well paced and very informative.
Very helpful to remember grammar rules.Clear and essential.
This course really helped me, a second-language-English speaker, in improving my English writing. It is concise, and its discussion mode is indeed useful.
this course very help me to understand about punctuation.
It was great!
I think this course is so useful,and I benefit alot from it.for that I recommend this course to who want to enhance his writing.
It is a short and simple course, but It seems to be a key course, which give you a lot of tools to improve your grammar and punctuation. A first step to improve your writing skills.
Course could have earn my stars.Money, money, money is not the way to go.
It helps me a lot with my grammar and writing style.
Grear course
Good review of basic grammar rules and good opportunities to practice them to improve your writing.
Good course, although no proctor or supervision at all. No place to go for questions or help.Please be aware this is primarily designed for non-native english speakers. This was not clear to me when I joined. And although the content is thorough, it is dull and the assignments uninspiring.If you want to know more about grammar, good (be sure to bone up through, because she assumes a lot about what you might remember from high school and for those of us over 40 ... hmmm).If you want to feel inspired to write something of value and interest to yourself or others, not so good.Over all I would not recommend this course or series of courses. And would suggest seeking out a course that has some kind of proctor or supervisory help available.
Very clear and easy to diggest content; in addition, w
It is my first time to start taking online classes, I really like it !
it's really very useful, and the excersises are helpful.
i dont know why, but it's so frustrating that i have problem with this course. i can't start every quiz in week 4.
Many tips in this course are very good and important. I missed some of them before and this course help me pay attention to them and learn them clearly. I highly recommended to you and I won't take you much time.
I like this course. It was a little hard at first, but then I got the hang of it!
This is perfect, for anyone that is trying to improve their grammar.
great! so helpful to reminds us simple things but also important
It's great to remember some of the very important rules for writing.
Very good, very useful!
The course is well-structured and very easy to follow, also, the large amount of exercises helps to remember everything.Thank you for very effective teaching!
Enjoying this course so much!
Method simple, clear, and incredibly effective! Exercises are appropriate and links to external material are really useful. I totally recommend!
At lease for me, this is an excellent course. I have learned a lot of grammar and writing knowledge which would help me in my future writing.
this really helped me out a ton i have improved my grammar.I am good at grammar after this course
Very good, But I missed some more practical exercises on writing. For us, non-native english speakers sometimes it is very difficult to identify our mistakes. But the whole module is very good.
Very good to learn the differences between each kind of sentences, and how is the punctuation for each one.
Very useful . Thank you very much
it is a very acedamic lesson
No word, Best course to improve Grammar and Punctuation
There were couple of things I was always confused during the sentence making. After this course, I was able to use interrupting phrase, transition words, parallel structure, and sentence variety much better. Grammar and Punctuation is a great course for people who need a quick refreshing of the grammar and punctuation rules.
This was a great review of basic english.
It helped me a lot to get a decent job.
Absolutely brilliant. I really recommend this course if you need to brush up on your grammar and punctuation. I didn't study grammar at school, (many years ago) as it wasn't in the curriculum, however, this is an informative and yet interesting way to learn. The course provides you with videos, quizzes, and tests which help to embed the learning at your own pace.
Great course!
improve writing knowledge and skills.
Good refresher
I think this is a good review for someone who has the basic in English grammar; however, if you're an ESL student or English-speaking person (who need to start over in grammar).Study first before starting this course.A lot of the feedback in the forum, I found to be poor except when it came from an English-speaking person.You get a lot of: " OK, Great, etc..", no real feedback.
recommend this course for everyone seek improving his skills in english
Very useful and effective in learning english.
The course is good, but I think it will be even better if it covers more about the 16 tenses, more punctuation, and capitalization. Thanks!
It's a good course, and it has a good structure to push student forward to improve their writing skills.
Great course to review some basic English grammar. Lectures are very easy to understand.
I am feeling confident about using proper grammar and punctuation in my writing. Thank you Coursera!
Great class. Some slides show awful colors. I think that could be improved. Also professional transition betwixt slides could give the course a more "polished" look.
Really practical and useful!
This course is amazing!
It's a good lesson, I learned more skills in the grammar and the punctuation.
Great course, I learnt a lot.
Good practice and recall course
simply and useful.
Great and helpful!
this course is excellent, my sentence composition has been improved after watching your video.
The professor is excellent!. She explains everything in a way very easy to understand. The module is basic, but it is essential if you want to improve your english writing .
The course was well planned and easy to follow.
It was great, helpful and simple. Many thanks to all professors, staff, and classmates.
It's very helpful. Thank you.
This course was helpful. I learnt a lot on grammar and punctuation.
This course really boost my confidence. I am really thankful to my Professor Tamy Chapman for the wonderful lecture. The study materials and the lecture classes helps me to practice further. Once again thank you very much to my professor and the entire team behind the scene for this wonderful course.
I enjoyed this course very much. It was easy to breeze through and very informative. It definitely made me a better writer as I became more aware of very common mistakes that I make.
Could have more exercises for the ones who still is saving up to pay for it.
The first course is though easy but interesting. It is a good start for listeners like me who is learning English as a second language to master some detailed information or rather punctuation about English.
great course to refresh, really fast, your english writing.
Interactive and helpful
Good course
Excellent and simple explanations about the major factors in Grammar and Punctuation. I am honored to finish this course, and I have to congratulate all people involved in this project.
an excellent course, easy to follow. I would like to sincerely thank all the great people who designed this course for every kind of learner.
very helpful
I like this course very much! It just shares some simple principle, which I didn't pay much attention before! I did learn a lot!
Although this course was intended as an advanced English grammar review, I could learn a lot of new things I'd never studied before. I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot from it.
Simple basics and easy to understand. Excellent course for beginner academic writers.
Very simple and easy to follow instructions. The lessons, exercises, and peer reviews are all interesting. I learned so much from this module. Thank you!
Useful and straight to the point.
great course thank you
Not difficult and to the point course.
This course is really helpful especially for people wanting to write English articles better. The course outline is well laid out, videos are easy to understand, and exercises are very helpful for practicing your punctuation. The only negative point for me is how the teachers use a very strong American accent that some of the letters in a word are not pronounced anymore, like 'meanin' instead of 'meaning' and 'writin' instead of 'writing'. It doesn't really affect the teaching, though. All in all, this course helped me a lot and I recommend it to anyone wanting to improve their punctuation and review their English grammar knowledge.
Planned in very well mannered!
Great cou
I couldn't finish it without purchasing it, in spite of active participation and high scores on all the assignments I had access to.
I think it is really necessary to establish better the target auditory for this course. The students with very basic level of English have to study with advanced non-native speakers and with natives. The exercises can be too challenging for the first category, sometimes boring for the second and absolutely superfluous for the third.
its great and i am enjoying it .....
it was really helpful , wish we get report on our submission .thank you so much .
It´s clear, useful and not too long. Great course!!!!
very easy to understand and it's very helpful.
Very usefull! Thanks
Great Class
great courseeasy way of explanationso much recommended :)
Very good course.
This was a very well done course with many different ways to practice the skills being taught. There are a few bugs in the assignment section, particularly in week 4, that impacted students' ability to review one anothers' work.
I strongly recommend this course for everyone who wants to improve English. All so clear and easy to understand. I like it a lot!
This course was really helpful to overview how to make sentences well.
This was a great MOOC, thank you for sharing your knowledge on the topic Tamy. I am looking forward to taking your next class in the series.
Great course and it will be better if were free.Nevertheless, a great course to improve your English grammar. Great for ELS.Cheers!
Great course, the lessons are very well explained.
Awesome presentation and very easy to follow instructions.
Loved the course!
Very well written.Lectures were interesting and practice worksheets were creative. :)
This course is very useful and easy to follow.
Very good grammar course
I enjoyed this course a lot. It is very useful to improve writing
Very good course.
It is good. Even though I could not grasp all the ideas, I am happy to learn the importance of punctuation.
very good course
This course is very interesting and useful! Totally recomended for those who would like to review basic rules and gain some knowledge ;)
Well done. Just the refresh that I needed.
It's help me to improve my grammar and punctuation alot.. Thank you UCI & thank you coursera. :D
I enjoyed this course very much. However, I miss feedback!Maybe it's because I did the free course and did not pay. But, sometimes I still don't understand why I did something wrong.As an introduction this is perfect.
Very useful grammar course!
It's a great course for those are seeking to improve your writting skills in English.
Its really good and easy to understand.
This course is amazing, it helps me understands things that I had a lot of trouble with before. I love all the explanation and examples.
Honestly, this course was very simple and esay to understand but very usefull to improve my ability in writing.
High quality didactic teaching.
There's some room for improvement, that's for sure. The last video was really bad, not because of the content, but because the Professor was very sloppy in her speaking.I also think there should be more practice exercises and a better way to know if the answers were correct.But overall, was very happy with it.
Excellent. Very helpful and well-explain.
Great Course. Thanks
Short essencials in lectures, lots of practice.
Very good course. Short and sweet, it covers the essentials.
I really like it
This course has helped me a lot, and I understood 'how to use grammar effectively'.
I loved this course. Tamy Chapman was awesome at teaching me. Her videos re fluently explained. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! I forgot to mention in my introduction that I am a fourth grader.
Very clear and really helpful.
The lecture is clear, insprational, and helpful.
An excellent course to refresh what you have learned during your high school days. Easy to understand and follow. I recommend it 100%.
A good opportunity for revision.
Great and free.
The course is very food. I learned a lot and became more motivated to learn English. Thanks
Helped me with my writing skills.
It's really easy to follow instructions and well structured. It is a great tool that do not take you much time to complete assignments and helps you to learn in a positive way.
Very good in as introduction to your essay writing. All of course materials were understandable; morever, patiently, she explained how I can make my sentence variety well.
Maybe, I missed the information about this course being focused towards non-native speakers. Was this course focus to that target audience? As a native-English speaker, I found this course a bit easy. However, I enjoyed the refresher, and I will use this information in future courses. Thank you!
it was a great course, it helped me a lot reviewing my English grammar. I appreciate for everything and I will recommend this course to everyone who wants to write better the English language. Thanks
This course is very good.
Enjoyable course! Easy to follow and it definitely improved my punctuation.
This course has given me the confidence to use commas and semi-colons, the most difficult punctuations to master.
It was overall, alright. All of the group assignments killed it for me, though.
simple， clear, and useful!
Very good course, I learned a lot about Grammar and Punctuation. A very friendly teacher. It´s a fast way to improve our writing.
This course helps you improve your writing with quite clear grammatical suggestions
I really like the course! It´s good to study new things and review another ones!
It is basic knowledge.However,it is useful to writing.
Excellent course. I has provided me a great confidence in me.
Great course.
A very good course; short but condence in knowleged. Highly recommended for all who want to produce good English.
I really liked the course, the way I could do the exercises, and the way that the themes were presented.Thank you!
Thank you very much!!!
Good Course for examining some English Grammar closelyThe course breaks down some aspects of English grammar and punctuation very nicely and has relevant practice exercises.I wish the course covered a slightly wider variety of topics or went into slightly more depth of explanation. The title "grammar and punctuation" is misleading in that only a few topics are covered. However, I believe someone learning English or reviewing academic writing would definitely benefit from going through this course. I am a native speaker, and I certainly learned a few things. :)Thank you Professor, TA's and Coursera!
Very interesting, informative, and accessibly
One of the best courses on Coursera!
It is a useful course to review the grammar that you have learnt before.
Never thought it was gonna be such a complete class. Simple but very important things to know.
The information was quite was good, but the practice and assignments were too easy. Thanks for providing full explanations and a set of in-video examples for every rule.
This is should be your go to option if you are looking for brushing up / learning fundamentals of english grammar. The course material is simple , to the point and accessible to a all regardless of the level of your English fluency levels. However, this course lacks a an active discussion forum and the peer graded assignments are designed in such a way that often it is impossible to discuss doubts or explore further nuances . Other than that, the course meets all that it sets out to achieve.
Really love this course.
it is very nice course, and improve my english writting style
I recommend this class to anyone willing to know how to punctuate and use correct tenses in English. The grammar rules are clearly explained and illustrated with many helpful examples.
Poor visual communications, it should be better since it is the only way to follow the course.Should be nice if the slides counted with a kind of animation to enphatize what we are talking about.
Excellent course to refresh the English Grammar and its Punctuation. An overview to students who want to understand the fundamentals of the English Language and utilize the content as a reference for upcoming studies.
This course is very important to help us improve our writing, listening and reading skills in English!
It is really great course for me to recap all English lesson. Thank you so much
Great course, complete with interactive activities to review our knowledge in Grammar and Punctuation!
I found this course very helpful and useful. I would add only one thing: more graduated exercises.Thank you for it.
Highly recommended for anyone looking to improve their grammar and punctuation. Although the course covers a broad area, it doesn't take too much time to finish. Simple and precise.
This course is pretty basic. As far as grammar goes, it really only covers tenses and parallel agreement. I'm also pretty there is more to punctuation than the semicolon and the comma, although I didn't realize how complicated comma placement could be!The professor talks like she's on tranquilizers and it's difficult to do peer reviews when 90% of the class apparently doesn't speak English as their first language.I learned some things, but this course should really be called "How and when to use a comma". Would anyone really pay money for this?
The terminology is likely to be difficult for ESLs, and the guidance is likely too easy for native speakers.Spent most of the time on 2.0x speed and multitasking because it wasn't nuanced enough.
High-impact course on grammar
The course is well designed and makes you understand grammar and punctuation in a easy manner.
very useful course
I learnt a lot from this course, specially in writing English. Thanks to the Coursera Team.
Useful, quick and never boring
This course is very enlightening and very good for improving language skills.
great course really useful
This is a very good course. I have learned so much just from one day of work. The interactive, educational games are motivating. This course makes learning about grammar and punctuation fun.
I really enjoyed it
Many thanks to this program, and I have confidence to take next step of writing.
It was such a great course. With this course, my understanding raised to one level up, indeed. The way it is designed is fantastic. I want to take up the next course as well.ThanksParul
A great course to learn the basics of grammar and punctuation!
A great course with a good explanation of the material.
At the beginning it starts a little bit slow, but later on it speeds up and it becomes interesting and educative.
This course is a good review of what I have learnt before, and it clears out some confusions. Quite useful.
0.0 awesome as usual
Practical and easy to follow.
Very good introductory course to academic gramatic.
Really helpful, thank you.
The course is presented clearly; enough resourses are given to expand the lessons being studied.
good for review of some common parts of English grammar
Learned and revisited so many some important things.
It was a very nice course for basic English grammar
Very good, it provides important information in a new and fresh way. Every new concept is together with examples which make easier to understand and keep in memory the concept.
Great course. Simple explanations, discovered something new for me.
Very clear information and good exercises to practice.
Great course, I have learned many useful tips for writing.
This course has taught me a lot of reminding about what I have already learned but have forgotten about them and served to validate them again. Excellent on line course and FREE AT THAT. Can't get a better deal than that. Congratulations to those involved in putting up on line such very informative and fun course.
Before I started this course, I used to do a lot of guess work while editing my essays. I relied on proofreading program to get review my essays. This course has helped me understand crucial parts of sentences; thereby, enabling me with greater confidence to edit my essays.Although this course is intended for beginners, it would certainly help experienced hands refresh their skills. Try it!
This course is great. The easy to follow lectures allows students to grasp the material with wasting a lot of time. In addition, students will be will be about to use their new found knowledge as soon as the videos are completed.
Very clear and useful information. I already enrolled to the following course within the specialisation. the only thing is that would love to be able to download and ebook, or something similar with the information provided on the course.
Interesting and helpful course with good practice.Thank you so much.
Too much comma.. Only the last week is relative to the writing
This course is very good for people that their English needs some correction ,it makes you think correctly about writing and also helps you in structure of phrases and punctuation. I like the way that the course was done ,thanks to all of the team (University of California, Irvine) ,you are doing a great work.
I love to review through grammar and i saw the content of the course is posted clearly, easy, encourage every classmate interact with each other and so convinient for everyone can learn anytime they want!
Clear and simple. Easy to learn and practice.
i love this course
Highly recommended for learners aiming at reviwing the basics and fundamentals.
Strongly recommend for beginners!
I have learned a lot with this course! It's like you are really attending a class, and socializing everyday with your classmates. I really had fun. Thank you!
Great course!
Really good !! I am loving this couse so much !!
I am so happy to have taken this amazing course, it really helped me a lot. Thank you :)
Great course for students who need to polish their English or refresh some grammar and punctuation. I'm a teacher of ESL, and I got new sources to explain punctuation, conjunctions and tenses to my students.
Everything you need to know about punctuation to contruct a good essay included in this course.
Without doubt, I recommend this course because it summarizes a lot of things that you should know about writing.
Good enough for students who know a little about English writing, but it is a little too easy for international students who have already begun their study in America.
Very well structured - Thank you to the team.
It was really helpful. Learned a lot from the course. Mostly, because of the way it was designed.
Very informative and easy to learn.The course length is reasonable and suitable for leisure time solidifying grammar and punctuation.
Simple and accurate. The quizzes are not easy, but definitely inherent to the course. In other words, if you study and practice, you will be able to pass them.
. Module were small, crisp, and effective.
It is great so far and the way it is outlined, I hope that I get what I need from it.
Helpful for learning how to write.
Excellent learning opportunity.
helpful.
This is an excellent course.I want to recommend this course for everybody.We can learn in an easy and practical way about tenses and punctuation.Not only is important to speak well, equally we must to write well.
Great Course!!
It was very useful - especially the parts about comma placement. Thank you.
This course helps me a lot to prepare for TOEFL iBT.
This course was clearly structured and well presented.
Nice course for beginners.
It was a good course!
This course was very objective and clear. I liked it!
Very usefull
I love this course.
Great! Very helpful and well-organized!
Very interesting course, will give you the foundations to perform a nice writing.
Simple, quick and effective way of practicing/learning English grammar.
Thank you very much for this course! I learnt a lot, because the lessons were pretty clear and interesting.
This course is very comprehensive, especially if you want to learn where to put commas in your sentences!
Helps you improve the writing skills.
I found this course very useful and instructive. I finally could learn some rules which my teachers were never able to clearly explain to me.It is only a pity that I could not receive a certificate of attendance without paying the fee...
All in all, this course opened up an universe of expression options for me!Furthermore, I felt in love with semicolons!Great presentation, perfect pace, and good practice!
A solid course for those who require a refresher on certain grammar rules. But, in my opinion, the course should go deeper in the different parts of the English grammar. For example, what are gerunds or infinitives? Still a good course though! I really enjoyed the teacher, as well.
so easy to understand
Good Course!
It is great!
For non English speaking this would be the best grammar course.
It is a great course! Personally, it has been very helpful to build a good foundation in English writing. Even though I took similar classes back in school, this course is the most effective one by far. I feel more confident to continue taking advanced writing course; moreover, writing seems less stressful.
super and just great
I am always absent but, this course is good for me.
I totally recommend this course for those who want to be clear with grammar. Lecture is awesome.Thank you very much for offering this course.
Generally, the course is very good and was really useful for me. I just expected that it covers the use of all punctuation marks.
It is a good course for polishing skills; however, excludes usage of several other punctuations which are often confused.
This is a very good course for everyone who wants to better or refresh their grammar and punctuation for a writing ordeal.
Refreshing grammar review. I remember all the grammar I have forgot for years. I become more confident in identifying and punctuating sentence.
Excellent course! I highly recommend it!
Leaning so much!
Good one , some parts was even useful for what I was seeking for - IELTS General WritingFlash Practices and in-Video Questions was interesting too
Great courses. Thanks a lot !
Very complete, useful, and interesting. Besides, various links are provided for further practice.
excellent! I gain lots of benefits from it.
Very helpful. I was amazed how simple and easy principles were to make me look either
This lesson is good for my writing and reading!
The course was great ,and i learned a lot when taking this course. Once again, thank you for who makes the course available.
This is a very good course, specially for internalizing the basics!
This course is very good for basic learning, I practice much of my basics due to this course which I forget.
This is an excellent course for those who have forgotten the basics of punctuation.
Very helpful
It's fine, but do not explain a little more detaily.
Really great couse! I recmmend it to everyone having some grounds in grammar but needing to improve the knowledge. I have never met with such a simple yet clearifying explanations and now I dont find right use of complex tenses so hard as before!
Very well formatted. Focuses on each aspect thoroughly.
It is interesting to learn.
Great review on Grammar and Punctuation!
This course has given me very practical tools for my daily job. Now I feel more confident in the way I write sentences. My writing has become more clear and precise.Thank you very much!
This is a really good start.
Highly recommend. Easy and interactive lessons and practice.
Finally. I know how to use punctuation correctly.
Thank you for such an amazing course!
The course is well planned and organised. Students have an opportunity to interact with each other; moreover, they help and revise classmates's work. In addition, given material is interesting and helpful.
Excellent refresher or reminder course! Activities are genuine and realistic with a bit of challenge, unlike some other courses on other websites that provide the answers. Instructor is pleasant, though a bit assuming, at times. Take this course whether you've grown up speaking english or not.
Great Course, thank you for this.
It was such a great help in refreshing everything I had forgotten.
well designed course that is rich in content.
I give 5 stars to this course because the materials of this course are very basic but very important, Such as Verb tense and Punctuation which I did not full understand in the past. But now, after finishing this course, I am more confidant about my writing. Thanks to the teacher and my classmates, you help me a lot !!
Enjoyable and useful. Thanks
I loved the explanation of the objects and students.Enjoyed duscussions and assignments. Thanks!
this course was
A great course!
I really like this course, because it is helpful and engaging. Thanks for sharing!
Its perfect for learning basics of English language.
Excellent course. Highly recommended
Contents are interesting and useful, even if the course deals with few topics. I think it is too expensive! A good grammar book is cheaper and more complete.I would not enroll this course anymore.
I loved the way the exercises work, especially the interaction with other students.And also, the topics they manage are really helpful, and the way they explain them, with keywords, are really useful in practice.Love it, will make the next specialization course =D
Excellent course. I learnt a lot regarding English grammar. I love the course very much.
Really good course!
A good clear examination of basic punctuation and grammar. The lectures are well presented and the exercises useful. The element which really doesn't work is the peer assessment or review. This seems intended to replace forum discussions but it is not a good substitute (and there are no forums).
I like the way the instructor explained each part of the Grammar and Punctuation, I understood easily and practiced after session. This course is very helpful to me. Thank you for offering this course.
Good Content and Clear explanation.
This was an amazing experience. It was by far the most interesting course I've take. Thanks to the instructor, the course staff and the coursera team we've achieved a very tangible training .
great course
Concise and helpful. Great class.
The course is a very good attempt to assist in building correct sentences in English. I f
This course is very useful and helpful.
It is really good quolity course; highly reccomended.
The course was great it refreshed what I already knew and taught me more.
I would like to express my gratitude for this brilliant course! Thank you very much!
It's really helpful course to correct our grammar. Thank you Coursera.
The course really helps me review important things in English grammar and punctuation.
This Course is amazing and I would love to study more about it!
It was very useful.
Excellent course!!! I have learned about sentences types, punctuation and grammar structures. Thanks a million to Tamy Chapman and the University of California Irvine.
Very Helpful!
Really well explained, but easily digestible.
Thank you so much <33
Its a very helpful experience. Highly recommended to others who encounter grammatical and punctuation problem occasionally.
The course is so interesting.
First, I want to thanks Tamy Chapman. The course was excellent and I feel more confident with my writing.I am looking forward to improving my style with the following course of this series.
Amazing course!
The course was very helpful. At first, I was skeptical on what I could learn from it since, in general, I feel confident with my English level, and the program seemed rather simple. However, upon completion of the course, I believe I've learned quite a few things on how to structure my writing in a correct way, which in turns makes it more efficient.
Great course!
Thanks a lot. I learned some solid stuffs that I mistakenly thought I'd known already. A real eye opener. Thanks a zillion.
A very good course. Very usefull and practical to remember the basics of grammar, punctuation, sentences and etc.
Thanks all of you. I have learnt a lot of subject.
Good one, if you are confused where to put your commas and to learn tenses.
The first module of very useful writing course package.
Good english course for starters
Great and useful course, really helps to understand how the grammar and punctuation works, focuses on correct use of verb tenses as well. Definitely recommend it to anyone.
very useful
A excellent course to review your weakness in Grammar and Punctuation
Simple and Effective, Relevant and Specific.
it is very well designed.
It si a great course! The minor comment, combining the subject of variety of sentences with commas and parallel structures could be a bit overloading.
This course's content and delivery are excellent. This gave proper understanding of grammar and punctuation usage. Many a times, I used to believe, I properly use punctuation, but this course set the scores right.Thanks a lot for such an extraordinary course.
;) great course
Yes I really learned something from this course. Thank you!
I enjoyed this course very much. Going into this course, my goal was to review English grammar and improve my writing. After finishing it, I feel like I accomplished that goal. I enjoyed concise and clear style of the videos and clarity of examples given in them. Assignments and exercises, although challenging at times, were of comfortable length and fun to do. Personally, this course helped me to become aware of the sentences I write, and gave me the tools to revise and edit my writings more efficiently on my own.
Do I receive a Statement of Accomplishment?
Great Course !! I am learning a lot. Highly recommended. Thanks
It is a great course. You will learn what kind of sentences exist and how to uses commas correctly and more!!
I give my strong recommendation about this course to all of you who want to improve your English skills
A good course to brush up on your grammar.
It was my first Coursera course. Exceeded my expectations with the way how the lessons were explained.
It may sound ridiculous, but it is reaaly difficult in Russia to find out about English punctuation, so this course was very useful for me as a teacher. It allows me not only to improve my writing but also to develop my professional skills. I hope, it will help me to teach my students better.Thaks a lot for this course and specialization!All the best,Anastasia
Great introduction/reminder.
This taught me a lot.
I really enjoyed taking part in this course. It have lots of materials for learning and lots of resource for studying more .
I enrolled in this course to fine tune my writing skills for work. I enjoyed this course because I was able to unlearn some bad habits and simple mistakes. The lessons are simple and move at an even pace. If you are a native English Speaker, some of the lessons will be easy for you. In my personal opinion, this course was a great refresher.
I really enjoy this course.Thanks.
It is a very complete overview. It is very helpful for reviewing English grammar and punctuation. The additional resources are also very good.
I've learnt a lot from it! =) Thank you for creating opportunities for all ESL students and teachers!
Very good course. It helped me revise and learn some correct grammar usage in short time.
I learned a lot about grammar and punctuation, and I really liked this class.
It is a good course. It gave me a better insight about nuances of English Grammar. I wish the team very best in their future endeavours.
Learn some helpful stuff.
This course teach me about grammar and punctuation with interactive method, so I can learn every lessons easily.
very simple
The Course was simply Fantastic!Thank you all for this!
Some types of assignments and quizes are not comfortable to use. But thas is just about technical issues.Educational part of this course in great.
Excellent help and teaching. Loved the "Language is cake," as this made the information more interesting to review and to understand.
Even if you are an native English speaker, this course is a great review. I highly recommend it.
Excellent! Very easy to understand, It has helped me a lot to improve some of my English skills :) Thank you very much.
Good Class!!!
It was good. I give four stars because it was easier than I expected.
Excellent resource with practical exercise to improve your English on grammar and punctuation.
The professor speaks very clear and easy to listen.
I have learnt a lot!
I can see the improvement in myself and in the other students in the peer reviews. This course took me a little by surprise by how fun it was, I hadn't expected it. I recommend this course, especially to foreigners who want to learn how to use the English language.
Great way to learn more on Grammar and Punctuation.
A concise review of punctuation and (some) grammar associated with punctuation rules in the grammar. A perfect choice for anyone wanting to review punctuation rules swiftly. However, those who would like to review grammar of the English language might not get all what they wanted from this course, which covers only what is relevant to punctuation.
Just great!
It definetely deserves 5 stars. Videos are very complete and clear. Strongly recommend this course for those wanting to improve their writing skills. Thanks Coursera! ;)
concise and effective starting for academic writing
This course is absolutely awesome. My teacher has noticed an improvement in my punctuation. I have nothing but good things to say about this course.
I learned a lot about commas.
I'm not a native-speaker but a person who loves learning. I'm going to learn throughout my life. I want also to broaden my English skills in every aspect. I recommend this course for people who don't want to spend tons of dollars for fancy courses, reserved only for high-class :D
The videos are really boring, however the course is good.
Hello,The overall content or education on English grammar was good. It made me to correct lot of things which I used to find difficult or project it wrong. Thank you for educating me correctly. Appreciate your work.
I truly learned a lot from this course. The former confusions and misconceptions that I had in mind were now cleared. Those people considering to up their caliber in writing should take this.
pretty good!!!
This course is going well until know.
Great course to help you with the basics of grammar and punctuation. Enjoyed it a lot - Thank you, University of California!
Pretty good course to improve your basic english writing skills.
This is a high-quality introduction to Grammar and Punctuation for academic writing. The course helped clear up much misunderstanding and helped to develop personal confidence for essay writing moving forward.
This is the best course in English Grammar.
Short and nice
This course is very useful as It covers the essentials of English grammar. It's help me out of the explosion of grammar rules by presenting them in a combinatorial manner.
The course is fun and I'm learning. Thank you.
Clear and enjoyable. Not too easy not too challenging. Thanks for offering me this opportunity of personal grow.
Great
Concise, informative, and an eye-opener in terms of punctuation. Even if you think your English is impecable, this course will bring your punctuation back on track!
Finally, I can make some sense of the puctuation rules in the English language. Thank you!
These lessons are really useful and helpful.
A very good course to review grammar and punctuation rules
Awesome course
Exactly what I was looking for! Well done!
I feel this course has been specially designed for people like me who need to revive their knowledge of Grammar within little available time. Presentation of the course is concise and well-structured. Short quiz are taken at right time to reinforce the concepts. Discussions with peers are engaging.
Sometimes it is necessary to have a quick reminder of what you have seen at school! Thanks
excellent course, explained in an easy way, fully understandable!
Great refresher class for all of us who write for business and pleasure.
EXCELENT!!! I love this because I learned lots of things
This is a good overview of the basics. I enjoyed the practice exercises and interaction with fellow "classmates".
I enjoy the material and class a lot. After the class, I can use comma more aware :
The course is great to improve your writing! If you love grammar, try it and you'll be surprised with the efficient between explanations and exercises. Congratulations for the creativity for teaching grammar rules. :) Cheers.
It is a fundamental course to improve your writing skills. It is very useful for everyone who in any way writes mails
This course has improved my writing and my understanding to different types of sentences. My punctuating skills has been improved, too.
This was really helpful. I already know English, but this still helped me understand sentence structure much better.
Awesome course, I like to study more similar courses.
Great one!
Very nice course!
This is a very helpful course for improving your usage of comma. Usually, comma is a very little thing which is easily to be neglect. After having this course, I have more general understanding about the usage of comma.
This course is Concise and give you what it promises you. Have lots of comprehensive exercises which are really helpful.I highly recommend it for anyone who has a moderate to severe doubt about English Grammar and Punctuation.
Learned something new, parallel Sentences!
good to improve your learning
Good contents and practise question to help understand the knowledge and concept.
It is a great course. You can learn the basic rules for punctuating correctly.
A great course, put together in a manner to make learning easy. A lot of practice questions not only made the courmade the concepts very clear
In this course you will learn different variety of sentence structures. It is very clear, concise, and punctuate.
It was really enlightening
too short, but useful
Great refresher on grammar and punctuation.
It's a short and concise course for all learners and teachers of the English language. I've recommended it to my fellow ESL instructors.Thank you.
I am very satisfied with this course. It really helped me to improve my writing skills, and I am feeling more confident than I used to be.After this course, I am planning to take up the next one.
i love this course; I feel like a better writer already.
Excellent way to refresh and get better at writing.
Very good and very useful course.
A very good review on punctuation and tense. However, I think the course is a little too simple. I hope that the class could cover more grammar topics in depth.
I enjoyed this course, as it is well-structured and filled with useful information.
Great!!!!
It was a very interesting course especially for those who are not English native speakers. I learned a lot.
I simply loved the methodology of this course. Being my first self-paced course with lots of quizzes and assignments and participation, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenges it posed to learn new skills. I have recommended lots of friends to join this.
Very useful course for foreign English students. I appreciated your help.
Excellent material for improve writing skills!
Very helpful lesson! Thank you
Great course! Easy to understand and straightforward in its presentation... Thanks a lot!
Good lesson for me! That's great! I understand about grammar and punctuation. I am improving my skill. Thank you teacher.
Easy to follow. Nicely explained.
As a fiction writer, this class have been very helpful.
This course is helpful and I have learned quite a bit about punctuation and sentence structures.However, while things like tense are important, to be able to differentiate 12 tenses contributes relatively little to typical academic writing. Rather, I have had trouble with seemingly simple questions such as when to use past tense and when to use present tense in a literature review. But these aspects are probably the most useful when it comes to pracital writing. It would be helpful if these issues are addressed.Also, the use of articles is a common weakness for a lot of students (to "the" or not to "the"). It is helpful to include this component too.
I had a good time learning new things which are generally not told in your academics.Thanks to UCI for offering it. Best wishes.
The course is useful especially for individuals who are trying to improve their writing skills.
Very helpful course. Thank you all for putting together this excellent course material.
Very easy to follow. Videos are short but at the same time they deliver the perfect amount of information you need in order to proceed with no further problems. I loved how we review other students projects, the helps everyone to learn and succeed in class.
It was a great experience being a part of this course. It helped me a lot to review and learn what I needed the most. I would boastly recommend this course to the people who want to brush up their grammar and punctuation for better communication.
Very useful course, well-made study material.
A very good course to revise grammar and punctuation
Great course, with extensive exercises and relevant questions and follow up.
The 'Grammar and Punctuation' course was extremely helpful and challenging. The instructor is better than the teachers I had in school, therefore found her clear and concise.
The instructor explains grammatical concepts clearly with a very simple way.
it is really useful
A very good review for grammar. The teachers speaks very clearly and makes sure to explain well. I would defiantly recommend
Reviewing grammar and punctuation was a great help for the course Teaching English as a Second Language. I am glad for the refresher.
I really liked this course. It helps me to improve my grammar and punctuation knowledge in short term.I will recommend this course to my friends.
This course is very helpful, thanks.
Wonderful ! I can´t belive that such a good course like this is avaliable for free on internet globally!Thanks, Coursera ! Thanks, University of California!
This excellent course has been a great help for a non-native speaker like me to improve my writing in English.
Very usefull course! I have taken so much for myself!
Very suitable for beginners in English writing.
At my level, I found pretty interesting and effectively this course. I could put in practice in a real time, in a great balance, what I have learned.
Love this course. So easy to learn new tenses or just go through the grammar rules that you already know.
Very interesting course
The course has been very interesting and useful; however, I would have liked that my homeworks were reviewed by both the teacher and the colleagues.
The course is excellent for people, as myself, that has good base of English language, but due to a poor daily practice in the writing area forgot about the grammar rules.
Simple: Thank you for your effort. Compound : From now, I will observe when ever i read books, paper, or blog, and i will daily practice writing. Complex : Because the Instructor made the content structure vey well, made me easy to follow and understand.
I enjoyed this class!
This course is very good. It helped me a lot to learn to understand English sentence structure and punctuation. I really loved the course because the teacher doesn't patronize too much and explains quickly and well.
This course provides basic and necessary grammar for academic essay writings. Tutor is fantastic, and exercises are interactive and interesting.
achieveable and helpful!
Very useful
Well crafted course with very simple descriptive videos by a skilled Instructional Designer.
Good for the basics. Good lesson format. Although, the group component was unnecessary.
Of the English grammar courses I've enrolled to, this is the easiest to understand, not to mention enjoyable.Don't hesitate to enroll!
More excercises could serve for more practice
I found this course practical and straightforward. After I took the pretest, I found that the contents were targeted towards me. I would recommend this course to anyone who would like to know some rules and structure to improve the professionalism of their writing.
This course is a very good course. It is well structured, and it has a lot of extra tools(links) to practice more grammar. I really enjoyed this course, and I will advice it to anyone.
Very informative and easy to follow.
Great course, gist of all, but perhaps more details would make it better.
Cool
It's comprehensible course with helpful exercises :)
This course is easy to understand and straight forward. Finally, I have a better understanding of the use of commas, conjunctions, and transitions words.
This course is so nicely put together and very effective.
Well designed and neatly structured. Lots of useful information in short time. Mixture of videos, exercises and quizzes was fun, and peers interaction was invigorating.
Excellent course to brush up your grammar and punctuation.
A good course for starter. Lectures are good, but the quizzes are too easy.
This course is really useful, clear and well-organized.It is not only teaching me how to use punctuation correctly, also developing my logical thinking in English.
An excellent course! The rules are explained perfectly understandable. Moreover, the approaches are indeed useful and helpful. Thank you.
Impressive much!
Very helpful for my future projects!
Very good course and excellent refresher!
This is my first experience, and I love it.
Not very difficult, but essential.
simple and effective tips on the writing, I have learnt few rules which i can use in my regular writing.
Very useful course even for advanced learners. Lectures are also quite objective. Thanks!
Great learning experience.
Well structured course. Just to the point course with things that gets us started as quickly as possible.
Excellent course! It teaches very clearly about grammar and punctuation. It's easy to follow and understand. I recommend this to anyone who is not sure where to put that ',', ';' or '.'. Definitely worth it :)
easy to understand
Great course, a good review and a good first step in learning more about the English language.
Very informative and interesting course.
Great class
I needed a refresher and this was a perfect fit. In particular, I liked the fact that it was self-paced.
Great instructor; comprehensible course.
relatively easy
I think Punctuacion is the main topic
Simple, fast-paced and cohesive. If you want to know your shortcomings in writing, this is the course you need to enroll in.
This is going great so far!
Thank you. It was very useful
This course is very useful to me. I enjoy it .
Beautifully designed, professional demeanor, I liked the course! Strongly recommend completing this course!
Well presented and very useful.
Well structured and good content. very helpful
I would have liked some more depth in the course. While the course name says "punctuation", it deals only with commas and to a small extent, with semicolons. The assignments and practice exercises need to be tougher. Also, given that this course is taken by students from all over the globe, it should mention that the "serial comma" is not mandatory in all writing styles.
This course is simple and easy to follow. The lesson that had a great impact on me was about commas. When I learned about it's proper usage, I realized how long I'd been using commas in the wrong way! Thank you UC Irvine for this course! ;)
It's a really good course when you are trying to understand more of the grammar and improve your writing
Great! Easy to follow and comprehend
Love this course. Love the teacher she makes grammar easy.
I wish it was more in-depth at times with some grammar that is slightly relevant with the course.
Easy to see your progress during the course. It works!
Great course and beneficial one.
Excellent course! You can make it even better with concise handouts for every lesson which highlights all the main points for personal future use.
This is a great course for learners who are looking for a principal course to study or self-standardize academic writing
This course very nicely designed to improve writing skills. I liked every part of it.
It was a great course, clear, complete, easy to understand and very helpful.
Thanks a lot! This is a very helpful course! I highly recommend it for everyone who studies English!
I am finding this course very useful for me. Some places I lack using some correct verbs and sometimes not seeing parallel structure of the sentence, this course is helping me identifying those areas which are needed to be corrected.
This a great course.
I enjoyed this lecture. Thanks!
clear organization and logic
the grammar and puntuation lectures are so simple and effective. the whole course is ultimate if you want to improve your basics about writing whether it is puntuation or sentense variety, paraller structure or use of connectors, just mesmerising.Although the tenses portion was short but yet it cleared the big confusion about present perfect and present perfect continuous, present perfect and simple present.a must course for all the novice and nice work courseera!!!
It is really an amazing course. It was helpful for me a lot and the lecturer was great. Thank you.
This class is exceptionally great! It's the best review I ever had for grammar and punctuation! Thanks to Coursera!!
Great course, specially the punctuation part!
Very good course to improve your English Proficiency.
Please add a forum so that people can share their thoughts; this kind of course requires lots of general discussion!
It's very beginning. Don't start writing without graduating this course.
On week 4 and I have learned quite a few things already!
This is an excellent refresher course to brush up on grammar and punctuation. Prior to taking this course, I was an overzealous user of commas. Now, I know when to use certain punctuation and how to explain it to others. I definitely recommend this course for anyone wanting to revise English grammar and punctuation for the purpose of teaching or tutoring.
Very useful! Thanks a lot! Now I can write more effectively in English.
It was a great refresher course. It was quick and to the point.Thanks a lot.
Very complete course. Looking forward for the Specialization
One of my favorites so far
Great course
I loved this course an the instructor. I got my confidence back on my grammar and punctuation, however, need more practice to reach the perfection of my writing. The flexibility to take the courses for free of charge is very much appreciated. Thank you Tamy and UCI for your effort!
I benefit a lot from this course, I really appreciate about it. Thanks
Very well designed course where theory and practice are perfectly balanced.
A very nice and useful course
Whether you have never studied grammar and punctuation, or you need to brush up on your previous knowledge, this course is perfect to learn quickly and precisely. You get just enough theory and plenty of practice.
Very useful and easy to learn!
the course is easy to follow and the explanations are very good as well.
One of the best courses I've had the pleasure the be part of.
A very efficient and educative course. It helped me a lot.
The course helped me immensely to put my knowledge of punctuation and grammar into order. I hope it'll help me to be more confident when I start working on my own pieces of writing.
Learning a so nice and essential language for free at at home... w
This course is engaging, fun, and very informative. I would suggest everyone should take it even if English is your native tongue. It will help you understand how and why our sentences are structure and deeper understand of the language. I am thoroughly enjoying this course. I really enjoy interacting with the other students that is most fun!
This course has a very good structure and has many useful practice options.
I took this course as a refresher, and I am very happy I did so! As I love writing, I wanted to make sure I use proper grammar and punctuation, so this course really came in handy!
It most be more effective
Useful, interactive, concise, and a great confidence booster.
It's ok.
This course was extremely helpful.
Very useful, but you need to have a good base English grammar knowledge. Logically-built, well-organized course. liked it!
It's simple but amazing! This course makes me more understand tenses in English.
Super useful and easy to follow.
This course was amazing! Thank you very much.
Great Course for English writing.
Good content, but without a creative didatic.
very nicely explained.
is excellent way of learn English . i really learn so many grammar and improve my English. i need your one advise. how i improve my reading skills. and improve my speaking quality. i hope you give me advise.thank you .
Great teacher - made everything to understand. Thank you ever so much!!!!! (I know that was a terrible use of punctuation.)
This course is really the greatest one about punctuation rules I have ever known!
It explains various grammar rules in a very clear and concise manner. Eager to learn more of English grammar.
Comes in very handy when you want to improve you English fast.
This is an excellent course to review your grammar and punctuation.
So far, I have learned much.I recommend you
Awesome course!I need practice all the topics viewed here. Really really nice!Good job Coursera and California University.
This course was very helpful to me to refresh some English grammar. In particular it's good to better understand punctuation and verb tenses.
The course was short and to the point which helped me understanding the use of punctuations specially Comma and semi colon and different types of sentence structures and variety.
Very interesting and easy to understand. I like it very much!
good way to go back to the basics
Simple and powerfull!
The course is very useful. It helped me to organize my knowledge of punctuation and avoid the typical mistakes.
It is a great course for those who like to improve their writing skill.
In the last couple of weeks, I have learned more about grammar than any other classes that I had taken in high school. This course really rocks!!
Very helpful. I'm loving it
This is a great course. It solved many of my writing problems. The last part of the videos need some improvement though.
Great. I also hope you create lessons regarding vocabulary building and how to use it in articulating effective and well-written essays/sentences.
very useful and helpful
I was never strong with English, but now I am finding that the importance of this subject is forcing me to take the time to become stronger at it. This particular course is well put together, and is helping me advance and practice my English technical skills.
Short course.Please add more content to it.
The course makes you learn:a) when you have to use Simple Past or Present Perfect;b) punctuationc) how to write in clear way.There are problems with IT platform: video often stops suddenly and sometimes it is difficult to understand where you are arrived in the course. Besides, sometimes you don't immediately understand what you have to do for passing to next step of the course.To sum up, the teacher is good. IT staff could do better.
This course helped clarify the uses of commas and semi-colons and the structure of parallel structures in sentences.
The course helped me to improve my English Grammar. Now, I can write paragraphs better than earlier.
Great course. Straightforward and enjoyable! Thank you guys!
It's been a pleasure to take these classes! The teacher holds the knowledgement and the most important, in my point of view, she knows how to teach!!! Very glad I enrolled this course!
Well organized course for those who wants to improve their English Grammar.
It was really useful!
It is a very good course for people who need a good revision of english grammar and punctuation. I learn things that i did not know previously.
Great course!
This is an excellent course of study for anyone in college and online bloggers. I wish you this class was offered to bloggers on the Wordpress site. Many of the blogger do not use any form of editing program to correct their mistakes.I would recommend offering this class to all blogging sites.
The course focuses on some of the most important aspects of English grammar which are used frequently. Also, these are the topics where students tend to make mistakes. However, few additional topics could have been added to the course
What a great refresher course! The professor really simplified the content into a format that was easily understood.
Fun to whet our skills. :)
This is an excellent course.
Thanks a lot.It was helpful
Concise and to the point. The initial evaluation was precise.
Very useful!
Extremely Awesome Course what I am looking for.
This course is basic yet informative. A great refresher course with a lot of resources and practice exercises.
It was a great course. I loved it too much. Also, it helped me. Thank you so much.
An excellent course to take for those how wants to improve grammar.
most interecting classes
Very good, simple, understandable course, for everyone who want to improve his English.
Thank youhopefully. it gives more pop up quiz. So, it can reduce boring
good course with great stuff
Well explained course that makes economics intuitive!
One of the few courses I REALLY liked. Strongly recommended!
The course was extremely useful in strengthening my existing knowledge of economics and truly delivered on its objectives. Thank you!
Interesting topic, good structure, competent lecturer, high learning effect, very recommendable.
Excellent course for refreshing basic economic principles. All theory put across in the course is contexualised through real world applications and discussions. Course flows logically starting with foundational concepts and branching out into applications and interrelations. I found it gave me a sound framework for assessing business events and activities in economic terms (albeit from a high level).
Graded assignments only for the ones that purchase the course are unfair. Coursera should always allow people to do everything even if they don't purchase. Purchase should only be required for certificates.
One of the Best Course on understanding economics policy making basics. Really enjoyed the course. Get to learn a lot. Quiz and peer grading assignment are challenging and get to know how to apply the theory in practice.
An excellent course by a fine teacher. The fifth star is dropped because graded quizzes are not available unless the certificate is purchased - unlike most Coursera courses in which I am interested.
extremely good course
I found the course very useful to review some basic economic policy concepts and to improve the understanding of major economic and policy making issues that challenge both policy makers and advisers today.Prof. Gayle Allard has a real gift to explain in a clear and appealing way complex ideas and policy issues.The only objection I would have regards the peer assignment grading which I found somehow lacking in realism and accuracy. I also found that, on the discussion forums, some of the mentors replies did not completely met expectations. Having said that, I would not hesitate in recommending this outstanding course to both beginners and more advanced students and generally to anybody interested in improving his(her) knowledge of economics. Congratulations!
The best macroeconomics class that I have ever had. Very clear explanations and linking all the theory with recent and historical events. I would recommend the course to anyone regardless if you are beginner or have some idea of the macroeconomics concepts.
Loved course, loved lecturer!
Great introduction to economic policymaking. Very engaging lectures.
Excellent course! Easy to understand.
It improved my knowledge on economic policy making aspects and help me in ready statistics better.
very clear and concise
Quite informative and relevant content, I must say.
good form of assignments
Using the simplest words and the easiest-to-get way to describe the macro policy making. one of the best courses I've had on Coursera. Thanks a lot.
The Course is simple yet informative. Sometimes we ignore very simple yet strong concepts. This course is very good for beginners. Also useful for those who wish to brush up their concepts.
The explanations are very intuitive and comprehensible. The lecturer did a great job and simulators provided are as good. Thank you
This course is awesome and really understandable for Economics students
Although you cannot do the assignments unless you upgrade, I learned so much. Prof. Allard was very clear, and gave many great resources that I have used in other courses. This class shaped my political opinions on fiscal issues and helped me to understand the implications of tax and welfare reform in terms of the general public. This online course was definitely on par with and a great supplement to my Ivy-league education. I would highly recommend this to anyone who is studying social sciences.
Crisp and clear explanation of complex topics
Although the course was very useful, I couldn't complete the course due to an assignment. The assignment is very unrealistic and the graders don't give any feedback!! The assignment is open ended question and not difficult but took significant time, when I submit I was unable to pass.
The course is very much tailored and suits the one who would need a clear understanding on the Fiscal and Monetary Policies. Much more it is easier to understand with the examples presented and instructor Gayle had put it together effectively in the course.
Love the lectures!
Thanks everyone that help to do this course a exemple of excellence instruction, specially to Gayle. Thanks very much.
Very well organized, I must say. The course takes a light start from the fundamentals and then jumps to the economic intricacies of the world.
The lecturer is great, making points clear and the whole logic easy. Love this course~
Excellent course to gain macroeconomic fundamentals, even for people without economics background.Wide range of questions in the discussion forum helps you clarify various queries you might have.Overall, i am very satisfied.
This course is well worth a student's time and effort. There are excellent presentations by the professor, but in it's current format the course is too short for the amount of technical knowledge implicit in the material. In addition, the quizzes are poorly written. Some questions are asked at the end of modules when the subject of the question is not even introduced until the following module. Further, for some questions the right answer is either not given in the choices presented or the grading protocol doesn't recognize the correct answer. Some questions ask what answer is "most correct" which implies that there is a strong element of subjective judgement involved in its formulation. The student is allowed only one attempt at a quiz every 8 hours, where many other Coursera courses allow 3 attempts every 8 hours, which is more conducive learning and retaining the material due to the instant feedback. Finally, there are several "NOT" or 'opposite answer' questions which are valid but confusing, so the student must be careful when answering.Recommendations: 1. Add at least three more sessions to the class and spread the technical material out over more sessions. 2. Rewrite the quiz question set to clarify what you are asking, and make certain the material was covered in the module you are assessing. 3. Don't use 'what is the best answer' ("most correct") type questions, they are ALL too subjective to be fair. 4. Recheck the grading protocol to make certain it is properly evaluating the answers.
Excellent Course! A Must do Course for a better understanding of the world around you. Gayle is an excellent teacher and gives you a great basis to be more aware of whatas going on out there in the economic persective and give you a critical thinking as well if what is being done really is the way we should go foward I defenetely recommend this course.
Its just clear and simply real.
The best thing about the course is that it doesn't seem rushed. Everything is explained at a good pace. Moreover, the syllabus is quite unique in the sense that it seamlessly connects theory with the real world.
Great Course.
Very good, absolutely essential for understanding current affairs!
Concepts very well explained by Gayle. People from all backgrounds can understand this course. Looking forward to many more courses from her.
Really i like this course, because you can learn more with the software created for this seminary! but i would like that this course would have a second part, that would be awesome!
Really amazing
This class is organized in a very clear and logical way. The instructor is very knowledgeable and conveyed her teaching clearly. This is one of a few Coursera classes that i get the most benefits from.
Love this class. Gayle is great. Taking it again. I will continue to refer to it. Gayle breaks the concepts down into bites that you can digest.
Great course! Very clear and well paced.
This module is quite informative but easy to understand. I believe Prof has put a lot of efforts into the designing of this course.
i need more of this course please
Excellent, excellent course! All you need to know about basic economic concepts that allow you to follow a country's macro-economic performance and intelligently participate in economic policy debates. Professor Gayle is great at explaining complex concepts in an easy-to-understand manner. Highly recommend this for country and risk analysts or anyone interested in current affairs.
Excellent explanations, and very creative assignments such as the policy simulator and the peer-reviewed assignments.
Anyone aspiring to understand world economics would benefit a lot from this course
very interesting course developed with high pedagogical approach
Amazing Course for students from all backgrounds who are interested in the basics of Economics and hoe The world economics work. The excellent delivery of Prof Gayle Allard and her easy to understand examples was a big help. A must do course.
For understanding economic policy making this course is phenomenal....
Best course yet, a simple to understand teaching approach to a complex concept.
Gayle was an outstanding lecturer. I have little economics background and I was able to follow all lessons quite well. Videos were of perfect length, not too long. I enjoyed the graphs, etc in presentations as well as the questions in the middle of a video (to see if we were paying attention). Quizzes were very helpful. The big assignment with the simulator took some time but was worth it. It brought together all ideas and I think it taught me a lot.This was my 1st coursera course so i think the bar is set very high.
This course was very helpful for me to know about the indicators that gives you the hint about how healthy the economy is ! This course allowed me to read the news about economics, how to interpret the figures mentioned in the news, how good the policy makers are whether appropriate/inappropriate considering the situation, where the rest of the countries stand in todays world. On top of it assignments and final exam made my understanding even deeper and precise. Thanks to IE Business school and Coursera platform for offering such a wonderful course for a begineer like me.
Great introduction to the field
Great insights, I now feel like I am macro-economically literate and I will be using this information when interviewing and now possible grilling certain politicians in my town!Thank you Gayle!
Good course, well structured. Just needs some technical improvements in order to be able to review wrong / right answers in quizzes.Nice to have a second more advanced course in this topic.Joaquín
Please reconsider the peer reviewed assignment as it is not very transparent and inefficient.
An excellent course. The lecturer was engaging, the material was interesting - I have a basic economics foundation and I found that my understanding of these basics improved, even while I feel much more empowered to have an opinion on policymaking in the world.It was great to be able to complete a project even though the course is on-demand.
This is a great intro to economics. It's a timeless subject that is explained very well by Professor Allard of IE, Madrid. I would recommend this course to anyone.
A short course very well explained. it covers key points in economics, thus making the understanding of economic policymaking easy. very well explained by the instructor. look forward to doing similar courses.
Excellent overview economics course. Dr. Allard does a fantastic job explaining basic economic concepts and principles so that a novice can better understand this one critical aspect of their world.
Easy and short. Good introduction into how government can influence real economy.
This course would help you better understand the basics of macroeconomics and how economic policies affect the performance of a country.
Thoroughly enjoyed this class. It was a great refresher, educational and informative. I found it very easy to follow and keep up with.
Great course from a substantial University and also a great Professor. The course is very well organized and the Professor conveys difficult concepts with an understandable way. You not only will be able to read newspapers and understand what is going on the economy, yet you will get the knowledge to see behind politics. A well educated citizen can make good decision.
It's the best economic course that i have ever seen. Gayle Allard is the teacher from God ;)
Well presented.
Everything excellent, especially using IT for explaining with graphics. However, I think it needs a bit development on quizzes.
This course is one of the most well organized and easy to follow and understad, in the same way it is very compitable with the Idea of online learning , it is not boaring not long and right to the pointkeep it up
Very nicely and comprehensive taught. Material is supported with lots of graphs and multimedia that makes it more exciting. Short quiz questions are incorporated into the videos to keep the students alert, and the articles provided as a mandatory reading keep the link with the real world. I think the corse makers did a fantastic job!
Very good course. The final assignment was 'stretching' and I enjoyed this challenge!
VERY INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING
Excellent. I really enjoyed watching the lectures
Excellent course and very enjoyable teacher. Tough assignment but well worth the effort. Really made economics very interesting
Amazing course, allows for an accumulative learning process very well designed.
what an awesome course! The Lecturar makes complex things appear simple. Highly recommended.
Difficult topics made made to understand.
Very insightful, explaining the basics to those who didn't know much about macroeconomics.
great course
Dear Professor Gayle Allard,Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and time with us.Regards,
Great intro to macroeconomic policies for the uninitiated / semi-initiated. Prof. Gayle Allard's teaching style makes a world of difference. Her methodical approach towards making an inference and reaching a conclusion is probably the best I've seen amongst all the teachers I've ever had.
Please decrease the time between the retake of the quizz! I can't wait for 7 days in order to retake a quizz!
it is a great course especially for those who like to work upon different models and practise their on results. Gayle has been outstanding throughout with her complete, clear and crisp explanations and diagrammatic representations. It provides a great insight into real life applications and reasonings. Great effort ! Kudos !
Great course for people with limited notions on economic policymaking. Great to-the-point videos and quizzes that give an excellent picture which perfectly fits today's policymaking frame.After taking this course I think I can fully understand what the newspapers talk about regarding economic policymaking
Very interesting and useful course. Really enjoyed it. Thanks!!!
I have learnt a lot from this course. Thank you so much for making this course available in Coursera.
Very good content, instructors, materials and exercise. I give 5 stars with a small remark: Some technical issues, grading and recognition enhancements, would leave this course even better.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Starting from zero, I have reached somewhere in this topic.
This is a very good course to understand macro economics & how to read current world economic scenario. I did this course once in past & I am not taking it again. It is good to do once in 6 months until you master it...
This is a very useful course for understanding economic policymaking. After studying this course, I can read and understanding many economic articles and infer the consequences of new economic policy issued by government. It also helps me understand how a new economic policy issued by another country can affect to economic situation of my own country.
Very nice material, goes directly to the point.Very practical approach.For those interested in the Keynesian economic view, altough not explicited in the material this is the Economic School chosen for the course.
Excellent course! Truly remarkable and eye-opening! I loved it!!
The best course for learning macroeconomics
Very good course. Explained in a clear and interesting way by the professor. Thank you.
great profesor. interesting topic, definitely recommend it
Subject is Great .. but no Verified Certificates
cool course and good quality
Gayle Allard is simply an outstanding teacher.Strongly reccomended, this is my thirteenth course with Coursera. I've so liked this course the first time, that I'm doing it again. With IE Business I've attended "Critical Perspectives on Management" by Rolf Strom-Olsen, outstanding Too.
The course is well structured and helps us understand the basic fundamentals in economic policy making,
Thank you so much for instructing Ana Pelayo.
Excellent foundation course; particularly helpful was the use of metaphors. The weekly essays were thoughtful statements that encouraged reflection on what had been learned.
Very interesting and fun to learn!
Wow, I learned so much in this course. I was able to apply what I was learning every week to my teaching, and I am telling you every week I was seeing instant positive results in my classes by applying what I learned in this course. Freaking amazing, I was drowning so to speak up until I found this course because I was teaching but I didn't really know how to teach, but when you're abroad, the opportunity to teach is so available, people will hire you without much experience at all, but I found myself wanting to give more to my students than just a warm body in the room. I wanted to make it fun and interesting for them, and I wanted them to actually learn stuff too. I didn't quite know how to go about it, I didn't know which techniques were good and/or bad. This course, in a nutshell, taught me all of that and more. Great stuff, best money spent this year. So worth the money, seeing how much I got back from it immediately.
I would make it a 5 but this course will not list on my "completed courses" and that annoys me.
Great course so far. The videos are great and the amount of time needed to go through the course is perfect for working professionals.
The amount of material was just enough to achieve it besides working. Videos were interesting and enjoyable to watch. I will definitely continue the course
unprecedented course
The course provides essential and relevant information and good techniques and tips and examples. The teaching method is vivid and impressive. Thank you for making this course. I can learn a lot from it.
Great course. Greetings from Egypt. :)
I really suggest to everyone to take these all courses. Because for fututre English teachers it is the best course online to take and to know all aspects of metod of teaching.
Very Informative and well presented.
Very good course!!!! It teaches a lot!!!
I am able to become a better teacher of English thanks to this course!
I like this course, it is really helpful! The teachers are awesome!
Engaging and informational! I've tried a different TESOL program and wasn't happy. This is the best!
Resourceful insights for me to start ESL learning experience!
Wonderful and amazing course provided by ASU. I highly recommend this for any teacher of ESL or TEFL or CELTA. What a beautiful MOOC. Well done. Great content. Amazing teachers!
I loved it! I feel like a learned a lot about teaching a language and it makes me feel like I might actually enjoy teaching more.
Wonderful Class! I learned so much from the instructors here that I just want to reach out and hug them! :) Thank You So Much for this opportunity!
Great course! Funny, interesting, and captivating. All this, while getting the message across.
This course is essential for anyone who wants to be a language teacher. I have taken an online advance TESOL certificate but unlike it, TEACH ENGLISH NOW! Foundation Principles course is what I needed: the video lectures, the readings were all presented clearly and the tasks are reasonable. It's refreshing for those who have been teaching English for a long time who might be thinking of giving up or who might be very tired by now, this course is just invigorating !
I Love this course, and I need more reviewing from you
Very interesting
Wonderful course!! I'm so glad I did it! The professors are great!! Loved all the explanations and exercises!!
Excellent course, but where is my certificate?
Pretty basic stuff.
This is an awesome experience and a fine way of learning.
Unique and incredible Course,Thank you so much,Highly appreciated,Abduladheem Hashem
The course very helpful, easy to understand, the teachers made the course great with the great method of teaching.Thanks for providing such a great course.
Amazing, thank you all.
Very informational. I really learnt a lot from this course and definitely recommend it to everyone who is teaching. Not necessarily English, but if you teach music, maths, etc... this can be a very useful course.
The best andrewarding course that I have ever seen.
This course is excellent, I learn a lot from my peer teachers and every video and test make me a better teacher
Dr. Shane Dixon, Jessica Cinco, and Dr. Justin Shewell make the course so fun and engaging that you almost feel that you are doing no work at all. They used metaphors and skits which made material which could have been boring and tedious, exciting and easy to remember. Non-native English speakers will find this course easy to follow, as the instructors do not speak too fast nor use advanced vocabulary where unnecessary. They present theory, but this course teaches on another level as you can see how the instructors themselves implement these theories in the way they teach you the course. It says that the course takes six weeks, but if you work hard you can finish it in one.
The course is great. I enjoyed every minute of it.
The course is easy going and broke down into an easy way to pase yourself week after week.
I really really liked this course. I think that is very sliding and enjoyable.
This is a great course that is presented in a way that makes learning easy.
this course reminded me of the importance in encourage the students in learning english in an interactive and motivated way letting them take control in their learning as well as the teacher in order to create the best astmosphere for the students!
My teaching has improved exponentially since I started taking this course. Thank you all! - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Although the information provided by the course is good, I do find it a bit difficult to listen to the videos. In truth, I typically read through the transcripts instead of watching them. I understand the the professor is attempting to provide an interesting and engaging experience, but I end up feeling as though I'm being talked to like I'm a child.
I'm only rating this course 3 stars because it's just too easy. The information is good (what there is of it) and is presented well. It's just that the amount of effort needed to pass is minimal.For example, the fifth week had fewer assignments than the previous weeks, and the six week was only a quick review.The problem I have with these courses being so easy is that online courses already suffer from the widespread view that they're not as valuable as a "real" in-person course. So, when yet another one of these online courses is incredibly easy to pass, it only adds fuel to those people's arguments and reduces the overall value of the certificate of completion.I want my certificate to mean something. Please stop watering down these courses! Ditch the pay you pass mentality. Include more material to read. Make the tests longer and more difficult. Because, as they are, they don't even compare in difficulty to the junior college courses, much less the university courses, I've taken in the past.
I can say Just Excellent course, and also very interesting lectures and professional teachers
This was truly an amazing experience. I learned so much and know that my teaching has improved since taking this course.
When I started TESOL course, I didn't quite understand this module. Now, I'm almost at the end of part 2 of this course, and finally, I have a better understanding some this foundational principles. It's a great course for anyone who wants to understand basics of pedagogy.
Excellent course, very interesting lectures and professional teachers)))))
I have been an ESL teacher for many years, still found this course very helpful. Recommend it to anyone who wants to teach English.
Great course
GREAT 101! CLEAR, WELL STRUCTURED. HELPFUL.
The best course ever!!!
I am so happy to have an opportunity to learn this course. It gave me a crucial insight on how to teach English and motivate both students and myself.
I was motivated to go to my course everyday!!It was exciting and meaningful at the same time.
I have never studied any online lesson that is fascinating like this one.
Exceptional Course. Loved it :)
absolutely great course!
This course is really helpful for educators and those who are studying to become one. Great course!
a really helpful course. i get to know a lot of useful knowledge. thank you!
This course provides fundamental principles for learners to get familiar with teaching English, and it paves the way for further education for TESOL.
It's so important and helpful course. Thank you very much Coursera!
Thank you very much! I really loved all the lectures!
My name is Erik Ramirez from Guatemala. I really enjoyed this fantastic program. I liked the fact that you not only get the theory but also can apply it in your classrooms obtaining great results. I highly recommend this program.
I can not thank enough all of our professors in this course especially Dr. Shane!I have gain a lot of insights about language acquisition and various teaching techniques.
low-level content for people with no teaching background
Pretty basic stuff but you have to take it to advance to presumably more interesting material
Thanks to coursera and university of Arazona for this great course ..I enjoyed it so much,,It will be of a great help for my career..Special thanks to the instructors
Easy, accessible program. Very happy I signed up for this course, and I am looking forward to the next class in the series.
Easy to follow, great information. I learned quite a few things in this course.
Absolutely excellent principles, techniques and outcomes! A new world opened for me. Excellent! A truly 3rd-millennium course!
Great course!
It helped me a lot in improving my teaching skills. I really suggest this course to any teacher. Lisa
thanks to all teachers and students i am so happy to being here with you. this course help me to see my skills level and teach me to how can i improve them. i am a students of English language teaching and i am the one of the future teacher with this course i will be a good teacher and i will guide my students according to what i learned here. it is very useful for future teachers. thanks for everything.
Great course!! Thanks!
This was an excellent class to take to prepare teachers and to remind teachers why we love our jobs, it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Dr. Shane Dixon is great!
I have just finished this course and got high grades. I cannot wait to start the next one but I think the next is more difficult.Highly recommended course
Thank you for giving me this precious courseI have learned a lot of things from youThank you for your effort.
It is really amazing and it's a must to be a professional teacher.
It was a big pleasure to be part of this course. Planning to enrol next course in Specialisation.
I am very glad of having the opportunity to take this module, Dr. Shane and his colleagues were wonderful. I was very delighted with the explanations and finally I am processing all that information to apply it in future classes.Thank you very much.
Great overview
Such talented teachers, entertaining videos, a great place to explore to see if ESL teaching is something you'd enjoy for free before committing to a certification.
Thank you for the course. It was exciting and helpful. I enjoyed it very much and gained m
Course was good but I thought more could of been added to the content to make more understandable. For ex. videos
This course he
I have learned a lot from this course even I have taken the TEFL from USA .the teachers and the teaching methods in this course are so good .i have learned many teaching techniques from the teachers than the material it self specially DR.shwan
A really good course, giving you the needed foundation on what is required when becoming a language teacher.
This is a wonderful and friendly course that, at any moment, seems relatively easy yet conveys a smart and sensible pedagogy to help students acquire a language. Each week's coursework lays out a simple metaphor, yet that chain of ideas leads to some very sensible ideas like how one shouldn't feed English to students the way one feeds corn to geese for paté, but, rather, that students should be motivated to teach themselves by immersing themselves in language communities. So this course was a lot of fun, yet in only a few weeks I've learned more about pedagogy than I did on a five-year English-teaching trip around the world.
My thoughts on this course is that it is excellent and all teachers should have it.
Good Course. Would have been nice to have some more interactive bits.
the course was really informative and helpful, especially some theories and studies are 2007 and i just knew about since i graduated in 1995, I think all teachers should do these courses regularly,and we hereby thank Coursera and ASU and all those who make it happen and I will go forward with the second course for sure, wish me Luck.Mustafa.
It has been a very good course for me. Interesting, it stimulates me to continue my training :)
Great way to introduce us to the joy of Teaching English. It explains many resources to get an idea of how could you do it the right way on Teaching English, tips and advices and the best techniques for learning and acquiring English as a foreign or second language.
happy from the coursera..
is a very fun and all the course in interesting, all the information contain a great amount of evidencethank a lot
Very informative. Although an introductory course, this program was full of teaching techniques and principals that every prospective and current teacher should acquire and implement in to their own lesson plan and style.
Thank you so much for this opportunity to learn. I come from a precarious environment of social disorders, and I now have the means to an end. It looks it will be a very good journey... thank you!
one of the best courses that I have ever attended
This is class is great. It helps put teaching a foreign language in an applicable way.
Great course to anyone who wants to teach second languages.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Already, I am learning a lot about teaching English to speakers of other languages! I am also able to sharpen some old skills and learn some new ones.
I loved it!
Thanks ASU for the Certificate and thanks for the tremendous knowledge they share, I am very delighted to learn a lot from you!I have to admit that you have set a great balance between delievering a lot in even very short video lectures! You did a great job! Many thanks..
I really enjoyed the class. The videos were interesting, entertaining, and educational.
Good course, i have learn alot of thing
In the first week the course gave a bonus video called Teacher Talk. This could be gave for each week, a great lecture based on theories and techniques taught during the course, recorded from real world classes.
Great course,The Instructional videos are done in a way that they are easy to understand.
A great course with easily understandable information and materials.
Great course!
An amazing course , with great content , it was so interesting I was addicted to it.Five star recommendation
Interesting and very entertaining!
Great class!
Great course and excellent teacher! I like it so much!
Great intro to how to teach and what it makes it to learn. I started using what I have been learning here right away in my ESL teaching practice. Great job. I highly recommend the course.
A smart course! I love it!
It was great to spend time with you! All these principles, I knew them intuitively, but you helped a lot to build a structure in my head! Thanks a lot!!!
It is useful and quite helpful.
It was a great experience!!! I recommend it, i learned a lot
A thoroughly enjoyable and useful course.
I love this course. It is really useful to my career. Thank you
it is very good program and I really enjoyed learning it.
Thank you! This is a fun and useful class.
Great course!
I love this course! Wanted to say Thank you to our teachers of this course! Something i already knew and something was really interesting and new for me :) Nice course and Awesome (with the capital A, of course) teachers :)
The course was really amazing, I loved the didatic of the course, all the metaphors from Dr. Shane helped me a lot . The disign of the course was clean and easy to undertand and the quality of the videos simply perfect.I will suggest all my friends that are teachers to do the course.
I highly recommend this course for those who wish to learn and teach English as a Second Language. I am so grateful for the opportunity to be in this program where I have learned a great deal right from the very beginning of this course up to the last discussion of the topic... that I couldn't help but finished the course earlier than the usual scheduled date... and that I have to rate this course TEN (from 1-10 where ten is the highest). It was such a nice experience to learn something new, or even if some aspects I learned it before but I have gained a tremendous, in-depth knowledge and solid foundation about this course: like the use of metaphors, the Grasser's theory of intrinsic motivation, the Vygostky's scaffolding, Body Language and the teachers talk, the i+1 learning, the 80/20 rule, the diffuse mode and focused mode of learning and more!. And one thing that I really enjoyed more was the assumptions or the essential questions in the assignment which involved critical thinking. Thank you so much for this course, and to all the staff who created this language learning website, to the staff behind the scene and especially to Dr. Shane Dixon thank you for generously sharing your knowledge and expertise on this field. I salute you! Very impressive!!! Thank you!
Great course! Great instructors! Great teachers and content. I strongly recommend to green horn teachers as well as experienced teachers. Thanks for this course! I will finish this specialization even both parts)))
Great course!
Amazing course, I fully recommend it to anyone who want to improve his/her educational techniques.Greetings and thanks ASU/Coursera
Excellent!I enjoyed leaning this course.It helped me to recollect my teaching experiences into the theories taught by my instructors of the Teach English Now; and share experiences of the teachers from the global society of education who participated in the course.
A very helpful course on English teaching!
the best one i like it
very useful course
It is the best course. I believe The certificate Is surely going to be beneficial for my career.
There was interesting information in the class, but the peer review questions were not well developed to stimulate thought and new ideas. Many of the answers I read were just repetitions of what was learned in class. I think the objectives and expectations could have been more clearly communicated and the statement themselves better thought out. I also did not find the peer review process to be that productive as a grading tool. The parameters for grading were extremely simple and the feed back was quite subjective from students that did not understand the assignments.While I learned some useful information, I won't continue with this course.
a perfect experience - thanks!
you are great thank you :)
A little too basic in my point of view.
This was an outstanding introduction to teaching English, but as a practicing teacher of a different subject, I found it helpful for teaching any subject. I strongly recommend this course!
Excellent course! It really surprised me how easy it was to understand all the concepts show, and yet all these concepts are really useful. As someone that loves education, these is a really good introduction into the teaching world.
Very useful.
Good course I useful from first part but I have a problem with verify
It is all an excellent job and excellent combination between instructors, course, and Coursera platform. Well done. And good luck all.
this is one of the most enjoyable courses i have ever attended !
The discussions in the last three week were shallow. However, I liked the first three weeks. I really appreciate your work. Thanks
Perfect Course!
I have learned more techniques on how to have my pupils master their skills. The foundational principles are so helpful in dealing with issues on how to deal on ample time for acquiring the language. And this principles is not only applicable to language but on all the learning areas. I find it great and helpful..More power to all of you.GODSPEED.
This course is a great introduction to the principles of teaching English.
I not only learned from this course but I had a lot of fun while learning. It was like I'm seeing the theme of teaching in action in front of my eyes.
Very interesting and useful course.Thanks a lot !
I really enjoyed course 1, it was easy to understand and follow! I only wish that I could get my papers scored faster so it shows as complete.... still I can work at my own pace (fast) and earn my certificate so I can get to the good stuff... working as a teacher!
It's great for anyone interested in teaching ESL!!! I strongly recommend it
It is a recommended course for any teachers out there. Even though this course is focusing on teaching English language, I find that it is still helpful for teachers of any other subjects, even other languages! I thoroughly enjoy weekly assignment even though I have to admit that I didn't complete some by the end of the week. But, it is all on me because I am responsible for my own learning. Good luck to everyone who is taking this course and anyone who will be taking this course! Cheers!
I really did enjoy taking this course. The information that I received helped me to implement new ideas and concepts into my language classroom. It also made me stop to think "Why do I teach?" I think looking at your own personal motivation helps you to remember and develop a better strategy to use inside your language classroom.
thanks for every thing , the most thing i loved in this course is to not being an actor , and i hope you to find a more better way to activate students and teacher communication
I like this class so much, let me get lots of new information for professional English language studying.
Awesome Education.
It was a very useful course. The ideas were simplified by giving simple examples which are not easily forgotten!
I really enjoyed the course, I had a great experience and learnt a lot over the weeks with this Foundational Principles. Looking forward for the next step.
Really.. Awesome Course :)
A very useful course! I like it so much!
it was really great course. thank you
Excellent course with relevant content, good directions and easy to grasp.
Engaging and thought provoking. Wonderful course!
I found this class very enjoyable. The professors were engaging and informative and the workload was reasonable.
I am happy I did this course it was really an eye opener.
I highly recommend this. It is very informative.
Absolutely amazing course for building the Foundation Principles. The teachers are extremely helpful and teach the course in the most effective and fun way. Arizona State University have taken a great initiative by starting the Teach English Now course.
I love the course and it is so useful.The Lecturers are so wonderful even thougth all the lessons are on the video but I really can feel their efforts to make the course more approachable and easier to catch up.The principles and techniques introduced about language learning are really pratical and scientific.Besides, reading other learners' assignment is also beneficial to me!Love it soooooooo much!I will keep on learning as soon as I've got spare time!Hope I can get the final certificate!Thank you all who have made contribution to making this course! You guys are just awesome!
Excellent course. Wonderful opportunity to understand TEFL principles and to comprehend learning from the student's point of view.
great foundation course, gets you working on a knowledge portfolio!
perfect.I liked it very much.Thanks
Easy to follow and understand
I would not refer anyone to this course. Although the content is well done, the tech piece of the course is sooooooo frustrating. At one point during the course I kept rating and rating my peersʻ assignments and the system would not accept it. I later found out there was some kind of tech issue. There was NO communication from Coursera whatsoever regarding this--no email, nothing to me or the class as a whole. So, we just had to keep checking and submitting ratings to see if it would finally be accepted. I find this bizarre, to say the least. Now, I am in the third course and the SAME thing is happening! I work full time, have a second job, go to school, raise two boys as a single parent and time is of the essence for me! I do not have time to waste! I keep wasting my time with tech issues. That is so disturbing. Somehow or another we should be kept abreast of tech platform problems. This is crazy.
Awesome course, very helpful!
Excellent instructors and information! I am looking forward to continuing learning useful tools in the next course of this serie.
Thank you for creating the course! It must have cost you a lot of effort and I really appreciate it. Thank you for all the wonderful and shrewd metaphors that helped me visualise certain problems. You are great :-)
Truly amazing course. Expecially Dr. Shane Dixon who is an embodiment of what he is teaching throughout the course. I have learned a lot and also enjoyed a lot. Planning to continue with the specialization. Thank you so much, Coursera and Arizona State University! I'm you fan!
Very inspiring and practical!
This course was engaging and opened my eyes to concepts I never considered.
wonderful course!
It's Interesting.
It has been an exceptionally bright insight into the world of ESL, with clever partecipants, and wonderful teachers.
Great teachers, fantastic techniques and information. My only complain is that the certificate doesn't comes with the number of hours.
I like watching these training videos, I leaned a lot from it
I loved this course. Thank you Coursera!
Great way of teaching through metaphores. I found it very interesting and useful.
it was really fantastic
Great, I learned many useful and interesting things.
I had a very positive experience with Teach English now. Thank you
Great course that introduces the foundational principles required to teach english efficiently. The course is very well designed and supported by enthusiastic videos...
I really enjoyed this course. The video lessons were very interesting, and at times quite humorous, which made the content quite clear and easy to understand. I am highly satisfied with the knowledge that I gained.
I loved the format and the practical ideas and instruction given during this course. I've learned so much I can immediately apply to my English classes!
excellent course thanks Arizona from Egypt
Very inspiring. Thanks!
There are issues with submitting assignments (failure to process submission in Coursera).Peer reviews may not be the best solution, as we have to wait a long time for our work to be reviewed!
Hi! Thanks so much for having this course for free, that gives me an idea if I actually want to pay for it or not. The teachers are really great. I hope to join this course again as soon as I can pay for it!Great job guys!!!
I was very lucky to join this course and the rest to capstone1. I'm waiting eagerly to complete the second part of the Teaching English Now!. So I advice whoever wants to join it not to hesitate and go on.
well organized, user friendly, brief but informative, based on videos (nevertheless, a transcription is always provided), if you are fond of metaphors you will definitely enjoy it. you have a choice to prepare a video clip (if you prefer the spoken language) or an essay (if you prefer the written language) for each assignment
It's very useful though theoretical course,there are many advice how to teach; methods,approuches and devices.It's a ineresting view with metaphors and psychological articals,learning strategies and recommendation how to keep professional without burning out but being bright candle with appealing fire .Not only burning to teach but ignite this fire in your students! I appreciate for this course and I hope it will be better and interesting in further parts.
What a great course with so important tools to learn how to teach english!
Great course!
it was great
In love with our profe!
Entertaining videos, and interesting written assignments to think about about language and how we teach and learn it.
This is an amazing course! The contents are great so as the instructors.
Great course. Essential for every ESL teacher.
I learned a lot of things .
simple and easy to understand and practice.
ASU has done a great job of putting together materials to present the ideas needed to teach English as a second language. It's far and away the most well organized and presented class I've taken through Coursera. I am auditing the class so I can't speak to the response times and response quality of the instructors but the forums seem active and I did get responses to my questions within a week. I look forward to enrolling for the certificate next year.
This course is light, easy to learn and to digest information. I can apply a lot of teaching techniques from this course! Thank you very much, teachers from ASU and facilitators for this course!
thanks for giving a great opportunity
Great, interesting course. All videos produced on the high level, definitely, by professional language teachers. I will suggest this course to my friends! I have learned a lot of new and useful information.
Great course with an outstanding teacher.I learned a lot more information than I expected.
I really enjoy the videos
This was a great refresher! I really enjoyed the process and it was well done. The information was not too much and there were many tools to help me understand, digest and assess the material.
It is very helpful for me!
Just the beginning now but a really great one !Love the content, the teachers videos are really well made and explanatory.I found the Coursera platform really well fabricated and intuitive.Everything is set to give us the best chances to thoroughly learn and earn that awesome life changing license !
I learned something useful, thank you
very interesting & engaging & enriching course content . Dr.shane is wonderful in his presentation.
I learned a lot! Totally recommended.
Great course if you are thinking of teaching or if you're learning another language.
Amazing, I really enjoyed the first part of the course
A thoroughly enjoyable experience. Well done . Information plus inspiration.
This course is great! It has really got me excited about teaching English in China. All the concepts are explained clearly and with metaphors that make you think a bit deeper than you might have otherwise. And if you do all the courses in their Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) series (8 in total), you earn yourself a coveted TESOL certificate! Good luck!
for novice teacher that's what they need
I have just finished the first course of this specialization. I don't expect it all to be as easy as this was for me. I'd say the coolest thing, the way I see it is that, throughout the whole course, they never talked about grammar or rules, rather about how we learn best; how students are affected by teachers; pitfalls of teacher burnout, how to's a few, and how not to, yes, but they mostly stayed toward the positive. Sure, there were some things which might be a little exclusively for language teaching, but I'd say, more, really, the things they explained were about teaching and learning in general. Anyway, I can get that grammar stuff out of books , on the net, or even on the Youtube. It's what makes me a good or a better or a worse or a useless teacher I want to learn. And up until NOW, it's exactly THAT they've been helping me with. One real waker-upper was when they suggested that neither the world, nor the classroom is ever (and never going to be) perfect. THAT was a load off my mind, and one of the most encouraging teacher helps I've EVER had: like, "Don't look at what you don't have, but what you DO have is what makes you a "professional"! (even if the lights go out!) Many Thanks! ---Rey Hudson
The course is excellent.The staff is excellent.
Thank you, thank you very much. I highly recommend this course.
In a word: Great! Great content, organization, great teachers!
i will love English with you
I just want to say thank you so much to Dr.Shane Dixon, Dr.Justin Shewell and Jessica Cinco for the wonderful job :) Love all of you .
Great course. Thanks
I learned a great deal, great explanations! My concept of teaching has greatly matured thanks to th
Great course, thanks!
Thanks, this course is an evidence of the advantages of a mooc and a good use of the technology, i learned a lot and i'll keep in mind all your advice. I want to go through all the courses of the specialization, even though i don't have the $$ to purchase for the courses certification, the important thing is that i'm learning a lot and my future first students will be the real certification and rectification of what i have leaned, giving my best self to teach them. Teachers. You are awesome. thanks
The teachers are amazing! Thank you!
I loved it! You're very good at motivating us to become better language instructors! Thank you so much!
That was an awesome course which was represented greatly by an amazing professionals . Special thanks to Dr. Shane Dixon and see you soon in the reset of the courses of the TESOL socialization.
Excellente course, loved the material!
I love this program. The content is amaizing, weel done, well prepared, concise, well explained... I love all the courses of this University!!
Great course! I loved it! :)
amazing teachers, content, smooth learning curve. Very practical and useful knowledge for the classroom teacher.
This was a fun and thoughtful introduction to foundational principles of teaching.
Happy to have found this course! Very informative.
I learned a lot here!
This class is very easy. It is a decent introduction, but has very little content. It is clearly made to be accessible to people from all around the world, and takes the content very slowly. The test questions ask you to recite information from the video lectures and reading, rather than thinking critically. It seems like they are just trying to make sure you watched/read the content and understood it, rather than making sure you acquired the knowledge. I guess it would be hard to grade essay questions in a class this big, but the content could go a little faster.
It was great. Looking forward to completing the rest of them.
this is amzing course. i really got high benefit of it. thanks coursera . thanks my lecturers.
great classes
Great, easy to follow course!
i like this course
Very useful!
I've learned a lot of usefull things! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this course! It was a wonderful path! Hope, I'll finish all the courses for TESOL certificate and will communicate with mentors not only as guides in teaching, but with experienced colleguages! As well as with classmates, it's great that we can create a network of ESL professionals! Thank you, Coursera!
Energetic teacher and well organized schedule
Great course
A great course, I love it.
very useful course I would definitely recommend to friends
Fantastic course. The lectures are clear, fun and tailored to the needs of teachers seeking to develop the fundamentals of the art of teaching.
I love this instructor and the course. I highly recommend these courses.
Great course on teaching!
This is an excellent course as an introduction to language teaching. Loved how the entire course was scaffolded and built upon very important language teaching techniques. I highly recommend this course for those interested in becoming a TESOL Instructor or as a review for teachers who are already teaching. I am very satisfied!!
Teach English Now! Foundational principles is an easy, understandable and almost intuitive first step towards a TESOL certificate. The course professors seem to be genuinely enthusiastic people.
This was my first online experience and I found it to be excellent and hope to complete many other courses -- what an excellent way to promote life long learning!
Love the pace of the course. The short videos. The summary.The essential question is the best part of the course triggering the need for getting deeper into analyzing what I am learning.
I really enjoyed this course....Shane is a fantastic and engaging teacher!
thanx ,this is a great course. helped me a lot in understanding how to deliver information in a new simple and efficient way.
It has given me a lot of inspiration and brand-new insights in my teaching career. Thank you!
The Foundational Principles portion of this specialization is really comprehensive, but also not complex enough that a new learner can't complete and understand the material. There is a strong focus on teacher technique that I appreciated. There is a good combination of audio-visual material and reading material. I prefer to learn through reading so it was nice to intersperse articles and authentic research with the lessons. Would definitely recommend this to new and seasoned learners!
It was the greatest course I've ever taken. The professional Instructors really make me feel enjoyment and love in this course. Thank you all for the best Instruction.
I enjoyed videos and the materials that were given in this course. I would definitely recommend this course to my friends course!
I found this course very good for new teachers, but a little repetitive for experience teachers. Still, a great course implemented with knowledge and enthusiasm.
It exceeded my expectations!! Thank you!
This course was a great, encouraging introduction into teaching English. It's just the direction I needed to begin my journey into TESOL/TEFL world.
It's very interesting, brief and exciting for beginners and encourage them to develop themselves in teaching. The instructors are amazing. They present things in an exciting way. Actually, I rarely got bored while listening to any of them.
I really enjoyed this course. The way Dr. Shane Dixon explained the subject is amazing. I learnt from him just like a child. Secondly, the course content is designed to the needs of English teachers. I would like to thank the course designers and teachers Dr. Shane Dixon, Ms.Jessica Sinco and Dr . Justin Shewell.
Teach English Now! this is awesome I wish I could have more than words to express how I feel about this course.I am most grateful to you Coursera and ASU
I like the course a lot. It is interesting and it seems very well organized. It is interactive in a way that challenges you to think and express your own opinion about teaching. That helped me gain a better perspective on language teaching and motivated me as a teacher. I do recommend this course. I am having fun while learning - best combination ever!
Excellent course. Content, teachers, structure, everything is excellent. Highly recomend this course for expertes and new teachers.
Everything was well explained. It's very informative.
This online course is very helpful especially for those who do not have enough time to go to a traditional class like me. :D
Really fun and easy. The course was cleverly presented and I appreciated the emphasis on some of the notables in the field. It wasn't very challenging or it would have been five stars. Nice.
Fantastic Course Structure. I have started using the methodologies in teaching not just English but German as well.Teachers are awesome and their delivery of the course is flawless.
Great course! Thank you to all excellent teachers and classmates. Wonderful and practical methodology.
Thank you! A very interesting and enjoyable course.
Content is too basic, seems unresearched. Instructor is distracting in manner in which he presents information - overemphasizes acting over content.
Marvelous, I wish I had done it just after receiving my degree
easy for new learners, but practical and meaningful!
One of the best and most interesting courses on the English language I have ever taken
Thank you very much for this great opportunity to learn TESOL in Coresera.
I really enjoy the course and way of presentation; with jokes and real life examples which makes it so practical.
This course is everything that I needed to start my journey as a teacher!Dr. Nixon is easy to understand, funny, and his sincerity reads through in each video :-)Thank you for offering this course!I feel more confident and prepared to continue studying and taking my TEFL now having taking this class.
The course is excellent!
I've learnt a lot thus far and it has transformed my entire preconception about teaching English language. Indeed "langauge is like cake" and not "anyone who speaks the language can teach the language". Thanks to you my Amazingly super great tutors. So glad to be part of your class!!!
I really enjoyed this course, and learned a lot. What I have learned will not only help with my teaching techniques, but also with my own personal learning.
The course was very interactive and the teachers made it fun, interesting and very easy to follow. The content was also all new to me. Very helpful!
Great resources. I am already using these ideas in my language classes. A great resouce to keep coming to time and time again.
Courses were easy to follow and contained lots of useful information. --Entertaining instructors who held my attention! Thanks :)
Thanks a lot!!! I love the way you give information!!!
Excellent course helping me to start my career as a TESOL teacher. I would recommend this course to my friends.
I really liked this course. It made me understand a lot about teaching and it was really helpful for me as an English Teacher. Thank you to the professors!
Thanks so much, I really got a great benefit that will help me while teaching :)
Enjoyed it - concise and allows for further research
Great course!
Excellent explanation. Great delivery! Thank you.
Great course, learnt a lot and got some good ideas to improve my technique
Really Really it's an awesome course! High content, High technique . Thank you Dr: Shane It's really nice to see ya ;)
This course was very informative and I enjoyed it because the teachers really try to make it interesting and relatable. I would highly recommend this course.
Great
Amazing and 100% useful!
I found this course really amazing! Dr. Shane must be a very brilliant teacher...
Excellent! I liked to much.
Great!
Most wonderful course , I love it.
An excellent foundation that sets the scene for future studies in ESL teaching.
good course
Excellent beginning, I am looking forward to the rest of the specialization!
Great instructors and great information. I learned a lot from this course.
I love how enthusiastic and passionate the professors are. Thank you so much for offering this.
I like this course a lot, since it seems to be there for me every time i need help with my lessons. Thank you for ASU!
Amazing instructors and a very well designed course. It was easy to follow, understand and apply the principles.Highly recommend!Good luck future teachers! :)
Exceptional professors and content. Thanks a million for this initiative!
a very well structured and super well delivered course.
Very helpful , creative and original.
Thanks for your effort .. I renew my information ,,, I have get benefit skills from you as the great stuff then from my classmates .
Excelent! Really useful!
One of the best courses I have taken on MOOCs! I wish I knew it earlier.
Wow: He is Fantastic: Danny Tukes- I am really enjoying these courses
It's so good.Teachers are really nice and funny! And I learned a lot! I love your metaphors about language!
this course is the best
A very fine tuned course, no unnecessary information, close to practice approach.Highly recommended to anyone.
Great course for learning the basics and getting started with teaching English.
Wonderful Class! Thank you
I really like this course.
Pretty cool stuff, getting off to a good start.Interesting, useful and relevant!
It is always good to review some Foundational Principles. Good course.
I learn a lot of interesting things from this module.
It is great course! It's informative and I love the lecturer's smile.
The course, and all other courses in the TESOL certificate project, is really helpful for those who are in peruse of a teaching career.
Wow an eye opening course. Living in sweden i found this course very intersesting. Thanks to the charismatic teachers in here.
There was some interesting information in here, and I found a few things useful. That said, you have to sift through a lot of gimmicks to get to the parts of the lessons that actually matter.
VERY complete, entertaining and interactive. The most well-designed course I've taken on a MOOC.
Awsome !!!
I'll recommend to takle this course!!!
I love this course!
it´s great!
thank you all i love you
hi its ayesha all i can say is every teacher should regardless of subject and field as language is a meager part of any learning experience
This was such a
Encouraging... Thank you very much!
thanks for this course. very interesting and useful.
Very useful!
Loved the use of metaphors, it makes it so easy to understand all the basic principles of language teaching/learning.
I had taken several courses on the basic principles of English language teaching. Foundatioinal Principles made clear a lot of concepts I had only partly understood in the past. I can recommend this course to both novice and experienced teachers.
I find this course quite interesting and with so useful concepts and tips I am adapting to my classes.
Simply superb course for anyone, who wants to pursue an English teaching job!
Wonderful course. Engaging and informative.
Upon completing the course: Teach English Now! Foundational Principles, the lessons were precise and insightful which enhanced my four years experiences in teaching English Now! in Shanghai, China. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this course.
great course! loved it! thank you for the stories and for the hard work to deliver this great course, the best I've seen .
I really enjoyed the course. normally online courses are a bit of a struggle to me. but not with this course. It kept me interested throughout all month. Thank you!
I'm starting the 4th module and I feel great with this course, that force me to insight every single technique not only for my teaching develop, also for myself and the way I face my own learning.Congrats!
A very good and useful course! It helped me to make my teaching better!!! Thank you!!!!
I enjoyed this course a lot!!
Helpful techniques on how to improve teaching is one of the keys to have quality education. Thank you Coursera for this opportunity.
The only thing is I would have liked to have the chance to give more detailed peer reviews.
It is the best place to learn.
The teachers are clear and offer insight into the correct way students should be learning language. The essential questions offer a great way to stimulate critical thought and helps in the digestion of the material.
I liked this course very much
Loved the course. Videos were appealing, serious though amusing. Would recommend this course.
Very interesting. I loved it!
Very helpful contents with videos of the length long enough to learn and short enough to keep learning interesting.
Shane Dixon's an awesome guy. I love watching his videos.
Thank you for a great and engaging course!!! It helped me a lot!!!
Very practical indeed!
one of the best Moocs I have ever taken.
Very helpful and encourages us to push boundaries without burnout and stress.
Very good course. You actually learn a lot.
This course gave a great baseline for getting started in TESOL. I learned as much from watching the professor model good teaching as I did from the content of the videos. I highly recommend this course if you are considering teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Enjoyed this first module! Learned a lot and the teachers are great!
All of the tips and tricks learned here will make my classes more interactive and productive!
Excellent teachers. Content and techniques were so easy to learn.
From ths course, I could learn a mental attitude of mind as a biginner teacher.
A nice introductory course. For people that already have some Teaching or Language Acquisition under their belt, there may be some feeling of review. However, there is also valuable information and fresh angles on how to look at some aspects of language learning and teaching.
It is a great course .Thanks to all the instructors ,but please I have the same problem with my grading of assignment Peer Review -Week 5.I am still waiting for my grading ,although I completed it all .Hassan Ali
It was interesting! Thank you!
Chloe KimIt is totally an awesome one you should take!
This course provides teachers with core principles that help them achieve better performances in class and ensure as well better learning results.
I really learn a lot of useful skills from the teacher in the vi
Awesome instructors! A really nice and easy way to understand TESOL principles!
The People Teaching this course are the best and they have so much life and show a good interest, they actually teach and they make the course enjoyable and by so doing i was able to pass all my quizzes and assignments.
Great course. Leaned a lot and have a lot of fun. Enjoy it a lot. Dr. Shane Dixon is truly five star teacher. His performance makes this course easy to learn. All the characters he played make the boring language theories live. Thank you very much!
Getting so much out of these courses. I usually lose my motivation for on-line learning after the first couple of weeks, or when my schedule starts to get in the way. But I MAKE time for this course. Thank you for your creativity and succinct videos.
The course is worthwhile and enjoyable at the same time. Very inspiring!
Great course! I learned many interesting things to apply in my class.
The same reason with course 2 . This course is perfect . I would recommend this one to my friends if any one needs it . But not friend around me
It was really interesting and simple to follow, and full of a rich content. It is highly recommended.
Efficient way for learning.
gives basic important knowledge of what teaching is about
highly recomendable to teachers who want to refrehen their knowledge
Highly recommend it.
Very good and useful course!!!!
Perfect introduction, the teachers are inspiring and empowering
I would give it 5 stars but , staff really needs to start reviewing assignments because there are a couple of bad apples copying the work of other students. We work hard and should not have our work plagiarized, but since it is peer review and not teacher graded, they get away with it.
Although much of the content seems common sense it is probably necessary to build a common foundation here for later courses. The peer assessments are potentially interesting but, in practice, the majority are so trivial--3 or 4 sentences repeating back material from the lectures--as to be hardly worth reading. Since there is no real qualitative assessment in the peer grading, the work put in by a minority is not acknowledged nor the shortcomings of many highlighted.The instructor is unbelievably upbeat and animated which some will love and others. . . not. I tend to be in the latter camp but recognise this may be due to cultural differences or simply that I'm a boring old sod!
The previous Coursera forum format was far more useful than the current, new, format used in this course.
I loved it!!
Teachers are fantastic. Lessons are interesting.
Bravo ASU!! Very helpful, professional and fun, thank you!
Very informative and interesting. Loved the format.
Very well organized. Video lectures are clear and build on previous lessons. It's obvious that this course was developed with the learner very much in mind. Great way to show teachers (who are their students) how to teach.
I know that it would be near impossible to do this on a website like Coursera where thousands of people are probably enrolled in your course, but it would be great if there was some real evaluation (teachers or experienced alums to comment on the quality) of our essays/responses.
I liked it! I learned many interesting facts, ideas and strategies; I took a lot of notes, they are a treasure! The ideas of teaching with videos is marvelous, fun!
Thanks for a great and informative course!
Great course and Amazing instructors!
Truly helpful! It's an engaging boost by going back to the basics.
I found the information presented in a very orderly fashion. The presenters communicated their ideas in a clear and fun fashion. It was good learning new techniques as well as being affirmed in what I have done in the way of teaching so far. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is teaching language.
Very well presented course. Thanks!
This course gave me the knowledge I lacked to teach basic English to my Russian students
A very interesting course to get an overall view of English teaching. Very well structured and with good and complete material.
Excellent course for establish concept about teaching
I looked forward to each week's newly posted lectures and other content. This is a well-organized course, and one learns the various principles, including the more technical, without much effort. Also, Dr. Shane Dixon is a gifted teacher: his success at teaching this class proves that the teaching methods he presents yields successful learning indeed. A recommended course!
I think it's a really good opportunity to be able to obtain a TESOL certificate online and this course seems to be able to do it very efficiently. However, I have found the approach of the style of the lessons a little bit slow and too dramatic- and somewhat even childish. I'm sure the planning of this certificate program is to ensure that people who take it will remember it so that they can really make use of it in their profession- so they probably avoided long and boring lectures. But still, I must admit that the lessons look a little bit annoying sometimes :) Still, thank you for the opportunity.
This is a well produced and presented course, ideal for rank beginners.
I love this course! Great videos and guided metaphors to understand the foundation principles of teaching. I had attended a traditional master course in language teaching, yet it's at ASU Tesol via Coursera I learned and understand the subject content more.
It was amazing experience.
The professors are very dedicated.They employ different approaches to teaching. I was able to understand fast.
Fantastic course with GREAT content!
It's a very interesting and interactive course. I recommend it a lot!
The Professors are nice, sympa, and excellent
Good introduction to the course!
great course
This course was beautifully made, the content was rich and meaty and yet not overwhelming. The modules were compact and yet well paced, presented using the very same principles being taught. My children (ages 8,10, 12) would even sit down and watch Dr. Shane's lessons with me, every week!Thank you very much to the team behind the Teach English Now specialization.
A very interesting course. Thank you!
I enjoyed all the video lectures!
Fun and straightforward!
This was a great introduction to a field I've long been interested in! Thanks for making this course available!
TESOL online is a dream come true. The best part is with the way the course is build and dealt. :-)
I absolutely loved it.
It's great! I recommend this program.
Wonderful course. I enjoyed it very much, especially all the advice and the question at the end of each week. I encourage whoever wishes to teach English to participate.
I am so impressed with the quality of style and content that this course was presented. I could see careful forethought, planning and execution of an online course that was a joy for me to be a part of. I totally recommend this course!
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it is designed brillantly.Top-notch teachers. everythis is clear and comprehensive,interstinand amazing tasks that make students think and express their own opinions.-thus invite to apply critical thinking.!
Shane is such a great teacher. I have learned a lot from him during this module and I can already apply all the techniques in the classroom and also while advising the teachers of the school I am a assistant coordinator at. Thank you, Shane, Coursera and ASU!
The content of the course is really useful and helpful and I like the way teachers present the material, thank you! :)
This is an excellent course that inspires thought about who you are (or want to be) as a teacher, fundamental teaching techniques and how your students might feel as language learners. Great metaphors and succinct but helpful videos. I loved this course.
Basic theory is very essential.
awesomeI enjoyed the courser so muchThank you
It's an excellent informattive & skillfull course.
Well developed and interesting. Looking forward to check the following courses on the series.
I am enjoying this course very much! Worth time in it.
The course is excellent! In fact, the professor, Dr. Shane Dixon is an expert able to capture and keep our attention.More yet, the content and the approach used are really good! The way Dr. Shane conduct the course and explain how to become a better teacher make this course a must for future teachers.I highly recommend, not just for english teachers, but those who wants to improve their abilities as professors at colleges and universities.
The material presented is useful. The instructors are wonderful. Even after teaching for 10 years, I found this course very helpful.
This course helped me take my life in my hands! It can help you too!
Presentation of information is amazing
Awesome!! Useful, concrete, dynamic, fun... I loved it!!!
Shane is great!
Very useful course!
I loved it!
Really enjoyed the instructors
I love this course, It was easy to understand and the work load was manageable. I like the fact that I can apply the same concepts to teaching Spanish.
Great!
Very nice course
It is a great course with a lot of useful information. It helps to understand the basic language teaching principles and how to avoid things like teaching burnout or loss of motivation.
I love the training and the teachers! Than
Shane Dixon is a little over the top, but it's clear that his energy and enthusiasm is backed up by his knowledge (also it makes sense that he would have such a personality considering the need for it in his ESL classrooms). Everything he says is directed towards helping you understand how to apply what you are learning in a class. Easily the most interesting online course I've taken.
Wonderful course, just what I was looking for. In the spirit of Learn How to Learn, which I took on Coursera last year.
I really enjoyed it , lots of helpful information too
A very well presented course.
I thought the course was good although some of the material a bit basic but it definitely will help with my teaching.
Very well organized and taught. Thank you!
Excellent course.It taught me so many important things.Dr Shane Dixon is so inspirational!I would definetely recomment it .
It opened a different perspective altogether of learning and teaching English... Learnt alot and fund it very practical. Thank you....Dr.Shane and all the faculty involved.
Easy to follow and clearly stated. Excellent!
I adore itthank you every one,doctors and my classmates
So far it has been amazing, exceeding all expectations. Thank you.
I loved returning each week to the videos, the assignments, and interacting with classmates from around the world. This class has been one of the very best that I've taken. On to course #2!
An interesting class every teacher should take!
I highly recommend this amazing course which is part of a four part series for Tesol certificate. It is full of great information and I learnt so much. All the videos and information is so professional and the tutors fantastic. Thank you so much.
Loved every module. The metaphors and videos were very helpful. Can't wait to take the next course!
It is worth a course to take as a teacher to upgrade yourself
Excellent! Fun and very informative. Impressive job done by the team. Can't wait for the final course!
so far, so interactive and the videos are great! Professor Dixon, I am loving your theatrics, thanks for making it so interesting and enjoyable to participate in the course.
Course is fun, easy, enjoyable and beneficial. Prof. Shane is a very talented presenter and managed to pull me into the lectures. My only concerns are: The length of the course was too short and it was not very deep. In other words In my opinion they could have easily added another course worth of material to this course without it becoming overbearing. It made me feel that their stretching the number of courses you have to take to finish the specialization.Other wise its a good course. Great instructor and good content!
This is an excellent course. It has been designed accurately for professionals who want to get the ESL Teaching Certificate. I enjoyed learning about the language foundational principles lectures, theories, teaching techniques, etc.
No surprise to me. I am an alumna with two degrees from ASU. Great course, great instructors.
Most of videos are great but I think instructors can provide more details for each one, because most of ideas are general and normal.
Great!Thank you for creating such educational platform which is accessible in every part of the world!Another gratitude to the course tutors and creative team! Well done!I feel I am a part of network of teachers!
Very enjoyable course, and immediately helpful in applying to my ESL classes
thats good
Loved it, learned a lot.
I tried a few different TESOL courses from different universities, and this one is the best. I like the informal style of the lessons - it was fun, yet very helpful and informative.
The content is great, but the course lacks support from the staff. It is also too easy to pass. I hope the reason for this is because the course was introductory.
Amazing teachers, valuable information and top-quality materials! Thanks so much for making this course - I gained a lot from it, especially from giving and receiving feedback from fellow students. The only thing I didn't enjoy much are some questions in the tests because sometimes they seem a bit irrelevant. I would recommend making the tests a bit more to the point and reducing the amount of questions:) Thanks for your work!!!
I love these courses. I think they quickly and creatively relay information. I learn what I need without it taking too much time. Plus, it was just put together really well!
ıts the best course ever
this course put teaching English as a second language into a better perspective for me and also gave me important tools to help me be a better and more effective teacher.
Excellent, every TESOL teacher should take this course.
Great！It helps me a lot
Really help me to understand more about my teaching style
I enjoyed this course in every sense. The instructors were professional and the material was well prepared and explained.
It was a very-well prepared course. I learned new things. I personally feel satisfied completing this course.
Great course!
Amazing instructors
Well organised and helpful material. The lessons were easy to follow and posed thought provoking questions. Good for seasoned professionals and beginners.
I enjoyed very much taking this course. I recomend to all EFL teachers because it is very useful to improve teaching techniques.
Great professional development!
Very engaging and straight forward! Much better than other classes I have taken.
I loved the course, easy going, direct, concise, the videos were very good, completely recommend it :)
The ideas are brilliantly presented and the exercises are relevant
This is an amazing course, I had been looking for a long time. I finally found it and seems like it's tailor made for me!
This course has great videos. I give it such a low rating to get your attention and point out some serious problems. This is a certification course in how to teach English as a second language. What was not apparent to me though is that you have to take 2 parts of the specialization before getting certified and it will take over a year! Also, there is close to no teacher participation in the module I took and there are no mentors or student teachers (that might change in future classes I would hope, but no guarantees) and there was close to zero feedback of my work or even in the discussion area and no authoritative feedback. Even the peer reviews require your classmates ONLY to judge you based on whether you actually tried to answer the question, if it was between one and three paragraphs and one other silly thing that I can't even remember now. No one is required to give actual feedback and a lot of the assignments were written by students in horrendous English, but that is not to be considered. With so many people taking this course for whom English is not a first language, even these very simple instructions were often misunderstood and people had problems with getting credit for their assignments. Also, even though the videos are really well-done, they are short and contain little information for the price. I figured that I was paying about $50 an hour for the lectures at regular speed. There are also little to no resource links etc. for further study so the lectures are pretty much the only thing you get. If you are a native English speaker who doesn't mind spending an entire year and the cost for well-done videos on the subject is not important, then this course if for you. If however you think this is going to cost only $200 and you would have interaction with teachers and you would get a certification in about half a year... I want to make sure you realize, that is NOT what this specialization is! If you are NOT a native English speaker, this course is designed well I think for people who do not speak English as a native language, who might even have a low level of English, yet who are teaching English already in foreign countries and would have difficulty acquiring certification any other way and therefore don't mind taking a full year to complete the course or the price and for whom not having someone give them feedback would be considered an asset. I have recommended it to friends who are not native speakers of English, but as a native speaker I found it slow, expensive and the assignments to be actually annoying. It's perfect though for my foreigner friends... as long as they understand it's real length and cost! THE CERTIFICATION WILL TAKE OVER A YEAR AND COST AROUND $400.
Really good and informative.
This course was informative and helpful. Thank you for your efforts to keep English teachers around the world up to date on current language teaching practices.
Very informative! I enjoyed taking this course and it has given me some great insights.
Excellent course!! Thank you so much!! It was perfect for my new teaching challenge.
Great introduction to the leading principles of TESOL
AMAZING COURSE SO FAR...EVEN THOUGH I AM CURRENTLY AN EXPAT IN CHINA TEACHING AT A UNIVERSITY IN CHINA....CONTINUED LEARNING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BEING A WELL ROUNDED EDUCATOR.
Really fruitful teaching techniques are being used in this courses. Thanks to the course presenters for allocating a lot of effort and time to provide us with a unique experience
I learned some great techniques in this course, one in particular is to the 80/20 rule. Language teachers should allow learners to talk more, and teachers talk less! My only drawback is that I could not see my own responses to Essential Questions or feedback from my peers.
Excellent opportunity to specialize optimally from anywhere in the world.
Just about finished and find this course to be very informative and useful for future lessons.
Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!
an awesome way of teaching..
Great! If this was the first I'm excited to start the others. The content is very instructive, a lot of concepts and useful tools. They should add more content per week, because is too little material to study per week. Thus, sometimes it seens to be boring. But it's ok.
Great course. Very clear explanations. I can't wait for the rest.
Great course! The course covers the fundamental principles of teaching English. Excellent video presentations. Easy to understand and follow up.
I really enjoyed taking this course. Thank you Arizona State University. Thank you Coursera.
I really enjoyed this course and sharing thoughts and ideas with others participants was a rich experience.
very helpful and enlightening. great teachers you are! THANKS!
This was a great overview to teaching English. It suggested a few teaching techniques and showed how being flexible in your teaching style can help. Overall, great introduction. I can't wait to see the next class in this Tea
Rich and enjoyable
Great course! I enjoyed it!
The course is really interesting. the instructors are very clear, informative and funny. they stress very important details that every teacher has to know!
I like how the course is organized and gives assigments which involve critical thinking of topics we generally take for granted.
The course is presented extremely well, balancing both the information and fun!
Great course!
Such a wonderful module! I have started learning again!
This course is more like an introductory of the whole specialization. It's simple BUT very clear for me to understand and catch up.
I liked a lot, thank you very much for share your knowledge with us.
Great course!! Love it!
OMG, I'm so blessed for taking this course, I learned a lot from it, and I highly recommend to others, it's fun and practical.
I recommend this course to all English teachers out there. Its very well explained and the methods shown are awesome.
It is really a start in the field. If you already have teaching experience you will get much more from the conversations in the forums than from the lectures. And if you have very little teaching experience or are interested in the field, it will give you a clear overview.
Excellent course! Highly recommended for everyone who is going to teach and learn English
This course is more than helpful for any future teacher or teacher who teaches. This course make you realize all those things you still can do to improve your teaching. Highly recommended.
This Course is amazing! There's so much helpful information and lectures are do interesting and challenging! Thanks to all!
Thanks for the great opportunity that you bring to us! I have learned a lot of things from this course as a language teacher.
I really enjoyed this course. The videos are really informative, yet entertaining.
This is a great course!
I learned a lot from this course because it is very well presented. You can tell that the instructors are enjoying what they are doing. I learned a lot from this course. Keep up the good work and more success to this course!
Great course it really gave me new ideas and will to learn, become better teacher and help my learners :D
This course is worth every minute and every penny you will spend. A+
Extremely helpful and reflective!
Just amazing!I cannot praise this course highly enough! Thank you!
I loved the videos. They were straight to the point and enjoyable with simple everyday language for everyone to understand.
Muy buen curso, me encanto.I Love this course
just getting started! feel like worth to take
It is the most usefull and instructive course that a per
I learned a lot ! This course it's really useful because I can apply this new knowledge on my field.
Extremly interesting to teach English in Italy !!!!! New strategies and new focus on how to teach!
I liked the course and I found it useful . I will recommend it to my friends. However , some of the instructions are not clear. I understood that I have time to catch up till Dec 21st. But now, My assignment and editing are not accepted and I want to know what I can do.
I really enjoyed taking part in this course. Great metaphors, absolutely fantastic teachers:) And for sure, great experience for young teachers like me.
Excellent Teacher - The best online Teacher I have ever seen.
The best Teacher's Course I've ever seen! Prof.Dixon literally radiates energy, contentment, and inspiration - I felt so much inspiration and eagerness I never had before!Enroll, and you would never regret. Not a second, believe me.
This portion of the specialization was easy to follow and held my attention. I feel that it contained valuable information.
As a Foundations Course it is excellent, allowing giving a good introduction that is not difficult, allowing you to decide whether you want to continue with the rest of the certification.
This was a very interesting module, other than giving out imporant information to question ourselves as language teacher it encouraged us to think again and review how is it that we are really performing as teachers, are we asking the right questions? are we thinking of the best ways to enroll our students on leargning languages? are we wnjoying our labour?All of the lessons provided not only gave information to improve our classes but gave us the opportunity to wonder what can we do better and how can we be better as teachers.Thank you!
Good basic course for anyone interested in starting to study language teaching
Excellent video production, examples, etc. The information is practical and concise, and so easy to relate to real students and teachers.Thank you!
This course is a must-take. It can help new and "not-so-new" teachers thrive in their professional careers.
Dr Shane Dixon is a star!!!!!!
I learned how to be an language teacher.
Excellent from start to finish! So enjoyable!
I would like to thank our teachers for the outstanding course! Thank you all!
This course is really good for the ones, who, like me, want to learn more about teaching English for basic learners.
Excellent course for new ESL or language teachers.
On overall its a very good course, but assignment submission was a bit confusing !
This course is clear and easy to understand. I would recommend this course to friends.
If you're interested in learning virtual instruction, then this is the course for you. The instructors encourage students to record a series of videos (1 to 4 minutes long), but those without a Web cam can also submit text files. Making a fool of yourself is allowed. The instructors provide excellent andragogy. Highly recommended.
Awesome course! Lot's of details and very educational informational!
Very well planned course delivered by dedicated lecturers!
I thoroughly enjoyed taking this class! I would recommend it to anyone interested in getting certified. Totally worth the time :-)
The course is good enough--a means to an end. The 4-part, six weeks apart format is kind of bothersome because the wait period sort of dampens the momentum and enthusiasm created during the first course (especially if you complete the whole thing in a week-end). The course is well put together and infused with a little humor. The visuals are good and if you're in the right mood, the course is enjoyable and ifun to interact with folks from around the world.
Loved everything about this course! Great teacher!
This class felt a bit elementary . . . but it had some good material as well. I would appreciate a bit less overacting and goofiness (which actually praised in the course) and have a bit more academic material. In one of the videos, the professor suggested that teaching should be slightly above the student's level but not too high. This course seemed to be a bit lower than my level (but I have taken education courses in the past).
Absolutely Amazing and Engaging Course!
The course is very inspiring and educational. I do appreciate that coursera and ASU can put this course on site. It synthesizes education theories and actual teaching experiences. However, I do think this course would improve a lot if teaching practices could be incorporated because for teaching professionals the teaching itself is the most important thing.
New concepts ! Great assignments ! and fantastic teachers !
Oh my goodness! I can't say enough about how great this course was for me. Dr. Shane Dixon did an excellent job of sharing the concepts in ways that were easily digested (more cake please). The course was set up better than any course I've taken online. The use of the metaphors truly helped me to easily recall what the class was about and I believe it will always be part of my teaching future. Thank you all for such a great course.
Exellent opportunity to gain great experience!
This course really give me powerful insight in Teaching English.
Very practical, and anyone interested in teaching English can enroll in this module to improve yourself.
I really enjoyed this course. It is easy to understand and it motivated me to use what I learnedimmediately!
Great Course. It´d be awesome if the professor could show us real-life examples.
Almost lost me on the first week but so glad I stayed because this course contains some real gems.
Awesome course! Before this course, I was frightened regarding learning new languages. I am grateful to Course Tutors.
Love it! I have taken several MOOCs and this is definitelly in my top 5! The videos are great! and Dr. Shane Dixon is the be
great course!! well explained and dinamic, I loved it!! thank you
The week one preview shows that this high quality course explains language teaching basics in an easy to understand and fun manner.
Worse taught
The instructors for this course are incredible. The videos are well organized and very effective. Makes learning fun!
What I love about this course is that it sets the foundations for reflective teaching while it introduces the topics for language learning and language acquisition. I'm looking forward to continuing with the rest of the specializations.
First of all i would like to thank everyone who was involved in making of the program. İ think the program has been creativlely well presented. İ am already looking forward to Global Health : An interdisciplinary part two :). Thanks
One of the best courses in the global health area on Coursera. The Experts from various disciplines brought in to share their expertise, valuable experiences and insights made this truly interesting and engaging in distance learning setting. Good course module guides for every chapter and interesting readings. I hope the University of Geneva can consider offering an extension to this. Big thank you to all the professors and experts!
Thank you :)
An exciting course with good overview on the field of Global Health. I enjoyed participating in the course!
Very nice overview on global health organizations
Very interesting course!
Very thorough overview of Global Health. Serves as a great introduction to the subject.
Thank you very much! It has been a very enriching experience for me.
comprehensive, brief yet very eloquent and helpful.. Excellent overall
Great content!
This was an outstanding course with great teachers. I really enjoyed!! Easy to follow and very interesting. I highly recommend to anyone interested in understanding the challenges of global health nowadays.
Nice course and high dynamic Teachers
Excellent theme
I simply love it. Learning a lot.Thank you
Good but very confusing course. It was very hard to know what its purpose was.
The best MOOC available on Coursera concerning GLobal Health!!
This course not only takes the time to explain the topics clearly and concisely they also take the time to explain the simple things like the roots of the words.
great course, learned a lot from this simple course.covered a lot of interesting ideas about theatre
Enjoyable course. Thanks. I learned a lot about my own community.
Very interesting course that makes someone to wide his mind and understand that art can not evolve without technology or economy. Also it becomes quite clear that art is not one persons or countrys privilege, but of the whole world and everyone can help theatre to evolve.
Out of all the courses I have followed in Coursera so far, this course provided by the Yonsei University is far more than satisfaction. Perhaps, it's because of the way the professor teaches in which I love the most. Because she is very clear, detailed, and amiable in her lectures, and she sounds interesting and not boring at all.To be honest, I understood a lot, and I took this course mostly to know about the Marketing in Hospitality and I grasped an essential amount of information; thanks to the professor of the Yonsei University.And I'm about to take the course again as well!Thank you!
This cours is really unparalleled. You shoud attend it to experiment what Itell you.
A good course that can be used to gain a quick understanding of the characteristics of Healthcare and Hospitality Industry and the marketing challenges involved.
the instructor is very motivating in the way she presents the material. She really made me enjoy the course!
Thanks for the interesting course
It's good summarizing for hospitality and healthcare marketing.From this course You can start to develop and gain the knowledge from other sources - they gives a lof of links and articles.
Quick, direct and with some mind opening ideas!
Interesting course. Good quick way to gain a better understanding of the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
I have been interested in the history of Israel. This course gives a good summary of history of modern Israel. I learned that modern Israel really had to go through a lot of conflicts and struggles. I liked the videos but it was faster to read the transcripts. So if you want to save time, read the transcripts.
The course was very interesting. It delivered the right depth of the history of Israel. It gave enough information but not too much detail as I am an amateur historian interested in the broad sweep of history.
Incredibly interesting course I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested.
It starts off a little slow and videos are very quiet but then it becomes really interesting and the short videos and change of presenters make it very easy to follow.
Amazing course, this really amplifies the roots and causes of the origin of the creation of the state of Israel. A little bit too much information that I belief can be sintetized, but overall still great to give the student a really solid overview on the context of the British Mandate of Palestine.
Very interesting and informative course. Appeared to take an objective approach to contentious historical developments, balancing competing views and interests well.
a bit tedious but lots of information
An excellent course - as an introduction, it covers the material in a logical way, and presents critical views on actions of parties on all sides. Has whetted my appetite to know more about the history of creation of Israel and to explore particular avenues that couldn't be covered in detail due to introductory nature of course.
Good course. This course will clear the history of Jewish state in sequential order. Presented very well
excellent and very interesting
Very good class about the history of a complex situation in Palestine.Teachers are clear, they don't take any side and we learn a lot.It's important to have a good point of view of one of the oldest and complex conflict of modern times.
Very Informative and can't wait for Part II to become available.
I have learnt a lot how modern present day state of Israel came into being dating back from the first foundations laid out by Theodore Herzl who had this vision of creating a Jewish state through the his establishment of the Zionism movement which paved a way for the Jewish community scattered all over the world who faced social problems and fragmentation to migrate back to Israel because of Antisemitism and to the creation of the treaties such as the Balfour declaration and the role played by Baron Edmund De Rothschild who was a Jewish philanthropist who helped the ideas of Zionism and i have gained insight and an overview of the Jewish and the History of Modern Israel.
I feel that I learned a lot on this course, I appreciate the information that was conveyed. I feel more education about the Israel-Palestine issue.
This course has valuable information, but it is ultimately political. The professors don't even disclose that there are two opposing historical schools: "New Historians," whom Palestinians reference; and traditional historians, favored by most Israelis. Which version is followed here? The answer is a mix, without identification. This is not the same as "balance," which would entail each side laying out its key points and evidence. As others note, there is zero reading material. One wonders if this is because to choose a historian is to choose sides--that is how divisive this topic is. The discussion forums are also poorly monitored, unlike other Coursera courses; which does not advance understanding."A little knowledge is a dangerous thing" unfortunately applies to this condensed intro course. And contrary to expectations for an offering from Tel Aviv U., most Israelis would likely be offended by some of its assertions/omissions. For example, Israelis recall that Palestinian founding father Haj Amin al-Husseini was a Nazi agitator in Europe and bequeathed an anti-Jewish ideology (Netanyahu even made a speech about this in 2015 that was covered internationally). Yet in this course, you will be told simply that al-Husseini was a "man of religion."
The course was extremely informative and managed to explain complex circumstances very simple.I highly recommend this course therefore. I was able to learn new things about the history of Israel which were never brought to me like that by history teachers. Great opportunity to broaden knowledge.Suggestions:Although the course was very good structured sometimes sophisticated history terms in the context of Israel and Palestine occurred in a video and were explained properly one video later. But because they were explained shortly after and it happened only like three times I would suggest to have a little box with terms like Lechi or Palmach, White Paper from thetime they occur first right beneath every video.The interviews with the experts of each fields had sometimes an odd audio recording and one person therefore spoke louder then the other and I had to turn my speakers on full volume sometimes. If the course gets rerecorded one day I suggest to look into those samples in particular.Thanks for this great course.
Excellent course, thank you so much! I truly enjoyed learning about the histroy of Israel.
More interesting course.
Couldn't stop watching. Very interesting and informative.
The course is very interesting! I would recommend it to anyone interested in the subject.However, the English subtitles are far from perfect! Quite often, they interfere with the understanding because they substitute the words of the lecturer for other words, sometimes quite ridiculous! The English subtitles definitely need to be proofread!
Fantastic course that gives a quick, yet thorough survey of Modern Israeli history. The primary professor may be one of my favorite professors I've ever heard in my life. His passion when talking about the Holocaust is especially evident. I would recommend this course to any history "buff" or lay person looking to increase their knowledge about modern Israeli
Excellent course that gives new light on such a provocative and discussed tragedy in human history.
Excellent content and delivery. Gave me a good perspective of history around Israel and Palestine.
Very bogus and boring content. The monotonous voice gets me!
Got tons of information from this course.
It is very brief but to the point. They run quickly through the development where more time should have been dedicated to such a complicated beginning. But it is truly neutral and academic for such a very sensitive subject.
This course gives a simple but clear bone structure upon which to hang further study on the topic.
content is good but its not made interesting.
A well-prepared, well-delivered course.
Great way to learn. Tests are to hard
I am proud of learning a course about the History of the modern state of Israel beginning from Zionism Ideology till the state of Israel was born.This is the History of the Jewish people and the fulfillment of the Biblical Prophecy for the Jews to inherit the Promised Land which foretold by the prophets before 2000 years ago.
Firstly i think for a coursera course it is not Long enough at all. There are not enough assignments which motivate studying and fixing the newly learned things in the memory. There are neither required nor recommended readings at all. For me reading is a very good Addition to the Videos so that you can slowly think about the thoughts and arguments. Especially in a topic which is undoubtly very controversal in public as in academia like especially the history of Israel and Palestine from the 30s onwards it is important to give different narratives of history to the students. There are no narratives critical to british colonialism at all mentioned, instead of the White paper of 1939. After all the course represents a very one sided an biased narrative which is presented to a global audience of students. Even if a certain narrative is preferred by the teaching scholars, which is completely acceptable and natural, not just in the field of history, it nevertheless is important to cover different narratives fairly and as neutral as possible, which does not happen in this course. When mentioned other narratives are quickly downplayed or denied, and repeatedly dichotomies like the "inferior" arabs, the "ferocity" of the arab oposition and so on are mentioned or cited without beeing problematized at all. Nevertheless the Course was a reminder of many Things I learned before, and brings up some interesting historic connections and key points.
Good, concise course.The reason I didn't give it a higher rating is because I found it difficult (not impossible) to follow some of professor Eyal Naveh speach. His first language is not English, so I do not expect him to speak perfect English. However, I would expect the subtitles/transcript not to have basic mistakes. This became important when professor Naveb interview another person in Hebrew, as I found I could not really trust the subtitles.I think it wouldn't take much to make it an excellent course.My cheeky suggestion is to have a specialisation with The Emergence of the Modern Middle East by Professor Asher Susser as nucleus and a series of shorter, more in depth courses on certain of the bigger countries, such as Egypt, Turkey and Iran, similar to this one on Israel.
There is a problem with subtitles.Sometimes they are different from speech.
Really enjoyed the information and perspective from the course. The only issue is that everything is from the Israeli point of view - the course would benefit from some discussion/inclusion from other perspectives. Still, it gave me a good background on the issues, and I would take more classes from the same institution.
good for people who wanna know the brief. would be better with more details and sorties
Challenging material with great opportunities to get more background information for further studying.
Although this course serves as a broad overview, the average student will come away with more knowledge than they had going in. Professors and guests were all knowledgeable and easy to understand.The only exception: two videos are spoken in Hebrew and a bit distracting ... even with subtitles on. What worked for me was muting the sound, and simply reading the text.
In the end it is a good course. The videos might seem short, but are filled with tons of information. It has guest professors who were very interesting, and I hope they could have give their perspective on the subjects as well.There is no reading material, which is kinda sad. And it's naturally a little partial in favor to jews, but that's only natural. Prof. Susser, though, seems a lot more objective.I thank very much the professors for this course.
I learned so much from this course, it added so much flesh to the bones of my knowledge.
I am 83 years old. Much of this I remember. I did poorly on the test because It is hard for me to take clear notes quickly. {medical condition}. However, as coming from a Jewish background I found the class very interesting. Israel will survive no matter how horrible the situation in the Middle East exists!Joyce Spier
Excellent course. I enjoyed learning about Israel and will help with understanding world events.
Very good class though at times it could be hard to hear some of the audio lessons
This was more objective than I thought. Nevertheless, the information about the Zionism, refute itself and make us criticize about the dangerous notion.
I really enjoyed this course. It was really quite informative. I am now onto another course at TAU and looking forward to learning more.
Great course!!
The course was too short and did not provide any reading material.It would be more helpful to have more and shorter quizzes.
I think this has been a nice wrap of following the Holocaust course. I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks.
A good synopsis of the history of Israel. I enjoyed learning about this subject, and especially enjoyed the interviews and conversations.
This course gave me a very practical and broad knowledge of the genesis of the State of Israel, its challenges and political processes from zionism as a movement to reality.
Thanks for this very interesting class. Hope to see released in a near future the follow up!
The teaching for this class is 1st rate. Much information and nuances given
Excellent course and teacher
Very topical and extremely interesting. The professors were great. This course should be experienced by any American that wishes to be informed about the creation of the State of Israel. Nicely done. Thank you, Coursera, and thank you, Tel Aviv University.
This is a great introduction to Israel and Middle Eastern politics. It's not too tough- everything is broken down into very manageable 7 or 8 minute lessons, so it's easy to acquire a general understanding of the factors that led to the formation of Israel. Students looking for an in-depth examination may be disappointed, but if you're curious about this fascinating and very relevant chapter of history, this course will give you a good overview, and leave you hungry to learn more.
I found this course to be very interesting. I took this course simultaneously with the one from UCSD on the Holocaust so they enhanced each other. I especially appreciated having a lecture in which Anita Shapira participated - I had already read 'Israel: A History' so it added an extra dimension to that. A couple of small niggles - a) I think a warning for those that don't speak Hebrew that they need to use the subtitles facility(something I've never used before) b) I think some of the English spellings may be ambiguous when translating from Hebrew because of the special use of vowels.All in all I enjoyed this and hope you provide more courses relating to the Israeli/Palestinian situation. Many ordinary people are very uninformed and vulnerable to misleading propaganda. Courses like this are vital in informing non-Jews.
Great bite-size lessons, very informative and interesting. Thank you!
Interesting course, but rather too short and not going very deep
This is an awesome course and is a great extension from History of Rock, Part One. Professor Covach covers LOTS of ground in this course, so I took extensive notes. Highly recommended course for anyone who loves music of any genre!
Fantastic course! Too bad there's no part 3...
More than a course on history of rock, is a course on history of culture and american society in the 20th century. Recommended.
Great Professor, interesting enhancement to my knowledge!
Loved and truly enjoyed this course! I kind of feel sad it ended. Huge thanks to John Covach for his great enthusiasm.
This course gives a wide rational view on rock music development not trying to avoid any controversal topics like race or gender. It gives a great range of covered styles in rock and around it as well as many different groups discussed. I will return to the course content again and again as it really makes me want to listen to all this music discussed.
Loved it!!
I enjoyed Part Two, but not nearly as much as Part One. This change is not due to the professor or the course material; both are excellent. It is the music itself. I simply do not enjoy most of disco and pop artists like Madonna, Janet Jackson, Brittney etc. I hope I do not sound snobbish (or sound like my parents), but mentioning the Beatles and former mousketeers in the same sentence or course is laughable.
really really nice
Instructor's presentation keeps the participant's attention. Connections are made to history, musicians and the trajectory of music. Just wishing all this could have been seamlessly integrated with soundbites and/or music videos. There's gotta be a way around rights, residuals and academics. Still, both courses taken together were engaging and information packed.
A great course especially if you follow along with the book and use the extra videos and music links from the book's website.
it's super helpful and interesting!
Love this instructor. Want more. Wish he could play music clips.
well researched and presented in a very informative way.
Similar to Part One, but continues with the history of rock into more recent times (1990s). Very short course compared to the other one. Pros and cons from Part One apply to Part Two.
Great course, excellent teacher!.
Awesome course great professor
Amazing course, very academic and objective and yet extremely enjoyable. I'm very grateful for coursera an Prof Covach who made it available and easily accessible.
Great study series of Rock artists, bands, and events!
John Covach's lectures are clear and well-thought out, and he does a good job of fielding the "fan mentality" that so often plagues other rock history and music history courses.
Very interesting information. I lived through a lot of this material so it was doubly interesting. Very thorough, unbiased and informative.
Excellent Course. Really enjoyed the content and the teachers style in delivery.
Great course
Should have talked about how German and other European industries used forced labour for their benefit. Siemens is still involved in lawsuits about this and is on the news now.Please also talk about IBM's involvement in helping Nazi's with punch cards to help organise the millions of jews and other races they murderedArt theft is something thats really interesting that was not touched upon. THe german govt is now providing subsidies to art owners who wish to examine the provenance of the art they own so that it can be returned to the heirs of the rightful ownersInvolvement of Swiss (while being neutral) in banking and financial support to Nazis and exploitation of Jews is something that missing here. Numbered accounts were created to help jews send their money abroad without being detected, but their heirs could never get the money back
One of the best courses! Brief and detailed at the same time, logical and comprehensive, supported with facts, photos, books and videos.
The course lets you access a wide range of resources that help you build a deeper understanding of the mass murder of European Jews. The questions in between videos (lessons) are helpful in processing and synthesizing socio-political events and ideologies that led to the holocaust. Two weeks into the lesson and I have never been bored - it is interesting and engaging.
Impressive study....
Very interesting! With clear and dynamic language, allied to visual resources and relevant readings, we learn more about this tragic and important period of our History. Highly recommend!
This course is an invaluable educating experience. I am so grateful to Yad Vashem and to all those who provided us with an extraordinary course. I learned so much in these three weeks and look forward to what I can learn in Part 2.
A great introduction of the prevalent conditions in Europe and Jewish life in relation to the rise of Nazism. Looking forward to Part II with trepidation.
Pretty amazing course that flipped my cognition towards Nazi and Holocaust!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Having no previous formal education about WW2 or the Holocaust I found all the topics interesting and a great introduction to the
I'm really enjoying this course. It's teaching so much more information than I already owned about Nazism and WWII.
The course was presented without. any prejudice.The wrong doers were not blamed but the humanity as a whole is responsible for the holocaust. The course has very sublimely indicated that the humanity must protect itself from such a holocaust n the future.. One should be cautitous that our fellow human being is not treated inhumanly. the fellowhumanbeing may be yourself!I am very grateful to educate me to be a good human being to one and all. Dont be discriminative. Respect one's own religion, culture, language, customs and belief. T.Jagalal Ram Sait
Wonderful course, very informative and interesting.
Even if you know a lot about this period of history, this course is useful. The thoughtful and thorough context, the quality of the material and teaching, were excellent.
This course, The Holocaust - An Introduction (l).... was an in depth study of the situation the Jews were facing in most of Europe after the Nazis came into power. The instructors were knowledgeable and came across as having personal feelings about the plight of the Jews during that time. I am very impressed with them and their ability to pass on the information that they did in such a way that it was very understandable while demonstrating their indepth knowledge of the material. Thank you. I come away from the course with a deeper understanding of the problems and horrible life style the Jews had to face.
much needed
Thank you!
Excelent course, with many examples and photos and films, congratulations
The lectures were not too advanced to understand and held a very high standard. My only critique is that the language of the lecturers was sometimes difficult to understand, which at times caused me some confusion. I will recommend this course to others and I enjoyed taking it.
Deeply moving and important.
Well done course! The lectures are interesting and visuals are very impactful.
This course was well presented. The additional information provided is helpful in pursuing further studies.
The lecturers are fantastic in explaining the details and information. Really loved it right from the start of the video lectures.
The information was excellent, as the instructors made me feel like I was part of history. Thank you kindly,Prof.Joseph CamioloTCNJSociology and Anthropology
An excellent, thought-provoking course - it has changed the way I think about human beings.
An in-depth survey of the beginnings of the Holocaust, pre-war Jewry, and the sociopolitical atmosphere of the war. Highly recommended.
A good compliment for the course of the modern jewish state. It cleared up many doubts. thank you
excellent course very thought provoking thank you
Excellent! Very detailed insights
Great Experience!! well explained I am loving this course and I am learning a lot
very interesting and well lead.
It was okay....kind of hard to understand the teachers....
A fascinating personal account of the atrocity while the world watched! This class is for everyone there is so much more to learn, thank you for everything you went out of you way to help, God Bless
It is not easy to prepare and present this part of German History without any emotive stance and without condemnation. But you did it brilliant and it was well prepared. I learned a lot and what is most important for me new perspectives with unknown or partial unknown materials. Thank you very much for being a part of this course.
This is an interesting course that gives so much information about not only the Holocaust itself but what led up to it. Fascinating!
have stayed away from this dark chapter in history. could never understand how the Nazis were able to pull it off - c0ntrol of Europe that is - in such a short timeframe. this course helps in that understanding. \No suggestions.......
This course does a great job in explaining where the Nazi ideologies stemmed from, and what the Jews' journey entailed from when Hitler rose to power to the concentration camps.
The main lecturer is a particularly good teacher, who speaks fluently and knowledgeably about this difficult topic. Her empathy is obvious, which makes it that much more meaningful to me. Can't wait to take the second course. A great introduction to the Holocaust.
Thanks. This is a heartwarming course, with detailed history of the tragic events of The Holocaust. If you're interested about the Holocaust this is course is a essential course to take. We often and briefly touch upon the horror of the holocaust and the anti-Semitism of our world history. To touch upon the history is not enough the we need to see human experience and suffering at experiential level, and as I see it this course does this. Thanks, for your eloquent research.
Insightful and In-depth introductory of the events leading to the catastrophic events of holocausts coupled with engaging quiz. Additional reading supplements were great as well. Recommended
An excellent course to gain a broad and deep understanding of the first phases of the Holocaust. Great presentation and delivery.
Such learning thank you
If you are wanting to understand the Holocaust, this is an awesome, informative course.
This is an amazing, interesting course! I never thought that learning about Hitler and the origins of the Holocaust would become an interest, but it's really great! And the teacher/professor explains it so well!
Excellent historical accounts of the excesses of the hitler regime that hopefully will serve as silent witnesses of history may not reitself.
This course was very educational. I thought the illustrations were helpful. My only negative comment was that the quiz questions were a little confusing at times and difficult to know what answer to choose. At times, multiple answers seemed correct based on the material presented in the lessons. I do plan to take Part 2.
Very good course.
The course is very nice, I love it. But the teacher speaks without intonation. But the course is super great!
Excellent course. Provided many insights I was not aware of in this harrowing period of history.
Very good content, but technical issues (poor closed captioning, ambiguous question on the exams, a couple of readings that were a little esoteric for an introductory course) led me to mark the course down a star.
Very interesting!
It is a nice course, very well organized for those you are eager to learn about the theoritical aspects of linguistics, such as semantics, morphology. Every video has several quizes, just like every module. I would surely recommend it to anyone.
I'm only on the first lesson and feel I have learned so much! Thank you for making the course materials free for those of us not going for the certificate but are just learning because it's interesting.
Excellent course. Greetings from Egypt. :)
With interests in exploring knowledge about languages, this course is indeed fantastic introduction which not only tells about a systematic way to analyze languages, but also trigger my passion to know more and deeper!
I would not recommend this course to anyone interested in an introductory linguistics course. While I understood the content of the lectures, discussion videos, interviews, language informant videos, and required reading, the quizzes were far too difficult for a beginner course. I found myself wanting to drop the course, and the discussion forums show I am not alone in my frustrations throughout the six weeks.
Overall, this course was a great experience. As a student of English as a second language, trust me when I say that it helped me a lot with the subject "linguistics" at college. Nonetheless, I must say that this course was tough! I don’t know, maybe, because English is not my mother tongue but at times I certainly felt that I couldn’t keep up with some of the assignments. Nevertheless, if you give your best, you will make it. Also, if you are looking for a challenge…. well, this is your course.
It's fantastic to have a brief look into the intriguing Linguistics. There's so much to learn. But some of the readings and test might be too difficult and improper for a beginner.
I found this course to be not only educational but extremely interesting. It provides a great overview of the field of linguistics and does so in an engaging manner. I highly recommend it!
It was knowledgeable and fun! I updated my knowledge bank about language.
The course is very good. I am very happy to have taken the course.
This is an extremely interesting and informative course. For me it was really fascinating six weeks of educational process. I am very appreciated to the professor Marc van Oostendorp and his students for this MOOC.
This is one of the best MOOCs I've participated in. The lectures are engaging and the student community is vibrant! If you plan to improve your knowledge about the beauty of Languages - Go for it!
An amazing course !
A very good introduction to linguisticis.
Excellent course, though I found it difficult. The exercises that required listening to students speaking different languages were particularly hard for me, probably because I speak only English and my ear is poor. Nevertheless, I persevered and feel I got a great deal from the course. I would like to take the next course in the sequence, if there were one.
Great introductory course. Helped me a lot to understand what linguists do even if I didn't quite get all the key ideas which weren't all explained in depth enough. The examples from languages are helpful but require quite a good ear so I guess it takes some gift for languages.
Great course. Even though it says An Introduction... I found it demanding.By the way, when I started the course it was possible to see the number of hours a week needed to complete the course (3 - 4 hours) on the course description. However, now it's not possible and I need this important information a.s.a.p.Thank you!
A very enjoyable, engaging course which touches on the fundamentals of Linguistics. I found the professor, as well as the assistants delightful, and the language informants were also very exciting to have. It was challenging at a few points despite my background and interest in Linguistics, however, it was well worth the effort.I sincerely hope I can take more courses from Leiden, or perhaps study there one day. This course reaffirmed my interest in Leiden from 10 years ago.
Immensely enlightening. I'd recommend this course to anyone who loves languages and wants to explore the fascinating world of linguistics
Covers a wide range of topics and goes quite in-depth given time constraints. The professor is clearly passionate about the subject.
Amazing course! By far the best online course I've ever taken.
I've found the course extremely interesting and well organized to be an introductory course. I had no special need for the course and, accordingly, no special expectations besides the joy of learning the basics of a subject that I've always liked, and of acquiring some basic skills on it.Professor Marc van Oostendorp does a remarkable job on being didactic, clear, interesting and covering a nice selection of aspects of this wonderful field.The course's dynamics is very nice: lectures, dialogues, assignments, interviews, informants' contributions, readings, forum, quiz... it's never boring, really nicely structured!A point which in my opinion can be improved: the redaction of the questions in the quizzes are many times unclear, confusing and even misleading. After the fun of completing the week assignments with a lot of attention put into details, it's a pity when the quiz is not clear or frustrating.Thank you, I enjoyed it a lot!
Exceeded all my expectations! This is a wonderful MOOC for anyone interested in Linguistics.
Simply GREAT! I can't even express how thankful I am for the amazing information presented in such an understandable way, yet it was challenging. My highest respect to the team in charge of this course!!!
A great course for those who are interested in the subject and want to take a general first look into linguistics. I really enjoyed it.
Outstanding course... absolutely fantastic!
I don't know what is the problem as I study the videos well and when it come to taking quiz i never pass so I watch the videos over and aver again but it always the same resultthe part of other languages I'm not sure what is the point of it I mean does it help in English to know how to say for example hi in other languages plz if anyone passed the course . could u plz help me
Excellent MOOC! Prof. van Oostendorp has done a wonderful job, asking students and colleagues to intervene. Extremely interesting!
Great course!!
Interesting content, but still a bit buggy...
I love how clear everything is presented. Just beautiful.
To difficult to enjoy, unfortunately.
Very informative and very fun, you can learn a lot from it.
Excellent course. Was very thorough, entertaining and interesting.
I learned very much in this course, and I am thankful for the opportunity to have taken it. I found some of the quiz questions to be unnecessarily difficult because of how specific they were to the videos of the language informants, but overall, I enjoyed the course and the wide range of supplemental materials that are offered.
Amazing course, Congratulations Dr, Inge , Marten and others!
Excellent! Really enjoyed and learnt a lot. I did not expect such a great content and professionalism in a free course. I am definitely purchasing for the title.Thanks to all the team! Great job!
Thank you!
It is very nice to see an introductory course in linguistics, especially for it being free and available online. I would not have had an opportunity like that anywhere here locally, which makes this course special to me. The instructor and his pupils were paramount to the learning experience, and with the addition of interviews and recommended readings, this course excels in tactically defining and showing what linguists do and what they study. I want to thank Leiden University and Marc van Oostendorp for providing such a professionally delivered MOOC.
If you're a linguistic passionated, this course is for you!
A nice refresher for people who already have a linguistic background, and a nice introduction for beginners also. My problem was all the weird questions about the informants. Some of the questions are really hard to understand which makes them impossible to answer. I'm glad I took the course though!
Good course for beginners. It's very basic if you already have some background in language studies. I would recommend this course to people who are considering studying Language or Linguistics at university.
Great course! It was fun to go through and I particularly enjoyed the 5th module.
Perfectly prepared course with a capable linguist and his skilled students. We can acquire a nice overview about linguistics.
Loved this course! The professor was informative and engaging, and Inge and Martin made the class interesting and fun. I also enjoyed the interviews with other experts in the field.
Very interesting,
I enjoyed this challenging course on linguistics. I appreciated that the course materials were available as one file so I could both read the text and watch the videos. The videos contained a quiz inside that kept me engaged. The interviews and Q&A sessions were a valuable way to present new information. I obtained two books from the suggested reading material to further my learning. In the end, I bought the certificate as a way to say thanks to the team for such a great course. Bravo!
Sometimes it was hard to understand the concept the professor was trying to make, because some grammatical forms were wrong and therefore the whole concept misleading. Otherwise very interesting course and thank you!
I had a great and much needed introduction.Tiffany B.
A really fun survey of linguistics!
This course is really great and very enriching, specially when you want to have a general view about Linguistics, and at the same time, you get the tools to make a simple but precise analysis of languages.
The course was very interesting and well laid out. The only problems I faced were technical issues during quizzes and forum posts, but the course content itself is excellent and a good starting point for exploring linguistics and human languages.
This was amazing! Every week there was something interesting and fun to learn and I couldn't stop wondering about that. Thanks to professor Marc van Oostendorp, Martin, Inga and other informants and contributors who made this course so highly informative and well-structured. You gave me a good foundation to continue learning. Please make more courses!
The course is itself a miracle. The topic has been presented in a very interesting way thanks to the Professor, his motivating way of teaching and his discussions with students. It was a challenge for me, it demanded a lot of own studying but I feel I have learned a lot about the topic and also got a motivation to learn more. Thank you.
I liked the couse a lot, but I think the quizzes are very tricky and there are questions that you have to deduce more than to know. This is OK as part of learning, but it turns a little difficult when English is not your first language. Also, there were some errors in the quizzes, especially in week 3 and 4. It's very interesting to listen to the informants, but I find difficult to answer the questions about them. I'm not familiar with those languages and it's very hard, and I think that's not the point of the course, like to know how to say "grandma" in Abruzzese or how many ways there are to say "son" in Chinese. So, it may be taken into consideration. Anyways, I really liked the course and I hope it can grow for the best. Thank you!
101 linguistics
it would be better if it had better exam questions
This course was excellent! because this made me an overview of linguistic science, their internal fields, and their main topics of study.
Very interested. A great 101
It was pretty good!
This is my first course and it was exceptional.
I very much enjoyed this course. All of the videos were informative as well as engaging. The material was compelling and I think I may like to learn more in the future!
Very nice work on the various fields of Linguistics, high level interviews, but rather laborious and time consuming quizzes.
I found the course very informative, there was quite a lot of information in there for only six weeks of study but it didn't feel overwhelming either. Professor Marc van Oostendorp was very engaging in his presentation of the material, and I liked the fact that his students were there to ask questions as well. I also liked how the language informants were used - I was able to practice what I had learned in the other videos by analysing their speech patterns. Overall, I was quite impressed by this course.
Entertaining and interesting. Good introduction to the subject with plenty of links and references for further study.
The interview with Chomsky a real treat.
nice course! Interesting and informative
Introductory insight into Linguistics. The professor takes you very briefly about the variety of subdivisions in linguistics , which , each by itself being a big subdivision within linguistics. Enlightened with basics of all these different approaches of investigating languages
I enjoyed the course and learned a lot. I wish there had been more interaction in the discussions, though.
This is an excellent course! Too bad it doesn't provide the Statement of Accomplishment.
I shall say it's a perfect introduction course for one who's interested in linguistic : )))
Firstly, I'd like to thank the professor for bringing us such a great class on linguistics! The course gives a general introduction on what linguistics is about in quite a balanced depth, not too deep to scare people away while not too shallow that you may feel boring. The missing star is due to some vague instructions of quizzes.
A great course, it contains very broad discussion of the problems of linguistics.Quite demanding quizes force students to watch videos carefully and to read the required reading. This leads to better understanding of the matter.The videos in the course are great too, the explanation of prof. Oostendorp is very lively and entertaining. The interviews with specialists are unique.
Just perfect, even for post-graduate students in Linguistics!
It was very interesting and you get to understand a lot about Linguistics, considering the amount of time it requires. It also makes the most of the platform, so it's really well made.
So so interesting!
I really liked it ! It was a challenge for me personally ! Getting the questions wrong on quizes really discouraged me but then I would keep going and not give up ! Awesome !!!
Interesting way of presenting the basics of linguistics. Helps a lot to organise crucial informatinon in one's memory. Lessons, however, are too similar.
Very clear and interesting!
Interesting content, but issues with broken links needed to complete quizzes while they were due. Needs better explanation of how to use other resources. Many of the quiz questions are arbitrary, rather than really testing knowledge gained in the class. The lectures are still useful, and would recommend doing this as a free course, but see no use in paying for a certificate on completion of the course.
The course is a lightweight introduction to Linguistics. If you are absolutely new to linguistics, it will provide you with enough information for further research and self-development. There are some really interesting facts provided by the required reading of the course.What I mostly liked about the course is the list of additional literature. What I mostly didn't like are quizzes - I little bit too reliant on the question formulation. The only quiz that I really liked was about syntactic analysis of informants' sentences.
without any doubt the best course among those I have studied or tried out on and beyond coursera. a huge thanks to the whole team behind it!
"Miracles of Human Language" is a great introductory course for those who want to get into linguistics, but it is also an amazing course for writers, teachers, psychologists and all lifelong learners interested in a topic.I'm very grateful to Prof. Dr Marc van Oostendorp, his students and everyone who was involved in creating this course. I also want to say thanks to coursera team for making this course available for so many learners.This course inspired me to start learning Spanish and French (I now spend some time on duolingo.com every day, and with a great pleasure).Also, after finishing this course, I felt confident enough to start an important writing project (a book for children with a goal to prevent child abuse, the book is in Russian).In this course the idea of changing the world with your words is presented in such a simple and convincing way, that it's impossible to resist. I think this course made me a better teacher, a better writer and a happier person.
I very much liked the professor, he has a contagious energy and is entertaining to hear and watch. Overall an excellent course, learned a lot
Very motivating lecturer and really satisfying contents!I am so satisfied with the courese metarial including the module itself and the reading matarials
A lot of materials are accessible in the course. It is obvious that professors have done a lot of preparation, so that the learning experience is really amazing. The course arises my interest for Linguistics. Highly recommended.
A wonderful course on principles in Linguistics presented by this lovely professor Dr. Marc van Oostendorp and enriched with the discussions with Marten and Inge. As a Linguistics and Literature student, I felt that they found what was a very nice way to spread this knowledge and, in my case, a more concise discipline in which I could refresh my memory for somethings but also get to know new informations and different points of view and, at last, as an observer from Brazil, to compare a little how these things are discussed here from there. Thank you very much for the hard work and the entousiasm!
This course is not so good. A lot of things are just come from the instructor's head without correcting reference from high quality literature. He can say whatever he think is right. But I would not say all animals do not have complex language systems, or we have one single origin of language. I would also suggest the instructor to interview more world-famous linguists, not just play simple ask and answer with his students.The examples of different languages in the later weeks are interesting. But somehow I expect some better understanding of more aspects of languages. In general I would say it still has so much space for improvement. I would not recommend anyone to spend time on learning this course.
VERY good content and classes! Some questions in the quizzes are confusing, and there was the trouble with the required reading for Week 3. The first Honors assignment is confusing - specially its very last input question.
I would like to say an enormous "Thank You" to everyone who contributed to this Course to be accessible: to professor Marc van Oostendorp, to Marten and Inge, to informants, to translators, redactors, designers and all whom I didn't mention but who were those thanks to whom we now know all we know and share this with others! The Course specifically opened to me that our living in four walls and thinking about ourselfs mostly hides us from all the beatiful unknown things happening in the world: from other cultures, other ways of looking at things! Indeed, folks, live in peace, let it be so!
inspiring lecturer and staff!
It is a very good Introduction for those of Us that know nothing of Linguistics. I was very happy to take it.
Some of the material could be a bit more analytical, and there were a few problems with the quiz questions. Other than that, perfect! Great introduction to linguistics. Thank you for your hard work!
some problems in quiz part are confusing... but nice course in general
Despite some technical difficulties with the forum and the quiz, the actual course was so AMAZINGLY interesting that it has motivated me to take up linguistics in the future. I didn't lose interest even once for the entirety of the six weeks I spent on this course!
Thank you! Feels like going back in time - back to my student's years.
Miracles of Human Language is a wonderful introduction to the field of linguistics. Prof.dr. M. van Oostendorp is an adept and engaging lecturer and his knowledge of his field is vast. His discussions with Marten and Inge were engaging and his interactions with the language informants was, well... informing! I only wish I could contribute a language to his MOOC as well as participate in his research and work at Universiteit Leiden. Thank you, Dr. van Oostendorp, Marten, Inge, Roberta, Khalid, Han, Varun, Enoch, and Beste. It's been quite a ride!
Very special course ! with a good dinamic(class), makes us open our minds! congrats!
Excellent and most enjoyable course!The videos of the professor and his students are clear and fluent and even the quiz are not too hard.And the best part are the informants in various languages one does not encounter every day.The course is mostly recommended to all.
The course was often confusing and the quizzes came down to a question of trial and error. I found this very frustrating. Although the topics were interesting, I didn't find them very well presented in spite of the enthusiasm of the lecturer. But there was a lot of ambiguity and bias and the inability to discuss except through the forums was off-putting.It wouild be good to know why answers were wrong in the quizzes particulalry when you had put a lot of effort into studying them.In the final exam, there are questions which are evidently wrong, both in their wording and in their marking and nothing has been done to remedy this in spite of the complaints in the discussion page.
Loved the course.
I would highly recommend this course! The instructor presents the material in a clear and effective manner, the subject is interesting, and the work fits well and is not overwhelming.
The course itself is fine. The quizzes, however, are so frustrating as to lower the enjoyment of the whole thing. Numerous answers are just factually wrong. You end up retaking the quiz time and again and then selecting random answers just to pass.
great enthusiasm and thought provoking, I look forward to more linguistics courses from Universiteit Leiden!
A wonderful course!
I watched all the videos, but did not do the coursework.I was a total beginner on the subject. The videos were very well made, and quite nice to watch.However, I feel like the material was a bit too easy for my taste. I would have enjoyed a course that delved into "harder things".For someone who doesn't like as much "hard challenges" as I do, I do think that this course is a nice introduction to the subject.
Great course! The professor is enthusiastic and very clear in his presentation, and they present the material in digestible, clear language. The course also did a good job prioritizing what to include in a short amount of videos. Thank you!
Such a great professor with a wonderful team.Thank You So Much ^_^
Indeed a great choice to improving our knowledge !
Very slow moving. Feels like you have to sit through a lot for very obvious information. I would recommend http://ielanguages.com/linguistics/ for a more detailed and more concise introduction.
Material is excellent and very interesting. Test questions can be confusing and poorly phrased.
I do not like this course. There are far too many prejudicial ideas - even in the first unit. A language does not have to be used by a single / unified group to define it as a language. Esperanto is a perfectly valid language, fully capable of expression, and does not belong to a single / unified group. There are no native speakers, either - which does not rob it of the fact that there are winners of the Nobel Prize for literature who write in it. The things you are saying about language are not merely willfully ignorant, they are highly offensive & prejudicial. I cannot conscience supporting a course like this.
so instructive, so attractive.I'm very interested in Language and Society, I expect to acquire more knowledge on human language. Thanks!
Excellent explanation and transition overview of how economics are growing. However, I was not from proper economic background and so Faced some difficulties in understanding special terms used such as crawling peg, anchoring etc. Worth it if you can do handwork and have a spark to learn global perspective of emerging market economies .
I strongly recommend this course due to the fact that I have learnt a lot things about Emerging Market Economies and International Institutions. Even though I am an economist, I can ensure that this course is worth it.
It's a very dry course. The material is very limited and the coverage has to be more lively with some some relevant examples.
it is a very informative and educative course which is a must do course for every business entrepreneur
It was great, I really like it ....
This is my 1st course taken. I´m from Panamá (507) so my native language is Español, and this course was very easy to understand. And Professor Doug E. Fresh, knows how to explain the different terms very well. This was my Sunday nights favorite activity, I increase my avatar knowledges. I RECOMMEND THIS COURSE INSTEAD OF THE NETFLIX TIMEWASTING ACTIVITY. Did you know that Netflix is a Disruptive Technology. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEYOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! (I can´t give the 5 stars because there are some video miscordination in Module 5)
One of the best coursers i ever had. Amazing lessons with real time examples to understand and analyze the business situations, risks, competencies and many more. Wonderful Course and Wonderful Professor. Learnt a lot in this course. Thank you so much !!
A good refresher well explained though good examples.
Though at a high level but I did like the contents and the deliver format which is easy to understand.
It is a well prepared and organized course for basic information and knowledge about the subject.
Great course! :)
This is a great way to remind oneself the key concepts of strategic management. However, for a complete newbie some modules might require more detailed explanation.
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!
It's a good course although I wished it used more strategic techniques.
it's awesome
Love it
Needs to pay for submit assignments
Tough but useful
the examples were helpful to match the theory in practicethe recomended reading materials and resources are very helpful for further, deeper study of the subjectdespite having worked already on several grant proposals and having some previous practical experience on writing, i finished the course in 2 days as i couldn't wait any more! it was very well structured and i even learned new tricks and things to bare in mind when writing. big thank you!
Best of the best.
Good course when you want to get to know some basic mechanical physics. Examples are real world scenarios which makes everything much more relatable and exciting.Course has very little math in it so it's easier to follow for beginners. But if you want some math exercises and examples then you need to find some other course/book to help you.I think Louis hasn't visited the page for a while, because he hasn't given any comments in discussion forum for a while. There's some activity in the forum by community, but not the author of the course.
I really liked your course. One thing that I think would be great is that if you could add questions on the video about the definition of a term, by opposing it with another term. Example: Weight vs Force, or Net Force vs Frictional force.
Great course! Love the videos - the professor is great and really understands the material. I love his presentation, as he keeps it fun and interesting and most importantly - engaging.10/10 would take again
This is a great course, sometimes in the college you do not understand some things, some concepts that are easy but sometimes in school the proffesors are not able to communicate the idea.I will recommend this course to all people who enjoy to learn how things work.Sorry about my English
Thank you sir for making physics so much more enjoyable and hands on, whilst teaching the same basic important concepts.
A very good course, it was interesant and i liked it very much. You always have fun with a teacher like Lou. He always is doing experiments and explains the course very well and the assesments are pretty easy.
I started loving physics even more. Thanks to this course I learnt a lot. Looking forward to have more advanced physics courses like this.
Very well put together by Lou, who has an approach of child-like humour and an approachable method of teaching through the camera. There are many great examples with simple, consistent explanations that stick. If you heard the example of the figure skater spinning faster by pulling in his/her arms a million times in popular science shows but never really knew WHY that happened, this course is perfect for you.
Too good....actually I am 14 and I have a great interest in Physics...I really fell in love with this course...The explanation, experiments are really appreciable..
Great course, easy to follow
This course has been Really interesting, and Helpful. It seriously helped understanding how things around us work and why they work the way they do!
amazing course, i cant even describe it! amazing professor, i wish you are my teacher till the end of time.
Insight after insight ... great course
Great course, lots of practice and laughs! Proffesor Bloomfield is a remarkable teacher. Cheers!
Very interesting course!
A remarkable pedagogy that make the course exciting ! Thank you for that :)
I am from China.I think the courses is easy for a senior high school students. The vidio is too long.it is better to make it short.At all,thank you for your wonderful teaching!
Amazing course that easily deals with the most recondite topics for the beginners! I loved it immensely!
Loved it. Louis is a wonderfully calm, patient, humourous and knowledgeable teacher - he knows how to present the information so that even complete novices like myself can understand everything. I 100% recommend this course!
One of THE best courses I have done so far online. Wish the good Prof would offer other courses in Physics. He has a nice and simple way of putting across the scientific stuff.
It was an awesome course- I learned so much! Thank You.
Very interesting, simple and fun. Thankyou Professor Lou and look forward to more such videos on mechanical physics from you.
very interesting courseI like to learn new things and i like physics .Thanks all of you .
I loved this course very much. Mr.Louis is a great professor and I enjoy physics more than ever
Great Course!It's actually a lot of fun give it a try!
Questions are good. But better put some pictures on it. Sometimes it is hard to imagine the situation.
Very, very interesting!!!
this course brings to me a explanatory answers to the ordinary physical works surrounding us, i can say that is a fundamental stuff for beginner who love physics. It's naturally good.
just great! very inspiring teacher.
That was really interesting!
this is a beautiful course every one has to know because every person use these things in their daily life but this course helps you to know the science behind your application and enjoyed a lot and can visualize it in the practical life
Amazing class and amazing Profesor!
it amazing ,easy and interesting i hope if there will be a part 2
Funny and engaging instructor breaking down the basics of physics in a simple and easy to understand way!
Professor is very powerful, various experiments done fast. Professor of teaching I have never seen before, he was led to my interest in learning, so I easily learned over the course.
Great course! The instructor is funny and engaging.One major disappointment is that the graded assignments are inaccessible unless you pay to earn a verified certificate. I do not like the idea of being forced to provide an ID and set up a webcam. That should be optional for those who want a certificate and not penalize those who are taking it just for the enjoyment of learning. I am only allowed to access the videos.
If my high school teachers were like this I might had ended up physicist. Great videos, engaging style, good explanations. I loved it!
The professor is really informative and thoroughly explains the concepts. It's a great course to take as an introduction to Physics.
hilarious! Inspiring! Wonderful professor!
This course is excellent, mostly because its professor, Louis Bloomfield knows how to both entertain and teach to people who are not at all expert scientists or mathematicians. It's a lively class that keeps you engaged with his irreverent pedagogy. I do wish it would continue, however, so that I could have some lessons to accompany the rest of his text book!
Good introduction to Physics.
Perfect Course for someone who wants to understand the basics and the important points that we need to keep in mind while working with Physics.
I love the course. Professor Bloomberg makes me love this class. I am glad to take the class with him since I need to learn physics to learn astronomy. Thank you professor Bloomberg.
Boring and simplistic. But hey I should have expected that.
awesome explanation from a guy who is truly enthusiastic about the subject he is teaching.
Great begining for physics
Nearly finished this course and it has been fantastic. Clear, concise and informative. Wish I was able to watch this before I went to uni. Thanks Lou.
Well presented mix of real world examples used to convey fundamental concepts. The program was challenging and thought-provoking. I took the course to prepare for later Coursera programs. Thanks Dr. B.
It'so interesting and helpful!!!
it so boring
I love it!
the content is basic and essential. the professor teaches inspiringly and easy to understand.
Great course! I wish High School Physics had been just like this!
best course ever with the best professor who explains clearly and gives various examples and applies his concepts. really enjoyed his course and made me love and enjoy physics so muvh.. Thank youu for your effort
Very good for a basic understanding!
Excellent use of internet education in order to transmit fundamental mechanical physics. Hope to see more where this came from in the future.
I strongly recommend anybody to begin to study physics from this course!!!
This course is brilliant, because it has the potential to reach the masses of individuals that would otherwise be left out of the world of physics. I'm talking about students that think they are too busy, too slow, too old, not smart enough, etc. This is an 'at your own pace' class, which I really appreciated for learning concepts in physics. The way this course accomplishes this amazing feat is by presenting everyday physical actions like dropped balls out of three story windows, or manned wheeled carts gliding across the floor, or bumper car physics explained with air hockey games, and then explaining the laws of physics that are behind the 'actions'. Knowing the physics behind what we see everyday is so enriching, and my eyes are much wider now. This course, taught by Dr. Louis Bloomfield, is also amusing and entertaining, as Dr. Bloomfield races up and down the steps of the empty University of Virginia Physics building for the dropped ball gravity experiments, or crashes himself (standing on a wheeled cart) into the wall to illustrate energy and momentum transfer. (he has really good balance and stamina!) I really hope there is a 'How MORE Things Work' soon! My appetite is whetted.
very good course
this course is "WOW"
This course was very informative and I loved how enthusiastically everything was presented but one thing that put me off was the length of the videos. I understand that you need to cover all the information but when I look at an upcoming video that is 30 minutes long, I don't feel as encouraged to start it. Maybe if you could separate those type of videos into smaller sections of 5-10 minute videos.Another thing that bothered me was when I took a quiz and got something wrong but couldn't figure out why because it doesn't have an explanation and I didn't know which video to watch. Maybe they should give the video name and start time of explanation (e.g. How Would a Ball Fall on the Moon? (5:36)). If they did that, it would be easier to find an explanation to a question.
It's a very interesting class with a nice professor!
Excellent course to learn the basics of mechanics, through explanations and examples are easy to remember... Just perfect for those who want to bring themechanics physical and the more advanced students (sometimes they make mistakes stubidi). This course resolve the gap between the formality of a university course of mathematics and the physical meaning retrievable in everyday life
Fantastic, I never took a physics course when I was getting my undergrad degree. This course has been great in helping me to understand "how things work". It was really well put together and easy to understand.
amazing course that makes physics really easy :)
ery nice, it's absolutely worth the time
I wouldnt want it any other way. Im in week 2 so far, and while I have some questions wrong occaisonally, thats mostly because I get confused with the words since im not a native english speaker (and a guy that thinks in weird, complicated ways) .The Professor takes his time, gives many, thought out and easygoing examples and seems to really enjoy what hes doing. He wants you to learn, he wants you to know, he even wants you to have fun and hes does everything in his power to make you really get a feel for physics and its basic concepts.This is learning of the future right here, online, for everyone.Thank you so much for putting this up!
The professor is amazing, the course is really great
Love this course ! Be it for beginners or for people who want to brush up on the basics I think you are at the right place to learn how simple everyday things work !!The lecturer is just amazing and I have already learnt so much from this course.
Best physics teacher I ever had!
Hi Lou,thanks for the course. I have really enjoyed it and looking forward to season 2. My suggestion how to make the course even better - please provide correct answers with explanations to quizzes.Thanks again and greetings from the Czech republic!
Professor Bloomfield ignites the love for Physics sparking curiosity to comprehend on how the world around u is working... Am pleasured to have had this opportunity to listen to his lectures. Am indeed indebted to you Professor.
Very good course. Provides practical demonstration to the physical laws and concepts.
Excellent course! Make the physics of everyday objects understandable. Concepts that I have struggled with for years, such as why all objects fall at the same rate under gravity were made obvious. Highly recommended.
Thank you, Lou, for an extremely interesting and informative course. I enjoyed it, and would like to see it continue. You have a way of explaining things for the non-physics-major that FINALLY makes all this sink in. I'm happy to understand the world around me a little better -- it's even helped with a few
Demosntrations involved in the course is a great way to understand the material, thanks a lot) enjoyed your style and manner of lecturing
Excellent instructor and great explanations.
I just love this course.... It's helped me a great deal in getting a grip on the subject. I greatly appreciate all the effort Prof Bloomfield put in to make these :)
Very useful course as an introduction to how things work. Louis Bloomfield is fantastic. The enthusiasm and way he explains things are a credit to him and the university. If only all teachers/lecturers/instructors could be as enthusiastic and animated! Thanks for providing this course. Where is part two?
In-depth explanation of physical principles with simple experiments
It is good that the professor was able to connect physical laws to day-to-day events and phenomena and help laymen like myself understand them through simple, less technical explanations.However, it would be better if the questions in the quizzes can be explained after attempts. Though I could retake the tests, sometimes, it is through sheer trial and error that I got some answers correct. In this way, true learning is not achieved.It would be good if the answers to the quizzes could be re-explained with parts of the lesson vides to draw the links. Sometimes, that link is not obvious. It is not immediately clear which part of the lesson pertained to which quiz questions and that made reviewing the lessons after getting answers wrong not helpful.I speak from a perspective of a student who has not taken physics since 14th grade.
Just Great!
What a wonderful class! The instructor, Louis Bloomfield, made so many concepts of physics understandable. His continual use of visual aids and moving objects was extremely helpful. The class was both fun and challenging. The quizzes are not simple; you really have to think about what you were taught and apply the concepts to new situations, but they were fair and achievable. I had never taken a physic class before and am so glad that I chose this one! I highly recommend it.
this course was very informative for me thank you coursera and university of virginia
Accessible to almost anyone! with a functioning intellect.
It was really fascinating to know science works in nature. Prof. Bloomfield demonstrate it, in a really nice way.
A brilliant teacher makes a course easy, makes you wish learning his lessons without too much effort from your side, this being the case here, I really enjoy this course and I find it useful.
It has been many years since I've had a physics course. I've got a doctorate in another field. I've been looking into bio-mechanical interfaces and felt that I needed to review some basic physics without all the hassle of a formal course and with the option of skipping around if I felt the material was too basic. The lecture series allowed me to quickly and easily review some basic concepts without a formal structure.I also have to say Dr. B. did a terrific job of translating some potentially daunting concepts into enjoyable yet serious teaching metaphors. A seriously fantastic job. Obviously, as noted the gradient lecture series has some personal interest and I think that you might consider some introduction to matter.
~ SO MUCH FUN TO LEARN FROM THE "EXPERTS"...................very grateful ~
It is an awesome course.. :) Every basic physics concept explained using real life examples.. :)
Highly informative in a simple manner
The course was pretty cool. The professor is quite funny, I have to say, this series of study has been one of my most interesting experience, this course turned what seems to be mysterious physicist's word and concept in to our everyday experience, and these wonderful experience plus a little computer edit then give you a complete new feeling of study that you can't have from ordinary schools. Thank you, Louis, it's a lovely course..
I love this.
Very Good!
This Physics class is positively different from that I had before, bringing physics much closer to everyday life.
Explain the information in a good way.
Thank you for an excellent class, Professor Bloomfield! I would suggest having a term glossary tossed up somewhere.
Interesting material
Thank you very much Mr. Bloomfield ... !!!Great presentation, excellent demonstrations, indoor and outdoors and very assuring oratory skills. Appreciate all your efforts and looking forward to yet another opportunity to meet you virtually.One small area of disagreement though ... I refer to your video "Week 3, Falling Balls I" (time frame 5:12) (How Things Work) topic on "Weight and Mass" of an object where you point out two items from the grocery store, namely the Chocolate Bar and the bag of Cookies.Following information from US FDA regarding Food Labeling Guide, Net quantity of Contents Statement.>>>>>>>3. Should the net quantity of contents be stated in both grams and ounces?Answer: Food labels printed must show the net contents in both metric (grams, kilograms, milliliters, liters) and U.S. Customary System (ounces, pounds, fluid ounces) terms. The metric statement may be placed either before or after the U.S. Customary statement, or above or below it. Each of the following examples is correct (additional examples appear in the regulations):Net wt 1 lb 8 oz (680g)Net wt 1 lb 8 oz 680 g500 ml (1 pt 0.9 fl oz)Net contents 1 gal (3.79 L)<<<<<<<<<<For additional info, please refer to the following link for detailed info on what US FDA agrees to : http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064877.htm#includedView above, I presume that the value of the grocery contents shown in Metric system is its Net Weight (not mass) and makes it easier to understand for people from countries that follow Metric system.Let me know if I am wrong.Warm Regards,Ravi Sudame.
very good course! especially for an English learner,who whats to learn physics
Its helps to understand how things really works and know how to find a solution when stuck doing your normal thing.
It is superb. I really enjoy classes which are explaining fundamentals of physics in interesting, entertaining, stimulating way. And these are such classes. This course gives us opportunity to understand physics by examining everyday situations, and that's why it is more comprehensible than classes at school or university.Mr Bloomfield is doing a great, great job indeed! Many thanks for him, and all the best! Keep it up :)
The course is very practical, and gives many great every-day tools for understanding how things work. Nevertheless, I feel it lacks mathematical references. For example, I would like to see proofs, examples with actual numbers and etc.
It's really great program to understand environment which surround us and performance of the professor is quite remarkable sample for other professors for their approach to their students while teaching so complex issues like these are .. :D
Amazing course
thank you for the amazing course!
Great details and awesome teacher. Loved this course!
Physics can be fun!
This course helps me to understand the physics concepts . It created a positive impact in my life.
Best physics course with the best instructor.
Really cool course, explaining some basic physics ruling everyday life
Have a geart time!
This course is a great introduction physics. I am glad I could take the course.
The professor is sooooo cute !!!wonderful !
Great Course! I like it! Thanks!
These pieces of paper are inspiring! I like it!
Great professor and awesome course! I enjoy learning it.
Interesting topic, with useful case-studies, removed a star because it feels too much like the speakers are reading their text, with frequent errors in the words / corrections / hesitations = doesn't feel natural enough. Most probably due to the danish-english language effort...
This course is more like a brief to "how to design and launch a product into the market" with a case study of an app targeting to aged population. I even felt like I was watching its commercial sometimes.
I am a Medical graduate with a keen interest in Diabetes. I took this course hoping to streamline my understanding of the process of innovation. I must say that the course helped me organise the often overwhelming amount of information that is to be understood in this process. It also helped me develop a grounded overview to learn further. The supplementary resources provided for reading were also very valuable. Deepest gratitude!
At the first time it was a very usefull course in terms of knowing how we can improve life quality of this population in particular, but, at the end the course it turned into another perspective that for me does not met all the objectives previously exposed
Maybe I was wrong but I expected more medical course with many practical examples and the course is sth like 'explore your creativity in the field and be prepared'.
Wow! Is developing an app "THIS" simple if I know Angular! This course and the way it proceeds in each step gave me a lot of confidence that developing an android app is simple.I haven't started anything yet (I did not "do" the exercises), but the fact that "I know. It is easy" is a good enough take home from this course.
Enjoyed this course less than the other courses in the series. Needs to be refreshed and updated.
Would be good to be updated with Ionic 2 and Angular 2,
Great lessons, learned a lot, love it, appreciate!
Excellent. A bit long in terms of duration and explanation, but at the end you end up learning and understanding the concepts well. Finally after many attempts I have been able to learn Ionic.
Best course by best Instructor.
Great course with lots of technologies evolved.
So funny and really interestanting if you want to learn mobile app movil in few steps.
Bad video quality, errors in tasks and descriptions, no clear path through the course.
Awesome course and especially awesome faculty teaches all the concept so well and adds some humor as well very satisfied :)
Doesn't provide as much of an in-depth info as I was expecting, but its a good course to get you started with hybrid app development.
Really good course, learned a lot of hybrid development
Great course indeed, can recommend it to anyone interested in mobile development
Very interesting and useful course for web mobile development! I recommend it!
Very interesting course
Some things are not updated. Some things should be reviewed deeper. It is a good course to start developing hybrid apps, but should be updated.
Platform tooling for emylators and native devices is tricky and if done wrong, it impacts a students ability to finish the course.However these topics get very little attention.
As always, a great course!
nice class!
Very Informative and well defined!
A well organised course with increasingly interesting exercises and assignments that really help you to understand the Ionic platform. Additionally, the lecturer has a great sense of humour which makes the course just that much better.
Awesome course
Awesome course
This course gave me the key concepts and technologies for mobile programming
A lot of outdated information. A lot of mistakes. But still a good way to understand the basics.
Thank you for this course, it's very good to develop mobile application with IONIC FRAMEWORK.
great course
Great course about developpement for multiplatform mobil app (ios/android).
good tutorial, I wish there is more detail of how to setup the plugin and stuffs.
This is definitely a must for everyone seeking to learn mobile hybrid app development
Great course really enjoyable and informative.
Nice and straightforward. Perfect if you want to get an Ionic app up and running and already know angularjs.
Wonderful Course!
Great knowledge is obtained here!I begin to really understand the value of JS in our lives :)
Thanks a lot, that was a great course
All is very clear and assignments were very well for improving my understanding.Thank you.
Supremely well explained. Thank you teacher.
Great course!
nice course for the beginner to developing mobile app by html/ css/ js skill
I liked the course very much. Learnt a lot of new things.
Awesome information provided
Great Course as always!
Very good course. Most of the new features and technologies were well explained. Maybe a little more hands-on exercise will not be a bad idea.
The structure of the course is awesome, and the instructor is fantastic. Am enjoying his teaching approaches. Keep up the good work.
It´s a very good course, but when we get to the part of really generating the app, I had a lot of problems that were not covered in the course.
amazing course, recommended
It's hard to setting up development environment correctly
While the subject matter was extremely relevant, I didn't think this course was taught well. Much of the lecture and exercise focused on providing direction than actually teaching. I felt as though I was just copying and pasting sample code. At times it was as though the professor was rushing to introduce new modules rather than discussing how and why certain concepts should be used. In most cases, I could have learned the Ionic modules just as well by reading the documentation and looking at sample code, which is often what this course felt like. I'd have much rather seen the concepts explained in more detail than rushing to add new modules without any context.The quizzes are not challenging (the professor always puts the correct answer as the first choice) and the exercises just provide cut/paste code snippets without any reasoning or explanation. I would have preferred to have the exercises conducted by providing a high level goal and then a solution to check against rather than the "put this code here" approach that's used. The assignment grading is either far too obvious (whether a required module was injected or not) or completely arbitrary. Generally the assignments lacked nuance and complexity as well. I didn't feel like I really learned any of the concepts behind this material after going through the course.
Wonderful course, a complete introduction guide for new hands.
Last section with the emulators needed more guidance on how to install. I received few errors just trying to install the platforms emulators in my pc
For all the many courses I took on Coursera, this course is one of the best.
Definitely recommended. Prof is as always amazing. Explains concepts well and gives excellent examples. Exercises are top-notch as well.
It began with the basics of Ionic and it ended with an APK that I've installed on my phone! This MOOC is a life changing one, It includes a lot of amazing extra resources that you can learn from and the exercises were very important in helping me understand all the concepts taught. It also encouraged me to go there and try many ngCordova plugins on my own.
Cannot be better than this.hatz off to professor.
is great
The course could be explained much more in depths. Certain concepts are explained on the surface and remained not so clear. The teacher is very nice, however, he could explain the material in much easier way
Great course
Love the course and the prof is awesome!
Its good
Best full stack courses, you can even understand how Angular works better
Excellent course, and a delight to learn from the Prof. giving the lectures . Thank you
Not as good as previous courses from this specialization
Good course!!!
A massive thanks to Prof. Muppala - this course provides a very gentle and easy to access entry into the world of app development. I tried to get into Android Studio and Xcode before and was overwhelmed by both - taking this approach made it a lot easier for me to get started and the course layout (especially in conjunction with the previous course about AngularJS) provided me with just the right tools and concepts at the right time and pace!
Excellent course. This was a great intro to hybrid app development. The specialization has been building gradually to this point and everything learned so far has been helpful in grasping the concepts for this course.
Quite comprehensive, entertaining course. Unfortunately, not being able to submit the assignments without paying a fee is rather offputting - Especially taking into account we're talking about peer-to-peer reviews
Not too difficult
Very nice course
Top
Good course, but the development cycle is hard and I had to suffer a lot when it comes to the device emulations . I know the time is short, but I would be happy if you can provide a course or some helpful links. The first two weeks are nice to develop, because of the ionic serve --watch.
Great classes, awesome teacher. Hands on, straight to the point.... A++++
Thank you good course
Excellent. The whole specialisation is excellent. Good balance between theory and practice.
Wonderful course and a wonderful professor / teacher
Excellent course! Informative theoretical course and great practical exercises.
Excellent! Especially seeing how easy to convert existing website developed in previous courses using Bootstrap and/or AngularJS to an Android or iOS application.
The teacher is great. Everything is very well explained.
Realy good
The lectures and assignments dealing with Ionic were useful and informative, but that's only the first half of the course. The Android/iOS portion felt extremely rushed. For all of the hassle of setting up my Android environment, I get one week of lectures/exercises out of it and that only covers rudimentary functionality.
Both the specialization and the course are top quality. Professor Muppala is the best!
Recommended for any learner - I'm in awe of the professor and how he neatly explains everything at a clear pace.
Sometimes It's not so easy to finish some assignments, but you must to do it again and again. Great amount of useful information
A very good course for familiarizing yourself with Hybrid Mobile Development. Teaches you the basics and some good features that comes with the Hybrid Mobile App Development.
Great course.
I had the opportunity to learn in an very organized course.Thanks.
As always Professor Muppala presents a well structured and detailed course. Excellent!
I can't just rating and didn't write a preview. Because this course is so useful and have a great lecturer. What I like most is, the exercise, the assignment is so really EXCITING and make me want to learn more about whole MEAN stack. Biggest thank's for the Lecturer. Really recommended for you who still reading and don't want to purchase this course. Because this is really WORTH it! Thank you. God Bless you!
Great
It was a pain installing the necessary tools for this course for me on Linux. Made it a little difficult to keep up.
The material is not mature yet. Some things were not tested by the teacher before being part of the course and do not actually work. Questions asked on the forums about it got no answers before the end of the course.
This course serves as a great introduction to mobile web development. Notice that multiplatform in this case means iOS and Android (no Windows Phone) and you do get a bit of hands on work on Android SDK and XCode, although mostly for setting up both environments. Professor Muppala is again outstanding in the class, covering a wide range of topics combined with multiple exercises which in my case really furthered my understanding. One thing I believe could improve would be having either at least one assignment forcing you to deploy to Android and another one to iOS. In my case, it was just too comfortable to simply deploy to an iOS device and barely look at Android. Also, the vibration function should not be part of an assignment, as not everyone will have a device to test it and neither of the emulators really use it. One final recommendation for those pressed with time: I was able to follow Professor Muppala quite easily while playing the lectures at 1.75x (it's funny how slow he seems to speak when I set in back to 1x :-) ).
I got the feeling that we ran through the material and did not spend ample time setting up the testing and understanding the environment. Maybe the course need to be two weeks to cover this properly.
Best course in the specialization so far!
Great course.Thank you everyone, the teacher,the university and the Coursera team for providing a valuable course.
good course indeed, but should have information about places we can fin help especially parts where we run emulators.
One the best I ever had been enrolled.Thank you very much :D
Great course, lots of learning and lots of fun. Some frustrations, but once you overcome that, is even more fun
Great
I took the initial offering of this courser. It is an excellent class that I am sure will only improve over time. Prof. Muppala is a wonderful instructor and I learned so much in this course. My only suggestion would be to clarify some of the grading details as there were some questions on certain items in the last assignment. I would definitely recommend this series of courses and I am looking forward to taking the final course in this Full Stack Web Development series.
great course
A well explained with good support course! I recommend this to everyone interested in the field.Note: I would want to know how to move further with the app and introduce it inside app store and google play store. This is omitted in the course. I am looking forward for this course updates if there will be any - and I think it will be improved!
Fun and useful
Good course, although felt like it didn't quite cover enough fundamental material concerning Ionic framework and how it sits within the scope of the specialization.
I like this.
Awesome course. The instructor is analytical and clear and the assignments are just great.
Its really a very interesting and well though out course and the prof is knowledgeable and passionate about what he teaches. I have personally become hooked up to Prof Muppala's courses.see you in Server Side soon.
Course was great. I learnt so many things in less time. Thank you professor Muppala
Excellent course and would recommend it to anybody
Awesome course!!
A pity that the submission are now blocked for not paying students.
Good helpful course.
Good course.Unfortunately the last week's worth of material wasn't particularly insightful or useful.
really great coursei wish it had automatic test to assignment results
excellente course. Going to the 5 course on this specialization.. Thanks Jogesh K. Muppala. See you again.
Really great course to learn the basics of building a mobile app using the Ionic framework and Cordova
By learn through the courses without submit the assignments. The course was still very impressive and easy to learn, thanks proffessor! See you in next course.
Awesome course
Definitely a five star course. I followed the professor in the Full Stack Specialization. He was always knowledgeable and helpful, as well as full of senses of humor.
Great course !
I am taking this course now, It is amazing to be able to develop IOS and Android Mobile apps and the same time. A good tip, you need to see the previous course about angular to understand better this about Ionic.
Would have given full, but the assignments are paid..like WTF!!!
Really good and practical course. It helps you reinforce the knowledge that you got from the three previous courses.
The teacher is really good and you can see that they are doing a fantastic job with all the specialization
Course Content and everything was good, video lectures have some disturbance please delete that noise.
Loved it!
Very good, connected also to relatively recent outbreaks. Maybe some miniquiz/few question after each block would be nice to sum it up and help with preparing for quiz after whole week.
Really interesting course if you want to be more informed about the dynamics of global disease transmission and emergency responses
neat course by nice team
I took this course out of the blue but in the end I really enjoyed it. Excellent for learning the new trends in epidemiology.
Very interesting modern views on epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Another good course on Epidemiology!
Very thorough and comprehensive course--all lessons are in easily-understandable English
Interesting course, I am a geo-information specialist and I took this Course to gain some understanding on epidemics so as to be of influence in mapping and modelling their spatial patterns. I have loved every bit of it especially the last part- Zombies!! I needed to hear more.
Pro: All topics seem to be covered, full overview of this field.Con: Please, please, get rid of the childish drawings and get som serious artwork.
Loved it! Thank you so much! The case studies especially made it easier to understand and remember the diseases discussed.
Excellent course. I really love the way it opened my eyes to the workings of disease and how it could be controlled globally. I am a certified medical laboratory professional so I have some kind of medical background. But this course has been pleasantly exhilarating. It added so much to my current knowledge. I absolutely recommend this.
Really enjoyed the variety contained within this course - thank you!
Enjoyed the course tremendously, and it was a wonderful refresher course that I am using to keep me current with some of the tangential parts of my field of expertise. I would recommend this course to anyone who has an interest in infectious disease, epidemiology, microbiology, or related fields. The videos were short, direct, and enlightening and not dry and boring light some educational videos can tend to be. I am planning on taking a number of other courses offered through Coursera.org
Useful. Scary. Enjoyable. Clarifies a lot.
It was an interesting class though the scale of difficulty was very low. I would improve this course by adding more technicalities.
As a PhD student with knowledge on bacterial infections but little knowledge on viral infections and epidemiology, I found this really interesting. I very much enjoyed the course. Would highly recommend to a colleague.
Thoroughly enjoyed Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Disease. As a final year student doctor with an interest in infectious disease, I found this course was a very engaging and enlightening way of expanding my knowledge of infectious disease. My perspective of Epidemics and infectious diseases had greatly broadened. Would absolutely recommend this course to anyone interested in Epidemics, infectious disease, healthcare, or microbiology.
I loved it! there are no words to describe how much this course has complemented my college education and how has change the idea i had about infectious diseases. Now i wish to continue the study of the Neglected tropical diseases and apply that knowledge in my country and community. Thanks a lot.
it's so great to study this course with such a comprehensive discussion of epidemics.
This is really an informative and inspiring course. It is a masterpiece of multidisciplinary work. Very precious video records worth spreading. Help us to think more about infectious diseases in the context of mathematics models and modern society. Thank you so much!
Nice course for making core concept about infectious diseases. Thank's to all
Great for beginners and a good review of the basics!
Excellent course, thanks to Penn State for bringing this to us!
Of course, its a nice course but the calculations were little more for me to understand as I am a Medical doctor. I enjoyed the course. Thanks one and all for helping me to understand the course
Much more than I expected! I'm in love with this area! This team is awesome!This couse is Career Changing!
Great course, will def be looking for more like this.
Great course! I would like to thank the teachers for their awesome work in this course, it´s been a pleasure choosing Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, so much that I will do my best to translate the course for the spanish speakers. Again, please continue teaching!
Excellent introduction and refreshingly presented, Thank You!!
Well done, easy-to-understand and explained in a way that
Some of the lectures were a little dull but the information was fantastic!
Interesting, informative and easy to understand. Good!
Really nice introduction course. I am however a bit disappointed it did not went deeper in how the models of diseases spreading are built, and that the course overall does not go into much detail. A bit more technical detail (maths, biology etc.) would make this nice course a awesome course.
This was a great course!
I felt that this course was more information driven and just getting to know facts and facts and more facts . though this course is designed for anybody to do I feel a student would do better if they had past experience and knowledge about a few common diseases.
great course
One of the best course I've follow this year. The topic is really interesting, the lessons were simple to be followed and in the final lessons professors zere able to stimulate student's curiosity about the view of infection control in the future. Congratulations. Enrico Leott
Can't fault this course at all and nor would I want to. Very interesting, brilliantly presented and the range of experts really enhanced it. It was engaging and made me keen to find out more.
great course and its intensive learning . One might think its just another course . However, one needs to follow all the lectures and notes closely to be able to pass all their assignments .
Excellent course - a great overview even for people new to the field. Great, entertaining lecture videos!
The course was taught in a simple and effective manner.
Epidemics - the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases by The Pennsylvania State University is one best courses on Coursera I have ever taken. It helps in identifying infectious diseases and their subsequent eradication.
Very informative course.
Very thorough and interactive. I appreciate the expertise from multiple backgrounds, which has allowed me, as someone inexperienced in epidemiology, to have a general understanding of the topic. Thank-you and I look forward to seeing more content from you!
Excellent course. The video lectures were outstanding, understandable and organized in a way that helped me digest all of the information presented.
Great courseComplex terms simplified and explained well by all professors.
interesting course
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and learned a great deal of information in the process. I found the interviews to be very helpful in bringing it all together for me. Thank you professors!
The test difficulty was a lot easier than the actual course content.
Absolutely amazing course. Great work! I really enjoyed it.
Great course! Learned a lot!
A very informative and well made course. A big thanks :)
Fantastic Course!
Highly Informative.... good detailing right from basic concepts...
I loved this course and learned way more than I thought I would. Thank you!
Excellently presented by interesting lecturers.
Great lectures; well organized; logical presentation; engaging.
This was a fascinating course. Thank you.
I enjoyed taking this course so much. The professors and students were great. I look forward to taking additional courses on infectious diseases.
The course provides an excellent fundamental base for the study of disease and epidemics, Also, the various approaches from social aspects to microbiology, really gives a wide range of perspective, which ultimately stirs up ideas and implications that make one feel capable of entering any discussion surrounding the topic.
Is so cool to me, the oportunity and is very terrific the explications...Very Good!
very very interesting course.i can't wait finishing it.
It is a great course, really interesting, really easy to complete though some of the topics are a bit challenging. Overall a great achievement to finish this course. (Although I didn't receive a certificate but at least I finished the course)
it was a fantastic course!!. Could you do a course to learn statistical predictions????
Excellent class with a rich variety of instructors from multidisciplinary array of fields, lots of extra information and pretty much any question answered!
Extremely interesting course!
Fantastic Course! great content and compelling presenters. It really opens your eyes to infectious diseases and all perspectives it braces, science, social aspects, biology, ecology. I recommend for bio/science folks.
very intresting
Top notch professors, amazing that you can get so much up-to-date relevant scientific information in a single course. Awesome course, recommend it for anyone remotely interested in health, disease, biology, social science.
Nice course. I sometimes wished the lectures had more in depth coverage of the material instead of so many "big picture" statements. But overall, the course was a nice overview of diseases. Thank you to the instructors!
Really enjoyed the course format, information presented and the videos were fantastic. The discussions were lively and interesting as well . Had a great time learning about what may be the next big disaster heading our way!
It is great!. I have been learned about experiments that researchers have been developed to understand the interaction between the host and the infectious agent.
This was one of my first online courses and I think the lecturers did an excellent job of conveying the material especially through this medium. They were also quick to respond to any questions that I had about lectures. I loved the material they presented as well. Great Course. I would definitely recommend it.
Interesting introduction to the topic. Would be beneficial if the course could be expanded and a formal certificate could be obtained providing credits or official points.
Really good material. Lectures are fun to watch and easy to follow.
Very informative and dynamic! Loving it.
I really enjoyed this course and I will use this knowledge in my personal interests of the ecology of food and waterborne infectious disease.
Wonderfully informative, easy to understand and follow along. One of the most enjoyable courses I've taken through Coursera.
Was an interesting course but, at least to me, seemed to lack relevant material I was hoping for. When Addressing the concepts of Ebola, SARS, or the concepts of anti-vaccination the content was vague. But overall I thought the course was very informative on the concepts of how infections can spread and how we can track the movements in order to help control infection rates. I will definitely be going back to rewatch some of these lectures in the future.
Love this course. Excited to attend more biology sciences courses from this university and these instructors...
Nice course and extremely we'll presented. Cood ideas and the presenters also did a great job.
Good course on Infectious diseases; rather broad which includes social and belief perspectives.Good points are: the part on the "social networks" which enable the student in better understanding on the patterns of transmission; the part on agriculture and zoonosis and their impact on infections in humans.Parts where I expected a bit more: the part on the "dynamics", mostly on the SIR framework (I actually I choose to take this course hoping to get a deeper and practical understanding of this type of modeling).
Thank you to all the members of course on this great effort has been spectacular and of course benefited him a lot and was very entertaining explanation you are great
Video lectures were engaging and conveyed information in an easily understood way.
It is the most needed class.
Great content presented in a very comprehensive way!
Great course! Concise form and presentations are very inspiring. The variety of covered topics is definitely impressive. Even I have strong experience in Public Health, I personally find this course as extremely useful and helping in clarifying some concepts of epidemiology and infectious diseases.
So much current, usable, high quality education in this course. I will be watching future classes offered by these Professors. Thank you for your dedication to educate us in the subjects of your expertise!
This is the best epidemiology course I have ever taken.
I liked the course, with its many different speakers and approaches.The one thing I missed the most was seeing the models in action. Even if the course isn't aimed at scientists or programmers, there are free online simulations where one can adjust model constants to see the effects interactively without any knowledge required.See NetLogo at http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/, for which there are forest fire, disease spread in networks, cellular automatas and many other interactive simulations. Insight providing questions may involve finding the value of a parameter such as the epidemic can't spread, for instance.For more formula oriented optional exercises, I would recommend something similar to Differential Equations in Action from Udacity. It's a relatively easy course implementing the SIR model, physics and ABS. An exercise could be "modify the simulation to consider X% germs get resistant after each antibiotic treatment" (either in NetLogo, or Python).
The course is very interesting and the pace and language is very accessible to understand
Well devilered, interesting and engaging.10/10, would learn again!
I really like the way the videos are prepared. It had to take a lot of work, but I love those drawings. It makes it look alive. I like the content as well. It is well structured and well presented. Thank you so much!!!!
Very interesting! One missing thing: please write explanations for correct/incorrect questions in quizzes. In the basic course, I found them very helpful in understanding why my reasoning was wrong.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on game theory. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Stanford University,The University of British Columbia and Coursera.
Great course, but I think It could be more vivid like its predecessor
I enjoyed a lot learning this Course. Well explained by great lecturers.
Outstanding course.
Great experience. Lotof fun. Awaiting the third volume...
Overall, the course was good. Somehow, the concepts were not as clear as the basic game theory course. Definitely more advanced.
Great course. Nice retracing of some notions of the course Game Theory like Pareto Oprimality. Nice idea doing some examples on auctions and voting systems. Nice proofs
I belive that this course is usefull in computer science research, the discipline might allow us to explore alternative solutions from other approaches. Excellent instructors, excellent course! Thanks Coursera!
5 out of 5!I managed to finish this course in just 6 days. Pretty fascinating and practical, as it is more in depth.Would totally recommend this to anyone who wants to know more about Game Theory. Assessments are easy relatively; a balanced number of practical calculations and theoretical questions.All 3 instructors are friendly and experienced in lecturing, which helps a lot in understanding the materials.:)
An exceptional course that is extremely informative and sufficiently challenging. The best part about this course is the fact that it provides the applications of all the theoretical aspects of game theory.
Great course and it's fun. I shall rate 5 stars. I highly recommend this course. The instructors presented difficult concepts in a lucid manner. To have more instructors teach a course gave multiple perspectives on the subject.
Enjoyed the course, Thank you so much
Great
So much information given, in very compact but clear style, in short time. Great course
The exams did not explain why the wrong answers are wrong. Even after you succeed a test, I expect an explanation of the questions, and the correct answers. Even if I have a correct answer to a question, I don't know if my reasoning is correct..
Stimulating. Very interesting course, never loved the derivations this much before.
Great course. I have learned a lot and very thankful for the wonderful instructors.
Excellent and enlightening experience
Outstanding course on Game Theory. Provides excellent mathematical and logical treatment of the concepts and theory. A perfect stepping stone for researchers willing to pursue their research in Gam
This course has really helped me crystallise my thoughts about growth and given me the polish to the raw frameworks I had in mind.The professors were extremely kind in detailing all aspects,references and anecdotal bits as well.
Fantastic information will be available of growth of startup
it was just absolutely amazing. I learned alot in this Course.Thanks again Team Coursera and Wharton Online.
Great professors explaining in-depth, informative subject matter in a clear and readily understandable way.
Not challenge enough!
I think that the above course was a little bored. I would like something with more practice and less theory.
A tyro that I am can easily say that Entrepreneurship is all about generating ideas, grooming, nurturing and seeing it to fruition. taking it from dream to reality. It becomes acceptable to the people because it is useful to the. But then, how does one reach this milestone? It is by calculated and deliberate use of the mix and interplay of the processes of Communication, Advertising and Marketing. I am still learning though, I hope to have a firm grip of it and use it to my advantage and for the benefit of others.I count myself blessed to have come in contact with Great People like all of you at WHARTON and University of Pennsylvania,especially my professors. It is of special note to me that those energy flowing across my mind like a fluid can be tapped, nurtured, groomed and raised to fruition. I am on it.Since I started with you, my mouth has not closed. I have been talking to my colleagues. Although they are a bit difficult, I talk to them nonetheless. Thank you.
Interesting
The course was very informative. I thank the Professors and the Coursera Community for this wonderful course.
Thanks for the entrepreneurial learning! HIghly recommended course!
I love all of the courses and the great thing is I have been able to use them as I have been working through them.
Great information!
I learned so much in this course. I am using it now as part of my "down-time" from studying as I prepare for case interviews for a position I am going for at a consulting firm. This gave me insight that I didn't know and has inspired me to pursue an MBA in the future. Wharton is definitely one of my top contenders.
Absolutely Fantastic Program. Professors are the best!!
I'm so glad i enrolled for this course.
Very helpful frameworks delivered in a great way. Could be made better still by more in the way of materials and assignments to engage with. Quizzes are fine but don't allow the thought engagement of case studies one can work through even if ungraded.
superb course with interesting contents
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
This is awesome, thank you Coursera and Profs. at Wharton School :D
Excellent as the previous ones for the same reasons! I truly love this specialization! Very good job!
Tons of value in this course for free!My favorite parts:+ Consumer psychology principles (in price discrimination lecture)+ Public relations lecture (and the talk about the PR "food chain")+ Product diffusion and adoption lecture and model (to estimate how quickly a product could spread)+ two sided markets (really illustrates and makes this concept more concrete!)I just wish that non-paying students could also take the quizzes to at least see if they fully grasped the concepts being taught. Either way, I'm still thankful to have free access to so many ideas and concepts to improve myself and my business!
THANK YOU!
Please put more content. The content is very less.
Very Well done course. In its simplicity it is able to provide awesome tips for a such vast and complex subject. The professors are very very good.
The most rich course in the specialization, till now, containing very helpful tools and insights.
Great Course. Need HSK 4 & 5 Courses
Helped me a lot in order to pass my next Chinese Test.
This is an excellent course. I am learning an incredible amount. Just what I need to climb a level higher than where I am currently at.
It's start point to who looking for basic knowledges in GCP.
Well, course greateI've looked at Landscape of Google Clould ML productsWanted more deep Tensor Flow cases
Great introduction to GCP Big data capabilities. I don't know why anyone would want to build their own HDFS cluster after watching this.
Very Informative. Thank You!!
Informative and high quality material with clear instructions.
Sells too much Google and do not explain important things.
Muy bueno, solo faltan los posibles errores a aparecer y como solucionarlos------pretty good, i could add the possibles issues and how to fix them.
It's a short but good course. Good instructions and delivery. Good introduction to Big Data and ML on GCP. Would have liked more assignments as a formal requirement to complete the course. The codelabs are disconnected from the course. Glad to know other courses in the specialization are under development.
A great introduction course for data scientists to use Google Cloud Platform. You don't have to be familiar with GCP, because this course will cover the foundations, with focus on data processing and machine learning.
Great course!
Excellent introduction to Big Data and ML concepts in general, and specifically the GCP offerings. The instructor is clearly an expert in using these technologies and his style of instruction is lucid. This course was my first blush with very cool tech such as PySpark, TensorFlow, BigQuery, CloudDataLab and the Google ML APIs - all of which I hope to use in some capacity or the other thanks to basic understanding of their rudiments.
I wish I was like the guy that was speaking during the course. Must have course for all the people who understand the technologies but are confused about "how to use them".
Good. As a beginner, this course helped me to get an overall idea on Google's Big Data platform.
An exceptional course with a really good material.
Great course. The instructor is really clear. The labs are well defined. I really enjoyed following this class. It is a good starting point to GCP.
Some latter sections felt as if they were not shot in sequence, thus disrupting the flow. This fact notwithstanding,the program is an overall a good overview of the platform.
Very good .. had better insights into the GCP...
This Course is great! Helps in understanding basics of big data and ML. Shows how easy it is to process data using google services.
It is certainly a good course offering a broad overview of the Google cloud platform. However, it could offer more depth in all the modules covered.
LOVED but wish it would have been more in depth and less of an overview of other services
Very good intro to GCP and machine learning stack. Well prepared lab exercises to illustrate all the features.
Very good course. Got a lot of useful insights. - Quizzes are fine and just right amount. But needs more challenging lab exercises for practice.
Good presentation at a high level. Suitable for people with experience, since it doesn't go into details. I think that people new to the concepts will have to do a lot of reading, or take things at face value.
Great introductory course in the world of Big Data at using google cloud
Great course with real projects and examples. and easy to follow. It would be better if you also provide the slides of this course so i could read again. Thanks.
It would be very helpful to provide all the presentations and labs as a slide deck for later recatch on the GCP foundation
Just Perfect!
Good overview of all the services, but I could have read it just from the service list, and all the labs can be done without watching this course. There is no barely any information about machine learning, except for a small Tensorflow playground overview and copy pasting Python to Datalab. But this negative comment is only because I was expecting it to be a bit more comprehensive, for someone who has no previous information about any of the subjects, this can be a good introduction.
Process petabytes of data in a click of a clam takes data analysis to a new level
For Data professionals, this is a very good place to start learning and using Google Cloud. Nice and clear delivery of the content by the instructor. The course materials and the lab content are good as well.
Unusually short one but intensive. Focused on Google products. Has opened my eyes toward GCP offerings and how they can be used within ML area. As outcome you will have GCP account on hand plus bunch of ideas how to use it during 12 month of free trial.
Great insights and a clear introduction to BD and ML with Google Cloud.
Good introduction to using GCP services for machine learning. Utilizes google code labs for hands on exercises and outlines resources for further learning. Could use some improvement on quiz questions and course flow, 1 week 6 module format is different than many other MooCs.
very good overview of google cloud platform.allow to discover several products with examples and good course presentation
Dr.Lakshmanan does a great job covering the wide range of products Google has in the Cloud space, with real hands-on working examples. The lab on ML with TensorFlow was particularly exciting ! This course helped me get a clear understanding of the space each tool occupies and when to use them. The introductory hands-on labs got me started and now I feel confident I can build upon them on my own. Thank you Dr.Lakshmanan.
Excellent first step towards the path to GCP understanding and usage.
very well organized content and materials. Good presenter as well.
This course is well defined and great material to cover the fundamentals of GCP available services, and the subject matter on BigData, and Machine Learning. The Labs are great as well. Really enjoyed this course.
This is pretty exciting.
This was a good overview of the services Google Cloud Platform offers. There were a few bugs with the quizzes, but overall it was put together well and had a lot of information for a short course. I think it is a good introductory-level course for a person who has some background in Data Science and cloud computing, but not much experience with Google Cloud Platform. The tutorials and exercises are quick walk-throughs that can be completed in 10-15 minutes each. They give you a feel for how the Google Cloud APIs work and what some of the capabilities are, but don't go into much depth. This is an ideal course for a person who is considering using Google Cloud Platform but isn't sure what the advantages and capabilities are.
Very good introductory course. Looking forward to the rest of the data engineering courses.
The course was very informative to expand upon. It would have been very nice to have the presentation material made available in the form of slides or a readable PDF document...
great course, hope one day I can study healthcare informatics in U.S.
With this on-line education, I learned how much health information impacts consumers.Healthcare consumers actively explore health information and make decisions about their health. And they get information via a number of resources such as friends and family, printing, electronic media, health care providers, other consumers and so on.It is very important that health information should be accessible to people and medical staff directly related to patients, and I think that the process of health information delivery should be appropriate to the degree of need of acquiring personal information of medical consumers.In addition, I think that the problem which critical to challenge was examined as long as consumers, providers, and information scientists who develop using health information should go through.
Very good introductory course!
It was a great learning experience to learn Informatics at such a prestigious platform. Looking forward to do more courses from Coursera community.
Its a good overview. I am looking into health informatics for a possible masters course. I learnt a lot. I wish there were more practical examples of how informatics improves healthcare delivery
Being in the medical field Its very useful course for me to understand EHR and other Healthcare information.
The course really helped me in understanding the basics of health informatics and definitely adds value to my CV. The faculty is very well versed and have a good knowledge of the subject. The class of data visualization really helped in evaluating how to visualize data and present it in a good form.
A very interesting course. Obviously the faculty are well versed in the field. Would have been much nicer to have informaticists from other areas participating instead of all from the nursing field.More on data visualization would have been great!
Very helpful for healthcare informatics professional
the lectures were very useful and practical...enjoyed the course
course starts to be already outdated
I'm about half way through this course. It's a great accompaniment to the Health Informatics on FHIR (Georgia Tech). Its well presented and give a huge amount of additional reading to support the learning in each module. For me it has 'formalised' my on the job experience gained in the past few years.
Time for an update.
A very nice course to get end to end understanding of components involved in Healthcare practices.
Truly awesome course.
Great course. Most of the content was relevant to my career.
The primary lecturer is a little boring. She's quite knowledgeable and presents interesting material, however, she could benefit by animating her presentation style a little bit, so it doesn't sound like she's just reading it out loud.
This course is just perfect,the layoutthe details,it is a well thoughout course, very easy to understand, extensive materials to look at
An insightful and challenging course. I really enjoyed it.
This course was rather like conventional classroom teaching in video formats. There was a greater emphasis on programs and practices in the U.S.A. I personally felt the lack of a global perspective on health care informatics practices.
There is a lot of new things I have not learned from classroom.
Really a good starting point for anyone interested in learning or starting a new career in health informatics.
A very high level overview of what needs to be done in the next n number of years to improve the population health by x times.
Fun, easy, great pace - about 3 videos per week. This course is instructive and understandable. It is not about gene sequencing and statistical modelling. I recommend this to all healthcare professionals.
It is a pretty interesting course
I felt this course was well developed. It certainly captured some of the growing areas of informatics throughout healthcare. I would have liked to have seen a broader scale of examples such as how informatics is impacted other avenues of healthcare - such as in clinics, pharmacies, etc. There are several links in this course which are broken, so I was not able to do the additional reading on the sites I was being directed to. Overall, I felt the information discussed was direct and to the point and all of those who presented the material was helpful and knowledgeable.
Great course so far!!! Love it
Pleasant voice, clear material....but more basic than I expected. Excellent introduction to Informatics but I have encountered a lot of the material in professional work and reading.
I I really enjoyed the classes and materials Thanks Teacher Thanks Coursera for the opportunity of everyone to study
Anyone who want to understand the topic of confidence interval & Hypothesis Testing this COURSE IS MUST. Topics are explained in simple manner & with hands on exercise in Excel we can grasp topics thoroughly. Thank you so much for Rice University for such a wonderful course on CI & Hypothesis. Special thanks to Prod. Sharad & his team for coming with wonderful.simple yet effective course.
An excellent course. Useful for researchers in other disciplines as well, such as social scientists, clinicians etc. The concepts were presented very clearly, and the exercises allow one to gauge one's understanding of the concepts and how to use Excel for those statistical studies.
Very Nice course. Easy to understand and practice.
Great course
Very detailed instructions. I learned a lot!
very good, really - a LOT of information - considering I did this as a hobby parallel to my fulltime job incl. loads of travelling.... most I learned during all the weekly .... and the final exams.the secondary sources were all very good and interesting.... sometimes I wished, the presentations of José Lull would have been more complete, but ... in the end, I had to investiga te, which is good.I definintely found a lot of interest in Egiptology - will continue to read about the topics, will want to plan a trip, to get to know some sites in person....After a small pause, I will look for more classes.Happy to have found coursera !after this one : highly recommendable.
Wonderful and very complete course, congratulations.
One of the best courses I've ever taken. Interesting, fascinating and addictive. Teachers do such a terrific job.
Interesting course. I recommend it for the material and good explanation of the course. Congratulations and thank you for the knowledge.
Very US centered and assignment not well connected to the lecture
Really a great course. I recommend it to anyone interested in the Business of Games!
If you are in Entrepreneurship and want to make startup then this is best to learn basics. Totally loved it!
Casey O'Donnell is awesome!
I loved this course, the teacher Casey O'Donnell has a good way of expressing points of view. Explain the class like you there in person, individually. No doubt I will buy your book Developers Dilemma.
A very good course with practical knowledge and teachings of how to earn money in game development industry.
Great course and plenty of useful information applicable to games and beyond.
This course presented a wealth of information, with each week containing enough material for its own course. There were numerous varied skills to be unpacked. The pace and density of the class challenged my focus, and the presentation portion took me out of my comfort zone. As a result, I am more confident in my ability to successfully develop and market a game.
Great course. Very useful, nice exercises and interestingreference books/website
I am grateful to Coursera and MSU for this great leaning opportunity.Thanks Coursera and MSU for providing me such a great learning opportunity.Rafi Ud Din-Pakistan.
I loved this class and felt I learned a lot of good information. Thank You!
This course is a must if you're interested in game development and want to take it to the next step of getting serious, but don't know much about business or where to start to get that kind of information. Lots of useful information and exercises.
Excellent introduction to the business of games. Opened my eyes to just how much I have to think about when I decide to make a game development team.
I didn't enjoy this course as much as the others. Particularly due to the fact that I am only looking for hands on knowledge on how to develop a game and not create a business around it.
Very helpful course, I learned a lot about the game industry. I really like professor O'Donnell, he is very communicative, simple and fun. Thanks!
Very interesting to see the complete process of making a video game
I find the course material at Coursera all very good. What is lacking is the peer review system. I understand that there is no way they could offer these courses at these prices. It is however the only reservation I have.
This course is too broad and specific to USA.
Interesting course! Great for learning how to market your game!
The course content is good, although it is very "USA centered". It is very good for people with small experience in the professional market, no just the games area, but all areas.Casey is a great teacher, he makes boring stuff be less boring.The only negative point of the course are the assignments. Again, like in the previous course, the assignments are too subjective, too personal, hard to do and evaluate.Unlike last course (Game Design), I really recommend this one, useful stuff.
Very informative and well taught. Would definitely recommend!
This course is informative, I learned a lot about the business side of making games. There is a lot to learn on this course.
An excellent course which explores the game industry and explains topics like intellectual property, teamwork, project management, and entrepreneurship.
Doesn't look quite helpful. Just some common things.
Great topics, and a good amount of information to know about of.
Perfect Course to learn how you can move in game industry!
Too US focused.
Awesome course! But I think It was a very short course. I wish it had more content.Very expensive course for this amount of content...still I really like it =).
Really great! I wish I had spare cash for the certificate version
Very informative !!
Great course!!!! Big round of applause for the coach :D
I do learn a lot of the leadership stuff in the lesson, gaining more ideas about developing and designing games.
This course is very good for understanding the rest of what is needed to successfully complete games.
A 'must' for everyone! Entrepreneurship is something unique, is not for everyone but can be reached with some effort. A course that can be applied to all areas. Nice experience.
I was most excited about taking this class (in fact, it's how I found the specialization as a whole) and I did not get as much out of it as I was hoping for. :-\ I think that it's geared to too wide of an audience, so we didn't get as specific as I was anticipating. I also felt that a lot of the time of the videos were taken up by telling us what not to do. ("You don't want to be too far to this side, but you don't want to be too far to the other side, right?") I did get some good information out of this class, but I found a disconnect between the lectures and the homework. When we were assigned an elevator pitch as an assignment, it might have been nice to have seen some examples of elevator pitches--what makes a good (or a bad) elevator pitch? What kind of things would be a good idea to include? Concrete examples would have been super helpful. Submitting my homework and then seeing that other people did vastly different stuff made me question my own submission (Did we just take it in a different direction or did I (or they) misunderstand the assignment?) but since we're all peer reviewing, it's a case of the blind leading the blind there. This also happened with the SWOT Document...which I don't think was even mentioned in the lectures at all in-depth. Again, it would have been helpful to have seen some concrete examples, as I've never heard of that document before.
Lots of great advice. Well organized and thorough.
It goes through basic yet VERY useful information on how to handle the many aspects of games as businesses.
Great course, learnt a lot.
very good course :)
Great content and great teacher. But I found the assignments and the quizzes not that great. I reckon the questions and corrections were a bit subjective and time consuming.
It is a very good course that covers multiple things, most of them would take an entire course to learn all the aspects but the teacher does a great effort to point most of the important things for the business.
Horrible class. Shame it's in the series.
I felt this course was much more fair and the assignments were more realistic than in the previous course, it was better structured as well.In general this course was very helpful and instructive.
Professor O'Donnell is always brilliant, giving well planned and interesting classes. Although I have my doubts if I would include this topic in such a short Specialization, the course itself is great, witty and will teach you important things about the business.
The Good> A lot of content> Provided a lot of outside reading material> Passionate professor> A lot of good refreshers (about CVs, teamwork, business practices)Suggestions> I hope in the future more time could be spent on monetization theories and practices> More emphasis on mobile games (as much as I dislike them)> Maybe some type of "case study" examples about games from conceptualization to publishing
I had fun and enjoyed this class, do the work and you will learn alot.
I learned a lot
The material was interesting and the professor was engaging to watch. But unlike other Coursera courses, I never did see any replies from a staff member to any of the questions posted on the forums. Other professors on Coursera reply to threads themselves or have a TA reply for them. I understand that one person may not be able to reply to all threads if the forum is active. But at least those asking questions to get clarification about the assignments should be answered. The class forum was not very active during this session and could have been easily watched more closely by one person.
Awesome course, teaches a lot of key aspects about working in development teams, managing projects and starting up your own business.
This course tries to address problems that might arise from game development. It's not an approach to the accounting problems, like finances, a game company may have, but mostly an approach to the bureaucratic problems of creating and publishing a game. It also provides knowledge about monetization pratices and publishing pratices, warning the future game developer how a publish may inadvertently "throw a wrench in the works" of game development.
Out of the four courses in this specialization, this was the one I learnt the most from. To be honest, I don't really like business topics, and I felt a little bored, but the information in this course is too relevant for you to just skip aside.
It was good and useful to get a better idea about the industry
Course assignments have nothing to do with the lectures. Most of the assignments could have been copy-pasted stuff from the previous course in this specialization. Same as with previous course - review point organization leaves too many space for individual opinions. Assignment with a video clip is something I didn't expect at all. I had to download a bunch of free software to make it, and I didn't make it good enough, because I'm not skilled in using those programs. Of course, it then reflected my average score, because review point system is too much oriented toward personal opinions of others. I felt this course gave me the least out of this specialization, and I also felt this course scratched a lot of things, but didn't quite get into many details that could have been mentioned (maybe even instead of the assignments that were quite dull to me). There is a section of clips that is a bit useless to those outside of USA. Unlike previous course, this one was at least doable inside the expected work hours / week (except for the video assignment which took me a bit more), and that's why I'll give it 1 point higher than previous course.This review might sound a bit harsh, even though it's not the intention. With a bit of polishing, it could become really great, but it really could use some of the improvements I have mentioned above.
Great way to introduce the business of games. Gave me a very thorough understanding of the biggest questions one has about how money works in the industry.
I would say this is a best course for everyone trying to get in to the gaming business.
Very good course, I learned a considerable amount from it.
I wasn't that impressed. I did learn a lot about business types and copyright stuff, but it seemed like the assignments had nothing to do with the course material.
Great course. Unfortunately it is not so in the deep as hoped.
Beginner course. Well designed, but not for advanced game developers.
I believe the final assignment should be a Business Plan for a Game Developer Company. It would sum up all that we learned throughout the course!
good course, teach much about entrepreneurship... Unfortunately, most of the examples are by and only U.S citizens =(
Very well designed and thought through.A lot of information that you can continue to develop by yourself.It gives you the tools and talks about processes which you need to surround yourself with.The only thing I lacked was a bit more in depth for some of the latter assignments. Having a template would both be distracting, but also give you some examples on what the level needed would to be to be able to pass the assignments.
Of the courses in the Game Development Specialization, none of them prepared me for what it would be like financially to make a game and create a name for myself as a developer. Not only does the course cover ways on how to finance making a game or game studio, it gives students resources they can use as reference when planning to make a business of their own or joining an existing business (such a a AAA studio or small game studio), and what pros and cons each decision may have for them. The coursework was thorough, and I enjoyed my time in the course.
Amazing course. Learned a lot about teamwork and the game development business.
Very interesting topics that are useful not only for the game industry but for anyone that wants to be a professionist in the future. I was not planning to join the game industry, but this video kind of motivated me to do so in the future.
I liked the course, it was not just about business with games but all the soft aspects related to making games as well as the ones more related with creating the company an so forth.I enjoyed the course very much.
its a fail
During the first week the assignments for the week was not even remotely associated with the content we learn throughout the week. For individuals who wish to learn about the video game industry but are not avid video game players or well read in its trade magazines, this is a bit frustrating. This slightly improved in following weeks. Besides that, the course is stellar.
Very well structured and handled!
Great course!
The course was very superficial, mostly with tips and hints.It's good to be aware that the option for performing the quizes and tasks were unavailable, making it hard to evaluate the experience of the course fully.
This course is good for someone that's interested in starting up a company - for video game development or really any kind of self-employed, consulting, freelance or even small business company. I've been self-employed for 15+ years and can honestly say I didn't learn anything that I hadn't already known. But my experiences in entrepreneurship and this course both are similar in content, meaning the class is a good resource for those who don't know where to start.
The information in this course was valuable, but the assignments were poorly integrated with the course. The types of documents assigned were either not covered or barely covered in the course leaving the students to guess what was expected. For one assignment the provided template left off a section required in the grading criteria. The quizes were also poorly tied to the lecture material and some of the questions were ambiguous. There were several quizes were a single wrong answer resulted in having to take the quiz over.
Very interesting course in the business aspects of video gaming. Perhaps a little bit basic (for undergrads) but it has an awesome experience
Game video pitch is the most interesting assignment. I have got chance to see other students' ideas.
Great course, i love it.
Many of the issues from the previous course have been fixed in this course. Not bad, but there were still issues with the video content not matching up well with the assignments. Especially in that the assignments are never talked about in the videos, especially how to create the papers that are asked of the student.
Great course. Thanks
I like those part focusing on business of games.
Really nice delivered course with really useful info on "games as a job".
Better than the second one. It should focus more on the specifics of the game industry. It provides much generalist advice that can be gotten in much better depth in other entrepreneurship content on CourseraI missed a section on what are the main players on the gaming industry and a brief discussion of each
This is a good course, but being a professional in the software industry, I know many of the teachings described here. It was still a good refresher to have.
This course tries to cover the many aspects around the games industry. But the coverage in each of the subject is not deep enough to be useful. For example, the instructor talks about project management, public speaking, how to write a resume etc. The instructor starts by talking about why they are useful, and then followed by one to two 10-15 minutes long video lectures. Each of these could worth a full Coursera course and I am sure the other courses have better coverage than in this course.The quiz questions are not well thought and do not stimulate thinking at all. Some of the "correct" answers are personal opinions but you have to choose them in order to pass the quiz.The third peer grading assessment asks students to post a video either to pitch himself/herself or to pitch the game the student makes. However, the specialization up to this point does not equip student with the skills beyond the basics. Unless you are already in the industry, I do not think anyone can make anything impressive to be worth pitching in front of the audience.
I was pretty wary of this course from a past experience with this teacher in a previous course, but i must say he nailed it, he has manage to create great videos with concise information that will help you understand the topics at hand, and unlike his previous course they are not a chore to sit through ;), it really shows the quality was always there but some focus was missing, this really is a great course and a teacher i feel ashamed for judging so quickly.
The course is very interesting and educational especially for someone from the developing world like me.
This was a wonderful, inspirational and exciting course! I learned a lot and am keen on learning more and maybe get involved further in one of the many initiatives that were presented. I am genuinely amazed, happy and motivated by this course.
The course is very informative and promotes positive change.
Highly informative and inspiring especially to those who work directly in the CIty Planning Department.
Really good. Very informative, I study architecture and it was an amazing opportunity do improve my skills.
Great introduction! Lots of details! However, this is just a door to sustainable development, it is more of a conceptual framework instead of something that is tangible, more and deeper study is needed.
This course really helped me understand how a city can grow towards a more sustainable environment. It made my love for sustainable architecture bigger
Ιt was a very interesting course.You will learn many things in an accesible way ,especially through videos.It is not necessary to have much knowledge on this subject ,to create a general point of view for sustainable cities and to become more sensitive on this matter.
Fantastic course, very dynamic and engaging. It teaches very important concepts embedding very interesting examples. Thanks!
This course was very helpful as it provided us an exposure to the current environment issues and their relation with our economy.It also recommended us to use the alternatives available and briefly described their advantages.Learning the new things from the economies around the world,their development processes and the present scenario their had been shown and explained gorgeously.Overall it was a nice experience with course era and the LUND UNIVERSITY.....;}
Interesting but too theoretic.
Excellent course, totally relevant with the problems we are facing TOGETHER as a planet. In a personal note this course can be a platform that shifts my career towards sustainable urban development. Thanks.
good holistic view over actors from urban planning and urban environment economy
Great content! Invites you to go further on the subjects and shows you a different approach on sustainability "design" that the one you are used to see in your company or city's vision.
It is an excellent course, really happy to learn with it
very nicely put together the contours of urbanization its challenges and some glimpses into the solution framework.
broad overview on
Mostly fluff with little substance. The videos seemed loosely tied around a common subject, but it might as well have been a YouTube playlist on overall concepts of cities needing to be aware of climate change. The week 4 videos were the same as the week 1 with very vague statements about cities needing to experiment with sustainability to approach the challenges of the 21st century. Only the week 2 video on Copenhagen was actually educational beyond the most superficial concepts.
Very interesting concepts and good materials
Really enjoyed the course and would highly suggest to anyone interested in sustainable city design.
Really interesting and involved course!
It's a good course to know the actual Green economy activity in the world and the aplications. You can take advantage to implement so many ideas in your life and in your city. Thanks.
It's my firt online course and I can say it's perfect and useful! I realised what I can do for my little town! Thank you a lot!
Excellent, visual, informative, and inspiring course.
Great course that really engages the learner. I feel this course will benefit anyone, city dwellers and environmentalists alike.
Excellent course , interesting material, excellent academic staff.Thanks to everyone for this unique academic experience.!!!!
Excellent material, resources and information. Very recommended.
It is not an advanced course. However, you will grasp key concepts of Sustainable Development applied to Cities with encouraging examples. Totally recommended!
Give good introduction into how we go about making a green and sustainable city.Provide some interesting insights.
Very insightful, great lectures, challenging assignments. Highly recommended.
Excellent to improve my understanding about city and its infrastructure ! Really recommending to all who has interest on this topic.
This class was a GREAT introduction to the world of sustainable cities and taught me a lot about how to work to create climate sustainable cities. I took this course to prep for grad school applications and I feel much more confident now. Especially after the results of the US Election, which will put action on climate change in jeopardy, I think it's important to be as educated as possible about sustainability challenges and how we can meet them without the help of our President.
very interesting, with a lot of great examples of what is done around the world.
A very enlightening course. Many cities Government in Indonesia is starting develop their cities with adopting smart sustainable cities and ICT. They realize without that we will loss competitiveness, resilience, and inclusiveness.
Great!!!!!
I really enjoy this course. it presents us a lot of wonderful ideas and practices about the future. with some famous NGO participated in,like WWF,, the class content gets more colorful.the overall view of sustainable cities really impressed me...I would like to share the course to my friends
Great course! I had a wonderful time studying and watching videos!
really good
Very informative!
Very interesting and useful course
It's such an amazing knowledge that i got from this course. It gave you examples to make your city sustainable. It gave me the detail to make a sustainable city.
This class was a very global class. It opened my eyes to the sustainable development goals and strategies that are used by a plethora of countries across the vast expanse of this planet. It opened my eyes to the timeline and years of development that certain strategies will take to meet deadlines and targets for meeting global climate change action pacts. I also learned about the workings of a city, how they can become more sustainable, and most of all, I now have a deep and passionate yearning to do action in my community, and to travel to progressive places such as Malmo or Copenhagen and see for myself and wonderful progressive European countries have created, and also other examples in Asia and Australia and across the globe. It was a exhilarating and exciting journey.
This is great a course. Thank you to all the good course teachers
A must-take for every professional in the sustainability field.
Amazing class!! thank you I learned so many things about sustainability in cities and it is only the begining!!
Great course a lot of info but explained very well
It was a good informative course, but at times it gave me the impression that it was more concerned in showcase the research done at Lund than exploring of the subject at hand.
Good understanding on energing concepts, experiences from Scandanavian countries and gets me exploring possibilities in our environment/ cities.
Such a good class! The experts are excellent and there are free video's and reading links. Thank you!
Really very well designed course for professionals working in the field of Infrastructure development.
Fun and interesting. A wonderful way to understand that a green future is and should be now.
I enjoyed very much this course as a interdisciplinary topic with many very concrete examples from cities all around the world - especially from Scandinavia and rich partnerships with NGO and other organisations.I was a bit more time consuming than the previous MOOC I had followed because of the readings in addition to the video, but also what made the course very rich.
Exceptionally good. For those who wish to know the base of sustainable cities and how to make them reality in the future, this is the best course to lookout for.Good supplementary reading material and good presentations on on-going research in this field.
This was one of the best courses I've taken on Coursera in terms of overall structure and engagement. The videos and lectures were quite engaging, with a variety of instructors and presenters, all of which were very professional and dynamic. The readings complimented the videos nicely, as well. Overall, a great course.
A well balanced course!
Lots of great material. Very much enjoyed the course. One challenge, keeping current with all of the new programs and projects around the world. Thanks!
Very interesting course.
Is very complete, and we change the view and understand that we can help to change our country.
very impressive ..tons of things to learn in this course. this course has created a lust in me to lean more and more about my surroundings.
I did enjoy this course.
I thought it was a very informative course with some great speakers and topics. Each weak gave different topics related to sustainable development of cities. The reason I'm only giving it a 4 was the organisation of the course on the Coursera. The deadlines according to Coursera and the intructors differ, causing some confusion. As well as on the discussion board students from each of the past lessons are put together.
Very good course!!! I'll recomend for sure!! Thank you!
Hi,I'm sorry to say that this course wasn't really useful. I had the impression to see dozens of INTRODUCTION videos about sustainables cities. Because:1. In 5 weeks you have time to cover in details all the aspects of sustainable cities: energy, transport, waste, building, sharing economy. The condition is to focus each week to a topic.2. It is too much based on powerpoint presentation and not at all on example. Concepts stay concepts: we didn't visit one single town, a connected building, an innovative waste management system. You quote 300 living labs, let's go !3. Pictures from the powerpoint are at least for half of them taken from pictures bank. Synthetic images, not concrete. Desapointing.4.. Always the same example: Malmo, Copenhagen... What about the rest of the world ?5. Videos from WWH and ICLEI are clearly revolting. Is it some publicity for them ??? This is not the place for that.In contrast, congratulations to Yuliya Voytenko, for her speech about sharing economy: it was clear, precise, focused.Please do your best to improve your courses: you have the knowledge, let's spread it.
Learned a lot about sustainability. Lots of examples.
Great introductory course to understand citites as sources of solutions instead of sources of problems.
The course is informative and interesting. It poses and discusses the major challenges that are present in front of our cities and world, in general. Highly recommended for urban planners and designers!
Great course!! Different type of lecturers and videos of examples of all around the world! I am very pleased!
Thank you for this program.The course was very interesting as it offered me the opportunity to learn new things.My horizon has increased tremendously.
This course opened me up to a new way of looking at our world... that earth belongs to us and we need to keep her safe.
It is a good introductory course, but I think it should go deeper each week content. Being slightly more technical. I recommend this course.
Very relevant in today's context.
I am very happy about this course. The instructors are world class, top rate.
This course is a great oportunity for learning key concepts about our role in real transformation of cities for sustainability. :) <3
repeat of the same material and content in multiple videos, the videos were sourced from too many different places leading to 1) decrease of consistent quality and 2) non sequential / logical teaching (each video does not clearly lead to or build on the next one)
Good. One more written assignment would have been good (the one in week 2 was great), and perhaps more incentives or reminders to use the forum. Some of the reading seemed rather hard going and academic and theoretical, but the course was good as an intro to issues related to public policy, getting to know the keywords used, and showing the systemic shifts in cities over the last 2 decades towards a more multi stakeholder approach for a more decarbonated economy.
It is a great course, I can explore more about different topics that are very important and relevant in the cities today.
This is an ok introductory course, a compilation of concepts, related to sustainable cities. Mentiones a list of places where one or another practice is implemented. Some educational clips look like they are taken from Youtube or like promo videos for a certain initiative. Some of the "lecturers" are just phd students, introducing their research topics. No step-by-step examples of developed cases are shown.
Great course, and great lectures! I would make the quizzes and coursework more rigorous for those who'd like to learn a bit more and be challenged. From this course, I'm interested in pursuing an online Master's degree sometime in the near future! Thank you. - Sebastian
learned many things about sustainable cities
Overall good course (the first MOOC I ever took, so inexperienced in grading these courses), but some areas of improvement remain.I would however suggest less redundancy. Too many papers/videos start with an overview of the problems we are facing, but I would think most students are aware of these problems coming into the course, and if not, they need not be repeated so many times. Also, some of the papers seem to use a very redundant and roundabout way of communicating information, with a lot of repetition and sometimes over-contextualization. Shorter sentences/readability do not make for worse science. :-)
Good course, relevant topics, however they could have been elaborated in a more detailed way.
Very interesting and thank you for clearly organizing and the topics in which sustainable cities is being studied. Very helpful indeed specially in places where the topic is still not particularly in the policy agenda .
I learned a lot of valuable lessons taking this course and would like to thank everyone who made it happen, I know it is a lot of work to put everything together.
Comprehensive. You get a firm idea about the direction about the upcoming green urban wave. However, could do with more practical specifics rather than just ideas and guidelines.
Nice but I completed 2nd week before last date...but then also it gave as overdue.. Which is not correct
Great introductory course. Easy to follow, interesting structure.
Excellent! It helps you to open your mind to other possibilities.
Excellent course, with very informative and captivating lectures and videos.
very organized course and the lectures were clear and short
Excellent content, explanatory talks and with many examples that made easier understanding.
Great course for anyone interested in how to make cities a more sustainable and pleasant place to live.
Could be even more details and demanding in terms of content, overall it is a good introduction to the topic
Motivating and inspirational. Now I also do have a dream! The week 5 movie: The Sustainability Challenge, especially the part with the Energy & Water Science Center and all the kids exploring sustainability through games - those 30 seconds really are a light in the tunnel! Thanks!
Structured course.
Very good, however the inclusion of conference talks tend to be less interesting than professeur targeted lessons.
it is a great learning experience.
This course is very easy, but the content is excellent and engaging. The assignment really makes you reflect about what is your city making for sustainability and also is inspiring to know what other cities around the world are doing for it. It should be part of our continuous education in sustainability.
I have already tried several courses but this one is a game changer!Highly recommended!
Nice mooc, well made
Great course!
I was somewhat disappointed with the content of this course. It seems shallow and disintegrated to me. Its difficult to say that this course provides some practical knowledge.
Great organization and super interesting material!
It is a very important course! I love it! The material is amazing!
Amazing Course.
This is a fantastic course, I would highly recommend it to Geography graduates!
I liked the course and I liked professor teaching and University.Thanks for the course.
This couurse Is very Useful For Beginner in Web Desgin I Really Enjoy With Studying it
l learn lot form this Course
Helped me understand the basics. Very informative.
I did not only study strictly HTML5 the way some HTML5 courses deliver their content but I also gained a lot of insight on best practices. This course is great!
Another excellent course taught by Colleen.
Great introductory course to HTML.
\Great course
I loved the instructor! I like the way she explains everything and picks the material for reading and practice.Thank you, Colleen!
Good concepts. Teacher's excellent. Thanks. :)
Thank you very much! I have to tell you, before the coarse I had seen some other videos but nothing is good or simple as yours ! Thank you again.
Was very interesting. I like how the course gave enough knowledge for one to do additional research and understand the online resources.
Thank you Coursera. Thank you University of Michigan. Thank you Colleen van Lent, Ph.D. I'm happy. I love.
good course
A great course and a great professor. There was a lot to learn and the assignments were a good learning experience.
I really like the way that Colleen presented the materials. A lot of histories and related information. Since I have some experience in coding, I can follow along. But I think the course will be difficult for fresh starters.
very well constructed!
Best course ever. Thank you very much.
It was a pleasant journey through the web foundations.Thank you very much to ProfessorColleen van Lent!
Awesome instructor and great to learn where and how to start! Thanks!
I really enjoyed this class, and the free textbook is pretty good as well. Thanks
This was exactly what I needed to make sense of my initial efforts at coding.
A great course for beginners to learn designing a web-page!
It was awesome!! I learned a lot with my own pace!!
I learned some creative codings in html 5
not for ones who can google
Very recommended for those who are not familiar with code.
I learned the basics to
This course give a simple guide how to start learn HTML. The instructor even teached and spoke rapidly but she teached me with in honest way. She have given many tips and advices about how to start learning HTML. Nice!
This Course is best way for any student to understand the basics of HTML and starting student in the path of website designing.The video lectures are well-defined and structured with clear content description.The amount of hard work put into designing of those lectures is just mind-blowing.Thank you for getting me started for journey of web designing.
I really enjoyed this course. Colleen is a great teacher, easy to follow her teachings.It was a good start to learn webdesign.
Very good source of learning for the new learners.
Great course for beginners
This course is an excellent beginner's resource. The examples and detailed PowerPoints are a great step-by-step walk-through into the basics of HTML programming. I am a little frustrated with coursera's attempts to extract money from students auditing courses, but that is not this particular course's fault.Overall, I am a big fan of the UMichigan courses. The Python course is also great for beginners.
Amazingly simple and the go-to-course for any beginner. Covers all the main aspects of Web designing required to get started.
Quite helpful in getting back in touch with html5.
Great course and Dr. van Lent makes everything easy to understand!
Excellent introductory course to the fundamentals of HTML(5) from an easy to understand/follow instructor.
Great course for learning basic HTML
It would be better if there are more interactive practices.
The organization of the lessons sometimes feels out of place.
i like this course basically....i want to create html webpage so it is help full to create webpage thanking you
This is my first course on coursera and I adored it! It's really helpful and now I can create my own html pages! it's awesome!
had fun with ur studies thank youfor helping
I am really satisfied with this course and feel like I have learned a lot enough about HTML to get started on other languages. The content and the teacher are really accessible and make it enjoyable to learn those new concepts. Looking forward to learning more!
coursera is a best online certificate comparing than other online course.it is easy to learn..!1
I am very grateful to everyone for their cooperation and effort specially to my teacher.
Unlike the HTML course which precedes it, this course was lacking information and structure.
I really liked this course however I would rather to have more help in the FTP or Cpanel part and more coding aswell.
Very good course!
Course is taught really well.Lots of space to practice before really going to the next concept.Request more solving sessions
This course delivers on what it promises- teach absolute beginners on HTML. the quizzes and case study will strengthen your understanding of the concepts with ease. Well worth the money and time.
Very good course. The professor not only teaches the basic main concepts as also the best practices, always explaining the "whys" of everything. I strongly recommend!
its very useful. Providing good chance for the students who can't afford for the courses.
I love this course :)
The instructor was clear and offered many opportunities to practice.
I am very happy
The lectures and assignments questions are more about the history of the internet and HTML. although I've finished the course but it wasn't as good as i thought.
This course is totally perfect for newbie of programming! I am a designer and I am learning programming by myself and I have tried code.org, codacademy.com, and even meet-up for studying. But these didn't contribute to improve my programming skill a lot. Finally, I found this course and it worked! I got essential fundamental knowledge as well as practical and useful tips!
I like that the lecturer of this course tries to point students on self education due to useful links to other resourses. The lecturer explains that every programmer, as every engineer, usually deals with vast quantity of manuals.
Good class very useful
Excellent, This course is perfect to learn the basics of HTML5
Very interesting ..Gained Good knowledge
I learned a lot more than just HTML in this class. It covered some history and basic info on the internet and how things work as well. It gave me a better understanding of how HTML fits into everything. The teacher also feels quite strongly about accessibility and talked about the whys and hows for that too. That's something that wasn't taught when I first learned HTML and I appreciated it.
I am very thankful to Colleen van Lent, Ph.D. for tune myself and be a web designer and always curious to learn new things due to her lectures. really blessed.
Thank you for this class. I really enjoyed this it. I'm going to sin up for the next course CSS3, because I want to design some awesome webpages. Thank you so much Colleen!
This course is amazing! It's interesting, easy to keep up with, very useful and the assignments are fun! I would recommend this course to everyone!
Totally useful, Thank you!
it is too usefull
Thanks to professor and also many thanks to coursera. I love it!
The course is good for introductory level. However, I would like to have more practice than just watching video and completing the quiz
The instructor is an excellent teacher, who is passionate about the course, she explains things by simple words (it is important for the students).
it was a a very nice course
This course did a great job of teaching how to get started with HTML5, the course work really made it easy to learn how to use HTML.
Awesome material
Excellent course, I can make my first webpage without style but is the beginning, thanks for all teacher.
Great class-great instructor. Material was presented well and easy to understand. Learned so much in a short amount of time.
Good course to take. At least I can now continue practicing from the project I passed. It's highly recommended course to take because I had no experience in creating a website before and now I can start experimenting with those tags. Thanks Colleen
Great class, great teacher.
Well presented lectures!
Intended for beginners, I think people who have never programmed or written any web pages before get a good overview.
Great
Great introduction to HTML5. Thank you.
Great course for beginners!
Great course! A lot of weight was placed on the history of web dev too. Highly recommended and very interesting.
It's very useful course for the beginners and also the instructor taught the concept very well . She also gave many other information to improve our skills in HTML5 which was very useful for me.
Amazing course. I knew nothing of coding before taking and now I feel confident to experiment on my own and learn much more. This paired with CSS and Java script gives you a huge foundation to start making a portfolio.
Very nice course as a beginner on the way to web designing.
Greate!
Thank you for all the information and for this easy, understanable, great course for beginners!
Very complete, Thanks!
nice and concise introduction!!!
Awesome instructor! The biggest take away is learn how to use Semantic Tags.
Good course! Learnt a lot. Would be even better with a bit more of guided practice.
Great course got to know that accessibility plays a key role in web development and also corrected my self in writing semantic html code.
Now that I see the product I made from knowledge learned bit by bit so it was never overwhelming, I'm totally sold on the real-world value of this form of personalized education. Thanks for your effort and sacrifices creating it.
I'd highly recommend this course by the University of Michigan. It covers almost every topic exhaustively and in a easy-to-understand way.
Maam I LOVE the way u teach.It simply reflects your 20 years experience.Its worth!!
very good course
The teacher is awesome! Loved the course!
Awesome lecture really enjoyed it thank you very much
Great teacher! Test is very helpful
Really well explained, and the instructor is so encouraging - even in her videos. You can also tell that she's really passionate about what she does, and is also so clearly a lovely person. You'll definitely walk away feeling more confident to code. I was surprised how much I picked up.
This was an excellent introduction to HTML5, and I liked the emphasis on accessibility.
A great course for beginners!
that course is very helpful
Even being from Electronics Background was able to perform all task smoothly. All sessions were easy to understand.Looking forward for CSS.
This course helped me a lot to learn about coding based on different browsers etc. HTML5 is required for any front-end based jobs.
Wow!!! it is more than i expected.Thank you Dr. Collen I gained more than i expected wish i could thank you person.
colleen is an awesome teacher. I am in a development bootcamp now in CA and seriously wish she could teach this too!
I love it, and the teacher is of the highest standard, finally someone who can make the complex simple and interesting! Love it!
The syllabus is nice for three weeks course.But you have missed many more important topics like forms etc.please try to include them in future.Anyways , teaching is good.
good....but marking by autograder is very strict.....i created the exact same page, i run it and it was perfect but i did not get 1 point for that in quiz....
one of the best teacher that i have ever seen in my life, accessible and understandablematerials. In short, the best!!!
Loved this course! Really great introduction to HTML5 - I love the focus on accessibility.
Colleen presented the material in a very easy to follow along way so you gain the understanding to each element for the web design. I enjoyed the course very much and recommend to anyone who wants to learn the web design language.
Great course! I thought Html5 is hard for beginners before, but this course give me a good picture of it. It's well organized, and have a clear logic. I can base on what I learn to have a further study. And the teacher is really good and nice! This course is one of the best courses I've experienced in Coursera.
This course is ok for the beginner.
amazing classes and you can find more information around the web to help your site to be well done
Great introduce, really helpful. thank you!
I found this course very helpful and interesting. Ma'am Colleen van lent made this course very easy for us. Teaching, learning and step by step advancing everything is handled perfectly. I always found HTML a little bit fuzzy but after this course I know the core of html. I would prefer every novice or new-ones to start html from this course.
Fun, easy to follow.
was very helpful for me as a beginner
easy to understand for beginners.
I like it, is not like the other online courses i've taken, this one really you have to make an effort to keep with the assignments!
Properly structured and well explained all the topics.
Great course to introduce the basics of HTML!
I liked the course, but I have to mention that i got pretty furious over that last quiz. I had no idea how to get these progress-bars the right way to look. So I spent hours on trying to figure it out, only being left with an unsatisfied answer, which is that i gotta use CSS. I'd have really loved to find out if i can recreate these bars using only HTML. Anyways, The course was great though and explained a variety of things like website-hosting and accessibility. If there was one thing I'd change about the course it would be, more practical use of the mentioned tags. Thanks for the journey.
This course is very helpful for a new learner. I have learnt a lot of new things.
Great course for beginner!
I liked the topics. However, i've liked this course to review the concepts of forms and the types associated: radio buttons, combobox, etc.
Excelent course, best way to learn, easy and efective.
Fantastic course for a beginner! :)
a fine introductory course for newcomers
Great course, have a importamt information
Good course focusing on best practice and semantics.
Very Very Great Course I Have Learned Alot Of ThingsThatnks To Our Great Instructor Dr/Colleen Van Lent
If you want to be a successful web developer, you should take this course as a basic course.It will really increase your basic knowledge and help you to develop websites eventually.
It was very helpful for the beginner in html5
Thank you very much! Really useful I enjoyed it a lot :)
Professor Colleen is one of the best online instructors I took an online course with. The course is very effective and it intrigued me to seek out other courses by her.
Lovely teacher,More about HTML history,Intersting
This Course is very Good. You can learn a lot by taking this Course!
Great Course!
Great course for beginners!!!
Great Course Learned a lot.
I love Colleen's style of presenting and teaching. It's refreshing! She looks like she's a great teacher who thoroughly enjoys sharing her knowledge with others. Her students at UMich are very fortunate indeed. As to the course content: it's very well structured, with clear explanations and quizzes/assignments that help understand and apply the course material. Maybe one flaw: it was such a brief introduction, it left me wanting for more. But I guess that's also a good sign, right? So if you have little time and you really want to get the basics to start working on web development, look no further than this course.
A great introductory lesson for beginners in HTML.
its a very good place to start from
loved it!!
Good basic HTML 5 course. It needs to be followed up by additional courses but you will get the syntax used in any modern HTML document.
It was very helpful, thanks!
It's really nice of you all that giving everybody the opportunity to learn this course. Thank you very much and keep up your good work.
It is exactly as promised by the professor.
This course was an interesting introduction of what is going behind the scenes of the internet. It was a great way to invite us to get through this world of internet. As a stranger to programming, being capable of success in this subject is proof of great delivery and mastery Prof. Collen van Lent showcases in this course.
Learn a lot of new things. Great Course to learn HTML.
It is really a great start course for learning HTML. It is neat with practical examples.
helpful!!
good course
Good basic HTML5 course. Very clear and practice oriented.
It is usefully
Great course!
Excellent overview of modern HTML5, a good start to the overall course
Good course to start!
Great introduction to HTML presented in an understandable way.
Excellent course. Great overview of HTML and basic web development. I completed the three week course in one (long) day, but it was well worth it.
Great course
Good introduction course
Thank you. I have learned some new tags about html5. And the materials are great.
I loved this course. It is so very well-explained and easy to follow. It's the perfect start for absolute beginners. The instructor tends to be humorous and that relieves stress at the moment of learning. Also, the material provided is very good.
it is very boring course no coding just watching a lady talking and talking and talking it is really very boring to do that
Very easy to learn
Great course!will recommend it to everybody who wants to learn HTML. Well explained and easy to understand. One of the best courses ever done.
Very good. I have learned a lot.
This course was an excellent beginning to REALLY learning how to build a website. I would absolutely highly recommend Colleen van Lent as an instructor!
It was very interesting and useful course for me. Everything is very understandable. Thank you very much.Wish you many students and good luck!
the best course
Nothing about new tags and features. It shouldn't be named Introduction to HTML 5. It's just Introduction to HTML.
It is my first time studying HTML, and this lecture has been a big help for me to start coding.
great course
very useful,learned lot from this course
Awesome course to start with and it's easy to learn too
I got more out of this course than I expected to and it was effective in introducing me into the basics of HTML5. Our instructor, Colleen van Lent did a fantastic job of explaining the content and encouraging the class to study and practice individually and collectively.
Amazing class with an amazing professor!
Good course for beginners!
Great course for starting.
very nice and clear course!
the best
Thank you!
Its nice for me to keep up with the couse.
Great!
Great course with great instructor. Straightforward and direct.
Its a course to take, the learning material is easy to follow and understand
very nice course. each and every thing is explain in detail.
I have taken many courses in HTML/Web Design though none of them are this thorough when it comes to HTML, especially the syntactic, semantics and accessibility. Most of the courses do not ever touch on sections, figure, alt text, special entities, meter, progress tags etc. The instructor was very clear, precise, and definitely knew her stuff.
Well structured course for introduction into HTML5. Thank you!
She was an exceptional teacher throughout but I believe that some tags weren't explained thoroughly like the navigation tag she just told us about it and so I had to search around on how to use it.
Great Job Dr. Van Lent. Your teaching style is unique and very effective. I enjoyed this class very much.
It gives the basic of the basic of HTML5. I would recommend to either merge this course with other courses that have more about web stuff or to add some JS stuff to the course
Really easy to follow and straight to the point.
Really Great and Nice Instructor
I loved it so much.Collen is a good lecturer and all she said i understood.
Very good course with an a progressive learning
Overall excellent course. I felt, maybe wrongly, that some of the terminology and information given expected you to grasp immediately and this slowed my progress somewhat as I had to re-watch or go online to 'simplify' what I was being told/asked.Otherwise an excellent course which I would highly recommend for others looking to begin their journey in to HTML5 and CSS3.
Excellent course! Other courses only focus on a week of HTML! You're going to need the 3 weeks that this course offers if you are a beginner.
Really helpful course. It is indeed the basics of the basics, but it definitely settled up a starting background for those that wish to develop a website. I would definitely recommend to a friend with no experience in the field at all.
good course good training
It is a very interesting course, easy to access even if you have absolutely no basis in HTML.The teacher explains things very well and the lectures are very progressive without getting boring !I highly recommend any person who wants to learn basic HTML 5 code to join this course
Nice Course. With accuracy and optimization.
I like this course.
this is awesome course
Overall a solid course that can teach almost anyone who is willing the basics of HTML, which is the basis for web design. If you are interested in Web Design or just want to know more on how webpages work and how they function, then this is the course for you. The concepts may be tricky at first, but the instructor really makes it easy to understand the wide world of HTML. She knows her stuff and provides multiple resources and software recommendations for the topics covered. The whole course is organized and it is easy to manage what you need to do. The workload is manageable but be aware that you may struggle if you are simply watching videos, as the quizzes do test your knowledge on not only the topics covered in the videos, but textbook readings as well. My only issue is that there are some sections that are not available, or have changed and have yet to be updated or removed. It's a small issue but I thought I'd mention it.Overall though, solid course, solid instructor, and you will learn alot!
It's a wonderful course to learn HTML5. Professor Colleen has taught me right from the basics and I'm very happy to learn this course and today I feel happy that I have completed HTML5 and will continue my learning towards web development. I thank my Professor wholeheartedly and will make use of this course in making my own website.
Absolutely helpful.A must-take course for all beginner computer science aspirants.
Dr. Lent has been absolutely amazing! I love this course! I have always dabbled with html in the past but I had no clue how much has changed or SIMPLIFIED with the creation of HTML5! Dr. Lent has an awesome no-nonsense way of getting straight to the material without all the extra fluff that just wastes your time. She's very personable and informative. Thank you, Dr. Lent!
PDF Course (Like a school)
well-educated teacher. good pace of learning and easy to understand
Great course, easy to understand.
Colleen is a great instructor! Recommend anyone interested in getting started in html to take this course.
Very good introduction.
Nice introduction to HTML5.The introduction for hosting personal site is wonderful!!
Very VERY Helpful for the Students that cant Afford buying there enter to Collges
I signed up to learn how to write good code, but I don't feel like I learned much. I passed the exam by writing an HTML document that was syntactically and semantically correct, but I don't know why it was more correct than what I've been doing on my own and cannot be sure I'll will write better code in the future as a result. I did learn a lot about the internet in general though. I feel like I would have learned more and paid less money taking a course somewhere else or buying a book.
Good introduction to all things HTML and some good stuff about internet history on the way. Thank you.
Dr. Lent is a great lecturer! The lectures were engaging even though I was already familiar with a good amount of the material. I greatly enjoyed her lectures.
A very concise introducton to HTML, has helped me imensly with my work.
I did enjoy this course and I get excited every time I click on the new lesson. I am not an I.T professional and my only goal is how to design web that is accessible but I went through far from my goal! Thank you for this opportunity!
Great!
As I'm coding since 3 years I thought I know maximum about HTML. But after completion of course I really got good knowledge how to write clean code with proper syntax and semantics. I really appreciate the University of Michgan staff for developing a good detailed course on HTML5. Thanks to Team Coursera.
The instructor is very good. The course could use a litle more practical assignments, but the concepts explained are still very good and useful, even if the course is mostly theoretical.
Great course, clear and straight content.
Good introduction
Colleen understands the struggles most of the students will have and addresses them in a effective manner. She explains the material in a way that is enlightening to novice and yet interesting to more experienced.
I liked the course. very good job!
Thanks a lot.
Good course!
Very good teacher. More coding exercises would improve the course.
Finally, an HTML course that starts from zero, and doesn't assume I know the jargon! The "Code With Me" sessions are a brilliant idea.
Best Course for basic learner.
It was great learning HTML , its syntax and the semantics of different tags .Overall thoroughly enjoyed learning HTML and achieved to build my own site
Very good couse.i love it
Very Neat Course Content with a textbook for learner to explore.
Thank you for this course!
I really liked this course because Colleen explained the history and background of HTML 5, it wasn't straight to the tags and semantics and syntax; I find knowing the background really helpful to figure out what you can do. The lessons are dynamic, never boring and the supplementary material is good.
It was very helpful for me.
Very interesting course, but some of the material is for complete novices.
Great course!
This course is exactly for the beginner of HTML, and it does practice the basic skills to design a web.
Good class. Covers the basics well. Great instructor.
Best HTML5 course over the net. Special thanks to Colleen van Lent for her commitment towards the lectures!
Great class!
I really enjoyed this course, it was very informative. My only complaint is that on quiz questions that included example code, sometimes the ends of lines were cut off. I had to copy and paste them into an editor to read the entire thing.
Great lecturer. Clear and concise and very encouraging.
Great. You should really take it.
It's complet and very easy to follow.
I loved this instructor! She is very knowledgeable and articulates the terms and methods well.
for the beginner it is excellent
Amazing course! Loved the emphasis on accessibility!
Very Nicely designed course.
Perfect!
The course was very nicely organized for absolute beginners. I had done Web Development a long time back and was completely new to HTML5. Listening to the Video lectures and referring the suggested textbook "Missing Link An Introduction to Web Development and Programming" was very helpful. The quizzes were tricky. I recommend this course to anyone who is completely new to web development and who likes to learn the concepts and best practices in coding.
This course in okay. But if you want to know much more about Html you should take Class on Fullstack Web Development by The Hong Kong university of Science and Technology which I liked more than this. That course is wonderful and interesting too.
Nice Course. Very Good for Beginners like me.
Colleen is everything that's right with the world, I can't say enough good things.
Nice introductory course. The speaker explains very well the content and is funny enough in order to catch our attention for the subject.
Nice course, but felt very anemic.
Overall, it is very helpful, though there are some typos in the slides, and more practice would be better.
I like the course it was very simple and easy to follow. I only thing I didn't like was the final. When your code was wrong it could at least give you a hint about what needs to be addressed
It is good to be with you thanks a lot
Precise and helpful introduction to HTML5
Simple and straightforward. Colleen does a great job.
Thanks to everyone, thanks to Coursera for the opportunity of learn and for supporting me, because I do not have the economic resources and education in my country is not a priority. Thanks.Sincerily . Javier Díaz Sánchez (MX)
Simply very interesting and motivating
I enjoyed the pace of this class however, I was not too keen on the way code is graded, e.g. for the final project of the 3rd week, although my code validated and the resulting page was identical to the instructor's mockup, it was still marked incorrect in the quiz and there was no way to determine exactly what the issue was. There has to be a better way to grade coding assignments.
Nice pace, learned a lot in just a few weeks.
This is a great teacher!! I ve tried several times to learn html, this was the only one that I found fun and useful and with material that make sense and exercises that help you learn.
very well made
Fresh and with basic concepts well explained!
I would highly recommend this particular intro into HTML course as the instructor is especially thorough in walking you through the "rules" so-to-speak. I've taken several MOOCs, as I'm studying to be a Front End Developer. The UofM tutorial is by far the best I've completed, as she "filled in the gaps" others failed to cover. I've since enrolled in their CSS & JS courses; the CSS (I'm finding) is produced similarly and has already been an worthwhile investment of my valuable time.
The instructor is excellent, and has the course curriculum very well organized and presented. So glad I registered for it!
Really learned the ropes of web designing from this course , recommend to everyone!
I like the Courseware and it is taught very well.
Very informative and hands on course. Perfect for an introductory lessons to HTML5. Instructor is also very clear with her messages and lecturers.
This is the best course for a complete beginner. The presentation of the course material is very friendly, the instructor was really great and the quizzes were perfect. The only thing I would like to suggest is adding more coding exercises. But as it stands now, it is still fantastic!I see some people have complained about the final project auto-grader of this course. But you should know that the final project now has additional quizzes (related to the project) and even though the auto-grader sometimes makes mistakes, you can compensate that by answering the project quizzes correctly.If you are a beginner in web development, "Introduction to HTML5" is the best start you can possibly have. Most importantly this course will give you the confidence to take more advanced courses in future.
Thanks the teacher and all.
I think It's too little amount of material. It is very shame, that there aren't any exercise after each week.
woooooow this is awesome I have a new value thanks phD collen
It was an easy entry for HTML5, I wish it was more in depth.
Awesome for starters !!
Great course. The instructor was very thorough and took things step by step. Would highly recommend it to others!
very good course for Beginner
Great Introductory Course. Covers a wide range of topics and especially liked the focus on web accessibility.
A great course, especially for beginners.
very well presented
Very informative
Great beginning course to avoid being overwhelmed. I had no experience in writing code or how it worked, but I got to the "final" and realized how much I actually loved writing code! And, I do it well, which makes me want to work on it more and learn to do more.
This is a very easy course, i would definitely recommend it to any beginner in HTML.
Excellent presentation and great materials for beginners but personal efforts are required.
Wonderful course !
i have completed this coursera in one day.
Very good introductory course, love it
I have little to no background in programming. After this course, I feel confident in proper designing a basic web page. I never thought too much about how web pages look, now I have an appreciation for the skills and thought that go into designing a page. Dr. Colleen van Lent is a wonderful professor, explains even the most complex topic in a way that I could understand knowing nothing about html5. I felt motivated to start coding. I thought about how accesible pages need to be, and how to incorporate this into my code.If you don't know anything about programming or are interested in web design, this course is for you.
Introduction to HTML5 is a great course for those who are beginning to develop for the web, with a very interesting and updated material.
Great course for an overview of what HTML5 is like! I would have preferred it, however, if there still was a kind of instant autograder, like a parser or something. The lecturer is quite good as well!
Impressively fluid (I was a complete novice before that), from a visibly passionate teacher.Thank you!
Very good and profond course that is fun too :)
Truly a beginners guide. Very comprehensive. Excellent instructor. Up UMICH, Up Coursera
Great classes and material.
Makes things very easy to understand. I would recommend to anyone.
Easy to understand but a bit tricky, good teaching, am very satisfied.
Very beginner stuff. Shows a bit of everything.Puts stress on HTML5 tags and accessibility - that is very good.
Best teaching style I am experiencing doing this course. I recommend to take this course who really like to code with best mentors or instructor. This would be very amazing to learn here.
This course was fun and just what I was looking for. I love the attention to emphasizing accessibility in design, as well as other best practices. I want to start out learning the "right" way and this course was perfect.
This is an excellent course for beginners. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is just starting out!
It was fun, engaging and educative. Good instructor. she did so great.
I found the instruction clear and the information very useful.
Great
Excellent course and instructor.
Great first course for anyone. Especially for who are (completely) new to HTML. As a newbie I found the course easy to follow. The instructor does a great job and is really passionate about coding. The course has a focus on learning the tags, the syntax and semantics of HTML5. The course gives you guidelines to code correctly. You also learn about the impact of the code on the accessibility of Web pages.
Wonderful teacher, knows her stuff and knows to share it with others!
I like the way instructor teaches and content is also helpful.
This is a very comprehensive class on HTML5. The book included gives a lot of information and helps explain things further.
Instructor is wonderful explaining Html5 for newbies. I did enjoy to take this class and learn about html5!
this course is perfect for total beginners! thanks Colleen!
It's really good for beginners! I didn't believe that at the beginning, because i was really new and it was hard for me to understand some things at first time. But if you don't give up, you will succeed! Lectures are simple and easy for understanding. I strongly recommend this course.
I think this course is easy to understand and also covers interessting topics for beginners.
I loved this course! Colleen made HTML accessible and enjoyable to learn - something I've been struggling to understand for a while. I highly recommend this course to anyone who has had either no exposure, or some exposure to HTML. It serves as a very solid foundation on which to build futher knowledge of the content.
its was really nice and beneficial...i got to learn a lot about HTML5 (Y)
an excellent compilation. Really enjoyed thoroughly. However would like it best with the lecture duration decreases a bit.
very well designed course takes through the various aspects of HTML 5. the course provides with just enough information to understand and keep the student motivated to go and explore more.
Loved the class. Feel like i definitely got what I needed to in order to learn.
When I started this course, my only experience with HTML was <b> bold</b>, <i> italic</i>, and <u>underline</u>. After this course I have a much clearer understanding of what HTML is, and how it works, and I am able to now use it to a much greater extent than I was before.The professor did an excellent job of explaining most things, but I did find that on occasion I had to stop the video and go back several times to understand what she'd said or to take notes, despite having slowed the video down as much as possible. (In my opinion, one should be able to slow the video down more than is currently possible, especially for those for whom English is not their native tongue.) With me, it wasn't that I didn't understand what she said so much as I didn't have time to take in what she meant before she'd gone on to something else.I understand that Coursera is able to do what it does because of its method, which is basically independent study; one watches the videos, and reads whatever resources are listed, and goes on from there. If there is a question, it is not the professor in the videos that the question is asked of, but people hired as "teaching aides". These are the people (other than fellow students) who answer your questions, and they do not always answer in a 'timely' fashion. While this method works well for some people, I am quite sure there are others unable to learn with this method, especially if the subject turns out to be a more complicated, intensive one. Some people need to have a little more than just videos which they can only repeat over and over with the same information, hoping to learn something new from it.The only other thing I have a problem with is the lack of oversight/security. There's no way of knowing if the person who 'earns' a certificate is the person they claim to be, or if they earned the scores given.All in all, I think Coursera is a great tool, and well worth the low prices charged; I am sure there are plenty of courses still remaining (after the 'purge') that I would love to take.
Very straightforward. Good teaching. Nice materials.
Excellent teacher!!
I LOVED IT!!! I got so many experience from this. Thank You University of Michigan.
The last assigment Is not specific enough for me.
Loved it
I've been trying different platforms and languages to start with, this one really made me sit down and study.
iT WAS GREAT! For me as a person who dindnt know anything about coding, everything was clear and easy to learn. Im fully satisfide with what I have ccomplished.
I would have given this course 5 stars if not for the final exam, which is to look at a jpeg and then write code to make a web page look exactly like the jpeg. The issue is that there are many ways to get a page to look like the image and you will still fail the exam. The course creators have realized this and you now have supporting questions that you can pass the course on even if your page code is not validated as correct. In my opinion there are so many better ways this final exam could have been handled, for instance i would have like to have seen a few more questions in the exam, and once passed you could see a forum area open up for us all to paste our code in or link to a page where we could discuss with teachers and moderators etc. personally I believe that sort of approach would add more value.The above being said the content of the course is excellent for beginners with an eye opening focus on accessibility and good content on the DOM structure. The course will provide you with a good set of tools to get a basic page up on the internet.
A very helpful course totry and make a website
It's very useful course!
I thought the teacher was going waaay too fast.
its very useful course
Great start for an initial dive into HTML.
This course is pretty much good as it lay down the foundation of web development. It teaches how to design a raw website and how to reach the accessibility. A very good course.
Great course!
This course is not about learning more, but learning better. And this will definitely leave you knowing more and better at the same time. Amazing introductory course. Straight to the point, teaches you valuable practices and guidelines to write HTML5 that not only works, but works correctly and is accessible for everyone. I recomend it not only for HTML beginners, but for anyone who likes to learn effectively.Thank you and congratulations to the amazing Lecturer of this course and anyone that has helped putting this course together.
This is a good course for beginners who want to understand to learn basic code and do web design.
I have learn something new.
Recommend for learners who get to know HTML for the first time.
I learned alot. And I thank our teacher for motivating us not to give up and practise as much as we can .
I think this is the best course for beginner who want to learn HTML5.
I have taken HTML throughout the years with the goal of learning design and finally putting my own stamp on work I have been asked to do. I always left frustrated and doubting whether I would ever be able to do it. This has given me back some confidence that it is possible to learn. the instructor comes off friendly, clear and supportive. The materials really have me doing and seeing where my mistakes are and I really like that.Thanks!
It has been a great adventure taking this course. The perfect beginning to dive into the world of coding.
this is a very good course need more examples.
It was great although I expected a bit more of coding touch
Excellent course, good explanation. Thanks
It gives you the necessary skills to start in this field!!!
Great course. Covered all that I needed, clearly and concisely.
I was avoiding learning to code for so long, but this class was so well organized, sequential, logical, and comprehensive! I love coding now and look forward to all the courses within this certificate!
If you know nothing about html5, this is a great opportunity to learn right now! This course also gives information about putting your website online.
Great course..
Very straightforward for a beginner. Videos were easy to follow, with clear instructions and expectations. Well done.
good learning experience ... thanks to colleen van lent ...
Good course
Excellent......tried other HTML5 courses...but this is the best one I have seen. Explained really well
Great first course for anyone - even those without any coding background. This is truly HTML for people who are 100% new to web design, so if you already know the basics, then you might want to play the videos on fast and take notes for anything that sounds new - then move onto the CSS course for styling. If you know nothing, absorb as much as you can and practice, practice, practice. This instructor is excellent at providing detail and ample resources to get your journey as web designer started!
Very clear and comprehensive lecture. It helps me a lot in understanding the basics of web and HTML5.
A great course. You can learn a lot if you're willing to dive in yourself beyond the lectures. My only fault is that some of the quiz questions didn't really seem relevant to useful material learned in the course (ie, what year html was implemented etc.)
Great Beginners course for learning HTML 5
Easy to understand and great for a beginner.
amazing course! I truly recommend it!
new things learnt validation & accessibility specially
Excellent lecture sizes, depth and delivery.
This course is so easy to understand I enjoy it
this is very interesting course and the way they teaches us. its very good. thank you so much
This is, in my opinion, a very good introduction to HTML. The instructor is top notch and the delivery is very smooth. The content isn't too technical, starts a a very basic level without being too simplistic, builds up to an interesting final project, and the entire course can be mastered in just a few hours
Best website introduction course. Period. Thank you Mrs Van Lent.
Great course! I went through the 2nd week twice and it helped, and I learned a lot. The professor opened my eyes to accessibility issues and it will stick with me.
Very easy to learn and to-the-point!
Great beginning course.
Basics of HTML explained very well. I would suggest the Assignments to me be slightly harder
It is the 2nd specialization I'm taking with Michigan University. Great professors, very well explained. The best courses I've ever seen. Very beginner'-friendly :))))
Amazing course,especially for beginners.
Very informative.
Excellent course to start learning on how to build an html webpage from nothing. Great tutor, easy to understand and good pace throughout the course.
Good beginner course.
I AM REALLY LEARN OF THIS COURSE, THANKS
Love the clear explanations, the useful resourses and the notes our teacher gives us.
Excellent course for beginners, with a very well structured content and an awesome instructor.
Presentation style seemed a tad monotonous, but material is well explained
More interactive assignments using the parser would have been great. As it stands, the quizzes had mostly relevant content, but the lessons were anything but engaging. Having Colleen talk at the camera for 5-12 minutes per video got tedious really quick.
Very good/clear introduction to web design. Easy to follow.
Really happy I did this course. As a newbie to any kind of coding/scripting I found the course easy to follow and informative. As a short introductory course I feel like I have accomplished something that will be beneficial, and it's not taken me long at all to do it. I will be moving on to start the introduction to CSS course with enthusiasm
Good for beginners for website developer.
Great course. Easy to follow, and useful, engaging material.
Could be better spread out over a longer duration.
Great introductory class in HTML5. The professor is very engaging and does a great job of presenting the material in an understandable fashion.
This course was not easy for an absolute beginner like myself. However, I was able to master the material by putting in extra time and effort. The instructor was clear and informatinve. This gave me a good beginning in coding.
I wanted to get an understanding of the fundamentals of html and this was a great course. It doesn't babysit you so you have to get interactive with the coding to actually learn it.
The course was presented at a decent pace. I would like to see more live coding though. Thanks, learning from you was enjoyable.
Very useful and lectures were helpful
The best way of teaching provided by the coursera.
One of the Best...!
In this course, you get precisely what you sign up for, as advertised. UMich is really stepping out, and stepping up in search of those searching for educational excellence.
Nice course and assignments.This course provide complete knowledge about HTML5.
Very happy with this course. Now I have more confidence towards HTML5
Good basics . Do th3e CSS course after it asap :) . they both are a very good combo . Instructor is good , i haven't much used the discussion forums
This was a worthwhile course. The examples really helped to clarify concepts and offered a springboard to explore and experiment with variations. While I had some previous coding experience, this introductory course was very helpful.
Fun and informative introductory course.
Very helpful for a beginner. Thank you!
An excellent course for all those beginners who really want to get their fundamentals straight. Professor Coleen is an amazing teacher who is really passionate about what she is doing.
Great class! Great pacing! Even better instructor!
Lecture videos are very good and Easy to follow.
Great introduction into the basics of web development.
Good course for begineer
Excellent. This is a very good introduction to HTML.
Excellent course! Highly recommended!
Excellent introduction to HTML!
Good information and great instructor.
great course with a great instructor :)
Easy to follow and well structured.
Could have done with more coding but a well-conducted course to get you interested in HTML.
Really basic course, great for everyone who haven't seen or written any code in their whole life. Teacher is surely likeable and content is easy to follow even during busy, full of work week. It teaches mostly about tags and how to put them together in proper way. I really liked constant reminders about accessibility, that definitely helps with making good habits.
Very helpful for absolutely beginners. The content is well-organized and materials are carefully picked to provide concise, easy-to-read information for learners. Lectures are clear, well-presented, just-right informative; accompanied by the great public speaking skill of the instructor, they are hence not intimidating or boring at all. Another plus point is the instructor constantly urging learners to go beyond "the passing point" and learn more on their own, which is a very key mindset to keep up with the fast, ever-changing landscape of Information Technologies. Don't feel lost or scared, since she'll provide you with great resources for further learning and references!
An excellent course by a Computer Scientist (PhD)! The course was very well presented, at a steady pace and in a lovely, clear voice (pity some courses online aren't so professionally clear).The assessments, and especially the final one, ensure that one focuses and aims for perfect, syntactic and semantic code - which is what all developers should be striving for now. I'm very pleased that I achieved 100%! Great job, **Colleen Van Lent** ... now I'm interested in the second course in the series, "Introduction to CSS3".
Great Course
Excelent! the courses from this teacher are very well put together and clear even if you have never done any serious web development/design! I would recomend this to anyone who wants to make a start in professional webdevelopment/design! im very happy i took this course its worth it! i even got a certificate from the University of Michichan! this is good on my CV!
A good start if you know absolutely nothing about HTML. If you are perfectly comfortable with basic HTML tags then this is not the course you need. Onward to CSS.
Great course for beginner to get into web developing
Wonderful teacher and teaching.
very clear and organized. I'm totally dumb in any kind of computer thing but this course uses easy words to explain the complex ideas. It really lowers my anxiety. Thank you for such a great course!
Even though I would have liked something more hands-on (this subject matter doesn't come naturally to me), I was able to complete the course and obtain a certificate. I appreciate all the efforts that went into this online course and recommend it to other computer programming newbies.
I have been in the web dev field for almost a year. The intro says that this course is not for beginners, but I still took it, since I want to learn HTML systematically. My original plan was to skim through most contents and focuses on those I don't know before. This course goes beyond by expectation and is very useful to me. I feel getting systematic knowledge from it.In addition to the course content, the professor conducts the lecturers in a very clear way. I like her teaching style.
A loved this course. Especially because the accessibility concern is addressed and reinforced.
This is super kurse for html5 introduction. Thanks
Nice introduction learned a lot thanks madam for your valuable lectures.
Amazing! The professor is really good. She explains things really well and the course is really for beginners like me. Thank you
Very useful for beginners to get started with HTML coding. Last project and homework were the best! Great work by Colleen and the Coursera Team! Enjoy Learning!
The caliber of questions in the quizzes is quite advanced. I would be fine with that, as the challenge of writing correct html5 is a good challenge. However much of these questions were not covered in the lectures or the required and optional reading. Learning the correct html tag syntax is not intuitive--one has to be shown examples. If no examples have been covered, how can a quiz-taker be expected to create the proper tags? This strikes me as bad pedagogy.In order to answer the questions and prepare the requested page of html tags, it became necessary for a beginner such as me to research elsewhere in order to answer the questions. In that case, I began wondering why I was taking this course, rather than just reviewing the many free html5 explanations on the Internet.Further the very general response to the submitted page of html gives me no help when I am simply told something isn't right and I should review the lessons--again. I expected better feedback.I found this course to be fascinating from the lecture point of view, but "abusive" in terms of quiz expectations. I was going to take the CSS3 course from the series, but now I plan on looking for this education elsewhere.
I give it a 4 out of 5 . It way what i imagined it to be..
Very basic
Great beginner course.
I learned a lot in a short time. It wasn't easy, but it was effective. Love the instructor.
This is an amazing course for those who want learn HTML, no need to have any background. accessible for everybody.
short and sweet.
If you don't have any previous knowledge about this topic this is a very good starting point. It's very well organize and with a hands-on approach that makes easy to understand and learn.
First course out of 5, so far so good! Definitely basic understanding of HTML but I was still able to learn a few new tricks I did not already know going into this.Excited to see what's next in CSS!
It's a good course for beginner! A lot of knowledges about hosting, domains etc. But not so much about directly HTML5. I would be better to extend this course for 4 weeks!Thank you, Colleen!
Perfect course very good and talented teacher, explains everything takes nothing for granted I would recommend to everyone who wants to learn front end web
Great instruction and well-paced course. It was a great approach for someone like me, who had little to no experience with HTML. I loved the emphasis on accessibility, and am excited to continue on with the specialization.
Great course for HTML starters! Dead simple and really explains what needs to be explained...
Wonderful instructor - excellent teaching style.
You will get some new knowledge from the course which didn't get from other books.
Good course to start with
I learned a very solid base and everything was easy to follow and understand.
As a beginner with no coding experience, the HTML5 course has put me on the road to continue the whole Web Development specialization! Next up is intro to CSS3!
A great introduction.
It's a good course for beginner, lots of HTML elements are covered in detail during the classes and you will get a good knowledge about HTML. If you code along the course and do all the assignments to practice in the end of the course you will have solid foundation for continued learning and programming in HTML5. It is course that I recommend to enroll.
An awesome course for the beginners!!!!
As someone with a slight history in HTML this course still offered a lot of need to know information! would recommend.
It presents the students with a great head-start at web design and basics.. most needed kick start I think. It worked for me very well :)
Just finished the final quiz! Feeling so great!I really love this course cause I've learned a lot about HTML. Also, the Instructor put a lot of emphasis on accessibility, which I think is really important.One thing a little bit frustrating, though, the codes in the quizzes look like mess when viewed on my phone and it really gave me a lot of trouble. Perhaps this courser would offer better support for mobile phones?
Very creative course!
Very good for those who are starting with HTML or don't have prior experience.
Great class! Awesome teacher! Subject was easy to understand and great instructional videos.
The weakest part of this coursera - are quizes - full of question, which check detailed facts from lecture instead of testing skills
A very good course to begin with.
It's really from the basics, the teacher it's very good explaining, and the adittional materials are great!
Very well prepared content to get enough knowledge on basic HTML5. It definitely help the beginners to expand their knowledge on HTML5.
The course is great! Colleen made it really clear and easy to understand. To be honest, this is the first ever course that I have sticked around till the very end and successfully completed it. I would never expect that my first completed course is an HTML5 course. I loved the course and enjoyed it. I am going to continue learning web design with Colleen. Thank you Colleen for the awesome course!
A great course to learn HTML5 without its prior knowledge.
Loved to be a part of such an informative course.Learned a lot.
really fit for these student who have little basis for HTML
thank you!
really good course
Great professor wonderful introduction to computer science/coding-1 start due to some confusion with updates to the final exam assignment
Really small and easy course for everyone. Even for people that never used computer and dont know what Internet is.
My very first online course. In a foreign language moreover... I loved it because I really learned a lot of new things. Thank you Colleen!
Great introduction to HTML ...very clear!
It is a really useful course. This has help me to understand how to start on building my own website with html code, which is the source code of webpages.
Enjoyed this class so much! Now on to the next.
Nice very beginning start to understand what is HTML, however more coding would have been useful... Thanks Coleen
Colleen is an amazing instructor. Her unique and humble teaching approach made me feel like I was present in a classroom, and that's a good thing!
Greate Course !!
Great.
this course was an excellent experience, I learned too much.
Really enjoyable, clear and straightforward introduction to html5
The course is very well planned and the information about the W3C Validator is very good. It helps me a lot to improve my code and make it perfect (almost). Thanks and Keep up the good work!!
Excelente teacher; very professional.
A good introduction in general.However, more practical exercises are required.
Excellent teaching and concise material on the slides!!ideal for beginners
This is an excellent course. This is worth your time and money. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning to make websites. The instructor is great and the content is of high quality.
A lot of theoretical stuff, nothing for practice; awful final exam strategy, the course encourages learning by heart without any thinking; advice: to help non english students (like me), make the lectures not overlapping the subtitles
Great! It's help me so much! I really like it! Thanks a lots.
It is a very practical and useful course. Colleen van Lent presents it in such a way by using loads of examples that it is very easy to understand and remember. She is right about the fact that you can only learn it by trying and not being afraid of making mistakes.
Very good basic introduction. The final project was a little challenging because some of the questions used coding that wasn't reviewed in either the textbook or in the lectures. The lectures were otherwise very informative and well-structured.
It's a good introduction. Maybe it could be improved by adding sample codes.
I'm an absolut amateur on this matter and this course helped me understand HTML 5 clearly and deeply.
Excellent way of learning especially the basics and the professor explains every single concept used in HTML with all her experience and knowledge with examples.
I loved this Course!
Great course to learn the fundamentals of HTML5
Well- organized. Comprehensive. And much fun!
Never before have i seen such an organised and remarkably simplified course on HTML5.Collen van Lent has a great way of conveying ideas through her tutorials.
While the textbook used in this course provide a lot of useful background to the Internet, it's history and trends...etc All good knowledge. I am not sure it's the best teaching tool for this course. It lacks the structure to build up a solid foundation of HTML. If the course stops here, the text may be a good reference for students to explore on their own. With CSS and javascript later in the series, I felt a stronger (both in depth and coverage) HTML proficiency is needed.
Course material presented in a superb way.
A very good introduction to the HTML5 part of web development. Some parts of the course could have gone faster, but all in all I think I gained a very good understanding of the material from Prof van Lent.
This has been the best course on HTML I have ever been a part of!
I found this course extemely useful as start to learning how to create a website and understand the basics of HTML5.
I'd give it a 3.5, but it's not possible so I'm leaning more towards a 4 than a 3.The most positive thing about the course was Prof. van Lent who really knows her stuff. She also has a calm, soothing manner of explaining things and moves with it at the right pace.The content was easy to follow and quizzes were useful. Final assignment was messed up and they really should fix that, but the additional eight questions were basically a transcript of the code itself, and if you did your own code, you shouldn't have had any problem distinguishing the bad code from the good one. Extra stuff for those who successfully finished the course was a nice touch.The real downside of it all was the 'staff'. I got my question answered nine days after I posted it, when I had already finished. I've also seen some rude and condescending yet sparse answers to other students. Similar (but worse) things happen in CSS3 course as well. I don't know who those people are and how they got their jobs, but they should be replaced. Or sent to professional conduct and time management class.
Nice introduction. Good presenting style which is clear and easy to follow.
Thanks for the great Course.
Easy ,good,rich and the best course to start HTML5 .
very well explained, comes to the point
This course is really great for beginners. Experienced web developers will find this course useful too. This course teaches how to write code in such a way that as many people can see our website including people having disabilities ( Special people!).
Since every learner will have his/her own expectations , this course have met my expectations , it was simple and smooth the way introductory courses should be , and for me I have learned many new things, what made me delighted most of all is the part of hosting your site and cPanel , because i rarely saw that in web design mooc courses, looking forward to the CSS course.
very nice for everyone
This is a good course for an introduction to HTML (some parts of HTML5). This course does not have details about HTML5 !
This is a great class. Teacher takes you step by step. But... I wish she would give homework
it.s easy to understand.
Simply and easy to follow, I love how the instructor delivers the lectures, great course!
An excellent course to learn the most basic stuff of website creation.
This course is very simple for beginners.I had not know any thing about web design or HTML5 before taking this course and it was very useful for me.Thanks.
quite easy to learn
Great course! Learned so many new things in this! Recommended.
This course is a very good way to learn HTML. It hold you accountable to the material and is easy to understand.
A good HTML beginners practice
Excellent course, well laid out and easy to understand.
Covering basics - and adressing important issues - in an easy and clear way.
This course is great. The professor really made HTML5 easy to understand and really inspired me to go on to learn more about web development. This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn HTML5.
very good start point for absolute beginners, so many thanks for discussing Accessibility Issues. considering them is a must for any web page designer and developer.
I like this course very much!
I really liked this introduction to HTML5, it was accessible, fun and the teacher added very interesting side topics (on accessibility, web history, etc.). If you take this course seriously, you will have strong basis in HTML5 and will be able to create your own web pages.
good build up
Excellent intro to HTML. Colleen van Lent is awesome. I really enjoy her teaching style. The content is clear and interesting.
This course provides an excellent grounding in html. I started as a totally ignorant beginner, and now I feel confident I have a basic grasp of the key tenets and terminology of html code.
simple, lucid and organized instruction. great for beginners
Great Instructor who ensures you learn and apply the topic
Excellent teacher, clear and to the point lectures. Thank you. I've learned a lot as a beginner.
Excellent Course For Newcomers to HTML.
Nice course! The take on accessibility is what I found the most interesting one. Whenever I had been through any introductory materials on web design or any designs, I had not even encountered accessibility as a topic. Thank you for getting me into thinking about not only building workable websites, but accessible ones.
This course is at a good pace for people new to web design. I learned fairly well through it. Colleen is an excellent lecturer and understands the initial processes of learning to teach the course well.
Good intro, gave a good introduction to HTML5 if you know nothing about it or have had some experience in the past and want to dip your toes in.
Really good course!!!Week 1 and week 3 are must for every beginner!!!
Powerful course!
Excellent course and facilitator!
Excellent course with in depth explanation and good quizzes!
Great course! Teacher works at a great pace and doesn't have awkward hand movement (that drives me crazy!) Material is interesting and projects are a great way to apply what you've learned. Peer grading is spotty, as always.
Well structured, easy to understand, gives all necessary information and many hints for additional study
Poorly executed. Lost my interest very quickly. I thought that this course was going to be as enjoyable as Dr. Chuck's Python for Everyone given that both instructors are from the same institution, and both courses belong to similarly named specializations, that is "...For Everyone", but I ended up disappointed. My suggestion for the instructor: redo your lecture slides or point out to all of the errors in the slides. It is not acceptable for you to just say that they contain errors and not point out where all of the errors in the slides are. You only pointed out to one error in the slides by the way. Also, I personally believe that it would have been much more interesting if you had not read off a screen for your lectures; try speaking off the top of your head.
Interesting course, but recommended only for beginners.
Great Lectures and thanks i learned a lot
Great course for introduction to HTML5, thanks
"Introduction to HTML5" is useful and interesting. The course motivates you to read additional information and develop the skill you gain during it.
This course is really up-to-date and fun as well. And the professor's really good.
This is very helpful and i'm highly thankful to you.
Thise course is great as an introduction to web development. The teacher explains in a very clear and eloquent manner. I would recommend this course to anybody that's interested in web development and has no previous knowledge.
Best Structured course.
Straight forward to follow, fantastic course for beginners.
Very well explained! I really loved it! Thank you very much!
The course is clear and well-paced for someone who is beginner like me. The instructor was great. Even if you've worked with earlier versions of HTML, this is a good update to HTML5 and how to code cleanly, with good syntax. The coding along lessons are both fun and challenging, so download Sublime or a text editor right away and try things out in your first lesson if you want to get the most out of it. Overall, this was a really good course. I am excited to continue taking the rest of the Web Design certificate .
Fast paced and hands on. Totally awesome!
Great Course , Great Teachers.Its like McDonalds and I'm lovin it!
Great course! Overall probably a little too basic but definitely a good introduction.
Incredibly helpful class. Learned the right amount of basic html to get started and understand the structure.
Excellent course for a beginner or someone who has no knowledge about HTML5. Lectures are clear, well-structured and well-explained.
Of course he gave me a wonderful beautiful additions in the field of web design
Good introduction for beginners and a great way to lay solid basis for more advanced developers.
Great course
Loved the course. Thank you so much.
This is absolutely NOT for beginners. There is no way you can possibly do this class in under 10 hours a week. The presentations are sloppy and vague. There is absolutely no support, unless you count snark from the aids who check into the message boards once and a while to tell you your question is stupid. This woman chatters on way to fast and if you use the slower speed setting on the videos, it crashes every time. I am not happy that I wasted money on this class. It offers nothing to prepare you to actually do any real life HTML coding. I highly recommend either purchasing a book to learn on your own or take a class elsewhere. The Coursera platform is garbage. The app crashes and it doesn't seem to cooperate well with Safari so I have to lug around my laptop in order to get through this nonsense.
Thanks so much! A great course and a fantastic teacher! :)Before this course I was a total beginner and now I know the basics of html5. I can write a working code and know what to do with it.It starts with an overview on the history of the Internet and its developments, until html5. Explains how to create a basic webpage, writing a HTML code. And it ends explaining how to eventually send the page to the web. In a very easy, interesting, efficient and understandable way.
It was very well put together. I felt like I learned enough to be able to use HTML on my own.
great cours!
I have learned so much in the course. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn HTML.
good to have this tutorial, hopefully i can implement what i've been learning so far, and in the end make it real to the problem to be encountered
Very good introduction course with concise information about the subject.
it was harder than i have thought
Great Class !! Challenging for beginner as we didn't make deadline but got the learning and want to upload our final Exam for credit.
A very well-organized and motivating course for beginners.
Easy to get started!
Very practical
Just started this course but I do already love it!
Basic introduction to HTML5. Though there were some issues with final project submission etc. but it was a good start in the world of HTML5. Also, when coupled with the other two courses of CSS3 and Javascript, it would really be a dangerous combination. Looking forward for other courses.
Great teacher! Excellent for people starting!
In introductory way to HTML 5...challenging assignments.
appropriate amount of work load and also full of useful information
the basic of html but really good for a person that want to begin to learn html like me. the best challenge was to make the final project. I did it.
Excellent course, i learnt a huge amount and now i'm on my Journey to learn even more about web design with the great help of this course.
pretty good!
While I was disappointed that HTML forms weren't discussed, this course provided very solid information. A lot of slide and code typos were distracting though and it felt like the instructor was talking less to me (and more reading from a hidden screen), which dampened the overall experience a bit. But the way the instructor explained the course material was very approachable and easy for a beginner like me to understand. After taking this course, I feel like I'm one step closer to thoroughly understanding HTML5.
What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course.
Would have liked an exercise between lessons. Would have liked clearer instructions for final assignment.
Very well presented introductory course, the instructor is really engaging and delivers the lesson in a friendly and interesting manner. I really liked the fact that emphasis is given on the topic of accessibility.
I delighted. It was the interesting course with useful information. Thank you very much!
Very good and clear introductory course. Additonal learning material (the book) is really helpful
very helpful and interesting course..
Could have been good if there is a practical assignment.
i'm glad to joint this course thanks miss colleen.
The material in course was presented very clearly with lots of coding examples. I would recommend this to anyone starting out in HTML5.Colleen van Lent was very effective in the delivery of the lectures.
Easy to understand and follow. Especially appreciate the importance put on accessibility.
A good intro to the HTML material, which is an entry level into coding in itself. Since its intro it doesn't cover the vast array of of available tricks accessible within the language and there may be instances where you have to seek tips elsewhere on the internet. By the end of it all you should be able to build some basic HTML elements. With that, there are still some tidbits about the basics of HTML (tags) that I still have questions regarding importance/use of.
If there had been a working autograder for the last final project this course would have been worth it somehow.What does that mean?- The lectures provided valuable information.- The quizzes generally made sense (in relation to the lectures).- Learning how to code wasn't really possible.Why is that?- There is only one programming assignment.- The autograder doesn't give any feedback at all why resp. where things go wrong. That's everything but good style (for software as well as for learning).- Code snippets can't be tested individually. That's very bad behavior in programming.- At the end working code that meets the teached rules is marked as wrong. You are lost without any clue.So probably you can learn something. Unfortunately you can't possibly finish the course with a feeling of success.
Wanna learn HTML5 and don't know where to start? This is the course for you.
Excellent course content and pace of the lectures.
i m just loving to create my own page
Very Optimum for a complete beginner, covering everything from the start.Recommended for people who wants to know everything about web development before they actually get into the coding part and start making their won websites.
Great course! Wonderful teaching by Colleen! However, there is not so much practice within this course, that I expected. Thanks a lot to Colleen for creating this specialization! It's amazing!
Autograder on final project is very frustrating - no feedback on the code to know what it didn't like. Other than that, everything else was very helpful and straightforward for this novice. Thank you!
Excellent- very clearly explained and very useful for people who are absolute beginners.
Excellent course! I really enjoyed this!
Excellent communication for those who are truly beginner. Valuable information and clear explanation of the good practice in writing code and the key for how to create web pages with accessibility
Nice introduction to web design, instructor is great.
great course for the beginers
The professor is really awesome
its a good starting for web developing..
Good starter
Great HTML5 primer, not enough detail in the course, but honestly, how can you cover everything in three weeks? It's impossible with this format but I think UM, Colleen and Coursera did a fabulous job creating a short and welcoming intro HTML5 course. I'm already signed up for her CSS3 course!
A very nice course for everyone to get started with the basic
Great course! The professor shows the basics with good examples, making easy to understand, changing the coding, testing and fixing errors. Besides, There are a lot of resources extremely useful for those who want to go deeper and learn more!!!Congrats!
Best of the online course for understanding HTML5.
Very nice Class .Teaches me a lot, as i am a noobs
Very Nice teacher and great teaching skills. Details included were really nice and appropriate for the begin
very informative. I le
Exceptional course, taught by a friendly, talented teacher. Perfect introduction to HTML. While the course seems to be still under development (there is the odd typo or the like) it's a great start.
Great introduction to HTML5. Colleen really explains step-by-step how to code and what to look out for along the way. HUGE thanks for this!
Awesome Course!
So far the best course on the topic.
The professor is excellent: she is very clear, relaxed, and dedicated to her subject. The book is great! I enjoyed working through the exercises and the final project.
Excellent resource for beginners. No prior html experience required.
I didn't know any thing about web, but this course had taught me a lot of basic, and made me capable of pursuing my interest.
Terrific course. Provided a great mix of technical knowledge plus the theory behind it. The extra material filled in a lot of blanks and de-mystified how the internet works.
Pretty nice course with strong focus on accessibility and correct semantics of HTML5 code. Found it useful but a little bit limited in terms of real practice.
I love the way the instructor takes the course. Although i think a little more coding will be better. But I am just in the 2nd week of the course. maybe that will change .
Clear and very interesting. But I don't think this course is adapted for people who never heard about coding.I liked you speak about accessibility and enjoyed making the quizz. Congrats !
Being begineer for web designing, I am practically learned a lot from instructor in a practically way.
The good: This course really shows how to code in the 'right' way both syntax and semantics, so the theory is covered better than in other courses. There are good explanations on how to host your site, whch is not less important than learning coding.The bad: More examples and practice are needed, it's hard to get everything so quickly. I had some initial background so i handeld that ok, but for total newbies it might be too frustrating. The final assignment should be changed imo to peer review, the quiz is not the right way to do it imo.Thanks, learned alot.
This course was truly demystifying and once I got the certificate, I really felt pr
I loved this course. I really felt like I learned a lot in just 3 weeks. The videos were well taught and the resources were excellent and easy to use.
Awsome!!!
A brief but interesting introduction to HTML. Very few practical examples and exercises, but it does cover the basics like: syntax, semantics, what to pay attention to while creating own website. Love the way the material is presented by Mrs. Lent and will finish all three remaining courses.Combined with the HTML & CSS course at CODECADEMY I have the ability to write simple html, read somebody else's code and find resources necessary to get me started with my own page. Till now I always thought HTML and web design was boring, well not anymore!I would recommend this course to somebody who is only starting to learn HTML.
I loved to fininsh my first course. The professor explain very well all the basic things we must know to begin to development HTML5.Congratulations and thank you so much!
Very good course for basic HTML knowledge~
It is a great intro, she has done a great job
Very detailed instructions. Good for begeniers.
Nice basic intro.
A basic intro to HTML5, well structured and easy to follow.
A great jump-start into the world of HTML. The instructor's explanations are very clear.
Excellent course with a perfect distribution. Looking forward to the next level
i learn a lot from this course thank you ;)my next course will be CSS3 !!
Nice course.Could focus a little bit more on coding, rather than ask some informational-only question in the quizzes
Easy and understandable, really great of beginners!
Good course, but weird final evaluation check.
This course is very good. It opened up my world of web design and development. Besides the instructor is knowledge about what she teaches. Thank you
I definitely Recommend this class to anyone who wants to learn about the basics of web design, HTML5, and coding. The way this course is setup is perfect for beginners with its extremely helpful and insightful readings along with the course lecture video s. The professor has really done an amazing job of teaching and engaging students through the videos while also giving helpful resources and tips for students to venture on their own and investigate the topics further. I highly recommend to follow along, especially with the coding, when the professor suggest it. It will really help out in the long run and help you become familiar with the process.
I love the this course
I thing the course is good for an introduction perspective.
very good introduction
Such a nice course. Very good for an introductory course
Ideal for people who starts with HTML
Amaziiiiiiing Thank you so much to the whole team........
Great course thank you so much
Excellent, clear and to the point. It is good to see a focus on both standards compliance and accessibility, that latter al too often being ignored. Covers a fair amount of ground in three weeks but has fairly narrow ambitions; to make the most of this one needs to view it in the context of the full specialisation.
Good lecturer and presentation. Some additional contents and details would be good, but this was a good start into HTML5
It's a good start but needs more examples within the course and more projects to work on
Great course, great teacher. I liked all a lot!
The course is basic, for introducing the HTML5, which suit for absolute beginner.
Five stars for emphasis on accessibility, explanation and detail of semantic elements.Three stars for course content testing prior to publication and for omission of Linux. I use sftp on a command-line interface and did not learn in this course how to use mput for putting multiple HTML files and web assets onto my live site. There is no hyphen in "meta-data", nor are there two hyphens in "local area network.
very simple . assignments are ok. I would prefer it if the assignments would be all applications and programming.
Starting from very basics of HTML, anyone can take the courses and learn HTML5. I highly recommend.
Actually it is too good. I have completed priorly when shall I get statement of accomplishment?
A nice course prepared for students starting to learn programming and build a new website. Flow was nice and easy to follow and understand.
Very systematic and detailed overview.
An excellent introduction to HTML5 for beginners.The lectures are concise. And the additonal resources provided also leave room for students to experiment on their own.
This is an Wounder Full course its very sad that i can afford it for certificate but if YOU can u should go for it.Don`t wait don`t think Just go For it
In the past few years I have taken a number of HTML courses and I know the basics quite well. This is a 'beginner's course' but the final coding project was next to impossible to pass. There was a quiz that would allow you to pass the course without having your code correct. Although my code validated before I submitted it , I got it wrong on the quiz three times and it never did go through correctly!!. I did pass the course with a final grade of 94% but I don't feel confident in my coding ability at all. It would be fine if I had received some feedback showing where the problems were. Without it I have no idea what went wrong. Very frustrating.
The course is really easily for biginner and benefit.
I have had some experience using HTML before, but needed a refresher on HTML5 and accessibility. This was a great way to brush up my skills, get a reminder of the basics and build a better foundation for creating accessible websites. I think it would be great for a complete beginner as well.
Good course to understand the basics of HTML 5.
It's good to know about some knowledge about tags in details and cpanel and ftp
Nice course. But there are several videos where video an audio are out of sync which is very displeasing
It was a very good course. I understood everything. My only complaint is that the tests questions were repetitive and so it would be easy to cheat on a second or third attempt and also the final quiz should have been more about writing your own code. I think what should have been tested was the end product by the autograder rather than the exact code. I'm not sure how that would work but it would result in a more precise grade rather than the 87.5% everyone gets and also help the student write his/her own code rather than proofreading and selecting others. I did thoroughly enjoy the course and am looking forward to Course two of the series on CSS3.
very good course
Great class.
Great!!!
The instructor, Colleen van Gent was great! Great material for the beginner. I highly recommend this.
wonderful class!!
A great course to grasp the basics of HTML!
Excellent course, i will refer to friends !!Many Thanks
I thought the course was great! I understood the lectures well and was able to get coding quickly and efficiently. I also appreciated the emphasis on accessibility. The only note: one of the lectures of validation is actually after already have done some validation, but might be more useful before it.
It's a good course for anyone who wants to start learning basics of web-development.
This course is awesome! I am retired and learning to build webpages. The presentation and tests are great. I just need to pass my final exam!
Very good course! I recommend to everyone!
This course was really good and it taught me some of the basic stuff that other beginner tutorials often overlook. One such thing was web hosting. Many HTML tutorials teach us how to make web pages, but not how to host those web pages.Great Effort! Thank You for teaching us!
Very well explained and perfect for someone who never coded! Thank you very much!
A very simple, but effective intro to HTML. Looking forward to CSS3!! Take the time to read the optional chapters in the free book PDF as some of the questions in the assignments are not mentioned in lectures, but are explained in the book.
very good classes. Colleen makes it easy to understand, even for those who aren't experienced in web development/design.
The teacher is excellent.This is excellent but poor introduction to HTML.The course, which is part of specialization should be much more detailed. With much more axamples. I think it is not worth 49$.
Great.
Great Learning experience.Logical buildup and easy approach for starters.Thanks to Colleen van Lent for this effort.
this course awesome!
Very well laid out. Succinct yet thorough.
nic and detailed explanaton of topics and errors that can be caused during practice
Great instructor & a great way to start learning HTML!
Very good course for those of us who want to learn about the basics of creating a webpage / website. I'm very glad I took this course and now signed up for CSS.
Excellent course! It gives you a wide range of information in a very accessible way.
Best course for beginner , teacher make it very easy
Onr of the best course. instractor is just awesome.Very Very informative.take this couse and learn almost everything abot HTML.
The course was a very good introduction to web programming. While I have dabbled with html in the past, I didn't know anything about semantics, which this course emphasizes. Great course. I'll be starting the CSS course soon. Thanks!
some quizzes would not work on my mobile and the final test was VERY hard. But overall a
It took me through understanding HTML in an exciting and easy to learn manner!
Easy way of learning....i'm excited to learn..!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Challenging at some points, but if you push through it is well worth the hard work and effort. Dr. van Lent seems very passionate about the topic and it shows through in the lecture and assignment videos. Even if you're already familiar with HTML4.01, this course is worth taking to quickly brush up on the changes in HTML5, as well as learning accessibility features for users who may have one or more disabilities. I learned so much in this course even though I already knew the basics of coding and HTML4.01 Strict. This course got me interested in learning more about UMich's programs and enrolling in more courses with Dr. van Lent. Highly recommend!
Great intro, easy to follow as a novice, and includes both the HTML as well as how to create & validate as well as include diverse needs of users (accessibility)
Very helpful and easy to follow.
it's awesome to learn from here,there is no doubt about it
Its a good opportunity to learn latest technologies.And resources that you are providing to learn are really good
Great videos. Teacher awesome.But the course needs, in order to be better, more practical activities and i got a little bit upset when I worked hard in final project and later I saw that it´s not necessary at all.....Instead, I should just did a final quiz.
Really good and introdutory, although i had previous contact with HTML it was also a great way of getting to know better HTML5 and its semantic. Beyond that, the focus on accessibility is an amazing feature.
Great intro to the content!
Great Course! I had no previous HTML training and was able to complete this course with full understanding.
Excellent course to get started writing good, clean, readable and accessible HTML!
I expected more coding examples.
I would like that the course propose more practical exercises.
Video Lectures are good. Quiz taking method is Great. Liked.Thanks for the course.
Well done. You get a lot of hands on work in this class. Learning by doing is the best way to really learn how to get past stumbling blocks. The lectures were excellent as well with lots of references.
This is one of the best courses on HTML. It focuses on the most important issues such as accessibility which a lot of courses seem to ignore :)
Lectures are great. Colleen sounds very amiable. She has great tips.Downside: You're only required to do some coding for the final project. I think this course would be better if they'll add an in-browser editor so students could play with code after a lecture.Yes, I do play with code after the lecture to get around it, but I think the way the lectures are presented tempt the students not to. So any additional prompts such as in-browser editor - for in-lecture quizzes - definitely will help.
Great !
Great teachings, You really learn step by step.And let's Code together session was really interesting,Thank you.
If you're looking for a place to start learning HTML, look no further. The course is clear and to the point. The only thing you will regret that it's short. Many thanks to the lecturer.
A very good course for those who want to learn from the very basics and know the roots of web designing.
great teaching
Could have been more useful
Thanks a lot.
Covers the basics we all think we know, but don't.
It is a great course for starters, to get a good basic knoledge of how the HTML5 language works... from know on I go ahead and study and apply new tags. Thanks from Colombia teacher Colleen
I was expecting more coding exercises and the major task was only the demo page which I completed and validated, but somehow I always failed that answer wrong in the final quiz
Great for beginners, really starts slow so that coding becomes accessible to everyone.
The professor was clear and was very easy to follow. The resources provided wasn't too technical and is accessible, which was great! I hope to learn more from your courses!
The instructions provided by Professor Colleen are very clear and the whole course is well organized. Thanks University of Michigan and Coursera staff!!!
A very basic introduction. Good for anyone new to HTML
great course for beginners
IDEAL FOR A GUY WHO DOESN'T KNOW A BIT ABOUT WEB-DESIGNING BUT WANT TO LEARN.THIS IS THE FIRST STEP THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE.
Not hard but many new stuff!
Overall I learned a lot. The course covered the topic of HTML 5 and the concepts behind the internet (hosting, protocols, DNS, etc.)I like that it was purely quiz/project based and no grading was done as peer review. However, occasionally (about 1/20) some of the quiz problems were just plain wrong. Also, the final project was a bit too strict and needed more fuzzy logic for the parser. One could produce visually identical and 100% valid results and still not get a perfect score. That seems a bit flawed to me. However, if you really want to labor on it, you can just give the quiz what it wants and eventually get a full score.All-in-all, I would recommend the course.
This course was quick, easy and fun, plus giving best practice pointers. Thanks!
Brilliant professor! Good course!
Colleen is a great instructor and her slides work with well the content. Very helpful way to get a beginning
course is too slow and the videos need some corrections
Really great for a beginner with no prior HTML experience.
Great course for beginners. Especially useful if one wants to see how a website is correctly designed with accessibility in mind. I would recommend this one to many of the "old" web designers out there.
Amazing course. Even though i knew many things in HTML5, i learnt many more. Eagerly waiting for "Interactivity with javascript" course to start
Very good for starting a career from Scratch
make me understand from the basic
This is a super beginner's level course--perfect for the super beginner. I recommend it. Also, I had taken some other intro-level web design courses previously, and I found that this course still taught me useful tips that I didn't know before. I recommend it for those who want to cement their knowledge of HTML5.
Great Course!!! Perfect Teacher!!!
Great course for beginners who have absolutely no idea about coding! Huge thanks to Prof. Colleen who used very simple language to make the course easier to understand. All the important aspects of basic HTML5 were covered. Assignments were challenging and fun! I can proudly say that I created my own 'First' webpage with the help of this course. One star less just because I felt that some topics like images and especially multimedia usage can be confusing and could have been explained more in detail. Overall a very informative course...highly recommended!!
I have finished this course and it has great content. Almost all HTML5 Elements are explained well.It is great for beginners.
Very Decent Course for Beginners (y)
Basic but very helpful course! I highly recommend for those who just begin to learn web design.
I strongly recommend this course due if you want to start from zero in HTML5 world. Lectures are easy to understand and the teacher is very clear. Besides it is feasible to achieve if you have not previous knowledge about any kind of code.
Great course. It inspire to keep learning. Thoroughly taught. Thank you.
Thank you for you time and for everything you did.As an introduction, I did not find that there's need to talk about the hosting and the other things related to this topic. It would be better if the instructor went deeper into the HTML5.
An excellent course for a basic introduction to HTML 5.
The course was simple and complete. I totally understood the whole system.
Best introductory course to HTML5. Really nice explanation with appropriate hands on examples.
This is a fantastic course. I am looking forward to every other session.
Excellent basic course... and an incredibly competent teacher. Learned all concepts and it was taught in a way that inspired further research and learning beyond the course.
I Love my Ma'am, and the way she teach us. She designed the HTML5 course for us in great way.Thank You
The grading system I dont like it. I coded and validated, yet it returned error to me. I was frustrated that I had to opt out of the course.
Great teacher who can explain concepts in easy to digest manner. Retaking some brush-up courses so I played this in the background while I was working, completed a quiz and continued the lessons. This class is also great for giving beginners a background of the web and the history of coding and web design. Really fun to listen to.
Excellent course to understand the basics of web designing
Thank you! The course was excellent!
Great intro, though it was too slow at first then too fast toward the end. Could have used some more work.
The course probably should be a bit longer to go into more detail on certain things. I have HTML experience, but no HTML5, figured this would be a good beginners course. Felt the final coding assignment was a bit vague as far as instructions and the video. I can use different tags to make the page look similar to the professors layout, and not be exact in what's required.
I have watched all the lecture. It is one the most organized lecture. I enjoyed it a lot and I have gained a lot. Thanks
Very clear for a beginner as I am
It's HTML5 in a nutshell, simple as that. I knew HTML4 before and I got a good introduction to new HTML5. Thanks.
Great course for beginners.
A great introduction!
Thank You Colleen for this course which was delivered in the most simplest manner. Easy to understand with quality material. I am glad I enrolled for this course and I have also en
Best for Begineers who wants to know about overview of tags used and build a simple webpage.
Amazing Course! Easy to learn
If you are looking a general HTML Course, this is for you. This provide general knowledge to create simple web pages, some basic HTML tags and a few practices. My expectation was to have a deeper knowledge of HTML5, spend more time reviewing difference between HTML5 version and the last ones but, I didn't get it, this why I'm giving just 3 starts
Great Course!
Thanks for all!
Straightforward and well organized intro to html5. Of course it won't teach everything about htm5, but it's a good one to help you step into it!
Its ok. HTML is not "Code" its a Mark-Up Language. When she cant explain sheo covers it up with attitude words or skips quickly.
Excellent introduction. The course material is clear and well presented. The assignments follow the course material closely.
Amazing Course, sectioned out really well and explained in perfect detail.Would love solutions to the course but otherwise its perfect.If you're a beginner, this is for you !!!
Very good course for very beginners.
I recommend this class to anyone wanting to know about HTML5! The teacher is superb!
It is exactly what it says it is: an introduction to HTML5. Well done, easy pacing, thorough and knowledgeable instructor. Great for absolute noobs!
Very good introduction to web development
A very good course for the beginners who want to learn HTML.I'm glad that i enrolled for this course. Thank you Coursera.
Very interesting and well-organized course. The teacher was very motivating and went in full detail without rushing the explanations. Loved it !
Awesome course :)
3th week final assignment has bugs
I really enjoy the course. Good job teacher.
Very Good Course and contents. Colleen has explained every concept very deeply and descriptively.I have enjoyed the learning.
I like this course very much, it helps me a lot, thanks!
It was a vary helpful class.
Great course for beginner, and for good choice for those who know a little about web and want to go through all the basic concepts again. The instructor explain concepts form tags to deployment clean and well.
I was always waiting for a course like this. I was a student without knowledge of HTML after completing the course I have reached the basic level of knowledge in HTML5 and now I have the opportunity to improve my learning and increase my level. I love HTML5.Thanks to Colleen van Lent and the University of Michigan to create the Specialized Program - Web Design for Everyone and especially to Coursera for making this happen.
Is a good course
This course is exactly as advertised, a stand alone course in a series of courses that introduces web design to the novice, non-computer science major. This course introduces the processes that are the foundation for well designed, accessible websites. This course is exactly what I was looking for. I leave this course the foundational understandings and skills to explore the HTML on webpages that I like and to practice coding on my own.
Great introduction course on HTML5. Perfect for those who have no prior experience and want to get things rolling.
Great for a beginner or someone who wants to learn how a brow
It is a great course and the instructor has such a great way to teach that it's very easy to understand the content. Theres is only one thing left... more excercises.
Excellent course and excellent teacher! Congrats to the team!!
I have no background of IT, however, these lectures seem to be very interesting to me. I guess I can learn something valuable from this course and perhaps convert that into a commercial/financial success.
good intro to the very basics. emphasis on good standards.not enough in-depth analysis or practices. maybe for the next upcoming series.
A lot of information there. :)
Basic course helps in understanding what HTML is all about. Thanks to instructor for sharing this course.
A very comprehensive course for coding beginners.
Awesome Coursevery good resourses and a very good instructor who learns the basicsit really helped me.thanks coursera, Mrs. van lent and umich :)
A decent non-overwhelming course to start front-end development.
Well structured course with a lecturer that is really nice to listen to. For me it was time well spent.
I enjoyed the course and found it very practical and helpful.
Great info!
Great course for beginners, if you have programming background you will find it easy!
Colleen van Lent is a great teacher. She simplifies everything, is clear, consistent, and reviews what she's said. She explains as she goes and encourages coding along with her. This was the perfect intro course for someone who knows nothing about HTML. Would definitely take another course by her again.
very good course and well explained by D.Collenthank you
Well organized and very usefull course with great teacher :) Thanks a lot!!
I want more practice!!!!
Like the course
It was very good for beginners and very very good explanation had done.
Easy to understand and practical.
Really great course: informative and with very good teacher!
Very clear, it definitely worked for me.
Is a great course! The explanations are very good! I recomend this course to everyone regardless of his knowledges over html.
As a student I am lucky to listen to lectures of such a Professor and course is designed too well
Great!
I think it is great to have such helpful websites.
Good course!
really great course :) Thanks
This course is basic course to understand HTML.
Excellent Teacher! Loved this course. I have no web developing background yet I was inspired by the teacher deep into the subject. I highly recommend this course to anyone curious about how web pages are created.
A little basic for me. But it was mentioned this was meant for the absolute beginner. Nonetheless, as a developer that never dabbled in HTML, this dipped my curiosity for HTML5. It's a solid start, better than reading about it somewhere in the internet.Definitely use split screen or a separate device to follow along with the coding. Even if it seems too easy.
Great instructor! Course geared toward absolute beginners in web development. She starts you with the very basics.
It was good but little bit too fast, and not obvious, i suppose it would be better it was over 6weeks for HTML5 things only.
Short and sweet !!!I enjoyed learning the importance of semantics, as I am generally used to style the pages using free will.The agenda which the instructor has is very optimistic and I like it ~~~
Nice Course for the beginners. Specially I would like to thank Colleen van Lent Ma'am who is there for each and every obstacle coming in between for HTML5. Great to be a part of this Web Series from University of Michigan.
my teacher is excellent. she is nice heart and true way of thinking. i prayer is always do a nice work. and God listen her prayer. my teacher is excellent way of teaching and good explanation. i understand each lecture and keep her way of logic in my mind.thank you my teacher. my best way always for you.
This is a very good course for a working professionals. I learned a lot from this course. The auto-grader did not work as smoothly.
Good introduction to HTML5 and you will encourage to learn more about the whole stuff :)
So helpful. Thank you for the awesome course.
Very Good Course to learn just the very basics of HTML. You'll learn a lot from it.
Interesting
Thanks
Great for learning the basis and the proper way to do things!
Excellent Course and Instructor! I would highly recommend this course to any new student interested in learning more about HTML and web development. The course is designed to provide the student with an introductory knowledge of HTML coding and introduces concepts in a very easy to understand manner.
Great class! The teacher was very clear! Go Blue!
Its an excellent course who want to start learning web design in depth. I already knew few things about the HTML language but this course made me realise the importance of different semantic tags and how to use use them efficiently to make our website more accessible.
A good head-start to learning HTML5.
Good,but I think somewhere is not clear.
Decent introduction. The code submission auto-checker is became a game of getting formatting (whitespace, returns etc) to match perfectly vs. actually submitting working code.
Excellent teacher and method. Really enjoy it!Thank you very much.
It's really good, you learn a lot and the professor is awesome
Good course, good teacher, very usefull. Thanks!
Got to learn Cool new concept and tags. :)
great professor and content is easy.
Great course, with a good speed and information to start your journey to create websites.
The class was good. The instructor is great and she is very knowledgeable. I just wish there were more content in the class.
Professor was awesome and taught great I learnt alot
Awesome teaching technique, I feel like she is right in front of me and not virtually..and she actually is..
It's a good course for introducing students to html. it gives a broad intro but you have to take it slow
Very clear instruction and excellent resources.
Perfect for someone who wants to start learning HTML5 and the entire specialization from scratch.The course is well paced, starts off easy, and seriously takes you step by step into making a web-page.
Thank you Colleen. It was a great pleasure to pass this course having the lecturer like you.
Excellent introduction to HTML5. Very personable and easy to understand professor.
More hands-on practice, more exercises like the one on Week #2 where we(the students) follow the professor's step by step instruction into coding, and not so much lecture (though lecture its understandable as we need to learn all these definitions and what we are actually doing).
Good, clear quality lectures. the right amount of work involved to do some learning without having to rearrange my life. overall very good course.
Very good course!
Thank you for the course! It was challenging in some way and VERY interesting. Besides, it is really stimulating in terms of self-learning as some aspects are mentioned but briefly. Personally I had some trouble with navigation, which made me spent a lot of time browsing the Internet for some information. But as they say no pains, no gains:)Thank you, Colleen! Looking forward to CSS course.
It was very useful!Thank you!
Very good course. Looking forward to go to next level
Best course for Learning HTML in basics.
Thanks for helping us build a foundation right with the basics.
Professor is tremendously funny and personable. Course stays up-to-date and videos are paced very well with a generous amount of information. Not boring or monotonous. Recommend to anyone deeply interested about foundation and beginners alike!
Course covers the important basics and is an excellent starting point for people who want to learn HTML5
Very good course
The course content was presented at steady pace and the videos were clear and direct.However, the auto-grader was really confusing for the final project.
The course is very good. It is not so easy to pass the quizes but it does get you hooked on HTML
'Introduction to HTML5' course is a very general introduction to HTML5 for beginners. The professor doesn't assume you know anything about Web development or even how files are uploaded to a host website. The course covers a brief history of the Web, basic HTML5 elements, URL terminology, Accessibility, Semantics, and basic FTP & Web hosting software like C-Panel. Forms and other advanced topics are not covered.The class is presented in a laid back style and uses non-technical language which is easy to understand. The quality of the video and audio are excellent. Supplemental books (pdf) and links to Youtube videos are provided and are useful.The duration of some of the lectures seemed too long, even when using 2X playback speed. With some of the quizzes, the professor expected you to read her mind and were worded in a subjective manner.The Accessibility section seemed a little too preachy for me. Also, the final project was convoluted and the instructions were vague. The final project really ended up being a 9 or 10 question quiz that gave you hints on how to code the final project.In summary, take this course if you are a complete beginner. Otherwise, you won't learn much if you have more than 2 months of experience in front end Web development.
Good for beginner, but I think it would be better to add more practice in the course.
Awesome course from a fantastic instructor.
This is a very "pediatric" way to learn HTML basics and how to get started on your developer career. Both content and examples are pretty straight forward. Evaluation system should be reviewed and interaction with teacher, other than blog, should be open when there's an issue/question with specific questions.
It was a great course!I've been studying HTML before but now I had more structured knowledge, I've also discovered some new interesting things.
One of the best and no fluffy intro to the basics of HTML5/HTML. Colleen was excellent in the presentation.
Great for learning the basics!
This course is easy to understand and use in everyday life. I think that it teaches a lot of useful things.
Collen is awesome!
A lot of repetitive information here, throughout each lesson. I was expecting a bit more coding opportunities. However, I'm not new to HTML and think this is still a good introduction for brand-brand new coders (like ages 12-15). Good refresher for those out of it for a decade or so (like me).
Extremely useful and helpful to we beginners!
Great course, great professor, but terrible, time wasting, frustrating, not educational (no feedback at all) evaluation "machine".
I learned a lot of new things, although I am not a beginner. But I think for a newbie this course is a little tough. It would have been great if I got something to share about my accomplishment in the free version too. But may be that's asking too much! On the whole I am happy with the course.
Great instructor, proper course for beginners, kudos for including accessibility as a core topic!
Very good course but more assignments should be included except the quizzes ....
Couple hiccups with the autograder, but otherwise this course was very good. After messing around with HTML for years, it was about time I learned what the deal with HTML5 is. Just the right length, and definitely an Easy level of difficulty.
Excellent Teaching, i Learnt a lot in this course
This is my first course in Coursera. I love this course.
This was my first experience with HTML5. I enjoyed and learned so much from this course. Dr. Colleen van Lent is very informative and provided excellent video lectures and valuable assignments. I'm looking forward to finding more courses from her.
This is a very nice introductory course. Although I have experience with HTML, I appreciate the fact that it assumes no previous knowledge and takes the time to show beginners how to create and save an HTML file for the first time, as well as some of the editors that are available. Three weeks is a bit short, in my opinion. I would have liked to see forms being covered a bit, even if the actual handling is postponed until JavaScript is covered. I was also expecting for the canvas tag to at least be mentioned.Overall, an excellent course for beginners!
Very didactic. Even with my poor english I could understand everything.
This course really helped me a lot in learning HTML and basics of web developmentThanks for this course.
Very good. it would be great if our teacher suggests us some guide book or task book.tks
This is an excellent introduction to the world of web design. I knew absolutely nothing about HTML before, but after the course I have found an interest in coding that I never realised I had. Great teacher, and good course structure that is easy to understand and follow. I am looking forward to learning more in the next course in this Introduction to Web Design series.
This is a really course to take if you are at beginner level or you want to brush up on your coding skills without using a cheat sheet.
The most weak part is automatical grading. When structure and semantics are essential, text inside tag is not, guessing if exists space between elements isn't acceptable as well. Also it's difficult to check when long code snippets should be pasted as plan text in short text field. Better to use file uploading with required snippet. For me also not enough accent was on html 5 features with dedicated examples how use new tags and attributes.
Videos were OK, practice quizzes somewhat helpful. However, the final autograder quiz was extremely temperamental and gave no usable feedback. This resulted in frustration and made what should have been a good experience a very bad one.Updated course to three stars since a change was made to be able to pass the final quiz without needing to pass the autograder submission.
This class is the perfect way to get familiar with HTML. I was completely inexperienced. After just the first two weeks, I feel like I have some understanding of code and how it works. If you are just starting out with code, this class is the way to begin!
This was one of the excellent course. A good quality fundamentals and concept oriented.
Really good Job:) Well Paced and awesome work :) Keep it up :) Thank You :)
excellent(sorry for my poor express ability)
This course was clearly not ready. The autograder for the final project was.. a complete fail. It was not a fun experience trying to change around my code to figure out what the autograder wanted.
I liked this course and the professor was good, just wished they gave an extra week.
Colleen is amazing teacher! This course is very good for the beginner like me, I like coding after I learn it :)
Great course!I didn't know anything about HTML5, and now I can read a code page and another great things.
Awesome course!
I would have rated this course with 5 stars if it wasn't for the Autograder that marked the final assignment, which made that I didn't even get to pass the course, although, according to me and everyone I had contact with regarding this course, my code was correct! Everything else was very well done, and I congratulate Ms. van Lent on her course. I will be going on to the next course in this specialization, because all the autograders for the rest of it has been removed. Thank goodness!
Highly informative with clear examples to further illustrate each point taught in each lesson. It's really helpful to know more about cPanel and web hosting instead of figuring it out (the hard way) by myself.
Great intro course, gives you all the needed basics to get started.
Really good course for beginners.Allows for some experimentation, while giving students the basics.
The instructor might be a good web developer, but neither she nor anyone else on her team know how to write a parser. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they attempted to do for grading Final Projects.Unless you are ready to suffer through several hours of tearing your hair out because their parser does not accept perfectly written code, don't take this course. The only thing you'll learn through the experience is that some people should stay as far away from writing autograders as the planet would allow them.Additionally, the information presented in this course is available in several better structured and presented versions both on Coursera and other MOOC platforms. So you don't need this course in particular in order to learn the material.
Could be the best course on HTML5, but autograder is a pure nightmare. There's a good chance to fail your final project because of technical issues. So, 5 stars for the content, 0 stars for the autograder, 3 stars as a final mark.
This course is a great one. My first Coursera course! It covered enough ground which I'd wish should be there in any online course, because too much of details may make online learning experience boring and too less of it means you haven't learned much. Whereas the amount of material covered in this course was having right balance. I'd recommend this course to every wanna be web-developer!
This 'intro' course has an excellent instructor. I have used html on and off for awhile,but the differences in HTML5 and explanation of the reasons why and the semanticsmade it very valuable.The grading was frustrating, but attention to detail IS a component of programming.Very helpful course.
For beginners this is a good course to start with. I don't recommend this course for experienced programmers.
GREAT COURSE. PERFECT FOR A BEGINNER.
The instructur is fantastic, really insp
I like the course, but I'd like to have deeper information about HTML5 and more exercises for learning and practicing. Also, there's few info about hosting and managing your website. Hope i'll find it in sooner courses of this university.
Very interesting Course
Good introduction to HTML 5, I like the way it explains about disabilities.But the final test, was just a battle to pass the parser more than the code itself.
Great lectures. Clear and well organized, full of information and details.
Awesome lectures and teacher, really easy to understand if you don't have any knowledge.
I loved that the assignments and lectures built up to the final project. It was tough, but I appreciated it and felt like I actually learned from it.
The way of teaching and deliver the basic and advance knowledge is excellent. Great course for beginners as well as developers. I love the course and the instructor.
This is a good course for anybody interested in learning about HTML but has no technical knowledge. Professor Lent has kept things simple, yet engaging.
Really helpful. Congrats Colleen from Greece!
autograder will not accept my valid code that contains all valid elements, will not make the deadline so will not bother continuing.
Great course!!
Very helpful.
Very excellent course for beginners. Hope that the next courses will be at the same level!Two main problems, though: first, the autograder is very bad, should be much more flexible.Second, in my opinion, the homework should be more code-based, just like the final project.
A good introduction to HTML5.
This course is perfect for the absolute beginner not only in web development, but also in programming in general. Yet, being a software developer looking to get some web dev skills, it was worth spending sometime into it getting know some more details about HTML as well as basic programming principles.
Colleen, the instructor, was very good. The autograder was not good and wasted people's time.
clear teaching but too much basilar introduction
The lectures get you through the basics in a clear, understandable way.But the auto-grader was really a bad idea, that got the lecturer into a lot of trouble for very little gain if any.It seems to me that peer-reviewed assessments, with proper instructions, are better suited. Apart from being more reliable and less frustrating, I think the learner can really get more out of it.
Really nice teacher, it's easy to understand what she explains.
Excellent course. The instructor, Colleen van Lent, was fantastic. Very clear and well paced.
Coursera rocks!
Interesting course! Thank you! =)
Fabulous intro course! It was a refresher for me, but with the ever changing language, there were some new things I learned too!
Great Instructor/Course from great University as great as the rest of Michigan university courses. Well respected Universities in addition to Duke, San Diego and Virginia Compared to the very short courses from other reputable Universities
This course is totally for beginners so simple and educational
Ok but too easy!
it's a really simple way for people who have no computer basis to get to know what is HTML and how web page works.
Overall I found the course to do exactly what it said. Give you the very basics of HTML and allow you to put something out there. For someone that has zero experience with programming or creating web pages I would recommend, otherwise it will definitely be a little too beginner.
It may be a 5 weeks course with a more slow learning, because we see some tags in a second and it passes. And the autograder works really bad. I do not know where I fail but I failed all the questions. A peer grader would be nice for the final project.
Comparing to "Learn HTML5 from W3C" from edx this course is fairly weak.
Wery helpful for very begginer!
Just very good!
Very clear explanation, concise... Really helped me understand. Highly recommend, Fantastic!
Shoud have big project that covers most of the new tags in HTML5However the lectures are awesome. Thanks for sharing..
Hate auto grading. Overall good basic course.
Brilliant course! Can't wait for intro to CSS3 to start.
Excellent class. Video lectures are very accessible and good content.The automatic parser is a pain, and can be improved. I spent a lot of time to get code that was working and giving the correct output to pass the tests.
Great instructor
This is a very good course for beginners.
Overall this is a very good course. I had some experience with HTML5, but this course showed me the nuances of standard practice that I was otherwise missing. The instructor was very articulate and offered example with every topic.
The glitches with the autograder at the end were the only reason I didn't give this five stars. Otherwise, great course! Looking forward to joining CSS3.
This course is a great introduction into constructing a webpage. With this professor you don't have to fear literally covering all the basics of the language in 1 week, like other 3 week programming course professors do. The professor spaces out the material over the class so it's not overwhelming while covering background knowledge on web design.
Good course, great teacher and above all recognized educational institution that offers it; which adds to the credibility ! Im onto the next one CSS3.
A very helpful course.One must take this.
Excellent course.From the basics neat and clean explanation really good.Liked it very much.
Easy to follow, well explained content with a very nice lecturer.
The lecturer is amazing!
It should be little more elaborative with codes, syntaxes etc instead of non-html related stuffs
This is a complete HTML5 course of which students can learn and practice since this skill is very useful in today's programming market. Highly Recommended for begnners, intermediate, advanced, and professional programmers.
How can i get certificate please
Nice !! Thank you very much
Excellent introduction to Chemistry, focused on models which allow you to understand all of the empirical rules/laws. However, it appears to be an older course and some of the quizzes were effected by Cousera upgrades and they are corrupted and some questions can't be answered (as in some cases there are actually no choices given!).
The best course to grasp the fundamentals of chemistry
Great course! This is the first MOOC that I've completed and I had a great experience overall. The CDS system is what drew me toward this particular chemistry course and it seems like an effective and natural way to have concepts stick in your head. Very clear and easy to understand explanations are also given in the lecture videos.My only complaints are that there are some significant typos in the quizzes, and all of the course material seems to refer to a different version of the online textbook than the one that is currently provided. If the quality of the quizzes was better and if the course was more in sync with the most up-to-date reading material I would have easily given this course 5 stars.
Excellent course. There are many questions to think.
This course should be a 5 Star course. It is challenging and requires effort. The lectures are well done but not up to the level of the quizzes. The book looks like an abandoned project. The errors and missed references to tables and equations from part one of the book to the other are too many.Having said that, I have never learned so much about a topic. I attempted the problems in the book before I took the quiz. That makes a huge difference. A week covers 2-3 chapters in the book. I started to doing the each chapter's problems before moving on in the week. This made taking the quizzes a lot easier.Overall I am very happy for having taken this course.
Excellent choice of general chem topics. I used this course to review certain topics on the MCAT. The Acid-Base & equilibrium sections were very helpful. Prof. Hutchinson is a very engaging instructor. Aside from his detailed lectures, his notes were very clear and easy to follow.
Very Good Videos for Chemistry!
Great course.
Although I have studied chemistry in Hungary, but from this point of view of chemistry teaching was interesting. The demostration of perfomarnces was colorful, itemized and the two art of chemistry teaching could learn from each other.
I am enjoying the course. I appreciate the method the professor is using for the lectures. I am taking the course for the challenge of learning something new as I have not studied chemistry since my first year of college in 1958.
Most excellent course. Professor Hutchinson's presentation of chemistry made the learning experience valuable and enjoyable. The course is planned well and delivered in a most professional way. It's apparent that a lot of work went into creating this course. The use of the split screen is a good technique that fully engages the learner, and following the concept development concept throughout the lectures provides a solid foundation for moving from one concept to another.The minor negatives are the pdf file of the CDS material didn't always present correctly (especially tables, a common problem converting Word to pdf) and some of the chapter numbers didn't match ... but these are minor glitches and did not detract from the course itself.I can't say enough good things about this course. I kept thinking how great it would be to attend Rice University and attend Professor Hutchinson's classes. It's quite evident that he loves teaching and it shows in his lectures. I look forward to any future courses offered by Professor Hutchinson and Rice University.
Fantastic approach to concepts. Excellent instructor.
This is my first experience of Coursera, although a have done many other MOOCs. This is an excellent course. I studied chemistry many years ago and was looking for a course to revise some of the topics. The subject matter is at just the right level: challenging but not intimidating. The lectures are well structured and presented, and the background reading material (provided free of charge) is excellent.A brilliant first impression, both of Coursera and the host University (Rice).
The concept development approach is a much better way to learn!
I thank the organizers for this well-structured Chemistry course. I was sometimes overwhelmed by the amount of information given but I guess this is due to the condensation process that had to be carried out in order to impart the contents in 11 weeks. Otherwise I would have appreciated to have more exercises resolved during the lessons and to get a sheet with all the formula used during the course...Thank you again.
Too many mistakes in the math. I dropped after a week
Very Very good, if you want to learn something just try these classes !!!
needs more questions and answers. maybe just a section for practice or somethin
I took this class as a chemistry review for my MCAT and really liked the concept development approach. As an undergraduate, I learned a lot of these concepts by memorization but never made the connections or the thorough understanding as I did after taking this course. Thanks!
Excellently delivered..... High clarity and focus on concepts
really helpful advice, completed content with acceptable depth
While the visual set up is well thought out (you can see the instructor, slides and writing space, the setup of course materials is too stringent for the beginning chemist. More time seems to be needed focusing on the basics of chemistry and chemistry math (such as how to read CH4, sig figs, etc) prior to testing on stoichiometry.
Awesome Course.
Excellent course, pleasant to listen to. Definitely improved my understanding of chemistry.
If I'd had access to this material when I first failed freshman chemistry 40 years ago, I probably wouldn't have failed. Kudos to Dean Hutchinson for bringing us his innovative approach.
Very informative
great course! Unlike other courses, this one really helps the student make a deeper understanding of chemistry and the conceptes that built the science!
Course information is delivered in a new and exciting format. The first half of the course builds up base Chemistry ideals and Laws. The second half takes the student to places they never thought they would end up. Be sure to brush up on your College Algebra before taking. Overall a fun and challenging experience!
This course and the accompanying textbook explain chemistry in a very simple, ground up way that I was able to easily understand.
So far it's been just about 1 week since i have started the course, but I'm really excited, i like the tasks! The course is built in a way that really motivates you to create! After all it's a core goal for the Graphic designer! Keep it up! Let's see what happens next! Good luck to every one!
Thanks! It was interesting and useful!
Great course, very engaging and I learnt a lot!
The way information combines with practice to enhance your creativity is just great!
Thanks for this creative course that learned us different ways andaspects of image making.
Very challenging and very rewarding to learn to "see" an object, to start owning it and to realize a booklet out of it. It was hard work and lots of trials and errors, but I really enjoyed it, and I'm sure that I've learnt a lot for my next projects.
Very Nice
Good introduction to important workflow concepts for creating and designing publications from scratch
Very interesting and useful
I really learned a lot of things and this course will really help me in future.
Exellent lectures and assignments. You will learn about how to compose page spreads for illustrated books by composing two or more images, experimenting with shapes, colors, sizes, negative space, foreground vs background.
Really enjoyed this course and it pushed me to think about the application of the design. In this case, I learned a lot about composing spreads for books which was something very new to me.
Pretty weak teaching - "maybe you can place objects in this order, or maybe in this order". No any clear logics.
Useful and playful. I like the idea of having from the computer the inspiration to take paper and draw, and create things :)I would add some extra links or inspirational videos to enrich the experience
Great course! Thanks to the organizers from all my heart! I received a charge of inspiration, learned a lot. Thanks to all the classmates for their feedback and good wishes! It was great to see the works and approaches of others. I was able to realize my old ideas, the course has pushed me to the point to be more focused and self-disciplined. I feel more positive and able! Thank you!
everything is great. thanx
thought provoking course and the practical aspects were especially enjoyable. like looking at a subject in fresh new ways, then you would love this course
Very intersting
It was great to come through this course with itsmarvellous lections and interesting submissions. Strongly recommend it.
Thank you very much for this great course. I have learned a lot and definitely gained new skills that will help me in my work.
Nice class introducing the ideas of scale, composition and use of white/negative space. A must for people who always want to fill the page. Sometimes less is more.
Thanks for the lessons!
I liked how there's such an open approach to the course and it gave me a lot of chances to practice design.
Engaged, passionate and enquiring teachers who produced excellent course materials. Great assessment format with feedback and grading from fellow students. An inspiring course encouraging an experimental and open approach with making images. :D
This course challenged me to expand my visual creative skills and for that I am thankful.
Image making is the focus of this course.If you love making images you will love this.Not much theory but all the more making.Assignments needs a bit more time and thought than the other courses in the specialization.
This course was a fun one that encouraged experimentation and making a lot of images. I would say the assignments could have been more challenging though.
Would have liked to have more assignments and content on imagemaking rather than a focus on making a book. I feel like I got just as much imagemaking experience from the intro to graphic design course offered by Cal Arts.
This course opened up a new avenue of expression for me. Insightful instruction
Thank you !
If you've completed the first course in this specialization, then this is a repeat of a lot of the same information. I didn't find the teaching style very effective either, though it may work better for others.
Graphic degsing is about relation between images and the spece where they are. I think this course is a grate conector which explains the main conexions and relationships of the components of an image.
Great, very clear lessons. Kind of easy in a way but I learnt some basic things.
Wonderful course, interesting lessons, great assignments, fun to do, authentic artist teacher.
This is an inspiring course, and a challenge to go back to the basics. As I was at college 2 decades ago, this has been a powerful experience of re-discover and put to work my talents and skills. A true turning point in life! Thank you.
Challenging and great!
This course encouraged me to start learning InDesign Adobe program!
This course is very good for beginners of using images and need to know how to set images together and anyone did not studied graphic design before
This video lectures are very clear and well made. I learned the concepts of designs and new ways of thinking.
Really enjoyed the challenges it made me face with designing my own booklet.Has inspired me to do more.
i was never comfortable with image making, but this course had given me a lot of confidence and i made a drawing i was proud of
I like the content and enjoyed the process but as this is online course, it should be better designed. The criteria for reviews and assignment direction is probably not too explicit that cause a lot of confusion, and people are submitting very different assignments from one another. It is not easy to grade and hard to understand what is expected. Also it is recommended that you know Adobe Illustrator or InDesign. I actually had to take additional course alongside of this course because although it was not mandatory, it was better to know how to use these software.
This was a great course that got me to stop judging my creations and start making images!
It was really challenging, and interesting course. I wish I had more time to work with it.
I really loved this course. Useful information presented in an attractive format. Hands on approach. It opened my mind regarding a lot of possible applications in different areas of life.
Excellent, It was a really good course. I recomend it
Excellent course and specialization.
Quite a repetition of Fundamentals of Graphics Design, the first course in the specilization.
The course is delivered in a simple manner, easy to follow and with clear instructions. I'm not sure how much a peer review is a valuable contribution once most of the students don't really know how to criticize properly the peer's assignment, either always giving the full mark or evaluating according to its personal ideas and not necessary what the exercises called for. Anyway, it's still a very valuable alternative to formal education, specially if the student is committed enough.
Really, really enjoyed this course - very insightful
I loved it, it pushes me to get out of my confort zone. the course helped me a lot especially in discovering new technique for image making.
I really loved the teaching method, fluid and in tune with any artist`s budding creativity!
This course is superb! Thank you for offering it here.
Image-making will let you appreciate how a design is formed. Having finished the course, I look at designs now as more than just a representation of something. I see designs now as art forms, styled to express not only its connotative meaning but its denotative meaning as well.
The course content was good but the assignments weren't structured that well. While reviewing I realised some people made very simplistic stuff like me after following instructions, while others with more design experience created really amazing stuff. They should have included some advanced example for demo.
The weakest of the series so far. Overlap with some of the other courses. Too much art therapy.
As an educator myself, I found this class to be rather pathetic in its structure and the assignments. These are topics and activities that I was doing as a student in middle school and junior high (both public schools mind you, not arts centered charters). Charging people for a certificate in this "class" is tantamount to what diploma mills do as the course requirements are not up to even senior high school level coursework. Truly, Coursera, what happened to your open education offering real education?
They say a picture can speak a thousand words. It is true!
A very good course, not just for those who want to become experts, but also for those who know more.
I learned a lot esp the extent of using materials to create an artwork. Well done!
A weaker version of "Fundamentals of Graphic Design" with way too much overlap. It should not be included in the Specialization.
This course gave me so much confidence not only in creating images and experimenting, but in writing too. I started to think out of the box and became more productive!
Excellent I really enjoyed it
Thank you ! awesome introduction!
Good course, maybe more detailed information would be better.
Great course!
Very interesting through creative assignments you can learn and refine things about image telling.
One of the most enjoyable courses for me. It was really fun to do all the assignments and to practice different ways to express myself. A very very nice way to lear. Thank you!
Great course!
Fun course but everything was already covered on the Fundamentals Of Graphic Design Course.
I am running out of words to describe how much I loved taking this class and those in conjunction with it. I'll be a little sad when it's over and I'm taking the last course. There is a true connection
I really loved the course and am extremely thankful for the opportunity.
Good course if you are driven and can teach yourself. I like the instructor's approach. I'm giving 3 stars only because I was looking for something more about techniques..
great course once again!
A great course. It took me out of my comfort zone of design ideas.
You make me work... grab crayons and paint. And that's exactly the kind of things I needed to do to make images, just theory wouldn't make a thing. Very well structured course, the Coursera plattform is amazing!!! (pardon my english)
I was quite disappointed with this class. The videos and instructions are very short and the information is lacking. When reviewing other classmates material it was quite clear that people were confused with the assignments because I saw such a huge range of submissions that were very different from each other.I found the material to be very similar to the first course in this specialization; both asked very similar things but this class didn't add much to the process.
This course is good, although it repeats a lot from the Fundamentals of Graphic Design.
I loved it , going straight to the point and has very valuable tips
ONe of the best available courses :)
Very enjoyable and encouraging course - I haven't used watercolours since I was a child and this course prompted me to go back out and try them again!
Not up to the standard of the previous two courses. The material was already covered in the first course - Fundamentals of Graphic Design - and nothing new was brought to the table. Even the assignments were a re-hash of the ones from the first course. I realize the point of the lack of specific guidance was intended to encourage us to explore the "making" of multiple iterations of the images. I just would have liked to have more instruction or examples of the elements of composition hierarchy.
I really enjoyed the course and it helped me to start creating again.
Very good course with fun and challenging assignments. My only criticism of this series of courses (the graphic design specialization) is the grading process and lack of instructor interaction. While the peer grading is setup so that it's not too difficult to receive a decent grade if you do the work, there is virtually no instructor feedback on assignments, which is a bit dissapointing. I realize this may be due to the huge number of students, but usually when I pay for a class, interaction and feedback from the instructor is part of the package. Perhaps if you did that, though, then the tuition cost would be much higher.
I like how the weekly projects built up until we had our book at the end.
Loved it. More non graded assignments would have been great.
This course gave a great opportunity to explore one's creativity, with assignments that didn't require us to have skills in particular types of graphic expression. However, I also found that it didn't give me the richness of principles and techniques that I've found in other courses in this sequence. I expect that, for an in-person course, this instructor gives individualized feedback that provides that content. In a peer review situation, the feedback is quite general and so doesn't take up the slack from the lectures. I suggest that Coursera work with the instructor to retain the current content, but produce much richer lectures that have concepts and principles which students can put into practice even after the course ends.
Fun and informative. Very creative.
From the lectures, we've got the techniques of making various types of images and also the basic points of making images and compose images.
I loved LOVED this course and really enjoyed it. though I didn't see the last feedback from other students on my final project (Bookishness) and it is locked now... However, It is an amazing course and very useful!
Very inspiring! The ideas and process I've learned with this course will certainly help me in my future projects.
While I did enjoy this course, I found it to be less useful than the first two in the series. I also noticed a lot of repetition from the course before. I think my expectation was to learn more about imagemaking in a digital sense, but I'm still happy overall that I took this course and I can't wait to earn my specialization.
Gail Swanlund is awesome. Her voice is amazing and fun to listen to. She explains things in a very creative way. So far, this has been my favorite among the Graphic Design Specialization courses. Still have two more courses to go yet!
Very practical, great exercise, easy to understand and follow through, the student doesn’t need major computer programs or high quality technology in order to complete each assignment. The design of each assignment is made to use your imaginations, hands on tools and materials. Love the videos, clear, to the point beautiful made. Lots of room to work and do something quite good and unique if the student want! I am really having fun!Thank you!
I really enjoyed the assignments! Her videos were different from the other two courses in the Specialization, and I enjoyed that! I loved that I could see her process so that I could attempt on my own. Highly recommended class!
I started 2 Hours ago.... it's amazing, such good teachers !
This course teach you to think out of the box and if you have the courage and try, you will take it for the rest of your life.
I love taking courses by the California Institute of the Arts. With that being said this course wasn't the best. It seemed there was not enough information provided. The assignments were too simple. It also seemed like this very material was covered in an earlier course. At least it was available for everyone, not just those that paid. The critiques are the most important part and it was still provided for this course. For that reason alone I raised my review from 2 stars to 4.
If you enjoyed the first course in this specialization, you'll enjoy this course, as it's much of the same. The class is more of an independent studio session rather than an instructional course. If you're looking to work with a single visual subject for a few weeks (but lack the discipline or knowledge to do so on your own), this course will benefit you. If you're looking to save money, perhaps stick to just the first class in the specialization (or take this one if you're only interested in image-making).
I understand it was a more practical course but still more information would have been great. Same assignments but more information would have been great. Other courses had more videos.
Very practical, short videos, lots of exercices to get going, very interesting course.
GOOD COURSE
I found the course videos quite dull and uninteresting. The topics covered could have been taught a lot better. I finished this course only because I wanted to get through the specialization course. I found that the course 'Fundamentals of Graphic Design' did an exponentially better job of explaining image making techniques and composition. The assignments in this course are reasonably good but the instruction videos can definitely benefit from some additional in-depth material.
I really enjoyed this course and it was one of the most helpful along with the Typography course, but it felt a little impersonal and short on information when I compare this one to the previous ones. I would love to look at more examples of imagemaking and uses of hierarchy.
Outstanding class. Very dynamic, inspiring and creative.
Very poor instructions and not enough theory.
Nothing interesting. Common information about nothing. Sorry
Much of the course seemed to cover what was previously discussed. About the only thing this course did for me was to introduce me to In Design. The teacher was OK, but she seemed to lack enthusiasm, particularly when she was demonstrating the book-binding.
it is a fantastic course !
This is a great course!
I personally did not find it constructive enough to spend money on.It is way too general and basic. I expected something more articulated and not so elementary
Great course!! Thanks again!!
I thought this course would be more fun and interesting but I find it VERY repetitive with the Fundamentals of Graphic Design. If you buy the package it kind of seems like I wasted $79 dollars on a repetitive and monotone professor and course. I would not recommend this course within the specialization.
Informative, but not as involved as the previous ELL courses.
I truly enjoyed this course. As a speech-language pathologist, learning how to work with ELLs and their families was especially helpful as I work in the city with very diverse populations. Thank you for the wonderful course!
I already new that family help is important and we do engage them one way or another in or institute. This course provided with more ideas and examples for getting them involved in learning of their family member.
Awesome. Very informative
Five stars: wonderful content, I was engaged. No matter what ,I give a perfect score. However, I wish the instructors were less "I'm reading a script" and sounded more natural. I also missed video summary for some modules and module quiz to refresh knowledge. Thank you Ellen, Claire and ASU for making affordable this course and specialization. My gratitude with all of you!
EXCELLENT Resources! EXCELLENT Instructor!
Could be more engaging but consists of a whole lot of relative information.
It has been great pleasure to take this course. I have learned a lot.
Great infromation
EXCELENTE CURSO. MUY COMPLETO YA QUE GENERA LAS BASES PARA INTRODUCIRSE A LA FINANZAS Y ENTENDER LOS TÉRMINOS BÁSICOS.
I learn a lot from this course. Instructor is good. The last part is the guest lecture from the REAL developer, engineer, designer and etc. With the sharing of their experience make me understand better how to become a game developer. Other than that i also learn the pro and cons to become a game developer.
Exellent part of the specialization, jumping into the fray !
A great course - I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Very clear and detailed. I made and launched a game!
Great course series that forced me to take some steps (design docs) that I'd normally skimp on, and in doing so, realizing their true value.Throughout Coursera I'd love to see more instructor involvement in the courses. The 100% peer review system is a double edge sword. On one hand, I never felt I had an instructor looking at my work, but on the other hand, where else can you get constructive critiques on the internet ;-)Overall, great experience. Star-- for feeling a little bit on rails, and not feeling the instructor involvement.
Really good course. I have learned a lot. The hardest part is realistic scoping and design for the little time available.
Thanks for all the knowledge of Unity :). Good Instructor though.
The course is interesting and serves its purpose - you WILL be able to make a simple game once you complete it.
Perfect cource, build your game idea from scrath and publish it!
Really enjoyed this Capstone! It was a nice challenge, and it really pushed me to create a game out of my own imagination! It was definitely a great experience that I enjoyed journeying through!
Some of the videos are really good. Unfortunately I feel there is little actual help to complete a project in the given time.The great thing about this course is the feeling of publishing your own game. That is priceless :)
Awesome! Best for Game Development! Explained everything important !
Excellent, I hope this will help me kick-off my Game design career!
It was actually easier/flexible than what I thought. In this course/final project they give you a lot of flexibility and you can create whatever you want in the time given. For example for my self I worked really hard to have a polished product at the end that I could use as portfolio, but I've seen really basic projects while correcting my course mates. And I also saw amazing games with professional designs and even announced in Kickstater. So I guess this course adapts to your level and necessities.
Peer reviews are very unfair.
I would proudly say that is like the best game development course ever. it helped understand how the gaming industry work, how to make games and how to design And thanks to this specialization i've developed several games that i'm proud.
Excellent capstones. But it would be mush better if there would be some lectures on Kongregate with example and exercises.
Really awesome, the best part of all the course, I learned a lot.
Going through this whole Specialization has been a great journey. Thanks to this final project we were able to use everything we learned.
This was a great learning experience, this particular course was interesting as it didn't teach you too much about what you're doing immediately, instead people in the industry taught on a much broader sense.I completely recommend grouping up with a couple of other developers, even 1 other will greatly help you learn a variety of additional skills you wouldn't learn by being on your own.
It was awesome making my own game from start to finish, using all the knowledge I learned throughout all the courses in this specialisation, and also, seeing all the great content and ideas created by my classmates :)
Super cool
This Capstone summarizes all you've learned in Game Design and Development Specialization. The final task is "simple" and clear - make a game and release it ("if it's not released - you don't have a game!") and you have 2 month for it. Can you make The Game Of Your Dreams in 2 month? That's the challenge!Also there are lots of material from game industry super-stars, which gives you a very nice perspective on how things are going in Big Guys World.And you will not see professor Winn or professor O'Donnel, right? But they always be watching you!
Muy light
It was a lot of theory and peer evaluations and I didn't have enough time to practice the last 3 weeks. I would divide the last in more weeks
EXCELENTE PARA SER N CURSO A NIVEL INICIAL.
thanks, was great to have those excellent classes.
Very nice course. Thanks.
I really did enjoy this course. Teacher is amazing! It was just too hard for me. :)
Prof. Noor rocks! This is really the best genetics course. Cool, challenging and super-exciting! I've completed it with great pleasure.
I totally adore this course! Every lecture is amazing. Many thanks to our brilliant professor for such interesting activities! I`m really enjoy it.
love the Prof! This is a great, informative course.
The professor properly explains information and gives exceptional facts and sustainable facts to back up claims. Best class yet.
Everyone should do this course!
A very talented professor, a broad course material covering much information.
I have just finished this course. This course was a wonderful experience. I would strongly suggest this course to anyone who is interested in the field of evolution. There are many interesting topics that are discussed in this course which will increase your appreciation for evolution. The professor's explanation is excellent. He will keep you interested in the course. The only thing that is wrong about this course is that it didn't last longer.
Great Professor, Great material, Great University, Great medium.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. Prof Noor Mohamed is certainly an excellent teacher. I would like the Professor and the staff for the most enjoyable learning experience I have had.
AWESOME COURSE!!! Professor Noor is both a high profile researcher, a very gifted teacher and a nice and fun person. He conveys a lot of difficult ideas in a very organized and very clear way, with lots of examples and occasions to practice given along the way. His enthusiasm for genetics and evolution is contagious! I have just one comment. It's a pity that he didn't include in the material a list of readings accessible to someone who has taken this course.
I absolutely enjoyed the course! The topics are well-explained and tie in together with each other, so you get a broad picture of genetics, speciation, evolution, and other concepts. The videos are backed with interesting supplemental material to read and ponder. Also, the lecturer is really interesting, not like most online courses where they simply read off notes. It's an informational and interactive course, and I highly recommend it!
I really enjoyed the classes and the supplemental materials available. I loved how the lessons were taught and explained by Dr. Mohamed Noor and I really enjoyed the content of the classes.
Dr. Noor makes the course and the topics unforgettable, amazing teacher and amazing content
Very interesting， explain theory in simple language. It is really easy for someone who have no biological background to understand.
This is a great course if you want to understand how genes contribute to evolution and their roles in determining various phenomenon that occur in our bodies and in other life forms in nature, as well as the basics of evolution. Dr.Noor is an absolute delight.
The course is great in various aspects. The course is given in a way that covers learning requirements and also tells you what are the today challenges and research areas. The sequence of the syllabus is very reasonable. The course auxiliary material such as the slides, more links to read and quiz are all made in a professional way which help you understand the concepts of Evolution and Genetics. You even learn a lot from the exams. The lecturer has successfully tried to direct the the suitable both to evaluate you and to reinforce what you have learned from the tuition videos.In all Great for you if you are a beginner in evolution, genetics.
Very useful resource on evolutionary biology and parts of ecology . Used this course to study for my GRE Biology exam.
Excellent course. A must take for anyone interested in DNA, Genetics, or Ancestry.
Very informative, and Dr Noor in a genuinely engaging teacher.
Great introduction-- not a single lesson was lacking. Professor Noor is engaging, feels approachable (even behind a screen), and I found the class appropriately challenging. There were times I felt I completely grasped the "important" parts of lectures only to begin a quiz and realize that I didn't. The quizzes really helped me to see that I had to understand much more about how to apply the messages to other situations, or compound scenarios. Good lesson in logic. Computation also matters in this course, which can be tough for someone more used to reading pop-science analyses. I appreciated being held accountable and learned far more than I would if I'd just read a book.
A great course with a great professor
Great course
Great course. I had no biology background at all. I learnt a lot. Thank you for making this course.
Be aware that the beginning overview lectures of this course are radically different than the detailed lectures that come later.The beginning of this course should be sent to anyone that ever tells you that evolution is not a "thing": :DAfter that, be prepared to do a lot of listening to Big A little a and minutia about how genetics really works.This is a really good course.... not perfect, but really good. One star is removed because I think I would have preferred a bit more development and overview of the "bigger picture" (I fell asleep at times). I sometimes lost the concepts that I was interested in learning through the barrage of details, but for someone who is very seriously studying the subject, then it would be 5 stars.Prof Noor is a good speaker: clear and has a nice voice and personality.
I quite enjoy studying this course. I really enjoy the interaction with Jerry! Interesting course and I have fun~
Probably the best explained course I have ever taken in Coursera. Professor Noor makes the material easy to understand making it seem like it is a straight forward class. It is not until you try to explain to others what you have learned that you realize the material is complitaced. at making a science class simple and fun!!!
Very engaging lectures and helpful complementary materials
Although this class was challenging, Professor Noor's happy personality made going to virtual school fun! His quizzes are somewhat challenging but if you work at it enough you will pass the course. I look forward to any future classes he may have!
The lectures are very informative.
One of the best courses here at Coursera.
Professor Noor is very friendly and clear in his lectures. He also answers questions in the discussion foruns with speed and detail. I was able to learn a lot from this course and challenged myself to a heavier load of lectures than I had expected because they were not boring at all. My only caveat is that the questions in his quizzes can sometimes be unnecessarily confusing because of wording or tricks.
Very useful.
The course is easy to understand and the concepts are very clear. I highly recommend this even if you aren't an expert.
Dr. Noor is a gem. He shows enthusiasm both for his subject, and for teaching. I felt the course was well organized, and provided a good foundational understanding of genetics. Importantly, it was enjoyable. The forum moderators responded promptly, and their answers were well-informed. An excellent course.
The lecture materials are interesting and informative. And the quizzes require an understanding of the material. I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot about genetics and evolution. Thank you again.
Provides information from basic laws of inheritance to understanding the field of Evolutionary biology and genome sequencing. Explained in a 'light and easy to understand' way! Not a course you can pass by knowing a few facts about the subjects. Tricky at times, which help you find out if you understood everything correctly. Would recommend to others!
Perfectly done, dynamic, manageable, with sense of humor.
Gets into a lot! And the app fufills my evolution app dreams.
Dr Noor's enthusiasm and relaxed teaching style makes even the more technical subject matter seem interesting. Although not always easy I have been compelled to keep pushing forward as I feel I am learning a great deal about myself and species around me. By far one of the best courses I have taken on this platform. I hope to continue studying the area of genetics as a result of this course. Thanks and keep up the good work!!!
Dr. Noor is a very inspiring teacher. I would definitely become a geneticist if I met him in my university. The course is really interesting piece of human knowledge.
Excellent Course. Thoroughly recommended
Great course for all. I go into a coma when it comes to doing math. I hate it. I like science so was happy to find that this course explains concepts including the math in a clear concise and comprehensible fashion. And Dr Khan is a fun dude who conveys his love of the subject in a snappy interesting manner. I would like more courses in genetics that can do this.
If you are taking this course for a GT project, I recommend that you stop now. If you are taking this course for your own benefit (implying that they are not mutual), I rate it 5 stars.
It's one of the hardest more joyful courses I have taken. I suffered so much with the so well designed exams, but that pushds me to study harder and read more. I enjoyed it very much and I think the better way to say THANKS to Dr. Noor is don't give up and keep trying.
This is a beutiful course, very well designed. Its a very tough topic but the instrucotr makes all efforts to make it easy to understand. Sometimes one has to go back and listen again but he gets the points across. I am thoroughly enjoying the course and understanding about genetics, genetic drift, selection, sweeps, and so many difficult concepts.
I love the instructor; he's hilarious. This is a very well-taught course.
The course is fantastic and very smooth.Professor Mohamed is very energetic, very enthusiastic and very knowledgeable of the course.I loved every single thing about the course, best course i have ever taken (Y).
Excellent course and teacher.
The content of the class is very nice. It gives a nice overview on genetics, and it was made accessible to many of us. Also, Mohamed Noor is very enthusiastic, and provides a lot of nice examples to illustrate the course. However, I think some parts of the class were a little bit dizorganized. For instance, I was sometimes confused by the vocabulary or the variable notations which are not always clear.
Amazing professor. I am really enjoying this course. Thank you!
good to gain more knowledge
Dear Mohamed, thank you for challenging me with this course! We want more....
Great introductory course! I am learning a lot about genetics.
I found this course very well taught. Especially the lectures wre conceived in a way that it was entertaining and challeging at the same time. Coming for a social science background myself, I was delighted by the way the course eased people from outside the subject area into the field. Additionally, I was able to to do the course without it conflicitng with my job (in my case it actually helped my own research in social science, which made even mor eof a success for me). Prof. Noor did a great job in teaching without overburden and keeping a light tone while making me learn.Only one minor problem:Having never encountered multiple choice during my academic career, I was sometimes thrown off by the wording of questions and answers. I know it is hard to creat quiz-formats that are not based on multiple choice, but it would maybe make the course more comprehensive, i there were. Since this is likely to be a problem with my own experience and does not affect others so much, I would not go as far as deducing anything.A future wish: Maybe a course on the subject, specialising in some subareas based on this course woudl be great.All in all, Prof. Noor and his team did a good job in conceiving and conducting this course.
Excellent course. Would recommend it to anyone who wants to delve in the subject matter. Wonderful instructor and interesting lecture videos. One of the best courses I have taken in Coursera.
The best course I ever took , easy to understand and interesting to follow
Amazing teacher and very interesting.
very interesting. I regret that we are not allowed to discuss the exam questions (of course after the dead line) for a better understanding.
I thought I knew a bit about Genetics & Evolution when I enrolled, but the first Genetics lecture showed that I was wrong! Prof Noor has taught me a lot about Genetics. He is an engaging and inspiring lecturer. It is also obvious to me that he takes a keen interest in the students, as he has been quick to reply to questions that I have asked in the forums. I'm looking forward to the Evolution lectures.I am not sure why I enrolled for this course, since I was sure I already knew the material, but I am glad that I did. I recommend the course if you belong to any of the following categories: people who think they know the subject; people who don't think know it, but are interested; everybody else (because I think you will find Prof Noor inspiring.
so far its been very easy to comprehend and the lectures are great. Ive already learned a ton of things I didnt previously know about evolution in the first week!
Great class...wonderful presentation.
This course is so informative that I'm doing it for a second time. This is the best Coursera course I've taken.
Fun, interesting and well explained lectures
Little bit hard, but very funny.
Excellent class, and an even better interface now that it changed to always available.Prof. Noor explains with such clarity that even a 5 year old can learn about DNA.This is my 2nd time taking this class, and I've seen already many positive changes in this 1st week alone.Thank you Coursera, Duke University, all participants in general, and a very special thank you to Prof. Noor, your contagious love for science spreads like wild fire.
Awesome course to have breadth of CyberSecurity Space.
informative
One of the Best Courses I've ever learned. The video's are crisp and full-fledged. Learned something new almost everyday. Thankyou Coursera and UOL. :) Looking forward to learn more on Information Security, Cyber Security and Digital Forensics.
I consider myself as a beginner in Information Security area and this course helped me a lot to understand some of the basics of this field. Now i have a more clear idea on what i want to do and where i want to focus on. This course was really helpful to me and I would really like to thank you for the opportunity given. Wish you the best
Interesting course, worth to follow, for beginners.
I really enjoyed this course. Good overview of Information Security. Week 4 (Security Managment: policies, procedures, standards, etc.) was the most difficult for me, as I like the technical bit more. All in all, an enjoyable course.
Different, fun approach. Basic science.
Excellent lectures. Personal transformation observed while watching.
An excellent course! Drs Bruce and Carlie really made the course enjoyable, and their combination was crucial to my enjoyment and knowledge gained. Thanks so much for the course and the huge amount of work you must have put into it.
Very interesting course, with old jazz music at the beginnings of the videos!
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This course offer a lot of interesting topics, but the way of their presentation is not very amazing, so the student loses easily the concentration.
Quizzes and assignments cannot be submitted if course is audited.
Very well made, deep, good quality, thoughtful, and inspiring. Merci beaucoup! Merci de m'enseigner français!
This course was amazing, I need to continue, to go further on the same matters...I encourage people to join this course the next intake.
Excellent overview of the major ethical theories. The course is well written, well organized, and entertaining. The quizzes are helpful and cover the major points in the material.
I loved the course and I have learned so much! I enrolled mainly for the language reasons, to practice my French but I got so much more out of it than I hoped for. I really enjoyed learning about various aspects of ethics through time. Kudos to the creators fo this course! Merci beaucoup!
Excellent introduction. However, there are flaws with the English subtitles
Great step-by-step introduction to Chinese Characters! Filled with historical background to help understand the underlying meaning of the characters and not just the image.It would be nice to have a complete vocabulary for the whole class that we can download and use!
This course helps me understand better about the Chinese characters than just reading books.
Learning about the characters was very useful for me. It helped me to understand the connections between similar characters and also taught me a few new vocabulary words. I also feel that I gained an understanding in the thinking of Chinese people and culture by learning about these characters. Distinguishing between the strokes also helped me to recognize the differences between similar characters. I love the lack of English used in this course as well.One major con for this course is that the tests require that students have some intermediate understanding of Chinese grammar. If this course is truly for beginners, then either those grammar aspects should be explained in the course or the fill in the blank sentences should be altered in some way that allows students to answer with limited knowledge of grammar. The good thing is that there's usually only one or two questions like that on each test. Also, some of the slides in the middle of the course also got messed up in some way where they skip over characters or repeat characters multiple times. That was confusing, but not impossible to understand. It needs to be fixed though.Thanks to everyone who put this course together. I appreciate your hard work. 谢谢您们。
Interesting and helpful course
Hard, but so well worth the effort. After finishing the class, I am not intimidated to writing in Mandarin Chinese any more. The pace is quite sustained, so do not skip, as the lessons are carefully strung together so as to make the building blocks of the foundation of the written language more understandable, like a building code. 15-stroke words? Fine! I now can decipher their components AND I remember the vocabulary a lot better, because it is anchored as a visual marker as well. Good luck! Keep practicing! I loved every moment of my class and cannot recommend it highly enough.
This course is good for someone who has the basic knowledge about Chinese language and wants to study more. It should be better when there are the sentences examples of using each word.
Very enjoyable and instructive!
It was easy to learn several chinese characters. But some grammar was demanded in the exercises, although it was not taught during the course.
good course!
This course covered exceedingly relevant topics to help health system participants wrap their minds around the changes taking place with value based payments and care coordination. I hope that with time some of the rough edges with the lectures and quiz questions get ironed out. I would absolutely look forward to an advanced version around interoperability and more in depth analytics.
This course was very informative relative to coming healthcare system changes that deal with IT as well as the coming changes for transformation in payment models such as FFS to ACO etc. The other aspects of ethical concerns relative to public interest were very insightful as it outlines the challenges you face from enhanced productivity vs access to patient information in a public forum whereby the dat can be misused for gain or unnecessary wasteful tactics from those who do not possess the best veracity in the U.S. healthcare system infrastructure as we move to value-based care and potential increased capitation.
The course gives you a overview of infrastructure financing and its key aspects. It is a good starting point and could be used to understand the major concepts of infrastructure financing in a short period. However, detailed modelling for projects is not covered in the course.
Great course, great professor. Good for beginners !
A very high quality MOOC!
Great overview into Project Finance for beginners. Professor has simple examples that explain the concepts succinctly.
Interesting and well structured course. Very helpful for this engineer to understand the financing side of the projects I am working on.
Great course to explain the fundamentals of Project Finance summarizing key concepts and including some brief examples. Professor Gatti is clearly knowledgeable about the topic and takes great care of being both accurate and synthetic. Course syllabus is also well structured to progressively build an understanding of PF. Improvement points (there must be a few ones!): videos could be made slightly more "natural", more examples/case studies would be appreciated. Above all, this course would deserve to be complemented by a level 2 entering into more details of modelling and complex examples.
The course offers a broad overview of project finance issues. While the materials' (video, slides) quality is outstanding, I wish the tests would be more challenging.
I loved every minute of this coursse!So, Thank you sirs, for a highly challenging, interesting and varied course. I just wish there had been some more exercises included. Perhaps a compendium with answers. Just for the sake of practicing.
I like the Prof Gatti arranged and delivered the course. The materials are very comprehensive, it's kept simple but not losing its essence. A must have studied course if you are interested in infrastructure investments.
Nice course! the slide should provide the same info of the video to have a quick reference
A very good overview of infrastructure finance. Helps if you have base knowledge of corporate finance before you take this.
Clear and useful.More real study cases would have been a plus.As the analyses of failures investments.PFI mechanisms and impacts are not integrated. That's is missing.
Great course, fun to watch, easy to learn - ticks all the boxes I would want from online course. Happy that work done and time invested is already providing visible results at my career and work. Thank you Bocconi University team, Steffano and Coursera to make this happen!
Very intensive, but amazing course. Thanks to the Lecturer. Great preparation and excellent control of topics.
Very informative. More numerical should be included.
Outstanding course both in content and presentation sides!
Best professor ever
This is a must take for every infra system investment and financing manager
Very pedagogical, excellent examples, could not ask for more.
EXCELLENT COURSE FOR BANKERS AND FINANCE PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN PROJECT FINANCE
A crash course on infrastructure finance and investment, highly recommended!
Great course, well prepared. It provided a fantastic overview of project finance for infrastructure development that I am certain will benefit my career in years to come. Thank you all.
Highly recommended. Excellent course for professionals who would like to enter the Infrastructure Project Finance industry. The instructors provide very good and easy to understand examples. Also the tests involve practice of similar problems.
Excellent approach to Project Finance. Clear and concise. Practical scenarios are very informative and allow to absorb concepts easily. The professor has chosen a very productive and helpful methodology to illustrate the course.
Good Course and Great Teaching from Experience Lecturer: Perfect topic for Investment Banking and Investment Advise Services on financial operation and market aspects.
great course to learn the foundations of infrastructure finance
This is a very easy to follow,yet very rich course in project financing.I recommend it to everyone involved in project financing.
It's quite a nice course. It gives you a thorough overview of the particularities of infrastructure investing. The quizes are well done, they really force you to pay attention to the content.The audio was not always top notch, which made it difficult to set the playback speed; but overall, pretty solid course.
I enjoyed the course and it is quite light for project finance and I would think that this should act as an intro course for a second more complex course dealing with the actual complexities of project finance. Such as real financial close considerations in developed and emerging markets, early stage sub performance and restructuring as well as refinancing. I would also think that more time should be allocated to project bonds and use of derivative structures on securing cash flows and working ratios to support competitive financing and projects. There were highlights on impacts of Basel on long tenor financing, but more market considerations of new players and structures would have been invaluable.
Project finance basics, thanks Professor
Very well structured course.
Simply Brilliant - Challenging and I learnt a lot. Thanks!!
It was really a nice course and gain deep knowledge about Financing in Infrastructure....
This is one of the best courses for introduction to project finance. The instructor, Prof. Gatti explains everything in a very simple manner. Even people who do not have any finance related knowledge will find this course very easy to follow and useful. Highly recommended.
Highly recommdended for those who want to build an end-to-end view of Project Finance. Despite being a beginner from an engineering background, the course structure is engaging and smooth to follow on the concepts invovled in Project Finance.
An excellent course for both professionals who want to hone skills and beginners interested in embarking on the financial aspects of business development
Excelent and well teached! Bocconi delivered a high quality course.
Superb! A easy and smooth introduction to basic project finance. For me, an engineer, was a great way to learn the basics to do my job. Essential before any high level course (unless you are already introduced in this subject)
Very detailed course with practical application that would make you an active participant on any project. The testing level of difficulty is based on critical thinking and re-enforces the course content. Excellent course!! Would recommend to project finance professionals, students and enthusiasts!!!
please include christopher laurence nyabulegesi for MCF or Advanced ON FA ourses as well invite me for internship whenever there are opportunity to grow and develop the knowledge you gave me during MOOC course
very good, i hope professor can make it a specialization
excellent intro to project financing and infrastructure investment. covers both quantitative and qualitative aspects.
I would recommend this course for a professional trying to improve his or her understanding on project finance. Come prepared to learn more.
Very deep and interesting course on project finance. Best sincere recommendations for any specialists involved in such a subject to study the course. Thank you, dear professor Stefano Gatti.
Great course and explanations from the Professor!
very interesting course and many things to learn about
Excellent course !!! Provides useful insights into the Infrastructure/Project Finance. Professor has dealt the subject in such a lucid and measured way that it was heart filling experience.
This course is very interesting to understand the financial aspect and development of infrastructure project. The teacher is also very charismatic and the "screenplay" very dynamic. I recommend ! 100% !
Excellent content. The course is easy to follow and not exhausting at all. It will help me a lot in my career.
Good lessons for Financing and Investing in infrastructure
Great class. Broad explanations of the project finance process, step by step and full of real world examples plus practical exercises. I would love to be able to take a specialization from SDA Bocconi on these topics.
One of the best course through Coursera
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Start your own, getting "the Jack of all" mindset is very important to become Entrepreneurship in own business or corporate work culture. Great module, smart learning. Thanks!
An excellent course it helped me to think and review
Really useful
Important issues and only the essential !!!We must investigate and to learn more !!!!
Speaker is not energetic or something lacking.. makes it boring.
It is so helpful for new entrepreneurs and to generate idea about the basic of entrepreneurship. So I think every new entrepreneur should enroll this course. It is brief and easy to understand. Everyone can easily grab the message of this course.
Well delivered, thorough overview, especially good for complete beginners.
highly recommended
Course is a great introduction to knowing the mechanics of Entrepreneurship. This course would only be a foundation and first step. Take this course to remember the essentials and build over it.
Good quick general overview for a complete beginner. Wished it could have been longer with a bit more depth.
To the point and informative
Great course
This course is great if you're just looking for a general overview about Entrepreneurship. I enjoyed learning about what things to expect as an entrepreneur as well as the do's and dont's for running your own business. It was really helpful to learn from someone who has real life experience as an entrepreneur.
I loved this course, I know have a better understanding of how a Business runs.
Overall very useful for anyone looking to start or invest in a business. Can be done quickly but still had enough detail to make it useful.
Great Course . Thank you
Great fundamentals course! I've implemented tools I learned in this course and they've really helped my business.
Give all key information for start up entrepreneur.
awesome lectures.
Excellent to get basic of entrepreneurship. But we would like more advanced lectures. specially on how to evaluate your startup company
Excellent Teaching
Very basic, it's like reading the table of contents of a guidebook 'How to become an Entrepreneur'.
It is a good course, interesting subject.
Very interesting course with good advices and examples from expert.
Very short not good It doesnt give anything about entrepreneurship
Very interesting! Makes you want to start your own venture.
Videos were a little slow. I would prefer more slides and factual information to memorize and then videos as an option to hear opinion and real time experience.
If you have absolutely no foundation of what the basics of business, then this is for you. It's very simple and direct, but make sure to follow this course up with lecture material that goes slightly more in-depth. I recommend U of Penn.
It really enhanced my confidence in starting a business of my own :)
Great stuff. Lots of applicable perspectives and ideas not just to entrepreneurship, but daily interactions as well.
The content is extremely practical for a new entrepreneur or person who is thinking about becoming an entrepreneur. It's engaging, succinct and actionable.
great course thank you!!!!!!
Highly recommend this course, the instructors passion and enthusiasm really comes through as well as his incredible knowledge!
Very nice overview. The time is short but the teacher adds a lot of his personal experience, and that makes the difference. Thank you for the opportunity!
Few useful information.
This is really great course for people who just try to begin their own business!
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Very informative and eye opening.
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Seemed like pretty basic stuff for the cost of the certificate.
No real applicable knowledge gained
This course gave me more confidence to handle and manage my own business. The knowledgement and inspiration to move on with less ignorance about entrepreneurship was really important to me. So, let's go to success!!!
A good refresher but did not get to know anything new.
Great course to learn how to start a Business
Great practical advice presented in an overview. For me, professors who have real-world experience - and clearly Professor Standen does - are the best teachers. I will be looking for more courses from UCI, hopefully with this professor.
This course offers a good general overview on the essentials of entrepreneurship.
Very practical and applicable in almost all countries
It was very theorical than pratical
All the basics of each section in 10 min video!
Great and good job. Thank you..
Nothing really new. Very good for newbies in the field. Short and easy to handle presentations and topics.
Very good introduction presented in clear language and interesting fashion. David has great instructor skills that keeps you engaged with the videos all the time.Thanks
Extremely generic and a but to much of self-promotion.
Great overview of entrepreneurship. Sums it up nicely.
Very basic overview. No real meat on these bones.
Great, i really appreciate the form of evaluation, makes you reasoning, understand and finally learn.
The first two sections, in particular, offer a lot of value and content for people thinking about starting a business. The latter lessons are a bit less "mind blowing" but they still offer value and can serve as good reminders to those who already know the basics of business.
I enjoyed this course and learned a lot about starting my own business. A Very informative course.
It is a good course for those who want to be a entrepreneur but don't really know what that means. The course gives a lot to think about and consider when opening a business. It is also a quick and easy to learn course.
Very clear and interesting
Good introduction, but just that an introduction. As they say a Macro-overview.
I am doing it now and find it really well presented
Good course, interesting information, but tests were not always clear for me (could not clear understand what it is asking about).
I really enjoyed this class. It has given me serious motivation to start my own company. I liked being able to see an overview of the steps I need to take to start my business off on the right foot.
This course very briefly presents large picture concepts of Entrepreneurship without going into a enough detail to provide any major benefit. I would see this being most useful to a person who had only vague ideas of what entrepreneurship entailed overall. The quizzes seemed to focus more on what was said during the lectures rather than what large scale constructs actually define entrepreneurs or processes overall. i.e. questions focused on sentence construction and ordering in a lecture rather than the overall concepts the sentences themselves were expected to convey.
Helpful lecture on Writing a business plan and what it takes to be an Entrepreneur. Basically a very small overview of Business school. And then great advise and instruction on how to get your Business launched without any huge debilitating early mistakes or time wasted over planning.
Its very good introduction to topic and concepts.
It is very good at motivating undertake, but need much more to learn how.
Disappointing, not different from a class presentation, poor in content, lousy instructor
The professor makes it very easy to understand.
Good high level overview for someone considering entrepreneurship or trying to map out what skills they need to prioritize. If you're already in the game -- skip it, too basic.
It's such an amazing course, because the person who's talking has the appropriate knowledge to share and also has an excellent methodology in order to made clear what He knows.
Easy to learn
An excellent course. It covers all the relevant topics and covers them well. I specially liked the distinction made between Leadership and Management and learned how both are important for being an entrepreneur. Thanks!
The lecture is short but the presenter has good experiences to share with us. Module 4 is the essential of whole lecture.
Learned plenty about the foundations of entrepreneurship.
A short but essential course which I recommend to every entrepreneur. David did a great job by communicating with enthusiasm
I need this in my back pocket! He has given me an idea that will benefit the process of making this business happen.
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Good information. When you compare this course to others available on Coursera, such as UVA Darden's Design Thinking or University of Maryland courses on Entrepreneurship, this course does not have the same level of information, nor was the same care put into completing the course materials. For instance, the last three or so classes were missing, yet it was still possible to take and pass the final review.
I totally recommend the course. It helps you grow as an entrepreneur.
very interesting with some great
Good Teacher
I did not conclude the course because of the fundamentally wrong guidance that this lecturer promotes. Today we know more advanced and useful methodologies for entrepreneurship.
good information, thanks
Teacher give really honest and realist advises. Worth it.
Really deep, summarized and very educative.I particularly like David's charismatic presentation.
solid basic understanding of process of business learned some good bits of knowledge.
Good course on the various Ps, legal needs, technology needs and what it means to be Inc. Lacked details on how you go about running a business .. so lets say I wanted to start a business analysis consulting firm besides getting a business number what else do I need to hire people, earn revenue and run the business profitably.
its good course.. which makes me to learn roles and responsibility of an entrepreneur.
Excellent course - well delivered, logically presented, easy to follow. Loved it!
Very macro-overview. Does not go into the details hardly at all, but definitely does it's duty of providing what it promises - the essentials.
Very informative and great lecturer!
Objective course with a good, simple path to start working on your business.
Good info but limited. I would like to see some more in depth series based on the topics touched in this class.
brilliant ! very easy to follow!
Thank you for a thoughtful class on leadership. It was a great course with a lot of quality materials. I've learned quite a good deal of helpful information on the building blocks of leadership. I can't wait to practice what I've learned in my work.
I really enjoyed the course, and could easily relate to a lot of the issues discussed. The material is well explained and the supplemental readings are very helpful.
Great course! I was able to relate the concepts immediately to my current job role.
Fantastic course! Loved every minute of it!
The videos were very informative and I especially liked the fact that you could view the text and make notes as you watched the lesson. The case study activities were relevant to the material and having written assignments with peers reviewing was a nice change from just interacting with the instruc
I found this course to be highly informative. I also discovered new methods to address common leadership problems.
Best Leadership Education so far
awesome learning
It Was Awesome to learn new things.
The lecturer and materials were excellent on par with an ivy league institution
This is a great introductory course!
Excellent course and very good use of my time. This is a great program and I have already share its value with
Excellent course it helps to solve many leadership problems
Not a fan of this course. Reasons:1) The subject material is presented in a dry manner (too much talking and jargon) - I find it repetitive and boring. I have to play it at least 1.75x in order to get through the material and try and stay engaged but I still have a hard time paying attention. Seriously, so boring!2) There is a high degree of subjectivity in grading essays (peer reviews)This course can benefit from:1) Clearer introduction of concepts using pictures and animations, as well as cutting out the repetitiveness (and the assault of the jargonaut)2) A better approach to grading that places importance on concepts instead of key words (jargon)
Good course and well designed to deliver value - memorable value for that matter.
Great Leadership concepts shared in this course.
Good course. Providing more analogy to concepts will make it more interesting.
Loved the course very practical and useful.
Thanks professor for this great course and thanks to university of Illinois for these lectures.
Great course!
Professor Northcraft keeps you engaged even while remotely teaching! His stories and curriculum are great from start to finish. The 4 modules that are given provide real life scenarios and teamwork is utilized the whole way through. This course is a definite need for future leaders and managers.
Great professor!
Great practical information that I could apply immediately in my
I learned a lot and had many takeaways. I have managed teams in the US and in Asia and really thought I would take the class more to check it off my list. I started learning right from the opening both within Professor Northcraft's classes, modules, Coursera. Looking forward to continuing down this path. Actually had a major mis-communication at work from the top and saw some of the many things I had learned lacking in this internal process. Very interesting
Great course. Puts a structure to human behavior when working in teams. Enables one to overcome limitations and work/lead with the team effectively.
Excellent quality! Highly recommended
This was an excellent course that lays the foundation of everday leadership. All objectives were met and the practice quizzes as well as graded quizzes
Prof. Northcraft goes straight to the point, very clear concepts and ready to use.
Well organized and easy to follow course
Professor Northcraft's teaching style make the valuable content immediately applicable.
The knowledge in this course is really connected and applicable to not-only the everyday situations in in our businesses but also in general everyday lives.It has very useful and practical information to seek.
I am fully satisfied with this course. :)
Great Skills provided.
It was good starting point to understand the group dynamic for team leader. Instructor of the class explained very well.
a little too easy, but great material and fantastic teacher
Great content!
Wonderful courseHelped me on the job. If you are part of a team, learnings from this course can be immediately applied to have a successful team. Especially helpful for a team leader
Excellent course! I learned new ways to think about leadership that can work in practice.
Excellent practical content . addresses the challenges leader face on daily basis.
Professor is engaging, concise and his points and presentations keep my attention. Truly appreciate the challenge of not seeing faces but being engaging via a screen. Really well done.
Great course. my constructive criticism has to do with the organizing of the group activities, it's just very difficult to organize into groups via people whom you have not met, especially given the time zone differences as well the differences in daily schedules for group members. I just wonder if there's a possibility to organize the group projects in such a way that the website allows for better asynchronous work (not just emailing back and forth as that feels very disorganized)? Otherwise I feel that I learned a lot and I feel that this is a great intro class.
this course was so helpful to understand every day leadership and motivation in decision making.
The course was very helpful. I'll be glad to share it with my colleagues.
Great one!
Great course!
Great course to get familiar with foundations )
Interesting & useful!
This course was a great start to Foundations of Everyday Leadership. I actually learned tangible examples and techniques. The assignments and quizzes were great and I can't wait to keep learning in the courses to come!
Wonderfully rich and practically resourceful.
Amazing professor and great relatable and understandable lessons
Extremely useful tools and strategies for real everyday leadership.
Informative
I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is passionate about leadership and care about people! It is fun and easy to apply to your daily life.
Really interesting, straight to the point, the teacher is passionating, thank you for this wonderful course!
the course everybody must partake in
It was a great experience learning this topic, particularly as a group.Thanks to Prof. Gregory Northcraft for making the sessions simple and easy to understand.
Great Course ...
Useful course. Interaction is not on par with in-person, but other than that the course is great. I should say, that I have already started getting the value from the key learnings at my daily job and personal life. This is the best indication that the course was made right.
Very good course! Comprehensive, clear, well explained and summarized.
Very good course that gets to some extremely important aspects of what leadership is. I found it a nice refresher with some good suggested and mandatory reading assignments.
This course on the Fundamentals of Everyday Leadership was really useful. I did not know what to expect at first but the logic in the videos, the rightness of the case activities and the richness of the papers to read before helped me to build the foundations of my leadership skills. I am really eager to do the other courses and gain more knowledges and skills.A special thanks to the Professor for his personal stories that add a lot to the concepts !
5 Stars. The professor did an excellent job. Drove the points home with relevant readings and lectures that were concise and made references to examples that enhanced the topics. I hope every other class turns out this smooth and efficient.
A little light in terms of depth but very well structured and clearly presented.
This course is sorely out of date and in need of a refresh. Using 2012 statistics to describe the state of global terrorism today may be an interesting history lesson, but only serves to show how much more dangerous previously safe regions are today.
A solid course that delivers what it promises--the foundations of everyday leadership. As someone who is in their 10th year of leading an organization, I took this class as part of the specialization because I want to make certain I'm keeping my skills fresh. This course was fun for me, as I recognize many of the things I do every day in it. And I also gained some new skills and insights. I recommend this course for any one who is hoping to move into a leadership position, and for current leaders who are looking for a refresher.
Very insightful and to the point. I valued the learnings and takeaways.
Really enjoyed Prof. Northcraft. The material is well-organized.
Informative.. Lacks interaction...
I have not finished yet. It seemed to be really interesting tough.
Pretty easy, good intro into management concepts
Simply excellent. Professor Greg has designed the course in such a way that that the participants REALLY learn.
Excellent course! Very well taught. Dr Gregory Northcraft is very well spoken and engaging. This course is nicely structured with Readings, Videos, Cases, Essays, and Quizzes. About 6 hours per week for 4 weeks. Nicely paced. I did not take this with the for credit iMBA classes, but am considering doing so and might thus repeat these courses to take the iMBA classes. I like that you can get certificates and a Specialization in the Leadership and can even grow this into the iMBA which is a fully accredited world class MBA program from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I highly recommend this course!
Good organization and lecture format, but stressfully strict rubrics on the assignments given the peer review structure.
Very well-organized, high quality materials... Good job guys!!!
exceptional quality!
This basics is always goodI really enjoy this course
Great insights into leadership concepts.
The course was very informative and practical. I liked that it had case studies that needed working with others. However, if there is a way that mentors from the university could also grade the case study assignments, it would be useful. When I graded, I didn't look for the exact use of terminology but if my coursemate had documented the idea, I gave a positive grade. People could have a bias to the grading. At times I found people randomly added me probably to access the case study but didn't bother to discuss. In a future upgrade of the course, if the university can assign teams and track progress somehow it would be great. Perhaps limit the number of entries to each course and assign a mentor per few groups. I enjoyed it however and learnt alot which I will apply to my work. Thank you.
Extremely useful and clear course. Thank you
It helped me to understand better the principles of a leader and how to be a good
Prof is a bit dry and need a new wardrobe.
Excellent information rendered throughout the course; very concise and well explained lectures by Prof. Northcraft; minimum content issues; magnificent level of participation from fellow students. So far the best course I've taken online in Coursera or any other platform.
Nice insights! Good course with actually steps to follow to overcome the issues presented! Really a great course! Teacher's great, I wish he'd loose a little the "army style" speech and grading system but you know, diversity is what makes this world great! Thanks!
It was a well-designed course given by a professor with great conveying skills.
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Very insightful. Likely one of the best courses on Coursera.
Great professor, great content and very well structured!
Awesome instructor with an in-depth leadership delivery. Learned a lot with skills that are applicable to daily professional life.
Unfortunetly I can only give a 3/5. There were more things that I didn't like and think that should be improved.What I liked: Positive to see Illinois keep presenting specializations on Coursera. The material was ok, with clean presentation style. The case studies is a very positive resource to have in the course to think critically.What I didn't like: The course is excessivelly short, with only 30-40 minutes of videos per module. Previous courses in both specialization - digital marketing and improving videos have at least 1.5 to 3 hours of video materials. A huge gap. Also if I benchmark against the top specializations from Wharton and U. Michigan (Business Foundations, Business Analytics, Leading People and Teams and Finance: Valuation and Investing) all of them pack a 1.5 to 3 hours of video lectures. There is a huge gap. Also I didn't found the quizzes challeging. In a digital world content is king - both in quality and quantity. You have quality, but are missing the quantity. Unfortunetly I see a trend - the other course of the managerial economics specialization also is very short. A minor thing that I also didn't like was the form that the slides were presented. As in previous specializations - in my opinion all of the module slides should be in the readings section in only one document, instead of divided in small pieces per video lecture.I hope that yu accept my critic as constructive because I have liked most of Illinois courses and was very impressed by the quality and extensive set of videos in the Improving Business speciaization.
helpful and thoughtful
The course gives a very high level overview of hardware security and does not go into particular details. Understandably, hardware labs are not included in this online course and the only practice is basic boolean and modular algebra.Quality of the media and transcripts can be improved. Sound is very low and noisy in some videos which makes it hard to watch on a mobile device. Some videos seems to be cut of too early and week's 6 videos are out of order, which is annoying.Overall it's an okay overview of the topic for someone who is unlikely to apply it at daily job (e.g. software engineer like myself).
Course contents was good , assignments were challenging . One suggestion is to provide pdf for each classroom session or may be a weekly pdf would be great , It so happened that attending each quiz without pdf it was hard to search from video/transcript back and forth
Wow! Great and accessible introduction to HW security.
A lot of it wasn't comprehensible. Also, I may have not been well prepared for it. I should have tried to learn of the background required for this course.
I enjoyed this course and I learn many things
Great overviez on Hardware Security
foreign accent is totally ok, but very poor presentation skills by lecturer. material should be refreshed some already outdated
It was a very nice course. Lots of exposure was given to mathematical ways of analyzing threat.
Complete course in order to have a clear overview of HW security. I would recommend it to all HW engineers or System Engineers as well.
If you really serious about security - you have to start with your hardware...
The most boring course i have ever done in my life... Soporific course, Content interesting, but professor is just reading slides, with reading mistakes every 2-3 words. I would not recommend this course at all.
Poor presentation skills (mostly reading slides)Unclear and inconsistent in what pre-requisite knowledge is needed for the course (in one place he assumes one does not know digital logic, but then later he assumes you know hardware languages, fpga design, etc.).Was a waste of time, shame on Coursera that pre-requisite knowledge was removed from the site.
Very slow paced and boring. The instructor is not good at teaching.
It is a great intro course with very rich information about hardware security. But just as some other students have mentioned, the difficulty level of each assignment is not well balanced, and Week 6 videos are out of order.
Some content is good and informative but there's a big problem with the teacher accent (adding a "ch" at the end of half the words) and his diction (hesitating on the other half the words). Also it seems that the course was created in a rush and lacks a lot of polishing(*). Sometimes the course assumes a good level in computer science and then 2 minutes later it explains how to do a decimal to binary conversion! This makes many videos boring but the slides are not provided so you really have to view the videos entirely. I've followed much harder courses with pleasure but here it was torture to finish it. Also most of the course is just definitions of some specific terms and not practical explanations. I agree that defining a few words is important but here it's just too much. *: Some videos are in reverse order, some are stopped in the middle of a sentence, some quizzes are bugged and don't give credit properly and there's nobody to help students...
The audio can be difficult to understand. Partially because of the Professor's accent and partially because the recording is poor. If you can get past that, it's a good course and the professor knows his stuff.
The material used for this course is so old that makes me feel I'm taking a course in the 90's. The narration is very dull and therefore hard to follow. Really disappointing.
The quality of the slides, video, and presentation in this course is much lower than those offered by this Speciality or coursera in general. Very disappointed in this.
The content is rich but the way of teaching is dull.
I love it, very well done the teacher explains with examples and inside the videos there are a lot of exercises. The part that I like the most its the listening section, the other Chinese courses don't have that and like the title of the course this is a great step to get to know the HSK test from 1 - 3.2 here with Pekin University
The course is well designed and well deployed. The objective is to prepare the learner for the HSK exams. Pay attention to every lecture all the dialogues and build a course specific vocabulary/phrase notebook. Listen to every possible source of spoken Mandarin language that you can so you'll be prepared for the voices you'll hear in the course final. Pay attention to the format and layout of each 'practice' quiz that's going to be your orientation for the course final and the HSK exam. I'm going to improve my final grade score and then move on to the next sections of this certification course...James.
Have completed HSK Level 1 and have benefited much from this Course. I am now able to converse basic Mandarin to food vendors and friends, Wish to provide a few feedbacks for improvement. Certain Videos are slightly faulty, and the certain audio of two of the Weekly Test are not available. Also, the Chinese writing strokes be given stroke by stroke and at the end to mention the words and the meaning. Wish to say Thank You to my Teacher Yu Bin for teaching me. I wish to proceed t o HSK Level 2. Could I continue with the Lesson 2, again with financial assistance.
Amazingly helpful course. Takes things step by step, very comprehensive, 10/10 would recommend to any beginner interested in learning Chinese!
YU Bin is an excellent teacher and the course was well organized. Our main mentor was also helpful. Of course, time and effort is needed to pass this course. The one thing that needs improvement is the dialogue page which is a complete mess on mobile devices.
Very good resources. I highly recommend this course for people learning Mandarin.
Very nice course, is very friendly and teaches you efficiently. Totally worth it, although a few more exercises would have been great.
Some good material overall, but the notes are not correctly formatted, tests are not formatted that well, lessons are not that clearly structured
Helps you a lot to understand the HSK structure and gives you the necessary words to pass it by far, five stars because it achieves the goal to prepare you for de HSK with many pluses inside the course, totally worth it.
A great course for starting to learn Chinese with the additional goal of learning to pass the important HSK level 1 proficiency test. Instructor is YU Bin is one of most dedicated college professor I have ever meet in my years taking courses at university or Coursera! It really shows in her teaching style and the constant feedback that she provides.
very good course and very good constructors/teachers/professors
Very good. By the end of the course, I felt prepared to take the exam.
Fairly good for beginner!
Ni hao, This course has given me a jump-start in learning a new language. The instructor laoshi YuBin is very talented and i respect her very much for the effort put by her. I would encourage more people to take this course and learn the language.
This course is really well done. I will definitely enrol for the next level !
Great course and teacher!
I noticed really good progress of my Chinese skills =) Also, because of the summary on the begging of each classes, it's really easy to find out if the last classes are understood or not =)
Just great ! Thanks
Good course. There's a lot of vocabulary and grammar. It was helpful for me. I've been studying Chinese in China for 3 years and I still found some useful things from this course.
Great intro course for Chinese as a second language. This course is a wonderful way to begin with the basics, both audio and reading, and even with a stint at speaking (recording one's voice exercise).
This course highlights why Coursera is now one of the giants of MOOCs! I don't think you can't find courses like such at most of (?) other MOOC sites.
Very exciting! I really enjoy lectures. Thank you for this opportunity to watch and attend lectures of one of the best university in the world! The lessons are short, creative and they give only useful information!
Very well paced. A lot of useful information to follow at once.
This course was worth every minute I spent on it. My Chinese vocabulary increased a lot along with my ability to communicate in the language. The course is well structured so that it is always interesting to follow, you grab most of the 150 HSK 1 words in a way that does not feel awkward (Peking University did a great job grouping them) and the basic grammar without actually studying it (i.e. without memorizing structures). The professor and the staff are excellent, and the material is not less than first-rate.I learned more in this 6-week course (7, but the last week is just the final test) than in 3 months attending to (Chinese) classroom class.
Very nice and instructional. Some minor mistakes here and there (it had two lectures with the videos in the wrong order). Looking forward to the next ones.
Great! The lecturer helps us understand the material and help me to prepare the HSK. I think now, I want to take HSK 1 as soon as possible.
This is a great course to prepare for the HSK 1. I really think I could not have completed the course successfully without having prior knowledge of Chinese though. While there are no prerequisites for the course, I recommend that a person have some background with the language; otherwise you will be overwhelmed by the third week and perhaps lose interest. There are a number of free resources on the internet, and particularly You Tube videos, to become familiar with the language.
Very good for beginners with a strong interest in learning Mandarin Chinese.
Excellent course! Professor Yu Bin is a fantastic teacher! :-) I have learned so much on this course and can't wait to start the next course! Xiè xie!
Thank you very much. You are very gifted teacher. I recommend to everyone who want to passHSK with high score. Wijai
A wonderful course. I'll definitely recommend it to my friends who are interested in Chinese language and culture.
Well structured and very interesting. It helps to build a foundation in Chinese language.
Fantastic Course, very enjoyable.
I have enjoyed this course very much so far. The pace is perfectly balanced, while also being challenging and entertaining - the lectures are very clear and the exercises are varied. I would certainly recommend it to anyone interested in picking up Chinese, regardless of the HSK exam.
I am a computer scientist who hates waffle. This course presents a topic that I have no knowledge about in a way that is interesting , succinct and thought provoking
For me, this class was a fantastic introduction to the wonderful world of MOOCs! Not only was the content well-delivered and dynamic, with a variety of speakers, short and easily manageable video lectures, great discussion forum topics, and a wealth of optional supplemental materials, but I really appreciated how the experience was organized. As a first time MOOCer, uncertain of how much time I could dedicate to my learning schedule, I appreciated the three level track system that allowed me to allot my time accordingly as desired and able - the mere existence of "Learn," "Engage," and "Go Deeper" tracks reassured me that I could get the required work done, and explore further at my leisure. In fact, I tended to get through all the levels, but I appreciated the opportunity to customize my learning experience.A great introduction to an important concept, and a superb overview of philosophy, psychology, and sociology - none of which I have studied in depth before. Excellent course for the Beginner all the way to the Advanced student. I have already registered for the follow-ups on Science and Practice, to be launched this summer and fall. Really well done!
Very interesting and great course!
A very good short course on an important intellectual trait, the intellectual humility. The videos were very informative, and the lecturers did not require a prior knowledge on philosophy or psychology. I managed to complete the course even though I did not have more than 2-3 hours per week.
The course gives a good basic insight to the topic of intellectual humility although in the beginning it fails a little in telling why intellectual humility is so important. (roughly the message was: "you get along better with other people and yourself")As the question "what is (intellectual) humility" is more a philosophical question than a practical experience this course cannot provide you with a tool that helps you to be more humble within a few days, to improve your humility and to measure someone elses humility but the course helps you asking yourself the right questions. ("Is social status important to me? Can I accept different opinions?...)It was my first coursera experience and I am satisfied with it. However, the videos are a bit oldfahsioned in style - if it was intended to give the videos an antique look - well done ;-)
One of the most important courses in Coursera!
Great Course, but much too fast paced
Well explained by all instructors, easy to understand and even entertaining.
rather hard to understand
This course is really well put together. The lectures are easy to follow and explain all points very clearly. I appreciate the supplementary quizzes to help me cement the knowledge from the lectures. The course provides tons of extra resources, so that you can entrench yourself in the learning as much as you like--or you can just follow the lectures to learn the essential. My only recommendation would be to add more in-video questions.
It was my first Coursera class and I liked it very much.
This course was quite informative and pleasurable. The short format perfectly fit the scope of the topic.
worth every minute of my time!
Very interesting subject and well structured course, with good exposition of the subject. Looking forward into Part 2! Knocked one star off (would be half if I could) just because there is some discontinuity between the three sections/speakers and still a couple of rough edges to smooth out.
I do not feel that this course is ready for publication and is overlong for the material presented.
Some interesting ideas but not entirely convinced by the concept of 'humility' in this context. Is it really any more than simple openness to new ideas and the possibility of being wrong. That is not really 'humble'/ Smacks at times of academic pretension. You need to follow carefully what is being said - not a course to do while doing something else!
I found this course to be insightful and fair in it's teachings and understanding of what is a new developmental field of Philosophy. I also believe that much more research should be done into this and that many people could benefit from it and especially this course! Thanks!
I have learnt a lot from this course. it has opened my eyes about my own self. it will serve as reformer of my self. I am thankful to the learned faculty.
thanks
Great ! Thanks a lot
I am glad i took this Excel class, it seems i keep learning more. I would have taken a keen interest if i
Excellent course....gained considerable insight into Excel!
The course is a great intro to excel, but there are some errors in a few of the data examples (good practice data cleansing!)
Simply the Best.
Wonderful Course for beginners
Course is really helpful in understanding excel tools such as vllokups, indexing, pivot table, logical functions etc. I am a mechanical engineer and need to use excel for data analysis. This course really helped me.
Generally good, but exercises in Week 3 & 4 have not been proofread and are full of mistakes. Too bad.
Awesome course, I updated my Excel Knowledge :)
Very practical and valuable
Great course about solving problems using Excel.
a few mistakes during the course
I would give this course a 4.5 if I could. I liked the course overall, but felt that there could have been more explanations with the answers to the weekly projects. For answers I couldn't solve, I had to look at the solutions and back out the correct formula to teach myself sometimes. I thought the videos were very helpful, but sometimes hard to follow since the text being input in the video was hard to see.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I was able to explore other ways to use Excel for my day-to-day file manipulation.
Great course! Very informative. Thanks PWC and Coursera for this course.
Really valuable Excel skills taught with a good mix of business context
I learned a lot and was able to take my Excel skills to another level. Some of the practice assignments had formulas that weren't discussed - whi
Thanks for the opportunity to study in PWC, the best institute to learn Excel and financial tools, thanks COURSERA for supporting me, thank you for allowing people with limited economic resources to learn from the best universities and thank you for promoting education without borders. We are a species, we are a world, we are one world.
This course might be a bit complicated for someone who is using excel for the first time but for the people who have some basic knowledge it is a great platform to enhance their skills. The step by step process makes it easy to understand and the practice assignments give a great opportunity to test what we have learned in real life case studies.
Useful tips and tricks to become a stronger excel user
Great course with a lot of real life examples.
A very good learning experince
Really insightful and practical. Thanks pwc
A very descriptive, amazing and interesting course, I would recommend this course to everyone in the analytics or Data filed. Brilliantly created
The course is well structured, but some of the files are not properly audited so there are mistakes which can lead to wrong answers in the quizzes.
This course do help me to understand more about Excel and some techniques that I used to leverage. Everyone who has to work with data should take this course.
Great Excel course with clear content, detailed examples and instruction from profession firm
Level of difficulty low
Very good course for starting career in Data Analytics.
Great overview with helpful example problems. Wording of example problems could provide some more instruction with hints or annotations.
Very good introduction to use Excel
Very effective course to start off with. Gives you a brilliant knowledge about the various ways Excel helps you with problem solving.
It is a good c
This is a great course to provide someone with the basic foundation in Excel.
Great Value with real life practice. Worth for saving to recap.Achieved: 2017-02-26
great course for learning
I learned something new every week and the projects at the end of each week were thoughtful and robust. Overall, well worth the time.Frustrations - sound quality varied widely and could be frustrating. Would have preferred significantly more examples, was difficult to really grasp some concepts with such limited practice and implementation examples. Found mistakes in some portion of nearly every week's lessons, which makes it challenging to learn new material and one week was particularly sloppy.
Very well structured.
the resolution of the video is not clear and also audio is not clear, but the contents are good
Great course. I learned a lot of new formulas as Index and Match.
Useful and clearly presented
The course materials are great, but the Excel videos and its background audios are poor, it need update to compare with characters videos.
This course was what I was exactly looking for. Unlike other courses, the whole syllabus of this course is properly structured. I am planning to complete the specialization.
You need basic understanding of Excel to follow the course. The formulas are interesting and
Great content for developing excel skills... Thanks to PWC and Coursera for this initiative!!!
I do not want to pay for quizes while learning.
Clearly explained walk-through of many Excel features. Well structured. Full worksheet view in videos meant that individual cell contents were hard to see on my smaller screen.
Super Analysis of a point
GREAT, COMPREHENSIVE
Great material and great speakers. I would like to thank and appreciate each and every person involved in this initiative from PwC.
This class gave me a better understanding of excel and scratches the surface of excels capacity. I will never underestimate excel again. I appreciate the videos, and other resources this class provides. I am business major and this class cemented alot of the fundamentals.
Good Course! However, a few errors in the exercises; regardless, they made me better in the end. A few minor issues with poor video/audio quality on the exercises. Still, a worthwhile course.
Excellent way to "quickly" get up to speed with main functionalities in excel. Even though I have used several of the tools explained in this course before, I have not used them for a while (and as I just learned, I have not used them in their full power) so I appreciate the handouts clearly using the syntax for every situation. Excellent!
The course is structured beautifully, love the handouts and the way things are explained in the video.
Thank you very much!
easy to follow, have learnt a lot
In general, this is a good course. It provides many handy tools. But I still wish it had provided a larger scope of other tools we could learn in the future, even if the course doesn't teach these. In essence, I learned much, but my horizon wasn't broadened much.
Very useful to improve existing Excel competence and expand with the provided informa
Useful and interesting!
In general the course is very well structured and to the point. In some demonstartions it is hard to see the formula syntax as it can not be more enlarged. In some videos the sound is not clear.
Good explanation, good examples. However, I found some mistakes in tasks.
Great Course.Makes it so easy to work figures
Good course, learnt a few new things even though I am very experienced with Excel. I found some of the exercise / project questions a bit confusing (not the task itself, but the way it was described - instructions were not always clear, and sometimes contained errors).
It's a good course with a lot of information. Some of it will be useful going forward, if I can remember it all!However, it's almost too much information for one course, I think it should be 2-3 courses.
It's a great course with clear instructions and insightful practices. I learnt useful functionalities and tools that could be used in my future career as an accounting professional.
The content is really nice and useful, but some screen-recorded lecture could have better audio and video quality.
It is hard and it takes time to learn how to think about a problem and then use excel as a tool. The exercises, interesting and seemed to be taken from real life examples, provided help do both. It helped me have the patience to understand how the formulas worked, which is tedious without a good example.
The material was useful, and I learned a lot, but some of the specific lessons were presented in a confusing manner and it seemed like there was an overall lack of quality control (typos, missing videos, material presented in a confusing manner). As a PwC employee, I felt that with greater attention to the quality of the materials/lessons, this course could have presented the firm in a better light.More specifically, in those videos where the instructor typed out formulas for the first time, this could have been done more slowly and using magnification. This would make it very obvious how the formulas were being constructed. As it was, I found myself frequently rewinding and squinting at the screen.All that being said, however, I did feel that the course benefited me significantly, and I plan to leverage this knowledge in my work for PwC.
Very interesting and I'm sure it will be very useful for me. I am now able to use vlookup, iferror, subtotal, and more. However, I found the Week2 project a bit confusing even though I was able to solve it. I admit, I took a loot few times at the answers just to get my head around it and to understand the formulas and how to use them. I even used "evaluate formula", F2, trace Dependents/Precedents to understand how it has to work.I would advise you to rewrite the question and to make it clearer whats required. Tips are also not needed and misleading. Also during the course itself it would be nice to show us how to combine several formulas into one line - I had a bit of difficulties with that. Lets not forget that if it's pure math we can follow PEMDAS, however when we have text formulas it's a bit confusing. (i.e. why start with iferror and not find/left/right, etc). I would be happy to discuss in further details :)
The course is highly practical and effective in applying abstract concepts in real world applications. The course is direct and clean.
very helpful
Extremely effective for new analysts in consulting firms
Very good course to understand the most important basic funcionalities of Excel
Everything you need to know about Excel is in that course.
Very effective for beginners.
This has been one of the most interesting course I have attended in my student and working career.
The course was very informative!
It is a logically built course, sadly I am a more advanced user of excel then the required level, but needed to finish the specialization.
A very helpful course for people looking for a place to start learning excel.
Great Work preparing such a valuable training course for MS Excel!
Very practical course. Love it!
It is a very well structured course, for beginners and not. It is perfect for whoever want to enhance his skills with Excel.
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This is a pretty good intro to Excel course. It gets a little patchy in Weeks 3 and 4 (it seems like some of the worksheets weren't checked for errors), but it never wastes your time. It's a great way to get an initial feel for how to do commonly-used professional functions in Excel. I'm glad I took it, though I do wish there had been more of a progression. For example, it would have been nice if there was a final, project due at the end that put together a lot more of what was covered rather than just reviewing the few functions learned in Week 4.
Useful, many basic functions, but introduced me to some new functions and their uses.
good useful new formulas and shortcuts
This course is perfect! I learnt a lot of skills and knowledge through this course and the lectures are also wonderful. I really appreciate for the all efforts of Pwc and Coursera team to make this brilliant course.
All of the content for the program was excellent. The only issue I had was that the video quality on some of the instructor lead excel examples within the video was very small and I could not read it. I found it difficult to follow especially I had to go over it three or four times increasing the screen etc. in order to get what I needed from the instructor lead examples otherwise it was an excellent class. I believe it more than prepares someone not aware of all the capabilities of Excel to see the possibilities and to apply them going forward in business or in their personal life.
One of the best course !!
Loved it!
Decent Course for someone not much exposed to Excel. Pretty Basic information but exercises are good and challenging. Could have been better with more practical approach.
Some topics were rather basic; however, this is a great and insightful course for beginner/intermediate Excel users on how to leverage the tools in Excel in data analytics!
It was really great. I have learnt lots of new things and rules by completing this course.
I learned many skills that I can apply on the job.
An excellent course for anyone dealing with Excel in day to day job. Highly recommended for both newbies and experienced users.
Can I use this course without purchase.
The progression of the course is very smooth and the instructors are very experienced in the topic which made it easy for the learners to relate with the content. Also, the practice questions are well tailored and enables learners to gain a hands-on experience of the content. I would totally recommend this course to someone else.
Its very helpful as basics of excel which we tend to forget are again revisited here and many minute details have been
It was a wonderful experience. Practice exercises helped a lot to clear the concepts.
Great course to learn Excel in business use!
This was a great course on reminding myself of a true capabilities of the Excel application. Thank
Though i use MS excel on daily basis, but this course has shown me new ways. Glad i joined in.
I learned a lot but there are definitely errors in the course material and a entire missing video. The course needs to be updated.
Exercises need to be reviewed and corrected as they contain many typos and inconsistencies in- not at PwC standard!!
Very applicable skills.
The course was great but there were some quality issues; such as incomplete instructions in week 3 quizzes and some errors in numbers. And the formula bars in the videos (i.e. formulas within the spreadsheets) were immensely small and we could not see the formulas therein. Participants raised this several times in the discussion forum but there was no response from the instructors. Though the course content itself was excellent, the rating is because of the issues mentioned. Otherwise the course was great and I would recommend it to others for the knowledge.
Good material, ,but VERY sloppy in MS Excel handouts. Lot's of mistakes which confused the student. Please do better job of QA before posting these documents.
Not very difficult. The quizzes require little effort with any prior knowledge of excel. Good for low level users. The data cleanup stuff was the most useful to me.
This course further enhanced my MS Excel skills.
Super for beginners and for advance Excel user
The content was fine but the delivery method and instructions were sub par. Hope they will improve it.
Very good course, content wise. Video & Audio quality can b
Good Intermediate level course. Including useful functions we experience being part of Finance profile. Thanks
This course will showed all basic knowledge about excel for you and help you improve your skill if you practice daily.
Useful and comprehensive
Well constructed course, beneficial to both Excel beginners and advanced users.
Good Initiative
Nice start for learning excel!
nice course - great intro to some of Excel's most useful functions for business.
excellent teaching.
Too bad for the price, since I'm a student it's quite expensive at the moment. Other than that, now using excel has never been easier!
It helped me to recollect the some areas of Exc
I enjoy learning this course!! Thank you and I hope future actualizations...
Very interesting, the scientific approach to cooking and eating.
very cool!
Great experience with a fun learning environment.
I learnt more than I expected. However, there were quite a few moments that was boring to me, for example, those parts that included molecules chains in explanation of certain topics. Anyway, the chains was not in the final exam. Therefore, I rate this course as excellent.
I liked this course very much. I get lots of interesting things. Will use them on my kitchen. Thank you!
so glad i pass the course exam，thanks to all teachers。
Interesting approach, but I expected more useful information on gastronomy
fun and the same time educational!
it was very helpful
This course changes our perception of food and what good or delicious food means. It sheds light on the scientific aspects that makes up the culinary experience from the inception of a dish till the digestion of the food.
a little succinct and could have gone in to far more chemistry details.the teachers are a little difficult to understand at times and a little repetitive as well but overall an enjoyable course
Loved the course!
I thoroughly enjoyed this class. I learned many techniques. Practicing what we learned helped instill the reasons for each technique. I highly recommend this class for new Cooks and those that are striving to become professional Chefs.
Love it!
Interesting course and fun instructor.
amateurish presentation. and there is some technical issue with the content. the video gets stuck a lot and the problem is not my internet.
wonderful learning experience
Course itself is a 4 star, pretty good. The service from Coursera a one star. An assignment was submitted by the deadline but was never reviewed. Course closed and they say I have to enroll in the next course. What a huge pain. Wont take Coursera classes again for certificate.
Since I started this course it has helped me to change my thinking and the way I am trying to find the solution to improve the working enviroment of my working place and the people I am working with.I can rate this a a successfull course for any one.what I missed from this course is the interaction between the lecturer and the people who are learning the course.W e have missed the taste of coaching.Thank youGabriel Paul KissimaKaratu,Arusha, Tanzania
Very well! I learnt a lot!
I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel it's content was very relevant. However, it felt outdated in some respects and at times a little hard to follow. But, well worthwhile for anyone in Healthcare!
Interesting
Really a well thought out course and expertly delivered! I've never had such well explained lectures, using simple terms to explain complex subjects. Our professor is a master at education as well as her subject expertise. This is a great course, a little kooky at times, but just the right amount of kooky to make it more interesting and fun. Thanks for the obvious hard work in producing the course and time expended making it!
This was a well-delivered course. I learnt a lot about how the brain functions and how is that applicable in the space.
Fascinating insights on how one's brain orients itself in space via the senses. The lectures are loaded with useful examples, relevant research, and helpful visual aids. The class stirred in me more of an appreciation for the interrelatedness of each of the senses with each other and with memory. Dr. Groh sheds light on several of the brain's strategies for efficiently intrpreting of a complex environment.
Loved it. I took another class from Duke related to visual perception and was equally satisfied with the detail, and pace, of the course.
awesome. Course is interesting and engaging. cheers!
Very interesting topic and good presentation. I took the noncredit option and this was the first course I've taken at Coursera (including Duke) that did not allow me to get answers to quizzes I wanted to take (so I stopped taking them and feel I learned less). In lesson 2.7 (I think) where an in-lesson quiz was offered that asked me to choose between A, B, C, or D the visual disappeared so that I was hindered when presented with the questions to answer. A typo (its vs. it's) I noticed in a later lesson graphic (maybe lesson 6 somewhere). Anyway, thanks for the opportunity to learn about my brain and space.
surprisingly interesting. Had a lot of new ideas
Very nice and clearly presented. The only reason for not giving 5 stars is that I would have liked more details and more lectures.
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Excellent course to understand the basics of vision and how and why we can see. Thank you.
Excellent course to take!
As an student in EEE, I think this course really inspire me in various
very basic information from high-school STEM classes
Very intersting. Very enjoyable to learn. Great teacher and teaching methods. Fair quizzes.
Amazing, congratulation, the curse is fantastic !!!Best regards,Alexandre Scherre Tomé / Brazil
This is a superb course appropriate for any level of experience or knowledge with the subject.
Great course! I recommend to all who yearn for differentiated superior knowledge, which will surely make a difference in your curriculum. Part of Pure Neurociencia. I recommend !!!
Taught for beginners in a simple and concise way! I especially liked the real life examples given to help students understand the concepts being explained - made it a lot more engaging!
No words to describe Dr.Groh's amazing lectures. A Must do session for those people, who are not only interested in neuroscience, but had the curiosity to wonder about our brains contemplating our world and also contemplating itself contemplating the world!
Awesome course. Dr Jennifer Groh uses a wonderful methodology along the modules overlaying clear language, really funny moments, examples in drawings, laboratory and exterior experiments all of them helping to reveal for us the fascinating theme of Brain and Space. Thank you very much for this opportunity.
This is an excellent course for those who want to get a better understanding about the brain and how it processes everyday stimulus. The professor is without doubt very knowledgable and explains everything in a very professional and yet simple way.
Amazing learning experience! Put simply yet comprehensively. A must-do course!
A great intro to neuroscience. Creative videos that are both informative and fun to watch.
This is an excellent MOOC. I am a PhD candidate studying human intelligence and spatial cognition specifically associated with problem solving. The content is very well structured and clearly communicated through the lectures. Having been briefly introduced to some of the concepts in my own studies prior to this course I am finding the difficulty level to be quite nice (challenging yet very manageable). The inclusion of various experiments throughout the course is a good idea as it makes it all very interesting.
I like this class. It provide a lot of detail info. And the teacher is nice and patience.
Simple yet efficient, clear material, good explanations
I try to move me more every day. It's not easy, but I do my best.
that's good
was nice
This course is very interesting. Many videos are 5-10 minutes long and one can squeeze them into their free time easily.
In terms of how the course was presented, I liked it compared to the usual lecturing style; however, the content was below basic for someone in the field of health.
Thanks for such an inspiring course - now I really sit less and I am more active then before it.
this is amazing lol. i want to take this class again.
Great course! It's still on my mind and present in my behaviors- those things I learned months ago when enrolled in it.
It's awesome and useful to be active though i am a desk job professional.Thanks for sharing this valuable information.
Good course for people wanting to get more active. Lots of good information and the how-tos to make it work for you.
this course is very useful and helpful, it let you to set your own goal of physical activity and tells you how to keep going.
Great course which will inspire and teach you how to be more active and positive in life.
Good motivator to take first steps in keeping oneself active. Simple tips provided which once used in day to day life will definitely change our sedentary lifestyle
great class
Very informative course :) the quizzes were a little too obvious (just my own opinion!) I did not feel challenged during them.
This course is very beneficial to people who are not usually active, but if you are an active person then you'll probably learn about measuring your physical activity. Otherwise it is very very very very easy, like if you had to fail that would just be sad
Very informative course. I found each material is a good one. The graphic, storytelling and quiz is well-organized.
Good class to learn how to set goal to get more active.
Course had good structure, the videos were informative and really encouraging to go and start moving, from simple things like stretching at home or in your office to more sophisticated activites like sports or dance. Actually, I've never thought about activites and moving this way – it could be really anything, even just not sitting counts. The course also encouraged me to rethink some of my activity goals, like reaching 10k steps (most of the time almost impossible for me) – every step is good and better than count them is to focus on time spent by the activity. I thought this course will be just fun, you know, everyone knows that sitting too much is bad etc., but it really worked for me as a motivation to set some goals and get moving. Thanks!
Very well produced, with content from a really wide range of contributors. Video are short and manageable. Worth the investment of time.
A solid reminder to all to be active. Good MOOC if you're just starting out and looking for basic guidance on where to start.
The course is interesting and might be useful for complete strangers in the world of fitness/physical activity, as it provides some general ideas about implementing activity to one's daily life, as well as gives a good understanding on stating achievable goals. For those who have the essential knowledge of all that, the course would be a repetition of the basics. The most useful part seems to be about the goal setting, and that is what I'd recommend to start with for most students. The course won't be useful for fitness\sports professionals. Follow-up e-mails for many months after the course ends seem to start turning somewhat annoying. The quality on the videos (sound especially) is often a bit on the poor side.
it is an awsome coursethank you
very practical, relevant, and inspiring!
so active courseeee
Nice, easy course that gives you a lot of information about being physically active even at times you may not want to be or may think you cannot be. Interesting videos and graphics. A lot of important information to share with family and friends to help get everyone on the path to being more active and healthier.
A must go through course.. minimal video time and max life changing learning.. awareness from this course will make your life much better in long (read 66 days) run.All the best :)
I love it! It motivates me to be active!
It was an interesting course, and some of the advices that have been given are quite useful. But I suppose it has no great impact on my lifestyle, as I have enough activity already. But for those who have really sedentary way of life is very helpful.
I'm enjoying myself here. Join us!
In my opinion, the course is too basic. Many things looks like teaching 5-years old children by serious professors.But the material is given as natural as possible and milestones are clear and understandable.
It was a unique course. Even though it was quite short, but the learning was vast in terms of why and how can we keep ourselves healthy.
Provides good tips for how to inc
Fun course with good information. Enjoyed taking this classes.
Great motivator to become more active!!!
Good course that helps you to think of different ways to motivate and encourage everyone and helps to set targets
It is an excellent course for a Physical Therapy and other Healthcare students and professionals and individuals.
Nice course, easy to follow, it has given me the motivation needed to start to get active.
The course is very good. It provides lots of practical tips that can be incorporated in day to day lives.
Interesting, simple and interactive course that provided useful information through reading, writing, videos, comedy making it more fascinating. Quiz were quick and short, more focused on how we would make ourselves more active rather than on memorizing everything.
Well-presented, good ideas for promoting activity, health, and increased well-being. I particularly enjoyed the Scottish accents and the occasional beautiful shots of Edinburgh :-)
This course gave me some nice encouragement tips to get started on a new healthier path!
Nice course!This course's focus point is very simple
ok course.....motivational
Could add a lot more exercise specific information.
Thank you for you all for this great and inspiring course!
lite, informative, thank you
fun! Informative and light, a reminder to get up and get moving!
wonderful learning experience ! i even could read it when I was running on a thread mill.
thanks for the course it is very useful
A very basic course, suited for those who are getting started on physical activity.
Easy to comprehend and inspiring to put into use. Reading material was brilliant!
Very comprehensive course! Motivates you to start getting fit slowly but surely!
Inspiring. More practical than theoretical.
Very informative and made me understand where I was failing the previous attempts to be more active!
Excellent for people who need help understanding and organizing their daily physical activities.
Quick class that gave me some inspiration to get moving!
Well done course. I would have hoped for a little more inspiration and diverse practical ideas. I'd also like the course would more specifically envision a great variety of target audiences.The beginnings are good! Room to spice it up!
This is a quick fun course with easy ways to get active. The course also discusses why it's important to be active and how active both children and adults should be. There are great optional readings as well if you're interested in more. This course is very informative.
This is a wonderful course. This is very precise and practical course about being active which promotes the benefits of being active. Apart of it this course also speak about different health condition and how a person can be active in that situations too.
Not very motivational but nice,
Very helpful.
I really enjoyed this class. It gave me a kick start to my weight loss journey. I also like the promo messages and the checking in after the course was complete.
Very motivating and highly informative. I'll recommend for everyone, irrespective of age or sex.
A useful course that gives practical guidelines on increasing physical activity in daily life. It specifies that even as low as 30 minutes of moderate physical exercise 5 times a day can be very beneficial to an otherwise sedentary person.
It's my FAVORITE COURSERA COURSE!!! Thanks a lot all authors for this amazing course!!!!
Interesting course that I found inspiring. Well worth the time invested into completing it.
There was nothing in the course that I didn't already know, but I'm no longer young & I didn't expect there to be. I wasn't wild about sitting through lectures about being active while pregnant or making sure my kids exercise. For me, that's a waste of time. I know what I need to be doing & I was hoping the course would inspire me to do it. Unfortunately, it did not. I got tired of hearing about walking or bicycling to work as the main way to get active. I am now retired, but even when I worked that was never an option.
Loved this course
Great course! It is really inspirational! Thank you!
helps me get active in my daily life and accomplish my tasks, without stressing more on the outcome, helps me initiate better.
The videos are really informative and cover most of the common concerns/excuses we have to avoid a physically active life style. I could connect to everything in the course and have improved my activity times from the past 3 weeks. This course definitely has given me a good push to improve myself.
This is a very useful and short course that covers all you need to get active, and is well seupported by a well chosen set of optional readings for anyone wanting to learn more. Highly recommended.
Very good course with good information. I just need to keep doing the things I learned.
Full of straight-forward information, easy to use and efective!! Thank you so much!!
Good basic background for starting out. I wanted a little more but no complaints. Good simple instructions and knowledge build including the SMART principle
It was ok, rather basic really, but I suppose that is what some people need.
It was very informative course. Thanks for great job
This course has given me the motivation and tools to lead a more active life. I am ready to do this!!
Important information for the general public. Thank You.
Lots of helpful information in order to help you set up for a healthy and active lifestyle.If you're beginning on this road or want to find out more, this MOOC is really helpful
It was a fun course!
This is a motivational course, but it's not very extensive.
Excellent course. It's easy but inspirational in nature.
I love it!!! Thanks :)
Pros: Really motivating!Cons: Not much real content even for a beginner, too short.
The best so far
This course is a good introduction to getting active, and it provides a plethora of useful resources that can help you get started.
This might be a life changing course for several people.
This course is very good for all. if we start practicing by noting daily achieving we can win .
Great Course...Practical & Enjoyable !!!
Interesting,and the knowledge introduced is easy to apply
Nicely presented. Thank you.
This course is clickbait for the purpose of soliciting information about the private life of participants. It barely contains any facts, and it contains in total zero references to studies that facts are taken from. This shouldn't be on Coursera, and an organization making a course like this shouldn't be allowed to call itself a university.
This course provides an excellent comprehensive overview of physical activity. All the educational material and erudite videos are very high quality and help motivate and change behaviour from a sedentary to active lifestyle. Hopefully after the MOOC finishes that the evaluation process will demonstrate a positive outcome to educate and change attitudes to physical activity on a global basis. Well done to team leader Danijela Gasevic and the Sit Less, Get Active MOOC team.
what a great Course
I like it for beginners. Is a good satarting point. Thanks.
I wish this was more extensive /detailed course and assignments little bit more complex. The moderator timely response was greatly lacking. If the course instructor is asking the students to try out RDD while the auto-grader depends on SQL, it should have been clarified.
Nice Course. Going straight forward to the manipulations using spark, and giving a great overview on how to deal with IoT data in the Cloudant NOSQL platform. Would hope to see a new course where we can use MLLIB with massive IoT data to showcase the power of parallel programming!
Very useful courses to take if you are beginner of data science. The course was not detailed enough sometime. But you will surely get a global view of IOT data analysis after this courses.
Good course with a good Instructor. It's a real basic course and good for beginners, though you need to have to dive into Python and Spark on your own to follow the course and the assignments. :)
The Grader template in the beginning is very confusing when doing first assignment. The response from Instructor should be quick.
This was a good course. The autograder has some issues though.
Really good course to provide an overview of working within IBM's cloud platform offerings. This course provides the basics of ApacheSpark as well.
Really useful to understand and know other people and oneself better, very important to put into practice the whole theory of motivation, leadership, groups and culture, in the daily family and professional relationships, in special because we are persons (body, intelligence and heart), sometimes not easy to manage if we can't understand.
I learned new concepts and about the efforts of so many organisations towards Health For All. It definitely increased my interest in Public Health studies even more.
Highly informative course. The right course for public health disciplines!
Very useful insight into the history of Primary Health Care and the projects around the world that make a real difference to people's lives.
superb it was a nice experience of the coursera express journey where i went back long history of PHC and how we forwarded and what challenges are ready to face for the public health
It's a wonderful course for everyone who deems Primary Health Care to be important.
Thank you for the opportunity to learn from Johns Hopkins University. I was a great learning experience although improvements should be made in the grading process which took unusually longer.
very usefulthanks a lot
Nice course with concrete examples and content
"Health for All Through Primary Health Care" is a great learning program. The course content is structured very well.
Great Course for Public Health Workers on the ground.
Excellent, Course on Primary Health Care.
Never received a certificate or a grade. No one responds to email. I will never purchase anything through Coursera.
very informative course for health students
Good organized course, Health for all through primary health care described well in context of developing regions.
I really enjoyed this course. It was full of resources, analysis, and history that together fueled my interest in international public health. I was especially grateful for Dr Perry's personal insights - taken from his longstanding work in public health around the world. I had to prep for the quizzes - they weren't easy and I had to put in time on my papers but my return on investment has been great.I'm very glad I took the course and I just signed up for my next public health Johns Hopkins U course through Coursera.
So far, I really love this course and very useful for me as I've been working as health & social worker in World Vision International INGO In Myanmar (Burma) about 7 years, refugees health social worker in Utica, New York and also working as medical interpreter ( Karen/ Burmese) over the phone in State
I thinks it only happens to me. I found things are a little unorganized for me who doesn't speak English as mother tongue. But the videos and quizzes help me a lot to understand.
Great content! Mixing lectures, articles and videos gave several perspective on the topics and made the content more interesting. Peer reviews of papers varied drastically based on the reviewer so may not be the best way for grading.
excellent! I hope more people get interest on the topic
Very hard to understand
Course design is pretty uneven in pace, engagement and expectation setting. The interactive segments could be better. Also, the core content feels like a hodge-podge of different sources thrown together to support the Professor's lexicon.
Great course!
this course very help me to learn fundamentals and practice to work in GIS
Very good introduction! I only miss more examples of urban/regional planning or transportation networks.
I feel good and learn a lot！
Great course
Excellent Teaching! Looking forward to next course!
Good course
This course was extremely useful for me to kick start learning about GIS and software. It has clearly laid our syllabus and neatly made videos which help overcome inhibitions about technical nitty grittties.. The course has instilled confidence in me to continue further studying various aspects of GIS. I enjoyed doing my assignments too. I highly recommend this course to any one who deals in spatial aspects in their work.
Wonderful teacher. Easy to follow along. Course is extremely flexible to go at your own pace
This course is very helpful. I learned a lot and many pros and corns of ArcGIS.
This was a very informative and streamlined intro to GIS.I could see the pace being too much for someone totally unfamiliar with GIS, but it's also going to touch on all the basics you should expect from some longer courses.
Quiet good introduction with clear objectives.Some step by step explanations could be shortened because they seem too detailed.A brief introduction to creating your own data could be great and will cover more stepsBy hte way, thanks for this good introduction
Organised, Resourceful and Relevant course
Great course !
Great introduction to GIS - fun and easy to follow along.
Very practical and helpful. And if you want to dig deeper there are a lot of extra resources to look into.
Really clear instruction at the appropriate level, useful and clearly written assignments. Would highly recommend.
I really liked this course. I have learned good information. Thank you
As an introduction to GIS, I thought this was excellent. I do wish it had been more in depth regarding data types, how to integrate (for example raster data) the different types. It's also obvious that the sheer number of tools available is huge. In other words, I've got a lot to look forward to in upcoming courses and I hope I can learn enough to become a GIS professional.
Great course, especially the assignments are absolutely awesome as they walk you through every step of the day.
Very good introduction to arcGIS! I would have liked to have had a short overview about using some of the open source tools, such as QGIS. Overall great teaching, my first time actually completing one of these courses!
its the best course i taken
I have learned a lot in this course. It is very nice, but I think that it would be nice if the students can communicate with the teacher directly, because sometimes there are some comments or questions and it is only read it by the group.
Excellent course. I fell in love with GIS.
nice excecuted E-learning leassonsthe video support the excersises
The best course for basic of GIS
Very explanatory and wonderful guided course. It's worth it.
In general, it's quite helpful for me, but it could be a little bit too fundamental sometimes, for example the professor would explain things like how to find a button... which may not be so necessary, but it's ok, I think I will enroll the next course of this series.
Nice and interactive learning. Thanks Nick
This is amazing! Absolutely great, useful and easy online course. I have learned very basic things about ArcGIS and got everything I needed to start right away with the complex software package. The course was very interesting and student friendly and it helped me a lot understanding things I wanted and things that were vital for me to learn and understand.
This is a great course for anyone who seeks to understand and use GIS for educational purpose as well as professional level.
It was fantastic!
I should have never paid for this course. By the time I got into the subject the refund policy was expired. Do not take pay for this course or program at all.
Needs to be more concise.Nick seems very passionate and trying to reach a broad audience, but overly explaining topics is creating "lecture fatigue" for me. For instance, every video starts with "welcome back... this is why people like this... [meat of the video]... this is what we just talked about.... see you next time". I really just need the [meat of the video] part. These videos are 5-10 minutes long each. They are very short and therefore I do not need an introduction/closeout for each individual one. The Module Overview and Module Recap videos are sufficient to serve that purpose.Overall, I learned the basics and will probably take the next GIS course because I like the Coursera framework, but I think this particular course could be much more condensed.
Superb introduction to GIS concepts
I found this course to be useful, informative and easy to follow. The lectures are very well organised and the projects are great tools for practising the skills learned.
Really awesome instructor! He walks you through everything. He assumes you know little about computers and programming, which is great for people trying to gain a deep understanding of why things work the way they do. Really helpful introduction to ArcGIS!
Great intro for anyone with absolutely no previous introduction to GIS, or even vague familiarity with the subject but little to no hands-on experience.
it's the best course
This class was very beneficial and well-organized. Thank you for all of the valuable information!
I really enyoed this course, Nick Santos is a great professor, the work was challenging and yet relatively easy to learn, given that the
Great foundational information! An excellent entry into GIS using professional tools. Highly recommended.
Great intro to GIS.
It would be helpful if the instructor didn't talk with his hands. The lectures and materials are well done. There are a few typos here and there. Good course.
I have learned many things and this is the first course I have complete, I am very glad to have taken this chance and also to let me do the time to try it. Very well produce this course!
Very good and well designed course
Very nice and well design starter course! I love it!
I really enjoyed this course. I thought that the teacher was very helpful and thorough for an introduction course. This is my first time doing an online course so I don't have much to compare it to, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. Nick Santos or maybe Professor Santos is a very enthusiastic teacher and really encourages the student to excel and succeed. Thank you!
not very well organized.
Thank you for all your time Dear Nick Santos!!
Highly recommended! The content is a fascinating introduction to using ArcMap and real-world data to create basic maps. Individual skills are taught in a stepwise fashion and culminate in an enjoyable final assignment. Nick is a terrific teacher - well done!
it's a really great course for you who wants to get a starter about GIS, especially about ArcGIS. Very helpful and easy to follow instruction..
Nick Santos is the greatest instructor! I came from not ever having opened ArcGIS to making simple maps in the second week.
Awesome course on GIS applications using arcGIS. Totally recommended!
Great course!
Helpfull lectures and good assingments for learning the fundamentals of GIS.
Nick Santos is an excellent teacher. He provides concise and clear concepts and helps to develop skills on our own, with a correct guidance
An excellent course, well crafted lessons and videos. Challenging assignments, great tutorials and resources. I highly recommend it.
A great introduction to GIS.
Veeery useful course!
Excellent course! Make sure you stay on top of deadlines as you don't always get reminders.
Great gis course for beginners, comperhensive and specific
Awesome course, good explanations. Spatial join does the magic! Great, loved it, kept me motivated.
Challenging course with excellent
It was an Excellent Course I learned a lot and it was a great opportunity to learn GIS basics.Thank you so muchNick Santos (our instructor) and the UC Davis Extension Team
it is a good course that benefits students to learn GIS basics
Excellent and easy to follow! Great for beginners in GIS.
Perfect!Thanks a lot!
Fantastic course! Require a lot more effort to complete the course than what Coursera estimates, but extremely rewarding in the end!
Learnt a lot in the first course itself
Wonderfull course, the course is well structured, Course materials were helpful and the assignments were very practical and reflecting real life scenarios. Special thanks to instructor Nick Santos and coursera team.Gees
This was an outstanding base of knowledge that I have already recommended to many coworkers to explore so they are able increase their base of knowledge in GIS.
One of the best courses I've ever had. The teacher was amazing, he really made himself clear
Extraordinary material. Very well taught and gives you a very strong tour on Arcmap. Basics very well covered.
Very instructive course
I would highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to gain knowledge and learn some basic skills in GIS. Like the name of the course suggests, it gives you a sound foundation to build on. The lecturer, Mr Nick Santos, has a real talent in teaching and does a fantastic job in sharing his passion for GIS.
Nick Santos is a dreamboat.
Contains a lot of great content through videos and demonstrations that are easy to follow and in depth enough to understand the concepts. Would be great if there was a way to contact the professor or someone within Coursera to help with technical issues, as I ran into quite a few of those along the way and did not have anyone to reach out to (not a problem with the actual course, just the courser
This is the best course; The teacher explains very well.It`s too easy to understand his lessons.
Great course for those who are starting to learn GIS.
thanks
A good course that gives a detailed insight about GIS.
Fantastic. Would recommend to anyone.
informative
Nick Santos makes what could be a dry and tricky subject both very accessible and interesting.
is excellent!! great teacher
This course has given me a foundation to work with GIS, and the program license alone is worth more than the cost of the course. The instructor, Nick Santos, clearly loves his work, and that makes the lectures more fun to watch.
Great course. Awesome instructor.
This course gives a good overview of GIS. It helps in becoming familiar with ArcGIS software and also teaches a lot of fundamentals that can be generally applied to different GIS products as well. But looking at the expenses of using ArcGIS for commercial purposes, it would have been great had there been some sort of additional, optional demonstrations of other products.. For a small-medium business, ArcGIS doesn't seem viable at all.
Very informative! Love the format!
I really enjoyed this course. It was very thorough and I felt like I got a good grasp on the basics of GIS which was really helpful for the future courses. Definitely a great course to take if you are looking to master the basics of GIS.
Very good course to start with ArcGIS basics and to understand a bit about the basic theory aspects under Geographic Information Systems.
Wonderfully structured ! This course helped me start with GIS from scratch and walked me through up to a point when I was able to search for data, evaluate and analyze data and make my own map files.Recommend for beginners and self taught intermediates who need to grasp some core principles correctly.
Great course! I took a GIS class a couple of years ago, but have not used the software since then. It was a great refresher!
Great course! The instructor is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and makes the material relatable to many different fields. The assignments closely align with the material and are at the appropriate difficulty level with good walkthroughs to get you started. And the final project was also appropriate for the scope of the course - very doable but took a little bit of tinkering and experimentation.
The course and the content was great, but the grading process was terrible. Will probably finish the specialization, but wish there was a better way to be graded for the money.
great course to learn about GIS
Great introductory course for persons who're interested in exploring or re-introducing themselves to Geographic Information Systems - whether in an academic or professional setting!
Really good introduction to the basics of GIS and a great refresher.
This course is very useful, the foundament topics of GIS allows us to think about all the possibilities that we can represent spatially, and the chance of automatization of this.
Its very nice course for gis
Great hands-on exercises to boost understanding and develop required skills...
I studied GIS & Remote sensing in the university, but it never became meaningful to me until now.With real world experience modified into tuition and interactive learning and practices; its just lovely.I have really got a feel of GIS and I want more of it again & again...Kudos to the team.I am much obliged !!!
Good teaching methods. Convenient for starting to get to know GIS software and sharing your map data.
The Fundamentals of GIS course is very easy to understand with the examples to practice. I am an IT professional, generally develop software solutions to store and analyse data by generating different types of reports. After learning the GIS fundamentals, I am very confident to use the GIS for most of the applications to highlight data based on location.
A really great course! I would recommend this to people who wants to know or master the basics of GIS. Thank you for this course!
I never thought, that we can make use of GIS in many different ways. This course is an eye opener.
Great course for the beginners !
Great course! Very nice intro into GIS. Everything explained very thoroughly with visual examples and practical exercises. Many thanks to Nick Santos and University of California, Davis for creating this specialization.
Very good start to learning GIS.
I found a number of the lessons were light on content, but I have guilty knowledge having used ArcMap on and off for the past few years. A lot of the meat of this course is replicated in similar or only slightly more detail in the follow-on class in the specialization. If you have experience with GIS or Arc I would strongly recommend skipping this class and moving directly to GIS Data Formats, Design and Quality.
So far so good! I like the way the lectures and quizzes are presented. I am loving the instructor and his style. However, I have to go through the whole course before I could say how productive the course will be. Anyway, thanks a lot for the team!Thanks a lot Nick Sanots, Coursera, UC Davis and all fellow learners. I was a week late and could not complete the final assignment in time. However, the course is great! The course is medium paced, and best even for newcomers and intermediates alike. The chapters presented in the course are very productive and vivid. I simply love the course. I don't feel there is any room for improvement. Its just perfect! I love this course. Looking forward for next session of this course and next course.
Great way to learn GIS for anyone with no experience in the field/software.
Good forum to learn a lot of fundamentals on Arc GIS
Very Good for Beginners, Everything is explained in a very understandable way, the access to the program and the additional data makes it whole round.
It is Fantastic.
This course has provided a great introduction to GIS. It was easy to follow the lectures and the assignments were really fun. In this course, although being on the introduction level, we have been provided with good explanations of how GIS works and why we, for instance, press a certain button and not another. The course has given me a better understanding of different GIS functions but also the abilty to think more independently about the logic behind these functions. I'm looking forward the next course!
Excellent course. Thanks all for the oportunity
Great, I could apply most of
Very good course. It will help you to learn the basics of GIS from scratch
I really enjoyed this course, it gives you a clear introduction on GIS, and allows you to further your knowledge in other courses.
Highly recommended!
An excellent introduction to ArcGIS that builds up to a clear goal of producing professional maps for export.
Excellent course and delivered in a very professional practical. A very property of the course is that it is short and precise. By the way all courses of Coursera a very precise.
fantastic ,very helpfull
Great introduction to GIS using ArcGIS
Excellent course with step by step instruction for beginner. However the final assignment is challenging enough to summarize whatever I have learnt.
I love the course. Thank you!
Essential for anyone interested in GIS and wants to get the basics. I really learnt a lot in a short space of time at my own pace. Brilliant convenor.
Very informative and clear and the lectures are great!
An amazing course an excelent material and an excelent teacher. I would like in my country the education was as Coursera.
Well constructed, excellent course. Learned a lot.
This course is very well done. It's worth more than it costs.
If you love geography and data science, please take it and start!
I am familiar with GIS, but am completely self taught. This course taught me many little tricks and ways to make the workflow much more efficient. Loved learning about the spatial join and was able to use it immediately in my own work.
This course is a good introduction for anyone beginning to work with GIS, because it starts from the very basics. The course has a great format and content; it's one of the best I've taken on Coursera. The tutorial assignments and project are great for practicing the concepts.
Excellent course. Explanations and assignments were very clear, complete and useful.
Good intro to the subject with projects that result in finished maps.
Very well presented. Unfortunately I think the order was a bit strange. We focused on data analysis instead of basics of data generation. In an introductory course I would have liked to see a bit more what different data looks like. Vectors, rasters, etc.Some of us live and work in countries that don't have a lot of data (I'm a South African and I work in Malaysia... California, the Karroo, and Borneo have different amounts of information available). We're not learning GIS to analyse data because we don't have much data available. We're building the data...We spent too much time on rivers/watersheds. I get that hydrology is Nick's field but some us will work with cities, or population, or roads, planning farmlands - a bit of variety would be nice.The data should not be available off the Coursera page - we should have to get it off the internet so we get familiar with public data resources. The websites should have the broadest data - good regardless of what country you're in.
Thank you to keep me committed to GIS. I started four weeks ago from scratch but now I feel confident with GIS and want to learn more.
It is a great course for both the beginner and the professionals in GIS . Very friendly and easy language for the people who don't understand English much ...Satisfied in doing this course.
Excellent overview of ArcGIS
Im Loving it!
A very useful course! I am now working with the GIS, and this course really helps me to solve a plenty of problems. Thank you.
I really enjoyed the course, Nick explains the concepts in a way that transmits his energy and good vibe. The final task was a little hard, but we got almost all the tools needed to create an appropiate map.
I really liked this course - it's an introductory course but you get a real feel for the steps required to work through the whole process of GIS and by the end are able to navigate the software comfortably.The fact you can get a license for ArcGIS is really great and means you are doing not just observing. ArcGIS is quite a computationally heavy package (for my laptop anyway) but you can usually follow the video lectures with it open and follow the commands which helps the learning experience.The workload is just the right amount for an online course - not too much to do but enough to keep you busy.I will be continuing on the specialisation.
Excellent! very comprehensive and educational course.
Great course for beginners but also a great refresher for those who haven't used GIS in a while like myself.
Good introduction, also for beginners.I found it rather easy, but maybe getting more complex with the further courses in the specialisation.
I really love the course but I dont understand whether this part of the course is free or is not.
Great introduction. It provides a great tool that will enable you to present clear and very intuitive results.
Excellent content, and the assignments were great as well. Even better is that now as I work through my workflows, I now have these videos to reference if I am having difficulty with anything.Cheers!
i did not completed this course on time because of slow internet speed in my locality. I will be obliged if they give me more time to complete this course.
Excellent detail, well presented, easy to follow instructions throughout, guidance provided if needed.
I really like this course, well structured and clearly! Very useful for beginners like I.
Great course!!!
I am an Architect-Planner by profession. Was looking for this course for quite sometime. I finally found it on Coursera. I had a great time learning Fundamentals of GIS. I had never before worked in Gis though I had a very little theoretical idea. But, at the end of this course, I was able to analyse and make my own map, something I had never done before with GIS. The lectures were to the point, with most of the details covered. The assignments for practice were very helpful too. This course comes with a very helpful reading materiaI and a year long licensed version of ArcGIS too. I had a great time in taking up the quizes, and the peer reviewed final assignment. I highly recommend this course. Last but not the least, thank you Nick Santos for teaching so well! got back to class almost after 8 years and had a great time! I am sure that this will help me taking up further studies in my field.
This was a fantastic class. The instructor and those that constructed the lectures, exercises, quizzes and projects managed to put so much into very efficient, but complete packages that are really well organized. I was able to watch some on my phone, some on my tablet and many on my PC. Instruction was very clear and valuable. The exercises were great. The project at the end was challenging and interesting. I look forward to the next class in this specialization.
Great course for learning and practicing foundation skills of GIS.
Excellent course, well-explained and complete! It does need a lot of focus and practice to actually understand and master what's going on there.
It was so helpful. Thanks so much.
Such a great intro to GIS, I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would recommend.
It's a very good course.
Good course esp for the starters!
great couse!
This is an excellent introduction to GIS and ArcGIS, especially if you are a professional that needs to start learning GIS while balancing work. I am taking the entire speciality, which is really worth doing--four weeks is not enough for this field. The instructor and materials are thoughtful and clear.
Very good informative introductory class. Thanks!
Great class. Pace and content excellent. Material immediately useful. Highly recomm
very good and hight quality video , more exemple step by step i like this cousre
A good introduction to GIS focusing on the fundamental principles with a good practical element included. There is a lot to take in over four weeks so it does require plenty of time to absorb all the required learning and complete the assignment. Plenty of information and resources are provided and the lectures are clear and easily to follow. The only criticism I would have is that there is probably too much emphasis on Arc GIS, it would have been nice to learn some more about open source platforms like QGIS.
A course totally accessible to newcomers. Very clear explanations from the instructor and detailed support documents.
The best one of the courses on Coursera
This course gave me a great overview of GIS and in particular ArcGIS.Big thanks to our instructor Nick Santos, who he was excellent in explaining the conceptsand how the tool works!!I'd happily recommend this course to anyone interested in GIS.
Easy to understand overview of basic GIS concepts and how to apply them in ArcGIS. The short videos fit into a busy day and can be slipped in between work and home life. Forums are easily accessible with helpful input from the instructor as well as experienced students. Highly recommended.
The first week was a little slow, but I'm glad I stuck it out. This was very helpful and informative. The labs are invaluable practice that accompany the videos well. Thanks Nick!
This course stands true to its name. It covers all fundamental concepts of GIS and helps one become familiar with the software used by GIS specialists. The step by step instructions make the course very easy to follow. I was a little intimidated by the course content because long distance learning can be difficult as I do not have a GIS oriented study group of sorts and am now proud of the fact that I challenged myself with the course as it's just great! :)
Thank you Nick! Yes I watched all your lectures and did all the quizzes and the assignments just for fun :)
Excellent.... the course was good for the GIS beginners
The course was fantastic. I would of liked more or longer videos.
This course was perfect for just getting into GIS. I have taken a few entry level GIS courses and the videos / practical application that this course provided was some of the easiest to comprehend. Thank you for all of the material and I'm looking forward to my next class!
Well explained, informative and enjoyable - a great introduction to GIS
Great course! I've learned a lot. All lessons were understandable, professor was excellent, and most important, it was interesting and motivating. Thanks to Coursera and prof. Nick Santos.
Really good for beginners and if this course have more detailed instruction of final assignment, I would like to give five stars.
You are a marvelous teacher. It was a great learning for me
A very good starting point with great teaching style. The assignments were helpful
good course for the beginners.
Very interesting and engaging class
Excellent course. Everything is very clearly explained.
I learned a lot in a very fun way. This course is really good.
Great course. Thank you Mr Santos!
Good background course and introduction to using ARCMap. Would have been nice to have materials to follow along with the lectures, but the assignments provided a second follow along at doing what was done in the lectures.
This course (and the rest of the GIS specializations) is an excellent introduction to GIS! The teacher is great and the materials that are covered are very relevant.
Neatly explained. Excellent Courese
This specialzation is amazing. the way they teach things is fantastic.
you should consider issues to upload 54Mo data during peer review grading of last assignment.so this course was informative and well structured.thanks a lot
Thank you for providing such quality courses, simple and great explanation Nick !! :D
Very smooth and fluid introduction to the basics of the GIS field and ArcGIS software. Feel like I developed good working knowledge in a very short time. Excited to go into more depth in future courses!
Appreciated the lectures and the assignments made it possible to gain confidence in using the software.
Great teacher, didactic assignments and easy to follow instructions.
This is my First course with Coursera and I was really happy with the output. The lectures were well explained and broken into suitable bits so that it doesnt overload you. Looking forward to next week lectures.
This course is great! Make sure you try and do the assignments without the step by step directions and the end will be a breeze!
Explains the basics of what GIS and ArcGIS are and how they work.
I'm only done with week 1 of this course 'Fundamentals of GIS' and I divided the work load into two evenings. I'm a full time master student, but this way of learning is really great in combination with full-time work, study etc.Even tho it's rather late right now and I'm tired, I'm really considering to take a few more modules. The structure and the content is so exciting and really drags me into the world of GIS.The lecturer Nick Santos is really good, the pace is perfect and you are always able to go back to previous videos, documents or search the internet, ask your fellow students or the professor if something is bothering you or if you are just curious.I HIGHLY recommend this course and the specialisation aswell.
This is an excellent course for anyone starting with GIS. It covers all the bases you need to know to make your first map and share it with the world. It also in the way covers the most important thing in GIS : making selection.The course is well structured and easy to follow. I highly recommend this course
i learned so many thing in this course.Thanks to Nick and to everyone who made this possible.
Great!Very intuitive videos, instructions quite clear, simple analysis tools and powerful data. Optimal level of proposed work. Excellent material and literature, many communities and help information.
Excellent course. Learned a lot of things about fundamentals of GIS. Thanks to Nick Santos, UC Davis and Coursera Community.
Very structured and organize Course , You will have a great time learning with Nick Santos !
Great course with engaging material and enthusiastic and experienced instruction. The materials, lectures, assignments, extras, links, etc. were excellent. Only two negative aspects occurred. The first was the initial lack of materials with which to follow the instructors as they went through various processes in ArcMap in their lectures. However, this was remedied quickly and materials were provided. The second was the instructional material for the week 2 assignment, which lacked the step-by-step detail and polish of the assignments from other weeks. This may have been due to the course being new and somewhat unrefined. Overall, the course was extremely helpful and well worth the time and money. I intend to continue on and complete the entire specialization.
Excellent course with good lectures and examples.
a very great course for anything thinking a GIS career
I really enjoyed this course. Very useful and easy to understand the instructor's speech. If you're new to GIS, this course is where you should start. Highly recommended!!
cool!
Very thorough course with a great instructor. There are a few tweaks that I think would make the course even better - for example providing examples in the lectures that can be followed along at home. At the end of the day I can functionally use ArcGIS and understand many of the basic concepts to be able to apply GIS technology in my career.
I like the class. But It will be most useful if the student can use the same data than the instructor and follow instruction step by step.
Although it is not yet over, I would like to rate this course. I think the course structure is very good and the contents are very useful. I like the way it works. As well, I would like to thank the instructor, Mr. Nick Santos and all the team, since the explanations are great (besides, as a non-native English speaker, I could understand everything without any problem).
Excellent modules, excellent teaching, excellent moderation and responsiveness from the tutor. I was not expecting this quality. Really good!
Very easy to understand all the topics and the examples, I love the course, it's very useful
This is extraordinary Course for all of us seeking GIS training. It is clear, understandable even for foreigners with limited knowledge of English. I like exercises which are well developed and lead us through the software.
Great course, right what I needed as I use with statistics and econometrics in development issues, but I needed to add the "spatial" element.I would give the 5th star, if the slide of the lessons were availablethanks!
This is a fantastic course!
Nick does a great job at using lab examples, providing data that makes it easy to follow along. Looking forward to the rest of this specialization.
It is very interesting course, everything understandable. Nick is excellent teacher.
The lectures were very easy to follow and easy to understand even for ArcGIS beginners like me. Kudos!
Crippleware if you don't
Now I can learn what I was not able to choose for my elective.
Great content
I think this course has a lot of value, but when I started these course I was unaware I would need a few hundred more dollars and did not budget for such things.
Great learning.
It was good to get to work on an individual project at the end of the specialization. The requirements for the capstone were unclear as the videos present a huge project compared to the 4 weeks, 3-5 hours per week commitment indicated for this capstone and there is talk of self-sustainability for the solution etc. that ultimately is not in the review criteria.Applying common sense and scoping the project to the commitment does work out to a good learning by doing experience.
Having to pay before you take the course is really disappointing. Not many students to interact with because of this. Course was very basic also. Not worth the money. Coursera offers many quality courses which are much better than this one.
This course gives a great overview of the aspects concerning ethics you have to keep in mind while working with social media. This course has helped me to get a better grip on issues like privacy and accessibility. It says that reading the articles will take you 10 minutes, it took me an hour. I loved the variety of tutorials, interviews, assignments, readings etc. I would have preferred that my final assignment was reviewed by the professor himself.
All users are good at using social Media but they don't really understand the SM Ethics. Thanks to this course to give us the world view on SM Ethics. Love the course
This course was really interesting and informative. I enjoyed how policy and innovation in technology were woven into the explanation of rising importance of health informatics and how FHIR could potentially transform interoperability.
This course is a good introduction to Health Informatics and medical standards. I was searching for more information about FHIR but it was great anyway.
It is great program for those who want to understand the way in which data is manage and the different ways it affects the health system .
found this course by searching in Coursera.met my expectation, especially the first week introduction of incentives, structure, problems, and roles of IT.
This course was amazing.It helped me understand the concepts behind the terms and technologies I help to develop in my day to day work.Thank you
the course is very informative if you need to learn about FHIR.
Great learning program
Great course as an overview of health informatics.
Its a very informative course, and It would have been better If some in depth insights of FHIR and Big Data Analytics and their mechanism at technical level was explained. Overall, Its been a great platform for beginners on Health Informatics, and it very well explained American healthcare module at a high level.Note: There were some spelling mistakes in sub-titles.
Nice introductory course giving a overview from a comprehensive perspective. It focuses on USA but can be suitable for many countries. There are no practical activities. Very good teacher.
Great course from a high level overview perspective. I was interested in a more technical course related to FHIR and it's application in the industry.
Its a good course to begin with FHIR Technology . But I expected more technical detailing in the course module....
great course
Very good intro to Health Informatics!
This very good course to understand minute details of the topic easily.
Loved this course. Prof Braunstein explained the course content very well and passionately. The video of guests and topics discussed was quite helpful.
Very well done. Great overview of American health care system including the pros and cons, benefits and complexities. I'm loving this!
Terrific course!
Even the quizzes make you think.
Excellent course, well planned and delivered. Professor very knowledgeable and skilled in his presentations.
Exceptional. The information is relevant, the topics presented well and the additional reference articles interesting.I suppose I should have taken the time to retake the tests to get 100% but who has time?Thank you!
a very good intro but i feel it may do with more detail
Informative but did not really feel like it was of any use.
Does a fine job of discussing the U.S. healthcare system. Further, did a fine job of explaining the potential of FHIR for the U.S. healthcare system.
Great intro class to healthcare informatics
Great to know about the FHIR.
A superb course to take. Well presented, informative and logically structured. It was interesting for me as I learned about the US health care system and the way adoption and future use of the EHR is driven. I found it fascinating to compare my experience with the UK's NHS Quality and Outcomes Framework with the US methods. I was also surprised to find that Implied Consent is not defined, particularly with referrals. I would highly recommend this course.
Well presented and informative!
Very informative, detailed, and straight to the point. Wonderful class.
Really enjoyed this lecturer, the organization and presentation of the field and gave me some ideas to explore. I enjoyed this course much better than the Univ of Minnesota one if you are looking at both. I have the perspective of a medical health professional that is involved clinically.
very good course, what interesting to me is the elaboration on the real world applications during this course.
Great course
Nice and updated overview on Health IT. Just a general intro to some FHIR aspects :-)
Would be great to have the slides available for reference. Also, future iteration may consider going a bit deeper. I loved the examples given in the course. Many thanks!
This was a great course as an introduction to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard. Hopefully it is followed up with a more technical course. The only thing I don't care for with FHIR is they pronounce it 'Fire' which smacks of cheesy marketing. Nonetheless, the course is worth it, and the instructor is very clear and thorough.
Really interesting and useful introduction to big data in healthcare. Big data in healthcare is on the verge of revolutionizing how we provide care in future while focusing on meaningful outcomes. This course provides you with a pretty decent background. The presentation itself is a little 'choppy' and heavy in informatics lingo, but the instructor does a great job and maintains interest. I will highly recommend this course to anyone who is 'curious' about big data in healthcare.
The best lector!
Its a good course for starters. I was looking for more hands on FHIR when i took this course. I would be delighted to join a hands on FHIR course
This course is brief, well designed and brimming with information. Completing the course is a perfect way for anyone involved in healthcare to get up to speed with the importance of health informatics in achieving the Institute of Medicine's vision for safe, effective and affordable healthcare.
Very informative but at times too technical
Excellent course and great materials on UHC, epidemiological transition and the impact of population ageing on sustainably financing and delivering quality health services for all. I also very much appreciated the very informative sessions presenting the experience of Japan.
Very good course..
Extremely clear and comprehensive explanations of the latest developments of global health. The insights on the Japanese public health experiences that the rest of the world should learn from were very interesting. Thank you very much for offering this Public Health Policy course.
very difficult to follow the lectures due to the heavy accent
I truly enjoyed the videos, readings, and assignments given. Dr. Mire's work is so critical and has inspired me to challenge myself and the field to be more inclusive.
One of the finest courses dealing with heritage and its conservation.
This course had taught me a lot and offered amazing insight views about heritage worldwide. It broadened my previous (minor) knowledge about cultural and archaeological heritage. I would highly recommend this course to those interested in the topics of heritage!
The course started a month late, when it finally started it was boring. I can' believe i paid for the certificate. Despite paying for it i'm not going to bother completing it.
nice course with good information!
Very knowledgeable and insightful discussions.
Inappropriate rating was done for me.
Nowhere near as useful as the first two courses. The assignment did not feel particularly relevant to the bulk of the course materials.
Great course. Thank you.
Good course.
Please open capstonr course soon
Great course, actually quite difficult, and good to get it finished and realise I've actually learnt a lot from having to do the assignment.
Best of the specialization!!!!!! Amazing instructor, mentors and course material!!!
great course, seems to provide a bunch of real world applications!
The instructor is very knowledgeable and has a great way of transmitting such complex concepts. The course syllabus is great!
Great value! Excellent overview of GIS-based analysis
Thanks for a very interesting course!
The presenter is very knowledgeable and very pleasant. Also the content of the course is an unique find and of a great value!
Yes for sure
Well organized course
Great course. Awesome instructor.
Very Helpful.
Very challenging and Fantastic!
Very helpful. I learned a lot!
I Love every thing about GIS & Coursera
I really think that this course is the best specialization already available online. I didn't regret to pay for a certificate.
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Whilst the material in the course is fine (although repetitious in places), the pacing is fairly poor.Ultimately, there are three things covered by this course: a brief overview of remote sensing, hands-on raster classification and hands-on work with Model Builder work (using hydrology as an example framework). These then combine into the final submitted assignment. Many of the remaining lecture topics don't particularly link in to anything you'll be doing and are just "for interest's sake". Also, a lot of time is spent on the more intuitive aspects of Model Builder, but little to none is allotted to troubleshooting and the less intuitive aspects (for example, how to incorporate variables throughout a model or other issues with generalising a custom tool built within Model Builder).If taking the course, be aware that the final submitted assignment requires formulating your own research question and unless you're already working in the field, can necessitate a significant amount of literature review for even the given example research questions. The gap in expectations and assistance is more of a chasm.Unless you have the better part of a week free to commit to the course, it is advised that you skip ahead to the final assignment immediately and spread it over the full four weeks, spending the first week formulating the question, the second producing the classified raster and the third the model builder model, including any research necessary for this step. This gives the last week to produce products for submission or continue the work from the third week.Hopefully in upcoming repeat sessions of the course, pacing will be improved, the grading rubric provided before final submission for the sake of transparency and clarity, and a little more guidance and actual feedback available in the forums, which are largely deserted at this point.
An excellent and thorough course. I learned a lot.
Another great course from Nick Santos. I am a GIS novice and it has made me feel confident with starting analysis of my own.
Very suitable for my GIS career
This is one of the most valuable courses, the videos and the readings were great benefits to me as an HR professional and as a candidate as well.I recommend that everyone who needs to pass the interviews to enroll and watch this course!
Great content! Very practical and useful.
It's very helpful. Thank
This is an interview Swiss-army knife and can be used equally effectively by candidates as well as those who interview candidates.
It is a great course
One of the best courses available for non European law students, lawyers, businessmen or anybody else who wants to know and learn about European Union business law. It gives you a brief overview of European Union fundamental law in the field of business. I highly recommend you to study all three parts of the course. Thank you Lund University. Thank you Coursera.
I truly enjoy doing this MOOC, some terms were a bit difficult to understand at first. However, after reading and watching the materials provided carefully and repeated. I started understanding the subject better and liked it as a result. I will try the other two courses on European Business Law (Understanding the Fundamentals & Doing Business in Europe) provided by Lund University and Coursera.My sincere gratitude and appreciationPeter HuamanStudent from the Netherlands
Good content and information!
Although this version was much easier than the first edition, it was much easier to follow and provides a much more solid foundation for those new to the subject.
Great course for all people that desires to work in Sports Industry. All Brazilian Confederations and Federations MUST take this course in order to transform amateur behavior into a new perspective. Unfortunalety Brazil is behind most countries in all areas specially in sports due to this kind of amateur people running organizations. God Bless America, thanks for show the world how to do Professionals Sports. God Save Brazil, lack of legacy. Sports Management is for PROs, not for amateurs.
Enjoyed going through the course and learnt the foundation of the guitar thank you coursera and thanks a lot Sir Thaddeus Hogarth for making it so simple.
it is amazing for learning the very fundamentals of the guitar.
Great!
That's a great course! I learned scales, pentatonics and how it is related to chords shapes. The assignments are very interesting and useful.
Well instructed and paced out properly. The second half gets more interesting and challenging.
Great course
I really enjoyed this course! Nice structure and excellent lessons by Professor Hogarth.
It is very good course to learn basics about guitar.
Super coaching!!
very good course to start playing on guitar
Very good course!
The videos are very informative. The only setback is the pacing. It is much too fast for a complete beginner.
intuitive for beginners.
T. Hogarth is a brilliant instructor! period! I was able to grasp and apply the concepts much faster than I would have with a private tutor.Thanks a lot.
it was ok but 5ara
I liked the course overall. One star less for the duration and content alignment. It would have been much helpful if the content was spread over for a longer time period as a week wasn't enough to finish many assignments esp for beginners.
A very nice well-rounded intro to guitar.The amount of work really rises towards the end, but it does pay off.The only issue I have is with this course is the barre chords. They are dumped nonchalantly on the learners and we're just expected to pick them up. This part is very hard on the beginners.
Very easy to understand and I recommend it to all new guitar learners.
Really great course for reviewing fundamentals! I highly recommend it!
Excellent introduction to guitar. Well presented practical instruction with good advice regarding practice and further development.
Great elaborate starting point or refresher to guitar fundamentals!
Great course and teacher. The beginning seems to be too easy for somebody who studied music before or already plays guitar at least to some extend, but this can be skipped if required (i.e. one can just pass the tests) and then there is a whole bunch if interesting information starting.The end of the course may be quite difficult for absolute beginners, but if you practice you'll get there or, otherwise, nobody will blaim you if you deliver it a bit later.Good luck and thanks to coursera and the teacher!
totally awesome. would redo this course over and over again
Perfect for absolute beginners! With a bit of practice, practice and practice.
Good course, but a bit too fast. Deadlines are too soon for the real begginers
I really liked it! Teacher is great and material is pretty acheavable. I'm glad I made it through. Now I know more! Thanks Coursera!
This is a wonderful class. The teacher is very skillful in Guitar and very patient as well. At first I thought it is a very easy class so I choose it as my first MOOC class and I hope I can finish it in a short time. Insteadly I had made some mistakes before my classmate pointed it out and I am really benifit through this class. Many basic knowledge of guitar are produced and some of them is I've not learned before.
Great teacher
This course helped me fill in important gaps for my guitar playing
Excellent course, even for people that already play the guitar as a beginner
fantastic course although i am registered blind and have hearing impairment i am able to pick up a lot o useful information and i have to say i am making slow but steady steps.
I loved the experience and how simplified it was. Great!
This course is excellent.
Excellent course, very useful and didactic. High recommend!.
Great introduction to the world of guitar playing, which covers some basics and gives young musicians the essential foundation for future progress. Thanks for this course!
I expected something a little more faced paced from Berklee. But it was still good.
Had a great time participating in the class. I am happy I was able to upload samples and get feedback.
Great classes by great instructor. Sir explains things to a begginnner in such a fashion that no doubts arises and the lecture is really crisp and clear
I want to learn everything!
Great introduction to guitar, before this course I already played acoustic guitar but with this course I've got many techical info I didn't know, e.g. on guitar positions and scales
Thank you so much ,,, just my english not so good and google not help good ,,,pest regards coursera and teacher
Great course for beginners. Highly recommended. Great teacher, too.
Indeed a very useful course on Guitar. Thank you edX !
Very useful and interesting
Excellent! Very high quality for an introductory course. Absolutely recommendable.
It's very helpful!
like the way he teaches
Great job.
I have tried to learn guitar through regular classes with three music schools before. But have never been able to find it taught this simplified yet detailed. Kudos to our teacher. The playing gets so much easier when we know the logic. I feel more eager to take my instrument which has been lying in a corner for more than a year now. I just hope i would be able to enough time to practice and stay in touch with the instrument i love. Thanks coursera and Berklee college for this wonderful course and thanks sir for making me feel so much at ease with my guitar..
Great course!
Wonderful class.
Aswm course
Great course! Just wish I had the time necessary to dedicate to do well in it.
This is the first online course I take on music and gotta say it was really great. I have some basics on guitar but the theory was never given to me. I just followed. Now I am able to read basic music sheets and even though i still need more practice to fully understand everything the information will still be online. Thank you and keep it up with the great course.
i like this course very much the technique of teaching is simple and effective
Outstanding course! I was an absolute beginner and knew nothing about the guitar or how to play it. I now feel that I have great understanding and a strong foundation to build upon. It starts out fairly easy and takes you step by step through everything you need to know but builds quickly and takes lots of practice to become proficient with each of the lessons, especially if you've never played and instrument before. The biggest benefit from the class is that I know feel comfortable that I have sufficient knowledge that I can continue to develop my skills at my own pace using various on-line resources.
This is a very good class! Assignments get progressively challenging - especially the final lessons but this is what I wanted. Plan on putting in extra time and getting sore fingers. The videos are some of the most professional productions I have seen!
Great music course deserves spreading!
Too many bugs with Coursera. Issues occur with submissions. System indicates submissions were successfully submitted. Then when you log back in it indicates your assignment is over due. Now I can't
As a recent electrical engineer graduate in search of something different from my life's work, picking up the guitar was more than worth while, and this course was more than supplementary to that decision. Thaddeous young was great at introducing me to chords
I'm really glad to make part of this course and learn what I always dreamed to learn
Really hands-on and handy course for anyone who is a guitar beginner. Since I am a pianist. So I know all the musical theory parts. I didn't spend a lot of time on that. But all the other stuff are really useful. Thanks so much!
I love this course
I have been playing for many years but there is always things to learn or re-learn. I did both during this excellent course. Hogarth goes at a moderate speed. Especially helpful was the fact Mr. Hogarth speaks slowly and clearly. How nice!
The course is very good and get students familiar with basics of guitar very well.
The first few weeks are truly beginner/intro course stuff and the entire course is well taught. However, weeks 4-7 ramp up at far too fast of a pace. I spent 8-10 hours every week trying to keep up and it just moved too fast. The instructor was doing things at breakneck speed with little explanation. It gets very discouraging by the end because you simply can't play the material. I think this course is really for people who are re-learning guitar or already have musical backgrounds.
So far, I have been enjoying this course and I don't regret taking it. This course has helped me learning a lot of skills in Guitar. It's a course that anyone should take to know better about Guitar and the lecturer is friendly and understandably good. I know more, I learn more, and I love it more!
Easy to follow for begginers.
Great music theory!
Great material, great teacher, it was a pleasure taking this course.
This is a great course. Gentle on the beginner but very robust content.
This course is great, I learned a player, I never had played.
The course is really basic but the instructor is good. I liked the idea to submit the exercises and count on other students to review it, however, its a little bit annoying the exercises.
Great course for a guitar beginner!
Really good course
Excelent!! It Gives you all the necesary tools about theory and practice for the initiation on the guitar.
Great Course !! Awesome Experience...
I` m a zero on guitar, but I can keep up with the course, and I can feel my improvement.
Every week, it becomes harder and harder and I love it. I am also teaching this course to my brother so we can play guitar together.
Nice job but somewhat slow in presentation and lumbering. The playing on recording to other students for grades is way too cumbersome. Outside of the necessary downloads, recordings, playback the course was presented well and scales and position playing were particularly helpful and clear. Position playing is not as easy as one might perceived and the Instructor did a commendable job elaborating and in particular explaining how the information can be used to be creative and improvise.The reason not a 5 is that the grading is cumbersome and time-consuming to set up
Excellent, thorough, well presented course, with great assignments. Seems perfect, if a little fast paced for a complete novice.
Easy to understand.Helpful for new guitar learners!
It's my second enrollment in this course and I'm having again so much fun learning about the guitar.Great teacher, excellent course content. I highly recommend it! Thank you Berklee.Can't wait for an advanced guitar course !
i like this though i did not finished it
Overall, this course is excellent for both beginners and slightly experienced folks - or people wanting a beginning refresher. By the end of the 6th week, if you've practiced and turned in your assignments, you'll have the calluses and knowledge to keep plinking out tunes from the tabs you can find on the Interweb. Prof Hogarth's videos are easy to watch and helpful. The community of users and TAs is friendly and helpful, too.
Great course for learning the theory and techniques. It's difficult to master the new techniques/theory in only a week, but it builds a great foundation. After completing this course, the students should understand that there's still a lot of practice and time that needs to be put in, if playing fluently and effortlessly are the end objectives. I thoroughly enjoyed this course and plan on continuing to build upon what I learned.
Very good foundation knowledge for beginner :)
I loved your guitar course. It was well thought out. I will continue to work on the exercises you've given us.
Videos are well done. Starts out slow so you don't have to have any experience.
very usef
Professor Hogarth will build your confidence as you learn to play guitar.
Thank you Thadeus - wish you kept going! You are a great teacher, I'd do any course you taught. :)
Great for absolute beginners and those with some experience alike. Thaddeus Hogarth is an excellent instructor. I learned a lot.
Very good course which bring you into basics of music theory as well as how does it work on the guitar. Very recommended!
I found this course very Informative and it took me from knowing nothing to having a knowledge that can be built on. T Hogarth presented the course in a way even I could understand .All in all a course well worth taking
Only and best in its class
I love this course
Great course, now I understand what the pentatonic scale really is and the chromatic scale. Some of the Peer Reviews could crush you but this is the place to be a student and make mistakes. I made my first iPhone Garageband multi track for this course. Thanks Thadeus Hogarth and Berklee.
Cool!
It's OK
love thad!great course for beginners and experienced players looking to hone their skills
very basic, very clear, very good suggestions.
Well structured course content. Unfortunately, I am not able to do all the practical sessions on time :(
A clear and comprehensive introduction to guitare.
Wonderful introduction to guitar! Thaddeus takes the pace slow and explains concepts clearly.
more than a terrific tool to take the guitar without previous experience and finishing with the availability of playing songs, riffing and witha arpegees
good course and deadlines to keep us in track,but barre chords must be given more time to learn,and the course materials many are in just videos , please try to formulate all all the tab notations in pdfs as few were just in videos
good, good, good!proper balance between the theory and practice
Perfect to start playing the guitar. Totally recomended.
Awesome Course!
Finally... I'm learning guitar!
I'm enjoying creating my own music!
While it is a great course for all beginners to the Guitar, the only problem that I see is the grading system that is absolute loony. It is left to other students to grade it and that may or may not show up to be graded by other students. If it is not shown up to be graded by other students then you are left grade-less for that assignment hence leaving you unable to complete this course and you cannot receive your certificate or completion letter.
i really would like to take this course but do not have access to an instrument at this time. just wanted to say that it looks really good and in no way am i unenrolling due to how the course is perceived, i just cannot get a guitar to use at this time. thank you. :(
The tasks are easy to perform. An advanced course , which also requires scores is needed. The revisions are not made by the tutor.
Simple and available for the first step is suitable.
very clear and step-by-step instruction. Thanks for your efforts!
Thanks for everything....would you think a second course????
Excellent so far I'm learning lots. I course delivered at good pace. plenty of practice and theory is good tio
Thaddeus is adept at touching on the very basic essentials of the guitar--electric and acoustic. I personally have learned so much from him. He's smart in his approach, articulate, and makes it so anyone of any skill level can learn how to play. Before, I always believed learning an instrument was such a daunting and insurmountable task, but with this course I find myself wondering why I never decided to take up guitar in the first place! That beings said, there are few caveats I will insert here which will explain why I gave it 4/5 stars: (1) This is an introductory course in its purest form. What do I mean by that? Well, if you have any prior knowledge of the guitar (as I had), you will find the beginning to be very, verrry slow. You will soon discover that you are not as "beginner" as you initially thought yourself to be. Hence, you will likely be frustrated, almost insulted by the seemingly obvious information being told to you. (2) Peer f*ing reviews: the the bane of my existence. Well, that's not entirely true. To be fair, they can sometimes be very helpful, but come on, to have to sit and evaluate five, fiiiiiiiive people's homework assignments can take away a pretty sizable portion of your day you didn't necessarily plan on allotting. I suppose it is a necessary evil, but to me it's just evil. A dreaded nuisance, in my opinion. (3) This class is metronome-friendly-centric-heavy. I'm not a metronome person, myself, and I never will be, even after all the times I felt like I was trying to be converted into one. It works for some, but not me..... In conclusion, please do not allow these thoughts to waver your decision on whether to take the course, but instead just be mindful of them. Take them with a grain of salt. My experience with the course may not be your experience. If you are committed to learning the guitar, this is a fabulous course to take that will, in fact, teach you a great deal of what you need to know. I'm only on Week 6, but I'm excited to be moving forward and gaining even more knowledge!
Love this Course cause it gives you everything you need to work and prepare yourself.
I was looking for a course for a basic learner, this is not. I feel it very complicate and not friendly for a person with 0% guitar skills.
nice teaching
Great course
It seems more like a weekend lesson than a well prepared course, I mean, it looks that it had little preparation and too much improvisation, therefore, it should be a FREE (ar at least cheaper) certificate due the quite poor planning and execution.
I really helped to create an understanding of my instrument and music in general
Extremely good in taking a beginner and getting them on their way into guitar.
Amazing :) Really beneficial and really great. Clears all the basic and makes me excited and inspired to learn how to play guitar :)
It's the best first approach to the world of guitar
One of the best courses by Berklee College of Music
I really enjoyed the course. I felt some quizzes were too hard for the material previously covered and required several attempts.
This is a guitar class, done with class. Loved the teacher, Thaddius. After taking this class I got a job at a church playing guitar. This class increased my income by thousands a year.
Very nicely arranged course. Simple enough for beginners to follow and the well spaced deadlines keep you glued and dedicated. Loved the course. Feeling inspired to move on to an advanced course on guitar! :)
I learned quite a bit from this instructor in a short period of time. He has a way of explaining things that really makes it sink in. The one thing I would change is not to have so many chords to learn in one week toward the end of the class. I would add a few weeks to the course.
The course is very good! Amazing how the elements are covered and explained. The only thing I missed was more exercises, more scales to practice.
Very good course for begginers.But just for begginers
very well explained , and highly practical approach....
It is good to get started through this course. But the material could have been more clear.
this is the best class to lear guitar i have got lear guitar rally nicely thanx
very cool as guitar studying should be! THX
Awesome intro to guitar playing
Lots of good information. Perfect for beginners and for pros. I
Excellent. However I do not know why I can not get something like confirmation after I finished the course.
Very good! This course give you a solid introduction to the world of guitar. Easy to follow, clear explanations and examples. I strongly recommend it (and look forward hearing from the next one!)
This is a good beginner's course, with clear instructions guiding the student along a progressive path. I'm not convinced that the peer review system is of much use at this level.
While the course is definitely very good and thorough, the difficulty of each week is raising exponentially. First just learn one chord shape... then learn some picking techniques... then a small set of obscure and rarely used scales... and then suddenly a HUGE bunch of open chords, movable chords, power chords and a song too! Of course you got to play it all sounding nice and even like a metronome or your peers will pull your score down heavy. Maybe I'm not the most gifted guitarist, but I really felt like the learning curve here was just unfairly steep. I'm still giving the course 4 stars, because the material is still really good, but if you are beginner, be prepared to take it twice.
Very good corse!!!
The teacher is so considerable for us, he mentioned about some difficulties we might faced with during the guitar learning period. It's so useful, because we can prepare ourselves mentally to face these kinds of problems. Thanks a lot.
Good coverage of fundamentals with a hands-on approach
Fantastic course. Learning a lot, will dive deeper into the berklee courses for sure, very high quality material.
It's great, but I wish there was more in it.
I love it !!!
If you want to see big improvements in your guitar playing, then enroll in this course. The course is well-suited for beginners with or without prior knowledge of the guitar. Everything that you need to know to jumpstart your guitar playing will be discussed in this course. Major takeaways from this course are the beautiful pieces and exercises that will help you have a focused practice session.
Well structured, hope theres more guitar courses out there with more advanced topics, plz do consider making one, will be waiting :)
This is an in depth guitar course that takes the beginner through what gear to purchase, to playing techniques, and hands on guitar experience. From notes to scales and chords to songs, if you want to learn how to play the guitar, this course is highly recommended.
Thanks I really enjoyed this course and I've learned a lot!
the best course so far for me
I got a lot of knowledge from this course and I will continue learning more about guitar . And very thanks to tutor.
Excellent training, i want to take anothers like this.
Great course for those whose to start learning guitar. Its all the basics you need (Chords, Scales etc.)
very complete
great course,very enlightening and educational and fun as well
Great!
really enjoyed this class, learned a lot and gained confidence!
Great course. Very effective teaching and relative topics.
Excelent pace, depth and... rithm! :-)
I was unable to complete the course, however, the sections that I did engage were very helpful and well designed for motivated beginning guitarists.
Excellent aproach to the Guitar!!!
I like the flow of the lessons. The videos are well-recorded and edited in a way that presents the lessons with smooth transitions. Explanations are clear and detailed enough for an introductory course. Demonstrations on playing a guitar are well done. I truly enjoy the course.
Really enjoyed this course and the people who participated. Thank you.
It's being great to follow this course. It's inspiring me to learn how to play and to learn a little more by myself. Very complete course.
Great introduction!
Great teacher, excellent videos and great topics.
Great Course! thanks to Berklee College of Music to give this to any interested human being on earth!
So far this course is amazing! The teacher is phenomenal and will most defiantly help me with my guitar. Within the first week I have realized that there is so much more to a guitar than just the guitar, the picks, and the case. I recommend this course for anyone looking on information on the guitar.
Very good course and teacher, specially about notations and staff and.
The best online course that I have been. Excellent teacher and plataform.
I really enjoy this course. Everything is so clear.
Musical syllabus is challenging, but yields rewarding accomplishment upon completion of the course.There is insufficient staff monitoring and student support during the course. Be aware that you should be proficient in recording your music on your pc including being able to integrate chords and melodies of the same piece into one recording.Newbies to guitar need to begin finger flexibility and strengthening exercises before starting the course as it will be difficult to keep up with the course and the required practice time if you are struggling with finger soreness and fatigue.
It's a useful course for me to learn guitar systematically.
It would have been good to have more assignments using more complex songs and asking for students to try soloing.
Very Good!!!! Excellent
This is just what it says it is...an intro to guitar. Enjoy!
Great course!
i love this course
Dear Friends,I really enjoyed this course, specially the way "Thaddeus Hogarth" teach the course, It is unbelievably strong and master piece.Thanks a lot "Thaddeus Hogarth"God bless you
The studiant do himself the teacher.
i love this course
Reasonable arrangement for entry level. Strongly recommended.
easy to learn!!!I like it so much!!!
Excellent course for those who are beginning to play the guitar and initiating their experiments on the world of music!
I get it once, and I am doing a review now.This college is awsome, this course too.Maybe someday I will be there!
A very informative course. I realized that I still got LOTS to learn to things that I love to do. The teacher is great. Teaching made easy. No need to pay expensive sessions. Salute to coursera and Berklee!
Great course!!
Great course!Very intuitive and clear.Thanks professor Thaddeus Hogarth.
I simply love this course...It's is so easy to understand everything you need to know about a guitar....Thanks a lot !
love this course give a basic understanding of Guitar
Excellent course so long as you have the time to put in some practice.
I love this course, the instructor is teaching from the basics and nicely in a easy and simple to understand language
It is incredibly interesting! I enjoy it a lot!
Great Lessons!
I like this course. I would like other similar about guitar. Thanks
Interesting professor. I am learning and having a lot fun
loved it, I took guitar lessons when I was a kid and hated it. this course made it fun! it took the mystery out of it so I can see the big picture and got me playing the guitar
Thadeus is very patient sounding and doesn't rush and explains things completely. Practicing really helps you keep up with the class.
concept clearing and building strong enough!
Very good course!
Cool
Excellent course for beginners with ambitions.
Very good introduction course which will put you on solid path of playing guitar :)
I'm new to learning guitar. This is a great mix of information and practicing. Love his method of teaching and what I've learned. Very well done.
Simply the best.
A nice introduction to playing guitar
Just what i needed to have a better understanding of guitar theory
Nicely Introduced..
Though I have learned guitar for many years. This intro course still inspired me and give me a lot of important basic guitar knowledge. After this course, I think I can go futher in my guitar. Hope soon will have futher course for high level. : )
Great course - thanks!
sample to learn,very good!
A procrastinator gets his power.
I like the way he teaches the basic.
Content was a good range of beginner to more advanced. As a guitarist of 7 years I have learned a lot more that will help me advance my guitar playing.
i always wanted to be a student of Berklee!!! finally it happened!!
So glad to renew my knowledge about playing a guitar.
all my argument against learning a skill like guitar or piano from watching videos was defeated after i've viewed this course
Excellent precision. Great teacher...! Not the one who rushes through to complete the lessons in a hurry but he really takes it slow and makes it very understanding for slow learners and beginners.I love coursera...! Great innovation. Awesome work! Keep it up guys..!Also Berklee college of music, thank you for making thousands of distressed and unlucky students(for various reasons) be a part of your great culture of music and valuable teaching.Hats off!!!
very good understanding of guitar
About: First Lessons contain some Interface/Questionnaire errors.Hi, I reckon it's a tad too early to rate this course since it is only going to start - but I didn't see another option to contact the Course Administrator other than trough the rating process.When going through the introduction of this course, there were multiple errors in the Quizzes/Q&A's. EG: On a question with 1 correct answer, the solution page would also show the clearly wrong answers as "correct" (or "correct, well done"). There were several examples like this. It was only a bit confusing at start (this is my very first course on Coursera, maybe it's common thing to happen.)There was also no option in these videos to thumb-up or -down vote, or to report a problem, like I had seen on other courses.In my opinion the videos were well spoken and easy to understand, and they included everything one could think of when first considering to start playing the guitar. Only the beginning of the first video had a slight feeling of "Ok, I'm a bit annoyed to do this now" but that could easily be a misinterpretation or a strategy to capture interest. ;-)I do believe it's a good thing that T. shows all the possible extra's one can buy for a guitar, half of which no guitar player I know owns and which, all together would cost almost as much a beginner guitar, but I believe he omitted that guitar strings generally live longer when you clean the strings with a cloth where you touched them after playing. That's a good maintenance practice if you cannot afford to buy 2 sets of strings every month.Maybe a good addition would be that guitars/instruments can also be rented for relatively cheap, instead of having to spend 500-1000 before even knowing what to look (listen) for when buying a guitar.To me the questions until now were a bit too easy but that's Ok. I might be studying with people half my age so that's fine. Especially the first questions should not be frightening but at least tickle your brain "a little bit" instead of just repeating a word from the video.Thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward to study with you (all) !Sincerely, Xavier Weydert
Good introduction to basic guitar and musical concepts such as chord diagrams, tabs, musical notation. Good video lectures and challenging (for beginners) exercises after each lesson. Recording device of some type is required, even if as simple as a computer microphone and audacity.
This is a complete intro guitar course! Every detail is showed... there's no excuses, and only one direction: learn!
This course is very good!Congratulations!Roberto Afonso!
Perfect for beginners!
Great course!
simple and fun
just started so tryen to get a hang of it ill rate better later if i like it but my minds tellen me that im going to be rating you guys 5 stars later in the futer
I would like to read a quiz in spanish that's all.
very good framework to understand and build teams but also with very actionable tools in a day-by-day job reality
Some excellent insights, albeit a bit too superficial in my view. Would have loved to see some concepts explored more in depth
I just completed week one and can already say that this course is going to help me a lot! I work as a Healthcare Quality Manager and one of my challenges is always how do I get people engaged and excited about the rules, regulations and standards that I'm trying to enforce. The course is very specific as to how to build high-performing teams and the pace is such that it's not overwhelming.
An excellent course for those who strive to speak more confidently and professionally.
Awesome course in Public Speaking from Dr. Matt McGarrity and same awesomeness level! This is the second course in this specialization out of four and I am going to finish them all.I recommend this course to everyone regardless you activity, job and lifestyle!
Very informative and well structured course!
Excellent course! I now feel completely competent in using ArcGIS.
A good course with clear instructional materials and excellent presentation. However the reason it does not get 5 stars is that when I signed up to the GIS specialisation in April 2016 I was led to believe that course instructors would review my capstone project. Indeed, this was one of the incentives for me in signing on to the specialisation. I realise that with the number of students undertaking the course this did not become very practical, so that the capstone project was peer reviewed instead. I found this somewhat disappointing though as the feedback gained was often quite limited and it reduced the value of the Certificate.
This course, this whole specialization, was extremely challenging and at times frustrating but also rewarding and very thorough in what it covers in GIS. Further, Nick Santos is an outstanding professor who gives the necessary time to students!
Great...
this course is fabulous ,working on gis project is an important thing that i have learned from this course
Great class! It was very helpful to bring all of my new skills together for one final project.
Great class, helpful professor and admin!Definitely scratched the core of arcGIS, and will be doing more analysis in the future!
i loved participating in this course. I really learned a lot. :) thank you
Very resourceful course for those who want to learn GIS.
Great class! Absolutely enjoyable!!
nice chemical course for beginners
Thank you for this course! It was very engaging. The instructor's explanations were clear and the demonstrations were excellent.
There were some errors in the video playback, one entire lesson near the end seemed like it was skipped.
I only wish there was more.
Very clear and accessible!
Very professional!!!
A very good course to review basic college chemistry, or to prepare for for taking a college course if High School chemistry was taken too long ago. Highly recommended!
Just the right amount of detail. I especially like the treatment of the Periodic Table, periodicity, and the properties of the elements.Prof. Dorian Canelas is a superb instructor. Her logical, structured approach to the lecture topics is first rate and her demeanor and obvious enthusiasm and love for Chemistry is so enjoyable.
Thank you Dorian, I have learned a lot on the basics of chemistry and chemical reactions
Some quiz answers were marked wrong when they were correct
Strongly recommend this to people who lack backgrounds in chemistry or those who want to revisit knowledge they've not come across for a long time. I learnt a lot! :)
Good course for
Wonderful course!
This course starts off interesting and then just gets absurd. A huge chunk of the genetic part has activities where you have to translate large genetic sequences by hand. If you don't have access to a printer, trying to break up genetic codes into 3-letter codons and translating them is an exercise in frustration. Plus the sequences are not even easily formatted for printing as they are all images so you can't even just copy them into an editor and break up the sequences.This was only the second course I dropped on Cousera.
Very unclear in the way it was presented and the subject that are being talked about and not very interesting, partly because it was to easy for me.
I love this course
Extremely interesting, well conducted and achievable of the difficult toolls
This course is okay
great course....fun and interesting.
a very interesting course, but the explanation is slow sometimes.
I loved it! I was looking for a course that taught about evolution without going too deep into Genetics (since it has proven to be too tough for me). I loved this course's approach for people who have no previous knowledge on either field! Thank you!
I enjoyed doing this course, however, couldn't get 80% correct in the last quiz, as I didn't quite grasp the DNA part. However, I did this course for fun and am quite content with 77%!!
It's a very good course, i will do more!
This course was incredible! The videos were interesting and included field trips and dialogue that made it spectacular and enjoyable to learn. You were able to take every graded assignment and participate even if you did not have money to buy the certificate. I learned so much and feel like my mind has been widened. I wish it had talked a bit more about how humans are evolving because that was super interesting, and a few test items would not grade correctly, but other than that it was perfect! Thank you so much for providing this excellent course for free for us! It must of took so much time and collaborative effort I applaud you for your generosity. It makes me wish I could go to this school.
The course is really interesting, but it need a content review. Several - roughly 50% - of the links for external contents, especially when they are from newspapers, are broken.That considered, it was a fascinating journey.
Fantastic course. I loved the examples of iconic photos which I had seen but now better understand their significance. I hadn't seen many of the Stalin photos, however. Its amazing how politicians can manipulate us ala George Orwell........
Half of the links to external readings and videos did not work, which is the reason I did not complete the course. It made taking the quizzes fairly impossible unless I wanted to spend my time googling the answers.
It very important information! this course have to be passed by every mom and dad.
The quizes and tests had trivial answers, almost all could have been answered without watching the videos. More additional resources and a block on adult transgender persons, rather than just a couple of token transgender adults who are Stanford professors, would be nice. The videos were good, especially the ones involving children. The videos with professors were decent but could have been better.
This is a wonderful class! It tells me about what's the real meaning of gender. The world is with diversity. Everyone has the right to be the authentic self and respect other's choice.
I would love to provide this course to the faculty and staff at the school district where I work. I felt that I had an understanding of transgender but I was wrong. I truly enjoyed this course.
Wonderful course. Great videos and quizzes. A fantastic resource for parents, teachers, and healthcare providers.
Great info and delivery, thank you Maya.
Solid, well-organized information and a great list of resources.
Because of a special circumstance I recently experience at my child school, the schools Head Master and the early childhood principal recommended this course to me. It was the perfect fit and had all the information I need to be part of the conversation regarding the gender spectrum. Also this is the first course I complete in this platform. It left me completely satisfied.
Well presented and easy to understand. It would be good to see more information relevant to high school aged children.
amazing vital course for all parents, professionals and anyone who wants to make the world more inclusive , thank
I am going to recommend this course to other teachers and counselors at my school site. I feel it is important that everyone understands this issue is real, it's not a "phase" kids go through, and it is not something that can be swept under a rug and ignored. As public school educators it is our moral obligation to ensure a safe and inclusive learning environment for all our students. Period.
I found the videos and graphics to be very engaging and helpful in teaching me more about a concept that I find to be incredibly important yet I did not know enough about. I definitely recommend the course!
Very engaging and informative!
A really good course to learn more about transgender child's and how to make world more diverse and welcoming for transgender people.
Important, poignant, enlightening and moving! Cannot recommend this course enough.
Thanks so much for offering this course and helping others to learn about Health Across the Gender Spectrum!
Wonderful introductory course to gender inclusion!
I enjoy this training. I looked at it as a refresher course and how to be more mindful of how I interact with others including
Great class! Allowed me to see issues from another perspective as well as showing me way to make my environment more gender inclusive. THANKS!
So helpful! Really well done. The videos were GREAT and I want to come back and revisit them from time to time. I will also share these with my counselor friends and other educators so they can learn as well.
The course allowed me to thoroughly understand the topic of gender spectrum. I have learned how I, as and individual, could help transgender people and their surroundings to strengthen their understanding, acceptance and relationship. I would recommend this course for anyone who is interested to learn about the diversity which life has to offer to us.
This is a great introductory course for the Health of Transgendered youths. Many intersections such as, socio-economic factors, race, geography, or access issues are not addressed which heavily impact this community and possible families that are disenfranchised by these disparities.
Excellent content delivered in a manner that is easy to listen to and view. Great personal stories that help the "student" see real people and hear their views and feelings. Excellent course, thank you.
Thank you for this course! The people, their stories and the illustrations are heart-warming and give me hope for a better world.
Best way to learn about the Gender Spectrum!
Excellent course to learn and review health issues and general information across the gender spectrum. Also to have a better understanding of children as they are trying to understand t
Great use of time. Great introduction to the Gender Spectrum. Provided a variety of tools to support a transgender child. Recommended for parents, teachers, educational administration and all health care providers serving children.
this course is very complete in the aspect to learn different things to orientation in our lifes
Good to understand about gender
A very timely and worthwhile course. I love how it is about learning and teaching important subject matter rather than being onerous and difficult. The videos are incredibly effective. Maya models the attributes of inclusivity and compassion that are necessary for this course.
Useful primer on applying inclusive principles across spaces
Very grateful to take this!
So appreciate this course and Dr Adam for creating it! It has been so helpful to understand what is happening to our children and to learn how we, as parents, adults, communities, and society can help encourage!
A wonderful course that opened my mind to something I had tried to understand, but couldn't. Thank you for sharing the individual stories and experiences.
Thank you, Maya, for your inspiring and kind-hearted course
To be honest I believed that this course would help me understand better transgender individuals, but it didn't. It feels like the instructors assumed I already accept this condition without question, the course is thought provoking of course, but not as informative as I thought it would be. I am more open to learn more about this topic though.
Health Across the Gender Spectrum is a very significant course. It lets me understand what transgender is and how we should do to respect and welcome them. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for building and sharing this BEAUTIFUL community, to let us know how inclusive we can be and what it means to love and accept our family and friends for who they truly are.
This is a course all education teachers, parents and social workers should take.
This course should be required learning for everyone. Accepting people for who they are is the greatest gift we can give people.
I took this amazing course and found myself crying through the first 3 videos. I never knew what the child and parents experienc. My state is planning to pass a "bathroom bill' and I now know the full horrors of that. Being transgender is not a religious issue or a female privacy issue, but rather reaching out to children who need acceptane, support, and understanding. A wonderful course taught in a beautiful manner. A must for all teachers, parents, and healthcare providers! Thank you!
Great course, I really liked it. I found it very educating and enjoyed the interviews of the children most of all.I feel the class would benefit by discussing how gender roles are formed in society, why are pervasive through many aspects of society, how they are historically evolved, comparison in more aspects with the societies mentioned that are more open to gender fluidity etc. That would help us understand whether there is a necessity behind the gender roles or whether it is a natural step to drop them altogether, how they apply to other gender defined groups etc. I see why this would give the class a more society critical and perhaps political dimension however.
Fantastic course! I think you could expand the title though not just to be about health because it really includes much more. Teachers and others may not have taken the course because ti specifically says health but it is so important for them to become familiar with this content as well to help build a more gender inclusive society.
I hope this course won't "suffer" the bubble-effect in that only open minded people take it. The question is, how can we achieve that people who really need it actually take it!
Oh My God. What a superb course. What a superb teacher. Fantastic teaching methodology. The ultimate way to advise parents to know and respect their kids. Kudos you endeavour to create a better society.
I really enjoyed the class. Opened up my eyes to a new level. Being a mom i feel i am more aware and listen to what the little ones say. Honor and respect their view. Thank you!
Simply lovely, and useful, and mind broadening <3 i loved it
a very informative course with many real stories and interview, which provide a concrete knowledge about the gender spectrum.
Very moving and presents a lot of good information on the basic issues transgender people face.
This course is amazing, I will recommend it to all my friends.
Everyone should engage in this course
very helpful
Great course to create awareness.
good class for learning about how to be inclusive and health for everyone on the gender spectrum
I found this course very informative. It explain gender expectrum in a way that was clearly understood. I enjoyed having listened to personal experiences from parents and teachers of transgender children as well as personal stories of transgender individuals. This course has helped me by providing me with understanding about what is like being transgender. It also has given me the tools to be supportive and inclusive of transgender individuals and their families.
This was a very interesting and mind-opening course. I have to admit that I did not give much thought to transgender, and I am very glad that this course was suggested by Maya Adam, MD in another course. I hope this information spreads around the world and we all become more inclusive and caring.
Easy to follow and so tender. We shall understand that all people deserve love.
This was a great course, I learnt a lot !!
I wish I had known this 20 years ago. Thank you.
excellent content and very timely. Thank you for providing this course and thank you all for sharing your stories.
Definite course for people to learn and obtain a tool kit to understand transgender!
Every mental health professional and professional that works with children should take this course
I found this course to be eye opening, and wonderful in showing the range and variations the transgender community may contain. It helped add language and clarification of terms that are needed. It was nice to hear the stories of the children as well as the parents. It would have helped me to hear from those who are not handling the needs of their child who identifies cross gender. The levels of support shown by the parents was comforting but also seemed too good to be true. I would not have had that level of support in my own family by far. This was a wonderful course, keep up the great work.
Takes your ideals one step further.
I thought this course was mostly very well done. I would love to get in touch with the professor who created the course, and may try to reach out via other means. I am a transgender grad student at Mills College working on gender inclusive early childhood education.One note specifically for Coursera, though... The honor code validation use of "legal name" on a course about transgender rights/health poses a particular emotional barrier for transgender people taking the course. Many transgender people go by names that are not their legal name and may or may not be able to change their legal names due to complicated laws and requirements. Having folks sign using their legal name is a potentially hostile, if relatively passive, act towards some transgender folks taking this class.
Excellent introductory course. Well worth the effort and valuable for parents, family, teachers, healthcare workers and others.
Amazing course!!! Recommend everyone to take it
nice course, but assginment would be designed better.
This course is very great for me to learn how to use python to get data and analysis big data. Thanks for my great teacher Zhang Li.
help basic learner to quickly learn python.
i like this course very much!the teacher speak very clearly!
This course is really interesting! Something in week4 and week5 is relatively complex and we can explore more in this field later!
Very clear!
very great!!
Great class. It would be better to provide English version quiz
Miss Zhang Li is so fun and humorous, and her lectures are very easy to understand. By taking this course, i got a fundamental picture about using Python to analyze data.
simple but practical, friendly to newer!
Great course! Helps a lot!
A nice course for Python beginner or even Programming beginner, but not suitable for a professional developer, most of the concepts are too basic, the SciPy lectures are complicate to me though.
This is the ONLY complete course on Python that I can find on Coursera.
eally good course, I learn a lot. I hope I can see the correct answers after I finished the quiz.
best class ever
1.Main topics about python has been explained clearly2. The tests after lessons are supposed to be answered & re-examined and can be confirmed independently with Python(x,y)3. The final application is funny.4. Look forward for more lessons like this.5. Thanks for sharing.
A very good introductory course on Python data analysis !
cool
入门python很好的课程，i love it.
nice course for python newbies
im so proud that it is from a chinese university, and it must be unique.
relative low efficiency to learn
teacher is so fashion
Awesome! I've taken Michigan's Python specialization, but I would say this course from Nanjing University is much better.
This introductory course is fairly detailed and with depth. I have used Python for a while, but still I feel this course is a nice review to revisit basics in Python. It is a pity that it's only in Chinese and there aren't hands on programming projects but only quiz.
This is a very easy and acceptable course to learn Python and Data Processing.
good python course！
Nice course, it is helpul for the freshmen to begin data analytics using python.
A very useful course for guys who are not familiar with how to use Python to do data analysis.
Awesome course! recommend!!!!
The course teaches quite a lot of basic things of Python programming. It's quite helpful for beginners.
The teacher use a very Kind manner to communicate with us!Very appreciated that!
Too fast;
Easy to learn. Good for beginners.
It would be better if you discussed more about using python to process data
I don't want to do the exercise.
Great, but the final lecture still not easy.
I think the teacher is very good!
excellent introduction course for python
Pretty useful course!
Very useful course for me.
This course is very interesting and informative. Thanks a million to Ms Zhang~
I think it is really nice
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This course is very important
A simple ,straight forward ,applicable only content based learning platform.Build on intensity and or added courses that furthers this area of learning.thank you for the experience.
It was very enlightening; it made me realize the complexities and evolution of diplomacy while understanding what it takes to become a good diplomat in general. Specifically, I got new insights on how I can impact positively within the realm of nature conservation from a global perspective and how to tackle the threats we are facing in the near future. I would have liked though a bit more interaction with the experts and opinions from them on my/our submissions.
More timely and relevant text material would have greatly helped in broadening our understanding. Basic and easy for beginners to grasp.
Good course; but the class do not contributed
Through "Global Diplomacy" I learnt the difference between an ambassador and diplomat, and successful diplomacy and failed diplomacy. I also learnt qualities of a good diplomat and their importance to successful negotiation. This course has deepened my interest in Diplomacy .
The professors was really experts in the subject of the course. Really great information. I learn a lot. Was so easy to understand. Thank you.
It isn't too long or serious, but very helpful in creating a broad idea of what diplomacy is. I especially enjoyed getting to view the various thoughts and opinions of other people from different cultures. I definitely recommend taking this course!!
Great course
interesting. enjoyed learning
Very insightful
Yeah, this course is REALLY different from other MOOCs. I wonder if I can learn anything from a course that contains such little content.
Amazing course! I highly recommend it !
The course was very informative. I feel i have learnt a lot when it comes to global diplomacy and I definitely will continue learning more about this course
Excellent Mooc that help you to understand the basic terms regarding diplomacy now a days.
The course has given me a better understanding of the Diplomacy.
its really a superb course to understand diplomacy in international arena. it helped me alot
This course is fascinating and the lecturers are so great.
Good course, but very introductory.
Great
As an International Relations with Politics student, I am very satisfied with the content and concept of this course. Definitely well-organized and helpful course related to my subject.
Great course, full of lots of interesting and useful readings regarding the theory and practice of diplomacy worldwide!
I am thankful that this opportunity was given to me
The course provided a thorough grounding in Global Diplomacy and how it relates to the everyday world.
This course is fun, but the instructor or course admins need to put more videos, contents and information to the course than just a few videos, few topics per week like this. The Global Diplomacy course should provide clearer and deeper about diplomacy than to pose what is diplomacy or what the diplomats do in their very actions of daily routines.
Very o
Very little content on offer other than some short clips and mildly interesting readings. The vast majority of the course is dedicated to short writing tasks that are supposed to get you engaged (i.e. discussing) diplomacy, but the practical effect is at best busy work with little new knowledge or insights gained. Extremely disappointed.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! Learned a lot from my classmates and the professors as well.
Really enjoyed the course. Professors appear to be very competent and the lecture content is thoroughly interesting. Wish there was a bit more content overall.
I enjoyed my time learning in this course. But I actually have a concern: even though the materials were difficult enough for me to study (FYI: I am not a student from social science background), should not this course have been more challenging especially for them who pursued a verified certificate like me? What is your opinion?
Very interesting course! The lectures are great; so is the cooperative format of the course.
I have completed two other Coursera courses for certificates, where I learned much more. The quantity and quality of the content - both video's and reading materials - is significantly lower than that of the other courses, where I really had to take notes and read much more. The assignments are way to general and do not require much preparation, which hardly makes them serious learning exercises. Frankly, I could have done some interviews and research online and make a a course like this myself...
The course was very interesting. I liked that I could share my views on diplomacy in the form of short essays and fellow peers could grade my work. In my opinion, the course could also include short quiz tests so that course participants practice the material more.
I really enjoyed this course. It refreshed the theme and gave me more insight.
A meeting place with the theoretical and practical analysis about the diplomacy and its relevance in the modern world.
this is an awesome course and i'm so much enjoying it. and i learned how to keep dialogue with others and how to master my words so that i can keep communicating with others. thanks a lot!
A great course, providing a broad perspective on diplomacy and the role of the diplomat.
I was so delighted to get involved in this course about diplomacy in the modern world , I was able to gain and grasp more knowldege related to different styles of diplomacy and how diplomats should behave to create a kind of peace-building . Thank you so much London University
Very instructive course
this course exceeds expectancy
This is an educative programme. I have gained some knowledge in the subject area. It as increased my interest Global Diplomacy. Also opportunity to read more about the theory and practice of Global Diplomacy. It will go a long way to enhance my skills as a diplomate to influence leadership positively at all levels of life to build positive net work, develop appropriate diplomatic skills to enhance international relations, negotiations, and ensure peace and security in contemporary global world.
Love the grading method! It helpts to review and excercise and think about your task when you read and rate other people - Great!
It is alright but several people take advantage of the lax review criteria to submit one letter reviews. Better grading system would be good. Material is all fine.
Its was great
I love this course. It helped me a lot inn understanding Diplomacy.
This was a great course. It provided me with a high level of insight regarding diplomacy that I was eager to learn and know. I never studies anything to do with politics prior to this course, so I am surprised that I was able to follow the curriculum and enjoy it all at the same time.
I really learned a lot about Diplomacy, this course is very well-structured.
Not as advanced as other Coursera courses, this course if for participants who do not have any background in international relations and diplomacy. Wish they would have made it more advanced.
Too many speakers. Not very well-coordinated or organized. Very wordy and diffuse. Where is the gist of what they are saying in so many words?
The lectures were not very interesting or instructive. The reading materials were much more so. However, the assignments in the class were based much more on the lectures and on self-reflection than on the materials. I learned a little bit, and as such found the course worth the time I put into it, but I almost think one could get through this course with little difficulty without reading any of the written materials, and thus derive very little benefit from it. I would encourage the makers of this course to do a significant revamping.(In addition to greater incorporation and emphasis on the written materials, I think more real-life examples of diplomatic successes and failures would be a far more effective and entertaining use of the lecture time than the esoteric philosophising that seems to characterize it in this edition.)
Good for entering stage learners. I like to texts and reference reading materials which are significant and informative in the field. Benefit a lot.
It was very exciting and interesting experience for me. I`ve learned many new things. There`re educational videos about diplomacy from the best professors of University in London. I liked it very much!
The course features great videos with experts on diplomacy. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about this field of study.
This course is interesting where it develops your understanding in International Relations and Diplomacy protocols. I love the course to strengthen my knowledge on Foreign Policy. Happy study
The course provides an insight into the world of diplomacy with recent examples of failures and successes. I would highly recommend this course to policy makers and also to those seeking to widen their horizons in diplomacy.
I really enjoy
I wish there is a continuation of this course online. :)
Very good course - the team put together thought provoking video material, and the reading material was well thought out for this course.
I found the format of the course very engaging and interesting.
Relaxed course, giving you the chance to observe both other students and experts' opinions on the matter. Really makes you think about the concepts. Well designed.
Excellent course, I highly recommend to anyone who is interest in obtaining an insight in the field of Diplomacy. The videos and lectures and overall course material was very informative and interesting.
my first ever experience with coursera and this course made me to make a fabulous start.
An amazing Course!
Very interesting Course
well structured
I would love to see this interesting lightweight introduction grow into a solid university level course with more reading, weekly added content, tests, academic discussions and a proactive moderator at the forum.
very general ideas about diplomacy but nothing concrete
A different approach to online learning. Requires concrete proof of feedback that reflects interaction and contemplation of the learner with the content given. Excellent course.
I loved the approach of the course and the peer review activities. I think that for such a theme, it was fantastic to have multiple experts give their opinions and ideas about the subject at hand. I am looking forward for more courses like this!
A very good course and very engaging
Interesting online course as introduction with brief concepts and definitions on diplomacy, its role, influence and interaction in the modern world. Recommend others to attend this online course to gain required intro knowledge on diplomacy.
A great course!!
nice course, reality course today, but it's also important to add how to use diplomacy as a guns against terrorism"
I would like to give you the High Marks .This Course is properly arranged and it includes most of the needed factors student like us specially a student from Sri Lanka ,This is really good.And would like to guaranty this course to my friends.Macy!!!
Great place to think and share ideas. Highly
Very good videos and article sharing!
It was a great experience! Definitely gained more knowledge about diplomacy.
A solid introductory course, with some interesting course materials and thought-provoking questions.
I am finding that the material is very relevant to our present era. I see now many news items which relate to the learning available in this course. I like writing about the topics, the activity firms up my understanding of those topics.
An Excellent introduction to the world of Global Diplomacy from a World Renowned University
nice course! nice teacher! very practical knowledge and ex
Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us. I am very happy to have had the opportunity to be in such an EXCELLENT course. I will continue studying in this area.
It summarizes views from different authority in the area. It takes 30 minutes to an hour to do the coursework. It's highly participatory.
Great course. I learned a lot and enjoyed the lectures. Thanks.
Great examples and lectures. Really clear
Wonderful course!
It's really useful and easy to understand for newbie person like me. Thank you so much!
Thank you for your fantastic presentations. This material helped so much in my education and may be I'll use it in my work.
Highly recommended introductory course for anyone getting into experimentation. I found the starting point appropriate for total novices (though for someone with some background, the pacing felt very slow and repetitive at times), but there was a well-defined progression from the simplest to more advanced concepts.I would have appreciated some more theoretical content, both foundational and advanced, and the pacing/structure could use some rethinking to avoid staleness, but overall this is a very nice introduction to important aspects of design of experiments and optimization.
The content of the course it's excellent
Great course. Sort of SW's Rogue One - the one after that you eant to study the univers of engenering.
I really enjoyed this course. It was my first introduction to Design of Experiments topics and I am taking away a lot of knowledge! The pace is just right and the material is covered in a clear manner.
Great course! A very useful one.
This course is an excellent starting platform for those, who wants to learn more about process optimization. The designing, of course, is excellent and examples are straightforward and easy to understand in each module. I hope tutor, of course, Kevin Dunn, will come with some more advanced course for same. I will like to thank Dr. Kevin Dunn and his team for such making such course.
I love this course. The content helped me a lot to get more clarity on this area.The content is structured in six weekly modules and every section is very well prepared. The videos are interesting and have the right length (not too long) and helped me to stay on track.
excellent course and professor goes with a steady pace
It is useful and help me arrange my experiment
Thanks
PROSGreat explanations by the instructor. Easy to understand course- with real world examples.CONSPacing was too slow.Too simple and easy for the 5 weeks of coursework in my opinion. Several harder concepts could be covered in the time that the course ran. Problems were also very simple and not very challenging.
Very nice topic, intresting examples and great classes.
It was the first I joined and it was excellent.
Excellent course, very helpful
Great course. I wish there were homework assignments though to make it more engaging. One of the best courses I have taken in coursera
Perfect !!! The best course on experiment I've ever take.
Simply to understand. Useful for my work.
Grounded in real world use. Prepares the student for immediate application of the concepts taught.
Great course! I learnt many useful concepts which I found to be very well explained. I really enjoyed doing the course.
Interesting and developing both analytical and creative thinking. The lecturer took care to bring lots of real live examples which are fun to analyze. Participating in this course is a real pleasure and a great fun.
Very interesting course for those who want to discover the worl of the experimental design. I recommend it!
great course. highly organized and well presented. additional resources are very useful. thanks.
Very understandable and clear for everyone
A decent online course who taught me a lot of very useful information related to experimental design. High recommend. The only drawback is the course is a little be short.
Love this course. Very useful.
That was the best course I have taken at coursera. though, it could be better with the next one.
Takes you by the hand, even if you have little or no background to the course elements, in order for you to learn what may have otherwise been a fairly challenging topic. Certainly recommended!
Very informative and easy to understand.
I dislike the way the grade is settled. Because of the difficulty and technicality of the course, passing grade should be 7 out of 9, instead of 8 out of 9. We are not PhD's, but student learners.......
This is one of the best organized course on the subject. It is vast and complicated area , however thanks to Kevin for making it so simple , most beautiful part is, the way Fractional Factorial has been introduced and integrated into course.Once completed students would be leave with a deep first level knowledge to take it forward. Once again thanks for a beautiful course.
Excellent course! Thank you for providing it!
This course is worth learning.I like this course as It is really applicable, very well prepared, the ideas are presented in a clear way. I would definitely choose this course again (and recommend to my friends), despite the fact that I had to spend really a lot more time, than on other coursera courses, i.e. ~3-6 hours studying the material.
I've been providing a lot of great insight in my daily job activities because of what I am learning in this course.
Great lesson, congratulations to the Professor
Experimentation for process improvement is an excellent course and it will make a better and wiser experimenter. My background is in healthcare field and medicine and after taking this course it help to critically appraise and read article related to research in medicine. This is my first verified certificate course and i always revisit the materials whenever i need them. This is a must attend course and you would enjoy it as i have enjoyed it.
Amazing course!
Very good approach to financial accounting, starting from scratch and case based. I loved the course.
Material is very clearly put forward, and the focus is very nice on the absolute foundations of accounting. The course does not go into the more confusing issues in accounting, and alternative practices and remains focused on key important issue that help you understand and read financial statements.
Easy and concise. Learned how to read a financial statement and finally understood all the terms used in the Balance sheet.
Peer-Grading assignment is not completely fair. Depending on them is not logical since not all of them are fully educated in this course that's the reason we're taking the course in the first place. but over all it is good and the proff is amazing.
This course is apt for the beginners and it has been designed brilliantly with an interesting case study and informative reading material. The professor Marc Badia has explained the concepts lucidly and one can get so involved in the lectures and case study that this 4 weeks course can be completed in just 4 days. Trust me, you will thoroughly enjoy this course.I have no business background, but with clear explanations and some practice, it was easy to understand the financial terms and work on the given problems.
Amazing course! Clear, direct and easy to follow.
A great overview of the principles behind balance sheets, cash flow statements, income statements, and t-accounts/ledgers.
Awesome course! Now I understand accounting!)))
At the end of the course, you are going to learn the principles of financial accounting with real examples.
Thanks to Prof. Marc Badia and everyone who framed this course in the best possible and simple way. Thanks to courser.
Great course to learn about how companies calculate their numbers. Recommended.
Loved it
This course provides an in-depth knowledge and deep insight into the basics.The instructor Mr.Marc Badia has really done a good job explaining the concepts from the real world scenario. Thannks to the course structure and instructor, understanding the course wasn't that challenging especially after being from Computers background .
Fantastic teacher, materials and customer ser
The lectures are short and to the point. I believe this helps the students to stay focused and not get tired. The teacher explains the material very well. The only thing I do not like is that the quizzes are only for the students who paid for the course.
excellent coursesgive me a great knowledge about accounting
Great course
excellent course for the beginners!
Great Course
I thought the ideas were presented well at first and it was easy for me (a novice in the subject) to keep up. However, it ramped up for the last two weeks. I ended up doing some more research before understanding the concepts. Great examples throughout. Ultimately, challenging (therefore rewarding). I look forward to the other courses in the Foundations series.
I will like to appreciate the organisers of this course and Professor Marc Badia for his succinctly delivered lectures. The lectures were very comprehensive and worthwhile. I recommend this to anyone with or without prior knowledge of Financial accounting
Greate course
you are great thank you :)
Great course
This program produce for me many knowledge about Accounting, Finance Analysis. Thanks for these professors and technique team. They are very enthusiastically. I love it! I will try my best so that I develop yourself more and more!
Clear, consice and complete course for understanding the basic principles of financial acounting.Recomendable!
i have b.a in accounting from an Egyptian university and i found in this course all i needed
Exceptional course. The perfect learning for beginners in financial accounting. Totally recommended!
Really helpful course, would definitely recommend it for people who are totally new to accounting. The Professor Marc explains things really well and the examples are really useful with a lot of useful resources and reading material being made available throughout the course. Overall really impressed and satisfied with the course. Thank you Marc and IESE!
the best course i have been enroll in my lifethanks for allappreciated
Thank You Professor
Excellent course which gave me a solid foundation for pre MBA preparation.
Simple, clear, and well organized.
Great course and great professor!
Good stuff.The teacher somehow managed to make accounting interesting.
In one word, Excellent Course! I started without knowing anything about financial accounting and now I feel confident in understanding, analyzing and evaluating the financial statements of a company! The course is really well structured and very easy to follow and understand. The professor is definitely an added value and he will guide you throughout the course with humor, competency and meaningful and real examples.
Very interesting. Concentrates on the learning of fundamentals. A must-do for anyone coming from a non-business background. Very good review for business majors.
Well thought and developed financial accounting course. The lectures and readings are interesting and the exercises help you to understand your progress. Very useful, mainly for people without financial accounting knowledge or people that want to refresh their knowledge on the subject.
The course has been very interesting, the methodology with videos and lots of real examples has helped me to learn very easily, starting from zero.The course has given to me a very solid foundation knowledge about financial accounting without being familiar with it before.I really recommend this course for those who are not familiar with financial accounting and want to understand it and build a solid foundation knowledge.
i really enjoyed it.
Accounting made easy and exciting!! Strongly recommended =)
Excellent course, progressed quickly enough to be challenging, but the instructor doesn't assume any prior accounting knowledge so the pace was still comfortable. Really great overview of the three key financial statements (B/S, Inc Stmnt and CF Statement), and I would definitely recommend it to anyone!Matt
The best accounting class!
Very good lecture and easy to follow!
The perfect introduction to accounting. No background knowledge is necessary. The pace is perfect and the professor is very clear with his explanations.
As someone with no Financial background(Engineer), this course helped me learn the basic of Financial Accounting and gave me a solid start preparation for my MBA start. I highly recommend it to anyone iterested in learning about finance
Excellent course, concise concepts description with examples rooted into real life. Thank you
Excelent teacher
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and greatly benefitted from its content. As a fresh MBA admit coming from scientific background, I was looking for a course that would cover the basics of Financial accounting, the so-called language of business. Marc Badia's Principles of Financial Accounting was the answer to it. After having had following the course, and of course passing it, I have gained a thorough understanding of the basic concepts of Accounting that I am now using in the Accounting class of IESE Business School.
Really good course. Clear and well prepared
Great course. Very well explained and really helped me understand the concepts of the three financial statements explained in the course. The reading material is very informative.
Great content explained in a very concise and understandable way!
Very helpful for beginners, I had a background of accounting but it help me a lot to refresh it. Great presentation
Amazing first experience with accounting.
Great course thanks to its content and to its progressive step-by-step increase in complexity.
The course is very helpful and provides a strong basis for understanding Financial Accounting.
Amazing course for those with no background in accounting. Being very dynamic, with a good pace and easy to follow, you will realize in a few weeks that your learning curve has an exponential growth. With this course you will be able to understand and make decisions of real companies from real financial statements. It is absolutely recommendable for those, like me, who have just started an MBA, or for those who are interested in learning the basics of accounting, getting ready to cover more advanced topics.
I learned quite a lot from this course. The videos were brief, but the material was well-explained. For a solid, general overview of financial statements and the logic behind them, I highly recommend this course.
Principles of finantial accounting has helped me a lot to stablish a solid base in Finantial Accounting subjects. I highly recomend it as a clear introduction in the Finantial world.u
The course was really helpful especially as it started off by building the basic understanding of accounting to more complex things. As an engineer with absolutely no background of accounting it was very beneficial for me as I begin my MBA journey. After 1 month in the MBA I feel that the pre-course was indeed the best way to get my foundations right to get the most out of the classes in the school.
Really helpful course to understand the fundamentals of accounting and its business implications. This course is a must for anybody without an accounting background and willing to get into business. I did the course before starting my MBA and it definitely helped me afterwards.
Excellent introduction to Financial Accounting.
Great course!
Excellent for beginners and each concept was delivered in an easy way along with practical examples. The pedagogy is awesome.
I have a Master Degree in Management, yet I had really limited knowledge in Accounting. The quality of the course and the Professor is a Top Quality.I am starting a new job in a finance department of a multinational corporation. This has been a perfect refresh.I have performed the courses in 3 days.Thank you
Great course, highly recomended.
Excellent course for understanding basic fundamentals
1.Material: Exactly what I was looking
Really nice introduction to accounting.
Excellent course, with plenty of practice example.
I Found this course very informative and easy to comprehend, It teaches that basics of accounting that every business owner or manager should know.
Excellent course.Excellent contentExcellent and lucid presentation.Now I got a feel that I understand standards of accounting, and I am a hard core engineer.Thanks a lot.
Professor was very good, easy to learn. I only do not give it a 5 because I wish accrual accounting had been discussed more at length.
Beautifully delivered, made it easy to understand material that was new to me. I highly recommend
This is a very interesting course, I would hace liked the teacher would explain a little bit more about NOF and Operational ratios, go further on this topics and less analysisi of Balance Sheet and P&L.But in general, great explanations and videos and completely easy to understand everything, very good examples.
Great course! Peer feedback has been less than helpful.
Great intro programme to Accounting and good practical exercise for business entrepreneurs!
A good course to understand fundamentals of financial accounting.
great course
Simply too good
Great course, very well taught using both theoretical and practical examples
This is very good course for beginners and well explained wit practical example
Quite confusing if you do not have a background already in accounting. The information in the course content does not match up with the quizzes. Great experience but a little lacking on the details needed to pass the quizzes each week....especially week
I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in getting a thorough (albeit, rapid) introduction to financial accounting. Professor Marc Badia has a gift for deconstructing dense material into digestible bits through concise weekly videos. The quizzes and final project are all very applied in nature---while we all learn differently, I can't stress enough the importance of taking meticulous notes each week!
Great course learned a lot .Great step by step instruction.
Good class, the teacher is very clear and the content pedagogic and coherently organized. The examination's topic was very interesting.
Who knew development of medical technology was scrutinized so much. Plus all the factors that are needed to be taken into account.
I continue to use what i've learned from this course to improve myself
Interesting course with really useful information. Learning of course is easy because of many examples offered by teacher.
One of the most interesting courses of the specialization. Unfortunately, delivery is still in need of improvement. At least there was some good discussion around the slides, and not all slides were read verbatim. Interesting project at the end!
I learned a lot from this course I am glad I was able to finish this class, thank you for the experience.
Nice course. It would be better if the PPT could be modified (reduce the words, add more figures or diagrams).
Good content, engaging assignments and valuable points that allow the students to better understand all indicated points.
Quick and clear!
Very informative course and very valuable information to this specialization
Bias towards the American healthcare system and deathly boring. Only take this course you have to.
I would like to say, this course have a great information, the videos are very interest. In the first week I though that could be, a little bit bored, but with the second week, I became more compromised with all information that bring.
Very good course. Great overview on Hotel distribution from many perspectives. Balances well the pros and cons of the various channels. Good essays as well
love this course, learned a lot because of it. cant wait to start the next one
Good insight on the basics of hotel distribution
Great overview, it helps to have general concepts to better understand the importance of each distribution channel.
This is an excellent training program that will definitely clarify all your basics.
This has been a start into a fascinating new world. I liked the teachers explanation, very clear and concise
Excellent course about Hotel distribution, The course give me tools to apply right away on my job.
I like it and I did never imagined the abundance of its content based on today's market.Really the course helped me a lot and immediately started implementing what I learned.Thank you Coursera
Very informative course. Really glad that i took this course.
Great fundamental information of Hospitality.
Great course for hospitality business giving a profound overview to driving hotel activity!
Great course. Would probably be better if a component of the grade was assigned by the professors and not only by peer-graded assesments.
Really enjoyed this course, very informative and good for someone joining the hospitality world for the first time.
Extremely information course. This will definitely assist hotel managers to understand and manage their performance in the distribution landscape.
It is a very informative, well designed course.
Very good interesting an well explained course.
Great course, in depth, smart, and interesting.
The course content is amazing and very informative. I am not from hospitality sector but I understood all the concepts and because of all the quizzes and assignments, now I feel more confident in finding a job in hospitality sector.
There are some website errors. Also I think the videos could be better
Very good and uptaded content on new hotel distribution ecosystem
I thoroughly enjoyed this entry-level course on the topic. Excellent material, very up-to-date and thoroughly prepared. The presentations are quite energetic, with gestures a bit over the top, but the content is worth watching every minute.
Excellent way to learn!
Great course for introducing the fundamentals of hotel management and hotel distribution. This course enables us to learn important concepts related to hotel distribution and apply them in real-life situations through the course assignments. As well as this it is not necessary any relevant background to understand the concepts presented however it may be recommended basic financial/economics knowledge.I think that adding some quizzes during the videos would be interesting and productive as it would allow students to assure that all the concepts were understood.
The course is brief and rich in knowledge. It was really exciting in taking this course.
High quality course, really broadened my understanding of distribution in the hospitality industry. I enjoyed it immensely.
Excellent course, very interesting material and great presentation!!! Thank you!
Great content, valuable insights. Thanks!
Very informative but the practice tests had some bugs in it.
Great content- videos and assignments were fantastic.Little partecipation and interaction with staff and other partecipants makes the course lose a lot of its attractiveness- most of the concepts are not rocket science and one would really benefit from confrontation with other students.
Comprehensive and well structured. A.
Great intro to hotel distribution with guest lectures from Expedia and Booking.com
Very detailed and easy to understand lectures, that discover complicated inside of hotel industry in a simple way. Great professors made my pleasant learning experience.Thank you so much!
Truly broaden my knowledge in this field. Thanks so much :)
Jumping through the abbreviations, sometimes forgetting to mention what it is at all. Also the second professor was to difficult to u
Very insightful. Highly recommended for anyone who is new to hotel revenue management. A good foundation course for hotel marketing and distribution.
Before attending this course, I was really "lost" in the online travel distribution world with the feeling of falling behind in knowledge. Once I started the course, I got a very clear, structured and practical way of understanding what's happening in hotel distribution, apply acquired skills in quizzes, exercises and real-life examples and assignments and be prepared to assist or consult hotel managers on how to handle such issues.
The content of the course is basically on how hotels distribute their contents (their rooms to sale). The different channels are explained, such as the OTA, brand.com, meta search, and direct channels. The course also includes a very interesting point of view from OTA where Expedia and Booking.com explains their offers to hotels. I would love to have the views from hotel too, which are missing here.The suggested readings are quite a lot, basically from the online sites, many from the hotel and travel industry (skift, for example). Those readings are very useful in digging deeper on the subject.The assignments, are, on the other hand, quite weak. It consists of 4 peer review assignments. The first week contains a pretty quantitative analysis, but the other 3 assignments are basically conversational and just repeating what you have learnt in the class.The non-noted quizzes were pretty easy, you almost no need to think deeper to answer those questions.
In my humble opinion it is necessary to review some points in this module:1) Video Content: Making more dynamic, switch between explanations and slides in full screen. Only explanations, it is very tiring to attend the classes. The video would be ideal as shown in week 4 of this Mooc: How the hotel shouldnt work with Expedia? or video: How to hotel shouldnt work with Booking.com?2) Analysis requested: In the first week the requested analysis was of a very high level, it required knowledge of financial analysis and hotel area. In my case, I felt much difficulty because I do not have any knowledge in the hotel industry. And analyzing the exercise, I realized it was necessary to have knowledge of financial ratios of profitability and a certain familiarity in the hotel industry. I left a comment on the discussion board stating that I was not feeling safe to do the exercise. However, there was no demonstration by the teachers of the course.In short, I was not feeling prepared, let alone analyze colleagues. The first time, did not get the minimum score. The second time, with the longest time, I could better perform the exercise. But rather it was the result of review of financial ratios and other other accessories. I realized that those who examined me in the first and second time, had little or no idea about financial analysis. And another point that struck me was that one of the people who fell for me to analyze, was all in white and the person apologized for failing to do. With nothing to analyze, I did not think fair to give a low rating, so I preferred not to analyze. If the person left blank, something needs to be revised.When mounting a course, you have to take into consideration that there are different levels of students: beginner, intermediate and advanced in the subject matter.The first week was not to have been given is analysis. It could have been the third or fourth week of this Mooc, so it would have time for a further deepening of the matter addressed.3) Amount of content: Adding the video, quiz and analysis, are about 30 content. It is very tiring and little time for such content. Could decrease the amount of video and quiz, relocating to another week course or Mooc.4) Feedback: Teachers need to leave a contact way (facebook, twitter, etc.) and be active in Coursera forum or leave a wizard to ask questions when needed.5) Notes: He missed the weight of the notes. I found a little confusing the allocation of notes.6) Curriculum: Missed curriculum (biography) of teachers. No contact information.7) Books: Missed suggestions of books in the hotel industry.Anyway, these are only observed points in order to contribute to development of course. Thanks for listening.
this course was not unto the standard i even completed all the assignment i did not pass one and still i got time to redo the assignment and submitted and never got the grade back for it..
Great course by talented professors! Thanks a lot!
A must do curse for everyone on hospitality industry.
For my first online course and wishing to have a broader knowledge of hotel distribution, it has been very enriching and will undoubtedly help me in the near future.
I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I enjoyed this course! The topics were interesting and going through and passing the course assignments helped boost my confidence in discussing hotel business with industry partners. This course is highly recommended, thanks ESSEC and Coursera!
Test review for this course
The cuorse was really amazing and has infomation that approach into the business providing encourage.I am expecting for the next, see you soon!Thanks you.
A very intersting view of the hotel distribuition. To Know OTA's
It's amazing to learn something new in my professional area.Thank you
Concise, objective, update and pratical.
Subjects are not covered in depth but it's a comprehensive overview. Looking forward to the next courses in the specialization.
One of the best courses on Coursera. Thoughtfully designed and well structured.
Its really good but little tough! :p
Interesting course. But here is the issue, in mini-exams there are very hard questions. I'm passing them anyway but there must not be question those are not described in videos and in original papers. Of course there must be guessing questions too but not too much.
I really love this course!The works are funny and enlightening, and the contents are not difficult at all.The most important is, Mr.Igarashi is handsome!
First of all, the course itself being from Japan is more than enough to prove it's awesomeness.That aside, the course is great and it teaches you better ways of solving certain CG problems and also it helps you think out of the box for other CG problems.My suggestion before taking this course:Advanced mathCalculusLinear algebraBeginner/Intermediate PhysicsAdvanced programming (c, c++, java) ExperienceComputer Graphics ExperienceThere might be chances that you'd learn them all on the way as well, but it'll probably be pretty hard for you.
There is lack of understanding how you actually build shown systems and software was presented in lectures if we deal with actual code.. but I gave 5 stars for creative and useful content provide the direction to go father in computer graphics field. I strongly recommend this course to students who starts developing digital content or/and programmers who want inspiration for their own projects. If there is a specialization on the topic, but with deep view on actual code samples, I would have bought one.
So far, this course is the hardest one I‘ve took in Coursera, you definitely need some prerequisites to feel comfortable.Every lecture includes several papers.The course info says you only have to spend 1-3 hours per week.That is IMPOSSIBLE for 90%+ students.(Glad this course is self-paced)
The algorithms presented in this course are interesting. However, the quizzes contain some questions that have no apparent relation to the content of the lectures, and some questions about details of the presented algorithms which are explained in neither the lectures, nor in the papers from which the lectures are derived. Also, most of the sample implementations will not run on a modern computer. They only work on Windows with Java 6 installed.
The lectures were good but when it came to quizzes and assignments, we do not know what to do? The questions were very complicated and not stated in the Lectures
So far it looks really cool
Great Course
Amusing and interesting course!
Absolute genial curse, really interesting for adquire new conceps and probably new ideas from this course... The teacher is really kindly and explain the things very very good, very friendly and easy to learn... Another important point is the data the techer leave at finish of each class, very interesting papers for read and learn... I liked a lot and I hope this techer and University will do another training similar to this... Thanks to all team for this impressive and interesting training... Thanks.
This course somehow made its way to my top priorities for the day. Also, this is not just a course -- it's like a collection of life works from Igarashi-sensei. Every lesson is a published paper, something that I aspire to do as I pursue further studies.
I will pay attention to this course and the instructor is awesome because ii was my wish to teach in University of Tokyo and i am now with this platform.Thank you so much.
Great course for introducing UIST works!
Its very educating . i got to learn new things .
I loved this course! All the topics covered are very interesting and educational! It certainly increased my awareness about the environment, cities, sustainable development etc. In addition to these, I managed to establish a technical background about environmental management. Thank you.
Superb and highly informati
This is a wonderful course. Improves on ones knowledge and gives one a new perspective on how to view the global challenges we have.
Very good material - good insight and coverage of many aspects of environmental management.Only critique would be to request more information on solutions in development to many of the problems - materials with solutions and or innovations currently available or up-and-coming.Super gode og indholdsrig materialer - Tusind tak for kursus!
Very nice combination and collection of case studies touching the most prominent environmental problems of today's world. It gives insight to the problems as well as solution to the environmental problems of our own locality.
Widespread precise in-formation, giving strenght to go ahead
A great insight into rural and urban management which could be greatly improved with more challenging (longer) assignments. Great video material and instructors, but I would have enjoyed writing and peer assessing more in-depth articles as opposed to condensing as much information as possible into a simple 200-400 words.
THE COURSE LACKS SUBSTANCE AND THE QUALITY OF A DANISH CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
It is a great course if you want to learn about environmental technologies and how they work in different places around the world. The experience from several professors of the DTU is condensed in easy to follow and understand videos.
The course gave me a general idea about environmental management. I've learned a lot from the examples and the process of finishing homework. Looking at others' homework also let me known more things happening in different countries and gave me lots of insights. I would recommend this course to friends who also interested in environmental management.
Global Environmenal Management has been an amazing and useful course. I learned new notions and I started to think about Environemental issues and concerns with more competence. Great course and teachers.
I really liked the structure of this course and the content was very clear and precise to understand. I want to thank all the professors that where involved in this lecture. I enjoyed every single one and it gave me an overview of the quality of the Master's programs offered by DTU Environment which I'm looking forward to start next Autumn.
The Open my eye to see what going on around the globe in regards to Environment and how to manage them.Thanks Guys!
Fantastic Course.
It was a good change to resest my mind set on a broader view of enviro management
I've learned a great deal from the course. Thanks for putting together these valuable insights and gathered so many experts in effectively delivering the course. Kudos to the team of DTU and Coursera.
I really enjoyed taking this course. It was interesting, interactive, and I loved how they featured different voices and perspectives in environmental management - it kept things interesting! Thanks for creating this course!
I just fell in love with the course from the first experience I had. Hoping to eventually rate it has 5 star
I liked the short videos and the country specific problems and solutions introductions. I have a BSc from this topic but still gave me some new informations, thank you!
Great Course!!!
This course gave me a new prospective about what's going on in environmental management around the world and in Scandinavian countries
There are all necessary information about how to start and conduct the research for essay writing. Very good.
I very like this cour
Amazing course
this course is one of my favorite course ever learnt , because it showed me the right way to master academic writing .
This course is really helpful to improve my research writing.
Excellent practical in Introduction to Research for Essay Writing
Great
Thank you very much! Very helpful course. It helped me understand the steps to write essays.
Great course !
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I work as Software Program Manager at INTEL. You can imagine that to stay current I need to write articles and papers. This course is fantastic. It refreshed and taught me the up to date way to present a very professional work.
Thank you for helping learn to use userful research tools, suchas easybib, purdue owl, academic word list, etc. I became a better researcher!
very helpful instructrion
too simple
inspiring course, I loved it
This was better than the previous courses in that it gives more concrete information about where to find help in format and research needs. This makes it easier to apply and give feedback to other students.
İ think it will be great if this course was completely free
nice and great experience
Great course. I learned a lot.Too bad they still say they're verifying my assignments... no certificate so far.. :(
Great !!!
logical content and sweet voice
Excellent and very useful sources.
Thank you for the great course. I have learned a lot.
This was a very informative and useful course. It has improved my skills immenseley and I'm grateful for all the work that has been put into it.
Wonderful! In a fast and practical way, I master this English Academic Writing package so I feel ready and comfortable now to attend an Colege cases
This course is very important to students and researchers. Thank you you very much.
very useful
Very helpful for tips to improve my writing. Many thanks.
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significantly helps me increase my knowledge.
very fundamental. however, I do think it was a bit bold to state that on completion of the course that students would have the skills to write essays independently. Following the grading of some peer assignments, I would be concerned if that were still the case.Otherwise, I found some useful tools for writing in all the courses.Thank you.
Very good course, I cannot wait to complete the next course.
I'm still taking this course. As a masters student, I'm going to apply the knowledge to my dissertation. As a result, success is certain.
Clear, Concise, Effective.I recommend it everyone to join; it's indisputably worth finishing.
A stroke of genius! Well presented in short modules.
This course doesn't have any writing assignments. I appreciated it because it truly did help me understand the ins and outs of citations, which I needed to know in order to continue on with this course. I tend to get lazy and cute incorrectly because I never had the chance to learn how to do it in school. This professor is very understanding and straight to the point. It's what I need for this type of course. If you listen to the professor, it's no problem to pass the assignments and quizzes.
First, I would love to thank you for this unforgettable and amazing course. I don't know how to write a research before. Once I enrolled and participated in this course. I became familiar with Writing Research. Finally, Thank you so much.
I became confident in research for Essay writing after taking this rigours course.
This class setting is interesting. You cannot participate in assignments and quizzes unless pay for certificate.
Amazing course. I didn´t know nothing about papers´format and now I can do it by my own.
Another fantastic module by excellent tutor.
Very organized, gets you writing right away.
Very difficult !!
Thank you very much it helps a lot! The business phrases absolutely useful.Thanks Again!
great course
Enchanting and logical, Easy explanations of complicated terms.
very good basic course
Thank you very much, very interesting course, a lot of useful information.
A bit too trivial, though usefu
Very good course!
Very interesting look at the financial markets and institutions. It is particularly clear and well-explained for non-native speakers of Russian.
Great course! Understandable and very useful!Thank you, Nikolai Iosifovich!
Simple and at the same time deep enough feed. Very interesting and useful.
Excellent! Appreciate that.
Professor gives good working knowledge of Russian Financial market and basics of international financial markets.
Not simple, interesting course! Thank You Coursera!
Good course, but too Russia-centric, especially the first two weeks (I prefer a more general approach). The course answers mainly the question "how" (how are money borrowed, how is IPO organized), but not "why" (why do described regulations exist, why are they the way they are, who is benefiting from that?).
of course the best
Good teacher!
Very good professor. Everything is quite easy for understanding. Thank you!
That's just excellent!Very informative and uncluttered course, with many useful examples, especially for Russian business.
All the guests were women. Imagen if all the guests had been men!!!
It is such a good course to understand about the different areas of Historical Fiction
Excellent videos and reading material! Now I have more historical novels based on the recommendations done by the scholars! I hope a similar course is prepared presenting more authors!
This was a fantastic class. I learned a lot about writing historical fiction, and I was able to add several books to my already teetering TBR pile. Dr. Holsinger was an interesting professor and obviously loves the material. I would recommend this course to anyone who has an interest in history or historical fiction.
I loved to hear from the writers their own experience when writing a novel. So enlighting!
Excellent course for those taking the first steps into hi
Loved this course!
Enjoyed this. Lots of lectures by guest authors.
This was a carefully planned course that was very well taught and thoroughly enjoyable to study. I learned a great deal about historical fiction and it inspired me to carry on studying the genre once I had completed the course.
This course has a lot of extras in it and a lot of food for future thought. The teacher is fun to learn from and I enjoyed his enthusiasm and the joy he expressed in the subject.
A very interesting course with a fascinating subject I've been intrigued by for a while. It gave me many skills and techniques to think about as I attempt to eventually become a historical fiction writer myself someday. My only negative critique is that I wish it dealt with the witches and medieval aspects of the course in the beginning rather than towards the end.
Although I did not read the course description as well as I should have, this course was actually better for me than I expected. I wish to be a writer, so I take every course I can on writing. This one was exactly what is needed for someone who wants to write historical fiction. I'm not sure that I do, yet, however I am surely prepared if that is the way I want to go in the future.The videos were incredibly informative. I do plan to go back and take the rest of the weeks that are not necessary for the certificate. In fact, I'm headed there now. If you take this course, you will enjoy it very much!
A bit late, but this was a fascinating course.
Super wonderful class. Very educational and enjoyable. I collected more books after this class and re-read many of them. Recommend The Love Artist featured in one of the sessions.
Fantastic course with a enthusiastic, personable professor. It was fun and informative to hear the different viewpoints of the diverse authors as well as the relevant questions from the students in the seminar.
I rate it 5 stars because I love this course, and I haven't even started yet!! I'm excited for the video with Katherine Howe and Matthew Pearl, I have both of their books (The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane) and (The Dante Club) :)
Fantastic course!!! It was very interestic to learn the authors point of view
I really enjoyed this course, I understand better the literature
I personally enjoyed the course. However I was disappointed when I was told after week (3 or 5?) that I'd completed the course, when I in fact hadn't gotten to the end and had not done the final two assignments...? Regardless, I went ahead and finished the course, but I was also disturbed to see that some of the students did their assignments in a mockery fashion e.g. wrote song lyrics, or stated "I don't know what else to say so I will tell you about my day..." That was very irritating. The class wasn't described clearly in the catalog, I thought it would be more of a history of the periods plus literature, but it wasn't exactly that... Instead it was a discussion of techniques and prose, and exhibiting truly talented authors. I liked the class, just not what I expected.
Amazing course! I haven't expected it to be so fascinating and interesting! I've learned not only about the genre itself, but also about so many books I can't wait to read! The ability to hear the authors and to learn their perspective on both on their own work and on the historical fiction itself is priceless!Thank you for this opportunity!
Fun course I feel I learned a lot.
Great course!!
Great course! Wonderful speakers and professor!
Fascinating and useful information that I'll use as I work on a novel set in the 19th century.
A good introductory course to historical fiction and the mechanics of writing it.
This course was just what I was looking for, being a budding historical fiction writer myself. It made me authenticate that I was doing mostly everything right so far. I have three complete novels in my treasure trove and three as work in progress. Bringing in authentic authors of historical fiction gave me first hand tips, and precious insight into the experiences of real life writers just like me, who take true pleasure in what they do, and do best. I would indeed appreciate a sequel to this well put together course; the sooner the better! Congratulations, Professor Holsinger! Thank you, University of Virginia! P.S. I could do with a complimentary Certificate of Accomplishment, though.
This course is really interesting and taught me a lot about different historical novels! Glad I did it!
Informative and interesting -- fun class to take.
This course was very helpful and I have learned a lot.
Exceptional experience. I enjoyed the entire course. This was my first real sojourn into the genre and now I'm hooked. Thank you, very much, for sharing this quality education. Be Well.
Excellent class. Learned so much and was my favorite of the three classes I took this last month on coursera.
I liked the curse a lot. However, I would consider some more gradings throughout the course, not just the few. Otherwise people lose their interest
Comprehensive, useful and interesting.
Lovely course for historical fiction enthusiast. There's a wonderful reading list required to read as well as multiple guest speakers besides the professor to help explain more about the genre.
Very informative. Kept my attention throughout the lectures. And at my little UVA, too. Loved most all of it. Keep up the good work.
Incredible course!
Extremely well done. Offers a great reading list. Videos including author interviews add significantly to the course content.
Amazing teacher, great course, good balance and variety of books.I hope there's a Part 2, I'd do that in a heartbeat!
I am about the end of the course and it was an amazing journey, I will slowly finish the rest of the lessons in the future as I wanted to watch the conversations and dialogues with the authors after having read the books, to better appreciate them.
A very interesting course. Only negative thing is that some of the authors are not very good at leading a lecture, and seem to stumble in their words a lot.
I really like the visiting writer seminars -- they were the best part
This course was great. It is obvious that it was carefully planned and laid out. The visiting scholars were a great opportunity to not only learn about historical fiction and what kind of research is done, it's also was a great way to learn the process of writing. The necessary text that ought to have been taught was given carefully, without suffocating the student. It was fun and knowledgeable class. I would recommend this class highly to anyone who is really interested in literature and fiction!
learned a lot so far, even the quizzes are intelligent
The best course I've viewed on Coursera by far. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in fiction of any kind.
Great course. I loved the seminars with the different authors. The course was fun and interesting and the professor was knowledgeable and easy to listen to.
This was a fascinating experience. I learned a lot, and found a lot of new writers I now love to read.
I really enjoyed this course. It was my first one in Coursera and it was very helpful to do it at my own pace. I found very useful advice regarding sources and research strategies. The seminars were very good and also the conversations. The sound could be improved but having subtitles helps to overcome the technical issues. Thank you.
Great class and i learned so much about history
xcellent teacher
I learnt a lot. The teachers could have been more engaged and interact with the studetns in turns, though.
Great class, thank you for teaching us about all those great works of Literature. It was really enjoyable to listen to you and your students!
This was a very interesting course that brings together different and unexpected sources and ties them with Tolkien's classic narrative in ways that help you gain new perspectives on LOTR, but also on modern and classic works of art, books, games.
This course was incredible! Jay is such a passionate instructor and the course materials between literature, gaming, and narrative are so engaging. The only thing I wish is that I could have been present for the discussions!
I am really grateful for the course that gave me the idea and theorethical background to create a transmedia experience with my daughters around the Hobbit and Lotro
very special course, combines; literature, gaming, lord of the rings, creative writing structures,rarely do i find a course so specifically right for me it could have been personally tailored for me.simply mind blowing.
The Course itself is fun. The videos are enjoyable. The subject matter is great. However the quizzes are way to hard. They ask to many questions with multiple answers and the online student is expected to know so much more materials that is probably taught in the actual class, and does not have access to. For that it becomes frustrating. Especially that the material is not easy to digest.
Loved it. A pleasure from start to finish. Jay Clayton is so clearly in love with what he teaches that you cannot resist being pulled along for this ride. I gained a great deal of knowledge on the construction of stories and how they've evolved across the years, from books, to painting, to video games.
Fun and engaging course with a lot of material I would have otherwise not looked into. I made so many friends and have a deeper appreciation for Tolkien and LOTRO than I did before this course! I highly recommend this to anyone looking to take a course that can truly be informative and fun at the same time.
A very enjoyable course that shows art can be appreciated in many forms, people of all walks of life and ages enjoy online games and that you can be anything you want with a little imagination.The course videos are a series of discussions between the course tutor and his team of young enthusiasts. Its an unusual method and one I thought was lively and entertaining.
Exceptional course that explores the remediation of books, narrative, and other artwort like paintings into MMOs. The discussed example is Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and the games "Lord of the Rings Online".The support is outstanding on Coursera as well as in the game. Several servers are home to course accompanying groups who offer support and guidance with course related in-game assignments and the game itself.Great fun, great people, great content.
Although I’m not really a gamer, I took the first session of this course since I was studying art and computer science in school, and I thought this course would give me some insights as to what decisions people make when they design a computer game based on a well-known existing story, and as to how art and technology are integrated into the overall game design. It certainly did! And I found it so engrossing that I’ve continued to play LOTRO ever since.
A fascinating course for those who love games, digital narrative, and literature.The course materials are done with love and it shows: the videos are fantastic, clear, entertaining and well paced.The course revolves around Lord of the Rings (in its iterations of books, films and videogame), but discussion about art, literature, gaming and narrative in general is encouraged.The community is supportive, helpful and very friendly, in the forums and in the game, so those who are new to gaming but are interested in the course have no reason to shy off!
Excellent, informative, and fun!
An interesting course for anyone who likes lord of the rings online, fantasy (modern and presents), literature, video games, and/or movies! It's the ultimate combination for maximum nerddom!
This was just a life-changing perspective-changing course for me. I have always loved Tolkien and have a background in literature and theatre. However I had always thought of LOTR as genre fiction and not "serious" literature. Studying it in the context of English Romantic quest narratives and poems changed my perspective. Beyond that, the world of online gaming was opened to me. I had viewed games from a distance with fascination but they missed my generation and so I had never dived in. As a newbie gamer over 60, it WAS a steep learning curve but I loved the challenge and the community I met in the game. Such a lively and nice bunch of people. I don't know what I did with my time before.
Loved, loved, loved this course!
very comprehensive course. I recommend this course for everybody
Very Interesting and valuable .
I have enjoyed this course. It presented the one-health concept very clearly and what its aims are which were particularly interesting especially for me who is interested in antimicrobial resistance research. However, some improvements could be made. The presenters with accents / non-English speakers were a bit difficult to follow and the transcripts were somewhat inaccurate so it would be go to have proper transcription in that regard. Thank you.
This is a wonderful course and I would definitely recommend it to others. The amount of work and time that went in to creating this comprehensive and diverse course is extremely impressive. All the speakers were extremely informative and thought-provoking. Its great to be a part of a course that has so many passionate individuals devoted to the health of the planet. Thanks so much for a great course!
Great intro to probability concepts and Karl is a very personable and interesting teacher
Very cool course let me dive into probability from very different traditional Math Formula perspective, and give me many chances as I can to apply what I learned into real application. I will definitely recommend this course to any other people.
Excellent course and the instructor is doing a great job.
an excellent course. Congratulations and thanks to Prof. Schmedders and his team
A useful refresher of my university courses. Thanks.
A very nice introduction. The instructor shows a lot of enthusiasm for the subject. The exercises help reinforce the material.
Clear explanations, funny stories, and simple and useful calculations.
Easy to understand, funny, straightforward, and taught in such a way that it is immediately clear as you are learning how these skills can be used in the real world. I highly recommend this course to anyone seeking to learn about the fundamentals of probability, even those who don't use the subject in their career or lives.My only bit of criticism would be that the course relies on intermittent checks for understanding as the sole criterion for passing the course rather than longer, broader problem sets. I would love to see more in the way of rigorous exams and projects. But I suppose that's what more advanced courses are for! If this course is intended to be a gentle introduction to the broad subject with the understanding that students will follow up with more advanced coursework as necessary, they have certainly succeeded admirably at that goal.
Well narrated, really easy to understand. A hundred percent will recommend to my friends. Thank you Professor!
Excellent approach to explaining the theory. The emphasis on getting the fundamentals right was a welcome change from other similar courses which get into problem solving mode too soon without clarifying the basics. That being said the usage of multiple real world problems like Monty Hall, Prosecutor's Dilemma and the brilliant explanation for solutions helped me derive great clarity on key concepts. The best Coursera course I have encountered in a while.
This course is great. Karl is really smart and funny. I hope he makes more courses. Thanks Karl!ps. I thought I had already rated it, but don't see my star count and it deserves every star!
This short course offers informative and fun real world examples.
Good introduction to key concepts. Wish I had taken this course before I had started other Stat Courses on Coursera.
Very easy to follow!And very nice exercises.
Funny and Intuitive explanations.
Very interesting introduction to probabilities.Satisfactorily explained and quite enjoyable.
Very good introduction to probability, the concepts were really well explained, I wish there was a sequel to this course covering other subjects in statistics. I highly recommend this course for absolute beginners.
Professor Schmedders succeeds in giving a very intuitive exposition of the basics of probability, eschewing most formulas while still covering many of the key concepts needed for studying probability and statistics. He has great enthusiasm for the material and injects just the right amount of humor into the course, so the lectures are never boring.The course would serve as a good "taster" of what probability is all about for those unfamiliar with the subject, or as a warmup or refresher in preparation for more technical courses.
I want to thank and congratulate Prof. Karl, José and all the people involved in the development of the course for this incredible series. The lectures of Karl were outstanding, very clear, direct to the point, with concrete examples to erase any doubts. The exercises with José helped me reinforce the concepts learned with Karl, not to mention the real world applications (the most enjoyable part for me), which also were very interesting and were the main reason the course got me hooked.To be honest, I had already taken a probability course many years ago but this was definitely better. Now I realize I hadn´t fully understood key concepts until now and I´m sure that in the future I won´t forget them easily.If anything I would suggest adding another application to the Bayes´ Theorem: Bayesian Networks for Artificial Intelligence.Thanks again and I really really look forward to take another course on a related subject with you guys.
Very nice and entertaining courseSometimes the quizzes can be a bit frustrating. They could be set better.Also, often the quizzes are very trivial.
I have been looking for a stats course to unlock further learning. This was it! I found the pace, content style worked for me to allow me to proceed on other courses. Yes, I 'hated' stats when younger and feared it. But I am more comfortable and eager to learn more now and put into practice the extensions I am now able to move on to. Thank you.
I wish this course never ends.
i am pleased to learn this
Very good and interesting course, and thank you for writting subs in my native language. Дякую!
Beautiful course. Pity that in our university do not teach like here.
I really appreciate the approach which was taken to present such a delicate topic, but still there are some mistakes which shouldn't had happened. Like the year of Einstein's death according to common known history is not 1995. Also, many times, English subtitles are not correct, I have a feeling that machine has done it. Sometimes there is no understanding of content just the closest word to the sound produced was used. In any case, it is worth of my time, I will recommend it. Students are also provides with plenty of additional materials and when one has more time can study
This is the best course I've ever taken!!
Exploration of the darkest shadow ever cast in human history by impeccable scholars on the subject. Now we need to extrapolate this information widely so that the human psyche is exposed in our modern world and the ghost of all these dehumanized victims will forever triumph over their oppressors.
I found it really interesting and super fun :)
great class and i learned so much
Interactive course which allows one to see multiple perspectives of the entirety of the Holocaust. The different countries, societies, and places are explored. The outside resources are great as well, from the photos, to the diaries, to the other speakers. It is a well rounded overview. Highly recommended.
Thank you for this wonderful and scholarly course examining the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's actions.
Thanks very much.
Painfully accurate, thoughtful and thought provoking, analytical. Clearly partial; but then it is intended so to be.
Great course!
Terrific summary analysis of the Holocaust.
I learned so much in this class. It really opened up my eyes and my perspective on the happenings during WWII. I never knew how desperate the Jewish population was to have somewhere, anywhere to call home. I was really surprised by the role, of lack thereof, of the United States. I saw so many instances where the USA had a chance to step in and stop the madness that was going on but they chose to turn the other way. People are so quick to say how great FDR was but I beg to differ for a variety of issues on how he dealt with race and religion.
Very complete and objective course, in a very difficult and painful matter
As a language instructor, this course helped me immensely with my professional development and ability to relate to Russian business clients. This course content was thoroughly prepared, superb regarding strategies in video lectures and duo interviews, as well as readings. With the challenging geopolitics, I highly recommend that Coursera continue to offer this course. With better knowledge and understanding comes a better world!
Very good course. Lot of practical information after first 2-3 weeks. If only the method would have had tiny bit more variation, such as animations, video analysis, case studies, maybe more expert visitors etc. it would have been even better and more durable in long run. But all in all, highly recomended.
I learned many things from this lecture! Not just the information about the history itself, but also how those graphic designer in late era came out with ideas. Their thinking, their purpose, their effect and inspiration to the new designer. Great!
Nice and informative
This is such a remarkable course and is indispensable for every aspiring graphic artist as well as enthusiast. It covers the remarkable trends in graphic design from past and how those trends permeated into contemporary practices in design. Thanks a lot to California Institute of the Arts and Coursera for developing and offering such a wonderful course with a blend of design philosophies and insights into hands on practice.
Week 4 - too much of materials, and test questions does not match the text
This course is very informative and inspiring.
Solid, if minimal introduction to some points from the History of Graphic Design.
Excellent introduction to applied visual research. *Ideas from the History of Graphic Design* opened my mind and got me super excited about the usefulness, in fact the necessity of strong visual research. I've found reading design history interesting before, but this course and the assignments helped me make the leap from merely looking for ideas to actual design thinking, with visual research as a core methodology.
Really well constructed course on some premises, tendencies and movements relevant for the History of Graphic Design. For someone who hasn't had formal design education and is seeking for some knowledge in this area, this is the perfect approach.
An excellent intro to the subject.
amazing course great teachers !
great reviewing of the different trends in graphics design history and the related marketing, great approach. i really enjoyed the course.
Eloquent and inspiring. You'll want to read more on your own.
The course was well structured; and provided opportunity to seek and learn more on the topics dicussed
The most important point for me was to understand where I can find references to produce a better work in Graphic Design, to know sources of inspiration or even movements.Thanks for making this course and share it with people that love learning and overall love graphic design.
It's good to have a background on the history of Graphic Design. Historical and Contemporary References and what their differences helps me when designing a brand/logo/logotype
Very well-designed course with comprehensive information for each week. The content of this course is superb, but as a non-native English speaker, sometimes I find it difficult to catch up with the long sentences in the video and have to go back to the transcript.
It was definitely an eye-opening course for someone who only knew how graphic design works and none of the history behind it.
Great course! Definitely a must-visit for anyone interested in graphic design. Even though I am myself a practising graphic designer for about five years now, I did learn quite a lot of interesting and, most important, useful information there. Highly recommend it.
I learnt quite alot about design luminaries. Would prefer if it was truely global but still a very interesting course
Loved this course! Super interesting content and motivating lecturers! Awesome!
I learnt so many things in this course and it has given me a new perspective when looking at graphic design. Through thus course I have learnt the importance of looking at the history of graphic design and learning from other designers.
A concise course with very meaningful visual contents. English spoken in a very understandable way, even for a non-native speaker.
Great stuff. Thank you!
Thanks for intresting courses!
Very informative and helpful.
Very interesting course. Would love to see an advanced course that explores more history of graphic design. Much fun!
Interesting course. I reccomend it for people who want to knew some valuable information about history of design. It start from XIX century and move to XX century, but not to the end. It would be great if you will made a new course with new era of design with internet and modern devices.
very informative
I learn a lot, thank you !
I really enjoyed this class and thought it was very useful for learning about the importance of historical events that contribute to how we design graphics today.
I really like it, even it took long time for me to submit week 4 assignments before the dead line.I really wonder if calart afford an online graphic design degree.Thanks.
I would like to have more materials. See more work, read/listen about more design movements.
I learned a lot about the history of graphic design through this course and I really enjoyed the research assignments which encouraged us to delve more deeply into the history, the changes, and the ideas behind so many designs.
A great course. Taking the specialization and this course fit right in with the other courses I have taken in the graphic design specialization. Recommend this to everyone interested in graphic design. Instructors were good. Enjoyed the course.
The tutoring quality are over the top teaching with well done mentoring and high quality materials. But I felt a lack of coverage of other graphic design of other cultures such as other countries where many ideas were born. ie: Africa and Asia.
This course has a great overview of the history of graphics design.The assignments are really fun to do.You will think and research about ads that are reiterations of the 19th century ads.A great course for those interested in the field.
Very nice overview how trends and tastes changed over time, finalizing in a project targeting a particular sub-culture. I learned something.
It is a powerful tool for anyone interested on Visual Arts. The way this course is designed and curated, allows the student to expand the scope of the matter and get some inspiration to pursue his own sources of knowledge. Good work!
Interesting and fun to watch. Not so practical as other courses in the Specialisation but definitely good to know.
Fun and very interesting. It has lifted the veil from a lot of things that were all around me in society and yet were transparent to me prior to this course.
Great content. There is a lot to learn from this course. Excellent lectures.
The course being concentrated exclusively on the design ideas of United States, it's quite literally "some ideas from the history of graphic design". Some of the choices for the contents of the course were, from the continental point of view, rather odd, though that did not make them any less interesting. As a summary: the course was interesting enough to be passed through.
Useful intro to the history of graphic design. The quizzes could have been more challenging though or involved doing more independent research on some of the graphic design periods discussed.
Loved it and all the examples the teachers put into it, as well as the organization and evolution of themes. Big thank you to the teacher ladies. I learned a lot and enjoyed the lessons very much.
Its been a great course, many info and points that are fantastic in the learning or adding new knowledge always. I will always recommend this course for those who want to know more and learn design.
Great Course！
A really good course, it even help me with some classes in university!
Super cours ! It is very interesting ! enjoy!
Very Informative!
Great class! learned a lot about the history of design and how the techniques are still being used today
Great course!! very insightful!
Great course!
It was very interesting to know this different periods and specific designer's works. I was surprised to know Sister Corita, her work is awesome. And the assignments were another very nice way to know other cultures and points of view.
Clear pattern of graphic design history!
very informative course, it's very good to know the inspiration of contemporary art cultures. it opens up more creativity and out of the box thinking for new artists like me. Thank you
i hatehistory as a subject but i love this course. some great ideas from the past still being used today
Nice overview of graphic design history, I learned some new things, broadened my historical background, and had assignments that tied it back into contemporary design.
I love it!
I loved how straight forward and informative this course was. I have such a stronger appreciation for what we see as design today!
Liked the course. I would love to learn even more about the History of Graphic Design now))
Great course! Interesting & very well put together. Thank you!
Really informative and interestingly conveyed. Thank you.
I definitely recommend this course!
Excellent teachers, course and specialization.
Informative and sometimes fascinating.
Good start for learning History of GD.
This course is very well explained and very interesting. The assignments are simple and still bring a lot into the learning process.
This course is
This course gave me a lot of important information about the birth and rise of the Graphic Design as a stand alone profession. It was a great opportunity to fulfil my knowledge.
This course is superb! Thank you for offering it here.
Really interesting and useful. Although some more information about the more post-modern approaches would be also great.
I enjoyed studying history for the first time in my life. It is really insightful to see how design has evolved and still has influences from the past.
Pretty good for such a short course - interesting ideas and exposure to new concepts. Thanks!
Although this course is rich in content, it lacks a lot of perspective around The History of Graphic Design, since it only talks from the american point of view.
This is a very important course in understanding the history of graphic design. Good job to the creators of this course.
Very informative and full of fun facts
the first module root grows the tree (history) GD
The course is very well-structured, and makes it a pleasure both to learn and work on assignments. There are a lot of examples from the history of graphic design - a huge field of potential inspiration for the ones working in the graphic design field!
An excellent course for those who know more.Very well presented, quite easy to understand.
its really an awesome course for all.
Very nice and illuminating course
This was a very interesting and informative addition to this specialization. I loved the lecturer's style, and found this to be one of my favourite offerings so far. Very much looking forward to the capstone course and project.
Amazing class, very interesting in terms of content -you learn a lot about the History of Graphic Design- and a great reflection on graphic design today. The assignments were all clever and insightful.I really recommend it for anyone in the graphic design business, whether you're starting out or have been in the industry a while!
Really great and thorough content. A wonderful introduction to the dense and exciting history of design.
Really enjoyed this course and would love to indulge in more activities and information on the history of Graphic Design.
Love the class a lot of great information and history.
it gives a good understanding of graphic design evolution from post second WW to contemporary time. Very focused on American design.
Interesting course!
Very good course where you get a short summary of modern graphic design, from the industrial revolution until the late 70s
Too example based course but indeed very interesting for exploring the ages of graphic design hitory
Good information given. Thanks.
A more theoretical Cours that I really enjoyed and made me search for different artists. I started researching more and discovered how valuable this can be. Thank you for all the resources.
Great course!! Thank you, Coursera!!!
A nice introductory course.However, I found the latter half of the course too skewed towards the USA.
This course is about nothing, it is poor illustrated and uninformative. The lecturer's manner is anno
Excellent presentation, engaging content, interesting and relevant assignments and quizes.
The theory part can be reduced and practical portion (AXA IM's speakers) needs to be added, especially on more advanced topics
This Course is very complete and concise with very interestering extra materials and website links for those who are interested. It gave me a deep understanding of the asset management industry and was a great help for me when I started my internship as portfolio manager assistant. I can say without reserve that it is one of the best course I have taken.Thank you HEC and AXA IM for this wonderful online course.
Very interesting course but also very technical. I'd rather say it is not made for someone who has no basics in 'advanced' mathematics. Nevertheless, I have learnt many useful things and I have now a great outlook on the asset management world.
Worth doing it
This course helped me, an engineer, to get an insight into the financial world especially into the investment management.
Great course overall. However it does not go deep enough into its topic. Would have been nice to have more challenging excel exercices.
Useful and realistic
Excellent course. Very complete and gives a great overview of the asset manag
The course topics are great and I have to admit that I learned a lot during this course. The provided materials are good, but in my opinion sometimes not enough to be able to answer some of the questions in the tests. I had to spend some time researching the web to work out some of the problems. This per se is definitely not bad (it rather resembles real life), but all the other courses I have taken on Coursera and other platforms provide enough material and/or explanations to be able to work out all the problems without needing to look it up somewhere else.The problem-solving issue also has to do, to a certain extent, with the formulation both of some questions and answers, which in some cases can be understood in different ways because a key word is missing or is wrong, usually prepositions. I am aware of the fact that the course creators are not native English speakers, but, when formulating questions and answers, they should take the time to check their formulations for grammar and correctness (I am sure there would be no mistakes if the course were in French :) ).I posted a couple of questions on the forums and, sadly, never received an answer. Neither from fellow students, nor from the course moderators. Certainly the fellow students do not have any obligation to reply to questions, and I usually would say the course moderators don't either. But I am paying for this certificate and I therefore expect some kind of support. I am sure the course moderators are very busy and do not have time to be browsing around the question forums every day, but so am I. And taking a look in the forums once a week or so wouldn't hurt. Let me also point out, that the 2 questions I posted are THE ONLY questions in the forums, so it's not as if the moderators would be overwhelmed by the amount of questions posted. After my second question, I knew I was all by myself. From other courses I know that course moderators chime in once in a while on questions that have not been answered by fellow students and when no fellow student seems to be able to find or provide a correct answer.The course is good, and you will learn a lot. If it weren't for the lack of support in the forums, I would give it 4 or maybe even 5 stars, depending on the responses I would receive.Either way, enjoy the course!! I really did, even if it may not sound like it :)
A really down-to-earth and interesting approach to investment management. Highly recommended.
it really difficult but it worth it!
A well designed course that is highly recommended to anyone interested in an investment management career. The practical insights provided by professionals at AXA Investment Managers add great value to the course.
Excellent theoretical view and very good exposure to real life excel modeling
Well prepared, and organised. I really appreciated that real life professionals could share their experiences. We need more of these courses!
I am really enjoying the course. A lot more practical than other courses I have taken. It would be good to have an option to submit assignments and purchase the certificate at the end rather than the current way. Hope Courser will take this into consideration.
Interesting course, even though it covers only topics relating to investment management within a portfolio and math formulas could be better explained using more concrete examples.But for anyone who has not a finance degree and wants to acquire knowledge in this field, it's definitely worth it!
Great content and interesting guest speakers!
OK, you can learn a few things getting into this course and it's still available for free on the platform so thanks for that!However and most of all, you can sense that this is more of an advertising campaign for AXA IM than an investment course per se... During the 4 modules, you're basically repeated over and over again that Active Management (ie. Investment Managers) tend to overperform and that you should have one manager.There's even the overall 1st part of Module 4 that is dedicated on how to select a manager...There are some great insight related to portfolio allocation but not much explanations. A major point that I would have liked to hear about is how to come up with the risk aversion criteria... Many parts of the course relate to external videos available on Youtube.If you're going to advertise on such a platform as Coursera please don't make it too much about the advertising and more about learning... (for example: Melbourne University Specialization).
An excellent and an outstanding course. In 4 weeks, you go through a lot of material. The Honors mode in this course, is worth it. Do the Honors - dont miss it.Professor Hugues Langlois of HEC Paris and others from AXA Investment Managers have done a great job in explaining the concepts and mathematical formulas.I recommend this course to investment managers, bankers and students who are interested to know more about Investment Management as a subject and a field you may want to work in.
Good instructors, well explanation and can apply for real world.
It is a good course
Nice brief lectures with good market applications.The lectures were relevant to real market places examples.Keep it up HEC Paris.Shaban
This is a fantastic course about the basics of Investment Management. While it is an introductory course, it does not shy away from some basic maths and includes some very interesting and instructive spreadsheet exercises. The quality of the presentations, subtitles and slides is outstanding. The quizzes are challenging but always within the content of the lectures. I strongly recommend this course to anybody interested in investment management who is not afraid of some basic maths. Moreover, I strongly encourage the team, that organised this MOOC, to create more specialized and in depth courses, maybe even a Specialization.
Great insight on the Investment Management industry.
The videos did cover the basic theories behind all the methods for portfolio management however they were just basic theories with no explanation on how to practically implement them and then asking us who only understand the theories from the videos to suddenly try to solve the calculation quizzes especially those excel calculations without any practice on how to implement them beforehand. Besides the videos only showed the formulas with no example at all! Very disappointed with the course... This course is not recommended for those who have zero or little experience in the field..
Useful. However this course was very complicated and had way too much math for my taste.
Great
Very informative and interesting. T
Course design and objective of the course is good but the assignments were of sub-standard and can be really worked out to be better.
Great Capstone, that gives you the opportunity to put in use all the knowledge from the other 4 courses.
The culmination of the Essentials of Corporate Finance certification is challenging, immersive and engaging. The 4 weeks of the courses are following the adventures of 3 stereotypically funny bankers spread on 4 days. I would definitely recommend this specialization.
Great course!
It's more or less a repetition of what you've learned in all the courses, tying four peer-reviewed assignments together into a somewhat contrived "project". Not bad, but doesn't really add much value to the courses before.
I super enjoyed the course. I learned a lot of things in patient safety. The course was very well-designed. It fit my time and very useful in the setting where I am working. This will be very helpful in nourishing my patient safety culture.
Dear Dr. Fred,Thank you for sharing your personal experience. I enjoyed this enjoy material and the final assignment grading was just now foxed after several months of waiting. That was the only drawback for the course. I do not think that neither the instructor or learner should have to take additional time to troubleshoot platform issues.Best,Pezhman Tehranpour
Great course and very informative and it pushed my passion to improve healthcare further.
Fantastic course for those interested in safety and quailty of healthcare
Great course. Very helpful and informative.
I learned a lot about the humane perspective on healthcare delivery and how to have the proper bedside manner for your patients.
Excellent Course with a great potential to impact the health system(s) out there.Bless you Dr. Fred!
Good general change management strategies as they relate to a complex health care environment
Fantastic course! i learned a lot.
Thanks very much Fred! I really liked the content of your course, it really made me aware of how important it is to be a leader in the Health Care Environment, and how important it is to build quality with all the participants, including the patient.
Totally Love It!!
A wonderful and resourceful course that could not have been for a better time.
Lovely course. Although I was familiar with many of the discussed topics , it was an insightful course that presented comprehensive information in a professional yet an easy way to understand. Thanks for the university and the professor to provide such course with such quality .
Excellent course. I have enjoyed and learned a lot. Thanks
Outstanding overview of health care quality improvement and safety.
This was a very interesting course. It is very encouraging to see a physician willing to try to change the way that healthcare is delivered and practiced.It is long overdue. It will be, I believe, an uphill battle. We must all do what we can to facilitate this change.The first thing we can all do is to become more knowledgeable about the human body and our and our loved ones particular health issues.I would love to see a followup to this course in a year or two to see what progress has been made at the University of Florida and other institutions across the country.
this course is helping me A lot to learn new things about healthcare . like tps etc, i love this course, it helps a lot even in our job in healthcare
Dr. Fred is an exceptional instructor and has an incredible drive to fix the loopholes in the US health care system. I would recommend this course without reservation to anyone who works in any field that affects our health care system, even if their only interaction with the health care system is as a patient.
Dr. Fred is really one of a kind. This course is brilliant and provides great insight on the healthcare system overall. It is a very "humanized" course due to Dr. Fred personal experience with potential errors that may occur caused by their "colleagues".
I am not connecting to the instructor at all. The material is well managed and organized but I am not able to really hear or understand. Further, my connection to the site is disturbing. In this and a couple of other courses, the video lectures jump around and begin in the middle of the lecture. Between these two issues, I am not having a good experience with this course. I live in the US and have graduate degrees in public health .
best instructor I have seen ever
I am so impressed with the content of this course as it pertains to how applicable it is to my health care setting. I work as a charge nurse in a small hospital in St Lucia and I can identify. Keep up the good work all.
It was good, but I would be happy to see more videos.
Loved it
Great !
This is by far one of the best courses I've done at Coursera. It served the purpose I had in mind, as a practical review of many basic human services process and proceedures. I recommend it for both the induction to and review of these fundmentals.
Thank You!
A very useful course for anyone who has involvement in helping to provide care for the elderly.
I went in, just bored... My mother had actually influenced me in taking courses... Little would I know,I would be stupid obsessed with this
This course is absolutely phenomenal. I learned a great deal about a wide range of topics, such as the diversity of indigenous groups in Canada, the history of colonisation and its ongoing negative impacts on indigenous communities, and the struggles currently faced by indigenous communities and individuals.I would recommend this course to anyone. I want to thank the course creators for sharing their knowledge and insight concerning these important topics.
This is an essential course for all Canadians and even Americans. We settler descendants need this course.
I loved that this course offered WRITTEN and VIDEO lessons. I find it difficult to learn by just watching a video. By doing some of the learning by reading and re-reading, I absorbed more.Quizes are also another modality that works well. Quick to do, easy to score, inexpensive to administer, both teacher and learner can assess student learning very quickly.I wish all Coursera programs included more than one methodology for learning. Video is fine, but it isn't the best for everyone, and it isn't the only way to teach things. Many Coursera program rely too heavily on video as their only teaching tool. There are something like 12 or 14 modalities for teaching students. Thank you for using more than one way. I especially liked your reading materials.
Great introduction to a vast and living history; so much to learn!
Excellent course! Ideal for anyone wanting a broad introduction and historiography of the people(s) indigenous to Canada.
Thank you to all our SUPERB PROFESSORS.This class is so very unique & so moving.Just fell in love with our FIRST NATION.
Great course. It is well structured, comprehensive, the lecturers are very clear and the interviews with members of the respective courts are very interesting (it's great to have an inside look!) If you're interested in the topic you won't be disappointed.
I learned a lot from this course and I would definitely be back for further review.
Thank you all instructors & teachers !
its amazing, The tutors are very qualified, the information is clear.
Very well-structured lectures which gives general but nevertheless full understanding of the topic. Good examples from court practice were needed. Interesting interviews with people working at international courts. Great course!
Great Course! I would love to take a specialization of international law, sort of like a Master of International Law certificate (MILC) rather than a LLM which is an official degree title from many universities. International Law in Action should be the first two course needed to complete the International Law Specialization.
The course is comprehensive and the lecture materials are useful and special! Thank you for such a nice course !
It was very interesting, thank you for your work on this course!
It is not free. They just sell the certificates. There is not any free statement about accomplishment of the course, so nobody will knows that you have completed it. In the future you have not got anything to show in your CV.I want my Statement of Accomplishment.
This is a very well put together course on the International Courts at the Hague. The lectures are concise and to the point whilst at the same time providing depth and insight into the history, work and prospects of the ICJ, the PCA and the ICC. Very informative and thought provoking. I feel inspired to continue expanding my knowledge in the topic. Would recommend to both students and professionals.
The course itself was well designed and presented, however, there was sometimes too much information included in each sentence for someone who was unfamiliar with the topic. I had to watch several of the videos more than twice in order to note down and clarify the information that was presented. Also, some of the quizzes included information that was briefly mentioned in the videos but not clearly elaborated resulting in some confusion when it was time to complete the evaluation.
Too much emphasis on irrelevant fact-repeating (eg date a convention was signed) rather than content and implications of the content for practice.
Brilliantly constructed course which gives you the overview over the working of the International Courts in a Bird's eye perspective. Impressive faculty and presentation of data, as well as informative interviews with other relevant personnel of the International Chambers.
I loved this course. Videos are very clear and well structured that for me (with non-law degree) was very easy to follow and systemize my knowledge. Thank you very much.
A great course with a very good overview on the international courts and tribunals of the hague and is very helpful to the better understanding of internationals tribunals specially for law students in their first years.
The fact that knowledgeable people have put together such a programme is a very high score. Secondly the rate and pace at which the videos and lecture notes have put together and presented is a high score. The supplementary readers, some of which can be downloaded and studied at oe's own pace is very laudable. The end of week test is well structured and no matter how you might have read and viewed the videos, one still need some time to grasp everything. The end of course examinations recieve very high score from me
The course was extremely informative with a holistic perspective on the functioning of various international courts as well as special courts addressing international law issues.
Fantastic guide to understant what is behind international law field.
The course is rather interesting. However it is worth mentioning that the course is very initial introduction without detailed materials in the topic!
This course was very good and i hope to see you in leiden university in summer school. thank you
Wonderful course; quote interesting and insightful. Highly recommended!
Very informative and interesting course.
nice introduction to intl courts. well done materials, videos, etc. good teachers, thank you so much!
Awesome .. Thank you Very Much
Excellent videos and reference material. Discussion threads disappointing. Not very much reply to discussion. never mind! Thank you !!!
One of the best classes I've ever engaged in. Clarity is exceptional and the questions are direct and to the point. Thank you, Professors of Law at the University of Leiden. Definitely interested in applying to a possible PH.D program.
A basic and excellent introduction to International Law
Great course! Looking forward to completing the next part of it!
This course is very informative and gives the student a very good understanding of the International Courts and Tribunal in The Hague. I will definitely recommend this course for any person who has an interest in International Courts or who wish to pursue a career in International Law.
The best cours of the world!!!
The course is excellent for beginners in international law
Interesting course but was expecting something sligtly different.
Basic understanding. Recommend to those under graduate students.
Complete, well done! I really have appreciated video lessons and peer review work! I have enrolled also in the next course on the International Criminal Law.
Excellent course! I have learnt a lot about international justice tribunals, arbitration and international law. Highly recommended for general knowledge and for law students.
Very well. I recommand. Thank you for this course.
Fantastic Course, taught wonderfully well by the three extraordinary instructors. A definite to do for an introductory understanding of the international legal system.
academically useful
Very Interesting and highly recommended to Law aspirants.
Great Course, totally recomended
The lecture were prominent to learn the International Law as well as to get to know the ICJ roles.
It was a fantastic education on basics of International law for the students like us who are from developing nation and have no access to quality education.
Excellent introduction to the International courts system. More details on Investor-State Arbitration or perhaps a course exclusively on the topic would be great!
Thank you Coursera, thank you Leiden for this wonderful course.
All tribunals and courts in the Hague are mentioned in this course but the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
A very good short overview!
Very interesting, very thorough. Cannot wait till Part Two arrives!
I recommend this course to everybody, it is very complete and the teachers are amazing. you will learn all about the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague.
Excellent course. It provides a comprehensive overview of the International Courts, and the role they
I really enjoyed this course... for those of us that love international law and international relations this one is a must to understand the complexity of the international community and the future of it.
A very important cycle help me in my university in the field of human rights
Very superficial teachings. This course seems aimed at non legal students, considering the very rare references to the legal instruments' articles. For the price paid, I could have found most information on Wikipedia... Furthermore, the staff isn't responding AT ALL to the —many—requests of the students regarding errors in the questionaries, deadline explanations, etc. Even worse, the subtitles to the videos are full of small typos and wrong transcriptions, sometimes changing the meaning of a sentence, thereby confusing the audience.
Really good course, gives good overview of The Hague Courts and Tribunals. I am definitely enrolling for a follow up course.
Amazing! Everyone shoukd take this course!
Very interesting and thought provoking course. Well balanced with wonderful references and recommended readings.
Amazing course! A great to tool for anyone interested in International Law.I felt i learned a lot. Thanks!
that course was one of the most perfect courses that I've learnt.
I was already interested in international law, and this course made me want to learn even more about it.
The scope of the course is really limited, and that is fine for super-introductory courses like this one, but all the emotional attachments aside, looking only into one city's tribunals is questionable from the methodological point of view.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course and learned a lot! Wonderful tutors, clear and in-depth explanations and well-delivered lectures, very informative and engaging course content. Pleased to have chosen it as my first online learning course.Thank you.
Clear and well structured with excellent lecturers. Highly recommended.
I think this course will be an added value to any one has interest to understand the IL principles with more focus in the Hague.
A very informative and valuable learning experience. Highly recommended for the global citizen striving to navigate the often complex halls of international power and justice.
Great introduction to the International Courts.
Excellent course. Instructors are design this course very efficiently. One has not to review course materials for the second time & before giving "Final examination", if a little attention paid at the first occasion. Thank you very much Coursera & University of Leiden. Looking forward to do more law courses with you. Thanks again.
Some good content. However, text has numerous spelling mistakes and there is no involvement by academic staff. Nor can one see one's answers to quizzes once done., nor standard answers provided. As with so many Coursera MOOC's, little involvement by fellow students in discussion fora. No certificate on completion, which is a pity because the cost of a purchased one is somewhat prohibitive for third world students with our exchange rates.
good for law students
As a student of Criminal Justice and Law in the US, this course was very different from my other work. I found it very interesting and learned a great deal about how law and legal issues are handled around the world. The instructors did a great job, the course was well put together. Thanks for a new and exciting experience.
I will give it a 4, but 3.5 would be my review if the 3.5 mark would be available.Strenghts of the course: Solid and elegant presentations, good readings, and the interviews presented with the ICJ judge and the PCA secretary added value.Weakeness and Opportunites: No slides, excessivelly short course in video resources (discounting the interviews, it had about 20-40 minutes of videos, what is clearly insuficient, when benchmarking with other offerings in the MOOC 'arena') and allowing quizzes to be taken on a 2x per hour is not in my opinion adequate. It makes it too easy and fast to finish the course and does not create an incentive to review the materials. Leiden should focus in presenting more specializations in the educational fields that it has reputation - Law, Tax Law, International Studies, in order to capture more value from the current lack of offerings of specializations in that niche markets.Threats: There is a lot of offerings on the MOOC space, with a finite time availability to make choices. By having courses that are very short, there is the risk that people become inclined to chose other offerings that offer more video resources and other materials.Besides my opinion - I am a critic by design, thank you for continuing offering courses in this platform.I wish you luck.Ricardo Oliveira
Thank you very much.
I've learnt a lot from this course :)
Great source of information, thank you!
Enjoyable..informative
Lecture quality is not as good as other sessions of the course. Plus the grading system is not upto the mark. People evaluating others performances, themselves don't know how they are suppose to evaluate. Grading must be done by Professor. All other ISB modules are far better on Course ERA, except this one. No offence, but it's true.
Thanks you, It was great and useful MOOC,
Highly recommended. Great professor, interesting lectures, and lots of insight for an introduction to Financial Markets.
Great course to understand the contemporary financial era even if it was my first approach to this world!
Excellent course! However tough to manage all the technical terms if you're a newbie ;)
Nice introductory course, would have liked it to be more practical in some aspects, but still great to follow. Recommended!
Quite an engaging course from very modest Prof. Bob Schiller. My first on line course and it was a very satisfying experience.
An excellent course, very complete and successful in terms of the content of Financial Markets. I learned a lot. Many thanks to Yale and Robert Shiller
Very clear introductory course. I particularly appreciated the scope covered by the lectures, which was a motivation to search for more information, and the guest speakers that gave alternative insight on the course material.
Informative, but a liitle bit boring. Videos are too long, as I think
Very informative, thank you for publishing this course :)
Professor Shiller's teaching is absolutely fantastic. I loved the lectures, Professor Shiller's teaching and values.
Best course for beginners.
It was pretty clear, but also motivated me to look up in other sources. The guest speakers were very interesting
Not hard to follow at all and definitely very interesting - especially for me, who've worked for an Investment Bank for the last three years even though my studies were in Political Science.
Great course to understand the basics of Finance.
Wonderful introduction to FM. Comprehensively designed.
Indeed one of the best courses of finance out them. Not that I have experienced them all, but the quality of the talk by Robert is unapprochable. I had difficulties at first to understand and follow the way he presents his lectures, but through out time, I was eventually able to grasp the essence of his talks. This course would be difficult for people with NO finance background (like me). The only way I was able to go through this course successfully is by taking notes (pages & pages) and reviewing it before/through the exam. The notes will remain as a basic archive for my future studies.Thank your Robert & thank you Yale for my 2nd Certif in a row.Rachad Koaik - 27yo - Engineer - Morocco - Rachad.Koaik@Gmail.com
Very basic introduction to financial markets.
Great work in managing several and complex topics.
The course was really very helpful. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to enhance my knowledge and expand my horizon.
Great Course, Thank you Prof Bob Shiller !
Fascinating!
EXCELENTE CURSO, MUY INTERESANTE CADA UNO DE SUS CONTENIDOS. GRS
Prof. Robert Shiller is a brilliant teacher
Great introductory course. Builds solid foundations. Should have been longer to cover more topics.
Really well-structured and knowledge-rich course!
Great Course
a thoroughly enjoyable and thought-provoking course. thank you!
Very simple teaching but, really useful information
This course really give me a general but lively idea about how the financial market in real world works. I enjoyed every guest speech after each lecture. Thanks Prof. Shiller
A must-take course for anyone interested in the world of finance.
It is very informative course and you will enjoy each and every part of it. I recommend this to everyone who wants to gain a holistic information about finance and financial products.
The course gives you an insight of practically almost all the aspects of finance! And that too in just 8 weeks! So kudos to that. Since this course gives a glimpse of almost everything in finance, it becomes easy for a person to choose his/her area of specialization for the future.One of the things that can improve is the subtitles (English). There are just so many errors in them.
A Great course if you are interested in global financial markets or if you want to gain a broader understanding of how they work and why. Prof Robert Shiller is brilliant and teaches you throughout the course with guest speakers for each week at the end of each week.
Very interesting and well taught. Good for those who like to have a general understanding of financial markets.
The course is a great first approach to the financial markets and the philosophy behind them. Specially for those interested in financial history. Professor Shiller is very clear and takes interesting perspectives of the subjects.
Very good good course for beginners, as an engineer I was able to understand everything:)
The course is fascinating and the teacher is authoritative. I am a beginner of finance and I find it suitable for me.
Financial Markets presented in a Layman's LanguageI neither had any prior knowledge of financial markets, nor had any idea of stocks and bonds etc. But the course sailed through all these jargons so easily that this market parlance seems cakewalk to me now. The course was presented in such a light way , I felt it's like I am within a stor
Great course. Introduction to financial markets and regulations. Professor Shiller es clear and didactic.
An excellent course, covers a wide variety of areas and beautifully executed.
Robert Shiller explains difficult concepts and theories in the short and easy-to-understand way, supported by the actual cases. Overall the course is brilliant.
I am very happy to achieve this goal, and I hope that in the future can complete many more of this or any other University
For an amateur, this course gave me an insight or the surface of the complex world of financial markets. I came into the course with my own pre-conceived ideas and knowledge only to find that there are so much more of the topic than what it is. Great course.
Excellent, thanks to Prof. Shiler.
great course
After completing this Financial Markets course, now i am feeling more confident in understanding the Financial market concept and will efficiently implement & share my knowledge in the work area. The course content is designed in such a way that it gives valuable insights about the Global Financial Markets. I would like to thanks Prof. Robert J Shiller for giving us overall knowledge and valuable lectures.
One of the best courses,connecting everything with finance and economics,from stock market to government spending.
Hello,When I came to know that Financial Market course is mentored by Dr. Robert J. Shiller, I enrolled for the course immediately. It's a course that must be taken by every student interested for developing a career in Finance.Thank You Professor. Thank You Coursera.
Interesting first-introduction to financial markets
Interesting approach.
The course was extremely interesting, it helped me a lot in general about how markets operate, and how they are interlinked within the economy. The course would have been more fruitful if more numerical examples and explanations were given in lectures.
very good course !
This course was highly enjoyable. I would like to thank Dr. Shiller for a great course presentation. Professor Shiller presents the material on Financial Markets from a very interesting historical perspective that gives a human personality to the world of finance. It is open enough for someone that has no background in finance but also gives treatment to some mathematical models that students who know the basics may also benefit from. It certainly taught me a lot about how financial markets work and the rationale behind how the industry has developed the way it has along with the regulation around it. I would suggest adding another lecture video on crowdfunding, JOBS Act, fintech etc. in the final week which will talk about some of the developments in the world of finance which are very relevant today. It will also tie in nicely with the concept of 'democratization of finance' how we all can play a role in the finance industry. Highly recommended and well done!Regards, Zeeshan Shaikh
Very helpful and got a complete overview of financial markets.
EXCELLENT COURSE. PROF. SHILLER MADE IT SO EASY TO LEARN EVERYTHING
Inspiring, Valuable, and Exciting!Prof. Schiller is just outstanding in his articulation and expression of ideas.
It was really great course!
Great course, the professor Shiller is very kind in his way of teaching, and I learned a lot about the financial markets, I hope in the future I can expand my knowledge about this area.
An excellent introduction to Financial Markets. Professor Shiller is simply amazing!!!
Basics financial markets with a human perspective. I really recommend this course for people who want to learn and know much more than usually lecture about financial markets
I just love Robert Shiller and coursera and I am proud to be a student of a Nobel prize winner and coursera.
great teacher,I learned lots of things from this class.
This course provides an excellent background for finacial markets understanding. Besides, Mr.Shiller adds a lot by his intelligible yet profound lecturing style. The last but not the least, the invited top-profile speakers bring an extra insight int the subject.
I get to know a lot of important matters in the financial markets, sometimes I consider that more material for reading could be provided to perhaps understand a little bit better some topics, but professor has very good skills and experience, the invited speakers were very useful in understanding some of the lectures.
This has been a wonderful course. It not only equips one with financial knowledge for the corporate world but on a personal level. I believe that through this course, I have placed in a better position to make sound investment decisions. The course is worth repeating
Great course and mentor....
Nice teaching.
Great insights of financial markets from an admirable Professor. The course isn't math-based and is extremely cultural, covering a wide variety of topics.
Wonderful class. I have taken many finance classes in the past. So while I knew most of the topics covered, I learned a lot about the history behind the principles and one's moral obligation in finance. very fun teacher. Great for all levels.
It gives an interesting general view of the financial market and the guest lecturers contribute with very interesting views about the professional financial world and the causes to the recent financial crisis. Very good as an overview.
Very informative and well structures course.
nice course. we need more courses like that, for the people who works on finance but don't have an academic education on economics.
Excellent course and very informative and useful for all students and professionals. Thanks you.
Excellent teacher, excellent videos and every topic was very usefull for me
It is a great course for a general understanding of financial markets and their development. Involves informative lectures and relatively easy assignments.
I will take any course offered by Professor Schiller.
Best course with quality course material
Great!
Great professor. It is free.
Professor is funny and engaging and cares about using finance to improve lives :)
Loved this course!
It was an amazin exprecience, I will recomend it to all my fellows. Thanx professor Shiller you are a great teacher and I found the information very usefull.
I really enjoyed learning the basics of financial systems. Robert Shiller makes the course interesting by explaining complex aspects of economy all over the world in a simple and easy to understand manner. His lectures helped me improve my financial understanding and the reasons behind regulations on financial systems. The aspects of behavioral finance and housing crisis in US intrigued me a lot. The guest lectures by Carl Ichan and Schwarzman were particularly interesting and thought provoking.
I really enjoy listening to Prof. Shiller!A great experience, not only for learning about Financial Market but even under the human and personal growing!
It was an awesome course.
Really good course it has a lot of great content! Definitely would recommend!
Very easy to understand and a lot of data from the practical scenarios. Eagerly waiting for another tutorial from the same Professor
Excellent course. Helps build the foundations f Financial Markets.
Complete course with a valid Professor. Thank You Yale and thank You Coursera
It was a great experience studying this course from such a great profession. This course certainly increased my knowledge about financial market which will help me in my future educations. But the only thing to go for this course is that you must know about financial market in advance this course will just help to sharp you education not completely make your basics clear.
It was great! Professor Shiller the best teacher in my life. Thank you so much.
The course was good and relevant to what the markets are at present. It was easy to grasp for fresher. Would recommend it to my friends who would like to do finance specialization.
A broad intro and overview of many essential aspects of the financial world. Concise course materials.One suggestion: please improve the quality of quiz parts.
Exceptionally clear introduction to Financial Markets.
First and most important: I'm very grateful and honored by taking the course from Professor Schiller, who is clearly a person of great knowledge and intelligence. Examples from real life and history, which he provides during the lectures and the whole "context", so to say, of humanization and democratization of finance - all of it is just great for the introductiory course in financial markets. Guests parts of videos are very important and helpful as well.Second and less important: this course, from coursera (not "live") perspective, is rather explicit, but still "contents page" of a financial book. Amount of abbreviations, mostly US, are just a waste of time in my opinion. Week, where lecturer talks about option markets is a weak part of the course.Nevertheless, if you are completely new to finance and you have some free time for an additional information about the subject - good course. Any other case - not so good.
Very informative, Bob discuss the concepts in simple but very detail way I learn a lot.
One of the best courses related withfinance and economy.
This was a very informative and great overview of financial markets. I learned a great deal and learned more about the industry and how everything fits together into the financial system.
It was a great course on Basic and intermediate level Finance touching all aspects of Financial Markets.I liked how Professor Schiller harps on Behavioral Finance than Mathematical Finance to make this course more interesting and easy to understand.
The calculation is kinda complex because the professor just gave the results. In all, it is detailed and enriched.
The information in this course is basic. It is useful for my further learning in MSF.The professor teaches very well. He uses a lot of examples to illustrate some professional term. It is easier for me to understand.
My first course at coursera and it will be hard to find a better one. Thanks§
This course taught by Prof. Robert Shiller is incredibly insightful and interesting - the passion of the professor is obvious The content was relevant and well edited, which in turn generated a fantastic introduction to the world of finance.
I could not evaluate a Nobel Prize Winner´s course lower than 5 stars. It helped me a lot, increased my knowlodge about Financial Markets and i really enjoyyed all Lectures from Professor Robert Shiller as well as his Guest Speakers. I highly recommend the course to everyone who is interested in Financial Markets and Economics.
As you might expect from a Nobel Laureate, Professor Shiller takes you through this course from an entirely different perspective. He 'humanises' the subject. The way he tells you stories behind the concepts it becomes very difficult to forget them. I enjoyed this course a lot, hope you will too
A beautiful course that opens de doors of the wonder world of finance by the hands of the passionate professor Schiller.
Great course with great professor, only thing i would suggest is more problems and exercises, since this course is almost entirely theoretical.
Really insightful. Especially the first 2 lectures.
great class!! I learned a lot from this 8 weeks course.
An excellent intro to financial markets. The course covers a lot of ground on history and technical aspects of the markets and the features within them. Professor Schiller is a world leader in the subject and you'll be surprised and confident in his class when you start noticing his name appear in everyday life. I see his name in news articles and his work is referenced fairly regularly when I'm reading about economics and business.
I am glad this was my first finance-type course. I've learned much more than I expected from an introductory course and found this course very well-rounded. There were ethical discussions interwoven into the technical content along with corresponding human tendencies in regard to ethical dilemmas. The broad selection of guest speakers gave true insight to what happens out there in the real world, and I learned a lot of from their shared stories. I now believe that if I had a do-over for college majors, I would have doubled into finance plus tried to have gone to Yale. :-)
great course and great lecturer. I learned a lot as a (soon to be) lawyer.
This was an enjoyable course with great content
The course was very basic and there was a lot of things that I expected from Professor Shiller that were not covered very well due to the editing of the original course. But it was great experience to take place in a lecture dictated by a Nobel prize winner like him.
Excellent, charismatic professor and very good guest conferences. Very relevant, great end of course message. Poor editing and test design. Many irrelevant questions. Some questions on topics not included in edited course.
Enjoyed this course. Thanks to Professor Shiller and Yale U!
very rich contentvery clear informationgood exams
This course is the perfect introduction to the field of financial markets! Lectures are well chosen and interesting. Prof. Shiller is doing a great job!
Very interesting course that gives basic information on a lot of topics related to finance and financial markets. Highly recommend for people interested in the topic with none or very little knowledge about it. The professor is not the best public speaker (paces around, use a lot of ums, forgets his sentences and so on), but after the first few lections you get used to it and it is okay. But for one of the guest speakers, I think it was week 5, for me was very painful to hear him speak, so I ended up reading the transcript, not listening to his speach.
It is a perfect blend of economics, finance, philosophy and psychology that is possible in such a short duration.
Thank you for sharing this one with us!! It gave me even more than what I have expected. A knowledge and passion to understand something that I had not studied before.
Overall about financial markets, with very deep discussion about history of finance
A good introduction to finance but it's just a starting point.
Robert Shiller is an awesome lecturer, even as a professional in the financial industry well aware of most intricacies and topics in this course, I would not hesitate to recommend it to everybody.
It has been an interesting experience. The lectures were very good. Dr. Schiller is a very good lecturer.
The lectures were informative. This course is a must if one wants to understand the reasoning behind the creation of certain institutions and instruments. The quizzes were dull and basic stuff. They were just kept to test the attentiveness of the student during the lecture.
It was a great experience to discover the basics in Financials, now I have a wide view in general of how it works the Financial Markets.
Great course
EXCEPTIONALLY AND TECHNICALLY PACKED
Love the depth and well-roundedness of this course! The stories and color Prof. Shiller added to the otherwise mundane finance theory is absolutely inspiring!
Very informative
Best course on Financial Markets!!
In general terms I am really satisfied to have been done this interesting course. I have learnt many interestings concepts in relation to the financial world. The prospective the proffesor Shiller focus this course is highly interesting , doing possible to understand the financials markets into a global view, linking the psycologhy and human behavioural onto it. He did really well, in my humility opinion, transmit his passion for this world using his knowlegments, dear, and nice sense of humor! This last, tells a lot about good and smart people. Thanks very much to Professor Shiller and all of you whose made this course and method of sharing knowlegde, possible. And of course for the dates we are: Merry Christmas and a Happy new year! ;)
It's a great course
An amazing course by an amazing prof
Great!
I like this course!
Production-wise, this course offered the best quality to me on the topic of finance. Additionally, the professor is very likeable and very good at conveying important information. I hope to see more courses from Yale University!
Great introductory course, no math knowledge required
Nice course, easy to follow!
Very nice essence of Yale 251! Very deep and best for beginners and professionals. Huge thanks to Coursera and Prof. Shiller for sharing such nice knowledge!
Great course offering an overview of the financial markets. Does not go into detail, keeping the course at a relatively high level. Well delivered lecture by Prof Schiller making the videos entertaining to watch. As a bonus each week features a prominent guest speaker providing additional insights.Highly recommended.
Great introductory course on Financial Markets. Definitely worth taking. Thanks to Prof. Shiller and Yale school.
Wonderful perspective on finance.
Amazing course!
I thought the class served its exact purpose - to provide a broad view of financial markets, the historical context, and the lever at work in our economies.
Great Course!
Great course to discover the financial world
Good course explaining the basic fundamentals of Financial Markets, especially Financial markets of US.
Professor Shiller is very good at teaching. This course is easy to follow
I thank Prof Robert Shiller, Yale University and Coursera for offering this course - Financial Markets. The course doesn't goes into the depth of any particular topic, but provides an excellent overview of entire financial ecosystem. It beautifully captures very well the broad spectrum of financial ecosystem (its context, history, fundamentals, actors and regulations) and educates the students in a manner that is easy to understand and informative. After taking this course, I am interesting in exploring more about financial markets, in particular the investment banking and futures and options. I would rate this course very high and recommend it to those who are interested in understanding financial markets. Thank you again for this offering!
The course faculty Prof. Robert has a simplified way of making the concepts understood. The course contents are very professionally designed. Thanks.
The content is very good, the presentation (bits of lectures put together) something to get used to. Overall informative and "enjoyable".
Fantastic course. I reread everything twice to get a full grasp but very helpful information
Excellent content. Besides, it is a unique opportunity to "become part" of the class since it
Do not recommend. Chaotic and full of irrelevant (IMO) information. Does it really matter in which year some paper was written? Or from which latin word the term 'interest rate' derives?
I'm working for an investment bank and eventhough the course is focused on essential knowledge, I have to admit that I've learned many interestning facts and enjoyed every lecture with Professor Schiller.
had an amazing experience studying this course.Robert shiller makes things look so easy.
Very effective and learned a lot about financial markets. Than you.
I enjoyed the course. It was well delivered and easy to follow. I don't think I'm equipped to hit the stock markets right away but I have definitely learned a lot about how the financial markets work.
Excellent course with good lecturers. Quiz are too memory based but other than that very worth it!
Very good courses and professional teacher, wish Dr. Shiller open more courses here.
Very good structured
This was a GREAT refresher course for someone who has been out of the financial markets for a while AND/OR someone who wants to get a fundamental understanding of financial markets (Thank you Alexander Hamilton!) and what drove the crash in 2008.I love finance. I graduated with a B.S. in Finance but my career took me down a different path. I was interested in catching up on my degree, learning more about the market crash, and the resulting regulations that came from it.I give it 4 stars because some of the content is a bit old (from 2011) and I found that a few of the test questions were not part of the course content. Outside of this, it was a class well worth taking and obtaining the certificate. I loved the guest speakers, especially Karl Icahn.Thank you coursera for bringing great content to the web. It gives me the opportunity to educate myself outside of my profession as well on my own time.
Excellent Programme. Long but very informative.
This Course has been a very valuable source on Financial structures of the markets and has given a practical picture on how they function . Thank you Professor Schiller for being so knowledgable and an effective teacher.
Great Course! Thanks！
It is a great introductions to finance
Thanks to teach us such a nice way. this course help to learn basic concepts of risk management.thanks again.
Excellent course. Please keep updating the material, don't let it go 3-4 years without updating!
Amazing course by Prof.Robert
I learned a lot ...Robert Shriller shows how much he loves finance and he made me love finance too...this just taught me a lot about world of finance
This is possibly one of the best introductory course to finance markets.
I enjoyed the evolutionary take on teaching basic financial structures. It was easy to follow why they came about and how they improved society.
super course! thanks
I have gained an in depth understanding of the reason the financial world is as is today, as well as the importance of behavioral finance.
I am actually an engineering student who wanted to switch to finance. This course really helped me to understand the basics.
Great course
Excellent course, got to learn new concepts of easy way beyond earn more knowledge in different areas!
Thank you for your teaching .I'm a Chinese student which have little finance learning experience. As once I'm afraid of full English learning. I'm apply for MBA FudanUniversity.Very glad that have the chance to learning your lesson.Thank you very much.
Its one of the best among others if you starts with some understanding of financial basic concepts before register for any detailed or other deep courses. "Thumps Up"
Great course. Great lector! Would be nice to have more courses like this.
Intersting :)
The questions asked in the tests could have been better. Design questions based on application rather than memory.
Brilliant stuff. Goes into some depth regards the detail, but delivers a good understanding of the subject.
This was overall a really interesting course. Robert Shiller is really good at storytelling and giving out intuitions about complex financial problems. The (prestigious) guest speakers also enhanced tremendously the appeal of the mooc. Carl Icahn's interview on its own is worth enrolling for this course. The only drawback I found was that this is a typical "research university course" in the sense that most of the material should be tackled outside of the classroom, through Fabozzi's textbook in this case. However nothing stops you from reading it of course...
Beautiful course!!Thanks Yale and Coursera!!
Interesting and well-structured course that covers up most of the fundamentals in the financial sphere and besides that, what I really liked, is that it highlights the moral part.
Fantastic journey into finance by a professor that can bring to life with simple examples the purpose and need for finance technology
Neo-liberal and neo-con presentation of the matter that has little to do with how the real world works, or should work, had we had a fair play field. Would not expect anything else from the neo-liberal flagman, Yale. Pretty much expected it would be the case, but just wanted to give it a try.
Brilliant!
Superb sessions by Shiller. Very informative and worthy.
Exceptional course. The lectures were fantastic.
Brilliant course and would recommend to anyone interested!
very helpful course with introduction of fundamentals in financial market, very suitable for students who wanna know things about the industry.
Thank you to the instructor for this amazing course! it´s such an honor to have joined one of the best universities in the world. I´ve understood quite well how financial markets work.
Great!
A great course for insight of financial derivatives by a very interactive and erudite professor.
Great introduction to financial markets. Understandably, most examples are relevant to the US economy. Would be fantastic if the concepts were covered deeper with more general examples.
Very good and didactic course. I recommend to anyone interested in the financial world.
Very concise and straight to the point.
A good learning experience. Very systematic course.
This is an excellent course. Prof Robert Shiller is a wonderful teacher and a great inspiration to all of us. This course is a must-one for all business aspirants. I'm completely new to the world of finance. I was in a great amount of confusion in where to start with and the course 'financial markets by Prof Robert Shiller' gave me a good amount of basic knowledge and insights on various topics of finance. This is one of the best introductory course on finance available online. I'll never regret this. It's worth the time and effort!
Sir Robert Shiller is an amazing teacher with best skills & a natural smile on his face. Though online it feels like a direct face to face learning with him.It would be m honor to study & learn further from him.
I thought it was a very enlightening course even though it was online. I did wish that some of the lecture videos were full length on coursera itself because I had to search them up separately on youtube. Those were thankfully there to give me a better understanding of the coursework before a couple of the graded quizzes.
I‘m really enjoy in this course. I don't just learn finance here, I also learn wisdom in this course. Moreover, Professor Shiller is the best professor that I have ever seen.
Basic concepts well explained by a great teacher
It is a privilege to hear words from Professor Shiller.
It's a very good course in order to update the financial culture and also institutions and history involved.
It is an excellent course by Prof. Robert, the concepts are explained in lucid manner and i personally refer this course to every finance enthusiast.
Very nice although sometimes the questions could be a bit more pointed towards the actual substance of the matters and have a bit more of an international view (read: non-US). Would recommend.
Excellent course. Professor Shiller has a nice way of presenting the course and explaining it.I was expecting more math formulas and equations to solve in the quizzes. We need to have deeper information on these matters.We cannot underestimate the role economy plays today in the world. I encourage "coursera" to add more courses like this one and delve deep in economics matters.Wish you all good luck and thank you for this beautiful course.
I really enjoy this course, great material with the best professor, Robert Shiller, thank You!
this course is very helpful.
Professor Schiller was great. What an introduction to financial markets - can't wait to take a deeper dive into many of the concepts that were introduced in this class.
Very well organised and presented. The course would be perfect if the transcript made sense (and it does not because it is full of filler words and incomplete sentences), or if the course had supporting material to read. One of the two.
Awesome course for someone who is a beginner!
Great course, help me to learn financial market at home
It is a very good course, Professor Shiller is just amazing and helped to get an idea about behavioral finance , for sure it will make us to be true to our work in the financial sector
Very structured and informative course, top professor!
Very thorough. I thought this was very critical information and the tests were formatted around actual lecture material. Thank you.
Pros:Introduced me to new ConceptsInsights into elite guest speaker's mindsCovers most bases on the topics mentionedCons:Unclear explanations in some parts, but Google comes to the rescue hereOverall, highly recommended (especially to economic majors)
I am honoured to have been able to learn from Professor Robert Shiller.
I am disappointed about this course. I was expecting to learn more in this subject as described on the course info. However, the quality of the lectures is not good at all. I haven't found any lecture that present the knowledge as the Ivy league University as Yale. I felt sorry for the students who actually attained this class at Yale campus. The professor was not prepare for the lectures and confused/forgot sometime. I was hoping that the Nobel prize winner would teach something that complicated in the simple way. The questions in the exam ask mostly about year, person, numbers which is not the good exam per my perspective. If you want the have the certificate from Yale, you can take this course. BUT if you want to learn about Financial Markets, I would not recommend this course. I'm so sorry.
Very valuable course. Although I am public Health Care Professional, but learned a lot through this course regarding finance and economics.
this course is very interesting the financial markets and the teacher is good
Good content.
It covers all the basics. In addition to it, leading industry personality talks enhances the course content.
The lectures are often superfluous and the professor keeps jumping from subject to subject. From the mathematical side, the course is also rather shallow. Half of the first week quiz verifies knowledge that in my opinion has no practical importance (not something to remember).
Thank you so much for the course, Prof. Shiller! It was a unique an immense experience!
Course content is well designed.
Excellent course for the general understanding of finance.
Perfect course for a newbie in finance and a way forward to go further down the wonderful and challenging coaster in the world of finance.
An excellent form to expand your mind about how economy works, how The Worl works. Mr. Shiller could show us his mindo opinion and gave us powerfull tools to open the way in a exposed and chaotic world beyond finance. I reccomend this course to everybody that has conscious, collective conscious. Get started!
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This course is just great.
Thank you Dr. Schiller. Informative, concepts made accessible and nice touch of public goodness and up lifting.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Very well thought out and presented in an informative and very engaging manner. Brought to life many subjects I was aware of but lacked in depth understanding. Now I can say I am more enlightened.
Amazing depth in the curriculum and extremely lucid explanation by professor shiller. A pleasure to have enrolled in the course and expanded my knowledge in the world of finance
This course was a very exciting experience for me. Professor Robert is in love with what he is doing. That shows in every step of the course - the structure, thematic & length of lectures,& the guest speakers interesting & useful web sites. And that prof. has not only very deep knowledge & passion for the subject, but also very broad practical experience, which he generously shares with the students makes the course even more valuable. I am MBA student and Financial Market is the key subject of my program, I find that taking this course was a useful & inspiring journey. Because of not having webcame with my laptop I was not able to verify all the Quiz but It was really a great learning and gaining knowledge. Thank you Professor Robert Shiller.
Thank you very much Professor Shiller,love your course very much .Contact the actual is wonderful .Invited guests so vivid.Looking forward to you
very useful and broaden my eyes
very fundamental and straight to the point . This is the course if you are looking for strong foundation.
Prof. Robert Schiller gives a really clear structure of capital markets, which helps us to better understand how institutional investors make their investment decisions, and how the mechanism operates in our time.
Great course, great lessons and the invited speakers are a plus.
Prof. Schiller provides a full picture on financial markets. Don't expect only mathematical finance to be taught. He places great emphasis on the behavioural side as well. As somebody who studies management, I have grasped an unreal amout of knowledge regarding financial markets.I encourage people of all professions to take this course, as it will deepen your understanding and passion for the markets.
Best in Financial Markets Courses. I loved the content and the way Prof. Robert Shiller transitioned various topics from lesson one to the end. Very simple explanation of each and every topic making it easy if I choose to dwell deeper. Guest lectures are very informative and appropriate too.
Excellent introductory course into Finance.
Great lectures, the tests didn't really focus on the crucial elements of the course in my opinion
It's an excellent course with lots of material and the expertise of Professor Shiller
Excellent business and financial information.
Great course!
Provides an excellent general overview. Thank you Professor Shiller for making it available
Great course, the lectures are largely qualitative, but very informative and cover a wide variety of topics.
Learned a lot and am glad I completed the course. Prof. Shiller is an engaging lecturer with an enjoyable personality. Wish some subjects were treated in more depth and would have also enjoyed more detailed mathematical treatments. An impressive array of high-profile and influential guest lecturers, but the quality of their lectures varied greatly.
Basics and stories of financial market. Not very deep but granting you a comprehensive understanding of current financial insitutions and their functions.
Very Comprehensive. It also introduces to Behavioral finance as well! Awesome <3
its a very useful course, but you kind of do need to have a some background in finance or economics
Thank you so much for this course Dr. Schiller and Yale workers.
I found it great. Good explanations with a great teacher.
Good and informative.
Excellent overall introduction to finance and markets. I have a better understanding of the private and public sectors operate (United States context) thanks to this course.
Great course overall, well taught and easy to understand.
Great general introduction to finance, profitable also for the non experts.The personal opinion of the Professor are an amazing plus which makes this course stand out among similar ones.
Excellent presentation especial the historical and the guest speakers. It really feels more like a professional course tailored for people already in practise and want to update themselves. Thanks Prof for the excellent well researched presentations of issues.
It is just turning out to be a tremendous experience. Robert Schiller, or Bob Schole (as carl Icaahn calls him) is one heck of a personality! the man holds a sea of depth knowledge and history in him. I'm barely half way through the course but it is just unbelievably informative, and has the right balance of knowledge, explanation, my favorite thing psychology, and the guest speaker every week is the cherry on top!
Excellent resource and refresher on financial markets.
It's really nice course.
The course seems more like a cut-and-paste version of Prof. Shiller's "Financial Markets" course from Yale Open Courses than a proper Coursera MOOC. While the course's content is interesting and benefits a lot from Prof. Shiller's extensive scholarship and insight, it could be improved along several ways:(i) downloadable slides giving a comprehensive overview over Prof. Shiller's key points and power point slides;(ii) a split screen with Prof. Shiller on the right and the slide on the left side (like in Metrick and Geithner's "Global Financial Crisis" MOOC);(iii) clearer presentation and explanation, especially concerning Mr. Redleaf, but also for Prof. Shiller (he rambles quite a bit).
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
Great course for FM beginners.
Provides a firm overview of all related topics and creates an appetite for more. Professor Shiller, among the little few inspiring old-school professors, literally makes the difference as to the course success. Great opportunity to attend this seminar in one of the most renowned universities from a Nobel prize winner. What a combination. Well done!
Very informative and delivered in a simple but effective manner. Lack of case studies and a bit too theoretical are the shortcomings
it's fantastic cou
Robert Schiller has given a good start to understand financial markets which the course provided are informative. Coursera is a great place to learn different subjects without borders.
It is an amazing course and i enjoyed it a lot. i would recommend watching the full video lectures on youtube if you want to dig deeper.
Great course so far! Just finished Week 4 of the course. Robert Shiller's lectures are not only insightful but highly engaging!
Coursera is a great forum to learn about a variety of subjects. Having Robert Schiller as a guide, is definitely a great opportunity. It is exciting to learn from someone who has such experience and knowledge of the industry. The course is very informative, and I look forward to many more like this. Thank you for the opportunity to learn without boarders.Regards,Leshan johnson
A great introductory course to finance.
Enriching thinking about the characteristics of global finance!
Maybe is good idea to have another courses in this rank from Yale University.Thanks.
Excellent Introduction to the Financial Markets. The lectures and quiz were provided at the right pace, filled with rich and relevant information. Many thanks to professor Shiller and Coursera for a unique opportunity to learn more about this fascinating world
A very easy to understand introduction to financial markets from passionate Professor!
for a person that took up nursing and study business its a whole new level for me.
Really good course, taught be someone who exemplifies the best of
Terrible course: (i) the lecturer seems to be "all over the place", briefly touching on several aspects of finance in a superficial way, without much coherence with respect to each week's theme; (ii) the lecturer speaks in a very confusing way, without formulating clear sentences and often divagating from the main topic with minor details that are neither necessarily relevant, nor properly explained; (iii) the few formulas that the lecturer presents are treated as if they have fallen from the sky en bloc, without explaining bit by bit how they are obtained; (iv) the main points of each lecture are not stressed sufficiently enough, leaving one to wonder what the take-home messages are at the end of each lecture.I give the course one star due to the appreciated emphasis that the lecturer places on unorthodox economic approaches, such as behavioural economics, and on the important issue of finance democratisation.
I very much enjoyed the course. I very much enjoyed the material. And Robert Shiller is terrific. And I very much enjoyed the guest speakers as well.
Great course!!!
Great!!
I was completely satisfied.
Excellent course presented by a well-known academic.
Excellent course. Robert Shiller is a very accessible and personable lecturer, making you really feel like you are in the lecture theatre.The course material is relevant and delivered in an interesting way. The assessment questions perhaps don't challenge the learners understanding as much as it could.... however never the less a great introduction to Financial Markets and recommended for anyone wanting to dip their toe in to this area or enhance existing knowledge.Many thanks Yale Uni, Prof Shiller and Coursera.
I think the crises happened because of the limits of the debts of the financial institutions and the risk to give employees more loans that they can't pay back which had risk some companies in the wall street and couse more crises on the workers wage, the banks some times feed the rich people on the account of poor, the roof of salaries must be equal to work and the business, the level of planing how to avoid another crises, how to determine the markets finance needs built on the opinions of the citizens and built on the supply and demand. Thanks a lot for the lectureYour sincerelyHossam Al-Dean Al-Barqouni An accountant graduated from Philadelphia university .
The method of teaching gives you a better understanding of why certain things in finance exist. It goes back in history at times, provides you with statistical data and the speakers are very knowledgeable in their own field. Because of that, you become more aware of where finance was (how companies and regulatory bodies operated before) and where it might head to.
Just fantastic.
Provides a very valuable outlook on the fundaments of finance.
I really like the way professor presents the material.
It's quite clear and interesting explanation with some historical background of the derives. Just sometimes it's a little bit long time to explain a theory instead of an intense explanation due to the sync with a real class.
Great class and great information!
This condensed course on Financial Markets by Professor Robert Schiller is an excellent introduction. It's a great way to learn about important concepts and institutions in the financial world. Professor Schiller's teaching is easy to follow and understand. And the quizzes provide great opportunity for students to review their learning. I highly recommend this course for anyone who has an interest in knowing the often-mystified financial markets.
Great course to give you an overview of financial markets.
While the lectures are pieced together from what I gather was a much more intense level course on financial markets, the editors did a wonderful job ensuring the videos flowed seamlessly. What a privilege it was to experience the expertise of Dr. Shiller, his insight and teaching was easily understandable for anyone with a background in basic economics and finance. The guest lecturers was offered a great deal of variety and insight in each of the major areas of the course.
A very insightful introductory course that introduce us to a broad range of financial instruments, history as well as discussion on some recent crisis.
Great class from a well-respected economist!
As an introduction before starting Finance modules is perfect. History of finance, main concepts, useful info, short but informative. More related to US economy, but Prof.Schiller's examples helps a lot. If you want to understand better of learn more, need to download whole lectures from Yale for this course(23 of them available online). Good luck to everyone!!!
best course of financial markets ever! i recommend it to all who wants to know more about not about theoretical aspects but about practice.
It's a wonderful course to start learning about finance.
Nice explanations of important points in finance
Best teacher ever. i wish i had met him at yale just to chat.great course.
thanks a lot!
A very informative course about financial markets. Gives you basic knowledge that you must know. The professor is very pleasant to listen to.
The lecturer is a kind and wise person. I adored watching the lectures with him.
Very nice&useful explanations of professor Robert Shiller, he makes u feel great interest in finance :)
Useful overview of the entire Financial Services markets and the various players involved.
It is a very interesting course. It is an unique opportunity to learn from a Nobel Prize.
The story-telling approach by Robert Schiller made this course really enjoyable. I recommend this course to anyone interested to learning more about financial markets.
Very inspiring and helpful class. I'm glad to have this class offered by coursera and given by Professor Shiller. Thank you.
A very interesting and basic introduction to financial markets that is suitable for anybody. For Coursera, the course has been shortened compared to the original version taught at Yale. In some places, unfortunately, it seems like too much is left out.
Excelent Course, the topics are interesting and explained in a very good way
Excelent course. Thank you a lot!
Pretty good coverage of a variety of financial markets. This is an entry level course for those with basic understanding.
It looks like a (notsogood) synthetis of the course available on Yale website
This is an information-packed and well-organized course, and an excellent introduction to financial markets that blends classic theory with thought-provoking questions from behavioral economics, as well as linkages to recent events. The guest lectures each week add interesting dimensions to the material conveyed. And, of course, Professor Shiller is fantastic!
amazing course for candidates looking to gain introductory knowledge into financial markets. A must have for those willing to have a career in stock markets.
Robert Shiller is a great professor, I'd have love to have him as teacher in real life!Said so, however, the course here on Coursera is missing a lot of important informations, which are fundamental not only to have a better understanding but also to complete successfully the exams.
Very nice course. However, it seems the course misses some key points of finance market knowledge.
Excellent course, great insight
Missing substantial amount of information and lecture
Great course
Professor Shiller is such a nice and gentle teacher who gives us introduction of Financial Markets. And from this course I get some new and deeper understanding about many financial theories.
Excellent Course by Prof. Shiller, great explanations, and topics. Hoping for a part 2 sometime soon.
Shame that some interesting parts have been cut out of the lectures, but a very good overview and insight in financial markets
Great course! Great professor!
The sound volume is a bit low even turning up to the maximum level
The lectures' videos are available intergrally on youtube, whereas on Coursera there are some parts that are missing. The students' answer on the blog are not answered from Coursera staff
That was a really interesting course. I now understand why finance has developed into what it is today and also how and why it failed in 2008. Great course well taught.
I would recommend this course for those that want to understand the basic workings of financial markets in the US. I especially enjoyed the top notch speakers, and viewed some of their full talks on youtube. Thank you!
Good introduction to Finance. Very watchable lectures and a lot of useful information.
Due to the course having been compiled from Prof. Shiller's regular lectures and short videos added later specifically for Coursera, the course in overall seems ragged and lacking an encompassing narrative. Chunks of lectures appear missing, with things appearing on the blackboard between the video sequences and several "previously we talked about X" when X wasn't mentioned in the online course at all.Disregarding that, it's still a useful and enlightening course.
Very informative and practical course. Real world applications are valid.
Very complete finance Course. Robert Shiller is a very good professor
As a student majoring on Accounting, this course give me a lot of inspirations about the financial markets. I have acquired the reasons for some influential financial problems in the financial vision, not just accounting aspect. BTW, the professor is really cool :)
my first course about economics, helpful!!!
This is an excellent topic. And videos are also great.
good course and good explanation by Prof.Shiller but a lot of videos were edited like a few parts of the video were deleted. Also I felt like Prof.Shiller sometimes did not explain all the concepts to the full extent which I felt made it a bit difficult for a beginner like me to fully understand what he was teaching
Robert Shiller is always trying to set examples of his lectures and placing the facts in history, so we get great context.
Informative, engaging and a course which pushes your curiosity to learn even more.
best course i have ever followed. presented very interactively with a lot of useful information
Great...
An amazing course with well explained details.
Interesting insights by Professor Shiller, but the course is set at an overly beginners level
I am pleased for having the opportunity to do this course
This is how a course should be. All the answers for the quizzes it´s in the videolectures.The Professor it´s a great teacher, it´s a basic fundamental financial markets course so it´s not that hard if you have a liitle experience ore interest in that area.highly recommend the course.
Really interesting and worthy!
Thank you Yale. I learned a lot from this course, very useful and interesting, I highly admire professor Sheller.
Excellent course. Great lectures and fantastic speakers.
Excellent overview of finance basics with reference to underlying economic principles.
Professor Robert Shiller is excellent. He makes great elaborations on the topics. Nice contents and very well organized class.
Course is Brilliant but not for a complete novice or someone who doesnt have enough time to devote to the course. Professor is exceptional. Best of luck to all students .
As Professor Shiller had said, this course is the shortened version of Financial Markets (2011), which he taught in Yale. A shortened one as it is, I benefit a lot from the course. Terms are explained explicitly. Unfortunately, videos in week 3 is not complete, so I had to go to Open Yale for more info. If you want more info, more materials and more homework, you can go for Open Yale. Materials are more detailed there. Despite the inconvenience, I think this course is very suitable for peoples like me, a beginner in finance. I quite recommend this course. A better one if the error can be solved.
The lectures are amazing, but I wish we have a lot more involved homework than the short quizzes. If there were more research questions or problem solving homeworks that demonstrate deeply the understanding of the subjects that would have been great. The current quizzes are very trivial and doesn't test the understanding of the material only the fact that you actually went through the lectures even if quickly.
Best course on financial market
Brilliant course. Fresh, innovative, inspiring. Describes finance how it should be. Explains complex concepts in very simple terms, even the economic principles of Robinson Crusoe are reinterpreted in modern finance. The best coursera course I followed.
A must do course for investors!
A very inspiring course
One of the best courses I had taken in coursera so far. Prof Shiller is a great teacher. If I had taken his course couple of years back I might switch to get my PhD in economics rather than engineering :)
Very good and holistic introduction to financial markets, their history and instrumentarium.Suitable for newcomers who want to get an overview about the topic, I enjoyed it.
Being a non finance graduate and a aspiring finance masters student I found this course amazing.After learning this course I want to learn from Prof. Shiller in Yale SOM.Karan
Financial Markets provided good information on the landscape of finance, mostly referring to USA. If you're from elsewhere (Canada), this course would not really apply. Some of Robert Shiller's ideas were unclear or lost as he was not the best communicator but his passion for finance was evident. The guest speakers, although high profile, were not the best choices, also because of issues with public speaking and generally getting ideas across. I expected more math involved for a course like this but Shiller rather provided more of a historical account of finance. Overall, it is a course worth taking if you're looking for a good overview of finance, how the industry works and how it became that way.
Huge thanks to the Coursera team and to Professor Shiller and his assisstants for making this course freely available online.As someone who shares Professor Shiller's passion for behavioural finance, it was very rewarding to hear his perspective on a wide range of topics related to markets and regulations.One thing I'd like to single out for improvement are the assessments which, in my opinion, were focused on testing short-term memory rather than genuine understanding of the material and as such were not challenging at all.
pretty good
Great course on Financial Markets! Thank you Coursera.
I really like professor Bob, and his lecture is great! However, the order of how things were taught is questionable to me. In my opinion, students should learn basic knowledge about finance first, and then go to the topics like diversification. Besides, the quiz were not well designated. I don't see the point to answer a question like "When was Fannie Mae created?".
It has been 4 weeks since I started this course and it is great. Professor Shiller is an excellent teacher and mentor. He shows everything very easy and clear.
This is a very good introduction to Finance. It introduced me to some of the important things that go on in the business world, and to some of the history of how banks, insurances, and incorporations started. For a graduate student in math these lectures increased my interest in reading more two of the technical papers given during a lecture. Thanks professor Shiller and Coursera for this course.
What to say! This is definitely introductory but who wouldn't take a course and get a sense of what it is to interact with Robert Shiller?Great insights and a interesting position on what is finance! I must admit that I was kind of leaning towards this idea from the beginning and therefore totally agree on the "social" objective of finance. I hadn't thought of finance as a technology though and I must admit that I'm very fond of this analogy!Thanks a lot!
Prof. Schiller rocks.
The course is well organized and thorough. However, there are typically a few questions on each week's quiz that is not covered by the lectures. Overall, I'd recommend the course to anyone interested in learning about finance and the marketplace.
this course was great
good overview of financial markets.
This course helped me better understand the dynamics of financial markets with simple explanations by Prof. R. Shiller, and the guest speakers are great!
Excellent introductory course for undergraduates. It values equally private and government activity in finance as well as their potential sources of failure. It gives a positive and balanced social view of the role of finance in society.
Professor rambles a little but the basic content is all there.
This course is fantastic!
Very good course, gives you a perfect introduction of Financial Markes, added to history facts that helps to understand the current economic model.
Bob Shiller is awesome !
Professor Shiller is amazing in not only his knowledge of all areas of Finance but his delivery to all the students is so refreshing and genuine that he pulls you into every subject with the excitement of wanting to learn and understand more about it's history and importance in today's world. I came to this class wanting to revisit all the subjects in the Financial Markets and be updated based on the current happenings globally in relationship to those. Excellent class!
Invaluable lectures by Pr. Dr. Shiller.
Professor Shiller, does an incredible job going in detail each week of the: course concepts, relevant definitions, examples to illustrate his talking points, step by step introduction to each lecture, and historical acts/bills that have set the trend to the current financial market and global markets. This is a must take course! If you have a business, finance, or economic background; this course will sharpen the skills you have learned and as well broaden your knowledge of Financial Markets.
Concise and comprehensive overview. Robert Shiller is fantastic!
Prof, Shiller does an excellent job in explaining finance in a very simple way. I very important course for every individual who wants to understand financial markets as this course lays a strong fundamental base.
This is exceptional and very helpful. This is really helping me out to understand what actual risk is and related matters to it.
Bad course, a lot of talking but no explainantion. Non of the math is explained. and that is themajurity of the questions that come back in the tests
It's great experience to learn from a great professor!
Excelent. Thank you Mr.Shiller.
Dear organizers, teacher and colleagues.It was very pleasure for me to study this course. I like this course very much because the teacher explains the difficult economic process very easy. If you have questions you can discuss it.It was a very interesting course.Thank you very much for this course.With best regards,Maryna Stegniienko.
I enjoyed the course very much. Very understantable
Contents are precise and to the point.
concise, practical and covering all aspects of the markets !!!
Professor Shiller provides an interesting and enjoyable review of financial markets and how they work. It is an excellent foundational course for those seeking a global perspective on the markets and how we got to where we are today.
This is an interesting introductory course on finance. I enjoyed Professor Shiller's style of delivery. Some of the quantitative analysis, although limited, appeared to assume some additional knowledge of the subject matter. The video editing could be improved, particularly in the earlier lectures where some of the quiz questions where not covered in the online lectures.
I really enjoyed the class . The information was relevant and interesting. I especially liked the guest lecturers.I would recommend this class .
The course is overall helpful and knowledgeable. Great teaching bu Prof. Shiller
Very clear and crisp delivery of the basics of Finance !Thanks a lot Professor!
Ever since the advent of OpenYale I was hoping to gain credit for Prof Shiller's course
Very scattered and long lessons. Very difficult to learn something that is not "textual". Examination is based on literal terms (e.g: what year was XX reform enacted"). Not the type of knowledge I thought I would get
Great course. All this information packed into one place is unique and a great learning opportunity. It is very much worth your time.
I have a hard time focusing on what he is trying to say. He seems all over the place and doesn't seem to follow a path that I can understand. I'm sure live it's different but when you're taking it online and parts are
information in this course is incredible usfull. thank you for this course.
If you are keen to learn the subject of finance , look no further.
Very Good Course!!!
Super! Thanks to the Instructor!
Fundamental approach is something that is so rare in this modern world, even on Coursera.
professor shiller is the best
Being an engineer i knew only half of the technical world and i always wanted to study about the "Financial Markets" this just made a lot more easier for me to understand about Financial markets. This whole sessions answers my questions about Why? When? What? about financial markets. This has been a lot more comprehensive reading for me. It helped me in lot of ways. Thank you so much Sir Robert shiller it was really in depth knowledge about the markets though its still in progress. Am looking forward to complete this course and grab knowledge as much as possible.
Great introduction to the world of finance. Even for me as a PhD student of Finance, it was interesting and informative session. I would like to have something like Financial Markets II :) Robert Shiller is amazing professor and I will certainly miss him.
awesome. thank you prof $hiller
Very useful, dynamic and with a great teacher.
Exceptional primer course for amateurs and professionals interested in basic economics as well as financial markets. Dr.Shiller is awesome in explaining abstract concepts with amazing real life examples.
It has opened my eyes to a new kind of world... Love the Professor!
Not quite what I was expecting from a leading economist at Yale.
I would like to give this course 5 stars because Robert Shiller is such amazing teacher and lecturer, but I have to give it 4 stars because as is the lectures are not very well edited. A lot of content was left out, and some of the quizzes test material that is not even in the course.
Professor Shiller smoothly guides students through the complexity of finance. And just as important he emphasises the role of morality in creating our future!
Very helpful to understand, full of interesting examples and data.
I recommend it..
The course brings out the core principles of financial markets, it's implications on economic markets as a whole by upbringing pre-requisite questions, examples, theories and much more about what the actual situation is and what does it mean to us, the markets and the economy.
Very important course investment issues and the development of financial markets
Amazing course to understand the financial ecosystem!
good course. Pay attention during lectures or you will not pass.
A fantastic fundamental insight into the workings of the different aspects of financial markets! In contrast to most finance classes, there's plenty of history to explain how the current financial markets came to be after previous infrastructure was battered many times by financial crises. In addition, the guest lectures by extremely prominent people in the field (not to mention that the professor himself is a Nobel Laureate) really gives this course a rather practical aspect as lecturers explain real difficulties outside of the classroom. The actual (& more mathematical) version of this class can also be found on YouTube!
Content was great and Prof. Shiller is one of the most important economists of his generation. However, the assessments could have been better structured so as to be more challenging and a better diagnostic tool for learners. See the Wharton School Introduction to Corporate Accounting course for an example of well implemented multiple choice exams.
Great course with lots of insight into this complex and fascinating topic. And how often do yo have the chance to attend lectures held by a Nobel laureate? Highly recommended to anyone interested in the topic of finance!A big thank you to Prof. Shiller and his team!
This is a really nice introductory course. I liked it a lot. The only reason I gave it a 5 star rating is the fact that some lectures are missing.
All the Course material is available online on other websites and it is kind of very old
This was a great course. Pro. David Schiller is impressive and aware of all the current dimensions of Finance. A very enlightening
Professor Shiller is a genious.
Excellent beginner level course for those seeking financial knowledge! Professor Shiller is an icon and provides great background into market workings. I highly suggest this course for anyone thinking of pursuing a career in finance or wanting to take more control of their personal finances.
Great course.Assignments are sometimes boring, but video material is awesome. Really like guest section.
What a great course. Professor Shiller explains concepts in a simple manner so everyone understands. He also make a great deal of references to the origins of old concepts such as banks, insurances, etc. so you not only understand the concept but the reasoning behind such concepts. So happy to took the course.
It is a general course for non-specialist in finance.
It was a fantastic introductory course for a non finantial profile people who wants to introduce himself in this world.I wish to congratulate professor Shiller, Yale University and Coursera for this course and digital adaption and, obiously, I want to recomend this course to everyone.
It is a brilliant course for those who want to get an understanding of the principles of financial market, causes of previous crises and main challenges in nowadays finance.Many thanks to the outstanding lecturer and Sterling professor Robert J. Shiller for a spirited and effective style of lecturing.
What a great course! enjoying every lecture of it, even though english is not my native language and im only 15 years old haha
Very good and useful course.
Thanks for Professor Robert Shiller's help and Yale University's sharing this course online. Professor Robert Shiller is a charming man, and this course gives a broad overview of how the financial market operates. This course teaches me what the real world is like, much of which I have not learnt in my finance course in my university.I didn't give it five stars because I think the course materials, as well as the quiz and exam, focus too much on "economic history". Professor Robert Shiller talks a lot about big events in history, including the time, the people and some other details. While I agree that as an academician, we should respect the great people and great event in history, I think that these details are not so important for beginner of financial markets.To conclude, this course is great and I would recommend this course to those who want to know what the real financial world is like!
This course is fantastic. It's an amazing opportunity to learn about finance and receive education and mentoring from Nobel laureate Professor Shiller and individuals as famous as Carl Icahn and Stephen Schwarzman on a financial career path. It's well worth 2 hours/week of your time for 8 weeks.
Very very useful
No systematic presentation of concepts. Very hard to follow.
awesome course for beginners, those who want to start their career in finance
It has been several years since I have attained a bachelor degree in business administration with emphasis in finance, and I felt that this course could refresh my knowledge as well as serve as an introduction me to Yale. However, the course turned out to be so much more. Professor Shiller's enthusiasm kept me glued to the subject, while inspiriting me to read and learn more. I was constantly able to make notes on various ideas that would hit me for implementation, within my line of work, into the real world. The concepts were presented from all sides; including historic, theoretical, and practical; enlightening within a dimension of relevance.
Awesome project. Well explained
A great knowledge
Even though the course is a bit theoretical especially the assignments, it can be decent start for a beginner. I wish the topics weren't so scattered as it was getting difficult for all the knowledge to set in.
Topline introduction
Brilliant in depth knowledge. i learned alot
very good for introducing financial markets.
A course that makes difficult terms of finance to sound natural of course because of Professor Robert Shiller that has a deep knowledge in Finance.
Most material cut and pasted from older lectures. Shiller offers strong foundational knowledge and excellent perspectives. Multiple prestigious guest speakers offer a nice change of pace. A little content heavy per week, but quizzes are an easy and fast application of knowledge to progress to the next week.
Great University . Great course
Great teacher, great knowledge and great passion for the subject! I've enjoyed pretty much taking this class!
Top teacher and excellent material. Highly recommended
a course that gives you an overview of everything in finance, it covers all aspects of finance and thus a kind of course helpful for a career in finance.
There appears to be some missing lectures, if you look on the forums other classmates have evidence of that.
I came from a non-mathematical background and loved this course. While some of the subject matter when over my head (particularly the statistical analysis and formulas) I found Professor Shillers explanations and storytelling amazing. The extra 30minute guest lectures at the end truly added to the experience. Safe to say, if I had done this course at Yale in person, it would have been a very enjoyable time of my life.
Its interesting and enables me to gain more insights into topics I didnt fully cover at school....
Thank you very much for providing this course.It would have been helpful if there were some slides added to the course. Also given the fact of how people are enrolled in the course the following points would also have been beneficial:1) Some communication on the boards by the Lecturer (It is understandable that a person such as Professor Shiller is extremely busy. However, given the fact that 8,854 people are enrolled in the course, that is an estimate of £283,328 assuming if they all purchase the £32 certificate of course. This justifies some sort of weekly communication.2) The videos and material covered is at the very highest of quality. However, the transcript downloaded does not allow for good printing and needs a lot of manual editing in wordEven taking into account the above points the course provides an excellent, unique and broad perspective on Financial Markets.
One of the best courses in finance that you can do for free
Fairly good over view of financial markets and how the world economy works.
Thank you professor - one of the best lecture on
Although Prof. Shiller is a well-known Nobel prize winner, from the first several videos, my study experience is not that good. Prof. Shiller seems not well prepared. It would be more helpful with full use of digital blackboard when talking through the rationales behind finance.
This course is amazing, giving a spherical view of various aspects of Financial Markets
It is a interesting course full of examples that makes the learning easy for anyone.
Great course!! You will learn a general knowledge of financial markets!
This is an excellent course! The content was well rounded and balanced and gave me, as an engineer and tech entrepreneur, a great foundation and understanding about world financial markets.The professor, a Nobel Laureate in economics, was very knowledgeable and the subject and help stimulate my curiosity prompts me to learn more about finance.The course had some heavy weight all-star and highly successful guest speakers that provides additional insight that appropriately supplemented the subject matter in the lectures.Suggestions for Improvement:Add more lectures. It looked like the lectures videos were edited to exclude some content. I think the all the video content should be presented. Also don't edit or truncate the videos from the guest speakers.I took this course in 2015 but the videos were recorded in 2011 just after the Global Financial Crisis. Most of the content still hold today. Just would like to see these experts discuss some of the major economic events happening today (i.e. China devaluing currency, China Stock exchange plunge, Japan persistent recession, etc.)Make sure all the questions on the exams come from the lectures. There were a couple questions on some of the quizes that did not come from the lectures. Perhaps these questions came from the text books. I was unable to get the text books during class but I will purchase them to continue study.Finally, the course was so good that there should be a part 2 for this course that goes in more depth based on the subject matter presented in this course. Perhaps this could be a way to add all the content from the actual course.
A lot to learn from this course
It´s a increible experience, i enjoyed the thems and the sctructure of the course
Prof. Schiller is one of the most inspiring professors I ever followed. His ability to convey the message and explain the connections among various aspects of the financial markets makes this course compelling for everyone studying business or economics.
Fantastic Course with Bob Shiller. I have learned a lot about finances. This took away some of the mystery surrounding the topic. And more so, I learned that finance is a technology that can be used for creating good things and improving live.
Very interesting course that all interested in financial markets must see
This course was excellent!Many topics were covered and quite easily understandable due to detailed and thorough explanations.It was also very interesting to be part of the guest lectures, as it represents an opportunity to hear important peoples' experiences (something that might now have happened otherwise).Lastly the little "tour" of different halls on Yale's campus at the start of each lecture was definitely a bonus.So it was a job really well done!
Grate course , with grate Teacher. It's a unique opportunity
Could've been more complicated and in-depth, but I suppose for a Coursera lesson it was fine. Kinda felt like a Yale advertisement, more than a finance course. Prof. Schiller was very good, I do enjoy listening to his lectures, interviews and any other material i can get my hands on.
Good lectures, but no exercises or assignments. Leaves a flat and unrealistic image of the subject.
Incredible explanation of Financial markets by Professor Robert Shiller
Prof. Robert is an excellent teacher. The way he lays out the course material and how he weaves it all together with real world experiences( some of his personal ones) is just fantastic. Although, it lacked mathematical rigorousness but it I believe it makes finance fun for people like me who don't have background in finance.
I learned a lot from this course. I especially liked the guest speakers, they were some of the most respected and knowledgeable people in their field.
The prof. Shiller is a Nobel Prize and he talks about those arguments with great clearity and deepth of explicating them. His ideas are about the importance of free market, but they consider the importance of a social security.
Fantastic course! I had been very interested in the history and mechanics of the financial markets prior to taking this course -- reading as many books and even watching as many documentaries as I could. It was great to learn more about the topic from Professor Robert Shiller's perspective.
I liked very much the introductory videos in different places and even having some of the students. Although I didn't had time yet to read the references is awesome to have them available before the beginning of the course. I also liked the way Professor Schiller teaches. Thanks very much.
Prof. Shiller makes the subject exquisitely simple and simultaneously fascinating with his exceptional knack of storytelling. The guest lecturers and Prof. Shiller's focus on various crises makes it very relevant to the present times.
Excellent course. Gave a very good understanding of Financial Markets. Professor Dr. Bob Shiller was exceptional and very inspiring. Thank you for a great course.
A great course for financial markets.Shiller is an amazing professor.Enjoy this course with a open mind.
Great learning experience
Prof Shilling is just amazing. The best part is he enjoys explaining stuff as if financial history is so much fun for him. Been a really good learning experience for me. He focused more on the basics and fundamentals than the technical formula stuff, which I would actually appreciate, given my level of maturity (I am a beginner). Thanks for providing the course. I could have given a star less as notes (ppts) are missing. But cool.
I think this course it's so good, though is slightly hard to undertand, probably because the teaching metodology I think.
Awesome course.
One of the best course of finance, very interesting.
Prof. Shiller is a great teacher.
Great course for advance students. A lot of philosophy but a very few maths about finance.It is not a course for every one.
Ultra-high quality
Hoping to have a good course!!
This course is a wonderful opportunity to learn with Professor Schiller!
I love this course and it made me to realize the best investment results
The course contents are covered too briefly to learn anything useful. Too much breadth and insufficient depth.
Very compressed. But its good to have the main themes and then go deeper in each one with other courses.
GREAT COURSE
Very interesting class, but somehow the content slowly shifts from economy to philosophy/sociology from my perspective. It's not a bad thing on my opinion, but the content could have been backed up with more raw facts.An issue with one of the videos (Week 3, third video). Fortunately it can be found on Youtube.Thanks!
Very insightful and coaching course for student over the globe.
Excellent course; interesting, informative and with very good material.
I enrolled in this course just because it is offered by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Robert Shiller. Coming in, I had absolutely no expectations. Completing this course changed my perspective of how markets operate. Prof. Shiller covers a wide array of topics and I was dazzled by the fact that every aspect of the market is closely inter-twined
Great course but would be better if it were longer and included all of Econ 125. Sometimes the videos don't always follow and make perfect sense. But great overall. Robert Schiller is a great teacher.
Feeling very fortunate to be learning from the legendary Mr. Schiller. He breaks complex market theory down to common sense understanding. Looking forward to the subsequent weeks!
Because of Shiller...
Average Speakers and material
Overall this class was a good starting point for basics of finance, but coming from an Ivy League school it could stand a bit more polish and professionalism, especially if Yale University expects people to pay for the class and their accreditation.The instructor has an odd speech manner which takes a little bit of time to get used to, but doesn't detract from the material.The tests are not difficult but the questions are often poorly phrased, such as questions that ask you what a certain term of art is while none of the answer choices are descriptions of the term of art and the correct answer is an application of the term that does not actually answer the call to question.Most of the videos are cobbled together excerpts from lectures the professor previously gave. As such they cut out randomly, have issues with the sound volume, and often discuss material that was cut out prior to the section or should come later, but never does. Not the biggest problem once you get used to it, because the course is an overview, but it's still kind of annoying and not very professional compared to other courses available.The instructor is clearly very pro-capitalism, which is a mixed bag. On one hand he's very knowledgable and communicates a lot of really good information. On the other hand he's also very clearly biased bordering on utopic about the benefits of capitalism and glossing over a lot of the down side risks that are inherent in finance. To be clear this criticism is not of the Professor, or to say that down side risk and risk management are not sufficiently discussed, but merely that IMHO the course could benefit from more discussion and material on the negative aspects/ramifications of unfettered capitalism, especially given the large amount of time spent discussing the 2008 recession.All that being said, I learned a lot from this course and found it very interesting and informative. While I have a prior basis in the material that helped, I learned a lot of new things and still came away with a better understanding of finance and the international financial system. I would recommend anyone who wants to expand or create a knowledge basis in finance and financial institutions take this course.
Wonderful insights of Nobel laureate Prof. Robert. Indebted to Professor Schiller, Coursera and Yale. Thanks!
It's a good course. However it's a little bit superficial.
Awesome Course very informative especially contrasting Efficient market hypothesis with behavioural finance.
This course is very informative, it also brings in different guest speaker's point of view of financial market. However, a lot of interest topics were not expanded wide or deep enough.
An Overview of financial markets, given for a nobel prize, Thanks Coursera
THIS IS A MUST DO MOOC FOR ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE!This course was incredibly topical because it was given by Robert Shiller shortly after he won the Nobel economics prize together with Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen.Basically, this course gives a fundamental idea of financial markets with several interesting anecdotes that date past several centuries! Great content delivered in a concise and clear manner. The videos are very pleasant to listen/watch to, especially with the delivery by Prof Shiller. His down to earth, friendly exposition makes for very enjoyable viewing.The feature that I liked the most was the interaction with guest speaker every week. That gave first hand account of many things! Guest lecturers included Maurice Greenberg (former AIG CEO), David Swenson (Chief Investment Officer at Yale -- the Yale Investment Model), Laura Cha (Market Regulator Executive in China), Carl Icahn (Activist investor), Andy Readleaf (Hedge Fund manager), Larry Summers (Treasury Secretary under president Clinton) and Stephen Schwarzman (founder of Blackstone group).I found the course stress free and fun, which motivated me to finish the course. I thank Prof. Shiller, Coursera team and Yale University.
Some videos seem truncated. Cut off and start too abruptly.
I think the course is amazing. Professor Robert is a great teacher, and Coursera is the best online school in the world!!
Loved it. Signing up for more Coursera Finance courses.
A terrific overview of financial markets nearly up to the present. I enjoyed Professor Shiller's insights and enthusiasm for his field and particularly enjoyed his attempts to point out how knowledge of financial markets empowers individuals to help even the economic playing field for individuals throughout our society. The guest speakers added another level of authenticity to the experience.On the negative side, I thought the exams were not optimally designed since specific minute items appeared to be emphasized to the exclusion of more conceptual questions,Overall I think the course is worth the time of anyone interested in finance at any level of complexity.
Inspiring. It is such an honor take this Class with Professor Shiller
Glad I joined this course. Professor Schiller explained all concepts well and clearly and cited a lot of historical events to show what went wrong and what should've been rectified.Having the guest speakers also added value to the lessons and provided inspiration to participants.
Great content overall. Some of the lectures are now a bit out of date, but the information is still technically accurate. I'd appreciate a newer version of the lectures, most of which were created in 2011. (The introductory remarks from the professor each week have been updated somewhat).I'd also appreciate the full videos for each lecture. Some of the lecture videos are cut off quite extensively. A video may say it's 5 minutes in length, but the professor's lecture hasn't ended, and students end up wandering whether the lecture has actually ended. In most cases, as my classmates and I have found, the lecture was not posted in full and we have to go to YouTube to get the full lecture.Other than these two smaller issues, the content and lectures are good quality and a reasonable length for each week. I learned a lot from this course that will help me better understand the world of banking and finance in particular.
Absolutely amazing course!It is a great supplement to my Economics and Business Administration bachelor!
Good course, but the video lectures are incomplete. The audience will benefit from seeing the full lecture videos. They can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FB14A2200B87185)
a must do course if you are interested in financial markits
World-class!
Great course!
practical application given by this course is very good.
Impressive with proper video content , i enjoy this course !!!
I found this course is not the full lectures of the original. If starting directly from Week 1, it would be difficult to follow. Then I have to search back on other website,say like www. open. 163.com in China to watch the introduction part.
Handsome doctor and interesting course
It is an honor to take this course by professor Robert Shiller
Great course to get an introduction into the world of finance and it's multiple faces.
Hope to have live sessions with Professor Shiller
amazing professor, he has taking my level of historical financial to a level i always wanted to be in any college class. Incredible way to align the information in relevance, totally what maybe it feel when being in ivy league yale.
Very interesting course - for non professionals a good overview
Great course to learn about financial markets, although it is not challenging. The quizzes will only test how well you remember dates and certain definitions mentioned in the video. If you just want to learn about basics of financial markets then this course is perfect for you. Don't expect any calculations though.
Great professor and good content.The biggest problem with this course is the quizzes: not challenging and requires no critical thinking. I was hoping to come into this course doing quizzes that Prof. Shiller gives his Yale students, but I was completely disappointed.Moreover, there are some technical issues with the videos. A lot of them cut off in the middle and I ended up having to go to Youtube to find the full versions.
Great course and superb teacher!Highly recommend to everyone!
One of the best courses I've attended in my life. The professor is very knowledgeable and confident yet down to earth and friendly. Thank you so much for all your kind efforts.
The content is very clear, precise and Dr. Schiller does a great job communicating that Finance has a lot to do with Behavior and not only pure numbers.
Oh,interesting.Very good approach to study financial courses from top universities.
Professor Schiller is truly engaging and clear, the video editing however is definitely not has good and the course material not has carefully put together as some of the other top courses offered on Coursera.
Great course! Would recommend to everyone!
Amazing course !!
It is the best course, I have seen in the field of finance. Specially the teacher of course Professor Shiller is excellent in his work of teaching.Thank you for this course.
Outstanding. Prof Shiller is excellent at explaining relatively complex phenomena. Guest speakers were great as well.
Excellent course, great opportunity to have a Diploma from Yale University and the winner of the Economics Nobel Prize, Robert Schiller!!!
the wieos are not targeting online students. The videos are long but not teaching many things. The course is too gneral.
Wow. Every weekly lecture is like a jewel. I enjoyed every single one of them. I am truly impressed with a lecture quality and felt very fortunate to join world class course for free. Thanks a million to Professor Shiller and Coursera. Hope to see more courses like this one in Coursera.
Prof. Shiller is a funny man with an interesting vision on the world of finance. Although the course is broad and abstract it provides a very valuable insight for further endeavors in the field!
what can i say about a course learing with a nobel prize? amazing, awesome!
This might be a great course for those who don't have any previous background in Finance/Business.The course will give you a very introductory observations about modern finance. Tests are quite simple, more suitable for high school, probably. No math required. That's a nonsense for a finance course, but still.
Honour to have a Nobel Prized Proffesor. Thank you profesor Robert Shiller for this high quality course. My best wishes to Yale Univeristy
Excellent presentations, very good guests.
Excellent lectures, too bad the assignments aren't really of the same quality.
Very well rounded course !
What a wonderful course! Loved the way how Professor Shiller taught the course. Highly recommend this!
Comprehensive, thorough, intriguing, every minute well spent.
Very good course
I found this course to be an excellent alternative way of learning. It helped me in the busiest times to find again passion and love for the subject, which can be quite challenging to study as
I Learned a lot. The explanation was clear. The professor was very motivating
I hope to learn how financial markets work. I think that this course will give important insights on how markets operate. Before risking my pennies, it's better learn how all this framework operates.
I really like the opportunity to be present at actual Yale lectures. The professor is so nice but the way he says so many "okay's" is irritating.
The best financial class I have ever had ever!!Everybody should learn something about economy now in the world!
Excellent material! I thought the lectures were very well organized and expertly presented, and my interest was kept up throughout the course. The only thing I would like to see is some more challenging homework/quizzes to help drive home the content. I came in as a financial markets newbie (I'm a computer engineer by trade), and my interest is definitely piqued to learn more. Thanks, Prof. Shiller!
Excellent professor and course. I love his style.
A great primer on the financial markets, the reasons behind them, and their historical developments.
Some of the lectures are missing and some of the questions/answers in the quiz are not the same as given in the lecture. Overall, I'm satisified, athough would prefer lectures to be no longer than 15min per one video
starting from scrach an then coming onto its concepts. great learning
Great Course, Great Professor!!!
Loved this course. Great teacher!
Essential for each of us.
Very good course for beginners, after completing you have solid basic knowledge of financial world. I expected some more mathematics though.
Simple & Sweet way of teaching.
Financial knowledge is critical for success in the modern world. I found Professor Shiller's clear explanations very useful in grasping the concepts discussed in the class.Also, who wouldn't want to attend a lecture from a Nobel laureate?
Wonderful professor R.J. Shiller gives a deep overview of the financial world and he teaches a wise attitude towards the modern world problems solutions. I think that the professor Shiller is one of the most prominent economists of our times. I strongly recommend to read his books, really helpful.
Great
An amazing learning experience from an amazing teacher!
Financial Markets Course was effective topic for the learners.
Great course
Excellent ! very rewarding ; hope to find in the future course like this one.Thank you again
I definitely recommend this course. It is sharp and focused, addressing specific concepts, getting into certain amount of detail to be able to give the learner strong understanding of the topic. Eminent Faculty's style makes the learning interesting and his perspectives along with strong guest lectures from industry leaders provide invaluable insight into the financial markets making you want to explore further.
Great course a bit tricky but understandable.
An excellent introductory course on finance.Very well designed.
It's a great opportunity to be working with a Nobel Prize winner. I can tell my grandchildren someday that I learned with a legend!Omar Khodr
One of the greatest minds in economics!! is an honor to do this course.
a great way to compute rather th
Easy to understand
Topics are well explained, especially from real world scenario point of view.
Great basis to understand marketing analytics and its tools.
The best course I have ever had on the Coursera.org. The explanation of the R source codes towards marketing analytics were extremely useful to me. Easy to follow the modules. Step by step approach. Very happy.
This course is an excellent option to learn marketing, very nice materials!
Need some extra work in order to get this certification.
Very good introductory course for ones who want to open one's minds for the marketing world.
Really good course
Tha course was great!
This course have a very good examples, thank you!
Great course. Well organized, interesting, and clear. Highly recommended.
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
Exceptional great course for all marketing analyst. 100% recomended
fantastic from start to finish
Simple and easy to follow! :D
Great one!
Very interesting course material. However, I do NOT recommend anyone to pay for the specialization.
lessons well explained with practical excercies
Great course!
The course is perfect!!! Its very practical and inspirational. After the course you can implement the knowledge to your current projects.BUT... course is with with payment quizzes. And in the forum nobody answers to posts.
An outstanding course provides clear and practical information! I learned a lot from it.
Outstanding course!
This course is well explained by Professor. Sometimes i found myself in trouble using R Syntax because i wasn't much familiar with it
Great introduction to how analytics can be applied to marketing and other business solutions.
A fabulous course that gives you the true aspect of statistics into real applications with the help of a realistic dataset and a software package. Many thanks to the lecturers and the developers for creating this course. This is of great help for people like me, who have a keen interest in getting into analytics but needs a direction of where to start from.
Love the practical example!
I was expecting a lot from this course. from basic to advanced fundamentals. this course should be floated as full specialization rather than as a part of other specialization.
Very reality-based examples, there is an obvious mastery on the subject by the professor.
Course is great with actual coding examples so that students can understand how the actual process happens.
Great course and great teacher!
Very good for an overview. Would have been excellent with a more in-depth and demanding sequel.
Super but not free! :(
I enjoyed this class, but the content feels amateurish. One major detracting factor is grading of the exams- a complete waste of time where there are multiple examples of contradictory slides to the quiz questions. The quizes often ask for information that is beyond the scope of the lectures and steadily becomes a process of just retaking exams until you get a 100%. I don't think the quizes reinforced the material in the lecture but actually took away from the class. This class was at it's best during the recitals, where I actually got to understand the great strategies used in the videos.
very helpful, practical and with clear definitions of every term used!
Good insight into marketing analysis and the use of R
Great introduction to the topic. Built on the last course and deepened my R knowledge a lot.
Great balance between theory and implementation in R.
This specialisation just gets better and better. Bravo!
thank you for the great learning experience.
Just one more short videos on other methods of Marketing Analytics
I highly recommend this course because of its applicable use of R programming. I had no knowledge of R, but was able to pick it up quickly because the professor made it applicable to real life scenarios. My only negative was that it was too short of a course; I hope the team at ESSEC considers making a intermediate course to continue on with this training.
The professor lectured at a good level. There was sufficient high level explanation of what the use of different topics was and then the Recitals went and stepped through the actual work that would be needed for the analysis as well as the thinking behind it. The assignments as well helped to reinforce that thinking. I enjoyed it.
This course so far is really very useful in my academics and through this course, I am now well-versed with all the marketing strategies used in the industry.I would like to thank the professor for teaching us so well.
The course provides good insights in Marketing Analytics and impart introductory knowledge on the subject.
I have great learning on this even though I has some experiences on building marketing prediction model. It has refreshed my memory and also I have learned new thing in this course too. Thanks Prof for conducting this course.
Received theoretical as well as practical knowledge from the course
Exceptional class, very good analytical techniques. I do recommend having an R background before taking this class, but if you do, it's a treasure trove.
Thanks for such a great insight
assignments could have been a little tougher with more emphasis on coding.
Very educative! It demystified some misconceptions I had about HPV. Very succinct. Awesome instructor!
Very helpful, thank you so much!
The course gives an insight into HPV associated Cancers but it would have been more helpful if you had described all Cancer stagings and their invidual treatment modalities and prognosis rather than generalised staging
I'm glad to have completed this course but also to find this interesting and helpful course here in coursera. I think ita has concies and helpful tool for the everyday management and leadership issues at enterprises. I'll apply all what I learned here and I would say thanks to all the tem who made it. Thank you!
Thank you very much, it was a great help in my study process. I hope to continue taking these classes.
Excellent course, it gives you a lot of relevant tools for the leadership environment.
It`s helpful!
It is a 100% recommended course
It is full and dynanic.
The best course!!
Very GoodIs excellent complement for my, because it is a new form for knowledge the gramatic and noun, pronoun of Managment Leadership.
A great course. I am learning a lot!
Really good!
Great way to learn about english for working places.
Excellent course. I loved it, and enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for the facilitators and actors, you made it great.I liked the strategies given during the course, the interactive questions during the videos. The bonus material is very useful.I would just recommend to make the peer assignment pondered and obligatory to motivate participants to conclude them, and participate in them. Or design some strategies for this.
It is a good option to improve our knowledges about english and business
Excellent couse! Very practical and complete,
Very helpful, to learn the way to communicate in certain level.
It is an excellent course I recommend a lot.
Excelent! Really good course.
This cours it's very interesting, it gives you a lot of very good tips for improve your skills communications, some videos are not excellent in terms of edition but i recommend this course for those who are open to learn about writing effective emails and those who want to learn more business terms.
This course was amazing and help me out to improve my english skills.
Very very useful.
i love this!!
The course is great, thank you very much!
It couldn't be better! Enjoy the learning process!
It´s a very great course.I am telling everyone about this course
Excellent course, new vocabulary and perfect for me.
This course is extremely useful.
Very good! really concise and concrete information that's helpfull in all situations
I like this course.
really helpful and enjoyable
great course, a lots of information, great teachers. Thanks team of coursera.
It is really a useful course.
Very good content and useful. Great Proffesors.
Great Course!
I love this course. Thank you for sharing this knownledge with us we hope with this techniques we can improve our performance.
Give many tips and strategies of business communication in a team
I love it, the three teachers are amazing, i had so much education about how to be in the business envoriment i am really grateful for this learning oportunity
If you're looking for learning and practicing your english and busssines skills, this is quite the best course you can take undoubtely!!!
short ,Thank You.
I am in love with this course.
The best course I ever had!!!
Great!!
Just great!
It is basic, but helpful. If you have an intermediate english and you don´t use it much in your job, you can catch up you english practice with many business terms.It also gives some basic but good tips for developing in a team and as a leader.
Exceptional teachers, good material and very useful. Highly recommended
Very good course, the videos explain the main topics, providing immediate actions to daily activities.
I recommend it, fantastic course. You´ll need certain level of business experience and english to get the most out of it. It opened my horizons and provide me with needed skills!
Great job Arizona's State University team-work!
This is an amazing English Course that improves your English Knowledge,Join it and you will not regret.
Loved it!
Excellent course and teacher! Congratulations!!
Effective approach to main issues an well explained.It was amazing and got engagement it. Thanks
An excellent course, with wonderful content! Very useful and helpful tips to business situations. Thanks very much to Arizona University!
Im from Brazil, it helps me a lot to listen and understanding better the english Culture.
Very useful
Actually the course is great but i am not into history, seems that i have memory issues to memorize these tons of information, greetings for all of you guys and hope i would work with my memorizing issue through the rest of the course :). Thanks
Focused a little too much on telephone history, though some was interesting. Perhaps spread out to other modules as short background material.Would have preferred history/overview from Internet age with focus on various protocols/technologies that were introduced (IP, TCP, UDP, MQTT, Thread, Bluetooth, ZigbeeModule 6 made up for its more dynamic and more germane presentation. May be make it the 1st module, with other modules going back for a brief historical overview
In itself interesting content, structure was difficult to follow and the history - in my humble view - was going back too far into the past whereas more recent developments where only touched at the surface, quality of slides was poor.
very great course
This course is so useful to get basic idea about IoT. It must for everyone those who don't have any idea about IoT
Absolutely awesome course for beginners :)
I want to thank Harinath Sir for the wonderful course.
I learned a lot about telephony that I had not been exposed to in the past. It's a shame my father wasn't still around as he was a data technician for AT&T back in the day. We could have had some interesting conversations.
This course helped me in getting introduced to the IOT space, it is very basic/preliminary in nature but helps in setting up stage/ context for acquiring more knowledge and hands on next sessions of the certification.
The course is fine, but I would give the certificate out for free and charge for the ones that follow in the specialization as an incentive to enroll.
Waste of money. What I learned in the first course could is useless information.
The task not matched to the devices in Poland, not every use iPhones.
The teaching has been concise and to the point which is good but not so good for a few difficult topics. Also I've been experiencing video lag and audio stuttering while streaming the videos so there's that.
Great course, really appreciated the relevant real life examples provided in week 2, with week 1 serving as a solid foundation base.
Excellent Content! I would recommend!
it's very usefull
Very interesting historical references and the framing of the IoT story around the convergence of technologies was well received by me.
Good background for non-experts but just an introductory course.
Excellent background on convergence of telephone to smartphones and IoT.
Excellent introduction to IoT with both high level history and application information and details on communication technology that has enabled the IoT revolution.
Pretty loaded with information on how we got to here technology-wise. Lacks on some more in-deep info, even being a introductory course, it could have a bit more info on the state of the art of IoT.
I was incredibly excited to start this course. The outline looks amazing. For learning mediums like this, you have to start strong. Keep up the great work, you all look like you know what you're doing. You should certainly put some polish on all these videos. It's near impossible to follow along. I'd be curious in seeing the data on how many of your students finish this course.
Not much useful if you want to learn about IOT but helpful if you want to learn historical development that lead to IOT
it was very good to learn from the best brains of an institute , it helped me a lot to know aboutHow Telephony goes digital , Shifting Landscapes, what happen to dial tone and many more .thanks to you, you are doing a great job.
very interesting!! thumbs up,
Initially gets very boring but at the end gives you more information about where to orient yourself, some useful information,
While the last module of this course is very interesting and kept with the specialization, the first 5 modules are a waste of time for the most part. Why would I want to learn about AT&T for two weeks? The amount of useful concepts introduced in the first 5 modules won't take more than 15 minutes if unnecessary things were removed.
Gooed clear presenters. Give a good idea of how connectivity works. Last module was a bit obvious (IoT applications)
It's a very basic course with little technical overview. The history and story of emergence of internet is described.
pace is slow. so many video in pieces, and lecturers keep saying like" we will look into more details later" or introduction again and again. I am studying module 2 now, all small lectures like 1 min or 2 mins, which is very shattered, repetitive and annoying.
Very interesting history if telephone technology.
NB-IoT is not discussed while getting upto here.
Boring, most of them are history. Don't worth it ! 1 week into the course, very boring. Not technical enough. The test basically asked people to remember things that are not useful !
It is very interessting to know something about the history of internet of things, so this course is very help- and useful
You should rename it to 90s style history of comunication from Bell to nowdays with useless facts about it.I watched almost all first block but then I understood that I learnt nothing than I tried the IoT block, but it still wordy and superficial. Use more media to show your main ideas, take a class of public speaking and stop shaking a remote all the time you dont even use it.
Great course!!
This is a good course to get up to speed with what has happened, we were there for some of it, but did not know the inside story.
It is informative, but there are many basics that were not covered well & there was a lot of information that was not that interesting (like too much history)
Very enjoyable course. It wet my appetite and I'm ready for the following courses.
Not really technical, but a good overview over the past years and even centuries...
Great instructors.Lots of historical references and terminology. I would prefer more details about how stuff actually work - in simple layman's terms.Looking forward to the second course.
A tremendous historical review of the legacy of inventions and protocols that got us to this point. The world should know that the Internet of Things would not be possible were it not for a myriad of large, and small, steps in the last century.
It was very nice experience doing this course.Very nice contents and very good explanation.
Great lecturer. I find the explanation was easy to understand.
Nothing to do with IoT, misleading title and waste of time, apart from several incorrections in the novel narration.
Too short.
A great historical overview of technological development that led up to the establishment of Internet of Things. Some concepts are flown over too fast, so if you don't have prior familiarity with them, they may be difficult to fully grasp, but educating students on every single concept that led to the IoT in depth is not the intention of the course anyways, and would take a lot longer than 2 weeks. I recommend noting down all interesting technical discoveries, principles, concepts etc. mentioned and doing some further exploration and study for one's own satisfaction, but as an overview of all tech development, and an overview of what IoT is and its applications, this course did a great job in my opinion!
Fairly good overview of events and technologies leading up to IoT.
very nice course, interesting
Excelent explanation about the timeline between the advance of telecommunication.
Good review of the history.
a 10 page reading could have make it. not enough material to be consider a course
I think i can never get the introduction to telecommunication and web integrated together in such an awesome pedagogical manner. Thanks for providing this course.
Good content
A really helpful course for getting to know about the concepts and use of IoT.
Pretty good course which get you clear about what the IoT is on the top of the shell.
Hello Everyone,I really enjoyed this course and definitely this is great learning experience for me..I am heartily thankful to Both Professors for given me this knowledge..Thanks a lot..
Very confused. So there is little point. Only vague news ... nothing substantial!
The topic was interesting , but most of the questions need to be rewritten.
The course is great! My only concern is that the accent of the main speaker makes the course a little bit hard to understand by foreigners.
Interesting but very introductory. Don't expect to really learn something significant. Easy course. Accent is hard to understand.
A very good theoretical course, highly recommended
so many basic info thigs are cleared and very helpful to learn this course and ahead this will more help
Not enough conversation on IoT (Just in the last module). Way too much time spent on history that really doesn't matter and on stuff I can find on the net. One Module to run through all of these - Circuit switching and packet switching, computer telephony (SS7) and then wireless would have been enough. The remaining modules should have gone into the concepts of IoT in greater detail and some high level technical info that someone who is just hearing about it can speak intelligently on it without having to develop my own dragon board (next course)
i feel this course start is somewhat bored because of teaching is not practical based and better follow udacity website tech for teaching interactively
It is good but for an introduction its too long.
Introductory, not completely relevant to my goals, could be ommitted. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the delivery of the instructor.
Great way to begin hats off to the instructors and the whole team!
A very general introduction to the topic. Fair warning: they throws in allot of acronyms, which can be very discouraging to continue with the course.
Very detailed and interesting introduction. Thank you!
Nice and interesting background things about communications, internet, iot...
I would suggest to review quiz questions, because in some cases several answers are correct, but still just one accepted as right one. But in general very good course with very broad introduction to telecommunications and IoT. Thank You!
This could probably be better broken into two one week courses "History of Phone Technology" and "Intro to IoT". Many reviewers say they bail out in first few lectures because content seems too far removed from IoT. I enjoyed the last few lectures with examples of IoT, but could have skipped the rest.
Course advertised incorrectly. This course is more on the electronics and embedded systems end of IoT, as opposed to a high-level perspective.
Too much theory and history in the course, no practical applications.
Too much focusing on history of telephony and only little focus on IoT.
Great base for the incoming session in this specialization. I've learned about lot of things what i am using every day dut i had no idea how it was developed. Useful base knowledge.
Good Overview of IoT.
It was helpful to understand IoT but I want to the lecture note would be enhanced.
Story telling module, not really useful for IOT purpose.
This course is a refresher and provides a High Level overview of IoT and its historyas advertised
While this course is well organized and descriptive, it barely touches the Internet of Things technologies.
Great introduction to technologies involved in Internet of Things,Instructors are passionate about teaching.
Reasonable, but slow to come to the essence.
the questions were too easy in my opinion. everything else is fine
Great Course, I hoped it would have gone into a bit more detail, but it was good to get a tour through the history of computer networks.
it is an excellent review of the telecommunications computer world. Gives a solid foundation for the internet of things course.
A lot of background information, most of which I was unfamiliar with. Kind of dragged on, but I think it'll ultimately be helpful in the specialization.
The presenter are very annoying and i did not learn anything from this...
Big part of the course videos devoted to history of how the technology was developed, not much technical information about the technology itself.
Good Course for Evolution of IoT
Healthcare innovation and Enterprenuership is great learning program ans an excellent course for future upgradation in hospital management skills and administration.
Not what I was expecting as part of the program at all. Being more a visual learner I had a very hard time with how the math was covered in this in the course, I need a slide that is specifically V is XXXX, R is XXXX so I have a reference point and I found with most examples given I was having to go back and forth between multiple items and transcripts to gt what I needed. The other thing that I think would have helped me would have been less presenting and maybe a couple of quizzes for knowledge checks vs the pause and think items that were included. I did like Scott's humor, or at least humor attempts overall and I think a live class with him would be better than video. Additionally I felt that the course was a bit out date already, it was recorded in 2015 and I think I would have liked it more if had only been a year behind vs. a year and a half.
I've tried taking lots of investing classes. This is the first one that brought it all together. It's basic enough for beginners but I believe challenging for people who are more advanced. Excellent balance of theory and application.
Thank you, Professor Scott Weisbenner, for an excellence course that you put your heart and passion into.
Great learning experience. The video's are long but will definitely help you and your personal wealth.
Lectures are nicely delivered!!! BUT videos of lectures should be confined within 15 minutes and be cited data sources and how to we can see and obtain data aswell
Very dedicated professor whose efforts are very apparent.
This is a great course, highly recommend it, but make sure you have the bandwidth to climb a steep learning curve if you aren't in the investment world.
Excellent course content from an amazing professor who took the time and effort to record more than 30 hours of video to make the students make the most out of this course. He has really interesting and exciting teaching style.
Entertaining and you learn a lot. I highly recommend taking this course.
Absolutely excellent course. Excellent introduction to investment even without a background in Finance.
A++ for your effort and delivery Scott, thanks
Fantastic class. Very informative!
Fantastic course. Leaned a lot!
Very interesting lecture full of hands on practical knowledge in the field...Love it!
Professor Weisbenner provides practical, data driven analyses to investment management in a fun and engaging manner.
Excellent! Professor Scott Weisbenner was brilliant and explained very carefully all lessons, one of the best MOOCs on Coursera!
This was a fantastic course, with a realistically attainable amount of material, and a humble, knowledgable professor whose teaching style makes a normally difficult topic very easy to understand.
Ok up to Module 3. Module 4 very convoluted.
Great Course. I now have way much better knowledge and understanding of Investments!
Great course!
The best regarding finance!
Very good course. a lot of contents of theory and practical problems. Good teaching!
The course was comprehensive
Very Interesting Course;The pedagogic approach is innovative
simply best for beginners!
great course for the beginners.
Some more information regarding the HTML attributes like area controls would have been good.
Very well structured course.
This was a great class. The professor did a great job breaking down concepts with concrete examples and assignments.
Very useful
It was very good, I could have a good understanding about the course.
It was great! A great start.
It is a very useful course for beginners. I strongly recommend it !
The course is full of fun. I like the interesting assignment and I learned a lot from doing by myself and reviewing other students' work. I also got feedback from my classmates which helped me a lot.
The course content is very backward and needs to be updated though the quiz and project parts were very good and I enjoyed completing the course.
Javascript course content can be increased
Very helpful and awesome.!!
The great course!
The course is very informative. The topics discussed are precise and the tutor was very nice to help us understand the concepts easily.
This is probably the best thing that I have decided to do in the last 10 years. Coming across Coursera and the offered University courses is a great thing to enhance your abilities for finding new opportunities out there. I'm looking forward to successful completion of the rest of the courses as well. Thank you for the great opportunity again Vancho
While not very in depth regarding HTML and CSS, this course gives a nice skim over the HTML and CSS aspects. Regarding JavaScript, this course is the best introduction I've done so far. I would definitely recommend this course for anyone looking to fill in gaps in their base knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
I love this course! Firstly, professor's accent is so clear and I can understand 100% what he is talking. Additionally, I like the short video per point - which keeps me concentrate within a few minutes. It is a kind of very efficient instruction design. Last but not least, the assignment design is great, not too hard nor too much. I can practice what I have learnt and what I need to know in doing these assignments. In a word, professor demonstrated fairly high teaching capability and left me a very good impression of HKUST. I would highly recommend this course to my friends who are interested in learning web technologies!
Nice course! Easy to understand and practice
Good course and congratulations to Professor David.I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about html, css and js.
Very progressive and efficient learning. Each week's assessment gives enough challenge to be able to make progress, while being fun and interesting.
Very nice intro course for learning the basics of web programming, thank you to Dr. Rossiter and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for making this course available to students worldwide.
Awesome Course. Good to go ...
This course is really good. I enjoyed this course a lot.
A good course for a beginner level.
It is too basic.
Just got my certificate today, One of the best course out there to start from basic. little bit fast hence have to read lots of resources from other media like W3school.com. other then that its the best course to start with in web development.
It is very old technique of teaching
Was challenging and Educative, really sad that I could not finish all the courses on this bundle, thanks David Coursera,Rossiter, and Every other person that help put this up
The course gave good basic knowledge of html and javascript
the courses are well structured
The course is very instructive but the student should be prepared to do some considerable research on their own as well! The assignments can be challenging for beginners but, if you get through them, you'll have learned a lot!
i like how the teacher explain all html and css tags and how they work this course is very helpful thanks .
A very well-structured course. Offers a very good introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Didn't take me a long time to complete, but still came out with a lot of knowledge about the subject matter. Recommended for any beginner. PS: The weekly assignments are really fun to do!
As a beginner course this is good. Everything is illustrated with examples but most of them are classroom type examples which help in understanding but have limited use in commercial applications. AS a startup course for these subjects this is really good.
Course is pretty good for Learning
Excellent course and I really enjoyed the learning process I had been guiding through these weeks. This is a great entry level course for people like me who have few knowledge about HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The professor went through each concepts explicitly. Some concepts in JavaScript can be tricky for students without a CS background, but this course really makes things easier to understand. There are some small challenging in assignments, but it's still a great opportunity to transform all those concepts to my knowledge and experiences.
Nice Explanations and Assignments... Worth the time and money... :D
Very complete course to learn every single aspect of HTML5.
Good coursework
This course was really fun and you'll learn a lot :) .
The course content is very good and easy to understand
Very good course. Recommend
i really liked the course, it was very clear and helped me a lot
tThis course is extremely good. The videos are all self explanatory and need no extra reference . Even the idea given altogether is enough for a beginner .
Excellent course. Great videos, very useful assignments and to the point. Thanks to the instructor for wonderful videos and staff for the support.
The tutorials are good.
I'm only in the first week,the course content (audio, video, pdf files) are so helping, the course easy to understand and well structured.I really like this course
It was good. The professor teaches well, but I think course went a little bit fast. Also I had some issues with audio. Above all, it was good.
Good to learn
A great course. I've learned a lot from it.
Very in depth and detailed course!
I took the course to update myself on HTML5 and get the fundamentals of JS. I think for people with no development experience can be a little bit confusing as some of the concepts are explained very superficial.
Excellent course. The teacher is very thorough and explains in details.
An awesome package that would be found useful and engaging for those who really want to acquire knowledge and skills in full stack web development. The Prof. has done a really nice job in putting these together.
Nice course. Helped me learn a lot.
Very good! I will continue my lessons!
Coursera is a good platform to learn new technologies, assignments are useful to learn problem solving skills
Very comprehensive and fruitful.
best course ever i could even teach this to anyone else and david roister is my faviourite teacher and honk kong universty of scince and technology in my favourite universty and i am just 10
Although not in deep, this course provides the basics for learning JavaScript, HTML and CSS in a confortable way. Teacher David Rossiter is great explaining the basics and also the language is easy to understand even for those not very used to eanglish language.
Excellent course well suited for beginners but raising their level fast
The professor clearly explains the basis of these technologies.
Very interesting for beginners. Is very hands on focus, not much theory and is focus on the most used commands, leaving the deep knowledge for other courses.
This course is just Awesome and the way it teaches you is priceless. Must have course .
I like and enjoy this subjects , and let me think and learn a lot from it .
it was a great opportunity learning here, we are grateful to you all for such an amazing work
Highly Recommended Course For Learning the Core part of HTML , CSS and JavaScript .
I feel this course offers great exposure to the basics of the fundamental web development technologies- HTML, CSS and JS. It sets solid foundation and generates enthusiasm in learner's mind to explore more further.
This course was the best option to get started in the web development
I would say it was very quick over-viewed and extremely informative course! However, I would recommend not to stop on this and look up for more on HTML, CSS and JS.
Great course!!!
Excellent introductory course into website development.
Great course
It's a great course to know the basic thing in HTML,CSS and JS
very bad demonstration
very beneficial! helped me learn a lot!!
I recommend this course 100%
Very nice crash course in HTML, Javascript and CSS
Very clear and well organized! Thank you!
I think the course needs more in-depth details. The course contains very good amount of examples that really offer a useful guide for practical javascript.
Very nice course for introduction
I love this course. The advisor explain everything clearly and the knowledge is very helpful.
The course is excellently taught by David and I learned a lot. Worth doing as a pre-cursor to any other, longer web design course you might be considering as it gives you the basics. My advice would be to take time with the lectures, download a html text editor and pause frequently to check the code yourself and make sure it works. It moves quickly, but there's a lot to be learned from pausing and trying it yourself.
The HTML, CSS and JavaScript course was well structured, challenging and interesting. The professor was excellent and I thank him and all the staff for a great course.
Very good! This course gives a good introduction to the main Web Development technologies.
Good course to start education.
Very good course. I learned about javascript and css
I think it is perfect
Great course! :)
Great Lesson!
Learning a lot. Great course. Look forward to designing some full stack pages and apps.
no one is here for review my work
Articlute and engaging instructor. nice and easy introduction for assignments. Awesome course!
Lovely course
Introduction to HTML, CSS and Javascript. Enough for you to get started in web-development. I cannot wait for the next specialization's course!
content is good, lectures can be more user friendly
very useful course .
awsome experience by this course.
Nice explanation
This course is simply great. Easy to follow and entertaining!
I have learned a lot from this co
Its good and fun
Loved it!
this course was super boring and the video lasted so much time
Excellent launchpad for the rest of the modules.
Great course!
Its my first coursera certification course ,Prof .David taught us all the core concepts in a easy way with solid practical sessions .All the quiz helps us to recall what we learn on those weeks .Looking forward to learn more .
basically for javascript, you could dig more. this more like a after class practice. other than that it is well organized, with detailed materials
The course is really good ! and the assignments are the best thing here , I felt that really I applied all what I have learned and more !
Learning material is too good and very well organised too. overall i have good learning experience here.Thanks Coursera
Good instructions, clearly taught
Excellent introduction to HTML, CSS and Javascript. I used these over 5 years ago. So this was a good refresher.
Hello dears,I have learned many things in this course.Thanks David and Coursera Team.
Best course and nice explicationthank you .
the course is so nice .. concepts are pretty straight forward
It was a great course. Thank you so much
Very good. Experience in any programming language is required for anyone who knows nothing about programming.
i found this course good for complete beginners.
Nice course, really dynamic and well explained. Really recommend it.
This course has provided me with all the knowledge of the essential technologies of web developement. Mr. David Rossiter is a good teacher.Thanks again
Not really a beginner course. I had to complement this course with other JS open source courses only to realise JS is really huge. Additionally, the course requires prior knowledge about HTML and CSS as well and it does not seem to be up to date with newest language versions such as HTML5 and CSS3
great teacher
JS should be more indepth.
I really enjoyed this course.
Great course. Covers a lot in a short time without being too hard to grasp.
Everything is awesome .Thank you for everything
The best course I took so far. The presenter is great. Thanks!
To the point. Precise. Concise. I would recommend it to anyone who want's to take a first course in Web Development.
Excellent Explanations by Prof.David ! :) Nice to be a part of this , thanks :)
I would have preferred if the tutor always showed some real life example on how to use the learning in creating an online shop for instance.
This is one of the best lectures I have ever had. Thanks so muchI love every part of this course.Easy to understand and well explained materials.
really good for beginners
The instructor is amazing. So organized and well taught. I absolutely love this course.
Useful for all web developers...
I loved this course! It presents the contents in a very simple way. It teaches the necessary to keep advancing on the second course of the specialization (which I highly recommend).
Pretty good course, good overview of major concepts. Though it could be hard for absolute beginners, so some experience with HTML/CSS/JS will help a lot.
This course presents Html, css and javascript in three weeks. The challenges are met. With a good base in these three areas the suite will be easy. Thanks David Rossiter.
Great course to start in web development!
the tutor was nice and topics well covered.
Great Course. Nice and clear language teachers who managed to explain the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Enabling beginners and experts to manage to complete the course.
It's was a great course!, I'm a experience developer but still forget and learn new stuff with it. Thanks guys, great job!
Very clear explanations, and good examples. Good introduction to HTML and Javascript.
Good pace, and just the right level of guidance for some interesting assignments.
I would have liked the course to have more step by step lectures that would allow us to follow the same structure when going through our assignments. Maybe even explain the assignment in the start then apply each lecture to show how each step is done within the assignment. I had to resort to third party sites and found that alot of the assignments have been uploaded online already.
Really enjoyed the course. The instructor doesn't waste time teaching his philosophy of teaching, and instead uses the time wisely to instruct. Great job!
This is the best course ever!! So much fun and learning!!
the course is very good. Good explanations.there should have been more assessments in between the videos for the topic that is taught.too much is covered at once.
This course gave me a nice start. Totally recommend if you're a beginner. Content was not overwhelming and tasks were a real challenge for me
This online learning programs is more suitable for the beginner to learn the programming because it is very clear, easy to understand, Chinese subtitle, and the student can try to code following the teaching material. However, I feel comfortable to learn the programming lessons.
It's pretty good course. Although I have not completed this course yet.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course.Learning technical was never so much interesting at least to me.Thank you Professor Muppala and Coursera.
I highly recommend this course. Assignments are practical and interesting.
Good course for complete beginners.
There should be more week to learn. There should be more data about HTML and exercises to practice. I had lot of fun .Thank You.
Excellent course with a good pedagogy, I absolutely recommend to take it and continue with the rest of the courses of specialization. You will learn a lot if you are really motivated. And as a bonus, you will have created a personal project at the end of this specialization.
This course very useful for my learning.
bad explanation and poor introduction
Excellent, brilliant course))) So many useful information)) thank u))
It's great!
Good, precise, relevant course. Course videos along with assignments is really helpful. Tutor is simply perfect, well planned. Really helpful and useful in day to day professional life.
interesting course from basic to advanced!
Great course
Well managed Course
Very good course for understanding web-development
Nice stuff!
I really enjoyed during all my training video because mentor Sir (David) is great trainer the way he gives information as brief as possible and precise to course. Which result I able to get my First Course Certification from the option of Coursera Study Plan for (Distance Education) from well renowned Universities. Here I would also appreciate the aid program which let me enroll easily and I have gotten my certification and full training under this course. Thanks Coursera & Aid program for us.
very good course for front end!!!
The course is great for beginners and the professor takes through most of the important aspects of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Assignments are very helpful.
This course is a solid foundation to build your future knowledge on, I'd recommend following it's basic structure before trying to do more complex courses.
Excellent course, thanks for all the knowledge imparted.Greetings.
Thanks for all!
I have got very good learning experience. This is not like regular courses. I recommend this to everyone. This is the best course.
That's a good course for HTML, CSS and JS beginers!
The course assignments are challenging enough to make you move and self teach the concepts, although I found lack of feedback from course curators. I learned mostly reviewing other students work. In general I'm happy with what I learned.
good, i like this course
Good course to understand the basic of javascript, CSS and HTML,
Great course for beginner.
I was expecting harder course with more content but this course for absolute beginners to web so I guess I can't say much bad about course only that I would like if it had more content and harder projects.
Excellent course with very insightful lessons and assignments.
This is a intermediate course w/o elaborate details on all the syntax of HTM and CSS. It gives you the big picture of how JavaScript, HTML and CSS interactive with each other.
Good Experience
The javascript was very difficult, I could not complete. Def, for someone who has more javascript uner their belt.
great intro for js and front end newbies
Awesome course, awesome Professor, awesome learning goals and assignments......really enjoyed this course and I look forward to taking the next course in the specialization. Do not hesitate to sign in and join!!!!!!!
Really helpful, worth to this course.
well course!
Very informative and helpful. Learned a lot from this course. Assignments were interesting to do and pretty well, excellent course.
enthusiastic . !.!.!
The Teacher was great, but I was behind a month just because nobody will grade assigment on week2.
Good course, thanks to the Professor David Rossiter
excellent course for beginner thanks to all stuff of the course
Great course!
Everybody, who would like to make, development as their career, should learn this course.
A great course for beginners - if you have some experience with coding, you can finish the course in one week.
an awesome experiment with coursera and thanks for your such an delight help for me
Good for beginners . I liked the teaching style and pattern of teaching.
It was very well constructed and enlightening course.
I have been taking online for almost 3 years now and I can openly say that this course is a very hands-on, structured module that I can recommend for beginners!
This is one amazing course. Very nicely taught, exercises and assignments re-enforce the learning. Loved every bit of it. The one thing i wanted was some more exercises to practice.
Very interesting and challenging course. There is a lot of material provided to help guide the student along the journey of this class.
A good basic course for starting with web development.
I loved this course so much, it helps me a lot to gain a good knowledge for terms like CSS, HTML, JS.the assessment were very helpful to practice what was illustrated in the lectures, at the end of this course you will know what really CSS and JS means and how they act to modify and improve html content
Great quick overview of basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript!
Great lecture and platform for learning
very helpful
I feel that I learned a lot from this course in a very short time. The lessons are well structured and the teacher makes things that are quite complicated look aesy and that helps A LOT! Really enjoyed taking part in it.
Really nice course to understand the basics of Web-design
complete package...no bullshit library like jquery..pure js makes you a better developer and the js parts excluding jquery was great to understand how js handles dom manipulation
Brilliant!
I learned many thing in this course. It will be knowledgeable for all the web base students.
This course is great.
Nice introduction for css and html
Excelent, I'm very happy to course this, and I'm going for more now.
Excellent class for beginners of web.
Great Course! Learned a lot. Thank you from Chicago :)
Great instructor. Well planned lessons. So much to learn in 3 weeks! From novice to veteran, anyone will be benefited.
Great course! Awesome introduction in order to learn basic concepts of web development.
It helped me to refresh the skills and gain more "right" ones.It is not important what you know, but it is important when you know it. ;)Thank you for the great introduction to basics of HTML/CSS/JS, very useful!
great course for beginner
David is the best programing teacher what I have ever seen, after his explanation, you don't have any questions. Recommend it for everybody!
Excellent course. I have learnt a lot of from this course being a newbie to Javascript.
excellent tutorial for beginners.. thank you David sir
good course with simple explanation
Great introduction sessions.
This is useful course provided me fundamental understanding of Javascript and CSS.
I like this course)))
The course was well developed. Good introduction. Would like to have seen a little more with Classes and creating simple components with Prototype, just to give everyone the basic knowledge of how to encapsulate code.
Very concise, cover the fundamentals very clearly. Ideal for a first introduction. You get to made a simple memory related game at the end of the course.
I found all thing i need. Thank you so much
Excellent introductory course! Thank you!
Great course about basics of HTML, CSS and JS. Really helpful.
So interactive course .
Good for a beginner and useful as a refresh for someone who already knows html, css and js basics.
Excelent course, even though I already knew good part of the material shown here there was a big number of topics I have had only learned quickly and did not understand such as the DOM.I congratulate you for the awesome work.Thank you.
Course was very informative and the material was presented efficiently, however there have been some notable advancements on this subject matter which would have been nice to see covered.
Very good introductive course, I enjoyed doing the exercices and the assignments!
Descriptive and well taught
Very Good Course!
I learn a lot of thing in java script , I haven't been know yet.Thank you very much to classmate to suggestion to make a page web in professional .
Good course, interactive, fun, a bit of hand-holding at times but that's to be expected. Overall 8.5/10
Great.Education is consistent with the understandable examples
Excellent course. Very well taught. Covers everything you need to get up to speed on the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Wonderful class, gives you a good understanding of html, css and javascript. Examples are clear and concise, lectures are easy to follow.
Excellent Course.I recommend it to all of my friends.
Good intro to HTML CSS and JS. The professor also provides a big picture so you understand the context of what you are doing. This course seems to target absolute beginners since there is a lot of hand-holding.
What a great course for the non-foundation people to learn.
Very good course.
This is the first step to my IT career.
Great course for beginners to learn the basics of computer language.
This course is simply amazing. Can I say its changing my life for the better.
This Was An Awesome Introduction To HTML CSS JAVASCRIPTLoved It So Much
The course met my expectations. The exercises were relevant to the discussions and the level of depth made it easy to follow. A fine course to introduce oneself to HTML, CSS, and Javascript basics.
This course is well structured, the lectures are interesting and clear. I enjoyed doing the coursework. The resources are great for future practice and further learning. Especially suitable for programming starters.
good course
I learned a lot
I like it! Brief but complete introduction to website World!
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Courses can be a bit more detailed.
This is an excellent course! great job!
Too basic and not thorough enough. The assignments are too easy also because of over specific assignments instructions.
A very good course. The good thing about it is the way it is organized.
I recommend it.
Great professor and great head start into Full Stack development. I was sad to see it end after only 3 short weeks.
I am so glad to register this course. I have got wonderful knowledge from Coursera. I have recommended to my friends as well. Thanks to Coursera!!!
the assignments was amazing
this course is very good
Great intro
Great course and great teacher!
nice and simple for beginners
the course is great but i have problem with the assignments as they all have to be in parts and i can't get why we only submit last part as if it is right the others is right also, i didn't like the assignments system in this course but the course and the assignments itself were great
Course had a good content and the exercises were able to make the use of the elements
One of the best course out there for web developers
I loved it.This course only touches the surface of what's HTML, CSS and JS and will by no means make you an expert. However, it is a good starting point.
Great course! Clear instruction and easy to follow!
From the beginning, really helpful!
Really good course, gives you the basics you need to further study about Web Development
Great course!
Wonderfull tips and content to introduce in the HTML, CSS, Javascript
cool!
Great course for understanding the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I don't know if this course is suitable for beginners, because I have already got knowledge about HTML and CSS, but, I have learned some new things about them and, of course, about JavaScript, too.
I really like the way the instructor gives clear explanations and also the assignment added each week.
That's really a good way to start on web developing major!
Great course!
The course is very interesting for junior -wannabe- web programmers. It uses the main structures of HTML and JavaScript and lets the user exercise through questions and assignments. Best option if someone wants to be a web developer!
I like the pace of the course.
I am loving this course and i think it will help me a lot in developing my responsive dream web application.
A great class for anyone interested in learning the essentials of html, css, and javascript in relatively short order.
It's awesome! But It is very very general!
Good way to get hands on experience. While it is challenging to get a quesiton answer - as there is a lot of searching on the forums (rather than having 1-1 or life q&a)
Fantastic Course. I feel confident with the exercises and information provided!
pretty well !!!!
It seems quite slow pace at the beginning, but I love the fact that there are no assumptions on knowledge and a lot of small details are being explained. These details are very important, specially when you take this course as an advance c++ programmer. Understanding the advantages that Javascript has built-in as a languague is really useful! Thank you!
Excellent. A very clear and engaging delivery by Prof. Rossiter.
Great Course. The way lectures were delivered is Outstanding.I really learned many things within a month from it. Thanks
I really enjoy this course and learnt a lot. I was not familiar with HTML, CSS and Javacript but I could follow without any problems. The Professor is excellent, didatic and explain the lessons with clarity. I am very thankful for this learning.
I afraid to learn JS until take this course. Course has really good presentation and content to understand behaviour between HTML, CSS and JS. I would definitely recommend to take this course if you are interested in web development.
The videos and presentation are fine.The exercises are quite easy and the main problem of the course is that they are review for other students withput any teacher assuring that is right.
Very nice and the presentations are very clear and understandable,It's a very basic course of web development which is why I think it's a little bit expensive for this level of course.
excellent course for web developers.Great lecture notes.
Really clear but it's a pity that there is nowhere a free possibility to gain certificates... :(
This course will be very help for me in my masters track. Since I am doing master in this field so I want to study all the topic in more detail. Furthermore, the course is helpful for me in my career development.
Excellent course. The explanations are very clear and easy to understand. There are very good excercices and you can also learn a lot from the assignments. Assignment 3 is paticularly fun with a lot of interesting logic.
Very comprehensive, good balance between theory and excercises.
this course is really helpful for beginners. Also I enjoyed the assignments.
Really good course on HTML5/CSS/JavaScript. Enough resources and practices exercises.
Very good intro class. The exercises were really helpful.
Fun to follow, light hearted, but with substantial content, that will help you web development career.
HTML and CSS parts of the course are not the best, but the JavaScript part is the best you can find on vanilla JavaScript on Coursera.
Pretty simple and handy overviewing of JS. Like it!
great tutorial and assignments
It is pretty an interesting course, especially the practical tasks, but, after all, it is much better for those who already knows the technologies mentioned in the title. The information is given very quickly during the lectures, so it may be not so useful for web development beginners (even regarding possible background in other areas of software development). That is why I recommend that course for those who is looking for a good HTML, CSS, and JS revision, not introduction.
Excellent Instructor - David Rossiter.Thank you so much.
It is a good course. Just need more hands on training to practice exercises
this course is great thanx to professor David RossiterI've finished it with success thank you Mr Rossiter
Omg ,I wish I had these professors to teach us in our college.I have started loving HTML<CSS and Javascript.Being a total newbie to programming I have loved how clear and slow and easy to understand the videos are. Thank you so much and looking forward to completing the entire series.PS:the questions in between the lectures are very helpful and assignments are very very helpful too.
the instructor is amazing
Very helpful
A great course that covers nice topics.
A little bit of more information on the course couldn.'t hurt it!
This course is a nice introduction to web development.
Excellent course for those who want to kick-start in front-end development. Professor Rossiter is genius!
Very Straight forward and explicit.
very hard for beginners, very boring for others. also missleading concepts
Great course!
i have great learning form this course and i love to learn more and more form Coursera
The course is good, although the last exercise of the series is a bit too challenging if you want people that have just started with javascript to pass. Also, sometimes it focuses too much on theory and high level examples that don't build up into practical uses of javascript.
It Was very successful to me
Easy to understand and faster to learn
one can be a rookie with this course.
Very Good Course with a very helpful assignments.
It was excellent refresh of the knowledge! Not to deep, but good enough for the starting point. Also they give you all the topics beforehand, so you could skip something you know already. But I didn't do that, the course was so nice, that I listened even about the things I knew.
It's a great course.
great course and instructor.
An amazing course for everyone who is new to the environment of web designing, very helpful.
Excellent course! Very well thought out and introduced step by step. I'm on the third course in the series. This lays a great foundation. The assignments are great at taking previous exercise code and tailoring to new forms. It take a little extra effort and research, but will make you a better programmer.
It is good to put your hands on the javascript when everyone else is using libraries and forgetting the basics. It is nice create the Matching Game. Good course.
Awesome Explaination
It teaches you the basics of html css and javascript. For a starter course in spec. it is ok. I expected a little more from this course, but all in all it was good.
Everything they teach is in very good flow and interesting. The question they ask in between the video is also a good one for better understanding. I cannot find more better than this one. It make you want to learn more, watch more. It's my first experience in coursera, everything they do is awesome, like the weekly assignment, time given to complete the task which is make you want to do more........Thumbs up to this course lecture and Coursera team too.
It's awesome.
A good guide for beginner to learn！
Interesting, useful, not boring - 5\5
It's new change to my career
everything in this course is Perfect ... ^^
This course helps in understanding the basic and overall concepts in HTML, CSS and JavaScripts
this is very good course and it is very much helpful in creating skill of web development inside me.i am very much thankful of coursera .
I'm pretty much always turned off when a course won't let those who are auditing the course (i.e. not paying) take the assessments. I'm dropping out.
Very Interesting!
It was very helpful and thanks a lot :)
The student learns a lot of basics in a straightforward and fun way.
Excellent Course. Perfectly Taught. Good Course Design
Too easy, please do not repeat the same thing three times, it's just a waste of time and I'm not stupid. It's also too academic and should focus more on how to build real websites.On the bright side, it does give you some basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Instead of this course, I would much more recommend following "HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers" by Yaakov Chaikin from John Hopkins university, it taught me good foundations + tricks and good practices for professional web front end developers.
It is too easy.
I wouldn't never recommend this course. The teacher gives you all inforation without normal explan. You have chanse to understand HTML and CSS, but Js . JS leguage need more deteils, exemples and explaining, who I didn't find in this course. The first course is a basis for late courses and so weak teacher. I took the next series of course coz I saw that there are other tacher
very good for start learning front-end. but you will need some programming skills to understand all features
this is the second week being finished and I am so happy to follow this course it is really great.
It's a little bit too easy.
This course is way too basic, so basic it doesn't even cover some of the essential basics, like explaining what the Box Model is in CSS. The only reason I gave 2 stars is because you can still learn SOMETHING with it if you are a complete newbie, but it is very far to be reliable if you are aiming to be a professional. There is a long road to go after you finish this course, which makes me think the certificate is almost pointless and worthless.It also uses things that are generally considered a bad practice (like using DOM event attributes in the HTML). It is okay to present that to the students, but you should also mention that while they are there, it is usually not recommended to use them and explain what would be the recommended practice.I have taken courses from other sites like Codeschools, Codecademy and Treehouse and left Coursera for later because I believed that getting a certificate would require me to have some expertise, but so far I feel kind of disappointed with the Full Stack package.I am hoping it will get better with the next modules.
Everything is very good explain it.
Great material with excellent assignments.
It´s very good for beginners, help me
Good basic knowledge to proceed with small projects and to continue the education
Interesting course, It can give you a challenge. As a person who is used to programming but knows nothing about OOP, the programs was reasonable difficult. Thanks David Rossiter.
Hi David ,I am happy to have been part of this course. I really enjoyed you way of teaching and i could alsocomprehend well. I request to tag me for all of your courses. Email ID: s.venkateshraman@gmail.comI also want to learn UI5 technology. Kindly tag me if there are any course done by you on the same..Thank u so much
The tutorial is very easy to understand and the lecturer was explained in detailed for all courses. Thanks
Great course. However the videos were very boring at times.
Very good introductory course.
Advance, but they made it simple :)
Straightforward, simple, and very useful as an introductory course.
Excellent Course and Instructor, very detail, it exceeded my expectations,
I enjoyed this course. The materials are presented in an easily understandable manner. The exercises are fun and good for learning.
I was searching for this type of lectures in different places...It is awesome one.
I love the way Professor David teach all from the scratch. I feel i'm learning really fast with this course and hope to continue with the program :)
I had fun learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript! The highlight being gaming assignments.
I certainly learned more efficient ways to use HTML, CSS and JavaScript thanks to the ability to review the work of my peers.
The course is very good.
Great course! Learn the basics quickly!
The content was too basic, but good
It's very useful.
I have prior programming experience and have done a few courses on coursera. I found the course useful to gain a fair degree of proficiency in html,css & javascript. The course is not easy and needs a lot of work. The exercises are also thoughtfully designed to make you apply your skills. I did not upgrade and did the exercises myself without the benefit of a peer review
The teacher’s lectures are very lively, Weekly homework can consolidate what we learn., the form of interactive assessment can help us solve the problem, learn the merits of others.
Great! Thank you
Excellent course . Well ordered and very informative.
Great extensive beginer manual.
excellent tutorial , lecture are short and information are sufficient, one can easily understand each topics and best part is that his pronouncing each words so clearly that even a average english scholar can understand it.
Amazing Course and very informative.
Very good course for beginners :-)
Seemed very basic at the beginning and then got a lot more involved in the last week. I felt there was a lot of code samples to be pulled from, almost so much so that you barely needed to write javascript. More like copy and paste. Class was really easy. I did learn about some major topics of the DOM structure of HTML, so that was great.
Well taught course but the material for the homework assignments were basically given to us. The answers were handed to us in the homework description. Having said this, the assignments were good. One should have basic program
This great class! I have learned a lot.
Very good course
Very good! Even though I already had some web programming exp, I learned a lot of important basics I just did not learn before!
A good introduction to basic web-building.
I really appreciate the way lectures are being organized and conducted. Bravo!
Great course, would have been even better if the assignments were a bit more challenging, with less or no code snippets at all, but all in all, great experience.A big thank you to the instructor and all the mentors.
Fantastic course! I recommend it to any beginner's you will certainly learn a lot. Professor is great and really insightful! I really appreciate this course!
Good assessments to help understand Javascript, HTML and CSS.
Very clear. But the project is not very difficult.
Extremely well planned course and course material. You won't find any course better than this. If you know a bit of programming and want to learn more about web development, this course is for you!
great course and easy to understand
Very easily understandable and modulated in the best way possible !!
Great course! Right level of complexity for people who have knowledge of programming.
What a wonderful course designed by Hong Kong University.I am extremely happy after completing this course.As of now I have attended many courses but frankly telling the way "Hong Kong University " design the courses and explains is really awesome.Same experience I had when I was attending "Server Side Development using Node JS " designed by Hong Kong University.Awesome.. Simply Awesome ..
Gives a great overview, though a bit more depth and content would have been great. Still, overall a great course for beginners!
This course is excelent ! I have learned a lot.I am from the COBOL/ASSEMBLER era. This course helped me to consider going forward for more trainning in the internet field of knowledge.The course was very well delivered, I am really greatfull.from Venezuela: Luis Alberto Perez
The courses are great. I enjoyed them a lot. I have one comment on the JavaScript topics though. Key concepts like JavaScript objects, closures, module pattern and Immediately Invoked Functions are not covered. I understand that JavaScript is a very broad subject but a quick review of those key points would be great for a student to continue reading further on its own.
Gives you a strong basics.
Excellent and very challenging course! Loved it!
Amazing Stuff, Nice to do this course.
If you keep doing each lecture practically, you will master what is taught. Great one.
This is a great, quick introduction to HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Professor makes full use of the three weeks (no time wasted in lectures), but it's still a basic introduction.
Excellent course with good example and instruction.
Course nicely organized and very clear to follow. Learned a lot!
It is the best course from the best instructor
I appreciate the way in which the whole knowledge was presented – as simple as possible, in easy to understand English words. But I would prefer it if the course was divided into 4 weeks.
Nicely organized contents. Good work with assignments.
Good teachers!In this course you've everything you need to start
Really useful! Well-explained and well-organized, affordable price. It helped me a lot for my job! Really worth it, I suggest it to every beginner who wants to know the bases and also some advanced features of html, css and javascript..
A very good course having easy to understand classes. The teacher is very clear and confident in what he's talking. The assignments have detailed description, without letting any doubts or giving nightmares to students.
Simple and organized learning experience
Good course, worth the money
Good beginner and refresher course for the basics of web development.
Good to learn the basics of web development
Really good explained course for beginners. Absolutely loved it!
Its a great curse!, it give you all the tools to start the way of a Web designer.
Great, I find it very useful.
Easy to learn!
very good module comprising great explanations. every starter should take this. I'am happy.
Great intro class. Outstanding community of learners to glean all manner of skill sets and new knowledge from.
Really good
Excelente Course!! Practical and full of knowledge :)
Great
Good exposure and practice.
Great intro course for beginners!
Very useful course. Great explanation and clear examples.
The instruction was clear and simple. The one topic I'm still having trouble with is the way Divs are positioned. The concepts around floating left and right make sense, but, when I put it into practice, I was not getting the same results as I was expecting. I would love to see a follow up video on this topic to make this concept simpler for me to understand.
Great Learning Experience.
it was good course learned alot
Enjoyed it.
This course has well-organized structure , logical flow of knowledge , beneficial assignments and useful resources .Many Thanks to Coursera and The Hong Kong University Of Science and Technology .
The course was well put together. The assignments are broad enough to cover everything you learnt in the tutorials.
Great course!
Reasonable contents. Focus on very useful knowledge. Perfect for beginners.
The course is really good and full of details. However, if you have previous idea about HTML and CSS you will find some parts a bit slow.
Very great course, the lectures were interactive, very fast and straight to the point.
Good to be start from scratch
very good course. But it lacks open activities like those given in bootstrap course
Easy to learn and good presentation!!
Great course
Good introduction course. Assignments could be bit harder, or maybe not so much guided.
Very good as a first time exposure
Looks good, but the assignment a bit simple.
It's not that difficult and challenging i though of.
This course will just give overview and will be easy for only those who have some prior knowledge in programming.Anyone new to programming will have a hard time to get everything.Anyways it was atleast very helpful for me.
This course is a good introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The lectures were straightforward, and the assignments were good exercises of the lecture material.I gave it 4 stars, only because the task of learning HTML and CSS is a bit dry and boring. No fault of the instructor.
very good course for the beginner
very very helpful . Nicely crafted course .
Gave me a great general knowledge of front end development. Of course there could have been a lot more information but it was just enough to get me interested in learning more on my own
Fill in the blanks others courses I did about HTML. This one is complete and more uo-to-date and I have perceived it as directed to real corporate applications rather than to layouts that do not follow what the corporate market needs. The instructor is excellent as being simple and clear to a subject that must be approached in this way to keep you going on fast.
very good course to start learning front end development
Very clean and informative. Enhanced my skills for sure.
Perfect course
Good basic foundation of HTML and CSS.It will help if the grading rubric needs to be more flexible in order to assess smaller outcomes. I found it too binary to be of use for accurate assessment.
Great Course
Good beginner course. I would've liked more assignments to really drive the points home. And maybe a bit less hand holding in the assignments
I like the course and professor.However, i think that examples could be a bit more interesting.
Good course for beginners. The instructor explains the material very clearly.
Excellent begining course for developing web pages
very good, clear and easy to learn. more practices can be added to the course
Great intro class and great instructor. He really knows how to clarify things to make sure people new to this aren't confused. He is only the instructor for this intro course, though. It is a different one for all the other courses in the specialization so keep that in mind.
I'll absolutely recommend this to anyone willing to learn.
A very well defined introduction to HTML, CSS & JS. Easy to understand.
Very poor CSS content
Easy to start and sample project makes it more useful
great course! I enjoyed it! Thanks!
Thank you. Excelent material.
Wonderfull courses!
Very Intresting Course Learned alot about Html,css and js
I like the way the course was designed. It was easy to follow and understand each lesson.
well explained course, assignments explained a bit too much, diminishing the challenge
excellent course I'm very much thankful to prof.david rossiter providing excellent guidelines
Best introductory level course
Very well explaination.
Awesome sir, awesome lectures and the best part awesome assignments..:)
Clean, well-built videos, course. Though one must pay for submission.
Great introduction and materials
Excellent course to start with ! It was a pleasure doing all the assignments and watching all lectures.
Great course!
It's a very good introduction to the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I found the teacher really great at explaining his classes.
Great class with good explanations!
Awesome class! Detailed explanation. Interesting assignments. Cool instructor. Thanks for the course coursera. :)
Great course, exactly what I searched for
great one!
very clear
Easy, clear material. Didactive teacher.
Short but relevant, very helpful for extracurricular study!
Very handful, straightforward and didactive. I recommend this course to everyone interested in improving their web development abilities
i really love the way tutor has explained things in detail. its makes easy to understand and implement .
I couldn't purchase the course but I did all the assignments and followed along with the lectures and the instructions. The part I liked the most was the project based way of learning. The slides were well prepared. All in all it was a good and faster way of getting an intro into HTML and Javascript.
this is a great course
Excellent course to grasp the basics, with further readings and references if you want to learn more.
Pretty good.
Excellent course, very well made. The exercises and assignments were helpful as well.
very good BUT no discussion on objects which is very important
very clear and well explained, thank you
Great! Some key information was omitted assuming student knew some key concepts, I had to cross reference on the internet to back fill. Otherwise good.
Wonderfull course, thank you very muc.
This was a very nice introduction to the fundamentals of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Great course helped me understand the basics very well. I wish responsive techniques and chrome developers tools were talked about a bit.
A good introductory course, perfect for beginners.
Awesome training. Loved it!
This was one of the best online courses I've taken so far!
Well Structured course especially for beginners.Professor is quite majestic with his nature of interaction.Loved it !!!
Very good course.. Very crisp presentation.
Could have been used more practical approach and more advanced stuff.
Learned a lot from the course. Really beneficial. Loses a star due to having to mark other people's work - really time consuming!
The instructor is really awesome and he explains each and every concept mention in the course outline really well. The course is very helpful for the beginners. There is lot of things in this course that would increase your learning experience.
Great Course!
Excellent teacher and excellent information!
Very basic the first week, good introduction the second and awesome after the third. 3 starts represent the median value
Good assignments
This course is helpful for me.
A good base fo become a great web developer!
Good, but would be better with more examples and exercises of more key aspects.
Great course! Many information and interesting tasks. I liked it and decided to purchase next course in this specialization.
Good One.
if it was free course, it will nicer :)
Very interesting with nice teacher.
This course has given me a general approach should be used as javascript, and helped me implement solutions without the need for utilzar framewors javascript.
Excellent intro... Thank-you
Excellent course and assignments and great presentation by David Rossiter.
Excellent ! Even on the Free Mode. Thank you so much.
Professor is really goooood! He explains the material from the slides, just as if you were in an actual class, i.e. he doesn't read from some screen. Assignments are challenging but easy at the same time because you submit the full versions in incremental steps. Good learning experience. However, I feel the course is a bit expensive for a three week period.
Awesome Course, basics that get you up and running, probably have to buy a book to continue but at least you now know where to start from.
Very good! I learn a lot from it!
Well done. Focuses mainly on videos to teach the content with an assignment at the end of the week that uses everything you learned. I would rate 5 stars if it had more quizzes or exercises to do before the week's assignment. At any rate you learn a lot about Html, css, and JS and it's a worthy class in this specialization.
Great assignments and bad videos.
Great course ,good for beginners to start with
Good lectures, interesting quizes, good assessments. Perfect!
Very informative, especially for those who begginers like me
It is a nice course. Covered the basics with step by step instructions and examples.
Really good to a html/css/javascript introduction. That course will provide the basic stuff you need to know to start learning web development.
If you want to be a web developer and have no knowledge of html and css then you can start from this for sure, the basics are cleared in a very good way and the exercises are hard enough to ue your brain for the exercises.
Interesting and understandable, great lecturer.
Super course!! Nice explanatory videos and challenging assignments.
I look forward to more of your classes!
Wow very nice!
Great course for "brushing up" on basic web design, but doesn't really provide any more information than what W3Schools already has on their site. Don't expect a deep dive into JS -- it's just enough to give you some ideas on how to manipulate elements within your website.
Very good course! Is goes straight to coding, so it´s really fun!
I was surprised how good it was.
Good overview of HTML/CSS/Javascript. Nice audio/video quality and preparation. Fun homework assignments and examples.Would have liked more CSS touches.
Good Course !
Good Starter
this course is really good to understand who things work together in front-end web development. And it develops my understanding towards using while and for loops specifically by the really good and smart assignments.
Well explained and very organized. Concepts were presented in an easy to understand and engaging manner.
very good course
very good course !
Great course. You'll learn a lot. Very easy to learn with great examples
Excellent course to get the ball rolling!
Great Course to get Started with.
Everything about this course it great! I'm learning a lot of things in a fast pace.
Thank you very much for this excellent course! The assignments were laid out so well that I never felt frustrated with any of the material; but still learned a lot!
Very good course for beginners!
Very useful course.
Videos are simple and easy to understand.
Great cource for beginners. Thanks for refreshing my knowledge
I love this course it is very useful for me.Thanks for this course.
The professor really needs to make the course more exciting - you don't need to be educated to know enthusiasm promotes content reception.
We are given inadequate information in the videos, and no other resources, to write a program. Required to use methods not covered in the course.
Very well explained. Concise and clear.
very detailed and understandable html and css teaching
It's a complete and well-organized introduction to these technologies presented in a very clear way.
Very clear introduction to the basics of front-end.
I love the assignments. It really helps me understand and remember how to use all the components and functions.
i think this is the best course of html and css online that i could found ,thank you coursera for the opportunity to learn it
Great course for begineer
Nice videos, nice content... incredible didactic!Coursera recommend a little knowledge from students, however you can learn web development concepts by zero! Recommended!
Simple and effective! I liked it very much, even though I already knew quite a bit of the whole thing.
Excellent course and interesting assignments.
It was a good course. It is hard to make it useful and interesting for everyone since students will have varying degrees of knowledge coming in. I know that I learned a lot that I can apply in my work.
great course especially the JS part
Simply great!
Well organized, and explained very clear, easy to understand. I like the pace of this course, not too fast but you can learn plenty of things from it
An amazing course! The introduction to JavaScript was particularly useful for me. Clear lectures, well explained assignments and a lot of fun!
Good material,Good Teacher,It's amazing
GOOD BUT NOT A FULL COURSE
Great course !
It's not bad but I think the other courses in this specialization are much better
Very good introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As a college CS major, I came in with almost 0 experience in the material reviewed in the course, and have completed the course with what I feel to be a strong understanding. A+ work by the team that created the curriculum
Did not email when graded and had to email for everything to be fixed. Example projects were not similar at all to actual projects and relied heavily on search engines to figure out what was asked of me
This is an excellent course. The instructor explains things very well, the material includes all the important points, and the assignments are very well constructed. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in learning the fundamentals of website development.
The course gave a good basic understanding of HTML, Javascript, & CSS.
This a great beginners Course.Each concept is explained clearly and precisely.
Thank you, this course is very helpful and I learned great things from it
Well planned course. A little too easy though
Loved it!
A nice, short introductory course to web programming languages. May move a little fast for a newbie.
A complete course for a beginner.
This course was very nice. It was kind of a bit basic, but that's what I've expected of a beginner course which is covering basic and the most important factors of web technologies. The reason I give 4 stars is that everything is too much served on the plate. Assignments are prepared really, really well, which kind of loses the point. You almost don't need to think about anything to finish the assignment. Overall, awesome course!
Awesome!Perfect!
Nice course, although it could be even better if it lasted for 4 weeks, where the last week would cover pure javascript in much more depth.
very good for Web beginners : a must
A complete and didactic course.
Expecially the final part, best node explain I ever seen. Thanks Mr. Rossiter!
Good course that is very well structured. I learnt a lot about the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Awesome introductory course for beginners. Liked it very much.
Good teacher, simple learning, maybe too basic, mostly with CSS
One week shorter than other similar courses but the eLearning lectures are of excellent quality and the assignments do stretch you to learn
This course teaches you the basic concepts of HTML, CSS and Javascript. You can learn quite a bit. I was already familiar with HTML and CSS but not with pure Javascript. So i learned a little bit more of Javascript.
Good course!
Excellent introduction of the techologies.
Very fun and useful course! Would have rated 5 stars if it provided a little more in depth technical information and options as a kind of "free to dive in" addition to the course material.
very useful!
It is a great introduction course for people who do not have any knowledge about html and css.
Loved It. Very Informative . As a beginner this course has sparked my interest in web dev.
Great! platform to improve our skills.....
It is the perfect way to learn all of that information. The course is awesome and the teacher is very very nice.
Good one for the Beginners.
This is a nice course and it was worth learning it from COURSERA!!! Both the pattern of the course and videos are precise and to the point. Also, self-paced makes it possible to get adjusted according to everyone schedule.
Really Nice !
Very good course to brush up these technologies.
Great!
It was very informative for the amount of time given.
Thank You Very much , it was on of my best course ever
Really good for introduction!!
I have finished the course Thank you Prof.David
Excellent work, gives all basic knowledge to a new comer to web development and HTML/CSS basics. Needs more practical examples if possible.
Good course the teacher is a good teacher
Really great to get yourself jump-stated! Excellent lectures too!
I want more practice
Such a wonderful course that offers a very good support for the starters.
It's an great head start for students who wants to get started with web development. I would love to recommend this course to fellow mates.I would also like to thank Coursera, Hong kong University of science and technology and last but not least Prof. David Rossiter.
Best course ever had!!!
Very good and didatic. It was very instructional.
I read many materials about HTML, CSS, JS, created few small projects. I was sure that know it good, but your course opened my eyes. I found many usefull information here. Thanks a lot!
Really covers the basics
Great overview, very detailed and taught well.
Did a nice job presenting and plenty time reviewing the material.
Cool course! It helped me to know more about css and JS!
Really enjoyed it, as it had practical work at the end of every weak
Advanced javascript portion is very useful. Concepts are explained in a simple manner so that everyone can grasp it quickly
Easy to follow. Great examples. Very Good course for a newbie like me. Very satisfied !!Would take other courses with this professor.
I enjoyed taking this course. It was my first touch with Html, CSS and Javascript... and I can say that I learnt a lot.
Extremely didatic, you won't regret.
An Excellent course explanation along with good examples, especially on the Assessment area which let us think out of bound to focus logical part of the code
Good explanation of the concepts. Need commintment
Great teaching
Excellent way to learn
Bit basic for me
the course was awesome
great course. it offers a great background about html css and js
good course, but not free to access the tasks. have to pay to fulfill it.
Maybe quite basic, but useful on the certification path
great course,learned a lot!
It's a good course for beginner student
such a great course !
Very Good Course for Front End Developer
3rd project can be made little more simpler !!! for begineer its really difficult .
Covers almost everything for a fine understand of html, css and plain javascript
Great
The instructor goes in depth and he has a way of explaining the material very clearly.
In my opinion this course is too simple for anyone who have a bit of programming experience. On other hand, it is a base course and it is excellent for any other person with no experience.
Very fun course and clear to understand. I would redo them just for fun but don't have time for that yet!
Excellent course, the only thing that prevented me from giving 5-starts is that it would be extremely helpful if we received feedback from the host school. Given the nature of Coursera, I know this is unfeasible, but it would still be nice. Otherwise, it's "the blind leading the bind" scenario. Given all that, I'd still recommend this course to anyone without reservation.
I think this course is very successful.
This is a very good course taught in an easily understandable way. Its for the people who are new to website design & coding
Excelent proffesor!
perfect teatcher!
Very good introduction
Loved the real-world concepts, great starter course on HTML, CSS and JS
Very well taught course. I finally understand how Javascript, HTML and CSS come together to form a webpage. Highly recommend this course!
Not very good explain javascript. After this course I had many questions about this language, I not understood it enough.
I really enjoyed this class. A lot of information; lots of hands-on examples. I've taken JavaScript before, but this class really helped to me to use it.
A Great introductory course!
Good course with quite a bit of material
A very good way to learn the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript, or refresh your old knowledge and learn some new skills. Very easy to understand even if english is not your language. I recommend it.
i have finished this course and it is a good introduction to HTML CSS and JS.
Pretty basic but good
Very good course for beginners.
Good one. Going from Basics to little bit advance. Nice assignments and Quiz added in course.
Easy, but good.
I like the concept of the course.
Perfect. Instructor is truly a Maestro. Well done, man.
Good assignment.
Was good enough for one has prior knowledge.
The instructor's teaching is very clear and helpful. By the way, his pronunciation is very nice.
it is a very good beginner level course and i enjoyed it a lot
Even though I had some previous knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript, I still learn quite a few useful things trough the course. Definitely recommend to all beginners!
Awesome material
very nice.All the material are well covered.
I like the teacher~~He made learning html language interesting~~
I have used JS before and thought i was pretty good with it. However, I found this course to be really useful and enjoyable. I feel my skill level has gone up a notch.
I managed to learn things I didn't knew before. Althought thinking upfront that I have that knowledge already. Thank you!
Learnt alot but it needs more examples to help with the projects -note i am a total beginner and i think the time needed to study for me is 3x that was is stated.
Thanks for this awesome course
Awesome course, especially for newbies
Amazing course! Very good explanation and the structure is perfect, worth it!
Awesome! Amazing! These online courses ARE the Future!
Very well laid out information and good job
Great professor!This is first course that kept my attention until the end.Only thing that would make this course better is to help us a little bit less in our projects.
Good introductions! Nice work! Thanks
The professor's presentation style is clear and straight to the point; the course is structured very well. Great course so far!
Great course!
Knew the core parts of DOM
Very good exercises
This course is very good - it moves quickly so is best for someone who learns from troubleshooting or has some past experience with coding.
very nice presentation and content for beginners
great course
Good course. Good teacher.
A bit too simple for my liking. And too many repeated content. But overall a good course for an absolute beginner.
Very clear and understandable English, which is crucial for not native speakers. Having fun so far, thanks!
Some prior knowledge is assumed, but the course does cover everything, although the basics are glanced over very quickly.HTML and Javascript coverage was excellent, but I felt that a little more time could have been spent on more complex CSS.
Excellent course! I am learning so much!
A brilliant course. I had a great time going through the lectures and had fun with the assignments. Thank you for this course.
real good so far
Very very good, I learnt so much in this course.Thanks coursera for the oportunity.
This is THE most awesome course on Coursera!!!
Quickly covered basic HTML, JS, and CSS.Assignment descriptions were clear.There were a few tricky bits mostly related to styling that were more frustrating than it seems like they should have been, but overall a very good course. However, the project time given for the course is very optimistic, it usually always took much longer.
I tried to study HTML, CSS and JS at first. Because his lectures was so detail, I could understand it.
Overall, I found the course to be an excellent refresher and, in some ways, an expander of my existing HTML, CSS and JS knowledge. The only suggestion I would offer is to explain how and why the particular information is useful. Examples can cement an abstract concept.
Pretty good basic overview of HTML, CSS and Javascript.
Very basic course for those who don't have any basic knowledge
Good one! Nice professor :)
Great instruction, well-described. Assignments felt like logical extensions of the material presented.
It was a nice course although I'd have appreciated more if it could have been more in depth with CSS...
very good content easy to learn.
Teacher was very good.
very good course
Very good introduction to web technologies.
Unnecessary course for this kind of specialization...
I am a Java Expert and over 10 years of experience in Software Engineering. So a lot things like controle structures are well know to me. However it was never boring and I had a lot of fun getting into HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
The course covers up all the basics in the most clear way. Definetely worth the time!
I love the way that the course is explained and designed. The questions during the videos helped me to understand every concept. Now, I feel better programming using HTML and JAVASCRIPT.
The teaher of this class is excellent gives example and answers in all your questions and doubts about the how and why everything happens.I think it's a lesson you have to watch if you want to learn how to build your website or your app(wep app) !!
Very nicely taught. Short and precise
I just started this course.I have seen the course outline and i can state categorically that it is the real thing.
Covers all HTML fundaments, CSS basica and JS basic.
training is interesting and to the point
Very good overview and introduction of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
A great course to start of Web Development!
clear and good example but limited contents
Excelent!, but you cant submit the homework to review.
Very interesting !
I liked the content, the way of teaching and most importantly everything is managed.
I have learned a lot from this course
the teacher is amazing I wish he was the same one who teach us the rest of fullstack of webdevelopment
I liked this course. It 's an initial sense of the main elements in HML , including CSS and JavaScript DOM manipulation . I recommend It.
Very good explanations and reflexion what we did.
I really am enjoying this course. And, the lectures are "great".Precise and to the point.
great course, sadly i cant finish on time
Great course !
Practical, not just syntax, but examples you can build on.
I thought the video lectures and code examples for this course were really good. The assignments are straight forward and well described.
This course is so simple and basic! So it's very useful for beginner.
looking forward to learn more.
Very, very good overview of the basic concepts in HTML, CSS and Javascript.
All is greate !!! Thanks!
This course is amazing for people without any knowledge on HTML,CSS or JS.Even if you do have it, it helps understanding some basic stuff regarding each one.If you moved from basic JS to Angular.JS i suggest you take this course to understand how the DOM structure work because it could be very important for to understand how people used to write JS programs and on what Angular.JS is based.
Course is well structured and very helpful!
Very well presented and informative. Some of the early assignments are hard to grade if the person makes a small mistake and the only possible marks are 0% and 100%.
Very thorough and consistent teaching. David is just GREAT!
Challenging but not impossible to do. Professor Rossiter has a nice way of teaching things.The DOM model explanations are a bit confusing when first listening to it, but become clear later when putting it into action with a lot of trial and error.
This course is very deailed on HTML, and also shows how to make forms and send data.
Great instructor. The course is concise but full of good observations about how to use HTML and Javascript.
Valuable course as a start point, got a general overview of all components in a web system and also got started on basic front end design.
Really goog course, their is a lot to learn.
Learning new skill through succinct teaching was a wonderful experience.The course covered good details of the programming languages, but personally I think it was not in-dept learning. I think more learning material along with advanced assignments should be provided for more vivid learners.Overall, it was a course worth taking for me.-Bhushan
Very thorough, and the learning exercises definitely force you to use what you've learned properly.
This course is designed very well.
This course was really useful for me. Good teacher and material.
Very useful for web developers beginners.
Nice course for basic learning and strong foundations!!
Content is good enough for beginners in web development but must have previously programming experience. The assignments are very strong and help understanding more. I think this is a good start point but some other operation on images and styles not covered.
The detailed step by step class made me understood this course clearly. David made it easy for beginners to understand this course.In general, reviewing the classmate's assignment is definitely a great idea to learn from other's code and improve your coding skill.
David Rossiter is an excellent Instructor. He was very clear and precise. I learned a lot and as a result I purchased the series.
Good course to teach you the basics :)
Great course. I finally learned CSS and Javascript!
Completed this course today and it was a very good learning experience. Like Professor said, it is a good start to learn Javascript.The teaching style was simple and to the point. Hope to take another course by Professor Rossiter soon.
Great course!
Very nice introduction. Very structured and good assignments.
Teaching method is great !
I wish the javaScript lesson had more examples, specially for the material at the end of the lesson (functions returning functions, etc.)
This really helps me to learn the knowledge of making a webpage.
Great work I must say. Very concise and straight to the point. Great job guys!
Was a great refresher for me
It is a really nice course with all concepts covered for a full stack developer on HTML CSS and JavaScript
Nice introduction!
a nice introduction
very good course and awesome teacher
great Professor!
I would highly recommend this course to someone willing to learn HTML, CSS and JS from scratch. Good pace, material and assignments make this course interesting and useful.
Great introduction to the basics of all three areas. It may feel easy if you have programming experience, but it will give you a good introduction to what's to come in the following courses.
nice 101 level class for HTML, CSS, JS
Cool! A lot of great presented information!
Great introduction!!:)
Great Course. Directly and excelent professor. Congratulattions.
I learned so much. It also helped me structure my code better than what I have done before.
Lessons are really easy to understand. This course helped me understand what I needed to know to easily catch up with the next set of courses.
this course is great....
Amazing course, really complete. I've been able to learn a lot of things about web development in just three weeks. Thanks for this course!
Very helpful
One of the best professor in the world
Excellent professor and excellent explanation. Loved this course with th assignments.
Well detailed course with very good instructor who makes this course more interesting. But one more thing, the assignment is not fully related to the lectures and materials. Students need to read and learn by themselves from other sources to learn more for completing the assignments. This is tough for students who do not have programming background and join here to learn.
An interesting course to introduce the basic concepts of HTML. I had a background about HTML however I learned new things.
Great course . It is really worth taking a shot.
Great course, very good for beginners who would like to study HTML, CSS & JS.
Very intresting and easy to learn, even for those who didn`t speak english very well!
Excellent course! It was a great refresher for me on HTML and CSS. It has been a great and funny introduction to Javascript as well
Gives you needed basics on HTML, CSS and JavaScript for the rest of the specialisation. However, could definitely expand the JS aspects a lot more. Explaining the type system, the prototype chain concepts, making us aware of what the language can and can not do. 1 to 2 more weeks would have been expected from this course.
I learned a lot and I liked the homework assignments and the length of the course only being 3 weeks.
It is two hard for beginners, or the lectures should be more detailed because assignments are hard. And on the another hand there are two much information and lectures for one week. It should be less lectures and information for one week. In this way it has two much load for person who works. It should be stretched trough more then 3 week for example 6 weeks with less lecturers with assignments that are graduly get difficult. Because first assignment is to big jump.
Very good class, professor is very entertaining. Concepts take into account the latest & greatest of HTML & JS. In general, i think a price of $79 is too high for a MOOC class of 3 weeks duration
Overall a good course!
Excellent course! I really enjoyed this!
Great course for those who already have some prior knowledge of html css and js.
Great!
done very well that even us novices could follow
I enjoyed learning this course. very highly dedicated faculty members and timely help was key in this course
This course is very effective to build up the basic foundation of HTML,CSS and JS.
It was such an honor to learn the course from the Coursera.The materials provided, going through the depth of every thing, forum discussions and the assignment submissions are the best things provided here.I would also like to thank Prof. David Rossiter for mentoring us throughout the course and let us aware about the technologies which form the backbone of the Web Development.
Good well delivered course. Sometimes the instruction is a little repetitive, but that may be a good thing for beginners. The instructions can also sometimes be a bit vague, overall a good course though.
Not happy with the quality of the material. Dropped the whole specialization halfway through this class.
Good course
very good course
clear without any crap
helpful course
very clear and accessible
This is a pretty good course for learning basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I already had some experience with these three languages, so consider that when reading this review. I found that the amount of information they cram into this three week course was pretty substantial, which I think is a positive aspect of the course. They don't just teach you what you need to complete the exercises, they teach you a lot of things that even more experienced users of this language may have forgotten. That being said, I don't think the amount of information covered is realistically anyone could retain in three weeks. I would instead see this course as a crash course as to what features are available with these three languages, then save the course slides as sort of a reference for when you go off on your own. My favorite part of this course is that the exercises are unique and fun. The HTML assignment is sort of boring, but that's because HTML is boring, but the exercises that use javascript are a lot of fun. To conclude, I think this course would be great for brand new web developers and also for people who just need a refresher. Good luck!
Rich and useful course. I enjoyed the homeworks so much very fruitful :)
great and easy
Very good course. I like it very much.
its very good
Course is good as an introduction. explanation of various other important properties in CSS to build a web page with different layouts could have been an added advantage. Though the course has given me a good understanding.
easy to learn!thanks
Very clear and easy to understand.
Fast and to the point. The way i like it. 3 weeks and you're set up to where you can get around in HTML, CSS and Java.
Excellent very good introduction especially recommended javascript
Take this course if you want to get depressed out of ever learning any programming.The structure is this:-tons of info about stuff with unclear application-tons of info about stuff with unclear application-tons of info about stuff with unclear application-a gigantic task where you don't actually use half of the material from before, but instead need to use some material from the future module or from just googling things.You never get to understand why what you wrote didn't work and why it should be the way your classmate wrote it.The course makers don't seem to be interested in your feedback.
This is a great intro course about front end web programming. I do Recomend
here I got to learn about HTML DOM and its manipulation throught Javascript.Thanx!!
Its ok and I liked the exercises, but I think you see to many themes and there is almost no practice for them. Its hard to learn them.
One of the best course I have ever take, what I like the most is on assignment part. The lecturer give me a good instruction of assignment which helped me did it perfectly. Step by step, knowing that I need to develop these step by step logic required to solve the problems.
The best course for absolute beginners, and also professionals who forgot to write javascript code without jquery!
This class does not go in depth enough for debutant people to figure out how to do the assessments or gain a good understanding of what is covered.
Excellent material, Knowledgeable trainer, Nice short quiz and exercises, hands-on assignments with clues and study materials. Last but not the least, reviewing others assignments and learning from others. Really enjoyed learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
This is excellent course with very detailed outline but with simple and step by step learning with relevant examples.
Very efective course to start.
Great course.. Simple and exhaustive!
Well organized course material. Detailed examples illustrates the concepts in a clear way.
Very well structured. A good introduction course.
Great teacher and an excellent intro to front end development.
Javascript & HTML are covered nicely for a 3 week course & enables us to learn anything new from the web on our own.The course lacks in the coverage of CSS (Hence the 4 stars & not 5).The final project was very nice & interesting, so much so that I have been developing it further & have added many more features to it.
Excellent course, well paced, assignments greatly aid in the learning of html and javascript.
Very good course for begineers
That was one amazing course, dave is a great teacher, and all the material is very intuitive, clear and easy to comprehend, I'm very grateful to everyone involved in making this amazing course.
A fantastic course!
awesome course i've leart a lot
Teaches a lot of important stuff, but a bit fast paced for my liking.
The course is very useful as a starting point in developing skills as a web developer. The videos are very well structured: not to long and the content is very handy as your guide when doing the assignments. The teacher does an excellent job: he is very clear, systematic and sometimes funny, too. Highly recommended.
I like this course since it's built well and the lectures are light and fun .
I liked a lot that there are many short topic-specific videos and that I could download the self-explanatory slides. The concept of reviewing other participants' assignment worked well.
The course content is well designed and full material (PDFs and HTML files) is openly shared. The best part is assignments, there are challenging and awesome. I am glad that I took this course.
Great introduction course covering the basic building blocks of modern web applications. The lectures are easy to follow, with plenty hands-on exercises.
HIghly recommended!.
I like your course.Thanks David Rossiter.
This course covered a lot of ground in only 3 weeks. It gave me the knowledge and confidence to create a JavaScript solution to a website problem shortly after I finished it. It is structured logically, with well-planned exercises that reinforce learning.
great assignments
Very good class, not only lecture,but the homework also very good .
Liked the class
A very good introduction class for the basics of web development. Don't expect to come out a full fledged Javascript programmer but it gives you the important parts of DOM manipulation. If you want to start with web development, go and check this class out.
I have very minimal coding experience and what I knew before coming into this was very spotty, and pulled from numerous different sources. This is a GREAT course for beginners looking to get a solid understanding of the fundamentals of coding in a few widely used languages and it helped me out a ton! Thanks for providing this great and well laid out course!
really good course!!
This is great course for beginners. All lessons built with a lot of practice, and thanks to David Rossiter everything clear and easy to understand. Thanks a lot Coursera team for this opportunity. You do a great job.
Great course. They throw everything at you but the lectures are well presented and full of knowledge. Best bang for the buck that I have had so far with a MOOC.
great course! Everything is clear and well explained.
The instructor was great. He was very thorough and I really loved the final project. I had a great time taking this course!
quick intro of html css & js; but not deep enough to get more pro on it
very good at getting his point across and, I found that he always explained with good depth. I would recommend this course to anyone
It is a very well planned and structured course! I think it gives you a starting point to know all the web development core.
Interesting, easy to understand and appropriately filled course. All you need on the beginning of web development. Thank you!
Great introductory course to the basics of web development. David is straightforward and clear with his presentations. Though the course is only 3 weeks long so you have practice to keep your skills sharp.
Excellent course on the fundamental building blocks of the web. Even though I thought I knew these topics, I still learned some things I didn't know, and had fun doing so!
Awesome designed course, even for people with some knowledge of the subject. I loved the assignments.
Great for beginners, the basics are well explained.
Very basic and not especially much fun or challenging
I am satisfied with the course content. It gave me a great opportunity to learn programs and also a great step forward in web programming.
Good course to learn some basics. Skip it if you are at an intermediate level.
Great course, maybe with one more week they can cover another js data types or even jquery lib
Perfect for the start of the adventure with WebDev! :)
Well thought and deep course. Highly recommend for novices!
Excellent teacher and course material.
Absolutely great!!
Great course!
A very nice course for who has a little background about HTML.
The teacher is boring
Great course! The professor is doing an incredibly good work at delivering the material in an accessible and understandable way! I wish he had more courses on Coursera. I would attend all of them.TOP!!!Thank you!
A good course, the methods and pace was not good enough. I wonder if those new to these topics learnt anything
The videos just gloss over the materials.... No comprehensive lecture notes or standard textbook and lessons are too squeezed.
Very Good Indeed!Instructor goes thru quite a number of HTML, CSS and JavaScript examples.A good starting point.
The course deserves to be registered and followed. It worth for newbies to learn these technologies HTML, CSS and JS. The course follows with lectures, practice questions and weekly assignment which make the learner keep interested during the course. Instructor is an Intelligent and Awesome personality. He teaches really very well.. Recommended for Newbies !!
Nice course! I've learnt a lot. Thank you, David.
A very good course and covers a wide range of topics especially in JavaScript.
This is a great course overall, but it might be a bit hard to follow for those who have no prior programming experience.
Really good.
The assessments are great to handle the concepts of the course. Particularly evaluating the work of others is very instructing. The instructor is great and is a pleasure to listen to.
Course is presented with great details ans a handful of materials. Definitely it is a very interesting web course.
Excellent course. Material is explained with simple words and examples. Student is encouraged to look for additional resources.
PROF, David Rossiter is a real professional. Knows what he are saying about and provide all needed information to learners shortly and straightforward! It is big please to see videos with him. Another big thanks for his great humor! So HTML, CSS and Javascript learning gave me very big pleasure and very wide knowledge! Thank you Dave!
Very very good course :)
Very compact and intensive course. Love the great opportunity to learn from such a good teacher.
It's a well designed course and you can do homework with what you just learn. All of these knowledge give your a basic concept of HTML + CSS＋JavaScript.
David was able to clearly and enthusiastically present what's really a rather dry subject.
Amazing online class and learning environment.
Amazing presentation. Good content
Great experience, designed for noobies and also for people who have some knowledge on the subjects. It´s being a great pleasure to learn this course. Also available on my Ipad and on my Android smartphone, so I can download the video classes and carry with me. Recommend, A+.
Great course
Javascript part of the course was very interesting, especially the lessons regarding DOM.
All the course material is great and helpfull, I had a great time doing this course and learned a lot from it! Thanks to the University of Science and Technology from Hong Kong to provide such an amazing material.
Very good and systematical introduction to basics.
I have limited programming experience (less than four months of Java) and prior, brief exposure to HTML and CSS. This course was a great refresher for HTML and CSS, and the introduction to JavaScript is useful and pretty straightforward.
I enjoyed the course to review my CSS/HTML skills and get started on JavaScript. I would recommend this course if you have some preliminary experience. If you are completely new to these materials it might be worth doing an introductory course first, as this course is fast-paced and for a beginners many details might be missing.
awesome course. like d way prof david taught
Good Intro to the front-end holy trinity!
The professor teach this course very well
excellent course! I really enjoy the way it is taught. I recommend it 100%
Very professional course. I learnt a lot of good stuff!
great course and clearly explained by Dave.
I would be much more happier if i can contact the instructor directly
Challenging, but I learnt a lot. A lot of debugging in the final assignment - that's probably what programming is.
Very usefull and fascinating course.
Great teach
Great course. Well designed and motivating to learn!
Great course, go strait to the point. You will learn the basics of Html CSS and Javascript with the smile.
The Professor`s style and knowledge of the subject he teaches are on the edge!
very very very very.... very useful
Very good course for beginners with no experience or prior knowledge. The lessons and projects were designed well to have you put together everything you learned in the courses at the end.
I really love it, but i just don't have that much time for the course. I wish I have more time to spend to learn more from the course (personal time management issue).
This course is very good for people who want to get some knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript. While it is not that long, it gives you practical experience and teaches you to do some practical things. I'd rather recommend it to people who already have some basic experience with web and programming (in any language), but the bar is not that high even for beginners. Module videos and explanations are good and David Rossiter, who created the course, has my thanks and respect.
very good course but it is kinda fast for new people
Great course, great instructor!
The course is an excellent satrting guide for anyone who needs a mild introduction to html, CSS and javascript. Most important basics and it moves you to some advanced aspects. Overall you appreciate the concepts more because of the nature of assignments.
By far, one of the best basics courses out there.
It's just AWESOME!!!
A nice introductory course, short but with a lot of stuff covered, good for busy people. I only miss some jquery introduction. Thanks professor David Rossiter.
It covers a lot in a short time, definitely helped me gain some more knowledge.
HTML, CSS and JavaScript course is great! Professor David Rossiter made a great job explaining in detail all important aspects of each of these languages. Assignments were interesting and sometimes not easy, but they shouldn't be easier. Overall, in my opinion this course is extremely beneficial for beginners in web development.
It is wonderful course and very clear explanations given by them.
It's quite too simple even with no previous knowledge
The course is well designed and well presented. I wished for a bit more material on CSS and JavaScript. Perhaps, due to time constraints, there could be a separate course for looking at CSS and JavaScript at a more in-depth level.
It the One of the Best course in HTML CSS and JavaScriptExcise is fun and the assignment is totally challenging.I recommend this course.Just go for it.
Very good course - requires dedication, concentration and hard work. I think that I got a lot, but still long way is in front of me. It depends what are you searching for in online course - that is crucial question, for my vision this was perfect choice, right to the target. Thanks a lot!
If you don't have any experience in HTML, CSS or JavaScript, this is a very good introduction to that topic. It covers all the basics which are needed to be able to follow the next courses of this module. Also the lecturer speaks very clear and it is very easy to understand him.
The instructions are in detail, and is suitable for those who are not familiar with web.
pretty good
This course was very informative, challenging and productive. Well designed, it helped me learn a lot!
Excellent course by David Rossiter. One of the best online courses that I have attended. Super Stuff
Good for begineers...
Very detailed and great, clear lectures. Very good quizzes and hands-on assignments. Highly recommended for absolutely beginner.
Good place to learn the basics of web development.
Does not tell everything there is to know about HTML, CSS and JS but covers the basics and a bit beyond and does it well. I have been thought about DOM before but this is the first time I started to understand what it really is and what can be done with it. That was probably the best part. I recommend this course.
The course is great for advanced beginners looking for a refresher in html/css and fully dives into JavaScript. If you are not familiar with JavaScript, I would suggest supplementing this course with another JS course or book because the course moves quickly through concepts most programmers have a hard time mastering. Still if you are a total noob, you should take the course anyway, as the projects emphasis use of form validation and object-oriented programming in JavaScript which is important for any new web developer.Due to the lack of support from the instructor and aides in terms of technical issues, grading, and discussion board input, I gave the course a 3 out of 5. My understanding is that Coursera is working with the instructor to take care of these issues though.
Very well explained, very carefully designed course I have to say. Good to see that so clearly organized. Only one thing maybe, I found the assignments, especially the last one, not very close to what I expected (like form validation...), maybe not too interesting. But maybe I'm wrong, I see that as a newbie in JavaScript.
great course. fast paced for the absolute beginner
Excellent course! Content is easy to comprehend and flexible. Professor is good having clear communication. I highly recommend this course for the beginners or if you want to refresh theses skills.
a good start to learn web design from this course.
Great course full with thought provoking assignment!
Pretty straightforward but explores many web design concepts.
Good explanations, good instructors
it's a good course to learn for beginners
It is very clear and easy to follow for non-IT background students. Highly recommended to start!
Awesome Course.. Improved my skills to a new extend..
The course and specialization looks promising but I get the feeling that the instructors have been a little lazy while designing the assignments. Instead of auto-grading using well known testing frameworks (like other Coursera courses), the entire grading policy is based on reviews from fellow students which makes your grade subjective, secondly, since the number of mandatory required reviews for each student is fixed at 5 (and is not adjusted with the number of students), it is highly unlikely that all submissions will be reviewed or graded.
Great Course ....Good assignments and Great lectures
The course is really good and the way of explaining HTML codes is really very heipfull for beginners. I would recommend this course for every newbie who wants to make a good foundation for web development. Thanks.
If all teacher were to present their lectures in the manner this course was presented, I don't think any student would find it difficult to understand the subject, no matter have hard it is. They made web programming a seem like taking a nice cup of tea!
I thought the course was extremely informational, and I actually enjoyed doing the assignments at the end of each week.
This course is very clear and easy to follow.
Great course. Liked it a lot. It was very tough in the beginning. At the first week I almost died, from lack of understanding. But as the course went on it was easier and easier. And more pleasurable since I started to understand the basics.
this course is awesome
I loved learning the course
Nice explanations. Examples and presentation are very easy to understand.Congratulations!!!
Really awesome coursework and brilliant teaching!!
Very informative and challenging
Excellent tutorial on the topic. Better than any other tutorial on this topic present in the Internet by far.
This class was a great introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for someone with prior programing experience (I've done Python, R, MATLAB, and a tiny bit of C++). It was exactly the overview of all the basic/most important features of the three "languages" (I use quotes because HTML is actually a language). By no means will this make you any kind of expert, but if you're interested in web development on the side and already know how to program, this is a great place to start.
Very good course. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate, this course will boost your skills in HTML, CSS and JS.One of the best courses I've taken in a while.
Hastily put together. Quickly steps over lots of material, some of it is out of order. There is an entire video in week three, that covers material needed to complete the assignment the week before, for example.
This is really a very good and perfect base for web developers who start their career..!!
Best course to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The assignments provided in this course are really strong and made me understand the things learned in the course.
nice course for begginers
It's very good ...
Very interesting introductory course.
This was a pretty nice course about html css and javascript. Small drawback, the html part did not focus on any of the newly introduced semantic tags and did rather use anonymous divs and spans.Although this may still work it is already pretty bad style therefore I had wished that for people just starting with html5 the course would try to teach them the language using the latest introduced standard.
Good and interesting course. I think it should have a bit more formalization. For example, in HTML part there was no information about W3C validation tool. Also for example there was no accent on some essential parts of HTML:1. According the W3C specification, the src attribute of <img> tag must be present2. There was no accent that for attribute of <label> tag should correspond to the ID of form element so in homework review I saw situations when this attribute was set to name instead of ID.
very nice introduction for all beginer
Great course. Excellent instructor.
This is an excellent short course for someone who knows some programming and/or is somewhat familiar with HTML. If you do not know anything whatsoever, the pace may be a bit too fast. But if you are a bit familiar with programming (in any language), you will enjoy the course immensely and learn an awful lot.
This course covers a lot of ground and builds a good foundation of knowledge in the subject.
The teacher was great, videos, organisation...I´m really glad to have done this course. I´m going to get more knowledge and change my professional career. Now I believe that is possible.
Content is good but can include more advanced topics in Javascript like various patterns eg IIFE, Module etc. Also, I reckon there should have been some material on Javascript classes,objects etc. As a whole this tutorial is excellent but could have been even better wit above topics included in detail.
It was very educative.
but its better if u can give us little more time (sometimes we are sick or traveling )
I think it's useless. Spending that amount of time explaining this basics it is not worth it. I'd rather go deeper in AngularJS, NodeJS or Ionic, after all this is a course for a mid level, so you should go to another course to take the basics and here a more advanced level.
Good teaching
This course has a very good level , very well structured , I enjoyed doing it and I learned a lot of things in a very short period of time .It is very intensive and very professionnal.
Nice introduction
this course really helpful to build basement about HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Great introductory Course! The professor was easy to understand and took the time to explain in a clear and concise manner! Great job!
Good course. Happy to have finished it!
Gives you the basics what you need to develop your skills further! Good one!
Great course! The materials are sufficient and the weekly assignment is very helpful for me to practice what I learned.
This course is really good and interesting for people, who want to understand basics of HTML, CSS and JS.
Very nice and complete introduction to html,css and javascript!Great teacher. Explanation was very clear, and assignment help to improve what have you learned during the lessons!
Awesome course!!!
Great course!!
I have enjoyed this course a lot. The lectures are good and the assignments interesting. The grading process could be a little less 0/1... all or nothing is a little harsh. But it is a small flaw.
I'm not giving the fifth star just because there is only one flaw: not enough interaction between the teacher/TAs and the students. In fact, I never saw the staff participating in the discussions.
great point to start learning web development
Great introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Good introduction to the base of web developpment
This course is one such model: in particular could not be better structured. David Rossiter is clear, synthetic, attractive .. All the ingredients to make you want to take the course until the last slide and the last word has been formulated.
Nice introduction to web development.
Good introductory course to some essential components of Web Development!
It was difficult for me but it challenged me and I got through it. For only three weeks I felt my understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript had improved significantly.
Lecturer explains very well. Content very well sequenced
Great overview and introduction to the fundamentals in web development
A lot of information, easy to understand, good quality of lectures and interesting practical exercises! Thanks!
For JavaScript best course
Very informative and entertaining course. I highly recommend it!
very structural and easy to understand!
It's a very good course to start learning HTML ,CSS and JavaScript. To get the experties suggested material is useful.
Very good course. But it doesn't fit for beginners in programming. You need to have some base in HTML/CSS and programming.
Really enjoyed the course.
Great Course to learn the basics.
Excellent structure and videos are short and sweet. Assignments fit well into the lessons, although sometimes they are a little bit more challenging. But that's the point right? To challenge yourself.
It's well organized, many thanks!
Great!
need more engagement and exercises before every week task
Its pretty basic but it is a good start for the entire specialization.Thank you
Good course but I think it needs more Javascript materials.
Nice work please keep going in the same way
This course provides load of information to get beginners started. The course content and assignments are also challenging enough for me understand the concepts. However the videos are a bit long so it's easy to get distracted. I'd recommend who take this course to take a glimpse at the assignment first, then come back and watch the videos, you'll have better focus on what you want to learn from there.
the course is excellent for me to remind me with everything in html css and jsbut i guess it's not for newbies to these subjectsthere is so many points that i guess need to have prior knowledge
Thank you David. It is a wonderful course.
These exercises are not difficult, even a little easy.
Awesome Course
Great course and nice assignments.The course was particularly very helpful in teaching me the new tags of HTML5.
Pretty good introduction course. Not very thorough as all starters, but nicely composed and presented.
This was a good introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I recommend taking it simultaneously with another beginning course on the same material though because not all aspects of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can be addressed in a single course.
Good starter course.
Great instructor with great presentation methods that make learning course content simple and straight forward. Would recommend to anyone needing to get web basics into their toolbox of skills.
Cool, very complete introduction
1. We didn't have any feedback.2. I couldn't review my partners because there isn't projects to review.3. Teacher never answer forums.
Useful and exciting!
Wonderful course !!!!
I am enjoyed your course. Good instructions!
Wonderful course! Instruction was helpful, interesting and useful. I highly recommend!
The course is easy to underst
Everything is explained in very elegant way. Overall an awesome course
I enjoyed a lot the course and I think, even if it takes 3 weeks and looks short it isn't, it's very complete and teaches you the basis to grow up by yourself but at the same time to start creating :)
An awesome course! I learned a lot of HTML, CSS and JS.
Short but nice introduction!
I think your home assignments should be more difficult.
very informative and well structured course, highly recommended.
straightforward and easy to understand.
I am really the instructor and material.
Perfect course! Very good teacher! It help me with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.Big thanks to David Rossiter!
Great course
Great course for those beginning web development.
The video classes were really great, well explained, also examples were given in all topics. I recommend you doing. I think in the java Script part is best if you already have some programming background.
A great course for beginners but there was too much detail for submitting assignments.
Very useful course.
Excellent course! Great teacher!
Great instructor with useful contests.
Good overview of all three core web technologies. The price seems a bit high though if you're considering the verified certificate.
Excellent course. This course has everything you want and need. Just follow the teacher and FINISH all the assessments, you will be a full stack developer.
Is a good introduction
Excellent course but it would have been better to include some simple exercises to help with learning the javascript
I had fun refreshing the basic concepts of HTML and looking at basic h=javascript programs
I like this course! I agree to learn other things about web development! Thanks!!
Great course and teacher. That course covers basics of HTML, CSS and JS and would be useful for beginners
its amazing to be a part of this course learnt a lot
Great Course!
Excellent training!
Great introduction to the subject.
Very nice course, it's admirable how you can put all the essentials of web development in just one course.
Really liked it, Professor Rossiter was very thorough at explaining the content. Would recommend if I was starting to learn Web design/development.
Great course for an intro into the client side portion of a full stack developer. Especially liked the end javascript portion and final assignment.
Prof. Rossiter is a great teacher and super funny in this "IT way". I especially recommend this course to beginner digital marketers - this material, lectures and assignments really help with understanding how some tools that use html and js tags work.
A very good entry to front-end web design
Good introduction to the big three web languages that are a prerequisite to web programming.
Good course! Thanks!
I learned a lot :D! i can wait to learn more!
Good mooc. Clearly and dynamic. I learned to much, thanks to make this mooc!
Good starting point for we design
I really learnt a lot! Lectures are thorough and go in depth into the topics. After this course you cannot call yourself a developer yet but you'll be on the way to become a good one! :)
Very good course for greenhand!
Excellent course. Clear explanations for all concepts given with a bit of humour.
I have learned a lot in a short time. I would recommend.
It is an excellent course, I am enjoided
The teacher is very clear. The lessons are not too long and the learner can go is own speed.
Really nice course, it's not very difficult, but still very useful. David Rossiter is very talented teacher. His explanations are clear and concise. The best course I've ever seen here at coursera.
This is a magnificent introduction
Very balanced and well-paced course
Great Basics and hands on assignments to get to know a bit about html and css and play around with javascript
It's an amazing introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript! I had a lot of fun completing all the assessment tasks given.
Nice teacher, easy to follow with a small background in programming. Very satisfied with this course! Definetly will take another course from this university!
Super useful for non-coders and to revive some useful assets to experienced ones! ;)
Basic with some level of advance Course for Web Dev
good instructor and well organized course, thank you
I really learnt a lot through this course. Hoping to do full stack specialization :)
Excellent to get a general knowledge of the three technologies. Would have been ideal to allocate two more weeks to expand the lessons related to HTML+CSS and the lessons on JavaScript.Kudos for David Rossiter. Clear, eloquent and helpful.
An excellent course to start. If you know something about web development is not enough for you, but you want to start from scratch this is definitely your course.
I loved this course. The only thing that could have made this better was more days for the deadlines.
Basic and easy HTML, CSS and Javascript course. More specializated on Javascript than the other two.
Effective study course for HTML, CSS & Javascript.
Good course, with useful examples and methodology!
Great start for students seeking Web development
Very informative and easy to understand
Originally, I rated this course 3-stars. However, I have since decided it is worth 1-star after taking the next course in the series, Bootstrap. I thought that there wasn't enough time to cover all the material to make this course good. After taking the next course, I see that it is possible to deliver a lot of material and concepts in short order. However, it takes thinking, planning, and dedication. I think this course is TERRIBLE and seriously needs an overhaul. After taking this course, you barely know any CSS and despite passing assignments that don't challenge, you're probably worse off than a student who fails in school.The course suffers from the extremely short timeframe. Covering one of each of the three core topics a week is just insufficient to provide any sort of depth to this course. While there are supplementary readings, Coursera and the participating institutions need to understand that there are those who are taking courses to get more than a one page Wiki style coverage of a topic.
Very good teacher ! Clear and short lessons and very usefull exercices. Thank you
The course covers basics very well.
I like the course
detailed introduction but I feel sometimes the topic can be a little bit deeper.
Excelent course. Very clear and well structured.
I do not usually review any classes such as this let alone in the beginning of the course. Regardless this course in my opinion is how programming should be taught. You have the video course, documentation and application. I will continue to use this course to build on what I have and will learn. I can not say any more than "keep up the excellent work" sir!
Very good course, very appreciate the teacher's affords. He using very understandable English to give us each presentation, thank you!
The teacher is great
Great course!
This course helped expand on my JavaScript knowledge, particularly concerning DOM structure. However, if I had been a beginner in any of these topics, I'm not sure if this course would have been enough. Not much time is spent on clarifying HTML and CSS, i.e., there were a lot of topics untouched. Additionally, while the instructor's videos were excellent, the professor did not participate in course discussions at all. I think there were many times when he should have been available to lend a helping/clarifying hand.
excellent loved it....David sir is truly an awesome teacher! :D
Really Amazing.........
Really good for the ones who just started also the ones need to refresh their mind.
Good introduction with practice.
can be more interesting :)
good for start
There are many free courses on the internet focused on HTMl, CSS and Javascript, some of them good, some of them not so good... This one... is PERFECT!!
Loved the course, only draw back is that students are marking assignments.
This course is great! It is more advanced than other intro courses, and gives you a solid foundation.
really nice course as an introduction to css and javascript
Good course and contain a lot of important materials.
Very good and easily explained concepts with useful examples. Recommended for newbies as well as experienced programmers for a quick refresh
It's a very nice and easily understandable basic course.
You did a great course! Thanks for shared knwolege and skills!
David Rossiter the BEST teacher. You helps me very much!!! Thank you very much!
this course was good for me.prior to this course i have no idea of html,css,javascript.explanation was good..
well taught and easily understood
I am totally new in this new HTML language, CSS and Java Script. I like the quality of the information provided in the videos. For a new student like me this is really useful but still, I am not able to cope with the speed of the course. But still, the information is good and I am going to continue until the end. Thanks!
more excercises should be added to the course
Exercises could have been tougher so that we could reinforce learning material and also try to learn how to search the web to find the solution to a bug.Before a month, all I knew was Javascript was tough.Thanks for making me feel confident programming in Javascript.Thank You.
Easy to understand and follow. Highly recommended for beginners with no experience about any of these subjects.Practical assignments at the end of every week help me to remember and actually use what I have learnt during the course
a good intro course for people don't have experience on these topics.
Thank you so much for this course!The materials presented were great, very concise and yet provided sufficient information.I have already recommended your course to many other people.Many thanks once again!
Very good lessons!!! I learned a lot of new things, specially JavaScript.
Good starting point. If you know the three languages this course could be basic, but (as lot of dev are) if you lack JS knowledge it's a good starting point too!
Great course! I've learned a lot and it was fun. Might not be suitable for total beginners, though.
Thank you for the oportunity to learn about HTML CSS and JavaScript.I wish you all the best!!!
Good teaching!
Great set of lessons, covers the specifics and important main things of each of the topics.But I must say that several time the evaluation is a little too hard given the content of the course (talking about quis and projects) and that also is a lot of ground to cover.
Really helpful for learner and to begin the journey in HTML... :)
Very good explanation by professor.
Very clear and descriptive videos.Great and fun assignments.
very good material for beginners
very good cource
Great introductory course. Even though I am an experienced developer, I don't have too much Javascript experience and I learned a few new things. The material was presented in a very clear and concise manner.
Great course. Very clear explanation of HTML, CSS and Javascript concepts.
One of the better courses on Coursera! Well done and thank you for sharing knowledge.But we need more of David and his teachingskills!!! MORE!
Hello David Rossiter,Thank you very much for this course. It was clear, simple and precise.RegardsAravind
Best course I have taken so far on Coursera - great professor
many many good informathion
Very lovely beginners course.
It's so good!
I found it very useful. Good introduction to web development :)
the html,css,js course is one of the best courses I ever enrolled in and I strongly recommend it to everyone
Wonderful course, Really enjoy the teaching philosophy and structure to the lessons. Thank you and great job!
Good basic introduction of HTML and Javascript, challenging assignments. Thanks to Dave Rossiter and all the course team for interesting learning!
This course guides learners of various proficiency very well. Dave was very thorough and methodical in his approach. Assignments are of moderate competency to complete with out any difficulties.
The course was very descriptive and yet did not feel like overburdening. The material was laid out in a very organized manner with meaningful assignments. Cheers!
very good for beginners and intermediate programmers to review the concept of HTML, CSS and JavaScript basics!
Sir,I really salute you for your organized way of teaching. It is really helpful to understand concepts as well as to do the assignments.ThanksYours faithfully,Kiran Kumar.M
Well explained course and good for the beginners.
A very good course that explain all you need in these 3 languages
I love the way the presentations are set up. It's clear and obvious what the material is about and I know exactly what I'm about to learn so when I go back and need a reference I can easily select the module and figure out if it's what I need or not. The assignments make good use of the concepts we learned in the lectures. Very good course, yet also challenging to complete some of the tasks. I recommended a friend to join me in successive courses in this specialization.
This is an excellent course. Thank you!
I improve my skills from novice to professional.Now I have a solid understanding of how these three technologies work together.
That's awesome !!!
Simple and clear!
Some of the videos are a bit too slow phased, but all in all it is a really good introductory course to HTML, CSS and Javascript. Would like to see a part two for each subject with some more in dept coverage of the subjects.
Very good course, I learn a lot
Excellent explanations, superb presentations and challenging assignments. Kudos to everyone who put their efforts and specially to Dr. David Rossiter
really nice , i learn a lot of the basics of html
It's astonishing!!!
Nice introduction to the subject. Teacher and presentations were easy to understand and not too dry. Homework assignments were interesting and peer reviewing other people's submissions helped get pointers on what I could've done better.
Great course!
This is a very good introductive course. It's easy to follow, it's explicative and offers extra resources to complement the contents and deep.
Basic web course and very well detailed. I could review basic concepts of HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript to continue in the specialisation series.
One of the best courses i have attended on coursera. very clear and educative. Thank you!
Overall it's a good intro if you know nothing or very little about those topics.That said, the class is too slow.Homework is too easy and boring. It's all about following very specific (long) instructions - "put this line of JS here", "create a function called Foo", etc.Grading is done by peers, even though it could be automated. Participation requires running arbitrary JS written by other students.
Great course! And the professor is one of the best I've ever seen, he is very attentive and very didactic.
A very good course with a great instructor, it covers so much stuff and it's pretty well explained. Recommended!
Grate course for intermediate level programmers like me. Helps clear up all knowlege
Is a great introduction to html, css and javascript.The professor explain all things very very well.
This was very interesting course. I enjoyed it thoroughly. The projects at the end of every week are really good and makes you explore the subject and the language. The lectures were good too.
That was really exciting :) And the assignments were interesting and giving a deeper understanding of the material
amazing course for beginners with a little bit of common sense.
Great material, not too in depth but if you know some programming then you will at least be able to properly read code now and know what to google, which I think is the most important for learning a new programming language.
Structured Course that gives beginner to intermediate level expertise. Short course, so there is not much time to give challenging assignments that would prepare you for a job or industry level skill in this topic. The student enrollment was limited (compared to my other courses on Coursera) and hence the discussion forum was not active. There is no TA or instructor participation in discussion forum; hence my advanced questions in forum (intended to learn beyond the course) went unanswered. You can learn this all on internet, but the instructor nicely covered 3 topics in 3 weeks, which is helpful.
I like this course and did not learnt this before. The professor taught very well and clear. I can understand and learnt very well.
Very good basic explanation. Expecting some more in-depth hard topics to be covered.
Course was what I expected. I'm a software engineer, so the work wasn't terribly difficult. I did find it a decent academic intro to the subject matter.
Clear materials, good examples, good pace, well thought through assignments.Prof did a great job!Thank you.
You can learn a lot and practise ;)
Good Quick Ad contains sufficient topics for a beginner.
a well organized and paced course.
Easy to follow and comprehensive video lectures, challenging tasks to implement and re-consider all the information given - I really enjoyed this course and I'm going on with the next one.
The class has a lot of good information but I felt as though it was a bit disorganized. There were way too many people taking the class but not enough to grade the assignments. On the plus side I was able to switch to another session of the class while keeping all of my progress so hopefully my assignments will get graded this time around and I'll be able to complete the class. If an auto-grader or a way to ensure that everybody who turns in assignments will get those assignments graded back quickly could be implemented this would be a stellar class. Despite it's faults though I would still recommend it as I did learn a fair amount of HTML, CSS and JS quickly. I look forward to additional classes from this university. Thank you for your efforts.
Pretty useful especially with the codebase as examples.
Excellent course, good teacher, good lessons, a lot of new things!
Very well presented. Clear explanations, but not dumbed down. This 3 week course obviously won't teach you everything you need to know about front-end development, but if you want a good start in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, this is the course to take.
Plus: Lots of information for a beginner course, covers a lot of ground in HTML/CSS/JS. Some applications requiring building web-pages and JS programs to get hands-on experienceNegative: HTML/CSS and to a less extent JS introduced pretty much as a list of disconnected tags/attributes etc, leaves some confusion as to how it all fits together, but that probably can't be avoided when covering a lot of ground in a short 3 weeks beginner course
Nice basics and intro into javascript, css and HTML5
Very nice course, with kinda challenging (for beginners, of course), but not really hard tasks. Don't expect it to teach you everything, though, it's only the basics.
Very useful and interesting first week of the course also good exmplanation.
Good introduction course.
This was a great course that taught the basics of web development. The professor explained the concepts really well and in an easy-to-understand way.
After watching the videos of this course I feel I am ready to analyse and understand almost any client-side HTML+CSS+JS code.I would recommend this course to a friend.
Like it a lot. Very useful.
Very good course! ;)
I only took the JavaScript course so here it goes -AWESOME....simple and very well put. I am completely satisfied.....thanks a lot HKST
I really liked the way it was taught. I could skip through the areas I was competent. Helped me fill the gaps. I strongly recommend this course.
I think this is the best course for everybody who wants to learn basics about web development. These assignments are interesting and help the student more understanding your the knowledge.
No complaints at all, excellent course in every aspect.
Excellent introduction, with very apt assignments.
Very good course
Great course!
Great course for refreshing HTML, CSS and JavaScript concepts.
This is a very good course; got me started on the path of web development. The lessons and explanation were very good and clear. Thanks.
The grading is kinda problematic because you can just grade with 1 or 0 nothing in between. Also for the assignments it is hard sometimes to figure out how to solve the problems and external materials are needed.The professor is really good though and so are the lectures!!!!
Loved it
A good basic introduction to the subjects and interesting practical assignments.
Amazing course , very easy to understand with great explain . Thumb up
Great introduction into the subject!
I like a lot the final assignment, it was simple but entertainment. Of course, this was pretty basic stuff but is an introduction, it´s good anyway. The teacher is great so I have not complaints with this course.Good to know that you can´t master CSS, HTML and javascript just by watching some videos so is necessary to practice and read additional resources.Thanks a lot for the course, I´m looking forward to take other courses with teacher David here in courser.
i really like this course.and all lectures were very helpful,all were so understandable.thankyou so much.
Best beginner course towards advanced courses. Achievable and easy for starter assignments.
Good course
Excellent course but it moves very fast! Stay caught up with the work and you will do good!
Excellent Course not just for beginners! You should have little programming experience before. Learnt a lot about DOM in javascript which helped me in my current job.
Pros:A basic introduction to the 3 core front-end technologies. The Professor has structured the course in a logical and easy to follow progressive format. The presentations are professionally done with quality audio and HD video. (The Professor speaks with a clear proper British accent). If watching online, there are helpful short quizzes built into the videos to make sure people are not skipping ahead. (Not sure if these 'video quizzes are graded, but I think they are helpful)Cons:The projects are helpful to reinforce logic and programming concepts, however, they are not real world and may be too simple to be of real value. One will need supplemental resources to fill in the gaps for the projects. I would have liked a real world example, even if it was beyond the scope of the course.
Great course. Looking forward to start other courses from whole specialization. Fantastic work.
This is THE BEST course I have ever taken on coursera or else. Very simple but effective, complex things are made bit simple to learn. Just in 3 weeks, covered a good contents. Specially the way of teaching was bit simple but outstanding. Pleasure to be a part of this course
It could ask more of the student. The assigments was read and do.
Great Course! The lecturer explains in accessible language the new material.He explained in detail examples of tasks. Very interesting control tasks.I really liked it!If you have no experience with Javascript,Welcome, and you will have a good basis for the continuation of the study of the language!
Awesome course
This is perfect for learners who want to study basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, java script. Professor accent and speaking speed are easy to be understood.
Great explanation showing a lot of details, the assignments were very well explained and helped a lot in learning.If the videos were shorter in time it would be better.
great course, well prepared assignment, the best one I have came across on that subject.
Enjoyed the course and learned a lot within short three weeks. Assignments that are peer-reviewed really help with learning and seeing different ways to tackling same problems.
Really great lectures. The assignments are also complicated enough that you put in practice what you learned, but not so that you are frustrated with them.
Great course!
good introduction course
important and very interesting.
Good Videos, Very helpful, easy to understand. Great value course.
A good level of detail for newcomers to web technologies. The assignments are good but I would say too easy in that most of the work in figuring out what to do is actually done for you in the outline of what to submit.
Nice course material. The assignments are interesting and fun to work on. Looking forward to more such courses !
Great course filled with very useful information. Thank you
Nice Teaching . Provides good examples and also explains them well
The course is very complete. The lecturer explains very well. He presents the contents in a nice way and he always give good examples to accomplish the subjects.I definitely recommend this course!
Great Teacher. I thought I would never learn Javascript. Thank you, Sir.
Excellent! A good introduction to frontend development :-)
Really good course to learn HTML CSS and JS
Great introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I learned a lot and hope to learn more advanced topics in the future. Highly recommended.
Great course! I learned a lot and am looking forward to the other coursesthank you very much
this course is very helpful for to me to understand html css and java cript
Incredible course
This course is for the absolute beginner who has never heard of programming before, yet it makes an easy slide into web development for experienced software developer as well. The professor is simply awesome, lectures are perfectly organized (although a bit lengthy more than needed sometimes) and assignments are totally on point for beginners as well. I wish it was a bit more complicated and challenging, but for the targeted level, I guess it was ok.
Very good explanation.
<p>Pretty clear demonstration, but everything taught here is too simple.</p>
Helpful also for experienced HTML students
Excellent instructor and excellent information and great courses in the specialization. The instructor is extremely good
great place to learn
Very good lecturer! Thank you very much.
I like this approach. It gives you the hunger for more JavaScript after you have completed the course. Very good intro course, it covered a lot.
Is excellent, however I hoped to learn more.
The best teacher ever! I really like this course. Everything is good, every week.
I really liked how concisely and precisely the concepts were introduced in this course.
Great introductory course. It gave me a solid foundation to continue my self-learning in this domain. The videos are very clear well narrated and nicely paced.
I learned a lot from the course and I had fun doing the projects. Although, the projects could be tougher and more involved.
Excellent teacher and very good course
Thanks a lot to the Course Team for their efforts and making this course available
Course flow goes smoothly. Exercises are good. In starting I felt reviewing classmate assignment task boring, but later on realized it is very helpful and we can get idea of different logic and thinking process. Overall good experience.
Need to explain more topics
It's the best video tutorial on html ,CSS & JavaScript I ever found. Really helped a lot to beginners like me toweb development.
It´s ideal for beginners. The teacher explain every thing very clear.
Lectures were intuitive. The way assignments were designed is the best
Very good content and very well taught.
Material is great while separating assignment to several parts in confusing for me personally - I don't see why we need first parts when the resulting project contains all from the previous parts. This separation is justified in my mind for big projects - and these assignments weren't that big.
Perfect course!
Great course, even though sometimes there are difficulties to log in
That's couse is amazzing, because I'd knew something but I'm being more stange my knowledge
Good Course, definitely worth
Very clear !
Great! ;)
This is the best web development course i have enrolled with.It enables a thorough understanding on the fundamentals which are the root of progressive education.
great course i always want to lean
Hi,I got promoted as a beta tester only 4 days ago, which was too short to review the whole course. So, here's my review for the first two weeks.The course is nice and easy to follow. It looks like beginner level. However, since it seems aimed at beginners, I think the teacher should put more emphasis on- good practices (i.e. when there are several ways to do something, always indicate which one is recommended).- accessibility for people with disabilities, which should be a priority when creating new websiteAlso, I think that 3 weeks is a bit too short. The first week should at least be split in two so that students get more time to practice HTML/CSS coding.Lastly, there should be many more practice quizzes and (why not?) optional projects.Thank you for having me as a beta tester.
I have learned a lot, the only thing I would say is that if you realy want to do it correctly and try to get as much as possible from the Course, you have to spend much more time working on it!!!
I do not see review by teachers.I had biggest expectatives. Very disappointed.Some reviewers don't see beyond the format.The system has glitches. Still appear messages that were reviewed and sent.
This project made me apply all the knowledge of the previous courses, It was a great experience. Thank you teachers!
One of the easiest and informative course which makes you believe on your potential and still teaches you sufficient to lean and gain confidence in subject matter
This course really just pushes you to put everything you learn into work, It was a exactly the way I wanted a capstone project to be! Would recommend it after you complete the rest of the series of courses.
Good course/ certification program. You get a solid sense of the basics in programming Raspberry PIs, Arduinos and how to plan the build out of a device. My only issue is with the forums and the lack of feedback/ response from the course.
Very good course!
I think we should provide more time for the folks to make their project and put up the video. Else it is a great one.
Gives a very good overview on the steps needed to create documentation for an Internet of Things project.
Really good. I helped me to make my own project Healthcare Based IoT device. Till doing this I was unaware that how to do a project and how important is the prework before implementing in hardware. Thank you proffessor Ian Harris
Review of system requirements and specification, project optional. Would have been better with examples/templates and a discussion on writing well formed and lessons learned. As the discussion forums are disabled - that interaction became a lost opportunity..
Very interesting and useful course
Very educational, I learned a lot.
The course is well organized with enough reading materials.
A Very Good Course with rich contents and materials. Strongly recommend to anyone getting started with IOT and Cybersecurity.
This course gives a detailed introduction to the internet of things and how security plays a role in it.
Really liked the course, the material was very informative and easy to grasp. Thanks to all the Professors who have designed and created this course !
There was some really great information presented, but mixed in with tangential and unimportant sources (I don't care about the fashionable aspects of IoT!!)
A very clear break down on the state of arts on IoTs. I wanted to polish my knowledge on IoT. this course gave me a very clear idea and brought my attention on how lacking security is in the current state of affairs. At least the magnitude is astonishing.I especially enjoyed the read on "regulating IoT" law paper. I know we are to cover only a few pages, but the rest of the paper is just as interesting. =)thank you!
This module gave me basic understanding on the IoT concepts and the relative security issues associated. It gave me confidence in the field and steps to learning more about this topic.
A very solid introduction to IoT security. Perhaps more aimed at the layman than the technician, but worth taking nonetheless
Thanks for all the team of this course. Good job
Cyber security is hardly covered in course. IoT as well is supporting product marketing. Coursera s losing it's quality..
Some good content however it is too reliant on reading a lot of white papers and articles. Some of the readings are very good, however a number of them are out of date for example 2012 in a space that has already rapidly evolved since then. I would have liked to see more examples of how people are exploring ways to address vulnerabilities and activities for cybersecurity
Great course to give the principal of the cybersecurity and IoT
Excellent Course to have completed.Lot's of Learning,understanding of IOT,Futuristic models of technology being discussed.Different industries examples discussed has made the course interesting.Worth taking !!
Robust curriculum covering IoT vulnerabilities and tools for testing devices for weaknesses.
This is a great course if you have literally no idea what the 'Internet of Things' is, and if you find using a smartphone challenging.
Exclent course, I recomend it to everyone!
Very nice course. Usefull lessons for my daily business. I have learned plenty of new things about IoT and of course all possible risks. Many thanks.
Very little real content or information.
Contents where we are referring to the statistics of 2012 should be updated.
Meat we need more meat. Where is the beef?Recommendation: One question what should a medium to small business do after a IoT hack? Walk this through as an exercise. This question can be part of a whole program exercise.
It is always a good to experience the excellence of the delivery in this course. Great materials with real life experts experience and analysis. Thumbs up.
Good course. Not many videos to watch, but a lot of papers to read. I think though the selection of them is very good and make you understand the concepts and the challenges of IoT. If you don't mind to read a lot, it is a very good course.
Very informative and the information presented is much stuctured.
Grate Course, this lectures are very interesting and importan for understand the IoT World
very interesting and informative.
I really enjoyed this course and enjoy this subject in general. My only complaint is the audio quality for the videos are worse than any other class I've taken. The intro/out is very loud then the speakers are barely audible which became frustrating. That aside, it is a great course.
Widened the views on IOT industry, but it wasn't too challenging. Good starter course for IOT field.
The case scenarios were so realistic that will make you think critically and apply the concepts you just learned.
Excellent, very practical and informative for those in Healh care IT field.
Very informative and relat
Great learning experience and knowledge oriented.
This was an excellent course. I could go at my pace. I loved that I was in the comfort of my environment so I could pause a
" This course is a blueprint for budding doctors in their quest for their elixir of life"The best ( for me seminal) part of the course was distinction between different field of informatics with examples. Hitherto, everyone seems to be confused with Public Health informatics, Population Health Informatics, Population Health Management. This course has glued the different pieces into a perfectly fitting Jigsaw puzzle.The best Informatics related course I have seen encompassing the whole breadth of Healthcare Transformation through Health IT.
Fantastic basic overview course with important content for those in the healthcare arena!
This was a very informative course. It help me realize that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to improve interoperability between EHRs as well as improving communication with the patients and families as well as communication between providers. This will most certainly help me in the work that I'm involved in right now which is family centered care. We already invite the parents to participate in morning rounds with all the team members. The lecture about trust was loaded with helpful information. Great work!!
I found the persistent reading of the slides to be a little tedious. A little more interactive activity would have been nice.
This is an interesting clinical case study based course for the Clinician.
Well done. Excellent quizzes and reading and recordings. There were some sound quality issues. NOt all recordings were of same quality.. SOme , esp in first few videos were hard to hear and had some noi
Very enjoyable and easy to follow course. This course is a nice complement to my daily work. Thank you.
Well put together course.
Great info
Good content from a high level. Would like to see more information from the clinicians point of view. For example, what are they doing in the system as a pa
Great Course to learn modern game development for modern platforms.
I love this course and all the knowledge it contains.
Awesome Course i love it, thanks for all
Great! But I miss the interaction with the teacher.
Nice course for creating Mario like games
Good course with very diversified learning.
Very Nice Course. Learned Many useful things
Overall good course. Videos need to be recorded in HD, and some of the later videos need to be re-recorded. The audio feedback is not good and makes it distracting and difficult to watch.
Another great course by Brian Winn. To the point and complete. Thanks!
Touches lightly on multi-platform development issues. Further insight into scripting with the Unity Engine. Some very useful character animation and programming in this course. It was fun to put together your own version of the final game. I added some features to the character and AI behavior and created some music for the background. I would give it 5 stars if it was a little more in-depth on dealing with issues with developing for different platforms. It barely skims the surface there. I understand with Unity, several traditional cross-platform issues are resolved by simply targeting the desired platform and letting Unity handle building, but there are still topics worth considering if you are building your own engine or working with one that doesn't build for SDKs; such as limitations on one platform vs another, scaling, LOD, generic interfaces, etc.
It is really hard fun to make games and I am blessed to have this specialization course!
A great course - I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I loved this course, if you want to design and develop a complete and functional 2D videogame and distribute it on PC,MAC,Android,IOS, etc, do not hesitate, this is the course perfect to you, I've learnt a lot of things. Thanks to MSU staff, they're really a good professionals.
Outstanding course for anyone interested in game design.
Great teacher!
The course was a fun trip, I've enjoyed the design aspect of it.
Like the first course of the Game Design and Development specialization. Brian Win teaches nice concept and then let us go in implementation right away. You will learn a lot of Unity stuff addition to the first course.
Great Course! Exactly what I need.
This is a great course for learning game development in Unity. I had a reasonable amount of experience programming and using the engine but this taught me good techniques for writing efficient code and organising my projects properly. I would recommend it to anyone looking to get into Game Development!
Fun course, especially as a follow-up to the first course in the specialization! It was actually better than the first one, because instead of one whole game per week, we worked on creating one game, and got to polish and solidify the gameplay and aesthetics.
Terrific course. Instructor is very engaging and knowledgeable. I enjoyed this and learned a new skills.
Great Course. :)
Great course! I learnt a lot and I hope this course help me in the future, not just to find a job but also to apply everything I learnt.
This class (the fourth in the specialization) required a different version of Unity 3D in order to complete (compared to the first course in the specialization). Using a borrowed laptop, I was not permitted to upgrade to a new version by laptop owner. Signing up for the 5-course specialization and paying in advance was a ripoff since the software requirements changed in between course 3 and 4. Coursera gives no refunds for a 5-course specialization if you have completed the first course.
Great course but for the amount of content provided and how much was taught this course is certainly overpriced...still a good introductory course, teaching very basic stuff.
I highly recommend this course. It's for advanced users, and it really teaches you how to take your game to the next level.
This is a really cool course, easy to follow and understand. I'm enjoying it.
Awesome!! The instructor is amazing!! :-D
Great course!!!! Big round of applause for the coach :D
Great course!
I think it's a good start for anyone who loves to make game
good course and good teaching. But the problem is when explaining about unity software the letter are so small in tutorial to follow
love the hands on approach. keeps you engaged with the overall environment and helps to give you more ideas for creating games.
Superb course. Great learning.
It´s complete and very helpful to get you going and familiarized with the Unity editor.
Awesome Course and excellent Teacher!!!
Awesome program walk through. Very complete.
I love this course. It goes through the actual steps of creating the game, going from platform to platform and not only.
This course was really great for improving my Unity skills, specially concerning programming on C#. A very hands on type of course! Makes you feel ready to develop games for mobile platforms and computers alike.
Well.. It is a good course. Concepts are well taught. I enjoyed it. You should try the course.
Very informative and enjoyable course!! loved it.Thank you!
Very interesting course. Really gets you deeper into Unity. Starting week 2, but so far its been really good.
Very nice course, I learned a lot about Unity throughout this course and some key aspects you need to know to make a game!
This course is a sort of sequel to "Introduction to Game Design", by providing a deeper learning about the usage of the Unity Engine for Game Development. In the course, the student will develop a game mostly from scratch, using the assets provided by the teachers. There is a stronger focus on coding this time, as well as, a demand for the development of new and original concepts at the end of it.
This pretty much wraps everything up from the previous courses in the specialisation. The 2D platformer you create brings forward a few new challenges which gives valuable experience in being creative with your code and also with game feel and design.
It's what i was looking for :D
I really learned a lot with this course. And the professor know how explain well.
One of the best course i have taken and would recommend it to everyone who wish to start a carrier in Gaming.
Great course, really covered so many details! I really enjoyed this one. This course, together with an intro course, is what I've been really expecting from this specialization. I especially liked the idea with the assignment being given only on the last week of the course. Already recommended those 2 courses.
Great course, very hands-on approach to learning.
This course is a real level up from the other courses. You go back to Unity with the base understanding of how games need to be constructed from beginning till end, and with that in mind, develop a 2D game from scratch. I was thoroughly impressed, and as always the lecturer was awesome. Thanks Brian.
Learning through example = learning. Much better than the "design" course, which I thought could have benefited from "decomposing" games into their various mechanics... a sort of reverse engineering or in this case "reverse design" Still, the course was plagued by bugs, not so much by its own fault but more due to various updates to Unity and bugs in those updates.
Course was awesome but shadder's programming was missing
Great course to give you fundamental experience creating a 2D platformer in Unity. Learned a lot and have a solid library of scripts to help me with my next project.
Great course! Really learned a lot from it!
Interesting and good performed.
I miss some deep explanation to performance improvement
This was challenging, I was worried too out of my league. But learned a lot and happy with the outcome.
Amazing course and well explained classes.
This course was a blast! It dived a bit deeper into Unity compared to "Introduction to Game Development", the course outline and steps worked great and I learned a lot.
Great course!
Outstanding course material and resources. Brian Winn is a great teacher!
Great course. I learned a ton!
This course was really good from the information available and the follow along for the course. The biggest issues I had were that Unity had issues between the different releases for the various platforms. The import of the assets on Windows 10 required some extra lifting that was not covered by the videos. And the teachers were not very present on the message board. Which seems to be an ever-present problem in this Specialization.
This course was fun! I didn't expect it to be so , since it's just about 2D platform game, but it was.I checked some of the other students work, and they made some really nice things!
I feel it very similar to the first course. Yes, you make a bigger game, it's more complex, we review more script stuff, and the project is more challenging. However, I feel that it's mainly about joining the pieces together, and following the instructions from the videos.I would like to see more exercises where there is the need to do stuff by yourself. Example: add the code to Sparty script to enable double jump. Then, after we complete the assignment, show us the correct result, so that we also practice scripting, and do the rest of the course with the right script.Also, I think it would be good to add a small course related to the artist's work, just as there is for the designer (Principles of Game Design) and the programmer (this course), but that's outside of the scope of this review.
Its great.
Very nice practical course, if you want to master Unity3D to build 2D game Coursera-way and not use official documentation. But I don't think that the name of course is correct, because there is definitely not much information about "modern platforms" and it's differences - this part is given very briefly.
Very good hands-on course. It is giving me very good bases and pushes to further study Unity3D.
This course provides you with *everything* you need to build your own 2D platform game.The first 3 weeks are hands on courses, and by week 4 the training wheels come off and you are to build your own platformer to show to your colleagues.Packed with inside information, good teacher, if you are interested in Unity or Video Games this course is for you!
I am in the middle of the course and will continue till the end.The course does show an easy way how to develop a platformer with Unity3D. It covers a lot of subjects, although I have a feeling that I will need to read about Unity again later.Anyhow, it is too fast and the instructor does not really emphasize on important points. Sometimes he also fails to provide proper explanation of some important parameters.Also, the course is tutorial-oriented but it goes so fast I could not really follow the instructions. So, I ended up watching the classes through and do the tutorial later. But as I said, because the instructions are super-quick, I had to watch them again many times while trying to do the workshop.Maybe this is how it should be but I still feel that it could be a little slower and let be breath a little while trying to digest the content so that I can redo the work by my own after finishing the class.
Very Informative course. Excellent Walk through . Unfortunately I was unable to complete the course due to busy schedule
I learn a lot of new stuff
Great course..I love it..
Great Courses offered in this specialization especially this and intro to game development , didn't hear about Michigan State University before this but this is brilliant course and Professor is great you learn while doing , not learning then doing.All the best.
It was a great course. I love the professor's explanations and it was quite well organized. It would be good to have a document with all the links to songs and albums on Youtube or whatever, so you don't have to manually search for each track.
Thanks a lot for my best experience so far with a MOOC course. I'm taking the course from Germany and got a lot of information on the cultural background, which help me enjoying my music collection even more. A must do course for anyone interested in music and/or 20th century culture.
An absolutely outstanding course! Nothing else needs to be said.
I got to learn so much. So many new bands and artists I had never heard of. The course was also useful w.r.t putting all the music I listen to into context, looking at larger themes and how they fit and evolve into each other.
Extremely knowledgeable teacher!! You will learn amazing facts and details of the rise of rock music.
I found the course to be very interesting. I enjoyed learning about the artists and songwriters that shaped the birth of Rock and Roll and made it into the genre that so many are great fans of.
Well done. Lot of material covered. I enjoyed it.
Not finished, but great the way he explains the origins of so much and ties things together. I've already learned so much.
Sheds a lot of light on this fascinating subject! Highly recommendable, amusing talks and nice quizzes. A defintely must-try.
Very good course for beginner to know about rock history,looking forward to join the Part.2
Sorry but although I found the topic of interest I found the delivery very dull. Yes, Prof Covach knows his stuff but basically what we got here was little more than a reading of text from his book. I know he explained why the actual music was not included but think he could have done more to provide links and stimulate listening. I eventually just started reading the transcribed text of the lectures as I did not find looking at Prof Covach's talking head at all stimulating. Prof Covach did nothing to stimulate discussion in the forums and although I posted a few things there was very little going on in the forums. I bought the book on the basis of being interested in the topic but it is not at all necessary for the course.
Good overview of the birth of Rock
It really informed me on the importance of rock and roll through history.
A great course that tells not just about history of rock, but about history of american popular music and about interceptions between different styles and approaches and how they formed rock music. It also covers topics about influence of technologie, people attitude, economy and business on it`s evolution. Don`t miss it, if you want to know about history of music more, or, as me, just to broaden your horisons. Interesting and entertaining in the same time.
really fun and educational
This is an excellent course that I would highly recommend to any music and history lover. The professor is wonderful and is obviously passionate about the subject matter.
Great course, with great stories. A Professor you can listen to for hours. Absolutely top notch!
Could be improved using musical videos or complementary material. Is a little be boring just listening to lectures. :(
This course has really helped to fill out my piecemeal understanding of the development of rock music. The pace and content of learning has been well considered and Prof Covach is to be congratulated.
It was a great course I have ever taken.
Excellent course. To get the most out of it, I recommend to download the transcripts of the video lectures and then add (YouTube) links to the pieces mentioned in the lecture. Time consuming, but you get a much deeper learning experience.
Loved this course so much! Thanks to John for informative and interesting lectures. Higly recommend it to all who love rock and would like to have a structured knowledge about its history.
No use for me. No music examples because copyrights did not allow, so the course is pretty boring.Sorry, not for me.
John Covach really knows his stuff, I would like to take part 2 now.
Delivered by an instructor whose lectures are knowledgeable, well-paced and dynamic.
Very good, well informed and fun course to do!
This course is just packed with so much information. I mean that in a good way too. John pieces the whole history of rock in a way the is digestible, engaging and interesting. I primarily watch the videos. I'm a music fan and just love learning more about rock's trajectory. Didn't know that there was so much history to it. And in case this wasn't enough, be sure to check out part 2. Thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the history of rock and music.
Very, very well done course -- great information, well presented and well paced. Highly recommended!
Good overview of the rock industry and good survey of music.
This is a well-structured and excitingly informative course.
I´m amazed with the detail of the course. Absolutely marvelous. Thanks!
Awesome lecturer, very knowledgeable! Bargain-priced experience to receive such massive, interesting information concisely and well threaded! I am not done since the allowance to pace myself truly has allowed me to even do this with my busy career. Ongoing thanks! Jorge
Fantastic course
It's a great course and so is the book that accompanies it. However the Course and Book titles are not entirely accurate. It should be called 'An American History of Rock'. There is relatively little discussion outside of America and this is only to serve the discussion of American rock.The book in particular would benefit from a section at the end of each chapter or sidebars 'Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic'. As music becomes more fragmented in the 70s I imagine this criticism will become more important.Another thought would be if the Course put a play list together in 'Deezer' and 'Spotify'. That would definitely 5-star the courseStill it's a great course and I really enjoyed it.
what a great course
Exciting course, especially if you use the book and the additional on-line material
Fantastic!! Really enjoyed the courseInformative and enjoyable course which helped me understand the history of Rock/Popular music upto 1970. Prof Kovach's lectures helped me explore music and artists who I had long forgotten or did not even know of. This is a good course for both professionals like Dj's, student's as well as lay people like me who love both music as well as history.The only problem I had is that one had to do a lot of hunting on the net and that took a lot of my time. But it was well worth it because of what I heard and saw.The quizzes were sometimes too detailed and memory oriented. Maybe a more conceptual framework of questions can be considered in the future.Will definitely do Part 2 shortly!Thanks Prof Kovach and the Team. We are blessed by your effort and dedication
I love music and this course changed my life! More than just learn some music that I didn't know about, I learned its evolution through years I have not lived.
Great course. Greetings from Colombia. With this course I've found the best lessons about Rock Music. Thanks
First of all the course was fantastic!It helped learn to appreciate a lot of different styles of music I wasn't even aware of.It exposed me to copious amounts of great music I was missing and taught me so much about the music and the development of rock and music in general. The professor was awesome, and I loved to see how enthusiastic he was to teach the subject matter, which kinda made the whole learning experience so awesome.I am starting now the next course and I just can't wait to begin.Thanks again for all the greatness,In regards,Shai
Thank you for the course. It's really interesting! I enjoy it so much, especially the quizzes :)
I just loooooooooved this course! Professor Covach rocks!
You can clearly see that the professor is a passionate and has got a huge knowledge about the topic he is talking about. What he says is interesting and valuable, I also liked to learn facts about historical facts and anecdotes accompanying the lectures. I learnt a lot and listened to a lot new music.It takes quite a lot of time to watch all the videos, take notes (the exams are not that easy :) ) and listen to all of the examples, but it was definitely worth it.
Awesome instructor with a great deal of knowledge and enthusiasm. He addresses controversial moments in music history with taste. Hearing about the contexts that gave rise to some of the most influential musicians of the mid 20th century made songs more meaningful and interesting. I've discovered many new songs and artists that I absolutely love and I have this course to thank. Thank you!
I loved the content and found the teacher spectacular. This is a really fun course to take.
Great course. I love rock and now I understand better this wonderful kind of music.
Excellent general course about the history of Rock in the Western World. Lots of names of musicians, companies, and music make the course seem to revolve around memorization. Even so, the professor does describe the historical element in logical chains of events and biographies.The quizzes could have been offered every week. There's no need to clump the quiz material.
Must know for anyone that is interested in where all (most) current/popular music stems from. Explains origins of most American/European music genres.
A first rate course which has brought me hours of pleasure and has rekindled
Excellent course, I highly reccomend it! Passionate John Covach makes it very thrilling and you really learn a lot. Do not expect an easy course, in the way that you have to take notes during the lessons - and even better, you have to take the aid of Youtube and/or Spotify or similars to really take advantage of the course. It takes time.
The professor gives a fun speech on music and I really enjoy watching as well as listening in his
An excellent overview of the subject. Ordered the book - found an older edition copy for cheap on an auction site - and found it invaluable on exams. This class is less sleep inducing and more fun than most.
Great course! Great instructor!, thanks a lot to John Covach and to the University Of Rochester, for this pleasant experience!.
I really liked how in depth the speaker got. He knew what he was talking about and could clearly express that. One problem I had is I take notes during lectures and he spoke so fast I had a hard taking any. Besides this it was an awesome class that I totally enjoyed.
If rock music is a big share in your life, or if you wonder why rock culture is so massively around us take this course!It' s very informative and never boring, and may even get you out your "fan mentality" and broad your musical horizons :)
Definitely, the widest and the most exciting course I've ever seen. It's so impressive how friendly and thoughtful John is, clearly understandable and accurate in details (especially for me as non-native speaker), which make this course above any ratings. Thank you a lot, John!
Thanks for this interesting and enjoyable course. I´m looking forward to do the part two of History of Rock.
Really enjoying this course (nearly done).The subject is perfect for my age (about 50) as I grew on much of this music and play guitar.Wish there was a way to incorporate the music.I am pausing, going to youtube and back constantly but it is worth it.
Loved the class, I will be taking part 2.
I have learned so much about the history of Rock from this course.I would recommend this course to anyone who loves rock music and would like to know more about it. John Covach is an excellent teacher and I can't wait to start Part 2 of The History of Rock!
Terrific course. John Covach knows the material and presents it well. Enjoyed the course immensely.
This course rocks! (no pun intended). Great professor, fun and relevant content, and excellent presentation.
I love professor Covach's lectures. He is passionate about the topic and you learn so much in every single video. I have taken both History of Rock courses and would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
It has been a memorable experience! I thought that I knew all about Rock 'n' Roll until I was introduced to the course that was put together by University of Rochester! Well I was wrong! I got to know the historic essentials that helped me to build a competent and articulated opinion about the early Rock 'n' Roll era. I would gladly recommend this course to all people out there looking to dive into the Beautiful Madness of Rock 'n' Roll that will completely and totally take over their life and leave them sick and longing for more!
The professor is so charming! I am sure he gets well with Woody Allen.
This course is the best! Very interesting and informative. Fun to. Check it out.
LOVE the course! The teacher is so great! Just makes it interesting to listen and follow the course...the way he teaches is not boring at all! Cant wait to continue the course and go further to part 2! So happy I found this! Life makes sense again :))
Instructor is very articulate. The layouts for all of the lessons are very simple and easy to maneuver.
Hello. I really want to thank you to University of Rochester for this marvelous opportunity to learn without spending. I love music and rock over all that's why I decided to do this course first but I will keep on doing courses with you until I die.I also want to thank Professor Covach. He's very clear and accurate on teaching and his comments are very objective. Thanks so much for making me feel very glad. I've been enjoying this time so much for giving me a very clear idea about rock. Please keep on. I deeply thank you. My best regards.
Good course, but I was disappointed that clips of some of the music weren't played.
Great course. Very informative and helps me put together all that was happening during my youth and teen age years. Bravo!
Simply great, if you like music you can't miss it. Amazing teaching and contents
Very enjoyable and well-taught.
Tons of excelent information. explicated so cleary.
There's so much detail in this fun and interesting class.
better than my other courses
This nice course helped me to understand the rock music in more systematical, organized way. The lecturer was very good, the visual part of the videos helped a lot, and supplementary materials too. The only disappointment I had with sometimes too specific questions in the quizzes, which meant that I must stop the video all the time to make an enormously specific notes, and this kinda spoils the integrity here. Nevertheless it was a great experience, and I definitely plan to go to the part 2 in the next year.
Amazing learning experience !
Outstanding course and a lot of fun.
As a standard overview, the course is fine. However, the lecturer skirts around or hand waves away controversial or difficult subjects, and he's apparently afraid of offending anyone by getting too close to saying "fuck" or "sex" even in an academic setting. Additionally, this course won't introduce anyone to forgotten and erased artists of the past - women are largely absent from his history of rock, even though Janis Joplin and The Supremes didn't come out of nowhere. The quizzes are also too heavy on the trivia - "who published what when" questions rather than critical thinking questions about why or how.
This course was EXCELLENT! It held my interest the entire time, exposed me to so much music I had not yet heard, and I am excited to take Part
Fascinating account of popular music, mostly American, from 1955 to 1970. I love it.
This is a great course that is very informative. It brought many performers to my attention that I had not heard of before or that I had not appreciated before and has enriched my appreciation of music. The course focuses mainly on the history and development of rock music, rather than the technical side of the music itself. It is a pity that the course itself only discusses the music, but does not feature the music itself. I suggest that you keep a streaming service, such as Spotify or Deezer, open in a separate window on your browser, so you can pause the lectures and listen to the music as you go along.
If you always have been insterested in rock music you must do this course. In Mr.Covach lectures, you can find out in a dinamic fun way artirts that you never have noticed before and also see what´s behind of big hits. So, I encourage you to do both parts of History of Rock!
The course I always loved to take! Thank you Coursera and Rochester University for giving people the opportunity to take this course.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course, and found some new music along the way
It's a great course, very interesting. I've learned a great deal about the history of rock music and it gave me a new understanding of some of its aspects.Thank you very much.
As a 6-8 music teacher teaching music appreciation to 7th and 8th grade students, this class helps fill in some of the gaps music educators face when it comes to the history of popular music - or supplement it. I was fortunate to have such a course available at my university, but only in the summer. I would encourage all secondary music teachers to take both of these courses.
All of Dr. John Covach's courses are exceedingly clearly presented and History of Rock, Part One is no exception. This course requires no musical skill, just a cusriosity to learn about the development of rock music from an American perspective yet including British developments from 1900 until 1969.
Learn all the basics for GCP thanks a lot Ccoursera
Complete course, the only thing i change would be the narrator
The course introduced me with strong basics into GCP.
It is a very good course for beginners. Great platform to learn this new technology.
Very Informative on the basics
An Eye Opener on what is NEXT from GOOGLE
ExcellentVery clear and comprehensive
i like this course it gave me the real view and hands on of google infrastructure and the labs were really helpful
Good one! Course gives wonderful exposure towards services of Google Cloud Platform practically too.
It was ok. Not that great because the practical/lab exercise should have been more in-depth.
Course was excellent and covered everything! Thanks!
Content is not excellent, the trainer is just reading a text while slides are passing trough the screen, no examples, no analogies, no explanation whatsoever, I wouldn't call that a training. I'm quite disappointed.
good format, more focus on labs vs. silly company acronyms and nomenclature.
It was very interesting and knowledgeble
VER Y INFORMATIVE, HANDS ON AND EXTREMELY SIMPLE TO FOLLOW
The course is concise and knowledgeable
very good course on skill development on
Very imformative
Great Learning & Great Experience
Solid overview of a lot of base GCP functionality and features.
Good one
Good explanation to the core components
It covered the basics of a very interesting platform
Excellent Quality Knowledge Delivery
Informative!
nice platform,most of it i found there are many feature at single platform.
Very useful and well-documented course to provide basic understanding of Google Cloud Services and cloud computing in general. The lab sessions are extremely well designed and provide better understanding of the concepts.
Good course on Good Cloud Platform Fundamentals. Learned about the various services provided by Google under its cloud platform.
Great start up course with hands on lab
Awesome content with lot of practical lab sessions
Good course in case you want to get short general overview of Google Cloud Platform, its services, possibilities and practice in some basic setups.
excellent course. it gives a very good intro to google cloud platform. You will be familiar with what google provide in this area with a good hands on labs
This course is very useful. I learned many useful things and I would like to offer to my customer Google Cloud Platform as an alternative Cloud for his business.
Very basic course.
A well-designed course!
best course to get google Cloud platform fundamentals
Excellent Course and Hands-On Labs with clear explanation!!
Good overview of the fundamentals. Clarity is low in some of the lab videos. Otherwise everything is fine.
there are a couple misptints
Good cource. However more details should have been better
Very little covered on Machine Learning
It's very usefull curse!
excellent course to get introduced to google's great cloud pf.
Fast and useful GC Fundamental overview
Great way to learn GCP
it's neat!
Nice course for getting overview of GCP
Video is sometimes ineffective
I can say that this course delivers exactly what the title says with additional Lab Examples which are awesome.
Everything was great about the course, I just would change the teacher's voice, sounds like a robot.
It is very helpful, I will also want to participate to other Google courses
Good course to start with for GCP
Very useful
Educational and great open excercises
Excellent overview. Also the pace is awesome.
This course and material does not articulate the 'Google Cloud Platform' offerings. Maybe Google does not want to compete with Microsoft Azure and AWS alike. If Google itself has approved this 'Google Cloud Platform' trainings on Coursera then vola I am out. I am way better off supporting AWS and Azure (at least they have tons of good trainings and stuff to keep folks in the field excited).
Gives imression what is google cloud computing with some practical activities.
Very good course. Got a lot of useful insights. Quizzes are fine and just right amount but, more challenging lab practices could be helpful.
Too much marketing BS, practically zero valuable information, 5 minute videos (targeted at tinder audience probably?)
really good course for beginners as well as professionals who want to learn from the firehose
Very good overview of the platform.
A great concise course which covers the fundamentals.
Excellent course for beginners
Some of the codelabs need updating!
I had previous experiences with Google Cloud but this course help me to gain more knowledge
great intro to GCP
Awesome course
Thanks for creating a course for understan
Excellent materials, focused delivery. Just one suggestion - add more questions to some of the topics.
Good videos with Demo.
Good intro to GCP - enough to get started while not being too difficult.
It was really a nice course.! This course clear many of my doubts about GCP and networkings within GCP.
Great....Amazing Course
A basic course design for individuals who want to learn GCP.
Very useful information about google cloud fundamentals. Easily understandable. Videos added more value to the course content
Good course to start.
Questions are really stupid and predefined answers very unclear.
The instructor was terrible. Very dull
Great course, I really enjoyed it. It gave a good overview of services offered by the GCP. I wish the content were more up to date though.
Pretty dry.
nice tutorials and precise explanations
Drink everytime the lecturer said "Google" without reason. You won't make it 5 minutes.The content of the lecture can be shorter, too much commercials in the lecture. The questions don't echo what was in the lecture (vs AWS for example).
The pace and quality of the presentations is amazing, probably one the best I have ever watched on Coursera.
Help me to understand the concepts and tools in GCP
Good introduction into GCP - labs were useful in seeing the various services in action.
Excellent fast overview of the main functions of GCP
Very good course basic fundamental on GCP. It needs more time than stated to understand the concept but its really good course.
Good course to give a general overview of all components of the Google Cloud Platform
Great introductory Course.
Great way to cover fundamentals!
Great Course!
Labs are ok, Lectures lack interaction (just slides presentation) and the monotonous tone and long sentences of the presenter makes it hard to understand and difficult to pick out important points. (IMHO)
When the quizzes are reviewed the answers for True False questions should be explained both why the answer was true and why it wasn't false.
Must go course for cloud experts, lot of learning. The quiz in each module is very interesting
very informative and well paced. Liked the combination of video plus transcript.
Very informative, well paced, clear information.lots of hands-on sessions.
Very clear and hands-on course. Thank you.
Great. Concise.
really good course and good basic information about the gcp.
Awesome and very usefull course!!! Regards!!!
Overall it was a great overview.. Looking forward to seeing upcoming courses.
Really a nice and quick start in GCP technology.
The content is good, but the pace is too slow. Additionally the way the content is presented is very flat. I'd prefer a bit more passion and enthusiasm. All in all a decent course, but nothing that couldn't have been learnt just by browsing and playing around with GCP trial.
I found this extremely helpful in understanding what Google has to offer, even after taking this last year there is so much new content to update me.. I am excited to continue with the rest of this course.
This course is a really definitive and practical beginning to GCP tehcnologies.
Great basic introduction of GCP. Pretty impressed with labs as how seamless they worked and how much ground they were able to cover
Great course and great labs.
Fantastic learning experience
Good overview of GCP. Doug does a great job (if a little dry) but a great course well delivered.
The course was well designed and specifically made to target every module with a significant importance.
Great introduction to GCP. Labs have useful links to documentation and blogs for further exploration. The quizes and labs could've been more challenging.
Nice course and good study materials
I would suggest to give some more time and some of the course material is not accessible from github
Very Clearly administered course. Good for developing basics of GCP.
Great course to introduce the specialization. It could be more robust, but it does the job and you are also provided with links for documents that will help you build on what you learn in the course.
Good introduction to what can be done with Google Cloud Platform
The content of the slides were sufficient for the basic intent of this offering. The overview and reasoning behind why the products are competitive for other contending services was clear. When performing the labs, the content is very recipe driven. While that works well for someone attempting to get the work done, there needs to be some visuals prepared that show how the GCP components are laid out and the relationship they have to each other ( simple architecture views ). The GCP products have very similar sounding names, so paragraphs describing what is happening have less effect, whereas some simple architecture views of what the lab is intending to do to go with that in the lab content itself, might help.
Great introduction to Google Cloud Platform.Very useful to see all the possibilities that GCP can offer.
That was a pretty good introduction on how various systems work, together with a nice practical tutorial. However, the delivery has ENORMOUS potential for improvement... for now it's just slides with an extremely impassive voiceover. There are so many good ways to engage with the learner and yet none of them have been employed here. After doing a great Deep Learning course by Google on another platform, this one was a huge disappointment in that regard.
A good initiative
A good overview of the uses and capabilities of Google Cloud Platform.
The course is very useful which contains credible information.
Boring
Exactly what I was looking for to get a better understanding of what each GCP item was.
Although I believe my skills were not entirely ready for this course, I was able to pick things up and follow along with relative ease.I believe module 5 was the hardest for me to grasp.Overall the course is a great way to start your Google Cloud Platform learning
Exceed my expectations. Got a lot of value from the labs.
Great course!
Lectures are very monotonous-sounding. It would be better to make them sound more conversational (with pauses, questions etc.). Granted it cannot be interactive since it’s not a live classroom, but it can be made to somewhat sound like an interactive session...Some slides are too verbal. It would be better to have multiple small demos in a module for different slides/topics instead of just monotonically reading out the slides and then having one demo at the end.Too many lab issues. No one responded or addressed them. In a class with such a short span (1 week), it’s very important that everything works and any questions/concerns are immediately addressed/resolved.Please consider making the lab instructions available for download (say, as PDF files). This will be helpful for any later reference.
This was fun. I have not studied in decades. I credit my score with the fact I am already using Google Cloud Platform for my own company and with actual clients. Also, the Coursera platform is awesome. I love the Codelabs too!I highly recommend this.
Really useful!
Awesome !!! The learning curve is more fun because of lab exercises.
Excellent flow.. starts alittle slow.. but good pace in the middle and end.
The Teacher is not a communicator.
Very nice course introduction...definitely looking forward to the rest of it. Will we get the Solutions Architect path on Coursera at some point?
Great Material and resources.Excellent Introduction for GCP.
Nice lab exercises. A very good intro to GCP fundamentals
The Cloud Storage quiz was very frustrating. Typing in storage options, they wanted "Cloud" with a capital "C" and "Bigtable" with a capital "B" and small "t" exactly like that, it took 5 tries to get the term correct and precisely the way they wanted it. This was unnecessary. Otherwise the course is a good introduction to GCP.
Would love to see more real-life examples to accompany the theory explained so it really sticks.
Google and Coursera Team !!! Kudos
The students who taught this course did an amazing job of putting together the lectures and code.
Its an awesome course and really teaches some cool stuff!
it makes a lot of fun to develop little iot showcases
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
Great for beginners and Undergrad students
Good hands on course. The self built amplifier circuit feels like a hack but works around the voltage level issues adequately without the mezzanine board which was not available at the time the course was prepared.
Headed downhill. Lessons are starting to feel like not enough time was put into preperation... or like this course was assigned as a project to some students so the professor could make a dollar (like textbooks). One of the instructors even said at one point they didn't have enough time. What does that even mean in an online course. You could be fixing it right now and improving the course. This whole thing is being handled like a college course and that is crazy. On-line courses can undergo continual improvement. The college course paradigm is dying because we can do it better now. Fail.
Way too basic. Probably only suitable for absolute beginners.
Thank you for this course. I enjoyed it and learnt a lot.
this course is for very beginner in java or in coding so recommended this course to only those who are beginner otherwise it is good if you loose your hands on programming then to cleanup your hands it's very helpful
Excellent pace to review Java. I have dabbled in Java for over a decade, but this course gave me a formal footing esp regarding the strengths of inheritance vs. polymorphism.
It provides me with exercises to practice but some of the videos explain things awfully or just not at all. Others are good. The discussion boards are helpful. I just wish they didn't talk as much about what something is as opposed to how it works. Many videos often don't show any code or very little which makes understand syntax difficult.
Great Course
if you're a somewhat experienced programmer looking to start and hand on learn how to build apps this course is not for you.
Assignments are too good.
Very Nice and easy for a beginner.
It was quite educating and challenging, it made me explore other coding options and see the importance of commenting my work.
If you do not already know java (or at least have some experience with it) I would NOT recommend this class. They say all you need to have is very basic computer knowledge (sending emails, opening a browser), but the lectures are taught using acronyms and terms that are not at the beginner level. Even the basic concepts are explained using advanced terms or examples that contain code far beyond a beginners level.They also do not really spend any time going over the programming basics. They discuss them a bit, but they never really give you a bigger picture or really how all the concepts you've learned fit together. There is no real consistency throughout the course, it just seems like they are throwing random concepts at you and hoping you understand. Then they throw you an assignment that requires you to do rather complicated coding (for a true beginner) without any other form of practice before hand.The assignments are also a bit of a mess. All you are really doing is 'filling in the blank'. They give you all this code that has already been written without actually tell you how do to that yourself or what a vast majority of it does and you have to fill in code in a couple places to make it work. But since everything else is written, you can not run the code as you write it to check your work. It will fail because the code is looking for things you haven't written yet. You must write the entire assignment before you can see if the first line of code you wrote works. I find this to be a very poor teaching method. You should be able to check your work as you go, or experiment with different ways of writing things. Instead you are forced to write exactly what they expect.
Thank you!!
Subtitle files helped me to understand the lessonsand the explanation was well detailed
Good course but I think it is better for peaple with some programming background and be prepered for third week, it is lot to do.
a good course for a very beginner to learn android programing.it covers many useful aspects about java.and this course has demonstrated most of the idea of coding,so you won't get confused by its concept.
Excellent course, it helped me reinforce my Java knowledge and learn the basis of Android development through many specialized tasks which I completed easily thanks to the hight quality professors and very detailed lessons.
A great course which covers a lot of practical java!
It is an excellent course for learning Java.
Excellent course.I learned a lot of things from this course. Thank you so much to Dr. Jerry Roth, Dr. Julie L. Johnson, Michael Walker & Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt for this course.
Great course!
This is basic course of Java applied not only for Android development. At the beginning of this course you don't need to know anything about java, but step by step you will find out basics and going to know OOP fundamentals. In my opinion third week is the hardest one, but everything is possible to do. Great course.
Very complete course to learn OOP programing, JAVA and basics on Android Studio IDE.
Very helpful!
Excellent course. The video lessons were really informative. The assignments given every week were fun to do and also tested your skills.
Anexceptionally well designed course. Instructors are very helpfull too.
really very useful. i love this course
amazing experience.I love this course and I am absolutely satisfied with my choice.
Pretty much code assignments help to understanding the concepts. Quite good for beginners.
Really good course! :) I really like all the explanations, even some of them are so fast when speaking the tutor, but all is amazing!
This Course is a Great One! I hope many peoples will improve their knowledge following Vanderbilt University's Courses because of the Professors Great explaining manner!Thank you all
Should just be called 'Introduction of Java for absolute beginners'. I don't recall anything '...for Android' about the coding.Some of the lecturers are so bad at speaking that it's painful to listen to. I really expected better.
Nice Java refresher.
Recommend this course for people with some coding background. For those never code before, going through this course in 4 weeks can be a very challenging journey.
Good course. Bad arrangement!
great course
Well done, well explained, good assignments, looking forward to take the second.
I feel I have really solidified my understanding of Java basics for the purposes of learning the Android development platform
This is a great overview of the Java programming language as far as I can tell. I have prior Java experience and I was interested in Android specific aspects of the language.
As other reviewers have noted, this course is NOT for beginning programmers! (Unless maybe you are a mathematical genius with total recall.)I have a little background in programming, HTML and CSS, but I found this course to be an absolute nightmare. It would be interesting to find out if any of the rave reviews came from real beginners.Most of the problems have already been noted by other reviews, so I will only mention a few that I did not see mentioned.The course requirements should include hardware and software essentials. In particular, the student has no choice but to use Android Studio. If their system is not running a 64bit OS at 2.4 GHz with at least 8 GB of RAM, it can literally take DAYS for Studio to complete the build so that the student can do anything with assignment code.There is a desperate need for a glossary. The course dives in with more acronyms than the military, and assumes the attmpting learner already has a handle on APIs, SDKs, etc., not to mention many other technical terms (interfaces, ...). If I asked the average programmer to evaluate the MT based on comparisons with the Complutensian Polyglot and Codex Alexandricus, the effect would probably be about the same.Another glaring omission for beginners is a battery of exercises for each concept/skill.As for "We've organized all these topics into units that represent roughly 4-6 hours of work each," that is absurd! If you multiplied that by 10, it would still be a stretch.I have no doubt about the programming and technical competence of the instructors (though there are some errors in a number of the instructions). And I'm sure they are very nice people who really want others to learn. The root problem seems to be what professional communicators call "The Curse of Knowledge" -- a syndrome in which a person is so familiar with their subject that they cannot begin to imagine what it is like for someone who is not.My recommendation to a beginner is to look somewhere else. Take a good introductory course in Java before diving into the vastly more complex world of the Android environment. I am not qualified to evaluate the course from the perspective of an experienced programmer, but I have noted that they are frustrated by clutter caused by token attempts to make this a beginner course.My recommendation to the faculty is to completely re-engineer this whole specialization. They should have a separate set of courses truly designed for beginners, and they should get help from qualified instructional designers who specialize in online adult education. (Might not be a bad idea to get the VU English department to review the lecture text as well.)My recommendation to anyone is to never believe anything Coursera tells you about a course. Audit the course BEFORE you pay any money! This is especially important if the course has not actually started. This course started two months late, and I could not get a refund before the course even got under way!After taking nearly 6 months to wade through a little over half the course requirements, I decided to look at the rest of the assignments and project. This removed all doubt that to continue was a hopeless waste of time. So, I decided to end the nightmare, and I'm glad it's over!
Really good course, even for someone who is not from the programming background.
Grate Course content and very well explained.
It could done better
This is a good course but there's some flaws (not about knowledge)
The assignments are challenging and well balanced. The extra provided code adds a good opportunity to see how professional programmers code and the course videos explain all the content clearly and in an organized fashion. Overall, the course is made easy through the videos and the assignments do well to compel good and continuous practice.
Does a great job in helping you understand Java concepts.
Its learning curve is almost vertical.
Very very bad communication from the teachers. The 2nd MOOC was supposed to start I think 2.5 months ago, it did not start at the time of this review.They did not even bother to post some announcement to let the students know : ok course starts in x months.Making things worse, you cannot get a refund if you purchased the entire thing.
Its a solid java class that has almost 0 android learning. If you are expecting any kind of Android related learning. you will get none this is 100% a java class that just runs in the android environment.
The best course that I have taken before, I love the material smooth and clear, easy to keep in mind and understand! highly recommended
very interesting course for beginners and wannabe app developers
I should say that this course is the best for beginner learner requirement
This course wasn't well suited to me, being a person with a programming background. It was too introductory. But that doesn't say anything against the course. The reason I don't rate the course highly is that it just wasn't that coherent. I would have preferred to have a single, consistently good instructor.
It's a good course, but you do need programming experience. Also, takes twice as much time as they say, at least. Also, third week of course has a lot of work, while fourth week has very little. Would be nice to balance them out. I did get a lot out of the course and plan to continue with this specialization.
Awesome content, all the requiered foundations for the real beginning in the Android world.
Course was really good.If someone is not having any coding experience then also he can learn with the help of these courses.
A useful course, with clear explanations of the main features of Java programming language and Object Oriented Programming.I found the teachers competent and I liked the approach of the course, especially aimed at understanding the logic of Java and the logic of good software development.Finally I found very useful peer review assessments.
I loved this intro to Android. It was a great refresher on Java and gave a peek into the Android framework that is intimidating, but makes me want to learn more!
First time I gave 1 star. Reason, lecturers are terrible. This deserves a report, if there was adequate reporting system on Coursera. I had a feeling like I was watching professors from school for disabled, and not an university. . . Course material is actually decent, but extremely badly presented. Sadly, I enrolled into second course as well, and hoping that one will be better, so I wont have to go through refund hell.
It is told that to take this course, basic computer skills like sending emails and downloading files are necessary-this is a beginning level course. Then, in the first module, instructors talk about polymorphism, inheritance and abstraction. For someone who have no prior programming experience, these are definitely not suitable topics to start with. Moreover, students are supposed to learn these concepts to get a good grade from first quiz, although they know nothing about programming.I had some programming experience, so I was already familiar with these subjects. But the lectures were too boring to keep watching. I watched like 10 videos and learned nothing about the course subject. I think I won't be spending my time for this course, which seems to me like reading some reference files.
Basing on the first videos, I would not recommend this course to anyone believing that "You are expected have basic computer literacy skills, such as knowing how to send & receive emails and browse the web".The lector is robotic, the slides look outdated, listener is bored after 10 min of watching. I definitely WOULD NOT pay for this course.I will change the rate after I watch more videos, but this course is a big no-no for me.
Too little detail but nice course as an idea.
Great course material
I wouldn't recommend this to student who has never programmed in any computer language before. A bright, aggressive, student could learn this material with help of online examples, etc. The basic language features, etc, are pretty straight forward, but the object oriented features are probably too advanced for someone 3 weeks into programming. As an experienced programmer in other languages (C++ / Python / Perl) I found it was about the right pace to do in addition to my real job, and am looking forward to the rest of the series coming online.
I like this course and wants to complete the specialization
Nice Introductory Course
Very good. By far the best course of android.
I watched the videos and made the assignments without submitting. I was a little bit familiar with Java and Android already, still there were a lot of things I learned, and there were a lot of confusions in my head clarified with this MOOC.
Great Course as a first step course in android world
Learn Java first, as they go through it at an agile pace.
very good introduction to java for android.
The course doesn't allow access to the quizzes unless you pay for it. I consider this to be contradictory with the statement that the free version of the course gives you access to all the material. Also, not being able to take the quizzes makes the course meaningless.
The best website to learn just about everything!
The course is very well structured and instructors are very responsive in the forum.
Very lengthy
Now that I have completed the course I'd like to give some feedback on how I think it was.1. Quizzes are horrible. The fact we get no feedback on incorrect answers is not very helpful. There are only 3 quizzes where I missed just one question but no matter what, I can't get them correct. It would be helpful if there was some explanation why an answer your selected was wrong, a hint or something. Also while some of the quiz answers are obvious from watching the lessons, some are totally not and if someone doesn't have ANY programming experience I think they would find some questions almost impossible to answer. I have a programming background and out of all the quizzes I just missed 1 question on 3 of them, but I've been trying to answer them again, and again, and again and I just can't get them right. If there was feedback after taking a quiz I'm sure it would of helped. For those 3 quizzes, I took them so many times all the other answers are memorized and I just keep trying to get that one right. It's not helpful and then it turns into a "just keep selecting different things until it's right" thing instead of understanding it.2. The course says it's for beginners to programming but I beg to differ. I think the way the material is presented and how the assignments are laid out I do not think someone(or not many people) would have gotten through that Week two ascii assignment. I thought they assignments in some cases were harder than the lessons. Maybe it's because they way they were explained in the lessons which brings me to #33. I do not think the instructors use the best/most clear examples to present the material to students. There are many easier examples to teach about looping than showing an Ascii art example. Because not only does the student have to grasp the concept of loops, then also have to think about ascii print logic. I think to someone with no experience would get pretty lost pretty quickly in this course. Some of the things explained in the lessons I would actually look up other videos of other people explaining it to get a clearer picture.4. Some material is not consistent. Like in some assignments the text is wrong, for the Account code example, you never really mention the mOut or the interface the class uses which are in the example files and what to do with them when you write the other constructors (The course goes over this later when talking about the constructors and calling a constructor from another constructor but not that early on when you're working with the Account example files5. It seems this course really isn't fully developed yet and is still going through it's growing painsOverall, I would say there are many other courses that are far better at teaching the basics of Java. For me, since I do have some Java experience and a programming background it wasn't too bad, But I'm thinking of the guy who has never touched a line of code before. I just don't think the course does a good enough job at explaining things to someone like that.I really hope the next courses in the specialization are better organized than this because starting with the next course because the next ones are more important to me than this course was only because of my prior background
Content was good. But organization could have been better. Assignments and auto-grader had issues and the problem statements were modified during the course.
I feel this course was severely misrepresented. This clearly not a beginner level class by any measurement. And the "4-6 hours" of expected student involvement is ridiculous. A beginner (NO programming experience) should expect to spend 15 to 20 hours on the first week alone and at least 10 hours for each of the remaining weeks.I have over 25 years of programming experience in Assembly language, Visual Basic, C and C++. I am clearly NOT at the beginner level yet I spent more than 11 hours on the first week, mostly due to trying to download and setup properly for the course. Also, there are over 3 hours of videos in the 1st week plus 3 quizzes and a programming assignment. If anyone spent less than 6 hours on week 1, then that was NOT the first time they took this class.I also am keenly disappointed in the restrictive nature of the assignments/quizzes. Having to type "-1*1+11" instead of "-i+11" (and you better not have any leading or lagging spaces!!) for instance.Bottom line, I would not recommend this course for anyone wanting to Learn Java for Android Programming unless you already know Java and just want some intro on Android development with Android Studio. And if you are indeed at the beginner level, do yourself a favor and start with introductory courses in Computer Science.
Good course. First time enrolled course in Coursera. I really enjoyed it. Lots of quiz and weekly assignment kept me busy for 4 weeks. And because of these ( assignment due date), i really learned by forcing myself to complete all in time. Quite tough on week 3, and i watched the videos multiple times and google the subject in order to understand the contents. Take this course, and struggle for 4 weeks. Will not regret.
The course is nice, lectures is fine.But assignments is a bullshit. The instructions are uncertain, with typos. There is random number used, and you have to do magic with your algorithm in order to match expected output. I strongly dislike it.
I liked the course contents, but in my opinion the slides should be more modern, and the main idea in each lesson should get more highlight, and the ideas to retain too.
I am relatively experienced programmer trying to just understand the Android app development framework and solve some interesting challenges along the way. I feel the course, was very painstaking in terms of code reviewing other people's work.If I were to break up the time I spent doing the course work, it would be as follows:30 % useful work70 % taking care of course logistics (code review, writing comments on every line of code just so that people being asked to review my work are happy). Why do we have to do so many code reviews? Not every assignment requires people's coding style to be evaluated. It places an unnecessary time burden on people who are taking this course not as full time student. Its also reducing the total amount of knowledge that is being disseminated. We should be learning about Android for 4 more hours rather than reviewing code for other people for 4 more hours.The thing I found most frustrating is that the assignments are trying to force a particular coding style on everyone. Since I am an experienced programmer, I understand the importance of coding style, creating functions and all that. However, how I structure my code and how many comments I write are entirely my choice.Now, while I understand that the course material itself does not ask you to structure code one way or another; the review guidelines that are being given to some very inexperienced programmers, makes them believe that this is the only way things should be done. Its a subtle form of style enforcement which I did not appreciate.
Java for Android was everything I expected. The lectures and assignments were very clear. The instructors and mentors were very helpful. I am looking forward to the next class.
Very nice course for beginners
Good course!!. the approach is well-balanced (no superficial and at the same time not too much professional). The quiz are done very well.
Good course in general but it could use more exercises and solutions for those exercises. It could be a great course in futureAlso, sometimes it's confusing like you are asked to download code and write it along with the video but the files already (at least partially) contain the code that you should write and it looks quite different from the video.
Excellent Course! Learning Java, Android and also to think differently, will open your mind to think of different methods to implement and create applications.
This course is the best
Good course on Java and OOP, Android it's a sort of pretext, but it's ok
A good introduction to java programming, the mentor team was really helpful and interactive and it was a pleasure to interact with them!Unfortunately, it is clear that this course still needs to be polished: some assignments contained mistakes or where even bugged. Mistakes and bugs have been fixed when they were reported but it still left an "amateur" aftertaste (especially considering that we had to wait for a few weeks for this course).
Well organized and resourceful. Just what I was looking for.
If you want to learn about android programming then don't wait, just enroll the course.
Al ot more challenging then i thought. Once i managed my time a bit better it was very engaging
i gave this course 1 star not because its bad in content, its just because i was expecting more due to the fact it has been delayed several times; then when it finally came it was like any other youtube or online tutorial. i was expecting something as big as udacity but unfortunately its not. Don't expect to know or understand java with this course, no practical or step by step example in this course. what makes it worst is the fact they never show you how to build an app from scratch while the only app they have in this course, they dont do it. you have to do it on your own.dont get me wrong. all of them are good instructors but the way they did it, its definitely is not a beginner friendly. give a calculator as an assignment to build while you never built one app in this course, i think its not an effective way to teach. i will not pay for this specialization. i will do the udacity nanodegree one
Excellent introduction to the world of Android. Crisp and well-delivered lectures.
Great!!
The Assignment questions are unclear due to which a lot of time has to be invested.
Ist Week is very informative and explanatory. I am very much excited for next week.
Quite basic and clear for JAVA beginners
Awesome Course!
It's about 4.4 actually. Not enough to give 5 though.First about positive sides. I think course is well structured (except for a few minor drawbacks), quizzes fit to the material. An assignments truly buck up the material. And I think material give a grounding in future Android Development.But I think it can be problem with the learning process, mostly with programming assignment. I think it's common that when course come out for the first time it's almost inevitably that there are some issues with autograder. It' s just common. But these issue are usually easy to spot, because the output of autograder contains test cases. So one can easily find out what the problem is, if it's with autograder. As for this course, the autograder output is very minimalistic, and if the problem is with autograder it's rather hard to spot. I myself spent entire evening, trying to find what is wrong with my code, and it was pure luck that I finely spotted the problem (and, yes, it was autograder issue). Such thing could be very frustrating, really.Another problem with programming assignments is about Peer Review. The students actually get access to assessment criteria, after they have submitted they code. And their code not necessary fit these criteria. I think it could spoil the learning process as well.I actually aware that these drawbacks can be corrected in release course, and if they will be, I will be glad to change the rating.
The content is very rich!
The content of the curse was brilliant, fascinating and very interesting. However, the instructions for doing the assignments were sometimes not entirely clear or even conflicting (as in the first week assignment, where in the overview page it was said that you should do a video with you AND another person and the submission page said it was a video with you OR another person). There also seemed to be no instructor around to clarify this issues or help with questions or problems the classmates had. Still, a great course that I would recommend anyone interested in education, teaching and learning to do, with a lot of amazing references and material, and given by a school that is really worried about their students learning and want their voices to be heard :)
I saw some new things.
Actually I like the videos. The school is so dynamic! I love it!Just not that systematic. The structure of this course is kind of loose.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel it has improved me as a teacher. Assignment criteria could be clearer. Excellent compliment to the blended learning course.
Accessible and filled with interesting resources to help you explore new learning models and foundational education concepts.
There is a choice in assignments, you can do them either written or video. However the evaluation highly favors videos and it is not possible to pass te course without doing them. Course staff do not respond to this issue... Not very motivating...
The videos are great. The activities are fine. The final activity needs more structure/scaffolding.
Great course for everyone who is interested in education and especially in the project-based learning.
It seemed to me like an ad or Präsentation for this high school. It had some interesting thoughts in it, but not much information.
It appeared to be a very interesting course with resultative techniques of teaching and learning presented by dedicated teachers and students. Thank you.
Transformational for educators, this course helps frame the discussion around how students learn best and prompt some real thinking about how we can make education something that truly works for our kids.
Extremely good.
It was a great experience learning this course. It really improved my networking skills and how to manage the mulitple instances together.Thanks you Google cloud for such a good course !
Very details.Everyone would understand easily what GCP is , with enough references.
Great course and in depth review , lab material is great
Longer than expected. You could move more of the content into the third section and balance the time commitment
Good content, the quiz questions with free-form text input could do with some improvement/guidance.
Thorough content and great examples. Modules are well segmented and labs cover modern tools
This course and material does not articulate the 'Google Cloud Platform' offerings. Maybe Google does not want to compete with Microsoft Azure and AWS alike. If Google itself has approved this 'Google Cloud Platform' trainings on Coursera then vola I am out. I am way better off supporting AWS and Azure (at least they have tons of good trainings and stuff to keep folks in the field excited).
Great course! with excellent labs and more...
Content is good, nice details and the labs are great (although you can do these anytime as they are outside of Coursera). The quizzes could be more challenging. Also should you run into any technical difficulties or have a question that is best answered by an instructor you won't find anyone.
All of the course material and talk is available on Google documentation, didn't get to learn anything otherwise. Zero experience talk, no real scenario's/examples. Not worthy at all.
A bit more of enthusiasm should be used by the speakers, otherwise it's a good overview.
Very good overview of important features and tasks related to GCP. Some topics did overlap with the fundamentals course, but hearing topics again is never a bad thing, especially for fundamentals.
The videos are very dry and not entirely helpful. The labs are well laid out.
Labs are ok, Lectures lack interaction (just slides presentation) and the monotonous tone and long sentences of the presenter makes it hard to understand and difficult to pick out important points.
kinda weird how the course was marked as completed and showed the certificate before i finished the final labi wish the navigation on the left menu had a level of hierarchy - it's ugly looking with every single element as it's own element with lots of vertical paddingfor some reason the sysops course (Google Cloud Platform for Systems Operations Professionals)i doesn't recognize that i've completed the course, even though my accomplishments section has the certificate. it continues to think i'm not enrolled in the current section (e.g. the specific gcp-security course, and tells me to enroll) at the parent course level (Google Cloud Platform for Systems Operations Professionals), while the individual courses eventually do reflect that i've completed it. ultimately the certificate is listed accurately so that's all i really care about, but this is a bit annoying.
Very good course. Got a lot of useful insights. Especially useful was the section on IAM.
Loved it
The last question was kind of weird to have it say fill out the table but then give an open textbox.
Basic course. Highly recommended for new people to GCP
Excellent topics and course material. Thorough explanation with great examples. Enjoyed the course immensely!
This course provides a very good overview of Google Cloud Platform capabilities in terms of Compute, Storage & Security. Demos are well documented
Short and targeted lectures, the labs help you try out the features. Make sure to peruse the links to Google Cloud docs!
Really useful to start building complex software architectures. The mix between quiz & practical examples help a lot to understand concepts deeply.
Very interesting and well exposed course.I found It useful
Veryt Good and Labs are also very very useful and easy to learn as self. Appreciate Google and Coursera
Great course. It is a great way to see what we read being put to work. The labs are GREAT, they help a lot.
I really have to give credit to Google for releasing these courses. Excellent!
Awesome content - excellent intro to DEVOPS on GCS
It could be much better. The experience is old LMS not MOOC like.. There is lack of peer assignment, forum is silent. Lecture is in boring format/tone (to slow), quizzes are boring (single or multiply choice questions - can be solve by tries and errors, open questions are ambiguous).I like content of this course (I learned few new things), but you have to work on form...
Excellent course for those that would like to understand how to leverage the Google Cloud Platform to create, deploy and maintain applications.
GCP for Computing, Storage and Security was very useful for understanding the in-depth knowledge about all the topics.
Considering that internet and media regulation is now the hot topic in policy discussions in both Europe and the US, I consider Mr. Picker's course to be especially useful and and up-to-date. I was more of a begineer in the field, which is why I found the course very informative. Mr. Picker seems to be funny and friendly, and he explains the material in an easily digestable way. As technologies are quickly evolving, I would like to take another course with Mr. Picker in the future, possibly focusing on topics we didn't focus that much in this series (especially social media, liability of intermediaries, but also e.g. privacy).
Great course covering a wide range of media platforms. Each week was a journey in one particular media field, from the initial entry of technology to the modern day legal issues raised by these businesses. Randy Picker is very easy to follow and enjoyable to listen to, and clearly has a deep knowledge and passion for the topics he discusses.
Fantastic course: comprehensive, informative and well-presented!
Randy Picker is such an animated speaker. The subject matters discussed were very interesting and informative. Randy was able to present complex topics in simple ways such that it can be understood by a person without any background in that topic.
This course was very well done and extremely informative. Many thanks, Professor Picker!
Very good course. Social media could have been an additional topic.
Greatest course I've seen until now. The professor is both engaging and funny, which makes watching the lessons enjoyable and enriching. Loved it so much I would really love if the UNiversity of Chicago would offer a specialization course in the subject via Coursera.
Interesting course. Takes you through the history of the biggest technology firms, pausing at crucial lawsuits as well as business decisions. I particularly liked the way Prof. Picker draws hypothetical parallels to explain certain scenarios.
One of the most enriching and interesting courses for a 21 year-old Russian Law student contemplating a career in IT & IP Law. I'd like to express extreme gratitude to Prof. Picker and his team for making this course a success!
Engaging, inspirational, explanatory and accessible to everybody. Great e-learning course if you want to understand how Internet Giants operate on markets and within the borders of law.A lot of copyright law is presented, but in an interesting and practical way. Economic focus is on business models and the idea of two-sided markets.This course enabled me to understand the ideas behind big internet corporations like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon etc. and raise overall awareness about Internet regulations.I highly recommend this course! :)
Excellent. Instructor delivers in conversational tone and with many examples and excerpts. The recommended reading list, with links to most items, is worth the time spent on them. I have lived and worked in the tech world through the primary eras he discusses, 60's to today, and seeing the legal issues affecting the development and use of emerging technologies has been enlightening.I would be interested in seeing this approach applied to matters of privacy and security.
It is a fantastic course that takes the audience through the world of tech's (media platforms) economics and law concepts and regulations. Studying the emergence of Microsoft, Google, Apple and many others, each module is built starting from the "historical artifacts" that either first acknowledged or regulated each of them and then slowly bringing them to today's modern standpoint.From my point of view, Randy Picker and his team did a great job with this course in covering all aspects of each module. Moreover, he exceeds expectations by explaining correlated subjects and events, that ultimately ensures a better understanding of the whole phenomenon for each module.Great course!
This class was great! I learned so much it was unreal- I highly suggest it to anyone who is interested in technology as a whole, not just those interested in the law. Professor Picker gives enough backgound information on the legal end that you won't be lost or confused at all. But there is so much history in the tech that we all use everyday packed into just 9 short weeks that you won't believe it. Well worth the time spent!
I studied film production before digital took over, taught video production, went back to finish my degree after 30 years in the industry and decided on a B.A. in law with a film and tv minor. My University offered similar classes that focused on the history of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, but "Internet Giants" was the class that was missing.This class will prepare you for the evolution of the media industry that will inevitably happen, take it from a guy who used to make movies before computers!
This is the best course I have ever attended! Many-many thanks to mr. Picker for his great antitrust perspective and an ability to easily explain very complicated issues! Looking forward to your new courses involving antitrust and again thanks and best wishes!
Great course, but really dense so better be ready to put in the work. Might be a bit heavy on the law side for IT/economics professionals, but the professor is surely a fellow geek.
Excellent course, classes are not boring, the teacher is great. The best!!!!
Great course. Amazing amount of detail with which each topic is dealt. Advanced learners have an option to gain additional knowledge on the topics covered by using the extra-depth readings section. I have taken almost 10 MOOCs till date and none was as engaging as this.
The information is fascinating and the instructor is very interesting. It's a great course!! The only drawbacks are that there is so much reading to do (but you can succeed in the course and only do as much of the reading as you want to) and the 70 question final exam (but given that you can take it as many times as you want you can get any grade that you're willing to put in the time for). All in all I highly recommend this course.
Loving it.
So far, loving this course!
Professor Picker masterfully wraps law and economics into a gripping story. I have enrolled in several courses before, but this is the first course I went through from A to Z. And thoroughly enjoyed.The material is engaging, the audio and video is brilliant, and the delivery is flawless. I would recommend this to anyone with any interest in the Internet economy.
Great course. Great perspective to understand media
This course is great! well organised and clearly argued! I followed each and every section of it and all the readings and recourses are well prepared! Would recommend to anyone who is doing research in law, technology and sociology alike!
A brilliant MOOC. Prof Picker is very engaging. Highly recommended.
Awesome. The structure of the course is very logical and the way Professor Picker guides us through it is incredible.
It was a little different than I expected (more litigations and law in general), but A LOT of new information nevertheless.
This is an exceptional course. The quality of the lectures – course content, lecturing approach, and audiovisual production – is top-notch.Randy Picker provides a fascinating, engaging look at various devices and platforms, starting with their history and then integrating legal considerations, particularly under antitrust and copyright law. He presents the material in an easily comprehensible and digestible way, and explores subjects (and objects) that are very relevant in the modern, connected, digitized, and (borrowing a word from this class) mediated world.I learned a lot, enjoyed the lectures, and can see the application of what I learned outside the virtual classroom. Thank you!
Extremely interesting course that is based on real world cases
I'm not very experienced with MOOC learning. I've attempted a course or two before but this is the first that I've started and finished. I suspect part of this different outcome may have to do with the way the course was presented by Professor Picker. In short, Professor Picker has a gift for appropriately contextualising information, reinforcing the key aspects of the subject matter and, perhaps, most importantly, keeping things interesting. As it turns out, mixing the typically challenging domains of law and economics can actually be exciting! Who knew?To the extent that I am seeking to refine my own thinking in the technology policy space, this Course has gone a far way towards achieving that end result. I now feel that I have the the appropriate 'lens' for viewing quite a few of the developments in the internet space.I'm happy that I took this course. 5 stars. Would definitely recommend.--Bartlett Morganbartlettmorgan.com
Thourough course, full of interesting material to expand knowledge on the topic. Prof. Picker's videos are extremely well done, with examples, and a good line of explanations that usually start far from the issues to get back to the issue and connect de dots.
Great course, great lecturer, and a great experience. ;-D
Excellent! This course provides a comprehensive overview of the subject matter that is as valuable as it is engaging.
This course was very informative to me personally as I am a "millennial" and was born into the digital. A few points of criticism to Dr. Picker, however, given that the title includes law and economics, I had a feeling throughout most of the course that we were learning more about Law than Economics. The few segments where he broke away and described net-neutrality as an economic device was perfect in that structure, but if that could be applied (with some of the hypo examples he used) in those other terminology areas, I would not be saying law outweighed economics. I must admit I only come from reading economic books by physical Economists (never took principles) so I may not see things the way he does, but I just want to make clear that someone like me welcomes Economic charts, graphs, empirical testing with defining that field's jargon. Other than that it was a series of lectures and crafted very scholarly.
A very comprehensive and thrilling narration. One of my best MOOC on the around twenty I did.
Very interesting, thorough, and accessible.
This course is amazing, this is a must do.
Excelent course and very up to date material.Very interesting topics and documents presented along with the material.Great teacher with outstanding knowledge of the material
As a law student interested in both technology and competition law this course was heaven sent. I couldn't wait for the next week to start on the next course. The course has been extremely insightful, simplified complex terms especially in economics and competition law. May God bless the team involved in preparing this course. Thank you
Professor Picker is obviously very informed on the topics discussed. His course offered an accessible narrative of the evolution of legal issues relevant to internet media and related technologies. The course was also useful for acquiring an historical perspective of media businesses, particularly in the United States. I am glad I took this course and will no doubt refer to it in the future.
Internet Giants is a great course! It's a tremendous value - you will learn a ton of GREAT content for little money, from a GREAT professor at a GREAT university. There are many positive things to say about the course, but I want to point out 3: (1) embedded hyperlinks that take the student directly to the reading material online, (2) the organization of the content into "threads" of historical developments of different types of "media platforms", and (3) the production and editing of the course videos are excellent. If you're a lawyer, technologist, economist, hi-tech business person, or are just curious about how hi-tech businesses are created, regulated, and evolve, you will get a lot out of this course.
Please proceed with the new courses in the fied of law on computer science and technologies! You input in the filed of preparing such courses is very much appreciated. Also it would be even more interesting if comperative analysis will be undeertaken (e.g. personal data or advertising regulation with use of Internet throught the world).
Excellent teacher and course.Congratulations!!
Extensive coverage, engaging methodology.
A very useful overview of the antitrust, copyright and economic issues raised by various internet and media platforms. The course is useful not only for law practitioners but for everyone who would like to have a grasp of the major players on the digital market.
Very challenging and informative!
This is a great introduction to both the law associated with how a critical part of everyday life became what it is and the building blocks that I never knew were part of it! Thank you Randy for sharing your vast knowledge!
Fantastic Professor who is witty and really into the topics! A little more variety in the structure of the videos (not always him standing in front of the screen), but some little films, guests and so would have made 5/5 stars.
Excellent presentation of material - high video and audio quality was greatly appreciated!
This was my first MOOC -- taken many years after I was last a student in a classroom. Though the subject matter was challenging (especially the legal aspects), I found Prof. Picker to be an affable "talking head" on my smartphone - someone who made the history, law and economics of media platforms fascinating in ways I never would have imagined. I am also pleased to see The University of Chicago (my alma mater) offering courses like these to the public at large. Now everyone has the chance to experience the "life of the mind" that I still remember with great fondness.
Very informative course. Mr. Picker also responds quickly to questions posted/asked. I would love for a special edition, to focus on law in the EU/UK
Excellent, well-prepared and engaging lectures by an admirable and personable performer. Cogent and clear presentations, with links to original documents that are most assuredly worth taking a look at, if you are interested in the emergence of the "Internet Giants" (Google, Microsoft, etc.) and the ways in which their emergence interplays with the law (patent, copyright, interactions with the FTC and other regulatory agencies, legal frameworks that structure business in general). Superb.
Very interesting and useful.
Very detailed and wonderful course.The faculty is really enthusiastic & passionate about the course.
Great course. A very solid and current approach to media. The content has high quality and is well balanced. Value added for sure.
Excellent Prof great teacher!
Very interesting, extremely relevant and fun to study. Professor Picker excels in teaching the topic and makes the whole course even more pleasant to attend.
It was a privilege listening to this passionate and clear guide through the history of technology and antitrust with all the relevant docs . Each time I finished a segment I could not help listening to the next one. Like in a good tv series!
This is an exceptional course.
Prof Randy Picker is an engaging instructor. Material has sufficient rigor and is well presented. At first I was worried as I don't have a legal background, but I feel it is presented at an understandable. If you spend any time on the Internet, you will learn incredible history from a legal and economics standpoint. Take this class!
Simply amazing with good real life examples!
One of the best Moocs i have studied, i especially loved the way it was presented with very nice bright music.Great job guys!
I Enjoyed the course, it was very enlightening.
The course work was clear and well organized. Sometimes I did not understand the Edna, the teacher which is fine however sometimes the corresponding transcript indicated that what I heard was correct and that the words she said did not make sense grammatically. Nothing to get hung up on as I received the idea, which is the point.
well developed, and interesting... thank you very much, professor!
A complete overview of the communications mix.
Very informative
I liked this course very much. The instructor was very concise, precise as well as effective in imparting the required theoretical knowledge. Added to it was the industry relevant lecture from the working professionals which made the course even more comprehensive. Thank you Miss Eda for the knowledge you shared.
excellent course that covered a lot of areas with a good amount of and real case examples!
some of the audio is difficult to understand at the firms
Awesome Course. Theory, concepts and tools that can be applied in practice.
tutor is Russian i guess her accent is not quite understandable
A extremely well made course that covers a wide variety of topics in a concise, yet thorough manner. Professor Sayin does a wonderful job of explaining each topic. She has a very engaging teaching style that makes learning both easy and fun! I never found myself getting bored with her lectures and, in fact, looked forward to watching them as I knew I was going to enjoy each module. I especially enjoyed the interviews with various professionals in the marketing industry as I felt I learned a great deal from their added observations and expertise. For fellow English speakers, I highly recommend watching this course with subtitles on to get the most out of it.
Great Course for IMC insights....i simply loved it
Excellent Professor! Great course... highly recommend!
Billiant.Perfect video production. The topics are very interesting and the teacher delivers the message interestingly.
Best course for beginners in Marketing field :)
Great course!
Really, really enjoyed this course - very insightful and thought provoking
Nice course, instructor is so pretty :p and gives all detail. But those who are weak in English , may face problem to follow. Never the less, good course from one of the best B-School in the world.(IE ranks 12 in Global MBA ranking by FT)
Thanks for this course, it helps me to refresh concepts and learn new ones Highly recommended. Really dynamic and catchy.
If I could give a half star in addition to the 2 given, I would. This was a great course. However it was hard to understand the professors and some of the language that was then in turn translated wasn't quite clear when some accronyms and definitions were a few words off. The lessons taught were great and the knowledge I acquired was exactly what I was looking for, it was just the accents that were hard to decifer. Thank you for this course. I will most likely still take more from IE Business School, but at least will be prepared for printing out the text of the videos instead of stressing over trying to figure out what was said.
Very useful and instructive. I really enjoy this course!
Very interesting, up-to-date and relevant concepts on marketing and communication tools and how they relate to the fundamental goal of achieving long-term brand loyalty. I like the practical examples used as they help to illustrate the concepts well. If a little more coverage could be provided on digital marketing, it would be great. Nonetheless, this is a great course for introducing the fundamentals of traditional marketing and communication tools. Great description on the theoretical concepts related to advertising strategies especially - some psychology involved, in the context of consumer behaviour, and I appreciate these associations especially since Psychology is my undergraduate major.
Thank you all for an interesting look from an advertising agency´s point of view..
I've had this course 'IMC' 4 times in my college. This time was way much better. This course is practically amazing as we see each concept being applied to the ground work. and that's so exciting, we really benefit and see how the real work looks like. i'd highly recommend it.
This course was real fun, thank you, Eda! A lot of information, everything clearly put. Thank you! I would chang a bit the digital part. Maybe you could add more practical details on SEO and Google AdWords, because the spokesperson presents an agency that wouldnt teach the things they offer for money.
Insightful on the various concepts of advertising
I am very like the teacher's teaching style ,It teaching many aspects of markting which we should make effort.
Excellent Course. It was very clear and I really enjoy all the videos.
Definitely the most comprehensive and practical course about advertising and promotion among coursera's courses. If you want to get as much as possible, read all suggestion reading and take quizzes as well.
I liked the course as we go in every week. Join!
This is essentially important for professional peoples and its compose in such a great way, I am totally inspired and suggest to others must have a look.RegardsAabid Ali Shahid
This course provides a good introduction to Javascript. The lectures are very easy to follow.
Very good course, though a bit difficult to grasp the concept in only a few weeks time.
Another excellent course taught by Colleen. This time I'll give only four stars because I didn't enjoy the last week of the course. But besides that, it was a very good course.
Good course.
Awesome, Now I have fulfilling grasp on JavaScript. Thanks a million. I suggest for others as well
The course materials are good and give you an idea about html, css and js. The downside is the presenter attitude towards the students presenting like she is talking to 4th graders.
Bloody coursei am very much angry with this course
It is very useful to me and it is a good opportunity to all to use this course.
Useful and knowledge giving course!
good course love it.And learn a lot from it.
what a fun course on learning vanilla JS!
Easy to understand and followLots of study material provided to the participantsTotally suitable for beginner
It's like super explanation
the videos are simple and clear, thanks to collen!
Interactivity with JavaScript was too quick and short. JavaScript by nature is much more complicated than HTML5 and CSS3, and therefore I believe that it should be done in a bit more than 4 weeks, and broken down in to smaller bits of the basic info required to get a grasp on the materials. For example, the first assignment had too much in it for a beginner, and a bit more homework, in smaller bits of the code prior to the assignment could have make a huge difference for the better.
This course is so amazing and the instructor taught it well. I learnt to make the web page more interactive.
Very good course! I highly recommend to anyone. The professor is very competent and no only teaches the concepts, but also the best practices, always explaining everything very clearly.
it is helpful, but if offer more examples and source code, it will be better, thanks.
Good for learning JavaScript!
Great course. After this explain I had done my education project. Thanks
good course
Very good course for beginners.
Great course! I recommend it to those who already have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS and wish to make their websites better and more interactive.
Good course. I don't use javascript much and started getting rusty, this course helped me refresh my knowledge.
best JS course!Good start for junior programmers=)
It was really basic (but 4 weeks - it`s really short period of time for such topic). I think HTML5 and CSS3 courses were better.
Easy way for beginners to start interacting with webpages.
Great course, well laid out and tutorials very easy to understand
Great Course and Great Instructor!Thank you.
I am very gratefull for all the information, tips and support in this course. It was so interesting and inspiring! Perfect lecturer Colleen van Lent! Thank you for your professionalism and passion! Thanks Coursera for making it!
good if you're really a beginner.
Very cool course. Though level is Basic but Coleen is super start and the course material is nicely presented. The only thing i regrete - lack of practice materials. LIke they do in some other courses, there could be a training section (optional) with tons of exerceise on each module.I would take any course with Coleen as instructor in future. The Best presenter after David Malon.
Easy to learn and catch up for those with a computer science background, informative and useful for those who don't have much of programming experience.
good course for beginners
Very well organized course. Good instructor.
Thanks for a great course
This course is quite challenging for beginners. I tried to do the assignment, the code of the assignment are those that i've never learnt before..i only learnt in the forum. Please review so that learners won't be too stress out..Thanks for your kind attention.
Good Introductory course for JavaScript.!
This was tough! But worth it! You'll definitely have some scripting to do with websites so you might as well start here. :)
Very good course
Great course. I learned a lot; thank you so much for all this time!
I like this course, I enjoy a lot.
nice course, good explanation of each and every point .
Course covers only the basics of basics.
thnx Colleen van Lent, phd to this course
Course was so interactive
learned a lot :) thank you!
This course is extremely good
Great course!
I got the basic foundation for learning Javascript. I am now less fearful to try it in detail.
really helped
Unfortunately it's very poor material and lecturer is not expirienced yet enough :(
This is an excellent course, it brings you the basics of web programming at your grasp
Great course, thank you!
I am very satisfied with the content of this course. It deals with from basic to advance concepts.
Excellent course for those starting with javascript.
Best course for basics of javascript
This course is a short introduction to JavaScript. Their is some useful information, that is very very interesting and easy to understand, but it is too little to understand JS.
This was a good introductory course. It was confusing at times to follow. Maybe one or two more lectures about functions would help.
Great MOOC to begin JS programming!
Learning Javascript is like learning a new language - you must grasp syntax and concepts in order to use it.That being said, this is a class that requires hands-on learning and above all, practice & repetition. I got out of this class exactly what I put into it and am pleased with the results. Looking forward to the next installment in the specialization.
Little bit short
Assignments were kind of difficult even with notes. Good course overall though.
Great Course!!!!
Good. It covers the basics of JavaScript. Easy to follow and complete. Teacher explains the concepts clearly. If you're getting your hands on JavaScript for first time, this course will help you a lot understand the basics.
a great course for beginners. colleen is a great teacher and the homework projects are cool.
It was very hard for me to learn I am not good at javascript
Perfect course
Practical way of explanations really helped
Good for basics and an insight of what Java Script can do...
Nice and easy for those who start their journey into web-programming
I wanna just say thank you Colleen! I really improve my skills!
Informative lessons and assignments
The course is good, but some gaps of information in the middle of the course. It could be better organized
Great course, great teacher
Great Course, Great instructor
Thanks everyone, thanks Coursera, Thanks Michigan for every opportunity.
It was awesome. Everything was understandable, the material was good and Colleen van Lent, Ph.D. is an excellent teacher.
Please, change this course completely! Sure you need at least 5x more time to do a good course. The course is very fast and the lessons are not enoght to teach in a good way. bad bad course....
Perfect!
This course covers the part of javascript that is used to interact with DOM. The lectures are clear and lucid in explaining the content. The difficulty level of the assignments is easy.
It is a great course to get the fundamentals of javascript.
All Thanks to Colleen for making this course not at all boring !!But more assignments would have been better.
Enjoyed the class a lot. The explanations were very clear and pitched well to students who were new to web programming in general. The advice was also very useful to new students starting out. Had a great time taking this course!
I have sampled many of the courses here and on other platforms related to javascript and interactivity and found that this series helped me to put together the disparate experiences.
I've been working as a backend programmer for quite some time now. I have experience with languages such as PHP, Python, Java, however, it's been two years since I last programmed in javascript.This course helped me get back to it, with the overall experience being more than excellent.Great course, but if you already have experience with JS, then this isn't for you. It's entry level.
Good basic learning course in javascript. Most of the students dont know even the simple basic concepts related to web design. Those can be covered in this course...Happy Coding Everybody.
I am really grateful to the instructor for making the learning path of Javascript basics so easy.Thank you!
Just perfect
This course is excellent to start the best way of learning javascript.
Very Nice!
Everything was great!
Good course to get basics of JS. I took 3nd such course, but find something new and interest. Sometimes it feels a little higgledy-piggledy. But I like that style, this adds real emotions. You don't sleep! :) I only want assigment tasks to be a little harder.
This course was refreshing as I was always found JS kind of daunting. I found that I really enjoy programming and I will continue to study and practise...
Excellent! Ms. Colleen is a fantastic instructor!
Thanks to Coursera, and in particular to Madam Prof. Dr. Colleen for the wonderful opportunity extended to me that enabled me to learn the fundamentals of JavaScript. I pinch myself in disbelief that I could complete this course rather successfully at my ripe age of 73+! Hopefully, I would complete the next course also in the pipeline. Madam Prof. Dr. Colleen not only discusses the intricacies of the language but also stresses the importance of practice. I am a 'noob'! And certainly, I have profited. A very big thank you!
thank you, Coleen! Your course is awesome!
Solid introduction to the basics of JavaScript
it is a basic class for javascript learner, also provided with HTML basics. Good for people have little knowledge about web programming.
The course was designed to teach all the essential fundamentals of javascript in a very easy way and this course has benefited me.
Very good course. Examples are very informative.Thanks
I've been learning along with this instructor from Course one of this specialization. It's a great course overall! However, compared with the two other courses I took from this specialization, it would be better if the instructor break down the syntax more and explain it in a more detailed way to help students fully understand how it works, why it's there and how we should write! Thank you!
Fresh and with basic concepts well explained!
learning a lot :)
VERY small amount of knowledge
A lot of info is packed into this course. I have some JavaScript background so it helped. If you have none, you should start on an earlier course. Loved the exercises...challenging but not out of reach! Would take another course from this Instructor.
Wonderful course, I learned a lot!
Good tips on JavaScript and using it to implement interactivity on a web page.
Best course for beginners I think. Very good and very clever structured program. The only problem that it's too short. You want more and more practice.
Excellent course. Thanks to Prof Colleen.
Thanks
Perfect to start in the Javascript technology, very starter but practical.
very well presented
Good course for beginners.
very descriptive and nice course to attain fundamental knowledge of js.thanks
good head start for web programming.
Great Course!!!
Very simple and easy for understanding. That's how education should be.The course is only suitable for beginners
Nice Course.Good Explanations.
Great course for beginners! Had expected to get a little understanding of an object oriented approach to JavaScript from the projects in the course. Hopefully there would be some other upcoming course with a higher difficulty level meeting my expectations!
The teaching of the professor Colleen is wonderful and very interactive . Troy (teaching staff) is also very supportive .In short a very good course for interactive learning of Java script :)
One of the most thorough view of JavaScript is given in this course.. The best i have seen till now.
Great work
Excellent course and excellent teacher. I congratulates the University of Michigan and Coursera by having highly qualified personnel. Thanks you.
It was an overall great journey by being a part of this course it makes me happy and feel like a programmer. I want to give my regards to Colleen Van Lent mam for such a wonderful teaching from the scratch to high level. Thanks a lot.
A great course! Everything is very clearly explained.
Very hard and confusing for the beginner
Excellent course to learn javascript applied to frontend. I didnt give 5 points just because i felt the final assignment was too easy and that the course should have go just a bit deeper, like applying iteration to apply changes in class elements.Still Colleen is an excellent teacher, really helps to understand stuff, maybe the course feel easy just because of her teaching skills.
Wonderful teacher, knows her stuff and knows to share it with others!
Definitely the best way to introduce someone in JavaScript. Its really explained in a very easy and clear way. After this course you are prepared to go to further challenges. I strongly recommend it!
I also took here HTML5 and CSS3 course. Again, superb instructor teaching JavaScript!
Very sufficient course. Collen is a great teacher!
It's very useful course for interactivity our web sites!
This is a good fundamental course. Colleen is a great teacher and I like her unique teaching style and viewpoint.
This course really drives the power of organized coding and is presented in a comprehensive and user friendly format. I am inspired to continue studying JavaScript based on the information given in this class.
This is the third course in a specialization, and I rate all of them highly. While this course if for beginning web developers & programmers, they do a good job of familiarization with the tools and considerations that go into building an attractive, responsive web site.As soon as I finish the fourth course in this series, I'm going to enroll in a "full stack" course.
simple explanations . good course for beginner.
Very good for course for beginners in javascript. You need to have some familiarity though with programming in general.
Great course, great instructor, great tools.
Good course to start with. Thanks a lot!
the right place to discover the great world of Javascript !!
Colleen Ma'am you are just awsome! But, I did wanted bit tougher assignments on Jscript! Could be optional but a bit more tough.
I like it.It helps me to brush up my skills.Thanks toColleen van Lent
As the rest of the courses in this specialization teacher Colleen does a great job in materials and explanations.
Really nice and helpful. - thanks
I was very reticent about this course because Js was the one code I hadn't even really done at all. With HTML & CSS, I had done and had a basic knowledge;but Dr Van Lent makes it easier to grasp and understand with the material she presents and the assignments. You are really forced to become a better coder, problem-solver and researcher as well during these 4 week courses.
Easy and helpful for someone who starting adventures with javascript.
It didn't give us enough knowledge to cover the final assignment. Need to research a lot online.
Very easy to understand. Quick way to get off and running with javascript.
Very good Introductory Course on Javascript
A fine course for Java Script. I would recommend having a firm grasp of Css and HTML as well as some beginning javascript before this course as the beginning is a bit rocky.
very brief, I would have needed to learn a bit more logical iterations
Very clear and straightforward lecture! Strongly recommended!
I have learned the basics very well along with handson experience
Great course for a quick learn of Javascript. I'm looking forward to delving deeper into JS... and, I suppose that will come with practice and experience. Dr. Colleen van Lent is easy to follow being her lecture videos took me through all the steps I needed to wrap my brain around this.Of course I might not have said all these glowing thing if I didn't get 100%.
Nice and very informative not only for beginners. I was excpecting something more from the assingments.
This course is awesome! Collen emphasizes in the very important things of JavaScritp and it is helpful. You can learn a lot, I did and I am satisfied with this course, please post more courses of Colleen, she's the best teacher! I have to thank her A LOT!
The course is well explained and he gives a clear understanding of JavaScript fundamentals, I hope there will be further and more complex JavaScript courses from these teacher.
Great course to me.
A good course for beginners on this wonderful language.
Try to add some more topics
Great professor and very interesting material. Definitely recommend!
Excellent course for start having knowledge of JavaScript.
It was great and really easy to understand. It was completely practical and useful.Thanks to Colleen and Coursera.
Thank you very much Colleen. :D
good course for beginner
Very interesting and simple course to start JS! Thank you so mich)
I realy enjoyed this course, I just learned great functinalyties from Java Script and Collen was a very good instructor in your classes!
Easy, Simple, Straight to the Point and Informativeit's a good place to start learning JavaScript
It seemed to move way to quickly without a good explanation of how to use the script. I learned a lot in HTML and CSS under this proff but not a lot from this course. I continue to review it and look up other resources.
Love the way Colleen had made JavaScript coding a easy one.Thanks a lot Colleen and all class mates.
Thank you Coursera for providing this course and thank you Colleen mam you are just awesome.:)
excellent course. instructor is very clear and easy to understand.Made My Life Easier
Love that course!
Good course. 1st week is a little fast. The other weeks are much better. It needs to be a longer course though covering many additional topics. Or offer it as additional courses for more JavaScript.
Need more difficulty, but it's okay.
The way of teaching is nice.But they need to provide live practice after every session .in free.As I know codepen is not free of cost.so please provide practice session after every session.so that the prasctice can be done more and more and student will be benefited a lot by this
very good organized...easy understand
Not for beginners unless ready to spend lots of extra hours watching the videos several times and surfing on the web to get additional information
Good for complete beginners.
I thing this course should have one or two more modules. It's definitely to short to grasp the basics of JavaScript. For complete beginners it should start with a module about Foundations of Programming and after explain in depth what is a method, a property, an event, a calculation, a variable, an object, etc.... After I finished all the modules of this course, always coding along the lectures and having done all the assignments to practice and having read the extra material, by the end of this course I didn't had a solid foundation about how to program in JavaScript. So, if you enrolled the Web Design Specialization, after the HTML & CSS's courses you will have solid foundation about those languages, you will also grasp the basics of Responsive Design course but you will have to do other JavaScript courses to became a Junior Front-End Developer in the "real life".
Java is a very user friendly language. You learn a lot in this course.
A good introductory course in JAVA after you taking HTML and CSS. Course materials are harder( or broader) than actual assignments.Background: some experience in scientific computing, but no experience in java before.
Great!!
Not as detailed as I would have liked. However, I did indeed learn a few things. In this case, it may have been because I'm a professional developer, just not a web developer. I sort of wanted more, but perhaps it's inappropriate for me to ask. Nevertheless, I do feel the course was rather week overall.
Nice course for basic java script. But price is too high.
Well tought.
Great course. Great teacher.
very detailed and accessible presentation of educational material, excellent examples and exercises. A lot of excellent educational material for additional saomstoyatelnogo study. Homework creative and complex. For that thank you very much. I would like to have another very large rate of in-depth study of javascript
This is my third course by instructor Colleen, and she is great: always telling you the right things, never too much and never too little. Hers are - by far - the best computer programming courses I ever attended (or tried to attend) either on Coursera or other MOOC platforms. Thank you so much!
Covers the basis, and things to build on.
The course is great. I like the lectures and assignments.
Before this course, I studied several other courses on JS. I say unequivocally, this is the best course!!
Excellent course! The teacher explains very well the fundamental things about JavaScript. Totally recommended.
This course has given me a kick start in Js..Thanks Collen
Thanks a lot for putting together the course content so neatly. It was a good course.
Thank you, professor Lent, for making this course so interesting!
An excellent course, my JavaScript has improved greatly since I completed the requirements. Colleen is a fantastic teacher, I found the lectures to be highly informative and the assignments good fun.
Very well explained, but it should have been called "Basic Javascript" because I'm sure many topics are missing. Moreover, the lecturer kept on saying "Now stop and write some code" but it's pretty hard to imagine a code from scratch, so I would suggest having (many) more exercises. (The existing ones were also very simple)
Basic, but not overwhelming like some other courses I've taken. Very good.
Great course. Enjoyed each and every class. Helped me a lot.
Very nice course learning the basics of JS and showing it on practice
Very informative course!!!
A clear and well described and explained course with supporting slides to make it easier to comprehend.
This course was very good and pretty helpful!
so far as good as previous courses in this specialization. Course materials are pretty easy to follow and course load is very balanced.
This is a great course for beginner as me! Thank you Colleen!
The course is well structured and focused on the front-end as is the idea of the whole web design track. However, for a person with no previous knowledge of basic programming, the assignments would be hardly possible to complete or would require far more hours. The course is strictly focused on JS UI and DOM and should be probably preceded by another course covering javascript basics.
Collen is amazing! I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to take this course offered by UM.
great cource !
A nice overview, but may be too much basics were provided rather than some indepth knowledge of more complex parts of javascript.
Good. Probably could use more assignments or links to further tutorials. The final assignment's instructions as they are written mislead English as a Second Language students to use methods that don't contribute to the functionality required in the script.A prior review from a longterm coder who was previously apprehensive of JavaScript before taking this course echoes 80% of my sentiments. This is a gentle but robust introduction for the intimidated, and success in this course is a confidence boost.
This wasn't as easy to understand as the HTML and CSS classes. I think it's because it wasn't as clear to me what JavaScript was and how it affected the computer. It sort of felt like jumping into something I couldn't wrap my brain around. That said, I still learned a lot and enjoyed the videos.
Good project for javascript learners
It was very easy and slow for a person who has coding experience. I was looking for more tips and tricks.
Very well explained! I fully recommend this course.Thank you, Colleen.
Teacher is phenomenal!
So far, the best course for absolute beginners.
Thank you for giving this opportunity to learn from such prestigious university. I understood everything clearly and thankyou Prof.Colleen for pushing us to write and practice the code so that we can easily remember it.
Nice objectives and clear instruction.
Great course and teacher
Especially the DOM part is really good :)
Another great course by UMich!
Excellent. The best course so far in the Specialization. While it obviously can't teach every nuance of Javascript in four weeks, what it can do is give a foundation for further independent learning. I've avoided JavaScript for years despite decades of programming experience in older languages because I just couldn't be bothered getting my head around events and DOM--but now it all seems so straightforward I wish I'd taken the plunge years ago.Nice straightforward step by step guidance to get past the inevitable stumbling blocks and loads of support in the forums from fellow students and staff.
Was hoping for a little bit more than what was offered. However, the course was well put together and I would definitely take a course from this instructor again.
really helpfull
Great teacher. Great approach. I love the peer review exercises.
Great start on Javascript functionality and numerous questions every lesson, so you see where you lack information.
Definitely a beginner course, and the pace seemed good for what it was intended to be.
Professor teaching way is very awesome and she always giving example of every step and also course material is good which easy to understand.
No material to read, Javascript is way more than just 10 hours. even for a jump start.this course needs more material and more practice.
The great and detailed explanation!
While there were many typos in screenshots and code examples, this course has been a tremendous help to me as I reinforced some things I already knew about JavaScript and learned new concepts about the JavaScript language (like coding in events or working with the DOM). I definitely feel like a more confident programmer, even though I do wish the instructor could've explained some things in more detail (like when to use the dot attribute notation over the setAttribute method).
good courser for the beginners, right place to start, and begin where the course ends.THANKS A LOT. especially thanks colleen
The best and easiest course to learn JS .
Magnificent. The way professor explained the subject is really nice. And thanks for making it so easy to understand.
Brief and to the point concept teaching.
Great teacher! Excellent for people starting!
Highly recommend for newbies.
I think this course does a pretty good of introducing JavaScript. It covers the essentials of how to create functions and implement event handlers that react to the users, which is the most common use of JS. As an introductory course, it correctly assumes some of its audience has no prior programming background. However, it is difficult to teach programming in such a short time. As an experienced programmer, I would recommend reviewing the order in which some of the concepts are presented to try to help in this aspect.I was personally hoping that the final assignment would be a bit more challenging, but it was very straightforward. Form handling (the topic in the final week) is certainly where I've used JS the most during my career, so I was glad that it was given special attention.Again, this is a really good course for beginners; Dr. Van Lent is awesome.
What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course.
A very good course that I would recommend to other people that are starting using JavaScript!Thank you,Adrian
very clear content , easy to follow and understand . first step in the word of javascriptthank you so much
It is too short course and this module is very basic and short , so much more to talk about JS but instructor is good.
A bit too superficial.
A simple but effective course. I do recommend!
Excellent professor throughout courses (HTML, CSS, and Java)!GO WOLVERINES
I was glad to find a course that focused simply on the basics of Javascript. So many courses cover the three HTML, CSS, and JS, but don't give enough to really start working with Javascrip.Thanks
More and more examples should have been added
Well structured and organised course
great course for the beginers
The instructor describes the methodology well. She appears to be very patient and has a great knack for teaching Javascript for each level of understanding. While I have been challenged, there is no sense of overwhelment presented thus far.
I loved it! Colleen explains everything very well. The pace is perfect, not that slow that it becomes boring, but not that fast, that you cannot catch up to the content. I learned a lot, and so far, the best specialization in web design on courser :) I'm very glad I could take the courses!!
As a beginner student. I enjoyed a good course that it gave me the tools to continue to seek methods to learn JavaScript and everything related to web design.
Very basic course.
This is a really good beginner's JavaScript class. If you're starting from scratch, start here.
too short and simple
Clear lectures, but the assignments were a little too trivial to solidify what was learned.
Very very basic....needed lots of outside referencing to complete. Needs more material about parsing, semantics and syntactically correct language.
Good course for beginners to get used to the terms of JavaScript and basic working.Unfortunately it's not as good as the HTML and CSS courses in this specialization. The basics are touched upon but I don't feel confident enough to start JavaScript coding on my own yet. More explanation of the concepts is needed as some things are really difficult to understand and you have to search outside the course to understand them.
Great Course!!!
Not intended as comprehensive, but a very good starting point for understanding JS.
I really enjoyed the course. The course more than achieved my expectations. The right amount of informations, good tips and very clear to understand.Thanks a lot.
Very good teacher!
Nice introduction to start coding with javascript
Greate course for beginners.
I can't give more for this course 2/5
No so advance but helpful ;) Thanks Colleen, you are great!
Very well presented basic intro.
Teacher's narrative is pretty clear, easy to follow. good for beginners.But the course content is very simple, somewhat too simple for the course title, it only touches on very very basic of javascript.
Great job !
Colleen is a great teacher!
The instructor very good
Professor Colleen is fantastic. She takes it step by step equiping the students with the fundamentals. It's a very efficient course. Thank you, Colleen!
Really good course just like all the previous courses in the specialisation. The professor took time to explain and introduce important concepts in JavaScript programming.
The course was really great and understandable, in my point of view it would have been a bit more challenging, but still a great course, especially thank to Colleen and her great approach!!!
Very good explanations ! I wish I learned with this class when I learned JS for the first time !
Very informative and useful course
Professor does a good job in explaining and gives a heads up of the general errors encountered in real life working with js
Just the right pace. A perfect introduction for beginners.
Great
There was a little bit less Javascript than I expected. But the course is good intro for beginners.
Nice course !Teaches and encourages the learning of JavaScript.
Very poor explanations.
Awesome course!
A very good course!
Good course. It an introduction to CSS because this language has a lot of things to study. But for begginer's is excelent opportunity.
Didn't teach more.
A great course. A perfect way to be introduced to JavaScript. I really liked that the course pace stays the same all of the way, so the student can keep going on. I also liked the continuous encouraging of the teacher for the students to code, which is a key factor united to the the great explanations that we can find in each video.Thank you very much!
A great intro! Prof. Van Lent was really able to cover a huge range in very few lectures. Also a great refresher for those who haven't looked at JS for a decade or so. Many thanks, I enjoyed the course tremendously.
Well done. I think Javascript is hard to start out in, it makes it hard to review the class. But it was just about right for me. The first assignment almost had me giving up, but it all ended up ok.
this course is awesome , i'm going to learn JS Fundamental programming
Very good like the 2 previous courses. It could have gone a bit farther though, but very clear explanations.
This course is the best I have seem through out of the web. It is exactly I was looking for. Collen is a great teacher and able to provide excellent learning flow for student who has good knowledge of HTML an CSS, but very little on javascript. I was able to complete the lesson in less than 4 week, now I feel confident on learning more advance stuff. Thank you!
Nice course, gives a good overview about the language. Although I have found their introduction to html and css3 better.
As the instructor rightly mentions - the course is just the first step and still leaves you at the "noob" level. It'd be great if there is a follow-up course that digs deeper.
nice one !useful
Probably the best programming course for newbie I've ever seen. The course is set up so that major errors of newbies are addressed and solved. This course will inspire my future way of teaching how to program to starters.
The teacher is outstanding and her approach is very motivating.
THANK YOU!
great course
Valuable resource for learning. Great job and thank you for doing this, thank you for providing education for free.
She Explained very well. It will be helpful for new Student.Really nice lectures by Her
Good course if you want to learn how JavaScript works with HTML and CSS elements to make site pages more engaging but don't have a lot of time for lengthy lectures or assignments that take hours. There's room for the course to grow though. There's so much more a web designer can do with JavaScript to manipulate the DOM and provide a great experience for a site user, and I feel the instructor fell short in explaining event handlers and other cool animation trends seen in the industry. But I understand that this is for new web designers who may or may not be completely interested in programming as opposed to front-end design, so Colleen's teaching provides a good balance.Love the fact that the lectures are straight to the point. I was able to finish 4 weeks of material in less than 3 days, which for someone busy like me, is awesome!
Great Course taught by a great teacher!
One of the best courses in learning JavaScript for a beginner or for someone needing a refresher in JS. The lecturer is engaging and clearly explains every concept as lucid as possible.
Thanks to Dr. Colleen. You are very kind and wonderful lecturer!
Very limited content. Not possible to complete the projects at the end. -(
Good course for beginners
Great class, the lecturer is very good!
Completed the first week of this course and I am very pleased with the instructor and the flow of teaching. Everything is explained clearly and simply which makes it easy for me to grasp the concepts. Colleen also makes it a point to tell students to actually play around with the code in order to see what it does and help make lectures easier to understand.
Clear and good pace of teaching and assignments! Good Job!!
This is an excellent course to learn JavaScript. The concepts are explained in a very nice and clear way. I'm really enjoying this course, I do recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning JavaScript.
the course is very good for new poeple on javascript and programming in general but it's tedious for people who who a bit of js or have a programming background as it goes on to talk about very basic stuff like variables and arrays anyone with 2 months experience in software know this conceptsi suggest you add that this course is for the real noobies of js or programming in general
This specialization has been nothing but awesome so far :)
Too basic, the tasks are pretty plain, course just scrapes the surface without giving any understanding of working with JS, the course "HTML,CSS and JS" by D. Rossiter provides a far better understanding.
It is a very good course highly recommended for anyone who wishes to take up the challenge of working in humanitarian sector. The course content is very simple, structured and course coordinators are good. Peer counselling and forums are a good way to further your understanding about any issue which you might think is tricky. Case studies are very helpful and peer reviewed assignments are a great expereince. Highly recommended.
Great course ! Good eye opener to the importance of ethics in communication tools.It also effectively provided the tools to develop a strong communication strategy! Thanks
This course was very interesting ! Go back to come communications basics and then move on to a humanitarian focused point of view was a great way to talk about issues we can face in our daily work.
Very useful course.
Excellent! I have learned a lot. Pavel Pevzner is a boss of bioinformatics.
It's really a great course. A must for everyone working with bioinformatic tools in order to understand some basics and limitations that ultimately leads to biological conclussions
Very good courses.
Great course to explore a bit of Bioinformatics for those with no background in Bioinformatics. I love the way the content has been provided, its interactivity increases the interest in the course.
Very helpful to those biologist who wants to start a career in bioinformatics
This course is really help me to understand how to Assemble genomes!!
Very useful to my working project. My gratitude for all the staff of this course.
I learned a lot on this course. Sequencing, sequencing antibiotics. Ilumina sequencing using BaseSpace. I attended an Ilumina seminar in person ( that I found on the website and by serendipity was coming to my city) and understood everything, because the experience with this course. I wish you can connect the sections with relevant papers (Pavel have so many that is hard to choose one).
good course!
Enjoyed this course!
Nice to keep it up!
Awesome!!! Great course!!!
Very average this time around, not as design focused as the title of the course leads you to believe.
Now all the knowledge acquired in this course has improved my skills in my job.I love this.
Really helpful course for starting coding apps with Swift.
I am disappointed with the course because of its only focus on Apple TV and smartwatch apps. The course structure is a bit messy and the content is quite technical. Don't call it "App Design" since it's more App Development!
Everything perfect, but developing apps that makes use of iphone and iwatch/appletv screens. Not a clue about how to communicate one with another. Good to develop standalone iphone, iwatch or appletv apps, though.
I dislike whole specialization.Because videos are waste of time. They are teaching little things with long videos. Also I don't easily understand the accent of the speaker.
The third one in this specialization is the best one.
excellent course. I am learning a lot!
Great course, learned quite a bit!
This is course is very useful for my personal project
Lectures are great! And it would be better if we can see all the code from video, yet in week 1 lecture3, some function been blocked and I am not sure if I do it right by myself. Download code may be an option, yet it is better for us to type code by following the lecture, because downloading makes me lazy, typing code by ourselves is a good way to learn. Thank you so much!
Very good course, a lot of usefull information. I would like to participate in all of courses of this lector.
Week on NSURLSession and CoreData is ok (but compared to other courses on Coursera - so and so). Everything else - not very good. But anyway, quick dive into swift.
Although Parham Aarabi is listed as the professor throughout this specialization, it's a bit of a bait-and-switch. Prof Aarabi is an award-winning professor at U of Toronto, but it turns out he knows little about iOS and has Jack Wu teach most of the material. Jack Wu is probably a heck of a developer but he's a terrible instructor. This class is the best of the three in the specialization because Mike Spears does a pretty good job with the sections he teaches.
An excellent course into iOS programming with Swift.
Content is taught too fast!
Bad content and instructor. no logistic in place. if you are planning to pay to get certificate. I would suggest look else where. my $279 are stuck in here and they don't reply to forum posts.
Learned many thing as a starter.
The material is very poorly explained. Pre-coded stuff isn't good either, as it's very hard to comprehend, even with the professor's explanations, which also don't seem to be aimed at beginners.
It was good but i felt the last two weeks like stuffing content. I'd have like to dig deeper into mobile development instead of wasting time in appleTV
once again, brief intro that lacked a lot of how to do it actually, pasting code suddenly wasn't fun at all, but overall, the load was easy to grasp but totally needs more practice
Learned a lot in this part of the specialisation!
Great!
I liked this course, but there were a couple of advanced topics (Core Data, WatchOS/TvOS) that I wish we could have more time to spend on. I feel like there wasn't enough time to complete the assignment as we had in the previous courses.
I would prefer if the course was more focused on iPhone/iPad instead on WatchOS and Apple TV.
Excellent option to learn
Good course. Well organized and comprehensive.
This course had too much content in one-run and some of the topic-assignments had too much confusing questions and answers which were hard to figure out made this course a bit a bad experience. The same goes for the end-assignment project where much functionality was required within a short time -- and the course was delayed so many of the students could not fit it into their schedule.
Great
The entire course lacks a "flow". It looks like concepts that are taught are picked at random and stuffed into the course. The quizzes really do not complement the material taught. The instructor wants the students to focus on specific wordings of his lecture rather than the concepts, in order to pass the quizzes.
Learn a lot from this course
Thank you for giving me excellent information on digital manufacturing. It is very helpful course for me. Thank you The State University of New York and Coursera.
Its a very good course for those interested in Image Processing. The professor has a wide knowledge in this field and one will learn more after going through the recommended books. You will also learn a bit of MATLAB for Image processing in this course.
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Great course, very nice teacher, excellent and interesting content.
The experience was very good. I learnt many new things..thanks to coursera
Materials and topics were good, but the course lacks in two things. They stress more on math and theory. I would suggest additional videos explaining the implementation in matlab would be helpful and would throw more insight to the maths. Second there is no programming assignments, so its a little easy kind of. If the instructor or the TA would help out in giving the assignments and implementation in matlab, then it will be one of the ever-lasting courses
I love his accent
I'm quite sure you need a quite strong background in maths to be able to really understand this course, it should have more math lessons, or readings about it.
Great Course. You need a few skills in Mathlab to do the exercises. Atl least for me the mathematic language was the hardest.
Although the course material is very good but what I believe is that Image processing is a course where only theory isn't sufficient. Programming assignments should have been made important and compulsory part of the course instead of just MCQ quizzes.This is the reason why Andrew Ng's Machine learning on coursera appears very engaging. Whatever they teach in theory has to be implemented as part of programming assignments which makes learning experience wonderful.I hope that you will give due importance to programming assignments from next session.
Outstanding, well-organized and masterfully presented by world-class Professor Guillermo Sapiro.Professor Sapiro is a world-renowned expert who is student-centered and whose winning personality shines through in every lecture.The selection of material from this vast and growing field is brilliant.Hats off to Dr. Sapiro - he is a jewel in the crown of Duke University and to the academic community.כל הכבוד
It's extremely enjoyment to take this course.If there is more exercise to take,it may lead to in-deep understanding.Thanks a lot for the donation of teacher Guillermo Sapiro and his team!
this course is awesome and useful for someone who are intermediate and beginner in imp!! :)
This course is a must for all who want to be designers. It takes you through all the design process. Although the course work recommends keeping aside 4 hours per week, I would suggest keeping 20 hours/ week. It can get strenuous, but it is totally worth it.
Amazing course, it push you to go through the right design process making it fun and useful
Amazing journey in interaction design.Find your self discovering ideas for doing things that you did not expect.Start small, grow, and get amazed where your ideas can lead you to.Very good course!
Very tough course, mostly because of the amount of work expected. Learnt a lot but it wasn't fun and the course material needs work in my opinion.
I feel like 8 weeks was too short and the project was too rushed. But overall of good value.
More effort we put in, more we get... Awesome course!
I can't reach the course contents because of new deadline that Coursera has invented
A great course all in all. Some of the instructions for projects have not directly translated out of the classroom so could do with a review, but overall I really enjoyed it and I did learn lots!Thanks, Scott.
Confusing assignment instructions were frustrating. The lack of response to questions was disappointing and stressful. I took the HCI course in 2014 that was precursor to this certificate program and it had a better flow and more organized.
Thank you very much Prof. Scott Klemmer and other professors for your detailed and patient teaching and all the classmates for helping me during the process of study on Interaction Design in the past year. I've learnt a lot and I've made many friends! Glad to have been part of this study group! I'll keep learning here!
If your goal is to just get a certificate to put on your resume, this specialization will check the box. The assignments are poorly thought out, overly rigid for requiring very specific methods and mediums, and the peer review system is kind of a joke. If you're sincerely interested in learning IXD and creating a high quality portfolio piece, this course is moderately helpful toward that end, but you'll need to supplement it with lots of outside reading and in person coursework to really get where you want to be. If you're weighing whether to attend an in-person course or program or go with this specialization to save some $, just know that you'll get what you pay for.
The capstone project has been a work in which I had to think deeply and use the skills learned throughout the course. I finished with a prototype that I will evolve and make it a product.It has been an amazing ride. Thanks to my fellow classmates and professors, specially Scott Klemmer for making this program alive and all the and knowledge shared.
Thanks!
This was a lot of fun - putting the rubber to the road! thanks for everything!
chaotic organization, unclear instructions, and confusing due dates; I would not recommend such specialization
Never before have I had to create so many fake accounts, nor write so many long and laborious manuscripts to be able to complete the assignments. There were also so many problems with this last and final Capstone project - delay in start date, plague of technical issues from Coursera, lack of support from teaching staff (and Coursera) when issues were experienced, and instructions that were not clear enough at times. I'm very much glad to be done, and congratulations to all of you who made it through this last and arduous process. Job well done!
A nice roadmap to design a product. I'll recommend to anyone who wants to learn User Experience Design, HCI or IxD.
Quite disappointed, I thought we'd have something more structured or at least different from the previous courses.The content is here and good, but I was expecting reviews from pro U.X and not student like the previous courses.The good upgrade though is that we have clear examples of submission before we send ours.
This course was delivered 6-months behind schedule and the assignments half-way through the course can't even be completed due to technical problems and sloppy content. When students try to seek support to fix the issues, nothing is done and they receive no response. The specialization started so well, but the care that was taken to craft the specialization course content in the beginning has been lost in the later courses.
The peer graded assignments can be a drag to completion, otherwise an excellent course
I enjoyed it. Fun and relevant.
Good balance between business strategy and foresighting models! Interactive and interesting examples are used throughout the course. Very good!
From the perspective of a technology consultant who is not that eager to deal with management issues, the course has proven very valuable. In the first half of the course, I learned a lot about evaluating technology and making decisions about innovation. In the process of learning I also got hooked to systems thinking and I'm now exploring this field on my own. There is a direct benefit for my work from the course, as it spoke about the subject of technology evaluation frameworks, like TRLs - useful for a person who sometimes works with R&D grant procedures, like I do. The latter half of the course was mainly management-related - how to make good decisions based on the analysis of technology. While interesting, it is probably more useful to leaders and managers, still I learned a lot from these sections, especially in the last week.As for the technical aspects of the course, there is not a single complaint I could make - the course material and tasks were properly made and self-explanatory in most cases, so everything ran smoothly. The concept of a multiple-choice quiz (they conclude each week) does not appeal to me that much, but it's probably only me. The written assignments were a great excercise in data mining and information research, I learned a lot when looking for data I needed to complete them.
The course provides interesting insights to the future, how technology is developed, how change is created, and how that impacts the future, through a rigorous scientific concepts, as well as real life examples.Martin is an enthusiastic teacher, with lectures to the point, short but condense with inforecommended if you are interested in technology, innovation, and shaping the future
Excellent format and path from the beginning to the end. Martin Vendel provides a great learning experience based on real-life examples and forces you to put your knowledge into a bigger perspective.
Great course for people interested in technology and how to estimate its impact on society and how it develops through time. Great opportunity for entrepreneurs who wants to analyse the impact of their product.
Week 4 is very bad!Bad quality of video.Bad speaker.
The videos were very tedious and convoluted, in addition to being outdated. Almost all of the methods were deprecated by the time I was taking this course. I wouldn't recommend this course at all.
very useful, Swift is a great program lan
Hard and confusing, did not like this course.
Great course! This one is best one in this specialization(for now i finished 5 from 6 courses)
very good course. And trainers are expert in thier field. Thankyou. very nice experience
This is a good course in swift. The lecture videos goes into some depth, not just skim through the basics. So in that regard it's good. But the quizzes and assignment can be a bit improved. With that said, I would recommend this course to anyone who is interested learning iOS development with Swift.
DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE - THE guy who reads (not teaches) the course, Justin-Nicholas Toytama is horrendous. He's too lazy to even type out the codes and has the world's most monotonous voice.He pauses often to read this notes and has 0 enthusiasm teaching this class. If this class is not part of the certificate specialization, i wouldn't even pay for this course. $64 gets you further with Nick Walter or Rob Percival's Udemy course.
Week 4 was particularly tough to get through. Instructor seem uninterested, and the constant hair flipping was distracting. Videos came through blurry despite using "high quality" settings. There was a lot of code to get through that could have been better organized. On a few occasions, I had to back-track through the videos to find something I missed. And, in one area, instructor had to go back and fix something but didn't bother to provide guidance as to were to go and do this yourself. In the end, I gave up following along with the videos and built the app using my own research.
looks like it has great contents but really hard to finish it , due to video and audio issueIn some lectures , I can't hardly read the blurry syntax and almost impossible to hear
The video quality was so bad, can not see the code clearly. Please update the better video.
Instructor voice is too low and intro music is too high.Video quality is bad.Course content is for very beginners people, beginners to programming not only to Swift.Sorry to say it, but this course is really bad. Does not deserve to be in this specialization!
Great course. Easy to follow.
Great overview of Swift - nice, challenging assignments. Instructors explain concepts well in videos.
would love to have this course in 2 sessions, instead of one,
Good. Week 4 was very challenging.
you can take the assignments only if you pay
Amit makes this course something special. He has a wonderful command of language and terminology specific to inercultural communication and conflict resolution; he manages to paint a picture with his word choice, which is really crucial for an online student's learning. This has been the best course in the specialisation thus far!
Intaresting one
The course covers (all) aspects of intercultural communication and offers solid methodology and rich tools-set for corresponding conflict resolution. The course is very well structured, contains plentiful of videos and situations to support the material, the professors of the course are very experienced in the matter and are able to transfer and present the knowledge. It was above and beyond what I could have expected. Well done indeed.
This is a very general overview of the topic but lacks depth.
The instructors were not very engaging.
I really liked it!
Very good course a lot to learn specially with the globalization and working with different cultures is a really with tool for personal and company improvement.
With the Globalization, it is normal to the intercultural communication or conflict, this course is useful.
Good cours
very great course
While this course, tackled the core problems in dealing with intercultural communication, the videos and case studies were confusing to me.
Excellent course, well presented and thought provoking. Instructor excellent and presentors from business add to the strength of this course.
1- Almost no content , all just general knowledge2- the instructor was very hard to follow, his intonation is totally off and the sentences are broken so you can't connect the thoughts together.3- There was no forum and thus no interaction.
Had a wonderful study with this course.
This course means well, but with very little critical thinking required, it ultimately communicates good intentions over solid content.
Actually, I am quite disappointed by this course. The language is so slow that it is terribly difficult to make sense of each sentence.The content barely scratches the surface and there is neither a forum, nor an exchange with other learners. I miss interactivity and I am glad that I decided to preview the course and not pay for it as it definitely is not worth the money.
I am sorry to say, but I think this course helps me little
Thank you for the less assertive introduction music :)
The information is well presented but painfully slow.
Great course, very intersting!
Add an additional dimension of "wealth" to the list of intercultural topics. Class difference amongst poverty, middle class, and wealthy individuals and groups need to be understood.
Really interesting course
I have always loved the Coursera courses that I have taken, but this one is dramatically below the standard. It is lacking in terms of content, pedagogy, and production. I truly hope that this isn't the direction that Coursera is headed in, as this class seems more like a cheap self-help seminar than an academic course of study.
Very intersting
I really enjoyed this class. It was very informative.
I would suggest to remake the lessons. The speech by the author is very interesting, but the images are a bit poor (and boring) in the sense of not completing to much their explainations. Thanks.
Too theorical and bold course
Very educative a course!
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
I felt that the delivery was not effective. The pacing and tone of the speech was challenging for me to listen to. There were unnatural pauses within sentences, causing the lectures to drag out longer than necessary and it was difficult to connect the thoughts of a sentence together because of the unnatural pauses. The result of this was that it it required an inordinate amount of effort to understand each sentence and to put together the sentences into meaning.
The design of the course is great with lectures, interviews, and project assignments. I was able to reflect on my past experience and learn better. The only improvement I could think of is related to the delivery of the lectures. It could be more natural. They sounded like they were reading instead of lecturing.
Very interesting and useful.
Not enough face to camera time, in comparison with the other two modules in this course specialization. For me, that made it harder to recall the information effectively. But a very interesting topic.
too easy, little content, can pass course easily without watching any of the videos
Amazing Course!!I just got a job that will require convincing people from other countries to do some projects that my company located in Brazil wants, and this course is going to help me a lot in this task.Thank you very much Cousera, the people who did this course and the University of California!!
I really did want to take this course in a specialization mode. However I sampled some of the course videos in the different courses making this specialization and decided against it.In the course videos we see no teacher or lecturer just pictures of people and power-point slides with a flat voice in the background reading the slides. In my opinion this does very little in making this topic interesting as it comes out flat and more work should have been put into making of this MOOC considering one has to pay for the specialization. There were also no discussion forums of any kind available. More work should be put into the making of the lecture videos by the school to give it a realistic classroom experience.Unfortunately I dropped out of the MOOC because of the poor quality done by the school despite it being a topic of interest for me.
Course provides a good overview of social media monitoring tools.
Lots of application that are discussed within the course have been updated, so the tutorials are not longer relevant. This made it challenging to utilize the applications to the full extent.
I love this course!
I learned SO MUCH I didn't know about social listening and why it's important. Great information here.
Excellent information , brilliant material and entertaining discussions. Highly recommend for anyone looking to build essential skills revolving around social media.
This is a very important course. I am currently using this at work.
Great course!
Take this course! You should maybe take it twice!
It is a wonderful experience. This course not only teaches you knowledge of social media marketing, but practical ways to motivate your growing in social media marketing.
This course was difficult to follow and the free trials offered seemed forced upon us. Lexalytics isn't available for a Mac, so I couldn't even use it. I think this portion of the specialization would be much better if it focused more on the value of these tools rather than trying to get us to install them. It might be useful for some (especially those in B2C or willing to play around with the tech), but it was a waste of time for me. I would have preferred to just take a look at some proven case studies linked to the tools.
I understand that it's important to know and get familiar with the tools but in my case I already use hootsuite to share and analyse my content. It was very confusing all the tutorials around the platforms.
They provide you with great tools! Perfect for people just starting out.
Very constructive and helpful
Although the course is not updated, since they launched in 2015, the information, the videos, and all the presentations, are super helpful and insightful
A little bit ambiguous and vague, however it gets better in the next sessions in my opinion.
This Course is excellent and especially Prof Randy had put in a lot of effort to give this amazing series of Mooc on Social marketing. I highly recommend these Moocs
It is very critical to listen about high value market and how to do that , the answer lies in this course. Clearly defined road map. Thanks Professor
Good course, I took it as a free user and really liked the material it's very simple and easy . will taken only a few hrs to complete
Totally worth the money and time (weekly 2-3 hours work). Wish I had even more time to further cement my social listening skills, but obviously I am doing this while I try to lead and manage my company, so it can be a little bit hard to balance. I am so glad to start this Social Media Marketing Certificate. 2 down and 4 more to go to complete the whole thing. I am so excited and pumped!
I am a bit frustrated, as the course is built around this amazing tool: IBM Bluemix, that gave us high hopes of extracting super useful information, but it is impossible to use. The instructions seem outdated and not relevant to the actual tool, there are lots of different sets that make it even more confusing and even after getting round a lot of the technical difficulties, the tool doesn't seem to be very useful... :( I feel like I wasted a lot of time trying to get this to work, with no results so far.
Great course.
This part is great, I have learned a lot, thank you!
Excellent contents, orientation and technical skills induction!
Great course and great tools. I can't wait for the next course
awesome website I love it
Excellent! Learnt lots of great skills.
Aside from week 4, I found this course to be little more than a commercial for various social analytics programs. Also, there's a Google+ assignment. Google+ wasn't relevant five years ago, let alone in 2016. There's some potential in this course but it desperately needs to be updated for 2017. This course may be helpful to people just starting out as social media professionals but if you're already working in this field, you will find this course incredibly dull.
Great course. Felt a little salesy at times, with all the monitoring products features (some which wouldn't work due to changes in UI or incompatibility with my computer). But overall a great overview of monitoring software and the importance of understanding your audience.
Honestly- I think the first two classes are very boring. The fact that there is a 60 year old man sitting at a table is the antithesis of what this course should be to be honest.
I learned a lot in this course about all the ways one can find info online about your product/business. Some of the guest lecture videos didn't hold my attention all that well, but I'm glad we had their perspective.
There is nice stuff in here, worth reading!
more of an ad for all of these software companies rather than being taught anything.
Great really useful!
Found difficult to use Semantria and IBM Bluemix. They were not user friendly and the videos were too limited, and did not show how to use the rest. It´s a shame that we are given 6 months to use, but no tools to take advantage of it.
Very insightful.
Great for doing consumer and customer research.
Another excellent course in the series.
Very good practice to get deep know about your future target market.
Excellent course. This is my second course of the specialization. I am sure the remaining four will be as stellar as the first two.
It is such a helpful course
Really enjoyed learning much more about how to understand what target market searches for and connecting with top influences of target market.
I still never quite grasped how to use some of the tools, but I think it was more of an issue with me not having a grasp on the product I want to market rather than the program itself. The listening tools we got out of this mooc are incredible, if you have a PC.
Engaging, relevant and grounded in the real world. Competency-based education at its best
A very interesting course. A step-by-step guide on how to deploy the Bluemix App would have helped. That's the only thing missing.
A really interesting and useful course!
I wish more companies would understand how important it is to listen to consumers versus just doing whatever they want. This MOOC is critical for business owners or anyone running social media accounts.
great course for getting in the social media influencers
Thank you. Excellent information.
Practical, engaging and extremely informative
Great follow-up from the What is Social, with lots of practical examples. I have enjoyed this course and strongly advise to follow it
I almost need to come back and listen to these lectures again. This course is pretty technical -- it involves several different digital tools. I found that it was possible to do well on the quizzes without really mastering the technical tools. Now that I'm trying to put them into use more fully, I find I don't understand them as well as I should have. I take responsibility for perhaps not pushing to understand the first time -- but I also encourage Coursera and @RandyHlavac to perhaps include something more than "did you get an account?" checks for the tools -- to make sure students grasp how to use the tools before they move on.
Great Material, so far.
Practical and direct!
This course opened my eyes! I loved it!
Awesome course
I discovered in this MOOC a wonderful course that gives a lot of capital tools, immediately usable and absolutely useful! Thank you all the creators and the participants of this MOOC for giving us such great chance to know how to listen people on social media.
This course has some great information and guidance for delving into the social media landscape. However, the tools that come with the paid version are not easy to use or well explained for the lay person.
An excellent course! The tools provided as a part of the Social Media Specialization certificate have been invaluable.
Well-presented and interesting case-study with Taco bell
Great content and wonderful presenters.
This is an exceptional course. This course has helped me a lot. A milestone for dummies in social media marketing...
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Learned a lot through the course. Will recommend it to anyone who wants to understand how to be effective in social media
I found the course useful to better ground and assimilate the ideas presented in the first one.But on the other hand, as mentioned by other learners, I do find it a little too much on the commercial side.I did find very interesting to learn to use some of the tools such as Klout. I think that in time, and working in the Social Media department of a company, I would get the chance to see the interest of Lexalytics but I DID NOT understand anything related to Bluemix... I felt it was superfluous in this course.All in all, I did appreciate the course as it made me think more deeply about my goals, but I'm not entirely sure it was worth the €71. I feel it could have been shortened a tad bit and go more to the point.I do look forward to the next course though as I am learning a great deal no matter what :)
We all hear about big data and it's core role at information society. This course helped me understand how we actually use big data to interact with people. I also realised that we don't need to be part of a big company to work with big data. There are tools available for every person, some of them for free.
I love the real-world and practical examples given for social listening. I think the descriptions of exactly how the social listening tools actually work help me with getting my own work done.
The material is very Helpful
This course was informative. I especially loved the interview with Tressie from Taco Bell. I feel like I learned a lot from her. The only part I did not enjoy from this course was the Peer to Peer assignment. Don't get me wrong, the assignment was very informative. I love the concept of peer to peer assignments because I get to learn so much more in different sectors. However, socialmention.com was NOT working for me. It was very slow and I could not even load the page. I had to go to a cafe with high speed internet in order to load my keywords, hashtags, and influencers, but I couldn't until the last day (which is why I handed in my assignment late). Other than that, this course was (probably) better than the first one.
I would cry for how amazing this is!!!
Great, informative and full of great material!
It's a very special MOOC since they give great tools but it gets a little bit complicated because at the end, you need a tool that sumarizes rather than teaches you programming. Either way, I believe all the MOOCs are fantastic and necessary. They give great examples!
I have learned so much from this course about social, and cannot wait to continue my journey with future courses. I would definitely suggest this course to anyone looking to brush up their knowledge on social media practices.
Using MOOC 2, I was really hoping we would go more in depth on (free) tools like Google Analytics. I would have liked information on how to better utilize the information I get from Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook's built in analytics tools as well. I know I'm under-utilizing them at present, and there's good stuff there.In spite of claims to the contrary, the Lexalytics and IBM Bluemix videos did feel like extended infomercials. Moreover, I work for a small non-profit, and we have neither the funds or bandwidth to utilize programs like this. I think the time could have been better used doing a deeper dive with Klout and SocialMention. I'm working on the assignment now and feel like we barely scraped the surface with both of these programs.There are just too many tools being introduced in this MOOC, and not enough practical learning. Tools are fantastic, but it's important to be utilizing them properly, otherwise I end up feeling like I'm wasting time.
The Bluemix video wa a bit confusing and my promo code didn't work and I never received a reply on how to get it to work.
Some interesting content and great softwares/tools. However this second mooc is a bit too much on the commercial side (including VERY pricey softwares that few of us will ever use I guess). Fortunately, the other moocs of the specialization are much much better!
Excellent, I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in Digital Marketing or Digital Strategy development.
I am enjoying the journey. I anticipate being a better digital marketer than ever before. Thank you for ehlping me to be better all the way around: personally, academically, and professionally.
I would prefer to learn about less SMM tools more in depth, rather then getting to know so many just briefly. Felt a little bit overwhelmed.
Wow! I feel like a whole new world has opened up to me. This specialization is more fun than work! The discovery and new tools are amazing! I can't say enough good about all of the courses in this specialization!
I liked this course, but there is room for improvement.For the assignment where you list keywords and hashtags associated with your target audience using Social Mention, the keyword results are only as good as the search term you use. And there was not much guidance on how to determine that search term. For instance, my target market is comprised of sales and marketing managers in corporate and creative environments. What should I search for to find out what they are talking about? I truly don't know. I took a guess and completed the assignment, but it would be helpful to understand the strategy for using social mention successfully.Secondly, the IBM Blue Mix section did not work. I signed up (using my Coursera email) but never received a confirmation email. I checked my spam folder. I created a support ticket through IBM and received support emails, but never got the confirmation email. They re-sent it several times but it never came through. Viewing the discussions, I was not the only one this happened to. And I had stopped watching the videos because I thought I needed that access to finish the course. Getting that straightened out would be a huge improvement.
This Mooc Offers some great tools and tips for all social media marketers or just enthusiasts out there, great thorough content will referenced and a great experience all together
Just like MOOC 1, this class is absolutely incredible. Professor Hlavac is great at breaking everything down and making it easy to comprehend. The only thing I had trouble with were the analytic programs mentioned in the course. Bluemix required more programming skills than I had to get it to really work for me. Semantria, on the other hand, seems to be a fantastic program, but I don't use Microsoft Excel. I may have to buy Excel just so I can use Semantria! It looks great!
The Importance of Listening is a great course providing hands-on tools on how to track the social impact. Very useful tools.
Too much basic stuff about Twitter and how everything works in detail. Could be more advanced.
I learned A LOT!
Nice class
There is so much to learn from this course! It's awesome. I really love that what I've learned I can immediately apply to what I'm working on.
Fantastic, just want to get that one quiz figured out so I don't loose marks for questions that didn't apply? help
The tools provided here are not you get on some blogs or ads. They are genuine and give great insights. I have empowered myself by Coursera. Thanks
I found it was very interesting, for sure, but maybe too focused some times. Also, it seems good for listening to twitter, for example, but not other social medias that could be much more interesting in different situations.
Great learning and very well researched course. A must do for any marketer who want to stay contemporary and learn the nuances of social listening by understanding its applicability in formulation of marketing strategy
I though this course did a great job of introducing the idea of social listening and providing tools to implement it.
Great course with lots of value addition
the course is interesting, but i honestly enjoyed the first course more
Super course! its cutting edge and I've gotten to understand social media in greater depth as a result of the teachings in this course! 100/100!
Interesting
Great course with insights into Social Media Marketing!
Thank you for having me
Well designed, full of useful information, great guest speakers, valuable assignments. I highly recommend it!
I liked the assignment, and the course... for the most part. What I didn't care for was so much time being spent on the IBM BlueMix and other software tutorials. I don't really see the value in those software, and it felt very sales pitch-y. I can't imagine using them in my day to day, so it just felt like a waste of time. But I did like all other aspects of this course, including the Taco Bell insight, as well as the details on Social Mention and the other free web applications that is more pertinent to future social work.
WOW! Very insightful and outstanding tools!
Great
Loved the class
In this course, Randy Hlavac does a deeper dive into the importance of social media monitoring and gives a nice overview of some key social listening tools available on the market today.
Great course, choc-a-bloc with fantastic resources, information and advice. Credit to the team behind it.
I found the monitoring tools a bit difficult to grasp in the time frame.
This class provides great tools and approaches to power you social marketing efforts. Hands on and supportive to get you going.
Parts of it seemed a bit salesy, but I really enjoyed the insights from Tressie Lieberman.
You learn Amazing tools that will shape the way you see the internet and look into your business. Fantastic Course totally recommend it.
Much harder than MOOC 1, but I think I learned a little more, too, combined with the MOOC 1 experience. Good stuff!
Great Lesson. Very insightful!
It was an amazing opportunity to be able to learn this new concept from the experts in this field. Thanks to Randy Hlavacand, Northwestern University and Coursera for bringing this opportunity and make it accessible for everybody.
Great course, great material, great tools, great instructors! This is a great course in every level possible.
equally excellent experiencewould request if you could please share slides of all the courses it will help for future reference
The course provided exemplary knowledge and enabled development of practical skills.
Disorganized.
It is a comprehensive one covering breadth of IoT and related concepts
He teaches even worse then me. This course has no practical example. It's just introduction(from start to end).When I enrolled in this course I was expecting that at the end of this course I will be able to develop an app or anything like that. But know I think that I have just wasted my time.
A Very good course to get the basic understanding of IoT & AR!Thank you.
It was usefull
Great course for IoT.
C
instructor is just reading out slides hence, it's not that exciting to watch the lectures. Just can read through slides to complete it
Thank you for the content and for making it short. It was useful.
Descriptive, easy to understand concept, simple language was the highlight of the lectures. More examples on aspects that are complex would be highly appreciated.
Great way to start with IOT
Good introduction, but not enough details.
Thanks.
Very interesting. The augmented reality will change the nature of being a modern human. The technology is complex and multi-layered, but is laid out in this course in a high-level understandable way.
Not the best one on coursera. Included many details that are not really relevant and quizes just checked if you memorized it.
It's so impression on the introduction of Augmented Reality. The content is easy for a new enter.
Excellent , very well explained topics
The information was useful. Particularly the one regarding AR. Though I believe it was too generic in some issues and too technical in some issues without explaining more or less what was meant (e.g. when talking about the maths behind AR)
Perfect theorethial intensive on IoT and AR basics.
updated , easy to understand and great professor combination all of those quality make this course one of the best courses i ever take it
Could have been better!! Should explain, not just read out the presentation. Anyone can do that.
A great course for introduction to IoT.
this course was very helpful to me? nice AR
great course indeed!
one AR lecture is 20 minutes, nearly fell asleep...
No need for videos if all the teacher does is reading his slides.
Could have been presented in a better way.
Prof is simply reading from slides. No value-added
good one to understand the basic concept of the AR and IoT. the explaination is superficial and definite exatly the way its needed just to get a basic insight into the concepts...
This course was a little tough especially that AR is a new technology to me. A learning curve was a little step, but I got it!
Had fun with this course. Precise, concise & the content is cutting edge & juicy!
It's a 2 week course that's not particularly difficult or creative with the assessments.
Easy to understand and better with technological knowledge
fascinating course learned a lot.
I really wouldn't call this a course, just an overview of VR & AR technologies and really general principle of work for AR. It took be less than an hour to watch everything and pass the tests.
The content is interesting but the presentation can be improved so that audience will not fall asleep easily.
it was short but gave a crisp overview of the technology.liked it...
Good introduction
It help me to get the basics of IOT and AR.
This course is one of the few lesser courses I've seen on Coursera, since the course instructor has shown little commitment to course material preparation compared to other course instructors. He reads off the bullet points on the powerpoint slides without any elaboration. This seems to be part of an introductory specialization to emerging technologies. Yet merely stating keywords without explaining them makes the learning process very difficult for learners new to the fields. With the video lecture length totaling at ~1.5 hours, this "course" clearly needs to have more materials. A learner should not be tricked into paying $39 for an 1.5 hour reading of powerpoint slides.I have watched a few video lectures of the other courses in this specialization, and the presentation of material reflects problems aforementioned.Please considerably improve this course or remove this specialization from course catalog. It's not fair for us learners and other course providers who want to revolutionize online learning experience.
A good introduction but fairly simple for someone who already has some basis.
Very poor .........Never expected this from COURSERA. The person is just reading the slides, there is no learning action taking place
good for learning and intresting
A good introduction! Thanks!
The part of IoT is great.
its great
Wonderful explanation and concepts were made easy to understand. Though a little more examples and application oriented lectures could be included.
good overview of the subject.great for introduction to the domain and understand what and how...migth not be enough if you want to go deep into it
Clear and concise overview!
Very good introduction to Internet of things and Augmented reality.My time was worth doing the courseThank you !!
The materials of the course are very good, and the presentation is of high quality.A drawback is the lecturer seams follows too close to the slides, so that he looks like reading the written words only.
Its very interesting, excellent topics and content!Thank you
very useful course
Very good explanations and references for this course. I learned a lot of intersting stuffs.
excellent course. Just met some guys setting up and AR business in NYC. I now understand what they are selling ans hoping to make a impact on business
Goog Introduction to Internet of Things & Augmented Reality Emerging Technologies, I expected a little more
All the information discussed were already present in the slides. Poor presentation throughout the course. An However, interesting connection between the Internet of Things, and Augmented Reality.
very basic overview. Outdated in some way when it comes e.g. on AR feature extraction methods
A good introductory course to IoT and AR technologies
Thanks for this wonderful course.
Good Course
This was a great course - Only suggestion would be to add more acronym definition information for the layperson like me :0)
It would help if there are case studies, practical examples.
Slide show with good information about the domain, but nothing practical.
less interactive
Very interesting and informati
Interesting course!
Very good overview of the key technologies
Excelent course, important information, easy to understand. Thanks a lot for your help.
Interesting & Informative.
Awesome course, the concepts are explained with a great level of simplicity. Slides are excellently plotted. I recommend this course to every IT professional.
Very well laid out and understandable.
Good Slides, I learned a lot of IoT and AR, specially IoT.Unfortunately, the Professor only reads the slides. I was expecting more from Yonsei University
Good introductory information.
So Basic and only useful for common knowledge not something for a specialization
Very good and easy to follow. Lectures are complete with all information needed and quizzes are appropriately challenging.
Very basic
Amazing course.
Much expected from this course, but this course is not up to the mark.
Very interesting!
This course is bit disappointing because of the way it has been presented. Ideally the speaker should focus on detailing the points highlighted in the slides but in this course the speaker is just passing on the same information which are there on slides without adding much value. Although i was deeply interested in this subject and would look forward to the revised version of the same.
Very motivating and good.
Nice to see these videos about new technologies.
Cool!
Very informative and helpful. With all due respect, I just want to give some suggestion as a learner. I think the course should include some self study materials for student and every topic should include more information and example. Just reading the slides isn't always helpful. Thanks.
Not that interesting.Many buzz words little knowledge
+ Very interesting course about emerging technologies; makes one understand the basics of IoT and AR interaction as well as functioning+ No electrical engineering background necessary+ Academic and supportive sources presented at the end of each lesson- Not very entertaining
Interesting material produced and comprehensive information but the lecture itself is mostly slide reading
Just what I have been looking for.It is a basic course, where the teacher reads out loud what is shown on the page and adds some comments. The information is correct and useful, I really liked it.
very Informative of latest technologies
Great... I liked it
course is somewhat efficient because the instructor is keep on reading the slides and nothing more than that!! thats it!
The proffessor only reads the slides and do nothing more. No technical explanation included, only some keyword provided.
Quite informative but could have better with some practical knowledge and practical homeworks.
It was a great pleasure to join the lectures and be a part of this course.
Introduction is fine. But was less interactive. Found instructor reading slides only throughout the lecture which was boring and less interesting. Like other Coursera course i found it boring whatever text on slide i learnt but nothing interactive and practical. Just a slide reading. Very much theoretical. Disappointed
Not useful, learned very little from it.
Basic but interesting and informative
Very interesting course, where lots of useful ideas is presented. I'm just wondering how many apps can be developed for example to the industry like process control, electricalenergy technology and so on.
Completely not what I've expected, too theoretical without examples and explanations..
Really good explanation of IoT and AR. This course gave me a basic knowledge of all those things.
I expected a little more from this.
This is an interesting course to have a basic idea about Augmented Reality.
Good course!!!Help me to know about IoT and AR...
I am sure this is really nice material to kick start AR/VR.
The professor just read the slides (and most of the slide and content are repetitive.) The content of the entire course can be studied in less than 3 hour (so did the other courses of this Specialization.) It's not a good course and I think it's not worth to purchase these classes.
This instructor reads of a script! He rushes through the hard things and slows through the easy things!
non-rich course!
Great course for those looking for a fast-track brief on IoT and AR. The course offers a very quick and concise view of both IoT and AR technologies and their industry applications.Some of the basic architecture for both IoT and AR is very useful information for future reference and for accelerated learning.However, some of the training content (only about 10%) may be better absorbed with some formal knowledge of communication and networking systems. To state a couple of examples - IoT talks about 'packet' distribution which is a core networking topic and anyone with no prior background may struggle to fully grasp it. Similarly, some of the technicalities of image scanning in AR could have been left out in my opinion. Having said that, none of these 'technical' aspects figure in the course quiz, which limits to testing basic functional understanding, which is what the course aims to teach.
Lots of slides reading, but content is good intro into the field and breaks down the applications real well.
awesome couse gives a clear view of the IOT snd AR.thank you MR.JONG-MOON CHUNG Sir...................
Very basic and the guy in the video was just reading out things on slides which made it boring
Augmented Reality Technology is now being used in simulators as well. No mention about this application was provided.
Interesting, i learnt a lot about the new used technologies.
Interesting information, but the presentation of it is poor. The speaker is almost entirely reading from the Powerpoint presentation you're being shown - they could have let you download that and you wouldn't have missed out on anything, really. Disappointing.
An excellent way to finish off the specialisation. There were a couple of kinks but as I was in the first class to complete this, these weren't material and didn't hinder my progress. Don't underestimate the time it takes to complete the project to a satisfactory level, the courses leading up to this took a lot of time and this is no different. Writing a complete business plan and also reviewing others are new skills that I believe will serve my career well. A great primer for an MBA and it really gave me confidence in the University of London as an institution.
My journey continue, this is my fourth step. Learning a lot with the professors I'm honoured to work.
Genuine course, which makes budding journalists aware about the dangers involved, dedication required, & precautions to be taken, as well as importance of business aspect in journalism.
Excellent course if anyone wants to take up Journalism in the future.
Great course, educational and fun as well.
This course is so good and educating.
Very good! There's room for improvement in the assignments, especially the quizzes that have simple questions and some have only one.
Thoughtful
Thank you for sharing the Course. The course provides clear guidance and always reminding how important it is to be an ethical journalist. With the assignments for each lesson at each week push us to be more creative in ideas of preparing and planning news and types of resources.Appreciate, and hoping that Coursera will always be there for us who look forward to update and learn knowledge that can help us in compete with the current always changing world, the same time as Coursera will keep on updating and considering on the comments/reviews from your Learners.Would be great if the courses presented could be totally affordable and free for all :)
A basic course into ethics, principles etc of a journalist. Assignments are straight forward and interesting.
I really enjoyed this class because it really hit on international issues for those who are abroad.
I am so excited to begin a wonderful free lance career in Journalism. This course has given me the tools and knowledge to grow and achieve the respect of a professional Journalist.
The Course was Too Good , A good understanding for the Project Management in terms of business thinking , It seemed that phase of classes was little bit fast , recommend to add more guest lectures,interviews to be tucked along within the course relevant to concepts. Waterfall model was one missing , after earning cert i feel that under eminent dean emeritus classes the time spent and effort is all worthy.
Great course! Very clear even for non IT guys!
It was more of generic project management course than an IT project management course. The content was also too much quantitative based in nature than qualitative. More experience based learning would have been useful.
I think the teacher has opportunity areas in terms of keeping the audience engage...
Though the course teaches you IT project management in a crisp way, but I felt that it was a little too fast paced.
Dr. Chuck is always a pleasure to listen to. Also, it's amazing that he actually got to experience all those monumental milestones in his life, by being in the right place at the right age.
Very nice and exciting course. The security part is very important and promising. Thanks.
Dr.Chuck is really a good teacher and a good mentor, the first lesson I learned from him was Python, and this(IHTS) is the second one, really want to say thank you face to face with Dr.Chuck and really want to join the office hours, but whatever I want to say thanks again to Dr.Chuck and Coursera, for all knowledges you gave me, thanks!
I really liked this course , I only rated it 4 stars, because I think the history part was too big
Excellent course! I have learned a lot. A good resource of information who is not IT professional.
Excellent and Interactive Course...
Excellent teacher
Very informative course that explains how a lot of the things we see today were created.
I really appreciate Dr Chuck using the creative way to teach us the history of internet.
thanks for cousera a lot,i love the teacher ,and i will start a new course
Really enjoyed the class and learnt lots. Very well explained.
Great course for all people who meet for first time with this science with very charismatic instructor. Highly recommended.
Dr. Chuck does it again!
great course! awesome,i have learned many of the things from this coursei would like to thanks dr. chuck tell about these studies
Interesting material presented in a captivating way. There are a lot of interviews with people who were involved in designing and implementing the technologies that constitute the modern internet. Highly recommend.
Many valuable informations ! very informative
It is an excellent experience and it shows the effort of the teacher. Thanks a lot.
Fascinating. I loved the interviews (pioneers that are now known to broad public).
Super interesting, particularly as got into the internet in during some of this era, felt like time travel. Especially appreciated the interviews with the web /security pioneers, brings the topic to life. Thanks Dr Chuck!
Very informative course, it gave me a broad understanding of the world and how it stands in the age of the internet.
Great course to understand the basic knowledge of internet technology!
Great course, amazing teacher and a walk through history of internet. 100% recommend
Great course. I learned a lot from it.
Really great!
Very interesting, history is always important.
Great course. Fun and compelling. Have learned quite a bit. Thank you, Chuck.
Amazing! Highly recommended
Very good course, taught by a very good teacher. Thanks for this.
Just Awesome, key lectures on the internet.
A well-designed and informative course with just the right amount of goofiness
Amazing course, highly recommended
Dr. Chuck's lessons are well thought out, easy to understand and wonderfully created. The way he connects the history of the internet to our daily lives is eloquently articulated and fun to follow. I think it is astounding that he was able to get personal interviews with key players in the development of the modern day internet and integrate them with his lessons. Overall, I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to learn a little more about this magical thing we all take for granted every day, the internet. Thanks Dr.Chuck! :)
Prof. Chuck Severance is great!
Informative and fun course.
Perfect and Dr Chuck makes that course so interresting...Thanks Dr CHUCK !
Great course!And also my first online course,I really had fun!
good for those who gets start to learn the internet, also helpful to clear up knowledge while reading relevant books.but some of the courses are still a little bit messy to me, which need to be learnt by myself further after class
I lived through the later part of the internet history, starting Engineering school in 1990. I remember using Gopher, and thinking it was terrible. I remember usenet groups, and emailing, and then eventually learning about the www. This course put that in an historical context, and explained the details of many of the internet technical aspects that I'd assumed and/or taken for granted. Very enjoyable!
Loved learning about the history of internet, how it evolved, and the culture of the groups that developed it! Security chapters were so much fun where we got to practice decryption and encryption. Eddie the cat was cute too!
Very interesting course. The instructor is really helpful and knowledgeable person. Someone interested in internet should take this course. It's awesome and fun to learn.Best of luck!!!
Very good and a must for all the people interested on IT and Telecommunications field!
Dr. Chuck is the best. This course is just wonderful.
Dr. Chuck has created a great course for those interested in learning the basics of Internet History, technology, and security, that is approachable even for those who aren't well versed in computer science.
The title says it all. Great overview of the history, technology, and security of internet. From the title and the nature of these lecture type courses I was worried it would be boring, but not with Dr. Chuck :) He brings all of the concepts down to earth and help us understand them thoroughly at the same time. Highly recommended for everyone, especially non CS majors jumping into programming!
The course provide me useful knowledge. Thanks alot sir.
Fascinating, useful
I learned a lot about the under pinning of the internet and how various things worked together on it.
I had a lot of fun learning with Dr SEVERANCE, the content of the course effectively covers the three topics of History, Technology and Security, is nicely organized, and very accessible for someone without a scientific background.
very good to know how all the things internet related appeared
Good introduction to how internet works.
The best course to know about the Internet History.
Dr. Chuck is a wonderful teacher. His delivery is superlative. Love the choice of videos too. They really add to the experience. I bought the course book and found it to be very helpful. Thank you Dr. Chuck and Go Blue!
This course was really good, I learn alot and share things with staff members.
wonderful course!!!!!
thank you for this course, it's great
Excellent course, classes are not boring, the teacher is great.
Great, informative and engaging
Gives most needed information on how IT developed at the beginning
Wonderfull course! the way it explains the layer is just perfect!
Great course!!
Great Course
Informative, interesting and great presentation. A must do for everybody!
I had so many "a-ha moments" in this class. I recommend for anyone interested in how the Internet works and why. The interviews with the people that were there at the moment of create really helped not just to humanize this historic achievement, but also to provide context. Well done!
Excellent courseAll networking professionals should take this course once in life
I am only on Week 3 of this course and so far I am thoroughly enjoying it. The videos are informative and well put together. Very interesting to learn about the history of the internet and how it has evolved. I currently work for an smaller ISP in Northern Alberta and after stumbling into this job, I ended up loving networking and computers. This really helps with an introduction to some fundamental concepts of the internet. Thank you for providing this course.
Thanks. I have learned a lot. :)
Excellent course on the history of computers, computer networks, world wide web and a brief introduction into PKI. The interviews with the different "founding fathers" of previous topic is marvelous. To hear how the "Old School Heroes" brought us the technology and products of the technology is actually quite mesmerizing. Super Course!
Dr Chuck's lessons are well-paced and easy to understand!
The IHTS course was so much fun with learning. It has given me insight into the huge amount of work that has gone in by so many innovators and other people to use the internet.Dr. Chuck is really cool and makes tough topics so interesting and easy to understand. Hats off to the whole Coursera team for all the work that has been put in to make this course available. Many Thanks for this interesting learning experience.
The subject of this course is interesting, and is presented in an informative way. The interviews that are scattered throughout the lessons are a combination of extended learning and a break, and are very educational. Overall, a great course.
Fascinating interviews of the bright minds that were involved with the early computers, networks, and internet.
Simple and effective!
Very nice course. The teacher is great. Thanks Chuck!
Interesting course. Very informative and very well done. Thank you
Dr. Chuck is the best!! The interviews with the Grandfathers and Innovators of the Internet are AWESOME! I highly recommend this class to everyone, you will definitely enjoy it tremendously.
The video collection in the course is so awesome and is overall so well structured, that once you start watching , you are going to stop only when you are done with the complete course.
It was really good and informative to know about history of Internet and people who invented it. Really nice!
learn lots of things that is help full for my core subject networking and communication...thanks to my instructor.
Dr. Charles Severance is one of the best teacher I ever had classes. Please continue with this remarkable job, and congrats from Brazil.
Great fun, thank you!
Dr. Charles Severance is by far the best Computer Science professor out there!!! I've done a significant amount of online Computer Science courses -as well as classroom courses back in college - and not one professor has been as fun and easy to understand as Chuck. He puts presents every topic in such a way that you're never scared off thinking "i'll never understand this stuff." He make computers and everything technical make sense. I've basically binge-watched almost every lecture/course he's headed up. He makes learning fun and seems like he's be a really fun guy to get to hang with. Thanks Dr. Chuck for your love of teaching, you're the best!
This was a wonderful course, fast-paced and a ton of interesting history. I'm very glad that I took it. If you're at all interested in how we've gotten to the place we're at, I definitely recommend this.
A lot of the assessments for the "history" section of the course are needless factual-item recall, and not very cognitively challenging or engaging. The combination of history/technology/security could be more tightly integrated, it feels like three discrete courses just merged together into one. Good material overall, just not sure the scale/scope is appropriate to one course.
Informative and fun!
Interesting and good overview of the internet and how it works.
Very good course, helps with an overview, history and bases of internet.
Very interesting course
This is SUCH A GOOD COURSE. It got me interested in working in network and database security. Good teacher. Good supplemental materials.
Excellent teacher! He explains everything very clearly and the course material is awesome (the interviews are simply unbeatable)
Thanks for a great course, Dr Chuck!
It was a very very helpful course for me. Many many thank Coursera, University of Michigan & the Professor.
Great course. It gives a good understanding of how the internet works and where it comes from. I really enjoy the interviews with people that lay the foundations of the internet.
Very informative course if you want to learn the basics of internet technology and security.
Just awesome!
Fantastic! Dr. Chuck's courses are the best!
This course is engaging, highly informative, fun, and just the right amount of challenge. Each section (History, Technology, and Security) is taught one at a time. There is a lot of ground covered without it becoming overwhelming.The extra videos available to watch give you more of a background of the history of the internet.Given the important role that the Internet and computers play in our everyday lives, having this background knowledge and basic understanding of how things work is vital.Dr. Chuck is clearly enthusiastic about the subject matter, and it shows.
I've learned so many good things i did not know about internet, it's just so amazing to look back in the history and find out how much effort people put into practice to build what we call today internet , Absolutely a great course!, Absolutely a great course!
Good guide to how the Internet developed, very well presented.
Excellent class and the information was presented clearly and the comments from guests were great.
The course was interesting and low maintenance. The lectures could have been snappier and more to the point.
Was very, very usefull and totally worth the time, energy to watch the videos, do the quizes. Dr. Chuck is a really great person, easy to understand. Recommend this class for everybody whose a little interested in the making of the biggest innovation in the 20th century.
Great mentor, many interesting materials! It's so cool to study Internet!
I really enjoyed the information shared in this course. Great history and understanding of how we are where we are today, and the hidden brains behind the journey
Learnt a lot of stuff and had a great time! thank you Dr.Chuck
I learned so much and have now a much better understanding of the history and technology of the internet. And it was fun, too! Thank you!
Interesting from the basics to the (optional) details, taught and brought with fun and passion
Great info! Well-structured course!Thank you!
Dr. Chuck is awesome. He makes that hard and difficult technical stuff really recognisable.
The course is highly informative, engaging and overall very well-designed.
Awesome course
I found this to be more a 'have fun' improve your general knowledge course than something a bit more focused like learning to program in a particular language.Having said that this is probably the single course on Coursera in which I have had the most genuine fun. The topic if just fantastic and the videos from so many of the key players is just incredibly interesting.
Excellent history of the web. The videos with such key players in the development of the internet are priceless direct sources for future generations.
Stunning! An absolute must for everyone to grasp how the internet "works"!
Great course for any student interested in how the Internet come to be, and the people/technology behind it.
Very good course for beginners with interest in information technology.
Really enjoyed each session. It was really informative
Great course!
The course is very enlightening and easy to follow.
This is an extremely important course. I would love to see it taught in high schools or in the first year of university. We should all understand how the Internet was developed and how it functions.
Very nice and intersting course! I recommend to everyoneCongrats Dr. Chuck!
Thank you sir for taking the time to interview all these amazing people.
Doctor Chuck provides a great background for anyone who wishes to learn more about the history of the web and how security online works.
Great course, lots of interesting information and course materials, and a charismatic professor too.
Great course with a great teacher! I recommend it for people that like Networks and Security!
Really an interesting class. I gained some really useful knowledge about how the internet works and I am anything but a computer person. Great class!
Dr. Charles Severance does a great job explaining the course and giving passion to the facts.I plan to watch the lectures again for mere enjoyment.
Love this course!
Great course . Very Informative. Provides a great in depth understanding of the Internet.
Great! Dr. Chuck is wonderful presenter!
A really interesting and relevant course. Replayable and pause-able video lectures are obviously the way to go. The software-driven transcription of the lectures is useful but needs a lot of reformatting and some error correction (this process is not a bad learning tool in its own right!)
great use of the online media for teaching. I felt like I was in the class with Chuck!
Excellent overview on the history of the Internet, the technology that it consists of and how security measures started and are currently being utilized. The professor, Dr. Chuck Severance, is excellent in his ability to teach and show passion for the subject. Overall, a great course to take for beginners and professionals alike.
Love it :)
After all these years I can understand TCP/IP layers and public/private key encryption. It was easy with Dr Chuck!!!
A really great primer for a very vast topic. Awesome!
Love Dr. Chuck! He made the class both fun and highly informative.
Really fun, learned a lot about Technology
This is brilliant lecture i have ever had. Glad to be the learner of this lesson.
This course is awesome. Great to learn a bit more about the history of the tool we use most nowadays.
A fun journey through the history and structure of the internet. This is a thorough but brief introduction. Well worth your time to check out if you're interested in history, technology, programming or just finding out something new. The diversity of interviews is impressive, although there is overlap with Dr. Chuck's other courses.
it's really great to joined this course. it was an intro from all kind of internet history, technology and security, but it's open my eyes that what we consume almost everyday right now was comes from bunch of brilliant person ever lived in this world. And i'm very motivated to know more and more about this stuff. "sharing is caring". Thank you coursera and michigan university, for bringing up this course.And.., Dr. Chuck..!. You are awesome and amaziiing lecturer. i hope someday you going to go to jakarta- Indonesia for another coursera business hours.. :). and let me know if that's happen..Thanks COURSERA.... :* :*
Recommended(!!!!) to everyone who wants to understand where the greatest invention ever came from...I am more than 10 15 years in the Telecommunication and work with a Tier1 SP/ISP in the market found a LOT of new and interesting things. This is amazing follow up of the people and the events in the Internet history.Thank you Dr. Charles Severance for hard work to make this course such interesting to watch.
Wonderful Course....
I didn't really understand a lot of concepts
Great high level overview. Dr. Chuck tells a great story and is very engaging and humorous throughout. I enjoyed it.
helped me to learn a lot about internet security
The course is very interesting, even for IT pros.
I strongly recommend this course, it is very well explained. very engaging.
Very nice course, well explained with a lot of information. The additional Video´s of the interviews are really cool to watch!
This was my first course that I completed with Coursera. The highlight was the lecturer Chuck Severance whose relaxed style and sense of humour made it that much more worthwhile. My only regret was that he had the Office Hours in London on the day of The World Cup Rugby final-now imagine that in the States!!- for American Football. All in all an excellent course- more of Prof Severance please!
Exceptional research and story behind the making of the internet.
i think its good
Dr. Chuck was awesome. I found the course very informative and definitely entertaining at times. 5 stars
Give a broad overview of Internet, seems good
Excellent course and teacher!!
very good course. Lot of information, in simplified way and a great opportunity to watch interviews of genius computer scientists.
Very Interesting. Learnt a lot.Enjoyed the interviews with central characters to the story
Bets the courses of Coursera designed by of Dr.Chuck :)
It was a really fun course. I Learn a ton even though was already familiar with the topics covered.
its awesome thank you very much for collecting all of this useful information
Great course!i loved it!so interesting, great teaching, funny, smart, help me understand the internet much better.thank you so much!
I am an English language professor. I took this course for "fun"--my BA minor was in history and I am a curious person.I love this course and Dr. Chuck! The way he explains things is "IN ENGLISH!!" I mean that the way he explains things makes sense to a non-literate IT person. In addition, the content is both interesting and informative. The structure of the course is easy to follow. I have taken a few courses where I was not sure what I was supposed to do next, but not in this course.Frankly, I prefer a course where I take quizzes. Projects can be educational and interesting and sometimes necessary to the course content, but I am working 40 to 60 hours a week and don't always have time for courses with projects--and those are the courses I have not completed. I liked just taking quizzes about the content.So far, this has been the best course I have taken in Coursera. And I have already signed up for a second course with Dr. Chuck and the University of Michigan.
Additionally to the very interesting and useful content proposed in this course, I have found it very much enjoyable and pleasant thanks to the talent of Dr. Chuck. Thanks a lot Dr. Chuck you are really a wonderful person and I hope to meet you in person one day.
This way of learning is much prefered and enjoyable! Thank You
This is an amazing course. I love it! The topic is already interesting but the instructor makes it a top class. He makes us re-live the history of computing and the internet so we can feel what it was likeThank you so much for offering the class on coursera.
It was great to learn the history of different technologies with which I work daily. Understand the context in which they were created, helps develop the reasoning to use them.
Dr. Chuck is by f
Really enjoyable and makes you appreciate how far we have come in such a short time.
A great course about "old" technics about communication in it.
Great course to get an idea how internet developed and to have a foundation to look deeper. Thanks for it!
Thank you for the course. Very informative. It was the first time I finished the course.
A very fun, well taught, and insightful course looking at internet basics.
Dr chuck is the best at explaining things. The course is really interesting and the base for many new technologies. I would like to attend any course offered by Dr Chuck. Thanks.
Great course
Awesome course
Great course!
This was a very informative course!! Thank you for the opportunity.
I am so excited about the course, i am sure since the week 1 that deserves 5 stars.
This course is a must for anyone who wants to understand the fundamentals of how the internet works. The content, videos, and the teachings of Dr. Charles severance are just great, very precise and to the point with real life examples and interviews. It has been much more than what I had imagined and expected. Thanks very much Dr. Charles Severance and Coursera for a great course.
A excellent overview of Internet History, the underlying technology and a quick tour of SSL/TLS. The interviews with some key folks of internet folklore was an added advantage. Highly recommended.
I enjoyed learning more about the technology we take for granted and how we got to where we're at. I thought Dr. Chuck presented the material in a very relatable and engaging manner and I would recommend other courses offered by him. Thank you for the education!
Lots of fun learned alot.
Excellent course for learning about the history of computers, how the Internet came to be and evolved as well as its inner workings and various security technologies around it (all explained perfectly for the non-technical savvy individuals).
Great Course :)
Videos are poorly edited (too much blank space, the bullet points are not clearly visible, there is no narrative or discursive structure, the diagrams are not clear, and the interviews are raw and unedited). Sessions are too long and include too much irrelevant information. The little useful information there is, is not structured clearly and thus it's harder to learn. The material for the first 3 weeks resemble more to someone talking about "the good ol' days" rather than a properly thought-out history class. I had to leave the course as I found it to be a waste of my time, and I am glad I decided not to pay for a certificate for it. My expectations were a lot higher for a University course.
This was my first course on Coursera and it was awesome. A great journey of 10 weeks with Dr. Chuck filled with lots of learning and enjoyment. Keep coming up with more such courses. All the best Dr. Chuck and Coursera Team.Regards,Abhishek
Excelent course. Dr. Chuck is just amazing. Congratulations!!
Excellent course, learned more about the internet (how it works, its history, etc) here than ANYWHERE else. Thank you!
awesome and informative course
The course was absolutely what we need and understand the Cyber Security from a course. Special thank you to Professor Dr Chuck he made Easy to understand the subject and all useful information. Always to the point. The online presentation was excellent and dealt with all the relevant information needed to understand why IT Security is so important to the individual and also employers. The course explained the InfoSec mechanics, I would also like to say that the course was presented in such a way that most if not all people would understand every single section covered. So, a highly recommended course which anybody would enjoy and gain great knowledge.
Playful and uncluttered with good hints for deeper study. Superb interviews with extraordinary people of internet era.
Absolutely love this course, I remember when the internet was becoming a big thing.
Really interesting, good questions,great topic.
Very good! There is a lot of history that isn't readily available from other sources, and the combined, overall view is what it makes this course additionaly valuable.
Awsome Class
Fascinating course about how the internet developed and how security works. Seeing interviews with some of the prime movers and developers in this field was particularly rewarding. The encryption exercises were great fun too.
Both fun and informative.
I've been working on the Internet since before there was a WWW, so I didn't necessarily expect to learn much, but in fact this was highly informative. The history part was mostly familiar, but it was helpful to have everything laid out clearly on a timeline. The technology and security portions did a great deal to clarify my previously vague understandings of how things work.And, I especially liked the "graduation ceremony" at the end. This is the first MOOC I've taken that included a graduation, and it was a nice touch.
Final exam was a little bit too much, but maybe it would have been easier, if I hadn't binge-learned the material. Anyway, thanks Dr. Chuck. Always a pleasure.
Good stuff. Informative overview and fun teacher
I thought this was a good foundation course, providing a great introduction to how the internet came into being, how it actually works and the basic security processes.
Outstanding. Can't wait to start my next class with Dr. Chuck!
Great course and great tutor. Provides with great background to Internet history and present.
Great content and well paced lectures
Dr. Chuck is a great teacher. This was my first Coursera course, and I am super happy!Thanks! I learned a lot, and enjoyed it!
Excellent course! It's a great way to learn how all the web started and to know a lot of people who actually made it possible.
Perhaps it's just that I'm not a part of the target audience of this course, but I am deeply dissatisfied with it. Aside from a couple of rare interviews and old video records [which admittedly were very interesting, though too few], I found nothing of value that cannot be learned by reading Wikipedia or other easily accessible sources. The course is pretty light on technical details and there could [and perhaps should] have been much more beyond-the-scenes content, as well as references to specific documents and events in order to justify this course's existence.In other words, if you are a techie and are indeed interested in this topic, chances are that you already know most of the material taught.
Nice teacher and very interesting information that makes easy to understand nowadays technology,
Love it, easy to follow, great lecture. !
Dear Dr Chuck (If you're reading this)Firstly thank you so much. I am currently in my 3rd year of B.E in Information Technology and wish that networking was taught to me like this from the start. Not just how we use protocols, standards and Layers but the reason and history of their existence. It was a lovely experience even though I didn't maximize any of your tests. Just a few things that I thought you could have covered in the course. From the first internet to the web servers and world wide web, you covered all aspects of the currently visible web. However we know that the internet is not only limited to that. If you would've given an insight on how the the deep/dark web came into being, that in my mind would cover every portion of the net today.Regardless of that, it was a lovely course and I really admire your way of teaching !However I still have no clue how I could have answered the number of hops from Michigan to Harvard !
Dr Chuck is great!
This course gave me great insights into the evolution of the internet, computer networks. Interview videos of people behind all the magic is an excellent collection and it is really informative to comprehend the big picture. I am very happy that I enrolled into this course and I am enjoying it.
Excellent course, extremely engaging and so well composed!
Fantastic course. Provides a good insight into the development of modern internet over the last few decades
A great introduction.
I am Sociologist, and I wanted to have a broad view of what is Internet. Thanks, you have helped me a lot.
Excellent course, good level and well tutored. Worth the time and effort.
This course is amazing. Dr. Chuck is a great teacher. He explains complex notions in such a way that even a five year old can understand it.
This course enables you to have basic knowledge into the what we call the internet, how it started, what technologies, protocols and how much research work has gone into the internet. also gives you an insight into the security aspect of the web which i believe every learned person should know.
Great mix of video's from first-hand experts; white-boarding and lecture. Well done!
Great at teaching the basics of Internet. Quizzes should be more challenging. I liked very much the videos.
An educational and useful course, very enjoyable.
Excellent course! This with content brought by the tech Giants themselves. All of which is clearly explained and elaborated upon by Dr. Chuck. Ever wondered who invented JavaScript? How and why? You'll find out here and many more.This all brought in the right flexible and mobile format for me
This course was great! It was also my first MOOC! It cleared up a lot of the things that were blurry before. I especially enjoyed the Security part, which I deal with tangentially at work and I could never quite grasp the concepts, but now I do.Thank you very much, Dr. Chuck and the team!
As a programmer and web developer, I find this course to be the missing piece from my bulk of knowledge about the web.
Video quality is poor. The content is quite interesting, but while navigating, the quality of the video disturbs me. It would be better, if you can upgrade this.
Excellent - tough, but fair. Very informational, and Dr. Chuck kept it moving. I recommend it highly.
This course should DEFINITELY offer an Statement of Accomplishment! It's awesome!!
Great course
goood i know more about internet history
I was a great course!
Funny lessons and interesting commencement
Amazing course, very informative and well-structured. Dr Chuck is really fun and makes learning pleasant.Additional sources are given throughout the course,a lot of trivia to discover...Really satisfied with this course overall.Thank you!
Great course! I learned a lot.
Nice course! Provides a good basis in understanding the Internet, where it originated from and how it works. Mr. Severance is an excellent tutor and I really liked his videos and keynotes. He makes the material come to live.
Just awesome. Don't hesitate to enroll.
It is awesome to watch interviews, data, knowledge of the people who designed all the marvelous Internet world that we have now.
Wonderful course, delivered in a very fun way by Dr. Chuck. Enjoyed it, although it got slightly dry in places. Really loved how this course incorporated interviews with famous minds of the technology world so we can understand how they thought and what problems they were trying to solve.
Great teacher
I learned a lot about *how* the internet works, which makes this course totally worth the time I spent on it.
Very interesting servem course. No computer programming or math required.
Interesting, well-organized, and unique.
A very informative and fun course. Thank you very much.
Dr. Chuck is great!!
Cool.
Dr. Chuck demonstrates excellent teaching skills - botourse and didactics
Very well structured course,enjoyed a lot learning from this course.
This is a decorative and interesting course! Plus its taught by a former-tv-host; Very exciting and self-enhance entertaining!
Great introduction and background to the Internet!
So much insights in the history of Internet!!!
Very interesting, full of interesting people as well, Dr. Chuck conducts you to a unknown world of the History of the Internet interviewing not just people, but the mere protagonists of it!
Nice course,good video'sive been int he IT since 84 and seen most of it...
Great course full of good info.
I would say one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had in my online learning so far. Even though, I hold a MSc in Computer and Information Network I was very pleased to actually hear some really interesting and insightful stories from the Internet era! I would recommend this course to anybody who has a basic understanding of Internet technologies or even more advanced and experienced individual who simply seeks for a new challenge to refresh his knowledge! Jump in! You will be surprised how often we assume we know things that we have not really heard of!
I loved this course that was my very first to follow in 2013 (and one of the first best courses available). Charles Severance brings us into the deep, fascinating and complex history of a tool that we so commonly use nowadays.Really a must-study to understand better our world and how all that thing works.
Very interesting content, good level of difficulty each week, and very entertaining teacher!
Very interesting course for novice to experts. I found a lot of great ideas and solutions very useful for everyday life in computing science.
Professor Charles Severance is very clear on his lectures, making this a wonderful course!
Internet History, Technology, and Security is a GREAT course! I learned a ton. The professor's presentation style was perfect for me. He is obviously very passionate about how awesomely innovative the Internet was in the early years of the Internet. This class has inspired in me a HUGE appreciation for all the geniuses who contributed to the Internet and WWW. I recommend this course to anyone, no matter their level of prior education. I will definitely try to take more courses from this professor, and I will probably take this course again in the future to refresh my understanding.
Good course and I loved it.
It was more historical than I expected. Gave me some new and interesting knowledge especially in security topic.
is very useful and interesting
One of the strongest cases for enrolling in this course is that it will really help to round out the student's understanding and background of how and why computers work the way they do.The history portion is presented in a really accessible and palatable way, and it looks like it is a thorough job. Charles Severance knows his computers! I started reading Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner because of his interview with her that he includes in the course materials, and it complements the course completely.The quizzes also do a good job of making sure you've retained the important points and are following along.
it is really good, what turing has been done for the british government and all history of internet...................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well done..keep it up......all coursera team......!!thank you for all your time and sharing valuable information with us....!Thank you....!!
This course is quite interesting for people who want to understand the development of the biggest network in the world - the Internet, understand the basics of network-related technology, and security techniques for digital transaction. However, the review questions are fairly easy.
Very insightful and interesting to see how the Internet came about from its humble beginnings in academic circles.
Very enjoyable course. If you have any interests in computers and how stuff like the internet works behind the scenes, I would invite you to take this course. DO IT!!!
Great course that taught me a lot about the background of computer science.
This was an excellent course. Very interesting and informative. Dr. Chuck is an exceptional instructor. I highly recommend all of his courses.
Interesting!
I loved this course! The professor did a great job explaining the history of the internet and more importantly the reasons behind a lot of the actions. I highly recommend this class for anyone that wants to know more about how a lot of today's technology works.
Very good content, explains in a simple way technical things, making far easier to understand everything, it's also fun because it shows the history from the eyes of people that actually made it happen.
Really enjoyed this course and great thanks Charles Severance and whole team who has developed this course.
Really interesting material on the inner workings of the internet and how it came about. Would recommend it to anyone with an interest in computers and networking. Content is very engaging and pitched at a level that even a non computer scientist like myself finds it e
Wonderful course for non-technical people!
Dr. Chuck is an excellent guide and quite entertaining. I learned much more than I had anticipated.
Really interesting to get the information directly from the people who invented it all!
It's an excellent introduction to this Internet stuff.Decryption tasks are by far my favourite. Using Excel made it easier.Interviews with all these people are incredible.And of course Dr. Chuck's lectures, explanations and analogies are really helpful even for non-native English speakers like me.Thank you
the best. with first hand materials
This is a great course. Thanks, Dr. Chuck.I could recommend it to anyone.
The course is teached with good humor and an easy to understand method. Congratulation Dr. Chuck.
I liked that it was easy and at the same time I wanted it to be a bit harder. Very good, basic entry level course. Chuck is awesome as always!
Great course with a fun teacher. It was nice to learn how computers and cryptography was started and how it got us here today. :-)
Covers an broad, yet manageable scope of computer, network and Internet history followed by an short, understandable taste of the complex scope of cyber security and cryptography.
I recommand this Course for any one who want to know the history of Internet and technology.
The broad range of topics covered for this course aligned to the topic is excellent. This is useful to get a broad and in depth idea on not only on History of Internet but also of the computing industry. Thanks for that.
I've learned so much and am truly enjoying the course!
It is a really good course which tells us about the history of technologies that we use now as well the technologies used behind them. Meeting with geniuses who helped create the technologies is a bonus
It's really great too see the history of Computers, Internet, etc.Fantastic to watch all the interviews with the people who created Internet, First Web Server, WWW.I really enjoy it and it feels like exciting journey back in time!Thank You Dr. Chuck:)
Very interesting stories about key persons and techs in Internet.
Great way to understand the way current technology evolved!
Very useful..
This course about the creation of the 1/0 communication world. I learn internet Basic, History, Evolution and University of Michigan Involvement. I experienced experts view about internet development and its development issues.Specially I select University of Michigan Courses because My honorable respected Teacher Sir Charles Severs.
A real experience of how it would have been if we were in his position over the years! Such a classy way to execute and impart his knowledge to us! Thanks a lot sir!
Awesome with Dr.Chuck :-)
Dr. Chuck rocks! :)
Very interesting and a great start for learners with little knowledge of the field.
Nothing more nothing less than Mr Chucks splendid courses :)
The best course for those who want to get introduced with the magic of internet and its working.
Learned more than I had expected to and didn't have to pay a dime. I love Coursera. Thanks!
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the history of the internet and how it was developed throughout the years. You will also be delighted to watch the videos about the Internet featuring so many bright people."Internet History, Technology, and Security" is not a course that will teach you only the theorical content, it will give you a whole new view about how things came to be and motivate you even more.
Enjoyed this class! lots of information and interesting interviews. Thank you!
Very interesting course.
Extremely informative.
This is a very good course for those who know very little about the internet or computers and is a fantastic stepping-stone for doing other computer science course latter
this course was really full of knowledge.
really nice course!!
Dr. Chuck ties together a lot of info into a simple-to-follow package creating a great overview of the internet and provides plenty of references for follow up investigation. Thanks.
This has been a very useful course for me so thank you for providing such an opportunity.
Great course for any skill level wanting to learn more about tech and it's history
It was productive and interesting time. I learnt a lot of new things and got much fun improving my improvisation skills.Cite from course: You will have plenty to keep you busy in the months ahead.
The lectures are very short but convey all the necessary information to solve the peer-graded assignments. And the assignments are really what this course, and musicianship in general is about: practice. Doings the assignments involves recording yourself playing, and analysing a few songs on paper. Depending on your skill level the assignments may take you between 1-4 hours per week.This is not a course for beginners. You should be able to play the melody of a jazz standard from a sheet, make sense of chords beyond simple major/minor, and ideally have some basic knowledge of music theory.
Great!!
Great Lessons given by Gary Butron!
Just a perfect improvisation course from Gary's heart! Thank you Gary!! There's only one con, the assignments are peer reviewed only (not teacher feedback at all).
Good course. I learn a new skill such as how to use scale tone for improvisation, The 10 important scale and method to analysis song.Thank you Mr. Gary Burton.
this is a wonderful course thought by a wonderful tutor
I did not like this course. It is a course for those who are already involved into the topic not newbies. Very general short and sloppy explanations and a lot of practical assignments for peer evaluation. I had a lot of experience in classical music but I was puzzled with what goes on in this course. After having completed some other jazz courses I realized that i had no chances to learn anything here since the theory is not explained sufficiently. The title of the course is misleading. It rather should be called a master class on jazz improvisation.
Great course, the peer-editing could be improved or find a different mode of judgement.
Excellent introduction to Jazz Improvisation. I was amazed by how much I could progress in just 6 weeks... Great content, superbly delivered by Gary Burton.
One of the best things I've ever done to become a better jazz improviser.
Excellent course ! Having Gary Burton as teacher is priceless.
It was a great course for those who know a lot about music and want to start in jazz improvisation. However, I don't recommend it for people who start in music. This course is more for intermediate-advanced players and musicians.
Really liked it. I've learned a lot of things, and the honor to hear precious hints and marvellous notes by Gary Burton. This course helped me a lot improving my improvisation skills, broadening my vocabulary of improvisator. It gives informations and advices you will use for your entire life.
Lots of info. Fantastic!
Thank you very much for the wonderful course. The assignments are so well created that this provides wonderful guiding to the jazz improvisation. I hope a lot of participat enjoy the course.
This was a truly great course, I learnt so much. And I have been playing piano for almost 60 years! Thanks to a wonderful teacher and musician (brilliant rendition of Chick Corea's Crystal Silence)
It is generally a good course. What I didn't like was the fact that the assignments were too hard.
It is a pleasure to be on this course, It is a challenge that you must take.
This is The Best course you have in your entire catalog. Superb!
I definitely learned some new things during the course. Some of the explanations were a bit concise for someone with limited experience wth improvisation. That is understandable given the length and cost of this course. I would recommend it to others to gain some new knowledge and get a feel for taking online courses from Berklee via Coursera.
it's a basic course but very useful to access the world of jazz.
Excelent! Course, for beginners and musicians in general!
It is an excellent course and I very much enjoyed working on the assignments. I specially liked Olhos de Gato
Excellent course. Scheduled step by step. I learned a lot of things. Let's do the solo!
It was awesome. I was exited to begin with but the 10 scales taught and scale choice really helped me out. Highly recommended.
I think this course is pretty good
Besides being a great musician, Gary Burton is a great educator and he teaches in a very simple way the basic knowledge that an improviser needs.Thank you so much for having this course.
I thought this was a great course. It provided a new approach to improvisation that I hadn't previously considered.The criticism I would make is that the final marks seem to depend entirely on the skill level of those marking. I assume that the proportion of beginners to advanced players is quite large based on the fact that I generally received very high marks for work that I personally probably would have given a poorer mark to. I guess that is just a result of the peer marking system and I don't think that there is much that can be done about it.
The class was very helpful to me. The information learned definitely improved my improvisation style. It was presented very clearly by the instructor. The assignments were interesting and helpful. I have recommended the class to a friend who is taking it at the moment:) Will recommend it to others!!!
This course reveals the possibilities of which I could only guess or not even be aware of them. For me as a person involved in music for many years, it was a real discovery! Exciting atmosphere, the progressive movement, the legendary Gary Burton, classmates from around the world... Amazing!
It's amazing to be able to learn from such a high standard artist and educator as Gary Burton
Great Course !
Great course for jazz improvisers!
This is the second time I take the course. Amazing! Thanks Gary!
Great methods for learning the basics of jazz improv!
Excellent course. Perhaps too advance for a novice but for an average intermediate musician, it is a great intro to Jazz Improvisation. I would encourage the organizers to expand the course by adding exploring the concepts of guide tone lines and theme development, emphasizing the practicum - I know that I would take such courses in a jiffy.
Kinda have to learn to Improvise yourself, he teaches you tricks to make it better, but not *how* to improvise. However, it's impossible to generally state how to improvise, you just eventually learn.
Great course!
this program is very informative i really enjoyed it
An excellent and very well structured course that can significantly improve your improvisation skills. Highly recommended.
Even if you've been studying jazz, there's always something to learn and this course is just perfect example! I learned so much, not only with the work I did, but trying to review my mates work... that was hard but fun!
Excellent and Challenging! Learnt a lot and if you are working toward a certificate you really need to set aside time to earn a pass for each assignment.Few glitches when it came to grading and assignment instructions. BUT the discussion board is really helpful and interactive. The TA's also provide timely help.
Challenging yet accessible for people who have a smattering of theory and experience with notation and jazz idioms. A lot of people gave it a go as near beginners and got loads out of it. Gary Burton is a clear and personable teacher as well as a jazz legend, so you can't go wrong. Hearing and giving feedback on other students' assignments was a lot of fun. Thoroughly recommended to give you a boost on your way to improvising with confidence and understanding
The course itself and the content of it is great, the only suggestions would be:1) It could be reviewed, how the evaluations of each submission are made. For example, 1st assignment - descriptive analysis was asked to evaluate based on if the 3 "most important" things - if they have been mentioned in the description. The thing is that in real you can not tell, which are the most important because people think differently and could focus more on other details. It was easy to add also those "important" points by resubmitting work, but the problem is that only with that the analysis of a student is not getting better, thus the evaluation is not precise. For tasks like that I would suggest at lease to make a list of 20 things to mention and then count how many are there - thus making the quality assessment more precise.2) Some topics could have been explained more detailed in the videos, e.g., about guide tones and lines3) The requirements for the submissions could have been more clear. I also got the impression that in if switching the sessions the requirements could be slightly different (As I got the case when somebody pointed out a particular thing that he thought was required and I have not done. I checked the page but nothing about that. Also other classmates mentioned nothing about that and thought all was perfectly fine).I hope this helps.Thank you so much,Regards,Ance
Really great course. I am currently working on the Jazz Guitar Professional Certificate program at Berklee online, and I will definitely take this class for a more detailed dive-in. Gary opened my mind on the keys skills to improvise, his chord-scale method explanation, and demonstration is simple to understand and provides a great way to continue practicing and developing the skills thought.
An advanced level course for professional performers. Be careful with how it can change your musical sense!
awesome course can't wait for the fist lesson!!
Very good introduction for those musicians who want to get into the world of Jazz improvisation.
I helped me a lot how to play and i think i have improved a little bit.Thank you so much Gary Burton and the Coursera team.
I love this course thank you I learnt alot
Great, thank you! Would be even better with:- more analysis videos (like there is one on the last week)- partitions available in intelligent formats (e.g. musescore) so that transposing instruments can avoid encoding the partitions
I really enjoyed this course. Gary Burton is not only an excellent musician but also a great professor. I recommend the course!
Gary clearly presents the idea of jazz improvisation. The assignment is challenge but well set to push the limit of learners.
good,and continue.
A tough but rewarding course!Especially if you are a beginner with respect to playing jazz, as I am, and if you are also a beginner with respect to music theory (which I am not, I have a master's degree in musicology), I guess it is more than tough. It's been more hard work than I expected, and I have spent more than 6 hours per week, but I also learned much more than I expected: a complete method for understanding jazz harmonization and developing solos.I know for sure that I shall benefit from this course for years to come.
The class covered a good variety of subjects to learn. There are some key areas of improvement:1) You should build more examples in the lectures. The lectures were short to start with, but adding more examples and passages would have helped.2) Xylophone is perhaps the worst instrument to use to teach this course, especially with the camera facing the front of the xylophone. It was very hard to see what notes were being hit by the mallets (especially when using chords) and therefore it was very difficult to understand (visually) what Gary was doing. I suggest using a keyboard and having the camera shooting from the above of the keyboard (look at how several people have done this on YouTube). This way you can see what notes are being hit, held, and you can see them from a pianist's view.The material was good, but because of the two areas above the teaching was not as effective.
Excellent. Learned SO MUCH ABOUT JAZZ IMPROVISATION. Mind Blown.
The teacher, who is a world-class authority on jazz, has included all the concepts to make your soloing soar.
Great lessons i would hope it would be more extensive in terms of lessons. I hoped for more detailed technical music theory.
Excellent, It is a privilege take a course with this teacher, thanks.
nice for improviser.
I love this course in particular because this is a great opportunity to learn something from one of the best schools of music, and with an amazing professor. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.
I really loved taking this extremely inspiring and informative course. Gary Burton is a fabulous instructor. I learned so much. Really wonderful. Thank you.~ Lisa Lukas
The most challenging music course of the 5 or 6 that I've done on Coursera. After 6 weeks, it's all worth it. Very well taught. Succinct and informative. Thank you so much Gary Burton. You're just great!
It totally worth it...thank you Berklee, thank you Gary!
The teacher is great at performing but the pace of the class is way too fast for me.The assignment is hard.But, hey, that's Berklee.
Amazing introduction to improvisation! After lots of personal research on improvisation I could never find such a concise yet thorough explanation. After completing this course, and some personal work, one can hope to at least understand the language of jazz improvisation and become a far better listener, if not an improviser.
top!
This course was a great experience and I could recommend it to all who want to improve their improvisation skills. Thank you i really enjoyed
Gary Burton, do I need to explain more... Very Good.
I like its its pushing me to think and motivate myself for progress...and I'm only just in the initial stages ..so from the beginning it has my enthusiasm.
Opened up a whole new world for me :) Gary Burton's topics method of explaining concepts and the course topics touched upon are just right :) Thank you Coursera !
Unique approach to improvisation and extremely easy to grasp and make real use of!
While the content is very helpful and Gary does his best to make people confident to improvise in Jazz music, this course has imho two major flaws:The biggest one: assignments given and results accepted do not fit together. E.g. in week 1 learners are supposed to describe in their own words how a piece of music does sound like. But the accepted answers are totally different from such a description. Instead only a very detailed and specialized answer is accepted. This leads to studends copying these answers into their assignments without them learning anything.The other flaw is that Gary is very brief in his explanations. Even intermediate musicians seem to struggle with content just because some explanations are not exact or vague.
Very good!But it isn't for beginner players.
to want to became master of jazz watch it
Very good and simplified instruction. But I think it needs one more week discussion to improve improvisation. Also, grades are usually late.
I liked a lot of this course until now.
Great course, a completed summary of main concepts to start your own "journey" to Jazz improvvisation
Since I cannot afford going to classes right night this course is perfect for me to keep motivated in learning jazz.
A very good and educational course, but you have to know your basic theory before you get started.
Fun and really instructive!
Oh my God! What a priceless gift to have one of the greatest living jazz musicians lay out, with pristine clarity and with great exercises, the exact skills and knowledge one needs to play jazz at a pro level. Bravo!
Very Good.
This is a really hard course for an intermediate player. But it is an outstanding course, and it is amazing, if you think about it, to have hours of free access to Gary Burton. Students of Jazz will enjoy it, but it requires advanced chord theory, the ability to sight read, and a damned good ear to follow along. Some of the materials are strictly by sound, so if you can't follow chord changes you might be lost.That said, this course helped me improve my playing in several ways. I was kind of blown away by what I was able to achieve in the later lessons.
Amazing! Gary Burton open a new world developing skills with direct and easy speech. Recommended.
This course is amazing one. Take it if you want to learn jazz improvisation
Absolutley great to give everybody access to information of this quality and on this subject!Paul Kovacs
It is a great course and Gary Buton is amazing. It also has some insights about improvization and music that are very deep.However, It suits mostly to piano players and not guitar players (I play both) and it will be naive to believe that after that course one should know how to improvise. even with years of practice, it will not happen. this course is a marketing material of Berklee and I must say I does make you want to go there for the whole package, anyway, do not develop expectation regarding your future as an improvisor.
Really amazing. I love this course.
Magnificent Class! But I'm just a newbie to Jazz so it takes time to absorb the material!
Really useful course with easygoing lessons
Best online course studies i've ever had an oportunity, from listening to understanding non thinkable about the jazz & improvizations.
this is a good course, just I thing who want enroll the course need a few knows about music, but really I recommend the course
Very insightful and offers practical means to learn the art of improvisation.
A lot of great insight and knowledge here; well worth the time. I almost didn't give it five stars, because I feel that they could have made room for just a bit more explanation and just a few more examples of the topics covered. Some of this is heady stuff, and doesn't benefit from being glossed over. Regardless, what you DO get out of this course is well worth the effort. Put in the time, and you'll be rewarded.
This is fun interactive class i am excited and what is to come and what I will learn from it.What a great instructor, he's very clear in teaching. I very much appreciate this.
hello! how are you! my name is Luis Santacruz and i want to know why i can't download the play along for make the differents homeworks, i want to make them but i can't , i would apprecite if you can send me at my email lsantatcruz@gmail.com . thanks!
Great course too bad it is so short...
Great and difficult course! I like it. Need more of this genre!
Great approach to improvisation, great method for on line lessons
Informative and interesting.It could be more complete in my opinion.Burton is great.
Great course. A great chance to start improvising!
Through this course I've got to know about the basic organization of computer and how CPU works, as well as hierarchy of storage, I/O devices and interruptions. I've got a better comprehension of how a computer works and how to optimize your statements in advanced languages. I believe everyone who aims to be a programmer should take this course.
As a student in Peking University, I have to say this course is pretty good compared with other not only hard but low-grade ones.
maybe extends the material a little bit more?
good curriculum structure and very clear lecturing
Very good course!!
A great course for everyone. Provides inspiring insights into the workings of the universe, evoking a big picture understanding of how we fit into a beautiful story of our universe, a story that each of our lives play an important part.
The content is really great....However, you can buy the book for $15 and get almost all of the same information — in sum, the class is essentially chapters from the book, the movie and a bunch of links to websites with relevant content.
easy to learn philosopical things of universe
Amazing course!
A truly insightful and enlightening course that will provide a clear understanding of the creation of the universe and of life in a scientific sense.
wonderful jorney
Awesome documentary! Just sad that we can't do this course without having to subscribe. Is there any way to make it more accessible? Such as allowing the non-paying students to submit quizzes and assignments?
This is Big History meets the big picture of how humans ground and bring the knowledge of the Anthropocene back into our daily lives with purpose and meaning. Great course that combines head and heart!
The gobbledygook mooc. Worst bunch of talking a lot and saying nothing I ever encountered.
The material was amazing (thank you!), but for those who audit, being excluded from the discussions and the tests at the end of each unit made for a "less than" experience. Please don't call yourself a MOOC if the free content is so different from the paid version. I'd like for my Coursera listed courses to show this as complete (but without the badge or Yale specific recognition) but it shows that I didn't complete the course, didn't meet the deadlines because I can't do (although I can see) the needed assignments. For me, I don't need badges or certificates, but I do like being able to access and do everything within a course. This "less than" experience isn't how most Coursera courses work. If the content wasn't so amazing, I would have given even fewer stars.
Terrific, I've really enjoyed it!
Yup...thought provoking film and lectures. Expanding universe, coexisting creatures, earth as a whole is living and we are part of this living creature with greater responsibility are somethings i've learnt.
just wonderfull and easy to learn and let us start to see the world in other point of view
This course is a must. There is just no other course that can nurture your spiritual yearnings within the framework of science. Take it. It's a wonderful course.
really precise , easy to learn i full recomend
I found this a great introduction to the cosmology and look forward to the other courses.
Really help me a lot, thanks for all of the tireless efforts of the people for our life, the earth, the universe.
The basic ideas exposed during the course are interesting and good food for thought. However the course contents practically depend on the film and book by Swimme and Tucker; so at the beginning of the course one is shown the complete film, and over the ensuing weeks a particular book chapter and its corresponding fraction of the film is presented again; the quiz (which is very little demanding) at the end of the week is basically based on those contents. I paid for the certificate since the idea of a "specialization" appealed to me, but I am not sure it was worth.
I love this course and I appreciate all the gifts our universe, our earth give me. I will cherish the earth and keep doing my best to protect what I have, what we have.
A profound intellectual journey. Take this course and immerse yourself in the beautiful nature of our universe.
Journey of the Universe: The Unfolding of Life offered a wonderful sense of connection with our universe, Earth and all her life forms as well as a beautiful understanding of deep time. It told it's story from a science and a humanities perspective. Absolutely offered aw and wonder. A great learning experience. Thank you to everyone involved!
Great course. Especially liked the 3 part video in week 6. Looking forward to the next one.
I like how this coarse has some videos and some readings. I also like this coarse because it is not all videos and it is not all text.:) :) :) :) :)
This is one of my all-time favorite courses.
Great! A bit overwhelming at times with all the images and video footage of AWE and absolute infusion of the life of the Globe and the Universe, so I recommend watching it casually and perhaps slowly, but up to you!
I enjoyed the course and the book very much. Kennedy's life, presidency, and legacy is a fascinating topic in modern American political history, and Professor Sabato took an interesting approach to it. I'm too young to have as visceral a reaction to the stories as my parents do, and partly I wanted to understand that generation of Americans and the effect that these events had on them better. Also, the Kennedy years were such an interesting historical moment, a time of great change and great potential (for both good and awful things). It was very interesting to listen to the professor trace the historical effects of many of the events of those days, and to see him measure the impact on later presidencies and world events. It was a brief class, and even the book couldn't go into enough detail for many of these topics, but I thought this was a good overview, and it merely sharpened my interest to learn more from other sources with other perspectives or areas of focus in the future. A very interesting and stimulating course.
A fantastic course on a subject that I have been interested in since experiencing JFK's assaination as a child. Thank you Dr. Sabato!
It was an engaging course and I look forward to reading the book!
It's very interesting!
The course is really really great, the reason that i gave it 4 stars not 5 is only because the professor has been frequently promoting for his personal book!
Extremely interesting and detailed look at a topic which has captured the imagination of my generation. Many thanks to Professor Sabato and his team
Subject matter was well presented except too many stops to push his book.
Great course. It really re-ignited my interest in history.
Super fun! Awesome to hear it from someone interesting and exciting.
WONDERFUL course! Mr. Sabato does a fabulous job. I have an undergraduate degree is US History with a focus on the 1960s. This course provided me with a much deeper understanding of the impact and role JFK played. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
An interesting documentary but I wouldn't call this a university course. Quite annoying the continuous advertising of the professor's book.
A nice course about Kennedy. I didn't know much about him and this course make me able a little more to understand his qualities and his drawbacks.
Super Course. Learnt a lot.
Seems light on material. Professor misses no opportunity to pitch his book.
Clearly great content and multimedia in this course, and the story-telling method was very much enjoyable. 5 out of 5!
Super informative. I love how the lectures are broken down and organized. Highly recommend this course to any JFk, history or political enthusiast!
A must take course!
The legacy and assassination of JFK impacted my life greatly. As a 7th grader in my grade school, we held an election and I ran and won the election as JFK. I remember exactly where I was when the assassination occurred. I have studied President JFK ever since so this course was highly interesting to me and appreciated hearing a new perspective on his legacy and learning of his influence on his presidential successors.
I found this very informative. The only negative comment was the amount of times Professor suggested students to read his book suggests that the motive of the course is to sell more copies of the book.
Great course! I definitely enjoyed watching every single video and doing my own side reasearch on things I wanted to learn a little bit more about. I did buy the book, but that is also something I didn't like about the course. It seemed like the course's sole purpose was to get us to buy the book. There were so many moments where it would have sufficed to expand or explain something a little further, instead of just giving us an inconclusive idea and then tell us to check the book. This made it look and feel more like an advertisement for the book. But despite all that, I learned a lot and it was a great topic and wonderfully prepared. You just have to ignore the book deal.
thank you! hope to be able to revisit this material in the future
Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!
History made easy, helps understanding a lot of the things going on now in the scenario of politics in America
I really thank this course, I've wanted to study about Kennedy for all my life. Taking this course, I was able to see Kennedy from the American eye, how he was seen in his days, etc. It was really an exciting course!
Excellent. Informative. A real treat. Professor Sabato has compiled an engaging set of materials and offers a balanced insight into a half-century of Kennedy mystique. Worth doing the course twice in order to
Thank you very much Prof Sabato for a very interesting course. I found the historical videos fascinating and your clear explanations and personal memories very effectively brought back a very important chapter of world's history. Thank you also to the other members of Virginia university were involved in the organization of this course.
This course is very good. I really am enjoying the insight. I have studied and read many books on the Kennedy's and I am happy with this class and the information provided.
I really loved this class! Professor Sabato taught this class so eloquently and so well. I have studied the JFK Presidency and Assassination for years, and I loved learning more from this course.
good course. professor tries to sell his book too much. it's emba
Very interesting course. Loved every minute.
I wish a more extensive exam was administered. I think it was far too easy to pass. Gives the impression the course was not to be taken seriously, while, quite on the contrary, it was interesting and would deserve much effort.
Detailed knowledge of American History. Great Course!
Wonderful Course enjoyed every second and looking forward to reading your book
Nice course, it's content is highly tied to it's title. It gives you an overview over the US presidents since JFK not only him, also some information before he took the leadership.You can finish it in 5 days or less !
Between the book plugs,and the seemingly partisan descriptions of later Presidents,the course goes from a factual overview,to a meandering book pitch
This is a fabulous course, covering the political career and tumultuous personal life of the enigmatic and iconic figure JFK. The course presented in a thoughtful and reflective manner which offers valuable insights from an individual who is not only well versed in the field but who also adds a charming sense of personal involvement spiced with his own insights and recollections from the period. relevant, interesting and informative, this is a true learning experience and one of the most interesting courses I have undertaken to date.
Liked the course a lot, very nice instructor who you like listening to. he articulates very well and has a good voice and pace of speaking.my suggestion would be to include subtitles for the video's of the speeches of JFK, or the intervieuws with former presidents, because the audio is not that clear and for non-native English speakers, difficult to understand.Many thanks, very good course!Veronique
This was a very interesting class.
I love this course and have learned so much more than I expected.
Fantastic course. Fantastic teacher. Would recommend to anyone who wants to know a lot more about the Kennedy legacy.
So interesting!! Quick & easy to urderstand.
Very interesting and comprehensive course on JFK.
A very interesting course.
Amazing course, certainly made me more aware of myself, and others. It will play a big role in my life, in how i approach things, and have positive impact.
Great course!
Great trainning. Made my 1st year as manager much easier applying some of the techniques but also been able to analyze my mistakes better.
The best course in this specialization!
The course is very useful in helping you understand team dynamics and their roots in structures and, I feel even more importantly, the norms and behavioral practices that we develop in groups. There are very good leads onto how to put it into practice. My perception was that the last quarter on team performance and learning (which might be critical for actual success) was rather superficial in comparison to the other topics covered.
This course is a must for every one who want to lead people or a team no matter big or small.
good course, lots of tips and information useful tu be used in real work environment
The best course I did on Coursera.
I've taken a bunch of Coursera Courses, and these were my favorite. Fun to watch and packed with useful stuff I wish I had known a long time ago.
This course is most amazing in the specialization, I've learned a lot of very interesting and practical things — seems like knowledge is built up very well in the specialization and you end up truly enlighten. Thanks a lot to all people involved in it's creation, and to Maxim personally!
This course was spot on!
This is a great course for every employee!!!
I have attended this course and I can say it is an amazing course that can open your eyes to a lot of new things that you are not aware of.
Completed it without taking quiz or assignment. Looking forward to complete it soon. Excellent course for team leaders. Remarkable insights.
Very interesting, I will recomend it
This is one of the best courses I have taken. Scott and Maxim are very eloquent, incorporate lots of materials, studies, and practical approaches to leading a successful team, and I truly enjoyed this course.
Very good course for freshers. It was well planned and educational course. Please keep up the Good Work. It is said that "Knowledge is Power" and I really mean it, after completing the course.
It is a excellent course. I totally recommend it. There are many strategies to help you to build and manage a team.
I took this course as part of the Specialization. I wish I could put all the directors, VPs, and EVPs through this specialization. The tools, case studies, and resources alone make it worth the time and money.
Great Course
Interesting research with practical applications!
I love this training. Teams (people) are very key to success
Wonderful, I learned a lot about the workplace in general
A very good course that have already began to pay off with my teams and colleages
Course was in some way inspirational. I've found a few ideas from the course revealing (eg. is the brain stormig effective?) . I can honestly recommend this course for people who want to develop business skills on Leading Teams.
Insightful.
Very insightful course, highly recommend!
This course recall knowledge from other modules, maybe worth to include more content about those other modules for participants that are not enrolled in the entire specialization
Thanks for designing this wonderful cou
Good course. I immediately recognised some of the situations that were discussed. The analysis about the effects of values vs demographic vs cultural differences in teams. Are especially good.
Very good information. Instructors were easy to understand and had a relatable approach
it was nice and knowledgeable course and again. you once hank you for all the support that provided by the professors.
Validated structure and conclusion leads to great insight!Great course!
Very Good Course, During my starting of the my carrier such course are conducted in-house HR Team, now all the course in on-line which help executives to do whenever we have find time we can watch the video and learn. It is an fantastic experience learning the course through On-line.I love to study On-line course after doing the Coursera Course. Thanks to Coursera Team...
Loved the course! Offered so much insight and explained some things to the smallest detail.
Excellent study materials and very relevant examples.
This is an excellent course. So much concept to learn and also build confidence in practices that one is following currently. I would highly recommend this to any leader who wants to build high performing teams.
This course was extremely challenging and has changed my ideas on the effectiveness of leading teams.
Interesting Course, I learnt a lot.
Great content and thor
This is one of the best courses I've taken on Coursera. Kudos to the faculty! Would love to take an in-person course with the professors.
Great course. Everything I learned is applicable to what I'm working on. Great insight and I would recommend it to anyone interested in trying to make their work more enjoyable and fulfilling.
Amazing content, video lectures and professors expertise, explanation and comments.I have to recomend this specialization to all my friends and teammates, for sure they will find so many useful insights, techniques and concepts to apply in their job and in some other opportunities in their relationships.Congratulations to Michigan University!Carlos
awesome course !!
A good course. Although within this University of Michigan specialization there are ones that I found more captivating so check out the whole specialization.
Great syllabus and great learning materials
The instructor clearly knows what he is talking about, and is good at transmitting that knowledge. Great course overall.Feedback to the creators: the graphs about the research results presented are not very precise and could be more scientific. PDF links to the papers would be nice.
Really debating between 5 and 3:5 for awesome material and great instructors on the videos3 for lack of slides on all the courses of the series and lack of TAs. All the other courses I've taken on Coursera and other platforms always had tremendous TA assistance, not here! Here there is a good student community as usually, but no feedback from professors and no TAs assigned. This is really a big miss.UPDATE: Thanks to the team dedication!Now slides are added to this course and Influencing people! 5 star course.
It is a good course, gives you fresh perspective and insight into leading a team. The course helped me to look into our team structure with fresh perspective.
Great and very functional Course, with numerous Statistics to establish correlations.
Very helpful
As most other parts of this specialization this course was excellent.
Great course - very relevant to the present scenario of corporate teams and issues that arise and how to handle the same.
Really Liked the course . The professors were great and the material was as also awesome . Learning has never been this easy and free
Very good course, Filled with useful tactic and ideas, has given me a great basis to develop my skill and support my current team
Very useful!
Excellent course and teachers!!
Very good course, lots of applicable knowledge.
There is very little insight in this course. The instructor's slides are very poorly-done, relying on graphs that aren't appropriate for the data being presented and without labeling the axises. There is no engagement in the course forums. The quizzes are trivial to pass.
Very useful and enjoyable course :)
Really nice! Learned a lot! Would have been nice though to get the powerpoint slides and a bit more extra material for us to be able to access it for the final assignment and also for the future! I had a lot of fun taking this course though. Great teachers too.
interesting course containing more than just the standard "teams"-research
This course really gives you the insights of leading groups. It's one of the best courses of leadership that I have done so far. It provides an excellent balance between general concepts and application.
Wonderful, eye-opening and concise. A real value-for-time course!
I really enjoyed the course. the instructors were both great.excellent idea to involve commentary from finance and sport sector - it was very interesting!i also really liked some of the links such as the Office series. All in all great!
Really well organized and structured information
This course really helped me to improve my leadership abilities and my team management. Very recommendable.
Overall good course but the course instructors should made the slides for the lectures available. It would be very important, with the capstone course coming soon, and having the need to review all courses that the slides for all courses cold be made available. Wharton, Illinois, Yale make the slides available in their top tier courses, and it is very important.
Short course, with very insightful ideas, well presented and with a very practical approach.
Great course and would highly recommend. Everything is backed up with data and very easy to follow.
Understandable video lectures with practical examples
very well done, right pace, and very well spoken. The speakers were fluid and lacking of
It's a bit rare that I refer so often to course notes as this one.
Well structured, nicely delivered and appropriate duration. I found it useful and relevant.
I have learned a lot of this course. If you a are a manager, ceo or a leader than i rather you to follow this course.
Scott DeRue nailed it again!
Very useful information in this course and the entire specialisation
Learning effective ways to lead teams. Really applicable in real field. Loving it!
Really usefull course for me as a team leader in an international organization, This course provides me with worthy informations and lessons that are useful for me in managing my team in an efficient way,
Quite good approach to the topic.This is a topic that runs the risk of being thought via cliches and banalities (it's important to inspire people, leading is about motivating, be responsible and have accountability, etc). But this course did a good job in going beyond these. I enjoyed it and the written assignments force you to think through the issues.
The course is good, some slides would be helpful for learning.
Very effective course
It's a very good introductory course of BIM. But the reading content can actually convert into lectures which could be more attractive. Some of the assignments contain out-of-class information and brought me a little bit of trouble. Hope this part of content could be included into lectures.
ESTE CURSO TE FACILITA HERRAMIENTAS SENCILLAS PARA ADMINISTRAR MEJOR TUS INGRESOS Y TIPS DE INVERSION PARA INCREMENTAR TU PATRIMONIO.
MUY INTERESANTE Y DE BUEN PROVECHO PARA INICIARSE EN ESTE MUNDO DE LOS NEGOCIOS. MUCHAS GRACIAS.
Very useful and well explained.
It's okay... but paying for a certificate it's not worth it.
is good for person who do not have a knowledge about finances
Excellent course! Very helpful.
its great!
Very good course. I enjoyed taking it.
DE MANERA CONCRETA Y PRACTICA PONDRAS ORDEN A TUS FINANZAS PERSONALES. ELBORANDO UN PRESUPUESTOY CONOCIENDO LAS VENTAJAS Y DESVENTAJAS DEL CREDITO Y SEG
Totally useful to keeping mind how much you should spend on things and how much not.Enjoy it!
I recommend this Course completely.It experience was great.I learned a lot concepts about Financial.Congratulations to tutor Norman Wolf.Thanks you for your help.
is a good course to know basic knowledge about finanzas. so good
GReat!
Excellent course - the teachers are very knowledgeable about each topic and it gives an excellent high level perspective on how to be a successful small business owner. I started my own business and there are many useful takeaways from this course I will apply immediately. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to bring this course to life!
I was enjoy this course ¡¡
it´s a great course, you will learn the correct information for Pymes.
The courses and teachers are very good! I recommended this course for all.
I really like this course beacause of the content and the well made videos explaining the most important things to know about each area
Very good course!
excellent course but should be more in depth
Great introduction to the specialization!
Great course to understand the basics of HCI.Level of assignments is good and the sessions are quite interactive.
Very useful and insightful. I was able to use my learning from this course to my new job as a UX engineer.
Totally in love with the course, assignments and material is really professional, recommend it 100%
The course was quite beneficial for my professional carrier where I can implement the user centric techniques such as telephonic interview to identify the pain points and Story boarding to draw design solution.Looking forward to join the other effective courses offered by Coursera.
The course is very instructive and I learnt a lot!
Very informative and well organized course.Useful for beginners as well as professionals in the field of interaction design
I very much enjoyed the teaching style and the interactive assignments
Fantastic course and well worth it!
Love it. Very high quality.
Very good introductory course that gives introduction about approaches used in real life problems. Excellent Professor!
Interesting and Engaging for people who are even little bit interested in UX.Great Course!!!!Thanks! Professor Scott. Starting with the next one.
This was really helpful. Gained a good amount of experience going through the module as well as reading the assignments of peers.
The course is a good overall approach to Human-Computer Interaction. It teaches how to do participan observation, interviewing, storyboarding and heuristic evaluation.However, I would say that some of the assignments were too simple in terms of complexity and there was few opportunities to apply the theory in the assignments.In general I found the course useful for people who want to learn more about how understand better customer necessities, for design in general.
Needs better instruction on assignments
Well structured and fun course, great explanations and useful assignments.
it's great!
Amazing course. Regardless of how experienced you are, this course will really strengthen your base and if you're already working, it will definitely give you an answer or two to very practical problems you might be facing!
Great course, learned a lot, not just through the lectures, but also through the projects I had to peer-evaluate.
The course was very interesting and useful.
Thank you for the course, it was really useful! I like to get some knowledge about story boarding, paper and video prototyping and especially heuristic evaluation technics. Only thing I would change is to have more real examples and visual materials. Sometimes I did not understand material and I would happy to see examples.
Deep into heuristics and research from the start - cool!
Key concepts presented rigorously and actionably.
great course
Just great!
Was fairly good, but I was a little let down by the lack of direction on the assignments. Assignment number two was very poor in my opinion. The videos are excellent though.
This course gave me the basic knowledge to manage technological projects at work. I am really happy with the amount of theory and practice I got, the homework was very relevant, and helped me to incorporate practices and concepts that I need for work. I hope to be able to finish other courses to get the specialization.
Great course and fun assignments. I've learned many great things throughout this course.
Great course! Thank you!
I think the course helps to set a base for this. Gives a flavour and texture to HCD and helps take a plunge into it. Hopefully as the specialization goes along... it would become more advanced and indepth.
Great course, very informative
This part exceeded my expectations! Thanks!
Gives you good end-to-almost-till-the-end experience on a project from needfinding to user research to storyboarding.
This course was very well designed and easy to follow. I would recommend it for anyone who is involved with the development of applications no matter what what their role.
Highly informative, and very comprehensive!
Learn a lot about how to get start of design or create a product.
Very interesting course that gives you a good overview of how to design a new product or service. It has a few practical assignments that help you dive into understanding your users and the initial phase of design.
Would be great if we get the feedback and reviews from lecturer or professor rather the from the peer reviews.
Was a great introduction to the Topic. Looking forward to continuing with the rest of the courses of the specialisation.
Very basic. Everything in here can be found online on a blog, youtube video or a book. dont waste your money.
It's a preview of how things work and how important it's the design.
Great course. in a short time I have learned a lot. I enjoyed all of the content.Thank you Scott Klemmer for making an excellent course !
Excellent intro course, motivating and gets the specialization going
I believe there is important to have access to the comments of our peers, I've receive some bad grades and I don't know why. And I think part of the learning process is get to know here I'm falling.
Great overview of the topic. Videos are informative and exercises are relevant but not overly burdensome.
Is a amazing course to start in this world of computer interaction design.
Great starting point for software design.
Lots of work, but very interesting and fun.
In a short time I learned a whole lot about Interaction Design. I already feel confident enough to start working as a UI/UX designer. Thank you Prof. Scott Klemmer for his amazing insights.
Creating interactive systems from user-centered perspectives can be very stimulating in this age, when technologies to build an App or internet products are more accessible than ever before. Everybody can benefit from this course and get the sense of design.
This is a great course I've learned a lot. I felt, that the assignments were not balanced right, the first one was way more challenging than the others.
Excellent course! Very informative, and well designed. Assignments are very engaging. Great experience.
Learnt some new and amazing things, that will help me in my career as a Product Manager with a technical background.
Course is very informative and well taught by Scott Klemmer. Thank you so much Scott Klemmer or sharing all your knowledge and insights with us.RegardsSaikiran Tati
Overall it's good, especially helpful for a novice like me. However, I did overcome some learning barriers in this class: PPTs are too theoretical, eg. there are quite a few PPTs full of words, and PPTs like that would easily drive me distracted and sleepy. Hopefully it'll be better^ ^
Very useful and objective guide to using each tool
This course was fantastic! As all the Scott Klemmer courses I've taken have been (: thank you!
The Course was well structured and it gave a good introduction to Interaction Design. The videos were short and informative. The Assignments were exciting to do.
Very well laid out Course structure. Would have loved some more practical and relevant examples of existing apps/processes
An excellent introductory course on human-centred design. Highly recommended !
The lectures were great. While some people complained that "the instructor is reading off something else" that never seemed to be a problem. Mr. Klemmer did a good job of making the lectures friendly and understandable. The best part of the course was the assignments. I loved how I actually had to go to people and interview them, draw storyboards of ideas I have and heuristically evaluate sites. The assignments made sure I was actually engaged in doing them. One thing I would suggest is to try different motifs for different sessions. It seems that students always work with a "transportation problem" in this course. That can be mixed up from time to time I think to give the students a more diversified experience of Human Centered Design.
This course is structured to simple reasoning and sound logic. The assignments were an excellent application of the course theory. Easily understandable and thoroughly interesting.
Pretty good course on User Centered Interface Design. Rich, clear and very well documented
A great course to revise existing knowledge and to get some new tips in HCD. Warmly recommended!
Very well designed. Estimated time required to complete the assignments were inappropriate, it took me longer.
A great introduction course to User Experience Design. It the themes presented in the course are more related to HCI (Human Computer Interaction) but can be easily applied to other aspects of User Experience. Highly recommended!
Overall fantastic course with great content and homework assignments. The difficulty level was a little low, and the amount of work we were required to do was a little less than I wanted / expected. Sometimes the peer grading was not accurate, and I wish there had been more feedback in the discussion forums.
Some assignments could have been better explained
Good intro to the concepts of design.
A great introduction to Design, for newbies as well as people with experience. The way the professor introduces us to Design is so gradual that you don't feel as if it's a new area of study. It also sets the tone for the rest of the courses in the Interaction Design Specialisation.
great course! I loved every assignment they gave!
Really interesting. Only felt short in the submission corrections and peer valoration. There's room for improvement in that area. Other than that, I feel I've learned a lot.
very interesting
This entire series has been fantastic! I'm making a career change right now - going into UX Design - and I really believe that I would not have been able to do so without this course. Given a week to redesign an app to get into a vocational school's career training program, I was only able to do so thanks largely in part to the materials found in these lectures.Suggestion:Could it be made possible to unlock videos ahead of the weekly schedule for people like me who are (mostly) auditing the course? It would be really helpful if one is under time pressure and needs access to material, like how to do 'need finding,' to be able to jump ahead to that lecture.Thank you all for making this great course! Truly, this age is nothing short of a new renaissance.
This course was a very good introduction of HCI, videos were very clear and the heuristical theme had plenty of examples which make really easy to understand them. I would have appreciated more assignments, since there were so many topics there was many themes that could not be learned in a deeper way.
Very clear, and really focuzed. Great introduction to a very important theme like is "Human-centered design".
I think this course is great in exploring the basics of HCI and getting people out in the real world completing user-centered design explorations. Great experience taking this course!
Great course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing first hand course by Mr. Klemmer. He is very informative and clear onto his lectures. The assignments feel relevant and are just in the right doses. I have learned HCD in Industrial Design School before but Mr. Klemmer hits it out better out of the park. For the first time, I've actually understood and wrapped my head around the topic of HCD.
excellent instructor...very good tone, pace, and examples/illustrations.
Grading by students concept is not 100% accurate. No feedback from teachers. Material is not very easy explained.
Instructor is clearly reading off of cards or a prompter that doesn't face the camera so he's constantly not looking at you which is frustrating. The feeling of each lesson being so scripted takes away from the feeling of a professor teaching material with which he is comfortable. Comparing this to UC San Diego course videos is like night and day and really makes you realize the importance of quality production/natural flow of teaching.
One of the best courses I have attended. Value for money. A special thanks to the instructor who did a pretty good job in explaining things in a simple yet efficient way.
The assignments could have been more rigorous. Coursera should review the assignment submission process. I lost points (despite handing in a 100% worthy assignment) because my peers found it difficult to locate necessary information on my submission due to Coursera's system.
Interesting, though instructor's participation and help could have been more noticable. The course has way many blank gaps and question, and all these questions are clarified by students - each with his own understanding. I think the instructor must be a person to answer all the question about the course. Thanks.
very interesting
Very well-taught, and the exercises supported the didactic teaching. I wish the next course in the specialization started today!
I learned so much in this course!. The professor is really good and explains the concepts with practical examples. I really enjoyed this course and I am motivated to keep moving forward.
Very helpful.
Very good course, well elaborated and useful resources.Congrats!
Some of the videos feel a little outdated but otherwise high quality.
Awesome course! It would be more awesome if the assignments were easier to understand.
This was a very interesting course. I come from a design background but have been a web developer for the last two years, and this really introduces the whole of what HCI is and can easily garner your interest in the subject.
Learnt a lot.
Good class, except for quizzes were complicated at times. User input instructions was not clear.
This really helped me scope products before building them
Good information and assignment design, but please just have someone on your team go through this. I could list the issues with your lectures, but they're so easy to detect by anyone who is watching them actively. It makes me think that QC isn't a part of your workflow, and worry about the quality of future courses in this specialization.
A very challenging and worthwhile course! The homework assignments took hours but taught me a lot. Highly recommended if you have the time and effort to commit to this course.
Not a great deal in the way of lectures and notes, but the value of the course lies in the hands-on assignments. Would recommend taking this course along with doing some independent reading for a more comprehensive primer of UX/UI.
Extremely helpful course. Not too dumb down and not too complex. Well done.
Good lessons, interesting content. But media is a bit old fashioned, I missed more interactive activities and more modern videos.
Great introduction to human-centered design conceptually applicable across multiple disciplines.
This was challenging, and gave a nice basis for the courses that followed. Spent easily twice as much time as the estimated given for the class. About 6-9 hours a week.
Good intro - I'm learning a lot. But in the end I feel that this specialization is not focused enough on developing portfolio pieces. One portfolio piece at the end of an 8-month course does not seem adequate to me. So I wish we focused more on developing high fidelity work - in addition to the need-finding, user research, sketches, short weekly assignments. This high fidelity, digital work could even be optional, but I need some guidance on what work to develop and how the overall process should look.Or even being allowed to enroll in the capstone before completing the first 7 sections would be helpful.
Great intro to HCD. The assignments were well thought out. Excellent instruction.
The quality of the lectures and teaching was the lowest i have ever seen on Coursera. I wanted to do the whole specialty, but after this first one i was so disappointed that i will stop. The assignments were overly complicated and demanding for no real reason. I have used Coursera for years and this is the first time I have wanted a refund.
Prefer more references/examples shown in lectures.
good intro course to HCI
Great overview of what human-centered design is all about.
More fun fun links and different materials about examples and theory should be provided by the facilitators.
Is a great introduction to HCD, it will provide you with a great starting point and a lot content to follow by yourself
The course fully covered all the fundamental ideals of HCI design. I really enjoyed! Thanks our classmate, tutor, and Coursera!
In my opinion, the video lectures are phenomenal. Scott Klemmer does such a great job of created simple visuals to convey concepts. And he also has bulleted content that is very succinct. The exercises, too, are the right balance of challenging and fun.
This introduction accomplishes a complete initial breakdown of the fundamentals of interaction design, I enjoyed and learned a lot on each lesson.
An awesome course, the assignments are so cool.
As a developer, I had no idea about the designing process and fundamentals. This course helped me in getting familiar with key designing concepts and processes. The assignments were very hands on as well.
Very useful for me. :)Thanks you.
Excellent course! This is a great introduction to HC Design and rapid prototyping. There is a lot more to learn, but the specialization has all the courses needed to get a much deeper understanding. The peer assessment of the assignments is a very smart way to make the class more engaging and involved. I hope more classes are like this!
Its good start of for this course.
Great class, thanks!
I loved the course. Thank you.
Really good content.
Really helpful to understand the HCI concept.
Excellent! So insightful! Thank you
Simple and superb
Perfect for beginners
It's a great introductory class, but would like more personal feedback from professionals.
Great content, very well constructed assignments. Well done!
It was a great course! The best thing was the practical activities. Learnt a lot about various ways in which user interface is thought and optimized.
A great way to learn how to focus on what really matters for starting a design project! :)
Great introduction for beginners and a good refresher for those who have been in the industry for a while. I appreciated the different user testing techniques that can be implemented.
Very useful.
This has been a great introduction into the Human-Centered Design Specialization. I feel energized and ready to continue the specialization. Classmates and the professor were all very helpful throughout the class.
I've been a programmer for years, but I never had any training into the whole world of design. This course has really opened my eyes into the science involved in figuring out new products. This course is amazing! Very in-depth, easy to follow, but challenging at the same time. I highly recommend this course.
I had a fantastic time undergoing this course. Having been in the field for over a decade, I have the experience of doing all this, but to learn it all over again and to reinforce the design basics was a fun exercise I would highly recommend.
Great course. A lot of practical knowledge is shared and staff is really quick and helpful to respond. I've learned much more than I expected (given that it is the first course in the specialization).The wording when assignments are given should be better, to make it clear what exactly is required from a student, especially when it comes to things that are going to be considered in grading.
The course has a good level. The course mates helps to get new ideas.For non anglo speakers students the course is a hard challenge. The lessons has translations but a lot of ideas, concepts, the immaterial things... is hard to follow some explanations. My English has improve throught course.If you work you needs the weekend to end the assignments.I think is a good course with good materials. I recommend it
Amazing HCI starts here. I love the course and whole HCI experience thru and thru.
Learned a lot about HC Design, and I can apply this knowledge right away on my professional environment. All lessons are interesting and I love to get feedback from other students around the world about my assignments.
Concise and informative.
I really enjoyed this course. It was much more I was expecting and I'm applying almost everything I learned to my day to day. Scott Klemmer is a great teacher.
Excellent video lectures by Professor Scott Klemmer
Amazing! I am very pleased with the class and contents. I'm happy because I'm at the end of the degree in design and UI have a great weight on my last project in college. Thank you! :D
Very good info, fun assignments just be sure to stay up to date week after week, the information, fresh, is a real help. Thanks alot.
I loved all the materials and assignments! I learnt a lot.
Great introduction, good videos and great use of peer review. Also discovered some very useful books to add even more background to my knowledge base.
I really enjoyed the overview of this survey. The bibliography was awesome!
The videos are slow and unengaging and way too much text on each slide. A few of the assignments have been weird, not so good brief and hard to find out how to do it correct and well.
I think the course covers pretty good range of topics and gives you a good information. I really liked the peer review assignments and I think they put pressure on you to achieve the goals and learn from them.I definitely did not like the multiple answer questions or the last assessment. The questions are not well presented and there is a clear violation of the help and error recovery heuristic for me. I also did not like the video set-up. The quality of the course material is really poor and disappointing. I would like to believe that on a UI course people would have come up with a better and more intuitive set-up. Finally, I would like to have a document in the course resources that students can download and keep that contains all the information we taught like quick reference guide. Again we can download the videos but when you are looking to fins something specific searching in 2-3 videos is not fun at all.
Overall good; some of the projects were a tad light, and there were some bugs I'd like to see fixed, but good.
Great material to learn basic concepts of UX!
Good overall introduction to many areas of Interaction Design that are part of the specialization. I had to work harder in this course than for most other MOOC courses.
A very good introduction to the main themes any interaction designer has to know.
Excellent for learning basics of interaction design , such as how to conduct need finding and rapid prototyping.
Great course! the final exam is very odd though, the "correct" answers didn't fit easily in what was taught. several subjective questions
This course doesn't worth the price. It just split a semester long course into eight chapters.
Learned a lot from the course. I think I will come back to review the course contents, it is a lot more than 4 weeks to learn.
The content of this course is good but the production quality of the videos are not vary high.
It's good!
thank you
Really enjoyed it.
the content was okay but I've faced technical issues at the website itself
Fascinating and very insightful
Very well explained! Very complete!
Excellent course. Well structured and executed.
Any course that requires a webcam is not serious. What a bunch of ridiculous crap. Is this for adults trying to learn or teenage girls trying to chat?
Very helpful for understanding the basics of UX process.
Excellent! so useful to my current project!.. i have learned a lot.
not a good course
amazing! Thanks a lot
it was a very good course with good peer reviews and assignments.it kept me glued to the course in its entire 6 week timeframe.
This was a pretty good course. Assignment 1, especially, was very useful (conducting a need-finding interview). The storyboarding assignment was good, too. The assignments weren't always very clearly written, and I could tell from my peer-grading experience that some of the students had trouble understanding what was asked, especially the non-native English speakers.
Enjoyed the course. The peer learning was the best part of the course.
I like the content of the course.However, there are some remarks I want to share.For one of the asssignments I have to create an accout on Soundcloud. I never used it before and do not understand why I should leave somewhere my personal data if I do not plan to use this service in the future. I assume it as direct manipulation and do not like it at all.
Very Interesting Course.
Amazing course!
I was inerested about this course, but I couldn't understand enough - the speaker talked too fast and I've lost the main subject trying to understand. Sorry.
Expecting more content like the actuall experience of creating wireframe. step by step and finally complete wireframe.
It gives well packaged compact materials (includes both high-level and down to implementation details) for beginners to understand basic and common used techniques in HCD process.
Really good introduction to the Humain centered design.
Phenomenal course. The assignments are tough, and very insightful, doing a great job of educating the course content in a very applied and immediately useful way. The piece on heuristics is especially valuable. I will be applying what I learned here in my work regularly. Very satisfied with this course!
A wonderful course to understand various Usability concepts.I thoroughly enjoyed the course along with all the assignments!I will definitely recommend people to take this course.
Thank you Scott!This course is so Informative and doing assignment is so helpful to develop my research skill.
Very detailed and structured content. Is it possible to get printable content as well along with videos?
I learnt a lot and was able to take the course at my own pace. It was really insightful doing the peer reviews as I learnt from my peers experiences as well.
I find the discipline very interesting but the course was somewhat boring (except the tasks - the tasks were nice and interesting). The lectures were, to my recollection, the boring piece which reduces the score to 4 out of 5.
Well organized and the videos explain a lot. The are some resources named in the videos but the links are missing.
amazing course, it's very useful for my real job.
A bit difficult to understand the language for non native speaker. Nearly impossible to complete works.
Quite an introduction! Scott is nice and you can understand each concept well. My recommendation: use discussion forum to read more about the information in the course.
Course provides a lot of "real" examples that helped me understand principles. I recommend it to all who want to learn how to create a tool for users.
I wish we could still get a course certificate, even if you haven't paid.
I THINK THAT IS COURSE IS VERY GOOD. ONLY MUCH REQUERIMENTS FOR SEND WORK.HOW CHECK KEYBOARD AND SEND PHOTO WITH CAMERA IN THE MOMENT.WHEN THE CAMERA NOT WORK FOR DRIVERS USB AND ITS COULD SEND FILE PHOTO.
Excellent class!Teach me a lot about how to design
challenging in the very best way
YA CASI EN TERMINO DL CURSO... ME PARECIO EXELENTE MODELO PARA LAS PERSONAS QUE TRABAJAMOS Y NO PODEMOS IR A UNA AULA A CAPACITARNOS MÁS ....
good clips but annoying music almost in the foreground, hard to hear voices sometimes.
Great course and good material to review! I enjoyed learning about the early years of spaceflight. Thank you for putting this together!
Really fun and interesting class if you want to learn a lot more details about a fantastic time in science history. Videos could be improved somewhat avoiding repeating information included in lecture pdfs. Other than that, everything was great!
Superior course to gain understanding of human spaceflight from its beginning up to Skylab.
A great course! Now I have an idea of the timeline of events that occured during the space race and collected a lot of information I never knew. The old videoclips with the explanations were great! Hope to read you soon for the part 2 of this course, because I would like to examine in depths other aspects of the various missions.I suggest also a course on the robotic missions, and another one on the space exploration after the Shuttle program.
Really enjoying this course hope you will do more courses on the Space program i.e. Space shuttles etc, and rocket science/maths would be good as well..
it wasnt bad
Enjoy the subject matter very much. I didn't care for the layout at all.
Really interesting!
TRÈS INTÉRESSANT. ON APPREND TOUJOURS DES CHOSES
Clear easy overview with great archival video
Nothing but badly put together videos and recommendations for readings. The only terrible course on Coursera I've come across, and I've done a few dozen of them.
just a collection of materials you'd find in any museum..
Awesome history of human endeavour!!!
nice videos, good compilation of materials that make learning about this part of history easier than if on own
At the rate we are probing space, I think we should all take this course.
An excellent course with great material.
Its an interesting course.
A good introduction to the History of Spaceflight, was great to learn more about how the mankind could to start exploring the space.
Excellent course and teacher!!
A good course, but a few slight errors and the lack of the last modules leave it at 4/5 stars.
It was really good course, got to know lot of new things. I am glad that I took this course.
Realy interesting
Best historical view on subject!
Great summary and overview of manned spaceflight in the 60s and 70s. Plenty of archival footage and rarely seen recordings from both the U S and Soviet space programs.
Very interesting, but I was really hoping more. For example, the professor does not teah us directly, like all the other courses on Coursera. It is only texts and archive videos.....Youtube would have done the same. Disappointed.
Videos could be bigger and reduce the echo in particular
Fascinating overview but was hoping for a bit more depth. Did learn new things though, particulalry about the not so well publicised Apollo missions and the early Russian efforts. A couple of quiz questions were marking right answers as wrong but course team got them sorted fairly quickly
Great topic and content. But there are several things that make this course cumbersome. It would be better to have a few shorter videos than to have one file of 30 to 60 minutes. Also please do not use hardcoded subtitles in the video, because there already is a option to enable subtitles. The last recommendation is to not mix videos and resources. Use the videos to lecture material, to narrate a story or show clips, but put all the resources (mandatory or optional) on a separate HTML page (as other courses usually do).Thank you for making the history of spaceflight come to live for me!
Good course, but could be more challenging. For people growing up with the space race it has a lot of interesting video and written material.But there are a lot of simple errors in the material and the assignments. Hopefully that will be addressed. I'd give it 4/5 once it's all sorted.Recommended if you can cope with the odd frustration.
Great course offered by a great institution! Well put together. Very exciting footage, which covers the Space Race between the USA and the Soviet Union, and which really drags you in. If you like Space and related topics, do this one.
Dr. Chuck Layne, professor, University of Houston, Coursera, Congratulations for your commitment and excellent contribution to human education and development.It is an honor to have the possibility to learn from you using all the technological advances. My name is Birgilio Rivera, born in Mexico in 1975. I studied marketing at ITESM and a Masters in Innovation for Development at EGADE Business school, in this course i have leran very important this about innovation and development that the hole history of human spaceflights has bring to humans. For ever gratfull, Birgilio Rivera, birgilio@usomx.com
Loved this course, I am about half way through it. I am an history bluff and this course managed to hold my interest. The course is mostly made of interesting video clips of spaceflight with narration. I thought I had seen most videos of space flight but I got to see some rare clips of the soviet space program and learn some very interesting chapters of the race to conquer space that I was unaware of.There was an earlier review complaining of the links in the videos - but I got a message from the instructor that supplemental materials were initially missing and have now been added to the course. The links are available in the pdf after each chapter with some nicely done prezi presentations.Overall a very well made course that hooked me on to space flight, some chapters of this should be required viewing in high school/college courses.
The URLs for the course's required readings are presented as non-clickable text in the course lecture videos. There is no list of URLs for the readings available which I could find, and to take this course students are required to copy dozens of long, cumbersome web addresses from the videos.
A nice idea but very poorly done. This would be cool topic to learn about but it is just so poorly executed.Week 1 was just introduction. Week 2 seemed okay, reasonably interesting with a video that although was somewhat dated in style managed to grab my attention for the 40 or so minutes in length.However Week 3 is where I get off. A 16 minute video of slides, with only a couple of minutes of narration in total with what seems like about 20 links to random articles over the internet Links to articles to read would be fine if done well, but with very little to join them up and link them back to the subject at hand is a bit boring. Also the worst part - the slides aren't posted so in order to get to these articles I had to pause the video and letter by letter type them into the address bar. I gave up after the third article and hit leave course.
This course is excellent! The lecturers are superb and they know their stuff.
Despite being a very interesting topic, I did not find this course as enjoyable as others I have done. Maybe covering these many amount of things in such a short course is too challenging. Anyhow, if you want to learn about India, it is a good course. However, I would recommend the one from The Ohio State University ('The importance of India")
Very Good Course which primarily focuses on India's First and Second Generation Economic Reforms.I would personally recommend following the course 'Importance of India'after that of 'Contemporary India" as the latter provides a solid introduction to University of OHIO based former course.I had to lop off one star because the course content tended to stray off limits in Weeks 6 and 7;To be honest, Go straight to the test after completing Week 5; which i view as the end of this course.
Very nice course with good chronological description of events. good links for additional reading. I feel it could have been a bit more elaborate or more in depth.
Of course, this course will give a whole idea about the India of contemporary time.
The first half of the course is excellent, but slows down in the second half.
repeat the class!
Really liked the course and learnt about different modes of assessment and their objectives. Wish we got more about gamification of assessment, especially applying non-zero sum game philosophy.
the course will not only give a thorough understanding of assessing learning but also assessing teaching.
I completely endorse the course. It definitely has given me an edge on how I conduct my assessments and when is the good time. Moreover I have had a lot of new learning take place in my career.Regards,Phillip
The course presents a clear structure and an interesting approach, including materials on the assessment of minorities. Furthermore, it is well supported in scientific evidence as multimedia materials that help to understand the concepts addressed in the course. However, the materials are someway monotone, the subject is addressed in general terms, which is understandable given the time set for the course, but it may had been better by focusing on concepts instead of examples.
very good course .
This course was really excellent in comparison to many of the other courses in this specialization due to Professor Gavin Brown's use of metaphor and analogy to make more complicated content clear and Dr. Peter Keegan's interesting insights into taking minorities into consideration in our teaching practices. The case study of the Maori in New Zealand was extremely interesting. If more courses had been like this one, getting through the entire specialization would have been a much more enjoyable task and not nearly as arduous.
Well done. Focused, informative and thought provoking.
Excellent course, full of interesting, practical ideas and sources of inspiration. I loved it.
Academically rigorous!
Thank you
This is the best of the Foundations for Teaching Courses. Actually learned something useful.
One of the best courses to retrospect basic programming.A chase to strengthen the foundation.
Strongly recommend
perfect introduction course
The teacher is very funny!
Helpful In someway.
Good to start programming in C language, but something used in homework doesn't mentioned in class material
A very good class. I love the lesson of the history of the math!
too easy so not suitable for students with some programming experience.
thanks,
clear and easy for an outsider. seful
Extremely Fun and Helpful!!
A good introductory course. Easy and you can begin to program after taking the course. You may skip the first few chapters since they may not be about the techniques you want to learn.
Fundamental and detailed !
Ge Li is an amazing instructor and taking this subject is a quite incredible experience.
Really Great!
base coursera.
unable to submit any home work for marks
very well course for the new student first time learning to write the code and the teacher was excellent in the class.
Study the bisic program knowledge by following this teacher, I feel much better than my own teacher.
Very helpful and intuitive
It's very helpful for a beginner.
Very detailed and helpful. Through learning this course, I gain a very solid foundation of CS. This is my first computer course. Thank Professor Li very much!!!
simple,practical and very clear
Very Good!
The content is good but should be more organized. More instructions and explanation should be provided for exercises. Particularly, the auto grading system should be improved. Besides a simple term like "compile error", more explanation should be provided to help students debugging.
Very helpful!
Just what I want. I like this course.
That's a great course for the beginner
Very clearly explation of C Language, Mr Li is really an experienced teacher.
a little bit difficult at the beginning
Lecturer is pretty good
Pretty good,especially for the rookie like me.
Great course, which offers me with comprehensive knowledge and skills of computer programming
Very good course, recommend to take, but homework is kind of beyond what has been taught.
Very Good Class
Very handy for if you are trying to get a job!
I have honestly learned a lot from this course and will most definitely use the information in my entire career. Thank You very much for making this course available to us.
This course is an ultimate guide to walk you through the best practices to how to stand out in a crowded applicant pool using online/social media presence and how to succinctly communicate your strengths and skills. I rate it 10 out of 10.
I found this class really helpful in my job search. Especially in a time that I was starting to feel hopeless. Having a few guides for how to best market myself really helped me keep moving. (And I got a job!)
Kind of short. Could have elaborated on some things. Also, having some recruitment experience myself, this might be different in several countries.
GOOD COURSE
It was not too long course focus on what is really important with that showed me the basic's. Thank you.
So much valuable information presented in an incredibly easy to understand way. Thank you!
Good one .. Especially for fresh grads, they'll get an idea about how to build their social image and resume so they stand out from rest of the candidates.
I found it one of the best course i have attended on the Cousera.
This course helped to me, to find a good job. I learned a lot..
Excellent, though it is very brief
Gives good insight, but could be more comprehensive :)
Thanks for the course. Our instructor was extremely well versed on the subject and an excellent instructor... I really learned a great deal about the sinuses. Thanks again for the time spent producing the course and it meant a lot to me.
Great quick review/update on sinusitis and treatments. Straight forward, easy to follow and uncomplicated. Not ideal for those lacking some medical background.
This course has been designed to help everyone understand the basics of sinusitis, both acute and chronic, including the treatment. I would recommend this course for all.
Excellent course, the information provided is certainly useful for anyone related to the field of health. As a medical student this course has tremendous utility, I am eager to put this knowledge into practice.
this course it was best one, and the first one i complete it finally
It is excellent, although 4 stars as I, as an infectious disease physician now, have less capability of assessing surgical part.
good organized and quite clear!
Very interesting and informative. Would have liked more information about treatments.
Really good, clear, easy to understand, enjoyable. Videos of impressive real surgical procedures.
very interesting course. I learned a lot of information. Professor explaining really good Rhinosinusitis topic!
as an ENT RN, i thoroughly enjoyed this course and the simplicity of the information conveyed with such practices ease. it will most definitely benefit my patients and colleagues in the future by sharing such valuable knowledge and hopefully, good progress could be made in helping patients to better understand their conditions and the available treatment options for them.
So loved this course very informative
Amazing. The only suggestion i can make is about treatment. To be more practical.
Very good and informative course.
Very helpful course. Thank you.
Straight forward and complete.5 stars.
Very good basic and quick overview of rhinosinusitis and treatments. Great for those who want an introductory review of the sinuses. I highly recommend this course!
Short and crisp course. I learnt to differentiate between acute bacterial and viral rhinosinusitis. I now appreciate that the basic pathology in chronic rhinosinusitis is inflammatory and therefore the appropriate treatment includes topical steroids and hypertonic saline irrigation. Being a family physician from a developing country, this succinct information would help me to manage my patients better.
Easy to understand and very informative.
Pretty good!!!
Great review course for those in medical school or have been in practice for awhile. The surgery module was particularly interesting!
Very good review of sinus function and disease
Informative on many basic concepts- like duration of acute and chronic rhinosinusitis, and diagnostic points.
Pretty easy and straightforward course. I learned a lot.
It is very good course , i get good new information thanks
Very complete and useful. Perfect course to improve your knowledge about Sinusitis quickly.
Thank you for going through the basics and differentiating the pathologies for us. As a pediatrician, we often get pushed to treat with antibiotics any little sniffle, but it is so good to ground the knowledge again and be assured we are doing the best for our patients.Thank you.
The course is excellent for health care professional and the speaker is amazing as he has an in-depth knowledge of the topic.
Thanks for providing such nice course! I now have a much better understanding of the disease.
interesting & straight-forward. Good for anyone seeking more information in medicine :)
Very good course! The teacher was knowledgeable and the material was in consonance with my expectations. My only complaint was about the quizzes which i found to be too short.
Great Course! I recommend it to PCPs and patients. Well presented and excellent work in gathering the material!
interesting review of sinus and the acute/chronic conditions causing problems......dr quincy, adds
Probably the most brief and pithy course on the Coursera. Like this much.
Great overview of the role of sinus surgery. Very well presented with good audio visual material. I would have liked a more comprehensive review of the medical reasons and workup of a chronic sinus case though!
Excellent organization. It is truly comprehensive in a sense that it covers the practical essentials from anatomy, physiology down to the clinical application and advanced approaches. It is meant to be a review as it can actually be completed within a couple hours.
Excelent option for continous learning, speccially if you are interested in Otolaryngology. Duration is very adecuate too! It won't take long for you to acquire essential knowledge on sinusitis, that will definetely bring better care to all of your patients.
It was an excellent course which enhanced my knowledge regrading the topic with the best faculty of Icahn school of medicine at Mount Sinai in association with coursera.
very informative and nicely designed course
i loved this course.though it is short but very usefuli learned a loti learned how to treat my patient well
simplw and niceloevd it
This course provide a lot of references, it is well organized, although maybe you will need more to do it than the time estimated.
Good, broad introduction to serious embedded systems. It covers quite advanced topics, definitely not for beginners. Not that it is hard but to fully understand requires it previous knowledge and good studying skills.The course definitely needs work. Mostly it is a 5-10 min video about the topic and then a bunch of links to webpages, scientific articles, books, wiki entries, etc. that you need to read. Then a short quiz with rather specific questions about the readings. Many times it is not clear in the links what you should be looking for (sometimes its just a link to a home page) so the quiz is hard. The course needs work to make it more engaging and interactive.I specially liked the last module about battery powered devices. It could be very useful as a course on its own. I think many people would like to learn about this topic.
Very good introductory course into the field of embedded systems. I would recommend this course to anyone who is willing to step into the field of IoT. The course offers a wealth of resources for individual study in a very systematic manner.
Video lectures are really bored, bad presented and almost useless. Most (if not all) of the useful content is presented in sections called web tours which are collections of websites were one can find information about the specific topic of a lesson. But many of the websites are bad organized, difficult to read/navigate or simply outdated. The course should be called Web Resources About IoT. I forced myself to keep going for two weeks/modules before I decided to buy a good book and take a more specific course like the one about Real-Time Systems
Just garbage. This course and its twin "Introduction to Smart IoT Devices" are an expression of imposture at high level. Fortunately, the other courses in EIT Digital series are very interesting.
Great course to help understand principles of inductive reasoning; recommended!
I think I can think better
The material in this course is well presented, though scarce at times. However it has its share of problems :-little to no interaction from TA's or mentors in the forums-the quizzes are often out of sync with the lectures-the final exam has severe problems with questions (form not content).In more detail, on the final exam, some of the questions don't even contain all the content to answer them. They can request multiple answers but have single question boxes and/or the reverse.
Interesting course but lacks details and practical knowledge
Very interesting courseThere are very few courses on the issue - filling a big lacuna
Good video lectures, pointless assignments .
Well organized. Interactive. I felt like a journalist! Thank Margaret & Denis for organizing this course. Was such a pleasure to participate.
Really enjoyed it.
such professional tutors, carefully chosen diction.
I loved the course!
Excellent ..I always knew ABOUT the French Revolution - i.e it happened- but I never understood the FULL consequences. Thank you, Professor McPhee..
Muito bom, conteúdo abrangente, professor qualificado, método instigante. Aproveite!Very good, wide ranging content, qualified professor, instigating method. Enjoy!
A really great course which is a credit to distance learning, with lots of material and insights into Revolutionary France. I particularly like Professor McPhee's clear and engaging manner in delivering this course.
Great course, well structured and well explained. i am now waiting for another course from the same teacher (napoleonic wars ?)
This course is Great. The professor is excellent.
Very clear and accurate explanations.
Great course! The materials were very interesting, the delivery was just excellent. I learned a lot about French Revolution, it's causes, process and outcomes.
Useful readings generously supplied by the professor. Very clear and interesting lectures.
Exceptionally well presented course. Professor McPhee is a great teacher. He engages you and takes you through the complex events of the French Revolution at a very comfortable pace.I'm currently reading his book: Liberty or Death, The French Revolution. I highly recommend it as a companion to this course.My plan is to watch this course again when I finish the book in a couple of weeks.I want to take this opportunity to thank Coursera for offering this, and other courses; and Professor McPhee for taking the time to put together this series of lectures.
Super interesting and well structured course! I wish I has such history classes at school - I would have know so much more! This course really focuses on making you understand what has happened, why and why that way. Recommend to everyone with at least a slight interest in history.
This was one of the best courses that I took at Coursera. The wide ranging knowledge of Professor McPhee is impressive. The course was well organized and well presented.
Great class. Good pacing, topics wide ranging and approached from a variety of angles. Loved it!
Outstanding from beginning to end. Dr McPhee's knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, his subject are infectious. I have enjoyed every minute.
repeat the class!
Engaging lectures. I watched it as if it were a netflix series.
Great MOOC, very well explained and focuses on the most important things with tons of art and quotes from the day and historians
very good course!
The course is very well prepared and structured, the information provided is clear and concise, Prof. McPhee's teaching style is very adequate to the MOOC approach. Highly recommended!
Great lectures and Peter McPhee covers the main views of the French Revolution not just his own. I enjoyed how his questions throughout the video lectures encourage us to establish our own opinions concerning this part of history.
good course, wish it went into more depth but overall worth one's time
Prof McPhee will bring out the historian in u and make french revolution more an experience than a course for u
This is a very good class
Outstanding presentation of the events leading to the Revolution. Clearest I have seen yet.
An interesting approach to the French Revolution time. (8/10)
It is a fantastic course with thorough and detailed analysis of French Revolution! Thank you!
It is a good course & I am grateful for any one you puts effort into making education available. The -2 stars is due to complete absence of moderators leading to a defunct discussion. Also be aware that there are a lot of peer graded assignments. Which I think work well, but do mean more work than a lot of courses. In addition you must pass all tasks, which meant I actually failed the course by getting the second top mark you can get on the last assignment despite passing all the others (a fair bit of work put in),
This is not an easy course. I have taken courses with similar titles and aims on other open leaning platforms (e.g. FutureLearn) and this course is much more difficult. It requires students to use sophisticated models (e.g. MODTRAN for atmospheric transmission) numerically. The course asks questions requiring quantitative answers. I have been involved peripherally around issues related to global warming, but I thought that this course would be informative by bringing together many strands. And it was. David Archer speaks clearly and makes simple physics based arguments to explain the role of the models. Overall, I would say that if you are not phased by the requirement to be numerical, and you like a physicists way of thinking, then this course will appeal to you. Personally. I enjoyed it.
I worked really hard on this course, but was stymied by a couple of quizzes. If I could not answer one question correctly, it meant I could not answer two or three of the next questions, meaning that I could not pass quiz. With no recourse, I was prevented from passing although my overall percentage of points earned was passing. I would still like to pass, as I feel that I really earned the certificate. I would really like a chance to speak to someone who can help me resolve my questions. My other problem was using one of the models, which I never could master, despite reading the help sites and trying two or more times.
Great course!!! The course is comprehensive and it progresses at a good pace (except for week 5 and 6, too fast from my point of view). Professor Archer is a very precise and clear lecturer (he uses very helpful analogies). He writes on a blackboard and does it very well which is a nice change from the usual - poorly prepared - slides. He is calm and has a soft voice but at the same time he is not soporific for one second. If you are interested in the topic, go for it! If you're not, give it a try!
Very helpful and useful online institution.
Excellent course. The way David presents is very clear.
I have learned a lot of thing including the science of climate change and mitigation.
Excellent lecture for climate change. This lecture give me a deep insight for greenhouse effect and global warming with nice scientific tools and models. However, It's necessary to improve some instruction process to have student understand with more easy. For example, there are various instructions for using models. But sometimes, I have difficulties to understand some model.Anyhow, I thanks to Dr. David Archer and Coursera staff.
Databases very difficult to work with, and badly programmed.
Dr. David Archer has succeeded in presenting a didactic course in which complex issues like climate and weather conditions are explained in a highly schematic and clear manner for students who do not have an academic degree in either Earth sciences or physics. The series of short video's show Dr. Archer at the blackboard explaining concepts using highly schematic and easy to understand figures. Teaching in the most elementary way, almost perfect.Completing this course also is learning by practice: there are multiple problems to solve using a wide array of models that compute the impact of greenhouse gases on temperature, humidity, ice sheets and sea levels. Finally a series of assignments require the student to explain in simple terms 'that can be understood by an 11-yr old' what are basic concepts like heat, negative feedback, fossil fuels, climate change and others. An interesting approach.Together, this is a recommended course for anyone interested in the science behind one of the most discussed changes of our planet. A Minor comment is that the videos would benefit by some change of perspective, introducing here and there images or video's that illustrate the impact of climate change on Earth systems.
The course was a broad overview to different areas of climate science. At the end I understood a little more deeply the mechanics of global warming, but some things could have gone in more depth. I found the quantity of assignments/quizzes to be a bit unmanageable even though some were very short. I really liked the explainer assignments. When I first saw them i thought they were going to be a bit much, but actually they were extremely helpful as they forced me to process the information learned week to week.
I recommend the course, for anyone who understands some math and science. The quizzes and writing exercises were challenging in different ways, and helped me to develop my skills in computing, understanding, looking at data, and practice sharing in the enterprise of science.I would give my performance maybe a B since I did very well in some areas (I understood the science very well, and mainly aced the quizzes) but not so well in others (in the writing assignments I kept getting into trouble with the deadlines and the interface, and in grading other people's papers sometimes I wasn't very thoughtful in my judgments and statements.)Also, I said I understood the science very well, but also I know I could have looked more thoroughly at some parts of the science. Especially about the analysis of radiation as it interacts with the atmosphere, I think I went too fast, and relied on looking at a graph to get myself through the lesson. I am sure the graph has a solid foundation, but I would like to review that part of the course or look at that information more deeply.There is a term project at the end that took me by surprise and I procrastinated on it - bad habit.I decided to go ahead and purchase the course since I am willing to support the course. My finances are really not good but considering the amount of time I put into the course, I should be able to afford that much.
A challenging but definitely worth trying course for people who want to get a basic knowledge about global change.
A great introductory course into Global Warming as well as modelling which gives you a better insight into what is actually happening with our planet. Started another course and it all fits in.
Very interesting course! With the recommended book one can delve quite deeply into the science of climate change.
Really cuts through the opinions of the people who don't know the science behind climate change.
Good course to understand basic causes of Climate Change
This is a really excellent course. Prof. Archer's lectures are clear and quite interesting, and the course is well structured. Students are also introduced to the "climatemodels.uchicago.edu" website, which provides both data and analysis tools for studying climate change.
Its a very good course for students interested in learning all about Global warming and its impacts
Eye opening course, interesting content easily explained concepts and fantastic practice materials. Highly recommend this course to start creating conscience on issues affecting us all.
Excellent course. My understanding of the world and how we are affected by climate has grown tenfold if not more. I recommend this to anyone who has an interest in living on this planet.
A very approachable introduction to climate science and the dangers of global warming from respected ocean chemist Prof. David Archer. Good online resources in the form of climate models from U Chicago.
Great course!
Good points: 1) Great instructor; 2) applicable content; 3) great for physics students.Bad points: 1) Lacking of a "Formulae booklet" to use as reminder and reference for formulas and constants - when working on the models for this course; 2) The exercises approach should be reviews, making more use of the tools available in the Coursera interface (example: Assigments in text format (discursive) should use the own coursera interface, instead make us upload .TXT or .DOC files).Extra: I did not finish the course, the format and content do not achieve my personal objectives, as a software developer and environmentalist. But i really enjoyed the general approach and goal.
The material is very interesting. There a a huge number of quizzes over poorly explained (or not at all explained) models, which would still be an interesting challenge if the models themselves had better explanations. This has been the most frustrating Coursera class I have taken, not because of the subject difficulty, but because of the lack of adequate resources for working with the models.
Very good, interesting and essential course. Everybody should know the Earth's climate basics since everybody is living on Earth
I found this course very interesting and informative and it has helped me understand and debate climate change to a much greater capacity
Fabulous overview of the science of global warming! I really appreciated the step-by-step approach and the comprehensive coverage of the subject. Playing with the models was highly useful in most cases, though some of the quiz questions related to the models seemed to be overly finicky in the answers they'd accept as correct. In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed this course and will be using the knowledge I gained from it as I begin pursuing a Master's in environmental science this summer.
Thanks a lot for a such smooth and effective presentation
This course is addressing a critical subject matter. The material is great. I love the math.But these are my personal metrics: A 4-star course has a high level of student collaboration and teaching staff participation, a 5-star course has very responsive teaching staff. I love learning the material but the learning environment is disappointing.As the course progresses to the later weeks, the inconsistency between quizzes and lectures grows. Not greatly but enough to frustrate. Some quiz questions, with multiple choice options with only one correct answer, will not accept any answer. There are a few questions which are not covered in the video lecture (or covered in later weeks). Some answers can be found in the book (but the book supposedly is not required). Some answers can be googled but the answers vary wildly between sources.Mathematical Thinking from Stanford is the gold standard.
Brilliantly presented material, of great importance.
The slow pace and the simple language helps to comprehend the climate science very effectively. Thanks a lot for that. Use of fundamentals with very little work load per week is fun!
Highly informative in bite sized bits.
very useful and the teacher taught in a easy understanding way.
ENJOYING IT!
Great class with a very gifted professor. The level of the class is very good! Advanced when this is needed and simple when necessary.
This course gave a very refreshing outlook towards the whole definition and concept of creativity. The videos, readings, articles and assignments were all very well thought out and makes you go wide as well as deep in your thoughts. Above all it makes you realize that creativity is indeed for everyone :)
This was a fun and engaging way to get me thinking about creativity as a skill and process rather than divine inspiration.
Very inspiring and full of engaging content
I enjoyed this course it gave me another way to view creativity and apply in my daily life.
This course helps to get those creative juices flowing. Well done.
The course boosted my creativity. I am now more confident in exploring and experimenting different things.
What I ended to rekindle the creative light in me! Thank you to the team behind this course!
This course has been created with love. Teachers are fun to watch. It covers several creativity strategies and methods.. A lot of inspiring videos and supplemental study material is included. Weeks will pass fast. You won't regret taking this course.
This was a really useful and practical course. Lots of tools and techniques. More importantly for more is paradigm shift in mindset and way of thinking it provided.
So far, it is a very inspiring class! I recommend it!
Great course!
Inspiring me on every perspective of my view..
loved it!
Very creative!
excellent content & treatment with thought provoking videos & transcripts
amazing course and teachers!
I really loved it! In particular the assignments. I am a creative person, and decided to take this course in order to understand the process and how to help others to be creative in their lives.
Very well structured, clear outline and objectives
excellent , thought provoking course. Engaging presenters
One of the most interesting courses I've taken on Coursera.
The creators were too lazy to actually film themselves, instead most videos are just text on a screen with music. Creates a bit of a feeling of a kindergarten festival. I'll stick around until I get too bored.
Great breadth and depth of content! Thanks
Superb!Insightful
Great class, learned a lot about myself, thank you!
None of the Coursera - courses I have done before (and there were many...) had such an impact on my mindset and on my life! The course is not only an entertaining eye-opener but also very challenging to accomplish! Great and highly recommendable!
Enlightening with many real life experiences. Thank you for having me.
Educational, Fun and Creative. I highly recommend it.
Old curriculum but the flow is great. Very helpful. Thank you!
This course was awesome!! Thank you very much to those who created it and made it available online. I really enjoyed it, and I am recommending it to everyone! Will definitely revisit some parts of this course in the future.Thanks again! Wonderful work!!!
A fantastic class! We are more creative than we know!!!
Very good course and material. Can be downloaded and read again .
Good course
Nice course. Good points discussed.
This course provided me with a a set of takeaway tools that I can leverage on projects for attribute driven design. The focus on methodology, design, peer review, and patterns and tactics would benefit any architect that may be interested in this design approach.
It's not on architecture for IoT as name suggests. It's general software architecture course.
Good : It is a very concise course with each week session providing references to books for learning more in depth. Overall I am very satisfied and glad to take this course.Improvements: A lot of information squeezed into short videos. Students would benefit more if there are a bit more videos covering all topics in depth not just refer them to chapters in a book. Some questions are little bit ambiguous. I think reading the book along with this course is very important to understand clearly and apply it at work.
In terms of Theory for General Software Architecture this Course is a good refresher for a person who is working with Software Architecture already.The Course could have more focused on IoT specific scenarios compared to Generic Software Architecture. What i recommend is to change the course title and have a separate one for IoT specific matters.If the presenters can provide more practical examples that will help remember how and where we can apply these scenarios.Overall this course content is good and interesting to watch.
I do not remember having been in a course where concepts were so easily applicable. In addition, it clarified me so many technical questions about the techniques I used in my day-to-day and helped me to define a new approach to my career, now focusing to the Internet of things
I didn't learn a lot from this course. It didn't explain technical IT architectures of IoT.
Excellent course as an introduction and overview of generic software architecture concepts. It would be great to get more in depth information about IOT specific patterns and technologies from the architecture trade-off perspective.
The course covers a wide range of aspects about Software Architecture, even beyond the scope of IoT. The peer review assignments help to put into practice some of the concepts, which may seem to be quite abstract at first glance. An improvement suggestion would be to provide more exercises to work on the case study presented in the last units, in order to take advantage of the additional material provided.
The course is almost focus on the SA for traditional software , not too much example, theories and miss some important core components of IoT architecture and especially is security that is also most important quality attribute for IoT project
Good, but not so deeply good
The course presents lots of concepts and papers, but it doesn't really seems applicable in reality.It felt too "fluffy" and subjective to me.
For someone who's been a senior software engineer for a bunch of years, the topics on design patterns and tactics could have dug a bit deeper.
Course was helpful in giving a structure to think deeply about a difficult, nebulous topic as is influence. Appreciated all the tips and tactics
Really well done course.
This is AMAZING MATERIAL. I am SOOO GRATEFUL that the instructors helped verbalize things into perspective that I thought I knew but didn't know how to analyze. Thank you so much for this course. I loved it.
This is by far the best course out of four ones in this specialization, as to me it is very practical inside engineering firms. Also, both instructors described the topics very well. The second assignment can be considered as a real exercise for currently employed individuals who are taking the course.
Great course. I'd highly recommend it.
I enjoyed learning this course. The content is very useful. Thanks so much!
After a year of learning this course, I still remember & able to use some of the techniques in my work.Thanks and well done.
Good course that helps provide a solid overview to help understand the importance of influence and how to effectively apply it.
I took this course when I needed the most. I am at the first step of my career and the lessons from this course will stay with me forever. I think all great leaders know how to use power and influence both in personal and professional life. So if you want to move forward with awareness of what is happening around, you ought to take this course. It is concise yet very impactful . Also, I really appreciate the instructor.Thanks coursera!
course provides a great overview of valuable lessons, along with sound academic underpinnings, on how to be more effective, persuasive, and convincing!
Very practical and informative. Highly recommended!
good course with interesting speakers and insights. Research-based with practical applications.
Very good course, clear, concise and quite complete. It gives plenty of practical reflections to have on your daily life and the recap videos at the end of each week are perfect to revise from time to time.
it's very important
Probably the best mooc of the specialization. Some really nice insight about psychology in the workplace. Highly recommended.
Quite good but could agregate more knoledge! Teachers are just awesome!
Exceptional! This course has impacted me in a very significant way! Thank you!
The sample are early to understand, and the teachers explain the principle well.
Very beneficial for both personal and professional life. It provides useful techniques and methods to be influential.
very good and useful.
Thank you for this course. It give me some knowledge about power :)
This course is worth taking.
I loved this course, very engaging and helpful
I really enjoy the course, now I know the tactics I need to influence others and how can I protect myself from other people using those tactics on me. Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Thank you
Really good professorsGood content, well structured and presented
Excellent course.Good examples, tips and tricks.No matter how experienced are you, this course definitively adds value.
Very interesting
Adequate information to grasp on. Learn something useful. But the videos are a bit boring that sometimes I have a hard time to carry on. Hope to share more interesting video examples and reading materials. Good effort but spice up the video a bit with salient stuff instead of pure talking and notes would be good.
The course is well presented and the content is packed with information and great techniques to use in your work world and in everyday life. I really enjoyed the lectures and Scott DeRue, besides being a world leader in his field, is an engaging and personable speaker who brings the course to life.Despite the course being very engaging and worthwhile, I am dismayed that you cannot take the tests if you do not buy the certificate of completion option. I understand purchasing the Course Certificate and understand that it costs time and resources to put this course together. However, since the tests are scored by a computer, the developers are not doing any work for free if they allow test access and scoring to those who choose not to buy the certificate option. By barring the those people from taking the tests, the MOOC suddenly becomes not so open anymore. People often wonder how a process or a product gets from A to B where it goes from open access to access for a limited few. This, the little step of denying access to test taking in courses that purport to be open, is that first step. Once this take further hold, more and more course will become less and less open and the MOOC system becomes the MOC system of just being Massive Online Courses.Please maintain the spirit of the MOOC by allowing testing access to all learners, not just to those who pay for the certificate. Thank you.
Interesting.
Excellent Course!, full of useful and actionable information. Excellent Instructors and explanations. Pure gold!. Thank you.
I've taken a bunch of Coursera Courses, and these were my favorite. Fun to watch and packed with useful stuff I wish I had known a long time ago.
this course provides a good structure of how to influence people. very useful!
Excellent and informative course.
Practical and interesting!
It's pretty awesome that I've learned quite many great thought from this lesson. So that I am able to think and apply in my current job. Thanks!
Perfect
Opening the quizes and the internal acreditation for free should be a most for such a good course like this.Its a shame that "non premium" users have access to only the video material.
I loved the course. Very clearly step by step, I could review my current situation, and the tips that were given were clean, ethical ways of handling people we find difficult to deal with in life. It was more like a self empowerment course.Both the facilitators were awesome, people I learnt to relate with within 4 weeks time. Their expertise and experience showed in each of their classes. The examples and experiments used were eye openers and very interesting. I watched and heard them more than once.I enjoyed the course thoroughly... Thank you!
Very informational.
Great!
Interesting but basic course. Mostly a series of tips on how to take advantage of human susceptibility to persuasion. The last week, concerning how to resist attempts to manipulate you, was probably the most important.
Loved this course! Great instructors.
It's a very good Course for everybody!!
I heard about this course in a article on business insider. The in depth explanation provided as well as the related practical experiences makes it more interesting. Congratulations for the team for putting together such a good content .
Sorry I missed the class.
Very helpful course on self-development! Thank you very much for everyone who participated in creating this course!!!
Really informative and provides some great advice on connecting with people (something I have frequently struggled with). A very enjoyable course.
I found the course was unfortunately slightly dry - I was expecting more from the videos. The speakers know their information and showcase the different types of power and influence you can exert on people and they can exert on you, however, I believe it could have had more real world examples.
one of the worst course ever
Very useful course with very good tactics to use in our daily working environment where there might be a lot of influence for personal gains, that is, manipulation.
Good informative course. The course should cover a little bit of Change Management Concept. Well designed and planned.
Very useful information that is delivered in a succinct way. I highly recommend this course for any one working on corporate environment.
It is a wonderful course for professionals working in different settings. It sharpens interpersonal skills and makes a person better leader.
Learned a lot
I took this course as part of the Specialization. I wish I could put all the directors, VPs, and EVPs through this specialization. The tools, case studies, and resources alone make it worth the time and money.
Fantastic course. Engaging and good balance between theory and practice.
Low on actionable content. Was looking for some specific tactics to use, but even though the course syllabus refers to tactical information on influencing people, it lacked any specificity to make it useful.
The course has great quality videos and gave me good insights on the topic.
The course really unfolded the secrets of influence, bases of power and tools to influence.
Extremely useful content.
Phenomenal course which backs up virtually all of their claims with actual scientific evidence. Definitely useful and highly recommended.
excellent course and materials
Really good training and it has proved to be really useful. I knew some of things things already, but having them in a structured way is extremely useful for me.
It's a great course, thank you! Many useful examples and I like the use of extern videos and materials!
One of the top in the specialization
Very refreshing and intimidating. Nicely designed, useful in practice
Interesting theories to help put into order what seems to be common sense! There are practical tips.
I really want to continue enrolling in Michigan State University after having this course such attractive, I also would consider this university for my master degree.I love that this is not a theorethical course, this has so many examples, so many practical tips, this is what I consider as strong in the course.
very helpful
Great, great class! You learn a lot about social interactions and the types of influences that you can leverage despite not holding formal roles of leadership.
This course for me, was a huge step towards my leadership development.
Great course! The course structure is clear and straightforward. The content is rich and also inspires me to think a lot.
Amazing Course! Great influential instructors. Very good training content!
Very good! I have found clear and concise concepts, very valuable. Very useful for using in all kind of relationships.
I really found this course very interesting and applicable to my work and life, this is the one I liked more of the 3 that I have finished from the Sp
This course is amazing. I've only been through the first week, but I've already learned more than my actual classes at school. It has given me a different perspective on power. I have already found this information useful in my current office and will be incredibly valuable when I am put into a leadership position. Thank you!
I learnt a lot and gained practical skills. I believe the course has made me a better leader.
This is a great course, the first week it is a bit slow, but then from the second week onwards it is awesome. I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot from all the materials employed in this course.
enough basic knowledge
Good concepts, very useful tips shared in this course.I reduced 1 star because, it has very less illustrations. Interactions, live examples could have been added in the content.Especially the video background is not good. It matters because, it's distracting while listening the class.
Super costly. The course needs to make at least some of the quizes available for the free users
Clearly structured material, excellent lecturer, interesting an engaging - overall very good course.
Excellent instructors!Applicable everyday life techniques backed up by science are well presented.
Great course, great instructors
i learn lot of things from this course
Instructor was great, course content lucid. All in all an excellent offering.
Great lecturers, great material, great course.
Really good, maybe include more practical examples
The course helps in identifying the tactics that are used frequently in order to get personal gains. It teaches how to avoid them and also use them if needed.
Very interesting ! -)
Best leadership course that I have taken. I wish this was available few years before and I would have done so many things differently to get my ideas forward and made the right impact to organization benefit. Great course, immense learning and insight...I would highly highly recommend to everyone who wants to understand the nuance of power and influence and use them to get there right ideas forward and avoid getting influenced with wrong ones. Go for it!!
Dear CourseraThis was my first Coursera course at all. The course is in general is interesting and it give a good theoretical approach and examples how to turn this theory in practice.The discussion possibility is also very useful. Learning from your classmates is great. The discussions are respectfull and if somebody has a different opinion or view this is seen as "added value" and is not judged negatively.The only thing missing is the possibility to have live and direct conversation with the teachers. I did a training where we had the opportunity for one hour to ask questions in a chat and the teacher was answering them in a live webinar. That was really usefull and would make it a "five"***** star course.Overall, I would attend/take a Coursera training any time again. Great plattform!
Extremely well articulated!English is not my native language, and the teacher was very good at repeating important words so I was able to understand it fully.I loved the way the teacher reached out to our mind by making us think rather than telling "predigested" material. He presented facts and suggestions that fired my interest.This course lets you as a student form your own opinions and your own strategies based on facts and suggestions.The community was also very good at commenting and helped me expand my own "horizon"
It's really influencing course in one word. I would definitely recommend it.
Great info, really helpful for my day job.
Very course. Good explaination of the influence that is already taking place in our everyday live. This course tells the way's to influence others. Another part of the puzzle with things occur and sometime nog go as planned in influencing others.
Awesome!! Very good techniques for our life.
Very helpful and applicable in everyday life.
Good course. I learned good topics do apply in my carreer. Congratulations.
Very pleasant lecturing style with good visualisation of basic ideas. Hands-on approach with a range of good examples. Highly recommended to anyone wanting to understand how some people seem to end up imposing their ideas more than others - and become one of them!
GREAT AND I LEARNED A LOT.I LL PAY FOR IT NEXT TIME I TAKE THIS COURSE
This course is very useful ,it forces me to invite my friends to enroll in it.Thanks for your effort.
Just finished the audit part of this course, all 4 weeks and its an incredible course that everyone that is dealing with people in any capacity should take. Fascinating and interesting plus will teach you a lot of power, tactics and useful ways of how to do things better.Totally recommend it.
Great lessons that helps me to think more about how people influence people and how to exercise one of the most useful,practical tatics to inluence!Thank you!
The program would make you conscious of your actions as well as that of others. It's an interesting course!
Great Course.I strongly recommend this course for everyone.
The course materials are well prepared well and professors are well presented the courses, it is really useful in career and personal life, appreciated
Helpful summary and reminder of aspects of influence in the professional and organizational context. Very helpful.
Recommended for everyone. Everyone must know it.
nice, however needs more examples on resistance
Great course, very useful information and tool
Really good and useful content. Instructors offer a lot of real life examples. I probably will pursue the whole specialization!
A good, well designed course but very heavily aimed towards those mid-career in a corporate environment. Still worth a look for others, but the assignments will take significant extra thought. Sadly the discussion forums fail at bridging this gap because forum participation framed as mandatory (it is not) in the lecture videos has rendered them a wall of pure noise.
It is good but it should continue with some advanced course, this one seems to be very predictive..
Very professional course. It taught me how to deal and manage certain groups of people.
Incredible, well taught, easy to follow .
I find the course content useful and well structured, but I'd wish to hear more example for the different tactics. A few things remained unclear to me. Still I am satisfied with the course and would totally recommend it! Thank you Maxim Sytch and Scott DeRue!
Great stuff, interesting packed & skillful presented!
At the risk of sounding like a jerk and I am TRULY sorry for saying this but only gave this course 4 stars instead of 5 because of one of the professors, not the actual content. I actually feel like this course was GREAT, I just couldnt deal with one of the professors constant sucking of teeth or whatever in the videos and dragging out of everything. Information got repeated in different ways making everything longer and boring where I literally just kept forwarding the lessons. Besides my "ADD" with that one professor, I will have to admit, I loved this course.
I loved this course. It gives a lot of good information to help when I need to influence other people, but my favorite thing is the tips it gives for avoiding others' influence and manipulation.
I really loved this course. It was quite interesting course and I learned a lot from it. It kept me engaged throughout the course.
Love the course, so informative & interesting!
this course is ..... great!
This is a great course
Great
Wonderful course I haven't realized the power of influence before taken this course! Thank You Coursera!
Very useful course!
I liked it a lot in style and substance. The framework of 6 elements + 1 big one (cognition) might need a bit of thought.
Thoughtfully designed course!!!!
Useful & practical & easy to grasp & summary videos at the end of each sectionThe projects require a little thought, but are incredibly inspiring. Students actively participated in the discussions, providing valuable opinions.
Great material and very useful for my current rol.
Thank you! Really great information
very nice course
Great course. Unlike many other courses, it is quite practical and useful. I especially liked Maxim Sych part, he's a professional and a talanted teacher.
This is a excellent source for learning about influencing others and How to protect yourself from others influence.
Good materials, good professors and very well put together cours. If there is one thing I would improve is response to questions from the students by the professors.
This is a good and effective course for managing your network and learning how to influence people. Many tactics are provided for learners, so we can try different ways in different situations to get a better influencing.
A lot of material to memorize, but very good information not only on how to influence others, but on keeping others from influencing you in a negative manner and turning their tactics back on them.This is also a great course if you are into politics and news media/advertising/marketing.You will really learn a lot and the speakers have good voices, fast paced, good video and dialogue that will not bore you as in other lectures.
Intresting to know what's happining around you all the time and how to practically deal with it. i recommed this course to all people.
So far, the best course I've ever had. That was fascinating in a way the presenters conveyed the influence techniques. I will definitely sign up for the next course from University of Michigan on personal development.
extremely useful course to understand tactics of influencing others and protect yourself from an unwanted influence of others. Applicable in business, work as well as day-to day life.
Simply amazing! Everything in this course is so useful. Thanks for the journey.
Great course, because it gives you tools to be successful in whatever you do at whatever level you are at your organization.
Really useful course! I learnt many new ways to influence others and protect myself from other people's influence.P.S The cover is a deal-breaker. I joined this course after watching the intro.
Need to provide the slides for the course. The videos are excellent.
The speech is clear and inspiring. This is a cool course.
This has been an extraordinary course which really helped me to perceive my performance at work and how to improve them through proper communications. I enjoyed the course overall, just hoped it continued a bit more
This is a joke right?5 minutes long videos with questions after it shall teach me effective?!you guys are ridiculous!
This course is a great effort for personal development and better analysis for influencing tactics you can use and how to protect yourself from being abused by it.
Some techniques were intuitively known to us but a clear structural classification of our knowledge plus many fresh insights are available in the course. Strongly recommend it for all leaders
Informative and not too long course.
I learnt a lot from this course. The material was really engaging and scientific.
You could ignore this course and probably get stuck in your current job or you could risk a few evenings for a career boost. (And you'll know what I did here, after the course ;-) )
Very good, the spelling is clear and easy to understand, even for who doesn't speak and/or listen in English and the content is awesome.
Thank you for this very insightful and effective course, I am extremely satisfied I started it and looking forward to more benefits in the weeks ahead. Best, Anna Kalandadze, Washington DC
Really good course, easy understanding and well explained as well. Concepts very useful for professional and personal life.I recommend to everyone who are often envolved with people.
This is the one best course. i have learned a lot to enhance my abilities.Qasid AliPakistan
Amazing, very well presented with a contagious enthusiasm
It is a great opportunity to learn the basics of how to exert influence and how to shield yourself from others' influence. I had the chance to have two very knowledgeable and well grounded professors on this subject that articulate very well, thus make it possible for any foreigner to follow easily the courses.
Very interesting course and has highlight the awareness in me for good politics.
Great course! Full of insightful and very useful information. :) I highly recommend this course.
Whether you are an Entrepreneur, working in a corporate environment or even a student. This course will introduce you towards concept of social influence in all contexts.
Great insights, very useful contents. The assignments are a good addition to the lectures & quizzes - it makes it more interactive and "forces" you to think about the content more deeply and in relation to your own experiences.Geoffrey (The Netherlands)
Thank you!
Really great course ! I have taked great lessons !
highly detailed insight, assignment makes it more interactive and thorough
I thought all of the information was great but at times the course was just very bland especially in terms of presentation. Also, the title is somewhat misleading and the presumptions that the course creators make about its students assume I am a business guy sitting in an office or a part of some team which makes the activities that you HAVE to do in order to pass the course a bit harder to complete. This is good because if what the activity desn't really apply to your situation it makes good practice to imagine a situation - not soo imaginative the task is incredibly easy - and apply what you've learned. However, as I've said, if what you're being asked to do is harder to apply than the activity in many ways isn't all that practical. I prefer Cumulative tests as well because they assess everything you've learned and whether you've retained the information or not.
An excellent course with a great design! Learned a lot and was able to apply it in such a way that made it personal and made the material more tangible. I look forward to more courses from these instructors and this institution.
I liked it very much! Many thanks for your job!
This course provided me with real tactics that I could begin utilizing immediately both in and outside of work.
Excellent course and a great kick-off point for further self-driven research
very interesting and valuable
A very good course to understand the various tactics involved in influencing people and how to protect ourselves from getting influenced by others.
Amazing!! And Surprising with Correct Information displayed in fun interactive and inspirational way. Keep up the GOOD work!! :)
excellent tactics to influence people .
A very engaging and informative course. The content was well laid out and easy to follow. I enjoyed the assignments and would recommend the course as professional development for anyone in a leadership position in a large organisation. I have already recommended to 6 colleagues who have enrolled in the course (I must have influenced them!) :)
Excellent course and teachers!! Congratulations
I plan to utilize all of the advice provided in this course. Influencing people is a pri
perfect course, helped me a lot to organize my thoughts about power
Excelent course. Really good to apply in my company.
The only reason I give 3 stars is because there were no pdf documents of the lectures. Being able to check back notes fast is important and very helpful and I can't see why they are not given.Other than that the course content was very interesting and fascinating. Well done on that!!
mind-numbingly boring
very useful. bringing a lot tactics out of subconscious. I love it.
I really liked this course. It was concrete and well prepared and interesting, easy to archive. I had an experience in similar training classes, so I consider that is really useful to repeat or learn, if you a new in this topic. For me, is the must that the professor(s) was good in public speaking, other way I will feel boring.I would like to suggest this course to others.Kind regards,Kateryna.
enjoying the break down
Excellent content with examples.
Influencing People is really helpful to me. I had in mind that you should be the Head in order for me to influence people, now I have another conception.
Its very interesting :) loving it
Good course.
First course I took with Coursera and University of Michigan. The content was well organized and easy to navigate, the presenters were exceptionally articulate, the resources were ideal for the assignments.
Good course.
Yet another brilliant course.
Great information on the topic of influencing people.
This course is quite elaborate and the course content and lectures are quite effective.
Thanks a lot. I was very happy to take this course. It was very interesting and the teachers were very clear and passionate. I learned a lot of tools which I intend to implement. I would have liked to know more about what to do with manipulators.
very interresting and exciting to find out
Interesting for business people
an exceptional course, directly usable learning material in one's work and life. great presenters and teachers. I love this course and would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who wants to or needs to influence others without manipulating or being manipulated
I'm looking for hight specialization about leading teams.This course is very effective and brings some aspects about leadership that can be immediately applicable to my daily activities. Really recommended.
Love these specialization. each course is great so far.Many thanks to all who made it possible.
Well paced and explained, also relatively useful tuition in life, highlights rather extensively on the subject.
Thank you very much for the course. It was very good - would have been perfect if the slides would have been provided :)Would be great if there would be a course: Influencing People part 2
Excellent course material and Instructors !! :)
I found it very interesting and helpful for my personal and professional development
Most useful content is the list of factors that influence us behind the scenes in our minds. Would prefer to have more content of that nature presented, since the concepts of power and how to use those behind the scenes influences seem fairly basic in comparison. I appreciated the succinct presentation of the material, as well. Please make your graphics/slides available.
Great Course !!!!!! Week two is an exceptional lesson on Influence.
it's a very useful course!
Excellent material, good organization and presentation. But - too many ("demanding"?) peer-reviewed assignments for such a short course.
Really good, I learned a lot and I'm really satisfied.
One of the best courses.
very useful and handy course. recommended for all
Exceptional course, very easy to understand and useful in day-to-day basis.I only would suggest to provide additional material to re-inforce understanding, practice and train techniques shown.Great material you developed, University of Michigan team.Regards,Carlos
This course remind me so much of course done by Wesleyan University - Social Psychology, by great profssor Scott Plous.
If you are a white man and want to learn how to influence other white men, this is a great course. For the rest of us, this course provides some helpful tips and techniques. Unfortunately, the course instructors ignore the all-too-common psychological biases some people have about others based upon race, gender, age, orientation, etc. And near the end of the course, we watch a white man encourage us to use more emotion -- specifically anger. That is a laughable suggestion. There are ample examples of the fact that the anger of white men can be effective when the anger of others is counterproductive. Here's one: https://asunow.asu.edu/20151027-study-shows-angry-men-gain-influence-and-angry-women-lose-influence
I enjoyed this course. Thank you very much for the material!
Covers theory and its application in a very straight forward and clear way. Enjoyable way to learn very practical skills everyone can apply to their lives.
Outstanding! All of the information presented in this course is highly practical on a day-to-day basis and the manner that it is presented is easily absorbed. The presenters are explore the ideas in a crisp and professional manner, and the ideas presented have increased my confidence greatly - five stars!
This course far exceeds my expectations as an influencing people course. Quite detailed, applicable to everyday context and complete too.If you are a business leader looking to influence your organisation in order to increase productivity, this course is for you.
Very good class. Gives real life examples and helpful tips to make yourself better at workplace.
Very practical and concret. I was afraid about the manipulation tactics, but it's realy clear and deep. Thank you
excellent course, with a lot of extra ressources.
This is a very important topic, excellent teacher.
the lessons are awesome
I'm loving this course. The instructors are great. Make things really easy for us to understand.
Great food for thought, clearly presented
Very useful and applicable to real life course. Very well structured and clear information.
With the right balance of time spent on videos, good amount of scientific background supported by studies and excellent practical tips to put the theory into practice!Very clear language and simple / easy to follow structure.Learned a lot with it and highly commend it! Well done.
Excellent course especially for those who are in the way of ascending in their organizations
Engaging and interesting content; well-taught; challenging and appropriate assessments.
Useful knowledge
Excellent! The themes and ideas are very useful and integrated.
It could have been better if notes/slides were provided
I wish i had te access to this course a little earlier in my life. It gives clear strategy and guidelines "On How to Move across organization". Awesome course for anybody who feels he is working hard work and is lost on how to navigate the complex organization situations... it acts like a torch light... However use it wit common sense...
It's only been my preview week but I'm nearly finished & greatly hooked. :)
wonderful course... lots of influencing tactics and analysis !
loved it! I learned alot!
As both a healthcare professional and an executive for a healthcare organization I am blown away by how good the courses within the Leading People and Teams specialization are. I found Coursera through my own search for personal professional development and every course I have done has been top notch but the courses in this specialization really raise the bar. I have encouraged my peers and subordinates to take the courses within the Leading People and Teams Specialization and we may actually do a coordinated effort to get leaders and aspiring leaders into this Coursera specialization.
Well done, but perhaps a little bit more depth required (foe somebody with 30 years of experience in large organisations).
Transvera, complete, great and p
Great
A very good course. Useful and applicable to one and all.
It is a good course
Very useful insights and lea
This course provides a very good introduction to basic linear regression, including simple multiple linear regression, model building and interpretation, model diagnostics, and application in R.
It was a really good introduction to Linear Model, I recommend this course to all people who wants to learn more about statistical analysis
Very useful.
Best course in the series so far. Highly recommended! Seriously.
Awesome teacher
As with the previous courses on this Specialiazation, the instructor makes the difference. With detailed examples, clear explanations and a very handy supplementary e-book provided for free, this is a must course for everyone wanting to learn Statistics. Highly recommended!
Good, but a little "smaller" than the Inferential statistics course (which is very complete). I would have liked to also learn Logistics regression, which I now have to learn elsewhere.
Best course on linear regression and modelling.
First, this course will enable me to understand the quantitative part of a research. Additionally, this will help a student to understand the essence of performing such numerical calculations and will make us understand the relationship between different variables.Secondly, this is the need of the hour and such numerical functions are used worldwide so, learning this course will help in almost every field be it 'Management' be it 'Social Sciences' or be it 'Human Behaviour'.
Excellent easy going course
Good overview of regression modeling. Would have liked to see more on logistic regression. But that's ok, can read it on my own.
The lessons from this course are very useful, and I will be able to apply them for work.
Excellent course and content for the beginners. I certainly learned a lot from this course. a Big Thank You!!!
Nicely explained
This course was good. However, compared to the other courses in the specialisation had less content. I would have liked to have videos on logistic regression as well.
Very good course.
One of the best holistic fundamentals reviews of regression analysis.
Again like the first two courses, this course was great. The Lectures were excellent and the assignments very helpful in solidifying understanding. Thanks a lot Dr Mine
Best approach to learn linear regression. Good course!
I learnt quite a bit. One of the most useful courses! I would suggest add more exercises in R.
This course has provided me with a good and simple understanding on the concept
this course is thorough and indepth
Compared to the Course 2 Statistic inference, this session seems to be a little be informal and rush. But still learn a lot from the conception of linear regression!
Great introduction to linear regression. Nice, clean R tutorials via the labs. The lectures do become a little monotonous, but there there are linked readings in a nice, open-source textbook if reading suits you better than listening.
Excellent Course. Mine, the teacher is a great great teacher. The mentors help a lot.Technical parts, coursera platform should work better
Great Course
This is the first course that's made me understand linear regression. The instructor is so spot on, and all areas are covered including diagnostics which I find most teachings skipping. Awesome course!
Very interesting course. I recommand it
Excellent course, quality teaching
The structure of this course is really good. The slides demonstrates everything clearly. The speed that the instructor talks is good too.
Fantastic course with fantastic materials, i love it.
Very good course. while it does not cover everything. the teacher does a great job explaining things in a simple manner. My feed back would be to move ANOVA into this module.
An awesome course with great resources and teaching style
This is a great course for this specialization but don't expect much depth.
Does a good job of explain a complicated topic in a very simple and understandable way
Very usefull and interesting.
Great course. I only wish there was more time spent on dealing with more complex situations such as overfitting.
Covers the basic of Linear Regression, would like to see more advanced material.
Good Explanation
Good course well taught.
Clear explanation of concepts
An extremely good introductory course. A must for undergraduates. The style of teaching is fluid and you learn concepts step by step. For more advanced learners the only drawback I see is that this is, by default, an introductory course.But still for advanced learners it can be a great (and I really mean great) refresher.
Compared to other courses in the specification, this course content is too shallow and brief.
She just started with wk 2. There should have been more explanation and videos in week 1...not very interesting. I think statistics you need to take in person.
Very nice course! Amazing teacher!
nice lecture, but it is really too short, not into too much details.
Disappointed that it's all theory and no application. I know there are a ton of differeint fMRI processing pipelines, but even just to walk through one would be much more useful.
Still very good course with a lot to offer especially parts covering new methods. The only downside for me were the mathematical parts by Martin which got complex, messy and seemed to be explained not as clear as in previous course. Some ecological, more experiment related examples could be useful to help understand mathematical operations and formulas.
Pretty good lectures that touch on many aspects of fmri but doesn't really get into enough details to really learn about the difficulties with this methodology. Would be nice if they had some real data processing exercises to demonstrate someof the concepts.
The course was ery good, I wish it also included working with sample fmri data.
Thanks a lot, both curses were very interesting and will help a lot in future research!
Superb!Easy to comprehend, good lecture.I would recommend our students to take these lectures.I would wish part3 focused on network analysis.Thank you for providing us the clue to fMRI analysis.Hironaka Igarashi
This course brought me new thought and many sources of info in dev
Great course! Interesting, diverse topics with thought provoking speakers. A hidden gem of a course!
Course content sometimes too boring
Great course! Very well planned and delivered. I really appreciated the effort University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had put into it. Thank you!
Very good introduction for isolation precautions and cleaning strategies in Nursing Homes. Every healthcare worker should follow this course! Also for me it is very nice to see the difference between the American and Dutch strategies.
very creative
Thank you...
Good Coverage and good emphasis on important and valuable items. Innovative videos and learning modules.
A great course with tons of information. I love how they make their video's, you can't help but want to learn.
great course
Great information, innovative format, humorous presentation, CE credits. This is a GREAT course.
Definitely the most creative online course I have ever taken. You guys at Chapel Hill rock! Hope to complete more courses with you in the future...a course on managing pandemics, maybe? Thank you guys so much.
Informative course with entertaining skits to deliver material.
A very, very interesting course. I enjoyed every minute!
Except for the last lecture on Jerusalem, I loved each and every lecture in the course. Also, the quizzes should have been a little longer, i.e. with more questions, at least 3-5 questions for each week.
Well made and really amazed by the effort of objectivity done by the teachers
I enjoyed this class to the fullest! It was very organized and user friendly! The lectures were very interesting and well as easy to access actual wording because the transcript was right below the video. As an American I have always been interested by The State of Israel but did not know where to find a concise class that I could afford to take . Thank you for providing this!
The course was interesting, but I would have appreciated more academically rigorous assessments. As the course is currently designed, you either get 100% or 0%!
Very informative, and engaging, videos. There are however no links to useable reading texts, which is a shame. But the content of the videos are of incredible value.
The first time to learn about Zionist being is the most appreciating one. This course is well structured in terms of represented scientific approaches, both offering a prospective and retroperspective view's to the learner and choice of historical intensity thereby not missing actual relevance's and sociological transformation into formal analysis of facts and tendencies. It should be said, that's up to the passion of the learner to set scale
Great course. Really well organized for a true learning experience.
A very nice introductory c++ programming course. A very nice learning experience.
Thank you so much. Great course, very good exercises. I have learned so much.
The theory is excellent but the exercises are too difficult for beginners.
Difficult enough to know something at the end
4.5 Star. That's a really good course. You learn and test your knowledge. It is more that just a tutorial.
Extraordinary course. Well done!
I think this was a very interesting and informative course, although the lessons could have been a little bit longer! I do recommend this course strongly
very packed course....full of very dense information in the reading....the reading load is very heavy, especially for the first two weeks......it's more like two months...... but the assignment is very moderate.....just one....
I really enjoyed the course, and think it is very well thought out and paced. I appreciate the access to additional reading materials.
Fun and interesting course. I was exposed to info all new to me. Thanks.
Christine Helmer's classes opened me a whole new, rich and very useful world of Martin Luther. Great course. Thank you!
Very interesting class. Very well presented. Enjoyed it and got good information.
This course was not overly interesting, it felt more like listening to someone wanting to paint everything with a socialist brush. I had better things to do. This has not been a class where I learned much. Its structure of super short videos (~4mins) with easy "tests" was neither challenging nor useful to confirm the value of the content, in fact a number of tests quiz you on material not yet covered (usually in the next unit). Not the best class there is.
very thorough examination of the beauty of Kunqu opera, a real eye-opener! very interesting lectures!
Beautiful lectures, especially the demonstrations. The subtitles are well scripted; I'm very thankful for that.
Very useful course for a deep understaning othe beauty of
Absolutely loved this course! I'm so glad I signed up for this one. It's made me so much more aware of the gorgeousness of Chinese culture. The videos are a delight to watch! Prof. Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai's articulate lectures really draw you in even if you do not understand the language.
A general introduction for people who have watched Kunqu yet also would like to know "how to appreciate Kunqu". The part that those masters presenting the acting, singing, etc. is always the best.
do this class again!
Obviously, the specifics of an ancient Chinese opera are not for everyone, but if you are into China and/or Classical Music, there is much to learn here. Many of the lectures are given by (former) performers which guide you through a scene or aria, explaining as they go along. I for one enjoyed the insight into this unique way of storytelling.
Interesting subject. Very important to learn about culture and history, especially if different from one's own.
Great teacher, I've had a lot of fun doing the assignments!
great intro to game design , the materials was so much fun
Excelente course. Great Teacher. i recommend to anyone.
The teacher is wonderful, the course is very fun and wonderfully structured - I would highly recommend it! It is in itself like a multiplayer game that I enjoyed playing! :) The peer-reviewed assignments were really allowing me to learn by doing and to gradually learn from my and others' mistakes. All together, it was great!
I have learned a lot. Very simple and direct to the point lessons and assignments were very helpful to deeply understand each week's lesson. All the peers are very open and helpful as well. A+ community!
Having done this course has given me a better understanding of why games work and how they relate to the different platforms they are designed for. The coursework is limited to a paper based game, which has different dynamics from a video game, but it gave me the practice of evaluating my own work with a lot more clarity than I had before.
I like the course. It is fun and interesting. I need to apply what we learnt to the game we designed.
the teacher is really good
Engaging and interesting! This is by far the best online course that I've ever done!
This is a great course due to the well designed and produced videos, peer feedback feature and structure of the course. However, I feel that the lack of input from CALARTS is the drawback. I have been in other courses in Coursera and have found the input from tutors really reassuring because I am getting expert feedback. If courses like this are to be continuously supported by Coursera clients/students, this kind of feedback is critical. If certificates achieved through Coursera are known to be only peer reviewed, such certificates will not carry weight and be recognised by other organisations/employers.
this course is amazing the teacher is cool , funny and he explains the class in a really cool way with puppets and stuff and i learnd a lot and the best part of all is that it was fun
Great
good tutorial helps me understand some basic game design rules. The feedback system is pretty good as well.
This course is going to teach you techniques on how your Video Games can become popular,can reach a wide audience.It will also talk to you about the importance of Documentation.
Very good introduction. In a light and friendly manner, we're given basics of game, I particularly remember balance, that I now keep in mind and look for in many aspects. I appreciated that no computer knowledge is needed, it's really about thinking what makes a good game. Comments from the peer reviews are helpful.
Very good introductory course. Nice little assignments to complete. My peers were supportive and encouraging with their feedback. Would definitely recommend this course!
A nice course, with great content, but the Coursera plataform presented many flaws in key points, as the access to the feedbacks of peers...
I enjoyed the course, I learned a lot about rule development, difficulty evaluation, along with other elements in game design. The peer feedback was important. As someone who designs games, input from your potential customer base is crucial. They definitely helped me design a better game. I could see the improvement from the first week to the last week. Thank you.
I was surprised at how difficult at first people made their simple games for the first few weeks. It was cool to see some really creative games that inspired and helped me with my ideas as well. The teaching videos were great and immersive that I laughed out loud at sometimes. Like "don't touch that there's a bomb" and then just touching the bomb and the puppet exploding. (2 ways to explain something in a game)I loved the course and look forward to the second course! Thank you CALARTS!!!!
Excellent course to establish basic concepts of game design. Assignments are very practical and helpful.
Although a neat idea, I was a little disappointing to find that over the course of 4 weeks we'd only be creating and adding to a small paper game. I was hoping for something a little more in depth. And although I don't disagree that this course provided some wonderful input to creating a game, I felt that it was something that could have been done in a single lesson.
This introduction to Game Design was exceptional! The teacher is great and manages to keep the course light and still deliver the necessary knowledge. In this course you learn the basics about games, what they are, what rules are, what characters are etc. For me it was just the perfect start.
Awesome Course to kick off the Game Design world. Highly recommend for the game lovers.
Content is great, the exercises are thought provoking, and I actually made a pretty decent game at the end. The only shame is that enrollment was very, very low when I took it. I hope that the next time the course is offered Coursera/CalArts advertises it more, share it more on social media, and really garner interest in it. It's a good course and many people would be interested in it if they knew it existed.
Thank You, this course was very good!
It was ok for what it was. It is a very brief introduction. Fun teacher, but very limited information.
Very good course, very nice and clear explanations. 10/10
Very informative and well-structured. Easy-to follow and enjoyable :)
The course is AMAZING! it deals with a complex topic in a very simple way that allows you to build a game quickly while understanding the rules and basic strategies of game design. The only feedback i would like to give is regarding the faculty lack of interaction in the discussion forums. I feel they did not answer some of the questions sent to them in the specified forums and this lack of interactions diminishes the impact of the course. The course is still great, so i did not remove one star because of this, as i want to think the faculty will address the point above in future courses.
A great course that introducts you to game design in a fun way.
A very basic course to start off the game design career. Great if you want to start right from the ground stage and make your way up! Complex concepts broken down and put ever so simply! Try it out!
fun to follow along with the lectures, which I usually have a hard time with, I have difficulty concentrating, and this was easy to focus on for the most part. Very interesting, and creative instructor, and makes the lessons easy to understand, and not too technologically demanding
Good Course to understand basics of Game designing
Friendly, comprehensive and fun.
There were a few problems with the app interface especially in the peer review section but a great introduction really enjoyed it.
this course open my mind about the creative thinking about game design
I really liked that course! You should think about it as an introduction class, otherwise you will be really disappointed with its content. Speaking for my academic experience, I already know how to program a game, but I never had the chance to study the Game Design field. This course forced me to use a creatively thinking process to focus on some important aspects, like rules, multiplayer, and more.Do not take this class if: you are looking for academic resources, books references, lot of theory to study.Take this class if: you are looking for some challenges, with motivational contents, that can push you to express yourself with your own force and skills!Videos are also very fun to follow! I think that Frank is an awesome teacher, with great communication skills.
Good introduction course. Perhaps a bit light on material... reviews from others are very helpful!
Really nice
I'd give it a 5 if I was only rating the material- it was very informative and easily digestible. Just what you need for a starting course.The assignment and scoring part of the course is what brings the rating down a notch. Relying solely on feedback from people who are probably beginners in the field and who go by one sentence instruction on what to feedback on was not always constructive. More guidance needs to be added to what to look out for when scoring somebody's work.
This course was an excellent intro to games from the artistic point of view. I was looking for a course that could teach me the fundamentals of what a game should have to be good and this one was spot on.My plan is to finish all five Calart courses!
Great course! Useful information, great introduction. The videos are fun and really help with the process of creating a game step by step.
This course was my first one on this website and I can say that it was a really great start. A very engaging and fruitful course that brings back to you the positive stress and excitement of the college phase.I recommend it to everyone; even for doctors (:
Ive found the course to be allot of fun, it really made you consider the importance of simplicity and clarity, i really tried to make the most of the course, I enjoyed reviewing other peoples works and hearing feedback on my- own, and found it very helpful and encouraging, it has motivated me to want to try and translate my ideas into a video game, too see the possibilities and how i could use this very simplistic form of paper based games as an easy tool to use as a projection board when thinking about future ideas.
To learn your most favorite major is the best thing in the world, tanks for teach me what I most need in my life
This course gives me a smile.
Funny introduction to game design. Not too serious, which I think is what some people need to loosen up and start with a playful mindset. (See what I did there?)
Fran the Man! Great pacing, videos and projects. Feedback structure and online interface is strong!
The course is incredibly well done, the video lessons are great, the teacher is very good and the students are participative. The only thing that got a bit behind was a deepening, although the tasks were laborious.
I love this course! It is both funny & educational!
This is an exceptionally really goods course. It's a nice, simple introduction to Board Game Design. It doesn't require you to use any software or animated drawing programs, you can achieve the course by using a Pen and A Piece of Paper. In this course, Fran uses simple language, and humour to aid the learning. I cannot draw at all, but found the content to learn, and the assignments easy to complete. I thoroughly recommend this course to anyone looking at Board Game Design, or those of you who are Concept Creators (Logos) etc, as it has helped me to develop my skills and knowledge. Robert Cooper (UK)
Awesome the teacher is funny and it's easy! Even if you don't know programming this will help you. it shows you the basic structures and how to make your own game!! It's Great!
Great Teacher, Great Feedback.
Good teacher. You get a the best out of the course by taking the assignments seriously.
I really enjoyed the course. The assignments helped me think about games in new ways, and I developed several that I will be able to use with my high school language arts students.
This is a fun and well done introductory course. The peer reviewed assignments are a great feature -very insightful comments and suggestions!
Best of the bunch so far. I wish the others went deeper into the concepts explored here. You immediately apply what you learn to your own ideas and produce something/a game.
This course provides the most interesting tasks of the whole specialization.
I liked the way each assignment directly built on the previous one, and encouraged me to work on different aspects of a single game. While this is something I did, it was by no means mandatory, students were also free to create entirely new games from one week to the next.
gives us the corefoundation of starting a career in game design
Really enjoyable, the tutor was excellent!
I like this class very much, the teacher is very interesting, the video is also very lively,
Really a very nice course, informative, clear, concise, and fun :)
This course made me believe that I can really make interesting playable games.The instructor was very funny and to the point.
its good
Very engaging presentations!
Great simple, yet useful, course to realize of the core things about Game Design.
Teacher is great
Only just pass, but I was very interested in since the first week! Fun and cute teacher and his puppet assistant! Everything taught is easy, with the mind and can quite understand even to those who don't know English.
Great course, I have learned a lot and is really useful for references.
Awesome course
Tnx I realy liked the puppet:)
Really very interesting and helpful to me think own ideas
This course is a very good intro course. The instructor Fran is both informative and funny. Fran really offers some great advice on how to think in terms of ways to develop and test your game in different ways. I thought it was certainly worth it and I think you would think the same too!
It is a great start to understanding some of the basics of Game Design. And Fran's videos are always fun to watch.
Awesome course!
It was a well presented course that was easy to follow but offered a lot of information. It helped me put my gaming activities and plans to get into the industry into context. I thoroughly enjoyed the assignments and making a paper based game for my peers to review. I highly recommend taking this course. The use of the puppet was an inspired and well chosen addition.
A good course, with the using of peer review as an instrument of continuous confrontation, but lacks support from the staff.
I really liked how the course was organised and it was actually really fun and enjoyable, making the learning process all the more easier. Fran is awesome :)
A quite simple beginning, might end up being a little bit too simple. The future looks promising, though!
Great course!
Awesome for Learning Board Game Design
This was a very enlightening course! I have played some games through my life, but now I have the knowledge of a person who studies to the develop my own game. I'll recommend it to all my friends.
I wasn't really interested in basic concepts of game design, but couldn't stop watching videos until the very end of the course! Blue pal is awesome! Also, I was glad that the assignments are open even for those who don't pay for course
Amazing course! The teaches as well as the staff have managed to put together a fun and rich course. Well done!
I love this course. I love the videos and the assignments. I want to go to Cal Arts and actually take a real course. I would recommend anyone to take this course.
It was extremely helpful in giving the basic idea of creating a video game
Probably the best course I've studied at Coursera. Fran Krause makes this little trip incredibly enjoyable and fun yet still keeping it very educative and challenging.Really loved this course!
Nicely explained course. Very helpful. Thank you, Coursera!
Interesting tips on some important points when designing a game
I enjoyed the course and assignments greatly. It really tested by creativity to design a game and laid out the basic elements of game design!
Great Course, I can understand the principles of game design creating a game!
Really amazing this fist step on this road! On the end I have my own boardgame.
The whole process was fun and challenging. I really liked the approach!
A very good intro into the process behind creating higher quality game rules and storylines. Also a lot of fun to watch. Definitely a good course for
Very interesting and funny.
This course helped me a lot understanding the basics of Game Design! Definately good if you are interested in building a basic Game Design knowledge. I'm going for the specialization so I'm excited to keep learning more as I am currently working at a Game company but not in the Game teams... I would love to join them someday :D
Good. It could be better with more videos
Awesome. Though it may lack of MANY game design modern principles it gets you right on track to create coherent and playable games.
Great! I like this course. I hope I will complete it
It's pretty fun and indeed teaches the basics of game creation, however I found a bit simple.
very engaging, 5 out of 5
The cours was very good. The lecturer gave us a great idea of gamedesign and was very motivating.
This course was fun and informative, with many lessons demonstrating the concepts being relied.
Awesome course! I learned a lot!
To my mind, this course is the perfect way to begin to understand Game Design. The learning-by-doing method is very efficient!
This course provides a nice insight into the gaming theory. Do not expect to make a dive into video game analysis. This game focuses on the fundamental ideas behind gaming, which includes all games. However, the assignments revolve around building board games, so you do not need to worry about not knowing any coding to make video games. Assignment criteria could use some polish, as the rubrics focus too much on mechanics (is it one page long?) rather than content elements. The delivery of the content is interesting. The instructor has gone to great lengths to bring in features that will help you focus better. There could be a better 100% integration between the material in the videos and the assignments, as sometimes you are asked to use only a tiny portion of 30 minutes of videos for the week, and that can make the videos less useful, or the assignment not as educational.
I think this course was a really effective way to get people thinking about the mechanics of game play. It was challenging to strip away a lot of the trappings and focus on a very pure game design. Fran is a likable teacher, and his videos were engaging and easy to understand.
Simply give more literature, and some expert opinion about some interesting jobs of week.There is no communication at all
The module is overall great and gave me an intro on how game documents are developed, plus it made me start thinking like a game designer (I hope!)My only complaint is that the homework is fairly restrictive (only one-page game per week, which means there's only so much you can do) but I do appreciate the fact that it simplifies things and if anything, it pushes you to be even more creative, beyond the typical "board game".
The course material is funny and easy to follow, it breaks down important aspects of game design into easy chunks and assignments. As for reviews I feel like you get back what put in, if you make the effort for someone else you will get in return.
So far this course has been great, the lecturer is awesome and the videos are short enough to make you stay focused.
Great course, excited :)
Clear and simple. Suitable for beginners.But most of the contents are rather too intuitive.
Great introduction to game design. I love that it was very practical, and invited you to create
very useful for beginners, especially explaining fundamentals
Primitive and useless
Very good course and the lecturer video is well made and interesting!
The lecture is interesting, I enjoy a lot. And the assignment makes me learn a lot.
Engaging material, and the assignments and the way in which they built on each other were really ingenious. An impressive way to teach game design without any coding!
Excellent course, for easy understanding and concise.
Really good introduction to game design and to the rest of the courses.It does not have five stars because the task could be felt as repetitive if you started with a more developed idea from week 1.
Just nice at all...
Great basics for games!
I really enjoyed this course as an introduction to game design. Highly recommend it for those looking to explore the discipline.
This is a superb course for those interested in starting with game design - or just knowing more about games. The teacher is fantastic and the teacher's assistant is... well... as fun as a muppet. Hats off to CalArts, Cousera and Fran Krause!
This course was a great start on the road to game design. The material was delivered in a fun and easy to understand manner. In the end, I was extremely excited and proud of the simple game I made. I would highly recommend this course as a starter for anyone looking to get into game design!
Basic introduction, if you don't know anything about game design this is your chance!
Fun and meaningful
Very structured and clear.
Very little content. Most of the value comes from working on games for the assignments.
The course instructor was such a fantastic teacher! Being a beginner at game design, I found myself learning a ton despite the short videos (though these videos were so fun and entertaining to watch). I definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in getting started in game design! After completing this course, I feel much more confident about taking my game ideas to the next step. I now even have a rough draft of a board game that I created throughout the course, which I plan to eventually turn into a polished 2 or 3-player game!
Nice organisation of course contents. Every stage, you can see your own game getting better. The peer students are especially good!
Fun and Meaningful
It was an entertaining course which you can build things on paper. Which is nice if you are not friendly with computers. The only not-so-liked part was try to fit the assignments in a single side A4 page only. We had 4 assignments in each of the assignments except one, we are encouraged to build our assignments on previous assignments. So I needed more 2 papers in the last because I included graphics, a story, explanations on how to play, on multiplaying, etc. But it is fun, so it was worth trying it.
This class was so much fun. It really taught me a lot about the basic fundamentals of game design and I learned so much from it in a fun and easy way.
It felt few content, i think there could be more content in this course. Though i have to say i learn new stuff, but i which it had more content to learn more.
This course, though fun, was not intensive at all. The main issue I have is probably with the Coursera structure itself. Many of your homework assignments are based off of if people can understand the instructions of the game- which, if you have mostly non-English speakers, sort of takes the homework from being "be creative and challenge yourself" to "make sure everything you write down is 3 words max or else the people GRADING you won't understand it". This is also true when looking at these students' games- when half of your grade depends on your clarity, these kids are ultimately at a disadvantage. I'm sure there were amazing games made by some of the non-English speaking students, but I wasn't able to understand and play many of them. It is fantastic that Coursera is open to everyone, but when your grades are based off of clarity of language, it gets tricky.
The videos are entertaining to watch and to develop a paper-based game as assignment isfun.
This course was very fun to take part in, the videos were enjoyable to watch, and the weekly projects were very fun to not only create, but to also critique.
I loved how this course built on the same assignment every week, so I ended up with a really fleshed out game idea by the end of the four weeks. Also, the peer feedback was useful and pushed me to be clear about my game rules, which was definitely a task.
This was a great course! Well put-together in terms of material, well made in terms of video quality (editing, etc.), and well laid out in terms of pacing. The homework assignments were fun and pushed you every week to change something about your simple paper game. A+
The course is fun and a very intresting approach to game design throug board game design. You get good tips for designing games and the different and important things to know. Though I think it could go deeper into some topics and explain a little more beyond just giving examples, videos are good but a little short, each week is roughly 20 minutes long each. Even though I really liked it and got the best of it .
Very good course. Learned new information that proved to be useful regarding game design and also designed a board game to play with colleagues at the office. If you want to learn game design this is a great and easy way to start.
A great course more about practice which is the most important!
Enjoyable but limited content
This course focuses on how to build and expand the rules of games in artful, technical, and interesting ways. This course focuses on the central part of the modern game - the gameplay itself. The instructor is very capable with his words and concisely explains the topic in a way that is easy to understand while also being abnormally interesting. His instruction methods are atypical, in that he uses a puppet to create the illusion of dialogue between him and his audience. This may sound strange, but it is very effective.
Even if it is a really simple course, I found it interesting and fun, even the homework were really funny to do. Much better than the second one.I just say that pricing is too high for a course that actually put 1/2 basic concept for each video.
I must admit that the thing that appealed to me foremost was the joy and humor that were used during the lessons. This made each lesson fun to watch.
It's fun.
A very good experience, but if it could've helped me to find a job it would have been even better.
The lectures tend to be a bit boring. However the hands on assignments give great insight into understanding the basic concepts of game design and narration.
I was a big fan of the character design for video games course, and i thought i wouldn't like any other more than that... but i was wrong, i loved completing this course, and loved the result of my own game.
I'm enjoying the classes so much, all easy to get and actually fun.The assignments are great too.
good course, really an introduction =)But the teacher is always reading a "Teleprompter".He is not spontaneous... Except when He uses RPG to demonstrate an example ;-)But the content is great
a wonderful teaching! Im so sad that cant study offline at this place with so interesting people
This course is an excellent introduction into the world of game design. Fran Krause's teaching style is both engaging and fun. While the lectures are really short, and there's not really a whole lot of material, I found that I learned well through the doing the projects.My only criticisms are that this course is a little too easy and a little too short. A good game increases it's difficulty as the levels progress. If you don't increase the difficulty, you take away from the reward. The same can be said about a good course.
I really liked this course.The lecture was really interesting and its the first time i felt like theassignments was fun.
Really fun
Great beginning of GD specialization! Recommend!
This course made me see the basics of Game Design and what i need to know while designing my game for a single player or multiplayer. Good Job!
Great course and available for students all levels.
Interesting!!!This course used many simple examples to explain the idea that's more complicate, fun to learn.
Loved it!!!
I know that the title says "introduction", but I felt it was to basic...I liked the approach of the homeworks, but I missed more reading material or more sources to explore...also, being an introduction to game design, I think many issues froom game design were not touched.
Great and fun course. Alows you tobe very creative! LOVE IT!
good enough for beginners,and the puppet is funny.
Captivating, clear, simple and informative. The professor does a phenomenal job introducing what makes a game fun.
Great course.. Helps awaken the creativity in you. The lectures are clear and fun to listen to.
Very good course overall. Would recommend to every game developer and game designer.
Simple, clean course that focuses beautifully on the core of what is being taught.Also very enjoyable vibe to the instructor and the assignments; there's a puppet as a TA... enough said. :)
Clear, easy to understand, very helpful.
So much fun and great for beginners through advanced gamers.
Very good course, though it is an introduction, I feel as though I already knew most of the subjects that were explained, however I did not know the impact that those could have on a game's value and how it helps the player engage in the game. The course was simple to follow and helped me know what to focus on when starting a game.
Well done. I learned a lot with this. Simple and complex at same time :)
Interesting course! Game design is a pretty important idea for my major and this course give me further insights into the topic and I get to know more about how to design a better game for my target audience!
Amazing course, very enjoyable and useful! Frank is a great teacher!! :)
A LOT of fun, light hearted look into the beginnings of making games of all kinds. This course focuses on starting making games with board games, but the things you learn in this course apply to video games as well. Fran is engaging and made the video segments fun to explain concepts.
Short and easy-to-take, the courses teaches some of the essential elements of game design.
Great course!!!
I love this Course!
Great content, nice way to get a basic notion of what it takes to creat a game, nice classes and method of learning,
Very funny and simple, I enjoy all video and homework
My review is when i'm already in week 3 of this course. Really worthed to participate in this course, especially when you've finished your assignment and your classmate review your works! :)
Good course with good concepts but could do with a lot more depth. This course's content would be one week of content for other courses
Good course, I enjoyed the fact that there was a lot of hands-on work rather than just lectures, however, there could be more of the latter aswell. Quizes would be nice too.The quality of the course is very high. Thank you for this course. :)
Great course for beginners in game design, I feel that I learned a lot here, and what is maybe more important, gain big desire to continue learning about creating games.
lectures are quite simple and short, but i really enjoyed working on homeworks! it's a great and short course to start generating game ideas!
Interesting and playful journey through the first steps of game making. :)
Fantastic course. Teach me some new things about game design and they stimulated my creativity.Thanks
Good course! Can use more concepts
Instructor was fun, but a little stiff. It's his first time teaching, so I can forgive it though. The work was a little tedious. I wish there was more variety in the assignments than just updating the same game.
just started it and it's great! they make it so simple and appealing love it!
This was a really creative course! I liked it!
Really liked it!
Awesome course, informative and easy to understand, thank you
Very good to get started with a game.
Great course to give you a bit of an insight into game design and get you ready for the next courses.
Great Introduction to the subject. Entertaining videos.
This game really makes you work and think about different design concepts by making you actually design some games! it's great.
This course inspire me a lot. It is not easy, but with tons of fun. I spent a long time to think out the idea and make it and improve it. I did progress in gaming making as a fresh man. Thank you!
Great course!
Really nice course, including the hands-on exercises!
I enjoyed the teacher. He made the class interesting. He introduced interesting concepts and made them enjoyable for the class. The class made me dabble in art which something I wish I could do more. Thank you!
The course was fun and the progression through the weeks assignments was good. The contents were presented in a interesting way and were pertinent, but i would know a little more deeper.
I went in this course with high expectations. After I watched all of the videos for the first week and saw the hilarious homework I quickly checked what this is about.LESS THAN 3 HOURS OF VIDEOS! Not to mention paying, you will be better off with Extra Credits...
I really enjoyed this course! The videos were fun and informational, the assignments were enjoyable, and reviewing other student work was helpful. I also liked hearing from my fellow students and their ideas about my work and improvements I could make.I would give the course five stars except for one thing - there was no one from the university to interact with. No one answered our questions on the forums, so questions went unanswered, ambiguities remained, and some issues grew as we progressed. Someone, even just a grad student or two, needs to be involved with the course in my opinion.
Interesting course. I've learnt a lot and met a lot of interesting games.
The instructor is a good story teller, teaching important skills from smalls tips which are useful.
A whimsical introduction to game design and the springboard for a Specialization Certificate, therefore important to take.
Awesome course, Great instructor, And Fun assignments.
Even if simple (it's an introduction, after all), the contents are well structured and I appreciate how the assignments can derive from the previous one and peers' feedback. It's satisfying to see the initial idea evolve into something more developed.
Very informative and engaging.
While it may seem basic to begin with, I found it a great course to lay the foundations for my own game design.
Good course!
Very fun course to take, the teacher makes good dynamics to keep me focused.
I enjoyed the course:)
I really enjoyed taking the Introduction to Game Design course. Looking each week how other follow student's (including mine own) game designs was inspiring. A lot of creativity boost through simple ideas. Doesn't require any special/advanced skills.
Great introductory course! Everything is very well explained and you really feel how your project develops through the week. I expected it to be a bit more technical and less theoretical, but everything is still very well made
Great course simple and engaging
I really enjoyed this course. It was a lot of fun designing and redesigning a game, as well as getting to play other people's games. I enjoyed the lectures and found the peer reviews very helpful.
Quite useless. I didnt feel that I learned anything at all. Assingments seem to be dessinged by someone very lazy. The limitations of the assingments do not allow the students to practice what its been tought, but it is asked in the peer assingment from the students to evaluate it!. I understand that when calling it "Introduction", it is supposed to be aimed for people totally starting from 0. But still, I cant see how this course is of any use. It is short and does not cover anything. I am very surpirsed that getting the certificate for this course costs the same (in $) than getting the certificate of the Introduction to Principles of Game Design. Principles of Game Design has more than double hours of classes and in the assingments you actually create a game and practice new stuff. This course was very dissappointing.
really liked it
I love the way Fran managed to fulfill his lections with a theory. It was very simple and very informative at the same time
it was great. THX U
Course that do not require lots of time but put your creative mind on work and push it truly far making a simple game detailing before its workframe.
I liked the fact that the course starts from and covers the very basics. The videos were fun to watch and the course taught a lot through the assignments. With very less time commitment , the course taught me to make my first board game.
Adorable course!!! I have so much fun!!Thank you for creating it.
Easy to understand and very fluent introduction into the world of game design. I liked it a lot!
Excelent introductory course, it explains the basic concepts and keys to create and develop games before writing a single line of programming.
Fun teacher to watch, making video lessons never boring and enjoyable.
Very good! The idea of delivering a work per week helped me develop the discipline and the creativity.
Great course!
This course was interesting. It's truly an introduction to the field. I've actually read about Game Design in my spare time and it was nice to remember some of the concepts I've seen. It's all positive and good but I'd have liked to see the assignments handled a bit differently. It just felt too much one way, especially with one page rule. I do understand this is done to keep people organized and not going crazy with their ideas because since it's peer reviewed it should be fair. Also, once your game idea from an earlier week didn't have much room to introduce the aspect presented in the current week you feel kind of stuck. Although assignments mention we should build on previous weeks' games there is also mention to building a new game too. That part could be clarified or the nature of the exercise can be much more varied than one page requirement.
awesome and fun
Well structured lessons and basics concepts to learn. The course is absolutely accessible for everyone and all the concepts and words are perfectly explained with a lot of examples. Also mention that the spoken English is quite easy to understand, thanks to a good pronunciation and excellent pacing. In any case, you can enable the subs if you need them.
Excellent! The teacher is just so lovely.I love this guy and enjoy this couse!
Really loved this course as it goes through basics of game design in an engaging and funny way.
This course is fun, enlightening and stimulating; the lessons are clear and concise.
The videos are short, concrete, simple, with clear examples and even funny. As a whole i think the class offers lots of things to learn and think.
The instructor is good but the amount of content is severely lacking compared to alternatives.
There's only peer review in this course, which didn't provide the evaluation on your actually level on design skill. It's really just a 4 weeks intro, super easy to achieve the full marks.
I'M LEARNING,ENJOYING THIS COURSE.LECTURE IS SO GOOD.ASSIGNMENTS ARE EAST AND CHALLENGING.
The course is helpful as a game designer in trainee, the community is friendly, and the assignments are fun to do.
Learning very much.
Very interactive.
Really Awesome course to take a Start in Game Designing. Very easy English and Visual effect with Character in teaching really increase understanding.
It goes direct to very basic and fundamentally important aspects of game design. Will make you ponder (and exercise) everything in a simple and meaningful way. Recommended!
Fran Krause is the best teacher. He really knows what are games, what we use them for and How make them fun!In simply steps he tought me that game designing is what i want to do in my life
Great Course, great professor, great videos and very very good content.Eve if you're not a beginner you should do this course to refresh your knowledge.
A course with very clear, fun lectures. My only complaint is that I wish it had been a bit more detailed / complex.
It's real cool and useful!Thanks a lot Fran and your fluffy friend too!
So far, a great course to start on game design. Lessons are fun and full of thing to learn!
Really like this course
Easy and cool!
Starting third week now, and I'm sold on learning by doing.The classes are great, very easy to maintain focus because of how much variety Fran Krause brings to his lectures.The best part, in my opinion, is going through the games of other people out there because of so many diverse ideas they bring to the table.
Very useful for start game designers, funny and good profesor.
Good course, gets you thinking about the important things in Games - why we play them in the first place. Great teacher - mad as a hat! Kept things jovial and fun with good explanations in a professional course
I really into dive directly into the programming aspect of games but this course is teaching me a lot in a really interesting and funny way! Well done, Thanks!
To become game designer, I must enroll and learn about this (y)
Great course which takes a little time per each week but gives much info for future game designers.
The course is amazing. No, wait, probably I would say THE TEACHER is AMAZING! I loved the way he explains the material, I love the music and graphical part, the jokes. I am very grateful for the CALARTS to share their knowledge with the rest of the world and can't wait to start the next course from the specialization!
nice approach...
Very well presented and explained.
idk its not what i expected. i really want to start with actually making a computer game not a paper game
A great course for beginners. The teacher makes it easy to follow and fun. I love it!
A fun course with a good instructor. it introduces a simple process for brainstorming ideas.
Great !! I loved it
I like what I viewed so far. It is great to learn the fundamentals of game design without having to worry about learning a programming language.
I have been really enjoying this course! The professor is engaging in the videos and he explains things well. I also really like the assignments and the games are fun to make and review. I am learning a lot from this course!
OMG! Such a great oportunity to me, i'm a web programming studant, maybe some day!!
Simple and fun method of education. short length videos, kind instructor and fun assignments.i have learned some basics in game world. i like this course and thanks to coursera,calARTS,Fran and his cool puppet friend :)
One of the best teacher i've ever have, i enjoy every minute of the video, love the "assistant teacher", i wish to be able to shake his hand some day.
So far this course looks very exciting and the professor seems really knowledgeable and is making the videos very interesting and fun! love it.
Fun and informative.
The course was quite helpful. I've been trying to make games already, but never knew where to start designing the game. Unfortunately it's quite short which was disappointing. I would never pay 80$ for a couple hours of video with basics
Fran is a great teacher and he blends fun teaching and jokes with genuinely interesting and helpful game design techniques.
very informative course.. very intriguing method of teaching.. interviews with different stakeholders were very enlightening.
This programme offers a great introduction and background to the thinking on the Green economy, as well as very useful examples from Scandinavia.
It's a very well designed course. It speaks about individual choices and how to manage them, market options for green economy, and political acts to achieve it.
It's one of the most biggest experiences for everyone, and everyone who wants to be part of the sustainability, who wish and want a better world seen since the green economy
Excellent course, but very general. Wish it could have gone into more details. Overall, really great and interesting!
The course was awesome. Thank you very much Lund University
For its holistic scheme, the consistency of the contents and solvency of the experts involved, this course is an excellent starting point when dealing with sustainability in its broad sense. Superb.
Very practical and useful! Good to have updated information on this subject.
Great topic, contributors, community and technical delivery!
Really interesting and eye-opening course!
Excellent class with great references and examples!
Really great, interesting course!
Very interesting course.. :)
Informative and provide some great ideas and insights.
Highly recommended.
A gateway to a brilliant side of the economy
Very informative and well-structured. Many more thanks for additional reading materials.
My favorite course online this far (I have enrolled in 200+ and completed 50+ of them)! Great content, great instructors, fair and reasonable assignments. This course should be a must for everybody on this planet. I highly highly recommend it. I already loved Scandinavian countries, but now I also like Lund University a lot!
Really enjoyable course, with plenty of reading recommendations to keep you researching after you have finished it. The material was presented in manageable portions, with plenty of very interesting examples.
Very interesting and many concepts I opened to myself. Course provides not only specific Scandinavian case studies, but also explains overall principles of green economy,
Interesting and challenging!
At first, I thought some views and methods could be ahead of conditions of my country. Because there is a significant difference in society behaviors and challenges. Whereas I understood more the lessons, I saw that there are brilliant and useful ideas and experiments for my city also. Some of them can be applicable and some of others of them are already doing. I'd like to thank to all teachers.
A well structured and captivating course which gets interesting as it progresses. Lots of enriching interviews, examples from experts on green practices. Stimulating your thought process this course helps you to think out of the box.
beautiful love sweden
An interesting course by the lecturers, supplemented with real life cases/interviews. Will like to learn more about the strategies for outreach and public policy. Overall, ver
Great course from top professionals!
Summarized it up really good, made it engaging and interesting for everyone to learn.
Great course! Applies for all the ones who wants an general approach of Greening the Economy
Doing it for the second time...now to get the certificate. Just 3 words. Well Done Lund!!!
Learned a lot from this class. Greatly enjoyed the content.
A nice introductory course on greening the economy. I wish it would go a bit deeper in some issues.The difficulty level was for me, just too easy. Maybe I was not the target group after all, since I have previous knowledge in the subject.Nevertheless, for someone who is new to the subject, this is a very well strucutred and easy to follow course.
Interesting. Would like to see more focus on national policies.
Great! Very well done!
Good course with varied content and I very much liked the way it was build up (individual, business, cities, nations). Reason why I rated it 3 stars (only) is that the course was too easy - however I'm a sustainability professional. Maybe the word "introduction" can be taken into the title - as the course would serve as a good intro-course for practical application of sustainability.Geoffrey (The Netherlands)PS: the videos of the Parkers can be deleted from my point of view
I liked the course!
Really great course!I loved the way the course is organized- the whole idea of exploring sustainability on different levels (individual, business, city and nation). As you move from one module to the next, the material builds on each other. It's just organized really effectively, and helps the learner see not only the complexity of the issue, but also how sustainability can me addressed at every level of society.Along with the lecture videos, this course has a "compendium" that is a bit like a textbook for the course. This, I thought, was a great idea. It made the material more accessible, because you can read over it to recap, or if you can't watch the videos. I also loved that the compendium had all these links and videos, which really enriched the learning experience for me. This is definitely something that other Coursera courses should try.Finally, the assignments were a really nice way to explore how the ideas in the course have been applied around the world.Overall, really fantastic course. Highly recommend to anyone interested in environmental sustainability, development and economics!
Excellent course, well explained and with a lot of great info.
One of the informative sessions, Aweso
i'm working in Fertilizer Company , this Course is one of my favorite,,, thanks for sharing knowledge,
I am glad some small part of the world is taking action.
It's a great course helping me understand what green economy is and what to do in our lives.It also makes me notice the eco-lable in the supermarket which I didn't know.
Much less technical than I had anticipated. Much more policy-driven. Disappointing.
A lot of examples and really good lectures.
I enjoyed the course. The available teaching materials and presentations were very good and helped me better understand the sustainable concepts and initiatives carried out in the countries of Scandinavia and that can serve as examples for other countries, especially developing countries like Brazil.tvillarim@gmail.com
The course gives a broad overview of how businesses can iintegrate sustainability and is like a pre cursor to LU's masters degree in Environment, ma
Really interesting and inspiring course
Very good introductory course. It gives a very good and comprehensive insight in the different aspects of a greener economy. This should be a standard course in lots of educational programs.
Interesting concepts, interesting way of presenting them and the peer-assignement is a great way to discover knew things while review our classmates.
A must course for every responsible and aware citizen. Great learning on how to opt for green choices in everyday life, avoid blind consumption, contribute to greener economic growth.
Great lectures and discussions around sustainability in Scandinavia. I leanred a lot of information that I could apply in my life.
It's been an opportunity of professional growth so far. Totally advisable. Extremely important for a nowadays earth human inhabitant.
Excellent course, very interesting. Lots of different lecturers that address different aspects of climate change and sustainable development. This course is great for those who want to gain a broad introductory understanding of sustainable development with specific regard to individuals, businesses and cities. The only downside for me is that the lectures remain quite abstract, and even though many examples are mentioned, the course doesn't give you specific tools or very detailed knowledge or solutions.
amazing course, recomendable to anybody interested in sustainable development. The people taking the course are from all over the world and we share ideas or help each other on specific topics.
I hope you make a longer version of this, maybe a part 2 and 3, it is so very well done and incredibly interesting I really enjoy the expirience and learn many things of interest, the interviews where so good and helpful, keep up the great job
Amazing and inspiring. Especially love the interviews at the end of each week. Very good pace and amount of information. Teacher are experts in their field. Love every minute of the lecturers!
Its really useful course , it helps me to understand what are doing in this planet. and what to do to reduce the side effect of everything in this world.Thanks for the people who made this course available to so many people around the world.Thanks you Kes McCormick , and all the team
A great gathering of like minded people sharing great local developments in the Greening global economy.
The course s outstanding; well designed , interesting and well presented but it should be with statement of accomplishments. Because in third world countries, the concept of online open courses will take time to gain acceptance. So in order to prove the "Worth" of these course, they demand documentary proof. 49$ is big amount ( 1$ =104 PKR) in 3rd world countries, so its not possible to pay for one course.
Great!!! They are truly great lessons from Scandinavia!
New, inovative and aimed to an important factor that will affect the future generations and ours.
I want more about sustainable city that everyone can get everything they need in a walk distance. be Gone noisy motor vehicles.
Excellent course. Great examples and videos. It is challenging but totally worthy.
Excellent Course for Inferential Statistics. Really Enjoyed the course. R quiz give hands-on on the data sets.
One of the better Statistical Inference courses out there.
Great content
Not giving 5 stars only because it was fast paced. With a low grasping power i had to watch the video again and again. Otherwise the content in the video is to the point.
I found the course was very confusing and the language used in the quizzes and exams didn't always match the language used in the lessons making it very difficult to understand what was wanted.For a non-specialist, statistics is almost always a struggle, intently making it more difficult by trying to use trick questions and application in the quizzes and exam beyond what was covered in the course makes it really really difficult for those of us who are naturals at math.I worked really hard in the course and finally made it thought all 6 weeks of the course but after one try at the final exam I said to myself enough is enough. I hate being a quitter, but I was not learning statistics and causing myself many headaches and feelings of inferiority and self-doubt because I just couldn't match the quiz and exam questions to the material covered in the course.Maybe other people are much smarter than I am, but this source was a soul and time killer for me.
Wonderfully useful. It has helped me to run my research analysis.
Too fast.
I enjoyed this course. Being new to stats, I feel I needed more practice and extra examples. A lot of extra work and self-study helped me grasp and pass this course.
Awesome however was a littler dificult to follow, I think it can be betther by a step by step practices...
This course is awesome on so many levels. This is the best inferential statistics course I've come across. Here's why:*** The slides are beautiful and visually appealing, making following the rigorous content easier to digest.*** Instructors are captivating and articulate, the explanations are clear and concise.*** The assignments are very very tough, making the course incredibly challenging, but worth it. Honestly, I don't get why people give 1 star because the course is tough. This should be a huge plus.It was a real challenge getting 100% for everything. For every quiz, I attempted 2 - 3 times to get 100%. The challenge is worth it. I couldn't thank you enough for this course. You explain tough statistical concepts like the difference between prediction intervals and confidence intervals really well. Also, I think this course has the best teaching for Analysis of Variance (I have taken a few other statistics moocs). Also, your course helped me appreciate the meaning of R-squared, standard errors, confidence intervals in a very intuitive fashion. There are many other new things I've learnt from your course, some of them I thought I knew, but you helped me to either "Aha" or understand them more deeply.Before this course, most of the time statistics to me is like plug-and-play using procedures and and softwares. But now, I can understand the concepts and what the calculations really mean.Thank you for creating quizzes that make us really do step-by-step calculations and not just plug data into equations to get results like so many other statistics moocs do.The pedagogy is really great. Sometimes quizzes can be frustrating because I need to read very carefully into the meaning of the questions and all the options. However, the learning experience is really worth it.Again, thank you for an amazing course! This is rare stuff!It is without a doubt, a lot of passion and effort has been put into this course and this series.
Thanks
Great course. Really helpful examples which were easy to follow.
Very good course to learn bases of statistics. I enjoyned. Thak you to the teachers.
Great course, not easy because lots of information is shared in a short time. But totally worth it!
Very carefully presented and organized introductory course. Well put R support.
For someone who is not familiar with inferential statistics, this course is too compact. I lost the overall picture: it seems that a dozend methods were introduced, but I failed to understand under which preconditions each method is deployable. I am confused.
It's too diffult for some of the questions in the Quiz. Have no idea or support to solve them.
Excellent course, practical, visual understanding of the concepts and beautifully illustrated of all concepts, definitions and examples. A course that you most take to understand inferential statistics with R as a compliment.Congratulations to the whole staff that design, produce and teach this course, fantastic !!!!
The course is great, I feel like I learned a lot. One thing that I would have found very useful, however, is feedback on the quizzes — sometimes it is very difficult to figure out what went wrong. This could be implemented by giving people a choice to see some feedback and then no longer being able to re-take a quiz, so people can't cheat but still get positive feedback.All in all, it's been a pleasure! Thank you very much!
I understood inferential statistics better with this course. Both teachers made the concepts clear for me. The R homework helps me review inferential statistics methods.
Great job on the course material and labs, quizzes and the final exame however, tend to be very confusing.
Lots of topics crammed into short videos. But still I was able to stick to it complete it. There are a few mistakes here and there that create confusion. Had to watch the videos over and over for some concepts (whcih is ok). All in all a good course but can be improved.
the content is too rich, and the explanation is too little. The no-feedback exam is misleading, difficult to pass. The course staff is not that helpful.
One of the complex subject is statistics and inferential statistics both are explained in these two courses ( Basic ) and Inferential statistics very clear and to the point no confusion . Thats great and interesting methods are applied during teaching.Thanks to the Instructors.
Easy to understand.
A good introduction with very good videos and exercises. I'm only not giving 5 stars due to the relative lack of clarity in the final week and the lack of feedback on the final exam.
Hidden jem on inferential statistics on Coursera.
A very very good introduction to Inferential Statistics. A very systematic review of this topic.I like very much the videos they did, very lively. This is a proof that they have put a lot of efforts on it.The teachers also give very important remarks to lead us think in the good way.
Hopelessly fast, compared to the excellent Basic Statistics by the same team. I gave up in week 1.
great course
A couple of results in Q1 directly contradict the theory. Course is quite unreliable.
I struggled doing the exercises
Good course for new programmer. Enough exercise for basic programming though isn't what I am looking for.
This was an intresting course full of many things to learn
It is a wonderful course. The best part of the course is the programming exercise. As the exercises are developed in such a way that you understand it well where and how to apply the concepts learnt here in our practical life.
The course is really well structured. Use of iterables was a really good concept that I was not using much before in terms of having new iterables etc.I would have really liked if you included arrays in this course.
Oh, hey guys, great learn as always. See you on next course of specialization.
I so much enjoyed this java tutorial class. The design of each clip/module is very humane and best for the learning from scratch. I have finished this class and the one after it (array list one). I feel very confident about learning Java language and I am heading for the next one (software design principal). I plan to finish all of the 5 courses and then buy the certificate so I will be sure I am not waste my tuition. I am leaving the 1st class (CSS, html) for the last one before capstone because it seems not so relevant to SDE training but more frontend/UI.
The Java Programming Course is helping me learn this imperative language and one that is very often used in large enterprises. Thank you!
I found very informative..and very useful.
Very Nice
Its a good course for beginners
Very good videos .. assignments were tough and few were confusing especially in strings .. I was challenged and got through the quiz with 100% which was satisfying
It is a great place to start learning java
Very thorough introduction to java programming. The exercises take a few hours each week, along with the lecture videos, but this felt very similar to sitting in a college classroom and then spending time studying every night.
Interesting and exciting course. Love it.
First two courses are awesome and really built the sense how to tackle real world problems like software engineer.I have learnt a lot from these two courses and eager to learn something new in upcoming course. I only knew very little about C++ and afraid from coding because i forgot syntax and couldn't built and fit logic correctly but after completing these two courses very good percentage in this specialization i feel comfortable towards any language. This specialization is gateway for other languages for me. It helps me to throw my hesitation in coding.All teachers are good in delivering concept.Also the assignments and mini projects are really challenging , hence they polish concepts that teacher delivers in lectures.Further more i really likes the shirts of Dr.Robert. I appreciate coursera and Duke MOOCS teams for organizing this very novice friendly to expert course on Java.I hope and waiting for next serialization which leads from where this one left.
The course is well prepared and paced. It's a problem based learning course. It will teach you how to target various range of problems appropriately. Some lessons and exercises however needed longer time frame.
better course than edx
It is the best course for the beginners who want to learn java differently.
Thumbs up!
relatively easy but still excellent for the beginner!
A little difficult for beginners! But awesome problems in the excercises.
i found this course interesting. but in this you need to explain more clearly.
I did not learn anything new from this course.
Excellent opportuity for those who don't know Java but want to learn and solve some real life problems with it.
A bit complicated for a beginner.
They make programming look so easy! Enjoyed the course! Thank you!
I really enjoyed the coursework for this class. In particular, I loved how challenging some of the assignments were. However, I do hate that I cannot submit final quiz answers without paying for the course. I also did not like how little help there seemed to be offered to some individuals on the forum regarding issues they were facing with their code (specifically with the GeneFinder project).I took three of the courses from Michigan on working with Python and they were completely open to complete without payment (which means you opt not to get a verified certificate). I wish that this course, and the specialization that it is part of, fell into the same category.
The content was useful and I do feel a foundation is being set.The area where I think the course fell short is on the support we got from mentors or instructors in the forum, basically null - pun intended. There are some points where it's easy to fall into a rabbit hole, like I did. Without support, a simple challenge supposed to take a few minutes can turn into hours, days.
It is overall an ok course. Samiliarly as a programming intro class, IMO, the quality, range from the project design and content originzation, is no where close to the IIPP offered by Rice. I do not enjoy this course as much as I did in IIPP.If you are just interested in getting touch with programming, instead of learning Java like I, go to take IIPP.I think the first week should appear later, probably should be swapped with week 2 or even 3. The first week class was just super confusing without knowing the basic concept like vairable type declearation and the connection between different methods.Good Luck!!!
Great course but be prepared for a pretty hefty workload.
Course did a good job of using quizzes to ensure that coding and matched the required learning.
Very cool but you need to focus and use the grey stuff.... harder than Neurobiology 1 & 2
Incredibly comprehensive learning package which makes learning and skills acquisition easier. Kudos to the creators and instructors
All in all, this was a tough course, and the programming increased progressively as one moved on. Week 1 was OK, but I experienced a temporary hiccup in week 2 in the reading of the codon files; until I converted them to Strings. Even then the first file which contained only one DNA string gave its fair share of problems. In general, the section on Strings was pretty comprehensive. The programming was also pretty challenging. The section on debugging was OK, but I am at this stage still a little confused as to the amount and detail of information one is supposed to supply to someone else when you are experiencing a problem with your code. With the week 2 quiz I made a mistake than came back to haunt me in week 4; I did not read the question properly and from the outset my cgRatio method was not producing the correct answer. Eventually, after reading the specs for cgRatio again, I realised my mistake, could correct my code and get through the week 2 quiz! Week 3 on parsing, reading CSV files etc, the going was pretty good and I managed to complete the work covered in this section without too many problems. Week 4 on baby names; well, yes the mini Project was pretty extensive, with a lot of Methods being asked for and written. I found the small test files to be invaluable during testing. But the quiz contained a few curved balls. Method totalBirths does just that, and although in the specification it does say that it should also print the number of girls and boys names, and the total names in the file. Q1 and 2 tripped me up, I did not read them properly, and entered the total number of births for the girls and boys respectively. Questions 9 to 12 also resulted me in having to call a temporary halt, and write an additional method that looped over all the files from 1880 to 2014 in order to get the answers to those questions. Fortunately, method getRank came to the rescue here, doing all of the hard work!This was a lot of work! I did "week 4" in one week, but only because I was already on leave and could focus on the mini project for the entire week. The entire course took me 6-7 weeks to complete.I learned a lot. It was a good course, and very challenging. My greatest concern with the format you are using (80% or you don't move on - or you don't qualify), is that one can become "unstuck" as I did in week 2, but managed to get past that one.
Great to learn basic concepts! However, it seemed like there were errors in the last quiz for the first two questions.
Too difficult to beginner.
Got me thinking :)
This is really an outstanding course that pushed me to a limit. I have learned a lot and looking forward to take Intermediate course in java by University of California, San Diego.I would recommend this course and especially the whole specialisation to every one who is looking to learn java Instructor are very good and teach you every think from basic level.Thank you.
Great!
This Course might change my life forever. Excellent content, great professors.
I liked the fact that the final tests need your code.... so if you do not understand what you have done you will fail :-)
This is very educating and its so easy to know as it is detailed for beginners.
It's a terrific course, the final project is very challenging. It would be better if questions in discussion forums can be replied more timely. I highly recommend this course!
This course was definitely a step up in difficulty from the previous one, but it's at just the right level. The quality of videos has also increased.
It was really helpful.
more or lesss... :( I don't want to pay for pass my quiz
There exist some sort of help for solving programming.However, those bad quiz as well as not so comprehensive courses design totally ruin it.
very good course.
Paying for course just to learn how to loop and make if else statements... I don't think this is the best way to learn java!
Great introduction to Java, the BlueJ environment makes it much easier to pick up the language with a smaller feature set.
It's a very nice course. The exercises selected were fun to work with and quite interesting. The lectures were quite clear and the material was well-elaborated. The assignments are quite interesting and fun to work with.
Absolutely loved this course!
good course
I would have preferred a more mainstream compiler, i.e. Eclipse, rather than the provided BlueJ. But, the BlueJ compiler is capable and the lessons taught were appropriate to one with minimal programming background. Not stated, but I would recommend a student in this course have a basic understanding of math, i.e. average, highest in a set, lowest in a set, etc. If you are intimidated by those concepts, you may be challenged in this course.
Use of Duke own specialised librarie ~ not the best way of learning progamming for the real world.
this is the best course i have ever took on programming, it's prepare students to solve problems using any programming language.thanks for the professors at duke for crafting this course, great tutorials, quizzesit's really better than the first course in this specialization
This course was really awesome!I enjoyed doing the assignments and the way how the content was being taught was impressive. Very good!
Like the first course of this specialization this course is really great! The explanations are simple and precise. And the programming assignments are really exciting! Perfect to start your journey in Java.
Interesting starting
More technical aspects could have been touched upon. Details on how to implement code on any java platform using inbuilt java libraries and several others.
Really Good Course for Intermediate level
It's a very good introductory course that I will definitely suggest to anyone who wants to start over. The videos and especially the programming assignments are wonderful. But if you don't pay for a certificate you will not be able to participate in the module quizzes, a bit frustrating when you put a serious amount of effort.
It makes you a clear and brilliant programmer~~ Very good!!
The teachers are great, I love this courses and the method for the students.Very Challenging, enjoy it!!A great experience
This course has very interesting programming examples and the exercises are really challenging. The philosophy of this course is to teach through example problems by explaining and solving them.The exercises are very well designed and reinforce the concepts very well. But, the later exercises might be a bit hard for an absolute beginner. Nevertheless, once you can successfully solve an exercise set, you can be sure that you have mastered the related concepts.By the way, this course uses many custom libraries which actually help in writing interesting programs to solve real life problems. The course resource page with detailed documentations is really helpful.Personally, I enjoyed the course. If you have some basic programming skills and want to solve interesting problems, you should give this course a try.
Very good course for learning java for beginners.
This course is really hard, and I am having ALOT trouble understanding it. Overall, it is not one of the best courses I have taken.
In the assignment of week2 , the Algorithm was not made clear.
This course is very practical and amazing. it is worth every penny they are taking.. Sign up and get better at java
Finished
thanks for upgrading my level ;)
Nice course for practicing programming.
Excellent introduction to JAVA.
This Course's content was so clear and so enlightening! I really appreciate these instructors strategy! so different!
You need a little more experience in coding that just the first course, or try not to leave everything by the end of the week(as I did) to find what you need for the assignments. Great course !
I join this course without no java programming experience. This course is really helpful and also challenging. It is worth the time.
Very useful but a bit challenging course. I used to know nothing about programming by java. As a starter, I chose this course and it helped me efficiently learn java from nothing to have a solid and basic structure of programming. I have enjoyed a lot.
I liked the Course, it developed my skills of thinking as a coder, but I did not like the BlueJ programming environment, as I think it required to many clicks to accomplish simple debugging tasks and didn't have user friendly interface.
Important concepts taught, with challenging yet interesting projects to reinforce those concepts
This course is fantastically created for excelling your concepts in Java. The faculties are worthy of praise.Thank you Rodgers, Owen, Hilton and Robert for creating one of the best courses in coursera and teaching us amazing stuffs in java programming.
nice course. challenging!!
I found it quite difficult but challenging. Interesting course.
It definitely was a bit hard but the real-time applications that Duke University always uses to elaborate programming applications stole the show. The CSV File access and DNA data processing via Java was a fun to learn
The programming exercises are very good to reinforce the concepts learnt in the video lectures. The guide lines in the programming exercise are very clear and helpful making the problems not that hard to deal with and yet very enjoyable.
Poorly designed and explained. You do not really gain much knowledge from this course.I would not recommend my friends and basically others to take this course. There are far better courses out there for much cheaper prices.
Might seem a bit overwhelming to beginners, but at the same time, a useful course to practice writing code on real-life data sets, for experienced learners.The library used here is useful, but not reusable in general.Overall, a nice experience. :)
Very practical and useful knowledge!Thanks for your time and effort.
Except for a few problems regarding the clearness of some of the homeworks' statements, hence the stars, this is an excellent beginner's course for anyone interested in Java. I am currently taking the follow up course "Java Programming: Arrays, Lists, and Structured Data" and for the moment it seems as good as this one, although with the same few problems.
Great course!
If you are a real beginner like me (having zero or little programming knowledge) and your time is limited, I think this course (or the specialisation) is not suitable for you. The assignments and quizzes are very time consuming. One week I spent literally 30+ hours writing and debugging codes for just one quiz.
It is really not for beginners. The first week was ok , but we didn't spend much time coding. Then it was really difficult to follow.
This course is not suitable for beginners at all, everything basic is skipped. Highly not recommended
Awesome course.
Very nice introduction to Java. Of course using BlueJ and EduDuke libraries (that is libraries crafted specifically for the course that are nor used in real life) gives this feeling of not coding for real. But that's good. Real coding comes in the later courses of this specialization so this approach seems to be very good for introducing people to Java without wasting to much time to details being unimportant on the early stages of learning.
Excellent course for beginners. Well structured. Best one to judge yourself before entering into a challenging job.
Great entry into the Java language!
Good course and quite unique approach... could have been more interesting and fun! Video presentation is too geeky at times.
The course is too boring, I am not sure if it is because of the language or the lectures.
Good intro for beginning students
The homework is too time consuming.
Simple and elegant.
Another great selection of topics and problems. I enjoyed this course. Very good balance in terms of concepts and test problems.
Great opportunity to learn java and put it into use to solve the real world problems. But it's a little hard for people who haven't learned java at all, but only learned C#.(object-oriented programming).
Great Course for an initial idea of Java Programming
its a excellent teaching awsome faculty.
Great set of programing tools to solve many different problems, including working with big amounts of data.
use my analytical skills with this course.
Great course and delivery!If only there would be more help in the forums by assistants or tutors it would have gotten a 5 star
Great class !
Course is organized and problem solving tricks are interesting and helpful. I liked the steps taught to solve problems. Thank you to Coursera and Duke University.
The course is good overall.However, the final project might be a little difficult for a beginner in Java programming
The course itself is Ok, but I would suggest two things:
Use very specific environment that cannot be used in practice in the the Real World.For a much better course, use UC San Diego versions.
Does very little to actually help you learn JAVA. Explains nothing about why the language works as it does.. Also it insists on you using their libraries and programming environments. You spend perhaps 20% of your time actually practicing coding, and the rest is wasted in libraries you will never use again. Such a waste
I feel like we're left behind by the teachers of this course. The teaching style does not help in getting the right code to work.
Great course and great professors. Very interesting knowledge base to learn from.
great course!! thank all you folks for this opportunity!
Awesome ,interesting and unconventional course to get a hang on java programming...
Well organized, well prepared practice activities, very clear instruction videos, challenging to pass.
Love the course structure, very simple. Teachers start with simple concepts and eventually solve real life problems, which sound very complex otherwise.
It is a good course for starters.
Teaches you Java in a "toy" environment (Blue Jay) would be helpful to learn Java in Eclipse or another IDE that you would normally work in.
This is cool cource!!!)))
Excellent beginner course for java. The best part is the course swap: allows you to transfer part-course credit to the following session. This helps to continue the new session with fresh deadlines from where you left the last one.
Great Learning with Fun!
Comprehensive and so enjoyable.
Awesome course!
Excellent Start for those who want to Learn Java Programming .
I really liked the course mainly due to providing a clear vision to all sub tasks needed to solve before and during programme development; I liked very much that the solution is started with problem statement and analysing; this helps to set good practice to problem solving and decision making: before digging into implementation one must understand the task; analyse it and get what is involved and needed to say the job is done and then find a solution, implement it and check that implemented solution does what it was intended to do; thank you very much for clarifying it
In general a well made course. However, I do not yet see the advantage of using BlueJ over e.g. Eclipse, as most people won't work with BlueJ after the course
One of the best courses that I have enrolled in. It not only showed me how to program in Java but in any language. Although, I am curretly an Undergraduate student, this was very challenging for me. I learned a lot and enjoyed a lot
Awesome course. Perfect blend of theory and practical.
Amazing course
Great course, nicely explained. I liked the hints the instructors passed in the videos when they "intentionally" make some mistakes, it really helps. I also liked the "unintentional" mistakes when they do the live coding, it shows the different coding styles. By the end of the course I managed to write some functions without any syntax errors. Thank you very much.
Great course for getting started with Java programming.
Great assignments, lot of interesting stuff!
Great projects! I feel like I learned a lot from completing each programming assignment.
very informativeeasy to understand and follow what the course was all about.
A good intro into Java. As this is Part 2 of the Specialization, I would have liked to have seen a greater introduction into more of Java's collections than just String manipulation and CSV using an apache lib.
Great
Precise and compact course study starting from basics of Java to the parsing of data from files.Even a beginner can understand the way it has been taught in the course.
Can be a little bit to hard for beginners but great and interesting assignments.
Very accessibly! Thanks!
Great course for beginners and programmers looking for fun by solving real problems with Java
Interesting problems, and nice lectures. Thanks a lot for having the opportunity to take part.
Very good! I like because I am learning many things.Thanks.
This is a good Java Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBWX97e1E9g&list=PLE7E8B7F4856C9B19I followed two videos and I'm learning in my way.I left the course because the ammount of time required was too high. For example, for one part of an exercise I spent a total of 12 hours distributed in 3 days. For the other part of the exercise I spent 1 hour. Also, in the part one, the last exercise was tremendouly difficult for begginers and for someone (my case) that know one language.You are making people hate Java. This is not for begginers. I have to say that the part of codepen and HTML was great.Fortunatelly, I didn't pay. But I think that paying for this course is a waste of money. I had a good experience in other Coursera programming course: "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python" of Rice Unviersity. The examples were awesome and the tests were reasonable, quite the opposite to this course.Also, Eclipse is so much better than BlueJ in many ways, also into learning...And there's more things that must be improved, but no time and no money.I'm very dissapointed to this course and Duke Univeristy.
May be the course is helpful for me and also for you.
Great for introduction to this language.
at first its seems boring, but i'm happy that i continued the course.
good point to start.
Good for novice developers trying to learn Java. Not good for experienced developers trying to learn Java.
Interesting, but some assignments needs to be double checked. In my opinion some of the presented material is teaching poor coding practices for the sake of simplicity.
Another great course form Duke University!Thanks a lot!
Couldn't fiish the course. Not hard, but exhausting and not interesting.
Great Course !!!
Good course, it seemed too easy at times since they provided alot of guides to solving the programming problems but I might be biased since I have some programming background. Overall I would recommend for beginners interested in learning java.
The staff of this course is really nice, that's the best part of it. Unfortunately, in my opinion this course is not intended for real beginners. From class one I struggled trying to understand what was going on. This may be because instead of just using a typical ide like eclipse or netbeans, they use bluejay, which works different than the rest of ides. In addition, programs used in the course are pretty confusing (If you know 0 Java). I learned most of the basic concepts (classes, methods) for whole week 1 from a single 15 minute video-course from youtube without all the struggling. As I mentioned this only applies if you are a total newbie, if you already know some Java I think you'll be fine.
My expectations were different
The course is just terrible.It leaves an impression of being unfinished. There's a lot of knowledge missed out from lectures while being expected from the student in the quizzes.Lecturers themselves have a very vague understanding of how java works and how to code in real life. What they say in some lectures is very misleading and gives either false or just insufficient understanding of certain mechanisms.The examples are overcomplicated. They demand a full concentration on domain knowledge rather than on programming itself.
Need to show more stuff on Java instead of focusing on using BlueJ and stuff.
Could not get through the first week. Way too much emphasis on BlueJ and Duke University specific libraries. I I already have a decent foundation in coding and took the course with the idea I could get a refresher on Java. If your a beginner there are way better courses out there. This course is all over the place and I could see it being confusing for someone just picking up programming.
LOVE IT! Really fun :)
Awesome, the words will be less to describe how good this course is...........
Thank you for the course, the only improvement i could think of is to improve contents for non English speaking people. E.g. You say decimal places, we say numbers after comma.Thank you!
I love this course much.
Poor, very poor course, worse course structure. Instructor hasn't put any thoughts in how they should strucutre this course.Cover no basics, assumes lots of thing and term this course as beginner for Java where actually there is no Java taught.
This course is amazing, it is the second course of the specialization and it will give you all the knowledge in java.
As usual the 4 professors(presenters) have done an excellent job. The resources, videos, assignments and quizzes are very helpful, well thought out and comprehensive. They have done an enormous amount of work.But there seem to be problems with the import edu.duke.* due to installation problems (e.g. Windows 10).Maybe include 3 videos like:( example from other Coursera courses e.g. R Programming)Installing BlueJ on a MacInstalling BlueJ on WindowsInstalling Bluej on (Mac) ; including these would enable me to give a rating of 5 stars.For the beginner programmer this would help a lot.I know there is the Discussions forum (very helpful) and students must sweat a bit to get BlueJ to work on some messy Operating Systems but this is my comment as a Beta Tester
Great course. Interesting and engaging. Lots of programming practice.
Very good course taking into consideration the first week
Great course! One sugestão I have is to teaching how to use FileResource,URLResource, DirectoryResource, Pixel, ImageResource, etc, without using the edu.duke, because in the real word we don’t use this library. I know this library can facilitate the coding, but when the students use another IDE, they will not can do the same coding as they used on course.
Excellent course for the Start-up beginner to learn the broad perspective of Entrepreneurship components.
Very helpful and eye opening for the entrepreneur. It will give you the tolos to assess if your idea is viable or not.
Excellent course. Perfect pace and material. Highly recommended.
Excellent course supported by lots of didactics of the teacher, as well as an adequate content.I found some videos a little lengthy, making the content a little annoying.Perhaps extending the course for 6 weeks with lighter content would make the experience more enjoyable.
This course was very informative.
not helpful, too many concepts and content-of-no-use. expect more for the next courses.
Very good course
They push the University of Maryland way too much, the book and the videos have much of the same content. The book that you buy is written by the professor who runs the course which I do not agree with. The book could be more direct in how it gives you the lessons.
Great lecturer, great material! Thanks a lot!!
You guys are just trying to sell your book.
thank you very much i did enjoy a lot the all program was relevant to the current situation of the economy i am really great-full for your courses its time for me to do it in practical
With 27 years in the position of an international Information Technology executive in a leading industry where I developed products, managed teams, built offers, negotiated and delivered multi-million dollars contracts worldwide I can only say that this course is very condensed, well structured and covers a wealth of topics for anyone planning to start its own venture.Why did I take this course? I am planning to start my own business and needed to check if I had most aspects covered. In addition, my business partner doesn't have business knowledge and wanted him to take this class to be sure that he would understand where we stand in the process of building a company and what basic business terms mean.Did I learn something? Yes and only for that this course provided more than its financial value.
A wonderful course! It opened my mind so much that I ended creating things and developing each more my abilities and skills.
Thank you very much !
Please improve the sound quality. Thanks for this great effort.
Great way of learning new stuff with some excellent professors.
It was the best and more productive course about entrerpreneurship that i already did (i strongly recommend the lecture of the suggeted ebook too)
Think out the Box!!! I liked the course as it provides concrete tools and points to work on innovative ideas generation and opportunities analysis.
Nice and thorough introduction. I recommend this course to everybody.
I recommend this course to everyone who wants to be an Entrepreneur.
One of the best courses about entrepreneurship in Coursera
The course is good only for those people who have only started thinking about launching their first business
Excellent foundation module. Have already learnt so much. Love the references to real life businesses.
Great content and presentation
Great Job !!!
Content is good and teaching material is of good quality. Some more examples of the application of the concepts discussed during the lectures could make this course even more interesting.
Great introduction & analysis of concepts
Very good course
This was an excellent intro to entrepreneurship. It isn't just an intro, it gets you into what is means to be an entrepreneur, and how to do it. Really great, thank you.
Very interesting course! This course teached me the CANVAS approach and all the tips for making the best innovative ideas and the most performant business plan. With these knowledge I feel prepared to start my own enterprise.
Excellent course and excellent topic of discussion. Excellent material and books recommended
Highly recommended!!
Awesome class, very!!! Thanks much!!!
exceptionally well designed course.
This was a great course in framing market opportunities and how to focus business/entreprenuerial endeavors in a successful way.
It is very interesting course for those who wants to know about entrepreneurship from scratch. The practical examples will enrich you to get the right concept. Worth Studying
I loved the course. It gives insights on how an entrepreneur should think and behave.
This course is interesting and appropriately paced for an online class. I recommend it to all beginning entrepreneurs as a way to start thinking about how to start their company.
Very good insight for potential entrepreneurs!
I have learnt lot of things from this course. I built my confidence after completed this course. So coming days i ll start my own company with Innovative ideas and become success. Thanks a lot for this amazing and great course
Very good information but the videos could be a bit more exciting.
I really liked this course. The method used to teach is a simple and very functional way. The extra informations are too helpful and direct us to use the knowledge in our entrepreneurial activities.
Thanks for the great course.
Good Content, and a lot of knowledge its highly recommended to read the opportunity analysis canvas book before watching the videos. the Audio in many Videos is mono not stereo
Very useful, It can help open people's mind about how easy might be start of a new future business... shown how important role play our mindset and decision-making process which is for most of people very difficult...
Amazing course, real life experience content
well this introduction is good and i learn the basic of the entrepreneurship
Very effective and well thought courses. Every Tech Entrepreneur should go through this!Yannick Kounga
Amazing teacher!
Thanks so much for all staff in University of Maryland, College Park ..
Excellent course, full of key points and examples that makes you think deeper and wider, so you can re-evolve your ideas and strategies in a methodological and practical way.
Very high level - I found
It is a course with lots of information but the delivery is a little weak. It is a presentation with an instructor in the corner but he or she mostly just reads the presentation aloud. There needs to be much more interaction, much more animation and passion, and the use of "real" people in a "real" environment. I can tell you that my mind wondered constantly because of the lack of passion and interest in the subject being conveyed by the presenter as well as the monotonous delivery. Again, the content is valuable and solid, but that in and of itself does not make for a good course.
I wish there were more examples of successful startups and videos of live lectures with students. That really keeps interacted. Technology of entrepreneurship can't be taught but it can be shared as experience and knowledge. So, I would like to have more real examples and less theory. I'll give it a try in the next course.
Congrats professor.
An interesting course with good information and interesting lectures. Guest speakers is also a positive thing for the course
This was an awesome start to understanding innovation and how to go about assessing and generating innovation ideas. The final quiz where we assessed an example business plan was great and really helping in my understanding of finances required to start a business.
This class gets your mind going. I am new to this area of learning and this class helped lay a foundation for becoming an innovator.
I found this course to be very enlightening and eye opening in regards to developing innovative ideas. The instructor helps you to realize that one of the keys to a successful entrepreneurial venture is being innovative. The course also helped me to realize that careful planning and analysis of where opportunities may lye and how you execute your plan to capitalize on the opportunities that you find all play important roles in entrepreneurship.
It gives a brief outline and moves very fast and to create a LivePlan is a paid thing.
I am learning new things in every lesson, thanks sir for creating such course
Did not find it really helpful ...may be the way I expected it was different. Also may be because of my engineering approach towards management. I don't know...But thank you for putting this up and giving me a head start into innovative ideas for starting a new business.
Great course. Also great way to change your mindset.
really I liked this model in which the slide is always appearing and the teacher seems very knowledgeable and interested in the subject. I enjoyed the class in which he was shown the lesson he gave to his students, was very cool to see their interaction with the subject and gave more movement to the course. I liked also that whatever the teacher says is on the slides, so I lost less time taking notes and paying more attention to what he says, giving more agility to the course.
The best entrepreneurship course,and to the point.Dr James Green exceptional insight into startups,entrepreneurship and business plus realistic yet innovative views and teachings will intrigue many learners and push for creativity and venturing into entrepreneurship.This is a must take course even for doctrate graduates,because still very few among us follow the entrepreneurship route.
It took me two sessions to complete the course due to starting the first session late and being behind the curve time wise the entire way through. The topics are fascinating and illuminating. I've worked for technology entrepreneurs for most of my 20+ year career, and this course (plus two others offered in the same Specialization) shed light on many issues of entrepreneur success for me. Whether a 'for credit' course or not, this is valuable education and a very compelling introduction to the Master's program at University of Maryland MTECH.
Very interesting, especially for beginners who are becoming interested on the business world and entrepreneurship, as the concepts are pretty basic, easy to understand.
Very good course for beginners. Explanations are short and concise and very clear. Don't know how Part 2 is organized, but I think it would be nice to have also an introduction to CAD/CAE softwares like Inventor or SOLIDWORKS and to solve some of the examples with those softwares so people is aware of the existing numerical possibilities.
Good one. Easily understand and followed all lessons
Literally, It's one of the best courses i have ever taken. I have learned through out this course how to be precise and accurate in my calculation and the attention to details. The instructor is amazing and i really have learned a lot from her. However, her exams are not easy :) !
First, I'm really thankful with your for this effort for with us. This course is really interesting, is the first course I finished. I'm mechanical engineering from Perú, I really excited with all these topics, they are great for all engineer. I recommend this course with Doctor K. Wingate, and I know that you enjoy it.
These course gave me brief idea about the machine design.And the teaching is great.I hope these is best place for learning and gaining knowledge.
Awesome Lectures.Thank you!!!!!!1
It was a wonderful wonderful experience. All concepts are concrete solid now, thanks to the excellent approach, way of explanation of concepts and closely developed questions that make you apply all your understanding. looking forward to enroll in further courses to offer .THANK YOU
Exceptional course material along with an outstanding teacher.. Thank you for an amazing learning experience!
Excellent course, I'm waiting for the Part 2...
nice course,topics are presentend efficiently and stimulating excercises help putting theory in practice in a funny way!
Very Good course that concentrates on the key concepts with some case studies that are very interesting.
This course is both intensive and challenging. Dr. Wingate does a fantastic job with real life examples and explaining subtle points that will help get ahead in the weekly quiz.
Dr. Kathryn Wingate provides a thorough explanation. The course is very interesting! The practice of making entire video in form of notes is very efficient for a student to grasp everything the teacher wants to convey.
Good course for beginner level in understanding the machine design course. Fatigue related topics was good.
The course was a concise and effective review of major concepts. The concepts were well explained and the lessons practical. I have a better understanding of fatigue failure as a result of this class.
Excellent course for recap all the considerations about failures types, given to you real world examples. Higly recommended, very thankful.
Course content was really good. looking forward for next parts
The course present a good explanation of the fundamentals of design in static and fatigue failure. Also the course is well organized with an easy explanation.Looking forward for parts 2 and 3.
Thanks
very good coursethank you very much
Material somewhat simplistic and professor likes to "hold your hand" rather than exposing the material and letting the student run with it.
Dear teacher… you are the best because you brought out the best in us.
Really great courses! I studied every module by heart. Looking forward to the following courses
The course material was pretty good and the course was quite challenging.
Great course that reviews different faliure modes of mechanical components, from static failure of ductile and brittle materials to fatigue failure. The practical approach to the subject provides a very useful toolset for the design of machine components.
This course is so useful, complete all basic concept and i like it!
Syllabus very well organized. Professor is completely aware of the subjected being taught.
Very good course covering technics that are actually used in aerospace industry. I look forward to seeing the second part.
Great course, looking forward to Part II and III.
Great look at fatigue failure. Looking forward to Parts II, III, etc
A good introductory course to gain an appreciation of some of the theory and techniques that goes into designing mechanical systems in our modern world. Real world cases are discussed, and I have become aware of some of the failure mechanisms in airplanes and in the body skeleton, so I am a bit more leary of taking airplane flights , and not jumping off high places while twirling. You need to be familiar with basic theory of stress and strain before taking this course, there is a series of courses available on Coursea as pre-requisite. The way the quizzes are scheduled makes it advantageous to watch the videos early in the week and take the quiz as soon as possible, since you get only one attempt every 24 hours. Enjoyed the course.
OK, good course, parts 2 & 3 please!
Great course. Thanks Dr. Wingate. Waiting for the part 2.
dr.kathryn is very professional and she simplify theories to perfectly understanding i become more understanding all f course contents and be more sufficient in machine designi would to thank the doctor for her explainingand thank georgia institude of technology for this useful course
thank you teacher for such a easiest explanation...
Very interesting and organised. I developed love for this subject.
amazing ....... wating for part 2 and 3
An excellent course. Excited to see the follow-up courses of Machine Design (Part-II, etc)
Enjoyable course, have to apply the fundamentals while solving problems and the instructor given the real world example of the failures and looking waiting for Machine Design part 2 and part 3.
great course, I have learned a lot. Very well structured
Could have been one of the best on Coursera but a little broard in scope and not for beginners as more is required than taught.
wow this course is Amazingthe explanation is really really good that made programming look so simple even for me a n00b as Dr.t would like to refer and the teacher (DR.T) really amazing and funny making this programme much enjoyable and makes you want to learn more cuz you know you will with all his quizzs and good demonstration i would like to thank DR.T for this wounderful opportunity and i thank also all the participents in the forume for they give great help when your stuck and thats not very often also because of DR.T great explanation .finally im really enjoying this course and hopfully gonna finish it with lots of knowledge.
I really enjoyed the course through the 12 weeks, but I think the slides could have some diagrams/drawings to show the concepts when "Dr T" Chamillard is giving the lecture. This way, understand the concepts would be a lot eassier, specially for the people who is starting in the development world
I really enjoyed this course and have learned so much! I wonder if things could be explained a little bit more in the lectures so you are not asked to do things in the assignments that you have no idea how to implement?
Dr.T is the best, enough said
I highly enjoyed this course. It is one of my favorites in Coursera for programming. It gets more challenging as you move past the half way point which is necessary to start pushing yourself to expand outside your comfort zone. The different game features are necessary to understand how objects interact and how they are aligned. This course prepared me for more than just making games. It also helped me how to troubleshoot and think about the different components (load, update, draw).
it was a great experience i learned so much thnks Dr T ;)
It has long been trying to learn monogam, but there is not enough mentor. The courser gave me everything I wanted =)
great course, thank you
Excellent beginner's course for learning C# and the concepts behind video game development. TIm is an outstanding teacher and explains things clearly and thoroughly with an engaging style.
Very good course and very good teacher. He explains very well, easy and clear. The course is easy to follow and the material provid
Many thanks to Dr. Chamillard. It was an excellent course. Fun and with veery good exercises.
Great course! Learns C# syntax, MonoGame framework and all many hints about creating of simple games.
This Course is totally recomended for beginners in programming, they w'd fell the level is a little high at the beginning, but if you keep on going you'll learn a lot. This course is really explicit because they teach you OOP with a purpose(gaming) that helps a lot to understand the concepts related to it. It's really interesting that you learn by playing(and doing), totally recomended
awesome lesson!!
It is great start for begginers in game dev. But there is lack of materials for self-learning and additional organized theory.
Great course for beginners even if you've never been programming before!Assignments could be challenging, but more you learn - it's easier to work on it.I never though it will be so much fun!Now I'm waiting for Unity3D course from Dr. T.
Very good introduction course to C#, and video game programming.
I really liked the whole course. Good job.
Excellent to start with C# programming and object oriented languages. It's also fun because you do videogames!
Very well organized course
Best teacher I've ever seen, he so cute. Good course.
I like nature of instructor most.
Liked it very much. I was not an absolute beginner and this course helped me to understand and use the benefits of object oriented programming. The course itself might be a bit too difficult to somebody who's totally new to c#.
I have one year of experience on unity engine.im a very autolearning person, specially on programming things, but this course and his book (i bought on amazon) are so greatfull, so complete and the most important thing, and closer to the student, in programming, many concepts are so difficult to eat, but the teacher are so nice and everything have thier respective example.
I didn't choose this course to learn how to develop games - I chose this course to learn the fundamentals of C# in a fun in a engaging way. I must say that it was an amazing experience and it was exactly what I was looking for.Dr. T makes the online course fun and engaging. I particularly like the in-lecture quizzes because although humorous, they still engage the viewer to interact.From a game development perspective, it was also eye-opening. The assignments and labs are structured in a way that keeps you engaged by working towards a final product - an actual functioning game! I now look at simple mobile phone games (e.g., Flappy Bird) and know that I could develop a simple game like that myself. All of this knowledge from a single 12 week course!The course material itself is exactly what I expected. I learned the fundamentals of C# that I needed to move on to a C# project of my own that I have been wanting to start, but have never had proper guidance.Cheers, Dr. T. It was a pleasure! You have truly helped me progress in my professional career.
Really interesting and funny!
its free.
Great introduction to programming concepts, and easy for anyone (including beginners) to learn about game programming and C# at the same time!
Thanks Dr.T for a very interesting and fun course!
This course gives a good introduction to programming and computer graphics. It's well structured and well taught. Since I can already program in C#, I was hoping there would be less emphasis on learning to program and more emphasis on the graphics side. I would also prefer it if the platform for the graphics was the latest technology most commonly used by industry and I'm not sure Monogame is it. However, the lecturer was brilliant and it's a course you can enjoy doing!
great initial course about games
When i started this course i had already been studying java programming for a few months. This course was incredibly useful at helping me get up to scratch in C# very quickly as well as get the feel of visual studio. Even with no programming experience this course could probably have the same effect.
Way too basic. Questionable sence of humor.
This course is designed perfectly for smooth learning of game programming and C# without prior knowledge of either. May be a little bit of programming experience will be useful. Enjoyed the course and lectures were interesting with the humor of instructor added to it.
Very fun and interesting with lots of exercises and motivation for the professor.
Great introduction to C# and game programming.
Loved it
Great stuff - may seem simple at first but bends your mind into the way of structured approaches with states, physics-based movement, some trig, simple yet challenging addition/subtraction to center/shrink/align/layout stuff, the fallacies and handling of (click-)events in a time-/frame-base environment, ... and you'll shoot teddy bears with french fries!
Very clear and productive course. Now I really able to write some simple prototypes on C# using XNA. Highly recommend the course to everyone who are beginners in programming like me.
Awesome course...
The course has been perfectly balanced in terms of difficulty! I have learned a lot in a short time and have been left with a lot of ideas on how to continue forward with game programming. This course has helped me a lot with doing the hardest, namely to start from scratch in a completely new knowledge domain for me. I want to use this opportunity to thank Dr. Tim Chamillard and the whole team that has made this course possible! You have added great value to my life!
Very good course!!! The professor is very good and explains very well inside the lessons what must to be done!!! I recommend to others for sure!
When the heck do you actually start programming? It's just him explaining and explaining and explaining and explaining. I did a little course work where I programmed some simple console applications like talking about my name and favorite games, but then he drones on for hours and hours about concepts without actually putting them to practice. He jumps through parts that could have otherwise given valuable information and experience like creating the deck class. Nope, he just has it all premade for you. The course stresses "You'll need to program a lot to gain experience, so you'll be doing it a lot of programming in this course." - but I'm not, there's no programming at all. It's just droning on and on about concepts and how they work.Yes it's important to learn what these things do, but it's much more important to put them to practice. My eyes are glossing over trying to sit through these 15 minute long videos of him just explaining concepts rather than having me put them to use.I do not recommend this course to anyone unless you have a Bob Ross fetish, and like listening to monotone talking. I can learn and so much more and gain valuable experience, just by googling and youtube videos. I'm very disappointed in this series.
Fantastic course and a wonderful teacher. Really grown in my programming ability.
I havent been able to use C # in my PC so the course became useless
i kept expecting the colonel to pop around saying "no, no, stop that! it's silly!". :Dthis course was tons of fun and the lecturer is suitably goofy with his examples. i loved the randomness and learned quite a bit. if you're thinking about game development, but you're not sure where to start, then give this a go. it's an entry-level course and there is a lot of lessons on c# programming... which is 95% of the course. if you know c#, then the lessons dealing with the fundamentals of c# programming might feel a bit tedious, but the examples are fun, so you won't mind learning about these things again.i liked this course. you can see he enjoys what he does, which makes you enjoy it as well and helps you learn more.
The course was very good at teaching some of the basics of game programming, but the course description should mention that some Trigonometry/Geometry knowledge would be helpful at times. Additionally, I'd like to see the course extended to include the remaining chapters of the book that is recommended. The additional information would be beneficial.
It was a great course. I learned a lot of new things and some concepts I knew already I now understand much better. Some assignments was really tough, but it was a great learning experience.I had a little head start because I had taken another game programming course before, but that time it was in Python.C# is a little bit different, because you have to specify the data types for all the variables, which you don't need in Python.I really loved to work with XNA and MonoGame and I'll probably will later in the future too.I really recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn game programming within C#:Though if you're a total beginner and never had any programming experience whatsoever, you may have a hard time on some assignments.Overall a very good course.
This course is the best way to learn both c# and game writing principles! It is also the best one I've passed on Coursera.
One of the best and funnies beginner development courses I have taken! You learn a lot, practice a lot while having a lot of fun!
Great class! It delivers what is promised. I'm a newbie programmer and this class succeeded in making me comfortable in programming. Not just game programming, but any programming. I strongly strongly strongly recommend!
Excellent course for beginners about game programming and C#. The Example are really intuitives and fun
Love this teacher! He makes me smile and feel happy every time i press play next when a video ends. Thanks for the time you invested in this course. :)
At the beginning is quiet simple.. But if you miss something, and I'll be honest, in the forum you don't get so much help, you'll need to wait to the Instructor to reply you because he is the only who can put the "answer" or at least, the help you need.Aside this... This course is great! it teaches you every thing you need to know (at least the basics) for start programming in C#
I never had programmed before and I'm very pleased I have achieved making a little game in 12 weeks. Now, programming isn't a strange thing to me and I feel curious enough to continue to learn more.
I Really learn a lot of things! The instructor is very funny but at the same time extremely clear during his lesson. Thanks a lots
Its helps beginners in big way to get introduced to game programming.
it is a great start for people who want to learn how to code for the very first time
Nice course for beginners. really liked it and have learned a lot .Thanks a lot! :)
Very simple introduction to C# and Monogame.Learn to create basic 2D games with sound and animation.Does not cover 3D, AI, Shaders, Networking or any "advanced" topics.
Awesome, very challenging for a beginner
Really well-paced course for someone with a modicum of understanding of programming in a general sense. Tim is a great instructor. Very nerdy but charming in his own way.
Dr. T is the law
I would absolutely recommend this for everyone intrested in game development and does not where to begin.this course gives you everything you need to know to start game programming with c# and many other languages.
mind blowing
Very nice & competent ... despite the Teddy addiction :-D :-D :-D
Enjoyed the course. Gets difficult at times but, follow steps and ask questions and you should be able to do really well in this class.
For people who don't know programming at all only.
A great course for introducing programmers to games programming. I would have awarded 5 stars, but felt some of the material might be have been covered in more detail for absolute beginners. Personally I didn't have any problems with the course, but I could imagine beginners struggling on some sections.However, there is an excellent community forum that has friendly people helping out (including myself!) so I'm sure everyone that had problems could find the solutions or ask for help.Good fun and you get to create a "game" during the course!Thanks Dr. T - you did good =)
This is a great introduction to C# programming, with visible results.
Good way to learn the Game programming.Of course, The good way to learn beginning C#.One course make two harvests!
Loved the course - just know this is not a programming introduction class; you need to have some C# skills before beginning!
Comprehensive course for beginners level.The lectures are thorough with many examples and resources.Assignments are interesting, with gradual level and lots of fun.Very recommended!
Excellent Course for game programming enthusiasts
Recommend for beginners with game design or programming.
This is a great course for beginners. I will strongly recommend people to start with this course and the move on to Unity.This course helped me realise the working of game engines and game. This course will take you through the basics of making games with the help of XNA and Monogame. This will improve your knowledge and will help you understand Unity much better as Unity also uses Monogame.
Nice course, instructor is really amazing, learned a lot on game programming, and it is actually a really good course for entrance level c# programming.
great teacher
Great course! Dr. Tim Chamillard, you are the best!Waiting for more courses from Dr. T)
Awesome course!Dr Tim is the best. Classes are light and humorous. All the examples are very practical and the assignments are smartly designed. I recommend it to anyone who wants a hands on start on making games, even with no prior programming experience, which was my case.But don't be fooled: if you do all the assignments, labs and projects, the course will be quite demanding. A good sign.Looking forward the next C# courses from Dr Tim.
Nice course, great instructor!This may be a little challenging for those who have no prior programming experience, but it's not impossible. Just keep going and you'll see you've learned a lot in a little period of time.If you have problems figuring out what's going on in lectures, go to Discussion Forums. There you can find helpful answers.
Great Course :)
Maybe at begin, it is a little difficult. But once you can catch up with your teacher and classmates, you will find it will be OK. If you are a beginner with little knowledge or no basic knowledge about C# program, it is a good challenge for you to have a try. If you are a experienced programmer or already get some program concept/skill(no matter it is C/C++ or Java), it's good for you to have a practice.
Do not take this course unless you have previous C# coding experience. It is most definitely not for beginners.
This class was ultimately great. I struggled a lot with it until week 9 or 10, when we really explained classes. Once I understood a thing I had been blindly using for a while, so much clicked into place for me. I did get frustrated when the homework asked for things that were beyond the lesson, and while I knew how to look up what I needed most of the time, I didn't know how to interpret what I was looking up, so it was useless. Again, after the classes lesson, it all made sense and I was fine and able to do things beyond what was spelled out for me. Even though XNA isn't supported anymore, I still learned a great deal in this class. People were also very helpful on the forums when anyone was stuck on something.
Excellent! Dr. T is awesome! The in-lecture quizzes are the greatest
Great course. The lectures are helpful (and funny). The entry level should be low enough for beginners, but fast enough so that people with programming knowledge don't get bored. All content is available without purchasing the certificate.
Good introduction to C# and a nice gentle introduction to the XNA/MonoGame framework. It's lots of hard work for beginners for but seasoned C# programmers might be better off just learning MonoGame on their own.
Very helpful!
Excellent introduction to C# and MonoGame!Done with the course in 5 weeks..
the speed is fit to me.
The software video tutorials need to be updated ..for example mac users need to use different programs which raises all sorts of different questions on where to go and where to find what Dr. T is working with for the lesson , second this is for beginners we would like to know why we are typing certain commands and what they do ... he has a good attitude but explanations need to be a little more detailed on what things are ,what they do and why we are using them... for any mac user you will be better off using parallels to install Windows and use this lessons with the programs he is working on like Visual Basic which is only for Windows ....
Just started the course, but I love the videos the professor
The course is very good, but I was missing a piece of installation and configuration of mono and XNA in Visual Studio 2015 Community
10+ weeks of fun projects, what else do you need???Awesome! Highly recommend for people who want to build their own game fast!
The lecturer explains things perfectly , a bit humorous and he is aware of course importance.
This guy is great! He teaches very well, explains it really effectively. 4/5 for you, Sir.
Beautifully done.
This course added so much to my life! I find ways to do art every day, now. Thank you, Mary and Michael!
An amazing and inspirational course! The best course that I have done to date. The videos are informative, interactive and excellently presented. Highly recommended.
This course has provided a great deal of hands on case studies to increase my understanding of interface design. I highly recommend this course for those interested in learning about designing for various devices and screen sizes.
The course is too complicated. Also this programm isnt working as good as it should. I got so many failures, which I had to look for by myself. Also it isnt well explained! I almost didnt understand anything! Also some data persons, i knew, didn't understand that either. They never worked with something like that!
What I've learn the most in this course is designing a responsive layout for most devices.
Content is not that appreciable in terms of technicalities or theory ; But faculty does teach many good things through examples
very practical course with applicable skills. well worth the effort to complete.
I really liked this course - it's probably my favourite module in the HCI specialisation. I really enjoyed thinking about what was the most important information across different form factors, and working from there to build up a layout for the screen size.
I love it!
Very hands-on assignments with wireframing & mock-ups being the main focus
In comparison to other courses, I felt this was a little too superficial for the true challenges of Information Design. Still good though.
The Best Course
Assignments were good practice but otherwise lectures were very thin.
Really enjoy this Course, especially the interview with Ben Fry! I hope there would be more interviews with professions of different design fields, I think I could learn a lot from them. Love this Course! Show my great respect and gratitude for Prof. Klemmer !
This was a very practical couse. It teaches how to design for the different formats.Very interesting.
Great course!
enjoyed doing the wireframes!
Wonderful course.
Some lessons are too simple. The homework is not very clear and you need much more time to do it than it is said.
Really useful and enlightening course.
Great !
This class was actually about responsive web design, NOT information design. The two are in no way synonymous. Information design is about the visual display of information in a way that aids comprehension. Responsive web design is about creating different interfaces for different device form factors. I'm not sure how a professor could possibly mix up the two, but he did.The only reason I'm not giving it 1 star is that there was, in fact, some interesting info about responsive web design. If Coursera would change the title to "Responsive Web Design" instead of "Information Design" I'd give the course 4 stars.
Assignments are not always relevant or clearly explained. More resources on how to complete them properly (for example, suggestions about how to do prototyping and what tools to use) would also help improve this course.
I'm several months into this specialization. It seems to practice little of what it preaches in its design and pedagogy. I've paused repeatedly because I find the whole experience needlessly clunky and frustrating, and I rarely feel like I've learned much at the end of the assignments. I often wonder if anyone on the UCSD/Coursera side ever actually tries to complete the assignments. The quiz is missing key links and the questions read as if they were written by someone who's first language is not English. Pretty sloppy effort.
This was the paper I was most looking forward to in the Interaction Design specialisation. Unfortunately it seems as if they ran out of time to design it properly (despite extending its start date several times). I didn't learn what I would've expected and all of the assignments blurred into one another
While i really liked these assignments some of the assignment briefs could use some flushing out and more details would help. Also this course could benifit from a mentor. Another thought more up-to-date visual examples, and reading materials.
Would have preferred more depth!
Pretty cool the information, the format and the presentation.Great job !
I was disappointed by this Course maybe because I had a great expectations for it. Months of delay and poor content.
Unfortunately, this is one the worst paid courses I've taken on Coursera. The material is very brief, the assignments are poorly explained and structured. As with all the other sections in this specialization, there is no feedback for professor or TAs, which is very-very frustrating.
This specialisation started off good in the first 1-2 courses but has since taken many steps back. The content is dated and not well though through, and it feels like the whole thing could have been put into 2-3 courses
Great course articulates what can be counter-intuitive process
Very fun and very useful!
Video lectures did not provide much information. Coursework instructions were unclear (and had typos). I enrolled in November, but the course start date kept getting pushed back by a week or two at a time until it was ready 4 months later. With all of the extra time taken to put the course together, I expected to get a lot more out of it.
I've learned a few things, because I've already designed a responsive website, but it should be very good for newcomers. I'll definitely change my own approach to design, as he showed - it's good to design mobile-first, but going back and forth multiple devices to show information more clearly is even better.
Great opportunities for me to experience creativity in design. I struggle initially to come up with my own mock ups, and I persisted because I am motivated with what I learned from the modules.
A bit of a mess. If you are going in expecting to learn nuances of creating effective wireframes and mockups, you will be disappointed. Assignments are good and thought-provoking, but not clearly written. You will get out of the course what you invest in it. Take your assignments seriously and invest a lot of time, even if you know that you are able to pass with a lesser effort.
I liked the way the functions & tasks of information design were taught with a hands on approach. I recommend this for anybody keen to understand what information design is and how to make it work.
Poor video editing. Homework assignments were poorly written making it difficult to know exactly what was being graded. Often times I had to submit a version and redo it after I started working through the grading criteria during peer review.Decent information covered, however I felt like this was more of a course on responsive design than specifically information design.
Lite compared to the other courses in the Specialization, but provides an interesting perspective on different platform wireframes
Too short !
Videos were not ellaborative, examples sparse and were not edited to completion. After months of this course repeatedly being delayed we see a complete failure with 'Information Design', both in course and in practice.I was very dissapointed with this course and the time-wasting assignments. I have enjoyed the courses leading up to this one, but this course was obviously rushed and poorly planned.
Great course. Easy to understand and build on concepts, but the Week 2 and 3 assignments were very similar. Might want to do something different there.
The course is oriented to alumni that have a minimal experience with design concept refreshing and updating know how with interesting information sharing with the classmates. The pratical exercises helps to consolidate technics and expertise.
The course is very good.
This course let's you gain experience designing for different screen sizes. It's very useful because you feel the needs and difficulties of showing the right information according to the available space.
I was quite disappointed by this course, after several delays the course stated months later than originally planned. The videos are badly edited, and there did not seem to be a lot of content within this course.
I expected to see much more about "Information" Design, in a sense of Design of Comunication, Design of the Data, Theory of Comunication and how can you remove ambiguity from a design (visual, industrial, content or what ever design it is).Still ok, but I expected better than wireframes and mockups which we already learned a while back.Nice roadmap although.
Has been postponed for months and it's still only available for preview
Great courses and great instructions!
Easy to follow in most cases, great coding exercises and outstanding organization of the contents delivered. Highly recommended.
This nicely packaged course is learner centered. It engages the learner by enforcing practice through interesting exercises and quizzes. Kudos and Thumbs up to the team of great instructors
It was a great course! It is not easy as the previous courses in the specialization but it is worth taking it. The concepts of Interfaces, Abstract Classes, Comparator, Comparable and many more are covered in this course. It is quite interesting as it deals with solving problems related to Earthquake Data and Markov's Predictive Text Generation. Thanks to the Instructors for providing such a valuable course on this platform. #Enjoyed the #Course!
The structure of the lectures as well as the assignments might need some redesign.In the lecture, I think it might be better to explain the algorithm very clearly without talking about any coding details first, and then have some lectures explaining the code implementation. Right now, the coding implementation and the algorithm explainations are mixed together in a way that is not really easy to digest.However, I really appreciate the solid content of this course. The markov assignment is a actual assignment copied from the CS201 course in Duke. Moreover, it is implemented with even a more sophisticated and better desiged structure. In the CS201, the concept of inheritance is not introduced yet. For all of you who made it to week03 assignment, you can applaud yourselves.Sadly, the assignment design of this course is very disappointing. Despite its rich content, it requires the students to take a long time to adjust some details at some corner of the method to do the quiz question. It is very error prone and tedious. The final quizs need some simplification in the structure or format.Overall, I still recommend people taking this course. Very Good content. Just be prepared for the assignment, it really needs a considerable amount of patience and efforts.
good and Engaging course require good understanding of course material to solve the assignment.
Pacing of this course was all over.Interface and Abstract classes were introduced and the material and lessons were easy to follow. Sorting using bubble sort, caparable, and comparator operators were also easy to follow. The final week presented topics on exception and try/catch/finally, but provided no practical programs for a student to write to ensure the topics were understood.The problem was in week 3. N-Grams meant to teach some very important concepts about Markov and predictive text, but failed somewhat since the quizes were not clear and the grading a bit harsh. In the quizes, problems were presented and you either had the right output or you did not. There was no checks available that allowed a student to figure out why code produced the wrong output. In other modules (and courses in this series), input was provided and expected out based on the input was provided to verify code was working correctly. Not in section 3 - you wrote the code, took the quiz, and if you got the answer wrong were left scratching your head as to why, since there were really no means to check.Don't mistake this feedback as saying the course was bad - it was actually quite good. If the course material for week 3 is updated to include clearer instructions and some better checks to ensure code is working correctly then I will change my review from a four star (it's more 3.5 than 4) to a five star.
Perfectly structured and explained, and, as always, provides really interesting programming assignments!
Learn a lot of things, most of them I had already knew it, especially chapter 4 but I have to admin that it was a good java review and interesting .Thank you
Despite having a strong engineering background, I found this course poorly communicated. The heavy use of technical jargon makes the concepts (which are intended to be simple) over complicated. The predictive text is interesting but simple exercises are needed to clearly teach abstraction and interfaces clearly.
Difficult, but after this you feel more comfortable about your skills
This course is designed for the novice and it is clear that a lot of thought has been put into making sure that the core principles of programming using Java are as easy as possible to understand.The teaching material is superb, and when I used the forum I received excellent support from a very knowledgeable member of the teaching team,
Great course
Really Good
devoted professors, appropriate topics which can lead to the correct understanding of each Java object, so we can realize OO programming ideas, not only how to type codes.
Good examples -- good basic instruction in videos, but most of the value is in working the exercises which use some fairly interesting real world scenarios. And some of the direction is as vague as specs you might encounter as well.
Good problems to solve: creative, challenging & interesting.
It was so great and I learned a lot through practical exercise .
This course was another of many well-taught courses of Duke University. The GPS library use to find locations of earthquakes particularly of very interesting. Thank you Duke University
Please show the quiz answers for verification purpose since we have to buy the course to submit answers
Fun course with some long lectures. I found the material to be quite challenging.
Like all the modules of this Java specialization, the teachers are very good and the course reaches the objective of teaching the fundamentals of software design with an excellent didactic.
good course
Good course! The programming exercises are will planned to reinforce the concepts learnt in the video lectures.
This was a great course, but it was very difficult. I am currently taking a 300 level Data Structures and Algorithm class in Java and relied on some things I learned from that course to help me finish this one. Still, I hit a few road-blocks on programs that held me back for a few weeks until I could find an answer. There were times where I wasn't sure about the specifications. I also needed to use Eclipse on the final program to help find some errors. I spent between 10-20 hours per week on this course. It would have been very helpful to go through the course with someone or a group or have a person that I could email a copy of my code to for suggestions. Overall, I am really glad I took the course. I learned a lot!
A very simplistic and chaotic course. Explanations are all over the place.BlueJ is probably the worst IDE I have ever seen and I have been a programmer for about 8 years.There are far better courses. I would not recommend this course at all.
Great course for beginner!!
Not as challenging as the previous courses but still a very good course to continue learning Java. Thank you!.
It is an excellent course for those who intend to know different design constructs in java. The course material, practice quizes and tests are designed to help the student apppreciate and be reasonably proficient in these aspects. My sincere gratitude to the professors and their team for this successful program.
Excellent course and well integrated with the other courses in the Specialization of which it is part.
The teacher is very comprehensive and very serious.. I have learned a lot, thanks.
Good Course, but in my perspective the teachers could explain better.
This class probably isn't as good as the previous two--but those had such high quality, they're hard to compete with.Overall, I continued to become a bit more comfortable with java and learned some things that might help me with my data science potential in the future!
pretty good, week 3 was challenging for me and the concepts of interface and so on. but in my opinion it should be this way for the learner to have problems and try solving them. Discussions were always helpful and am looking forward to the object oriented programming from San Diego university
Great course, enjoyed and learned a lot from it! Highly recommended! :)
Very good course. I hope there can be automated grader or feedbacks on codes or hints on quizzes to make the programming assignments more manageable.
Great!
The homework is too time consuming.
the course material is really interesting , but it seems to be a little bit hard .
i liked everything except some of the quizzes since some questions were unclear or wrong (but still, I was a beta tester, so all great) - thank you!
Very good course, it is brief but very interesting and practical.
The topics are neatly organized and the exercises are challenging. I would like to thank all the instructors for this great course.
Great course and great professors. Very interesting knowledge base to learn from.
It' great as usual!!!! Thank you!
Really great course, taught very concisely and in a way that is easy to follow.
Love! Highly recommended for beginners!
A self contained course wherein you learn basic objected oriented design principles that is often missed out in the industry during software development.This course gave me a new perspective at software design. Coming from a procedural programming, this course helped me approach problems in a much higher level, easing the creation of a solution to a problem.
Some interesting concepts are being taught, but the course is uneven. The first project required a lot of work, while the last week had no project at all.Minor errors in videos and programming assignments. Somewhat messy code.
thanks for the course, but-your quizzes is real pain, some random variable could cause wrong result-your should follow how it is implemented in lectures in stupid way, like "efficient" way when you build hash map N^2 instead of N-bluej sucks you make a lot of clicks to run method, use some decent IDE like eclipse or idea
Very good teachers/instructors.
This course was helpful for me, and I hope what I'll take new job with this knowledge.Thanks a lot to authors of this course!!!Best regards,Alexandr.Kyiv, Ukraine.
Excellent! I have learned a lot in a very fun and dynamic way.
Great course. Builds nicely on everything that we have done so far. Very interesting material!
very good course, and the projects are fun!!! good choice
Great course. Lots of great programming assignments.
Succinct, relevant & lively coverage of topics. ***** rating couldn't be given in the absence of Certificate. Frankly, issuing a certificate doesn't seem a lot of work.
The only downside of this course is absence of certificate. Everything else is extremely great.
Very intesting course but you should give a certificate
Enabling IT focuses on helping organizations respond more effectively to changing business needs and gain a competitive advantage by spurring innovation and growth in a Digital World
Explanations are simple for all the concepts and it makes it innovative along with assessments
The course opens up on how the digital world affects all spheres of life. It helps to look at how to start thinking along the line of the digital revolution. To be forward looking, the course is a must enrol.
Suggest to have more interactive Slides than lengthy Readings
Excellent introductory course. Simple, beautiful, well structered videos, great articles and youtube videos. I would definitely recommend for beginners.
easy
Very very well built and explained. Great Job!
Awesome materials
Excellent course with good content, very pragmatic and sizeable
This course is amazing: it is my first MOOC, and certainly not my last one.I have immersed myself within new brands, new businesses, learnt about theories and worldwide ecomnomics experts that I was not aware of, even I have been working in digital marketing for 10 years.It expanded my horizons: chosen articles are easy to read and understand, videos and interviews allow us to see real entrepreneurs present their products and business models.I highly recommend it for 20th Century MBA graduates that gave not followed any courses about the new economics in the last 15 years and for those who want to launch a start-up.
Great course, a way of thinking outside the box & discovering
I'm quite satisfied with my first coursera course. I found all the topics quite interesting and I enjoyed the summary videos and the selection of reading and video materials. Just have in mind that if you read/watch the extra materials it takes considerably more than the estimated time.
The course is very interactive, a mind opener with real case studies and valuable knowledge.
This is a very good course, I strongly recommend it!
An excellent course incorporating every element of the new digital world
Updated, concise, stteamless
Great Course
this course was good , it gave me a different ideas and concepts that world wid
It's very interesting to learn new things.
For Me this course was a Truly Digital Resurrection!
Great Content!.
Легкий и интересный курс. Спасибо! Easy for understanding and interesting course. Thanks!
A brilliant catch up on all things Digital - thank you
I really like the content of this course and the quality of the readings. The videos are intuitive and help you go through the most important concepts. I definitely recommend it! And big thank you to the teachers that delivered high standard course!
It's a exellent course to expand the horizons in digital manage with best practices examples.
This course is very useful. It is very interactive.
Thanks for a wonderful course, cheers
This course was very well paced and designed. The information and the reading part was very helpful to understand the ongoing digital revolution and innovation leading to new evolution.
Very useful to understand digital market and mechanisms !
Great course, really interesting and perfectly organize
This is a rather pleasant course with a mix of advantages and disadvantages. For me, the advantages outweigh the negative sides. It slides on the surface of things, though, so don't expect to get too much 'in the know' after it.What I liked (and you might too)-> Short, visually engaging, clear in their purpose videos-> Interesting recommended/required literature/video content to solidify the concepts presented in the videos-> Comfortable layout of the transcripts so you can DL them and check them out as PDFs-> The course is focused on a very interesting, dynamic topic -- and lives up with a dynamic, fun and engaging approachWhat I didn't like that much-> Quizzes had some rather easy questions and as a whole weren't that serious. You can retake them -- you need to rely on your honesty to assess how much you've learned.-> The brisk nature of the videos is nice, but sometimes the narrative would jump from one point to another too abruptly.I still recommend the course for those who want to get their feet a little bit wet when it comes to innovation, digital affairs and basic entrepreneurship concepts.
good course for realizing the innovations in digital world
The first segment on why "Digital Changes Everything" is good background but the rest was too abstract for me with nothing I could really take away and practice.
Obtain awareness and concepts in a short time. Learned a lot !
Very interesting and enjoyable course. This has changed a lot in my entrepreneurial mife. I strongly recommend it
very good updated information and analysis
Excellent course. I have leaned a lot. Great reading materials.
So far it has been really cool journey through this course. Lectures are concise, practical and further readings are well selected and offer a broad source of knowledge.
Very nice course with really meaningfull and straight to the point videos.
really informative course
Very good MOOC ; clear and quick with high quality contents and lessons. Thanks
Great introduction into digital marketing.
Very informative although its a little bit too theoritical.
High energy, incredibly engaging, packed with interesting information for both people who work in related themes and people who don't.
Amazing course! The best course I've taken at Coursera so far.Great lectures content + additional material with real world examples.
This was a great overview of key concepts. Great introduction to the industry with the right level of specific detail to enable understanding.
Informative short videos and interesting articles. Good course, thank you!
Good subject and good selection of documents.I don't appreciate the "speaker" voice on the presentation, I rather like to see and hear the author. Too fast and too short.
Very useful and interesting subject about a digital world in development. Thanks for this course which is very well organized!
Very informative, took a lot of work. Thanks everyone!
very good mede and intersting course!
Great overview of the digital ecosystem (entrepreneurs, vocabulary, principles). A special thank you for the beau
Very interesting and well-structured! Great course.
A good perspective. The videos were well done.
My grateful thanks for very interesting course!
Excellent Course, Practical and Useful. Should be Considered by People who aware or what is important nor aware about Digital World and corresponding Benefits and
Absolutely outstanding. The course is well-paced, relevant, and engaging. I will be recommending this course to several of my colleagues.
Excellent course for who is working on Digital program transformation. It combines business and technology in a holistic view, but without get deep into any subject. If you are looking for speciaizations, it's not the right courser.
I've enjoyed the course very much. Excellent length, keeps you engaged.
Nice but required a certificate of participation.
excelent and gave me many ideas. thnks
This MOOC is just brilliant to catch up on the digital revolutions happening just now (organization, content). It gives the keys to understand and projet oneself, and also gives the users guide on how to innovate in this world.A MUST LEARN & SEE.THANKS A LOT FOR THIS!
Great course!
This is a superb course! Very motivating and informative for entrepreneur in this digital age
The course listed updated businesses in digital world and exploited the basic concepts. It is very useful as an introductory course for one who are not familiar with digital business.
One of the best organized courses I have taken at Coursera. The videos set the stage for concepts in the course, this is followed by reading material which again comprises of public videos and articles. And the finally the test is not just on videos but also on the reading material and the beauty of how the questions are framed to test if you have really "understood" (not just crammed) the concepts.
My suggestions:** videos: pace is way too fast, and without much visuals and a clear structure/plan, hard to fully grab in one view. I don't think your 5mn max duration really makes sense. When the content is of interest, better to make it longer to improve clarity. Positive: you provide written/text versions of your videos.** support documents: way too many and not always relevant** quizzes: i don't think that asking us the name of a founder etc. really test anything about our understanding of our lesson. Too many irrelevant questions.All in all, it seems you applied one of the rules you discuss in this course: release fast, and adjust later on based on customers' feedback.. Unsure this is the right approach when it comes to online learning. I had higher expectations vs. Mines Telecom.
nice presentations and interacting pretty well i had learned and enjoyed
The course does a great job of curating very relevant videos and articles to understand digital from a 360 degree perspective. While all of us are exposed to digital from a consumer perspective, looking at it from an entrepreneur's and investors' perspectives completed the picture in my head. I liked the short video format, it is engaging and easier to schedule into our lives. Some of the readings were called "not mandatory" but were needed for answering the quiz! I would request not to have really long readings - some of them were very intensive papers written as part of an academic exercise and I will be surprised if any of the students, who are looking for many small and engaging materials would be interested in tackling really long non-man
Really nice information to know more about the new digital market and its business models.Enriched a lot my knowledge and, for sure, it'll happen to you too if you take the course and study it.*The videos are really good - deep information, short and beautiful to watch.
I love this course and appreciate all the efforts from the instructors, they did an excellent job!
Quality done!
This course introduced me to some strategic concepts of the digital world which are quite different from the business strategies I was aware of.It includes many examples and case studies that exemplify and clarify the concepts.The videos themselves are short and animated which make a pretty dynamic pace.
It is very enlightening. It gives me many new perspectives. For a man working in the traditional industry, i now can see things differently and am able to innovate.
Challenging, informative, relevant... It's a lot of work to follow the course and to pass the assessments but totally worth the effort. As someone who works in a digital role in advertising, un grand merci to the team at Institut Mines-Télécom who put this course together.
Awesome vidéos and great content
Great course!
Very important course of the Interaction Design specialization. Nicely crafted assignments. You will add value to the company you are working for by taking up this course. Amazing faculty!
Very challenging and demanding! Great course!
a very interesting course for anyone who enjoys simple easy to use systems and tools themselves. The last assignment was a great example of the practical applicability of this course
Great Course, loved the content.
I really enjoyed the last part of the course related to the Gesture Interaction and the practical exercise on third week, but overall I missed much more modern materials to show us. In an Input and interaction course or an Interaction speciality I do expect more other audiovisual support than a teacher and readings.
The Best Course
The most compelling one in the specialization track thus far
Great Course.
Rather superficial, the poorest one of the modules so far.You have to shoot at the end. I wish I new it in advance, I wouldn't have enrolled.
Lot of math! but I can handle it. I learned a lot and I love it, thank you.
Short but very informative!
I really liked the videos with Dan and Norman. Great to hear from real people what we read on the books, some times it feels unreal, but when you see a real person telling you something is more credible.
Cool maths!
Great material! Don Norman's appearance added an extra touch
Excelent!! In this course you could learn a lot about Fittz law and much more.
This is a great course, the final questions had me a bit confused BUT if you read carefully (not dyslexically like me) no problem.
Fab! Mind opening content.
There could have been more content and the course been more challenging, otherwise loved it!
Very good Concepts explained..
I liked this dive into the more data driven side of Interaction Design. Very fun to learning about tools I had not seen deployed before.
THE COURSE IS VERY GOOD.
This course has been my favorite of the Interaction Design Specialization so far. The concepts shared are truly fascinating!
This course offers you a great opportunity to get a fresh sight on many things we see and do every day. Practical assignments are super fun!
Really interesting subject, presented in an entertaining way!
Nice Course and enjoyed doing the assignments.
Great interviews inside the course content!
This course has provided me with an incredible experience in the world of macroeconomics. Besides intensifying my admiration for this discipline so fascinating and necessary, it helped me a lot in the faculty of economics.
This is the first course I had concluded here at Coursera, with the certainty that having knowledge in macroeconomics prepares us for better decision making in life and in business.
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It is a little incomplete and leaves a lot of gaps in your knowledge. It is pretty basic and works as a fast introduction to Macroeconomics.
Awesome course! Pretty dense material but it is so well explained that the complexity of the subject is actually mastered. I confess that I watched each week's lectures twice in order to get a real good grasp on the subject. The first time I did it slowly, takin detailed notes, the second time just paying attention to the explanation in order to review and understand better. I took me more time than what I usually spend on other courses, but it was mostly due to me being a novice on the subject.
Not as interactive and engaging as many other courses on the website but still very informative and easy-to-follow. I took this with little to none knowledge on economics and I manage to go through and got interested in further study the subject.
Great course with simple examples that make easy to understand how the economy works in real world.
Very good course with simple approach and extremely useful knowledge.
Excellent! Quite handy.
Very good content and the teacher seems very comfortable with it!
Very nice course. Great content, well prepared presentations and easy to understand for non-economists.
This course was required by my director, but it is not for those who have no background in law (which was the case for the group of us at CDC who were required to take this). It was very difficult to iuinderstand and I did not think it was a "beginner's course for no
Good overview for law beginners, interesting lectures and useful tips.The downsides are the peer-review system of grading (sometimes you get a bad grade and there is no explanation why) and the fact that the links to recommended and mandatory literature are not working.
Enjoyed Prof. Ayres' lectures and the readings. Definite
Thank you for this course! I have newly started it but it helped me very much!
A good course to learn all the basic of law school would be dis course. excellent lessons!
Great course. I have learned a lot of useful things
Very interesting and good course, thank you so much for the great lectures!
It is very fun and insightful !
I gave me useful tips on how the law works and how to get ready for law school.
Excellent course! Just what I needed to get back into the academic mindset before going back to school.The readings are lengthy and difficult, but it's worth it.The only change I might suggest is balancing the workload better between the three weeks. There are 4 assignments due in week 1, 2 in week 2 and only 1 in week 3.
Great
pretty good.
this court is very compact......this professor usually put lots and lots of stuff into a FOUR MINUTES lecture, and for every of his lecture, you got like four HOURS of reading.....also the classmates of this course are like half academic pendant snobs in stating their opinion.....the benefit is they push you to come up with better and more convincing arguments.......it would be better if the professor don't speak like a robot or like reading from a prompter....
excellent was very astute and happy
No one teaches this in Law School. You can learn this on your own, sure, but Prof. Ayres reduces the work of years into 3 weeks.Click now, get to doing, and I guarantee that after three awesome weeks you will love the law, and the law will love you back!
This a wonderful course for law students, specially if the student have initiated your studies in another judicial system, like civil law.
It is an excelent course!
Very useful information to get a glimpse of what's involved in law. His funny one-legged video at the end suggests too conservative of a trading and investing strategy for me, though.
Excellent course, made understanding law a little easier. Professor Ian Ayers is a great teacher.
I found this course a delight to work through, thank you for making this!
very good, but I don't understand why my class finished, and my scores showed on my document a few days and disappear until today? I mean this class.
leading to much sources which is really good enough to seek for more info in law.
GREAT COURSE
Went over many aspects of the law and learned a lot from helpful videos and reviewing what peers wrote. Just have to be careful that your peers do not copy and paste for answers.
The course was very interested , i learned a lot , the course allows me the ability to question matters of the Law .
The course presents interesting topics about law in a concise way and invites reflection. My background in law was quite limited and even though I struggled to understand everything the first week, I now comprehend the principles of common law and have the right tools to approach legal decisions. Doing this course has been a very enriching experience for me because not only have I learned more about key concepts in law, but I have also improved my way of writing and summarizing information.
Fascinating. A lot of depth, with so much supplementary reading you get out what you put in, but it felt rushed and with so many unassessed topics some seemed inconsequential. I would have preferred it to have been spread out over another week with a couple extra assessments overall.
Good. I love the name.
Interesting introduction to legal constructs.
Coming from an engineering background, I had my reservations about learning Law but just going through the initial video modules of this course by Professor Ayres completely changed that. He describes the nuances of law in a very simple and understandable manner. I have to say I understood more about the logic behind the existence of Law in those first few sessions by the Professor than I would have by just reading books and I am really motivated to learn further.
the best course
Great course!!
It's a very useful course for law students , indroduced many fundemental tools and ways to study . It's very useful for me.
Perfect course. Flawless professor! Excellent institution.
I'm an Indian lawyer going to the US to study LLM. This was so useful for me to understand how to think like a lawyer especially for an American law schoo. Thank you Professor
Great course. Professor Ayres is AMAZING!
It was a very good course. It was not only a legal course, but also a course concerned with economic thinking and logic thinking about what law is and why law is. I am a practicing lawyer. The course widen my eyes on legal matters and makes me think more deeply than before. It should be strongly recommend for legal students and legal professionals.
Great Course. Had fun learning it
This course delivered exactly what was promised in an engaging way.
IanAyres is awesome.
Fantastic, if you're a jurist or planning to become one. Even as a Non-American, I can greatly profit from the methodical approach by Prof. Ayres.
A must for any person pursuing/intending to pursue formal legal education.
Simple and well explained, but perhaps more information should be put on slides behind the lecturer.
Very good course.
Exceeded my expectations about how much I would be able to learn and develop about the subject, the Law. Completing this course made me extremely and surprisingly grateful with myself and thankful to the Prof. Ayres. Learning during this course were a wonderful experience, and learning more than you thought you would do is a feeling like "a searching for happiness". This course allows you to receive knowledge and to start to practice it, and after it, you feel able to continue to improve, shaping the understanding in your mind and feel that is a knowledge to be carried with you the rest of your life.
The course covers basic topics and tools to help excel in Law School. It's suggested reading and assignments shed more light on the issues discussed and gives a broader look into them.The Professor is brief and provides examples for every topic learned.If you are interested in Law school or Law in general then this is for you!
One of the best courses. Informative and fun to learn.
Excellent and well-designed course that helps to stimulate critical thinking with concepts and good examples.
Extremely Interesting !!!
The content is interesting but the professor is bad at lecturing (lack of structure, some rambling).
Since this course handles difficult context, it may be little bit hard to one who studies law first time.
I enjoyed this course but you really need to have some legal background to get the most out of it. The assignments were worth the time they took and I learned a lot trying to grade my fellow students.
Very good videos of Professor Ayers explaining everything in a way that makes you understand everything a bit better, than when reading it yourself. Definitely useful for people who is going to law school or want start at law school.
Great course! Lots of work but you learn soo much! Definitely recommend it to all potential law school hopefuls like me!
Really TOP Course! It is really useful even for an already Law graduate who wants an introduction to the American Law.
excellent course with outstanding professor teaching it.
Great tools
Excellent and fun class to understand Common-Law concepts and be prepared to with US Law cases.
It seems very interesting.
i really did enjoy this course but it was very stressful terms of timing.
Excellent course to learn about fundamental legal concepts. Highly recommend it to anyone who has slight interest in law or needs some sort of understanding about law for work or research.
I am hopeful that the information I've learned in this course will show its usefulness in the future. I feel that the course could've been organized a little better (and if I had it to do over I would check out the Reading a Case very early on in the course.) As a teacher, I am disappointed at the rubric that is given because students are grading each other and may not know what an "average" response is I feel that the rubric should be better structured to help give a more objective grade.
This was a very good intro course.Some additions that could be applied may include: describing different types of motions (interrogatives, cross motions); types of judgments (proscriptions, summary judgments, enjoinment), types of memoranda, or even a FOIA request.Maybe a look into work product privilege, protected documentation, principles of discovery. And finally, a little intro into the art of using case law as an event or test, for example; in "Miranda", "Keller", "Brown", or the "McDonnell Douglas test".I understand this is just an intro, but if these things could be fit in somehow that would be cool.
The toolkit, must for every law student - in the law school and ex-post law school...
Okay class. Could deal more with terminology, how to break down a case to read it and obtain information. How to's of it all. From getting the case on my desk, breaking into segments, how to make a claim and finding laws to support it. What is a theory versus what is a developed idea.Thanks!
A great springing board into the world of law - a special treat also for a translator from/into English!
Good points and very good Homework!
Going greatlove this course
Great Class
This might be just the right tool to shine the mind to excellence !
Just through the first week and I'm already extremely impressed
This is really a good set of tools for law students. I have finished the first week, and it really helped a lot already. The videos are not very long, so you can just spend 30 minutes everyday for one or two small videos. The professor uses formal legal language that may require extra work but if you like the legal reasoning, it's such a wonderful exercise!
I found the range of topics extremely helpful and relevant. There were some minor technical problems with regards to grading, but overall, I really enjoyed the learning experience from this particular course.
The course was beneficial to me and I learned a lot of new things. I took one star because of the assessment of students who are too poorly evaluated.
VERY interesting & full of details
it is great for citizens students, However, the speaker uses such a little hard vocabulary to understand for international students as me. I really enjoy in this course. Thanks.
Great course! A good overview to work with games, sensors and media.
Very awesome class with thoroughly understandable step-by-step approach.
Material is really interesting and helpful, but a lot of bugs in video productions.
Dr. Koranne is an exceptional instructor. This course was outstanding. It included excellent information. His teaching style was detailed and thorough. I wish he could teach more courses. I would take them all. One of the best courses I've taken at Coursera -- if not THE BEST.
Great course ! I acquired a extensive knowledge on the American Healthcare Delivery System. The workload is quite heavy (long videos) but it's worth it.
i enjoyed taking this course and continue to utilize what i've learned
Very good course. The instructor was very good and clearly was engaged in the subject. Some material was duplicated in different modules, but overall I found this course valuable.
Nice course, great work, very challenging
Learned a lot regarding the players and the hierarchies of the healthcare providers.
Great course!!!!
Good engagement with students. Much better than some of the other courses in this specialization. Video could be a bit shorter, though!
The best course in the whole Specialization.
Extremely well organized course. The Delivery Roadmap is vivid in my memory. Kudos to Dr. Koranne ! Thank you...
He has a clear outline, but his definitions are not clear and are very vague. His thought process is unorganized.
Excellent course by an excellent teacher
Incredibly informative and thorough course for anybody interested in working to improve the health and healthcare system in the U.S.
This was a fantastic course! The professor is the best I have had yet; he makes concepts very clear and easy to learn, and he is constantly encouraging you as a student. He seems to really care about the quality of this course and the teaching that students receive.
Great course.. Highly recommend to learn about care giver landscape and vocabulary. I especially enjoyed the CEO assignments.
This course is very interesting and the teacher is really cool!
Handy and Informative
great course, very hands-on
The real deal - how to find, analyze and create amazing infographics. Even a huge resource on WHERE to sell your infographics.
It was my first Coursera course and I really enjoyed the structure provided and the whole learning experience. Hope I take the learning from the course and work on improving myself on creating world-class infographics
excellent course and great teaching by Karl Gude
Amazing course and really interesting and entertaining as well!
Course is great! Very clear explanations and tutorials, good lecturer. It was easy to understand the points mentioned by him. The course gave me a great overview of how to deal with preparing infographics. I'm sure I'll use this skills in my scientific work.
Instructor was knowledgeable and entertaining to listen to/watch.
I found this an extremely interesting and practical course, presented in an iengaging way. It included a wealth of advice and guidance on how to produce an infographic from start to finsh.
The lectures are informative
One of the best teachers out there! I really enjoyed watching his videos and tutorials. Thank you Karl! This is my first course I ever complete because Karl made it so interesting and gave us so much examples to learn from.
A very useful course.Although some homework is difficult, I really learn a lot from my study.
Overall i love the course, the only problem was the grading process , since my classmates get to give me points, there are many opinions but if you are unlucky and one of them decides to deduct a lot of your points , you'll have to wait until the next session ends so other classmates my grade you again.in general i'm happy about the course and YES I LEARNED =)
Good idea for content and good content except poor support from Moderator. In fact zero support as far as I can see.First time I came across grading done by students - it's highly unreliable and not necessarily fair. It's halfway through the course and 2 out of 3 of my assignments haven't been graded because of other students not doing it.There is a requirement to use Adobe Illustrator which is a real pain if you've never used it before and the timescales are tight - it's a 4 weeks course with weekly assignments. Unsure why there is this endorsement for the Illustrator when there is other good and cheaper software avail. (Affinity designer for instance).
This course is absolutely incredible! Very clear, direct, detailed and useful information! Thanks Karl!
Really helpful. One thing: the videos in Youtube weren´t able to watch
very practical and vocational course. I reccomend it!
A nice and comprehensive course that provided me with a structure and process how to develop infographics in future. I fould it very useful.
Interesting
It is a great course with lot of examples!Thank you!
Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting course, with clear instructional videos and materials. Highly recommended.
This is one of the best teachers I've ever seen. He's engaging and informative and he really knows his stuff. I took this as the free course (which means I am not graded) and am planning on paying for it the next time it is offered so I can do those graded assignments and find out how my work compares with my fellow students. Excellent course.
Entertaining and informative lessons with fun assignments
Excellent short videos, with useful tutorials on youtube to get back to. I think it iwas a good way to learn illustrator and infographics.The instructor is very knowledgable and experienced with visuals and graphic design, so it;s good to listen to his ideas.The assignments take quite a bit of time for newbies to illustrator like me.
Excellent course, challenging but very useful!
Excellent coursethank you all
Was great to learn something I never seen as a course in my country. The professor was very great and I'm very happy about everything I've learn here. Thank you!
A good overview into the meaning of the word Infographics and information on how Diagrams can be made more useful. It would surely help in my present work.
Great info and advice.
It's a very instructive course. Within 6 days, I turned from not knowing anything about Adobe Illustrator to become very fond of it.One caveat, though: Adobe Illustrator CC free license only allows you a 7-day of free use (not 1 month as mentioned in the lecture), so you'd better be able to do all the projects within those 7 days if you want to use it for free.
Pretty cool course, very well explained. I learned a lot!
Great, You can find all you need in this Course about Infographics. Thank you for your providing useful course, especially thanks to Mr. Karl Gude.
Very nice course, I really enjoy listening to it. I discovered new tools, I listen to the concept and advices that was given and everything motivates me a lot. Thank for this course!
Minus 3 stars for 3 complaints1. Infographics for Journalism might be a better title. The grading guidelines for the project see all specific to one type of publishing.2. Grades assigned by fellow classmates are very subjective and sometimes miss the points made it the material.3. Some of the class material is posted on YouTube and has advertising. I didn't buy into the class so I could watch ads!
This is a nice practical course.
thank you so much! really cool!
This is an interesting course, though it is taught from the perspective of design with less focus on content or how to actually write an infographic. Still, very useful.
Clear and pragmatic.
Excellent teacher! I really liked this course.
I learned a lot. Great teacher great lessons. No slacking a lot of great material.
Enjoyed the course very much! Although I didn't pay for the certificate, the course is very useful.
very interesting course
Great course that has meaningful value!
Great course and great teacher. The lectures are quick, easy to understand but nevertheless interesting. The time schedule is tough, but you can easily switch to the next session to have more time. The only aspect that I would change is the technical level of (some of) the lectures: sometimes they are even too easy, and a lot of time is used to explain very basic stuff. Maybe some 'optional' lectures might be added on
Very nice and helpful. I have learned a lot and it's improved my work.
Sweet and short course. However, if you dont have Adobe Ilustrator nor plan to buy the Certification, it is a little bit too short and basic.
Very good. Good Content
Good course, explaining basics on infographic.
Karl is amazing. The way he talks about the design and infographics is super energizing and motivating. Thank you!
I really learned a lot through the material of the course, everything is well explained and make an objective analysis of the structure without taking out the subjective significance that an infographic contains, so thank you to all people involved in
awesome course
learned more than I did in other design type classes - clear information, clear assignments to lock in the lesson. Not a lot of filler fluff.
The course is misrepresented as infographics for all. It is really infographics for journalists WITH experience in Adobe Illustrator. There is no chance that anyone walking into the course with zero experience in AI can pass. No chance, period!The final project grading is unfair & ridiculous. The scoring is "not good", "good", "excellent". Here's the thing... scoring "good" equals a fail in the project and, therefore, a fail in the course. Your classmates with experience in adobe are scoring you based upon the instructors "excellent" examples. Not realistic at all.I would also point out that the course is excellent for journalists but completely useless for those of us in the business world. Under no circumstances would we use journalistic-style infographics in the business world. Having worked for multiple Fortune 500's, this style would NEVER fly in the business world. I wish I had known before I signed up. I would never have wasted the hours, energy or money.
The professor is amazing on explaining things. I really like the fact that the course is practise-based and we have the opportunity to learn some parts of adobe software.
An excellent course. Highly recommendable! Loved the way the professor explains all the subjects, and the assignments are both challenging and entertaining.
You have to use adobe illustrator to make the infographic and I didn't think the course did a good enough job giving the basics for that. I had to do a lot of googling to figure out how to do stuff on my own. All of the assessments are done by the people in the course and I thought people were a little too harsh. If someone is completely new to AI then it is a bit much to expect the infographic to be magazine quality.
What can i say...Now i know how to make Infographics...Thanks Karl, Thanks Coursera!!!
I loved this class! Professor Gude is really knowledgeable and fun. He has a casual, humble way of speaking that is funny and yet very credible. I learned a lot while taking this. I had no graphic design training and never used Adobe Illustrator before. That made it a bit more challenging, but his lessons on how to use the software were perfect for the assignments. I am really glad I took this course and would take another offered by this professor. The class community was great, too! Everyone was really participatory in the chats and comments on my assignments. Thank you to all.
Great Course..Clear Tutorials..
I did learn a lot in this course, especially for me that I am very new on this topic. It has been challenging enough for me. Some recommendations for improvements.1) Adjust the estimated time to complete the assignments. It took me a lot more than the estimates to complete them.2) The grading system especially on the final assignment is too difficult. You need to be EXCELLENT to pass and this is difficult to achieve in a subjective peer review rating.3) I did not expect to be responsible of providing grades for classmates. It is not clear if the university offering the course will provide feedback. Feedback from the experts is what I expected when I bought the certificate.4) I had to do my final assignment on a different software as my free trial subscription for Adobe Illustrator expired.Overall, it was a productive course for me and I did learn from it.
I enjoyed this course but I was not satisfied with the assessment.The content kept me engaged and highly motivated. I acquired some very specific and useful skills, which I developed by completing projects on topics of my choosing that were meaningful to me. I really liked Karl's casual and somewhat spontaneous style - this is a breath of fresh air from the video tutorials out there where lecturers are reading from prompts or reciting from memory.The biggest drawback to this course is that it relied completely on peer grading for the assessment (which you have to pay for). I don't think this assessment method was sufficiently designed to reduce the influence of graders who were overly subjective, hadn't sufficiently mastered the content themselves, or were disinterested in putting effort into the peer review. From now on, I will think twice about paying for any course where all of the assessment is based on how my classmates grade me. While peer review can be useful for learning, I don't think it's an accurate assessment tool. Especially if I'm paying to learn from a professional in a field, I'd expect to receive some feedback and assessment from that pro.Another area of improvement is that there were several instances where videos repeated things covered in previous videos. These things could be cleaned up a bit and the course would be more polished.
Exceptional and well presented course! And fun!
Excellent experience, Professor Gude, Thanks a lot!
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Karl Gude is a great instructor with clear and to the point lessons. Definitely recommend.
Exellent course. I rearned a lot about infographics and now I'm doing my own infographics. Thanks
Nice tips from an expert, I like the course very much.
Informative course; it dispelled some myths about infographics. If you're auditing the course, you can only view the material, not turn in assignments.
Very nice videos, understandable language and a great teacher! If you want to get more knowledge about design, it is a great course!
Very informative and the speaker is very good.
Thank you. The course was exactly what I needed.
This course will teach you the basics of infographics and have you up and running if you practice the assigned projects. I now feel confident in creating infographics for my personal research projects. I highly recommend this course to those who would like to design and create graphs, charts and maps in Illustrator. Thanks so much Karl!
Well, while I felt really frustrated after having played ALL of this course videos, I have first put very negative comments here for its reviewing. I have then been kindly asked to reconsider my comments under the light of the usefulness of this course to some audience. For sure, it might be that I was not of the attended audience. And I still think that this course was of no interest to me - this is the reason why I'm still pleased not to have paid for its useless certificate. Nevertheless, this course might be of interest for some students. This is definitively true. So, let me suggest a new title for it: "Design and Make Infographics for the Dummies". Because that's it! This course is definitively perfect for the ones who know nothing about Infographics and they might enjoy it. Finally, I shall neither modify nor remove my previous comments on the examples used by the author.Please notice that Coursera still gets all my confidence about the usefulness and the quality of their proposed courses. For instance, just have a look to the course "Machine Learning" of one of its co-founders, Andrew Ng.------------------------------------My previous comments here below:For sure I was not the correct audience for this course. But nothing useful to be learned in here. Karl Gude is too much speaking of what he has formerly done, which is of only interest to him. I dislike the examples he uses : violence, sex, illness, accidents, weapons, war, drugs - and fruits, ok. Are these the only topics of interest to him? Finally, it appears that the $45 certificate does not worth it. I'm pleased not to have paid for it. And I definitively not recommend this course. Waste of time if not even waste of money.
Its very clear and concise the structure of the course, i love the way the teacher explained.
Great content! Just have fun and learn new things about info graphics
that's very good, but it could be better if there is a way to pay and get certificate. we are in educational and science word not politic word. I live in I.R.Iran and there is no way to pay.I suggest you to provide some prepaid card for Coursera, that we can use of them, same as ITune gift cards.
Awesome Course. The Instructor and his way of teaching is Amazing.
An absolutely amazing experience and a good learning. Karl Gude has been a good facilitator and a very good expert in sharing his experience may it be practical or knowledge sharing.
The course was well presented and went in depth into the issues surrounding the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem during a tumultuous time in the 7th and 6th centuries BC.
Difficult and kind of tedious subject. Professor knows his stuff but has a foreign accent. Makes it a little difficult at times.
I quit this course in the 4th week and I hope my following points are seen as constructive and help the owners to improve the experience.- On the plus side this course presents some nice correlations between bible and Babylonion sources.- Quizzes are too hard. If you miss a single piece of information, you can't complete it due to a 4-out-of-8 selection question every week which you HAVE to answer correctly. After reviewing all videos of week 4 twice, I quit.- Lectures often lack a continuous thread to follow. Back and forward jumps in time are common. Timelines at the end sometimes help, but are shown too late.- The forum is abandoned! To the point of time there are three (!) posts in the forum and none of the forum operators. No one is taking care of it.- The lecturer's English is not good, but understandable. Sometimes with unusual choice of words.
I had to keep pausing the videos because he kept rushing through the material. The notes that appeared on the sides were very hopeful, but rarely stayed on the screen long enough for me to write down the first note! It was very informative and interesting.I WOULD recommend this to someone else, however I really wish that the notes stayed on the screen either as he talks (until he gets to a new topic. EX. Egypt VS. Babylon- the whole topic of Egypt VS. Babylon the notes for it are on the side of the screen. When it gets to the next topic-- say Neo-Babylonians, the notes for that topic appear ), or just long enough for people to read the notes and copy them down.
Professor Lipschits and the other lecturers were exceptional with their presentations. I enjoyed the course very much and learned a lot. Thanks to Tel Aviv university.
Excellent combination of materiel from archaeological studies and the Bible. gives a much clearer understanding of how the identity of the Jewish people came about.
This course was awesome.I learned a lot of new things about archaeology and how the people who wrote the Bible viewed and interpreted events.
Full of great things, backed by archeological and biblical information. I really enjoyed taking this class.
One of the best courses that I have ever taken. I hope that I had more time to read the recommended materials and to do the research before I completed the final project. Will Professor Lipschits and his team provide more courses on this platform regarding the history of Judah in other periods in the future?
I love this course. I especially want to witness more adventures of Shimon the Sheep in future courses!
Extremely badly organized, messy, and technical
Very Glad to take the Course.
i can't understand what he talk about. need a sub.
Great course. History well explained, hope to learn more from that period.
Very exciting and informative based on multiple sources.
Facinating study of a period that was relatively unknown. The information and insight gained makes the reading of the Biblical books more understandable.
Professor Lipschitz is an amazing lecturer. As a professional archeologist who focused on US prehistoric societies during my graduate studies, I find this class fascinating. The ability to tie archeology to history through written documents is an approach that works quite well. Professor Lipschitz’ use of maps in the lectures really helps to follow the battles and takeovers throughout the Fertile Crescent. I also have to recognize the excellent lecture that Professor Cohen presented on the Babylonian Chronicles. I hope at some point, Professor Cohen is able to present a full class on Assyriology. I will also sign up for any additional courses taught by Professor Lipschitz.
I loved this course, it's doing for me exactly what I hoped it would by forcing me to think computationally. The projects we've built are great, but the way I see problems and find ways of breaking them apart into smaller, more manageable components has been an invaluable skill that is even manifesting itself in little ways in my daily life. Thank you Coursera and thank you Rice University Computer Science Department! Now on to the remaining courses in the specialization. :-)
Great. Very useful
It is one of the latest programming language
The audio volume throughout the videos should be improved; consistently, my ears were bombarded during the first shot(s), but as soon as the side-shot plus code came into view I had to crank up the volume in order to understand what was said.Otherwise, it was a very well thought-out and enjoyable class, thanks!
Love the professors
I've finished my specialization in "Python for Everyone" and thought this specialization would be a nice follow on. The instructors are funny and try to keep it light, but it certainly is NOT an intro level course. It took me nearly 8 months to finish the final 3 projects. I won't be continuing this specialization. It might have been OK if they had an intro to OOP that was a prereq for both of these courses
Good course
Really effective approach to teaching Python
This course accomplished both interests and benefits, which can be really hard. I really enjoyed the class and want to express my appreciation for all the lecturers.
Just love it
Loved this course, as well as part 1! Loved the instructors! Loved the way they presented the material! That's how it's done!!! Thank you soooooo very much for taking the time to make a fantastic course with the students in mind.
Final project 'Asteroid' is really fun! It makes me feel really having some deliverables in the end.
A great course to learn the basics of python
First of all, it is free to enroll.Second, lecturers provide clear instructions and guideline for learning
Great introduction to programming, made interesting and easy to everyone.
It's a great course. Teachers are awesome since they're capable of getting your attention 100% of the time by keeping motivation up and making the learning curve really smooth. Thanks!
Great course. Lots to learn and very interesting. The final project was a lot of fun to create and actually wasn't that difficult. Thanks.
Great class with useful knowledge! Professors are awesome and so fun!
Fantastic idea of using simple games to teach the basics of Python. The mini-projects in this course are so much more satisfying that the other tutorials that I tried ( and gave up mid way).
Moves at a faster pace than part 1 (which is a prerequisite unless you are already familiar with programming. But the final projects each week are even more rewarding and it maintains the sense of fun by the instructors as part 1.
Great course, highly recommended
Wonderful course!
Love this course, my introduction course to python, learned a lot
Absolutely great! The course gave all the basics to make it possible to explore Python further.Thank you!
This was a great python class!! The projects were practical and useful in understanding python for a everyday use.
really good tutorial and good system with codesculptor coding environment. I did the course without registering, so I cannot submit work or do the tests, but I really learned a lot!
Excellent and fun course (part1+2), thank you very much! It has given me the head start in Python I was looking for.
Very good course! Lecturers are clear in their explanations and humorous (which makes the lectures more enjoyable). It's very apparent that they have put in a lot of effort to create and deliver the course.
Loved this course! Thank you so much for making this course available.
It was a wonderful course!!
Thanks, this course is great.
Amazing course. Helped me build on the skills I learned in part 1. Gave me a solid grasp of OOP and how useful it can be to optimize code.
very rich course , it was a real journey of struggling with new information and knowledge but once I finish implementing a mini-project I feel very confident .thank you
It's a great course!
Prefect course
It's really easy to learn Python while students follow the instruction step by step.
Amazing Course. Enjoyed every bit of it. Only constraint is that of finding time for the course in my current hectic daily routine.
Very interesting course, with properly selected chapters and a friendly environment and interface.I did not have any prior experience with Python and i was able to learn a lot in this course and i enjoyed spending this time.Thank you very much professors!
Awesome second part!!
A lot of fun!!
Thank you for course! It's very interesting and quite challenging. Very nice teachers and fun, but cozy atmosphere!
This course is the best course I have ever taken. It covers all the topics very well. And importantly I love the treat at the end of every week. The ultimate showdown between the two best instructors.
lectures were pretty clear, and the game projects were a very smart way to keep learning fun and challenging. Code clinics were very useful and gave me the push I needed to do everything on myown.
This is ok and I enjoyed the humour and feeble running gags in the lectures.But it doesn't justify the rip-off pricing at all.
The intro leads you into some really great games and programs. The main downside is that some of the coding projects seem like "fill in the blank" exercises rather than programming on your own. For a real beginner though its exciting getting those cool games out there.
Well-organized class, and learn a lot from this classes
I learned a great deal. No shortage of frustration in getting the mini-projects spot on, but that's just the learning curve for (Python) programming. If it wasn't challenging, it wouldn't be so rewarding, and rewarding it has been!I learned to just never give up, that there's always a way (within reason). Thank you to all the profs at Rice.Cheers... Joshua B-A
Challenging and rewarding!
It was a though one but I finally completed this course. Instructors are awesome!
An awesome course, I would like to take another course like this
This is an excellent program; the pace is rigorous but the instruction is thorough. The peer-review component forces you to read code and learn through greater exposure. Excellent.
Instructors were superb just as they were in Part 1. I enjoyed the class material and feel like it really enhanced my programming knowledge. I would recommend the course to future students.
Very nice! I learned a lot.
Very nice! I really learned a lot from it ,it's very interesting!
Great course, great instructors, was hard, but the community of learners was fantastic and helped out a lot. Pace is face, be ready to commit time to it. It is really necessary to take Part 1 first, unless you don't need it.
I love this class very much!
This was a nice closure to the specialization, but a little too complicated to the point where there were almost no students around to get feedback from or give to.
The best couse content I had. Very thoughtful and professionally developed.
Great presentation of data structures.Good Capstone.
great content and good course for an IT technician !
Good course!
I think this is a great specialization to learn more about Java programming and associated technologies such as the Eclipse IDE and Unit Testing.
Good course, really enjoyed the project.
very good! This project is very helpful!
I really like the fact that we get to decide the capstone and we get to showcase our project.
Great info.
Too much HR and not as engaging as the other courses in the specialization
Most useful Course in this career .
This is a great course: very insightful and delves deeply into different levels of who is included in the Talent Pipeline! A great expanded view. The only thing I would change is the filming of YouTube videos (
Not many new concepts. Mostly common sense.
I love the course content, and especially peer review assignments. I have one negative feedback for Cheri Alexander course contents for number of things:1- Too much repetition.2- Very vague examples were used. More practical & complete examples should be included. Moving talent across different departments does not happen often, so this can be replaced with some good example.Thanks,Adnan
Amazing course with excellent and incredibly updated content. Very well structured and the interactions with the course colleagues are great. Highly recommended.
Great course, the tutors did an excellent job and the course material
Very good course to understand Talent Management with practical aspect. I liked it. Course motivates you to learn and practice.
Very professionally created! The topics are clearly presented and learning is made interesting with creative assignments. I've learned a lot of useful knowledge and skills from this course that I can implement in my work as a teacher. I would recommend the course to anyone who cares about professional development. Thank you :)
Its was awesome and great learning experience !!
REally good course
I found this course useful theoretically overall, but to me in terms of practicality only "managing performance evaluation and feedback" was useful.
I loved this course, with the slight exception of the video uploading part, It is not bad, but if coursera implemented the videos on to their website then the student interaction would be better.I had never come across the talent pipeline concept and it is definitely a very interesting one, will definitely be applying a lot of these concepts at the office.
Loved the course!
Awesome course materials
Thanks for the practical examples and tools for Managing
Great Course.
I think participation in the forum discussion in this course seems not so active and less of interaction among students. If there are some incentives or some grading can be applied to push people to talk more, it will be a very good learning experience to all.
Really good course about the do's and don'ts of the day to day management of a team.
I was expecting a bit more after the great first course of this specialization. Although I enjoyed week 2 and 3 (would give 5 stars), and walk away with relevant information that I can implement in my work, I found week 1 and week 4 difficult to get through. Long lectures, not always relevant stories, a presentation style that did not speak to me, and a bit slow. Nonetheless, I still learned some interesting concepts and I am looking forward to course 3.
I've taken a bunch of Coursera Courses, and these were my favorite. Fun to watch and packed with useful stuff I wish I had known a long time ago.
it is very very useful and interesting Important for both leaders
The course content was somewhat scattered and lacked focus. I think the whole topic of the talent pipeline was completely lacking structure and cohesiveness. Cheri's presentations were not as engaging as the others and her slides were poorly prepared - often difficult to read and not necessarily related to the topic at hand
An excellent course, so many great ideas to incorporate into a management experience ...
This course gave an overview of hiring and developing talent, but had far fewer actionable takeaways than the first course in the specialization. I found Cheri Alexander's sections to be extremely long-winded, unclear, and redundant. Also, I like the idea of mixing up the assignment format, but creating three movies is a lot to ask for a management course, especially when the same assignment could easily have been done in another format - it felt forced. Also, I found that the order for some lectures seemed off and the flow between instructors was not as seamless as it had been before. For instance, we were asked to create a development plan at the end of a week about hiring and before the week on development.
Quite good in average. Will be better to have always or very often the slides in background. Few presenters were not much interesting. Good examples given, but sometimes I do not see how proposition can be used on daily basis
I am back to studies after more than a decade.It was extremely refreshing and thought provoking.Thank you ..once again
We surely all know that the human power is vital to the develop of any given organization. And an effective talent pipeline would help a lot. But there's not enough practical advices about how in this course.
I took this course as part of the Specialization. I wish I could put all the directors, VPs, and EVPs through this specialization. The tools, case studies, and resources alone make it worth the time and money.
For some reason, I cannot stand the way Cheri Alexander teach the class. The rest of the teachers of this course deliver the material in a much better way. It feels like if either she reads the notes or do not understand the material. She sugarcoats every word, read it in a monotonous way, smiles a lot. I would prefer someone who feels like actually knowing what he/she says, someone who cut to the chase right away. With Cheri I feel bored. Scott and Maxim are the best.
One of the main presenters, who led about half of this course, would greatly benefit from an editor to help them organize their ideas. This, and a presentation style that made me feel "talked down to", similar to reading a story book to a small child, made comprehension of ideas frustratingly difficult. The content they were responsible for covering was why I signed up for a paid multi-course specialization. Though I learned lots of other things I'll no doubt find helpful, I did not walk away with the information I need the most. The other presenters were great, as usual, and presented their topics in a clear, concise manner.
This course is help full to managers and is fair in teaching skills. The picture quality is good and the real time examples are nicely explained. The course and syllabus is framed in a correct format. The course is very good for up coming stars.
I was especially encouraged by my progress in this course
I had no previous experience in the area and after this course i feel like i can actually support others in their development plans. I highly recommend this course to everyone.
I enjoyed the course materials immensely, the content is well selected and adapted, the sequencing fosters understanding, and the presentors seem to have been born to teach. Looking forward to more courses like this one.
Good course, really enjoyed it!!! A lot of tips and very complete process, before recruiting, recruiting, selecting, onboarding and developing talent.
Great course, great content. If I were allowed to do the quizzes without paying, I would have completed the course and most likely gotten the certificate. I can't commit to a course and pay for it before I experience it.
Overall another great learning opportunity. Appreciate the relevant models and templates to aid in identifying and coaching top talent. 4 stars as there are some opportunities to improve the delivery of the first lesson and I am not a fan of video tape assignments. That said, would highly recommend - the course learnings are incredibly relevant and will support you in making a difference in the work lives and careers of your team.
Overall nice course, a must one for team leaders.
Excellent course, well structured, with great insights about managing people.
Great course.
Very useful and practical. It is easy to apply in everyday life and career.
Really complete and useful
I enjoyed the course overall, but the HR component/perspective was only somewhat useful. Beware of the final unit (week 4): the takeaways and the final quiz are not well aligned. In the week's final project, though the questions doesn't ask for them, be sure to explain your rationales. When reviewing your peers' work, the points rely on whether you've explained yourself. Cheri Alexander's inclusion of videos felt like filler and the notion of having to create a video as an assignment is time-consuming and ultimately not necessary to our learning. Because I experienced a great course with two of the three professors in Leading Teams, I can only conclude that Professor Alexander designed the final assignment, criteria, and quiz. These components were not clear. Fortunately, my classmates were very supportive and understood the spirit of the assignment. It's a good class, but I enjoyed the first one in this specialization more.
clear and ussefu
Although the topics were of great interest to me, the videos were not as engaging.
Started a bit slow but built through an incredibly rich and valuable amount of content and assignments.
Two of the weeks' content was not based on specific, cited research, which was disappointing. Inspiring and Motivating Individuals did an excellent job of that, as did two of the four weeks of this course.
The part of course from Prof. Sytch and Prof. DeRue was really interesting and important. But I cannot complete this course, because part of Dr. Alexander is impossible to listen. It is necessary all the time to separate useful information from enormous amount of information about her private life. Is it a course about private life of Dr. Alexander or about Managing Talent? And I am 30 years, not16. She is talking with us like we are small kids, and so she can keep our attention only by special voice and multiple stories her private life.
great teaching. thank you
Good course. As an HR practitioner I have found a lot of relevance in the concepts of the course, as well as pragmatic and useful tools to use as a starting point.
This is really one of my beloved courses. It is not only about how to keep talent and develop it inside your team, it is discovering lots of extremely important keys to keep your team updated and flexible of fast change. This course helped me a lot not only in developing and picking talents for my team but also for changing myself and discovering its strengths and weaknesses.Thank you
Interesting and educative course. Recommended for every management staff.
I found the content of the course very interesting, I really enjoyed the interventions of Jeff Brodsky and Rich Sheridan. What I would have liked, is to make the content more landed to reality. I didn't understand some examples from Cheri Alexander (for example the video of the skaters getting the gold medal)
Amazing Course!!! I was thinking about my work environment and the concepts are put forth in a simple, engaging manner and can be connected with the real world experiences and situations!! I'm lucky to be a part of such a valuable course!!
Very eye-opening course, lots of insights which I will definitely incorporate in my daily work and further more try to influence our corporate practises.I found this course a more challenging to grasp and pass so far.
Some parts of the material were very academic and lack enough explanations and examples.
Really good summary of TM aspects
It's amazing and practical.. you learn then immediately apply in your own organization.
The first and the last week propose basic, but self-explaining inputs in an uninteresting manner. Nevertheless, there are some quite good take aways. Out of the four courses of the specialization, Managing Talent is the weakest
I find it really informative and practical.
Excellent course and teachers!!
This course was extremely challenging. Every step in the process to finishing stretched my thoughts and compelled me to thinking outside the box. I researched it and found that there is well over $1,500 worth of material here.I am grateful to have been granted the opportunity to participate in this course. I feel like I can GO BE GREAT!Andrea Houston
The best course, the learning is very dynamic, It combines theorical and practical knowledge.
I really loved it so much as it gives a very accurate information that can not be acquired through theoritical practice, but through practical one.
The class gave a very good insight into the various aspects of Talent Management. It included very helpful tools as well as detailed explanations. A big thank you to the professors. Having worked in the field of Talent Management for quite some time I finally have the theoretical knowledge to back up my daily work!
I'll have to re-listen to the videos before the course locks. I expect to use a lot of the tips provided in this course to retain talent and to dev
Thank a lot. This course gave me really brief insight what it is like to be in HR industry.
A great overview of the TM pipeline, with some very valuable and actionable insights.
Great Course
Very interesting topic and great classes, but it might be a bit hard to apply the skills to your life if you are not inside that management world.
Hi everyone, after enrolling into this course I was able to discover the secrets and crucial steps that need to be given utmost importance while hiring and managing talent in a firm.This is a unique course being offered online and I highly recommend this for all the people who are enrolled in HR studies and also most importantly to those who are involved in talent selection.5/5 for this amazing learning opportunity!
Very well structured. Thank you for your time invested in this entire specialization.
As both a healthcare professional and an executive for a healthcare organization I am blown away by how good the courses within the Leading People and Teams specialization are. I found Coursera through my own search for personal professional development and every course I have done has been top notch but the courses in this specialization really raise the bar. I have encouraged my peers and subordinates to take the courses within the Leading People and Teams Specialization and we may actually do a coordinated effort to get leaders and aspiring leaders into this Coursera specialization.
There are many interesting elements in the course but one of the coaches I can't connect to. I don't buy that coaches pitch as genuine.
the language was a little fast for me and i tried to follow by the subtitles..the peer view is frustrating .. some we'll have hard time understanding the ideas, some will write in their mother language..so have technical jobs and talking about it like another )???) word..also, in the same task, some people will give high rate and the same question others will give 0.. it's frustrating as it affect the mark
Great one!
Great, interesting and applicable insights.
Excellent course with really makes you more self aware and self assured, while being able to rely on others more and through that perform as a team. Liked the converstaions
I've just wasted 2 hours going through repetitions of what I'll learn, but not actually learning anything. Why is it called free, if I can't submit answers to quizzes unless I upgrade first!I now have an adverse reaction towards that course that it doesn't really have much content to it, and I'm not the least eager to upgrade. Thank you very much!
I really the new approach of leadership skills and the introspection
exceptionally good
So excited to be continuing through this course. I have already learned so much, and I love how interactive and comprehensive it all is.
This course has helped me on different levels. I improved my self awareness. That is the biggest improvement. Also, I am better listener. So far I saw a lot of improvement in my personal and professional life.
I enjoyed this course greatly. I have been in a leadership role for many years, but this course was an excellent opportunity to test my experiences against current leadership theory. I enjoyed learning how basic observation and sensation can be used to avoid miscommunications and misunderstandings and to become better in leadership through better individual and group interactions and communications.
You can tell there was a lot of work put into this course. I think there were cultural differences for me (this course was french) in the way of teaching that I didn't enjoy. It's great course, but too vague and confusing for me. I tend to like simple logical steps and to learn the core of a concept, the vague stuff for me comes into play when you're dealing with humans in the real word, but I want clarity in my learning before I deal with humans. This one never got to the point so I didn't continue on to the next one. Could be great course for others, just not me.
A very informative and interseting
The approach chosen by Valérie Gauthier is extremely deep and stimulating. It is what a leadership course should be: the intertwining of psychology, intuition and a honest deep dive in people's EQ. Highly recommended
Great head starting point for all the following HEC Paris leadership courses. Excellent tips on how to increase your awareness and communicate style, as well as tips on learning to converse without offending/dismissing people's opinions. Looking forward to MOOC 2.
I found the course to be very relevant. Something that I believe can be applied at work and/or in personal life..
It was very nice and rejuvenating. Conversation exercise was bit challenging. Overall, it enabled to refresh certain aspects while enabling learning new ones.
Great course for anyone that wants to get a different view and grow as an individual
not very dynamic
Great class, will go on to do the others in the specialization.
I guess may be good if you've never done introspective exercises before. The quizzes tend to focus on irrelevant details from the videos (probably something to do with the instructors focus on "observation" which seems to mean trying to remember all irrelevant details). I'm hoping that as this specialization moves beyond introspection to interacting with others, it will get better.
Superb Course great learning
wonderful experience
I really did not understand this course. There was way too much jargon.
Good activities to improve oneself with the help of the others
This course is beyond the simple fact of learning something. It's about learning who you are.
Inspiring leadership knowledge.
Very good journey
Really enjoyed this different approach to leadership. The conversation was a good way to discuss ourselves with someone you don't know. Really looking forward to the other modules
It was a nice journey i never have had before any time, Got to know so many things i never Experienced before, thanks for giving me a way to Move forward
This is simply amazing
Along this course, I discovered the importance of the introspection, how can you discover your strengths to improve them, and your weaknesses to work on them.
Good structure. Interactive. And right example. However some comments : Valerie uses a lot the word to focus and ignore the potential of the diffuse mode of the brain to enhance creativity. And also Valery, really, I don't care about what shirt you are wearing.
I like this course. It is simple and easy to understand. I would say it is an "easy-going" type of course. The Conversation ,one of the most important exercises , was hard to do because my partner did not have a good knowledge of english. I did not enjoy it much. I think in this type of course where you need to collaborate with others it necessary to test their level of english beforehand so that none has trouble with that. I just wish it was more informative and with more examples. Lack of good examples or situations is the reason why I give this course only 4 stars. But the professor was great and inspirational.Thanks for this course.
The course are fantastic but 3 month HARD WORKING to earn a "cheap" certificate that looks false :( I cannot present it to my company
This is an exceptional Course for people looking to grow as a leader. Covers very basics of human interaction and what it takes to be leader in all walks of life.The course flow is very engaging .Thank you
Gave me a good outlook of the path to inspirational leadership.
I am a bit disappointed. The main concepts would require more explanation. There are too many requests for essay writting and it sometimes feels an infomercial for the school.
Very bad Because you need 3 persons to evaluate you every week and often this persons is not educated or gives a score zero for all . So having to re-course or leaving without convincing reason
Thank you Valeri and thanks to HEC Paris for this extraordinary and engaged leadership course
Excellent course. I recommend it for people who would like to become authentic leaders.
Excellent start for the leadership course !
Excellent course, I learnt so much about myself and about improving my Relationship to
Great course, I would definitely recommend. Information flowed smoothly and it was a great way for me to learn and understand my leadership style. The only reason I gave it a 4 star and not 5 is because during the peer assessment I kept being matched to persons who were in a different time zone from me which made it difficult for us to communicate. Other than that 1 glitch, thoroughly enjoyed the course.
The introspection exercises open our mind to talk about personal and private topics, like strengths and weakness, with unknown people.
New look on the interesting subject. I am amazed.
One word for this course :- Great
This first MOOC was very useful for me to start building my leadership skills. I started implementing it as I started the training and I can already see results in my work environment as well as in my personal life.
I am fascinated at the approach of this course.
I am giving 1 star to this MOOC because giving 0 is not an option.The "savoir relier protocol" might be efficient when taught face to face in a classroom but as a MOOC it is a massive waste of time and money (I paid for the capstone project and I'm feeling robbed).I learnt absolutely nothing.This MOOC is a major disappointment from a school such as HEC.
This course is very informative and useful to make a change in life. However, please advice how to learn more about 1) you and yourself, 2) you and others 3) you and group and 4) you and society. I am interested to study the above in detail.
Best Course for leadership.Go for it.
Great leadership course, it complements the Leadership Book just fine
Excellent course! Great content and activities that will make you learn a lot about yourself following a very innovative approach.
Really good course
I was completely satisfied.
Great class about leadership. For building it, you will need to work on yourself and that's the all point of this class.
Out standing
Amazing course. The teacher is excellent, the videos are entertaining and the exercises proposed are really interesting
Enlightening experience.
I really enjoyed this MOOC, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking to build or strenghten his/her leadership skills. The content of this mooc is really rich, and Valerie and her guest make it quite easy to learn.
All assignments giving you more insight on your personality had to be purchased. I did not really feel like a free course .... too
Highly recommend this class. Helps one understand themselves so that they can lead others
hope the course can help more people to improve themself and make life better!
Underwhelmed. If this had been a free course I might have gone up to two stars, but I probably wouldn't have finished.This course attempts to take complex social awareness and patterns and reduce them to an understandable set of skills to be practiced... but it fails. I find it to be full of new-age dreamy ramblings that do not really help in the real world.Leadership is influence, which comes as a mixture of experience and intention. This course seems to discount experience in favour of "sense", used in this context as a poorly-translated summing up of the physical senses and their analysis.This course requires you to create an intimate written self-portrait, which you then find yourself sharing with a stranger and comparing. The exercise is interesting, and a lot of students have bought into the premise that this is a "genuine conversation" and allows them to explore their ability to know another person. I am the heretic in the room: I think the student wish to appear intelligent to their peers and the emperor is in fact shamefully unclad. If this is what the world considers a "genuine" conversation then the world is a shallower place than I had thought.This course, unfortunately, over-promises and under-delivers, and I am not in the least tempted to take the next one in the series. A good concept, but poorly planned, poorly translated, and poorly executed. Valerie clearly understands her topic but the summarizing of it for this framework is not a success.
I really appreciate Professor. Valérie Gauthier and her team for giving me the opportunity to learn Savoir-Relier methodology. I benefit a lot from the course and it shaped my way of thinking about myself and others. I strongly recommend taking the course, because it will provide a paradigm shift in leadership.
This has been a great learning experience for me, I developed an appropriate routing was the exercise of a conscious leadership, where I have raised awareness of the connection with people to establish meaningful communication . Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity , thank you .
The course was excellent. very hands-on approach. It enabled me realize important behaviours and attitudes of a good leader. The first step was focused on introspection and understanding yourself to develop your type of leadership. Great beginning for the specialization!
I liked the course, particularly the interactive part with peers. On the negative side, I find that the price of ~80 USD for the enrollment getting a certificate is a little bit too high for the 3 weeks online course. I think 30 or 40 for each course in the specialization would be a more reasonable price point.
I am getting into depth of leadership, actually i was in fear of knowing leadership qualities. I thought do i might able to understand correctly what is leadership, are those qualities are in me! And i realize that yes i have those certain things and i can develop. Thanks for offering such course.
I'm being asked to be introspective, to understand who I am and take that as an asset along the Leadership journey. This has been 100% applicable to my work and day-to-day life.
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significantly helps me increase my leadership skill.
this course really helped me develop my leadership in a unique way ,it pushes you to engage with your friends and surroundings on different and effective exercises , it also clears some of the misconceptions that you might have had about leadership and about how your brain reacts to different things
It is fun and with great sense! I completely agree the lessons being taught here.
Some good points. Spends a lot of time on self-advertisement. Takes a lot of time to get to the point.
This is such an introspective process toward leadership. It is illuminating in a personal growth capacity and the ability to relate with others.
Challenging but very worthwhile. Many thanks.
I never learned so much exciting stuff that's cool and awesome
Very nice course ! It helps a lot for anyone want to manage and be a leader of the future !
Very well presented and crafted together. The quality of this class is exceptional!
This course has helped begin to show me how I can be a better leader.
Good start for the specialization
Great Course on the leadership behavior
a little too slow, and a bit superficial on the difficult pieces. I would recommend to spend a little more time on the fundamentals, and a little less on the anecdotes.
Great course. This Course uses all things to archive a great experience and a new way of learning.
"Learning about the SR helped me a lot to improve my leadership skills such as my self-awareness, observation and listening. And I really enjoyed doing the practical and journal exercises, merci Mme Valerie."
Its an amazing course on self development and leadership.
this course is good
The course builds the self awareness and self confidence of the learners in a systematic way
The course has changed the impact of leadership of me. I have gained a lot.
Great Course
This course really correct my many mistakes in understanding of leadership. Thank you sincerely !
I greatly enjoyed the course. Valerie is very intriguing person. I enjoyed listening to her and doing all the exercises. I was nervous about the self portrait at first. In the end it was a wonderful exercise to look into yourself. I also enjoyed the conversation as I met a lovely lady called Ruth. Thank you to HEC and savior-relier team!
Excellent course! I am continuing with the specialization and seeing the benefits in how I relate to my direct reports already. This is the personal management style I have been looking to develop, and what a great way to develop it by developing me. Thank you.
The interactive aspects of this course are what set it above and beyond other leadership experiences.
Great course that enables to bself-awareness
I just started the course and I'm going to stop this course right away. In my opinion showing Hitler as an appropriate leader is not the course I want to visit! I do not upport any racist mindset.
Very informative and engaging...... good self analysis sessions included.
Excellent course to build the most important foundation of a leader, i.e introspection and an insight into self to part that selfless notion into a leader to excel and exceed, beyond others and for others.
It is conceptual compared to other courses, however it brings a lot in increasing our self-awareness. Very much appreciated.
This is one of the best courses I have ever taken, thanks for the opportunity!!!
Really great on introspection and on learning how to receiv critique with out defensive reaction
I love this course. I got a lot out of it and I look forward to completing the program. Thank you, Valerie!
I realy liked this course! Some parts were already known but there were some very interesting new things. Especially the conversation helped me a lot!
fantastic!!!!!!!! inspiring!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really a good course for improving slef awarness!!!
Wonderful new lessons to learn about our self.
Excellent course and teacher! Congratulations!!
That's a great start!
Quite an interesting course leading to self-introspection.
This was one of the best MOOC I completed recently. Good lecture content that explains various concepts to start building leadership skills and the ACE terminology helps in recollecting the concepts. The assignments in terms of self-portrait and conversation was awesome and was a totally new experience.Loved the course thoroughly and made a good friend as well !
Great and timely course. I really enjoyed it and looking forward to the Capstone.
Great skills acquired in this course. The teacher is professional and very creative. You won't get bored at all.
This course really helped me to find my inner foundations, open my eyes and hopefully become a better leader in the future. I can only recommend this course to anyone who is looking to improve themselves and communicate better with fellow colleagues.
it's good but can be better they have to give more examples about the concept
I didn't finish the course yet, but I strongly recommend this course to anyone interested in these skills. Even if you cannot read the books proposed because you don't have time like me, it gives all the aspects you need to understand, and maybe learn that in the future. The quality of the videos and explanations are overwhelming, I don't know if you can see such level of patience and great speech in other courses and it's FREE. If you take this course please be aware that the method Savoir Relier takes you to a profound journey into your own life, you will revisited things inside yourself, how you are inside this world with another person, a group and the society. It follows introspection, relationships, reflection, experiences and senses, emotions. You need to be ready to open your mind and heart.
very interesting and helpful but time coordination of yourself ist crusal to get along
good to start your study of leadership skills
The really useful and easy for learning course.
This course really doesn't offer anything substantial in a practical sense. It has the feel of some sort of odd "New Age" repackaging of things already obvious to anyone with even a modicum of leadership ability. This is the first Coursera course that I have ever wanted to rate zero stars.
She is a wonderful instructor and makes you feel like your a personal friend!Awesome experience!!
That woman is a great teacher.
Such a great opportunity to improve my skills and be more confident, thank you!
Great course!
pretty good.
Great knowledge and assessment!
This course makes you work hard on yourself, it's not a course that only tells you what you like to hear. It takes you out of your comfort zone indeed. Worth doing it!
The best course I have seen to build a Leader. Valerie succeeded in discovering and teaching a very important skill for everyone in these changing & challenging times. A must for every one!Thanks Valerie for sharing it! Bravoo
One of the best online courses I took so far!
Great course and great instructors
Really great course! Do it for yourself
Good for interpersonal Development skills. The teaches seems very nice and experienced
Very good module. I'm glad of being participating on this journalism program. The platform is a breeze and the instructors from the Michigan State University School of Journalism have prepared an entertaining and very informative course. I'm happy!
Amazing course - I learned valuable knowledge; how to craft effective interviews, avoid stereotyping, build credibility, what news literacy is and how to promote it, the importance of portraying as survivors as opposed to victims, how to use social media and crowd-sourcing and actually a lot more.Instructors were succinct, clear, professional each with easy to follow and pleasant cadence. Slideshows during presentations were very helpful. Overall I have come away with a great understanding of how to gather and develop the news in a wide range of situations.I have signed up for the next course in the specialization. I definitely will be taking all of them, these classes have given me extraordinary value in my skills.
Excellent, the instructors teach in an almost mersmerising (sorry will have to spell check that later) way. Totally fascinated by the course as I intend to write articles in the long run. I was many years ago a commercial photographer, however my pictures seem to tell a story and they are not photoshoped. So its envitable that i could not set the world on fire in that realm, but with the journalism course, I can see a way forward. Joe Grim has to have a mention just simply his saying thank you at the end of each lecture, its not something you see from people these days, then there are some very interesting personalities teaching in this course. I expect to come back and do the full specialisation at the end of this.
Great course! I learned a lot about many aspects of journalism, including how to effectively interview and collect information/opinions and ask good questions. Overall, amazing course and I hope to take the next courses of this series.
I like the course and the teachers. I don't like the peer review because most of the students don't work hard enough on their reviews. I do want the challenge and the feedback.
Until taking this course, I had no idea what goes into even the shortest news story. The gathering and developing of news in this course is fascinating, and as I watch or read news now, I realize how much work it takes to make information available to all. Loved it!
Having been a journalist 15 years ago and now planning a returnI have found the Coursera /Michigan State University classes to be very informative and a great refresher. I highly recommend this course and the specialization as a great way to centralize the journalistic skills you will need and use daily. I wish I'd had access to Coursera back when I first became a journalist!
relevant and very easy to follow for beginners. I learned a lot and have been using many new findings in my own blogging and tweeting as citizen journalist.
This is very educating.
VEry informative! Able to apply the principles to my present journalism position. Wonderful. Thank you!
great course
great, Thanks
This was really good course. It was very detailed. I do think that some of the peer evaluations should be more specific.
I thought the course was oldfashioned, it doesn't prepare you to be a journalist in the digital age, where terms like crowdfunding, search ability, new businessmodels, apps and social media are key factors of success. Yes, there was a small section where they explained crowdsourcing (lol) but interviewing as many people as you can seems to be cryptosaurus approach. Also the social media tips seem to be very interesting if you're 65+. It's worth following this course for free but definately not your money, the free course on futurelearn had ten times more content and I learned so much more...
There are some incorrect answers in quizes and some instructions for the ssigments are qiute unclear...
This course was a great follow up to the first one. Knowing where to go to find sources is very important. I was especially intrigued by the section on crowd-sourcing content.
Very nice way of bringing all the courses together into a project that can be utilized in the real world.
This was my greatest achievement having completed this capstone
some of the lectures are very informative, inspiring, have content that I didn't see in other entrepreneur courses provided by other institutions, these lecturers concerning are great. but some are disappointing. the lecturers just not very enthusiastic and profressional. the sound effect of videos is a little bit poor. hope the next course will be better.
Excellent Content and Speakers !
This course has really enhanced the knowledge I have, put a huge spot lights on the main important points at Market, Customers, and Canvas model and described them in accurate manner, thanks to the lecturer.
An excellent course. There were surprising insights in almost every class. I also enjoyed the practical mindset displayed by the staff and course materials.
I learned many things new for my start-up.
Valuable insights, definitely a recommended launch pad.
Beautiful course, extremely useful. I have learned a lot and have recommended it to all my team members. I will go over the material for a long time, there's just so much so much to learn and implement.
Good only for technology type entrepreneurship
Very basic explanations, maybe will need to make it more thoughtful!
Good overview, but some of the content is just quickly mentioned and not put into practice. Give more room to use in examples, create action, tell stories. Some of the lecturers were just reading down the notes wer already see in front of us and were not finishing their sentences in an engaging way (sometimes they made comments in a very low tone) . Some of the sounds are not good quality (mono - just on one ear)
I recommend this course to everyone who wants to be an Entrepreneur.You wont regret it
In some lessons, teachers appear to be nervous so it's important to pay attention to that. Although the course is interesting, I expected more tools to be innovative and to create ways to join the marketplace.
The 3 last weeks, excellent. But the two first to basic.
Pretty good perspective, but geared towards app-based businesses. Not certain how the recommendations in this course relates to biotech start-ups.
I found it very helpful. The lecutures are consistent and have interesting examples.
This course was very scattered and included several different lecturers. It was the least focused course in the specialization, but still did provide insight in an area I probably knew the least about.
Not as inspiring as Developing Innovative Ideas, but yet a very informative Course. I only audited the course.
Knowledge provided here was just a common sense.
excellent course. I work in a startup and i find this course very relevant to how I interact with customers, and how to set business priorities
Brilliant course, a bit basic but it provides an easy to follow frame for the initial business builder. It creates a mind map that supports the mindset and behaviour built in the first course of the specialization! Thank you!
It is difficult to write such a course for all possible entrepreneurial ventures there may exist, but I found the strong reference to ICT and technological innovations difficult to apply to my own venture. I think parts of the course are only relevant to such innovations.
Very effective and well thought courses. Every Tech Entrepreneur should go through this! Idea, each of us may have one.. taking it to the market place is a real commitment and perseverance. It all start here.Yannick Kounga
I found the content and the presenters much less engaging than in "Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship". The exams were so easy that I could pass them at 100% without watching most of the videos. I really don't have the feeling that I learned much that would help me in getting "From Idea to Marketplace". Overall disappointing for a paid course.
Great Course I really Recommend it to all of those entrepreneurs who really wanted to increase their possibilities to success into their business plans
Ill give two stars cause lectures are way to boring to follow.
Excellent course! The absolute BEST course an entrepreneur can take to learn how to truly grown and expand their business!
Great insight ! Enjoyed every single content of this course,
Wonderful course. Clear and concise content.
Great course, have everything you need to start a business.
So far, internationally this course has been phenomenal.
Excellent source to warm up your entrepreneurial skills.
Though the content is great, it is kind of messy altogether! At the end Prof. Green strongly invites us to enroll for a degree in his field at the university of Maryland and there wouldn't be any problem with that without the kind of messy feeling that the course leaves you with. When you put both together it awfully seems like the university tried to diversify its communication and that the only objective of the course is that you enroll in a degree. At the same time, the technical issues of some lectures give a relatively bad image of the university of Maryland...Too sad because again, the content in most videos is great... Just reorganize it and put it together with more cohesion. Among other peer reviews would be preferable to the current way of testing...
It's a second edition of this course. I think that this edition is absolutely useless. Several old mans read subtitles from obsolete books under the camera. No real-life examples, no practice, just obvious things and pure theory from dawn of dinosaurs. 1 star for Ostervalder's business model canvas, the real mark of this course is 0 stars. Where is the first edition of this course with original lectures of Tom Mierzwa? I feel robbed for 49$.
I'll have to wait for the english version. Great material but my chinese is basic.
A very practical course. I am in the middle of it, and it is a bit challenging for me but useful. Thanks!
Very clear and useful course for studying SEM model!
Content wise this course is excellent, quant finance enthusiasts would love this course. Truth be told this is an insanely difficult MOOC to pass/complete, not because its hard, lets face it, the contents are very advanced and its assumed that students would have background in advanced finance, but the problem lies in the fact that the professor does not explain the topics well enough. The professor might be excellent in this field but simply can't explain well enough, he is mostly reading his notes/slides with a few drawings. Second problem is the notations used in the course is extremely confusing, it makes maths look scary. This could have been a the best MOOC on Coursera but the professor's explanation is simply not upto the mark.
Solid contents, also required solid graduate level mathematics. The instructor may consider providing more details in some of the derivations. It is a bit difficult to follow during some lectures.
Solid review of fundamental interest rate ide
Finally finished! It's quite difficult, but really learned a lot! Thank you!
This is a seriously challenging class, requiring some good preparation, but it is worth every minute. The course staff members are very helpful. The problems are challenging and they are well worth doing. Good luck!
Great course! Level of difficulty is about first or second year Ph.D. in economics/finance. I learned a lot.-Michael
Very complete thank you
Great
This course is very good. If the professor presents some slides to help me understand better, I will be glad.
THANK YOU!
Its good information but not quite what I was looking for in terms of actionable steps that I could take to engage with stakeholders from different countries!
Great course!
Good materials and easy to understand
clear and easy to understand,
easy to understand, good data collection
I can't wait for next course it is easy to understand.
it is the best course and l really enjoyed
Thank you
informative course I learned a lot.
Good, informative and precise. Thank you Prof. Doug Thomas.
It's a very good course. I learned a lot of International Business.
Wide overview of global busisness. Worth watching!
Discussed about most of the elements which consist in Urban Infrastructures. The lectures are well structured and provided a holistic view to the students who are interested in this area.Job well done! :)Thenuwan
Interesting, but quite repetitive and theoretical
A good starting point in Urban Infrastructures Management, but too theoretical.
Very cursory and doesn't get into analysis about why things are the way they are. This course just explains who the actors, their roles and environment they operate in. It would have been much more interesting and useful to learn the why.
Thank you.You are super.I would like to study your more detailed courses (in detail management, construction of infrastructures, new technologies in urban infrastructure, financing of projects, ...)
Very informative, well planed and presented, learned a lot and piqued and interest to continue with part 2. Thank you to the lectures and all that were involved in this course for the hard work.
I liked the theory and the structure of the class, especially how it had people comping in from industry to speak.
This is a modular course for management urban infrastructure of the 21st century
It was a very good overview of the aspects of Management of Urban Infrastructures.
Absolutely Fantastic period.
Wonderful course! It's simple and absolutely well and clearly explained. Summary, systematization and selection of knowledge, as well as its division into units, is flawless. I have never taken such an understandable course by such an understanding professor. Moreover, all speakers participating and the Professor himself are genuinely interested in the subject , its theorizing, and its beneficial practical applications. You can feel they care about, and demand, professional and decision maker honesty and ethics. This is what makes you love a subject. I look forward to taking Part II, though I perhaps will not manage to complete Part I in this session. Thank you very much for this course and your work!
Course was very nice but you could have added details about other infrastructures. I was expecting information about other infrastructure will be in week five but in week 5 there was only exam.
This course is Excellent: easy to follow, good explained and professional content
Awesome course and I really recommend all who have interests on infrastructures.
An excellent course offered by the institution.I appreciate Profesor Mathias for this wonderful content.I am waiting for the next block of this MOOC. Thanks to the Coursera Team too.
A good introduction to urban infrastructures and management. It touches on the key issues, and gets you thinking about the interrelated challenges. The course does not go into a great amount of depth in any area in particular, but it does suggest plenty of interesting avenues for further research and investigation. Recommended.
Fantastically organised and well-presented course.
It was good broader perspective learning exposure. My heartiest congratulation to faculty team and Coursera. Many Many thanks
Great course to understand the different aspects of urban infrastructure namely, energy and transport. It talks about various actors playing the role of managers and operators and the challenges faced by them. A good course overall.
Excellent course. Great insights on practical challenges.
Excellent course, very good examples and perfect approaches !´m really satisfied.!
Great challenging course !
Good teaching. I hope to have a certificate for this course.
I learned a lot about Urban Management. I already loved the topic and during the course I liked to see what I studied in my city. I will write the final exam statement about the study of my city as soon as I can. Thank to the professor and to the EPFL for the course.
Course is very good waiting for next in the series.
Million thanks to share this treasure with us ,very very interestingThank you EFL
Very interesting course, that covers the broad fundamentals of Urban Infrastructures. I liked how the content was made relevant by case-studies and quizzes that focus on your city.
This course is an excellent overview of urban systems and is very well documented.Thank you!
Really interesting course. I enjoy the lectures because they are well explained and full of important material. I recommended to anyone that have some knowledge or basic knowledge about infrastructure.
Great course! I hope the team releases the following module. The material provided is really good and the lectures are dynamic and well edited. The short answer assignment could be peer reviewed!
Great course! Recommend it!!
Videos and quizes are too long and too large
This is a great introductory course which lets anyone learn the layers, management styles and agreements that all have to work together in order to provide an effective and concise Infrastructure model.
The course is very well-structured and informative. For me, as a specialist educated in the field of urbanism was very intriguing to get a glance of the work behind the management of the urban infrastructures as in many Masters the focus on planning and design does not cover the specifics that are revealed during these four blocks. I am really hoping that the organizers and the people from the Polytechnical University of Lausanne are going to successfully release a second part of this course. I highly recommend the course based on the fact that much useful knowledge can be learnt even for specialists, already educated in the field of urban development.
This course is great. The Professor and the guests are professionals. They went through the topics nicely. I encourage people to take this course because they can't regret it.
Great course. Love it and would definitely recommend
Concise and informative course about the basics of urban infrastructure systems that'll help acquaint you with the systems in your own city. Highly recommended!
Excellent short introduction to the topic.
Waiting for part 2 to be created and released :)
Excellent content, excellent instruction!!!!!! Also, the interviews are a very valuable and informative,,,
Great course . I am awaiting when part2 start.
Please provide powerpoint slides on lectures
very helpful！！！
Very helpful and approachable. The book is an excellent complement to the course (not surprising since the course is based on the book). ("A Mind For Numbers" is the book title).It is worth reviewing the course materials periodically (better: build your own spaced repetition flash cards!) because it's information you'll want to hang on to for life!
This course with its step by step approach and the brilliantly explained teachings of Barb and Terry was a blessing. The tests had even fun answers which made me laugh. This is a course recommend for anyone, including people who think they are no good at studying!
Super useful and pretty easy to finish course. I especially loved the optional interviews with various interesting people about their domain, such as learning languages, writing, memory competitions etc.
Excellent course material both educational and useful.
Brilliant!
Learning how to learn taught me a lot of tools to learn. I enjoyed a lot all the material. I will try to take all of this new knowledge in my life.
This is the best course I've ever learned.
This course was fantastic. Good balance of theory and practice. Very actionable insights which I have put into practice immediately. Wish I knew what I have just learnt about learning when I was at school!
I started this course and am astonished! I really helps me to clear some of my old concepts. I will try hard to finish it! Thank you it was awsome.
Great course
Great course. It inspires me to encourage my students to reflect on their learning process.
This course tell something that I have already know by other approaches but I have not apply them to my own studies. From now on, I can and will apply those methods to my own study life. Thanks!
Wonderful course..learned so many new things, which I know are really helping me a lot, not only in my professional life but also in my personal life.....
This course is amazing, I wish I would've had this information as far back as grade school! I've been recommending this course to friends and colleagues, and their experiences have matched mine.
This is an AMAZING inspiring course that I think everybody should take, doesn't matter what do study or what do you trying to learn this is gonna help you.
It was informative and fun
Great course for begining learners!
Very interesting course, which has helped me be more cognizant of how I'm processing things. It also confirmed some beliefs I have about how my mind works (which is just like everyone else's!).
This class was an amazing life changing tool that will forever impact the way I process information.
This course was a lifechanger for me! Thanks a million times!
Helped me realiize new and effective ways of learning!
very useful.
This was amazing. A lot of practice, a lot of practical ideas. At fist I was a bit prejudices to the lecturers but in a few days I liked them very much. I use this "focused-diffuse thinking" approach a lot lately to remember the things I was trying to remember. Also I like additional interviews.
Contains a lot of useful tips on how to learn more efficiently and master new subjects. Recommended, thanks!
I wish I had taken this course at University or even earlier.Very interesting and useful
It was amazing what I could learn about learning in such a short period of time, 4 weeks. Everyone should complete this course. I recommended it on my blog and to friends and family.
Great course with lots of useful and practical insights! Thank you very much!
Amazing Course! Thank you Barbara! I hope to improve my learning skills even more!
Full of great advise for all that want to understand what learning entails and to improve learning skills.
Just the best. Useful for every person in every phase of their lives
One of the best course took online. Strongly recommend it to others.
great one
Good & effective.
Great!
Really Helpful lovely course that you can do in your own time, some very good tips and methods of how to use time more effectively in learning new things.
Good paced, with very interesting material. Learned both new ideas and also understood older ideas that i didn't quite have a good explanation for. Thanks for a great course.
Take this course!
Really useful information. Great work!
Really awesome course, it was a hobbie every lesson more than an obligation. Great professors, and content that will be stuck in my mind for a lifetime, and I will share with most of the people I know. Highly recomended!
Awesome course!!!
Great course!
Great and useful techniques to apply in your daily learning process. Also good insights about how does the brain work (including in procrastination states)
Helped me a lot in aiding me as how to approach as the easier method to learn new things quicker and how to retain them for a longer memory.
In this course, there wa a lot tricks and tips to get more productive. Some of material I will try to use in my environment. Thanks for such clear view of study.
This course provides lots of meaningful and useful knowledge about human's brain structure and working mechanism, focused and diffuse thinking modes, and memory, and techniques to tackle procrastination and illusion of completion, anyone can learn a lot from it regardless the background and age.
one of the beast things on the internetit helped me a lot to be a good learnerthanks coursera about this perfect course
A really great class, with a lot of useful tips, not "for student only"...
I hope I could promote this course for all students in my country (Syria) particularly they are really in need of such course in their extremely bad conditions of them and their schools
This would be a great course for someone towards the end of school or attending college/university. There is definitely valuable insight to be gained but it feels a little slowly paced.
This course teach me a lot of things, and I'm so happy with this knowledge
I just loved this course. I have never done a course as helpful as this one. Thank you! God bless you.I am looking forward for more courses from you.
this is the BEST course I have ever taken. the course's ideas and learning methods are unconventional but I can vouch for the fact that they work. thanks to all the creators!
I didn't realize how much progress we have made (as a human race) about understanding the brain. This course really takes a lot of that information and make it into a practical usable way to learn, understand, and grow. Thank you for helping me understand that there are better ways to learn, retain, and apply.
Great course! Great professors!Very important, an nicely organized information!
This course give you a new insight about learning, especially learning new subjects. It breaks the limitation about doing something which you are not "talented", the only key to success is practice.
I find it an excellent course. Truly when of the best I've joined on Coursera.
This course is essential to becoming an efficient learner.Many things that I knew intuitively appear to be proven scientifically.
This is the best course on Coursera which helps you learn about how to learn anything, how to develop good learning habits , and learning powerful mental tools & strategies for good studying. The instructors are really very engaging and you will love studying with them. As you walk through this course, you will start applying and practicing your learning of the course and by the end of the course, you will be using this knowledge in learning and mastering any tough subjects or new languages or acquiring new skills in a right , easy and efficient way. This course has something for everyone of any age and is ideal for everyone who is keen to learn anything quickly or effectively. Happy Learning!!!!!!!
Fabulous course, nicely structured, great trainers. Very happy to have gone th
This is the lesson every learner should start by.Great job.
best ever course
Youl get some very powerfull tools for studying.
Very insightful! This will certainly be helpful for me to complete more MOOC's in the future.
I did learn a lot about learning. I recommend it. I will apply these principles.
Very useful course for learning at all levels, subjects and areas of education and life
Excellent course that helped me tremendously with studying techniques and improving my overall learning skills.
Very interesting and valuable applications for studying
Nice introductory course to learning, which fills an important gap in education. I would have personally liked a little more rigour to the assignments and material, but the current level is, I suppose, targeted to participants of all kinds, which is fair.
I'm a PhD student in computer engineering. I learnt a lot from this course, and would definitely recommend it to my friends.
Very interesting and pleasant course. I recommand it.
very good course i learned a lot of from the course
Great study, really helped me become more motivated about studying and showed me a variety of good tips to apply while studying.
It's a good material.
This course really inspired me. It gave me a boost to my confidence and actually helped me study again after a long rut.
This is one of the course on Coursera that anyone should give a try. Excellent course !!!
Most awesome course that I have ever done. I have overcame my OCD almost 50% after completing this course. I have started learning math which I thought I am disable to learn.
I would strongly recommend this course to each and every individual who would like to improve their learning techniques and increase the LTM capacity. It clearly states all techniques to attain the desired outcome by making us understand how our brain functions rather than simply focusing on the techniques itself.
Nice experience to watch the videos after busy work. Pomodoro is really a nice tool to deal with struggling stuff. Many thanks for all of your efforts.
Essential ideas to remind and teach you haw to learn
Extraordinary, Exellent, Enlightening course. I'm shocked by the super quaility.
life changing course for me. i think everybody should take this course and that it should be included in the curiculum of all schools. this course helps you maximise what you learn from every course. to maximise what you learn from this course you need to have taken this course (do you see our dilemma here !). here is a tip from someone who has completed this course using the material he learned from this course. try recalling what you learned after each video. and try to make a list of practical applications that this course has inspired you to do and write them down and start applying them.
Enjoyed it very much !
Great course! Can't wait for the opportunity to try these techniques.
Highly recommend!!!
Thanks !!!!!!! for give me a wonderfulls tools for my life !!!! ,the world its a little bit more better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This course is the best course I have ever attended!
It was amazing, surprisingly good.
Amazing experience, great knowledge, and one of the best teachers i've seen !Cheerings, Luis Caraballo.
Great course! Involves a lot of techniques for learning faster. Contains a lot of content and different ideas.
Brilliant course. It was an eye opener for me. I realized how many mistakes I had done in my life when trying to learn things. I think this course would be game changer in my life as I would 5X my speed of learning things. And knowledge and speed of learning is the prime ingredients to succeed. This course gives you super powers.
This studying tools is exactly what I was meant to Know in my early years!! Tank you Dr Barbara Oakley
absolutely awesome course, no doubt it is the most popular. This information should be available to everybody right from the childhood. It helped me get on top of my procrastination.
Definitely a must-do course. Having such a wide scope its approach is clear, with very solid tools and examples to take in your learning journey. Congrats to everyone involved in the making of!
Great
very well prepared. not boring and very accurate and helpful
The BEST course I've ever learn on cousera!
I really enjoyed taking this course, it is really well made !Well done and thank you so much ! You gave me the feeling that you really care, that you made this course with all your hearts and efforts.Thank you.
Best course on this subject !
This is truly a course for EVERYBODY! No kidding. How can you be a student or life long learner and not learn how to learn? Best of all, it is exciting but also challenging in the sense that you will be hearing some things for the very first time. Welcome.
This course has helped me immensely in the pursuit of my goals, and I have learned how to better in a better fashion so that my study sessions are more efficient and less stressful
New study methods which I can use to share with others.
This course helped me realize that changing is very vital for life including learning, working and many aspects of life.
Very interesting topic, especially for those about to start in higher education.
Life-changing!
Very useful with practical advices
Thanks everyone involved in making this a reality.
very helpful, with great tips on how to tackle problem solving as well as studying and test taking.
The best course! Very informative, easy to understand... very complete!
Really interesting and inspiring ! Thanks for all.
A very good encouragement to learn
Very helpfull, and interesting. not boring at all.
i think the coming classes will be great more than that ... but it's good
I finished this course a while ago and I often go back to it. I learnt some things that will stay with me forever. Great material and time very well spent!
Many good tips on learning and tests :)
This course gave me fundamental definitions about how our brain works. Highly recommendation for everyone from all background.
Great , learned a lotabout learning
I thoroughly enjoyed doing this course, learnt many new techniques about learning.
Very helpful information & well presented! This is a course is grounded in rigorous neurobiology, but is presented in a very practical, applicable, and engaging way. While the course is geared towards students, I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning how to learn new skills or tackle procrastination in their personal/professional life.
Thanks!!! You have give me a powerful tools for learn much better!!!
Fantastic - you're a pleasure to watch!
A recommended knowledge for learners. Enjoyed it a lot. Thank you.
The content covered in this course is one that everyone (with no exception) should AT LEAST be familiar with!!
Awesome Course.I must say, I thought I knew how to learn but there are some good stuff here I will now use. I will most likely re-visit this course in the future.
|The best for ever
Terrific course, thoroughly enjoyed taking it. Teaches you how to learn and equally importantly how not to learn.
Really enjoyed this course and learned helpful tips and tools to learn better and more efficiently. Definitely recommend!
This course is really helpful. Learning is a skill which should be mastered by everyone. And this course will guide you on how you can improve yourself and master any subject.
It gives you amazing tools to develop your learning
I hope taking this course ten years before. I have learned many things, many techniques. I'm watching the lessons again and again. Actually prepare to take some courses on a new field, I'm recalling Learning How to Learn's tips to make my learning process effective. Thank to Mrs.Oakley! Love Learning team with all the Friday greetings.
I learned more than I thought I could and was able to immediately apply the information to my life. The information presented in the lessons were clear and the quizzes helped to reinforce the material. I wish I had taken this class when I was younger.
Make yourself a favor, just take the course. I have done a lot of the opposite of what I should have done. Barbara Oakley is so nice to explain to you, every video is easy to muster and follow. The course is not solely study techniques in the conventional form, the most valuable parts are how our brain solves problems and the basic chemistry that affects it. I enjoyed, I have not finished watching the optional videos but I will and even bought the book. Definitely will review it often or as Dr Barbara said "try to recall" big parts of it and learn it deeply.
Useful and well-orginized
It was such an informative and engaging course! Now all I have to do is to consistently implement those study techniques and stay on tack.
Good course for learning about how our bran works but the curriculum is slow-paced.
This course completely changed the way I learn almost anything and it allowed me to take learning to a whole new level.Highly recommended course to take in order to understand the best tools that can be used for learning.
Great course!! Thank you Barbara!
Good course, easy tricks.
One of the best course I have ever opted for, It has drastic impact on my learning ability. The instructors have done their job perfectly by explaining every single concept with appropriate examples and description.
Very good content, it has taught me to learn more effectively.
Suburb! Learn How to Learn took me to another level.I can use many techniques to improve my learning process.
i learnd to much from this course, i learnd new things that i do not know before, it changed my studying way , and opend my eyes and brain to learn more about learning, thank you
It was very informative and really helpful. I am a serial procrastinator and I found techniques to tackle procrastination very effective. I'm going to apply those techniques in my life.Moreover, I found the teachers very good in explaining the concepts. I would love to see them teaching more courses here.Thank you for designing such a cool course!
Really loved the material and how the teacher explained each concept :)
Great course! The best course has I did.
Perfect! I did many of the things mentioned in this course by a nature, but now I can deliberately use them in my future studies.
One of the most interesting course I've ever taken. It will be very helpful in my work as an educator.
This is amazing course not only for students, but for anyone who wants to learn anything new. Dr Barbara Oakley is amazing professor and her way of delivering lectures is so smooth and full of ease. Presentations and slides are just perfect and it all makes it so easy to learn about "Learning". This course has personally benefited me in several ways. I have generally become more focused during my work and study hours.I recommend this as a 'Must learn' course for teachers, students and anyone else who wants to improve their learning skills.
Before starting to learn everything, suggests to take this course first to ensure how we can learn better.
It provides me many important and new knowledge or ideas about learning based on the research result of Neuroscience. It makes me start to look at myself, my brain and what I can achieve in a new way. Nice and interesting lecture! Also you will find how this course differ from other courses on Coursera in many details, as well as how the course instructors care for their students!
It is a great course about Learning to Learn. In schools, this should be taught since firsts grades.
This is a very useful Course that Illustrates the Basic steps in the learning processand give you a useful methods and tools to use through your learning to maximize your memorizing and understanding to retain the information in easily wayand also tell you how to prepare for tests and even how to answer the question in the testThis course will help any student or any one who try to learn new things
The course is absolutely exceptional!
changed my perspective about learning
As taught in this course its not about getting excited about new ideas , its about how we implement it in our life . I have got scientific explanations for many of my doubts regarding learning , memory and habits. I really loved the course and its recommended to everyone regardless of age and profession and field of their interest. I like definitely apply the learned techniques into my day today life and hope i will make me a better learner .
Awesome, Mind expanding and contracting! This course will show you how to turn your mind inside out, upside down, and unlock the keys to transforming yourself in ways you have never imagined. I recommend this course to at least one person a day, and to anyone who wants to become a better student in school or of life. Thank you to Dr Oakley, and her team at Coursera. Applying the principals of procrastination, and understanding to the ways my eating habits were influenced by the insular cortex and the process of replacing pain with pleasure helped me stop drinking coffee and alcohol, cut down on "comfort foods" like carbs, and meat, and lose 25 pounds within three weeks of completing the course.
I thought I knew a lot about how to learn, but this course gave me many new tools to use, and mental models to help me understand how my brain works in terms of learning new things.
Good course. It was really helpful for me.
One of the best course I ever attended on Coursera! Very clear and useful. Thank you!
i can not express my gratitude to both of you dear professors. i am also grateful to all of the interviewers, they really rich the course with their experiences.thanks again.
Very helpful and interesting. I would like some more techniques like the Pomodoro to be presented during the course. It would also be very helpfull to have the most important topics written in a list after every video-course.
Learning how to learn might be one of the most important skill we all need to build a better future. Thanks Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski for teaching us how to learn :)
This course contained the information I expected to learn. Providing a basic understanding of better and more effective learning techniques. Thank you!
Wish I had discovered a course like this much earlier in my academic career. I'm an adult educator and feel this course has MUST know elements for all students! I would especially like to see my more challenged students take it; I think they would be surprised how following even a few of the outlined techniques would enhance their success and satisfaction with their learning experiences. Well done!!
This course is done so well, that it is itself easy to learn. I would recommend this course to any high school or university student.Unfortunately, most of the advice is not very useful for someone who spends 8 hours at work and has two children at home :-) This course does not have people that are juggling work & life & study in mind.But if you are a full-time student, do not hesitate!
To be honest, there are no techniques here that cannot be found in many other places. The only difference is that they explain the science behind the techniques, which in terms of practical application is not very useful at all.
Well-designed course with manageable nuggets of information delivered with perfect chunking and timing.
Great course. Many tools to improve learning and studying in a short time, all of them so simple and yet effective!
I was extremely happy with this course. I have learnt much which I will share with others. A big thank you to Ms. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!
I've loved this journey with passionate teachers/learners. They share a general mindset and powerful tips to optimize our learning, already profitable for me.
Great course, still remember some tips and tricks about learning even after more than a year since the course ended.
Excellent course. Very informative and fun. I like the pragmatic approach, with emphasis on practical tips that will help you grasp the material more easily, but the course is also giving the background story on why and how those tips work.Would recommend to anyone.
This was one of the first MOOC's I actually completed because the content was so compelling and Barbara Oakley is such a wonderful teacher! She made everything really fun and interesting and made me want to keep coming back to watch her videos. Highly recommended for ANY student or people interested in the study of learning/education.
Thank You
I liked this course. It gave me new ways on understanding learning process and how to improve learning
This is an excellent course on learning how to learn. The videos are engaging and lively, and the instructors have an interest in the subject that rubs off on you. Dr. Oakley in particular manages to teach the material in a vibrant and lively way, although such things are a bit subjective so you may or may not appreciate her style as much as I did. Dr. Sejnowski, while clearly engaged and inspiring, seemed uncomfortable and at times a bit stuttering in front of the camera. On the other hand, I am in the second week of the companion course “Mindshift” now, and he is much more comfortable there.One of the important points in this course is active learning. The team behind the course have eaten their own dogfood by providing a lot of quizzes, polls, and pauses for freestyle reflection (text-boxes) for the student to test their knowledge of the material, as well as reflect on it. The “honors” assignments provide even more opportunities for learners to reflect and consolidate their knowledge.All videos are well-cited, and each module has a healthy dose of optional readings, as well as optional videos. On the whole I feel that this optional material has given me good pointers for further self-study, as well as helping me to relate what I've learned in this course with other resources that are unaffiliated with this course.Disclaimer: This is only the first course I've finished on Coursera.
Learning How to Learn it's an awesome course for those who wants to improve their study.
Barbar Oakley is just another mother that life gifted me. Extraordinary course.
The course stimulated my return to studies. The techniques were important for learning English. I am motivated to seek new learning. Thank you very much!
too good, highly recommended
it´s so important learning how to learn our brain to learn more easy and effective way.
Very useful!
It's amazing course! The teachers of this course teach you effective technique for learning, for avoid procrastination and help you to believe in your potency!
Fantastic course, more fantastic teachers ! Great to recommend this course to everyone on this planet :)
plenty of userful information about how brain works in terms of learning and lots of userful tricks how to organize yourself to be as much efficient as possible!
Doing this course was indeed a very good experience. I am looking to change my career and trying to learn computer programming and which is exactly why I have done this course. After finishing the course, I believe it is not only my study that is being helped, I believe I have got a very good amount of real life tips as well which will help me in my career as well. Being a procrastinator, I have harmed my life already a lot. But now that I know how to handle procrastination, I will try my best to implement the tricks that I have learned in this course. Thanks a lot!
Really changed my perspective towards learning new things. Gave me a lot of techniques to learn new things and remember them
I like the phrase: "brain manual"
The teachers are really good and the information given is helpful. However the lessons are a little short, they could go deeper in the topics.
Fantastic MOOC, helped me alot on recovering my focus and "zombies".The most helpful tool I'm using is the pomodoro technique described in the course.The daily task list is also a very useful way of setting objectives everyday
Very intersting and challenging. Will try to use all the techniques ;)
Really great course!
Gives you an amazing toolkit on tackling learning! Can be applied to so many aspects of life
Very good. It really helps to study more effectively.
This is an awesome course that will teach not only the good practices to become a good learner but also a new style for living your life in its plenitude.
Must learn course!
Very useful. Nice hacks!
Very rewarding course !
I did not expect this course to be so good. The content and the way is shown are very efficient and the professionals Barb Oakley and Sejnowski have been great teachers after all. Everyone should take the course to face life with other perspective.
This course was brilliant on the whole! The videos and interviews were good, although it could have gone into more depth into how we use our brains to harness the concepts and our thinking to come up with solutions to unfamiliar situations. This has revolutionized the way I learn, and given me a fresh perspective into how the human brain works.
An absolutely fabulous course. Dispels some common notions and helps you break down and overcome the barriers that can hold you back and be frustrating at times...
Great course!
More Exciting course
Very good Course. I like it a lot. The different learning techniques which i have learnt will be very useful for my future learning. Thanks for offering such a good course.
This course is excellent. One of the best course I did in my life. Tips like pomodoro, deliberate practice, gave me deep insights on to how we really learn and master subjects. More importantly, this course now gave me the confidence that I can learn anything with an attitude of learning even though I have no talent/interest towards it. Thanks for the instructors , for taking the time and putting it all together and giving it free via coursera.
I found the production quality to be low enough to be distracting. Similarly, I think the scripting and performance are in need of being stepped up so they don't detract from the course. The concepts are useful and the facts of the topic are communicated well. However, many of the analogies used are childish and cheesy, I think. Also, the presentation is , awkward and amateur/primitive, imo. These days, there are kids putting out more gracefully performed and highly polish productions than this on Youtube. That makes be believe that it's within the realm of possibility that the caliber of the MOOC be increased significantly.Thanks, for learning how to learn ;)
as a computer sciennce student I can tell, that the cource really helped me and also was very intresting.thank you
Had a great time figuring out that I really don't know anything because I've never taken the time to learn anything appropriately. This class would have been really useful when I was in college before I received my degree.
This course has been a wonderful resource about learning and I feel it has equipped me with many efficient tools of learning such as The Pomodoro technique, the importance of sleep, the importance of subconscious mind and the diffused mode of thinking and various ways of grasping the material and retaining it in our long term memory such as recall, testing, and spaced repetition and all of this has only made me a better learner. So I am really grateful to Coursera for giving us the opportunity to learn, and to our instructors, Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski for dedicating their time and compiling such an amazing course.
A lot of useful and practical advices and information about learning. Definitely worth the time you'll put in it. Really enjoyed some of the tips applied in the video (powerful pictures used like zombie, mental palace etc) Some of the technical/bio video should use more of that model to explain the concept. Not sure I can quote properly any of the scientific concept that was explained.
The tips i have learned in this course are verry helpful and i have learend a lot about myself and my learning skills and how i can use them better.
I found the initial videos very informaive. Then it suddenly chnged the order and I didnt find a conclusive end
A nice little course which I felt has changed my perspective on how to be an effective learner. Certainly, I will be experimenting with the techniques in the course in my own learning.
The most important course I've ever took.
Very informative course. I'd recommend anyone to take it. I did feel like the later modules were not as interesting as the earlier ones but that's just my opinion. Some might find them really helpful. Regardless this course has changed how I learn now and in the future. Thanks guys!
Hello, I met here some extraordinary people. The course was very exciting, intriguing and remarcable concise. As a lecturer (with a degree in Civil Engineering) I found this course very useful for my futures lessons, the way of learning that is taught here is fitting like a glove. I feel that I have improved my way of thinking and I thank you for that.
Great course! I learned many new things, and it was interesting the whole way through. I plan to apply these concepts to many areas of my life.
Very useful learning tools, understand how brain works makes me understand better about why we should learn in these certain ways. I look forward to applying these tools in my further study.
I use the principles in this course every single day! It's been a life changer!
This course is very useful. It gives very useful and effective tips for the art of learning.
A must do course, very enlightening and educative. Learning made easy.
What a fantastic course, teaching about the neuroscience of learning, emphasising that most failures are due to not learning how to learn, rather than not being able to perform.
In 21st century, the one most important skill all people need to learn and practice in "Learning to Learn". This course is very effective in helping people acquire this skill and those who start practicing the same will take control of their learning and life, in turn.
Great course! They managed to put complex knowledge into easy examples!!!
The first coursera course that I actually finished. It was simple to understand (no jargon), fun, and most importantly useful in my daily life.
Very good course, excellent teachers, every class was very enjoyable.
This course opened up my mind to new approaches to learning. I have passed what I learned on to my family and look forward to taking a second course similar to this one.
A very helpful valuable course. I think everybody need it.
Fantastic! The skills I have acquired from this course will serve me through my whole life, in everything I do. Thank you very much! <3
Great course that should be mandatory for any Coursera User
I really enjoyed the course, which was interesting and useful. Professor Oakley and Dr Sejnowski both did a great job presenting the material. I look forward to using some of the learning techniques in my other endeavours.
Great Course!! I completed this course (without certificate) today at the age of 23 and wanted the 16 year old me embarking on an undergraduate education to have this material. Alas! All is not lost . Definitely a life changing course for me.Will put its principles into practice.
thanks. This course makes me more confident in learning new things, to grow & change, to maximize using Coursera courses I am taking & will be taking. For all those involved in Coursera & this course, thank you soooo much for having worked so hard to make these courses accessible, as I am unable to further my formal education, but I can still learn by enrolling in Coursera. Coursera is a very powerful source for me to be more competitive in the workplace. And this course will enable me to absorb more knowledge & skills in my office or other fields.
A course that should be done before any coursera or real life course or even I you just want to continue learning on your own. Has really helped me out in areas of learning I never succeeded. Thank you Barbara.
A must attend course for all students!
Awesome Course
This course encouraged me to go back to school and try different avenues in life. Thank you for sharing your experiences and for the encouragement,
awesome course that can actually be a turning point of your life..
it help me think thing on other side，not only on classwork but also personal relationship
One of the most useful and resource-filled ways to understand learning and gain tools to make learning more effective.
Easy and practical.
One of the best courses for life-learners - those who want to learn faster and better!The course content is very carefully selected and designed and the delivery by both Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski are awesome. Concepts are demonstrated in way that learner understands easily.Highly recommended course for anyone who wants to learn more in life!A Big Thank you Coursera team, University of California and Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski.
Thanks so much!
This is an essential course to understand a bit clearer how to learn new concepts and more important, how our brain works and how we can maximize its performance.Both Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski master all the subjects taught, and it's remarkable the passion they show in the different videos and the useful optional interviews.I can only highly recommend this video to those who want to improve their capabilities regarding memory, thinking or best understanding and brain performance in general.
lOVE THE COURSE. GAINED A LOT OF INSIGHT INTO MY CULTIVATION IN LEARNING
I like the podomoro strategy. It something I tried duringstudyinf for my last test. I get really distracted so I do other things other than homework but this helped me focus and want to focus so I can feel good about enjoying walking my dog, or checking my phone, or a longer break like watching Netflix.
Great course with plenty of helpful tips
We always are in a learning process, although we sometimes don't really know how is excactly that process of learning. Throught this course you will be able to learn a lot of useful techniques that you can use when learning something. I really recommend it to everyone. Go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!
very well , thank you very much for this course!!!!!
what most important I learned from this course is; actually two things...1 changing your thoughts will change your life2 you have not learned something unless you can teach it to others.many thanks...
This course is an absolute gem. Thank you to Dr. Barbra Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski for creating this course, and it will undoubtedly shape my future!
It's the first MOOC I completed! And it was amazing journey! Learning How to Learn is a great motivator, it encourged me to learning, it braodens horizons... I recomend it to everybody! The course improved my self-esteem... The tutors are great! The material was easy to understand and not so demanding. It was a pleasure to watch the videos! I think the test were sometimes to easy, and you just need to rembember the exact words from the videos, there was almost no need for self-thinking, but still I am extremely happy that my first completed MOOC is Learning How to Learn! It will help me with the new courses ;)
it's a absolutely useful course for freshman who come to college no long
I have learnt some useful techniques on how to learn effectively. Thank you.
It is super essential course. I firmly wish everyone should learn this lesson and get vital learning techniques.
Great course - well presented and the information within it is invaluable!
Great material around how to focus on tasks, avoid procrastination and building an approach to learn new things
This is a wonderful course with enthusiastic and inspiring teachers! It gives so many valuable tipps on learning that one wants to jump right in and start learning something new :)
This is a great course not only for academics, but professionals as well.
This is a great course, I recommend it especially for people who want to improve their learning skills and to increase their productivity, the teachers explain the concepts very clearly, and in a way that is very easy to understand!
Many thanks for this wonderful course! I've learn a lot with it.
It was very thought out and included many resources that I could read later to learn even more about techniques to use. Would recommend this course to anyone looking to increase the confidence in themselves.
amazing course! i wish i learned this course several years ago!
Perfect course, most informative and interesting. I did learn how to learn!!!
Thank you.
This topic should be taught as early as possible to students. Some of the more technical explanations made me get a bit lost, but the summaries and practical tips make this course so worth it.
I absolutely loved this course--it's fun, a confidence-booster, and it has completely changed the way I study and think about the world around me. I love that it takes concepts that would normally be intimidating, such as 'neural pathways', and 'diffuse and focus modes', and puts into them simple terms, like "pin ball paths" and "zombies". I've learned why certain chemicals in the brain react the way they do, and what stimulates them, and how to better plan and learn the subjects I'm taking. This course also has special tips for those learning science, algebra, and languages, as well as how to better prepare for tests, and how to take breaks efficiently. This course works for all ages and levels; middle school to college, and all subjects, from music theory to chemistry. Do yourself a favor and enroll. You will not regret it.
Everybody should watch this MOOC, it really helps to progress in your way of learning things by efficiently tackling procrastination. Just for that, you must watch it.
It is a great course !
I really loved to learn it! These are certainly valuable lessons that I will take for life.
The concepts and techniques in this course are very helpful, and I appreciate that multiple approaches and techniques are shared - learning isn't a "one size fits all" situation and I found that, while some of the techniques suggested have not worked well for me in the past, other techniques from the course have really opened up my understanding of my own learning process.My only complaint about the course is the quality of the videos. I'd love to see the course updated with less errors and sound drop-outs from the recordings. Perhaps one of the students who has benefited from this course, and also has video editing skills, could help out!
Great way to learn new things and also to introspect the way one has been learning all these years.
A very helpful course about learning and brain functioning
Best science-based course about learning methodology.
This course was a wonderful experience for me as I am applying for undergraduate study. The techniques for tackling procrastination have been really helpful and it helped me identify flaws in my own study methods. I would highly recommend everyone to take this course.
Great course! Useful information, well presented, and worth the investment in time and effort.
I loved it.
I loved this course. The material is easy-to-understand, memorable and extremely useful in everyday life. I wish I'd known this material when I was in school!
It's a practical and helpful course. It's helping me improve my learning skills and strengthen my self confidence in what I'm learning. One more benefit from the course is that I'm going to reach more areas beyond reach before.
It helps me a lot in my professional performance. I can apply what I have learned easily. Thanks
This has helped me to understand how to study more than anything else
I was not too fond of some of the comments/thoughts presented (ie. test gods, lady luck, that zombie talk, and the discreet mention of evolution as THE fact - referencing to Charles Darwin as some great intellect). To me that was drawing the idea that the Almighty Creator does not exist. But that is silly, given that only now we humans are just coming a tiny bit close to understanding how our brain works and how all the intricacies of the universe function - when He had that all figured out and established from the beginning. My point is, give credit where it's due. T
This course is really a useful course for anyone who likes learning .
This course was insightful and helped me think of learning in a different way. While I knew of many of these techniques before it made me understand the psychological aspect of it which made me understand the bigger picture.
This is a great course that you can apply to a broad number of things. From learning a new hobby, to acing an exam. I've been slowly applying what I've learned even during taking the course. I know understand my brain better, and see the cues of procrastination and have been better at avoiding them—but still fall into the trap. I feel like a much more functional human being just from taking this course, and have already gotten over a work slump that I having trouble with (a difficult project that I've been putting off was completed by doing the Pomodoro Method.)
It´s a great course. It seems to be i am writing the manual of how to use my brain in the most efficient ways.
This course helped me a lot. I know more tips and effective techniques for learning and working. I will share this couse to my co-workers. Thank you mery much, instructors!
This was such a good course. I'm very happy I took it. Thank you so much for teaching me how to learn. King regards from Brazil.
Enlighting. Helpful to know more about yourself whether you are a full-tiime student or not.
Well organized, thought provoking course.
I truly enjoyed the lectures and the material and I hope it will help me whilst trying to learn new things, subjects, more deeply in the future.I found the tests a bit too easy though - patterns can be recognised, helping us with the answer -- creating the illusion of competence :)I want to learn more and more deeply on this subject and some aspects of it - memory and so on, from a scientific perspective -- maybe the course could dig deeper, or I might just look for more info elsewhere.Thank you to both Professors and the team of people involved.
The materials are very useful and exciting. I have learned the necessary skills and processes to learn professionally.
This course really renewed my excitement to start taking on more learning projects -- particularly to revive my Spanish Language learning. I still love receiving the Friday "Learning How to Learn" emails and updates.
This course was extremely helpful for me, although I'm already familiar with a lot of concepts and researches about learning. It's well structured and sometimes sims to be to precise, but then it's become obvious, that it follows all the tips it's talking about. So now that I finished it, it's impact on my learning is a matter of practice)It's also very inspiring to see all of the personal examples (see additional interviews), especially from Dr.Barbara Oakley, since I also didn't expect that I would study math-related subjects.
It helped me to get some mental tools and master my focusing problems with studying. I also learned many new things which as a psychologist major I didn't know until now. Thanks for teaching me learning how to learn!
Great course, helpful, educational and full of positiveness and good humour.
I feel inspired and empowered. Excited to learn, and continued learning for years to come!
It is a must have course for everyone.
the best course!!! I just take a few classes but it was enough, now i have better grades!!!!
The very first course everyone should take! And be sure to implement into real life.
Learning how to learn should become mandatory at schools and not just for higher classes. THAT is the single most important skill students will need in their future lives. But even for those late beginners like myself, it's not too late. This course is gold and should stand at the beginning of any studying endeavor - unless you already know how to learn effectively.
Awesome! I recommend digging into the additional readings material. I found there a lot of great articles on the study's topic.
If you are stuck at any age (and I mean it. It doesn't matter if you are 8 or 80) or feel stagnant in your learning endeavors then take this course. You will have a great time with the instructors. Best of all if you have lots of free time and are scared of taking tests then this course will surely help you through. Or if you cannot comprehend the lessons in class this course will help you understand how you can improve.Take this course at any stage of your life. Happy learning until we meet again.
The best course I've ever learnt in my life.
I found it very good since it helps us to concentrate and to have a good memory in the long term
This course taught me how to learn, introduced me to a lot of other things I wanna learn about, it taught me how to teach, it taught me how to read! (I had it completely wrong!) it taught me, to some extent, how to remember. And most importantly, it taught me how to beat procrastination. I am already teaching two people these course's techniques. Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley!
I learned a lot about learning from this course! Recommended for students and for professionals.
Awesome and very helpful!
awesome course . i love it . everything is quite understandable and whats more important applicable
Really helped me learn more wisely.
Amazing! Simple, rich content and very useful matters
Course was really fun. The test taking seem to be easy though. In the end I did come away learning new techniques for better study habits.
This course is full of useful tips and strategies to improve your study. The more your put into it the more you'll get out of it.
Helps you to learn more efficiently by understanding how your brain works.
Really amazing course! I watched it at 2x the speed and it was a quick and very efficient investment into my life!
Very real experiences / challenges faced while performing learning activities. Thanks for all the Help
Fantastic course, I really enjoy it.
Fantastic course! which I knew these methods when I was in High School.
This course was very easy to follow and provided me with some effective tools which has already helped me with my everyday tasks in my job. Dr. Oakleys passion for learning made the different learning topics very interesting and humorous.
awersome course!! Love you, Barbara!
Very good course about learning how to manage yourself into your everyday struggle to learn something new
A really good course that shows you solutions you can consider when you don't know how to learn something.
Great course! Thank you!
Excellent course with powerful tools to enhance our learning capabilities.Thank you to all the team!
Informative with lots of additional resources.
Really great course.I am very interested in learning how to learn and this course gave me very good additions to the things I already know.
Absolutely loved this class! I just wish this was available to me when I was in school! I did so many of the wrong things!
Great course! This course is a must for everyone that is looking to improve your must valuable asset, your ability to learn.
The best online course I have ever taken.
Excellent course to gain insights about the Learning Process and how one can utilize some of the best techniques out there to master the art of learning.
Excellent insights presented in a easy to understand way.
This course was great. Very inspirational and I felt like I learned alot!!!
This is a fantastic course that I wish I would have had available to me when I was still in high school. I think the concepts taught would have put me on an entirely different educational path. Thanks again for the great course!
Simple pleasures! learning a few tricks, hows and whys about the brain was not only fascinating but very useful.
AWESOME COURSE
This is an exceptional course. it delivers what it promises. I thought I was a fairly well organized person, but I still learned a lot.
An excellent course and must take for every student
I have learned a lot about this course. I enrolled in this class before I took a competency exam and a board exam. It helps me how to focus and learn the easier way. I passed the two exams.
Amazing!!! I learned so much and was able to put it into practice immediately. This course blew my mind and I'm recommending it to everyone I talk to. I'm an informal educator K-6 and I've been using the strategies in this course with my students with great success. Thank you so much!
Excellent. I study myself for a lot of years and I learnt a lot of concepts I was not aware of!
the course was very intersting and i learned a lot of new ideas. my vision of learning has envolved. thank you
Simply: this is the single best and most important course of learning I have ever done.Not only has it inspired and uplifted me, it has given me real and concrete methods and techniques for becoming a much better student (of life!). For all people of all ages, backgrounds and interests I tell you: take the opportunity to do this course and you will not look back.I wish I had this course when I started university; it should be compulsory material for learners and students everywhere. In short, this course is OUTSTANDING.I want to thank Barbara Oakley in particular for teaching me how to be a much more capable human being.
This is an awesome course! I have learnt many things that help me learning more effectively and master tough subjects. Special thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, University of California, San Diego and coursera for this course.
I found this course for my 12-year-old daughter. She is starting to get classes that depend on tests for the grade, and she was really unclear how to study effectively. I decided to take the course also, and my 6-year-old son, who is highly motivated, participated with me. I got some key benefits from the course, particularly the pomodoro technique, which I am using. The side benefit to doing this "as a family" is that it gives us a vocabulary and common experience around which to discuss learning concepts together.
I am so glad I discovered this course right before I begin Ph.D studies. Not only were the lectures insightful, but also the optional expert Interviews and Supplementary readings. This course will definitely transform you into a more conscientious learner. Thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowksi (and all other background workers) for taking the time to organize and share such useful content in a practical, succinct and lucid way.Examination seasons are approaching in Jamaica, so I am motivated to write an article for the national newspaper to share effective learning strategies based on this course. Thank you again
This course helped me a lot throughout lifelong learning process. From Exercise to deliberate practice, procrastination, focused and diffuse mode, task-management, chunking, memory palace, pomodoro technique and many more... Thank you so much to Dr. Barbara Oakley and the whole team of LHTM.
It's a great course, which is very helpful to learn some difficult things. Thanks very much. The only problem is my English is too weak to follow the English subtitle, so I have to use Chinese subtitle. Anyway, the course teach me how to learn in a better way, I will introduce it to my students. Thanks again. BTW, it's my first course which is finished in Coursera.
This course is so amazing.
Fantastic course! Learn so many effective techniques to improve the way I learn. It made learning faster and more effective for me. Thank you!
Thanks very much for all the new, highly relevant information provided. I think it will be very useful in all my future plans and I will strongly recommend it among my friends, colleagues and relatives.
Thank you for all teachers
Very useful information. I would have liked a bit more scientific information about how learning takes place, but this class did a good job of teaching me some ways to learn more effectively and to avoid procrastination.
You should take this course first. It makes every other course thereafter so much more efficient in terms of learning. Highly recommend. Easy, great presentation of material and fun.
Great!!
It was very helpful course.
very good and interesting
I enjoyed the course, and I found the material to be useful and relevant for future use by just about everybody at some point in their lifetimes.
Really helpful course. Great instructors. Wishing all the very best. Happy learning!!!
Very useful course. The bonus interview videos are awesome. Make sure you check them out.
Most amazing MOOC I've ever taken! The lessons I've learned are going to be with me for my whole life!
It's helpful to realize myself memory system, and gives good approach to learn something in proper way.
I loved this course. Barb has amazing teaching skills and I wanted to learn more and more. Will see if I can actually use it. I need to overcome zombies and vampires and that isn't easy.
This course has been my company during my morning commute to work and I couldn't be happier.The videos are easy to watch, the information is easy to retain and there are funny jokes along the way.Thank you so much for your work, I learned many techniques to improve my learning capacity and I understand better how the brain works! It made me curious to learn more about our brain.
I loved the ideas, tips, and insights this course offered. Professor Barbara Oakley is wonderful, and I appreciated her demeanor and overall being. The Pomodoro technique has been extremely useful, and I'm looking forward to applying the other methods on more of my Coursera Studies.
Have many interesting aspects for teachers too understand, especially on how focus and defused mode of the brain works, and how to use it effectively in your lectures . only thing i think there is missing is a bit more theory about the serotonin, Dopamine and Acetylcholine. so it's not only primal function mentioned , but also how it interaction with the brain itself.
very good course! make me study more efficiently and make me more creatively
An excellent course. I strongly recommand it.
A powerful learning program for everyone. So glad to join and complete this course. This makes study and learning much easier. Thank you.
This course is highly recommended especially if this is your start of Coursera journey. It is quite helpful in improving learning abilities in aspects of efficiency and effectiveness. This is also the footstone for subsequent learnings of other areas of interests !
Life changing. I always thought I had a learning disability. With this course it taught me who I am and how I learn. Taking advantage of how I learn to enhance my life.
Perfect course with great teachers!
This course illustrates how to learn in the best ways with alternative methods. The course inspires me a lot and solve some of my learning doubts and difficulties I faced before. Every study struggle has a reason behind! Thanks for this course which open the door to be a better learner, the remaining pathway is to practice these techniques and being passion in learning.
An Excellent course, instructor is engaging.
An excellent choice to start your journey in the 'Coursera' world!
Great course! Provided a lot of insights and helpful tips! I followed this course after I switched jobs and started working in the Learning and Development area. I believe every student should follow this course because it will help them in their studies!
I only finished first week but will comment nevertheless, this is a great course. I had other moocs and wish i had started with this. If you are passionate about learning this course is a must.
It is really a useful course for all of us.Thanks to this course, I can know how to learn more effectively
This course is enlightening . I learned things about how my own brain works that I would have never come up with on my own. I imagine tha I will benefit greatly from this course in my further studying.I recommend this course for anyone who ahs issues with test taking or wants to get even better results on their test taking.
I found it extremely interesting and useful. It is a compact course but has given great mental tools to help in learning.The list of optional readings is helpful in getting a deeper understanding. I feel quizzes could have been a little more challenging. I really enjoyed the videos and from them have learnt how to deliver a video lecture.Thank you
Great Course, I have started using methods taught in the course in order to improve my learning in all aspects of life. Thanks to the instructors, fellow students, and to the people at coursera who make this possible.
This course provide me of a set of tool to improve my career.
Amazing instructors and also the material! I love it! Thanks for sharing all this knowledge.
Very Helpful.Thank you!
The course has been really useful to me. I would like to thank both my instructors and the entire Coursera team for having given me a wonderful opportunity to learn and discover myself.
Very good course. I want to suggest everyone to take this course. It will effectively increase your ability to learn something new and glue up your old studied things
Best course for learning how to learn :)
An eye-opener, I really enjoyed this course.
Helpful to hear with "fresh" ears from some experts on how to learn - here's hoping it will help me in grad school!
I want to thank you for this wonderful course "learning how to learn: powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects" Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and Becca Judd.With the knowledge that you have invested in this training, I learned the method of "Pomodoro" and better learned about the capabilities of your brain. Believe in themselves and understand how to circumvent pitfalls on the path of my thoughts. And figured out how to conquer procrastination, which is actually very important.Thank you and success in science.Evgeniy Arkhipov.
Excellent training action, very enriching and of great impact at a personal level and therefore professional, is a course with a higher level of organization and a unique pedagogical design despite being such a complex and broad subject. My sincere congratulations to all the team that makes this beautiful activity possible, especially to Dr. Barbara as its director.
This course was designed near to perfection . Dr Barbara Oakley and Dr Sejnowski did a wonderful job.I liked the optional interviews a lot and learned from the insights of special achievers in their field.I liked the idea of writing essays on our plan of using this knowledge for our own and for teaching others what we have learned , fascinating and rewarding.
High-quality! Very interesting course with many useful resources! Thanks.
After this cousre, I was motivated, confident, Plan learning effectively easily, Avoid procastination, Manage work tasks well, Deal with difficult work/subjects with process approach, Speedup learning, Teach my child ways to learn and Understand brain facts. Thank you :-)
The course can teach you many valuable tools that you can use to study, focus, and avoid procrastination.
This course is a great outline to our mental capabilities, and it reminds me of Holistic learning which talks about the same tools to use your brain.
Simply put. As a habitual procrastinator, this class helped in identifying bad habits and solidify good ones. Honestly a life changing outlook towards the future in learning that can be applied in many facets.
The information on this course is very important. i will surely share this it with my family, peer and colleagues.Thank you very much Coursera, Continue with the great work.
Useful and helpful course I've never seen it before and practical course and do much more quizzesThanks for being here
A very useful and practical course which has has revealed the flaws in my own learning methods and simultaneously enhanced the ways I view the learning process.
One of the best course I have taken, I would revise the material again for more practice and understanding
Nice, I liked this course. Those students or people who are facing problems with learning new things or procrastination they can join this course to learn how to overcome these problems. Very effective course to help in learning.
I wish I learned this while in college. But since we are continuously learning our whole life, this is very useful.
This course is amazing and a very unique one. I am really fortunate to have enrolled for this! I have learnt so much that will be very valuable to me all throughout my life.
The information is useful
I describe it as a simple but at the same time powerful course. Provides the basic foundations and methods to learn better and more effective. Thanks!
This course might turn out to be one of the most influential things in my life.
This might just have changed my life!
Make some good points, but still difficult to achieve
"Leaning how to learn" is an amazing course that explains the learning process and gives tools to continue learning more efficiently, every day.
I will change your life.
Great course! It teaches skills for a lifetime. Everyone should take it.
Excellent course, please create a small course for Children, it would be wonderful to make an easy course for children to teach them how to learn from their early stages.
I learned heaps. The course is very helpful - so much so that I bought the book by Dr Oakley.
Amazing online curriculum! A clear and concise approach to explaining learning. A must take class for any learner.
Outstanding course. I have acquired confidence to master every topic I will probably face during my lifetime.
It was a great experience. I thought it would be painful, but it truly is a great course.
High efficiency course design. highly recommended.
A great course I will recommend to everyone, period.Nice hosts, useful concepts, fun throughout the course but serious approach.
Excellent course which teaches a crucial and fundamental skill. The instructors Barbara and Terrence are clearly passionate about the topic; it's reflected in the high quality of the course. I liked all aspects of the course, but I really appreciated all the optional interviews they did. It's great to have so many different perspectives on learning how to learn. I was able to take away something (even if only one or two things) from every interview.
I thoroughly enjoy the course learning how to learn. Hope to apply some of the learning techniques to new subjects in the future.
This course is excellent, both the content and the professors. You will gain different techniques to help you learn better for the rest of your life!
The best course ...
Great course! Very helpfull!
Very cool information. Reallyavailable information filed
Not bad overall. Some very useful tools, although I confess I found a lot of the delivery to be very dry...sorry! Best of all is the ongoing weekly email which continues to throw up new sources of info. Many thanks.
Great Course..
Great course. It should be thought in schools from the first grade :)
This course helped me to achieve a better material learning without tireding my mind. Thx allot .
i wish the drawing like donkey and zombie are a little bit prettier. what we have right is absolutely disgusting and make me want to look away
I learned so much with this course. Thank you.
this is a very good course
I learnt a lot, I will write a summery, thank you very much!!
This course is awesome. Dr. Oakley has taught many helpful skills on how to learn. But for me, the most important and most helpful thing, is that you are not born to become who or born to be specifically proficient in some subjects. As long as you learn with right methods, you can learn anything. For long I've been trapped and handicapped by the "einstellung" that I'm not a math or physics learner. Now I'm completely confident that all I need is to walk away from the comfort zone and learn efficiently with those useful and scientific methods. Many thanks to Coursera and the course team. Thank you!
Excellent: since we go to school we are focused learning topics but nobody teaches us how to learn.This course is mind-opener and gives precious advice to improve our learning techniques and become more self-confident.
I leaerned a loy. Thank you very much. My ways of
It is great course. I have learn a lot
My background is a degree in Cognitive Science, and I believe my review may be more specific to this perspective. If your background is psychology/cognitive science/neuroscience, then you may not learn a whole lot of new learning techniques in this course. However, it was an easy and light refresher and provides a lot of useful analogies to reshape (or ingrain deeper) learning techniques you are already aware of. I did learn a few additional learning tools that I plan to implement. If your background is not from one previously mentioned (or similar), this is a great, easy course that will help you learn in all areas of life and is worth taking, esp. for the small time commitment each week relative to the potential life-long benefits.
I really learned a lot and gave me tips on how to be a better learner in all aspects not just academics.I highly recommended!
5 stars- they made it easy to understand how learning works and what the best conditions are retain information. I'm so excited to take more courses and apply what I've learned here!
I learnt a lot of new things about learning how to learn. I now have a different perspective in life.
Excellent course, it helped me a lot, now I feel more confident to study and learn what I ought to know!
I found difficult to navigate within the course and the style of the course is not very modern. I felt difficult to follow the whole program, which might be also linked to my level of English that might not have been good enough, considering the technical vocabulary used in the program. However some interesting and very concrete tips to learn
This course change my thoughts of learning and make successful in my study
Brilliant course! Though I wished the quizzes incorporated (one of the learning tips in the course) interleaved distributed practice, e.g. testing week 2's material in week 3, etc. Also, the wrong answers in quizzes tended to be not tricky enough, i.e., someone who hasn't learned the material adequately could just do the quizzes and pass, since the wrong answers are obviously wrong.
Learning How to Learn has been an eye opener to many different aspects of learning. Hope to make the best use of the techniques taught in the course throughout life by practicing them diligently. Many thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrance Sejnowski and the team!!
good information really. i have learned a lot. keep going :D
This was a great course that helped me realize why I was already using a lot of important learning techniques while learning new skills. The material was presented very eloquently, not to mention the subject matter is inherently interesting. It was a great pleasure taking this course and I couldn't recommend this course enough!
This was a fantastic course! Brief in duration, insightful, and immediately applicable.
Amazing course. I highly recommend this to everyone.
very good course for how to learn and learn yourself!
A very helpful course! I am willing to keep practicing the techniques and ideas discussed throughout the lectures and applying them during my master's research.
Must have this course. It will give unique and new perspective about learning.
In today's rapidly changing society, in order not to be left out, it is of utmost importance to practise lifelong learning. This course is extremely useful and timing given the global changes. It provided me with useful information and helpful tips for making my learning more effective. I believe that if I practise the tips shared in this course, I would be able to learn effectively, for life.The course was presented in an interesting and easy-to-understand manner. The pace was a tad slow for me as I am only taking two MOOCs. But I find that this pace would be just great if you were taking many MOOCs or if you were not a native speaker of English.I highly recommend this course to anyone who would like to supercharge their learning.
Well explained, includes lots of reference materials. The interviews were inspirational.
awesome course! I plan to use few of the techniques for my life not just on studying but other aspects as well.
Lovely course, essential to anyone studying, or even trying to get the most out of life. A great 1st choice to accompany you with any other courses!
The tests are a little too easy.
In my opinion - this course should be taught at the very beginning of school. Very valuable knowledge that could save a lot of people a lot of time, and improve their learning abilities so much!
Interesting, engaging and educational! This course is taught in a motivating, fun style that will keep you glued to the screen. Learning How to Learn gives a solid understanding of how our brain retains and recalls information. The videos will help you to beat procrastination, use your time most efficiently when learning new material, and memorize information in different ways. There are lots of super test-taking tips too! Though not required reading, Barbara Oakley's excellent book, "A Mind For Numbers", is a well-written companion for this course. The suggested articles for each week's studies are enlightening and so interesting that you'll read many more than you expected, and come out all the wiser. If want to create a strong foundation for learning new material, this course is a perfect choice.
What struck me the most was the fact that some of the concepts that are taught in this course are things a lot of people are already doing on a subconscious level. It really helped me look at things like this from a different perspective.While you could argue that some of the examples and metaphors that are used by Dr. Oakley are a tad childish for older students, they get the point across very well.The book pretty much covers the course material and in that sense, I don't consider it a necessary purchase. Having said that, it helps to read through it to help you solidify the things that are taught in this course.Thank you to everyone that helped for these life long lessons and sparking my interest in neuroscience!
The course was fun and engaging. Also I really like the follow up emails with random bits of advice on how to learn and interesting recommendations for further reading material and exploration.
Fun and rewarding
Great tools and scientific explanations that help us understand how our brain works, why we procrastinate and how to learn more efficiently. You start having a more rational attitude towards your learning process, which helps move forward and get it done easier than before! You can definitely get rid of bad old habits and start creating new more healthy ones. Very helpful for anybody, life is a constant learning journey!
One of a best courses I did ever! Highly recommended to everyone who wants to get more out of his studies.
Valuable information and very interesting interviews
Through this course I learned about the mechanics of the learning, techniques for learning better and also how to retain what we learn in our long-term memory.The course covers a wide range of topics such as procrastination, different thinking models, the importance of physical activity for your brain among many others.The course has the contribution of experts and scientists from different domains which I believe that contributes for the overall quality of the program.I highly recommend everyone to take this course!
This was a very interesting,revelatingand just plain fun course
It was a challenging and informative course.
This is a fantastic course. Probably the best course I've taken on Coursera and other platforms for that matter. What makes it great is that it's really well paced, there's not an abundance of overwhelming information and the fact that it uses some of the techniques recommended in the course, like spaced repetition where some concepts are repeated several times during the course. Truly amazing stuff.
Great source of tools, techniques and concepts, that certainly change one life
Very helpful!
THIS IS SO FANTASTIC AND USEFUL! I CANNOT THANK THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER ENOUGH AS TO HOW GRATEFUL I AM. Honestly, I'm entering university with a fresher and more optimistic perspective
This course was a great achievement for me since it helps me to become a better learner.Thank you for your time and support!Ervin
A great course for to learn how learn but also how to teach!!! Thank you very much!!!
Great!!
Like this course!
Excellent course for everyone, i mean literally everyone! It's fundamental that every human being get to know these tricks and methods.
Excellent course. This is my first course and i have learnt a lot from this course.Thanks to Dr.Barbara Oakley and Dr.Terrence helped me build right skills in order to have a proper learning in any Discipline.Thanks to UC San Diego university as well :)
Great Instructors! Very inspiring people!
This is my favorite course in Coursera! I will never feel boring learning this again. Highly recommend:)
this is a game changer :D
This was an amazing course full of thought provoking material. Thank you so much. AG
good course
I enjoy this course,because i find a lot of useful advises
Very helpful. Thanks very much
This is a very strong course with him you can greatly increase your mental capabilities!
i love learning about learning. ^^ this course helps me understand more about my brain and take up a habit to start learning new things everyday. Thanks so much!
I recommend this course to everyone. Happy learning!
It was a great experience of learning how to learn. Very clear, complete. Thanks!!
Very helpful advice and tools and very well presented! Thank you
This course is easy to follow, logical, fun, interesting with a variety of topics and definitely includes what everyone should learn about learning! An impact through a life of learning, which makes me excited. Thank you!
My English is not good, but, I like to say, thank you Barbara and Dr. by learn us to learn.
Thank you so much,
I really enjoyed it. it's informative ,funny and best of all encouraging to never stop learning
Very good and interestin course! Thanks a lot!!
Great content. Useful tips to fight procrastination are given. Lot of fun.
This is one of the best course online - its a pre-course to all the MOOC learning we are going to do in future. Everyone who is thinking of learning and developing skills online as a part of their lives then they should start from this course. Both instructors are pretty cool and everything is explained in best possible way. 5 stars course.
Simply perfect course, I wish I had this course when I was in school
The course is based off cutting edge research and provides valuable advice on the best way to learn anything. Many of the concepts and ideas discussed by Barbara and Terrence resonate clearly with my experiences. One thing I would like to see in a future course is some tips on how to tackle material that isn't student friendly.
Great Learning Experience
Great
I was very pleased to take the courses "learning how to learn", hoping that it will be useful for me the rest of my life to learn to tackle subjects that seemed to me quite complex. I thank Dr. Oklay and all those who contributed To render these courses acceccible to all.
This course actually has some useful stuff rather than just gimmicks as per my presumption.
it's very helpful
thank you very much! :)
Thanks for teaching how to learn :)
This course is so well made, fun, interesting and above all so useful!! Thank you for making these tools and knowledge accessible to us.
Useful, straightforward and easy to understand, a good course indeed.
It was a beautiful experience. The course was designed brilliantly by Barbara Ma'am and Terrence Sir and hopefully I would be able to implement all the techniques taught by them in my daily education. It will go a long way in motivating me to learn new and challenging things. Thank you so much!
Perfect!
It is the first online course I have finished. The interesting content and acceptable diffculty made me keep learning and finished in the end. ThanI‘ve learned a lot.
Thank you so much for this course! It was really enriching, enlightening and engaging :D
Very interesting and useful in order to get more efficient in learning.It was a pleasure to listen to Barbara and Terry, the way they give access to people like me (non professional at all in science) so much knowledge with facility.Thank You !
One of the most useful courses I have done in my life.I study Computer Sceince and it really helps me with the tests.
Very Very recommended
Wonderful and well organized course!!!
good advice, nicely given, easy to follow
A must course for someone who wants to improve his learning skill!.
I liked this course very much – so many interesting and new things.
Ridiculously insightful and extremely useful!
I think it is a perfect basic subjects to start your way when you became a self learner .
Tremendous Course. Absolutely got me focused and motiva
Valuable tips about teaching and learning!
Very useful
Very informative, very helpful, would recommend
Great Work! Thanks for showing the students their own potentials!
Excellent practical understanding of how the brain works in learning mode. With great and memorable tools and techniques for effective learning.
Really instructive. The teachers are interesting, I can't thank Professor Oakley enough for being so kind in her way of teaching . I reallly recommand this course.
Excellent. Simply excellent. This course has opened a whole new world for me. Thank you very much to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for their superb lectures, and for all the effort they have put into making this course. I'm already applying the new mindset and techniques I've learned in this course when approaching something new in my studies, and it's yielding great results. Thank you very much!
Objective and useful to everyone want to learn something no matter what is...
I want to thank all people who contributed to this course. I hope it will change my life. I've already started using all techniques from this course!!!
I'd recommend to anyone.
Very good teachers. Simple but useful facts. Quizzes fun and easy.
I have learned a lot during this course and I am sure it will be helpful for me in my daily/professional life. All the best to the instructors.
Very interesting and helpulf course. All the techniques can be applied in any field
Great course!
It's good course. That help me a lot. It let me know much about how the brain work and memorize the information.But my mother language is not english. It's a little challenge for me to take this course.
It's easy to take . I enjoyed taking it . I highly recommend it
Definitely made me more aware of my own ways of learning. It also really helped to understand why anyone can learn anything, and it gave me more confidence in my own ability to improve myself.
Thanks a lot, Terrence Sejnowski & Barbara Oakley!!!By your commitment I have learn a lot of how to handle learning of new things!I am deeply grateful to you for having the patience to try to learn me all this new knowledge about how our brains works when we force it to learn new things! I will have this in my mind when it gets hard, sometimes to learn new things!Thank you both very much!!! And it have been funny!Kjell Karlsson
Powerful and practical tools.
This is a great course! it is a very good option to gain life long learning tools. Besides, it was very useful for me to tackle some learning problems I had, like procrastination or reading problems. It also provides good tips on how to manage your stress before taking a test and on how to improve your learning, all from a scientific basis! I like a lot the lectures of Dr. Barbs Oakley, she is a very good professor. I enjoyed a lot listening to her videos. Thank you team for this good course! Happy Learning!
One of the best crucial course you every learner needs to start with .
Thank you for your great work!
Great course! Hope I could meet it earlier.
This course helped me to understand how I can be more effective learning new things. What I learned in this course will help me my whole life in different aspects such as professional and personal ambits. I love to learn new things every day and now I will do it with quality, understanding how it works and using excellent techniques and tools.
It is a great course! I strongly recommend it to all people who invest time & money into their education.
Brilliant Fantastic and Amazing Experience
Great mix of practical advice based on deep academic research.
This lecture is excellent.
Very useful for any student who wants to improve the way he learns.
great course! help a lot!
This course changed the way that I approach learning, studying, and memory. Definitely read the book associated with this course. It is all the same material but there are some other interesting stories outlined.
This is a compulsory course, there are plenty of tools to understand how our brain works and how to make the most of it to learn how to learn,very recommended.
That is fantastic and interesting course. I enjoyed tha classes. Thanks to this oportunity!
Excellent course. Re-emphasized the importance of exercise. I will try to use pomodoro technique, understood the importance of diffuse learning and need to start implementing finish times.
Excellent organisation reflecting what they are teaching.
I learned so many useful things in this class. It's a meta-class. How to learn is not something you see very often. I've shared the link with all my friends. Anyone who thinks of themselves as a lifelong learner, and anyone taking classes after a break away from school, will really appreciate this class.
that was a true pleasure!!
Simple and so useful tools that you can use for any subjects and helps you any some many aspects in life. Short, well done, engaging. Thank you for it
Good. For me have some new thing.
Wonderful course for all people who are interested in learning skills
Congratulations!!! It's ones of the most useful course I have done. A lot of techniques and reflexion to never stop to learn and improve day in day out. Thanks a lot to Barbara Oakley and Terence Sejnowsky
I took this course as a preparatory course based on my intent to invest more time in the Coursera course catalog. In addition to providing useful tips and practical study habits and techniques, the lessons also provides insight into brain function and specifically those techniques which help the brain register and maintain the information it absorbs. I found this course to be informative and useful in application.
Great, helpful course - that will definitely help me in future learning.Thanks for plenty of informations I got from this course.
Simple techniques in this course can easily double your productivity.
This course taught me how my brain works, and let me knew what are the points of strength and weakness that I have in my ways of thinking.
I throughly enjoyed this course. It was a wonderful refresher for a person returning to school.
Loved the techniques used during the course
really greath course. I realy like it.
A very friendly course, very easy to understand and to learn tips on learning and how to manage tasks and new subjects.
One of the best course I had on Coursera. This course is really well structured, and which is very rare - interesting in attending.
Extremely helpful and interesting concepts. It changes my learning hereafter.
Very happy with the way modules are structured. will recommend this to everyone irrespective of age and background
This course provided me with a great knowledge on methods of effective learning.
Amazing course on mental techniques to overcome procrastination and remember important information of any subject.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and learnt interesting techniques to better understand concepts, that can be applied to any field of study. I wish I could have taken this course earlier, during my school and college years.
This course has changed my mind
Awesome course. Just a little light on the in the weeds subjects. But fantastic introduction to study methodology.
Good course, I understand more about the learning process. Also learning tips, skills, techniques are provide. I recommend this course to everyone. Knowing how to learn is important, useful, and can help you for your future. Thank you!
really helpfull and necessary
Great course, enjoyed very much the journey. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in such a pleasant way!
excellent resource, invaluable information. best decision I've ever made. I would recommend this course to anyone!
one of the best, life changing courses which i would recommend to every learner, student and teacher!!!! 😊
Very good course, I can recommend it to everybody who want to get a deeper understanding on learning. An Barbara is the perfect teacher. Thank you very much for you frindly way of teaching.
Outstanding! Extremely helpful both for professionals and students alike. I love the fact that they keep sending an email every Friday with suggestions, books to read, thoughts and highlights.
Absolutely awesome course. Must for all.
The learning and tips provided in the course will facilitate me to pursue my dream of a life long learn
This course was very helpful. Could not be more grateful for the information.
I have a PhD , and yet this course improved my learning skills, and made me aware of unproductive approaches to avoid. I know much more about how to deal with procrastination, and how to help study groups be more effective.
Enjoyed learning how to learn especially the optional videos with many eminent people.
This is a really practical and interesting course that I enjoyed. I would recommend it to anyone who is serious about learning.
Excellent course. It helped me manage my study time and improved my productivity. Recommend it!
A well-designed, well-delivered course. I strongly recommend it to any student who wants to improve their study skills and/or any faculty member interested in learning how to help their students.
Good stuff, need to review it occasionally cuz it takes conscious effort to change behavior
It's a essential course about learning, with practical exercises and helpful examples.
Very useful and interesting.
Great course
Great reinforcement of vital learning techniques.
Awesome course
Very Good Course !!!
Excellent course. The course material justifies the title very well as it is package of tools for boosting creativity and effective learnin. In addition, the element of fun in quizzes keeps one motivated and happy throughout the course. I strongly recommend everyone that please take sometime out and first learn How to Learn before learning anymore things.
The course gives an insight into your brain and its powers and limitations. The best thing to do is to experiment the learning techniques on this course itself. The tone of the course instructors is also very friendly. Nothing is difficult, if you try.
This is a great course based on science of learning and not some shitty self help.It's surprising I knew so less about my own brain before i took the course
Fantastic course. This course really helped me to work through my issues with procrastination.
I loved, learned and understood a lot. Opened my eyes in reference to many issues that caused me concern, thank you.
Excellent. So informative and applicable that I plan to retake as a refresher.
Great course, where I have learned lots of techniques to learn and where I have discovered much of the brain's working method. I recommend you to take it and Learn how to learn!
A very good course, I have recommended it to a few other people that have also finished it.
Interesting learning course. You need to stick to follow the videos (may seem a tedious by moment). Overall, a good average course.
Excelente course!!! Greetings!
Very good course. Althoug a bit basic.
Very good mind tools to improve learning career ... Thank you very much for the people who work behind this course to help the people all over the world to achieve their learning.
Great course, it goes through the simple to the complex stuff about how your brain works when you are learning. It also teaches how to tackle procrastination and get rid of the anxiety during a test.Not to say about the awesome teachers that we got. Learn How To Learn!
Many thanks for this course. Some ideas was really new to me and I learn a lot. More important, this isn't another "tips and tricks" course, It is the system which smart people can use to improve themselves.Keep up the good work. It was a pleasure getting to know you.. :)
Really good!
I am very happy and glad that I took this lesson on how to learn. It made me realize how many mistakes I use to do in my studies.Now I able to correct them and improve myself. Thank you.
Simple and easy, must to take to LEARN HOW TO LEARN, before learning any discipline or topic.
Mind = Blown
Thank you so much...
Really helpful
I think everyone should follow this course. If I'd had these insights when I was in high school, or even the beginning of college, I would have done so much better. But, now, I can apply it to my middle life learning and I'm extremely grateful for that as well. Thank you so much.
Awesome course! I am excelling in all my classes because of these valuable techniques. Great instructors too!
This is really an excellent course. It is a course that will transform your way of learnig. so why not have a try and I believe your life will be different if you apply what you learn in this course into use.
Great course! Should be taught prior to HS/College so students can understand best habits to really learn the material and ingrain it in long term memory rather than short term or working memory. Especially loved the content on procrastination and the "Pomodoro technique". Thanks Barbara and everyone at UCSD who made this course happen!
I really enjoy the course, plus the 2 teachers are really clear
Very useful and practical!! Thanks a lot!
Good for people want to know about learning to learn. Nice course !
This is the first cours to learn before anything else.
Very nice course, especially useful for high school students and anyone trying to master new learning.
Best Course ever it help me learn how to handle my work and tasks more efficiently and prepare me ahead for my upcoming harder classes
Both instructors gave a unique perspective on learning process. So far i focused on outcome of learning not as much about the process. First time i feel that i have many tools to learn new things.
I wish I had taken this course 25 or so years ago. I have started using several of the techniques taught in this course, including Pomodoro technique, and am already seeing improvements in my use of time, along with various other techniques from the course helping with retention and understaning.
Extremely useful course. It not only helped me to learn scientifically-proven strategies of learning, but also inspired me to rethink my learning goals and highlighted areas I have either never thought of, or abandonend, thinking that it will take me more of resourses to master it, than I have; however now I'm positively sure that I can get back to my old goals
really helpful and give me many new perspectives to look deeper about leaning and how our neurone system works
I've been learning the whole my life. The whole my life I've been learning in a wrong way, because for some reason or another they don't consider it's worth teaching pupils and students how to learn, which is the first thing I suppose is to be learnt at any education institution. Thank you very much for this course. You have encouraged me to deliver this information to my students. I want to continue working on this topic more deeply at my Master Program.
Engaging, witty, informative, compulsive, persuasive and effective. Nothing fancy, just a smart presenter putting it over in a way that makes sense supported by the science and academic papers that give it credibility. Yet so many people have tried to do this in the past? It is the magic of combining an online platform that is of its age and works, and someone with a story to tell.
This course is excellent! I'd say this is a must-take course. It covers many learning techniques supported by science, and it details how to beat procrastination. If (or when) you take this course, make sure to check out the optional readings and interviews at the end of each week as they provide valuable additional information that expand upon and can help solidify the material covered that week. I will definitely be employing the techniques discussed in the course!
Brought new ideas of studying to me .
This course really helped me get a hang of how to manage procrastination, focusing on work and being able to the most productive I've ever been in my entire life!I'd definitely recommend anyone who is having trouble studying or learning to go through this course :)Peace.
Really good course. The materials are arranged very well. Quizzes are also very fun.
Great !!!
Great material! Though I already know a lot about learning, I learned got some helpful advice. Especially the interviews are very interesting.
First of all, I would like to thank the teachers of this course. This course helped me to explore new techniques for learning new subjects and how to tackle the new challenges by my newly acquired set of skills.
Excellent course, The only thing I regret is that I found this course only in my 32 :)
Dear Professors/Instructors/TAs/moderators/coders:It is very good for you to start your work in a very early time! BUT it is so rude to send emails/notifications/greetings/reminders to me in a very early/late time (e.g., 7AM, 10PM). During that moment, I was waked up frequently by your emails which do NOT include a big deal.
I wish It had more examples on how to use these techniques in school but overall it really helped and I think I am doing better in school now :D
Hi: I would like to know if it´s the last certificate or I have to wait coursera to verify it.regards
A lot of interesting material. Easy to follow course. Good explanations and videos. Concepts easy to understand.
It was interesting: you get information on learning techniques. But don't expect a miracle: learning does require work and time.
This course is priceless! I would like to express my gratitude and admiration to the Dr.barbara oakley and Dr. Terrence sejnowski for such a wonderful job, for developing this extraordinary and useful course about learning how to learn and encourage so many people around the world to improve their skills! Thank you very much!
Its a fantastic course that i would recommend everyone to take whether they are student or not, because learning in life never stops,and this course will teach you how to make most of that learning.
This is a must do MOOC.
Really enjoyed this course. Very well presented and so much practical information you can use right away.
Amazing teacher and teachings. Highly recommended for all activities you would like to be involved in. Great tips on how our brain works and on how to get the most out of it.
This is a great course for anyone. It helps you understand how your brain works and gives you concrete techniques on how to take advantage of how we learn best. This course will positively effect how you learn in all the other courses and in daily life.
very good course on learning more effectively and managing time better
This course has given me self-esteem and hope. Thank you Prof. Oakley.
Great refresher on the concept of learning. opened my understanding to several effective techniques to use in my upcoming courses.
A must for every student and learner... so, for everyone!It gives not only useful advice and instructions, but also hopes and refreshed motivation.
it gives a lot of information and research that helpful to improve the way of study, so we can really learn.
Very interesting and usefull!
Well taught, interesting, understandable, engaging. Very useful at any age! I wish it'd existed when I was still at uni, it might have made a difference ;-)
it has been amazingly helpful! Thanks a lot!
This is a wonderful school. Would highly recommend it to all students and more importantly all teachers at all levels. I am hoping to use these great learning tips in my class and students. Hope to translate it to my native language of Odiya so that more people can be exposed to these important ideas.
Very helpful tips....wish I did this course 30 years ago!!
I've learned focused and diffuse mode of thinking, how to overcome procrastination, the pomodoro technic and so on...
Fantastic. Difficult topics are nicely simplified and it has ton of really great ways to improve your learning style. I was also very surprised by some of the ideas, but I have since found that the techniques that I was most surprised about, are the ones that work the best.
This course is LIFE ALTERING!I've even read the book by Barbara Oakley - "A Mind for Numbers" from cover to cover and I've absolutely loved the book as well. I do plan to read the book twice a year so as to cement the lessons into my learning self.
This course is quite helpful for me to figure out how should I organize my study and manage my life and work. It not only gives instruction on what an how to do, but also helps you to understand why you should do this.
Brilliant and eye opening! This should really be a part of every school curriculum.
cant really do e learning without understand how to learn so starting here is best
I loved this course! I learned a lot and look forward to putting the skills to use. The lectures were as fun as they were informative!
A fantastic course that truly shows you the methods of effective study, backed by scientific research.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to rethink parts of my work as teacher. During the sessions of this course I already gave my students some hints, such as "pomodoro" (it was the first time I heard about it, although I'm Italian :)). The next step will be encouraging those who struggle with study and giving them some tools.Another thing I love is returning to be a student and taking tests: this helps me understanding what's going on in the students mind.Grazie mille e ciao!!
I've always been a lover of learning, and this course condenses all of the latest research into one place. If you are ever wanting to learn something (which we all do), you need to know the information from this course.
I am Rekha from Indonesia. During this session I learnt so many things which I was not aware of. For example our brain has two modes of learning focus and diffuse modes, about procrastinating, that it is when we skip some problems when we feel it hard , about rereading, that it is not the correct way of learning. Recall the understangs, deliberatly practicing and repetitions are the correct way to learn and memorize. Chunking was so new to me. I never heard about it. The course was little difficult for me. However, I finished it successfully. I am happy that I got opportunity to improve and enhance my knowledge regarding how to learn. Thank you so much.
it's a great course that will help you save time and effort and study smart
This is a course that is truly about learning which applicable and practical knowledge and techniques are taught. Each video have visual aids and analogies with some comedy added in that helps to retain information. Questions at the end of the videos test your understanding on the lectures and a summary at the end of each week is useful in recalling and retaining information. I feel that most presentations and lessons taught in school can definitely learnt from this course in teaching more effectively. The tremendous efforts put into interviewing successful people in different careers and hearing tips are very enriching.
Wonderful course. This is my first online course. Surely it built a strong foundation.
The best course I've studied. (not only in Coursera) Your Learning skill, and more importantly, Understanding of How learning works can Improve magically through it. You can learn better other things with it. Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr.Terry Sejnowski. Happy Learning!
very useful, especially for the pomodoro technic and memory palace introduction
I tell everyone about this course!
Nice people, good teachers, solid information. Thank you.
Very useful and helpful!
Learnt so much. Have already recommended it to several colleagues and family members and will continue to do so.
Excellent course. My performance and hability to learn improved a lot at work.
I'm very happy, the course looks me like very interesting. I hope use the knowledge and give it to my nephews and people around me.I want give a special thanks about translation to Spanish.
Concepts/techniques that stuck with me specifically:PomodoroSlow and fast learning
I loved it! really good tools for learning.
A good first
Nice course, I learned a lot here.
Really, Really interesting.
incredible course
This is a fantastic course. It really helped my understand how we learn and how to become a better learner. It combines facts about the brain with our daily life which makes the information not only interesting but also highly relevant . Questions at the end of the videos are a great tool to make sure you were actually paying attention. during the video.Barbara Oakley is a splendid coach and made this course a memorable experience for me and Terry Sejnowski helped me understand science simply without over simplifying it. :)Kudos to the entire team of Learning How To Learn !Cheers!p.s. Thank you Coursera for offering such courses. :)
This helped me so much. Barbra Oakly was so engaging and a wonderful instructor.
Worth the time, fun, and you get weekly emails that are awesome!
Professor Oakley and Professor Sejnowski, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your deep and well put together lectures as well as the many interviews with professionals. Although I was not able to push forward with the written assignments , this course gave me the inspiration I needed to challenge myself and has inspired me to look at things in a renewed prospective. I have always dreamed about going into academia, but felt that I was burdened with many learning disabilities. Such as never being able to take tests or reading to slow or not being able to write well, and even being diagnosed late in life with dyslexia. I hope and intend to use what I learned in this course to fight off the demons that have prevented me from finding my passion. I feelthat though the lectures and interviews that I can break the shackles that have limited me from doing what I never thought possible.
Wonderful Course ... This course is first to learn before learn any other course
It was amazing, I have learned a lot. I highly recommend it.
brilliant - cannot fault it. They should teach this in schools & colleges
This course is very helpful for students in schools and colleges. A Must do course for any student.
It was fun learning how to learn with this course.
Thank you very much for this course! It is incredibly interesting and useful! In the same time it is simple, so everyone can take advantage from it! So I recommend it to everyone!
Highly recommend this very useful course. Done accelerated learning techniques in the past but as it turns out these can often create ilusions of competence. The scientific validity of the ideas presented make this an extremely valuable course for anyone serious about improving their learning, memorisation and test taking skill as well as making better use of that wonderful miracle of creation we have between our ears.
Really useful and provided in a great and relevant manner!
As it told , learning how to learn. I love it.
Thank you for inspiring me to learn effectively
Great Course! And Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Mr. Terrence Sejnowski, Coursera and many others who make this course available to public! It is really changing life course! Hope for new part for it as life is evolving and new concepts will be out there always :)!
Practical skills taught well
I have already learnt so much and am applying it to not just learning but many other things in everyday life. Have highly recommended it to friends and family.
It opened my m
If your your are looking for the formula to use your brain with more efficiency. Take this course right now. And the end of the course, i was mixed with two feelings why haven't i enrolled myself earlier and welcome to a new-me ready to explore an ocean of new subjects . I send a warm thanks to Barb and Terence for the quality of their work and for having shared their knowledge.
This course provides the student a solid foundation for learning. The lessons are very informative and well explained. I also liked that the instructors provided additional reading resources and informative interviews. This course helped me deal with and effectively overcome my procrastination! I am truly grateful for this course!
This is one of the best course
wow ! it's amazing class! teaching me lots of helpful skills! Appreciate ~
This course has been very helpful in identifying where I was going wrong in my studying habits. It has helped me build mental calibre to approach learning new things while being excited about it rather than having any kind of fear. The course is very insightful and will make one realize every single damn thing they have been doing wrong while learning. Lastly, the learnings from this course is going to stay with me for the rest of my life and I am gonna learn everything more effectively. Thank you, @Barbara Oakley for sharing this awesome course with us.
Well done, straight to the point, I couldn't imagine better course on the subject. I actually read a lot about this subject in different books, this is by far the best and more concise one. Cheers
Thank you really much for this awesome course! I only wish that I had seen it earlier, 6 years ago, when I began my university studies. This year I am finishing my Masters degree in Computer science. I strongly believe that this gained knowledge will help me for my whole remaining lifetime learning.
The best course I've had the privilege to follow on Coursera so far!
This course gave a very in depth explanation of how we learn and techniques we can use to better our memory and our learning.
Very interesting and helpful.
Excellent for any level and age, independent of the academic background and/or professional knowledge. It was really worth for me. Thanks for everyone involved in this project !
I've learn powerful information about how to learn! It was very empowering and helpfull
That is an outstanding course! I really learned a lot about how to improve my learning and I am putting this knowledge into practice in many other areas of my life. The distinction of focus mode x diffuse mode helps to understand that learning cannot be an inertial action of only doing the same thing all the time. Variation is extremely important! I also enjoyed a lot the taught techniques like the Pomodoro, which can be life changing, together with spaced learning (I'm using Anki, another course's suggestion), retrieving and interleaving.It also made me deal much better with procrastination! Thank you very much for such an opportunity. I'll take that for the rest of my life and share this knowledge with friends and relatives, to whom I'm going also to reccomend this course!
This is the first citified course i did for a reason . Hoping that , this will enable me to learn other courses and understand concepts well . it served the purpose!!!
A really good course! Simple and powerful.
I have had a medical doctorate for almost 30 years and have always considered myself a very poor student; avid reader, avid learner- but a poor student. Now it is amazing to me to discover that not only was I correct, but that there are some very concrete, evidence based, efficient and simple methods by which to become an excellent student. Time spent has always been important, but the opportunity to make any time spent well worth the investment is invaluable. Truly excellent course, that I have already and will continue to recommen
This the one! The one that helps to open all the other doors!
Many thanks for all the keys you taught me ! Cause I know now that they'll open the doors, will is here !I'd like to pay to have my certificat , how can I do please ??
Quite simply the standard of what a MOOC should be.
This course is very helpful to gain good grip over learning new things.
WOW! I'd like to take this course 10 years ago, but have not invented time machine... yet :)
If you take this course seriously, it'll really learn you how to learn and become not only a better student, but also a better person, worker.
The class was engaging and impactful! It changes the way I process information on a daily basis. I've enjoyed braiding the Pomodorro method into my study routine and have found that it facilitates more effective intake of information. Thank you, Barbara Oakley!
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Very helpful thanks a million as my friend from Ireland Rosie would say !
How interactive and amazing course is this!!!! i am completely astonish there materials and presentation deliberate process also video edit. It was mind blowing course.This course give me much more than my expectation. why i give 5 star, why not!? if it is possible to rate more than 5 , definitely i give them best. I highly recommend everyone , do not waste your time to learn applying ineffective process. Learn Best tips and technique from this course. I want to mention one of the important point in this course that ,this course's mentor and fellow learner are always active for answering your all questions. And also give thanks to coursera because they make this great platform.
I liked it so much, simple, straight to the point ,and full of techniques and practical work.
I love this course. When I am starting to struggle in a class and cannot figure out what I am doing wrong I always come back to this course to review. Barbara Oakley you are an amazing person and you encouraged me to give collage another try despite my learning disabilities.Thank you, and thank you to everyone else who make this course possible.Troy
I liked that course so much. It is helped me to organize my lerning process. Now i know how to learn.
As someone who doesn't have the time for a formal education, I try to learn through my everyday experiences, no matter how ordinary or monotonous they may appear. This course opened my eyes to tips and tricks to make the best of my learning, regardless of the task I happen to be involved in. Thanks for the h
This course gave me insight on how simple changes on our learning styles, test preparation and even in daily life can have lots of positive impact.
Very useful course. It helped me to understand the learning process better.
Me ha ayudado mucho en mi vida profesional y personal, se lo recomiendo a todos.This course help me a lot in my professionanl and personal life. Everyone should take this course.
Helped me a lot and continues to help me with everyday learning. It has made me become more passionate about self-driven learning! Thank you so much for this well-organized and interesting course.
This is an amazing course, easy to follow and a lot of useful knowledge, enroll it now!
Many things in here should really be taught in fundamental higher level education courses. Although some of the videos are outdated, the concepts are not. Barbara does a pretty good job explaining things and even using the course and tests themselves to showcase how well some of these techniques work.
Learning 'how to learn' to help you learn other difficult things and utilize time much better!
I really enjoyed this course. It helped me understand how to make my learning a LOT more effective. I have also been able to work on changing my ideas, thoughts and behaviors towards learning new material.
Very useful and easy to understand
Unfortunately, our brains don't come with instruction manuals. But this is the next best thing. (and it's free!)
Great course. Too bad only a few could see its true value. As normal human being, we have learned a heck lot subjects in our lives before, but only a few have to come to a realization that 'learning' itself is a subject worth studying. Learning something new is not just a requirement to get a job, it's also a core function of being human. And if you do it right, you will have tremendous and life-lasting fun!Gratitude for Barb, Terry and Coursera team, for making this happen. You've done a superb job!
The course give us techniques that allow us noticed what can be our problems when we are learning somethin new.
Thank you so much for making this course, It really helpful to learn and also easy to follow so I think the early you learn this the better you are when you have to learn something new and especially is you are a student :)Hope you enjoy the course like I do :)Thank our teacher so much again for making learning how to learn
4/5 finished it in under 1 week but it could be faster, maybe have an alternative where you dont repeat yourself that much ? The resources, Optional Further Readings and Optional Interviews ARE A MUST !Dont forget to put it on 1.5x speed ;) ;) ;)
This course helps me a lot in improving learning skill :)
Though I did not take the paid certificate option because I do not have the funds right now, I appreciate the fact that I can learn such wonderful techniques and tools from people who have been able to break through barriers in their own fields. Thanks to Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski, I feel like I have a lot of zombie super-powers now. If you want to know why you have not been doing so well with some courses, this is the class for you. Would probably be the best month of your life
Great course ! Helped me a lot in other areas!
Very well organized course.Really helpful in understanding how to learn. It helps to understand how our brain functions and shows advanced techniques how to use our potential. The lecturers are likable and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed the course approach on how to set up yourself to include new knowledge on your everyday activities.
Great learning course. Learn new things and now going to apply those tools to my life.
Learning without knowing how to learn is much more like getting into water without knowing how to swim !!That what you're going to learn in here and that what they don't teach you in schoolsThis course is a must for not only the students but also for any learner who is concern about getting better in life and learn more effectively and passionatelyI wish I knew half of the principles and learning facts discussed in this course earlier in my studying journeybut it's never too late
This is a great course for many people. It is easy, flexible and promises to either suggest great tools and methods for learning or at the very least inform you of why the methods you use work as well as they do. This is a great course for both learners and teachers as it can help in structuring learning and teaching sessions to maximise information retention and the likes.Further to that the tools for learning mentioned in this course are great and are backed by relevant research. This is a great course to do and if you're starting with MOOCs I would suggest this as one of the first courses to take. Thanks Barbara, Mr T and the crew. This was an enjoyable experience.
A really good course which deals with the basic's of how we can become better learners.
This course is a must have, you will regret not knowing this information sooner!
This is a great course for someone who wants to improve his basic learning technique, understand the science behind learning and implement good learning habits and be a better learner
This course was very valuable to me but it will be more effective if there is a project at the end of the course where every one try to apply what he have learned in the course
Final Quiz is too hard to take ! too much questions haha
How great is this course? everytime I get anxious I just think "I'm Barbara Oakley, thanks for learning how to learn" and get my stuff together and I'm set for whatever comes. For real, this course is great
This course aggregates a lot of best practices how to learn better. Barb goes in deep explanations how our brains are working on both high and low levels. Seems like fall of the course mostly targeted for sturends
This course really helped me, in daily life. It is really well explained and usefull, I recommend !
If you want to be a better learner and improve your learning style, take this course!
very useful
it's amazing and help me alot
Great class - it has helped me with my life.
Great lessons and presentations!
Great class helps in all aspects of life.
The course has a great impact on me now, it changed my attitude as a teacher. Thank you.
An insightful course which helped me to pursue my learning with confidence even when it does not seem to work properly. My conclusion after this course is: Be aware of your "mechanism"
This course is great for anyone who wishes to learn and study more effectively, it's a well taught, informative and thought out course.
It's a very interesting course which is helpful not only for improving your learning skills but also your daily habits of thinking and working as well. If you're interested in the subject of the brain and how it's working that course will give you some foundation of understanding that.
This course has been so helpful to me. It gave me some clues I will need if I want to study something new.
A transformative experience.
Whether you think you know how to learn, or may a need the effective technique about how to learn, this course can enrich one or help in the future.
Great !
Excelent course! It helped me to learn for exams by getting to know many techniques.
This course covers the essentials of learning based on neuroscience. It's chock full of useful required and supplementary content. And the learning doesn't end with the MOOC!
Especially useful when you go back to studying from working
I enjoyed the course
Excellent course - I recommended it to all my family and friends!
it really change my view of how to learn more efficient and effective. it really should be taught at any schools, it will improve our education even further
Wonderful experience, Barbara and Terry have changed my life for the better.
Excellent course, highly recommended.
Recommended for everyone. Simple but powerful techniques to help in everyday learning.
This course should be the starting point of any academic career, it provides useful and actionable insights on how to deal with procrastination as well as providing deeper awareness on how to manage ourself in the learning process. It's a pleasure and a privilege to hear and learn form Prof. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski.
A really useful course. Awesome instructors!
Great course. Really changes your perspective about learning.
It's a very useful and interesting course.
The mentors in this course are excellent. they are doing good job .please conduct more sessions based on these concepts .Thanks for giving such valuble concepts .
Every educator should take this course. It's implications for teaching practices are invaluable, not to mention its helpfulness for personal learning.
The course gave a great insight into how to learn. There are certain techniques that I've already been using, but many of them were new to me. The explanation of why some methods work and some don't was extremely clear.Thank you for this great course, I will gladly use the lessons learned in my future learning.
My only regret is that I didn't take this course years ago.
I am 54 years old and, although impossible to have taken it when I studied my career back in the 80's, I regret not have taken it before. First thing I will do now is tell my kids to take it. Thanks a LOT.
take this course before you take any other
Great course. Really enjoyed learning from it. Thanks to Barbara & Terry.
This course is so great it help me learn better
Very useful!!
I should have started my learning at school just with this course. I would recommend it to any child starting his/her education as well as any other person wanting to learn something new in life.Cheers!
GOOD course with adquate information
I would also suggest reading the book, A Mind for Numbers, which this course was mostly based on.
great！New ideas I got
Really helpful, puts the process of learning into a new perspective.
This course really greate.
Great course helping you to make more of your learning.
Great course! My son and I have both continue to use these principles!
wow, beautiful
I love this course.
This course is amazing! I've learned a lot of tools to learn more effectively.
Inspiring lecturers, a useful course indeed.
Love this course! Very helpful.
Good course, I guess I knew a lot going in, but it was still useful and gave me reassurance on the ways I studied. Really good for students getting back into school.
A lot of useful techniques and motivation.
This course is great course that everyone must pass it before other courses and learning subjects. With this course I know how brain works and what I can do for best performance in study, thinking and learning. Thanks for support Persian language and adding subtitle for videos. You are the best
This is one of the best online-course ever!!!! Why? The learning process is something that nobody can escapes: from passing school exams, driving lesson, learn to cook for your family, evolve in your career, ... in this fast world, the on-going learning process is a must have skills to succeed in this high competitive and ever changing society. This wonderful and motivating course, help me to gain in confidence regarding my learning process and it helps me a lot to win time by finding the right system = to improve my learning. Their awesome sharing technics, priceless advices and real life situation (interviews) turn this course into a must have class to follow. Thank you a million for helping me to improve my journey and knowledge!!!! Flawless 5 Star!!!
I've learned powerful techniques to boost my learning! Thank you!
This is good course to improve your learning skill, we know what should we do to be more effective in learning and better in remember the contents of the lesson or topic that we are learning. Thank you very much to authors for having this great course with clear explanation, guide and concrete example.
I really liked this course, I'm implementing some recommendation to make my study time more effective.
The course is absolutely amazing, great insights!
very helpful
Good content that helpful for your other studies
I really enjoyed taking part in this course.The fully "Open" nature of the course enhanced the effectiveness of the course.This course, has reinforced for me, the truism that you are never too old learn. It discredited the other truism that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. At least not when I was the "old dog".Should you take my recommendation, it is my wish for you to take away as much as I have.
Great course, really easy to follow. A lot of useful extra resources.
It's good to understand the way our brain works when we're learning and how to turn it.
This is an excellent course. Honestly speaking, it give me a different perspective to approach learning. If teachers start taking this course as a guideline, they can help their students overcome their leaning frustrations.
Interesting concepts on how to learn effectively. The earlier we understand these concepts, the better for us to grasp topics for life and be comfortable learning anything under the sun.
This course is simply amazing!
Extraordinary!
I wish I'd known all that as a university student! This course is really changing my life. I definetly will recomend to my fellow lecturers, coaches and professors. Thank you very much LHTL team!
Excellent course, one of the best things I did this year.
thank you !
It is a great course which outlines different techniques which will help you learn more effectively. It also explains the functioning of the brain with regard to learning in easy to understand and fun ways. The course also helps you in dealing with procrastination. I loved the course and would highly recommend it.Thank you Coursera and Team LHTL!
Valuable lessons and a thoroughly enjoyable course.
Amazing course that is completely within reach for everyone. Highly recommend for teachers & anyone considering doing a lot of learning.
A must for anyone, regardless if studying or not, it has extremely useful information which you'll use for every day of your life ( hopefully).
Not only did I pick up valuable ideas to aid my own learning, but also I will teach the strategies and tips (not to mention the overarching idea) to the students at Ruawai College, Northland, New Zealand.
Since my own goal is to be a life long learner, I have read a lot of books about learning and brain. This course has demonstrated the framework and method so that I can connect what I learnt together. That is to say, it is like pearls connecting to the necklace. Thanks for your course.
This is very good course for all age groups and all area of study..
After many fraustrations throught my academic career I have final found the lessons which I wish had been taught! All kids in secondary schools should be taught these lessons (and probably repeated every year) before they are taught anything else.
I really enjoied with this course . I feel exiciting
Excellent course, I learned a lot, very practical to anyone because we should keep learning our entire life, and here you can learn the best way to do it. Recommended.
Well structured, easy to move along. Reading the author's book, which is not required but compliments each other well.I learned a lot in this course. Planning to recommend this especially to college students. I wish it was available then. Even now, I'm planning to put more focus into the main ideas from the course to my future learnings!
It's an EXCELLENT course, overall. And I strongly recommend everyone to take the course as your first MOOC.HAPPY LEARNING.Best Regards,-- Bhuiyan.
Very useful.
One of the best MOOCs I have ever taken. It is very practical, and can be used in your everyday life.The brain is a powerful tool. We use our brains 24*7, and NOT learning how to effectively use this powerful brain is the single biggest mistake anyone can make.I would recommend this to students, working professionals, teachers, parents of school going children and even to people who are into sports.Join the course! I promise it will be worth it!
Good course
It is helpful but not deep enough in some concepts.
I wish that this was a subject of it's own in the high school curriculum in Australia!The tools presented are certainly useful in the approach of learning but very much applicable to many other areas of my own lifestyle. This course has certainly provided both motivation and stimulation for me to enhance aspects of my life previously lacking in effort.Thank you very much!
excellent instruction and materia
The best course that teaches how to learn - manage your brain, idea, ways of studying, etc. I learned a lot from this course and started to view things differently now!
This course simply change my learning life!
Thank you
this is a great lesson for ESL learners, not only can you learn the techniques for studying and learning more efficiently but also learn some useful english words.
Totally transformed my whole approach to learning.
Very useful to make your lerning time more efficient.
It was an excellent course. It explained how our mind works, so that we can use this to our advantage to learn. Lots of valuable tips and methods to improve our learning.
This is a very helpful course, i have learned a lot! Many thanks :D
Excellent Course. This course has changed my outlook in learning.
Everyone should take this
This course is very well taught and easy to understand. I used to think I will never understand what happens in the brain, but after this course I do understand some basic processen happening in the brain. I recommend this course to people who are studying or just like to learn new stuff.
Very Good! It is helps you to learn things about the brain and the attitude front the study. So, you can use this tools for improve yourself.
An excellent course. Will recommend it to anyone who is serious about learning.
The best course ever you'll have
I found Learning How to Learn an enjoyable class class. I paired my efforts by reading the book alongside taking the class and gained knowledge about the topic which I am using in my efforts to learn faster and more deeply now.
A huge help in motivating me to take my studies seriously and learn more effectively and efficiently
A perfectly organised course which helps in mastering the learning technique. This course was one of the best and effective courses i have enrolled and successfully completed in coursera owing to the quality content it provides.
Amazing MOOC! Barbra makes understanding how the brain works so easy! The course is filled with great examples and with a very easy language. I feel like I learnt stuff that I will use for the rest of my life... so thank you Barbra and the people of Coursera for this great tool for learning how to learn!
Super applicable and helpful
I loved it, thank you!
Perfect place to start when your gonna study anything!
Very insightful course with a lot of "AHA!" moments in realizing my own bad habits and how to fix them.
Very good course with many useful tips, insights, great respondents, techniques, and it wasput professors` hearts into this work.
Such a turning point, at least for me :)
every must do this course to make their learning life meaningful
Amazing course and helped me a lot in developing ideas and making me better at digesting concepts etc.
I like this course, it helps me a lot . Thank you :)
This course is full of good ideas, methods, tips, guides, stories of others experiences - from what to enhance ones learning skills and knowledge. Glad I took it, as it helped me widen my thinking and understanding about the topic. Thank You guys!
A very useful course .
I just loved this course. A much needed course for young and matured learners alike.Thank you Prof. Barbara and Prof Terry for creating this course.
I guarantee you will get powerful mental tools that can visibly improve your efficiency and effectiveness in learning.
It is a great course about learning.
Excellent course. Completely changed my perspective and approach to learning. The learning materials are very clear and cover topics from learning methods, tackling procrastination and psychological biases that limit your ability to learn new things. 100% would recommend.
This course had a considerable positive influence on my academic situation, career and everyday life, making them develop faster and gain new skills in less time with effort.It's a good idea to have a small manual for your precious brain.
The best course i have ever taken in Coursera, Love it!
This course changed how I learn and solve problems.
I enjoyed and learnt so much from the course that I now advise all medical students at my school to take it
This course was a delight to take. I am already using techniques from this course in my life. I am currently learning flying trapeze. Every trick involves multiple parts and I have been focusing on "chunking" small portions of each trick that I learn. Works wonders.
Im very happy that I followed this course. It made me think and study differently. At my age, 35, Id like to really learn new stuff that interests me in the easiest end quickest way possible, not only succeed the exam I might have to take in the future.
A perfect course which could help you learn more other courses faster in Coursera.
very very good course to understand working of human brain in general and its effect on new learning ,development of self and lots more by very easy method. Both the tutors are very easy to understand. THANKS A LOT.
One of the greatest MOOC I ever had
Great how I learned lerning how to learn.
A brilliant and magnificent course. I love the scientific approach about learning that this course has given me. 100% recommended.
It's a great course for anybody who wants to improve their capability to learn.
I would like to thank you. It was a great chance to join this course. It is so beneficial and it helps to learn whatever I want. Really, I was struggling in may engineering major, but now every subject becomes easy with your powerful techniques in learning how to learn.RegardsSaleh
It is one of key courses any student should begin with
This course offered great insight into the learning process and gave plenty of easy-to-apply solutions to deeper learning and overcoming procrastination. It also went through useful test taking tips and strategies. I'm leaving this course with a more thorough understanding of how my brain works, how to learn more deeply and effectively, and how to handle difficult test-taking situations.
Good for everyone.
Great
Everyone would have their own approaches/tools to learning. I feel that this course would help one to confirm if the approaches/tools they use is really helping them ? And also, it would help one to equip with several more approaches that others in the world use for learning. Keep learning!
Really helpful
Very helpful and informative. Thanks a lot !
One of the best courses I have taken so far. I didn't need to write many things down, because there were so many small quizzes that helped me remember the key points. It was very well presented and there were no fluff videos to waste time or bulk up the content. Everything made sense and all the steps are ones that I can and will add to my new study style.
Easy to follow useful techniques.
It doesn't just teach techniques on effective learning but also explains how our mind works and how we process information. through this, we can understand ourselves and can think of which is more effective to us. It highlights things that we should avoid and the benefits of things that =can help to improve our mind. Understanding how our mind works gives confidence and takes our envy away fro geniuses.
Thank you!
The Course could have more materials more details explanations .
Very good training to train the brain.
Perfect course and helpfull information for everyone)
It's great! You will get a lot of surprises!
very impressive. The lession gave me lots of insights about how brain work.
This is likely to be your most important course in your life.
This course very nicely covered a very important subject: learning and memory. It was a good refresher course of a course I took in my undergraduate studies. Thank you!!!!
I've learned a lot and I had so much fun! Thanks to the Professors Oakley and Sejnowski, and to all the staff of Learnig How to Learn. Keep up the good work.
Simply, This is treasure.
Great Course. It opened my mind and made me understand much more about myself and my wrong habits.
Amazing course, loved every minute!
Loved learning how to learn. It is going to be very helpful to me as I am a teacher. Thank you to the team of coursera.
I wholeheartedly loved this course! Which I think...says a lot. I feel I got way more out of this course, in terms of applicable life tools, than I even thought when I initially signed up. Understanding what is going on in my brain, throughout the learning process, is a valuable tool that will support me while learning something new! The team who put this course together did a fantastic job! I loved it. Thank you!!!
Should be taught in every university and high school.
It´s great!!!
Boring
This course is a great resource to anyone wanting to learn and either feeling like they can't or wanting to make more progress. Many thanks to the instructors and the others who have brought this to the public.
Thank you so much! Really useful stuff, open my eyes on some learning issues I had.
It was brilliant! Спасибо!
That's great! This course is very interesting and helpful. There are many techniques to help you learn more effectively.
It's a great course which teaches you one of the fundamental skill everyone should know.
Good to know this, Thank you for the material.
Very useful techniques for everyday life at the office and in the classroom!
The most efficient investment of time. Beyond any doubts. Just take it. You will never regret.
Very nice and necessary course! Helps you out openning your mind to a true way of learning.
I recommend this course because at the end of the course you could learn to be proactive in yours subjects and have a healthy life with good habbits.
Thanks for these useful tips and clear explanations on how our brain works :-)
Really enjoyed the course, new way of approaching my studies from now on!
Very informative and interesting course. Both instructors were engaging and made the course easy to follow along. The list of recommended reading and extra video as were very important to complement the learning.
One of the best courses ever.
This course really helped me a lot!
very helpful to have a brand new perspective about learning.
i regret to not attend to this course before starting learing any other courses
Awesome instructors . Practical learning techniques discussed which can be really implemented.
This is probably one of the best courses to take as early as possible, as it will help with basically everything!
It was a great experience to learn " How to learn? ", It has a disruptive effect on my preconceived notions of learning and gave me confidence that I can master any topic(Even tougher ones)
Highly Recommend!
Excellent course, I can apply these theories in many field, teach my children, build e-learning course... Thanks very much for building this such interesting course.
very helpful
It is so usefull to learn why you can not learn well.Knewing how our brain works then use it in a proper way makes learning more easier.
If you want to understand the all main principles of learning, you are at the right place.
Very interesting !
Everyone need to finish this course.
This course was very helpful in developing new efficient studying techniques!
One of the best courses I have ever taken. Amazingly inspiring. It is truly systematic and integrated course that introduces how to learn more effectively and efficiently. Really appreciated Dr.Barbara Oakley, Dr.Terrence Sejnowski, and all the team. Thank you all.
It is very useful for me.
it deseves 5 stars because it is an access to change attitude or personality and it is the real key of success
Extremely helpful!
It was my start in new life!
really good.
This AWESOME course could help me to remove my bad character of learning process and methodology, actually I tough that my IQ is low since I have spend to much for study on my lessons but after watching course videos and see how our brain nerves system works I realized that not only my IQ is in good range but also I understand that I have creative memory.All in all this course is the best course that I had I my life and all of you should commence this course ass soon as possible.Thank you so much in deed Dr. Barbra Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski.
One of the best courses I've ever taken. Would gladly attend more such courses.
It is very great to learn this coures,beacuse it can help us have correct understanding of learning。Besides，this course gives us many great methods to learn well。I think these tips will help me have achievements inthe future study.Also Dr Barbara Oakley and Dr Terrence Sejnowski are very cool.
Great
my word can't even describe how i'm thankful of what I've learned, my journey at University jus begun, and those mental tools that I've learned are extremely going be helpful to rest of my life, many problems used to stop me and interrupt me from learning new subjects , thanks to this cours tht's problem solve, I' can now learn any think I wants easly and with no difficulties and in short time. moreover the professors did a great job to influenced us, thanks Coursera.
Very useful course and help me with my broken learning capability.
This course was very helpful to me, it showed me a lot of new approaches, and also showed me to take my Engineering experience and apply it to studying they way I would approach an engineering project. It also helped me to calm down about that I'm not the only one with some of the problems mentioned in the course. What I also found interesting where the examples of the people true history and who overcame their problems this was very inspiring. thank you very much ! Hans Van der Veken (Belgium)
Very useful and interesting course. Many thanks!
I have understood about my study style, which I think will help me a lot in pursuing new learning. Many thanks professor Barbara Oakley and her co-ordinator for preparing this course and made it available to such many people!
so much to learn from this course ^_^
Thanks a lot. I had a big problem with learning and now I try to use your knowledge in practice
Learning How to Learn is a exceptional course that will help you understand why you have problems with learning and if you are willing, it will teach you how to be more effective and efficient in your learning either in education or regular life.
Beats all the books I've read on the topic, hands down. Superb learning course that is as hands-on practical as you could want. Excellent instructors, with an excellent presentation of materials. Instructor puts into practice the elements of learning to reinforce what is being taught. My only regret is that this course wasn't around when I was a spring chicken but our understanding of how people learn was wrong at that time. Thank you!
This course targets mostly students audience, but not people with the aim of self-development, who passed their academic study long time ago. Therefore, information concerning learning process somehow too much basic, but at the same time can be quite useful if you are not aware of all these facts. What didn't also suit me is a lack of structure and a bit confusing videos explaining different concepts of brain structure and functioning, that seemed too much scientific in the frame of this course. But what really hit my interest is enthralling optional interviews with different scientists and just talented people. They were really motivating and inspiring!
on of the best courses that will help you to master any subject and will help you to gain a lot of knowledge easily then before and it will open your mind and thoughts for a new very useful techniques in learning.
i liked these course so much
The class is really helpful and I really hope I can meet it early. Latter is better than none. Thanks
Very good course . A lots of technics and tips to use in your personal life. AMAZING !
great! I'm proud to do it)
Excellent Techniques and Tools for improving your learning.
I thought this course will be a bit more helpful, there were some good methods I learned like the pomodoro and other concepts I wan't aware of before. Dr. Terry Sejnowski might be very knowledgeable but he can't read a teleprompter and it makes his videos very hard to focus.Overall it was a good course
Excellent!!!!!!!!i would like to take it again
Very Good course. Helps understand - "How we Understand"
It was a really interesting course, with great ideas and lots of tips to boost one's learning process. The optional interviews was a great bonus as well. What made it even more wonderful is the weekly mails I get now from the instructors of this course, Barb and Terry, with suggested books and MOOC's. So glad that I decided to join this and completed it. Thank you for creating it!
It helped me I earn to not be afraid when learning new things.
This course is exactly what you need to unlock your potential, understand how your brain works with regards to learning.
amazing course, really learned a lot
You're on coursera to learn right? This course teaches you how to learn effectively. So while learning to learn might seem like a strange concept (after all you've been doing it all your life) I would advise you to start with this course. That way, you can learn any later course better.This course covers multiple learning techniques and, frankly, a load of techniques which are great to adopt for mental health reasons. This course shows you how to improve yourself more than any course I've come across. Everything is well explained, well sourced and effective. As a bonus, the additional interviews are fascinating.
Great tools to lear how to learn!
The Techniques which are thought in the course are very effective.
excellent course and very useful for me
Its a nice course to get started with as we need to make sure that we have proper techniques to learn whatever we want to.
Great course, indeed!
Great lesson! I've got a lot of useful information and handy techniques about how to learn. It's the kind of things that I can use myself and apply to teaching. I've also improved my self-confidence through great assignment comments by my Mooc mates.
this course help me to can control on every thing in my life not in studying just .so i will advice my friends to take it .thanks
Clearly presented and easy to understand. Very helpful.
Excellent course to focus on how to get the most from your studies. I
Should be required learning. Great insights we all need.
Useful and beneficial not only to academic or career but also for life. Learning is for life.
awsome! Very helpful!
Does its job perfectly. Entertaining, always close to topic and very in-depth. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn, which I hope is, well, everyone.
Incredibly useful. I would recommend this course to everyone trying to learn new subjects. Or just generally everyone that is alive.
Nice insigh to the brain and how it works. The course have inspired me to study a lot more different aspects about the brain and, as a result, about myself.
The course was amazing. I would recommend this to a lot of people wanting to gain insight on how their mind works during learning and how to maximize their effectiveness during it. This is a very well made MOOC and I would like to praise the creators for it.
It could have much better design.
Thank you very much
thanks a lotand i'm very happy for this course
This is an exciting course with a great follow up. One gets a message every friday with useful news.
I enjoyed taking the course and will utilize what i have learned.
A very good course offering many tools, always in the framework of the latest knowledge about the human brain. A lot of relevant tests greatly make it easier "understanding" and "memorization".A subject that anyone should have made his own!Many thanks to Barbara and Terry for their always very clear and well structured presentation.
It's so helpful!
This course is a great way to start learning again.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I was disappointed that there was not more participation in the forums from other classmates. I found Dr. Oakley's methods of teaching very creative and assisting in the learning process. The testing did indeed help my learning as it showed where I was wrong and gave me the opportunity to correct it. The outside reading was also helpful in understanding the material.
Great course !!!Thank YOU !!!
Nice! I like it very much.
The course is good enough to learn a few concepts about techniques to improve the learning process. Four hours per week is all you will need to finish it with good grades. Great work!
Excellent course for student of any stream.
Wonderful course!
Amazing course. Amazing. I thank you deepy for the course. I'm recommending it to lots of people. :)
All ages of people around the world should be taking this course first and then pursue their dreamed path will help them to achieve any course.
It really helped me to study for my exams! Thank you Barbara and Terry!
5 stars if the audio from the videos would remain at a consistent level and also would be amplified a bit more as i often have it maxed out and still have trouble hearing much of the vid content. The content itself is priceless imo. Really excellent tools that you'll use the rest of your life.
Thank you for this course and we wait an other course of this kind :)
thanks for this course this course teaches me a new thing this course is really best course I have ever take.
I think that this course is really fundamental and it is necessary to learn best practices how to learn new material and how to broad our passion and other interest. I think this it is amazing course, but English is not my native language and for me it is a good idea to start this course again and to repeat it. Also I was not very active and didn't collaborate with other students, so I think it is necessary also to fix this part :)I also very appreciated the Tutors and enjoy their speeches.
I am obliged to buy this course. Learning is life time lessons.
its really awesome course ! i recommend it for you ^_^
Thanks all of people that work and prepared this course. It will be very helpful for me to apply this new knowledge in my next studies and courses.I congratulations you and thanks so much!
Great course. Useful information. A must.
Great short course on how your brain works, how to memorise things and use them on practice.
Brief instruction on brain mechanism and learning tips.
This course was the most efficient and complete I've ever watched. I'm so gratefull that I have an opportunity to enhance my learning skills. These materials can be called 'gold' without any doubts. I will try to put in practice everything I've got in this course. Also, I want to say a tremendous Thank You to the creators and participants of this course! This work was worth doing.
Just awesome, have a wonderful learning experience
Some concepts maybe are very basic but I really enjoyed this course because gives you many toolkit to improve your learning process.
Great course!!!
Highly recommended, this course is gonna make you learning superhero, knowledge powerhouse :). If you are someone who is unsure of confused about learning ability and need perfect mental tools for learning fast and better, this course is for you.
Extremely useful course
This is an excellent course not only to learn how to learn but also to discover your own hidden potential. Regardless of age, gender, profession or purpose, this course can benefit anyone who is willing or meaning to learn anything at all; be it cooking, cricket or calculus. I am extremely grateful for this course. Thank you!
The subject of the course is extremely interesting and useful for learners. On the presentation front, I feel it could make better use of technology (some PP slides, more colorful examples), it effectively provides the students with some very important concepts and techniques to improve the process of learning. Therefore, I still give it a 5star rating!
Really interesting course. It would be perfect if the students can find very simple slides without too much word, but with images and examples.
awesome course. It really helps to become a smart learner.
I know it will help me in my future life-long studies. I will recommend this course to everyone.
very great
Really useful for whatever discipline you're trying to learn in. A great introduction to Coursera for me.
Very interesting and helpful.
Thank you. This was an excellent course. Simple yet very helpful and informative. The instructors were great and the optional interviews were very interesting.
I think this is one of the best courses I have attended. I wish concepts taught in this class are taught to every student right from the early age. I am 39 years old and as I look for a job (I was laid off a while back), I feel educating myself by getting certifications would be a good idea to enhance my prospects of exposing myself to better opportunities and with this course I have the self confidence that yes I can learn and get good grades in my certifications.I was getting bogged down by procrastination to a very large extent in my life and this course helped me deal with the procrastination zombies using pomodoro, this feels so empowering and I am glad I did not choose depression or bad habits. After incorporating the pomodoro technique I have also significantly reduced my 10+ year smoking habit and I am confident I will get rid of it like a champ.Listening to professors from such esteemed colleges and universities help break the dogma/belief in my head that people are born genius. With hard work, dedication and self-belief anything is possible.Lastly, I want to thank Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski from the bottom of my heart, Thank you for teaching me about learning.
Excellent course, watched twice.
Thanks for so great and useful course. I was surprised about different technics for learning. Will read your book to look on all of the methods from different perspective;)
Brilliant course ... one of the best (if not the best) on-line courses I have done. Very well presented and extremely interesting from beginning to end.
Great Course! Very helpful !
Amazing eye-opener !! Go for it and see the 'NEW YOU'.
Bravo Barb and Terry! Awesome course; I learned many concepts and tips I will certainly employ in my quest for knowledge and understanding. I can't thank you enough for your efforts on this MOOC!
It is one of the best course i ever had. With the help of this course the new steps and new thinkg has evolve in me. Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Mr. Terraence Sejnowski for making this course.
This is a must course for anybody willing to enrich own style in learning...
Best learning experience ever! Do you want to improve and galvanize your study's method? This is the the first step!
Excellent course, easy to follow, practical tips: worth the time
It has been an amazing experience learning how to learn. The methods taught is far reaching and the faculty is quite hands on in teaching the material and guiding the students.
Procrastination section especially helpful. Very easy to digest. Would recommend to any/everyone
I'm grateful that I have bumped into this course. The ideas delivered are life changing. So little attention is paid to HOW WE LEARN, though we love to celebrate the good students and chastise the 'bad' ones. This set of ideas which could be described as a primer in neuroscience, and a set of techniques that make you learn more efficiently and joyfully, SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS. What are we waiting for?
An excellent course for people who want to learn more.
This is the first course you must take!!! Why? Well Dr. Oakley teach you a different approach to learn. You will find it very easy to follow, and yet very powerful.
Full of good ideas to try.
Wonderful Course. Everyone could potentially know how to use their brain.
Time well spent. We all need to grow and learn using the right tool, and this is one of the best collection of tools you can find.
Two great professors and a very well put together, simple course. The material is presented as simply as possible, which is key to making this such an effective course.
Loved it!
It was a very fun and insightful course, would recommend to anyone looking to improve their learning effectiveness
Very easy to get through and helps build an understanding of good learning techniques
I wish I had taken this course 25 years ago. That said, this comes at a good time -- I'm pivoting my career. It really feels like applying these lessons could get me from an okay trajectory onto a great trajectory. This is the missing piece!
Easy and digestible. Definitely worth my time
The instructors communicate clearly and everything seems so simple under their explanation! Most importantly, the theories of this course are backed by scientific result, which makes them more trustable.
Excellent material, well thought out videos, useful tips and interviews.
Very helpful insights that pepare for the next courses to take on! Funny and therefore memorable pictures and interesting techniques!
Great material, great course!
Great course! Completely changed the way I approached learning, in school and now at work!
One of the most insightful courses I've ever taken. I wished I had these skills when I went to college.
Enjoyed the course thoroughly and learned a lot interesting concepts including the tools that will help with day to day activities. I recommend this course before doing any others.
Very useful for just about any field of interest!
Great material and great teachers who keep you engaged throughout the session.
Very usual for future studies.
Very interesting course for teachers and learners.
this was excellent, and so well presented and explained. A really positive learning experience.
Simply a great course with tools that help you understand not only how to improve learning, but also how can you improve your life through making yourself conscient about the skills, fears, competences, and external factors involved in your every single activity you're facing. With charming professors and inspiring testimonies this course has the potential of being life changing opportunity to know better about yourself and to start pursuing things you've been always wanting to do.
Thank you very much. Best course I have ever had!
Excellent course, as from my mechanical engineering point of view. This course should be integrated into every year of primary and high school education. I am changing my study technique to utilize this course's tools in my second undergraduate degree.
great insights into learn that should help anyone who wants to sharpen his skills
I am amazed by this high quality course. It is my very first completed course here at coursera and it did change my concept of learning. I love Baba's passionate characteristic!
The course is very useful, it puts learning into a different perspective. The videos are short and clear and tests help to recall the material. I recommend this test to anyone, even to people who know how to learn.
This is a great way to get introduced to a lot of very useful tools to help you learn better. As a older student returning to school for an engineering degree I plan to master all these techniques.
Wonderful course!
It's a must-take course ! It will fantastically change your whole life
这是一门能够使我受益终身的课程。My way of learning has really been improved after taking this course.
The best MOOC course ever!
This course is very helpful for me!
Very good course
Fantastic course with lots of material and ideas to learn more effectively. Barbara is a great talker, and the videos are built up with great points at a good pace. Especially interesting is all the extra material that is recommended, and all the interviews.
Superb course, simply exceptional.This course has hit home in many of the problems I've faced throughout my life not only in studying and learning, but in doing the very tasks I consider important on a daily basis.The material is fun, engaging, intuitive, and above all interesting.Professor Oakely and Dr. Sejnowski have done a marvelous job producing such a great course, and presented the material in exceptional grace and compassion.To say I've enjoyed the journey this course has taken me would be an understatement - it is one of the most important experiences I've ever had.I cannot thank you enough, and I will be recommending this course to as many people as I can - I believe this course can be timely for anyone, at any age, at any level of education.A 6 stars out of 5 possible ones for you,Thank you so very much.
I learned a lot. I've been using it with dancing and learning academics. Thank you.
This course has quite literally changed my life for the better. Every new thing I learned had a profound impact on my life and day to day goals in the best way. If there is one single course that you take, choose this one.
Thanks for the course. It was great to learn different techniques for learning and that im not too old to learn. Im taking away a lot of useful information. I look forward to using the techniques youve taught to master many more things in my life! All the best!
Amazing course with lots of useful strategies and approaches in learning. Teaches effective ways to memorize, avoid procrastination, & perform well on tests. The lectures are interesting and stimulating & the instructors do a great job emphasizing key concepts repeatedly in order for viewers to properly retain those ideas.
Interesting and useful, thank you for this very nice course.
Very good course. Gives you good tips to improve your learning capacity.
A lovely course. Well explained and funny.Thank you for sharing your knowledge profesor!
I have found very interesting things that will help me to improve my learning skills and my Time Management. So, I'm sure that I will be more effective in my next challenges. Thanks a lot!!!
Life changing!
Includes techniques to work harder I heard of, lots I probably haven't heard of. More concise than other sources of techniques to work hard. Hopeful that it will be very helpful for my studies.
This is one of the best course I have ever taken, maybe I have taken this course when I was a kid so I had not to struggle this much to learn. It tells me how to control procrastination, how memory works, how to think, how to learn, How exercise contributes to our learning and much more. Course has ended but I would always be a part of this course.
I've never valued tests, nor flash cards, nor anything that I perceived as gimmicky learning tools. Learning was just learning. But I was wrong.Understanding your cognitive behavior and how memories and knowledge are formed has helped me grasp learning in a new intuitive way.I highly recommend the course!
A course so brilliantly well researched, designed and delivered that it provides a simple and standardized approach to indulge in the comforting process of learning anything. A must learn.
Great course. It really helped me understand the learning process...now if I was only disciplined enough to follow it's great lessons :-/
This was an amazing experience. Immediately I was able to utilize what I learned in every day practice. The lessons are broken down into easily consumable bits and you can follow at pretty much any pace.
This is a great course. It really changed the way I think about my studies.
great work by faculty team, I m no psychologist and i was just free, so took this course, initially i faced some issues coz i didn't understand some brain structure topics, but did not give up, the quiz questions are good .also as each video is small (max7-8 minutes), you wont feel bored and will be able to finish them of
This course show me my mistakes which I had during study time in school and university... Now I know how to learn more easy and effective.
College freshmen should be aware of this course!
It's great, the material of this course actually helps you to finish it.
This is a great course for those who study not for not studying. Shows many good and practising methods for being better learner and improving yourself psychologically. Sometimes it is better be psychologically efficiented than educationally. I graded 4 from five only because of this is not mathematical course. Nevertheless I am appreciated team who made this course. Thank you, and good luck ;) :)
Accessible and friendly! Anyone hoping to study better will benefit.
A genuinely excellent short course for people who love learning.
Thank you. I could complete this course even though I had a procrastination habit. The contents of the course will definitely improve my learning. Thank you again.
It is a great course introducing methods hitherto unknown to many people. I highly recommend this to everyone who loves learning.
I really enjoyed this course. Barbara Oakley was brilliant and explains things very clearly. Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, however, was incredibly difficult to listen to. His speech didn't flow and that made it hard to follow what he was saying.
I learned many new techniques on how to effectively learn new things, the Pomodoro technique, recall practice, using metaphor and analogies, team learning, and many others. These can also be used to retain and better understand already learned material. I would highly recommend this course to anyone and will be sharing it with my family and friends.
Fantastic insight into effective learning techniques, and I learned a lot from it! I particularly enjoyed the focus on memory retention. Thanks very much!
What and how everybody should learn at school and no one does.
very helpful and entertaining!
thanks! I feel better when I realize I do not want to learning new things. Now I can deal with my procrastination and learn new things efficiently
I recommend this class to all learners ! Do not fall in the trap of having multiple courses at a time, first take this course, and then you will see yourself how to enhance your learning skills !
A good course that helps you to learn!!
This course covers the physical and psychological aspects of learning (i.e., how you feel when procrastinating, and what chemicals affect which parts of learning). I liked that it did not try to fit everyone into a mould, but still gave tips on the most effective ways a person learns. The instructors are quite nice and the lectures are very short which makes it easy to take in smaller chunks.
Great Course! Quick and packed with information. Recommend for any student of any age!
Throughout this course, I kept thinking of just how helpful this information would have been in middle school; I also became eager to share my experience with this course and encourage others (especially younger learners) to take it. This course is extremely easy to take, but also incredibly useful in presenting new study techniques, and reinforcing old ones. Although I highly recommend this course for younger learners, the material covered in this course would be beneficial to anyone at any stage.
The course was well-paced with some fantastic and engaging content, and really helped me re-think my approach to both learning and procrastination. I couldn't recommend this highly enough, especially to university students.
I have no real words for the depth provided in this course. IT IS A MUST!
Totally fantastic! Both in content and presentation methods. Well done.
loved it ! :)Thank You .
Exceptional, a course that everyone should take, congratulations on the team who put it together and gave their time so people like myself could benefit from their knowledge.
I am not sure if the course will help me in any degree but that is solely due to my laziness, low self-esteem and year long struggle with depression. However, with regards to the course itself, I think it can be very usefull. A lot of the learing tips seem common sense but for me it was very important that all of them were supported by science , not only the kind of advice that any person could give you. I can only regeret that I did not take a similar course when at school or at the universtiy. I am sure I will use, or at least try to use, some of the techniques and do more reading on the subject (using both the Web and the publications mentioned throughout the course of the lectures). In my opinion, the fact that the lectures are divided into rather short segments is beneficial as it helps to go through the course even without having much time and incresaes motivation to continue, as one is not faced with having to listen for a lecture for an hour or so. I often found myself only plannig to view one short videos and ending up in wieving a couple one after another, not noticing how much time passed. Finally, I think that both of the lecturers are a great benefit of the course as they bring a lot of enthusiasm and good will and seemed people I would like to know in person (or at least that was my impression).Greetings and thanks from Poland to both of them!
Practical advice rooted in understandable explanations of scientific findings, with a lot of opportunities to dig deeper in necessary literature. Excellent course, highly recommended.
Very Useful Course ^_^
My best Coursera course so far - and probably one of the best courses I took ever. The information was really new to me (e.g. the greatest enemy to learning is procrastination - in German: "Aufschieberitis", or "start hard jumpy easy"). it was presented in a funny and easy to grasp way (I loved the zombies and the little private photos and videos from Dr. Oakley). It was extremly helpful (e.g. Anki and the Pomodoro method).As a mother of two teenage boys I am happy to pass on what I learned to my kids.This is a valuable and fun course. And after the course they keep you informed with regular e-mails on the topic.Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This course has changed my life, not only in studying and learning, but setting goals. Barbara and Terrence are very helpful at helping us learn, and even use the methods they teach, to teach to us. I feel proud because this is the first formal qualification I have ever achieved, and I feel as if I can approach any study, academic or industry, and even informally. Thank you to everyone involved.
Fantastic! I have been watching this over and over again.Just would like if there were more video step-by-step instructions and tips!
Very useful course!!!!
THANKS a lot to Learn how to Learn
thank you
The course is a very good opportunity to verify the quality of your study and how well your are preparing yourself for exams.
Amazing course, excellent educators and super interesting material. Thanks for everything you have shared.
Very useful tips that would improve your learning habits and believes. such a great course!
I found this course VERY helpful and I feel much more prepared for the rigorous academic program I am preparing to enter. Thank you for your help!
very useful
Prof Oakley is wonderful to learn from and has a really wonderful sense of humor that sparked even further interest in the course and I think assisted me with understanding the concepts better
Brilliant!
I will remember some of the lessons in this course for the rest of my life (so long as I practice them deliberately and using spaced repetition)
This course helped me gain perspective on learning processes and how to better facilitate my own education. If you have not taken it yet I highly recommend that you hop to it.
AWESOME!! just love it! It has helped me a lot in my ESL teaching career!!! THANK YOU !!!
Very nice. Let's Learn how to learn.
Very interesting course which talks about brain and how to use it effectively. Very useful for students but useful for other too who likes to learn.
superb course to learn in a new way of learning..
Very useful
thanks for this exceptional, extraordinary and fun experience.i'm sure this course is going to change my life
Great course. Helped me understand how my brain functions and how I am supposed to deal with everyday learning.
For a newbie coursera student, "Learning How to Learn" is a great experience to start; course's itself is a key feature for the coursera; showing how to study for the other courses within the coursera, and for the life-long journey of learning.
It is a great adventure to do through such useful and interesting learning methods.
Learning How to Learn helps you boost new methods and techniques of unfolding the Human Brain. I strongly recommend this course to everyone.
Everyone should think about and try to improve their studying methods every once in a while. This amazing course gave me a lot of hints and insight into how to do that!
I learned many new techniques in this course that I am very excited to turn into habits. This course can help anyone learn more about how their brain works when it comes to learning new ideas and concepts. I gained a true understanding of many ideas that I had heard about previously or even experienced on my own.
This is a awesome course, I hope you enjoy doing it.
Quite interesting overview of how our brains process data and creates information and collect memories.
Short but overwhelmingly valuable
I always feel exhausted and reluctant to study or learn new things because my previous learning style was ineffective! This course tell you how to learn effectively and efficiently, with a relax way, easy to understand (even if your english is not good like me), and appliable in any fields . The coaches, Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terrence delivered their lectures as if they were talking to you directly and knew what are your problems during learning, why you have these and how to solve these problems. Each lesson will ask your feedback and I suggest you to fill it. I am really recommend this course to every one, no matter what or who you are, and how old you are!
This is the best course which helps to understand how you can learn in better way. How you can manage stress. This is great course for anyone regardless of age and what subject anyone want to learn. I would suggest this course should be mandatory before taking any new skill course as it will give you confidence as well as technique using which you can learn the material quickly as well as master the subject in no time. Thank you very much Dr. Barbara Oakley. Appreciate your effort to build up this course.
Excellent course, I highly recommend this course!
Very interesting information. I really enjoyed the course.Thank you everyone
tres bien fait : thank you for learning how to learn :)
Such an insightful and inspiring course that truly and utterly changed my perspective not just of learning but of life. Thank you Barbara and thank you Coursera.
Learning How To Learn will get you to think differently about procrastination and what you can do about it now. Do yourself a favor. If you are struggling to understand tough subjects or suffer like most people from procrastination, this course will offer a fresh perspective on why we do what we do and what you can change to turn it around. This course should be mandatory in high school or for first year incoming college students. You will walk away learning at least one new thing that will help you to improve your studies, test taking and performing under pressure.
TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY... ONE SHOULD KNOW "HOW TO LEARN?" This is a wonderful course for people of all ages who want to learn always... professional or personal, it can help you just learn better.
Loved it!
My first course here on coursera, but I'm sure that this is one of the best courses on offer here. I am going to keep the knowledge I have acquired here with me for the rest of my life. It is that valuable.,
It can help you understand studying!
Great content and amazing teachers.
I used to spend lot of time studying, having less effectively spending my time without getting much out it, having trouble managing work and play. I can use effective techniques to manage both.
Amazing course, I learned a lot of new techniques for self motivation, and effecient learning. Now, I feel more confident to take further steps in improving and developing myself. Thank you so much :)
Very helpful and interesting!
Best starting point before any kind of learning! If you want to understand how your brain is working, what are tips and tricks, and how to really learn and not just waste time over book then this is most important course for you.
Really appreciate professor Barbara, Terry and other crew's effoerts.
This course presents many useful information which I think is very useful in improving the learning method.
It's an awesome course that provides you tips on learning and how to avoid procrastination!
This is an awesome course to understand the fundamentals behind developing a good learning skill.
I wish I could have done this course when I just started secondary school. Because I'm relatively intelligent I had no trouble in secondary school, I just didn't bother with homework, but I could have really made it all even easier on myself had I had the information that i learned in this course. Now I am doing some marketing courses and when I just started doing them I was struggling. Then I ran into this course, figured it couldn't hurt and since my marketing courses have become so much easier to learn. No cramming, but pomodoro's. Learned how to deal with procrastination and all kinds of stuff. I have actually told most of my friend to go do this course as I think it is that awesome! So highly recommended!
The course is a well presented material on how your mind works and how to take control of your learning process, not only during academic years, but for the entirety of your life. I, heartly, recommend this course for anyone that has problems procrastinating, feeling insecure about their own intelligence or simply wants to become a more efficient learner.
Very good course and very useful. I'm satisfied, is a worth it investiment of time.
I am recommending this course to everyone I know. Thank you so much! You helped me on many levels!
Just started this course and so far I'm loving it. I am very grateful to Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski for having taken the time to put this content together.
Very interesting, motivating and full of tipps, tricks and learning know how, thank you very much for this course!
Such a warm approach, creative, extremely useful. Thank you so much for the effort and for the course, including the extra materials and great references!
I think everyone should take this course. That's how important I think it is!
Excellent course!!! Really helped me to learn better!
It's very useful and helpful. This course provides me a new way of learning. It's very worthy to introduce this course to everyone.
Beautiful and it reminds me of "life is a learning"!
Wished learned in my childhood for better understanding of learning
Drs. Oakley and Sejnowsky are magnificent instructors and have provided an invaluable service to learners all over the world. Thank
Very useful.
I discover a lot important tips about learning and test. Thanks for teachers。
Very practical advice given. Course material is very in depth and plain.
Absolutely loved it and highly recommend it!!
Highly recommended. After taking this course I learnt that how my study methods were absolutely wrong. I used to spend more time than needed because I actually didn't the right approach. This is something we were never taught in schools or colleges.
really helpfull course, through which we can understand how our brains works when learning. also it teaches some learning techniques when we learn some new things.
Excellent course that provides many tips and techniques for mastering not only difficult subjects but will also assist in your day to day ability to uptake knowledge
This course was extremely helpful in understanding the learning processes that the brain undergoes during learning.
it is really help me to improve meyself.
Well taught, fun, and interesting course to take.
Absolutely game changing stuff! I always was curious about figuring out a set of principles that will make my learning more efficient. I used to avidly read the Learning on Steroids material by Scott Young. Although I had known much of the stuff taught on this course, I never had the right structure to put all this in perspective. The much-needed structure is what this course gave me. I'm currently a broke entrepreneur. But, when the time comes, I want to buy this course as a token of thanks. Thank you, Coursera!
This was probably the most important thing I've ever done in my life. This course show you the path to real improvement and excellence.
great learning techniques!
thanks for coursera and the teachers. It's a really good course. so helpful.
Great course! I learned a lot and I love doing what I've learned. Thanks.
Just awesome!!!
Very helpful for my graduate studies in Molecular Medicine! Thank you!
An amazing and useful course! I recommend to everybody. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
The best class at all!
I recommend this course to everyone. It was very interesting and helpful
Thank you for you work.
Last week was a little dry, otherwise an amazing course - everybody should go through it. Lots of useful techniques and interesting theory.
You should definitely do this course if you are: i. A disciplined, self-motivated lifelong learner ii. Curious about how you learn and looking to hack the best way to learn iii. An aspiring autodidact or an aspiring polymath.
Nowadays people are getting more and more busy. That is why it's important to use your time effectively with learning technics that really work. Another crucial thing: this course makes me more confident in chasing a new knowledge.
a wonderful experience to learn
It's a concise and a precise course. It's useful, because is possible to apply, since the beginning, most of ideas and informations, as expected of a hands on course. Congratulations and happy learning you too!
It is an amazing and inspiring course, which corrected many wrong understandings that I have about study.
Since this course, every time I go to gym or exercise, I tell myself: I am doing it because I want to be smarter
I really enjoyed this course. The lecturers came across as very knowledgeable and enthusiastic which compelled you to continue. The content was interesting and well presented.
I enjoyed this course and now feel more confident to tackle subjects that I normally would avoid. The tips and strategies taught in this course will help me to learn more and have less anxiety taking tests. I always have had test anxiety and I think that now that I've learned how to learn I will do better on tests! Lots of content and a great course for anyone who likes to learn!
thanx :)
Really good course!
The presentation of the course is a perfect example of how to engage students' focus and clearly present the subject one is teaching. This in itself is perhaps the best testimony to the fact that the course teachers truly appreciate the subject they are discussing.I recommend this course to everyone I know. Learners and teachers alike will benefit from it.
Excellent course. I have started to use the pomodoro
An excellent course for anyone who wants to understand how the brain works when learning new things, including techniques for efficient learning.
very very useful!!
Excellent course, providing tools to better understand how we think, why we think and the best ways to increase that process
Course gave great tools for understanding the mental processes involved in learning and how to use those tools for your own learning goals. Thank you very much for this learning experience!
Excellent course,if u know how to learn than u will able to lean so start this course (Y)
Very interesting, helpful and practical course! Thank you!
Great one!
Excellent course, i will apply of those learning Technics
This course makes tackling a new subject methodic and easy, even addressing public enemy #1 - procrastination (I bet you thought I was going to say Donald Trump). It becomes so much harder to get thrown off track. Thank you!
This is probably the best course that I have done in my life. This is an essential for any one in the world of today. The course is going to be taken by my children. Prof Barbara O was phenomenal, an example of person walking the walk and talking the talk. This was easily the most valuable course done in my life and needs to be done by every body. Most pleased with way the course was run --and the demonstrable value I got from it.
Good course.
Very useful course and can apply to my life in many perpectves
Excelente course, very simple but very powerful. The idea is not to focus on the product but focus on the process and be very interested in learning about yourself.
Highly recommend for everyone, especial for the people who want to learn moreover in the future
Thank you very much, for providing such a adorable, lively course and giving me a chance to become better.
This course is great, I would recommend it to anybody who wants to better understand the world around them.
Very useful tools and skills! Excellent teaching as well!
Very helpful in my everyday life. :)
Great course
One of the greatest courses that anybody should take!
One of the best courses on the internet. They should teach a simplified version of this from grade 1. If we somehow manage to include the topics mentioned in this course for kids, I truly believe we will be able to change the lives of everyone on the planet. If we are lucky we will also be able to save the planet before we reach the point of no return.
Really loved it!!
The best thing I've done this year was taking this course. It made me wish to go back five years, so I would be able to apply everything I learned in my graduation. It would have been a lot easier and more efficient.
This is a great course for everyone, I am a 28 year old Industrial and Systems Engineer about to start an MBA program in one of the most recognized Universities in Europe, and I am sure the tips and tricks taught in this course by Barbara and Terry will be of great help for this new endevour and the rest of my life without a doubt. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to keep learning anything the rest of their lives! This should be the very first thing teachers teach in school! I´ve been learning wrong all of my life. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and keep up the good work! Best Regards. JCC
A very insightful course. The simplicity of the material covered might inspire some to quickly abandon this course on the grounds of "common sense", but I would recommend to these individuals that although the concepts and techniques are easy to grasp and execute, they are nonetheless powerful, and worth investing some time to understanding why they work and how to use them in your own educational endeavors.This course offers students a digestible collection of concepts and tools to tackle those ubiquitous evils which students are all too aware of: self-doubt and procrastination. If you are looking to take a first step in conquering these internal demons, I would recommend this course as the first step in your journey.
Good course. I totally recomend it
Incredibly useful for anyone. I'm very glad I had the opportunity to learn in this course.
Many interesting techniques to better learning and memorizing the material you want. But, IMHO, the concept of chunking isn't discovered by 100%. Also, I think, that material can be arranged more effectively to understand easier. Anyway, I am very happy, that I learned how to learn and the information is really helpful to learn. Thanks!
Essential course for everybody who attempt to learn better and be smarter
I want to thank you for your incredible work and the tips,tricks and techniques you shared with us for the shake of knowledge.
Great course! Thank you for so many tools for learning! That was awesome!
I totally loved this coursed. Looking forward to read Barbara's book and learn even more.
Easy going set of lectures about how our brain works
Excellent course, I would recommend it to everyone, even if for kids it needs a bit of explanation
its boring
To sum it up, it's a great course which easily help me make structure of my learning process
This course is worth every second. it will prepare you well for difficult subjects and how to approach them. I am very glad that i took this course (finally). Sincere Thanks to everyone behind this wonderful course.
Simply awesome....every concept and word.
very helpful
This is one of the best courses on Coursera. I would strongly recommend this to all those who want to learn anything. I was already enrolled in a course and was quite afraid of failure as I was studying after a very long time. This course gave me the confidence and the skill to learn anything. Now I want to learn programming and I am sure I will succeed. Thanks a lot Prof. Barbara Oakley.
This course change my life and the way I do things (more efficiently)!.
This coure helped me not only to understant the consept of learning but also tp use it widly.
Good course. Helps us to improve learning skills
Good to know more about how to learn.
This was a great course. i took it to learn more about learning strategies . i liked most the intreviews at the end of each chapter.
Fantastic course!The techniques presented really help you in analyzing your stugying method and changing it for the better.I really reccomend it for its benefits and because you'll have fun while studying.
Very useful techniques and a lot of insight into the learning process. Thank you!
Excellent material and explanations. I like course structure and pace.
Great course, all people in Coursera (learners) should take it. It will change the way you think about studying.
I find the woman professor extremely humorous. The concepts and ideas are simple enough to follow. And they should prove valuable if I put what I've learned from this course into daily life.
It is a very useful course and also well explained.
useful and easy to operate
It was my first course at coursera and hopefully not the last one! Many thanks for all of the makers, participants, professors, researchers. I learned a lot of excellent techniques, read, saw, heard a lot of great and inspiring stories. I think I've learned much from you guys!My best regards,Andrew Rákóczy
Great !
This course provides very interesting information about how our brain works, and how through effective techniques we can improve our abilities to learn any topics.
I joined the course just out of curiosity and I can certainly say I have enjoyed my journey with Prof. Oakley and Prof. Sejnowski.
I think this course would be WONDERFUL for students entering college for the first time. It gives excellent tips about true study habits.
SUPERWONDERFUL COURSE. Definitely a must for people who worry about their bad memory, for teaches and students, and for common folks who want to improve their memory while learning a lot about our brain
Very helpful in learning study techniques as well as insights about how other people study. Great further reading
Normally, I get bored so easly; however, in this course I didn't get bored and I learn so many things that will help me in studying for my lessons. The shorter lesson, the more success. Thank you for that you provide this opportunity for us.
In a matter of a few weeks you can develop new skills and adopt new techniques to master all kinds of new knowledge. As you become a better and effective learner, you can also become a better educator.
It was a very helpful course, thank you Coursera Team for this cheerful journey.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I can't wait to put the principles I have learned in the past few weeks into action.
Your course was very educational and fun at the same time. I hope I will use the learned techniques in my lifetime.
I loved the course! I started binge-watching it initially because I just loved the way Prof. Barbara Oakley described things with visual aids. The course is beautifully designed. The optional interviews with interesting people is a bonus!
Fantastic Course! I am a lifelong learner with little time. I took this course to learn the best methods to becoming a better student and learner. If you are time crunched, take this class!
There is not really much to talk about this course. If you have any problems with learning, or you believe your methods of learning are not efficient enough, this course is the best option for you. It will definitely change your way of thinking about learning, and it will provide you the awesome tips and facts about learning. At least it helped me. A LOT!!
A great course, it shows you your mistakes in learning indirectly, talking about techniques and the science inside your brain. I surely recommend it to people who are thinking about start a study routine on different areas, whether they are usual or new ones.
That was a nice course. It motivates me to learn more and more. The most efficient and valuable part ofthe course is about procrastination. It helped me a lot.Thank you!
the course introduced me to different concepts about learning and it was overall quite interesting.
Great course with lots of intersting insights into how the brain works and how to work in a more efficient way.
Absolutely wonderful course that everyone should take!
A very good course that will help you to develop learning skills. I wish i would have known much of the hints and techniques that were presented in this course when i was a teenager.
After completing this course you'll learn a lot of useful techniques and ideas which allow you to learn much faster and better. Moreover some techniques are very helpful in your daily life and could have significant impact on your life.
It is very useful for my learning in the feature.
Whether student or teacher, this course is a must. full of easy to learn, valuable insights that will save you time and energy throughout your life. I would have loved to have known this earlier as its applications are useful for both the full time and casual learner.
Many good ideas backed by solid researches about how to learn, as well as practical tips that I can use in my daily work and life immediately. Highly appreciated and recommended!
It's helpful.
THANSK A LOT IT'S AMAZING
ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FRESHMAN NEED TO TAKE THIS COURSE! IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
Very good insights. It is nice to understand how your brains works when it is involved on a leaning process. And even though, it uses some concepts and tips we already know, it is also important to rethink about then, for knowing something exists does't mean you use it properly.The teacher are just spectacular. The lessons are really enjoyable. And i found it quite useful to learning and practice English.The questions on the and of each video are very good. They are obvious most of the time but, by reading then, we use the recalling process taught on the second week, and it helps us to chunk then.
A great course :) , I enjoyed every lecture . Professors are really good and professional. This is my 1st coursera course. I wish that all of my future courses would be so good.
The course is quite easy to grasp and understand. Many of the material offered seems to be simple and relatively logical. However, it alludes us to put all of these concepts into one course/material in order to be consciously aware on how to effectively and efficiently learn. Definitely a great course that I recommend !
Professional and easy-to-grasp course content. Simply amazing.
This should be the first course anyone should take on Coursera.The tutors realy back up their claims with scientific data.
I first took this course when I was at the height of my frustration over learning Nihongo in Osaka. During that time, I had been studying almost everyday for 11 months. I was constantly reading, reviewing, and answering exercises. I often studied until I was too tired to study any more, and yet I could retain the information only for a while. The way I was studying wasn't working for me, and I wanted to know how I can study and learn more effectively. A month after I started taking this course and applying some of the techniques presented in it, I noticed that I was able to remember more of my Nihongo lessons. I actually spent less time studying, but I think that, with the techniques I was using, I was studying in a smarter, more effective, and more efficient way... I continue to apply these techniques in relevant situations in my life now. I also review this course every once in a while. Each time, I find that I still learn something from it. Thank you so much to everyone who came together to make this course possible!
Excellent explanations about how the brain works and great tips on how to learn better
It was an eye opener for me!
super teachers,super useful and easy methods
Very good consolidation of learning techniques. Thank you!
it is a very useful course, i really enjoyed it :)
excellent, thought provoking way beyond the course itself.
Great content, great speakers, thank you so much, and let's continue learning!!
The 'Best course' on effective learning, I've found so far online.The information and techniques presented in the course, are very effective in every phase of life.I truly appreciate the great efforts made by the instructors and all the people involved towards building such a nice informative and innovative course.
This course is way too much concentrate on studies for students, not well correlate with studies for everybody
This is really an useful course. Understanding the concepts of learning in turns helps in learning something new. The concepts explained in this course are simple, pictorial, easy to understand and easy to relate. Im feeling good about taking this course. Sincere thanks to Dr.Barbara Oakley & Terrence Sejnowsk taking this initiative. This course will have good impact on the lives of many.
Excellent course filled with many ideas you can use immediately. This is a good mix of science and real-world experience that will improve the way you learn new skills.
Fantastic, I've learned lots of new techniques and the workings of the mind to learn better. I'll always recommend this course for everyone.
taught me how to learn
I am 32. I wish I knew about this when I was 14. It seems so obvious that because you learn anything you should learn how to learn. This course should be mandatory for every kid or young adult. Everyone deserves to be equipped with better learning skills.
Thank you for this awesome course!
Amazing! It changed my life. I wish I had all of this information when I was much younger.
This may be the most important course you ever take. it sets the stage for effective learning for every other course. It should be on the syllabus of every child in grade 9 as the basis for all their future learning.
Very good material, excellent teachers and videos. Nice people and nice tests.
Videos aren't of good quality and the tools aren't concrete enough to be useful. There is not enough material. I hope they will improve it because the subject is interesting.
It is a very useful course, you actually learn new things that help you improve or develop your learning skills.
extremely easy and sparse content.
I really enjoyed this class. I will use what I learned in other areas of my life.
I love the content and the presentation of the content. I very much appreciate all the people involved in this MOOC.
Fabulous course. Short, sweet, and powerful.
This course give great to tips to improve your learning ability
Brilliant course. I wish I had done it sooner.
I learn a lot from this course. Thank you so much, Barb Oakley, Terry Sejnowski.
Really loved this class! I am a pre-med student and when I took this course I was studying for my MCAT exam. There are so many aspects to this course that cross over to the psychology section on the exam, however I do think that the most valuable information in this course is the practical application of how to specifically refine and improve my focus in learning and my personal study sessions. Dr. Barbara Oakley is definitely
Exceptional course! very useful, thanks a lot for putting it together. I totally change my approach to learning. i suggest this course MUST be the first one suggested by Coursera to help students to learn the rest of the courses better.
A truly excellent course.
thank you .
This course is the best resource for learning methods that I know of.
Excellent course, professors are very competent, not more words than the needed number. The method is very pedagogic and we can feel their interest for their subject. Thanks !
Explains how to study in a way to retain what you read.
An excellent and engaging introduction to learning techniques. Very useful for all levels of learners and educators
Thanks a lot to our teacher - this course is not only one of the most usefull that I ever studied but also very good-organized and gentle made.Спасибо большое от Ваших учеников из России, Barbara Oakley.
This course is really helpful for me, because i'm always procrastinating on my tasks, so from this course, I've learned several useful ways to keep me out of delay. Thank you!
A must-learn course to survive in the age of artificial intelligence!
Interesting course that not only teaches some good learning strategies but also discusses the neurology of learning. Very useful and although I wasn't thrilled with the presenters, they did a good job. What made the course particularly interesting were the bonus interviews with various people who had accomplished some pretty incredible learning feats. I learned quite a lot from this module and I am glad I took it.
Very helpful! The course brings new data about the subject and avoid being in the common places about learning! Congratulations for the good job coming up with this course
I have to thank Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski for an excellent course. I follow the scrip with the video and practice the recall every time and I do think are a great value for everyone . I wish I new what i know now when I went to college, it would have been easier for me . Thank you . OG
It was interesting for me. LHL was my first Coursera's course and first experience at learning on English language. It's my start steps on way of knowledge and not last Coursera's course.
I absolutely loved it. Every inspiring and helpful!!! Thank you very much for such a great course.
A good course to recommend to everyone before he starts learning something else
was very informative. will definitely use these skills when taking tests and studying
Great course, learned lot of new things!
It's great
Do yourself a favor and take this class! It has made me a believer. I believe that I can successfully learn things that I never thought I could! There are so many tools given in this course to help you become a successful learner! Thank you Barbara!
This is the best course for you if you want to learn professional techniques, concepts, approaches and habits that will make learning things (whatever the domain is) more enjoyable and easy. Thank you for this great MOOC !!!
Very helpful. I hope I can read your new book as soon as possible.What's more, for non-English people, it is really a hard course, but I overcome it :)Thank you all people!
It would be better if I get this course earlier
Amazing course! One thing I can recommend is maybe a place for time management. Simply because I attempted to use what the course has taught me but I simply didn't have enough time.
very nice and informative course.. got lots to learnA Special Thank You to Instructors Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski
This course is very helpful for people looking for a way to learn more efficiently. That being said, I feel that many students might not grasp that fact because they feel that they know already much of what is said. I honestly don't know how you could improve that without putting some thought into it. I hope this helpsand thank you.
I liked all the material in this course was backed up by sound research on neuroscience. The instructor Barbara Oakley was fun to learn from and i appreciate the effort that went into making the videos fun to watch.
Incredible learning understanding!
Very good !The teacher is very sweet and handsome.
Best course I had ever taken in coursera.
A very helpful course.
A course you will only be grateful to yourself for taking...
this course is wonderful to have tools for learn and life
Fun and entertaining with some very insightful information on learning.
A must course for anyone trying to learn what they perceive
Best course ever about learn how to learning! <3
I have acquired many useful techniques about learning and been aware that I used to be over learning which is inefficient. In the future, I will try to apply what I have learned intros course to improve my learning efficiency.
This course was an obscenely pleasing and satisfying experience for me. The lecture videos were very helpful,in the real life. It was indeed very educational. The lecturer Dr. Oakley, i should specify on, had a specific kind of teaching method, which was very very clear and easy to learn. Overall, the whole course was an beautifully emanating experience. Thanks. To everyone.
Great videosGreat explanationsGreat presentersGreat learning
It was really interesting, I learned a lot not only about what to do to learn better, but why these techniques will work, and why it is important to understand how your brain works so that you can make the best of you learning.
This is my first course I took and completed on Coursera. I love how you structure the lectures, enthusiasm in each videos, the learner could interact with videos, take free quizzes. This course opens mind eyes, refresh my mind, and give me a lot of great and useful technique in approaching, learning and understand new difficult concepts. I would love to recommend this course for my friends. Thanks Barbara Oakley, Terry Sejnowski, and the Learning How to Learn Team for this great course.
An absolutely must-take course for anyone interested in lifelong learning!
A great, light, and fun course on learning. It was really easy to take in casually, and the optional video interviews were surprisingly insightful. I also looked over the optional reading links and many of them were extremely fun and useful.
How cool is this, I am so grateful that I am allowed to take this course and better my life all for free. Coursera is incredible and they didn't need to pay me to say that.
Just a perfect course!!!
I promise, this is one of the best MOOC that exist in the whole internet. Absolutely recommended for anyone.
I was very impressed with the content of this course. Not only was the information within your course/ frequent mini tests great but the optional videos featuring greats from around the world were enlightening. Thank you! From this day forward I will look at learning completely different. I appreciate you giving me the tools to help me become more successful.
Loved it! Really interesting! I've already started using the techniques and teaching them to others.
Very interesting subject matter presented in a memorable way. The course was really helpful in understanding how to retain information and be more deliberate about learning. It also provided good tips for combatting procrastination, not tricking myself into thinking I am learning, and not getting "stuck" in the same old ways of thinking. The professors are quirky, but it works well with the subject matter.
this course should be made mandatory for everyone. Truly one of it kind course in understanding the brain and making it work for us
Great MOOC ! The first one I have been following, and I have been very happy about it. I learned a lot ! thank you teachers !
Very useful course, it brings new informations about learning and I can guarantee you that it'll help you in others courses and much more. It has completely changed my journey through learning.
Intresting and inspiring
Great course.I was able to identify the way I learn in order to stop wasting time and avoiding distractions.
I would basically recomend this course to anyone interested in improving his learning skills, in any area. It is simple, yet effective and deep in its lessons. Here is truly an oportunity to change your life by changing your learning habits and techniques.
this is a good course but if you think better and deeply you will understand that deep inside you your self know this things but maybe you did not do in daily life.
Helpfull : my favorite was the week 4
Great Course that gives a valuable informations in funny manner
very nice course
This course is amazing! The lectures is short and easy to understand but at the same time contains a lot of useful tips and tricks. I am very glad to master that lessons and for sure will recommend it to all my friends. I thank to all of the creators for their invaluable work.
The course gave me new insights on how I can become a better learner. Thank you very much. I will train my students so they can use these techniques, as well!
This is an amazing course. I would recommend that you take this course before doing any others in Coursera, it will give you a great foundation to take into any other subjects that you want to learn.
Pratical suggestion for learning based on neuroscience research and some personal experiences of smart minds.
Excellent course, a 'must' for students or anyone attempting to learn and retain information. I recommend the course and the book, A Mind for Numbers, to students routinely and use some of the information in workshops on study skills and test-taking. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn and retain information more effectively.
Great tips and great teachers!! I will put into practice all the things I´ve learned! Thanks for all!
Top notch! Excellent insructors and very interesting and helpful materials. Thank you!
I love this course. It's surprisingly useful.
"Give me six hours to cut down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."- Abraham Lincoln
Good,practical, insightful and usable. Challenges some old methods and points to more effective ones. Would have liked more intensity, action points and tools to have given it a 5 star rating.
The course is fun! I love Dr. Barbara's style of teaching mixing humor, images, and simple words. The tips presented are very useful in my field! Thank you!
I completely liked it and i hope to get use of it all my life
This was a great course and i hope more people start to use these techniques. Putting this information in the hands of kids when they are young would be very useful. Also elaborating on metaphors and training to use the memory palace would be very beneficial. Creating a video that asks people to walk through there home placing items in a check list all over then quizzing them on how many items they remembered. similar to the book moon-walking with Einstein.
I still use all of the information in this course even I finished it a few months ago. It was so fundamental and presented so clearly that made the experience of learning really enjoyable. I recommend to anyone to give it a try.
This is a great course that will give you effective results.
This course is very helpful for People to learn efficiently.
This has given me much insight into learning. I am using what I learned in my studies and am grateful for having the opportunity to have done this course. Thank you.
Absolutely loved this course. I did this with a class of high school students and it was a hit with them too! Relevant for learners of all ages.
Very helpful website because it offered many ways to help stop procrastination.
good learning mechanism analyses!
Really useful course, especially for students.I wish I had seen this course and read her books before entering uni!
I like this course, very useful
Awesome Course, very helpful!
Very interesting, Open new point of view for more exploring.
The lectures made me reevaluate what I considered "studying" and explained how I can trick my brain in to being more efficient at taking in information. The last week contains some good test taking advice and motivation. Highly recommend this class!
Very nice, easy to understand and learned faculty.
Excellent course for those who doubt their learning abilities and need some new habits to help them retain information. Also great for those with good habits who want to learn some new techniques for learning more efficiently and effectively.
The field I am in needs constant learning and updates. Before this course i was not confident and a little scared to update myself, but after the techniques learned in this course i am confident about future learning. Thanks to Barb and her team also Coursera bringing us such a good course.
At the beginning of the course I felt scared in going back into learning. Taking this course has helped me feel excited about learning and it gives me the confidence in choosing other more challenging subjects.I feel the need to continue with my learning and am sure that the techniques learned in this course will make a difference in the outcome of my future education.
Should be required learning for everyone!
Literally makes you rethink your life and reshuffle your priorities, especially after all what you learn about the importance of sleep and physical exercise. Highly recommended.
This is one of the best courses I've taken so far! It provided me with several tools to enchance the way I study, but mostly the way I learn.
5 stars without any hesitation. Great teaching, great content, AND very useful to anyone. Highly recommended.
Very useful, interesting, and helpful. It really helped me understand how come I memorized some stuff easier than others. I've learned so much on how to learn and I've been applying it for other courses. Highly recommended.
Exciting course for people , who want to know how they can learn more effectively.
This course really empowers you by giving you the tools needed to achieve more. You want learn how trick procastination? Come here! Thanks Coursera for giving me a different taste of learning.
it really helpful
Instruction manual for the mind with regards to learning.
Good information and a nice way of storytelling
A must for anyone wanting to tweak their learning strategies and understand what really works. Valuable regardless of what you are studying - and fascinating too.You really feel how much Barb (the main presenter and course creator) cares both about learning and the students! I think it is quite impressive for that to come across in a MOOC.I have been recommending this course and sharing information from it to many colleagues and also using it to help support my daughter with her studies (I can't guarantee all teens will respond so well to saying 'it is scientifically proven that this is the best way to do it' as a way to change their study approach, but it works for her!). Thank you to everyone involved in putting together this course.
This course is very helpful tool because give you several tips for your learning process, you can learn more with the additional interviews that show you personal experiences and may improve your habits of study.
The best course you will ever take from one of the best teachers there ever will be.
This is a magnificent course that should be a prerequisite before taking any other course. It helps you understand learning itself and put you in a better position to learn faster and better thus making learning more enjoyable rather than be a burden.
The course was really good and it helped me to get some new learning techniques and ideas. At first when we had to do this course for school I was like: 'This isn't going to be any helpfull at all'. But then while I was learning how to learn, I discovered some great techniques and helpfull tips! So I recommend this course to anybody who wants to get better and more efficient at learning.
very useful class for Chinese student！
Simple yet powerful
great course! It is really help me a lot during my learning progress and I think the techniques will help me much more in the future. I have introduced the course to my friends, they like the course too!
In my view, this is very great source for everyone who wants to understand how our brain understand a particular topic, and how to get the most of it. After learning this, I get a much clearer picture about how our brain processes new ideas/concepts in our daily life. Definitely a must-have course for everyone striving for excellence in life!
Very good cause, easy to follow... most of all. the concepts are very practical and can apply immeidatly.
This a very helpful course that I highly recommend to start with
It is a great course. It has thought me what I should do to become a better student.
Great, There is very useful content here. I regret why I wasn't pass this courser before this.
This course was very revealing. Made me understand the reasons we do what we do. I recommend this course to teachers and students.
Recommended for teachers and students
I've found this course very helpful, useful and well done. A nice strong foundation to my new learning career. In the future I would like to retake the course to try and complete the Honors assignments.
Either you are a student strugling with your lessons or a teacher trying to enhance the way your students learn, this course provides all the information you need.It was a pleasure.
There are many helpful ans useful techniques from this coarse than I plan on trying to utilize in the future.
was a lot of fun
Best course I've taken, thanks
it's a wonderful course ! i hope to finish the honor content to
Awesome course)
Implementing even a few of the methods taught in this class helped me improve my learning and move forward. Knowing how to learn best is a key skill in today's world and Professor Oakland teaches this skill in a very clear and engaging way. I really enjoyed this course.
I think this lesson is very good. the professor teach me to learn some useful ways to study. and I think ideas
The course is great Barbara Oakley is a excellent teacher on the subject.
It is a very good course which gave me a new perspective about learning process.
Thank you for your efforts.
Very informative. It is a nice touch to have interviews of smart people on their methods of learning.
An excellent course. Short and sweet, engaging and one that shapes up your future.
This is a marvelous course. Lectures sent my enthusiasm into deeper learning at additional resources many time. I have recommended the course to peers (retired) and to parents of struggling youth, as well as to folks who need to master new skills. Oakley is fantastic and so down-to-earth and real. Never enjoyed a course more, and will probably go thru it again to refresh periodically. Highly recommended for anyone to wants to get a handle on the pragmatic steps to getting something into your head! Let Oakley take you by the hand, you won't regret the time.
This is one of the best course I've ever taken, great source of wisdom. It teaches that there is no need of suffering but enjoying. It explains that distractions are all out there, but teaches you the way to ignore them and focus.
One of the best courses ever. This should be taken by all students before their classes, its an important lesson for any learner out there!
Simply the best course out there! :)
Brilliant! Concise! Extermely helpful
The best curse of my actual existence. Thanks!
Excellent course! Helps you to build up good learning habits and understanding what learning is. Personally I was familiar with many of the learning strategies that are being represent along the course, but together with the explanations of why are thous any good, and the organised way the material is being laid it helps you "chunk it" all together , it did have a big impact on me. And it gave me a lot of motivation and already I feel that I am a better learner and more confidante. Thanks for helping me learning how to learn.
Gives a really good and easy to comprehend tool for further learning!
One should take this course in order to overcome the fear of learning any difficult skill or subject.It provides very helpful information pertaining to our common learning patterns and mistakes we do in studying.
Short but informative
Great course
The course is realllly good ！！
I hope everyone take this course
Good course I learned something new about the learning process.
Overall, I thought this course was designed well, and did a good job of communicating serious information while staying mostly light. I think the professors could use a little more experience presenting this sort of thing, as some of the videos were kind of awkward, but this is a new style of teaching so I don't really fault them. I would recommend this course to most people who have an interest in how the human brain works.
Very funny and interesting!
This lesson help me to form the recognization of how to learning, and help me to choose the best way to learn
Change my way of thinking and it made me live my life in a more efficient way.
This course is a very good introduction to the science of the mind and how we can harness it for all it's worth. I'd recommend this course to anyone, especially someone taking an online class for the first time. Don't let the (beautiful) simplicity of the presentation fool you. Engage with what you are being taught in this course and you will never look at learning the same way.I found the module on habits and procrastination /particularly/ interesting.Thank you to all the people who made this course what it is, especially Barbara. I might even take it again some time for a refresher, when I have more time to spend on the forums and extra material provided.Regards,Holly
The techniques and methodologies highlighted in this course by Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski are easy to implement, which is an important aspect of learning a new skill or technique
I really enjoyed this course. And I believe what I've learnt from 'Learning How To Learn' will indeed help me in my academic pursuits and other pursuits in life.
Life-changing. I loved this course!
Loved this course. It is full of very useful information and it is delivered by the most engaging and loving teachers.
Sheds light on some really scientifically proven methods of learning.
Teaches valuable learning techniques and gives helpful insight on how the brain learns
It's a helpful lesson, I'll use it in my life. Thanks!
This course has become eye opening and very useful. I try to apply the techniques in this course on a daily basis.
Fantastic course. Excellent outline of learning techniques, with very friendly instructors, and quite an accessible approach to deep, complex matters related to human psychology and neurology. I would recommend this course to anyone, regardless of their field of study.
Filled with redundant balderdash and extremely dumbed-down and slow-paced. Offends the learner.
Very helpful and insightful course on how to learn. This course has changed my life, and I'm already seeing inpmrovements in my study life after applying some of the principles and techniques acquired from taking this course. Taking this course has been one of my best decisions lately.
It was a really good experience to learn and participate in this course. I really learned a lot how to improve my strategies in learning difficult topics. Good experience and I recommend the course to everybody.
So usefull
Excellent and important for everyone to know
Absolutely fantastic course!! I found this course by chance last month when I was searching for study tips. I'm so glad I found this course. This course content has been presented so well and the teachers are so nice. I recommend this course to everyone because problems like procrastination are universal. So, learning how to overcome these problem is really helpful.
This is probably the best online course I have done to date and it's definitely a course everyone should do before they try to tackle other more complex courses. The lessons you learn here are guaranteed to stick with you for the rest of your learning journey.
Though-provoking! I got new learning skills and now know sleep is so important before taking a test~~
Short, useful, and easy to understand!
This is the best course that I've ever done! All content is grounded by scientific principles, which ensures the accuracy of the information.The way the topic is approached is quite clear and direct, and it is easy to understand. All tips given by Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terrence are easy to be introduced into the routine, making this course extremely recommended for those who really want to learn more efficiently.
This is a course that should be taught in all educational institutions in all levels! Fantastic instructors, and great content. This class has helped me immensely with other courses and on the job too! Thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!
It was great!
Techniques taught in this course is very helpful. I have started following all those methods of learning in my day to day learnng. Thanks a lot to Barbara for such a wonderful MOOC.
Only the background isn't pretty enough
I really enjoyed this course and will use the information I've learnt with my daughter as well as some of my students. The professors were engaging and taught the concepts in a way that one could understand. I look forward to trying out my new skills in other courses.
This is a really helpful course. I think it's easy to assume that you already know the optimal strategies for learning effectively, but this is probably not the case for most people. This class will teach you those strategies.The instructors are pretty wonderful, and make digesting the material easy and fun (I suppose, being experts in learning, they would tend to be good at teaching :) ). Since taking the course, I've integrated its techniques into my life, like the pomodoro and spaced repetition (among other strategies). Highly recommend.
Very helpful
Why we don't learn how to learn in school !!!!!
Such a powerful and helpful video with enjoyable presentations!
This course provides techniques for learning new skills and developing the skills that you want to learn. I found most of the techniques and information on how the brain retains information particularly useful and will be employing them as I learn new skills.
very very useful to me , i learned a lot.
An amazing course,which teaches me how to learn something scary to me:)Such as Math and physics.I am willing to recommend it to my friends!
Course subject matters are highly applicable in real life situations.
Very useful
Very useful. Explained how the brain - mind and memory - works, and showed techniques for learning more effectively. Wish I'd known about this stuff while I actually went to high-school and college!
Great course with a lot of useful ideas that can be applied in practice
Excellent content design, agile and dynamic. It ranges from the simple to the profound, with scientific and human foundation towards self-improvement. Bright driving Professor Oakley.
very good and very useful
Awesome! Will try to embed these into my learning jou
A Really wonderful and well thought course. Already started implementing some of the tips and getting results. Thanks a lot to Authors of this course.
Simply great! so much fun.....
I think people should take this course before any other lectures.
This course is life-changing
Great course! Should be required for everyone. Great insights that can be applied immediately.
excellent an interesting information that we can use daily , it doesn´t matter your age or schollarship level
Great teaching! I highly recommend to watch the optional interviews as well.
This was actually a really good course.
awesome! Pretty much helpful
What was helpful to me was: the discussion on spaced repetition, which boosted my confidence in applications like Duolingo and Memrise, and helped me discover Anki. The pomodoro technique is nice to know about, though I have rarely used it so far. I think I was already at the point where I don't need an actual pomodoro timer to get into that mindset. The best two things I probably got from the course was changing my way of thinking from focusing on product to focusing on process (though not always possible of course), and using recall to test myself on what I know rather than reading things over and over and just hoping it's gone in.What I didn't like about the course was the presentation style, the pace, the content density (very low in my opinion), the irrelevant information, the hand-wavey explanations, and so on. The absolute worst of it was the full recommendation for using analogies but with no attempt on explaining how to make *good* anaologies. This is key. Most analogies I come across are misleading for all aspects of a thing but their very narrow scope, and sometimes the thing itself too (after all, you usually make them when you're first learning about a thing, unless you're teaching) and so without knowing how to make good anaologies while they are good for memory they are on average bad for understanding, and I don't think that can be stressed enough.
Great course. Really taught me some new approaches to learning and as a result my memory and learning ability has significantly increased. Thank you so much for this.
It is fantastic course, helped me learn new and powerful techniques for learning. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise to students like us. Thanks for this MOOC as many would not have the opportunity to meet you guys or study with you in college to learn these techniques. This online course has solved the problem.
Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for this amazing course.This course was very challenging for me because I haven't studied for 20 years and it was my first english specific course with an anglophone university ...You definitively changed my way of thinking about learning and my life thanks to all these mental tools...learning how the brain works, how to built more neurons and to strenghten them was amazing... I discovered Neuroscience and I love it.Learning has become for me an evidence because it opens our mind ...So thank you very much :-)
power up your mind.
Fantastic! Very well spoken.
Although this course seems to be focused mainly on students, I found many of the concepts taught very relevant to me (as a working professional) as well. The theory is explained with humor and insight - Barbara is a pleasure to listen to and watch. She obviously enjoys teaching this course very much.
Excellent course, would highly recommend for someone who is trying to learn something new or simply to enrich their learning experience!Thanks!
Nice, but short course
Open your mind to broad your mind!
I actually did learn a lot from this course.
Should be a prerequisite course for all other courses in the website
It was amazing, thanks for all. Now I am going to be better in my learning.
Comprehensive, easy, to the point tips and techniques we can all try and find useful not just in learning. So far I use it to almost anything I need to get done or deal with.
This course covers some interesting topics and may very well help you better understand what you already know. For me, it was a bit slow to start but gets better as the lessons progress. It solidifies some ideas and methodologies that you may not have been to sure about when going about your own studies and learning new things. I would recommend this course to everyone, unless you really aren't learning new things every so often.
I knew that this course was one of the most popular courses in personal development genre but the course surpassed my expectations. I began to think learning as a fundamental activity in my daily life rather than simple techniques when facing exams and tough subjects. There are many books on study methods and how to learn effectively but so far, the lecturer is the only one who was successful in connecting the daily life with learning. I believe my notes that I took over the course will be valuable for some time.
Great course! should be in every school.
I enjoyed this course very much. Professors are passionate about learning, have a genuine interest in teaching and are cool. You will have a good time taking this course. It's packed with a lot of resources with a lot of useful and interesting information but you will not feel the time pass by if you want to improve your learning skills and want to know more about the whole learning process, which is very interesting. Highly recommended for everyone! What you will learn here is useful in every field for your entire life.
Great information and easy to understand.
I really like it, i love your voice teacher
Interesting
Absolutely AMAZING course.
I enjoyed the course and find it very motivational and valuable. I started to apply techniques from the course and see results immediately.
a wonderful course i ever learned, i wish i knew it years before.i recommend it to every one , they will not regret a minute
It changed the way I learn .. I had some basic idea but this course gave me a very clear picture .Now a days I follow this method to learn.
Perfect!
It's very motivational. It made me want to study and practice even though I don't like it.
Really very useful tool ! I enjoyed it a lot and helped me open my mind and perspective from my way to studying. Thanks the creators..
I learned so much, I wish I would have taken this course in middle school. Thank you
I have learned a lot, I recommend it!
Learnt a lot
Wonderful course! Enthusiastic, engaged and well spoken instructors. A course everyone should take.
Many thing of this course it should be teach in the schools, In that way we do not lose time. I hate the school for not teach this. I love this course.
So well articulated, produced, and organized. Loved what I did.
Learning techniques this course introduced to me are extremely amazing, and I think i will apply them all to my study and life. Thank you very much.
This is a must-have course if you want to build proper study techniques. I only wish I did it before going to university.
Every human being should take this course!
Very helpful for shaping learning strategies to get the most out of the time spent studying.
Great course!
Simple, efficient and very useful.
I am so excited that I am taking this amazing course, which give me a new insight to how to learn. I can't wait to apply what I learn to study
Found myself so excited about learning, I no longer feel scared to learn something new. Thanks to Professor Barbara Oakley
Truly amazing! I'm really glad I've picked this course. It got me hooked from the get go. Knowledge from this course will definitely help me on my future endeavors, and not just in my area of expertise, but in life generally. Awesome and creative approach on this difficult and puzzling topic of brain works by Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, to which I'm eternally grateful. Also, the rest of the staff and wonderful people from additional video materials have a big shout out and were very helpful. They actually helped me greatly to see the bigger picture. A definitive recommendation to everyone. Best of luck to all who participated in creating this awesomeness. Thanks, Aron
Amazing wonderful types on studying, memorizing, and technique usage.
An essential primer before starting MOOC. Developing the right attitude and understanding how to learn, has undone years of bad habits and perception that it's not possible to learn difficult subjects. And yet, Within 3 months of taking this course, I have dabbed in Game theory, Big Data, Psychology at work and other diverse courses. The sessions are informative, not only on the theoretical aspect of learning, but also the physical aspects of the brain that help us learn. The tips and techniques I learned have helped to create regular habits and practices for learning, learning broadly, building the blocks for more in-depth learning.
it was a great course.Great insights in how this stuff works.Thank you :-)
valuable practices that you can adopt, no matter how young you are. Wish I had learnt this 30 years earlier.
The professors have provided some useful advice on how to learn. What is more, these methods are based on scientific research. This course is worth taking.
I love it so much ✌🏻️😃
I might not have participated in the course itself very much, but thanks to the e-mails from the LHTL team I am constantly abreast with their book recommendations, various and inspirational interviews and more. One day I will surely come back to the course and pay special attention to it! A great, I'd even say perspective-changing course! :-)
The course taught so many useful techniques. I've insightful knowledge about how the brain works and apply those knowledge into effective learning.
This course offers valuable insights into how to operate your mind effectively. Although there is much more to be discovered on this subject, the creators do a good job curating the information we've discovered thus far.
Great explanations..
Amazing course useful for everybody!
Very enlightening. This course made me want to study more, because I'm excited to use the techniques I have learned from the sessions.
Very good little course with useful tips for learning and retaining new material.
I have learned so much from the course about learning
Best course ever in terms of application.
To be honest in my review I would have to say that I learned a few key idea from this course (such as the distinction between focused and diffuse mode, emphasizing the importance of exercise, and a few others), while I had already realized and applied some of the things by myself (and were happy to see them confirmed here).I can completely understand why the course has been simplified to an extreme degree. This makes it easy to understand for almost everybody and is more inviting for all people to continue learning with the course and benefit from it (and it is clear the course is aimed at everyone). But I felt sometimes the oversimplification came at the cost of more needed detail.
Eye opener. How I wish I had early access to this material. Very much recommended!
A great subject for anyone. this course will open your eyes, about how our brains learn.
Really appreciate this course. Every time I re-watch it, I learn something helpful and new. Proudly I'd say I have learnt this course at least 4 times, and recommended it to two of my best friends as a must have thing in life of learning.
Thanks for some nice ideas!
I find this course fascinating
This is really useful for me. thanks a lot :)
It's useful for life and job.
Really awesome course - I understand why it is so highly rated!
I learned so much in this course "Learning How to Learn." I gained knowledge to be able to help my kids become better learners. Thank You
Entertaining course and very easy to follow.
Thank you very much, the authors of this course! First, to be honest, I thought the course will be boring, buy after first 2 or 3 lectures I was really into it! I loved the short lectures, tips and tricks and the information how our brain works! I really enjoyed the time spend and definitely will use the tips for the learning! Thank you!
Changed my approach to learning totally
Oakley (with support from other researchers) provides some handy study tools in this healthy guide to good study habits. The lectures are accessible to any learning level---middle-schoolers to graduate students. The lectures and quizzes reinforce material from her book. Highly recommended for everybody who wants to get the most out of their study time.
Its an awesome course it really helps you a lot to impure your tough subjects and to sharpen your mind. Thanks a lot for this wonderful course and I must say the lectures were so good your so good barbara...
This course is very good. Some strong take aways. Pomodoro, Diffused and focused mode. Spaced learning and Illusion of competence.
This is a course which I enjoyed. It gave a good insight of the learning methodologies which we have often heard of but not given due importance. Also, the brain facts is cool :) My 5/5 to this course
A great and useful course.
One of the best course at coursera.
Very Nice Course For Students.
great course
Great insights
It was very helpful and insightful.
Great course for becoming a smart and efficient learner.
Great succinct discussion of the learning process, theoretical neuroscience, easily adoptable practice for memory retention, and exam preparation.
Very good course, lot of interesting ideas.
I like Learning How to Learn because it has so many good ways to develop and maximize your learning on so many different levels. Keep learning, Barb!
a very interesting and enjoyable course, i would totally recomand it for anyone struggling with learning new skills, thank you Dr.Barbara and Profesor Sejnowski
Is perfect if you want to learn new things. You can learn also about our brain works and about how important spleeping is.
The contents in this course are really useful. And this course help me in study in deed, I actually follow the rules mentioned in course and get improved.
This course helps to unlock my brain and prepares me for life learning process. I believe it will do the same to everyone. I recommend that you start your learning process by learning how to learn. It lights up my brain and shows me that there are spaces in my brain for things that I never knew.
Great course!!!! It was an excellent introduction on how to correctly use our brain resources in order to learn more effectively.
have not even finish and already very satisfied.
excellent course. Totally transforms my knowledge of learning and I am confident that it will help with tough subject
It was really good but I think needs better video quality.
It is a very good course for knowing how our brains works and how to make it work better.Maybe some of the ideas you have known before or you don't think it effective enough, but it does give some new perspectives for your learning experience. Thanks!
Great teachers and great material! It will defenitly help me to do a better learning!
Damn good course
Fantastic course! Wish I had taken this class and/or read Dr. Oakley's book when I was an undergraduate in college and/or in graduate/B-school. So many wonderful trips and tricks for getting the most out of your education and learning experience. I enrolled in the course to learn new and effective methods for absorbing and applying information more quickly in my professional working life, while also balancing the demands of running a start-up in the evenings. Five-star course!
Learning How to Learn is such an amazing course! I couldn't recommend it more! It's really making a difference in my life and changing things for better!
Very dynamic and didactic. The way Dr. BArbara Oakley and Dr. Sejnowsky developed this important course for us students also applies many interesting ways of understanding in a more natural way as well as clear explanation of the methods on how to get a better approach when we are trying to learn something.Its a universal course every student should take to start a very successful career.
Great.Very useful for me.Thank you so much!
I loved the teachers and how they presented the material
Totally worth the time you spent following this course. Really liked it. Prof. Oakley and Prof. Synosky made a good job with all the team of LHTL. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Great course, highlights effective learning method. Recommended for every individual especially teachers and students.
Very good course. I has made a mark in my way of learning indeed.
The course debunks several learning myths and offers valuable techniques to learn more efficiently.
I absolutely love this course! I have learnt so much from the professors, and I'm actually managing my life in a way more effective fashion than before. Thank y'all so much!
If you've ever felt the frustration of not reaping any intellectual rewards, no matter the amount of studying invested, then this is course you need to right the ship. I wish I was taught this decades ago.
A fun and helpful course to learn
Lifechanging course!
Very interesting and useful course.
I have always struggled to learn in school and now as an adult I feel a renewed sense of vitality in knowing that it was only a matter of knowing the effective ways to learn! I am re-considering going to graduate school now because of this course!
Extremely useful course
wonderful courses! benefit a lot from the concepts and techniques.
This is one of the best course regards to learning, "how to learn". This type of courses mush should be included in school/college curriculum to help students for the new way of techniques to master and excel the subject. Thank You for the efforts to make this course available.
Learned many useful tools and applicable in life.
The course gives good tools to improve your productivity while studying
A great foundation course for anyone planning to do additional MOOCs
Amazing! I wish I've taken this course earlier, so I truly recommend it to everyone out there.
Plenty of good tools and tips.
I loved this course! Definitely try it out!
Very good content
Great course, with efficient techniques and a lot of additional reading and videos!
Useful for any learning in life, Everybody should do it!
The course was vary enjoyable and extremely practical. Every idea presented is very easily applicable and very valuable to any active learner. Moreover, the course itself is organised to be studied very effectively, and facilitates high retention of the material. Additionally, optional reading allows for a broader perspective and deepened exploration of the material.
This course provides each learner the tool kit to learn subjects that are at times daunting.Rather than offering platitudes the suggestions are based on sound research.They tap the capacities of the brain after understanding how our brains function.Having that insight has helped me from getting frustrated when the material is hard to master.The sections on chunking, memory and procrastination has been of invaluable help.A deep bow to the creators of the course and to course era.Thanks
Great course on learning.I've been trying to learn new things in my spare time and often find the effectiveness of my time spent is left wanting. The knowledge just doesn't seem to stick.This course has helped me understand some of the brain's hard wiring and how we can learn more effectively.
Very intersting course, with valuable and useful methods.Thank you very much !
I've been enrolled to this course for over a year already. I abandoned it after the first couple of classes presented by extremely boring teachers. I wouldn't say that their way to deliver the message about efficient learning is motivating.
Good stuff. I learned some useful techniques
This course has achieved the impossible simplicity. Rather than presenting many concepts just theoritically, the course has focused on examples and metaphors. The course instructor has done also a great job.
Thanks so much for this Course. It really helped me a lot in my study and working career.
It's a very interesting course. It's very useful to make us understand how one can change such little things in order to learn better, and so live better. Thank you !
Thank you for everything honestly.
Rich in valuable information about learning.I'm really enjoying!
a really interesting course
This is course very interesting and helpful!
This was an extremely helpful experience!
This has really helped for school!!! I cannot stress how important this course is for me and how much I have improved because of the things I have learnt!
Should be at the top of any curriculum. No matter what subject people want to study, they can always become better at it using the principles in this course.
Its a very helpful course for everyone. From those who are studying to high schools and Universities to those who just want to learn some new things. I enjoyed it too much. Thank you so much!
easy and fun
Thx a lot
Really useful course!
Very Slow...
I really enjoyed this course, it has helped me how best to manage my studying techniques. Thank you
This is a very helpful class!!! No words can be expressed my appreciation to Dr. Oakley and your team!
Incredible course,loved it and found it very useful, especially the frequent little quizzes helped me consolidate the material :)Shachar
Learning how to learn is a life changing experience for me. Applying this principles can not only make someone learn better but also help a person become successful. Highly recommended! Coursera must honour this course with a Gold Medal.
Really good course, it is very helpful and interesting!
Helpful as I have read The book MInd For Number
Prof. Barbara is great, an all around great teacher and person.
This will stay with me for life. As someone pursuing education on my own, without guidance, this really helps me understand how my brain works and gives me a huge advantage on my past methods of learning.
Very excellent explanation for the learning process.Will continue in detail from her book.
I can learned a lot that I will use on my life, university and work.
Barely anything you don't already know or do subconsciously. But the little that you don't know, will help you understand and remember new concepts more effectively.
Great Course!! Everything was organized and easy to understand with very practical solutions! thanks for everything!!!
Excellent course, very useful and very clear steps. Helped me restructure my language learning.Dr. Oakley makes it easy to follow all information and her way encourages to finish the course.Dr. Seknowski is very enthusiastic while giving the info which made me intrigued to continue
Excellent course, easy and with good content ! Now let's learn shall we !
Absolutely wonderful and riveting material. Loved the instructors and their delivery.
The course really helped me tackle procrastination. The techniques described are very useful in quickly learning subjects. A very effective and helpful course.
I learned a great deal. The pace of the course was perfect, the lectures were exciting and clearly lead.It was a pleasure 'learning'. Thanks!If you both (together, or separately) do another class - please let me know. I would like to 'learn' more.
Thank you all for this amazing course. It is interesting, informative, useful and not boring! I will recommend this course to everyone!!!
Excellent skills to aid in more efficient life long learning!
Engaging, eye-opening, and motivating. I feel like I'm a better learner as a result of this course, and thereby, a better teacher for my students. Everyone should take this course!
Every one of us finished school, probably a higher school, some courses, so we all are well sure that we know how to learn. So I did not expect much from this course.So I was very surprised how well it turned out to be. It explains reasons and mechanisms behind our well-known way of learning, so some boring or irritating things like rehearsal, or tests in the middle of a class start making sense.I think, I became a better doer after this course. It teaches how to avoid procrastination, how to make skills and knowledge stick, and how to master things you never consider as masterable.Also, organizers have one or two nice tricks up their sleeves to make you pass the course even if you want to slack on the last moment.
it so helpful for me,thanks
Imply amazing, this course has opened to me the way to knownledge.
This course teaches you how to become a better learner in all subjects. Whether you're just starting college or working on your PhD, anyone will find this course helpful.
If you did not receive a good private school education then you'll probably find this course helpful. It was a great course and it was very informative.
Having doubts about being able to study and retain information is what brought me to this course. It was one of the most enjoyable learning experiences I've ever had. Barbara Oakley has an authentic, non judging style and clarity of communication I can aspire to. The quizzes were fun and tough enough to check that I actually did listen and read the content. Highly recommended if you have any doubts about your ability to learn or want tips for studying. The last star not awarded is only because I think it could do with an update or Mach II :) Thank you for this course.
This course is really helpful for everyone. It actually improves your memory and learning techniques.
really valuable course whatever your age. Great practical tips for learning that will set people up for future success.
Life changing course. Take it.
powerfual and helpful mental tools
It's good,i have learned some useful learning skills,and it also give me a new perspective on learning.This course in some sense,changed my way of study.This is also the first class i have taken online.Thank you for your efforts,to give me a graet course.我觉得这门课挺好的，我从中学到了一些很有用的学习技巧，同时它也给了我一个新的方式去看待学习。这门课改变了我的学习方法，我开始做笔记，每天定计划，尽量多使用recall，创建有用的chunk，尽管这才刚刚开始，不过我想我会从中受益的。感谢所有参与这门课程制作的成员，是你们的努力让我有了这次不错的网上课程体验。同时也要感谢翻译的成员，正是有了中文做参照，才让我能坚持下来，完成课程。Thank you.
This is very good course and I specifically liked the Pomodora technique ..Great to have this course and looking for more ....
I loved this course. I periodically come back to some of the lectures and reference them.
It was a wonderful experience listening to Barbara and I feel truly benefited by this course. Thank you.
Well, Let's time to prove this course is worthy.
Very helpful course for anyone who has a ton of goals and wants to accomplish them. This will certainly aid in academic success as well as finding excellent tips for how to stop procrastination and solve difficult problems. Strongly recommend to anyone and everyone.
First week, I liked it already !Thanks Coursera !
I finished the book, it's wonderful, but sadly with all the school subjects I've been doing, I cannot finish this course in time.
Super class. Thanks for the easily applicable tools. I really enjoyed the content, the delivery and the presenters.
It is very useful in everyday life. The teachers in this course know really well the subject and it can reflect in the way they give their class. Very easy to understand and fun to watch.
At least on my country, formal training on learning how to learn is often omitted on basic education programs. However, on higher education it is expected to have this skill already developed. Learning techniques are then, self discovered or transmitted by word of mouth. As a result, a mix of myths, fallacies, and actual useful and correct techniques are assimilated. Habits and attitudes are developed based on those premises. Some of this habits are positive others plainly negative.Having this course for validating or correcting our own skills and attitudes to learning based on scientifically validated techniques is very valuable. Thanks to the authors for sharing it.
Amazing course. Really helped me overcome procrastination and allowed me to learn effectively.
More structure is needed, although the very advices are good.
Great course with a lot of tips and explanations about how we learn and how to improve it
Excellent course, easy to follow with good and useful tips and procedures from hosts and guests.
The content of the course is beautifully organised. I liked the way it was presented. Personally i think every learner should do this. It will certainly help all the beginner and continuing learners. Thanks UC San Diego and coursera.
Many handy tools to add to your mental library, and solid intake of neurological knowledge as well. 4/5 because I hoped that even broader spectrum of techniques would be shown, and pacing of the course was personally a little too slow.
It was fun to be part of the course. I learned a bunch that I can use both as researcher and teacher.Thank you.
It is the most important course that anyone have to learn if one is going to start a life as a student.Also, it is a wonderful course. It has a lot of tips and the teachers are excellent.
Excelent course with valuable tips that will improve your learning !!!
This was a very interesting class. The principles covered were helpful and I would recommend this class to anyone interested in learning how to learn. As I went through it my recurring thought was "Why didn't they teach me these concepts in middle school?"
This course is outstanding!
you guys are very cool!
This is an amazingly insightful course and has changed the way I think about learning. Thank you very much.
One of the must courses for learners who want to learn new subjects
very very useful
It is my first course here in coursera nad, Yeah !! Very great course !!
This should be everyone's introduction to MOOCs
Awesome Course, would really recommend this Course to just anyone !! It made me realize how wrong I was studying all my life !!
It was a great learning experience.After this course, you'll approach your learning with a different state of mind, you'll hopefully be able to master the mental skills you have, and definitely shape your personal tailored way of learning.
Straight to the point, the only issue is that some lessons has some audio problems but only a minor ones.
love this course
very good comprehensive class. i have been studying about memory & learning for sometime and was pleasantly surprised when almost all topics i had came across was under this single class.
I really enjoyed taking this course. I hope it remains online so I can review it later. Thanks
This course (along with financial literacy & how to sew a button in) should be part of every persons preparation for life - at an early age :-)
cool
A great course for shifting your perspective on how to approach learning something new. The course is not too difficult but offers valuable tips on how to use your brain wisely. I learned a lot from it and definitely suggest this to someone who feels like they haven't been the most "successful" student.
Really enjoyable course :-) and great hints for more study motivation. Thumbs up.
Great Source of learning " How to Learn"
It's been a very informative and helpful course.
I like how the course was supplied with anecdotes because it makes it easier to apply the lesson. Please make the interviews more organized.
This course is 5 out of 5. I would recommend it to anyone who are looking for better way to learn not only scientific subjects but also struggle with gaining skills in other fields.
This course is very helpful to the STEM student, especially when study the abstract concept. I wish I could took this course before I went to college
It's very interesting. I really enjoyed this course.
Interesting course for all those who are interesting in Learning how our brain and memory is working!
Probably the most important course I've ever taken in my life and it was completely free. Already applied many of the concepts and have seen the difference. Do yourself a favor and take this course.
very good and easy to help us to be better and evolute
This curse talks to you in a very simple language that helps you understand what is making you not being a successful learner. I'm enjoying it a lot!
This course changes the way you think about learning, life and yourself. Everybody who want to learn their whole life should watch it.
Great course, recommend to beginners and advanced learners.Enjoy, you will have a great time!
Great course!!
Enjoyable course, good pointers to learn. For me, it was a good break from studying hard, getting a little mental pause, while learning to learn.
This course engaged me to be a better student and to realize which are the cues that distract me everytime I tried to focus in my project. It is very useful and funny!
I learned a lot of tricks and "treats". Some of them I was using without knowing why they work, but now I know and I do not feel like I am wired. Thank you
this course is amazing . good to help how learn better, to motivate and do understand some concepts. I loved it and would like to do other times. thank you a lot
stellar course. Take this class before taking any other class
I loved the course.
The content of this course was great. The videos were a little odd at first (could be a cultural thing) and a portion of the content was obviosly scripted and felt a little more robotic but I got used to that pretty quickly. The information aligned with previous study but also brought a lot of new techniques and information.
Really useful.
Excellent course. Instructors are great and a pleasure to listen to. Highly recommend this course to everyone as it will benefit all aspects of one's life.
Excellent Course , Great Faculty and Amazing tips for learning .Its for every person whose aim is to learn what ever might be his age or the subject he wants to learn.One of the Essential life skill Learning how to learn.Thanks to every person who made this MOOC Possible. :)
Anyone willing to learn improve himself should start with this MOOC. A+
Wonderful class, I can't appreciate enough about what Dr. Barb Oakley and Terry Sejnowski have offered in the class!
Great course. I highly recommend it.
very helpful if you do prctice which l lack of .
Great course. I regularly apply strategies I learned in this class.
Great way to start learning via Coursera or any MOOC.
An interesting course to follow and apply.
I am doing my Masters and this course for me was like a life saver timely thrown by a helping hand!!
This course made an enormous difference to my understanding of learning. Thank you Barbara Oakley and others for putting so much work in this! This course became an addiction for me. I had to watch a few video's directly after work! (I even skipped work for it)
Excellent course! Great tips and very didactic. Sometimes a bit slow but worth going until the end! Changed my study habits completely!
Dr Barbara is awesome. And since this course is built keeping in mind some of the beliefs of my study superstars like Cal Newport, it was a really journey worth taking. Highly recommend it. Keep doing the good work prof.
I loved the course. I will use all the Technics described here for learning German language (my currently nightmare :) ) .Thanks,Cristina
I very much recommend taking this course. It presents basic neuroscience topics as they relate to learning, memory and test taking in a simple and approachable way. It also encourages you to reflect often throughout the course so that you think of ways to apply the concepts to your own experiences. The instructor is an expert and is a great speaker that keeps you engaged. I enjoyed listening to the videos while driving my car, and because of the course's good structure and assessments, feel I internalized much of the information well.
Pretty Useful Tools!
Excellent guideline and tips for good learning practice. 100% recommend this course as the fresh one for others who plan to have other courses within the mooc website.
It is a great course and i am thankfull to all the people involved for their work and time!
Perfect and simple way of explaining all our mistakes that we do due to our brain blocking, timetables or other obstacles that impair our way of learning,I am very glad that accidentally i signed in for the course, and it really changed the way how i see the process of learning now.
This course is fit to anyone who want to improve the efficiency of learning.本課程以科學證據解釋正確的學習方法，並幫助學生面對學習上會遇到的困難，如拖延。
Fascinating, practical, and inspirational. Barbara and Terry have compiled an extensive amount of resources that demystify the process of learning so that the average person can learn how to learn.
Something I badly needed.
A Wonderful course that really helped me learn a lot about the way we learn and how I can enhance my own learning. It made the entire process very fun and entertaining, which led me to have a greater interest in the subject! Both Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski are amazing teachers, who have truly made this a course worth viewing!
Very nice, smart and useful course not only for teacher but also for human as is. I recommended this course to other people and I am planning to enroll into Learning How to learn again in the future.
Well taught, fun to watch the videos and I definitely got positive input to imrpove my learning skills! 10/10
Incredible boost to my knowledge of how our brains work and thereby to my personal/professional development. Thanks!!!!
This Course is just what I needed for helping mw with my procrastination. The tools and ideas given are amazing, and Barbara is incredible in her deliverance. Very happy i am taking this course. Looking forward to my final year of my degree to put everything into practice.
It is really very very helpful! It is helpful to know the chunk, recall.
A great course! This course provides a comprehensive coverage of different learning techniques, as well as different theory behind 'learning how to learn.' The instructors are enthusiastic, and provide many different backgrounds to learning -- the neurological, biological, and psychological aspects of learning are are covered. A good course to compete for anyone who wants to improve their ability to learn new things and think critically.
This course is practical and inspiring
Amazing and full of inspiration !
This course teaches sound and effective techniques master any subject in any area. It also debunks some common preconceived notions about learning. Overall an awesome course to take. Happy Learning to all.
It helps me a lot
This is an amazing course. The simple techniques will help us to retain and utilize information faster and more effectively. Good job guys!!!
I have learned a lot of things, thank you.
Truly excellent
Some very good and usefull point. Wish I could have those advice before.
This course's material is useful. I knew many of things which are pointed here, so there was almost nothing new here. Also, I always was an ace student, so.. maybe this course just wasn't impressive enough for 5 stars.However, it featured many, many tiny tips and tricks, which, if mastered, can vastly improve learning trough the whole life, save time and become more efficient. Great, huh?This course's main material will give you direction and basic, most important tips, which you will remember. However, there are many more nuance things, which may require additional research (memory palace technique, for example).I recommend this course for everybody, because it, obviously, will benefit everybody who's determined enough to go through this course and take learning tips into practice.
Loved the learning tips and tricks, the teachers however had many under developed on camera skills. (or there were bad mics for one of the teachers)
Just an awesome course! Should definitely be a mandatory class in high school and college. Barb Oakley is a wonderful instructor!
Simple, excellent, clear, what we all need to know !
Honestly, one of the best courses i've ever had. Thanks to everyone who participated in this course. I really learned a lot in this course especially how to tackle procrastination. Now I know that there is a Zombie inside me and how to deal with him :)
Learn some of the powerful mental tools to help you grasp tough subjects
learning how to learn is very useful and powerful mental tools that helped me to understand the best way of learning. thanks for coursera.org and university of california, san diego
It is very useful course... sadly i did not meet the deadline. I recommend this course to everyone. Happy learning guys!
This course is really awesome! You must study it or you will regret !
Very motivating to learn tough subjects..
I loved it from the beginning till the end! It was perfectly structured (easily "chunkable":)), each video was really exciting and very easy to understand! I can only regret that I did not learn all of this back when I was studying at high school and the university. I'm sure I would have had more confidence and would have learned more deeply both several of the advanced mathematics subjects during my computer science studies at the university as well as in various other subjects earlier at school.Among all of the great ideas presented in the course I would like to highlight the idea that you have just four or so short term memory slots available to your focused thinking as something that I think would be very motivating for anyone not to give up complex subjects. In case you don't understand something all you have to do is grow chunks of the concepts (i.e. grow some neuron connections) involved using the focused and diffuse mode and give them some time to form.I have to get it translated to Latvian and popularize it here somehow. I think that could be one of the most efficient ways how to both increase the number of people who study the sciences as well as raise the average level of education at least a bit.
Clear explanations and well-paced.
I Think It's Great One
Excellent course. Provides an overview of the best learning strategies based on a synthesis of research and anecdotes. Highly recommended.
The course has amazing content. It's a very structured with an interesting approach. For someone who procrastinates a lot, I didn't get bored! I wish we had this course way back in High School. So many tips and my favorites are the Pomodoro and the Memory Palace techniques. I highly recommend this course for everyone.
Interesting to see how the brain actually works and applying it to my academic life. Different from other self-help books which are generally biased to the author's experience
Me encantó este curso, aprendí mucho y me dio un buen comienzo para buscar más información.Thanks for this course, I loved it, I learned a lot and gave me a beggining for researching... Congrats!
Love this course, and love Barbara Oakley, she explains everything in a simple nd easy way to understand. Ive been applying this lessons to my everyday life and feel great and motivated to keep on learning.
This was a really useful course. A great balance between the science behind human learning, and actionable techniques to learning.
I liked the course very much, esp. the nice videos and the zombies :)Thanks againThomas
This was my first course on Coursera and I could not have a better start! The course is amazing and it is a gift for all your life, not only while you are sittin in a chair and studyin. Thank you!
Very nice course. This course will teach you to have control over your mind which will help you for time management & to score high in Master's programs. Thank you for this course.
Excellent course. I learnt a lot (31, male). It should be mandatory for every person, especially for students starting their university.
very helpful! thank you so much!
Great course, learned a ton of useful information hoping to incorporate it in my actual daily life.
Excellent course. Should be mandatory for students.
Great course! I recommend this course if your want to learn more on how you learn.
This course is so good that it should be required before high school and then again before college. I would even love to have a modified version for elementary students.
It was the best course of my life
Outstanding way to understand our cognitive function! Some obvious stuff but still worthwhile.
The course is so great. I d suggest Coursera promotes it to be passed by most of newbies visitors of the website as it really encourages to study new subjects; and obviously, Coursera is the easiest way to learn new skills
I'm so thankful for learning new tools to study! It's improved my reading! The bonus is that I can teach these tools to my children too.
Amazing! This course will change your life.
the best course I´ve ever made.
I recommended to everyone. Is good to understand how works ours minds.The course is easy to do and fun!
Amazing course about learning, I can recommend it to anyone who wants to learn faster!
Amazing course which can change my life! I really hope I could learn this course 20 years earlier!
Very helpful.
Excellent course. Gave me many new ideas to learn better.
According to learn how to learn , i can get some advice to improve my learning skills
Amazing. I wish I had taken this course earlier in life!
Helpful, practical and fun. Learn about yourself, your brain and learning!
Great course that helps you improves your learning performance.
Incredible lesson, it has been a pleasure all the way through
Definitely a worthwhile course to go through. The techniques and explanations are seldomly taught. So you might learn a bit something new. Keep on learning!
Its amazing how the simple techniques taught here can change our learning.
Good course. It should realign your studying habits.
I learned some very helpful and practical tips and tricks during this course to improve my studying (at university). Moreover, the tips and tricks given here are supported by scientific (neurological) research. Learning how these tips and tricks work and whý they work made me want to try them out.
oh good lessons
Very, very useful, not only in my studies but for my work as well.
This course introduced many important concepts and tools like "focus mode vs diffuse mode of thinking", "chunking","illusion of competence"..etc. It may be the very basic knowledge about mental function, neurons, and some sort of neuroscience, but it's like a gate opens a new world for you to know your self learning mode and help you in some extend to more focus on the points that needs to be improved. Very great course!
Great course to start your experience at Coursera.
Everyone should take this course at least once in their life. The content in this course will be very transformative in my daily life. I'm looking forward to applying the lessons I learned here to all aspects in my life. Will definitely retake this course at least once a year or so.
Ive learning a lot with this course.
i cannot wait for the next lesson. Barbara is an amazing speaker. I want to listen to her all day!
Although some students they think it's unnecessary to take such a course, because they have studied since they're born. I don't think so, when people get familiar with somethings, they would become lazy and don't want to change it anymore. This course helps me a lot, I realize I study in an inefficient way and begin to follow this new and efficient way. I also use calendar to plan at the same time. I'm very appreciate for this fantastic course!!!
It has helped me , because I want to be a better student. I'm studying engineering and I want to do well in my career , but I find it difficult and I think that if I follow the advice of this course , I can do it better. I would also like to improve my English ( I am from Spain ) and practice a little every day with the pomodoro technique . Thank you so much, you helped me a lot.
Excellent course that will really open your eyes to the underlying sources of excelling in learning, studying, taking tests, and even much more.
That's great. Thank you for providing these useful course on how to learn better. Congratulations.
Perfect!
Awesome course! Thanks so much for teaching us these powerful techniques!
great course
Exceptional work. Highly recommended to whoever wants to improve on learning methodology.
Thank you, excelence course and excellence instructors
I found this course extremely helpful in doing exactly what it proposes to do. It breaks down ideas on how to study more efficiently, as well as focusing on retention. I especially enjoyed the week focusing on procrastination, as I have a hard time with that to point debilitation at times. This course has helped me to view things I would ordinarily avoid and I now try to make them a challenge or a goal to overcome. The course did not take so much time either, there is no reason you could not fit this into your schedule. I definitely recommend this course to strangers and I have already suggested it to my friends and family as well.
its a good course, you must try
Awesome! Great teachers, excellent content. This course is being an amazing experience, learn how to learn.
It‘s very helpful！
I really love that course, it help me a lot when I face with difficulties in my daily life. I highly recommend everyone who wants to improve yourself and learn new things even you're not a student. Hope everyone who want to get progress and change their life choosing this course! Good Luck :D!
very helpful, i will try to apply it in the future
Great course! Highly recommend it!
A great course that I have learnt. Let's learn and practice what you learnt. It would be wonderful!
It's an excellent course to develop learning techniques and improve memory.
Refreshing and inspiring. Jiggle your brain cells.
Thank you. Your team did a wonderful job. I am greatly appreciative.
Great course, very informative!
Very helpful course
After I've completed this wonderful course, I really find it is a rewarding journey for you to do.
Thank you)) It was nice and interesting))
Extermely interesting, easy to understand, with good advices. The course is interactive and motivates you to become a better learner with practical tips. It is rewarding because you understand concepts that will help you become better. Applicable in professional environment as well.I would advise to do the Honor assignments, participate to the forums and read the articles and additional videos.A fascinating course, that will help for improving not only the way to learn, but also how to live daily at its fullest.
Thoroughly enjoyable and valuable course.
The sum of all wisdom
"Learning How to Learn" has created a great impact in my learning habits which were far from effective. It has triggered an entire new approach to the relationship between living habits and learning results.
Very helpful and interesting. :)
useful learning tipps provided
There is great material in this course. It is very well structured and each lesson is very interesting and entertaining in its own way. The optional interviews are also great.
This is a very good course and along with the companion book my way of thinking about learning has changed for the better.
Very helpful
This Course introduced me to new learning and work techniques that I am sure will help me to be more successful in future learning experiences. It also reinforced techniques that I have used in the past in non learning settings that can be translated to my educational well-being as well.
Excellent instructor and the material is life changing, I think everyone should take this course!
Good course, however the questions in the quizes are the same as in the learning quizzes, this feels a bit too easy.
Great course and very encouraging!
well structured and preparedeasy to understand and follow through
It's a very helpful course. You won't regret it. :)
Very interesting course. How learn to learn! A lot of video, quiz to improve yourself and interview to learn throught others experience.
Very useful learning methods were described in this course. Thanks a lot!
An amazing course. I wasn't expecting much when I enrolled a few weeks ago but the more I studied and watched the lessons I was surprised with so many great tips and resources to understand and become a better learner. I found it funny that there were some techniques that I already use but have never thought on them. I reccomend this course to anyone, either in high school or college, or even as preparation for other courses in Coursera. Why don't they teach this in elementary schools?
This is what every person needs who struggling to find the most efficient way of studying
It's cool. It help me to enjoy listening other lecture.
It is very helpful course. I wish I knew all information that I'd got when I was a student.
This was a amazing course, great professors with a very easy way to teach, with a lots of examples. Great material, was very helpful course. Thank you Dra Barbara Oakley and Dr Terrence Sejnowski, I became a really fan.
Very helpful. I've learned a lot.
Loved it!! A wonderful course that encourages learning taking away the fear.
One of the best MOOC's I've ever taken. Excellent and updated content, and the instructors are very well versed on the topics.
Awesome course and a must do for not only students but also for all life long learners...
Great course! Thank you very much!!!
This course returned the trust in myself to develop future skills, which I never plan to develop and more important - I stopped to afraid to take complicated courses to learn. This course should be in every school as the subject #1. Highly recommend to read the book of Barbara which will only strengthen the received knowledge.Thank you Barbara!
amazing and helpful
Really easy to understand, comprehensive course about learning.
It is very interesting, helpful, creative, useful and wonderful course. Everybody must surely learn this course.
Awesome course that brought up many different theories and ideas supported by different experts in many fields.
I just finished module 1 and I think that It is fantastic all that I learned it. I am really happy for taking this course.Congratulations Doctors and Coursera team!!!
Great course that helps me to create a learning system for my development!
Every week I learn a lot of information, facts, stories, illustrations, examples and so on. Everything is very useful and immediately applicable to the life problems. Thank you very much for this amazing course!
This is one of the best courses I've taken. This course should be mandatory for all fresh students entering to college to enhance the overall understanding and results.
Great teacher and good teaching style / format.
excellent! I believe it would change your life time learning
I've been using this kind of techniques for learning for a while now and have to say I was a lost soul wondering a sea of knowledge before learning how to swim. After going through this course, I at least can start paddling.
Very helpful
Very Important subject for all learners
Informative, broken down into small, easy to grasp concepts. Very useful, can only recommend it.
Extremely helpful, interesting and engaging! Barb uses fun analogies that stick and Prof. Terry backs them up with scientific facts and explains concepts extremely well. I always look forward to watching the lectures and learning about learning!
Excellent course. It must not be taken as a road to flawless learning. Rather, it is a practical introduction to efficient learning with the minimum theoretical basis needed.
Excellent course! It gathers much valuable information! I recommend everyone to take it!
excellent course. I would recommend it to all.
Great course to adapt an effective learning
This course, the professionalism of the teaching staff and the content impressed me to the extent I sent emails to every thinking person I know. One of my students has done weeks one and two several times.... she is a grade 11 school student and an original thinker. She is the only one that looked at the course and gave me feed back.I am so grateful to be able to learn from great thinkers without feeling that I am one of the world's failures. How very much I do appreciate not being talked down to and being given the time to write down words that I might not know well and, finding that as I learn meanings from an ordinary dictionary, I am able to use those words on a day to day basis. I am also so grateful that I did not have to buy anything either from the University or from needing extra books to understand the course.I have changed several of my home tutoring practices. In fact as it is school holidays here I have been practicing to 'teach' as well as the teachers on this course.My nature is such that I need to thank people for the service they do to others. I wish I could thank you by buying a million certificates. As I am unable to do this or even buy one - what I can do is acknowledge that I learned what I know from the University of California, San Diego and mention the names of those who helped me learn. The other way of saying thank you is to remind my thinking friends that if they wish to avoid loss of their abilities to think rationally, as they age , they could look at the courses available to everyone.Sincerely,Ruth St. ClaireAbu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
I am a medical student struggling to find the proper technique to engrave all the dense information Medical School has to offer into my core, and that played a toll on me. I knew the problem was not in myself, but my techniques, so I decided I need to spend some time on improving my demolished ways. I had little expectations starting this course, as it was the first online course I had ever started, but I was taken by the quality and style of presenting this information. I had my doubts, but this course was up for the challenge.
Very helpful. Thanks to the teachers very much.
Extraordinary !
This is a must learn for any learner and I feel this should be taught as part of school education to children!
The course was very informational. I have a biological science background and took a neuroscience class when I was in college. This class integrated many scientific knowledge and presented various ways to help people learn how to learn.
Excellent course! I thought it would be just another bit of practical advice to scroll through and pick up a couple of gems of insight from the rubble. But the whole course was amazing! It provided so MUCH insight into the neuroscience and brain processes involved in learning and paired it with techniques to hone skills. I came away recommending it to all of my friends, and with a better grasp on the second language (espanol) I've been working on for forever. I never thought I would get such immediate real world application from what I had considered an 'extra' type of course.
The course was a fantastic adventure. I learned more about learning in those 4 weeks than in my previous 45 years of my life. Thank you Prof. Oakley and Prof. Sejnowski.
A very helpful course for anyone to take. The learning environment is relaxed and positive, but some of the test questions seem like giveaways from time to time.
A must take course for all the people who are willing to improve their ability to learn
The best course for all who want to learn new things. It helped me to figure out where I was doing wrong and how can I use my brain to learn new things in the best way. This helps even if you are not in love with the subject you are learning. The presentation of the course is amazing, peer assignments are great.
Just finished this course, absolutely amazing experience.
Thanks !This is my first finished Coursera course. It's really nice of you to providing this online course. I think someday in the future, when I have some ripe course idea, I will do the same thing. Keep learning.Victor Liu.
Excelent! Right to the point. Generally available. Practical.
An invaluable asset for anyone and everyone. Easy to follow and to remember due to the manner it has been structured and presented. Some of the questions could have been phrased in some of the tests.
This course looks easy at first glance and it essentilly is, but work as hard as you can and do all the assignments. Even the optional ones because, thats the only way you are going the maximum out your own time, work and out of the lecturers time and effort.
I loved this course, and it has become the standard by which I judge other courses. This one is engaging from the start, well organised, extremely well taught, informative and inspiring. Thankyou so much.
really help me~thanks you
Really helpful in learning.
A great course based on their book. I read the book - but found that watching the videos created deeper learning. I procrastinate less now! Thank you to Dr. Oakley! I will get into med school because of you!
It's a pretty neat course, definitely couples well with the current book I'm reading, "How We Learn". I really enjoyed how each section wasn't filled with too much content to complete in one week, they know how to space out their material.
My first completed MOOC on Coursera – great knowledge and very interesting.
Lots of interesting facts about learning, inspiring experiences from guest speakers, and some useful tips to be enhance your learning.
It's a great course! Thanks to everyone who helped to create it, it really helps people and changed their lives!
I have learnt some useful tips about how to learn, and have a deeper understanding of our brains.
I've finished this courses and started to utilize all those strategies in my learning, really great help!
Great course, very well organized.
Thank you Dr. Oakley, I learn how to learn, and for my next class I feel confident I will be successful.
This course was sooo useful! I am starting college in the fall and thought this might help me; it definitely will. The main instructor is great; she explains things very well. If I learned one thing from this course, it is that I need to go back and forth between focused and diffuse modes of thinking. Just that one thing has helped me immeasurably since I've learned it.
very intersting course, it has very important and usefull concepts.
Rating 5 stars. Definitely worth the time spend on it. Learned about many useful memorizing techniques and overcoming procrastination and other learning inhibits.
Excellent course! These skills should be taught at every University. Thank you very much Dr. Oakely and Dr. Sejnowski for allowing me to better myself through this course.
Anyone interested in life-long learning should take this course. It is free to lean! Thank you Barbara and the team for putting this course together and making available to everyone without charge.
This course ought to be given in Freshman year of High School and again in Freshman Year of College. Dr. Oakley is a wonderful conduit for this information. In week 4 the ADD brain is discussed with examples of what the world considers brilliant men. Amazing to learn why my learning as well as my daughter's has a "delay". I noticed her brain development when she was a baby. Day after day I'd try and teach her a new word or sign language or body shape in play. Days later after I thought okay, I'll wait and try something new, she'd do the thing I was teaching her days before. I did not understand this at all. For me now, I see how and why when information comes into my mind, it scatters and then days later, I feel a knowledge chunk forming. wow. This is something I wish I knew many years before. But it is good now that I learned so much about learning and how to feel positive about how best to use what I have to learn new things. Great course. I believe everyone should be required to take this course early in life... and then refresher later on.
That was excellent. Very easy to understand for non native english. Fulled with ideas and tips. Surely I will harvest many of the teachings later on in my life. Thanks Barbara!
Excellent course. It's a good idea to take this course early on, as it'll vastly improve your experience with other courses.
It's a great course that I learn many methods to do my tasks!
This course is really helpful and practical.
I found in this course interesting and helpful ideas and research about the way our brains work and how we can improve our learning ability. The material was accesible and enjoyable. It can be helpful to people of all ages who are interested in learning.
Great course that really does help learning new things
Excellent course which uses concepts and insights from a broad variety of sciences to teach students how to learn. Probably the best course I ever took on Coursera and something people in all walks of education - be it at school, university or later in life - would greatly benefit from taking.
Wish I'd taken it when I was 10 years old.
A true, well researched course with no gimmick insight into human faculty of learning.
Great!!!
Very nice and helpful.
Very helpful
I loved this course! A lot of useful technique and examples. Thank you so much!
This course is awesome, I considered myself to be a good student, and during this course I learnt that I was a good student because I had discovered various techniques that are taught in this course, I didn't know I knew them and that they were the responsibles for my good grades. I also discovered new techniques that I didn't know, and with them I can now become an excellent student and learner.
I wish someone explained learning to me in this kind of way, when I was in high school or even before. But it's never to late to learn! It has changed the way I learn and I have learned how to overcome procrastination. Deeply recommend it.
It definitely gave me insight on what works best when it comes to learning. I use a lot of the information now and I realize that I spend much less time studying while at the same time learning more than I would have before.
This course has change my life forever!!! Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for teaching me how to learn!!I highly recommend this course, as it shows strategies that can be applied in any life activity, as so...aren't we daily learners on the school of life! :D
It really surprised me
Wonderful instructors, truly engaging course! Learning How to Learn has given me a new confidence in pursuing and mastering quantitative subjects necessary for me to secure the career in healthcare that I have always dreamed about, but was never sure about. I've already seen amazing results with my current science courses and will be sure to use and share the techniques highlighted in the course throughout the rest of my life. Thank you!
I found it very interesting and helpful :)
brain washing project, nice
Excellent! Useful information, practical and easy to learn and to teach.
Read the book
Thank you very much, this course was very helpful for me, I finished my university studies and I had to leave my country because of the war and I could not continue my caree in the new country , this course showed me that it did not stop at this point and I can follow up and even learn the field complitly different, also gave me a lot of tips that will help in learning a new language (and this is something I need for now). thanks again
I like it so much and teachers are very nice.
The best MOOC I have taken yet.
Very useful in learning how one's brain works...and how to learn effectively
Wonderful course full of innovative ideas. It's worthy to give it a try! ;)
As the name of this course: IT REALLY GIVES YOU POWERFUL TOOLS PLUS VALUABLE STRATEGIES. HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!
Very useful and new, this course have aplication in almost eveything in your life
As an experienced vocational education teacher, this course has highlighted many concepts and ideas that I can pass on to my students to help them pass the course I am teaching. It has also opened my eyes to misconceptions and mistakes I am making in my own studies towards a Master of Education.
This is a mind blowing course! I just learned what I was supposed to know since I started learning when I was a kid. This is a course that should be taken for anyone interested in enhance learning performance and how to effective store information in the brain.
Really helped open my eyes to ideas and concepts that I may have subconsciously known, but hadn't put terms to, nor truly understood effective methods to learn with.Thank you Dr Oakley, and Dr Sejnowski!
Good insight and actionable tips, worth a lifetime.
Overall very good material. It sometimes became a bit too childish for my liking with octopusses & zombies running around the screen, but otherwise nice and concise ideas and good structure. Could also have been nice with a bit more depth in the scientific explanations.
Very good tips!! I really recommend it.
Very funny and useful class for everyone
Great course. Simple methods to become powerful learners.
Great course - probably every Coursera student should take this course on learning as the first one.
I really enjoyed this class because it was extremely informative, insightful, and easy to understand. Great source of background knowledge as well as helpful hints to make day to day life easier!
Very intersting course
This course presents a very nice overview of how the mind works in relation to learning and why some studying techniques are more effective than others as a consequence.The content can feel a little bit shallow at times but is presented in a very engaging way and with lots of pointers for people who want to deepen the knowledge of a particular aspect.All in all I highly recommend this course!
By far the most effective tips on learning I've ever had. I've learned how to focus, how to optimise my efforts, and how to learn without having to fight myself.
The syllabus is systematic and well formulated, instructors are more than capable of delivering clear and immersive explanations which are complemented with appealing visuals. Resources, both mandatory and optional, are abundant
I wish I have studied this course earlier! It's very useful. Great work by the lecturers!
A great course that really can change your life by rethinking the possibilities of learning.
I'm interested in learning to learn as a teacher, and this course is helping me gain really much.
The course is really helpful. After learning you will have a general picture on how the brain works(the diffuse mode and the focus mode)(The working memory and the long term memory)(Some basic neuron science)...........I really learned a lot. Thank you Professor Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski. :)
Thanks a lot from Russia!!
I learned allot and will use the information I gained
Muy interesante y constructivo. Very interesting and helpfull.
Great learning refresher
I was quite stunned by this course. All key points were structured in a concise and clear manner. I have particularly enjoyed how the relationships between neurosciences and practical advices on how to learn were constantly highlighted. Also a great deal of the optional interviews were brilliant I thought.This was definitely a course I will remember and I will regularly refer myself to.
love this!!
I started this course not knowing what I'll be getting, not knowing if it will succeed in improving the way I learn and my life overall. Now, that uncertainty cleared out and I know for sure that this course did it for me. Now I'm learning new things everyday and actually getting values out of them.
Before taking any other course, I highly recommend this one. It's a new way to see the learning process.
Excellent material that I am already applying in other classes I am taking.
Superb. This is the first MOOC I managed to finish, and now I'm actively exploring all the extra resources and videos from the course.I originally enrolled looking for tips on how to make my courses more accessible for my students (I'm a college instructor), and also to help me hone my learning skills, since I'm starting to delve on different fields of study. Not only did I achieve those goals, but I'm also very excited to explore new MOOCs and online study possibilities.The only downside, if one could say such, is that this course sets quite a high bar in how a MOOC should be: one can easily percieve that everything about its format -- from the weekly newsletter to the videos' length and visuals to the structure and syllabus -- is made with careful consideration of the context of online learning, and of the fundamentals of neuroscience the course shares with the students. Many (good!) MOOCs aren't as well tailored as this one.I absolutely recommend it to anyone who is interested (even if frustrated!) with learning, be it independently, online or in a traditional classroom environment. Congratulations and warm thank yous to Dr. Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski, and the Learning How to Learn Team!
Mentioned a lot of good ideas and techniques for learning.
The professor are incredibly good, nice and enthusiastic. The subject of the course should be taught in all schools. A very good course.
great class for graduate students! I've always struggles with learning throughout my education and got frustrated and stressed out much easily. I understand why now!
very good course, help me a lot to utilize my study time
useful for me, thanks a lot for all the pro's/staff's efforts!
This class is a wealth of information on how to improve one's learning ability! Highly Recommend!
Awesome and well designed course. I have learned so much. But not only that, it is motivational and offers ways into changing the mindset and wanting to learn more and better. And share the skills with others. Thank you.
The great course to help me learning other courses.
This is my very first course on Coursera. I benefitted from it tremendously. Really appreciate the teaching, the material and design of the course. I have a lot more to say in details but just don't want to waste your time here. Please go ahead and check it out yourself.I am in my 50s and facing memory loss and shortened focus as few of many other challenges in life. This course is greatly helpful.Happy learning! :-)
Very interesting, I learnt a lot about how my brain function, and it provided me plenty of tips and techniques about how to improve my learning.Besides the course is funny and the teachers explain things very clearly
Grean course. Very Helpfull
This is the first MOOC that I've completed. I think I've learned a lot about how our brain works and how to learn more effectively from this valuable lesson.
An interesting way of connecting concepts from different disciplines!
excellent ! ! ! very useful information and guidelines.
This course gives you a powerful tool. The techniques are easy and everyone should know them. Excellent course! Now it's time to improve my learning!
This course is just amazing,barbara oakley is fabulous ,the way she teaches in a polite and humble way,i liked it very much and thank you coursera very much,it is coursera that provided a platform where anyone from anywhere in the world can learn anything.thank you coursera and barbara oakley.
Very clear and instructive. Provides concrete and practical information on how to learn efficiently. And it's free! Thank you!
Wonderful course with insights on how learning takes place with tips on how to improve one's learning skills. Excellent graphical aids and marvelous content ! Thank you :D
This is absolutely helpful to any learner, no matter you are a student or not.
Very interesting and helpful
Very interesting !
Funny instructors, prepared materials and nice examples. Everything is great!
Well, this course has shaped and helped me in such different ways. My thoughts and interests have been expanded and boarded. I have comprehend many ideas and understand them well. Thank you Dr Barbra and Dr Terrence for the insightful materials.
I enjoyed the course and it is very easy to take the information on board, you don't need a background in teaching to understand it.Delivered well in short chunks with short quiz's on the way to help you digest and remember what you have learnt.It doesn't take a large commitment in terms of time to complete the course so click 'yes' and join up.This is the 1st mooc I've done and look forward to doing more.
Must for anybody like human
Was one exceptional and extraordinary course!
This course is very helpful, especially before you start to learn other course.
So informative and I'm thankful
great course to get the fundamental idea, tips, advice of how to improve your learning process
One of the best courses to start your journey in Online learning 👌
Consisted of relatively easy-to-apply methods. Very insightful course about learning methods.
This is indeed an excellent course. It will give you a good introduction with the necessary mechanisms to make you a better learner and make your life easier. Thank you so much for the opportunity!
Fantastic course for an undergraduate like me. Not only for this undergraduate but also for the one's who like to enhance their learning ability better than before in any field. The age is not the constrain to understand the course material.
It is interesting and useful for my life and work.
Lots of useful nuggets. Presentation is concise and very clear. Wish I had this knowledge when I was still in school.
I love it!!!
One of the most useful Courses that I have taken. It will help you to tackle those difficult subjects at college. It will also help you to excel in the different aspects of you live.Really helpful.Take it! You won't regret it.
Useful course for learning, although some tips are quite obvious. It is useful to know how the brain works and what you can do for a better learning experience.
great course. really helpful!
even a 'standing out' student can be outstanding
This course was incredible. I learned so many useful, practical ways to improve my learning. Both professors did a great job communicating their content in ways that were interesting and informative. I especially liked the addition of the interviews. Having the honors assignments challenged me even further. I'm going to teach these skills to my students now. Please sign up for this class right now. You cannot afford to wait any longer
Extremely useful course. This course has inspired me to take more courses in Coursera. It took some time for me to complete this yet this is well worth my time.
greatclass
I think the course offered some wonderful advice but more examples could have been given. The guest lecture interviews were incredible!
Great mix of practical tips, research, and theory. Of course, I'll need to redo and actually APPLY what I learned.....But already it's been helpful.
This course opened my perspectives so much! I realized the habits that I have developed over the years were inefficient! Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski helped me understand how I actually learn. They actually do what they teach and the interviews prove what they are teaching.
Perfect, really interesting. I think this course is changing my way of studying and thinking. Very motivating. Moreover I don't have a very good level of English, but even without Italian subtitles, all the videos were very clear. Thank you!
interesting and simple tricks that can apply to everyday life
Great classes for anyone who want to learn.
Extremely interesting with great theoretical foundation and practical techniques. I strongly recommend it!
There you can find a lot of easy, but powerful tools to change your learning behaviour just in a 4 weeks.
It really explains some fundamental things about learning, worth checking it out
Great course with some powerful techniques that help you learn more effectively.
Excellent course!! I recommend it for every person in high school and beyond. It provides life skills and helps you to learn!
It was very useful and gave me a lot of hints of how evolve my study and learning methods.
Very good course. Effective for learning and remembering new concepts, tackling blocks to learning such as procrastination.
Pretty nice
it really helped me to plan my learning methods.
The materials provided are great and easy to grasp , optional interviews are great source for learners.
I loved how it addressed so many vital aspects of learning... I wish I had taken this course before my calculus class! I would highly recommend!
Great course! Should be your first here in Coursera
I liked this course <3
Great course for people who want to do better with academics or training, and don't know how.
On the positive side, I enjoyed taking the course. It is well suited for high school and first year college students, and I think that the mechanics of the course are well presented.That said, I also feel that the course could be re-structured to remove the emphasis on being a student, and concentrate on the principles of how to learn effectively, that anyone, of any age, would use. as a mature adult, I found the last week's content less informative and almost disengaging .
This is an excellent course. I would recommefor all learners.
Best course about learning!
I am very excited. Great methodology.
Great and well-explained information on the subject. Plenty of relevant info on the brain and body in relation to both learning and well-being, as well as practical study tools and practices. The course also had a great structure; well-built for retention of the material, and applying the principles explained in the course. Really happy with the experience and information provided, and I will make sure to apply the information and learning tools during my pursuit of knowledge :)
Very good course! it's make me improve my learning. Thanks.
This course helped me a lot in every activity of my life. Thank you very much!
If you are new to coursera, then this course is highly recommended because it will challenge the way you think about "learning".
Feel so lucky to live in the world has MOOC so that I could had this opportunity to learn how to learn. Grateful and thankful to the Learning How to Learn Team.
Definitely worth your time.
Professor Oakley and Professor Sejnowski are great educators that made this course intriguing and informative! I definitely learned a great deal about how the mind works and feel better prepared to tackle my learning goals.
It is a delight to learn from people so enthusiastic and committed.
Loved it, thanks, but the work for me has just begun: will have to work hard to find those techniques which are for me and my interests as well as incorporate so much other knowledge into my every day studies. Muchisimas Gracias y hasta luego.
I'm really enjoying this course! It's very dynamic and make me reanalyzing my day's task and distributed my time successfully. The best teachers! :)
Very well prepared material: videos, interviews, further reading, quizzes, tests, with many opportunities to dig deeper into the topic. Professor Barbara Oakley has an easy going, but always professional approach, with a great care for details and a tremendous ability to put them into the big picture and make learning fun and easy! Everything was really well curated and of high quality. Big contributions also come from Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, which talks more about the neurological aspects related to learning. I have learned quite a lot of interesting techniques that I can use to improve the way I study, even if I am at the end of my Ph.D. ! And not only techniques, but also insights on how the brain works and how to relate this to the process of learning. Absolutely suggested to anyone interested in learning deeper and probably faster than before!
This course should be the very first one in any graduation course.
Really helpful!
Love it
Awesome course. Both the instructors are amazing. I love Dr. Oakley's lectures, her use of metaphors and zombies make the course really fun.Good job!!!
Very Good course that helped me figure out what are some inefficiencies in my studying habit and then improving the better habits.
Very helpful...the one most important topic not taught in schools. This has helped me to better understand how I learn and how to learn better and more confidently going forward.
Learning how to learn is a real thing that complete changed my life and attitude towards many things. It was mentioned that when we are born, our brain is not supplemented by the manual guide. I think this course can be a real manual guide for many of those who have taken this course. It explain the nature of our brain. When we ask plain questions such as why we should go to bed early or why we have to learn every day and shouldn't cram, sometimes we get very vague answers which cannot meet our expectations. After this course, I could totally understand the nature of my brain and my behavior. I could change my patterns and get rid of many bad habits. I am sure that this course could boost me even more. Also after this course I decided to learn Chinese. I have never thought about it, but having been inspired by Barbara Oakley I could make this very unexpected for me choice. Also I have notices that my memory skills somehow became better. I will highly recommend this course to my friends, students and many other curious people.I would like to thank the University of California, San Diego. and Barbara Oakley for this wonderful course.Best regards,Andrew Liberman
Incredibly useful for all areas in life.
pretty good!
This has changed the way I perceive learning and overall I feel as if I am a more efficient learner in a world where learning is fundamental.
Great. Really useful tips ! Will recommend it to anyone, be it if you are already doing well or not. Great to know what you have been doing right or wrong to improve on it further.
It really helped me a lot in my studies. thank you coaches!
Very effective in presenting new information that I can use on a daily basis. Awesome and powerful if applied properly.
As a developer of E-learning Courses , this one should be a role model.
This is definitely a course for someone that has finished a higher degree. if you've done that, there's a very big change that you already know about 90%-95% of the techniques presented in thous course.
It is first my course started and ended on the Coursera and I liked it very much. Thank for good job Barbara oakley and Terrence Sejnowski.
Awesome content relevant for anyone. Don't miss out on the optional interviews, they are also really great.
Love it
this course was fantastic and full of information and techniques I had no idea about.
A real revolution on how our brain works, with practical meaning.
This is a very good course that helps people in all parts of the learning curve, to learn and relearn concepts that help make you a good lifelong learner...
Learning How to Learn is a very helpful course. On top of the main course/videos, the interviews with different experts from different fields were very helpful. This course should be required in schools globally. I wish I have learned how to learned when I was younger. Thank you so much for creating this very relevant and fun course!
one of best course !
One of the more invaluable courses available online, and its free. Information, tips and tricks contained in this course will definitely help seekers of learning effectively absorb new knowledge they're trying to acquire.
Joyful and useful course. Thanks for your efforts.
The techniques and advices in this course are very useful, I recommend you :)
I have learned many useful things but not in school or college. I have started to learn Calculus in Coursera to apply these technique. Good luck with me!
useful lessons about how to learn, the way learning should be: playful, using several senses.very recommended
Helpful and thought provoking methods to foster your learning.
I liked the format of the course and I found most of the interviews very interesting
Indispensable, insightful, well-crafted. Lots of resources.
I love this course
Great course, also bought the book and recommended it to many other people. Life just got more interesting by learning how to learn !
It's a useful and interesting course for me.I had graduated from university for several years.The long I graduated the more I felt hard to learn faster and easier.Too much things to make learning planning procrastinated, and I felt fidget, frustrated, and hard to concentrate.I tried my best to find a solution (I thought).I spent much more time on learning,but that didn't work.Once I thought learning new things was for those who were young or high IQ.After I learned Learning How to Learn,I found I was terribly wrong.Firstly, the most important thing is,after I use these methods which the course taught,I find self -confidence feel fun and find learning is interesting.No more frustrated,and no more self-denial. Secondly,learning is a life time work,and the brain is ready for it,I just need to know how to make it prepared.I recommend this course to those who had left school for years,and now who want to learn more.I also think this course is useful for students to study much better.Thank you.(In the end, sorry for those grammar mistakes,English is not my native langue,I studied on my-own.)
Great and inspiring course, thank you very much!
The course make me understand more about learning process. I can use the suggestion method in real life.
Throw out your old ideas about learning and studying! No more cramming, re-reading, or excessive highlighting. Bring on the self-testing, deliberate practice, and interleaving. And don't forget to get some descent sleep and exercise, too.The concepts I learned through this class are already paying dividends for me. The material is presented in short video segments that allow time for your brain's diffuse mode to help you along. I also browsed through the optional interviews and readings which are excellent.Highly recommended!
At times very boring, but overall very interesting and hopefully useful. Definitely would recommend!
A very good and useful explanation on how our brain work in learning.
Great course! I was really satisfied with the new concepts that I have learned and eager to actively implement them in an academic setting or in general life.
A good lecture to begin new learning style!
This is the great course about learn... congratulations... the course help me a lot. thanks
amazing ,i got the best experience in this course! the only way i should do is keep doing the habit which talked about in the book“ a mind for numbers".
Excelent course - I will continue in studding of this topic and how brain works, thank you for introducing me!
the class is top-notch! very useful techniques and I love her so much!!! If i had taken the class 4 years ago I would have been graduating from Harvard now :(
Really good. It helped me to improve my learning skills and I have learned some new information about brain and how the learning is done.Need to practise and try all new methods but the videos were great and funny.Thanks a lot.
Absolutly amazing people learn me how to learn.
Great tips for all levels of students.
My only wish is that I had taken this course in high school.
unfortunately I have limited time to work with this, but I have benefited from even the small amount that I have managed to glean. Thank you
Recommended to improve learning technics.
This is the course I wish I could've taken when I was in High School.
great course! helps you learn better anything that you want to learn.
Great
Loved the course! I have already started using some of the methods in my learning.
A lot of techniques for life-long study.
Looking forward to complete this course. :)
I enjoyed doing this course. It was stimulating, educative and interactive. Learning How to Learn is recommended, not just for students, but for the entire learners community. Thank you for the learning experience.
This course motivates me to learn new things and teaches me how to learn things effectively.
best coursera course that I even took. I can't thank you enough for giving me the useful tools of study and inner sight of how our brain works when we unconsciously use them every second.
it is a very useful course.
very useful course
verry useful for the future! You can gain knowledge about how to learn new things in your life quicker and in more effective way. And for sure you will learn new stuff so why not to do it in a propiate way?
Just Exceptional. The sincerity of both professors to provide us all the learning skills and techniques that helped to become who they are was done in a very skillful and comprehensive manner. I wish I would have found this course a bit earlier so that I could have used it during undergrad, and taken out all those preconceptions away about learning things that I felt would be out of my scope in general. Anyhow, better late than never as I always say. Thank you for this, and looking forward to taking more MOOCs as this one.
good course to motivate yourself to learn new and tough stuff
Great!
It was really HELPFUL.
Very usefull. A transversal skill that we all need
dope shit its the best
A really good course. I didn't understand all of things which told in this course, but I suggest this is a course you should study.
I loved this course. I feel I've gained some valuable information to help me study and learn in the future. Whether you're in school, self-studying or anything in between, anyone could benefit from Learning How To Learn.
Very usefull and very interested course.
I really like it.
Accessible introduction to basic learning techniques.
This course must be taken to help learn tough materials in learning process.
Practical and useful tips. It made my study routine more productive.
No one should feel limited when learning, and this course gives you the tools to defeat this paradigm we sometimes create about ourselves, and opens a new path for anyone trying to learn anything, in a warm, familiar and logical way!
Best Course and the first course to be learned for every student
Amazing course. Filled with so many useful concepts. Really helpful.
Really thought provoking and gives me good advice.
The material was presented in a way that was easy to follow. I am anxious to put this stuff to work :)
Tremendous revisit to learning principles. As education professionals, we often forget basic learning principles as we get focused on our solutions. Highly reco
Very interesting.
boring
So interresting
Very motivating and useful course
Very motivating and helpful course. The last thing I should do is to aquire the knowledge provided to my everyday practice. My big thanks to Barbara and Terrence!
That's a great course, for sure. Thanks to Mrs Oakley and Mr Sejnowski for sharing their knowledge with us.
Is the first MOOC I finish! And I have been enrolled to quite a few!I take strategies for studying that I'm already applying.I can't mark the five stars, although I've clicked on them.
It's very interesting, useful and helpful, I extremely recommend this course.
It's a very helpful and interesting course!
Loads of good tips in how to learn effectively
Wonderful tools, techniques and advices are given in this course. You want to learn better? You must take it!
Good tips that can help when learning new things/subjects/skills.
This is a very useful course. I'm currently not attending any type of educational Institution , but I plan to use the skills I've learned in my work and personal life.
Fun and very informative course. Its been a year since I started it and I think about it quite a bit while completing my nursing degree.
Very good and usefull video's and tests!
It's an easy, interesting and valuable MOOC which is giving me AMAZING tools for my studies.
very good. thank you!
Very practical and valuable. Just take it and enjoy what others have done for you since this is a lot of information and work behind.Thanks to Barbara and team!
I really did improve my memory and study habits from this course. Awesome!
Its a very powerful course! Changed my way of thinking about learning and helped me a lot at the university. Now i feel that i can learn everything i wish. Thank you very much!
Lots of helpful information and tips for learning.
Good one.
Excellent course! Everybody should try it.
Fantastic course and fantastic teachers. Thank you very much. This has changed my way of learning already!!
Top course on Coursera. This one is for all. Because after all you are here to learn, so it makes absolute sense to learn how to learn before attempting to learn othe
Is great ! :)
Interesting and useful.
Great and simple
Enjoyed the entire course! Learnt more than I expectedThe curriculum was well structured and meaningful.Beneficial tips were given throughout the course.Objectives were met with a breeze.My knowledge has been enhanced thoroughly.
It really a great course, not only about how to learn, but also about how to work with difficulty issue.
Very good course, would highly recommend to anyone trying to learn any subject. All the information given applies to anything you would want to study not just math and science. Includes great tips and advice, would highly recommend reading the book "A Mind for Numbers" as well, it does a great job reinforcing the material. Lectures on the structure of the brain seem a bit forced and almost out of place though I did see the relevance. They were not integrated very well into the overall course in my opinion.
A must Course for students of all discipline. Motivates you to learn varied subjects and topics.
Excellent course for learning. I feel lucky to find out this course. many thanks!
it is a buatiful course with excelents teachers
I love this course so much! Love the new ways of learning how to learn. Was wondering is there any relevant subject on learning how to control our emotion? I found out that both topics are connected as emotion disturbance is also a barrier of learning.
This is very helpful,for students and for those going for further competitive exams.It teaches lots of good things,becomes more pleasant because of the wonderful teachers/lecturer.
Thanks for the great course. Now always recommend it to the people who is struggling with procrastination or slow learning
It's useful and interesting!
Very good course with some tips triks and knowledge about learn. Recomended
good info but missing exercises
This is a course that will soon become a "Coursera classic"If you want to learn fast, and fierce, and effective, take advantage of this course!
This course has improved my learning skills immensely!
It is great. Help me a lot.
Easy, entertaining, and true.
Great very useful first step for anyone just starting on coursera
A must watch for those that want tips to improve learning. It includes technical reasons behind recommend practices.
The course was well paced and structured, allowing anyone, even someone quite busy with other distractions, to manage. There is a wealth of material to focus on, but as the course points out, it is the time you "meditate, sleep and exercise" around what you are learning that allows your defused thinking to store the gems of information away to be used for a lifetime. Great resources too, and both Terry and Barbara were quietly advocates for never being careless about learning. Thank you both.
Great Course! :)
tackling my procrastination
From this course I learned some skills that help me focus on the tough materials and sharpen my mind on my long-term goals. By concentrating on the process, which is the concept I learned from here, I am more able to accomplish more even if there is a lot of difficulties during my journey of success. I really appreciate Barbara and Terry for their brilliant lectures!
Brimming with useful and interesting information!
Great.
This is really a thought provoking course about learning. It added a completely new dimension to my view of how to learn.
I found this course incredibly useful and practical. It has not only helped me better understand the process of learning but it has also given me valuable tools in how to optimize my learning process.
Really helpful. Everyone who stuck by math or other tricky subject should take this course. Lots of strategies and tactics are taught through it and optional interview. The reference listed at the end of each lesson is very specific and in detail. You can practice each skill individually. What was once a trickle has since become a stream!
Good content, pleasant professors.
having difficulties viewing many videos difficult for me to complete this class
Totally helpful! Thanks to this project I do my school duty much better. Thank you Barbara :-) Thanks from Czech republic.Bc. et Bc. Pavla Mutinská.
It's really good.I have learn the useful way to change my study。
Very practical advises!!!
The course is great, but its core-content is too less for me than I imagined. Thanks a lot.
If you don't enroll in this class, you probably will spend your whole life repenting.
Barbara Oakley explains everything so vividly and thoroughly that it stays in your mind for days afterward. I recommend this course to people of all ages. It's never too late to start learning how to learn!
I find this course as very enriching one, with wonderful lectors! The information discussed down here brought me to many other different topics in conversation with friends, streghtened my knowledge base and motivated me to follow the path of finding new areas of knowledge!I recommend this course to everyone who is opened to new ideas, new methods, new approaches and challenges! :)Thank you very much for your efforts in creating this course! :) Good luck! :)
very interesting, very helpful, very entertaining!
I just could not stop watching the videos! This course is the perfect example of a well-designed online content, because it goes straight to the point, gives you tips on how to apply the knowledge according to your own needs and possibilities and opens the door to further exploration. I loved it!
An outstanding practical course with just enough science for those of us who care about "how things work" about how our brain retains information and knowledge. After attending several graduate programs, I wish I had attended this course during my undergraduate studies.
It's just fit the begineer like me to take first step!
An important utilization of new information on how our brains work.
My very first course on Coursera. Quite usefu.
i wish this course was available when i was an undergrad. this course should be the first thing every student takes before enrollment.
I had a better understanding on how the mind works and how to develop my learning habits, thanks Barb.
A very interesting and practical course. The optional videos added a lot to the course.
Very interesting and applicable advices. But the theory too "empirical" and "metaphoric" for my taste, a little more rigor would not hurt!May 2016 - French student
Great teachers, great interviews and A GREAT COURSE! Thanks. It really helps.
With the new tools on hand, such as the pomodoro technique, I feel more confident in finishing courses I've been wanting to take for a long time.
It's very good!
It has been extremely useful and insightful.
This course gives me many new Idea. A great course!!!!!
That course really helped/is helping me in my daily life and in my academical/professional life. I'm sure I've got to apply these notions of memory to become a better student, and as a teacher I want to show my students how to improve their results by Learning How to Learn.
Interesting course !)
very useful skills for all learning process.
Enjoyable, easy to understand, and relevant to life-long learning.
very interesting and informative course.
Very informative and useful!
Awesome course. It really helped crystalize many nebulous concepts that I internalized whilst studying in college into more fleshed out arguments.
I am not even halfway done with finishing the course, but it is already helping me in learning. It is a shame that knowledge like this is not given to us at the very beginning of our education. That way a lot of human potential would not be lost like it currenty is being lost when children are sent to schools.
The best course about learning. All people should know this information. All schools must apply these methods.
Fantastic material, great structured frame work for thinking about learning.
Good course on how one could improve one studying. It emphasizes a lot on the 'no pain, no gain' mentality. Many techniques are mentioned and are very helpful. Some may find this to be a bit redundant since you may already been doing lots of the things they are talking about in the video. Nevertheless, it is a very interesting course. Would recommend the book by Dr.Oakley since it is a lot more detailed.
Excellent Class. There is a reason it is the #1 MOOC - of all time.
This is a course everyone should take
This was very informative course on memory and learning. I have learned so many new techniques and am learning how to apply them in real life. Thank you for the course.
Amazing course!
it is very helpful for learning something new.Thanks, good teacher.
Thanks for teaching me how to learn.
This course does not teach a specific subject, but the skills are applicable to every subjects. useful!
A brilliant course for people of all ages, lifelong learners. Kudos to Barbara and Terry and team for putting this course together.It is something that we think we know, but when you go through the course, many facts about learning are highlighted which are very important to know about learning and the process which are not taught in school!
very helpful to find different approach at
Its a very good mental tool for the daily life
Read Dr. Oakley;s book "A Mind for Numbers." Tooks this course's quizzes to test my recall on the book's material. Passed without viewing any of the lectures. Well worth it.
Simplicity, visuals & analogies...I think it everyone should take this course. Learning how to learn should be a foundational subject taught in every school. It's a really awesome course. It provides some really simple and effective techniques to master the learning process.P.S. Barbara Oakley is so cool, she's one of my idols.
Thank you for this very interesting course. I will for sure review it pretty often.
Great course. Lots of useful tidbits and science behind learning that can be useful for practical applications when learning. I wish I had this course as one of the first courses I take in college
It's good till now.
The best course in the world
I've done this course before. It is one of the best course I've ever done in my life.
The best course I've ever seen
I think this is one of the greatest way to learn effectively. I highly recommend this course if you want to learn faster.
this is a very good and useful course. you can learn some powerful learning techniques in this course. so attend it and enjoy it.
Illusion of competence and Imposter Syndrome are two phases that is very importance for me to better know myself .
This course is great! If you listen to the advice from this course, take notes and actively implementing this advice as you go along, it will become much easier for you to notice results very quickly! This course has helped me change my mindset towards learning and studying - I noticed my old ways weren't working as well for me, and learning this course helped me not only becoming aware of the techniques one can use to master their leaning, but also allowing me with a plethora of different learning methods to experiment with and see which one works for me. I highly recommend this course if you want to continue to learn in life, and get ahead much faster.
You get with limited effort a great bunch of important benchmark figures to improve your learning process in a very accessible manner.
Great course. Took it since it was the most popular MOOC on coursera,. Have started using a few of the techniques and they are very effective. Highly recommended no matter who you are and what you do.
i now understand why i have good days and bad ,i feel they just gave me a tool box for my mind.thanks UCSD.
I have completed the first week of the course. I am fascinated by these brain facts, and examples of historical figures utilizing and understanding their thought processes! Watching the video lectures by Professors Oakley and Sejnowski is rewarding. They are smart and articulate, and I am powerfully improved by their example.
Very helpful content! :)
It is helpful.
I really got a lot!
Very good course. I like it very much. It is very helpfull!
THIS IS A FANTASTIC COURSE!!!I can't believe the secrets these persons gave here, are so simple and unknown.THANK YOU REALLY! You have changed me, and I am sure you changed the other persons who studied here.Greetings, and God bless you!
I really enjoyed this class. I typically don't have trouble learning new subjects, but I was able to bring quite a few of these techniques to my everyday work life. I now know when I am procrastinating because the process of something seems really hard.Thank you,I tell everyone about this class.
Excellent course. No doubt why this is the most successfully in the MOOC world
This is very usefull course
Great course. Very helpful material. Inspiring instructors.You'll never study the same after finishing this course.
I will continue to come back to this course over and over again. Indispensable.
This course is awesome! It changed the way I learn and perceive things. Thanks coursera for offering such amazing courses.
first mooc for me - it got me to the end with pleasure. And I think it motivated me to continue learning and try those presented concepts or continue using them when I was allready using them before.
very cool
It is very useful and interesting course! Thank you very much!!!
Usefull, interesting.
It explains your mistakes in process of learning any new subject (the field doesn't matter) and gives you useful tips and hints how to improve it.
I decided not to submit any exercises but I did really like the presentation, the faculty and the information. Would recommend. Thank you!
I like this course. In Learning How to Learn ，I realize that I made so many mistakes in my sub
I am not a native english speaker so please excuse the following.Every student should, at some early point of his cursus, learn this.It could avoid you some very frustrating failures along the way.At the very least, it will help you understand the setbacks as you come to face them.
Great tips that explain the brain science behind various learning myths and proven strategies!
This course have been a constant source of inspiration for me. I am now applying lots of these new learnings along with my students here in São Paulo. Thanks a lot to the Learning How to Learn team for this great course. Best of all!
it is really amazing how our brain works and how we supply the knowledge to our daily study and life
Very useful!!
The best course ever that everyone should take period
Prático e com excelentes informações.Practical and with great informations.
This course provides an easy method to learn and score well in our institutions.......This is appliable for all ages.....Maybe from the age of 6 till 50....After completing this course, you will find yourselves scoring well in your institutions......I was really inspired......So will you.....
Awesome, everybody should learn it~ it's essencial and will be useful for the rest of my life
learning how to learn should be taught for students of secondary school. it is such a great fantastic course.thank you dear professors
Good overall. I had been utilizing these techniques without knowing it.I think would be good to summarize everything in a page or two long PDF pretty easily.
Great course!!
I did learn things about the way I think and the way I learn. I am an Anatomy and Physioligy student so I appreciated the information.
It's interesting and really helpful
Very helpful tricks to help learn better
Great tips for active learners and those who'd like to improve their studying techniques!!Grateful to a professor and the team for an insightful session!
I love this course, thank Cousera so much :D
Very good explaination. Very helpful
Excellant course. This has been recommended in coursera.
It's useful and it's very friendly!
I love this course! It has given me tools that have enabled me to be much more effective not only in learning, but also at work, and has made both more pleasurable
Great and very motivational
Great course!
this course is really really good,it helped me to understand my self and my brain more, which will definitely help me control and understand my self and why i do what i do.I do recommended it for everyone.
I saw this course in Open Source Science University in GitHub and decided that I would take it. I am just in the introductory part yet but it already taught me a lot of things. I will change my evaluation later once I complete this course!
It's really helpful to me . In this class, I seriously think about procrastination and learning skill.
Thank you Terrence and Barbara! Your course was so enjoyable that I passed it in less than 3 days. That's how good it is.As the English say: "The more you study, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why study?"Your course helpes to overcome this vicious practice by using focused & diffused thinking, chunking, mnemonics, tests technique. I'll use them for passing Google AdWords exam.I am convinced that real democracy starts when you start to learn and apply your knowledge into practice for the sake of future generations. Thanks for all!Nikolay Kochnev, from Russia with love
Very helpful for learning better.I learned a lot from this course.Thank you!
Well laid out, easy to follow, and actually has you using the techniques while learning.
very practica
I enjoyed the learning experience on this course and will be putting this to good use in the future. Well put together, very good.
Really informative. Worth taking.
Brilliant, inspirational and highly motivating !!!
Interesting and usefull.
Overall great course, lots of tips and tricks to get better at learning stuff.Despite this, there are some pitfalls to this course:Volume of some lectures is too low.Male lecturer reads all his lectures, seems stiff, unnatural.Sometimes language is to "academic" for regular people to understand.
A really important course for everyone to take. It was really lovely to finally have formal instruction how to learn. I know for a fact that I could re-take this course several times and still learn a tonne from it, a course like this can be a game changer, of course of the lessons learned from it are applied to ones academic or non academic learning endeavours.
It does help me a lot, great module!
Really interesting and helpful knowledges and skills which help me to rethink what is learn and how to learn
Very inspiring and insightful class to induce your learning motivation and a sense of efficacy. You will definitely make much progress and feel more comfortable with learning new things.
Great course for those seeking to improve the ability to learn anything.
thank you ! this course helps a lot
Learning How to Learn is an excellent course for people who want to learn better, especially students.The materials covered in this course are interesting, and the instructors are able to present them with analogies that help me understand them easier. While the knowledge and advice given by the instructors may not apply to everybody, there are sources that link to research concerning them at the end of each video, so you can easily check their credibility yourself.The best thing about this course for me is the amount of extra reading and interviews provided. They not only extend what I learn from this course, but also help build the bigger picture of what I learned and how I can implement them in real life.
If you care about your future career, you need to pass this course and save a lot of time to understand how to learn effectively
Extremly informative! Completly changed my way of learning!
Many useful techniques and perspectives in this course!Take this course if: you are looking to learn new techniques to improve your time-efficiency and performance in learningDon't take this course if: you are put off by pseudoscientific assertions (an explanation based on the insula being the "fear center of the brain" comes to mind) or interspersion of useful information by neurobiological theories that have no relevance for improving your learning performance
It is a course that worths learning again and again!
Very enjoyable, pretty useful and very clear (understandable). Thanks to Learning How to Learn team!
Very helpful, inspiring and a great tips to apply in daily life!
Very interesting and straight to the point, thank you very much!
beatiful course
This course is excellent for anyone from high school students to professionals not even studying.I would absolutely recommend the methods and material discussed here for anyone entering tertiary study.
The best thing EVER.
Great teacher!Very useful and helpful technics.I'm enjoy to be a part of this course. It helps me begin to study, doing little step every day.
solid, quick course with good study reminders
This course teach how to learn efficiency, it's a useful tool whatever you want to learn. Very recommend you need study this course before you study others.
Very useful method!!!!!
The best course to start
Mandatory course for every student out there.
Very basic information, focused strongly on test-taking strategies. Nothing bad here, but not really specifically adapted for lifelong learning. If you're a student and don't feel like you have effective, robust study strategies, check out this course as there are handy tips and tricks and some may be new to you.
The course was very useful to make better my learning ability.
An excellent course giving many useful tips for studying.
Very helpful. I learn a lot of useful tips and correct my previous bad learning habits.
Useful and easily understandable course, I am glad I finished it.
My 1st course in Coursera. It is really useful! I learned it as the root of my knowledge tree.
It was great ,and is very useful to me.
Methods here help me to be more productive. I'm also more aware of what makes me work and learn better, all backed by science! Thanks for offering this!
I finally perceive that the way I learn is really learn and can apply what I learn into real life experiences through this course.
Excellent material presentation. The course develops the materials in an exceptionally didactic manner.Information and precious tips are easy to absorb. It was my first Coursera course and it made me want do more!Barbara Oakley and Terrence Sejnowski are excellent instructors!
Great instructor, solid advice.
This was so fantastic. Ive always wondered about by own study habits and if there were any methods to help remember the things Ive learned and the things I want to learn. This course met those expectations and surpassed them by a long shot. Thank you so much for offering this course!
Great for all languages!
This course has been immensely useful in identifying the mistakes I was making in learning new things. I have been able to understand why even after putting in a lot of effort my grasp of concepts remained brittle and prone to be forgotten when recalling after some time. This is a must take course for anyone who like me is struggling to master concepts.
Excellent!, very easy to engage and motivational.
The Best
This course is a brilliant, succinct and scientific illustration of the proverb- " the learning period for human is actually from cradle to grave"!!!!!I have just completed this amazing course and I highly recommend this course to each and every human being who is willing to learn!!!!!! The most wonderful thing about this course is it makes you confident of the learning journey by familiarizing you with the hiccups of the journey and also the necessary ammunition to overcome those . I, a career banker for 15 years and mother of two, sort of gave up the idea of formal education/online degree mostly due to time constraint. After doing this course, I figured that time is not a constraint- the real constraint was my attitude. I'll remain grateful to Barb, Tery and the whole team forever- I am simply overwhelmed.
I really hated this at first but now I'm learning to understand although I had to take notes
The best course ever!!! People should do this course before doing any other coursers.
Boring techniques for remembering.Nothing related to learning or understanding.
This is a very useful course. Give you a practice technique for learning. And the videos are very interesting.
It is a really good course. It is really helpful. The only thing I think you should improve is the quality of the videos, sometimes it´s a lit bit annoying.
Great course, very helpful dispite your level of academia. They pull no straings. You can start and finish the course without have to pay as many of the other courses.
I think I will use what I learned in this course throughout the rest of my life. I just wish I had taken it earlier.
Such an useful course ever.
Amazing course. It changed how I thought of learning!
I love it! This is a course every person has to take - it teaches skills necessary to anyone who values personal development and learning, or simply wants to become a better person.
Excelent! Teh tests are very easy, but teh content is amazing! And teh teachers are really lovely!
Excellent course, it takes you to a very easy going course with constant use of the tools to reinforce the facts that those same tools are the ones needed to learn faster and better. Highly recommended for young students in their degree careers. Tools for the restless mind of many of us!!!!
Everyone should take this course before taking any other course. It's essential to optimizing how you learn so you can understand the information better and for longer.
An amazing course that teaches you to practice self-knowledge, understanding your bad habits, accepting procrastination and how to stop it, so you can improve your learning skills. I highly recommend this to anyone that want's to learn better, stay motivated not only on college classes but also at work.
This course is well made and very suitable for those students in their high school or college. For adults, some ideas mentioned in the course about how to learn are also very useful
The lecture help me a lot in learning how to use the brain for memory keeping.
LHTL was a great course that provided me with beneficial study habits with reasoning behind why they worked so well. I am guilty of cramming for a test the night before, which I now regret because I didn't take the time to actually learn the material and create new neural pathways to solidify the knowledge. I wish I had taken this course before graduating college. I would recommend this to anyone getting ready to attend their first college semester.
Extremely useful skills. Highly recommended to anyone, not just students in formal education.
I loved not only the content but how it was delivered. Is the first time I learned without reading almost anything.THANK YOU!!!!
Very practic and contains slice of life
Before starting or learning any course of your interest, I would urge you to First Do THIS course completely and then, I am sure the efficiency of learning will drastically increase and will give a feeling of satisfaction.I would like to Thank Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for such a great course material and the learning experience which they shared.BR/Mukul Bisen
Learned so much! Great Course! I highly recommend this course to anyone who loves to learn!
Great course that help me learn a lot about learning.
The course was just amazing!Short videos containing that allow the student to focus and don´t lose attention. One of the best online classes I´ve done!Barbara is really good in explaining and show an enthusiasm for the subject that makes the student feel more will to sit and listen to the videos!
Awesome first experience on Coursera. The teachers and the material are simply awesome. I can only recommend this course if you are looking to learn techniques to help you learn, fight procrastination, and build the confidence to face new intellectual challenges :)
I wish the schools or colleges I attended years ago had offered a basic course on how to learn! This course is outstanding and very useful for someone genuinely interested in how to learn and teach others. I recommend serious students enrol for the course.
A very interesting course! Recommend to all of you!
The professors utilize their exceptional and diverse backgrounds to both inspire and instruct in this course. Not to mention Barb clearly implements the very concepts she is teaching about learning throughout the course, making it engaging and easier to learn! I highly recommend this course. There is certainly something for anyone to take away from this course, whether you are a struggling student or a contemplative mindfulness guru.
I thouroughly enjoyed this course. I found the lectures and the visual tools engaging and have been incoporating some of these ideas into my routines with great success. I have also been sharing some of what I've learned with the students I work with as a Learning Support Assistant. Excellent!
Great practical advice and easily understood lessons make this a course that everyone should take since learning how to learn is
Very interesting topics. I bought the Barbara Oakley book and still I'm still reading to fix the subjects that I studied in this course.
This course is very useful, I recommend it for everyone, I love it!
Absolutely a must if you want to understand and be compelled to practice better habits to learn
very useful
Simple and effective.A quick introduction to the biology of the human brain, and how to leverage it to your advantage when confronted with difficult subjects, or high-stress examinations.Recommended for all students, studying at any level.
Life live and learn !
Very very good helpfull course! I recomend it to all people!!
This is a very inspire and deeply interesting course! All of parts architected are simple, competently and logical. After course i find many of my bad mistakes and i hope it helps me to be better and learn faster. Because we learn through all the life!I finished my university many years ago, but now i would learn by Barbara Oakly and Dr. Senjowsky with pleasure. You are the great teachers! Thanks for learned me how to learn!with respect, Rouslan Boulatov, Moscow, Russia.
Excellent! Thank you for your effort.
In easy steps it is explained the process of learning, there are many helpful and useful tips in this course.
A very good course. I enjoyed listening to some of the key ideas such as concentrating on process Vs product and focused Vs Diffuse modes.Thanks a ton for getting this on Coursera!Great Job by the team at University of California, San Diego.
Fantastic, proven-effective steps and tips to enhancing learning in all subject areas!
Really liked this course! It is very well-organized and informational. Would love to recommend to anyone who wants to learn more scientific and productive ways of learning.
got many good ideas and confirmation of some things I am doing right already! Thjank you very much for teaching how to learn!
It is fantastic course, I've had lot of fun learning about learning and how to learn. And furthermore I've learnt a lot about my mind, now I have tools to tackle my procrastination problems. This course doesn't require much time, but it can give you many powerful tools and knowledge of various techniques. And it's only up to you if you make use of them.I strongly recommend taking this course.Cheers :)
Excellent. But as the course teaches you, please recall it - otherwise you will forget it.
I love Barbra Oakley! She's funny, creative intelligent & I love that she uses her own experience (& I'm assuming her daughter) as examples to help understand the connecting of dots. I'm learning a lot of valuable information in this course that I fully plan on using as I continue educating myself.
Nice course that helps you to understand nature of learning process
Astonishing and inspiring Barbara! If only all teachers were like you! And some insightful speakers too. I have not stopped talking about this course lately and I am encouraging all and sundry to take it. As a "middle aged" person I feel now like a 3 to 11 years old: eager and stimulated. This course has unearthed some new learning methods and also consolidated my numerous intuitions as regards to learning and my own potential. I am ready now to take on seriously all the challenges that I have been procrastinating on for ages such as Maths (aaargh), learning another language, coding and much more for the rest of my life. Come on I dare challenging you that you will most certainly find out quite a few things you thought you knew not and many more that you had absolutely no clue about. What a great course in its positive approach to your own hidden abilities and multiple facets to learning. Enjoy!
THank you to everybody in this course :) it's really life-changing!
well put together course and super useful!
It's so good!
Amazing!! It gives tools that are very useful, it's nice to watch, easy, and it also explains many of our behaviours and habits in a very useful way. I love it and I think it can be useful for learners but also for teachers because it gives a new perspective on how we learn and the best ways of approaching knowledge.
This was my first course and I'm loving it. It was so helpful, fun and now I know some tricks and tips on studying for my next projects in life.
love it i learn a lot !!!
Great tips. Well paced videos that were easy to get through or make time tolisten to. Mini quizzes along the way to test that the information was being recieved.Well planned, excellent and very helpful. Thank you for the Pomodoro technique!
Great！
Great cours with lots of useful tips. Good combination of theoretical background with practical advises.
Its really helpful, its not only theory guys !, they designed it really well using sound effect and animation.Thank you so much everyone to making this course.
Great! I learn how to avoid procastination
An amazing course giving you all kinds of in an outs on how to learn. I actually miss the weekly moments I used to plan in my agenda in order to watch the classes. I wish all the Coursera courses would be this motivating and addictive.
Pretty good course. I got a few techniques and habits/routines out of it, which I plan to adopt. On the critical side, I usually like my material free of zombies and pinball machines, but that's me. I feel the zombie analogy is handy during the course, but falls short as you move on to more advanced understanding. Also, I would remove "easy" from the answer to 21 d (I think that was the question).But overall, a very good course.
Great pity i haven't met this course in my student's time - everything would have been much easier, productive and pleasant!
The beginning sections of the course were interesting as they were descriptive of some pragmatic approaches towards thinking and learning like the POMODORO technique (excuse me if spelling is wrong). The later portions could have been better although they weren't that bad either. Overall, I learned how to learn!
I enjoyed this course very much! Most of us will have picked up some of these strategies independently; however I assure you there are more to learn if you work through this MOOC
Such a amazing course. Very wow. Recommend to everyone who wants to study science to be successful in life.
The book is awesomeIt's help a lot!!
very helpful and motivating
waste of time
Vary helpful, strongly recommend to others.
This course is 4 weeks long; Why Do something new for30 days; do this course.If you've always wanted t be a much better learner , then nows the time: think about it, you've always wanted to add to your learnings in life , advent you? Invest in Meta learning - Learning about learning - for the next 30 days.30 days is a great time span, it's just about the right amount of time to add this new habit , Learning how to learn, to your life.Get a hold of the coming month, (theres a course starting right now on 22 march2016), and you can find instead of t 2016 flying by, forgotten, the time invested in March/ April will make everything in 2016 and beyond much more memorable. Your self-confidence as a Learner par excellence will grow exponentially.!if you really want to be a superlative learner badly enough, you can certainly do this course with dedication & commitment for 30 days.When you make small, sustainable changes, things you keep doing, they are more likely to stick.So here's my question to you: What are you waiting for? the next 30 days are going to pass anyhow, so why not Choose To be A Skilful Learner, something you have always wanted to do and give it a shot!
A very interesting course, with the material given in a simple and clear way for everyone to understand.
Verry good program, a lot of new information and very well strunctrate.
This course is appropriate for students and teachers alike, because you can learn for your own growth or with the intent of passing this information on to others.
This is my greatest and useful lesson that i i can get along my life. This course change who i am right now.Not on learning process only,but on build my good habits too.Thank you very much for the instructors
Recommended for everyone. Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't been in education for a while.
This course is very interesting. The relators are good, the videos are clear. It is also easy to do: you can learn!
I think the difficulty of the course and progress is very suitable for beginners, you can see very attentively when producing, I looked up some information in learning, think that teacher is very clear. So this course I'm very satisfied, very happy!
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The course is Very helpful tool to learn new things. I have recommended this course to one of my friends.
Really useful and practical.
it's really helpful to understand the process of learning, and introduce some technique to help overcome procrastination
This course was quite valuable for people of all ages. Really wish that there had been a module or requirement for me to hear this information before starting college, but still, years after graduate school, the concepts and tips presented are of value as we continue to learn in life.
After this course you will spend your most valuable resource (time) more effectively while getting knowledge you want to get. Lots of great concepts, tools and tips, which can be applied to real life situations.
Exceptional course. This course pulls out a lot of our unconscious actions while learning out in the light. Just a week into the course and I am already enjoying it.
This was my first course I did on coursera. I very much enjoyed it. Even if you think you've already got your learning nailed down, you will pick up little things of this course that will help you learn even more efficiently. You could decide your on pass because all the material was online which was very pleasant. The MOOCs were very clear, and the little quizes at the end of the videos gave you direct feedback if you understood the discussed material of the video.
Very effective
A simple, fun, motivating course which offers deep insights. Those who are new to Coursera, just like me, can take up this course, complete it and see how MOOCs work.
An incredible course. I learned so much. Thank you experts for sharing your knowledge!
Awesome! I'm a new person right now. I'm going to change my way of learning and I hope to improve a lot!
I think that this course could be -if it's applied what is taught here- "life changing". I love this course. Thanks Barbara, Terry and Coursera.
I loved this course and keep referring to it in conversations with friends and work colleagues. I could not possibly say (sing?) enough praise about it. This course got me to start studying the German language again and relit the desire to finally finish that last research paper needed to complete my degree in Anthropology. Thank you, thank you!
I was skeptical about the course at first. The presentation seemed pretty old-school, although interesting. As the course progressed and I applied the theory and methods from the course I started learning far better and absolutely love the course! Perfect for anyone and everyone who embraces life-long learning.
helpful course in learning
Some very interesting insights and good analogies
Great course, I really recommend it !
Really awesome and helpful course. Thank you!
Fantastic course. Having been plagued by procrastination for most of my life, this course taught me some useful and easy techniques to overcome this obstacle and make my life easier and learning much more enjoyable. Thank you.
Immediately useful and universally applicable.
This course is absolutely incredible, if you're looking for new perspectives about learning process, here is the first step to reach your success on everything you propose yourself to learn.
Very helpful and fun course
Thanks, Barbara. A very useful course, with lots of hints and information. The course made me think about my learning process!
Very useful course. Feel like I'm 'back in the driving seat' to tackle poor study habits and procrastination, and to tweak a few things about how I learn for better outcomes and hopefully less frustration! Thank-you!
It's a powerful tool for everyone!
Thank you for teaching how to learn :)
Without exaggeration this is one of the most powerful tool to change your life. I guess it should be mandatory course for all students no matter the field. I can help you to achieve everything you want in professional and personal life. Thank you very much for sharing.
This is a great course. The concepts and techniques taught here should be required by every teacher and student in our school systems from kindergarten on. Of course, some of the material is well beyond the grasp of a kindergartner, but the techniques and methods can be taught by how their teacher manages the delivery of curriculum. It is never too early to teach our children how to learn.This is a wonderfully succinct presentation of key concepts that I wish had been available to me in my youth. I was very fortunate to have an anatomy and physiology professor in college in 1979 that took time in his lectures to teach about how the brain learns and some methods and principles for study, retention, and recall. I saw many of his concepts in this course.I later went on to teach college myself. I found the students in my Freshman course on data communications were particularly lazy about making an effort to learn material thoroughly. I knew this bad habit would hinder their progress in the semesters to come.I adopted a practice of making my mid-term exam a thorough (not to be confused with level of difficulty) test of their understanding. Consequently, 60% would fail that test. When delivering the bad news I also delivered a path to recovering from that score. I provide several hours of lecture on what I learned about learning from my A&P professor. Then I offered a retest. The questions were posed differently in wording and type (multiple choice vs short answer essay vs T/F). Everyone improved their score significantly and the pass/fail distribution reflected more of a bell curve distribution.Interestingly, when I tried teach how to learn before the mid-term I still saw a 60% failure rates. I expect somethings require more motivation. The risk of failing a course proved to be motivating, so I capitalized on that human behavior. I wish I could have found a better way, because this approach cost several lecture hours of data communications instruction. However, teaching them to learn proved so much more valuable.I, unexpectedly had the same high failure rate on a term test teach an Algebra class. I responded in kind with lectures on how to learn. On student that started with failing the first term test almost dropped. Another student that had taken other classes encouraged her stay on and to learn how to learn. She finish Algebra with an A-. At the end of the course she came to me with the most treasured compliment of my teach career, "You taught me that I can learn anything I want to learn."
A great course, useful for everyone. I highly recommended.
Excellent for young students, and also for teachers.
I thought this course would be too difficult for me but the method and clarity of explanations gave me more and more confidence and taught me how to better deal with all the information on the course. The biology videos had to be watched and transcript read and subtitled but overall it was a great and illuminating experience. I re-trained 6 years ago to become a teacher of English and my trainer said I would never have the same relationship with the language again. She was right. And I continue to learn from that fact, it's so much more complex and fascinating and the chunks keep growing! I feel the same way about this course - Learning will never be the same again! And it's a very positive rewarding gift. THANKS to the whole LHTL Team. Avril.
This course was very interesting, informative, fun and all the presentations were nicely filmed, it was a pleasure to listen Barbara about procrastination and memory.I will definitely use all of the advices that I heard in this course. Sometimes we just need to hear something we might already know - to use it in real life.
Its the best corse that i have ever take in my life.
It`s very interesting, helpful and easy. Thank you very much!
thx for sharing. Inspiring!
Very interesting course, it helped me to learn how to learn (as would be ridiculous as it may sound :)). Thanks to the University of California San Diego for the given course.
Interesting and useful techniques that I'll definitely use in the future for my future personal learning. I now aim to read the book
It is a course for everyone whether they are at zny stage of learning in their life
Great course opening up better understanding of how to learn and giving a lot of practical advices and clues.
It was really cool to learn research-backed information on what is happening in our brain while we are learning and to get some tips to improve our learning skills. I hope to use this knowledge for the many topics I still wish to learn throughout my life and also to teach my girls how to learn better . Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for sharing your knowledge with the world. Learning is one of the most fulfilling and empowering experiences one can have. Thank you for encouraging and making this experience accessible to anyone who wishes to pursue it.
I really enjoyed the class and I learned a lo
I wish if I could have attended this during my college days and could have improved my grades. I would like to thank Terrence Sejnowski and Barbara Oakley for such a wonderful course.
This should be a mandatory first week of high school class in every school around the world! :)
Great course!!! It may sound a bit like in the commercials when saying this, but it really changed the way I learn.
An extremely helpful course I recommend for anyone. The mental tools acquired through this course are applicable to any discipline imaginable. Make sure to read through the optional readings for some really interesting extra insight.
Great course. Great instructors. Well paced.
Barbara Oakley is a strong communicator and the contents of the course is very interesting and useful.
This is my second time to take the course. It is really wonderful. I love every lecture.
Great lecture teach you to a better learner!
a very good station for people, who fails at studies in this modern world..very helpful and easy understanding videos for people who want to learn effectively
Concrete and useful techniques. Very pleased with the course.
Thank You,
I thoroughly enjoyed this courses. The lectures were insightful and well presented. I am currently employing some of the techniques that I have learned. I struggle with procrastination, and the idea of focusing on the process and not the product is helping me to get tasks completed, when I previously procrastinated. I think every student should do this course.
Very insightful, very good teachers
Excellent, I discover new ways of learning and I regret i didn't have this information sooner on my early student years
A lot of concepts helpful for learning
I love this course, is very well organized and easy to follow.
Learning how to learn is basic. In this course, i have known the way to learn and i am confident to learn better.
Definitely recommend to everyone! you can use these methods in any aspect of your life to be more productive.. :)
This course is very helpful and valuable.
Very thought provoking and informative
This course is wonderful, it really opened my mind to a new way of learning. Thanks so much!
Excellent MOOC. Easy to follow and gives grateful info about the topic.
This was the very first I enrolled since joining Coursera. It blew me away. Barb has a way to keep your attention.Regarding the content: very good stuff. A lot of thinks I did not know. Please don't skip over the optional interviews. These provide great insights of how very successful people deal with this subject.
The best course I have taken so far! Absolutely brilliant and with a marvelous structure!
Brilliant. Wish I had completed a course like this 15 years ago before I started my degree. This has boosted my ability to learn and had a huge positive influence on how I study!
Great course. Learnt a lot about the brain and how to use it to increase the effectiveness of time spent on studying and learning something new
Excellent course! Should be a prerequisite for everyone.
This course demonstrate a brand new way of thinking how to learn. I recommend it to everyone who are interested into improvement through self-studying!
Very helpful, very meta ( a course on how to take courses more efficiently)
Great tools, great interviews!
Excellent course! Really easy to understand and apply to your own studies. If you are wanting to get better grades on exams or more fully understand the material you are learning in class (or at work/in life) this course is super helpful in teaching you how to use research in neuroscience to memorise material, avoid procrastination and overall improve your learning abilities!
Awesome! One of the best e-courses I finished.
Just amazing! Is perfect for people who want to improve the way they learn while making learning an enjoyable issue.
muchas gracias ¡¡¡¡ ojalá sigan haciendo mas cursos :Dthanks very much ¡¡¡¡ hopefully continue to make more courses
it is one of my best courses i have ever learned
I thought this course gave me valuable tools in order to further succeed in future courses. Everything was very well explained and manageable
Great course! Why didn't I know this when I was at school! This should be mandatory curriculum for every teenager.
Good information. Very helpful. Could be more entertaining at some parts.
Great course! Highly recommended for everyone!
An extremely well-designed and easy to follow course! Deals with the subject matter brilliantly, and teaches some very effective (and practical!) techniques which I'm finding very useful! Thank you professors!
A very helpful course, done in a fun way.
I was looking for something to help me think differently, or to how to do it, what steps to take. This course has helped me immensely and is one that would be beneficial to everyone.
It's simply amazing! I've learned so much in this course! and I watch some videos several times up to this moment!
Absolutely terrific course, easy to digest, and perfect for first time MOOC'ers. I was familiar with a few of the techniques and didn't realize I was already doing them. It was awesome learning some of the science behind how, and why these techniques work. This course has definitely informed me on some EXTREMELY use-full learning and studying techniques! I highly suggest getting Barbara's book as well; it is also easy to digest but intellectually stimulating. While it is not necessary during the course, it is an excellent tool for interleaving your learning by reading the book after completing the course. The optional interviews are very helpful as well, they are structure to be part informative and part review and part inspirational; the instructors clearly understand the concepts they are discussing. After altering a few of my habits, I have already experienced a big difference in my learning abilities.Thank you Terry and Barb!
Very interesting and helpful.
Very helpfull course
Good course but its too short.
Great Ideas and techniques to help me to learn better :)
It is an excellent course. I believe that everyone can truly benefit from the course.
The best course I ever had here. I wish all the courses would use the knowledge about how people learn in designing their presentations and quizes. Perfect!
Very, very useful course. I learn a lot from this, not only how to study better, but also gain my confidence to learn anything late.Highly recommend!
Very helpful course that can help improve your life on many levels.
Very well presented course. The material was easy to understand and the tips are useful
It's beyond excellence! I look forward to more course given by Dr. Barbara and Dr. Terry.
Simple and practical techniques with profound underlying methodology and theoretical foundation.
I've learned a lot of usefull information and tips!
some very powerful mental tricks on making the most of learning. to the point and with great references
I really enjoyed the course. Thanks Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski for presenting us with a lot of great insight into how we learn and the pitfalls we may encounter.
Great course, but too much pomodoro.
Definitely a must-see!
Very helpful!
Thank you all for sharing your knowledge. Thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski for this wonderfull experience. Thank you coursera group.
Thank you very much :)
Nice Course, Helps you understand the nuances of learning and some techniques that can help you avoid procrastination.. Thanks !
very interesting
Best part was procrastination and how to deal with it.
Very helpful course for learning.
Great course with good insights into how learning works. Topped with superb and well done interviews with researches people using this powerful learning techniques.
Extraordinary!!! Very clear and very useful.
It is excellent!
Fantastic course and highly recommended to anyone who struggles with taking in information.
A really interesting course that crystallized a lot of things I already instinctively knew and gave me a set of new tools to make my learning journey more efficient.
Everyone must do a course like this.
thumbs up! excellent material.
Excellent course. A must for all students of every age. As a parent it helped me on how to better guide my children in their learning.
I am a 55 year old learner with two advanced degrees and I have struggled. My hope is that more people get exposed to your work. It has the power to ease suffering and end unnecessary battles with self confidence. It may even keep many from giving up. Thank you for your generosity and knowledge.
It is a wonderful course that indeed makes the difference. Over it "I've met myself" almost in each video and each topic. Very surprisingly that somebody knows me better than I do and is searching for sintific solutions of my problems in a daily professional fashion. I did realize a lot of things about myself and how things work for or against me, how to reinforce my cons and extract maximum efficiency of pros. How much learning means and how strongly influences human beings. All from the above will be essential for you if you wish to upgrade yourself and your life.
My first MOOC course and I believe other courses are going to have a hard time to outshine how well this course is structured and taught.
It was a good course and helped me out of misconceptions i had about ways of learning and also helped to re-enforced some of my own belief systems. I specially liked the section on procrastination and how to handle the same. I will definitely try to imbibe some of the learning in my professional life and as far as possible will try to disseminate the learnings with others.
Great Course, the way that Barbara uses to explain is very understandable. Nice content, easy going course and effective.
Excelent course! Good teachers!!
I enjoyed the logical and calm explanations by the teachers. This was a good course which I hope will help many new learners as well as those of us who are in our senior years and just like to learn :)
really interesting and useful.
Very helpfull
This course is very useful and practicable despite of some obvious things at the beginning and not very useful 'additional videos'. I have already started to apply the knowledge I received during this wonderful course and I will, certainly, pass this knowledge to my relatives and friends to enhance their ability to learn and be smarter. Thank you very much Barbara and Teren! Thank you very much entire team who took part in organization of the course and definitely big 'thank you' to Coursera for such marvelous opportunities in online studying!
Very interesting, useful, engaging and truly inspiring...
Very informative. The first 2 weeks were eye opening. However the course lost its momentum by week 3 and 4.
Fantastic course. Very thorough. Plenty of interesting and useful content.
Very positive course for everyone that is willing to improve.
Very interesting course with some practical tips on how to improve your learning process better. I wish I had done this code when I was in school or when I slogged during my grad school, but better late than never!
interesting insight into brain processes related to learning
It gives you another perspective of your brain that you've never imagined! Recomended!
very informative course, great syllabus, enjoyed watching the videos and learned a great deal.
This is a wonderful course! I found it fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable throughout.
After Learning How to Learn course, I see clearly now how to face with challenges into my life. Thank you !
Very important and useful course, I wish I could have done it before my university. But later is better then never :) .
It is a great course, very helpful and you can check that it works by using the techniques they give you. Totally recommend it.
This course was "a dark horse" to me, suddenly it turned to the one of the most amazing online courses I've ever tried.
Excellent course, easy to follow. Wish I had learnt all this before.I'm reading the book at the same time, so some things feel redundant, but in my case that helps.I've found Ms. Oakley a very nice teacher
Wondered how this would be at the start, but finally i would like to say a word: A-S-T-O-U-N-D-I-N-G, no other words, simply superfluous.
This should be taught to everyone at High school. I believe I learnt a lesson not only about my capability to learn anything I want, but a lesson that can easily be transferred to many areas of my life. Thanks coursera! I am finding ways to share the principles with my students ... its the least I could do to give someone a chance to succeed in life.
I m very appreciate for teaches. they help me to believe that everybody can learn everything - just only try and use some hints to do it.
Awesome.. A great learning oppurtunity.Must course for every student.
It's the best
Great class overall. Came away with many new techniques and approaches to studying, memory, test-taking, etc. Highly recommended.
This Course is really excellent, as it helped me to increase my efficiency in studies and other day today chores.
Wery nice and really short course that would set things straight in your brain as how to study on. (And apply this knowledge to other courses as well).
This course has supplied me with an immense arsenal to battle anything within learning; procrastination, methods and tips. I recommend any student or anyone who likes to learn new things to try this course!
This course is as valuable as Enlightenment. Sheer genius is Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrance Sejnowski and "Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects" course team.I would recommend everyone to do this revolutionary course. I strongly believe that this course must be part of the regular school curriculums throughout the world.Best Regards and Thanks,Varun Sharma.India.
Course was informative and well-paced. The videos were superbly recorded and points explained. It is suitable for students in school as well as adults trying to learn something new which can be quite hard at their age. A fresh perspective or insight into learning is always beneficial and this course can either surprise you or completely change the way you learn. Worth a try!
Really enjoyed it.You can see lots of hard work put into this course by the authors.Lots of scientific based evidence.You should try it!
This is course is the most helpful thing i have learned online!
This is a perfect beginner course for anyone interested in improving their learning skills. The materials mentioned in the course are generally known, however the insight of the materials is what made this course such an excellent course. Highly recommended.
Very helpful !
Interesting and easy to follow.The learning method changing course.
It was amazing. I recommend this course to everyone who struggles with procrastination.Explanations are easy, tips for learning are useful. I feel that my studies became more productive.
Excellent! I loved the course. I learned a LOT. The professors are incredible. Everything was so clearly explained.
Outstanding. I wish I had access to this knowledge when I first stated College in 1962.
This great course should be compulsory for every child!
Exceptional course for any moment in your life! Great explanations and even better techniques! Thank you for sharing!
Just a five star. You can feel that Barb wants to help you, and that makes all the difference.
I really enjoyed the course, it is very complete and very well designed so you can actually apply what you learn
I love it.I may really change me a lot and support me to finish what I expected to achieve.Thank you Dr.Oakley and thank you Dr.Sejnowski !!
I hope I have known these ideas much earlier.
Essential for those that struggle with studying and for those that want to become more efficient and effective learners. I provides very powerful insights to how the brain works.
An amazing unique course, reinforcing the skills required to be effective at learning new material.
Professional in each point, from beggining to the end. ! :)
Excellent course that is a must for every learner!
interesting and helpful
Very useful and solid course to help me get better learning skills.
The best course ever!Understanding our brain can takes us where no man has been before.
This course should be a must course for any high school and college student. Even middle school student should have customized version available for their level of understanding. Thank you Barb and Terry for your time!
Amazing course
Must have for everyone! You are what you think you are and this course helps you expand into horizons which you never thought were possible. After all, learning how to learn is foundation to know everything around us and a lot more!Thank you, Bose
This course really helps me to understand how to learn effectively, thank you
Great course.Showed me how to be more productive at learning
this course is amazing you will be a new person after taking this course 😊😊
Loved it!
Very good course. A great change in the way I learn.
From the course i learned very simple but powerful learning techniques!Dr. Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski, thank you for this great course!
A very important course, to be learned and practised before starting anything else. This will (not would) help you in all aspects of your life.
This was a really good course. Makes me want to take more courses in coursera.Thank you!
This is a very helpful course to improve your learning habits.This is one of the courses I wish I had done when I was a student. It is backed by solid research and is presented in an user-friendly way. It will drastically improve your ability to absorb and retain new material. The techniques, tips, quizzes, discussion forums, additional reading material, interviews are all very helpful. I enjoyed doing the course and looked forward to each week's session.My only reason for deducting a star is that occasionally they get carried away by the analogies and metaphors in order to explain a concept (a case in point is the module on chunking). And then you are left wondering how do you actually apply it to a real subject - the metaphor is very well done but the real-life example is something that was not clearly explained.That said it is an occasional issue and almost all of the course holds up well. You will find many counter-intuitive ideas (such as highlighting is not as effective as making notes in the margin; exercise and sleep actually help your brain) and useful techniques (such as deliberate practice, interleaving, pomodoro technique to beat procrastination, recalling, spaced repetition etc.) to help your learning.I think school children from 13-14 years upwards of age can grasp much of the course on their own. Younger students may at times may need help from their parents to understand a few of the concepts.
Excellent course about learning and how your brain works. Definitely I'll try teach my 10 years old son techniques from this course and explain him all what I learned to help him make his life easier with learning. Knowledge is power and power is freedom.Thank you very much for opportunity to go through this course. You did great job guys.
It is one of courses, independent of age, discipline, degree or subject is useful to everybody.
This course is fantastic, the tools presented are very usefull for any student in any area. It's really important to know how our brain works in order to have a good performance as a learner.
They have helped me to understand and to overcome my learning difficulties. Thank you very much. This is a great course!
a very useful course~
helpful!
Excellent course about learning methods that can easily be worked with during ones learning projects. The overall course is very motivating and the way of presentation by Dr. Oakley as well as her co-presentors is done in a very comprehensive and illustrative way. I would highly recommend this course to anybody who is interested in learning new things in a very efficient and long-term way.Many thanks for providing this great online course!!
Great help!
Phenomenal course. I would recommend it to anyone looking to enhance their own learning abilities.
Practical, usefull and very well developed
Very nice and useful course!
Great course with easy to follow videos and information
I got a lot out of this course. I am now paying particular attention to using the focused and diffuse modes of thinking, and spaced repetition in my learning - and the pomodoro technique for everything from academia to housework!
thank you!
it was very great time spent in this course very interesting and very useful
Wonderful course, but quite hard to understand some English phrases in quizzes as for non-english speakers
Great instructors, fascinating etails
I have learned a lot from this course on how to become a much better learner and how to beat procrastination, as far as i have seen all of the techniques i have learned in this course are extremely effective and has drastically influenced and changed my way of thinking and the perception of things.
Useful course, awesome teachers, had a great time learning!
Good course that gives cursory knowledge of some study tools. It's not a breakthrough, must-complete course by any means, and the material it handles isn't overly complex (given the abstracts it uses), but it does quite well and provides meaningful insights for students.
Very well organized and clearly presented content. The course practices what it preaches and gives real world solutions. Can't wait to share what I've learned with my students!
Dear Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski ,I'd like to thank you for all sharing this very well made MOOC with the world.At the age of 35, I'm gearing up to going back to school o pursue my Master's and this course has got me excited to be studying again.I love the depth in the topics you've covered, the simple language with which you put across complex medical terms, the humor, the encouragement, the tips, and yes, the zombies.I will be back in some time to review this course again.Love and Gratitude,A STEM MOOC student from India.
Delightfully enlightening.If there is one course everyone should take, it is this.
I learn lots of knowledge about learning,thanks this course and teachers.
Very interesting but not practical
Amazing course that everyone who wants to learn to learn should take!
This course it is so good. It help me to think much better than before. I learned to learn much better with the tools that Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski showed in the course. Now, I will try to keep this idea about learn.
Very effective and realistic learning techniques delineated in the course.The interviews with recognized and accomplished experts was a substantial help in bolstering the facts and concepts.
It was awesome. The way of teaching with examples is simply impeccable.
The only negative thing I can say is that this course was not available when I was younger! I am grateful to Barbara and Terrence and their team for providing such a wonderful learning experience. At 43 years of age I have finally learned how to learn. And this is outstanding thing to say by an educator!
I was a bit dubious about the course to start with, and thought it might be too easy, too full of common sense, but in the second week I felt I was learning things, and boosting my ability to learn and focus, which is so important today. I'm considering further study to help me find interesting work, so this course has really helped to get me on the right track to study again, with a bit more confidence and method. Thank you!
This was a really practical, useful course! All information was presented simply and concisely. Much appreciation and thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski.
I would recommend everyone of my friends to take this course - irrespective of whether or not they want to learn a specific academic subject. It would be nice if school courses first teach this course as part of curriculum - which surely helps students to to know how to approach the different topics that they want to learn.
Have learnt a few innovative & novel techniques. Now time to put them to use.
This fantastic course help me a lot.It change much incorrect understanding about learning.During this process,I earn how to learn better and gain more confidence.Thanks for the teachers.
very clear and useful.
Great course!, I learnt a lot, and I've been able to apply immediately the techniques teached to improve my learning. I should have know all this many years ago!Thank you!
Absolutely worth to follow the courser. The team behind this MOOC is very very inspiring, and I'm grateful to them for providing this material.
Great treasure trove of useful tools and techniques to help you get the most of your studying time - whether you're an actual formal student or you're learning independently, and regardless of the subject you are aiming to master. Great choice, always!
For me, some of the stuff was really helpful but some of the stuff I already knew of.
I think the course is great as a practical guide to study with a flare of science. You won't be overwhelmed with scientific terms and results. But the advices will always be nicely explained and based on research you can later look into deeper on your own. I was cautious about this course, but now, after completing it, I highly recommend it.
Awesome lesson on how the brain works and great tips on how to learn better. Thank you!
Well put course, intriguing, educational, and interesting.Definitely learned about learning.Thank you.
This class has helped me reignite my learning career to be a lifelong one. Barbara is a perfect professor for this class because she can empathize with students who may shy away from techinical subjects like mathematics and science. However, through this class and her book I've gained new learning techniques and, most importantly, a new confidence to pursue a career in the technology field.
Very interesting topics with mesmerizing analogies that really helps you to understand and learn the concepts given by the course. Also great tips on how to improve in learning.
I really feel I have learnt a lot from this course and I look forward to implementing some of their techniques. Dr Oakley was particularly good. I struggled with her somewhat soporific voice at the start of the course but once I realised how good the content was I managed to stay awake. I found Dr Senjowski somewhat harder to learn from.
One of the greatest course i've done on Coursera. Barbara ans Terry are fantastic! Easy as 1,2,3! Do it and LEARN!
Great course! I've recommended this course to all my colleagues. I've learnt so much. Thank you Barbara and Terrance.
I did this course alongside 22 of my students, who were enrolled in a special course on learning how to learn, and we have all benefited so much. I especially enjoyed the readings, and my students were totally engaged!! Great course!
It was for me one of the best MOOC. I recommend this course to all.
I recommend to everyone this great course.
Excellent ways discussed for helping to improve one's learning abilities. A must attend course for anyone interested in knowing how to hone mental faculties, whatever the discipline being learnt.My sincere thanks to Coursera, and the instructors - Prof. Barbara and Dr. Terrence and their team for putting up such a fantastic course for the masses at large!!
This course can change your life!
Learning How to Learn is a great course. It taught me a lot more about procrastination and taught me a lot of really good study techniques. I am a 12 year old 7th grader and I really enjoyed Learning How to Learn. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to be a more effective learner. Thank you to Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!
Much appreciation and warmest congratulations to Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski. The information presented in Learning How to Learn was very engaging and presented in an accessible way. Although I am an already-experienced learner, I gleaned many useful techniques, many of which I've already incorporated into daily life. I took this course in conjunction with my home-schooled seventh grader and we both found ourselves sharing some of the most interesting bits of the course material with others. The broad applicability of the course materials and the engaging style of the presenters make this class a must-take. Mahalo nui, Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!
A wonderfull course that I think everyone should take. If you want to be an effective learner, this is the course for you.
Excellent. I really enjoyed while learning new concepts that I can apply to different areas.
Great course! Highly recommended. Congratulations to the instructors.
Passing this course, I learned about the techniques of struggle with procrastination and ways to enhance the efficiency of learning new material and solving problems.
a great course with talented and convincing trainers. The information provided in this course and in the book are great and sure to help any learner excel in any field.
This is by far the best MOOC I've ever taken. And not only does it have value by itself it will serve as an aid for all other courses you take.
This course is excellent, not only do you get state-of-the-art information about how your brain works but lots of information on techniques to use to maximize your learning, The instructors are so supportive you feel confident taking this course. Sincerely Rog
I've only finished the 1st week, yet, I can say that LH2L is very effective. My learning abilities have greatly improved. It helps a lot to understand how our brain works for a more effective learning.It is so good that I am going to buy the book "A Mind for Numbers". Thanks Barbara Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski, and everyone else for making this course free and available to everybody :)
This course is good but I can't say it's perfect. The information given in this course is rather obvious to anyone who can use their common sense.
Great course. Very helpful. Dr. Oakley made it fun
i love the course so much, that i recommend it to several of my family members and friends ...thanks for your great effort in this course
While i had plenty of knowledge on this field earlier, it was great to learn much more, and some really great techniques
Very informative and easy to follow! Will be using this course as a reference for years to come.
Powerful as the Headline tells.
The best MOOC I have ever participated in.Easy to follow, great underlying research, great choice of experts.I use the learnings everyday.
It is really a useful course. Great interviews, Arabic subtitle.Thanks a lot.
Very worthwhile course for all
Very interesting course, with lots of very good tips and useful advice on how to improve learning, and also how to understand what is happening when learning a new thing. Its tips on procrastination are certain to help you make the most of your day.
Excellent and useful material. Knowing how to learn well is a critical skill for anyone.
This course should be a requirement for any higher education program. Great course!
No matter where you are in your life you can apply what you learn here. Powerful!
Really powerful, learned a lot!
This course surpise me a lot , the way that explain neurologic aspect for grasp the main ideas how brain works for learn ecourage to me to keep study another fields that and i liked but i was afraid.Thanks a lot for this course
Taking this course was life changing. Thanks Guys :).
While this wasn't what I was expecting, Learning How To Learn is definitely worth the time and effort
Some of the course materials are useful to high-school students, not to people in life-time education (like, procrastination or test-taking stress). However, all other subjects was very useful, especially I would like thank the course team and personally Barbara for very interesting optional interviews with interesting people :)
It's currently helping me a lot with my studies!
Easy to understand and well formulated content as well as interesting.Keeps me curious and holds my attention.Especially like that every video is short, so there is time to ponder and contemplate after each session.
I love the way Barbara teaches. The advices are really helpful. I've already recommended this course to my friend.
It's really useful!
I think this course is very helpful for me. It really help me so much
I was exactly looking for a material like this and found it accidentely in quora. Love the course lectures. It gives you an opportunity to rethink about how you look into your daily activities and correct them.
Every lesson gets to stick on your brain like a chewgum to your shoe sole, parfait!!
It's a great course, that highly enriched both my brain and heart with new information. The journey through these 4 weeks was amazing and full of revelations of how your own brain works. Thank you, dear Professors for such an experience!
An incredible way of increase your study abilities
awesome course with a lot of tecqnique .Worth of doing this course.Just pass it and learn everything systemitically.after finishing this I am more eager to know about my brain.
excellent, changed all of my concept of learning and start to cultivate a better way to understanding. memorizing and keeping mental and physical healthy.
It was fun & really helped me understand how to learn effectively
Very helpful!
Amazing! I'd be so much further if schools would require this course early on in education. Incourperating lessons from this course in early education or even as a whole would be benificial in standardized testing and students progression in overall learning. I loved this course now I'm looking foward to learning so much more. Thank you and everyone who made this course available to people like me.
Good course. But not too many useful ways.
Amazing course! Some statements I knew from time-management (such as making a task list or Pomodoro technique), but now I understand them 'cause in this course these statements were explained through science. And it's very interesting to learn how our brain works.Also I was very inspired by all people from interviews, it's a very good option in this course.Great thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for this couse and for making me believe in my strength and potential!
Thank You a lot for this course! You've made my year! =)
A course that every teacher should take
This course is life-changing and should be taught in every single school around the world.
This is very useful course and I really learn alot
very perfect teach how to learn effectivly and smartly
It's an outstanding course I have ever seen and probably it is the best and helpful course in Coursera to learn effectively, especially, those who are struggling in academic field or preparing for tests! Thanks for the course!
Beautiful and Powerful tools for using one's thinking capacity efficiently
Cool!
Very interesting and inspiring course!
It has been a wonder journey learning this course,although I spent almost 1 year to finally finish this.I have learnt tons of insights about learning and some learning techniques.For instance,memory has two sorts.One is working memory as in short-term memory,the other--long-term memory.
A phenomenally informative exploration of how people learn, full of practical advice and clear, effective strategies.
Totally worth it. Very insightful.
Insightful, entertaining, and relevant. I found this course to be all of these things. It gives me food for thought and will be very useful for any future courses I undertake. The relaxation methods and the study advice will prove invaluable.
informative and interesting course!
Right now, I am starting the last course week, but I am totally in love with all I have been learning.I recommend everyone to read Dr. Barbara's book along with the course. It really helps deepening the learning.Thank you very much for the possibility of learning from such high level professors.
Its really a good course. Helps to overcome your procrastination problem and help you to become better learner and excel in your studies..
It really helped me! Today, every time I need to learn something new, I recall all the information about this course and schedule my training! It is really awesome!
Definetly changed my learning!
I like the course. So much useful information that I`ve never seen in one place gathered together.
Awesome steps.Every lecture or ever word in this sessions are unblocking day to day problems.Thanks a lot
Amazing course who helped me improve my learn ability!
Very good course
Very informative and nicely presented.
What a good lesson.
This is one of the best online courses I have taken. It is very much worth your time.
Very well done course, instructors are both definitely great, thanks!
It was helpful to learn a few hacks to make learning a little less painful. Thank you!
It was a great course to know about different way to study. In the seccsions, professors showed us plenty skills and tips about how to change our mind to face tough subjects. It was wonderful to know about Diffuse Mode and Zombies inside us, which are helpful for us to really know about our weakness during study. Try this course, you will find it's fun and valuable.
Cool, a lot of fun and useful information.
A very practical course about learning. Maybe could offer more practical exercises.
The book "a mind for numbers" is well worth the price. It helps fill in the gaps in some of the lectures and provides additional and in depth information
Super interesting and fun! Great instruction and tools for enhancing and understanding learning.
Thanking Barbara Oakley for all the efforts she has taken to make this course available. This Course has helped me alot in understanding how our Brain and thoughts works and functions, it also helped me develop a better memory for a better future. Once again i'm grateful to all the team.
The content of the course and structure of learning are just great! Visual side - not so good. It's not beautiful. It's quite the opposite.. BUT I still think it's a great course. It would have been even greater if it would be beautifully "packed"
You will definitely take with you a lasting impression on how your brain works along with how to treat it so that you could learn more faster. Getting rid of old habits and incorporating the new habits will take some time and practice. The instructors a great and the interviews with those that desire to learn an abundance of information and sharing their experience with you is very inspiring!Thank you all for allowing me to improve my views on learning and the opportunity of taking a course this rich with content on how to better my thinking power. You all are great, God Bless! Keep up the work for us and I definitely look forward to contributing one day....
I'm still using the techniques a year after finishing the course, changed my life for the better.
It is a gorgeous course!!! It has helped me to modify the way I was learning and has also shown me my errors and how to change them.Totally worthy!!!!!Barbara,you have changed my life!Thank you!
I found this course enlightening and practical. The passion of the facilitators was plain to see and significantly enhanced my learning experience. I have gained a lot both in the explicit learnings of the course and by following the good design and delivery practices used. Thank you for the opportunity, experience and valuable learning.
I wish there were application exercises
By coincidence I had decided to become fluent in spanish language by July of this year. Only a few days later I found this MOOC offering and enrolled.I believe that the strategies and techniques I learned in the class have been very helpful in this pursuit as well as my music studies and simple daily memorization needs.Thanks People
Succinct and very beneficial. I've already started using the course material to improve my everyday learning and job performance. This course will be beneficial to anyone, and especially to students who would like to reduce their stress and improve their p.
It's awesome, it help me to improve my skills as memory and studying habits. Thanks so much!!! xD
Very good course!!I got a better understanding on how human brain works plus some very useful learning tips.Also, i enjoyed very much the interviews on the supplementary material of the course.I would definitely recommend this course .
Excellent Course!! Amazing concepts! Really Helpful!
A must for everyone who wishes to make learning more effective and enjoyable!
Thanks to Dr. Oakley's kind and inspiring tutelage, I learned a lot of new and easily adopted tools that have already helped me to improve my study habits and fight procrastination.
very cool
Great class. Thank you this class is very useful and full of great information.
it makes sense to learn the course which helps me learn more efficiently
Very interesting and usefull course!
I really enjoyed this course. I learned a lot of powerful ideas that I will attempt to put into practice.
I learned many tips how to learn better, what to do the right way and what to avoid.
I wish I had taken such a course a lot sooner in my life (I am 34 now), but I'm very grateful for the whole experience, as it will allow me to better organise my life, habits and schedule so I can better acquire new skills without losing valuable time in the process, with structure and clear goals before facing new challenges.
Awesome course! Learning is explained in simple terms and the tips and best practices really stick to your memory. The course has definitely achieved what it is teaching - which is making sure you remember the material by testing yourself and by utilizing spaced repetition. I loved the simplicity of the course. Make sure you watch all optional interviews as they are with people who achieved great results in the area of learning or memory.
The class covered a lot of new and very useful information that can apply to nearly anyone trying to learn a new skill. I know I will be checking back on my notes to make sure these concepts are applied and become habits.
Very useful!
Amazing content and pace.
I am very happy to have participated in the course. It was very accessible and the ideas were clearly communicated. The course really inspired me to try new and better ways of learning.
Excellent content and very enlightening.
a course very helpful with wonderful instructors
I really loved it!!!
Some very interesting material. If you only use a fraction of the tips/techniques, it should definitely help.
Excellent course, choc full of practical advice and the scientifically understood reasons behind them. Not a long course either, but what an impact it has already made in my life! Many thanks Barb!!!
Simply Wonderful! I was never taught about this at college! This should be a subject taught at colleges!
Really beneficial, life changing stuff!
Very useful, enjoyable and also extremely well presented..
I just don't understand why this is not teached in school.Some of this you might have figured out but this course will enable you to plan in a systematic way how you study and remember what you study. Very insightful on the study proccess. I am glad this is the first course I took on Coursera, it will help me so much with the other courses I intend to attend.Thanks again for providing this course!
Straightforward and really helpful.
I personally was looking for some usefull tips to add to my knowledge about correct and efficient learning. Needless to say, I found much more than that. Really helpfull course, especially for students.
This is really a good course, through which I do learn a lot about how to study more effectively. And this course won't take too much time, so enroll right now！
I wish I had this course before I started college. I'm pretty sure at one point or another I did everything exactly opposite of what this course teaches. I often crammed, did not study effectively, and definitely fooled myself on multiple occasions of thinking I understood material.Everyone who is serious about learning better should take this course.
Extremely useful in any learning. If you pass it before any other course your learning process will be rather easier, productive and exciting.
When you learn what happening in your brain during different types of learning, it will help you to avoid mistakes and learn efficiently with little stress. This course helped me a lot to learn about learning.
Hello.Great course, provided some new techniques to improve my learning, I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to understand to process of how we learn and to learn new techniques to learn.Regards.
This course is very good
It really helps when you need to pick up a tough new subjects after leaving school for some years.
A quick and easily accessible course to pick up learning skills. I've taken on all they have preached to immediately improve my skills of generating and embedding knowledge, plus sharing these great new skills with others.Great work and thank you!
This course is quite helpful for my own study in school as well at work.
This course give a lot of precious advice and insights into efficient learning. It is definitely worth the time
Great tips on how to improve the way you study
Great, nice tips, nice ways of better learning!Highly recommend!
The best course i'd never had. The tips provided are trully usefull to help mastering different subjects...I"m so thankefull to the team of this course. You made me learn profitable thricks.
A Must to do course for everyone.
This course was amazing.
I wish i had knew this course before, even after the primary school. My education would have more sense then
So far, I really like the Course. I think Barbara and Terrence are really nice. I liked it very much, that Barbara told us a bit about her life. It showed me that it is never to late to start with something new.I also like they way they explain things. Really simple and very understandable. I am pretty sure I will apply a lot of things. I am looking forward to the next Session.
I really enjoyed taking this course. I learned a lot about how people learn. I plan to use this knowledge in my job as a training designer.
thank you for encouraging us to open ourselves to the knowledge !!
Great course I learned a lot form it.
excellent way to learn new techniques about your mind tricks and know how it works
One of the best course in Coursera (my indicator: it keeps me keen on learn it and finally finished it)Enlightening! Take this course if you want to join those effective learners!
My first course. I can feel the strength and power of mine. Thank you a lot!
tips for non-native-learners! Always print the script of the courses! And preview the scripts before you watch the video !
This course is great,I like this course,and this course help me to against procrastination.I also learned many knowledge about neuroscience
I learned a lot of things about how my studying is wrong all this time.. It's a great experience and I think everyone should try to learn how to learn too
It is quite useful a course cause it mentiones me part of the mistakes I made unawarely during my study and teaches me a lot of unusual learning techniques. The instructors use metaphor and anologies to help us understand the concepts and theories more actively and efficiently.Thanks to the teachers, I gain more confidence in learning and challenging difficult subjects now.
One of the first MOOC Courses I have taken. Fantastic Course. Great content and techniques discussed. An eye opener for someone like me to debunk some of the wrong study techniques.
I liked it, but I felt like they didn't get very in depth about a lot of the topics. It was hard to take notes because there seemed to be a lot of skimming of subjects and jumping around.
Quite amazing course to help us develop practical understanding about learning!-Anupam
This course open my mind for new thinks.See the thinks with new look.Thanks for opportunity!
Awesome class!
This is a nice course
Great!
I like the way the teachers teaching, I learned a lot of practical skills from the teachers, thank you!
it is awesome course ,, i benefit from it so much ,, and thank you for Arabic subtitles .
These techniques work perfectly after a proper practice. Must do for all the students of any level.
This is must to learn course for every body as a life skill. I loved and find the course more helpful for my growth.
A very good course. Very useful. :)
Really helpfull! Already applying everything I learnt in my day to day life!
I love this course. It is engaging, fun, interesting, I have already learned techniques I am using daily and I've only done the first class. The presenter Barb is wonderful. I am really impressed and grateful to be doing this course.
Engaging, inspiring, funny and intelligent! Highly recommended.
I love what I learned. I think everyone should take this course regardless of where they are at in their journey of knowledge. If you are just beginning this will aid you so much! If you are already deep into your academic career this will help enhance your learning.
Awesome course and a must-take before any other MOOCs.
good and interesting facts sharing.
amazing course and useful keep on guys , thanks a lot
absolutely useful!
Wonderful course!
You just must take this course!!!
This course is well organized. The concepts and techniques are patiently illustrated by the teacher. Some of the optional interviews are also very helpful. I really appreciate the one with Keith Devlin. Thank you Mrs. Oakley for this wonderful course which is a true instruction manual for how to use our brain to learn!
The course was indeed an eye opener.It has enhance my approach to learning. I'll recommend everyone take this course.
This course was great. Lots of extra information for added learning, lots of review on all the concepts helps make them easier to remember.The only thing I didn't like is that many of the questions on the quizzes were repeated several times, and almost everyone question was had multiple answers.
This is a Great Course. With useful techniques to improve my learning.
Great course. It should be indicated for every student since high school up to post-graduation. Amazing.
I went to school for more than 20 years and I have been working for over 15 years, yet this course taught me thinks I wished I had known 30 years ago. I am sure it will help me a better learner, more focused and it will take me less effort to learn new things (which I have already started by the way, applying some of the techniques from the course). Thanks for that.
Out of a dozen courses I completed on Coursera this was one of the most challenging
Not only is the course material valuable, the weekly students' newsletter from the professor provides suggested additional materials so you can continue learning this long after you finish the official class.
Very nice and interesting course. The material was very helpful and the way of delivering is very easy to grasp and understand. Thank you, Barbara and Tery!
This has probably been the most important course I have taken in my entire life - I would highly recommend this topic for everyone!/anyone!
Very useful and good structured course. Add in the reccomended reading books and you'll ease your studies a lot with the insights gained here.The only minus for me in this course is a technical one, the audio should be louder in my opinion. Apart from that 5/5!
It's amazing how often the best practices and the good habits that could boost the learning process are overlooked.Thanks for teaching us hot to learn !
This lecture gives us different thought of how to learning.
This is one of the best courses on learning how to learn. Both the instructors, Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski have used an unique teaching technique. With useful tools such as pomodoro, learners are able to apply the tools easily. This course dwells into how our brain learns, and thus help us in capitalizing the brain's learning mechanism to the fullest.
Practical methods that will boost your learning efficiency and also some theoretical basis.
It was awesome! It's interesting, meaningfull and clear to understand and that is especially important when you're trying to figure out such a theme. Thanks for the developers for all the hard work and devotion!
barba made me know why i can not memory things in a week for a test,i will change me style of learning!these things are daily-like but i usually forgot this important point.
it helps me a lot
Very useful, they show us how to properly use our very powerful tool - our brain.
My company decided to move everyone around and I was placed in an environment where I had to learn a new field. It's been a long time since I was in school and the learning process was not going well. I saw this course course and figured maybe there's something I've forgotten or never learned about learning. There is a lot I never understood about learning! I encourage others to take this course and find out for yourself.
Interesting
Very, very useful, with lots of science and good tips. Make sure to read the linked articles.
very interessant and very nice.
This is a game changer. It blew me away to see how just a couple of hours a week for a month could change my approach to learning (and teaching too) so radically and improve it so much. I am deeply indebted to Mrs Oakley and Mr Sejnowski for providing such important knowledge in such an easy going way.
Everybody needs to go through this course once, even if some things sound obvious. You'll never doubt if and why studying and teaching techniques work or not.
Helped me understand how to structure my online learning. A must watch!
Brilliantly created and thought provoking
Great course. Has definitely improved my thought process when it comes to learning new things. Great strategies that are simple enough to apply to every situat
The course is absolutely fantastic. The instructors, especially Miss Oakley with her calm and confident demeanor, makes learning absolutely a joy ride. All the tips and techniques, new insights into the working of brain, superb metaphors and analogies makes the course one of the best courses which i had till date taken in Coursera. Don't have second thoughts and click "Enroll Now". You'll not regret doing so.
Excellent course, great ideas and a couple of handholds to get you started with learning
It's a great course
Great course with awesome material and excellent instructors
Very simple and basic
A nicely paced course to help you learn, even for experienced learners!
Good course, the information just makes sense, it clicks.
Great course.Thanks for everything
I recommend this course to everyone who study something. It opened my mind to my potentials and enjoying learning ever more. The way this course is structured makes it easy and fun to learn as well.
I wish that I know these forty years ago. I was always struggle with learning. Thanks
It's a great course. I realice that I was learning in the wrong way and it's very helpful to know how your brain works. Thank you for the tips and exercices that will help me to be an expert in the art of learning.
I loved this course. So much great information.
Couldn't recommend it enough. Has the potential to be life changing!
Very interesting, really helps set all the ideas and things I knew in my head and just organized it and motivates me to get the important things done.Ironically enough I was procrastinating starting this course and as soon as I did it pushed me to go on
One of the best courses I have ever done. I wish I had the opportunity to learn this 25 years ago!
There was many new concepts introduced and all made lot of sense. Great presentations.
The course is really useful.
I really liked it! It was very informative and I learned a lot. I liked the teachers and how they explained things. I am also glad that it was all free.
the most useful course i have ever met, cheers
Amazing and life changing! This is all I can say to describe this course. This is a MUST TAKE course.
It is on a very basic level as far as the neuroscience and level of material and for that reason it was not super useful to me.
Great, great course!
As a high school math teacher, I am always looking for ways to assure students are equipped with the methods and procedures they need to succeed. The science presented in this course is proving to be directly applicable to my students.The course was entertaining and enlightening. I routinely share data from this course in professional development meetings and with my students as I explain the changes I have made in my instruction.
My first course on Coursera. And it has already changed my life in a noticeable way.
Fantastic !! very helpful course !
Various helpful techniques but I did find the course rather boring, especially the multiple-choice questions and all the "scientific" facts about the brain. It also seems more geared towards high-school or university students than towards the general public, so maybe I was just not in the target audience.
it was great moment when i start this course. i learn how to learn . it help me my academics also . thanks course era and Barbara okley mam.
Really good course, a lot of efective tools for everyday use.Im quite happy i decided to take it, and succesfully finished it.
I learned sooooooo many actionable techniques, strategies and concepts that really works if you implement them. One or two tactics in this course I heard about through the accelerated learning grapevine over the years, but here the techniques are backed by credible research, giving me more confidence to apply them consistently.I was initially concerned this course was going to be full of more dry theory than practical application, that I almost skipped it. Very glad I didn't. Each module succeeds in being engaging and informative in ways that can be applied immediately to one's learning projects for better results or to a less stressful path to the same results....excellence.Highly Recommended.
I hope this can be on demand course
So many techniques or tips or tricks, not only help for learning but for living
Really enjoyed this.I have a much better understanding of motivation & procrastination. They say acknowledging your problem is the 1st step :) I now tools to help combat the ways I procrastinate. Thanks Barb & Terry- Great course and I recommend it for anyone, not just students.
This is a wonderful course that strengthens the ability to learn and remember information, and also encourages the participant by teaching that you are capable of more than you thought.
Spectacular course that empower our brains to pursue our goals.
great!It's helpful for my study!
Very useful. Slowly paced, helps concepts get stuck to one´s brain.
One of the best MOOCs I've tried!
Great course to do begin your (re)learning journey. Teaches many useful techniques which can be put to use instantly. Happy learning!
Useful bite-sized knowledge on improving study techniques.
Fabulous, practical and with Dr Oakley exuding enthusiasm!
This is an excellent course for anyone. Especially student, brain is an limited resource, learning to use it effectively is crucial.
Barbara is an excellent teacher and communicator. We learn good stuff and in a easy way.
Absolutely amazing course. All the material is of high quality and it's clear they've worked really hard on the structure of the course. Once I began this course it was hard for me to turn away from it!An absolute recommendation for anyone who wish to deepen their understanding of learning in general and of their own learning.
the most useful course i've ever done. thanks a lot.
This is an Awesome course ! it's a "page -turner".. it is so deep yet easy to understand and incorporate into your daily life..i Just Love it ! I would like to thank the instructors especially Dr Barbara Oakley for her efforts to make this course easy and comprehensive for everyone !Highly Recommended for Everyone !
very good course
The course is very good and useful for teaching students how to better learn and understand the material they are dealing with. One drawback, however, is that it focuses excessively on test-taking and methods of succeeding in an undergraduate degree rather than a career. It would be nice and interesting to show how the techniques being presented can also be useful outside of class. not just by examples related to great people in various scientific fields, but also by more general parallels. Otherwise, it is a very good course to help combat anxiety and procrastination.
Great . . .
Great way to look back at concepts you already knew and great material in giving how our brain works and how we can use this to our advantage when learning.
An excellent course if I had known this techniques before the college I think I would have appreciated it more.
I find this course so helpful, i taught a lot of new skills and concepts. Being concentrated, focused and leverage your ability to enhance your learn was one of the topics that i ever suffer from.This course was the starting point and i think i'll listen for it after a while just to make sure i leveraged everything i can from it. Thanks a lot for Dr. Terry and Barbra for this great job.
Excellent course. It's helpful to master any subject. Totally recomended.
Really helpful tools for achieve all our goals in all fields! Widely recommended
Thanks to this course which lets me realize that I am poor in learn is not because I am not smart, but because I took a wrong approaches towards learning. It's a great course which has helped me a lot.
This is extremely helpful course. Thank you very much for everyone to make it possible
I really like this course and I hope that more
Fantastic course! Short but highly effective. Now I take a different approach to learning and studying as a result of this course.
This was my first course on coursea and I enjoyed it. I found the material beneficial and useful.I particularly liked the interviews as well; very helpful.I felt that this was a very practical place to start for my first course before embarking on learning new subjects that I've never thought of before.
very good course to learn the basics of learning
Nifty details of how the brain works and how a little tweaking can result in magnificient gains in learning.
it is good but a lot more citations and examples could be included
THIS course is pretty useful for me ,i 'm so glad that i can take a course that let me know how to learn better later.Thanks a lot for the two great teachers.
wonderful course! Thank You!
Excellent MOOC!!!!!!!!!!! Very practical and easy techniques to apply, no matter how old you are.
This is such a great course to help you unpack the mind. Dr. Barbara Oakley's lectures are very easy to follow along. She presents material in a way that's really approachable and easy to digest. I would highly recommend this course!
Great!
Excellent course. Many useful tips to understand how the brain works and how to help yourself learn better.
This should be a mandatory class for all high and university students. I wish I knew about this when I was at that age. It changed my learning habits and I am sure it will help my future studies and my life!Approach and sell this course to your target audience. So there is your marketing idea!
I've been trying to learn how to learn my entire long life. I can verify that what was taught in this class works! I had to figure out these things on my own though and it took almost an entire lifetime. If I had had this course when I was young, it would have changed my entire life.This course a priceless gem! It's put together extremely well and the contents are outrageously valuable.
A well segmented course, which helps explain various essential concepts of learning - even if some of it seems familiar or common sense, this breaks it out down well. The companion book is also worth buying for reference and to explain in a bit more depth.
very good course!
Tools and techniques lectured to help master tough subjects in this course are very impressive and they are helping me in my both personal and professional career. I would recommend this course to my freinds
The best online course I have ever taken. I feel it has immensely helped me to get back on track with my learning and it helped me to sort out long pending life admin issues! I recommend it to all my friends and student
Thank you for
Good content, well presented. Just too short, and should provide more content.
A course that's actually worth your time.
Outstanding! I have been an educator and consultant for decades, but this course taught me new things about how to learn effectively and how to be productive. The references are valuable too. Every learner and every parent of a learner will benefit from learning how to learn with this course.
One of the best courses on Coursera!!
Very clear illustration of how our brains work and very useful technique to overcome lots of our learning problems!Thank you Barbara and Dr. Sejnowski!!!
Useful course with well placed examples and explanation of techniques by both the professors.Thank you very much.
I specially like the optional interviews. These learning case studies are quite insightful and you might just find a something that you can relate to, which might help in the grand scheme of things :)
Through this course, I learned about working and long-term memory mechanisms.I find out that my style of studying in 20 years of education (from grade 1 to half of my PhD.) was inappropriate.Now, I know about the power of recall, deliberate excercises and of course a full night sleep before an important test. I think if I knew these facts when I was at highschool my life would be different.I wish healthy joyful life for prof. Oakly and Senjowsky, as they change rest of my life.
I learned some interesting Tools about Learning. I would love the course to engage us with more concrete Learning
excellent, Thanks a lot!!!!!!
I think this course is very helpful, no matter you are undergraduate student or graduate studet it will improve your study efficiency. Know yourself and know your brain are important for you to go further.
Excelente, te da muchas herramientas útiles y te hace entender tus errores.Excellent, this course gives you many useful tools and let you know the errors you commit when studying.
This course is such a fun and useful one. The videos are short but sharp enough to let you learn and remember the lectures. The course can also be very helpful in everyday life no matter what your proficiency is. The interviews are great. This course will literally help you with many other courses that you are going to take and it is a fundamental for education,I think.
Absolutely fantastic course. Well balanced, well paced and filled with useful information.
Great course!
It was an empowering experience. Thank you very much!
Great course, regardless if you're in school or working full time!
I like this course.
Very Good!!
Very helpful course. Thank you very much.
Good and inspiring for everybody to study
Very good course, but I did't like how the last week focused on test taking. The course should focus more on 'learning how to learn,' not how to ace a test. In that regard, I felt the course began to be oriented more towards students rather than working adults. Why not spend more time on learning how to think innovatively?
Great course, teachers are so well and I'm a little upset cause soon it will be end.
This course change my life!
A wonderful experience going through this course, with all the elements proving to be extremely useful towards learning new subjects and concepts.
Excellent!Thanks a lot !
Great course! Really helped me organize my thoughts and reduce most of the stress that I am going through in my life. It touched many interesting topics that I have learned to enjoy learning during high school and college, and it definitely touched them in a creative and quiet striking way. Many thanks to the professors, Mrs. Oakley and Mr. Sinowski (forgive me if I misspelled your names, but spontaneity brought me here and I can't go double check them! I'm sure you understand! :)), to the students that have shared ideas and contributed to some of mine own. I wish we used technology to build groups and share even more. I hope each and every one has enjoyed and learned as much as I did! Thanks to the University of California, San Diego, for such great content and beautiful package! Thanks to Coursera for providing such interesting topic and allowing me and people from all over the world to enjoy it!
Very interesting. Really evidence-based techniques to improve your learning, regardless of your specialization area.
It an amazing course Iand I have a great time learning, I really recommend this for everyone who is trying to be better student.
Truly a great class. Well structured and just the right breadth and depth of concepts vs. details.
Awesome. I have shown some of the videos to other people and they are amazed at the simplicity of the concepts and the clarity of the explanations. I am a better teacher now that I know how to be a better learner. Thank you so much.
This is an helpful course and helps me a lot
A very well structured course, one of the best I've come across.
Very interestin insight on how we learn, how brain works and techniques and tips to maximise longlife learning. Loved Professor Oakley explanations. Very recommended!
It was indeed a very great learning experience. This course help me change my learning patterns effectively. Everybody must have this course to learn things better way.
great piece of art actually ,, super thanks to all who worked on that course.
It's a great course. This course is very easy to follow and you really can improve your abilty to learn or be aware of whay your lean.
It was great to LEARN How To Learn. . .Though I'm still looking gonna come back frequently to watch all the optional interviews & assignments.Though it took me about 6 months to complete this, but I had fun & learned a lot.I'm gonna apply all of this into my daily life.
Wonderful course. I'm amazed why this kind of content is so far away from what is taught at schools in my country, Brazil.
Very fruitful course with many interesting new topics to apply in our everyday life.Thanks!
Good course helping you understand yourself and your brain better. Gives pointers on how to be a better learner. It helped me improve my learning and i can even say this improved my life.
I loved this course! I was almost sad when it was over and want more!
Excellent course, 2016 is going to be a very challenging year form me as I have to perform in new role in my job. And I have enrolled in a one full year course. As I have limited time, I need use my time effectively with better learning techniques. 100% satisfied, I will highly recommend this course to every one as learning is every day job.Now I am doing physical exercise every day, preparing task lists and more importantly I am using spaced recitation.Thanks to trainers and the Coursera team. Great job!!!
Great course!
This course rates above any other course you can imagine.Since this is your first step to learn "How to learn".Everything becomes easier after knowing this.
Provides some excellent resources for those interested in deeper or more effective learning strategies.
I thought the Learning How to Learn course was exceptional and well put together giving me the behind the scenes of learning how one learns. This was the missing component that will equip me to take on more challenging subjects strategically in my pursuit to obtain knowledge.
I have learned how to learn.
This is really an easy course that, nevertheless, increases your overall study and work productivity. The instructors are engaging and the course materials are even funny at times. I would call this a break course from the more hard core MOOC courses out there.
Nothing short of life changing. I feel a lot more self-assured about my ability to work through and learn challenging subjects.
Excellent. I learn new approach to improve my study skill. I will try to teach it to others
Excellent, excellent course! Loved the videos, interviews were pertinent, sometimes unexpected, but always very enjoyable. Both instructors were passionate about the material and made the course fun!
AWESOME! So helpful, I learned a lot! Thanks!!
"Thanx" a lot. Great work!
Loved this course! I've always had trouble getting things to stick in my long term memory when studying, and now I know why!! I'm walking away with several new approaches to learn the things that are important. It will be interesting to see the results.
I really love it
Excellent course, taught by excellent instructions. This is the only class I have taken that is talked about positively in other classes. If your looking for a great class, and learn something that will benefit you down the road of life, then invest some time and take this course.
I learned so much from this course. It was probably the first course where I actively and deliberately tried to follow steps of new information as I learned it. So very helpful and simple when broken down to digestible methods, techniques and language. Thank you professors for such a useful and interesting course! I will constantly review this information over and over again. "Practice makes permanent."
I loved this course and am using the things I learned effectively.
I wish I I had this 40 years ago.
Very helpful. Deceptively easy, but it's actually quite useful and applicable to real life. As an undergrad of UCSD, I wish I had known about this course at orientation but now I'm an alumni lol. Still feels good to learn about learning, though.
Simple but useful, user friendly material, relaxed and paused workflow (so that you don't stress yourself taking the course). In summary, a very good course.
Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski are pretty nice. They use simple words and useful strategies to help students master tough subjects.
While the instructors may be well versed in their fields, I felt the course took too long to get to the meat of the issue. I suppose I wanted a faster-paced course without a lot of hand-holding.
This is an excellent course with clear, concise easy to understand presentations, filled with useful tips on how to improve the learning process. Highly recommend it to anybody at any stage of life, as learning never stops.
I now have some good tools to help me in my continued education. Along with an interesting perspective on how the brain works and how to hack it.
Inspriational! Well presented, interesting and useful. Everybody should take this course. Thank you to all those involved in developing this course. I'm already putting the teaching into practice.
Very interesting !!!
Great course, provinding great tools for learning! Thank you Barbara and Dr
Outstanding experience and lots of new ideas and facts for my toolbox. Thanks for thinking of this course.
Words can`t say what this course is. Really awesome, thank you Barbara Oakley!
I like this course, it helps me learning more effectively :)
Well, i find this is a geat course. I have learn a lot whit it.I wil thanks the teachears for all they effort and dedication to the course.Sorry for my bad english!
This was an amazing course full enthusiasm and knowledge! I learned a lot of thing about how my brains work and how I can have an influence on how I can study better. I learned so much in 4 weeks than I learned in 1 year at school. This course is very important for everyone. Everyone has to go to school to study, but no one actually learned how to study. I recommend this course for everyone, young and old. You are never old to learn!
It is the est course i have ever get enrolled in. Thanks Coursera!
Learning How To Learn is a great course for those who aren't sure about their learning tactics like I was before I joined. The professors give plenty of tools to get you ready for your next course. It is amazing! I have learnt so much, being someone who just didn't have any study tricks. I have picked up many techniques and knowledge on how to learn and how my brain works in the process. This is something I wish I had had or done earlier on in life.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course, not just learning it but I could see myself changing my style by week 4. I would try this on my patients with motor learning difficulty.
This course did not motivate me at all. Videos where mainly repetitive and the questions seemed to be there to serve no purpose.
Interesting course and worth doing. Could be completed in a day or two if you're just viewing the videos and answering the quiz.Positives: The content is interesting and it gives you plenty to think about, and a decent grounding to go away and learn more if you decide to.Negatives: First week doesn't add much. The videos are awkwardly delivered and the analogies are a bit contrived.Overall, a good primer before moving onto other courses, as it could plant a few new ideas that will be valuable.
Excellent, fun course from which I learnt a lot. I strongly believe the material presented will help me help others in their quest to learn, as it did for me. A high high high recommend.
responsible teachers, irradiative courses, well done
Amazing, helpful course that changed my way to think. Thank you)
Very well done, it's inspiring !!!
This course is very helpful and teaches you techniques to further your education. Learning How to Learn should be taught in middle school and then again when entering high school. Allot of kids really need to hear and learn this information at an early age. Thank you University of California and a big thanks to Coursera for organizing these courses for all to take !!!!!
A must for everyone!
Excellent course that encapsulates some learned study skills with new ones supported by empirical evidence, improving the skills vital for a student.
The course is interesting, and packed with some easy to understand, easy to apply techniques. On the other hand, the real theory behind why these techniques work is deliberately omitted from the videos. This creates the feeling of a bit of esoteric knowledge, or, what it is worse, a feeling of trial and error techniques, like the ones anybody can develop on his own... Also the total lack of exercises makes it a little bit boring to follow at times. Overall, a good experience.Quick note of speaking speed: I understand that reading slowly is best sometimes, but Prof. Oakley is EXTREMELY slow, so much so, that I watched the videos at 1.25x and still felt like she was speaking at slightly slower speed than a normal person..
I've learnt very useful tools which I'm going to start applying very soon. Very interesting to know a little bit about how our great brain works. Teachers know how to transmit the ideas in a concise but effective way. Thanks!
helps a lot
An amazing course!If you are reading this, please don't miss the opportunity to learn important tools that will develop, not only your capacity to learn new things, but will also in deepen your self knowledge by giving you an interesting insight of your brain and how it works.
Great course. Thanks to Dr.s Oakley and Sejnowski. Please be aware that this is not a course to take and forget. You need to review the stuff for years to make it your second nature.
This course.... is the best course of my life!!! I really happy....Everyone should have the chance to know this wonderful course. The teachers are really great!
Professor Oakley's videos are engaging and the tips for developing better work and study habits and learning more efficiently are invaluable. I will definitely refer back to the tips from this video as I work and study in the future.
I love this course so far. What a wonderfull tools i've gained from it. Great teacher is Barbara I must say. Hope she would be my teacher at college :( jaja.
Great actionable content.
Very useful, totally recomended
I really enjoyed this course and learned some valuable concepts I will apply to future learning.
Very helpful course
The information contained was very useful and immediately applicable. I felt sorry for the professors during the videos, as they looked very uncomfortable in front of the camera and was sometimes a bit difficult to listen to as they didn't seem to have comfort reading the teleprompter. The information of how our brains function in long term memory building and understanding procrastination in more of a neuro/chem response was greatly appreciated. Techniques provided were all immediately applicable and can easily be expounded upon. I am recommending this course to anyone intimidated by STEM. Also recommending for several girl scout troops. Thank you for the opportunity to audit this course and learn deeply from it.
Thank you Barbara and Terrence for helping me remember how fun it is to learn!!!
Thank you so much! LhtL is an excellent course. It changed the way I study and learn, and the way I think about studying and learning. Not only did it provide new information (I suppose most of us students knew a lot of the things taught, such as "you should study the material during a longer period of time - not just the last night"), but it helps in actually implementing those things in every day life.Thank you!
Thank you to Professor Oakley and Professor Sejnowski for creating this very interesting course. I'm already using what I learned in the next course I'm taking on Coursera. I now know how to "chunk". :)
Very good course, I enjoyed it. In a playful and "light" atmosphere, you get in touch with concepts about your brain and its way of working - ideas that took years of studying and thinking from very smart people.Get these ideas to work in your benefit and test them in your own "laboratory of thoughts", then get productive!
Great course
This amazing course really changed the way I'm studying. My last week was especially productive as now I understand more about how our brain works and how to make learning enjoyable. I feel so motivated and want to learn more! That's precious. Thank you Barbara and Terrence!
This course will give you an edge wether you're learning a science class or history class...Also, it will give you a few tools to get to know you and how is your relationship with learning and studying, and make it better!
Very helpfull course! A bit dry (or is that just a Dutch phrase?), but good information. Learned a lot about my learning in the past and why certain things worked and others didn't. It will make my learning in the future most certainly more easy. I can't believe there is no course like this in highschool and universities (at least not in The Netherlands).
I recommend this course to everyone, it is effective for every type of learning. From knitting to rocket science and of course everything in between.
This course was exactly as described, and the way it was laid out mimicked the concept they were trying to teach. The seemingly random interjections on brain chemistry could have, in my opinion, been set up s their own unit, instead of into others, which I found to make it harder to digest.My only other pet peeve were the optional projects at the end. I'm sure some learners like the term-project-like assignments (creating pdfs, videos, etc), but from a casual standpoint (ie, I'm not paying for a certificate for this course), I was just relieved to find them to be options -- ones I didn't exercise.But overall, those two annoyances would not keep me from taking another course from UC San Diego or the instructors behind the course.
Prof Oakley's enthusiasm for the material is contagious!
Essential for learning about the PROCESS of learning. Once this is learned, it can be applied to anything you are trying to accomplish or understand in life.
Excellent course, very effective teachers, well designed material. Congratulations!
This course is great. before learning something, we should learn to learn
Full of powerful tools and insightful suggestions, absolutely worth the time
Simply loved it. There are so many things I have learnt to improve my own learning process. Plus this gives me a lot of practical learning tools that I can teach my students.Excellent excellent program!
This really was an exceptional course, with a great balance of useful and practical tips for learning and information about how we learn. The concepts in this class aren't just limited in usefulness to learning. I've been using these techniques (especially the Pomodoro) to be more productive at work. Great job Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski!
loved it !
This is one of the woderful course that I have learnt which will help me to learn new things easier.Thank you for offering such a great course!
It changes my mind about learning, long term before I encountered this course, I knew it must be something wrong in my learning method which conduct a very ineffective learning-product. This neuroscientific based course enlightens me in scientific learning and makes me start to think seriously about how to learn more effectively. It's really a great honor to encountered this course, and I'm sure it would be one of the most powerful asset I ever had in my lifetime. My sincere gratitude to Dr. Barbara Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, How to Learn Team and all the interviewees invited. Thank you for all your great insights on me.
awesome course,loved it!!!
Great! very helpful course
Simple to pick up and full of useful content to help power up one's learning!
Really nice informative course
This course was just WOW. So many people struggle with the things explained in here.I really loved this course because it explains why the things work but it also gives you solutions.Abraham Lincoln said: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." Here, you invest 10-20 hours on this course, that will make you life so much easier for the rest of your life.
I will continue to revisit the course material for years now, I hung in there and it just kept getting better and better, and I can't thank coursera enough for the financial aid they gave me to complete this course with proper certification.I totally enjoyed this course. Now going for some technical ones where I can apply the techniques learned in this course.
I enjoyed this course so much, that I have done it twice!
This course has taught me the key points and methods to improve the learning processes more effectively and efficiency. There are plenty of helpful hits, skills and strategies for gaining better performance in the my study processes. Now I have more understanding the factors of successfully learning and being more concentrate in new things learning.
Very helpful in helping me to prepare for exams and generally remember and learn new things
Truly inspiring and amazing course!!! Gave the confidence that with the right study techniques I can broaden my horizons in learning.
Very informative...really helpfull .
Wow ! too good course. Really enjoyed and learned a lot in this course. Thanks to the educators who took up this course and made it available world wide. Thanks
Found it useful.. Thanks a Tonn
very useful
Really well taught!
It is a really helpful mental tool for learning in varies subjects. Thanks!
Wonderful course. We are told some methods about meta-learning at our school days. This course is a collection of all the tips with scientific backing. Worth taking.
It helps me to feel more relaxed about learning. Thanks: )
I loved this course!!!
Excelent tool
The course was very helpful in understanding the challenges that we face in learning new things and techniques to address and solve those challenges. The content and the instructors were engaging. Since I am no longer in school, the portion of module 4 on test taking wasn't relevant to me; however, I recommend this course to all learners.
I am a woman in my late 50s who has been limited in my life, my education, and my employment by lack of confidence in my ability to learn math. In Summer 2016, I will complete all of the classes for a BS degree, all but two math classes. After completing Learning How to Learn, I am confident that, while math may be a challenge, it is a challenge I will overcome.Thank you for sharing these learning tools with the rest of us!
I wish I had this course when I was growing up. This should be a staple for all to better understand themselves, others and to maximize a life-long journey of learning. Thank
Practical and well organized, this course was a pleasure to take.
Despite 2 Universities I did discovered some new approaches to the way how to learn more effectively. In addition, it inspires to trust yourself and be proud of what are you doing. But "doing" is the key
Thanks for learning how to Learn!
The best course for all, specially for those who plan to start use Coursera on permanent basis
I would like to thank to instructors and all those who are involved of making such a helpfull and good quality course.I loved the process and the product with all my heart.It was a amazing experience participating and being a part of the project.Thank you all.My Best.Ferhat.
Excellent practical skills for eliminating procrastination, studying effectively, and excelling in your academics! Well thought out course that I highly recommend!
Highly practical tools -- immediate benefits.
Very useful. I'll be sure to recommend it to my students and just about everybody else.
I'm very motivated taking this course and also I've been applying some techniques that I learned. I encourage everyone to check out this course. Have a great weekend.
Brilliant and practical - a must for everyone!
Very useful in life.
We never stop learning, so taking this course is an asset for everyone.
this is a new glance on learning
Great insight in how to develop the mind and the importance of learning.
It's a great course for everyone. I think it should be the core course for every Freshman in college.
Great course getting to the point
I learned about learning sweet!
I highly recommed this course for everybody (teachers, parents and longlife learners). This course gives you really practical tips about how to maximize your effort when learning and great theoretical background to undertand why those tips really work. Thanks to the instructors and the team involved in creating this MOOC.
This lesson give me many different views about learning, and also explanation about my confusion about learning
Really helpful course, it has changed my studying and teaching skills. Noe I really want to start new things and share this course with everybody.
Very informative motivating. I like it.
A must do course for a, it gives us a new dimension of learning
The instructors are really good and lessons well taught and explicit.I learned a great a lot of new things and really enjoyed the interviews with knowledgable to the subject people.
Cool teachers!!!
Perfect first lesson in Coursera
Very useful material, and very well-thought way of teaching it!
One of the most useful courses for everyone to take!
It helped me try new things and revealed to me a wealth of information that otherwise would still be unknown to me if not for me enrolling in this course. It was also made more friendly to us youth because of analogies on zombies and vampires :)One thing that I was slightly bothered about was the volume of the videos. Maybe an increase in volume would make it less hard for people who have to access Coursera in noisy places to listen.
Fun and helpful!
This is a very useful and really necessary subject that make me get other subjects or anything I will learn more effective and easier.
Great course that equips me with more effective learning tools.
A really helpful course to make your learning process more effective!
Very excellent course. I have learnt a lot of learning skills and English from the class. The course is very interesting and plentiful, I even can't stop listening to the lessons ob by one. What's more, I have been unconsciously using the learning skills to learn.
Fantastic course! I'm 39 years old, and I am learning again. I have a master's degree i legal studies and a second master of business administration degree. Now I am sure; I am not old for it. I do my best and I can learn efficiently. Thank you, Barb and Terry, for my new opportunity!
Fantastic course! I'm 39 years old, and I am learning again. I have a master's degree i legal studies and a second master of business administration degree. Now I am sure; I am not old for it. I do my best and I can learn efficiently. Thank you, Barb and Terry, for my new opportunity!
it's very interesting and inspiring cours
The lecture is engaging,the teachers are awesome,thanks coursera for bringing this course.
Great !!!!
For anyone involved in learning or teaching.
A must learn course! So many insights! A charming lector! There is a proverb (from bible if i recall correctly) if you give man a fish - he will have food for one day, if you teach him fishing - he will have food for his entire life. This course teaches you how to fish.
Good material (video with subtitles) plus additional material and reading tips. Lots of tips how to improve your learning not only for students but also for employees.
Hello:I'm Keith Grimes and I just completed your course. I really enjoyed the course and feel that I've learned quite a bit about learning. I enrolled in the course simply because I felt it was time to take my love of "the idea of learning" and turn it into "the practice of actually learning something."What I loved most about the course was Barbara Oakley herself and her inspiring story. I graduated from Oakland University with a bachelors degree in English. During those undergrad days, I often experienced the Impostor Syndrome. Discovering that there was an actual name for what I often felt, combined with the struggle to learn that Dr. Oakley experienced in her younger years, really connected with me. Thank you for sharing.One other note... I recently had the opportunity to share many of these ideas and concepts with my son who is a sophomore at Michigan State University. As Dr. Sejnowski mentioned in the final video, the measure of really knowing if you've learned something is to teach it to someone else. Sharing what I learned with my son in order to help him along his journey as a student, was an invaluable experience.Thanks again for offering this course.Keith D. Grimeshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/keithdgrimes
Some very interesting topics, that are presented sufficiently well to actual
very useful lesson! It seems learning become more easy for me!
Very interesting and helpful course!
This is a fantastic course. The visuals are perhaps not particularly modern, but they are unique and make the course more memorable. When I'm a teacher one day, I want all of my students to complete this course first.
Very useful course!
amazing course
Simple techniques that came naturally to you as a school student have been conveyed in this course in a much more scientific and interesting manner.The instructor does a great job of keeping you addicted to the course.The techniques learned can be applied anywhere starting from your day to day activities to learning that skill that has long been on your bucket list.Don't think twice ... If you have trouble completing other courses, take this one. You ll finish this course and all subsequent courses you take up.Thanks to University of California for providing such a great course and Coursera for bringing it to us.
This LHTL course is the first online course i took from coursera, it turns out that I did the right choice to follow this one, which gave me a new fresh vision about learning, very helpful & interesting, thks
I get something new about learning.
A great, concise course on how to "hack your brain" to become a better learner.If you are enrolled in any form of academic institution, the contents of this course are essential. And even if you are not in college or school at the moment, this class has excellent pointers on the whys and hows of life-long learning.Highly recommended!
Useful information to help me learn
Amazing class! Really helped to reduce procrastination and study some helpful techniques about how to be more productive. Now I can really feel the difference - I am able to memorize more. Thank you!
This course is the foundation to success in all you do! I can't praise these instructors enough for the time they spent in laying out the groundwork so clearly and efficiently. For those of us with ADHD, it's a life changing discovery of skills. Years of feeling like our brain is "broken" and doesn't function like others that are "normal" can be embarrassing and defeating to say the least. For those of you that want to simply improve your study habits and retain more, deeply... this is the course for you. Simple, effective and practical... This course was a delight! I highly recommend it, no matter your IQ, skill level or profession.
Enjoyable course. A very good presentation and explanation of learning techniques and why they work, without bombarding the students with information. Also, the great wealth of further reading offered to help deepen and support the material is very helpful
This course is great. I'd say I became an evangelist of this course. I told about it to lots of my co-workers and I already feel I'm getting better at learning.One of the main issues I always suffered with was "cramming everything on 1 day". I still believe I did the same during this course. But now, at least, I recalled the material from time to time in various places, explained it to my co-workers, listened to summary videos from time to time and testedmemorizing various stuff using memory palace technique.This is a great course! Barbara & Terrence, thanks a lot!Best wishes & thanks for learning how to learn!Ostap Andrusiv
An absolutely amazing way of teaching others how to learn.I recommended this course to everyone in my family.
It has been one of the most useful courses for me. I had already tried some other approaches to improve my learning time and deal with procrastination, through an online material from Stanford, and some other time I tried using pomodoro, but by itself it was not enough help.However, I find this course was the most useful and interesting for me.
Really helpful in understanding how your brain works, and how you can get the best out of it.
A very great course, indeed. My sincere congratulations to all people who were able to make it. This is the best course have ever done.Millions of thanks!!!
Excellent course, both accessible and precise explanations of the psychology and neurology of learning, from very visual explanations at first to very detailed explanations later, with many concrete advice and examples of how to spend your learning time more efficiently, and many ressources to dig further into the recent underlying research papers. Should be taught mandatorily in all highschools.
This course was very interesting and provided lots of advice for studying and learning. I bought the companion book, "A Mind for Numbers", which I found pretty useful as a complement (though is not strictly necessary!). I recommend this course to anybody interested in how to learn effectively, but specially to students in college or university -- they are the ones who can gain the most out of it.
Useful, well-structured, interesting.
Awesome course; in 4 weeks succinct course has introduced to very practical concepts for learning new complex subjects. Expert interviews of great value to see the concepts being used by folks using various methodologies in real life....
I really enjoyed the course - it was helpful to review the basics of the best ways to learn. The most helpful was the the lecture about procrastination: tips on overcoming the negative feelings when starting learning activity (I realized in fact that it applies also for any other task that one is required to work on) and the expression 'eat your frogs first in the morning' motivates to concentrate on the most 'annoying' tasks first.I appreciate the course structure, length of the videos, and the friendly and casual attitude of the course instructors Barb Oakley and Terry Sejnowski.The complementary optional interviews are also a great source for motivation and inspiration.
Great！
This course was tremendously helpful in providing powerful tools to fight procrastination, which is one of my biggest problems in learning. The course also provided interesting insight into the workings of the brain and how we learn. I now use what I learned in this course to realize when I am procrastinating, then employ the tools from the course to fight it.
Useful insight into the mechanisms of learning.
This course is a lite and approachable collection of tips on how to work with your brain to learn more effectively. It won't blow your mind with advanced techniques you haven't heard before, but it is a nice succinct overview of what works better and what doesn't work so well. I picked up a few tips and had to sheepishly admit that I was guilty in the past of studying in a less than ideal way (I have a Bachelors degree). I would say this is a particularly useful course for young adults to take as it's not too heavy and is useful in explaining to them how to be more effective and why the techniques in the course work. That is not to say of course, that it is not useful for all ages.I found Barbara to be reasonably effective as a presenter. She speaks a little slowly for my taste, but I sped up the playback speed to 1.25 and that made it comfortable. Her lectures are well thought out and smoothly delivered.I found Terry Sejnowski contributed little to the course however. His explanations were fumbling, muddled and confusing. I found myself reading Wikipedia more often then not to get a better explanation on the concepts he was supposed to be teaching. He just didn't explain them well. He also didn't really explain why he was explaining them at all. The lecture on neurotransmitters was particularly bad. In what way did any of that help me learn how to learn? I think most of his lectures are just not that necessary to the course. I also think Barbara could have done a better job herself. But I understand her wanted to include him as he is an apparent authority in the area and it lends some credibility to her course.I think it's well worth taking and again I think this would be ideal for school kids (secondary) to help instill good practices early and steer them around a couple of easy to make mistakes.
I am very happy to study the course learn how to learn I am very grateful to those who have set up this course interesting I offer a big thanks from my heart for every team that took the preparation, presentation and follow-up and extend my thanks to the site and management coursera.
Great course, amazing teachers! Thank you for everything!
It was great. Learn many new thing and all of them are useful and necesary for academy or personal life.
Really good material on how to learn more effectively. The lectures are well planned and there is plenty of additional material to help students go after more in depth knowledge. Congratulations on putting together this course.
Really helpful and easy to follow
Numerous good ideas for improving learning and retention, I also recommend the textbook.
This course is very good. It Gave many new ideas to me and my students.
Awesome course! helped me a lot!Thanks so much!
I thought it was well thought out. However, I can't say that I agreed with all of the research and statements but I did learn from it. Thanks!
One of the best courses I have ever came across. 5 Stars. Must Have... Happy Learning to you!
This Absolutely what I am looking for, trying to improve my Learning skills right from the Childhood.
An amazingly interesting class with many practical advices appliable in the real life. I recommand it !
A must do course for everyone who wishes to learn any subject from arts to science to engineering etc. This would help you to know how our brain functions while learning something and will provide the best and effective methods to learn and understand something new.
Thank you very much! A lot of good insights!
easy to understand and follow
I felt it was mainly fun, and I did talked about the principles and interviews I've seen during the course, so I guess something about the course works! :)Also, It helped me understand some of my behaviors (for good and bad) .There are a few things that were a bit...well...made me go somewhere else for a while during the course:1.It took me a while to get used to the lectures tempo. For me - they are a bit too slow.2.In many cases - the answers for the question were long. From time to time - It was really exhausting.
Excellent course. Exceptional lecturers and fantastic course materials. I learn a lot valuable skills which i will use in my future learning. I highly recommend it to all students and life-long learners. Worth every minute spend on it!
Amazing course with lot of useful tips and deep and easy to understand explanation on how the brain works and how to improve your capacity of learn.Moreover, the course contains lot of optional materials related to the lessons that reccomend to watch. My compliments!
Awesome course. Well done Barbara and Terry.
Great scientific facts and useful tips for how to learn. Recommended to anyone who wants to learn more effectively!
Brilliant teachers sharing really useful insight about the learning process and how to optimize it. Highly recommended, tremendously resourceful.
I really enjoyed this course. This course is a great blend of neuroscience and actual learning tactics and principles. Both Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski present solid information in a casual yet informed manner and make staying on the course very interesting. I find the techniques described very useful for any endeavor that requires focused learning for a lifetime. Excellent!
The course was very well thought out, the lecturers delivered the lessons very clearly. Worth every minute spent studying with them. Thank you.
It is the most useful class I have ever taken.The teacher were funny and the content were interesting.
Best course I ever had so far!!! I love the way the two main professors teach in these great fantastic videos, I love the speed they talk and it really makes sense to me. I really love these interviews that Barbara did with those great people in different areas. It's really worth my time!!!! I can't appreciate more!!!
Essential knowledge you can use for a lifetime of learning. I wish this course was taught to me at an early age. I recommend this course to anyone who is attempting to go down the path of self education, furthering education, or even attending formal classes.
Great insights for life long learners.
Fantastic course. I bought Barbara's book as well and have recommended her material to my staff
Excelent course, brief but chock full of innovative and no so new but always good to remember to put them in use ideas
Great class I highly recommend it to everyone. I wish they had one for kids.
The best course I have ever made! Now I learn new things everyday easily.
I learned a lot from this class. This is not only a class that give you a right way to learning, handle your procrastination, the secret of memory, but also show you the scientific evidence. If a scientist tell me that the procrastination is not a big deal, I will believe that more than just somebody tell me. Also, this class gave me the passion and confidence to learn something new.
This course is very enjoyable and highly stimulating. I intend to use the learning techniques as I journey into retirement. German is a language I will learn to enhance my attendance at Oktober Fest 2016. Thanks loads for the information.
tell us about our-self...good course
A very to the point course - relevant not only for students but also for working professionals like me. Thanks Barbara.
Lovely!
A great course in terms of both content and presentation. I particularly liked the way the regular test yourself quizzes.
This is great! I am so happy I started this course. They should teach children from a very young age how to learn.
It is one of the best course that I have attended so far.
Great course, not only for students but for mature professionals. Barbara walks the talk making her short videos quite intertaining and full of visual mind catchers.
Barbara is a fun professor to listen to. The jokes and analogies can be terribly cheesy but they are memorable! I wish I had taken this course years before starting univeristy studies. It explains how the brain works to process, learn, and memorize information and gives practical tips anyone can implement when trying to learn new material. This is a valuable course that has already enhanced my learning over the 4 weeks.
Excellent learning experience, applying this in all my learning now
Absolutely amazing course, great videos and interviews, very complicated topic explained in people language. Thank you for this amazing experience.
Very very helpful!
Outstanding Course. I´ve really enjoyed it!!!!
I am so sad to see this class end. (At this moment, I'm at the very end of the last week.) So much information, presented so elegantly, explaining so much, answering questions I've had much of my life, this course was amazing.Now, I just have to get every, single human I know and love to take the course next time it's offered. (Thank God that's only a week or so away!) I'm going to take it again, too. It's changed my life once, and I've got this feeling that if I give the information a second go-over, it may change my life at an even deeper level.
Amazing, such good knowledge and a course everyone should take!
It's really Helpful, and interesting!!
Too focus on taking tests
Fantastic course, for me the first one at Coursera and it was definitely more valuable than I expected. They not only give you insights of learning and several functions of the brain, they also give you concreet tools to use right away.I am sure all the things I have learned in this course are applicable for every one, despite age or background.Regards,Thomas
Useful in everyday life as in professional careerA very pedagogue and leading teacherA must see !
The best tool you have is your mind, your brainThis course will teach you how to maximize it
I loved it!
Extremely insightful, even if you are not going to school.
Very cool and usefull course.
very usefulit truely lead me to the true way to learn
Fantastic course, cannot recommend it highly enough!
Interesting and methodological!
simple, helpful course! worth the time.
Fantastic course! It's worth learning for all kinds of learns without requirement of any background. The mentor is also very skillful in teaching. I wish I could have learned it when I was in high school.
very well, excelente es muy intuitivo aprendo mucho
With this short course, I was able to discover new ways of learning whatever topic or concept I want, even if I'm not initially good at it. I'm very thankful that I have learned how to learn the right and effective way. I also appreciate the interactive way of learning because of the videos, quizzes, and my virtual classmates.
it's a very good course to help us to understand the way our brain works and how we can learn effectively and efficiently,thanks a lot !
Useful programme with helpful insights in learning.
If you've ever struggled in a subject, I highly suggest taking this course. Dr. Oakley helps to guide you into being the best learner you can be. There are also several interviews by professionals who talk about the brain or their own experiences with training their brain in order to learn a difficult subject.Go Grizzlies!
First off, the course brought to me many new ideas about learning. Secondly, the exercises reinforced many of those ideas. As a result, I now have a much better shot at being an effective learner. Having said that, our results will only be good if we "deliberately" apply what this course teaches us!
I recommend this course 100 % to everyone who really want to know what is the best way to learn anything the correct way. To me Helped me a lot.
Very impressed for all the information provided in this course. Thanks to all the members that help bring this course to everyone.
Awesome course on how the mind learns. Very useful tips for avoiding procrastination as well!
Amazing course on learning. Course content and organization are very compelling, with in-video quizes at the end of each short lecture, to help you learn the material. Course makes us practice what is preached right away.
Very good course!
I have enrolled in this course to get some idea on how I could do better when I am writing my PhD thesis. As I went along, I felt I should have the privilege to enroll in this course years before, because that way my learning since then would be a lot more effective. Thanks for all who are involved in this course. Regards -- Riaz
A course for all progress, for all age, that is evergreen.
Summary: Overall this is a course worth taking. It gives you tips and tricks into how to learn backed by scientific evidence.I really liked the discussion of focused and diffused modes as well as how you're supposed to chunk things you're trying to learn int small bits to better understand it.The course covers also a bit of neuroscience and how learning really works in the brain. It was interesting to know that the working memory is very limited while the long term memory is basically unlimited so trying to remember too many things at once just doesn't work.The great thing is that the course provides a lot of supplementary material that you can delve deeper into if you want to know about something. One of the papers cited talked about 10 different learning techniques and it was a revelation to me that highlighting text is actually not efficient in learning.Overall the course was nice, I found the quizzes a bit too close to what was said in the lecture. It might have been better to get a reading assignment that delves deeper into something and then some questions on it.
I am a teacher, and I found many useful tips for my students (and their parents!) in this course.
Greta course. I learnt a lots.
Its amazing, and thanks to maths & English professors who used similar techniques when i was 14 which helped a lot in my further career.
An enjoyable and valuable course. Thank you!
very helpful
My first course on Coursera and I really enjoyed it. Definitely not the same person after this course. The materials are great and the professors are absolutely fantastic. Looking forward!!!
Great insights to improve the efficiency and efficacy of learning.
Wonderful course. I recommend it to everyone!
A LOT of useful techniques, tips and tricks, to think and learn better. And it's short, everyone should do it.
Excellent. Helped me so much in my studies and in life in general.I know it seems cliche but everyone should do this course. I saves so much time and has so many extra videos that I found was really quality content!
Intresting and worthwhile course for all who want to be more efficient in learning and in work. The Course content about brain activity and tricks are helful and useful by easy way.
I'll definitely give this course a five-star and it surely deserves it.Learning how to learn is a lifetime skill that everybody should try to be equipped with.Great course!!
This course is giving me great insight on how I should be presenting my course work to my students! Thanks!
Great course for all students and TEACHERS!
Good Course
YES! Just finished my first MOOC. Feels great and i loved every minute of this course!! Its great that i have this course under my belt.
The pomodoro, the emphasis on 4 working memory slots and the supplemental videos with SMEs around memory palaces and focus learning were a big help.I also appreciated the focus on how to combat your zombies and work on procrastination were very helpful as well as the focus on the law on serendipity.I also liked the emphasis on testing yourself with questions and recall as a way of mastering the material.
Excellent course on the basics of learning. I wish I would have had this course 50 years ago!
The course lists out great techniques to understand and learn things. It also gives an explanation to their techniques and claims. It is a must course for people who want to learn more effectively, compared to present day.
Well worth the time. It has helped me improve my confidence in learning.
I found it really useful. Thank for creating this course. I recommend this course for anyone who feel suffered by learning new things and anyone who want to improve learning.
It is an amazing course. before I took this course, I had never thought that there is a way to learn new things. And I thought I was born to good at something. But now, with the new method, except that i am able to get rid of procrastination, i will be able to challenge many new subjects which are difficult to me before.Thanks a lot
A must for every higher education student.
This is an excellent course, both in terms of content and delivery, but also in terms of the generous amount of useful tools and tips that can be easily applied in our daily lives.
thanks
A good MOOC to start with for a better approach on a lifelong journey of learning.
This course changed my life. In this decades, people lost concentration, although it's not their fault(include me). It teaches you how to learn more efficient and get more concentration, and finally it can change you life if you practice the skills frequently. Hope you guys have a fun here. Thanks everyone in this course!
Must course. Should be done before taking any subject or learning new skills.
Everyone should take this course no matter from whatever background you are. Learning how to learn is the necessity of human life and to do it effectively will help you anyhow.
This is a delightful course. I really enjoy the short, sharp, and beautifully delivered videos. I find myself already using some of the techniques. And I am reading some
It's a perfect start for all learners!
Loving it so far...
I really liked it. They were good to explaining the material. They should off course but stil.
THE BEST EVER COURSE ON PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT
Just the technics without the science may be better for the general public to understand the course.
Amazing course. I learned a lot.
A perfect course for the philomath, so well developed and well instructed.This course for me underscores how euphoric MOOCS can be and energizes me to take more.
Prepare to learn some of the most powerful study techniques ever researched by neuroscience!
helpful
Provide excellent methods and insight to help learners learn anything.
Very very nice course :) Really loved the course.
Incredibly useful & interesting!
Really great course with proven and practical tips and techniques.
One of the best courses, learning how to learn, increase your learning power by taking this course, for me it worked.
Hi,It was quite basic but I enjoyed it and in the end it was full of useful info, thank you! :-)Take care!
when i finally started the course after months of procrastination it gave me incredibly useful tools and motivated me to really dive into my law studies
Outstanding. Very straightforward and helpful.
That's a really nice subject. However, I think that the assignments should be theoretical essays
This course is extremely helpful! Ironically, I started the course when I just graduated from college. I found out that I have been using inefficient techniques to study all my years in school (e.g. using mere will power to force myself into problem solving, studying long sessions without taking breaks, falling into the trap of procrastination, etc.) This course has provided me with many perspectives in studying, and they are so convincing since they are backed up by evidences from neuroscience. The course is full of to-the-point tips and helpful advice, with a minimal level of technical details (just enough for a general audience).Many thanks to the team they created this course! Happy learning, everyone!
Whatever your goal, this course will give you many useful tips and techniques to study and learn efficiently.
I love this course, explained the missing puzzle in learning for me.
It is a journey of one's own inner self as experienced throughout the years of compulsory education and later during the life-long studies. One gets to know oneself better and think about improvements s/he can make instantly. I downloaded the pomodoro timer to my Mac and realized it's time to fight the zombies who help in retaining my bad habits of losing time web-browsing or using too much of the precious will power for trying to start learning anything.I will definitely stick to studying the optional material as I have time having finished a project of my life at work. I will miss both Barbara and Terrence and their fun way of teaching.
I learnt, how to Learn. ;-)
Help me a lot, thanks!
Awesome course!
Super useful - an absolute meta skill to understand and apply neuroscience to practical ends
it gives good imputs. However, it looks to me that it is directed more to science, math, engeneering students than students of social sciences.
The course has changed my way of learning. Excellent!
Thanks for everything I will keep checking the material and this will be with me my whole life
I am glad I took this course. It's given me the tools to overcome barriers I've assumed were "part of my nature", and to which I had no control.
The most useful course I've ever taken! It explained how brain works when you try to learn something in a very practical and easy way. The course gives useful tools and techniques how to overcome procrastination and overlearning. It destroys the belief that some people are good for science only and some are only for humanitarian areas. You really can do everything with the right approach and deliberate practice. Thank you Barbara and the course team for sharing your personal inspiring stories.
Excellent course, the material and the vídeos are great, and the subjects are very well explained
Lot of practical and new information on leaning techniques
Great course! Easy to learn as about 2,5 hours per week. I had some fun while studying this course.
Awesome course and should be recommended to all and esp to all students in undergrad :-)
Very good for everybody who needs to improve the capacity of learning.
very important course for every one learning anything
Very helpful ! It's a course smartly organized so you can easily learn how to learn.
Awesome course, I'm not studying and I found it really helpful for managing my
Everything you always wanted to know about « How to learn » based on the most recent scientific discoveries in neuroscience and cognitive sciences. A must for every serious student!
Great material and Barbara is a talented instructor who presents the topics in fun and memorable ways. Thank you.
Personally for me who had read about neurology, psychology and human behavior. This course does not build a lot on my formal knowledge. However it would be useful to anyone who is interested in learning and curious about brain facts and psychology of learning.
Informative and interesting. The material could have been presented in a very dry way but Barbara made it fun to learn.
Enjoyed every bit of it. :)
I was really happy that I took this course. I made me see areas where I could improve my learning as well as provide me with new ideas that would help me in learning. It also showed me that I have two different modes of thinking, and the functions of each. I recognised how important it is to give each a chance in the learning process. All in all, a very informative and excellent course! Thank you for helping me learn how to learn even better.
Great Knowledge, a must take course
Excellent Course with great insights of learning!
Light yet insightful. This course inspired me to dig deeper into the topic. Thank you dr Oakley and dr Sejnowski
Best course and tutors ever! This is the second time I am doing this course! Both instructors are awesome! Perfect combination of professionalism, knowledge and charisma! You rock!
must course for right brainers
Learning made easy for all, must be part of the education based on universal curriculum.
Extremely helpful for people of all ages and from all walks of life. The only really bad thing about this course is that this was not available when I was in school or in my undergrad years. Though, currently I am doing PhD, I still feel its positive effects in my life. I didn't know that this course, which I started in my leisure time, will have long lasting effects on life and the way I think and solve personal and professional issues.Hats off to you Barbara Oaklay, your team and cherishing long journey derived by your passion.Last but not least thanks to Coursera Team for creating such a wonderful platform.
Basically if you master this course it’ll be so easy for you to learn and understand thousands of other courses, lessons and skills.This is course is your solid foundation and I highly recommend it to all of you.
very useful!
Great
The tips for learning effectively in this course are very helpful for me. However, some videos about neuroscience are a bit difficult to understand.
Very useful and interesting
I truly feel I can learn more confidently with the tips and tools from this course.
This course is extremely helpful, especially to student at college. And without overestimate, I would like to say that this is a course that may change your way of learning, and eventually change your life.
I found the course helpful. As an older life long learner, I have had experience in identifying and modifying bad study habit. This course reinforced what I have picked up along the years. I applaud the clarity of the short segments of each lesson and think that this course would be extremely helpful for those of us with poor study habits.
Great course! Easy to attend and really improved my learning.
Easy to follow presentation and information offered by a fantastic instructor. Lots of elements that I can apply to my every day life.
This was my first Couresra experience. This course was insightful, logical and beneficial. I would recommend this course to my peers.
very interesting course! i really enjoyed the videos of Dr Barbara .
Very Good !!!
Great course to help learn how to get through material that is difficult to understand.
I am in the second week of the course and I saw so may things I did wrong and learnt new things about learning.
Great insights and make you think back about your assumptions and what you already learn to build a correct learning p
The most interesting Coursera course I've ever taken
Great course, easy to follow and very interesting
Great course to understand how our minds work during learning.Thanks for introducing Pomodoro technique. Great tips.
An amazing course to help debunk a lot of myth, provide you with a lot of simple and effective study tips.The videos, the instructors both are very amazing. I am happy I took this course and I hope it will benefit me in my future learning experiences.
Great course for learn how our brain learn, thanks!
It's my second time here! :D
I would recommend this course to anyone who has never really thought about the art of learning or who had a less than stellar early experience with leaning and is getting back into it as an adult. Backed with many references and verified science, the techniques grouped here will help anyone willing to put in the time and apply them.
Firstly I would like to thank Mrs Barbara Oakley, to have come up with such a brilliant MOOC and more over giving out for free. I won't say I was a good student or a bad student, but I was always a frustrated one. Even after getting a Post Graduate degree from one of the prestigious colleges, I remained frustrated and carried this frustration till date. Your course has helped me over come my frustrations in many ways. Even interviews with various field experts has been enriching and helped me realize that even scholars have made their way through practice and perseverance, that they were not naturally gifted ones but they got themselves trained, in particular or multiple areas that they have mastered.Thank you once again for sharing these powerful tools and techniques, which has not only enhanced my learning ability, but helped me with getting my thinking process right.
Hope I'll use the knowledge in got from the course in my every day learning! :)
Explanations are very clear. Super helpful!
This course is just great.
good for a young person wanting to understand how to learn and how to build in the flexibility to learn in class and later in life.
Really helpful. I wish I had this course at school/university.
I have learned a lot about myself and my study/learning habits. This is something that I will be able to use for the rest of my life. Great Course and
A powerful toolbox for learning and for empowering your life. I have started to put a lot of simply exercises and techniques taking from this course into my real life, day to day, not only for learning but also for working and I have gained confidence in my learning skills after some years. Incredible course, totally recommendable for everybody at any age!
Essencial for learners. This course give me not only a big picture of how our brains work, based on neuro-scientific study, but also beneficial techniques to learn brand-new thing without giving up. Strongly Recommend for everyone who wants to learning something new and accomplish your goal.
Thanks for the great course! I can say that this course motivated me to learn more and more. I will apply methods.
Really useful and enjoyable course that was well presented. It was a pity when it ended.
I wish that I had learned this 30 years ago.
very interesting and stimulating.
Highly recommended. A great course. Many ideas to improve learning.
This is an excellent course for thinkers, innovative and creative people. You can go deep in different subjects and learn about how our brain works.
It was perfect, but informations could be passed more efficiently (informations may have more compacted form - videos would be shorter without missing any fact)
This is a fantastic course that every one should take
I feel that I should have taken this course a lot earlier. The course helped me self-evaluate and improve on many aspects of my studying habits which resulted in drastic improvements in my learning
I have tried to start college 3 times. I always start off motivated but then lose drive, focus, become intimidated by the material and gradually discouraged. Then I drop the classes and repeat... This course taught me so much that I have already applied to my life, job, and education. I recommend this to everyone no matter there education level, age, career path, etc. Learning How to Learn has taught me how to study, focus, retain, and change the way I view a tough task whether it be a ten page essay, big project for work, or an errand I've dreaded for far too long. Thank you, Professors!
Every student should go to this course as early as possible. Learning how to learn could make a huge difference over the lifetime.
Very good course. Good material, simple and very pratice.
Fresh and understandable view that adds a new dimension to the fake idea that the brain dies as we age!!wonderful stuff
I really enjoyed the opportunity to better understand how best to learn. Though I've always said that I am a "life-long learner", I don't think I ever fully knew how to be a life-long learner until now.I'm excited to employ these strategies into my day-to-day experiences.
The course is quite helpful in shaping the way of thinking. By applying these ideas into practice, it would largely benefit an individual's future.
Overall impressed/happy with the course content so far- keep it up-From an average joe that only took 1 psych course in his lifetime.
Very good and practical course! Lots of useful advices, information, techniques and further readings. Do recommend to everyone.
Truly empowering. Easy course to do after work, but incredibly rich.
wonderful lesson ! i'm luck to have this lesson.
Great course,
I like it very much. It's fun and easy.
Wonderful! eye-opener course!
I find this to be an incredible course. The subjects discussed are fascinating, and the interviews are very compelling!
The most important course in the world
With this course, Coursera rocks!
Powerful mental tools indeed!
Half way through the course I have already learned so much about learning. It's a combination with practical learning skills and theories on neural science. Instructor is super knowledgeable and she explains concepts very clearly, and more often than not, full of fun. I highly recommend this course to whoever still wants to learn new things in life, whatever the subject/ skill/ sport might be. Happy learning :)
It introduces very practical methods helping me get out of learning troubles, thanks very much!~
I love this course. The instructor is funny, friendly and explains things very well. I got to learn a lot of things.
great course
Just Great! Only bad point; to too extensive, examples and concepts were briefly described and left out areas which I thought was interesting. But on the whole, just great - I recommend everyone to take this course!
the course is very inspiring and functional, I do like the optional interview, very interviewee provide practical method to get succeed in their own learning area, that's wonderful.
excellent; the take aways of this course are highly beneficial
I love the professors! It's the course everyone should take! I hope that schools will formally teach this sometime in the future. It's really helpful.
It was the first course that I finished in Coursera and I loved it. I really got excited about what I was learning and I've been using it in my work and in my stydy. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. It was the incentive that I needed to invest in myself again and learn new things that I always wanted to know.
Who can't profit from scientific research on improving your learning? This course is the mother of all courses.
Awesome and should be required watching for everyone.
Once you get over the delivery of the material, that seems a bit awkward in the beginning, it becomes a fantastic course.
one of the best course on coursera. if someone have problem in managing his work,studies,anxiety etc., should go through this course.thank you so much for this great course.
It is an important skill to learn, and it would help anyone through his or her whole life.
Please, do this course and help your self be more productive! Amazing teachers and an amazing idea to be shared!
it's very meaningful to me !
Quizzes were way too easy but great content!
Very interesting course. It's easy to follow. It provides you with 3-4 basic but powerful tools to improve your learning capabilities.
Great course with lots of useful information. It helped me loosing few bad studying abits!
Great curses. Every day I learn through rates for myself a lot. The information I get , motivates me and makes us believe in yourself and your success. Thank you.
The best MOOC course I join. I would call it life changing.
This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the coursera learning experience and is relevant to any other learning endeavors you might have in all aspects of life. I recommend taking it before any other courses on the sight.
Amazingly empowering.
This course is very interesting and useful.,really enjoyed it.
It was a really nice experience.
Found 1/5 of the content useful.
A great course. I'm in week 2 and already learned so much!!! A total new way to approach the topic of learning!!!
Great tips for learning, involving test question after every video to learn the material better. Great overall.
I learned a lot about how my brain works and where I was getting stuck. This is a great course for anyone to take to learn more about how you learn.
Short, but very helpful course! Read the optional readings!
A wonderful course, that has helped me to understand and retain information at a deeper level. Five star. brilliant!
This course helps me a lot about how to learn science. Indeed it gives me confidence to believe that I could acquire complex knowledge if I want! Much appreciate for providing me this course!
Just love it! It has been very useful for me!
Very very good and interesting course
Excellent course. Very good tips for learn more efficiently of any topics in your life
Interesting introduction, hope following courses will be better!
great course to kickstart your learning jouney
I enjoyedd it and I had a chance to gain some new knowledge as I myself am an educator. It is an example of putting the knowledge into practice. Costruction of the course makes it easy to remember new things and frequently review the knowledge.
It is a quite good course let me understand my brains scientifically, and now I don't doubt I'm not smart enough. I know what learning is, and how to control it. It's really helpful.
Excellent, I have learned new concepts and methods to be a better learner.
Definitely a great course that has helped me out on a lot of aspects in my life, 100% RECOMMENDED!
Great course!
its a must. cause learning is a lifetime thing
I'll not be exagerating if I say this couse changed my life. I'm very grateful for having such a wonderful teachers. Thanks to Coursera for the opportunity!
Two weeks in and already very useful!
Although I have already practiced ~80% of the techniques taught in this course (i.e. Pomodoro, spaced repetition, getting enough sleep, recall, testing self, etc.), I still learned new things, and this course convinced me that I've been doing the right things but can make some improvements. I especially love the zombies! They remind me of Plants vs. Zombies in an endearing way.
This is what everyone should attend to develop these skills if you are struggling in learning things and to expertise if you already good at learning.I am very thankful to Barbara and Terry for their wonderful lectures. Would love to join their schools
very helpful .you get a great understanding of how we learn
I feel as though I have new tools in my learning arsenal. Thanks to the professors for making this course enjoyable and usable. I
Just the perfect course I have been wanting to learn, Learning How to Learn.:) At the end of this course, I am hoping to be able to apply all what I have learned in my coming up subjects in the next semesters to come and all the days of my life. Bravo to all involved in putting up on line such straight forward easy to learn techniques on Learning How to earn all my subjects and every single thing involving Learning How to Learn.
Excellent class. Very inspiring.
One of the top two course that I did last year but could not complete it due to my procrastination. Hence signed into the program this year again with renewed enthusiasm.
very useful and the lecturer seems so nice
Cons: Tests are too easy.Pros: Interesting stuff though.
very useful，Enlightening
Very useful and help me create the systemical learning method.
This course is giving new ideas that are applicable to all areas of my life. I really like it so far and think is helping me a lot.
I was amazed of how quickly time went by. I was inspired and filled with an enormous amount of useful tips to get better at my study.
This was a very instructive course, videos are very clear. I think that one thing that can be improved is practice, I would love to have more practice to get better all the concepts (altough I know that it is very difficult).
I enjoy lerning loads of things! Thank you!
I have never given a course five stars, and did for Learning How to Learn. The reason is because the topic can be used to strengthen so many situations (school, work, sleep). This course is helpful not only to me, but my family, which include two teenagers. There are so many resources to connect with and learn more about the topics.
Awesome class. Very insightful. Materials are presented in easy to understand manner.
A great course!
this course is just great. The perfect mix of awesome human beings and genius educators.
Great course. Totally changed my way of studying
I made a few valuable connections between some of the things I have been doing well in the past in trying to learn new skills, and some things that just don't work. Now I can concentrate on the "chunking" tips that work on my next classes.
Easy to learn course with good quizzes, helpful videos for mental learning.
very useful! thanks a lot
love it. awesome material
Excellent course for self development. It could be apply to any areas. And I love how they organized the course. Well made.
Interesting and exciting aspects about learning how to learn
I learned a a lot about effective learning and maximizing the potential. I think I should have taken this course before I started my high school in 2001.I recommend to every individual to take this course without any hesitation.
EXCELLENT COURSE ABOUT IMPROVE LEARNING. I like Course put subtitles in Spanish language. Sometimes I can not understand all the American English and I check it in the subtitles.
This course change my life, very insightful.
very helpful techniques, I use them every time when studying!
I learned a lot! You potential learners should pay attention on this one!
I have learnt so much from the course and it's practical applications of ideas and thoughts.I highly recommend this course to everyone.
For a short online course, there were some really nice techniques and skills that we can achieve
I think it will make my learn becomes more useful and I will gain more knowledge.
I spend a first week in this course and it's wonderful.That why I rated 5
This course helps me more than one aspect of my career. It's not only help me in academic subjects but also in anything else that I want to master in my life. I am grateful and really enjoy learning this course.
Great learning tools, I wish I had these tools when I was at University. I specifically like the tools on how to avoid procrastination; I have never thought that it is similar to addiction.
it had some useful tips on learning how to learn
-------- this course should be used as a model for all the other courses. this course tells you what they're going to tell you and then they tell you; then they tell you what they told you. then, of course, they repeat what they told you a little bit later and then a while later, and yet again much later . i'm teasing, slightly. but this course does what they say they're going to do !they tell you and give you a chance to practice what they told you. then they give you another chance to practice a little while later, and yet again, much later, etc . . .the subtitles match the speech. the subtitles are correctly spelled. the speech is correctly pronounced. they mix and match the points they're making, interleaving as they go.this is the way all courses should be . . .
Great class, broken down into quick lectures that you can do during a commute!
Are you a procrastinator? Participate in this course when you should be doing your "real" classes or work.Even if you're an expert in all the latest productivity hacks, you'll learn the biological reasons behind such subjects as putting things off and why you may not be learning even though you're covering all the material.Once completed, you can apply what you've learned and get down to more efficient learning.Additionally, it seems that the professors do a good job of keeping the course updated and communicating to students.
Getting to know a lot of situations where I have done things wrongly, and how I can utilize my time to achieve what I want to.
Start your coursera career with this class.
I think the course provides many useful technique in learning and is really helpful for further effective studies.
Exceptional course: useful and well focused, opened new ways to efficiently learning.Thank You!
Very helpful in helping train better memory and more effective ways of studying in by understanding how brain operates.
This course is very informative, they reveal simple techniques that make learning fruitful and easy to do...
Surprisingly useful content presented in simple but memorable way.
It is Must do course for all to understand how well we can harness the power of brain to learn better and effectively any subjects.They have given lots of practical and interesting suggestions to improve our learning. They are so simple techniques that we do sometime unknowingly or saw someone doing it, but we ignore it most of the time.Now that we can see what they do actually to our learning , we ca kind of hack the mid to learn the stuff we need.I am still doing the course and finding it interesting .. i will surely recommend it to others .
It's a very useful course that can be the foundation of all your studies throughout your life.
Extremelly helpful for my learning process. It has motivated me to reach higher levels of learning and knowledge. Thank you.
Thank you!
This is information everyone needs to know. I used to feel so much frustration, doubt, and anxiety when I would try to learn something new. Now, I realize, it wasn't because I was stupid or slow, but that I wasn't studying in a way that helped my brain grasp new material.Thank you so much for making this course.
Thank you for the hard work! I really enjoyed this course. I'd take it again ;)
Best course ever! Thank you!
I think it is quite good. Important artifacts from research on learning have been extracted and presented in a very convenient format with proper analogies.
This course was inspiring. I would love to share it with everybody!Thanks.
very helpful and interesting. Gives me many useful suggestions about learning more efficiently.
Great course! Than you so much.
Excellent! Learned great tools to help me with medical school! Thanks!
very useful course
Fantastic course. Wish I would have taken this years ago to learn and retain concepts better. The course is very well taught and I love how it doesn't expire like so many other courses as it gives me time to review concepts and truly go at my own pace.
This is an excellent course.
Really giving me confidence to get back into learning, studied & my career again. Really Insightful, clear & encouraging! Anyone, I am sure can do it- they make it all so easy, clear and digestible. Would recommend
Clear concise and insightful, Barbara is a pleasure to listen to.
Only a few lectures in and I love it! Very practical advice on how to learn better! Something you can use for the rest of your life. I also really like the lecturers - they add in fun jokes and analogies to make the course more interesting.
Learned some interesting new things. Felt the course was repetitive after the third lecture though.
A very good course to explore the keys to lear more effectively.
Absolutely wonderful. It's changed how I approach any new task.
I am recommending this class to my advanced high school students. There were too many insights to share.
Excellent by content and composition. Highly recommended.
After I finished the course, I will still come back occasionally to check out on myself. Every time I look at it, I find out myself notice something new and learn something new.
Modules are easy to understand and logically taught, lecturers have an understanding of teaching and teaching material which in itself is necessary! Well spoken and articulate.
absolutely fabulous
An excellent course in understanding simple techniques to improve the learning process. I use these methods of learning to overcome the innate prorastination I go through on a regular basis. I would like to thank Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski for sharing this wonderful course with the world.
The course every one in every field must take!
It helps me to build confidence in learning a new thing after my graduation from the university. Even though I cannot pay an expensive university in USA, but I can still learn good materials on the Internet.
Really famous and useful, heard from my college mates a lot of times. When I finally looks at it, I find it amazing
I enjoyed a lot doing this course and I think is very useful.
Unexpectedly great!!!!
Taking it again, as I loved it in previous session. Thanks for doing such a good job, all for free.
Loved this course. I have started reading everything about learning and I have seen many many information out there that is covered here in depth.Now, I am much more confident with many capacity to learn and master new subjects.Thanks a lot!!!
Exceptional lecturers and a very engaging didactic material.
very helpful course, the details of the course work is very well thought, this is a master piece of education course!
Excellent material and pedagogy. Highly recommended to all types of people from all backgrounds.
Great course and great content. Barbara makes everything easy to understand and keeps you motivated to keep on learning. I will definitely recommend this course to my friends!
Repeat the class, and see what can be incorporated to improve!
This is very good class for learning!!A learner can understand how to learn clearly, systemally
I think it should be called Learning How to Learn Better. Nevertheless, it is an amazing course - it helped me understand a lot of things that I intuitively knew as a teacher and a student. It also gives helpful techniques to tackle procrastination - something I am afflicted with from time to time. I also like the fact that the team keeps sending me links on learning or research on the same.Thank you so much!
Really helpful!! Thank you so much for making this course!
good value for your time and skills
This was a very good course. I think it is accessible to a very wide audience ranging from high schoolers to doctorates. Even people with high education and a lot of studying behind can learn studying tips from this course.The presentation is geared more towards wider audiences. However, the more reading -sections and references are exceptionally well written and detailed, and provide a great starting place for those willing to delve more deeply in the subject.I warmly recommend this course to anyone wanting to improve their learning skills!
This is a thought provoking course giving a number of extremely useful insights on how to learn more effectively and become a better learner. I wish it had been longer, more extended and probably a bit more complex. Anyway, the knowledge given in the course has already proved to be helpful!
its a great experience :)
Interesting, although course content and test questions were very easy.
Awesome! Congrats Dr. Barb Oakley, Dr. Terrence Sejnowski and many more.
Great course! I have used the Pomodoro strategy every day since learning about it. I even have my teenage daughter trying it!!!
A lot of good advices and tips, but it could be better with deeper explanations.
This course gave me a lot of food for thought. I'll be to ponder a long time about what i had learned. I can already see how I can improve my learning process.Thank you very mutch! И будьте здоровы!
very helpful
Good Course with excellent teachers and good advices.
It's very great. Let's learn scientifically !!
It's amazing course . I really enjoying it right now cause it has a lot of information and help me to realise what is the problem and it gives me tools to solve my problem and the common problem it that way .. so Thanks for learn how to learn team :D
It's very very good! I have been searching it over the past years!
Great course! Has helped me in focusing more effectively and picking skills up easily. Hope I had access to it before while I was struggling in high school.
exactly what a university student need ! thank you for helping us
I read your work after the class.
a good class and would love to recommend to my friends.
I have learnt a lot from this course,It does help me in learning n memory,I have been studying BEC n korean these days ,and I really benefited from the spaced repetition. thanks & appriciate for LEARNING HOW TO LEARN.
Fascinating explanations of how our brain works when learning. Highly recommended!!
Life changing insights to become a better learner!
A set of powerful tools for learners.
A fantastic opportunity to fix what I have been doing wrong for 30 years! Thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski. Your examples and stories inspire me to pursue further education and change careers, mid-life.
Fantastic teacher and content
I love this course! Just started it and it changed a lot in how I learn.
Excellent course that leaves profound impact on your learning. Much appreciated.
teaches you some valuable tools for learning, along with some basic research into the field
I've really enjoyed this course! I've reviewed knowledge or concepts about lerarning and I've learned effective techniques to defeat procrastination (my worst enemy). Thanks a lot for sharing your great knowledge!
Muy instructivo
Very useful!
Good course
I am enjoying this course immensely and I love the way practical tips are given which can easily applied to learning anything.
Probably every person must do this course once they think they are learning anything in life or doing anything remotely academic. Very simple but enough material to put into practice what you learn, Just do it.
I wish I had this course when was in high school.
How to enhance learning skill is really useful.
It was very informative and ha lessons that you could use your entire life!
I really enjoyed this course. The instructors were engaging and fun. The repeated some important points effectively. The jokes and things were a bit silly but very memorable and fun. I would like the ability in the mobile app to be able to pre-download videos and to slightly speed up the playback speed.
I think this course is so beneficial for anyone who wanna achieve challenging tasks
liked the simply way of explaining the content of it ...
This course is excellent. Its been just first week this course has started but it has really helped me in increasing my efficiency at work.
This course provided clear tips and reflective processes to make the learning process both more enjoyable and effective.
An incredible course! I advice it to EVERYONE: not only for students, but to everybody wanting to improve his/her memory skills, ability to fight procrastination and concentrate on whatever you are doing at a speific moment.The lecturers are the nicest professors I've ever seen in my life! I really would like to meet them and to thank for the work they do. Barb and Terry - you are my love, indeed!Good luck and happy learning how to learn!
It is a very good course that helps you to understand the philosphy of learning.I only give 4 out of 5 stars because what I was missing was more practical information about how to study. (Only few methods were introduced to help improve the study experience).
It provides an essential understanding of how the brain operates when learning, explained in a very pedagogical way, and it gives tools to maximize your learning in every sense. Extremely interesting and useful, I enjoyed it A LOT, I'm successfully using the techniques and telling everyone to do it as well!
Great course. I have learned a lot, and was vry interested with the link with neurscience and brain alchemy. I definitely recommend. Christophe
definitely helpful class! I have been able to take the lessons I have learned and managed to update a 4.0 when taking physics, biology, and chemistry (the pre-med) trifecta of death at the same time! Thank you again!
The most helpful course here!
Wonderful course! Reenergized my language and music learning. Very grateful for the assistance, and thank you.
An extraordinary MOOC, very helpful, seriously it changes my perspective of learning mode.I'm sorry for a couple of activities that I didn't complete.
a really powerful course!
This is a wonderfull course. I'm loving it.
Gave me a great understanding of how my memory works! Very helpful!
A very helpful course!
i like this course
This was the best course and very well presented. I just wish there was downloadable references for me to use ongoing.Thanks. I hope you have more courses like this!
Great course to start a happier life
Very useful!
Very valuable course, with
Excellent course! Tons of interesting topics, very thoughtfull content!
After the first two random videos I watched I learned so much! I decided then to enroll.
Excellent course. I enjoyed every single session and activity.
Great deal of vital information.
Very useful tools and tips. Lots of references in case you want to go deeper in any subject.
This course has changed many things in my life. The way I approach learning as well as teaching has improved enormously. It is one of the great things that happened to me this year.
it's very useful to help me study almost everything.
The course was well designed. I liked the structure of the course. Due to my procrastination problem, I enroll for the coursera courses now and then, but middle of the session I drop out from each of the course. This is the first in Coursera that retained my interest to finish the course. I loved the concept of Pomodoro, Chunking techniques that have been taught in this course. I'm looking forward to apply these techniques not only in my professional career but also in my life-long learning process. Happy learning everyone!
Simple yet powerful training, with lots of useful tips and tricks!
Learning How to Learn is a fantastic course as it delves into underlying principles that helps us to understand. I highly recommend this course to anyone that wants to unlearn bad learning habits or wants to learn good learning habits.
I really enjoyed the ideas and methods that were offered. It has helped me to gain insights on learning and on how I can get better in my studies. Thank you!
I really liked this course. Dr. Oakley did a great job. I've already used some of the methods mentioned in this course to go after some work certifications that I've had difficulty with. I am a huge procrastinator and I felt like this course was created for me and people like me to try and get a handle on my ever challenging issue that I battle with everyday.Thank you
I loved this course. It provides tools for learning that actually work (if you practice!). Not only does it describe the tools and how to use them, it provides the background, the accumulated understanding and proof of how and why the tools work (with creative illustrations and peer review docs). Dr's Oakley and Sejnowski do a great job in the curation and presentation of this knowledge. If they can keep my attention... they can keep anyone's attention. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in how we learn and also anyone struggling with learning any subject. Thank you Dr's Oakley and Sejnowski!!
There are effective ways to learn and one might not be fully aware of such tools generally. Sometimes we might be aware of it but seldom put them to use. Many people like me who wants to learn but wonders why the enthusiasm alone does not make learning easy should take this course.
excellent, had a lot of fun doing the course and learned helpfull technics
It's made my brain energized to do anything I want to learn. Now I know how can I learn almost anything.Special thanks to Barbara Oakley for this course.
Fabulous course! I specially loved the interviews.
The concepts of learning were made easy to understand.The problems involved with learning were explained and the solutions to the problems actually work.The modules were engaging and not too long, not to short- just right!
Well presented and very interesting. One of the presenters is humorously flustered in all of his presentations though.
Great course for knowing how the mind works and developing more efficient and practical ways to learn! Suitable for every area of learning
Great insight, loads of useful stuff here, now am trying to teach it to my kids, thank you
The first 3 weeks are very good , they focus on the learning process as expected . The last week is useless about learning , a bunch of test tips . It´s unnecessary , it should be kay as optional lessons , but as mandatory it´s really waste of time if you are just looking for the leaning tools.
That was my first online course and i have really enjoyed so much and gained a lot of precious ideas and concepts about different aspects of learning, My professor has shared it with my classmates and me, and i knew it won't be such a waste of time, I want to thank so much everyone who has contributed by any kind of help to create this course, especially Dr Barbara Oakley and Dr Terrence Sejnowski.
I'm a post-doc researcher and really wished I had a course like this when starting out. After 20 years of schooling and courses, this is definitely of benefit!
A lot of great information on learning. Remember learning is a process not a product!
VERY USEFUL! I have learned a great many things that will effectively boost my learning process!
Amazing course, amazing lecturers. It was very fascinating .
Great!
Please provide the certification is free. I am coming from developing country so we are not able to pay this much amount.Please make it free.
I'm pretty good at math without consciously knowing why (I used to assume it a math talent). Now I realize the core function behind learning. And I become more confident to conquer other fields of hard science such as statistics and computer science.
Thanks for such life changing course, I will also help you guys to spread the reach of Coursera and its useful courses.
This course was really a powerful mental tools to organize the thoughtsGreat instructors.
Engaging, inspirational and useful! It's a course that helps understand the basic mechanisms of learning and gives you some useful learning tools.Good job
Insightful and a great way to starting learning.
It introduces some interesting ideas, such as the two thinking modes (focused vs. diffuse), how to avoid procrastination, tips for preparing tests etc. The most important thing I have learned from this course, however, is that with the proper methodology, you can master almost any subject, even those you thought were "not-my-thing".
Excellent, Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski are great teachers. They had helped me with chunks of scientific knowledge for improvements in the way I used to study. The course's pace is great, it's very enjoyable watch its lectures. I strongly recommend.
A good course, I always know some of these idea in the course, but not systematically, so I tend to ignore them. Now I know that how to learn and those idea works. I am sure this course shall help me out of the mud and haze of thinking.
Great course, provides with an interesting explanation/metaphores of how your brain works and gives useful tips how to enhance your learning process and avoid common mistakes. Thanks a lot!
Powerful tools to learn. It is also a way to understand yourself better.
Loved it!
I'm very grateful for this course, which gave me strength to face new challenges. I feel confident to try things apparently impossible, until now. in addition to this, the course is fun and full of complementary material. You can go even further! Thanks a lot to Barb Oakley, Terry Sejnowski and the Learning How to Learn Team.
Some really great tips on how to learn effectively. Scientifically accurate and pitched at an appropriate level. That said, at times, it wasn't clear how to actually use the information in the course to improve one's learning. More practical examples would have helped with this.
A must take course for everyone! I learned so much and am so grateful for all the new tools in my tool box!
amazing information in this course
The simple and effective tools I learned in this course will apply to future studies and everyday life.
Exellent. Is really easy, powerful, and funny learn how to learn. Thank you so much
This was the first course I have ever taken online and although I have nothing to compare it to, I absolutely loved it! I've never been able to stay focused or have the discipline to finish any type of education and I managed to finish this, staying interested the entire way through! I loved the material, the two professors and how they executed the work and lessons. This course is so helpful and such a motivational boost, thank you! <3
This is an excellent course!
I found it to be a great and practical overview of learning methods. Very useful to my current and future studies as well as every-day learning.Many thanks to the professors!
Excellent course in understanding how our brain works in learning. It really provides some great knowledge that, if applied, can change your life to the better and improve your chances in success!
Awesome! I took this course together with my 3 children, Ethan Lee (13), Claryn Lee (10) and Jolynn Lee (8) and we believed it was and will prove to be beneficial for all! Thanks so much Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski and the Learning How To Learn Team!! God Bless, from Eric Lee, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
thanks!
Good for everybody. Learning is a task for whole life
This is a great course with so many useful information about how our brain works, so many helpful tips about learning and life-saving strategies about testing and exams! I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in continuous learning.
Excellent tips and tricks we usually don't know about learning.Tips and tricks that we MUST know in order to do the best.
I enjoyed the course very much, it is actually one of the few which I finished. It provides a lot of helpful tips about effective studying. Lots of the material is presented in a metaphorical form which was also fun. Optional interviews are great, so do not miss the chance to view them! The course is both pretty scientific as it relies on scientific data about neuropsychological processes of the mind, but it is at the same time very easy to follow for those with no corresponding background. The only thing is that the tasks were not challenging enough for me, I would enjoy them more if they were little bit more difficult, a bit more brain-racking, though it is surely a very subjective personal impression. I would like to thank all the Learning How to Learn Team for a great course!!!
Helpful for me, an adult learner, to get back into the practice of studying.
I really learned some important tips on learning to share with my high school students. I still am cloudy on some areas of terms in this course but it was my fault for not entering in discussions. It was the Christmas season and I really didn't have the time to do so. I did enjoy this one.
The contents of this course is great to broaden our knowledge of brain and memory. I think what i learn is useful for my future study.
Really great work with this mooc
I have two degrees and have taken several online courses and been a full-time life-long learner. This is one of the best courses I've ever taken. It seems somewhat new in format, more focused on actual learning than any notion of grades, and by the end, thanks to the wonders of the Internet interface, there was a new, or rather several new features in my inner life that I had more or less painlessly learned. I've recommended this to many people, my children have done it; your course is a true gift.
It's amazing learning new techniques to improve the learning process itself. Now, it's also valuable discover wrong habits and strategies to correct some of them
I highly appreciate having the opportunity of taking this course. The concepts and techniques I have learnt so far have helped me really improved in my University life as a student and in my work as an En glish teacher. I have taken so long to be able to finish it, but I have also taken my time to double check the video-lessons and take notes, so I can better understand. My purpose is to complete the whole course because I do not know what other wonderful experiences are awaiting to be discovered. Thank you very much.
Great course. Highly recommended for anyone.
very practical!! recommended
Great course. Very very good instructor. I have learnt a lot not just about Learning how to learn but also about how the human mind works etc.Everyone should take it. It's easy and fun.
Brought me on the right track. Thanks a lot to Prof. Barbara Oakley, Prof. Terrence Sejnowski and Coursera team !
A must have if you intend to manage your time in an efficient way
Very interesting course
This course is short but might be interesting to many people because it gathers ideas about learning from many sources. Some of those ideas you might have heard of before, some ideas you might as well be already using intuitively, but stating them explicitly in a course gives them more validity to persevere in them.
No doubt about it: This course is about to change your life.
No doubt about it: This course is about to change your life.
This is my first MOOC and I loved it! I learned a lot form it and it inspired me to continue to learn in this new way, at least form me! Thanks Dr Barbara Oakley your tone of voice really sets up the mood for learning!
It is true that there is a broad applicability of the concepts presented in the videos. Using scientific data and concrete examples to illustrate points, the instructors truly delivered.As a medical student, I find this course really worth investing into. I still am amazed of the things I've learned about learning. I am surprised at how much time and energy I've wasted before studying inefficiently. No wonder I'm burned out time and again. It was delightful embarking on this ship. Thank you very much!
Excellent introduction to being a more effective learner and packed with useful information and tips.
This class has been inspirational and informative to me! It gives me strategies and tools to overcome some of the things that have impeded my constant learning. I will keep myself informed of what goes on in relation to learning how to learn. My time in the four-week journey to learning how to learn turns out to be one of the best moments in 2015. I hope that that moment keeps making impacts on my future learning. Thank you so much!
I really enjoy a lot of this course. I learned a lot about how to learn and I think I could use some of the tips into my life. Thanks
Great course with wonderful instructors. Well worth doing, especially as a first MOOC.
I've learnt alot. Thanks to Dr. Barbara and Her Team.
Great course. I learnt the most important lesson how to learn. Amazing.
This course was very helpful, the videos and the material are well organized and the book is a good thing to have... as you will learn, mixing different sources of motivation to learn a subject actually help you in the learning curve. Be sure not to miss this awesome course !
Great thing!
5 Star rating for an amazing course :)
Great course. Things that EVERYONE should know are presented in such a great way. Prof. Oakley's voice sounds so calm, but yet persuading, she really knows how to teach. Dr. Sejnovski brought great facts about how that complex machine called brain works, but in a very understandable manner. Course production is great: sound, images, just everything. I will surely visit most of additional material too, there are very interesting clips and texts.
Just finished week 1 and I am enjoying it so much that I keep repeating and repeating every video.Definitely helps you teach your brain to learn better
Useful and powerful
I have taken study skills courses before and they were bring and dull. I thoroughly enjoyed the theory,science and presentation of this course. I learned many great new techniques, Thank you!
I have always struggled with procrastinating MOOCs, and finally, I may say that Learning How to Learn was the cure.This is the first MOOC that I have completed, looking forward to finish others.
It is an excellent resource I have found a lot of shourtcuts to achieve easily my goals, dont miss this course, higlhy, highly recomended.
Excellent course for anyone who wants to be a better learner! This course is based on solid findings from neural science, and it gives many study tips.
Good infos, but you have to make practise!
cool!
It's very helpful for me, a procrastinator.
A very helpful course for learning how to learn.
Thank you so much for your course!I realize this is a useful closeness course, it was made to be easy to understand and follow and many interesting article to find out more. Clearly I think the knowledge was transmitted very scientifically with condensed knowledge, reasonable progress.I through this course with excited mood, from the principles of chunking to help me learn better to the video you running when you encounter the difficult in study - exercise is very important in learning. It's encourage me, give me more motivations and feel more confident when I think I knew more about the mechanisms in study. I think it's a basic course for every courses
First course on Coursera I completed all the way. Excellent instructors and very valuable advice. Anyone can benefit from this course, no matter their age, profession, or interests.Learning about how your mind works was the most valuable thing I gained from this course. It added meaning and context to all the learning techniques that were explained, so that everything made sense. This is also a very well researched course. All the information presented is backed up by numerous references to scientific papers.
Most exciting course that I encountered through 3 yrs being active on coursera. Big thanks to everybody involved and keep it up! You help people change their lives and achieve their dreams. And sophistication is contagious :)
Easy to follow and interesting.
Very useful for everyone who wants to learn effectively and efficiently
I enrolled in this course because of my new job. I'm an analyst trainee and in order to help me learn my job, I needed to learn how to learn. This course gave me some very useful information and techniques that I've already started to apply (Pomodoro technique, chunking, memory palace - all of this takes practice!). I recommend this course to anyone - students, employees who are learning something new on the job, or just anyone who has the desire to gain new skills. Many thanks to the instructors and UC San Diego for providing this course. I was engaged and excited to start each lesson.
I am an older learner and this class has given me learning skill sets and understanding that I will need to move forward...........TY
Excellent way to revisit/rethink what it is to learn and how best to go about it. While unquestionably a boon to students, as an adult (past middle age), I took away many important and unexpected tips, techniques, and perspectives. Although I personally had little direct use for the section on Testing, it was still interesting—and I certainly wish I'd known that material when I was a student. One thing I would have liked to have addressed is how to set up and use self-testing to assist with day-to-day, non-student procedures and learning situations. Both faculty members were engaging and inspired confidence.
Very helpful
Well, this course is one of best course I've ever participated in. In middle of course I bought dr Barbara Oakley book "A Mind for Numbers:" in my native language Polish (Głowa do liczb), and it's very very good. I strongly believe that this course will improve my scholar skills. Every participant should note that this course is not about theory but everyday practice!
Excellent tips and methods for everyone not just those who find it difficult to study effectively.
I saw this course recommended by a commenter on hacker news. It is really an amazing course. Because I've read a lot about the topic previously, most of the ideas were not new to me, but some definitely were, and the presentation just explained everything extremely concisely and linked everything together brilliantly. It had one great idea after another after another, with lots of information packed tightly in a small space (moreso since I watched it at 2x with closed captions). I got a lot out of this and took a bunch of notes, and am eager to try many ideas in practice, especially the ones having to do with procrastination, product/process, and the reward step for habits.
Very helpful.. I learned many a new concepts about brain and how does it works to learn new things. Highly Recomended..
Wonderful power course! great thanks
Beautiful! Insightful! Eye Opener! I wish I had known these things when I was a kid! I would have achieved much more than I have. Anyways since the learning process never stops, I will use these mental tools to achieve my future career goals and also improve the %age utilization
Interesting, inspirational, and brainstorming!
Are you feeling that your memory is slipping and maybe you need to do something to keep on top of things? Or spending your time studying for courses but not feeling you're getting enough out of it as you could? Or perhaps you just want to understand a little bit more about how the brain works and how you can get more out of it? If so, Learning How to Learn is for you. This lecture-focused course offers many great insights and tips for studying more efficiently and learning more efficiently--whether you're still in school or long graduated. I really looked forward to the next week's lectures and often watched them more than once. I finished the course feeling like I learned new tools and was reminded of other things long forgotten. The weekly quizzes and challenges after each lecture help to ensure that you are understanding the finer points of each week. I decided to take this course before taking other MOOCs. Well worth the time and effort.
This outstanding course is a good introduction on the learning of concepts that are needed to learn math and science. These do not come easily to me, so I very thankful that the instructors took time out of their lives to teach an adult student about how to learn these subjects.
Great course, delivered in an original, fun and easy to grasp wayHelped me better connect the dots related to activities from my daily routine, understand what I'm doing wrong and how could it be betterIt certainly imporved my daily performance, although I did't even take it from a student learning point ot view
One of the best course that I have enrolled during my Coursera experience!
I've been struggling with the learning process since high school. Over the years I've initially approached the chance to learn with enthusiasm and determination ("this time it will be different"), only to be derailed by unwavering perfectionism and the steadfast conviction that I can't possible live up to expectations ("if I'm not perfect, then it doesn't mean anything"). I've fled more often than not, taking a fail or missing an opportunity rather than face the possibility of being merely average, or worse. So taking Learning How to Learn was not just about understanding the process of learning from a tactical point of view, but showing that I could follow my goal all the way through to the end.Fortunately Learning How to Learn provides a very supportive environment in which to learn and, importantly, make mistakes, without the whole world come tumbling down. The purpose of the course is not to identify the good learners from the bad learners, but to provide everyone with the chance to learn in a non-competitive way. As someone who has feared learning for a long time, it was incredibly, monumentally important that Learning How to Learn be a place to enjoy the process of learning, rather than the outcome of it. And that's what the course provided.I'm going to be testing the ideas and strategies from Learning How to Learn over the next few months, leading up to the start of my second year at university. My goal is to focus on the process of learning, not the product (an important point from the course). It's my first small step in overcoming my fear.
Great Course. Well paced. Learned a lot !
Excellent course and a must do before you engage in more challenging subjects, it'll enhance your learning and success ten fold! :)Thank you Barbara!
It's very important mooc course. Because as more and more change becomes accelerated, individual should learns how to accelerate one's learnings. This lecture shows how to do that.
It was a wonderful course. Love the new methods and use them regularly.
I absolutely loved this course. Very informative and useful ideas all around with
I enjoyed doing this course. This course will be helpful to anyone. Educators and parents can sign up for this course. It will help them in nurturing their students/ children.
It's very basic, but helpful and it give some easy insights in brain functioning.
It's really a good course for everyone who wanna improve his learning skills. I strongly recommend this course to you!
Thanks Barbara for your time and efforts to make this course accesible for everyone. I have been trying to learn many things over the years. But, this makes my life very easy to learn with your techniques. I regret it not knowing these techniques from my college days. As the quote says "Better late than never".Cheers....Vishnu
This is a really awesome course teaching us lot of tit bits on making our brain work better. Understanding a lot on the way we do, learn and think helps us do better. I will recommend it for anyone involved in a passion for learning new things........
This course is essential for every one either still learning or working in the field of education and teaching. It is very well organised covering essential topics and the instructors are more than awesome simplifying the material and years of experience are reflected on the conveyed subject. I have finished it once but consider it as a golden reference to solve a problem of learning and education around.
A great experience. Really helped me understand that age is not an issue just give in to your passion nd interests. Also how subjects like maths nd science could become easy and interesting but the techniques taught
The concepts are clear and delivered in a concise and sometimes humorous manner which helped me learn them more efficiently.I really liked the way both teachers gave their lectures.
An outstanding introduction on how to undertake deep, life-long learning that will delight and challenge you while helping you achieve your goals and dreams. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and entertaining course with the world. I only wish I had taken it 20 years ago!
(+) Manageable bite-sized online lectures with interesting content that are highly relevant to the topic of Learning How to Learn(+) Assessments are pitched at the right level, with questions requiring recall of the concepts learnt and some other comprehension- and application-typed questions that require a bit more thinking to apply the concepts learnt.(+) Professor Oakley has a very interesting style of presenting the topic that makes the material very easy to digest and learn. She communicates key learning points in a concise and succinct manner using a variation of simple analogies, wacky (but meaningful) graphics, life stories and other examples to draw out or to associate to important lesson takeaways.(+) Personally, I did not managed to finish all the optional interviews but I really appreciate the time and effort used to glean additional inputs and insights from multiple perspectives and I hope to be able to revisit this course at a later time.(+) Professor Sejnowski's insights into learning how our brain works is something new to me. It is also an important part of this course. Although I could barely recall the terminologies, but certain images that he has shared to assist in scientific explanations, and the true accounts of HM as well as the two scientists who swollowed poison without being poisoned, did stay in me and helped me understand the material better.Thank you, Professor Oakley and Sejnowski, the course was meaningful and well-paced, offering insights into learning and how the brain works. I greatly appreciate the effort and time spent to make the materials and information illustrative for learners.
A great pleasure to go through this experience with you! Thanks.
An excellent course about the neuroscience of learning processes. Regardless of how well you might think you learn, this course is bound to add more knowledge and a better understanding of learning.
Course looks a little bit childish at the beginning, but indeed it can help you learn faster and with greater willpower.
Excellent course with wonderful insights!
Very interesting to know more about learning. Very simple and down to earth, don't expect a Master Degree level type of course. But good course for everybody curious and willing to improve their learning skills.
The material covered in this course should be learned before any serious study. A life changing thing.
If one word: "awesome". If more, this course is ideal for people like me, why
Worth the time invested. Helped me become a better learner.
is a great course
The Best.start point for every other courses.
It's really helpful for me.I learned a lot of knowledge about how to learn.Thanks!
I've gained insight into what I should be doing (and obviously what I shouldn't be doing) when I'm learning new information. This course is nothing short of amazing.
This course shows a systematic way of learning and provides several practical tips for learn
I came in with my own theories based on my experience only to find there is scientific backing almost everything I have been doing. An example would be dozing off or taking a nap in the middle of a test. Sure, the horror, or, that's ill advised. However, dozing off or taking a nap in the middle of a test allows my brain to go to diffuse mode. When I snap out of it or wake up I suddenly know the answer or how to go about reaching the solution. There has not been a single test I've taken where I took a nap and did not score within the top 5%.Everything I learned here will further augment what I know by experience but did not have scientific research to back up. Everything I learned will help me explain to others what it is I do to learn efficiently and how they can go about doing the same thing (maybe not falling asleep on a test ;P).This was very helpful, and includes loads of resources to read and or watch long after you are done to really solidify those chunks. Would recommend to anyone with the drive to learn deeper and better.
This course showed me powerful tools to enhance my performance and to achieve a better life quality. My children and my future students will also be positively influenced by your course. Thanks a lot!
I think this course is amazing. It helps me a lot by showing me the way to become a better learner.
Very helpful for studying
It is well prepared and organized, and helped me a lot.
Barbara Oakley has a very nice voice to listen to and she explains thiings very well. It is an addicting course which makes your more curious and willing to learn more and more!
Awesome course !!! Thanks a lot Barb Oakley .
My most favorite course on coursera! And the best one here!High quality material and format! I do enjoy it!Respect and many thanks to authors!
Really good course. Lots of tips for learning.
A very interesting course about learning how to learn. I have read alot about this topic and this course includes everything important and is based on scientific knowledge. I would recommend it to everybody who wants to become a better learner.
I'm almost finished and have enjoyed this course so far. The profs. are great and the material is very helpful
It is a nice introduction, with important key points and good references for further reading. On a down side, it is kind of repetitive and in spite of the obvious enthusiasm of the speaker, sometimes the lectures are a bit boring.
This is a gem of a class. It provides the foundation for all other classes.The trick, of course--like all other important lessons in life--is to properly implement the material presented given each student's context.
I have just loved the course. Infact, I am doing the course for the second time. The course has been helpful.
The techniques taught in this course are very useful. Although I am still unable to use the most of these tricks, I think my efficiency really improved.
Great course only wish there were less problems logging in as I relearn new learning materials
This is an excellent way to improve one's learning style! I could feel myself making positive changes as early as the first lessons.
Very useful!
This is a really interesting course, well presented and organized. It is relevant to anyone learning anything, so everyone!
Loving the course. Short and scientific videos with very useful information conducted by lovely lecturers, what more could one possibly ask for.
Simply priceless!
Excellent! Great content and great presentation.
Just the quality of a content and approach!
It's an interesting course that would motivate you to reach your full potential. I am thankful to Coursera for making this course available. Loved it!
Really useful course. You can change your attitude to learning after this course:)
Amazing course!
Excellent course with tremendous insights into how we, as humans, learn.
Dr.Oakley and Dr.Senojwski are two of the best online teachers i've ever encountered and make understanding how to learn one of the best online courses you could ever take.
Lots of useful learning techniques. I really enjoyed this class and recommend it to anyone who wants to get more leverage out of their learning time, both in school and also for independent learners.
It's very helpful course. It helps build confidence.Thank you very much teachers and Coursera team.
Content was nice, lessons fast maybe too short but nice.
Barb is a great instructor, I can feel her passion from this site of the screen. This course should be mandatory in all graduate school programs.
Great!If you want to learn and change your learn style for a better way.Please go here~~~
Great course with a lot of insights on how the brain works.
Excellent and funny explanations! Everyone should see this videos.
Really good overview of critical learning concepts back by science.
Great, buy the audio book it will help
Very good course.
Amazing. So much useful information, so well structures and presented and also keeping a young and happy spirit throughout the materials. (you will understand what I mean)This course is a really life changer and any person should take this. I warmly recomand to watch also the optional videos to learn from real life examples.Good luck and enjoy!
Simply fantastic! A great, easy-to-understand tool to master hard-to-learn subjects!
the very first course you should really pass!
it's very good for me !
Insightful - wish I had this in my toolset when I started college.
Very useful and effective
It's a wonderful course.
Excellent course, with plenty of useful information and supplementary resources.
It's not quite as in depth as I would've liked, but it still drastically shaped my studying patterns and has made me a much better student and learner.
Should be the first course anybody takes!
I like this amazing courses! It really help you .
This is perhaps one the most useful and essential course that I have came across. This is for everyone who wants to and love to learn things not just for the sake of doing it but for understanding the nuances of it and making it permanent. I could appreciate many ideas from this course those I were already practicing in studies and made me think of ideas I were lacking while I used to study. I am definitely going to apply as much approaches mentioned in this course as possible in my studies. Thanks for making a such a good course.
Absolutely fascinating course! I picked up many useful strategies that I can implement in both my school and professional life. I am thrilled that I took this course!
Thank you for your advices, that's really helpful
i like it so much i learnt many things from it
So well explained and informative. I loved the last week and how motivating it was! I can simply tell that Barbara is passionate about this and teaching. Just loved this class!
the course is great it really changed my life in many ways and turned me to a better learner
Should be number one in your personal syllabus!
Really complete. Excellent teacher and lessons.
Very good course. I encourage those who wish to continue learning in later stages of their life to take this course. There are some effective steps and common sense which will help everyone to be lifetime learners. Remember - "... we all learn till we die"!
One of the best course to help out peers around the globe who face difficulty in learning the tough subjects in their academic life.
Very motivating and inspirational!
Great and practical course for any student or teacher. Everyone could use the information here that is very well put together, clear, concise, and I'm only 2 weeks in.
Everybody must learn this course!!!
The best course on Coursera, I've ever taken and intend to complete! Thank you!
I loved this course and think it is applicable to anyone and everyone.
Very useful！
It is really, really GREAT course!!!
I feel better equipped with effective learning techniques and gained fundamental understanding of physiology supporting learning.
It's one of the best courses I've ever done! I'm really enjoying doing it. It's really well-thought and well-structured. I love every minute of it and I feel like I really analyse and learn something new. Huge thank you to the creators of the course and Barabara in paricular for beeing such an inspired and inspiring speaker. You are emazing! Thank you angain!
Helpful course, I enjoyed taking it.
Very helpful and interesting course. Not only the lecture videos, but also the guest interviews (optional interviews) are great and really motivational. Thanks a lot for the course!
This class is wonderful! I learned so many different things about the brain, thinking, memory, tools, tips for more efficient studying, and the list goes on. This is the first step in my journey, and I will take all that I've learned here and apply it not only in my future studies, but my daily life as well. Thank you Coursera for offering such wonderful opportunities for people to gain knowledge and understanding on many levels. And finally, ( the best for last ) Thank you so much to the fantastic professors for making it fun and funny at times, for all the wonderful tools and for the opportunity to Learn how to Learn.
It's totally awesome! I've learned a bunch (this course in particular helped me to study better and understand what's going on 'behind the scenes' of my thought process). Love it!
This is one of the best courses in Coursera. This changes the way you study about a subject regardless of the field that you want to specialise in. Education psychology is one of the key things that helps you teach children how to learn. I believe if you know how to learn, you can learn anything!. Must take.. I am taking this for the second time in the same year.
The course is very intuitive and thoughtful. Specially the interviews from different experts gives great insight to the learning techniques.
That´s a wonderful course. It is also an unforgetable experience for everyone who wants to leave the "autopilot" of your own sort of learning and really have a brilliant opportunity of learning from a dynamic and powerful dimension which can really brings good significant results!
I FOUND IT THE MOST EFFECTIVE HOW'S THE PROPER LEARNING . THANK YOU VERY MUCH .. BY THIS I'LL LEARN FAR MORE BETTER THAN BEFORE.
This course is amazing,I learn a lot of methods to deal with my work,and timedoser helps me a lot with my procrastination
This is an excellent course.I've learned a lot about skills,attitudes,and methods.
this is a course i feel everyone should take.. you must first understand yourself and how you work in order to work well and to the best of your ability
Very useful course! It's very nicely structured and explained and I really enjoyed going through this course. I will surely try my best to in-cooperate some of the techniques I learned into my daily life. Thanks a lot to the instructors and the whole 'Learning how to learn' team.
Very helpful for managing your mind and capitalizing on it's natural tendencies.
Good one. Useful tips to organize your learning, for students but also specially for when you are a grown-up, no longer a student (in theory).
Actually the course is really great , the way that you are introducing the information is perfect , it helped me a lot, it changes in my mind and i am sure it will change more on the long runBig respect to the instructors Dr. Barbara and Dr. Sejnowski , so proud that i meet you( on the course) :) every session , i really would like to meet you face to face to thank you a lot for your effortMay Allah reward you for that :)Wish you both successThanks Coursera for such a great course
Awesome course. Teachers are amazing. There are a lot of great ideas and techniques that will be very helpfull in my further education. Thank you very much!
Good course
Excellent though time contsraints are a bit challenge
It's the manual to other courses and my brain!
introduced many amazing ideas and useful tools to enhance our learning skill, a lot of help. Great!
Great survey of note-taking, studying, test-taking, and lifestyle advice backed up by scientific studies.
Brilliant course, thank you!
It was one of the best course what i ever have and i believe it can help me learn much better thanks for that
it changed the way I do stuff! :)
I'm still doing the second week of this course but I have to say that I'm really loving. There are a lot of good informations and It is helping to much. Congratulations.
it is really helpful for me, which shows me a new perspective about learning
An amazing course of how learn to learn. A really powerfull tool for personal development and learn anything.
Great course
This course is very useful for improving my learning skill
This course is pretty useful for teachers as well als learners - and especially for teachers who think they are learners all the time anyways. There is so much background and neurobiology in that it is really worth trying. Even if you already found your own methods of learning.
loved the course. very good combination of neuroscience insights and good practical tips for learners.
Liked the brevity of the sessions and the enthusiasm in the instructors. Small chunks of videos helped finish the course faster and helped remember the concepts without being crammed with too much information in one go.
A lot of very useful materials, which is extremely intuitively presented. Really enjoy this course.
I loved it. I learned a lot, but more than that I ENJOYED a lot. Of course, that in turn helped me learn even deeper. I enjoyed the lessons and the presentation style. And I really loved all the interviews that were optional. I hope to be able to rewatch/relisten to those over and over. Thank you again. :)
Excelent and amazing!!!!
This was an interesting introduction to the science behind learning, memorization, and countering procrastination.
learned many valuable things which will help me in my mathematics studies such as diffuse mode, active recall, einstellung and spaced repetition etc. highly recommended for all students
One of the greatest courses. Highly recommended for anyone who likes and needs learning.
good course and it is very helpful. this course has helped me overcome mental blocks.
A wonderful course wonderfully presented! Top marks! And thanks!
Worth to learn. Help me review how I learnt during my study session and improve my learning habit.
It's really helpful.
A wonderful course offered by two brilliant and genius professors. Thank you very much UC.
inspiring and helpful
Very good and interesting course, a valuable improvement of your skills.
Probably the fist course that one should take when starting his/her learning career with Coursera.
A handful amount of tools to help you improve the way you learn about anything. Extremely recommended.
Changed the way i approach my studies! Big thumbs up & hope you can create LHTL 2.0 for more advances, subject specific learning strategies.
i like this course it gives me opportunity to know many things about how my brain works
This course has changed my lifestyle for the better. I have been able to achieve more than I have ever, and it makes me feel great. I am so pleased with the results: my level of procrastination has decreased drastically.
it is really amazing!
Its free!!!
Its the basic course one has to learn before learning any other course !! this course definitely changes the way of learning..
This is an extremely useful course. I recommend it for everyone, no matter your level of education or indeed your age. I think this course should be mandatory for both high school students and their parents. The main reason being so that students can master these skills early in their years and both parents and students understand, in particular, the value of exercise and sleep in learning. Thank you to all those people who put together this course. Although Dr Oakley and Dr Sejnowski are the faces of this course, I know there were many more involved in the conceptualisation and building of this course. Thank you for making it a MOOC and thank you for such a wonderful clear format that was easy to follow.
This Course is very helpful. I had learned so many thing it does help me a lot. Thank you :))
Amazing and surprising discoveries in this course. I highly recommend it !
I found the course material and the presentation style to be very engaging and very easy to apply in my personal and professional life. As a project manager, a team leader, a teacher, and just as a person who is always looking to learn new things, I left this course very satisfied and fulfilled. I've already recommended this course to several of my friends and have already applied techniques, such as the pomodoro technique and recall in my daily life, while also examining how einstellung transpires in my day to day decision-making.Thank you for the wonderful lessons the past few weeks!!!!
Amazing course; helped me so much on my studies.
Skilfully delivered course on the most basic of abilities anyone should master, learning!
I am just over half way of this course, but already convinced that this is the best introduction to MOOC's I could dream of. Not only is the subject clearly explained by Barbara Oakley and her team, the way your progress is measured and presented helps students to stay on track. I would have given five stars if the MOOC offered more formative tests and a wider variety of questions and assignments.
While most of this information can easily be found elsewhere, it's a great refresher course if you have learned this stuff, and a well organized introduction if you haven't. The thing that puts it over the edge is the Interviews.
this course is awesome and actually i like it too much , Moreover this website has a very precious courses and i hope to be one of the qualified people from that course so soon .
Beautiful course with awesome materials. Thanks to the Couresra Team & Barbara and other faculties at UC San Diego.
This course is super simple and easy to digest. Its clear the tutors are super passionate about the subject matter and have gone to lengths to ensure its relevant, fun and memorable. Its straight forward and has quite a few effective pearls for helping one learn better.
Love this course! It has helped me to decrease my procrastination and enhanced my learning.
it's very important to know how our minds work and how we can improve our minds to establish our goals
Excellent course and I am glad I took it before other courses - it DOES help to learn
why am not doing this ? I cannot get this i never well? when will i ever be able to remember ? you get the whys and how it happen . you get to understand alot about learning about yourself and the most important procrastination the number one reason you do't do anything you want to do .Fun and informative and your life will never be the same :)
An essential course that should be taken before enrolling or participating in any other study material.
Very good and quick course, which gives you some hints on what you can improve in your approach to studying. It's a valuable resource of learning advice and mechanisms which allow your mind to learn. It's a great subject to study not only as a fundamental for other studies, but also on its own.
Loved this course, I learnt a lot how my thought process and memory works and I am now more organized and relaxed when faced with a problem I'm bumping into : I just do something else, knowing my brain is still working out in the background and will eventually come back with something ;-)Thank you Barb !
I've learnt a lot about focus and how to learn properly. It's a excellent course and I've been shared it as much as I can to all. Thank very much and keep the great work going!
Excellent. If you want to have tools to learn more efficiently and faster you should take this course.
It's incredible how much I have learned with this course. I realized that I'd been studying in a wrong way my entire college life. It gave me a lot of new methods. It's awesome.
Great course and the teachers motivate us. I find a lot of information about learning and how to improve thnigs in my life too. It is well explained and the videos are very clear. I have also improved my english very much through this course :-). Thanks for this.
impressive and changed my way of learning
The course has helped me to open hearts and minds. Thank you
How to Learn is perhaps the most relevant skill for anyone at any age. More than anything, our capacity to learn is what allows us to move with the increasing pace our world is running today. Thank you so much Barbara and Terrence! This is definitely one of the most priceless lessons I've had!
Very interesting course, with a lot of easy tricks.
It's a very helpful course and I recommend everyone to take it who wants a life with a healthy mind...........this course will show you how to keep your mind healthy and work efficiently at the same time....
Excellent, It helps me on gains the skill on how to learn. It help me save time by being focus and use the diffuse mode in terms of learning something new.
very useful class, help me to learn more effectively.
I really enjoyed this course. It was broken down into small pieces so I could understand. Also, the quizzes were a great way to recall what I learned. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to study effectively and not waste time.
Nice course. It provides a general review of neuroscience discoveries about learning.
Excellent, it provides awesome tools and strong foundations in order to get the most when learning, and indeed it's funny to experience how some of the concepts are included in this course and content is so well 'sticked' in the brain. A must!
really helpful for everyone (even for the best students) so that people understand what they do right and how to get better
This course is pretty great in helping you realize the functions of your brain so that you can learn more effectively. I wish I had taken this course when I started college... because I most certainly would have gotten more out of my degree with the knowledge ahead of time.
Very good quality content of this course!
Clear, easy to follow. Especially nice that you learn to see that the quizzes have been designed to help you remember the material :)
well prepared, quizzes enforce learning.
I do like this course very much! It tells me more about how I can learn more efficient, based on the scientific research results. The references of this course are really very helpful.
Very concise and interesting course. I took away some really helpful tips for better organizing my studying and learning. Thank you for this great program!
Life changing course! It has made my college life a whole lot easier and stress-free.
Excellent course. It reviews the scientific research on how to learn and presents helpful suggestions and strategies. Highly recommended.
very usefull course
This course changes how I learn. I love how Dr.Oakley presented the materials. There are many new perspective that been introduced to this course. I learned new tricks to learn about new things. I applied the tips on memory and it works! Thank you
Fascinating course, from top experts in the field.
I strongly recommend this course for learning more about how your mind works and how to be a better learner. It is extremely helpful and I strongly recommend it. It can change your perspective on so much and boast your confidence with subjects you feel less confident in.
Really useful, and I think I'll take this course again!
This course should be taught as a requirement at all universities. To all language learners... please learn how to learn, do not waist your time on silly strategies! This is the way I should have been taught all along. Thank you for this opportunity
Really enjoyed taking this class, it was such an eye opener! thanks UC San Diego & Coursera!
I wish I was exposed to this kind of information in my first year of university. Nonetheless, it's definitely still relevant.Many thanks to all those involved in preparing this course.
This is a great course. As day go by, the more you apply the techniques you've learned in this course, the more you'll see the differences in your learning process. Your mind and body will appreciate. It's a healthy way to get the most of the learning process. I totally recommend!
Great insights in terms of the psychology and neuroscience behind learning and how our brains work.
It is simply amazing! It will give you the first steps to unlock your potential! Recommended for everyone!
it changed my life
Learn a lot that will help to improve my understanding and relay this info to my 8yrs to learn better. Thank you!!!
Best course, I think everybody should take!
Very useful!!! Highly recommendable!!!
This is my first completed MOOC. To be honest, it went by extremely quick and was informative. I was very hesitant of taking these online courses. Thanks to complet
It has been a marvelous experience to learn from Barbara Oakley. The teachings from this course will certainly go hand to hand with my interest in knowledge throughout life.
This course is the type of course to visit, review, and update yourself. Whenever you are tackling a learning task.
very nice. Thank you, Barbara, Terry and all persons who made this course. one of the best part of this course is interwiev with famouse and clever people. I try to use your advices every day. thank you very much againe.
Wow, this course is amazing. I love this methods, tests and all the content.
Absolutely brilliant. I loved how it was run and the pace. Totally recommended to anyone who has spent a while out of education and looking to get back into it.
Thanks to Dr Barbara and Prof Terence.The course is wonderfully structured and unique . I could hardly wait to move on to the next module.Continue the great work..
Very helpful for me, but I found difficult to do the test that not the native English speaker.
I understand how brain works better with this course. I am glad to try what I learn in my learning procedure.
Love it!
Very useful. Not only trick, but explanation and good pattern to develop one's skills.
An interesting course that has something to offer to everyone.
Very simple and to the point-- I found the info on procrastination most helpful. Wish there had been more of the neuroscience information that was briefly provided in the male professor's lectures.
Life changing...
Very good course.
Excellent course. I learned so much. This class should be a summer class for all rising high schoolers. Teachers could benefit from this course also. Highly recommend.
Excellent course! great material and teachers. The material was immediately useful!
A very helpful course to anyone interested in growing intellectually, crafted with the finest current knowledge into the human mind and the learning process. I enjoyed this course a great deal and I recommend it to anyone thinking about enlarging his/her knowledge boundaries.
Really great course. You should do this course before your do any other.
Great course. It helped me in my own study as well as my approach to teaching. Easy to follow format, that is in short videos that can be watched in any spare 10 minutes.
Was very helpful to establish some better learning techniques. Recommended to anyone before they take any other course.
A course for a lifetime! Thumbs Up!
This is my first completed course and im glad i took it, i actually wish i discovered it earlier :(
Funamentally mind-changing! I loved this course because it opened my eyes to how I could study and learn new subjects. Now, instead of shirking away from somewhat daunting new subjects like coding or finance, I can finally learn with confidence knowing I will come away knowing more and understanding more about the subject.
Fantastic! Every one should watch this course.
It gave me a lot of new information about learning and not only. Information about procrastination and pomidorro technique was surprisingly interesting for me. Becase as a big procrastinator I thought that İ was born this way and cannot change anything.It is interesting to test the technique "start hard jump easy", because I always tried to finish easy task first in order to feel myself self confident and to finish as much item as possible quickly leaving lot of time for hard tasks.
This course is like hacking your brain to improve speed and efficiency. Highly recommended for everyone that wants to learn things faster and, more importantly, better.
Excellent course which I highly recommend! It has already helped me change my lifestyle and deal with my depression and productivity problems
great course!thank you Barbara and Terrence for an outstanding material
I love it!.... it literally teaches you how to learn.... and it is increadible how much more productive you can become by simply understanding your own brain and how it works.
I rated this course at a four-star because of the high informational content included. I really enjoyed it and was intrigued by the tips and facts in this course. Thank you very much.
Great course! Happy Learning!!
I love the content of the course, I would like to see the teacher Oakley more happy about herself, she does a tremendous work and she does not project that.
lots of dry theory, not as practical as I expected
The best course ever.
Excellent ! Help me very much in understanding learning ability and how to improve it. I gonna watch these lecture again, again and again. Thanks for bringing this wonderful knowledge to us
This class was well thought out and easy to follow. I really enjoyed listening to Barbara Oakley's presentations with the funny graphics most, but Terry's S's material was well presented and extremely interesting; I look forward to being to implement the lessons from this course in every learning area of my life. I highly recommend this for any person interested in learning or teaching.
This course is helping me solve one of the most pressing problems I am facing as a student which is how to learn on my own in online courses. After searching books, talking with people, and searching the internet, I found this course. While I was aware of some of the material this course offered which aiding in my chunking of the material in this course, the mental techniques which I was not aware of have been very helpful such as chunking in small burst with the Pomodoro Technique and learning multiple subjects in parallel rather than one at a time thus utilizing interleaving, focusing on deepening my understanding of materials I already know a bit about in the form of overlearning, figuring out ways to win against pitfalls in misunderstandings because of prior knowledge or Einstellung, and working against procrastination plus more.This is a great course that many people can benefit from and I am very grateful for the opportunity to have learned from Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski. As a computer science undergraduate in college, these mental tools are very useful and students of other fields can benefit as well, from humanities to business and beyond.
This is the definitive course on how to learn. This should be taught at every educational institute worldwide.
Some useful points, however I wish they taught the class more generally. The focus on classes and exams tests isn't as useful after you've finished school.
This skill will make one very very efficient and confident about learning new things in any field.
This course has so far taught me the very practical things definitely. The very good thing about this course is that i can apply the concepts and techniques i learnt here like on the same day.
Very useful course! Specially if you are in school or college, but good for anyone! Very practical, interesting and inspiring, great tips. I enjoyed it very much. Now I have a very clear idea of how to study to learn (not to just pass a test) and I will be able to help my son very soon with these techniques. Thumbs up.
very helpful and intriguing course. Ms. Oakley is a nice and knowlegable lady. she gives me tools and confidence to broaden my scope of learnning. very very much appreciate
very helpful things! I recomend this course!
Excellent Course! Simply Fantastic and enriching!
A very good learning experience. Extraordinary instructors
Excellent ... my knowledge on this topic has grown significantly, it has a logical thread, and have done significant work to make it fun ...Excelente...mi conocimiento sobre este tema ha crecido de forma importante, tiene un hilo conductor lógico, y han hecho un trabajo importante en hacerlo divertido...gracias totales!!Fabian Molina from ECUADOR
Great teachers! Congrats! I learned a lot how to learn.
This was my first online course that I actually completed. I enjoyed the ease of access and the genuine candor of the instructors. I could come back to the lessons at any time, but learned to learn in specific focused lengths of time with specific goals. I will utilize this knowledge moving forward in my career and personal life.
Learning How to Learn is an excellent class for individuals wanting to polish their rusty learning skills, and expand their learning tool-kits. I especially enjoyed learning about new ways to learn, how other people learn, the common struggles many of us experience, and the latest in research on learning. The tools, suggestions, and topics have already helped me expand my Chunked Mental Library. Useful resources were also provided; I purchased the book Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis and signed up for the Publicationcoach.com. I can't wait to dive into these resources. Thank you for a fantastic course. Julia, Carlsbad, CA.
Very useful!
Covers helpful and interesting tools that will be of interest to anyone with a desire to learn.Well presented, with useful optional videos to provide further context.
Succinct, warm, ergonomically organized and incredibly inspiring.
Delightful discovery.
Very helpful information that I will use for the rest of my life, Im glad I found this course.
Excellent course.Many ideas and methods for improving one's learning. Lifelong usability.
Very good. Lots of worthwhile suggestions, and a ton of references for further study.
Genuinely life changing. Superb.
Loved this course! :)
I loved this course. I am a final year student. I wish someone had told me everything that I have learnt during my first year. It would have made a very big difference. Well, better later than never, in my case.
Learning How to Learn has given me more insights on how our brain functions. By understanding these basic concepts, I have learnt tips on how to make a difference in studying and mastering new things, retaining information as well as to build confidence in my learning journey. It is a great course for all learners!
Quite informative. All videos are short enough to keep you focused. Key ideas are helpful and practical.
Must have course for an Engineering student. Please do the optional reading and have a look at optional interviews for better learning.
It is a great course. I have learned why some techniques are better than others (recall vs highlighting) and how can I learn more effective. But it's not (only) about techniques and tricks. This course explain HOW 'learning' works and WHY it is important to learn effective (see the illusion of competence).
in simple terms, an absolutely amazing course, which introduced me to novel concepts I never knew existed. My learning process will never be the same again! Thank you very much Prof. Oakley and Prof. Sejnowski!
Learning How to Learn is without a doubt the most pleasant, interesting, and useful online course I've taken to date. Both instructors are engaging and lively, the material is presented in straightforward and clever manners, and it achieves the balance between technical background information and practical techniques.I would heartily recommend Learning How to Learn to anyone from high school students looking to improve their grades through to adult learners returning to education after an absence and EVERYONE in between.
Very good course. have learned a lot new things
the course hasn't started yet but, the ideas that the professors gave me in the lectures were amazing. I am eager to see the videos that come next. I hope it helps me in unlocking my potential.
Helps me understanding our learning process. Impressive!
This is a great course! Looking forward to apply the techniques I've learned with other Coursera courses.
This course is fantastic. Learning is a life long journey so better understanding the process of learning is incredibly valuable. I have already started using some of the strategies in my further learning and working.
Essential for everyone who wants to keep on learning.
It's interesting!
This is an excellent course not only help one learning how to learn but many of the skills taught in this course such as using Pomodoro timer to help focus and overcome difficult problems, breathing exercise to calm our panic, exercise and good sleeping habit to help memory as well as better judgement can benefit us throughout our lives.
Good course. Basically, you will get to know little tips and tricks which make the learning process smoother and more effective.
Very helpful and fun to watch
A must do course for everyone ....
thank you for making this available.. these contents must be used in induction courses at all graduate and undergraduate colleges.. it may improve the quality of efforts put in by students thereby improving the overall standard and ranking of a college or degree... colleges can atleast start experimenting this with some sections / batches
Powerful practical strategies delivered in a comfortable fashion. Bravo!
A very useful and excellent
This course should be thought since primary school, then enhanced and retaught in high school. It's a master key.
Very informative information. W
This course changed my beliefs about studying and learning. Gratitude, is the word. I'm very thankful and happy because it came at the right time for me. I'm starting a new path!
Very good lessons, very good professor!Thank you!
I didn't finish the course.... For one simple reason, I became so enamoured with the teacher's way of explaining that I purchased the book. I am currently looking through the suggested books in the suggested reading parts of the course. Thank you for a great content course both in content and form!
Excellent course in all aspects!
I was pleasantly surprised by this course. It is far more then theoretical and the methods learned here will be applied to so many areas in the future.
Very interesting! Easy to follow. The ideas and techniques are applicable to anyone.Thanks!
This course is awesome. Even though I am a high school student, I found many useful knowledge in this course. All the information is understandable and I don't think I have much pressure in learning this course. Thanks Coursera :D
Great course. Wish I had this course 10 years ago!
I enjoyed the course, even when on a few points that i thought were getting tough the techniques taught helped me. I dont actually have any tests per se to do, but I hoped/hope that this course will help me with other courses on Coursera as well as generally in life.
Excellent course to understand better our own brain in terms of how to learn, I've learned a lot of techniques to help overcome most problems that inhibit a good learning process.
This is a very good course. It tells you the effective ways of learning and studying. It also tells you about the bad practices that you should avoid while learning new concepts. I highly recommend this course to anybody who wants to learn things effectively.
I find this course very useful. There are some new things to learn and there are some old things that you are already doing and will make you say "Aha!, That's what I've been doing all along."
One of the best and awesome Course which is available on Coursera.
Thank you.
It's a wonderful course to teach you how to learn effectively.
Excelent course. I would recommend to everyone
Excelent! The techniques presented in the course are easy to understand and to put in practice. The course has the potential to change the life of people that are dedicated to learning because it teaches to learn better, more effectively and without wasting time!
Awesome course that helped me get a broad perspective on why I tend to procrastinate and how I should go about tackling the problem. I think a course like this should be standard and I recommend that you take it.
One of the best MOOCS I ever took. I highly recommended it.
Useful information and tips. Well presented materials and interesting quizzes which help me to understand concepts better. Enjoyed it.
Magnificent! Very well organized and well developed. It continue from start to finish in a convenient procedure and in a very clear way.
If you thought you had your studying techniques nailed, this course may yet prove you wrong.A wonderfully structured and presented course that can benefit practically anyone.If you only had time to take one course, it should be this.
One of the best!
I wish I had had access to this course years ago. It not only improves the way you learn so you learn more deeply but it reduces the amount of time you would spend studying without necessarily improving your understanding or retention of the material.
Really helpful.I actually knew some techniques before learning this course, though I'v got a deeper understand of that and got some new skills about how to learn.Thank you very much.
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This course is really AMAZING, I had a lot of fun learning how to learn, and it broaden my vision of learnings - and helped me a lot of course.
This is very interesting and useful course, i have such a joy of watching videos and doing tests during the whole course.Thank you, team LHTL
Very useful to learn best practice techniques in learning.
It changes your life. Thanks!
Excellent and very useful course. The information was practical, well presented, and easy to understand.
What I learned in this course is very useful and helpful, thanks to professor Oakley, professor Sejnowski and all those who have contributed to this course!
Good for learning and good for thinking.
Very simple and easy to understand. Information has been very useful in improving my study habits.
I loved this course. I can't tell you how many people I've told to take it. In addition to helping myself learn new/old topics, I am looking forward to using my new knowledge in order to help my children succeed in school. thank you for such a wonderful course.
Didn't learn as much as expected about learning how to learn. Maybe my expectations were too high.
I recommend all college student to take this course. It will be extremely helpful for every learner.This course is also helpful for older learners (e.g. my parents). Great course!
Simple, useful and very interesting! I loved it!
according i expected something more lessons to get used to learn in different ways
Excellent course for not only University students but also for students of middle school.Thank you Prof. Barbara Oakley & Dr. Terrence Sejnowski.
Awesome course. Really helpful as to learning some new objects!
Excellent and informative video lectures, quizzes that reflect the course, and tools and techniques that WILL help you learn! Highly recommend this course to everyone.
After signing up for at least half a dozen (probably ~10) MOOCs over the past few years, this is the first course that I have actually followed to completion. Not only is the information relevant to my daily (non-student) life, but it is presented in an engaging and *cough* memorable way. I doubt I will be forgetting about my mental zombies or metabolic vampires anytime soon.The two most life changing, and I mean that literally, ideas shared in this course were the Pomodoro technique and focusing on "process", not "product". Using these two new methods/ideas I have made significant progress on projects I have been putting off for quite a while.All of the topics covered were engaging and informative, not to mention useful!For those who are hesitant to try this course due to lack of free time, I would recommend turning up the video speeds by 25% increments, until you are at a comfortable speed where you still understand the material, but compress your time spent watching the videos. I started at 1.25x, slowly working my way up to the max of 2x by the end of the course.This is an excellent course covering a critical topic that can improve your daily life, for the rest of your life!
Thanks a lot. I love the course.
Great tips on learning. I intend on using them daily.
The best course i ever had
It has impact my life positively. Thanks, Barbara.--- Thanks for Teaching how to learn ---
This course taught me learning skills that I didn't know before, which are very practical and powerful! Thanks all the teachers and mates who share their knowledge with me!
I really got more out of this than expected! It's more than just a few neat tricks to help you do well in a test, it's a basic understanding of how we learn. I think everyone should do this course.
Fantastic course. There were complex concepts delivered in simple (but not patronising) language, and some practical steps to take during your continued learning.Thank you very much for an entertaining and informative course.
Great course that offers many useful scientific facts about your brain and tricks you can use to improve your study and fight procrastination. View your leaning style from a whole different perspectives.
First MOOC that I can accomplish, even in my busiest days, because I'm motivated to learn the lessons taught in it and I like the teacher and class format (small videos and always repeating concepts).
Excellent course. The analogies used motivates one to build upon them and get creative in linking what we already know with what we are learning. I wish that I would have stumbled over this course a long time ago.
Practical, to-the-point, fun and with content. I really lack sufficient words, perhaps just thanks.
Many good insights backed by science. Great stuff!
Amazing course that has helped me to learn difficult stuff.Thank you very much for this .
Great course. Thanks. Given knowledge could be applied to many aspects of life.
This course is amazing for those who want to improve in life and react properly to daily challenges!
It's an exciting course, and useful. Now, I understand not only how to learn, but also why to learn this way. Thank you very much!
Cool! It help me learn many things from ports to science and remember things more easily.
An interesting course with amazing teachers :D everyone should take a look!
really great course
Great Course.
Overall, a fantastic tool. This course changed my life, literally improved my productivity at school and at work significantly.
Amazing course. Must for everyone on planet earth, really.
Very interesting and helpful.
One of the best courses I have taken so far.
Really excellent course that I wish I had taken 20+ years ago but am at least grateful that I ran across now. Everyone can benefit from this course, but those who've struggled with school or a particular topic will benefit the most. To obtain the most benefit from this course, get the accompanying text book (I got the kindle version) and also review the additional readings and videos at the end of each week.
Wish I could have this material (or somebody to teach me) when I was 6 years old!!!
Very helpful course!
Simply presented, quick, well structured and useful for work, home and education. This should be taught to everyone - and I know I have recommended it to so many myself.Strongly recommended. It will change your approach forever.
Great course, the material was useful and well-presented. I learned a lot, pardon the pun,
This course tells you to use a timer while studying without the TV on and to avoid procrastination. It also stresses review while learning. This isn't anything new. The course discusses diffuse and focused modes. Diffuse modes are described as being as important as focused modes. Running, day dreaming and sleep can help enter diffuse modes and integrate focused learning. Save you time and skip this course.
Really interesting course. I could learn new things but also find out that most of the suggested approach to learn I am already using.
Very good. I have learn various interesting tips and tricks to learn more efficiently. Thank you all, teachers and the whole team.
The course was really good. I learned lots of things, the most important one was probably the illusion of learning. Thank you so much!
The best online course I've taken so far. This is not an exaggeration. Throughout the course, I truly felt the importance of the material taught and their applicability in my daily life. I've started using the Pomodoro technique (with the help of an app) when tackling projects at work or want to be productive at home (taking an online course, learning some new skills). I also owe it to this class, and this might be a side effect rather than a direct impact, for bringing my brain to a more relaxed mental state. In other words, the topics about focused/diffuse mode and the discussion of thinking patterns provided a much more clear path not only for approaching tasks, but also escaping from that constant loop that eventually leads to a headache. Without going into more details, this is a wonderful class for anyone, anywhere accessible to take. Happy learning!
The Only One Life Changing Course!5 stars are not enough to rate this. Need 10 at least. *********Thank You very very very much, Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski!!!
Wow. This course is great. After just the first couple of videos my brain starting working on how to approach other areas of study differently--much more efficiently. The spacing of material is something I had already know, but the reaffirmation of having to push through has been cemented in my mind. And now I know that that is precisely learning... it entails some degree of being uncomfortable. Thanks. Keep the goods rolling.
It's kind of enlightening course, many of the things you might feel that you know and actually you knows. But it will teach you the practical aspects and reason why to follow certain learning methodology. If followed it can help in making you more efficient learner.
Really useful and applicable in everyday life! Many of observations and conclusions in the course I noticed myself before. This course is a must if you want to be more efficient in learning, career and business!
Very helpful
This course is distinguished and much helpful for me to keep control my self and conquer the procrastination in learning difficult courses or tasks. The teachers give us both nearest neural research results and fruitful, easy-understanding examples. Moreover, retrieval quiz after every week study makes me focus on the keynotes. Thanks for keep me in perspective!
Very efficient tips and hints on our brains ability to learn.
Interesting course which helps you to improve your learning skills. I highly recommend reading the suggested book by Professor Oakley parallel to this course!
It is helpful.
Everybody... I mean EVERYBODY out there - who want to learn anything in life - must take this course. Not only take this course but keep taking it every few months or at least once a year as a refresher. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Very good course that points out some good techniques of how to learn better new things.
I wish I had this course in elementary- definitely worth sharing with your kids- powerful tools to know how to learn.
a good course to get to know some practical skills of learning.
Great content! Well explained and easy to understand.
Insightful
Barbara - you are amazing! What an incredible resource you have put together and shared with the world!! I'm now a HUGE fan of anything that you do!
A very helpful course to help me reduce my procrastination!
Awesome, easy to learn, well explained and the teacher is just awesome, you will never get bored during this...
Learnt a lot of techniques on how to learn. Thank You
A really useful course that should have been in my curriclum at school!Greate instuctors make things even better!!Thank you Coursera and the Learning How to Learn team!Shridharshan
A great example of a coursera course done well and a must for anyone looking to improve themselves in any field.
It indeed provides the efficient methods of learning.Now, I just focus on several 25-minute study time per day while the topics of the study time vary.Meanwhile, I learn to grab the knowledge step by step in accordance with a long-tern learning plan,in a word, to learn earlier and little by little.
A wonderfull tutorial to a learner's mind - even applicable as a de novo adult-learner as myself. Here I come; my learning-Renaissance
Very resourceful course, highly recommend it to anyone who thinks learning can be a difficult task
Well paced, good tips, interesting psychological ideas throughout. I think this will help me in a real and practical way. Thanks!
The course has really been helpfulAm learning in a new style now, knowing how to switch my mode of thought.
I like this course for it gave me more information of the way I may study new concepts. I was really motivated to start learn some new tough things after pass some from its stuff.
Wonderful course that gives insights into the learning process and how our brain works! Purely amazing!
this course change the way that I understand my learning process. everybody needs to take this course once in the life.
I'm a life long learner. I wish I had taken this class in high school or before college. It would have been very helpful.
I wish I had taken this course when I was at school.
Great, concise course with some very solid and well-founded recommendations on how to improve your studying and acquisition of new subjects. Also great advice on test-taking techniques.The introduction to memory techniques is very light, but it really is a really rich and detailed subject in itself so it's understandable that they didn't dive too deep. Some recommendations for additional learning for memory and advanced reading techniques would be a valuable addition to the course though.Overall I highly recommend this course. Barbara is an excellent and very likable instructor and the lessons and learnings are well-sourced and easy to follow. I'm already using the techniques and seeing good results.
This course just changed my mind.
A really interesting course. It changed the way I think about learning.
The course offers valuable information not only for students. I very much enjoyed funny and well prepared videos. Also the interviews with different guests added much to my understanding of the process of learning. Great job, thank you!
Great course!
I enjoyed listening to Barbara and Terry. They presented the topic with an enthusiasm that made me so interested to listen to the next lecture. May be a bit more details or more practical exercises. Otherwise the course was engaging, informative and useful.Thank you very much.
Very enlightening course.
You can refresh yourself and feel young again by learning like you're in 20s again. The methods that I learned in this course was not surprise to me, but how they organized and complement each other for powerful understanding is the surprise.
This online course absoloutely deserves to earn these 5 stars , I can't seriously believe how much I've been taught and how much I've learnt in a such short period of time .I'm beyond happy and pleased to be quite honest since this course reveals and uncovers many extremely helpful tools that we can use on daily basics in our lives and which will also come with great benefits and results to us , so therefore I would really like to cease this opportunity in order to applaud and show my big and sincere gratitude to whoever has contributed to the success of this splendid work !
The course material was intriguing and was very helpful.. It shows how importance is to understand how we learn and also importance of exercise.
Amazing! Full of useful info, tips, and tricks! I highly suggest this course!
Wonderful course. It was a pleasure to following it. Thanks to professors, i also bought your book. I advise everybody around me to follow this course !
This course is extremely interesting and useful, regardless of age, profession or future prospects.I already knew about most of what is covered in it regarding the brain, the techniques and everything, but only superficially. This course goes in-depth on a lot of known things about the brain, procrastination, time management etc. and summarizes it very well, in addition to dispelling false knowledge in the same domains.The course itself is very well structured and comprises regular quizzes and tests that, although seemingly silly, help a lot in memorizing the contents and realizing how true what is explained is.It also offers a very wide range of additional material, be it video interviews or further reading, for anyone wanting to dig even deeper on one particular subject.I personally enjoyed it from the beginning to the end :)
This is one of the best courses I have attended online. Thanks a lot to the instructors for such an informative material and to Coursera
Content:A couple of simple tips and tricks that can definitely help people to learn better and faster.I personally discovered the "Mind palace" technique which I trust can help me a lot, so thanks !Form:Lectures well prepared, and the combination of ideas/slides is rather well made.Sometimes some videos could be shortened as the concepts are not really hard to follow. Some more practical examples could be used in the material.Thanks for this teaching material :-)
Great!!
A very important body of work and highly recommend before undertaking any serious study effort. Seeing real impact by applying some of the principles to both my day to day work and associated study. The course is clear, easy to follow and applies the techniques discussed to improve learning and retention. Well done Barbara and team.
Wonderful course!
Amazing experience for me! It has given me the tools to take on some life projects that I have always felt I could not complete. Stay tuned!
learned a lot of useful techniques. super fun course. highly recommend.
every student should take this class (or similar class) early on. think of how much time we collectively this could have saved. thank you.
Excellent way to think about how you are learning and why certain techniques work and others don't. Also a fun way to learn more about the brain. The professors are obviously experts.
Excellent course. I really recommend it for everyone. And I actually think is a topic that should be taught in every school.
usefull tips and tricks and well teached
It was one of the best courses I have taken in my life!
I found this course to be incredibly helpful. I am 33 and wish that I would have been taught a more efficient way of learning many years ago. There are definitely some great takeaways from this class.
it's really good!
Very good material, fun way of teaching. Very complex concepts of neuroscience are explained effortlessly. Highly recommended for anyone.
to obtain the general ability to learn new things you are not familiar with, this course provides valuable advice/guidance on the way you learn.it is a prime corner stone of learning.
Sometimes we can't recognize the opportunities on hand even it become common! This course is the train of near very fast future.
Very well done presented and explained by a very good professionals, showing up a very good and important tools that we got and we can use to potencially be better on all areas of our life.Thanks a lot by share with all of us.
amazing course. I have learned many things, and trying to implement in my life.
Amazing course. Opened new horizons for me
Very nice. I learned a lot about learning. Thank you!
Excellent course, funny, intelligent and very useful.
Very informative and helpful, thanks.
Interesting！Mang thanks for the teacher!
This is the first class I had ever taken on the open online classes. I took it to be prepared to take other classes. Honestly, I figured it would be kind of like a reminder class on studying. The Professors are amazing. The have set a high standard for other classes. There was never a dull moment. It was so much fun and I learned so much NEW information but Not only did I learn it but I completely understand why it works. it is great having insight into the brain and how to have it work for you. This is not the standard study skill class at all. The names says it all. I still surprise myself on how enthusiastic I am when I get the opportunity to use the information acquired . It really works . it's like being able to depend on a really good friend. They are always there to help you pull through and won't leave you hanging. My favorite is the Pomodoro technique. if you procrastinate this is the one to help you get stuff done. I have incorporated a lot of what I learned into my daily life. After being in many other classes, I have to say this is the BEST class I have taken. It's the knowledge I use most. Keep up the good work Barb and Terry!!!
It's helpful for me to learn a new subject, the book recommended is very good, thank you, I recommend this course.
This course is great. I enjoyed every minute of the lectures and the interviews too. It was very motivating and informative. I learned a lot from it to teach my self and my kids too. Barbara did a great job throughout the course. I recommend this course for everyone at any age.
This is an outstanding course in which you will learn many powerful tools and techniques that can be beneficial for learning virtually anything, be it art, science, math, or even athletics. Take this course and try it out on anything else you'd like to learn.
This course is great, I absolutely loved it. I recommend it to every person who wants to make his or her learning process more efficient.
Great!!!!
This was my first course, it was intuative and interesting as well as being easy
This is a great course that offers excellent information on how to study more effectively! I would definitely recommend it.
Thank a lot for this course! It's really great to have a knowledge(without any guesses) of learning how to learn and how effective I am learning.
Can't wait to learn more learning!
Learned a lot about learning :) Gave sense to the things I was doing and reason to do things I wasn't doing.
First time I am going through such an awesome topic and surely it will help me in my academic development.Thank you coursera for this course.
very helpfull
Though I've read several books regarding this subject, this course was still very valuable and interesting. I especially liked all of the optional interviews at the end of each week.
Very helpful ... I am learning so much information that I use on my every day teaching! thanks!
Great Course!Thanks!
Very good course about learning method
Is the best. Im happy with all the techniques recommended.
Found very usefull , got to know what mistake i was making.
One of the best online courses I've attended
O curso é incrível! Ele realmente faz o que foi proposto.The course is incredible! It actually does what was proposed.
This course was very helpful
This course is very helpful and interesting!
I've studied only one week in this course and is fasinated, why? Becouse it explain the big concept about HOW the brain works in relation with the knowlegde.I'm mechanical engineer (from colombia) and I'm studying english in Boston Mass. This experience has been amazing but sometimes I've felt frustrated, it's not easy. I think "Learning how to learn" will help me to improve my skill while I save time studying.Thanks you very much.
Excellent analysis of how our brain works in learning, with a practical approach, please watch every single additional video, they're gems of knowledge.
One of the most useful courses ever.
Excellent course content. I am convinced to learn a lot about learning how to learn from it.
Very helpful course with practical steps in learning how to learn effectively.
It is clear, amusing and practical. The learning tools it provides are really powerfull and they work in real life! And is very funny too! I just loved it!
Very interesting and usefull course !!!!
One word ... FANTASTIC! Thank you Learning how to Learn team for your tremendous effort in making this message available to all. You are clearly passionate about empowering learning and also about teaching. This is the first MOOC that I will complete to the end, it it has given me the courage to expand my horizons and learn something new and/or something scary that I never thought I could possibly do - you don't always have to be a 'natural' at something to learn something new. Thank you for showing the world that anyone can be brilliant by implementing some smart, effective, and efficient strategies. As well as applying a bit of grit. Thank you for teaching us how to learn. A great and highly recommended course for absolutely everyone - because we are all life-long learners.
Very helpful and awesome course! Cant wait for the n
Awseom MOC :)
A great course with lots of interesting topics and very engaging teachers.My only regret is there isn't a second course following that one to dig even more deeply into the subject !
It is a very interesting course especially for those who confront with difficult subjects.
Instructors were clearly knowledgeable and interested in helping their students. Thank you so much for an awesome course!!
Loved it!
A complete manual on how the brain works while learning new things. Never had anything like it before. Highly recommended.
An awesome course! I definitely recommend for anyone who wants to improve your skills in matter of learning!
I liked this course, especially information about figthing procrastination. It will help me not only in learning but also will help to improve my working skills.
I'm very happy with the course, since now, I can study different, better. Thanks for all.
A great course, very helpful for people in all phases of life, but in my opinion, to students in particular.
absolutely great course!!!
Love you guys! Thank you for everything. It has been a pleasure!
awesome course.
This course helped me to better understand we are in the age of re-learning. Particularly that is needed thanks to the access too the collective knowledge and history we now have thanks to digital technology and the internet,
It´s really good!!
Very helpful course, fun and easy to understand. I have already put into practi
Eye and mind opening. Wish all students take advantage of the knowledge here.
Phenomenal course content delivered in fun, easily digestible chunks. I loved the references to the latest neuroscience and the stories of hard work and perseverance that led to success, like Santiago Ramon y Cajal. The bonus/extra reading was really helpful and entertaining as well (especially about writing and languages).It was a real pleasure to have taken this course, my first with Coursera. I wish I'd known this stuff 15 years ago when I was in university... I fell into the trap of re-reading as a learning technique.I'm telling everyone I know about Learning How to Learn, particularly those who are currently in university.
Very practical lesson backed up with easy to understand scientific facts.Great pedagogy
An excellent course for everyone, you can boost your learning using the knowledge that this course gives you.
awesome, very eficently and you can improve your skills in hours
This course is very helpful, I learned a lot of information that will change my academic career for the better. The only reason this is not 5 stars is that the production value and audio quality can be shaky at times. But other than that I really recommend this course to anyone and everyone.
The course was very informative often reinforcing what I have learned through my college career and also allowed for new information and strategies on improving my study skills.
Really Helpful and interesting!!!
I really loved this course. I recommend it for anyone who aims to achieve their goal
One of the best online courses I have every taken. For that matter, one of the best courses I have ever taken anywhere. It is one of the most useful subjects anyone can take. It should be a required course, taken in the summer before becoming a freshman in high school, then taken again the summer before college. Just great.
I guess all advice are useful for me.
it help me lot. to become a cool person
Thanks for helping to understand how my brain works!
Thank you so much for this course! I really appreciate it!
Powerful tool to help master courses you never thought you can, Barbara and Terry was amazing, and all the team
I recommend this course for everyone who want improve the learning. It's a great course ^^
A very useful course, everybody should work it as learning gets easy after.
I found this course to be excellent for giving me the confidence to get back into learning. I'm now looking into courses that will help me change direction to a more fulfilling career. It's helped me realise some important life rules: procrastination is not my friend and the pomorodo technique can be applied to pretty much anything - especially housework!
Essential!!! A must do for all the learners out there...
Great course. This should be a mandatory course in school around the world. Will be recommending it to everyone I know. Thank you so much Barb Oakley and Terry Sejnowski for creating and providing this course to everyone.
This is improving my strength towards completing courses. I like it a lot.A humble request is please upload video lectures of duration more than 15 min. After watching a video we are relaxing. If videos are of small duration I will take much time for us to complete lectures as it includes more relax time. If videos are of more duration we can complete them in small time.
I wish I had known the ideas in this course a decade ago! A brilliant course that offers the student the opportunity to learn real, practical, science-based techniques to understand their mind and improve their learning. A thousand thanks to both Professors for creating Learning How to Learn.
"Learning how to Learn" is a wonderful course -- Barbra Oakely's teaching style makes it fun to learn how to learn. This course gives you confidence that you can learn new things!
Best Course ever! I wish I had taken this when I was in the 6th grade! I wish it was given to me every year to remind me. this is the best course I have ever taken. Because Now I can apply it to everything.And now my learning has accelerated. It explains how the brain works. In understanding this you can retain way more than you ever could before. That is important with all that I do.
Really useful course. It helps me review my works and study.I come from Taiwan, currently as a MBA student studying in the UK.As a non English native speaker, it is really stressful to learn new things in academic level in a foreign language. I used to force myself study for a very long time without a break, but the results were not good as I expected. I blamed this to my language barrier, I thought the difference between the other successful peers is I couldn't have an the chance as the others who had better educational environment and leant English on the early stage.This class lets me understand the biggest challenge of my learning is procrastination. Hopefully, procrastination is nothing about being stupid or should feel shame about, it is a natural metal mechanism of our brain avoiding unpleasure things. And it can be overcome by methods and practices. Pomodoro Technique really helps my memory and extends the time I keep concentrate on one thing. With the practice my brain works more efficient and it brings better result.I recommend this course for the other who is struling with the barrier on learning and who does not have confident for himself/ herself on working and leaning. This course may change your mind.
lovely gentle insightful useful and well delivered
Some mind-blowing concepts are here in this course that explain the science of learning and why you learn better in certain scenarios.
Hope this was good one...
The course was inspiring and I was able to get a few concrete tools & mental models to aid with my learning.
Was at excellent course not just for learning how to learn but also for life, what you can learn here you can use in many aspect of everyday life.Thank so much for this!
Great course! Highly recommended!
This is a really amazing course. I should have known this while I was a student.
I like this course very much, the teacher in particular is very much alive and make you want to learn more. I am glad I attend Learning How to Learn class. Thank you.
Awesome Course to grasp how to learn and i love the way the videos leads you through the outline without being boring or making me give up. It could be the recurring quizzes that help e stay tuned or the positivity from the teachers/instructors. Thanks!
This course has been utterly brilliant. I almost cannot describe the important things I've learnt, the new techniques to try and the confidence it's given me. I am hoping to study a Masters of Research next year, however, it's been a long time since I've done any formal study. This course has given me the confidence to believe I can be successful in my studies, as well as the techniques to make sure that is true. I would recommend it to *anyone* who is considering a new course of study after a period of non-study. This course gives you the tools and confidence to study anything. It is utterly brilliant.
My first Coursera effort. Seriously, seriously impressed! Dr Oakley doesn't just have practical techniques, her delivery is imbued with a warmth and humanity that will encourage students round the world to listen up and take notice. I found myself thinking that she and Prof Sejnowski are outstanding ambassadors for their sciences as well as the academic culture they hail from. Makes you want to be a part of it!!Thanks guys - I will rate and review far and wide as much as I can.
Please add more courses like this. Cheers
good for learning
An excellent resource and starting course for the learning journey
I like this course :)
awesome! very good professors and lots of supplementary material to help reinforce learning.
Very interesting subject ! The course is very clear. Thanks a lot to Babara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski for setting up the course.
I like the material of the course, the interviews but I think it is pretty strict with the answer(s) the ask for in some of the first assessments.
Awesome! I've studied many new and interesting concepts and started to use them in my studying from the day one! Thank you very much!!!!
The teacher is excellent and charismatic.
Learned a lot that will help me keep my children focused on their studies and prepare them for High school and college.
Very very helpful. Everyone should take this course! We often work very hard on subjects but we lack the technique to learn something new so we tend to leave it imcomplete or complete it with not much satisfaction. This course teaches us how to utilize every single minute of your hard work and that too in a positive sense.
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Took the course as I saw myself failing on another Coursera course and realised I had to learn again, how to learn.Grateful for this one !
Excelent course. I liked a lot the way that the course is teached. The professors are very nice.
This cours change lifes !
The best course ever. For the instructors, there are God sent and role models.
If you want to learn something, it's just for you!
Really helping in studying my PG
This course teaches a very useful life skill
Amazing course. This should be one of the classes you take ever!!!
Great course. I also read the book.
It was excellent. I loved the engaging professors, the visuals, the knowledge. You've improved my ability to learn since the first video. I've been practicing everything and I'll continue doing it. I appreciate your efforts in putting this course together. Thank you very much! :)
I find the videos to be a little bit dry, and sometimes i end up accidentally focussing more on the visuals(images and little clips and things) than the content itself. But things are explained very well and the videos are in very manageable chunks. I find the information really helpful and i look forward to putting more of it into practice.
Excellent basis for continued learning.
It's a helpful course, and gives a few useful advices
Excellent course, a real eye opener to ways of learning.
Engaging instructors, excellent scholarship, immediately useful information and strategies for learning. Highly recommend!
Nice learning.its better if we have continuation course
Great course with lots of useful practical tips! Sessions were clear and easy to follow. The additional interviews also provided great insights!
Absolutely great and must-to-attend course
I didn't think at first that I was going to learn so much through this course .my curiosity for learning has taken a boost ,I feel the fire of learning in me again .thanks
Fascinating course with personable tutors. I felt I learned a lot and had fun doing it.
Super cool... and interesting.
Great course!
Amazing course! If you're having trouble learning and focusing, check this course out. The structure is very well layed-out, and information is presented in a straightforward presentation as a series of videos. Watch the optional interviews, too, for some very good advice.
Brilliant class. Brilliant lessons. Brilliant.
Material and presentation was very easy to follow. Very informative content with concrete tools to help you improve the way you think about tackling any learning situation. I highly recommend this course to anyone remotely interested in learning more about their own mind works.
I highly recommend this course. I wish I had known what I learned in this course when I was in College! This information will be useful to me at work and elsewhere.
Essential class for really anybody, not only students
Super interesting, super hands-on your learn how to improve your learning. I love it!
Very nice course!
Great course. Enriching it with some additional practical learning tips and tools would make it exceptional.
Fun and very worth doing it. Now I am more confident when studying, understanding my problems and how to solve them.
A perfect way to get your attention to 'how' you are studying, and not only 'how much'.Thank you very much for your initiative.
I am fully in love with this course. OMG! If I just would have found this course years ago, I would have saved so much stress and questions about why I am not learning anything from the bunch of text books and articles I read. Now I know I didn't have the right approach and I was just letting information in but it was all lost in the jungle because I wasn't taking the time to form any chunk. Another problems I had, illusions of competence and not taking brakes. Of course, after LH2L, I take brakes and repeat material more frequently to myself. I try to use my diffused mode to recall important information and stick them on my long term memory. Thank you so much to Barabara Oakley for all the interviews to different personalities and for her fresh demeanor while explaining concepts and facts. I just love it!
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This has been one of the best course that I ever made, I loved from the beginnings til the end. Thanks to the team of the course for all.Best regards.
This is really needed for everyone. I highly recommend this course.
Dear Dr. Oakley, Dr. Sejnowski and the dedicated team in your back, who certainly were part of making this wonderful MOOC possible. As you mentioned repeatedly during the course, learning is a life-long quest and can be one of the most enriching endeavours if one has the right tools to not only know how and where to acquire knowledge but how to make the learning process fun and memorable. The MOOC and the book offer these tools. I have already sent out links - especially to my son, who loves learning but is at the same time a genius in procrastination :) -, to teachers, friends and students and hope that some of them will get inspired by you, the way you have inspired me. I will definitely follow you on Facebook! All the best and once again: Thank you very much for this wonderful learning experience!
Really helpful!
Good pacing. Learned some new things about how the brain works in regard to learning, as well as picking up some new techniques. Highly recommended course.
Great skills to have prior to any form of education, but foremost any higher educational aims.
This course is awsome!
Almost tips to studying! Every single knowledge taught can be applied to real life and increase my productivity to studying.
It was eye opener for me doing this course.I would recommand any school teacher to do this course.
very helpful for everyone who wants to get the best of your brain throughout your life.
A very interesting course that offers specific tools to learn faster and efficiently. Very clear vocabulary for non-english speakers!
I wish I would have taken this course before college. Thank you for a very rewarding experience. I apply the principles learns on a daily basis.
I highly recommend this course for everyone who is committed to life-long learning.
The course has given me a lot of strategies to overcome some problems that i have when it comes to learn and doing things, of course that its up to one if he or she is committed enough to try the techniques thaught in here. But the course has filled a lot of my expectatives.Thanks to all the staff
It's a great course.
Very interesting and useful and very well done.
Wonderful! It was enlightening to watch these incredibly experienced and talented professionals "personally" explain these eyeopening topics in such a simple way in the comfort of my home, or wherever I was. The videos are short enough so I could advance at any time, but are so compelling, once I started, I found it difficult to stop! Plus, they provide visual aids which make the facts so memorable. The optional interviews are very enriching and inspiring, loved them! The fact of having so much additional bibliography is another big plus; you can go deeper in the subject if you desire to. I learned plenty of new techniques to learn better and reinforced some that I used. I will definitely put everything to use! It was a true delight, thank you Barbara, Terrence and everyone! I will hold this inspiring experience within me for a very long time. Best of luck to all of you!
I only wish this course had been available when I was in high school - 50 years ago. My son, now 27, also took this course and we recently spent some time discussing it and appreciating it.It is not only what is taught in this course but how it is taught. The material is made accessible, memorable, and enriching by Drs. Oakley and Sejnowski.Thank you for it, --Peter Jackson, Arizona
Excellent course... very useful and relevant to people who are working in different fields but have to keep studying to keep up with the advances. I'll highly recommend this course for anyone struggling how to make better use of their time and how to get better results of study sessions.
Great course and great tools to learning how to learn. I think that I always will read this course to keep in mind all the concepts that i learnt here.
Excellent tips and tricks for how to improve learning capabilities. Good for all ages.
Helpful techniques to learn in new ways. Highly recommended.
Great course for those of us coming back into school mode. Thank you Dr Oakley!:)
I LOVE this course, I am certain I will study my class notes and change my way of thinking, learn to chunk better and I am sharing my knowledge with my husband, my children, family and friends. I feel a confident taking on new challenges in my career path.
This course teaches me useful and insightful ways to learn more efficiently.
I liked the fact that it gave me a new appreciation for the process of learning along with new tricks and tools o help me focus more and procrastinate less.specially liked the guest videos on "serial learner"
A great course with great content.
This is very intersting
Excellent Course! I consider it a portal that would enable one achieve more and better, and most importantly understand and master tough and challenging subjects. It's the tool that would enroll at more courses in Coursera and earn more certificates.
I wish I knew these techniques when I was in school. Very interesting information interestingly presented. Easy to follow and remember. Thank you!
Getting excited about learning.
Its helpful and good
it really useful for me in self study next time
This course is great! It's very helpful and useful to me. When I use the technique "Pomodoro" , It did help me finished the works I procrastinate for some times. It worked. There are many other techniques in this course are waiting for you to discover. Hope you enjoy learning like I do.
An excellent course which is helpful in all walks of life.
ThanksGreat tips , I will find this really useful into the future
Great presentation!
This is an awesome course and very I consider it as a foundation to learning other courses.
Very interesting and useful
This course was much more useful than I thought it would be. While there were some parts of the videos that gave some of the usual information about learning, there were a far larger that provided useful, actionable information. I particularly liked how short the videos were. That made it easier to consume individual videos and concentrate on them in a relatively short amount of time ... something I could get done during a break from work or something else.
It's intreresting and useful.
One of the best courses I've ever taken! The companion Book is Fantastic!!
This course is a worthwhile endeavor for anyone that is interested in improving their education and is willing to take charge of it.
really good
Absolutely loved it!!!
Great job! I've really enjoyed this course and learned really helpfull things.
Great course
The topics and tools provided in this course are effective and help to unlock greater potential as a student and as an individual. I plan on re-taking this course as a refresher at least once in the future. It has been quite a positive experience.
Real interesting course. in the end, a lots of useful tips to learn more effectively in every days life.and some insight of understanding why it is the best way!!nevertheless i woud have love some more details and help on creating for instance a memory palace which seems at the end of the course still enigmatic!very pleasant teachers!thank you
Great course and wonderful presenters!
Easy to grasp and helpful course, I recommend it to others! Earlier you start, more useful it is!
Amazing course. I would recommend it to be taken by all. Thank you for providing such an awesome and useful course. Thanks a ton!
gave us a lot of great skills about learning.
This is an eye-opening course. Simple, clear, and really helpful for anyone trying to improve their learning skills. Recommended for everyone at any age, but especially for people in school and college!
A great introductory course to Coursera. Learn to learn and Love to Learn : )
Very ineteresting and full of insight! There're so many great practical tips around solid neurological theroy which have greatly helped me in my studying. Recommend to everyone!
This is a superb course that I would recommend to anyone who wants to learn effectively, in a scientific way.
I really did enjoy taking the course. I learned a lot about how to tackle procrastination, how to prepare for and take tests. I learned new way's of thinking, and learned about focus and diffused modes. I could go on. Taking this course will help me in my college classes and it will also help decrease my anxiety about taking tests, procrastinating and studying. I also feel confident that I will have success in college if I apply what I've learned from this course. Thank you very much for offering this class!
A really nice and helpful course.
A course I should have taken 20 years ago, but still find it useful!
Concluded three modules of this course. This should be a must have course for everyone who is interested in learning anything new.
This is one of the most empowering things you can understand and use!Thank you!Itzik
Change the way you think, change your life.
the most excitement course i've never attended, would recommend to every one, not once but twice !!!
It is helpful more most learners, especially junior undergraduates who are lost in overwhelming knowledge after entering college. Wish I could see the lecture earlier.
This was an easy to understand and absolutely MARVELOUS course!Many-many-many thanks to authors!
Very informative as well as inspirational!
Brilliant!! So helpful to this mature student, returning to course work after 12 years.
Impressive course. I found most of the course usefull, and will definitely use it in my life.
Excellent course, I learned a lot of tips to improve my learning skills and as a teacher, I will be able to help my students improve their skills too. Thanks a lot !
It interesting learning how your brain works and all the techniques you can use to learn better!
A very good course for everyone . From high school students to Postgrads ,alongwith the parents and teachers.
It's an amazing course. Learning scientific ways to learn will definitely benefit me throughout my life. Thank you so much for making it available on Coursera. Now, I feel more confident and I believe that bulky material will not scare me anymore.
A very useful course !
Very empowering course - I really felt ready to master tough new endeavour that I've been meaning to learn.Thank you so much!
Great course with useful information about learning, very well structured and clear. I took a lot from this course. Thanks!
Excellent course.I have been mostly self taught most of my life. And still this course had many ideas that were new to me, and some that i had a hunch on but could never really phrase or explain to myself or others.I have implemented some of the advices given in the course and can say that at least for me they work perfectly. There's no doubt my learning and productivity will improve with the new knowledge this course has given me.
it's a great course, very important for anyone want to learn anything
Very clear, crisp teaching. One can see that much effort of thinking and design went into constructing the course. I especially appreciated the use of illustrations (the zombies, vampire, and such) to illustrate the ideas while creating a powerful (humorous) visual associations with the material covered. The sections were short and concise, making it less threatening to engage, as well as a feeling of accomplishment and progress. I also liked that the quiz questions weren't about tricking the student; rather, the testing were part of the teaching process. In short, the teaching method put into practice what is being taught. It was the first Coursera class I've taken, which has been a true positive experience which inspires me to take additional classes, using, of course, the tips and skills I learned in this course.
very very interesting and instructive
A darn-near perfect course: full of interesting, useful information, informally and engagingly presented. I enthusiastically recommend this to any and everyone.
Just brilliant. Tons of useful info!
It's really very useful course. Highly recommend.
Great course. Had a lot of fun learning the best ways to study. Highly Recommenced this course for new uni students.
A practical way to get you started to enhanced learning, or maybe, to simple learn what you want.
It is a fantastic course and I learned a lot from it. It's interesting, helpful and entertaining. The extra materials are also fascinating.
Really useful course if you are a young student, or, as in my case, an older one trying to polish or change study habits. The insights given were really helpful.
This course changed my life and my way of thinking when I am learning!! Totally helpful for everyday life!
Has been an awesome experience!
Fabulous course. I wish I had access to this material when I was studying. I've taken the course material and am now teaching my daughter the techniques learned. And I will use the skills in my continued life learning. Thanks so much!
Life-changingly inspirational education into learning not only how to learn but what learning is about!Thank you so much, Barbara Oakley!
Lots of tips in this course with a main objective : learning to learn.Thank you
This course & the book it is based off of has changed my life. I've been able to get the most out of my thinking, my work habits, & maximize my creative output. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this course, it was very helpful and exciting.
Great course! a lot of good ideas how to improve the learning!!!!
very helpful!
Loved the course. Learned many new techniques which will definitely assist in my learning process in the future.
one of the best!!!
Very cool, enlightening and helpful!
An excellent course to debunk the belief that if like me your not an institutional learner. All that's needed is the understanding of "How to Learn" and the correct process. These are ideas that have brought together things i thought i did right and things that i clearly did wrong like cramming for an exam.This course has changed the way i look at learning and given me the belief and confidence to not only learn new topics but also enjoy the process of learning.
Very useful learning tools and techniques based on science fundamentals.
I have really enjoyed doing this course!!After graduating from the University I have done nothing with my life, but being a housewife and mother. And now, after 15 years, I think it is time to show the world I am not too old to learn again. Thanks for all the practical learning tips!
I feel like i just learned how to drive my brains, through data management. Now I have licence to learn efficiently. It comes down to practice and make it my way of learning.Thank you for sharing this valuable information with all of us.
Excellent & well presented course. Made me realize strengths & weakness that never occurred to me before during my whole learning & teaching career.
This course is excellent. It covers the most up to date thinking on the best way people learn. It is definitely worth taking the time to complete the whole course.
Thank you to everyone involved in making this course happening. The information offered is vital to understanding how we learn. In my opinion I have learned and finally understood important concepts of learning that I should have learned earlier in my life. I am very thankful for being one of the participants in this class and would suggest it to anyone! Sad that this is not taught in school before we venture out into the world to become a grown up person.
Thanks teachers of this course and congratulations on myself. this is the first course I passed on Coursera~~
detail analysis and lot of basic tools to improve learning
An exceptional course which should be taken by everybody regardless of age or there respective field of study.
Very good course.
Really excellent. A must for all learners, no matter their stage of study
It has been an awesome course!!! Definitely it was a very good choice. Thank you so much for so much learning! I hope to be able to do more studies with you. Greetings from Colombia!
I have found really useful the techniques that are mentioned though the course. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
The course is too some extent useful It indeed spreads useful techniques and concepts in learning. One thing I do not like is the testing questions. Some of these questions are poorly designed. Using intuition or commonsense is already enough to solve them.
this is very helpful, I will get my kids to learn it and my wife too.
I am a continuous learner and love to learn new subjects/areas. I have been doing this during my Bachelors, Masters and while pursuing doctorate (12+ years) in Engineering. Personally, I have got to my own way of learning.Attending this course, I understood why and how my way of learning works. Also, got insights into how I can improve my learning process. I also used the companion textbook which provided lot of information and real-life examples to support the key ideas in the book. I really enjoyed it.Thanks a lot Prof. Barbara in bringing this course & book. I understand and appreciate your effort for sharing your own experience in learning subjects that were alien.Thanks for helping most of us understand better our own learning process.This is my first course in "Coursera" and I am very happy and excited me to chunk more.Thanks a lot Coursera Team.
A must class for any student of any age. Excellent!!!
This is a very useful course in understanding the learning process.You get to learn about the what happens inside your brain when we try to learn a new thing, how it is moved into your long term memory.I found the simple tools and techniques like pomodoro, testing breaks very useful.Thanks a lot! ..... to the UC team for making this course available.
Helpful for Everybody. The way of teaching is great and enjoyed a lot.
Great course!!! I will use what i learned in the future,
Great course. Good for everybody.
Very useful!!!!
Excellent course! I'm enjoying it, and I like the way it's explained. Thank You!
Enjoyed the class. Great tips have helped me
It's great, fun, easy, and interesting. Through out the course it has motivated me to study and it feel great to feel this way.
Excellent course well thought. Especially useful to High School and College Studies but also useful to adults like myself since learning is a lifetime process.
Very practical and immediately useful.
Recommended for everyone. As a retiree, a lifetime learner, and graduate school drop out I have done a lot of learning. Some, like the incidental learning that happens when surfing Wikipedia, has been pleasant. Some, especially in an academic or work setting has been painfully frustrating. This course has been very helpful in showing me how to make learning pleasant and effective as opposed to hard and frustrating.
It's a really good course.. and there is a lot of useful information to put in practice in everyday activities.
Excellent! Thank you very much for great tips, interesting interview, enthusiasm and your shining eyes! I would like to see another MOOC with you :)
Great course!
When the course started it was very interesting. I really enjoyed learning about how the brain functions and how memory works. Barbara Oakly was great.However, towards the end of the course I found that it got boring and not that stimulating. Maybe the parts dedicated to test preparation and studying should have been shorter.
I love it! Thank you!
C'est le cours qu'on devrait suivre avant tout autre chose. Des vidéos claires (sous titrées pour les non anglophones), dans un format compact, des astuces pour l'apprentissage et la mémorisation tellement évidentes au final quand on y pense, mais tellement efficace.That's the course we should complete before anything else. Clear videos (subtitled for non english speaking people), un a compact form, tips & tricks for learning and memory which are so obvious finally where we look back at them, but so usefull.Bravo and thank you very much for publishing this MOOC.
One will find amazing tools and insights on how to study better and more efficiently. But the content of the course is much more broader, it could really affect your whole life.
An informative and interesting course! Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski have very entertaining and enjoyable approach in teaching practical ideas on learning. I learned alot and have recommended this course to friends and family. Thank you!
a specification of our brain
Awesome!"Your brain doesn't come with a manual on how to use it. We have to build our own" (c)Wish I learned those things earlier/
This is an excellent and valuable course. It is useful for all people, whether young or old. It has the ability to change, not only the way people learn, but also the entire life of an individual. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable, as it is seen from the videos itself, and fascinating too. During the course, I was continuously gaping and marveling at the videos and the wonderful facts that were completely unknown to me. Never before, had I even ventured to know about the brain and the things that affect it. I hope each and every individual has the opportunity to view this course.
Awesome course!!! The course structure was very good and the instructors Barbara Okli was very clear and knowledgable. She took my brain to travel from my past memories to the recent ones.....life long course
This is a very good course but I think it can be made better, if there are summary notes associated with the videos.
Learning how to learn has a fundamental importance
Very helpful; gave me many new tools to employ in my future learning endeavors!
This is an excellent course, and I would highly recommend it. The course reenforced some of my beliefs about how I learn and what I need to practice to become a better at learning.
Excellent course on learning, very good facilitators.
I consider it's good idea learn to learn using estrategies based in the last scientific discovers of the human brain for improove the capacity for learn new things.Best regaards,marco Garcia Baturan.
very interesting l liked it very much also
Very easy to follow, understand and remember. Barbara and Terrence apply their learning and neuroscience knowledge to this course, so learning guaranteed. Would like to have more MOOCs like this!
Great course!
Amazing Course! Dr. Barbara Oakley has a wonderful sense of humour to keep the lectures engaging. One of the most interesting and practical courses I have come across on Coursera both in terms of content and delivery!
Easy to follow but the content has useful information. Tips can be applied since day one.
Very helpful course. And the professors are really nice. The interviews are also a great way to show other views about the matter.
It´s a very interesting course with a very good teachers.
Great course and great teachers! Have learnt a lot about studying and techniques to succeed. I'd recommend this course to anyone, not only students. It is really helpful to learn really anything.The teachers are very motivating, it is really worth the effort!
So in love of this course, is a powerful tool to improve my learning process!
Starts off at first, alarmingly easy but then very cleverly builds a more complex understanding of memory and learning. I found it very useful and it has changed my thinking about learning in very practical ways. I am very excited about new learning in a way I haven't before. I would recommend this course to anyone who wishes to learn and remember more effectively.
i did like this course very much ,many many new ideas,options and mental tools i had no ideas about them before ,well i want to have more time with it ,very short time.
Simply great course! Highly recommended!
With help of this course I did a workshop in Tamil language in a TamilNadu school, India. It was huge success and students nicely picked up the points. Thanks a lot to professor. Great course..needed for all students..not only students..to everyone.Kirthika,Bangalore,India.
This course got me thinking in new directions and changing habits in order to learn better. I'm sure i will use the information gained here for the rest of my life.
Provides fantastic understanding of how the brain works in relation to learning
Really good instructor. Interesting course.
It is a great course, for all the people for understand the learning process and improve this skill.
It is very useful for us to learn something difficult.
A very helpful course for everyone.
all the information learned from this course are hard to be forgotten cause they all are advises for us to get better memory..
Very thought provoking and applicable. I recommend this course for everyone, young and young at heart.
Very useful!
Best course about practices of study I ever had!I Highly recommended.
amazing course i got more out of this than 12 years of school!
This course is an excellent mix of practical exercises and lessons, mixed with deeper understanding of principles found in the science of learning, helping students understand how the brain learns and how we process and store information.I think this is a superb class for a subject that is highly relevant to everyone.
Great course
The mental tools presented are really helpful. And I'm happy to see that I've been using some of the techniques even before the course, but now that I'm conscious about them, things will be easier to understand and I'll benefit more from my studies.
This course is really helpful for us to know our brain and find the suitable way to learn new things and new skills~
It's really helpful for a
This course is very helpful and practical. Especially the opinion that we should focus on the process rather than the product makes great and obvious change to me. I now gradually apply myself in one thing and void to think finish it soon. But some material of the course make little relationship and I do not know what should I do actually. Such as the four phases about "procrastination". I think if it can offer an exact example to show how to deal with them will be better. In stead, the course only make a little further explanation on the "cue".
nice interview
It helped me learn some of the best techniques in learning how to go about learning anything.
awesome course.I take it now when i just started my university years as future- dentist.I think this course gave and still gives me great ideas of ways to study.
Great work of Barbara and Terry really made it a significant course which gives really powerful tools for learning.
It is amazing! I think the best advises I've ever heard about learning!
This is a great course and I highly recommend it to anyone who is getting ready to begin a new learning path. Whether it be college, a new job, or a Coursera module, this course will help you in understanding a little bit about why your brain does what it does. Great course!
i think the course will be better if the course has more excises
great course highly recommend for everyone. it tells you things you "kinda sorta thought you knew" and shows how they are actual facts and science behind it
This was a great course, the teachers explained things in a way that made it very easy to grasp concepts and videos were interesting and engaging :)
Very useful and well taught course. Assignments could be more practical though.
Barbara not only knows how to learn, but also shes knows how to teach effectively. Studying has never seemed so easy.
Very structured and great. The material is very easy to understand and the explanation from the lecturers was super. Thank you.
Great course. Recommend for all
Validation for learning to optimize learning skills
very great course
This is my first course that ever finished on a open course ware. FEELING GREAT!
A very powerful course for students.
Thank you so much for this course!
I Loved the course. thanks for all the efforts that this beautiful community had to put in to bring this to people.
Inspiring. Barbara is just an amazing teacher and person. She has changed my life :)
Beyond all my (already high) expectations! Pomadoro technique worked like magic :)
this course gives in a fun and easy way practical tools for studying more effectively, share with us successful experience of others, and general knowledge of our brain.with only little effort you can become a better student, and a better mentor to others.
i successfully pass the course, i will help to shape my career and giving new directions
Really useful introduction to memory techniques and how to use themWould like to see a 'part 2' with a bit more practical exercises and more on brain functions
I recommend this course to anyone who has been out of school for an extended period of time, or for anyone who is struggling with learning.
Nails down all the bad habits which makes you not learn more than you could.
this was a great course, I learn a lot
is a good Course i am practising all that i learn about how to learn i hope obtain very good results
It was a great chance to go through this helpful interesting course. Learning is important, so imagine when you are learning how to learn.Sure, I will come back to check the optional material.Thank you everybody and thank you Dr. Barb & Dr. Terry
This is an excellent course, very informative and truly useful. I thoroughly recommend it.
Great course. Some of the tips discussed in this course have not only made me a better learner but have also helped me become much more efficient and effective at work!
I really loved the course. It was easy to understand and provided useful concepts.
very useful
Excelllent, Superb, Just amazing. The material presented is very interesting with lot of illustrations.The series of lectures by both the instructors is outstanding. Concisely and effectively delivered.Thanks so much.
This course should be required for high school and college students! It would have saved me a lot of pain and anguish! Just, absolutely wonderful!
This course is a foundation for every course. It reduces your study time and makes it easier to learn difficult subjects. I enjoyed every part of the course.
Is an excellent option for everyone but primarily for those who love to learn different things al the time, or those who are at the university or any learning process
Thanks to everyone who participated in this course , i think this course was very helpful to me and i will benefit from it a lot in the future . also i have learnt a lot of information related with best techniques in learning and also information about brain which i love to know about it more. this course will help me to change my life so again thanks to the staff of this course.
It's a fantastic course, is pratical, easy to undestand and them method is wonderful
Worth doing, but hardly enough content for 4 weeks.
This course provides useful learning techniques and interesting neuroscience explanations for the way we learn. The video lectures are objective, short and very amusing, making it easy for students to follow the course appropriately.
This course is very insightful with useful tools. Especially helpful are those analogies, which are super vivid and sticky in your mind. Highly recommended!
Refreshing view on learning techniques, if only I had these tools/tips when I was cramming as an undergraduate, I would have had a much easier (and more effective) experience. Highly recommended.
This course changed the way I learn. It showed me my mistakes in learning.I think it is very helpful for everyone!
Thank you for this wonderful course! I will keep on learning using the techniques that this course taught me.
Excellent course, felt a little short however - but the material was fantastic!
I could relate to this team, they shared parts of their journey towards their current learning acuity. Their research is so solid, you will build a sturdy learning style that will hold you up no matter what. I just love this course!!!
Very useful course
Most helpful.
Outstanding. Everyone should do it!
I really enjoyed following this course! Thanks a lot for such a rich and pleasant content. I am definetly recommending it to my friends.
A easy and fun course, not only gives you some aspect of the brain facts, highly related to the learning activities, but also tells you some practical skills to help learning.
Prof. Oakley is awesome. It's quite difficult to understand Prof. Sejnowsky because he's just reading what he's saying.
Very Helpful in helping me by giving me clarity to some of my flaws in studying and giving me new and effective learning techniques
Invaluable teachings.
Great course. It really gets your mind in a good place for other courses.
It was a great experience were i learned new things that will improve my life.
An interesting courses about learning and brain.advanced knowledge for everyday use !
Great and very motivational intro course.
Must for everyone!!
Very interesting course that can help improve how you learn. I definitely recommend reading the optional text "A Mind for Numbers" by Barbara Oakley.
This course is full of great ideas on how to effectively learn and understand different subjects, its helpful in every area of life, I'm happy that I took part in this course and grateful to the people that put this materials together and also to the nice and wonderful Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski that delivered this course. It will surely help me in life going forward.
Happy to learn how to learn. It is very helpful
Interesting! Many recommendations on reading materials.
Interesting! Many recommendations on reading materials.
This is an excellent course that let you re-visit your learning skills.
This course was very much fun and has excellent learning materials. Everyone should learn this techniques to enhance/improve their method of learning. It would be better if such type of courses are taken during the school days so we all can improve accordingly but it is never too late to learn.
Superb course with lot of examples to grasp the idea. This course also had video interviews with eminent personality to understand how they used their brain. That was awesome.
Great course!! Do help me a lot in study!!! Especially chemistry and mathematics!
I have reviewed this course many times after finishing it. I have to say this is a very useful course for many people who are struggling on how to learning, and this helped me a lot, too! I really like it!
Practical tips are few, and neuroscience is not the title of the course, but is widely discussed. The title implies "Tools for learning" but I didn't get anything useful out of this course.
the best
It presents very useful tips for taking tests and there is a lot of information regarding what it's known nowadays about how our brain works and how to take the best of it in order to improve your learning process. I loved the course!
Entertaining and very useful course for anyone who wants to improve their learning strategies across a variety of disciplines. Highly recommended!
It's a great course, but of course I'll need to revisit it again.
Loved the instructors, especially Dr Oakley's presentation. Her tone and presentation reassured me that I can tackle the toughest subjects.This course could not have been taught by a better instructor.
This course gives excellent tools to improve the way people learn. I am applying most of them and they work GREAT.
Excellent and informative!
With I had this earlier!
Love love loved this course - read the corresponding book and recommend both to anyone who will listen. I have implemented many of the techniques not just in my own learning and time management efforts - but for my crew at work. The follow up material keeps the learning going - Great stuff!
Impresive! Solutions for life.
An amazing well designed course, Barbara really knows about brain process and how it acquires knowledge!
Enjoyed this and as it says on the tin... I now know better was to learn.
An amazing course on the very fundamentals of how to learn. I am pursuing my doctoral degree and I wish I had access to this course in the early days of my college or even better in high school.
This course was very helpful. The instructors were subject-matter experts and they've provided a lot of effective learning techniques that were able to help me maximize my learning experience.
Great Course, amazing professors! Thanks you.
It was great help in my study. It was better than my expectation. It covered many topic and lectures were easy to understand. Thank you to UC, Dr.Barbara Oakley, Dr.Terrence and coursera for this course.
This course is literally changing my life. Discovering various tools for learning and figuring out which ones and in which combinations work best for me has been an interesting and fruitful journey. Studying for GRE has become fun for me.In short, I like it so much!Thank you for creating this thoroughly thought through course and for allowing to access it indefinitely.
Excellent Instructors, curricula and interviews.
Surprisingly useful. This course title may deceive you into thinking it is only self-help "bullsh*t", but actually it is highly fundamented on solid scientific concepts, and, more important: what this course teaches you REALLY WORKS. Everybody should embrace the concepts this course presents!
Fantastic!!! Made me rethink all I "knew" about learning and ability to learn!
Effective, quick, easy to understand, assimilate and apply. Loved the course, the teachers and the tests. Would recommend it to students, teachers, educators, and everyone who wants more out of life. :)
A great course that gave me new techniques for more effective learning.
This course was very helpful to motivate me to learn better and reach my goals.
its an amazing course. It introduces to some important tips for working on difficulties with ease. the concepts are taught in a very innovative and efficient way.thanks to the great teacher :)
I really wish that I had the chance to take this class while i was in college or before I went to college. I was such a dumb that I didn't have these great techniques and I just wasted my 3 year college life. When I recall my college life, I just didn't learn much. I just went for the exams. It's pathetic honestly; however, now I have learned the GREAT tools from this class that I am going to teach all to my brother who is a sophomore in college now, and learning never ends that I can apply all the tools into my life long learning. Thanks a lot for offering such an incredible class for free.I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS CLASS.
I will recommend the Coursera students to start with this course in order to make the most of other future courses. My only complain will be that it relays too heavily on videos, and having a reinforcement in text would help students like me.
best course ever. Fantastic. Really interesting. couldn't get enough. Overcoming procrastination tactics really useful in all life areas, not just study.
Very good ideas and information for how can receive the learn and more important than that is how to use all this learned.
Great course. Even for people who are not students.
Revolutionary Course
Absolutely great course.!
Thank you very much for teaching me how to learn. I really appreciate both of you for this very nice course. I really learned a lot and I promise I will use knowledge from this course to improve my learning skills!
Very helpful to those preparing to learn new material
An incredible course!. For me was an eye opener and an inspiration. The fear of not being able to learn things that to me are difficult has dissipated. I feel empowered! Barbara is an fantastic teacher. She really knows how to have her material understood. She makes it interesting and absolutely fun!. I was always looking forward to the videos and tests. Thank you so much! I know how my brain works, so I can tackle it the right way
I like the course very much, because it is not just completely understandable and logical structured,but it gives a lot of useful advices. Thank you!!
Best class ever.
This course is revealing very important facts about learning and presents a few very good tricks how to more easily and effectively learn new things. During this course, I realised that there is basically no such thing as excuses like you don't have talent for something or you're not smart enough. All you need to do is to get involved, stay open-minded for new ideas, and enjoy the process of learning.
It was GREAT experience and a bit tough. I need to review some videos and do some optional reading, but it gave me a way to think more and try easy ways of learning something new.Thank you all for this opportunity.G.K.
Great way to get motivated to learn! I think this is a great course for anyone interested in learning. Try it!
One more teacher better
I had a rewarding experience by taking this course in many ways!
Thankful for Professor Oakley and Professor Sejnowski for teaching about learning. I'm more confident in making more progress in learning now that I understand how our mind works better. Thank you!
Course is great. I have one complaint though. Mind mapping is absolutely a brilliant technique but only when done at the end of studying a subject trying to fit together all the pieces.
This course will change my life
A beautifully structured course that I enjoyed very much. All the information presented in it was packaged in an easy-to-comprehend manner by both the instructors. An added bonus - the bonus interviews and extensive resources (most of which I still need to finish) add on re-emphasize the points made in the video presentations. I have started applying the techniques taught in this course and I am sure with practice I will be able to gain a better hold on those techniques and improve my learning.Thank you both Barbara and Steve! It was a pleasant experience taking your MOOC. :-)Best Wishes,Swati
really really really good! that's why students can learn more and more from here!
It's a well constructed course. Thanks to the course co-ordinator for preparing such a good course. I have learned about brain and memory. I think it's gonna help me to make my life and others life beautiful.
A very useful course, especially if you are returning to an academic environment and want to improve your approach to your studies. Not only can you learn techniques to be more effective as a learner, but increase your understanding of why these techniques works. There are also interesting optional materials, such as interviews, available!
Take a step back and check if your learning techniques are in good shape! It´s an eye-opening course that you'll want to retake every now and then. I'll definitely come back to this course every month or so!
This is my first course on this site and I really enjoyed it. The interesting thing is, some of the things the professors spoke about are things I've done before but it wasn't that effective because I did it wrong. This course simply teaches how to learn effectively but it's up to you to practice what you've been thought. The professors are wonderful and so are the interviews. Either you are having difficulty studying or you want to improve your studies, this course is great!
Real good stuff, everyone should do it!
This course gives greater insight into what we use everyday. The information was useful in helping to identify the current habits being practiced. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve and maximize the natural resource that we have, that is our brain.
A very useful and inspiring course
This course should be made mandatory for every kids in school.
Very simple but insightful course. I especially like the options interview at the end of each weeks lectures.
The instructors are very professional and know how to "pass" the knowledge. Very liked the idea of doing small quizzes at the end of each video lectures!!!
Fantastic tools which can be applicable towards pretty much anything.
very great and useful course
I loved it! Very easy to understand and beneficial for everyday life.
Great course with tools to use anywhere.
It is one of the course that can boost one's potential to learn new knowledge
Great. It's a short course that brings a lot of interesting tips and subjects that make you think and learn better. It's very helpful for me and I enjoyed a lot!
I landed up reading the book that this course was based on and I feel it did an excellent job condensing the concepts from the book into an easy to absorb fashion. I plan to use many of the recommendations this course made and already found the lesson on the diffuse mode helping my more creative endeavors (made my Best Man speech much better when I just let my mind wander first!). However, while I found the HW assignments made this course easy to complete which is likely the goal, I'm wondering if the course could be more creative in providing assignments that really help the students practice to absorb the concepts for this book for the long term.
As a PhD researcher I found many of the concepts I already use to learn articulated in a more formal and in depth way as well as picking up a few new tips that will benefit my learning going forward.
This course will blow you away! It will provide you with many interesting tricks how to learn efficiently and with fun. You will find information on many topics.
I highly recommend it.
Things are explained in "simple" manner, interesting information ( don't rush it, take 1-2 lesson(s)/day ).Loved it!
Really helpful. Anyone should try it out.
It's a great course! The video's are very clear and interesting. Didn't experience a dull moment in this course. Thank you!
An Amazing Course!
Fantastic course I would recommend to everyone! Not only do you learn how your brain works regarding the learning process, but it also helps you boost your self-confidence and try things you always wanted to but thought they were not for you.
This is an amazing course. Everbody should take it.
The best course ever.
Wroth it
Incredibly eye opening.
Great practical information on how to improve as a learner, and thus improve your life. Highly recommended
Currently I'm MD graduated and pass my first board the last year and now I'm studying to complete all my boards, and this course actually is helping me to be a better learner now comparated with before, the techniques and advices related how to learn more efficiently and deep are excellent.
Extremely useful course. I wish I had been exposed to this information two decades ago. I have started to use techniques learned not only in studying but also in other areas of both my personal and professional life. Learning is part of our personal lifelong evolution. It is a gift to learn how to improve this process. Thanks to the professors for their wonderful contribution.
This course is very effective, practical, fun, concise and easy to apply.
Enjoyed it!
I highly recommend this class. I have a problem with being distracted and the techniques help me with this. The course helped me understand how my mind can learn better.
Anything you want to learn after this course will be A Piece of Cake.I've always advised my friends that the first thing you should learn is how to learn.. And I'm absolutely Right!
Great Course!Very easy to understand and apply in daily basis.I would recomend that If you're starting to participate in MOOCs courses and specialization, consider to include at the very begining to take this Course.Barbara Oakley and her team did a good job preparing this amazing workshop.Regards,Carlos Galan
It's great to learn how our brain works when it comes to acquiring new knowledge or even when trying to remember the grocery list. It's been a very pleasant journey.
Great course, with many interesting tips and tricks to improve your learning. Each segment is a short, compressed input of well presented, helpful informations.Practical rules and methods are given, which can be applied easily into your way of learning.Thanks for the effort!
Well designed and efficiently conducted. Congrats!
This course is so applicable and practical for day-to-day learning and sharing :) In fact, it is so infectious that I have since shared the strategies/tips with my family and close friends; and introduced them to sign up for this MOOC via Coursera. Thank you very much for this awesome learning opportunity. Very grateful for the resources and sharing! Looking forward to my next MOOC :)
It's helps me a lot to identify my learning habits, especially the bad ones.
Awesome course! I loved it. Thank you very much!
This class was extremely helpful with teaching some of the most basic learning skills we never learned growing up. We've all been put in school and told to go learn but we were never taught how to learn! Thanks to both the professors avid input and tips on tackling tough material, I now feel much more confident heading into any type of course of program of study.
The course is so helpful! And Barbara is the best. Very charismatic and on point.
great course
It´s awsome
I have learnt a lot of new ideas about learning and our brain,it is a fatanstic class
Very useful at any time in life!
Very helpful. It's this kind of skill that can benefit your whole life, serve you as the basement of learning any other things!
This course has really helped me not about learning how to learn but also how to deal with procrastination and to use the diffuse mode of thinking in solving problems in other areas of my life. A brilliant course indeed. Although not compulsory, the book by Barbara Oakley called A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) is a good companion material for this course.
The course is great, it gave me tools, which I can implement in my study immediately.
Thanks to Barbara and her colleagues for this wonderfull course! it was interesting, helpful, easy to understand and fascinating :-) i enjoyed the images and videos within the course, the tests and questions after each video were very helpful to pass the final test and practise all the techniques (such as recall, mini tests etc) which were described and suggested at course.
Excellent videos and excellent explanations of the professors.However I was very disappointed by the cost of the certificate and the fact that it could not be acquired as free, proving that I actually have passed the course
Great course giving me zeal to learn new things!!It's perfect course you can take at Coursera
I would have liked to learn all this long time ago, i will definitely put it on practice, Thank you.
This course practices what it preaches. Learning how to learn requires doing the techniques taught on how to learn. It's chunked nicely and gives great real-world examples of how to apply these techniques. Biological and psychological concepts are incorporated which helps to add to realities and destroy misconceptions about learning. Fantastic course, will be taking it again and again over the years to really learn the material and share it with others.
This course is a must. It explains a lot of key concepts that prove essential for anyone who wants to be a more efficient learner on any subject.The various topics are presented in a fun and easy way. And in case you don't get it just rewind the video or look for help on the discussion boards.Another plus are the various interviews with people sharing experiences and difficulties on their specific areas of knowledge.
I really enjoyed this course and found it to be very helpful. A lot of the information was common sense, but the science behind the rationale was very interesting and useful in learning anything new. It will also be very helpful to me as I commit to learning and retaining new information. I know the steps and their value in creating a better working memory and long-term memory for myself.
This is an amazing course and the companion text is awesome. In just a few weeks I was able to share theses skills in a workshop I was facilitating on text taking and each one of the graduate students who attended was able to pass using some very basic technics.
This course is very helpful for me. I'm now more confident in learning whatever I'm interested in. I highly recommend it.
A great course for helping you understand how your mind works. I have learned that learning need not be something laborious but rather it can be a fun journey with the right tools and techniques. I look forward to applying what I have learned to all aspects of my life, not just in my formal education.
Only part 3 was partly interesting and usefull. All the rest is vain.
A great course!
Excellent course to take regardless of academic level.
Exceptional! A calm, easily grasped, and informative course on how the brain reacts to learning. One comes away not only with much understanding on the learning centers of the brain, but how to utilize several mental tools to overcome one's own learning difficulties. Highly recommended!
Insightful, and very helpful. This course will help you shape your studying and learning techniques, as it teaches you valuable skills. I would recommend it to anyone who is about to start a new course of study or someone who likes learning and wants some more efficient ways to do so and retain what new information is gained.
Please you must do this...it will make a difference in your live
Mandatory class for anyone and everyone. In college, post-grad, elementary school, life long learning, this course is open to all. The material is clearly and simply explained. Providing life changing skills and habits.
It does start a bit slowly and after the first week I did not think much of it, but it did improve a lot from the second week onwards so be patient with it. I recommend it wholeheartedly!
The best thing is that this course teaches you how to surpass procrastination with simple but effective techniques.
Course is informative and organised. I would like to sincerely thank both the professors and their team who put all this together.
If you're looking for tool to help you learn more, and be a more effect learning then this is a course that will help you achieve that goal!
Really helpful :) Thanks
great course, learned a lot. will apply the same in my life.
Very interesting course. Every one should take it as it teaches you techniques you can use in your everyday life.
Positive and nice speakers, a lot of helpful tips, thanks.
This course has opened up my mind to why I do certain things, like procrastinate. It also gave me tools for how to overcome my personal hurdles. Thank you for LHTL!!!
I have enjoyed learning from this course.
In our age of exponential change continuous education is becoming an essential part of life. This course provides a vital set of learning techniques that can be applied to any pursuit or career. Highly recommended!!
Great content for learning how to learn.
Amazingly helpful class.
Best-ever Course....Helps you in Any Field...Make You Hero from Zero...
Great class and great teacher, a course every avid learner should take!!
Useful, mostly common sense, but I definitely picked up a few new tips, and as explained in the course, a small change can make a big difference.
Very, very useful and interesting. I recommend it to every learner.
Great tools to improve ones learning outcomes :)
Very Very good and Funny Teachers of this Course, i recommend you , you won't believe all the skills that you have and you did not know about it
It's fantastic, useful and very professional! Great work!
I really like the way this course was done. It was full of explanations, metaphor, and allegory, such as learning methods they have presented. The MCQ at the end were great, and all the MOOC was done according to the learning concepts they wanted to present.Thank you :D
It was my first course on Coursera and it was so awesome! Very helpful personalities, always lovely to listen to and learn from. Thank you so much for all the work that you have put into this project and course, it was a tremendous help for me and countless others.
I had not yer finished but I am stuck to the screen. Simple, easy to understand at my actual level of knowledge, it promisses me to open an vast sight view of learning
I am loving this course!
It is great course
This course has been so inspiring for me. It taught me to have confidence in my own learning abilities.Thanks so much!
It helps me to improving my learning skills very effectively.
helpful and meaningful for myself.
Great course! THanks for the paced interleaved sessions :)WIsh there was a continual mechanism we could come back to and build on our learning as time goes on. I think this was a great courses introducing us to important concepts in learning how to learn and not just what to learn. Hopefully can get rid of bad habits myself.
One of the interesting courses around. Fits everyone irrespective of their profession, age, interests.Taught by experts in the field
I didn't expect too much, but I was wrong!
EXCELENT MOOC! I really enjoyed it, and it was very helpful for my new skills!
A life changing course! A MOOCer tip: take this course before you take any other one!
Absolutely amazing course. I recommend it to every person that finds learning difficult ! Why they didn't teach me that in school ... ? Now I am really learning - first time in my life ( and I'm 29 years old). I love you Barb and Terry for doing it for us and THANK YOU X
love it ;) highly recommend it
just one comment. I wish I had this tool when I was studying at university. I has tremendous tools and advise to make your study more effective and meaningful. Great job in preparing his course, I am sure many are already enjoying the results of applying such tools.
Great material, great lecturer! Well done
Very useful and informative
A very interesting and entertaining and useful course. The course is interactive and Prof. Oakley is great. These tools can be used to learn any physical and mental skill. I am glad I took it.
Videos lectures from Barbara were amazing, full of memorable analogies and metaphors. Also very structured and informative. All in all, it was a very inspiring and helpful course for me
it been a good guide on how i can be a better learner. learn where are my pit falls and how to move out of it
I find this course awesome but I had some problems to watch videos and givig exams, so I couldn't pass exams in proper time
So helpful!!!
Excellent! I recommend it to anyone, not only students.
Excellent. The course progresses from simple to complex learning methods.I found Dr.Oakley's candid declaration of her anxieties with Math and Sciencegave me tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue my studies in Mathand Science. I am already sharing my knowledge from this course with others.Thanks to Dr.Oakley and her team.
This course is based on brain science and neurology, many of its methods or tips for being a better learner are useful and ignored easily on daliy life.
Very useful course. Gives simple and easy to follow instructions on how to learn more effectively and avoid procrastination.
This course teaches you many aspects & the processes of learning that can be ignored by anybody. This is an Eye-opener for anyone who wants to stay on the right track of Life Long Learning!!-AnieshIndia
This course help me to structure my knowledze about sevreal learning principles which i once heard or read about (e.g. overlearning, focused/difused modes,procrastination problems) plus I was first acquintated with some new learning techniques such as "pomodoro".Good "delivery" of material from lectors, and several really exciting additional videos. My overall score for course 4.5
This course is a MUST if you have to learn a huge amount of information over long period of time. I was learning for a certificate and it took me 200+ hours over two months. This course showed me how to learn efficiently.
this course is more then just usefull. this course help me to love study again. I also like the way barbara shows the information and her voice. She is the great teacher i guess.
I felt this course gave me practical tools to enhance my studying and increase my learning. I purchased the optional book, and found that reading it after completing the lectures helped to solidify the concepts learned during lectures. Barbara and Terry put together an excellent program. I regret I did not have sufficient time to view all the optional videos, but I'm hoping to go back and view them in the coming weeks.
Of many things that life is about,it surely is about learning.This course is a must;no matter what discipline you are majorly from.It will help you to become a more efficient learner given that you work on the concepts,techniques mentioned.The way it has been presented only makes it more interesting,with humour,animations and interesting things.I enjoyed it very much.Do give it a try!!
Very useful for my future learning !
It's a great course.It changes the perspective of the way we learn and the ways which we thought obsolete were the best ways to learn. The best course that I had ever taken.
Great course, will help you get tips on how to tackle tough stuff , go for it!!!
Is very Interesant
This course is excellent. I gives many techniques to help improve learning which are applicable to any subject, as well as giving insight into how the learning process in our brains actually work. Dr. Oakley, who is the main presenter, does a wonderful job presenting the material.
This is an excellent course for anyone who wants to be a better learner or help students become better learners!
"Learning How to Learn" should be the single prerequisite to all courses offered free on Coursera.
Good practical and technical information... Applicable skills for making time spent studying easier and more effective.
Awesome Course !! I wish I had taken this course before I finish my Bachelor degree.
Excellent course, well structured with easy to follow explanations and very relevant to anyone at any stage in life. Highly recommended, thanks for the effort in putting it together.
I love the course! It enlightened me about so many things and helped to create a new way of studying. I can`t be more grateful to people who have come up with it.
Thoroughly enjoyable, the enthusiasm of the tutors is inspiring. Also lots of useful knowledge here. I have recommended the course to my sons (and my students).
Great Course!
Loved it!
An interesting and eye opening course that was intriguing and fun. Thank you for teaching me about learning!
I really liked this course, it was fast and easy to do in a good way. It helped me to understand many things about learning in a really efficient way; i would have preferred a more deep explanation on mnemotechnics.
I'm just about to start Week 4 of this most interesting course on Learning. Barbara is clear and concise, and every section opens my eyes to even more ways of "learning how to learn". All round, this has exceeded my expectations. Thank you University of California from a UK student.
Great course, especially first two weeks
Many learning techniques was exposed in this course and they help me alot on my learning adventures.
Extremely helpful!
Very helpful tips for my life.
It's really usefull and can help in your future learning. Thank you for this course!
Great Course!!, because learning it's a fundamental tool in our lives, to really learn the contents, for chasing our dreams!
Absolutely loved this course with a very engaging presenter. I wish I had learned these techniques years ago as I am sure I would have taken a lot more in my memory and done better with my degree.
It is very interesting and useful course!
Really interesting content and I found it offered useful advice not just for academic studying but also for improving my day to day life as well - I strongly recommend this one!
It's an excellent course, very useful, and the most important is that, it's easy to learn.
Great course, really useful, full of positive energy and cool ideas.
Very very very simple talks and excellent teachers. English isn't my native language but it is not a problem with such a clear explanations.
A very powerful course with a lot of useful information.
Great course. The teachers are fantastic and the materia fascinating. I have learned great concepts I will use in the future.
I loved it. It changed my life and my loved ones adore me for sharing what I've learned!
This course is very useful and I really liked it. It provided interesting and useful information which backed up with neurological discoveries and gave useful tips and activities for student to learn better. It also listed interesting popular readings and academic journals for reference.
This course has exceeded my expectations. I learnt very useful tools to improve my learning and have a strong state of mind avoiding learning hindrances.Ms.Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski were great in each lecture due to their domine of the topics and a clear and practical approach of the information presented.I would recommend this course to everybody who´s welling for learning how to learn based in a scientific backup.
Fantastic course. Very useful
Useful tools and tips for studying. Very good examples and descriptions in trying to explain various things in course.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I think this should be a general course taught to all that are interested in maximising and optimising their learning abilities. Applies especially to students and those learning new material.
Awesome and a half
Awesome course, highly recommend it.
make your have some idea about learning.and the tips mentioned in this course really help you in your future learning.
Excellent course material, thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite course. Too eager to see how much I can apply into reality!!!
Thank you for this great course. I have learnt so much from this course and realized what was I doing wrong while trying to learn in the past. Pomodoro technique is making a big difference in my life. Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley.
This course was outstanding in content and delivery, with a great mix of facts, examples and practice, as well as good tips. I am already using the tactics in everyday life! Worth doing if you're a teacher, a parent, or just someone who loves learning.
Good basic knowledge but I felt that I already knew most of it. Still very well put together and definetly recommend it to high school or university students.
I should have taken this course when I was a student. I would have done so much better!
It's a life changing course. I recomend to everyone!
Very helpful and useful course>
In my opinion, this course in one of the best online courses I've attended in my life.
This course helps identify methods and behaviors that will help you learn and improve memory as well as the key practices to avoid that can harm your ability to learn and understand. The material could be summarized into a shorter course, but it would not come with the explanation of the reasons WHY the methods work, and it is likely that you will get more value by completing this full course and following the methods outline here with confidence.
Amazing course
I use the techniques described daily and they work. Recommend this as basically the most fundamental course you can have for your learning about the best way you can learn the most.
Important for my future learning.
Great course to do at 36, but I wish I had it done at 18! Thank you Coursera, UCSD and the whole Learning how to Learn team for this mind changing opportunity! :-)
I think that diffuse the knowledges for free is a beautiful thing but i think also that i can learn quickly if i can learn also in my mother language because my englesh is not so good. I understand that also this is a way to speak a better english for me, but is possible that other students know already english language.
A brief, well paced, and well put together course that teaches you the practical skills needed to be a more efficient learner.
I did not find any tools offered very useful or helpful
WOW! Great course!
Brilliant journey into how our brain operates when we are studying new subjects or acquiring information from the world outside.A lot of interviews with interesting people who share their own techniques of memory training, studying and struggling with procrastination.Easy to understand and worth applying in your real study activities!
Excellent course that really helped me focus on efficient study skills and pass these on to my school students. Thoroughly enjoyed the course content and the way in which is was structured.Thank you.
Wonderful course so far! The name is very accurate and I feel myself growing mentally (significantly!) in a much quicker time. Thanks!
very informative and useful. Thank you Barbara Oakley
Thanks to the well-organized, informative, and helpful course!
Very enjoyable and interesting, and definitely beneficial to my mindset when I need to do important work.
Very easy, but probably helpful
A practical course which i hope to use to help young underprivileged children to learn and master subjects which they find intimidating. thank you
This is my first course on coursera and it's really good. I have learnt many effective learning techniques through this course. I would recommend this course to everyone.
A great course with a wonderful mix of nuggets of neuroscience and tips and tricks to make your learning faster, stronger, and more long-lasting. The videos are short and crisp and do not beat about the bush. The subtle element of humour in everything, including test options, adds to the awesomeness. Wish there's a sequel to this!
Great course. Highly recommend.
Absolutely brilliant, inspiring, insightful!
Useful for anyone interested in becoming a better learner
This is a very valuable and interesting course. Being an educator I already had a solid background in theories of learning, but I still learned new information about how people learn. The videos were engaging and easy to follow. I would recommen
This course is amazing! I am already using the techniques in all aspects of my life and has been great!Thank you very much for doing courses like this one, so, people can grow both intellectual and spiritually.
Excellent material - really enjoyed learning how to learn and the material is definitely applicable for me everyday ... and as I embark on continuous education through Coursera.
Learned so much about my ability to learn
YAY! My first online course done with learning how to learn! Well done will use this to chunk the other upcoming online courses. This will serve as basic and fundamental of learning everything I want to learn on the rest of courses. Keep learning effectively for life and explore the world of passion. Kudos!
Very insightful and useful for anyone and everyone as it makes u understand how your brain learns subjects and topics in general.
A very easy and comprehensible way to improve your mental and study skills! More then recommended, it's a "must have it" course!
Incredibly well delivered piece of very improtant knowldege, thanks a lot for this hard work of brigning it to life.
Great course! Excellent resources included! You can complete the entire course in a few hours.
Really basic, with some interesting stuff but could be reduced to a third of the time...
Great!Highly importent to me
Simple but Great course that introduces some awesome and effective mental tools..Great for mastering anything which involves learning,understanding and memorizing.
simple and clear, good stuff! I learn a few good concepts that I look forward to apply to my daily life!
This course should be introduced at the beginning of higher school education.Thank you so much.
anyone will definitely learn something
Many thanks to the Lecturer.This lecture is very useful and makes me able to learn more efficiently.A minor critique of mine: Introduction part or the first week lecture seems not coherent with the final part. The week four lecture is narrowed to "taking test techniques" while since the start I expect that the lecture will cover broader techniques in mastering certain skill like: studying, playing guitar, doing office activity, etc (as explained in week1).
It is an very impresive class and providing us many effective methods to deal with the difficulties when we learning.
Amazing course! Helps you understand better how you brain works during the learning process and provide useful tools to master subjects. Highly recommended.
Inspiring, engaging, liberating and delivered in an easy-to-get-and-apply manner. And for people who want to learn - that is the purpose of Coursera after all ;-) - what better way than to get the right mindset, tips and tools? Highly recommend it.
The class had solid substance and helpful techniques. I learned even more than I thought I would.
Thank you very much for your effort, I am better now because of this.
This is by far the best course I have taken on Coursera. It reminds me of the techniques that I have long been abandoned and introduces intriguing part on improving myself. This one is simply brilliant. I will definitely recommend this course to any full-time undergraduate student to take!
Really interesting concepts and well explained with simple vocabulary.
Excellent course. Challenged preconceptions and reminded me about my own responsibilitiesin learning
Help me a lot in learning. Make me understand why my hard work doesn't paid off.
This is an amazing course.
wonderful course !!!! I loved it :)
Reading the recommended book along with following this course can transform anybody from Super Dumb to Super Learner. Highly recommended for Students.
Contained a lot of valuable material well presented.
I like it, great course. this even if my connection isn't so good in this days, but luc
Very useful, I wished I had such an opportunity before starting to learn...
Wonderful, useful, insightful, interesting, entertaining.
It's very good cours!
Absolutely fantastic.
It's a fantastic course,very useful for students and everybody.Thanks for coursera for offering this course.I have learn alot by this course.Thank you so much for all the teachers who tough us very well,and all of the team of coursera for your hard work.
Incredibly useful tools! More then worth the time.
Great, scientific, accessible.
Simple and useful ideas and practices. helps you to understand why your learning has NOT always been successful in the past, and provides excellent pointers on how to learn and retain what you have learnt.
This course should be taught in any education system from the earliest age. It's really useful to whoevener consider himself as a life long learner. Thank you Barbara Oakley
I LOVE IT!!! thanks to all who made this possible!
Everyone should be required to take this class from about 6th grade. Such fantastic information that has changed the way I teach and learn.
Amazing, I think it will help me a lot with my studies and in life generally..
Course is simple, yet very effective! Had a nice time learning how to learn!!
I learn a lot from this course.The dicussion below each video, it's useful. Through dicussion, it's easy to get deep understood the course.Thanks you!
Useful and interesting knowledge about process of learning.
I found the course to be interesting and potentially useful. The instructors were knowledgeable, dynamic and witty keeping my attention throughout. The quizzes were applicable and kept within context of the module material. This was my first course with Coursera so I used it as a "test" course and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be moving on to other courses of interest. I highly recommend this course.
Great course. The information is very useful, and I'm pretty skeptical about most self-help type courses and books. I recommend this one.
Compactly provided information that is relevant.
Excellent. It really changed my way of learning of new things and It was really very helpful for me.
The most useful mental facilities I've ever been taught.
Very powerful!!!
This course has changed my way of learning. Moreover, it can change my life too.Thank Coursera very much for this course.
Very good course because you can use the described learning technics right away. Not only for learning but also as a help in daily life. Definitely recommend this course to everyone.
This course is a must for students and teachers alike. As a final year neuroscience PhD candidate I expected to know by now how to learn, yet I got a wealth of advice and new insights. It is a very useful course, with two very good teachers. Not only do they give you great studying and test taking tips, which you can apply immediately (which is why I think teachers should follow this course as well), they give you a lot of scientific background to these tips.
This course is very practical and teaches me a lot of useful tools I can immediately apply to improve my learning efficiency. I would recommend this course to my friends who want to improve their learning skills.
This is an amazing class. It makes my professional life easy as well as my personal life. Everybody should take this class, and also the teachers are brilliant about all subjects that we see in class.
A useful and enjoyable course. I will definitely be trying to change my study habits to benefit from the ideas and approaches shown in this course.
Great course~!
Amazing for Learning and Life as well.. Thank you Professor !
Funny, Easy & EXtremely useful.
This is a class that everyone should take. It applies not only on tests for students but furthermore, for everyone who wishes to learn continuously throughout his/her life time (any subject). It helps tremendously knowing that there are techniques that you can exercise and practice in order to enrich the learning experience, and most vitally, absorbing and remembering what you learn.
Not challenging, but quite valuable in the outcomes one gets from taking it. It consists in solid, science-driven, evidence-based guidance on how to learn any subject.
This was by far one of the best decisions I made in my life to take this course. Dr.Barbara and Dr.Terrence really put together a prime course with lots of useful information, I highly recommend!!Thank you Dr. Barbara and Dr.Terrence, thank you Coursera.Jeff Pereira.
It was an awesome experience going through the videos and thinking about the material later. I would find myself eager to watch the furthur videos. THe instructors were clear, and explained well. The video quality, editing were top notch. Overall, definitely a great experience
Introduced some simple and yet powerful techniques to help with my procrastination.
I take this course a second time.
very very helpful
Very intersting topics and teachers,thank you a lot from a ex-but-never-end student
I really enjoyed this course. It reiterated my belief that if one has the passion and perseverance, there is no limit to learning. The faculty were amazing. The interviews and extra reading material were
This course is simply amazing! It's well-structured and explains learning in simple, accessible ways. I've learned so much about learning, and realised that many things I used to do were wrong. You can get hands-on and actively change how you learn, bit by bit, as you go through the course. Barb and Terry's voices gave me a lot of confidence in myself, too!
It is very informative, descriptive and straight to the point. The lecturers did such a tremendous work. Many thanks to the team.
The quiz questions were laced with humour and made it easier to recall the techniques. Lot of new facts and information were shared in the course and I believe it will really help me address one huge problem: procrastination.
I loved how the course covered all aspects of learning. It was very helpful
It's very useful! This course help me to change the way i learn.
The topic is very useful whatever stage you are in life.The professor is very engaging and nice.
Just terrific! I am loving this course, and it's helping me to clarify some of my doubts.
Great course. Kinda helpfull for all studets
I find this course extremely valuable for me, even though I finished my studies couple of years ago. Now I look at the process of studying from different perspective with very well understanding the processes involved in understanding and memorizing things. I really recommend this course for everyone!
Excellent course, teaches on a very clear way techniques on how to improve your learning skills. Also it motivates you to learn new subjects. Thanks Barbara Oakley, your course really made me think a lot about my education.
Excellent information. Valid research information.
Very powerful and explicit especially very for persons who understood that to make this world a better place requires better and an excellent grasp of knowledge. Learning How to Learn gives you that mental capacity to learn more effectively since you cannot think on what you don't know.Thanks, I'm truly enjoying myself.
A must learn for anyone who wants to take it to the next level
This should be mandatory in schools! :D
Taught all of the basic essentials in how to learn; I myself learned a lot.I would however have liked a "real life" set of examples showing how what was taught would change or fit into the workflow of an actual student. For example, it could show how a student using the knowledge in the course vs. an average student would go about their coursework (reading assignments, homework, tests, essays, etc.)Thank you so much for providing this course!
Very useful!!!
Facilitator well articulate the concept of learning and steps of learning. It is also easy to understand and practice along the way!
Very very useful! Thank you very much, i recommend it!
This course changed my perspective about the process of learning.It gave me a deep understanding of how my brain works.It also provided important facts about memory and significant techniques such as the pomodoro and memory palace. Dr Oakely gave some really helpful tips to help overcome your stress during tests and showed how to make the best use of your neural system.I'm really happy that I learned how to learn :)
This course have change my way of learning, it will help me a lot to be a better learner
Highly useful insight into how memory works and how one can utilise the brain correctly.
Great course ! Thank you !
a brilliant job with links to Psychology that supplant all the Education Sciences courses
I like this so far and have been using some of the information in my other class on Software Security.
This is a very inspiring course to study, thank you Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski!
Thank you for this amazing course, You've taught me new learning techniques and reminded the old ones, that I knew, but didn't use. I loved how you explained the information, visualized it, used different examples and made me think about my learning habits. Thanks again.
This course is absoloutely fantasticIt is packed with useful information, which I also found encouraging and motivatingThe 2 instructors are pleasant to listen to
Although i did not get the certificate, this course is really what i've been waiting for to improve my learning skill!
Very useful!
Very interesting! I'm sharing the video with my students. (with permission of course ;))
This course is incredibly good. It is helping me to learn how to learn, but also has give me a new passion for neuroscience and some related topics. The teachers are excelent. I think that I'm going to do it two times!
Thanks.. it will save my life
This course can make someone a full-fledged self learner!
It is a very good course where you can learn lots of important tips on learning and about brain's neural processes.
Very useful and practical concepts!
I am at week three of this course and I'm already using the techniques learned here. It really works!Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This class is jam packed with tools, tips and methodologies to make learning fun and innovative resulting in greater comprehension and making the information sticky.
Nice structure although needed more assignments outside just the quizzes, to get you to use the skills
Great. I learned the best tools for learning.
With this course I learned not only about learning but also how my brain works and many words from English. It is interesting and encouraging, as long as it shows you that your limit is the sky.THANK YOU!!!
Good course, very education
Thank you very much!
Very good ideas about how to learn efficiently
I am a data analyst by trade and every day, I need to learn new things in my career. I struggled with the motivation and consistency to adapt to new technologies, ideas or way of working in the past. This course gives a great understanding and practical know-how of getting back to learning mode at will :)I am really thankful for the staff and teachers for their effort and my classmates for their participation.
Great stuff, techniques to overcome procrastination and study more effectively
Very good course, It lets you know how you should really learn any thing very effectively, I appreciate the teachers who made it possible to reach individuals, Dr. Barbara Oakley is now my one of the best teacher and Dr. Terrance Sejnowski thank you for sharing valuable information and your great knowledge.
You must to take this course! I know now that I waisted time instead of studying before this course.
its a awesome course helping me learn in ways i did not know before
awesome course that everyone should attend
Barbara is an incredible teacher. This course has given me the tools to be able to continue my studies with strength and confidence and without feeling lost. Now I have a guide to follow :) Thanks, thanks and thanks.
Great information, I suppose the key is to apply it.
I want it to be more exciting.
Very nice and useful course, providing simple and concrete learning techniques while explaining how they relate to the brain functions.Lots of interesting online references too: blog postings, articles, websites...I really enjoyed it
Really interesting and learning-helpful. Wish I could learn this course erarlier.
If only I knew these techniques earlier in my life, thank you so much :)
This course offers powerfool tools and tricks not onlyfor learning, but for success in life too.
I followed this course just for entertainment, along with with my normal academic courses (Energy and Nuclear Engineering) but it turned out to be very useful for my study efficiency and proficiency. Very good!PS: animations can be a little bit crappy, but they are effective ;)
Clearly presented, engaging & actionable content, backed by research.
Would give a 3 1/2 stars. This course if very simple and light. Have wonderful insights that help with time management, memorization, being efficient and becoming a better learned. If you have extra time and would like to improve upon your skills, I recommend to take this course. Compared to other courses available, this is one of the simplest course out there and requires around 30-45 minutes a day of video watching.
It is a very useful course for improving our studying competence.
A great course! Everybody should take it before trying to follow any other course!Interesting and useful.
Very useful to all learners out there. It helped me improve my learning technique
This course really changed my process of learning , I learned very important things that I didn't know . things that I learned about brain diffuse and focused mode , exercise to create new neurons and pomodora Technic were really interesting and impressive , thanks a lotBest Regards , Maryam Allahverdi
Terrific course and tutors!
Awesome course that will help me, and my students, to Learn how to Learn
wonderful course
Good instruction, but it was a bit too basic - many of these concepts are common sense to most people in college or beyond.
Incredibly interesting and useful. A must to follow.
Great learning!I started to apply my knowledge since the beginning to my work and to help my kids as well.Thanks Barbara you have inspired me and kept me interested all the time (no an easy task :)) I can't wait to take another course from you.Dalia
Great Course and great teachers,after reading many books about learning, creativity and speed readingfinally i am able to understand and APPLY the technics to study effectively.Thank you very much
This was a fantastic course. Thanks for going so deep. I love how you discuss it from the neurological and psychological angle. I feel this will provide me with the skills I need to consume other courses as well. THANK YOU!
It's apparently not true that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks!" I learned a lot in this course, I just wish I could have taken it when I was 40 years younger. Well worth the time invested, and I hope to use some of the techniques in the near future.
It is an amazing course, I totally love it! I'm so happy that i started this course, lifesaver/changer! Thank you!
I have learned a lot
This course gives you the tools you will wish you had long ago. It will help you understand the way your brain works and work with it, not against it. You'll learn new way to study, use different thinking modes, and use sleep to solidify the material you're learning. The professor uses simple mnemonic's and a lot of visual aides which make it easy to understand and remember the concepts (which in and of itself is a lesson on how to absorb materiel).She's is very personable and cool, and for me personally, struggling to enter college at 26 for the first time, hearing her say she was my age when she started and is now an engineer was very inspiring!
Really interesting and helpful. I strongly recommend this course.
I loved this course and i improve my knowledge
A must take course. Really useful knowledge.
I wish I have heard this when I was finishing school and preparing for University!
Highly rated course.This should be a basic learning for every student from about 12 to 77 years old at least. For youngers, it would be very intersting to adapt this course since it looks like it is not an option sor successful studies... Thank you very much to Barbara OAKLEY and other teachers.Thank you to San Diego University and Coursera.
Eye opening and very relevant to the world we live in. This course should be taught to every teacher and professor in the world before they ever step foot into a classroom.
Great class to take as I prepare to go back to school for a J.D. next year. I will keep my notes on how to learn and use them when I am learning all that new material!
This course is very useful! :)
Loved it...
Frank, friendly and motivating. Excellent!
Exceptional, reliable, immensely helpful and inspiring!
very helpful. I am using the trick taught in this course to enhance my learning.
Great course to help one be aware how they learn and become a more effective learner. Recommended to my 14 years old son to take. It will make his high school years so much more easier and he will be a pro at it by college!
Brilliant course. So incredibly thoughtful and challenging all at the same time. Thank you for changing my approach to learning. I continue to push this course out to everyone I know.
Thanks Miss Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for wonderful course ever. I love this course very much.
If concenterated on some of the memorization techq more that would be wonderful,I hope there will be a new course on this topic with new ideas
The Best. Although i still need to learn more strategies. This course answers the FAQs about How to Laern. a Must have course !!
This course has given me the most useful power as me being a school student, It is real necessary to Learn How To Learn !!
Excellent course. This course help me a lot with learning , understanding and remembering critical ideas and consents in linear algebra . thank you a lot for your time. Definitely worth to take this course.
A wonderful course that teaches us essential life-hacks which promote efficiency in our basic activity namely, learning. A must course people involved in any profession that demands continuous learning and update. Cheers to the learning!
absolutely a good course
I've learnt so much about study techniques that work and the ones that don't. I was able to identify with most of the methods that does not work as it were methods that I personally used. I am eager to start learning other courses and applying what I've learnt in this course to see how my study habits would have i
This is an excellent course. I was having difficulty controlling procrastination and my academic performance was terrible before this course. But now even though I haven't finished yet, I'm able to control procrastination and my productivity soared and it has in turn increased my self-confidence. A million thanks to all those involved in preparing this course!
really loved the course
A great course for all career paths, simple and straight forward with a short finish time. Highly recommended for all learners.
I'd not use the term the best course ever, but instead I must say that this course is one of the greatest and important courses in the Coursera platform. In my opinion, every student regardless of his field of specialization should follow this course to increase the effective learning methods of his own.
This course contains very us eful knowledge for me, thank you very much.
Very instructive course, in a totally pleasant way. It is not a strict one to follow, has a lot of interesting material in various aspects and different views of the issue. And totally pleasant instructor to watch :) It made me think about a lot, both regarding learning as a procedure, as well as about me as a learner. Thank you!
I hope to have gained some useful tools to beat my procrastination; at the very least this course has given me the ability to identify when I slip into procrastinating and methods to break that cycle.
This is a fantastic course and should be either a prerequisite or recommendation for anyone taking any Coursera course. It's simple, easy, insightful, and yet very powerful. Most of the the observations on how to learn may already be familiar, but the explanations put things into a coherent framework. A great review of some useful techniques to help save time by learning more efficiently and productively.Kudos to the presenters and UCSD for keeping it light hearted, interesting, and engaging!I can not recommend this essential course highly enough: Does what it says on the tin!
Good course with some real world techniques that need to be applied in practise to fully develop our learning potential.
Interesting information and a great aid in understanding the process of learning.
This is a wonderful class. The entire team at Learning How to Learn have put together a marvelous course which teaches us how to learn. What I found very helpful was learning that there are things you can do to achieve competence. Becoming a skilled learner is not magic or genetics or esoteric techniques but rather very basic things: putting in time and making it a part of daily living like eating or sleeping, practicing over time and not cramming everything into one day, making the study period consist of varied methods and material, doing self tests, challenging your self by doing hard things to deepen understanding of a topic, recalling material by closing the source or book and trying to make a brief summary statement, using mnemonic methods, analogies, metaphors, visualizations to really help you remember. The most important take-away from this class is that learning requires me to do certain things. If i commit to doing these things, then i can learn anything. Doing a little every day and keeping at it will help you to gain mastery in whatever you wish to learn. Thank you so very much for empowering manny many people by sharing these methods.
Thank You for a great great experience! I think I will be better as soon as I practice more and more. Than You for your words when you advice regarding of feelings of inadequacy. I appreciate that. Thank You Dr. Barbara Okley and Dr. Zejnowsky. Best Regards. Mariela
I am enjoying this course. It's helping me put my best foot forward!
Amazing course. Concepts and ideas are explained very clearly and thoroughly, and all study techniques taught in this course are based on scientific facts and research. Furthermore, option videos show us fantastic examples of people who succeded at learning, and they are all very inspiring. I don't think I can explain how much the ideas taught in this course touched me deeply. For years I've been thinking that it was pointless for me to study properly because my memory is not that great and I would forget things in a matter of weeks. Well, Barbara & co. made me realize that the development of my memory and my brain is in my hands (and not only in my genes) and I can actively work in order to improve them. Now, I won't probably get a PhD in Engineering, but I feel that -with the right motivation and study techniques- I can really achieve almost everything I want. It's really a great feeling. Thank you so much for this course. Highly recommended to everyone, but especially to those who feel insecure about their study methods and academic achievements. I wish someone taught me all of this when I was actually a student!
This should be taken by every student!
Great course! Powerful tools to boost learning process.Thank you Dr. Oakley.
The course is just like the title. It is a very good way to learn how to learn.
It's my second time taking this course, It's simply amazing
Very interesting. Learned a lot.
Should have known these techniques before i started high school. Techniques i learned here have helped me to Increased my learning performance immensely.
Barbara and Terrance were excellent presenters with deep knowledge of the topic and extremely clear presentation skills. I've purchased Barbara's book and read many of Terry's papers. Thank-you for an excellent Coursera.org course!
Very interersting course. It can help everybody in their learning projects.It's a petty though that we can not get a certificate if you are not verified and pay for it.
Very interesting course , i have a good time and learn a lot methods for learning. Спасибо ))))
Great scientific tips on how to study better. The course itself is prepared with these tips, so we will (thankfully) have a hard time to forget the metaphors, analogies and visualizations presented during the course. There's also some interesting interviews to learn more from amazing people.
Recommended to my students!
Great course. Highly recommended.
This course should be a part of every middle school curriculum. Easy enough to understand but strong enough to affect the best learners.
It doesn't matter whether you are young or old, in school or not, you will learn something useful in this course!
Really good course
A must for everyone. This is the first course that you should take if you want to become an expert in any area.
Really a great course. I have learned a lot during this course. It was well explained, the teachers were dynamic and interesting. I believe everyone should take the 2 weeks this course requires in order to become a better learner.
Nice Course. It's compact and straight to the point.
Amazing content, really good way of presenting the info. To be honest is what you already know but you don't want to follow, extra points for how easy to follow are the recommendations they give on how improve yourself.
its a very useful course
Excellent course to get back on track in school.
Very interesting, clear, and easy to follow! Barb is the best!
Should attend this course.
An amazing course integrating all the relevant concepts of psychology and letting viewers understand from the scratch. Moreover, adding interviews and discussions with veterans to the course have made it exceptionally good.
life changing!
Excellent tools for learning...
Very interesting!
Woderful and useful
even though this is my first attended course on this website, i really addict to this fascinating course. i think i will come back and study it all around again.
Excellent tips & insights
Well organized, well presented, and full of great tips for learning more effectively, more thoroughly, and more efficiently.
Excellent resources for better learning. Both the practical and theoretical material was explained well and contributed to better understanding. Should be a must in every school.
Good quality information. I recommend to pay attention at the optional parts as well!
Amazing!Well designed and well instructed.The techniques are helpful and doable.
Great
Exceptionally Good. It really feels good to know how to learn.This is a life skill learning course.
I would recommend to individuals from all walk of life. Its so motivating, easy to comprehend and addresses our basic issues in learning tough things. It has provided with simple tips that can be used in our daily life. I am using them and results are tremendous. Above all, it has given me an insight that we can master things that we are not naturally good at. I am extremely thankful to the instructors and Coursera! Stay blessed.
Soooo helpful and clear. I highly recommend this course to everybody who wants to get to know better and really learning something!
A wonderful course and one that I would (and will) recommend to anyone staring any learning journey! If you are planning on beginning a learning journey - it makes sense to pack your bag with the best tools and techniques to make that journey productive and fun!That's what this course does! It equips you to make the most of your time and effort in Coursera and elsewhere.Take this course first - learn the techniques - revisit and review.
Pretty usefull
It is an excelent course for learning the principles of how works our brain it also gives some interesting and helpfull tools for learning any subject
This course was short and sweet, and I think has significantly helped my learning habits. My only quibble is that it sometimes seemed like Dr. Sejnowski was reading from a script, and it would have a more natural feel were he to discuss the subject more casually.
it is one of the most important courses for students.learn how to learn....learn how to live. :)
It was awesome course. Improved my concepts and thought processes until now, which I used to use for studying.
An excellent course that provides valuable tips for learning! A must for all learners!!
This course changed the path of life!
Very very interesting course!
This course made me realize a lot of flaws in my current techniques of study. Hence I have been able to rectify those shortcomings to become a better learner.
Its good course to have. I have attended first week lecture and its very good. Planning to attend other lecture too.
Excellent course! Thank your Barbara Oakley for making this happen! It really feels like having a learning toolbox at my disposal! And good luck to all other enrolled students!
Great Course. It changed the way I used to learn new things. Now, I enjoy learning new things
I have learnt (and am still learning) so many helpful techniques in this course. More importantly, I understand why they are important. I have made so many of the common learning mistakes they describe but feel confident I can overcome them for present and future learning. Barbara and Terrence are fabulous facilitators. Wonderful course. Highly recommended to anyone at any stage of learning.
Never heard of this kind of course before. It helped me to look into myself and answered all my question related to learning
Very interesting course !
Learning How to Learn changed my world. I can't believe I got to learn this from this gem of a class for free. Unbelievable.
Really happy with this course! I learn how to learn, easy to understand! Thanks Barb, and greetings from Mexico
I wish I had this course available when I was starting to learn. This courses provides a approach to learning any area one is interested or required to learn. Madame Curie said "Nothing is to be feared but understood...". This subject makes understanding something new easier so that we don't fear the new but enjoy the learning process.
I am very happy i took this course, whilst not in university or school i have taken the topics and teachings and applied them to my career. I'm an engineer and feel i now have the tools to take the masters i have been afraid to take. really good points, very easy to apply. Suitably impressed.
Great and simple-to-follow course. It teaches you very useful techniques to improve your learning and tackle procrastination, with day-to-day examples and metaphors. Even though part of the course is presented in a simple and intuitive language, some lectures will go deeper in psychological and neuro-scientific explanations to let you better understand how the brain works regarding learning. A must do course for every passionate learner who's willing to optimize his time and effort when approaching new concepts.
Great insight on how to tap hidden bran power to master tough subjects.
Very helpful - thank you
Babara is a great teacher and the course is fantastic!
Great couse. I recomend to everyone who wants to learn these techniques, that i' am using right now.
Brilliant course. Highly recommended.
Excellent course, a real eye opener to the basic understanding of learning
Good Ideas. Good progres.
It is a wonderful free resource that must be used by everybody to develop skills about learning.
great course
I was a first-generation college student back in 1990. I was intelligent, hard working, and had excellent grades in high school. But I was totally lost in college. I didn't know how to spend my time efficiently to maximize my learning potential. My method was to just carve out a block of time at night to sit down and brute force my way through engineering homework. That was the hard way to do it... this course will introduce the correct way to tackle tough courses.The subject material is not difficult at all; putting it all into practice may take some un-learning and effort, but you will certainly see benefits in the long run.
Only after week 1 I found it easier to learn and study
Wonderful! Thank you very much!
I find it very useful and I like it a lot.
Great course!
Wonderful course to take the things you learn here are going to help you forever in life, if you consider yourself a lifelong learner.
I think this cours is very important and useful, everybody should start any learning from this cours.
For those who wants systemize knowlegde about lerning and thouse who just starting study, this course would be very useful.
Helpful and informative - a great way to get back into study
This course is quite interesting, and has shifted my paradigm on how we learn. I am excited to apply these concepts in my life long journey of learning.
One of the most interesting and practical MOOC I've taken.
It is very helpful ¡¡¡ ...Thank
Very good course about learning!
Very useful, thanks
Things that sometimes are obvious, but we need to learn them not only to implement but knowing why also.
Perfect.
One of the most greatest online course that i ever did
This course is helpful and we should practice it!
I wish I had this course early in my life.
Take this before any other course.
Excellent in every way!
Good course, good professors
This is the first course that I was able to finish due to the interesting topics and the way they are delivered. While I am already a 30-year old professional, all ideas here will help me be a more productive individual optimizing my learning from all that I read and experience. My only regret is not taking this earlier. Even the optional videos are must-see. I recommend this to everyone that are in Coursera to include this on the first courses that they take here. Thank you very much, Dr. Barbara Oakley. I would want a part 2.
I wish they taught this in school.
This course was so enriching
Excellent course for people who want to learn anything in any field, no matter what their background is.
awesome course
Very good course in helping me better understand how the human brain works in learning new things. I have learned several new skills that I plan to put into action. Dr. Oakley does a great job of making a difficult topic easy to un
I have recommended this course to many people. It is helping me in every aspect of my life. The information imparted to the students can help everyone.
make the back ground more beautiful
Thank you for the course, it really helped me to start LEARNING things and understand better how human brain works.
Coolest course! This course teaches you what most of the schools do not teach. This course made me aware of many useful concepts about learning.
Excellent, well thought out and paced introductory course
I didn't finish the course yet and I already can see a huge improvement in my study technics.
Fascinating neuro-related information is presented in an easily digestable way. Concepts are practical to implement.
Helpful, enlightening and science based. Exactly what I needed :) Thank you!
Interesting. Educational. There are different subtitles, not just English.Interesting interviews.
I feel empowered to tackle difficult challenges having just completed this course. Thanks Barbara and team!
Great!
This course was invaluable to me in teaching best practices for learning. I consider myself a lifelong learner and have been seeking useful techniques for learning difficult material and retaining new material. I didn't take to any suggestions from a previous informal "study habits" mini-course, and for over a decade, I just resigned myself to not being intellectually able or disciplined enough to tackle certain subjects, but Professor Oakley's teachings encourage me to mount and master learning mountains. This was a fantastic course, and I have already recommended Prof. Oakley's work to others.
It is great learning course brought me clear understanding strong structure of how to learn more effective. I regret only about one, that I didn't passed this course when I started learning at school.
So far - just 1 week in and the course is Awesome. Very practical tips mentioned here that were not taught in College.
Excellent course ,one of the best I have ever attended .
An amazing course. It's enabling me to reset my learning abilities! Highly recommend it.
Nice course to understand how our mind works in the learning process.
This Course was amazing and very helpful, it contain the most reasons that were affecting my performance of studying and how to overcome them. Thanks for your great effort .
This was a very concise & thorough class on learning and how to utilize it in your studies. They focus on describing the methods as valuable for science nad math, but as a designer I don't see the argument behind limiting to those subjects. They identify flaws in our natural studying practice and point to reserach in the neuroscience to help explain ideas behind the improved understanding. It was simple to do and gave me new perspectives on learning. It's worth the 4 weeks they set up.
I truly enjoyed it. It's engaging and helpful, totally recommend it!
It was very helpful (: >>> thank you
Very interesting and rewarding class. Wish I could have learn this long time ago. It will helps in many areas of my professional and personal life. Easy to follow, even for a non-native english speakers.
Its awesome.
I'll use what I've learned in this course for the rest of my life. Well organized, fascinating and useful information for school, business and personal life.
This course gives me not only a more understanding of myself and but also lots of motivation and enjoyment.Thank you so much for this amazing experience!!!
Interesting and usefull, one of the best courses for learning¡
Very interesting and useful course.
Great, inspirative course. Learning How to Learn is about optimizing brain mechanism to obtain understanding.
The teacher is really sweet and tries her hardest for anyone watching to really understand the topics.I liked that every video is only about 7 minutes long which is helpful for learning.
This course provided me with right direction and attitude for all my future learning.Thank you!Although the material and the style of presentation was absolutely excellent, the 1 star off is only due to some technical glitches of the course presentations(mostly Coursera I guess) - no sound or no image on videos, sound and video not synchronized.
ITS REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE THANKS
Really good hacks and lots of tricks to grow speedily.
Great course, full of useful and practical information and advises. Recommend to everyone.
Learning How to Learn Course: is a chance to improve my learning skills.
Excellent and very useful
I'm really glad I took this course. I was able to understand how learning works scientifically. With the concepts I learned, I was able to manage my study time and approach my learning efficiently. The course didn't only taught be about learning, it also inspired me to learn more. I definitely recommend this course.
Awesome!!! No less than a great course.
I broke every rule of efficient and effective learning until I met this course, Dr. Barbara Oakley Dr. Terrence Sejnowski, and the book: “A Mind for Numbers”.I wish I had met your group and this powerful vehicle of learning earlier –university wouldn’t have been so costly (studying the inefficient way) and the rewards could be even more phenomenal with this awareness. Nevertheless, your incredible work will continue to help mitigate the cost.Although I maintained good grades through university primarily because of my high enthusiasm, interest and determination to achieve excellence in life–long learning, but the personal cost was undue stress –over studying, keeping many late nights, dependency on caffeine and life-work-family balance. However, I imagined there had to be a better way.The frustrations and occasionally being at my wits end in solving some of the problems in the computer programming languages I am currently learning have instantly dissipated because of this course. I have completely changed my old and inefficient learning methods and formed new habits for learning.Amazingly, I failed to solve the triangle problem on the first try at the end of a long day of work and study (after staring at it for about 45mins) in the book: “A Mind For Numbers” by Dr. Barbara Oakley. However, determined, I gave it another shot the next morning, right after waking up -it took me less than 30 seconds to solve. You’ve got to love the diffuse mode…While I love academia and stand ready to dance with whatever pain it dishes out at me in my life-long learning journey, this course has single-handedly removed current and whatever inherent or perceived pain that may be associated with life-long academic learning for me.There is a better way to rote learning method -a different, efficient and effective approach… Academic goal or any subject matter no longer need to take many years of painful endurance to achieve or master.This course has armed me with the ultimate set of tools to expertly construct efficient and effective learning methods with measureable success. Essentially, I have learned how to hack my academic growth and goal.Finally, in the past, I stumbled upon one or two of the methods taught in this course in academic journals and other articles. However, these occasional, inconsistent and isolated pieces of information were not cohesive to form a powerful enough force to help build a fundamental understanding and practice of efficient learning methods. Additionally, overpowering the well-formed habit of the inefficient rote learning method was a challenge.Fortunately, this course and the book: “A Mind For Numbers” by Dr. Barbara Oakley, compiled and put all of these scientific data on efficient learning methods in to proper perspective, easy enough for anyone to understand and practice.In the afterword chapter of the book, Dr. David B. Daniel said it best:“There has long been a stream of potentially productive study advice coming from scientists. Unfortunately, it has seldom been translated so the average student can easily grasp and use it. Not every scientist has a knack for translation, and not every writer has a firm grasp of the science. In this book, Barbara Oakley threaded this needle beautifully. Her use of vivid examples and explanations of the strategies reveals not only how useful but how credible these ideas are.”Thank you Dr. Barbara Oakley and the Learning How to Learn Team for a job well done! Your work is indelible in my mind and I can be certain, in others too.
Must to be done by every student that out there looking for better understanding of learning principals.
Just right! No boring. Not terribly tasking, though things must be learned.
Great course!!
Perfect a life changing course.
As with many subjects, it is what you think you know that prevents one from making progress; both from a perspective of the lack of a perceived need for continued work as well as new and counter-intuitive concepts that are the essence of new understandings.
Learned a lot everything was easy to understand and follow.
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Good starting point for self education, wonderful teacher and mind blowing external interviews. This MOOC helped identify bad studying habits and gave me tools to start wining battles on procrastination. Altogether a very valuable course.
I love this course. It's one of my best courses I took online.
This course is a great learning experience. Maybe the best thing about it gives you practical tools foundamented in science to study anything you want.
Thanks for this. I think that a lot of people will find useful information in this courses. Still it's coming with a lot of background and research information from viable source to bring us some very basic points.
Useful to me
Exceptional course! I'm feeling lucky to discover this course, even i'm turning to 26 years old. But late seems better than never. Thank you so much to our 2 adorable profs for sharing their experiences.Highly recommend it!
This is such a wonderful and amazing course! I'm so glad I decided to take this course. It is a real life-changing experience! This is the exact thing that schools should be teaching!
Really great course that in a good way taught me and gave me tools for how to learn better.
It's very good course. I learn new things.
Excellent information!
Loved it!
This course really deepened my understanding of the process of learning and how to learn effectively. Thank you!
I learn a lot from this class , it is kind of amazing for me to get the core information
Very helpful course, not only for students, but for any kind of learners. It is good to know how things work behind the scenes (here - in our brain..), and get some simple but effective tools to manage better with learning processes. Built from short videos, you can learn bit by bit, and practice the tools while learning how to learn..
Very insightful!
Thank you.
Awesome! So far the best learning experience I have ever had (and I'm not a learner).Thank you!
Taking this course has changed my entire outlook on learning. I found this course very interesting and my learning abilities and habits has improve a lot since taking thins course. Thank you for teaching me how to learn!
This course provides excellent learning techniques to achieve efficiently. Also these techniques apply to any field of study.
The presentation is extraordinary. Practice test helped in excellent intuition. However more methods needs to be developed.
Very good content and teachers. The video production was a bit poor though, but in general is a very good course and everyone who has difficulty learning should take it.
I used this course for my summer freshmen college students in Strategies for Success. Thank you. I am now using it again for this Fall group. I wanted to introduce them to the content AND to online courses. COURSERA is the best for each.
Very good course, change my view on studying !!
It is an amazing course, very interesting and easy to understand! Very usefull
Excellent course teaches how to deal with procrastination. I recommend this course for everybody willing to understand the learning process.
Thank you very much. I learnt a lot from this course. I apply the activities in my real life and they help me a lot. Although, it could have been better if the videos were a bit more detailed. I completed this course in two weeks. So, it wasn't like a 4 month course. I was slightly disappointed that it was so short and less detailed. But, overall it's very good. I like the idea of people helping other people to understand how they should train their mind to learn and remember. :)
This is a great course for all people who learn especially students. There are many techniques taught to focus as well as for intuitive thinking methods. The lecturers are wonderful. Ms. Barbara Oakley keeps you on your toes.
I really liked this course, it provides very useful tips. I would recommend this course a lot.
Fantastic course. One should make it mandatory to all university professors and would be great for high students and first year university students. I am planning on integrating it into my teaching and presenting some of the ideas and techniques discussed in the course to my students on each class.I have tried a few other courses on Coursera and this course seems truly exceptional: the way the material is structured, presented and you can really feel the enthusiasm of the course instructor.Thank you very much.
The presenters are a little stilted in their speech but the subject matter is extremely useful. This is a course I believe everyone can benefit from
One of the best course, for every one who want to learn more in his field.
It's an easy going course. I collected a lot of valuable tips without having to invest much time.Cheers!
This course was extremely helpful.
Fantastic course to understand how well we can make use of various techniques, avoid obstacles to learn any topic. It also deals with the power of human brain. surely these techniques will help build the self-confidence of an individual when they are able to concentrate and make the best use of the mental agility.
Interesting stuff, very helpful for learning how to study. Inspiring as well. Thanks heaps!
The course is short but you get to learn a lot about how memory works, best study and learning practices and how to manage your time.The videos are short and quiz you at the end, so it's very easy to keep your focus.I would advise taking this course, even if you aren't a student anymore (like me).
I really enjoy this course. I learned how to learn in a right that can help me learn bwtter.
Very interesting course
I am a physician. I really enjoyed this course conducted by Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowsky. Very helpful.
For as long as I can recall I've had problems to remember things I thought I had learned. But just short ago I realized I was unable to remember things. I wondered why I was so good at anything I undertook at the moment and all the content that I had seemingly storaged in my brain disappeared.Another thing that caused me a lot of terrible consequences was procrastination. I can gladly say that it doesn't have the same power over me. Now that I know what It is and how it works It's become easier for me to deal with it. I've found the Pomodoro Technique highly effective and insightful.By taking this course I was able to find the failures that were holding me back in my learning. This course has enabled me to be a better learner. The tricks provided in this course doesn't take a super overwise person to grasp and put them into action.Thanks for teaching me how to learn more effectively.
Very interesting. I still need to put in practice everything I learnt.
Great tips and interesting facts about the human brain and learning.
I am not a student but a learner. I found this course to be a great introduction to the art and science of learning. It would be great if Prof. Barbara would also define a course targeted at adults. Thanks for a great experience.
Very practical and easy to understand. Learned a lot.
Many interesting topics and tips for studying - I wish I had taken this course as a foundation course when starting University, it would have made the next 4 years study much more effective!
This course is a must for anyone regardless of their work disciplines.It has been crafted well to suit audience of all ages.This course help us understand the common pitfalls in the way we try to learn and provides simple and effective guidelines to maximize our learning.
Very light-hearted, and a great way to clear your mind and really think about how
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Super healthful and I will definitely be putting this advice into use
Amazing and clear course. It really helped me discover new ways of learning which I hadn't payed attention to before. It also made me realize of some mistakes I've had in the past while studying. I am already applying what I've learned as we speak.
Great job.
Just LOVE IT.This is the best course I had ever took! I highly recommend it
The was the most enlightening course about learning how and when to focus among other things.I loved every minute of it. Thank you so much.
Loved learning new facts about brain and how it taken in new information. had some prior experience with diffused thinking and aha moments, but had no idea on what may make it happen.Exercise being so important for learning was an eye opener. its going to be part of my daily schedule to have some form of exercise.Thank You Very much for such a wonderful experience and loads of learning about how to learn!!
Great course !
Too slow, too vague, but you can feel the ideas behind have potential.
I am very lucky to enroll on this course , it's enlightening on how we can learn more effectively and this is the aim of my entire life ... Thank u so much :)
It really helped me understand how our brain works when we learn something. Using this knowledge, I now know how to work effectively when learning a new material.
The learning tools this course provides made a difference in the process of obtaining my master's degree.
I have OCPD and Anxiety and I procrastinate a lot so this was very helpful for me, especially the new scheduling involving the pomederoes
I absolutely love this course. I have studied Positive Psychology and are working with children with learning disabilities. Everybody can learn and succeed with these tools... Regardless age, regardless "labeled with learning disabilities". Im personally deeply fascinated by the brain and I am very fond of the explaining of the brain in the course, which explain so perfectly, why we act as we do.... And for children (or families) with working disabilities they need more than anyone to understand why they act like they do.EVERYONE CAN LEARN.....EVERYONE CAN FLOURISH....
The best class (online/offline) I've taken. So simple to understand and applicable to almost any subject or skill: music, language, science, etc.. This information should be taught in public schools. I recommend this class to everyone, or any age, background, or field.
Best course for me, very useful if you want to learn difficult topics. Thanks for everything!!
This course teaches how to learn tough curriculum, how to form a good habit of learning. A great opportunity to learn.
Just started and like a lot the hands on approach and tools provided
I am already mouthwatering on what I will learn from this course. After watching the preview, I am confident on the quality of this course.
The concepts of chunking, diffused and focused mode or learning, memory, recall, spaced repetition and and beating procrastination through immersing in the process that leads to a product were beautifully introduced in this course by Barbara Oakley and her co-instructors. The material is presented in such a nice way that makes someone readily identify with what one needs to do in order to become a better learner.I recommend this course to everyone regardless of how skillful at learning they are. Understanding your brain and memories is a nice exercise on your road to mastering tough subjects. Kudos Barbara
This is an exceptional course useful for students and lifelong learners as well!
Excellent! Not to be missed, it will change your life!
Very Good!
I am a more effective learner as a result of this course. It has also, surprisingly, increased my enjoyment while learning. Thanks to Barbara and Terry for a well presented and informative production.
I LOVE THIS CLASS
A very nice course with a lot of valuable information on how to learn complex things
Great course, many tips to avoid procrastination.
I have taken many courses over the years, and I can only say, I wished that I had found this class sooner. I was very useful. I look forward to taking more classes and applying the
Excellent course for everyone willing to open up mind and gain practical insights to learning process, good latest research used. Recommended for all levels
Amazing experience, I think everybody should take this course. This course gave us amazing tools to improve our learning.
This course not only gave me information, but it is useful in my everyday life. Thank you Mrs. Barbara Oakley and Mr. Sejnowski for this wonderful experience.
Awesome, here are the explanations of the way we study and how to improve your learning, effective and full of puns (this is seriously). Congratulations to Dr Oakley and Dr Sejnowski!
I learn a lot (-: Thank you very much for this wonderful course, it should be learned with 5 yo.
This class presents many effective, science-based learning techniques that you can start applying right away to the class itself. The class is concise and well done.
very useful, very simple :)
It was very interesting, informative and helpful. Thank you!
One of the best courses ever!
Matched my interest. Concise and comprehensive to learn about learning. I'd like to revisit the material again and again for the future use.
Really good course and concepts! Thanks for all the information given. I'm sure I am going to take a lot of the techniques and learning into my professional life and study options.
This course is fun and educational at the same time, providing hundreds of useful learning techniques, facts and tips. Learning is a life-long process, and I must say that it's Dr. Oakley's personality that largely inspires me to finish the course and have confidence in my future learning. Thank you so much!
Excellent course to understand how our brain works when learning and how to take advantage of it. Highly recommended.
Learning how to learn is truly inspiring, especially thanks to Barbara Oakley. Everybody starting his or her school/ university life should have access to this knowledge. It is really sad that none of my teachers ever showed us how to learn and why. But I guess they didn't know better themselves. But learning never stops, so I am looking forward to use this knowledge now.
Very interesting and useful!
i think all the people in coursera should take this course it's really exciting. thnx to professor Barb Oakley and professorTerry Sejnowski
I really enjoyed doing this course I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to follow. I couldn't complete the final optional assignment (because of technical issues) which was disappointing. I just want to keep on studying but am having a bit of difficulty fining a free course to follow up with.
A must-have course for everybody who wants to learn the skills of effective learning.
Really enjoyed this course. Thank you very much Barbara for making this course. I wished my professors would use more pictures and less sentences on their presentations. ;)
A course one must finish before taking any other MOOC. Amazing!
I found this an excellent course for learning how to use your mind and improve greatly your learning capacities.
Really useful!
Great course. I wish I've had it back in school.
Great!
Very informative and useful even for professionals.
It really did what it told me it would do: it helped me learn how to learn. Before I started, I had hated learning, I had had enough, but now I'm excited to learn new things (my final semester starts tomorrow, so it came at the very best time it could)!!
it has a lot of nice information about the brain and ways of study, but this whole course is a way of procrastinating.I feel like it could have been summed up really much better into written text and finished at a much faster rate.
Probably the most useful course I've taken so far.
A most powerful course for students, managers and those of us who are keen to continue to grow as wise and productive human being
A lot of new and unexpected knowledge is the main con of this course. Personal experience of a lecturer has been very helpful and inspiring to me as I'm also starting to study Mathematics for which I've never had a talent before as I thought.
Amazing and very useful course for any part of live!!!!
It is useful and beneficial. Thank you.
Excellent class. Gives real advice and techniques on ways to learn.
it's really great, recommend to everyone in Coursera
This course has been a great opportunity to improve my learning skill. I appriciate the given opportunity and look forward for ne cources from this team. Thanks a lot!
It is an interesting course, however, it focuses a bit too much on current students and test-taking. Learning is not something that stops after graduation and I would appreciate if the authors gave some attention to those who are already done with school, but do not want to stop acquiring new knowledge.
The course practices what it preaches using several short video lectures that are cheesy in many ways, but memorable nonetheless. Tests feel like a recall tool used to further learning rather than some sort of unsurmountable challenge. Overall, because of the wisely broken down lecture clips, the quality of the material given, and the practicality and applicability to almost anyone, I gave this course 5 stars.
The course exceeded my expectations.My main reason for doing the course was to give me ideas as to how to learn a new language (my third) after the age of 60 and in a new country and environment. Needless to say, I am encouraged!
This is excellent, very helpful hints, I love the way Barb explains the topics.
This amazing course with an amazing instructor! I was charmed!
Very informative course! Both the professors have wonderful teaching abilities!
Amazing course that it's definitely helping me to improve my study skills! I recommend to everybody who is having problems with studying effectively or with procastrination! It also has very interesting interviews and reading materials!
Fantastic information and great teachers. Lots of actionable insight into how your brain works and tactics to increase efficiency and improve learning. Prof. Oakley's book "A Mind for Numbers" is good as well.
very insightful techniques from the course. very impressive.
Learned a lot!! Very useful, loved it!!
Extremely well done! Very campy at times, but this really helps make the concepts 'stick'. Barb practices what she teaches, is very passionate about this subject and is a real inspiration. I sure wish I had learned this stuff before working through 2 BS and 1 MS! Am a little sad the course is over.
Great tools for understanding the way we learn best.I'm actually will teach those technique to my son and nephew.I wish I knew it before.Thanks for this great course.
The course teaches by the principles it is trying to convey. By progressively tapping into a subject and repeating and summarizing the teachers seek to build-up confidence in a warm-hearted way.
Learned a lot lot of good things with this course.
Just perfect! Really informative and fun at the same time!
It give me a lot of valuable information and advice!!!
Very useful ideas and concepts to use in everyday life
This course is a must for anyone who wants to learn. Two thumbs up!
I really see how everything we reviewed will help me both at work and in my law school studies.
This is awesome!
This is an excellent course. I've learnt new things about my brain and the way it works and relax. I want to recommend this course to everybody, not just people who have problem with studying and keeping focus.
Great course. I put some of the tips to work and it helped me to not follow through with some learning goals but also to feel free from the burden of constantly feeling behind my work.
Excellent, im so lucky to have such amazing teachers!
The course content was excellent, perhaps I expected to treat concepts a bit deeper.. but all in all very good..
Really useful.
Awesome course with fascinating teachers!It talked about many new things that i found really usefull.It also introduced some things i already knew "emphirically" and i didn't know they had a name and they were so common!
Super useful techniques for improving your learning skills.
Would have wanted more in depth analysis of learning processes but must say I learnt a lot.Definitely recommending it to others.
It was so helpful.Thanks
Great course for learning how to learn, provides helpful tips about how to learn, and what NOT to do for learning. Both professor make a great jobs trying to explain in easy and short, I really love the way this guys teach.
Very interesting course. Lots of new useful things learned.
This was a very enlightening course. The concepts and approaches are already proving to be very useful in my daily life as I learn the many new skills needed to stay relevant in my work.
This course is life changing.
I think this course is wonderful.
As we are constantly learning new things this is useful in many different levels and situations, should be a recommended entry course when new to Coursera.
I feel this is one of the best courses on Coursera. Barbara Oakley delivery of the content is excellent. Thanks for the team for providing such a MOOC.
Very Inspiring Course
It give us a brief sight of how to learning.
I don't even know how to express how grateful I am for this course. I know that it will truly help me in real life situations and not just in my studies.
Great course
Very useful and it helps a lot for answering my questions:Why I learnt more effectively in middle school?Why I couldn't start working and focus on my study?What are those helpful advises for learning?
This class and its course material was exactly what I needed to get return to the academy and begin learning again. I failed the first time but after this class, I feel very competent and much better capable to get back to school.
This course is for everyone to take. Very useful and relevant topics so you can master the way we learn new things and consolidate what we already learned.
This will be an excellent course for undergrads and high school students but not much in depth knowledge and learning strategy for higher levels of education.Teachers show mastery on their subject matter , though their presentation style is not genuine and naturally animated, to the point that it may feel boring.
Fantastic, thank you so much Barbara and Terry.
Elegantly simple and very helpful.
All of the techniques presented in the course are essential to succeeding in whatever you are trying to learn. I bought the companion book to reinforce the ideas from the videos and it followed the outline perfectly. Looking forward to applying these learning tools to future courses at Coursera.
Awesome courses. Very helpful. I'll ask my kids to learn it. The courses should also be taught in, at least, high school. High school kids have so many courses to master and the course can help them learn more efficiently and effectively.
There is nothing have been more important than knowing how to learn, thank YOU ALL for great elite work.
Great material, I loved the commitment of the teachers and all the effort they put on this. The course gives very useful tools to keep learning and to feel proud of you and your learning.
Cool, but had lots of trouble watching videos
Good Course
This is a great course for anyone at any stage of their career in learning.
Excellent course. I am very happy that I took it and want to thank the people involved in its creation. You have my deepest gratitude. Seriously recommend this course.
Veru interesting to understand in a light way how our brain works when we are trying to learn. Great teachers and easy-to-understand examples and explanations
basic but is a important step for all the learner.
This course opened a new bright window in my life 💝Thank you
The course unleashed my ability to learn tough subjects. The knowledge of how our brain works and simple techniques discussed in this course made a big difference in my life.
Perfect!
this is an enlightening class
i like this course... it is a very interesting
It is a very practical course that would stay into you mind after you finish it, you would not be the same student, you'll be a better one.
Very helpful. I didn't like example of famous persons, because these are really not encouraging.And I didn't like mnemotechnics -- it's evil.
This has been a great course, have learned ideas and techniques that can be applied to everyday life as well as continuing education!
Wow what an interesting course. Barb really knows how to motivate you. Can't wait to start learning something new!
Very useful tips. Thank you!
A must if you are in the path of learning ;)
There are no words to describe this course. It's really interesting and usefull. Totally recommend it.
i love this program...it has developed me more on how to approach a subject or course..kudos to Dr. Barbara Oakley...u are a good teacher
Learning How to Learn:Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects was really an interesting course but the second last retrieval practice was not up to my mark as I think due to some technical issues it got stuck in 2 only though I had scored 4.
very instructive, help me a lot. I will review the videos frequently in the future.
i liked the material, especially videos, easy to follow and very interesting and usefull knowledge.
Great methods, course never became dull.
Easy to follow and lots of very usefull techniques to improve the learning process.
Very inciteful course, they have set the bar really high!
It gave a few good advices about learning and introduced some noteworthy concepts, but the videos became quite boring and repetetive after a while.
I love the voice of Ms Oakley , she should be present in every course on Coursera! I also appreciate dr Sejnowski's huuuge knowledge and being very curious if he has polish roots. Wonderful job!
Great course, really useful for any new topic you would like to study. Funny written, with relevant examples. Also, the optional videos help a lot in understanding the practical approach and results of applying the course's theory.
I have found this course very clear and motivational. It is a good introductory course. Nevertheless I was expecting exercises to apply and test the suggested techniques, especially techniques such as the mental palace. I have found very interesting the impostor syndrome, maybe because I was/am affected by that. It is very important to speak about it, so that it is easier for people to "heal" from that.
Very interesting and entertaining.
Almost done with this course. It is already helping me understand how to learn. Very useful practical information. I hope that this course will be opened up as an on demand. I would love to share it with others. I think this is knowledge that everyone should acquire. Thank you for taking time to make this course and offer it for free.
Very useful tools given by nice and competent people. Nothing bad to say about this wonderful course!Thank you so much.
Fabulous! Wish this course had been available when I was in undergrad! This course will be very beneficial when I am writing adult education curriculums as well as working on my masters.
Excelent! I am applying all the knowledge in my GMAT preparation and it is working!
Great course. Opened my mind to it's secrets!! Love it. It helped a great deal. Thanks.
Anyone at any age can use this class to help drive better behavior in learning habits and how to handle most common obstacles that we are faced with while learning.
This course is incredible.
Interesting, useful and well constructed. Congratulations!
great info and structure
Very helpful course, clearly explained and interesting.
Very enjoyable and helpful course best way to speed up learning and save lot's of time you can spend with friends and relatives instead of wasting it with bad and time consuming learning methods. So before signing up for the next course consider first signing up for LEARNING HOW TO LEARN and see how you can make your next course a much more fun experience once you know how to learn.
This course was of great importance to me. It helped me to start learning without struggling as much as before. Techniques that are shown in course are really useful and helpful. I would recommend this course to everyone.
It is a very useful course which will be of help to anyone who wants to learn anything.The techniques mentioned will make learning anything easier.I recommend this course to everyone.
This is a course that I would recommend to everybody, it will allow you to better understand how your brain works, you will also be able to identify bad practices, that are stopping you from really understand and master a certain subject.Barbara and Terry did a great job explaining the concepts in a clear and yet entertaining way.Now that I have completed this course, I have a whole new structure on how face new concepts and how to effectively learn.
This course is very helpful! I learned a lot of useful things about how to learn.
It's a great course. Thank you very much for it. Already now I start use technics of this course and they help me with my learning. Barbara Oakley is great!!!
It helps me to understanding my learning process and it enhance my studying habits. The lecture videos are clear, and the lecturer's gesture is support the material explanation. It makes me comfortable to study.
This course is great for anybody, new and old learners. It was a fun class and explained a lot of great techniques
Not too hard and really interesting. Dr. Barbara Oakley is such a wonderful teacher that will make you love the course!! Besides, all the knowledge is quite interesting and will be USEFUL in the future for sure.
This coursera course is the first I can finished.This course did not have problem with getting all my attention
I found this course very helpful, even if I studied cognitive psychology in the past.
Very helpful
This facinating class has already improved how much I retain from other classes I'm taking. I now better understand my ability to remember things, and I am thrilled with the results of using the mental tools that it teaches.
Great course! It really helps open up your mind to how your brain works and the ways it functions with your memory.
Brilliant!
Perfect content and outstanding instructors (Y)
This course is great
Very useful information. I think everyone should take the class.
I'm a lifelong learner who never realized my true potential during my formal education. I wish I'd had a course like this available back then to teach me how to learn. The instructors offer truly valuable advice on how to effectively learn that anyone will find useful in their studies.
It's an excellent course, I glad I went through it!
Great course and great professor!I truly believe that this course would prove to be beneficial to me in future.Best regards,I.
This course should be taught at every primary school as a mandatory course. After completing the course i wished to come across this a decade before which could have enabled me to learn and think in a different way than what i am now thinking..!!thanks to Barbara okley madam and team for teaching this wonderful subject.
excellent class for students to learn how to learn
Nice and helpful ;)
This was a fun, and, enlightening course that really helps!
At 51 years old I have learned there is much more to learning, more of an efficient skill and methodology , than a drawn out complex process. Thank you, Charles.
Best course in learning how to learn.
This course is really good. It scientificly explained how we learn new things and offer us some really reasonable ways of learning.
Thank you very for for taking the time to put together a course like this!
There were some interesting insights coinciding with my own experience of learning (I have learnt 8 languages by myself). Particularly the part about chunking was a really good one. On the other hand, Week 4 focusing on how to pass a test in my opinion jumbled the previous material up - passing a test doesn't mean knowledge, it means ability to pass a test. Half of the questions used in the final Quiz shows that this course itself has tried not to develop chunks they were recommending but to make students memorize the content of the video without checking whether or not the content was actually understood and "chunked" into real knowledge.So, a better name for this course would be "Learning how to learn academically". As for me, I appreciate non-academical knowledge. Kids master their native language without getting the ability to teach it - and this is the true knowledge even though in the farewell video prof. Sejnowski equalized the ability to teach to the knowledge.
Great and helpful course, the instructors explain the material in a clear and relaxed manner. Additionally you find a lot of interesting bonus material. Thanks for making this course!
Excellent tutors and material.I am 59 years old now and wish I had known this stuff when I was at school and before I decided to go into further education,at the age of 30. I would have even got a better grade than I did for my degree. I think this course should be part of any school's / college curriculum Thank you.
not very useful
Has been very interesting and mind poweful course.Thanks for sharing the science !!!
You need some basics about biology and psychology (basic of basics) but finally this course is perfect introduction to prepare yourself to learning. People who has basics about learning, or think they have, could systematize they knowledge.
Very helpful.
Totally amazing, because i could learn about a lot of knowledges that i never learned before.Ms. Barbara Oakley could shows a subject more interesting.
Great course on learning how to learn!!
I loved this course - the subject-matter was interesting, the instructor was endearing, and the content was incredibly easy-to-grasp, fun and engaging. The retrieval quizzes were well spaced out and super helpful for embedding the new knowledge, and the expert interviews were great as well.Two potential improvement areas: 1.) The videos featuring Barbara Oakley (which was most of them) are very low-volume. I had turned up my device speakers and the video player volume adjustor to the maximum levels (and tried on multiple devices) but it was really hard to hear some of them without straining, and having to download the transcripts in order to follow along (which meant missed some of her hilarious visuals). No audio issues with the other videos or in my other Coursera classes. 2.) The practice quizzes allow you to see WHAT you got wrong in a given problem (and indicated what the correct choice would have been), and explained WHY it was wrong, but the actual quizzes don't reveal either. This made me feel anxious every time I got a question I'd gotten wrong on a previous quiz, since I didn't know what exactly I'd gotten wrong or why.
Great course that dives into the process of leaning material fast and efficiantly.
Short, nice and exactly to the point. Great exercises and excellent delivery.
thank u is really not enough... i'm salah from Egypt
it was a pretty interesting course! definitely wished they had this class instead of freshman seminar class!
Even though it's been many years since I graduated from college, I found this course very helpful as a reminder on ways to learn effectively. I'm a dedicated life-long learner, and I've signed up for a master's level class at our local university for this upcoming fall semester. I feel this class will help me as I move forward in this endeavor.
Excellent Course. Will serve you long for any course, program and any things you want to learn in life.
I learnt many useful trick with this course. I recommend it.
This course help me understanding the basic way to learn and enhance your ability to learn especially suitable with your way of learning and makes you know if your way of learning until now is suitable for you or not. Nice.
Very helpful! Useful for every age and for any type of learning difficulties!
Good one. Highly recommended course... don't miss this course.
This is an amazing course. It teaches easily a lot of tools to be a better learner, and explains the reason why they work. They even used the techniques on the course itself to make you learn better its contents.Also Barb has a great attitude in all the videos, and Dr Terrence touch very interesting subjects.:)
Useful for pretty much any learner out there! Kudos to the staff behind this essential course!
The graphics and language used in this course are easy to understand, even new terms are well defined through context clues and visual cues. I have already learned and applied so many of the things I've learned and I'm even helping my fiancé get through his graduate classes more effectively this semester.
Thanks for amazing journey to discover tips and tricks for better learning. Dr. Barbara you made wonderful work.
One of the best courses on Coursera! I would strongly recommend to take this course.
This course is filled with excellent techniques and information about getting the most out of your studying. A great precursor to any of your knowledge or skill based pursuits.
Useful stuff for everyone. Students, teachers, parents, the professors are clear, engaging, and experts in their field. I cannot speak to how exciting it was for someone to inform me about how learning occurs, with lots of applicable methods. Easy to learn, engaging, and interesting,5 stars to these wonderful professors.
Very nice tools.
Excellent content, well represented.It's been so long since something engaged my mind so much.Thanks every body and congratulation to such success.
This course is worth reviewing. It has helped me not only in my studies, but also tackling projects at work by eliminating procrastination.
It help me a lot !
This is most amazing course that I have taken in my life. It has answers to many of questions that been struggling inside my brain for years.
Great course. I enjoyed the course.
Wow. Simply loved this course. Really helpful and life changing habbits learning how to learn is probably the first thing we all ought to learn when young children. 28 now. But it is never to late to learn how to learn.Thank you for putting together such a tremendous course. I would like to have the certificate for it however it is too expensive for me at this time.
Very useful, smart & informative course, thank you
Very interesting course. It will help you become a better student which can come in handy if you're planning on taking more MOOCs.
Application is key to benefiting from this course. Incredibly valuable!
Awesome. I really like it, and think learn many useful techniques!
It has helped me to learn new tricks for learning in a more productive way.
I watched this course with open mouth. Great techniques that can drastically improve my learning ability. I eager to integrate this techniques into my learning routine. I've just implemented only Pomodoro technique, and it is so helpful and enable me to study more hours with better concentration.Thank You! It is a great course that I will never forget. Brilliant tutor and marvelous information!
Very useful for improving my study habits, which weren't good ones. I was used to studying the day before at high school so I have been failing a lot in university. This course has taught me what I was doing wrong.
Thank you instructors for this wonderful course. In my opinion, this course is a must and a first for everyone and I will suggest it to my friends for sure!
helps u to learn in perfect way ....::::
Best course on coursera. Very useful for people from all fields. The course gave me every tool to help me be an enthusiastic learner and develop progressive mindset.
Very professional course, thank you for that! The only thing I was missing in this course was how to learn in non-academical conditions. How to find time if you work 8 hours per day and come home tired while you have prepare something to eat and so on...? How to motivate yourself if there is no test, if you are learning only for yourself? How you can practice that what you are learning if you are doing something completely different in your professional life? These are questions for that I really need an answer, the rest I know from your course, big thank you once again! :)
High quality course with professional and friendly instructors.
Very interesting and useful class. Not only teach the theory but also give actionable advices of enhancing learning ability.
I have been only into the preview week and the course is amazing. It has given me amazing insights and helped me understand my thinking patterns. Now I understand why my brain thinks the way it thinks. The rest 4 days have been wonderful. I am able to take control of my thought pattern and learn a lot. Looking forward to the complete course. Thanks
I wish I knew all that while I was at school. Powerful ideas wrapped in easy and short explanations with funny and catchy examples. Definitely one of the best courses that should be taught in every school.
If you never learned" how to study to learn", This course will help you.
Great course worth completing.
With each new week I am consistently impressed with the content, thoroughness and thoughtfulness behind each lecture video, additional material and quiz.This is invaluable, and easily applicable material that I wish I had learnt when I was a college freshman.. Better late than never I suppose. Thank You Barbara and co for putting this excellent course together.
The course is brillant masterpiece, which opened a lot of doors to new ways of learning, thinking and living. Thanks!
Best course ever (And have taken a lot). It has improved my performance and learning and productive capacity. Thanks to Barb Oakley and Terry Sejnowski, You have become my favorite teachers. I owe you a lot. This course has changed my life
This was a very interesting course with a lot of powerful tools that I intend to use in the future. Thank you!
Very useful and well done course.
Truly great. These techniques can and will be utilized for years to come.
Love it.
It was a wonderful experience to learn how to learn, thank you professor Barbara for this fascinating trip!
Highly recommend to anyone who wants to move forward effectively
Excellent course. I am still using some of the techniques learned from it.
Very useful and fruitful!
Very interesting, useful and also enjoyable. I have also liked the professors' style very much, clear and pleasant.
really practical and interesting course. I learn better now and get less frustrated when i forget something, because I know how learning works now. Thanks!
i recommend this course to everyone who is serious at studies. only "effort" is not enough for success, you should know how to better utilize the effort and this is exactly what this course addresses. i am glad i was among thousands others who learned "learn how to learn".
awesome and thanks
Teach me really something and offer ideas to overcome procrastination.
Great course with some very helpful tips and tools to make learning and tests much easier.
This is a decent course if you are looking for some very general guidelines and concepts about how your brain works to learn things. I find it rather vague, but it's alright.
Wonderful course, full of useful tips and techniques for learning more effectivelyThe instructors clearly have a lot of enthusiasm for the topic and this shows through in the videos and makes it more enjoyable
This was a great course! Really enjoyed studying it. It had a lot of interesting material, they course was created based on the things that it is teaching! I recommend it, you will learn a lot of things, helps you notice what you were doing wrong with your studying, you will learn helpful techniques and interesting things about the brain and learning! I am glad that I took this course!
The course is good especially for students. All ideas and the way of teaching is very easy to understand. Quizes are helpful to remember the material better.
This is an informative and effective course that boosts confidence and motivation for starting more complex and lengthier subjects. Very enjoyable to watch, I'm planning on re-watching this course sporadically after completed to maintain the powerful study skills I have gained and for the inspirational optional interviews included.
The course was interesting at first, but got Boring at the end.
I really like it. It's pretty scientific in explaining how things work and I really enjoy that aspect of the course. I must admit that I was looking for some solid techniques, and it does have them, the surprising part it that it goes deeper into how things work in your mind which makes it quite enjoyable for me :)
good information - a bit wordy, but play on higher speed and it's doable.
This course give the student practice tips that help us to learn more effective.
Great course and theachers!!
Very worthwhile course. Provides very clear and practical systems for tackling complex projects or subjects.
This course is really helping me to improve my learning techniques at uni.I am very grateful!
I have given this course 5 stars even though I think that there is room for improvement in the videos. At times it feels like I am watching somebody reading slowly from an autocue/teleprompter. Apart from this I would recommend this course to everyone. I would even like to see Coursera have it linked directly to their landing web page. After all, this site is all about learning, and making sure that everybody is approaching the learning process as well prepared as possible is in everybody's best interest (including Coursera and those that create the course material).
Very informational and totally changed my approa
I love this class. It's so helpful. I wish I've learned these concepts when I was still in school. But it's never too late. It still helps me with everyday learning.
My first course on Coursera and i am enjoying it a lot.
Brilliant! It may sounds overenthusiastic, but this course enriched my life dramatically. I've got a completely new perspective on how to learn. Even only two weeks after passing the final test and finishing this course I can avouch my learning process has improved up to a new level, both in terms of effectivity and efficiency.Bottom Line: It doesn't matter who you are or what you are specializing in - do this course!
Really useful information and enjoyable lectures
Very Cool!
Wish I could have this course when I was thirteen
It is a very nice course :) you can learn a lot from it
This course covers covers how to maximize your learning and is extremely useful, as well as well done!
Incredible, easy to understand lessons. My kids are now watching them too. Now I'm reading the book. Really enjoying it all. Much respect to Dr. Oakley.
So far this course proves to be useful and interesting! I am enjoying taking this
A great introduction of techniques about how to learn new subjects. It was great to have both professors, and the way it was passed to us, was amazing.
there are many interesting ideas and concepts,so I apply them in my daily life; therefore, my way of studing has changed since this course was taken.
I so thoroughly enjoyed this course Barb Oakley is wonderful and engaged me the whole time. I will be reviewing this course as much as I can over the months to get those "chunks" into my head. Testing always has me concerned but the advise here made a lot of sense, like getting a good sleep the night before!! Thanks
very useful
Learning how to learn is a very practical course and, despite of that, it is extremely based on scientific knowledge. This combination results in a valuable tool for everyone who is interested in improve its learning process.
it is one of the most usefull course i have ever attended! strongly recommended!
This course is a great benefit to anyone that takes. It has literally changed my outlook and approach to life. I only wish that such a course existed during my collegiate years.
For me this is great course. This opened my mind to how study better and more eficiente.Two topics called me attention "procrastination" and "how unlock your potential".Other simple technique called "Pomodoro" help you study simple and better.But the principal message from course is "Dedication and repetition".Thank you for teach me "Learning how to learn".
Excellent, I recommend any student to take this first.
This is the best course to start with before anything else. It will help in anything else that you want to accomplish.
It's a interesting course, the topics are very useful for students in any grades from highschool to university
I am telling everyone I meet to do this course. No matter where you are on life you should do this course if you are planning on learning. The course is well laid out. You change your habits as you learn about learning. I wish I had lecturers like Barbara Oakey and Terry S. When I was getting my initial education and its just amazing that I get get access to tho sort of lecture online.
It's the second time I attempt it. First time this happens for me with any online course I attended. Congrats and Thank You for the precious advices!
It was great. I recall some materials sporadically :)
It is really a great. I enjoyed it. It`s worth attending even if you knows these methods and ideas I`m sure it will impact everyone`s learning process.
Its's a very helpful course for those who want to understand for better learning how memory works .The main challenge now is to use those technics! :)
Very helpful course. Got to know the techniques that were previously unknown to me or which I overlooked as something which will not work.
This course is a must for all professionals in engineering and related background. The techniques learned in this course can be very useful in many aspects of learning.
The course is well paced , interesting and useful.
One of the MOST useful courses I have ever taken. Already using all of the techniques and achieved distinction level grades in my degree in Earth Sciences. Cannot speak highly enough about Dr. Oakley.If you want to learn anything better, if you want to help your kids succeed in school teach them how learn with this course.
Revealing! ;)
The great research and techniques described very efectivily
The course to take before pursuing any other Coursera courses! Especially if you've been out of school for awhile, or just never been taught solid study methods that actually work.
This is an excellent course, though all of the topics were those that i had studied before but the way they explained it made so much sense and refreshed my knowledge.
Great! course! The tips in the course helped me become more productive on a day to day basis.
The way the lessons are taught and the practical examples are given are way awesome.
I learned a lot i did not know,
The information learned really expanded my concepts of learning. I now understand some of my previous issues in learning. The videos and professors truly are experts in the field and make this course very engaging and entertaining.
I haven't finished the course yet, but I liked it so much that I convinced my husband and my mom to enroll in it as well. The content of this course is so important that I honestly think it should be a mandatory class for everyone who is genuinely interested in learning, which could be a teenager on High School or an adult starting college. Finding this course feels like finding a treasure, thanks for creating such an amazing course and making it available on Coursera to the general public!
Countless useful tips, techniques, and concepts. This course is a must for university students (current or future) and professionists who keep studying and need to maximize results.
I have not ever listened so impressive, interactive, detailed course with good examples, intermediate tests after each unit, high-organized and filled of different vision and opinions of very interesting persons from an education, science, publicism etc. I was very delighted to watch all optional interviews as well. The lecturer is so precise with her explanations, therefore any non-native english speakers would understand it at all.
Great techniques and ideas for everyone to use throughout your life! Whether you are a stress test taker, or have a firm grasp of learning this class is for you to help understand "How the brain learns". Dr Oakley is a great inspiration for those who think they can't learn math..Thank you!
Really useful, but maybe it could be more entertaining or dynamic.
This was a valuable course and book. Thanks for teaching me new tools to use throughout the rest of my life!
Great content about how to learn even the most difficult themes!
In two weeks i´ve leraned so much of this course. I really recommend it! Im from Mexico, greetings
I truly recommend this course to anyone who want to increase the capacity to learn!!
Best course you can ever take ;-)
I loved this course, because is important to have this point of view of neurology, after all, the process of learning happens in the brain through neurons.
Wonderfully structured course with very useful and relevant information on effective learning. Kudos to Ms.Barbara Oakley for her great teaching skills.
Great course
This is a beautiful course that everyone should attend. Its good to Learn how to learn before learning.
This is an awesome course that might remind you of living and working differently. The materials are well organized in a structured way that is very easy to follow - focus/diffuse mode, pomodoro technique, chunking, memory palace, etc. All these will lead to a fulfilling life if you take the course seriously.
Excellent presentation of material at the right level. I found this course helpful reinforcement to what I know but don't put into practice. After this I will do better.
This is a great course, it has really help me progress and develop studying methods which are efficient and effective !!
Useful techniques for learning new material presented in bite-sized video clips.
Great lesson structure, great teaching group, all in all an awesome course! This is actually my first ever online course, this course has been worth every second. "Learning how to learn"has given me new and profound perspective towards learning, I only wish I had started this course four years earlier, it would have made all the difference. I recommend everyone to take this course, it has offered me so much.
I really learned new ways to learn, a very usefull tool for all aspects in life.Thank you!
Very informative with great references for those who want to dive deeper not only into practical steps for great learning but also into the psychology and neuroscience of learning. With lecturers that seem genuinely passionate about the subject matter and test-questions that are neither too hard nor seeking excessively personal information. Feels so great learning how to learn!
Extremely beneficial for every kind of learner. I loved it.
This is a great course to take.thanks you all, coursra, proffers and the university.
I really liked the course. It was accessible, and the pedagogy was great. Whether or not I will use the techniques I don't know, but I definitely feel I have gotten a theoretical insight into the neurological processes surrounding learning and the practical ways to enhance these processes. Thank you!
Very nice! A lot of powerful tools to use in a daily life!
Very interesting, but would have prefered it to be more in-depth!
Very easy to understand for a stranger.The course is well structured and explains well the principles.Very useful!
Excelent information about learning, and specially those techniques that showed, are awesome. I really learned very useful tips to improve my method of learning. Thanks a lot.
i really liked this course very much we must really learn how to learn thank u very much for this coursehappy learning
Perfect course. Loved it
Wow.....an eye-opener, i think everyone interested in learning how to learn better and effectively should not leave out this course.All the best, prospects.
Great insights, immediately applicable.
Only few starting videos give new information and techniques, the rest 80% is quite useless. Course would be much better if it gives real tips and techniques rather than constant repetitions of the same information in different forms. If you read the course contents - you already get 75% of what is presented in the videos.
Short enough to keep Your attention focused and long enough to activate Your diffused mode of learning.P.S. Superb bonus videos!
I thought I would finish this self-paced course in a couple of days, but my 30 second summary of the first week's materials was that learning takes time. So I took the full 4 weeks to complete this course. This course doesn't reveal some new and amazing technique that enabled me to become a walking encyclopedia overnight. In fact I had already heard of all of the techniques. For example, I've tried 30 second summaries before, but I wasn't good at it right away, so I decided the technique didn't work for me. This time I treated the techniques as something I would have to spend time learning how to do, just like any other skill. Because the course became about learning new skills, I really enjoyed it. If I'd just done what I'd always done (take notes and memorize them), then I would have been bored witless, struggled with motivation and procrastination, and dropped out.
Excellent Course. It helped me point out my weaknesses in learning methods. Hats off to Barbara Oakley. Cheers
Very informative course! I learned so much and can't wait to use these techniques to enhance my own learning!
I loved it! It´s extremely helpfull!
Loved it. Great learning experience!
Highly recommend to take this as your first MOOC course. Very easy to understand, all topics discuss are presented in an easy, painless manner. The professors have very informative and brief video lectures, and taking the questions and quizzes right after the lectures is very helpful in staying engaged without using up too much of your time. This is coming from a person who has had a hard time with going to school, so the result is very good. Hopefully the other classes are as good and to the point as this one was.
An excellent Life Changing course!
Unfolds simply and slowly the way people learn, showing the correct way to use our effortsCongratulations to the people who developed
It was very inspiring. I really look forward to use these tools to improve my learning process.It's never too late.Thank you
I learned so much and will continue to learn. Thanks a million. (:
This course is amazing. I am a french student and it helps me a lot in and outside my studies.
beautiful course, four star and not five because the course it's short and some topics need to be deepened.
This course gives you useful and practical tools to improve your learning skills. It is highly recommendable to take this course and use your new skills in other courses.
Really excellent course. After apply some techniques learned in this course I get my goals quickly.
It is very useful and refreshing
The sound can be a bit low, but everything else was great
This course is amazing! It really explains the topic in depth and you learn a lot from both professors! This course also provides a lot of practical information and you know that it's evidence based. It's definitely worth the time and effort to watch all the videos and I recommend this course to everyone who wants to learn something. More important: This course is mainly focused on academics but it also links the knowledge to everyday learning (skills like cooking great dishes, learn a sport or any other skill really)
All the information was very helpful. Especially since it is back to school I can finish my work more easily with all the new methods.
Very useful course! Helped me clarify some aspects I was stuck on. It will also enable me to help others.
This is a good course. The course brings to your consciousness the ways in which the brain can function and the course provides some helpful approaches to learning new subjects.
Great course - very relevant for learners across all age. The great study tips are very useful as well.
looks good ...lets see how much of help it can be to me Thanks coursera
it is great to take this course
This is a great introduction to the brain and how we take in information--and put it together. Very clear and accessible but never boring. Highly recommended to anyone who's trying to understand how to more effectively to learn--and create.
This course rocks!You are thought many different learning techniques and get to know how your brain works in a simple way without too much background information. It's just the right amount of input to get a feeling for it. You can apply this knowledge to every kind of subject. The short videos are easy to persuade yourself to get started. Once started you want to see another one! The lecturers have prepared their videos perfectly and after some videos you feel a little bit connected to them. They are able to do the seemingly unmakeable: Keep you motivated! If I feel myself unmotivated to study for my exam, first of all I watch one of these video sequences and promptly I am motivated again.Thanks a lot for putting this course online!I love your work.
Several good and useful study methods and techniques were discussed. At times I felt that unrelated and digressing topics were covered
Great insights into learning
Excellent! The most important life skills especially for students, academics and anyone.
Very informativ and entertainingThanks a lot Barbara!
A practical and useful course for any body at any stage in life
Great Course. Wish I had done it years ago. Really useful.
Simple and effective tools. Thank you
This particular course provides some efficiency method to study new things, and explains how our brains work when we are studying. It's vivid and easy-understand.
Engaging, very interesting, and truly contributing to enhanced use of brain power!
This course is chock full of insightful, research-based tips for learning. I am starting graduate school and can't wait to implement the strategies. Thank you!
I highly recommend this course!
Really liked this class. Teachers are excellent in the way built the videos and learning material. They really master their subject and make it very accessible to anyone to understand. Content is not complicated and extremely useful concept in every day life. Wish I had this class and understood best how the brain learn better and more effectively before spending so many years in the education system wasting precious hours with the wrong techniques! Human are gifted by having such a incredible ability to learn, it would be a waste to not learn who to use our cognitive and learning abilities to its greatest potential.Thank you very much Barbara and Terrence,Pascal
This is a great course! It has inspired me to take on new subjects and challenges while also teaching me the skills needed to interweave them and apply them to my professional development!
A really usefull course.We learn a TON of things that we can apply in our everyday life.
Very helpful suggestions and clear explanations in very illustrative and well organized lessons! Thanks for this course!
Helps you to understand how our brain works and use life cheats to overcome any procrastination or problems with learning anything new!
Useful and practical class that teaches us lifelong skills in acquiring new abilities and knowledge.
Not a revolution for me, but very usefull!I already use, in my day life, some nice tips studied here.
It is very important part of the life.Very useful all the time.I hope a lot of people over the world take this course.
Great instructors and fabulous bonus videos.
Indeed a very student friendly and scientific approach by Dr. Oakley and Dr. Sejnowski towards learning. A must take course for all the students......
Very learnable course about learning that practices what it preaches!
A great course!
One of the most interesting and fantastic courses I have ever take! Unlike traditional classes, this shows you how to study and how use your "brain" efficiently
It's a great course. Learned a lot! Thanks!
A great consolidation of all the research related to learning, memomy et al beautifully presented by Ms. Barbara
Thank you very much!
A must for all those who believe that learning is lifelong
This course is key if you want to understand how you learn. Once you know then learning is much easier.I enjoyed the course, definitely learned how to learn and will continue to learn.
Brilliant Course!
Its a very nice course that is important for learning all other courses. There are many thing that we avoided while study while we shouldn't. So it teaches us right way of learn.
Very good learning tools u can learn from this course.....Love it
This should be a perquisite for all high school students!
I firmly beleive that this course is not give mere tips but clear awesome facts,even i before joining the coursefollowed some of many explained techniques , most valuable course of all time ,definitely required to be included in school or college curriculum.
All information was presented with a scientific backup and from multiple points of view.This is a fundamental course to anyone that wants to have a continuous learning process. The curricula and extra documentation its design to facilitate a long term acquisition of information.
I have never seen a lecture like this course!It is most useful lecture in my study life.
Excellent course. Everyone who is interested in knowing about and mastering learning should take it,
There's no way to describe how Awesome this course is! I recommend everyone to do it, because we are all in a constant process of learning.
Excellent course, I learned so many ways to improve my learning and to reduce procrastination. I love the Pomodoro technique I learned and am using it every day.
Thanks to this course, I'm more conscious when I'm learning something.
Amazing course!
Great tools and it's inspiring too!
I really like it. The course was a bit to short, but still I managed to learn few new things. It was definitely interesting plus interviews with well know people is a huge plus. Keep up a good work!!!
The best and important one to contribute to our challenge in acquire new knowledge in important areas of our lives.
It helped me to unlock my potential of learning.
This is a Great MOOC, I'm actually recommending to everyone around me. Complex things made simple and quick tips that helps learning and prevent procrastination
Really helpful!! I recommend!
This is probably one of the most useful courses I have taken on Coursera. And the fact that it is on demand allows me to work when I have the time instead of rushing it since I am working full time.
Great course with a really good setup!
Nice tips, long for what you get out of it though
I wish I knew about this long time ago. Great insights!
This course was informative, light-hearted, and brief. Prof. Barbara Oakley shows enthusiasm and spirit, which livens up the material. Prof. Terrence Sejnowski is less fluid in front of the camera, but his scientific knowledge--the precise explanation of how Oakley's concepts work--is uncanny. I would love to see professors Oakley and Sejnowski produce an even more polished version of this course. I learned a lot and raced through the lectured thru sheer enjoyment.
This course was extremely helpful in analyzing strategies and very well researched! I appreciated the course very much and all of the work that must have gone into it. Thank you!!
This course is awesome. It's vey helpful to my studying and working.
very helpful ! professors are also very great and they must prepare a lot for this course!
This course is well designed and provide tools for learning that are essential and effective in mastering one's learning capabilities
Great course! I learned a lot of useful and helpful things and techniques about studying and learning that I definitely am going to use. I absolutely recommend to take this course.
Short course with plenty of valuable information on learning and procrastination.
Inspiring lecturers with excellent material.
I enjoyed the course from the very first second till the end, I am really sorry that it was so short... will
I felt the first week slow and was about to desist this course; fortunately for me I do not like to give up, logged in for week two and found it to be very interesting, helpful and of great value. These are, indeed, Powerful Mental Tools!
Excellent course - I have been using the pomodoro and the memory techniques. I sure could have used this class 30 years ago!
Simple, Smooth and Sage.An example of it own purpose.
I very much enjoyed this course. Informative, fun and presented in an easily digestible manner.The bonus videos were also interesting.Thank you very much.
Very interesting and useful!
It's well presented and deals with a theme not so easily to deal with. I already read many books on the learning area and I must say that I found many useful informations on this course.
Great! Lots of useful and practical learning tips.
I learned quite a lot about the corelation between the brain and the process of learning. This is a very good course. Most importantly, teachers do well in communicating and conveying their ideas and thoughts to learners.
Some interesting insights into how we learn which were well presented.
Great Course
The leaning tools presented in this course are really powerful, and the way Barbara present them is easy to grasp.
I loved this course! It helped me a lot in the way I'd approach learning new things. It taught me to study more effectively and to stay the course on what I was engaging in. It gave me a different perspective at looking at problems I'm dealing with and applying better strategies or techniques in tackling them.Thank you so much!!
Very useful course for those who live and learn!
This was exceptional experience - material was well structured and clear. I'm planning to review this course from time to time.
Brilliant! The mental tools presented in this course are useful and powerful throughout all your education, from school till PhD.
Wonderful course, the bonus material opens so much possibilities. Professor Barbara Oakley did an stupendous job.
I have no hesitation recommending this excellent course. Whether studying, finished studies, or helping others study, this course provides great insights
A wonderful course. Every learner should do it.
Professor is great, explanations are extremely clear and valuable. Changed all the way i am studying now. Thanks for that very much!
Fascinating and practical insights into how the mind actually works when learning, and how you can take control over your own learning experience.
This brief course provided me plenty of practical tools to enhance my learning and studying, as well as to avoid illusions of competence. I particularly enjoyed the lectures in the first and the third weeks, though the whole series of lectures are extraordinary helpful. Also, the optional videos are great and very encouraging.
Its really a helpful course
Really helped me! I think everyone should do this course to better understand their own learning process.
Great course!
Many helpful tips, suggestions, and ways of looking at how we learn so that we may learn more fully and more quickly. I would happily recommend this course (and Dr. Oakley's book) to anyone looking to improve their time management, creativity, organization, and learning skills. Might not always be the most entertaining video you'll see all day but it is fascinating and easily understood, nonetheless. T
This is one of the best courses of my life! Thank you very much for it. You are fantastic!
A must for anyone who wants to understand the science behind learning, and how to become an effective learner.
It was really helpful and inspiring.
GREAT COURSE. It gives me a different and new approach to deal with task, learn new topics and improve my performance.
I am able to focus and work more effectively. Thank you so much
amazing I left school at 16 years old 31 years ago this is exactly what I need to get back into learning thank you so much for this!
Fantastic course! A lot of material and a lot of thinking to be done. Between the lines there is so much more than what it seems.. only practice can internalize such simple but proven-to-be-the-best techniques thought in this course and bring incredible improvements. So start practicing immediately and.. enjoy the ride!
This is a really good course for... well, basically for everyone. It helped me to bust my learning (I'm a musician keen on learning languages). The instructor is very knowledgeable, and there is a lot of good humor and powerful metaphors in the course.
The course was simple, yet very informational.
BEST & MOST INTERSTING COURSE I'VE TAKEN
Very complete and well structured. Very easy to follow up and very good scientific content in a simple language. Great!
Very interesting and usefel combination of theory and practice, full of tips, tools and tricks to enhance anyone's learning capabilities.
Its amazing how some otherwise simple techniques can improve your learning experience. I learnt new techniques on how to learn. I also appreciated the techniques I have been using sub consciously.
Very interesting!!Little lessons and tips, that may help you to really learn thing you are interested in.Also a supporting course that may encourage people to learn new things, and explore unknown fields.
Wow, All this while I was thinking that I know really well how to learn things, and after completing this course I realised some of my methods were rather detrimental to my learning . Used this course's teaching in learning other 3 courses and I could learn better .
this course gives necessary material in understanding how brain works and how to get benefits from it. it also inspires greatly, becuse the main idea lies in human's ability to learn and master almost everything, but much practice and patience is needed to achieve that. I wish I could take this course when I was at school and escaping math and other hard sciences =)
Cool! Such wonderful,useful ways to help learning!
Great MOOC accessible to all public. Gives precious methods and tips for better learning.
Very helpful!
This was the first course I opted to learn through coursera. And this course taught me to study my lessons in an effective and smart way. The way they presented this course and their approach was easy and understandable. As a student this course helped me a lot.Thanks a lot.This course motivated me to learn more courses too.......
The tone of the course wasn't always to my liking (with the cartoons, animations, etc.) but there is some great advice in here, and I would encourage everyone to take the course. Barb's (the instructor's) personal background particularly resonated with me: she is someone who entered Engineering, a very demanding field, without much science background, and had to adapt to many new and challenging ideas. I am contemplating a similar change, and it's comforting to know that it can be done.
Can't thank the team enough! Lectures were clear and bonus videos are invaluable. Glad that this is my first course on Coursera. No stress at all, just intrinsic motivation to become a better learner. This course is a great guide!
a must for all courserians
This course helped me learn with more efficiency and i use for learn english
The contents were interesting. Presentation rather poor. The speeches seemd disorganized. I had to rely on transcrips: downloaded and edited. The comments are at times too casual. And other times too much special terminology. Most of times I understand what she was trying to say. But listening attentively was very difficult.Heavy americanism impedes understanding; especially when the student does not have familiarity with US pop culture. I had to check how a pinball machine works. Zombis and four-armed (impossible) octpus were obstacles.
Very very useful and interesting. I warmly recommend it to anyone interested in getting better use of the brain.
A good course!! Teaches you techniques to learn in a more productive manner .. :)
This Course was a great refresher for me, as I just started to learn after a long time. Its great effort by Barbara and I appreciate the the passion she has in teaching I come across a very few teacher who put efforts like this.Thanks Coursera,Barbara and SkenoseskiRegardsDinesh
excellent teaching, anologies. All college courses should be structured like this.
Straightforward yet insightful.
i like it in the way of trying some of the advices in real life. Some of them works and that's matter. I would be pleased if the authors can make a "Learning how to learn - part 2" course or something like that. Thanks for the knowledges.
This is an excellent course to take for any student. Simplified concepts that are easy to comprehend are neatly organized to hold your focus to teach you the ropes on teaching yourself.I have reconfigured my own way of approaching materials I would like to learn and have gain great confidence in my own learning capability.This course is not only recommendable for anyone who is enthusiastic about learning, but also to people who would like to improve their way of life.
Great course with plenty of new ideas and learning tips.
Very helpful! Great stuff to know.
Super helpful to understand how the brain works with pragmatic tips for how to learn effective. I'm now making my school age kids go through the videos!
I have loved this course. It is a very useful lecture where I have learn how to improve dramatically the way I was studying English language. The "Pomodore" technic, and the app Barbara spoke answering to a student, is very useful. besides, following what I learned in this course I have increased the amount of hours and I am much more focused in what I am doing.
Life changing experience!!
In plain simple words is a perfecly planned and elaborated couse and really helpful.Elaborating a bit more I really think is excellent, every other couse should give a recomendation to start this couse because no mater the subject you intend to learn it will help you. It even helo you to have a healthty life.
This course really help me to use the best tools to learn something new
Great Class, The information is useful.
This course shows me how bad was my studying habits and help me to enhance it. There is so many good techniques how to study and the explanation of neural processes are'nt missing. It's pretty useful course and Barbara Oakley is very sympathetic person!
Enjoyed it very much and learned a lot about learning ;-). Thank you Barb and your collegue with a difficult name for your enthousiasm!
A must for students of anything
I really enjoyed this course and I feel that I have had the opportunity to understand how I can learn better for now and the future.Thank you very much for offering this course!
wonderul and helpful
the best life long learning course.made me realise my mistakes in the process of learning.i would recommend to all living persons on this planet.
This is fantastic course, I highly recommend it for students, and even more so for teachers.Thanks for offering it！
This course is really amazing and helpful for everybody (no doubt - specially for me). Now, I know why I were a procrastinator and how to manage it with ease.Thanks to all involved with the development of such a good course.
I loved the book, and the course makes what I read in the book much better!
A very useful and intriguing course that explore the idea of learning. Every life long leaner can find this course helpful.
This course is fantastic!! I will watch everything again soon! Thanks a lot !
It is a great course. It teches you how your brain works so you can take advantage to learn better. It would be a lot better if it includes exercises on how to improve each aspect of ours brain.
it is practical course.
Really helpful tips and great teachers. Thanks a ton!
Awesome course!
I really enjoy the course. It is easy to understand and logically and associatively takes you through concepts making connects that provide real understanding.
Inspirational and very thorough in teaching others how to learn and survive school. thank you so much :)
amazing course and amazing teachers!
It was wonderful! I found very helfpul all the techniques taught in this course. In addition, the teachers are great and explain perfectly. Efectivelly, understand your brain allows you learning better.
As someone who has only ever know subpar public schooling, poor parental involvement during formative years, and the old cram, regurgitate, repeat, study strategy, I cannot stress the amount of change in my educational paradigm that has blossomed forth because of this course. Learning everything I should have known all along including study habits, tips for procrastination, and learning how my own mind works are only a few of the tools that I will use for the rest of my life. I preach the Coursera word whenever I get the chance evangelizing anyone who will listen, and have nothing but appreciation for the entire Learning How to Learn team.
Fabulous Course - take it if you plan to learn *anything*. A great review of how memory works, and tricks on how to help you comprehend and memorize.
Powerful. This course opened my eyes to somethings that were maybe obvious, but whose deep and real meaning I never rationalized before.This course is taking method to studying, and supporting said method by science. The instructors are pleasantly easy to follow. They make the subject accessible to all students, even to those for whom English is not the first language, and content is just the second obstacle to overcome.You have procrastination, math/science learning issues? This is just your course!
Amazing techniques taught through this course. Taught me to take learning a little easier while making most of my time.
Great course very usefull for learn news aproaches for learning,
I feel blessed to have the chance to take this course. I'm sharing what I've learned with all my friends and family. Thank you so much for offering all these great content!!!
Plenty of useful and interesting information, shown in a funny way.
it is a very helpful course both for freshman and senior students. The optional interview videos enhances core course, and they give the perspective of the people who actually use all these techniques.
A clear overview of the most useful techniques to be used when learning.
Excellent course that improved my approach to learning. When thinking of the fact how many people around the world are taking this course, it is fair to say that this course has the potential to improve the lives of hundred of thousands of people.I wish to express my special gratitude to Barbara Oakley: Your course makes this world a better place!
this course is very interesting, I learn something for that I can't learn effectively
very good course . You will learn many new things. bad part is that you will sometime feel bore.
I really like the course
It was very helpful though I could not stick to the timeline. I learned a lot and I am hoping it will help me at present and the future. Thanks you guys.
A must-take course.
A lot of good stuff about how to learn in a funny way, whit some scientific knowledge, and very good teachers !! From Italy, Marco.
This is the most useful course for me. Thank you teaching me learning how to learn.
My first online course and my favorite.
Fantastic course, well explained and documented.
Absolutely enjoyed it
Very useful ideas about learning how to learn,and easily used in my common life.
My favorite course!!! It helped me to improve my learning skills as well as my teaching approach! This is a fundamental course for all the learners!
A very interesting and well-prepared course. I am sure it will be very useful for me in the future (in fact - it is very useful already, as I started using some of the technics already while learning a foreign language). Really worth recommending!
I loved this course! I was really useful and easy to apply the tools to my behaviour and other learning activities immediately. I even shared with my partner and friends all of whom were very surprised and pleased with the results. Though the course material is REALLY interesting, I believe it is the delivery that made it GREAT! Barbara made this learning experience for me truly memorable. She has a gentle clear approach and a warm and encouraging nature. Thank you to everyone involved, but an especially BIG THANK YOU TO BARBARA. You should be very proud at your contribution to learning, I think it will have a massively positive impact on so many people. Well done! I will look out for your future courses.
This course is an eye opener for me on the way I used to learn new things. This is having significant positive impact on my life now and in future. I have learnt lots of powerful tools and methods to improve the way I learn things. Thank you so much for the professors, Coursera team and everyone involved.
This course has given me super information on how to become a better learner. Moreover, it has taught me that blindly following my passions isn't enough - I have to learn how to broaden them as well. Equipped with many tips and tools, I now feel confident to face challenging subjects with excitement rather than dread. Highly recommended!
Excelent MOOC, I like the way Barbra shares her knowledge of Learning. I got a lot of many tips in this course that I will surely utilize everyday.
Thank you very much, it is very helpful!
Very Good information
easy to understand !! and really useful
This course helped me to realize some of my bad habits of studying. Even thought I started it very recently, I can already see some improvements in my learning. I recommend it for everyone who is interested in some tips on how to be more effective when studying a subject.
Great set for learning
This course is really cool because you learn some essential tips for learning to learn.The rest is up to you
Most fascinating!!
Amazing and helpful.
Very useful for everyone who wants to learn something.
I took this course because learning is not something I had a clear understanding how the brain works while and away from active learning. It changed my way and actually I am looking forward to take on tough subjects (for me) to apply focussed and diffused modes, add to this a good sleep and the Pomodoro technique! Thank you so much for the time both Mrs Barbara Oakley and Terry Sejnowski have spent on this course, I am so greatful to youMurielle Hunt
Very Enjoyable! Interesting ideas for successful learning. Thanks!
Great!
Meh.I appreciated the new perspectives on learning, and the smaller chunks of video and assignments (which allowed me to spread the work out over the week).The "Thanks for Learning about Learning" phrase was fine for the course introduction and the final module, but became annoying as the closing phrase. of. every. video.Dr Sejnowski's skills are reading a teleprompter distracted me - I suggest doing some practice and redoing the videos when the TP won't be such a distraction (watching his eyes track back and forth didn't do it for me).
Reassuring and motivating
Awesome course! A must have course
Well presented, great communication and relevant content. The course was well designed and coordinated.
Very useful course. Thanks for authors!
Learn How To Learn is a very awesome MOOC, that contributes to enhancing skills to learn in a more natural way, whatever wanted to learn. It made a bridge between the scientific finds and the normal human being like those of society, whose, ultimately, should always be the goal of any scientific research worldwide.Paulo Verlaine B. e Azevêdo, Brazil.
Interesting and gives a deep insight how our mind works - and helps to rewire it! ;)
Excellent !!! Well made, and high level course.
great for teachers
Very intriguing and applicable to the professional world also. I wish I had some course like this when I was a student.
it's really useful !!!!
Very well done. I'm just reserving the 5 for something out of this world.
Some personal intuitions seem to be true. Very interesting material
A turning point in my life!
The teacher is not very enjoyable to listen to, however the content is very interesting.
Very important as we need to keep learning and retaining the information is a huge challenge. This course enlightened the way this has to be achieved.
An impressive course worth completing. If you want to improve your learning skills you should definitely go for this course.
It's the best course I have ever learned about how to improve
Informative course for everyone. A lot of great reading and working materials and amazing presenters.
amazing course, very practical and very well explain!!!
Enlightening, outstanding!!Thanks all..
very attractive and useful
It's my first on line courses experience, and I felt incredibly good, because now I can understand new ways of learning anything I want. Thanks for this work and I'll keep learning.
This is a great course!
I love the clear presentations and the review questions that indeed exemplifies what the course sets out to do - teaching us how to learn, the materials sequenced in such a way as to maximise my learning :)
Everybody should take this course
Very useful course. It could change your life .... and even your future!
It was a great experience learning how to learn. Thanks this course I found where I am doing wrong and actually I´am learning new things easier and time after time I repeat the information that I have studied some years ago. I used to consider the fact that I am interested in many different things as a problem and all these years I was searching to find something I really like most to succeed but thanks to Barbara I learned that you can start learning anything even the things you are not good at, just by efficient study. Thank you very much!
Thank you for an incredible learning experience! I only wish I had taken this course earlier...it would have helped with my comps!
I really loved this course. Great teacher(s) who can explain the material in an easy way. I also loved the explanation of how the brain works. Thanks for the tools on how to learn more effective.Menno
Some very useful tips on how you can use your time to learn things efficiently.
Love it!!! Should be part of school curriculum. Wish I had learned these technique earlier in life.
Very good course !
i enjoy learning . thank s for your effort .
A great options for learning about learning. Thanks a lot for the course.
really was a wonderful initial experience thanks to coursera community that offered me a chance to be a better learner. i will apply every single trick i have learned in this course for my up coming exam in may
Very useful, quality work. Thank you!
This was a very helpful course and I am going to use what I learned for a long time.
An excellent course! I shared it to my friends. I also read the book and I founded that the optional videos were great! Thanks a lot.
An excellent way to understand the science behind knowlege and tackle the walls that lack the learning process. Thanks!!
This is an incredible course that gives insight on techniques to improve learning, and also helps you develop a better understanding of your learning style. Professor Oakley has a great lecture style and she also includes many other resources, such as interviews with academics of all different fields and even our fellow classmates, and plenty of reading material. Professor Oakley makes great connections from the material to real-life situations, and she shares some anecdotes and experiences, which really makes for a fun class setting.I recommend this course to everyone!
I have benefited from this course a lot and truly recommend everyone to pursue.
The topics were clearly delivered and the tips were worth trying. Enabled me to do something outside what I'm used to especially with the pomodoro and interleaving.
It's the best course to improve your life. It's perfect.
Very useful , helped me in my learning for real
Simple tips backed by the diffused vs focused thinking framework to make learning more effective. Definitely something to come back to and form the cornerstone of learning.
I really do think that the information taught in this course will be useful.
Three words describing this course: lifechanging, awareness-creating and relieving! I trully recommend, the content will surprise you.
Excellent course for undergraduate students who want to improve their learning skills and don't know where to start. It gives some very useful tips for learning effectively which can be used by anyone who wants to learn new things but is finding difficulty in it.
Very helpful and practical.
Really enjoyed this course and found there was lots of useful information, tips and tricks. Would highly recommend for anyone who struggles with procrastination, methods of learning or who just wants to find out how we actual learn.
Was very helpful. I could relate to what they were teaching.
This course clears all my mental blocks regarding the process of learning. If you think that this is not a professional level course I would say this course will make learning as your profession.
I really learn a lot through this videos. I had try to make myself a better learners right now and to go further on my interest of study. The way of thinking of process not a product really change my mind of learning something about quantity that I need to have but actually is based on what quality you have learn from something. Thanks for all the lecturers and the supported team on this course.
The best course to start with...:)
With this course I learned the do's and don't of studying. I remembered how I think of myself as a dumb person way back in college when the truth is I just did a lot of wrongdoings in learning.I now gave great importance to sleep and exercise as part of learning.Thanks for the LHTL team. :)
Great course!It will be awesome to have more tests/quizzes.
With this course I've learned to improve my study habits and the techniques it describes had been of much help at work where I have to deal with unpleasant tasks sometimes.
Very useful course. I learn quite a lot. Thank you for the knowlege. I now have much more self-confedence in learning.
Excelllent thechers and great contents, very hopeful for my life. Thank you so much.
I wish I had taken this course 30 years ago in the first weeks of my University studies. I think I would have done a lot better! I'm heading towards 50 now and I still love learning and especially learning about learning.
I really love this course since I have learnt a lot how our brain works in the learning process. I really recommend it.
This is a wonderful course! I learn so much and the information that I learned is so helpful.
Extremely helpful!!!
INSPIRING course! It gives so many great advises on how we should learn more efficiently. People should practice their diffuse mode by practicing regularly and continuously. Professor Oakley has mentioned several ways to avoid procrastination. I have to admit I usually have this problem and hope that Pomodoro can help me reduce the habit. Keep concentrated on a subject, while taking good rest can not be overestimated. Wish those who have taken this course can learn from it.
This course is good in providing students tips for effective learning. Students are better in how to learn, however, it could be better if more cases, especially students with learning difficulties, are provided to illustrate how learning tips solve problems.
EXTREMELY helpful to my learning! AND FUN!
I wish I could have taken this course before I began my academic career. The theories and practices discussed in this course have the potential to vastly accelerate your learning.
I'm just one week away of finishing this course, but I can already tell that is been the most effective learning course I ever take. The technique I already learn have been of so much help in the resent days of my life. even if it work or studies or simple life, everything you'll learn in this course will help you to improve your skills and abilities.
Absolutely changed the way I can learn and teach to my students. Is a "Must" and To-Do before start to learn something!
super helpful course, recommendation for everyone!
Fun stuff and good, useful information. Nicely done.
Very good! Changed my view about learning.
I highly recommend this to anyone who has trouble with procrastination and with struggling to teach themselves. It does an amazing job of teaching you how your brain works and how to tackle tough subjects you never thought you could do.
An excellent course, It seems to be something of a meta-course, it is going to help you in other course, and also in in general being a productive human being
Very helpful. Perfect complement for the other coursera courses or to any studies or activities that involve learning, be it languages, programming or even sports.
I m sure this is a course that will help me in my career and anything else i want to learn. It super interesting all you can learn about your brain. Also, the interviews with people who accomplish so much are just the best. You learn from the great minds. thanks for offering this course online.
I am truly enjoying this course with professor Barbara. I love her style and the content is informative and useful.
Excellent course!!! thank you!
I highly recommend this free online course to anyone who has struggle with learning and concentration. The lecture videos are quite simple, engaging, informative, and provides a lot of interesting examples to keep you hooked.
Totally very helpful , I thank Barbara a lot , she is doing a really great job . Greetings from Kosova!!
Learning how to learn has never been easier and more fun! This course is an invaluable aid to learn ANYTHING. It provides 'know-how' and confidence in your ability to master any subject matter. The techniques provided to deal with procrastination have significantly impacted my life. I am grateful to Coursera and to instructors Terrence Sejnowsi and especially Barbara Oakley for making learning such a pleasure. Thank you!
thank you for a great job.
Great course, really interesting topic. It was more fun than learning.
This is a really helpful course with methods that really work. Strongly recommend.
Extremely useful. This course must be taught in schools.
Great course to point you in the right direction for whatever you chose to study! I found the points to be helpful and motivating.
The course is amazing, It gave me a believe that I can learn whatever I want to despite what people may say about inverse relation between age and learning capability. I am folloing some of the guidelines and find them very helpful in learning new subjects.
Very helpful for all ages and disciplines.Interview with legendary persons is unique in this course.I wanted to see more on memory techniques, but I guess this will stretch the course further.Thanks Barbara
This course was easy to follow, yet full of extremely useful elements. I have greatly enjoyed every lesson, and I am grateful to the instructors for creating a course that is at the same time fundamental and accessible to people with tight schedules. It's really never to late to learn how to learn. Absolutely recommended.
perfect! My learning has been improved even before I finish the course.
Very Complete, some things like the chunks and forming chunks is confuse despite the good example and mental images. I think was very useful for learn all the topics that a want to learn of different areas.
The course provided me with some very helpful tools for better learning.
Powerful, everyone should run through this and pass it onto their kids and schools.
very helpful, for the rest of my learning life!
Learned a lots of to know how to learn
Great course, but sometimes hard to follow for an average person.
It was an epic adventure with teachers Oakley and Sejnowski. Thank you both so much. I have really learned a lot.
This course is totally great!
Extremely insightful!
I think, this course is for everyone.
Best course to start before learning other courses.
Provides practical and applicable insights into how the physiology of the brain impacts learning. You learn what the brain is doing when you study, and how to maximize your study time. This course greatly aided my retention and understanding for my comprehensive exams in law. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in learning, whether in math, science, humanities, or law.
Thank you so much!
Awesome course. I think, everyone should start with this course.
Best course I have ever taken! I learn a lot from it and I hope I can do better after it.
Whenever stuck in learning, review this course!
This course should be taken by anyone who wants to learn anything.
It's still just first week but I've already learned some techniques that I'll benefit my whole life. Thank you.
Simple, but powerful!
Absolutely brilliant, crucial course for everyone interested in learning. I think this should be the first course for everyone who start using Coursera
Very useful learning tips and tricks.
Really interesting an useful!
This course has been helping me a lot on learning in every field!I had a big exam to take and passed it very well using the tips passed by this course.Everyone should try it.
I simply love it. I love Barbara, one of the best teachers I've ever seen and I love this course. After going through this course I felt that I found a lost part of me from the time when I started to learn consciously. Thank you for doing this!
This is a great curse. A must for every student who really wants to learn any subject in a productive manner!
I wish they would have taught a class like this when I was in college.Thank you sooooo much for this course.I will use it for the remainder of my life!
Incredible course, with really valuable information!If you are interested in how your brain works and what you can do to make it more efficient this is a MUST!A very big THANK YOU to the lecturers and their efforts to bring this knowledge to the world!
I registered the course in order to help me understand more about my brain and improve my learning ability. That’s satisfied!The first week, I feel like both of professors are so weird and the video lectures like the 1960s movie. Surprisingly, after the first week I was looking forward to see them and the next session. I very much enjoy it. I like the course content- understanding how the brain work and how to get better brain.I am very much happy that I had undertaken the Learning How to Learn course. And thank you so very much Dr. Barb Oakley and Dr. Terry Sejnowski for this course. Happy learning ever :)
very nice course but the quizzes are difficult
Although I am 31 years old, I still take this course to improve my study ability, and this course is really good！
this is a super awesome course!if anyone who has watched these videos here says 'this wasted my time', send him to me, i would like to talk to him :))
I like this course . It helped me
Awesome course! Captured almost all the elements of this very basic thing that is learning. Got exposure to so many things. Heart felt thanks to this course team for bringing this stuff.
Great course!!! The teachers are really really great!! You can see in the videos that they are amazing. A lot of new knowledge.I think everyone who is involve with economics, development and education of course have to take this course. Well, this course will be a huge help to anybody in any field also.
Eye opening, unique in its contents and imparts life long wisdom that can be applied throughout various levels of academia as well as daily life.
this is a very insightful and needed course
This course is one of the most important and useful on coursera.org. I am very grateful to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski for preparing and sharing this course.
I've learned about this already from the book Your Memory. However, I believe this course has been a great refresher and I've even learned a few more new things as well.It's amazing how some of the techniques taught here seem childish (make acronyms, imagine/ visualize w/ humor, etc), but are underestimated, overlooked, and ignored.I recommend every person who wants to improve work ethic to take this course as to form a foundation to their learning structure.
I enjoyed this course so much. It provides valuable information, tips, and interviews.
Very interesting.
Taking the Learning How to Learn class was one of the best decisions I've made in the past ten years regarding maintaining my skills current and relevant to my professional life in high tech. I used to fall prey to a sense of being perennially "behind" regarding the amount of technical knowledge I need to master for my work. Since my University days, my modus operandi used to be: repetition and brute force, i.e., more or less, cramming.After this class, I now have a set of tools I can actually relate to. I can use them proficiently to learn smarter, retain information better, and foremost, understand what my particular "cues' are if procrastination gets in my way again. I cannot thank Drs Oakley and Sejnowski enough for the deliberate pace of this course: they carefully pared down its content, with luminously clear explanations often delivered with a down-to-earth approach sprinkled with humor.I sincerely hope that this small message of gratitude will encourage whomever is "on the fence" to register for the course. By the way, by requesting a Certificate of Completion, I felt that I had"skin in the game,"I had a deadline to honor. Whether tired, or pressed for time, knowing that I had paid the modest sum for my Certificate encouraged me to make time for myself to go through each lesson carefully and learn the special vocabulary associated with these new tools.Very best wishes to all, you will be so happy you took the time to go through the class!Sincerely,Catherine von DennefeldNapa, CA
Simple and well-illustrated.
This course has been an eye-opener on many levels. It really helped me put things in perspective as far as learning any subject is concerned. Some of the tips resonated with what I've been hearing about education & learning since my growing up days, but I wouldn't have known what my deficiencies/drawbacks had I not taken this course. This course made me reflect about myself & my methods. As Prof. Oakley has stressed in this course, "One has to take responsibility for his/her own learning" and I would highly recommend this course. Happy Learning !!!
Full of useful information for anybody who wants to learn something. This should be part of elementary knowledge, like alphabet is.
Great course with great lessons!!!
10 years of self-help books compressed into a two week course. Instructors are great. Material great. Highly recommended.
It is a great course esp for aspiring students, teachers (who in turn can teach their students) and parents. I wish these things are imparted and drilled in students at a much earlier age. I knew most of these things but by accident and over a long period of time. Brilliant course - you can even download or see all videos in 1 go like a documentary.
Awesome Course, but I was unable to log back in after I passed my exam to finish the final project.
great stuff!!!
Excellent, interesting and provides some very useful tools and insights into how to study more effectively,
Thanks. The course "Learning how to learn" is realy helpful. I am from Venezuela, and I want to be a writer in english. I know I have some difficulties with irregular verbs and with punctuation. After this course, I started to try daily with those problems.I am interested in "learning and motivation", And this course has good bibliography about it. I agree with Schopenhauer idea that Motives are the causes views from within us.
I am finding this course to be extremely helpful in polishing my methods of studying. About to embark on a journey to be an astrophysicist, I think this course will help me in effectively understanding concepts I have never been introduced to in my life before.
It's an amaizing course with a great benefit and perfect instructor Dr BarbaraI recommend this course for any learner or student
It was good to know areas like Illusions of competance, Einstellung, Imposter Syndrome etc.It will help course takers to become aware of the problems in learning.Thanks to the instructor in visually explaining the concepts and for including interviews with field experts as part f this course!
This course is very helpful to make realiza that learning something is very fun..I love it..Thank you for the interest course
Great class; I've gained simple, effective strategies to improve my ability to learn. I only hope that other curriculums can incorporate concepts that were discussed in this class, so that more people may apply these strategies at an earlier stage of learning.
It is the first class that I finished on Coursera. Babara is such a perfect teacher. I learnt a lot from the course, and that will help all my life.
I wished I could have learned all these during my school days. Anyways it's never too late when comes to learning....
taking this course was a wonderful experience ,I am looking forward to taking an advanced course on the same topic
Great course to learn. I can apply to techniques in almost any discipline in life. Professor Barabara is a very good presenter.
I LOVED IT!! :-DWill definitely improve my learning skills!
I have learned how to learn :D
For me it is all new concepts about learning & i have started implementing.
One of the best and first courses to be taken, before engaging in any serious learning. Useful for learners of all ages!
the best course i have ever take,learn how to learn it will be the base for every thing in my life ,thank you very much for giving me this chance
Very insightful, lots of new techniques for learning effectively.
A course that ANY college student should take. Probably once a year.
Great tools for effective learning.
This course can change your life.
I can't explain how much this course has changed my attitude and thoughts towards learning!! It will definitely help me throughout my life, from schooling, all the way to my future career goal and dream. I thank the professors, Ms. Oakley and Mr. Sejnowski, profusely for teaching us the skills and techniques for learning, as well as opening our doors to a brighter future!
I am very happy that I completed this module! There are few teachers who taught about how to learn and how our brain is actually doing while we are learning new stuff. By knowing more about the activities happening in the brain helps me to control my learning, and sometime, use some tricks to convince my brain go deeper, or to train my brain.I can't wait to apply the methods taught in this module on other subjects!
Not too difficult, easy going. Will help you with all of your classes and in your everyday life. Highly recommended for anyone and everyone. Best of all, it's free.
Amazing structure for the informations, and I'm sure the results will be the same. Everyone should take the calls no matter the field they work in, to discover the genius side that lies within each one of us.
Good course.This course made my mindset about learning changed.
A very vivid and useful aid in understanding, reviewing and improvising the entire process of how we learn. the best part is that it isn't confined to one single branch of specialty, but can be applied to anything and everything including routine tasks making it very apt for everyone.
Great People did a valuable and great job!
I learned things that aren't on a blogger's list. WHICH IS GREAT. YAY FOR LEARNING.
Lots of new learnings for me. Highly recommended!
Really helpful. Has helped me to study better and realise that I can focus.
thx i liked dr barbara's videos.always a smiling face!
I truly think this is a great course for all courses. It has helped me a lot the mons and even years. Thank you so much Barbara Oakley and Terrance Sejnowski
A great and really helpfull course to make you improve your reading, understanding and testing performance!
A really interesting and thought-provoking course that combined theoretical neuroscience and practical ideas for maximising study skills in real-world settings. I shall be recommending to all my students that they ought to sign up for future edition of 'Learning How to Learn.
This is a good chance to know further about our brain. After the course, i am going to enjoy the learning process.
I did not expect such a good training. And it works in reality.
Excellent course and well-polished content.
Thank you so much! I appreciated the format for this course. The interviews were excellent. I am a middle- school math interventionist and will use many of the techniques from this course as I teach students that need strategies to be successful!
This course is really useful. Actually, it opens a new door to a new world for you.Dive into it, learn it, practice it and most important, use it. It will make your life and world different.Thanks to Dr. Barbara Oakley and Dr. Terrence Sejnowski
If you happen to have the required background but somehow never got beyond beginner-level GR, this is a thoroughly enjoyable course! There are obviously many text-books and online videos to learn more-or-less the same concepts, but the assignments here are the high point, they are hard, but for me personally, they are what made this course special. Completing this course somehow makes me feel much better prepared to self-study the intermediate/advanced level GR books I've owned for so long! Many thanks to Prof. Akhmedov, HSE, and Coursera for making this possible!
One of the bests ways of understanding the GR ant it's mathematical's tools. The apresentation of the class ( The "blackboard" ) is very impressive and helps the student in calculations . Thank You!
Dr. Emil Akhmedov has done a great job of putting the lectures together. They are supported by printed notes, and assignments that are hard work, but definitely valuable. I do not award five stars unless the discussion forums work well to support the students. Emil has put effort into helping students when they have problems. This is truly one of the very best physics courses on the Internet.
Excellent course, and quite intensive mathematically. One will be well placed for a graduate level course on General relativity upon completing this.
Demanding course with good overview of general relativity content.
Excellent course for beginners.
This is a great course. It teaches a person real Relativity. The basic math needed for relativity is discussed. I learned a lot from that. Also the basics of black holes are covered. There is an excellent book that is included in the course for free. I hope Professor Akhmedov teachers more courses.
best mathematical course so far.
I loved this course!
Great course!
great :D
This was a great introductory course! It was fun, challenging, and fulfilling. It's not particularly easy for beginner programmers (like myself), but the professors do a good job of making the material approachable and palatable. Also, be prepared for some math! Overall: 5/5 :)
The courses were easily understandable even people have no experience to design programs. I learned how to code using Python and how to design a game.
Very useful course
Great course and i l love codeskulptor.But the ui is a little bit boring
Amazing course! I love the projects are designed. One really has to do some practical exercise to improve coding skills
As a linguist by education and a person with no programming exprerience I can say that this course is rather difficult. At the same time it is interesting and filled with not only knolwedge but also with humour and fun (thanks to the professors).And as far as I was able to accomplish it and to build a Pong game, I can recommend it as a first step into programming.See you in part II
great cours with a lot of important informations and skills to learn
an online editor is not good
The audio volume throughout the videos should be improved; consistently, my ears were bombarded during the first shot(s), but as soon as the side-shot plus code came into view I had to crank up the volume in order to understand what was said.Otherwise, it was a very well thought-out and enjoyable class, thanks!
Good level of programming. But for submitting your assignments you need to purchase the course only that is a negative point for this course. But the learning is awesome!
A good introduction to the fundamentals of Python through continuous application.
Great course!!
I love it!! The teachers are very smart and fun!!
This course has been very engaging since the very beginning, and I have liked the creator's choice to make the students approach Python through games. It would have been even better with a stronger attention on other Python features instead of focusing mainly on SIMPLEGUI. All in all, it's a great course. Thanks!
excellent course to get a good introduction to programming in python. Mini project based appraoch ensured I got hands on training throughout the course of the project
This is an amazing course. It's both joyful and useful in terms of information and the way it presents. I'm very thankful to Rice's professors and Coursera team for an opportunity to study this course. I'm about to use the knowledge I've got here to pass the exams and enroll in university. Though I still didn't complete the whole course because I have to concentrate on some particular themes for the exam I definitely will continue learning here after exams or even sooner. Can absolutely recommend this course for beginners and for the ones who have some misunderstanding in some particular fundamental topics in programming on python.
More than a quick-and-dirty introduction, this course will teach you the basics while also sneaking in some good engineering principles. Highly recommended!
great course on python. Professors are legends ,Thank you so much
What a great platform for e-learning. Thank you!
Great classes!
Best teachers ever! Content is suitable for both beginners and those who already have some experience in coding. I really enjoyed the lectures as well as the programming assignments.
The assignment grader is not good enough
Helpful and interesting. Good for beginners.
Well done beginner course to Python and computer programming.
Very good introductory course, highly recommended, even if you have little to no knowledge or experience in programming. You will have to spend a lot more time on it thought as it is stated - that is if you think of learning programming in Python seriously. It can be done even if you have a full time job and a family with a little baby as I had, just have to forget about sleeping much for some months :) But that is out because of the baby anyway.
Very cool!
I enjoyed this course a lot! They really accomplish to make it fun :D The explanations are very clear and concrete, simple but not boring. I can't wait to learn more in part 2.
Excellent course, very rigorous and makes you work hard but if you put in the effort you really learn a lot.
Great course!
Excellent introduction to Python and programming. The Python concepts move at a gentle pace, but the assignments are quite challenging. This makes a great introduction to programmatic thinking and problem solving in addition to Python
Clear and understandable
Recommended to take after taking MIT's intro to python. It's a good course to enhance your basic python skill in a more interesting way. The main programming tasks are based on a simpleGUI developed by Scott so that it would be more clear and visible to show off what we could do using simple python code.
Proprietary. To me is unacceptable. But the professors really do have a charm to them so I will give them an extra star for that.
It's a great course. Teachers are awesome since they're capable of getting your attention 100% of the time by keeping motivation up and making the learning curve really smooth. Thanks!
Very nice Python course. The quiz integrated in the video and behind a/b sections are also excellent.
This course was awesome
Most interesting and challenging course till now. Learnt a lot.
Verz well designed and explained videos and support from the staff
It is an interesting course, and you can make a little game after learning it!
Quite enjoyable introduction to Python
Amazing course with amazing teachers.
You cannot submit your quizzes nor your program assignment unless you're a paying member.This is the first time I ran into such a class in Coursera.Sad.Please allow non-paying people who want to learn, to participate in quizzes and peer graded assignments, like other institutions are doing.
very attractive to me and I can get so many things with the funny process
Well done, well structured and fun. I am addicted
Awesome teachers, I learned a lot in testing as well as mini-programs
I like the detail that this course goes into. They cover it until you get it..... At least that the way it feels. They show you multiple different ways to look at the code and different ways to use it. Complete things to look out for. At least one of their challenges are broken when you click on the solution code. I did not really understand so I did click on it but when you run it if errors on RPSLS.... something.Still the Python course I have seen. Trust me. I have looked everywhere!!!!
Really nice and friendly introduction to Python. There are plenty of intro courses to get into programming, but one of the challenges is engaging the person taking the course and making them feel like the instructors care about what they're teaching. This course does a great job at this.It also gives enough direction and support that most people who commit the time to it can complete it. The forum is also active throughout the class session, which can help troubleshoot more specific bugs.
I can access to some contents: videos and lectures, but I can not send quizzes or assignments and to get feedback without paying a fee for this course, very limited! :(
Awesome course!
While this is a great course for introductory programming, I believe that it suffers from its focus on cokeskultpor UI design. The main issue I have with it is that these skills are not easily transferred to real world applications. I think some time spent on a basic introduction to tkinter would be good to help get people started on how to make their own programs.I found that the grading rubrick in particular focused too much on simple UI elements and not enough on making sure that the code was good or that the game even worked. For example, I had one person who had everything in pong perfect except that the score was added when the ball hit the paddle. This meant that the game as whole did not work as expected, but it only cost him 2 marks.
helpful
very practical and useful!
The cpurse is for someone who eants pure programing, in my case i want python for predictive procedures.
Very good class. Provides the absolute basics of Python programming.
Good For Beginners... Must check out this course
the weekly quiz are premium only now? well now i don't need to review other's work, since calification is already broken, so ty. Just close the free enroll already, make ppl life easy. I have to say goodbye Rice now.ps: worse part is i really enjoyed the last time i was here. Now i feel an asshole for believing on this shit.
Nice course.. I have referred this website to my friends to do certification. Thanks coursera
Best Python Intro for anyone!
like it.like the mini project a lot. it really helps you build up what you have learned and put it into practice. and also it benefits a lot from examine other peers assignment.
Great introductory course
Too much of a difficulty jump
doing mini projects is a great way to learn
Excellent and fun course (part1+2), thank you very much! It has given me the head start in Python I was looking for.
Fun and engaging course.
This course is very funny and useful, and don't worry about the homework, the teachers will give you basic train of thought which will help you a lot!
I love the projects. You learn essential problem-solving skills by developing simple games. I can't wait for Part 2 of the course.
Great course, great introduction for beginners like me =)
The course was extremely good and easy to understand!!
Great introduction to Python, the dev environment makes me feel as though the lessons may not be 100% transferable but it is a great course for fostering an interest in Python and structured very well to keep learning engaging and challenging but not overwhelming.
Excellent Course. Mini Projects teach you a lot.
Well put together course, the CodeSkulptor environment makes it very easy to write, troubleshoot, and share code for the projects. The lectures are well done and tackle things in an order that makes it easy to pick up if you're a complete beginner. You can also jump ahead if you already have some experience.
interesting and not too easy
joe warren ur better than this
Great experience, great exercises, perfect course for those with 0 programming/python knowledge.
I've gained great enthusiasm for the language Python from this course. I like the fun the professors put in this course.To make games as a programming assignment is one elements that keeps you going.I likely will follow part II in the near future.
Love the enthusiasm from the professors.
Very informative class. A little bit on the easy side.
Took this course a few times, I like,it, and I tend not to retain the info so enjoy relearning.
Great course, I have already had previous experiences with coding but the instructors made the course so enjoyable for me.
It's very exciting course because you learn how to design old-fashioned games and learn Python at the same time. The instructor was very supportive with the questions on the forum. I feel like learning the course on-site, interacting with the professors. Thanks Coursera for the huge financial support to help me hone my coding skills.
Awesome Course! Thanks for making it available to us.
Great course!
one of the best practical course in python
very interesting course for beginning programmers!
Good course!
its really helpful for beginners! And the games I made I bragged around friends and parents! This is awesome!
awesome course
I've taken several different online Python courses, completing some and not others. This one works for me. The interactive aspect allows you to see the results of your coding graphically. Other courses tend to start with theory and basic concepts detached from practical application or illustrated in isolation. This course has you applying the basics that make simple actions happen (programs) in their interactive interpreter.If you're like me and have tried the other courses by MIT (edX), Udacity, those offered on StackSkills, CodeSchool, Pluralsight, codecademy, et. al., this one rises to the top because of the balance of academic instruction and graphical interactivity (and despite the lame jokes! -just kidding, guys).
Great introductory course!
It's really easy to learn Python while students follow the instruction step by step.
It's not bad, but not amazing. I would recommend University of Michigan's Programming for Everybody (Python) over this course. While the game-oriented approach is fun, I don't like the excessive focus upon the simplegui module which was created by the instructors specifically for this course. You will learn some basic python concepts, but you'll spend way too much time learning how to use this module which you will likely never use again, and this is at the expense of learning how to use some of the more commonly used standard modules (eg datetime, sys, etc). I also found glitches in the materials, and many of the questions and grading rubrics are unclear or ambiguous. Very frustrating.
I learned a more in five weeks about programming than in semester long courses.
The course was interesting but I think Coursera is not quite what it used to be. The courses are more expensive (This one was $100). You can't do it free in a practical way, which on principle excludes people. They are simply replays of old videos and people are not inspired to participate in the forums.
It's a very good course, I learned a lot and enjoyed it a lot too
It's a great course and moves at a fluent speed. You won't feel left out that's for sure.
Its a big opportunity to learn !!!!
I love it.
Very useful course. Learnt a lot of python from basics.
Pretty nice course and very fun. I have learned a lot!!. I absolutely recommend this course.
Great professors and great design of the course. It does not only cover all the main elements of how to code with python, it also incorporate them into game design so our interests of learning can keep high as always. I found this course very interesting and the guidelines and code clinic tips are very helpful. Especially the peer assessment, it provide opportunities for me to learn from other people's codes and provide advice to others' works meanwhile I can also think about my own code and enhance next time. Overall, I will strongly recommend this course to others that like to learn python or computer science.
I learned a great deal in this course, whilst enjoying the lively lectures and interesting, fun projects. Definitely highly recommend for those interesting in computer programming, whether new to the field or (like me) refreshing old skills. Thanks to all the lecturers for this great introduction - I'm looking forward to the rest of the specialisation. :)
Good course to learn the concepts deeply and make it registered by the brain, especially if you test and think things in parallel by yourself. Starting the second course right now.
The instructors are good and have made the course a lot of fun. This course has been simplified enough to appeal to even high school students.
This course teaches the basics of programming in a very accesible way, and the professors adopt a cool and easy to grasp way of teaching.10/10 - Would take the course again
Fun and useful
Fantastic class. A little fast paced for a beginner, but I was able to keep up and enjoyed it.
Teachers are very professional and humorous.
This is a great class! It's full of fun and I have learned a lot. Thank you, Prof.s!
I am very disapointed about this course. This course is more about how programming, then teaching about programming in python. The lecture is too long and information value is very low. In my opinion, this course is for somebody who never programming, it is not depend in which language. If you wont to know how if, for, functions works, what is variable etc, then this is the right place where to learn this basics.
You really learn something in this course! Really Recommendable
The teachers are very nice and responsible ! The lessons are very interesting !
I haven't finished the course yet, but it's great. The course is really fun, the academic material is really useful and course staff are friendly.
Great course for beginner. Instructors try to inject much fun elements into the course.
I enjoying every bit of it!!
very informative, fun but still challenging
This course needs you to PAY!!!!
I learnt a lot from it!
Very great introduction (and it s coming from someone with 0 computer skills)
The teachers is the best! tnx!
Hands-on course that uses lots of practical cases and relatable examples. Offers all the basics backed up with both serious expertise and much-appreciated humor.
Too easy.
Excellent lesson, gave in a gamified reason the basic principles of computing.Congratulations for the inspired projects!
This course is a great introduction to programming in Python. The practice problems are especially helpful and the final project is a lot of fun!
cool :-)
Most fun loving Profs and most fun-filled course. Thanks Coursera and RIce University
Awesome, Codeskulptor is a priceless tool and a great gift to humanity
I took this whole series in 2015 and I thought they were excellent. I had a programming background, but hadn't programmed in about 10 years, and i had no experience with Python. I found the material well presented and the homework interesting and non-trivial. It took me generally about 4-5 hours/week for the lectures and assignments.
Nice course! And really fantastic teachers!
very amusing and useful, with loveable and passionate professors!
Nice course for beginners. Would recommend "Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)" as a prior specialization to this one, as it sometimes may seem a little bit difficult for a complete beginner.
Very nicely taught. Well structured and content was very apt. A big thanks to coursera team. Extremely satisfied. :)
Nice course to start learning Python.
Very interesting!
Very good course.Learning by making games is such a fantastic way to grow.
Awesome course.....would have liked it even more if simplegui was available outside code skulptor also
Learned so much -- amazing course!
Excellent way of teaching interactively. Very good exercise problems to revise and learn by practice. Occasional use of humor also adds interest to the course.
Wow i have just started and i am beginning to love it.print "it's exciting"
its practical and understandable
The best course I have ever taken online. FYI this was my first course online too.. A year ago. But till date this is the best course I have ever taken. It taught me valuable programming skills. I was the kid who knew nothing about programming before this course. Now I am taking third part of this Specialization.
not upto the mark.Not meant for intelligent students
This is less of a course on a programming language and sounds more like a mindset for programming. Glad that I have enrolled for the specialization and looking forward to go through the whole journey :)
Really cool!
Very interesting course and the learning process is easy to follow, i recommend it.
lectures were pretty clear, and the game projects were a very smart way to keep learning fun and challenging.
Fantastic! Joe Warren and Scott Rixner hit one out of the ballpark with this course. They really make programming accessible to anyone with the way that they teach, and they make the content really fun. Yes, the material can be challenging at some times, but with all the lectures, homework and support, I truly think anyone can finish this course.I'm enrolled in the full specialization and a note to others. Enroll in all the courses at once and then in your enrollments page you can adjust the sessions that you want to take by hitting the three dots button. I made the mistake of waiting till I finished part one to enroll in the next course and it caused me to skip a session so I had to sit around waiting for two weeks until the next session started. Programming is a language so it helps the learning process to work on it every day, don't make the same mistake I made!
Awesome Course , Learn Lot of New things .A complete Interactive Course .Its fun while learning.
Makes Python feel really fun, simple and powerful to learn; 5 stars!
Enjoying this course quite a bit to be honest :)
It just could not be better!
Well structured course. Great videos and materials. Really enjoyed the tasks and assignments, who thought you could have fun programming ;-)
Great!!
Loved it ! I learned alot and it was buildt up really good :)
Good design and very informative. I would just like to see maybe a tab or easier way to access all the links given in the video without having to go through the video again.
Excellent, well organised and well taught.
Great course with excellent practical part!
Steep learning curve for a beginner, but you learn a lot on the way. Thanks professors! The discussion forums are great as well, with prompt and helpful replies.
Great course! Well organized and the professors really like teaching. They always know how to keep it fun and interesting along the way.
Easy to follow
Great
The course is excellent!
Good projects. The videos were a little too focused on watching someone code rather than instructional however.
An amazing course. Professors are knowledgeable, fun, and contribute time and effort to the course. The content is fast-paced, but you end up learning a lot!
Nice course...highly recommended for beginners...
It's just awesome to be able to take this kind of courses and specially when they have people so dedicated and interested in teaching and encouraging others so we can all learn. Than
I would like to see the end date of the course linked to the start date of the next course (Part 2) without a few week time lag, or a one week lead time. It would nice to have the option to keep going while the material is still fresh in my mind.
Clear guideline to follow and lots of resources to troubleshoot obstacles. Great course for the most basics beginner programmer like me.
Only able to audit the class, no longer able to take quizzes and tests. I recommend the Python classes from Michigan over these if you are looking to avoid paying for old material.
Perfect Course, Perfect Lecturers
I love this class
I wouldn't give a star for this course; materials are prosaic (wordy); professors have not designed a truly high-tech course with automated grading; they want peers to grade each other - I don't like this euphemism, which is equivalent to the blind leading the blind; I do not want to spend my energy correcting other peoples' programming assignments; I want to spend the time thinking about programming and working on my own programs - the concept of collaboration is false - everyone wants to develop their own stuff not share with others so the premise of the course is inaccurate; also, the course has many long-winded texts of little use to the student; this is a course more about indoctrination in a legacy system than it is a course to liberate the mind through computers; while the content is interesting I am completely turned off by the amount of time I have to devote to commenting on other peoples' stuff - I am not a teacher - that is the teacher's job not my job - also, I do not like the condescension and clownishness of the profs in this course - I do not need to be entertained and all the talk about Monty Python, one of the corniest programs on TV trivializes the material - a no-nonsense, MIT type course is preferable - this is a course that I would avoid from the logistical perspective, although I will follow the material side of the course because it has substantial content and that includes the specialization - hello teachers in the course - automate the grading and remove all of the peer evaluations and start offering authentic instruction, not lazy instruction of students teaching students - the approach is typical of all legacy-oriented courses - the same goes for the Severance course at the University of Michigan - if the Rice course is supposed to instill interest in Rice University, this offering turns me away from Rice because one realizes that Rice is too legacy-oriented in its approach, same old, same old.
Very nice! I really learned a lot from it ,it's very interesting!
The team of profs is great to listen to, even for hours on-end if/when going through several lectures per go...They have really worked through the online presentation of this software engineering 101 course to eliminate bugs, streamline its effectivity, and generally make it enjoyable for technical and laypersons alike.Kudos Team Rice!
This is the perfect course for people with no knowledge in programming. The lectures are easy to follow, and the best part is that the assignments, apart from strengthen the theory, are very fun!
These guys make programming much more approachable.
Great course, great instructors, was hard, but the community of learners was fantastic and helped out a lot. Pace is face, be ready to commit time to it.
I really enjoy how this course is setup. There is no need to install anything, and the codeskulptor is a great learning tool. Also, the videos are entertaining and informative.
Thank you for this course! Best teachers ever
Excellent Courst but you have to pay in order to access the quizes and assignments... very dissapointing.
A great course
Great course. I enjoyed it a lot.
Well organized for people without programming experience
I took this course 3 times as a student, and I absolutely loved it! The lectures are interesting, relevant, and entertaining. I'm grateful to be a CTA/Mentor.
quality course with enough practice
Best python (or programming) course for beginners I have seen (and I tried a lot of them).1) Codesculptor helps a lot (no need for endless saving, running IDLE etc) - you go immediatelly2) Interesting examples + exercises with templates (where you just fill in some part of code) maintain motivation and interest high. No basic boring stuff like "print fibonacci sequence". Also - more focused on actual programming than on mathematical/logical solving of exercises (as I viewed in some courses)3) Small enough increments to not being overwhelmed, yet still motivated by new stuff.To sum it up, I am looking forward to subsequent courses in this series.
huge waste of time, they will give you very little information and what is expected for you to be able to do with that information is astronomical, you will never learn any of the details of how computing works, how functions work, the mechanism behind these computations, or anything. To give you an example, you will first watch a horribly made video on boolean logic, alter going to youtube to get a better explanation of 'And', 'or' , and 'not', you'll see an example done with If, else, and elif, then be asked to do homework problems using and, or, not. This huge gap between the information given, and the information you are expected to know to solve the problems they give you is too large, I found differential equations easier than this
I learned so much. Love the interaction between the professors and how grounded and fun they are.
Great course for beginners.I'm a network engineer and now I need to have a Python in my tool belt to do my job. This course is a great point to start.
Best computer programming series I've taken in Coursera so far (I've done principles 1 and algorithm thinking 1 already and in paralell). You can start in this very basic course and end in Algorithm Thinking which is a great course full of insights even for an experienced programmer as I'm (same is valid for the principles of programming, especially regarding the testing assignments) with no previous experience. My nephew is 15 years old and in high school and he is loving this course (having hard time though). To me, this specific course was very basic but as I didn't know anything of Python and as I love games I enjoyed a lot even though I already knew all of the material except for the Python part.
Excellent course to start programming in Python
Good course
One of the best, most fun introductory Python course on Coursera. You'll create games!!! You create then you play to entertain yourselves and your fellow friends! What else do you need??? It's super fun!
Very interesting course! I love python because of it!!!!
Easy to understand, but I just cannot recall too much half a year after finished it!Maybe it is a little bit superficial.
Just a basic introduction to computer science.
just some basic knowledge, most of the knowledge is not expanded or deep introduced.
Great course.
really good knowledge about international tax law, and also provides good reading material for students to read, very enlightening.
Great course for any professional who wants to learn more about direct taxation and tax planning. Subjects like BEPS, EU State aid etc. are covered at length! Definitely recommended!Maybe just some small points of criticism: the assignments are not very clear, the time shown you need for the course and for the reading is not accurate, prepare for more if you wish to really get something out of the course.
Excellent course, very pertinent themes and broad analysis of subjects very critical to the day-to-day of a International Tax professional. Instructors and mediators are outstanding. Highly recommended!
Awesome course. I learnt so much and developed an interest in international tax law
Very good instructor and tea
Excellent Course, for beginners to experts. I contains lots of reading and interesting videos. I think the time require in each week is a bit to much, specially for individuals that are full time workers and have families.
I`ll strongly recommended your course for colleagues. It will be fine to translate course in Russian. In last years interest in that field is high due to the fact that Russia created it`s own CFC rules.
Its an amazing course to provide an insight to international taxation, one of my favorite subjects to study. The only suggestion would be to make the video lecture a slight longer and in depth about topics. Otherwise its an amazing course. Hopefully one day i'll b able to study in the university itself.
Really interesting and very usefull course i've ever learned. Thank you!!!
Excellent course. It would be more clear if more examples are provided.
Really interesting course of exceptional quality. I learned a lot. It was quite challenging, especially for anyone who wants to get through the reading.
International taxation principles initially seemed too complicated for me to understand. This has to a greater extent been demystified and I have the confidence that I can deliver great results for assigned tasks. It is for this reason that I have decided to take on international taxation as a career path
Very understandable court, on complex issues, smartly built, impressive pedagogical work and still a lot of knowledge. Great work, and
This course gives you a snapshot of the issues normally dealt in int. tax law. The course is taught by great professionals and academics, and confers to its participants the necessary basic knowledge to face a deeper study of the subject.
Excellent materials, structure and teaching.
Very important Course for any one interested in international taxing
Great course ever !!!!
Really useful
This course has defined my proffesional inclinations on law
The course gives you a fantastic platform for learning and upgrading your knowledge in the area of international tax law. I fount it extremely useful and inspiring for digging deeper in the area of international tax law. Thanks Leiden and the University team for making the effort!
Perfect!
good for anyone with basic tax training and would like to dig deeper
Excellent teaching, materials and structure. A very interesting course which I'd highly recommend to any professionals or those curious about the field.
Is a good course because there are more different elements of international tax that improve my skills
Amazing course. Great faculty.
This is a FIVE STAR course for completeness and structure. Plenty of material available. I really would welcome to be informed by the Leiden University in case of further course on tax subjects.
Detailed analysis. Very useful for beginners and professionals alike.
The course provides an extremely sophisticated and deep knowledge on the subject. Professors are very knowledgeable and talented!I really recommend to take this course to improve your knowledge on International Tax Law
Informative
Nice course from my own study program and university. I am glad the staff wants people to get to know more about tax law. It is complex but very interesting. Today it becomes more important, especially in the debate about base erosion and profit shifting.
Very nice and up to date course, thumbs up for the Leiden University, the International Tax Centre and specially Professors Douma and Van Raad for making such a wonderful and accurate work. Would recommend it to anyone getting into International Taxation as a newcomer or an expert
a really great course involving economics and tax systems
The course was very well planned and made extensive use of education technology. The required and recommended readings covered actual topics in depth. Congratulations to the whole team!
my first course in couresra. the effort for designing the course is much appreciated!
Amazing course! Great professors, lecturers and material. Essential course for those interested in international tax law.
Productive, emotionally, challenging, friendly, and interesting!
One of the best courses i've taken!
One of the best on Coursera!
The course gives a short but good overview of the discussions within the international taxation.
Very detailed course, very informative
I love this course, it´s very interesting and updated with the most important stuff in tax law.
Excellent course, well taught by experts and influential industry professionals. Has good resources. If in business, NGO, or Gov this course is a must.
this module makes me think about the tax i have been studying about the taxes and how working , thank you to the leiden university i have been learning about of the famous beps and other themes sorry for my bad english
Challenging course offered balance of study and testing: 3 essays, 6 short tests and one final exam. The quality of interviews, study sources and presentation by professionals was second-to-none by Coursera standards. This course is demanding. If you take the course you need to have a background in tax or be prepared to study over 10 hours per week. If you follow the guidelines and substantial source documents and presentations you should be able to pass the course. More importantly, focusing on the issues, ways and means that global enterprises have benefited from weak tax treaties and domestic laws is an eye-opener. Every politician elected to public office should take this course. Very done! Leiden's Centre for International Tax Law is clearly a world leader in tax law study and assessment.
Excellent course, superb presentation, Leiden Law School proves they are best in world for International Tax.
Top quality course from top University in the area of taxation
Found extremely useful practical information within this course. Very much recommended. Peter
Great course, very effective teaching approach.
Great content, excellent Professors and staff.
I am very satisfied with the quality of this course, its materials, the videos.
The fictional case proposed at the final step (quizz) is a really imaginative. Thank you.
pretty good course
Thoroughly enjoyable, even as a student with no background in law. I very much look forward to beginning my law degree after completing this course.
Fantastic course! I learned a lot about the fundamentals of International Criminal Law.
Is a grate course. I have already rated it. It would be good an International Humanitarian Law and a Cours about the Sea International Law. Specially Sea International Law.
It was a good learning experience.
it was very helpfull to understand about International Criminal Law
Gives a very good introduction to International Criminal law, easy to understand and is a great source for research work. Thumps up.
A very Explanatory and detailed course which would benefit you immensely if you have the time to spend for it.
Michael Scharf is an excellent professor, I greatly enjoyed the course, which was extremely imteresting and motivating.
The professor, Michael Scharf, seems to have a heavy bias to "justice" (as in punishment) and that leaves me with a poor taste as I listen to his content. I found an error in content that bothered me but did not interfere with the main points of the course. Overall I'm happy with the understanding of International Criminal Law that I have gained, though I am displeased with the biases I found in the professor.
I enjoyed it very much. The professor shared a lot of valuable information and talked a lot about his experiences, and it was very interesting. I have to admit, I didn't really like the simulations. The questions weren't very interesting, but I liked the idea itself of using it instead of weekly quizzes.
Amazingly insiteful
Great course for any lawyer or law student.
I really enjoyed this course. The prof was extremely knowledgeable, enthusiastic and presented modern, relevant examples to illustrate different aspects of international criminal law. He's obviously an expert and I am going to read his book!
Very interesting and I enjoyed the manner in which Michael Scharf taught. Additionally, I liked the course because it is very interactive and there is a lot of freedom.
Excellet course, thanks for offering for free
This course can develop skills of legal analysis of the international trials and shows the foundations for legal opinions.
Excellent explanations and examples. It was worth every minute.
There are fewintesr
A good introduction to the topic
Highly recommended.
I enjoyed this course
A great course introduces you to the International Law Making Body's. Love it!
It was entertaining, but it'd be easier to follow if the videos weren't *that* long. 5 videos of 10 minutes per week would be better in my opinion, it wouldn't frustrate me as much as an hour long video.
It's amazing, I've learnt so many things and I haven't even completed the course (yet)! As it goes, it becomes more and more interesting, compelling to complete it and, maybe, even go for a certificate.
A very comprehensible course . Reding material was very thorough
it was really good, because its really clear and esay to understand by the videos, talks an maybe the readings are a little bit hard but its good
Its really Excellent.
Great start of the Course though hope that the video lesson has an option to download to watch it offline
Basic but very informative.
It was a very interesting course full of new experiences. I love it
Great Class,Would like even more information.
The given introduction didn't help me to figure out how the grading system will look like. There are no assignments to submit, only online group works, which is not organised well at all. There are too many threads and the it's not at all clear what to write about. Apparently I should write about certain cases, but I couldn't find the content of the case. There is no proper introduction, work overview or anything. Very dissapointing.
Thank you for this magnificently resourceful course!
awesome brainstorming
Very informative
A simple and short course about learning what constitute international criminal law.
thanks
Very intersting and complete !
The course is so fantastic and it open up to human rights and law i like it
Very informative and comprehension modules and video teachings to enhance my interests in International Criminal Law.
Very informational and interesting.
absolutely outstanding MOOC; makes great use of all the possibilities of this educational media platform... relentlessly driven by a plethora of highly relevant ICC and other International Tribunal cases and Michael Scharf's undying enthusiasm for all matters criminal...
For those laypersons seeking to gain understanding of the emerging International
The movie clips at the beginning made me wonder if the course was going to be worth it, but once you get past that, it gets very interesting
MUY INTERESANTE, SALUDOS AL PROFESOR Y AGRADECIMIENTOS POR COMPARTIR CON NOSOTROS MUY BIEN EXPLICADO. GRACIAS
I really like to the content of the course, but the problem of it is that it does not really incorporate the legal skills one acquires from Law School and is thus somewhat of a false representation of the case law that is offered.
one of the most important courses I`ve learned ...really appreciate being in that course ...I did it one time before and now I joined for the second time to repeat it even I didn`t participate any assignments or exams ...valuable materials you should have if you are really interested in law !
I thoroughly enjoyed this highly informative course - it shed a lot of light on aspects which have puzzled me over the years. Fascinating and very well presented. Thank you.
Videos and readings were very clear, I appreciated the fact that our professor was very knowledgable on the subject of international criminal law. There were many different examples and case studies presented that helped further my knowledge of how international criminal proceedings go.
Very good, enjoyable and incredibly useful in understanding the international community's way of
Course is timely and very relevant.
This course is flexible & stuffed with huge information which is really helpful to build our knowledge. Thank you very very much for providing this course.Annesha Kar Gupta
I think the professor is remarkable and all the material is absolutely good! thank you so much!
A fantastic course! Thaks a lot!
great course
Enjoyed the course. Very interesting and insightful.
REally learned a lot from this course and feel it was a stepping stone to other law classes in human rights.
Fantastic professor. Lots of very useful materials. Straightforward requirements. Contemporary cases. Very engaging course. Fascinating!
I am a first year law student at the University of London and this course is pertinent to my courses in international and European Community law - especially in the area of human rights. I've been in many, many law classes but none - although they were all superbly done - each in its own right - none came close to the quality of this course. I would take another course from this great legal educator any time and I recommend this course without reservations.JAMES WILLIAM GILLIAM1L University of London - International Programmes
A great initiative to promote international criminal law in the world. I am really enjoying it.
The course is excellent, I am learning a great deal so far and enjoying it. The content is also fascinating. Thank you Professor Scharf!!!
The lectures and readings dovetail perfectly and take you through a very organized introduction to international criminal law. Even someone without a law background but a strong interest in international matters can understand and learn mountains from this course! Only half way through the course, and I already understand things I hear on the news about international matters, the UN, terrorism, etc. with new eyes and ears. I recommend this very high-quality course wholeheartedly.
if you planning to learn International Criminal Law even with out law background this course will help you understand
BEST COURSE I EVER TOOK!
This course gives a good introduction to international criminal law, showing in details the evolution of key principles and institutions. The readings , though details are a great resource for they keen to take deeper dives. The main concern , however is the sudden death approach that is used to evaluate the performance on the final examination. Preferably answers should not be binary, but provide the student with wide choice to gauge the degree to which performance on the exam truly measures knowledge acquired during the course (leaving little room for guess work, as it were).
Thanks for sharing this amazing course with us.
I think its good to have a complete course of the historical laws which its a very complete on all the factor to understand more the system of justice ... recommended
one of the best and taught course on International criminal law and the Professor deserves all the credits!
The course was fantastic, the lectures were clear and interesting.The lecturer explained each concept while providing real examples which added to the value of this course.Overall i had a great time and learned a lot. Coming from Israel this course is actually relevant for me to understand the ICC and its procedures as well as basic terms and definitions.Thank you very much Prof. Sharf, I'm looking forward to more courses from you.-Sagi Z.
Difficult at times to wrap your head around it, but really interesting
Best Course and very important to every law student
I like the dynamic teaching style of the professor.
Great course, interesting topics
easy and informative
I have no foundation in criminology of any kind and thus, this was heavy stuff for me. I like how the videos paused at certain intervals to check if I understood what was being mentioned. It's also good to have online simulation for me to get things going.I appreciate the inclusion of real life examples where I have heard of some of them before via newspapers. This brings it easier to be able to understand a little more.
Good e extensive reading material and clear and interesting video classes
I am writing to thank professor Michael for his great course. I considered this class one of my favorite courses. This class honestly gave me a new understanding of the world. His lectures were always so well organized, and easy to understand.His excellent teaching skills helped me a lot.I learned so much from professor Michael and I look forward to learning more. Many thanks for being a remarkable teacher .best regards, Raed Bin Sadan
it was a interesting course
Great Learning! Thank you Professor for the wonderful course!Regards,Prakash
It was interesting. The professor was great. The Final was a little much, but fair. On balance - great course.
It's very good!!! By taking this course, I learned lots about international criminal laws
Very well structured and highly interesting !
Being in the profession of physical security, I found this subject very helpful.Thanks
This is a wonderful Course this really helpful to my future and nicely presented.Thanks
Absolutely brilliant course. I have done a few courses on Coursera and this is the best so far. Michael Scharf is a great teacher and makes difficult topics easy to understand and the questions during the videos help you focus and show you which bits you should re-watch.Would definitely recommend this.
This course is absolutely amazing! Super easy to understand and follow! I have learned SO much! Thank you, ayden!
Super course .....Hayden Noel is one of the Best Mentor.....Assignments and Quiz's are very tricky and covers portion in detail. Most recommended course for anyone who want to excel in the field of Marketing or business.
Great challenging class. This coursera class has so much information packed into it that I downloaded the transcripts! Professor Hayden provides a strong academic thesis and then mixes it up with continual real world experiences and cases. I loved this class. I also became a better writer!
Great Class. I learned a lot of about marketing management.
Very basic
A very nice course for novices to prepare an academic paper.
This course helps to understand the journey from a writing a journal to publishing it, from researcher perspective to editorial perspective. I recommend to all PhD students to take this course.
Great!
This course is rather superficial, it sadly did not provide practical tips that go beyond common sense.
Really good course with actionable advise for publishing papers in academic journals.
I would like to recommend this course to all young and burgeoning researchers and PhD students as a great learning experience. This fascinating course presents a novel and constructive approach to the art of writing and publishing a scientific paper. The impact that it has on my academic life is almost immeasurable.
Most video's are spoken in a sort of 'Franglais' that is barely understandable, very annoying.
Comprehensive course for earlier researchers
I love how you dedicate your knolwedge to motivate students around the world to be better than ever ...thans in advance ..
Not what expected ...
Great
Awesome course for those who want to publish for themselves and let the world know about their findings.
I think it is a decent course to understand how the peer review process work. However, it does not really help to write a paper. I think some ideas are not applied to every field. In particular, telling students to look for the board of editors in a journal and adapt your results and how you express things accordingly, it is in my opinion a bit unethical. Moreover, I was expecting that the course will be taught by a professor, but instead, it is done by a group of PhDs, some of them in their first year of research. If they intend to target a PhD audience, this is clearly a drawback as some of them might know the same as you do. Finally, as some people already pointed out, the quality of the English of some of the instructor is not good. In particular, there are a couple of them that you can't barely understand. It would have been more useful if the full course is taught by the 2 of them that can actually speak good.
The content of the course is extremely useful for young emerging scientists like myself; however, the videos were very hard to follow because the team speaks fast and with a very strong French accent. The materials are well-prepared, but my attention kept drifting away from the content due to language impairment. Also, some of the introductory notes were lacking proper grammar and I believe that, in a course with such a theme, this is simply unacceptable. With a bit of work, I think this can be a very useful tool in writing scientific papers!
very nice course i enjoyed it
It has been really nice to have someone from the 'inside' talk me through the realms of the Publishing Labyrinth. Thank you!
Fundamental knowledge mandatory for anyone working in their field of endeavor committed to advancement and evaluation.
This course proves to be quite helpful while writing a paper. The videos are quite understandable and the dynamic to follow the course allows participants to be fully engaged.
Not professional at all!
It is excellent course. I recommended to participate at the next session.
The course contains some interesting insights on writing a scientific paper. What I like about the course is that it is given by graduate students. But this is also a drawback. Sometimes, the material seems too simplistic.
The last assignment serves the core aim :)
nice course contributing to my next 3 years!
It might have been a better option to conduct the class in the instructors' mother tongue with English subtitles, though concepts are well enough communicated. I am a Francophone and I still find it not easy to understand the English (having French translation in my mind.)A good introductory class to have a first glimpse at the general context of academic publishing. Good general overview to rethink the steps of publishing plans for early stage researchers.
It is a great effort to try to explain writing an academic paper. I appreciate it. And unfortunately, these guys have an awful English accent. It is almost impossible to understand. Moreover, their sentences are so long and complicated that makes it impossible to get it. Nice try but it doesn't work :(Best regards,Dr. Furkan
Excellent course! I strongly recommend it!
This is the best course I have ever taken on Coursera. It made me able to write a Research Paper for a Scientific Journal and currently my paper is in its refining steps. I often rewrite it and get it reviewed by my community. I need to say a special thanks to EPFL for offering this course and the instructors were quite rich and experienced in the knowledge of publishing that they shared.
The contains of the course is not really enough for improve the writing skill for scientific paper. Those advices mention in the video is common and that's it. No more practice or example to help the learner understand or apply that concept to their writing.
Excellent work for the PhD students...!
Very good and interesting for a beginner like me, I hope others also find use of this freely available quality material.
very basic course. I would only recommend this if you are just starting your PhD program and you have no idea how the writing process works
Great!!!
A good course who teaches the way you have to do to write correctly a scientific paper, and gives an idea about the process of publish, it is useful and necessary for those who wants to continuous study and have their own work knows on the fields who works and research.
Really, added value.
It is good, but there is a student speaking that is really difficult to understand.
Outstanding tips to write a scientific paper, know how academia works and also how to organize your work. I recommend!
It's pretty good. Once you finish it, you'll have a good tool for improving papers.
This course is very helpful
Although it is sometimes difficult for me to understand the people explaining the content (I am not a native English speaker), the course helped me to better understand some elements I already knew.I will recommend it to my fellow teachers.
This is very useful course for getting quick insight about the subject.
I find this to be very very basic advice on how to write a scientific paper. I can't even see where the "project" is coming, plus the strong accent of instructors makes it really hard to follow sometimes -- even with the subtitles. To make things even better, accessing the quizzes is imposible unless you pay for the certificate. I found the course disappointing.
This was a great course. I learned a lot
I am very disappointed with this course I had to wait too long on grading, first time I got not naff points then I had to wait for about few months on grading. I will not take capstone for this course because I suppose I would wait about a few years on grading. This course has to change grading process because has no adequate number of students for peer review.
Very useful on a day to day point of view
There are some interesting and meaningful ideas and useful skills for your growth.
Thanks to the course, learned a few tips on online searching. Some contents could be consolidated to shorten session times. Overall, appreciated Coursera's knowledge sharing.
Excellent Course and I highly recommended for those who want to have a professional career in Marketing. This course is open to anyone who wants to study International Marketing & Cross Industry Growth. I have a conviction the Marketing Analysis method in this course can be used by anyone to analyze Current Industries and Future Industries in any countries in the world.
very great courseand its me againmy online certificatehttps://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/certificate/9X5VDS8QTGKGhttps://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/specialization/9X5VDS8QTGKG
I really love it!
enjoyed every moment and every challenge from the final test, looking forward to applying to real life situations in my work
Very well spoken and extremely helpful!
Good course to understand how to enter International Marketing and execute it.
4P theories is applied in cross country cross industry analysis. I think it is very innovative and easy to apply. Wish you could enjoy the course!
It's more based on people that knows marketing!!
Very much interesting & informative course along with a knowledgeable friendly instructor.
The was the best part of the specialization !Highly recommend it
it was too basic information/material for what I was expecting
Excelente curso, muy actual, muy dinámico, muy bien explicado y adecuadamente ejemplificado. Permite a quien lo toma sin saber nada del tema, aproximarse, y a quienes tienen algún conocimiento, les refresca y actualiza. Muy recomendable.Excellent course , very modern , very dynamic , very well explained and adequately exemplified . It enables those who take it without knowing anything about the subject, approach , and those who have some knowledge , refreshes and updates them . Highly recommended .
Excellent teachers and course. Congratulations!!
Outstanding course for HR managers. I learn lots of new things in this specialization. On-boarding, Civility etc and their impact on the organization will help to recruit, evaluate, reward and manage people. New techniques learn from this course will help me to improve performance of my organization. Hope you too..
This was an amazing Course! it was really difficult choosing the best teacher, because each had their unique way of seamlessly imparting knowledge. i learned a lot from this course and a few life lessons too. i have become a better HR person from this course.
Everyone is advised to enroll. You won't regret taking up this course. Good luck in advance!
I was quite disappointed in the capstone; I have not found the quality of the questions to be very high, and more than once there has been a disconnect between the question asked and how the reviewer is asked to grade it. I understand there are some limitations in working with such a large and diverse group of students, but peer-reviewing is not productive or particularly helpful, and I expected more interaction with the professors for a capstone (especially one that comes at a cost).
Excellent experience! Thank you everyone!!Giulia
Amazing Experience! Thank you! All come together for me in the end!! Great course line-up! I have recommended it to a few people who found out what I was doing! For a single mom of 2 - a house - 4 animals, a full time job, a Board Member and a student! This was easy to fit in a able to use mobile app made it doing for me this past year.Thank you!!Kim
the most amazing course ever! Great for anyone interested in learning HR theory and practice through projects ;)
Thanks for all of your valuable effort, I wish you all the best, Massimo
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Engineering is branch were in man power is a primary importance and communication is the source of discussion to take forward the management views , accomplishments and targets. This course teaches us the tools for interpersonal communication. Leadership is the driving force in engineering branch.
So far this is the best on-line course I have attended about leadership.
The course is both challenging and you can utilize and put into practic
This course contains many very practical ideas and methods to leadership, teamwork and negotiation.
The course was able to encapsulate most of what you need to learn to achieve effective leadership. It did not only focus on theory but also in pragmatic examples.
Very informative course and proper lectures and presentations prepared which makes it enjoyable for a learner.
Excellent course covering leadership essentials. Lectures are high quality and enjoyable.
Leigh Thompson was a very engaging teacher and I appreciated her personal examples of teams she has worked with methods she used to help them improve. This course provided me with language and tools that I can take back to my workplace to help my team work more efficiently. This course helped lay the foundation of valuable information I needed to know to move forward in my career and made me more curious about team dynamics.
Great course that offered rich, research-supported content presented concisely. Highly recommended.
Great Learning!
Insightful and great breadth of resources/topics/material!
This was an excellent well-done course with clear references, future reading, and assignments.
This course has managed to change my life. Thanks Northwestern University and Coursera, and special thanks to Leigh for her talent to teach us how to performance, collaborate, and negotiate much more better.
This is a wonderful course.
Professor Leigh Thompson is excellent at explanation of the course and has a wonderful engaging presentation.
What can I say? Great course! I love professor Leigh, she speaks with passion and energy I like. The idea of assignments and quick quizzes helped to review learned knowledge. I can't wait to accomplish High Performance Collaboration and seek any other course of professor Leigh Thompson. Thank You.
Very well explained and interactive, it is very easy to learn new concepts.
Very good course. Lots of learning. Good guidance. Will recommend to colleagues.
All was spot on. Lectures exactly what they promised. Lecturer very knowledgeable with great real world examples. Questions focused on the key take aways. Certainly a recommend.
Is a nice course to learn about the different styles of leadership, how to work better in teams and which are the best outcomes of a negotiation.
Very nice introduction to the topic. I wish it had more "meat" and more exercises to develop the skills presented during the class.
Excellent insights and a very commendable teacher. This course not only provides the opportunity to learn but to embody these teachings because of the passion and clarity with which it is disseminated.
I audited this course and read the books. I can truly say that it has not only changed my professional interactions and management style, but I use the techniques and ideas in much of my daily life.
Exceptional. Recommend it to any business profe
An excellent course and I loved the professor on her way of teaching. Thank you ma'am.
Very inspiring course with L. Thompson - I want more of this in the area of negoti
Amazing course! One of the most beneficial I have found here in Coursera.
The said course is well designed in an easy to understand manner. The contents of the course covers critical areas of Leadership, Team building and Negotiation skills.
This is the best coursera program I have taken. The professor is outstanding! The format is perfect for an online course. Really worth the time and money.
Excellent Course. Learned different things that ho
Excellent course. Highly recommended.
Great!
Great course to start to explore different and clear approaches to become a better leader in your organization. Highly recommended. The materials, the topics and the teacher were great.
Well designed course for the beginners who wanna be future leaders. The skills such as performance, leadership, negotiation was taught. Good to be a part of this course in Northwestern through coursera.Cheers!
Excellent informative class., made very interesting by Professor Thompson
It was a great experience. even when things came up and I got behind, there was never the feeling of being left behind or abandoned. They offered alternative solutions to get you right back on track
Great course and energy. Learn so many tips and tricks to enhance my leadership skills
Good course. Good content. A bit of a repetition if you have an MBA. Overall good content.
I'm very surprise with this course. Very structured, with a lot of methods and references.The way that presenter explore the concepts and messages engage me to do others from this university.Gratitude for sharing and give us the opportunity!Maria Aparecida from Brazil
It's amazing how little things that we overlook can make a big difference. A team contract is one of such things. Amazing!!!
Amazing Course! Highly recommended
This course was extremely valuable. I purchased Making the Team as well, as the course motivated me to read further about team assembly, dynamics, and management. Leigh's lecture style was easy to follow, and the graphics during the videos were simple, clear, and helped to augment the lecture. I thought the peer assignments were great as well, and it was very informative to read the work of my peers'. I would absolutely recommend this course to others. I have 10 years of experience in my industry and have started to transition from being a doer to leading and managing teams. I don't have an MBA, and I felt this course gave me some good tools and strategies to address some of the tougher aspects of being a manager / leader.
The videos were very good. The professor demonstrated enthusiasm for the subject.
Highly informative. Great teachers. One of my very favorite thus far!
You should take it! I learned a lot in each topic and also enjoyed it!
I really like the course. Peer review assignment so structured that it covers all the learning we had. Even if I don't understand some concept, the peer review assignment makes sure that I go back and learn again.
Good high level intro. I especially like the segment on negotiation. Succint and well explained.
thank you!
Useful tips, but for the little amount of material, it's not worth $70.
Execellent course, the videos were easy to follow and Professor Thompson is very captivating. The course material could be easily put into use using the assignments.
The Best! I have ever seen .Inspiring !
Offering what it promised: Insightful! Full of information!! Exceptionally good mode of delivery!!! I had to pay, despite the difficulties in doing so!!! It is worth the cost.
Awesome practical tools taught by a great instructor with vast real world examples.
It`s an excellent course! quality of teachers are great, the information of each module are actualizedand i reegar that The learning`s methodology is appropiated. Completely recomended.
Good and fresh insight on leadership, teamwork and negotiation
Thank you for that great course
Full of insights. Highly recommended for organizational leaders
It's a must attend course here!
This course very amazing, give knowledge about how to become a leader,and professor leight l thompson very amazing!
Great course.Good content with solid delivery by instructor. I will recommend this course to my colleagues.
I highly recommend this course for anyone. You will gain insight and develop strategies for improving your leadership, teamwork and negotiation within your professional and personal life!
Leigh Thompson offers amazing insights into teams. I have never heard of her before but she is amazing and fun
This course is really well made. It permits to conceptualize things that you can live every day at work.It also gives the tools to face such situations. It is a must-have course.
the peer graded assignment is too difficult for non-native speakers of English
Excellent one and teaching faculty is very good with the examples and connect that is used to explain.
very impressive!
Very well presented. Interesting examples, facts, and research references.A simple slidedeck including these references and the major points could be helpful.
Awesome course, awesome instructor... one of the best! She should be working for a fortune 500 company, but I'm thankful she's teaching.
Incredibly valuable advice.
Well understanding for non-native speakers of English, easy to follow, vivid explantion of the theories.
Loved the course. Content is great and presentation is great too. For first 5 seconds of 1st video I thought maybe I didn't choose the right course but after that, I was impressed by the passionate and effective presentation style of the professor. Lot of concepts covered in 3 week course, so it's more like a quick overview type. Quizzes were decent. Only reason I withheld 5th star in rating because I wish we had access to download material (slides) but still I'd recommend others to take this course.As always, I appreciate the people who produced and delivered the course.
Great information. Very easy to complete.
Great course I really like it and absolved as much as I could from the content and activities. Thanks :)
By far one of the best courses I've been on! Well structured, engaging and interesting! I really enjoyed this!
Great course, I recommend it highly, professor Leigh is very knowledgeable and even entertaining to watch, you will learn new techniques that will help you in the art of working in teams, I personally learned a lot.
Excellent course. The content was relevant, well delivered, and applicable to any sized organization.
This is a great course! Fast paced and informative.
The abstract are defined pretty well.
Marvellous mooc. Thank you all!!!
Simply great !
its a very good course which builds the capacities in you, to handle the various scenarios in a calm and peaceful way, not only at your workplace but also at various situations occurring in your daily lives. it really means High Performance Collaboration.
Excellent course in terms of content and suggested reading. It could be even better if some reading materials could be ready to download directly for free as part of course. I missed some academic support staff as well as some technical issues regarding submissions.Overall, great course. I am looking forward to explore the MMM program at Northwestern in 2018.
Nice and compact presentation of the material
Great content and delivery - assignments were a great learning experience putting it all to practice. Only request would be to have more case studies (downloadable) rather than references to books which the learner may not have access to.
I found the info that was taught in this course to be interesting and highly relevant to a wide range of situations in my life (work, school, personal). I highly recommend!
Great course! I loved taking it and learning from it! It inspired me to take the learning beyond the course to action!
The instructor, Leigh Thompson, is excellent!This is one of the best leadership courses I've taken so far on Coursera. While most courses are very superficial in content, this one goes into just the right depth, and presents many interesting insights.I look forward to auditing the rest of the courses in this specialization.
Excellent course with excellent content. The professor had excellent clarity on the subject and her explanations were very clear.
Great informative course.
It was great!
This MOOC has great, engaging and clarifying content. The presented concepts, tools and techniques by Professor Leigh Thompson were of great help and immediate application. I felt like buying each of recommended book in order to dive deeper in each of these exciting subjects.Thanks a lot, Kellog -Northwestern University and Coursera. ;)
It was a pleasure learning with Professor Thompson. It's a pity that "Making the Team" and "The Truth About Negotiations" are not available for buying on google play books.
The course of high performance collaboration is very informative and gives me insights on leadership, teamwork and negotiation.
Seems like a course designed to sell their books
I enjoyed the PowerPoints with Leigh narrating. She is very knowledgeable about the subject area. The assignments were right on in terms of reinforcing learning. Really enjoyed i
I was truly motivated by the course faculty. Thank you!
Great course! Lots of information for further study!
This course for me was very interesting as I realized there are so many things we have to take in account to learn how to be a good leader, the materials are excellent as well and the course awakened my curiosity to move forward in other courses. The course is very well organized. Taking the course will quite simply the learning of new topics.
Very good course , super teaching faculty and 100 % practice-oriented
How to teach the class is excellent, clear and the information required on the slides to realtar the importance of the concepts used, a summary at the end really helps reaffirm the information to be handled in class is done. Thank you very much for your dedication to impart knowledge.Excellent!!!
GREAT CLASS -- wish I had taken more of this. Best explanation of BATNA I've ever seen.
The course is very complete, with high level content. The professor Leigh Thompson is effective in communicating the concepts and the exercises really help us to understand the presented themes. In my opinion, the better parts were Negotiation and Teamwork, showed with very deep explanations. I strongly reccomend this course!
Very practical skill with inside knowledge on the topic, highly recommended!
Perfect!
Short, but very interesting course. The professor is extremely engaging in the video lectures, I enjoyed listening.
I really enjoyed the information presented during this course. The instructor is well versed in her field of study. I would recommend this course to anyone looking to learn about negotiation skills and tactics.
Completed it in a day but haven't read the recommended texts yet - which I will do. Some extremely interesting and thought-provoking material. Would have liked more than 3 weeks
Amazing course and really inspiring teacher!!!
It is a great course, i would recomend it to everyone!!
This course was well designed and provided a good balance of lecture, knowledge checks and practical assignments. The feedback received from the Peer Reviews was helpful and the section on Negotiation was especially useful to me in my current position.
This course has been truly valuable, engaging, and applicable to my life today. I feel completely enriched and I've really loved every minute!!! Prof. Thompson is the best lecturer I have listened to so far in Coursera!
Prof. Thompson is a great teacher and her passion for this subject is evident and contagious. Even though, I am a Kellogg grad I found this course very useful and applicable.
Very informative and helpful course, excellent design and visual aids, and is supported by the management of the university. Highly recommended.
Very Good information and concise built. Prof. Thompson explain very effectively.Thank you very much.
very good. direct to the issues
Great Course, in-depth, precise and easy to apply.Welldone Prof !!!! now I'm considering applying to NorthWestern.
Well articulated and designed course. Wonderful presentation of concepts by Leigh Thompson from Kellogg School of Management. Very useful indeed
Awesome course and instructor
I simply LOVED this course, it was well organized and perfectly prepared..Thank you very much for this wonderful course.
Very good course with effective structure to help learning. The professors are great teachers and abundant experience resource, loved online courses made by Northwestern
So professional and clear. I really like this course.
Very informative
nice, clear, objective courses, and excellent teachers and classmates!
I m enjoying the energy of the professor. love this course
Excellent course and teacher. Congraulations!!
Terrific. Dr Leigh Thompson is remarkable. I strongly recommend this class for its extensive research and valuable insight into leadership, teamwork, and negotiation tactics for success in life and work.
The course is well done.Thank you, Massimo.
Great Course, amazing Teacher!
Great insights, high-quality videos, good assignments
crash course to deal better in tough situation
Really liked this course, great balance of theory and putting it to practice on current issues at work. Got such great input from other people in the course on the first two assignments especially - very insightful and actionable.
Definitely recommend this.
very useful course
One of the best courses on Coursera. Highly recommended.Thank you Ms. Thompson.
Very interesting course that summarizes pretty much all of the current important models in management and leadership; very inspiring and motivated instructor
I like this course pretty much, i think the explanation for each every new concept is well explained, and i like most of the tips provided. Will continue learning this course and looking forward to more of collaboration courses provided by Northwestern University. Thanks!
Very comprehensive! Easy to learn with lots of real examples and facts. Very nice!
Excellent course. Highly recommended.
I like information provided, lecturer and tasks.
Good context, simply, quick, efficient, very pleasant to watch
This is an excellent course. The examples Leigh has given for each concept is really good. It helps to internalize the concepts and apply it in our daily life.
So much I have learned in this course and so thankful to UCSD and Coursera.
Very interesting and helpful for different projects.
The course was informative.
Excellent, can be little advanced.
Arguably the worst of the bunch as far as learning anything. *sigh*
Very good. Could include more examples of making smart.
this course is very useful and i enjoyed for listen it
Good course on communication strategies using VOIP which will be useful for the Capstone project.
too repetitive and too much dialogue bullshit
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
Module about codecs was great.The rest was too easy. An equivalent to reading manual on internet. No value added :(.
Big difference in difficulty between the math-heavy codec theory lectures and the other material which is quite basic. Not much to do with the DragonBoard.
OK. the main professor clearly knows his stuff. On the other hand he goes into unnecessary detail and then quizzes you on it even though its not relevant to the course (typical bricks and mortar education type BS). The assistant instructors (likely this guys students) are not as great and the whole thing is amateur night.
The Course is acceptable, however, it should be called, Introduction to VoIP communication or Developing VoIP applications rather than its current title.Assignments are either super easy or never have a right answerPersonally, I will not recommend this course for other who want to understand IoT
Course is very good!It would be better if the lessons are more on practical side or practical quiz output
Great course for IoT ,VoIP and EoIP professionals.
Friendly teaching style, clear accent...I had a great start!
Great course. Highly recommended!
One of the best University Course in IoT ecosystem . I really liked the assessment of week-4, open option to write about the innovative ideas on IoT.
The course is very good, but the only problem is that some of the terms are left without a clear definition and examples of diversity, which makes understanding some terms somewhat difficult for non-specialists in law.
I really like this subject, it comprehend my knowledge especially about human rights. Thank you.
Very usefull course for
The female presenter's speed of speech is so slow it's almost hard to concentrate on.The questions where answers need to be filled in are so stupid that you can fill in any random letters or punctuations and it'll count as pass.Like the comics!
Informative.
great coure.
This course has offered sufficient information on the ECHR system, and the relationship between Open societies and human rights. By giving concrete examples, the course is able to explain, even simplify, complex (legal) concepts and cases. I strongly recommend this course for everyone wishing to have basic knowledge on how the ECHR system works.
This course is an excellent guide to the problems and benefits of human rights within open society!
The Broad Fundamental Basics that everyone should know. The course was effective in convening the must know-hows and how to adequately implement them. I was expecting the course to be slightly more challenging, however I already have legal know how, so apart from that, its a worth while investment in ones life that can be applied in and for any organisation.
Great course! The format was accessible and I learned a lot
Very nice and enlightening course. I totally recommend it!
Fascinating course, had a blast learning about the topics covered. Can see that it would be useful across many fields of work/expertise, or just for the fun of learning, and also still very useful and applicable even if you're not from a country that is not included in this particular convention.
It is a interesting course, which is clear and good to follow.
A nice course, it permitted me to improve my knowledge about the ECHR in our open societies.
Great course!Extremely helpful.
Excellent course. It helped me re-evaluate my career and go forward
Great instructor and course material is amazing. I've really enjoyed every single step in this course :)
This course showed me there is a objective and systematic way for preparing for interviews and improving my English skills.
usefull fo me
You can't introduce yourself to someone if you don't know who you are. This course does such a wonderful job of helping you accumulate the best of you, so that you can then present it to the rest of the world (more specifically in this case, your interviewers.) There are some lessons on English pronunciation, which I found a touch tedious since I'm a native speaker, but it's nothing that takes away from the overall class. Professor Duquette's can be felt through the videos. He is clear, relevant and charming as a speaker - you honestly enjoy watching and listening to the audio content. Highly recommended!
AMAZING COURSE
Great course, thanks a lot for teaching me valuable lessons.
A bit too commercial. Promise the cure for finding a job , but what did you learn ? This course might help you on awareness on your own abilities.
Scientific approaches. Effective. Great instructor.
This course should be taken by anyone involved in the processs of applying for job interviews! It's both useful and pleasant to take.I work for a big company, in France, in the field of "science & technology R&D", and my lab recently opened a position for which we started interviewing applicants a few weeks ago. As a member of the team the position is opened to work with, I've been involved in the interview process. I was just amazed to see how unprepared the applicants were : they made mistake after mistake. Since we also have trainees and Ph.D students in the lab, who'll soon have to search for their first job, I had a look at the MOOC offer in the field of "preparing for job interviews", in order to see what advice I could provide for them to get prepared for this key step in building their career.I registered to this MOOC, as an auditor, and started browsing through their videos and accompanying documents. I just got caught in right away, despite the fact that I couldn't participate (neither submit nor evaluate) in assignments: one needs to be pay for that, and I had no real interest in doing so, for now, although I truly think it's worth the cost if one is in the position of preparing for job interviews.I realised that, if the job applicants we interviewed in my lab had taken this remarkable course prior to their interviews, this would have saved them so many basic mistakes. If you never had the opportunity to reflect on what a job interview process is, and are applying for interviews, just give it a try: I bet you'll benefit from this experience a lot... and it might simply change your life! This course is the first of a series of 5 from a specialization. I already audited the first 2 courses, and I'm just eager to see the next two come on stage (the last is a capstone project I'll skip for now.)
This is a great course to take if you are int eh process of job hunting. The material and guidance given in this course are more useful that some in-campus courses.
Finished
Excellent course! I learned a lot from this course and went away with a lot of new skills. Before taking this course I thought I was very familiar with the subject matter, but through this course I discovered a new list of skills I bring with me to the interview.
i have learned a lot from this course!
Eye opening about the specific actions to take to improve the important leadership skills
Nice course to bring changes in your life through your wants.
I enjoyed each of the lessons and learnt from the experiences & stories of each of the people selected. I've practiced some of the exercises to develop my leadership skills and will use these exercises with my Leadership Coaching clients. Thanks to professor S. Friedman for the course. I look forward to continuing taking courses @ Wharton Online & other Coursera programs. Gracias. Maria Jose Monti
wonderful, clear, pasoinate
I could not understand because i speak english...
firts of all,i thank sir james F.shackel ford.
course content was very good.It is a very good platform to learn about materials.
Thank you for giving me excellent information on material science.It is very helpful course for me. Thank you University of California,Davis and coursera.
I took this course as a review. I took Intro. to Materials Science 26-years ago. We used Dr. Shackelford's textbook for that class. Mat
It Has a lot of useful info but you can get bored quickly so you must love MS and stick with it
Great Course to get an understanding of the basics of materials science
an amazing course helped me refreshing my information
The technique with which Dr. James Shakelford has taught this course is amazing
A short course, but I did come away with a better understanding of how materials behave at a molecular/atomic level. I already had some experience with semiconductor physics and some of the basic chemistry ideas. The deformation curve helped me cement how/why torque specs are developed and used. The eutectic and eutectoid explanations were also very helpful.
This course was very useful to remind me the basic concepts of Material Properties and there usage on in modern engineering applications. I learnt the real meaning of the concept “structure leads to properties". All this knowledge acquired will be applicable in my day to day job duties in the automobilistic sector, giving me more base during a technical discussion. I recommend this course for any Product Design Engineer.
Nice course,And give some extra benefit to the engineer.
yes this is a awesome course was designed to understand how materials engineering important and play a supportive or growing role in every field of engineering . now i things its to basic to understand materials now your next step will design a course which is discuss about the "materials science and the coming world" that's sound interesting and it is also aware the people why materials in to important.my best wishes with you hope you done good things for the world through spreading educational awareness.
Very good overview of material science - lecturer did not get too deep inside each of the issues but he gave us an overview with hints for future studies.
It's good but depend only save informations than understand it
The course was amazing, and fruitful.
My respective teacher has given us a task to complete this course,as a sessional activity. Astonishingly, when i heard the title of the course "Materials Science: 10 Things Every Engineer Should Know";their is not a single thing that come into my mind that what could probably the thing that we don't know.After completing the course,:Suprisingly';I find that actually i know about the 10 things.Eventually, I realize that i am not certain about the facts or building blocks about material science that this(10 things) is the main stream of it. Appreciatively, it is a remarkable knowledge that i have come to know about 'Material Science'.
Very much low details and the course instructor has very slow pace when he is teaching on the board that (aaaa,aaaa) is very irritating....
Thank you sir for teaching in such a different and unique way. The way you teach is indeed very unique and it always kept me attentive during your lecture. Now i have understand all those concepts in a more better way and i am certain that this will help me in my future carrier as a material engineer. Thank you Sir
Awesome course sir
Good course overall but I hoped to know more about polymers and advanced materials.
Helps you improve your knowledge about the metallurgical concepts.
I loved this course, it was light and educational. The instructor makes complex ideas simple, interesting, and relevant. I highly recommend this to engineers
GOOD COURSE FOR A QUICK REVIEW OF ENGINEERING STUDY
Good use of figures and graphs. I like the input of historical references to help understand the material. Lectures can be disengaging at times, the professor uses a lot of pauses which makes it hard to follow. Overall, it's a good introduction and overview to material science.
This course is not terrible, I learned a few things, but it is poorly designed.Some things are explained as if to people who aren't familiar with the concepts at all, while others are explained as if to people who must already know a lot about the concepts. I often felt lost. The "quizzes" did not help, you could do well on them without actually understanding things (I remember one multiple-choice question where the options were something like (a) "Arrhenius's first law", (b) "Arrhenius's second law", (c) "Arrhenius's third law", and you didn't even have to look at the question or know what the law was to know the answer because only one of Arrhenius's laws had been mentioned in the course at all).There are two types of videos in this course. In one type, the professor is in a lab or kitchen or classroom or something and is physically demonstrating things. These videos are useful and mostly understandable. The other type of videos are lecture-style things that appear to have literally been sliced out of some other more thorough set of videos - sometimes the professor refers back to "earlier" parts of the lecture that we haven't actually seen before. Concepts and variables are often introduced without even mentioning what they refer to.
Fantastic Course!!
Covers all the important topics a materials engineer should know. Good course to refresh your materials basics.
Nice course, all related to engineering especially MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
As and organic chemist working in a materials company, mainly adhesives, I found this course to be an excellent introduction to material testing and material science in ge
The course is agood review for engineers, I'll recomend you strongly
Really great course to know about the basics of material science
This is a recap of the most important things taught in Materials lectures on an engineering course. It is quick, concise and highlights what should be kept in mind when working with different materials. The only new material for me was the last thing on semiconductors which I found very interesting.The only thing that could be significantly improved is the section on alloy phases. It's is an important topic and I think more time could be spent on that subject to provide a more well rounded understanding of the topic. However 9/10 things done well and the other being a bit rushed is still 5 stars in my book.
THIS VERY USEFUL COURSE FOR ALL THE ENGINEERS.
The course gives a lot of good informations that engineers should know in the everyday life. The professor James Shackelford explain the subjects in a very clear and objective way with a lot of practical examples.
It is a really good course. I would recommend it to everyone interested in materials or engineering. This course helped me get a better understanding of some fundamental concepts of engineering.
Exceptionally beneficial to the fundamental principles of engineering. I highly recommend taking this course as it is informative and simple to understand.
Fantastic course! I do hope that I would be able to learn from Professor Shackelford later on.
Excelent content! Definitely a good explanation to refresh old concepts about material science.
A MUST COURSE FOR BUDDING MATERIAL ENGINEERS/ MATERIAL SCIENTISTS!!Professor Shackelford is so awesome!! The way he taught the course helped me grasp the fundamentals of material science better than that taught during my four year bachelor tenure in Material engineering.
its real express of materials properties and structure leads to properties and atoms structure etc...
This is a course that made the topics clear and foundations of materials clear! I strongly recommend it for engineers.
It was good experience to enhance my knowledge.
Indeed, very nice lessons of important concepts in Materials Engineering. Helped me a lot.
Great introduction to material science :)
Well designed . I especially like the way Prof is explaining stuffs with very ease.
Excellent,all important properties of materials like tensile,modulus etc are perfectly explained
i did not like the subject at college and i enrolled in this course hoping to understands any thingthis course makes me love the subject really i liked it now but i did not like the last week and i still have trouble with phase diagramthis course is introductory to conceptit is not detailed course so i think it is perfect course for people like me
It was very informative!
great course, great instructor.
Worth it
I really enjoyed this course!! Thanks.
One the most interactive courses on Material Sciences, I found on the internet!
Excellent course on the basics of properties of materials. It is a well-designed, well-delivered course on the essentials in materials science. Thanks for a fun course.
OK introduction to material properties, but not rigorous (leaves out definitions, motivation and conclusions/consequences) and skips some things that come up on the quizzes. No worked examples.
I was disappointed with the treatment of the main concepts. They were cursorily dealt with. Examples from the real world and a more graphic explanation esp. of the crystal defects would have helped. Otherwise, all the main points were covered.
The course goes through all of the required topics within material science and gives proper information.Professor's explanation and his description makes it easy to understand.Thank You
Great course to review the topic of materials. I am currently working as a mechanical engineer and it has helped me to refresh the fundamental concepts covered during my degree. The material is presented in a clear way and I think this is a good approach to the subject.
Perfect. Thank you Mr. Shackelford.
Excellent course to get the first contact with material science discipline.PS.: Professor Shackelford is very didactic in his explanations.Great professor.Osmar SantosSanta Branca-SP / BRAZIL.
One of the best courses I am taking so far
It was a good learning experience.
Basic course that give important information for every engineer. The course material is presented in a clear way.
Very useful for a Mechanical Engineer to know more about Material
Very Helpful Course
It's been a great ride so far. I wish I was able to do a lab and experiment with the material we learn.
good course for refreshing knowledge in material science ; should have been more elaborate
Great course for refreshing your Materials Science knowledge and also for people trying to know if this is the right path of study for them....
Good course. As the name says, covers the stuff every engineer should know about.
I've done my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering in one of the best colleges in India, and yet this course makes me understand the roots of Material Science & Engg. better than my 4 years spent in college.
I really thank to Coursera Community and University of California, Davis for organizing this useful course. I reccomend all the students who are studying Engineering majors.Come on friends and join us.
interesting . very good for engineering students specially in first year and beneficial for branches like mechanical, civil , structural , etc.
The Course is designed so well by the UC Davis and Coursera. And the discussion forum is also really helpful for me while studying this course. It's really a great experience.
Excellent intro to Materials Science. The course covers the fundamental concepts such as yield stress, tensile strength, ductility and toughness without getting too involved in complex formulas. I have a background in mechanical engineering and found this course to be a good review of materials course I took in University.
Very concentrative! The teacher demonstrates the basic concept and acknowledge that every engineer should know. Very impressive. Thanks!
more elabration will make the couse more exciting.thanks
Great materials and a great instructor!
its been an awesome experience through the course. The topics have taught interestingly with relevant examples throughout the lecture's. Finally my sincere thanks to Mr.James
Good introductory course. It could use a little bit more presence from the responsibles though.
What a wonderful course and wonderful review of stuff I hadn't reflected upon in years. Thanks so much
Easy introduction to material science.
nicely organized, clear explanations
Nice, this is by far my most exciting course, i am only 17 and in my country i don't learn a wide range of science in my syllabus. This helps me understood a lot.
I am very excited to take this course
I'm dropping out of a specialisation I paid for because the quality of the materials is really low, and the presentation is very similar. I don't want to discourage the presenters, but this is not the level I expected.
Very good course, it has a decent mix of theory and practice to dive into the board's specifics.
Instructor has lack of knowledge. They are not subject matter expert and they tried to deliver their best.
Thank you very much for designing this course.
Not really clear step up from the scratch to android/java programming
Great content, the guys although young, nailed the subject. Hope the next course is as good as this.
Switching back and forth between Linux and Android is going to be problematic. It adds an unnecessary complexity to the course and adds extra skill set requirements which were not mentioned as needed ahead of time. While they say you can choose one or the other, later lessons will only use one or the other (it switches) and this causes issues if you actually intend to follow along and learn something.
It looks like a youtube review and not a real course
many outdated instructionsinexperienced tutors who almost never explain why things are done in a certain way
very helpful to learn this course and ahead this will more help
Very, I mean ... very good project!
The video lectures are not very polished, and I think it would have been better to have a few longer videos than so many short ones.
This course was a wonderful and thorough introduction to Modern Art. So insightful and informative! I'd recommend it to anyone! It has definitely enhanced my lesson planning and teaching style.
New ideas! It's really a very interesting course to apply new vision techniques!
Useful and engaging ideas. Videos and links are very useful and can be directly used or adapted for the classroom.
A greatly informative course that's also really enjoyable!
Nice Course to be introduced in R programming very well explained.
Great course!
Nice, simple. You learn basics of R
Wonderful course and great professor. I learnt a lot during this short course.
It is really useful!! Great job!
It's a good course, but can to be better
Good as an introduction to R
It is an excellent course
For a introduction what is R and the initial functionality this course is excellent. I miss more content, I think even for a introductory course it could have more things to learn.
It is a very nice R introductory course for Spanish speakers, Thanks a lot UNAM!
Very good, thanks Coursera.
Great Course...!!
This course was extremely helpful and really taught me more than I thought it would. I would gladly suggest this class to anyone that has the time to take it.
This was course was very informative. I really enjoyed the content being that I wasn't on the paid version. I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything but learn a lot from this course. 감사합니다!!!!
well formed
Well structured and paced. It provided a good introduction to the Hangul alphabet and plenty of practice in reading and pronouncing the letters and words. Some of the review dialogue fill-in-the-blanks were difficult but still doable and help to put the concepts together. It is a very good first ever class on Korean language.
Just a very helpful and amazing course. I really enjoy it. Thank you.
This course is very useful for first learning Korean.I have learned the meaning Korean alphabet through first week session.Firstly we know Korean alphabet's history. It helps us understand Korean easily.
This is a very good course to start learning Korean. I'll continue my studies to learn more about this beatiful language. Thank you!
It's a good course to take if you want a beginner's course in Korean language and you're finding it hard to study on your own.
This was the best course I've ever taken. I hope there is more in the future.
This course is very interesting and easy to follow!
Thank you for giving me this chance to study and improve my Korean it's so helpful for foreigners to learn the Korean language hope all the best for you , you're doing a great job 수고했어요 ^^
The perfect beginner's course for learning the basics! Explanations are clear and easy to understand. You should definitely go through this course if you would like to begin your Korean journey!
easy to understand
I loved it, this course was really helpfull :D I'll keep practicing.
I wasn't able to finish the course
I've learned a lot with this course, the teacher explained very well and I was able to understand everything, thanks for having spanish subtitles, it helped me a lot
It's very easy and simple to understand... 고맙습니다 😊😊😊
very good course for beginners.some subject particles and various topic markers are confusing but the community is very active to give advice
This course help me understand more about Korean, Thank you.
The teacher teaches logically and gradually.Thank you.
GREAT! thanks！
I love this course! It helped me so much since I'm beginning to lean Korean :)
Great teaching, I`m glad I took this course. The teacher explains very well.
This course is really helpful not only for beginners but as well as to those people who already familiar with Korean Language. It introduces you with alphabets, grammar, pronunciation and also the cultural aspect. In this program, I have become more familiar with sentence construction and gaining extra vocabulary that I can use for daily conversations. But the most fun part is that there is also a forum section where you can share and gather inputs and discuss in depth the lesson.
Very very helpful and easy to understand.
The assessment is a bit easy. Everyone who want to learn Korean for the first time can learn this.
This course is very practical, dynamic and understandable to people who want to learn about Korean language and Korean Culture. Maybe you should include more videos or information about traditions and customs and maybe open the second course of this language.
I like that don´t use the romanization. THis was a great course.
I like this course. It is good for having a good start with korean language. I especially like the quizzes, they are made thoroughly.Thank you, dear authors of this course!
This course was good
Great!!
The course elucidates the basics of Korean alphabets followed by lucid illustrations and discussions of introductory and day-to-day conversations. The course is deemed to be very helpful to all those trying to take the "first step" in learning the Korean language as it helped me.
Amazing, easy, responsive and very accurate.I would like more optional exercises or sources to practices and continue learning it.
I really enjoyed the course. It was easy to understand and follow. Do recommend to anyone interested in learning Korean.
One of the best introductions to this amazing language!!!
I am learning a lot from this course. I have always wanted to learn hangul. My goal is to actually watch a KDrama without the english subtitle. ;P
good. i love this course.
This course was amazing and easy to understand. My first encounter with Korean and i can easily identify and read words and sentences. Thanks to the instructor, she did a great job!
The two kinds of language makes it easy.
nice course. i enjoyed learning Korean from the Yonsei University. Kamsamnida :)
EXCELENTE COURSE I REALLY ENJOY DOING IT
Thank you so much! I learnt a lot! Nice course! Would love to take more Korean lessons! :-)
The course is very clear for basic of Korean Language, Sentence formation. And at the very least you can read or write Korean with this course.
Clear explanation on the language usage
I passed every quiz doing the course across 3 sessions, yet I cannot speak a sentence in Korean apart from 'hello' and 'thank you'. Something must be wrong with my brain or how the course is designed.
Wonderful course! This class really helps you grasp the basics of Hangul and teaches several phrases and a little bit of grammar. I definitely recommended this class for anyone who wants to start learning to speak and read Korean. I will be signing up for the next course and continuing my Korean education! Thank you for offering such a great course!
I'm learning so much with this course. Korean now seems more easy to learn and comprehend. I loved it.
Amazing to learn very basic Korean. Perfect for practicing, short and simple to remember and practice. Loved the course. Worth my time of dedication.
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The course is very useful. I hope there will be elementary, intermediate and advanced classes in the future.
I'm very satisfied about this course. I have learnt a lot about Korean via this course.Wish to learn it again.
It is a very helpful course to start learning Korean. It starts from Hangul Alphabet, to some daily life conversation.
Thank you for all the work you've put into creating this course. It's been a pleasure to me to learn about basic sentence structures and vocabulary in Korean. Hope to see other lessons in future!
Its amazingly more simple to learn Korean than I thought it was going to be!
Very good thanksI learned a lot
Excellent course. I hope Yonsei University adds more Korean language courses to Coursera.
Very approachable teaching style
Excellent course and great teacher. She teaches very slowly and explains very well everything she says. In no time you can read and write korean in a passable way :-)
It's really great! My Korean has markedly improved.
Thank you for teach me basic Korean^^
UN CURSO MUY RECOMENDABLE, ASESORIAS SENCILLAS Y COMPRENDIBLES, LOS ASESORES RESPONDEN A LAS DUDAS Y HAY MATERIAL DE APOYO
Thanks For This Awesome Course ************
I am so glad that I learned a lot from this course. Very helpful for those who want to learn Korean language. Thumbs up for Yonsie University and coursera.org for having this kind of lectures. Thank you so much.
Went really in depth as a beginner's course, and I really enjoyed. I feel as though my Korean has improved a lot with this course. Hope to see many Korean courses for intermediate and advanced learners in the future. :)
very good, it's easy to learn
The instruction was very well organized and is a great introductory course. The video module explanations were easy to follow and the documents were good practice.
Really helpful for beginners to learn Korean from scratch.
I wanted to learn some Korean after watching their 2 movies. This was a good introduction to Korean.
This course is a great way to get started in Korean . It has enough depth as to be interesting and practical, yet not overwhelming to someone who is beginning. I have taken a beginning Korean course in a classroom with a native-speaking instructor but, as I would have expected from Yonsei, this course is a much better fit.
Korea and English are both improved.
This is a really nice and active course if you have the time to commit.
Excellent course! Everything was broken down, making the learning process very simple. I absolutely loved the teacher, and I can now happily speak Korean with a little more confidence.
I can hoenstly say that languages is something I have never excelled at but for whatever reason I managed to get a hold of the Korean alphabet and learn some basic conversation because of this course. The teaching, vocabulary provided and exerciess make the course interesting. Highly recommend the course to anyone who has a genuine passion and interest in the language for whatever reason (I started off as someone who just enjoys K-drama). Good luck!
Its was very good for learn korean!! Thanks Yonsei University <3
I would love to find another opportunity like this one again. So gratef
This was a good course, but much more ambitious than the description or name suggests. I had to watch the videos at 75% speed in order to figure out what was actually said, as I have never heard any Korean before. I used the quizlet flashcards and some youtube videos in order to learn the material, as the "lecture notes" were not always very helpful. So in all, a good course if you can access some supplementary activities. In fact, adding the quizlet flashcards to the lesson either before the lecture or before the quiz would be helpful for future students. I plan to take the class again in order to master the material.
This really helps a lot. Thank You Team.
It was a great course for the beginners. I have learnt some valuable information of Korean language, rules of word and sentence making. Learnt valuable things from this course and have confidence to learn more of Korean Language.
great for listening and comprehension, in addition to learning writing and reading
It`s so hard if you don`t understand english well, because the spanish subs are all wrong, but i do my best, and will love more courses like this. <3 <3
I love this program, thank you so muchI learned a lot, I hope you do very well
Thanks for this course, 고맙습니다.
It is a really good course! The teacher explains very well and it is easy to follow.
Thank you for this lesson！
Great for people who want to learn the basics of Korean,
Terrific introductory course to Korean, where one immediately learns 1) the Korean alphabet, 2) greetings and introductions, 3) numbers, 4) how to talk about one's family, 5) time and dates, and 6) casual conversations. I highly recommend it as video lectures are very effective, followed by practise exercises and quizzes, which permit the student to measure his/her progress.
I sudied korean in the past but really I learned lot of things, so is the best.
IT IS GENIAL I LOVE THIS
Such an amazing course taught by Prof.Seung Hae Kang.Great opportunity to learn korean language including alphabets & glimpse of Korean Culture.
It's really helpful and the professor teaches really well. Strongly recommend to those who want to learn Korean!
I love this course. This helps learn Korean in a comprehensive way.
I really loved it and hope for a part 2
I would recommend First Step Korean to anyone wishing to know the basics of this fascinating language. Korean is a really cool East Asian language that shares lots of similarities with Japanese, I like how the script is unique and sets it apart from Mandarin and Japanese respectively.
I have learned a lot and am now able to understand and communicate with friends and enjoy my k-pop and my wifes k dramas more.
I think it'd be good to have more practice excercises besides the lectures.
Very structured course.
Amazing course! the teacher is magnificent. Everything is explained so detailed that I got a good grade :) thank you and I hope you do more of these moocs
Very easy to understand and very useful!
The instructor explains very well. Examples are easy to learn. I learn a lot and I understand Korean language better because of this course. Keep it up!
EL MEJOR CURSO... ME HA AYUDADO MUCHO
It would be better if the exercises are more difficult to improve learning outcomes
its a very good course
I loved the course. I was, however, overwhelmed by the amount of information especially in the last unit, No5. which had tons of vocabulary and expressions. Thank you for the opportunity to learn, it has been very valuable for me.
magnific course. thank you.
I really enjoyed this course and would recommend it to anyone who wants to start and learn Korean. I hope more advanced courses will also be available.
It was really great & it really had helped me
Good way to learn how to read Korean characters and learn some basic words. Really fun to learn and so clear.
It was perfect! Explaining the informations clearly. I thing, the best part is also telling about Korean Culture. I had so much fun. Thank you!
excellent course, well explained in a fun and precise way,nice to use foreigners for the videos, but only white people, why not have some dark people too?the mandarin translation is good,But it would help Chinese speakers to have the Chinese original translation of the vocabularyex: 清掃 =청소will there be a second level course?고맙습니다
Easy to understand, and fast.
is good class of korean, i like more.
Very helpful to first-time learners of the language! Thankful for the clear explanations and the pacing of the course. It really is difficult to learn a foreign language but with guides like these, the experience becomes more motivating and engaging!
Great course for Korean language beginners!
very good course with simple ways
Very well explained and easy to understand.
This course is great! I am fond of watching Korean dramas and and this made me appreciate the language more. My only knowledge before taking this course are a few words that were frequently spoken in dramas but after finishing this, I can now read Hangeul. This is a very good beginner's course for those who want to explore other languages.
I love to learn this course. The course material and assignment are helpful. I want to learn more about Korean language and their culture.
Really good accompliment materials for beginners!
Excellent course for a beginner!
Very fun and informative. Thank you!
I like this course
very good start to those who love to learn korean and have watched couple of korean drama before (it will help alot at some point in this course) the only thing this that disappoint me was they didnt explain Final Double Consonants, which really make it little harder for me ( actually i went and learnt it from YouTube ) .butHuge Thx Yonsei
It was very well organised and presented. There was good opportunity for repetition in the videos and good opportunity to study the main written expressions and grammar in the PDF files. Excellent!
Awesome class!!More courses please.Maybe some courses to prep for TopiK proficiency as well.
easy to follow with new vocabulary to learn..plus, simple step by step is shown. useful for those interested in learning basic korean.
The instruction is very clear!
This is so great, best thing ever
Really nice lessons, helpful handouts, and quizzes that make me feel like I am improving bit by bit instead of just studying to pass. If you're interested in beginning Korean, I really recommend this course!
I just started the course and I loved it! It's easy to understand and a great foundation for Korean Language Learning
Easy to follow the lectures which are systematic and structured. Besides learning grammar, I found that the points about pronunciation were really useful which were not gone through in great detail when I attended Korean classes in language schools due to time constraint. Hope that there will be future classes of higher levels from Yonsei!
Lessons are easy to understand and the course outline is certainly coherent. 고맙습니다 강교수님.
It was a great course and helps in understanding the basic concepts very well. Waiting for next session of the course. 선생님, 감사합니다!
Very helpful for those who don't know anything about Korean Language at the first time. The methods that are used is easy to follow yet very effective.
It's a very good course for those who want to improve their speaking skills.
The course is not that rush meanwhile I can learn a lot about Korean from start.
this course is well-organized although with the course going on i t goes more difficult, it is also a good challenge for us.
good and easy to understandstep by stepkamsahamnida :]
I like korean culture ,it is the first time Ihave learn korean ,professer is very nice
Fun learning !!
Thank you Professor for this helpful learn. Though I already learnt Basic Korean but since it's been a long time ago, now I feel like refreshing this course. I hope there will be next part of Korean course.
Such an interesting course :) I have learnt how to say some basic sentences in Korean as well as Korean letter. I will recommend it to my friends.
This easy-to-learn course teaches you everything you need to read Hangul (the Korean alphabet), understand sentence structure, and begin verb conjugation. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an accessible introductory experience into the Korean language.
This is an excellent course for beginners. It helps you with the basics while it makes you want to learn more. I would highly recommended and would like to take more courses. you really end up reading Hangul. Bottoms Up!
Love this course!I began this course at level zero and now I’ve be able to read and speak the language at a beginner’s level. I love to see Korean dramas and now I’m able to understand a lot of what they say. I hope the university develops a second part for this course.
This is a great starter course for beginner students of the Korean language. The lectures and notes were very informative and easy to understand.
Thank you for the great course and teacher!
It is great. I can learn better here than in real class.
Was the maximum because it was a challenge for me because I do not know much English and I almost could not understand it since it was Spanish but it was a challenge for me to read and listen to English besides doing evaluations in English so I am very happy about this
like I said ... it's really easy
easy to understand
I really liked it! In truth, I had spent time learning Korean years ago (basic) and so this course was more of a refresher for me. However, I recognized that I had lost some words and so this course helped me get back up somewhat. For a 'first step' course, however, it really throws you in the deep end with reading and listening. For those who have never taken any Korean or asian language before, it might be overwhelming.
Very helpful and amazing course .I will surely recommend it to my friends
great course, they start from 0
Although the instructor was good at presenting the information, I felt that the reference sheets should of had the phonetic pronunciations next to the Korean writing. This would of helped learn the symbols better. After the second week, we were expected to know what they represented. I felt it needed a video on just learning the alphabet. I did still learn a great deal of vocabulary.
This course was great! I learned so much!
I recommend this course for all who want to learn the language.It is well organized.Easy to follow.Contains important topics which u need for your daily life in Korea.You won't loose your time.On the other side, the quizzes, I think, are too short or too easy.It would also be perfect, if we are able to record our own sentences or write it and get feedback.
The videos went a bit fast for me and the course tried to cover too many things in each video in my opinion, but overall it was a good introduction to Korean! The lecture notes were very helpful--I recommend printing them off and using them to follow along with the lecture videos.
This course is excellent for beginners interested in Korean Language. The course teaches in a clear and concise manner. It relies on the student to take extra time working on pronunciation outside of the "study time" suggested by the course. Withing the first two weeks i was able to read korean words with fairly high accuracy! thank you First Step Korea for making such a great program!
Very clear and easy to understand. Maybe the quizzes are a little simple.
Great teacher! Easily pick up by following her lessons. Very useful!! Thank you so much!
This course is very helpful for the beginner. It is easy to learn and to grasp.
This is a very good beginner course that requires the student to practice, practice, practice. If the student does the work, then the lectures, and quizzes will support them in a substantial way. The quiz is well designed to measure what the student learned in that module. There were some audio issues in the beginning where the audio was wrong, but if you studied hard, you can still choose the correct answer.This is not a course that can be casually studied, in order to do well, practice is necessary. I appreciate this course and look forward to the next level.
Excellent course, I highly recommend it.
Very well put together. Excellent useful phrases.
all right!
It would be better If there are more explanations of grammar
Very helpful for the beginners!
This was a really good course! I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only feedback that I have is to introduce vocabulary before using them in the practice conversations. Otherwise, really informative. I truly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more in dept about the alphabet system, new vocabularies, time, sentence structures, counting, time, and more!
It was really informative, we could learn from many topics and I really enjoyed how short but well-made were every unit! I feel I learnt a lot and I know Korean much better after completing this course! Thank you so much for such an amazing opportunity, I will practise hard to speak Korean even more fluently!
Great!!, very well explained. Thank you so much for this course!
AWESOME course for Korean learning i want more this type of course for learning
A good introduction to Korean language. I learnt to read the Korean letters. Need a lot of practice on conversation. Thanks for the lessons!
I really liked this course, I learned a lot even though I am beginner and my English is not so high. 100% recommended고맙습니다
Thank you professor Kang고맙습니다 ^_^
An excellent course to learn Korean, easy to understand.
Great course.
I like this course very much. I will keep on learning Korean.
Excelent course to start learning korean. The lessons are easy to follow and it is really helpful if you don't know anything about korean.
Excellent instructions, tools that I use daily
It was a great course to learn basic korean. I'd definitely recommend it
I learnt many useful sentence to use in daily life.
Very useful contents, I have learned a lot of Korean vocabularies and expressions from this course. Thank you very much professor Kang, and thanks for the platform that Yonsei University and Coursera has offered
I think everyone can get junior skill of learning korean here and the classes are very good for us to study with our part-time. Thanks.
The course is good .Like it.
I love this so mush and look for more course
The course was detailed and very easy to understand.One thing I did have a problem with from time to time was differentiating between words - I've noticed that Korean words can be very close to one another and it's sometimes hard to tell if there's a space between two words or if those are actually one word. If this course could make the spaces between words bigger, it would be easier to see each word as it is instead of getting confused if a certain phrase is two separate words or one word.Thank you!
The lecturer was so instructive, and has shown her passion in teaching Korean language to Foreigners. 정말 감사합니다!Cannot wait to see Second Step Korean ready on Coursera!
It is a well built up course with clear explanation. Very useful for people who are beginner in the Korean language.감사합니다
This was a good introduction to 한글 (Hangul) and 한국어 (Korean). I believe that it prepared me well for Learn to Speak Korean 1 and I started that course with confidence.
The course was according to my expectations, I'm looking forward following courses to complete what I've learned here.
I had Learn to Speak Korean 1 at first. Then I paused that class, followed this one. I think this class is really the first step Korean before getting into other classes. I like the teacher too!
Very good course to take along side with studies to help give more common conversations practice and explanations of grammar rules.
very usefull thanks yonsei for open a korean course. i hope more courses of that beautiful language thank you.
I loved the materials used in this course. It is easy to understand and to learn. Thank so much for your efforts.
This course it's amazing for the new students that are interesting to learn more about the language of Korea of the South.
This course is very good! It's interesting and undertanding, I like it very much. Thank you, Yonsei and Coursera!
Great first step course. Included reading, writing, speaking, and comprehension. I picked up reading and writing best; speaking (specifically pronunciation) was hard).
If you're looking to lean Korean, taking this course will help set the foundation for learning Korean and teach you some of the basic communication skills. It's easy to follow and the work required is manageable.
Amazing course. The set up made learning basic Korean very easy.
Really easy to follow, well presented and good materials. Thank you~
Fantastic course. You can tell why the Yonsei University is one of the top universities in Korea.
An alright starting course, but the exercises could be a little more in depth
Was a great course. Very well structured, with a nice teacher. I learn a lot and I understand every lesson. So thank you for that effort. I'm gonna keep practice, never stop.
Clear lectures and notes to reenforce the content! One of the best courses on here
Highly user-friendly and intuitive. Easily one of the best MOOCs I've come across.Well done! as Ms. Seung Hae Kang herself would put it.P.S.:Wish there was a sequel to it.
This was such a fun and great course to follow. I really want to learn more Korean and this is great for starters. You will learn how to write Hangul and speak in a very easy way. The classes are not too difficult and you can keep up easily if you spend the time each week on each course. I recommend this for everyone who wants to learn the basics of Korean language. I finished today and I can't wait to get my certificate. Thank you so much Yonsei University!
A good class for beginners!
This was a wonderful class, but due to my schedule i was unable to finish. I would definitely like to take this again once I have more time.
A great learning resource especially for first-time learners.
This course helped me relearn the basics of the Korean language in an entertaining way. 10/10 recommend!
too fast paced, not suited for absolute beginners. first week takes alone about 3 weeks to complete and master
A nice introduction into Korean language - no previous knowledge needed. Highly recommended!
I liked it. I am Brazilian and, though english is not my first language, it was very easy to understand the explanations. The korean was very well explained too, and helped me on my own self studies of the language.
really helpful course!
very nice and easy to learn !
This course provides a well-paced introduction to learning the Korean language. It is well-suited to students who have little or no knowledge of Korean language to begin with. The course videos and the conversations of the players in the instructive videos helps us to get a feel for how the language operates in a real situation. The course lecturer provides detailed explanations of the origins of Korean vowels and consonants, the way the language is constructed, correct pronunciation, and much more. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn the Korean language. Many thanks to our lecturer for this great course.
Great Course !I'm very new beginner in Korean , but this course teach me step by step how to learn Korean.Thank you very much Yonsei University.
It's awesome ,
I like the way everything was presented and taught. I learned a lot. Thank you!
It's really a big help for me. It is well explained and I really understand step by step. Thank you so much Coursera!
It is fun! Able to speak and read Korean after taking up this course. The sequence of syllabus is good from basic to daily essential. I hope they make more Korean Courses so we can continue to learn Korean after First Step Korean.
It was easy to follow the teacher and there was enough time to finish the classes.
Very Impressive topic
Really informative and detailed! It's a great step for beginners and it's amazing for review. I highly recommend it for anyone just beginning with the Korean language. It's not a difficult or easy course, it does require one to study quite a bit and do some research on the language. The PDF's are great to download and review as you keep practicing throughout the course.
I have been waiting for a Korean language course with coursera for a long time. it is very good course for beginner; I had all the explanations and the pronunciation techniques were helpful.
This course really helped me understand the Korean language better. This is a course that's easy to get into, and you are carefully taken through each unit with great learning experiences!
I have been teaching myself (attempting to) Korean via various methods over the past 9 months, but I really enjoyed the structure of this class. It helped me understand WHY sentences/words are structured as they are, instead of just memorizing a lot of vocabulary and cramming too much information in my head at once. Can't wait for more from Yonsei University!
Awesome. She teaches it easily . She is a gifted teacher.I am going to enroll the next course. Thank you very much.
This has been an exceptional course. I have really enjoyed it as an introductory course to Korean, because it does a good job of teaching the basics without trenching too much in the details. I believe that in beginning stages a learner should not boggle themselves down too much with the details of a language. With time and exposure details are learned. Our instructor was easy to comprehend in her English pronunciation; she was professional, and she seem to enjoy the topic. I feel confident in the foundation that has been set for me and therefore, I am confident to continue what I hope will become a lifetime journey of enjoying and learning Korean.
I loved this course. The teacher is absolutely good and was so easy to follow the entire course :)I reccommend this course to everyone loves korean language and culture ;)감사합니다!! :D
For all K-pop and K-drama fans,This course is the best portal to understand everyday korean, read hallyu star names, drama air dates and even write your own name! What are you waiting for? Get started!! :)
Very intuitive Beginning Korean Course. The method of teaching was clear and detail. I just wish there would be more exercise for student to practice to get used to the Korean alphabet/vocabulary. Overall outstanding course.
Learning was so easy and lessons were laid out simply for my learning to feel unpressured. I can read and write hangul now plus use simple phrases from memory
Very helpful intro course. The videos are easy to follow and there's lots of examples.The extra notes are sometimes lacking (for example the pdf for 5.4 doesn't mention 듣다 and the other irregular verbs) so I took lots of notes while watching.The vocabulary list seems daunting, especially in the last week, but with some practice I've memorised most of it.I liked the parts that explained pronounciation in detail.선생님 고맙습니다.
solid intro to korean! easy for starters (with east asian language background)
My first step to learn and speak korean language
This class has been so helpful! The instructor was easy to understand and the additional worksheets made studying independently possible.I really enjoyed the short segments about Korean culture at the end of each week as well :-)
It's a really great and enjoyable course.
It's a great course for beginner
It's a course where you learn a lot of the basics you need in order for you to start your process.
This is an amazing course for someone who has no idea of Hangul! I understand quite a bit now and can even skip reading sub-titles for a few sentences while watching K-dramas.I had a great experience!
The course is mind blowing!With time and patience it is easy to get the language and the phrases.I only struggled really hard with telling the time.Also being hard of hearing made it a little hard to pinpoint exactly what time they were talking about.Overall this course is wonderful and anyone who is interested in basics of Korean should take it!Thanks a lot!!
It was perfect course. ☺
I like this course. As a beginner, I always found it hard to remember all the Korean characters(or parts). But through this step by step process, I gradually get more familiar with them. Thank you!
This is an excellent course and is very helpful and provides lots of information for learning the Korean language.
The teacher is so bad, I think Vietnamese teacher can teach better than her!
Very good! I already learn the basic before actually. But after join this class, i learn a lot since we learn it from a native speaker. Thank you for Professor Kang, i really enjoy your class. Hope you will open the next level so i can learn more about korea, the language and also the culture. :)
i learned a lot about this course, and the instructor is very good learning here is too much.
I really like the Course and the teacher.
good course
perfect course, good lecture, nice knowlage
Fantastic!!! A few minor bugs with compattibillity but besides this annoying problem very happy so far!! 고맙습니다 선생님이는
It is really helpful, it expains things in a very easy way and the practices are good too. Highly recomended
I learn most of Korean from entertainment programme, but this class help me to correct the pronunciation and learn a lot about the Korean.This class is easy for all the people who wants to learn the basic Korean and Korean culture, and you can have a better understanding about this lovely beautiful country!----Shuyu Wang from China
Very clear and easy, leads you on the track to the Korean language.
A great course for people who want to learn basic korean, excellent.
Good lessons for those who want to step into the world of Korean.Very good explanation and structure. Hope to have the deeper lessons in the future.
not done with it yet, but love it so far, 2 days and i can already read some of the symbols :)
I've attempted Korean through a self-study textbook before, but this course is a lot more accessible. Dialogues, vocabulary, pronounciation, the alphabet - all is presented very clearly. Obviously, it really only is an introduction to the language, but as that it is very successful.
Hello teacher this course is very interesting for me and make me know more about Korean culture and Korean language basic. I looking for award you offer course level 2.thanks
Amazing course, extremely useful! Very nicely put and understadable even for people for which also english is a second language. Thank you very much!
easy to study, good.
very easy to follow.. :)
Thanks for good materials and lesson. I hope there are advance course.
Good for new Korean learners to start from zero.
I really liked the set up. It was really easy to follow along.
I love this course! I use to be quite intimidated when I would here or see this language, but this class is making it so easy to understand.
I can't believe how much I've learned already!
Easy to learn! Very good course.
A highly recommendable beginning course to learn Korean efficiently. Throughout the course, I learnt to correctly pronounce each character and make simple conversation about daily life.
Great introduction to the Korean language, with supplementary videos and dialogues. This course also incorporates handy PDF files with vocabulary and reviews of all the lessons.
A really interesting and helpful lesson. I would recommend it to my friends. However, the prounciation is a little bit hard for me.
With clear explanations, good pacing, and wonderful activities to practice reading, I enjoyed the lectures and am very grateful to be learning such a culturally rich language such as Korean. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!
good course, with accessible and interesting presentation of the material
I hope I could practice more whatever I learned from this. This course is awesome!
Easy course. I would have preferred more English phonetic pronunciations, though. Everything was in the Korean alphabet.
Very interesting.
I love this course! This course does not require any prior knowledge in the Korean language and with this course I came from absolute beginner with no textbooks and went to knowledge of basic Korean conversation and knowledge of the rich and pure history of the Korean language.
It was great overall but my review reflects the sentiment that I felt like they could've added more topics.
easily understood and has improve my korean language a lot
Very good online course
This class was wonderful! As a visual learner, I learn better with images involved. Thank You Prof.
Amazing weeks with FSK, I've learned a lot. The contents are very useful, thankyou :)
Great course, very informative and well organized.
Great course. Expect to see the second step Korean.
I like this course. I like Korean. I want to learn more about the Korean.
Really good and useful for beginners. Now I can read Korean and understand basic conversation. Anyway this course is great
Very well done as introductory course, easy to follow and detailed in the explanations. Helpful for whom wants to get closer to the Korean language for the first time.
I feel that Teacher Kang is really good with visual aids. I love how varied the tests are! I can feel the different parts of my mind lighting up with information because of the wide variety of questions. She seems kind and very passionate about her work. Because of this course, I started looking into Yonsei University. 감사합니다, 성생님!
Really good class for beginner and few experimented. 5 weeks of work, 4 hours by weeks for me.If you want to start Korean or if you just know some little stuffs, this class will help you a lot.
Well structured and well paced.
An excellent introduction to the Korean Language! Taught by a native speaker, with added insight into pronunciation and the history of the language. I have been studying Hangugeo for two years, and learned more in this course than I did from all the books, apps, and other lessons combined!
Good teacher, it also provides pdf for courses which makes me feel nice. It is easy to understand some complex grammar.
I am giving this course a 5 star rating because it is a well structured course where everything builds on previously taught lessons and the material is presented in such a way that it is easily understood.
The course is very useful i like it so much and i had no problem to understand any of the lecturers i find it very good and useful
I really enjoyed the way they taught korean. Recomended ;)
Very useful!Looking forward to the further course!너무 기대합니다！
It was a good class, and definitely laid down a foundation for learning and understanding the lesson. However, it was difficult at times trying to understand, the professor would say the Korean too swiftly.
I am very happy with this course. It's easy and helped me a lot :)
FSK was well designed with clear explanation and relevant examples. This course is good for beginners, to those who are new to Korean and only know some Korean words though its dramas or musics. I hope to see the Second Step Korean course (or higher courses) from Yonsei in the coming months. Thanks professor and the course team for your hard work in getting this course up and running on Coursera!
easy learn
It is very good course for beginners!
This is a very exciting course! I have always admire the simplicity and beauty of Korean's alphabet, with this I can hopefully find way to interact with Koreans someday. I'm really thankful for this. Thanks again! :)
Amazingly well put together! So well presented as well!
Great course! I hope that in the future more korean courses are available!
Great introduction to the writing system for first time learners.
The best online Korean lecture I've ever seen, hope there will be more further lectures. Thank you.
Excellent course thus far! I'm sure it will continue to be until the end!
Everything was clearly explained at a comfortable pace. Thanks for the great help!
easy to learn. hard to remember.
Such a wonderful intro course to Korean!
really learned a lot from the course and the patient teacher, thank you
A very good course! It would be great if there are some following courses to further improve our Korean.
Great!! :D
It's a foundation course with clear explanation and structure that will allow student to learn more easily.
Excellent introduction to Korean. The course has a very clear structure and the workload is manageable.
Very useful , Thank you.
It's very usefull.
I am looking for the course which provide me the new knowledge. This course can provide me the third languages, I am so excited not only Korean Language but also cultural and traditional. I am thankful all of you to give me the new experiences. I do appreciate.
It's best for someone who is beginner in learning Korean language. Also ias it is self paced you can get enough time to learn and revise the course.
This course really helped me review the basics of Korean.
Korean language is so difficult
Absolutely fantastic. Highly recomend
This really is a great course, it has a lot of content to learn, is concise, easy, and practical. Also the staff does his best at explaining doubts and questions. If you like Korean, or want to start learning Korean this is a must.
I just previewed the course and the tutorials are hassle free and simple to learn from! I knew a few basic things about Korean and the videos helped me brush up on my past knowledge. I'm looking forward to the current session of the course to begin so I can complete it and be better at Korean!
This is really helpful to me. :)
A very helpfull C
Easy to learn, flow is great and interesting
A very nice introductory level Korean course. Easy-paced and details well-explained.
I learned Korean nearly 20 years ago and decided to work through this course as a refresher. The course is fairly well done. The pace is a little aggressive, which is fine if you take your time to learn each lesson before moving on. Language courses are not the kind where you can just listen and then take the quiz. Slow down. Practice.By week four the speakers in the audio files were speaking on a level where I was having difficulty distinguishing some of the words. In particular, the differences between the 20th and 21st of the month can be somewhat challenging for a beginning speaker of Korean. On the quizzes, I slowed down and repeated some of the audio. Even so, I missed a few questions. I think the course should take more care in producing the audio files and planning the questions. Some of those my be nearly impossible for beginners to get correct.
very good Course
wonderful course delivered by a wonderful tea
First Step Korean is a really good beginner course to start learning Korean. The lectures are structured in a clear manner that gives the learner ample examples to understand the usage of the language and allows the learner to practice along very naturally with Prof. Kang.Personally, when I learnt basic Korean through Korean TV shows and classes in a community club, it was hard for me to grasp the grammar as it was pretty confusing. This basic course allowed me to understand the usage of grammar, such as 이, 가, 은, 는 and transforming basic form verbs.The lectures are delivered in a way that allows you to learn in a gradual manner and frequently review what you have learnt in previous lectures. The subtitles and notes make the lessons really easy to understand and follow.Through Coursera's online platform, the video lectures allows easy review of the lecture without having to physically sit through a class. I'm glad and grateful that First Step Korean is offered on Coursera and I hope there's a Second Step Korean in the near future for us to carry on with intermediate learning.
Takes you step by step in learning Korean, really recommended.
It's easy for a beginning learner,the teacher taught the structure and the framework that Korean are formed.It seems that we can use the method that we learn English to learn Korean.It's an interesting course.
It is a very good course for everyone to learn basic of Korean. For me who have learned Korean by read Korean lesson book somehow this course not give much thing to learn.GRAMMAR (5/5)This course is good because it give me more insight about Korean grammar (difference between normal. formal, and informal speech; the using of 예요/ 이에요, 이/가, etc).THE TEACHER (5/5)She explain clearly and give some exercise in the video to make us practice. I like the method.VOCABULARY (3/5)There were not much vocabulary in the course. I hope Yonsei University would add more new vocabulary in the course.TEST/ ASSIGNMENT (3/5)I've taken another language online course at another site that similar to Coursera. That site's assignments more complex than this course's given. This site only test our reading and listening but there were not speaking aspect that scored here. And I wish you will add writing aspect to the course.LESSON (3/5)The lessons those given here really simple. They were easy to understand, but I hope there will be a sequel of this course that will give us more advance lessons.Recommendation:- add more vocabulary,- add speaking and writing assignment,- a sequel of this course.Thank you for coursera and Yonsei University for giving me an opportunity to learn Korean Language for free.
I have studied Korean for about 10 months and still found some of the information useful. The numbers and dates always confuse me till this day. Quizzes were on average too easy, just listening or multiple choice. The answers were easy to find without much thought.
It´s very useful for those who wants to learn a new language as Korean.
This course gives a good start. After that practice is more important which can be done through apps like memrise.
Great Course
The teaching is in good structure, easy to understand and remember. Practice section helps me to better understand the context of the new words. The best course I've ever learned for Korean language. Looking forward to further courses.
It is very fun and easy it is similar to the course I took on camp casey I feel the material is universally used.
Very informative but I think that, if I hadn't already had a basic knowledge of the Korean alphabet and grammar structure, I'd have found the grammar explanations to be a bit too brief. Excellent for beginner level refresher though. Some glitches in the tests (e.g. the correct answer being something not taught until the next lesson) and the videos (one lesson unable to be downloaded on any of the computers to which I have access). Would be good if this course had some social /cultural lessons (like how to drink in front of a superior
Awesome Experience
The professor teaches very well. I like the way by which he starts from and basics and use real life examples. Thank you :)
Very basic. Not much deep
Perfect for a complete beginner in the field.. well explained, well-paced and interesting with practical assignments... learned a lot from this course... thank you, professor Ian Harris..
Gread course, shows the basic of IOT.
Great course if you want a quick introduction on what is IoT, Sensors and Actuators etc..
Great course. Module 4 was a little too generic but enjoyed the course overall.
Its really good course to take up if you want to know about IOT in simple language. I enjoyed it
This is a great introductory course on the topic of Internet of Things (IoT) and Embedded Systems. I encourage anyone interested in the field to take this course.
It was a nice experience to learn the course.
in this course I studying simply internet of things (IOT), thank for coursera.
Just basic stuffs :D
good course. it would be even better if you can provide a printable materials of the course. like the power point slides
very useful for every one who interesting in electronics career
Provided a great beginning into IoT NPD devices with joint software and hardware project requirements needed.
Need a discussion forum.
Good course for me.
Nice course.Learned new things.Professor describe all things very well
Not good as this topic was not taught in great depth. For beginners it is good.
An great introductory course for those looking to get started into IOT ,great if you're looking for breadth rather than depth , which I feel is essential because of nature of IoT as a domain requires one to be familiar with multiple fields like embedded systems , types of programming languages ,networking , micro-controllers etc simultaneously . Prof. Harris explains complex things in really simple manner without overwhelming the learner which I think is necessary for a beginner to retain interest in exploring further .
A Very Good Experience with this Course.
Way to basics, just to much explication but nothing actually to implement or to do.
It was very useful to me.
Great starting point to understanding how IoT works.
Great course which offered the basics of IOT
its really nice
This course was a good introduction for me, a non-engineer. There was enough new material to make it worthwhile but not so much as to overwhelm me. The instructor explained concepts in an accessible way, using good examples drawn from daily life.
Excellent course if you're new to the topic. The professor describes the concepts in a clear, easy to understand way.
Interesting one....
Excellent! Very well explained
This is by far the best course I have taken on Coursera, or any other open online course. In fact, I would rate it as a top five courses ever including my undergraduate and graduate education at preeminent US universities. Professor Harris does an excellent job of giving the learner a survey of fundamental computing, IoT and networking concepts. While somewhat technical, the course is far from boring and his style/approach make it easy for even non-technical learners to follow the coursework. I thoroughly enjoyed the course, learned a lot and look forward to continuing the experience in the full Specialization.
I had a great time doing this course. It was really informative and practical. I think I have constructed a good basics for learning further IOT concepts.
Starts very simplistically. Since I was auditing the class, there was no feedback for quizes of exercises.
This information was new to me. With a lot of work to watch and rewatch the lectures, I learned A LOT. I had to redo the homework for two separate weeks because I have no background in this field. I found it helpful to grade many more than the required homework assignment because then I learned from my other classmates. It was a challenging class but also interesting. I'm very excited to take the next class in the specialization, Aruduino and C Programming.
it really covers the basics in this field. introducing the material in a simple and logical way. the instructor is great. i recommend it very much
I was so excited for this course, but IT failed miserably. I am a complete newbie, I didn't know one thing about IoT before engaging in this course. I gave it one star due to actually learning a small something IN SPITE of the fact the prof is extremely inarticulate. The course is extremely short and vague. There was no care in detail or discussion or presentation. There's no forum to ask questions or to even start or engage in a discussion.
This is helpful course
Very Good Course. But everybody should get the opportunity to submit the quiz at least, even if we get don't get the certificate.
I really liked the assignments of the course. It lead me to think practically about what is taught in the course and analyse on my own a number of IOT devices around me.
Hands on coding should be present
Excellent course work..Loved the lectures.
Very gentle introduction to IoT. The topics covered are fine and the instructor is very good at explaining and presenting the material.
very nice course it goes in depth and very detailed about each topic and each module very excited to catch more in-depth going courses
The course was too easy.
This course deals with the basics, and can be taken up by someone having very less or even no prior knowledge on the subject.
its pretty good one
This course is very fundamental information about IOT and basic of embedded systems.Every one can easily got clear idea about the basic microcontroller and its application of IOT,also how to connect with real world and handled the remotly access the information and contolled any type of devices. Using interfacing of tool analyse the entire any type of networks connected with your systems.
one of the best online corse site
Great course. It definitely helped me with the basic concept and structure of embedded systems.
This course does a great job introducing terms of embedded systems and IoT. Although the week 4 about internet protocols needs more lessons and lectures to get clear ideas before the final work.
Inroductory course. Good for begineers
A brilliant course conducted by the down-to-Earth professor Ian Harris. Really enjoyable, presenting real-life common-to-all terms and application!I can't wait to complete the Specialization after such a fun course!
This is very good start for beginners. But more insights can be covered though.
very nice course ...lot of things learn from this course
Good introduction of IoT
Great introductory course for beginners, the simple teaching and instructions allowed me to understand the information while the intuitive module assignments helped me figure out topics i didnt fully understand.
It is good introduction for students that don't have previous knowledge in the field. Instructor is also good.
Very nice methodical intro to IoT and embedded systems.
An amazing world is discovered!
Nice introduction
A fairly basic class, but still very interesting.
Nice speaker, good themes
This course is helpful to me. I have learnt so many new things.
Being from Nepal its really hard to get such course. I really enjoyed this course till now. The best part of this course is cheap hardware almost available everywhere........even in so called third world countries,
A good introductory course !!! Should be followed up with lots of readings ...
This course was important for me. I have learnt a lot about IoT.
The introductory session is really great ,but it can be explained little more deep technically !!!
Very good course! But they need create more interactive activities and videos for explain theory concepts and show more real examples.
Nice course, thank you a lot.
A very basic course. Could have more in-depth information.
The topics sometimes are very superficial, containing little information. But at all, the course is good.
Despite the fact that this course isn't really difficult at all, it gives you the opportunity to introduce yourself in the area of microprocessors. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the area of IoT and embedded systems. You should really understand the concepts of this course before diving into the world of IoT.
The material is interesting as well as the lectures. Also, the method of evaluation is very good, as it allows the users to interact with each other.
A good overview of the landscape of of IOT.
Great ContentThinks for sharing this great content
It's really perfect for beginners.
This course is great, well structured and with a very valuable contents.
Good course!
The professor lecturers were great! I enjoyed watching the his videos. However, theres's still room for some improvement. For example, I would add /more/ technical info at the video slides and also a /lot/ of literature related to IoT and embedded systems.
great start for those who don't know a lot about IoT
it s a very friendly course and i have learned a lot. the homeworks and exams are usefull.
My first on-line course ever. I didnt know what to expect however, I have learned a lot of new concepts. This intro course have me pumped to see whats next. I already ordered my Arduino on Amazon. I dont know what to say but, I'm excited.
Mr Harris was a fantastic lecturer.
Good introductory course that gives you an overview to what you should know before starting other courses in the specialization. Some of the contents are a bit too obvious to someone with a previous background in IT.
Good course taught in an interesting and engaging way. Quite high level; I'm looking forward to diving deeper in to the subject int he upcoming courses. A few places where the assignments felt a little tedious.
Great course to enhance the knowledge
Great!
Didn't learn very much.
Great course, Prof Harris is a great instructor
A very good - and comprehensive - introduction.
course was really good. this will be very useful for begineers in embedded systems and IOT.
Good, straightforward.
I loved it. I learned about something that was completely unfamiliar to me(computer programming) prior to starting, and I have now continued to learn it because of this course. Professor Harris is the man.
Really Good , one can understand the course from basic of IoT and Embedded Systems
I really enjoyed this course. I liked the forced research into micro-controllers and embedded systems.I would however like to stress that the use of peer reviewed assignments slows the pace of the class down greatly. People sometimes like to progress a lot faster. Difficult to do when waiting for others.
great course
good for electronics beginners
It is really nice, well structured and well delivered.
Nice course, helps you get into the idea of Internet of Things
Nice Introductory course
It's really great.
very nice introduction and Dr. Ian G Harris is very good
It was will organised course but its for very beginners
It's really a good informative course for beginners.
It was a very well presented description of what IoT is and specifics.It does not go into details that need special knowledge but it is also not boring for someone that comes from electrical - electronics field
Amazing and really informative course.
Finished
Almost a perfect course for introducing IoT to the students.
A correct introduction to the iot
I felt it was too basic. It took me about a week, but if I'd had the time I could have done it all in a day. Hope the rest of the specialization is more in-depth.. Also there are no forums.. makes it impossible to interact when you have questions.
Thanks
is very great
Provides a good foundation for understanding about Internet of Things!
It is a well structured and involving course.
Overall a comprehensive introduction to IoT Systems for everybody!
Pretty nice course for basics. Doesn't exactly go into the programming side, but gives you basic background information for IoT things.
thanks its amazing
Really basic course but well explained.
Very nice course!Thank you.
A course graded only by your peers ! what's the point ? Well the peers that graded my answers are not qualified to grade my work, useless, wast of time grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Good Intro to the essentials but a too much of theory.
Very Good master. Easy to learn with us.
Very informative course to get start with IOT
The teacher is awesome because he has explained difficult concepts very eas
Really good introductory course on IoT technologies.
good information
Very good intro for the IoT world!
Extremely helpful and a lot of fun!
Vary good course! Thank you!
Step by Step from scratch.Very good lectures, presentations and explanations given by Prof. Ian G. Harris...Thanks!
I really enjoyed this course! Prof. Harris is excellent and the topics are carefully selected to provide all the details remaining at the introductory level.
Too much basic, but have some key concepts.
I love this Course, it has open my mind to very simple areas of electronics and communication
GOOD interesting covers a broad amount of material and area proccessors networking design
the course is really awesome..it has been providing me the new knowledge.
thank you for all preparations and really nice videos
Very useful approach to IoT for a newbie in this field like me. Hoped to see more practical stuff.
Grate course thank you.
Great Introduction about IoT
a concise approach to good engineering project development
Not good- weak lecturer- repeats himself endlessly- waste of time
It is an Excellent course. First i will thank to coursera for provide these type of courses.Students must get a very good knowledge when they did attend the all sessions.
Nice introduction at a very basic level. Good if you know nothing about this subject.
Very good intro to IOT and embedded systems with short videos. Definitely boost my understanding.
Great course, but there is no forum for interacting with fellow students
This course has been in overall complete, I feel there should be more practice, If you do this course don't expect practicing, only learning and having quizzes.
Great course. A brilliant learning experience.
Very good Introduction to IoT Concepts
On of the best courses.Really benefit from it .I recommend this course for anyone who wants to start an IOT course
This is not a technical course. The students can understand easily.
Great!
Good course for beginners.
Very detailed and well covered topics. A very good course to introduce a budding IOT enthusiast.
It was good, as per the introductory part
The content of the course is reasonable and gives an introduction to the uninitiated. The peer review sysetm however relies on the experience and knowledge of others which is a flaw in how some of the coursera modules are evaluated.If you are looking to expand your technical knowledge, opt for a course the has an automated test system (such as the courses on Data Structures and Algorithms).If you are just considering studying engineering, this course and specialization will be a decent and simplistic introduction into the field.
I enjoyed doing this module of the IOT course. It is well structured and provides a good grounding for the IOT. Thanks Coursera. Off now to sign up of the next module of this course.
I've been learning so much this topic.The instructor has a lot of knowledge and explains very well.
A fairly easy and very good introductory course. It'll help you understand what embedded systems are and how they are used. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone starting out on IoT.
Excellent introduction to IoT!
The basics very well explained.I got every notion and learned also something completely new (MANET networks). Thanks a lot!
Stunning waste of time. There is nothing of substance.
Good examples and very well explained basic things to understand IoT and Embedded Systems.
Very usefull
its a perfect introductory course in internet of things .. thank you
Good introduction to IoT
The course content and intro about IoT is very good and interesting. This course will provide an opportunity to explore new generation intelligent devices.
Excelent course if you've had a previous approach on basic computer science.
Great course & Great Instructor
Ian Harris, the lecturer, is a very cool guy. I really enjoyed learning about various concepts through his way of teaching. This course provided me with a solid understanding of IoT in general. Recommended for all. Regards.
Very interesting!
Nice intro to the subject
Very good introduction.
Good attempt.
an useful introductory course for Internet of Things and Embedded Systems
very basic and very effective for beginner.
Well written and comprehesive course regarding IoT.
Starts off really basic, but is thorough. Overall, very informative.
This course it very interresting. I'm now ready for connecting all my devices and all my embedded systems. Thanks for it. i'll procced to the next module of Specilization. Thanks again!!!!!
Great course! The course is taught in a very organised manner making it easy for anyone to understand.
Excellent material, one can start it even from zero knowledge. Professor Ian G. Harris is a great tutor, giving real examples, easy to understand and follow.
Very helpful course.
Basics are well covered. I would recommend this course to everyone.
Very good, with relevant content to nowadays.
It was very informative
Was well broken down really. A good introduction i'll have to say.
Excellent Course for getting into IoT devices.
Great course and great instructor!
Nice course and builds good foundation for forth-coming courses.
Neatly explained. No prerequisite needed. Very good course.
It is a very informative course! Well taught .
I am very happy to learn from this course!
The Best Explanation so far :)
Very interesting introduction to IoT. Provides lot of context before programming actual IoT devices.
Reviewing process is quite slow, thus you have to wait until someone review your assignment and grade it, even if you complete this course in just 1 week but you can't pursue certificate in just 1 week because review of assignment 3-4 days minimum for each one.Coursera should improve that problem, but overall teaching quality was great.
Clear and easy to follow despite a challenging course.
I enjoyed this course. It was very informative and I think it is a good way to start studying the subject.
i loved the course and the professor:)
A good one for beginners
Some peers were really picky when there was no need to.
Great! Very good curse! Really useful
hats off to the teacher.Great explaination
Really a well designed course for those who wish to start in this field.
I liked this course ^_^
I learned a lot, and i'm going forward in the mastery of IOT. Thank you very much.
the way its being taught is simply excellent
A very very basic introduction of IoT for beginners
This course provides a very good introduction to Internet of Things for beginners. However, the topics are not covered in much depth and feel a bit superficial.
awesome instructor with great peer reviewed assignments!
I loved the way Prof. Ian Harris teaches. It is so easy to understand. This is a nice introductory course for IoT and Embedded System. An easy one!Except for second week's assignment (which was slightly vague), rest was all good!
Introduction to the Internet of Things and Embedded Systems is very good online course
very happy with this course,way of teaching was very understandable and nice.
yet to explor
Very good content, clear and effective way to explain the core concepts.
Great way to start Internet of things and Embedded System journey if you're new to the subject.
This course is OK for introduction if you're not already familiar with the IoT devices and embedded systems. But if you already have done some projects in IoT and Embedded systems and are familiar with what they are then you don't need this course. This course is designed for a complete beginner who doesn't have any idea what IoT and embedded systems are (and now that you're researching about a course on IoT you probably have an idea what they are) and as a guy who had already done some projects in this area in undergrad, I found the content to be very simple and lacking any new things to add to my knowledge. But if you are a complete beginner then go for it.
got to pay, but besides that it's more about him talking less learning about anything
recommend to every beginner in IOT
i like this course very much. It is very much interesting and i hope the specialization will be great.
This course was great, it could of had another chapter that tied everything together. But overall I was pleasured with all the information.
Well done and deserves 5 stars although it was fairly basic. As the title suggests it's really just an 'introduction' to the topic and as such it's intended for absolute beginners. You don't really need a background in engineering, programming or anything of the sort to be able to keep up.
The lectures give you a good overview of the material, and the assignments help you solidify your understanding of embedded systems in the real world.
Great intro course! Sometimes it feels like it moves a little slow but it is very thorough!
Brilliant. Simple, straight to the point delivery. Interesting and encouraging assignments boosts enthusiasm.Thank you
Enjoyable, accessible introduction to IoT. Progresses at a good pace.
very neatly organised . Great teaching :)
Nice work, excellent content as well as faculty. Keep it up.
Great course, I loved it. Recommended.
First time, ı said what am ı suppose to do with that, and then noticed, people and companies cares this tech whole over the world. This is just the beginning. keep doing keep learning .We will change our world, together!
A very good course for novices looking to learn more about Internet of Things.
Excellent Teaching
Haha, supercool technerd
Course is very well structured and content is really easy to digest! Really liked the short video where actual components were shown in the instructor's lab. Made it easy to connect theoretical concepts with real-life stuff.
Very easy course
learned a lot about technology. Fantastic course!
Excellent overview of the topic and explanation of important aspects.
This course was needed to make us future developers keep up with current IT and devices
Very interesting :)
A very helpful course for the beginner. Thanks.
I like this lesson.
Good introduction course.
Not as deep as i would like, but good intro and well presented..!
Excellent the video classes are entertaining and informative.
Not only very interesting but also an instructor with entertaining way of communicating the content.
A simple but informative introduction to the Internet of Things, the hardware components that make up IoT devices, and the structure of the networks that support them.
Great course! loved it
Very good course for understanding basics of IoT hardware/embedded systems.
Not very detailed and quite general. Nevertheless, you get a good sense of what IoT devices are and how the work. For an introduction, it's ok, but I expected more information and more assignments to make it really useful. In terms of value for money, I'd say you're better of spending a few hours on Google and forums.
Would not let me leave course after signing up. Due to family issues, I could not continue, but due to some weird policy, after purchasing this class, I could not drop. (Still can't)
This course was simplified enough for those who have limited knowledge of the computer.If you can browse the site to register then you can finish the course.
The peer review is a bad bad idea.
Professor is great.
Awesome introduction Ian!
Course address some elementary issues about IoT, but the instructor at times seems like he does not have a good grasp of the lecture materials. No access to quizzes or evaluations as auditing participant, which is a shame since most of the Coursera MOOCs allow access to evaluation material under the auditing modality.
No forums or discussion
Awesome course
It will helps every body who want to enhance skills related present growing technology,and thanks to coursera.
This is a very basic introduction to IoT. I found the course to well designed for an easily understanding, even for people with no background knowledge of computer science. It is an added advantage if you know a bit of computer basics though
Great introduction!
This will probably be the worst course in the specialization and for good reason. The entire course is designed to overload you with terminology to get you up to speed for the follow courses. As a result this is a pretty bland and boring 4 weeks. The assignments feel like tedious filler an a lot of the questions in them are very poorly worded. The saving grace is that the course is just 4 weeks and can be completed in a fairly short amount of time.
Great Experience. A must do Course.
An introductory course to this contemporary technologic phenomenon, which merges you inside the very basis of internet functioning and how IOT devices have been evolving and diversifying, how we can understand and conceptualize them, disassembling existing ones (conceptually) and learning the basic ideas on why and how to design an IOT device.
Great Intro, great course.
Great!
Simply awesome!
This is very good introduction to Internet of Things domain. Specially the content related to components of embedded, IoT devices and Protocols.
Very good basics coverage. Prof. is cool
Don't get me wrong, this is a good course, the teacher obviously knows his stuff and delivers the information in a good way. It gives you what you need to know. But I expected more. A wider grasp on things, additional readings, quiz’s, related articles, links and so on. Maybe not mandatory but in addition to what already is there.
It is a perfect course for who want enter in the today's new technological trend that IOT - Internet Of Things. Join this course for learning basics of IOT.
Great course for beginners
good course
Very good starting point to know the all the basics needed to build an IoT device.Thanks Prof. Ian and team for offering the course.
Great course with good information.
interesting, great, useful !!!
Very useful course.
Very basic course.
Wonderful course. Prof. Harris is incredibly clear and careful. The course itself is well laid out and the lessons build on previous lesson.
enjoyable course and a great instructor.
Very high level.
Awesome class! Recommend everyone take it.
Great Course.
Perfect course for understanding definition of IoT and Embedded systems.
ya it is very good course for those who doesnot have knowledge about Computers .
Good very high level introduction to IOT and embedded systems
Very nice introduction, needs a bit more depth as most of it already familiar to everyone now a days.
It's Objective, simple
A good intro to IoT. You need a good foundation or starting point for such a specialization and that is what this course provides.
The explanation is very good and effective.Real time examples are explained well.
Excellent pedagogy, and concise, comprehensive and engaging content!
Good simple overview of what IoT is and which component it consist of and how these works
awesome course.Thanks sir
Pros:-Gives a brief overview of IoT ecosystem. Dr. Harris teaches complex things in an easy manner.Cons:-Assignments are not available for audit students. Request coursera to open assignments for audit students as well.
Great intro course to IoT and embedded system. Prof Harris covers at a high level the several moving parts of this topic. His style makes this course very engaging and dynamic. Recommended to those that want to get into this field, and need a general overview.
Nice course for beginners! Had fun learning!
Excellent introduction to the IoT concept.
Thank you very much to prof. Ian Harris for the interesting course! I am very glad to touch the IoT step by step. I would like to continue to study the next part.
I am in week 2 of 4 of this class thus far and have enjoyed every moment of it thoroughly; its exactly what I anticipated.
A good course for somebody who knows absolutely nothing about the presented subjects ( like networking, what is embedded software etc. ). Everything is explained in a way your grandmother could understand it.If you are somewhat familiar with them and are looking on information on what IoT exactly is, this course isn't really for you.
The concepts in the course are well taught, but the syllabus is a little boring because of more theoretical concepts and very less practical concepts
Nice overview of the IOT with lot of real time examples.
Well explained and structured course as an intro to the Internet of the Thing, the professor is very clear in his explanations and the tours and videos exploring real life instruments he uses in his laboratory helps you to keep the theory he teaches in connection to the practice. Recommended for anyone wanting to have an idea about the domain. Not only technically speaking but also as a review of the implications of technologies in daily life.
Very good course. Professor very good!
The course explains the basics of Iot. I like the way the prof delivers the lecture, very easily understandable. A good brush up course for intermediate and advance level students too.
Very nice basic things on IOT.
Excellent Content and excellent domain of the topic by the Professor.
Very nice introduction!!
I totally recommed this. Prof. Ian explains each and every concept very well.
Nice introduction.
Good basic introduction. If you are already familiar with computers you may want to skip it though.
I enjoy the manner how the complicated things are simply explained. Very practical approach. And the tasks are some... tricky)) so they provide you with possibility to think out of the box)
Great course
It is not too much technical so for being an introduction is perfect
Great course introducing IoT. A well timed course at the start of the IoT bubble
This course gives a very solid overview of basic hardware and software concepts. I was familiar with a lot of the information already, so I watched many videos at x1.25 speed and returned to normal speed for unfamiliar material. First week can be a little slow, but it picks up and is very informative afterwards.
Appreciate the simplified presentation of each topic.
Great introductory course to what are Internet of Things devices and main technolofies involved in designing them.
I liked how easy to understand and follow was this course. I recommend it
Great stuff. A very good beginning overview of IoT devices and things that are considered when planning their design and implementation.
Less lab exerciser only theoretical introduction
Really liked this course!
Gives good insights on the fundamentals. Would be an excellent introduction for a beginner.
Quite basic.
very good, very clear
The course gives very good understanding of what Internet of Things is all about - what it consists of, how it works, what the applications and implications are. The Professor's style is very engaging. He manages to explain complex matters in simple language. Highly recommend the course!
Won't teach anything to anyone with the most basic computer science background and knowledge.The most useless assignments in any Coursera course I've ever seen, that require no useful (or any) knowledge to complete.
It was overall a good course for a beginner but too much theoretical things are there, one needs to push more on practicals.
Excellent introductory course on IoT. Very well organized and with a clear language.
Only 2 * because of technical issue that i faced in most of the videos are not loading properly . they will stuck somewhere and only audio will be continuing . so i couldnt finish the course. apart from that teaching is really good.hope you guys work on it to fix it.
Professor is awesome, he explains the material very well, providing many examples and repeating keywords... I would love to take every course of him
Great Course!
I liked this course because I actually got to know what Internet of things is etc
Nice Course for Beginners.Thank you Professor.
Very nice course
very detailed and boring introductory but it is very useful as a start.
Content is very light but it is good for an absolute beginner.
Very interesting and instructive, ideal to start in the world of Internet of things for people who have not yet known.
It's a good introductory course. I would have expected some more "meat" on the bones, but still I have to remember this is the first course out of a series so most probably it is good enough.Teacher is good and, even for a non English speaker student as I am, it is perfectly understandable and clear.
No forum, what are you thinking!
Even for beginners easy to understand. Coolest professor :-)
Great high level overview of IoT. Not too technical but deep enough.
Learned Alot from this series
Concise and informative. This introductory course interested me into the IoT field. Recommended
Very helpful course, sometimes maybe too theoretical and hard for me, but I am a sociologist and I don't get sometimes every idea in this course. But I recommend it, I've completed it with pleasure!
fine instructor, make introduction interesting,simplified concepts .Highly recommended those who are from various background interested in IoT.
wonderful course, helped a lot. Thank you.
Great professor and very helpful course
I think this is easy introduction to the topic and assignments put you to think. If you're more seasoned with the topic or you have background in e.g. embedded systems this course does not bring much to you but can be used as easy refresher.
I did the certificate course. I have taken embedded systems during college but didn't understand anything. The teacher here made it so easy to understand and also the assignments encouraged us to do self discovery.This was the first course I completed on Coursera. I am looking forward to more such courses and completing them with my new found confidence and discipline.
clearly explained and a very good course to startup with iot! loved it
Very well prepared introductory course! I enjoy it!
Good quality information, excellent instructor.
Great beginners course, well balanced level of technical details with respect to fact that no previous knowledge is needed.
One of the great Course on IoT!
Great course, great teacher! Congratulations and Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Nice introduction to the IoT world. Course contents are a bit repetitive and lessons could have been a bit shorter.
Boring
Personally I had trouble with week 2 of the course. I think more details on the types of inputs and outputs with some examples would have been useful. For example, I'm still not sure whether buttons are considered tactile or electronic inputs. It might be obvious to others but I can see see how it can be argued either way.
Great
This is a well taught introduction, especially for those who need a general view of what is needed for designing an IoT device.
So far I've been reading and watching course material pretty much seriously. And I can tell from my experience that I've liked this course so much that I will give try to another courses down the stream.-Mayur B
Good overview of what makes an IoT device different from a normal household device
Great teacher! A lot of axamples so it is understandable for everybody.
A great course to introduce IoT, it is good for you if you never heard about this topic.
The course was very interactive and compelled the students to look further and think.
Theorical Course. Nice for those that want to understand some concepts of IoT
Good Basic Course
Sometimes too easy, but may be good as a start point. Video lessons are long for the amount of the shared information.
A great introductory course that covered a lot of the basics of IoT as well as exploring the possibilities and opportunities that IoT can bring.Highly recommend anyone even slightly interested in IoT to do this course.
Great teacher, I learned a lot
I like this course Introduction to the internet of things and embedded systems conducted by university of California,Irvine,it gives clear picture of what is internet of things,it is really good course.
I thought the content was great, but I thought the assignments were too onerous. I did the first one, but I didn't feel like I learned from it and peer feedback was very slow. I looked at the other assignments, but I thought they only asked me to put to paper things I was already thinking about anyway. Given the untimely and low quality of peer feedback on the first assignment, I didn't feel like I'd learn anything from completing and submitting any assignments. I refuse to buy a webcam for Coursera (I have a phone with that capability but the Coursera app doesn't support it for identity verification), so I can't get a certification anyway. I thought the content was interesting, but too basic to pay for. The major value I see in the certification path is extensive feedback on the capstone project, as I thought peer feedback came too late and wasn't extensive enough to be valuable. I do think the instructor does a good job of presenting the content
A great course for an introduction to IoT devices. I found the instructor spoke in a clear and engaging voice and kept the topics covered interesting.
So far excellent course! Taught very well and the material is presented in approachable manner.
Very well presented material, good production quality. A tad bit sparse on details, but I guess that is apt for an Intro level course.
Simple course to gain knowledge on IoT and Embedded System.
I thought the material was presented at an overly high level and was not particularly useful, particularly in the second half of the course. Add more detail. Furthermore, the presentation style of the professor is not engaging, nor does he address interesting archetypes or examples in his lectures. The early material was fine but again presentation could be dramatically improved. Lastly, the assignments were rather interesting early on but once again quality decreased as the course progressed.
Thank you for such a wonderful course!
Very Good Introduction into the IoT and Embedded Systems
Good introductory course
This course needs no previous knowledge about the field. The instructor takes you from the scratch.
Good course, the teacher is very good in explaining the subject
Great introduction to the concepts and foundation of IOT.
Basic yet interesting course
Great introduction to IoT.
till week 2 i think there is no useful information till now
Awesome Course
The course is far too much introductory and the practical assignments are not challenging enough. Yet it is only an introductory course for the IoT specialization.
Excellent Delivery, Covered on the Breath and had excellent Assignment Experience.
The assignment at the beginning feels more like an essay than a technical course assignment.But I enjoy the course - thanks a lot!!!
awesome introduction to embedded computing and IoT.
Awsome course , thank you !!
I liked the lecturer a lot. He explains things very well
Really crisp content as introduction to world of IoT. MANET's, network layer sessions are very informative.
Solid Introduction into the topic of IoT.
Was a good introduction to IoT
Good start for a novice
Excellent prof!
Great overview of IOT, Dr Harris is a great lecturer and I found it quite enjoyable.
Aimed only for people with zero background in the IoT paradigm. While well organized and structured, it only provides the student with the minimum basics of the IoT and embedded systems concepts.
This course gives a broad overview of what the Internet of Things is and the components that comprise IoT devices.
Usefull to get the basics of IoT.
Basic stuff but informative
The peer reviewed assignments in this course are discriminatory towards people with learning disabilities. Coursera is unwilling to provide any accommodation to relieve this discrimination.
This class is an extreme example of an introduction to a subject - very basic information. I would guess that anyone who actually knows the term "Internet of Things" and was able to find this course already knows all of the content presented here. For completeness and ensuring that everyone is on the same page, I suppose it it required. I took off one star for how basic, yet drawn-out the information is (it could have been covered in a single week). The other two stars came off because of how tedious the peer-review assignments are and how little they add to the understanding of the content (it is not hard to understand, so the assignment ends up just being busy work). The two stars I gave were because the instructor seems knowledgable and the rest of the specialization looks promising.
Great course!
Very interesting.The instructor is really good.
Too much introduction
it is good one
It is a really cool course, and i'm starting to really enjoy it, especially because of the explanations brought by the professor and also the difficulty on the quizzes wich doesn't show where you were wrong. wich means you'll review almost everything if you are unsure about your answers. thank you for giving us this great opportunity !
It is the best course and specialization about embedded systems and IoT aroud the whole coursera which I have ever seen before! Thank you for your good approach to education!
Amazing :D I'm really enjoying every moment in this course, the professor is having a great and simple way of explaining things, if we can call them things :D
a very excellent course. to actually introduce yourself to programming and the instructors are great..! the mentors were quick in solving difficulties.. i enjoyed the course.i am basically a noob at programming. i come from a medical background but want to explore the field of data science, medical informatics. this course hopefully is the perfect start. my next step is to learn python ! hopefully i can do it.. but in all a fantastic course.!
simple but complicated. İt is a good combination.
I enjoyed this course it was fast and easy to do my only complaint is that when you submit your final project it is a little complicated to send but other than that this course is excellent and I would recommend it to anyone who wanted to learn this skill as well.
its great so far
Am Impressed!
I absolutely loved this course! A learnt so much! Thank you!
it was really a nice experiment and well organised sessions .. i would like to thank the trainer for her good explanation to course materials
Very helpful course in understanding basics of software engineering, but more so an insight into what programming is really like. I thought it would take long, but it didn't really. You get to the point where you want it to be good or you want it to be satisfactory - if you choose good then you'll be spending more time on it without realising. Good course, friendly and honest reviewers. Thanks everyone.
This course is ideal for anyone with zero programming experience who wants to learn the basic concepts and have fun doing so. I would definitely recommend 'Code Yourself! An Introduction to Programming' as an entry level course to everyone of any age who has an interest in learning how to develop. Well done to the team that put this course together.
Videos took to long. and uh fnck y=u
A brilliant course that is fun, engaging, thorough and well presented. This course must be made a must for newbies wanting to do computer science and programming related topics.
What a wonderful course!!!
Thank you for this course , it's so beautifull
It was a great experience and a very good course. The instructions were clear and very interesting.
Very good course! especially for be
Really great course. I had no programming experience whatsoever before this (I had not even read a book on the subject) but I found this course fun and taught at a good pace. Scratch is a really good tool to learn the basics of coding as it's very visual. I'm sure I'll carry on with a few projects now the course is over.
Awesome course for beginners!!
This course taught me how to program.
Great course! I very loved this class, although I'm a working game designer. It was useful and gave me much fun and some new knowledges! Thank you very much! I hope, this course will be continued with new materials and more practical tasks and peer assignments.
Very entertaining and fun course that teaches the fundamentals of programing. The instructor was informative and upbeat. Really enjoyable overall.
Wonderful course for new learner. Highly recommend!
Very good course, with a simple language and super didactic!
It was an amazing experience with the course instructor, Areti. Though I was not a novice in programming, it helped me learn the ways how beginners should be introduced to coding. Thanks to the team for the good work.
Brilliant Course for anyone trying to get a degree in computing science
I really love this course!
Great course to start studying progra
This is a very bad course I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as it doesn't concern to any coding.
Great course!
Good introduction to Scratch and computing.
This course is so good, I enjoyed every moment of it and learnt so much. What excites me most is how I can make a start button to start a program, I am thrilled beyond words.
It's a good way to start in code. But it's just for a program; well still being a good course, funny and you can learn a lot :) thanks
This Course is very Good For Children.
Very nice and cute course. Highly recommended, it uses Scratch to teach programming.
Great course to understand the basics of programming.
I loved this course. It taught me how to use this program and I am now able to work with my students at the library to run a robot program that is similar to Scratch.
I enjoyed the course a lot! It's amazing how it is simple and thrilling at the same time. You have an opportunity to create simple but cool games which make you feel so proud of yourself. My kids tried out the games I created later on and were amazed too! So thank you a lot for the course!
I love Prof. Areti!! She's amazing! This is first time I've come so far in any course I've taken in Coursera; partly because programming is actually fun, but also because this course is structured beautifully to teach students how to understand the logic behind programs and implement &/or improvise the same concepts in their own creations. With this, I shall say I am determined to complete the Code Yourself! course :)
Great introduction to programming !I loved it !
Great introduction to programing world, one of the best courses i've joined since it's funny to follow.
interesting, useful and practical
Great for people who would like to grasp the very concepts and basics of making a functional game.
This course is fun and understandable for a beginner like myself. I love working with scratch.
really lke ths straght forward, engaging, introducton to programing
the course is what the name says it is, an introduction to programming, great course for any code beginner. Lecturer is doing amazing job and keeping the lectures interesting, easy and understandable.
Really cool
Nyc course for beginners'
Great course on introductory computer programming! The video lectures are clear, concise, and well-produced. Quizzes and assignments integrate and reinforce learning objectives well, while still adding new challenges. The fact that Instructor Areti Manataki is gorgeous, very articulate and knowledgeable, and enthusiastic is an added bonus!!
I loved this course! My first real lessons into programming. Thank you to everyone involved in making this course!
This is a great course for beginners for sure. I loved the teacher and would do more courses she teaches for sure. The only thing I would have to say is that the last task was a bit difficult for some of the coding and there was no assistance of someone I could have reached out to. i.e. if I was having a hard time with a certain aspect in Scratch that I had a difficult time with, I would have loved somehow to ask for assistance to better understand what I was doing wrong and/or why it was not working
You will have to make a Scratch account (free) for this course.Areti is a very clear instructor that explained concepts very well for complete beginners into programming, like myself and I found the course insightful.1) Presentation - I couldn't help but wonder whether they had a lower target age (teenagers or younger) in mind, which was entertaining at some points but also distracting at other times. // Also, I only realized halfway through the course that it is in fact possible to see what Areti is doing on the Scratch program once the quality of the video is adjusted.2) Projects/Time Commitment - Going through the lectures and quizzes are not time consuming at all, but the projects (especially the final project) takes a lot of time. It took longer than expected because I felt like much of the practical instructions on how to use Scratch for specific purposes were not provided during the course, leaving me to work by myself.3) Discussion Forum - When I took the course, the discussion forum was close to being dead (especially compared to some of the other courses that I was taking simultaneously on Coursera). Gerry (mentor) did an amazing job responding to my inquiry, but I noticed that although there were a lot of students talking at the beginning, introducing themselves, there weren't that many discussions concerning the final assignment, making me feel like I was working alone. It would be great if there was more time to work on the final project, and perhaps a way in which students can collaborate and help out others when faced with a bug (ie preliminary project submission and feedback session).I recommend taking this course, but realistically, you won't be program proficient after 5 weeks. You will, however, learn some basic programming theory, understand how programming works, and learn how to make a fun interactive game on Scratch!
very well explained and the whole course is so fun to learn !!!! and very motivating too for programming beginners....!
I thoroughly enjoyed this class. Put in the time to really understand the deeper usefulness of thinking like a programmer, and this course is very helpful. Scratch is a very fun way to learn about how to code, and gave me a nice foothold for beginning Java programming.
informative
This was a fun course. Helped understands the basics of software development. The lectures were small and that I guess was the best part. A lot of projects helped in really putting all that knowledge into real projects.
I find this Course is very interesting for everyone who starts to learn coding.
This is the first time that I've taken a course just for the fun and engagement it provides. For years I've tried to learn programming and have found the courses and books rather intimidating and/or boring. This course is fun, practical and certainly covers all the basics. Thank you for demystifying this subject for me!
Quite liked the didactic way the course was presented, and its objectivity. Both the content for studies and activities were very well prepared, the teachers and all the staff are to be congratulated! Thanks,
A very charming and helpful course, which introduces you to programming world in a funny way.
Well paced and organised. Not too intimidating, but I felt that I learnt a lot.
Just started the course but I can tell this'll be a lot of fun! Areti is charismatic and easy to understand.
Just finished Unit 1 and already can't wait to start Unit 2. Yes, the is very basic, but it feels like a great stepping stone before I move on to bigger tasks.
its a great course! I had a lot of fun and learned a lot of info. I really enjoyed. Its a first step in my programming life. Thank you very much!
I really learned a lot!
It's not just about Scratch - the course helps to understand the basic principles of programming, regardless of the language you intend to code in.
A great course to learn the fundamental
I wish to thank everybody worked in this course, It is amazing and I love it.
Very good Course for beginners.!
I really like it !! Simple and effective .
I think it is a great course for everybody, who wants to have a peak inside the world of coding. Lots of fun excercises and a fine balance of homework.
Easy to follow. Learnt a lot! Recommended as first steps to coding.
I'm following this course, i like it, but i like also Edinburgh that why i choose it.
Thank you so much. This course was super awesome. Hope to find more of these on Coursera!
I think this is the best course to start with programming especially with the professors from top universities. Programming in Scratch can build solid foundations of IT knowledge. I especially like explanations of professor from Edinburgh University, very clear and encouraging and with some flavor of Scottish humor.I really hope this would be my first step towards career in computer science, hopefully with Edinburgh University.
I really enjoyed the course. helps you grasp the basic understanding of the coding process.
It was well organised and fun! It was also applicable to all ages from pre-teens to adult.
Very helpful course for anyone who plans to use any form of programming. Helps you to wrap your head around the terms and their meaning. I have found having taken this course as being helpful now that I am taking a course covering JavaScript.The instructor on this course is EXCELLENT with presentation and is enjoyable. The class demands a lot of hands-on time, but is fun if you enjoy solving problems and making things work.
I love it, more please.
Good Course, for folks who never took any Comp Sci courses in high school or university
Great Course. The teachers were great. I Learn a lot. Recommended.
The course is an essential for making a solid foundation for whom, their desire is CODING!
Cool course for beginners!
Excellent course for Beginners, its fun way of learning programming and software engineering concepts.
It was a very intersting course! I've learned a lot and now I feel more confortable to understand any other programming language!
Very nice and attractive course.I've learned a lot, Thanks.
I like the course. Very well taught and provided us good amount of information in building projects on Scratch. Thank you.
Fabulously presented, well paced, challenging and even cute! I learned so much more that I bargained for and will be reviewing course content over and over, thanks to the ability to download content. Thank you for a wonderful course that took me well out of my comfort zone, but encouraged me too.
its a amazing course,very interactive,perfect explanations but is something i have saw,and the linguage isn´t so usefull..but is very nice.i liked
I really liked this class it was interesting and fun
Thank you so much! What a fun and practical course. It was delivered so simply and provided a good starting point for coding. I wanted to learn some fundamentals and theory, which I would normally expect to be dry and boring, however with your happy delivery and application to Scratch made that learning process really enjoyable. I looked forward to every week of the lectures and the peer assessments were also insightful. A well structured program! I look forward to furthering my knowledge with you. Thank you again.
This course is a great opportunity to start in development area, adding concepts and terminologies that are used in routine work of a programmer. The methods, concepts and analogies are simple and useful. Congratulations to the tutors.
Great introduction to programming and the concepts were well covered.
Great Course!! Everyone should take it!! Can be applied across disciplines and easy to use program.
This course is pretty fun. Also, despite the perhaps childlike impression one gets of the programming language Scratch, it still resembles other languages in logic and in prinsiple. Towards the end of the course, we saw the same few lines of code in Scratch and Python, and it showed their similarity.
I really enjoyed this course it was very informational and fun.
this is a very easy course and i enjoyed and loved doing it very much.
Excellent course. I knew next to nothing about coding and learnt loads from this with the help of very enjoyable and imaginative teaching.
This is a great introductory programming course for anyone. It covers the basics of programming and prepares you for more advanced programming like java. If you can play with LEGOs you can do this course, yet it is still fun and challenging for the genuinely tech savvy. It's also a good creative outlet.The professor is cool and sweet, and although it sometimes feels like she had kids in mind for this course, the students are very diverse. Thanks Areti, I had a heck of a lot of fun!!! Now, it's midnight here, time for some Java (and some coffee too)!!!
A good course to go through.
Very well organized course! The tutors were helpful and good lecturers. Easy to follow and understand! I particularly liked the extra interviews :)
Amazing. Simple. Easy to follow for those with no experience at all in programming.
The teacher is very good at explaining those difficult ideas and thought in coding and algorithm.I have really acquired a lot from this interesting lesson.It's creative,vivid and attractive.Besides,scratch is a cute tool for coding.
Amazing and absolutly genially lead course. I strongly recommend it to all the Learners.
Brilliant! Thank you
Excellent course - it's easy and fun to learn to program!
It's a fun class to take and I learned some of the basics of programming.
Congratulations to teacher Areti for being so sweet, efficient and nice. Thanks to teacher Inés for the interesting interviews.Jefferson Ivan CorrêaBahia - Brazil
Interesting!
Interesting method for teaching programming. Very basic. Very visual. It was worth my time.
Excellent methodology and content to learn concepts of software engineering and how to program! Recommended to all who want initiating in programming and even to those who already build their own programs!
Really great for beginner. Learning with fun!
Great course!!!
I never realized that programming will be so fun!. I start the course just for curiosity and now I'm completely hook in programming.
It is an awesome course! you should not miss it!!
More tooled for High Schoolers, or those just entering into college. Very good course none the less.
nice course i loved it
Really cool! ;)
This was a great class for me. I had fun learning about programming concepts and Scratch. There are weekly quizzes and two projects to work on. Both the quizzes and the projects will definitely help you learn more about software design principles. You will have fun while learning and working on your coding skills. I took toward taking more courses on Scratch if they are available.
I love the way this course is designed! It's a really wonderful breath of fresh air.Scratch is a wonderful tool for understanding programming before jumping into courses in programming languages.
This is very fun and worth of learning class. I enjoy it so much.
Love this course
Easiness and difficult level are great for beginners and people with tight schedules
very useful course
i was a dot, you molded me in a line.... :)happy to join the coursequality of educationplay create program repeat,Instructor is excellent in explaining everything of the course,thank you Instructor , university of Edinburgh and Coursera
Friendly and practical! A fun primer on basic programming concepts.
Excellent course! I've just finished it in this week and I'm very happy for it. Was a good experience. I'll continue to study programming because I think it so exciting.
Loved it!
Intresting sinds my volunteering job with Coderdojo Belgium and my teaching job in 8th grade. I only expected more excercices.
This is an excellent introduction to programming. The exercises are very dynamic and the tutors did a great job by explaining the program, both in English and Spanish. The bonus interview might seem like extra time but it's totally worth it. The only recommendation for the class is not to rush the exercises after the 3 week. Thank you!
I loved it! Very interactive and easy to understand!
Really brilliant and easy to follow. Thank you Prof. Areti Manataki, you were great!
This course is a great way for the beginning program to get started. It is a fast, easy to understand explanation of Scratch. Great lectures with clear instruction. I really enjoyed this class.
Following the real life example in the introduction is really catchy and get involve to the course.Thanks
I loved this course.Its a great way to get an understanding on how coding is built up.Building in scratch was a lot of fun, but if I tried using to much effects, the game started lagging. This can be a bit frustrating, but with some practice I think it will give a better understanding on how to make coding in general not to heavy.
Easy way to get to know what programming is about.
Explained so well! I am looking forward to learning how to program!
It is very interesting, understandable and useful course! Thank you!!
Having no experience with programming, this course was perfect for the beginner. It was just the right mix of information of why and how coding works accompanied by hands-on creating in a coding platform. I really enjoyed this class.
I enjoy the Course :) and i learn new things.
Brilliant Course
I think this is a great course for understanding the basics in programming.
This class was great. I learned so much about programming. Thanks!
The course is very comprehensive. The videos are split into smaller portions that prevented me from being bored. The concepts are presented in a simple manner that I can easily understand. I also appreciate the illustrations used to explain the concepts and the interviews with real-world professionals that relate what they do with software engineering. Thanks for this course! This is awesome!
Its so fun learning Computer Programming this really helped me
The course was highly informative, entertainingly presented and does not require an unreasonable amount of time to complete. It serves well as an introduction to programming, especially the two course projects, where the peer review system works well. The instructors and mentors show a commitment to helping students and improving the already well-run course. An unusual and welcome feature of this Coursera course is the immediate verification of one's typing. My only criticism is the lack of downloadable written/pdf material related to the course, although students who go on to learn programming languages will likely relearn much of the knowledge they gained here.
The teacher is very good-teaching and beautiful! I like her so much
Love it...
Truly Creative!
its really really really awsome and brilliant and these teachers are also very talented and have a great teaching way.
I LOVE THIS COURSE SO FAR.ITS EASY AND IS FUN TO WORK ON THE PROGRAMMING SKILLS ! I LIKE CODY :)
What I like the most in this course was the simplicity. It is designed such that complete noobs (like myself) in software engineering can understand easily. There is also a good balance of theory and practice.
Excellent introduction to programming; with clear explanations that facilitate learning of the subject to which we are new to the subject.
This is an excellent course and i liked it very much.!
i knew everythig which didnt make it challenging at all but i improved my skills alittke
Quite interesting and useful
Simple and interesting, very good coding course for beginners.
The course itself is easy to follow and informative. However, the programming relates primarily to animations so is most appropriate for those interested in design, game design, etc. The course description should better specify this.
Very helpful to get a logical perspective and to brush up on basics.
Excellent course and content notes are very helpful. Videos are a little poor in quality.
This code is great to learn the fundamentals of Python. The videos are interactive and the quizzes and assignments will help you practice it in detail.
Great course and great teachers! Thank you for the interesting and engaging tasks. Detailed explanations of each concept really helped to understand the topics.
Fantastic course with great instructors!
well structured and building real skills for python development not just pieces of interesting things you can do with python as a noob!
I loved how the courses assumes no previous knowledge, and allows for a slow build of coding know how. I especially enjoyed the examples that I could code along with in IDLE. I don't pretend to understand coding after this course, however think that it is a could foundation for f
Fair. I liked the lectures, though being non-native english speaking i had to look some termanology, as some of it was not explained futher than a brief staint of the right side of the page. Previous knowledge with MATLAB helped a lot, as I figured out a lot of the workings, but people starting from scratch might have more difficulties, as I struggled quite a bit with the read and write. I figure maybe it wouldn't be bad to have more throwbacks to previous stuff in the tests, as to really make it connect. Some of it sits pretty loosely in the memory.But overall, I was quite happy with the course! I really liked the assignments - If anything, consider putting in a assignments at the end, that might be a bit bigger and incoorperates more different things from the various courses, and let the course-goer try out what they learned, and maybe have some tools for help, such that everyone walks away with the feeling of having "written a program" :)
Good introduction. Quite rigorous
Nicely comprehensive with useful exercises
A challenging introduction, goes fast but gives you what you need to get through. I learned a lot.
This was a wonderful course. The explanations were clear, with lots of examples.I appreciated the summary sheets that were provided at the end of each lecture, which were very helpful when reviewing material later. The quizzes, both within the lectures and at the end of each week, helped continually test that I was actually absorbing the information I was learning.I also found the transcription of the lecture helpful at times to understand concepts when I was finding that re-watching that section of the audio wasn't helping.The assignments were very useful for putting what I had learned into practice, and the automarking was very helpful for helping me identify mistakes I had made. And importantly, it helped keep me motivated and engaged to improve my skills in Python. 10/10!
lectures were pretty compact and notes really helped
I love this course for it addressed a lot of the basics which I am not fully able to handle all this while. Thanks to all the instructors, you all have done a great job in this course! The Final Exam is so challenging and it took me 3 times to pass the Final! Thank you so much!
This was an excellent course. So well designed, and really carefully planned. Great professors. The assignments and the exams really help with developing knowledge. Thank you!
Very clear, and non-intimidating introduction for somebody who had never been exposed to programming before.I feel I am now equipped with some fundamental concepts, and a concrete understanding of how programming works.
As a beginner, I found this course helpful. The approach of teaching is quite good, I also like the assignment which is often the part of a complete and meaningful program. But, I think plotting in python is missed in this course, which is equally important to other sub-course
Very well-organized course and assignments. I've learnt a lot from it. Highly recommend for beginners!
i thoroughly enjoyed this course though i am new to programming ,This course has not only helped me learn python fundamentals but laid a good foundation to develop programmatic thinking.
What a great intro into Python. Really like the way this course showed the process to design and structure a function
Easy to follow and well organized.
This course is very basic
I learned a lot, thank you for that :)
Good for beginner! Thanks University of Toronto and Coursera!
This course is well designed. So every one with little experience in programming and no knowledge in python can learn how to write python code.Instructors teach the materials with object oriented thinking in mind.
I have absolutely no background whatsoever in programming. I graduated as a business major and was just genuinely interested in learning a new skill. This is the prefect course for individuals like me who don't want to make a career out of this, but need to have a diverse skill set in order to understand different components of our job. Thanks UofT!
It was a really helpful course! I had previous experience in programming (I have written scripts in Fortran), but having the opportunity to learn a much modern language such as Python was really entertaining.The assignments were made so that I could utilize each lesson and so did each quiz.I would firmly recommend this course to people with little to none programming knowledge!
Excellent initiation in programming with python
The lectures are really good, simple to understand and test our ability well in the assessments. The assignments which were partly helped by the lecturers is really provoking students to complete them with ease and precision. It's really practical enough to start coding in a new language realtively easy.
Very few programming assignments..
This is the first MOOC that I've done and it couldn't have gone much better. The presentation is good, the examples are useful and the pacing was just right for me. You could probably get through the material in a lot less than seven weeks if you wanted to, but I found that the pacing allowed me time to experiment with the various concepts discussed in the videos and to improve my understanding.
Everything was explained in a clear and straight-forward way, that's why I had no problem following the lectures and finishing the assignments.
Exactly what's in the title - good overview of the fundamentals.
It was a very explanatory course about Python for beginners.
Good introduction course to Python and programming
In this fine introduction to computer programming, I covered a lot of ground. The course lays out an elegantly constructed approach to the fundamentals of coding with Python 3.4. The videos and materials were filled with elucidating code examples and sensible development practices, all meticulously explained. I've never found a more approachable guide to building well-documented functions or a more useful explanation of how relationships between variables and values are managed during program execution. The quizzes challenged my preparedness to apply a solid understanding of the subject matter. I applaud presenters Paul Gries and Jennifer Campbell for the top-notch way they crafted this excellent introductory course.
well laid out course. I could have gone with some more answers to some questions I had. But overall was worth the time and effort
Excellent course. Very useful function guidelines. Highly recommend.
Very well structured and presented. Way to go!
This is very helpful for beginner who just started learning Python. The lecture and homework are very simple and concise. Really appreciate it all for your devotion. Thanks!
Very well thought out and organized. Quiz's and assignments were challenging enough to make you learn and remember Python functionality. Thank you
Great course!
Very well designed course, from the very beginner to intermediate. the teacher are very good too.very well-balanced between concepts and coding. Excellent for someone who looks for a course that gives an idea and how to actually makes it happen.
Should provide more examples and exercises for every topic. Research the web for additional exercises if you want to learn something here.
Nice introduction to Python...
This teaches me the fundamentals of programming and python like no other course I've tried.
Great course!
Good introduction to python.
A little advanced with the concepts, but if you re-watch the videos and take your time with the assignments, it will help give you a greater understanding of the work in class.
Hey guys.I've seen the new session started and enrolled just to write the review and a little story about myself.I've taken the course few years ago ( in August 2013) before all the recent changes on Coursera (Specializations etc.).At the moment I was finishing my university and realized - I had no clue what I was willing to do in my life (my primer occupation was "Manager" - like that's not depressing enough :) . *Joking* ). I saw the course and remember I had fun programming on Pascal in high school so I've decided: there is no harm to try programming once in a while.I was so amazed about my first steps, I started few other courses here and at MIT platform. I googled and read everything I could found. That was my "idee fixe" at the time.Long story short, few months later I got my first job as a software developer. Today, 3,5 years later, I'm Team Lead at my current project and one of the most payed employee at my company.I just want to thank Jennifer and Paul, as well as all the course team involved.Also to those who just studying right now - take your time and work hard. It totally worth it.Best regards, Viktor.
This course could have been better if the TA's were a bit more active.
Very good... Beginners can learn a lot of stuff by taking this course...
Even though I could not finish it due to college exams, I definitely recommend this course, it is easy to understand and it is very well explained
This is a great course for beginners . If you can spend more time after the second week, you will get best out of the course .
The instructors may be knowledgeable, but they had no knack for teaching.
Great course for learning python, still use it as a reference
A very good introduction to programming in Python. Really enjoyed the course.
This is a great course for someone just getting started with programming in python. It covers the essential fundamentals for learning the language and does so in a captivating manner. There is material for reading and later review. The videos are also great because the topics of the videos are explained in a simple and easy to understand way. You feel like you a being guided by a teacher. Also the quizzes during the videos really help with reinforcing the learning by forcing you to do active learning instead of just passively watching the video and going: "I remember all that and understood everything."10 / 10
The best skill I've mastered is the Function Design Recipe. Thanks for these two teachers' great work!
This course was great and provided a great intro into programming basics via Python. One qualm I had was that some of the quizzes contained answer choices related to topics from upcoming lectures, which could throw you off. All in all it's a great course though.
Amazing! I love the woman lecturer the best!
Awesome! I already had a very good idea about programming, so it was kind of fast to go through this course. As always, I learned a lot by listening to all the basic principles of programming again. Different people have different approaches when teaching, which makes sometimes easier to understand things that haven't been much clear yet. Special thanks to UoT and Coursera, you've made learning easy and fast!
This course is not for absolute beginners. Even though I passed every exam and assignment, I found this course extremely difficult. I found myself having to rely on other lectures on python and book and internet blogs. This course is not a stand alone course as it if stated.I wish that there were more exercises where you could practice the lesson that was learned. I think each lesson should be accompanied by an optional exercise.
This course taught me a lot and I am now on my way to learn advance Python. I am really happy I saw this course and took it. I am looking forward to more courses in this category from the University of Toronto. Thanks for this excellent course!
Pro : 1. Instructors explained the fundamentals in details.2. The lessons are concise and with just enough information.Con : 1. This course is not updated to the latest Python 3.5 (even in 2016).2. Many solutions of the quizzes should be explained afterward.3. The lack of interactions between students due to the "design limit" of Coursera.orgOverall : A decent fundamental course to help step into Python 3 programming and computer science.
I feel like I have learned a lot. Now I am ready to begin writing programs. I would recommend, however, that programming exercises in which one writes entire programs should be added to the courses. Maybe not as requirements, but as optional assignments. Overall, however, the course is very useful and informative.
10/10 would program again
Assignments and assessments took at least 2 to 3 times as long as described.
Very easy to follow and love the interactive questions mid lecture to keep your focus.
I found this course to be very useful, it offered me a solid start in programmingthank you very much !
Excellent presentation for basic python to start with.
A truly awesome course that I highly recommend to anyone new to programming. If you're serious though, you should get a book to supplement what you learn here, whether it is the recommended book from the course or one of the many free e-books that concentrate on Python 3.x,
Thank you so much for this course, i really do appreciate the time taken to detail explanation
I never thought I could code. Well, this course proved me wrong:-)
Very rushed, incomplete examples and gaps in content. I'm not sure what audience Coursera is aiming for, but it doesn't seem to be anyone who doesn't already know a programming language.
This is one of the best Python course in Coursera! Amazing!
very easy to understand course!!!! perfect for beginners to programming
It's very fundamental and easy to understand. If you have no knowledge of programming, I strongly recommend you this course. However, if you have some basic knowledge of whatever programming language, the course may be a little bit simple.
This course is great. At the beginning I didn't know anything about Python but now, step by step, I know the basic concepts and this give me the opportunity to study in deep this language in future. Thanks!
Not for beginners unless you are willing to invest a significant amount of time with outside sources, beyond what is stated as needed to complete the course. disappointing.
In my opinion, I've tried other courses that teach python but this is the by far 100/100. not only teach you about the language but also teaches you about things like memory and how a programming language works under the hood. My best recommendation if you are a beginner or an intermediate.
This was a great course that teaches the fundamentals. great exercises. I would recommend this as a first course before starting anything else that uses python
Great course to begin coding in Python. Fully recommended..-:)
Excellent course for any beginner. You must have some programming and maths background though.Enjoyed it a lot and the lecturers know their stuff!
Great course. I learnt the importance and use of a good docstring! Some of the quizzes are a bit heavy going.
I think the textbook used is an excellent primer in computer science and python. The course has a good pace, lots of examples, and a good breath. I would have liked if the course covered the whole book, and I wish the instructors were less rigid.
I am very happy with this course.
Great course. Really well organized. one of my favorite introduction courses.
If you want to learn Python and are wondering where to begin, you are at the right place.
My name is Jose Antonio. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by the Teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Teachers.Regards
the course is pretty good; however, it gets really fast after 3rd week, which is not well-adjusted
fantastic course. very structured and ideal for beginners
It's great course. I enjoyed every lecture. 4 stars just because sometimes videos and book weren't enough for me to understand so I looked for additional online help.
Easy to understand and instructors were great.
Excellent course for students new to programming or new to Python. Good lectures, quizzes, and programming assignments.
The course helped me start Python. Though I wish they had talked a bit about iPython as well.
Great course to start with if you want to understand the principles of programming!
It's good for beginners.
This course is very good for the beginners but the last two weeks lack some content which is required for the quizzes.
Very good course to start programming in Python. I highly recommend it. Good job Jennifer and Paul!
Thank you so much!When will "Crafting Quality Code" be available?Kind regardsFrancisco
Excellent course! I have some background in other programming languages and went through the course to reinforce the basic concepts and to learn python. Overall, the quiz and assignments are challenging to a certain extent and is perfect for beginners!
Thanks to you both! I found your presentation concise and pleasant. You gave enough examples that I could reference them later on if I needed them, but not so many that it bogged down the pace of the class. I look forward to the next course you produce. Thanks again.
Great instructions. Simple to follow along with the course plan and assignments.
very organized content. suitable for people who have zero background of programming.like the quiz and small project, like the way the teacher teaches
Great course for someone coming from unrelated languages. Some of the pacing seems off (some sections expect you to learn fast, while some seem easy) but it's a really great course for learning some Python basics. You can easily do work on desktop text files by the end of this, which actually helps me at home and on the job.
Learned a lot from this beginner course in Python. A very good ice-breaker to getting into programming. Thank you, instructors!
This was my first programming course. I knew nothing about programming and Python. This course challenged me to absorb the information step by step. I feel confident, proud, and happy about my achievement. I would recommend this course to anyone thinking about changing their career or just learning a new skill. It is never too late to start specializing!
Easily the best introductory Python course I have taken thus far. Very easy to follow along with, and the lecturers are great!
Perfect course for everyone who wish to learn how to program even you are not new into it but you are new in Python as me. I am very thankfull to Jenn and Paul for their videos and knowledge they shared with us. The workflow is easy with them and you don´t need to google almost anything else than what they show. I am looking forward to any other course they will come up with. Thanks!
Well taught course which does as it says and introduces the fundamentals of programming using the python language.
Very good! It made me began to love programming!
Great Course!
Great course! This course deep dives into the Python and provided me immediate hands on coding. I enjoyed experiments with this language. The quizzes and final exam were tough but fair. The only complaint I have is that the python visualization tool quiz questions were confusing. I like the visualization tool; it allows one to view code execution which was a must for this course.
Reasonably easy and practical approach to learn programming for a newbie
It is a very pleasant course to take! Thank you University of Toronto and Coursera!
I got exactly what i expected from this course - great starting point on my journey to master Python. Thank you professor Campbell and professor Gries and thank you all others who were involved in creating this course whose names we don't know.
Good for novices, but need more practical problems.
Great introduction. I highly recommend it to people who want to learn to program. Thank you Jen and Paul, thank you. Sincerely, Joe
Great course! Looking forward to learn how to craft quality code.
Well-devised and method approach.
Really good course. Looking forward to the second part!!
I really enjoyed this course!It was a good idea to work a week inadvance of all of the due datesas suggested by the profs.
Great course!I enjoyed all of it and learned a ton!All the learning objectives very covered completely.Well done!Thanks!
An excellent course, showing what is possible for basic instruction in computer programming in the MOOC format. The lectures are clear and interesting, the quiz material tests the presented material (sometimes in challenging and subtle ways) and the three programming assignments provide a gentle introduction to developing one's own code without the headaches of having to decide in advance exactly what functions to write. Employing an autograder for student-submitted code may have necessitated this approach, but the observant student can benefit by paying attention to the insights obtained about how to conduct top-down design. The skills to be learned in this course beyond the introduction to basic Python syntax are fundamental, indeed, and will stand any beginning coder in very good stead.
A good course for beginners.
Easy to learn material with challenging assignments!
better pace for people like me who need a bit more time to get it fixed in my head. Nice videos and easy to follow
I watched this course with pleasure. This is absolutely useful, strong and well structured course.
Good introductory course!
this course is including machine learning and analytics. It is practically very beneficial and worth learning.
Short description of the course. Links to already available courses are missing.
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Very good program to get an excellent Master degree in Data Science and Machine learning field
Detailed information about the course has been provided in this. Thanks.
very useful!!!
I'm really pleased with this course. It has helped me to enhance my english level while I'm learning loads of useful subjects that become the best complement for my carrer and studies. Great teachers, great material. It's really one of the best courses I ever have taken.
It was fantastic the content of this course, I'm really glad a participated here
So interesting and useful
Excellent course, I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn more about marketing and sales while you learn professional English. Simply an incredible course.
Remember many basic things and too many new things that we can use in our daily and professional life.excellent course
this course has given me incountable number of tools for my personal and professional life, i recomend it highly, congratulations for presenting this excelent course
This course was essential to improve my vocabulary in my field of study, being so important in my future studies.
Excelent course I got new skills and habilities about the marketing and sales.
Excelent as the whole specialisation!
Very vell organized course and excellent material.
Great course, definetelly I recommend it, very helpful!
I like a lit to undestand better the leanguage
I need subtitles in spanish, content is good
cool
Great experience! A lot of knowledge
Very very useful course on all its aspect !!!
it covers good vocabulary related to mkt and sales, but I would like to learn more vocubaulary related to idiom or english culture. they use some, but they could be more.
Great ! I enjoy this trip for Optics!
Very fundamental and solid introduction to basic optics.
somewhat difficult
As someone with a very limited background in statistics, I found the course jumped very quickly from basics to extremely complicated statistical modeling with all the jargon that comes with it. So either the course description didn't provide enough information for a non-statistician to realize it will get very complex, or the language and explanations should have been simplified/more descriptive for the audience.
well explained. It would be more good if an entirely new worksheet is given for work at the end of course
Great content and examples. Sometimes, the theoretical background could be explained more comprehensively in the lectures.
Excellent course! Very hands on with right level of theory and application. Prof. Schweidel is obviously an expert in this field.
Some notions introduced too fast and with little explanations. Overall very interesting and applicable.
This course is a must for anyone who is serious about learning about data driven marketing and gleaning practical insights.
Good learning experience
content is great and direct to the point. But 2 disappointing factors could have been avoided to make this course perfect1- sound is almost in one ear which can make you feel dizzy if you are using headset.2- instructor is reading everything like a robot. Very fast , no passion or whatsoever.I guess 3 stars is fair enough.
The content is extremely valuable and was delivered in a very good way fully engaging the learners!One thing I would improve in future is the time assessment for the assignments and reading - some took me way longer than suggested and others way shorter. In addition it would be nice to have the workload distributed eavenly along the weeks not pushing the most timeconsuming assignments to the last stage.
I love the visual aids and the variety of information I learnt about Classical Music... I am interested in looking into the program further because of this introduction:)
Excellent and challenging course for someone like me with no musical background or knowledge.
Great course. Prof. Craig is an excellent teacher and conducts the course with knowledge and expertise. I recommend.
Greatest course I've ever had. nice job.
Amazing teacher and amazing course!
Professor Craig Wright,
I've been a musician since I was ten, but never learned music history before the Beatles. This course opened my eyes to vast stores of music and musicians I knew little about, but now appreciate in a whole new light. I also understand a lot more music theory after taking "Introduction to Classical Music"!Thank you, Craig, for so generously sharing your knowledge and your passion for the subject. Highly recommended.
It is an incredible lessons that opened my world to the classical music. The materials in the course are so rich. Thank you so much Professor!
I loved every minute of it. I cannot praise Professor Wright enough. Such an ear-opening and mind-opening course!
Super interesting course, thank you very much Mr. Wright! I
A bit longer, but a perfect course
The content is interesting but the videos are quite long. Also, in the audit version all quizzes are blocked.
An Excellent Course! Really Enjoyed it and learned a lot!
A very well structured, balanced and presented course. Mr Wright's presentation is light and humorous without compromising the academic content of the subject matter. He manages to convey his own long standing enthusiasm and passion for music while, at the same time, presenting the supporting facts and historical context in in a very efficient and effective manner. First class throughout.
Excellent intro course and well produced. The course discusses the various elements that make up the music from different periods. This understanding helps me appreciate the music more and articulate what I like or dislike about a particular piece of music. I was a bit sad after watching the last lecture as I would like this course to go on for longer as I really enjoyed it. It would be great if there could be other courses that goes more deeply analyzing the music of each period.One comment about Coursera is that it is irritating that the quiz cannot be saved if you don't pay up front. I like to sample the course before deciding whether I want a certificate. By the time I decided I like the course I was too far along to want to go back and retake the quizzes.
Great course! I enjoyed a lot from the journey of western classical music from medieval till contemporary. The teaching style of Dr. Wright is engaging and accessible for beginners. I will come back to the lectures and the YouTube lists of full pieces of music even after the completion of the course. This course further develops my interests in music, and I started playing keyboard synthesizer during the course and am learning music theory. The only thing that maybe could improve is the quizzes. Currently, all the quizzes are multiple choice questions mainly on musical terminology. It would be even greater to have more listening exercises and different kind of assignment like peer reviewed writing.
Classical music and its relation with other arts, just amazing.
That was AWESOME!!!
It has been truly a great experience. Prof. Wright is a great teacher and not only he thought about music itself but about its history; its relations to other forms of art and the evolution of society.
What I've watched wasn't as what I expected.I would give it 2 out of 5 as addressing my needs.
I just need to thank professor Wright and Yale University for this wonderful and almost undescribable experience. I started watching the classroom videos a few years ago and I knew it was something remarkable. Now with Coursera the course is even better and I am glad I took it until the end. As an engineer I can assure this course transcends both technical and professional specializations for it touches our innermost sense of humanity. Not a single minute should account as a waste of time here. Professor Wright is an example of a master to be followed. His ability to teach the complexities of a Bach's fugue, the inspiration of Beethoven's 5th or the sensitivity of Chopin's nocturnes to a layman as myself goes way beyond just a simple informative course. Besides teaching you how to really listen and appreciate good music without being pedantic or dull, he shows many interesting curiosities as just someone who truly loves what he does could do. Mozart's extravagant character, his tiny piano, the places where he lived, all that made me go to places I had dreamed of. Clara Schumman's diary made me angry with our sexist world at the same time Robert made me cry with his Traumerei. Such remarkable experiences make this course a masterpiece. I could not recommend it anymore. Make yourself a favor and enroll now.
Professor Craig Wright is a passionate teacher and music lover who makes information easily accessible to anyone regardless of previous musical knowledge. I can better appreciate music since I've taken this course, simply because I can understand it better. I can identify musical styles, periods, and even composers. Pr. Wright shares anecdotes on composers and events that make the history and theory easier to remember. I have to admit that I wasn't sure if I'd like his teaching style when I watched the first few videos, but I was quickly converted. Professor Wright is so endearing and funny! An expert, really. I absolutely loved this course.
Informative
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I was able to continue with my work through a very busy time in my life thanks to the ease of using my phone to complete the lectures and quizzes and the format being simple enough to follow. Craig was a delightful and effective teacher. I very much enjoyed his style of teaching, his expertise and clear explanations, combined with his humble and joyful personality really made the course.I learned so much! This has been a gift.Thank you so very much.Karinne Geier
The best music course in Coursera! Thank you!
I did not imagine, that I would have so much to learn in a short course in a such enjoyable fashion. The affection for the οbject, as well as the experience and well metabolized knowledge of Professor Wright, is worthy of consideration by every music lover...
Super long. Super informative. Loved the Beethoven week.
Wonderful teacher, really enjoyable from start to end, i learned a lot, Outstanding course
The best course I have ever had on Coursera! I love Professor Craig's lessons and I wish I could be one of his students at Yale.
A belated thank you for an excellent and interesting course.
Excelent teacher, very creative to show contents. Maybe the only complain that i have it's that you guys didn't give some spanish subtitle to your lessons, wich is something sad if you think on the excelence of your videos.Maybe the only other thing to emprove its the final video that you show, because sometimes its seems to be done very quickly at expense on the escene cut.However, greetings from Santiago of Chile.
I absolutely loved this course! It was enjoyable, and I learned a lot more about music and art!
Really like it!
Absolutely loved this course. I learned so much about classical music. The course really joined the dots for me, from Medieval to contemporary music. Thank you Craig, and the team at Yale!
did this a while ago was educative
this course is really useful! its perfect for people who want to learn composition.
A wonderful tour through music, a must for both those comfortable and those less comfortable with classical masterpieces. Very engaging, wonderful way of teaching things.
super course. Enjoyed it very much.
It opens a window to music education for everyone.
I have taken this course before. If I remember rightly it was a longer course (11 weeks?) and the pacing felt good. It seems it has been compressed into a 9-week course, with some weeks having quite a heavy workload demand and the whole course feeling slightly crammed and rushed.I realise that perhaps the longer the course, the higher the dropout rate, but I think people who made it to 7-8 weeks of the old course would continue it to completion, while for this course I found myself scrambling for time almost weekly -- I wonder if in fact the dropout rate wouldn't be higher at this kind of pace.Content-wise the course was excellent -- stimulating, clear, engagingly presented.
I am a beginner in classical music and play the violin for fun.The course was like a journey from ancient times over the times until today.9 weeks were not so long in comparisons which cost only a masterpiece of the composer.I have learned a lot and now I see a lot more hard work in this course. My thanks go to Professor Wright and his excelente team
Absolutely enjoyed every single moment of the course!. It opened my eyes to new possibilities when listening to well loved music. Highly recommendable!. many thanks indeed.
Excellent course for individuals inclined toward Western Classical Music. The course offers a great opportunity to learn about some of the finest composers in the history of classical music.
It took me a long time to finish all the videos and quizzes. Great lectures. I need to watch some videos twice or even more times to fully understand the content. And sometimes when I go back and watch a previous video again I can develop deeper understandings of the content in it. The professor gives great comments on music works that help students understand. I wish I could develop such insights sometime. Music theory is interleaved with music history which is great, with the only problem that sometimes too little training is provided (e.g. asking students to distinguish triads in the quiz can be difficult for those who learn the concepts for the first time and do not have training before).
excellent course, a great approach to the classical music
Absolutely lovely, wonderful and incredibly engaging course. I developed a habit to watch the lecture on my way to and from work and couple of times almost missed my stop to get out. :)I used to listen to classical music before taking the course, because I simply liked the feel it created. This course has allowed me to listen to it more intelligently, to know and recognize more of what I actually hear, and in case of postmodern music, explained nicely what are the elements that over time have become reasons for me not really liking it.Long story short, I use this course as an example to tell friends how amazing Coursera is.
extraordinary Videos!! A big hand to Professor Craig Wright
Fantastic introduction to classical music for the newbie or the hobbists
Online course with a WOW-effect.
One of the best courses you will ever take!
Thank you for a different and refreshing course.
Excelent course. I am an amateur guitar player, and I took this course in order to see if I could find something new, which I did. The way this course is presented is excellent. Also, the teacher is very charming.
so wonderful!!! far beyond even my highest expectation !!!
I have adored this course, the content and Mr. Wright's approach. His enthusiasm and knowledge of Classical Music shine throughout the course. He has made classical music far more approachable for those less in tune.Thank you for the wonderful course Mr. Wright!
This is a great course! I know every enroller says that, but I still need to repeat that fact.In this course, Professor Wright forwards his in-depth knowledges in both classical and modern music to us students in a very charming and inspiring way. He brings us some very fascinating stories about the composers, music pieces, culture, history and even architecture. I wish him all the best in life, such an amazing man!The quizzes are definitely not intended for the hush and neglect buddies. You should watch the videos attentively and look out for every single detail that would challenge you in the quizze. So, just be alert.And, start!
Excellent course, I really enjoyed each session - maybe except for the parts covering Modernism, but it is certainly not Professor Wright's fault :)
Excellent panorama of classical music.I specially like the lesson about Mozart and the "Dark side of Mozart", and what was said about the social evolution of the musicians.
Very interesting and practical class for whom is intersted in Classical music!Both the professor and music is fantastic and I did enjoy this class!
What a wonder and enlightening course, spiced with a little humor. I have always wanted to study music, but didn't have the money or time. Now in my retirement, I can enjoy what I have always wanted to do. I looking forward to other music courses.
This was an excellent course and such a pleasure to follow.
Amazing teaching
I feel Professor Craig Wright offers a comprehensive, varied, accessible and fun overview of a very large subject, starting right at the beginning of musical history and bringing you up to the present day. He uses a wide variety of visual and audio resources including relevant works of art, architecture, artefacts, sketches, quotes from historical documents, surviving musical scores, music recordings, videos of live orchestral performance, music animations, costume, period instruments and interviews with musical colleagues of his who are able to share their expertise. In addition to all this he offers us his own photographs from his pilgrimages to cities such as Vienna, which adds further to the course's personal touch.What comes across throughout Wright's course videos is his immense love of, and desire to share that love of classical music, which for me is a major factor in what makes the course so appealing. I also enjoy his sense of humour and efforts to appeal to a younger generation (Wright is in his 70s). At more than one point in the course he adopts fancy dress to reflect the period he is exploring. A highlight I feel is when the course features a clip from one of his lectures at Yale University where he enrolls some colleagues to enact a scene from Don Giovanni in which Wright plays an angry father, slain by Don Giovanni in a duel. It is a touching (and amusing) example of his good humour and ability to have fun with his students.My only criticism would be his own piano playing which is often rushed and inaccurate, but I feel this is largely due to the time constraints of filming the videos. By his own admission, he realised early on in life that he was not up to the challenge of being a concert pianist - he is primarily a musicologist, not a pianist. Every piece of music touched on in the course is available via the course Spotify playlist (extremely helpful) so there is no difficulty in listening to professional recordings of all the pieces discussed.I would highly recommend this course to anyone seeking a background knowledge of the evolution of musical history.
Awesome job by professor Craig & Team!
Very interesting course about the development of classical music.By giving comparisons between music, architecture, visual arts, literature and by giving some historical background of the specific time periods, it give a good idea how the music evolved.
It‘s the best learning course for my entire life, thanks you & thanks music!
so nice. I love music, really appreciate this opportunity for me to get to know it.
I love this course,
Great intro to an outsider!
It's a great course indeed
it's by far the best way to introduce yourself into classical music even if you ever listened to or think of it as a boring subject.professor Wright spreads his love for music with well explained examples and a fine sense of humor.I wish all music teachers i had when i was a student were like professor Wright-
Simply great...one of the best courses i've ever done
This is a great course. I really enjoyed doing it, and I must say this course kept me going as it was very stimulating. The video lectures was great, clearly explained and easy to follow. I have already recommend this course to my friends, and I would like to thank professor Wright and all the course team for making such enjoyable course.
It's perfect! We had a Musical Literature subject at a Musical School - and it was soooo boooring!And this course - it made me think about music in a new way and now I had a wish to share it with my friends
I thought this course was well structured and provided a great introduction to classical music. As someone who listens to classical music I am better able to appreciate the various textures and influences of many composers. Thank you so much for this course!
The course gives a whole comprehension of the essential listening to music. It is very interesting because it involves history, art as well.
A wonderful course, you can not miss.
I'm enjoying this course a lot. I have learned a lot with it.
A very wonderful and eye opening course. I have learnt so much. Thank u
Just the right level of details and music theory for a lay person that wants to enjoy the music can understand more. I enjoy it a lot.
Fantastic course. Thank you for such a great material collection; my time with you was most enjoyable and I have learned a lot.
great class
During this course, as a complete novice, I am shocked daily by how much there is to learn about music. The course does an excellent job of inspiring one to learn more and providing the quality of content to enable one to do so.
One of the best courses I have taken so far. The instructor is simply the best and the material is awesome. I learnt so much and could not stop until I finished. Great job Prof. You are the best.
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A terrific introduction to classical music by an engaging and accessible professor.
Absolutely fantastic. It offers a sound base to understand and a enjoy the classical music!
Great course! Has provided me a new appreciation of classical music.
Exceptionally good! Thanks a lot Dr. Wright!
I enjoyed doing this courser, but more importantly learnt a lot through it. Thank you.
Nice way they teach.Everyone should try it
There is a wealth of material here to enjoy, to savor.
A really enjoyable course, full of iinformation, well explained and clear. My enjoyment of classical music has definitely been enhanced by this course.
Great course, it's very interesting and fun. Furthermore, Mr. Craig is an excellent teacher! Cheers!
This is a very complete course that takes you from the medieval to post modernism in music and sometimes in painting, architecture and sculpture. Profesor Wright makes this course pleasant and very insteresting.
Very good course, interesting and educational. I really enjoyed it. I wish the professor will give another and more complex course about music understanding that involves specific notes, pitches and sclaes.
Brilliant!
The course looks a lot like advertisement of a textbook. I don't have anything against ads, but ads are not very suitable for teaching.
Great course on understanding classical music.
I loved it. Everything was new for me and I learnt a lot.
Amazing introduction, right from the basics of music theory.
I simply love the course! I've rarely seen a professor who is so good in fascinating his students. I feel like I'm not only learning a lot in this course, but that it is also great fun learning with Prof. Wright. Thank you very much for that, I really appreciate the work everyone has put into this course, it was definitely worth it!
This was a fantastic course!! I truly enjoyed Prof. Wright's lectures and listening to tons of beautiful and interesting music pieces with his informative commentaries. What a wonderful experience! I would recommend this course to anyone who loves classical music or is interested learning more about it.
The classical music is beautiful.
Excellent, highly relevant and not very technical. Just what I need to get to know and understand and appreciate classical music better as a music lover, not music performer.
Excellent music course I have taken so far. Thank you so much Prof. Wright
A great, clear, informative and absolutely enjoyable course!
This educational and entertaining course "pulled out all the stops".
Everything you need to know. Excellent.
Class was boring and the professor wasn't inspired nor inspiring.
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very good and relaxing course
I love the lectures, I do not play a musical instrument, but majored in history and you include a lot of that during the course.. I wish there were less tests.
I'm a big fan of Classical music specially of the classical and romantic eras (I listen and practice on piano - my ultimate instrument - too) since many years ago, there were always questions rolling on my head regarding these eras and their most important composers but i never got the guts to search deeply for my answers among the scattered information every where, all this happened before i participated in this course.On this introductory course, i gained a lot of information and my perceptions of the music generally is expanded hugely in a way i never expected :) :) :)Before this course i was an ordinary listener, now i'm a much way better listener; and i'm sure this will have a positive effect on my piano practicing too.Thank you very much Craig Wright, you really did a great job and efforts on simplifying a lot of information and display it in a very easy, organized, and pleasant way, and thank you very much Yale University and every one who participated, supported, and made available any information during the time of this course...you all really made a difference in my life.
Amazing course.Very well done, totally recommended.
Thank you Pr. Wright for this excellent course, I really enjoyed the content, the structure as well as your way of explaining things! As simple music lover, I have been listening to classical music since a while, this course helped me to have a more structured knowledge of it. Hope you would think of recording more and deeper courses.
I enjoy the lessons. The professor gives detailed description with fabulous music. I am totally addicted to classical music now.
I've taken several music courses on Coursera and Introduction to Classical Music was my favorite.
Highly Detailed !!
wonderful and very complete
I enjoyed the course very much, and especially the tutor's interesting and informative way of teaching.thank you very much. I feel that ai have really benefitted from it.Hilary Tirnover
Excellent!!!! is one of the best courses here, in Coursera
An exquisite course with a great professor and team.
I really enjoy this course. As a classical music lover for more than 20 years, I can still learn quite a lot for this course. Highly recommended for people who like classical music or who want to know about classical music. In either case, you won't be disappointed.
Exceptional! I learned many new things as expected. And now I want to learn even more. This is the ultimate criterium for a successful course. Kudos to Professor Wright of my alma mater.
Informative. Ear Opening. A pleasure.
A brilliant, comprehensive and accessible introduction to classical music. The playful, casual tone and myriad audio examples really helped me understand the concepts covered.
Great course! I learned a lot, discovered new music and the way mr. Wright presents the content is very good.
Excellent and compelling course; great introduction to classical music splattered with interesting facts to make it more entertaining, would recomend 100% for those looking to get a first and complete glimpse into classical world.
This is one of the best online courses I have taken.
Excellent course and great professor.
Great!!!
Great course!
Professor wright does an outstanding job explaining this course. The depth of information is impressive!!
Great!
pretty awesome course
Great course that allows strangers to Classical Music to take first steps in this vast univese!
excellent to introduce in classical music
Excellent course! This course teaches me to understand more about the beauty of classical music. Thank you!
This course has a lot of information. It is well organized, and so many music illustrations. I am really enjoying this course, and will freely recommend it to anyone interested in classical music.
Wonderful! Engaging lectures in bite-sized chunks. A great introduction.
Craig is the best teacher! When I grow old, I want to be like him!
Incredibly in depth, kind to those without a classical background and deeply nourishing in terms of concepts, ideas and harmony knowledge.
Excellent course! Very very very recommended!
rich and well-sustained
Great course for inspiration for further exploration.
The course is very smooth and informative, and the instructor is incredible!
I like the course very much! The music covered in the course is really beautiful.The professor teaches us how to appreciate a piece of music step by step. Before taking this course, I just knew the music is great! I like it! After taking the course I can listen to the music in a more scientific way.I really want to say thank you to the professor.
Wonderful and instructive course!
Very comprehensive materials compared to similar course which I took also on line from my school that I had to pay. I don't wish to diminish the training and education of my teacher on line because she was a very well equipped professor of classical music too that I really learned a lot from her. This time, it's almost like a continuing education for me. Thanks to the very well versed professor of his subject.
I really enjoyed this course! Thanks professor Craig Wright for this journey!
Love this course!
Well-structured, well-paced, easy to understand. Good mix of classical music and pop music references to help you understand. This course really helped me to understand exactly why I love certain classical music pieces. FYI if you're on Spotify, someone's created an accompanying playlist so you can listen to the music he references in full.
He is awesome in reaching every aspect of Classical music.
outstanding intro
Awesome course! I've been totally fascinated with this course. It definitely gives you the best-ever intro to classical music. Welcome on board!
excellent guide to classical music!better to have a checklist for glossaries at the end of each lecture.
The course will be difficult for those who have no musical training. I enjoyed the course, though I often wished Dr Wright didn't play the piano himself as wrong notes spoil the impression. I'm also puzzled why a renowned musician like Robert Blocker plays Chopin's prelude in C minor wrong. Thank you for the course, Yale.
Fantastic history and music lessons!
Congratulations Dr Wright!Perfect course!
absolutely love it !!
Professor Wright does an exceptional job of transferring his passion for music to the class. His general overview of the types and history of classical music has made me appreciate the various era's that are grouped usually as one.
It's very approachable for beginners like me:) Thank you professor!
This is an amazing course !The teacher is wonderful !
Absolutely brilliant course. Truly enjoyable.
top notch course
Nice! I am enjoying it!!explained in simple language, so it is easy to understand.
Awesome basic classical music theory class.
Study material DOES NOT cover tested material appropriately. For those quizzes I took, I ended up doing them by trial and error. Took one of them seven times just changing answers. Quiz 3 is so ambiguous that I am giving up.
I really enjoyed the course and I think it provides powerful tools to understand teaching and making it more meaningful, how to improve student-teacher relations and how it can impact learning results.
Its a great learning experience, thanks for conducting the program in such an efficient way.
Great overview of teaching strategies for health professions education. Provides basics and latest innovations in adult education. Lectures and assignments were very manageable.
Really enjoyed Dr Stalburg's lectures and pleasant speaking voice. Would recommend this course.
Nice instruction and instructor but if i do not have any idea about health education, it would have been difficult to me. we need also some more details (larger course).
The irony of the fact that a course that was meant to teach how to appropriate evaluate adult learners was full of quizzes that were riddled with "guess what I'm thinking" short answer questions and multiple choice questions with > or < 1 correct answer was not lost on me. I ended up leaving the course during week three after issues with a quiz that was described in the forums as "impossible." It's too bad - the course description was very promising.
Very useful and well taught. Lots I can use in practice.
The course itself is good, however the assessments need to be worked on
Really Amazing teachers. Thankyou very much
Very helpful. I am glad to take this course and get the opportunity to learn new things and to review things I have not seem in years. It is great to intermediate and advanced foreigner english learners! Great job, people.
I really loved the course. I enjoyed every single class, video, lecture and activity, and besides I already knew most of the topics, and learned and had so much fun doing all the activities. Thank you for this excellent material!!
It's an amazing course! I gained a lot of knowledge:)
English for Journalism is a very good course to be done by any journalist. The trainers and faculties were very co-operative. Thank you for their support.
I liked it a lot. I learned a great deal, the topics were interesting and well explained.
This course gave me many insights. Methodology designed in such a way to learn theoretical and practical aspects. This is very much useful for me.
Very useful for those who want to develop journalistic language and understand journalism as a beginner.
Thank you so much for offering me this useful course!
I really liked this course! It's perfect for the beginning journalists or people wishing to gain new qualifications. Although 15-years education, my English got improved by a new (mainly journalistic) vocabulary I hadn't known before. The biggest advantage is the fact, this course doesn't include only lectures and quizzes, but also practical exercises of creative writing.
A wonderful learning method for those who want to become professional writers and online reporters... 100% recommended!
It's very helpful App to get more information
An interesting and comprehensive course.
this is a very helpful class about to know the Journalism .
thanks for all
Excellent course for journalists and everyone who wants to learn english
really good =)
Great course!
It was a great experience. Every journalist should take it.
Thank you I am very glad to pass this course .. looking forward for other courses
This course taught me a lot about English language, with all the principles of the press and the history of journalism by the present era.I am very very happy to participate in this course I hope in the following times I have a chance to participate in the next course
really great course
thank you very much ...in fact i love this your way of teaching...
It was really an excited course that adds me more knowledge and information concerning both English language and journalism. I recommend it for native English speakers and those who grasp English as a second language.
This is an excellent course for journalists around the world, who want to improve english focused in our profession . I recommend it 100%
As beginner in journalism and scientist. This course help me to have a good idea about career of journalist . I recommend it for anyone interested for digital age.
Very interesting course!!!! Thank you so much really!!! i have learn many interesting thinks, like principles of journalism, create a pitch, digital media, citizen journalism, traditional media , review grammar and form verbs that i didnt remember !! really thank you so much for this great oportunity !! Very recomended course !! Hugs everybody !!
I love the course! Thank you very much!
I enjoyed learning new english vocabulary and reading interesting topics. Thank you.
An enhancer course for both english and journalistic ways. I recommend
This course to help you understand the basic processes of consumption and contributing to traditional and digital media.
Good resources for online learning
Very Good Course I got many english language
great course
It was an amazing introduction, and as a graduated journalist this refreshed a lot of things that I use everyday.
I really enjoyed learning this course which helped improve my English and broaden my knowledge of journalism.
I've learned to comprehend the media. We worked with which skills are needed in order to be a journalist these days and nowadays facts. We also learned grammar. Amazing and interesting course! I want to thank the University of Pennsylvania and the intstructors for always being clear.
great course presented by great people
It has been a wonderful experience. Thank you so much.
Its a very good MOOC
I really enjoyed this course! It's a very interesting and I have learned a lot about journalism and what to take into account when writing an article. The experience was amazing.
Great!
This course offered an accurate and broad knowledge in such a short period, overcoming my expectations.
Thank you so much for the knowledge and for the time. The university of Pennsylvania and Coursera have provided the right space to share intercultural learning. I also want to thank everyone else whom make this dream possible. For this reason I wish to thank all of our teachers and staff for your commitment and determination.
It's a lesson with quantity.And it's not hard to understand.The man teacher's speed is low so I use 1.5 times of original speed. Thanks to faculty contributed to this course.
This was a very educational, well designed course. I will gladly take another one with this instructors, they are profesional and efficient. Thank you for this very enriching experience.
One of the best courses I have finished in the last years. A very well organized and dynamic course. Teachers with a lot of experience and good expertise in the area of teaching. 100% recommended!
I really loved this course
Great course, great experience. Thanks for the opportunity!
This was a great experience for me and it helped me a lot to improve my English skills besides that I could learn a lot of things about Journalism so I'm grateful for it and I will be looking forward on making some other courses online. Thanks!
Great course!
It's very good course to improve my basic skill
happy to see the university try to help non-english speaker to improve their english .
This is one of my favourite course! I recommend it!
This is helpful for non-native English speakers who want to delve into the world of journalism. I personally enjoyed the peer-review assignments that require video submissions. I got to see my classmates from different countries.
This is definitely a mandatory beginner course if anyone is interested in pursuing journalism in the future.
Really a helpful and informative course. A way to enhance both journalism skills and English Language. It has a good timeline of the lesson and assignments.
Amazing to jopin this course. I love it. :)
Very Well Made for beginners and pros to reflect
I very good course!
Very useful course for people who are not sure in their English and has just started to work in the sphere of journalism!
too easy
I liked this course so much it's very useful
Best Courses, this is one of the best course, the structure of material is good, easy to understand especially for me because i dont have any experience in Journalism
An immersive course for those aspiring to become journalists
It was very interesting course! Thank you
Great content and very practical! I'm privileged to have taken this course.
It was a very nice and educational course for me. The exercises were fun and entertaining at the same time. I highly recommend it!
Through this course, I was able to learn the basics of Journalism and apply it in my job as well. The professors explain everything clearly with good examples. The course is easy and understandable. Thank you all for a great course!
I think course has a great influence on me because I am a student majors in journalism and communication,so I need to improve my skills on it.The course has tought me a lot of professional skills about pitching,writing,broadcasting and so on,I had a complete learning about news.But there is an error through checking others' homework which is someone give grades freely and have no responsibility baout others,so I think it is necessary to rigid some rules to restrain somenone's behavior.
It's a good overview of journalism with interesting assignments. It'll be useful for those who knows nothing or not much about journalism.
Excellent course for people for whom English is not their mother tongue! Very well paced.The course also provides a good insight on what journalism is suppose to be, its principles and values!
I enjoyed this class. It was a new experience for me.
NOTHING like described, NOT EASY for non native english speakers as describedextremely misleading..
The course will be interesting for those who don`t have specific knowledge about journalism. The vocabulary is rather useful, but sometimes very simple. The teachers are great - I didn`t have any problems with understanding! Thanks a lot!
This is a very useful course.Really help me a lot.
Great course and instructors!
I really liked the course its both useful and entertaining, i would recommend it for any one who's interested in journalism
The best course ever.Thanks to everyone for the support given.AN
This course made me realized that I can do better. I achieved and acquired more knowledge and eventually be used in my career. I am extending my gratitude to Coursera for giving me a once in a life time opportunity to receive a certificate that I will be holding and carrying forever.
Definitely the best thing ever!
Excellent course. Take it and enjoy learning.
One of the best courses with the best teachers expounding us the ethics as well as the function of journalism
Journalism’s crucial role in helping democracy function is sometimes forgotten amid the clamor of partisan debate and the messy nature of the news business. But anyone who stops to examine recent examples of journalistic success — and the substantial civic impacts of various news media investigations — cannot help but be impressed by the vital role of the press.Six examples from the past year that show journalism’s impact are enumerated below. These stories helped root out corruption, create better laws and practices, and changed the way we live for the better. They make for a powerful reading list, whether for average citizens, aspiring journalists or anyone concerned with the press and public policy.As many journalistic outlets continue to struggle financially — and the news media contracts as an industry, leaving many statehouses, public agencies and local governments under-examined — there can be little doubt that many problems in society might be forgotten were it not for some smart, persistent and courageous news professionals. These stories speak to that truth.Although the Internet can help as an investigative tool and platform for engaging the public, it takes professional reporters to initiate and follow-through on everything from interviews to document requests. Further, turning raw data and information into easily digestible knowledge for public consumption — putting it into narrative story form or making it clear through visual means — takes painstaking, creative work. Of course, it takes the will of public officials to act on these investigations and formulate concrete policy responses.
Is a very good course! I loved it, because the topics are important
It was an intersting, a useful course!
The good course and i learn so much from it.
I just love this course, I have acquired plenty of useful skills just what I need to improve my level of English and knowledge of Journalism
The course is great. I like the style of their teaching.
Wish you come up with an advanced and elongated version of this course.
Easy. Simple. Amazing. Great. The best.
I loved this course!
Amazing Course, I highly recommend it.
This is an amazing course. You must take this. I love you guys American English.
This not the first time I attend in a coursera course but this English for Journalism course is really interesting. We have to finnish many tasks actively. It is not easy but that is how we get better.Thankyou a lot!
This was an amazing experience. The way of teaching is scientifically beautiful. Loved it thoroughly!
Superb! I am very thankful I took the course. My warmest gratitude to all especially to John and Eve and the whole team for being so generous in sharing their expertise and providing us all the readings and videos. God bless everyone!
Great
It's only 1 word: stunning! The material, the instructor, the animation, the sample, the design. Proficiat and it has to continue in next batch.
English for Journalism by University of Pennsylvania has been an excellent program. Unhesitatingly recommend it. Thank you!!!
have so much fun while learning,its an exciting an amazing experience.Thanks Coursera!
It's my first course at coursera and I love it so much.
excellent course. I am fully satisfied.
Thank you for University of Pennysyvania and Coursera for bringing this useful course for public. This is a highly recommended course for English learners, especially those who work in communications/ Pr/ journalism sectors. Big thank you from Vietnam!
The content of the course has been well-organized and could be easily understood by a non-English speaker.
I like this course. It focuses on grammar, lexis, specific of journalist's work and principles of journalism.
I Want to get the certification by Pensilvania University, but I don't have a credit card, is there any other mean to pay it, please, on the other hand thank you very much for the sessions, all of themwere excellent Congratulations Wilfredo Villegas/journalistmy e-mail is willyvillegas@hotmail.com
Fantastic Course. Many things learned from this course.
Awesome experience!The teachers are cool and effective as they simplify the complicated concepts of journalism.Thanks a lot for the sharing our learning!More power!
it was great
Excellent course! Congratulations to all the staff involved. Thanks
!00% It was a great program, the teachers were awesome
I have enjoyed the course. It's really very useful. Thank you very much
it's a good course , but it could be offering more, like when we answer a questions wrongly, it could offer corrections and also we need more details with video journalism.
I strongly wish to have English for Journalism 2.
Very good. I loved that course and the teachers!
This course was great. I'm a Brazilian Journalist and I've been studying English as second language for a while. This course helped me to improve my English Skills and allowed me to learn news words related to journalism in English. Thank you very much!
Highly recommended!
The course is well presented,very helpful especially for teachers as it enhance not just journalism but also grammar points. The process is very systematic and exciting. I love this !
I feel very happy for this great opportunity in my life and to have completed this course with your professional support and excellent pedagogical design ;and of course ... You are the best people in charge.
thank you very much
I loved being here and learnt a lot about broadcast journalism. My mentors were really cool people, hope to learn something advance in journalism in the next course as well. Thank you.
For a foreigner journalist like me, this course was very challenging and useful.
The course has been very useful. Thanks University of Pensilvania.
The course is great! I loved! The contents are in line with the current reality of Journalism. Congrats to the teachers and the Pennsylvania University. :)
This was my first experience on coursera.org certainly not the last one i hope. I loved this course and i have learned a lot journalism. Huge thanks to our professors John and Eve and to all the staff that made this experience a success.Best regards to you all from Morocco.
It's a course of very good quality, but personally I wanted something more challenging. I believe that since there are advanced version of texts, there should also be advanced version of tests in order to make people like me work harder. I would also like to see more peer-reviewed assignments, these are very good.
Thank you for the great course! It was very beneficial to me
This course is good for my English ability. A lot of people all over the world entry this course,and I could read the stories they wrote. The experience
I love this course. All the lessons, activities, assessments and assignments were arranged properly. The content is substantial, both in journalism and English language. I would highly recommend to this course to my colleagues.
this course is very helpful and i liked the idea of applying through the assignements after the the videos.
An excellent program for citizen journalists and profesional reporters to refresh concepts and tools!
Very good and helpful course on journalism
Excellent this course taught me a lot!
great way to sty updated
I just started the course, but I feel like I am taking in a ton of knowledge that I have been craving to get for along time. Really happy that I have enrolled in this course.
The course is amazing! I have learned a lot from it.
The Course English for Journalism is awesome! I have learned a lot from print media journalism to broadcasting. I could not express how happy I am now that I completed the course. Kudos to the Instructors and the whole staff of Coursera! Mabuhay from Philippines!
Well, I enjoyed very much taking part of this course. In my opinion the contents were just grate and according to my English level. Nevertheless, what I would like to have is the amount of hours dedicated to the course writen on the certificate. For this reazon, in my case, this will be my first but also my last of the on-line courses through coursera.Greetings,MSc. Petronio A. Piedra.
Great Course
The course is excellent!! And the materials are very productive and useful. I suggest all of you to enroll in this course. hope it will bring an outstanding result for all.
I learned a lot of things related to journalism from such valuable course.
It's been fantastic. I feel like I've learned a lot these lasts weeks.
I loved the elaborate structure and illustrated animation :)
I am having deep pleasure to have classes of this course! I am from Russia, Moscow city and this course is followed and controlled by the American Center volunteers under support of the Embassy of the U.S. in Russia. Teachers and the way they teach listeners with the Journalism concepts and its principles are very clear, interesting and fun! Now I am on the 4th week and we have already written a small article that was assessed by the same listeners as you from all over the world. It is really great platform not only to get knowledge but also share your ideas. I really appreciate hard working attempts of speakers who lead the course! A big thank you from Russian listeners!
Ir is very wonderful course and it very valid course in India not only in india all over world journalist it 4th pillar of society
Great, very useful info that I could understand even if English is not my first language. I truly recommend it for anyone in fields like Journalism, PR or Marketing.
The way the course is administrated and explained makes it a pleasure to do. I am just sad I do not have time to enjoy it at a steady pace and have to power through it on Sundays.
Great! I love it.
Such a great tool for journalist who are not native speakers to learn all the necessary english terms
Perfect to begin!
good coursera for me！
it's a really nice course and the materials are easy to understand
This course good for people who have intermediate level in English language, also it is very useful to gain double outcome or result which is your get more for English language skill and you know about jurnalism. Anyway thanks to AE and UPENN to provide this course for foreigners, also special thanks to people who involved making this course.
Very usefully course i like it and it's very efficient
Very good for me. I'm happy to be doing this course from Brazil.
This is I was waiting for a long long time! Thanks.
Woow! I had taken a course on Strength of Materials before, for my undergrad, but decided to take this course as refresher and to grasp some missed concepts. Dr. Whiteman's approach to teaching the course really helped me a lot to understand the behavior of materials in both the linear elastic and plastic regions. Mohr's Circles was a mystery for me, for some strange reason, but Dr. Whiteman really opened the door for me in this course. Overall, I think it was time well spent, and I will definitely recommend this course to anyone looking to have a solid grasp of the fundamental principles of mechanics of materials.
It is a useful and great course ..thank you Dr.
The course is very much understandable. Each module is explained clearly and prerequisite knowledge of some concepts helps in getting good grades. Thanks for the financial aid. I would like to continue the Mechanics of materials II
The Mechanics of Materials course series is a must for any engineer. The material is presented in a logical and straight forward manner with applications to the real world. Dr. Whiteman is truly a a great teaching Professor!
It's an excellent course where you can remember and learn concepts about the behaviour of materials under certain forces.
this course very use full in my life
Excellent content and teacher. 100% recommended, clarity and accurate information is the constant in these courses. Again, outstanding teacher.
The course content covers the fundamentals of MOM clearly! I would recommend it to anyone who is just beginning!
i hope this lecture can be teaching in my university...excellent
Great Course
The course is really great, the way that the sir is teaching is a very helpful method, I thing he is injecting all the materials in my head and i can easily get it . thank you sir and a very big thanks for coursera for providing such an awesome course.
Had so much fun while learning. Thanks to Dr. Wayne Whiteman for being such a generous teacher. Best Regards - S.A Chowdhury
Great courses
Really applicable course .Great teaching skills.
Excellent course!! Good explanation in general!
Thank you so much!!! very interesting!!!
Learned a lot of interesting and useful concepts. The presentations were great, the exercises were challenging and the lecturer was very helpful in answering our questions. Looking forward to the other courses in the series!
Very good course with better videos and explanation!!
very good course
NIce course and certification even helps us in recruitment processes.
Great course, Explained the basics of mechanics of materials, listening to the lecture makes the concepts easy to understand and I hope I will finish this mechanics of materials course series without difficulty.
excellent teaching ...
awesome teaching
thank you sir...
Very interesting and amazing instructor
Great course.
Very, very, very interesting course and has an excelent teacher!I learned a lot.
Great Course!!
Excellent. Take this course if u wanna improve your fundamentals on mechanics of materials
You are the Best Dr
great course!!! feeling motivated to complete next three courses in this series.
very interesting
Approachable level of complexity, and a good basis to understand underlying concepts studied previously (Metallurgist background)
Systematic. Focusing on Basic Concepts. Good examples for learners.
Very good course content. Thanks to the instructor.
He's a great teacher :)
Educational. Thanks
Easily understandable. Very good lectures
The online lectures delivery by Dr Wayne are of a very high quality. Dr Wayne makes learning difficult concepts easy and the presentation is peppered with practical demonstrations of concepts at hand in the video. Learning is highly effective for the interested self-directed learner as there's good engagement and sufficient challenges are created along the way and during lecture delivery for the interested student.
The course is well documented, now includes the complete transcript of the lesson and the downloadable pdf's of the drawings. Prof Wayne Whiteman discusses the lessons clearly and methodically and is encouraging for the problems. Thoroughly enjoyed the course!
I study civil engineering and I think the course is a great opportunity for any student.Thank you very much.
Awesome introduction to mechanics of materials, lots of material to study and a good teacher, i would recommend this course to everyone.
I really enjoyed this course, it made understand this subject in a very simple way.
I have really enjoyed this course. It has allowed me to review some of the aspects I studied at the modules of continuum mechanics at University. Dr. Whiteman clearly explains all the concepts and makes learning really easy. I appreciate a lot Dr. Whiteman´s work and I would like to encourage him to follow this path. Thank you very much for everything!
Very good Course for learning fundamentals of mechanic of materials.
Excellent instructor. Easy to understand. Great examples. Linkage to real world applications.
excellent course, i recomend for everyone
sir, could you pl. include some real time problems or natural phenomena while explaining a concept
a great teacher with thoughtful method!
I really thank to Coursera Community and Goergia Tech for organizing such useful courses.
The session was really interesting and proved to be very useful to me.
Very Nice teaching method........Easy to follow........Thank you Georgia Institute of Technology
This course is well-organized and well-paced, has great visuals, and is very comprehensible. Highly recommended!
Excellent ... Up to the mark
This course is a very good refresher of the basics and Dr Whiteman has explained things very clearly and precisely. Moreover, If you're following the complete series of courses, you'd have grasped a good command over stress analysis. However, in the last leg of this course, I felt that couple of cases with statically indeterminate structures should have been in more detail.I highly recommend this course to everyone looking for a refresher in "Strength of Materials". I am eagerly waiting for the next part in this series.
Very Simple... Very Interesting... Clear and simple examples...Very good for refreshing with very basics.
This is a great course for building or refreshing fundamental concepts in material engineering.
professional course starts with funadamentals and go beyond concepts.amazing explanation from a perfect professor
there is a lot of Errors in your words and you correct it by Messages but it make a lot of destrbution for us , You are very quickly please be little slow when you speake , we need more Examples and please mention for us before the module what module we should revice in your courses or out before go ahead on it.
Sir,u are the best teacher in the whole world :)very clearly explained with proper examples.
Its good to have this subject for review.
I have been waiting for this course. Thanks
A very informational and fun course for those who want to learn more about psychology. It also opens up your mind to a new view of everything around you as the psychological theories you learn can be applied to everyday life. It's a great way to ease yourself into a diverse and interesting new subject.
it's a great course!!!!!
Such an privilege to have taken the course. Wonderfully delivered and highly recommended
Educational and entertaining.
Phenomenal! Absolutely loved it. Prof. Steve's expertise in the subject and his enthusiasm to teach comes through every course lecture. I think I'll enroll into any course Prof. Steve teaches. This is the first MOOC I've completed and judiciously studied for. I took notes, made mind maps, poured through all the additional resource because everything was so fascinating and I wanted to learn more. (Scoring well in the exams was just a lovely bonus.) Thank you for offering this educational, makes-you-think-about-thinking course.
Excellent introduction to Psychology and how our minds work. Highly recommended.
Audio-visual learning is more effective in long term memory hence, thanks coursera for such great lessons and wonderful teachings. Thanks again.
Fantastic course to get initiated into psychology.
It was the first course I passed completely. Thank you. It was joyful and informative.
It is very interesting and engaging.
I love this course it is so entertaining. I am glad it is on this cite
Thank you, Dr Steve Joordens for a wonderful experience and the warmth of your teaching. I did learn things and am hooked on learning more. The course is well structured and doing the final assignment and reviewing peer assignments, was a great way to consolidate the learning. I hope you do "mount" another course or two in the future. I for one will be eager to enrol.
Truly rewarding class!!!
Great "Introduction to Psychology", it really shows the basics of how our brains work
Good course, and the topics covered during the course sessions were very much enlightening.
I loved this course, mainly due to our wonderful Professor. He focused on very pertinent subjects in Psychology (I felt like we covered the highlights of a whole year worth of subjects in 10 weeks) AND he did it in a very engaging and fun way. In a nutshell, he is AWESOME!What I did not like, which is also why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, is mainly due to organisational matters:1) the course schedule does not follow the weeks as listed in Coursera which creates TOTAL confusion, and it can be very easily solved. At the very least, the mid-term and final exams should be placed after the correct weekly schedule. Right now it is shifted by a week (earlier)2) The instructions about the peer assignments were not fully clear. I think also there, this is a quick fix and quick win. Simply adjusting the wording to better explain the process would help reduce questions on the forum.3) There was almost no staff involvement in the forum. The responses were very far in between, which also made the forum discussions not as lively or exciting. I would have loved having the professor himself on the forum, or at least one of his assistants in the forum, sparking discussions, responding to threads etc. This was almost on existent.So in short, I would highly recommend the course due to its content! But I also feel that there are organisational improvements, which if made, would make this course a true 5 star course!
Great course
I fell in love with this course and definitely enjoyed the presence of the teacher!
This course is just great, the kindness and patience of the teahcer, how clear the explanations are and the room left in the way of materials for us to progress in the world of psychology is excellent. Thank you very much for providing from this knowledge in this way.
Great program
This course is amazing ! it is really a good "introduction" to the field of psychology
Fun and great course!
Perfect! The teacher is really
The course provides basic concepts of psychology which make us re-consider what is human and what makes human, fantastic.
Excellent, it was so good i was actually sad it ended.
It is a great course, with a great professor. The explanations are incredibly well given, the professor makes everything to us to understand his lessons, and gives links for more information, which are always valid and help us understand the issues with another vision, it isn't just the professor's opinions we get. I really loved this course! Cognitive Cannibal forever!!!
Prof Joordens is the best! And I really hope Psychology classes go on with him!
Great course! Explanations and practical examples.
Well I really loved the content of the course and how it has been taught by professor Steve, It is very useful and I recommend this course to everyone. Thank you so much <3
The professor is perfect
did not like the course at all. That is why I decided to discontinue the course.
The teacher was amazing! I was so entertained with the material we were taught throughout the few months!Definitely recommend this course so anyone with curiosity to why we do what we do!
amazing course with amazing instructor
Amazing cours and especially amazing tutor!!!!!!!!!!!!
Professor Steve Jodrdens is awesome teacher. He has organized this course very well and his teaching techniques are wonderful.
want to learn it again
A thorough Psychology introduction, from backgrounds, to nowadays with stops in all key topics (Psychology main branches and fields, biological explanations related to Psychology, Social Psychology, memory, mental illness, etc.) explained by Prof. Steve Joordens with real passion, a truly great communicator, with a deep knowledge of all topics in the course.
Great course, thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you!
Steve is a very humorous and knowledgable teacher, you'll be fascinated by the interesting facts given by him.
excellent! Steve was great!
A highly recommended course by an exceptional inspirational teacher--Prof Steve Joorden
I enjoyed everything about this course. The lectures were snappy, engaging and informative. The topics moved quickly, but not so much that it skimmed.The resources don't always work (because the links are external) and the exams are misaligned, with questions on the Week 6 exam based on lectures from Week 7. This is a problem, and will reduce people's grades for sure, but this doesn't sway me from recommending this course.
The course is easy to follow which is ideal for beginners. Topics are relevant and transferable to different contexts. The lecturer is engaging and does an excellent job,
Absolutely amazing course. And so much fun to follow. Prof Joordens is extremely talented in efficient teaching. I enjoyed taking this course tremendousely and wih there was a part 2 (and 3, and 4,...)
Very friendly approach & easy way of teaching made me more positive. Some PPTs were dark so that i couldn't focus well on letters but all other aspects were nice. Especially my Prof. Steve Joordans was very friendly. i miss his lecture a lot. Overall it was a wonderful experience. Thanks a lot.
Excellent course. The content was very well structured and the ideas were easily conveyed by the professor.
I absolutely loved every second of this course. Steve really has been a great tutor throughout the course, and really managed to kindle my interest in his field of work. The lectures are short and sweet and contain a lot more information than I would have even thought possible. I'd recomend this course to anyone who wants to learn a bit about what makes them think and act the way they do.
Extremely informative and fun.
I had ultimate fun during this course. Steve is excellent when it comes to explaining about anything!
Thoroughly enjoyed the teaching style of this instructor. Would have preferred to continue future educating with the same instructor. The courses do account for time out of the education system. Ppl can also sign on at their convenience and the deadline reminders were a life saver. I have already signed up to continue moving forward, keeping an active brain and learning. Thrilled!
Best lecturer so far. Interesting topics and well presented.
This course is amazing! I recommend this course to everyone who has interest on Psychology. The professor is the BEST lecturer I've ever seen :-) Thank you so
A very good introduction to psychology. Many areas of psychology are covered and Steve (the teacher) is truly great and inspiring. This really is the course if you are interested in psychology.
Super interesting course, that talks about a lot of different topics. Highly recommended.
Give me a sequel, im flying...
I was always looking for a course on psychology that provides a full overview through the evolution of psychology with its key concepts and how these shape our behaviours. The course provides all this with a great and fun way of content delivery!
Great course!, the lectures are really clear and the professor is awesome!
The professor is really excited about the subject, I was really excited about the class. It's the first online course that I have finished.
Very interesting and well organized course with a lot of eager students. Hope there will be a "sequel" :)
This was well prepared and very informative course. I wish he could open another course in advanced Psychology. It gave me more interest and understanding on psychology. Thank you.
This was the best course I ever did in Psychology. Professor Steve is very clear in his settings and can always bring theory into practice. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to get to know the hot topics in Psychology.
Very interesting and very educational, covering different parts of psychology. I really recommend!
Very well explained course, thank you Steve!!!
A very interesting course, would recommend for beginners
I loved every minute of this course! Professor Joordens was very engaging and it was set at just the right pace. I'm looking forward to my next course already! The discussion forums are very helpful.
This class was awesome! Prof. Joordens was excellent.
Good introductory course on psychology for a novice like me. The human behavior is fascinating and the breadth of the course covers this aspect in a few good way. The professor is also very knowledgeable and makes the class fun with additional reference material.
Could listen to Steve talk about his precious casserole all day. This course changed my view on casseroles. 11/10!
The course was very interesing. I especially liked the experiments that were included. My favorite topics were the Weeks Memory and Social Mind. I also liked the was Steve presented the lectures.
Professor Steve Joordens is beyond awesome!! He made the Introduction to Psychology MOOC both interesting and fun. I would highly recommend this course to everyone. I give it a five-star rating!
I can understand the concept in a better way....I really enjoyed this.
This course is a must for every human being. It teaches us about ourselves . The instructor, Steve Joordens, is a awesome guy who knows how to implant difficult knowledge in our brain smoothly. Enroll this course and learn about yourself in depth !
the course was very enjoyable and I learnt a lot. The coursera app for iOS was diabolical before the update and only so-so afterwards,
Excellent and engaging course, exactly as advertised. Some minor scheduling issues with the tests being out of phase with the lecture materials. Many thanks.
I loved the way Professor Steve Jorden explained the concepts . He did a very great job throughout the course . Whole course was well organised .
This course besides being highly informative and constructive it is fascinating from beginning to end.
Its informative and explained in detail with connecting/
This is yet another valuable course from Coursera. Professor Steve Joordens - You Rock!!! You truly made learning about psychology a fun activity. Your enthusiasm is highly contagious. I am going to miss your lectures. Please do come up with next level course on Psychology. I would surely be one of the early birds to join that course. Thanks a ton!!!!!!!!!.
A must course for those who are beginners, and want an insight to some basic topics of psychology.
This course is amazing !!!! I like how Joordans simply and clearly explains everything! This course is highly recommended for everyone!
Professor Steve Joorden's was a pleasure to have as our lecturer in this introduction to psychology. The course has introduced me to previously unfamiliar psychological concepts which has broadened my understanding of the mechanics of the human mind, and social psychology especially. Thank you Coursera and Prof. Joordens for this great course.
Very interesting!
An amazing journey through the human mind. Strongly suggest to everyone!
Great prof and great intro course! It had really wet my beak to learn more.
I like the way the professor puts in effort to make things clear and simple. Great course!
I found the course very good,the material was good,the presentation excellent,Slides were available
Great course, highly recommend
An interesting lesson leads us to the journey of psychology.
Some of the best things i`ve learned in life was in this course. Really grateful to coursera for giving us the chance to meet with Prof. Joordens and for the chance to start to pursue an academic life.
Very easy to understand. Suitable for psychological newbies like me. The only thing I regret is that some video links offered by the course are not available.
The contagious enthusiasm of Steve what makes this course a joy to follow. Would love to attend more of his classes.
Extremely interesting and informative course. Thank you so much! :)
SUPER GREAT Course !!!!Thank you Pr. Steve!!
Great course, great teacher, o lot of useful knowledge.Thanks for Toronto University
Great course! Learned a lot of things. And professor Steve Joordens is really great teacher. His way of teaching is fascinating! Thank you for providing this course!
I have really enjoyed this course. It provides a good introduction to the history of psychology, and offers insight into the basic functions of the brain and body.
Having taken many courses online I found this one extremely high on coverage, quality of content and dedication of the faculty. The ""side-dish" and additional content showed Just how much of a natural teacher professor Joordens is. Having working in training delivery I have seen the effect on delivery of the dedicated and instinctive nature of the trainer. The fact that Professor Joordens wears his expertise lightly, unlike most people who I have seen deliver talks and sometime when the said "expertise" merely involves a week of research to write an article for a newspaper, is really potent quality. My greatest respects are for people like you who further my strongly held value that all knowledge is a shared asset for us and not a resource to be restricted, exploited or traded. For someone who does not engage in social media I hope this message conveys my deepest regards for people involved in bringing to fruition this excellent course. Thank you.
A very interesting course which deals with the basic aspects of psychology giving a perfect boost to beginners and hobby learners.
Wonderful lecturer and fascinating content. I highly recommend!
Wonderful course, wonderful instructor. All the lectures are interesting, relevant, and explained very well. The outside resources (some i could not access because they had been taken down, or the links provided didn't work) were brilliant and very helpful as well.Prof. Joordens should now start a more advanced course on psychology as well.
Excellent for reviewing the basics and a nice journey throughout the evolution of PSY.
Excellant learning tools precise lectures on various subjects explained in simplistic terms even i can comprehend will reccomend to the others
Great course, really glad I got the chance to participate!
Anything beyond better is non-existing. Great course!
The course is very fascinating! I learnt a lot about psychology as a science and of course applied it to my everyday life! The external links provide additional material for those who are eager to learn more. The lecturer is knowledgable and friendly!
Such an amazing professor teaching a very comprehensive course. Highly recommended. Thank you!
If all courses are lead by such a talented lectured, I would me a walking genius. His enthusiasm is addictive. He definitely has not only knowledge but also a talent to share it. I always like the psychology, but now I know it can be so much pleasure to study it. and i finally know all my brain parts! :)I encourage all that hesitate to skip the history part and go directly to further lectures - so worth it!
I love this course very much and it was a great 10 weeks' study. All the lectures are very well prepared covering a lot of areas of psychology. Professor Steve's is quite humorous and explain those topics very clearly. I am looking forward to his next course.
Excellent content and extremely good teaching.
very solid content and very well taught
I found the course pretty engaging. I enjoy studying it and also feel encouraged to do some further study. However, the topics that are taught are not very holistic to me compared to some other basic psychology courses. Anyway, it's still a nice course to take :)
great course
It was a really good course. Into a relatively short span of time the course instructor managed to put a lot of interesting subjects. I would even take psychology II if I could. And for me it's very important that this course was interesting, so even if the lectures went over 10-15 minutes, they never seemed to be slow. I definitely would like to see more courses like this on the subject of psychology. And thank you for anyone and everyone involved with it.
Excellent, very amusing professor!
I really loved this course. It was extremely interesting, Professor Joordens presentation was lively and his enthusiasm was so contagious, it pulled me along even when I was tired and rushed. The course content was stimulating and challenging, providing a very complete introduction - a great place to start. I would love to follow more courses by him and his team. Many thanks indeed.
Fascinating subjects presented by an impressive professor.
Fascinating. Well taught, and really liked the additional links and resources.
I found this course to be very informative and engaging. Professor Joordens explains everything in a very interesting manner, quoting many examples. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has a budding interest in psychology and wants to see what its all about.
I really enjoyed the course has been entertaining and entertaining with many practical examples to understand the psychological concepts.The course has given me more knowledge to practice in my life and work, because I work in human resources and the psychological perspective is very important.Steve Joordens is a great teacher, he has made this course a great job.
Excellent course and definitely worth learning. It has interesting and enriched content, the professor is humorous and gives great lecture. What is best about this course is that it has many additional reading and video sources with proper guidance.
Basics of psychology, very friendly and nice professor. A good introduction.
An excellent course with a very good balance of theory and real-world application. Steve's lecturing style is engaging and entertaining. It has been a real pleasure learning, thank you.
Steve is an amazing teacher and the progression throughout the weeks was really interesting and I will definitely recommend this course to anyone who is keen on psychology and wants to learn more about it and get a solid basis of the different kind of domain within psychology
I love this course and especially the professor! It was a pleasure taking it and being part of this little online classroom :)
good course. suitable for starters. I learnt some basics and something interesting. I now can analyse some social events from the psychology point of view. I understand humanity a little bit better.
The course gives a good high level view of different aspects of psychology. Professor Steve truly infuses a positive energy into the entire experience. I do not have any formal psychology education. The course help me establish some fundamentals.I would surely recommend this course to the beginners. Hope to see an advanced level of the same.
The course itself is great, but a lot of the links they provide are dead.
I learn allot and content provided in course help me to making better decision every day.
I've given this course five stars because I've conformed to the masses and was told to rate with five stars...Nah! Seriously though, I would recommend this course to anybody. It is brilliant and Steve Joordens explains things amazingly, the best way that somebody who is 6'3" tall can do! :)Fantastic course. Hope there's a follow-up/advanced course as I'd be more than interested.
Great preparation for college!
thank you
This is proving to be a very well thought out course.
It has been a wonderful journey through mind. We all have it but we know so little. Thank you for allowing me to come closer.
Wonderful understanding of Psychology and passionate instructor!
It's a Fantastic course. I've never been so eager to learn something. And I already have 17 years of schooling. Have had a formal university education in 2 different countries and even attended some Master courses. I recommend this course to anyone, even if you're not interested in Psychology. Steve Joordens is an amazing Professor! I still can't believe technology can provide such high quality education for free.
Great teacher and very well thought classes with a lot of reach subjects
Lots of information and interesting articles
very good informative course
Excellent course. Loved the way things are phrased.
Very fascinating lectures on psychology that helps you understand how your mind (and other people's mind) works.
Wonderfully done.
its good but i need something more advanced , more questions and answers , more articles , more videos.and also it needs Arabic subtitles .but i am so grateful to the work you have done to spread something valuable like this
Wonderful!! Thank you so much!!
One of the best courses on coursera at this time!
Total content of the course was very good. Daily life application based questions were also quite interesting. But there were also some negative points such as lectures were not very elaborated and the answer submission system in the quizzes were very frustrating.
This course is very helpful for the me..It gives me knowledge about mechanic system such as motion,force and gravity..Also this course is very helpful for my career enhancement..This course give me best knowledge about mechanic operations...so, i am thankful to UNSW Australia as well as coursera..
The way the tests accept the answers can lead to a very frustrating experience. The test would mark my answers wrong for no reason. Sometimes I would change nothing between tests and get the previously marked incorrect answer correct. Besides this glitch however this course was great.
EXCELENTE CURSO DE MECÁNICA. mUCHAS GRACIAS PROFESIOR. SOUTH WALES UNIVERSITY Y COURSERA,
Very fun and introduced in an intuitive manner, does not require advanced calculus!
not too good ,,because in assignments session they doesnt know what the right ans is, as in first assignment ,the ques is about circumference of circle as in google the exact ans is what they wronged it
Great course. Good explanations and examples. The quizes and tests are not very easy sometimes, but they do you let think again. Very enjoyable! Just the course I was looking for a long time!
Few explanations, no feedback after doing things wrong.
That's course is amazing!
Great course. Really challenging but it's worth it .
I love this course very much.
Very good course for basic physics. If you're looking for a physic course to build the base for Mechanical Engineering, highly recommend this one.
Thank you for making this course understanding. It means a lot to me.
This requires a high level understanding of maths (highest high school level) especially SI, and exponents. It is not suitable for people with no background in maths or physics
I'm loving this course so far! I LOVE PHYSICS <3
This is an amazing coarse. I find it similar with applied mathematics, and I enjoy the lectures. Although the lectures deal with difficult topics, they still somehow seem to seep in to my brain nice and easy. I find enjoyment taking the tests. They always take the five minute videos and take it to a whole different level. Sometimes the levels seem intimidating, but as I continue I always find myself in awe. Mechanics truly is astounding.
Great!
very good explanations :)
I love this course. It gave me a basic understanding.
Very well designed introductory course.
Great kickoff ot the specialization!
Gives you a basic idea of what Software product management is about.
Its really great for beginners.
Contents were good and its good start for understanding basics.
This was a good refresher since I was already familiar with Agile practices.
Basic, but good overview.
I took this course a while back . It is pretty good. Covers basics, gives you examples, etc
Great course if you have not seen any previous information about the subject
Quick but on point introduction to Software Product Management.
The course seems to be a course in Scrummerfall, i.e., a mixture of Scrum and Waterfall. After having briefly discussed the Agile Manifesto, which emphasizes things like "People over processes," what is the first thing that they dive into? Processes where they say things like "Requirements combined with processes are the backbone of any successful software project." I would disagree. Requirements and processes are important, but people and communications are the backbone of any successful software project.I'm dropping this specialization and searching for another course that really follows Agile methodologies.
Nice for dummies =)
Useful course aimed mostly for beginners, but quiz questions are formulated with ambiguity making it frustrating to answer since you end up reading between lines trying to avoid traps instead of putting your mind to work towards using the knowledge given by the course
Very good introduction
Really good content on this course. I definitely recommend doing it.
very informative course
Thank you for such a good course!!!
Very good information.
This course is intended to tell about other courses but contains not so much useful information by itself.
Interesting and well organized!!
Nice course, thank you
A good course, with a in depth good coverage of Agile practices and principles. For an introduction course, it focussed mainly on why and what of the proposed practices, and I am looking forward to see more about the how to.
Very nicely documented and presented, kudos to the team.
Well organized. Good introduction. Not that much information, overall.
Good start!
Really enjoyed taking this course and I'm looking forward to the next step. Like the interactive videos. Like the extra resources highlighting relevant Ted Talks.Discussion area is not as useful as I'd hoped and use of surveys from 2013 not super useful. Parts talking about tools used are irrelevant now are not very helpful.
Short Course teaching the basics only
An Incredible Course.
For new entrant in Product Management this is good course, it clarify life cycles of Product Management pretty well.
A decent introduction to the topic.
This Course is Truly valuable and I had the chance to learn a lot about the product management principles, Thanks a lot Coursera and University of Alberta :)
Excellent and very precise. The Video lessons of this course are to the point and very easy for a basic understanding of what they are trying to achieve out in this specialization.
It's a decent enough introductory course. Not amazing, and I have to admit I might be biased by the fact that I already knew much of the material beforehand, but I enjoyed taking it.
Excellent gave me a good idea of the discipline.
Very informative course in a very student-friendly way.
The quiz questions are generally vague in some degree. Scenario based questions could be a better option
Awesome overview of what it means to be a software product manager. I love the additional material as well!
Very good head start!
This course is simple, but it should give you an idea what this specialization is.
Very interesting course
Fantastic course, really enjoyable and well taught!
Well organised and delivered. The application was well thought out too so using it didn't get in the way of learning
Great course, with small amount of work and easy understandable materials. This course will be usefull to understand basic values and aims of Software Product Manager role for people who was working in IT field and event who do not know anything about that field.
This course was an excellent way to begin immersing myself into the specialization. I am new to this field but can imagine myself using much of my printed out material as future reference
Good introductory course, usefull to refresh the basic concepts if you haven't been studing for a while. Take your time to check the suplementary course material.
This is an exceptionally good gateway course into software product management.
Great Introduction
Thanks a lot!This course is my very first experience of distance education.I was surprised with how this course is organized.I've got o lot positive emotions and useful information. I am looking forward of my next module!
Good overview and introduction to main concepts.
Very nice introductory course. Materials are well-structured and the pacing is easy for beginners. I was interested in taking the whole specialization in the first place, and this course got me even more interested. 10/10
Could be more in depth
Very good course content and great instructor !
Good explanations, this is really a very good course.
The introduction was comprehensive and informative
Good intro course on software product management. The interviews with software product managers were interesting, as well as the supplemental materials (TEDtalks, reads).
The video were made well and provided examples. The speakers were engaging. Very simple and easy to understand principles and methodologies.
It'a good introduction to product management, but still it remains too basic
Great course!
Not so inpiring
The quizzes are about the course structure and not product management.
it was a great course. The final quiz was quite tough though. There were certain questions that still after reading the material wasn't as clear to me. Question 2 + 7
Fantastic introductory course to then Specialization. Very well organized, with appropriate testing.
Too basic. Interested to see if the next course will be more challenging.
Very useful course for PM trainees
Looking forward for the complete specialization
everything is really easy to understand!!
Course was helpful but final test was poorly worded and very confusing.
I thought this was a good course. I felt it met the objectives and kept my interest. It wasn't difficult at all and was very reasonable in terms of the time it took to take the course.
Not much information for people who already work in related projects.
Good information, but the material is a little dry (the subsequent courses in the specialization are much more fun) - it's hard to make the introduction exciting, but adding some interactivity would be helpful.
The material presented laid a strong basic foundation for future courses. I feel as a new Product Manager I will be able to apply lessons learned in real life situations.
This is excellent. Brilliant structure and engaging tutors. I am very happy I discovered it and looking forward for certification once I have enough money saved up to pay the fee.
Good Overview and good start
Very informative...great course! THANK YOU!!!
Extremely informative and practically geared to decision making as well as
Good course to understand basic knowledge of SPM and Agile
Very informative. A lot of information packed in and no 'padding'. Quizzes and gradings really help consolidate learning. Highly recommended.
It gave me a good course overview, now I know what to wait for from the specialization.
I had wrote a comment for this course before, however, I can rewrite talking about the quality of U of A tutors. Thanks for all related with attention and support. I enjoyed a lot.
Realy joyfull and great. Listen to this people was really hellpfull.
I will recommend at least to maintain someone knowledge
Great.
I found the course useful and learnt some basics around software product management
It is a super-short course and is helpful mainly to give one an idea of what software product management means. I found the lectures on Agile principles, etc., very theoretical and textbook-style -- not too interesting.
Excellent foundation, well divided and paced. Excited to continue following courses.
This course was a nice introduction to the topic of being a software product manager. Unfortunately the quiz is not always working properly.
Interesting and clear course. All the information was given in a direct way without unnecessary "water".
A very good course!!
wowIntroduction to Software Product Management is best
great intro to the rest of the course content. Course material and external resources were relevant and gave good insight into SPM at a high level.
Very good introduction to software product management! I definitely recommend it. :)
This course is very theory heavy. Not sure how memorizing concepts from the Agile manifesto will help in becoming a better product manager. I hope further courses are more application oriented.
Really liked the way this course has been designed. It surely helps to improve your skill sets.
Very insightful, it gives a clear picture of what software product management is.
This course gave me fundamental knowledge about what Software Product Manager has in his competitions.
Gives a good overview of Software Product Management.
Instructors are very knowledgeable and people working in the industry have given snippets of their advice in this module. This course is really helpful if you want to start from scratch or if you are looking for a refresher of your skills. I highly recommend it.
Introductory course that is really encourages to go on with the specializaton.
Highly recommended :)
This is good course for knowing the basics of Product Management. Have to follow through the other courses for complete knowledge about the Software Product Management.
Very useful course and excellent quality content.
Really helpful!Just try it
as start up knowledgeit is ok
Bit short for $60
Great learning experience and a overall phenomenal course!!!!
This course is just pulling the knowledge without basic logic. I have no idea what I have learned.
Great course to set foundation towards product management. The interviews in this course were very helpful.
A well rounded description of what goes into managing software products and client requirements. A basic course that serves well as a stepping stone.
Interesting but still, as mentioned, a preview of what's ahead! Eager to start the next course!
Good introductory course. It gives a quick overview of the whole specialization and some basic concepts.
This course was great, I learned about the SPM I wait take de next courses
Decent introduction course.Without the rest it is useless in my opinion.So only take in case you want to follow the entire learning path.
Well structured academical material that inspires a lot.
Nice introduction
Excellent course! Clear explanations and useful materials.
Provides a very good overview of Product Management and Process Management and the role of Product Manager. However, this is high level and introductory overview.
Good introduction
Excellent introductory course.
It shows clearly the basics to Software Product Management.
I believe this introductory course would be better if it stresses more on the Agile Manifesto Part
Useful overview for the specialization....not sure it's the best overview of software product management outside of that context.
Very shallow coverage, doesnt have the scope to be an entire Course!
nothing helpful
I can't complete the course without passing the graded content, but I can't complete the graded content unless I pay money and upgrade. Not the purpose of thes courses.
Fantastic course. Really insightful!
A little too basic, and a little too talky. But a good foundation, and well presented at its level.
Perfect Introduction
A nice course with alot of information about software product management overview.
Being a beginner, this is a good introductory course for Software Product Management.
very solid intro course.
Good introduction to Agile Software and Software Product Managment.
Great introduction !
Intresting Course
Definitely a brief overview of the rest of the specialization, but definitely gives some good groundwork for what to expect. This is NOT a standalone course
It was too basic for me.
Great Introduction to the course! Gets you excited for what's in store!
This is an awesome intro to SW product management. It points out the main difference between SW product management compared to product management of other industries. Specifically, Change.It is a great way for experienced product managers of other industries to transition into the SW business.
Nice introduction, although I don't see any reason to call this "a course", if it's less than 2 hours total (at least it felt that way) while we have to listen to an intro every 5 minutes of it.Would've rated it 2 stars based on the content, but the level of presentation was really good and I appreciate the effort.
This is a very productive course for those who wish to or are working as Analyst and Product/Project Managers.
Even though this was an introductory course, I liked the way that concepts were presented clearly for beginners like me to understand and pick up. I also like the active engagement by our course instructors and the community in sharing their practical experiences.
Great Course, looking forward to the rest of the specialization
It's a great introduction to Software Product Management. Even though it's actually more of an introduction to the Specialization. But it's a great one! I just wish the instructors were a bit more clear on who the "client" usually is.
Very good course !
This Course was a great introduction. It laid the ground work for the specialization in an easy to follow manner. It was also packed with lots of great information in a short time.
This course provides general introduction to software product management which can help students to pick up founding concepts of a number of how a product management cycle looks like as well as the spirit of agile practices.As an introductory course, the material do not cover practical tools or details on how the actual product management should carry on. Expect the students should take the full specialization to advance the skills and knowledge to take the knowledge into a practical level.
Only the link agilemanifesto.org has real value in this course. The rest is self-PR and "water". I see no reason paying for the sertificate and I am not convinced further cources of this specialization will deliver greater value.
Good Course for understanding the basics of product management, and discovering what it entails.
Enthusiastic lecturers, explained everything concisely and understandably.
A little disappointed in this course, it would have been better suited for the first part to a larger course other than a week long introduction to th subject.
Excellent lessons and course content to get an overview of Software Product Management.
good course
Great course, reviews much of the basics necessary for effective software product management.
Very good introduction. I knew about all the stuff from the course from my previous work but it was too fragmented and lacked a lot of additional info.
This course gave me good introduction to software management. The lectures were clear and simple and quizzes were on point.
Its really a quick intro into Agile Software Product Management!
Very basic
This the perfect way to start. I am gearing towards Software Product Management as my new career and this course has given me the confidence and introductory knowledge that I needed. Ready to take the next courses! Thank you.
prefect presentation of materials and really interesting way of teaching. for the first time of my life i am actually understanding software engineering principles.
Very simple course introduction.
Awesome course for absolute beginners.
Great course
Enjoyed the course. Provides a great starting overview. I highly recommend.
Really great introduction course, which give you good basic understanding of software product management. My recommendations!
A great introduction to Software Product Management as well as this specialization!
A good introduction to a very broad theme
One of the best coursers I have seen on Coursera so far. The video production quality, course structure and content is extra ordinary compared to other courses that I've seen so far.
Excelent!! good job thanks for you time and knowledge.
its a nice introduction a tad easy
Very nice classes! I highly recommend it.
Good introduction to agile.
simple and great start
Really a good start/introduction to software product management course. The professors are really good
This is very good course to introduce the basic idea what the software product manager should be. Even as an experienced PM, I learned a lot from this course.
Not really about Product Management, but about Project Management
A good introductory course for those trying to get an introduction to the field of Product management
Great introduction course, and great lectors.
Content is very basic. I believe this can be useful for school graduates, but if you have at least a couple years of hands-on experience, you shouldn't find anything new.
It's a great E-learning experience !!!
A very good introduction into what Software Product Management is really about and the first steps to understanding the role.
Really good course. I really like the way they explain each topic.
I highly recommend this course. Easy to follow, good contents and great teaching methodology. It's an introductory course.
Perfect!!!
Brilliant material about Product Management in a nutshell.
Very informative course
Pretty well put intro! Learning a lot about SPM.
Great course to start with on Software product management.
Great material taught in an easy way! Thanks!
I really liked to do it
Maybe not enough content to be a course.
Great course. A perfect introduction of a very promising career.
Great and easy course to complete! Gives you basics you need to understand how project management work in software development wor
Very interesting and informative course! I`ll study all courses of thi specialization!
Good and detailed course for beginners in Software Product Management.
Gives good overview on SPM role.
Great presentations. awesome instructors. nice overview and introduction of SPM.
Quite phenomenon! I love it....
I was in to product development since past 6 months. This course really helped me to organize my task list, interact with developer and clients with much ease. This course did helped me to bring more stability to ongoing projects.
If you want to give the step to manage developers projects but don't know how. This is an amazing tool to get it, for sure!
Not really useful as course, but only as introduction to other materials... feels more like an ad than a real course
Good introductory course, excellent videos.
Very weak on modern-day best development practices, and many of the "phases" discussed are closer to the anti-pattern of Waterfall, not Agile. I'm surprised to see an entire course on Software Product Management without a single mention of Lean principles.
Good Course.
It's a very good introductory course.
Excellent course for understanding Software Product Management. Excellent tutorial videos.
Great introduction into the practice. Gives a solid understanding of the various different elements and parts of being a software product manager and what is expected of one.
Good introductory course.
This is a very old fashion way of looking at development and developers. Where developers are considered resources and minions that need to follow orders. Modern development techniques value developers and allow them to be much more active players. Product Manager is not a MANAGER but a facilitator. This course describes the view that developers are loose canons that need to be managed and that upfront planning and estimation are the right path. I do not agree at all with this view.Should you happen to agree with this view, the Course is well explained and presented well.
This is good content, but way too broad and general to be considered a proper introduction. The course was too easy for my taste to be considered worthy of a certification.
Informative course.
Excellent Course Material and very well explained. The Course Notes are very good as well!
Great
I enjoyed this course. It is a concise and informative introduction to good management of software product development. Benefits are direct to my current work. Thank you!
I really liked the course. It was too easy for my taste, but that's normal for an introduction, I guess. What I really appreciated: You can actually interact with the staff, and they seem to be willing to iteratively improve the course -- quite in line with the principles of Agile Software Development :-)
This a very readable and useful course.Thank you very much for this information.
Great Course! I hope going on with the rest of the courses of the Specialization
An awesome introduction to software product management, covering all the essential information whilst being easy to follow and fun to watch and learn
Quite good course about Software Product Management
Material is easy to deal with. Thank you
The course was ok, just an introduction for the specialization. I'm looking forward to learn more in next courses in this specialization.
Very well structured course. Course content was simple to understand and rich enough to cover important aspects of the discipline. Well articulated and well delivered by the teachers. Would like to deep dive into other related topics and specifically looking forward to Scrum tools and techniques in detail.
Good prepared course with focused material
Very well organized and delivered course.
The Presenters are great. The compilation of whole video with graphics and quiz makes learning so effective and fun.
Mostly a bunch of unsubstantiated and dogmatic cliches flaunted around. The "Agile" buzzword in its best and most "religious" form.
This course explained to me comprehensibly what a Product Manager does which is already a good thing to start from.In addition it really gave me some insight into modern ways of managing a development team.Therefore I would recommend that course to anyone working as a developer and not knowing what these "PMs" are doing.
It is very intense and full of useful information that you can not find anywhere else except if you are practicing this specialization for a long time
Great course for basics
very clear
Clear explanations, good videos, professional instructors and very useful complementing material.
I feel satisfactory with methodology from course, now with this new knowlegde, can make more in the Software of Project.Thanks so much, regard.
Well and glad that I passed
Simple and easy to follow course that introduce quite rapidly into the SPM. Great starting point. Thanks!
It's a mandatory milestone for software management edication.
The information is good, but basic. Even at the reduced price, it seems pricey and this information could be rolled into another course.
Very interesting! I like course notes. And it is what I've always wanted here on Coursera! Thank you, guys!
I like the words from real product manager, it's very helpful and practical, I can't agree with them more.
very basic
good intro towhat is software product management and its processeswhat are the phases , the roles, the outcome
Great course. I am learning what I have been practicing in my job.
Clear and specific introduction, short but informative.
I really liked the course as simple introduction to agile.
A good course to have a brief introduction to SPM
Cool course. Exactly what we need in company
I like it. Good visualization, useful information!
Awesome course!
Great introduction to the topic of Software Product Management.
Excellent introductory course, well explained.
Great course :D
Very interesting basic course. Thank you.
Very Interesting with logical sequence
Nice intro to software product management.
Good introduction. Concise. To the point. Looking forward to the rest of the course in th
Superb introduction to SPM.
A very good course, offered in very smart methodClear course objectives, good notes, language suitable for non-native speakers, excellent filming quality and the plus is using cartons which simplify the ideasThanks university of Alberta and all the instructors
It is ok.
Small introduction. I was expecting some thing concrete.
Great content!
Dry principles without real life examples and exercises. You can passed the quiz by just reading online or have basic project management experience. Disappointed.
Defiantly the worse MOOC I have taken. Does the specialisation need such a long introduction?
Great content delivered in a lucid way ! I am hooked to all courses in SPM specialization.
The Course could have been covered in a more interesting way
it was an amazing course that explain everything clear, also had a good example for understand the concept.
This course was positively terse and much more helpful.
great introduction course
great intro course
Very theoretical course. If you don't know much about software management, this course might have some good info, but covers things you probably know if you have been involved in any software management.
Course title is misleading. It is actually a course on Managing Agile Software development, not Product management.There is common understanding in active product management community that major focus for product manager is market. Market is not mentioned in this course at all.What requirements and schedule, guys??? Current product management is all about hypotheses, A/B testing, customer development, experiments, lean UX, etc.You completely missing the point.Still, this course can be a good one for those who want to start Managing agile software development.
This is the first course I've completed on Coursera. I liked that it was concise in that it was informative but the workload was very manageable.
This course is a good introduction that includes an overview and includes Agile principles explanations for software product management.
Seemed like more of two week advertisement of the specialization and Agile, rather than a course. Some good information in the video lectures, but very heavy handed on the delivery.
A bit 'light' on content but ok for an introduction.
Great introduction! Comprehensive and well structured.
Difference between a Software Project and a Software Product - of course it is defined by convention, but it is there and is pretty generally understood. Typical software projects are bespoke applications developed for the use of one organization and typically automates a business process. A S/w product, on the other hand, is built and sold to a range of users in the target group, who can be individuals to large organizations. This course does not seem to address any of the issues faced by a S/w Product Manager. I think this course completely misses the point.
I really enjoy this introduction, I'm planning to keep taking the next courses
A bit too basic and quiz questions did not reflect the real value of what was being learnt but was just poised at encouraging us to memorize sequences of facts more than anything.
Many thanks for the course. Although this is just the introduction course, it makes me open my mind and benefit to my job.
Great course. I love to see next one.
Although is an introduction, I stay sure this course is a good beginning for SPM. I have been studying for two weeks, and I was getting lot information about agile. I have read Erick Ries books Lean Startup, and this course cleared many misunderstood that I had.
Very good course! :)
This was a simple and short but very effective course as introduction. Excited to join the next part
Excellent course, it offers a lot of information in a very accurate and understandable way.
Good course
It's a nice course.Instructors effectively explain in a simple way with examples.
More about Project Management rather than Product ManagementCource is just an overview of the specialization, gives no specific knowledge.Liked the instructors and their motivation.
The course is very practical and the faculty and the discussion forums are very useful.
Thank you!
The course is helpful for covering many aspects of project and product management, still it seems to be to basic which put in question whole specialization.
Thank you for the course
Professionally produced and presented intro to Software Product Management.
I found this course to be a useful overview of the role of the Software Product Manager. I'm looking forward to the rest of the courses in the specialization when they become available.
Adept Introduction to Software Product Management and Agile.
Very good, short, but very rich!
Excellent! Very good!
well, this is really an introduction course for the specialization. Nothing more and nothing less
My first course on coursera and i would like to say that it's been a great learning experience for me. Coursera is my number one learning option now after books
Very motivating introduction! Thanks!
It was wholesome introduction to Agile. Thank You!
Good Course, Good introduction to Agile Methodology
The course is different from expected. It is more Software Project Management than Software Product Management.
Definitely a good course.
best course for international business purpose
this was amazing course by SIR D.T.this was specially designed with modern needs of understanding international business
Amazing course that gives you a brief idea about the procedures and methods to participate in the International Business process.
It is a very good compendium of knowledge about International Business. Strongly recommended.
Amazing course
Wonderful Course and it was a right decision to go for this course. I recommend it for others.
This is one of the best Basic Courses Available for Understaning International Trade Enviroment.
good course for everyone
so nice course thnx all of u
It is a very good course with history and business basic knowledge.
Very well displayed
great teacher A++
I really like the information
Thank you Mr.Thomas for creating this course. I highly appreciate your videos. The course is really helpful and it's kind of an eye-opener. Start learning IB2 now.
Great and easy to understand materials which give solid understanding of rules of the trading game on our planet. Highly recommended for those who interesting in international business.
Amazing, the professor is very clear and straight to the point.
What next
I'm an international business management student here in Brazil, and this course helped me a lot to come up with arguments for my presentations, I loved the topics discussed along the course, highly recommended, thank you so much!!!
it is very interesting.
Laid a very good foundation in introducing terms, concepts, and philosophies of the Global Business Environment.
wonderful class!!..Thank you
Basic and clear, with a lot of charts and maps. Easy to understand.
So exciting courseThank you very!
Easy to understand and follow. Good pace of lectures.
Too general course. Didn't learn much from it.
poorly constructed, too simplistic and too slow
Very informative I learned about trade from different cultures is very useful for business.
Great course!
Though I have worked in MNC with and people across the globe, learning the theoretical aspects of business helps you understand the process better and hence improve your work.Best Wishes.
A good course to begin your studies on Globalization and International Business. The videos were simple and easy to follow. The quizzes were easy and intuitive. Overall a nice stop to start your studies in business in general and international business in particular.I will take up the Part 2 of the course in the future sessions and look forward to build upon the thing learnt till now. Enroll now and keep learning.
I had much more expectations from this course but this was just a brief overview of content(Not covering all topics) of what actual International business should be.Rather than just wasting time like this they should have been crisp and short but actually this professor was good at giving examples.
Cool!
Not holding my interest. Sorry!
Pretty basic but good.
This course is very useful for participants. Expression of lecturer is quite obvious and fluent. Available of subtitles makes understanding of courses easier. There is understandable images and important graphs. I am very glad to join this course. Thanks a lot...
This course give to you some ideas about what can make one country better than others and the opposite too. Besides that, you can understand a lot of the reasons that can help you in your company, job, professional life or personal one. If you want to improve your knowledges about internacional business, that is a very good tool to help you achieve it!
Well-designed, easy to understand, it is very useful to get ideas of globalization and present world of business.
as a biologist I can evaluate it from a scientific point of view and I think the course is absolutely fantastic. lessons are well organised. it really helped me to arise a clear consciousness of the deep relation between what I eat and my physical/mental health. well recommended to sci students and people who whish to understand more about the issue
Interesting course in gaining insight on recent studies in the world of the microbiome.
Great introductory course to the bacteria, the microbiome and essential research methods.
Excellent course ! For those wandering about how our microbes affect our lives in many aspects...
A simple but comprehensive sum of microbiome. Perfect for beginners.
Excellent course, and I enjoyed it, although it went much deeper into the subject than I expected.
Informacion util, excelente instructores. I would like to see a little bit more about how to prevent obesity with microbime
Very informative! Everybody should take this course, to know more about their own microbiome...The first lessons are not so exciting, but hang in there! The most interesting parts come later ;)
Extremely clear presentations by the researchers, but loses 2 stars for relying on assignments based on Google Docs which did not load properly and resulted in me not being able to complete the course.
I recommend this course, it was nicely oorganized and very informative!
Excellent fundamentals for a rapidly-expanding and intensively-researched emerging discipline in health and disease. Clear and compelling. Well presented.
Perfect structure for learning!
This course was excellent and it made me change the way i see myself and the world.
the information was presented so slowly that it was hard to follow. i have taken a couple other introductory biology/genetics courses so some of the information was familiar, but i (and a friend who watched over my shoulder) found the videos nearly unwatchable due to the slow pace the presenters were speaking
This is a great introductory course of Microbiome with moderate pace and exposure to the latest researches on this area.
Great introductory course! I had no doubt that there was a connection between what we eat and our health, but I had very little to no idea how much microbes are involved in our being. I enjoyed this course very much and will recommend it to others!Thank you!
Excellent course! Goes easier with a bit of bio and chem under your belt, but still easy to follow for those interested in the subject.
Very good course. Interesting and get to know the important people in this field.
an amazing course,thx a lot.
For someone who is a Biologist and has heard about microbiome before, this course is more a review than a course where everything is new. However, hat doesn't mean I didn't learn anything. The course was entertaning, well explained, and interesting. The interviews were simply great, with the opportunity to see experts explaining concepts and projects. For someone with less background than mentioned, it is a very nice course to do. It will change your point of view regarding microorganisms.
Excellent course. Very interesting.
nicely constructed, very good instructors and well designed modules. Great for fresh in field microbiome and metagenomics.
Great course. Very informational. Good start for anyone looking to know more.
Excellent course, engaging, explaining the science and methods behind the famous graph plotting the microbiome of different body areas (and the evolution from infant to adult). Good review of factors connected to the microbiome (diet, antibiotics...). Reflection about personal case and lifestyle. Informative and fun.
I loved taking this course and learning about the Gut Microbiome! I loved learning about all the research that is currently being done!
Very informative course that changed my perspective on food and our dependence on microbes.
Undoubtedly a thoughtful and engaging course. While the quizzes were hardly challenging, the lectures and various interviews more than made up for this by demanding active engagement with the material. Additionally, the larger project provided an interesting avenue through which to explore the material. Overall, Gut Check accomplishes what it sets out to do: educate students on this in vogue are of research in such a way as to encourage them to pursue microbiome research.
The course I enjoyed the most !
I really like the content, the instructors talk about the very recent research.
most interesting course and well worth doing this course if the subject is of interest to you.
Thank you so much for this course. very beautifully designed course. Helped me understand research in gut microbiome with better perspective and also know the researchers in this area.
A really great course. It goes into great depth on the human microbiome. Science is aimed at the intelligent layperson level - and so easy to absorb. I watched the course on 1.25x speed setting and that was just perfect.Some of the links are really interesting, so remember to check those out.
I was denied completion of this course because a fellow course taker felt the need to "grade" unfairly. I suggest all "peers" keep in mind we are here to learn not to be judge so critically. The spirit of the course was destroyed by a thoughtless action. If you wish to be critical that's fine but at least have the courage to leave feedback for me to review. Coward.
Very interesting course and very timely at the moment given the ground-breaking research in this area! I only have two minor criticisms. Firstly, the presenters seemed to be reading from a script, which made them seem quite wooden and unnatural and thus hard for me to follow at times. Secondly, I would have preferred a little more focus on what we can do to improve our gut microbial diversity. I have tried all the basic advice given with little effect. However, perhaps we just don't know enough at this stage. Also, it would be interesting to explore the anomalies a little more. For example people with high levels of firmicutes who are also lean. Overall, I found the course useful though, thank you!
Both enjoyable and challenging. Hear an interesting range of lectures, backed up with a wide range of articles. Shook up my idea of what it takes to be a healthy human - a healthy microbiome.
Excellent, I learned a lot. Thank you so much.
Very informative!
I really loved the course. I would be thrilled to make a real gut check, even though I live in Europe (Belgium). Simone Einstoss
Enjoyed the class! Makes me feel good that I am not crazy about too much cleanliness!
So far, exactly what I hoped the course to be! Very excited to follow through with the rest of it.
This is a review from someone zooming through the course at double speed to get a general idea of the subject for free (I did not take any tests or participate in any projects).I am studying neuroscience and this course was a great adjunct to those studies. If you have interest in biology at all, this course will broaden out your knowledge base.I took a star away because there was too much advertising for their pet project. Some mention and instruction would have added interest, but so many of the classes being dedicated to it was a bit overkill.
I've never taken biology before, although i had to google lots of terms, i understood the concept and that was all i wanted, great videos!
The Microbiome course has been a great course, I enjoyed each part of it. Thank you for all efforts to put it together and to make it available to everyone. It would be great if some of the readings which are part of the course can be all made available outside the pay wall.I wish a great success for the American Gut Project, including Canada, and later include Mexico.BIG THANK YOU!
very usefull course
The lab portion was a little too quick for me; well, long because I didn't understand it. I need more in depth to understand how all the extracting and testing happens.
i really liked the pictorial presentations along with the great lectures.
Good introduction into the world of microbiome. The only drawback - not enough of this precious, well-delivered information.
I'm quite impressed how good these course is. Big thanks for giving us so much knowledge :)
the course is very interesting, but the questions in tests are a bit too detailed and thus, too difficult; overall, during the course I learned a lot of new things, discovered new possibilites behind the gut flora and deepened my overall knowledge; if only the certificates were a bit cheaper...
Knowledgeable course taught by great teachers!
A great introduction to the intriguing world of Human microbiome.
Very interesting course on human health from the aspect of microbial viewpoint.
Amazing course! Very very interesting!
Excellent overview of the Human Microbiome. Covers DNA sequencing techniques and culturing methods practiced in the Knight Lab at the University of Colorado at Boulder for many types of microbes associated with humans.
This class was very enlightening. I liked how the videos went along with the quizzes and it was easy to articulate what everyone was saying.
Fantastic! A well presented course filled with high quality information from leading experts in the field.
Great subject and some very well presented videos. However there were several which were incomprehensible. Either because of the quality of the video or the very heavy accent of the speaker especially to a non-American viewer. One doesn't always want to read a transcript but to listen and concentrate. If all the videos had been of good listenable quality I would have given the course 5 stars
Excellent review of the latest science on the Microbiome.
Interesting and informative. The only reason it is not 5-stars is because some lectures were too much PR, and some assignments required non-scientists to name-drop microbes and design a study without proper reference.
This is a very good course. The instructors are knowledgeable and very clear in their exposition. The materials are very good and there are many things worth learning within.
Unsuspectedly fascinating world to explore with solid connections to real world and immediate health issues. Potential for groundbreaking medical advances positively explosive. Loved the course, appreciated the information and has led me to a new-found interest.
Great course
Great course! I was just a bit confused at the end with the different types of microbes found in the firmicute and bacteriodetes phyla.
Very interesting !!! Excellent lectures.
I liked most everything about this course, even if it stretches one to understand / pronounce the biological terms. Still it is better to have a little more of the scientific component than too less. The videos were very well done, good to have the sub-titles because sometimes with Rob it was had to follow so it was nice to read too.The extra material and reference were also well appreciated. In fact we would be very interested to follow-up if/when more results of the project are known. Hint - write another book!
Overall this course has covered a lot of good and interesting information! I found the presentation to be lacking somewhat as the course-leaders were reading off the info in front of the camera, which gave the lectures an artificial sort of feel. I did enjoy the different interviews along the way, which spiced things up a bit. The grading of this course needs to be revised, in my view, as some things will go amiss when students grade each other. All in all it's clear that a lot of work has gone into this course, and that is definitely to be commended by all involved.
so far so good course for begginers
fascinating, up to date, and easy to understand. Presenters are clear and enthusiastic. One of the best courses I've taken.
Really dynamic and intesting course
Very interesting course that covers a lot. Make me more interested in all aspect of my life.
Very nice, surprisingly interesting and educative course!
A very useful course. I learned a lot! Thank you!
Course content was very good and I'd highly recommend this class. However the course policy of getting other students to grade the assignments results in people with big egos assigning other students arbitrarily bad grades. Maybe this can be fixed on the next iteration. Otherwise, bravo.
Very disappointed in this course. It is more of an infomercial for American Gut than an actual course. Additional knowledge gained was very little.
Outstanding overview of the human microbiome, the factors that influence it, and it's influence on ones health.
Thank you Prof Knight, Jessica and all the team. Superb course!!!!!
Great course. So much useful information.
Found it interesting and informative.
Loved the idea of this course but a bit out of my league. I wanted more on the data and applying it in real life rather than how the data is collected.
nice course....I am waiting for advance course.
Very good course for understanding the broad scope of microbiomics
Thank you.
love the short videos and detailed cover on the current research that is happening.great work university of colorado boulder.
Good course, I liked everything except reading from cards that made the lectures feel very artifical.
It helped me expand my horizon, I gradually learnt so much from the faculty and their valuable guest interviews. If not for their effort, it would have took few more years for me to realize that such things exist. I would recommend individuals to give the course a try after all you need to know what you have inside your own body. Thank you.
I enjoyed this course extremely!
The content was amazing, i can't be happier with what i learnt. Thanks for sharing all of that knowledge!As an opportunity area, i would say it was hard to follow some of the speakers because they spoke monotonous, the content was very dense and perhaps in those cases some graphic content in the video could help.Thank you, great course, great project!
An excellent course that gives a comprehensive insight into gut microbiome research, available open source data readings. I appreciated the broad sprectrum of speakers and interview partners from different universities, institutes and projects. Listening to different people's voices and having the speaker in close-up (camera settings), made it easy to follow and stay tuned. Thank you so much for this great work.
What a privilege to be taught by the people who are actually doing real work in pushing these areas forward. Congratulations to them and to all the people who are making their work possible. Thank you.
Microbiome is like the Amazone forest! Lot of mystery!
Really interesting and structured well. I can't wait to hear about further developments in this field.
Great course!
Really interesting. I knew a bit about the importance of the microbiome but this course has made me more aware of how I can influence my own. And it has helped me understand why it is that antibiotics are best avoided when possible. The course was well set up. I enjoyed all the lectures from the various speakers and the assignments made me think.
very good introduction for microbime in gut
It was a great course! Well structured with many interesting interviews with top scientists in the field.
Interesting, innovator, completly recommended. If you like microbes and are interested on the latest research of microbiome you should take this course.
It is an injteresting course and provides insight into current research
Very detailed, complete, and extremely interesting,
This is a great course. Some challenging but interesting coursework at the beginning, but all very useful. Interesting interviews with experts in the field so not the same person over and over again. Some creative ways to present data using soft toys! Really up-to-date research. Quizzes set at the right level. Overall I am really glad I chose to do this course.
In general this was an easy, interesting and enjoyable course, Video interviews and lectures by key researchers in this exciting field were a highlight. It's an introductory course so not deep, but fun.A couple of things significantly detracted from the course for me.One was a feeling of unqualified evangelism. I think the microbiome is indeed a hugely important field, but the level of hype here, and lack of any critical perspective, was off-putting. This is particularly disturbing for products like probiotics, which have become a huge industry with little solid evidence to support them, or to choose between them. Also, they devote a lot of time to selling the American Gut Project. Which is a good cause, but I would rather they had spent that time teaching me something useful. I resent being duped into watching ads when I've signed up to be educated.The other thing that bothered me was the course required us to divulge a lot of personal information to other students in pointless, time-consuming projects. I didn't learn anything from these projects and found them annoying.
One of the best courses I've taken, and I've taken over 100 from Coursera. Highly recommend! Dr John Quincy
Great class. Learned a lot and broadened my perspective on health.
Exciting new discoveries to be made! This course will help me to get to grips with whats happening in this field now and allow me to follow and understand new data as it comes out. If gut microbes are interesting to you then this course is for you.
A fantastic in depth course, I continue to incorporate and use the information on a daily basis to inform how I take care of myself and my family.
The only thing that would create a five star rating, would be more valuable interaction among fellow students, and with the instructor as well.
Very good course. I like the course assignments.For one who have not taken a biology course before, it is tough, though broad reading over the years about health, and having worked in a biotechnology companies helped.
This course was absolutely great. I learned a lot more than I thought I would.
very interesting
"Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome" is a fabulously informative course that contains a significant amount of pertinent information presented in a well-paced, user-friendly manner. The class offers high quality ancillary resources for further research on the topic in the forms of interviews, journal articles, books and website links.I would recommend this course to anyone who might have an interest in the gut microbiome, whether it be for personal reasons or for academic research as it provides a solid foundation for future studies in this arena.
Eye opening. Great professors and interviewees. I recommended this to many friends
Excellent introduction to the gut microbiome and its importance to our health. Lots of science but would have like a little more information about how to increase and balance the microbiome through nutrition.
Really great, really informative. These guys are at the forefront of the research. This course was well constructed, well-rounded. We heard from lots of different experts in the field. I really liked the suggested course readings, including Martin Blaser's new one "Missing Microbes". I also loved learning about Jeff Leech and his self-experimentation. And the link to the microbiology colloquium reports was a gold mine. This course was insightful and has kept my interest the whole way through. Well done, and thanks for the opportunity! :O)
great info,friendly staff and very easy to understand
I loved this course, especially learning about the link between our gut microbes and our health. Thanks.
Excellent course. Very informative yet I finished the course with so many new many questions that only a deeper study would answer! Kudos to all involved!
It's an amazing course designed to help us think better in the world we live in. I'd recommend it to everyone as a basis to start evaluating your own ways of thinking, finding the flaws and creating new ways and healthier habits when making decisions.It's fully worth the time. Thank you for such quality content.
Great course. Mini size but still can makes a change to you.
This course was very successful in bring to light many concepts we need to carefully understand to don't evaluate everyday problems. It's based on explanatory examples that are much more acessible to everyone that complex mathematical notations. It worth to do.
This is exactly what I needed in my field of work. Have been looking for this for several years and glad I found it.
Really Good Course
An amazing course to get an overview of the international sports and entertainment industry today.
Thank you professor, it really make sense. The lecture structure is very clear and given examples are helpful to get better understanding. Also the interviews are insightful!
Excellent instructor. All topics well explained and articulated. The discussion forums were insightful and the questions made me think and apply theory to practice. The length of each module was adequate and not too convoluted to follow. I particularly enjoyed the interviews that were conducted with industry majors that allowed me to see the practical use for the topics discussed. Great course! I'd take it again :)
Very insightful learning about entertainment and sports marketing. Modules are slightly longer though.
inspiring, easy to absorb
amazing course
Very fun to watch without losing the educational purpose, the course offers a lot of good examples and interviews with professionals in marketing.
Dae Ryun Chang is wonderful! I really enjoyed his videos. It was easy to understand easy to follow and all connected. I really enjoyed this course! Thank you!
Repetitive and surprisingly dry course.
Excellent review of relevant material.
Good knowledge about Non-responses!
While this course seems to have potential, there are many aspects of it that don't result in a great learning experience. The course resources comprise of videos and notes. The videos are informative but the notes are fairly lacking. Perhaps the biggest issue that I found with this course was the disconnect between the material covered in the videos and that which was tested on the quizzes. Often times the quiz questions were either painfully easy or worded in such a way that was not verifiable in any of the class resources. As a result, confusion occurred sometimes more often than true learning. A topic such as missing data is naturally very complex and I wouldn't expect a short course on Coursera to be able to adequately cover it. However, I do think that a lot more could be done to improve the value of this course even if that means changing the scope of the materials. Also, the lack of responsiveness to issues raised on the forum and issue-reporting buttons was a disappointment.
The contents of this course could be interesting, but they end up being terribly boring. The course lacks examples to bring things to life. A pity!
it is very informative
The quality of the presentation is very low, and way below the quality in other courses. The assignments are very poorly designed. This is not a subjective personal experience. This is based on discussions with other learners in the forum who have expressed disappointment and frustration.
I was interested in the topic. The course itself seems like just a starting point with understanding dealing with missing data. I wanted to know more and see more examples than the videos offered. I also would have appreciated including examples from more than just R, though I did appreciate the minimal discussion of other statistical software that are available for statistical analysis when it did occur.
I wrote some indepth feedback, but par for the course, I can't save it - either here or on the discussion board. Nothing obscene, but certainly some major frustration with format, inconsistencies in scoring and format, information not reviewed in the course on some of the quizzes, the fact that Coursera keeps trying to sell me the specialty, the lack of ANY moderator on the discussion board to provide assistance...and can go on with the technical issues to but I won't!
Really good view of markting
I enjoyed the course and appreciated his teaching style. It kept me interested and provided information that I may not have known previously. My only frustration was not being able to participate since I was auditing. Other MOOCs allow participation - you just don't get credit/certificate at the end.
Incredible thanks to the teacher for this amazing course!!
good course
Great Instructor and excellent course. I learned a lot!
I recommend this course to everyone who want to have clear concept before starting a career in Marketing,
Totally enjoy this class and the video lecture was of the best quality.
Course was an eye opener. Professor Dae Ryun Chang is excellent, makes all these concepts seem so easy.
Great course for those with little knowledge of international marketing.
A great course that covers a wide variety of topics in a concise, yet thorough manner. Professor Chang is a hoot! He has a very engaging and entertaining teaching style that makes learning fun! I especially enjoyed the interviews with various professionals in the marketing industry as I felt I learned a great deal from their added observations and expertise. Once you understand Noon Nopi, it will change your perspective on everything! I've already signed up to take the next course in this series (International Marketing Entry and Execution) and am looking forward to it!
A very complete course, with many key words and definitions. The interview of LG are also very interesting, the last peer project is very educational. Be careful the interview of Swarosky jewel manager is to very relevant.
The course is going good
Course can be more comprehensive.
One of the most fun Professors to watch who makes it very easy to follow with the course content
It is a great course, the teacher is great and explain the concepts in an easy way to understand. I recommend!
Excellent & very interesting course !
Easy entry to international market or Asia Market. Hope you could enjoy the course!
FANTASTIC COURSE!!
Highly recommended!
Good content..but should also have some graded excercises
Absolutely enjoyed this course! It had concrete examples, up to date case studies and course readings that were interesting and very informative. Looking forward to receiving the full Specialization!Thank you
This course is well done and useful.Thank you.
really interesting course, the teacher keep it cool and interactive looking forward to complete the specialization-Jan
Although I am a Marketing Lecturer, this was a very good introduction to International Marketing. By completed this course, and the subsequent courses I will be equipped to design new courses for the minor program at my faculty
Positive: Readings and references allow for an additional study of related course concepts.Negative: Course is excessively short - both in number of modules and also in resources per module. Quizzes are excessively easy. This course is basically a small part of a previous course in International Marketing in Asia. I think a new set of courses should have been presented and not this. Some of the concepts are excessively focused in Asia... Also the LG interview videos seem excessivelly of 'free' publicity. It should be avoided.Overall - in my opinion, to be relevant in the online you have to upscale your game. Yonsei presents very short courses, as it can be seen in the specialization emerging technologies. Hope you can change your approach in the future or I don't think your courses will have traction. Please review your next courses in the specialization not to be parts of your previous course but to have new materials... I don't think is very credible to slice a course and offering it in 6 parts and call it a specialzation.I wish you luck.
Wanted a little more heft to the class. Professor is good, provides clear explanation of concepts and creatively applies his own to the theory.
Great instructor. Wonderful friendly attitude and welcoming learning environment.
Good course
A great course, its very intersting!! Suscribe!!
Great !
Most beginners who have studied CSS usually get scared when they about to start CSS3. They think it is a whole other universe. Maybe it is in practice but with a good course like this and very competent instructors, you will find the journey very exciting.
Great course.
Thank you so much for this course! I enjoyed every minute of studying. The teaching was excellent, with hand-on "code together" videos which helped to ease in very quickly. I loved the idea of accessibility this entire specialization sticks with. So humane and beautiful! I learned how to style a plain HTML document with loads of cool stuff like fonts (custom fonts are highly important for any design), gradient, tables, background images and even some animation! CSS can do amazing things, that's what I've gleaned from supporting articles and additional readings which turned out to be splendid as well. So excited to learn more! Oh, and the support within the course was crazy. Even though it was tough sometimes, the tutor was reminding time and again that making great strides requires great fails! And that's how the whole process rolls. Thank you dear Coursera, Ms van Lent and University of Michigan! :)
Really enjoyed this course. Great instructor!!
Colleen is an excellent teacher and all of her courses are very well prepared and organized. This was the second course which I took and I am already on a third one.
Love it
It was very useful to me at the same time it is a good opportunity to all for use this valuable course....
Thank you I learned so much in this course
All thanks to Ma'am Colleen van Lent that now I can style a nice webpage even a whole website. The teaching method is marvelous. Assignments was also reasonable. Everything in this course teaches something and develops skills in us. I can feel the difference before and after completing this course. Recommend every Beginner to start this. It's Marvelous!
Really worthy and interesting course. The instructor gives a lot of links to very useful materials and online tutorials. This helps a great deel in studying.
Very good course. Sometimes a bit too simplistic.
A thorough introduction into using CSS3, the lectures are well explained and someone who has never used CSS before will definitely gain confidence in using style sheets.
You know when u see a bunch of good reviews of a restaurant and then go there and the food is terrible, the place is awful and the waiters are the worst?Well, same here:. class structure is messy. communication skills are poor.. i know this is not a design course but the examples shown in html are so bad u think u are watching a course from 2002.. the teacher says "frustrating" some many times, and uses so much negative word towards coding and html... maybe she hopes not desencoraje students by empathy but end up doing the exact opposite.i would not recommend this course, not to newbies, not to oldies, not to anyone searching to have a good learning experience.Finishing this course was painfull and i only did it because i promised myself not to abandond it.
The final assignment is peer graded, which means you'll have to deal with idiots grading your final assignment.
best courses forever
Very well put together and presented. Introduction to CSS3 gave me all the basics of it in a clear way that helped a lot understanding the material.
Great Course ,Recommend it ,Thank you Professor Colleen ,Coursera & whole staff behind the course :)
that's a great course
Very fun-to-learn tutorials and reviews.
A very good course for people who want to learn about web development
Great course, easy to keep up and interesting assignments!
Colleen van Lent, Ph.D. courses have been the best courses I have taken and the first I have completed. Her classes offer you what you need and are practical in actually learning the subject matter. I've taken several other classes on the same topics and have not gotten as far or learned as much.
Good course
Great course. Found it really helpful. Good for those who are confused using css .Puts a solid foundation on basic concepts. Thus making the user clear about the rest of it.
Thank you for the 1000 dollars worth free course.
I loved this course! Never having done any coding before taking the first class of this series HTML5, and now this CSS3 class, the information was presented in a very accessible way for a beginner to learn. I'm excited to take the next course by this instructor.
A quick dive into css 3 to learn something new
It's a great course however most of the assesment depend on peer grading
I liked the course very much, the teacher is very dedicated, step by step, she encourages us to experiment and try new things, and she gives us very useful advices and tips. Thank you so much!
Great content! Instructor very easy to follow and provides great examples.
On of the best courses here con Coursera!! Colleen van Lent is the best teacher ever. I loved the material, the classes and more! I found what I was looking for, learn CSS!
loved it!! thankyou so much :)
Very detailed and easy to learn.
Great course and specialization to start front end web development.
This is a great course for anyone beginning with Web design and styling. It not just teaches you different style elements of CSS3, but also suggests best practises in web design as well as encourages us to design for a wider audience including those who are differently-abled.
good course with good projects for beginners.
It is the best course ever! I'm so happy learning CSS3 because it is easy to understand, practice and learn.
Greate course, thanks a lot
Most of the information I already knew, but it was useful to repeat. Thank you!
As hands-on as it could be. This Specialization is the best I've taken on Coursera. Thumbs up for the instructor
This course is so interactive .
Good course
Excellent: Theory and Exercise !
It was quite demanding to complete this course while pursuing my work. But it's worth doing because I learned many things that I can't learn by myself. "Save to offline" function in Coursera mobile app was perfect for me. That enabled me to take course lessons during my commute. I appreciate the lecturer's effort as well as the Coursera's effort.
Challenging...and fun!
This course is so well explained it's difficult that you don't learn CSS3 easily. Also, the community helps a lot in the forums and the instructor is very professional and wise. I recommend this course 100% to those who are interested in learning CSS3.
Great lesson for beginners in CSS! Even people that are familiar with CSS can benefit.
Perfect Course Thnx
Great course!
Excellent for learning how to learn about styling webpages. I'm not very artistic when it comes to using pen and paper, but I've really learned how to express myself creatively through this course.
Good course. Teacher was good.
thank you
very good course and I'm very happy to learn in your university
Thank You for your knowledge
Excellent course with a lot of interaction
Contain could been more in depth.
Amazing course for beginners in CSS3 from the best instructor
Great For me. I learn many things from it. Thanks to University of Michigan
Nice course, perhaps a little bit too little effort required but that suited my schedule at this point.
It was really good!! I really could learn CSS and I'm already working in my projects.
Great CSS course, I strongly recommend it to people who like to design web pages.
Excellent course! I find myself going back over my notes, over and over. There was so much included in this course, it's hard to remember it all. But it's definitely worth it!
best course for me ..thank you and i need more courses in web design .. very very good course .... thank you very much
Great course! Thank you so much!
good course
This is an excellent course for giving beginner's a feel for how CSS works. The projects are pretty interesting and fun too.
Please include some more examples and increase the difficulty level.
I like this course very much.
A great course with one of the best coursera lecturers that I've ever encountered. She encourages you and makes you not afraid to make mistakes
Informative and easy to understand course. Allows to acquire the basics of CSS3 while helps building on. Highly recommend.
I learnt many new things about CSS. This course is very optimised, with proper and necessary material. And great assignments.
Nice for starters.
There are so many things I was doing wrong or without understanding what was going on until I took this class.The teacher is the best I ever had, she makes me want to learn more, practice more, make mistakes.I can't express how thankful I am with the opportunity of learning from the basics!!!Thank you so much!!!!
Good teaching, motivating!
Great Tutor, broadened my horizon on the capabilities of CSS.
5 stars. This course covers all the important and powerful properties/functions of CSS3. May be you cannot find this stuff in other online CSS3 courses.
I must thank you Collen and all for such styling ideas and links to help us learn and practice in professional world. Thankyou so much.
Clear but a bit tough. Great teacher!
Great course! Really enjoyed the topics and the peer-reviewed assignments certainly tested my abilities and helped boost my confidence as I learn to code.
Very clear explanation
If you are new to HTML and CSS3, this is a great course. You are not given everything and you have to do work outside of what is given in the class, but I was able to learn a lot in this course!
This was a very nice introduction to CSS3. I had no prior background whatsoever, but I managed to go through it easily thanks to the very progressive pace and the useful information provided. I really appreciated the slides and ressources made available (I spent time off course to get a bit further). Finally, I think Colleen's explanations are very clear and she's being supportive in her videos. I would definitely recommend this course to beginners.
Great course and a great instructor. If you are a beginner and exploring the other courses in this series, this will move you in the right direction!
Great course, it made me work
Thanks for all the support, without their help, would not have been able to study at an institution of high quality. Thanks Coursera and U. Michigan
Very informative and structured!
Very useful introduction to basic styling and CSS3
Great Course and serves as a good starting point for web designing.
Very useful and exhaustive coverage of all concepts with well designed Assignments to test them as well.
The course was wonderful looking forward to interactivity with javaScript.
good intro course, i just wish it had more drilling exercises in CSS.
I cannot believe how much I have learned in this course. I went to knowing zero about web development to being able to style a whole page. Colleen is such a good instructor and the homework was pretty difficult, but very rewarding! Definitely a good class for beginners like me. I have taken classes through springboard, and i did not feel like they were as organized as this one.
Excelent, concise and practical. Don´t worry if you don´t know about css, here you´ll learn fast.
A Fantastic way to get to know css!
I found this course quite thorough in its approach to CSS. It covered a wide number of properties and the variety of ways one can style simple static web page.
I've only made my way through half of Colleen's courses and i'm already finding myself wishing she taught more of them.
great way of representing things.Must learn for a new-bee in web technologies.
Very good for the novice. The course is designed step by step intro which help a lot.
Great assignment.
Great course. Very informative.
Fresh and with basic concepts well explained!
I think I enjoyed the CSS3 course even better than the HTML course! I learned a lot.
A good balance between basic principles and practical applications in quite some detail. Great for those who taught themselves to copy&edit CSS to taste but were missing the underlying structure to really understand and apply it.
Great course covers a wide range of material. The additional readings and resources helped a lot.
I enrolled in this course after completing the html5 course. At the culmination of the CSS3 project, I feel ways more confident in my web development skills, although I am a far ways off being a web designer. The pace of the course is excellent, and the quizzes and projects allowed me to put in practice the theory I learned about. I also love how the professor discusses the material and organised this course.I truly recommend this course to anyone at the beginner level.
This was a great intro to CSS for a non-programmer. I felt like I could make so many changes to a site after this course that now I want to know how I can do more! On to the next course!
Great instructor!
Amazing! Great teacher and very interesting.
Excellent course. Thanks to Prof Colleen.
very well presented
This is a very helpful course
This is very useful.
Excellent Course for beginners... Enjoy solving problems as a way of creative designing...
Good pace and great teaching skills. I was a complete novice but I now pretty well understand the basics & can anticipate what is reachable.Not a 5-star though because the continuity between lessons is sometimes a bit blur.
Great course, excellent delivery. Thank you Dr Colleen van Lent
It is ok. More practice exercises ...
Colleen is a top notch instructor. This course not only made CSS3 fun, but accessible and easy to understand. Do not miss this!
Too long for learning so little. I have learned more while reading a book for 3 hours, than with this course for 4 weeks. But anyway, it was helpful, because the more tasks you complete, the better you get.
Challenging but excellent, Tha
Really great introduction to HTML and CSS.
It is a great course and a great teacher!
Colleen van Lent made this so easy and clear to understand. There were some shortfalls with the peer reviewed grading which is the only reason why this isn't a five star review, but the content and the teaching style were absolutely spectacular! I am part of a few novice web designer groups on Facebook and I've already recommended this course to hundreds of members.
Its a good course but I expect more..
Wonderful teacher, knows her stuff and knows to share it with others!
Too vague on topics
Awesome course
Loved this course and Colleen. She quickly becomes one of my favourite teachers at Coursera. The course is informative, vell-structured and interesting. I might come back later and review in one more time, simply because it has some useful moments I do not want to forget. Assignments are well thought through and indeed valuable. I trully learned a lot! Thanks :)
Great intermediate/beginner level covering a wide range of topics
Very helpful introductory course to get one started to make beautiful-looking web pages. The instructor is friendly and paces each lesson perfectly. All in all a very good experience.
I feel a lot more confidence in what I am learning. Although some of the assignments have been a little confusing, it has pushed me to look for external sources to validate and seek material to complete work, pushing me to use creativity.
Well done, and easily understood!
A really well made course for introducing beginners to CSS.
A good introductory course.
It's very useful course!
you are the best teacher ever.
A very strong introduction to CSS3.
It was great learning experience...Thanks Ma'am
This course is very interesting and excellent. It teaches from scratch to the high level to how to design the simple page into attractive one reaching the accessibility.
Great Course
Excellent, thanks you for share.
I liked this better than the HTML 5 course, I thought the lessons were easier to follow and all the resources presented are very useful and interesting, plus CSS3 in itself is a wonderful tool. Thank you!
This course had introduced me to the next level of web development and i can continue to study about web development at the next level.
Wow, great course - not easy to keep up, but I am SO motivated to start coding on my own homepage now :)
Very good course for complete beginners. Thank you!
awesome course with the focus on each and every topic..
Designing websites requires planning, a good sense of artistic theory, and creativity. This course is essential for creating pleasing (to the eye) websites.
Awsome as always!
it has a well built syllabus and assignement :) !
A very god course again, I feel, following the HTML one. I really enjoy Prof. van Lent's teaching manner and she helps students to stay focused and attentive ... well I was anyway! Now I'm continuing with the course in JavaScript - I know she'll make it relatively easy! ;-)
Great Course!
Great continuation of the material in Intro to HTML5. Allows a quick and efficient grasp of CSS fundamentals. Highly positive and responsive professor and staff.
Really nice and easy course
So far i love learning new things even though its basic I have learned more about css
I really enjoyed this course, they do build on one another and though there's quite a bit of information, as Dr. van Lent says, use the internet as a resource. I found myself using the internet to complete many of the assignments, along with trial and error. I had fun doing this course.
Poor.Course crammed with unnecessary details (loads of CSS "decoration" properties that one may test on it's own), without focusing on CSS fundamentals, such as page layout strategies, float-based layouts, element positioning which, in my view, are discussed only very superficially.I'll forget 90% of discussed "decoration" properties in a few days but when I think of CSS paradigms - a structure that can be later filled with easily forgotten/easily retrieved "decoration" properties - that I'll take with me "for ever" out from this course.... sounds empty. The extra star goes for stressing the importance of accessibility.To sum up: decoration largely outweighs structure.
This course is a good start if you already have a little experience with CSS. As a neophyte, I found that there was too much material for the amount of presentation time. I needed many more examples and exercises. I felt dejected each time the instructor said not to worry about getting it right and just experiment -- that's easy to say if you aren't being graded. The fact is that the material is extensive and often complicated, and it's imperative for me, as a student, to be correct as fast as possible. The result is that my grade (A) does not reflect my comprehension of the material. I managed to commit the material presented to short term memory so that I could pass the course, but as always happens when someone crams, the information is gone from my head.
Really a great course. I felt much more comfortable with CSS after this course and it offered a lot of opportunities to make some interesting stuff.
Amazing teaching skills, Prof. Colleen
Great Job. Thanks.
Like the HTML5, even beginners are well informed in this course and activities are very much hands-on. thanks to Dr. Van
Great course for learning CSS
Great plate do start with CSS. Congrats to all envolved.
One of the Best...!
It was very helpful, well directed and precise! Thanks for the great learning experience.
Terrific course with great lectures and lots of sample code. The professor is very knowledgeable and easy to understand and all the videos are short so I could fit them into my busy day. The projects are challenging but not impossibly so. I appreciated how accessibility was considered throughout. Highly recommended!
Although much of the material was a repeat for me from other Coursera and edX courses, I thoroughly enjoyed getting the 'same' information from another point of view (and, making different parallels).Excellent course.
I find this course very useful!The videos are well made, clear, and easy to understand. The assignments are interesting.Grateful to the teaching team!
Great course!
Very good course. I learned a lot!
Good beginner course providing solid basics . Instructor is excellent
Good information and great instructor.
The teacher is great!She is very didactic and made clear explanations.
Thank you.
Well planned and easy to understand curriculum. I was encouraged and motivated every step of the way.
A great introduction for beginners.
Great Course, Great teacher
Great
Very useful course. I highly recommend it.
Excellent Course, I learned a lot.
Awesome training!
the course was briliant.i am very much immpressed by the way of teaching,It was great.
Great introduction to CSS. Each week builds on the next.
I joined the course as an experienced web developer. My intention was to do a formal course in css as I only learnt on need to know basis so far. This course helped me learn about the amazing things that can be done with css, some of which I relied on javascript earlier.Professor Colleen teaches in a very sweet way, at the same time putting lot of emphasis on playing with code rather merely listening to lecturers.
like the html course excellent!
Great Course
Very good for css
I loved this course, I think that it gives you the basic tools that allows you to make experiments and a lot of crazy things
This is a great course. Thank you Colleen and Coursera. I learnt a lot and although I'm in no way an expert, I feel I am equipped to take on the challenges of CSS and learning discovering more. I also want to give a shout out to Shay Howe's tutorial, which was listed as a recommended reference. It's a great complement to this course.
It's a good course for beginner, lots of CSS properties and pseudo-class selectors are covered in detail during the classes and you will get a good knowledge about CSS. If you code along the course and do all the assignments to practice in the end of the course you will have solid foundation for continued learning and programming in CSS3. It is course that I recommend to enroll.
The professor is the best! I really enjoy it!
Thank you for this great course.
Great teacher
A very friendly way to jumpstart your CSS knowledge with lengthy explanations that are easy to understand for beginners.
Helped me a lot .
Colleen is an amazing instructor. Her unique and modest teaching approach helped me stay on track and finish the course.
Good teacher, I learnt the basis and it's pretty cool but I'd like a bit more of responsive design in here.
Interesting course and very good teacher.
Great course.
The quality of teaching is outstanding and I liked the pace and progression to the next section. If you work on reviewing the presented material to prepare for the quizzes and make regular effort to code using CSS, you will see that beginning without any understanding of CSS3, you will finish with a much better and in depth understanding on this subject...big time! Great course, I recommend it!
good course but i hadn't take my certificate .
This course was great, it really helped me to learn the basics of CSS3. However, the week number two was way too difficult in comparison to the three other weeks and sometimes a little bit confusing. I think this part was not very well balanced and they could have divided the level of difficulty more efficiently between the different weeks : this is why I removed a star in my final notation. Everything else was fantastic !
Learned an incredible amount of information in such a small amount of time!
It is a good course for beginners in CSS.
Thanks, I learn alot :)
Great course, great teacher! Love it!
Great course!
A well paced and clearly presented introduction to css. This course lays out the basic principles of css through a set of practical examples and exercises.
Well taught, interesting and useful. Thanks Colleen!
Great course to learn CSS3 from scratch. The instructor is very eloquent and teaches in a simple way. Highly recommended!
Good course
Excellent course for understand the 'whys' for the basic elements of CSS.
Like the HTML class before this was new to me but Colleen's delivery of the material kept my attention and I am very happy I decided to take the course. I hope to continue with the other courses to complete the program as soon as I make myself more familiar with what I have learned so far in HTML and CSS. Thanks again to Coursera and Colleen.
Great course!
I can understand everything that Colleen Van Lent say. Although I worked creating websites since 2008, I always go to basics, because I don't have the "formal training" (I'm self learner).It's easy to understand and always give examples to reinforce what she is explaining.
Very useful and interesting course. But you have to add something else to learn better.
+ Coleen is a good and funny teacher;+ videos are easily to understand also for not english native speakers;+ I learned some things and tricks despite the fact that I am already using CSS3 in my daily work.- in my opinion it is necessary to have some experience with CSS before joining this course.Commitment: I needed about 10 hours/week of study
I loved this class. Colleen did a great job in explaining, teasing, and enticing us to learn more about CSS3. I had no idea that all this power was available to me. Thanks, Colleen!
This course is definately challenging with all the new things to learn but the instructor and the student community as well as the individual learning effort make it worthwhile
really clarity,and I can systematically learn the web design.Thanks for the teacher ,colleen.
Great course. I learnt a lot!
Really solid course for a basic grounding in CSS3, only wish it had more about responsive design.
Great course! I like it!!!
understand every thing. thanks to teacher!
This course is a great way to learn CSS because it's easy to understand and provides examples in the homework to keep you learning.
Fantastic course and great forum!
Excellent intro to CSS. Colleen van Lent is awesome. I really enjoy her teaching style. The content is clear and interesting.
This has to be the poorest educational experience Ive ever had. Virtually nothing is explained. The instructor says time & time again that she's not going to bother to explain in detail and that we should go out & explore all these free resources if we want to learn. SO WHY DID I PAY FOR THIS CLASS? Honestly, save your money. This is nothing but a rip-off and I am shocked that an institution like U of M would allow such a sloppy, lazy product to be out there under its brand.To make matters worse, we are instructed time & time again to go out onto the discussion board and ask for help when she doesn't want to bother explaining a concept.1. Everyone else taking this class is confused too - how could they possibly be of any help to me?2. The staff who comes onto the boards are just about as rude & unhelpful as any I've ever seen. They literally say "well, did you WATCH the lecture?" Ummm- yes I did & it directed me to come here for help.I feel duped. This is a scam and I can only say I am sorry I paid my money for this. If you really want to learn CSS, get yourself a good book on the subject and/or utilize the free material out on the internet. This will absolutely waste hours of your time and way too much of your money for what they are providing.
If you have a basic knowledge about HTML then this course is for you.
Highly recommended! Colleen van Lent is the coolest instructor!
Not as good as HTML course, nevertheless perfect choice!
A good basic course , Really appreciate
Great course! Teacher moves at a good pace and doesn't have any crazy hand movements (that drives me crazy!) Material is interesting and the projects are a good way to apply what you've learned. Peer grading is spotty, as always.
BRILLIANT COURSE, LEARNT A HUGE AMOUNT.
Simple, well explained course.
This was challenging, but interesting, engaging, and I learned a lot about the different ways to style elements on a page. I feel pretty confident in making my own web page after this course.
The class took me from knowing absolutely nothing about CSS to feeling very confident in my abilities to style a web page.I'm looking forward to using what I learned to create my own web site. (after I finish the specialization)
Great course!
Another great course by UMich!
Great Course , Great Teachers.Its like McDonalds and I'm lovin it!
Nice course. Clear explanations and basic level. A lot of code examples, web references and peer to peer activities.
An excellent course for beginners. The 'Code Together' lectures by Prof. Colleen are inspiring and great.
Awesome assignments!
Thanks very much for this lessons
The course is really well paced and good contents. However I think it should have a bit more indepth contents regarding CSS rules/priorties.
good course
I like the courses where your work is reviewed by classmates
Colleen is a very good teacher. She is very clear in all her explanations and she gives a lot of material to look into more deeply.
this is really nice, helps a lot if you know nothing about css.
This class is very hands-on. It got me off the ground with CSS. Something that hasn't happened before.
The best and easiest course to learn CSS3 .
This course it is excellent.
The contents are so useful. I am lucky to found this course
Great teacher! Excellent for people starting!
Thank you! So informative and well made course!
What tutor said is articulate. What tutor taught is easy to understand. What assignment asked to do is useful. This is a easy but practical course.
Great cource and following the Introduction to HTML5 perfectly. One is able to learn quickly and solving the assignment leads to immediate gratification.
The material in course was presented very clearly with lots of coding examples. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn CSS3.Colleen van Lent was very effective in the delivery of the lectures.
Really great if you are interested about learning CSS3.
Is a very good course to understand CSS3 Philosophy and core concepts!
Great explanations by Colleen van Lent. A good number of assignments but maybe the final one could have involved styling a few of the pages in the Ultimate Frisbee website.
Excelent course ! I have learned a lot.
Very good class.The video sessions are well built and clear. Also, the homeworks are short but can help you get started with css pretty well.Congratulations on the course and thanks for sharing it on coursera.
The course is very well structure and organized.
Good entry level course that covers accessibility of Web design as well.
great course for the beginers
I liked the professor too much. The way she teaches will go in to your heart and the thing you learn is hard to forget.
thank yo so mu. i learned a lot of new and exciting things.
This is an excellent beginner's CSS class. If you have no CSS experience, or even if you do but are self-taught, this is a worthwhile class to take.
A well-structured course that has finally broken the morbid fear of CSS that has haunted me for the last 15 years! This builds very nicely on the work done in Intro to HTML5 from the same instructor. It doesn't, of course, teach every possible option in CSS3--it would need to be a year long and a lot less interesting to do that--but it does give some tolls which are immediately useful.I welcome the emphasis on standards compliance and accessibility which is all too often ignored.
Another excellent course of the University of Michigan and Colleen van Lent!!
Loved the CSS course. It was a spectacular success wherever the HTML course failed and it really helped me grasp the concepts of CSS. Thanks!!
It's a great course
Great for learning how to do it 'right'. Very simple explanations, very easy to understand.
Great course. Have to stick with it..
Missing key examples and explanation of so many terms a good try though I appreciate their effort to provide free knowledge.
It's a very useful course!
Great presentation and coverage of material. Used a self-contained environment for the instruction, minimizing the need for setup headaches on part of students. Enthusiastic and clear presentation of the material.
Thank you!
The material and resources are excellent. This was the first course I took without any mentors or tutors, so my participation in the discussions was very high. The following could be improved: inclusion of 'type="text/css"' in the <LINK> element; perils of alternating between background and background-color, especially in complicated, long style sheets; links to Coursera lecture videos and materials from the students' side rather than teacher's; explanation for Assignment One if the text-align:center style should be applied to the <a> or the <nav> element (I used the nav because I wanted the menu styled below the H1 heading, which is where the menu is positioned in later assignments).I'm deducting a star for Coursera's unwillingness to respond in its Community Help Forums to its method of assigning peer review assignments and for introducing new 'features' without notice to its educational content partners. I shouldn't have to engage a very busy professional to intercede on the students' behalf. Despite the large population of people taking the class (or is that cumulative? Coursera doesn't specify), about twenty students were active on the Discussion Forums. I felt we students were left on our own which is fine as long as we all are aware that the more peer reviews we do, the more we can learn from each other.I also did not like the error message in red 'There was an upload error. Please try again' coexisting with the 'Your assignment was submitted successfully!' in green on the same page. This confused lots of us and those of us who'd never used the transloadit.com script for uploading our assignments for peer-review would only know of transmission error if classmates flagged our submissions. I identified this as an issue and Coursera didn't respond because I'm only a lowlife deadbeat student. Never mind that there are people who've paid for the courses who encounter the same issues on this platform.
Very thorough treatment of CSS3! I am quite pleased with what I've learned here and I feel confident that I can achieve advanced CSS-web designs with what I've learned.
Great course!!!
Nicely presented course. Very basic, but does not present itself as anything but basic.
It good know some known logic to work with CSS3.
Great course, I've learned a whole lot!
So far this was the most fun course of this specialization.
Great introduction to CSS3! The teaching is engaging and easy to understand. Assignments let you get hands-on and solidify what you've just learnt. Furthermore, peer-grading of assignments means you might pick up some things you weren't aware of. And there is a real sense of achievement by the end of the course.
I think this course does a great job of introducing CSS3 and giving you a good taste of what it can do. It would have been nice to have an optional video on ways to create a 3-column layout, as well as mentioning collapsible margins. Overall, a great introduction.
Great course thank you so much
Good lecturer and presentation. Although not comprehensive, this is a good introduction to CSS3.
Loved the course. Colleen is a great teacher.
It is a good way to be introduced to this language.
Amazing! Great Work, love the way she explains things ...I think I'm in love.Awesome course for anyone trying to learn!
Excellent course for beginners!
Mrs Collen rocks. I loved her course. Helped me a lot.
Nice, good explenation and practises. Logic order. Costs time, but he... no pain, no gain;)
Great course, covers a lot of material & the lecturer is amazing! >)
It's amazing what u can learn in a month ! , thanx for such a great course , thanx for proff, Collen ! and Iam really happy .
Great course, I did already some web programming but never really grasped the idea behind css3, after this course I think I have really grasped the key concepts.I was especially happy for the links to the different validator websites as well as to the cssbuilder website.
As a beginner, this is a must take course! Dr. Colleen van Lent is excellent at hitting the right points, delivering the right content at the right time. Easy for anyone to learn.
Excellent explanation by the faculty. I really appreciate and happy to attend this course. Thanks.
Great!!!
Following the path of Web Design for everybody, after intro to HTML5, this course gives you the tools needed to experience what web design really means.
Truly a good learning experience and sure learnt alot new things about CSS3 and boosted my confidence in working on it. Looking forward for a new MOOC on advanced concepts of css and many more. Thank you Colleen for the wonderful learning experience.
Thanks a lot! This course helped be to put a strong basis under my knowledge of CSS.
Definitely the best CSS3 tutorial I have seen at Coursera
I had a great learning experience mainly due to the thought provoking and exciting homework assignments.
It is an excellent course related to learn and practise basic knowledge about CSS3
The professor is very clear with her teaching and doesn't go too far too quickly. The range of materials is appropriate as she teaches cumulatively instead of throwing the student into this big world of styling. Hopefully she has more classes to teach because I would love to enroll in them!
Gave me more insight to how CSS3 works with HTML5. Looking forward to learning more!
Excellent course! Well paced and the course really builds skills in using CSS3! Highly recommend this course to anyone looking to get a good grounding in CSS or who wants to go over the basics again.
A great course to be honest. Colleen is a great instructor.
Excelent course. Good balance between being comprehensive and holding interest. The assignments are also appropriate and comlkement the course well.
Greate course!
Colleen van Lent is really great, the course is well put together, and the video quality was excellent (looking at other courses, I now see that this is not always the case). I went through the HTML5 and CSS3 course and found them to be well-structured and thorough. There was a lot of opportunity to put into practice the skills we were learning and lots of helpful resources to point students in the right direction for additional help. I didn't like peer reviewing at first, but it was actually a useful exercise. I realized that other people may come at a problem in a slightly different way, and looking at their code helped me gain some insight into that nuance. Thanks, Colleen!
Very concise. Great instructor!
4 stars only because of not given as much attention as I think it has to be to floating and postioning.
Excellent for anyone that need a deep look at css3 i would recommend it to my friends
It gives a good overview how CSS works
Excellently taught! Thank you
Most of the courses are great, but for some homework assignment, the requirement in video and reading material doesn't agree all the time. Sometime reading material only contains 3 requirements but video contains 4 or vise versa. Try to make them agree may save a lot of hassle
Course was great. I wish there was more coding and more examples as well as the videos showing more examples rather then slides with text of the properties.
Awesome Course. Taught very well by Ms. Colleen.
Teacher takes her time to explain things very simply and builds up from there. Great introduction. Will be taking more classes offered by the same professor.
Excellent course for people with basic knowledge. the profesor is so clear when explaining everything.
Skillfully done class. I learned a lot.
Great CSS course for a first-time web designer wannabe. It's clear and simple but pushes you just far enough to begin to feel accomplished. I really enjoyed it.
Very well explained. I think the professor is very good. But I expected to dive a little more in some details.
Very helpful. Absolutely clear explanations. Thank you so much.
I learned an incredible amount in this course without ever feeling overwhelmed. It was wonderful.
a very good, simple, effective serires
wonderfull course
awesome curse !i learn so much thing! i hope that everyone that want to learn about CSS3 enroll in this course!
I Love my Ma'am, and the way she teach us. She designed the CSS3 course for us in great way.Thank You
Very Well planned. Enjoyed doing this course.
Very lively, clear, good pace, place for personnal work, a constant remainder about accessibility. However, confusion in assignment instructions spoils a little the flow.
GOOD introduction for css
Good course for starting, thank you very much for it
Good overview, but very detailed and definitely not for beginners - especially due to a lack of personal attention. I have had to supplement a lot of the material I missed through other resources. Still, a fairly good overview of CSS3 for those who already have a little understanding.
Loved It! :)
Good sequel to the Introduction to HTML5 course. In my opinion, the best beginner level web design specialization on Coursera. Colleen Van Lent is a great lecturer.
I love this course...you get a lot of practice and the instructor explains the theory of things really well.
The course is really good! Thank you!
Fabulous course by a capable instructor!Thank you all for your attempt for this online course.
teacher is nice
More than a simple introduction to css. Great content, great delivery.
Amazing course. The basic are well taught, now we have everything to improve it. I really loved the peer grading system, better than any autograder :)
Dr. Colleen is the best instructor ever!!
Awesome course.
nice introduction to css3 i really recommend it
Great for learning the basis and get the grip of things, also it focus a lot in good practices!
This introduction is very well.
great course! gives you all the basics you need!
Realy great usefull course for start learning css!
Really good course.
Quite easy to follow and with access to course slides easy to review when needed.
Short but complete course, more practical than teorical.I learnt a lot of.
Really nice course and great teacher!!!
Good course. Easy to follow for unexperienced students.
While I love Dr. van Lent's teaching style, I was somewhat disappointed in the course as a whole. After about the first week the instructor was not heard from again on the forums. It wasn't until about the last week that some official teaching staff started to make an appearance.This was an issue as, especially in the first week, as there was a good deal of discrepancy between what was on the grading rubric, what was provided in description for the homework, and what was in an optional video that described the homework. All with no official direction as to what was correct, or how things should be properly graded. The students were just left to themselves to try and interpret what the instructor meant, and what was the proper thing to do in regards to the peer grading. This continued, albeit to a far lesser extent, through the remainder of the course.While I don't expect instructors to be in the forums all that often, I do expect them to clear up obvious issues, and to make some type of official statement as to how students should proceed. I believe this was the first offering of this course, and I hope as it offered again those discrepancies are fixed, and perhaps more official teaching staff are able to monitor the forums.As far as the material itself, it is pretty good, and covers most of the basics well. As I said at the start, I really love Dr. van Lent's teaching style. She is very encouraging, and easy to understand. She is also very human, making mistakes as she goes along, and correcting them. I feel this gives the student a good experience of the real world iterative process that coding is, that even with experience mistakes are still made, and to be expected, and how to go about doing some debugging to correct those mistakes.
Excellent course. What isn't covered in the videos is amply covered by the suggested supplementary material. I really like that the instructor repeatedly encourages you to try things and to search out ways of doing things on the web.
the best teacher that I ever seen!
great class and instructor...
Great intro! Easy paced yet informative and motivating
Again, another awesome course! Really recommend it to people who are interested in getting a grasp of CSS3 and coding hands-on.
I learned a lot, in this course. Specifically I got clear view of the Pseudo classes.Thanks to Coursera, University of Michigan and Dr. Colleen.
Easy course to follow.I liked it a lot. Thank you. Hope JavaScript starts soon.
Excellent designing of the course. Though sitting at home and performing tasks but feels like a real lecture and classroom
It's very useful and interesting
Great work! Great course! All piecies of knowlege presented very carefull and detailed.
Great course in the sense that we start from scratch to be able to do good design. But I think week 3 should have an assignment too (we don't really have to play with position, transition, etc ...), and that week 4 was too light (not a lot of new stuff, and only design a table as assignment).
The lectures were well-paced and thoughtfully curated. Just enough content and assignments to get you started; the prof says repeatedly she assumes you're going to treat this as a starting point and experiment on your own.
Very broad instruction but very picky quizzes. Spent more time frustrated with trick questions on quizzes than actually learning something.
useful and teach a lot
Good course!
Best programming class I've ever taken. Better than my college programming classes.
I can't believe I learnt that much!! Thank very much for offering so much quality in your courses and let everyone to be part of it, even if someone can't afford the certificate. Thank you!
Just to say this course, like the one on HTML in this specialization, is particularly clear really rewarding. The construction of the course, the explanations, the progression, all has obviously been carefully planned.
Very good teacher
Great course. Recommendable for many students!
Great as an introductory level course, lots of resources and simple lectures.
It's easy to learn and you should practice it more.
I really like the way they teach me .This course is really very nice and easy to understand and very helpfull.
Very interactive. I can speak now.
Very good course
Would be even better if hanzi is included through conversations and lessons. It helps more to remember the meaning of words. Also the quizzes should be longer and more difficult to practice more the vocab and grammar. Overall, great course! very useful.
I was astonished how well this course works on-line! I was not expecting so much. The course is very well structured and you REALLY LEARN. If I could add some things, these would be: 1) writing the answers in pinyin should be made a bit less strict, avoiding the need for accents specially, and 2) would be great some way to check "our pronunciation" and the tasks (homework) that we submit. Apart from the automatic correction of tests made easy because of options, when free writing it needs to send some feed back. But again, GREAT Job to Mrs Liu, our tutor from the University of Peking. What a pleasure!
Great course for review or a simple introduction to Chinese language, thought and culture!
It would be nice if it includes a little information about the Chinese characters. It's great that its focused on Pinyin and pronunciation, but it's also necessary to become familiar with the characters. This one is better than the first course (production).
It is clear voice and easy to understanding.
This is an excellent introduction to Chinese language and grammar. I think it could have some introduction to written Chinese because Pinyin is not so common. I struggled with some of the quizzes where written answers were given, even when my answers were correct some quizzes required stops (.) others didn't. Apart from that it was excellent.
An awesome way to begin to learn Chinese!Thanks very much !
easy to understand :)
Very good Chinese course for beginners.
It would be awesome to have Chinese characters included in the course. I felt that some good grammar concepts were introduced, but there were several that I felt were overlooked and could use more explanation. The vocabulary is good and I learned a lot. I like the teacher and the conversations are good listening practice. I'm happy with this course overall.
I liked the emphasis on the spoken language and the bullets on China and its culture. I wish we had also the Chinese characters as in the first course; there were problems with the computer assessment of some of the quizzes.
It's a very good course
Well, the course offers well-explained concepts of the (difficult !) mandarin Chinese language, and takes the student forward at a slow pace for the sake of absorbing instead of just reading. Thanks !PS: try to do the quizzes without your notes ... so that it really starts sinking in. The questions aren't difficult.
Very nice intensive course. Love our professor - she's great!
Perfect course for learner that wish to learn Chinese.
If you have completed the Chinese for Beginners, first part, then this is a continuation for your Mandaring learning journey. Again, excelent videos will help you lear speak and write some characters.
It was very good thanks :D
Good course
The course is great, but the biggest problem is that tests are quite simple and there are no general tests every week and final test for the whole course.
Thank you very much for the chance to learn language in your course! I have found a lot of interesting information about traditions of China. :)
Great and interesting course
This course helped me a lot to improve my Chinese language skills.
This course was actually quite helpful for learning Chinese, and it provides fascinating information about Chinese culture. Besides learning the language, you'll learn about holidays, foods, and art, and you'll hear Chinese music.Unfortunately, I could not give the course a good rating because I found some quiz questions impossible to complete. This questions required answers to be typed in Pinyin or in Chinese characters. However, the course gave no information on how to type the Pinyin tone marks or Chinese characters into the response boxes. I tried asking about this in a discussion forum, but got no answer.
Major issues with the tests not accepting Chinese or pinyin text which they failed to respond to, despite multiple complaints.
Recommend for those who wants to learn basic Chinese!
Great course, I enjoyed learning Chinese in this method.The videos were straightforward. The pronunciation was clear enough to understand without and difficultly. I would recommend this course.
I learned a lot. I wish it had more components.
The testing in this course is horribly crafted. Not is it only too easy, thus not actually testing students what is learned, the answers for some of the questions are incorrect. On the very last quiz, I was not able to finish the course because the answer for one of the questions was incorrect. In answering how to translate "South," the answer should be "nánbian," but when I selected this option, it was marked wrong. Therefore, I have to wait 7 more hours before selecting an incorrect answer to complete the course.
This course is improving my Chinese to large extent. I highly recommend this course.
While the efforts of the coursemakers are greatly appreciated, much could be done to refine the quality of the course. Many materials have broken links and the lack of character entry for some practice problems poses an issue as pinyin with tones is rather hard to type.
Nihao wo tsiao san ge la, I'm so glad to attend another course for beginners! Liu is a great instructor. Xiexie.
Excellent Course ! :) i wish someday it will be translated in french for instance.. :) Thank you for these great chinese for beginners teachings !
Despite being someone with spoken Mandarin ability, I have decided to stop taking this course due to the new vocabulary not being explicitly described or explained in much detail. The basic grammar is also skipped over in explanation.
The teacher is very nice.I rated it with 3 stars only because this course does not contain any information about chinese hieroglyphs. In my opinion it is the main part of the language, and should be included.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to further my Mandarin. xie xie nin
The worst that I have taken so far... please change the teacher or re-do the materials explaining the concepts more!.Or at least give more extra material to understand the concepts better.
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very clear and interesting courses, easy to follow, cause Georges is a really good teacher, he knows what he's talking about, and he find the perfect words,examples and rythm to share his knowledge.
It was an enjoyable experience to take this course after completing the first two. The teaching style of Prof. George W. Russel (Jr.) is engaging and fun loving. New concepts are taught very well. It will be a great experience to complete the final course. Eagerly waiting.
Good course. I learn a lot.
It´s beeb a wonderfull experience. It has given to me a lot of knowledge to continue learning and playing music
It's ok, good for remeber concepts
This class was fantastic! George is an amazing instructor. For all aspiring musicians, take the four classes in Coursera/Berklee Online's Developing your Musicianship Specialization. Excellent!!
Great teacher! Thank you! I learned a lot...
Really fun and descriptive !! I hope Berklee keeps doing this course beacuase they are awesome !
I'm torn about this course. The instructor's approach and enthusiasm are great, and the content seems fine. But with no direct access to the instructor, interactions come from discussion forums and peer reviewed assignments. The discussion forums were lifeless with virtually no staff participation. Throughout the 4-week course, there was one discussion thread with staff participation. Legitimate questions from students about content errors or technical problems went unacknowledged. Peer review is an understandable part of this course, but it has limited utility as the only feedback mechanism in a course populated by beginners.This course is still quite new. I believe it can and will be much better if the pool of students grows and there is more staff participation. It's still a worthwhile course as is, but a tougher sell than earlier courses in this sequence.
I learned a lot
Great teacher, but i was expecting more advanced content. The assignments were very basic.I loved the ear training videos.The fact that you cannot submit the quizzes and the final assignment unless you pay for it is awful.
Great course and gr
Excellent class. Once again the prof is a joy to learn from. Only real issue is with some of the typed answers during the videos get really specific in this class.
Course on Nanotechnology was great as usual!
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Course instructor, Prof. Hossaim Haick, has excellently explained current trends and future prospects. Together with part 1 of the course, I will recommend it to all students working in nanotechnology.Thanks and best regards,Mubashar Rehman
Awesome course.
I think it is a very basic course, or for people who have very little previous knowledge. The concepts are not very clear. It may not be appropriate for a person who already has college education.
Very good, recomend.
Great course, I recomend 100%.
Dr. Douglas, you are a very excellent instructor; my pleasure to learn from you. Congratulations!
I love this course. I look forward to part 2.
I wish there was something more interactive than videos and multiple choice questions.Maybe a simulation software or something fun like that.
This was not an easy course by any means, but it was an definitely outstanding course. I came away from this course with new knowledge about embedded systems (CPS) and various web communications technologies and protocols.
Liked the course a lot. Good lectures, well organized and very useful for obtaining a first intro and overview of the topic.
Interesting concept and great insight into the workings of a research project, yet limited in scope, effectively the long term effects cannot be proven on evidence and the practical feasability of the ideal seems to be rather limited. I would love to eat more deer, though.
Naturally, I was less interested in the scientific apparatus than in the conclusions.
very good course. thank you Prof Arne Astrup! this course is amazing
Excellent course! Very informative and useful in understanding how diet and nutrition works on the body.
interesting information but TOO many LONG lectures that were VERY repetitive.
The materials of the course are nicely presented, in a well-organized manner with good quality videos. The information is explained really well, it was easy to process and comprehend. I've opened a lot of new ideas for myself, as a wellness professional, it is a new field for me to keep learning about. The only downside was - it was all about research, how they did the research and how they planned the research and how hard it was and what a great job they did, and when it came to outcome analysis, it was said that it is too early to present the results - they can be presented in 2014... well, it's 2016, where are they? And then it was not enough information about the actual diet - it was about the research, not the diet itself - not very practical. So, I loved it, yes, and I want to know more, but too much about how they planned the research and not much about the New Nordic Diet itself.
In py opinion, this is the perfect course because with some slight modifications it can be applied literally anywhere, to any community or country no matter how small or large they are. The Danes have yet again, figured it out, and I mean that in the most endearing sense.Thank you so much for this course.
Quite interesting. Especially the way the studies were made and how they were evaluated. It would be nice that after such long time now, to include the results of the schools study.I was also expecting more details on the NND itself : food preparation, detailed food, recipes.
I loved the instructors and their thorough presentations. It was very eye-opening. I gained useful knowledge that can only help lead to a better life. Thank you for the opportunity.
This is such a well presented course. The relevance of contexts presented are clearly outlined in every module. The attention to detail and passion by all involved in this course, is inspiring. This is a wonderful field of study and the research conducted is simply awesome. Thank you so much.
An insightful course to healthy eating and hopefully a new trend in worldwide food culture. Sustainable local food that takes into account nutritional requirements and has a great palatability + this is the future of food.
Simple and helpful course telling what to eat to keep health. So that adults and their children be healthy and do not have any nutrition caused diseases.
very nice might take up this diet of my ancestors
Loved it. So much valuable information.
I absolutely loved taking this course and found it fascinating. I would have been very glad to be able to see the cookbooks that both study groups were given. I ended up searching for them online, but unfortunately was unable to find them either in PDF form or for purchase.
Excellent course if you are interested in health, diet, cuisine and wellbeing. Teachers have solid knowledge and explain contents clearly. Taking this course has been very interesting and enjoyable!
This was a very informative and interesting course. I think the the idea of the introduction this sort of diet could benefit many parts of the world and provide the people many areas a more diverse and healthy diet to consider. Thank you!
This course is so thorough and so concise. I am both impressed by the quality of this course, and incredibly grateful that I have taken it. This course is eye-opening and I think should be big MUST on everyone's list. This course is Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y!
the lesson is very interesting.let us know many knowledge about the diet and health. It is very wonderful.
I love this course and the New Nordic Diet. It seems a promise for the future of our world, as health issues rise, and our diets get worse--we need this.
I enjoyed the course but I think that it could have been more informative and a bit less repetitive. It would have been nice to have had some concrete examples of balanced Nordic meals. The course failed to mention dairy products. This said, I really think that the concept of the New Nordic Diet is great and should be adapted and adopted in other parts of the world!
Quite an interesting course with a lot of different information, practical as well as theoretical. However, it would be great to translate and upload a New Nordic diet cooking book in English, to make it available for all the students of the course.
I took this MOOC clearly out of curiosity and it has not let me down. The videos were very well made and the Professors were talking nice and clear. I did not know anything about the New Nordic Diet until I finished the course. And I most enjoyed it. Thank you.
Interesting course which provide a new perspective of Nordic diet. It would be more attractive and vivid if the participates in the case study will be involved in this course. Moreover I wish the Nordic Cuisine recipe will be introduced into the course.
Fantastic Course; A bit heavy on the statistics, but very interesting to learn about a transition in food culture. Would be interesting to see a course abou other places can apply the findings to change their own good culture.
Good course organization and enlightening information. The videos are well peaced and the overall lectures quite clear and full of content. I just wish you could present further reading and complementary material.
Its a Difficult one. I think less of reading work and more video lectures should be included.
The course curriculum is good but the last two quizzes were not properly organized. The content of the final quizz refers a while bunch of diagrams with no indexing .
Very good content. Very good introduction to advanced topics in embedded systems. I believe this is the first session and the course definitely needs some work to make it more interactive and engaging. Much of it is simply links to articles and then a quiz on what you read. Anyways I recommend it to anyone interested in embedded systems.
The course is thorough and well-explained, but the tests' questions and answers are absurdly badly-designed so they become very difficult.
May be my english is too bad, but i found this course too difficult to understand, especially pick all the right answers in a list.
its all reading no lectures..was boring
The courses are easy to understand, however, they are poorly designed to work on an iPad. Also, page references for electronic books are useless. It is sometimes difficult to find the reading material in a particular book because the electronic version does not show pages.
So great a course for NGO worker
I really enjoyed the curse and as a board memeber sitting on a number of Boards, I have found the course directly applicable and relevant.
An excellent course, it reinforced what you know and made you conscious of the many pitfalls in the way you and the board are performing presently while creating pathways to better performance for you and the board.
My overall experience with this Specialization, in general, and this 2nd Course, in particular, is very positive.On the positive side, I really like the fact that the Courses are practice-oriented and provide not only theoretical frameworks, but also insights from experts, practical guidance, and evidence-based best practices.Also, the idea of applying Team-Based Learning (TBL), in the forms of Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and scenario-based RAT Application Exercises, for assessing participants' learning, is excellent!However, there are a couple of downsides, that's why I'm not giving a 5 star positive feedback.The first problem is that not all of the required readings are freely available via the Coursera platform, or elsewhere online. I appreciate the excellent quality of the chosen materials, but, if it becomes compulsory to spend more than US $100 for buying books, then the total cost of this Specialization elevates quite a lot, given that I had to pay €162 for it. On my opinion, there should be at least a note in the description of both the Specialization and the Courses about these requirements, in order to make an informed decision before enrolling.The second downside has to do with Course 1 and Course 2 overlapping materials. I'm referring to guest interview videos. That's mainly a problem of the 2nd Course, as there are almost no guest interviews in this Course, and the one interview provided is already available in Course 1. I understand that the topics discussed apply to the topics of both Courses, but, still, I find it an unnecessary repetition.The last problem is about the dates that the Courses are run. Course 1 runs during a given period, Course 2 is on demand, but it makes sense to attend it before Course 3, that also runs during a given period, which overlaps with the period of the 1st Course. Sorry, this makes it very difficult to attend everything and to seriously focus, as it's always about running for deadlines, especially when one has to produce three (3) Board Effectiveness Assessment Reflection (BEAR) papers :( .
It's great!
Little boring...Teacher just reading materials...And the materials is a little hard, if you lost concentration for a while...THEN YOU LOST EVERYTHING...
Good, but, sometimes it seems that there is not enough practical tasks.
I have learned a lot from this course.
I was amazed by the depth of the subject. The instructor did a great job simplifying the broad topics and pointing to what is most important. A five stars for the quality of the content and the delivery approach.
A very thorough look at how technology can be incorporated into a blended learning or completely virtual learning environment.
Good lecture.
Unlike the previous course in the Virtual Teacher Specialization, this course was pretty well organized, the instructor was articulate and well-versed in the subject she is teaching.
The course is designed in a very structured manner and the topics are well paced. The assessment and reviews enhances independent learning
The class was informative, but the delivery of the material was less appealing. Much of the material could have been presented without so much of Melissa's presence and waving hands. It was very distracting. More visuals of the sites, tools, and ideas would have been better.
Enjoy this course. The instructor is good and clear. She provided interesting insight into the emerging trend of technologies suitable for me to try out in my classes.
Informative but difficult course.
This course is full of "real world" applications for Virtual K-12 teachers. It allows teachers at almost every level of technology literacy to begin to use some aspects of virtual education as a means to engaging students in lesson content goals.
Great info but some of the terminology was rather vague in explaining. Would of loved a glossary to refer to.
most of it you can't do unless you pay for it. - not sure I can even click 'complete' for the course. so not really a MOOC. - no option for collaboration.Videos had useful content about 50% of the.Week 4 resources was by far the best and most useful.
A few hours only a week, the pace is just right.
Better than the first, but it looks like each element was created in a single day. Some segments were repetitive and dragged on, though the instructor seemed both personable and knowledgeable. When the ONLY visual is the instructor, it gets hard to watch. An interesting model of both what to do and what not to do in creating your own online course.
Nice course and very engaging although in virtual learning.
From this course, i have learned Earth system science is the study has more scientific data stemming from various fields of research, such as the atmosphere, oceans, land ice and others, fit together to form the current picture of our planet as a whole, including its changing climate.Thank you Professor's.
It is a dry subject, but these folks do a good job of making it as relevant as possible. I like the variety in the video lectures and the BYOE is a neat tool.
Awesome course! it was definitely a whirlwind of information, but the team at Manchester University really put together a great set of stories to whet the appetite and lay down a foundation of knowledge needed to understand these holistic-type processes.
Fantastic classes, learned a ton
This is a very good course to understand the mechanism of how our earth works and how complex the mechanism is.
Best for understanding the basics .
Excellent course. Very unusual approach of the course presenter showing how the artist actually created their paintings clearly made me to remember the names, styles and techniques. I hope MOMA would introduce similar courses about other remarkable art
I really enjoyed this course!! Very fun and interesting!
Excellent all round course and the instruction videos are particularly good. Highly recommend.
Thank you for a very well organized course, with Corey who did a brilliant job of demonstrating a wide variety of techniques and discussing in depth the artists featured. He is so knowledgeable and any future courses he and MOMA offers will have me as a student. A thousand thanks.
I learned so much in this class-- about the artists we studied and about how they actually created their work. It was pretty amazing!
Perfect course! All topics are revealed in great detail and clear!
It gives a very wide panorama of how language learning has been seeing along the times. Above all it makes us to think critically about methodology and approach depending on the context we and the learners are in.
Some of the videos were a bit silly.
Good stuff so far: hoping to get more in-depth about specific types of classroom situations (all that pesky cognitive stuff) beyond just the history of approaches
excellent method and even better instructors! Amazing job!
learned a lot from this course!
Every lesson I have faced new useful and effective information... Generally this course we have seen some Approaches, I mean methodology... As you know methodology is a very boring issue but I have seen and gotten them very enjoyable way in this courses' videos. Thank you very much
thanks to coursera i learned how to become a real teacher.
a very good course and a funny teacher!
Brilliant!
Great course
Beautifully compiled course by the team at ASU. Bite-size pieces on some wonderful content relevant to each teacher ACROSS THE WORLD. How can something this nice be practically free! :) Thank you ASU! keep up the good work - you are enriching & empowering the lives of teachers all over the world!
I love this course
Nice course. I only wish you focused on the target audience a bit more, and did not asume we all need to be "amused" with weird antics.Thanks.
Great Course
Very good course, made by excellent professionals.
Very informative and easy to follow.
Outstanding course, the best one of my life!!!!
Simply Great course.
I was never a good learner of theories...they presented these lessons well. They use many American idioms. If you can get past that, the course is a good learning experience.
I love this course. Dr Dixon keeps things so interesting and fun!
It was incredible how I could understand why I teach, the way I teach and what my students want to learn. Thank you.
amazing course.Thank you.Now I each time I want to remember any of the approaches, I will remember the video attached to it and quickly remember the main features of each approach. This was quite challenging to me over the years. Thank you for making it possible.
Very good course
I really enjoyed this course! The content is well organized and easy to comprehend. The assignments are based on videos and current readings. All content is applicable to my current teaching situation and helped me to put theory to my current practices.
I loved this course.It required a lot of concentration but was worth it at the end.
Brilliant.
Great course,It is done in a manner that is easily understood and contains lots of valuable information.
This is a great course which help me know and comprehend all the historical approach. I like the un- stressful and interesting way which teachers used in the course.
I really enjoy this course so much. the teachers are good. Thanks so much.
Thanks a million
It was wonderful learning how approaches we use in class came about and knowing where the techniques we use in class originated
Great Job, please continue for the best :)
Definitely something to review over and over again!
Great
The lessons are laid out in a very organized manner. It is easy to review what was taught and the quizzes and assignments are not too difficult.
Clear, complete and very well played!
Excellent course information. Although, historical it was very informative and enjoyable to learn.
thank you so much it was great course
it was perfect
This is a great course! Thanks to Jessica and Shane for help, ASU for the course, and Coursera for a convenient platform!
The theaching vedios are so interesting, and also let me learn more things.
strongly reccomended. Video lessons shows exceptional clarity and provides all that is needed to pass the course.
Great course to anyone who wants to teach second languages.
great that was
I loved it!
Awesome opportunity
i really liked the feedback from several classmates during this module... the lessons were all very informative, so i wish i could have more time this month to focus on my lessons...
Although a little corny, the way this course is designed with skits really helps me sink in content.
The course was well presented and used great instructional design. It provided a good overview of various teaching approaches.
Less is more. Not always, but it would be in this case. A lot of the lectures are unwatchable for me.
I liked the way this course added more to our plates. We learned more useful information that caused a need for taking notes and seeking further information. This course also provided great background with the interactive videos that were entertaining but also sequenced in such a way that a student would understand clarification would follow in the later videos if not garnered by the first video clip with the questions. I enjoyed the pacing, detail, research based knowledge, and assessment at the end - even if I did continuously read a few questions incorrectly. The approaches I now know and understand. Thank you for these courses.
tanks for your help.i learned a lot !
This course was so helpful. I could see the why of how classes were set up with VIPKID and which theories were in place. I also gained valuable insight in how to implement strategies for different learning styles. The course was easy to follow, and the assessment at the end of each lesson helped in organizing the information I learned for future recall. Thank you Coursera for offering this opportunity.
very helpful！
Much more useful than the first course. It was very interesting to see that methodology has a different approaach according to the purpose of the class that is not necessarily communication. Great experience Although I think that the questions for peer revision are so general aand vague that one is almost forced to give a good grade even if the assignment is just a re-telling of what was presented on the video, sometimes even word by word.
the course till far is good
Positive experience. I learned a lot!
Good, clear and fun!!
This course helped me to relate my past and current teaching styles to particular approaches throughout history and plan to enhance the techniques I already use while putting a name to the teaching method. I can use this new knowledge to select which method and approach may work best in each situation.
Great presentations on what language instruction approaches have looked like in the past and present. Each approach is discussed and evaluated so the "best of's" can be applied in your own teaching.
Some of the videos weren't as clear as the previous course's videos. I suggest less gimmicks and more focus on learning the history. I will admit there were times I was lost on the quizzes because the videos weren't clear enough.
It’s very useful and interesting!
What a great experience! I am in love with the course and so many knowledge! Thank you very much to all the teachers and mentors!
Entertaining and informative.
Excellent presentation of the different theories related with second language acquisition!
that was a great course, i learned new techniques for teaching
I truly recommend this course to teachers and future teachers.
It's a wonderful course! Congrats to the staff.
From this online course, I have a better understanding of theories of second language acquisiton. The techniques in this course are quite inspiring for me. In my future teaching, I will try more techniques from different theories to help my students learn English better.
It teaches us the techniques in the history. very useful
Wouldn't change a thing.
Wonderful Course. i really enjoyedof it. i am grateful for coursera and ASU. i did a huge benefit of this course and i will go on learning more and more. and, i hope every one take this course.
It's very helpful to understand teaching language. The origin of every step of skill.^^
The teachers who explain this course are awesome. The content and the people are inspirational, thanks!
Brilliant course and wonderful teachers.
Patronising and very poor in content.
Great, it's very helpful and you learn a lot of things that will help you in classes
Great lessons!! Great Professors!!
This course was quite enlightening. Having "traveled" and compared the various approaches to learning a language - even teaching a language has provided me with much insight. I am delighted that I made the time to listen and observe the practical strategies presented by the very enthusiastic Dr. Dixon. Thank you
this is a wonderful course and very beneficial for improving English teaching skills
It truly helps me better understand myself and hone in on my strength for development and weaknesses for improvement! Thank you!
Thank you for such an amazing course. My dream is to become a certified English teacher, but the situation in my country right now (Venezuela), Doesn't allow me to enroll in a Master's program. This is the closest I will get. I love the way you designed it, and all the information is so current and update I could put it into practice at once.
This is a great course to learn more about teaching English, all the different approaches and techniques. It's really worth and fun! Dr. Shane is an amazing professor!
An excellent overview. A lot of material is covered but it's easily digestible...especially for working students!
I like the combination of knowledge transfer and fun very much. Thanks a lot.
This entire course series has been so helpful. Not only is just really fun to watch because of the well produced videos but it has relevant exercise and consistent quizzes.
Excellent and comprehensive course that goes into detail about ESL teaching theory. Manageable workload and plenty of time and resources to complete assessments. I have recommended this to all of my linguist and TESOL friends who are lacking a certificate. It is a phenomenal course and opportunity.
Excellent course, highly recommended! (and exceptionally fun as well!!)
This is course is useful for teachers who are interested in teaching English as a second language and particularly who wish to use combinations of historically evolved methods in contemporary teaching. I derived a lot of benefit from the course. I thank all the teachers for their inputs.
Inspiring lecturers! I enjoy every lesson with clear instruction and exciting moments. Thanks all for bringing the course online so that I can learn it conveniently. Highly recommended!!
This course provides me opportunity to teach my kids in effective way that is proved to be in line with research on learning second language. I rate it the best course in this regard and would like to say special thanks to Dr Shane Dixon and all his team. I felt my teaching skills are improved after completing this course but there is still space for improvement in final assessment, in my opinion, there should be a thorough understanding for the participants of the course on how this final assessment could be beneficial for them. However the overall impact can be expressed in a big Thanks.
cute teaching strategies !!
I have learned a lot from these engaging and uncomplicated videos. I'd encourage EFL teachers to do this useful course to improve their teaching style.
I had been gone through this marvelous course during previous months and found it very useful for teachers of second language, especially ones who are learning or teaching through grammar translation method.
It's really fantastic! Learning in this course is like travelling by a time machine, and the professor leads you to know every teaching approach in detail. I like this course!
Simply fantastic! the content is precise and very well explained. You should not miss this opportunity!
to me as a total newby in the topic the content was really interestinghowever, its presentation. well. I truly thank the teachers for bringing together the review of all the approaches. but the manner of presentation was so artificial I couldn't help thinking just - when will the real learning begin? without all the silly role plays?again, thanks, I tearned a lot from the course. but I did also struggle through it because of the teachers' manner of presentation
Very well presented. Helped me remember a lot from what I studied in my university and gave me a clearer and new perspective.
I think this is a great course for any beginner in the teaching field, interesting, intuitive and well structured!
Great
The course is well done and will definitely serve many teachers who would want to draw from history and gain some tested approaches to teaching English. The teaching method can be not so academic but for many people, this perhaps serves best.
The whole course is well put together. Not only do they give you the theory behind teaching but also the tools need to do the job. I highly recommend these course for anyone looking to improve their teaching skills in TESOL or looking to teach it.
It was great! I have learned many new things I want to try! Thank you very much!
The curriculum in this second course allowed me to reflect on which approaches I see most fitting for my students and myself.
It's absolutely a fantastic course. I am an English teacher of ten years, but I still learn a lot from it. It has provided a great opportunity for me to look back and reflect on my own teaching.
amazing teachers, content, smooth learning curve. Very practical and useful knowledge for the classroom teacher.
Interesting course and information!!
Great for new teachers as it gives them the fundamentals of langauge learning theory. Also very good memory refresher and knowledge connector for experience teachers as it is well summarized and integrated presentation of such theories .
It is a great class. At the beginning, I thought it was kind of stupid to act out the characters in a funny or even silly way, however, I realized that thanks to the dramatization, I can easily remember all different approaches because the characters are visually sticky in my head! The facial expressions, the gestures, the clothes, the wig, the accent, the instruments are all helping me remember. As a teacher, I not only get to know and compare different theories of language teaching, I also learned that we should not be shy to act. Teachers are actors, let us make our classroom more fun and engaging!
I would like to deeply recomment this course to anybody that want to improve the way of teaching
I love this course! Very informative!
It was a great learning experience
excellent course I found my self using several teaching strategies without knowing what it is now I do know a lot about it.
All the theories are presented in an extremely organized way.The dramatic representation has been rather memorable.Seeing myriad theories from the lens of time has helped my knowledge stick.
I really enjoyed taking this course. It was really helpful!
Awesome, I only need just one word "awesome" to express what I think of this course. With ease, I've learned about all the historical approaches of language learning; although, I've read these approaches before, but I never understood them so well until now. many thanks to ASU and Shane Dixon.
Really wonderful course in many different ways..... how it was laid out, the instructors unique way of coverage, content provided, nature of assignment and of course Coursera platform adds that ease of use and trust-quotient....I wonder if they can find some course on "speech analysis" or "acoustic phonetics" or "Praat programme". For language teachers this situate them quite nicely into framework of various language theories....
I am really happy with this course. I love it because it's interesting, it's designed to make students think and takes studying and learning to a completely different level. It makes me want to study and want more too. Great course!
This course is excellent. The teachers, the content, the duration, all is premium quality
very detailed and instructive, I'll definitely apply those methods into my own class!Thanks for your efforts to make such good course!
Dr. Shane's presentation about the ESL history is so interesting. I think this course not only tells us about how to be a good teacher, but also acts as a model of presenting an excellent course.
A lot of effort went into making this course memorable, and it worked (even though it was a little childish)! Can complain when you learn the material!
Thanks for all teachers and Coursera staff really I appreciate your work & effort , I get many benefits information from this course .
Lessons are clear and well delivered!
Love the way Dr. Shane is representing different approaches with appropriate dress code & dialogues from previous eras.. I have learned all these methods before in my TESOL course of final year Literature studies. Its like revising all the knowledge that I had learned 6 months back in 2015. (Y)
Excellent class to lay a foundation of the theories of teaching languages!
Great course!
What a wonderful way to learn the history of what we do as language teachers. I enjoyed every video and the articles were wonderful also. Thank you.
Creative presentation and good overview of the material. Not very challenging.
Very enjoyable course. A big thank to all the teachers! Especially the humorous and charming Dr Dixon. I never thought American teachers could be so humorous as I have some bad experience with an American teacher when I was young.When I started my Form 1 secondary education at the age of 13, an American male teacher marched into our classroom and ordered us to have an English name each. He said that our Chinese names sounded silly to him and they were difficult to pronoun. I said to him as I came from a village and my mother was illiterate, could he recommend a name. He said that he didn't care, i could call myself Barbara, Mary, anything I like. I felt so insulted and that put me off from learning English for a long time.I guess he was using Direct approach at that time because he did not speak Chinese, and none of the students understood English then. We did not understand what he said throughout the whole year.I am proud of the name my father gave me and I still only use my Chinese name.
I can really see how the professors try really hard to make this more engaging as they do not dwell on boring discussions. I also appreciate how enthusiastic they are.
Really good course.Everything really good summarized, explained and.... funny! that may be the best point to learn faster.
Very interesting a course and well delivered by Dr. Shane!
I would like to recommend this class for every language teacher. The class is amazing!
Excellent course! I learned a lot, and I enjoyed it very much. This course gave me lot of useful tools as a teacher. I fell in love even more with being an English teacher. Thanks a lot!!!
I love it!
It's really an informative course , I've learned a lot of things
Enjoyed it - concise and allows for further research
great course if I can start ealier
I could relate well to this course. As a Language Trainer, I have worked upon and devised several strategies explained in the Communicative and Comprehension Approaches. The purpose of teaching has become more meaningful....Kudos to Dr. Shane and his team mates..
Great course! very complete and clear
Very useful information to improve my teaching skills.
I really enjoyed it!
wonderful course that gave me a very strong historical background about methods of teaching. I would like to retake it again in this is available in the future.Ameer
After teaching English for many years, I found answers to old questions and new challenges to work on. The course was worth every minute I invested in it.
This course was interesting and I learned a lot about teaching English as a Second Language. The teachers really make the material fun and relatable. I would recommend this course.
It is a FANTASTIC course. THANK YOU SO MUCH
Great!
Amazing in every respect. All tools that are needed to become a professional!
It was very interesting, thorough, and easy to assimilate.
It's a very useful course.
Very useful course!
I LOVE THE GREAT DESIGN WITH ALL THE ROLE PLAY, DR SHANE!
Lot's of interesting background to language teaching and learning. The material is presented clearly although the instructor may not be to all students' taste. Keep going, however, as the later courses are even better!
It´s perfect!
I am happy be as Coursera student.I learned a lot of new and useful things from this course . I recommend!
Outstanding ! I loved this course.
i think the presenters have such an excellent way of delivery that the students catch on.
These themes felt very surface-level and redundant. The material could likely have been covered more quickly and allowed for more time to be spent on more tangible, every day information that might help those that are not already teachers.
I like how the course was structured, it made it easier to absorb all the historical comparisons of instruction methods.
Really enjoyed this course. I am an EFL teacher trainer and really got some great ideas to use when I give my next English Teaching Diploma Course. EXCELLENT AND TWO THUMBS UP!!!!
Absolutely outstanding course rich with the materials and fun.A wonderful combination!
It was really interesting!
Love this study about different language learning approach! I learned a lot about ESL/EFL　history. Teacher is so funny. He'll be a good actor if he no longer want to work as a teacher^^
The high level of the content and the teachers able to inspire, are maybe the best reason to do this course. I never saw so good teachers as they have here and the ability to teach and give valuable information to the learners as done here. In another situation, this course should cost a lot of money.Thanks to professors Shane Dixon, Jessica Cinco and Justin. More than teach, you are able to inspire!
Great course!
a great course!! I hope to learn a lot
Very informative. Each approach in teaching was explained well.
i found it entertaining and informative. It leaves room for discussion but has given me a non ESL teacher an interesting insight into the theories of Language Acquisition.I am interested in the way one Teaching Discipline takes knowledge from another, repacks it and sells it under their School of Teaching in almost the same way the despicable H.R. industry relaunches every few years.In summary a good section of the course well presented but i hate "Tests or Exams" :-(
That is amazing Course .
It has been a great experience for me. I have a broaden understanding of the theories and approaches of Second Language Acquisition. I am grateful to each member of the team who helped me to enjoy this course. Thanks Jessica, Dr. Shane and Dr. Justin.
Just amazing! Totally love every part of this course!
The course, and all other courses in the TESOL certificate project, is really helpful for those who are in peruse of a teaching career.
Very useful!
Very good course, great teachers, nice methodology... I reccomend!
I love the videos and the teachers are so cool! I very much enjoy learning from them.
I liked all coursers and this is the best to!
Well taught. Thank you.
the content should be presented more interesting.
i love "teach english now". It's interesting and effective. Teachers are very carefully to do this courses.Thank you so much
I really liked the way theories were presented and compared. Information is always clear and the course is very flexible, which means anyone can take it.
Great experience with great teachers and lessons.
This is the frist time that I have enrolled MOOC course online, I have to say it's awesome, I learned a lot From ASU, this course is impressive and useful, Dr. Shane is the best tutor I've never seen who makes the class so interesting and I am eager to learn more.
I really enjoyed this course. Professional, fun, filled with tons of useful information. I recommend to take the Lesson Design as well. Then it really clicks, all the theory they teach you is actually applied to all the courses of this Specialization in the videos, the assignments...reinforces the message😉 Great job team ASU👍😊
It's amazing!!!!!, enroll if you like teaching languages.
This course was exciting and very entertaining, while not being dumbed down. I loved it!
Good overview of the last 150 years of language teaching philosophy. The back-in-time and angel-and-devil skits were a little cheesy sometimes, but they helped to keep things interesting. More detail on some of the information presented would be nice, but it seems to be aimed at inexperienced teachers or people with native languages other than English, and so the level is kept fairly low.Overall, a good introduction to the subject and enough information provided to launch into your own independent study of some of the concepts introduced.
I loved this course. I loved the videos, I learned a lot from them. Dr. Dixon is an excellent teacher. The content of this course was awesome! Thanks!
Great course - very informative and very entertaining. Loved it!
I appreciate the video vignettes and e-enactments as part of the instruction. Many are tongue-in-cheek (on purpose) and enliven the learning process.
Great and highly informative!
As non-education major, presenting the approaches using a historical timeline is helpful. This way, it was easier to see the weakness of each approach although it could get quite confusing at times because a few approaches have significant overlaps.
Loved the course but I had to work hard for the grade on this one. The videos were engaging (and fun, yes, fun), making a dry topic like history of ESL teaching a lot more palatable. Be prepared to work hard in this one but it's completely worth it.
I think this will be a great course. I already have the Foundational course and Lesson Design and Assessment course.
I really enjoyed this course, I liked the dramatization. It definitely makes it more interesting.
One of the best courses for those who teach English, it tells you the history of teaching languaes.
Some of test questions are vague and create a kind of misunderstanding. I hope this will be considered as a frienly advice, not a claim.
I loved the acting of Dr. Dixon! He is simply outstanding!
This course was very useful and informative for me! Thanks!
The course is perfect . If my friends need this kind of classes , I would recommend this one. But not efriends around me
This course is very undestandable, colorful, more than memorable!Still iy has very rich content. It's great! Great! Great!
Excellent next step course in the series.
Well align with the skills required to teach a second language!
The information you learn here, WILL change how you teach languages.
Very good course that can help to find out or identify your own teaching method or philosophy
I really, really enjoyed this course. As a beginner in the teaching career, it was really mind opening, I've already applied some of the things learned in my classes. The teachers are amazing, and made me really want to have classes with them personally. I've just started the next course, and probably will do all the ones available. Thank you, very very much!
Great course! Dr. Shane Dixon is superstar!! The most joyful way to get the understanding of all the approaches to teaching English! Thank you so much!
Entertaining and Useful. Great Course.
Very good and useful course!!!!
exceptional....outstanding organization, inspiring, engaging presentation
Clever ways of turning theory into cinema!
Love the analogies that make the material interesting and easier to grasp.
Great course with lots of useful information
Great course! I highly recommend it to everyone who is interested in ESL teaching and learning. Dr. Shawn Dixon is not an instructor - he is a real actor. He turns on his lectures into shows. It was my 15th course on Coursera, all of them were interesting and useful, but it was the funniest one! I have never seen a complex and boring theory outlining so exciting. Believe me, you will enjoy this course!
It was a great idea to create characters to give us an idea of each idea.Thanks,Denis P
Such a great fun and benefit to learn ...
Again: Shane is magnificent. I have applied all the techniques in my classes and it has been amazing!
Loved the course. It was excellent! Thanks.
Excellent presentation, enough information to get a basic idea.
This course was nicely contructed and fun. It contained a lot of helpful information for a person desiring to teach English as a second langauge. It helped me to move closer to my own approach and philosophy to teaching language. I would indeed reccomend this course to others. I may recommend this course to my teaching staff. This is reasonably priced and informative.
Amazing course, the characterizations of the approaches were great and the explanations simple but direct, so I loved it.!
Great course. Excellent teachers. Clear presentation. Could apply in my own teaching right a
I really enjoyed the creative way the theories were presented. Some of the presentations seemed a bit repetitive unnecessarily, like in the Angel and Devil debates.
Good until now. Thank you
Great!
Very interesting, informative & important course for the teachers.The course became very exciting, interesting & informatic mainly due to Dr. Shane Dixion!Thank you very much!
Great Course. I learned a lot and enjoyed it. Excellent presentations. Dr. Shane has a neat talent that came through in the history vignettes and devil/angel debates.
A wonderfully designed and insightful course!
Learned amazing information that I will be able to apply to my future ELL classroom instruction.
Loved it!
Great experience and much fun!
Really enjoyed this course. Highly recommend.
cool
There is no words to describe how useful, acurrate and helpful is this course! Thanks a lot for this chance to improve our teaching skills and ESL perception.
Very objective and simple to understand.Short videos focused on teaching very straight forward information.
good course
very entertaining and informational at the same time!
Like the course before this one, Theories of Second Language Acquistion was exceptional. I love how the professors creatively distill very important facts and information in a format that is enjoyable and refreshing for students. I wish all Coursera Courses were carefully planned and presented like this course - how you present it is just as important as the content that you are presenting.
The course content is perfect, however the rating system is kind of disappointing. First, the rating is very subjective, thus I might pay great efforts to my submission but get a grade below my expectation. Second, sometimes I can be busy on weekends thus I want to finish the peer review earlier on Friday, however, there might often be not enough submission to be reviewed, thus I am very pressured to do this with a exhausted mind and body in the evening on Sundays. Could I just pass if there's no other submission to review?
i dont want to know the history of language and the pendulum swing i just want a list short and simple in a single 20 min video and move one. this was so boring
Thank you very much guys! This course was amazing! Very interactive and I learned a lot.Thank you.
Informative, fun and easy to follow. Great for future ESL teachers and enlightening for current ones.
Presentation of information is amazing
As we advance, it gets better and better. Thumbs up!!!
Fantastic course i have learned so much .Great videos full of information and great instructors . This is my second course I have completed with Coursera and I couldn't ask for a more supportive team .
this is such an informative class
Very happy with the presentation and the material. Thank you!
Very informative and creative
Love the way that you teach, it is so inspiringThanks alot
II found this course extremely useful and intersting because there is a professional content in a exciting artistic mode of study,that involves you in a process and gets a high motivation. Thanks a lot Dr Shane, Jessica and Dr. Justin. I wish
Shane Dixon is a little over the top, but it's clear that his energy and enthusiasm is backed up by his knowledge (also it makes sense that he would have such a personality considering the need for it in his ESL classrooms). Everything he says is directed towards helping you understand how to apply what you are learning in a class. Easily the most interesting online course I've taken.
Really good organized
When you have someone with so many talents - at the nexus of education and entertainment - you're sure to enjoy learning.
Excellent Course! It taught me that I can take good things from the "bad" methodologies from the past.
Thoroughly enjoyable and informative.
Cool! Thanks a lot for such a wonderful opportunity to have a clearer view of chronology of ESL approaches.It gives more confidence and understanding what this or that technique is used for. I know much more than I used to and therefore, I develop my teaching and methodology awareness.I look forward to the next course and hope I will implement it widely in my practice.
The way the theories are represented in such a funny way ,it catches your attention.It was a very interesting course in which I learnt the basic theories of Second Language Acquisition and I understood how these theories have formed the current way of teaching.Excellent work!
This course was really time taking as in it required a committed time to read through and analyze different approaches. I felt like a student after a long time. Thank you Dr. Shane for your different avatars and Ms. Jessica for a very clear summarization. Thanks to all the teachers involved.
we most often tend to overlook the past but building on that is very vital, that is what this course sort to do
Very informative course. It helped me to get a systematic view on SLE theories. Yet I wish the course was a bit longer and less dense, for the lack of a better word. Too much information was squeezed into very short modules.
A great course and fully packed with interesting information about different methodologies thought time. Wouldn't give it 5 stars because most part during the video lectures are just silly and although I know the professor is trying his best to convey an idea, it seems like there are moments it just drifts away from the point. Also, the "angel x devil" debates are equally silly, opposite to the following overview video which is excellent. I'd recommend everybody to take this course but I certainly wouldn't do it again and neither dowload the videos for future reference.
Dr. Dixon really knows how to teach stuff. Excellent.The reason I give it 4 stars is because it could give us some real examples of in-class applications of all the useful techniques taught. It would really help us enrich our inventory of teaching techniques.
The lectures are intriguing and the content is superb!GREAT JOB!
I appreciate i have got the teaching course. and I have have learnt a lot of teaching methods and pedagogies such as Grammar Translation Approach, Audio-lingual Approach and so on. The most important thing is that it's not just a course but stimulation to me.
Excellent course! I have learned so much while having fun!
Wonderful course,
Very educational and entertaining.
I loved this course! The teachers went the extra mile to make learning about the historical approaches to language teaching easier and more fun.
I love this course!
It was great, though I think the video classes could have some application examples in the classrooms and the material could be available to the students.
It's a quite helpful and useful course if you want to get familiar with the history of all the approaches related to teaching English as a Second Language. Also, it makes you realize how much we as teachers still use from those approaches.
Amazing teachers, valuable information and top-quality materials! Thanks so much for making this course - I gained a lot from it, especially from giving and receiving feedback from fellow students. The only thing I didn't enjoy much are some questions in the tests because sometimes they seem a bit irrelevant. I would recommend making the tests a bit more to the point and reducing the amount of questions (especially the one in the final tests like "who inspired the angel and devil debate ":) Thanks for your work!!!
EXCELLENT! The best I've taken!
The best course that I have taken in Coursera.
Great course, great instructors, the presentation of the material is outstanding
Great background information!
Really digestible and engagingly presented.
Excellent course with qualified instructors.
Great course, very easy to follow, fun visuals and proper teaching!
Not happy...the peer review assignments people choose to comment but not grade, honestly I think the tests are enough to show understanding of concepts and approaches.
It helps clarifying most aspects related to approaches!!!
Love the course. The final assessment was a challenge, but I am glad not to have given up.
I learned a lot and all the knowledge that I gained is pretty usefull for me.
It seems staff do not monitor, or address, issues posted repeatedly to the forum, especially in regards to the final test (part 2 of the specialty). The content of the course is great, and if someone with the authority to make changes when errors are detected and reported did care for the course I would have have rated the course higher.
Excellent! The theme could be boring and so though to be taught but the teacher was awesome and it became terrific! Well done, congratulations! I feel I have learned a lot and I also had fun!!
Very interesting! I am enjoying taking this course!
I enjoyed this course thoroughly! I love how playful the professors are in the videos. Makes learning fun!
A bit more challenging than the first Module, bit with the same great methodology to deliver the information and keep students engaged. The course content is clear and concise. Thank you!
Incredible
Absolutely brilliant course. Covers a wide range of language acquisition techniques through the years and the advantages and disadvantages of each, as well as how each one may look like today, what has been kept, and what my be modified and how for use in today's classrooms.
Interesting content. Interesting delivery.
I have learned so many important and interesting things and I am only getting to the third week. I am very happy I enrolled here :)
Brilliant, encouraging, insightful!
It would really been helpful if you provided some readings for each approach. I could do outside readings but as you know you can find lots of readings which might be not useful for a beginner.The final test was not close by to being easy even though I did study. Thank you for that and that's a good job giving us a challenge to look forward to.
Great information about different teaching approaches throughout the ages!
I am about to finish this course and I loved it. It is a great overview of the theories of SLA and although it says it takes 6 weeks, as I am on vacation now, I ended up finishing it in four days, working for about 4-5 hours/day. So, I highly recommend it to anyone interested in teaching languages.
It is a very enjoyable course, and anyone should take it even if only for the entertainment value! The professor is a stellar actor and the lesson plans are very well-made. That been said, the final exam is not easy! But it's worth it! :) I smiled so much all throughout this course, having this professor as a teacher was a real treat!
Quite an useful way to understand methods on teaching. Quite recommended too.
In my university, I had to spend the whole semester only to study the theories of second language acquisition; my old-fashioned professors made me write down what they say and memorize all of them. And after 5 years of graduation, I don't remember a thing. BUT this course brought my old memories back and get them classified in a very simple and clear way; plus it didn't take so much time! I really enjoyed the course. Thank you Dr Shane!
Thank you very much for getting more insight in the ESL teaching thechniques and different approaches.
Great course! I've learned a lot!
The team is wonderful at teaching how to teach English! Not a single minute of the course is boring or tiresome. Very motivating!
The best ever!
This is a great course!
Very educative course presented in an exciting way! I never thought that learning theory might be so interesting.
This course presents various methods to learners and teachers how English should be taught in an extremely effective manner. The videos are well prepared and each lesson has been provided a well structured lesson for all kinds of learners. Keep it up!
***** Amazing! Absolutely Amazing! *****This course has to be the easiest way to learn English Language Theories!
Honestly, It's one of the best course in the world. I've enjoyed and learned a lot from this amazing course. In addition, I was a bit confusing about teaching approach, but after finishing the course, I can work with different approaches in teaching, moreover, I can choose which approach is suitable for my students and which not capable for them. However, I would love to thank you all teachers, classmates.
An interesting and informative course, like it.
The instructors' videos are hilarious, making the content memorable. Well worth paying for this course just for its comedic value alone. Unlike the first course in the specialization, which focused on students speaking through video recordings, the second course focuses on writing short answers to demonstrate comprehension.
For me this course is excellent !
This team is extremely gifted at being able to teach new concepts in a manner that is not only entertaining, but really helps you to remember the knowledge gained. They make learning a complete joy. Thank you.
This course is so rich in content, and all this is delivered with great clarity and depth. Just wonderful!
This made a great start with the first week content. Hope better will come next :)
very well-structured course...thank you everybody
Excellent course for new ESL or language teachers.
Outstanding introductory philosophy course, taught in an accessible format by knowledgeable instructors. This is a rewarding and enjoyable course.
The course focuses the top issues involving philsophy of sciences at present time, it is hosted by top figures in the field. Great course!
Extremely interesting topics; it is a quick and broad survey, so very superficial, though. Just a series of 10-15 minutes presentations introducing each aspect of the field. Don't be discouraged if you find the first week's presentation lacking/unengaging: it gets better.
Fun and great course!
This is a complete introduction the cognitive sciences. A great course to start with, but is still for the beginners
Great course! Could've been longer. Looking forward to more online courses from the U of Edinburgh.
I enjoyed this course, however some of the lectures were a bit slow or somehow loose. Evenso, I think this is a very good introductory course to a fascinating topic.
Great high-level overview that introduces some very interesting concepts. Great intro for those who are just exploring this area of study. Entices you to dive deeper into the topic!
Changed the way I think about the human mind.
not so interesting and boring
Very interesting material with really demonstrative examples and experiments.
Wonderful course! It's a great introduction to the topic of embodied cognition. My only suggestion is to expand it for the people who are really interested in these topics.
good course
Simply yet informing and concise
I hope this course can be more systematic in terms of the structure on the concepts and lecturers.
Clear, easy to understandoverview
I like the subject and the topics of each week are also interesting. However, the 4 weeks' content can only cover limited topics. And the course in Coursera can be improved by making the parts in each week clearer and reducing some subtitle mistakes.
I enjoyed this course very much! Provided a very fundamental framework for understanding what cognition is, and the associated problems, such as mind-body
Approachable, easy to follow, interesting examples, rich additional readings, good lecturers, easy exams
A good and informative course on the philosophy of cognitive sciences. Judging by the lectures and quizzes, the course does seem to be more on a high school level, than an undergraduate level.
Good resource to learn Philosohpy of Cognitive Sciences
very interesting,thanks
Very interesting topic !!!
Very nice course, active forum, no issues technical or otherwise -but- it is more about science than Philosophy.
Excelent but haven´t this material in english
Thank you, Dr. Chamovitz! I enjoyed this course. I did WAPK 1 a few years back as well. Please do create many more courses on plant biology - yours is the only one available on Coursera. Some feedback points: 1) Very little interaction and moderation on the discussion forums. There are many interesting points posted there, but no instructor intervention. 2) After listening to the videos i really did not enjoy the reading material provided - perhaps some other sites would be better. 3) The course syllabus is not enough to gauge whether the course is basic, medium or advanced level. Perhaps an indicator would help. For example, in Week 3 content on photosynthesis I was expecting a much more detailed discussion. It would be great to have more advanced courses from you and your team. Your overview explanations are extremely lucid and the visuals provided really help. I think that very few biology textbooks/reading material provide such a clear overview picture and link across concepts. Excellent course! 4) The concern re. GMOs is just touched upon - in such a case I think it would be good if you could take up specific queries, concerns raised in different countries and share your view on those. For example, Bt Brinjal in India. 5) I love the lab visits! Thank you again for this course!
This is one of the only plant biology courses on Coursera, and I wish there were more of them. It was informative and fun to watch. The only problem I had was the poor quality of the subtitles, which I believe has nothing to do with the creator of the class. The subtitles are poor enough to obscure the meaning if you are dependent on them. However, I highly recommend the class to anyone not dependent on them.
Understanding Plants - Part II is an amazing course in which people with differente level of knowledge can learn more and new things about the most incredible organisms around the world, plants. Also, Daniel Chamovitz, Ph.D. is an excellent professor and the way he teach the lessons allow us to undertand everything in a clearly and easy way.
Thoroughly enjoyed the topic and the instructor. The 4 lecture was v engaging.
This course is a great primer on plant biology. Danny Chamovitz provides clear instruction with relevant examples, and great objective and science-based information on the use and application of GMOs in modern agriculture, and its effects on our growing population.
love this
I got full score in the week1, 3 and 4 quizzes!
Very useful information presented well by a knowledgeable professor who keeps you interested in the course. Thank you
Excellent ! Now looking for part III
i think this is very good course and the teacher was excellent through out the course
A very interesting course about plants and how they survive and live, with a little bit of genetic engineering.
An interesting and informative course. A little challenging at times for those of us without a background in biology, but well presented and carefully explained. A very positive experience.
so helpful for prepare my final research project, many thanks! :)
Interesting & very good build-up of information.
This was a great way to ease my way into studying Biology more seriously
Very comprehensive, not overly difficult for people who do not have a background in biology/botany
Love the clarity of the instructors deliver which is supported by great explanations and most importantly visual aids & demonstrations.
Interesting and super simplified material! Thanks to the instructor.
I would like to thank the course instructor and coursera for such an incredible course . It has truly helped me understand the plants biology and life process.
Very helpful
Much was learned and I had a blast! As in part I, prof. Chamovitz is informative, enthusiastic and entertaining... these classes have made me want to get my hands dirty doing some real biology. Thanks (and please make a no-holds-barred part III that would go deep into the chemistry/genetics/techniques)!
I loved the first course by professor Chamovitz, I loved his book "What a plant knows," and I loved this course too! His passion for plants is infectious. I can't wait for the next course.
Well done course. Dr. Chamovitz is a clear and easy to understand lecturer with a passion for his subject. In each of the two courses on plant biology I have taken with him, a highlight is when he shows us his plant biology lab to see up close just how the science we have learned in the course is applied in the lab. Understanding Plants, Part 2 takes a detailed look at plant biology at the cellular level including a look at how genes affect flowering, understanding cellular energy production and ending with genetic modification. Lectures have in-lecture questions, which are very helpful, and the quizzes are fair. I recommend the course.
I loved the first course by professor Chamovitz and I loved this one. His passion for plant biology is inspiring. I hope for more courses by him.
Always a pleasure to take courses with Professor Chamovitz. A passionate professor with a real talent for teaching . I highly recommend his courses.
It was one of the best course from Coursera and Tel Aviv university. I enjoyed a lot. The content was very good for an agriculture student. The presentation was also good.
Very good. Each class is presented in a easy way, with short class, avoiding the course to become preachy, and with good classes about plant biotechnology
Great follow up to What a Plant Knows. The genetic engineering lecture was informative and I would urge anyone who has questions about GMO safety to take this course. More plant science courses from Prof. Chamovitz, please!
This course provides a wonderful glimpse into the world of plant biology and is delivered in a very approachable way by a clearly passionate speaker.
Seemed like a good course, however I could not stand this professor's voice so if that doesn't bother you I'm sure it is decent. (it might possibly be the poor audio that is off putting as well)
Very integral, it includes a wide range of issues such as medical, environmental, and arquitectural aspects of a community.
Great course. One of the best I have taken on Coursera!
Incredible course. Very enganging, easy to comprehend, the essays are enjoyable. Faultless course, I would highly recommend it for anyone, it gives a very broad perspective of undersanding.
The presentation and content of lectures were compelling, motivating and disturbing. Very well done. No one really responded on the forums. This may have been because of small class size. In other classes I have taken on coursera the forums are quite active, and an instructor weighs in from time to time to answer questions or be present. Assignments were peer graded, so much was gained from reading other students interpretation of the material.I suggest putting the additional reading lists at the end of each unit, or in a separate side bar. They were hard to find in the syllabus.Overall an extremely worthwhile course.
Foundations for Global Health Responders offers an introduction to global health issues tailored for those interested in global health missions. The course includes video presentations and discussions by numerous physicians associated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine as well as several other subject-matter experts. I found the presentations and supplemental materials helpful in gaining a basic understanding that I can expand upon in the future. Well worth your time if you are interested in participating in global health missions but are not sure what area you might like to focus on!
Thoroughly enjoyed the course!
The course contents and arrangement of topics are easy to understand.
Overall, the course provides useful information and a great framework through which to consider the topic of persuasion and influence. I wish the course came with direct references throughout the video that linked to specific studies and evidence. However, the professor did reference those studies even if he didn't provide the links, so that's a good start.
Very interesting course. Professor is really intelligent and great teacher!
Awesome course to understand how social influence works. A very good skill that now I have thanks to the teacher.
All common sense that is too uncommon these days.
Common sense is not so common. Simply put, these principles are so relevant to everyday life, and yet they elude us. Vital tool to develop communication tactics every leader must master.
How can you not learn AND love Dr. O'Keefe!
Great class. I have learned a great deal
superb, informative, excellentthanks a lot
OK but was expecting better. I was missing the structure a little bit.
This course is very helpful to understand how to influence ppl and what mistakes we usually did when try to persuade ppl.
Too much ideology, need more tools to use in daily work.
I just loved this course, the teacher is absolutely wonderful!! The lessons flawless! thank you! thank you
Course with interesting perspective and practical tips.
Thank you all for that great course.
Could have included some assignments. The explanations and examples were very clear.
Well done and useful, with the professor's eyes always on video camera when the words flow. Excellent.
Extremely interesting! loved it
Very usefull
Interesting course! Simple but useful material.
top one
Would be much better if it cited the studies that the professor refers to in the lectures.
While this course has great content, it lacks interactivity, exercises, peer learning opportunities and leaves desiring more real-life use cases and examples.
The course is very short and can easily be finished in a few hours. That said, the information contained is golden and opened up a new way of looking at persuasion.Still, the course would benefit greatly from more real world examples and case studies.
The course provides a good framework to deal with business problems. It is very simple, but effective.
Interesting all I learn in this course. From an engineer mind this info is very useful. The exams were very challenging especially for the square minds we have the technical people, but they brought me a lot of knowledge. Congratulations to the teacher, he's very knowledgeable and experienced in the topic.
It´s easy to understand the concepts and powerful to improve your vision about leadership, thank you.
Thank you for all the great course resources you've made. Meanwhile I am a real person/ your student, please kindly verify my personal identity.
Excellent course for anyone looking to stay abreast social media/influence.
Great course. I learned so much about influence and how it is manifest in the workplace. I also got skills in how to use influence to get ideas accepted and moved forward.
Short videos with lost of good information.
Thoroughly enjoyed it! Simple but very useful steps to better negotiation. Will try to apply these in practice as soon as possible.
Excellent, the entire presentation held together well. It built on itself and the result was a cohesive sense of understanding. This is how it's done, Northwestern. This is how it's done.
Brief but worthwhile experience. I gotta say: I'm developing an interest in Northwestern University.
Clear and useful.
I'd encourage some refinement of the quizzes, for clarity purposes.
Short course with some good ideas and examples.
A short yet informational course. Good informational density for such a short course.
There is quality implicit in the approach taken, but in my opinion, this course is excessively short, having only 20-25 minutes of videos per week, what is very limiting. Also there is no slides of the material covered what I find not adequate. To fully grasp the theories underlyind in the lectures, slides would be determinant. Just watching videos and doing quizzes is not a very effective form of learning.
Good course, very well structured and understable materials
Excellent course and teacher. Congratulations!!
Thank you for a great course and a very charismatic teacher
It's unbelievable is how many way you can rephrase the same idea over and over again, without making any progress in something new.
some quick and interesting input; kind of basic and superficial, though.
MUY BUEN CURSO, LO RECOMIENDO MUCHO, DEBES TOMARTE TU TIEMPO EN LA SEMANA PARA ESTUDIAR YA QUE TODO ES MUY INTERESANTE.
EXCELENTE, AGRADECIDA INMENSAMENTE CON USTEDES POR SU GRAN APORTE HABEMOS MUCHAS PERSONAS QUE QUEREMOS APRENDER ESTUDIAR Y NO LO PODEMOS LOGRAR POR FALTA DE RECURSOS MONETARIOS GRACIAS A USTEDES TENEMOS LA POSIBILIDAD Y ESO ES GRATIFICANTE.
great course very helpful
The teacher's voice on first lessons are so flat and plain that is very boring to listen them. I left the course
Excelent course and teachers!! Congratulations!!
Dr. Shane Dixon is great!
Good intro to Understanding By Design
I didn't know how much I enjoy teaching English until this course.
Outstanding course, the best one of my life!!!! the present course it's even better than the previous one.
Thanks!
This course is a great guide to built useful and practical lessons plans.
I liked how every lesson built on itself and in the end, you had a full completed lesson plan.
highly recommended
just one word perfect
Great course! Very effective and highly practical!
I must admit for me was little confusing this part of course, specifically peer assigment, i was filed in 2 week because i didn't do well. For me this is first lesson plan, i dont have experience like teacher. But i was trying again and again and i follow the teacher and examples and i pass :)) i enjoy off course learning new things and tomorrow in my work will help me a lot. I am happy that i have my first lesson plan. Thank you teachers. Best Regard Elma
I think this information has helped me a lot. First, it made me reconsider planning in a more holistic, meaningful way, from objectives to assessment: secondly, I now see assessment not just as a way of grading, but of learning about needs: finally, it stirred my interest in the rubric theory, and I am sure it is making my life easier, and my students will benefit.
Really exciting to go through the course,There was something new to learn everyday.
Excellent guidance for new or seasoned teachers.
Amazing tutors and applicable content. One of the best courses ever! Thank you very much.
Could not get to the fourth course and was asked to pay for it twice.
It has changed the way I think about my lessons, and it has helped me a lot to become more specific when I plan my lessons.
Thank you so much for this amazing course.
Well organized. Well presented
I learned so much! Thank you.
Simply Remarkable
Lesson planning from the first step till the end, really helps to incorporate all kinds of activities and design the lesson according to the logic!
I surely broaden my knowledge as I am a beginning teacher. Thank you.
I have learnt a lot along the way that can be applied to all teaching, not just ESL. thank you
I enjoyed the course. It was very useful for my own lessons
This was especially helpful in knowing how to transition from one phase to another. I especially liked the three teacher model. Thank you for designing this in such a comprehensive manner and for showing us the why of each step- Very practical information
good way of teaching english
I have really enjoyed these TESOL courses!
I prepared Lesson Plan and I am proud that I could do it with the help of the course. It was fun to evaluate peers and the topics were inspiring.
Great teachers and very understandable. Thank you!
Another great class in this specialization. I recommend these courses to all educators, regardless of the subject you teach. It will help you teach your subject better, and also help you better understand language teaching so you can be more understanding of, and helpful to, your English language learners.
Great insight, good examples and practical tasks
Clearly the best course so far...love it.
i am really short of words, this has made me see me as i am with potential and a very not just bright future! thank you so much.
I learned a lot about lesson planning, objective writing and designing the assessment to align all the course elements.
Just fantastic!
I really learned a lot about writing a lesson plan! I believe this will really help me develop my curriculum.
This course was so fun. Even if there was a lot of theory involved, it never got boring. I think that as you progress in the specialization, the courses get a little more challenging in a good way. Thanks to all the teachers and personnel involved.
Fun, informative videos! Content was well-presented and engaging.
I like the setup that you have where you keep things easy, but well informed. The information provided is actually great for practical use and not just theoretical.
This has been an amazing course. I love all the time and effort put into these lessons. They are interesting and engaging. I have participated in other online courses and this one far surpasses the others. Thank you!!
every one like me starting the teaching career should take this COURSE. it is a must. thanks COURSERA AND THANKS MY DRs.
A fun course - a great way to learn
This was a really great and well-structured course on designing lessons! The instructions were very clear and quizzes and assignments made me think and analyize, I felt very involved. Thank you!
Happy to be here, every teacher should enroll to this course
Very practical approach, looking forward to more Tesol courses.
This was a very needed course for me as lesson planning was my weakness
Thanks
A bit theoretical, but interesting
Very well structured and useful material. Such high quality, very thoughtful for an online, student-led course.
Great course!
Thanks
Great explanation for learning how to design lessons and assessments!
Thank you very much to Shane, Jessica, and all the teachers and staff at ASU for this course and a soon to be approved TESL certificate which will validate the teaching work I have been doing in South America.
Great! Recommend this course for all teachers (current and future, English language and other subjects )!
Very useful!
Great class
I have learnt how to plan our lesson before we plunge into instruction.
Very useful course it real
it´s getting more challenging
This is marvellous course
thanks
It's great. I really enjoyed it!
It is amazing end very useful experience to have a course like :Teach English Now! Lesson Design and Assessment :)
Ended up not being able to take the rest of the courses I paid for because Coursera kept pushing it back... Start date after start date moved ....
Arizona State University along with Coursera offer an excellent course for teaching English as a foreign language. It is accessible and easy to follow with well presented, quality and videos to watch which makes learning simple.The tutors in the videos are top of their game and are likable and funny. Assignments are peer to peer assessed until the capstone course which is both p2p and professionally graded.You are able to work at your own pace and if you find yourself getting behind you can easily switch sessions.The course is not expensive but for those who struggle with finances, support is available. There is always general support and advice available whenever you need it.I have thoroughly enjoyed everything this course series has to offer and highly recommend it to anyone looking to gain the certificate, but also for anyone starting out as a teacher, there is much to be learned here and in my opinion, it is well worth it.
I really delight in doing this courses, I think they are amazing for new teachers, but also a very good refreshment of good practices (best practices) for experienced teachers.
Nice course , i'm learning and i'm satisfied with the full courses Teach English Now
Great course! I loved it! :)
I learned a lot from this course.
Not so guided as the previous ones. And this one is harder. But still great content, well organized, great teachers.
Wonderful course design. Practicing what they teach. Thanks ASU, thanks Coursera
Very useful to me. I learned all about lesson planing and designing.
I found this course helpful and full of useful information. The instructors present enjoyable and fun to watch videos. Get the most out of the course but being active on the forums. Most Peer reviewers gave good feedback.
Amazing Course for Tesol Certificate!
Fantastic experience! Finally, I've learner how to create a lesson plan. Moreover, the independent Practice required by the course has given me the confidence to reproduce a lesson plan on anything at ease at anytime.
Great course!
The most comprehensive course I have come across. I feel so lucky that I was able to find this course. I have learnt so much and I continue to do so. Thanks a lot to Dr. Shane and Jessica and the whole team for creating this amazing course for the people who were willing to improve their teaching skills and needed something with flexible schedule.
This one is the most practical course since it helps you organize and structure your lessons. If you are new to TESOL it will guide you through very important steps of Lesson planning. Video examples of different teachers performing parts of a lesson were particularly helpful to identify common mistakes and see the best way of making students engaged.
This is an excellent course! it is recommended to all teachers.
Great Course! I am learning a lot. The course material is represented very well in an interesting and engaging way. I am recommending it to anyone who wants to become a great language teacher! Thank you!
An amaizing course!! Really usuful
Perfect
clear, well guided and inviting. Thank you for such a great work teaching teachers ;-)
I found the course very thorough
Great course
Full of relevant insights...
I loved it !
The most interesting of all of the courses in the TESOL, I found it (to my surprise) has really made me rethink lesson planning in some ways! Excellent!
Really helpful course!!!
Such a great course!
I love this course!
Helpful material and a really manageable pace. Cleverly presented.
An important tool for a teacher.
Great and very practical course! Valuable tips for lesson planning - all aspects in one course!
Great tips to improve and develope the our classes in the best way.
More narratives and examples should be there in the videos that can demonstrate explicit connection between the lesson plan templates and the lecture video talks.
Really useful
Looking forward to learning more from these astounding teachers.
Relevant and useful to get meaning insight into planning and designing lessons.
Very practical course!
I'm very very happy about that!
I like the design and teachers in all videos, and these help me a lot in my teaching career
Thanks for this wonderful course :)
A professional course for those who care how to teach more effectively.
Challenging but excellent course! I learned a lot here on lesson plan design and assessment.
I like this course because it is entirely hands-on. Very practical!
This is an outstanding introduction to lesson planning. It covers the subject in far more detail than did my graduate teaching course. I would have given 5 stars but still struggle a bit with the presentational style of the instructor. Don't let this put you off though as that is very much a personal opinion and the material is excellent. For those who have followed the earlier courses in the specialization, I should warn that this one is much more difficult, particularly for those without prior teaching experience, and far more practically based.
I learned a lot of new and useful things from this course . It was very interesting and informative. I recommend it!
I have learned a lot of things from this course! Thanks!
This was a very useful course. It was very rigorous with the required completion of a lesson plan.
Great teachers!
The course is really interesting and usefull. Congratulations.
I have learned a lot! I like this course!
The course is perfect, however, since I am a person who prefers more concise information and pragmatic skills, the teaching examples with analyses might seem lengthy and not so efficient for me.
Amazing course!!
Thanks, teachers. I learned a lot from
Funny and clear- a great course.
Really practical course, not just theory. Great job!
I loved it!
This course was very helpful and fun!
Excellent course! Well- structured and extremely interesting. Dr. Shane Dixon is the most impressive instructor I have ever seen. I envy students who have a chance to attend his live lectures at Arizona State University. Highly recommend this course to anyone interested in TESOL!
Really well done and informative.
Perfect!
Thank you for this Lesson Plan template and explanations of each of the stage!
Superb. This course, like its predecessors, is so well put together and is of the highest quality. I am impressed!
Initially a little misunderstanding on the differentiation needed by the overseers of the course to relate to the diverse backgrounds of the participants. Formats and personal adaptations became more mutually understood and accepted. Course ended in strong accordance. The re-enactments and vignettes are excellent!! (and goofy--on purpose). This was the strongest component of the three so far.
It's an amazing course, I learn a lot! Thank you so much!
Highly recommended! Instructors are awesome and the content couldn´t be any clearer. Thanks!
I enjoyed this course very much and have NEVER had so much fun learning. The only thing driving me nuts was that I couldn't find anything in my notes or even on the web on one of the researchers mentioned in the final test. Dumping my grade. Hated that and would have wished you'd mention something so relevant in the summary in case someone had taken wrong notes or misunderstood during lectures.Otherwise: looking forward to working with you again!Thank you to the whole team.Feel free to connect or get in touch anytime. www.vegan-translator.comAll the best,Nicole
In my opinion this course was easy to undertand, not because the concepts are easy, but because of the methodoly used by the teachers. That made the concepts more acessible to me and others.
A satisfying long term project that unfold throughout the course. I still think an some teaching experience is very useful for the online line format. I can image a novice teacher with little experience getting somewhat lost and without direct contact with others may be lack direct examples that an attended classroom could provide. But for my self 5 years teaching and learning through experience this has made my whole approach more focused and clear. However, the instruction videos are presented in clear terms and has provided surprisingly more depth than what I first imagined.
It's such a nice good Course. It focuses on the essentials of Lesson Design and Assessment. As a novice English Teacher, I'd highly recommend this course.
Excellent course! Broadened my horizons in ELT! Recommend it to every ELT teacher!
Absolutely amazing course - I have learnt so much in terms of lesson planning!!! I enjoyed reviewing other lesson plans mostly as it gave me an opportunity to see my own mistakes and how to correct them. Thanks so much for all your hard work to both instructors and students!!!
An interesting course that goes deep in the lesson planning field and how everything teachers do in class starts before even being the classroom.
Great material is covered in the Teach English Now! specialization. I've been an ESL teacher for two years now. These courses have really helped me improve my lessons. The instructors simply and organize all of the concepts.
No doubt that this is the best course I've ever taken via online. If you want to build up the basic knowledge or recheck your knowledge, this can be your best chance!
Excellent material for teachers on how to develop a solid lesson plan aligned with the class objectives.
Fantastic amazing tutors and I highly recommend this course as by the end of this course lesson planning is a piece of cake. I have loved this course and all the courses in the TESOL specialization
The course was excellent. It was very practical and had helpful tips throughout the modules to help teachers improve their lesson planning.
Excellent third step course in the series. All the content presented is fun, interesting, informative and useful!
I feel like there should be more teacher involvement within this course.
A well designed course that gives great information and window into better teaching
I enjoyed spending time on this course because I could learn, have fun, and exchange a lot.
Challenging, but worth every minute.
Great course that gave me a new perspective on lesson planning and language teaching! Must have for teachers who want to develop their teaching skills!
Excellent in content and delivery!!!!
This course is more difficult in comparison with the previous two.
Great course!
Very good and useful course!!!!
Great
This course evolves naturally and dynamically, valuable, useful and surprisingly well communicated. Very impressed.
I can say a lot about the course. I could even write 20-page review on it. But I will say only four words, and there will be you only who decides whether or not to join it:I LOVE the instructors.I really do. The way the instructors deliver their knowledge and vast experience is more that just professional and effective. I remember - and use every day - every single detail they have taught me, even without writing it during the lessons. I almost didn't have to write throughout the series of these courses, since Dr. Justin Shewell, Dr. Shane Dixon, and the beautiful Lady, Ms. Jessica Sinco, ensured the knowledge is delivered into the right memory slots in a very organized way.I do strongly recommend you to join this beautifully designed Specialization. And I promise, as a person having completed numerous online MOOCs, you will really ENJOY it. Moreover, you will learn how to be a professional, effective teacher, and what will make you LOVE your job.Rafael DauletEnglish language teacher at Regent, Almaty
Foolish quiz answers, seemingly plagiarized assignments, dead forums, in my opinion, make this a less than satisfactory specialization. Great lessons, excellent presenters, and 'sticky' information - well, that makes this course worth its' cost, and it is well worth looking into. I imagine it will become better with age - this is the first iteration so don't let my fours stars dissuade you from exploring this specialization further. I am looking forward to part 2.
excellent appraches to teach teachers how to teach
This course was very helpful. There were many tips and hints and practical suggestions on how to design a lesson in the course. It was exactly what I needed to learn. Though we all had a lot of fun, it took me quite a lot of energy and mental efforts to complete all the assignments. Good job, guys!
WoW! Teach English Now is a Superb Course!
super helpful
This has been very helpful course for me as a beginner teacher. I have see so much "MUD" information to use in my future class. Thank you very much. You are doing great job!!!
Wonderful way to model different teacher strategies and whatnot, I'm really enjoying it!
The instructors are fantastic! They simplify a lot of information into a compact, 6 week course with engaging videos that keep my interest as an adult learner.
Great course
It's absolutely fantastic!
This course is really helpful on Lesson Design and Assessment. If you want to improve your Lesson Plans or you do not know how to make one this is the course for you.
I would love to thank you for your hard working. The course was really interesting and I learnt a lot. Thank you so much.
Wonderful course! thank you so much!
I certainly I would encourage and recommend the TESOL specialization at Arizona State University to anyone that approach to me and is willing to improve his/her knowledge and teaching skills.
what a golden opportunity given by' almighty' coursera to train teachers to rather become professional teachers !!!.....wow coursera, you are perfectly the best .
These courses have been awesome I wholeheartedly recommend them!!
So useful, clear, easy to go through, and fun!
Very very interesting!!! This is a great course! Keep up the good work!
Great course again!Great teachers/instructors. Easy to follow information and I didn't think I was going to be able to make a plan, but I made it! :)Thanks!
Thank you very much for your course!I'm not an English teacher and I took the first course of this specialization just because I wanted to practice my English. But since that moment I've used any opportunity to listen to Jessica Cinco and Dr. Shane Dixon. The MOOC was done in a great manner with interesting tasks and humor. I relax when I watch these videos!
Brilliant!
Great course. Not only it gives the promised understanding of the korean economic developent, but Professor Lee speaks a great english, and he was able to explain economic terms and concept in such a way that everyone can understand them, even students who prevviously knew nothing of economics.
Excellent overview of Korea's rapid rise after the Korean War, very in depth & easy to comprehend.
Explaining not only just the economic development also the social context in
Lectures give a basic overview of the history behind this development with many sources cited for those who want further study. Professor is very knowledgable about the subject and presents the material matter of factly in a very easy to digest fashion. Quizzes are simple but require analytical thinking, very enjoyable course!
This is a great course that not only provides information on Korean Economic Development, but the professor places each stage into a sociopolitical context.
Probably a 4.5 from me. It's a good overview of the (South) Korean economy after WW II. It doesn't require any real economics background, so no diagrams or in depth economic discussion. I feel like I got what I wanted out of it. It probably adds up to 3 hours of video with some short quizzes throughout and short answer at the end.
1. well structured 2. easy to grasp 3. compelling examples 4. motivating to make an impact in your developing country
Though my educational background is not economics but I have taken this course out of my interest about Korea and made the right choice. I have enjoyed the course very much and learned a lot.
Really good course for understanding Korean Economic development
A great and inspirational success story of a fund receiving country to a fund giver country. I strongly recommend this course for every student of developing countries. It worth to complete this course and learn how South Korea changed positively.
I like it a lot. I wish though that this website was better flowing with the lectures. I have to refresh multiple times to make sure the video is where it should be...idk how to explain it.
A great overview of the Korean Economic Development path.
Lovely course! For me, a brazilian student, it is very good study another country that was as poor as my country and become a great economy.Lovely teacher and staff!
Thank you for offering this wonderful introductory course to understand Korea and Asia economy. I hope there will be an advanced course after this course.
I loved this course! It was really interesting to know how South Korea rose up from its ashes.
The content was pretty good and the class was intuitive and exciting.The responses on the forums, however, have dropped dramatically. I had to raise 3 different threads on the forum for very specific questions but nobody from the staff ever even addressed them.I don't want to give a lower rating, because the course itself is amazing, but the forums need to be read/responded by staffers if we expect the students to learn the most the course has to offer.
Excellent course. Very complete and practical.
Great course!, really learnt a lot out of it. hope that you guys switch to swift 3 on time.
Very informative and interesting lectures.
IOS App Development Basics best for basic knowledge..
I learned a lot - I look forward to it being updated to Swift 3 - I'll take it again then.
Improvement over the first course. Most of the material did not require many references to the apple documentation in order to complete the assignments. Final project was comprehensive and built on previous work. A major flaw of this course is that it is not updated for the newest version of Swift. Many of the techniques and methods taught will not translate to Swift 3.0.
Good to understand, in special, xcode tool. Also, some of iOS features like autolayout.
Was fantastic, develop a app and see the things that we learned in the course
The instructor Jack looks very skilled in iOS, but is not very skilled in organizing his thoughts. Lot of sentences are changed halfway, making it frustrating and very hard to follow along.As in part one there is a steep chasm between the final peer assessment and the presented theory. Components required for the final assessment are introduced in part 3 of the specialization, which is to say a little late.
Thank you for your course. After this course I handled more knowledge about UI in Xcode and interactive between element UI. Best regard.
waste of time and money
Better than the previous course in terms of structure and content, still think more practice exercises for each week would be beneficial beyond just copying the video.
Honestly I cannot believe that this course won't allow people to go an extra mile to make something better and learn more than what course was designed for. How is it possible that I try to do something different and better than what I was requested to do and because of that I got bad gradings because it was different even though it met the projects requirements? I left a complaint and this is the response from one of the mentors "john f davis replied: all I could say is keep your personal touch in your GitHub and submit the nonpersonal touch version to be graded."How is this going to allow the students to learn more if they are going to be graded badly if they do? If we are not allowed to work on something greater? I'm disappointed with the peer grading system but even more with this kind of attitude from a "mentor".
The videos have been super helpful. I also think the assignment is pretty good.
One of the best courses I've taken online.Sir Jack you are the best, thank you.
This course is the very basics of interface building in iOS, requires lots of self-study as the lectures do not dig deep enough and prior knowledge of Swift.
Interesting but difficult for fresh.
The lectures are much better than Module 1 BUT still too thin on information required to complete the final assignment. I probably spent 30 hours in all completing the assignment because I had to spend so much time looking up material that was not covered in the lectures. A lot of my time got wasted since it is very difficult to figure out the syntax/structure of the language from the very skimpy lectures &/or the very technical Apple documentation.Also, not ONCE did the instructors participate or respond to the forum discussion so it was not a surprise that the forum was barely used at all.I am stuck with soldiering on with the next 2 modules since I pre-paid for the specialisation but really I am very disappointed with what I am getting for a paid course.
Very interesting course for development, with better clarification and new updates on Apple software and functionalities.
It was good but I would really appreciate it if MVC was tackled in more detail. Also, I wish there was a video about UICollectionView. There were materials online about it but none of them was helpful for this this course's project.It was also a bit confusing to follow some sequence. Some codes were added then removed then added again. The explanation was sometimes confusing too.
It is very useful.
It's helpful for me
Although Parham Aarabi is listed as the professor throughout this specialization, it's a bit of a bait-and-switch. Prof Aarabi is an award-winning professor at U of Toronto, but it turns out he knows little about iOS and has Jack Wu teach most of the material. Jack Wu is probably a heck of a developer but he's a terrible instructor.
Excellent course but allow ample time for the assignment as it is quite challenging, or at least it was for me. I am looking forward to doing the next module.
There are no notes for the course and the structure is quite loose. There are no assignments besides a final app. The time frame is difficult to keep up with, if you're not a full-time student. You'll spend time looking stuff up and re-running videos. If you've never had a course using Xcode, this will be a steep-learning curve.
The course and the knowledge provided is OK. But the peer correcting is really bad, it takes tool long, some people are cheating and if you're unlucky you may not be corrected at all and fail the course
Jack Yu is good person but don't why he does not his sentence and tells the less important thing first and the most important in last and because of this speaking style I am having difficulty in deep concepts
I didn't like and I couldn't take advantage of the videos of Mike Spears. As he doesn't write a line of code and has all the examples with snippets or just added in the project, it's quite difficult to understand the "programming process". The rest of the videos are really nice! Good work :)
Constraints were hard to understand even after re-watching the videos. I think more time could have been spent on the videos and more information could have been relayed to the students.
Bad content and instructor. no logistic in place. if you are planning to pay to get certificate. I would suggest look else where. my $279 are stuck in here and they don't reply to forum posts.
Great aproach, but when the coding sample are explained the Teacher do it so fast and I think we need more why answers!
I really enjoyed this course
Relevant and well organized material when looking at it, but in total it is way too thin. More tips and tricks about Xcode as a tool would have been nice. Some of the videos are pretty unrehearsed. One of the lecturers hesitates and stutters a lot.As for the final assignment. Being reviewed by only three persons is too few. One of my reviewers had problems with his Xcode environment and couldn't run my submission. Guess how he graded me. The other reviewers had no problems, luckily.There is almost no help to be found in the discussion forums, which seems pretty buggy. There are no TAs and the staff doesn't seem to be very active either.I'm sure the course will improve in the future. It's at the time of writing the only Swift/Xcode/iOS MOOC on Coursera.
Definitely they can do a much better job, despite there're many improvements compared to the first course. However, the introduction is lack of logic, and I still find myself lacking of systematic command of the material towards the end of this session. Kind of disappointed.
needs weekly code testsneeds more quiz questionsneeds more usage samples - e.g. autolayout/specific UI components gotchas
Too many concepts were crammed into. It isnt basic.
Quizes could have better questions, it seems they don't always test what was taught in the week.
Thank you.With all my respect to authors, I skipped Parham again and found a few errors, for example statements like "if bool == true" and layout related errors in the "starter" app at the end of the course.
A big improvement on the first course. Still, the material is not enough or you should have to do small exercises to prove that you understand the material. But progress is there.
Where is the actual information ,are some parts missing , are they payed ? useless
sometime i cannot catch up with Jack
well structured.
challenging but a very nice follow up to the previous course
I was expecting something more in depth for methods and functions on swift
This course contains good exercises and cover many components of the iOS development.
Great Course. Learned a lot. Thank you
You still haven't allowed for the users to download the video lessons in HD nor there's a transcript of the classes as there are in Android courses.
Course is really helpful, but definitely need an improvement.-Lot of information is Missing.-Need to be more clear in the lectures.-Similar course named iOS App Development for Entrepreneurs by UCI is constructed in much better way than this. Please take a look at it and try to make changes.-Udemy courses are more helpful, however i always prefer to learn with Coursera because of its reputation. So, please teach more stuff and help students to make most out of it.-The assignment was really challenging and interesting too. My humble request is to MAKE A VIDEO OF THE ASSIGNMENT WITH ALL BOUNS AND PUBLISH IT AFTER THE DEADLINE, that would be really helpful.
Horribly designed and developed. Jack Wu may be an expert but he does not know how to teach others.
Great!
I glad to take this Course. It was Very helpful for me.
Thx to the great teacher and great class, that's really a good class for green man like me
Great course.
It really did help me to understand everything. I did not give 5 stars because the sound of some videos is bad
Pretty easy course. I wish there would be more homework after each week. Anyway, thank you!
Amazing course! I love it
Really good examples to demonstrate the power of xcode. Good combination of code and interface usage.The assignment was very challenging and required extensive Googling for solutions and fixes above the scope of the lectures.
Good course
I like this course very much! It covers a lot of information in a limited time.
Great job. Respect.
Much better than the first course on the specialization. More structured, easier to follow. The final assignment was challenging but not out of reach.
This could've been better, but i understand that you want to minimize time of videos, but at the end it lacks many information about delegates and protocols and so on
Very interesting to start developing a first app.
I enjoyed how concise the videos were, there was a lot of information per unit of time, and it was challenging, but not too much so.
Pretty exciting. I found several improvements compared to course 1. Jack or Parham should take part in discussions I guess.
Needs Improvement.Lecture and associated staff should participate more in the discussion forums.
The quality of the course is not as I expected from a Coursera course.
Great class!
The class format -- only quizzes during most weeks, no programming work, then ending with a *huge* programming assignment -- is really poor pedagogical technique. If you're going to teach programming, have programming assignments *every* *week*, instead of dropping a massive assignment at the very end of the course.
Better than the first course of the specialization but the concepts are still explained not clearly
It is brillant !By the end of the courses, you will know how to make a basic app and to be honest it is great fun and pleasure !All the different aspect are well explained, the questions at the end of each course help you to get into the details.
The instructors actually explain the logic behind their implementations as opposed to only telling us what the code does. I am a novice at object-oriented design and the expansive iOS library; so it is awesome to finally have an instructor who is able to actually explain what certain methods, struct, classes, etc. are, their importance, and how it is compiled in the Xcode developer environment.
Good introduction for someone who has zero knowledge on architecture
Doing a project like an architect... it was a good experience
It is amazing course, which gives you great knowledge meanwhile you doing your assigments.
Very inspiring and interesting course
It was a combination of entertainment, developing various practical skills and getting new experiences. Bravo!
a very good course, it helped me to evaluate my thinking in a creative way.
Really enjoyed the videos; I felt I learnt a lot and I enjoyed the presentation. Many thanks.
Great course!
Very interesting and fun course that gets you hands on from day 1 building a project, reviewing the work of your fellow participants and incorporating their feedback into your own design. Well thought out, professionally presented with great videos (and intro tune!) that convey main concepts with ease. I learned a few things and enjoyed myself in the process, so I would recommend it!
Very inteeractive course with a lot of good tips and some good basic in design
amazing course
Very promising!
I lack for architecture so much and this course was a good opportunity for me hope more arch courses
Excellent overview; top notch analysis of A complex topic presented thoroughly by knowledgeable economist in a way that made it surprisingly easy to understand. Beautifully done. A MUST do course for anyone in political or economic fields that involve or are impacted by G8 business/economic forces.
Great course indeed. I was following the materials and videos of the crisis for a long time and this course perfectly summarized everthing back by data analysis. Highly recommended to all enthusiasts.
Great insight on the Financial Crisis. It takes incount that a lot of misinformation went through the news and papers and debunks the myths behind the crisis.
Very good lectures. Some of the tests could be improved. Monitors should also be more present and follow through the questions more closely.
Excellent retrospective course about the global financial crisis and the way it was managed by authorities and institutions. The causes of the crisis are very well described and the professor's viewpoint is
Very informative course.
Excelent , very dynamic and a complete overview of the Crisis.
Highly recommend this course to people who interested in finance. It is an up to date course summaries the global reactions towards the crisis in 2008. Lots of valuable materials and data is available. Thanks to all the professors and staff working on it.
Thank you very much for providing this in depth view into the mechanisms causing the Great Recession. AAA rating on the well-organized structure of the course.
A very interresting and usefull course.
A very well presented course, giving a reasonable understanding of the GFC.
Very nice Course
I really enjoyed this course. It is the perfect choice for someone who would like to further deepen the knowledge of the subject. Moreover, although the lessons are registered and are not live-streaming, it still has been a privilege to hear what happened during the crisis from the lips of one of the major political Actors of that period.
Good and clear explanation on Global Financial Crisis by Prof. Metrick which was supplemented by the perspective of former Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner. Prof. Metrick also gave a good overview into the ongoing Eurozone crisis. However discussion forum isn't too active probably due to fewer number of course participants.
Great！
Excellent course.A real privilege to have this kind of instructors. Exceptional opportunity to receive information directly from one of the main protagonists of the event.
Very good expose of the background the the financial crisis and great to have the insider's view as to how it was handled
comprehensive, insightful, well structured.
Really good course and modules hosted by Yale. I really liked the first hand lectures from Secretary Geitner.
Extremely well designed course.
provides a new perspective into the GFS instead of criticism
An extremely helpful and informative course, with very detailed and well-structured content.
Extremely insightful course. Financial crisis analysed really well and explained in very simple terms. Something that has been missing in various book, movies,etc ( on the crisis ).Must course for every individual.
Excellent course, great lecturers very knowledgeable of the field. Both Lecturers gave an excellent explanation on their respective stand point on the crisis and how the effects were viewed, one from actually trying to mitigates the effects while the other observed. I will recommend this course to anyone in the banking field and search for similar courses to gain a better understanding.
This was an excellent insight into the key structures of the financial system leading to the 2007/08 crisis explaining how financial innovations in the shadow banking sector created systemic risk via runnable funding. Taught well with excellent insights from Mr Geithner on the actual experience to responding to the crisis and managing it.
This is the greatest course I've ever attend. The knowledge and expertise of the Prof. Metrick and Mr.Geithner is over expectations. The course is very complex, well delivered (with simple and understandable language, reasoning and supporting materials), information is extremely concentrated, and huge knowledge of the authors is felt behind the scenes. The only think I lack is off-line (real life) attendance to the discussion with authors on questions that arise during the course. Hope, once I'll have an opportunity to attend Mr. Geithner and Mr. Metrics lectures and seminars and/or Yale university other real life courses
brief and clear, informative and easy to understand
This is an excellent history class on the recent housing collapse and financial crisis, but it also does a masterful job of succinctly and clearly explaining/illustrating the underlying causes of the entire global financial crisis, as well as to the individual events throughout the multi year ordeal. Slides are very well put together with some very informative data. I'd suggest this class to anyone who wants an updated understanding of global finance and modern day banking.
My selves being in the middle of the financial crisis and working for a sovereign financial institution without having a major stake on the line is like being at war without a license to kill or die for.I think both T. Geithner and A Metrick gave us a very realistic and honest picture of the current affairs of the Global Economic Crisis from 2007 and on wards.Considering Geithners special position as Secretary of the Treasury at the time it is therefore very firsthand and insightful information however there is always the risk of contamination from what was done as opposed to what could have been done.Great Course - a must for economists!Best – Henrik Gjerning, Data Scientist and Economist
Very good, well-paced course. It will help you grasp the complexity of the structural issues that triggered the Global Financial Crisis, which rocked the world. I would suggest you complement it by reading some of the many books that have been written about it, say, "Too Big to Fail" (Andrew Ross Sorkin), "The Big Short" (Michael Lewis) and, of course, "Stress Test" (Timothy Geithner).
Really worthy for a financial individual.
Great course that offers a comprehensive overview of the global financial crisis. Presenters were clear and easy-to-follow, with short questions after each lecture to ensure understanding. Highly recommended.
A topic that you've heard pieces of, read headlines about, and heard plenty of opinions on... but to truly dig into the mathematics and behavior behind a generation defining event was incredible. The content was delivered logically, and in a way that leads the student to think on their own. Students are pushed to think why certain events had the consequences that they did. Historical behavior, market reaction, and the impact on the future are all evaluated and discussed. It's a behavioral macroeconomic course that uses the financial crisis as it's exhibit A. I recommend this course to anyone participating the financial or labor markets today.
Very informative and to the point.
Top-notch!
This course is very informative. I was surprised how many pieces there areto the financial puzzle. I found the suggested reading material to be interestingand enlightening too. I plan to gradually read all of the books that I have not yetread. The professor delivered the lectures in a clear and concise manner. This hasbeen time well spent. Thank you.
Insightful! Thank you.
easy to understand
The course has been very structured, very focused yet has all the depth of a very complex problem. Bravo!
A strong overview of the crisis that balances the depth and breadth of the material well.Strengths:Balance of narrative and data.Logical sequencing gives a nice structure and a more digestible package.Excellent level of detail, neither missing the forest for the trees nor ignoring the trees altogether.Weaknesses:Does not address alternative theories or interpretations of the crisis, even to shoot them down.Several quizzes were poorly-constructed, featuring obvious typos or nonsensical statements.Additional module to update the material (stale since mid-2015) was promised, but not delivered.
This is an amazing course, the mix between theory and practice is excellent, this is one the best course that I have ever taken.
Very insightful course. Prof. Metrick's and Secretary Geithner's lectures are thorough and very easy to follow. The course gives a thorough analysis of how financial markets work and how they fail during a panic. Definitely going to recommend this course to whoever is interested in this subject.
Put simply, this course is well put together. Professor Andrew Metrick is an engaging lecturer and the materials assigned are very helpful in understanding the topic.If i have any recommendations i would suggest for a break down of abbreviations and concepts as i especially struggled given my non-financial background. Also, i still haven't figured out the discussion forum as in my opinion isn't as engaging.In all, thank you for a brilliant work...still redo and redo this course. :)
Very insightful and useful, particularly for someone whose limited knowledge and time to read papers and books about global financial crisis in 2007-2008.
Amazing course. Beautifully designed!
This is a very informative course, a very complicated global financial event explained in a way the average person can understand ,thank you !
Best material I could ever find related to Global Financial Crisis. As a student of Economics, this course was very helpful it is must for someone who just wants to know what happened in an easy to understand and practical manner.Both the faculties are of very high stature and have closely observed the crisis. Professor Andrew is a financial economist and explains beautifully the events and timeline of GFC and Professor Geithner was himself involved in all policy reactions and his role has been highly appreciated worldwide as President of New York Fed. Awesome experience really. Thanks Coursera. It's like a dream come true to be taught by such eminent personalities.
Excellent, challenging course that exposes you to a variety of causes, responses and effects of the 2007-2009 Great Recession.
Excellent and most enlightening insights into the GFC. thanks
Very interesting course that provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, account of the global financial crisis as well as of its causes and consequences. Both Prof. Metrick and Mr. Geithner do a great job in explaining the materials using clear slides and easily understandable graphics and figures. The course setup is also clear and can easily be completed. The quizzes offer a good opportunity to keep track of the course contents (maybe extend them to 3-4 questions instead of just 2?). Perhaps a comprehensive final exam reviewing the materials of all prior weeks would be sensible, as one might have forgotten what topics were discussed in week 1 or 2 while learning the contents of week 11.
Very well done in general, with useful materials. The lecturer does a great job of explaining even the hardest mechanisms. Highly recommended!
The awesome course with great insight.
Absolutely top of the class
The scope, content and presentation were all very well done.
Very informative and explained in an easy to understand and patient manner. I hope this instructor will have more MOOC's in the future.
This was a great course. It was very well structured and the quizzes after each lecture were useful for quickly catching my own misunderstandings about the material presented. I learned so much from it and it really changed my perspective on the global financial crisis. My only complaint is that there no guidance on where to get supplementary information, either books or articles, on the topic.
I really like this course, Professor Metrick is excellent. He speaks and explains very very clairly and, thank to this, I am learning a lot.
Easy to comprehend.
a) There clearly was a huge amount of criminal behavior that contributed to the crisis. The presenters appear to approach the subject half-heartedly, and focus their energies on disproving the possibility without sufficiently examining it.b) A lot of the review questions focus on remembering facts rather than on understanding the causes and effects. For example, what is the relevance of being able to remember that job losses at the height of the crisis were of the order of 880k a month or 200k a month??c) It is obvious to anyone with even trivial financial expertise that the financial system today is weaker than it was before the crisis. The too big to fail are bigger today (by a large margin) and interest rates are too low (remember the search for yield was the motivation for the creation of the exotic securities which blew up the system). Secy Geithner's focus in week 8 comes across as a personal defence of his actions rather an objective analysis of what was done and should have been done.
Great course!
This is an excellent course, blending financial theory with the practical experience of confronting a major crisis. I chose this course to get a broad view of the Global Financial Crisis in preparation for further reading on the subject; I am very happy with my choice.
Learned quite a lot! The course was structured very good.
This course gave me the big picture understanding that I cherish with just enough detail to support each module.
Very well-organized! It is my favorite course! :)
This course is highly insightful and does a holistic evaluation of the financial catastrophe. I personally searched various parts of the internet to learn about the Global Financial Crisis, but none was as informative and EVIDENCE BASED as this course. One example of this was: while several online portals criticized the US government for being too lenient during the housing boom, the course says (rightly) that there is little evidence to support this claim.To top it off, the course is quite affordable, costing 29 $, thereby giving a compelling reason to buy.
This course gives an easy to understand and detailed look at what happened during the financial crises. The material is very detailed and contains charts, quotes from the time and some personal experiences.
I didn't expected so clear explanations.Well, my impression is that the instability still exists and this is in the circular dependencies that can exist in the new system. Once the mechanisms get fast enough the crisis may appear.There is some parallel with computer systems. In the early days of the interconnected computers the problems were much similar. I hope I could write something until the end of the course.I would like to have some more schematic explanation of the institutions and the flow of money and the other financial products. As well as some textbook references. It is a little bit complicated to the non-american to enter fluidly at least in the set of abbreviations.
Very insightful lectures and its really helpful to see supporting data/graphs for every point stated in lectures.
Fantastic! Well explained and very instructing
Excellent course. Don't need a financial background, easy to understand, very manageable - and with the former US Secretary of the Treasury onboard gain valuable insight into the whole cr
this curse was very good i learned enghish and financial themes thank you
This course offers very material of a high quality, with complex matter summarised in a very effective and helpful way. You are likely to gain interest new perspectives irrespective of background. Cudos to the organizers for a job very well done!Nick Clark, CFA
Great course.Clear and effective even when facing rather complicated contents. Maybe I would have liked slightly longer lectures
I found this course to be an excellent historical and explanatory review of events around the Global Financial Crisis. The approach is evidence-based and the presentation of the material is extremely well done.
A well presented and evidence based discourse on the Global Financial Crisis
awesome. I thought I knew everything about financial crisis. but it seems like there are many points I missed
I will be great if you provide learners with additional material worth to read.
Very interesting course. Well explained. Some basic banking knowledge might be necessay.
I just started and the course already gives me additional fresh background insights about the origins of the Global Financial Crisis.
A very good course!
What a great course!!! The best I have taken so far!
The Global Financial Crisis course material is presented in an aesthetic manner where relevant ideas are expressed with clarity and honesty.
Very well explained, especially for the people who does not possess high economics background.
GREAT COURSE,THANKS,WE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS FROM THE FIRST HAND AND I HOPE THAT, THESE CRISIS NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.THANK YOU YALE UNIVERSITY,THANK YOU ANDREW METRICK,THANK YOU TIMOTHY GEITHNER.
Excellent comeback on the crisis and the elements why, how and what has been done. Also a good overview of the outcome for European countries.
very good discussion about the cronology, causes and outcomes of the global financial crisis
Very interesting, being European myself, I would have liked more on the professors opinion one how the ECB is trying to save the euro, and potential alternative ways to do so (or not).
Very good course, very good professors; no community assistants for answering in the discussions.
Good explanation of the background of the crisis, and the impact on U.S. and E.U. as well. I never understood the term "shadow banking" before; now I do.
Very interesting course!
Superior in-depth review of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The best available course on the subject.
Sets a high bar for online educational content. The instructors clearly know their subject matter, and are serving a public duty by offering this course online.
Great material and lectures, giving a nice scope of what happened and what is going on. Very nice class
The course gives a great overview of the events and interconnections of the Global Financial Crisis. The best way to gain basic knowledge.
Excellent course, probably the best narrative that exists. Hopefully a sequel on 2016 won't be required. But if it does let's hope it's from the same team.Thank you.
I enjoyed the course very much. It was clear, it included the explanation of its basic concepts for anyone who was not familiar with everything, and it came with graphs that backed up many points argued. I certainly recommend it to anyone who wants to start understanding the global financial crisis. What I did not like were last 2 lessons by Secretary Geithner, which I found very general and in contract to the detailed slides of Professor Metrick. Nevertheless, this is a great course.
Tuff but achievable
Excellent analysis for the novice student of financial markets.
Excellent overview of the global financial crisis! Prof. Metrick does a great job dissecting the complex financial system to help understand the crisis. The modules are well organized and engaging. Really gave me an appreciation for economic policy and financial markets.
Very informative and engaging course. Very good lecture presentations by two leading subject matter experts. About the only drawback was the lack of teaching assistance interaction on the course discussion forums and maybe even an occasional drop in by one of the instructors from time to time.
The speakers have a deeply knowledge of the Global Crisis. I recommend this course to really know what happen in 2008
Thank you, the course helped me to understand the modern economy and gave me tools to try to acknowledge the current consequences of GFC.
Lectures by Tim Geithner itself is 10 stars!
Excellent! I can't recommend this course highly enough. Very well done. This is the future of education.
Great course and brilliant instructors!
Fantastic teaching. Didn't think I was going to do it but I'm hooked!
How clear and interesting the course is!
Excellent course - very easy to follow the chain of events leading to the crash.
Super great course, very clear explanation. Refreshed my view about 2008 crisis.
There was no engagement between the course instructors and students at all. It felt like students were running the whole show and discussion forums.
The most detail overview of the economic crisis available online.
Awesome course and the simplicity of demonstrating the concepts is quite good.
This is an incredibly detailed and well constructed course to understand the complexity of the financial crisis in 2008.
Very instructive, the best account of the GFC in my experience
I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wishes to understand the events that happened during the GFC. Both, Prof Andrew Materick and Secretary Geitner provide excellent "insights & data"; and have made the course very interesting.Looking forward for other coursers on Finance from Yale University.P.S: The assignments are not easy as they seem to be. One has to carefully listen to the lessons and make proper notes.
A very nice course!
Found course very informative, well organized and well presented
An excellent course! Very detailed without being boring and expertly delivered.An important course for everyone to study and one I will definitely be recommending.
The best course I have ever attended in Coursera. From the subject matter to the course facilitators and the material shared with the students, this course is intense, data-rich, highly analytical and thought provoking. Given a chance, I would redo this course in a heartbeat. A must for anyone interested in Economics or just interested to know conclusively, what happened during the Global Financial Crisis.
Very good overview over a topical area - more in-depth exercises for testing one's own understanding might have been helpful
very much enjoyed the course.
it is very good course. Thank you for new experiance.
An excellent overview of the crisis from the perspective of those who working the issues at the highest level. Both instructors are going to keep you interested throughout the sessions.
Great overview! The details and figures were sufficient to explain what happened without confusing people who might not know a lot about economics and finance
Very interesting and pfofound in knowledge and analysis.
Every American should understand this problem. It should especially be taught in our high schools.
Its a must attend course for those wanting to know what exactly went wrong.
Really enjoying it so far
This course has high quality instruction a
Interesting and topical, from people who were in the thick of things and don't pull punches. The camerawork leaves a bit to be desired, but not the content.
Cleared the crisis in my head!
This course was spot on with explaining the intricacies of a financial crisis. Thank you very much for teaching this course.
Excellent course, very informative and well presented
A course worthy of learning and filled with valuable information
Excellent course. However, lots of unanswered questions of students are still pending.
Excellent course for those who wants understand global economics
We are really very fortunate to have the courses like this. A lot of thanks with a request that please continue to bring these very high quality courses in future also.
I enjoyed the course!
Some good information but very much a political course, not much of an economics course. Stating, as if it is a given, late in the course, that there are times when it is okay to introduce a moral hazard. Erroneously defining fiat money early in the course. Stating, again as if it were a given, that deficit spending is naturally the right answer to a crisis. When politicians and their pawns develop a course should we be surprised that the answer is always more government intervention? Oh, if only we had more tools to stop this, never realizing their role in creating the crisis.
Great Course for Finance Majors, Economics Majors, and those with similar interest.
Detailed and in depth. It can be difficult to digest for people from non finance backgrounds. Would recommend.
Excellent speakers with excellent organizations on course content. Could not wait for more courses from Prof Andrew.However, is there any one who could help clear the questions raised in the forum? Thank you.
A little long and repetitive, but very in depth. Yale is by far the best at the videos and getting guest speakers that are interesting. Definitely feel well informed about the global financial crisis and the origins of financial crises in general.
A systematic overview on the global financ
This is a wonderful course. Thank you very much and a Happy 2016.
Provides insights in macro economic decisions based on the actua
Short and concise videos, well-explained and easy-to-understand content. I highly recommend it!
Explains thoroughly the cause of the Financial crisis, contagion and prevention. Touches on the Euro zone crisis and the problems with single currency for member nations. The course parallels a documentary but at the same time elucidates on various fragments leading to the crisis
A nice presentation of the reasons for a financial crisis addressed to both people with and without much familiarity with finance.
Very useful in order to understand all the mechanisms of the Global Financial Crisis. Need to be related to the new book of Ben Bernanke "The Courage to Act".
Very useful and interesting. Thanks for the material from Moscow, Russia
Outside my field, but useful course. Many thanks for setting out the unfathomable.
In short, I am somewhat disappointed with the course overall. Of course both speakers have amazing experiences and that is valuable in itself but I do believe the structure of the lectures is not envolving as it should be. It seems that the basic rationale is being 'fired' in a not so much 'educative fashion'. Still there is much to learn from these contents.
Good fundamental summary of the GFC. Worth the time.
Despite working in financial industry, and having a very good understanding of the crisis. they way the course has been structured to disseminate the information gradually and structurally really appeals to me. I have learned things I did not know, and to me that is the
This course is very interesting and the content is pretty clear-cut and easy to understand.
I am expecting a 5 star course as always and everything coming form a prestigious Ivy League University. Looking forward to all materials and useful knowledge from these top notch professors. Thank you!
Interesting, excellent material
Wonderful course and tea
I really enjoyed taking this course. Especially the interviews with business leaders were helpful for me because it showed me how strategies and practices were applied in the business world.
Nice Course, A lot of learning and challenges!
I feel robbed. I did not get any feedback on my work. Only a classmate gave their ok "yes, there is something written".I did not follow the course to get a "certificate" but to learn and to revceive feedback. If you don't have a special purpose for the certificate - don't pay a cent for this.
Great and useful course
Great opportunity to learn new skills
great course, all the knowledge can be aplied to work environment and change the vision for teams and people management.
Great way to close out this specialization, combining the different modules into one.This has helped me a lot as a first time manager.Thanks.
Good opportunity to review and test what you have learned over the specialization.Thanks!.
The Capstone itself (Option 1) is very interesting, but there is no really graduated evaluation.
Exciting eye opening journey into managing people,Loved the experience
good rapport and great value. its a skillset that you can add. highly recommended. thank you.
I loved the assignment but getting answers to questions was hard. I think overall the course was terrific and I would recommend it to my coworkers.
This specialization was not just a set of courses and exams, it was truly a life changing experience which gave me very helpful insights to deal with all people from my family members to co-workers , sub-ordinates and even my superiors.Thanks a lot Scott, Maxim and Cheri you have done really great.
well worth it mate, well worth it - Mustafa & Edward
Very well thought out Capstone Project that requires one to apply the knowledge and skills learnt in class sessions.
Highly practical capstone and full of learning. I took this specialization as a challenge and believe me it was absolutely brilliant and beyond my expectations. Thank you for providing the opportunity to learn effectively.
It was great experience, however I would like to have little bit more then a one case study to work/ choose from.
As mentioned in the discussion form, it is really difficult to accept the fact "I have a challenge to accept and I need to solve."Leadership is not a cake walk and needs vision to become a leader and lead people.This course has helped me a lot to become a visionary leader. Thanks to every single member of this team. Great job.
Honored to part of this course. THANK YOU !
I just start watching this, but it seems to be very helpful and interesting course.
Excellent course and teacher!! Congratulations
It was a wonderful and life changing experience for me. Gratitude to Dr. Valerie Gauthier and the team. Thanks
Really good end for a very good class.You will work more for this class (it's a capstone) and it will be less theoretical and more practical.It's an awesome class and it will deliver the tools that you need to improve yourself and be genuine, generous and generative :)
Your Leadership Challenge is one of the most useful course as it significantly increase my leadership skill for professional as well as personal life.
It had been an amazing experience to be the part of this CAPSTONE project. It is not a meager learning experience but a practical experience of applying whatever has been learned. Keep the good work going.
Pros: The tutors are well prepared for the course! I can see their enthusiasm!The content is very online-learning oriented.Cons: As a person who is already familiar with programming, the material develops a little too slowly for me.Overall, I think this is a great start for Java beginners, especially for those new to programming.
Course and Assignments were good, but don't hope for an answer in the discussion forums.
Through this course I learn lot of stuff.
I so much enjoyed this java tutorial class. The design of each clip/module is very humane and best for the learning from scratch. I have finished this class and the one after it (array list one). I feel very confident about learning Java language and I am heading for the next one (software design principal). I plan to finish all of the 5 courses and then buy the certificate so I will be sure I am not waste my tuition. I am leaving the 1st class (CSS, html) for the last one before capstone because it seems not so relevant to SDE training but more frontend/UI.
Thank you, very interesting course!
Very good material, congratulation for all involved in this great masterpiece. Thanks very very much for the knowledge, i'm very proud of you all.
Good and practical training approach to solve real worlds problems. Assignments and quizzes are quite challenging and interesting. Greatly motivates us towards programming and problem solving skills.
Challenging, though I seemed to do more than was required. Great course.
It's a really great course!
Interesting and exciting course. Love it!
The course itself is well put together and contains the perfect amount of challenge for students who have completed the previous Duke Java courses. I have come to enjoy the odd quirkiness of the instructors and their videos, as they seem to embrace the fact that they must remain a bit silly in order to effectively engage students in this format.
Excellent course, i feel my skill has been grow up
Perfect!
heavy workloads!! Really do teach you how to code and remember to keep practicing
This is much better than the previous one. The quiz and project design are much more reasonable.Good work!
Great course! Thank you!
valuable info and very organized
It was a superb course with rich course materials. I would like to thank moderators for proving such a great course contents and the easiest way to learn them. This course is very good for learning Software fundamentals to solve large problems that are required in Software Development.
The amount of learning in this module is huge! If you have never worked with HashMaps and don't know what this is, you may spend quite a bit of time trying to understand. That time will probably be spent reading material external to the course.
Great learning opportunity! I learned a great deal and took my Java skills to the next level.
Excellent course to learn about Structured Data. Challenging exercises and quizes.
Codebreaking made the homework quite engaging, and the lectures and coursework made sense. Week3 is a little heavier than the other weeks, so bear than in mind!
Very good course, challenging in terms of testing your ability to solve programming problems using data structures like arraylist, hashset and hashmap. Using problems from basic cryptography keeps you motivated to complete the course.
This course has just the right amount of support so that you try things on your own without getting lost.
Great Course! Great Staff! Great Site! I love Coursera! I love Duke University! Thanks guys!
Discussion forums for this course was not quite helpful.
Very good Course.
Like the first and the second courses of this specialization this course is really helpful for beginners in Java development. It is an excellent introduction to arrays, lists and data structures. The assignments are practical, interesting and realizable.
Great course.
The content is very good as well as the assignments are.
Very useful course! But it is not challenging enough. My advice: more challenging assignments to be given, and do not give too many detailed steps or instructions in the assignments. Let students themselves to solve the algorithms. Overall, this course is very useful and I like the lectures of Robert the most! His logic is extremely well explained.
Creative problems to apply solutions.
learned a lot. very good course
Thank you for the course. The professors explain things with great enthusiasm and artistry. The main topic of the course - breaking ciphers is very interesting for me. Because of this interest I was completely involved into the course.Thank you again!
This course was very hard but the idea of teaching Java Programming with the application of cryptography was a magnificent one. Cryptography kept me motivated to complete the course as it is an interesting study. Hats off to the teachers for organizing an interesting course and for teaching it really well.
This course is fantastically created for excelling your concepts in Java. The faculties are worthy of praise.Thank you Rodgers, Owen, Hilton and Robert for creating one of the best courses in coursera and teaching us amazing stuffs in java programming.
I found it incredibly challenging but worthwhile.
The concepts taught were very useful and interesting, but the only drawback I found with this course was the confusing nature of the Mini-Project.
Nicely paced course for beginners to Java programming and the programming assignments are really exciting.
It's great,especially the mini-project and it is quite a complex problem, it is well planned so that we can reach the solution step by step.
Poorly designed and explained. You do not really gain much knowledge from this course.I would not recommend my friends and basically others to take this course. There are far better courses out there for much cheaper prices.
perfect course with practical projects
I liked this course, because it was very well focused on one area of Java (Data Structures) and not focused on some specific library. However, I wish they didn't rely so much on their custom classes (readers, parsers), instead they could have explained how they work, so we could learn about Java native readers, parsers. Overall, however, I am very satisfied.
Like the first and the second courses of this specialization, this course is really great. The journey to learn new data structures continues, and I only can say this : this is by far, the best specialization to introduce java programming for beginners
lots of practice, makes writing java code feel easy.
A intense course for a newbie like me, but worth the effort!
Good course!
Its good way to master in programming because in this course explain more and practically so its more useful to understand.
Great course, challenging as it should be!David
A wonderful course for java learners.
Well planned and executed with high deliberation.
The Best learning course on Java programming
The course was appropriately challenging and a sound use of my time. My goals for it were unusual, and it has satisfied them. I feel very strongly that most students should take it in sequence with the other courses in this group and will benefit greatly from it and from completing the entire sequence.
OK, big improvement from first 2 in this series
Great continuation of learning the Java language!
Great course!
Not really useful ~ I would like to email in a PDF of my comments covering this course and the second course in this series
The homework is too time consuming.
Great course and excellent introduction to arrays, lists. and some other related data structures. This course, and the others in this Specialization are well explained with programming assignments that are at the right difficulty for someone starting of in Java.
Nicely structured with not too long videos! That can be dreadful.
Well structured programming assignments provide lots of practice applying the concepts taught. Excellent course!
Challenging, rewarding, learned a lot!
This course was very helpful for me.Thanks authors of this course.Best regards, AlexKyiv, Ukraine2016
the course content was great , thank to the teaching staff . i was so much excited about the modules... the projects were also very good , and make me feel that i became a real programmer
its challenging to the point that i got very interested and trying to complete the whole specialization. Duke amazing job and for someone who wants to get started is a very very good basis. It is a self study with some videos but the documentation will help tremendously.
Again, I wish the teachers would explain explicitly what is needed for the programming exercise. I felt abandoned by the faculty when I was trying to work out the programming exercise. There is an assumption that we as students know what the teachers are talking about.
Great course and great professors. Very interesting knowledge base to learn from.
Amazing course. It really gives your mind something to work.
Very good teachers/instructors.
Really good course assignments and resources! I hope the lecture slides can be improved. The course is rigorous, challenging and intellectually stimulating. I hope Duke can offer more computer science courses like this.
Great class. Really enjoyed it. The guided lessons were just challenging enough for someone who has very limited programming knowledge.
Great course. Learning Java Data Structures and Cipher encryption was fun.Good material and problems
Week 2 was wayyy too difficult but everything else was just right.
Great Course!
The course is ok, but some lectures seems to be too slow paced, while the programming assignments tend to be difficult for a beginner programmer, since some issues are not covered in the lectures.
Great intro to Arrays/LIst/HashMaps and other container classes in Java. Lots of hands-on java coding exercises.
Despite having some tedious assignments, this course impressed me. It taught me the new topics very well. I liked working on the last few assignments. I would recommend it to learners looking for a good course to learn Java and it's applications.
its good
Great. Makes you think a lot, while doing fun projects, not the usual programming made boring teaching.
I had a good time and learned on how to use arrays and hasmaps for storing and searching data.
Great course!
Great course !
i have found no problems in this course and i actually liked it and the assignments were practical and easy to understand. Good Job!PS. If i have payed for specialization, the "shortness" of this course would be disappointing.
It has been a while going to school or university... therefore this course was very helpful. I feel more confident taking other courses now, like Calculus or topics related to computer sciences. Thank you very much for designing this course
Am Impressed!
I have met with nothing but frustration with this course. Though the lectures are understandable, but the readings are comparable but unrelated to the material in the lectures. I also had no kind of communication with instructors, TAs, or other student for help. It is ridiculous that there is NO feedback forums, and this seems to be the only course that handles it that way. If this an institutional decision to not have feedback, it seems that these instructors and/or the University of California, Irvine do not care to help students. I would not recommend this to anyone!
I really enjoyed this course and plan on taking the trigonometry course. I thought it was well thought out by the instructor. The only thing I would have wished is to see the results of my final exam. The computer went from showing them for about a second and then proceeded to congratulate me for finishing the course. If this is about learning, it's very important to see where you went wrong so you brush up on those skills.
Very detailed in each step.
this's awesome!
Great course and laid out very well
I believe it could be heavier on factor
It is very well designed course. My only problem is that you cannot submit answers to the weekly quizes if you are only auditing the course.
It's really good.
Excellent information I gained, really very talented instructors and they explained everything very well.
Very useful course. I was able to use both The Trig and Functions courses to brush up on my math for my college assessment exams. That allowed me to skip all of the remedial courses that I would have been otherwise required to take.
Lecture videos of solved problems were very helpful. Textbook is Spartan and required several readings to understanding presented concepts. "Math for Fun" website was very understandable and "Try It Yourself" questions at the end of each were very good practice.I learned quit a bit from this course and will certainly take Pre-Calculus - Trigonometry in the near future in order to be well equipped to take Calculus.
Amazing course! Thank you so much! ^^
Fantastic Review. Hit the major points and fundamentals that made the refresher worth it's weight in gold.thank you!
Nice teaching
Thank you
This course is the greatest of Math!))
Great Course including great compilation of concept and question.
Very usefull recap of the mathematics needed for later courses
Good course to take before starting any online college program. Going online for college is great with this experience!
Love it, I just wish that they would combine it with the trigonometry course. The only gripe I have is that it is too simple, I completed the entire course in 4-5 days!
Good learning for those who have interests in humanitarian emergency.
wow! Emory is awesome! shout out to Jiong Jones and Omar Lattouf!
The course covered the mains issues of a very complex topic in a very compact way, I have definitely extended my skills and knowledge! Thanks to the lecturers!
Great Course. Loved it
Excellent fort overview of the Impact Investing Ecosystem
very interesting course, I'll look forward for the two others !
Really enjoyed the course. It gave a very comprehensive introduction to Astrobiology and I enjoyed being pushed to write a science fictional short story at the end.
Great course and great delivery.
"Imagining Other Earths" introduces one to astonishing aspects of planetary science, delivered expertly by David Spergel, Charles Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation and Chair. I found the course to be invaluable in improving my understanding of the universe in which we live. Professor Spergels unassuming, inimitable style of delivery leads one to an easy understanding of complex concepts. I found the Professor and the scientists who spoke with him in interviews which supported the lectures to be inspiring. I commend this course to anyone who is interested in understanding the universe.
Amazing course
This class was an exceptional journey into the world outside our own - and the details, balance, and intricacies of an ever changing universe. Professor Spergel is an incredible asset to the world of astrophysics and I feel truly lucky that he took the time to teach us. I happily anticipate leaning even more on this fascinating subject.
This is simply fantastic! Such a charismatic lecturer leading us so professionally through heavy subjects in a light manner! Looking forward to more courses!
This is a wonderful course, even for somebody, such as myself, who tends to freeze in terror when presented with mathematical equations of any sort. I'm a linguist, artist and musician, so no physicist, and yet have found here a wealth of imagination and knowledge that is accessible, even if only at the broadest level, to anyone, regardless of their academic background. Highly recommended.
Thank you very much for the course.
Very good and a good teacher
Excellent course with a lot of information served in the context and furthermore in the most understandable way.Thanks for it.
This was my first coarse on Coursera, and it is an amazing coarse. The professor and the presentation are so vividly unique, even as a high school sophomore, I was able to understand a large part of it.
Excelent course, very interesting material, didacticism and awesome teacher!
A little challenging with advanced pace astrology...you'll love it
A great course, a big variety of fascinating topics, interesting and lively explanation of prof. Spergel, great interviews with specialists on many of the topics.Just one thing I miss in the course, it would be nice to check my understanding of the explanation in quizes.Nonetheless, great thanks for the course!
I found it really amazing!!!!
Amazing course! Great Professor!
Very interesting class. It gets very in depth with each topic and is also pretty fun!
Amazing, this course is a huge fun.
wonderful Course, the instructor was very helpful
Great! Fantastic course. Clear and concise. Hghly recommended!!!
Learned a lot about the universe.
A fantastic content that helps you easily understand difficult concepts for the uninitiated in the field. A highly recommended experience. To improve only ask for more interviews with professionals who are now investigating the matter.Thank you very much for the effort.
A quite good and complete course to understand the basics of astrophysics and planetary science.
fascinating and interesting course. having a lot of fun!
It is a great ride so far. Good refreshment of basic astronomy. I highly recommend it. Very clear lectures too.
Awesome. Interesting arguments and a really effective and clear explainations.
i found it very full in the área of astrophysics
I am a retired geologist and have recently taken up astronomy and astrophotography as a hobby. As is clear from the course there is a close association between the two sciences and I was keen to learn more. This is my fifth astronomy MOOC and by far and away a country mile the best; how many of those in a parsec?.Apart from the sheer breadth of subject matter covered I particularly liked the way various maths formulae (not too difficult) were explained and gradually used to explain and link various aspects of astronomy - thus adding weight to the explanations and especially how it all elegantly fits together. If you want to do just one course to understand astronomy, this is the one.Many thanks to David and team for the high quality of lectures and diagrams etc. which thoroughly backed up the lectures + the interviews provided insight form other experts in their respective fields.If you're ever in the UK do look me up - I also cycle and would love to go on a ride and talk astro etc. Thanks again to all.Here's my website if you're interested: https://watchthisspaceman.wordpress.com/
I took this course completely for fun, so did not complete any assignments, but I want to say that I enjoyed it immensely! Our lecturer brought immense enthusiasm to the rather heavy topic of astronomy and physics and managed to make it reasonable even to those of a non-science background (like me!). The people interviewed also brought very unique views and experiences to the subject, and gave us a good first hand account of what it is like to research and work on NASA projects and other spacefaring missions. Thank you to everyone who made this happen, I hope many other students share the same satisfaction from taking this online course!
The best course ever.! it really has the scientific detail that you do not find anywhere else in a clear simple and didactic way. The instructor is an amazing educator.
Very useful and interesting course!
Wonderful, informative and interesting course.
Outstanding course for anyone interested in astronomy and the search for extra-solar planets. The instructor is a world-class scientist and a great teacher.
I have no professional interest in this course but watch the videos in my freetime. This should tell you everything about how good this course is.
This course is very exciting even before the entire course starts!!!!!!!!
Incredible Resources, But A Bit Monotonous Which Sucks Out The Enthusiasm To Complete The Course. But Make No Mistake, This Is One Brilliant Course And You *MUST* Try This To Understand The Universe Around You A Little Better.
One of the greatest course I ever attended in the field of life science and origin of life.
Great course
fascinating study of astronomy with a clear explanation to understand complex concepts and analysis.
Love it
best coursera class I've taken so far
Definitely learned a lot but the exercises could have been a bit more involved.It's also too easy to get away with submitting blank essays, but I suppose that's to the loss of the student.
I'm glad I found this course. You will gain a lot of knowledge about astrobiology and astrophysics.
This was a very interesting class taught in such a manner that an undergraduate student majoring in any area would find interesting and educational, their is very much to learn for anyone
I love this course and Prof. Spergel fascinating skills of teaching! anyway,I'm still in the course of enjoying it!
very good course would definitely recommed
I loved this course! There was so much to learn!
Super great content! Loving it.
I am really sorry that a course with such a good content is ruined by the unrealistic assignement of week 4. That assignment will at least take 6 weeks to do and that should naturally lead to course length of 10 or 11 weeks which would be realistic. So if you pay money for it, start the course and do it till week 4, than pause and do the assignment and restart at a later date in order to comply to the necessary tasks. The creators of this course did not react to our cries of help within a week. Poor support from them - the coursera team tried to help but obviously in vain. What I learnt for future courses: I will look into the detail of every assingment before starting and paying. Unfortunately in some courses you can´t even look into the assignments when you haven´t paid. This should be changed. Because I consider it a trick to lure someone into an interesting course and then making it impossible to finish it in the given timeframe. Not being able to see what will be demanded prior to paying may also be a coursera policy problem. So maybe there is a better platform than coursera that lets you to be clear of what is ahead of you. For a learner this is of great value: honesty, transparency and realistic information - because I have to plan and schedule how much time I can take for learning!
the course is designed in a way you can not accomplished or get certificate on the proposed timeframe. It was very disappointing to pay for certification and not be able to get it due to issues with the course developers ( a lack of understanding of how coursera works, it's clear they did not care to adapt to a 5 week course) and peer reviewed activities proposed that took over 6 weeks to get done. (further to the course timeframe) The assistance from developers was too poor and never sought to find solutions, which is very strange in a course for coaching. Not the mention video quality that is scary, I could not watch the videos, and preferred to study by reading the transcriptions.
I took this course simultaneously with Course 1 in the certificate specialization. As a result, I think I confused concepts from both courses in trying to fulfill assignments. Also, I did not think there was enough time to conduct two 5- session coaching assignments, and, as a result, I had to finish the assignment on the second go-round because I had a hard time scheduling the coachees for more than one or two sessions.I did get a lot from the course and especially some guidance on how to go about coaching folks in a more cohesive manner that did not feel like a touchy-feely experience. Thank you.
Little hard because of lots of discussion session.
I enjoyed the course very much. I enjoyed the various perspectives in the video as well as the feedback, suggestions, and resources that were provided. Thank you for providing this resource to me as a teacher/educator in Madagascar.
Great Course.
Amazing and Very Inspirational! God is Awesome! :)
excellent course. very well presented with interesting content
Excellent, was very practical and useful for immediate everyday application
Very useful and inspiring! <3
Very informative, balanced, and has great scientific content supporting the coaching lessons. Top notch on content, but could use more interactive systems and more dynamic lesson practices.
It' amazing the kind of vision this course gives in helping others. It's not only applicable in the workplace, but with friends too. Everyone will benefit from this course, not just managers or leaders.
Good course, gave it four rather than five starts because:The discussion boards were too prescriptive which did not lead to any open discussions.The videos referred to course material that was not always there.On the plus side, I found the course material useful and well structured. The personal journal was an essential part of the course and it should be emphasized as such. Without it I would not have learnt as much.
I am thoroughly enjoying this course and I've learned so much! I had no idea that there were Jews in China and that so many fled there as a result of persecution in other countries. This has opened my eyes to a subject I knew nothing about and I love learning!!
Fascinating material; but accent of the lecturer was sometimes difficult to understand. The peer reviewed essays were good topics; but in one case definitely should have attached to the following week. The multiple choice tests, however, seemed to focus on trivia. Flawed; but still a really interesting course.
This was a great course. I was a History major in college, but the information that I learned in this course was a complete surprise to me.
i came to more about china this is useful for me to do international business thank you !
Learned much. Instructor was well organized. Subtitles were extremely beneficial.
The professor and the archival materials such as photographs are very engaging. The historical periods studied are fascinating, and well-suited to a short course.
Not as advertized and way too much peer rating stuff--we do all the work the instructor does little or none--too much peer rating stuff which I despise. And there seems to be no way to un-enroll.
This course was unique in several ways. It covers a subject from WWII and Jewish history that is largely overlooked. The lectures were interspersed with video that added a unique flavor. The students seem to come from a variety of countries. As a student, some of the lecture material was difficult to understand, though presented in English; subtitles helped. If there is a complaint of deficiency, it is the lack of support, feedback, or availability of staff on comment boards. I encountered a problem due to a mis-counting of the peer reviews completed, and a delay in my grade, so finally gave up and kept doing peer reviews until it showed as complete. The peer reviews on my own assignments were delayed. I think 4 peer reviews is too much, whether from low enrollment, language barrier or other issue. But I learned much, and this added to my current study of the role of China in WWII.
Excellent information I was previously unaware of. Found subtitles useful as the instructor has an accent. Enjoyed photographs and music in class. Very interesting subject.
Very informative, taught with great pictures and at a good pace.
I learned a lot in this course and highly recommend it. I lived in Tianjin for over four years and often passed the old Synagogue and wondered about its history. The videos in this series are well done and the information is just enough to be eye opening and engaging without being burdensome. I also learned quite a bit from the other participants in the course.
good and informative presentation
Excellent course. Complete and very interresting. Objective.
Fascinating thoughtful look into Chinese interactions.Excellent peer assessments if you pay attention to what is told you about the focus.Only drawback, for me, was no downloadable txt [when took course].
A fascinating course but delivered in a rather wooden fashion by the lecturer. Good illustrations. I would have liked to have known more of the overall value (if any) of the Jewish contribution in the context of Chinese economic development i.e. was it of any overall importance- did it make any difference? Is it still relevant?
Its been an eye opening experience.
The subject matter of this course was new for me and was very interesting. I appreciate Professor Xin Xu and Nanjing University for providing this learning opportunity.Thank you
Very interesting subject! Although I would also like to learn about this subject in relation to
Excellent class with good use of photographs and video. The professor was clear and interesting. Content was fascinating.
A story of perseverance, courage and respect among nations, a thank the Chinese people for sharing an unknown history.
I thought this was a very interesting course on a topic I knew nothing about. Apart from the history of the Jews in China I learnt a great deal about China in the 19th and 20th century.My only criticism of the course was the very confusing rubric for peer marking the assignments. The criteria were very specific and , in my view, didn't necessarily reflect the subject of the essay.
Course content was nice. Delivery was good. Learn a lot that I have never been aware of.Course logistics was lacking. Hard to keep track where one was. Information about the course was sparse.
A really lovely course; good pacing, fantastic presentation. Lovingly crafted.
One of the best courses I have taken on Cousera. Very good instructor. It was more work than some of the courses I have taken because of the number of peer assessments, but I have really enjoyed it. I would be interested in taking other courses from Nanjing University and/or this instructor.
THE COURSE IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND VERY CLEARLY PRESENTED.IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE PROFESSOR IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SUBJECT.I AM LEARNING A LOT AND GRATEFUL FOR THE INFORMATIONJUDI TURNER
nothing i can say that made me jump for joy. i fell asleep half the time.
I learn so many things I didn't even imagine. Thank you so much!
Most interesting topic, previously unknown. excellent illustrations, although flashed up too fast. Poor, sometimes erratic and tiring verbal presentation, which sapped energy for peer reviews.Can be greatly improved.
Very interesting subject. I have learned a lot of interesting history of the Jewish people.
Filled in many gaps in my knowledge. I had a high school friend in San Francisco whose family was part of the Shanghai Jewish community during WW 2 -- and I feel that I get his family better after taking this course. Thank you.
Outstanding! Professor William Kuskin's Successful Presentation course provides learners with The Formula, a valuable asset to anyone needing to engage audiences, large or small.
Super, I just started this course but I already learnt a lot!
I really enjoyed getting some very simple yet powerful rules ! I hope it will prove efficient !
Great job, thank you very much for life transforming three course specialization.
Awesome Course!!
Awesome! Story about storytelling! This is really useful to me as a data scientist who needs to explain technical details to business audience in an engaging manner.
So fun and so instructing!
Great course and great content! I really recommend it for those wanting to learn key aspect of the language for management and leadership.
Very useful course.For every week, there is a short play about a business situation. And instructors talk about the situation from the perspective of English and business culture.For me, I not only learned practical English used in business, but also learned how to deal with others in business.This is really a great course!
really its very helpful for me and helped me in my College thanks you
Hi!just a terrible course, honestly. couldn't understand a little what was the message you wanted to pass on students.couldn't stand more than a week of this course.Apologies for being over-rude
I believe that this course is Inevitable for any one who wants to enhance his performance in the work environment and boost his career. you will learn the following :1-coaching and monitoring2-Effective teaming3-Active listening4-keys to a constructive feedback5-Approaches for informing.6-Summarizing7-Direct and indirect requests8-Meeting management9-Conference calling10-Handling interruptions11-strategies for holding the floor12-Writing effective business Emails13-preparing status reports
it is the best course i have completed in my lifethank the ,manager and the team workgod bless you all
An excellent training program.
Thanks
excellent course, helped me significantly to get basic understanding about the Health IT.
fantastic course to give insight of healthcare IT.
i like this course.
A great course to get one started on different aspects of Health Care IT. The format of the course, especially, the interviews and panel discussions are a great way to enable students get multiple perspectives in a short time frame. The course instructors, Bruce Darrow and Nicholas Genes made this course interesting and worthwhile.
Very informative course which is made easy for users to understand the topics
For both medical professionals and IT professionals need to take this course to understand the present and future of healthcare.
Awesome! Exactly a course that I'm looking for! Can't be more relevant to my career which is data analytics in healthcare
Very difficult, yet interesting course!
Great course!
Great!
Most brilliant course I have taken so far!
Wonderful challenging course . Sorry it ended . Will miss the exercises .
This is a really good course. My only issue was I found some of the weeks quite a bit harder than others. It was helpful to look at the notes for each week in advance to figure out which ones would be tougher and allow for that.
Bare bones. Pros: mostly clear, Cons: it may require outside supplements to fully understand and complete the assignments.
Logic can be fun, but this class pretty much kills that spirit by burying it under pretty horrendous and tedious formalization. An intro to logic should be considerably simpler, and with more interesting content and exercises.
Really I haven't seen a course with slides till now,No one will be interested to take a course like this, with some slides to read from.
Videos to explain the materials would be much more useful than how it is right now...
The course uses a clunky presentation software. Worse than Power Point. Some sections only have one slide and it takes longer to access the slide than it does to read it. There is talk about a book, but I didn't find one within the course. I didn't get past the second section. I figured if the rest of the course was the same, I'd be better off teaching myself with a text book.
Great introduction to logic.One thing I'd have appreciated to see is a set of accompanying recorded video lectures. My experience is that I find it easier in term of efforts and faster in term of time to absorb taught concepts when I engage both my hearing and sight senses while watching a lecture than reading only.
I would like more tasks to help learn, it's also really really easy to guess your way to the right answer. A _lot_ of concepts, words and specific tools are introduced, with not much opportunity to actually use them meaningfully and feel that one has actually learned a skill (as opposed to temporarily remembered the concepts for the quiz). Was nice not to have to watch videos though, and the slides are good.
The use of external tool for no good reason + the lack of written summary makes the course really hard to follow.
good course, very learnable, educated a lot.
Great!!!
The course surprised me. Initially, it seemed to be a review of very basic concepts from boolean algebra and propositional logic. But even with a strong background in math and CS I was challenged, and I learned new (and for me, applied) ideas about the underlying aspects of automated theorem provers and satisfiability provers.
overall: some weeks were fun, some notin some weeks are too many chapters and exercises. I actually think that the exercises are too complicated compared to the examples in the chapters. Sometimes are the explanations in the chapters not sufficient.It would be helpful to know the name of a proof e.g. Perch's Law or law of (the) excluded middle. This would help to find more information and help.
really love this, straightforward, and really formative
I initially found the week two section very frustrating due to the absence of worded examples (real sentences) that might've appeared alongside the logic-symbols that were being defined. I would put it down to a personal fault, if it were not the case that I grasped the notation fully within minutes of finding another source of learning.
Covers a broad content of Logic: Resolutional Logic, Propositional Logic, Herband Logic.Good analogies and examples from daily life, explaining where logic can be applied.You will be able to see the things more logically and (depending on you) improve your programming skills.However some topics should be fixed, there are technical problems in some weeks of the course. The lack of videos and lectures might be an issue, the written sections are not very engaging. There should be more resources and interactive tools. The exercises are challenging and demands time.
I love the content overall. However, I'm very disappointed that there are no video lectures at all. Ironically, I could find some old video lectures of this course on YouTube. The difficulty of this course warrants video lectures to convey many concepts and techniques, such as the Fitch system.Hopefully you can add video lectures back to this course.
This has been a very interesting course, introducing the basic of logic reasoning.
A little too slow for my liking
Week 4 does not give enough explanation or extra resources and makes it unable to complete the exercises.
probably a very interesting course, but the way of teaching looks very indigestible... no video and no real explanation or examples.
Reading and only reading! Could have at least a voice, some interaction!And is too expensive.
Fantastic and pleasant course!!!
Personally, I strongly doubt that putting a bunch of slides and a few auto-graded exercises is the best way to learn about logic. Why then Stanford University doesn't just email his students this material and let them work on their own instead of doing lectures?I don't see the added value at all. Apart from being able to discuss the topic in the forum with other online students, what's the advantage in comparison to buying a book and doing the exercises there?This course to me started off with the wrong foot. No info on the starting date of the course until the end of September, when instead the course was supposed to start at the beginning of the month. And now the complete absence of videos. This to me seems more like a fuck up on the side of Coursera, which didn't find an agreement with Stanford University so no material had been produced until now. Then, in order not to completely ruin its reputation, Coursera put a bunch of slides calling it an online course and expecting people to buy this lie.I might be wrong and this could be only my theory and nothing else, however, I won't recommend Coursera to anyone after this. Very bad feedback so far, and the funny thing is that I had big expectations before the start.Hope this will be taken as constructive feedback and not as a complaint.
Great introduction to logic! The course material is explained very well and made easy to understand.
While the content of this course is interesting and well-structured, the way it's presented on Coursera has major problems.As it stands, this is not really a Coursera course; it's simply a Coursera wrapper around some links to a third-party website. All of the things that make Coursera valuable - videos with inline quizzes, ability to download content, the exam format, peer assessment - are missing. In fact, having Coursera as a wrapper actually makes it more difficult to use, because additional clicks are required to access any resource, and nothing is accessible offline. If this course is to be offered on Coursera, it needs major rework to take advantage of the platform.This is a real shame, because there is some great content here and obviously a lot of care has been taken to structure it carefully for the original Stanford course. For that reason, recommend using the Stanford web site directly.
Good course on applied linear statistical modeling.
It was very interesitng with great teachers, but for me (student of veterinary medicine) there was very little new.
I learned a lot and really enjoyed the lectures and extra reading materials.
Extremely interesting and well delivered.
certainly is a large scale course covering almost all the things concerned and wide variety of examples and ample amount of knowledge but more portion is focusing the health management. It will be more comprehensive if one lecture about the food processing is added, like dairy products etc. thanks
i enjoyed the course so much i didn't want it to finish thanks to the doctors for their simple clear illustration their interesting way in giving us the information
I wanted to send my BIG THANK YOU to Mr Aldridge and Mr Lowe for fantastic course to be honest the best i have seen here about animal welfare and farm animals. Delight to see and listen to it. I have learned a lot from general reminder of animal behaviors and needs to managing and preventing from diseases, viruses and bacteria. Everyday management of people, hygiene and records can be saving life of many animals and humans. I felt the content was simplified however not overly simplistic what sometimes can cause deficiency in information. Maybe before the next roll-out of the course there would be some increased content on vaccines? In overall creation and also testing of vaccines before they being placed into our food. Definitely would recommend
The teacher just read the PowerPoint,and his voice makes my sleepy.
a little dry and boring,but it's very useful
It helped me a lot to understand the operation system from software point of view. Frankly speaking I was trying to understand it more from hardware and/or CPU point of view from beginning of the course. But it's fine that to learn it and enrich my knowledge.
Make a clear description of computer operating system, concise logic and appropriate pace
thanks
Great course, very helpful and good materials provided for study. Recommend it!
Professor Stefano Casella is very clear and schematic. It is able to transform the complexity of the subject in a simple way: ability to have great knowledge of the subject and experience in contact with the students. Totally satisfied with my choice.
Overall great class, however, I'd have enjoyed more quantitative exercises and problem sets.
Both precise and helpful to understand how Private Equity and Venture Capital investors operate (definition and distinction, ecosystem worldwide, managerial process, valuation process).
Great course for anyone interested in private equity investing and the venture capital world. Simple, straightforward and a great teacher for the basics.
good course
Comprehensive enough. The last part was slightly off and unsolicited. Enjoyed, nonetheless.
Great Course. Easy explained, great slides provided.
Very well organized course to understand the VC and PE world. I definitively recommend this course to anyone who wants to introduce to this world. Thank you for this course. I hope to look for a new course about this subjet with more deeply analysis with new tendencies in the future (i.e. social investment impact, crowfunding, philanthropy venture capital, and others).
great course
Very good course to understand the private equity and venture capital world ! It's not easy to find a good source to learn basics... This course allows me to improve my skills !
Very Very good course to learn in effective and efficient manner.............
Very quick and solid introduction to the world of PE and VC
This is a great course full of useful resources, content materials (from core concepts to regulation and valuations), recognised industry guest speakers, not to mention Stefano's passion for teaching. I can only recommend this course. Many thanks U.Bocconi!
Great experience and basic knowledge of PE & VC but too much theory, and no descriptions given about the assumptions made while valuation.
very good course
Implementable course. need more explained topics in developing countries.
The course offers clear explanations and is very well structured.. We do not get lost into technicalities, the material is straight to the point. Moreover, the videos are of great quality which makes the learning even more easy.A little disappointed by the finance approach though, which is too simple and makes very rough assumptions.One last point (and I cannot emphasize this enough) : the propose Simulator is a great learning tool.
Best professor and best material.Very useful to ones having no knowledge about private equity and venture capital except some basic knowledge. If you have some basic finance knowledge and you interested in the topic, you should start to learn.
Really liked the course, it was crisp and meaningful.
I really enjoyed taking this course. The content was very well thought through and covered all topics of PE. Add to that the charm of the professor and you have an engaging online experience. Thank you Bocconi!
A good and very interesting course into the world of Private Equity
Great course and very professional teacher!
It was great course with fantastic information. I will consider to apply for Master degree in the future in Bocconi. Fantastic university!
I loved the class, provided great information regarding the world of private equity and venture capital. I enjoyed most the valuation lesson at the end of the course. You really don't know the in's and out's of private equity and venture capital until you take a course on the two topics. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone interested in learning about private equity in the EU or US.
Great review on PE
I wrote my opinion in a previous comment, but I forget give you 5 starts
It's great, I was able to understand Private Equity and it is vital for my work, even though I'm a Computer Engineer
Excellent intro into Private Equity. Hands on approach and good working examples that come with Spreadsheets and PDFs
I am almost done with the course. The course Is a great intro touches on some of the important subjects but it lacks the depth required to cover the topic appropriately. would love to see a specialization in this topic with more hours and content covered.
Excellent Teaching and well explain in details. One of the best i have found on Coursera. I look forward for more of this from Bocconi University.
Well structured course, good content and review mechanisms. Excellent learning. If you wish to learn or refresh your knowledge about the world of PE, this course is for you. You learn all about the different formats within PR world as well as the differences and similarities between the US, UK and EU systems. In addition you learn the general concepts around valuation, taxation, structuring and managing PE investments.
Very good learning materials: videos, slides, excel documents.
Very good overview about the topic. The calculations could be explained a little more in detail. Some failures in the quiz. Very good movies with good learning material. Anyway, it's a 5 Star course !!! Thx a lot...
Very interesting course.
Good course for angel investors and entrepreneurs to understand how private equity and venture capital works. It provides a sound introduction to this very exciting topic.
There is not enough material. Course should be longer.
Nice course, with a complete overview of PE environment and strategic focus.
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great course and great introduction to the field
I enjoyed this course and I managed to understand important concepts regarding Company Valuations. A start up simulator is also avaiable in which it is possible to understand how your company may perform. Thank you indeed!
Awesome, crisp, to the point and one of its kind course. Thank you so much University of Bocconi and Coursera.
Great course. The coursework outlines and explains the details of private equity and venture capital. Fundamental principles and concepts were clear and digestible. The lecture videos and PowerPoint are aligned and very clear. It is a well-constructed and most valuable course. Highly recommended!
informative and easy-to-understand materials; apart from academic sources, lecturer also provide views of practical PE market
Good course, not too difficult, but at some points i had to do a lot of digging to understand the concepts. The best part is that it encapsulates many things(not everything) of this area of financing.
Great teacher, great course. Thank you so much
Excelent! I hope that Bocconi launch more MOOC's!
Very good course with the perfect balance between fundamentals of PE and basic technical skills to understand the mechanic behind it!
Excellent course, with a lot of useful information, structured in an easy-to-learn way.
A good introductory course to the world of VC but fails to provide a deep enough dive into issues of internal VC/PE deal flow evaluation, processes. Not analytical enough.
Well constructed course with a large amount of information to initiate your journey in PEI
Very useful course, highly recommend!
I found the final exam waaaay tooo easy!
Awesome course! Extremely good insights and very useful.
I really liked this course, it's quite comprehensive for an online course and you learn quite a lot about how Private Equity works, the difference between European and Anglo Saxon Private Equity investment vehicles. The most important part for me was the company valuation skills that I gained from the course. It was my weakness and now I feel like I can approach PE jobs with more confidence. Thank you Bocconi and Professor Stefano Caselli for the great learnings
Great introduction course for private equity.
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Good materials, well designed case study exercises and nice speech. Certain knowledge of accounting and finance is required, otw hard to understand part of the contents.
An excellent course, well explained and narrated.
Just a perfect introduction to Private Equity. The course is well-structured and the teacher is amazing. Thanks a lot!
Professor Caselli is an amazing teacher, with a real expertise and a lot of experience in Private Equity and Venture Capital. The lessons are clear and well-structured. Nonetheless, I would have liked to work on modelling as well in these lessons.
First course in PE, very interesting, practical example are very pleasant. Thank you ! Now i'll try the simulator
Great overall material.I think work needs to be done in order to improve the presentation of new concepts and vocabulary as well as the English of the speaker (and the corresponding caption).
clear and effective
While the course was short and informative, more details regarding real life examples of the high valuation and PE deals we hear nowdays about mostly tech firms would have been a value addition.
It was a very helpfull course and really well explained by the professor.
This is a fantastic course with a lot of content. The presentation is very clear and engaging. The only downside is that the pace is sometimes quite fast. However, there are slides as supporting material which contain all the necessary details. Thanks for this wonderful course!
Great course and very good material
It's really a good course.
Very good course to understanding the world of Private Equity and Venture Capital
SDA Bocconi. education at its best
Really informative course. Would certainly recommend!
The most in-depth course I have taken on Coursera by far. Do not let the short amount of weeks fool you, there is a huge amount of information in the slides and the start-up simulator will keep you busy far beyond finishing the course.
Good course. Mentally prepared me for the my PE job.
Great Course!!! Very helpful for practical use!
This course contains a lot of good sources and it is so helpful. You can't miss it!
Excellent. We can see that Bocconi University is very committed with their online courses. The materials are better than any other I have seen in Coursera an
Nicely designed course for students who don't have any prior knowledge in this particular sector. Really appreciate it.
The course was very helpful, professionally done and giving all information which required. Thank you!
Thanks
The lecturer elaborates the course very clearly and easy to understand
Very interesting
Very good course which covers widely the role and the activity of a private equity firm both in Europe and US&UK.
The best lecturer i've seen so far.
Good introduction to VC industry
Great course, great instructor.Very simple and straight forward with good ways to apply theory and nice interviews at the end of each week.
Interesting and informative. A good entry-level course for those looking to get a clearer picture of the PE/VC space. I found the financial side of it a bit difficult to follow (though might just be me). Keep up the good work Universita Bocconi
Good and concise course.
Really good course. I'd love to do a specialization in this topic.
Extremely well constructed!
Difficult things laid out in an easy way to follow. A very good course.
Great course! Covers the fundamentals of the topic
Great insight on Private Equity!
Too simple to be realistic
Very nice compilation of the concept and practices in private equity market currently.A couple of concepts/jargons which I thought should have been touched upon were pre-money valuation, post money valuation, while the actual practice of arriving at the number of shares, was explain but no reference to the jargon was made.Also some understanding on concepts of liquidity discount, small size discount and control premium should have been touched upon in case of equity valuation which is quite relevant in case of valuation in small unlisted companies.Some more elaboration in the area of role and functioning of the investment committee could also be interesting.On the whole quite comprehensive, relevant and interesting.Regards,Jumana
Wonderful!! Thank you...
I liked this course for the basics. Just wish that a few more examples were given for practice.
I am in the PE industry, and this course is teaching me many aspects of the PE industry I was never exposed to. I believe anyone can learn a lot from this course. Thank you!
very interesting and useful course. I hope that many users will find it relevant. African market and models are absent on the présentation; I appreciate the professor and the slides exercises are quite clear
The concepts are very simply explained and completes the picture that I often was unable to visualize. It has also given a mechanism in which I can understand the working of companies that are using the private equity mechanism. Thanks for such a nice course to the Coursera team and special regards to the Professor.
I really enjoyed the practical exercises of the course. However, I found the interviews mostly focused on the Italian market and it was hard to find the relevance towards a more global perspective. The lectures were quire well organized and build up slowly towards more complex theories.
awesome course!
A simple yet comprehensive course for the uninitiated.
clear, synthetic
Very good introduction to private equity. As a financial auditor in PE, this course allows me to develop my knowledge in PE, especially regarding the PE vehicles in the US and UK.
The content is amazing and is good to watch professors from outside the anglo world.
excellent teacher
Very interesting topics. Great professor.
I really enjoyed the course. Professor is very clear and schematic and really passionate on the topic. The studying material is very organized. One improvement could be inserting another week-module in order to slowdown a bit the lecture pace.
This course is up to the Bocconi reputation. Is very useful for students who want to start to undestand the PE and VC world or for professional who want to understand better some mechanisms behind the PE and VC.
very clear and easy to understand
The best material on Private Equity I found and I was searching long.
This is an excellent course for an introduction to Private Equity and Venture Capital. This was invaluable to me as an entrepreneur with hardly and business background (Degree-wise). Thank you!
Excellent. I enjoyed it immensely. The only confusing portion of the entire course was that it was not immediately evident that the phrase Net Financial Position, means Net Debt in America.
Excellent course with a great teacher. Alexandre Mathias
Excellent content and very knowledgable
Brilliant Course to start from scratch in the world of new enterprise...
A holistic overview of PE and VC structure. Very recommended to those who want to get an idea of what they are and
Excellent course. A must for someone who wants to gather knowledge about the Private Equity and Venture Capital sector. A big thanks to Professor Stefano for explaining all concepts with an ease.
Really nice course with a mixture of slides, presentations, interviews and exercises. I definitely suggest it.
Useful to understand the difference between a Private Equity and Public Equity.
Good videos, good slides, good excel-sheets, and fair exams.
Amazing course! Really useful for those wants to have an in-depth overview of the industry! Thank you Coursera, Stefano Caselli and Università Bocconi! Well done.
really very interesting! Nice lessons, powerpoint and exercises!
I really like this lesson, the teacher gives very good explaination about how does work private in Europe, US and UK.
An excellent course and a competent lecturer. A lot of useful information on PE fund management and the legal side of PEs is covered. The work load is just right to fit one's schedule if either working or studying. Strongly recommend!
I found this very useful as I am transitioning from Banking to Private Equity..
I was waiting for a good Private Equity course long time. I find this course very well structured. I give it 5 Stars.
A complete introduction to PEI and VC. Incredibly useful to any startupper.
Very clear and complete overview of the sector.
Very good and clear!!!
Pretty clear and concise course, yet covering the important aspects
A great course laying the foundation of Private Equity & Venture Capital world.
Amazing course!Stefano ,the best.
pretty good one
Very nice introduction in the private equity world, I like that the differences are explained between the anglosaxon an european systems
Very well structured course offering the insight into the world of PE and VC.
Excellent material and instructor.
Very great course!
I can't really think of a subject or area that I thought was missing or not discussed thoroughly. Great course for anyone willing to get foundation of knowledge in PEI and then build on it in future as needed.Videos and all the material flow smoothly and in sync. Last but not least, have to note the presenters skills which are sublime, in both knowledge and bringing idea to the audience.
I would have liked more examples on PE investments
Very professional and concise course to get an overview over the PE industry.
Liked the very structured ovrview of PE financing.
The course is interesting and definitely worth learning! Well structured material introducing the mechanism underpinning the creation and development of a firm and the financial support it can get from the financial system through venture capital investment. What's more insightful, Prof. Castlli invited different guest speakers from the PE industry to deliver a better understanding of European market outlook, aside from the "textbook". Looking forward to more intermediate or advanced courses from Università Bocconi, it is a great pleasure to take this course. Thank you, Prof.Castlli !!
Ultimate knowledge delivery, unique style and most comprehensive coverage of topic. I have a long list of courses completed on Coursera but It's different!
very useful knowledge, but the accent is hard to follow.
Excellent Course . Thank you .
An extremely interesting and well organized course. Mr. Caselli is a perfect speaker and explainer in every single videoclip. It's the first course I've ever completed and this indicates how compelling this course was to me. Thank you very much for your efforts to create this course and I hope further finance-related courses from Bocconi will follow!
An awesome course for the students who want to pursue a career as Private Equity Analyst. This course is an excellent overview of Private Equity and Venture Capital business model used in the field of the finance. Everything is explained very well. The presentation is kept short and informative with good slides. The exercises are interesting and fun to do. They help a lot to learn the course material. I highly recommend this course. Thank You!
Brilliant course... Not too long or too short, just enough to give a decent understanding of the field and complement knowledge acquired elsewhere... I am even more inclined to learn more about PE and VC now.
Very interesting course, provided insight into the private equity situation.
Nice basic course for starting a career in Private Equity. Enjoyed it.
It's difficult to find university courses that are more hands-on other than theoretical, which is definetely the case with this Private Equity and Venture Capital course. It helped me refresh previous knowledge, while at the same time providing insight into practical matters such as regulation, regional differences as well as
This is an introduction to PE. How it works? The basic framework of starting a PE.
It is a very informative course. It is for anyone who is interested in knowing overall functioning of the Private Equity or venture capital. Even if you don't know anything about this subject you can learn a lot by just watching all the video lectures.It is a must for anyone thinking about going into PE later in the career.Thank you very much Prof. Stefano Caselli for such a wonderful experience.
Very good and interesting course although there was not much feedback and replies by the Unversity.
Fantastic. BRAVO!
Great course.He should mention beforehand that the slides are far more detailed than the video lectures.
Very interesting and high quality course.
Love it. The professor structured the class very well and simplified a complex topic which was very much appreciated.
Very good course, needs a follow up one for more depth and may be example cases on valuation and structuring syndication.
Amazing course! Thank you very much, Stefano Caselli, for a such wonderful content and perfect presenting. I took a lot of very useful and practical information from it.I do appreciate it. Thanks!
Very clear and straight to the point
It was a great primer if you are not familiar with this area. Especially topics like the DCF and different PE vehicles from a legal perspective can be hard to summarize into something tangible and short. The only recommendation I would make is a bit of brushing up on the wording, as it is sometimes hard in the quizzes to understand what exactly the question is (does the question relate to the previous question vs overall, etc)
Exceptional course and amazing professor with deep knowledge of the field and which key concepts he should present in the limited time he has. Thank you!
Excellent introductory course in global issues, with great real interviews. I connected and spoke with the experts from the interviews online (LinkedIn) and got even more. This course is one of the few I have seen that treats equity investment in a global sense, including EU, US, and a brief overview & consideration of other regions. I strongly suggest this course for someone looking for a global overview and to make connections in this area.
Outstanding content and instruction
Great Course!
Great Course, I really enjoyed it. The course is well structured and it allows you to have an overview about Private Equity and Venture Capital Sector. I definitely recommend it !
Very good course to learn about VC and PE. Very good professor, knowledgeable and articulate.
Very well put together, high video production quality, excellent use of supporting materials. Great Information, relevant contributions from interviewed members.
very concise and to the point. just the type of introduction to PE that I was looking for!
Excellent course anybody who wants a deep understanding of the private equity sector.
Ver y inateresting and thoughtfull.
Covers good fundamental concepts of PE and VC. Teaches both qualitative and quantitative skills.
Thank you Mr Stefano for a great course. A must have for all entrepreneurs serious about realizing an idea in the real world.
Really enjoyed the course by Bocconi, clear, well organized, focused on important issues of PE&VC, a major theme in nowadays economic environment. I recommend this course, if you want to improve your knowledge on PE&VC.
The course is really good and the professor well prepared. It should include more real life examples and it should analyze a real PE firm or fund. Most of the courses are abstract and they do not analyze a real life case.
I learned a lot from this course. It gives me a basic understanding and structure of how private equity business works.
Very interesting.
Would be very thankful for more courses on this topic! Thank You Bocconi!
The course is a good starting point for students who are interested in Private Equity. The content is rigorous and explore all the basic principles in different fields (tax, legal and financial issues). Therefore, I highly recommand this course. Many thanks professor Stefano Caselli, it was a good experience.
Great overview absolutely well presented
¡A great course!Really easy to understand if you don't have any idea about the topic. It also opens your perspective about how you can obtain funding for your entrepreneur ideas or for your bussines.I totally recommend.
Congratulation for this amazing course about Private Equity and Venture Capital, it is very quite interesting !
Very good course!
The Course is very informative and inculcates the students with various nuances of the Private Equity business. This course is a must for all those looking out to make a career in private equity
Very interesting
Excellent course. Very instructive and passionated lessons. Transcripts should be proofread to help students that have difficulties to understand the accent.
Very engaging and I appreciate the style of Luc's lectures, catering to both left and right brained people. Really loved all of the lectures and would like to take one of his classes in person!
Fantistic performance of the distinguished Professor.
Excellent introduction to philosophy applied to business - this really help expand your views.
This course tells a consept/story of philosophy and help us to apply a philosophical thought in practice. Lecturer gives the material in very interesting and inspiring way! I really enjoy time that I spend with
enormously enjoyed the course!!
This course offers an excellent overview of broad philosophical concepts and their applications, mostly to situations where we have to manage change. The course material is light and presented in a clear and enjoyable manner, with interesting explanations and helpful visual aids.
Wonderful presented, meaningful and rich content
very inspiring! Thanks for the wonderful course and Luck's sharing.
Great!
Some few interesting insights on epistemology, but nothing more
brilliant content. this should be made a must for every employee and manager of a firm.
Perfect course at all !!
Fresh new approach to change and the perception of change.
Wonder experience with lot of definition and example to use as Manager. Put good foundation of philosophy in very easy terms. Recommended for every one.
Very practical. So useful in the life. Recommended!
Very interesting class. Very useful.
AMAZING view of business!
This course is very good! Really enjoyed! It helps develop the ability to think.
Loved this course. The great structured thinking and very enjoyable presentation of Mr. Brabandere really made me think - and think twice.
Quite a "mind-opener".
A mind opening course. Offers very interesting and different perspectives on business and strategy subjects.
Excellent! A joy to listen and learn!
Great course. I enjoyed thinking about management and philosophy. Philosophy does hold real ethical and decision making implications that are useful for modern management.
Great Course ... highly recommended ...Thank you very much for such detailed ,nicely put informationI really wish there might be a second part and more courses by Luc
The course is perfect. The assignments and grading are not well developed.
It is an exceptionally interesting, thought-provoking course !
Quite thought-provoking.I enjoyed it a lot, even though I have a technology background. It gave me a lot to think of.
Just fantastic! Really inspiring for the mind, creativity and in practice. Thanks!
Very useful for managers.
Fun and entertaining romp through the history of philosophical ideas with lots of great ways of thinking about how to apply them to the modern world of business management!
It started really well with the deduction and induction ... However, in the later part of the series the explanation and examples were very light and process of creating new models could have been detailed more
Outstanding course. The concepts are very well explained and connected with the businees world. Congratulations!
stay hungry, stay foolish
Excellent course, it really helps me to understand how we build our perceptions, then, in my opinion, how we build the reality. I would really appreciate that Mr. Luc continues to part II, and III, and even other topics.
Simply the best !
Very interesting course.
This is a FANTASTIC course. Still considering whether this one or Michingan's Model Thinking is my favorite course on Coursera.As a manager in an admitted complex organization, using thinking models and philosophical concepts are directly related to my success on delivering results. I've greatly increased my influence and ability to deal with variate situations after watching this course.
very clear and relevant to everyday living
Great course, great ideas and creative course and great assignments, really makes you think about alot of things in a new perspective
A very interesting course about "reality", "perception" and building "mental models". It is not a new "tool" that you can use on your problems. Rather it is a way of thinking, That you through induction of information from the reality - forexample from megatrends - you can build a mental model of how the world will be. Based on this you can inspire your colleagues (with a vision) and deduce a strategy on how to go there.If you are a "tool" person, used to learn tools for solving problems, this course is not for you. If you find yourself dvelve at problems and wondering about them.. then you wil love this course.
Its been a good learning. The narration was to the point and the course content was thorough for the scope envisaged. Enjoyed it.More importantly it forces you to think !. so it's kind of interactive.Thank you very much.
An Excellent insight about the changing and thinking. Can be applied to anything and anywhere.Not only for the managers as a person in this changing world you should know about this. Its not only for the managers but for every indicidual
the best course, please bring Part 2 of this course.
Excellent and inspiring!
Very interesting
This is undeniably one of the best courses I have ever done. Luc's knowledge and insight is hard to describe, and I have tho
Excellent course and excellent professor! It opens your mind to new perceptions! Recommended even for people out of the managing professional area, as I am even from the health area but found it useful.
Very interesting!
Brilliant! Fascinating, funny and deeply engaging. I love every minute of it.
Great course!
This course help me to understand what is missing part of change!!! Very, very useful. ....and most important - this conception works. Many thanks to authors!!!
A very interesting and enlightening course. Professor Brabandere has a unique way of explaining concepts and ideas that is not only clear but also sticks to the mind. The course contents are very fundamental yet application oriented. Highly recommended!
This course was helpful but kinda difficult to see the correlation to management skills.
Thank you for a challenging course.
I really like the teacher even though I have only on the first week lessons. He is very captivating and easy to follow. Also, he makes youu think in a different way, explaining and claryfiyng everything. One course to recommend if you are interested on the subject.
Excellent course and very thought-provoking. The instructor is very inspiring.
One of the best courses I have undertaken. Genuine learning that will help me become better individual.
Very informative and important course. Will suggest everyone to do this course.
It is a fantastic course for anybody interested in innovation.
Fantastic...a punch in our undesrtand of perception!
Very enjoyable and fairly synthetic. This course focuses on change management. In a changing world, how can managers best prepare themselves, apprehend and implement the needed changes ? Looking forward to a part 2.
A complete Mindset changing for me. I‘m taking this course for the second time and already shared what I see here with all my colleagues and friends.
You need your way of thinking (philosophy) to have your own style.
that is really amazing online course which i have ever had, I am doing PhD in field of Business and this course is what i needed to open my mind!!
Great course for self reflection and development of management skills.
Very insightfull, but gets redundant in the end (last 2-3 Courses)
Dear,This course defies anyone to know the paths that humanity did to development of the Knowledge, include a brilhant performance of Mr LucCongratulations
The best course I have currently passed!
This course has been a wonderful experience. I admit, the instructor's accent had me distracted at first. I turned on subtitles and it helped me to follow the material with improved focus (in spite of the errors in the subtitles). I have finished the course and bought two of the instructor's books to "relive" this material. It is full of fantastic approaches to problem solving that I am applying at work.
This is hands-down one of the most interesting courses I've attended. There are plenty of ah-ha moments here for me and I feel much wiser and connected than I have ever before. I'm only half way through too!
very nice course
This course to much change my mine.
Very, very interesting
Luc de Barbandre is one of the most expressive and pasionate teacheres I've ever met. This is just a sincere feedback.
The course has been really inspirational for my profession as consultant and professional trainer as well as for my cultural path.Looking forward to attend the Part II!!
I very much enjoyed Luc de Brabandere's presentation style and found the content stimulating.
That's a great MOOC giving keys in thinking
Absolutely awesome course. It is both foundational and applicable in business and personal life.
Inspiring course
The course was Amazing: clear presentation full of passion.I really enjoyed it!
I like it very much!! Is super objective, fast and specific.
Great vision and lively lectures.
The course was very well presented. The only bother is the peer review can take quite a long time and I had completed the course well in advance of having "officially" finished.
Week 1 - changed my perception of how ideas are manifested especially in the workplace
Luc de Brabandere's Cours was an excellent tool to discover interesting topics linking Philosophy and Management. Personally I have learned several useful things from this course.
Lot of philosophy which wasn't really related to management.But overall a great experience. I especially like the video in which he talks about thinking in new boxes. Real practical stuff.
One of the Best Courses. Please open PART II also.
This course is amazing! Prof. Luc. is a fantastic teacher!
worth to learn.
A very inspiring class~
Interesting lectures and exercises. Not only for managers, but for everyone.
The first few topics of the course were really insightful and valuable, but this trend didn't hold out for the whole course.
Luc de Brabandiere is a highly passionate, motivating speaker, who brought me new perspectives on my job and everyday perceptions.
Must for creative thinkers in business. Well designed and presented. Thanks.
It's very good course for managers
I just want to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Simon and her team for this course. I hope one day, even if the chance of that day is one in a million, I would be able to see Dr. Simon and say to her "Thank you!"
Very Helpful! However, I don't know why I would pay for the certification?
I took this course, because I'm an CNA and a CHHA. I want to become an RN, and this course runs down everyone's job in Healthcare. It's been very interesting to see every job in the healthcare field.
hope that i can finish this short course and hope that it is more asy to send an assignment here ,,, i love this expirience it was very fantastic hope that i can be more active soon , thanks and god bless
learning was never so easy before
This course, as a standalone or combined with Investments I, is well worth the time, effort, and cost. It provides a well thought out and usable level of knowledge for any investor. I very much appreciate how it supports the theoretical concepts directly to current/applicable research that supports the concepts.I very much appreciate how it then takes the theoretical information provided and shows the student how to apply it to real investment decision making for an investor or a manager. It reinforces the concepts that are discussed with how the market/returns have rewarded or punished investments which stray to far from the principles discussed during the course(s).Scott Weisbenner is an excellent instructor and provides a depth of knowledge to the student which goes beyond the level of the type of course which I expected. I really liked his depth of interpretation of results which he then helped me to understand and attain. He was entertaining in a manner that actually reinforced the information and made it easier to retain.
Thank you, Professor Scott Weisbenner, for an excellence course that you put your heart and passion (for Star Wars) into.
Wow!!! an excellent and very detailed course with a great teacher Scott Weisbenner who really masters the topics added to a unique sense of humour. I definitely recommend it!
Great course with valuable practical application. Thanks for providing us such a great course!
Super class. Learnt a lot
Excellent class! Very useful information for investing. Great faculty focus sessions with UIUC researchers!. Also love the passion that Dr. Weisbenner displays in teaching. Would highly recommend!
Very dedicated professor whose efforts are very apparent.
so much dedication to the material here - you will be deluged with data, studies, and conclusions that will in the end make you a better investor.
Excellent course content from an amazing professor who took the time and effort to record more than 30 hours of video to make the students make the most out of this course. He has really interesting and exciting teaching style.
Great class. Interesting and entertaining. I highly recommend it.
A really great course! 5 stars. The focus is on the application of the concepts.
Excellent course, as good as the first one, it's nice too see haw it all come to fit together at the end.
A 5 star sequel not easy to achieve, brilliant effort again thanks Scott
Fantastic course. Leaned a lot!
Very interesting, I follow Weisbener courses from its begining and it's still astonishing. Congrats !
Absolutely recommended.
Excellent ! If you want to inmerse yourself in Macondo, this is the course for you!
I am enjoying the course. It not just helps me to improve my Spanish, but gives me a chance to discover new side of the book I love so much.Thank you!
Great course! Highly recommended!
Amazing! Hope-Full! and Life Affirming! The New Universe Story is a collective call to action to learn about our deep cosmic past and our interconnected and interdependent role in the web of life. We are being asked to rise to the occasion of this new knowledge and use it to guide our ways as a species. I am humbled and uplifted to join this movement and share its gems to help make the world a better a place!
Excellent interviews with people who are integrating the universe story in their works in a very creative way.
A wonderful course providing deep insights into deep time and history. Well constructed lessons presented in a format that encourages participation and learning.
I am so pleased Coursera offers this. Journey of the Universe has been an incredible learning experience!
The interviews in this course with a wide range of experts were inspiring as well as grounding. They achieved exactly what I was looking for: fresh ideas about how the new universe story guides people professionally and personally into new levels of participation in learning to be present to the planet in a mutually enhancing manner.
This course is filled with interesting interviews, thoughtful websites and papers all designed to help advance your understanding of
Very well done courses
really nice course, good explanations and easy to follow
This is a great course for beginners. I took the first two portions of this course. I'm moving on to the third and I feel that I have learned so much already! The layout of the course is ideal for people with busy schedules!
Great course! I learned a lot.
Lots of new vocabulary and grammar. I learned so much in this course. I can't wait for the next one.
Very fun learning Chinese!
A new and fast way of designing materials. Great course!
Sometimes (especially in metals) they go too deep (if you are not familiar with metallurgy you may have some problems with understanding). However, even the hardest parts gave me very interesting knowledge. Some of that stuff is unthinkable! Lecturers are rather good speakers. I can recommend this course. I really enjoyed it.
One of the few courses teaching th
THIS course is only good if you have basic knowledge regarding ,materials science and this course is highly based on research papers and research domain . Overall a good course .
A great course given with passion and clarity. Great to listen, a lot of fun doing the programming excersises. Through nicely prepared examples it gives a good understanding on what is the machine learning and how and when to apply it. Would love to continue learning.
Very good course! The vectorisation can be a bit confusing if you are not very familiar with it.
Great course, great teacher, great level of detail applied.
It was a great course .I learned most important things of machine learning with this course easily and gain a great foundation for deep learning and data science.I would like to thank great sir Andrew NG.
I love this course. But you have to be comfortable at Math to understand everything.
I think this Machine Learning course quiet challenging, although many of concepts are simple but programming in Octave (Matlab - Open source version) need some dedication.
Excellent course! Thank you professor Ng explaining the concepts of Machine Learning in an easy to understand manner.
Excellent High level overview of Machine learning topics.
Great course! Instructor is excellent in not just explaining the concepts but more importantly pick examples from real-world applications. The review questions and programming exercises are very good for enhancing understanding of the concepts.I understand that in order for this course to be accessible to people with all backgrounds some of the deeper stuff are not covered such as derivations to some of the math formulas. This is OK. However, for people with a stronger math background like me is it possible to add some optional videos for those deeper stuff? The optional video on multi-variable Gaussian distribution is a great. There can be more stuff similar to that.
Excellent course! Andrew Ng, thanks for your great effort to share it out.
Incredible course given by a super teacher. Extremely well explained topics even when complicated. Still cannot believe this course is free. Thank you Andre Ng.
Excellent introduction if you are starting in the area. The course does not dive into the (surely complex) mathematical base concepts, showing just what is needed to apply the concepts. Not a lot of real world in the excercises though, you have to take the course and then search for some scenario where you can train what you learned by building something practical on it. I most certanly would recommend it to a friend who wishes to get started in Machine Learning.
This course is very well planned and designed for people who are looking for a starting point to learn Machine Learning. The pop quizzes are also very good and thought provoking. I was looking exactly this type of course to kick start ML
Initially I was skeptical if I would be able to focus and complete the course. Though I had a slow start and off-and-on but after week 2, I got addicted to this class and I was surprised that I could focus with dedication and complete it. This was possible because the course was well structured, smooth transition of topics and continuity, well explained with good practical examples, well balanced with machine learning concepts, and mathematics. The quiz's really made us understand better as I had to redo some quiz's. The programming examples increased my confidence.Good part is,while going thru the course and as I learnt new algorithms,I was getting lot of ideas how I can use this in my current work and how it would help things get better.Great job !! and Thank You.
Very simply put. Covers just the right amount of math to ensure concepts are internalized and yet course not made super technical. Allows people of all levels to attend and take away enough from the course to get started or even manage a team of other developers who would in turn need technical details.People wanting to follow data science implementation are free to specialize and delve deeper into whichever aspect they want.
That was my first online course. I'm really impressed by the material quality and the way that is presented. Programming part is also really well organized and make us applying all the learned lessons. Thanks Andrew NG for your work
Excellent to start with ML
Very useful.
It is very helpful !!!
Excellent course. Andrew NG is awesome in explaining the concepts based on intuitions. It's a time spent in a worthwhile endeavor.
It's a amazing course for ML, thanks for Andrew Ng!
Start point for learning ML. Take this class right now!! :)
Great course for me to enter the door of machine learning! Thank you so much!
It is a really course.
Great course and resource material in Machine Learning. Easy to follow if we have some background knowledge of math, statistics and programming skill. Thanks professor Ng for creating such a good course.
The best online course on machine learning. Learned a lot. Thanks to sir Andrew Ng
Great course... I like to see more advance version of this which include topics like CNN , RNN , NLP etc..Other than that still best course for Intro To machine learning.
Not your usual entry-level course. This class provides everything to get you started on real-world machine learning applications. Absolutely recommended. Fair warning though, it's gonna require a non-negligible amount of time and effort.
Excellent course. Even if it gives just an overview of what Machine Learning is, still it makes you confident enough to approach real world problems.
It's good lecture to understand what is machine learning.
A comprehensive online course to gain thorough understanding on machine learning. Course structure with examples, Quiz and assignments are apt for gaining the complete understanding on each chapter.
Great!!!
Awesome professor, great material. I learned a lot.
After taking this course I feel more confident to start working with AI and Machine Learning projects.
Marvelous, Prof Andrew Ng teach machine learning concept very clearly. The course has assignment that make me fully understand how to apply algorithm and formulas into code in Octave. Great tutor, such as Tom, also provide tutorial to help students finish their assignment.
perfect experience learning ML with Andrew Ng
Great assignments.
Outstanding course. Andrew is a very engaging teacher. It was a challenging course but fun nonetheless. Thank you Andrew!
Excellent introduction to ML topics.
Great class for learning concepts and realistic problems in machine learning, with enthusiastic professor Andrew Ng. It might be brief in explaining high level mathematics applied on machine learning, but loved this course.
very well explained and illustrated course giving insights of some complex computations of applied mathematics
Great course on the fundamental principles around ML. A good combination of theory and practice, including challenging exercises. I would recommend making an update to reflect recent developments and perhaps adding a subtrack of more practical / close to 'real life' exercise
very good, suitable for machine learning beginners
The topics were great.Would have been nice, though, to start from scratch instead of filling in some specific functions. We end up loosing sight of the whole process.
very helpful course for entering into the machine learning world. 1st step to AI
easy to understand and very useful
I learnt so much more than a standard session at uni! This has encouraged me to continue with MOOCs alongside my degree to improve the quality of my learning.
Wow.. I can't believe it's finally over. This course has been fun and uplifting to learn. Not only does he explain extremely difficult concepts and algorithms like they're just easy, rudimentary concepts, but he also gives advice on improving applications developed using sid algorithms and gave me such a great intuition on learning algorithms I got confident to work with Math again. Professor Nguyen is a genius and has opened up doors for me which I had convinced myself were beyond my grasp. I currently can't afford to pay for it but would recomend you buy the certificate; I'm going to buy it ASAP not just for certification but also out of appreciation for the great material and life changing experience
Great course!
Andrew Ng is an amazing teacher. For me as a physician, with little statistical background, there was a lot of work for me to do to understand all the math. But with the clear explanation in the video's, it was fun to learn and complete this course. Thank you Andrew Ng.
Excellent course. In my experience really good teachers are uncommon. Andrew does an amazing job of leading this class. The material reflects lots of thoughtful preparation and Andrew works through it in a very engaging manner. I found the conclusion very touching. There's a bit of that throughout the class. As to the content itself, given I'm new to ML it's hard for me to say how thorough or deep it is. It does cover a *lot* of ground and I did find it challenging.
Very well thought and thorough introduction to machine learning algorithms with strong emphasis on practice and real-life application of the discipline.
This course is very useful for me, The best Machine Learning course, Thank you NG :)
Very good course on machine learning!It includes useful matlab exercises to put in practice what we just learnt.I highly recommand it!
Great course, explain very well concept of machine learning.
My First Coursera.. and I absoluted love it!! Thanks Prof. Ng :)
Great course! A lot of material covered by the lectures. Each video is very clear and the quizzes are really useful to make sure everything is well understood. I'm glad that the assignments use Octave (even though I was sceptic at first and wanted to use python), it makes it really easy to quickly implement the algorithms and visualize the data. During the assignments, I appreciated the fact that we are deeply guided through every step of the exercises, especially for the first exercises. I think that it would be a little more challenging if we were a little less guided for the last exercises.When I enrolled I didn't know anything about machine learning, I have now acquired valuable skills. Thank you!
Loved a lot~
Thank you Professor. I have learned a lot from the course.
This professor is very very good, i can understand everything even without know very much calculus. I watch other courses and i can't remember when i saw a very good teaching like in this course.
This is an excellent course for two reasons: first the video lectures are very good, introducing complex concepts in a relatively accessible manner, and second the automated submission system is good at marking your (well designed) assignments.What could be better: compared to a traditional (physical) course, I miss the notes. It would be very useful if there was some form of notes, either as an informal textbook or cheat-sheets for each lecture.Another improvement would be that in some cases, it's possible to 'solve' the assignments without necessarily understanding them. This is because you are sometimes given 'too many' hints or the transformation of the existing code to the final form is rather trivial.Overall an excellent course though.
Very nice course.
Thank you Andrew. Really appreciate your work.
Thank you for all Andrew!
This was a very enjoyable introduction to and overview of machine learning, from the perspective of someone who doesn't want all of the detailed mathematical justification for the machine learning algorithms, but does want to see the nuts and bolts of how they are implemented. For example, we don't prove that we have the partial derivatives of the cost functions (or, even, really justify what partial derivatives *are*), but we do see how they are used as the input to gradient descent routines which let us optimise systems such as linear regression. It is an ideal course to use as a springboard for different aspects of machine learning, such as the Neural Networks course which is also on Coursera.The main lecturer is clear, and does a very good job of explaining some of the practical aspects of machine learning, and when you might choose the different optimisation techniques.
Fantastic course, well taught by a well-known expert in the field. The programming assignments were well-constructed and gave real insight into the application of the algorithms and methods.
I found the course to be taught exceptionally well. Andrew is clearly passionate about ML as well as educating the masses about it. The use of real-life examples is a fantastic learning aid, in the videos and in the programming exercises. I enjoyed learning Octave and performing the weekly homework; the exercises showed me how to perform tasks simply that would seem impossible to a lay person. My eyes have been opened and will look to future-proof my career by continuing my studies in ML.
Great course, which covers different areas of Machine Learning, with practical examples and real life use cases.
Very good course for learning Machine Learning System
This is an excellent course to learn machine learning. The course is well structured and designed to teach even the advanced concepts in a simplistic manner.
It's probably the best course available on coursera. This course not only gave me a solid foundation in machine learning, but also encouraged me to pursue my Masters in this field itself. I will be joining a full time MS this year, thanks to the motivation I received because I enjoyed this course so much. I can not be any more grateful.
Awesome. Must as a starter in Machine learning
It is amazing!
This course shows its students the most useful and used tools for machine learning being at the same time broad and deep.I Highly recommend it to anyone willing to get introduced to artificial intelligence.
Really great course. Easy to learn even though it touches some difficult subjects; the exercises have a medium difficulty, but they are easy to complete using the provided information; and the lectures are very complete yet fun to watch. An excellent introduction to the field of Machine Learning.
A great introductory course for machine learning.
very good for the new learner
An excellent course that gives a solid introduction to the field of Machine Learning! Prof. Andrew is fantastic and inspiring, and he successfully manages to get us passionate about the subject; it's hard not to smile along with him at the end of each lecture!
A great course to begin Machine Learning ! Prof. Ng explains everything very well and gives good examples on each subject. The course also involves applications in Octave/Matlab.This course is highly recommented!
A well paced course that lays the foundation for anyone who wants to explore the world of machine learning algorithms / system design and debugging.
very interesting and useful！
much useful ,much difficult
This was my first Coursera course. I liked how this course was organized. The videos, quizzes and assignments were very well designed to get a grasp of Machine Learning. I am really grateful to Andrew Ng and team for putting the effort to create this class and this platform of learning. Thank you!
I really enjoyed this course and I greatly appreciated the didactical approach of Prof. Ng and the passion that he puts into teaching. In particular, I've found extremely useful the practical advices that he gives throughout the lectures: they really add something to the theory, especially coming from such an expert. The programming exercises have been really nice to carry out, thanks to the detailed guiding lines in the exercise sheets. I would definitely recommend the course to anyone interested, or simply curious about the topic.
Very nice course. Strongly recommend for machine learning beginners like me.
It gave me the overview about machine learning.
Great course, very insightful! Thanks Andrew so much~
Best online course available to get started with Machine Learning .
The best machine learning course I've come across thus far, Andrew Ng is a great instructor
Although being a software engineer, I was out of touch of mathematics for a long time, and hence was very skeptical whether I would be able to keep up with the pace of this course (along side my other priorities from work), but the content of the course was laid out so well, with just the right amount of quizzes/exercises that I was easily able to keep up and finish the course well within time.Now after completing the course, I consider myself trained well to start trying using machine learning for solving real world problems at work.Thanks a lot Andrew for such a wonderful tutorial.
Wonderful course with very good content, Gives enough Idea on how to solve the Machine Learning problems. Thank you Andrew and the Team!
Very nice Course !!
Excellent course, i highly recommend it for anyone who's interested in Machine Learning!!
Thank you Andrew Ng and Coursera for this very helpful course.
Probably the best MOOC course on Machine Learning. Professor Andrew Ng is a great teacher - he makes complex algorithms and concepts very lucid and easy to understand, especially for people with no ML/ AI background. The course is very well structured and gives useful practical tips. It does get quite intense at times, especially the vectorization parts in the programming assignments - but the Discussion Forums are a huge help. Many thanks to all the mentors, especially Tom Mosher for his guidance and valuable insights. Two small pieces of feedback -I ended up spending a lot more time on the programming assignments than on the videos themselves.The concepts were clear but the vectorization really made it very difficult to complete the assignments. Is it possible to use some other package instead of Matlab/ Octave, which is perhaps a little more high level and has functionality to do most of the stuff?The second suggestion/ feedback is : I found the time estimates to be very aggressive for a beginner with no ML/ Octave background. So, most of my study planning would routinely get off track. Not sure if most of the people taking this course found them to be OK.Is there a way to download Professor Ng's lecture notes for future reference? Not all the information is present on the slides. And it is difficult to bookmark videos - lecture notes would be a great help.All in all, this was a very interesting course - one I would recommend to colleagues and friends to take. Many thanks to Prof Andrew for his guidance !
I have to say that Andrew Ng is really good in explaining all the concepts. I was very impressed with the all the details that was put in the lessons. Also, he was always encouraging at each steps and that was very nice. He clearly showed modesty when in fact he could have brag about his own skills. THANK YOU MR. NG! It has been a true pleasure. Alain Duriez
A pretty cool intro to machine learning, though I'd loved to have more mathematics, I'm sure that it's made this way to match most peoples' needs, Prof. Andrew is a great lecturer
The best introductory course to machine learning.
One of the best courses I have reviewed and certainly I enjoyed completing the programming exercises. For the lectures though I have gone through Prof. Ng's original Stanford lectures in greater details. It gives anybody without any ML experience a very nice overview of the algorithm and practices.
This course is perfect and suitable for those who have interest in machine learning techniques and has begun or is beginning to learn about it. This course does not require much maths and prior knowledge and is highly recommended.
The best machine learning course ever!
The course is surely amazing! My suggestion to improve it even more is to add shorter exercises so we could train before taking a bigger step (the assignments). Thank you guys!!
ML theory and techniques are explained really well and the practical parts reinforce the learning and helped to gain "implementation" experience.
I really understand that Machine Learning is high levels of math.
With acceptable technique using in data mining, Andrew did give us some intuition in ML. Although it need to further learning on some Bayesian rules and math, but it's really worths it.
Very easy to understand and useful course. I would like to thank Professor Andrew Ng for dedicating his time in the elaboration of this course. I would like further versions to have something about reinforcement learning, hidden markov models and naive bayes algorithms. However the course was great and I learnt a lot!
Quite low level of detail - skips over lots of the underlying mathematics.
Just one Word : EXCELSUSty Andrew
Great course from a good teacher. Thanks professor Ng.
There are tons of ML classes on internet (even for free), but this one is the A)most comprehensive topics coverage, and B) easiest to understand.I am not saying your will become an expert of ML (obviously) but you would get a full picture of what ML is doing and how will they improve your daily life and work. You still need a lot of math/programming experience to build your own ML system or application software. Having said that, by taking this class, you know where you should start. The 2nd comment is of course a compliment, and requires years of hard work and practical experience to explain such a esoteric topic to everyday people like you and me through simple word and a well-structured agenda.If you have zero knowledge in ML/programming/calculus/linear algebra/statistic like me, please take it and am sure you will get more than you expected.
I was moved, and I cried at the last video that Prof. Ng is saying the appreciate thing. Oh my god
This course worth devoting a lot of private time. I got overall knowledge of Machine Learning. I'm a mechanical engineer and I'm not sure this course help my career. However, I believe that someday this knowledge will help me go through better career.
Thanks to Andrew Ng...Have learnt a lot from this introductory course!
Great Experience, beautiful course and a lovely teacher!!
it is the best class for me.thank you NG.
Perfect course !!! I have learned a lot useful knowledges about Machine Learning. I really recommend the analysis method introduced in this course which help to evaluate a machine learning system.Thank prof Andrew Ng.
Such a great courses for Student like me with no pre experiences in machine learning and any of algorithms..thanks to lecturer
Significantly recommendable for the people who can do self-learning. Prof Andrew always try to teach with easy way. His lecture has good balance for the theory and practice. Also many assignments improved my knowledge and skill about machine learning. Thank you Andrew!
Great...!
Thank you for sharing such an impressive training course!Thank you so much to Prof. Andrew Ng, our kind mentor Tom and everybody of you who also contributed to make this a great learning experience.This is one of the best trainings I've done in my life and I really appreciate how Andrew is able to explain easy and "friendly" what in fact are very complex problems. He's not only intellectually gifted, but also an outstanding and generous person for sharing his knowledge in such an open way. No ego issues by Prof. Andrew!Thanks again for everything
Professor Ng has done a great job on this course, and the supporting resources (including the discussion forum posts from the course mentors) filled in any gaps I encountered. This was a much gentler introduction to machine learning than some of the other tutorials and books I've tried, yet it was still thorough. I gained a solid foundation from which I will have a much easier time understanding more advanced resources.I have some linear algebra background and a lot of programming background, and I felt that the assignments were quite easy. However, I still felt that I learned a great deal in the process of doing them.
Brilliant course. Really enjoyed it.
Thank professor Ng for teaching this fantastic class! it is the best online class I ever took, hand down!
A very concise first class and the exercises are indeed heuristic.
Great Course
Professor Ng makes this extremely powerful tool of machine learning amazingly accessible. I did this course in my mid-fifties & it wasn't easy to work through all those programming exercises (..performing the mental gymnastics necessary to visualize & manipulate matrices in your head), but am now rewarded with not just a clear understanding of the capabilities of machine learning (which is why I initially started this course), but think I will actually be able to try it out on some simple problems.
It's a great and helpful class!
Outstanding course! Andrew is an exceptional teacher, making difficult and complex topics easy to understand. The course is very well structured in a way that there are no questions left unanswered and you can have a really in-depth understanding of the topics by just watching the videos and paying close attention. I have a degree in electrical engineering, so it was quite easy to follow the course. But I believe that even people with no programming/engineering/mathematical background would benefit from this course, because Andrew makes it easy to understand the concepts and the algorithms formulations. The programming assignments really provides a good practical approach for all the theory given in the video lectures, and the code templates are very well structured to enable even someone with no background in programming to complete the tasks. The functions used and implemented can then be adapted for implementing your own machine learning problems. Overall, great course, I am very satisfied with it!
This is a good course,I learned a lot of knowledge.
Perfect!
Its highly recommended course for those who are aspiring to build their career in the field of AI. The course is very well tailored with hands-on programming assignments and short video lectures.
This was my first course on coursera and I very much enjoyed it. It is very well structured, Andrew explained each topic in a very intuitive way, and I feel like I have a very good idea now of what machine learning actually is and how I can apply it to real world problems. However, the coding exercises tend to be a little bit too demanding (at least at the beginning) if you only have little experience with Octave's programming language and if you are not trained in econometrics/statistics. More (optional) coding examples might be helpful at the beginning. Nevertheless, this is a great course and I would recommend it to anybody interessted in machine learning! Thank you, Andrew.
Sad to know that I need to pay inorder to get a online certificate.
It's very fine course!
Awesome Course by Andrew. Loved the pace of the course and the examples shared by him.Only one suggestion: An alternative submission of code in Python Language for assignment submission can be included.
This course is really excellent for beginners in machine learning
I am getting this message that i have excced time specify to submit assignment but it still remain 3 days. i will like my account to be review and open. Thanks for providing this online platform
Amazing course!
This course is very useful for those who want to start his diving to machine learning problems. It is a great opportunity to study on this course. Thank to Andrew for these videos and programming exercises.
An awesome beginning to the world of Machine Learning. It was as challenging as it was mind-blowing to learn how to actually perform machine learning throught the course.Many, many thanks to Andrew Ng!
I do love this course!!!
I loved the programming assignment, helping you understand very well the different implementation of ML algorithms. Andrew Ng was a very good teacher, even for a non native english speaker such as myself. I really enjoyed taking those courses, thank you
excellent course! before enrolling, i was hesitating because i almost forgot all maths i learned during university. however the course, the lectures clearly explain those topics in simple and easy-understanding way, which strengthen my confidence! Thank you, i like this course very much!!
It is truly a great course ! Many thanks to Prof. Ng and all the people that worked in order to realize it. Starting from almost zero knowledge it spans most of the Machine Learning techniques applied even today. Apart from being the first Coursera course, it is really a hallmark for the new digital era. I am grateful for having watched it. Thanks again !
Thanks to the excellent explanations from Andrew, learning about machine learning in this class was very interesting and fun, and a wonderful experience! I'm looking forward to apply the techniques we learned in this class to my own projects in the future!
This is the best course I've ever taken. Learning both the theoretical side and practical side of Machine Learning.
This is by far the most extensive course I've done on Coursera so far. Learnt a lot
Really great. Good pace, good explanations, nice programming exercises to ensure understanding of the subject.This course shows how machine learning works inside and how to apply machine learning to a particular problem + introduces Octave environment for practical exercises . I find this combination quite unique and well working.Big thanks to The Team for putting this together!
This is a great course for everyone who wants to step in Machine Learning area.
A very complete course to get a global learning of frequently used machine learning algorithms and when to apply them. The exercises are very good to learn vectorized coding to improve clarity and efficiency.
Aside of being somewhat old (made in 2011) now it's stil la great into to ML. I will need to look for more practical exercises though to strengthen what I learned.
This course was well thought out in teaching the basics of Machine Learning. I liked the progression of ideas and tasks over the duration of the course. The comments by the moderators helped me get through several of the programming assignments
the best course ever!! thank you coursera for offer this great course!!
This is extremely useful course for those starting machine learning.
Fantastic course
Andrew is a good teacher!
Very clear and complete, really a must have to start undestanding and experimenting with machine learning
I enjoyed doing this course. I studied machine learning as a subject in my Masters, but this course offered many applications as examples. The programming assigments were also very practical.
Thank you! Prof. Andrew Ng!
more examples can be included and if assignments are in python that would be helpful as most of the high level frameworks are in python and that will build good ground work in numpy etc.
That's awesome!
This is an excellent course!
Thx Andrew Ng
Very good course! Thanks prof. NG
Great detail and delivery of course syllabus!
So far excellent course for beginners...! Thanks.
I consider that it is a great course, with a very good methodology. The professor was very clear with all the lectures in the videos, also the way to evaluate was really good, with that way was possible to confirm everything that was learnt during the videos. I got really impressived with the way of submit the solutions of the programming excercises. I would like that the course have more mathematical theory, it is good to see the process of derivation or demostration of some formulas, I understand that not all people have the same mathematical knowledge, but for the ones that are interested on that it could complement very well the course.
Fantastic Course! Pitched at the perfect level.
Excellent course that explains the basics and the different algorithms and approaches to solve different types of machine learning problems. It also goes through a number of applications where machine learning is used and I like the project based approach for programming to reinforce what was learned. Overall, an excellent course and highly recommended!
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Lectures were informative and interesting, and labs were not too difficult to figure out. Was even able to use this as a replacement for my university's first Machine Learning course.
Very good way of teaching how to understand the algorithms and the motivations of them as well. Interesting and personally engaging as well - thank you so much!
Great course with applications
Thank you, Andrew!
do is more important than listen.
Sucks....The audio quality sucks, the video quality is also miserable. The topic is good though.
Awesome! Thank you Andrew!
This course is great to learn machine learning and AI by video and programming workshop.
Great mentor, great course. Assignments need a little bit of improvement.
I learned a lot from this course! Thank you Prof Ng. You are an awesome teacher!
great and useful
Great!
Great Course.
Excellent course on Machine Learning. Covers quite a lot of ground. Thanks to Andrew Ng for putting this together. Fantastic.
This machine has learnt well!
Very simple and mathematically unsophisticated (which could be a good or bad thing depending on your background) but well-organised and a generally worthwhile introduction. I'd recommend watching the videos sped up to 1.5x or 2x if you're comfortable with the mathematics since the pace of the videos is otherwise too slow.
Wonderfully taught course that moves at a great pace for someone without a ton of linear algebra background. The videos are very helpful and the homeworks are doable. Excellent course!
Very good course materials! Perfect! Thank you so much Andrew and thank you so much Coursera!
This course gives you strong foundation for machine learning. Though this course is old, its recommended. This is quite hard when compared to other courses. Thanks to Andrew Ng.
One of the best coursera's course
I like this course so much. It is really helpful. The way ahead is full of AI and ML.
I found the course very interesting and intuitive. We covered what seems like lots of content fairly, but in enough detail to have a working knowledge of machine learning. The course, being 11 weeks, seems long, but I was able to complete the course fewer weeks than allotted.
Great course, I've learnt a lot from Prof. Andrew Ng. Professor explained well on several complicated concepts that I used to be confused about, and he has carefully chosen the material to make it easily understood.I am really grateful that such course is provided for free, and I shall buy this course as my appreciation for such a wonderful platform.
Great course. Very easy to grasp. Assignments are to the point and designed in a very neat manner.
Very nice course, I enjoy it really, I find it detailed and clear!
Exceptionally good course. I learned more than I expected. Thank You so much.
thank you!!! i love it!!!
This course equips you with all the skills needed to build your own machine learning system. I found this course extremely useful at work where I had to build such a system and I didn't have any prior experience with ML in college.
Couldn't ask for a better experience. Professor Ng nailed it with this little gem and it's easy to see why it's so popular with online learners. Exceptionally organized and appropriate level of difficulty for folks with a technical background. If you're coming into this course without at least some programming background and matrix math experience, expect some concepts and programming assignments to be challenging.
It is a FANTASTIC course! I've learned a lot of Machine Learning from this course. And I hope I could use them in my work for real applications! Thank you, Andrew! Thank you, Stanford! Thank you, Coursera!
Excellent course that covers lots of material. Dr Ng is very patient and elaborate in explaining the concepts. Very useful and exhaustive, knowledge packed course.
Excellent course, very well thought out. The lectures are paced well with concepts encapsulated in relatively succinct lectures. The explanations are clearly laid out. The programming assignments are focused on the concepts with all the supporting code provided, and include excellent visualizations to see what is happening, step-wise confirmation that your code is working, and are interesting to boot. As someone with a background in matlab and linear algebra I found the assignments pretty easy but are a good introduction to those not used to high level programming and keeps the bar of entry low. It's not as rigorous as a typical undergraduate course but it was perfect for those of us who are not full time students.
The lectures are great, but the assignments are way too easy. It gives little grasp of the difficulties involved in ML.
Great course by one of the masterminds of Machine Learning. It was a great experience learning from Andrew. Highly recommended!
This course is realy interesting it was detailed enought to understand the math of the machine learning whithout loosing the fact that those algorithm needs to be implemented and have a real application in industry. I am a Web CTO and always wanted to dig in this facinating topic, I am now going to implement those algorithm and make better products!Thank you Andrew Ng!
I believe that this course is a good course for starting the journey of Machine learning
This is the best course in ML. But to start in ML this shouldn't be the first place you should go, first do the 'Intro to ML' in Udacity then come to this for better understanding of maths.
Well structured and inspiring lectures, the lecture notes are clear and easily to read. The assignments are challenging enough.
Honestly, this was such a great course. 11 weeks ago I knew very little about machine learning ( mostly just buzz words like neural networks, deep learning and so no). Andrew was a very good teacher, taking time to explain fundamentals of linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks, support vector machines, case studies and more. It takes time to complete it, but it's a time spent well.
Very interesting and easy to understand.
splendid course, a great start in the study of Machine Learningshow us an overall view of study with interesting programming casesThank you, Andrew
Probably one of the best machine learning online course if not the best. Explanations are very clear and materials are great ! I want to thank especially Professor Ng on making such a quality course and sharing his knowledge freely for everyone.
The explanations are clear, concise and useful, always related to real problems.
Very very helpful!
Very good course !
Wonderful course. Gives a very good insight of how Machine Learning algorithms are derived.
Intense and very nicely explained difficult concepts.
Highly recommended for beginners!
Great introduction course to Machine Learning and really great instructor. Thanks Andrew Ng!
Best course on machine learning. Primarily focuses on fundamentals which will prove vital when building large scale application
This is an awesome course!! I got to learn various algorithms and application areas. Good for beginners. Must do course for those who would like to pursue their career in data science.
This course if a great one. The most important thing that differentiates it from other courses available online is that here we get an idea of how things work rather than just have a library or a function that does some job for us instead of getting an idea of what it is doing. Also, the way Prof. Andrew Ng taught was simply awesome. I really want to thank Prof. Andrew Ng for being a great guide through his lectures, thank you Sir, and I hope to work in your team someday.
The course is great for people at their fist experience as well as for experts. It is fun and interesting work and it opened my mind to what one can do with a computer.
This course gives a nice and broad overview of Machine learning in a lucid way. After completing the course, I could research and study publications and current state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning breakthroughs. I would recommend this course as a platform to get started in the field and then build on it based on your further interests.
One of the best courses that I have taken on Coursera. Prof Andrew is simply amazing at building concepts from the ground up and then correlating those with the more complex concepts involved in learning about ML. It's one of the most relevant pieces of course material to today's technology scene and I really liked the focus on actionable material vs.other courses that focus mostly on the theoretical aspect of complex subjects. It was a pleasure learning this course and I will look forward to more such courses on ML and itassociated topics.
Excellent! Recommend to everyone who wants to get started with Machine Learning but doesn't know where to start
A good mix between theory and practical programming exercises.
I liked it very much!
Great and helpful!
Awesome course!!!!
Prof. Ng is a kind and humble teacher, and that encouraged me to complete the course. I respect his knowledge and experience, but his personal attitude was essential to motivate me through to the end. I started my ML studies on other online sources, but none have made me so interested as this course. Congratulations and thanks, Prof. Ng!
This is an awesome course. I enjoy it so much. Thank you very much Andrew.
Great course!
Immensely learned from the course and generated a lot of interest to learn more on Machine Learning :)
Great Course, Great journey
Thanks you, thank you and thank you! Completing this course has been an amazingly enriching experience for me. It is not only about learning additional tool and technology but also a life changing event in my case as it gives me a new hope to think of machine learning as a very promising career option. Prof Ng has been so very kind to share his knowledge through this course. The course has been very well developed. The hands on assignments especially are so well structured that I felt as if a physical trainer is holding my hand and taking me through solving some of the difficult examples. This course is an example of how an online course should be. I am glad I came across this course. I thank Prof Ng and his team behind this course and wish them good luck.
Simply great!!
Excellent course on machine learning! Thank you prof. Ng for this course! Interesting, easy-to-follow and informative videos with programming assignments which gave deeper understanding on theory.
This course is very focused and every second of it is filled with tons of knowledge! Loved it!
An amazing course to start your machine learning journey. Thank you prof. Andrew Ng
This must course for any aspiring data scientist.I have no words to appreciate Andrew Ng for this excellent course.Well designed course
Andrew You are an awesome teacher. Glad to learn from you.
This course covers many important aspects in machine learning, in a way that is easy to comprehend and process. Learning from scatch, I now know many important idea in this field, and, most importantly, become familiar with the various terminology that everyone in machine learning is talking about. This is a great course, and the learning process has been utterly productive for me. Thank you professor Ng.
Great course to begin learning ML
A good start for studying machine learning. Much better than directly taking a ML algorithm and try different parameters.
The professor explains everything in a very clear and concise manner. I really enjoy taking this class.
Extremely comfortable way to learn. I have some machine learning background from a university course 10 yrs ago so this course was a super way to refresh and learn new concepts. Programming exercises could be made a larger part of the course. Or add more optional programming exercises.
Great course! I am a mechanical engineer, willing to get into the field of machine learning and AI, and to build intelligent systems in the future.I find that this course is a very helpful start in my endeavor. Thanks!
Excellent course. Nicely paced.Good balance of details and comprehension
This is the most interesting class I have ever taken. Learn and enjoy it. Thank you, Andrew Ng
Makes me finally feel standing on solid ground from where I can reach out to the world of Machine Learning. This is the perfect springboard, a perfect 101. Andrew, you rock !!
Teaching content is very practical and helpful in real world
A very complete course for understanding from the beginning Machine Learning and which are the different algorithms and tools you can work with. I strongly recommend it. Also, the programming tasks do really help to ground the concepts
the way Professor Andrew taught is very practical and he not only introduces the algorithm itself but also gives a lot of suggestions on how to use it properly.I know i need to review these when i really confront it, so i am really appreciated for all of this!
Definitely a "must-take" course. Machne Learning is an important tool for a variety of branches of science and engineering and Andrew Ng has a great way of turning complicated techniques into easy-to-understand pieces. The programming assignments may require a learning curve for those who have never used a Matlab/Octave environment, especially using the vectorized operations instead of loops but that is also well worth the time and effort. If you check question-and-answer sites on the Internet, you will probably find that this is the most recommended beginning course for related branches of science and engineering.
Fantastic course, the programming is a bit hard for us none coders out there but Andrew does a great job at laying out the models and procedure.
One of the great courses that I have ever learnt. Thank you so much Andrew !!
This was a fantastic class. Starts by teaching basic principles and moves quickly to cover a lot of ground in a structured way. A wonderful balance of theory and application. Andrew Ng is an amazing teacher. I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Prof. Ng presented an excellent machine learning introductory course, covering various topics that are the necessary foundation. Without getting into too much mathematical details, Prof. Ng managed to convey many machine learning ideas in a clear way and all the programming exercises are very well design for learning those skills. Thank you so much for making this course!
Excellent course, I learned a lot, and I had fun doing it. Dr. Ng thank you for sharing your knowledge, and thank you for making a very complex subject easy to comprehend!
the best coourse ever..!!! takes us on this adventure step wise ... and no topic seemed difficult when thought in this interesting manner
Thank you very much Dr. Andrew!!
Course is a very good intro to Machine Learning. It was taught at a good pace with clarity.
Very good course with lots of valuable advice about application of different strategies and how to approach obstacles that can occur applying machine learning.At times the math felt a little bit repetitive, because, well, loss minimization stays pretty much the same. But better repeat too often than not often enough.My only issue was the usage of Matlab/Octave. I would've much preferred Python or even the (to me) unfamiliar R. But Octave/Matlab was a pain for me, especially as I knew I'd never need it again after this course. Maybe giving a choice whether we use Matlab/Octave or Python would've been nice to accommodate both, people with and without programming experience.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and learned a lot.
Andrew Ng, Thank you profoundly for taking the time to share your knowledge and insight in this course. Having over 2 decades of formal education, this course stands out as one of the most enlightening in which I have partaken. A great teacher is one who can distill complex subjects such that anyone can understand them. I look forward to future opportunities to learn from your experience.
A good course but needs to be updated and also new material has to be added.
Lots of materials nice!
In my opinion this ML course is the best course that I've enrolled. Thank you Andrew Ng :)
I benefit from this class a lot, Thank you NG!
great course and great learning experience.
very nice class!
It's a well-taught course, and very interesting too
Professor Ng is one of the best teachers I have had the privilege of learning from. His fundamental understanding of both the beautiful mathematical structure behind machine learning algorithms, and practical, real-world solutions to analyze, improve, and prioritize effort on developing these algorithms, is truly inspirational. His clear articulation of this understanding made this course a joy to be in. The programming assignments and review questions strongly reinforced my learning from the lectures. Great course.
Thankyou Sir
It has been one of the most exciting course I have ever taken. Thanks to Andrew Ng for making machine learning easy to understand and exciting.
Course only gives an overview.
I really enjoyed working through this course. Thank you so much.
The best machine learning course ever!
Good course!
Very Good course. Not very hard but very practical!
Exactly what you need to make your first steps in Machine Learning world.
Best course I took ever, Andrew explained things very clearly and did not scare you away from those crazy maths. Thank you Andrew!
A very helpful and informative class! I don't know why it's listed as an advanced level course. Even with my limited Machine Learning knowledge and absence of experience with Matlab/Octave, everything was easy to grasp. Concepts were presented well. The summarized readings of the videos and lecture slides worked well as references. I would have hated having to go back and watch multiple times when I forgot something.One thing I would have liked to see more of are the programming assignments. The automated submission system worked well and was helpful for making sure I had each step of the assignments coded correctly. I started doing the assignments before I took the quizzes, due to how well they helped me learn the material.Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in learning more about Machine Learning!
Thank you very much for such a great course! Andrew is one of the best teachers I know.
Great course, great Prof!
It's a very good course for the ones beginning and interested to grasp the basic as well as advanced concepts of machine learning.
simply awesome
Prof. Andrew Ng made it a great class to take. I listened to all of the videos, took and passed all the quizzes, and worked through all assignments. Best use of my time, getting an introduction to ML and data science in general! Prof. Ng is a phenomenal teacher; he makes sure you get the fundamentals right before jumping ahead. Highly recommended!
This is a highly interesting course for primary learners like me to know machine learning.
Great overview to get you started on ML.Very cool exercises in Octave. Even if you - like I - really not care to learn Octave, I strongly recommend spending time on these.The last 2 weeks are a bit vague, but also very fast to complete.Thanks for a great course.
Amazing course! Amazing Prof. Andrew Ng!
Excellent!!! Good start to understand ML, Thanks
This course is amazing and sets a strong foundation in learning Machine Learning algorithms.
Very Good for Newbie!!
Excellent course. Very instructive, and a lot of fun!
thank you Andrew , it's great to learn the course. it help me a lot.
Comprehensive, well thought out and focussed on fundamental knowledge over tools.
Best course in Coursera with any doubt. And Andrew Ng best teacher ever :)
Very good course for beginners. Easy to learn approach followed by mentor.
A good introductory course into the realm of machine learning. This course has a very well constructed, application oriented content.
Andrew is so knowledgeable in the AI/ML area, especially the mathematical explanations of all kinds of algorithms. I have learned a lot from the course and a lot from Andrew's composed teaching style. Thank you Andrew!
Practical knowledge on Machine Learning and how to apply them
Simply the best course I've ever taken!
It´s a great course to understand and to learn the princoples of Machine Learning and its methods and algorithms. The teacher is absolute wonderful because I knows how to explain the complex concepts and theory in an easy way. Definitely, he is a great teacher.It has been hard, and took me more time than expected, but I am really happy for having completed it. Now I will try to do another one about data science.
I enjoyed taking this course. It is best course for a starter like me with little math back ground which I studied nearly 9 years back in college to get over all big picture and looking forward to start my career in machine learning. Thank you professor for making this course and sharing
In my opinion one of the best and most complete course I ever attended
Great cource! But it would be better to get more practice.
I learn a lot from this course.
Thank you Andrew for your clear and concise instructions that made complex concepts easier to understand.
Well thought out course. Easy to understand for a range of learner backgrounds. Covers a wide range of machine learning applications and methods. My only complaint would be the fair confusion arising from a variety of unnecessary synonymous variables naming conventions between the lectures, coding, and forums.
I am very glad that I passed this course, I got a lot of new and amazing knowledge. I already apply this knowledge in my scientific works. I also do machine learning at my university. I'm very happy to be friends with Andrew Ng. Thanks to him and his team.
A really excellent course.This is the first online course I've taken, so I cannot compare it to others, either on Coursera or other MOOC platforms, but I can say that it was perfect for my needs and I learnt a lot from it. The math content - of which, obviously, there must be a lot of - is very well-explained, and Andrew takes care to require little more than a high-school level expertise to understand.The programming exercises were slightly challenging, but not overly so, and helped solidify understanding - and hey, there's always that little thrill of excitement when you see your program begin to give you real answers, and you realise that you've just written a program to recognise letters when given just a bunch of pixels.I didn't use the forums much during the course myself, but they appeared to be very well-supported by knowledgeable and helpful mentors. (Tom Mosher, in particular, seemed to be on-hand all day, every day!)As to Andrew Ng, the lecturer, he clearly has a deep and extensive knowledge of his subject matter, but his presentation is always kind, enthusiastic and helpful, so I'd like to pass on my thanks to him for making and presenting this course.
Its been 15 years since I was a student of Computer Engineering. This course is presented with such expertise and simplicity that I felt like I was a student again and was easily able to understand most concepts. The programming assignments give an understanding of machine learning that I didn't think would be possible through a free online course.
Excellent Course... It takes it to next level..
A very good class for beginners.
Incredible, time worthy, very well done course !
thumbs up!
This is an intro-level ML course that is very basic yet very useful. Andrew Ng is not only a great researcher, he also has outstanding teaching skills. He is an excellent educator who knows how to explain complex material in an easy way. Overall: A+ for the course and A+ for its instructor Andrew Ng.
Amazing Course! I was in doubt if I was taking the right path in doing a master degree in machine learning and after this course I'm definitely sure! Thank you Andrew Ng!
I highly recommand this course to anyone interested in Machine Learning.
Awesome experience with ocean of knowledge
Learnt a lot from this course. A very big thanks to "Andrew" sir for covering many real time applications and for teaching each concept with so much of patience.
Excellent. Extremely interesting subject and a very good presentation. It starts from basic explanation then turns to more and more complicated ideas.
Awesome course for machine learning. require hard work and dedication. contains all major machine learning concepts.
This course was so much fun and I learned a lot! Andrew Ng is one of the best teacher I ever had the pleasure to listen to. I was almost nostalgic when the course finished...
As this course is rated, and according to the lots of opinions written about this course, I can only add a new congratulations remark to their creators. Andrew Ng is not only a genius who masters all the contents, he is also really didactic and teaching. Andrew is able to boil the more complex concepts (e.g.: neural networks) in simple explanations with very illustrative material and an updated approach to real examples and use cases like (autonomous drive or Photo OCR and text recognition).I would like to thank you the great support provided by Tom Mosher in the Discussion Forum (this is one of best forums I've checked in the different MOOCs and the main reason is the fantastic work done by Tom who gives quick and intelligent answers focused on making you think and learn about the questions or doubts you ask).I think this course is a must for all those who are into data engineering, data processing and especially Machine learning or Artificial intelligence.
Very nice course and that is too without any fee
It was really a lot of fun to work on this course and on the programming assignments. The programming tasks were informative and interesting. I'm now looking forward to build cool applications and to learn many more things in the field of Machine Learning and Data Science. Thank you very much for this awesome course.
Amazing structure and comprehensive programming exercises with in-depth knowledge of instructor make this course a must take for ML enthusiast :)
The best in the market for machine learning newbies.
This is a good starting point for everyone who wants to understand the issue of machine learning
Good theoretical course but octave sucks
Thank you for your teaching!!!
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Definitely lives up to it's reputation.
Succinct & well organized videos w/low barrier for entry. Programming exercises were relevant (previous knowledge of MATLAB/basic matrix multiplication was helpful), and help available if needed.
Really nice course about the fundamentals of machine learning
Rich course, informative, trained on machine learning algorithms
Great Course!
A classic course providing an overview of machine learning concepts from a core, mathematical angle as well as several lectures highlighting applications, advantages and disadvantages of machine learning. Superbly taught by Andrew Ng, and with fantastically structured programming exercises. A must do for anyone wishing to explore the world of machine learning.
Useful and applicable knowledge
Really well done and in depth course!
Very good course for people getting stated in ML
This is a great introduction to machine learning algorithm. Eight machine learning algorithms are covered during this 11-week course, including special use cases, advice for building machine learning system, and of course quizzes and exercises assignment. In order to follow this course, you will need, at a minimum, a basic understanding of linear algebra and calculus. Thanks to Professor Andrew Ng for making a quiet complex subject a real breeze.
It's really worth of it taking all the time to run through every programming exercise. Don't know how many thanks I should say to Andrew Ng.
Excellent course for everyone. It gives the opportunity to gain deep knowledge of machine learning to everyone.
Perfect starting point of machine learning. Lecture in this course is really useful and easy to understand.
Really good course! I really liked the programming exercises and would love to have more of them (especially very modern uses).
Fantastic course! You have managed to pass on to others what you have learnt through mountains of time consuming research and experience. Your tips and tricks were brilliant. The assignments were challenging while at the same time gave a lot of help to students. My constructive criticism is possibly doing more Octave/Matlab example coding as part of your slides. As in walking through an entire exercise talking about what you would be thinking as you went through the problem and the steps you would take to complete it as efficiently as possible. Once again, great course and good luck with changing the world for the better in the future.
Very good learning...Thanks Andrew,
It is a good course for novice to learn machine learning. There are many practical cases making learning algorithms easy to understand. After learning such a course, I feel that I gained the ability to design a basic machine learning system to solve realistic problems.
Excellent course material. Apart from getting introduced to ML, also picked up some working knowledge in Octiave programming.
Great basic introduction to to machine learning. I like the fact of the focus on basics and also practical suggestions on problems when applying the algos
Great course, I now want to learn more about machine learning.Would recommend this class 100%, thank you
An extremely great course to start your career in machine learning! Everything is explained in a simple and easy to understand manner with many real-world pplications.
Fantastic class. Highly recommended to everyone who is interested in ML.
Very inspiring and introduces me into the world of ML. Thank you very much.
It was really easy to understand and apply them by myself.
Excellent. Thank you so much Andrew Ng. you made machine learning look simple by touching all complicated math and at the same time stopped at the right point before we get scared and run away!!!
This course gave me a real startup about machine learning. In the assignments, the student fills the blank parts of the real world problems. I am happy to jump in to Coursera by this course. I am sure that the course material will be a reference for future works.
Great course delineating all the fundamental principles. Some parts of it maybe a bit too easy for people with decent linear algebra knowledge but definitely a comprehensive and worthwhile introduction in the exciting topic of Machine Learning. I'm definitely motivated to learn more !
Fantastic course, at some points the math is quite complicated (Neural Networks I'm looking at you), but overall teaches the concepts extremely well, the applications in real life industry, and common mistakes not to make in approaching problems. Sparked my passion towards solving business problems with Machine Learning and algorithms.
Very good information, well explained.
It is actually a great course for someone who likes mathematics and programming. The way Andrew teaches and the way in which he explained those Mathematical ideas and concepts is excellent.It is really a very good course if you want to get started about machine learning and you can learn a lot of basics and fundamental ideas behind ML.
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Besides a few small technical errors (with audio, or overlapping video revisions), I still found the material of the course to be valuable. In addition, coming from a programming background, I found the coding assignments somewhat on the easy side. There is also quite a bit of advanced math in the course, but the instructor takes care to explain every formula and not assume students have advanced knowledge.
A must course for anyone interested in Machine Learning.
A wonderful and exciting course! I've really recommended it to my classmates and friends.
Thanks a lot for Ng and NG team's Sharing and nice course! Marvelous and attractive!Best Regards,Henry Qi
With excellent and detailled explanations.
Very great course for who want to know more about machine learning. Very detail and easily understand.
Thank you
Interesting and high quality
So far the best and most informative course (in data analytics) that I have taken in Coursera. All the major machine learning algorithms are explained in simple and understandable terms. Programming assignments are doable and yet challenging. Looking forward to applying my learning from this course in my work projects
Absolutely fantastic course. Expect to be highly knowledgeable on the important mathematical theory behind Machine Learning! Loved Dr. Andrew's way of teaching, even though this was all online! Exceptional class and exceptional teacher/man. I'm so thankful to have taken this class. Thank you so much!
This class took me a long time to complete. I did the work as time permitted. Now that I am done, I am very happy. Thank you all so much for the effort put into making this class understandable and accessible. I will continue my pursuits in this field, and I am grateful to have been given such a firm foundation from which to base my efforts.
I thoroughly enjoyed learning Machine Learning from Professor Ng. He took an intimidating topic and simplified to the the point that anyone can learn it. He was always encouraging and reassured his students it is ok to not understand everything right away. The programming exercises were fun and linked the lecture concepts to real work applications. I will highly recommend this course to anyone who is serious about learning Machine Learning. Thank you Professor Ng!
Excellent course, very insightful and with lots of useful information
Prof. Ng's approach shows us how world class universities can help anyone to scale up easily. I would like to thank you Prof Ng, mentors, Coursera and Stanford university.
I am getting started on Machine learning journey. I am happy and very grateful to have found this and started with this course. It provided me overall perspective on various machine learning algorithms and their possible application areas. I sure hope to be able to build on this knowledge and be able to apply to real life examples. Thank you Andrew Ng for setting me up for furthering my skills in this field.
Andrew is the man!
Fantastic Course. Really well explained.
This is the best class that I have ever taken in my life.
This course was an amazing, memorable journey. I started off feeling slightly intimidated by the programming aspect since I am not from an Computer Science/Engineering or Math/Statistics background. To my surprise, however, the lectures really gave me a flavor of the "bigger picture" or the intuition behind each of the learning algorithms, and the programming exercises helped me apply the knowledge and really grow as a problem-solver. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is looking to become familiar with a cutting-edge, exciting field that is sure to become very much mainstream in the near future.
What a great course! Thanks professor Andrew so much for sharing the knowledge on machine learning.
Though there were some deficiencies, the course is very user-friendly, explanatory and highly diverse. In the course there are references to many subjects, which the professor explains simplistically.
Great course, thanks!
Wonderful.Thank you, Andrew Ng.
Teaching is an art and Prof. Andrew Ng make it!
Really cool!
Awesome course for starting Machine learning.
I found this course VERY helpful. The way Andrew teaches the machine learning concepts is unparalleled! The course is well structured, well-timed, and well presented. I also appreciate the practical experience that I came away with by doing the Octave exercises. Because I was engaged, I think I have retained at least 90% of what was taught. Thank you Andrew and the forum moderators. Thank you to other students for sharing their insights as well.
This is a great course to learn each algorithm of machine learning!
Awesome Course and Teacher. If you are wondering if you should take it or not just do it.
Great
A great course
Honestly one of the most insightful and enjoyable courses (not just from online videos) that I've ever taken! Andrew is seminal in his field and it's such a privilege to have been able to learn from him directly. Now that I've finished the course I'm super excited to go play around with these new algorithms. Kaggle here I come!
Great course! Really enjoyed all the content and will highly recommend this to other friends and colleagues that are interested in machine learning!
Really elegant course, with enough repetition for a beginner and logical soundness. You have to take this course before "Neural Networks for Machine Learning" by Geoffrey Hinton (otherwise I just can't imagine not getting crazy by the style of Hinton).
This is the best course in Machine Learning for the beginners .The way Andrew Ng. explains the concepts, it is amazing .Even if one has no prior knowledge of coding or machine learning ,(s)he will be able to learn do in this course .
Very well developed course, I enjoyed learning
Awesome Course! Very well taught and noticeably a lot of effort was put into the lectures, the quizzes and the programming assignment.THANKS A LOT!!!
It was a great experience for me learning from here.Basics are really well explained.Now I have a good understanding of Machine learning.Thanks a lot.
Great course
Excellent course. Excellent teaching. Thanks for bringing me to the world of machine learning. Keep path and go deeper. Thank you again, Andrew Ng.
Awesome course, great learning opportunity.
Excellent and well-rounded course! Will definitely recommend!
This class is so good for entry level.Prof Andrew Ng. Thank you.
Thank you, Professor Andrew Ng for a great course on Machine Learning !!
Super Great
A very good lecture.
Andrew Ng shows in this course what outstanding teaching is like. Thanks to the slow, progressive and carefully planned journey through the concepts that he prepared for us, delving into the complexity of these topics whas not only easy but also fun... Thank you so much for this amazing learning experience!!!
I would recommend it to anyone who wants to be introduced to different tools and techniques used in machine learning. The course only requires a basic knowledge of statistical concepts.
Great videos and programming exercises. The material is well taught and quizzes help you to hold all the knowledge.
This is a great introductory course to machine learning. I now have a good sense of how the main machine learning algorithms work under the hood.
Very well explained and progressive course. A very good introduction.
I really enjoy a lot, and sometime suffer a little bit with practices ;), learning Machine Learning principles and practices. The material and videos are really valuable as well than, the most valuable, Andrew Ng videos teaching all concepts and taking the virtual hand of all students in this amazing visit at one of te most promising practical aspects of AI up today.Thanks a lot of to Andrew Ng and Stanford University to prepare and divulgate this course in MOOC format through COURSERA platform.
my best experience of studying in a new field.
This is the course I wanted to finish and excel in Coursera!!
this is really good course for me. It's helping me a lot with basic knowledge about ML. So happy with it.
Thanks!
wonderful class
Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course is not only the beginner friendly introduction to the scary world of Machine Learning, but also the most informative and challenging one. Packed with real life application of Machine Learning to low level optimisation technique, this is THE course for all newcomers to learn ML or veterans to refresh on concepts.-George
this is a good lecture
Really nice course, teacher was easy to understand and follow, and exercises were good.
The content is easy to understand and the programming assignment helps to understand the materials well
Thanks for this course which makes me want to study more. ^^
Very good course!
Excellent course! This course was very well designed and executed and covered the content at a really good pace. Andrew's lectures were very clear and well presented, the materials and assignments were great quality, and I found his style engaging. He is clearly passionate about the topic he is teaching. Overall very highly rated.
The course has been very insightful with hands-on studies interlaced, and Dr. Ng is a great instructor.
First off, I think the course content is amazing! I really like that the instructor used Matlab that encourages the user to create vectorized solutions to the problems. I have heard many negative comments regarding the lack of use of Python, R, or some other library like Cafe or TensorFlow, but I believe all of that should follow after having the mathematical background to understand these principles. The content is not easy, and requires a fair bit of mathematical sophistication, but not so much to lose me, and hard enough to keep me engaged. I really enjoy how each learning unit builds off of the previous one, for instance, linear regression become logistic regression which becomes a neural network.That being said, I really think that this course needs to have a fresh coat of paint on it. I believe it was filmed in 2008. I don't think the content really has been revamped since its release. The recordings look like they were filmed on an old web cam, not even as good as a modern iPhone. The slides should have some design work on them. I know it seems petty to stress over the presentation, but I think many people are turning to programs from Udacity that are very flashy, but not as technically rigorous mainly, I feel, just because of the presentation. I think that this course deserves a bit of energy polishing it up since it's still perhaps the most popular MOOC course out there.
Excellent course! Machine Learning is a fascinating topic. I really recommend this course, one of the most interesting courses I have ever taken. Andrew Ng is a brilliant teacher.
Very eloquent, simple, straight to the point, while giving real life example.
This class is amazing!! That's because we can learn machine learning algorithms and implement them at the same time. This class provides good structure of the machine learning programs, so you can understand better machine learning algorithms and programming skills for beginners. I strongly recommend this class to anyone who is interested in machine learning.
Very well explained and very complete
I enjoyed a lot this class: nice videos with clear and progressive explanations, with interesting and pedagogic method consisting in giving intuition before the
great course for those interested in machine learning
A nice machine learning course without very advance topics.
Just awesome... Rating to Andrew Ng --> ∞ (infinite). Andrew Ng is the real hero.
The best course!!!
It is far most fantastic content in the Internet !
Really great class for Machine Learning. I went from being knowing nothing about Machine Learning to knowing most of the ins and outs of it. If you have been hearing a lot about Neural Networks and SVMs in your day to day life, you're probably in the Computer Science community, and the reason you hear about them so much is because it's being actively used almost everywhere. A good understanding of basic linear algebra is certainly going to help you in the class, but it's not necessary for completion. Thank you very much prof. Andrew Ng. It has been a great class!
Excellent course. I work in technology consulting and even though its a few years on after the creation of this course, it is still fantastic to get a good understanding of ML, and certain algorithms and applications. I would highly recommend (and I have) this course to anyone interested in ML.
Good lesson for introduction to machine learning.
where well detailed and explanations are good. It is very easy and fun going through the course
This is the best course to start the journey of machine learning. The course structure and assignments give practical insights into various nuances of algorithms. Understanding the course material will help you while applying various machine learning principles to new problems.
Exceptionally well taught course. Professor Andrew about to upload knowledge to a student without any "data/knowledge" loss :)
I really enjoyed this course. I believe it gives a great basic understanding of what machine learning is and how you can use it. I feel that the programming assignments could be broken up a little better to assess each section the way the PDF suggests to submit the results. Or at least give an option to bail out of the code if you know you haven't completed the other sections. Overall, I am very satisfied with the information provided and the instructor's teaching style. I look forward to learning more on Coursera.
I learnt a lot from Andrew. The course material is great. And I do have lots of practice in the lab. Thanks!
I am very thankful for having opportunity to learn Machine Learning from this brilliant course by great teacher Mr Andrew Ng. I would highly recommend it to anybody, even a complete beginners, since Mr Ng is thoroughgoing on explaining all details relevant to the course.
Thank you for giving this course, I hope there can be more.
Awesome course by Andrew Ng. Really a good foundation for machine learning.
Amazing course is ideal to study machine learning theory.Thank you, Andrew!
Very nice course, i loved the lectures and the assignments.
Perfect introduction to Machine Learning world.
Excellent materials and lectures for anyone who is interested in learning Machine Learning. Easier for people who have programming and math background.
Great course. I really enjoyed, but it was hard sometimes, specially on exercises.
Great Course! Easy to follow!
awesome course, it provided a very good introduction to machine learning and it's applications. Amazing instructor with a really good approach of teaching things as well.
Fantastic course that gives not just a great background and techniques in machine learning, but also very hands on skills. I liked the programming exercises most because it was the most clear signal confirming a clear and detailed understanding of the subject to run the code successfully, Thank you Prof. Ng, you are a great teacher.
This course is the most wonderful and special course I have ever taken.
It is my very first Machine Learning course and one of the best courses I have taken. Andrew can explain the concepts and ideas in an super explicit way. These terms and algorithm used to seem convoluted and intimidating to me. With just a little bit knowledge of linear algebra, I actually finished all the homework. I have gained a lot of hands-on experience from doing these assignment which are all closely related to our daily lives. Thank you, Andrew!
I had a great time working through this class. It all goes so smoothy, great videos, great quizes and amazing programming exercises. I would recommend anyone with even the slightest interest in machine learning to take this course.
Andrew Ng is awesome, the course is really interesting !
This is a really good course as introduction to machine learning concepts and algorithms.
Excellent course for an introductory foundation on Machine Learning!
great course.best I have seen
Well organized course and enthusiastic lecturer. If you have some basic experience with Matlab/Octave and linear algebra, then the programming problems will be quite easy.
It is really an amazing course for beginners to enter the world of machine learning. Although I am not a beginner, this course is also of great help to go systematically through the machine learning algorithms and applications. I really appreciate Dr Andrew Ng for providing such a wonderful course and benefiting my career very much.
A really nice course for the starter of the AI algo
It's is now a classic course but it is still worth taking time to take. I think many newer courses are build based on this but still this course teaches better than other newer courses in some point.
Great job!
A very good course, I learnt a lot. Certainly worth taking. Many thanks to Andrew Ng for his lectures.
Very nice course, especially for those which are less familiar with the subject. The video lectures are nice and go straight to the point!
very useful
Briiliant course! Thank you, Andrew Ng!
Thanks Andrew Ng for the great course about all Machine Learning basics!It was really interesting to view, listen and after make assignments. Also I really liked explanations of the math theory - it can be understandable even for ones who are not familiar with some advanced math.
The course material is great and its an awesome starting point for data analysis. However, its very unfortunate that the assignments are in Matlab / Octave. It's very important to study Python for interviews, as that is the most popular language with excellent data science tools. Also, the Octave environment is not the most stable and I often encountered problems. I wish Professor Andrew Ng had taken industry needs and data science needs into consideration while selecting the platform.
IF you are a newbie or even an expert in ML, this course is a must try!
Rekindled my passion towards exploring more about machine learning .
The best online course I have ever taken.
Clear explanation of Machine learning concepts.
Excellent course. I will recommend it to everyone I know. It covers a broad spectrum and the assignments are great. They need work, but not too complicated, neither too simple.
This is a great class where I learnt really exciting things! I am now looking forward to apply all that on the subject I am working on!
Really helpful course!!! Definitely will recommend it to friends
This is the BEST COURSE EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Course. I have learned a lot about ML. It covers general to specific materials. Well Done!Thanks Andrew NG!
I almost cried at the end, this course was very special for me. Thank you.Samuel
Very nice intro in Machine Learning from a charismatic and knowledgeable teacher.
Best online course I have ever taken to date. Thank you Andrew Ng for delivering such great lectures and assignments-- I learned a lot about Machine Learning because of you. I hope you make another course someday.
It was very interesting course, which helped me to move my knowledge of ML/NN from dead point
Excellent course for an introduction of all different techniques of Machine Learning, how/when to apply them, etc.
This is the best lecture in Machine learning beginner. I recommend this lecture without doubt.
Simply fantastic! Great explanations of machine learning concepts, well-planned progression through topics, practical applications were discussed and the quizzes and homework were also very useful in reinforcing the material covered.
Great learning experience.
very useful
Go through essential theories and applications of Machine Learning (in an easily understandable way). This course helps students build pre-knowledge on things machine learning covers, along with simple but great advice on how to build real machine learning systems.
great starting class for machine learning!
thanks a lot
Well teaching on this course, learn a lot. Thank you Andrew!
Great course! Gave me a very strong knowledge of the machine learning fundamentals, which letted me understand harder topics.
Thank you very much, too!
Very good coverage of different supervised and unsupervised algorithms, and lots of practical insights around implementation. All the explanations provided helped to understand the concepts very well.
The course definitely enhanced my knowledge about the subject to a greater level and inspired me big time to get into the core of the subject and start working on the implementation of the tools and algorithms in real life applications. It would have even better if more of practical applications are dealt with the course.
It is an awesome initial approach to the subjet. A good teacher who makes every easy to understand
An outstanding course. Well worth the time and effort.
A good introductory course. I recommend this course highly.
Very well explained and with many detailed and helpful examples and exercises. I've had my mind blown many times during the course and I expect to blow it even more as I try to apply what I learned and expand to even more concepts! :) Thanks a lot for the course, and keep up the good work!
Great class, a lot of fundamental stuff.
Great!!
I took this course about one year ago and it was my first introduction to machine learning. It was heavy and challenging writing the code to replicate the linear algebra, but knowing how the algorithm works within the code is invaluable. Since then I've expanded my horizons and am so thankful for this course
It is a good course to learn machine learning.
Wonderful course for introducing machine learning and the usages in industry!
Fantastic. Inspiring. Fantastic lecturer.
This is my first machine learning course, it is a very good class for a beginner, I learnt a lot from this class.Thanks so much, teacher Andrew and Coursera!
very helpful !!!
It is really interesting, informational & nicely structured course. I learned a lot. It gave me confidence to pursue my career in Machine Learning. Thanks to Andrew.
Essential for machine learning
Very Good Course and well taught by Prof Andrew Ng
Excellent course that has the perfect blend of lecture and hands-on programming excercises. Had to brush up on my linear algebra skills afer many years of being out of school, but the concepts were still very well taught and presented. Highly recommend!
Excellent course! Imagine you are learning to cook and your teacher is a Chef and he chops all the food for you and afterwards washes the dishes :-) - zero waste of time. Excellent Machine Learning starting point, whether you are experienced in engineering/math/programming or not. Lot of practical examples (in both, lectures and programming exercises). Explained intuition (physical meaning) behind math. Well done Andrew Ng!
I just finished the course and I want to say it is pretty details and covers a huge variety of topics in machine learning. The problems I had with this course is specifically with the quizzes and programming assignments; I would get stuck with no idea of what the correct way is to solve it, what I'm doing wrong, or sometimes I don't even know what the question wants me to do. However, with perseverance, I was able to get through every one of them.
Excellent course. Good concepts. I would also like to have a couple of exercises on the data processing aspect of the problems. That seems to be the most tricky part for most people
very good cource
Tremendous course, with high quality examples and problem sets.
Thank You! Andrew Ng!
It is perfect!! Strongly recommended! It is the best course I have ever had!! Professor Andrew is so charming and friendly! Most important he illustrated everything so clear and in a good pace, which is easy to catch up and understand. I really learned a lot from this course, and I guess it will help me a lot in my future research. Thank you so much professor Andrew! By the way I love your accent of your English :D
it was simply amazing
Great course! Easy and clear, watched lots of videos 1.5 or 2 times the speed. Machine learning is a very promising field, highly recommend everyone to take this course.
A perfect course! One of the best learning experience I've had in my life. Thank you, Prof. Ng.
So Great class. Thanks very much,
Andrew is an amazing instructor. His explanations are clear and easy to follow. The course is by itself a great introduction about Machine Learning. I found the course really useful.
Great course! I enjoyed understanding how Machine Learning works. Andrew Ng is a great teacher.
Great course.After also watching some of Professor Ng's Standford lectures on YouTube, it is obvious that he focus on the most robust algorithms in this course (out of the many algorithms out there). It was also very nice that he focus a lot on the application of machine learning. Some of the application discussed included great information on areas such as handling big data, performance oriented approaches to computations and performance analysis to allow developers to focus their work on what matters most. A great benefit of this course is that it is a great foundation for understanding the latest research papers on the topic such as uses of Recurrent Neural Networks and Convolutional Networks which have been shown to be successful in natural language processing among other things.
This course was pretty awesome. You'll have to stay on your toes to finish your assignments before the deadline. The only thing i didn't like would be that some videos have a bit of noise in the audio.
It's a great course and help me a lot. Learning this course gives me the basic sense of how the machine learning works in practice and I also get to know the basic algorithms, how do they work and where should I use them. Thanks again!
A great course that covers a wide range of machine learning techniques. The programming exercises were practical and helped to tangibly demonstrate the topics discussed in a rewarding fashion.
Great Course!
Great course and cool lector! A lot of real-life examples and very interesting programming assignments.
I finished this course July of 2016, not sure why I am just commenting now. In any case, for those looking to get into the field of machine learning/data science, or those who are in a quantitative discipline looking to bolster their skill set, this course is invaluable. Dr. Ng is incredibly thorough with each concept and provides numerous examples to illustrate his points. His lecture notes may be a little hard to follow if you don't meet certain prerequisites (calculus, linear algebra, etc) but they're well worth the read regardless.
easy to understand.
Lectures are very intelligible and the professor made working on the assignments more fun! Loved this course! :)
It has been a fantastic course. I had never taken any course on Machine Learning and I must say that it is a must course for anyone who wants to learn the basics of Machine Learning. Andrew's capability to clearly communicate complicated technical material is awesome. I never felt like the course was getting boring or difficult at any stage. However, I must say that to be able to feel indeed confident on it, one has to have a good understanding of linear algebra. Thanks again. It is an awesome course. Kudos Andrew.
Thank you very much Andrew Ng for your time in making this world a little better.
very good course to start . Just enough details, to have a clear overview and to feel eager to practice.Excellent to demystify this technology and show that basics math is enough to start.Thank you very much !
The best course I've ever took! Extremely interesting lectures, challenging exercises. Thank you very much!
awesome course
Thank you professor Ng. It was one of the best learning experience in my life.
Excellent course with an outstanding instructor. Andrew tries to teach complicated problem in the most simplified manner. The course, quizzes and programming assignments are designed very well and help you understand the concepts of the course deeply. i'd like to thank Andrew Ng and the people who assisted him in this course. Thank you!
This is a very good course for me. Coursera opens a new window for me to pursue an advanced education. Definitely, machine learning is the future. This course introduces what machine learning is and how it works, which make it easier for me to learn more about AI. Thank you very much.
Great explanation! Nice Homework ! :-)
This was a great intro into Machine Learning. My only complaint is that it was very heavy in mathematical theory. While that is a necessity for the industry, I would have liked to see more examples of practical applications and implementations with modern technologies and libraries.
Best entry level machine learning course! You will definitely get what you need and taste most of the flavors for machine learning.
Thanks so much for the effort done in this course .
This covers a range of topics that are subjects of individual 6 week courses in specialization sequences. It provides a sampling of representative common techniques and practical guidance on how to choose among techniques. The material is from the 2005-2006 period, but provides enough capability to address work related tasks immediately. The instructor is clear and generally interesting as well as being actively involved in real productive applications rather than academic r
Great course.
Amazing course.
Outstanding course. Each lecture is exciting and the exercices are really well thought. It requires some work sure. As opposed to what I have read here and there using Matlab/Octave for the programming exercices is not a problem at all. It is well suited of the task
Very succinct and well taught.
While I had som familiarity with the concepts from before, I would sincerely recommend this course to anyone who wishes to learn how to implement machine learning. Do not however that the course expects a lot from you in terms of mathematical knowledge.
It is my first course in Machine Learning and i can surely say that i learned a lot. It was excellent experience with the course.
Really helpful. Thanks Andrew. Very much!
Great course.Very detailed explanation of concepts.Great hands on programming examples.
I have just begun doing this course, and it has started off on a pretty good note. I really appreciate Coursera for providing the content and few of the tests for free, which gives the handle of education into the hands of many.
I would be much better if it would have included the more layman explanation.
Great course, focused on practical application.
Perfect course! Zero flaws!!
Really awesome course, even a novice person can relate to these lectures and contents. Programming exercises are great, directly related to course/concept that we are learning.
Thank you， Andrew !
Excellent course and well structured. I learn a lot from this course.
A great course on machine learning which takes time to explain the intuitions and make things understood more easily and deeply. The examples and exercises are based on real life applications. Thank you very much for putting this course together and I have learnt a lot!
Dr. Andrew Ng presents the material in a way that is easy to follow. Completing the Matlab code in homework assignments was fun. I feel that I can apply the knowledge learned in the class to real-life machineproblems.
Excellent course (although i would have liked it to be a little more advanced)
Great course. The perfect jumping off point for learning about machine learning techniques.
I would give this class six stars if I could. Dr. Ng's care for students is displayed in the course design, class presentation and homework assignment design. Dr. Ng's crystal clear thought process is demonstrated in every word he says. Only wish this course could be longer than it is and Dr. Ng could make time to have more online classes. Thank you, Dr. Ng. Thanks also to the mentors for this class who are incredibly prompt in answering questions. The Forum is so active that it forms a part of the learning experience.
Perfect course on Machine Learning. Challenging, interesting to the end, ....
This course strikes a nice balance between providing a solid foundation while being pragmatic enough to be able to apply it to real projects. Also really enjoy being able to submit your developed program and get instant response on how you did, a rewarding feeling.
Good Course with correct level of details
Perfect class about machine learning, I learned a lot and get a clear whole picture about machine learning, also I'm very appreciated the well designed hands on practices to try and solve for interesting problems. Thanks.
Good introduction to machine learning. Well Done
Great course! Many thanks to Andrew Ng for this nicely structured course. I learned a lot!
I have joined on recommendation by my company associates.Its worth as course is designed step by step learning.
It was a very goed class for people who have some basis in math and programming. That would like to learn about machine learning. I learned some simple techniques to which will help me in designing machine learning algorithms. I also gained a strong enough basis to learn more advanced techniques.
This course is exactly what I needed after giving up to learn Machine Learning by online fragmented information. I finally understood enough to implement my own Machine Learning system thanks to this course.
Very good guide on machine learning with a lot of tips and examples that has been collected through a lot of experience in developing different types of machine learning algorithm.
It was a wonderful course that was easy for beginners and was able to learn a wide range from overview to practical things.
Excellent introduction to machine learning concepts. Would be great to elaborate more on deep learning as the most widely-used machine learning tool and better explain the intuition within hidden layers.
Very helpful and exercises are very apt.
This is an excellent course from Prof. Ng! Truly appreciate his dedication and generosity of offering this course to the public! This brings me into the machine learning world and give me the chance to explore more. Thank you very much!
Definitely the place to get started on your machine learning journey
Great course , I learnt a lot during this journey
Great introduction to Machine Learning. Thank you Professor Ng for bringing me into the field of machine learning!
Best Course to start with
Great course, although it might help to provide more detailed info for people who know calculus and algebra bascs.
Great course!
Thank prof Ng !! The whole course is beautiful !
This is my first course in coursera. It feels great to have been taught by the field head of machine learning. The tasks assigned were pretty awesome, and work done by the existing codes (like analyzing pictures) were awesome. Thank you sir for taking your time to teach us. I am grateful to you and the coursera team for arranging the machine learning course.
Very good course introducing machine learning algorithms. I love math and was fun to deal with it as far as I don't use it in my everyday work.Teacher Andrew Ng is a great lector, I liked the way he builds the course and explains material.
The Machine learning course by Professor Andrew NG is THE course for anyone who would like to scope the field of Datascience. This course is the pivot in my decision to become an AI researcher
Just complete the course! It took a lot of time and effort, but I believe that it's rewarding. Now I can apply these techniques into my work. Thanks Prof. Andrew Ng for his efforts to bringing to us such a good material.Best,Tung Le
Thorough introduction into machine learning. Programming exercises could provide less pre-written code and require to write more functions (i.e. visualizing data) by yourself.
It's excellent course I think to start machine learning. Especially submissions were very useful for me.
Great course coming with clear and concise content from a brilliant teacher. Lot of excellent exercises that helped me work out the theoretical concept in practice. Useful advices for real life application of machine learning.
Awesome course that can open mind and clear your concepts of machine learning.
Very helpful, thank you, Prof. Ng!
It's the best course to start machine learning ,Gives wonderful foundation to build on .Thank You Mr.Andrew for this great course.
Excellent course for everyone who wants to get the idea of machine learning techniques
The course seems to be useful but the tasks become hell. You need either give more information and examples or decrease the complexity of the questions and tasks
Very helpful and challenging at the same time. This is coming for a man who knew nothing about machine learning, or at least he thought so.Great course.
Very helpful course in my studies.
Awesome Course..Easy to Understand and Professor Andrew Ng Made this course fun as well
excellent course to start your journey in to machine learning
One of the best courses to begin with machine learning
very nice course, Thanks a lot for holding this and provide very useful materials in a easy-understanding manner!
THE best class I've taken in Coursera.
Excellent course, very practical and covers theory and intuition. The assignments are specially crafted to make students understand and visualize the concept.
very well explained, not too hard with the right amount of practical assignments. Great class!
Exceptionally well presented. Great focus on transporting the intuition rather than just presenting formulas.Can only recommend this course for everybody who wants an in-depth introduction into the most important concepts of machine learning.
Fantastic course. I have got familiar with many different aspects of machine learning.
I have learned a lot. Thank you, Andrew Ng.
Excellent course, Andrew Ng has done an excellent job in breaking machine learning down to its core fundamentals, and building it up step by step until you end up with very complex and powerful machine learning concepts. This is an excellent introduction for anyone interested in learning about machine learning, and provides an excellent foundation.
Absolutely fantastic. I've tried to do a lot of online courses over the last year or so, and every single one of them failed in the same part: The programming languages (or environments) never worked as expected. And I thought with this course it would be no different, but I enrolled either way. And how wrong was I!!!! Everything worked well from day 1. No time lost trying to make things work (except my code, of course hahaha).
This is a fantastic course! It gives a general, yet solid overview of machine learning theory and how to apply it in practice. It's one of the best courses I've taken in my career. Great work.
Incredible course
Easy and Covers the basics very well.It is self contained.
Great course ... I would strongly recommend
Excellent introduction to the field of machine learning. In some cases I would have like the content to focus more on the underlying mathematics but there was enough guidance given so that I could do this through self study instead. If you are reading this and are thinking of taking a machine learning course to become more familiar with the subject, then I recommend this course to you highly.
Truly awesome in scope and his ability to deliver lessons. Thanks!
Awesome class. Never thought I'd learn so many things so easily. Thanks Andrew!
Awesome introduction to ML
Nicely Delivered Course!
I am very grateful to have learned a new level of a system, that is when It improves itself. I'm feeling in a new level of knowledgeThank you so much
Very Short Videos with great content.
good course
It was a great pleasure to go through the class. The class is really both theoretically and practically oriented. The lecturer explains everything very clear and understandable.
Not an easy course but I enjoyed every part of it. Thanks
i had always fascinations for machine learning and AI things. This course helped me to understand things very much. Really appreciated every task provided.
This course is easy for beginner of machine learning. It don't require much mathematics knowledge and you can always understand the key points of significant concepts. If you want to know what is machine learning and the basic skill and method, this is the great course for you.
very well explained....have seen the first online course to be so understandable
very good course.It is my first machine learning knowledge.Thank very much
I've enjoyed doing this course a lot. Andrew Ng makes easy what seems to be ununderstandable.
Although this class material was daunting initially having Andrew walk through it very very patiently and having the support of excellent mentor in Tom Mosher has helped me tremendously in completing this course with flying colors in time. It is very well worth the effort and I feel capable of handling tough machine learning projects. Thank you! I really enjoyed the videos, quizes and all the programming assignments.
It is really a good course for beginner! I learnt many practical machine learning skills.
It was a very well structured course and helped me learn a lot. The instructor, Prof. Andrew Ng was fantastic. He explained everything very well. It was a great experience learning this course from him.
Thank you for taking time to put together this great and fun course on understanding machine learning, thoroughly enjoyed the course and would wholeheartedly recommend this course for any engineer looking into understanding and gaining core knowledge into some of the algorithms used in the field
Many thanks to Dr. Andrew Ng.
As someone who is transitioning from academia to industry, I found this class to be extremely instructive and incredibly helpful. Although many of my friends recommended this course, I was still skeptical about this course's usefulness and effectiveness. However, I'm glad to report that this notion was quickly dispelled. This course has helped me understand the concepts of machine learning so quickly that I do actually feel like an expert in machine learning—although I'm sure that's not the case. However, I do feel confident that I will be able to quickly contribute to any machine learning project, which will undoubtedly help my upcoming job search. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Andrew.
An excellent course. It allows me to dive into the realm of Machine Learning by giving depth understanding of the fundamental machine learning theories.
Wonderful course! Much effort is put in by Prof Andrew Ng. This course is definitely one of the best explained Machine Learning course around. Recommend everyone to have a look if you are interested in machine learning!
Very good course! It can be easily learned by many new hands and help them to handle most
easy
Very well thought out/designed course and focuses on the student understanding the concept more than a anything. Loved it ! and Prof. Andrew is simply amazing !
Worth the investment required for most people these days to learn Octave/Matlab for the programming assignments. Exceptionally clear and the programming assignments are legit. This course is legendary for a reason.
A great course. Subject is presented in a very elegant and formal way by professor Ng starting with basic things and advancing with perfect pace to more difficult things. I appreciated the focus on real life work of ML such as evaluating statistical models and optimizing teamwork effort and time.The only problem I found is the quality of audio recording: in a noisy room could be difficult to understand prof. Ng words for a non english speaker.
This course is very intresting experiance. Every lecture video connects with quiz and programming excersises very tight. For better and more deep understanding of this course I'm used different books about artificial intellegence and themes in that books were structured like this course. The course makes me more familliar with scientific calculation.
I do not have the words that can explain how this course is good *-*
I am an undergrad Computer Engineering student, graduating from Clemson University. I found this course to be extremely intuitive, well-organized, and extremely informative. This is a must-have course for anybody interested in learning about Machine Learning both in general and in specific.
Great course! SOmetimes a bit lengthy, especially when explaning really basic concepts (which should be known by most people) but still fun to watch. Lot to learn for beginners in machine learning.
Thank you very much
Very practical and up-to-date
Great course!
In my opinion, the sound quality is quite low and this makes it difficult to follow the lectures smoothly. And I found the current response in the FQA section of the course to this problem very unusefull and discouraging... .I am guessing that the course is not really meant for absolute beginners and some previous knowledge of programming and such is needed. I did not have any knowledge in those areas and I found it hard to follow everything mentioned in the course. So, I switched to another course on a different platform to be able to make the best of my time.
thanks！this help me a lot~
Fantastic (one word is enough)
I've learned so much from this course, thank you, Dr. Andrew!
Great course. Thank you Andrew!
I learned so much, and it was great to be able to go at your own pace!
Great course. It' gives you a deep knowledege about ML techniques and , diffretens ways to use in real problems.
A great course to learn advance topics in a simple way and the programming exercises are really cool!!
The best online learning experience I ever have!
Machine Learning is an excellent course with immediately obvious value and so many possibilities for application to countless types of analysis. This course is an excellent choice for engineers and computer scientists ready to step into the modern world of robotics, big data or even basic experimental/numerical data analysis.
It was good to get intuitions about adjusting parameters of various machine learning algorithms.
Thank you teacher, it is a great pleasure to learn this class. Your teaching means a lot to me. Hope your career better and better. I hope one day I can work in your team! (LOL)
Excellent course! Far above my expectations (especially for a online one). The embedding of the programming exercises was done in a very professional fashion.
Best Machine learning Course
Thank you, it's very helpful.
This is a great course and I really enjoyed to learn useful skills from it!
Awesome experience
terrificly presented by Andrew. Slides, videos & tutorials presented by him were of utmost importance to help my understanding step by step: from a small/micro problem solving until the bigger picture - more complex systems - resolution. Relevance of the topics is absolutely unquestionable especially nowadays.
Five minus one star for quality of the video and general lack of programming assignment practical help. Those are minor concerns considering the wealth of knowledge, wisdom actually, and passion that Andrew Ng brings to this course few other instructors could provide.
An awesome course!Must do this course...Thanks,Sid.
GREAT Course! Thank you Andrew for your excellent videos and thank many other volunteers for your contributions to this wonderful course! It is a great introduction and overview to machine learning. I feel I learned a lot from it.Hope we could have many other courses like this one on coursera!
Excellent. The videos are easy to follow, even for a non-English student. The exercises are also useful and well explained. It was a real satisfaction to participate to this course.
A wonderful introduction to machine learning. Accessible enough for a newcomer to be successful and yet challenging enough that you learn and accomplish things.
It was great pleasure to pass through this course. Each lecture week had found new horisons and connections among surrounding data, mathematic apparatus and machine learning technics. The materials are very cohierent and carefully prepared. Thanks to Andrew and his helping collaborators for this opportunity))
Great study
It is helpful and prefect！
This course is a very nice introduction to machine learning. It also goes some depth into the theory of the algorithms which is good.
This is a great course and I have learned a lot from it.
excellent intro material to many fields
Amazing teaching.
This is a very good course. Gives great intuition.
Very good course for beginers in Machine Learning. It was great for me take this course.Particularly, I recommend it
BEST INTRO EVER. BEST TEACHER EVER.
Thank you!!
Thanks a lot.
Such a excellent course, It make AI easier than I thought
An exceptional course! Mr. Andrew is an amazing teacher. This course has motivated me to take up Data Science as my future field since I recognized I love the concepts so much.
Excellent first course in Machine Learning.
Great teaching skill， make difficult things easy.
Nice course, get a lot of useful things about machine learning. Thanks for Andrew Ng.
I am highly satisfied with this course. This course has provided me a quantum jump in my level of knowledge in machine learning. The best part about this course is the simplicity in which a relatively complicated topic is taught. Prof. Andrew Ng is the best!!!
Great course, in-depth explanations of mathematical concepts, while walking through them step by step to enhance understanding. Highly recommended.
thanks for Andrew NG and coursera
Really good course for beginners! It touches the theoretical concepts really well. One needs to be focused during 11 weeks in order to understand the course content and finish every task assigned for that week. I would recommend this course in order to understand different techniques used in machine learning, when and where to apply the respective techniques etc.
Really nice course!
It's really worth spending time to learn from Andrew Ng. He teaches machine learning foundation very clearly. It's really useful for people who want to go into the field of data analysis!!
Great
Great course so far.
This course is very good in syllabus, exercises and the structuring of the course over 11 weeks. Learned the basics of various algorithms that industry uses for Machine Learning of their systems. Excited to go in deep of these algorithms and using them in real work.
Great course given by a great teacher in a great way!!!
Very useful course for anyone want to play with Machine Learning
Excellent content, intuition walk through by the professor, example scenarios and adequate exercises to grasp the core machine learning topics.
Developed good understanding of basic Machine learning algorithms and more importantly understood when and how to apply them. Professor Andrew also made sure we understood caveats of applying particular techniques and pitfalls to watch out for which would really be useful while solving practical problems and save us a lot of time. Lot of research results has been succinctly put forth which make sure we are ready to use Machine Learning as soon as we finish the course.
Lectures and Assignments were really good, however the quizzes are very challenging. A single question may have 4 true false questions so it is difficult to know which element you got wrong.
good course! Nice !
This course has very good content, which helps in understanding what machine learning is, how to write ML algorithms, how to evaluate them and improve their efficiency.
This course help me to understand a little bit more about the options and how a model is build. But is a little too long for someone that is beginning. Would be good to cover less topics but more in deep.
It is easy to get started
MUST TAKE this class if you want to know about machine learning!
Thrilling course about one of the main topic of this years. Very well taught with many examples and assignments that help you understand better topic arguments.
Useful course with nice projects.
Excellent introductory course to Machine Learning. The professor lectures were simple to follow along and offered a good level of detail. Definitely one of the best MOOC I have taken in recent times. I absolutely recommend it.
Thank you, Andrew Ng.
An excellent course in machine learning that goes beyond mere training algorithms and discusses other significant practical machine learning problems such as feature extraction and selection. The course also touches upon project management, resource allocation and decision making in the real-life ML projects.
My first course on Coursera, and it was a pleasure. Professor Ng was aweome, he explained the mathematical background of the algorithms so that everyone could understand it. I will definintely recommend this course to my friends.
If you are interested in machine learning but have a low confidence like me that if you can finally learn machine learning and artificial intelligence's stuff, here is where you must try. How Andrew Ng teach this course is amazing and make you more interested about machine learning..
Great course, thoroughly enjoyable and I learned a lot - thanks!
Pretty good introductory course for people with basic engineering or mathematics backgrounds
Especially the first few weeks were great and the programming assignments were quite interesting.
Probably the best introductory course in Machine Learning. It is very helpful that is focused on the fundamental concepts and not on programming or other trivialities.
Well designed, and digs deep into concepts. The programming assignments and quizzes really help grasp the algorithms better. Prof. Andrew NG is amazing!
Thank a lot Andrew, I've see that you teach us with passion and try to give it to us. For me it's works. Courses are professional, useful and interpretable for anyone who make effort to learn Machine Learning. Merge with Data Science + Big Data specialization, hope the all it's give me a well ad to find a job.Artificial Intelligence will be disrupt more than now our societies, industries, politics and it's with person like you that it's going to go in the right way. I'm French and I promise you that we are almost zero in term of education, politic and vision in Artificial Intelligence (because the only ones left in the USA like Lecun).
Excellent course - thank you!
Its great course for starter as well as to gain advanced knowledge around ML. Excellent explanation and assignment to make concepts more concrete
This was a great course with clear explanations and great content.
I recommend to play the course at the speed x 1.5
Very Great Class!
Perfect Teacher, Perfect Course
Probably one of the best courses I ever took.
An excellent overview of machine learning techniques, supplemented by programming exercises in Octave or Matlab to reinforce the concepts introduced in the lectures.
The best online course I have ever taken. This along with Functional Programming Principles has really changed my opinion on online classes and its ability to provide higher level education. I learned Machine Learning in College in a traditional classroom and didn't learn as much as I did in this course. Albeit, that was over a decade ago.
Totally awesome!!
Best Introductory Course to start learning 'Machine Learning'!!
I really thank to coursera because I learned lots of things about machine learning with Andrew Ng's excellent lectures. I really recommend this lecture to everyone who is interested in machine learning.Thank you very much!
Excellent course, superbly delivered by Professor Andrew Ng and ably assisted by many selfless mentors, thank you
Exceptionally interesting, well-structured.A great starting point, allowing you to develop your own models quickly.Highly recommended!
I am PHD student and I needed refresh my knowledge in ML. I must say this course is really superb. You can see how particular algorithms are built and also your task is to write them in excercises, so later if you are gonna use toolkit you will be much more confident in what particular algorithm is doing undeer the hood.
A course which gives you an idea about how machine learning can be implemented and other dimensions to look into any problem with an automated solution.
A very good course. I will recommend it
Well explained in-depth tutorial
Really interesting and practical course.
Simple and down-to-earth explanations on different machine learning concepts. Thank you, Andrew Sir!
Great course that covers theory and practice of Machine Learning. Good fast pace
Its a best way to start your machine learning journey.
Awesome course
Awesome course. Highly recommended.
Very Very Excellent course I have ever taken, I have learned a lot from this course about the machine learning and data mining, It will definitely help me to do further research in this field, to study more in this field
I learned a lot.
Learn a lot from it!
it is good for beginner
Just the best start for learning about Machine Learning!
Andrew Ng is the best!
That was a great class where I learned so many new things about machine learning and ways of applying its concepts. I hope to start to work soon in this field and have success on it. Thank you very much!
Thanks for your sincere lectures, Prof Andrew Ng
The course was organized very well, Andrew care to give the motivation about the topic, the lessons are divided into easy to understand parts, and the hands on programming assignment reinforce my understanding about the topic. The course also give practical applicability of the algorithms and what is more practical to do in real life
With the help of the great teacher and the great community, I learned a lot about basic, and some more advanced ML concepts, as well as their practical implementation, which I found very interesting and useful for my further education.
Teaches you concepts of regression, basics to start of with Machine Learning. Assignments could be slightly modified and applied to many real life problems. If one can find a real time project, and apply the concepts they learn from this course they can make total use of it.
Good balance between theory and practice.
Excellent Introductory Material
I would be a useful if this course teaches about the existing models present in Matlab/octave and not writing rigorous codes every time for analyzing data.
Using Octave, is an easy way to mentally access the algorithms behind these machine learning techniques.
Very good introduction to machine learning. Gives background on different types of algorithms and applications as well as ways to improve and modify it to better fit the task at hand
This is a very helpful course.
My start in machine learning! Thank you, Andrew Ng!
It's a good course for the beginner of machine learning, but it's also a little easy to people who want to learn more.
A very useful course. Andrew has raised my expectations for online courses, and has spoilt me with his thoroughly planned and organised lectures.
Excellent Introduction to Machine Learning. Now I can move on to learn additional topics!
Worth a wait. I am privileged to learn ML course online under highly qualified and reputed Mr. Andrew Ng.
Excellent course. Outlines general principles and advises on practical implementations. Gentle learning curve.
Fantastic course to understand the concepts and get you going. Nothing is assumed as to easy to focus on by Andrew Ng and he teaches even the basic concepts without skipping them.
A machine learning course unlike any other.
This is the best course in Machine Learning. I really liked the way Prof. Andrew Ng, explained all the topics in this course.
Excellent course. I look forward to Professor Ng's next course now that he is moving on in his career from Baidu.
Awesome course for beginners in machine learning!!!!!!
Simply awesome.
I found this course as the best to start in Machine Learning frield very informative and well structred
One of the best courses I have ever attended.
Thankyou Prof. Andrew Ng for your lectures. I learned a lot. The lectures are really good for a kickstart in machine learning for a beginner. Great Course.
Amazing, fast paced yet instructive enough to learn.
it is a great course!
Excellent Start to the machine learning world
Great!
I salute the way Prof. Andrew NG teaches the Machine Learning course. He is a Legend in explaining the concepts in simple, crystal clear approach with lots of analysis on the concepts. His Quiz questions and Programming assignments are really a drill to ensure our understanding. Prof. Andrew is my role model in how to teach a concept. Thank You Sir.
Excellent course to introduce topics in Machine Learning. However, more independent work would be needed to actually gain experience in building a high-grade machine learning application.
Very informative and engaging!
Great course to attend! It allowed me to discover machine learning algorithms and to see I use some variant of those algorithms in other mathematical problems in my job and studies. Andrew is a great pedagogue and it was a pleasure to listen his explanations.I did like the fact that there was an emphasis on debugging and improving the performance of algorithms. I am now looking forward to learn more and practice machine learning in the future.
Great course for first exposure to machine learning!
This is an excellent introduction to the subject of machine learning. The Matlab/R exercises give are a great way of practicing the subjects studied during the video lectures. I highly recommend this course for the beginners. It might be too basic for people already familiar with the subject.
It is a great course with many interesting topics. Professor Andrew Ng explains the course in a manner that makes it easy to follow. Thanks Professor.
This is a well taught and very informative course and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to get into machine learning.
The course is informative and well structured. Prof. Andrew elucidates and explains the concepts, the ins and outs of the algorithms in a very simple and understandable form. I highly recommend this course for all the machine learning enthusiasts.
Excellent course. You will learn about and apply many concrete machine learning algorithms (neural networks, linear and logistic regression, anomaly detection and others). The programming exercises are crucial: it's where you actually see whether you have understood the videos. The exercise sheets are very detailed - you can tell that the teaching team knows where the pain points are (e.g. vectorization). If you want to go deeper into the mathematics, check the corresponding Stanford course (CS229). My favorite part of the course is all the tips and tricks on how to apply machine learning in the real world (e.g. error analysis, ceiling analysis).
My background is in maths and computer sciences but I had no notion of machine learning. I found this course to be an very interesting introduction to the topic. The assignments are good and the teacher is super inspiring. I absolutely recommend this course.
An amazing approach of machine learning subjects. The exercises and explanations also help us to achieve a good understanding of the main elements of machine learning techniques. Excellent course.
This was an exceptional course. It had all the rigor but it never felt intimidating. Thanks to the the teacher to put it up so nicely.
Best course ever!!!!!. Learned lot of things. Thank You Andrew NG.
very useful and the class is well designed for learning
wonderful course!!!!!
One of the best course for machine learning on internet
The course is really excellent for beginners in machine learning, especially that it's not that hard to understand the materials as long as following the professor's instructions.
A Surprising coursera for primer
Learn a lot from this course.
Spending time to learn this course is worth.
Amazing Stuff.. Takes you from nothing to everything..
Author spent a lot of time to prepare the course material. The knowledge can be easily applied in practice.
Great introduction to the field. Develops a nice, intuitive sense of various topics in ML.
Professor Ng does a great job at explaining low-level implementations of popular supervised and unsupervised learning techniques. He also teaches about diagnostics that can be used to determine where an engineer's time is best spent to improve an algorithm. The hands-on programming exercises force you to really understand what is going on behind the scenes of these powerful algorithms. A must take class if you are studying machine learning on your own.
This course was really well made. It will give oyu the chance to program and implement the key feature and algorith of machine learning. Definitely will recommend to anybody trying to get into machine learning
Very helpful for a new starter
Amazing course with indepth explanation on core math, parameter tuning and its effects on training the model as well. Must do course for budding machine learning engineers.
One of the best experiences I've ever had learning. I would recommend this course to anyone out there who is interested in AI, or data science, or just wants to learn new stuff. It's fun, exciting, and challenging at times, but well worth it.
It is an awesome course. Thank you Andrew Ng !!
A very good starter on Machine Learning. Very well taught! Awesome videos, practical use cases and intriguing programming exercises. Highly recommend for anyone looking to step into a future in ML. Had great fun completing this course.
Excellent course. Thank you very much Dr Ng.
It is a great in depth course for learning machine learning.
Great course to start machine learning
A great learning experience.
Not a course for beginners.
Good course for a beginner.
Best starter course for Machine Learning!
very helpul course
Amazing course. Prof Ng explains complex concepts in such an easy and understandable way. The course materials are very complete and mentors are very helpful. Everything was done so anyone can actually go through the whole course even if it doesn't have deep knowledge about calculus, statistics or programming. Thank you very much!
This was a phenomenal course. Professor Ng has a very approachable style, and the material is surprisingly easy to pick up, even if you lack a background in linear algebra or calculus. The programming exercises could be a bit redundant at times, but that helped the material sink in. There were also excellent optional exercises to help learn how to apply the techniques more deeply. Overall and excellent course and well worth the time investment.
A really nice guide to machine learning. I've starting seeing myself as a machine which was programmed with some algorithms to predict the accuracy of a particular decision and therefore humans are so much intelligent and best at their work. They learn like machines do. They have predictive models built inside them. Thank you for this knowledge.
This course covers the nuts and bolts behind the various machine learning algorithm. It abstracts the learner from the complex maths , while providing good exercises to implement the algorithms in octave, as well as giving a understanding of each parameter of the algorithm, which can help the implementer tune it better. Engineer's paradise.
Great course! Very well explained and good exercises
Andrew Ng is L.E.G.E.N.D. Course is a must take for those who want to learn ML. :)
Very good introduction to Machine Learning domain
Andrew Ng is an excellent teacher! He makes the material approachable and excites you about learning new ideas and strategies. Fully recommend this course for anyone interested in machine learning. My math was 18 years rusty, only having done mostly basic algebra in writing computer software, but was able to follow the math outlined in his course, no problems.
Thanks NG
Really insightful course providing valuable learning about machine learning concepts and algorithm implementation, highly recommended!
Andrew is a great teacher and explains the topics very well.
Exceptional lecturer , thanks Sir
Excellent course. It will help you design machine learning systems.
Great classes, Great assignaments, Great Mentors, Great Course
Good course for learning
very easy to understand
Great course! Engaging videos and excellent teaching. In addition, the topics are explained in a clear way and with extra care in complex points.
This is great course. I am really grateful toAndrew Ng for this amazing course.
The way Professor Ng explains everything along with the mathematical intuition is really unique.
This is an awesome course! I get a very fruitful knowledge. Professor Andrew explain very clearly and easy for student like me to follow.
An excellent course. Andrew is great at explaining the "intuition" behind the algorithms. There is of course some complex maths, but you can skirt round it to a certain extent.
Excellent course. Andrew Ng explains it clearly and easily. A large number of examples and interesting practical tasks.
The course Machine Learning is very good.
great course, very well explained, didactic and pratical. I appreciated programming assignments to test algorithms. Maybe a final bigger exercise would have been a great finish. Thank you Andrew Ng.
Great learning
There are many usable examples in this course. Introduce me how machine learning works.
Easy to follow. Very clear plots. The course content is very flexible. Both good for beginners to understand and give extra space for the proficient to improve skills.
A firsthand essential course to get started in doing practical ML. The course is useful.
Well organised, good practical exercises. I think it could be a good idea to use python as an alternative to make the programming exercises, as the "scaffoldings" for each one are really well prepared for the student, and it's only necessary to write a few code lines.
Great introductory course for machine learning.Well organized.
This was a challenging and rewarding course for me. The coursework and instructor videos really made me focus for the last two months to work hard and learn new concepts.
Love the instruction/instructor and felt like I learned quite a bit! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with the world :)
One of the best Machine Learning Lecture
This course helps a lot in understanding concepts of machine learning and covers required tools to quickly apply machine learning to solve the seemingly difficult problems in the beginning. I would highly recommend this tool for the folks who want to begin understanding the domain of machine learning and interested in building the expertise.
Absolutely amazing! I had a chance to study Machine Learning in 2002 for my master degree. After that, I worked for a couple of big companies here in Brazil, but unfortunatelly I didn't have the opportuny to keep in touch with ML. In 2014, I decided to start my own company to help people to transform their business with their data. So, this course fits like a glove for me. I definately will buy the certificate to try to encourages people like Andrew to make more courses like that. Andrew you're absolutely fantastic!! You have the gift of teaching and you're helping a lot people that are involved with ML. So, thanks and regards: Guilherme Timoteo.
I loved the course. I was new to machine learning but this course gave me good view of machine learning.
The audio quality can be better.
Great course!!!!
Excellent course with interesting assignments that gives thorough understanding of involved concepts. Thank you Ng Sir .
This is one of the most amazing courses I have ever taken!I immensely appreciate the amount of scientific rigour that the course projects on every lesson. All the material is very well prepared, and the way that it is structured had leaded me understand non-trivial concepts incrementally.I appreciate a lot the amount of effort behind this course. Thank you very much!
Great
The course involved continuously active participation from me via in-built quizzes, programming assignments in Matlab and a voluntary review submission of the video lectures. The course is highly recommended to anyone who wants to get introduced to many different algorithms and tools that are available to engineers exploring the machine learning sector. To make it just a little more challenging, I could recommend a complete programming exercise at the end of all the lectures where the only information the student has is the data, and he has to figure out how to proceed with it. This can most likely be put as an optional exercise. Overall, a very pleasant course delivery and good course material.
I have enjoyed a lot doing this course. Everything has been explained clearly and the exercices have been really helpful to absorb every topic on the lectures. I would recommend it to everyone interested in some way in Machine Learning.
It was great learning for latest and currently demanding technology.
This was a wonderful course and I am so excited to have finally completed it. With specific examples on real-world application and the hands-on learning with programming assignments in MATLAB/Octave, this course has offered a very detailed and comprehensive foundation for me. I consider this investment of time to yield far-reaching benefits in my career ahead.Sincere thanks to Prof. Andrew Ng and the others associated with this course offering for this valuable knowledge sharing !
Excellent course, lots of very useful techniques. Thanks!
Enjoyed all modules. Would love to have a bit more detailed discussion on Neural networks and SVM to have a better intuition!
Very good introduction, consistent.
simply awesome, mathematical concepts behind ml are explained in fairly easy manner. If you are new to this area of study (machine learning) I would recommend to take this course.
help me a lot
Excellent and easy to understand
What a great course, fantastic professor, engaging on all levels. I learnt a bit and now really excited to learn even more. This was great!
Great course. Highly recommended.Covers lots of major topics in Machine Learning. Explains topics as well as some of the mathematics behind them. Prepares you in a way that is beyond simply 'learning how to use a ML package.'The only downside is that the programming exercises are a bit too 'plug and play' with most major components done for you. Also, the course uses MATLAB/Octave instead of R or Python.
A very inttuitive way to understand the principles of Machine Learning. The covered material is usefull and can be used in many practical ways. I did not like so much that you need to use Octave/Matlab.
One of the best online course I have ever taken. Helped me a lot in academics and also my other projects. Has also inspired me to consider Machine learning as my specialization topic
It is a very interesting subject and the lectures are very understandable and not boring at all!
Great course, perfect mix of theory and praxis.
Excellent course! Although the course may be a little bit easy, it's a suitable course for a machine learning beginnner. Thanks.
Excellent course! I learned a lot and Andrew Ng is a really good "online teacher"! Highly recommended!
Great course
This teacher is amazing. He makes this looks easy, and in fact he does explain it in a very simple way. Best teacher in this field. Thanks for your patience, and for everything.
This course is fantastic . It gives insights into various machine learning techniques its applications and implementation. Thoroughly enjoyed the course
The course is very interesting. The explanations are clear, exercises are very useful to apply and understand better what is explained in the class. I really recommend this course to anybody who wants a good introduction to machine learning.
Great stuff.
A really great course. It really explains a wide variety of technics and algorithms to developing a machine learning system
This course is a great place to start developing your knowledge and intuition around machine learning. I've learned different many different algorithms, error analysis, and troubleshooting techniques. This is definitely a great place to embark your journey into machine learning. Many thanks to Professor Ng's teaching and great practical advices.
Brilliant course. The epitome of a successful online university course.
Very good course, I've much pleasure
The material covered in the course provided a very good introduction to Machine learning algorithms and its applications. The programming assignments were not difficult but interesting and had a lot of scope to play around with. The quizzes were challenging and tested well on the course material. I feel like I can dive deeper into machine learning after taking this course. The advice provided by Prof. Andrew regarding how to approach real-world machine learning problems were very helpful.
A person willing to start a career in machine learning should definitely pursue this course its worth it.
Amazing intro to Machine Learning at amazing gradual pace!
Awesome course and most of all, an awesome tutor Andrew Ng.
Great course (and pretty "easy")! Andrew, Coursera and Stanford - you did amazing job! Hope to meet you in person one day. All the best.
Despite the fact that the most in-demand course is free of cost, Prof Andrew Ng teaches it as best as it can be taught to beginners (like me), who does not know anything about machine learning (altought have to know at-least basic to intermediate maths concepts). The explanation of complex mathematical algorithms and concepts are made very simple and interesting... I hope this turns out to be beneficial and practically useful for me as i progress thought the course.*At the time of writing this review i am currently in week 5. Successfully completed all 4 weeks but in 2 months.
Firstly, an extraordinary course that's offered for free ! My heartfelt gratitude to prof. Ng.
My first class on Coursera! I really learned a lot and enjoyed taking this class by Prof. Andrew Ng. He's an excellent professor and his industry experience and academic depth really shows. He has knack for simplifying complex ideas and highlighting what's important. The programming assignments were challenging and the quizzes made sure you understood the nuances and details of key points. Overall, I really like the Coursera online teaching platform.
This course is awesome! Highly recommend to anyone who want to try and learn something new. Don't be intimidated by the name "Machine Learning"!
One of the best courses I've ever taken for many reasons. First, Andrew Ng knows how to teach and he is committed to what he talking in each lecture. Second Octave/MATLAB assignment are great and big thanks to our tutors! Specially Tom. And third, the overall arrangement worked perfect to make learn. I can tell I have found in Machine Learning a great skill to pursue my education in Neurosciences and the practical solution for many other engineering projects I might getting involved.
Very very highly recommended to anyone and everyone.
Excellent course, with every details to explain the material, tutorial and test cases are beautifully written with lots of details and explanations. Great job!
Covers the essential machine learning concepts and common algorithms. As a bonus, you learn to work with Octave.
Great course. I have learned a lot, great teacher and examples
Excellent level for presenting the theory. I would have spent a bit more time on the "homeworks" because it was quite hard to understand it. I had to use the forums, otherwise I wouldn't make it.
It's a well tailored and full of knowledge course. Course content has been picked carefully to cater the needs of first time learners. I really enjoyed studying this course and would be using the knowledge in future work.
Overall, the course is very good.Positives:Great introduction to machine learning if you've previously never studied itCovers core machine learning ideas, algorithms and terminologyBeyond covering the core ideas it teaches you how to do machine learning well - avoid common pitfalls, speed up your algorithms, find the most beneficial problems to tackleI definitely feel I could take on my own machine learning project from beginning to end, based on what I've learned in this course.The course is well organised and well paced so it's comfortable to get through without getting lost.Warnings:The course was more of a time commitment than I was expecting. Keeping up with the weeks is 5-6 hours per week, which is almost adding another work day.In the first 3 months that I was registered I completed 5 lessons. I only completed the whole course by doing a binge where I completed 7 weeks in 6 days. From other friends experiences doing a binge was the only way they got through Coursera courses as well.If you are not familiar with statistics or programming I think you will have to cover a lot of outside material just to read all the mathematical notation and do the basic programming exercises.Although I manage to pass the exercises every week I'm not sure how much of the material is necessarily well embedded in my brain, rather than I just learned it for 24 hours. I think the additional exercises where Coursera has you right up your own summary of a lesson is an effective aid for retaining the material, but those didn't come up often. I would encourage Coursera to have more of those or make them part of the weekly assignments.
very comprehensive entry level course for machine learning. Thanks! Andrew and Coursera!
The course gives a very clear foundation for machine learning. The course is by no means complete or comprehensive, but given the vastness of the subject that is not possible either. A substantial amount is covered every week in the lectures, and completing the assignments definitely made me feel like I learned something. The quizzes are well crafted and gauge not just cursory, but deeper understanding of concepts. The instructor, Prof. Ng makes the lectures very engaging, and teaches everything in a structured manner.The only improvements this course needs is with regards to comprehensiveness. For students who wish to delve even deeper into the concepts mathematically, there should be more optional lectures. Lacking that, a list of further reference material will certainly be of big help.
Wonderful Course. Had a great experience learning ! Couldn't get better
Best. I mean it)
Terrific instructor, easy to follow and well paced. Covers a lot of area but the exercises are very much hand holding where your part is just plugging in a few lines of code. I've been doing modeling work for many years and this machine learning course has given me additional tools that I feel will definitely be helpful for solving future problems.
Very good course, the course material is excellent and Andrew explains the topics very well in the videos. The topic is fascinating and is great if you enjoy maths and algorithms. Would definitely recommend to friends who enjoy a challenge.
I just finished this course and now dare say I do know and completely understand why all people say this course is the best one and recommend this for beginners. It was a such help to understand overall not only machine learning system but also lots of mathematical conceptions which were such burdens for me. I'd like to give many appreciates to the prof and lots of assistances of him!
It was a most interesting course. It was my first contact with the world of machine learning. I now plan to take even more courses in this area.
Thank you！
It is very interesting! I was really satisfied by this course and teacher. But I think, Adrew sometimes pay too much attention for simple details and don't pay enough attention for more complex ones, but it was only few times. In general I'm really glad to study and to finish. Wish you guys all the best!
Clear, concise, and valuable course. Professor Ng's way of teaching is not only very pedagogical but also inspiring.
Mistakes during the videos are only corrected in its review. Often there's a new attempt of Andrew Ng to say something without even cutting out the first attempt. The mathematical symbols sometimes didn't encode at all. The quality needs to be redone, as this was not a completely satisfying experience for an 80USD course.
Very informative and very well explained. It is just a bit outdated as there is no mention about the availability of machine learning platforms in AWS and Azure for example.
This course is one of the best ML course in the market with deeper true understanding of the algorithms. It helped me to not only get familiar and learn ML algorithms, but my mathematics and logical thinking improved drastically.
The best course about Machine Learning on the web, that's for sure.I've learned so many new things and really understand what's inside it, in a way that I feel secure to explain it to anyone.Thank you so much Andrew Ng and everyone involved in the development of this course, you guys did an amazing work, that's irrefutable.
Great course
Well structured, easy-going (despite some quite advanced topics covered), lots of material (both theory and code-wise)
Relevant, entertaining. Albert is a top instructor! Overall great class!!
Excellent introduction course in machine learning. like Andrew Ng so much
About Course: Best, Perfect, Concise, To the Point. Highly Recommended for Beginners. And Yes You need to really work hard to understand in-and-out of the ML.
This course is amazing! It gives a good snapshots and details about ML simultaneously. This course gets you to the basic concepts and the hand-on implementation in a very comprehensive way. Above all, I enjoyed it!
Excellent course! Impressed by Andrew's efforts on organizing the whole class. Wish him all the best after leaving Baidu!
Thank you for a very practical yet also quite conceptual coverage of some big important concepts in Machine Learning. Really excellent course.
it is a very useful course.
The perfect learning rate - thumbs up!
really good for understanding ml in general and getting a feeling about how to apply the presented algorithms
Great course even for people like me, not so young anymore and without a lot of time to invest.Thanks Andrew Ng, your humble style will not be forgot easily.
Excellent explanation on the principal knowledge in Machine Learning
Good Course, nice examples.
Very useful course! The assignments are well designed!
Great class for ML beginner.
pretty good. Contents are brilliant and highly useful. The teacher is teaching well and makes difficulties become easy.I strongly recommend the module.
Now I have a very different vision of the Machine Learning field. Thanks to Andrew Ng.
Very well explained. I was able to follow easily. The basics are there. The tutorials were very valuable. Would be nice if the cours was updated by more modern topics like deep learning.
Really, thank you, Ng. Your course is amazing and I can see that you have put a lot into this class and I have learned a lot. You are like a great mentor and make us students get passionate about this field. I really thank you very much and hope you will always be well.For those who wants to start their adventure in machine learning field, I strongly recommend this course to you since it's both interesting and useful. The homework is good for your learning and I hope you can do it well. Take this course and step on the road of accomplishing machine learning and AI dream!
I have learned a lot from this course. Great!
very good but a little difficult for me
Explanation of the basics and motivations was amazing.
Thank you very much for the comprehensive lecture!
This course is amazing.Andrew is a great teacher, easy to follow and covers many topics.It's really the first course to take when stepping into the world of ML.Recommended!
An amazing course by a brilliant teacher!! The course material was perfect for a beginner with a reasonable amount of technical knowledge but not so deep and in-depth so as to not being able to understand anything.The quizzes and programming assignments were the most exciting aspects of the course.The support of course mentors Tom Mosher and Paul T Mielke was incredible with their insightful and prompt responses to issues. I feel though I might have to take some classes in basic statistics and practice programming Octave/Matlab so as to maximize the benefits of this ML class.Thanks Andrew Ng and Coursera !
I found the assignments to be sometimes confusing (i read the description of a question, thought i was supposed to answer several steps at once, only to realise that the tasks would be broken down in muc more detail later). Once i figured out the style, it was much easier, and i would be sure to read entire assignment first. Additionally, i sometimes didnt know whether errata notes were relevant to the code i was actually using, or previous offerings of the same course.Overall though, very good! Thanks!
the best of all
Very helpful for newbie to the machine learning.
brief and concise to introduce the basic concepts in Machine Learning, good course
Great lesson.
Very engaging with challenging and interesting programming exercises. I particularly found the Lecture Notes incredibly useful
best of the best~
Excellent course. Andrew gives a broad overview of machine learning theory but also shares a lot of practical advice based on his extensive experience.
I found the course incredibly stimulating.
This is really a great course that not only offers learners an overview on how Machine Learning works, but it also gives us lots of application scenarios. A highly recommended courses for beginners and intermediates
Easy understanding, giving intuitive examples, I totally recommend this course for everyone who wants to obtain new ability in this field.
The best of the best!!!
nice course for ML beginner
Thanks a lot for this well structure course.
This is an excellent introductory course in machine learning. You will learn the difference between supervised learning and unsupervised learning. You will learn about classification and regression machine learning algorithms. You will learn what types of problems to apply them to. You will learn what actually goes on behind the curtain of some of the more popular machine learning algorithms (i.e. linear regression, logistic regression, neural network, SVM). You'll also have fun doing programming assignments where you'll have the opportunity to implement handwriting recognition and email spam detection.
Very good introduction in machine learning
This course is amazingly clear and concise. Andrew is effective at communicating complex ideas in simple manner. Don't be afraid of taking this course if you haven't taking a university level math course in while, the linear algebra review in the course is sufficient understand the material and to succeed in this course.
By now I can learning machine as well.
Great course, perfect for a in depth overview of all the principal machine learning algorithms and techniques. Very good instructor. Thanks a lot!
learned a lot !
Course is very good for beginners and for continuing to refresh the knowledge.
The best course on Machine Learning. Very insightful for beginners
Excellent course structure, challenging lab exercises and extremely useful material covering all of the fundamentals. Great work!
good for the beginers
Holy cow, what an awesome course! Andrew Ng takes some very complicated topics and makes them clear and enjoyable to study. Have not had this much fun learning a subject in a long while.
Very good course. essential for any machine learning student.
Very good course. Sometimes hard to parse the equations, but that seems like the nature of the material
Great course to give an overview of the foundational topics in Machine Lea
I enjoyed this course. Of course there were moments, when I felt that Programming task is too hard after watching training videos only once. Then I had to review them again. And you know what? It worked. Tasks seemed to become reasonably understandable. Also FAQ for Programming tasks were so much useful! I see this course as a solid base ground for my interest in ML. Best wishes and courage to everyone taking this course. It is worthwhile.
I am very much thankful to Mr Andrew NG for designing this entire course in such a beautiful way that it had made my Machine Learning concept so clear. Now I can commence my AI research work.
This course has very good balance between theory and implementation. Through this course, you will have very good ideas about what, why and how.
I like this course very much. The presentations are very clear. The assignments are guided very well. The course provides the flexibility that suits the goals of different ambition.
Excellent example of what future education should look like
This course helps me to know the basic things of machine learning and help me to prepare for deep learning course.
I believe the course could go a bit more in detail on the algorithms and the mathematics behind it, but overall it was a great course.
Thank you so much for this course.
Please add the random forest algorithm.
this course is very clear.
Challenging program assignments help you get practice applying what you learn.
Excellent course! Thanks to Dr. Andrew Ng.
The course structure and the way assignments have been laid out are the best kick-starter one can get into Machine Learning! Thanks much!!
first of all it's freeproviding full access .beginner to expert
Cool stuff, thank you very much indeed for this course.
Excellent course for beginners, I enjoyed this course.
It was a great fun throughout, covering all aspects of machine intelligence both programmatically and conceptually
Great
This is a fantastic course. All the topics are explained in very intelligible and accessible way for beginners. I am a software developer but I started the course with very small and limited knowledge about machine learning. Knowing virtually nothing I was guided through the lectures and exercises to arrive at the position were I have a pretty good idea about the topic and were I intend to review lecture notes and exercises once more to deepen my understanding even more. It's been fun and very informative course, thank you.
Thanks for Andrew Ng, and Coursera Team.This ML course is a life milestone for me, as it helped me entered into a new world of artificial intelligence.Andrew has used his clear mind and detail intuition to help me understand the keystone ideas of ML.This is the best course I've ever had!
The course gives great insights into not only the algorithms which are required to be implemented for the various ML tasks at hand, but also into the finer aspects, like debugging of the ML process, finding out whether the hypothesis is high bias or high variance, whether the learning process is convergent or divergent etc. Andrew also puts emphasis on where we, as ML engineers, should utlize most of our time in the entire piplelined process of an ML application like Photo OCR, big data learning etc. Not only is this course good enough to be taken by those who are interested in this field, but is also good enough to be re-visited again and again for refreshing of concepts provided by Andrew so succintly.
This course make a good introduction on machine learning and offers many advice during analysis.I think that it a course everyone should take if you have interests in machine but you're beginner.
Must if you want to get start Machine Learning. The video content is very interesting. Quizzes help to learn better. I want also to highlight home work. It was designed perfectly. Andrew Ng you a great teacher.
Very interesting course and fun to learn. I would like to see more similar courses.
Awesome! Very Helpful
Good balance of theory and practice. The complexity increases gradually, so keep yourself prepared for it. Keep focus on interactive questions throughout the session as those are bit and pieces of the puzzles that may help you in Quiz and/or Programming assignments...The course is definitely complex for non-statistic students, but believe in Andrew and stick along. :-)
Nice teacher, nice course!
Great Course.
I am very glad to have completed this course. Clearly professor Ng have a very deep knowledge of the subject since he is able to explain complex ideas in a simple and understandable manner.
This is an extremely basic course. Machine learning is built on mathematics, yet this course treats mathematics as a mysterious monster to be avoided at all costs, which unfortunately left this student feeling frustrated and patronized. So much time is wasted in the videos with arduous explanations of trivialities, and so little taken up with the imparting of meaningful knowledge, that in the end I abandoned the videos altogether. The quizes were basic (largely based on recall of, rather than application of knowledge), as were the programming assignments (nearly all of which were spoon-fed, with the tasks sometimes being simple as multiplying two matrices together).If you are serious about machine learning and comfortable with mathematics (e.g. elementary linear algebra and probability), do yourself a favour and take Geoff Hinton's Neural Networks course instead, which is far more interesting and doesn't shy away from serious explanations of the mathematics of the underlying models.
The course is well-formed, and tutored. To be able to get perfection in ML field, there should be some challenging projects, where students develop it from scratch.
Great Course Gave a nice introduction to Machine Learning
Wonderful course!
This course has been highly delightful to learn through the concepts of machine learning. For someone like me having 17years programming experience, and with some hands on of neural networks from colelge days, and analytic tools for a few applications in R; it is a great refresher on the fundamentals and great breadth of practical technology elements that are most useful in machine learning applications.Andrew's teaching method is great. His clear and simplistic delivery style of complex concepts with apt examples ensures the student grasps the essence with ease and works navigates his way through complex algorithms with confidence. I would love sitting through his lectures in the future too!Congratulations to the entire team that put together this course and making this a great service that is available for anyone wanting to learn ML!
A Very nice Introduction
I would like to say thank you to Andrew Ng for this crystal clear, well structured and broadly covering course. I would apply for any other course Andrew offered.
Such a great introduction to machine learning!
Huge thanks to pro Andrew Ng and mentors. This is amazing course, I really love the lecture and the way prof Andrew teach us. Wish you have a good health and many good things in your life.
Great introductory course of Machine Learning!
Very informative and useful course that covers the basics of machine learning to begin with and all other aspects to make one understand and dive deep into machine learning programming.I liked for the fact that, there were so many real use cases in the assignments as well as lectures. There is a lot more to read/know about machine learning out there, but I definitely recommend this program as it makes one prepared for whats, whys and hows of Machine Learning.A big thanks to the moderators/mentors and Andrew Ng - just loved his way of teaching! Huge thanks Andrew!
It shows you some great functions in Octave, but I'm confused about all the Θ₁ and Θ₂ stuff.
The quiz is inspiring.
I strongly recommend this course, it has high quality material to learn ML concepts. Andrew, as a teacher, expend significant time when introducing new concepts on his lectures so the concepts are clear enough to go through this course.
Excellent course, not only does it teach you, in a really clear way, how to use the tools in machine learning but also helps you develop a string intuition on how they work.
it is a good beginner course with lots of detail.
Best online course OVERALL there. I totally recomend it
A very good starting point to the machine learning domain. The videos are short and the pace is easy to follow. The intuitions explained are really good. The programming sections really helps in understanding the concepts deeply.
Great Course! 5 Stars!
This is an excellent course on Machine Learning. Prof Andrew is a great teacher and spends a great deal of time going through specific examples. The working through of examples better enabled me to understand some of the subtleties in the various learning algorithms. This would be hard to achieve otherwise if I had went to read a book directly. Furthermore, Prof Andrew spends a great deal of the course discussing the intuitions behind various concepts which makes me have a better appreciation of the various concepts. Finally, Prof Andrew is very encouraging which further spurs students like me to persevere through this rather lengthy course.
Well explained and practical
Has been an amazing experience.Prof. Andrew has planned out the lessons very well to take us through the basics of Machine Learning and inspired me to dive deeper into the subject.The programming exercises have been thoroughly planned out, making you focus on only the algorithm implementation and blurring out other implementation details.The material provided is very concise. Helps understand the implementation, application and basics of all the basic yet powerful algorithms.I would really like to thank Prof. Andrew for such an educational course.
This class is the best ever I have taken. It comprises not too easy and not too difficult assignments that are very practical. I guess it will be the good introduction to the machine learning for you too.
very helpful for guide fresh s
Very well explained lessons, well designed programming exercises. Thank you a lot Prof. Ng!
Very good course
Such a great Course, thank you for all.
Great Teacher!
Easy-to-follow explanations and great programming assignments. Overall an excellent course!
The course is very interesting and Andrew Ng is a great teacher.It 'a shame for the bad audio (too much compression?), as well as for quizzes and programming activities that are often too trivial.However I recommend this course at those who want to explore these fascinating themes and at those who want deepen a little.
Very good course on introduction to M.L.
Very good introductory course, if you really want to start learning. Good coverage of basic topics, well presented, nicely prepared exercises.
A great machine learning course!
Very lucid explanation of concepts by Prof. Andrew Ng. Assignments are very comprehensive that make us understand the problem in depth.
Awesome ML course, help me understand ML more.
awesome course to give the concept of machine learning, practical skill set, real cases. You never feel far away from Machine Learning after the learning.
Great course!
Wonderful approach by Andrew Ng on the concepts in Machine Learning. It slowly picks up pace, reaches a crescendo early in the course (In week 5... Man... what an assignment that is)... And a gentle slope about supporting concepts on machine learning later. Without Tom Mosher's helpful tips, inputs and resources, I could not have finished this course. Interestingly, I got to know more about human learning by going through this course. Glad that I took this course and got to learn it.. Thank you Andrew NG & Coursera !!
Awesome course. The words of Andrew Ng that occur quite often here "If you don't understand - don't worry about it" - will stick with me in the foreseeable future :D
Very good introduction of some pretty intense concepts.
A very good course to get hands-on experience of various machine learning techniques.
very good course for beginners to learn ML
Great introductory course on machine learning. Thanks Prof. Ng for make this course available to everyone. I am proud of attending this course and would like to share with ones who are aware of the AI.
Very good course. A lot of practical examples presented by Andrew in this course. Thanks for that!
thanks
It is so cool, and helps me so much!
Good course, learnt a lot from here
This gives me very good understanding of machine learning as well as basic programming skill. Thank you so much!!
Overall excellent course, although I found the level somewhat basic.
Overall good, thanks Prof. Geoffery! A bit difficult, especially there is a lot part of RBM/DBN/DBM. There could be some CNN content included in the future. Thanks.
quite clear lecture, and very nice teacher.Helpful to those who are new to ML.
Very impressive and well structured course! Recommended for sure. Dr. Ng explains details with great patience which is much easier for beginner like me to have a better understanding about machine learning.
Great Course. Can gain the essential insights in the field of machine learning and lay a great foundation for more sophisticated topics in this area such as deep learning. Professor Ng shares each concept step by step in a really considerate way. It's a very enjoyable experience for me. Before this course, I have no coding experience at all. It is good for beginners and opens a new window for me.
The best course about Machine Learning
Like honestly, what a great course!!! I think i can safely say that this is the best MOOC i have ever taken. Thank you Andrew Ng!
Andrew is exceptionally great. He has a way of breaking a complex algorithm down into small steps and explaining them in the context of real world example (which I highly appreciated!). The course has been a blast and this is only the start. :-)
This is a great course on the fundamentals and the good practices of machine learning. Andrew Ng is a clear, level-headed pro who teaches a lot of stuff with clarity. The learning curve is constant, and this is great because it really means you can go at your own pace, while being sure that you will get there.Andrew does not focus on the trendy stuff (all the deep learning) as much as on the good practices, and I think this is very valuable.
Great place to start ML! I wish Numpy was used instead of Octave. I've heard people say this is an easy course. Well, when you think of exercises, the solutions are usually just a few lines of cod. But in my opinion, the challenge is to understand each concept so well that you can explain it to an ML neophyte.Important advice: Do ask/answer questions on the forum. I'd definitely recommend visiting the forum when stuck.At the end, I just want to thank Professor Ng and his wonderful staff. I hope to see you guys start an advanced ML course soon.!
More mathematical foundations could be included. Other than that, it has been hell of a lot useful for my post graduation specialization. Thank you Andrew Ng and Stanford (Y)
Excellent course and very well presented. Some maths knowledge will be great but Andrew gets you through the basic understanding. Advanced calculus would obviously be beneficial but not required. Great course and recommend it to anyone wanting to understand how machine learning works and can be applied to a multitude of scenarios
Excellent intro to Machine Learning!
This course gives me a lot of confidence and satisfaction about studying new areas. I know Dr. Ng skipped a lot of math and reasoning processes throughout the course and I never felt I am an expert of machine learning. But the most important thing is that I realize this is matter of practice, deliberate practice. I obtained the mindset as a programmer and background techniques of utilizing machine learning from this course. Keep working on it.
I learnt much more than machine learning itself from this course. Prof. Ng is a great teacher. The way that he designs and teaches the course is extremely helpful for me to learn new knowledge. For every one who is new to learn machine learning and hopes to learn it, this should be his/her first course. I enjoyed the learning experience so much. Thank you Prof. Ng.
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning!
1. Very helpful course for learning ABC of ML. If you complete this course you will find it very easy to follow in more advanced ML courses.2. Sometimes I found the course assignment over-hinted by the mentors. Without knowing deeply you can complete some tasks easily and quickly.3. Expected more programming assignments in last two weeks but last two weeks only have quizzes.4. More mathematical treatment was expected; but that was intentionally avoided by Andrew Ng for this course I guess.5. I missed the summary in text format in later video set of lectures,
legendary courses, vivid and accurate
Great introduction to Machine Learning for general audience.
Very helpful. Fundamental get cleared easily with world class pundit Andrew and a guide like Tom Mosher . There are reason why this course is highly sought. A small problem I face is that R programming is used industry wide. prefer more than Octave. Hence finding it difficult to participate in any race. Nevertheless with fundamentals from this course, R is just another language. Moreover there are pre-built packages and platform for machine available in the net. What one needs is strong fundamentals.
I like very much the course, I recommend it. I would have liked learned more MATLAB parallel to the course.
Very useful!
Amazing journey. Thank you Team Coursera.
A model of what online learning should aspire to become. Incredibly clear, well-paced, and very thorough. I've audited a number of other ML classes, and not a single one even comes close to how clearly and thoroughly the material is presented by Andrew Ng.
Great materials and organization. The instructor, Andrew Ng, is an excellent teacher that turns complex ideas into simple ones to help students understand the material.
fun and informative
Perfect
Fantastic course especially for those who are new to the field and want to learn basics. Very well structured and organized.
Appreciate. Amazing course.
Professor Ng has turned a complex and challenging subject into an approachable topic for those of us who previously thought that nothing short of many years of study and a PhD would allow us to start with machine learning. Thank you very much for giving us such a great kick-start into this awesome new world of ML.
This has been my first online course and I have enjoyed it thoroughly.
Great introduction to Machine Learning!
It's a great introductory course to ML, especially for those who are absolutely new to this field like me. Thank you Prof. Ng and all the Coursera mentors and staff who made this course a wonderful journey into ML.
The course is nice as an introductory course to ML and set the path to learn more in the field. Many algorithms are not covered in much detail and programming assignments are also limited in terms of completexity and innovation. I think it all depends on the learner to really take skills from this couse and start applying them outside of the course to real problems, join tougher courses and dive deep into the algorithms taught in the course.
Well constructed and easy to follow, but lacks mathematical derivation.
It has easy to understand and intuitive explanation of fairly complex math! and hands on's are great to complete - Thanks :)
A very interesting and challenging class. Very well taught at a good pace and with plenty of support materials to help get through programming assignments and quizzes. The programming assignments though tricky in parts thankfully focused on only adding the critical elements so did not require writing a large volume of code. Although coding those critical elements involved using new parts of my brain. All in all, thank you Andrew Ng for a good class. Also thanks to the supportive and responsive "tutors."
Great introduction - Andrew is a great teacher. I found the programming exercises especially valuable.
Explaining very well on the essential and important concept of machine learning!Coding exercises are all great to help me understand the basic implementation of machine learning without much dirty(non-sense) work.
I found this course to be the most enjoyable so far. The course has inspired me a great deal.
A very good introductory course to machine learning. I really enjoyed it.
Great course, but with many mistakes in the materials.
Its a superb course to learn machine learning from basics
Great content!
Very fantastic course! I want say 'Thank you' to Pro. Andrew Ng! I've really learned a lot in machine learning!
Perfect Machine Learning Course! Thank you.
This is probably the best ML course available online.
Great course!
Very clear useful course in a great design. Thanks Andrew Ng!
Very good course to understand and implement a large range of machine learning solutions. The only drawback I see here is the very poor level of mathematics contained in the course (it can be seen as an advantage for some), but less time spent on explaining basic maths and some dedicated to show the demonstrations behind the formulas would have been perfect!But apart from that, the pedagogy of the course is close to perfect, Andrew makes it really logical and easy to understand ! I have spent a great time.NB: for those who find his course too slow, I found that speeding the videos *2 is a very good solution!
Very well put together course .
Excellent Course. It helped me to get clear and detailed understanding of algorithm development and implementation
It's good and informative
Extremely good course to understand machine learning for people who want to get started in ML. Highly recommended.
Good teacher, clear explanation. The homework is well designed.
This course was incredibly easy to get into. At the end of the course, I'm astonished at the breadth of the course and all the theory and applications I was introduced to. The course is very well designed and the programming assignment are intuitive and fun to solve since they mirror many real world machine learning applications. Thanks Andrew and everyone else for designing and maintaining such a great course!
Very comprehensive. Covers almost all important topics of Machine learning. Challenging yet fun. I highly recommend it.
Best course I have ever taken, hands down.
I just finished the course and enjoyed every minute spent on it. This was my first exposure to machine learning and thanks to Andrew Ng I saw the beauty of it. I will definitely dive deeper
An excellent course in applied machine learning.
Great course, and perfect explanation. Thank you Andrew Ng!
It is awesome course!
This course is good for the students who wants to make career in big data research.
Very good introduction to the concepts of ML. Andrew Ng is a great teacher introducing you gradually to the different techniques
I learned this machine learning course. This is my second course about machine learning.Pros. [1] Mathematical backgrounds are well introduced. If their proof is quite long, the proof is omitted. [2] This course provides chance to construct major machine learning formulas using MATLAB/Octave. [3] Resources offered at last seem to be very useful to deepen my study on machine learning. I am going to use the references as a compass.Cons. [1] Audio quality is poor. As an English learner as a second language, this makes me spend more time to capture the meaning of speech. [2]
Thanks to Professor Wu, I have a clear picture on the Machine Learning concepts. Hoping that Professor could provide other courses. Besides, the pdf. slides of this course is exquisite and they are easy for us to review the lessons.
Great course, each session starts with mathematical fundamentals of the topic for fully understanding and ends with practical implementation and programming assignment!
Excellent! I'm amazed at how much I learned. If there's is an Academy award for online courses, this would win the "best picture" award (and I wish there is to help highlight well-developed courses). Lectures, tutorials, resources were great, clear and most importantly, effective in communicating concepts, algorithms and developing the necessary programming skills (and I'm saying this after trying many others and giving up mid way). I have no doubt that this course will continue to stay relevant and evolve as this field as well as online delivery format progresses. I'm very very thankful for having access to such wonderful training material, made possible by founders of coursera, which I understand to include Prof Andrew Ng. I'm also very inspired by how coursera democratizes access to courses from top universities.
For me, it's the best course about ML.
Andrew Ng's Machine Learning class was five stars! The course had a very good balance of depth, examples, and exercises. Prof Ng always seemed to know where more explanation was needed and always provide intuitions to help understand the material.
Fantastic course with well thought out programming assignments
Good introductory level course. Good code assignments at the end of each week.
This is a great course to give intuition about the major machine learning concepts. The course explains the mathematical background on an intermediate level that is just perfect to get one started on this track but not too much detailed so as to focus on the subject instead. The homeworks are very well planned and interesting, maybe a bit even too easy to complete, but lots of fun. Professor Ng is a great lecturer and I liked his style and presentations so much, that I will definitely take his other courses as well. Thank for the journey!
Interesting, engaging and well-taught course. Everything is explained clearly and extensively. Course popularity helps too, there is always enough participants in the forums to provide interesting tips and feedback. And mentors are active there too. Recommended!
Great introductory level course for machine learning, barely touch the mathematical part, but more emphasize on the programming and the pratical case. Dr. Ng explain things really well, short and clean.
It was great course, interesting and useful
I really enjoy the course and assignments. It is one of the greatest on-line course I have ever attended !!!
An excellent course that teaches the basics of Machine Learning in a pleasant and understandable way. Highly recommended!
Overall I feel the depth of the information and difficulty of the assignments is well balanced for a free online course. With barely any high level math knowledge I was able to complete the course fairly quickly. Even though the notation was sometimes hard for me to read and decipher. I appreciated the explanations in text form a lot (the lecture notes and the programming tutorials). They really helped tie the whole thing together. Sometimes hints in the pdfs for the exercises would confuse me rather than help me.I think professor Ng is a good teacher. Pleasant to listen to. The explanations in most of the video were fairly easy to understand. Going over graphs and visualizing what was going on was really helpful in understanding the algorithms.I really like the practical tips as well, where it was explained how to analyze performance of an algorithm and what can be done to improve it based on clear metrics.Thanks to all those involved for creating this course. I feel I understand a lot more than I did before I started but I also know this is just the tip of the iceberg.
very good explanation and assignments.
Very useful introduction to machine learning concept for poeple who are completely newbie in it.
The lesson is excellent, thanks for Ng and related stuff. I appreciate the assignment very much.
Perfect course to get familiar
Amazing course
Very Excellent Course! I love this course because: the quality of the teaching is really high, Andrew NG is very clear and is able to really make you a "grip" on the concepts because he first give you an intuition on the problem and the solution, then he explains the solution and how to deal with it. It is clear that Andrew has a very deep experience as a teacher because he knows how to explain things. Moreover, he is very competent and well prepared so a high quality professor and education. The course is well composed, spanning through very useful topics. The assigment are super useful because you really "work on" code and you think about it. The assigments sometimes are not easy but it worth working on them because it is the only way to evolve. At last...this course saved my life in a bunch of machine learning job interviews and I could defend effectively from the questions. The "intuition" phase about algorithms is made simple and clear, and it is the most useful part for me because now I remember a lot and I can "abstract". The mathematical part is pretty basic, provided that you know something about matrices, vectors and derivatives, but nothing too specific: just having a "grip" on basic concept (just to know what they are and how to use them) is sufficient. So i really recommend this course to anyone would like to start with machine learning, because I already took certificates of other Data Scientists Coursera Courses and believe me, as far as I know, this is the best, well balanced and most effective course. Thanks a lot Andrew!!!
Great course with lots of theoretical material and practical advice on how to properly deploy machine learning.
It's absolutely the best course about Machine Learning for beginners
Great course, great teacher, great detailed explanations. I wish the video material was of professional quality. 5 stars for contents, 4 stars for effort.
I like this course very much.. it's easy to understand and very helpful. Thanks tutor
awesome course ever i have learn
Excellent and easy to learn course, given by one of the best teachers in machine learning.This has been a very fun experience, and very challenging as it was rewarding. I have already recommended this course to all of my colleagues and friends.Thanks for making this course available to the public.
So far so good, and I am only through week 3. If you feel like you have been spinning your wheels for a while without knowing how things work 'under' the hood or you need a start. This is it.
Thank you Andrew Ng!
Very useful~~
I really enjoyed this course! The lectures we well organized, and provided enough detail to get started, without overwhelming anyone without a CS/Statistics background.The homework and quiz exercise reinforced the lectures, and provide a framework to begin using ML in daily problem solving. I have already found a project at work where I am implementing a simple SVM and linear regression for big data processing in our test lab.This is a great course for anyone who wants to understand what ML is, and how it works from a fairly high level. Much more study and experience will be required for anyone wanting a career in this field, however.
This course was not as exactly as i expected, but was really helpful. Thank you.
the best mooc i have done so far. thx a lot to whole team !
Thanks to Andrew Ng and the team of this course. The basic idea of machine learning algorithms are clearly explained. The assignments are well designed and very helpful for mastering the learning algorithms. Moreover, this course contains not only theoretical analysis, but also engineering advices which are very useful for implementing ML in industry.
Simply Awesomee!!!!!
very nice speech and matlab labrotary design!!! By the way, NG can give us advanced topics with matlab programming excise? Thank you!
Thank you Andrew Ng for inspiring a Petroleum Engineer towards data science. I envision huge potentials for me in the near future.
Very good to learn the skill for machine learning beginners
Exceptional teacher for a not-so-easy-to-teach subject. Congratulations. It's been a pleasure to learn in such a way.Many real-life applications within the course. A lot of technical content to be reused later on. A lot of sound advice to put into practice.Worthwhile the investment in time and effort.
Great introduction to machine learning, so far the best one I know!
great course
very good teacher, thanks for bring me into the machine learning world Andrew!!!
Excellent course. With much information, demonstration and lab environments. I've become familiar with new features of ML and algorithms. However it has just weak settings to pass gradedquestionnaire..
Andrew Ng is really phenomenal lecturer who can make hard things easy to understand and fit your intuition. Though it's not that deep or precision with math, it's really good for the ones who want to start with Machine Learning. Recommend it to all.
it's very good for our students
Just perfect for learning about machine learning, formal enough to understand the underlying concepts and simple enough to be accessible for almost anyone.The programming exercises are extremely useful
This course was well prepared. The lecture content was super organized. I liked all the programming assignment the staff did lots of groundwork to have the framework so we can focus on implementing the most interesting part of the algorithm. The visualization part in the programming assignment was another bright spot!
This course was so effective in introducing me to machine learning and giving me extremely practical experience implementing the algorithms. I really appreciated the programming assignments; very tangible and direct way to learn. Completing them has given me confidence in using these skills and a code reference I can turn back to in the future. I truly appreciate the teaching of Andrew Ng, I have taken many CS classes at UC Berkeley and found this to give just as fantastic instruction as a full semester in person course. Im honestly shocked at how learning can be so much easier through this online format. Thanks again!
Great introduction to machine learning. Lectures are excellent, with not a moment wasted. Maybe the best MOOC on the web today.
Outstanding course! it helped me to understand key machine learning concepts.The material is very accurate and clear
The best online course I had
Andrew Ng is an excellent teacher, rich with information and experience, in the Machine Learning domain. His videos were easy to grasp and catered to varying student levels with Andrew affording special videos for advanced and amateur students alike. Apart from the great course content and its delivery, Andrew's enthusiasm is one of the highlights of this course with the student feeling rearing to go implement great things by the end of it.
My first online course ever was Intro to AI (with Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig). All my online courses experiences afterwards were judged by this standard. I learned about this course from a colleague of mine. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Andrew Ng for setting this new standard of online courses for me and for teaching me the basics of machine learning and giving me practical homework in which to practice everything I have learned. The best things in this course were: the videos, the quizzes and most especially the homework system!TLDR: This is the best practical course anyone should do. Your programming and machine learning skills will greatly improve after this amazing experience.
Prof. Andrew Ng did a really excellent job in this course for understanding Machine Learning. The assignments, as well as the choice on programming language ensures that the learners can focus on the concept itself instead and less on the nuances of syntax. The lectures are well divided into sections interrupted by short quizzes that allows learners can self-check if they understood that particular segment before moving on to the next. This lesson is perfect not just in teaching the subject matter itself, but also in demonstrating how the lesson can be presented in a way that it can easily be understood.
Highly recommend who wants to get into and learn more about machine learning to take this course! The instructor really knows what he is talking about and explains concepts very well.
This course gives you foundation which will help to dive deeper into other machine learning topics. The material, assignments and videos are great. Thank you, Andrew Ng.
Excellent course. Andrew Ng provides valuable instruction on the intuition and implementation of machine learning algorithms. Even better, he gives lot of advise on how to create effective and performant machine learning systems like accuracy metrics and troubleshooting techniques. The main drawback about this material, for me, is that machine learning has evolved since this course's inception. While these are excellent foundations, I wish there was almost a part two for more state of the art material, especially deep learning and an expansion of neural networks. This is just the beginning and it was a great place to start.
Probably the best MOOC I have ever taken, it's one of the grand old ones, one of the first courses ever introduced on Coursera, before all that nonsense of 'specialisations'.Prof Ng experimented with teaching the material using different languages and he decided that Octave was best for ease of learning. I know exactly what he meant now, I would never have realised how useful learning vectorisation would be. I am most definitely going to remember the advice to prototype in Octave and implement in another language if needed.The course is much easier if you have some knowledge of Linear Algebra. You will learn Octave very fast and the concepts will make much more sense.A truly great course.
Excellent course covering the main approches to tackling machine learning problems.Has good hands-on programming exercises.
Great course to learn the math behind the algorithms in machine learning. Not to practical, but definitely helpful to actually understand whats going on when you use a library to help you.
This course has been a very interesting and detailed introduction to machine learning. The fact that it focused so much on the theoretical background behind all the ready-made technologies available now allowed me to gain a much deeper understanding of the different technologies, and the ability to decide for myself what tool to use and which approach to undertake.
One of the best courses I passed.
I really enjoyed this course. The teacher was amazing, and make simple the most important concepts behind this branch of IT. It is woderful because it enhance anybody to follow this course, even the ones whith no strong mathematical basis. Thank you very much!
I enjoyed doing this course thoroughly.
very detailed explanation and useful home assignments. I got a bit time overdue with but succeeded in last day . Please give more time to accomplish all home works after the course is done. think to considering that we have kids and more work to do
Great Course! It covers main concepts of ML with a good explanation. In my opinion, the PCA part could be improved because I used other sources to understand well some concepts
Quality course with great lectures, quizzes and programming assignments. Learnt a lot and hope to use these learning in projects, to solve real world problems.
Just Great
Good course, nice teacher, helped a lot.
Best introductory course for Machine Learning
Great course.
Great course, I recommend it if you start machine learning like me.
It is a best course on machine learning and don't think any other content on machine learning can match up with it in terms of clarity and details. It covers various machine learning algorithms and their implementations. Also the quiz and assignments are there for self evaluation and learning.
Extremely good overview of a large variety of Machine Learning Algorithms!The only thing that bothered me a little was that everything was done in MATLAB instead of R or Python, which is probably more natural for most people taking the course. Also, this course is rather directed at people with a programming background that want to get into stats, not so much for people with a stats background that want to get into the programming part of ML (which I was).
Great course!!!
A great kick-start course in practical machine learning !Andrew Ng puts everything in a nutshell. Thank You!
you learn a lot about machine learning concepts, but you need to have a strong math background as a pre-req in order to appreciate this course.
awsome !
Through this course you'll be able to use effectively any off-the-shelf ML library and functions, debugging your implementations, measuring their performance and find a way to do better.. A course designed for CS engineers not for researchers :)
Overall a great course. It's hard to believe that it is free.One recommendation: It would be nice to have supplemental readings for the later lessons like there are for the earlier ones.
Brilliant course. Just what you need to begin a career in ML / AI.
This was great!!I wish there was a training exercise for weeks 10-11.Thanks a lot :)
Excellent explanations, well structured assignments, good balance between theory and application. Andrew Ng is one of the best instructors I've ever had.
Great overview of machine learning
A very easy going and clear introduction to machine learning. Comfort with manipulating matrices will help make the course far easier but it can also be completed without this background. Finally, not only did it talk about algorithms and there application it provided great tools for assessing model performance to help decide the best way to improve an application.
good course
Thinking back, I also really enjoyed this course, particularly Andew Ng.
This course provides a prime overview of most important topics with regard to machine learning. For me it was the perfect introduction to the topic. I really enjoyed the videos and programming exercises. Andrew does a very good job in walking you through the weeks and gives valuable guidance on how to improve your algorithms. Thank you for providing this.
Great course, reasonable pace. If you want a more advanced track, you can try vectorizing all the early for loop code you'll see.
Excellent, the content is clearly explained with good examples.
One of the best courses I have taken online. Learnt a lot! Thank you so much Prof Andrew Ng and Coursera!
I learn a lot from this course, not just theory but also useful techniques.
Awesome, beautifully explained!
Easy to understand for even a beginner.
Great Course! Anyone interested in learning Machine Learning, they should definitely take this course
Excellent course of first step of machine learning!
excellent course, easy to understand
Great course and professor!
This is a great course. It provides a good intuition about what machine learning is and how to work with it.
The Best Course i have ever taken. Andrew Ng is absolutly the best professort ever. I am so grateful to Andrew Ng, stanford university and coursera for this amazing opportunity to learn machine learning online.
Very helpful! Well rounded course.
Everything is so great about this course, the only bad thing I can say about it is that all the errors in the videos and slides have not been corrected since the course came out.
Basic theories and practical skills can both be found in the lecture, which could be very useful indeed. The course assignments are particular useful, since they help you to fully understand what having learnt and motivate you to apply it to the real world.
Great introduction! Provided the most essential materials with hard-earned algorithm intuitions and system-building advice. Not mathematically concrete on more difficult items (e.g. neural networks, SVM, Gaussian, EM) and external sources are needed for better understanding.
Great!
It is a very good course.Through learning Machine Learning,I know about how to do a real Machine Learning System by myself.And I will do a rating system by online learning for my website! That 's amazing!
In course's homework, It's easy for us to get round view of details in Machine Learning related algorithm's. However, I felt curious about how to apply this method. Although each exercise we have complete code.
REALLY GOOD STUFF FOR BEGINNERS IN ML AREA. A LOT OF THANKS FOR DR.ANDREW!!
Thank you, Andrew!
Interesting and useful course as for me.
Great course, though sadly a bit of bitrot is noticeable given the errors and poor video quality, etc.
one of the best!! I am gonna miss Andrew
A great introduction to Machine Learning with lots of tips and smart tweaks to help make the most out of each algorithm. I loved doing the all exercises. Thank you Andrew Ng!
Very intuitive and practical course
This was an incredible class to get initially immersed into the machine learning world!
I learnt so much from this course. Thanks Andrew Ng for your excellent short videos which gave so much of knowledge in short span. The programming exercises were great. I can feel how hard you people worked out to get these materials to us. Thank you so much for your effort. May be one day I will make use of the stuff that I learnt from you.
Very good course and handson experience for non experts. Thanks.
Course looks like a great introduction to the topic, now I can go forward and look what details to get deeper in
A great, substantial course! The professor gives very transparent explanations and interesting assignments.
Excellent course, must have for everybody who is interested in ML
One of the best courses which takes you from nothing to a Master in machine learning!
Some quiz questions and parts of the programming assignments seem a bit arbitrary, but the course is solid overall. I'd strongly advise making heavy use of the tutorials and test cases for the programming assignments in the resources section.
It helps me a lot to gain a basic understanding of machine learning. I believe what I learned here will do a great help to my future research and life.
Perfect course for the subject matter. Exactly what I needed to get started in this field. Thanks Andrew Ng!
This is a very good course. Andrew Ng explains the concepts neatly. I definitely recommend it to anyone seeking knowledge on machine learning.
Great!
great- Sometimes I wondered why the true statistical terms - like factor analysis - were never mentioned
absolutely a resourceful and insightful course!
Worth learning the course
Course Videos are very helpful. Andrew NG makes it a great learning experience. It covers both, the Algorithm and theory as well as application of the same. Assignments and quiz are of high quality.
Great course. Learned a lot.Would have liked more practical exercises rather than pre-made scripts that we edit.
It is a wonderful structured class for machine learning starters...
Great course so far. More examples would have been great
Very good introduction to concepts and easy to follow.
Even though I came in with a lot of experience with regression, logistic regression, k-means clustering, and principal components analysis, I still learned a lot about even those things as I wrote code to run those and use them in a machine learning context. My favorite section was neural networks, which was completely new to me.
Andrew Ng's contagious passion and enthusiasm towards Machine Learning is something that boosted my interest in this subject. He teaches with the same passion and teaches beautifully. The course structure is great. This course is a must for anybody interested in Machine Learning. This is an experience that cannot be replaced by anything else.
Nice course, and free! Maybe only the audio could be better. Andrew NG is a great teacher!
Really enjoyed watching the video lectures of this course. The Matlab programming assignments were well balanced so that it is possible to complete them without much programming experience.
This course is amazing (organized materials, very helpful quizzes and exercises). I got to understand a lot about this topic.
Congratulations Andrew Ng, and thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with many people.You are the best teacher I've ever had
This is definitely the Bible, or the Bhagwat Gita for Machine Learning. Prof. Andrew explains everything in very fine detail so that even persons having a non computer-science or a non-calculus background would be able to understand the concepts quite well. The Mentor(s), especially Tom has been really helpful in providing inputs to queries as well as on the programming assignments in the forums.
Good Foundation step.Actually many concepts are clearly thought ,helpful for anyone who is a beginner and wanted to work on machine learning.Thankful to Andrew.
really excellent course. I feel like a have a firm understanding of machine learning after taking this course. the exercises were challenging but you learn a lot from doing them!
Very helpful for my future study
Thank you for this very comprehensive course
Great course
Absolutely fantastic! Very effective in explaining a very technical topic.
Excellent course to start off for data science enthusiasts. Only if the course was based on python programming, it would have been more relevant to industrial applications.
A very good course for beginners :)
This is a really good course if you start learning about Machine Learning. With some basic Linear Algebra and some coding skills you will learn and apply (in Matlab or Octave) some key principles of Machine Learning. I very much enjoyed taking this course.
this is very good
Very good course! Thank you Andrew!
Best course on Machine Learning! Prof. Andrew NG taught the concepts and intuition of all Machine Learning techniques in a very excellent yet simple way.
perfect course for applying machine learning algorithms into my daily work. I love the programming assignment so much
It was great leaning throughout the course weeks. I learned a lot. Thank you coursera to provide such a wonderful platform for quality leaning.
A well structured course about the how, when and what of Machine Learning
This is a very useful course in Machine Learning, especially if you do the programming exercises.
Phenomenal course. This course brings you from no prior knowledge in the field to a very strong and detailed understanding of the subject matter. It really gives the skills you need to get started in this field.
A bit too simple and the programming exercises are too written out, but I have to admit, after this course I am able to talk about these algorithms intelligently. Thank you very much kind sir.
Awesome Course, Thank you Sir !
Excellent introductory course to machine learning.
Super awesome. I can complete this course in 5weeks. It's over my expectation because guidance of Prof Andrew is outstanding.
Excellent Course, one of the best in coursera.
I loved how Andrew taught and loved the course materials, specially the Matlab exercises. Thank you very much.
i learned not only the theory of many machine learning algorithm, but the good, scientific, efficient way to implement it to my application, that is really i wanted. by the way the course is moderate difficulty, and the program exam can help you master the course.
Great course! Gives wide knowledge regarding a very wide spectrum of topics. I knew nothing about ML and now comfortable with ML. Thanks you very much Andrew.
Thanks for Andrew Ng and Coursera, this course really helps me a lot.
A very basic background can bring novice happy to get into the ML world.
Andrew teaches concepts in a very practical way.
Understandable and useful! Super programming assignments! Thank You NG!
Amazing course that gives an intuitive and practical approach to the world of machine learning. It also forces the student to actually do the math and not just blindly implement libraries. A MUST introductory course!
A very helpful course. Learnt a lot from this course. The discussion forum was very helpful. The course was broken down into simple lectures and very easy to understand. Prof Andrew NG is an amazing teacher. The examples were really easy and fun to understand. Also, the programming exercises were really challenging but helped in the understanding the concept to the core. Amazing experience.
Pretty Good Course!
This was an excellent course for understanding the fundamentals of many supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms. The topics were well chosen, the programming exercises and quizzes were appropriately difficult, and the video lectures were interesting. Moreover, I appreciated the more practical aspects of developing learning algorithms (e.g., what steps should you complete to assess if you even need to collect more data?). All in all, I'd highly recommend this course.
Best course I have learned so far.Professor Ng explained everything clearly. He actually made the course much more interesting. This subject's getting more attention from any industries now. It is applicable to many things in life. Thank you professor Ng and coursera.TP
Super clear, super step by step conceptually. Super confidence boosting!
it is a incredible course
This course supplies comprehensive material on various avenues of machine learning and is a great place to start ML.
Excellent course! Machine Learning is exciting!
Very good class! Thanks Andrew!
Really Excellent Course. Lots of Insight. Great fun!
A great introduction to machine learning. Too bad there is no advanced course follow up.
Good Concept wise
It was very helpful to understand machine learning.
Wonderful 'base' for Machine Learning enthusiasts. Prof. Ng delves deep into various subtleties which are only glossed over in today's world where ppl rush to packages like TensorFlow to build quick prototypes but then struggle to understand what's going on under the hood & debug their ML programs. Highly recommended. Kudos & Thanks to Prof. Andrew Ng
Great class! Really liked the professor's teaching style. Learned a lot.
Great course ! Would love have more challenging assignments though
Very good introduction to this hugely important subject.
Great course for understanding basics of machine learning
Only one word : outperforming !
Superb quality! Thanks Prof. Ng
Feel free to learn.
A great Course for primary learners. It helps you to build your skills in machine learning and also helps to go further for your own research.
Best course had on Coursera ever!
Very good course for ML beginner!
It's very good for all people who want to start to learn machine learning.
thanks teacher
This course was amazing! The professor did a great job explaining the topics and took the time to explain how each algorithm worked. I was able to go directly from each lesson and program the algorithms from scratch. I highly recommend this class to anybody wanting to learn about machine learning techniques!
Great course, a lot of useful information provided in an interesting way.
Great Instructor! Nice and easily understood material! A great introduction to Machine Learning!
Well-structured, useful assignments and very good lecturing
very good! Amazing course for new student in ml!
I have learned more here!Thank you very much Coursera!
Best place to start learning ML. Could not have asked for better MOOC.
A great course!
Andrew Ng teaches a great Machine Learning course. Ng speaks clearly and the flow of the class is easy to follow. The examples made things clear and the homework exercises really cemented the learning points. Overall, the class was just the right amount of challenge and fun. I now have a solid understanding and intuition about Machine Learning and will use what I've learned. Thank you Andrew Ng!
Very informative and interesting course from Prof. Andrew
have a breif knowledge of ML
This class is excellent. I've been telling my friends that this class is like learning magic and finding it to be really easy.
Thanks to Coursera and thanks to Professor Andrew Ng, I have learned a lot from here , once again,thanks very very much!
it is really a good course in machine learning. Before taking this course, I never thought I could understand the technique in such an interdisciplinary subject.
Best online course on machine learning there is. If you are going to take only one ml course in your lifetime, take this one.
Great explanation. Good intuition and examples. step by step.
this course is awesome.
I think this is the best course for starting with machine learning!
the best to start from zero base and get an deep understanding of what Machine Learning truly is. Thanks to Andrew and Coursera.
Great Course, covers basic ideas and concepts of Machine Learning. Assignments and quizs help you review and practice what you have learned in class.
A pretty good course for leading you to machine learning domain, it uses the easiest way to explain each algorithm. Also, the quiz and programming excise are designed so nicely. I love it so much, thank you coursera!
Although I've been reading some official/unofficial materials about Machine Learning, I really found that this course is very helpful to help me figure out some very practical tips in doing actual development.
Professor Andrew Ng taught the theory with the right amount of math and explained the concepts with great intuition. The lecture slides, quizzes and assignments are carefully drafted to give good amount of information along with hands on experience. I was a complete novice to Machine Learning and now after completing this course I have gained a lot of knowledge and the course has left me with greater interest in this subject.
very good course, very fundamental, open a gate for me on machine learning area.
Great way to review material that I learned in graduate school. Andrew is an excellent teacher.
Great teacher! Super interesting!
Thank you very much for offering such a wonderful course!
Excellent and Worthwhile. Feel like I got a good introduction to the subject and can now look at topics of interest to me more in depth from a good starting point. Some good and interesting applications in programming homework. Also helps learn Octave (open source system similar to Matlab).
This is m y first coursera experience.I learnt a lot about Machine Learing. Love it
so useful and interesting! Thanks for teaching me!
Andrew Ng is Very humble. The course content was made very lucid and easier than it could have been.
The greatest machine learning course I have ever taken!
Very useful course by brilliant professor. Feels a bit more simplified than it should have been, but extremely valuable nevertheless.
Excellent. In a very short span of time, I could get hang of terminologies and techniques of machine learning.
This is a excellent course. But I think that the last weeks are somewhat stuffless in details. Adding some new optional contents may be a good idea.
My favorite course of all time :)
Background details missing but overall fantastic experience.... :)
Good introductory course. It would have been nice to see some more deep mathematical demonstrations of the formulas, at least as optional videos.
A practical guide to machine learning.
Fantastic class!
Excellent course - the original !Good balance between lectures and practicals
It was a very good course. Professor Andrew Ng explained all the concepts in a very nice way. I will highly recommend this course to others.
This course not only tells about algorithm but mentions lots of things which we need to care in practical. So, I think it is really good course to take if you want to know about AI or machine learning.
Very well structured; excellent lectures and programming assignments. Extremely recommended.
excellent course for beginning with machine learning. filled with a lot of practical insights into machine learning problems and how to deal with real life test cases. Highly recommend it.
All the topics are well described and explained and the programming assignments are very much of help. i enjoyed this course a lot.
This is one of the best online courses that I've had till date. This course covers the breadth of Machine Learning, which gives a very nice outlook over the subject. The syllabus was systematic and the learning for each week was always motivated in order to solve particular problems. The programming exercises for instance, were quite involving and really exciting to solve. For me, no amount of superlatives can describe Professor Andrew Ng's and Coursera's effort in providing top level education to the people.The entire course was like a journey for me. Well, such was the course that it actually left me quite emotional post the concluding video by the professor. Thank you!
A well organized course that gives excellent theoretical and hands on (in the form of assignments) grasp of disparate machine learning algorithms.
Good for beginner, but somehow too simple for further study.
very nice, friendly to greenhand
I would rename this course as Programming Octave with Application to Machine Learning rather that Machine Learning. Once you start the course you will have to focus on Octave rather than on ML topics if you want to do programming exercises. There is no degree of freedom in programming. You are provided with a lot of weird Octave codes which you will have to complete instead of writing yourself from scratch. More than 50% of my time was spent in order to learn Octave and understand (guess!!!!) Octave codes.So, if you really want to learn ML and try it in practice this course is not for you. However, you could just watch the videos whose level is not more that elementary introduction to ML.
The course provides clear direction and content on machine learning. Andrew conveys his ideas clearly and conducts the lecture in a good pace.In addition, the programming assignment provides good platform for us to practice what we have learnt from the lectures, and to understand in practice, the actual way of performing machine learning.Short write up after each lecture is also much appreciated as it is a good and quick way to skim for necessary information when we are doing revision.
brilliant course. talks about all the different techniques and Professor Andrew really breaks things down into intuitive and easy to understand concepts.
Genial para iniciarse en Machine Learning
thanks for this perfect class of machine learning! thank you Andrew Ng!
I have learn't quite a lot from this course, especially the basics and the math. I highly recommend this course to anyone that wants to dive into Machine Learning
This is my very first course on Machine Learning and i tend to say that it was joy for me to learn ML basics from Andrew Ng. Andrew is great teacher. Looking forward for more from Andrew
The course is awesome! Complicated material explained in simple terms, with examples of industrial problems given. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks Mr. Andrew NG very much!!!
very easy and useful mertiral for new learner.
Thank YOU, Dr Ng!
this course is providing good concept related from machine learning.
Amazing introduction to Machine Learning. If you want to start learning ML, this is definitely a good way to start!
Great introductory course for general audiences. There could be much more material covered in the math/technical aspect and the lab assignment could use more difficulties.
The course is great.
Great course.
Great course taught by an excellent professor, a true master in this field. The course worths the effort you need to put on completing all the assignments. If you are looking for a starting point to learn what's going on inside Machine Learning this is your course. A lot of high profile professionals that I personally know within the IT industry have taken this Prof. Ng lessons and, as me, all of them recommend this course as a perfect foundation for further and deeper studies.A huge thank you to Andrew Ng for being so generous to share all this well structured knowledge with all of us.I highly recommend the course to everyone interested in this fascinating Machine Learning world: it's an unforgettable journey!
This course is awesome. You will learn complex ML concepts completely and structurally.
It was a really fun course with very interesting programming excercises. I enjoyed every minute. As Introduction its really recommendable.
A good first course on Machine Learning. The programming exercises are a little too easy.
Very informatic course. Best introductory course in Machine Learning covering all the algorithms. Thank You Andrew Ng Sir.
I think this course is a good course.And I like this course,because my english is just soso I may can't understantd it good.
This is a classic course, for a reason. It is a must-take course for learners of machine learning. Shakespeare is to English as Andrew Ng is to learning about Machine Learning. Do not miss it!
Great course! My only quip is that there are errata on the video that I would hope would be corrected, particularly with numbers/amounts. That could really confuse some students.
I learned a ton from this course, thank you professor Ng
Excellent course. I haven't written any code for years, but I'm able to finish the coding and understand the content.
Like many other before me I found this course extremely useful and hands on. After the third week I had already started to apply the knowledge to solve certain business related problems with great success.
Thank you! Really fantastic course!
This course is awsome!Many thanks to professor Ng for explaining it so easy. I feel this course has been written from the perspective of the student.Thans also for Tom Mosher and the other consultants for the tutorials and explaining the exercises well, without telling the solutions.
Excellent course and the presentation could not have been better. The assistance in the tutorials and test cases was just the right thing to allow me to complete this without being in a classroom. You all have done an outstanding job putting this together. Congratulations on such excellent work.
I really loved this course. It is wholesome and comprehensive and makes sure a beginner too understands the concepts.
Really liked Andrew's way of teaching, great course!
This course give the basics for Machine Learning principal algorithms. It is very clear.
I hope the assignment exists another version written in python
Great course. Great balance of theory and implementation from a practitioners perspective.
Nice introduction to Machine learning
Awesome Course !!
For a student major in Literature, this video turns out to be very interesting and insightful, besides it is not too difficult.
I loved it.
Great Lecture, thoughtful and deep
Nice course, introduces concepts well, perhaps an update with more examples as it might be a bit dated. But if someone is looking for an introductory course, it hits all the spots.
Really the best course on Machine Learning ! Andrew Ng explains in an easy way very complex concepts, really great ! Thanks
Really enjoyed this course, can't wait to put it into practice!
Covers almost all topics and it is very well explained!
This is the perfect intro to machine learning course. It covers several important algorithms and it teaches you how to implement them on octave/matlab. Prof Andrew Ng is superb and the quality of instruction is fantastic.
As an IT specialist I've been fascinated by machine learning and frankly, slightly threatened by it. For any IT professional in my shoes, expert in traditional computing methods, but with little exposure to machine learning, this is the perfect course. It goes way beyond laying just a strong foundation. It actually explains in great depths machine learning computing end to end. It explains concepts, teaches algorithms and programming those algorithms. Furthermore, it details out methods to build, test, evaluate and debug machine learning systems. It may not make you a guru in machine learning the day you complete the course but you will be on your way there.
A really great introduction to Machine Learning, with accessible and understandable concepts introduced in a way that I can grasp both the mathematics and the intention behind them. Some of the Programming examples are challenges, but they need to be to ensure that you understand the subject matter, but all of them work well once you have completed them. Andrew Ng is an engaging teacher and I'm very happy to have done this course and will recommend it to others.
Fantastic course, definitely among the best I have ever taken (about 80 university courses in total). Highly recommended!
best course in ML!
Great material and examples, a good course to complete
Its a great course. It covers a breadth of topics with a good emphasis on implementation. Although, I had prior experience in ML related concepts, this course helped me understand many subtleties. Thank you sir and TA's!
A fascinating and well taught class with excellent moderator support.
It's a course that can be a career-changer. It starts easy, and smoothly gets more difficult, without holding back on the math. The math are in turn well reflected in the code, making a very consistent and fundamental course in Machine Learning.
The best Machine Learning course for beginners.
it's a really great course and thank you!
very interesting, very easy to understand and very helpful
Excellent content and undeniably a must study course. Professor Andrew is fantastic, a charismatic person, extremely intelligent, with a didactic that makes knowledge sharing easy. I learned a lot from him, not only from a technical perspective, but also as a human. He is brilliant. We should have more people like him in the academia and industry. He inspired me to keep moving on and learn more, and more.
The tutorial is perfect and the lecture is full of knowledge,from the base course to advance,I learned step by step,Finally I get more from Mr Ng's lecture,the theory of ML,the mathmatic processing,program language,Thanks Mr Ng
Very good and helpful！
Pretty Great - Specifically g
Great course! I found it really engaging, and it's inspired me to learn more about the topic independently. Professor Ng did a great job of explaining a broad set of topics clearly, with realistic examples, and with enough detail that I feel i could use these techniques in real world problems.
An excellent course, covering an introductory selection of machine learning material at a very accessible pace, in a most engaging manner.
Thank you Andrew.
Really good.
Not only excellent descriptions of algorithms and ML concepts but also (very important for me) intuitions behind them. Absolutely great introduction and state of the art of Machine Learning.
Awesome prof!
Great introduction, loads of explanations and practical intuitions. A must to start with !
Very nice organized and well explained course. Thank you Andrew!
Awesome teaching by professor Andrew. Programming assignments and quizes helped alot in applying knowledge practically
讲的非常非常friendly，很推荐听这个课程入门。Very friendly for freshman to study machine learning!
This was an amazing course. Andrew NG is a wonderful instructor and explains the concepts really well. There was good coverage of the topics and excellent hands-on with the programming assignments. I would recommend this course to anyone who wishes to get started with ML and loves to get into the details of the working of ML algorithms and the associated mathematical concepts.
very awesome course about ML
It starts from scratch and advances to all the advanced concepts at a very decent pace. It opens up views into the AI world. Glad to take up this course. Thanks Andrew.
It's a great course, just not one that can be completed in 12 weeks with a full time job, family and other comitments
Professionr Andrew Ng is awesome!!!
Excellent introductory overview - well paced, with assignments structured thoughtfully. This course fit in well within my schedule, and I got a lot out of the lectures and materials. The resources particularly online books are good references for future use
Amazing Course, teaches you right from basics. Prof. Ng explains everything in a manner which makes it easy to understand. Only one shortcoming I found in this course is, not challenging enough programming exercises. I understand that course has to cater a general and large crowd, but adding maybe a few optional challenging exercises might help. Also, if optional video content is provided for algorithms which have been taught in CS229 but are absent here, it will be really useful.
A very good and well structured introduction to machine learning. I really enjoyed doing this course and its programming exercises.
Amazing introduction to Machine Learning. Lots of topics with deep enough coverage. Builds an intuition and helps to understand basic concepts and algorithms. Highly recommended.
Very interesting and useful course. Everything is very clearly explained. Apart from theory, it is very interesting the Octave/Matlab exercises.
This is a great course. I liked the teaching style which was both competent and conveyed the material in an interesting, never boring way.Even though it is some time back now that I dealt with math during my studies, it was easy to follow the course, because the math required was refreshed when needed and kept to a minimum.It would have been interesting to hear a little more about the inner workings of SVMs, this topic was handled a little too short for my taste.All in all, it is a pity, that professor Ng does not offer a corresponding specialization. I would enroll immediately.
Can feel Machine Learning !
Very good course for a comprehensive introduction and advancement to almost expert level in machine learning. Andrew does a super good job teaching the course!
Very good course. Well explained, the professor makes it very easy to understand and gives very good material. I liked the programming assignments, best way to learn and apply the new skills following small steps.
I have been struggling to initiate Machine learning on my own.I was always fascinated by it but always failed in getting myself into the right framework and mood to learn ML.This course in particular has helped me a lot in understanding and getting into depth of areas of ML.I cannot thank enough Stand ford and Andrew Ng for this wonderful lesson.
Highly recommended!
The quality of the course is nothing less than what you'd expect from a professor of Stanford. The detail and explanations took me from an introductory level to understanding the mechanics of how machines learn. The content and forum interactions make the experience optimized for learning and putting the learning into practice.
I enjoyed this course because it gives you the keys to understand Machine Learning without diving too deep in Mathemactics.
This course introduced some basic knowledge for machine learning. Although It doesn't go into very deep theoretical level, the content is sufficient for the engineering student. I'm a first grade master student in machine learning, and this course did teach me a lot about how to use the models and how to debug them. I think it would be enough content for master or potential PhD students if combining this course (for application) with CS224D in Stanford (for theory).Anyway, good course and nice teacher. Thank you very much Professor Ng.
Very recommended course! A good teacher and good and useful topics, examples and hands on exercises. I learned a lot from this course.
Great course with clear presentation and valuable insights for applying learning algorithms in practice.
Great course!
clear makes AI simple and clear with one step a time overcoming challenging problems.
It is a wonderful course, Machine Learning is a powerful tool. by today... Thanks to Prof Andew NG for your Passion to teach Learning Machine and Tutors like Tom Monsher.. Who gives the best from himself,
I had never learnt so many powerful techniques and concepts in just one course before this.Dr Andrew Ng and his team did a great job on this course I would recommend this to anyone interested in building intelligent machines. It's a great introductory course.Thank you Dr Andrew Ng !
It is a very nice course for introductory machine learning
This is an excellent course to start Machine Learning right from the basics upto a much advanced level.
Andrew is an amazing teacher! I'm looking forward to having other courses with him
A perfect introduction
This course is a very good one for people starting out in the area of machine learning. The instructor teaches the course in a manner which makes difficult concepts look simple. I would like to attend another part of this course consisting of advanced concepts like Deep learning, NLP etc. Also, this course can have python as an included language also as it is the industry standard for machine learning products these days.
This is a very good course overall. Machine learning was not totally new to me but I still learned a lot from this course. Coding in Octave is actually not as boring as I expected. It's very hard to find other courses that better explain the details of how to implement machine learning algorithms. It is nice to have a summarized lecture notes in pdf before each quiz and assignment. Only 1 suggestion is there is some minor error or typo in lectures that can be corrected, and the submit script needs be patched.
It's really an interesting course for me. When comparing with those very complex and boring courses and books in this area, this one helps me to understand more about how all these algothems really work when we are applying them. Than you very much for providing this course!
I think five-star is not enough at all!!! Maybe ten or more will just be fine.
Well-organized and thoughtful design of the projects including programming language choice. The tutorial and test case resources were invaluable. Great energy from the instructor, Andrew Ng.
Excellent course on Machine Learning.
I was very happy with the course content. The complex fundamentals were taught in a simple language. It was a gateway to my career in ML.
I wish the courses at my university were this good.
Great introduction to a variety of machine learning techniques with plenty of course work to help put into practice the material in the lectures.
Excellent training... good to refresh my mathemical skills, and do again some programming! I suffered a lot on finding the solutions to the programming exercises, and had a super Yezzzzz when I could solve :-) thanks a lot, and will try to use the course to improve the live of people!
The course is excellent. Andrew does an outstanding job of setting simple examples and work through the more complicated bits. The community and resources are also excellent, especially the Test cases for programming exercises which proved to be invaluable. Thank you very much to everyone involved.
I was deeply impressed by the quality of this course. I really appreciated how the professor combined mathematical formalism with a practical approach into a very accurate yet accessible presentation style. I cannot imagine how much effort it took to prepare the programming assignments in a way that students had only to take care of the relevant aspects of the subjects without having to deal with time-consuming side tasks.Many thanks to all who worked to share such a great course.
The advice in this class is very valuable!And I really have learned a lot!
The best course on Coursera!
Its more than a baptism, here John the Baptist (Dr, Andrew) handholds you for the scuba-dive into the AI sea :)
Fantastic topic, even for people not directly working in programming.I'm in marketing and wanted to know more about the possibilities behind this specialty. The course is definitely challenging but manageable with some efforts, and worth doing it.
This is a very comprehensive yet fundamental course for beginners like me to explore and learn what machine learning is, what the common machine learning algorithms are, how to implement them using programming (MATLAB), and some of the important considerations in a machine learning project, and more. Highly recommended.
Really A great course which gives a awesome kick-start for diving into Data Science.
The professor is too good for beginners,intermediate or expert in machine learning. Recommended to all ML enthusiast.
我是个MachineLearning的新手，但是我听懂了大部分。
Very practical and well designed course
great introductory course.
Very good course!
Excellent class! Fix the audio and the errata
Great Course!
very helpful! a wide course to start machine learning
One of the best courses there is in coursera....All hail Andrew Ang
Well explained! Great balance between theory and practical examples.
Very high quality lectures and exercises ! Amazing ! Dive super fast into many machine learning topics.
Very good course that is taught well. Everything is explained very well, so even a complete beginner can complete this course. Would definitely recommend if interesting in this topic.
Amazing Course.
Excellent course and provides good confidence to explore. I was very new to ML, but after attending the course feeling confident. Thanks Prof Andrew and coursera for providing all details thoroughly, its really helped me lot.
Great content, great slides, good examples.However, even though Dr. Ng takes time to explain the fundamental concepts and length and repeats multiple times, when it comes to complex topics, he glances over them. I ended up referring to external (Dr. Hinton, for instance) for deeper understanding.
Amazing course!
This course provided a very good understanding of theoretical and application level concepts. The ideas that I learned in this course and helping me in my job to better understand customer data.
A great introduction to
Great insight. However, the treatment of SVM (Support Vector Machines) was a bit too light for my tastes.
Overall, this is a great course that delves into many practical concepts of machine learning.
Outstanding teaching by Professor Ng.
Awesome intro to ML, taught me the fundamentals and also explains simple stats and linear algebra you need to know before course starts.
Great survey/intro course on ML methods.
I just finished watching the very last video of the course after completing the final quiz. This course has taught me so much.I want to that Andrew Ng for being such a great lecturer, and for being such a great guy. Peace
Outstanding in all aspects. Material, presentation, assignment. Very valuable to get started on this topic !
Best MOOC course available :) Thank you Prof Ng.
This course is great for me. I learned a lot of new things about machine learning.
I have learned the concept of machine learning algorithm through this class. Furthermore, I can understand those algorithm well by completing 'programming exercise'. Everyone who have interest in machine learning could learn them easily by this class.
The course is great. You can learn the essential idea about the machine learn. The progress is fine. It won't be too hard for those who don't have the background.
This course effectively covers important concepts and algorithms of Machine Learning. Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Neural Networks, K-means clustering are most impressive parts of the course.Most of the algorithms don't involve complicated formulas and can be easily understood. So I had always been motivated. The programming exercises are well designed so that I could strengthen my understanding by completing them. Professor Ng provides a lot of suggestions on developing a Machine Learning system based on his experience, which I think people can hardly learn from textbooks.
Really great course. Compared to standard university courses I attended during my electrical engineering degree, this is by far the course taught best and providing the best learning material (especially the programming examples). One can see that they put a lot of effort in setting up a course that teaches the content very efficie
An excellent course to begin your study of machine learning.
This course is well tailored for people who knows nothing about machine learning:)
This is a great course, I feel so lucky that I have tried this course, and it opens a door for me. Thank you Andrew, and thank all mentors who are supporting the forums.
This has been my first MOOC and I have found the lectures to be of very high quality. The concepts are explained really well and a number of real world examples are considered. I also had a fun time doing the programming exercises, which provides a hands-on approach to the subject.
This is the best course in Machine Learning that could be made. No one has done it better than Andrew Ng yet.
All is said. Strongly recommended
Prof. Ng is extremely careful in making each single statement perfectly clear and understandable (thing that, maybe, sometimes introduces too many redundancies). The Practical Assignments are very well done, and extremely effective in making the student able to understand the key concepts and to learn how to implement them in practice. I strongly recommend this course.
Andrew is a great professor! The lessons are clear and really well structured. The overall course features a balanced fraction of theory and practical hints to have a 360° overview on machine Learning. Thank you professor!
This is a course that i would definitely recommend to anyone who wants to learn machine learning .
i learned a lot from this course. Although it is a little theoretical but it covers all the basic machine learning algorithms which are required to know.For a start in the field of machine learning , it is the best course.
This is a great class. I really leant lot from it and would like to recommend it to my friends and colleagues.
Great course!
Amazing course !
Amazing and free machine learning course, great thanks to Andrew Ng.
Would have given it five stars if there were some materials or pointers to the latest and state of art deep learning.
Best course in offer covering all aspects of Machine Learning right from Inception to Real time productive scenarios. Absolutely liked it and would recommend anyone keen to get involved in holistic view of the raw data, information and wishing to indulge in Artificial Intelligence... Pavan Yeluri :).
You get out what you put in - this course is challenging but it supplies a very good mathematical background for machine learning. If you take the time to learn this material well, you will be very well equipped to understand and apply these techniques to any field of research you are interested in.
This was my second course in ML. I took it with the aim of gaining a deeper insight into some of the fundamental topics and I was not disappointed. The professor Andrew Ng teaches the concepts in a way that is easy to understand and reason about. I loved the pace and the way the material is structured. Quizes and programming exercises completed the lectures very well to give a more complete picture of the topic at hand. Actually some of the quizes and specifically programming exercises are quite challenging. This is actually a good thing as the lectures alone would make the course a bit boring and without any practical application examples.I wish the videos were a bit better in terms of video / audio quality, so be prepared to ignore that aspect and just take the incredible knowledge that is given to you.If programming exercises are too hard, do struggle through them and use the forums to solve them. It really helps you deepen the understanding of the concepts that are taught in the class.
I'd highly recommend this course to anyone starting out in Machine Learning, or to anyone in need of a comprehensive memory refreshment on topics covered in here.
Very productive and awesome teaching
Very interesting course. I learned a lot of useful things about main machine learning methods and data manipulations.
great lectures, thanks andrew. i particularly liked you silicon valley insights! sometimes the exercises were so tough, that even I with a phd in econometrics struggled... the risk is to loose a lot of time on matlab syntax... but we had great support by tom...
Very good course, with practical examples and very good explanations
Awesome course!!
Thank you for providing such great courses!I really learned a lot from this course about the "mysterious" Machine Learning topic.And also the way you organize this cool learning platform impressed me. Many learners and volunteers join the helpful and mind-opening discussion.Besides the fantastic video, the lecture note is so informative and helpful for learners.Thanks!
One of the most informative courses for Machine Learning. Putting the use cases for the algorithms and methodically going step by step addressing the questions that would naturally occur. Waiting for a continuation of this course (aka part 2)
Great course! Thank you :)
Amazing course! Thanks to Prof. Andrew
This course was really good. Covered a lot of range of topics. Questions were really good Andrew. Would recommend.
Excellent material and very well explained.
Concepts were very well explained, and I am now a huge fan of Prod. Andrew Ng. Thank you for creating this course!
Great MOOC!
Great overview of Machine Learning. It was helpful to understand the concepts at a high level.
I learnt many things I already started to use. I also like very much chapters on system design and diagnosis.
Great introductory course to Machine Learning. A must if you want to learn ML and its applications!
Just awesome !
Very nice, instructive course.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Andrew put in a lot of effort in the videos, exercises and quizzes. And above all has taught the concepts very well. Thanks a ton!
nice course!I learned much even though I have never learned about ML.Thank to Andrew!
Matlab is very out of trends nowdays.
What a great course! thanks Andrew!!
Great course! Thank you professor Ng for your great teaching! I defiantly will take any course that you offer in the future! It was a great journey of learning machine learning algorithms for me, and I highly suggest this course to anyone who wants to work in data science area!
Veeeeery good introduction to Machine Learning. Totally recommend it!
Excellent course, this is the first MOOC course I have ever started taking. I appreciated the organization of the content that Andrew Ng put together, especially the programming assignment that helped me in a significant way to improve my understanding to the content, to spot out my misunderstandings, and to leave me with a good source codes for the future applications of machine learnings easily.
This was a great entry level course to get exposure to Machine Learning in MatLab.
Awesome course.Professor Andrew Ng explains in a great way several machine learning methods - without getting lost in the maths behind! - , their algorithms and how to do the debugging of the problems that may arise in real life applications. The computing assignments reinforced the machine learning concepts understanding also superbly. Totally recommeended!!!
Really good and helpful course! Thanks Andrew
great course but kidly include more algos
Great fun! Also usefult in practice. Required some more work than I anticipated, but worth it.
I have learned many more machine learning knowledge from this course, thanks Andrew Ng.
Excellent course and great content. The course videos were well presented and were able to explain the subject matter well. The course covered most of the key topics in ML. Prof Andrew has done a fantastic job in creating content, content delivery and setting up the programming exercises. The course Mentors were also very helpful and always available.Couple of suggestions: 1. A lot of complexity exists in creating the data-sets and defining /loading the variables. There should be one topic on data-set creation and defining the key variables (X,y, Theta).2. I feel the difficulty level of the course should be increased. It is a fairly easy course from a programming point of view as most of the code is given or strongly hinted in the resources or by Mentors. The course needs to be "harder:.
Fantastic course! Highly recommend it. A really good introduction/perspective on the key details machine learning algorithms.
Excellent introduction to different methods in machine learning. I have some prior experience with machine learning, and although this is an introduction, it gave me a lot of good tips for implementation, debugging and workflow. It also gave me a deeper understanding of the different concepts in machine learning and when to apply the different methods. Questions during the lecture videos and quizzes afterwards keeps up your attention, and the programming assigments make you understand more deeply how to implement and apply the methods on real problems. The programming exercises are mostly pretty easy if you have some experience with programming and matrix/vector multiplication, and some of them are really funny to play with and apply on your own data or pictures afterwards. The lecturer, Andrew Ng, is also very good at explaining, and you never feel that he jumps over unclear details. I highly recommend this course!
It's the course where you find the most math way to do machine learning. In other online courses, the learning process is so operative. In contrast, this one makes you think every exercise.
I very much enjoyed this course!
Loved it.
The best tutor with excellent training material. Very easy to follow and good exercises to improve ones learning. Thank you
The Best Course I attended.
Pretty good course
Text book course for machine learning!Thank you Andrew Ng and Coursera!
Good content, good teacher. Greate
This has been a great course and coursera experience has been great too. Thanks to Andrew.
Very helpful, many thanks to Dr.Andrew :)
This course is great!
great course for learn and/or update AI knowledge
Great course!!! Adrew, Thank you very much!
This is best course for introduction to machine learning ever!
Loved it!
Excellent introduction to the topic
Great course.
Excellent instruction from Andrew Ng. The homework was highly guided and accessible even to people new to machine learning.
Excellent course ! It's been ten years I didn't take any course (actually since I'm an engineer) and I've never been so happy to watch a course or to do an exercice. Andrew Ng is an excellent teacher and he knows how to detail complex problem with simple words. I definitively recommend this course. It's an excellent introduction to machine learning.
Very good overview of machine learning. Doesn't go into detailed mathematical construction of the methods/techniques but the course does provide you with the overall/big ideas used in machine learning. If you are completely new to machine learning, definitely take this course! If you're from a different background (math/stat etc), this course will provide you with a good transition into machine learning.
A complete end to end application of machine learning would make us more confident after completing the course.
Great introduction to Machine Learning without a heavy requirement for programming and math.
Very good course. Big thanks to Andrew, He is wounderful teacher!
Amazing course!
The past few weeks was a great journey to me. It's very rich and beyond I could have imagined. Thank you very much Andrew! I wish everyone out there could take this course once in their life.
The perfect machine learning course
My only regret is that it doesn't use Python but it is a course to attend !
Signature class! Not only introduce some basic and useful tools, but also talk how and when to use it.
Nice course! I enjoyed a lot.
Exceptional intro to machine learning, with accessible mathematics. Provides professional software engineers with a foundation for applying machine learning in the real world.
A very good, but a bit mathy, overview over Machine Learning .
Amazing course! takes you from the basics to really sophisticated algorithms, while understanding every step in the way!
Wonderful introduction to machine learning.
Excellent course with in depth explanation with clear examples.
The best of this course (by far in my opinion) is how I learned how to accurately measure the performance of a learning algorithms, and how to know where I should spend my time trying to improve it.Previously, I have spent some time trying to work on fitting data and I ended up frustrated. I ended up with the believe fitting data had too much guess-work and it was not possible to actually know what's going on and why my fitting algorithms didn't work as I expected.With this course, I regained my love for optimization algorithms, and I'm very motivated to apply those new performance measuring techniques that certainly are indispensable to build high quality machine learning programs.
It's a great introduction machine learning course.
An excellent introduction to Machine Learning! I thoroughly enjoyed the course material as well as the lectures.
I have been longing to kick off with ML domain and this course provided me the opportunity. The videos are very simple and illustrative. Thanks a lot for such a great tutorial.
Very intresting lesson and a very motivated professor.
Great Course! Help me a lot! The assignment is designed with appropriate difficult and the code is clearly for comprehension. Can't wait to explore more courses in Coursera!
Great introductory course. I wish there was more content in Week 10 and 11 with practical assignments.
A great course covering most part of Machine Learning concepts with a very practical approach.
The course was very well-organised, clear and very interesting. This is my first ever online certification course and I must say that I was so much involved in it and learned so much. I don't have words to express my gratitude towards Dr. Prof. Ng, he has been amazing throughout the course. Thanks again to the professor and coursera for this fantastic course.
It was a great specialization - enough detail while still being high level and pretty clear and easy to follow. I was sad that they ditched the last two courses though - was really looking forward to them, and the specialization feels really incomplete without them.
Fantastic! Would recommend to any starting level machine level practitioner
The homework grading is a bit finicky but otherwise a great course
Awesome in-depth overview of Machine Learning. As someone with a Physics and Math background, I really appreciated the mathematical rigor. I am a working Data Scientist and this course was invaluable in building up the fundamentals I needed to excel.
Amazing class. It took me from machine learning zero to hero. I am now an expert at work and will be leveraging the lessons here to apply to my knowledge of Spark and Scala.
Thanks for this very great course, professor and all faculty.
Complete, easy to follow and interesting machine learning course. Here, one can learn basic and intermediate concepts of machine learning such as formulas and algorithms. Andrew is a very skilled teacher who makes relatively easy to follow the lectures.
Well structured for absolute beginners. Delivered in details without being too slow. and FREE :)
Super interesting and well explained, a very nice introduction to all basic machine learning concepts
It is a good course for the beginner in machine learning field.
A fantastic course by Andrew Ng. I would like to congratulate him for putting up this course. The course content, structure, flow, examples, assignments were amazing.
I thought the course presented a nice overview of the concepts. I would need lots of additional in-depth instruction before I could successfully apply the concepts. I struggled with the programming exercises. I am not a professional programmer and the course was my first use of Octave. But I am glad I took the course and I am ready for more.
A very good introduction to machine learning, the perfect balance between theory and practice
This is a very interesting and rewarding set of lectures from a very knowledgeable and kind guy. Love it
The course is very well structured. Very good introduction to machine learning with plenty of hands-on examples!
The course is well designed and well taught. Examples in lectures are very clear and efficient.
This course explains the concepts and application of ML very easily.
One of the best and most influential courses I have ever had. Not only gives you insight about the various Machine Learning Algorithms, but also helps you to get familiar with the detailed mechanics of each algorithm.
Great course! Thanks a lot to Andrew and his team for making that course available to undergrads like me for free!
My fist course. Advantage of the course: explanations are excellent, i've never even used the forums for asking questions. Disadvantage: absence of mathematical proof, most of the work is done for you in the programming excersises
Almost perfect for beginners. There are some glitches in some assignments but I hope that they will be fixed.
A wonderful course. It covers the basics of machine learning systems and it covers them well.The way Linear and Logistic regression are covered is the best I have seen.
Fantastic introduction to Machine Learning.
The course was really helpfull for understanding machine learning concepts and application.
It was the best way to learn Machine Learning, I had background knowledge of Matlab but was totally new to this concept of Machine Learning, but the way Andrew Ng Sir had taken sessions, I found myself more and more interested. It was "The best Online class I ever had". Thank you Sir and Coursera team for providing me an opportunity to learn from such a dignified faculty.Thank you once again.
It's a impressive course to learn about ml!
Brilliant course in Machine Learning! Andrew Ng does a world-class job making learning machine learning a fun-filled program!
A Great Introductory Course with In-Depth Analysis.
The best course on Machine Learning till now in the internet space!
Really good! If more advanced optional content was included, it would have been even better!
Very nice course!!!
One of the best course available in web to start working on machine learning. The way Prof. Andrew Ng has taught in this course it'll even make understand to those who have very basic mathematical background.A must do for every ML enthusiast.
One of the best online courses ever.Highly recommended for anyone interested in machine learning.Andrew is an awesome Machine Learning Guru.
This course is beyond Excellence.
A fantastic course! Right pace, great selection of topics and excellent way to structure the material. It felt like reading Einstein's papers on Brownian motion -- professor Ng makes you feel like a genius. Given how much theory there is out there about machine learning, the approach of this class to include code-based exercises is tremendously helpful. The course materials, especially the tutorials and test cases for the programming exercises are very helpful. Course mentor Tom Mosher's contributions are particularly valuable.
Great material and teaching style. Thank you for making this course available!
Very useful course
The course content is awesome, and lectures are easy to understand.
Very informative course. I thoroughly enjoyed the course. Thanks to the Prof. for teaching it so well.
A very pragmatic approach, including many tips on how to apply machine learning algorithms effectively.
Excellent course! Learned a lot from Andrew. Well organised, well explained and easy to follow course from a prestigious professor! Thank you and please keep up the very excellent work you guys have done here!
I knew nothing about ML before this class, and halfway through I am writing NNs from scratch (in both Matlab and Python), extended to 2 hidden layers (not explicitly taught in class). Amazing class, highly recommended!
Best Machine Learning Tutorials for beginners
Great course!
Generally very solid, interesting and well explained. Felt like the concepts being taught were definitely useful and I look forward to practising them!
Best course here in Machine Learning
The course is really great to understand machine learning from scratch! Videos are really instructive and the many quizzes and exercices are well thought. The only (small) inconvenient is that sometimes the learner spend a lot of times explaining some basic concepts making the video a little long. Still, I highly recommend this class to anyone who wants to learn about machine learning!
Very good course to understand what is happening inside advanced algorithms through linear algebra.
Thank you professor Andrew. I've learnt a lot from this course. Before taking this course, I have no idea about anything of machine learning. But after that, I could tell that I'm pretty confident to build a real world machine learning system. This course gave me a strong foundation in machine learning. I believe I would learn more and more advanced algorithm based on the knowledge learnt from this class. Sorry for my poor English. But I wrote it by myself instead of spam software. Coursera will definitely recognize my comment as helpful:)
Broad in scope, concise, and well-taught. This was an exceptional course!
Excellent course, my day job is a Data Platform Architect, my primary customers are data scientists, this course was very beneficial to understand how they think and do their work!
Excellent course... Very well polished content and well tailored sessions.. Thank you very much Prof Andrew Ng.
Great course!
I am Wondering Before I Don't know how to Implement Recommendation Features and Suggest Products On Home Page as Much Targeting the User We Have done Lots of Effort and Design More Complex Database tables and Structure but i but we did not Mining The Correct Data as per Users Views and Choice Thanks To This Course it Help me more and more in Redefining my Programming Technique and Think To Move through the Artificial Neural Networks and NLP For Getting More Relevant Search dataset collection For Targeting More and more users and thank to you also Coursera team and Respected Prof. Andrew ng He is Delivering an very Nice Tutorial Session and Bunch of Assignments which is actual relevant and Genuine Example which are Understandable to any new student who Join this course and Thank you for this course forum moderator also they are really nice .Thank YouSaurabh Kashyap
Great!
Great course :)
The best course I ever had !
This course covers the topics well in lectures and the concepts are cemented through the programming exercises. Information is a bit scattered for the assignments but students are made aware of this early on. I would definitely recommend this course.
The starting point for anyone who wants to learn machine learning , but need to continue immediately with a specialised courses on R, SAS or Python. Otherwise whatever learn in the course will disappear
It is a very good introductory course in ml as it gives you a basic idea of the ml algorithms that are around and how to implement them in octave which you can extrapolate to any language using a decent linear algebra library in that language it skips over maths which might be a bummer for you if you are good at it and wanted to learn that also.
Excellent Course, intimidating at the beginning but very well taught. With little knowledge of math/linear algebra quite steep learning curve. Very good professor. Excellent, practical examples and assignments.
It's an interesting course. From my point of view, it may be the best course for beginners.
Awesome beginnners course to ML. If you want to learn ML start here
Great course, and good intro to Machine Learning. Professor Ng has a good style that's easy to understand, no small feat for a such a technically complex topic.
Excellent course! Andrew Ng knows how to explain and simplify Machine Learning to absolutely beginners. Great course, completely worth it!
nice course for beginners
Very informative and interesting course, highly recommend everyone to take this. Great learning experience.
This was my first approach to Machine Learning. I think this course is a very excellent introduction to this topic. This course also provides a general panorama of these techniques.
great introduction to machine learning balanced between theory and practice.
Anybody out there wondering whether they should start with this course or countless others that are available on the web, my advice is to start with this ML course. It gives you all of the basics and introductions to ML, Neural Networks, Back Propagation etc. I tried reading ML books and implemented Sci-kit based ML algorithms, but I kept running into concepts that I had not much knowledge of. Taking this course revealed all of those concepts to me. This course is truly worth your time and worthy of sticking with even when you get stuck after the first few weeks. Persevere and keep learning.
It was an excellent course and it helped me in every way a introductory course on machine learning is expected to help. It gave a brief introduction of every topic which comes under the machine learning domain.
Some years passed but the course is still very informative. Great place to start the journey to the machine learning world.
Very good! Introducing many useful and popular ML skills.
Great course! Outstanding instructor!
This class is really of great help for a starter in the field of machine learning!
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Professor Ng is highly engaging and has a way of making even heavy subject matter accessible to those with a decent background in math. I found the course riveting and completed it weeks ahead of schedule, not because it wasn't challenging but because I was so interested that I began to use any spare time to hack away at the programming assignments or squeeze in a video or two. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to know more about the fundamentals of machine learning and its applications.
Very good course!
Very good course for beginners.
Great class. Learned a lot.
Very good introduction into the field of machine learning, its various algorithms and use cases. Only point of criticism would be that the level is sometimes a little lower than expected. The pace of the lecture could, in my opinion, be a little faster as I found myself skipping through the videos from time to time hopping over the repetitions. Having said that, it's perfect for everyone without a mathematics background!The exercises were very good fun and very well managed through the available material, resources and the discussion forum. At the end of the course one - me anyway - wishes to go back to uni and start studying computer science.
I think this was a great course. It goes through high-level concepts as well as digs down into implementation of common algorithms. Professor Ng explains concepts well enough for a novice to easily follow. Would recommend this course to anyone looking for a primer on machine learning.
A great introductory course that is designed such that you don't need a mathematical background in order to understand the concepts. Due to its attempt to maximise accessibility, most concepts are not mathematically motivated, meaning that a person serious about pursuing this as a career will need to do a subsequent course that is more mathematically rigorous. However, it does a great job of building intuition about the algorithms and is a solid base to build on.
Simply brilliant!
Great course, i can really recommend to take this course if you want to get started with Machine Learning.
Best course for machine learning
Enrich the examples to explain complex concepts or mathematica
With brief introduction to machine learning with mathematics explanation, I was able to grasp the basic knowledge to this domain.Very impressive to Andrew's clear presentation with perfect logic!
This is an excellent course with questionnaire support and exercises
Super good, Andrew is a very good teacher who helps us understand quickly Machine Learning !
Excellent course for the beginners. The treatment takes you through the software related aspects of machine learning without dealing too much in depth with the mathematical side of the treatment. The way difficult concepts have been dealt with in the lecture slides are simply superb.
A must for every beginner in the domain of Machine learning.
Awesome course! I definitely recommend this course to anyone trying to get a mathematical, industrial, and/or practical understanding of machine learning. Professor Ng does an amazing job at explaining the theory and relating industrial applications to each topic. This is a great way to setup your machine learning foundation.
Very good, interesting and didactic!
Great course! Andrew is a fantastic teacher, and the weekly assignments are the perfect challenge for those who prefer a hands-on style of learning.
I recommend this course
Great introduction to machine learning.
Very good. Only downside : tries too much to be understandable to everyone no matter its mathematical background. So that Eventually for those with deep background in math, the lesson is very often confusing because of the lack of a clear mathematical model behind.
Well organized course. Learned a lot. Love it!
This is a very helpful machine learning course for absolute beginners, basically you learn from ABC. You don't have to worry much about the linear algebra backgrounds because the professor will tell you what to know and what is advanced(optional), so you can choose to skip or learn, based on your level. I felt a sharp stop when finishing this course, because I know there are more complex principles behind it to discover, this is not included in this course, which may be a advantage for absolute beginners. All in all, I highly recommended this course to all of you who are still hesitating whether join in this course or not.
Great course! Very well taught!
this is a very comprehensive and useful course. I've already implement the linear regression and Neural Network routine in my work. feels so wonderful to complete the course. You will find the only limitation is your passion!
Great course. Thank you!
Very easy to follow, comprehensive introduction to machine learning. Concepts were very clearly explained in the lectures, and homework assignments focused on actually implementing the concepts from the lectures. Practical tips for how to implement machine learning in a real situation were very valuable. This course made me want to learn more about this subject, and to find ways to use these techniques in my work.
Very good and insightful. Great teaching job by Andrew Ng. Fun programming examples. Learned a lot!
Amazing course. Loved the material and the way they were taught. Very interesting applications of machine learning in the assignments. Just try implementing the algorithms first by watching the videos so that you get a better understanding of how they work. It is possible to complete the assignments without much understanding, so make sure you implement the algorithms on your own first. All in all I loved the course, even made me thinking about pursuing a career in data science and machine learning. Thank you mr. Andrew Ng!
This is very good course for beginners to understand the basic knowledge about Machine Learning. Very Good! I would like to hear some other courses from Dr.Andrew Wu if it is also available on Coursera.
I have enjoyed this course and learned a lot from it. Thank you.
I have learnt a lot about machine learning. I am a computer science engineer and I have just started working in this field as junior Data Scientist. This course gives you all the important information you need to know to get good results when applying machine learning on datasets.
Just loved it, helped me build my basics for a bright future in Machine Learning and Big Data. Words are not enough to explain my feelings. Thank you very much Coursera, Stanford and Sir Andrew Ng.
Really interesting!
Very good overview for people who want to gain an overall understanding about Machine Learning.
Nice course, nice teacher!
I have been doing this course since my last semester, this is the best online course i have ever taken! This course gave me all the basic understanding and motivation needed to move forward towards learning more about machine learning and AI concepts. Thumbs up to Professor Andrew Ng. Thanks lot! :D
Perhaps the best thing to have happened to me!
Fantastic introduction to Machine Learning. Professor Ng's lectures were engaging and approachable; the programming assignments and quizzes mostly helped with deepening the understanding of the material; and the course provided a great high-level survey of current machine learning algorithms, techniques, and real-world advice and experiences in applying machine learning to characteristic problems. I would highly recommend this course to any CS student, current practitioner that would like a gentle introduction to an important field of CS, or even a strong high-school senior with a reasonable grounding in linear algebra.
very great course!
Amazing course. Lots of work, but it's worth it in the end!!!
Excellent course. Well-taught and well-delivered. Covers all the essential algorithms, has excellent assignments using MATLAB, good forum support, great notes and resources, quality videos, and foremost an outstanding professor.
Excellent Introduction to Machine Learning. The hands on programming assignments are the best!
A very good course for machine learning, student need to understand the mathematics for the assignment, better take this course with enough knowledge in mathematics (probability theory and linear algebra) and programming.
The best online course I've ever taken. Everything was excellent. Thank you Andrew.
Excellent course taught by Professor Andrew Ng. It is a very complex topic but it is taught in such a way that we are always learning and mastering the new concept. Professor Andrew Ng guides through the classes with questions and assignments giving clear view on each of the topics. Thanks for the course.
Great course.I would have liked to have Octave exercises on week 10 and week 11.
Best thing about this course is it not only teaches Machine Learning Concepts and Algorithms but also various methods to evaluate it. Evaluation methods help me a lot in my development
It is really easy to understand.
Excellent course by NG.
All in all excellent. The speed in week 9 could be a bit faster.
This was my first MOOC course and I must say, It was a wonderful experience. Andrew is a brilliant teacher. The course is very well designed and the programming exercises are really fun to do. Thank You Andrew and Coursera Team!
A fairly tough course, but you don't get stuck for too long in quizzes and assignments. Quite demanding in math. I'm glad I spent the time doing the course thoroughly.
Great Course, Andrew Ng is a great teacher!
it is good start for beginners .i like course material and assignment .
This course really helps lay the foundations of machine learning using well done lectures, thoughtful quizzes, and challenging assignments.
I really love the video lectures and programming assignments. A big part of machine learning is also covered in a very short time span.
Learnt a lot of algorithms and statistics.
It provides both good mathematical explanations of the algorithms, but it also improved my OCTAVE skills. The lecture videos are well explained and clear. Examples are excellent. Great course.
Excellent course for those beginners in machine learning like me. Professor Andrew Ng was outstanding in explaining complicated stuff in the way that anyone can understand. The course structure was also well-built with a lot of warm-support and encouragement from the Professor active forum members. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Big thanks for you Professor Andrew Ng
Very nice quick & dirty introduction to different methods of machine learning. Thanks a lot Andrew!
perfect class. I get a job in a french start up a head of R&D after this MOOC
This course is amazing! I need to rethink about my future career after the course!
Excellent coverage of machine learning concepts and algorithms
Really like the format of the course, the instructor and topics covered in the class. Good job!
Good course.
Finally finished "Machine Learning" on Coursera ahead of schedule! Really enjoy the way Dr. Ng taught. It's the best online course I ever took. Deep and concise, not too time-consuming and practical. I can feel Dr. Ng really though how to make a course great, and how he devoted his best effort to it. And it is the first time I saw a teacher was on the verge of tears saying goodbye in a online course.
Excellent training and nice examples to work on. Looking forward to take more courses.
Great course and professor!
This is a difficult but interesting course. It gives plenty of information to start in any part of machine learning.
I'm half way through the course and I find it very interesting. It is complex but doable.
really very good course!
Great instructions and contents!
The course is great. The only challenge for me was to get any help from the course mentors.This was also a great platform to interact with some of the co-learners!
A great course!Mostly I joined this course as a re-cap since it was 15 years ago I took my examination. (In applied math's (algebra, optimization,...) together with computer science (AI, machine learning,...) ).I really enjoyed watching Andrew Ng videos and doing the Quiz's and programming exercises.Now I hope to realize some of this cool stuff :-)//Peter
Complex topics explained in simple language!
Thank you Professor Ng for taking the time to produce such a phenomenal course. As mystifying as machine learning can appear to be, your well-paced and digestible teaching style gave me the opportunity to understand. With fantastic lectures, mid-video quizzes, end of topic quizzes, and programming assignments, you as a student are given all the resources you need to absorb the material.These eleven weeks really gave me the perspective and knowledge I sought for. This is the first online course that I have taken and I am inspired and excited for the future of machine learning and e-learning. The final heartfelt video was a perfect conclusion and I wish to return the sentiment of gratitude and appreciation.Thank you again, and rest assured that your teaching is having a profound impact on peoples lives across the world.
The course was wonderful, easy to understand and it is a great base for further delving into the machine learning.
Absolutely cool Course!
Awesome Course,Very well explained and really enjoyed doing all the assignments
The course is an excellent resource for learning machine learning from the scratch towards building complex algorithms. The way the course is taught made me forget that the course is so long. It is so interesting.
Great and insightful introduction to world of machine learning!
Thank you!
Strongly recommend this exciting, hard course.
very helpful to fresh leaner on machine learning .
Wonderful course by Prof.Andrew N.G.
Great course, makes it easy to become familiar with this space, many thanks Andrew!
Excellent introductory course with sufficient details
I completed this course successfully and I think it was a practical course. But I believe there should an advanced now to get deeper in knowledge.
A wonderful straightforward introduction to Machine Learning. While there's a not insignificant amount of math notation involved, anyone who's even the slightest bit interested in machine learning would benefit greatly from completing this course!
Well done Andrew. You kept the course at a great level throughout (accessible and practical). It has motivated me to continue learning about the topic.
This was my first course at Coursera. I only can say Thank you Andrew for you wonderful classes!! Was a pleasure learn about with you.I had never seen nothing about machine learning before this course, so I can't judge or compare this course against other, but certainly it will be very helpful to anyone that want to initiate or remember about this topic.
Andrew is a great teacher. I took machine learning courses before and thought it was a very complex topic. Andrew shows me that the concept of ML is not hard at all. He explains the basics very well and makes me appreciate ML a lot more.
Congratulations for the course! I really liked to learn all the topics about machine learning, but unfortunately it could have more topics like deep neural networks and Knowledge Discovery in Databases(KDD). Besides this, the course could accept code submissions on R language.
The course is extremely useful. One might know various machine learning algorithms. But this course covers sincere approach to use particular algorithm in a particular situation. It covers minute details of these algorithms. Excellent!!
Provides a great overview of many different ML techniques.
Very informative and a good course
Great course! It was my first course about ML and it gives me inspiration for further learning.
It was very useful to me because I learned a lot of new stuff about machine learning. It was taught step by step so I could follow the course and benefit with high efficiency.
Very well done course. Great way to get initiated in the world of machine learning.
Cool stuff, well presented, effective teaching and testing methods. . Ng is just awesome. [Am forever grateful]
This is really a great introduction to machine learning. The course covered a lot of the high level ideas, why the algorithms work, comparison of algorithms and so many practical aspects. Highly recommended!
This is the best course one can find to begin learning Machine Learning. Almost every basic concept is covered in the course and the instructor has done a great job in organizing the course and the assignments. However, I personally feel that "DECISION TREES" is the only frequently used technique in ML that is missing in this course. So, adding Decision trees Concept too would be very helpful and makes the course an equivalent master level course. Thank You.
This course introduced me to machine learning as well as made me master several machine learning algorithms through self-implementation. The course structure is very well organised and easy to follow. Assignments are well designed to let students master the concepts rather than spend time on debugging software issues.
Excellent beginner course. It would b nice if we could finish off the course with one project that helps us develop a machine learning application end-to-end.
Teaching technique +Course material +Exercises +Forum help +
As a ML entry course, it is easy to understand its content; and the homework given can help us to further practice what we learned. It is quite helpful. Thanks a lot!
Can't say I am in any way not satisfied with the course, but here are a few personal feelings taking this course: 1. It is basically very straightforward to understand, although some part prof Ng takes extra time to care for some details, which I suspect for some students with solid math/stats foundation will find redundant, but indeed help those who don't a lot. 2. The algorithms introduced in this course are basic but also powerful, and relatively straightforward to understand too. 3. The programming exercises are very carefully designed to help students with the algorithms, while leaving the details of other programming components, which are very very very important to keep students on speed. 4. This course may require a little bit of Object-Oriented Programming language knowledge, and a little bit of calculus and stats to make the studies more smoothly. Thank you so very much prof Ng to have this course shared and this might actually turn out to be one of the most influential series in introduction to machine learning. - By some random fresher in the university
The course lit my inner fire about this field. Thank you Andrew!
Great introductory course. Exercises are relevant and Dr Andrew Ng has done a great job in relating it to the industry practices/usage.
Andrew has great ability in explaining very clearly the main ideas of the algorithms covered
please cover more algorithm such as naive biasand i want to thank the instructor man i love u thank you very much for the course
One the best MOOC Course for learning ML over the internet
Good intro to ML!
+ Assignments ++++ The words and terms used in the lecture are very simple. He definitely put some thought in the perspectives of non-engineers. +that calming sentence, "you don't have to worry about this"- After the week 6, the assignments focuses less on how to use the algorithms, but more on the pre/post processing.- People like me, who solely focus on finishing the course FAST, are likely to ignore the CORE scripts already done for youNeed to repeat it AGAIN
Comprehensive. Challenging. Encouraging. I am very thankful I took and completed this course (even if it took me a couple attempts!). Thank you Coursera, Prof Ng and of course Mentors; more power to you!
Very informative - required for understanding the origins and fundamentals of Machine Learning.
Explanation of the professor was very clear and the difficulty was good to learn for the beginner.
Mistakes in lecture slides sometimes too confusing. But really good overall.Content is actually amazing. Very complete and organised. Loving the progression.So helpful!(Would 4.5/5, really.)
This course gives you a good understanding about the basic math of machine learning algorithms.
excellent comprehensive introductory class to ML! highly recommended (even for experts)
A must for anyone looking to dive into the field of machine learning. Covers all the basic concepts fantastically!
The best course I have ever taken in online.
This is a great course for the beginners of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The contents are quite comprehensive and inspiring. The most important is that all the assignments are delicate and well-designed. Highly recommend!!!
Very practical class. Andrew is an excellent teacher from whom I can easily understand what he talks about.
Great introduction course for machine learning.
If you want to start learning Machine learning, begin with this course.
a very, impressive course
Clear explanations, builds intuition, well planned exercises. It is a wonderful course.
Very useful!! Andrew could explain things in an easy understood way. Thanks a lot!
Great!!!
The course have been very well prepared and was very well explained. Thus it seemed easier and faster to learn.
Helped me to brush through various statistical techniques that I had learnt in my Masters Course and helped greatly to connect them for learning machine learning.
Exceptionally well arranged, taught, and organized course. I had a lot of fun learning, ever more fun solving quizzes and programming assignments. Prof Andrew Ng is a truly master in the craft of machine learning and an exceptionally gifted teacher, which is a rear combination and I as a participant of the course feel privileged to have been learning this fascinating area of science from him. As a follow-up to the course I wish I could make a real world machine learning application for a particular vertical, under guiding supervision of Prof Andrew Ng's team.
A very well put together course, only slightly marred by poor audio recording. Would recommend to anyone interested in the concepts of machine learning.
Best learning experience I have had on coursera.
Great！
Great course! It demystifies ML and presents in it non-scary mathematical ways. It reinforces concepts with good programming exercises that challenge in a good way. Many thanks Andrew!
Excellent course for learning Machine Learning algorithms.
It's my first course about ML, and Andrew's course is really appealing to me. I suggest people who want to have a first view of ML take this course. Then it will bring you to a new world
Great course, really taught what we need to know for applications while also showing the deeper mathematics involved. I liked how each class had real-life examples to give more context to the algorithms. The programming exercises were also great! They were simple enough for someone to do them without having others look at their code, but were also informative in understanding the linear algebra and implementation of algorithms. For someone hoping to start out in ML, I would highly recommend. It's no wonder every website recommends this course as the best online course for ML!
The best machine learning course on ML fundamental knowledge!
Really a great course
It is a very good class
The best Mooc I enrolled so far.
Fantastic course. Great materials, great assignments. S
very helpful
Very useful, covers the basics of machine learning. Easy to follow.
First MOOC course I have ever taken and it feels like it is the standard to which other MOOC courses should adhere to. Great entry-level course for anyone interested in machine learning. Its worth to me in industry (as a biomedical engineer) remains to be seen but I am confident that I will be able to use the concepts learned in this course to great effect in the future.
Very good course! The focus is much higher on the practical aspects than the mathematics behind (which is often the opposite case for university classes).
Very good, easy to grasp, theoretical explanations combined with relevant exercise to put into practice the topic straight away
The course was smooth and was taught in a simple way that learner didn't need lots of background in other fields. I enjoyed it and will listen to it more times.
This class is presented very clearly. Concepts are explained well, and Andrew Ng abstracts away some math that is not entirely necessary for applying ML concepts very well.
A very clear course, demystifying the basic of machine learning. The level of practical hands-on was sufficient to understand the concepts, but not get overly bogged down in programming minutiae and debugging. Would love to see a ML 2 course to extend the depth new topics!
Incredible course! The instructor is so gifted in explaining! I understood the concepts I really needed for my graduate research from completely unrelated field. Many thanks to Professor Ng and his team for doing such a great job on this.
Very good course. Very practical and to the point.
Excellent course and very well taught. Really like the resources and Prof. Ng's explanations
Excellent overview of major machine learning topics.
Great course! Provides an excellent understanding of the possibilities of machine learning and key details to choose the correct analysis/project design. Only frustrating thing is that programming assignments can be quite frustrating in a way that isn't really furthering your understanding of machine learning. Of course, this is probably mostly due to the nature of programming.
simply awesome. thank you andrew
This is a good course in theoretical machines learning but not much integrated with big data computation work. If you have other course related to machines learning with big data, definitely, I must participate it in future. Thanks for your teaching. Excellent Course !!!!
very good course. thanks for Coursera, thanks for Andrew Ng
Very good Course to start with
I loved this course. It is a great introduction to Machine Learning and how to use it practically with hands-on programming assignments.
Ag's course is super good , he can explain every concept clearly ,he always encourges us "not to worry about it" , and gave me more confidence . Finally I completed this course , thank ng , thank coursera!
A very useful course!
The best place to learn Machine Learning. The programming exercises were really good. And the lectures were very easy and enjoyable.
I'm just finishing up week 3 of this course. It is really excellent. The instructor Andrew is very good. He doesn't talk over your head like some professors do, and makes sure to explain carefully the concepts
I thought this course was an exceptional overview of the different aspects of machine learning and a great way of getting your feet wet before diving into deep learning and neural networks. I would recommend this course to those who are new (or relatively new) to machine learning or those who need a good review of the materials.
Fantastic course. Helped me get from zero technical knowledge of machine learning all the way to the point where I feel comfortable implementing and can think through those implementations. The course itself is very math-intensive and gives a deep technical understanding of machine learning, rather than just a code-based approach. I feel like this is useful, but I would not recommend this course to people with no coding experience or people who are uncomfortable with linear algebra (primarily matrix operations for vectorized implementations of algorithms). My only criticism is that the course moved slowly at some points, but I took time off to take the course in several days rather than over a few months. I imagine the reminders and short review of topics that have already been covered would be very useful to people taking the course at the recommended pace.
I've been enrolled in many many many online courses before, and I honestly never finished any of them. Every time I register, I watch the first week, maybe the first two weeks, and then I dump it. This course is the first course that I actually finish. I worked so hard, and it took me so much time, but trust me, everything is worth this course. Everything here makes the course more helpful and amazing. Also, seeing all the people in the threads from every country and from different backgrounds, having the same passion or spending their times with you on this course is absolutely amazing. I totally recommend it.
Thorough, in-depth, and extremely useful! I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in learning or refreshing their knowledge of machine learning.
Very clear, interesting, useful, and explained with infectious enthusiasm! I'm already applying what I learned. Totally worth it!
Professor Andrew NG tries to teach machine learning as simple as possible and you do not need to have good mathematic bases to understand the course . He also put tones of works conveying the intuitive of machine learning. In addition, this course has very well-designed exercises.
Great course, and my first experience with an MOOC. I learned a lot, and am already brainstorming ways to apply it.
This course is very well organized and exposes students to some fundamentals of Machine Learning and practical applications of them. Assignments and guidance to complete them from resources, tutorials and test cases are absolutely helpful to learn these basics and their application with an hands on approach and gives students much more confidence on what he is learning and has been able to absorb. There is a lot of complex materials covered in this class which at the beginning looked fairly insurmountable but working the Assignments with help from resources in form of tutorials, test cases to run and of course the very valuable forum discussions and moderator Tom M's continuous help made learning a lot easier than I thought. Finally thanks to Prof Andrew Ng for offering such an well organized course like Machine Learning through video lectures, lecture notes (pdf) and exercise files to make learning more meaningful and much easier to absorb.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course.I would love it to also provide some data with objectives / case studies for us to tackle the entire ML problem by ourselves to really cement the understanding.
Great Introductory to Machine Learning and a great way to learn it by implementing Machine Learning algorithms.
Great course for those eyeing for a quick know-how. Wouldnt recommend it to those particularly interested in learning the mathematics behind the algorithms. Prof Ng is undoubtedly a great teacher, makes the concepts look simple and easy to understand. In short, I d rate 5/5 as an engineer and 4/5 as someone interested in the math.
Tremendous! The pedagogical approach is great and the exercises are well designed: completing existing code allow anchoring the learning without wasting hour s on developing.
Very impressive for Andrew Ng. Thanks for Coursera's lessons to all over the world!
This is the very first course I have completed on MOOC, and coursera is the first MOOC I have ever used. This course opens the door of machine learning for me, and inspires me a lot! Thanks Andrew!
The content of this course, like many other courses in coursera is top-notch! Professor Andrew Ng has unique ability to explain machine learning concepts in a simple and understandable manner. The course structure seems to have been really thought through as at no point did I feel as though I had a gap in knowledge. I would recommend this course to anybody interested in Machine Learning. Dive in, you won't regret it.
I have taken the non-certification course of Machine Leaning by Dr. Andrew Ng. The material covered is this course is adequate and very insightful. In my opinion this course should be a start point for any individual who want to learn Machine Learning. This course provides all the necessary fundamentals with a little bit of math that gives an intuitive sense of the algorithms. I would gladly recommend this course.
Great course with videos and practice framework, easy to understand and learn. Thanks Andrew Ng!
This course has been excellent introduction to Machine Learning. It's one of the best courses I took online. I like that Andrew talks about the guts of the algorithms, explains intuition behind every problem, (and jokes about ML engineers in the Valley all the time). It's been a lot of fun! Totally recommend!
Very complete course, with a lot of theory notions and practical exercises.But the material needs to be updated and revised with the errata
The greatest machine learning course that I have learned!
Excellent course for machine learning beginner. Easy to understand.
Great at giving a fundamental, necessary understanding of machine learning. The quiz system drove me crazy--not as helpful at reinforcing understanding. Big value is in the programming assignments--helped much more to reinforce understanding.
Easy to understand. Great course .
Excellent! Great material, great teaching. Mr Ng made complicated things look simple and elegant
Nice, professional, low emphasis on programming aspect, high focus on practice. Lots of explanations, tutorials, free code samples and explanations are provided.
It's a good course for machine learning beginner(s) and there're few samples that really worth to do a self-study or trial projects.
First contact with GNU Octave (not with programming) and I finished the course and the programming exercises so the course must be well designed. The lectures were punctual and student time was expended with efficiency. Just note the audio is a bit low quality at times, I'm not native of the language and I need the subtitles (in english, as the errors in translations to my natural language makes preferable to use the english subtitles so I can compensate for the times when I cannot understand the audio). Subtitles seems automated (pardon me if they aren't) but the accuracy for english is superior.
Prof. Andrew is an awesome lecturer!
I really enjoyed this course on Machine Learning. It has sparked my interest in data science and analysis, and I hope to continue to learn more in the months and years to come!
This course is well organized and clearly taught. I learned a lot from this course. Thanks very much!
This course is excellent for those who want a theoretical introduction to Machine Learning and has some background with calculus. Andrew Ng makes everything looks really easy. The exercises are good because you can actually see things running, and they are not really difficult. Tutorials make them easy also. I wish the assignments were in Python although. Matlab/Octave is a programming language that you can't really deploy as an application, but they let you focus in the algorithms in instead of data structures. I now have a great idea about plenty of algorithms, know how to use them, know how to optimize them and can understand many materials online. Thanks Andrew, Tom and other people responsible for making it all available.
Absolutely worth your time to learn basic knowledge of Machine Learning. But I do find that this course is actually a simplified version of regular ML course. So if you want to dig deeper into ML, this might not be the best choice for you. But it is definitely the best course for beginners!
You can tell the Professor wants to help, and is truly a great communicator as to how he thinks about ML.
Awesome course.
The course is simply excellent.
one of the most enjoyable course ever!
This course is very good!! Recommended for those of you who wants to learn about ML even from zero! Only required small knowledge of maths (differential, linear algebra, statistics) or programming. These are some of the reasons:Easy to understand explanations. Interesting motivations before starting to introduce new model. Intuitions on model give a better picture of the problem. The programming assignments are based on real machine learning problems and let you learn the real implementation of a ML algorithm.
This is a great course for me to update the knowledge of machine learning。 I hope more people can have opportunity to learn from it。
Exceptional lectures by Prof Andrew helped me in understanding the Machine Learning fundamentals.The quizzes and programming exercises are challenging enough and force you to revisit the lectures for good.I hope to implement the learning in my area of interest.
Great lessons for start learning Machine Learning concepts (and not so beginner concepts). Great materials to review during/after the course.
Good lecturer. Good balance between learning videos and practical exercises.
Nice course which gives the high level picture of ML
very helpful course
Excellent Course!! Thanks a lot Sir!!
best intro for machine learning, i feel partially confident to apply these skills to real world problems, thanks Andrew!
It's a clear 5 for someone who never did ML (but has the preconditions). It's a 4.5 for someone with some knowledge that wants to catch up. Not recommended if you're not fairly well versed in linear algebra. Calculus recommended to really understand what's being talked about.
Personally I didn´t have experience about ML. The course is didactic and helps to understand lots of concepts. Nevertheless, I strongly suggest to improve scripts since there are some issues to upload homeworks and even there is an answer within the forums, should be a good idea to fix this.
Excellent course in every way!
Great introduction to ML. Feels like a good stepping stone in to the field and sets you up to learn from different resources. However, you are by no means an expert in Machine Learning at all once you have completed the course
An impressive course by a very good instructor. Despite having an MS operations research degree, I really have learned a lot even on the topics that I have previously done in my course work. The assignment were very good and structured to help student understand the core concept and also implementation details. I would say in the end, Thank you very much, Andrew Ng for such a wonderful course and for coursera.
Awesome course, thank you for all this knowledge that you've shared with us and you're tips and advices that make us more comfortable with machine learning algorithms
The course is awesome. I would like if we can include next step forwards as end of course.
Very good teacher, very good course
Step by step description of different machine learning techniques that allow you to get concrete usage of them.
On of the most exciting fields today - Machine Learning - has been taught so very comprehensively by Professor Ang , that this course becomes almost mandatory to complete in order to gain insight and get the basics of this field. The BEST course ever. Professor Ang had my attention to the very last lecture and this emphasizes on how brilliantly this course has been designed and taught by him. Kudos to the mentors who guided everyone through this process.
After digging around in the MOOC world for a bit in search of a more current course, I came to the conclusion that this course is still the best. Reasons are it offers a solid theoretical foundation, and it doesn't use all the built-in libraries when it comes to implementing the core concepts. I feel confident that I can now tackle a more current course with a better idea of what goes on behind the hood. A truly great course!
Really great. As a math major, some of the material early on is too slow but the pace is certainly good later on after neural networks. If you feel not challenged enough, you can always think about why something is true while Andrew describes them. And if you have enough experience of linear algebra, Andrew makes reference to many aspects of it in the course for you to think over. There may be some repetition between different sections, but that helps with drilling the important facts into you. Also, the whole course as taught at Stanford is available online with the all the mathematics put back in and so you can always go visit there if you wish.
This course was great!
The most clearly explained MOOC I've participated until now.
This course is the core of machine learning, provided fundamental understanding of machine learning. Extremely useful for technical staff, executives and investors, grateful to Professor Ng.
I was surprised by the amount I ended up learning from this course. While the course may seem a bit easy, this is a result of Professor Ng's clear and concise teaching style. This course will give you a strong foundation in machine learning — enough for you to begin to self-teach yourself new algorithms and techniques with ease, and even allow you to parse through academic papers! I am left with an accomplished feeling, and slight sadness over the fact that I will never be able to take a full university course with Professor Ng.
Completing this course is a thrill. While I have studied this math earning my computer science degree, it's been a very long time since these memories have been of value - I'm currently in a IT Director role at a foods manufacturing company. This course is an excellent starting point on a journey to use machine learning to solve real problems. Many thanks to Andrew Ng and Coursera for this excellent course, it was a lot of fun.
I think this course is the best entry into the concepts of ML you can find. Andrew Ng is a wonderful, passionate teacher and explains most concepts in a way that is easy to grasp. I liked the emphasis on supervised learning and taking time to explain the very foundation with linear regression, logistic regression in great detail. When you look around the internet everyone is talking about cNN, Deep Learning, GANs, ... but the truth is - you first need to get your foundation right before moving on the more advanced topics. ML is actually a lot of mathematics, stochastic - so getting initial knowledge about these topics is important. Some things in the course where not that well explained, for example Back Propagation. In general I can recommend this course to anyone who wants to START with Machine Learning and needs some orientation on the subject.
This course will help you clarify your idea about machine learning field
Very interesting course! Don't require much math background. Love the programming tasks especially, very useful!
Perfect!
Great course! strongly recommended to biginners
great starting course for beginners who want to explore the ocean of machine learning .andrew sir teaching is marvellous
i think the course is great!
This is a great course where you can learn easily the fundamentals about machine learning.
This is my first experience with an MOOC and I thought it was awesome and I'm sad it's over. If Professor Ng created any other ML courses I would sign up instantly. I also found it really easy and super beneficial to take the homework data sets and objectives but do them entirely in python using pre-existing scikit-learn where possible.Pros:Emphasizes practical application and does not go into to much math detail. Professor Ng is an excellent speaker and obviously a very clear thinker. You get the sense that content is carefully curated by someone who knows what is actually useful for doing ML in the real world. The data sets and the broad objectives for the HW sets are a good balance of not too messy or challenging, but enough practice that you come away feeling you could actually use some of this stuff on your own real problems.Cons:HW in matlab / octave :( I did all the homeworks in Python (mostly scikit-learn) instead. Quizzes are just mediocre, sometimes vague phrasing, sometimes quizzing you on octave syntax, sometimes too easy.
Extremely interesting while also being organized and well taught. I feel extremely prepared for any future endeavors in machine learning and that this has given me the perfect foundations for such things. Highly recommend to anybody interested in learning about machine learning.
Andrew takes the time to clearly explain the concepts. Most quizzes and programming assignments helped reinforce your understanding of these topics. I had taken a few ML courses before this but this was by far the best one I had. A must for anyone new to this topic. I wish he did a follow up of this into deep learning and so on.
Fantastic course - intuitive explanation of general concepts in ML - I am not a computer science student but this course has convinced me to enter work in which these skills can be applied. Thank-you very much Andrew!
This was a great introduction to machine learning. I enjoyed the real world problems that were given in the practice sets. The course does an awesome job of not requiring extensive programming knowledge, and teaches you few tricks along the way. It was also a great opportunity to practice vectorization, which is a skill always worth bushing up on from time to time.
Excellent Course, suggested to me by my manager at work. I had some interest in AI, but didn't have any real direction as to where to go or how to implement it in my current job. Now that path is much more clear, and I look forward to utilizing this machine learning knowledge in practice, both professionally and personally.
Professor Andrew NG，thank you very very much! I have learned many machine learning theory form this course.It is so kindly to understand, and the method explained very carefully. I really enjoy it! ：）
Extremely well thought out course. Highly recommended. Could be improved by giving more involved examples and refining the course on backpropagation which have some typos and brought about a little awkwardly. But still a great course!
Great Course!
Very nice and complete course.
I just finished this course and, although this was the first course I've taken on coursera, I know that not all courses will be like this one. I can tell that tons of work was put into developing this class (thank you), because all of the material was incredibly useful, presented with perfection and very easily digestible. My original intent was to not pay for the certificate, but very quickly I felt that any prospective employer should know that I have knowledge of the powerful tools I've learned from this class.
Thank you, Andrew Ng. It was very useful course that helped me to do my first approach in ML and to understand in which direction should I develop my skills.
I am trying from last 5 days to start my enrolled course but error message is displaying Everytime. Kindly solve my problem.
Andrew Ng is one of the best teachers out there, he made it a point to really make concepts sound simple enough for a layperson to understand, very simple explanation of concepts is what kept me going. I really liked this course.The support forums and Tim Mosher deserve a special mention - whenever I got stuck with my assignments I would look to the test scenarios available to test my coding, it really helped me to complete the course especially with the assignments.I will not say that I am a master of machine learning now, but I am definitely more equipped and with experience I will get much better using the skills and techniques that I learned in this course
Straightforward and the homework submission process is great... very simple and streamlined :) The only recommendation for improvement is that some of the videos dwell for quite a while on very simple operations but skip over some of the more interesting or complex operations. it would be nice to see more time on proofs and less on super simple things.
A must-follow course for anyone who wants to understand the basics (and much more!) of Machine Learning.
I learned a lot from this course and especially appreciated the programming assignments. The quiz questions were thought-provoking. The mentors were super responsive and there to help learn. Couldn't have asked for a better intro to machine learning.
easy to understand, good for beginners.
Took some off from work in December and could complete it in 10 days. it was awesome experience specially the coding exercises. Hats off to #Andrew and #coursera for the course, I think even for people who are working in industry this should help to refresh the concepts. Looking forward to more advanced and recognized course from Andrew and Stanford and Coursera.
Very good machine learning course for beginners!
It's my very first online course, and I'm so lucky to go through it with Andrew. This course covers almost everything you need to know if you want to start your adventure in machine learning, highly recommended!!
easy to pick up and really gain a lot!!
excellent course! I like it very much.
Nice intro course about ML.
This course is just great. It covers a broad spectrum of machine learning basics, algorithms and applications while in addition gives useful practical advice for implementing your own solutions. I learned a lot here which will help me in my daily life as a software developer and I'm curious to find some useful applications in the field of optical measurement technology where I can apply this valuable knowledge.
The course is great! When you finish all these materials, you will have a better understanding of machine learning.
Learnt a lot in this coure. Pretty technical and focus on the key techniques
Very useful introduction to machine learning.
This course is helpful for the one who are new in this field
This is a great course! Very clear lecture videos and the assignments help you apply what you've learnt. I would highly recommend!
I think it's a great Class
It is really a good lesson!
Too easy ... but otherwise good! The programming assignments do a bit too much of the work for you, but solve some pretty interesting practical problems.
Excellent course, Dr. Ng is such a magnificent teacher, the way he explains the topics is splendid and he make them look easy even when they are not. Thank you so much for this course, for all your time and effort.
My first machine learning course, and it was clear and detailled.Thank you!
Excellent course about Machine Learning!! Very well structured, comprehensive and well explained. Thank you for your teaching!!
As a newcomer to the topic, I found the course extremely helpful and insightful. Although, it would be better if the assignment problems and projects are extended (i.e. more assignment problems) and are less spoon fed.
A fantastic opportunity to get a global overview of one the most exciting topics of data science.Lectures by Mr Andrew Ng are well structured, perfectly declined in both illustrating the need behind each development and in rigorously explaining its logic. He drives you through a step by step path and always helps in understanding the overall context with clear examples. Each video is stopped now and by a not graded quiz aimed to check you are perfectly in line with the concepts. Grades are obtained through the questionnaires (five questions each time, you need to get no less than four correct answers out of them) and a programming exercise in Octave/Matlab. Especially in order to well deal the programming exercises, the discussion forum and the kind availability of the course mentors are a great resource!In conclusion a seriously challenging course, that will take lot of your time but it's definitely worth! Many thanks Coursera and really thanks and congratulations Mr Ng.
A very good tutor. A very good class. Thank you for your teaching. It's very useful to my research.
Very clear introduction to ML
Exceptionally good presentation of topics, assignments reinforce the concepts taught and support on the forum is very good. Enjoyed this class thoroughly.
Excellent course to get started on machine learning. The forums are very helpful. Looking forward to an advanced treatment of this course in the future with a Capstone perhaps.
This course is designed for beginner-level learners. Through this course, you will somehow have a clear picture of what's going on in machine learning (including a bit of deep learning e.g. neural network). It doesn't require much high level of math knowledge to complete this course, and the matlab practice is definitely worthwhile to give it a try. You're also more than welcomed to examine the codes written not for the exercise, and that surely helps you better understand how Octave or matlab works. Overall speaking, it is a good course and navigates you through the fancy world of machine learning. Good thanks to Prof. Andrew Ng for providing this fabulous course.
This is a must for anybody interested in Machine Learning!
A good popular-level introduction to basic, classical concepts of machine learning. Provides intuitions without going into any mathematical depth or serious programming.
Great to getting started in Machine Learning!
Amazing course. If want to learn ML, you should start completing this course.
This course made a very complex topic very digestible. Thank you Andrew and Coursera :D
It was a great course! Quite practical and useful! Thanks to Andrew Ng my 10-months old son got to know of machine learning :)
Nice intro to ML I felt the course was a bit easy, but the course is really nice, Thanks to Prof. Ng
Wonderful course !! I have been trying to gain practical machine learning algorithms but some online materials were too mathematical and others were too introductory. The hands on labs helped me gain the concrete understanding of concepts and confidence that I could build a simple ML system by my self in the future. Also, practical information during the class will save me tons of my hours if I will build any ML applications in the future. I really appreciated this class and it was a happy time. I really thank Prof. Ng with all my heart !!! Thank you very much..
Excellent! I have learning too much. I respect Andrew Ng.
the course teached by Andrew broaden my horizon
Brilliantly designed and superb lecture videos.The Professor is a great teacher.
Great course that goes over the fundamentals of machine learning.
very nice course which explains the basic theoretical concepts and implementation ideas
very good to go through classes and reviews
Fantastic course and systematic view on the machine learning domain. Appreciate the broad yet detailed knowledge. Also the programming assignments are great to help me understand deeply and practically. Great instructor!!! Highly recommended!
Challenging, interesting and overall a great experience. Totally worth it even if you do not have a big background on Linear Algebra or basic Calculus.
Be aware that if you start this course, you will spend a lot of time with learning. The instructor, Andrew is amazing! He explains extremely complex things in an easy-to-understand, enjoyable manner. The content is well organized and pretty wide covering many aspects of machine learning. If you are new in ML, and want to understand it, this is your course, money well spent.
Highly recommended for everyone who wants to pursuing career in Machine Learning field!
It was a great course, the videos are good Andrew NG was great i had a lot of fun.I started with no knowledge in this area and i feel i ended up with a good understanding of how these sort of systems work.One thing i would say it could help improving are the programming assignments which were mostly already put together by the "Starter code" not much was left for me to do. I felt they were not hard enough and were not a good a preparation for me to build complex systems on my own as they could of been.
Tough but totally worth it
Very, very good lecturer. I learned a lot!
great class !it has Opened the door to the new world for me.I love machine learning
A solid foundation course for anyone who wishes to pursue Machine learning.
The only thing I can say about this course is THE BEST COURSE I have ever taken online. Very well structured and taught and very lucky to be one of the students.
very useful for my career and nice to new learners.
Exceptionally well prepared and beautifully executed.The lectures are interesting and to the point. The programming assignments are both helpful and student-friendly.Andrew is both an expert and a great teacher. Not a commonly found combination.
I like the course! Professor Andrew Ng is very detailed and didactic. The course has a nice pace and the programming excercises was very useful to solodify the learned contents. I only missed some guidance to continue the study on more advanced subjects.
Coming from an Applied Maths background, I found this course rather boring the first three weeks. However, after that it was _very_ interesting and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the field.
Excellent introduction to machine learning. Very helpful while working together with machine learners
great!!! I learned a lot !!! I recommend
This course is the best introductory course i've ever seen for this field. It showed me what we can do with machine learning .
The best course I have ever taken.Designed to understand easily and the assignments is fairly moderate with sufficient resource.This is the best course to come to the world of ML.
Great content and explanations. Exercises guided hands-on efforts through all of the major algorithms and concepts, including very useful tools such as training rate analysis, cost and gradient descent verification, etc. Exercises were well structured to focus on key concepts - i.e. didn't have to spend a lot of time sweating the details of loading datasets, plotting results, ... The code I take away is an excellent foundation with which to explore other datasets with confidence.I was originally a bit dubious about Octave-based exercises based on some reviews I'd read from others (who were more R or python-centric), but I found it to be an excellent choice given the linear algebra underpinnings of all of the algorithms and exercises.The linear algebra foundation and vectorization implementations I think better prepare me in approaching large scale ML problems leveraging existing / emerging linear algebra and ML libraries.Thanks again!
It is well done course!
Great course with directions from Andrew about what to start with in Machine learning.A more comprehensive course with pattern recognition in general could however be devised.
So excellent course! Thanks Professor Ag and others.
Brilliant videos and readings. Clear and thorough teaching, with the perfect balance between reinforcement and fast progress.
It's amazing. The best course I have!
Amazing course, and amazing lecturer, Thanks to NG!!
Very respectful instructor and wonderful course.
Excellent course, highly recommended!
Comprehensive, and well explained course. A great way to begin learning ML for those interested.
The Machine Learning course taught by Professor Ng is a good way to survey a variety of the commonly used techniques in the field. Though I had been exposed to algorithms like k-means, SVM, PCA, and regression before, it was good to see a unified treatment of all the subjects.The video lectures are good. In the early weeks I felt a bit overwhelmed by new information, but by the end of the session I was feeling that the lectures were being stretched out. In particular, I started noticing the professor would repeat every point 2 or 3 times. That may be a good style in general, but I found it time-wasting.The quizzes were good, but a few of the questions here and there were phrased poorly, in an ambiguous manner that made it hard to understand what exactly was being asked. One questioned used vocabulary we hadn't been introduced to. (Sorry, I don't remember in which unit this happened - it wasn't a big deal at the time.)I enjoyed the programming assignments the most and, quite frankly, lost interest at the end when there were no more to be done. Most of them were challenging - at least if you avoided using the tutorials which really take you through every step. I found the SVM programming assignment thin - we really didn't do anything there except multiply a couple matrices.I have mixed feelings about the transcripts that accompany the videos. On the one hand, they are very helpful for skipping ahead when one sees a certain idea repeated 3 or 4 times. On the other hand, they are obviously automatically generated and riddled with errors. For a machine learning course, this is particularly ironic.
Very good intro course to Machine Learning – it gives you the intuition behind all algorithms from the very beginning. Definitely recommend!
Very good. Wish it went deeper into the math behind the algorithms, but wasn't the goal of this course. Thanks!
An older course but definitely worth completing, it covers a wide variety of topics cleanly and with great intuitive explanations as well as practical advice for real world applications.
Very helpful course on fundamental elements of machine learning, and Andrew does a great job articulating ideas without overwhelming math. Great experience learning machine learning on Coursera!
Andrew is a great teacher. I loved how he broke down everything into simple easily consumable information. I came into this course with a relatively good understanding of Linear Algebra and Statistics so it made things a lot more easier. Highly recommend the course to anyone looking to get some hands on experience with Machine Learning.
I really enjoyed the course and found it an excellent introduction to machine learning. There is a good balance between theory and practice, with programming assignments most weeks. One minor area of improvement would be to have more optional lectures on the mathematics behind the algorithms, particularly for backpropagation and PCA. There seem to many people taking the course with at least some engineering / mathematics background and even a sketch of a proof can give more insight into how an algorithm works. This can of course be found elsewhere, but Prof Ng explains this stuff so well!
A wonderful course on the fascinating and wide field of Machine Learning, this class has been eye opening and has done a wonderful job at sparking a deeper interest in this vast, vast field. As Prof. Ng says in the last video, I hope to build something cool and useful for people with what I've picked up here. The course has done a very good job at balancing the level of depth along with the number of topics. Barring a few topics in the end such as recommender systems which I feel was a topic too complex but had to be brushed through, I genuinely enjoyed every other one. Thank you for this course!
I heard about this course from an uncle of mine. I somewhat hesitant and reluctant to do this course fearing it's difficulty level. But once I started it, things were greatly simplified due to the great course content as well as the superb teaching of Professor Andrew Ng. I believe that the programming assignments could be made more difficult as in us having to do everything from loading the datasets to plotting the learning curves apart from applying the learning algorithms.
Very helpful introduction to the field of machine learning.
very helpful course on fundamental elements of machine learning, and Andrew does a great job articulating ideas without overwhelming math. Great experience learning machine learning on Coursera!
The course is well-designed, covering from basics to applications. The lecture notes are clear and the difficulty levels of the assignments are acceptable. The instructor is very nice! You can learn machine learning step by step by going through this course.
Best.. but why its not providing certificate.
This course is an excellent and thorough introduction to basic machine learning topics.
The learning material is so detailed it's worth the course by itself, prof. Ng does not get caught up in needless details, he gets straight to the point and you can go after the math later. It's the perfect course. Thank you Coursera for a incredible learning experience.
One of the best basic courses ever I had. great lecturer, material and exercises.
This course is really great to get an insight into machine learning algorithms, when and how to apply them. The videos are fun to watch, as well as the programming assignments.
Great course with all necessary concepts explained very well.
It was a great course as an introduction to ML. You will definitely finish the course knowing how to apply many learning algorithms in supervised and unsupervised learning. Having said this, the discussions about each of the algorithms are an introduction to each of the algorithms, not as in depth as it could have been. But still, is is an introductory course to the subject, so a later course to learn more about how to apply and modify each algorithm would definitely be appropriate.
homework is too easy
I strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to get into the world of machine learning. It helped me understand the fundamental algorithms of machine learning and how to build a complete application. It is also worth mentioning that the professor Andrew was really helpful and comprehensible.
Great Course for beginner of machine learning!
Very nicely structured course. It inspired me to continue and try out some ML at work.
Wonderful Course !
very nice, useful. Thanks to Andrew Ng!
Great course, Andrew explains concepts very clearly (in layman's terms) and makes both theory and application easy to understand. I do think it would've been nice to include some more advanced math/statistics for whoever wanted to learn more though :)
AWESOME COURSE!
The whole course impressively includes theory, algorithms and applications. The assignments are well-designed and the auto-grader for the coding tasks is rather flexible compared to other ML courses I've looked at. The learning experience is awesome!
Except for teaching many machine learning algorithms, the teacher gives a lots of practical advice that can save you a tons of time when dealing with machine learning problems.
A fantastically compiled course. Three things that stands out - a) the way various modules are organized b) how a lot of mathematical complexity is abstracted to keep the content simple c) lot of invaluable experiential tips - a game changer.
Excellent course as an introduction to machine learning. All concepts are very clear to understand and homework assignments are good to reinforce learning material. I'm only missing guidance in how I can apply machine learning in Python, for example, since the course is only in octave. Other than that, great and recommended course.
very usefully course for novices，little mathematical proof,more machine learning basic concepts and intelligible theories.
Just three adjectives to describe it: Awesome, Understandable, and highly motivating
Great course to get started.
I am a beginner in Machine Learning and having this as my first course on Machine Learning. Thanks so much, Andrew who made this great course to help understand the concepts of machine learning so well.
really good course for beginner
One of the best introductory ML courses.
One of the best machine learning courses i have enrolled for
One of the best courses I have ever taken. Prof. Andrew Ng guides us through all the principles and shows the main algorithms for problems like stock predictions, photo OCR, classification and much more. It was definitely worth the investment!
This course is high quality stuff! As an introduction to machine learning it is perfect. It covers many of the basics of supervised and unsupervised learning and presents information cleanly and accessibly. Professor Ng also goes through the trouble of presenting the more advanced concepts for those of us who are familiar with more advanced math in separate optional videos. The workload is reasonable and can easily be managed with a full time job. All the assignments were very well structured, interesting and showcased real world applications. I would recommend this to anyone interested in learning about machine learning.
best course.....awesome explanations
This is the one of the good courses i encountered online on Basic Machine learning techniques.Course is thorough with its easy programming assignment which i think could be more involved.Cheers!!
Very good course. I watch all the videos and finish all the tests. Some things I did not understand very well at the first. Then I start my second time to watch the materials and videos, it is much easier to understand now.
got better as I went along. The first few weeks were a little rough
Seriously, this has been the best course of my life. You learn the principles of Machine learning. You also learn the underlying math and concepts that support this theory (this is optional and you don't need a strong mathematical background to take this course)
High Quality Content, Really Good.
I liked very much the presentation style of Andrew Ngy with the handwritten formulas, giving a better understanding of the behind of the mathematical principles of machine learning.It was a perfect start for this mater.
Perfect experience for my first coursera class!
Very good course!
Amazing clear cut basic concept building tutorial videos and exercises and concept strengthening examples which are meant for the beginner to move on without any trouble and later do some projects.
This course not only teaches some of the mathematics (not nitty-gritty details) behind the main machine learning algorithms, but also contains many useful practical exercises to show real-world applications.
Awesome Course , covering many concepts overall of machine learning.
This course is absolutely amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone interested in machine learning. Thank you Andrew and everyone else involved in making this course available!
Excellent excellent course!!!! will Recommend it to everything who wants to master basics of Machine Learning!!!
Excellent course, it really helps me a lot in machine learning. Thank you Andrew Ng. I hope there are more courses about reinforcement learning.
Good introduction to machine learning with many examples and assignments.
Great course! Well constructed with good practicals, lectures and lecture notes which provide a rounded, though at times challenging, learning experience.
Great introduction to the world of AI for a newbie like me. I know a little about programming and math, so that help me to understand the concept. The instructor explains the concept in a way that easy for to understand. I recommend it!
excellent class which gives introduction of machine learning technologies. it also come with hand-on exercise to help understanding course better
Excellent course!The difficult concepts are explained in a very simple language for everyone to grasp. The exercises and the test cases are very helpful in further boosting the confidence in the subject. The mentors are very helpful and quickly answer the queries. Best course to start your journey in Machine Learning.Thank you...
Unprecedented course on Machine learning. Truly a great learning experience
This course was very useful and interesting. It gives you both real-life examples and mathematical explanations behind. The computing exercises enable you to be more familiar with machine learning and to try it with your own datasets. Thank you !
Teaching is clear and concise, materials are great!
Greate course!!
So far... very good course
Marvelous contents for machine learning
One of the best introduction
Exactly what I wanted
Very helpful. I liked the way Andrew taught us the concepts.
I thank Prof. Ng very much for this great course!
This course presents relevant topics for machine learning in a very didatic way and in a very interesting sequence. The teacher really knows the topic, the comunity is engaging and the material is really well crafted. I totally recommend this to you if you already have a little programming background (matlab is a plus). If you don't, i sincerely recommend that you study a little matlab and linear algebra, although this is not 100% required for passing the tests, it is essential for your complete understanding of the subject. (Note, i'm currently at week 5 of the course).
One of the best courses I have ever taken, online or traditional. Very well structured and evaluated, grat exercises, and Professor Ng is really clear and precise.
Great lecture. This was very interesting to work on this lecture. The teacher is really great and makes good explanations. The construction of the lecture is very progressive. Exercices in programming are interesting and there are a lot of things to learn.
Great course. More in-depth math explanation would be better.
Hands one the best machine learning course there is, can be very difficult for absolute beginners but is very approachable none-the-less. If you can only dedicate time to one course/book for ML make it this
This class was a challenge for me. I spend a lot of time but do not regret any minute of it. After the course I am ready to implement the method to my data. Therefore, it was a great course and great teacher! Thank you, Andrew NG!
Great overview and provide many useful insights for students to dig deeper into this topic.
It's a high-quality course. A good starting point for machine learning.
Awesome Course! It was very interesting and gave a broad knowledge how machine learning works. Lots of informative stuff's that helps to make machine learning application
Good introduction course to the world of ML : )Thank you!
These lectures help me learn the basic knowledge about machine learning!
The most interesting course I have done!
My first steps into machine learning, some parts were complicated enough to make you really understand what you have to do. Interesting till the end.
i love this course very much, thanks all!
Highly useful course even if you don't have a huge statistical background. Very good mix of theory and practice / examples.
Great course! It was a pleasure to follow the lectures from week to week and tackling the programming assignments. Those were really amusing to go through, and I have learnt a lot. The lectures were very well designed, and gave a deep insight into the machine learning world. I would recommend to people who are willing to learn the one of the most demanding engineering skill of current days.
This course made me really rich
This course changed my perspective of the "gears" in the modern world. Hopefully I will find new ways of using machine learning in my field, robotics. Thank you Andrew for taking the time to teaching this course and sharing your valuable experience with us.
This is an exceptional course. And Andrew Ng seems to be the perfect guy to introduce us to Machine Learning.
Great course; helped me brush all the cob webs from my Calculus (though you don't really need it to complete the course), and gave great insight into the mechanics of machine learning with great examples throughout.
This course is great at covering the fundamentals of Machine Learning at an intuitive level and not going heavy on Mathematics of it. When it comes to the example assignments though, I prefer the hands on approach of the Udemy course Machine Learning A-Z™: Hands-On Python & R In Data Science. I guess I just do not like Octave somehow and prefer the Python approach coming from an Embedded/Programming background. Taking both the courses side by side is just perfect for getting started with Machine Learning and covers both theoretical and practical aspects for starters like me. Anyways hats off to Mr. Andrew for this course. Thank you.
This course is a perfect introduction into the topic of machine learning.
GOOD COURSE AND GOOD MENTOR
The course is so great for the beginners who want to know about the machine learning.As a beginner, I learned a lot from from this course and the mentor.Thank you!
Outstanding coverage of the Machine Learning field. Andrew Ng does an excellent job of explaining the math and then tying it back to real world examples. It would be great to add a week on reinforcement learning too!
This is great course for beginner
Great Great Great. This course is one of the best courses I took in my schooling life (better than 99% of my courses at Uni). Definitely recommend it.
A worthwhile ML course. Could be shortened to 8 weeks.
Great!
Excellent course on ML, easy to follow with minimal knowledge of coding. My statistics background did make it a lot easier to follow, which offset my lack of coding knowledge!
This is one of the best courses I have ever had in my life. I love the video lectures and the assignments were nice and challenging.
This course is excellent for a beginner of ML like me!
Very useful given all the mathematics background of the algorithm. It helps me to understand the process much better. Although this is kind of out-of-date a little bit given the rapid development of ML and NN recent years, more useful than the one from University of Washington.
Great Course, one of the best I ever did!
The best course I've taken so far.
very helpful!
This course provides me the deep concept of ML. In addition, it also shows how it is easy to learn the mathematical detail of the MI.
It's my first class to get into the machine learning world, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!
Great course, very well-paced and perfectly explained, Andrew is really good at teaching. Good materials and very interesting practical exercises. It's quite long but it sure is worth it. Very recommended.
Very practical and instructive course. Thank you to the organizers.
Comprehensive coverage of the topic. Goes deep enough to clarify the concepts but does not drown you with information. In addition to teaching the various methods and their pros and cons, it also teaches you the practical methods of applying the methods, gives you an idea of how to approach a problem, what to expect and what to watch out for.
Great course! Clear and practical.
Amazing introductory course in Machine Learning. Dr. Ng is knowledgeable, clear, and inspirational.This course not only dug into theoretical modelling, but it gives the student the opportunity to be hands on and also apply classroom learning to real life applications.For myself who had basic programming and linear algebra backgrounds, the course at times do take effort and time. However, with that being said, I felt like I learned substantially more than I did compared to a regular classroom and was definitely worth the effort. Even if you do not finish in one term, your progress will carry onto the next term.
This IS the best course on Coursera, a reference stick that all other courses should be compared to.
I loved this course! I learned a great deal of new techniques and Andrew is an extremely good professor! I strongly recommend!
Very good explanations at perfect pace for an online course. I enjoyed the explanations that gave some intuition on the processes taught. Only potential minor improvement: it would be nice to have at the end a section on "what to do next" once one has completed the course.
Excellent online course. Thank everyone who has contributed to make this happen.
great course
Simple, smart teaching, very enlightening. I advise this course to anyone who wants go get hands on machine learning experience, right now.
Its an excellent course to start with Machine Learning
Excellent introductory course by a true master. Professor Ng managed to condense the subject without losing too much depth. The discussions are always accompanied by ample examples and reflections from a practioner's view. The programming exercises are especially valuable for finding relevance of the concepts to real-world applications, which are both fun and challenging. This course is a door-opener for people who want to explore the landscape but not wish to be put off by statis
Really nice course, not too difficult. The perfect first step into machine learning! Enjoyed it.
This course gave me incentives to quickly start solving a classification problem.
Great introductory course to the subject. Very little math background needed, and gives you good intuitions and very interesting engineering methodologies on how to effectively work on ml systems (In my opinion this is the most interesting part of the course).Only one thing: since the course is introductory (very little theoretical material) it would be useful having directions by the (awesome) teacher on "where to go next".
Nice teaching
Great course for learning Machine Learning. Enjoyed a lot through our the sessions.
Amazing course! Andrew NG explains incredibly well what machine learning is all about. I learned a lot of new concepts. This course was a real pleasure to follow
Great Course. Very well organized, well thought and nicely explained.
very good,I can lean machine learning without mush mathematic basics,this course is easy to undstand
Great course, learned a LOT.
Great class, really helps me to learn the foundations of Machine Learning!!
This is one of the best online classes I have taken so far. Thank you so much Dr. Ng.
this is the course that i have ever been interested mostly. it is organized very clear, provides suitable practice, and teaches key topics of machine learning.
Loved it!
Well structured and wonderfully explained. Better if you have some calculus knowledge to deeply understand the concepts, but explanations are very intuitive. Exercises are hard enough to be challenging but not impossible and review the lesson content with everyday-life applications.
great course
Awesome! Perfectly explained. Interesting assignments and projects. Useful tools. Thank you very much. Keep up the great work!
Great course to learn the basics of Machine Learning.
Very interesting, the subject is very well explained, inspiring...
Extraordinary course: great structure,comprehensible videos (includingcomprehension question) and well-defined assignments. Keep on on that amazing work. :)
<3 Andrew Ng and all the mentors! This is a great class
Exciting course!
Very very useful course for anyone interested in Machine Learning.
This course cover the basics very well and teaching style of Prof.Andrew generates more interest for beginners like myself. The content and exercise were good and at no point I felt bored or lagging behind.
Very good！！！Really learned a lot
Audio quality low, sometime is difficult to understand what it is said.The course, anyway, is a lot of value.
Excellent series. Interesting way of explanation and productive way of interaction ideas, loving your course.
Really well explained and accessible, could even be a bit more complex or at least more detailed concerning theoretical guarantees of machine learning at some points.
Perfect course. Very clear. Learn a lot from this course and the mentor.
This course in an excellent introduction to supervised and unsupervised machine learning. It doesn't only tell you which algorithms exist and how to implement them, but also gives lots of advice about how to solve machine learning problems in practice.
One of the most informative courses that I have undertaken recently. Truly an eye opener. Theory explained with some real life application so you can easily make sense as to what you will be able to do with the knowledge you acquire.
This is a great introduction to an topic which has a lot of practical application. I found it challenging but rewarding.
This has been an invaluable introduction to machine learning and I'd highly recommend anyone who's curious about the subject to take this course. Andrew made the material relatively easy to follow coming from a MechE background and now I feel much more knowledgeable on the topic. I'm really glad I took this course. Stick through it and really do the programming assignments and you'll get this stuff, no matter how difficult it may seem at first.
I would definitely recommend this course! I was very impressed by the quality of the lectures. Professor Ng uses the medium very well. He's easy to follow and the content is solid.The assignments were also good. They provide a ton of scaffolding, so you rarely have to write a lot of code, but if you never used Matlab before (like me) and it's been awhile since you've taken linear algebra (also true for me), then "thinking in terms of vectorization" takes a bit of getting used to. I'm really happy that I've been exposed to it, though, and it's pretty impressive how much computation you can express in one or two lines of Matlab.I only had to use the forums once at the beginning to figure out why I couldn't submit assignments. (It turned out that my version of Octave was too new for what the assignments had been tested with.) Once I got that sorted out, I never had to go back there for help, which I thought was a good sign that the assignments were clear and had been through sufficient testing by the staff.It's certainly a bit of a time commitment. I would probably budget at least 5 hours per week. I took a lot of notes, so I paused/rewound the videos a bunch, so it took longer for me to "watch" the videos than the advertised time.Again, the assignments were often not that much code, and I think they started to take me less time as I progressed through the course as I got more familiar with Octave and the style of the assignments. They aren't there to trick you or separate the wheat from the chaff: they're really there to reinforce the concepts from lecture and have you write some code yourself so you have some chance of writing your own code for your own project machine learning project one day.If anything, the assignments provide much more help than I expected. That is, if this were an in-person course where I could go to office hours or whatever if I got stuck, I would expect the assignments to provide less scaffolding and to force you to struggle quite a bit on your own more. (Maybe I just have bad flashbacks to undergrad or something.)
Beyond just telling you "here are a bunch of algorithms, go use them", Prof Ng provides a lot of information on how and when to apply them, how to tune them, and how to see whether or not they are working at all!
I found the course a very useful (re)introduction to Machine Learning. In my case my goal was to bring myself up to date after last studying the field in the early 1990s. The course did that very well. I particularly liked the programming assignments, and the autograder worked very well. This helped ensure I fully understood the material.
The lecturer is very good. The course is not very insightful and on the surface. It is business oriented, it doesn't deal with interesting and challenging academic problems.
It's a very clear and easy course for new student involved into machine learning !
This is a fantastic course! While the content is reasonably technical, it is taught in such a way as to make it accessible to a wide audience. The Teaching is top notch and the material is communicated in a way that is not only engaging but concise and easy to follow. I have already implemented some of the leanings from this course in my work as a geologist which has led to some significant improvements and findings . I would highly recommend this course to!
very nice course. What I liked most is the practical advise on how to apply the concepts to real world problems and avoid usual pitfalls. The exercises and quiz are well thought out and they help drive in the concepts.
The professor was extremely didactic - breaking down the content into comprehensive pieces and choosing the right moment to present new information or avoid complications. Great course for those who want an overall introduction into the field of Machine Learning.
This course was really good. I believe this will be a good start for anyone who wanted to learn Machine Learning.
This course is a great way to start learning and applying machine learning concepts and algorithms. Andrew Ng does a great job at intuitively and thoroughly explaining the concepts presented in this course. I highly recommend it to anyone that is interested in machine learning.
I think i am not even qualified to comment on this course. More than excellent
For me this course has been a great way to step into the field of machine learning.
This course is really AMAZING...I really recommend to take this course. The teacher is very clear and outstanding in explaining concepts. The practical exercises are very instructive.
Fairly good videos explaining the material, probably worth 4 starts. However, the written support material should be improved. IMHO the video should supplement the written material, i.e. it should be possible to learn the material only by reading. This is not the case, so frequent pausing of videos and making lots of notes is needed if one wants to commit this course to long-term memory.
Very helpful,and the course is very well structured.
A very good introduction to the various aspects of machine learning, very well taught, with well designed programming exercises.
It is very helpful and about the explanation of Andrew Sir really I don't have any words .
thank you Andrew
Thanks It was great experience to go through the course.
I strongly recommend this course for those who want to pursue their career in Machine Learning. The way of instruction is remarkable.
Excellent course on Machine Learning Fundamentals.
Great course, it was really a pleasure to study it.
This course is sooo amazing, i've learned so much about machine learning, and now i'm starting to getting the big picture of artificial intelligence
Very well organised and an amazing course which gives you a complete insight into the basic terminologies related to Machine Learning and its applications. Andrew Ng' s way of teaching is brilliant. It helped me establish my foundations in Machine Learning. Thank You Stanford and Coursera both for providing me such an excellent course
Excellent course! I highly recommend it.
Probably the best online course I've taken. Thank you so much to Professor Ng and the folks at Coursera for this course. I knew very little about ML before this course and now I feel like I have the confidence to work on implementing some of these concepts for my own business.
Simply great, good mixture of practice and theory
This is absolutely a great course. The best I ever take on Coursera. I cannot figure out a better option as first machine learning course to whom wants to learn about.
Great course!!!
The course provides a good description of the different types of Machine Learning algorithms. Yet, it doesn't include how to apply these in real assignments. And includes very little the combinations of different disciplines like Computer Vision, NLP and Data Science. This makes it very difficult to parse the content, and think about how to create applied applications.
One of the best machine learning courses out there. I enjoyed it a lot.
Thorough introduction to different ML algorithms that identifies the features they each have in common, making it easier to understand all of them and how they compare to one another. Definitely a great starting point for anyone interested in this space.
Excellent and in-depth look at machine learning algorithms. I really like how everything built from a fundamental concept.
Well planned and integrated courses. Not only suited for machine-learning beginners,but also relevant references for deep learning and practical applications. Suggest to add on a lecture including the up-to-date developments as well as focus points.
excellent course. Easy to understand
OP Course
I loved the way Andrew Ng exposed the concepts, without entering into much mathematical details. This course will leave in you a great foundation in machine learning, becoming easier to learn from now on. In conclusion, this course balances well enough the mathematical formalization, in a way that you grow accustomed to it, using it in your advantage sometimes. Thank you Andrew!
Clear and complete introductory course with very helpful programming assignments. As somebody working in academia, I would recommend this to everyone genuinely interested in the topic.
Excellent hands-on course with clear explanation of concepts. Is a good start point to study this field. I really enjoyed this MOOC. Now I want to learn more.
it's good.
The contents of the course are well structured and clear. The assignments are interesting and provide motivation. The audio and video quality is quite bad, and it would be great if the redo it some day.
Andrew Ng is an amazing and very sympathetic teacher. He has a remarkable ability to clearly articulate many of the complex concepts in machine learning, making this a very accessible course for newcomers to the field.I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in machine learning.
Good course and great sources.
Interesting course, Lots of good ideas, well explained. It would have been nice to have more programming as part of it though, I did feel like a lot of it had been done for me.Good clear instruction, interesting exercises, a great course!
Very good and thank you so much for sharing this.
This is an amazing class for learning Machine Learning. I think I have learnt everything basics about machine learning and be able to apply it in real problem now. It should be the first course for everyone want to learn Machine Learning. Thank you very much Andrew Ng for such great course. I wish I have started to study this class earlier.
Taught in a very simplified manner.
This is the best course! Professor Andrew Ng obviously had too much knowledge and techniques to teach. As a great experience educator with a big heart, he used many good methods to let students learn the most in a short time period.
Best explanation for Machine learning. Recommend for someone who new in ML area. Simplify the complexity of ML. This course also guide me what is ML application and how it can help us to improve and solve the real world problem
Here I compare it with the data science course I took this semester (AC209a, Harvard University). This course is very introductory, with limited depth in the programming assignments. I recommend this course for those who have not take any data science / machine learning course yet.
I've learnt lots from this course and found it really interesting!
Professor Ng has been working with machine learning R&D for more than 10 years now and have seen the significant phase of evolution of this field before it gain its popularity. Undoubtedly, AI and ML is going to be ubiquitous and impactful in many creative forms in the coming decades and I'm very fortunate to not only gain such an in-depth intuition and understanding of the fundamentals of machine learning, but also to gain the confidence needed to articulate these concepts and theories with Prof. Ng's guidance. The difficulty of this course is average. Quizzes and programming exercises require solid understanding of the concepts and also a lot of patience (just because you don't understand a particular concept, doesn't mean you're dumb. Give it some time and perseverance and you will pull through). Thank you Prof Ng and Coursera for this course. I would recommend this course to be the first stepping stone if you're going to venture your life in to the world of Artificial Intelligence!
I wish I had taken this class earlier. It is an awesome class for anyone new to Machine Learning. I especially enjoy the way Math is presented in the class by Professor Ng. It's easy to follow and provides very helpful insights for the topics.
One of the best courses to take. I personally learnt Neural Networks and many other topics were a timely revision for me. The best part of the course was not just talking about Machine Learning concepts, Prof. Andrew has also spent time on the practical applications, debug principles and celing analysis on optimal efforts to invest for a successful system development. I would recommend this course to everyone who wants to become an expert in Machine Learning.
Very good course, solid structure and right balance between theory and practice.Recommended!
A really nice and wonderful course
awesome course from awesome instructor. You changed my life Andrew !!
Great course!
This course is totally worth your time. Professor Ng is brilliant and his teaching method is absolutely excellent. I really expect to take his real courses.
Highly enjoyable course - taught well and assessed fairly. It's just the right level of challenge.
This is a great, well-taught course that I will urge all who are interested in Machine Learning to take. I learnt a great many things: usage of tools, proper evaluation of machine learning systems and more.
Perfect!
This course helps me a lot to understand the basic concepts of machine learning.I really thank Andrew Ng and Coursera team for your great work!
It is a good course with clear explanation. I recommend it.
Best course about Machine Learning I have seen so far. All the explanations are perfectly clear, it really helps. The only bad part is the audio quality which is unpleasant.
Great, well structured course. The video quality and editing leaves something to be desired at times, but overall I'd recommend this course to anyone who's interested in the topic.
Thorough, and deep. Great!
Great start for the field :)
Amazing course! Thank you very much!
An awesome introduction to many different machine learning aspects. I greatly recommend anyone interested in the topic to take the course.
Amazing teacher, with perfect knowledge of what he's talking about and a unique way of teaching it. One the best (not to say the best) lecture I've followed.
nice lesson for machine learning, thanks!
Really good lecture for beginning the Machine Learning.
best introductory course on machine learning possible!
This is great
Clear and intuitive explanation of machine learning algorithms. Many practical advice for applying machine learning and how to approach problems using evidence based than gut feeling.
Thanks ......................... for having such a great thing easily and freely accessible to everyone, who want to learn.Special thanks to Andrew for taking his valuable time out and for taking great interest. I always felt like he is talking directly to me, never felt like it is a recorded video. THANKS..Thanks to all the mentor, for their VERY prompt replies in discussion forum, and providing pointer to guide to direction to work in.Thanks to all fellow learner, it has been a great learning experience with that discussion forumThanks all of you to make it happen
A really cool course to learn about various Machine Learning Algorithms in detail and their application.
Excellent material that is well paced with plenty of guidance to make a challenging topic approachable, even for someone who is weak at advanced math of linear algebra and partial derivatives.
so good butI hope korean subtitles more perfectly
This course gives very good fundamentals of machine learning
Simple but powerful. Now I will put in practice what I learnt
Great course. Clear explanations of machine learning concepts and algorithms, and useful coding exercises.
Great course. Learned a lot. Good explanations/examples.
An excellent introduction to Machine Learning.
Great introduction to Machine learning! In case you want to become Data Scientist just start from this course if you have some programming background.
An excellent, practical course. I wish it was longer actually.
Covers most aspects of machine learning. Programming assignments are quite canned as most of the code is already written. Other than that, an overall fantastic course with a great lecturer.
Excelent course, the professor makes it very understandable and enjoyable. It could look as a shallow introduction but it's not, it goes deep enough into the topics so you can move forward in any direction of the machine learning.
All over the course, the effort put into making Machine Learning's technical details understandable by (almost) everyone is absolutely notable. Professor Ng explains with very remarkable clarity; his pleasant attitude greatly helped me follow the lessons and complete the tests on schedule. Also, the choice of coding in Matlab is key to enabling you to focus on the Maching Learning algorithms, while avoiding to lose time debugging other lower level programming languages. The course is fairly introductory and obviously the math has been kept as basic as possible, so I would strongly suggest this course as a first approach to the subject.
Cool
Great!!
The perfect way the starting learning about ML!
great introduction to machine learning
very useful
very useful one. Good starting point for beginners.
Awesome class. Thanks a lot Prof. Andrew Ng.
Totally fascinating course, Very interesting and very good base to continue lerning
Very complete and interesting course. Not easy, but totally worth the effort.
Exceptional introduction to machine learning. Great engaging lectures & programming assignments. I wish there were more classes on Coursera taught by Andrew Ng that delves deeper into Machine Learning.
Good basic introduction to basic ai terminology
Thanks for your class. It means a lot. Not only your knowledge but also your teaching attitude impact me deeply. Thanks you again!!
Course has been insightful for me, Andrew has put the ideas in a way that made me nicely absorb the applied value of Machine learning. Thanks to everyone who is part of this course, It was a delightfully enriching experience.
Loved the course and Prof Ng is an excellent lecturer.I would have preferred if the course was split into two parts, maybe 6-7 weeks each, so to give more depth to those topics that were only brushed on in the last few weeks.
Thank you for this wonderful course!
Fantastic resource for Machine Learning online. Thank you very much :)
This course made me understand about Machine Learning and piqued my interest and more so importantly gave me that confidence that I can further study to deep dive. Thanks Mr. Andrew Ng, excellent course. I am recommending this course since then whoever showing an iota of interest in Machine Learning.
Andrew Ng is great lecturer! He is very clear and the lectures are well organized. It was a unique experience to learn from him the concepts of machine learnings. THANK YO, Andrew!
A great review. Andrew gives very clear yet detailed analysis about how to think about machine learning problems. The details and fundamentals of the most popular learning algorithms are taught; however I think the most valuable pieces of information are shown when Andrew teaches how to evaluate and fix learning algorithms that aren't behaving as expected. A great introduction to machine learning; the course also teaches the necessary linear algebra and matlab/octave skills needed to implement these algorithms.
Great course with well-done labs and lots of content.
This course was a very useful overview of machine learning. It did not go too in-depth which could potentially disappoint some students, but it did a great job at introducing a complex and wide topic.
thanks for Andrew Ng that give me a clear slight about machine learning, and through this course I gain a well achievement, the knowledge taught by professor Ng shows a wisdom way to me. I think I will inspired much by the content of this course when I design a machine learning system or deep learning system.thank you for your concretely and clearly guidance that makes me insist to learning this course until end.you are the best teacher I have never met before, the implicit way that you teach makes me want to be a better man likes you.
Great course to get into machine learning. The explanations are clear, the pace is not high and the programming exercises are well constructed and helpful. The lecturer in some cases makes reference to somewhat more advanced concepts that may not be central in these course but that can be useful for some of the audience. Perhaps I'd like that the lecturer make the audience aware of the connections of machine learning with other disciplines and on the fact that machine learning borrows many concepts and methods from other areas (e.g., statistics and optimization). All in all, it is a course that I will recommend to anyone that wants to get introduced to machine learning and, in general, to know a number of techniques to actually address and solve real-life problems.
A real pleasure to learn Machine Learning from Andrew Ng, clear and stimulating lessons. Thanks!
Excellent course for professionals working in other fields. The assignments strike a good balance between illustrating the concepts and remaining light-weight enough that it is manageable with other activities.
Great introduction with really well explained notions.Definitely worth it.
An extraordinary course which covers many topics.
Very informative class, I highly recommend any one who is interested in machine learning, and is interested in knowing how it really works should take this class. Thank you professor for teaching me and now more knowledgeable about machine learning and can hopefully make use of this in some of my own research projects.
Simple and accessible introduction to Machine Learning for people without strong Maths and IT background. Can become quite slow and boring (almost irritating) if you come from an engineering or technical background (some videos could have been summarised in half of the time).
one of the best courses i have ever had in coursera
Great course, very well suited for beginners like me that want to learn about machine learning and make my own applications using machine learning. There are some mistakes in the explanation of the materials, but overall the explanation are thorough, clear, and accurate
It's so low that I can do nothing now after learning with every work in this course done.
I loved the course.Very very interesting course content and simple,easy to understand teaching style.
Topics explained in a very simple and easy to understand manner.
Classic machine learning course for beginners.
Thanks NG
A really good introduction to machine learning, thank you.
I have learnt a lot about Machine Learning from this course. I am able to grasp the complex concept with the help of the quizzes and the assignments. The programming assignments are really helpful to ensure good understanding of different algorithms and machine learning concepts.
it is a very good time learning here. it s very interesting lectures.i loved it.
A very great course!
Thank you for a great course. Andrew Ng makes complicated machine learning topics easy to understand.
This course was amazing in many different ways:1. I really learned a lot about how machine learning works (at least for the algorithms covered in the course). And I'm really keen to continue learning.2. Learning tools and methods: anyone could just read about ML and algorithms, but the way the course is focusing on exercises really helps assimilate the content3. A lot of effort goes into providing support to the students. I'm very thankful to the staff who are VERY responsive on the forums. They also provide a lot of test cases and other help to better understand how to complete the exercicesI recently left my job to focus on personal development and am doing a lot of online courses right now. This course by far the best one I did so far. I'm really glad I took the time to do it. And looking forward to learning more on the topicThanks again!
Really interesting course, clear and well done. My only concern are the program assignments: I think they are well done and structured, but the effort required is more focused on linear algebra than on machine learning.
The course has helped me a lot in terms of understanding the basics of how machine learning algorithms work and how can i use it .Andrew Ng is a very good teacher and he explains all the concepts in a very simple way.
Very interesting - the quality of the videos can seriously be improved though. Already with little effort by editing away the duplicate parts.
One of the best courses I have taken online/offline
It is a quite good lesson for machine learning!
Machine learning is the future of computer programming.
Great practical focused machine learning course. Lots of great examples of practices that where very well taught and could save a ton of time! :)
Amazing style of teaching.. very impressed with Mr. Andrew Ng... Overall a very good course.. recommended to all Machine Learning aspirants..
I recommend this course a lot to people who want to start learning ML.
I gained a solid conceptual understanding of Machine Learning, its terms, problems, and solutions. But I consistently felt unprepared for applying it in Octave.The audio is poor and frustrating, which the course addresses in the first week by essentially saying, "deal with it". Also, the instructor has no idea what "intuition" means, but uses it incessantly. It's a small nag, but it builds up over 11 weeks.
Great course. Very well organized and covered a lot of the topics in machine learning. But it is mainly for the people has none/little experience with ML. Not an advanced course.
Great intro to ML concepts. Takes about 5 hours a week to do it right, but it's worthwhile.
Excellent class on Machine Learning. Thanks for offering it!
Amazing course and lucid teaching.
Very easy to understand!
Andrew Ng is a terrific teacher who managed to excite both beginners and intermediate learners alike. By making lectures accessible to everyone, being lighter on the technical side and heavier on the practical side, Andrew's course is a perfect introduction for anyone who wants to apply Machine Learning in his / her life and business. I highly recommend the course!
I am learning this course.
amazing course with interesting and well arranged contents. Very helpful as an introductory course for maching learning.
A very good course! Explanations are clear and exercises are well designed! Thank you!
Great course and great teacher.
I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, the assignments were painful at times. But lean't a LOT. I like the layout / progression of the course. Much better than most books I have seen.
Great course to gain hands on experience with machine learning algorithms and gain insight into mechanics of lot of applications around you using machine learning such as self driving cars, image recognition, voice recognition, image compression etc.
Awesome course!! Andrew make it interesting to learn. 10/10
really good
I am very happy that I complete the course.Thanks for Mr.Andrew Ng ,so that I can learn this important knowledge.
very informative and also practical for the beginners
It's an amazing and very useful course to get started with Machine Learning. A great experiencie !!!
This course has broaden my view of implementing any recognition system , predicting system , image processing system , signal processing system . This course also makes me understood how to select any model for any system .
Great course with proper segmentation of learning blocks
Out of all the courses I have done on Coursera, Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course is head and shoulders above the rest. He paces himself well, and explains very clearly, both for those who learn better with formulas as well as those who learn better with intuition if you don't get the numbers. A lot of the examples used are from real life and not just hypothetical ones which spice up the lessons. A lot of effort has been put into this, and it shows. Definitely one of the best courses out there.
very good for machine learning junior
This course gives a very useful overview of what machine learning is and provides the tools to dive into more rigorous material. The explanations are always easy to understand and assume no knowledge on machine learning or the topics related to it, and slowly introduces the most important parts to get a good understanding of the course
Very good , but lack of mathmatical proof .
Awesome course! Rich information to help me understand how things work, not just how to use them. Highly recommended!
Really clear and informative, i have really enjoyed being part of this class. Best of luck in the future.
Amazing course!
Very nice course! It's quite suitable for beginners to learn something about the machine learning.
This is a really wonderful course.Gratitude to Andrew Ng for his efforts.
Learnt the basics of machine learning. Looking forward to learn more.
Excellent course!Fundamental concepts are taught but in a way that is intuitive.I like the quizzes because each question forces me to dig deeper into my understanding.Very innovative way to do the exercises, they are challenging but fun!
Great teaching methods. Enjoyed learning the basics and algorithms used in the machine learning field. It definitely helped me speak the machine learning language taking this course. Thanks Andrew.
Like the way instructor kept it simple yet informative, deliberately avoids unnecessary terminology. Quizzes and assignments help in understanding the ideas put forth in lectures. Would have been even better if we had a final project longer/tougher than assignments.
Very good course overall, but it does need some cleaning up. Lots of small typos and errata have been documented in both the lectures and the homework assignments. There seems to often be inconsistent row/column formatting of X and/or theta in the homeworks versus the lecture notes which creates unnecessary confusion. Although it is possible for the student to browse around multiple areas to piece together the puzzle, given that the course has been around for several years I feel that there should be a cleanup and reconsolidation of things to save students time. But yeah... given that you can take this course for free... it's pretty badass :)
Professor Andrew Ng gave the lectures in a very clear way and makes the course even more interesting. The only thing I wanna complain is the voice quality in the video. The volume is not that high and the audio is kinda coarse.
Exercises are really very usefult to et hands on experience and to become autonomous after the course
This course is very useful for learning machine learning , i appreciate for taking this class by Coursera , and i would be grateful to Andrew NG !
This is the first course that I have completed via Coursera. The videos/presentation were easy to follow (I liked the function to view the videos at 1.5 x) and there was a lot of guidance as to how to proceed with the programming assignments. Programming is not one of my strong skills, but if you follow the tutorials that the mentors have set up and use the test cases, it was very doable. I do think that students need to search for similar questions in the forums more. I found that so many people ask the same questions that have already been asked and answered before. The mentors have been very patient with everyone.
It is easy to understand, so it is very helpful for those who don't have much Machine Learning knowledge.Although I have finished this course, there is still a long way to go in Machine Learning.
Good for learning fundamentals of ML.
Great
Excellent course for machine learning enthusiasts. Very challenging and thought-provoking exercises and quizzes. Really motivates ones interest towards machine learning and practical real life applications. Highly recommended for pioneers of AI.
Great course!!! Thank you Andrew.
Very challenging course. This course provides with difficult and interesting material, good course structure. Andrew Ng is a great teacher, thank you very much.
The pace works for me. The course materials are what I am looking for.
Extremely well done course! Every video carefully explains the part of the concept being introduced. Whether its the derivation of a concrete formula, such as gradient descent, or a qualitative concept, such as the vector support machines, the tutor's explanations are always very clear and concise. I like that a lot of different ideas are covered, and even though I have a mathematical background, this course doesnt require it, since the most mathematical parts are left to the interested reader while the focus lies on the applications. A very beginner friendly course, all you need is some basic calculus and probability theory. Also , if its too easy for you: the notes of the actual Stanford University Course (!!) can be found in the materials section of the course, so you can "play the course on hard mode", too. That Stanford version is a lot more mathematical and difficult. All in all a very very good course, and I'm happy I tried it. I would probably do every course done by this tutor, he is that good of a lecturer. Coming from a maths and stats lecturer, btw.
Very good overview of the topic of machine learning.
Awesome course!Thank you, Andrew, for this journey!I highly recommend to all beginners this course!
Quite useful for beginners in AI, even if you don't have much maths knowledge. It is not only theoretical but also practical, giving you great starting points for developing your future own projects.
thanks！
This is a basic course that will provide good fundamentals in ML. If you are already a student with advanced degree in Mathematics/Engg or a professional with decade of experience might find the class a bit slow. However, it was well worth it.
Very well made and interesting overview of machine learning. It won't make you an expert, but it touches on some very important aspects and tricks that may make you work much easier. Math in this course is not hard and even if you don't have any background, you will probably do well, because it's well explained (but not in detail, just basics).Only cons that I can think of are mostly personal and not that significant in terms of the course subject. Sometimes explanations drag on a bit too long for my liking. And I would prefer if assignments were issued in python, because right now there are a lot of tools made for that language that make prototyping and writing ML solutions pretty fast and easy.
This course is a great introduction to the world of machine learning. The instructor is very thorough about each topic. I believe that I can now take what I have learned in this class and start applying the knowledge to real world problems. I do find sometimes that the requirements for the programming assignments can be a bit vague, but the forms help to close the gaps.
The course was excellent, but I have to say that the exercises are a bit boring because all we have to do is code the same things again and again, instead of practicing different aspects of machine learning. This is only my humble opinion, and for a great course like this we can demand a little more. This course put the rod very high to the other courses. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Great choice of course contents
The content is somewhat easy. Adding more in-depth analysis and concepts would be really helpful.
Great course. It helped me getting real insights in Machine Learning algorithms. The videos were very clear and fun to watch, the excercises were not always easy but very rewarding once completed and the help from the mentor and other students on the forum was very helpfull. I recommend this course to anyone who is seriously interested in Machine Learning.
Excellent course! Covers the basics of Machine Learning deeply enough for some one who wants to do real work on it. Very good examples and exercises. I definitely recommend the course.
One of the best Online courses I've ever taken. Provides a solid introduction to Machine Learning while being very comprehensive. And the programming exercises do help a lot in understanding the concepts presented in the lectures.
This was a really interesting and useful course! The instructor was good at explaining the concepts. The assignments were useful; Octave was a good choice and a language i had never used before. Some of the early lesson videos had audio problems, most could probably be solved with an automatic volume normalizer. Having a slightly slower pace option without switching sections would have been nice. Looking forward to doing another related course!
From the absolut beginner i was, this course leveled up my knowledge.I am recommend strongly.
Very impressive ！
Thank you for having this course. I enjoyed it thoroughly, the materials were well prepared and the programming exercises were excellent. I would be really happy to be a part of more of such courses from Stanford. Awesome work guys!
The best course I took on Coursera till date!
I really appreciate the work that is done by Andrew Ng. He is a talent and a great teacher. I definitely recommend to take this course if you want to start learning ML.
that's amazing course! you definitely can have a clear view of machine learning algorithms after carefully watching this well prepared videos. Thanks for Andrew and editors!
Thank you !!!
Highly Recommended Course!
Thank you Prof Andrew Ng and team for introducing me to the world of machine learning through this course. After this I have gained confidence to become a machine learning engineer and I'm on my path of becoming one.
The lectures and topic covered in this course were very helpful in laying the foundation of the machine learning. Hope to see many more students being helped by these sessions. Thanks a lot to prof. Andrew for his time in putting up this course.
Thank you !
In my opinion, Andrew Ng excels in teaching this course. He is able to keep you interested on the course by letting you know what are the most important things you need to carry on from each session. The content of the course is really good, videos, transcripts, slides, etc. Actually, several sites now suggest taking this course before moving into a more deep level of M.L.
Excellent and must do course for everyone who dream of pursuing career in Data Science. In love with the way Andrew NG explained most complex things in better manner using mathematics and stats.
Good course for beginners (just need some basic knowledge for programming). You can grasp the whole framework of machine learning and learn important concept, and this course also provide many programming assignment which can help to further understand the algorithm and also know how to apply these algorithm in real cases. Great teacher and tutor!
Excellent course with solid foundations. pace is great and gives ample space for students to think and workout the solution.Thank you for the course.
Great course .
Simply great. A must if you want to learn about machine learning from the ground up!
Very good explanation, useful and straight forward knowledge. Omits advance mathematics and explains the basics and how to use them. The homework/projects are also useful and interesting.
Great ML Course taught by a great person !
Absolutely stunning introduction into machine learning. It focusses on the ML aspects and puts in the complex math only were needed. Didactically perfect presentation and course agenda/flow. Ideal for learners with IT background wanting to dive into ML. Thank you very much!
Great course providing a good overview of the basic machine learning concepts.
Awesome course taught by a great professor! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I'm not a student majoring in CS, and this course really helps me a lot. Now i'm working on some machine learning projects, and finding things taught in this course really practical~
One of the best course of Machine Learning and thanks all team of this course to make it one of the best. Thanks Andrew Ng.
a good head start of AI courses
A very good experience till now.
I get the basic and overall undersatnding of maching learning, and learn lots of method to build a ml system.It is a very good start in machine learning.And the leason notes are excellent
Amazing overview of many different aspects of machine learning, came into the course knowing nothing about machine learning, ended up learning enough to work on side projects of my own, 5/5 would recommend to anyone interested in seriously learning about ML.
Super awesome course! Andrew Ng makes a great job explaining the concepts and especially giving us an intuition about the inner workings of the presented methods and algorithms during the course.Even more importantly he goes beyond the theory and gives us very useful guidelines to apply in production, when it is time to use machine learning to tackle real life problems.Last but not least Andrew is a charismatic teacher which transmits his passion and fun for the topic. THANK YOU Andrew for this course!
Thank you. The best course ever.
It's a great overall machine learning course, big thanks to Prof. Andrew
Great course! I would recommend this to anyone.
One of the best course I ever had, great road-map & explanation.
Excellent Course. It gives a fairly deep insight into the course without dwelling too much into mathematical derivations
Good explanations and examples.
This course helps me understand how machine learning works. It introduces many useful algorithms. The course is designed very well, even programming beginners can understand very easily.
Great Course.
I can only recommend!!!
I learned a lot from this course and happy to apply machine learning to my personal project. Thank you Professor Ng
Very useful and easy going course. The arrangement of material and presentation made it possible to deliver lots of different algorithm in a relatively short time. Thank you professor Andrew Ng for this wonderful experience.
Underlying theory to machine learning helps a lot for work done in practice.
great course! learned a lot from this course!
This machine learning course was really helpful to me.As a beginner of the machine learning field, i felt this course is really essential and could make the fundamental structure for understanding and coding machine learning algorithms.What i want to say the most is "thank you for the excellent lecture" and really appreciate the professor, Andrew Ng's efforts.
Very useful and interesting course.
It is an efficient course which has got all the important topics covered with detailed explanation, which makes the students industry ready.
Becoming a machine learning exper in just 10 weeks. Gr
I think the topic choices are spot on. Also Andrew is a very teacher (especially at 1.5 audio speed)
honestly this is one of the best courses I've had about any subject matter. I spent 6 years going to college for engineering and this puts many of the courses I took to shame. Great work here.
Andrew Ng sir is awesome :)
Very simple intro. to techniques that exist in machine learning. The content of each week could be improved by extending to include proofs/derivations and making calculus a pre-req. But this does make the course very accessible, which is a big advantage.
It is not an easy course without some knowledge of matrix calculation and intermediate math. But it's quite worth to learn what's the machine learning is.
It is an awesome course to start with, for whoever want to start a career or research in Machine learning domain. Amazing clarity in all the lectures, concept oriented quizzes and a really good set of assignments make this course a must watch for all who aspire to be in machine learning or related fields.
I never know online learning can let me learn as much as in classroom. Definitely the best experience I ever had and will take other Coursera course again and strongly recommended!
Andrew Ng is like a true Samurai Master on ML. Lucid explanations coupled with complex assignments. Evolved a lot from this course. Thanks a lot !!
I'm excited to learn new concepts and know the logic/match that goes behind all predictive analytics, classification process, recommendation system, OCR, and the photo adjustment process etc. Looking forward to use the skills
this will definetly give you an idea on what machine learningn is. but you need to learn a lot more if you want to be good at it. but this is some good material to start with.
Great class!! Highly recommended! Thx Andrew
very good. I apreciated the teaching
Great Course :D
I would like to thank Prof. Ng for the understandable introduction into Machine Learning World. I learned insights of several commonly used algorithms in ML. Several good hints and tips are really good for dealing in programming in real world. Totally agree with the approach to use Octave, as it focus on the math (and what is happening in the algorithm) rather than getting lost in the tool chains of programming. The intuition about what is happening (how it works) really stands out in comparison to other course available (for not getting lost in the wild...).
Amazing course. Great lectures, examples and programming assignments. Would recommend to anyone interesting in Machine Learning.
Absolutely essential course as a stepping stone into Machine Learning!
Great Course!
Excellent course! Excellent Teacher! Excellent knowledge!!
A comprehensive introduction to machine learning.
Very good course to learn introduction of machine learning
This is an excellent course for people staring out in Machine Learning. Professor Andrew does a great job of hand-holding you and helping you navigate a mathematically rigorous and tough subject like Machine learning and helps to build your confidence. This Course is good for beginners in ML, but to become an expert you would have put in a even more effort at learning and drilling down all the concepts.Thank you Prof. Andrew and Team.
Amazing! Super understandable and fun! The most friendly Tutor ever!
Thank you very much for your course, It's useful for me. I study it easily~~~
best course on machine learning till date. Andrew Ng is amazing.
very thankful to Andrew Wu !
This machine learning course is really good starting point
Thanks Andrew, This course is so great!
The best class I have ever taken.
Great course! Better if it goes much deeper to the algorithm details.
Excellent! The Machine Learning topic has been well presented in such a short time. The design of assignments are an absolute delight! I salute Mr. Andrew, there is a lot to learn from him.
Excellent course and great Professor. Prof. Andrew Ng. provides in this course a great introduction to machine learning algorithm and details the steps required for understanding the computation underneath. It's a long course and some of the assignments are challenging. That makes the completion of the course and the certificate of achievement even more worthwhile.
I LOVED this course! Thank you so much, Andrew!
Hands on programming to go along with the great videos and slides. Andrew Ng has done a wonderful job with this course.
This course was beyond my expectations. The course material was presented very well. The difficulty of the coursework was balanced perfectly: never too easy but never discouraging. Practical application and live online marking ensured that the content was thoroughly understood.
Awesome introduction course on machine learning.
This is the first time that I took a course in Coursera. Prior to that, I did not believe in online courses! However, my perspective has changed dramatically! Andrew did a great job on this course and he motivated me much more about this topic. I enjoyed the course to the most and I am looking forward to applying it in developing my future applications. I highly recommend people, who are interested in machine learning, to take this course. I have to confess that the applications and assignments add another level of fun to this course. OCR, movie predictions, face recognition, etc are all fun and interesting. Thank you Andrew for all your efforts and I hope you offer an advanced machine learning in future in Coursera.
The course is pretty lovely and nice.
Awesome class! Thank you, Andrew!
BEST! Best course ever. Not only dedicated to Machine Learning, not only on Coursera. BEST course I've ever watched, listened, learned. I want to say thanks to Andrew Ng for his work because He and his course inspired me to start learning ML and gave me good knowledge basis. I wish I could some day shake his hand and say "Thank you" personally.Course farewell speech was awesome, almost made me cry.Thank you, Andrew.Best regards, Dima S.
Very good introduction to machine learning. I'll only add one big project to implement at the end.
really good one。多谢
Really good way to teach such mathematical stuff! The Topic is one of the most interesting subject in the IT world at the moment.
I am working on becoming a data worker or even a scientist as my new career. Thank you Andrew! Hopefully, I really expect a senior class or seminar after this class, or maybe some guides or maps after this class
this course is really really awesome.
course is awesome. I am planning to work on machine learning more and if course also guided some text book so that student can carry with them would be better
This is an excellent course offered by an excellent prof.
Wonderful course! Thanks so much Andrew Ng for explaining complex and hard ML material in a bit by bit manner. I enjoyed the course a lot! I recommend it to anyone interested in ML.
Thanks Andrew Ng! I really appreciate the idea of free education, especially one with high quality. I actually learnt a lot more than I expected from a online course via lecture videos and hand on practice approach. This course pushes my interest to learn further on machine learning topics and theories. Good job!
Very well structured course.
Excellent course for ML beginners! Highly recommended!
great course个
Great class. Much better than most I have attended in person. Excellent instruction, excellent resources, excellent programming exercises, excellent support in the forums, especially by Tom Mosher. Video is a much better medium than live lectures because of the flexibility, shorter segments, ability to stop and study something before going on, and ability to repeat when necessary. Great practice in vectorization. Excellent introductions to the necessary elements of ancillary topics. Bought the certificate. We live in a golden age for learning. Getting this kind of instruction would not have been possible for someone in my situation 30 years ago. I am grateful and looking forward to whatever I learn next.Took this course to develop skills to work on artificial intelligence and other projects. One previous project described in article at http://www.kdnuggets.com/news/2007/n09/7i.htmlVery satisfied. I have not been able to stop talking about how good this class is since I began taking it, and will continue to recommend it as the first step for anyone serious about the topic.
Great course, complete from start to finish, from introduction to advanced concepts, just brilliant!
Excellent introduction to ML!
A Big Thank You from the bottom of my heart to Andrew Ng sir and entire team.I loved this course a lot.It is well designed and well paced. Discussion forums are really useful.Well elaborated programming assignments and no penalties for crossing deadlines made it possible for me to complete this course, along with a job in software industry.Thank you so much again. Love from India :)
Great course to get an idea about Machine learning and its various algorithm
Overall great introduction course to ML. Covers a lot of fundamental concepts without getting heavy on the calculus and linear algebra. The theme stays very practical and he teaches you just enough theory so that you can feel comfortable implementing the solutions.
The content is great. Course was engaging and highly informative.
A lot of content was taught in a very well organized and time saving manner. From teaching point of view, the course was outstanding. But, most of the tasks in assignments were already implemented which was not beneficial from learning point of view. Hence, 4/5.
Andrew Ng is an absurdly talented instructor who makes complicated subjects simple and fun to learn. He has an unmistakable focus on practical application and understanding of machine learning, and helps build up a skillset that can immediately be applied in your career. This has easily been the most valuable course I've ever taken and I can't be grateful enough.
very good lessons with well designed hands on practices
An amazing course with all the basic concepts of Machine Learning taught in a way almost anyone can understand. All the quizzes and programming exercises were challenging and made me understand the concepts even better. A great course overall. Definitely worth the time and money.
Amazing course !First I have taken this course to understand the big picture of what is ML.After this excellent course provided by Professor Ng, the clarity of the concepts explained, I now want to do a shift in my career and go deeper in ML.Thanks Professor !Thanks to Coursera too.I do not if you change the world, but at least, you have changed my world !
Wonderful Course, Thank you ,Ng~!
I would say this course is fantastic. Only the expert who truly understand something can tell that thing in such a easy and clear and organized way. Prog Ng is that expert.This course is easy for people who even donot have any programming experience. Videos are cut into appropriate 5~15 min, making it even possible for fragmentary time. Furthermore, there is no complex mathematics, only the important equations and formulas are represented. So dont be afraid of it.
Very good course.
Practical and easy to understand,Very nice. Thanks for the teacher's lecture.
A landmark of online teaching. Wisely designed learning curve backed up with excellent programming exercises and practical advice. If you want to get yourself familiar with basics of machine learning theory and algorithms - look no further.
This is an extremely well taught course. I recommend taking it after learning Linear Algebra. "The Analytics Edge" through MITx (EdX.org) complements this course nicely. It would have been nice if the programming assignments had been a little more challenging.As a great followup course, I recommend Prof. Ng's same course as taught at Stanford: https://see.stanford.edu/Course/CS229
This course structured very well for a beginner. It makes it easy to understand the concepts.
A great pleasure to learn more deeply what is behind the libraries : algorithmes and how to choose where to put my efforts. Thank you
It was really good . I intend to take more such courses in my future.
Very well structured and great learning. My special thanks to Prof Andrew and the entire team; This will help me shape up remaining years of of professional life for sure.
Excellent course! There are many small mistakes throughout, but these are addressed in the errata provided. In addition, a few mentors were constantly providing helpful feedback, even to questions covered elsewhere (such as the errata). I came to the course with a strong statistics background, so one o the very helpful things for me was learning the machine learning terminology for things I was already familiar with from statistics. One final point - the course is structured so that you are improving your general programming skills as you proceed. You begin by doing the simple for-loop implementation but will later see/do the more efficient vectorization. This is incredibly helpful for those who do not come with a solid basis in linear algebra / matrix algebra, since you do the intuitive/"easy" version first but later develop more efficient coding which you now understand because you did the intuitive/"easy" version earlier in the course.
Just amazing, thanks to you I was able to write my first implementations of ML algorithms and apply them to real data. https://github.com/praisethemoon/whale-core.I'm very thankful!
I liked very much this course!!!
Great Learning experience, i really enjoyed this course. Professor Ng is charismatic and it's always a pleasure to Watch his videos. Those a well explained and the examples chosen are always significant and understandable. I can only recommend this course to an
This is one of the best courses I have ever attended, Andre Ng makes everything so simple it is amazing.
Retired 3yrs ago ,as Sr Engr Ford Motor never got involved in AI ,need to learn to expose ML to students at tech academy where I mentor - Andrew Ng has structured the ML course beautifully so even I can grasp the concepts in a minimum time frame - synthesize for the high school seniors Thank You Andrew
This course is very good to study about machine learning for me. Thank you. Wish you all the best.
Great practical insights, a relatively slow-paced course so that you can easily deepen your knowledge. Mr. Ng is a genius and a very good lecturer for sure. I only had problems with the audio/video quality sometimes.
Best course to get started and know thoroughly the Machine learning basics
Good teaching and task!
i learnt something, but i can never able to use it. i have no idea, anyway, ML is just still having the real application for the command development field in the business now. for example like me, working in software development firm and medicare company before, none of them really applied the machine learning theory. although, they have certain value if applied, for example i saw many of them trying to convert their business to big data business, however they never use the big data correctly, assuming applied a machine learning in order to predict the potential customer response of a single product, it looks fun. anyway, fact is fact, currently the business is still a relatively low technical level business. everything is report, linear, and simple ( i will not say unfortunately, at least i have time to write this comment when i am actually working)
Superb course for any beginner in ML!
This course is just awesome. It presents a wide range of terms and applications in a very simple way. The Matlab assignments and the online submission are also a great privilege of this course.
couldn't be better! It's not just useful for machine learning, but also for random signal study! Cause we also need to manipulate many matrix calculation in signal estimation and prediction. The ways are similar and the teacher is awesome for explaining mathematical stuffs very clearly.
Immense course. Comprehensive subject material, well paced, at the right level. Andrew is a great teacher. Can't recommend highly enough.
The course provides a good overview of machine learning methods. I would enjoy it more if it was a bit more friendly to those who actually know some math, as it could provide better understaning and insight about why and not how the methods actually work. I would also appreciate if programming exercices were a bit more complete and language agnostic. Otherwise I really like the style of professor Ng. Thanks for the course.
The most explanatory MOOC I have ever sat! Keep up the good work!! Thank you for passing me all this WORTHFULL knowledge!
The course is very interesting and is giving a great and deep insight onto machine learning with both theoretical material and practical exercises.
Andrew is the best teacher that I have had in a long time. Really appreciate all his effort to convey the often very abstract ideas of machine learning.
Understandable and informative lectures, real-life examples. Good explanation of things, that seemed complex before. Big range of topics, which allows to see scale of the whole huge field of machine learning.Thanks a lot to mr. Ng for the course!
After learning this course, machine learning is not mysterious.
This is a fantastic course. It served well as my introduction to the subject. It covers a very big range of topics, all of which are addressed in a well organized and intuitive way. Most importantly, it persuaded me how powerful the concepts of machine learning are and how important it is to understand them. I would definitely recommend it!
Prof. Ng is such a good teacher that he explains things in a proper way to make you understand.He has a profound understanding of the details and derivations behind the knowledge and conclusions. If you have a relative background, you would have a chance to think about the knowledge in a deep way. If not, you can still get the main idea and be able to use it, and you know what is lack and where to learn it.Overall the lecture notes and videos, the quiz and assignments are all good, full of thought about how to make students follow the course and understand better, as well as exercising with real applications.I didn't realize that the machine learning course was the first one on Coursera and Prof. Ng is the founder of this wonderful platform, until toward the end of the course. No wonder the quality of this course is so good. I learned a lot and would recommend it to anyone with a good math or physics background and want to learn Machine Learning seriously.
It takes plainest words to explain complicated ML problems, and makes me prograss a lot.
I think this is a great course for people who are just getting started with machine learning.
Very Good!
The course was worth the effort: I am a full time software architect, and took the lessons in the evening having already worked ~12 hours. The video lectures were great, and the forums are quite good for discussions. I suppose that the course provides a good start to Machine Learning.
Great course....good job!If you could remove the small errors, this would become close to perfect work.
This is a very nice course for beginners who want to understand ML concepts. The course is designed in a way that if you have trouble with mathematics still you can understand (thanks to Andrew). He has explained all the concepts very well. I would recommend this course to anyone who's trying to learn ML. The course will make the core concepts clear and hence in future you will not get struck in a ML problem without a clue.
I think, it is the best point where to start!
One of the best introductory course to machine learning!
I've never got a course so crystal clear and interesting. I'm not fond of mathematics formulas but Andrew made is so clear that it never bothered me. I'm recommending this course to anyone interested in Machine Learning.
very good! Thank you
This course is very suitable for beginner in the field of Machine Learning.It help me to understand some basic knowledge in this filed.Thanks very much!
Very useful course for anyone looking to get a comprehensive view of ML. The course does a great job balancing lectures, quizzes and hands-on assignments.
I found the course to be well paced, and it provided very useful information.
Absolutely the best introductory course to machine learning!Wish the course also covered decision trees, random forests and boosting algorithms.
Fantastic course! Dr. Andrew Ng is a true genius. The way he explained everything, made this course very interesting and enjoyable. I am glad I took this course.
Really impressive and Prof. Andrew is tender and friendly for conveying the idea
The best thing that I've taken on Coursera so far.
Very good introduction into the practical aspects of machine learning. It's also great that students can work with a free Matlab version for the duration of the course.
Excellent introductory course for Machine Learning. In a short time I not only managed to understand the important aspects of ML but also learned how to use linear algebra with Octave/Matlab. Thank you!
Good machine learning online course, worth spending 2-3 months to learn
Machine Learning is very good course that helps me a lot.And I learn a lots knowledge about Machine Learning.I like it very much.
Thank you so much for this nice course.
It's good for a newbie to start machine learning.
It's a very useful course! It's suitable for the beginners of Machine Learning!
Excellent overview of different machine learning techniques, with real life examples. Definitely, a must if you want to get the most of your data
A wonderful journey and i have learned a lot . thank you professor NG, and thank you coursera.
thanks
The course is very intense and very thorough. I liked the assignments!!!
The most interesting programming course I have learned.
Step by step guide to the real world!Thanks so much for the teacher and the course.
Excellent course with an exceptional teacher
Amazing introduction to Machine Learning algorithm and problem.Andrew Ng will teach to you the main topic of this modern computer science
A very good introduction to the machine learning world.
It's probably the best course on how to start with Machine Learning. The course covers numerous topics and algorithms of Machine Learning, and it has a lot of hands-on exercise to practice the new skills, although some of the exercises are really challenging :)
I'm a mathematician with (previously) very limited knowledge of machine learning. This is a great introduction & I think is pretty accessible to even those without a mathematics degree.
A really good course, covering a lot of ground. The programming exercises complement the lectures well, consolidating the material learned each week, with interesting and well motivated problems to apply each technique to.
Excellent class -- content is comprehensive, instructor is very clear, mentors are helpful, examples are immediately applicable in the real world
It was well designed and very well depicted course. The faculty is superb and that's why the course has been so exciting. Really appreciate.
Super intro course! Thanks to Andrew!
I thought, looking at the syllabus that the course will be somewhat easy for me with previous Econometrics training at graduate level. It turned up to be on par with the pace I could take it (about recommended time 1-2 hours video, 3 hours programming a week, sometimes more for exercises), and provided quite a few new insights and accessible, very intuitive introduction to many methods, algorithms, and approaches in Machine Learning. While initially I thought it was unfortunate for Andrew to have glossed so many times over details (while explicitly apologizing), I realize that that is inevitable choice between breadth and depth. At the end I would agree with the balance chosen.For my taste, I still miss the approach of mainstream Econometrics of treating every model as hypothesis (which is in the name of function in this class, but not more than that) but then testing it with the data at hand, and having a chance at rejecting it at certain level of statistical significance -- I believe not having this misses the significant chunk of scientific approach. I realize the goal is automation of much of human work in this process, but I still do not feel the balance is found. Miss any formal statistical assessment of the goodness of fit, like R-squared. At the same time I realize that I may still need to reconcile some mainstream training with new techniques.Would definitely recommend this class a really good introduction with good balance of depth and breadth to get you on the fast lane to learning the Machine Learning. Not sure if that makes you an expert -- but gives you a really good, sizable first step in that direction.
Amazing course completely worth every second spent on it. I was enrolled in a similar subject in my University and I decided to unsubscribe from it and do some other stuff to get the credits as it involved so much time due to its really long practices (mainly due to documentation, dealing with Python peculiarities and collaborating with really junior or low performing students) that it was impossible for me to get the time to properly work on it, as I'm also working and doing some other subjects.With this course here I have been able to learn the same concepts and work with them in practice too with much less overhead, focusing on the most important parts and concepts for each topic.Most importantly, I this has served me as an introduction to the Self Driving Car Engineering nanodegree that I hope to join soon at Udacity!
Thank you so much for the incredibly useful course! I feel like I have a strong foundational understanding for machine learning and I'm ready to start looking at applying my knowledge with higher-level libraries like TensorFlow.
Thank you Andrew Ng and thank you Coursera. this course was of the best online courses that I've ever had. The assignments was not hard but very effective and I learnt so much form it
I just want to thank Andrew Ng and Coursera for this course. I found the whole content really interesting. Andrew is a great teacher and explains all the concepts so well, that they are understood perfectly. I look forward to beginning to apply everything I have learned in my projects. Thank you very much again.
Even in my humble opinion it is still by far the best course on Machine Learning on the planet. Andrew, thanks very much! I will do my best in my industry based on the knowledge you gave me.
it's pefect!
Thanks so much Professor. It is so good.
For people interested in Machine Learning, this course will give you a very good insight (both technical and analytical) of what you should know about machine learning algorithms. The contents were really good, but I truly believe the success of this course is related to the teacher (Andrew Ng). Clearly, he has remarkable ability to teach and a strong knowledge about the topic.
Exceptionally well for beginners.
pretty good，i‘ve learned many useful tools to do what i like
Excellent for fresher
Content was enjoyable and accessible. Videos helped a lot. Transcriptions were pretty poor, and there are a few of bugs here and there in the code, videos, and slides. However, in the end the difficulty and depth of the course is great. For the committed student, you'll walk away with a lot of practical knowledge (if you take notes.
Very well-taught class. The weeks of classes has been organized properly so that each topic will build on top of the previous topics. Professor Andrew Ng dissects every important aspect of the topic and does not involve other topics that may not be important to learn. Instead, he states that some algorithms are already usable and optimised by other fields of specialisation and students learning this class does not need to dive deep in order to do Machine Learning.
Professor Ng does an amazing job teaching complex concepts in layman's terms. He is patient, polite and encouraging...yes I got all those impressions from the videos ! You will come away with not just a list of key algorithms used in the industry, but an actual understanding of how these algorithms work. Knowing this, you can intelligently select the right algorithm to be used under different real-world circumstances. Finally, the support system to help you succeed is great; the Mentors on the site pitched in to offer help when I was stuck. I definitely recommend this course on Machine Learning and look forward to taking many additional courses on Coursera, especially from Professor Ng.
Huge thanks to anyone who was creating and maintaining this course.
excellent course, good pace, provides a lot information about machine learning
As expected for a course by Andrew Ng, the course is very well prepared and presented. It can be a challenge, ut is well woth the effort.
The best introductory ML course
Awesome course! Andrew Ng is professional and friendly, this is my first course on coursera，I’m glad to choose this course。
A great first step in machine learning
The best machine learning course ever!
it's a great course for machine learning starter and the way of submitting assignment seems so fantasy. thx much to Prof. Ng
Must have course for any beginers in the field of Data Science and Analytics.
very useful course and the teaching quality is excellent.
A great great Thank you Andrew and Team !It was a long, hard but Wonderful training.
Simply a great course! It really gives you the tools to create intelligent algorithms.Although, I would not recommend it to those with no foundation of calculus, linear algebra or programming. You can attempt to do this course, but the course load will be at least twice as much, because you need to figure out those three things as well. (I myself majored in Chemical Engineering and did a minor Programming)
I think this is an interesting and awesome course, and I benefit a lot from it. Prof. Andrew is a good teacher.
I learned much about Machine Learning, however it's not enough for applications, so I'd like to learn more.
Nice course. Very helpful
I've only just scratched the surface, but this course is awesome!
Professor Andrew Ng does a fantastic job at explaining the concepts behind machine learning. Well- balanced and structured curriculum! Thank you Professor Andrew Ng for this course!
Very good and practical introduction
Excellent course with such great teaching by Professor Andrew N G. Great platform to understand Machine Learning in depth.
Excellent performance of Professor Ng throughout the entire course. The errata and resources sections are a very complete source of additional information and deeper insight in some of the contents. I think that the course makes machine learning understandable and usable for people that not necessarily has a strong background in computer science (such as me).
Terrific course. Thank you.
It is very useful for those new beginer on machine learning.
Phenomenal course. A little light on the math but provided a great introduction to machine learning.
thanks for the awesome video course for ML
The Materials, in fact, are not that difficult compared to other in school ML classes I took. However, the greatest thing of this course is that it helps me understand a lot of algorithms which I did not catch well in class. The technical parts of algorithms are not taught in detail, but a way to show and learn. Very good for either an ML starter or those who are confused about what they learnt in real class.
Professor Andrew Ng is a well-known scholar in the field of machine learning, his class is very wonderful, lecture way easy to understand.
The best online course in the world!This is the essential acknowledge about ML, very motivating and exciting.I would have liked Andres to be my university teacher
it's a very good course to learn machine learning, and for beginners, the course is not difficult to understand.
Andrew Ng does a great job of explaining all parts of the material, equations, and principles.
Very helpful
Very well taught. Thorough
Quite good. I learned a lot of concepts of ML. Hope Dr. Ng can explain things clearer and more concise sometimes.
Excellent in every way.A gateway MOOC addicts for the beginners and a seasoned MOOC for those that have had the rare opportunity to experience a MOOC that is better than this.
Further specific mathematical proof should be needed.
Great course, great content.I think this is the best place to start if you're interested in ML basics.
A good course for getting start of machine learning .Thanks for your help.
This was my first online course in Machine Learning. I should mention that I thoroughly enjoyed doing this course and can say with conviction that this will be my field of study in the years to come. I want to delve deeper into this field. Thank you very much Andrew Ng sir for making me understand the concepts in a crystal clear manner through your videos. I have seldom come across such kind of excellent pedagogy and teaching style through my career till date. I would be very interested in knowing about all career options (such as in education sector/corporate/any other) related to this field. I want to be associated with Machine Learning for a long time.
If you want to make a career out of ML or simply understand what everybody is talking about this is an amazing course. With very little programming experience and some linear algebra from long time ago I've been able to go into the depths of ML through this course thanks professor Ng and a great group of teacher assistants.
Great introduction of machine learning
I really learnt a lot about Machine Learning. I refreshed my Linear Algebra skills and my MatLab/Octave skills. I very much enjoyed Professor Ng's videos. The assignments gave me good challenges, and great joy when I completed them, and the learning material was really helpful and well structured. It's a pity it's over.
Thank you Andrew Ng. You are my first teacher in the journey of machine learning.
Very good introductory course for machine learning. Highly recommended.
Very nice introduction course with useful programming experience!
Amazing course giving a profound yet easy to understand insight in the world of Machine Learning. Dr Ng is able to explain very complex concepts in a simple manner where anyone with even basic math knowledge can learn and implement their own ML algorithms. Overall it encourages you to keep digging for more knowledge related to ML, and it gives you the necessary tools to understand it on your own. The practical assignments are very good and made simple with understandable MATLAB/Octave code not only to put your ML knowledge in practise but also as a general tutorial for this software. I fully recommend this course.
I love this course. Now that completed it I am eager to learn more and to practice. Thank you Coursera and Andrew Ng in particular.
First of all I'll like to thank Andrew Ng for the great initiative of putting together such a brilliant effort. Our society evolves due to special people such as him. Great guy!Would also like to thank our mentor Tom Mosher for the perfect timing and intelligent contribution to us through out the course. Without his patience, knowledge and dedication we would have probably never gone so far into learning. Thanks Tom!The course is much better than I expected. I couldn't thing of this level of learning was possible through a long distance course. There were moments were I felt just like I was taking regular presencial classes.The material, the support, the time and content of the videos, the level of the exercises, the mentoring structure were vary important to the overall result.As there is noting relevant to suggest as improvement, I would suggest us to have pictures sent in order to create a "Class Album" for us to remember who walked along with us over this nice weeks. Including, of course, Andrew and Tom.Thanks guys for the great contribution to all of us.
Great course, this was my first MOOC, and the process worked exceptionally well for me.
Great introduction, very clear and organized. Wonderful, even when watched at 2x.
Nice course to know about machine learning
Thank you for this amazing course!
Great Course! Well taught and very clearly explained. I was doing a Computer Science Course after almost 25 years and felt completely at home!
This is an incredible course. It starts from a basic concept that advances with an optimum pace and helps us learn so much better for its application in real world. Highly recommend to everyone who wants to be a part of future and the dream of AI.
This course is really fatanstic.And it teach me a lot about machine learning which stimulates my interest.
Absolutely amazing! A must-take course for machine learning introduction!
It is a good course lead us to knock out the door of machine learning
Andrew, a big 'thank you' for teaching this class! Even though I DON'T consider me as an (real) expert in ML now, I got a thorough understanding of many many topics of ML. Prepared with an arsenal of algorithms and a lot of great advice I feel ready for take-off. The course has been teached in a perfect order, explaining not only the mathematical underpinnings (luckily not in depth) but focusing on the intuitions, rationale and use-cases behind the different algorithms. The many given examples (lecture and ready-to-run-code in exercise) have been very motivating and inspiring.Some exercises turned out to be a bit time-consuming when trying to implement them in vectorized form. The catchiest part has been installing Octave (4.0.3) on OSX. I strongly recommend to go with the virtualbox/vagrant/xquartz based installation (see resources). So that's it. Thank you again!
Excellent Course. Andrew Ng explains the concepts very well. I had a lot of fun with the exercises!
Really great course. Thanks Andrew for a new level of knowledge and great teaching.
This course really surpassed my expectations. The overall structure is very well thought of: The videos are really clear, and give concrete applications for each type of model. Then the programming exercises solidify the concepts, with real data sets. I am very thankful to Andrew and everyone involved in the making of this course. Keep up the good work.
Really interesting course, hard enough to have studies material, easy enough to not be left out because of a too hard course. Perfect for learning machine learning systems.
Great!
Great teacher and materials. I had some experience working with Matlab (some years ago) and that allows me to follow the quizzes, but with some programming experience in any lenguage you won't find any problem. I definitely recommend this course as a great introduction to machine learning.
Interesting stuff, and quite comprehensive. However, the programming assignments on a "fill here" basis does not really lead to a generalization of the required algorithms to perform ML.
The best course I've ever taken. Andrew Ng is a motivation machine.
This is my first course. Best course ever taken. Prof. Ng lectures were brilliant. Takes a lot of time and effort.
My first step to be rich!
I, really enjoyed every second of it!
Really learned a lot from the course! Thank you, Professor Ng!
The best Pr
I never heard a word of machine learning before taking this course and I'm very happy with having spent my time on it, because I think this course is a very good introduction to the topic. Also I find machine learning very interesting so if I'm not busy I will look for further courses or even material to learn by my own.
Many thanks to those who made this course available. A friendly welcome into the exciting discipline.
Excellent introduction to the topic
Excellent content, teaching and assessment.
The way the course is built up, the material and explanation provided makes it a very useful and easy to learn one. I really like the the assignments as they are very close to interesting real life problems. The amount of information provided and the extra tasks are also providing a very good foundation to start working on your own ideas.
I really had learned so much throw this course and will manage to review it back again simultaneously
Outstanding instruction, non-trivial problems to solve using MATLAB or OCTAVE with a lot of explanation and flawless autograder.
This is the most interesting and useful course of Machine Learning on Coursera. I recommend strongly for other students who are going to study ML.
Highly motivating course for tangible improvements
This training was spot on for someone like me with an Engineering MSc but who had not practiced his maths and programming for a very long time. It was very accessible, yet challenging and stretching. I loved the methodology, the pace, the structure. I also felt I was covering a lot of ground on the broad topic of ML in little time and it was well worth the investment. Very well done !
I love the way Andrew teaches the course. Even a layman can comprehend the contents.
This is very useful and interesting course toughed by great professor Andrew Ng. The knowledges are structural and the presentations were given step by step, hopefully all students can benefit people and benefit themselves, too, with these Machine Learning skills.
Incredibly didactic and great focus on practical learning, including programming examples that show tangible results.
Brilliant!
Pretty good, although very basic.
Perfect course to start in this techniques, many thanks to all;
Such a brilliant course. This has been the starting point for my career in machine learning. Thank you professor Andrew.
Great course
A good lead-in course, not appropriate for those already in this field
Exceptional course. Great Programming assignments. Lucid study material and easy to follow.
The basics of Machine Learning explained in an easy to understand way. For people like me who are unfamiliar with Statistics the need arises from time to time to research certain things on your own. I would recommend just a little bit of familiarity with Calculus (i.e. derivatives) in order to better understand things, but certainly not necessary to make progress.Professor Andrew does a great job at explaining the concepts, and the programming assignments are very interesting and challenging.The course does suffer from BAD English subtitling, but not exactly something that should put you off.This course is a great way to get started in Machine Learning, and paves the way for more advanced learning in the future.
I liked this course
awesome class! Professor Ng is one of my favorite professors.
The lectures are very well spoken and easy to understand.Programming assignments are kind of hard without really understanding the math and algorithm behind, and a working solution may just end up being a shocking few lines of code. Challenging but fun and very helpful for understanding the mechanism underneath.
This could be huge for me!
This Course about machine learning was really amazing, throughout the 11 weeks of this course I gained a good knowledge in this field of science in both theoretical and practical sense. I would recommend This Course by Dr. Ng to any Control or Electrical Engineer. Thank you very much for the organized and well presented content.
Is a course very interesting, and have a good system learning
Amazing content, great coverage and explanations from many of the most important topics in ML.Congratulations to Professor Andrew and thank you very much for this course, it was an honor to be a part of it.
I wish it could have been a bit more challenging, especially towards the end of the course.
Great Course by one of the most experienced person in this domain !!
Getting the tutorials from the one of the best professors is always a great things. To the newbies in machine learning I have found this course to be the best. It is both theoretically optimized and practical implementation is top of the world. Researcher will certainly be motivated from the course.
Effective introductions and lead-in to the fundamentals and theories so that I could get a good appreciation of what ML is about.
Great introduction to machine learning! Having a strong math background, I found the information flowed a little slowly at times. My advice would be to increase the video playback speed a bit. Thanks Andrew!
Fantastic and amazing introductory course!
Great introduction to machine learning. Andrew Ng was very clear. Amazing that the grading couldbe completely automated. the way it was Having said that, after a while I eventually fell into a trap of treating the assignments like video games, kind of randomly guessing until ti came out right. Of course that's how I program sometimes anyway(!).
Superbly organized content, top rated forums, distinctive presentation, provides the essentials of Machine Learning.
I liked a lot, but i would like a bit more of math proffs. Thanks by the Course.
Fantastic course tackling a lot of different machine learning methods accompanied by fantastic programming assignments.
Excellent course on foundations of Machine Learning concepts, algorithms, and applications. Prof. Andrew Ng has a nice way of explaining methods and processes. Octave programming projects could be supplemented or replaced with Python projects. Recommend this course if you want to really learn Machine Learning.
Great course from the great man! If you want to dive into ML - that's the starting point.
Nice initiation to Machine Learning covering the main algorithms
The course, although simplistic, teaches the essential basics of machine learning with solid examples and projects.
I would give 4.5 stars if I could. First, the positives: I got a great overview of many machine learning topics and learned a lot in general, the professor is excellent, and the programming assignments have plenty of resources to expand your knowledge beyond the core requirements. However, in later weeks, as the assignments grew more complex, I became a monkey. In the earlier weeks there was a focus on the fundamentals, which while very frustrating, are necessary to cement your skills. Later weeks failed to keep this up and emphasized increasingly isolated problems where it wasn't necessary to understand the big picture, and you can succeed (still with frustration) using blind guessing and transposing matrices. The problem with this method is that real life does not always have an assured solution. That said, if you are self motivated, there are plenty of resources to address this gap, and if you want to learn machine learning for its own sake (and not just to get a certificate), I strongly recommend you take this course.
The course is comprehensive and inspiring. Highly recommended!
Very good introduction to Machine Learning. Thanks Prof. Andrew Ng
Great course which teaches the fundamentals of machine learning. It makes me want to learn even more and go out there and apply all the knowledge given. Hope there will be a part II for this course with more advanced topics.Many thanks to Andrew Ng!
Great class from practical point of view. It would be great if there where more videos with derivations.
Very good! easy to understand!
Great course. Well balanced lectures and quizzes. Very helpful and well structured coding assignments. I learned a lot from this course. Thank you!
Great course
Thank you! Super fun to learn and would recommend this course for anyone that want to learn Machine Learning.
This course provides a solid foundation of machine learning. During the course several common algorithms of machine learning were clearly explained. And it's very useful for a freshman to understand how machine learning works.
Challenging and fascinating, brilliantly structured, by turns frustrating and inspiring. Excellent, excellent course. More from Prof Ng please!
Very good, inspiring course! I now want to learn more and apply my new knowledge!
The Best course ever
Thanks
Great!
Amazing Course, really well structured and with a lot of insights about how to solve real problems on machine learning, and not just theory. It would have been bette if it was thought in python.
The course is great, but some materials have low quality. Still it is really good.
Professor Andrew Ng explains the Machine Learning concepts lucidly and those helped me a lot to shape my approaches for a given new machine learning problem. I am grateful for Prof. Andrew and Coursera for this wonderful opportunity.
Great course! Very clear explanations of sometimes complex concepts. A good mix between theory and practice.
The course is good. But,-Bad voice quality , too much up down in volume and noisy.-No demo for the assignments.
A very good course for beginners. Spend enough time on the course so you can really understand the math behind ML. You don't have to be an expert in Maths. Andrew Ng makes it easy for everyone to understand.
The best lesson I have attended.I also learn a lot from it .And Ng is a nice teacher ,I like him very much ,hope his next lesson .And I will often come back to review it .Thank very much !
That was an extremely interesting and well-structured course. Even if I already have a background in linear algebra, optimisation and statistics, I found it really helpful to learn again the bases. I can't wait to apply it ! Thank's a lot for this course.
This is one of the best course I ever had. I have learnt a lot from this course.
Great course. Thanks for Dr. Ng for this great material.
Incredibly effective, clear, and well put together course. As an ME a year out of college previously familiar with matlab and some other programming languages I found the layout of the programming assignments and the break down of the course structure in general to be highly engaging and really awesome.Thanks Andrew Ng and Coursera for the great lessons!
I like this course which brings lots of basic and important understanding of the Machine learning
Awesome! Thanks so much Andrew!
Brilliant course. Mr Andrew is an amazing teacher! The interactive slides are a great way of explaining more complex topics as opposed to "reading" what's on slides, which some teachers unfortunately tend to do. I found this course incredibly valuable, easy to follow and incredibly satisfactory in the end. Mr Andrew, thank you!
I am a post-doc researcher in phonetics from Germany with very little background in statistics and no background in machine learning and although it required some work I was never lost and always able to follow the videos, answer the review questions and even managed to do the programming assignments. This course is excellent for beginners and although there are a lot of things I need to study more thoroughly to really be able to apply them in my field of research this course has covered most of the basic concepts and helped me gain a much better understanding of the methods used outside of my primary field of research which greatly helps expanding my skills. I recommend this course to everyone who has no or little prior knowledge of machine learning!
I learn a lot from this course.
Great introductory course to get yourself started in the Machine Learning domain. Of course, there are miles to go before you sleep. This is just the beginning !
It describes a simple and graphically the main machine learning algorithms
Wonderful course ! I come from a background in game design, I'm more of an artist than an engineer ... Yet Professor NG's pedagogy helped me to go back to mathematical concepts I studied a very long time ago. This course changed my vision on the future of my field, and I will try to use what I learnt to be even more creative than before... I cried when I reached the conclusion video, thank you professor for thinking of the effort and the time we put into this course. After all, we don't really meet, but you manage to make us feel your passion for the field in your courses. Thank you very much !
Excellent blend of concepts and assignments leading to an overall effective learning. Definitely worthwhile.
great course. great teacher.
Strikes a good balance between a broad-based overview and in-depth exposure to common machine learning techniques. Includes several tips for practioners.
A great resource to get introduced to Machine Learning
Excellent course! I really enjoyed it and learn a lot. I recommend it!
it was very challenging and interesting
I have been working on tools to analyse data and find anomalies visually. Now machine learning has helped me automated them to a great accuracy! Thanks to Andrew and Team for providing this course. This course is very well organized, and is covering various aspects of machine learning. This gave me an overview of various algorithms available, how to pick them, implement them, debug them and tune them. Once again, thank you very much.
Fundamental and useful introduction to Machine Learning.
Excellent Course, must be for all people, interested in expertising this domain.
Great course to learning Machine Learning fundamentals!
Extremely interesting and useful course! Andrew Ng pays attention not only to mathemetical models but also to practical aspects of machine learning systems development. I feel it is the most valuable course I've found on Coursera so far. Thank you for this course very much!
A great course. Well presented information.
Simply brilliant!I have never joined a course with so much practical knowledge, taught clearly, in such short amount of time.
A lot of work, but totally worth it!
Very enjoyable. Professor Ng is well spoken and easy to understand. He explains fairly complex problems quite well and I feel I learned a lot from listening to the lectures the first time through. The programming problems are sometimes quite complex but the help available in the forums and tutorials was excellent.
Very useful course, it explains the very hard things in most simple way as it is possible
A course with a wonderful mix of theory and practical examples which gave me a sound understanding of the field of machine learning.
Great and useful course based on practical implementation....Thanks a lot for Prof Andrew and Coursera team for providing such a great course
A great course to start Machine Learning. The theoretical concepts are very well explained, starting from the intuition and going to the practical recommendations of a professor who is a reference in the field. The course comes with programming exercices in Octave/Matlab that are quite fun to do. These exercices give you a nice set of tools with which you can apply Machine Learning to your own problems. Thank you so much for offering everyone the chance to learn Machine Learning with Coursera !
Great course. Thank you!
Very useful and a bit challenging course. Thank you!
This my first machine learning course and I am very satisfied with it. The bottom-up approach really helped me understand how machine learning evolve. I only cannot understand the proper action to do if I have to use data mining application as modern data mining applications provide diverse algorithms. The hands-on coding assignment is the most valuable lesson for me.
Heaps of practical knowledge on building machine learning applications, as well as a deeper understanding of how machine learning models work, can perform better and in which areas they can be applied. Not surprisingly considered one of the best online classes out there.
A very comprehensive course to get a through head-start into Machine Learning.
Excelente curso introductorio a Machine Learning
This course was a great introduction to Machine Learning and definitely well worth the time and effort spent. Andrew Ng is a great teacher and I really enjoyed the class.
As an engineer with over 25 years experience of developing and running models, the principle of parsimony (5 or fewer inputs) has become my watch-word. I was sceptical that Machine Learning on 'big data' would simply be another area of applied statistics.This course EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATION IN BUCKET LOADS!It applies modern computing power to large data sets to draw inferences with direct real-World application. PCA and dimensionality reduction was what attracted me to this course (via a recommendation in the 'Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome' course) and I have gained great insights in this area. In the past I used spreadsheets; now I will use Octave (or other languages) to perform analysis via scripts.A huge thank you to Andrew Ng.
Thank you for this amazing ML course. Its quality and the whole journey altogether make me look forward for other courses taught by Prof. Andrew NG. Great instructor and great experience.
I would totally recommend this course for its thorough introduction of various aspects of Machine Leaning .This course also has very helpful programming exercises to implement the concepts learnt practically and observe the results.
One of the best courses online for learning machine learning. Covers the basics of the most important concepts in machine learning. Even if you find the programming assignments challenging, just watch videos.
Very useful for beginners, on the detailed.
It is a very good one thought i would have liked to have an explanation of the answers of some of the two-variable funtions questions proposed in the calculus part. Thanks a lot
Great easy to digest content.
Great Course! Make deep concept easy to understand!
Great introduction to machine learning. Course briefly mentions many aspects of machine learning helping to develop an overall understanding of what kind of problems will require solving.
Very well organized - thank you Andrew and team. In my case, it was a quick refresher of concepts/techniques I studied a long time ago.
Excellent course! All material clearly explained and interesting and useful programming exercises. Thank you!
very interesting course and the professor is very good in teaching
Course is very informative and well presented.
This is the best course that I have ever taken, each lecture has such depth to it and yet it is though in a very simple and elegant way. Thanks a lot Andrew Ng . You are the best
Thanks a lot Sir. Not only did this course made me aware about the different concepts in Machine Learning, but it also helped me to learn and understand the higher algorithms involving it's application. It's a great course for beginners.
I truly enjoyed the class. Andrew Ng is extremely good in providing a valuable intuition and demonstrating the main ideas and critical points of the methods. As I am a mathematician I often missed more rigorous and detailed mathematical derivations and argumentations. However, I very well understand that the class is meant to address a general audience with probably no further mathematical understanding than that obtained at school.
An excellent course! Covers a huge amount of material in a clear and concise manner. I have done other online ML and data science courses since, for which this proved an excellent foundation.
It was one of the hardest courses I've ever done. Normally I'm used to finish courses in 1/3 of declared estimated time. This course took me almost so long as declared. Hard and time consuming, but really good to gain the knowledge about ML
This course was clear and well taught. I enjoyed the programming projects very much and i will continue to learn about Machine Learning. It is a great start!
One of the best online courses!!
Very useful course.
This course is excellent for anyone who is at the beginning of his track in Machine Learning!
Excellent course. No nonsense, to the point, well structured and made for the practitioner. I truly enjoyed the course.
Trully a great course! I wish I've competed it many years earlier!
Really well done! Thank you Prof. Ng!
Pretty attractive. But a little bit complicated (many formulas).
I found the course quite useful. It was my first but not last step to join the machine learning world. Course's scope makes me feel now i'm familiar with lots of concepts of ML research space. It was also easily understandable, and also not hard to deal with even for some specific lessons that required a bit attention.Overall, i'm happy to take this course as my first step to machine learning and i advise it to everyone who wants to improve himself/herself or start a new career path on ML.
I enjoyed the course a great deal and learned much with a minimalamount of time, thanks to Professor Ng's excellent explanations.
excellent course ! one of the best MOOCs ever seen !
Neat and light with an expert wisdomGreat CombinationThank You
This Class is good for first step in Machine Learning.
Great content, extremely useful and very well presented. I'm very happy I took this course.
Very rigorous; well designed and challenging tests; clear and concise explanations! I feel goodcompleting this course!
Great Course! I really enjoyed it .
This course is a comprehensive introduction to machine learning including latest technologies. It teaches both theories and best practices in industries given that the tutor - Andrew Ng has extensive working and research experience in some giant tech companies. I recommend this course to everyone who are interested in machine learning.
Very good course.
I haven't had this much fun since my undergrad days 25 years ago. Great teacher, great subject matter, and a wonderful intro to the world of machine learning. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to understand how her future is being shaped by machines.
An excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Every quiz thought provoking and reinforces the concepts learnt. Thank you Prof Andrew Ng !!
It was my first online course and it was great.From coding details to high level heuristics, the content is broad and well-structured. Excellent Machine Learning start point.Course is nicely adjusted to online format. Friendly video explanations, relevant exam questions, and practical and didactic assigments. Andrew and his team created a memorable educative experience here.
Prof Ng's teaching is excellent!
Great introduction, preparing you for further study
After a very intense study in one month, it really broaden my horizon of how to fit datasets in various model and better understand them in all directions. As an experimental Ph. D student, I want to thank the professor for such nice lectures and organized format of every materials since all the algorithms and mathematical bases inspire me and let me regain power to grab the math and coding learned as undergraduate. I would like to recommend this course to everyone with basic linear algebra background.
The lectures are easy to understand and kind to beginners. Although I need to put it into practice, I think I learned the basic of machine learning.
It is a great course of Machine Learning. I had a great time watching the videos and doing the exercices. Andrew Ng is one of the best teachers I've ever seen, so thank you Andrew.
Great course. Although it could be somewhat high-level to some (I disagree), the lectures and particularly the assignments provide a good insight into the ML algorithms.
Exceptional content and delivery
A very good and effective course on Machine Learning for learning Machine Learning from the very beginning.
Very good introduction to several concepts in machine learning!
Great intro!
Just one word - 'GREAT!'
This course is very enlightening and practical. highly recommend.
Absolutely amazing professor and very good programming exercises! This course was a real enjoyment. It boosted my interests in machine learning and AI and it gave me a solid foundation to take more advanced courses in the future.
Very good introduction to basic machine learning. Highly recommended!
This course is by far the most I have learnt from spending such a small amount of time. Kudos to Dr. Ng.
thank you sir Andrew!.. you are a great teacher and honestly i didnt expected so much of advices and debugging techniques.. thank you :) it was a beautiful start to my ML world.. :D thanks a ton to the background team as well..
Excellent course.Not only it taught concepts of machine learning but also helped me develop a better understanding towards tackling any sort of scenario that can occur in the domain.
Phenomenal course! Very well presented and constructed. The workload was manageable and gave you a good starting point if you wanted to extend and generalize for future work. Totally pleased with it! I'm stoked to keep diving into the world of Machine Learning. Thanks Andrew Ng!
Excellent!!! Very interesting and very well explained. Now I see machine learning opportunities all around me... :)
excellent bunch of information about data science. Chapeau Mr Andrew Ng!
Exceptional course. Thanks Andrew and all the staff!
Great introduction to some fundamental and very interesting techniques in machine learning. Now I finally know how backpropagation works, among many other things.
Nice and complete introduction to the subject taught in a very lucid manner by Andrew Ng. Definitely one of the best ML courses available online.
Great learning experience. Does not require a lot of background in mathematics, computer vision, ... .
Go through the course and stop reading reviews. Nothing! like it.
Thans for profession NG. This course open the gate of machine learing for me. It's very exciting and interesting.
I'm very happy with the content of this course
Plus for practical tips. A bit too little focus on the mathematics. Minus for slightly buggy lecture videos.
Great course for an introduction to Machine Learning.
Congratulations for this amazing course that is very didactic, progressive and of excellent quality. This demanding course encompasses very useful use cases of machine learning examples with fully operational source codes in Matlab / Octave. The instant correction of exercises is a real pleasure. Thank you very much to Professor Andrew Ng for his great dedication to create this MOOC.
The course is understandable for students with very different backgrounds.
Nice course to start your machine learning career.
A pretty good course for learners.
Wonderful course!! A very easy way to know something about ML!
Very good course. It overviews the main machine learning systems in both ways, theoretical and practical.Maybe it lacks of a final project, but is one of the limitations of these kind of online courses.
A course without almost any prerequisite knowledge requirements. While this makes it an excellent introductory course in Machine Learning and at the same time still applicable there are a few drawbacks. Your actual understanding of ML will be pretty shallow. Programming examples do to a certain extent facilitate understanding of the algorithms in use, but it's somewhat hard translating to real world use due to fairly heavy amount of abstraction and "code-hiding". Still, I would recommend this course as a starter course for ML as it will greatly enhance your understanding for ML in general and where to go next.
Excellent course. Thanks Prof. Ng!
Great introduction to machine learning. The course finds a good balance between theoretical algorithm background and practical skills for developing machine learning systems.
Very well designed. Videos were excellent. Reviews and programming exercises were very well thought through.
Andrew, thank you very much for creating this class. I am a research scientist and have a regular daily research work. I am so surprised that this course is very well organized. In just two weeks, I can easily go through each concepts and practice within two weeks. I hope you can create more classes like this one and I can follow up with you.
Thanks Prof. Ng. Well organized class! I learned a lot.
What a great course. Must take for tech Product Managers!
Clear explanation of the algorithm and good homework assignment which helps student to easily walk through all the ideas which have been taught in course
This course is one of the best Data Science courses available online. This has taught me advanced Data Science Machine Learning terminologies and algorithms. The hands-on exercises are helpful in applying the concepts learned in the course using MATLAB/Octave, which is really helpful. Overall, a wonderful experience to be a part of course offered by the very intuitive and intelligent, Andrew Ng.
Good course as a beginer of machine learning
Well structured course. Good balance between theory and practice from ML app developer's perspective.
Awesome CourseNice way of Explaining thingsThanks Professor
Thanks for the great course, it helped me to learn lot of things from basic to advanced level.
Great!!
This is an Amazing Journey that will definitely be very helpful to your future! Awesome course =)
The course is awesome!
It has been a great learning experience taking this Course. I am currently taking an advance version of Machine Learning in my school, and this course on Cousera has definitely provided me the basic and essential knowledge in tackling more advance machine learning problems in school.To the mentors, thank you for answering my questions that i have posted in the forum. Just a little feedback, i hope that there will be different mentors tackling on different weeks' problems (Spreading the workload ..maybe). In this way, answers to some of the questions can be more detailed.And i also hope that some days the errata in videos can be corrected even though these are minor errors...so that students do not need to refer so much to the errata page while watching the video lectures.Overall, the course is great and i will definitely recommend this to my friends! I hope that one day Coursera will have an advanced version of the class! (etc. Machine Learning II)
a very good introduction to machine learning
Great course!
Very helpful and give students hands-on experience in machine learning programming
It was great fun learning 'Machine Learning' from Andrew Ng. He somehow ensures that we can understand very complex concepts. Many thanks to Andrew, Coursera and everyone involved.
This course offers an overview of machine learning algorithms such as linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks, SVM, etc. This course also helped me acquire "good machine learning manners" such as error analysis, ceiling analysis, plotting learning curves, etc.
Very enjoyable course. Well worth your while to work through all of the videos and programming examples. Stick at it - support on the forums is very good if you do the research and ask questions.
An excellent course on Machine Learning and advise on how to apply it in practical scenarios
Cool and great explanation from teacher.
Nice overview of the basics.
I recommend this course for everyone who want to begin a career on machine learning or big data, such a great course with interesting content ! Thank you Coursera
This course is simply amazing! the classes go straight to the point and give a lot of useful information. in addition to the clear explanation of different algorithms in ML, the sections of error analysis, debugging and diagnostics really help me a lot with my experiments! Thank you very much, Andrew Ng and the whole team!
It's great. I'm a newer of machine-learning, And I got a lot from this course. I don't know how to spell, I have a plan to implement some ideas using machine learning. I'm so excited to do it. Thank you for Andrew Wu, Thank you very much! This courses worth time.
Excellent teaching and course contents!
One of the best courses that I ever took, the materials are described in the easiest possible way and also creative ways of describing them.
Must for everyone willing to contribute in AI and ML.
Clear and concise teachings made machine learning understandable without too much technicalities
Andrew is an amazing teacher, this course cover the basis of ML. 100% recommendable
Loved this course. When I started I thought even basic machine learning was way too complex, and how wrong was I? Andrew makes machine learning approachable and fun. The best part of the course was the tips to approach ml problems and debug them. Recommend. Recommend. Recommend.
I really enjoy this course and learn a lot ! Simple explication of theorical aspect and a good elements to give you intuition about what the algorihm doing. Interesting and well choose practical exercise. Last but not least precious advices to build machine learning algorithm. May be the course start to old a little, the technology evolves, but still true. I recommend !
This course is perfect, I have learned a lot about this machine learning area.
This is an awesome introduction course to AI!!!!!
Awesome videos and assignments!
I would like to say "thank you" Prof. Ng and team! You've done an excellent job by this course and it was a great pleasure to learn with you.
This course has taken me from being a layman, knowing little more than what popular science magazines could tell me, to understanding how these systems work and how to create my own. I understand that a lot has changed during the five years since this course was made, but I believe this will form a solid foundation upon which to build upon. My intention now is to take this knowledge and apply it to experiment with and create new applications.
One of the best courses I have ever attended. I might review all lessons once again as there are far too many concepts embedded in this course.
Thank you very much Professor Andrew. Teaching the esoteric theory in a very easy to understand way. The contents is very rich, and the the difficulty is suitable. It's an excellent machine learning course. thank you very much.
Thanks Andrew
The courses are short and to the poit (no unnecessary talk to make the videos just longer). The transfered knowledge is always the essential of the topic to be discussed. All the surroundings (how to plot best, how to structure the test eviorenment, etc.) are taken care of in the exercise-files. I can highly recommendthis course to everyone interested in Machiene Learning.
This was an excellent course. I want to thank Professor Ng and his team for putting together a very digestible and intuitive introduction to machine learning. I wish more introductory courses were like this. Now I feel equipped to tackle my own problems and read advanced material on my own.The strongest point of the course is that the essence and purpose of the algorithms are explained intuitively. Sure, advanced algorithms might changed the way they do regularization, their kernel, or other parameters, but you now know what it means. Also the debugging and diagnostics section is very intuitive and easy to digest.If you are interested in machine learning, this is the course to take.My only minor feedback would be to include a decision tree and ensemble section, due to their popularity.
Very interesting and deep course on machine learning, highly recommended to engineers who even don't work with ML day to day. Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher, it's been such a pleasure to listen to his lectures full of mathematical background and practical real life advises on how to build machine learning systems.
Great Course!
Awesome stuff! Kudos to Prof. Andrew Ng for a great class. The class did take quite a bit of my time, but i have no complaints whatsoever! It has been a great learning experience and what i also liked is the Prof's sincerity and passion.
Nice introduction in ML. You will understand what stands behind this approach and in which way, why and how it helps to solve many problems
Fantastic course and Prof. Ng made it so easy to understand even the hardest of concepts. Learnt so much and would surely recommend this course to anyone wanting to start his ML journey.
This is a great course with great content led by a great teacher. The course struck the right balance between breadth and depth of the topic. This is my first course in Coursera platform and I am very impressed with the quality of content and delivery.
Excellent course! Will recommend to anyone that requires a basic+ understanding of machine learning algorithms.
Great course. I've learned a lot.
This is one of the best classes I've ever taken, online or offline. It was hard, but totally worth every bit of effort I put into it. I feel like I learned 6 months of material in 11 weeks because of Andrew. Andrew is an amazing instructor, thank you so much for putting this course together.
Fantastic course to get started on Machine Learning. Andrew is an amazing teacher who knows how to simplify difficult concepts for students with diverse backgrounds.
This is the best online course I've ever taken!! Highly recommended.
Dr. Andrew taught the material very clearly!
Excellent course, Thanks Prof Ng!
Given me a fundamental understanding of Machine Learning concept and usage thru theoretic walk-thru and practical exercises which enables me to explore further in the domain.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The lectures are informative and the exercises are a great supplement to the material. My only recommendation to improve the course is to do a little more editing on the videos to shorten them a little bit as I find that the lecturer may be repeating some of his talking points.
Great hand-on practical knowledge, ready-to-be-applied. Totally worth the time spent.
It's a very fundamental machine learning class. After finishing this class, I have gotten the overview structure of machine learning and it promotes me to learn more and deeper on machine learning. Also, Prof. Ng is humorous and has a great skill to teach. I like his teaching style.
A great (and must) introduction on Machine Learning.
Good introduction without too much math.
Great course. A progressive discovery of the maths inner to the learning algorithms. This course gives that insight many ML practitioners don't have and is so important for making real use cases work.
Great course! Many thanks!
It's unbelievable that I can learn more sitting miles away than by sitting in an actual class. And the sole reason for that is the tremendous work Prof. Ng, the mentors and all others related to the course have put in in bringing this course online. Videos are extremely well explained and the programming assignments are just the right amount of challenging that leave a sense of satisfaction upon completion. It's a wonderful and unique attribute for a course to have its students attached to it. This one managed to achieve just that. Thanks!
Outstanding class to help understand machine learning. This course will demystify many of the applications that you find on the web. The amount of programming is very limited by making use of Octave.
Very interesting and informative. I like how the teacher presents the material. Programming assignments are very useful and educating.
I like this course very much.I have studied the principles of Machine Learning at the University but I never had the chance to practice my knowledge. This course gave me this opportunity. I enjoyed working with the assignment projects.The course content is clear and the teacher is engaging. You can watch the videos or just take the tests and the assignment if you feel confident. But for me watching all the video made me learn more about the theory behind all the algorithms. It took me back to my undergraduate math preparatory classes when Piskunov's "Differential and Integral Calculus" was my bible.
great course with nice exercises and a good learning curve
Exceptional course! Clear explanation of the subjects with a lot of insights.
The teacher, Mr. Andrew Ng, tries to give us not only the ML techniques, but also very practical "keys to success". Very useful and easy to understand.
It is quite easy to understand and useful as well. Thank you!
Great course on Machine Learning, comprehensive and introductory. The course explains the algorithms pretty well.
concise concept and easy exercise for newbie.
Great Course. Could have been better if programming assignments would have been in a more popular language like Python. However, it is possibly one of the best course ever.
Wonderfull Course, I learned a lot about artificial intelligence
I've got a lot from this class on last several months. Thanks Coursera! Thanks Andrew Ng sincerely!
awesome course!!
Quite challenging but I learned a lot. Excellent overview of the topic. Very good teacher.
A good introduction to machine learning. Covers fair amount of topics in recent machine learning trends.
Excellent course, bright teacher and very very good learning curve ;-)
This Machine Language course is well structured and easy to learn for students who have basic knowledge of matrix and programming.
It's a good introduction to ML.
Love this teacher very much, and ML!
A. Ng is a great instructor who is able to put himself in the position of students approaching the material for the first time. His explanations are always quite clear, even to the uninitiated.
Great course. This course starts from the very beginner level and build its way upwards gradually.All the lecture are neatly designed and assignments are really helpful too.
This course possibly opens a door to my future career in data analytics. Thank you.
Excellent intro class that is broad and sufficiently deep enough to get familiar with the entire subject. Good intuition guidance on each of the methods for solving different types of techniques. More rigorous than I expected for an online class with lots of programming exercises and tough multi-choice questions.
Good overview of Machine Learning, with many fun practical exercises
Really good. Taught me a lot.
Very powerful course!
This is one excellent course. Initially not at all what I expected (I expected concrete libraries, tools, frameworks and assignments based on them), but I actually got far more than I expected. Topics that Prof. Ng chose and explained were all foundation blocks for solving many machine learning problems, and enabled me to write algorithms by myself - from scratch! Exercises were tremendously helpful, and worked as a confirmation to all videos. The course is enormously valuable to me, so thank You Prof. Ng!
Great course!
Excellent course! I really learned a lot from this course.
Very useful class, and the teacher, Andrew is awesome!
A must do course for anyone venturing into the Machine Learning world.
Great!
This is a machine learning course which is more like a introductive course than a very difficult and deep course. Although the content of this course is a little easy , but it is an important and essential lesson for machine learning "freshman" to know the main algorithms of ML. Best wishes to Ng, a very patient and earnest teacher!
Great course. It addresses a number of topics on ML, and takes you to the point in which you can start working on ML on your own.I missed a clear path of what are the roadmap for the course, why each topic is presented when, and why is important. It's easy to get lost until you follow the reasoning of the instructor.
This is an amazing class where I learnt about basic machine learning tools and how to use them efficiently.
Course is well structured and delivered.
This course is quite good for basic introduction to Machine Learning Field. It is not for advanced learning but it is sure to get you started in a rocking way!
Very practical!
I very very recommend this lecture. and I hope another lecture of professor Ng.
Great course!
Thank you very much, Andrew Ng! This course gave me the first glance at Machine Learning and understanding of the topic, so I am really satisfied with the result. All lectures are of very high quality and it was pleasant to take the course
Great course! All the basics of Machine LEarning are covered.
It was a lot more work than expected, especially alongside a full-time job, but the course kept getting more and more interesting. This high quality content combined with as great of a teacher as Andrew is makes for a very compelling learning experience. I'm immensely grateful to him and the Coursera team for providing such a high class education for free. Thank you very much and keep it up!
Great course, if you are a person looking to dip your toe into the extraordinary world of machine learning. Or perhaps you have an interest of developing AI, and related technologies, this course really hits all the fundamentals. Great instructor.
Great intro to machine learning.Good overview of concepts and some mathematics of the algorithms.Implementation is on octave and its mostly coding the equations .
Good starting point for learning ML!
Fantastic course, would thoroughly recommend to anyone with even a passing interest in machine learning.
It would be easy to rate the course with anything below 5 stars for it being not enough formal and academic; for explicitly not requiring prior knowledge of basic calculus and algebra; for using MATLAB instead of actual industry standards.But that would probably be unfair, because Andrew Ng's course is a brilliant introduction to Machine Learning. Soft, tolerant approach helps newbies to overcome initial feeling of being overwhelmed by ML algorithms and learn them while playing with lots of code provided with the course.It is also definitely worth mentioning that prof. Ng not only explains problem settings and algorithms that are suited to solve them, but also shares many experience-driven hints for actually applying ML in practice.All in all, this course will not make you a Data Scientist, but it definitely will help you grasp the basics and prepare you for more demanding education; or even for simpler actual practical tasks!
Challenging but very informative.
Teaches you basics of Machine Learning.If you have no idea of Machine learning then this course is for you.
Great overview of most promizing ML techniques. Just enough math to be able to use the knowledge but not too much to make the course heavy. Stimulating. Oriented to people that want to be operative on ML rahter than understand
This course is not just another online course. You enjoy doing it and will learn a lot. Go for it
Very helpful and it is a good intuition for machine learning!!!Recommend!!
Although I'm completely new to ML with no background. I was able to get clear picture of concepts thank you for bring wonderful course.
Extremely good introductory course to ML. It sheds light upon the basics of a very complex and fascinating matter.
Although the course is designed in a simple way ,we still need to have some prior knowledge in mathematics used in the course to understand it.
it's very good.This course gave me basical and overall knowledgement about machine learning which is very helpful for my next level of machine learning. And Mr.Ng's teaches very patiently. He often makes a lot of examples to make the course easy to understand. There are program missions about the course which i think helps me a lot. anyway thanks ，Andrew Ng.Thank you for introducing me into the world of machine learning which is fantastic and makes me thrilling.
Thank you so much to give me such a good class, and this class really taught me so much about machine learning. and I wish someday I will become a man like prof. Ng. Again , thank you so much.
This is an excellent course of the beginners who want to know about machine learning.I hope there will be more deeper course related for those want to advance.By the way, there are some spelling mistakes in the subtitles.
Wonderful course
One of the best coureses ive taken
This was a great course. The coding assignments were very instructive. The only possible improvements I see at this point are: 1) getting rid of the very wordy multiple choice questions with more than one correct answer. I can see how the idea is to make cheating hard but I didn't particularly enjoy those. 2) Having a textbook to see all technical details in one place rather than jumping around between the contents of different weeks. Thank you!
really useful
Loved the course! Very clear lectures. The programming assignments are just the right level of difficulty to reinforce the lectures without making me feel lost. Only minus is that the course feels a bit dated, with lots of known errata and no mention of more recent developments such as convolutional or recurrent neural networks. Would love to see an updated version released!
Awesome and well vulgarizated !!! THXXXXXXXX
One of the best course I have seen in my career. Its very good course to start understand from basics to the advance level.
Good, and you almost never need to make a comment in the discussion groups as most issues have been pre-discussed.
I think the course is a good primer for anyone who wants to get into ML or for anyone who needs revisiting the basics of ML. I would say for anyone with a mathematical background it might feel not enough, but it's a perfect start. I used to remind myself of a lot of things I learned and to find out about new concepts such as neural networks. Great
Really nice course, but the quizzes kind of take much from the examples presented in the lectures, so it seems to me like learning by heart would be somehow enough to get the grades. Comprehension could be more emphasized in the tests. Said another way, I found the quizzes to be rather easy (some questions were tricky, but many seemed to me rather obvious).
Thank you Andrew, course mentors and all those who made this valuable information available.
Excellent excellent course to get started in Machine Learning domain.
Awesome course for in-depth about how machine learning works
This course provides sufficient knowledge to understand a lot of jargon related to ML.
Great course that gives broad and deep insightings towards understanding and applying machine learning!
Thank you!
Very good to start in the world of Data Science
Very intuitive. Good for beginners with minimal background.
Excellent course as it is, but still would appreciate the inclusion of topics such as Monte Carlo Tree Search and Random Forest search as those also seem to be used often enough in ML settings.
Very clear and helpful!
really worth to learn!
Great
Excellent course. Gives an intuition in more complex topics like neural networks or SVM and also allows to do some really interesting things like training the NN.
Very good training material and great teaching method used by Mr. Andrew Ng. It could be improved by having review question based on using Ocatave / Matlab scripting to make the learning more interactive and interesting.
Loved this course! Great overview and introduction to various machine learning algorithms. The topics were very tractable.
Complex concepts explained with ease and clarity!Hats off to prof Andrew Ng for making it worthwhile
Perfect balance between theory and practical coding. Especially for people who are already employed and have a family - time is precious and so efficient learning is valued. Thank you.
This Course really is life changing for me, It s the best i had so far and I am willing to use what I have learned to great purposes thank you a lot sir(Mr. Andrew)
Kudos, Professor Andrew Ng for this amazing course. I have never been so much fascinated in learning before. I entered into the realm of Machine Learning with this course and recommend highly this course to all the beginners and intermediaries . The course is very nicely designed and well paced. The quizzes are requires head pinning, and the programming assignments are really tricky. I wish everyone great success.
This is a great introductory course to the Machine Learning practice. It gives you a great overview of different machine learning methods and does not have a steep learning curve. This course will prepare you to dive deeper into machine learning.
A very hands on and relevant take into contemporary Machine Learning.
Useful summary of various machine learning techniques.
The course is quite amazing. Programming exercises are interesting but quiz are a little boring. OK, I nearly fall asleep in the last several classes but it doesn't mean the classes are not exciting!
Thanks for this great class!
Not every machine learning enthusiast can go to Stanford. But this course helps you to dive head first into machine learning and discover its possibilities, from right where you are.
Excellent introduction of Machine Learning for Engineers
I felt the assignments were a bit too easy, and it would have been good to have a final project that required putting a few things together from scratch, rather than plugging some minor solutions here and there. The course otherwise is amazing, and thank you to Dr. Ng and the course mentors for the outstanding work and effort still being poured into this course.
Excellent!! Focus on the fundamentals really helped in developing deeper understanding of the ML!!
Thank you for wonderful course :)
Great lectures by Andrew, followed by nice set of programming assignments that gave better understanding of the concepts. I liked the coverage of real-life examples and programming assignment topics.
Extremely useful course to understand the fundamentals of machine learning. Professor Andrew N. G explains the concepts in a simple and easy language which strengthens the understanding.
A really great course with an enthusiastic professor who finds very clear ways to explain complex concepts. The assignments were fun and challenging as well.
Thanks a lot! It was great!!!Perfect course, nice videos, good selected and composed material and tasks!
Prof Andrew Ng's teaching style and delivery makes it easy to understand difficult concepts. The course material and assignments were neither too simplistic nor too complicated. It was a perfect introduction to machine learning, enabling you to take courses on more advanced topics in ML & AI.
Excellent course, easy to follow and understand.
Great practical introduction to ML!
Great intro to machine learning and neural networks! Highly recommended.
The course is very well structured and provides useful practice assignments.
It is very usful and intersting. My machine learning cereer is begining here.Thank Anderw Ng and other teacher. It will be better.
Simple structure, excellent material, beginner oriented but still covers advanced concepts, best trainer ever!
Perfect course to introduce yourself in the Machine Learning world and also to refresh some basic/advanced concepts if you already know ML
I really love this course, and I learned a lot of solid knowledge through this class. Hope everyone enjoy it!
A very great topic. It expands your mind.
Very progressive though extremely rich and complex.
This course was truly intellectually stimulating. I enjoyed learning about the different Machine Learning applications.
This is really educating, detailed course. It is mix of theory and practical examples. I enjoyed it and learnt a lot.
It is of great value for first learners of Machine learning. One can get a comprehensive impression on the common used machine learning methods and technologies. Besides, through learning this course, it can inspire a student's enthusiasm for other fundamental courses, like probability theory, linear algebra and the combinational optimization etc. Well, This is really a great course!
Great introduction to various aspects of machine learning principles and algorithms.
Really useful materials presented in understandable way. Great course!
Thank you Andrew Ng
Perfect!
very good course. really open minds!
For me who has applied as a fee waiver ,it's absolutely awesome that i am getting unlimited resources for learning
Great course, quite demanding, but if you spend enough time you will get a lot out of it!
Prof. Andrew is an amazing tutor. Its really an amazing experience to learn Machine Learning from a master. I have learned quite a few things, and all of them are new to me. But it never felt that the course is too tough and all that is because Prof. Andrew has a lot of patience explaining things in a lucid manner. I must also like to pay my respect to Tom Mosher who helped enormously all the students in explaining the assignments and give huge guidence.
This course was very helpful to understand the in depth Machine learning algorithm. This was designed very simple and very effective. I liked all the examples & Lecture notes . Time to to time I can revisit and clarify all my doubts. Overall its a excellent course. I would recommend this course for everyone who wanted to excel their career in Data Science.
It's a brilliant introductory course for Machine Learning which helps set solid foundation for further research. It was a very informative and interactive course. Credit to Andrew and his team for being able to present such a complex area of study in a very simple and interesting way. Loved the course ! This free course is the way all MOOCs should be.
Great class!
This was much lower-level than the Udacity courses and had the professional experience of Mr. Ng to back it up.
I learned a lot and will take more classes on machine learning.
The best machine learning course I have come across...
Awesome course!
Absolutely amazing course. Very challenging math, but you really get a solid nuts and bolts understanding of several machine learning techniques. This class gives you enough knowledge to begin building actual machine learning systems. This is not a glossy introduction to the topics, It's the real deal.
Amazing course. The instructor is very thorough and the course materials are just at the right level.
This course is clearly and effectively. I recommend it for anyone who approach for the first time to machine learning and want acquire good knowledge.
Thanks Andrew sir and Coursera for offer this wonderful course,the course has now provided me the foundation needed in Machine Learning.
It's a good introduction - not too complicated and covers a wide range of topics. The programming exercises are well put together and significantly help understanding. The free Matlab license is nice.
It really had a grip on me for such a long duration that I even changed my job just to work in this area. One of the most exciting and fantastic fields to work in. Thanks Andrew for motivating me with this course.
Give you solid foundation.
thank you very much
this class is really good, i recommend that everyone select this class should strongly focus on programming assignment.
Excellent course content and delivery. Andrew has natural talent to explain complex concepts in a very simplified manner.Specially want to acknowledge the "Advice" section for evaluating algorithms, very critical and useful information for building practical applications.
Comprehensive for software engineers designing machine learning systems
One of the best course in all online sites !!
Brilliant course. Andrew Ng is a very talented lecturer with a rare gift to present complex problems in a very palatable manner. Plus you get to brush up on your long forgotten math and programming skills.
This course has change my life, simple.
Might seem a bit difficult as you progress, but preserving quality in every way. One of the most challenging and most rewarding courses you'll ever find.
It is my entry to ML and it is awesome.
Very challenging but rewarding.
It's awesome for launching yourself in the world of Machine Learning.
Exceptional introduction to machine learning.
Extremely useful....Elaborate the maths a bit more..
Excellent course, highly recommended.
Excellent course, would highly recommend.
Great! Not too hard to understand! :)
Excellent course, gives a good and complete background on Machine Learning.
Wonderful Course! The assignments helped understand the concepts better.
Really good course, with reasonable level of complexity and focusing on the important aspects of Machine Learning.
Great course. I learned a lot.
The best course ever for people who are interested in Machine Learning or people who need to advance in this field!
Highly recommended course to anyone who is interested into ML
Actually one of the best resources on machine learning I've ever seen.
This course is an excellent introduction to the field of Machine Learning. Professor Ng explains concepts in a way that a person without a background in maths may be able to understand them. The course balances between theoretical and practical aspects of the topic nicely although a little more weightage is given to the practical side. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested to get started with machine learning. The course may be not very useful for someone who has taken an undergraduate class in machine learning or statistical learning but I would still suggest you go through it to gain a lot of practical insights.
happy to learn！
It's a must-take course for all people interested in mastering Machine Learning. I'm so glad I went through all the videos, review sessions and assignments!
this course is very good. thank you
It was great, proffesor Ng is really a great teacher and course have many practical examples from real life which makes it more interesting and funny, thanks for that
The best course out there, not just in ML, but in all of online teaching. Beautifully designed course content, expertly designed assignments that are tough and though provoking, and lot of help through forum. You cannot go wrong by choosing this course
Must do if you are a machine learning / data science enthusiast!
The best machine learning lessons i've ever seen.
I want to say that this is the first course I take on line. The experience is good. Thanks to professor Andrew, i got this opportunity to entering AI field. I hope this is the turn point of my career.
Highly recommend to anyone who are looking to get start in Machine learning area. Professor Ng is a great teacher and really enjoy following his video.
This is the great course about Machine Learning.
Fantastic introduction to machine learning concepts, simultaneously foundational and theoretical as well as practical. I'm very grateful to Andrew Ng for building this course, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone even remotely interested.
Great starter course
This have been a great course, with lot of interesting topics and easy-to-follow structure. Its main strength in my opinion is all the examples and exercises selected for this course to make understanding easier. I'm sure the authors put a lot of effort in this. Thanks a lot, it was worth it!
Good course :)
Mr Andrew can elucidate difficult concept in simple language. He knows when he needs to explain or skip mathematical concept without losing the essence of the course.
Best course, ever I've heard in my life.It makes me getting more interested in ML and Computer Science. Thanks
Simply great!
An amazing course taught by a more than amazing instructor! All fundamental concepts explained superbly! Only one thing, a bit of math derivations of various techniques would have helped.
this course is great
after this class I fall in loved with Andrew !!!
simple and comprehensive
I really like this course, specially the way Prof. Andrew Ng explains mathematical intuitions behind algorithms and concepts. I have done many courses in maths including linear algebra, statistical analysis ,signal processing etc, but never seen any professor explaining mathematical aspect behind algorithms, concepts in simpler way. I really like to thank Prof. Andrew for teaching this course so that people like me understands some of the concepts which were confusing to understand in past. After finishing this course, I feel confident in not only in applying algorithm in application but also to improve algorithm performance. Once again, I really like to thank people who made this course possible.Thanks for you very much Prof Andrew for devoting your precious time to teach this course to students like us.
It was the best online course experience I've ever had. It has enabled me to comprehend many concepts about machine learning I've been struggling for months.Prof. Andrew is one of best teachers I've ever had. I recommend this course to all my friends.
Thank you so much. This is an excellent introduction to machine learning.
Just awesome. This was my first online course and, because it was so good, won't be my last. Andrew Ng is the man.
Awesome course for beginners in Machine Learning. Definitely worth checking out.
This lecture gives you great explanations and visuals about the core techniques of machine learning. It also gives you a lot of advice about how to improve/verify your learning algorithms.
Very accessible to beginners. A fair overview of the main algorithms and a lot of advice on how to deal with actual systems and real life applications. Highly recommended.
The way of representing lectures is incredibly high!
Great course, a lot of hard work though..
This course teaches you a lot about how the algorithms work that most courses out there don't delve into (for example, things like alpha, the C parameter in SVM) which I think is a good way to learn about machine learning.
The course was well organized. xamples and assignments helped my understanding. I was able to learn what I needed for much less time than I expected!
Awesome trip to a new world. Without coding exp and limited statistic knowledge, I finished the course smoothly. Thanks to Professor Andrew, machine learning is now funny and helpful to me.
I'm glad I took this course, now I can honestly claim that I have a solid grounding in the theory behind machine learning!Thank you Mr Andrew Ng for making this possible, also a big thanks goes to all the mentors without whom some tasks would have been a hard nut to crack!
Great Teacher,Thank you Andrew!!!
Excellent course. Gives great insight into the main methods used in machine learning.
Well passed, deep, broad and Mr. Ng is the best teacher around
Excellent course ... Everyone interested in this domain should do it.
This class is for all levels of learners. You always can learn something from it.
A really good introduction to ML, even tough it's a little outdated
hands down the best course for machine learning on coursera
Awesome. This is so well taught and very well explained. Thoroughly enjoyed learning about this subject
Thank you for this great course. It has been a great learning experience.
the homework is well designed for understanding the concepts.
It's a very useful course.
This is by far the best online learning course. I learned so much from Prof Andrew Ng. I really appreciate it. Could have been better if we wrote all the codes from scratch but that would have taken longer time. Much informative. Next is to learn python and the sckit-learn libraries. I prefer Octave and MAtlab because you actually see and understand the algorithm and the basics of it. its not widely used though but very powerful. Thanks again.
The course was very interesting and useful for my project.
The course developed by Andrew Ng is quite interesting, going to the essentials in order student get the big picture and the essential tools for building the backbone of future ML applications. Of course, being confident with mathematics principles and notations will be helpful but most of the time, it's not an issue if you have the minimal knowledge. What it lacks on Coursera is the next stage of this course where we could investigate further the technologies presented but in more technical way. Maybe we might see that in the future...Regarding course supports (videos, forums ...), they are of good quality and the fact Andrew used them by drawing on slides helps to have a better understanding. We could notice that there are few minor errors (eg: a "j" index which becomes "i" in J(theta) writing) and I think the technical slides on Back propagation could be improved if a dedicated slide to used mathematical notations / definitions. Sometimes, there are some errors which could induce some confusions. But these minors errors don't hide the impressive work done by Andrew.Regarding assessments, quizzes could be tricky if you don't got the "spirit" (not an exam habit in France) and coding exercises are well structured in order the student will focus on the core modules of the lesson and not on information flow. These exercises are inspiring if you're interesting in teaching and inspiring for Data Scientist Apprentices if you investigate the utils functions developed to support the exercise.Many thanks for this great course and I hope my two cents will help other people to attend itBruno
About me: I studied computer science in Dortmund, Germany in the 90ies. I recommend this course to everyone who wants to have a very good understanding of machine learning. A little bit of advice, if you have never learned linear algebra on a university level, you should at least try to get a basic understanding of it before starting this course. I was happy that I remembered stuff, learning it from scratch in 1 or 2 weeks would be difficult, I assume.+:* Mathematical basics of machine learning are very well explained* Andrew Ng is a very good professor, he explains the topic very well and thoroughly* It is not limited by using a special framework or language* The support in the forums, and the transcription of the talks, and all the material that is given to you is really excellent.-:* I would be happy if the programming exercises would be a bit more fun, currently it feels like translating / transforming math formulas into octave, which is fine, but not very fun. Having said that I am only in week 4, perhaps this will happen later* some text questions in the multiple choice quizzes require a precise understanding of the english language, especially in regards to math, I am not a native speaker, so these questions feel especially hard for me
The course content was systematically organized with increasing complex algorithms covered as the weeks progressed. Prof Ng's enthusiasm for the subject also made the course enjoyable. Thank you so much.
the best course
Awesome course. The details and well explained content for professor Ng is the key of successful of this course.
This course is very good for beginners like me. It's the first class I manage to finish on Coursera. Because it's interesting and relatively easy to follow . Andrew loves teaching and is quite an outstanding teacher! This course offers me a chance to have an idea about AI and opens a door for me to a new world!THANK YOU!
Provides really deep understanding of ML algorithms. Incredibly well done!
It's very helpful to build a knowledge of ML.The video and quiz are all challenging to complete if you want to get the full score.Appreciate it, Pro Andrew
I think this Course is a great introduction of Machine Learning. It's suitable for the new learners who are interested in learning machine learning. And Andrew Ng wisely designed the course, distinguished the mathematics and machine learning. So I can study it without reviewing the mathematics specially. I must thank you TA and the members of forum. They helped me a lot, and provided so many materials and clear introductions. All in all, It's a great exploration. Thank you all.
Great course to learn about machine learning world.
Awesome Course!
Must do course for aspiring machine learners.
Very instructive and organized. Great for starting point of machine learning
Andrew NG is great! Not only the classes but also the exercises are really valuable. Don't miss it!
Really amazing overview of different approaches in ML. I will highly recommend it for new in ML.
Great course!
It is a great start in machine learning!
Great course!
my first awarded MOOC Course, feeling well now. Anyway, a good worthy lesson.
Excellent course, information is clear and direct.
This is really good course!!
It helps me a lot to briefly understand machine learning.
This course is really amazing. Professor Andrew Ng explains things in a really good manner and it is easy to comprehend. You will know many different things after completing this course. This will enhance your skills in Machine Learning for sure. Thank you Andrew Ng sir.
It is an amazing in-depth course. Worth every minute of my time. Its an honor to learn from the expert in this field. Thank you!
Excellent course with good balance of theoretical foundations, relevant examples and tests.
This is great! Thank you very much.
I think this course told by Andrew Ng is very precious for me,who is studying software engineering in university and focus on programming but not algorithm last years.It's hard to find good primer teaching materials on website. But now, after finishing this course, I think I have the ability to learn more about machine learning myself.Thanks to Andrew Ng and Coursera.
The best course I have learned.
Apt and to the point videos. Covers most of the fundamentals of machine learning and also provides great intuitions for the models that are implemented.
Great course! Easy to follow, useful, and very practical. At the same time, if you want to understand deeper why things work the way they do and/or the math behind it, the lectures give you good directions to look further into it. The programming assignments are a bit on the basic side (in terms of what you have to do vs what they give you), but are still great to put these ideas into a practical setting, and the optional parts help you explore the applications in more depth. Really glad I put the time into it. Totally worth it.
Just completed the course myself and I have to say this is a great course for anyone who wants to get a comprehensive understanding of Machine Learning. First of all, the content of the course is very well structured. It covers a lot of machine learning algorithms and also includes a lot of practical applications. Professor Ng is very gifted in teaching and he can explain some difficult topics in very simple terms. I also found he is very engaging and the quick questions inserted in the middle of the videos are very helpful to keep the students focused on the lecture. The programming assignments are at the right level of difficulty, and I found the instruction for each assignment works like a great summary of the corresponding materials. Didn't use their discussion forum much, but for a couple times I used, the mentor was able to respond in a very timely manner. Overall, this is a great course and I am so happy to be able to take it myself. Thank you, Professor Ng!
Thanks for interesting course
Awesome. Andrew Ng is an amazing instructor, the course has a strong technical basement suported by the math of the high school. All the concepts can be applied in the real world, as the instructor shows.
Awesome machine learning (by human), nice algorithms
It's a really helpful class that will help beginners in Machine Learning. It's easy to understand and is taught in a very efficient way.
You can really learn a lot from taking this course. Professor Ng must have spent a huge amount of time, effort and thinking in preparing this class. Just follow the course schedule, and you will be lead into a new world.
it's a good lesson for beginners who knows litttle about maths.
GOOD COURSE, Thanks
One of the best online course!!!
This is the best course for intro to machine learning. Very concise and simple for understanding,
Great introduction to machine learning. Taught well.
too shallow and intuitive, lack of scientific background. maybe the course is for undergraduates without any linear algebra background.
Great course, in particular to learn about logistic regression and neural networks
Very good! Covers the basic topics and algorithms and gives good advice on how to apply machine learning.
it is great for me.But the only defect is that there is no subtitle translation on the screen...
Pretty good course by Andrew Ng, easy to understand. The programming assignment is awesome, through which I can acquire basic programming ability with respect to several types of machine learning problems.
It's the brilliant course. Many thanks to Andrew Ng.
This is a really amazing experience in my career. Thank you, professor Ng. You give us excellent course and I really appreciate it.
I've learned from the very basic of machine learning to application tips of it. I got lots of things especially when I do my programming exercise; it made me re-check the materials and understand algorithms perfectly. I hope I have lots of opportunity to use the things that I learned here.Thank you for providing this lecture.
Great introductory course. Can't thank you enough for putting this together.
This is a great introduction to machine learning from one of the masters of the trade!
This was a very good course. Actually one of the best that I completed. Lectures and programming assignments were very interesting challenges to me. Additional materials were helpfull. Thank You for your efforts to share material of this course in such a professional and well organized way. I hope to see more courses like this one. I recommend this course to everyone interested in machine learning.
Good overview, but less theory. Would also maybe be good to have had a section on starting from a problem and how to select a technique (supervised learning, unsupervised learning, etc.).
Programming exercises are really hard and you don't find much help
learn this course again, fantastic!
Fantastic learning experience for anyone who wants to start learning or needs to brush up on a few topics. The content is very well explained and the assignments take you step by step to help you solve the problems
great course, and thanks Andrew Ng for excellent teaching. You know, so many courses on Coursera now need us to pay to access to all the quizzes and assignments, which may prevent us from effective learning. Machine learning class is, personally, the best course on Coursera. And again, thanks, Andrew.
Honestly, This is the best MOOC I've taken in my life, and this course has helped me to understand what machine learning is, how you use it yourself, and many advice on applying machine learning.I started this course for a first step to building a real-life J.A.R.V.I.S.(still WAY far away...), and this course is really easy to understand even for a middle school student like me. This course is DEFINETELY recommended for beginners in A.I. and Machine Learning.Thanks for reading.
Great!
Very good course，clear and helpful。Excellent introduction for machine learning.
It's very helpful to me,thank you for offer the course online.
It is a good course for the beginners. The assigments of programming are really helpful.
Thank you, Andrew.
Very usefull
must attend this course.in fact all the courses from stanford are awesome.
Highly recommendation for those who wanna start learning programming & getting to know about machine learning. Don't worry if you are not sure about your math abilities cuz Prof. Ng will have own his way to make you understanding clearly.
Very useful course. Thank you so much
Very good course. Explained very well.
This is really a super cool course! I leaned a lot from it! Now I can take other deeper Machine Learning/AI courses to dive deeper in the computer AI sciences! Thanks a lot.
A great course for Machine Learning beginners. The programming assignments are exciting.
Very effective in conveying the intuition behind very complicated but powerful topics of machine learning.
Most amazing course in terms of clarity, practicality and delivery. A big salute to professor Ng, who's made my life that much more interesting by opening my eyes to the beauty and potential of this topic.
I really enjoined the course. I have to the point that I decided to become a tutor for the course.my career direction is to that of the course's material and I would like to contribute further to Andrew and to other companies seeking ML programmers.thank you.
I'm a japanese college student of economics.I am not good at listening English but teacher speaks easy English so I can understand a little.At last , I used japanese translation :oit's so nice .I didn't know any thing about machine learning so I needed so hard work tounderstand and submit personal work.It's so difficult for me.Because I'm in summer vacation , I could.I don't have any kind of emotion like regret.I enjoyed this course.But this course is so difficult!!!!!
Great starting point for ML enthusiast !
Fantastic course for an intro to machine learning!
The Most Useful Course EVER!!!!
Very concrete cases and very interesting ones, really enjoyed this course
Just an excellent mix of theory and hands-on tasks. If you know your basic linear algebra and have heard of simulated annealing or similar techniques, you should find much satisfaction in the way Andrew Ng weaves this all together.
It may be early to truly rate this course (I'll need to start building my own ML applications first), but I feel like going through it gave me the technical grounding and terminology necessary to navigate the conceptual & practical aspects of modern machine learning.
Very Good Course.Thanks to Andrew
Thank you Prof. Andrew Ng.
Very good course. Not only teaches concepts, it also gives you exercises to check your understanding. I wish i can get some real problems where i can apply all of these learnings.
My highest recommendations. Andrew teaches very well and helped me a lot in understanding the topic.
It covers a lot of different areas and in great detail. The programming is not too hard and can get the sense to see it in actions with only implementing the core pieces.
Great course! I learned a lot. Andrew Ng explanations are very clear, the videos are just about the right length, and of course the topic is super interesting.Highly recommended.
I got to learn a lot from this course, especially on how to evaluate a learning algorithm and decide on steps which are most promising in increasing its performance.
Thanks to Andrew Ng for preparing an enjoyable course. I could watch the lectures while commuting on the tube and learning a lot. I got the basic of Machine Learning and I think I will use his lectures as references for revising when I go through more complicated algorithms.
I absolutely loved this MOOC. The best one I've taken by far. It is so instructive to get immediate feedback on your code/work. I can't recommend this course enough. If you want to gain a solid grasp of machine learning, and even learn to implement the algorithms yourself, you must take this course. Not only is Prof. Ng amazing, but the course staff replies quickly and respectfully. I want more!
The course was perfect. It is very well designed, so that the work for each week is not excessive. It has allowed me to continue the course til the end. I have learned a lot! 1 00% recommended. Thank you very much.
The course is absolutely needed for anyone who wants to start a career in ML. There are few areas of improvement but that could be my way of interpretation.SO I suggest people who wants to start their career in ML or who wants to break the jargon of ML to spend time and do this course. There is no better course than this.
It was very fun! I really enjoyed the videos and programming assignments. I think the class contents are well-paced and Andrew is really good at explaining. Thank you!
I dreamed of Stanford.Now im taking a course in one of my favourite fields - Computer Science.
I enjoyed this course very much! I am an electrical engineering students and have some background on linear algebraic and gradient descent algorithm, this course difficulty was very suitable for me. Assignments are amazing - I didn't know certain simple algorithm like logistic regression can do powerful work like handwriting digit recognition!
I love Andrew Ng's style of delivering complicated Machine Learning topics in a casual manner. I knew a lot of about regression analysis before, but I feel I have managed to solidify my understanding of Machine Learning basics and now I fell well equipped to move forward to more advanced chapters of data science.
So good content and teacher. Thanks you Andrew.
Excellent course. Great pace, real enough world examples, and clear presentation.
Great methodology! Interesting content and easy to follow even if the student does not have a strong background.
This is an excellent introduction to the field. I recommend it!
Enjoyed the Class and learned a lot. Thank you Andrew Ng and the Coursera team!
Great introduction to ML
I had heard a lot about this course. Coming from a background in programming, the material was well-structured and helpful in introducing ML concepts and very practical coursework. You won't forget that feeling after running your first number recognition program!
Essential first step for learning ML. I ground my gears on various books before hunkering down with this oft-recommend course (I'm not much for MooCs learning). Should've listened.
A gorgeous course. Difficult math made easy by the teacher. It's a luxury to do this course, thanks
very impressive course. help me to learn machine learning from knowing nothing.
A good course for understanding the scope of Machine Learning.A big thank you to everyone involved in creating, mentoring and knowledge sharing!
A very good course to start with ML. Andrew Ng, thank you very much for making this course free.
Well organized course . Well designed so that it would appeal to wide varieties of students. Good Job Professor
This course is very friendly to new learners of machine learning. The teacher is a famous scholar in this field, and his explanation is full and accurate. Besides, he will also give warnings about details occasionally, so that when you are actually working on a project, you will not wasting time doing useless thing. And the programming exercise is brilliant, not very hard, but requiring some time for new learners. I think I have benefit a lot from this course.
Andrew Ng is pure good person with a lot of knowledge and experiences! I will every courses by Ng !
A great intro to machine learning, very clear and instructive.
This is, strictly speaking, my first class in ML. And I squeeze a large amount of time to finish this class and learn a lot. I really really strongly recommend you to enroll this.
This course was very helpful and very detailed information are given. Thank you a lot!!
very good course for those who are new in this area.
Apparently, Andrew Ng is determined to downgrade the handicap score of this course to make it more available to a larger audience, some times at expense of rigorousness. I agree with most of the concessions, except the assumption that even calculus is not strictly pre-required. On the contrary, I believe that calculus, matrix, and probabilisitic thinking should be required for modern engineer to be qualified to work on big-data. Or, we might have conceded too much of the battleground.
Great course! The scope was just right, giving a broad enough introduction to spark interest and give the tools to further delve into machine learning applications. The course work was particularly useful - the use of Octave to get your hands dirty is a tremendous teaching tool. 10/10 would recommend!
Great course! The scope was just right, giving a broad enough introduction to spark interest and give the tools to further delve into machine learning applications. The course work was particularly useful - the use of Octave to get your hands dirty is a tremendous teaching tool. 10/10 would recommend!
Andrew explain each algorithm in a really intuitive way, which makes things easy to understand.
Everything is great about this course. Dr. Ng dumbs is it down with the complex math involved. He explained everything clearly, slowly and softly. Now I can say I know something about Machine Learning
It really helps you to practice what you have learned.
Great Course, strongly recommend!
Pretty intuitive course taught really well.Would have loved suggestions on how to further build up, keeping this course as foundation.
An excellent course, with well-presented study material, good supplementary resources, enjoyable and moderately sophisticated assignments (these usually took me more than the claimed 3 hours to accomplish, yet everything is solvable with a bit of thinking and attention). Recommended for anyone interested in conceptual foundations and basic topics of machine learning (elementary math and programming skills would be desirable).Thank a lot.
Engaging material, presented at a rigorous enough level for undergraduate math majors, while accessible enough for someone with a high school calculus background. Applications and topics are interesting and provide sufficient generalization for you to try on your own. Course instructor provides great videos, with a perfect balance between formulas and graphs and intuition.
This course has been immensely helpful, and has given me great confidence. Thank
Thanks a lot for this wonderful course Sir.
Great course!
This course was definitely a journey. Very detailed, interesting, practical and useful. I'm so glad I stumbled upon a review of this course online which then lead to me taking this course. I have to admit that this course is not an easy one and has lots of advanced math. Also the programming exercises are very hard, sometimes you stuck trying to translate math formulas in Octave... Nevertheless, this is definitely a great course and I'm very thankful to Andrew Ng for making it.
Great instructor and great material. I learnt a lot! I am motivated to study deeper. Thank you Prof. Ng.
Hope it can help me through my future work!
Very interesting course. Broad spectrum of basic terms introduced. Good opportunity to grasp a feeling of real problems concerning Machine Learning and to solve selected problems on your own.
Nice way to start on machine learning.
Highly recommended to any one who wants to learn machine learning from scratch. Dr Ng shares both his knowledge of ML topics and a lot of valuable experience from real-life ML projects. After completion of the course, I am in a good position to pursue further study of more advanced ML topics such as Deep Learning.
great lessons, with very explained material.the major downside for this course is the terrible sound quality, it just can't be heard with regular speakers, you have to hear it with earspeakers, and it still not that great.
I enjoyed the way Andrew explains the whole stuff. Thanks for being such a great tutor.
Overall a great course. But the assignments could be more challenging.
This course has absolutely made me a confident ML practitioner. I went from knowing very little about a few ML algorithms to being able to confidently implement many of them, and easily learn to implement others from outside resources. Beyond having mastered the algorithms themselves, I now feel equipped to effectively diagnose and debug problems in my own ML projects.I have learned to plot the learning curves in order to find the most effective way to improve my algorithm, and I have used this in real life already! It's a very empowering feeling. Machine Learning used to feel like magic, but now it's a clear and simple tool to add to my toolbelt.Thank you so much Professor Ng for a marvelous course! I learned so much, it feels like I'm in college. Thanks!!!
Immense Learning. Turned me from a beginner to an expert practitioner. A big Fan of Andrew NG for his simplicity and lucid teaching style.
Nice course, but very practical at the expense of theory. A few mistakes in the lectures and some bugs in the scripts of the programing assignments that you need to manually correct, but not to bad. Very nice as a basic course if you have limited interest in math and just wanna start applying it. If you are interested in the math behind or mainly neural networks (which are only covered briefly), this is not the course for you.
This class was great fun. I don't think I ever got bored watching a video or doing a programming assignment. The assignments were well-written and did a good job of ensuring a good understanding of the concepts without dragging on for hours.
This is one of the best things i've ever seen on this matter. Prof Andrew's method os explanation is quite useful and easy to understand, even if your not totally familiar with the subject.
Excelent Course. Great teacher and great content. Thank you!
Very interesting course and Andrew is an excellent teacher
Excellent course for learning basics of machine learning. Very well explained by Professor Andrew Ng and exercise complement the lectures very well.
A truly great introduction to machine learning!
Interesting and practical introduction, easily delivered complicated mathematical algorithms and programming exercises which are based on practical problems. It was fun to learn!
More Programming Assignments !!
Excellent depth and coverage. Well designed hands-on sessions. Takes you under the hood of the predictive algorithms. Highly recommended for data scientists and advanced analytics professionals.
Till now, the course seems to be very good and the flow is also very comfortable to follow
Very good material regarding machine learning, some more tutorials regarding matlab/octave need to be added
this course is very good ! professor Ng is absolutely the best teacher I have ever met ! also,the materials are very useful! thanks!
Very interesting introduction to Machine Learning. All lecture notes are beautifully presented by Andrew Ng. I have truly enjoyed his style. Quizzes and programming exercises are good
A very good course if you want to start with machine learning.Provides both theoretical and practical knowledge regarding the different algorithms of machine learning.
Sorry by the terrible English, i'm a Portuguese speaker =)But i'll try to say this: This courser was amazing for me, I learned a lot with the lessons of Andrew and certainly now I can explore more this area of AI that is Machine Learning. I'm a student of Physics Engineering in UFG, in the state of Goiás, Brasil, and these knowledge will help me in Data Analysis, that is basically the principal active of a Experimental Physicist.Hopefully this course will help more a lot of people in many areas, like IT guys, Physicists, Chemists and who knows who else.Just to finish, my thanks to Andrew Ng by the classes, to the Stanford University by the course and to Coursera Team for the platform.
It's easy to understand, from shallow to deep, Knowledgeable, lively and interesting.
Great course, clear, concise and full of useful insights. Thank you so much Dr. Ng
Excellent course for anyone interested in machine learning, especially for beginners. There are also me learning outcomes for experts since its easy to forget some of the basics once you are into the field. I would like to thank the instructor Andrew Ng for creating such an excellent resource and sharing with the world.
Excellent course on Machine Learning. Thank you very much, Andrew Ng!
I liked this class a lot. You should include lot more assignments which will help solidify the understanding of the underlying concepts.
Excellent and detailed introduction. Very practical and hands on, sparing the very theoretical parts, but not shying away from the necessary maths.
Extremely useful course for beginners. It doesn't require strong background, nevertheless, it puts you on the right track.
Awesome course! Prof. Andrew is one of the best educators out there. The course though not mathematically rigorous gives a great introduction to basic ML algorithms
A very fundamental and practical course for you to get started in machine learning.
Fantastic course. I wish I knew about this course earlier!
Perfect introduction class. Dr. Ng is very considerate to use plain language to explain all the concepts, consequently making this class really easy to follow. Despite the fact that I myself have an advanced quantitative background, I still find that there are some abundant of take-aways from this class. Thank you so much for putting this course online and for creating Coursera!
Nicely designed, will definitely recommend to anyone who is interested in machine learning.
A really nice course to learn the big picture of machine learning.
I like the way Pro. Ng introduces complicated idea by intuition. I never thought I could understand Neural Network, but finally I can even implement it. And everything are connected, it's like reading a novel when taking this course. You will naturally move on and on, chapter by chapter.
Great course!
Great course! Very well structured, the videos explain in a very intuitive manner the logic behind the algorithms and the mathematical computations. The exercises are practical examples with lots of helpful explanations.
It is a really good course for people who want to learn machine learning. I do love this class.
Very very good class. Andrew Good Job!
Very well structured course. Real world examples help you to think about how a problem can be addressed using various machine learning techniques. I really enjoyed it.
Great course!
Awesome course for new learners as well as experts
I totally enjoyed the course.
it's good for who want to learn machine learning, the arrangement is properity.
Thank you Prof. Ng and Mentors that your effort to educate - well designed course, teaching, quizzes and exercises to help us understand essence of ML. I am not a computer scientist graduate student / graduate but I am interested in data. This course will start my new direction of research and work. Good luck to all of you who encounter this course!
Very nice course, easy to follow, interesting and with a lot of practical applications.
Very well organised material. Good math explanations and proofs as much as needed.Andrew seems made for transmitting knowledge to people.
This course gives very good insight into fundamentals of machine learning.
one of the best courses i have ever learned and i wish that will be other machine learning courses from stanford university, and greet thanks to DR. Andrew Ng.
The course material and programming assignments were very helpful, but the test grader is not helpful, I was not allowed to post questions I had on the forums (nor provide meaningful answers) because of the strange version and interpretation of the Honor Code, and the mentor Tom Mosher was unhelpful bordering on outright rude.
Cool course. It gave me an overview on how machine learning works!
Very interesting subject matter, and I learned a lot. My biggest complaint is that many of the programming exercises have errors in them that haven't been fixed, despite this course having been running for years. This always left me wondering if an incorrect output was an error on my part, or an error in the provided code. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed the course as a whole and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a foundation in machine learning.
Very good course, excellent faculty.Will give very good start towards ML
Very awesome course, highly recommend for beginner.
The couse has well organized lectures and exercises. So, you can easily understand topics and be able to evaluate results and investigate if something goes wrong.
Great course. Many thanks to professor Andrew Ng. I have learned a lot and look forward to applying what I learn to solve real world problems later. I would recommend this course to my friends, classmates and colleagues.
Thanks to Prof./Scientist Andrew Ng for making such a wonderful platform and videos. I feel very lucky that I registered for this course while attending convocation of my other friend. That moment changed so much in my vision. Fortunately, now I have access to this wonderful knowledge of machine learning taught by Prof. Andrew Ng. He is a wonderful teacher.
I got a good foundation on Machine Learning on which I hope to build. The course is well paced and structured and the weekly deadlines for the assignments have been useful to drive me to keep up and get my assignments done. The one thing I would change is add programming assignments for the last couple of weeks - it is somehow unsatisfying to go through the videos but not practice those concepts.
Professor Andrew Ng and other mentors design this course perfectly. And the Coursera website offers the precious access to education to us all!
Excellent course. Concepts are thoroughly explained and training exercises are thoughtfully selected. I started with 0 knowledge in the field, yet after completion I feel confident to apply the gained skills to practical tasks at hand. Thank you Professor Ng!
Nice course. Delicately designed programming assignments.
The level of the course is nice. Not too easy, like many other courses. Not to difficult either. So it gives a nice understanding of machine learning without requiring to understand all mathematics behind
Very good course. It exceeded my expectations.
A nice and well constructed course...pretty simple and powerfull...
Best online course I have encountered so far. I believe this is the best course for someone who is a beginner in ML or is trying to figure out if he/she is interested in it. For engineering student and CS students math is really basic and unchallenging. Most topics are explained conceptually and through many examples. Math shown here is just enough to explain what is really happening in the algorithm and what is behind all of it. I believe this is the best starting point for someone who is new to machine learning, and this course should give them enough knowledge to continue in their desired direction.Many thanks to fantastic professor Ng, who made this course a really enjoyable experience.
Thank you very much prof. Andrew Ng for your extremely useful information included in this courseI'd like to attend more classes about machine learning. !
I have never been more impressed by a teacher. This is probably the best course I have taken and my instant love for Machine Learning got all the attention it needed. Thank you so much for this.
I've learnt a lot so far, I am really enjoying it.
Nice course, I enjoyed it.
Sir, its very well designed and easily to understand. Thank you
I enjoyed this course, its balanced, easy enough for a general software programmer to start off into this math world. One thing I would wish for is a lesson exclusively talking about all the available options for any production needs, and talking about the different jargon that is used out there in the ML world and how we can relate it back to the jargon used in this course.For example, when I try to use R, I get to know that I need not code to start with and I can use off-the-shelf packages like 'caret' to quickly try different models and compare their performance. But the real trouble I felt is when I tried to analyse their results, as I see too many new words and representations that are used, like Kappa, Specificity, etc.,. I wished these kind of very generic things were also quickly covered in this course.
I took this course seriously and worked all the way till the last assignment. As per my experience and understanding the course contents are quite dense, but the lucid and succinct presentation made it quite comprehensible and interesting. I was amazed to find how well the concepts were formulated in a suitable mathematical modelling. I wholeheartedly thank Prof. Ng and the support stuffs for this wonderful course.
I started this course about half a year ago, it's been incredibly helpful and it's such a pleasure to be taught by one of the genius in the world. Thank you prof Andrew.
Very Interesting and informative course.
Very nice course.
Very hands on oriented, great addition to more mathematically focused lectures.
Thanks for providing us with such wonderful course
Andrew's explanation are easy to understand and most exercise are fun and feel like actual real-world problems! Thank you for making this course available!
After completing the Machine Learning Course and after going through all of these videos and assignments, now I can say that I have learnt a lot from this course and content of the course have good quality and helps you expertise this field. Thanks a ton Prof. Andrew NG.
Thanks for bringing me into Machine Learning world
I gained a lot from the course and I really would like to recommend this course to many other students and friends.
Thanks a lot :)
Great fun with a nice and competent professor
Great course. I can't believe how much I've learned at the end of it. Thank you Andrew. I hope one day to shake your hand for setting me down this path of learning. It was most appreciated. I hope whoever reads this will extend my thanks and this personal message down the line. Coursera's massively open online education is a gift to the world.
It would have been perfect if this was in python
Mr. Ng did a great job explaining complicated learning algorithms in a very intuitive and easy to understand way. The programming assignments are very well prepared.
Best course, highly recommended
Super! Clear and logic!
Excellent courser covering a wide variety of topics. A perfect starting point for a machine learning newbie.
The balance between Theoretical and the Practical part is very attractive.
very interesting course
Excellent course for beginner. Gained a lot of knowledge.
Great teacher，great course！
It's an amazing class that I've ever attended to. I got a lot of useful and interesting information and other things about ML, and I think, that I'll keep on learning other stuff in this field. Thank you, Andrew Ng :)
Great course, step-by-step, great explanations with tons of easy-to-understand examples.
Professor Ng is an awesome teacher and knows how to teach. Honestly speaking, this course taught me more than any other courses I took during college. Thank you professor Ng for giving us such an excellent opportunity to learn Machine Learning. You are a hero! Go Coursera!
This is a perfect course what gave me better knowledge of principles of the machine learning, text and facial recognition. Thanks a lot!
Prof. Ng is very knowledgeable and explains each topic concisely and informatively.He does not assume that students have a lot of backgrounds in linear algebra or programming. He takes time to explain everything we need to know step by step and from the very basic. I really appreciate his effort in teaching this class and make it accessible to anyone.Also thanks to all mentors, tas, and other students who participated in the discussion forum and provided useful resources on completing the assignments.
This course was very usseful to me, for get more knowledge about machine learning technic. thank all support people that give help in any moment. Very recommended course.
I had some problems to really well understand the local optim vs global minimum and cost function at first. Really love this curse otherwise !Lot of years i din't practices maths like that :)
One of the best Machine Learning Courses.Andrew Ng has done a great Job by explaining the important concepts in depth, which will help understand the subject in detail.Thanks to Andrew Ng for this amazing course.
Very interesting course, great presentation, a rewarding experience. Thank you!
Great course!
I have learnt a lot in this course, the teacher is one of the best I ever seen.
This is acourse with a very high quality. Insights shared by the teacher and those programming homeworks are the most valuable part for me. There is relatively less material from theoretical aspect, but it's still good. (I use PRML as a complementary resource.)
One of the best course on MOOC platforms. Thx and good luck.
Fantastic course, I got heaps of opportunities for practical application of the skills, and the videos were all very focussed and easy to understand.
Very good course!
Andrew is great, I have become a fan of him. He has made all the topics so easy to understand. Hats off sir.
This is a very good course with lot of fundamentals as well as practical examples and suggestions. Prof Ng is surely an expert in this field and it was a real pleasure attending his classes.
Its wonderful to learn this course
Great course
btw. I love the new look.
Well organized content and delivery
I liked the way instructor explained each and every aspect of machine learning. The course is thorough and I felt confident after completing it.
One of the best course that I have taken! I really learned a lot. I recommend people who are interested in Machine learning to take this.
Prof Andew Ng explains concepts and algorithms in a clear way. I'm impressed with the quality of the programming assignments , which was very thoughtful and instructive.
Simplified various aspects of Machine learning in a way it is easy to understand. Mentors and discussion forums were really helpful in accomplishing the programming exercises immensely. Thanks for making this successful. Hope to continue to apply this learning to solve a problem or two. :)
Awesome Course, Great Teacher really I am very lucky to have a teacher "Andrew Sir" Thank you. You change my complete LIFE.
It is an amazing course to get a deep knowledge about Machine learning and its various algorithms and applications. This course doesn't only teach us how to use these algorithms, but also how to use them efficiently and correctly. It also teaches us ways to improve the performance of these algorithms and warns us about potential mistakes/strategies which we should avoid which will save us months of time from being wasted.
Very good course over all. If you know a bit about linear algebra the course can get a little borring some times...
Thanks so much Dr. Ng.ML course was the best EVER course I had taken in my entire life.M. R.
Great introductory course to Machine Learning with a good balance of theoretical and practical information. Requires a little bit of programming experience in Matlab/Octave.
good course 5/7 perfect
Wonderful course . Best for understanding the each and every concept easily .
This is perfect course with basic or no prior knowledge in machine learning.
Very good course.
Very useful course for newcomers to Machine Learning.The basic ideas are plain and clear and its cover major aspects.However, the value of the course would be much higher if the real practical examples are used in roll forward manner. For instance, throughout the course we are considering housing pricing from the plain gradient descent algorithm to much more complicated issues.So far, topics are too theoretical. An sometimes it is hard to apply to the practice.Moreover, it is nice to add the course with notes in pdf format because to listen or watch video lectures is not convenient. At least, it would be nice to have the set of outer links to read each topic in details.
A nice introduction. Not formal enough.
Clear and Step by Step Instruction! Cant be more great!
Great course with detailed programing assignments
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Great! Explained wonderfully! content is worth it!
Very insightful course! Thank you for this course Andrew Ng, it's been a wild ride!
Incredible... complex subject ... taught in a simplified way without trivialising the subject matter... practical examples and tips help a lot... beautifully relates the mathematics behind the algorithms to real-life scenarios. Hands-on programming assignments and quizzes are thoughtfully crafted and organised.. Great Learning. Thank you very much.
Thank you for teaching me so much about machine learning, Andrew! After taking this course, I find myself quite interested in machine learning, and I will further my study in this field. At last, I highly recommend those who may be fascinated about machine learning to participate in this course, because it is worth your time and effort!
Perfect!
Very good course, the programming exercises weren't that challenging but I guess it is meant to be an introductory class. It is a great first step in machine learning for people with little programming experience as well.
excellent project, thanks for share
This is a great class. The concepts are well explained and saved me a lot of time on self-studying. Thank you, teacher Ng and Coursera!
I got a lot out of this course! The course was challenging and well worth the time I spent in it. Especially useful was that the instructor used a lot of mathematics and examples. I highly recommend this - and have told several people I know from "Data Science" groups about it.
Astonishingly interesting and very well taught. I am incredibly grateful to Andrew Ng for providing this course as it has sparked my interest in Machine Learning.
Wonderful course for beginners in ML!
Great engineering approach to ML algorithms. Wisely chosen examples in theoretical and practical courses.Thank you Andrew Ng!
Great class! Andrew is a clear, understandable and fun instructor. I had lots of fun!
Amazing. Love the real-world application in every programming assignment, as well as the mathematics.
Exceptional course! I recomend it to everyone trying to learn machine learning. Awesome tutor, awesome content !!!
Very good to learn the basics and to get a good start in machine learning. I missed in-depth comprehension in mathematics but that's ok.
Great course. Dr. Ng is a fantastic teacher and makes it as intuitive as possible. The material i s not easy and requires concentration.
One of the best mooc that I have taken till date. Thanks a lot for Andrew Ng and team to make this high quality class accessible to everyone. Learnt a great deal from the lecture videos, assignments, quiz, tutorials & test cases. I highly recommend to people who are just starting to explore ML for learning or to make a career out of it. Thanks again Andrew Ng, Team and Coursera
I'd like to take second part of this course!
Awesome course, I loved it a lot. I am expecting advanced level course from the team.
Excellent. Well explained, well paced. Learned a lot.
toally good
A nice way to get students build up the intuition.
Very impressed with the course - though I must admit it is not for the weak heart-ed. Requires good knowledge matrix manipulation.
This is an excellent course. I knew virtually nothing about machine learning prior to doing this course, and now I feel I have a good understanding of the various models and their underlying assumptions, applications and limitations. Prof. Andrew Ng is a superb teacher - a leader in his field who is prepared to take the time to carefully and patiently explain the ML concepts in detail but with an eye to their practical application. I am most grateful to him and his team for taking the time to put together such a wonderful course.
Fantastic course, could not have been any better ! Very wise way to invest your time. Thank you very much to Andrew Ng for this.
Great course, good material, excellent teacher.
Excellent course, very well thought and very helpful for those who want to get into machine learning. I strongly suggest this course to anyone interested.
Really solid course content, lucidly taught by Professor Andrew, at a pace neither too fast nor too slow. Got to learn a lot about octave, vector mathematics and a bunch of other stuffs apart from machine learning, which I may add, seemed quite real world and logically sound, in spite of being quite advanced both in terms of the engineering and mathematics involved. I can thank Professor Andrew only so much, but I must also add that the amount of materials available in the Resources and Discussion Forum, also helps this course to be one of the most enjoyable one that I have taken till date.Ps - Thanks to this course I know how exactly Coursera will process my Review and what exactly it will do with it. Cheers :)
A must for every data-science wanabe.
one of a good course on coursera
Perfect! Worth the money !
Just finished the course. This is indeed an amazing course which can get started you in practical machine learning in less than 3 months. You will developing your own neural networks from the scratch. Below are the pros and not pros (i won't call it cons) that i experienced.PROs :Gets onto topics right away.Information about practical implementationDoable. Not too difficult and not downright easy. You have to put effort if you do not have backgroud in undergraduate mathematics to understand the concepts.Prof. Andrew Ng. - He has knack of explaining something very complex in a very easy manner. Also, he justifies if he is not going to explain somethingAssignments evaluation and practical scenarios.Not PROs :Very High Level : This course does NOT go in detail to explain the derivations and mathematics behind machine learning course. I think its OK and that is what makes the course doable. I find it really hard to accept a formula if the reasons are not known and hence, sometimes our only task was to learn the formula. For example : in SVMs.What Next :It is just a feedback. I think at the end of course, course team should guide students, what do to next. May be which course can be a good follow up course for this.So, at the end, i just want to thanks Coursera team, Stanford Team, mentors, peers and Prof. Andrew Ng for spreading this knowledge for free. It is really helping people like me to study something not readily available in good quality in reach. Hopefully, i will also be able to give back to community some time soon.
Great course!The lectures were really well constructed and really well delivered.The exercises were useful too!
Great course!
good, there is nothing to explan except that
Excelent course, I totally enjoy it
Thank you Andrew for the course. It's excellent.I Propose to start with the end first. I.e.: Instead of going through the details of Linear, logistics, NN, we start with the what is Training data, CV and test. Then we go to high Bias and High variance, and how to practically address real problems.At the second part, we go to the details and mathematics of different models in 2 levels: 1 level same as provided, the second level is optional to cover the math completely for those who wants know more.Thank you again, It was just great. Now I am one step closer in working in the field that I like.
Excellent course! Good depth of coverage of concepts. However, it would be better to have additional resources and problem-solving opportunities, either within the course or outside (which course participants could make use of).
The course is really well designed. The assigments are very useful to fully capture the theoretical part.Andrew Ng is a very very good professor. It is really clear he is really comfortable with all these subjects and as an extraordinary ability to connect all the topics covered in the course as well as translating complicated concepts into a clear mental picture.
This is the perfect course even for high school beginners like me. I find the career I want through this class.
exceptional content, easy to understand and great explanation
A good start
Perfect Machine Learning Course For Beginner!Must Try!
Great MOOC
Great course with interesting lectures and assignments.
Fantastic course, gives a real good understanding of ML.
Comprehensive but also insightful. I learn this course together with other learning material like "Statistical learning". It turns out this course teaches me practical thing to do something, while another course gives me just some conceptual idea what the thing is.
Completed the course, but not the tests. I got the understanding I need to proceed. Thanks Andrew Ng!!
A great introduction to Machine Learning techniques. Because learners do not build assignments from the ground up, do not expect to be adept at implementing any of the tools taught here. Figuring out what had already been done required about 40% of my time solving the exercises. Some errors in the provided code are not corrected, so check the errata!
This was an excellent introductory course to the world of Machine Learning. I think that after the course you are going to be able to read any paper in the area and grasp at least some details of it. Andrew is one of a kind teacher, very intuitive and easy to follow. This was the kickstart I was needing to completely dive myself into the world of ML. Completely recommended!
Awesome course! Love it!
The best lecture on machine learning.
I really learned a lot and also that AI is mostly A and not so I.Prof Andrew also rekindled my programming skills.
Good material for beginers
I am a big advocate of MOOCs as it definitely democratize education. Only challenge with MOOCs is that over time they become too monotonous and one looses out the interest. I've tried to take up few machine learning courses over past few years, but never got past first few steps. I am still in the going through the course, but so far it has been an outstanding experience. Not only the content is engaging, it has been really simplified. If you're new to Machine learning, I can't recommend this highly enough.
Great course for beginners. Very well designed. Thanks a lot.
A bit hard,but a really good course.
it's a really good course, perfect assignments and tests. highly recommended!
Great entry level course to machine learning
really cool and interesting
Professor Ng is an excellent and thorough instructor. The mentors on the forums are terrific, and the material in this course is very applicable. Highly recommend this course.
Andrew Ng is am amazing instructor!!!
Excellent material and very good explanations during the courses. Thank you.
Simply the best start in ML world!
Awesome learning..
The editing isn't very clean but the course style and layout are great. This is a wealth of knowledge.
Excellent Course!!!! Andrew Ng. is truly a great lecturer who turns complicated ML problems into easy-to-understand examples, even for a person without CS background like me.
As stated famously stated by Einstein, "Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler", Andrew Ng and team has made this course simpler for anyone with minimal mathematical knowledge and programming skills to learn machine learning in short time. I am sure this gives a solid foundation to build upon. Thanks a ton to Andrew and team!
Despite I guess the course has a pretty good coverage of the ML basics, it is definitely just an introductive class. In particular I was surprised by the low quality of the material.The following are my notes and suggestions:-- I found the lectures highly redundant, with many unnecessary repetitions-- using a vector notation (like an arrow or a simple line on top of the letters) throughout the course would have make formulas much more readable-- too much hand writing on the slides while talking: a better set of slides with blocks of text shown at the right moment would be much smoother and readable-- very, very poor video editing (many times it's clear some parts of the videos were meant to be cut!!)-- the desire to create a format suitable for people with a scarce algebra preparation lead to use not the appropriate terminology, which would be more correct and easier to understand. Just realize that ML is basically applied math, and without a good math knowledge it is almost pointless to approach the subject
I am a super fan of the Andrew NG and very grateful for his contribution for ML area.Good luck to his adventure in Baidu.
Fantastic course! Prof Andrew shared the various concepts in a clear, succinct and easy to understand manner. The various relevant and practical examples also helped to reinforce my learning. Definitely well worth the time and effort!
Really nice course, in my opinion it could be some more stuff about how really SVM works,but it's great, anyway.
Very good course which is easy listened with a good teacher!
so great!!!!
Very basic and superficial course. Apologies each time derivatives need to be used.
i want to say thx to Andrew!it is an awersome course!thank you!!!
Best course in machine learning
This is one of the best machine learning class i have seen. I have see the actual Stanford course for this class and the Coursera class is very almost the same. This teacher is awesome and really knows his stuff. I use this course as a reference to machine learning. Taken it several times
awesome course with detail explanation and assignments
easy to learn
Well paced course. The assignment and course materials are well designed.
i dont want the stars remained void.
Amazing course!
Great course. Mr. Ng does a great job and I am impressed by the setup. The entire Coursera experience has been nothing short of awesome.
This course is a great way to begin studying machine learning, and developing intuition. I tried it a couple of years ago, with my background somewhat lacking. At the time I could follow everything, but I gave up eventually. Now coming with a little more mathematical maturity and software development knowledge, this isn't hard, and it is simply the perfect gateway drug to an amazing world :)
Great!
Very good beginner level course on machine learning. Gives good insight and intuition on basics of machine learning. Provides good foundation to learn more advanced concepts in machine learning.
It's very good, help me a lot.
homework assigments in matlab are way too painfulthinking about if i should add x0 = 1 or not, X or X', how to sum over i,j,k, that was ok in 2010 but in 2016 there are tools that will spare us such details
Great!!!
Machine learning at its best.
Andrew is an amazing teacher, he gave very good lectures. This class provide me basic knowledge of CNN, which I need to use in my project. If you want to study deep learning, I think you'd better to take this machine learning course first. At last, the programming task is very important!!
Absolutely a must! Ng, through this courses, demystifies machine learning and imparts useful skills without getting bogged down by the mathematics - if you're math-shy. The assignments and their submission system are also easy and intuitive and instructive, never leaving the student wondering what they're doing.
This is such a well thought through course!
Reasonable course. The videos and resources are quite extensive and really any skill level would be able to finish the course.
It is an excellent course . The exercises are useful and provide a solid platform to understand the details of machine learning .
Professor Ng is great. Explains things in a very clear manner and clearly cares about students learning. The online discussion forums and programming tutorials are amazing and you can always find answers to your struggles somewhere in there. The course is difficult certain weeks and requires pushing through linear algebra confused by having to program, but it gives a great foundation in ML techniques.
Excellent course. Thanks to Prof Ng.
Great Course.I have recommended it to many friends.
I love andrew ng
Very strong pedagogy, for a topic that is not easy at all.
A very informative and useful course in Machine Learning.
Excellent course for the beginners to understand most of the basic concepts of Machine Learning.
Excellent course, the basics of Machine Learning are explained efficiently. At first I was disappointed that homework needs to be done in Matlab/Octave instead of something more widely used like R/Python, but it occurred to be a nice language.
Great course !!!!
Heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Ng and the entire coursera team on pulling off such a great introductory course. Honestly, machine learning is such a vast topic, that every nook and cranny of the internet has some opinion or the other on its methods. It can get pretty daunting for a beginner. This course is a perfect balance of theory and practice. It doesn't get too "mathy", nor does it get too dumbed down on it. The basic ideas, their implementations are discussed thoroughly, and Dr. Ng himself is such a smooth lecturer. A section on what to do after finishing this course would be helpful, as there are so many domains of machine learning, that it can get pretty confusing to decide. Also, I found the assignment tutorials a bit vague. Multiple times, I happened to scratch my head trying to figure what exactly the assignment in asking me to do. Clearer explanations of what to do in the assignments would be great. All in all, a wonderful course. Thanks a ton!
Very very intuitive and insightful course, i got a lot out of it, thanks Andrew and Coursera team.
One of the best courses I ever take!
I found the course very useful. I new nothing about ML, and now I believe I have pretty broad understanding of the area. Thank you for the excellent work.
Amazing course and amazing teacher. Worth your time to go through the whole courses!
Excellent course. You can learn a lot even if you are not a master in Maths.
Mathematical approach and way of teaching is good
Best introductory course to machine learning
Exceptional course material taught exceptionally well. Highly recommended.
thanks very much,good lessens for machine learning beginners
Great Course!This Course gives deep undersanding of algorithms and contains many interesting assignments.
Awesome . I am glad to have this opportunity and got a chance to learn from the very learned person like him .
Good for me.
Very nice and useful course on the basics of machine learning.
Professor didn't do a good job on explaining the theory. He moves too fast. This should improve so that student who has less/weak knowledge of Math can pass the quiz. If you are not a Math student, don't take this class. I was hoping to learn about how to program to control the machine/robot but it turns out that this is more focusing on the theory instead. I would recommend to take another course of ML/Big Data from UCI instead.
Very nice structure of lectures. Interesting and useful practical tasks. There is only one sad thing - sometimes answer in test are can't be matched exactly without assumptions. Very good practical examples.
Implementation orientated course with little mathematical details with lot of intuitive explanations. Also, deals with practical issues involved while using the algorithms. The best part is Prof. Ng shares his experiences and way of thinking throughout this course which is extremely enlightening. Overall, I would suggest a beginner in Machine Learning to take up this course as their first step.
This coures encourage of my machin
very clear very systematic
Very good introduction to machine learning.
Very Good! It's quite helpful for me as a Machine Learning guideline. Applications are interesting.
This is a nice course for getting started with machine learning and AI. I used this course for learning side by side with my college. At college they generally teach nothing much about AI just some theories of important concepts like neural networks and things like that. But this course made me understand everything. And the teaching methodology is very nice. It keeps students in track. The professor makes learning fun maybe that's the reason why am enjoying this course
Good and easy to understand
I just want to extend my deep appreciation for Coursera team and Andrew Ng who have been working so hard to make the course incredibly rewarding. Please keep up the great work.Son Nguyen,Singapore
A very good introduction to the subject that moves at a good pace but doesn't make such big jumps that it is difficult to follow. Andrew Ng presents the subject clearly and gives some good insights.One of the most valuable aspects of the course are the assignments where actual code is developed and worked upon. The code provided gives a good starting point for people to move forward and develop their own applications as they progress further.I would like to thank Professor Ng very much for producing this course and making it available so easily. Also to the people working with him to mentor those participating on the course.The course has very much wet my appetite for machine learning and I am now keen to pursue the subject further both through developing my own applications and learning more about the subject
Excellent! Very Clear! Thank you Andrew! :D
Really nice course, highly recommend!
Very well done and a good introduction to the field. Am excited to continue further!
Great class! Wish more classes were like it. I only wish there were more programming exercises.
You will learn the ML's principles.
great start to the machine learning world!
Great course.
Context: I work in this field and take courses to keep my theory sharp and remain current.Very well designed curriculum. Relevant and paced appropriately. Applications are suitable for an effective learning environment. Andrew Ng is sincere and inspiring. I would recommend this course to any and everyone entering this field.
Awesome course. I hope it's a career-
Great Course for beginners!
very clear, effective and full of information, thank you.
When I started this class I had only the fuzziest notions about what machine learning really is. By the end I had a solid understanding both of the underlying mathematical principles used in machine learning and of the practical considerations for applying it to real world problems. I really enjoyed Professor Ng's lectures and the course mentors are very knowledgeable and helpful. The programming exercises did a lot to reinforce the week's material. The time estimates are pretty good too which made it easier for me to organize my schedule and get all the work done. I'm very happy with the course and looking forward to using machine learning in my projects.
This is a great course for developing your patience and a lot of knowledge. You will enjoy this course if you put in best effort, hard work and dedication. This is a great course to expand your knowledge about computer science and venture into a new aspect of computers.
The course is good for initial steps in machine learning. The pace is relatively slow.I don't like that some sections are stated "as too complicated" and the formulas are just provided without a proof(in particular the support vector machine lecture). I doubt anyone will implement this from scratch, but IMHO just providing the formula is almost the same as not mentioning the algorithm at all. I am familiar with the related material so it was not a great deal to me but I guess if you don't know linear algebra this could be frustrating.There are some glitches in the lectures - sentences repeating. There are also some minor mistakes that the lecturer does(everyone does some I guess).The last bit I did not like is that students are forced to use octave and that parts of the lectures focus on that.
Very nice, understandable lecturer giving an all-rounded intro to Machine Learning, while giving enough details for you to start a capstone project of your own. Recommended!
A must for someone wanting to start with Machine Learning.
Very nice course well adapted to students from any place in the world. Keeps you engrossed and focused during all 11 weeks. Materials are well structured and explain the topic completely clearly. Assignments are interesting and enthralling.
Awesome course!
The course was awesome and the way it was taught was even better.
Excellent course!Very interesting with great instructor
Thank you for a great course!I really learned a great deal during those weeks!
Excellent presentation of the material, providing not only the mathematical concepts but the context in which they are used. Definitely taught as well as my best classes at university, and far above the worst. I believe it could only benefit from some earlier discussion on vectorization vs. using loops, but I enjoyed the challenge of solving that on my own. Thank you for offering this!
This is one great course which is exciting throughout all the weeks of content. You'll be thorough with almost all basic concepts of machine learning by the end. But programming assignments are needed to be submitted using matlab or octave, Introducing python would be a great update to this.
Good material, good exercises to work on, adequate course duration.
Thank you to Pr Andrew Ng for his course. He facilitates the understanding of Machine Learning to a wide audience, transmits at each video confidence and hope to the student thanks to his remarquable qualities.
Very informative, and educational. Easy to understand. The instructor was very helpful.
Amazingly taught, it makes Machine Learning simple!Thank you Prof. Ng!
Andrew Ng has created a great course. He delivered it with passion and provided interesting insights which made it very enjoyable to study.
fantastic introduction to ML
Very good!!! i recommend this course
awesome explanation . I suggest everyone to enroll in this Course .
very good.thanks.
A GGGGGGGGG...................Great course
a good introduction to machine learning
very great course!
Wonderful course and wonderful Professor
Awesome course with several examples and exercises. It might explains its popularity!
Excellent content and clear understanding of all ML Concepts. A must course for ML Aspirants.
The initial course is too heavy in theory without enough examples or exercises to follow up upon.
Great course to start with if you are planning to delve into Machine Learning as your career. Some great piece of teaching. Concise and clear. Enjoyed the course.
Completing this course has been a wonderful experience!Professor Andrew Ng does a brilliant job in explaining concepts in a lucid manner without assuming you know related concepts beforehand. The concepts are applied to exciting,contemporary fields which makes the learning process all the more enjoyable! If you are enthusiastic about engaging in Machine Learning and are ready to invest some time and effort into it, this course is a must do!
just an awesome course !Andrew ng teach's very well and explains everything in laymen terms
Any appreciation is not enough for it. Hearty thanks and blessings to Coursera and Prof. Andrew NG!
Outstanding introduction to machine learning. Prof. Ng really knows how to make complex things appear simple. For a beginner, almost all the bases are covered in this course. Now, I'm motivated to take things to the next level by studying an advanced book & implementing a full-fledged learning algorithm on my own. Only thing that could have been done better: Programming exercises in R / Python instead of Octave.
very helpful!
Excellent machine learning course! Very well structured, planned. The intuition explanation part is especially helpful for learner to have a first hand 'experience'/working knowledge for the machine learning techniques studied.
Outstanding instructor and well-designed learning materials. It was my best investment of my time in this machine learning course.
This is Awesome...
A joy from start to finish. Very well structured, with new goals stemming from each lecture. The course could only be improved by adding additional assignments for Weeks 10 and 11, or a Capstone project.
Great course!!! It gives deep knowledge of the subject.
Very good course with very good explanations, thanks !
Excellent course! All the material is clear, in good order, only necessary information.
Andrew Ng's lectures and exercises are clear and engaging. The course has been a pleasure.
At this point, I am excited and completely satisfied :)
Excellent. I really gained a lot from this course. Prof. Ng does a terrific job. Course covers all the theory one needs to get started in ML.
Awesome Course!!
Fantastic and accessible introduction to machine learning! He expects very little math background, but still teaches a lot of helpful and easy-to-implement algorithms.
Andrew is the most brilliant professor I ever met! His style and his knowledge are inspiring! Doctor Ng do you have advanced machine learning course?
The best course to start doing ML!
Fantastic course
Wonderful introductory-level Machine Learning Course. It teaches you the very basics of machine learning, but if you want to go further, probably you need to pursue a master/phD degree and delve in the world of ml.
An outstanding course. It starts out a bit hard, especially if you aren't very familiar with Matlab/Octave as I wasn't. But the challenge is worth it. I feel much more confident in my understanding of many of these algorithms. I think, though, that after week 7, the class gets a bit too easy and routine, especially with the programming assignments. I was looking for something either more in-depth and/or challenging. I also would have liked to see topics like reinforcement learning covered, or further advice about how to design machine learning pipelines.Professor Ng is an excellent teacher, and I thank him for making this great course!
Very well taught lectures! Professor Ng has an excellent didactic.
It's a very difficult course and some parts are quite abstract for me, luckily Professor Ng explains everything very clearly which helps me to understand quite well. Thank you so much Professor Ng.
Best way to introduce yourself to ML
Very good course for basic machine learning knowledge study
Great intro to machine learning. Not too simple, but not too complicated for those without calculus skills. Very good mix of theory vs. practice and reasonable assignments were very useful to learning.We need a machine learning 2!
Great course, good overview over the most interesting topics of machine learning with the possibility to try them out with your own code.Easy to use submission system (both Octave and MATLAB worked fine).Minor drawback: an overview of more advanced/complex implementations of the concepts shown would be helpful for deciding where to go next after this course. Still, 5 Stars, because the course covers the important algorithms well enough to understand and use them, within very short videos.
amazing course, amazing experience, I enjoyed it so much and Andrew was an amazing teacher
very helpful!
Great course ! good level of abstraction and right pace
This course does a fantastic job of demystifying Machine Learning techniques, especially for beginners willing to put the effort in. Thanks to Prof. Ng, and the ever-helpful team of mentors on the discussion forums.
Great overview of machine learning techniques taught by an awesome educator.
The course presents in a very accessible way a variety of ML techniques. It is definitely a good introductory course.The programming assignments could have been harder and the quizes could have required some harder calculations in hand.
Tried hard to complete this course around a year ago, but pressures of work etc. meant I only made it around two-thirds through. However and despite this, I found the course to be amazingly well instructed with clear explanations and examples. Andrew Ng's skill and enthusiasm for teaching shines through. His deep knowledge of the subject matter is evident. The course is well structured with step-by-step lessons. Despite my failure to make it all the way through I found the course enormously useful at work as it re-enforced some things I already knew about and helped fill in the gaps in my knowledge regarding the variety of machine learning approaches. My ambition is have another go at finishing this course once I completed another related course!
Good intro
This course gives me a good ML knowledge with easy explanation.
This is a great opportunity for every one with a basic knowledge of programming and math to jump in the wonder world of the Machine Learning. I enjoyed my-self by watching the lessons on the Coursera platform and solving the programming assignments using MATLAB. Every thing is very well prepared by the course organizers to have a great experience when exploring the "Machine Learning".Hope you enjoy this course as well!
Excellent - both content and delivery wise. Thanks very much... More than certifying the course, I believe I've learned immensely from this "not so easy" course, and was able to related quite a lot to some of the work I did on ANNs (MLP) back in the 90s.
Amazing course. Through my first week now and it's a really good course
Its a fabulous course specially for beginners.Thank you Professor Andrew Ng..!!!
Very well as introduction and more to the matter.
Very clear and well taught lessons. Had a very good time learning many new concepts :)
I am thoroughly satisfied with my learning experience and the way in which Andrew Ng handles the course. The onus given to explaining the mathematical reason behind every concept is noteworthy. I would highly recommend this course to my friends.
This is a great course. The instructor Andrew Ng carries you through the material in easy to understand lectures that are divided by topic in perfectly timed video sessions with individual quizzes during each video that help you gauge how well you have understood and grasped the topic discussed in the lesson. This prepares you to take the graded quizzes and complete the programming projects.The programming projects have great documentation that enhance the learning experience and illustrate applications of the material just learned.I greatly recommend this course!
This course is simply amazing, it treats advanced mathematical models for ML in a way that make them accessible to anyone regardless the background. Also Andrew is really clear and you can see the passion for ML shining through his face as he speaks, and this is a great added value that motivates you as nothing else!The only thing that I may want to suggest is to concentrate the programming assignment more on testing the learning algorithms on real world problems rather than on implementation details (as there are tons of libraries implementing learning algorithms out there)Thanks Andrew for the service you provided to the Coursera community, hope to meet you someday!
Awesome course
Prof. Andrew Ng is the best faculty for Machine Learning. He made the course very simple and covered most of the topics from its foundation. The examples he illustrated made it understandable.
Great course for an introduction into Machine Learning. Implementing the algorithms oneself is kind of unrealistic as there are plenty of existing libraries that do it for you but it's good for learning. I would have liked some more real world examples e.g. using caret, glm, random forest etc in R.
One of the most impressive courses I ever had. Dr. Ng assumed that every student was the beginner and explained those complex theory and method in plain words. Strongly recommended this course and I will surely broadcast among my friends and colleagues.
A great takeoff to machine learning with small but efficient steps!
Extremely well explained videos. Prof Andrew Ng is great!
This course was extremely well taught and professor Andrew Ng made sure that we grasp each and every concept by giving us proper examples.
Interesting and comprehensive course to reccommend.
Ng's practical approach addresses complex topics giving you the right intuitions and just enough to get you on track to actually go about doing useful things, and also showing enough of a "map" to get you to dig deeper in the right locations. Thanks Ng and the great mentors of course, especially Tom and Paul.
Great course, great teaching.If more stuff is introduced, that would be even better.
Very well presented and beautifully explained course. Anyone at any level can understand and find the course very useful.
Great course!
Initially it was a bit challenging with all the maths, but after understanding the basic concepts it was really exciting to continue the course and complete it.
This is a very interesting and practical course, even for free!
Exciting course!Very useful for those who would like to improve their computation skills, Python applications in scientific simulations and etc.This course were recommended to me as a one of the best introduction course to the Machine Learning; therefore, I recommend it to you too.
I really appreciate your effort and help. Thankyou Teacher Andrew, Mentor Paul and Tom!
Well explained right from the basics :) Thank you
Well designed course to provide an overview of the field..
Thank you guys. Course is very good. I'm now really excited to work on project that use Machine Learning. Hope I find one quite soon. Providing the course for free is a really awesome thing to do. I appreciate that, but there seems to be fee charged for certification after completing the course :(.
My only problem with this course is that it did not contain reinforcement learning. Please add this topic to future sessions.
Got the math muscles working again - great insights for a first ML class, great mentor support!
Amazing, Andrew explains really well each topic, and I think the most important part of this course is the debugging the algorithms, understanding where and how you can improve the algorithm that you are working on.
Gently-paced and reasonable in terms of course work load, even for a busy person. This course greatly demystified machine learning for me.Alvin's lectures are friendly and easy to follow, and progress smoothly from one point of interest to the next, always taking time to briefly recap on precursor topics that were previously discussed.I really appreciate how the assignments focus on the core algorithms and their implementation. Ancillary implementation steps and a scaffolding for testing and viewing the results are already given for the learner to use, play with, and go back and reference for educational purposes if need be, for refreshing on use of tools such as plotting methods. The way the assignments are structured, putting emphasis on filling in the gaps with implementation of the important algorithms, makes completing assignments a very satisfying and fulfilling experience. I feared I would get caught up in preliminary steps, i.e. getting plots to display correctly or cleaning up the data, but that's all taken care of so that one can focus on practicing the techniques most relevant to the topic and algorithms.I only wish there were more assignments to complete, both to cover more of the course's material and to have more chances to practice algorithm prototyping in Octave/Matlab.
clear explanation, useful course, have enough knowledge to become an ML engineer
Great overview of several ML concepts and topics. Being a python fan I was skeptical in taking a course where the assignments were restricted to using octave. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised by how every lecture and assignment set was explained via basic linear algebra, and was impressed by the speed and efficiency of octave's framework of working with matrices. I also a little surprised that Random Forests and Decision tree based algos were not covered in the course.
Great class, I wish there was "practice it" with the algorithms to more familiarize yourself.
Excellent choice for beginners in Machine Learning or Data Analysis
Lecture videos are clear and concise with a strong focus towards applications in industry. The best practice suggestions are extremely helpful. The programming assignments are all practical and very engaging.
Excellent the profesor make you get interest in the topic, i learn a lot.
Very interesting course! I recommend it to everyone interested in machine learning. Even though no math knowledge is needed it is getting refreshed with the course.The only problem I see is that there is no real step to work on. I do not know where to go next.
Exceptional... Was every much impressed with the way mentor explains and giving example.Thanks for providing such a exceptional Videos
Very good introduction to machine learning. The content is fairly basic, it's up to you is you want to go deeper into the subject.Only one downside, the quality of videos is low.
This is the best to way to learn Machine Learning!
Actually, I am impressed by Professor Andrew Ng's lecture. He made the definition and the intuition of machine learning easily understood for undergraduate like me. I learnt a lot from his lecture.
really helpful
This course is excellently organised. You will learn very interesting things about Machine Learning, but you will also work your programming skills (MATLAB/Octave). You don't need to know a lot of algebra or programming, although every knowledge is useful. Professor Andrew Ng is excellent and all the exercises are very well explained. Forums are VERY useful too, you will get help and feedback from teachers and other students very quickly. I completely recommend it to anyone in the engineering, computer science or even other scientific disciplines.
If you're new to ML, please, do yourself a favor and start here. You'll save yourself a LOT of time. A gem of a course. Thank you very much for taking the time to put together this course.
Everything is perfect, except that we need to use Octave ;)
The assignment is in the right level!
A great experience with a very nice initial approach to Machine Learning :)
It is really hard topic, but thanks to the Professor everythis is really clear. Thank you!
This is an 11-week course. Around Week 3, it became the most informative course I have ever taken, and I have three degrees. It is no exaggeration to say that the amount of information presented in this course eclipses the sum total of what is offered in many degree programs... Yes, friends: it's that good! Don't hesitate; just enroll.
All time best
I feel this course is at the appropriate level to understand how machine learning works and how it can be applied. It is not too high level where it is just concepts and derivations but not so low level that you can lose sight of the motivation of certain concepts and techniques.I recommend this course for anybody comfortable with simple linear algebra and simple programming!
One of the best courses out there; covers the material extremely thoroughly.
A truly unique and fantastic course! Andrew Ng provides a stellar introduction to machine learning.
Very insightful. Great material!
This course is great ! Prof. Andrew Ng is an awesome teacher. I have learned a lot from this course. I recommend it to everybody who wants to learn Machine Learning.
Good course for beginners and those who want to learn the fundamentals of Machine Learning
Awesome class! With Professor Ng as a gifted lecturer and detailed reading materials.
Very good for machine learning
Worth to invest your time.
Professor Ng is a great teacher, his course is both challenging and satisfying. The exercises require you to take one step beyond the lecture -- not just parrot back the transcript -- you have to think about the implications of what you've just studied. Yet Ng's presentations are lucid and informative and that next step is obvious, once you think about it.My greatest challenge is that, although I have been programming for decades, I've only dabbled in a functional language like Octave and my last math class dates back to the 70s. However, the math requirements are not onerous and I'm struggling through the Octave assignments with some success.Although the course is 11 weeks there are more than 16 lectures as some weeks have two complete sets of lectures PLUS there are assignments every week that take a few hours to complete. So while there is a little more work in this course than in other Coursera offerings there is great value for the money and time spent.If you're interested in Machine Learning this course is a great place to start.
Very good one. We were provided Matlab library which expedite learning and coding process.
It's a great course for a beginner like me. Very appreciated.
Excellent! Professor has a deep knowledge in this course, and more importantly he presents the lecture in a well organized way and with nice examples.
Really good course.
It's worth spending time on this course. I've learned a lot, and I will keep doing this jod till I pass the final.
This course is very good, easy to understand.
A great introductory ML course. It does skips all the mathematical proofs (LA stuffs), so you don't really know what's going on behind the scenes, but it concentrates more on application (works for me!). After taking this course, I do recommend taking a more applied ML course (computer vision, NLP, etc.).
An in-depth survey of perhaps most of the current techniques in machine learning. Very well presented, in a well-paced and understandable fashion. The mentors were very receptive and helpful with my questions. I think I spent about 20 hours per week to try to absorb the material. Highly recommended.
A very good introduction to Machine Learning. Insightful and whets your appetite for more. Would like to request a little more information on applying and interpreting PCA.Thank you for a very nice time and would wholeheartedly recommend this course to others who want to know more about machine learning.
great course!This course help me a lot as practical approach to the pursuit of data science career.
Wonderful introduction to machine learning. Instructor emphasizes conceptual understanding of many topics and presents the concepts in a coherent and instructive manner. My only objection is that the course sometimes lacks enough mathematical justification behind some formulas used, but I understand that this is only an introduction so I won't complain too much about that.
An overview on the fundamental topic in machine learning. A must.
Great material, great instructor. The use of Octave was unfortunate, though; I regularly had problems with it crashing.
I liked how Dr. Ng introduced new topics using simple examples. Concretely, when he introduced neural networks he showed how an exclusive or could be designed using a number of logistic regression classifiers wired together.See what I did there?
Love this course for having a go at Machine Learning !! Awesome Andrew....
Best introductory to intermediate level ML course!
Fantastic course. Professor Ng is spot on with his lectures and keeps them to the point. It does help to have a background grounded in mathematics though as it allows you to focus more on the machine learning portion and not get too caught up in the other details when programming.
Excellent work from mister Ng, everything flows. Maybe just a note on the exams where the difficulty sometimes spike a bit from the content of the courses. But you'll always get pass it if you try hard enough.
It is such a nice class that worth for a try.
Could be more mathematical in places, but a nice overview of machine learning.
I have got a insight overview of machine learning.thanks for this course
A very good lecture for the beginners.
The professor really trys to help us understand the material of the course.
I am confident on the content I learned in this course that I will be able to deliver and work efficiently in Machine Learning projects. Thank you.
great course, nice teacher, it's not difficult to follow the class and exercises as long as you take some efforts.
Brilliant!!
good course
It's a wonderful course. But I think the assignments are a bit difficult for design students like me to accomplish.
One of the best courses I've ever taken. Concepts are very well and intuitively explained, but what makes this course even more valuable to me is the debugging part (week 6 in particular) and the numerous hints given by Pr Ng. Thanks a lot Professor for putting this course together!
I have just started the course now. By taking initial lectures I am giving it 5 star .............. I am quite exicited..... hope it will be as per my expectation.
Excellent "introductory" course to Machine Learning. Clear and to the point with plenty of real life examples. I really enjoyed!
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A great course for learning some fundamental concepts of machine learning, and hands-on experience with implementing several methods.
This course was a very good start to Machine learning for me. I have learned a lot, yet i think the programming assignments were too easy to do and most of the time the answer was almost given directly. I think more challenging assignments would be better
Great course with great quality assignments from a credible and reputed expert in the field.
Want to learn what Machine Learning is all about? Want to get the skills to start developing machine learning applications, but not to be "tied up" to a single tool or methodology? This is the course for you!
The course is very good,throgh taking this course,I have a general picture about machine learning .But ,there still exsists several problems,for example,the quality of the videos are low,and I am really looking forward to new version of the course.
Absolutely great course!
Great course. The best course to start learning ML. The course not only gives lucid explanation of different types/applications of ML, it also lets you get hands on with coding in Octave/MATLAB. You'll see for yourself the magic of ML with your own code.
It is perfect for beginners.
thank you
Very good course.
Exceptional!! Andrew NG rocks. This is the best course on machine learning explaining the important concepts of machine learning in less than 15 min per video. Awesome!
Thank you Dr Ag!
Good lectures!
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excellent course, absolutely essential for every data professional
Excellent Course to get started with machine learning...... it may be even better if it is one of specialization course by same Instructor.
Incredible level of input from Prof Ng. I've really enjoyed it and learnt alot!
I love this course!
Very Good. There is no other way to learn better. :)
Course was really great and helpful. I also appreciate the manner of teaching of Professor Ng, he have such a special talent to explain you really complicated things clearly and and simply. That was a great pleasure to study at his class. Thank you a lot!
Good mix of theory and practice. You are also building on top of previous lessons, so it gives good feeling of continuity.
Very nice course in a simple language
Excelent course. Even if you have prior knowledge in ML it is worth doing. Programming Assignments could be less guided though (no reason do decrease ratings for this).
Love it. Been learning a lot!
Great course!
Great, Easy
This is a really practical course - it explains enough of the maths but doesn't require a detailed understanding of it. My only reason for not giving 5 starts is that is starting to get dated. Needs to include decision trees - random forests and xgboost - which have become popular since this course was produced.
really friendly to new learner
Nice structured course with helpful mentors to consult any road blocks I faced.
amazing way of teachingbest contentcan't imagine machine learning can be made so easy
Andrew Ng's teaching is illuminating. It helps me a lot!
Great Course, Machine Learning made easy !
For a busy professional, this course was accessible and practical, well paced and challenging programming assignments that are very well thought out as to teach the student the necessary knowledge to then apply this knowledge to other problems.
Excellent faculty & Training approach.
Awesome course! So much fun!
I think this is a really, really good course for machine learning!
very easy to understand and very useful
A lovely introduction to machine learning so far. Thank you!
Good course, discover a lot of different algorithms and applications. Exercices are a little bit too easy though..
very interesting and useful!!
Best course for machine learning!!!
The course is quite comprehensive and is taught by someone who is highly competent and also has a very nice disposition: Andrew. Selection of topics of the syllabus has been done mindfully.
Great class! Andrew presents the material in a very structural and logical way. The homework is very doable with plenty of instructions and guide. Overall, this is a wonderful class and very rewarding in learning about machine learning.
Best course I've ever taken part in. Everything explained very deeply and comprehensively. I highly reccomend spending time with this course, you won't regret it.
An excellent introduction to various machine learning methods. Dr Ng's clear and succinct exposition makes light work of the theory, but if you pay attention and work through the exercises there is greater depth than first meets the eye.
Amazingly collaborated videos and material. Thorough and deep analysis from a completely beginner's view.
Best course for machine learning.. Complex problems are taught in the easiest way possible
Excellent! I got a degree in Machine Learning at UCL, and both during and after my studies I found clear explanations from Professor Andrew Ng when I most needed them. The course is designed this way: each thing taught by Andrew is tested, evaluated, so one can monitor his/her advance all the time. I myself am a teacher in my country, and think that this is the way a teacher should design his courses, creating resources to monitor the learning of the students on the go, all the time, with plenty of simple exercises together with few difficult projects and tests.
Very well made, well paced. Better than majority of college courses. Some errors do pop up midway through the course that should be addressed. It can be frustrating to push through these issues sometimes but they are the only thing keeping from 5 stars.
Great course. Challenged a lot, learned a lot. Thanks to Prof Ng and the Coursera Team!
The perfect introduction to machine learning techniques. Lectures are almost always very clear, well-structured and sometimes even genuinely thought provoking. Andrew Ng is an extraordinary teacher.The lecture course doesn't require a strong background in mathematics or computer science. With a reasonable effort it can give you really a lot.
This class is practical and it can be the first class in M.L.
Is nice.
It's an amzing course for Machine Learning. I would recommend this to all those who want to make their career in Machine Learning. Asmi Ari
thank you Andrew !!!
Professor is too good at teaching this subject. Loved it!
Awesome material!
What an amazing course. Thank you, Professor Ng, for such a wonderful, informative, and enjoyable course.
I have finished 2 weeks worth of sessions, they are outstanding.
This course is an excellent first course in Machine Learning and is definitely worth one's time. The programming exercises took me a little longer to complete than the recommended 3 hours, but the feeling of satisfaction on getting them right is priceless.
Great Introductory course about Machine Learning. Not knowing anything about ML, came out understanding a good bit. The examples in the course gives you a real world applications of ML and helps you understand the content.Highly recommend this course to anyone.
Highly recommended and really neccesary to create your own A.I. programming pathway to master that area.
awesome. some minor errata you manually have to account for here and there but otherwise this course strikes the perfect balance between the technical and the practical in as understandable a manner both to programmers and non-programmers alike.
It's a great Course overall. Its Content is great and the method of teaching is amazing.
I started this course thinking that it's more of an introduction on machine learning, but it lays down a solid foundation for us to be able to understand complex ML applications that are in use today. It drills down to the basics and pushes you to your limits. Many a time, you're like 'Oh , this seems easy', but it's only when you get yourself to think and code that you realize that there's a lot more to the problem!It's been a wonderful experience. Thanks Andrew Ng, Thanks Coursera
There are ton of resources for me to learn Machine Learning. But if I have to choose one, I will choose this course. Machine Learning becomes very clear and beautiful after watching lectures. I always have excitement every time I open the course. Thanks Andrew and Coursera.
One of the most thorough and effective online courses in Machine Learning
Excellent, well structured course.
Easy to understand and very nice relevant contents. Way the lectures are delivered made it much easier to understand
Very helpful and practical for an entry person like me:)
This course is quite simply _excellent_! Andrew Ng has a great talent for patiently breaking down complex ideas into simple parts. Taking this course, I have not only been informed - I have been entertained!
a good start to know machine learning, PS: professor Andrew NG is so handsome ang gentle
I learned many new things on this course! It's even gave me new tools to work on some existing projects which is not related to ML.
Awesome.... A very good introduction to machine learning
perfect ,help me a lot!
Excellent course, inspiring instructor. really had fun learning the course
The videos are of a helpful length and they are organized into lessons with constructive quiz questions and assignments interspersed to make a student progress logically and incrementally through the course. I found the mentors' guidance helpful to bridge the gap between video lectures and programming assignments.
Amazing and easy to follow content. Many thanks to Andrew NG for making this course available.
Amazing entry level course, covers everything you'll need to get into the machine learning world
Stunning amazing content, which is clear and quite fun . Amazing insight to model selection!
This course helped me get a good ground knowledge about machine learning. It was certainly worth the time!
A fantastic introduction into Machine learning!
It help to understand what Machine Learning is.
Everything is clear, given in thoughtful compact way.Thank You
The quality of this course is really astonishing. Never in my life had I though that it was possible to get University-Level courses taught by experts not only in such nice format and delivered by an amazing platform like Coursera but also for free (If you don't want to get a certificate). The course on only goes into detail about the math behind machine learning but the instructor (Andrew Ng) also makes hard concepts easy to understand, which is critical in order to apply them later on at the course as it also shows you how to apply what you have learnt.
one of the best course ever in machin learning.
Amazing to learn
strongly recommended!
A good course for somebody generally versed in computer science, yet with no machine learning experience.
very good! clearly and easy to comprehend!
An inspiring course!
Very interesting course.Great teacher.Thanks
This is very my first course on Coursera. It broaden my knowledge in computer science.
Excellent course! In the first weeks, when the course started out with linear regression, I was very skeptical whether I would learn anything non-trivial here. But then I was very impressed how professor Ng managed to introduce Neural Networks until week 5 in a very clear manner. A great teacher gives you the feeling that what you are learning is easy although it is not. Great job! The only point of criticism I have is that the programming assignements are not quite hard enough to solve, but it is still a 5-star course for sure!
Professor Ng has layed out this course very well, I'm impressed at what I was able to learn in a few weeks! The subject matter was engaging, and even the math was easy to follow with the professor's explanations. I'm very happy I took this course as this is a subject in which I've always been interested, and I'm confident I can use what I've learned in real world applications.
Excellent for learning the magic sauce in each of the most used Machine Learning algorithms so you can understand them when you use libraries in your programming language of choice.
Great course .Enjoyed every bit of it.
Excellent! Especially, the programming assignments were well designed to help you understand the details in machine learning algorithms.
One of the best classes I experienced on Coursera.
Best course ever. Without the gained knowledge, I was not able to get a job! Thank you, Professor Ng!
It's quite good for beginners like me to learn about machine learning in this course. Practical advice on machine learning helps a lot. Some examples in the assignment are interesting though very few parts are required to implement by ourselves. I was struggling a lot when applying vectorization to the assignments, reminding me of my poor algebra :D
the best course I have ever seen!
Brief and good for new learner.
Great course. Learned a lot of useful strategies and algorithms that will certainly improve my future work. Thanks for providing such a wonderful course.
I really appreciate the effort Andrew Ng puts in his course.
It is a great course and the assignments are exceptional.. I would rate it 5 star.
Super Course...Most of the required topics covered
Course concepts are well-explained and are clear to understand even to those with little background in this area. I would personally recommend every computer science student or those having interest in Machine Learning to take this course.
He's awesome!
Love this course. Never learn more than from this course.
Undoubtedly top-class!
I really like this class :)
Very insightful and knowldegable
It is an excellent course for machine learning starters.
Really have learnt a lot from this class. The programming assignments might be hard but are extremely practical.I would recommend this class to anyone who is interested in diving into Machine Learning.
I am very pleased with this course. It was well-taught, challenging, useful, and relevant to my current projects. I found myself saying "wow" more that a couple of times. Even the lectures on "side topics" like pipeline and algorithm evaluation were very useful. It was well thought-out.Thank you.
Excellent course both with quality content and teaching. Loved the way Prof NG taught this class. Really happy to complete this course.
Very practical course! A bit light on theoretical explanation. If you're looking for theoretic course this might not be the best but it still serves as a great pragmatic or intro to theory.
excellent primer in machine learning
Brilliant !
Perfectly explained! And a nice community. Questions are being answered within 30 minutes.
A wonderful course the get the main insights on ML. Easily explained for everyone and for every background. Complete. A must have to start building in ML.
This class is so so so helpful. I wish I could rate 10 stars to this class. Dr. Ng is so good at teaching and so knowledgeable. I kinda have learned these knowledge before at school but was so confused. Dr. Ng just explained everything so clear and now I have a much better understanding to machine learning.
Awesome, a must for someone who are looking for a introduction into machine learning!
Wonderful experience, first time I did an online lecture. I have learned a lot wherever and whenever I wanted to.
Great course!!!
Great course!although I'm familiar with statistics, calculus and linear algebra and most of the "academic" methods Andrew presented I've enjoyed the simple everyone-can-understand explanations.Thanks A lot!Ron.
The concepts are explained very well and at an understandable pace. Assignments help a lot to learn the concepts deeply. Discussion boards and mentors are quite active and help a lot.
Nice course！ It‘s very helpful~~
Great material and tutor!The only thing is that it is a bit hard to get starting if you are new to octave, coding and machine learning. I wasted days on small errors that would not let my code run. A not mandatory assignment for beginners might help where every step is spelled out in even more detail but you actually have to write it yourself and submit it. :-) But this is of course a very minor critique - again, GREAT COURSE!Thanks a lot
I am absolutely satisfied with this course. Thank you Andrew Professor and Coursera.
Amazing classes, really good explanation of concepts
Thank you so much for making it as easy as possible to understand!
Excellent coverage of the theory parts..
The best course for starting machine learning
Great course! Would've rated 5 except for the use of MATLAB/Octave.
Great instruction. Is there a natural continuation course?
Excellent Platform to get started with ML!
So nice to junior learners.
This course is ideal if you're looking for a head start into Machine Learning :)
Greatly explained. Awesome topic
it's useful, thnx a lot =)
Great introduction to Machine Learning, you MUST take this course.
Pros:program is extremely well organizedevery concept behind clearly elaborated with example and visualisationTutorial works amazingly (*i only know python, after reading tutorials, complete all assignment)Cons:A little bit difficult to handle Octave !!hard for people not familiar with algebra , matrix and vector
Great Course.
It is very useful for the people who begin to learn machine learning !
This is an excellent course. The instructor provides extremely clear explanations, both from the theoretical viewpoint as well as regarding the intuition of the ideas underlying the algorithms. The course provides a complete overview of the field in a concise manner. The exercises help absorb and understand the material. Strongly recommended to anyone wishing to learn (and work hard).
The course is really clear and I absolutely recommend it if you are interested in machine learning.
A good course for introduction of machine learning.
Loved this course! It was nice to get a real world comparison of the runtime of perfect mathematical solutions to problems like optimization vs. algorithmic solutions. In my experience, math classes tend to favor solving for variables algebraically, when the calculation of such a solution in many cases apparently takes much longer than the very accurate approximation obtained by gradient descent, for example! Also, I must admit I got a rush from implementing my first neural network, even though it was a lot simpler than I assumed it would be. I thought it was so cool to have built an autonomous program that can read numbers from a pixel array! Finally, I've always found the topic of data compression to be fascinating, so having algorithms and analysis tools for compression is pretty helpful. Thanks, Dr. Ng! :D
Really help me a lot since I am so interested in machine learning field.
The best machine learning course ever!This is the best machine learning course that I already did.
I really liked the course has been developed and delivered by Prof Andrew Ng. The course is cleverly designed to accommodate people at different skill levels. While the videos, assignments and lecture notes are very valuable and free to access, it would be more encouraging for people to join the Machine Learning working community if the certificate fee is lesser than what it is now. Thanks to Coursera, Prof Andrew Ng and all the volunteers.
Great
Great theoretical introductory course for Machine Learning.
I have heard a lot about this course and just enrolled into it.It looks great.I will update the review with more details as i progress.
Great course
A great mix of theory and application that I haven't seen before.
Great course - really interesting. Good blend of theory and concrete examples.
very basic knowledge even for the beginner so feel free to enjoy this course and i do recommend it highly due to the carefully organized structure and diligent tutor.
Tough things are much easily taught and assignments have been wonderfully selected to increase the confidence level of students.
very helpful!
Beautifully taught and insanely comprehensive
Best beginning course for Machine Learning. Thanks Andrew
must take up the course if you need to work in machine learning.
Homework is very helpful. Theory very clear, and complimentary materials are useful and helpful community! Awesome
Great introduction into ML!
Great, course. Excellent ballance:Wide scope, but with interesting practical and useful details.Rigorous, but easy to follow for those with less mathematical skill.Very complete theory, but with practical assigments using state of the art tools.
Great course by Andrew. Thanks and looking forward to his next one.
Amazing way of teaching. Loving it
Great intro machine learning course
A well structured and easy to follow course. Professor Andrew puts forward the concepts in a simple and understandable manner. Having a great learning experience! :)
Excellent course! One of the best I've ever taken online.Only one criticism: when teaching PCA, the instructor leaves out the very important fact that the eigenvectors and eigenvectors returned by the eigenvector solver he uses are sorted by eigenvalue. If you don't know this, dimensionality reduction by PCA simply makes no sense!
It would be helpful to work on a complex programming assignment at the end of the course
Awesome course for getting familiar with machine learning concepts
I am excited. This is very good course about data processing techniques.
good pace, perfect grading mechanism, interesting
Awesome course
It's really good course, especially for beginners. I really liked the style of teaching - Andrew tell the complicated stuff in simple words.
wonderful course gives good insights on the machine learning algorithms. thank you so
Overall it's a pretty great course. I just didn't find the homework that enlightening though - but I suppose that may just be a consequence of the issues involved in formatting a MOOC.
Great introductory course to machine learning. There were some quirks to workout in the assignments and the course could use a refresh to make it more current (content is from 2011, I think). However, many of the learnings will build a strong foundation upon which any learner can continue into the interesting discipline of machine and deep learning.
This course was hard (for me- I'm an engineer with some programming but the subject matter and presentation are well done. Especially for the price.
Professor Ng does a great job of breaking down the fundamentals of machine learning. This has been a great starting point for me
very detailed and useful
Great course! Gives a really good overview of Machine Learning!
I thought there was too much math and coding for my taste. But overall, the course is great.
This is a very fundamental introduction of machine learning. The course materials are suitable for beginners who are interested in machine learning. Going through all the quiz and programming assignments is not easy but they are really helpful for understanding the learning materials.
Although this course was recorded in 2011, I have found it incredibly valuable. Professor Andrew Ng presents exceptionally well providing a strong logic and clear thought allowing you to follow along and understand. Additionally, due to the fact that this was recorded in 2011, I think allows people like myself who don't have much experience with the ML topic to learn the basics as it was taught then. Many times, topics get very confusing as they grow and evolve. The level of information and concepts presented are fantastic and I've gotten so much out of my time and efforts. Thanks to Professor Ng and all of the moderators and mentors that are still active answering questions.
Completed 3 weeks. So far it is very good..
Good teaching and good materials to have. This is one of the best courses you could have in the Internet.
Great start up course for machine learning
Great Course
Great course!! A great starting place for AI aficionados !!
A really good introduction to machine learning. The course is well structured and is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about data science and machine learning from a technical point of view, especially those who already have a working knowledge of mathematics and statistics.My only criticism is that the editing of the videos could have been a bit better.
Fantastic to gain awareness of what Machine Learning is all about. The materials prepared by Prof Andrew and his team strikes a right balance between theory and practice.
Very useful course. Content and structure of the course will improve our view on data.
Best first course in data science. Gives you a clear mathematical approach to prediction models. The course instructor and the co-founder of Coursera, Prof. Andrew Ng is really good and motivating too.
very helpful and instructive especially for beginners.
Great for a beginner as everything is picked up from the scratchGreat for ones already knowing as the experience of the professor adds to your insights..
It is a very good course !!! Like it very much and recommend to all who never stop learning.
Very interesting and helpful.
A fantastic introduction to Machine Learning for novices in AI.
This course is just awesome! Thanks Prof. NG for that.Although the course has very less and easy programming assignments, but still the theory covered is pretty vast and well- contained.
This course is an amazing opportunity to get initial knowledge in Machine Learning are. Excellent balance of theory and practice.
I really like this course. Very sad that there are no Russian subtitles for after the 2nd week.
Great teacher! Great course! I'm really touched by the ending speech by the professor.
It's nice knowing that much of the theory of mathematics is applicable in an area of science that'll have a great presence in the future; hopefully, this will spark new interest for math. :-)
It is awesome and very clear. You can get a good undestanding of machine learning and the most its topic. Of course, we have to keep studying and knowing even more about this subject.Thank
Awesome course. Each and every CS student must complete this course.
Very good introduction to the field of Machine Learning.
love this course!!!!
It was very explanatory, just what you need to really learn.
Really awesome Course, with a very simple and worthy way of teaching.
I loved this course! Needed this coz I had forgotten all of what I had studied 3 years ago.
Great course!
A very good introduction to machine learning concepts. Anybody starting in machine learning should complete this course.
An amazing introduction to machine learnin
Thank you so much for offering this course! It has so much contents and explains those concepts very well. I love the programming assignments and the availability of different helps I can easily get from this course.
Awesome course
the course is well structured and well delivered.
Interesting Introductional course
Overall course is really good.But I would be much more happy if he covers deep learning or creates other courses on specific topic like deep learning, recommendation system.
Excellent course! Andrew Ng has treated all topics in a simple, but complete . Furthermore, the course program it is rich in topics and it provides many opportunities to deepen what is most interesting for each student.
It's a great course for people looking to garner an insight into the mystic world of machine learning. The pace of the course is excellent, allowing students from diverse backgrounds to follow along with reasonable effort.
Too simple course. It may be nice for juniors.
I love this course and the systematic way in which it is taught!
Excelent. Just the assignments are sometimes not so easy to understand.
Simply the best intro to data science. This course gives understanding of what is hidden under the hood of many data science numerical libraries.
A very good course in machine learning for beginners,who want to explore about this field.A well built course,with a great instructor.
Excellent course. Taught me squared error method very easily (unlike some other courses on coursera).
Exceptionally well designed and organised course for the beginners in Machine Learning.
Very Excellent Course for basic Machine Learning Student
It was much better than I expected. There were many valuable tips for using and implementing machine learning algorithm
Great hands on exercises and very clearly explained material. Was a bit slow for me I had to watch it at 2x: perhaps the simplest maths should be factored out into a separate mini course and assume a certain background for this one. The course is rather broad, though I was surprised not to hear once about Bayes or Markov (n-grams, HMM etc.). It might be a good idea to create a specialisation consisting of a separate basic maths part, all the methods presented here, methods applicable to bioinformatics and NLP too. And to top it all of Computer Vision. I assume the by-pixel techniques used in this course were just illustrating the points, as I would expect Gabor wavelets or something to reduce dimensionality and save ourselves from sliding windows (and rotations as a bonus). I am not sure if in this specialisation I would have liked to have all "science" points (how to run an experiment analyse results) separate from "how to implement an algorithm" and "why the algorithm works" or mixed in as this course does. I think either works. Some navigational infrastructure on coursera would be awesome (wiki style opportunities to jump around between "aspects" etc.). Finally, some summary notes would be very useful. When I do decide to implement any of this I will have to look through the exercise pdfs which are a bit long and at my code - perhaps, at the end, when you know someone has completed the exercises. Otherwise, the exercises are awesome.
Very easy to understand, with little math needed. I enjoy the fact that he allows access to all quizzes and assignments without having to pay.
This is a very well designed course. I learnt a lot from it and appreciate Dr. Ng's efforts and de
great course
great course and a great lecturer, really enjoyed it and it's given me a solid foundation in the topic. Thanks Andrew
A very good overview of the basics of Machine Learning. As a novice to computerized data sorting, I felt this course provided the best mix of practical and theoretical backgrounds for some very useful algorithms. The MATLAB assignments take some time to complete so planning ahead will be helpful.
Andrew has the necessary skills to teach difficult concepts in a simple way. I learned a lot and my will to continue learning has increased because of this course.
This course makes it very easy to understand and learn the algorithms used in machine learning. Andrew sir explains everything with really good examples. A must take course for the people who love data science!
The course is exceptional. However there are many errata that could be corrected but Coursera refuses to do so.
Great course, Andrew Ng does a good job at easing you into this complex subject, particularly for somebody like myself without much maths background. Looking at other video courses on the subject, I think more interactive visualisations could've been a great help, for example to gain some intuition about polynomials with different input parameters. Drawing lines on screen works, but I've had many revelations when working with the interactive tools linked from the wiki content. In some course exercises, the tutor and lecturer disagreed on the approach (e.g. vectorised vs. iterative), so the videos/PDFs were inconsistent with discussions/tutorials - a bit confusing.
Really awesome course for the beginners in ML
has clear description for concept, and the practices can also help to realize the knowledge and know which part you are not pretty learning well.I think this is a very valuable course.
This is a great introduction course to machine learning. Coming to the class I wasn't sure if the math involved would be too complex to follow. But Professor Ng's clear explanation of the concept and intuition behind complex algorithms made them much easier to understand or dare I say enjoyable. The programming exercises are not too difficult either once you get over the first hump of familiarizing yourself with Octave or Matlab (I used Octave for the first time for this course).
Very good course
The course is very good.
What can you say? An amazing survey course on Machine Learning techniques... by a master.
Interesting topic
very useful!
Nice course, interesting topics. Recommended!
This is very nice course. Hat's off to the professor.
Loved it. Perfectly paced. Great content. Well presented. Kudos & many-a-thanks to the whole team!
the best course ever
Complete and very accessible course!
This is the best to way to start with Machine Learning. Andrew NG has explained all the topics in a really interesting manner for student with all kind of background. Also He has taken care to answer all the question probably a student can have while attending this class. Overall a wonderful experience and Now I am really feeling Welcomed By the field of Machine Learning :-). Thanks a lot Andrew NG, Thanks a lot Coursera.
Great intro to machine learning. Wish it required the audience to understand calculus though, as it skims over some things.
Very well explained, but fairly mathematical, course that teaches the basics of modern day machine learning in an excellent pace.
a useful and intensive course. besides machine learning, it was good to me to have a chance to learn matrix and regression with matrix.
This is my first coursera lesson, it's the beginning of me in ML. thx.
Very interesting course.
The perfect course to start the machine learning journey !!! Even if you know nothing, it is in your best interest to give a try, everything is well explained. Hats Off to the tutor too for such a nice explanation.
I loved this course! Next is Deep learning from Udacity
An Awesome Course. Very well taught :-)
I would strongly suggest you to take this course, if interested. Very simple language, even if you know very less of this field, you will still understand everything. I LIKE IT :D
Great lecture to freshmen.If there will be an advanced course in a series, it will be much more better.
.It is really a good course to learn machine learning. I thank coursera
If you are on the fence as to whether or not to take the class... take it!This class was magnificent. I had very little background (college calculus years ago and minimal computer science experience) and was able to follow the lessons, learn the concepts and apply them. I took the course to get a sense of data science and algorithmic analysis, and I came away more excited about the field and prospects than before! You get to learn at a high level how life-changing technology we interact with every day works--how autonomous cars learn to drive, how Netflix picks what movies you might like, and how text recognition algorithms can learn new text. How cool is that!?In part because of this class, I am now confident in my ability to study data science as a possible career.
This is a very useful and easy to follow course.
Very easy to follow, well explained by Andrew Ng, good examples and fun programming assignments
An outstanding professor for an extraordinary course !
Great course by Andrew Ng, at the right pace and very enjoible
Great course. Well organized and easy to understand.
One of the best courses I've taken on MOOC.
I think this course is quite a great one to have a general overview of the different techniques used nowadays in Machine Learning fields.
Complex concepts explained in a clear and easy to understand manner. Learning a lot!
Excellent course. Has minimal pre-requisities. So students from any background can do this course
Simply awesome
at times oversimplified but an excellent course for all!
at times oversimplified but an excellent course for all!
Great Course and Great Professor!
Perfect course to learn Machine Learning.
very helpful for machine learning stater
Excellently organised course
good course for a new beginners but its also very old compared to modern developments.
This course offers an insight to most of the machine learning techniques currently deployed. However, it does not go in depth for any of it. Amazing programming exercises, very well structured, very helpful and easily understandable. They make sure that you only implement what is relevant to the course and all else clutter (reading, typechecking, etc) is already in place for you. The instructor is easily understandable and the presentations are very well structured. Coming from an engineering/computing background, would hope for more math and insights, but this is a course that can be taken by economics or other majors. Really enjoyed it and has prepared me to delve deeper into machine learning and craft ML systems as part of my school or in my free time.
A good course! The assignments really add to the program and gives you alghorithms to really work with in your own projects.
Except the first two weeks of hard time on finding my way around the course management and its huge resources, the team of lecturers and mentors have done a great job on the preparation of this course.Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill online. I've learned a lot and plan to continue learning more on Machine Learning.
Fantastic course - very interesting content and assignments are perfectly designed to come to grips with the content. Very engaging lecturer.
Great course. Well taught.
An insightful and excellently-paced course!
Very like it...And I think I learn a lot
Excellent Course.Very Well presented.Thanks.
A lot of content, covering range of topics , very clearly presented and well prepared training assingments.
Lectures are perfect for beginners. Although, the use of linear algebra could have been emphasised much more because that is where the magic happens. The support from mentors is exceptionally well. You will get a reply within half an hour. The learning exercises are meticulously curated. The instructor, Andrew Ng sir is brilliant. The best course for a complete beginner on machine learning.
Great course and easy to follow!
Great course for beginners in Machine Learning. I thoroughly enjoyed this course. However, one should not stop with this, one should try to build applications, only then would this course be completely fruitful.
Very nice course, covering almost everything and starting form basic to advance level.Andrew is very good in explaining new things
The best course I've taken on Coursera so far. This was the first ever course offered on Coursera, by the founder himself, Andrew Ng. He's a great instructor, covering topics right from the ground to the sky. I'd say the implementation is in OCTAVE instead of popular languages like R/Python, which could have improved upon a lot for learners. But since Andrew has focussed this course upon beginners, I think OCTAVE is apt.The assignments were relatively easy as most of the implementation (ground work) was done, only the main functions were to be implemented. But yes I learnt a lot from the way the assignments are designed. You create a digit recogniser just by being through this course.I would recommend it to all learners who are beginning with Machine Learning or Data Sciences to take up this course.
The only course worth learning!
hear of it from zhihu, looking forward to have the lecture
It has been a long and interesting journey.Professor Ng was an excellent instructor.This course prepared me for the next big thing : Computional Neuroscience
It was really great! All of the materials are explained very clear, thank you for that!
That's what I was looking for!
simply very well done!
Very clear and well defined weekly lessons. Teacher presents it in an interesting way without any nonsense. Great course!
Fantastic course. This was my first online course on coursera, and I really enjoyed it every week.Andrew is an excellent teacher, who always find a simple and reasonable way to go through complex and intrincate concepts.Great experience. I'm very thankful.
This course is the best Machine Learning Course I've ever had Andrew explains every algorithm and their intuition well. Assignment is very helpful as well, help us review most important parts. Thanks a lot!
easy to understand, intuitive and informative.
Great introduction to many of the important concepts!
This is a great course. The professor explains everything so clearly.
The course is well formatted with excellent explanation and easy to follow videos.
The first weeks it was difficult to implement the vectorized functions in Octave, but I perservered and suddenly it clicked. Andrew is a good teacher and does not just explain the mathematics, but also makes sure you understand the motivation and when to use certain algorithms. I learned a lot from this course.
great course! helped me a lot, thanks
great lectures, and great quiz and assignment to help me learn more.
Extremely engaging and useful.
This course is very great and easy to understand, not only introduce us to Machine Learning but guide us step by step ti become professional in it. Very recommended.
Both thorough and approachable, a great introduction which also goes somewhat in-depth and provides lots of real world examples. Excellent class!
I really enjoyed watching this course, thanks to which I learnt new computing techniques.and I strongly recommend it. Thanks a lot to Andrew Ng for all of that.
It was a great learning experience!
good course, has many useful information and methods
Great machine learning class !
easy to understand. appropriate for people with no basis.
Perfect!
This is really helpful and exhaustive. If you are trying to find a course to learn Machine Learning, this is what you need.
I like this course very much! Thanks prof. Ng
It is a very awesome introduction to machine learning...Want to start learning Machine Learning? Well this is the place
It is a great course
This is the best course on Machine Learning. Prof NG is the Best.
You have helped me understand how each formula and algorithm works. Before I could not read algorithms. Thank you!
Thank you for taking all the effort and time to prepare this course. Can't say more!
Unique. Having that kind of renowned actor of the field, which also happens to be a terrific teacher, giving such a complete online course, we should consider ourselves lucky. Do it
Great Course! I didn't finish yet but the teacher is great and the developmento and evolution of the course is amazing. Congrats to the responsibles! And thanks for this course!
the best there is , also provides a soft intro to Maths behind it.
Very Informative and Very Detailed, yet teaches well enough to make it easy to understand and implement machine learning algorithms and practices.
This course was a great introduction to machine learning (ML). Besides the ML concepts and methods, the course explained the necessary mathematical and statistical concepts in a clear and simple manner. I believe people who have not done much maths or stats should be able to follow the materials. ML concepts were explained in a clear fashion with relevant examples and a good level of depth.The weekly programming exercises require the student put aside at least 2 hours but they are interesting and not impossibly challenging.
Great course!
This course is really useful and the assignment system is very helpful. The core code need to be written by you. If you want to learn ML as a starter, it is the best choice.
Very easy-to-understand but in-depth course contents, tough some assignments contained certain bugs. Highly recommended.
best course and very challenging. If you are a beginner in coding and programming, you need to spend more time (double than normal)in this course
Highly recommend this course to anyone interested in machine learning. Dr. Andrew Ng does an excellent job covering the fundamentals of various supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms as well as their practical applications. He also covers error analysis and provides programming assignments.Why should you choose this course over the other machine learning courses? Dr. Andrew Ng helped lead Google's AI efforts and now doing the same for Baidu. In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.Definitely give it a go; you won't be disappointed.
Learn a lot of this course! Especially some MatLab coding and machine learning cases.
Very practical and hands on course. I really enjoyed it a lot and definitely learned a lot from it.
The course is perfect and very flexible , the instructor is very good he really simplifies the concepts yet don't miss the core ideas .
A great course for anyone to start career in ML.
Classes are amazing. Exercises could be a little bit tougher.
Very well organized course, with the right pace and crystal clear explanations by the teacher.I really enjoyed taking this course!!Thank you
I'm just finishing the 7th week, and the pace and material is just right for me. I have a math background, and have been working in software development for 17 years. You should be able to participate in this with a modest math background, and minimal computer science experience. Some assignments can be challenging, but they are definitely possible to complete in my spare time with some concerted effort. This seems to be a solid foundation to machine learning concepts. I enjoy the mathematical explanations of the algorithms.
Very useful and excellent machine learning class for new students in this field.
This course introduces some basic concepts of machine learning. Particularly, neural networks and regularized regression are given a decent coverage. Some popular techniques such as decision trees and ensemble learning are not touched at all.It's a very well thought out course. The only reason I didn't give it 5 because it's in archival mode, i.e. Professor Ng doesn't support it anymore, doesn't participate in discussions, for instance. It was disappointing. Also, the assignments were too easy, in my opinion. I'd like them to be more challenging.
A very nice introduction to machine learning. Well structured and with a lot of good practical assignments! I would definitely recommend it!
Brilliant Course . Works Perfectly for me .
It was very information and had good hands-on training.
Just challenging enough to keep a relatively numerate person interested, while not overwhelming that it's discouraging. Really like the handholding via the tutorial, especially for those of us who have never used Matlab/Octave. Bravo and thank you!
Would be great to see more detailed mathematical explanation.
The course was great. Thanks!It would be wonderful if you could make the slides available.
Very good materials, matlab programs and quizzes and faculty members. This subject is key to understand the basics of neural networks
This course is really amazing in every way, very clear, understandable, and pretty usefull.Only one bad point : nothing about decision tree learning.
The course gave a good introduction but with little proofs or derivation.
Great.
Great course! Thank you very much Professor Ng.
Amazing course !
It's fantastic from the root !!!
Excellent starting course on machine learning. Beats any of the so called programming books on ML. Highly recommend this as a starting point for anyone wishing to be a ML programmer or data scientist.
Very helpful, almost all materials are detailed.
I learned A LOT from Andrew, the assignments help you apply the materials you've learned. Even now that one year has passed since I finished the course I am using the materials whenever I need insight into Machine Learning.
Great Course!
Very interesting and useful, Thank you Coursera!
Thank you for great teaching.
Awesome Course.. The stuff is really indepth
Amazing class! Learned a lot! Starts from beginning and you end with information to build your own machine learning solutions! Recommended!
Exceptional course to start learning this field. Recommend to every one. Just give it a try.
Good so far. there were some minor errors in the presentation calculations but thats ok.
Hand-on exercises and intuitive explanations are those I like most in this course.
the course is very easy to understand and implement.
One of the best classes I have taken so far. Andrew NG provides excellent intuition for the algorithms he covers. Machine learning techniques like decision trees and ensemble methods which are not covered here. I would also like to recommend that - it's not a beginner's course. Previous experience in linear algebra and programming experience is required, otherwise you'll get stuck. So prepare well and must do this course. Huge recommendation!
A good primer on the subject.
Amazing contents and excellent Mentors
Excellent course, nearly no knowledge required
Superb course. Andrew is a likeable expert on this topic and keeps the messages efficiently simple. I'm from a non-programming background and this course although challenging at times was doable.
Prof. Andrew Ng explains the main ML concepts in a very concise yet detailed manner that allows both students with a background in CS and those without it to learn so much in this course. The class is well structured and the assignments are amazing examples of the applications of the concepts learned.
Definitely worth taking. A lot of easy to understand but deep concepts such as cost function and gradient descent. Definitely recommend.
Outdated material, nightmare to submit assignments. Badly needs to be updated.
Very good and I would recommend to anyone.
Very Nicely Explained the concepts :)
amazing. of everything i have reviewed, either cursory or in-depth, the most instructive and effective introduction to machine learning i have found.
I liked the insight, that Andrew provides for each explanation
only theory no practice. I don't need math at this point as I don't know even how to build simple machine learning program. Programming assignments come with no explanation. It is not possible to finish this course without learning from other sources on the web, materials attached to this course are not enough to understand the subject. I have trouble understanding what the teacher is trying to teach from the very beginning of course.
Really great introduction course to get started with machine learning applications!
Just about to learn this very famous class in the coursera!!!!!!!! Get to know a little bit about the machine learning
Perfect courses! By this course, I have learnt many things about Machine Learning. True, it is so wonderful that Andrew Ng could take many abstract concepts into some straightforward things, thanks a lots! I can guarantee that if you could insist on completing this course totally, you would find you've mastered many useful knowledge. Of course, knowledge is endless, if you're really interested in this field, then go for it by as many methods as possible you can find, and don't restrict yourself to this course.
The course is very well organized covering a lot of topics. The assignments are mapped well with the course content and help to understand the system development well. Professor ANg is very clear in his explanations and makes you feel very comfortable even with the difficult concepts.I highly recommend this course if you plan to learn machine learning using open source tools and practical examples.
A great start to learn Machine Learning!
Its a good course for Machine Learning and content is thorough that even beginner/non-coders wouldn't miss a step.
Excellent teaching style! Very insightful, intuitive explanations, straight to the point, "no spam videos", mathematically deeper than other courses and well balanced with hands-on-like comments about best implementation practices and strategy decisions tips for different ML problems.You have to submit matlab exercises.
More precise and straight to the point.
Great course. Would do it again.
The easiest and knowledgeable course.
This is a wonderful course.
I learned a lot and I'm very happy, Andrew you are awesome thank you so much!
Cool, interesting, very pleasant teacher
great one,
Very well explained, thanks :)
Very educational. Maybe a short course in Liner Algebra could be included on Coursera also I have noted some of the assignments are a few years old as I have seen a few attempts to solve these on the web dating back to 2011. Maybe these should be changed to keep the ideas fresh.
The topic is explained in a great way. I had no struggle getting my had around it.
The teacher makes the difficult materials easy to understand. Furthermore, the exercises help students to have good intuitions to the theories.
The best course to start with machine learning.
This course has given me lot of tools to go out and use in the real world applications. It has also brought my passion for Machine Learning, which I haven't touched in 10 years when I took Data Mining courses in Master's program. Thank you for the inspiration and
That is so great!!!
An ideal survey course, refresher, or introduction to machine learning. An immense amount of thought has gone into the videos and the exercises. Worth every minute, particularly if you are interested in understanding the theory behind the core concepts of machine learning.
Very cool!! Thanks
Very useful course with the great teacher!
A very good introduction to machine learning. Really enjoyed it.
Fabulous course! Covers nearly every useful learning algorithm except trees. However, trees are probably the easiest algorithm to understand so you can look it up elsewhere.
Wonderful course. Everything is clear and definite.
Nice course and a good pace
I got to learn a lot during this course. I am very glad to have registered for this course. Thank you very much. I will continue exploring this field and hope to develop my own applications based on machine learning.
Excellent course, easy to understand and very well paced. Would suggest everyone to take this course. Not much of knowledge in coding is required and anyone can do the assignments.
The course is conducted smoothly and that is what a fresher wants
Simple, elegant yet very effective. Andrew Ng's unique teaching style does justice to the subject and its in depth knowledge.
Thank you, Andrew for your perfect and huge work with this course. Excellent explanation of material and great practice! There is huge distance between this course and Russian analogues from Yandex. Really great job
Like it. It gives me a big picture of ML, tough I still weak of coding/implementation, but grab the concepts do helps me.Hope to reinforce myself in some advance and more practice course.
This class combines both of my favorite subjects, advanced mathematics, programming, along with my love of data. I learned a lot in this class and I hope I will get a career similar to what this class has taught me.
No words, Amazing. Coursera brought this course on right time to the market. that too for free. Thanks A lo
Very good course in general
Great teacher, great classes, great programming exercises. Everything in this course is awesome. It covers from basic topics to more advanced concepts. Really loving it :)
Very accessible course, with a wide variety of topics. It provides a good introduction to ML. The pacing of the course is good, and somewhat faster than e.g. WU's machine learning specialization (where linear regression and classification take up an entire module, instead of one lecture). In that sense, this course may be a particularly good fit for people that already have some working knowledge of statistics and (statistical) programming. Also, Andrew Ng is a very good and inspiring professor.In the programming exercises, there is a lot of emphasis on vectorization, which is very useful. However, once you've wrapped your head around that concept, many of them sometimes seem a little too straightforward to implement. Nonetheless, the applications are very cool, including e.g. computer vision and anomaly detection. The (free) software (Octave) is very intuitive and easy to use.All in all, an excellent course. If only there was an "intermediate ML" follow up by professor Ng.
Excellent course, and the exercises are very helpful.
This is the best course for persons who want to learn machine learning.The language of explaining concepts is very simple and practice home work is easy to accomplish but clearing whole concept.
Great course, awesome instructor, great mentors and classmates. The best part is that the course is mainly application driven and you actually get to know and use a lot of different machine learning techniques. After doing this course, anyone should be able to implement at least some machine learning techniques to solve different problems. Cheers!
Excellent course material and lectures by Prof Ng.Perhaps the theoretical content could be increased a bit.
Really helps me with ML
Truly a great course. It teaches so much while encouraging practical knowledge. I have really enjoyed it.
Amazing!Very interesting and challenge, thanks to the supporting forum, I can't complete all the coding without your help.After this course, I gain strong understanding of the algorithm and know how to apply them straight to project.If you are a bigger to ML, look no further, this is the perfect course for you!Additionally, it is really affordable! Cheaper than a book!
Andrew Ng is really cool !!!!
Very nice explanations, good mix of theory/tests and practical assignments
It is really helpful for learning Machine Learning. I'm a new in this area, but I could understand his teaching well. Thanks a lot.
Well-planned course that guides a beginner around machine learning. Strongly recommended.
Andrew Ng, best Professor who can make Machine Learning Course interesting and easy to grasp. Thank you so much for offering this course, Andrew.
Good course
Thanks Andrew's nice explanation ,it helps me open the window of machine learning and let see the amazing world of AI.
it is a good leason to learn about the basic knowledge of machine learning.
Excellent introduction in both theory and exercise. thanks to this course !!
Great experience. I've taken a few machine learning courses (grad school level) and this course explained concepts really well, I feel like I solidified a lot of my understanding of machine learning. onward!
Very concise and clearly explained course for fundamentals of Machine Learning
The best online course I have ever taken!!The Instructor Mr. Andrew teaches really great. I just love the way he teaches. The pace of the course is also good and not that hard to keep up. The assignments and quizzes are also simple and effective. One can learn a lot from this course.Thank you. :)
Nice introductory course on ML. A few typos in the slides could/should be corrected. Test submission (though Octave) should definitely be improved.
the class is very good. i just think the assignmengs are not enough.I feel I can't learn about itdeeper.
learned so much, this course is incredible
Awesome course to understand the basics of machine Learning.
Excellent for the machine learning beginners.Courser prepares the surroundings for each topics before going into deep. Intermediate quiz and assignments for each covered topics are very good idea to check learned concepts with practical.Thanks a lot.
Excellent course. Loved all the topics and the perfect explanations by professor Ng. Thank you for a wonderful experience!
Awesome intro course.
This course is wonderfully presented in a very intuitive fashion. When you finish this course, you will remember absolutely everything learned. I am already finding numerous applications using various techniques.I would say this is a must for anyone interested in any field of research who is interested in expanding their programming knowledge.
Great intro to machine learning! Intrigue my passion for diving deeper into this field! Thanks Andrew!
Excellent Course. Great intro to ML.
Lectures are clear and easy to understand. Assignments are helpful.
Excellent lecture. Very clear and informational. The depth of content is just right. Great course. Looking for more courses like this.
I found this course very useful to introduce the student to a wide variety of machine learning techniques. I found the assignments very manageable and the course load was very light, perfectly suited for a working professional.
Great course. Comprehensive and practical. Very clear explanations.
Although my poor English, I understand the lectures without translation. It needs a lot of talent to make as clear lectures like this. I admire the lecturer.
Fantastic course. Highly informative. Very clear explanations. Excellent overview into all aspects of machine learning.
Love the brevity and intuitive explanation of each lecture. Course structure is well paced and structured.
Very good introduction. I really enjoyed it!
Good Course
Super Awesome Course...
This course is a fantastic introduction to machine learning
I love it.
Its very useful.
The curriculum has been structured really well. The videos are amazing. A beginner as well as an intermediate student will be fascinated by this teaching.
Great course and great instructor!
great course, thanks Andrew Ng !
Great course, all the concepts are explained in a structured and clear way. The quizes reinforce the lessons, and the assignments focus on building understanding of the concepts and give practical examples of applications.
Took over a year to finish this course, it was a challenge, but extremely gratifying. An amazing resource on the web, whenever I hear my friends talk about the new dev buzz word 'machine learning', I tell them about this course. Thank you!
Excellent survey of Machine Learning. Andrew Ng is an excellent instructor and works through theory and concrete examples of topics covered. Homework examples are practical as well. Definitely recommend.
Very good course for kick staring the learning of machine learning. Taught theory and statical information on different basic algorithm.
Great course from a great Professor.
Awesome course, many thanks to Andrew Ng for such clear way of explanation.Even beginner without knowing special terminology and poor knowledge of linear algebra and programming is able to finish this course.With this course I've got passion to learn more and deeper.
one of the greatest course i have ever studied , really great instructor , he knows how to force the knowledge inside your head
Excellent, Must course for everybody who want to take up Machine Learning as their Career. It's an ultimate start.
This is excellent course for anyone to understand what machine learning is all about. Prof. Andrew does a great job of explaining the concepts candidly. The course content is well designed both is content and structure. Would love to see an advanced version of the course where we apply the learning on some complex real world problems.
Great course! Thank you for putting this together in such a well structured format.
What a fascinating course, and a great instructor! I am absolutely loving it so far. I am an iOS software engineer, but this course is the most fascinating computer science subject I've ever studied. Thanks so much for putting this online!
I think all the computer science should know about Machine Learning. This is surely starting source of learning those who doesn't know anything about machine learning.
A nice clear and straight forward course for machine learning for beginners.
Maths covered is very preliminary. But the coverage of course is great.
Great course to understand both theoretical and practical aspects of Machine Learning
I am new to ML and this course explains so many things to get started. I still have more than half the course to go through still and already so much delighted to have taken this course!
Very very understandable explanation :)
Awesome/Excellent/Outstanding !!! This course was my first step in Machine Learning en route to data science. The videos explain difficult concepts in easy to understand words with examples. The assignments will make you think real hard and they do a great job to ensure that you get basics down and give you wings to implement an algorithm to a real world data set. The discussion/forum/wiki_page is very helpful and thanks to the Mentors for immediate help with questions on the forums.Many thanks to Professor Ng.
really great course, does a really good job helping learners grasp regression through actually implementing techniques rather than simply having you use blackbox libraries.
Course is well taught and straightforward. Exercises are painfully easy.
Instructor's knowledge and delivery are excellent.
Excellent course by one of my favorite teacher Andrew Ng.
This course is an amazing course. I have completed around 4 weeks of material. The concepts are covered both top-down and bottom-up. The instructor really adds value with every video.To improve this course, I would recommend covering more topics and make the assignments a bit harder. At least towards the end of each assignment.
The course content helps in successfully writing code for the Machine Learning algorithms taught lucidly by the professor.Thank you sir Dr. Andrew Ng ! One of the gurus I will never forget!
Amazing course! Some more nuanced/ advanced applications as programming assignments would step up the course even more.Maybe keep them as optionals like many other assignments.Overall, a very good course for someone wanting to get into ML.
Good course for beginner in Machine Learning
This was the first course I attended when coursera started. It is great. Andrew is a great instructor. Right now, I'm taking this again in order to refresh my memory, and start learning about big data.
One of the best Coursera classes, and a well known course that is often referenced on the web as the starting point for anyone curious in Machine Learning.
The lecture is very concise and elegant. It helps me get the main idea of machine learning and avoid the tedious math formulas. A very good course for beginner.
This course gives you both theoretical as well as practical understanding on ML.
Amazing. Concise, well written course. Excellent video material, even better homework assignments.
Amazing - an all-in-one course spanning all the relevant machine learning topics.
very useful!
Great course!
The course is very well done. It provides an overview on the most used machine learning techniques.Special thanks to the professor Andrew Ng for a very clear explanation during the class.
I can highly recommend this course to anyone interest in the topic of machine learning. The course not only provides a nice and broad overview of the topic, but also offers some well prepared programming tasks that are easy to work through helping to deepen the understanding of the courses content. Moreover, Prof. Ng offers useful advice for practical application of machine learning throughout the course. However, for my taste the lessons could assume a higher level of the basic knowledge of mathematics of the attendees, which would get some lessons more to the point.All in all Professor Ng did a great job and it was a joy to follow his course. Thanks for that.
Good course but a little light on the theory, especially on SVM's
Exceptionally good and clear!
The Best way to learn about Data Mining for the beginners
fantastic course, learn a lot from it. BTW, Andrew Ng is so charming. haha
I like this lecture
Awesome course. Taking it again to refresh. Doing a certification as well this time.
Great Course and Great Teacher
Really good Course. Andrew Ng is indeed a hell of a Teacher! Highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn ML.
Great professor providing really good explanations about the basic ML concepts.It's really a course you must take if you want a good introduction to Machine Learning. (no prerequisite needed).
Great Course although I would suggest taking a linear algebra course prior to enrolling this one. Coding the Matrix in Coursera, for example.
Very clear, easy to understand for beginners.
The best course I have ever done online.... Big thanks to Prof. Andrew Ng. I now lecture Machine learning and Neural Networks in a Federal University in Nigeria. It all started with this course.
Great course!!
That's amazing course! Thank you a lot!
Well structured and presented.
I really enjoyed it!
Very useful and interesting course.
Great Course!
This is one of the best online courses I have ever taken. It really helps me to understand what Machine Learning is and what kind of problems it can resolve. I would recommend
Excellent course to get great understanding of Machine learning.
Being an aspiring Data Science professional, this course gave me a very good understanding about the fundamentals about machine learning. I enjoyed every week of this course, THANKS ANDREW NG
Amazing teaching
Good overview of machine learning. In general focuses more on how to do, but due to course length skipped on some of the how or why in certain topics. Good mentor responses. Lecture video pause points are bugged. Lecture and assignments are quite detailed to walk you through it. Course content not designed to be difficult. Weeks are not very balanced. Some weeks take longer than other weeks, and you don't really know until the week starts. One thing I really dislike is you can't take notes online while watching the video. You'll have to do it elsewhere (on paper, on notepad). There isn't a quick summary of topics covered in the video you can go to. This would help if you wanted to rewatch a certain part but couldn't recall which video it was in.
well explained, detailed
Its very good course
It is a great course! Finally machine learning become more clear to me! The class is interesting and focus on explaining it rather than knowledge deliver. The assignments are also well designed, which help me enhance my learning! I hope this course can be continuing, because it is a great help for us.
This is a truly helpful course, and it teaches me a lot. Thanks to Andrew!
A beautiful and effective intro to many machine learning.
Great course. Although it is not so new, the content is still up to date and applicable in real ML problems.
Great grounding in the just the right amount of detail of the most popular ML algorithms. Very clear and precise lectures, especially good when combined with the 'speed up' options.Even though you will undoubtable be using different languages for coding real applications than Octave/Matlab, the exercises are still very useful because they are pitched at just the right level of difficultly; they require you to understand the scripts and the system as a whole, but you are not required to become proficient enough to build the whole systems in Octave yourself which would be a waste of your time.
Excellent! Very focused on concrete applications, but also in providing a certain level of depth on the theory side. Very clear and practical lectures. Very good programming exercises, progressively challenging and good to sediment the knowledge. A good way of getting in touch with main topics in ML.
It's ok, but.....It uses Terms I do not understand. an you make it easier!
Great class... I learned a lot. Andrew Ng did a great job getting into the details of the different algorithms he covered. In addition, I found the discussion of model comparison strategies and ceiling analysis were particularly helpful.
This is a very good course, which do not require high level programming skill. It is very suitable for beginners. Besides, this course is very comprehensive and introduce a lot in machine learning field.
A great course. Very interesting and simplified.
Some of the most advanced learning taught in amazing simplicity and choice of real world examples to make learners understand the fundamentals. The quizzes were awesome and same were the assignments.
Excellent Course with extensive coverage of Machine Learning Algorithms Implementation.
Very interesting and very well teached !
The content is useful, but too verbose.
Awesome guys, really enjoyed. The concepts are covered well cheers..!
I took this course a few years ago and re-taking it again to refresh the my memeory. It still remains the best course on ML here on Coursera. Even though it's quite basic, Andrew Ng gives insightful and very practical course on ML. Thank you, Andrew !
This course is very helpful and interesting. I have learnt a lot from this.
Systematic course to start your AI career!
Excellent course and probably one of the the best introductions into the modern machine learning area.It not just about different machine learning algorithms and techniques. It gives deep understanding which method is better to choose for each particular problem, how to apply, evaluate and optimize different methods.
Best Machine learning course
Prof Andrew Ng is an excellent teacher. He does a really nice job introducing us to the wonderful world of machine learning. Mentors also did a great job in the discussion forum. I wish I had found out about Coursera sooner so I could learn all these wonderful things such as ML. ML is a very rich course and I totally recommend it!
A good introduction to Machine Learning. I really liked Andrew Ng. He is a very good teacher whatsoever!
Easy to understand. Great teacher, passionate and professional. Some content a bit (out)dated, but still very much applicable today.
Excellent course with clear and detailed explanations. Very interesting topic.
Great, thank you very much for this course.
very good course!!!
good explanation and guide for machine learning
I am halfway through the course and while the course is able to give good intuitions of what's going on at any one point in time it often lacks dept.The real reason I'm rating it 3/5, though, is that the mathematical notation is all over the place. You will find a matrix product such as A*B' only to go on and implement A'*B. This is SO confusing.I would still recommend this course, but you should definitely record every single lesson again without mistakes and fix those errors.
I loved learning through this course. The course was flexible to undertake and you can learn at your own pace whenever you like!
Excellent courses in a simple but deep understanding way of ML.
Very useful cou
Awesome course!
It gave me a very good introduction to many things that we have hearing about and even been using without bothering to ask how they work. Easy to follow but still requiring enough activity to understand it better.
As far as I have learned, I would say that the way the course being taught is simple and understandable.
Really helpful for beginners, Andrew did a great teaching to make all things clear and easy to understand.
excellent material and talk about comprehensive machine learning topics
A great introductory course to machine learning.... very practical and informative ....
Excellent course. The instructor has spent enough time to prepare the course and his explanations for the subject matter technicalities is as simple as it can get. One would learn the basic principles in an intuitive way. Highly recommended.
Very comprehensive and informative course on Machine learning. However, some of the lectures are a little dry and I fell asleep...
Very informative, helpful for fresh ML learners for modelling the system.
Very clear explaination
I found this course very useful. It really stimulates my interest in Machine Learning.
it is a great course to learn machine learning for new ones.
Very good introduction and exercise in the fundamentals of modern machine learning.Would be better if an optional reading list of key articles/books in the field were provided.
It's a good course to let you know the machine learning and AI.
Very good pacing and clear explanations in the lecture videos.
Very useful!
Loved it.. now I know.. cant wait to implement things in my start-up and build some cool stuff.
Truly amazing course! thank you all for your efforts for designing this course and helped me throughout the course , big thank you!!!Erik
Amazing course.Only watched a few lectures so far but very interesting
very good course
This is the best MOOC I've ever taken. It didactically teaches a wide range of algorithms by deriving them from the first machine learning algorithm presented. Moreover, it has challenging homework that covers concepts of vectorized programming and machine learning.
some weeks are really easy and understandable, but some which consist of 2x number of lessons are far more challengable, moreover the topic during such weeks may be also way more harder. i would really consider somehow redistribute tasks/lessons to make all weeks of a similar level of understandability and possessing the same number of video lessons.overall it's a really great course though
Great explanations and great assignments
I really appreciate it. It
Comprehensive course, well-designed assignments. Definitely a good start for learning ML.
A very well-executed course with very interesting, illuminative and most importantly, useful skills and knowledge to gain from.
Currently I am taking this course. So far it has been very good. All the Assignments I try to do it on my own with out referring to much of the hints. It gives 100% clarity on various algorithms once completing the assignments. Over all very very good course for beginners. For who look for mathematical rigour this is not the course as it is more of implementing the end expressions using Octaves. More useful for IT engineers who work in companies than Researchers.
very interesting course :)
Great course
great course!I had a lot of fun learning and using those algorithms.
It's an awesome course, focusing on purely application aspects of machine learning.
Perfect
Very intuitive. It is important to have a grasp on the intuition of the concept before jumping into more detailed machine learning studies that requires more rigorous and sophisticated math. I would recommend this even for students who already familiar with some machine learning techniques. Well done for Prof. Andrew Ng and the team!
Excellent course - wonderful instructor
This course in Machine Learing was challenging, but do-able... and very rewarding. This is the first on-line course I've taken. It has been many years since my last formal college course, so I was a little rusty at the math (I'm 55 yrs old, ancient compared to my peers in this class. My last math class was over 3 decades ago, probably before most of my classmates were born. Damn, I'm old). Even so, with Mr. Ng's teaching style, I was able to finish the course with both a good grade and - better still - a good grasp on the subject material. I will certainly continue to pursue additional learning in this area.Machine Learning is a fascinating field. I was interested in this area way back in the late 80's when I first heard the term "Neural Network", but there were no on-line courses in that pre-internet era, so the availability of information about the subject was very limited. It was mainly in breathless magazine articles about the coming "AI" revolution. It took a few decades for that promising spark to mature into a practical reality. Now, with the appearance of Coursera and other on-line education portals, much of this information is readily available to all with the curiosity and perseverance to learn about it.I am grateful for this opportunity to learn about Machine Learning!
This was an interesting and well planned overview of a wide range of topics in machine learning. For a beginner, this course gave me a great look at the bredth of the topic. both on elements I had some experience with (SVM, Unsupervised clustering) and stuff I hadn't ever looked into before (PCA, NN). I thought the video lectures were well made and the progamming assignments were really well targeted (even if they were a little hand hold-y). Thanks to Dr. Ng and his team!
Still one of my favorite classes on Coursera!
Good pacing, very interesting content.The exercises are moderately challenging and help better integrate the content.
Exceptional course. My thanks and congratulations to Andrew Ng and Coursera for this offering. I especially appreciated Professor Ng's combination of academic (Stanford) and real world (Baidu, Google) experience, and his efforts to help students gain an intuitive understanding of the content. I think anyone who wants an overview of Machine Learning will find this very helpful.
Taking this class was quite a challenge as I took many different classes on different platforms in preparation for my going to grad school.Professor Ng's class is, pedagogically, a very masterfully planned class. His simple but meaningful way of teaching made digestion of new information easy. He also used media to aid in teaching in an expert way, like using different colors to help keep track of variables, and using clear and meaningful diagrams.And also, in behalf of the TAs and mentors, I'd like Professor Ng to know that they are a great asset. Without their help, most notably in the form of programming assignment tutorials and test cases, this class would have been much harder. Their step by step guidance to those of us unfamiliar with R or computer programming was essential, all while upholding the code of conduct. The TAs and professor Ng make a formidable team.
Excellent techniques that keep the fun in learning.
It is very informative and well illustrated. I'm fortunate to attend this.
A marvelous course! The professor explained everything clearly. I learnt a lot and found it interesting!
Excellent course. The scope and depth of the material has been carefully chosen. The exercises empower the students to take off on their own future projects.
It was a completed course which keeps me learning about 2 months and a half. Congratulations for sharing your knowledgment about machine learning topics.
Very comprehensive. The assignments were detailed and useful. The best course according to me on Machine Learning.
A good introduction to machine learning. Andrew Ng has a more in-depth course on Stanford Engineering Everywhere, if anyone wants to learn more.
amazing beginning to the course. explanation is just brilliant by NG
Its the best and complete course available to the date in machine learning.Andrew Ng is phenomenal in explaining the deep concepts of everything that is covered in the course.
Great Course!I like it so much!It would be great to have new more advanced courses from Andrew!
Wonderful course! Can deliver a clear but vital idea about ML to you! Maybe the best fundamental ML course ever!
very cool
Wonderful course for a hands-on ML experience !! I loved it
nice course to understand machine learning concepts.
Awesome course, very clear and useful: it provides all the right conceptual and programming tools to get started with machine learning and proficiently apply several different algorithms. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to start or improve its understanding of the subject.
It was quiet mathematical for a beginner like me.
A fantastic introductory course for Machine Learning.
Great instructor; Very interesting examples
Thanks Professor Andrew NG !!
This is an outstanding introduction to machine learning and one of the original courses that started the recent MOOC expansion. The course provides an excellent understanding of various algorithmic approaches as well as information on how to select and tune the right model for the right situation. I wish the Swedes would create a Nobel Prize for Education and give the first one to Andrew Ng.
Very good machine learning class.But sometimes a little bit short on the mathematical proofs.
Great Introduction to Machine Learning
Thank you so much!! Awesome course.
Very helpful for those who knows stats to get acquainted with the Machine Learning specifics.
Great place to start
Great course. Highly recommended.
very useful
Excellent course. Builds up from basic to complex concepts very well.
Valueable experience of learning
Awesome course, with outstanding pedagogy.The concepts are explained in a way that make them easy to understand and memorize.Moreover, even the prerequisites in linear algebra and programming are included in the lessons. It was even simple for me who hasn't opened a mathematics book since almost 10 years :)Finally, the programming exercices are also very well designed. You are are progressively brought to solve more and more complex problem. This is really exciting.
Great Course!! :)
Clearly illustrated and well organized. Brilliant course. Thanks Andrew.
Very clear and mind bogglingly insightful.
Find this course is easy to understand and intellectually stimulating. Good introduction on machine learning and data science in general!
Good course !
one of the best course i have ever seen for a beginner
Excellent course, clear videos and tutorials, very efficient approach to unravel the mysteries of Machine Learning.
Really easy to understand and the best place to start to learn machine learning!
The only reason that it does not get 5 star is due to the fact that the uploading of assignment is really confusing. The code is not uploaded till the solution is right which creates confusion whether the code is wrong or the upload mechanism is wrong
very useful and detailed and the professor is very smart
Excellent teaching approach!
Great course!
An excellent introduction to a fascinating subject.
great lesson, but man his accent ……
Hard and dry
Fantastic. This course helped me to enter in world of machine learning. I really recommend this course to anyone who wants to have a solid base in machine learning.
Course material was highly relevant, and well put-together. Videos were well done.
This is an excellent course that will give users a working knowledge of machine learning and data science relatively quickly. The programming assignments are really interesting, too.
Really interesting
Great! Very clear explanations and exercises!
great course for start learning about ML.
it's really good
Great course, it gives a good picture of machine learning. It would be useful to apply all the course in one small example like ocr.
Very good Course
I really learnt a lot. Thanks for your patient teaching. And I appreciate having this opportunity to learn at one of the best universities. Hope I can have more such chances.
Very interesting, well explained, I would recommend this course to everyone interested in machine learning.
Best course if you're new to ML!
awsm taught by prof andrew Ng
I've watched the last video in this class , making summary and some teacher's talk,really really thank you for sharing these so much useful and interesting knowledge.(T-T)
One of the best course I took ever in my life!
Easy understanding and practical lectures
I am much more confident now to handle real world machine learning problems. The topic is elegantly presented. I am ready to dig deeper.
It's very good
Since I am a visual/audio learner being able to see and hear the material really helps me understand what I am reading. This course has been very helpful to me learning and understanding machine learning topics.
Awesome course for beginners in ML. Level is not too hard to overwhelm with math, but complex enough to understand basics. Leaves strong desire to dive deeper into ML techniques (and refresh math knowledge).
Excellent course! The material is informative and applicable and it is presented in a clear and efficient manner. Well worth the time!
Clear and well organized!
Such a nice course! A lot of algorithms, and they are so well explained and (what is the most important) it is demonstrated how they work. Besides that, share coursera is awesome with all of its lecture notes. These knowledges helped me to do my master thesis work. Thank you so much!
Best online course on Machine Learning that I found so far.
Exceptionally good course material, Prof Ng's good job, great quizzes and well-guided assignments.
Great course!
Very well structured course with helpful assignments to help understand how each technique works
This course is tough but very rewarding! It is a excellent groundwork introduction into the world of machine learning.
Accessible, well-paced, and very informative. A great introduction to Machine Learning!
Great!!! I love this co
Professor Andrew Ng is best ! Excellent material
Loving It... Seems hard at starting as I am new to this subject...
Good introduction to machine learning, from basic knowledge to a deeper insight in the subject.
An enjoyable course with coverage of a good range of material supported by interesting examples. This is the best of several data science courses I've completed.
Great course!
10/10 would take again if I forgot everything I learned.
Professor Ng is an excellent teacher. If you put the work in, you'll leave this course with a ton of confidence in you ML knowledge and capabilities.
This course had fantastic content, and very clear lecturing style, and minimal errors.At times I felt the lectures were a bit too long and repetitive, and found myself jumping through them quickly. I found that Andrew took minutes to say something that should only take 10 seconds; but I am aware that most students would appreciate this.The assignments were great, only with a few bits of information lacking and one assignment requiring me to dig around in the Discussion Boards for a solution (an error in the supplied code was causing me to fail the assignment).If I could give 4.5 stars I would, but I can't give the course 5 stars given the points above.Overall: Very enjoyable and insightful!
Even that I have studied Machine Learning before at college, you can get a little bit lost in the Maths, parameters and matrix sizes.Documentation with some theory and the equations would help a lot
Great material, awesome teacher. Enjoyable learning experience.
Show my gratitude to this legendary and lovely professor.
This course is not just highly interesting, but extremely practical. It has helped in embedding the core concepts of Machine Learning in my head and has helped me in visualising the scope of the field. I would have give 6 starts if I could. I would be honoured if I ever get a chance to meet Mr. Ang in person or attend one of his lectures.
The course game me a holistic overview of subject. I feel more confident to move to intermediate level courses now.Thank you very much
Course provided very good general overview of ML, but did not go in-depth into mathematics behind many of algorithms discussed.
very clear and easy to understand. Thanks a lot Andrew!
As a software engineer focused on mobile development, I learned a lot from this course. Now I understand what ranking team is doing.
Loved it. I was able to take this course while taking a graduate school course and working a full time job. Most of the work fit into a few nights or on the weekend. The assignments were challenging but I learned a lot and it's coming in handy in my graduate school research as well. I'll be back for more courses.
This course was a great introduction into the field of Machine Learning, covering multiple approaches and possible applications, all spread between a series of simple projects and easy-to-follow lecture videos.Many of the terms used were highly technical, and it could be difficult to keep them separate at times, but the way they were presented offered a chance for association with mathematics rather than just a word.Rated 4/5 for ability to break down complex topics and subject material. as well as the depth of the explanations, but with insufficient emphasis on application to reasonably transfer these concepts from academia to the real world.
Great course and an amazing professor - a very good applied overview of machine learning techniques.
A very good Course .
Excellent course. 100 Points.A wide and deep overview in the fascinating world of machine learning, teached by a man who knows exactly what he is doing.
Great teacher and content.
If your goal is to acquire solid and broad foundations on the key areas of machine learning, with a carefully designed balance between theory and real-life practices, the course will fulfill the highest expectations without a doubt.
Great overview of various machine learning concepts and algorithms. Andrew Ng is an amazing teacher!
A great, succinct course is for begin learner.
i recommend this is a good course for machine learning .......... :D
Very good course, with very detailed explanations on all the algorithms and their strenghts and weaknesses. I only felt missing some words about deep learning as it is something that is directly in the field of Machine Learning and is something people talk about a lot on the media.
Great Course, great techniques used to teach machine learning, makes sense!
Let me say that this is a great course and that I enjoyed it very much!My only problem is with the assignment that are, in my opinion, a bit limited and most of the time they focus on liner algebra implementations rather than give a better understanding of the algorithm.Most of the time the assignments focus on implementing a formula where the algorithm itself is already written for us.That is good as a first step but in the long run it doesn't give you some practical skills when you want to apply the algorithm to an external dataset.I would suggest to add some challenges (maybe ungraded) keggle style, like provided this dataset try to get a score better than a value. This will spark some discussion and it would help to apply the concepts and the practical tricks to a real (chewed) problem.
The course is very interesting and motivating! The lecturer is great. He describes algorithms in a very simple way, with a lot of visualization an provide good formed tasks, so that you can try algorithms in practice. I would like to thank Andrew Ng and Coursera for making this course!
Awesome course!!
Awesome starter course
Love it
GREAT TEACHER and GREAT CONTENT!Thanks!
Very good theoretical explaination but more practical exercises would have been welcome
Very very helpful for me. This class teach me the happyness of learning. Thank you Ng .
I am learning so much from this course. It gives a very good introduction to the Machine Learning.
so much helpful for those whom beginning machine learning with little background of math, stat, and cs..
Awesome course
Incredibly well taught, in this first week I've already learning a _ton_ of information, as well as a deeper understanding of the machine learning algorithims.Andrew Ng releases an 'Intuition' lesson along with each week course, which helps you understand exactly what the algorithim is doing and why . These lessons are the best!
Very well explained and extremely helpful from a practical standpoint. If learned throughly, this course gives you the tools to understand the fundamentals of data science / machine learning pipelines that are necessary for real world applications.I wish there was an advanced version of this course!
Wonderful！I enjoy the very much!
Good to start ML with this course
Just awesome!
Great introduction to machine learning
The course is most useful for students not in the maths/engineering field. As a medical student with only high school maths and computing, I am happy to learn just enough to explore real problems in my field. It does not assume previous knowledge in advanced linear algebra, multivariable calculus and Matlab programming. I'm able to go through the whole course and finish the assignments in just 2 weeks. In contrast, I am unlikely to be able to go through the other online ML courses by famous universities or even the youtube version of Prof. Andrew Ng.
great course lots of examples
Really good intro course to machine learning
Great course, explained very well!
Prof. Andrew made excellent material for the course. He is my role model. Great man. I inspired. Thanks to coursera team who made platform for us with Prof. Andrew.
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The content of the course is really great. Could we have some more like this?:)
This course is carefully designed. Prof. Ng must spend much time on it. He focuses on concepts and practical applications of machine learning, and purposely left the math behind. This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning. Thanks prof. Ng.
The course really makes you understand how Machine Learning algorithms work. You have to solve challenging programming exercises to complete it. Fortunately the support given by the community is always one click away.Professor Andrew Ng is really an engaging person who transmit his deep love for the matter.I would save the fifth star for when typos will be solved and audio quality will be improved.
Very useful course! This is a basic ML course and I think everyone could learn a lot without any pressure!
Excellent course, covers a lot of content and is easy to understand.
awesome introduction course for ML!
It's a very interesting and useful course and I learned a lot from it. Thanks to Andrew for this amazing course!
Brilliant stuff
Great course !!Excellent format with practical hands-on assignments to reinforce learning.
Excellent course with a great introduction to the various topics and applications of machine learning with increasing level of complexity.
Very good start in DeepLearning.
Awesome Explaination
This is the second time I take this course. I have already got a certificate of this course in 2014. But still I love everything taught in this course! Andrew rules!
Love the course, love Andrew Ng!
One of the best Machine Learning Courses
Great course!
Great instructor, high
Been through 1st week. I would say Andrew Ng sir is really doing good job explaining every nook and rally of the stuff. Must take (so far my feeling) if you want to start-off in Machine Learning :)
Very good, only the programming exercises are a little basic.
Superb course! Great for starting with machine learning!
Loved it! A great introduction courser to start with the machine learning world. Will recommend too all of my CS friends.
The true value of this course lies in the excellent programming assignments. From identifying hand-written digits in postal codes to providing plausible movie recommendations for users of a streaming service, you can be sure that the problems are non-trivial, applicable, and elucidating.As other users have pointed out, it is true that this is not a very mathematical introduction to the subject. Ng's concern is clearly with pedagogy and implementation over theorem-proof. However, given the abundance of rigorous (freely available) material on the subject online, this can hardly be classified as a serious shortcoming. Rather, each video lecture can be viewed as an appetiser which teaches you "just enough" to start coding, while opening the door for further independent study.
This is a very good introductory course to Machine Learning that covers many different algorithms for a variety of applications. Not only does it approach the subject in a simple and intuitive way, it also provides very good advice for implementing and running these algorithms. The programming assignments are well done and, through the use of provided code, allow you to glimpse at interesting applications of machine learning without having to spend too much time on boilerplate/preprocessing code.
A very good class for machine learning starter.
Andrew Ng gave very concise and clear glimpse of the ML. The examples are all very clear and easy to understand.
Good course, needs a little updating though.
This course is like five years old and still one of the best out there. Thanks to Professor Ng for creating this enduring class and for all the TAs who have kept it going.
It was really an excellent course. It was challenging but feasable with a huge quantity & quality of knowledges. I have learned a lot of things about Machine Learning. Thanks a lot, Mr Andrew Ng
good course good lecture
It is Cool Course, Main ML concepts are described very well. Thank you Andrew
Best MOOC in my mind! Easy to learn regardless of background. I really enjoy it and learnt a lot.
Great course,Started with zero experience in ML, but thanks to Andrew and team I got a good grip on it.Definitely recommended.
Can't like course enough. Grad school math/physics comes back again. Skipped vectorization advantages then, seems to make so much sense now. Andrew - a thousand thanks for making this course. Owe u one.
After years ,the math part of the course was difficult. Anyway, good course!
Very good for starters and gives insight to actually how algorithms really work!
Loved the course !! One of the best courses!
This course is very kind and easy to learn.
A good practical overview of machine learning.
I feel that I am learning big things in simple ways thanks to you. Thanks
Wonderful course! Deep and plain.
Excellent teacher. Thanks a lot, Andrew.
Great content!Absolute MUST for every maker & startup & company that are willing to make something clever out of data-mining!
Its an excellent course. It gives exposure to variety of problems. Further, the basic concepts are explained nicely without going very deep in mathematics. The programming assignments are simply fantastic and it will enhance the understanding of the course content.
This course is a great learning opportunity, it is well designed, complete, and hands on.you won't be the same person after completing it.the world won't be the same either, as you will see all the Machine Learning that is all around us.it is great!
I recommend fully this course! It's full with practicle cases very useful in daily life. I felt immediately operational after this course.
Great Course, Thank you Professor :)
Beautiful course and a teacher with clear and understandable explanations.
I just finished week 2. Until now I am more than glad to have started this class.
As DSP enthusiast, this course has opened my mind to the fascinating world of Machine Learning.
非常棒的课程！A Very good course！Thank you！
An awesome course with an awesome teacher for awesomely less money with awesomely good materials.
Awesome course, great teacher. very useful material, quizzes, assignments, review questions and intutions throughout the course
Andrew Ng is really good both at researching and teaching.
I like it very much !
Very clear and easy to understand. I will definitely recommend to my friend.
I liked it very much !!The teacher is great, he explains clearly and gives pratical suggestions howto to understand maths and hoto work in real task.
Best course ever I have attended
It's very good for beginners who want to learn machine learning. Thank you, Andrew Ng!
Thanks to Andrew Ng and mentors!
The best introductory course in ML.Don't be afraid of using Octave/Matlab. The syntax is easy to learn and the programming exercises are one of the important part of the course that enhance your understanding to another level.The course covers really important topics in ML and provides extremely practical advises.You can understand most of the concept without strong background in math like linear algebra and calculus.
Very Good Course, Introduction of Concepts of ML with practical hand on training and TIps/advice to apply in practice
Great content that's well explained, with exercises that suit the content well. Content is also presented in a friendly and manageable manner, making going through the course much easier.Be wary of the middle weeks though, as the content in those are heavier than the rest of the course!
Very interesting. Even though you are familiar with the principles and the algorithms of machine learning, there is still a great lot about machine learning system performance analysis and the associated development direction choices, whether the system is alone or part of a multi-module system, or whether it is small or with a bigger scale.
The best course in ML, big thanks to Andrew NG for so much efforts to make us understand. Trust me if you havent passed this course, you are not fit to be an ML Engineer.
The ppt is concise and the way professor deliver knowledge is clear. I truly love this class and it offers me a comprehensive understanding of machine learning. Awesome!
Very nice, balanced, practical course. Programming assignements are excellent!I'd like to have more reference links in order to support an intuition with theor. knowledge.
A brilliant introductory course, focusing on the intuition behind various techniques.
Simply fantastic. It is amazing how Andrew can explain everything in such a simple and accessible way. I am having so much fun taking the course!
very useful, conceptual, understandable and practical.
Excellent course - very clearly taught with good examples and programming exercises. This makes a huge difference - I really engaged with and enjoyed the course. I would highly recommend it.
I'd love the assignments. They are really hand-ons.
The Best course in Coursera !!
The class is very useful and clear!!
Good. However, I need more detail and advanced exercise.
Awesome course, great quizes and programming exercises
the course is excellent! friendly learning material and sufficient exercise with great explanation
The classes were awesome and very easy to follow. The assignments made the portions very clear. Thanks to Coursera and Professor Andrew N G for giving us this wonderful opportunity to dive into the field of Machine Learning.
Very useful by the moment!
Great Course with great teacher !
A highly effective and Intuitive and structured information delivery.
very helpful, thank Professor Andrew
first thing you should do when you decide to do something about machine learning
Good course.
This class was fantastic. The material is interesting and well organized and Dr. Ng's teaching style was clear, logical and easy to follow. It was a fantastic class and I highly recommend it. :-)
great course
Great course. I feel like this is oriented towards high-school students, a little rudimentary at times, but nevertheless covers a great breadth of subject. The course would be way to dense if he tried to go for depth as well, and would be appropriate for a much smaller audience, so I respect his decision.
One the first courses on coursera. Very detailed and approachable. Definite recommendation if you want to learn about machine learning.
A good balance of theory and practical tips. MATLAB assignments take time but most of the work is done for you, so you only need to apply the concepts you've just learned. (Optional) deadlines help a lot too!
Less intellectually stimulating than I would have liked it to be but fairly comprehensive
I truely enjoyed to listen to the lectures and to do the assigments.I have learned a lot and I wanted to thank you for this great opportunity- to learn from AndrewSo again, thank you
Great course -- very challenging, well taught and a very efficient way to acquire fundamental skills and understanding in this exciting field of machine learning, AI, data science, etc. Andrew's teaching style is very thoughtful, engaging, and you know he's really passionate about the material. I highly recommend this course!
Great professor, good material. If anything the class was too easy.
This Course was a great starting point for me to get into AI.
excellent machine learning class
Awesome, one of the best things I ever learnt
This course is simply great. Prof Andrew manages to make complicated math topics seem almost intuitive. This is definitely a must-watch for those interested on ML.
It's one of the best courses I've ever taken. Prof. Andrew Ng is fantastic teacher, I'd be happy to have more courses under his guidence...
Excellent course material for folks curious about machine learning. Right balance of lectures and lab exercises.i would sincerely recommend this course to all curious minds. Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher
This was a fantastic course. I worried that it would be over my head, particularly since I have not taken a math class since I was in college nearly 40 years ago. The class provided an overview of the math I needed and then consistently presented algorithms and challenging concepts in an accessible fashion. I highly recommend this class to anyone who wants to get started doing something practical with machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Very interesting course!
Excellently put together.Little trouble with the Matlab licensing duration though.
A great collection of well designed lectures and practice assignments that helps you get familiar with the science of Machine Learning.
Professor Andrew is great, and about discussions Tom es another great guy, he was a big help for us, was an amazing course.Quizzes sometimes are a little bit tricky and if you understand very well the classes you can do easily the matlab challenges.
One of the best online courses I've ever taken. The videos are clear and concise, and most people with an interest should be able to follow along, while the assignments are still challenging enough to keep it interesting and increase learning.
Extremely well designed course to introduce many practical aspects of machine learning.
This is a fantastic course for ML beginners, and it's also worth to ML expert for reviewing.Thank you all very much for your work.
Great teaching from Andrew Ng. Never thought I could learn so much online :)
Very well designed course. Worth taking a certificate because many colleges or universities do not provide a course on this for CS undergrads.
Excellent course very well organized.
Exceptional content and absolutely amazing tutor.
This was an eye-opening course for me. It provided me with a whole new way of thinking about programming and solving problems. Now, for example, when visiting web sites I view recommender systems with a much better understanding of what they are doing behind the scenes.
I really enjoyed taking this! It was taught in an understandable way, and even with little MATLAB knowledge the assignments were very doable. I learned a lot and feel I'll be able to apply these skills to tasks in the future.
This course gives a very thorough introduction to Machine Learning, Octave and concepts behind ML. Hands on assignments are very good at introducing students to a variety of problems and builds a very good foundation.
A must course for the Beginners in Data Science World.
Was a little too basic. Would have preferred more flesh (both implementational and mathematical) on the bones. I also found it absurd that each time the professor introduced a very basic linear algebra concept he kept saying somewhat patronizingly "this is for the experts in linear algebra". Come on! If one is taking a machine learning course, one can expect more from the students. Otherwise the course ends up being a flaky tap-dance on the surface of the material.
Very solid course with a wonderful professor!
Great course for those interested in having a deep understanding of how the machine learning concepts and algorithms work. The instructor is very knowledgeable and is an excellent teacher of the complexities. Students should have a background in statistics and/or higher math (e.g. calculus, trigonometry, etc).
Well prepared and well delivered. You need some serious understanding of stats and algebra but if you are ready to make the effort it worth every minutes of your time
This is a friendly course. It gives us a fundamental understanding of ML
Strengths:1. Programming exercises are really valuable, they solve real problems, and they are not too hard and not too easy, just fine!2. Teaches you the way of developing a machine learning system and evaluating them3. Does not need so much previous knowledge of math(it is also a weakness)4. Gives intuitions about the models and algorithms while not using too much theoretical stuffWeaknesses:1. weakness, this course will not teach you the mathematical/statistical models in detail, for some persons(like me) it is importantAnyway, this course was awesome ^_^
Great lesson
Great!
A very good introduction. Leaves one equipped enough to know the relevant areas to advance into ML
A very good summary that will help you to navigate in the future ML techniques.
Its a good beginner class. I found that the assignments were simplified to make it easier for folks not experienced in programming.
Loved the course, basic explained very well, assigments could be more challenging and built in python/R.
Very Impressive course. Very Nice Teacher. I learned many from this course and hope that Dr. Andrew Ng can create more deeper and interesting course about this field.
I especially love the professor's enthusiasm and passion for helping everyone learn cutting-edge machine learning knowledge. I would say it would be me to blame if I failed to learn machine learning. Dr. Ng has done his best. The rest is really up to me now.
Excellent! Lectures are easy to follow and very interesting and assigments are very challenging. Had an excellent experience with this course and strongly recomended.
Excellent course for all those who would like to get started on Machine Learning. Prof.Andrew Ng has delivered this course in great style, that even the most complex aspects are made to look very simple. Course assignments are well designed to test the real learning of the student. I thoroughly enjoyed solving those real problems. I'm confident to claim, that I'm a Machine Learning product designer now. Its a huge leap for me, personally.Thankyou Prof.Andrew Ng and Coursera Team.
Very good course.
Great teacher, great guidelineBest ML MOOC ever !!
Really GREAT!!
Very good course !
I truly enjoy the course with all lectures, assignments and discussions. Thank you Andrew for making such a great course!
Wonder Prof. and coherent informative material, the only minor issue is the bad sound quality, other than that it is excellent and recommended for everyone passionate about the field of Machine Learning.
This class can be an introduction to people who are beginners of this field. To me, it gives me some basic concepts of machine learning, and a better understanding of how it works. Andrew is an attractive person who can encourage you to be fond of this course. For the public with different background , the mathematics of this course has to be easy, but the actual situation is that you should be good at calculus，statistics，linear algebra，convex optimization and so on, although most of them I have touched when I was a freshman. if you want to go deeper into it. There is still a long way to go!! In summary, I love Andrew, I love this course, and I love ML
This lesson give a brief introduction of how to analysing the real problem by machine learning. All you need to do is to prepare the data
Very good, this was my first course in Coursera, very interesting topics about learning algorithms.
The lectures were good to excellent. The homework assignments were decent but felt a little "dumbed down". If it had been based on Python or R instead of MATLAB/Octave it would have been better though.There were lots of problems with submission using Octave. I almost quit because I just couldn't get it to work correctly, at least on a Mac. Switching to MATLAB made it easier. But MATLAB isn't something I'm going to be able to freely use after the course.Overall I found it to be a nice basic introduction to Machine Learning. It seems to have really just scratched the surface in terms of depth, but the breadth was good. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an introduction or first course in machine learning.
very useful and helpful, thanks
Great course! I learned a lot.
This course is simply amazing! This course is great for someone who wants to get started with machine learning and go to intermediate depth. Andrew Ng does a splendid job explaining the core concepts of machine learning. I would highly recommend this program for someone who wishes to learn about machine learning.The only con is perhaps that the algorithms are implemented through MATLAB/Octave. But this will perhaps not be a problem for someone who already knows R/Python/C/Java.
Excellent course for any beginner in machine learning.
Excellent pacing and balance of programming and theory work. Have come away with a much better overview of the field in general as well as more detailed experience with a number of academic programming examples.
It's worthy purchasing!
Amazing! Great explanations of basic machine learning concepts.
Great introductory course !
Awesome course, Andrew NG is just perfect. I hope there will be more to come ! Keep doing the good job guys !
10/10, the PCA part is a bit messed up, through
Great！really helps a lot。
it will be better with some examples of code;
Best course for machine learning ever
I took the course out of curiosity and really enjoyed it.
The BEST Machine Learning course that I have taken so far.
It is simply the best. Through this course Dr Andrew Ng helped me to understand the complex concepts in Machine Learning. One day when i grow big i will get opertunity to meet and great him in person."Guru Devo Bhava" -- Teacher as God -- Thanks Dr Andrew Ng ..
Till far I am enjoying this course. I will write detailed review when I finish this course.
So far outstanding
the best machine learning course
Great course!
Andrew is one of the best teachers I've ever had. Externally smart and articulated, but also super thoughtful and humble to explain the easiest things assuming we might not know. Assignments were challenging, but forums and mentors were totally worth it. This was a very hard class for me (non technical background), but the best online class that made me engaged all the way to the end.
I thought the course was a great overview of machine learning. The information was presented in a very application oriented and practical way. Very understandable. Would like pointers to further reading or maybe a virtual reading rack.
Very interesting and comprehensive. It has the level of complexity that I need: enough to go into details, but not too much so that it can be done in parallel with a regular job and doesn't require too many hours.One topic that's missing and that could be addressed in future revisions: reinforced learning.
Extremely practical course for begineers. I earlier worked half way through "Learning from data by Caltech" which was much more theoretical for my taste. I highly recommend this one for begineers. And do complete the assignments!
Very good for Machine Learning foundation
This is really good course to start to learn machine learning.
the legend Andrew ng , what i can i say but beautiful , interesting , wonderful ...
Great course that gives you a deeper insight into many popular machine learning algorithms, without forgetting about the practical applications. Even if you miss some mathematics background or your last math course was already some time ago - the course teaches you all the necessary knowledge.
one of the best in machine learning field
Very nice course!
Perfect and enlightening!
it is good for us to learn more interligent
I have tried learning machine learning from textbooks, but so far this course has had the best presentation of the subject that I have seen. Andrew Ng's presentation of the material is very clear and easy to understand. I have enjoyed taking this course, and I would very much recommend it to others.
Andrew is the best Machine Learning teacher!
Great teacher for a very interesting and trendy course!Not too math-intensive (some mathematical deep-dives, well-explained).
Nice and easy introduction to the math behind the concept. Very good approach at the underlying logic.
exceptionally well
It's a quite cool and helpful course, I enjoy the process of learning knowledge about the Machine Learning(or A.I.) .The professor Ng is patient and kind, wish to have more opportunities to learn more from the professor.The only deficit I think is that there could be more challenging tasks for students to choose.Whatever, I really love the course!!!
All in all a great introductory course.For a 3rd year physics student, the math could have been more challenging without putting too much of a strain on me.
Pros:1. Good examples and way of discussion.2. Real experience in using of real applications.Cons:1. Usage of MATLAB ( why not R or Python?)
Very nice but too slow. I watched all of it at 2x wishing there was some way to speed it up even further.
I like the course
Prof. Andrew taught very well. This lecture started with basic example, which is very clear for every student. I don't have much computer science background but I can still learned well by following the instructions.
The best course
Great start to machine learning!
My expectations was well met in this course. Andrew Ng is a natural and comfortable lecturer that is confident in his knowledge. The course material is well presented. The course is involved because of the programming exercises.
Andrew explains things in a very clear way. Some of the quizes seems redundant, ie., ask very basic questions which can be answered with common sense w/o knowing the content, but all in all give good intro.I gained enough knowledge to challenge PhDs specializing in ML when we brainstorm stuff.
Delivering the awesome course with best mentor.
Love this course! Definitely need decent maths and some coding experience. You can get frustrated doing assignment without good linear algebra and some debugging experience. But it will be very rewarding experience once you go through it.
This course is opening my eyes in various aspects and exceeds my expectations! bravo to all involved in it! especially professor Andrew NG!
Awesome Course... very well explained. Can't ask for more.
Its terrific
It's very smooth learning process, it's also helpful to me.
Great course and great material!
Andrew Ng dives right into the subject matter of this course yet provides real world samples of the applications of machine learning. The exercises provide significant challenge if you're rusty on calculus and completely new to this topic, so I would recommend joining a study group or creating one yourself. I would take this course again to refresh the concepts of machine learning, especially if it is revised to stay up to date in the future.
Wow, that's so great to have access to probably the best possible teacher of machine learning... The course is well paced, neither too easy nor too hard. Thanks a lot!
Only shortcoming: assignments and examples are in matlab rather than python or R.
Undoubtedly one of the best MOOC course ever!
Fantastic course! Simple, extremely well organized, the assignments are very clear. Highly recommend for someone getting started with ML.
Clear. Introduction.
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Amazing course! Clear and progressive, with a lot of contents. A must take!
Could not take when I was studying at Stanford because of required and important core courses. Taking it now, and it is worth it.
Perfect!
This is a great intro to machine learning, but it needs to be polished and updated. There's too much discrepancy over the assignment descriptions and the tutorial discussions. Tom Mosher is fantastic in the tutorial forums - would have spent many hours wandering aimlessly if it wasn't for his guidance. However, he does point out many holes in the course as it currently is, and I'd have to agree with him. Linear algebra review should absolutely be a requirement prior to the beginning of this course.
learnt a lot of new things
An excellent introduction to the field of machine learning! It has been the first stepping stone for me in this field and I hope I can contribute something back to this field!
Amazing course: rather slow-paced but quite in-depth, great pedagogy, various quizzes and little questions in the videos that maintain interest and rhythm throughout the course.The programming assignments are also very well built, allowing people to focus on the core aspects of machine learning by taking care of all the language-specific environment.
It's alway one of my favorite course and the reason I'm on Coursera.
It's one of the first courses that i took in coursera. It very helpfull to data analysis.
Is a very good course for immerse yourself in the machine learning world!
I can recommend this course to anyone that wants to know how machine learning works.
What a wonderful course!!
I love it ,I get excited about it.
great lectures, great people who provide tutorials on the assignments, and the assignments truly give the student a deeper understanding of the course material. Plus, if I want to apply what I learned in the future, I have the code already written from the course assignments!
So far I have liked this course. Ng is awesome. I can now understand why this course is considered as one of the best courses to learn Machine learning. I will revisit my review once I complete the entire course. I hope I will add another star to my rating.
Explanations are so logical and understandable that I very often have an impression of knowing what comes next. It is unbelievable how good this course are.
The course materials are well prepared. It is an excellent course for people to get started with machine learning.
Very nice and clean introduction course.
a very good course
The teacher is very patient
Ng teaching style is excellent。
amazing course, thanks a lot!
The best ML course I have ever found.
At later stages also , examples should be used for explanation !
It's really polite explanation. So This course perfectly suits for newbie of machine learning like me.
The matery is deep and rich yet relatively easy to understand. Keep it up!
Highly recommend this course. Thanks to Dr Wu, I have got an more clear understanding about machine learning, and I'll make myself learn more.
excellent, deep and informative!
All concepts are explained comprehensibly and there are also bunch of good examples for each concept. I really enjoy the labs, which let me to build something cool on my own using my fresh knowledge.
A great introduction to the basics and key points of statistical machine learning.
By far the best MOOC on Machine Learning. Teaches the fundamental of the most important Machine Learning algorithms.
Excellent course for those who are new to ML. Since the course is based on writing basic algorithms (rather than making use of the ready made libraries), it gives a solid understanding of the underlying principles of ML.
Awesome Course!!!!
the best machine learning resource so far!
A must learn course for people who want to get into AI and machine learning.
I'm really learning a lot and enjoying the Lectures, that was my first Machine learning course and I'm really excited to learn from Andrew.
Best introduction to ML
I've just completed this course and can only say it was fantastic and it has left me with a thirst for more. Andrew is a great teacher and has a way of explaining technical subjects with ease.
Simply wish there could be more materials on ID3/C4.5 and AdaBoost
Practical and Insightful.
I am very pleased with the course, and don't regret the time spent. The way the topics are explained is very understandable even for new student, good examples was given and topics covered are fundamental. Thank you, I gained good knowledge!
This is the best machine learning MOOC.
Fantastic course, can't recommend it enough.
The course is very useful for me
Hard and long but worth it! Very well organized, practical, and informative...
Outstanding course, a real pleasure to follow.
This course it's a great introduction to several topics in Machine Learning.Andrew Ng it's an excellent teacher, he makes easy to understand difficult topics and gives very practical advices.Thank you for the course.
Excellent course. Thank you Andrew. You're a fantastic teacher.
Understanding of machine learning made so easy.
I just want to say. It's super awesome! Hope there would be more classes from Andrew NG.
Great course, good explanations. Thanks a lot!
Very useful material and great class video, thanks Andrew!
Great Course!It is very helpful for me!Thanks!
An introduction to some of the most commonly used algorithms for machine learning along with the tools necessary to choose and shape the data you supply them, as well as the tools you'll need to trouble shoot them.
Great course!!!!!
Great Course.
It is very helpful for beginners in machine learning.
I really like the way Our professor tackle the course.Courses are break down in small pieces well explainedin such a way that my grand ma can understand.You just need very basic knowledge of statistic and Math to complete this.I really appreciate it.
I have been really impressed with the quality of this course. The subject of the lecures is undoubtedly fascinating, while the teacher, Andrew Ng, is able to introduce even the most complex topics with clarity and effectiveness. The weekly workload is reasonable and carefully planned, as the difficulty of assignments and tests. Many thanks for making this course available!
Excellent Course that I had ever taken in my life
Well designed and interesting course . Learning ML couldn't have been easier than this.
Really helpful. Thanks so much to Dr. Ng for sharing this with the community.
Incredible course.
Great videos and good course structure.I did feel the assignments were sometimes a bit too 'easy', a lot was pre-programmed and the to-be implemented formulas were often provided in the assignments. This made it quite time-efficient, but perhaps the understanding improves when working with lecture notes for people to refer to when recalling formulas from the lectures.
Very intuitive course, I will recommend this course to everybody.
Very good introduction for machine learning. Of course, not enough for real application. We get a long way to go.
A great practical course that really takes you to a significant learning.
It is the most practical course about machine learning i have ever seen.
Very good:Professor is patient and nice. The explanation is very clear. I love it. The difficulty is also very flexible. I love it.!!!
The course is amazing. Its too bad that I am not able to complete it.
Hi. This is a great course which would be made even better with the small change I describe below. I was referred here by Nicole who was handling this as Support Case #1188060. I understand the mentors have been seeking this improvement for some time. Please let me know if I can clarify or assist in any way. Thanks in advance.---- Support Case #1188060 ----Hi. I'm writing regarding the Machine Learning course taught by Andrew Ng of Stanford. I have learned there is a compilation of "errata," known errors in the videos and course materials for each week, which has been made available in per-week links like the following:https://share.coursera.org/wiki/index.php/ML:Errata:_Week_7I found these links only after digging through discussions. In my own discussions afterwards, I learned that I wasn't the only one having trouble finding the errata. Apparently it's a long-standing problem which creates extra work for mentors as well as slowing down students. Would it be possible to provide the errata links, or a link to the Machine Learning Course wiki, in a dedicated section of the Course Content? This would help a lot of people. Please see the discussion below for more perspective.https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning/discussions/RQNTlee5EeWTdBIkpCpI1QThanks for your consideration.Tom :-)
very good deep learning of ML
Awesome course, thank you Andrew Ng!
This is a pretty good course for machine learning area
Now I understand the hype around this course.
Prof Andrew displays tremendous teaching skill. He is able to get down to the level of novices and explain things with visualization without getting too mathematical. At the same time introduces complexity in a phased manner. Awesome course. Thanks Prof and thanks Coursera.
The course is easy for starters to get the hang of what actual machine learning and artificial intelligence is. It's really a good course.
Really clear way of teaching Machine Learning!
The professor is the best one, explian everything in details making easy to undestand the concepts.
great course
Awesome. This course spoils you, since no other courses come close to this standard (at least the ones i have taken). But if it was not on demand, i think it will be very very tough, so great to make it on demand.
Great course
Since this is my very first online course, I don't have too much to compare it to, but I thought the lectures and the quizzes / programming problems were very focused. Especially the coding where a lot of the "grunt work" was done for you, allowing you to focus on the actual machine learning algorithm which was helpful in grasping the application of these complicated concepts. I especially liked the later part of the course where emphasis was made on understanding how to make educated decisions about where to spend time enhancing the performance of the ML code & training set. This will save the potential ML student hours and hours of work. Thanks to the professor, producer, and moderator(s).
A fantastic introduction to the field.
Very cool stuff. Instructor explains in a very understandable way. I do recommend you have some basic background in programming or matrix algebra to keep up with the pace of the course.
Very rich. I am very grateful to Mr. Ng for teaching such a great tough course in a methodical way.
This is a wonderfully taught course. The lectures are clear, well-organized, and engaging, taking full advantage of the online format. The homework assignments take care of a lot of the legwork of machine learning for you (particularly data loading/cleaning) and let you focus on implementing the core algorithms. It's a powerful feeling to implement the heart of a neural network from scratch.I feel like I came out of the course with a solid understanding of many core concepts in machine learning.
excellent course, it would be better if you also read the Machine Learning book.
Very informative.
One of the best course to learn machine learning. Assignments are just awesome.
Excellent course that I really enjoyed! Takes you from motivation, simple ML methods to sophisticated ML methods like Neural Network, and SVM. Along the way we get to see current applications of ML in academia and industry.
I have learned a lot :) ! The best online class I have ever taken! I wish Dr. Andrew offered more online classes, particularly in machine learning :)Thanks very much for introducing me to this exciting field!
The professor is awesome and experienced. I loved this course. I definitely recommend it to you.
Very Nice Course!
This course is very detailed and well through out. The explainsion of algthorms is so vital and clear that you can easily understand. All in all, that's an outstanding course and I sincerely recommand it.
Excellent class, in terms of specific content and didactical approach.All addressed topics are well motivated with real examples, and elaborated in great details, at the right pace. Lecture videos are clear, very accurate, and very accessible at the same time. Lab exercises are challenging and very much helping in fully grasping the concepts.One of the best classes I have ever attended, much better of many courses I attended in my university years.Thank you very much Professor Andrew Ng, Coursera, and Stanford !
Thanks to Andrew Ng.
Great Course, One of the best Courses to step in for Machine Learning and practically apply the knowledge in the Industry. Wish I can Give 7 Stars for this Course
The way the concepts are being delivered and, illustrations to clarify those concepts are extra ordinary!!
This course is simply great.Complex topic and advanced mathematical concept are explained in a comprehensive way.Assignments are well explained and guide me in many problems requiring machine learning approach.
Top quality!
Best start for newer. Easy and useful!
Awesome course! Really comprehensive and filled with relevant real world examples to better understand topics! Thanks Mr.Andrew!
Just Great!
Inspirational, challenging and rewarding in equal parts. A truly excellent course.
I have seen best lecture ever in my career.Thanks andrew ng.
Great course, highly recommend!
Great course !
Terrific course! Lot of work, but well-taught. Thank you.
Excellent pacing, content, instructional technique, and assignments.I particularly like how all the algorithms are grounded in real world problems and the assignments are using real data to demonstrate how the algorithms are applied.
Very interesting and understandable for Machine Learning beginner!
Very useful and this course is helping me to participate in Google summer of code
Great course, very well organised, the lecturer is clear and the material is fun.
Excellent course. Andrew Ng explains it all really well.
This course is amazing. Really clear, informative, and hands-on. The content does not get too bogged down with complex details, and really gives a great overview of many of the most used machine learning algorithms and machine learning applications.
Thanks Andrew Ng,
Very Helpful.. Thanks Coursera.org
Very nice course.Need a little programming fundation.
I missed something more about the last lessons. Some achievements like in the previous.
Awesome course. You can learn a lot by actually getting your feet wet in this course.
This course change my mind and break through my einstellung and strength my confidence.
Great lession!
One of the best courses I've taken. Absolutely enjoyed doing the coding assignments!
It is a great course, I have learned a lot and improved what I already knew. I would strongly recommend to take this course to anyone who wants to learn Machine Learning.
I love this course. It's useful, and really interesting!Professor Andrew Ng has done a lot of effort in making this course practical, and make the most of it. Congratulations to him, and the rest of the staff for it. I really appreciate what you have done for me. I have learnt a lot!
Great and Engaging videos , Just enough time is given to assimilate the course content . Love the exercises.
This is a great introductory course.The course materials are carefully organized, to avoid lengthy mathematical content, yet conveying the key idea of machine learning. The selection of the topic also seems quite reasonable.This course builds a somewhat solid ground for beginners. After finishing this course, one can either try to move towards the more theoretical side, maybe by reading the books such as Learning From Data by Yaser Abu-Mostafa, or the lecture notes/video of the Standford course CS229, or the more applied and practical side, depending on the preference.
He is not a excellent teacher,but also a inspiring guider.
Material is intense but the instructor does a great job explaining and simplifying a complex topic into a easy to understand course. The projects/assignment are challenging but fulfilling and ties back to the course materials. I highly recommend doing the assignment to get a full understanding.
This is a great Course giving all the requirements to get started in machine learning.
Great introductory course!
As far as I go, the progression is very well estimated even for someone like that didn't use maths since I was graduated.Good explaination and samples, I recommend this class
Great course. Highly recommended.
Well-paces, great teacher. However, the assignments are a bit too simple.
The best course!
Prof. Andrew Ng is one of the best mentor i have ever meet.Great courses, and easy to understand the concept on Machine Learning.Thanks.
Excellent introduction to various machine learning techniques all applied through interesting problem sets.
Thank you for providing awesome material.This lectures help me a lot to study machine learning.
Intuitive interpretation and valuable assignment
A perfect introduction to machine learning. Professor Ng carefully and thoughtfully presents the material and you catch yourself asking "wait, did I just learn this seemingly super-complicated stuff...?"
That was an excellent course, that re-ignited my passion for Machine Learning!
I love this one! Andrew gave us a good introduction to Machine Learning. Linear Regression, classification and clustering, all of these are basic concepts but I never learned about how it came from and why we use it before. Here in this class Andrew teaches me all I want to know.
Load per week is not perfect, some weeks are easy others overloaded.
Very entertaining and practical.The best course on coursera I have taken so fare.
Best MOOC Class I've taken. Andrew Ng explains the concepts behind ML very well without delving too much into the math or programming concepts. Very thorough and well presented, perfect for a first exposure to machine learning.
Very good, well balanced between theory and practice. Content was very carefully designed to suit people with different backgrounds/experience and gives you enough base on the subject so that you can start using it or enough to research and dive deeper into the subjects.
Thank you for that course, I really enjoyed it. Mr. Ng is a great speaker, his voice is very clear and as it was very easy to understand him, even as a not native english speaker.I learned a lot of (in my understanding) "basics" of machine learning. The class was in my opinion to basic and to easy. I would really love to get more information, I've studied electronic- and information science, so most of the things he explained were already basics for me, only the usage of them was new.One of the most important things (for the job I have at the moment) I learned here was how to code properly vectorized code in Matlab. I use Matlab nearly every day at work but never got such a good explanation how to use the full power of Matlab.Again, thank you for this great course, I can suggest this course to everyone who wants to learn the basics of machine learning. After that... Maybe someone has an idea how to continue in that topic to increase my understanding and knowledge of Machine learning.
Concepts have been provided in a very lucid manner by the professor. :)
Simply the best.
loved it,really helpful for my project
This is one of the best course for Machine Learning.
this lecture is better than i have learned , i want to give my thanks to the fonder.
Would have loved a little more theory.
This is the best introductory material on Machine Learning available for free on the www. Thanks so much for this.
I really get a lot from this course.
This course is very nice!
Course started off super strong and great. Near the end, it slowed down.
great course I had ever learned!
Really helpful and useful course. The instructor has good way of teaching.
I benefit a lot from this course.Most of details in this course are designed from practical perspective, so if you as a beginner want to learn ML well, you are highly recommended to take all questions and programming assignments.
Thanks so much!I have really learnt a lot and I have particularly appreciated the pedagogy.The mix of programming in matlab, learning the maths, illustrating with real examples was perfectly balanced.Although I am still a beginner in this field, I feel well equipped already.The advices given to assess and improve along the machine learning design journey are essential to me.I did not practice at all mathematics in the last 20 years and I did not particularly liked it at that time but during this course I was impatient to study in the evenings and the weekends. I would not have bet on it!David (41)
I learned a lot and I love the teacher!
A very good overview of machine learning and its mainstream tools. The instructor also provides a very good summary of rules of thumb for applying these tools in practice. A methodology for systematically applying machine learning in any kind of problems is also included. It gives a very good background for starters.
Excellent course!! Completely worth your time.
Just after starting the course and properly doing programming assignments and quizzes, i was able to get a grip on machine learning.
There's some great material in here, though it doesn't have the maturity in terms of content development as many newer courses. A lot of the material is very accessible, but some is less so.
I loved studying Machine Learning on COUSERA taught by Prof. Andrew Ng. I found the material to be very challenging to learn and I learned a lot during the course. I look forward to applying the techniques I have learned to real world applications.
Excellent broad introduction to machine learning techniques from linear regression to neural networks and beyond. It goes into an appropriate amount of detail without getting bogged down by esoteric mathematics. Whether you're new to the field or just filling in gaps, this course fits the bill.
The learning curve is never plateauing when following this course, great explanations and great business examples. The code exercise are great to get hands on and really check what you've heard in the videos.
Excellent and exciting to learn machine learning!
Great course. Pratically anyone can take this course and actually learn a lot of useful concepts about machine learning. If you know something about linear algebra / programming / calculus, then you may enjoy it a lot more, but that is not a prerequisite
The best course I have taken so far in Coursera. 6th week up and running now. Determined to finish this.
Fantastic! Thank you Andrew Ng.
Excellent introduce in machine learning with stunning teacher
Each concept nicely and neatly explained
basic and useful
Extremely helpful course, and thank you for such amazing chance to master machine learning concept.
Andrew makes this complex topic very straightforward to understand. He is also very encouraging with statements that "By now you know more than the average Silicon Valley Engineer"... Bottom line is this course helps new bies grasp and love machine learning
This course filled in many gaps in my knowledge and was presented at just the right level. I would estimate that it took about 4-5 hours per week to complete. Dr. Ng is an EXCELLENT instructor. The mentors/TAs respond quickly and the test cases are very helpful in completing the homework. I never felt completely stuck. I have been highly recommending Coursera to anyone who is interesting in trying an online class. And I love (but don't believe) that in the last video, Dr. Ng states that anyone who completes the course is an expert in ML! The enthusiasm and interest in the course demonstrated by Dr. Ng and his team of mentors is wonderful. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Dr. Ng and team.
I really enjoyed this class.This course offers a clear overview of essential machine learning algorithms. I especially enjoyed the industry inspired examples all along the lectures. I also particularly recommend the series of lectures devoted to error analysis as well as ceiling analysis.
Andrew is a gifted instructor, in addition to his many other (obvious) gifts! He makes the material accessible by breaking down clearly and concisely, complex math formulas into their smaller parts, all the while providing you with clues/insights into why the math is doing what it is doing. All in all, I highly recommend the course!
best course I ever took
Thank you very much to Pr Andrew Ng , to the menthors and the people who help this online course to be delivered to me. I learnt a lot, I have structured some ideas about what To do with some datas ....
By Far, the best course I've taken in Coursera. Congratulations.
I like this course very much. It gives me an overview of machine learning and a sense of how to code using matlab. This course is very good for the beginners who learn machine learning and matlab from scratch.
I saw the date of recording and it was 2011 but boy are these videos great! I am on Week 3 but already know that the quality is top notch. At no point of time would you wonder how to do this extra thing. Prof. Andrew covers everything from statistics to MATLAB/OCTAVE tutorial. Really worthy course.
Very enjoyable lectures, very well put together materials, extremely helpful exercises, thank you!
Great course! Learn
Very good course! It is worth to take.
Great course and thanks so much Andrew for being a kick-ass teacher. The course has been an oasis for 11 weeks now and I am forever grateful for all the learnings!
Great course, but complex on some points in particular if you left school years ago.
It's really good, and I like the flexibility of re-adjusting the deadline given life complications! (holidays,work deadline and family commitments, where it's hard to have 10 weeks clear weeks to do online courses and home works)I think all coursera courses should run like this one!
Excellent course on Machine Learning. Go for it!
The course is awesome!!! Really helpful! All the examples are really practical!
A very informative, and intuitive approach to machine-learning is what I obtained from this course.Thanks
Great Course. Congrats!
This course let me have a recognize about machine learning explicitly and very usefully, also let me know a lot of innovative ideas and techniques. Encouraging me a lot in learning big data
Perfect lesson.Thanks Andrew Ng!
Great course where you learn the fundamentals, and inner workings of machine learning algorithms. Even if you use models regularly, this course will teach you how to see if they're working / what areas you should focus on to improve them.Recommended to my team.
Goes into just enough detail with the math to get the point across without being overwhelming to those of us who took Linear Algebra over 15 years ago :)
Great course! Learnt a lot
Excelent! clearly and simply explained. You need hard work, but worth it.
Very Usefull!
Its an awesome course to learn machine learning. A big thank you to andrew Ng,
very throroughfull classgreat material design
A perfect way to venture into Machine Learning for a beginner.
hope can have more coding exercises in last two seminar.
Great course to understand machine learning with a lot of examples. I hope they can update course syllabus with more recent topics such as deep learning.
wonderful clear and measured lessons in ML. Treats audience with respect and presents challenging material simply yet without diluting things to the detriment of learning. Recommend if you are just getting into data sci or similar!
Very Nice Course for Beginners
This is my first course in Coursera and it is very good
Excellent course and a great instructor. Basic linear algebra and obvious motivation can help you get through this class. Amazing moderators who quickly response within hours to your questions how naïve it may so
Excellent class design and course delivery!!! I think the assignments can be more difficult and less spoon-feeding. Thank you for making learning ML possible and fun!!!
This is a great course which helps me understand the fundamentals of machine learning!
The Greatest course of ML
excellent class. I feel prepared for tackling real world problems now
I believe this course is great at all, but I also have to say there are a lot of machine learning algorithm should be taught in this course, such as Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, etc.
Andrew Ng is a skilled instructor who is adept at covering the material in a manner which makes it digestible to folks who may even have been a few years removed from their last university level Algebra and math courses and who have not been directly programming for quite some time. While I had been working on telemetry and big data analytics it was from a business perspective with a decent amount of common sense understanding about what was underneath making it work. I now feel like a have a good amount of depth into the details of the techniques and application of the high level concepts. Thanks Andrew!
Very interesting and useful.
very useful
Good course material for beginners in Data Science.
The most basic concepts are clearly explained and many practical advices are given. Deep and detailed explanation of the subject. Excellent background to further study machine learning.
Great course on an exciting area of data science that is applied in many modern practical applications (eg. "you'll also like this" product rating prediction, optical character recognition, spam filter etc). Professor Ng delivers the subject in a way that is straightforward and effective, it's fun to learn. I recommend the course to anyone who is interested in the topic and/or likes to do magic with statistical data.
Excellent course, it's easy to follow and help u understand the essence of various algorithms and methods!
Great course, I understand better Machine Learning by taking this course
In depth, every logic is well-explained at the right pace. I learn a lot from this course. Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng.
easy learning
I have learnt a lot. Thank you
Excellent course for beginners.
Adding more contents may make it even better.
Very well planned course, will go easily with your schedule, no matter what.
Very good introduction to machine learning. The only issue I have is quality of video materials which is rather low mostly due to bad mic used.
I loved loved loved this course. It was so well made and informative and interesting. I can't wait to start applying these tecniques and concepts in the real world. Thanks for making this available!
Excellent course to take when studying machine learning, good introduction as to how specific algorithms are being utilize and how they work. Would recommend it to anyone who is trying to learn Machine Learning in theory and practical application. Don't expect this to be programming course for Machine Learning is more of how things work and how to apply them.
Very interesting course, very cool teacher. Thanks for allowing me to go through it. I have a busy job, a baby at home... but it was worth the time... I recommend!
nice to start, nice explaining
I had a great time taking this class and working through the assignments.Thank you Andrew for taking the time to put this wonderful class together.- Ikenna
Extremely well put together with excellent projects. There are minor errors that are corrected in the course wiki.... you just need to pay attention.
Wonderful course, easy to set up the environment and fantastic introduction. Thank you!!
This course is really informative. And we can learn a lot by solving the quizzes and assignments sincerely.
A very great course which gives me the fundamental methodology of machine learning and some hand-on experience with some of the most popular learning algorithms.I would review this course to everybody if they start learning machine learning.
excellent course. been only through the first week until now, but I have implemented an actual machine learning algorithm.
This course is one of the most practical course in coursera. I learnt so many. The lecturer, Andrew Ng, is showing not only the basic theoretical material but also technic for avoiding common mistakes. I would recommend this course to everybody who want to learn machine learning. Thanks to Andrew Ng for the great course I learnt so many useful things.
Excellent high level introductory course at a very affordable price! The material is very accessible and pragmatic for a basic programmer but still alludes to the very complex theory behind the algorithms. I highly suggest reading the pdf course notes if you want more of the theory.
i love the format of this course. Very good!
This was my first course in machine learning and I definitely recommend others to do the same. The course covers broad range of topics in machine learning and can be used as very good foundation for more advanced topics such as: computer vision, neural networks etc.Andrew Ng is very gifted lecturer and can make the learning experience very pleasant.Hopefully I'll be able to take more of his classes in the future.
Great experience for my first mooc
Great!
Amazing course
so cool， and get lot of info, Amazaing
This is awesome course!
This course is nice for starting out in the field of ML.
Dr. Andrew Ng turned this otherwise complex subject into an easy to follow pleasant experience. With his unique visualizations he made possible for students understand the concepts, glimpse on how the topic applies to real world problems. Thank you Dr. Ng.
The best explanation of principles and ideas behind Machine Learning I have seen. Very inspiring. The assignments give you hands-on experience and brings the ideas to life.
Great for anyone looking to get a solid understanding of the concepts of machine learning.
Enjoyment is beyond imagination...with machine learning
The most important course here I took and passed, which is really helping me in my daily activities (studies and work).It certainly expanded my horizons.
Good course but the programming exercises didn't run with the new version of Octave without some changes.
Great introduction course in the world of Machine Learning. A lot of thanks for everyone who takes part in them!
A very nice introductory course to quickly grasp main concepts and be prepared for further deeper studying of specific cases. Good balance between theory and practice. Lots rigorous mathematical stuff is given in supplementary materials, so those who love to bother have an opportunity to see the 'whole picture'.
The best course ever taken :)
Well-designed, comprehensive, practical
provided all what is needed to start.
Worth trying
Really Good
Excellent material for the course.
Excellent work, practice and concepts, really recommend it
Perfect presentation for everybody
Great!!!!
Certificate is expensive!
The materials were delivered in a very great way. Love this lecture!
beyond fantastic. Have learned so much, and this is the best taught online course I have done to date. The content is fascinating, and is taught in a really accessible way.
Auditing this course to get a preliminary understanding on Neural Networks. Really easy to understand and pretty awestruck by the concept. Thanks Andrew.
There are too many mistakes and misleading statements made in the course material. There were a lot difficulties with submitting assignments in order to move forward in the course. I had to give up because I don't have time to be bogged down like this.The students' comments and discussion would be useful if they can be accessed from within each lesson. I can't make heads or tails of what the discussions were referring to, when they are all clumped together at the course web site instead.
Very good so far, but you should invest in a better microphone. It is sometime hard to listen to the end of your sentences.
A great course where you really get to work with the interesting stuff!
Excellent! Very easy and practical. Good structure. Partially covers almost every aspect of machine learning techniques used nowadays in popular apps, websites, searching engines. Very glad I took this course and finished it.
English course
I think it's very useful for me, however some Chinese students thought this course was not co
great class
Great details and step by step guide. Very informative and interesting!
Great course on introduction of machine learning.
There are a number of issues with this course, and more generally Coursera. While the course does cover the material, it uses non-standard mathematical notation. This can be very confusing and seems as if it is purposefully so. There are several mathematical abstractions used that perhaps have a purpose in later machine learning applications but seem unnecessary here.Another issue is that the course assumes the use of Octave which is not available for Windows users apparently. It also allows the use of MatLab but the quiz questions are in Octave which means the quiz is not necessarily testing understanding of the course material as it is Octave.Generally, the opportunities for feedback to Coursera are highly limited. A colleague once took a course online (through another platform). Some of the course material was objectively wrong. However, there was no ability to submit feedback. I have the sense that this could easily happen with the Coursera material. It totally undercuts the apparent validity of the platform.
Amazing insights, challenges, and rewards fort those with dedication to and interest in the topic.
This course is just awesome. Prof Andrew explains everything in a simple manner. I tried following machine learning on other platforms, but i find this one on Coursera the best!! Thank you Professor and Coursera.
Nice teaching from the trainerComplex concepts are detailed out step by step breaking it to small piecesReal time examples are included to explain the conceptsOverall a great experience in learning
This course is very complete. This course really makes people knows much of knowledge in Machine Learning. I think I will not get much knowledge about Machine Learning if this course isn't exist
very useful!!!!Thanks andrew!!
Really enjoyed taking this course. Learned quite few concepts that I wasn't aware of before. If you haven't done math for a while (but were good enough to understand the concept at your time) and dying to understand ML concepts but doesn't want to(or have time) to 'review' full math again this is the course for you.
Really Like the course. Have been interested in Machine Learning for quite a few days and this course has given me the right foundations.
This course serves as an excellent introduction to machine learning. I had a full time job for the duration of the time I spent working on this course, and I found I was able to immediately apply the things I learned in this course to my job, sometimes even really surprising and impressing my superiors with the techniques that were covered. Andrew is an inspiring and effective teacher, and I feel I will retain the knowledge I gained for many years to come. Suffice it to say my passion for this field has been ignited.
An amazing course i'd have rated 5 i there had been more practice problems
A wonderful course for anyone who wants to learn the basics of ML.Prof Andrew in this course not only gives clear explanations of theory behind ML algorithms, but prepares exercises that allow students to put the theories into implementation.Highly recommend.
very intuitive, and practical.
The best course I have taken so far in Machine Learning. Lots of insight on algos, their resemblance, their limitations, when to use them or not, and some rough intuition to present them.
Low quality video and audio
Best guideline to learn machine learning
The instructor Andrew NG is very good with his material and his explanation methods, but the course does not delve much into the details of the methods. My expectation of the course was that it would explain the core mathematics behind the scenes.
Excellent course, Prof. Andrew has done a really great work. I am following his tutorials on deep learning from UFLDL web site.I highly recommend this course for beginners
Good thing is this course is easy enough to keep me insisting on it.Bad thing is, to some extent, I may need some time to figure out how to use the technique. :D
It is very nice course. I appreciate the way, basics of machine learning are taught and
best course of my life.
Excellent course. Well recommended. Assessment items need a minor update to account for changes.
this course is very good for new student.I like it
Good motivating lectures and I felt I made significant progress.
Fantastic intro to the fundamentals of machine learning. If you want to take your understanding of machine learning concepts beyond "model.fit(X, Y), model.predict(X)" then this is the course for you.
Very good intro to gradient descent, linear and logistic regression and SVM.Based on solid mathematical understanding, without nice graphical explanations.
It's really good! the reason that is not 5 is that there are some sync errors with the exercises/lessons that confuse you.
Exemplary! I'd been trying to teach myself this subject through books and other resources but Andrew Ng really metes out the essentials and anyone can understand this complex and fascinating subject.
Great course!
Great! Even for someone coming from a different background I managed to understand the concept quite fast.
I am half way through this course but I am enjoying every bit learning this course, and the way it is setup, I learn more and more every step along the way. Big thanks and congratulations to Coursera & people at Stanford who put this course up in way to make machine learning so much fun to learn.
Excellent course! It is very easy to follow for newbies with some basic background in calculus and algebra. Andrew Ng provides technically sound lectures mixed with intuitive explanation. I recommend it to everyone who wants to learn machine learn and understand why it works.
My only complaint is the lack of vectorization in many of the lectures. I understand that linear algebra may be foreign to many programmers, but the tutorials which vectorize made the course much more clear. Overall, this is a great course.
two-weeks learning on these lectures gave me a global view of machine learning algorithms, as well as an intuition for how machine learning is applied to different problems in the real world.As an elementary course, little is mentioned about mathematical proof, but we can still get an intuitive understanding of the algorithms.
The best Course on Machine Learning.
Learnt Machine learning so easily through this course. Thanks Andrew Ng and other mentors.
Thank you very much.
Wonderful! Thank you so much!
This course was very well done. I enjoyed learning and using Octave. The lectures were clear and the exercises were fun.
Excellent introductory course, to grasp fundamentals. Very good to begin with, in my view.
Excellent Course. I am 4 weeks in and the videos are really presented by the professor, the tutorials are very good, and the discussion forums are really helpful. The assignments are challenging and well formulated. I look forward to the rest of the course and to completing it.
Extremely well-done.
This is a well-structure course covering the basics on machine learning. What differentiates this course from others is the regularity and depth offered by the programming assignments. Thanks to the Standford Uni team that has put it together!
Very Challenging! I learned quite a bit and enjoyed the style and presentations of the instructor.
Great class. It emphasizes intuition and feel. It gives enough of a foundation so that one may work out seminal papers (such as LeNet5, and (deep) convnet).
it was very interesting but more hands on will be better.
Very good course for beginners. This course has completed satisfied my initial requirements. Quizzes and exercises are very include and ofcourse Mr Andrew is perfect at what he does.
Very good lecture. The assignments could be a bit more difficult/complex.
I loved it....
Great course with a lot of well guided exercises! Made hard stuff easy to understand. Good way to start learning about Machie Learning.
the best ML course I ever took
Actually I didn't complete course yet, but as I am new to machine learning I think it best decision that I start with this course. It simply just perfect.
This is a fantastic course! I have a computational physics/chemistry background but had no prior machine learning experience. This course allowed me to gain a solid foundation in machine learning. The lectures are very well paced and the exercises and revision questions well thought out. Enough real-world context is given to prevent things from being too abstract, but the great bulk of the time is spent actually learning how to apply machine learning. Well worth the money. Thanks Andrew!
Great course!
help me very much!
Really good course. Interesting topics, and good assignments.
Awesome introduction to ML, highly recommended.
good , but elementary ( undergrad level)
Very intelligently designed course!
This course is amazingly well constructed. I loved it all. I can't think of anything that I did not like. Thank you so much Andrew!
The teacher speaks quickly and logically, and the material(exercises and home works) well designed.I learn a lot here.I like this course.Thanks!
Excellent course! Well structured, covers a broad range of topics, and Andrew is a great teacher who knows how to break things down to their essential parts and how to visualize them.For people who have none or only little programming experience, the programming exercises might be very time-consuming. I enjoyed them a lot since one has to implement the algorithms oneself and not just uses a package that does the job; that really helped me to understand the algorithms better.
I am studying this course, all the points are being made crystal-clear as is expected from such a great prof li
I have seen other machine learning courses but it cannot get any simpler than this. Most of the other courses will directly dive you into complex formulas and theorems. But Mr. Andrew Ng made it so easy for me to understand the basic concepts with his real world examples that now I can apply them in my own projects with ease. The evaluation system is also pretty good with hands on assignments. The quizzes were a little bit tough at times, but they forced me to go back to the corresponding topic and review it so that my concepts become clear. The assignments were also realistic and at times challenging for people using Matlab or Octave for first time. Thank you very much for this course. I hope this will help a lot in my career as a researcher.
I very appreciate for this class.I learned a lot. Thank you!
This course teaches the fundamentals of various machine learning algorithms. Andrew's teaching/coaching style is excellent as he explains even the hardest concepts in simple ways that everyone can understand. If you go through his class videos twice the subject materials will be very clear and you can pass the quiz easily. After taking this course, I am motivated to learn more about machine learning.
This is the best course that I've ever taken and I highly recommend it. Prof Andrew Ng is a fantastic teacher!
I've always had passion for AI and in particular Machine Learning. The Machine Learning course offered by Stanford University was a great experience (And very challenging too !).I'm glad I didn't let my busy life make excuses for not taking this courseThank you Coursera,Thank you Stanford UniversityAndThank you Andrew Ng for presenting the course contents in your lectures
The podium which the MOOC's provide to gain knowledge simply amazes me. I will remain grateful to the people like Andrew Ng for sharing knowledge so beautifully.I personally was attracted to the idea of discussing machine learning applications via the programming assignment, they kept me motivated in difficult times. I look forward to doing other interesting courses in the data science track.Thank You!!
Can't say I got a full understanding of what ML is all about, but at least I know what to search for should I need to use it now.The assignments seemed to be very hard in the beginning, but as soon as I got used to them they appeared to be too simple. All I had to do was to find correct order of matrices multiplication. I would like to be more involved in solving them.Nevertheless the course is quite interesting and, I hope, quite helpful.
Very good and thorough course. Everything is explained to the root, so for all the things you learn you learn why you are learning this, how it is used, and in which situation you would us it. I did have some previous experience from taking a computing science master, but I thought the difficulty level was perfect. You have to think about it, but there is enough explanation to make everything clear.I enjoyed it.
This is the best course EVER! I am learning a lot in Machine Learning !!
It is very interesting lecture
The best course I have taken on Coursera so far (I have taken six in all)!! The lectures are well structured; even a non-engineer can understand the concepts. The assignments were actually fun - not a term I usually use to describe assignments. Thanks for Prof. Andrew Ng for this engaging and worthwhile course.
Ng is a responsible and respectable professor. I love the course.
Andrew taught very well - clear, practical, methodical.
Excellent! THANK YOU! You are doing a service to the community. Not everyone can study in Stanford but you are making that possible through this online offering at no cost and surely tapping into talents which would have been unnoticed otherwise.
Thank you for your great lectures and I'm really be benefited a lot from it. After your exciting courses, thinking of how to apply these great tools into our daily life always appears into my minds. Machines could associate with human more than ever in this great era! Thank you once more!!
this course is very basic. does not explain the concepts in details. Course instructor is very nice.Looking forward for a course in depth of machine learning and related algorithms from Andrew ng.
Exactly what I was looking for. This was a clear and comprehensive introduction to the subject which has bootstrapped my understand to enable further investigation into the subject matter.
On of the best MOOCs I have come across. Must for anyone who wants to have a solid foundation in Machine Learning
Good but sometimes pretty fast.
Give me great help!
Excellent course and beyond my expectations. I learned so much and feel I would like to continue to learn more about machine learning.
Fantastic course! Very comprehensible and applicable.
Brilliant course. Well paced and develops skills at each step. Excellent presenter.
This was my first experience with online courses and I was really surprised by how much I learned. This gives a great practical introduction to machine learning, and left me wanting to dive deeper into the material. I've already begun to explore the various machine learning R packages that are out there.
Great course. Makes sure to plan for the time to watch the movies and enough time for the assignments. They are well worth it and will re-enforce the video lecture material.
Great course. Challenging and innovative.
Great course, great job, great instructor !
Wonderful course, I wish I'll found more courses like this one! Andrew Ng is probably the best teacher I've learnt from.
Awesome course recommended to all beginners of Machine Learning.
It's a good start for those who want to start explore Data Science. If more(Optional) concepts were included It would really be nice for those who already know a bit of Machine Learning.
Extremely helpful, hope to see more courses from Stanford!
Very well constructed course and good assignments that bring out the essence of machine learning.
It's so good that I don't even.
Really nice introduction to Machine Learning.It contains essential contents which is not difficult and also not easy.
Clear content brings great ease in understanding.
a very interesting course , especially for the beginners.
Applications exercises are allocated within specific areas of larger scripts, which allows the student to complete small tasks that are still put into context of a general project.The lessons are well illustrated, and developing intuitions of the mathematical concepts is well facilitated
Excellent explanations! Just the basic and a complete guide for introducing to Machine Learning
Very nice course!
very well taught!Definetly worth you time.
This course is really good for beginners. Prof. Ng's teaching is awesome.
This is a really interesting course and the teacher is really clear with the explanations. I´ve acquired new skills that I will apply it on my current research project. I invite you to join the course.
This course taught me to dream, changed my life, thanks to Andrew Ng
This is a great course. The only thing I would suggest is to add more explanations of some themes, and examples. Other than that, everything is great!Cheers,Dusan
Awesome course, helped me to understand the basics of machine learning. Looking forward to take an advanced machine learning course.
Brilliant!
The teaching content is excellent. The instructor's explanation is clear and intuitive.It would be more helpful if the instructor can address the forums at times rather than leaving it entirely to the TAs.
This course is fa-bu-lous. Andrew Ng is a wonderful teacher. His lessons are carefully crafted so that an engineering student can get a grasp of the basics of machine learning, without getting lost in mathematical theory. Bravo !
Clear, practical, well done Andrew.
Nice beginner level course. Shows the big picture without dwelling much into nitty-gritty. Basic knowledge of Linear Algebra would not hurt but that's not necessary. Needless to say, Prof Andrew's teachings/advices were fabulous during the course. Programming assignments were mostly trivial. They can be made a bit challenging. Thanks.
very facinated
Excellent course. Covered many key machine learning concepts, was clear and easy to follow. Great support from both staff and other students with questions.
Awesome course!!You could get seriously placed in a GOOD company AND in a GOOD position! Andrew Ng starts of a little dry.But at the end of every week, he gets simply divine ! A very comprehensive course balancing both the theoretical aspects and the practical approach very gracefully with a solid support of mathematics.Students with knowledge of Basic Statistics (i.e. High School) and standard Mathematics like functions and calculus are perfect for this course.
Excellent course, thank you very much Andrew!
Professor Andrew keeps us motivated throughout the session.The course coverage is extremely good and neatly presented.Assignments have sufficient instructions that guide us well.After an exhaustive search, I would say this is the best course ever for beginners of Machine Learning.
Because perfection does not exist and this is my first online courses so I can not really objectively judge.
Great introduction machine learning course
Interesting and useful class that gives brief introduction of machine learning methods.Great course!
fantastic overview and practice on key concepts
The best machine learning course for the beginners on the web right now!!
I am Lucky to have such resources to learn directly and semi-interactive classes from esteemed faculty.Thank You Coursera!
Awesome course for beginners and intermediate learners :)
Excellent course, perfectly paced and detailed. The professor Andrew Ng succeeds in creating a comfortable atmosphere and is easy to follow.As a beginner in machine learning, I appreciated the fact that the contents cover the most important aspects of machine learning, without diving in too fast in the underlying mathematics and computational details. I think I need go deeper in these aspects now, but these lessons are rich of practical and methodological tips that i'm sure even advanced engineers would need.Last but not least, the Octave/Matlab hands-on exercises permit a deeper understanding of the algorithms, and to realize what remained misunderstood after the lectures.I am happy that I decided to start (and to end) this course. This was my first on Coursera : there will be others. Many thanks to Mr Ng, to the mentors that helped us on the discussion boards, and to the coursera team in general.Arnaud.
This is a great introductory course to machine learning. Andrew is by far one of the best instructors I have ever seen.This course has a great flow and will familiarize you with any important concept in this field in a very practical manner.
Amazing, exceptional way of teaching. No other professor managed to simplify machine learning to me as Andrew Ng
This was one of the best courses on Coursera, and one where the teacher really seemed like he was into teaching students all he knew, rather than giving a few tidbits here and there. An awesome course! And an even more awesome teacher!Thank you for creating such a wonderful course!
Good course!
It's the best course for ML.....given a little awareness of statistical analysis and probabilistic models, it's really easy to hold a grasp on..
I enjoyed it like a child. I learnt a lot (it shows a lot of different subjects), the practices exercises are very fun (most of them)... The only bad thing I can say of the course is that it was made in 2011 and I do not know how many new things are missing.
Great course. I really enjoyed getting an introduction to Machine Learning. It does require you to be comfortable with some math concepts.
Awesome course, you may already know that.
Very Good course.Good examplesExcellent quiz and exercisesSlides are also very clear and easy-understanding
Fantastic course. I wish the assignments were python instead of octave, but a great course nevertheless.
Very clear instruction
Fantastic. Andrew Ng is a naturally charismatic teacher with a knack for anticipating issues which his students may encounter and assuaging them before they become sticking points for later understanding. By their nature, online courses cannot benefit from students asking questions of their instructors so it is doubly important that instructors be aware of areas which may confuse students and take anticipatory action to avoid this- this is only one of Ng's strengths. Beyond this, Ng is simply an enthusiastic instructor whose passion for his subject is contagious. He also conveys a genuine sense of understanding the student's process of coming to grips with more difficult portions, often explaining what has confused him before (though, given his expertise, one may wonder just how much these areas actually give him difficulty). All things considered, the biggest disappointment is that there are not more courses available with Ng as the instructor.
Excellent course and deep understanding of how ML works using different algorithms and analysis
This course is well structured, starting from the more basic concepts and building on those as it goes. The practical advice is also a breath of fresh air compared to most other courses which just give you theory and leave you hung out to dry when it comes to application of what you have learned, and how to figure out where you might have gone wrong. Andrew Ng is great at explaining things, and doesn't make you fuss around with things you don't really need to know to be a useful machine learning practitioner.
Great introduction to Machine Learning
A well desgined course for Machine Learning starters or for refreshing concepts.
Really great theoretical introduction to various Machine Learning algorithms.
This is a truly superb class. Professor Andrew Ng's lectures are clear, well-organized, and exceptionally informative. He's more than a brilliant researcher: he does a terrific job of presenting complex machine learning concepts in simple terms that a very easy for anyone to understand as well. I would add that the programming assignments are also very useful because they focus on core concepts and really help to reinforce the lectures. All around this is easily one of the best and most valuable courses I have ever taken, and I would be very quickly to recommend this course to any friend without reservation. Whether you're actively working with machine learning systems as I am or hoping to get into the field or merely curious, Andrew Ng's machine learning class is a very valuable class that covers the essentials and covers them very thoroughly.
Andrew has put together a wonderful introduction to Machine Learning. His lectures are thoroughly explained, interjected with insights and intuition.
I enjoyed very much.I am not professional in machine learning. But for sure I will use it in my data analysis work.Many thanks Neg.
This is such a good course that gives a good intuition into Machine Learning. For me it has given a new sense of appetite to learn and revisit Multivariable calculus, Numerical Methods, Probability. I hope it will trigger the same for many others too. The prof has taken a lot of effort to help us visualise Machine Learning. His efforts are truly appreciated! I would strongly recommend this course for everyone suitable and most importantly interested in the subject.
Interesting and practical course. Math concepts was explained in plain English.
Very easy to understand, starting from statistics, well paced lectures and assignments.
One of the best coures on Coursera!
Awesome course. Its even better if you make an effort to familiarize yourself with the mathematics behind the algorithms mentioned in the course. The MATLAB assignments are very useful in exhibiting the practical applications of the Machine Learning Algorithms taught.All in all, it is a must do course for anyone who is interested in ML and AI. People with good mathematical background and MATLAB experience will find completing this course a breeze.
Easy to understand explanation. Good lab exercises that focuses only on the algorithms itself, while additional code is added to show you what you implemented.
All the topics are explained in a clear way, possible applications are always underlined, many examples are given through the course.
Professor Andrew Ng has presented the content in a really learner friendly way. The student absorbs the knowledge without even noticing. 10 weeks later, you wake up - and just know it all. Great job Mr Professor.
Great!
I wish the materials went faster but if this speed is necessary for something my opinion now doesn't matter. Used really cool method of explaining.
Excellent!!! Andrew Ng is not only a great researcher but a great teacher. He explains in a very clear way complex concepts and keeps you interested all the time. Great course to start in ML
Excellent material, I really appreciate the fact that it is self-paced.
It was my first course here in Coursera and I'm really grateful for all the knowledge that you have given me. I am eager to learn more, thanks for this opportunity.
The course is very Interesting and useful. Thank you Prof. Ng!
really great!
Great course, recommended
Good course! I've learned a lot even from skeleton code. Contains a lot topics in ML. Look forward to a course goes deeper!
Perfect teacher! Nice Job
Excellent ramp-up of difficulty and good course
The must have intro to the world of ML!
Incredible course. Got me interested in machine learning. Great mix of theory and practical hands-on examples.
Complicated subject made easier to learn. Thanks you Prof Andrew Ng!!!
Simply outstanding.
Excellent course to understand the basics of machine learning. Good assignments.
Great! This is a great course to learn the idea of machine learning even I am not a computer science and data science student. It provides a chance for us to study different type of machine learning algorithm. The assignment also gives you a chance to practice these algorithms on some application example. If this course can provide more deeply mathematics algorithm or guideline for future study on learning algorithm, it will be a perfect course!
Wonderful course.
This course was very well communicated and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it to others looking for a beginning course in machine learning.
Contents are carefully organized with good exercises.The course covers the topics which are required to apply machine learning to real-world problems at basic levels. The topics are consistently addressed with motivation, theory, and implementation in order.The exercises are provided to teach the concepts of machine learning and their applications. Prof. Andrew Ng tried to eliminate technical barriers in writing codes in Matlab and let students understand the concepts fully.This class is the first choice of learning Machine Leaning for a self-driven learner.
Keep learning !!
Challenging material - great teacher
Great Course
One of the best course I've learned online. A great amount of practical information and the homework is brilliant designed, with a very cute teacher Andrew Ng. Go learn it, you won't regret.
Good Course ! Helps a lot !
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Excellent course - simple, direct, and hands on but at the same time comprehensive and deep enough so that students of all levels can follow along and learn!You'll learn from the basics of 2D linear regression all the way through very important non-linear models for classification and regression (such as logistic regression, neural networks, SVM, collaborative filters, etc). Prof Ng and touches on many relevant topics like managing large datasets, convergence issues, debigging and error checking, and so on.
Best introductory machine learning course EVER!
A well put together, really inspiring course to be part of.
Despite the (relative) complexity of studied algorithms, this course is really well explained.Pedagogically and progressively.Thank you.
It was overall a very helpful course for anyone who likes to get started with machine learning and its applications.
Perfect course!Good workload, about 4-6 hours a week.Well-paced.Relevant topics, good depth.Balance between theory and practise.
Thanks for this AmAzing course))
very interesting and helpful course , i really get a lot of knowledge and information during this coursebut if there exist a reference book it would be better
very good course
Top course
It was an awsome course by Sir Andrew and the whole team .Learned a lot :)
Amazing teacher
Great course! The instructor walks you through all the learning process. You can take your time while watching the classes and it does not expect you to have a huge previous knowledge to understand what is going on. I really recommend the course to everybody that wants to get in touch with machine learning.
This course is a great starter for machine learning. It has a good combination of theory and practical implementation.
For sure, I am not the only one rating this course with 5 stars, I really learned a lot of new and useful things, regarding linear regression, supervised/unsupervised learning, bias/variance, neural networks (my initial motivation), SVM, etc. In fact many new things.There are minor aspects to improve (e.g. the need to apply patches in every assignment in order to submit my works, some wrong translations in spanish, etc).Thanks for everything
Recommend with all stars shining in the sky. I cannot explain how I get obsessed with this course as a woman loving traveling, shopping, dancing& makeups. This is the first course that makes me realize what to the end does the Machine learning mean and why I need the knowledge in different scenarios.
Andrew Ng is excellent. The course has not aged and still provides extremely valuable insight into Machine Learning.
Excellent teacher
I believe the focus on the practical issues is a strenth of this course.
Thanks for this course, it helps me a lot.
Great for beginners and people needing a reminder on the theory.
Super exciting !!!
Excellent:) Thanks
I can see how this course is one of the most popular courses on Coursera.
Couldn't have been more happier with Prof. Andrew Ng's introductory course. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I recommend it to everyone
The course is verg good,and from assignment I also gain a lot.But I still expect teachers can tell us more details.
It was a incredible experience . Thanks to Andrew Ng.
considerably helpful and well-structured.
The best course I've ever had ! Thank you.
Perfect course .Very usefull .Recommended.
Good introductory course to Machine Learning
The material is clearly presented and the quizes and homework assignments re-inforce the learning. This class left me hungry to learn more.
I learned a lot from Andrew! Thanks a lot
Excellent course. Tutorials easy to follow with good challenging programming assignments.
Great!
It's a great course for the beginners of machine-learning.Professor NG is very patient and the explanation is very clear!
Outstanding Course. I almost got addicted to it. I wished it would have gone for ever ! For the first time in last 10 years, I started to love Bangalore Traffic - as more time in traffic meant more time for me to go through the course material !
This course is practical.The "Machine Learning" learners can get training how to implement a part of AI algorithms dealing programming exercises.Harrison
Good course for beginner.
I enjoy this course because it let me know about the mathematics behind the machine learning algorithms
Great teacher
An exceptional course which opened my eyes to the world of machine learning. I'm able to see patterns already as to how and when to apply the algorithms learned given different scenarios. The instructor Andrew is very good, clear, cohesive and coherent. The discussion group contains almost every help needed and the mentors are good. The course is also paced extremely well. But I felt there could have been more. Maybe I would be asking for a lot, but can there be more to this? I would certainly love to go a little deeper than this in the world of machine learning.
The first course ever on the Coursera platform, it is a very clear and comprehensive introduction to machine learning, with awesome explanations by professor Andrew Ng and fun and useful quizzes and programming excercises that help assimilate and understand the material. I would give 5 stars if a final exam and final bigger programming project was included, to really help students master the concepts and apply them to tougher problems. But overall it is a really great course! Highly recommended!
Excellent. Really complete, fun and very informative. I would totally recommend it!
I'm going trough week 6 of the course and with little to no background in math and programming i was able to keep on through the lectures and excersises and truly feel that i am learning pretty nice things about machine learning
Awesome, useful, intuitive, and applicable.
A very wonderful introduction to Machine Learning. This course will get you familiarized with some of the best ML techniques, concepts and best practices. If you need to apply ML in your field or want to build your career as a Data Scientist, this is your gateway. This course will leave you equipped and confident to get into the amazing world of Machine Learning. Professor Ng and his team has truly created a gem. I wish they would create and release the Deep Learning course, which delves into further models and topics currently very hot in the world of ML.
i like the sound of teacher。i love ML、
Very usefully class, and very good teacher!
the first part is amazing. very well, but when I begin with Mat lab, I´m in the way but alone two steps after. Is dificult for beginers.... in count is great experience find the solution and look the 100/100.It would be good: any more help in the first steps in Mat lab.
I learned a lot about machine learning. This course took an introductory approach so it is much easier for a beginner to get started.
This is the best course ever !! Absolutely Superb !
Very practical
Excellent class, thanks Andrew!
Nice course, a perfect balance between theory and practice!
This is the best ML course I've been enrolled in! Perfect order of topics.
Really awesome course.
One of the best courses on Machine Learning by one of the most luminaries in the space of Machine Learning and Artifical Intelligence (Andrew NG).
My first modeling course, and while at times complex, I have never understood more clearly the fundamental concepts of modeling. Professor Ng's ability to break down complex ideas into straightforward concepts is unparalleled.
Awesome course!
New to coursera, hope to learn something here.
I am a beginner in Machine Learning. This course gives me very smooth transit for more challenging topics of ML. The exercises are really carefully designed to help me get a concrete idea of the learning algorithm and realization. Thank you, Andrew!
Excellent course, even for experienced practitioners. Goes over all the basic details that you'll need to know to apply the principles to the field.
"All you need to know about Machine Learning but didn't know whom to ask". Wonderful course! The quizzes and exercises are very well put together.
I really enjoy this course. The lessons and homework were well designed. I hope a version of this course using Python.Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot Andrew NG for one of the best and most descriptive online courses I took so far. Just as a small point open to improvement, in MATLAP/Octave assignments, students may be encouraged more to apply the core steps of the algorithms on their own.
Perfect teaching. Thank you
Very good and complete course with a quite high level of examination.
Very well structured course for giving good overview of ML landscape, with programming assignments giving little sandboxes for student to be able to focus on crux of a particular ML technique. It gives good basic foundation to be able to appreciate various ML applications around and techniques used in them, and go out to explore ML further.
this is a future of software development. learn or die! :)
This is the course that started Coursera. Andrew Ng is the man!If I had one criticism, it would be that the matlab assignments are a little bit too "done for you" already. Ideally, we would implement everything ourselves using the tool of our choice, but I understand that that'd be impossible in the context of this course.
This course is good but not the best I've seen
This course is so far the best MOOC I have done. The small exercices are very good for practicing but do not require too much time. The lessons are not too long but are very useful.
Excellent course. Instructor spend a lot of time on clearing the concepts.It cleared many of my misconceptions.
Great course, with a good teacher.The labs were really interesting and challenging in most of them!! :D
Great course! Amazing teacher. The pace of course is convinient.
Great, although there are some trouble for completed assignments. eg. patch for octave.
An awesome course that is not only concerned about how to use state-of-art algorithms to everyday problems (that is important, of course) but also in teaching how to implement them from scratch! I really find this facet of this course appealing.
A fantastic introduction to machine learning methods. The lectures are informative and insightful, and the homework makes you get your hands dirty with the algorithms. The homework has you code the significant algorithms of the section in MATLAB or Octave. No wonder why it's one of the popular course on Coursera.
Good course to do and have a deep understanding in it...
This course is really inspiring.It is good structured and provides good understanding of implementstion of machine learming algorithms.
Such a tough science , easily explained
Great introduction to the field. If you complete the assignments, you'll have a powerful toolkit to apply to your own machine learning applications. You will definitely leave the coursed versed well enough in machine learning to both apply it and learn more from other sources, and be able to converse intelligently in the field.
Nice, I'd like to learning much.It's a good introduce to my about machine learning.More knowledge advanced about machine learning can be introduced for us.Thanks.
Interesting, useful, really well explained
grt work . grt way to explain things. enjoyed a lot
Loving it.
Great material. From A-Z
best course for beginner.
Awesome material and great teaching by Andrew Ng. Thanks a lot Sir!
This is an amazing course
Very nice course, easy to learn and comprehensive.
helpful, and good code sample.
A very well structured course for beginners to machine learning.
Good instructor, valuable Information, excited course.Thanks :))
Great course!
Excellent teacher and content!!!!
Incredibly useful introduction to machine learning, highly recommended!
Brilliant course! Such a complex subject delivered and expressed in a way that it's really relatively easier to get started with this subject. Hats off, Andrew sir!
Self contained and comprehensive class.
Great content, very helpful. Special thanks to Andrew.
Excellent course design that enables you to make step by step progress in a somewhat involved area of learning.
Very useful and methodolofical!
This course was well done by Andrew - he has very nicely balanced theory with implementation/practice so that students retain more material. Thought was put into choosing illustrative exampleFor me personally, I found the course very refreshing as I was last in school 18 yrs ago. The
Amazing course.
Information presented was well explained, efficient yet thorough. Assignments matched the content well and afforded learning at a challenging yet manageable levels.
Very easy to follow.
I just started this course and I am loving it. Great explanation with right examples....
well structured coursework, nice explanation , challenging assignments.
A very friendly course which digs very deep into the core Mathematics behind Machine Learning. I was very interested in Autonomous Vehicles and this course enables me to figure out the steps that I have to take to achieve my goal. This course helped me have an intuitive understanding of how machine learning algorithms work.
The course is very clear and intuitive in terms of explanations of complicated algorithms. This course is a very good foundation for further learning in academia or industry.
this course is easy to understand
Neural networks lectures need to be more decipherable.
An awesome course on machine learning !This course has provided me the practical insights into this field.Thanks!Vivek
The course gives a nice overview of ML. I only wish it was in python.
Amazing course, everything is explained in a great depth, assaiments are thoughtful and engaging, I recommend it to everyone who is interested in Machine Learning, or passionate about that AI dream.Thank you.Israel Gilyadov.
This was best course till I took Machine Learning from University of Washington
Andrew Ng does an amazing job explaining the mathematics behind each concept, striking a great balance between abstract mathematics and concrete ideas.I would also like to praise the coding assignments. Each comes with a great deal of code already written, allowing the student to focus on the core concepts rather than writing everything from scratch. A lot of work was invested just to ease the learning experience.Thank you very much for such an incredible course!
Very amazing course! Thanks to Andrew!
All topics are introduced well. The pace of the lectures could be faster.The programming assignments are a really good addition and help to understand how the techniques work!
Level of difficulty of lectures is not correspond with level of quizzes. In lectures they are talking about simple stuff and then in quizzes they ask you about details they didn't mentioned. You could deducts this information though. But this is exactly the main problem with this course - for quizzes you should deduct and learn by yourself so much stuff, that videos start to be not worth your time.
Very fundamental and useful!
One of those benchmark courses to whet your appetite for ML as a career! I've done the course before, but couldn't complete properly. This time, I'm determined!
Great pace, great introduction to ML as well as Matlab, great lecturer.
Amazing class. Extremely glad I took it. It was hard at times, but Prof Ng is an absolute boss at teaching and explaining difficult concepts! I would highly recommend this course to anyone who's interested in learning about Machine Learning in general.
After I took this course, I'm convinced that online learning can actually be much better than traditional education. Thank to all Coursera founders and Andrew Ng!
Great class. Great instructor.
Excellent course. On week 5 now. Learn more in this course than in 10 years of school.
This has literally been my best computer science course. You get to learn and immediately apply what you've learned to interesting problems that have a broad reach in our daily lives. Thank you very much Prof. Ng.
I find it best cohesive , introductory machine learning course out there.
Great course! Highly recommended!
This Online Course is simply good, eventought a lot of work it keeped me motivated by it'spractically relevant thematics, and gave me a insight in modern Machine Learningmechanisms
Wonderful class. I have been reading this kind of material by myself. This course is by far the greatest one that professor explains difficult concept in a super simply and straight forward way.
Sound quality could be improved in video. It kind of curbs the understanding of what the teacher is saying :/ Otherwise everything's great!
I think this was extremely helpful and clear course. The organization was perfect and was extremely easy to get started and learn. It was still challenging and forced me to actually learn the material. I have used the machine learning skills in my current job. And it has helped me to evaluate machine learning frameworks.
Fantastic introduction to machine learning, neural networks, SVM and more. Requires basic linear algebra skills - if you're new to LA - there is a refresher offered in week 1 which tells you everything you need to know. Be warned, some of the lectures and assignments are a bit out of order at the moment - but the discussion boards and course tutorials will set you straight.
Clear paradigmatic presentation for anyone who designs an online course. Very easy to follow sometimes too easy for someone with math and cs background. can go through the lectures fast.
Very useful and easy to understand course.
The course fully filled my expectations. The content is interesting and each part is given adequate treatment. All topics are exceptionally explained and the homework is not difficult and very illustrative on how to apply all gained knowledge.
Great!
This course is awesome. It provides the fundamental knowledge in Machine Learning. And I like that it talks about parameter tuning and handling large scale Machine Learning.
Great intro course to main Machine Learning tools and ideas!
Great mix of low level technical details, exposure to a variety of topics, and high level strategies.
I'm about 3/4 into the class. Before the start I knew close to nothing about the subject. Prof. Ng has done an outstanding job in presenting the subject, explaining the underlying theory, and assigning problems and exercises that deepened my understanding. He is a highly organized teacher and excellent pedagogue.Special thanks to the course TAs as well who are very responsive to comments and questions, and have prepared great materials that always helped me to completed the assignments.This is a textbook example of a great online class that is fun to attend. Well done!
Very interesting course, explaining the topics in a very easy way, with lots of practical exercises! Made me want to dig deeper into Machine Learning and try to find applications for my PhD in Quantitative Economics.
I'll only mentions things I didn't like: sound/video quality is poor, lack of lecture notes.
Thank you professor Andrew, it was very enjoyable.
This was my first class on Coursera and I couldn't have been more happier about it. Content is very well presented, mathematics standing behind various ML models is served to the listener with just enough details to understand it, but not to add any confusion. Assignments are great and really help you to understand how algorithms works.The only thing I'd change is questions about Octave in Quizes. Octave is very nice tool, no doubt, but I personally want to stick to R language and I really didn't want to memorize certain functions or syntax that Octave is using.Great job! I can recommend this class to anyone with a clean conscious.
Incredible professor and great course. I give Professor Ng 10 starts out of 5!
very good introduction course to machine learning!
great intro to machine learning, learned a lot
Excellent Course. Has given me great insight into how i can use programming in application to the business world and electrical projects at uni
Simply perfect
Pretty good to learn for novice
This course is a solid foundation in world of machine learning, big thanks to mester Andrew.Ng
Andrew Ng is an amazing teacher, it was such an interesting course.Thank you!!
Excellent but very time consuming
Great course on machine learning! This topic was new to me, and I found that the course was very helpful in teaching the main concepts of machine learning while keeping it interesting by showing realistic applications.
Awesome course
good videos. reasonable quiz questions. good programming assignments.
I used this as a review for the skills I learned 6 years ago in grad school. It is a great course with a great instructor and I'd highly recommend it for beginners or review!
Great course!
Awesome class. It was very accessible and had some great examples. I would have liked to see a little more asked of the students. It would have been fun to implement some more examples that required the full ML tool box (cross validation, training). I was a little surprised that there were no discussion / examples of tree classifiers or Naive Bayes. It would have been helpful to have a discussion on how to handle categorical features.
prof NG is the best!!!
Excellent teaching and materials, but the assignments held your hand too much. I wish EM was taught as well as gradient descent. However, I'm giving 5 stars because the explanations and examples were A+ work.
Fantastic course. A must do for those busy professionals who want to know what machine learning is all about, but like to be introduced to it in bite sizes.
Excellent material and videos gives good taste of what ML is. Exercises go to the point, which is also very good.
A lot of content to work through, but well worth it.An excellent professor, concepts were explained clearly, and the Programming assignments were just hard enough to be challenging, but not overwhelming.
Awesome course and explnations
Very good course.
Amazing. This course is a life changing experience!
Excellent - clear and compelling. Everything a course should be - knows how to walk fine line between competency and familiarity. Gets points across in great detail, without assuming in-depth knowledge of math, often using comparisons, examples, and analogies. Very well-done.
Excellent teaching. I am just disapointed they didn't teach how to solve NN problem (the a_ij)
This is a great course and one of the best that Coursera has to offer. Prof. Ng is descriptive, clear and practical oriented towards the course. It's starts with very good explanation with the concepts and buils o
One of the best courses, both online and in real classrooms.
Very good, complete course. It goes through a lot of different machine learning techniques, well explained. The assignments are interesting and sometimes a bit difficult but the forum is full of good tutoring and test cases which really helps to move through them. I enjoyed it very much!
Great course, better than any course I had at university; it's very well structured, Prof Ng is a perfect didact and the assignments and quizzes are well chosen and informative. I can just recommend to anyone, who is interested in machine learning, to enroll this course and enjoy it!
very clear, intuitive, practical and magnifique courses.
Very good!!! Thank you!
a bit harder to catch up with the deadlines...
This is a great course! I really enjoyed this course!! I am very happy to be able to complete the course, but I feel also a little sad because it's over. I want to say thank you to Andrew, the mentors, and other staffs who have provided this course.
Very good! I enjoy this course and recommend it to every one interested in data learning and programming learner.
It's a wonderful course.
Don't be deterred by the use of octave. It's turned out to be a very quick way to get into the algebra of the models. A good course to point you towards the mathematical foundations: if you want more depth the detail is provided.
Brilliant introduction to machine learning.Make me want to learn more and use it for actual competitions.
Very completed course and interesting. I have had a lot of fun and learn a lot. Having a following course in order to understand more would be incredible
This is a great introduction in Machine learning. It covers many aspect with a very logical progression in difficulty and easy to follow (require some algebra knowledge, but there is some introduction in the course).
Excellent Course! I am really learning a lot so far! The programming assignments are also very practical and fun to go through!
Thank you for this excellent class. It was really well constructed, with good examples and clear explanations.For once in an online class, the exercices were sometimes challenging, which is the best way to learn.With best regards,Max
Andrew is fantastic!
Congratulations, This course is excellent!
Great course! Even math lightweights can make it through this course with a bit of effort.
This is one of the best courses I have ever taken. The lectures are fantastic, with a great structure. The course material is presented in an extremely simple way, even the most difficult machine learning algorithms. I am heading into Data Science industry and this course is the best one out there - a must-go-through for anybody who wants to do any Machine Learning.
Extraordinary course! Prof Andrew Ng presents the materials in the most clear and efficient way that one possibly can. This course is an excellent start if you wanna pursue a machine learning career.
I really enjoyed taking this course
Great course. Very clear lectures, and lots of interesting practical exercises.
The class was very interesting and challenging and I learn a lot! I would recommend it if you wish to get a good feel for what machine learning is. I was very satisfied to learn about the possible applications and liked the guidance throughout the lectures on how to efficiently build machine learning systems. I hope I could apply it one day in the field on biophysics I'm currently working on.Thanks again for making this class interesting and fun for us!
Really good. Thanks for the course.
loved the course, Professor Andrew Ng provides all the background needed for the course...
The course may be great, but the sound of the video is really terrible, this is a big problem for me and possibly to other users, at the point where I decided to stop watching.Please do something about it !
Very good course especially for math/cs students - a lot of focus is put on explaining the math behind algorithms and equations, so if you search for practical examples and use cases, maybe try to look for another course
One of the best ML courses online.
I wish I had the chance to know this corse before.. It's the best I ever did and I'm sure it Will help me a lot to fulfill my goal, include machine learning inside the software I create.
Prof. Ng explains everything super clear. He focuses much more on conceptual understanding than detailed mathematical derivations. All the MATLAB/Octave exercises are interesting and relevant. The best part is that all the peripheral coding is provided and one only needs to focus on implementing machine learning related core functions. Overall an excellent introductory course.
The class is very good!
the lecture is great !! Prof. explained every complicated concept and theory in the way that easy to understand and remember. The programming assignments are also carefully designed to help us further capture the main points of course contents as well as exposing us to some real applications.
Andrew really did a great job in breaking down rather complicated algos and theories into simpler pieces for students to understand. The course is well structured and the assignments are very useful and focus on the key points. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested.
I am mixed on this class. I like it Ok because it gives you a deep level of understanding behind the numerical underpinnings of basic machine learning algorithms. But I don't feel like it's helping me become effective at using them. The course would get a higher rating if it focused more on practical applications, and not so heavy on the algebra. Also, it would get a higher rating if it used Python, rather than Octave for the programming platform.
Exceptional course, wonderful Professor. I feel I learned a lot from this course and I felt sad that's over!
The programming assignments are very well organized and give a good sense of the working principles of the algorithms. Also, the course enforces the reflection on how to potentialize the application of specific algorithms.
Excellent course in Machine Learning
A great, detailed introduction to this subject. Thanks you so much.
The best - motivates you to start using MOOCs.
This is the best class in the world.
Great course!
Good course!
Very, very useful.
Thoroughly enjoyed the class. It is very well taught and very well structured! As a working professional in AE, I really appreciated having a concise overview of existing methods in Machine Learning. I feel that I am now up-to-date on the fundamentals, sufficiently enough to start cross-fertilizing these ideas to my field. Thank you!
Awesome lecture content for beginner and intermediate student craving for the latest statistical skills. Exercises are well-designed and helpful to the learning experience. Definitely recommended!
Professor Ng is very good at teaching. The material is easy to follow
I am really satisfied with the course. I'm really glad I stuck with it. Looking forward to putting it to practice.The way the course is organized is really good. It's amazing to look back in all the subjects studied and how each one is built on top of each other. It is also good how there is always a programming exercise that really makes you think about the content studied on that lesson.I think the videos really need some post production. Some videos could be shortened since there is repeated material: Andrew decides to restart the explanation, because he messed up or something, but the part the he messed up is still in the video.It would be good if the Wiki that is present in Week 1 could also be present in all other Weeks, so we as students could feel encouraged to write the Wiki of each Week.
Great course. Makes it easy to understand basic concepts and algorithms of most popular ML methods through program assignments. Methods like logistic regression, SVM and Neural Networks become easy to comprehend and are not a "black box" anymore.
Great Course and Great Teacher!.Most of the topics covered are described in clear and practical way and the programming exercides help to get a better understanding.Perfecto to have an initial but solid backgroung abour Machine Learning.
Professor Ng enhances this course with many practical, real-world examples that we can all relate to. He also focuses on "how to intuit" things before diving into the details. The Matlab/Octave labs were useful and it was fun to see my "handwritten digit classifier" process images and correctly identify the digits.
Much knowledge delivered in rather easy form, I'm happy that I chose this course, now I feel myself like a superman.
Perfect teacher. He makes everything simple and clear
SIr AndrewNg And The Way He Teach is Awesome. He Know How To Make Even The Complicated Stuff Easy And The Most Important Implementation Part .
very good!! hope can download slides.
Great instructor and practical examples.
It's amazing and well-paced.
Very well constructed , logical and understandable course.A very good way to get introduced and learn more than just the basics.It has been a huge thrill every evening getting home from work and sit down next to the computer to watch the videos and study Machine Learning. Prof. Andrew Ng did put together a very effective program indeed.Thanks!
Good lecture!
Awesome Course!!
This course not only motivated me to get into machine learning but also made me aware how easy it is to learn online.
This is great course. The content is very focussed and is apt for professionals who wants a quick peek into the fundamentals but mostly focus on application of the theory.The delivery is awesome. The quizzes, assignments are very helpful. I ended up learning a very deep and complex subject with much ease. Kudos to the professor for making it look so simple.
Didn't have time to finish it, but i'll get it next time! great content.
It is great and the instructor is excellent.
Excellent course!The programming tasks are very interesting and you really got me engaged along the duration of it.
Simply amazing! Prof. Andrew Ng is a genius, taking this course with him has been an absolute pleasure.
Awesome course !! Every Computer Science student should take this course. It is very basic and won't require a lot of time and the learning would outweigh everything.
This is a wonderful course to start machine learning. Andrew maintains a consistent speed in explaining things which helps everyone. After finishing it I feel so much inspired to continue learning and practicing machine learning on my own.The volunteers of this course are also very good in helping us when we get stuck. Thanks to all the volunteers for creating threads on code submission and providing general guidance to all the students.Looking forward to more such courses.
Great course! I really learnt a lot and appreciated the effort made by Professor Ng in preparing all the course material. Highly recommended.
Excellent material and lectures. Top notch.
Amazing and inspiring course... Very well presented through all learning mediums and invigorating toward the study of scarce knowledge. I am considering following machine learning as a possible future career. Thank you Coursera, Stanford University, Andrew Ng and tutors.
The most accessible machine learning course I'v taken ever.
This is the best course I have come across in Coursera. The way Andrew Ng teaches this course made me complete 3 weeks of course in two days. Kudos to you guys!!
Great. Stanford created a beautiful master piece.
Great course! Andrew Ng does a great job at explaining the material in a concise but still pretty complete manner. He is very effective at simplifying this topic so that it can be readily understood. Very good support staff as well.
Professor is great! Course is impressive!
Absolutely Brilliant!!
Absolutely excellent. I learned so much and it has the right depth compared to courses that only offer usage information machine learning tools or others of similar level but not offering hands on programming.
Great Lessons!!! Easy to understand all the difficult and challenging algorithms with vivid examples and graphs.
absolutely great. Dr. Andrew Ng is one of the most best professors. He makes the material so simple to understand
My CS friend recommended me to take this course to learn more about how to use data in business, after he heard that I wanted to program an app for food. he warned me about the great deal of math involved (mainly linear algebra). me being a physics/engineering major I naturally got even more excited (it turned out that he was right, and it would also be a huge plus to know multivariate calculus, and I can see myself struggle with the concepts had I not studied both these topics to bits in school). incidentally, this was my first online coursera experience. I can tell you it will be life changing experience. No longer do I have to physically travel somewhere to listen to lectures or hand in assignments, nor download lecture notes off of the school server. This is a 24/7 always on always available service, with the best TA's to answer your questions if you get stuck on homework assignments and quizzes. Everything in the coding assignments tests your knowledge of the course lectures and is designed such that you can complete it in the shortest possible amount of time while reaping the maximum amount of benefit. It is "easy" sense does not require you to grind through mundane things like looking for your own training set data or writing code to plot and visualise the data, but it is "hard" in the sense that very often it takes an hour (or more) of studying the lectures and thinking to figure out how to solve the problem in the most efficient way as possible which often involves writing a single line of vectored matlab/octave code. It is more of an overview of the most important topics in machine learning, but will be a great springboard to go in depth into each aspect of it. Lastly, Andrew often offers wonderful insights into the day to day of machine learning professionals in his lecture videos, so I would advise watching every single minute of them to get the most out of the course instead of aiming to race over the finish line (which can be tempting at times when the deadline approaches)
The assignments are really aimed toward learning the course. It would be more exciting if optional assignments were more complicated.
Excellent! The one every Coursera-er should take!
Much more interactive than I expected. Pace is a bit fast especially if you are doing this with a day job but still great to follow and learn.
It is a great course for me to understand ML.
Fantastic course. The assignments especially the programming exercises are challenging and gives a head start into this complex world of machine learning. Need to keep practicing these algorithms to keep in touch with the knowledge learnt from this course. Highly recommend!
Best ever, Andrew Ang is a really good teacher
The best course I've learned
Highly recommended. Quality lectures, each one with programming assignments which leave you with usable opensource code, with appropriate tutorials for those assignments and adequate test-cases. Well worth the time invested.
Great for introduction to this area.It let us think we understood wide area of machine learning but in fact it's not so simple and not comprehensive.
Gives ppl good intiuition of machine learning,
One of the best courses, I studied so far.
I am just loving it! Thank you for all your effort.
Hi Coursera,Thanks for providing a course like this. I have had experience with a lot of MOOC but nothing can come closer to the simple explanation with technical depth from Andrew Ng.I feel really confident having done this Machine Learning Course. It has become very easy for me to interpret any Machine Learning problem and attempt to solve them.Please convey my deep sense of gratitude to Andrew Ng. Without him the coursera and the accessibility of courses like this would have become impossible for people like me who are from developing country.I have few suggestions regarding Machine Learning Course :1. If possible can we have a Machine Learning Part 2 course which is more advanced w.r.t content (math oriented), data munging, some more algos and with more focus on industry applications.I have few suggestions in general :1. Few relevant courses are shown as archived (Eg. Neural Networks) for past few years. Can you unlock them and make them a recurring course like 'Machine Learning'.Thanks,Arun
very good, strongly recommed
The instructor is extremely clear. Very informative course to get an introduction to machine learning. The assignments are fairly easy, still some of them require some time.
Great introduction to Machine Learning. However the assignments are often too simple.
Flawless lectures, easy to understand contents and great mentors! I <3 it.
good exercises and simple to absorb
Perfect course for Machine Learning 101
Great high-level overview of a lot of topics! Every lecture was very well explained. The written assignments and programming exercises were a good balance between getting your hands dirty while still being paced that you could finish them all in a timely manner and finish the course with a busy schedule. I had fun!
Great course. Andrew Ng conveys concepts in one of the most articulate and elegant ways I have ever experienced with any teacher.
Andrew Ng opens the Machine Learning world in an easy to understand way. Note - this course doesn't require any prerequisites, but understanding advanced mathematics (calculus) and programming languages is required to be successful. You may be able to learn these as you go or simply watch the videos and not "pass" the course, but I would spend some time practicing these skills before this course if you want the full experience.
I have really benefited immensely from this course. Andrew handled the course very well. I thank the entire team.
Great course with Geater Instructor, Thank you a lot A. Ng
Great course. A lot amazing materials with clear explanation..
Great course! Challenging but doable and very interesting the whole way though. Presentation is clear and the assignments are well designed and engaging.
Great introductory course on machine learning
It is a really great course to jump in machine learning.
Excellent course for students trying to discover their interests and potentials. One of the most interesting courses I've pursued so far.
I really liked this course and the way exercise and assignments are created such that even a no-maths student can learn it. Thumbs up.
I really enjoyed this course, particularly the programming exercises. I found it well thought-out and challenging in a really enjoyable way. Thank you very much!
I am quite interested in machine learning, and this course can help me get a basic fundamental knowledge about the machine learning, so I really appreciate this course.
What a great class! This was one of the most pleasurable experiences learning something that is both challenging and highly applicable.The effort that was put it into making this class such a success is apparent and well appreciated. Well done!
A good starting point for those with some basic quantitative backgrounds
Awesome introductory course to get your hands dirty
Excellent course, Professor Ng is a great talker and the subjects of the course are very catchy and useful. I'd recommend it without hesitation.
It is the best ML Course
Excellent course! Highly recommended for anyone interested in Machine Learning. Professor NG is clear and articulate and presents the content in an interesting and engaging manner.
nice teacher!
Awesome course. Almost all the important areas are covered and we can move to any direction further easily after completing this course.
The lectures are great, and they are reinforced with the quizzes and programming exercises. The quizzes need critical thinking to get all of them correctly. The programming assignments are there to cover the basic concepts.The way the course it taught is suited for online courses. The topics are well-divided in short chunks, making it easier to watch the lectures at different times of the day.There are some mistakes on the English subtitles, but it doesn't hinder the learning.Overall, a well-taught course.
Great class. Pretty basic for someone with a strong stats background and quite light on the math, but gives good overview and provides learners with good intuition.
Practical, Informative and Inspirational Introduction to Machine Learning.
Amazing intuition into Machine Learning. Thank you Ng.
Perfect so far as this course gives the rational behind each solution, and explains it in a simple manner, for many who have a basic understanding of vector calculus.
Excellent course ! The only negative point : working during christmas period...
Excellent insight into machine learning.Great logistics and course assignments
Brilliant Course!!!!
Lots of things to learn. Quizzes and assignments are really great.
The course if perfectly organized. It has just the right amount of complexity and forces you to think and understand what it is going on. Being proficient with Linear Algebra is a big plus, in particular with matrix operations. If you are not, not a bid deal, but I recommend spending a good amount of time on the review lessons. Trust me.The choice of Octave/Matlab as a programming language makes perfect sense. Not everyone is seasoned programmer. I found it is fairly easy to pick up Octave syntax and become quite proficient in a few days. The course has also a few Mentors active in the Discussion Forum that make your life a lot easier.
Awesome, Andrew is really taking us step by step into each notion with great pedagogy for beginners, I am following several other courses on data science and this one is actually helping me understand the others!! Many thanks
very useful, and clearly teaching~
Thank you Prof. Andrew Ng, especially your last video!
High quality content, learned a lot about ML
fairly easy, good for start
Very well planned and delivered. Thanks Prof. Andrew Ng and Coursera.
Andrew Ng's machine learning course is awesome and definitely great material for beginners!
A great introduction to the field of Machine Learning to novices. The step by step method to explain this complex field in simple terms is really helpful. I would really recommend this as the first course in Machine learning for somebody interested in forming a strong foundation. Good mix of theory and practice. Thanks Andrew Ng for sharing his knowledge. Looking forward to more courses from him in future.
Very good course, provide me basic understanding about Machine Learning, the tools, the algorithm that I can further study by myself in the future.
Taught by renowned Andrew Ng, you probably won't find any better course for developing a broad (but thorough) understanding of ML algorithm fundamentals.The course is challenging, demands one's dedication and commitment and therefore shouldn't be taken lightly when consider enrolling into the course. However what you can get out of it is absolutely worth devoting full dedication if you think AI & ML is going to be key part of your future career advancement.
Extremely excited about this class, especially since I want to do a PhD in Computer Science with a focus on Machine Learning
This course is quite basic in that it offers intuition and insights of ml methods in a less math-heavy fashion. It would be nice if more material/additional optional reading is offered for someone interested in the proof of some key points.
This course offers informative lectures with good explanations, a set of quizzes with well-posed questions and even programming exercises that are evaluated online using Octave. Highly recommended!
The course provides an excellent overview of the Machine learning . However, the programming assignments are quite basic once OCTAVE/MATLAB is well understood. The quizzes are interesting. Could include a capstone project with guidance.
Great
very nice , thanks to Andrew NG !
Simpley perfect.
Supe course! Deep and inspirational!
Andrew Ng is now my idol after this class :)
Excellent Course for beginners!!!Andrew teaches this course seamlessly.
lectures of stanford open courseware are much more difficult
Very, very and very cool course. It gives you opportunity to understand and built your own AI applications. After taking this course you obtain enough knowledge to design machine learning systems. I liked it a lot
I really enjoyed the course. It was a very good introduction to a lot of topics in machine learning. The quizes and assignments were manageable but not too easy.However, there were no written course materials to print out. Thats the reason I only rate the course 4 stars.
The instructor is awesome and the contents are very efficientThank you :)
I have only completed Week 3 so far but I am enjoying the course immensely so far. The instructor, Andrew Ng, does a great job of explaining complex concepts in a clear and concise manner. I found that the programming assignments were extremely useful in understanding the concepts.
An excellent intro to machine learning that is so accessible that it is well suited to anyone who knows even basic algebra and programming concepts. If you have any interest whatever in understanding how we can extract meaning from data, this class is definitely something you should consider.
Incredible course. Huge tahnks to proffessor Ng.
Outstanding introduction to Machine Learning!
A very good introduction to Machine Learning (may need to review your linear algebra skills a little though).
It is a tough but great course. You need your passion and determination to finish this course - the homework really took me a long time. Besides learning about machine learning, the course also provide me a new angle to refresh my understanding of calculus, linear algebra and programming language. Great experience! It also gives you a genuine sense of achievement when you finally finish the course after all the hard work. The course can't make you an expert, but it's a very good start for learning about machine learning. Highly recommend!
Loved it
This is really a great introductory course to machine learning. The explanation is very clear and the exercises are all well-designed. Thank you very much for creating this course!
I thought that Machine Learning is a very dificult matter, and I still think that, but I'd like to say that I have learned about machine learning in a very easy way with this course. It has a lot of practical exercise where you can see what are you learning. Teacher talk and explain very good.
I wish I could rate it 5 star. By far the best Coursera course I ever attended.
very intuitive
Challenging, interesting, rewarding and fun!
Andrew is a great teacher and his teaching method is excellent.
Awesome course to jump right into Machine Learning world.
thank you!
This the recommended place for a beginner to start in machine learning as well for 'experts' who need to freshen up on the concepts. Course covers most of the relevant topics in machine learning without going deep into mathematics. There should be more courses from Professor Ng in continuation of these topics.
The best course of machine learning I had ever taken.
Very carefully designed
Great introductory course. Lectures are well organized and easy to follow, and assignments are just challenging enough and help reinforce the material. I've also found the course discussion active and useful.
THE best course on Coursera. (IMHO)
Great explanation from Andrew NG
Great course if you want to understand the internals of machine learning algorithm and want to see it work yourself. Most importantly, you can actually get the understanding of where and how to use them in real world. Professor Andrew Ng, is really helpful in making you understand it in a very simple and easy way.
I fond of the course a great deal!
Andrew Ng explains the complex subject of machine learning very well and provides ample programming exercises to practice coding.
Perfect
Best and most informative course I've taken so far. Dr. Ng is very good at demystifying deep concepts to students.
Very well explained and practical introduction to machine learning. I enjoyed it a lot! Thank you!
It is a very interesting course, which gives a good overview of this new field. Also the exercises are very illustrating and helpful to gain deeper knowledge.
Very good course for introduction to ML. Must have.
The lecturer explains things really well, excellent course
The Best!
The pace of the course is slow enough for beginners to keep up but not too slow to feel like it's dragging. Excellent!
The topics are perfectly presented, the order of topics is logical and the transition between topics is smooth.
Awesome learning experience
very good course
Very helpful, Andrew makes it very clear and I really enjoy the class.Thank you so much!
Amazing class!! Very well done and I learned a lot!
Well explanation and very informative notes for better understanding the real problems.
Outstanding course.My only feedback is you force the students to use Octave/MATLAB. I used Python do all the assignments but I didn't bother submitting my answers to get credit for the course because I would have had to reimplement it again in Octave.Maybe give some more in-depth optional assignments? I would have liked to have actually implemented a SVM rather than use a lib (at-least one time).
fun to follow with insightful easy to understand examples
Best instructor I have ever seen, Andrew really wants us to learn the easiest way as possible.I loved it. Thank you very much for the opportunity, sir. You are outstanding.
My first course on Coursera.Very well explained, even for people who kind of lack some mathematical knowledge.Many useful advices about how to use each algorithm, choosing features, etc...I would recommend it to anyone wanting to start in machine learning.NB: The ability to watch the video in 1.25x to 2x is really useful.
OMG,this class is fantastic.Thx Dr.Andrew.
Excellent course with great hands-on exercises for practice and deeper learning.
According to me, the best online course for the topic
One of the best course on Coursera, I am sure.
Great course for people with zero experience in machine learning!
Love it already
Great course. After you have mastered neural networks it becomes easier.
I really enjoyed the classes
Excellent explanations and worked examples
Excellent Course to get into machine leraning.
very enriching course. I have learned a lot. The lecturer is very good, one of the best i've encountered on the web as well as in real life.
I used the classifiers previously but never knew the inner details how the classifier is derived. It is very helpful to me in the real life.
very good course
This is a very great introductory course to machine learning. Covers several models, videos are very thorough and programming assignments are very helpful in grasping and implementing what is discussed in the lectures. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in getting in the machine learning field.
Excellent overview of the fundamentals of machine learning with applications
Course was great. I would have liked a little more depth on some of the math (often glossed over) - eg: how SVMs really work, sketches of the ideas behind the "advanced" algorithms (conjugate gradient etc) - but I guess I can find that elsewhere. I appreciated all of the practical advice and insights.
This course is an excellent one for anyone who want to get into the world of Machine Learning.The course material is structured very well and the Professor is very good at explaining all the concepts in a clear and concise way. A little programming experience in any language and a bit of linear algebra is enough to start this course.I gained a lot of understanding into the details of how machine learning is used in real life applications - thanks to the course!.
Amazing course although some errors in formula expression. But it really does not matter.Would be better if the lecture notes are clean without electronic annotation.
Five stars is not enough. I rushed through this course because I couldn't stop. This is by far the most amazing online learning experience I've ever had. Thank you so much, Andrew!
Great class, wonderfully taught! Complex topics have been explained very well for anyone to understand. Perfect if you want to get into developing Machine Learning applications on your own or if you just want to know more about them. The quizzes and programming assignments provided great opportunities to try out and better understand the topics covered in the lecture videos.Would definitely recommend!
Brilliant!! the course explains beautifully complex content.
The key topics in machine learning are well explained and the course is fun to follow.
The programming assignments were quite heavy and challenging for me. But I enjoyed them and accomplished them. I could get practical knowledge about machine learning through this class, and I would like to use the techniques I learned from this class for my future work. Thanks.
I really appreciate all the stuff, facilitators and brains behind this course!
It's one of the best online courses I've ever taken.
Very nice learning and usefull concepts.I do recommend this course.
two major issuesnot enough Matlab mechanicsnot enough feature design or feature shaping
Excellent course for new learner. But talking little about math, and many mathematical proofs were skipped, so if you eager to find out why, that's not enough.
The machine learning course is simply magnificent. Andrew Ng simply clever.
Excellent course. You will learn different machine learning techniques, and then, implement algorithms in real life problems or cases. If you have to chance, you should definitely take the course.
you feel fully supported while taking this course, and surrounded by people who know the materials well and are also willing to help others who don't. five star recommendation.
The content of the course is very rich and first class, the instructor is great and. The software used is MATLAB or Octave. If you devote a lot of time and effort to this course, you will learn a lot about machine learning and algorithms used. The assignments are the most practical part of this course.
This course is informative. It is structured & executed smoothly.
A great introduction to the realm of machine learning. Would recommend it to anyone serious about ML.
Absolutely perfect
Absolutely incredible stuff! I enjoyed this course a little bit more than my university course as I could pace and time this course. About to finish and get a course certification. I recommend this to everyone! Andrew NG is an incredible lecturer who has not helped me learn Machine Learning but also helped cement a life long passion for Machine Learning.
Very good introduction and advanced insight in the field at the same time. A performance to get to the essential without getting entangled with the maths, while you will need at least a little understanding of algebra.
Big fan of Prof.Andrew
Good course for learn Deep Learning.
This was my first on line course and the experience has been amazing. The lectures by Prof Andrew Ng were clear and the follow up programming exercises helped reinforce and enhance the concepts covered in the lectures.The entire course was very well organized - videos, notes, discussion groups, suggestions and tips by the mentors was very easy to follow.The focus of this course is on the practical application of machine learning techniques (supervised learning mostly but also some non supervised learning). Prof Andrew tries not to get into the advanced mathematical concepts but instead provides good intuition and then shows one how to apply the different ideas underpinning machine learning with some practical examples. In my view, this is an excellent way to quickly become familiar the concepts and to see machine learning in action. A student of the course will gain very good insights and can then follow up with the underlying math as needed.The final two lectures on how to scale machine learning to large systems and a suggested systematic framework for figuring out which aspects of the design to focus on were very instructive.In summary, i would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in the area of machine learning. Be prepared to work through some challenging (but very worthwhile) programming exercises to get the most out of the course.
Very useful and complete course.
Very well put together.
Worth it!!
Excellent course. However, it is more practice oriented, so I wouldn't recommend it if you are interested in gaining a deep understanding of the mathematics behind the ML algorithms.That being said I highly recommend it.
Excellent introduction for the basic understanding of the Machine Learning. Very good, structured, easy to follow and understand course for anyone whose has previous exposure to linear algebra using MATLAB and Octave.The mentors appear to be very active and hence should not be trouble for anyone without very strong background ( read prerequisite like Linear Algebra especially for the assignments). The Assignments are self explanatory enough that I did all of them in just 2-3 weeks, thanks to my 2-3 years of coding in MATLAB and linear algebra.Thanks very much Prof. Ng and the team!
Great Course, Simplified way of understanding the topic, although i was expecting machine learning to be much harder than that,, the teacher could convince me that it's not that hard and that i really do it and pass,, it was fun taking this course, i was really enjoying it, thanks to the great motivator Professor Andrew, thank you very much for your efforts. i know now i'm ready to work on much harder machine learning application and much more sophisticated ones, 100% satisfied :))Thank you VERY muchHeba Alawneh
Very good course, but too focused on quantitatively analysis, maybe the practical applications will come in subsequent weeks.
This class was a great introduction to machine learning ideas and implementation. Prof. Ng does a really good job of not only showing you how to code up machine learning examples in MATLAB/Octave, but explaining the rationale behind them. If machine learning is as much an art as a science, then this is the "artistic" part, which is hard to find in a textbook.However, I do kind of wish we had covered fewer topics, but in more detail. Mind you, I'm biased because I was a math major and want to see proofs for everything, but I would have really liked to see more of the details behind support vector machines and neural networks. If you're looking for that kind of thing, then it's probably best to do additional reading on your own.Anyway, I still gave this class five stars because I have been searching for an introduction to machine learning that could give me a broad perspective (and share some wisdom of expertise) for a while now. I found it in Andrew Ng's machine learning class on Coursera.
Andrew Ng is the best!Thanks for making this course available.
Andrew Ng is the best teacher ive ever studied under!
A fantastic course, taught by an extremely thoughtful and helpful instructor! This is the first Coursera program that I've enrolled in, and I hope to find more great experiences like this.
best of the bests
It's a great course, well-structured and Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher!
It as great experience-----
It is a perfect introduction to the subject!
Very thorough. This was the most in-depth course i've taken on Coursera yet.
This class is very easily and well explained. Beginners like me can understand. Thank you
Dr. Ng is a conceptual teacher, gifted with the ability to convey concepts and directions in the course that provides pragmatic topical coverage with sufficient depth. I thoroughly enjoyed completing the course, and I hope he will find the time in the future to design and teach a course with more in-depth teachings in machine learning and statistics as well - which I will look forward to taking.
very good! Prof. Andrew NG gives very clear idea of how machine learning works and how to use them in data analysis .
Amazingly well-paced course !
Overall, an excellent course. Well organized and taught. MatLab/Octave homeworks can be tedious but thats coding for you.
Professor Andrew Ng's, Machine Learning course is excellent. The material is well presented, and thorough. The assignments were carefully constructed. My only regret is that I did not take this course a lot sooner! Matlab or Octave is the right tool for that course.
This is an excellent course. This course has evoked my interest in the topic. The best course I have taken till now in Coursera.
Very well explained course.
Excellent course that holds one's hand through the field of ML and provides a hands on guide through the in-video questions, quizes & assignment tutorials. A great confidence builder.
very easy to get some idea about machine learning, interesting contents
Excellent, though slow-paced, very introductory, and glossed over some mathematical/theoretical underpinnings
Great
The best course for beginners.
I really have enjoyed it!
Really great and useful!
Andrew Ng is an excellent presenter. He does not "spoon-feed" yet gives you just enough information to take you over the challenging hurdles.Great course!
Fantastic course! Instructor is great and the material is very interesting. One of the best courses I have ever taken.
Excellent! I'm very excited!
Really good course.
it's very goog course
more than excellent
Andrew Ng is a very good lecturer, and the course was extremely well designed.
This course is an excellent beginning for anyone who'd like to discover the fantastic realm of Machine Learning. It is beginners oriented, but people who already have a certain level in mathematics will be challenged too. I really enjoyed the coding parts: guided, thorough and informative, with a lot of optional exercices to test one's comprehension of the material.I'd have liked to hear about decision trees, but hey: that would have been the cherry ON the cherry on the cake.Thank you Professor Ng for making this course available free to all learners around the world. Thanks also to all the mentors that helped so many students in their path to achievement.All the best for you new learners,K.
amazing and useful
This class is "concretely" awesome!
This is the BEST machine learning course for everyone.Easy to understand and straightforward!Thank you Andrew Eg, lovely TAs, and warm hearted subtitle groups !
It helps me a lot
Excellent class, highly recommended!
Octave was the pain point.concept theory well explained, python/R would have added a lot of value to this.
Very good! There's a substantial amount of mathematics and code implementations but the breadth and clarity of the course is fantastic.
Perfect Overview of the different Machine Learning techniques
great introduction to ml
This is a very useful class.
This is an awesome course. The way Professor Ng has explained everything, coming to the level of students, making everything intuitive for us and giving us practical knowledge. This course is highly recommended as a first course in Machine Learning.
Very good course! Widen my vision
I really like this course. Very useful and I can learn Matlab also.
That's pretty helpful for the one who even have a very little mathematical background.
Nice course! Great teacher!
A good course to get into the world of data science!
I love Andrew Ng
This course tells the basic concept of Machine Learning and meanwhile provides me with refreshing examples of the practical implementation of Machine Learning. Although the principle of Neural Network is a little ambiguous introduced in class, it is still the best choice for novice like me.
Good overview of ML. Does not require a deep mathematical background and therefore lectures are not as rigorous as Alex Ihler's lectures (youtube) which take similar or less duration.
I have learned a lot. The things are easy to understand but useful.
This course's video lectures are carefully created. They present exactly the information you need to know in such manner, that people with different backgrounds and mathematical and MATLAB/Octave will understand. The course community is always there to help. I've learned a lot already and I'm only halfway through the course.
fantastic learning experience so far.
This class is awesome! Although, I wish he would do a redo of it with Python.
As everyone said, it is the best on-line course about the machine learning. Thanks Andrew!
Thank you very much to Andrew and to the whole team for the great course!All the best, a lot of fun during your next trips into education, research!Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
A well balanced all around intro to the field. It has been an amazing experience. I am totally greatful.
Probably the best computer science related MOOC in the internet!
I feels like opening the door of a new world after this course.
best course on machine learning available online and also best course on Coursera.
Great course! Very educational, and clearly given by a teacher who is both engaged, pedagogical and an expert in his field.
This is the best Machine Learning class I ever took, after taking several ML classes in real life and online. Unlike most other ML courses focusing on math, this class specifically emphasizes on how to analyze/debug a system. The programming exercises are extremely well-organized and helpful in implementing the algorithms and debug the performance problems. The instructor is doing a fantastic job in making things clear to people from all background.The videos may seem long and the programming exercises take a long time to complete. But the effort is so worth it.
Amazing! Taught me the basics so I can move on to anywhere I please when it comes to Artificial Intelligence.
Great starting point to learn Machine Learning. Difficult concepts were explained clearly.
Crystal clear and well paced lectures, good coverage of several interesting topics, amusing exercises.Thanks professor Ng and TAs.
Crystal clear and well paced lectures, good coverage of several interesting topics, amusing exercises.Thanks professor Ng and TAs.
really impressive and useful!
Useful and very friendly to learn !
Very Good~
Thanks you, Andrew Ng
A great great machine learning introductory course with a lot ground covered -- but the best part is most of these methods are nicely packed into one convex optimization algorithm gradient descent. There are a lot of "tricks" that will be very helpful in real world projects.
Excellent Course. I learnt a lot. It has a lot of fun & exciting real-life practical examples.
Awesome course
Excellent course. The videos provide a lot of intuitions and are technically sound. The weekly assignment are very helpful to better understand these new aspects.My only concern is that I wish Andrew Ng could teach other classes than Machine Learning :-)
Absolutely the most useful course for anyone who is interested in machine learning. The course explains almost common models in a way that even non-statistical background learners can understand with ease.
Fantastic introduction to Machine Learning. I come from Physics, and so my prorgaming knowledge comes mainly from the numerical side of computing, and I found this course was excellent at providing a bigger insight in how numerical algorithms can be applied to real world problems, as opposed to only being able to solve analytical ones. Thank you very much for this course.
It is pretty fast paced as well in depth course on Machine Learning. First five weeks are hard and mainly focused on building foundation while rest of the weeks teaches very useful technique to broaden the knowledge. Professor Ng has done awesome job as well as all the mentors. There is so much information on the group discussion, I hardly had to post anything as most of the answers to my questions are already there. wiki page is great and I did read it before taking any quiz. Some quizzes are super hard and I had to attempt few times to pass those.
Very good course!
This is an excellent introduction to ML. Coming from a mathematical background, I felt that at times the course was a bit slow (e.g. Professor Ng would spend time performing steps on every element of a matrix, when a couple of examples would have sufficed), but jumping ahead in the video solved this problem easily. I was a bit more frustrated, however, with the few instances of, "here's the formula, you don't need to know the derivation." I guess those who want to understand the math behind the techniques can always look elsewhere, but Professor Ng obviously knows a great deal and is able to clearly and concisely explain difficult subjects, and so I was a bit disappointed to not be getting his instruction in the more difficult aspects.But, overall this course is great. In particular, I found the programming assignments to be excellent. They are a good level of difficulty, and manage to be quite interesting, as well. I will definitely hold onto the code I wrote for this course for reference as I move forward.Professor Ng, please create a more advanced course next!
Good introduction course to machine learning.There is no capstone project which is a disappointment
very well framed course.
Entrance level course. Much easier than CS229 provided by Stanford University. You don't need to prove the maths formular. All that you should do is to understand how to use.
exhaustive explanation with proper detailing of the concept.
A great course and the best part is that it is self paced and the concepts are taught from bottom up in a very simple manner and lets even a layman understand the core concepts while always pointing to more advanced resources and techniques. Perfect Introduction to a vast field.
The historic course in Coursera but still relevant until today!
Learn a lot about ML from this course. Very helpful for a beginner in the ML community
Great course content. Andrew Ng is a great teacher, and the course structure worked really well for me.
Perfect for machine learning beginners. I really enjoyed this course.Here are what I enjoyed most:The instructor provides intuition about how the techniques work, gives you just enough amount of details, looks at the applications, etc. Well done.
I miss some practical examples and applications. It is great, but too much theory.
easily can understand
This is the best introductory course I took about ML. Real problems with real data and all done in Jupiter. Each week has a theory section with a test at the end and then a practical part where to apply all the knowledge learnt.Thanks to all the team, specially to Carlos Guestrin and Emily Fox for your enthusiastic way of teaching (you did a great job).
Brilliant Course. It is more like Fundamentals of Machine Learning
The course is technical enough, complete and well thaught. In few weeks it will literally enable you to many opportunities in the ML field.
Excellent. Well balanced theory and
really great classes!!! hoping more
Best Course for Machine Learning
An excellent overview of a hot and powerful field. Interesting and relevant examples. Some typos remain, but most are minor and easily discovered.
Sometimes the course may feel too basic, but it makes everything very clear. Closed lots of gaps in my knowledge about machine learning. The only regret I feel that the course does not cover decision trees and bayesian networks.
Sir Andrew NG has helped me a lot to learn about Machine learning which would prove me to be build a great platform in learning and experiencing the practical applications in the field I have chosen.I sincerely thank Sir for giving me this opportunity of grasping and implementing the same(Machine Learning Algorithms). Also it would help enhance business problems and apply my knowledge further.Thanking You !
High Level Course! The topics are explained with great competence and exercises in Matlab are really useful.
Awesome course! Covers a lot of details. The explanations and videos are very well drafted and really provide a lot of clarity on the subjects
Amazing course, Professor Ng is very knowledgeable and a great teacher. Complex concepts in ML were explained thoroughly and patiently, and the exercises are fun and well constructed.
Awesome material at awesome pace. Building solid platform for advanced learning.
Dr. Ng does a great job transfering his knowledge and experience on the subject to the on-line students, describing in detail every equation and every subscript.Since I am new to Machine Learning, I will keep my notes from the Course as a reference.The only minus is that I had to pause many times the videos in order to write my notes. Maybe, it would be better if the slides were offered as downloads...Thanks a lot Coursera!Filoktimon Repoulias
a great course!
This was an extremely well put together course. The lectures content and format were amazing and made complex topics very approachable. I am very happy I took the course.
This course manages to be approachable while still covering a large variety of subjects. By the end of the class you won't be a master of any particular machine learning algorithm, but you will have a good idea of what you need to study further. Probably one of my favorite classes ever (and not just at Coursera).
Best intro into machine learning.
This was my best 11 weeks ever. I got really a lot here from Andrew. I was glad to have this opportunity of learning advanced technology and completing some examples for application. Thanks a lot! And thank you, Andrew, for Machine Learning Course and this website Coursera! It is literally an incredibly amazing place for studying.
Thank you, Dr. Ng and Stanford for this excellent course. Although I do not become an expert in machine learning, I learned a lot to apply to my projects. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn the advanced artificial intelligence.
Excellent course. Difficult at the start, especially if you have not looked at math symbols and statistics formulae in a while, but worth pushing through. I tend not to move on until I completely understand something but with this course it was best for me to accept some of the formulae as truth and move on. Eventually I started seeing the light, and towards the end of the course I got what was going on in the earlier lectures.
This course is magnificent! It was a great pleasure to make programming assignments and watch lectures.Practically, it was so good, that I'm thinking of making some career choices soon.Thank you!
Excellent Course and Well detailed lectures. For a beginner in Machine learning, i am able to understand the concepts clearly. Quiz and Assignments are really good and interesting. I am hoping to complete this certification by new year
It is not perfect, but as an open course it is impressive.
Paradigmatic video lecture by an amazing Andrew Ng.
Good balance between theory and hands on exercises. Very enjoyable.
Andrew is a great professor. Explained the topics clearly.
Wonderful course!
The best online course i've ever attended. The explainations are crystal clear even for non-methematicians and the topic is widely covered ( No deep learning nor bayesian methods though). If only my former college teachers would've been half that good..
Concepts are very clearly explained. Programming exercises are really helpful. If only a more technical counterpart of this course is available.
An excellent course for beginning! Technical organization is very well. It would be great to have a continuation
very good, but i think more suggested materials are needed.
Thank you for conducting this valuable course.
Fantastic course. Andrew Ng is a great professor who has the ability to make a complicated subject very simple
The exercises lead you to the edge of a cliff, then push you off. No guidance. Good luck if you don't already know linear algebra, matrix math, and matlab. I'll be looking elsewhere to learn about Machine Learning. Glad I didn't pay for this course!
Andrew Ng and his team prepared well structured course full of fantastic study materials.
Great course! Absolutely recommendable!
This was my first coursera class, and I came out feeling confident in my use of the methods that Prof. Ng taught. The programming exercises do a very good job of guiding students through the implementational details of each learning method and usually provide examples to illustrate the strengths, weaknesses, and options within each. I'm a graduate student in a protein structure/rational drug design lab, and the topics from this class have already weaved their way into my projects. These methods are applicable to almost any quantitative form of data - I strongly recommend this course for other young researchers, either to prepare to implement the methods themselves, or to just start thinking about how to format the conventions of their sceintific domain in a machine-learnable way!
Andrew is excellent at explaining things. Unfortunately the course doesn't go through some of the derivations because it is introductory, but he still offers a reasonable explanation / intuition for most of the content. This is the de-facto standard ML class for beginners and a good intro to coursera and online courses in general. Take this course!
Excellent course, great speaker !
Great intro to applied machine learning
Excellent course. The material is presented clearly. The assignments give a great practical overview of Machine Learning.
Really nice course to start with machine learning.
This is a very good introduction to machine learning. It seem liked the right combination of breadth and depth for me. Each concept was coupled with a real life example, which was great. This course has motivated me to explore the field further and I would recommend it to others as well.
Awesome instructor and great course overall! Materials are well-presented and the programming assignments helped me reinforce the contents from lecture videos! I definitely recommend anyone with even slight curiosity about what machine learning is about take this course from professor Andrew Ng!
This course is awesome. It is a great start for people who want to do machine learning
Kudos to the creators of this course!
excellent course, Thank you Prof Andrew Ng
Perfect! Got a lot after learning.
Bit too fast.
However good the material and lectures may be, the use of an outdated version of Octave (which is not Mac-friendly and exceedingly brittle, to the extent where the supplied code requires manual patching in Windows and Linux) is a complete turn-off and makes it nearly impossible to complete the assignments on time unless you're prepared to spend at least twice as much time debugging your setup as doing the actual assignments.I'll come back when this is done with R or Python.
A truly fantastic course. Extremely useful, practical, relevant content and examples, plus such a great teacher as well as very helpful course staff and other students. Thanks Andrew, team and the rest of the students.For anyone considering doing the course, note that the time requirements can be a lot - the lectures are fine but two or three of the assignments took far more than 3 hours (if you plan on actually battling through the coding this is relevant. I'd highly recommend that anyone considering doing the course does the assignments since this is where the real magic happens - Andrew quite deviously leaves a bit of the theory to be fully worked out by yourself in the assignments).
A large number of topics covered.A very good explanation of the material.Interesting programming assignments.
Excellent course on Machine Learning. 100% recommended
awesome course
Great course with a lot of interesting material. Although it is too simple and I missed more advanced topics and mathematical details.
A really good course. The teacher explains a lot of different topics clearly. You will learn a lot of Machine Learning. Moreover, there are practical works that help you to implement what you see during the video.
Really gain a lot from the courses!
Best course! Best instructor! Instructor has complete grasp on the subject and augments every lesson with pertinent examples to make everything lucid. Thank you Sir Andrew Ng!
Just awesome!
Clear instruction and insightful assignments.
Very accessible course about machine learning. I strongly recommend to anyone interested in ML! Andrew Ng's lectures are very informative and clear. As a bonus, you'll even learn to use Octave or Matlab.
Excellent and Clear. Very Simple and at the same time complex. Provides a great practical learning experience.
My first course online but one of my best student course.Very interesting course, easy maybe too easy.
Awesome course, really like it !
The course was well organized and structured.It was a bit complicated to get the submission process starting, due to the patches necessary.It is a very nice course to demystify machine learning algorithms.
My first course on Coursera and definitely worth it. The time load is 3-5 hours a week, which might be a scary number, but I'm glad I did it as I now have a nice overview of the things possible with ML.
Great introduction into Machine Learning algorithm and as well a good refresher for practioneers.
This course was great! Andrew Ng did a wonderful job of explaining the material and keeping it engaging. The questions on the quizzes were relevant and provoked thought, not just recall. The programming assignments were interesting and have you implement actual ML algorithms.If Andrew offered another class, I'd take it!
The standard for intro to machine learning. Everyone recommends this as a first start.It could be updated for newer practices, though. No trees, no cross validation folding, etc.Rather than submitting Octave code, it would be cool if you could write the program in a language of your choice. They create a random set of data each time, and you have to produce results within a certain tolerance of that dataset.
Great course. Hard things explained simple way. Very much recommended to everyone who want to start with ML.
Great Course, learns a lot !!
Best course on ML there is.
Excellent course, completely recommended. Explains very well, and the exercise really help you understand. Gives quite enough real world examples to understand the use of what you are learning.
It's not hard to follow, and very interesting.
nice course，nice teacher.
An excellent course! - easy to understand, programming exercises focus on the implementation of key ideas which saves lots of time in coding.
Prof. Andrew Ng's presentation is pretty intuitive and effective. For me I've almost forgotten the Linear Algebraic after graduated for years, but it is still easy to 100% understood what he taught. The exercises are also designed very practical for us to better understand the lectures, and I think I can deploy them for my future work as well. This learning series is really helpful and seems open an window for me to understand Machine Learning, since I thought it would be very very hard to understand before attended this series. By now, I am proudly to say that I am in the room of this great discipline. I really appreciate Prof. Andrew Ng's effort as well as the support team.
Great course!! I have learnt a great deal. Can professor Ng deliver more lectures on advanced Machine Learning?
Best Course I have taken! Course is well organized and doesn't get boring. Would recommend!
A very interesting and excellent introduction to machine learning!
great way to organize the information of the course, clear steps, logically structured.
Some of the lectures were noticeably not edited properly.
Excellent course, very well explained by Andrew Ng! :) Many, many thanks to Andrew Ng and all the other that contributed to that course! :)
Really good, you can learn important concepts, the course is plenty of exercises and practice, But even better you can have recognition for work and, like in my case, get new contracts and clients.
Perfect!!
It should be in Python, but it's great nonetheless!
Great content, well documented, good exercises and scripts for work submission
Great teacher! I wonder if this course could be done in python.
Excellent lectures and material. Very motivating content with the presentation of real life applications!Thanks.
Excellent hand holding into Machine Learning world. It's like a hop-in hop-out bus tour of Paris.
This is a perfect fundamental course for machine learning. It's really recommended for people who are interested with this subject but fear for the mathematics it might involve. Professor Andrew NG made all related algorithm easy to understand and interesting. Besides, the programming exercise are very considerate, you can learn a lot from practice.
Really an awesome course! Thank you!
At the beginning, I thought it would be hard for a starter in ML; however, during the process, I found the course setting is easy to follow, especially the quiz, which help me master the key point of each class. And the programming exercises give me the intuition in applying each individual ML skills. I think the course settings are convenient and practical. So after finishing the course, I have excuse to recommend other ML beginners to join the course, which will help to build a skeleton of the knowledge about the concept, algorithm, and skills in ML. AND thank Andrew and Coursera for giving such an practical guidance.The suggestion at last what I want to append is providing some further courses or future direction after this course. However, maybe I can get them from the course forum.
The course is well organised, with cutting edge knowledge ready to use in our information era. And Andrew was really decent with clear illustration and explanations. I really enjoy taking this course!
An extremely great course to build strong foundations of Machine Learning concepts.
many great real world examples, excellent labs and fantastic Professor!
I believe this is the most enjoyable nine weeks course that I ever had. Prof. Andrew has his way explaining a complex mathematical concept in an easy and non-intimidating way. I used to be afraid & dislike when it comes to statistics, machine learning related field. After following this course, I've gained a bit more courage to learn more complex and exciting field. The Quiz and programming works are challenging but enjoyable to do. It gives me more understanding about the topic while having fun applying the concept to real problems in my field of work.The course itself is really interesting and relevant if you are in the software engineering field. There are a lot of concepts that you can apply to your work. I highly recommended to follow the course and do the assignment.
The course content was excellent. Only drawback was voice recording quality.
Andrew NG is an amazing pedagogue and his course is the reference knowledge for Machine Learning.
Great course, great leader.
Excellent course! Mr. Ng is great lecturer with great ability to explain even the most complicated concepts. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn about machine learning.
Excellent course, I believe is the best course I had ever take.
Really interesting so far. Learning a lot of cool things. Might be time for some updates as some of the course material seems really old.
Great course but light on the mathematical part would love to get those insights.
The course provides a sizeable amount of pretty cohesive material, which can still be understood by non-CS students. It's very practical and it includes a very nice mix of quiz tests and great MATLAB/Octave programming assignments. After going through the assignments I started wondering about other problems which data sets I can plug with small modifications into the completed solutions. Andrew Ng keeps a great balance between explaining important details and skipping over parts that require straying too much from the main topic of the lecture. I still don't have very deep or broad knowledge in the Machine Learning domain, but it feels like the course doesn't miss anything of the fundamentals.Overall, I'd definitely recommend the course to CS students, high-school students with interests in the computer science area and even specialists in other areas with some knowledge in linear algebra with interest in the AI and ML domains.
Great course, focus on the practical application and giving you the tools to actually implement something and get it to work well. Couldn't recommend this highly enough.
I would totally recommend this course to someone looking to get an insight about the most popular methods of machine learning. The video lectures are well explained and the programming exercices are a really good guidance to learn by yourself to put everything in practice.
I enjoyed the course. It covered many machine learning topics and supplied good advice and simple working example. It is a great practical guide.
Very well presented. Thank you Sir!
assignment might be bit more hard and complex.
Really helpful, explanatory and teaching class! I'm learning a lot of practical methods which can be applied on many systems. The level of classes are enough for many people from different backgrounds. Thanks to all contributors especially to Andrew Ng! :)
This is how an online course should be! Quizzes, Programming assignments, Questions change when you retake quizzes! Would've been better if a reference textbook was suggested that one can grasp more information from. I couldn't rate the course below 5 though. Recommended!
one of the best online course out there for any beginner to learn machine learning. Even if your background of maths is not strong, don't let that stop you from joining this course. The instructor is very good in explaining basic mathematics. In short, advance calculus is not a requirement for this course (but good to have).
i'm very excited whole during the course.i'm recommending to join this course to all guys who is working on IT indurstory.i would like to say a lot of thank you to teacher ng!
very informative
I'm learning a lot in a pleasant way.
Excellent information so far.
Un curso impresionante, inclusive para quienes (como yo) tienen experiencia previa en cursos de nivel universitario en aprendizaje automático. El profesor es extraordinario, y las clases son excelentemente llevadas adelante por el profesor, quien es un GURU en la materia. Absolutamente recomendado.--An impressive course, including for those who (like me) had previous experience with University level courses regarding machine learning. The teacher is extraordinary, and the classes are excellently taught by the teacher, who is a GURU in this topic. Absolutelly recommended!
Easy to understand and bunch of exercises!
I have learned a lot of machine learning skills that we can directly apply for solving complex problems such as car detection, segmentation, and etc. I very apprciate that the Coursera offers such a marvelous course like this!
This is a great course which help me learned a lot of domain knowledge.
Absolutely fantastic and enormously useful course. This is a wet dream for academics in all fields alike. Highly rated! Also, Andrew Ng is a brilliant scientist who has an extensive academic reach. He's an excellent teacher! Work through the course, you won't regret it.
Presented in a very easy way!
it's very useful and help me broaden view on data science and artificial intelligence
This course clearly illustrate the fundamental stuff of machine learning. It is very easy to follow and understand. This course is really useful, and it also give us a direction for further studying!
only Ii can say something. the teachear is great.
Awesome class. I learned a lot, and I got to program in MATLAB for the first time in years.
Excellent course with practical and fun examples. I'm eager to try some of it at work !Many thanks to Andrew Ng : intuition before theory, simple examples, rephrases ideas in different terms, and shows he has a lot of fun teaching this course. I wish I had more teacher like this when I was a student.I wish there would be a follow up with maybe even more tips for large scale machine learning and datasets where the positive class is only a small fraction of all the data available (not anomaly detection though).Thanks a lot Andrew !
An excellent course offering the building blocks of Machine Learning
Incredibly good. Very clear, simple and yet it introduces very important concepts. Thanks!
Very well structured and explained course! Thanks a lot!
It's a good course for me to spend time on it .
It's nice. he explained all theory so well
Very interesting, and I've learned a lot from this class.
Andrew Ng is such a great teacher. The course content is well structured, that it makes learning very easy.
The maths got a bit complicated at times and the Octave programming work was challenging to say the least but these are positive points. Sometimes similar courses are sometimes too easy and pitched at the beginner. This is certainly an intermediate to advanced course but I'd recommend it 100% to anyone who is thinking about gaining a deeper insight to how machine learning models work.
Clear explanation, with lots of encouragement;Excellent programming homework
Excellent introduction to machine learning. It goes a bit beyond the basics without getting into overwhelming details.
It's a good introductory course!
Very enjoyable. Good practical examples and fun to learn
Wonderful Course!
Great course with great content that provides practical knowledge and requires true mind work presented in a digestible way - as it is possible.
Very interesting course, we understand more deeper the concepts of machine learning
It is very good. Like it.
Very interesting course!!!
This was a great course that teached me a lot on how to apply Machine Learning in an efficiënt way.
Very good course
Great course, learned a lot from it
Amazing course. well taught by the instructor.!
Thanks Prof. Andrew Ng, for your time and effort in compiling the course. Really enjoyed it and most importantly, I learnt a lot. Can't thank enough!Mayur Kulkarni,Pune,India.
Quality lessons, good course if you want to start in machine learning.
Excellent stat up course for machine learning! Clearly explained what I need to know.
Challenging but super useful and interesting. Andrew Ng is a great instructor too.
The depth and breadth of the material was adequate for this type of MOOC and I loved professor's Ng's gentle way of presenting the material. Oh, and the course mentor was awesome. His guidance made accomplishing the assignments much more pleasant.
Prof Andrew Ng did an extremely amazing job, he took the effort to not leave out even many obvious details. He ensured everyone was following the course, and the course itself has covered many aspects of supervised learning etc. It works as a great introductory course for someone who is new to the paradigm and would be the first step if someone is interested in pursuing research interests in the field
Great course, Thank you.
Very good intro into Machine Learning. You will feel confident on completion of this course!
Course is designed perfectly and it covers almost everything about supervised and unsupervised learning. Video quality is awesome and examples given are sufficient. Hope to see RStudio codes also in future.Regards, Ritesh Jain
A really good course, useful and well structured
Excellent course. Very well explained by Andrew Ng.
Very helpful
This course presentation is simple and easy to digest with some hints about where the complexity exist. The exercises also well designed to lead student to the right direction without worrying too much about implementation detail that support the main topics. I usually focus in the wrong direction while learning something new. This trap is frustrating, but this course is really enjoyable.Thank you for making this course.
cool
One of my favourite professors and one of my favourite courses.
Explanation of each topic is so Excellent.And Teaching Methodology is like as we required.Every programmer should have the knowledge of Machine Learning
Lectures contents are clearly explained and well organized. Math is clear; equations and symbols are consistent.Programming assignments are well organized and to-the-point; everything you need to know to do the assignments was covered in lectures. Submission process is easy.
Great course, the teacher did a very good job explaining a very difficult subject to a group of students with signifficantly different backgrounds.The quizzes were easy to solve once you took the time to see all the related videos. There was a little bit of handholding in the programming assignmentes, but that may be due to the aforementioned backgrounds the student came up with.I'm a spanish speaking mechanical engineer with just a programming hobby and I was able to finish with a 99% grade. If I could do it, anyone can
I found this course very useful and easy to understand.
Awesome work there prof Andrew Ng.
Very easy to understand.Good fundamental knowledge for people who don't have any basic on Machine Learning.
Very nice course oriented with concrete application exemple.
Perfect
Very nicely explained lecture even non programming background person can also learn with ease
This is a very good introduction to machine learning. It covers a very broad set of material, and the lectures are very clear. The quizzes and programming assignments are based directly on the course material, making it easy to complete the assignments if you understand the lecture material (in contrast with some other courses I have taken where the assignments require lots of extra material not taught in the course). It is very helpful to have some programming experience, and some knowledge of linear algebra, probability, and calculus. The course is very topical, so it does not go very deep into the material, but it does offer some practical advice for using machine learning algorithms in daily applications.
Although the course is requiring some time to spend on to benefit from, the topics covered are very well introduced with accurate examples and explanations to understand the practical side of this topic.Also, the programming assignments where really challenging while kept in line with the material provided during the classes.I definitely suggest this course to anyone interested in covering the basic and the most advanced topics in machine learning, having said that it still remain an introductory course to ML.Thanks a lot for the fun I had and the huge amount of new things I learned.
I felt like the Octave tutorial was a little light.The concepts were explained well through the videos. Intuition was given which is always useful. I think an improvement would be more examples in the videos or as example sets for the sections to help. Jumping straight into the assignments without applying the lessons first in a mistake-allowable environment is a bit daunting and can feel overwhelming.
Amazing course!
Really good structured, well explained and useful materials.Thanks, professor Ng!
My first coursera course. I've taken others since but this has been head and shoulders above them. Very interesting, very informative and at just the right level for me. Don't skip the exercises, they can be tough but I found they really cemented my learning.
Amazing Course........=D
a great introductory course to machine learning field
Andrew, Thank you!
Very practical course, extensively covered machine learning topics.
Extremely informing and educating course.
Very well explained. Very interesting and usefull exercises. Thank you very much for the effort!
Great introduction to machine learning algorithms. I recommend this course.
The content was well-presented but perhaps the assignments could be made a bit more challenging. The amount of work required for the programming assignments was a bit on the small side.
Very well taught
I have learnt a lot, thanks.
The depths to which this course explores the field is unprecedented. Assignments are really well thought out. Kudos to Andrew Sir. :)
Very interesting for beginners. But I wish more math in this course.
Very good course, explanations are very clear :).
Learned a cool lot especially diagnostic methods for bias-variance issues. I enjoyed doing the programming exercises. The last lecture was very essential where you get to see how to build ML pipeline for one whole project and also the ceiling analysis discussed along with it. Prof Ng is indeed pro in the field.
it's good!
Good course for beginners in Machine Learning. Programming exercises can be a little more complex
This is the first course I am taking on Coursera, it is very good, and I would like to see more more courses.
This is one of the best courses I can find on Coursera! I strongly recommend anyone who is interested in quantitative data analysis to take it!
A very good startup machine learning course with wonderful teaching by a good teacher!
The best course I've had in Coursera so far. Magnifiscently explained and well-balanced with the practical assignments. I even found myself wishing there were more, despite being a very demanding course.Professor Ng did an excellent job and so did the mentors. My favorite course.
Always ready to recommend this course to any of my friends!
Great and challenging course! Takes a while to complete, but it's worth it if you're really interested in the subject.
Great course, gives you all the basis needed for Machine Learning.Great lecturer, good videos and fun assignments.
Very very good course. I also did the data science specialization of JHU. Difference is that the level of this course is much higher than DSC but the explanation is so good that you understand everything. Thank Andrew
The machine learning methods introduced in this course are very powerful. And the course was taught in a way that's easier to understand.
Very clear lectures. focusing a lot on making students understand the algorithms in addiction to teaching the algorithms. Also assignments are very nice. They are really practical examples such that we get a taste of what machine learning can do without having to spend a lot of time.
Nice explanation.
This is an outstanding course! It's challenging and really well taught.
This a really good course. I love the way Mr. Andrew teaches us. He makes everything so simple and easy to understand!
Great explanations, well-paced, effective assignments, and a likeable instructor (Andrew Ng)!
I had previously learned some of this material in previous courses I had taken years ago in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence, however this course provided a much better explanation on how and why these techniques work. The concise presentation style of the mathematics, the inclusion of system design in the syllabus, and the construction of the practical exercises (using Matlab) were all very well done and much appreciated.
Fantastic course. Thoroughly enjoyed it.It was challenging enough without being ridiculously hard, and it's really opened my eyes to what's possible.
Thanks, I learned very a lot.^_^
I'm an electronics Engineering undergraduate student and I had never known anything about ML before entering this class. In this course, the explanation of those complex ML concept is very clearly, and the examples used in the course help me understand those concept a lot. Moreover, this course also offer me the opportunity to implement ML algorithm. And I'm really curious how the submit system works :)Anyway, thanks to this class, thanks to professor Andrew, I have a good understanding of the fundamental of machine learning, and now I'm learning more advanced machine learning technique and dig into some math tricks.
Consize, clear and interesting!
Very good course.
Perfectly prepared and conducted. It's a huge success for online learning.
Very useful course, and very pleased learning experience!!! Love this!!!
It's an amazing course that introduces you to Machine Learning through different techniques.Each week content will be the foundation to the next.
Great course taught by a great instructor.
Exellent teacher and tasks. Cource give you good real skills.
The programming exercises were too structured and the course was quite easy.
There's no words that express how well organized the subjects and materials are as well as the amazing job that Andrew Ng does presenting it. In addition to it, Tom Masher and the Coursera community will be there to help you navigate through less clear water/ If you are looking for a Machine Learning course that puts it all together, this is it! Sail it yourself and discover the amazing world of Machine Learning.
Very good course！
really wanderfulilearn a lot from this course,
A perfect Machine learning course! I've learned and undersood lot's of interesting and useful sings.
Absolute must when starting in machine learning
Great balance between the math and ease of learning.
Got good grip over the basics of Machine Learning. Prof. Andrew NG teaches the concepts very clearly and makes the flow of the course very lucid and optimal
Probably the best course i took so far at Coursera. Professor Andrew explains everythin in a way anyone can understand and he focus on what's really important. Besides, the hands-on projects are very valuable, giving us the opportunity to better understand the concepts shown in class. And it's also so cool the way we deliver the Matlab/Octave assignments.I'm very pleased to be part of this class.
Andrew explained Machine Learning in a way that very easy to understand. The course work is not heavy. Just follow the instructions day after day. I will definitely recommend friends take this class.
Really good pace, amazing explanations. So far the best MOOC I've ever done. I love it
Thank You very much
I've taken many courses in my day. Even though this is completely online, I felt more supported than classes where I've been physically present. Professor Ng is clearly passionate about the material, and it absolutely affected my motivation to
Excellent Course with simple approach to machine learning.Thanks Teacher and Tutors.
I really like this class
Fantastic course that builds great intuition for machine learning algorithms.
Awesome course! Learned a lot and can't wait to apply it! Professor Ng is really good at teaching and the mentors and discussion board are really helpful!
This is a great course. My only concern is that it goes slow at times and it feels like topics are being discussed repeatedly. I would rather have the wiki lecture notes prominently displayed for my reference rather than having to watch very nuanced lecture videos because I sit through a lot of uneccessary video out of concern that I will miss something important.
Professor Ng is excellent, I have really enjoyed this course.
An excellent way to start learning about AI
Very interesting course.The course material is very good, and Andrew Ng is very clear and interesting.It's the best course I have been following through the Coursera platform.
Amazing course!
it really helps me a
I love machine learing
This course is specially good if you have some experience on ML but without knowing the details. I recommend it!
I like the way this course is designed. The lectures are very articulate. The thing that impressed me most about the Professor is; Students who doesn't have sound calculus and vector algebra understanding also can complete this course easily. Assignments are application oriented and some are challenging too. The Questions in Quiz assignments are in such a way that they test your understanding of that particular lecture and the summary of it.
Clear and to the point lectures, valuable assignments that contains useful code for deeper exploration and further use.
I have excellent experience in learning the basics of Machine Learning. The mentor is just awesome in explaining things.
Great course about machine learning. Thanks for NG and Stanford University.
Very engaging and easy to follow course with a lot of good samples as part of assignment. Loving it so far.
Very clearly analyzed and very practical!
A basic and systematical
easy to understand
I understand that many people want to quickly jumping on the topic, but there should be a minimum set of prerequisites before starting this class. This would avoid digressions such as explaining basic vector/matrix operations or unnecessary calculus reviews.
Very good course! I can only encourage anyone to take it if interested in the subject.
The BEST lecture ever.Professor Andrew Ng magically makes everything so easy.The assignments are not that challenging but appropriate for all students who didn't even took any of computer science class..overall, again, the best !
Andrew Ng's teaching skills are exceptional.
This is an excellent survey course in Machine Learning for anyone who isn't an expert already. It moves at just the right pace to keep you challenged without being overwhelmed. The staff are very helpful, and the professor makes sure to get his point across before moving on. In fact, if I had to offer only one criticism it's that sometimes he will repeat the same thing over (many many times), which is unnecessary and thus sometimes frustrating because we have seek bars and speed control for the lectures.It's quite remarkable how well this course communicates a high-level understanding of the concepts without bogging it down with much of the scary math that is often associated with ML. For those of us who are interested in getting into the nuts and bolts, the professor makes sure to name concepts so that they can be further researched at one's leisure. He gives you what you need to solve the problem, but doesn't do it for you.I highly recommend this course for anybody interested in learning how many of the most useful technologies of this century actually work.
Great course !Just had to re-pass all my assignments when the certificate became available, because the first time I passed them my identity was not verified.Also, it would be nice to have some kind of "download all the course's content" link at the end of the course, to be able to save the material for later reference.Thank you for this fantastic course !
Really good course, very easy to understand, especially with lots of Homeworks/Labworks.
Great course. At the beginning, the of this course, I just want to learn something about neural network, but then I was fully attracted by this course. My major is biology but Andrew successfully makes me understand every point here. It is logical and understandable. It does not mean that it is an easy course, but reflects the elaborate work and deep understanding of Andrew. Now previous hard fields like computational biology and bioinformatics became quite easy to me.I can easily find out the algorithms they apply and know their shortages. If only I can know machine learning several years ago!The course covers the underlying mathematical analysis of several famous algorithms like neural network, SVM, PCA and recommendation system. It contains clear instructions to answer 'what', 'why' and 'how' levels of them, and to their actual applications and limits including the workflow to check the quality of my product. It is magic to realize that the advanced technologies like face recognition and auto-driving are just built by such basic blocks.Learners can have a solid understanding of the different fields in machining learning, and decide whether or not to go further. I proceeded to learn probabilistic graphic model, and hopefully it might be my key figure in my research paper on interfering casual relationship and influence of protein interaction during neural stem cell differentiation
Very well structured course. Professor is excellent. Lecture videos are easy to understand, have good examples, and are well organized. The assignments are relevant and illustrate the process of actually running machine learning.However, the scope of topics does feel a bit too "intro/basic" and the material and assignments feel spoonfed. It would have been great if the course went deeper into each topic and also challenged the student to do more coding independently in Octave/Matlab.
This was a pretty great course. With a focus on understanding and coding regression algorithms, I was engaged throughout the course. I'm a programmer with a physics B.Sc trying to make a shift away from product development and in to analytical problem solving. I found the lectures useful, the wiki useful when I didn't have time to watch the lectures, and the quizzes and assignments very practical.
This is what makes Coursera
Very Nice Course and Excellent Instructor.
it's very useful for a rookie to star learning ml
Concepts are explained clearly and without getting distracted by too much math. The quizzes and assignments are useful too.
please open week 2 coures
it is clear to understand, and it is easy to be followed by users with some background knowledge of CS.
That's a great couse !
Prof Andrew seems to be very passionate about Machine Learning. The way he teaches is simply awesome, beyond I can express in words. Quizzes and assignments are challenging. Course offers a good blend of theory and hands on. overall I am really enjoying attending this course and encourage everyone to make best use of it !
Really wish there was an option for one-to-one mapping of the stanford course in its full rigor.
The course content is just right with practical exemples and less overwhelming theory.
This is a great intro course to ML. The content is focused on the techniques used to build basic ML algorithms rather than the tools used to conduct analysis. Andrew Ng choice to use matlab as the programming language is great, so the focus is on understanding the mechanics of ML and not on programming itself. Coming from a Engineering background, I had so much fun watching the lessons and working on the assigments.
Excellent introductory course with challenging and informative assignments. Primarily for those with previous programming experience but little exposure to machine learning.
Extremely good course to start with machine learning. Clears basic concepts without going into too much detail which makes it ideal for students with no background in calculus. Also, the structure and content is well organized and topics are not rushed upon. You not only learn algorithms but also best practrices to follow to achieve better accuracy. The programming exercises are also really good. All of this makes coupled with the helpful Coursera community to guide you when you are stuck- up with a problem makes it an ideal course to start learning machine learning.
A fantastic handson course to learn Machine Learning under the covers. Thank You Andrew
Loved doing this course... had minimal knowledge apart from a basic understanding of linear and logistic regression. Came away with a wealth of knowledge. I now have the confidence to design machine learning algorithms. I have been a metallurgical design engineer for years so can see how to easily transfer the skills to machine learning tool-kits.
I love this course, although some ideas are a bit difficult to understand, but when you retry it, you can easily catch up.
Excelent course, all the esencial and main concepts are explain in a way that is easy to understand even for beginners
Great class example & mathematical explaination
Greatly enjoyed the class!
Most condense and easy to learn Machine learning course ever
It's an amazing course. thank you so much for open this course!
really great
Perfect course to start with ML.
Very interesting and valuable course. Highly recommended !
Excellent Course with a perfect balance between depth and coverage of key machine learning concepts
If only the audio was clearer. Subtitles are also out of sync.
This is a great introduction into machine learning. Be prepared with some skill in matlab or octave as well as comfort in linear algebra.
Nice course! Very informative! Will definitely have my completion of this verified! :)
its an unforgettable memory with Andrew, Thank you!!
One of the best introductory courses on machine learning.
thanks your course!.very nice!
This is an excellent introduction to Machine Learning. It covers both Supervised and Unsupervised learning as well as some more advanced topics (Recommender Systems, Large Scale Machine Learning). The labs are very well made and help to understand the subtleties of Machine Learning implementation. Finally, there are lots of practical advice on how to debug your Machine Learning implementations when things do not go as planned.
Andrew Ng is the most talent teacher i have ever seen! His lectures give me a systematic and comprehensive understanding of machine learning!!! Before his class, machine learning is impossible mission for me, but now i am very interested in machine learning.
An excellent introduction to machine learning, it gives much confidence with hands-on learning. The pace of the course is very good with required information being given to student with minimal confusion by a good teacher. After this course a typical student would be well prepared to learn further for solving real life problems.
Really cool class! Well put together with very manageable exercises. Would have liked to get more insight into actual machine learning systems out there.
A very interesting and much talked about and useful topic explained in a lucid manner.
A good introductory course .. well explained
It is really a great journey to take this class. Prof. Ng's lucid explanation of the complicated machine learning theory and technology is impressive, absorbing and productive.
This free course, which is available for certificate now is well designed and covers a wide range of topics. The Professor of course is an authority in the subject. I think it serves well for both experienced learners and new learners alike. Before anyone ventures on any other MOOC course in this area, they must first check this course in my opinion.
I'm Lovin It ....
Very good and easily approachable introduction and overview of machine learning algorithms.
Very well taught and practical.Love it!!
Very good course with a lot of hands-on, direct-to-application assignments. It is fairly introductory, so all you need is first year calculus, which in itself is not bad but this course is fairly theory-light. The theory that is included is just enough to be able to refer to further theory not covered.
easy to learn
easy to understand the course material
Very useful course, I learned a lot!
This is the first class I chosen from Coursera. I enjoy the wonderful learning material and assignment. Especially the idea inside machine learning let me feel exciting.Thank you Ng.
Awesome course! Definitely worth taking.
Very well designed course, I just love. so much, I am learning here. If there is one thing, I have learned today after completing week 4 assignment is "Less is More". Vectorization is so powerful.Thank you, so much ... I'll let you know when I find that JOB.
Excellent course from any perspective.
Great introductory course.The lectures are complete and easy to follow.
Very Helpful course! Perfect for beginners !
good introduction of machine learning. It broaden my horizon.
An awesome course which can take you from an absolute beginner level to an expert level!
A very good class introducing machine learning.The programming assignments help me understand the concept.I think there can be more optional materials.
I am halfway through the course and absolutely loving it! This is my first interaction with the behind the scene stuff of Machine Learning and this course seems like the ideal way to demystify and make this accessible for everyone to make use of.
Simple, easy to follow.
Really good introduction course on Machine Learning. Andrew Ng is a great instructor !
It's a very good class.
Excellent Course.. My sincere thanks to Prof. Andrew Ng.
Stellar course. The content is great, good pacing, and the teacher is interesting and passionate about the subject. There are a few mistakes in the videos here and there, but nothing major. Definitely a great course that I'd recommand without hesitation to anyone curious about Machine Learning.
Excellent introductory course.It gets you up and running and ready to face tons of practical problems.Its a pity there is not a following course covering more of Unsupervised Learning and Reinforcement Learning. Andrew please!!!
Excellent course that lives up to its reputation as a great introduction to Machine Learning. You'll learn a lot of the relevant concepts via lectures and apply them through the quizzes and programming exercises. Basic programming knowledge would be helpful, but no deep statistical / computer science / linear algebra background is required to fully enjoy the course. I've taken formal Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence classes as a CS undergrad and still found this course to be very useful in both refreshing and learning concepts. Thank you Dr. Ng!
Really well structured and pedagogical course! I really enjoyed it even though I would have liked it to be a bit more technical. I think a bit too much is supplied in the programming exercises and I would have preferred more mathematical proofs and derivations in the lectures.
I love this course. Although it contains many basic ideas and fundamental lessons, all are stated, and explained very well. Without understanding those things, it's difficult to gain a keen insight as well as further research on Machine Learning. Thank you instructors, and Coursera team for running this course regularly. And not forget to mentioned Prof. Andrew Ng. for his great contribution to our community.
Lots of great condensed content. I miss a written summary of the videos though. Furthermore, the quality of sound is awful. Well designed quizzes and assignments. Good: In-video quizzes.
Great course.One of the oldest here and done by the founder of Coursera. It is very nicely structured and understandable.
Awesome course with detailed examples and concept building.
A good course for beginner
I am really interesting in this course. Thanks for Stanford University
Great course on Machine Learning. The course doesn't emphasise the memorisation of concepts, but provides a deep understandings of the practical and theoretical sides to Machine Learning.
Simply Perfect.
Amazing course!
Just Awesome!
absolute great lecture. Very easy to follow and learn. really appreciate this, Andrew!
Amazing, very much recommended
Andrew NG makes complex things simple to understand. A highly recommended course for an absolute beginner to start learning ML.
It is helpful for me
Very complete, very interactive and too interesting.This course learned me the machine learning from scratch.Thank you so much.
Very well designed course covering all the topics on the subject. The quizzes and matlab exercises ensure that you know and understand the details of each step. Full of practical suggestions during implementation and provides a guided approach to check/improve your model.
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Great course so far! Done the preview of the first week.
This is the most practical, comprehensive, and best course on machine learning. Professor Andrew Ng makes all the difficult concepts very easy to follow based on intuition. I look forward more courses like this and also a specialization in machine learning from Stanford. Thank you professor Andrew Ng and please keep up your good work!
I liked the way concepts are being introduced. I got a decent understanding of every algorithm that's been discussed and really looking forward to apply the concepts for some real time applications.
The course is good to begin with
The course content is very dense but the questions and exercices help you master the topics as you are progressing. Interesting class.
Very helpful course.
Great course with a professor that puts emphasis on an intuitive understanding of the concepts.Many interesting algorithms are taught and the programming assignments help to get a deeper and very hands-on understanding of each week's content.Thanks to all people involved in creating that course!
Very thorough and motivating instructor, showing good examples.I would recommend having linear algebra knowledge as a pre-requisite for the course.
one of the best and valuable courses you can take.
Excellent course providing a basic introduction into several areas of Machine Learning. I would appreciate if the assignments were more challenging and references were provided for further study, however overall the course was great!
Pretty good course. Starts from very beginning of ML. Maybe there are too little of maths here (I needed to check and recap some chapters of algebra), but all presented concepts are reviewed very clear. Assignments are also very good and code from them is useful not only for the course.
Andrew is a fantastic teacher!
Great professor and a great first course in the field!
Really great work so far! One of the best courses i have taken!
Wonderful courses and wonderful teacher, thanks to Ng who shows me a new world.
Its one of the best course related to Machine Learning. Thanks a lot to professor covering both supervised and non- supervised learning with real world examples in advanced Machine learning.
A good class. I kept 1 star for the future in case I am having had a better class.
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. Very much enjoyed doing this course.Now I know how Amazon recommends me product choices :)
One of the best lecture on Machine Learning and thanks to Andrew ng..
A great introduction into machine learning. Hoping Andrew develops a second stage to this course for more advanced topics. Thanks :)
This course is very useful, especially the lab session.
Great course. Very helpful for my research and job.
Audio quality is not great. Also, all concepts could be easily taught in Python rather than Matlab.Great material never the less.
Brilliant introduction to machine learning, with right level of practice to deepen knowledge
Excellent methodology, very adaptable and efficient.
I thought machine learning will be hard to learn but now i don't think in this way.
Awesome comprehensive course. Highly recommended for anyone trying to get started with Machine Learning. The quizzes and assignments really test your knowledge and understanding. This course needed a lot of time and effort, but it was all worth it.
Andrew Ng is a really nice teacher. His knowledge and authority on the subject of machine learning enables him to break down and explain this course at a very simple level.
This class was fantastic! By far the most interesting and pedagogical MOOC I have followed. The training is extremely valuable, and I hope to make the best use that I can of it.Thank you so much Mr Ng!
Very well structured course. Glad that I did this.
Thanks for Porf. Ng, great class
intuitive explanation from Prof. Ng
Very good. Only negative bit is the sound quality of the videos.
Great Tutor!
This course is very inspiring one for those who want to get started machine learning.
Exactly what I needed! Thanks guys
This course glues theory and practice together. It is fun and interesting. One of the best courses!
Incredible teacher :)
Been asked to re-take all assignments *after* paying for a certificate! I wil never pay for a Coursera course again, and I would not recommend my friends to do so
This is a very interesting course, with much content for me to start precticing and making my business around IA and Machine Learning, and also with a remarkable Professor, Mr. Andrew Ng.
Coursera would benefit from more courses like this. The material is appropriate for beginners, but is quite profound for those who choose to spend more time "in class". The programming assignments are a great learning tool, and can teach much more than it's required to complete them.
Well thought out and an awesome pedagogical introduction to machine learning!
Very Good Course!
This is one of the most valuable courses I have ever taken!
it is amazing to get classes from the best expert of machine learning for free. thanks!
Interesting material and GREAT teacher!
Excellent course! I particularly enjoyed the programming assignments, which where nicely putting into practice what had previously been discussed in the videos. I really recommend to anybody interested in Machine Learning.
Excellent course with many practical examples.Course organization is also very good.Assignments become a bit more challenging after week 5, but it is well worth it.
This is a great course with good methodology. I liked the assignments and I was motivated all the time. I really recommend this course.
Simply outstanding!
Best MOOC, taught by best professor!!!!
Very good course!
Very nice course!
Comprehensively profiled course for fundamental knowledge of AI.
I have made a great progress!Thanks a lot!
I have learned a lot of interesting things about Machine Learning that for me was too hard to understand with advanced books. This course gives a clear and general view of Machine Learning subjet.
It's really a helpful course of machine learning. Thank you, Andrew.
Really fantastic course. The lecture videos are very informative, and the programming assignment really cut out the nitty-gritty overhead of programming and let you write the important core algorithms without dealing with annoying I/O stuff.
Insane knowledge in this course for anyone who want to get in touch with ML techniques ![Vid's could be updated tho.]
Awesome course. Professor is great at teaching, very down-to-earth and practical material. Good assignments. I wish to have more Math theory(as optional) in PCA & Optimization. Perhaps adding a job Interview section related to Machine Learning would be great
Great course, learning lots of new things although it assumes a level of mathematics much (much!) more elementary than mine, making some sections a little slow.
It's a good course!!!
The courser is suitable for anyone who is interested in machine learning. Every concept is interpreted in detail with good plot or figure. I will highly recommend it!
The course is ok but the certification procedure is a mess!No statement of accomplishment and you have to retake all the assignments if you want the certificate and had not been verified ....
Can't thank enough for offering through this course ! The pace of lessons, insights, brevity of course material and very valuable assignments are right mix for anyone wishing to learn this subject, which one finds often hard to grasp and apply while learning directly from books, even with technical background. This course is an example of how access top quality learning can be democratized and be brought within reach of so many who wish to learn it. Thank again Prof. Ng and team for this enlightenment
Awesome and I really enjoy this course.
Very useful and easy to learn.Thanks Andrew Ng for providing such a good course.
it is excellent course for machine learning.thanks a lot!
This Course defines Coursera. The highest level of education for everyone
Strongly recommended for everyone!
I have a strong background in programming and math so it was relatively basic but a good survey of the field of ML.
Excellent course. Excellent professor. Would take a part 2 or supplemental course if they exist.
Great machine learning course! very helpful even for a non-CS guy like me!
Very cool lecture :)
One of the best, and detailed Machine Learning MooCs out there. The only reason I rated it 4 is because, I would have preferred to learn these algorithms using R, Python or Julia.
Very solid introduction to machine learning. The instructor is very knowledgeable and does a good job of explaining the intuition of the methods. I would recommend watching every video (even if you are already familiar with some of the methods watch the video anyway. You may see it from another perspective).
The materials and assignments are of great quality.
It is a really fruitful course, it quite challenging and fun.
Really enjoy this course!
Good introduction to machine learning although the later exercises were quite easy. Once you get through the neural net back propagation section, there really isn't much of a challenge left. That said, you do get a good sense of how the various algorithms are implemented and can self-study from there.
Extremely well designed for beginners.
Great course with a great instructor. Highly recommended.
I really enjoy the classes and it is at it's best
It is a course that traps you more and more deeply. You really couldn't get away, because you will gradually love it!!
Very interesting!
Perfect for me.
Sir,The course is excellent but is it possible to give some solved programming exercise please
Absolutely Amazing course!!! best on Machine Learning for beginners...
it is very good, teacher explain fine
Great course !
teacher is fanta
An extremely useful course designed very beautifully and presented in a very lucid manner. The assignments help in bringing out the technicalities of the course very efficiently. And the quiz questions help a lot in gaining intuition.However, it MUST have a sequel.. another course that takes students deeper into Machine Learning concepts and tools of the trade.
Very little prerequisites. Professor Andrew NG explains the complex algorithms very neatly and tries to provide a intuition behind each algorithm.
Nice course, easy to follow good introduction
great overview of the topic. professor nguyen is very engaging. the only downside is from an applied perspective in that the coding is in octave, whereas most data science i've seen done these days is in python or R
A very good introduction on machine learning. Andrew Ng is a good instructor and does a very good job of explaining the concepts.
Nice Course of Machine Learning Introduce
The assignments give very nice practice.
Great course for learning the basics of Octave/Matlab and machine learning. The math is accessible and you really understand the "pick a cost function and minimize it" methodology.
Interesting and concise introduction to machine learning. Recommended to everyone to whom it may concern.
This is an amazing course. A must for someone getting started in ML!!
It is really a great online study course, I had a lot of fun!
Interesting course, great lecturer
Learned a lot. Very well covered material
I wish programming assignments were a little more in-depth. Otherwise a great course. Exceeded my expectations.
Great professor and teaching style, the quiz helps to understand the fundamental concepts, and coding projects also provide hands-on experience and knowledge to gain deeper learning of this subject.
Great course!
Really useful and fantastic course. But the tutor's words are so fast and the course's content is a little hard to understand. Maybe give us more time will be better.
A must-take course aspiring machine learning practitioners.
I am a physics postgraduate student and want to take a career in the field of computer science. Although I learned some related mathematica course at the undergraduate stage, this course still gives lots of intuition why the algorithm is designed in such a way, how to obtain the information from the massy data and how to improve our algorithm based on our data. Thanks very much, Andrew.
Excellent 11 week course, highly recommended and with real world relevance.. Very knowledgeable and personable lecturer is an effective communicator. Tutors are helpful and responsive. Informative discussions forum and helpful tutorial guidance and useful test cases. Guided programming exercises with Octave/Matlab in which the authors have done most of the grunt work, leaving the student to fill in a few critical bits.The only down side was that the course changed from being uncertified to certified, about 80% of the way through. Would need to redo/resubmit virtually all assessments in order to qualify for certification, which is a fair amount of time/effort, that I'm not sure that I can spare.
Best course in terms of the science of Machine Learning!
Thorough and easy to follow.
Great lectures ! Mathematical and practical aspects are both taken into account. Andrew Ng is really clear and gives good explanations.
Great course. Great Professor. Great Website.
Perfect ! Prof. NG
Easy to understand, fun to learn.
Appealing, useful, and joyful
very informative.
I like this course.
Great course!
This is a great course ! The pacing is just right. Andrew covers each topic in very easily digestible bits and is very careful to not overwhelm beginners. I find this technique incredibly refreshing and open and welcoming. It is all too easy for professors to act like elites in their ivory towers and make you feel foolish for not knowing enough but Andrew is the opposite of that and actively encourages you to push through difficult topics by focusing on the high level details first and leaving it up to you to research the details on your own.The programming exercises are set up so that all the distracting details are all coded already and it's up to you to fill in only the parts that are directly relevant to the topic you are learning. There's only one exercise that is slightly confusing but it's easy to get help on it in the forums if there's a helpful moderator like Tom Mosher around !Highly recommended.
This is an amazing course! Very well structured and clearly explained with a lot of concrete examples.I really enjoyed and learned a lot!
Great!
Course is really good, it covers a lot of different topics at once on a good level, so you can continue studying by yourself. Forms good understanding of machine learning. In my opinion one of the most important things is that the lecturer tries to explain each and every topic and not just give the ability to use it, there are a lot of step-by-step examples and additional explanation videos. Programming assignments are also good, they cover a lot of material and give real examples. Definitely recommend this course. It's fun.
The programming exercises aren't really all that challenging...just implement the formulas provided in the course or in the assignment itself, and you're mostly done.I hate the questions on the quizzes that are "Select all the following that are true..." The only questions I ever got wrong on quizzes were of that sort.
Quite a journey. Learned a lot.
This is a great course with great mentors and helpful resources. Would recommend for anybody who likes to learn about machine learning. It is just a starting point. Having good knowledge with Calculus, Linear Algebra and Satistics will help a great deal but are not mandatory. However this is not realy true if you really want to understand the formulas and concepts presented. (So: Would recommend if you learn some (at least basic) topics on calculus, linear algebra and statistics before)
Thank you for this awesome class!
The lectures and the assignments gives a perfect grip on concepts.
Pursuing this course is by far the best thing that I have done. Any one who wants to get into the field of Data Science or atleast understand the nuances of Artificial Intelligence you should definitely take this course.I'm a great fan of Andrew Ng Sir!
Top Course ! Very instructive !
Valuable course for career grow
This is an amazing course, I wish I could have Andrew Ng explain everything I needed to understand.
Machine learning is the best online module I've taken so far. Professor Ng makes those technical concepts visible us in a very understandable way, and the course assignments are at just right difficulty.I'm quite inspired by the content of machine learning and want to pursue a future career in this area. It would so great if some higher level courses come next, with focus on the application of machine learning algorithms.
Thanks Andrew, It is a beautiful course
A great course, and it is very interesting to think over the issue that was put forward by the professor.
Highly recommend! Simple & clear explanation but get straight to the points which we need to know.
This course is a fantastic resource which I would highly recommend for potential practitioners of machine learning. In particular the advice for debugging machine learning systems is hugely useful.
Very good with essential knowledge
The concepts are explained masterfully with a focus on understanding rather than high-level mathematics which most of these topics invariably deal with. Plus the exercises give a real feel for the practical questions that Machine Learning can solve and the method that practitioners use most often.
I love Andrew Ng's clear speeking and the ability to make complex knowledge simpler.
very good course and useful but not so difficult homework. Prof Ng is a superb professor. Everyone who is interested in ML should take this course.
The original and best machine learning course
Before i started this course i just thought i might not be able to finish it because machine learning is hard.Prof.Ng makes it so easily understandable and inspirable. And you just dont need very high level math knowledge to go through this course. It's great to learn this course. Thanks.
Thanks professor..!! Your way of teaching has really helped me to understand the subject.
Hello, the course is great. Only one suggestion is to go a little bit deeper in subjects such as SVM optimization techniques or PCA mathematical background. At least a good set of references could be suggested for the interested s
Solid course materials, interesting examples and cases, sometimes really difficult, learned a lot!
awesome course. Great lecture delivery by Andrew NG
Excellent presentation of the subject matter with clear illustrations.
I always go back to refer the materials here. This course bring me basic ideas about machine learning.
I really enjoyed learning the intuition behind machine learning. I also benefited from knowing whether more data would be helpful or not as well as whether it is worth my time to improve the accuracy of a certain part of my algorithm!
Absolutely top-quality. Excellent choice of content. Goes into much detail
this is a very good lesson!
It's a great course for the beginners of the machine learning!
I have done about half of week 1 before and so it was nice revising those fundamental concepts.
This Curse is very useful. Dr Andrew has explained the course in most lucid manner. Anyone with almost no background can easily comprehend and avail the benefits of machine learning.
Learned a lot from this class. Helped my have a much better understanding of what a lot of companies are doing with machine learning technologies. Of course, there are a lot of practical know-hows that we can only gain from real world projects, and this class is well worth the time that I have put in.
Great course, great teacher! Inspiring!
A practical course by a capable professor. Too simple in terms of theoretical aspects, but Prof. Ng is very good at making abstract concepts and methodologies easy to follow and understand. Great course as an introductory to Machine Learning.If you are interested, and want to learn more about the proof and in-depth mathematics behind, go to Stanford's site for this course. There are lecture notes, slides and exercises that students use when taking the course at Stanford.
Octave is so ridicules! It is better to be more practical and have a connection to real world applications.
Great course which includes a lot of practical exerces, highly recommended.
A brilliant introduction to the field of machine learning, focusing on both the theoretical as well as practical aspects.
Just like studying in the University
I learn a lot from this lecture, and thanks.
I missed some videos showing how to do the matrix manipulations we need for the ML algorithms using matlab/octave...not talking about a generic introduction to it but something specific to what we are trying to implement in the assignments...
My first MOOC, I was dead impressed
a must course for every engg
Extremely good introduction and overview of up-to-date machine learning methods. Andrew had simple and clear explanations and the exercises were challenging, not overwhelming, well-structured, and allowed the students to apply the relevant theory without being burdened by creating their own test programs or mastering the programming/scripting language.
Amazing lectures!
This is the first course i take from coursera. How excited i am. Though hurried through some part of the material due to limited time I learned a lot. Lot of thanks to professor 吴恩达。Time for me to pick up another course
Amazing Instructor. Every MOOC instructor should watch a few videos of Andrew teaching ML.Sharing Personal experiences, providing industry insights and making the course fun and real life oriented. Using a pen along with slides is very important. Just reading out and explaining slides makes lectures boring and many students drop out of courses for this reason.
Fantastic course! Easy to follow and extremely well set up. A mathematical mindset definitely makes the course a lot more comprehensible.
Really great teacher. Examples and Tutorials are great too. Some typos and missing explanations but thats part of every learning process :-)
wonderful course, easy to follow, and homeworks are thoughtfully made.
First of all, this course is a quality product: lectures are clear and effective and exercises are challenging enough. Perhaps the conclusion "now you can consider yourself an expert in machine learning techniques" is a slight exaggeration but, certainly, you are made aware of those techniques enough to think about using them effectively and getting some results.And, as an added bonus, you will learn the basics of Octave/MATLAB, which is not a bad thing since, as stated in the course, they are great prototyping tools.It's certainly a recommended course for whoever deals with data analysis problems, where perhaps a killer machine learning system is not the priority but some solid conclusions about the data are essential.
Really well structured. Very clear and concise lectures.Interesting and useful assignments - much better than multiple-choice questions, whilst still being correctable by software.
niceIt's a prefect class, Excellent!
This course is very helpful and inspiring for both beginners and practitioners of ML work.
It is a very useful course!
Excellent course. Good balance between lectures and exercises.
Great teacher, amazing examples, fantastic methods, are what the course supplies. Thanks much!
Thank you very much!
Andrew Ng walks you through some complex material in a way that makes it easy to grasp the basic notions. The assignments are very well documented and the code skeleton that's provided makes it easy to complete them (maybe a bit too easy - someone would have a rough awaking when having to code all this from scratch again as they apply it to their real jobs).
it's in a very accommodating pace
Thank you Andrew for this very interesting course !
Very good course.
A good course to learn the actual machine learning methods
Great course to begin with machine learning. DO complete the exercises! They are the essence of this course.
Awesome course
This class was very useful introduction to machine learning. It goes into some detail in many common algorithms and the programming assignments make you more familiar with them, but the assignments were not overly tedious. I was familiar with much of the material already, but I learned a lot of practical tips and tricks that I wasn't aware of.
Very clear. very helpful.
This course is simply amazing, all the content from the video lessons, through the quizzes and the programming exercises are really well done, and also, there are really good mentors helping on the Discussion areas. If one with the will to really dive into these complex things to extract knowledge, I assure you, you will. The course is well made, but doesn't mean it's easy. I questioned myself through a lot of times in the beginning if I really was capable of learning all of this stuff. But I didn't give up, and well, this might be one of the most important decisions I've made in my life. This course aroused in me the passion to carry this knowledge, and keep improving it through my career.
Really good course. But I'd like to see a final review at the end of the course about the available Machine Learning libraries for MATLAB, Python, Apache Spark and/or JAVA.
Thank you Sir for this amazing class. You really have increased my passion on machine learning.
Easy to learn and useful to learn.Excellent!
This course brings fundamental topics every ML course should bring. The activities gives us the chance to better understand the way ML problems could be resolved. Topics are well explained, and the pace is comfortable. Five stars!
Very good course, gives an excellent theoretical overview of linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks, as well as practical tips to make them work well on "real life" datasets.Thank you for the course.
Awesome course!
It's wonderful, thank you Andrew.
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning!Prof Ng is amazingly clear and well articulated. He capture the essence of the concepts and present them in a few easy to grasp lectures.I would have like to have some basic introduction to deep belief systems, but it would probably have been too much... A future course on coursera from Prof Ng maybe? ;-)
Nice lectures...really appreciable
Highly recommended if you want to acquire a working knowledge in this area.This is probably the most difficult course I have ever survived and one of the best taught. Specifically, by providing the students with working learning machines or almost working learning machines that require some specific actions to make operational, Dr. Ng and the mentors tie the conceptual lesson from the lectures to working hardware. It would take years to gain the working experience that this course offers if you needed to assemble these machines on your own. I am incredibly impressed (and grateful). An added benefit was new perspective the course offered on familiar statistical procedures.
Andrew Ng is a great teacher. I find this course helpful to understand basic Machine Learning, linear algebra and Octave programming. Also many thanks to community and mentors.
Great course !
Interesting course format (quizes in videos, programming homeworks graded via provided unit testing mechanism) and the fact that prof. Ng explains complicated stuff clearly and really well makes this course one of the best courses I've seen so far. It is a pleasure to learn things this way :)
Great course. Would like to have this teacher on my university)
I did master's in controls theory and still a very informative course so far. Dr. Ng sometimes omits derivation for some of the formulas but this can be done by a little bit of research into the topic from other sources.
I really enjoyed this course. It is clearly explained, progressively brining the student from the high level intuition to the implementation details.
wonderful ! I learn it for about one month and now i love machine learning .
This Cause is easy to understanding and practical.
I reviewed all the lectures before my job interviews. Perfect online course!
It goes step by step leading you to a clear understanding of the subject. The assignments proposes you a challenge which inspires you to get good solutions. I've learnt a lot from thhis course. Thank you!
I thought this was an excellent course and only have positive feedback for it. The lecture contents were interesting and well tied to exercise questions and programming assignments. The programming assignments were challenging overall but forced me to really learn the details of each machine learning algorithm. When things got a little too frustrating, such as for the neural network backpropagation assignment, the forums provided ample direction for me to move forward.
Good explanations by a teacher that knows a lot about the subject, it was a big learning for me.
A good introduction to the subject. Holds your hand through the programming exercises, which is good for people with little background in programming.
Very interesting and well conducted. Highly informative.
The video lectures are informative. As a student, I am also expecting to see its applications in various fields with sample codes if possible to practice the theory.
I have never attended a more interesting and well thought class (online or offline) before!
The best course in my life.Simply super.Now i am choosing ML as my career.Thanks to ng for this fantastic course.Expecting a future course in DEEP LEARNING.Waiting for it.
intuitive, practical, impressive and refined introduction to machine learning.
Very good lessons. Pay atention and understand untuitively.
Practical explanationWell designed exercicesInteresting and useful
The course is a "Life - Changer" ! Andrew Ng is the best professor I have ever had. He is the reason I have decided to pursue my masters in machine learning. He breaks a complex concept down into chunks which are simpler to understand and thereby explaining that concept. I feel like I can apply this knowledge to any domain, be it robotics, finance, biology, etc. Do go for this course, because it'll change your life. It has changed mine.
Andrew Ng is excellent in teaching complex material in a simple approachable format. Thank you Andrew.
learned a lot about data analysis. Very useful~
One of my best online course
It was so useful and interesting course! It was the first time to take the online course and it helps me a lot.
Maybe it's the best online course in my life.
Well structures, nicely narrated class! Would recommend to anyone with basic knowledge of linear algebra and programming, especially because it is a really "hot topic" right now.
Thank you!!! It was very interesting and it was worth the spent time.It may be slightly better if it would use R language instead of Octave. But this is only my opinion.Thank you so much!!!
pretty good!
I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Ng for such an excellent course. It helped me to get through such enlightening subject. The instructor was very clear. The contents and other support materials are well organized and satisfying. The programming assignments are suitable even for the ones who have little knowledge on MATLAB/Octave, since it is required only to fulfill the core parts. I hope finding more courses like this on Coursera.
It is worthwhile to spend your time and energy on this course if you're interested in this field. Prof. Ng has prepared many materials, including application cases in Silicon Valley, to illustrate the essence of machine learning. During the lectures, he was stick to the basic optimization concept, to minimize the cost function under constraints, which could answer many theoretic questions posed by beginners.
Amazing course!!! Thanks Andrew Ng.
Great course EVER!
One of the excellent class i have ever taken. This course covers very wide topic in the machine learning subject. When i have enrolled for this course i haven't any idea about this subject. Now i have understood the concepts behind the machine learning and i am confident that i can build upon. Thanks to Prof.Ng for his excellent presentation avoiding complicated mathematical backgrounds to make the subject exciting. Thanks to coursera team members to include a course like this. Overall i have enjoyed.
Excellent course! Challenging, fun and I am learning a lot of tools that can be potentially very powerful.
Great insights into machine learning. A well paced course with the right level of details on motivation for each of the algorithm - fantastic course.
Not yet finished. but really informative and simple for a layman. Leaves a lot of room for building up on concepts.
Great intro to machine learning.
Very nice course, instructive and accessible to anyone.
Very good and balanced introduction into machine learning.I would suggest everyone who wants to get in touch with ML to start with Andrew Ng course.
Very interesting and useful course
This is a survey course in Machine Learning which isn't afraid to get seriously in-depth with the detailed math and coding techniques underlying popular ML topics like logistic regression, neural networks, and SVMs. Andrew Ng also spends considerable time on applications and methods for determining if your learner is robust. It is a very challenging course, both conceptually and with the assignments. The assignments are very difficult and will require considerable time and effort. Previous experience with Matlab/Octave is helpful. In terms of math, I think at least one course in Linear Algebra should be prerequisite as the use of vector and matrix operations abound in this class. A good understanding of the programming concept of vectorization is also very helpful...if you don't already understand it...you will after you get through this course. A special thanks to Tom Mosher, one of the class mentors....his help and advice was very helpful in completing the course.
Though Andrew Ng eschews mathematical detail in the beginning, I am finding that this survey style course was a really nice introduction to how people approach problems in ML and practically use ML.
I enjoy a lot taking this course. I would like to thank the teacher for making it easier. I was looking forward to watching the next video. I feel I get the foundations for my postgraduate studies.
Great overall experience. The lectures are top notch. The section on backward propagation in neural nets was particularly well done. You spend most of the homeworks getting Octave implementations to work based on provided scaffolding code. This is a good method, but it does mean that you spend time with few examples than you might expect, as you must write the implementations at a fairly low level. The upside is that you end up with a deeper understanding of the methods than you might get from, say, using high-level commands in R.Thank you mister Ng for making this great opportunity to learn machine learning for free.
All the maths is explained from basic principles. Plenty of examples and active help from assistants on forums.
Excellent learning conditions
Great course, wonderful experience, easy to understand.I wish to recommend this lecturer and course knowledge to everybody who wish to make conclusion on scientific basis.
this is amazing!
Excellent course to introduce you in the Machine learning World.
this is best course in machine learning
One of the best course i have seen so far !
Great course! Love Ng!
For starters in Machine learning, this course serves as good foundation. It might not be easier to get understanding but its total worth of time if you are interested in machine learning.
Awesome course. I would prefer if the assignments were in python but the prof gave a nice tutorial on Octave. All in all , a nice and concise introduction to Machine Learning.
Excellent course, well explained and pitched at just the right level.
Thanks guys! Thoroughly enjoying this course. Excellently structured and content is engaging. Very chuffed.
One of the best online courses that I have taken.
Perfect!!
I´d really like to rate this a 5/5 but there is always room for improvement.
Buen curso para introducir machine learning
Very insightful. You're not just learning the algorithms themselves but also smart ways for choosing the right parameters values (which I found most valuable). The programming exercises are some what challenging but much fun to do. Kudos to Andrew for the material.
Awesome content!
Fantastic! And many thanks to you, guys! This course is an incredible opportunity for learning this amazing subject from the best.
Andrew was great, I had no previous experience in linear algebra or Octave/Matlab but was still able to complete all the homework and follow along with the videos, due in no small part to Mr. Ng's patient and approachable teaching style. The online mentors also proved to be invaluable. One of the best courses on hard science I have taken, online or in "real life" college.
+: Great deal of useful knowledge conveyed, explanations step by step, quizzes during videos, assignments challenging but doable, awesome assignment submission tool via Octave (makes fun seeing it work :) )-: Videoquality
Andrew is very competent in his job of teaching a very complex idea in a way that you look at it and say "hey, this is really clever, actually, it is actually simple, it is soo simple that I don't understand why it is not common knowledge".The course is just this good.
Very good course!
It is nice course to learning ML
Excellent introduction to machine learning.
Very fun and really teaches you how to implement so many different things very well. Didn't think I would learn this much
Greatest course for those who want to get a general idea about Machine Learnig!
One of the best online Machine Learning courses
Really good course. Thanks Andrew N.G.
Great course! The best one you can find on the web. Hands on with plenty of practical applications. Lots of work on the part of Dr Ng and his staff. I only wish Dr Ng followed a book with more detailed information on the different topics and additional ones we could refer to if we needed to. Maybe its time for him to write one. Thanks again.
Great course by a great, humble instructor.
Absolutely brilliant course and lecturer (simply brilliant Andrew!!!)So precisely spoken; such brilliant tutorial notes, wiki, forum (mentor Tom Mosher - Thank you)This course is better than many paid university courses.
This courseis amazing as well as the teacher is good at teaching!
Good To Learn Something About Machine Learning
Great and intuitive course.
It's easy to learn some basic theory from this course. After that we may be able to develop some simple system about ML.
Extremely well done - very comfortable pace. Material is not easy, but broken down in a way you can focus on each element and understand the fundamentals in easier to absorb 'chunks'.
Pretty cool!
It is a great course and it fits for beginners very well
This was very helpful in learning about data science
Very helpful and clear explanations. Machine Learning is a very exciting field.
An excellent introductory course to machine learning!
Thanks so much for simplifying so tough topics and presenting in a very intuitive manner for anyone who wish to learn machine learning. The best part is knowing about the application of a technique which is dealt very well. Started with no knowledge in this exciting area of CS, now getting to comprehend many things easily.thanks once again
Excellent course for machine learning, especially for those who does not have any machine learning background.
This course covers very useful material with clarity. Since it has run for multiple iterations, the content is very polished and it makes participating easy and smooth.
Very insightful and fun.
The best introductory level course for machine learning. Prof. Andrew Ng has done a good job to explain machine learning concepts to any wanna-be machine learning expert.
So clear, so simple, so ...easy.Thanks!
It is very interesting but the data collection and preparations in every example is not clear. please work on it.
Kickass course!The Tim Duncan of Coursera courses,slow,natural,lethal!
Great overview of Machine Learning. I've learnt a lot, so why not 5 stars? I put more time than advertised especially in solving practical assignments with Octave, but it's certainly because of my lack of math background.
Excellent Course and great opportunity to hear great lectures..Thank you Stanford university and Professors..
Perfect!!
Great course.
the teacher is so cool
Informative and well explained concepts , easy to grasp
Great Course!Thanks Andrew and the team!Hayyan
Excellent course for Machine Learning
Wonderful course! It helps me to step into the field of machine learning research.
Im learning so much, and enjoying so much. Very good.
A great intro to Machine Learning without getting too bogged down in the derivation of the math - just how to use it well. Lot's of practical tips.
Very good course, well explained, good practical exercises, I am loving it.
Excellent introduction to machine learning.
Fantastic course .. really gets into the detail and presentation is fabulous and really interesting.
Excellent place to begin learning on machine learning. The course's quizzes as well as coding exercise are challenging enough to keep oneself going. It covers a variety of topics with an amazing lucidness and depth. I really enjoyed the course.
Thanks so much for teaching a course deep enough but easy enough to understand.really great classes.
Great, gentle introduction to the subject. Ng is an outstanding communicator and organizes the material well.
A really well structured and comprehensive course on Machine Learning. The programming exercises are really well documented, explaining each and every details and are also provide hands on experience on making Machine Learning codes.
A great online course! While taking this facinating course I have found myself discussing the content with several of my friends which is normally not possible when studying such geeky topics. You will get a much better sense of what is possible and what is still not possible, how long it takes to implement, how to do it, etc. This is much more useful as an introduction to machine learning than reading a book.
Great Course!!
All the course is very, very interesting and inspiring.I just would like to explore and practice more some optimization routines we used on some programming exercises.I also would like to watch at least some words of frequent itemset mining. IMHO, it is a relevant mining task very useful in some real problems.Congratulations to prof. Andrew and all of his team/staff.
best online course .. this course helped me to find what I love and what I should finde career in.
This is a very difficult course
这门课非常适合入门，没有过多的数学推导。 但是有微积分和线性代数的基础是最好的。 Thank Andrew NG and other tutors!
Andrew is a great teacher, making this course so interesting.
easy to understand and helpful.
I really enjoyed the class, and I feel like I learned a lot! I'd have given it 5 stars, but there's there are parts of the homework asignments that aren't well organized, for example I didn't know about the unit tests in the discussion threads for a while, and there's more detailed descriptions of the programming sections but they're really hard to find. All in all, a really good experience though.
Clear and useful, a good choice for new learner
Why dont you open week2 and rest of the weeks ?? Why the hell are you blocking my learning until ???
Very clear and informative.
Great course! Main points I found useful:1. Actually implementing the cost functions and gradients in MATLAB really made the formulae sink in.2. Bias-variance trade off: plot the learning curve of train & CV error vs number of samples to determine whether you have a low bias algo. If not, going 'big data' won't help.3. Ceiling analysis to figure out which areas to spend effort on improving.
Excellent course, I've learned a lot. It introduced me to the Machine Learning world.
Excellent course to get an understanding on how Machine learning works. Enough detail to get you going on building your own algorithms.
Very very interesting course with a very inspiring teacher! Many thanks!!
Extremely well structured and well taught course. Andrew Ng is fabulous in the way in which he encourages and explains through "intuitions". The programming assignments are well designed to focus on the maths rather than the coding.
This is one of the best courses on Coursera! I really learn a lot from Prof Ng. The course content is not hard for beginner, but it doen't mean trival. It covers mOst of the basic knowledges of Machine Learning. I hope Prof Ng can give advanced version of Machine Learning in the future.
It is very interesting course, thank you professor Andre Ng and mentor Tom Mosher, highly recommended!
It was really helpful educating course thank to University of Stanford and thank to Mr Andrew Ng
very clear. easy to get hands on!
Very Good course for a beginner to learn Machine learning.
A great course with a great Instructor. It takes quite some effort to go through all the lectures and do all assignments, but it is definitely worth the effort.
Wonderful course which helped me a lot in my research. I thank Professor Andrew NG for great contribution towards the course. Special thanks for Coursera giving such a course for free.
Really great course. The lectures were instructive and detailed without wasting time. The quizes tested well that you understood the material, and the assignments made you learn not just how to do machine learning but how to do it well and intelligently.I can't imagine a better way to learn Machine Learning than with this course. The only potential negative is that those of us like me who started this course being terrible at matlab/octave have to become competent in it to succeed.I highly recommend this course to anybody who wants to learn Machine Learning. There isn't a better resource out there.
An eye opener for me to see the world from different perspective.
I like this class.
I have tried and tested multiple courses on machine learning. This course's USP is the in-detail theoretical treatment of the machine learning algorithms with a focus on quick prototyping using a simple language such as Octave. Don't get me wrong - For my purposes, I always prefer Python to R and R to Octave. R and Python might have great ML libraries, but if you wish to get your hands dirty with the engineering behind those algorithms, the build, that is - then Octave is great!. I think it's a much needed skill, to understand the design of these algorithms in greater detail. It's a more liberating experience than being reliant on limited degrees of freedom provided by some packages in R or Python.
Although I've only completed 2 week's of material, I found this to be extremely interesting. The videos are very good, assignments are excellent to better the understanding and the course seems to be understandable if some one has minimum but more than zero knowledge on linear algebra and programming. Great course, truly enjoying as I'm well ahead of my all deadlines :-)
Simplifying this complex subject to about a Calculus learning level. If you can do the Calculus they teach in high school you can do this very organized and well though out class.
Great course and easy to follow
It's a great machine learning course and Prof. Andrew Ng teaches it well. Thanks for the great course, Prof. Ng. I also hope that you will teach another course on coursera. Many thanks!
This course is very in-depth relative to other courses on Coursera. Professor Ng is very knowledgeable and does a really good job explaining such a difficult concept with zero prior experience. If you are coming into this course with no prior knowledge, you will have to use the discussion forums to do the assignments. Even if you do not know how to do the assignments, you will understand the theory behind the concepts regardless.My only gripe with this course is the use of Matlab or Octave which seems to be outdated.
This course was very nicely done. Dr Ng's videos and narrative were excellent. They were long enough to convey the material properly and short enough not to loose my attention. Assignments were very good as they left you just enough room to fail, learn and ultimately succeed. The quizzes were thought provoking. On the questions that stated "choose all that apply," I would suggest that some form of feedback be provided so that the test taker could know which ones were incorrectly selected/not selected. Perhaps partial credit would be good instead of 0/20 with one wrong selection. Feedback, perhaps an explanation, would be appropriate on all questions incorrectly answered.I would also suggest a pdf document that showed how to do the various matrix operations in octave with an example or two. This would include basic and advanced operations. I know linear algebra, I just didn't know the syntax in octave and this cost me 3-5 hours over the whole course.Now off to do some simple applications here at work like spam filter and anomaly detection to start. Thanks for an excellent course.
Machine Learning is an excellent course with great presentations. This is not an easy course, and I found myself reviewing concepts and being challenged to dive deeper into the material. The assignments are difficult, but the tutorials on the discussion boards from the course mentor made all of the difference. I highly recommend the linear algebra review as well. I now have a much better understanding of how the machine learning algorithms work after having completed the course.
Amazing course! Content is easy to follow. Material that seems daunting on first inspection is dissected and presented in a very intuitive way. The quizzes and especially the Octave/Matlab practice problems are extremely helpful to check your understanding. The scripts are organized very clearly and provides insight on how all the modelling steps should be structured. Mentors for the course are exceptionally helpful. I cannot think of a single criticism. It is hard for me to imagine anyone who is interested in machine learning and is new to the subject walking away disappointed. Thank you Andrew Ng!
Professor Andrew got five stars! This course is awesome. Describes several the theories and practices about machine learning, using valuable videos and exercises. High recommend.
Great introduction to Machine Learning! It was really simple to follow. For the practical exercises however, I struggled a bit with the programming language itself rather than with the actual algorithm implementation. It would be also good to have a list of recommended readings.
Great introductory course to Machine Learning. Gave me great insights into the field. Good job mister Ng
Really interesting course, and well taught.
It was a really great course.the lectures given by prof. andraw ng were good and very clear. he explained everything in the best way possible.the quizes weren't very difficult but the programing excercizes were good and taught me a lot.I'm about to finish my Msc in physics after getting Bsc in electrical engineering nd physics and I think that this is one of the courses in which I've learned the most.thank you.
Great course for a beginner in Machine Learning.Nice explanation of concepts with good examples followed by programming assignments. I like the way of using an intuition to understand a new learning theory. Questions in quizzes will help check/improve basic concept of the learning algorithms with real world problems.
Excellent teaching skills, course material, hands-on assignments. I wish all my faculty courses were like this. Good job and thank you for this opportunity!
Excellent course. My only criticism was that there was perhaps a little too much hand-holding in the assignments. Still learned a ton! Thank you!
Easy understandable and persuasive
Amazing course and Professor :)
This by far the best course in MachineLearning..
Really impressive! I fully recommend this course to anyone interested in machine learning.
This class is a fantastic introduction to machine learning. The concepts are presented using a clear and concise nomenclature that is easy to understand and provide a foundation to move on to more advance topics as the course progresses.In additional to providing a firm foundation in various machine learning algorithms practical examples are developed using Octave/Matlab. Tutorials are provided along the way and help is readily available if you get stuck on a problem.The course also focuses on best practices which are interwoven in various topics throughout the course making the content relevant and practical for solving real world problems.Kudos to Andrew Ng and Coursea.
Great overview and intro to ML! Look forward to more advanced course
Great introduction to Machine Learning. Prof Ng does a fantastic job breaking down difficult math concepts and machine learning concepts into more accessible ones. I love his down to earth style. I am learning a lot from his class. I highly recommend it for getting started with Machine Learning.
Excellent course covering a wide array of subjects related to machine learning in a concise and informative manner.
Amazingly well taught course! Thank you Professor Ng!
Ng, thank you, great course, great teacher
The class is well organized and Prof Andrew covers many ML topics that are very practical and easily to learn, even for people without any ML experience. I'm pretty sure if we follow the class and finish all the assignments the students should have a very comprehensive view of what ML does and how it can solve the real problem. For more advanced technologies and mathematics proofs, this class does not explore much. However it cannot stop me liking this class!
Was using most of the tools but never knew the basics of it. Thanks Andrew NG and team for this wonderful course.
Great course highly recommended! Gives great insights!
Part of Neural net could be better explained
Thoroughly enjoying this course. The delivery of the material makes it both enjoyable and comfortable to learn. I look forward to seeing more from Professor Ng soon.
Nice course for to get started on machine learning.
Great course. Lot of pragmatic advices.Thank you for your patient anf for sharing.
I liked this course very much:The lectures follow up in a logical, natural way and the topics are very well explained.Personally, I had more problems with the quizzes (5 questions each) than with the programming assignments. The examples were interesting and the instructions so clear and detailed that I found it rather easy to do the programming.Another point that is worth to mention: The instructor, Andrew Ng, has not only an agreeable voice and speaks an easy-to-understand english (important for me as a non-english speaker) - He "transports" in addition his own passion for the subject and gives a lot of applicable advices.
a. very good coverage of standard algorithmic approaches.b. good suggestive guidelines on specifics of algorithms like issues / details one need to be careful, need not to bother etc..c. broad coverage of examples..d. tricky questions...good to experience...Overall I liked this course content and the breadth of coverage. Based on the difficulty i experienced let me place some points of improvements that would help every student....e. could have dealt some specific examples in full (from definition to implementation) as part of video lecture which would helped better understanding of the problems, algorithms, impact of specifics, implementation issues, analysis methods, inferences that could be derived, final expected solution.f. expecting feedback on exercises.... not only correct or incorrect but reasoning for the responses could be of great help in better understanding....g. downloadable videos could contain in video quiz...h. Octave content could be increased.....i. audio of the lectures needs fine tuning, hissing sounds could be filtered. For some of the lectures subtitles does not match at all...Thank you very much for coursera....Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng.....Looking forward for mor courses related to ML by you....
This course show me an amazing picture of machine learning . Thanks for Andrew!
There should be more multiple choice questions; 20+ instead of just 5 questions.There should be more MCQ tests. 5+ instead of just one.There should be more assignments. 3+ instead of just one. Make it one easy, one medium and one hard.There should be more optional assignments. 5+ instead of just one.I know you guys are working hard as it is, but we learn by doing, not by listening or watching. Just food of thought.
awesome materials
The course is very good and Prof NG's explanation is also perfect.There could have been some ungraded examples to practice different type of scenarios, to help us understand more.
Very good courses for machine learning! I've got a lot .
It is a perfect course.
Great course! Really great. I learned so much. Thank you, Andrew Ng, for creating it.
Lots of work, very applied and excellent content and teaching. Loved the homework problems!
Starting of my machine learning.
The best introduction to the subject I have found. A must for those how want to start working in the field. I can only say thanks to Andrew Ng for this awesome MOC.
Very complete and well explained course.
A very good introduction to machine learning - highly recommended! Professor Ng is awesome; also, many thanks to the course mentor Tom Mosher.
This course is great fun.The lectures are easy to understand and the exercises are excellent for understanding and thinking through the practical implementations of the contents without having to deal with the implications of loading the data properly and coming up with tests for your functions.
Good course to setup your foundation on Machine Learning
The course isn't very complicated or mathy, it covers the main topics of machine learning theory and provides many illustrative examples. I like the programming assignments most due to completeness of resulting solutions and simplicity of implementation process. Also, I discovered Matlab/Octave as a very laconic programming language/tool to deal with complex numerical problems. Thank you, Andrew Ng and the Course team!
Very helpful and intuitive,I really appreciate these online courses
Excellent - found it really helpful
Excellent course. Much to learn if done systematically.
The course is more an exercise in flexing Ivy vernacular than it is actually teaching. The learning curve is too steep to be useful to the majority of potential registrants. You're interested in this course either to (a) learn something about an exciting and ever changing field and/or (b) to have the Stanford logo on your LinkedIn profile. In both cases, move on. The curve is far too steep to be useful or to merit the countless additional hours of background learning the course should have done to bridge the gap.
Excellent course for getting started on machine learning. Answers and explanations of the quiz after it has been answered would have been a little more helpful. All in all an awesome course! :)
Fantastic course. Great mix of practical examples and theory. Good pace in the videos, great organization and clear explanations. The assignments are very well put together: difficult but with different checks built in along to way to help catch programming bugs.
I just thought it would be harder. But then again, maybe I wouldn't have enough time to learn it. It's great.
Great course!
Excellent course to understand the fundamental principles that govern key machine learning algorithms
It's perfect!!
Videos still need editing a bit
Excellent course. Recommended for developers that want to know about Machine Learning and get to use it practically with real examples.
One of the best introductory courses on machine learning.
awesome course!
The Most Amazing Course that I have taken on Coursera.
The BEST course I have studied on Internet.
I loved it! It's intentionally simplified (compared to e.g., Andrew Ng's class at Stanford - lectures available on YouTube) but it touches most / all important ideas that one needs in practice.We need more classes like this! :)THANK YOU, Andrew Ng!
Awesome. Thank you.
Andrew is a great instructor because he explains things clearly and I like the way he annotates his slides
Very Powerful for My Future Job
An important subject for our species future in the universe.
This course has apt assignments that help apply the lectures taught.
The Best Course and the Best Teacher!!!
very interesting course, with clear presentation
I never tought I would learn so much in so little time.Also Andrew Ng is an awesome teacher.
Wonderful course, wonderful instructor.
Short and appealing videos for each topic.
Very helpful !!
Very well done, this training is oriented toward practical usage of Machine Learning.I enjoyed it!
It's so amazing course , and it's so uesful, but it's little hard ...../Thank you so much ^^
Great course! A little on the easy side for people who have seen ML before, but definitely offering many great insights and tools with which one can improve upon their models.
Indepth technical introduction to machine learning and its related concepts.
Really thanks a lot
Very useful but less mathematic knowledge is taught, basicly a good applied technic.
Very good introductory course to Machine learning, though later parts of the course seemed to be rushed-through a little. Practical exercises were really great.
very helpful
Great class! I learned a lot, and Andrew Ng does a really good job of explaining not only how to do things, but why and how to evaluate what's happening and improve the results.
This course is awesome！！！
Opened my vision to comprehend education to pragmatism.
The content of the course and the way it is explained is wonderful.
Course is well defined. Exercises are good to learn about what we saw in the videos. Thanks teacher!!
Good.. But not latest.
I am week 9 of current course but I already feel so good about the subject. The content covered by Professor and the ease with which he has gone over such complex subjects is beyond commendable. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.I just want Professor Ng to consider another advanced course which covers topics which he hasn't covered in this one, in detail, due to time and audience constraints.Also, there should be an option to get the certificate at the end of the course too, like, in my case, I wasn't sure if I will be able to follow deadlines due to work schedule but now at almost end of it, I feel like I should have opted for it.All in all, thank you so much!
This is an excellent course!
This is the best online course in machine learning ! The teaching is fluid and clear and so are the learning materials and the assignments. I have learnt a lot ! Thank you !
Its an awesome course where one can learn a lot. It is well structured and Andrew Ng does a fantastic job in teaching. I enjoyed the course very much and would recommend it to everyone interested in machine learning.
Excellent! course by Andrew Ng and Stanford.
Great course! Great teacher! There are so many interesting topics within course and many challengeable programming assignments! I adore it!
The topics covered are really good. It could have been better if a few of the topics are covered in depth.
One of the best courses that exist, to my knowledge, as far as the educational methods that it uses and the environment that it creates for non-computationally oriented fellows that want to really get started in the field of machine learning...
Half-way between linear algebra and programming, very concrete with the assignments, and the presentation by M. Ng makes the whole course very clear and understandable.I learned a lot, and I am really grateful for all the funny things I am able to do now.I highly recommend this course.
Thank you Mr. Andrew Ng for this great course! Only absolute competence is able to perform very difficult knowledge area in this elegant and easy to understand way.BR, Sergey
Great Course, it`s very important for my study
very well put together
Great introduction to Machine Learning. Programming assignments are challenging, but very valuable - clearly a lot of thought went into preparing them. The supporting code for the assignments is also a great reference for future analysis and work.Professor Ng is great. Concretely, he made learning Machine Learning very pleasurable.
BRILLIANT !!!!Andrew Ng is a great teacher. He has really taken a great approach to presenting this course. I learned a whole lot and grasped and retained more only because of his teaching style and methods.This course is a MUST, if you're looking to pick up on Machine Learning concepts or break in to the Data Science industry.
Andrew Ng is great!!!
Really well-developed, with lots of energy and structure!
Very Basic and good so far for the zero knowledge learners .
great course
The course is great.
thank you. i think it is a great lesson. it blows mist away in front of my eyes.
Best Coursera containt ... :highfive: Andrew NG
Clear and well-designed class
Great material, keep the good work.
Great course.
good material but sound quality of videos is bad, could use his own machine learning techniques to improve the sound, also no literature which is bad.
Excellent course, assumes nothing, brilliantly explained, comprehensive, fun assignments, Andrew Ng is a hero! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Good course, clear lectures, good assignments. Wish it was more in depth.
It is a good course helping to gain the fundamental knowledge needed to get started with ML..:)
Andrew Ng is the best!
This is an excellent course. I'm only part way through, but I feel like I am learning a lot. It is covering the material that it promised in the outline. The pacing is right on. And I've found the quizzes and assignments have really helped me understand the material better.I only have a few minor quibbles.For one, the audio, especially in the early lectures, is rather muffled. This might make the lectures difficult to view in a noisy environment (eg. in a crowded subway car), but it is fine --though a bit of a nuisance-- in a quiet one.Another problem I've noticed is that some of the assignments are ordered in the course listing ahead of the lectures that cover the material (eg. regularization). At worst, this is a nuisance and is easy to work around -- just proceed with the lectures.Overall, I'm very glad to be taking the course and am very satisfied with it so far.
Great class! Thanks Dr. Ng and the coursera team!
Best for beginners, covers all aspects including practical applications
Well structured course although I do hate the octave and matlab limitation as the only programming language for this course.
perfect content and presentation. The professor has an undeniable insight in the subject area.
Great course!
Very interesting, easy to follow videos (right level of detail on linear algebra) and lots of algorithms, techniques and tips!For the last lessons, however, the practice is a bit "black box" where you have everthing initialized and you just plug in your functions, I'd liked more details on how everything was set.
A great course.
its engaging and creative
Truly amazing quality of study that everyone can get from Coursera. Machine Learning topic got very well explained by the Instructor & He is obviously mastering this topic in all dimensions. I am benefited with enormous confidence into Machine learning topics which I would enhance further with practical experience in my field of study.
Pros: Really awesome course. Learned a lot from assignments . Andrew sir explained the difficult topics with so ease. Discussion forums helped a lot which i got stuck on particular assignment. The topics are structured well enough to guide step by step learning.Cons: The way this course is framed allows one to add only few lines of code. We don't learn to implement from scratch. I don't feel confident to apply the learned concepts to new real world problem.
Highly recommended and enjoyable!
Andrew Ng is literally the best teacher I have ever known. He makes the whole course comprehensible even for a foreigner and newbie like me. Also, the discussions's assistants are extremely dedicated to help. I remember that I was stuck at my first time using MatLab, but as the discussion has the tutorial of the first programming assignment, I now understand vector and matrix multiplication that I have never ever confronted before. I'm 100% looking forward to finishing this course perfectly.
Fantastic learning experience. Clear and to the point. The assignments consolidate the lessons.
Thank you! I really learned a lot and now I'm more motivated to continue studying ML even more.
Mr. Ng is has a teaching talent. Thank God
Course was very well structured and full of practical implementations. However, back propagation algorithm needs more elaboration. Also, there should be some extra videos (non compulsory) for those who want to learn the matrix operations used in algorithms (e.g. covariance defined as X'E(-1)X or use of Eigenvalues in dimentionality reduction). Apart from this, it's the best online course I have taken and it truly deserves to be the largest online course offered.
It's a pretty good course. Instructor Dr. Ng is good at machine learning and also good at teaching.
very very perfect！！！！！
It is amazing.
There are some duplicates within one presentation, so video editing could be done better. However after all, assignments are all well prepared, well explained with some not that much important things already prepared. Multiple algorithms are explained with reasoning about why and when to use it. I recommend this course to others.
The best course for machine learning beginner I'd ever seen.
It's an awesome course
The course is well organized and with good tutors
Concepts well taught.Challenging Assignments.No road-blocks.Clear notations.Learned a lot!
good video and learning material,thanks for Ng.
Video lessons are excellent. Homework is well-written and does a good job of illustrating the lessons.
Very good and easy understand
Excelent course and excelent assitance for help.
Very nice course! Andrew explains everything clearly and in enough details for anyone to understand. The content is very informative and gives a good coverage of ML algorithms and their applications as well as many practical pieces of advice of how to tune them or where to look for if something does not work.The coding tasks are also extremely useful as they help you try out in practice what you've just learned and help memorize the material better.Thank you Andrew!
good intro to ML - good balance between theory and real world application;negative: fast moving field, it's getting a bit dated
Andrew Ng is an excellent tutor and has a real talent for exposition. I find I'm getting the depth, rigor and keen interest that this subject commands, but not at the expense of clarity. I also find the quizzes to be conducive to my learning. In a modest number of questions, the most important points are covered completely.
Some more help should be provided for solving assignment problems.
very informational
Excellent explanations in the video lecture, quizzes that test your understanding of the course material and programming assignments to see how you can actually apply what you've learned. Great course!
wonderful course by professor Andrew Ng. The coursera has strong fundamentals in machine learning. Detailed explanation to every concept is presented. Thanks for the course
Best Course to start learning Machine Learning Concepts
Excellent material. Very smooth introduction. Makes an important topic seem extremely easy.
Interesting and Mr. Andrew explanation is too good.
Simply loved it !
This is the course that made me love Machine Learning, and although perhaps it's not the very best online course available on the subject, it's truly an amazing introduction.
This is a wonderful course and I have learned a lot from it. It deserves its fame. However, I would suggest that it would be great if Coursera could spend some time editing the video because there are several places where Andrew explicitly indicates editing.
Hard but rewarding experience. Extremely valuable and proved to me that MOOCs are indeed something that can be done successfully!
Impressive course! The instructor has a unique way of explaining some really complex mathematical notions in a way that you will never forget.
Awesome course and teacher, perfect
This course provides a very structured introduction to the subject of Machine Learning.Every week includes programming assignments in MATLAB/Octave. These come with templates and precise instructions. With a little experience in any programming language the assignments should be no problem. The assignments are well planned to keep the motivation up. Really great job!Learners should be familiar with vectors and matrices. Even though all the concepts are explained, being confident with the math will shorten the time for debugging the code immensely.The course team answers technical and other questions VERY quickly. Thanks again!
Best machine learning course. Clear and easy to understand.
Machine Learning is a complete course about the mathematical techniques to make computers learn by themselves. In this course you will study the rationale behind mathematical algorithms and learn how to translate it into computation languages such as Octave or MAtlab. Warning: the course is fast-paced and requires some intermediate level on calculus, programming and algebra. You will be able to pass the course even if you are not pro at that but it will be hard!
Andrew Ng is a wonderful professor who is fully able to make his students understand machine learning concepts. However I would not recommand people who don't know anything about linear algebra to take this course.For French students, two years of scientific "Classe prépa" is more than enough to fully understand this course.
I learnt a lot of concepts from this course .I think this is the best beginners course on machine learning out there on internet
Very Good!!!!
Well-organized and detailed-explained content, user-friendly Matlab code provided.
Of course, it is a very good course, but I hope it could dig more in machine learning presonaly.
Hard subject presented with so many clarity that you will have fun to learn with
The best ML resource that ever existed!
Very interesting content, very well explained.Minor issues: some quizzes or questions appear a little early sometimes regarding the order of the videos though, and subtitles are not always correct.
Worth the time spent. Enjoyed it totally :)
The best teacher that I've ever had, and the best course I've taken! Absolutely brilliant. Andrew is truly an inspiration.
Very interesting course. Some more abstract theory would be highly welcomed, but anyway a great course!Thank you!
Quite informative and the Tutor is good
Actually, I did not finish the course since the sudden increment of work loading.But this course is really amazing and I will finish it next in the next session.
great course
The theory of machine learning is very hard to understand, but Andrew made this course easy understanding. This is the best course that i had ever taken in coursera. Thanks, Andrew!
very useful course
Andrew Ng is a really great teacher!
While the professor doesn't want to confuse the audience with proofs and calculus, I think it would be nice to have some extra videos that explain in detail the proofs and reasoning behind the different formulas used throughout the course.
My first course in Machine Learning and I just loved it!
Excellent course and pretty good job done by Andrew Ng who not only mentions different techniques used in machine learning but also explains the intuition behind them in layman terms.
This course was well organized, although it was (for me) often a bit lacking in deep mathematical detail.
I found this tutorial very excellent
The course is perfectly structured and balanced in scope and depth. Key concepts are supported with step by step explanation which help get more intuition. Very illustrative labs. It was a great pleasure to go through the course.
very good for getting start in Machine Learn even without programming background
Nice! This course give me a chance to study something with challenge.
It was an awesome experience!
Very helpful course, hope to find that level of teaching in all courses.thanks!
Loved it.
Wonderful course! Sound quality requires revision, but content is supreme.
Very suitable for a fresh student to know and understand the principal of machine learning. Assignments help a lot to hand on machine learning skills.
Highly recommended. this course is free and accessible (in my opinion) for anyone (some background inmath and CS might help). Thank you Stanford.
I really enjoyed learning this course! All the course material, including the slides, quizzes, programming problem descriptions, are so well prepared. I like those subtle animations used in those examples in the teaching slides. They just simply help!
Extremely helpful!
Great explanations! This is a very useful course.
Very useful course for data scientists. Very knowledgeable professor.
Great course! Easy to understand! Really learned a lot!
T do thank you professor A.W.This course gave a lot help in machine learning!
Great, interesting, and easy to understand course to learn machine learning.
Very good. It make sense for my learning linear algebra and Calculus.
Beginning was a bit slow (and simple), but then it got going. Very satisfied with the course.
An amazing opportunity for an interactive and well structured learning about Machine Learning. The mixture between video classes and exercises was extremely well designed. Congratulations!
This class is a great place to start with machine learning. Andrew Ng is brilliant!
Great!!
I would give 4.5 stars but not full marks because I don't believe there is sufficient support for novice programmers. More worked examples earlier on with MatLab would have been invaluable and the first week could have an easy programming project to establish the basics via practical experience rather than lecture.However, I found the material to be otherwise fascinating and inspiring in the potential power of Machine Learning to apply mathematical principles to ameliorate the human condition. This has confirmed the path I have chosen. Thank you.
This is an excellent course! It is the second time I take this course and it is getting better with each session. The material is explained very clearly and the concepts are easy to understand. The exercises are challenging and really make you think. All the necessary programs are provided and all you need is the will to learn.Kudos and a big thank you to the professor and to his excellent team!
Very nice, the only bad thing is that the instructor uses Octave/Matlab, It would have been nice if he have used Python instead.
quite useful as a self-paced course.
very interesting, very useful.
I am a chemist/biologist without any formal computational training or strong background in mathematics. This course has helped me grasp concepts around machine learning which I feel are increasingly important in the field of computational biology and given me the confidence to pursue projects in machine learning. I believe this will be an important skill for my ongoing career and am very thankful for the material and the opportunity to grow outside of my career.Thank you Andrew Ng, course mods and, Coursera!
Brilliant course! Highly recommand for its concise and wonderful content! Btw, Andrew Ng is really a cool professor > <
loving this course, theoretical , but not naval gazing math. very pragmatic thoroughly and well explained.excellent!
it's useful
It's an awesome course for the beginners in the so much growing industry of Machine Learning. I strongly recommend this course not only for the beginners but also for experienced persons to expand your knoledge in this area.
The best class ever for machine learning...
The course covers important fundamentals and offers a hands-on approach to implement powerful algorithms that can be used in detecting crucial trends in data. Prof. Andrew Ng has designed a great course and has presented it very well.
this course is amazingly fluid and comprehensive. Great job.
Well thought through, technical, systematic, practical, free.
It's an awesome course. The lectures are very self sufficient and interesting. Even if do not have any prior experience, you can still learn Machine Learning. Thank you for providing such an awesome learning experience.
I would like to show my gratitude to Professor Andrew Ng & Stanford University for conducting this class.It's one the best course that I have come across in my entire life.Also teaching approach adopted by professor, is simply amazing. The way he delivered his lectures by giving real life example (staring with simple to complex), actually makes the learning curve less stiff.Wish I could find more courses like this; especially in the subject of Neural Networking.Best Regards
Poorly described, but versatile in coverage. Could do with accessing Lecture Notes.
Simple and comprehensive. A good introductory course to data science
This is by far the best course for people to get knowledge of machine learning in practice, especially for people who are working full day and are not actual students.What I really missed here, is some other topics:1. Bayessian networks.2. Markovian decision processes and Markovian hidden models.3. Deep learning, of course.I guess you cannot really cover all that in one course, but I would gladly see the sequels for this course describing those topics.
The course is classic and informative. You can find there are thousands of students all over the world learning this lesson and this phenomenon can certify something.
Learn a lot!
Andrew Ng did a great job with this course. He covers algorithms and others tools to do machine learning. Being new to machine learning I believe I got an idea what it is about and how to apply the methods.
A good course helps you learn about Machine Learning and Prof. Ng is a great teacher.
Loved it! Every lesson was a challenge and every accomplishment was a victory! Thanks for your time preparing this course!
This is the course #1 on machine learning.
Excellent way to explain the machine learning applications.
Structured course content. Thanks alot Coursera !!
Great course! Andrew is a great teacher. Teaches every algorithm and every method used in machine learning fundamentally. No logical jumps. Really concise and clear, thank you Andrew and thank you Coursera!
One of the first Coursera courses and still a solid exemplar.Could stand to be updated with better-produced videos (audio levels and clarity in particular) but material is well-organised, interesting and clearly-communicated.
Amazed by how much work and effort has been put in making this course.
It is very suitable for those who have no background involving machine learning, this lecture is very basic but practical and essential.
A most excellent introduction to machine learning.
very useful and to the point course. Best for Machine Learning starter.
Explanations made simple, so interest remains intact as the course progresses...
very informative.
offer both theoretical and practical views
Logically structured and well paced.
Great course
Excellent class! I learned a lot. Thanks!
A very good introduction to machine learning concept and the algorithms.
so many maths & hardcore foundations it hurts
Extremely helpful
This course is absolute garbage. You get no feedback on your quizzes or assignments and the professor is one of the most boring I've ever seen. It's absurdly frustrating to repeatedly fail without any feedback as to why you're failing.The lectures are clearly from a math perspective, as the prof simply draws what he's talking about on the slides. His hand writing is poor, and he does a lackluster job of explaining what exactly he's doing.Finally, pure lecture with no notes is almost impossible to learn, as there's nothing to read and study.I'd rate this course a 1/10, take the course on iTunes from Caltech instead.
Dr Andrew Ang is doing a great job of explaining a very complex problems in a very simple and understandable way.It's not an easy course, especially the exercises. The force you to take that theory you've just learn and apply it to real practical exercises, that's never an easy task :-).That's why this course is so good.
Excellent course, could be helped by having some prerequisites and then dispensing with the parts that breeze very secularly through weighty topics such as Linear Algebra and general interpreter based programming.<3
One of the best courses I've attended.
Assignments are too easy. I am not able to practice optimization methods implementation (Like - fmincg etc).Video lectures are good but at some places lack the explanation (Like how do we get the cost function of neuralnets). Still very helpful.
It is a really good lecture. I will take this course again later to get the certificate. Thanks.
Can have a more math background for those who are interested
Excellent course to get started with Machine Learning
This is an excellent course about Machine Learning where you will get access to learn how to build algorithms to analyze and predict different systems.
Great course. I took machine learning in grad school, but this ended up being very complimentary.
Awesome, thx Mr.Andrew, the course is very clear and intuitive .
Extremely useful and insightful !
It would be great if there are more exercises to fix the concept, but great course!
Great tutorial !I would recommend it for every one who doesn't know about the basics of machine learning. Andrew NG is a great tutor.
very impressive
Just great! This course details most of the machine learning algorithms and also provides hands-on experience with the implementation of those algorithms.
this course is one the best course on coursera, Andrew did a really great job.
I'm taking a graduate level Data Mining course, and I found I learned so much more just by taking this course! The assignments are worthwhile and the material is relevant and well explained.
It's a wonderful course! It really helps me a lot in ML.
Very nice,easy to understand,help file and background-support very powerful.
Excelent course! I like it very much. Thanks for it!
Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng and Coursera team for this great and interesting course.
It is an excellent course .. it put me on track of learning ML .. It is not so advanced so one can easlly follow Ng and it is not so trivial. Ng is doing greate job by simplifying the ideas and algorithms .. I recommend this course for beginners
Very good choice for you to walk into ML
Already learned a lot in this course (even though I took all machine learning classes at my university). A guided tour through machine learning is always a helping hand! ;-)
very useful
Excellent course. Contents, videos, quizzes and programming exercises are very well contrived and conducted. I learnt a lot.
Very practical way of teaching.Thank you Andrew sir very much!
It's pretty good for a beginner.
It is a really good course, I like it!.
Andrew is an excellent instructor - thank you!
Very good course
Amazing. Well organized. More self-paced courses, like this one, should be started.
so gr8.It's exactly the mooc I want!!!
Although I have not finished it yet I certanly believe it to be an outstanding course. It gives a good insight into the many aspects comprised by 'Machine Learning'. Obviously is not, and neither intended to be, as comprehensive as it's presential counterpart CS229. In my opinion it offers a good balance of math/theory and some hands on experience in the form of programming assignments.
Really solid course for someone who wants to build a solid understanding of the main concepts of machine learning. Definitely learned a lot.
The assignments were the best part of this course. Kudos to Prof. Ng for creating such an interactive course,
This class is fantastic! I learned a lot from Teacher Ng about machine learning. T
very good the topics and bring to develop new ideas
Easy to understand even for a maths and computer idiot like me ^-^Love getting smarter by taking this course ^-^
Very interesting course. thank you
Currently in week 5, so far I love it!
Fantastic teacher, content and coursera intiation.
More challenging homeworks may be better..
A little bit advaced algebra and calculus for most of the users
great course!Angrew Ng is a great scientist and teacher .I love him
Amazing course with easy to follow such a complex stuff. Absolutely great Professor with an great teaching attitude. Instead confusing with endless formulae try to give reasonable example with slowly increasing complexity factor. Just, Great.
First session containing the Regression and Gradient descent with 1 variable was a very good session explain the basics very well. Thanks for Andrew for a wonderful session
Very nice for learning the basics.
Go in details, the teacher master the course subject and gives some real world advices.
Awesome class. One of the most meaningful compendiums of innovative thought available on-line today. Nice work, Mr. Ng.
The best thing, just after the course when I see the stars to rate the course ML algorithm goes in my mind (Hehe). Super awesome course, right from the basics to deeper. Videos and topics are split in right pieces to keep it interesting. Interesting real world problems solved in programming exercises.
the content is well chosen, easy to understand yet it contains a valuable piece of information
Excellent course talking about the fundamentals of machine learning. Definitely worth the time and effort. I would have given it a 5 if it had any information on how to handle non numerical data like categorical or text features.
Great course. Explains the concepts very well.
really comprehensive and extremely helpful course with lots of practical advices
Great stuff :-)
Very good overview of ML for beginners.Each technique is very detailed and presented from intuition to pratice
Great
Great Course to start exploring data science
Thank you for all.
Very helpful
Very good materials and interactive approach!
Overall, an awesome course. It covers many useful algorithms and approaches to machine learning, and presents the material in an easy to understand manner.The assignments really reinforce the material and give you a chance to try out the lessons learned in the lectures.The only downside to this course is that it doesn't cover some of the more theoretical aspects of machine learning. After participating in this course, it is natural to ask "what questions can't we solve with machine learning?" "What defines something as machine learnable?", or "What are the mathematics behind this method?"These are small problems with an otherwise amazing course. In fact, I would say that this course is more useful than quite a few you can take an accredited university.
Brilliant course. Masterfully taught, very well structured course that makes optimal use of the online teaching format, and teaches a lot of actually applicable skills if one's willing to put in the effort. I'm kind of at a loss for superlatives reallyI would say it was pure joy taking the course, but there were at least 10% frustration about my code not working or my brain refusing to understand some formula or other. Obviously those moments were worth no less, probably much more than the purely enjoyable and interesting ones in terms of knowledge and skills acquired.Anyone who is relatively new to machine learning - this is the perfect crash course introduction.
Very thorough and well taught course. Thank you very much and congratulations.
Wonderful lecture with easy understanding way to go into and then master the main algorithms. A lot of practical experiences involving with the algorithms are introduced. Very practical course.
Truly amazing !!Learned a lot in this course.
great class for a mathematician looking to apply machine learning in the analysis of oil production and demand data
i love machine learning. the course structure is awesome
Excellent course and instructor. I am proud that I completed successfully its first session back in 2011.
Suitable for students with not much mathematics background. Very clear teaching. Assignments are quite helpful for building realstic understanding on algorithms.
It's a nice course! Dr. Andrew would make you as clear as possible to understand Machine Learning.
This course is a perfect tutorial for novice of machine learning. But the amount of knowledge is still far fromenough for further advancement. Prof. Ng teaches very well, I am desperately looking forward to his new courses on advance machine learning. PLEASE put out more advance courses on machine learning!
A very complete course with very interesting and motivating activities.
This was the first class I took and it was great. This course gave me a motivation touse Machine Learning in my business.
Awesome!!!! Rated by lover of Maths, Engineering & Matlab!!!!
best course for ML!
This course is one of the best I've taken. The videos are very clear, the assignments are challenging, but well within the scope of the course. Mixing great examples in the lectures with very detailed and comprehensive assignments, the student will experiment with several different algorithms for machine learning and understand how to optimize them to each different application. I can't overstate how great this course was!
Lots of great information, a good introduction to machine learning algorithms. I feel confident I can apply what I've learned to real problems and systems. Main complaint is I wish there were more programming exercises on applying ML algorithms to real problems and less on implementing the algorithms that in reality I'm probably going to just use from a library like scikit-learn.
Awesome introduction course for ML.
Pure essence of awesomeness
The best Machine learning course ever. Provides intuition to every concept in this course. Prof. Andrew Ng makes things easier for beginners. Best lectures with fine balance of quiz and assignments. Thanks to Stanford University and prof. Andrew Ng.
Really amazing that this kind of instruction is available for free.
I really like the way the course has been structured. I am actually learning something totally new without spending lot of time.
Easy to follow and practical. Assignments keep you engaged with the course.
Excellent course, easy to understand and contains great examples, but quite demanding, it require quite dedication.
good course
The best introduction to machine learning currently available. Absolutely essential.
Some bugs but this course is very good
The approach used by Stanford is really focussed on theory with a good dose of practise. The practise is due to the use of Octave as programming environment direct and not as troublesome as it would have been when using another programming language like Python or Java.Having a background in linear algebra certainly helps.
The topic is interesting, the course content is presented clearly, and the lectures are informative. While the assignments can be challenging, they really help to reenforce the lessons.From what I gather, the class was recently moved over from an older Coursera model/design. This is frustratingly apparent at times. Some information can be difficult to find, particularly in the Discussion section. I would love to see this class updated to match the quality of some more recent classes I have taken.
Very good course to learn machine learning, and this is the second time to learn this course.
Very interesting
It was amazingly done, but sadly it is not up to date any more.
Absolutely awesome! Andrew is one of the best teachers I've ever saw! It was very interesting and exciting. I wish I will meet Andrew someday.Thanks you very much!
Very good class for Machine Learning！Andrew NG makes all the complex algorithm very easy to understand!Highly recommended!
It was great experience, tour in the world of mathematics and modern algorithms. I was very impressed.Thank you.
At least Andrew's lecture give me clearer understanding on machine learning than Hsuan-Tien‘s
This course is extremely in-depth, and goes into extreme detail about the Machine Learning concepts.
Well taught! Enjoyed the experience.
Just excelent. Mr Andrew Ng is a great teacher, very clear and very nice.
I love the Way the Professor delivering the Information which is easy to understand..Wow...I am enjoying the journey ..
one of the elite courses in the field of Computer Science
Excellent professor! Excellent classes! Outstanding methodology for online on-demand couse... strongly recommended!
excellent course by an excellent teacher
Exceptional. Fascinating topic, right level of depth, excellent professor - both in competence and teaching skills.
Fantastic course. Gives you a great kick start to the theme.Programming exercises guide you through basics of ML and give good practice experience.
This is an excellent class. I already took it but it worth to refresh again since the concept also needs more time to consume.
I like this course. Not very hard, but informative.
Best CS Course. The content is practical in industry, the depth of the course is quite appropriate, the intuition is enough for each new materials.
Andrew Ng is a great teacher and makes sure that not to rush through things. All items are explained very well.
Superb content, brilliantly taught. Cannot ask for more. Many thanks Andrew Ng for bringing us this amazing course and Coursera.org
Great and practical!
owesome!
Great class that gives a insightful glance into the field of Machine Learning. Taught by one of the foremost researchers in AI / ML.
EXCELLENT COURSEEXCELLENT TEACHER
In this class, professor Andrew Ng introduced some common and powerful machine learning algorithm, including the basic mathematical theories and the typical applications of them. As a fresher, this is a good way to understand these algorithm. I really hope that more and more people can be one of students in this class. At last, I want to say thank you to everyone of Coursera!
Great course, learned a lot of new things.
Best of all.
One of the best course I did with Coursera. Everything is just perfect : video, quiz and programming examples.
Thank you very much for providing this course.I really appreciate what you are doing. Superb!!!
Teaching the ML using a easier,smooth manner, So Great!
Explanations are very clear. Perhaps my only discomfort is related with the usage of Matlab or Octave for the programming assignments instead of more modern languages.
awesome course for beginners
I am sad to see after accomplishing 11 weeks course there wasn't any certificate given.
best machine learning MOOC course online.
Fantastic class!!Very engaging and practical. The instructor is easy to understand and takes you through the course with simple narratives but very technical at the same time.I wish the course will link up graduates with ongoing projects for cementing the knowledge.
This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning and it contextualizes statistics in our modern world. I warmly recommend it.
Thank you, Andrew! The course is really great. It is easy to understand material with no prior knowledge.
Great course!
Excellent and challenging course. It would be great if you could improve the quality of the audio.
Wonderful course, I really enjoyed it , it is well build, one of the best teachers i encountered, well worth investing your time.
I like the practical approach Professor Ng took toward teaching the different concepts in this course. The focus on real-life applications rather than proving the theories behind each method is great for working professionals, and I am now empowered with different ideas to try out at work!
Absolutely the best course you can find on the internet! Thanks for a great content :)
One of the best courses i've ever seen
This is a great course to take!
Good introduction. I liked most the fact that the videos are short, and the exercises are very well designed.
A fascinating introduction to an important subject.
You really get to learn something :)
Course content is well organized and explained in simple way. Thank you very much for offering this course.
Excellent course for beginners, covering nearly all aspects of machine learning. Great Ng!
I am on week 2 and loving it! :)Andrew's video are detailed and course material is very supportive.
very very nice course.
Brilliant course! It offers a deep understanding of the subject in a delicate balance between working with the guts of the machine learning algorithms and getting the general picture. Don't begin working on a machine learning project before watching week 6. Or maybe you should, it definitely sinks in more after you've had a go at wasting your time :)
Great instructor, great class, the only reason I don't give 4 stars is that the homework is a bit buggy shall we say. But overall this is a fantastic class, well worth the effort.
cool cool cool
The way Dr NG gives the mathematical intuition to each of the machine learning algorithm makes me come back to the course. I have already earned a 95% certificate previously and I have come back to take the course.
amazing teaching technique.
An amazing course. Andrew Ng does a great job. Really opened a world for me.
It is really great and enjoyable. Thank you!
Excellent, informative and fun introduction to machine learning. The programming assignments are carefully designed to incrementally ramp up the difficulty and the nuances of Octave/Matlab relevant to the assignments are explained beforehand. The quality is truly impressive, although I wish there was a little more mathematical depth to some of the lectures. Many derivations and details of linear algebra were kind of glossed over but I understand that there's a lot to cover in a fairly short period of time so it is understandable (and most people probably don't mind it anyway). This is one of the few courses that really keeps me motivated to complete all assignments. Thank you, Prof. Ng.
Nothing can beat this ...!
Easy to understand, great
Awesome course, with awesome instructor and TAs. I spent a lot of time on it and learned a lot. Thank you for bring this course to me!
Good lecture videos and very good exercises.
Incredible Teacher !
Great introductory course. Should be learnt in conjunction with another textbook. Prof. Andrew Ng covers a lot of concepts. Some videos though may seem like repetition should be viewed again to understand the concepts advocated by him. I have found it very useful to attend live ML/AI lectures/meetups and then talk to people about this course and discuss some specific topics. It is amazing how much Prof Ng has covered in the videos and exercises.
Excellent course, very well explained with a lot of examples and intuitions. The practical exercises are very well structured to make you think of what you were taught in the class. The teacher explains every part very well with a lot of examples and real case scenarios. If you want to start learning artificial intelligence this is the place to be. There are many algorithms you are taught and many good practices that should be applied to this algorithms to make them effective and performant. Something nice to have, would be the written courses or some paperback with the main ideas, but the videos are downloadable which fills this gap pretty good. Overall this is a nice course and you definitely should attend it if you're new to machine learning or want to better consolidate your knowledge.
Useful and inspiring!
Really good course! Just wish there was a state of accomplishment.
The course has provided the insights into what is machine learning and how machine learning algorithms works. It would be good if it can provide real world problems and how to approach to solve them.
Great thoughts & Great teacher.
It was a great course for understanding the pipeline of Machine learning.It lacks Math concepts on which machine learning algorithms highly depends on.For learning Math derivations i would suggest learners to watch Stanford Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng on youtube.Thanks
exceptionally good and to the point...
Perfect.
Great course using practical examples.
Amazing contentAmazing teacherCool interesting assignmentsGives the big picture necessary to get goingSome more optional videos with more mathematical details would be niceWhy octave instead of python?
Andrew Ng is an absolute chief
It must be five starts
great class. it gives fun, enjoyable and rewarding learning experience.
Awesome course. Enjoying so far
Amazing course! Well worth the time. Opens so many possibilities and springs so many new ideas! Andrew is a great instructor explaining very complex concepts in extremely simple way.One thing I would probably add to the course is something about existing platforms/software for machine learning. It is a bit more on the practical side for the people who will choose not to code the algorithms by themselves but would prefer to use existing solutions.Thank you very much. I also think that thousands of students passing this course every semester is a great tribute to coursera. I am a CEO of a tech company in China and while I could access some of the best education resources financially, I can not afford to do that because of lack of time. Coursera is a great platform that gives me that access. I think for people like me it could also be great to open up some possibility to contribute back to coursera in some way.
Excellently done. It is a pleasure for me to participate in it.
Best course ever! Hugely exceed my expectations! What I learned in this course will be very valuable in my future. Thank you, Andrew!
Excellent. Very well explained!!!!
I like this course a lot!~
An fantastic introduction into machine learning!!! Informative and fun!!
Brilliant!!!
Andrew Ng is simply the best professor teaching this subject, especially as an introductory course!
This course was awesome
A really helpful course!
Great course, it's better if you have some knowledge of advanced calculus and linear algebra. It's not required, but preferred.
this is a great course to begin your way in machine learning.
Very well taught course.Could have been better if would have been taught using R or Python
Really well taught for a course at this level of complexity. The instructor is very down to Earth, and he connects concepts in a way that brings out the full picture. If you pay attention and invest the time, by the end of the course you can expect to have a solid road map for approaching machine learning problems on your own data sets.
The best course taught by the best teacher!
The best MOOC about Machine Learning so far!
Excellent course !Good choice of topics, great explanations, I liked that there are many practical tips.I would have liked: less guided programming exercises (the solution was almost given in the comments in the file to write) and larger (the student has to write only small bits of the overall project).I would also have liked recommended links or reading whenever a proof or an explanation of a mathematical result was skipped. I think the choice of what was skipped as too detailed for an intro was good, but would have been nice to have pointers for students who wanted to explore more.
Thank you Andrew, this course really inspire me.
Challenging and demanding, but also excellently prepared course. Complex topics well explained, useful practical examples, getting you as far as to be able to solve your own problems using the methods presented.
Undoubtedly the best course for ML beginners!!!
Great course, good lecturer, and also practical and lets you try for yourself and test your gained knowledge.Too bad there is no way to prove that all the assignments were completed successfully and so that I passed the course.
Good course. Introduces the basics well with a good emphasis on the underlying math. Bayesian techniques are missing. Also another suggestion : assignment submission in other languages , especially R - the industry language for prototyping ML algorithms.
Subject matter was broken down into bite-size lessons for easier consumption. Really good job taking a complex subject and making it easy to understand. I really learned a lot in this course. Highly recommended!
The way the course has been structured is marvelous. I have never been able to grasp something new at such a speed.
Excellent! I love every single week.
This course is one of the most inspiring and enjoyable courses I took. I really enjoyed doing all the programming assignments and hope that the knowledge and techniques that I learned will help me in the future.
Some mistakes on the slides but they are all corrected in the forums. High quality and insightful.
nice tour guide to machine learning!
Very useful for any task you want to do. Basic knowledge that anybody should learn
It is jus Awesome
Great course for intro to machine learning!
This is so far the best online course I have found on Machine Learning. Dr. Andrew Ng is one of the best instructors I have experienced. His command on subject matter and style of teaching is truly amazing. He starts the topic from very basic concepts and gradually transit into most advance concepts but students never lose their interest. For students the comfort level remain the same in the advance level as it was for the basic concepts. I will strongly recommend this course to anyone who is planning to start their carrier in Machine learning. This is so far the best course you can find online and it is FREE. What else you can accept. J��V�C��
Professor Ng is very knowledgeable and explains every learning algorithms in details and intuitively. This builds the launch pad for everyone who wants to explore more in machine learning.Thanks!
Great course! easy to understand, good examples and assignments
Very good course with a clear explanation of the key concepts. Thanks for giving us the chance to learn with you.
Really challenging and useful.
Excellent course.Concepts were explained very well and the hands on exercises helped to gain confidence in implementing some of the algorithms. This course is simply magical in transforming a person who is new to machine learning into an expert. I have already started applying machine learning techniques in real life problems.Thanks to Stanford University and Mr. Andrew for providing such high quality content.
With the help of this course, I have a very clear understanding of SVM, LR and some clustering techniques.
Excellent courseGood blend of theory and practice.For those who want more theory/math, CS 229 or the Caltech course might be suitable followups
Rly good for math understanding of ML!
Actually in case of this course you can rate it directly 5 star you don't even need to think about itThank you Andrew Ng and also Coursera
A deep understanding is given about the subject .
Excellent (but sadly non-certificated) course, well organised, great videos, excellent Community TA posts in discussion forums, you'll learn a lot and won't be disappointed.
Very good introduction to Machine Learning with the right balance between Theory (Maths) & PracticeWhat could have been even more awesome: Use R for assignments, An Overview of the other main ML Algorithms (decision trees, rules...) and a Summary of conditions where to use or not each category of algorithmBig thanks Andrew!!
Very interesting and informative course. Thank you for everything!
Perfect! It was like watching an interesting movie!
Best way to start learning Machine Learning, clear concepts, good programming assignments.
A wonderful course!
Very good course for beginners in machine learning.
Material is fascinating, assignments are useful, and Professor Ng is exceedingly clear.
Great course. Gives intuition, mathematical background, and hands-on experience with different machine learning approaches.Not easy, but worth every minute.
This is an amazing course, highly recommended to anybody interested to machine learning. Andrew Ng brings both theory and application together in this course.
life!
Excellent and very intuitive course. Learnt a lot from it.
Really informative... interested people attend the course.
It really is a great class!
A nice and helpful cousrse, gives many heuristic examples.
so well crafted. Some less hand-held problems would be welcome
Very good class
very clear
One of the best course in machine learning. Thanks Andrew Ng
One of the best course in machine learning. Thanks Andrew Ng
One of the best course found so far :) - intriguing, interesting, challenging and valuableThanks to "Andrew Ng"
I think this is an overview course about machine learning.
Andrew knows how to explain complex matter and make it easy to understand.
Great course!
Wonderful course!Very clear to understand (I'm a university dropout), all the topics are very well explained with plenty of real life examples. I managed to complete the whole course relying only on my college math ( and I was a bad student )Highly advised to anyone who is interested into Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, great kickstart.
Andrew Ng's passion for the subject of Machine Learning is obvious and infuses every lesson. His wide experience in the field allows him to enhance the video lectures with tips and examples that help him to explain what are often quite complex concepts.The lectures are very well organized, clearly presented and, although they cover some very advanced techniques, are obviously aimed at those new to Machine Learning. The programming asignments include clear and detailed instructions. In fact, if I have one criticism of the course it is that those instructions may actually be a little too detailed - occasionally involving little more than copying and pasting code from the instructions into Octave rather than writing our own scripts.I really enjoyed this course. If you are a beginner, then I think you'll find this is an excellent introduction to Machine Learning. If you have a little more background knowledge then this course will help you consolidate and build on that knowledge.
Fun course to take. Sometimes a little bit overexplaining obvious things (due to this it's often convenient to watch videos with 1.5x-2.0x speeds) and hiding quite a great amount of math. Even though it doesn't fulfill all my requirements and demands (that is explaining the nature of method/algorithm and it's derivation) I definitely can understand teacher's focusing on the practical side of the subject.
You're the person who makes the world more beautiful ! Dear Andrew Ng
A very informative and comprehensible course giving a broad introduction to Machine Learning for Beginners.Hats off to Prof.Andrew Ng.
Best and nicest instructor ever!
Thank you！~
The subject of the course concerns how to estimate parameters to make predictions about data and to classify data.The lectures are very clear and the examples are well chosen. The mentor, Tom Mosher, is also diligent, clear, and patient. In addition to the subject matter itself, it is interesting to learn that these are some of the key methods used in Silicon Valley.If you have a strong mathematical background, some of the early lectures are too slow. (On the flip side, for someone with less background, the course is self-contained.) However, by about lecture 3, I was glad I stuck with it. Instructors might consider adding some no-credit quizzes to help people "place out" of certain videos. If you can get past the assignment on backprojection for neural networks, you're home free!
Very clear explanation. Great assignment exercises. Help you understand the basics of Machine Learning.
Great course!
It is a good course for new learner in ML
I have learned a lot from this course . It's excellent!
Professor Andrew Ng is the most didactic teacher I have interacted in the last 20 years.
Before starting this course, I had no previous knowledge of machine learning and I had never programmed in Octave and I have little/no programming skills. This is a 11-week course and so I was not sure if I would make it to the end (or even get through the first week) but I was keen to learn something new.Positive Aspects: The course is extremely well structured, with short videos (and test questions to help us verify if we have understood the concepts), quizzes and assignments. Prof. Andrew Ng presents the concepts (some very difficult) in a clear and almost intuitive manner without going too much into detail with mathematical proofs, making the course accessible to anyone. The mentors were fantastic and provided prompt responses, links to tutorials and test cases, which all helped me get through the course.Negative Aspects: Searching the Discussion Board for something specific was no easy task. I would have liked to have known the answers to some of the questions in the quizzes that I got wrong.What I loved about this course: Learning how powerful vectorization is, it allows us to write several lines of code in one single line and can be much faster than using for-loops. I was wowed several times.Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher. He is also extremely humble and very encouraging. During the course he often said, "It's ok if you don't understand this completely now. It also took me time to figure this out." This helped me a lot. He also said, "if you got through the assignments, you should consider yourself an expert!" and I laughed silly. By no means do I feel like an expert but now I have a basic understanding of the different types of learning algorithms, what they could be used for and more importantly this course has generated a spark in me to use this tool for things that I find interesting and for that I am very grateful. I don't think a teacher has ever thanked me for assisting a class. This is a first-time! So thank you Prof. Andrew Ng and everyone who worked to put this course together. Also, special thanks to Tom Mosher (mentor). My best MOOC so far!
Overall this is a really great course.My small criticism: Sometimes I wished for more optional videos containing proofs of the formulas. I often spent all the time watching the videos wondering how we would solve some problem only to be presented with a formula without any explanation where it came from. This is only a small problem because the answer was usually not too hard to find and often even linked in the discussion, but if this information were contained in the course content (e.g. optional videos assuming some linear algebra background), it would be even better.
What a great course!
This course is very easy to understand. Because of this it's oversimplified
This course is very good!
Beautifully taught with good examples. One of the best courses for beginners
This course was amazing. The clarity of explanation of concepts along with the suggested tips and tricks the professor provided made the time spent taking this course truly worth wild.
Self Pace Course, Learned a Lot
Andrew Ng is one of the best instructors I've ever had. He makes the difficult easy to follow and comprehend. His course is excellent and I hope he finds the time to choose another interesting topic to turn into a course.Thank You Professor Ng!
Bit technical. Totally worth it.
It is the best course to start Machine Learning.
It's been great time to learn machine learning with Professor Andrew Ng. This course can give you a general understanding of what is machine learning as well as how such technology can be used for somewhat closely related to our life. Thank you again!
very nice ! Thanks.
Great Course
Absolutely essential for everyone who wants to be a data scientist.
I have learned a lot from the lesson !
Nice material and practical approach. Loved it.
Very interesting topic and good way of teaching
Nice and Easy
Excellent course for a beginner to learn machine learning. I was often encouraged by Dr. Ng in videos. Thank you!
Excellent!! Fun, oriented to practical aspects instead of theory.Thank you Professor Andrew Ng and all team.
It´s excellent, Very complete. The course increases your perspective.Andrew Ng excellent teacher, explained for dummies.
This is a great course to get your hands on machine learning. The lectures are well explained, and the coding homework helps solidify the material in the lectures. I can't recommend this course enough.
What a treasure trove of learning. I like that the class goes into the math and how machine learning is accomplished.
Very detailed course, with an emphasis on practical application.
Probably the best course for an introduction on machine learning. I would recommend it to anyone that has a slight interest on this subject. The course itself is very enjoyable , the programming exercises are very self-motivating and worth the time.
Very interesting so far, very operational. Clear explanations.
Systematic and clear, great course
Really laying the foundations of ML, while giving lots of practical tips also.
I love this course
Best professor and fascinating subject
Outstanding Professor
Andrew Ng is very clear in his lecture. The assignments are well written. Most of all, this course inspires me to learn machine learning!
Very helpful course
thanks for the deep explanation of ML
Easy to understand without being to easy. Doable while having a full time job.
good way to practice R code in real case
Well worth the time, not only is the lecturer very good at communicating the concepts, but he also has real-world experience, and it shows.
complex concepts simplified...!!!
Done the first two weeks and loving it so far, really interesting, very well explained and the exercises keep you on your toes.
Very interesting and should be extremely useful.
nice fundamental machine learning course, only drawback is "octave" as a learning platform
Awesome courses
This is really the best course I have seen so far. A lot of effort has been put into the material and exercise to quantum leap understanding of machine learning. Andrew Ng can be very very proud of this course. Hope he will find the time to maybe make a more advanced course as well.
Thank you for great cour
very good course, and thank you very much.
Awesome instructor, and content. Tough course, but worth the time.
Very good course :)
Amazing course and very didactic teacher. If you want to learn why machines are learning, you should take this course.
A good teacher!
Very well designed with a clear focus. Wish more algorithms were included but good as it is. The projects were helpful and fun. The lectures were still my favorite part.
highly recommended
one of the best machine learning courses!
This is one of the best courses available over the internet. The course strikes right balance by not going into complex statistical concepts. It provides right amount intuition
Great material, easy to understand lectures, and explanations even for the most basic things like linear algebra. This course is really fun to study in.
It is a very comprehensive course. It presents the basis of Machine Learning in a clear way and letting you know the analysis behind those techniques which are useful tools for future projects.The forum is always active so you can get/share information about each topic and improve your knowledge.
Thank you for providing such an opportunity to learn. Thanks again !!
Great Course for beginners :)
Great course! HAHA!
easy to understand
Fantastic! I learned so much. It is great to know that now I understand how things like face recognition and autonomous cars work and that this course gave me the tools and knowledge to develop applications of this kind. I highly recommend the course.
Very interesting and useful course, thank you very much!
Disclaimer: I did the ml-class version.This course has set a high standard of presenting ML materials to students and I believe it's still the best introduction to ML course out there.Thank you!!
The course gives a good and thorough introduction to machine learning.
Amazing Teaching technique ,Andrew neg made such a statistical and mathematical subject absolutely simple to follow ...
A great course for revolution in advance machine learning, I am attempting it 2nd time very useful content about Machine Learning and great teaching methodology
I learned many of practical materials. This was the best online course I've ever taken. Thank you!
A real eye opener ... organized in a way that will get you into the subject without the fear of complicity .... highly recommended
Challenging, but the instructor walk through from the theory to the practical exercises and make you feel comfortable. I have re-learn algebra and the assignments are well designed to make you success, that means, understand what are you doing and why. The only issue are some technical problemas I have to submit.Thanks for this great course!
Excellent introduction to Machine Learning. The course is specifically suited for beginners. So If something you read or heard raised your interest in machine learning and wanted to learn it, this is the perfect introductory course for that. It was a pleasure to learn from Andrew Ng.The course uses Octave/Matlab for the programming exercises, but hopefully they will change it to python as it's better suited for beginners.Thank you Andrew and thank you to everyone who worked on this inspiring course.
My first ever course on ML, and it was fantastic
Great course for freshman on machine learning.
Excellent foundation course for ML.
This course opened my eyes on how valuable and structured information can be extracted from large datasets.In this course I learned:-What kind of problems can be solved with machine learning.-What kind of data is useful and how to get and prepare this data (+ Octave/Matlab implementation).-How machine learning algorithms work and how to implement them. And how to tune the parameters of the specific algorithm (+ Octave/Matlab implementation).-How to use different heuristics to evaluate the machine learning algorithms (+ Octave/Matlab implementation).-How to debug and optimize a machine learning system time efficiently (+ Octave/Matlab implementation)..
Content is just great.Just the right level of challenge for me, also.
This course is excellent and covers many topics, I recommend it.We are never lost during the videos because the motivations are well explained.Furthermore Andrew Ng speaks very clearly and is easily understood by a non native English speaker like me.I liked particularly the practical advices with the common mistakes that we should avoid.I don't give 5 stars just because it lacks a follow-up in order to go deeply to the subject, with a kind of final project and a certificate given in case of success.Maybe I should also have a look at the corresponding Stanford course which is supposed to be more complete than the online one.
Awesome MOOC with very clear explanations :)
Excellent tutorial! I learnt a lot and had a lot of fun learning about machine learning.Thank you!
Thank you for all your work, professor!!!
It is long ago (25+ years) that I dealt with ANNs by that time. This course is terms of content and didactial concept very well built. I can only recommend it. In particular, as it is not only taking care of the theoretical background but also has a lot of good stuff for me as a practitioner.Thanks
Good intro to concepts in ML.
I love this course. It provides for me a huge and useful background in machine learning.
The most influential course I took, I'm working as a data scientist now, mostly thank to this course.
fascinating！Andrew teaches in an easy-understood way.
is very useful and interesting. But it has high level
Take this course right now!. It will leave you with working knowledge. So get in there, study the concepts and do the work. Fantastic course. If a signature track certificate came out, I'd take it again on an instant and if Andrew Ng made coursera course out of his deep learning Stanford site I'd be there in a heart beat.
Maching learning is a quite interesting course with so much information. I believed that I have made greate progress in this field.
great course :D
Very Good Course, Congratulations.
High quality human learning :-).Priceless practical advises, wide range of topics, well designed assignments.Highly recommended.
This course is a highly valuable one. It has been organized extremely well. The instructor provides a lot of motivation around Machine Learning and its uses and explains everything in a very simplistic way that even a non Linear-Algebra expert can understand. Furthermore, there were also mentors that had been really helpful by responding to questions and providing unit tests and test cases for the programming assignments in order to make the debugging an easier task for those attending the course.
Would be nice to have lessons handsout if we do not want to watch the videos, the exercices are very well done so far. Very good course
Material course and teacher are really great.I'd strongly recommend this course.
Interesting classes, awesome instructor, and valuable content!!
Wonderfully accessible and practical. Great for beginners. Andrew Ng is one of the best instructors to learning to program from.
This is a fantastic course which guides me walking into the world of machine learning.
A bit too mathematical for an overview course
Awesome Course!
Best course for freshers :)
Allow students to code in python or other programming languages also.
A very good course for machine learning!
Good interaction and excellent practice framework code, reducing the difficulty threshold for beginners.
great course to know more about machine learning
When you sense a passion about teaching over net, than you are 100% that you're on the right place, on the right time! :)
I give this course 4 stars as I did learn a lot from it, and thought most of it is well prepared and useful.I found some disappointment in some of the programming assignments where I wanted to understand the code better but it was not documented properly. In such cases the common response was that the material goes beyond the scope of the course.I thank Andrew Ng for the material and hope this gets resolved in the future.
nice teacher
Awesome course with clear understanding!
This was by far the best class I have had so far on Coursera. I feel that I now have a really good understanding of linear and logistic regression and neural networks as well as the other learning methods that we touched upon. I thought that the quizzes and assignments were very appropriate and helped me to further cement my understanding that I gained through watching the video. Professor Ang explains the material very clearly. I always walked away feeling that any questions I might have were answered completely in the videos or in the discussions. I would highly recommend this class to anyone who wants to have a good understanding of Machine Learning.
the best ever
This is the best online course I've ever watched without a doubt! ( including many youtube videos, online content in many different formats etc and coursera). It's very well laid out with real-world practical exercise after every lecture! Andrew Ng really did a great job with this course. I recommend this course to everyone interested in ML !
It was honor
My review concerns partially the course and partially the Coursera concept as this was my first on-line course and I cannot distinguish between those two.My experience was simply great, I felt that it was time well spend, for example compares to my company provided trainings and I'm hoping to return to another course.I have quite strong background in statistics so some parts were too basic for me but being able to speed the videos up is neat and it opens the course to wide spectrum of students (again opposed to company provided trainings or even school lessons where in the best case half of the students are bored of the slow tempo and other half isn't able to keep up with the same tempo). To have my own timeplan also helps but I even finished quite early as it was so fun.About the course contend: Andrew Ng prepared great lessons, all was pretty well explained (even when he cannot use some "advanced math" not to lose part of the students). The examples were illustrative as well as realistic (at least seemed realistic and that makes it more exciting than some artificial ones).I was little afraid of the programming exercises as I've never worked with Matlab (using mainly R). But now I'm glad that I know another language:) The system of submitting works perfectly.I can say similar thinks about the contend of the exercises as I wrote about examples in lectures. It is nice to program my own spam filter - the concept of programming only some small parts of the program and not to have to deal with data loading, plotting... is again very entertaining and instructive and then it can be done some nice application in short time.My thanks to the whole Coursera team and of course Andrew Ng. Hope to use this cool tools in my work.Zdeněk
its so nice. little bit difficult in programing part.
Thank you Anderw Ng for the teaching!
Brilliantly taught!! Kudos to Andrew Ng and the entire Coursera team
Exciting course! Astonishing work to develop all videos and prepared files and guidelines for programming exercices.Andrew Ng make concepts very accessible and very illustrated. The real life exercices immediately give ideas of implementations. We have quickly hands-on thanks to exercices. The diversity of covered fields through the examples taken is quite impressive and useful.I found the difficulty of exercices very subtly tuned to develop really interesting tools thanks to the pre-written codes. These codes also give opportunities to exploit further Octave/Matlab capabilities.I deeply thank the team for granting us access to a such high quality content.
The best course I have found to learn machine learning basics. However, it would have been better if it used python or R.
Best video tutorials for beginners and people with interest in the subject
One of the best course on Computer Science
Very good pace. Sophisticated concepts put in simple words. One of the best courses on Coursera I had a chance to do.
I thought this was a great course. I knew a bit about ML before taking it, but this course helped fill in a lot of gaps in my knowledge. The pacing was good and course material was taught in a logical order. There are good examples of ML applications and motivational problems. So there is a nice balance between theory and practical application.
In my point-of-view, this course is an excellent introduction to the field of machine learning & this course will be really helpful for the people who are eager to know what machine learning is like. Thanks to Prof.Andrew Ng & the TA's for making it possible for everybody in getting to know about this great field called Machine learning.
Course content is really good. Assignments are in depth and help you build your concepts.
Informative and inspiring.
Andrew has made a complex subject, so easy that anyone can learn it.
This course is HELL AWESOME!!!
I was a beginner of machine learning. Because of Ng's clear explanations and good MATLAB assignment, now I know many important algorithms and technics .It was a great course.
Excellent and well paced. Andrew Ng has great interest and enthusiasm for the material which makes the entire experience fun.
I really enjoyed the content of this course. Andrew Ng is great at explaining machine learning concepts and gives practical advice along the way.
Thank you very much for the great course!
Great course! Very insightful and helpful!
Great course! Coursera will change the world, make the education more flat to everybody in the world who are eager to knowledge.
I really liked the practical orientation of the class : despite being rather short you get to learn about real world applications.Professor Ng did an amazing job on his programming assignments as well : the problems are encapsulated in a framework that effectively hides the low level / checking routines to let us code the logic. If you want to push it further, the whole code is available too.An obvious recommendation :)
this course has started new era in field of machine learning... Thanks to Andrew
I'm not installing anything. Completely app/cloud-based or forget it. Need to do to the teaching of machine learning what ALEKS is doing to the teaching of mathematics.
Excellent interpretations of various Machine learning algorithms by Mr. Andrew N G. So useful for researchers.
An exciting course! It is easy to understand this course and there are many helpful knowledge.
thinks it's a cool course.but am getting it getting the concepts of the functions. probably needs lots of practice.Wish u all the best...
Yes. The teaching is fantastic and attractive and also the assignments are not difficult to master.
One of the best courses available on Coursera. Andrew Ng is a genius!
best course i've done on this topic
Great content!
Thank you for your teaching，I have learnt a lot from the class.
I really learned a lot in the classes and through practicing coding!Thanks for providing such an awesome course!
Interesting and inspiring!
Explains most of the machine learning algorithms with simple math and intuition.
Excellent first class for machine learning. The explanations are very, very clear and programming oriented. Comparing to other materials ( Some Chinese translated tech book or text book which were full of unwell explained formula), this course help me to catch the algorithms.
There are no resource / Course in the whole universe like this one.....Andrew Nag is the best of the best
Thank you to Andrew Ng for a great ML introductory course for a person with programming background. It gives a very good start for anyone who is clue-less about what "machine learning", "data scientist", "neural networks" etc. really mean. Assignments are designed just right - so that a newbie is not overwhelmed, gets confidence as s/he progresses.As I mentioned I consider it introductory course, because it gives lot of information which you tend to forget as you move through this course. So you need to practice a lot with real life example before you can become an expert.Now the challenge is finding a problem that has not been tackled using ML and trying to tackle it with what I have learned.
best teacher i've ever knownif you try enter machine learning using Bishp (2006), you will know exactly what i mean.
Great classes!
excellent course from stanford. also a fabulous teacher.....
Thanks for such a good learning experience.
The course has really helped gaining practical and applicable knowledge in Machine Learning algorithms. I particularly appreciate the course delivery by Prof. Andrew Ng where not only he takes us through the algorithm but also help build the intuition of the methodology for us to customize the algoriths as well for our specific problems. Thanks so much professor Andrew Ng for sharing your knowledge!
Material is structured very well and it gives understanding why algorithms of machine learning look like they look. Andrew Ng is good teacher, who explains complex things very clear and easy to understand. The course is good starting point for further studying of machine learning.
nice,this course give me a lot of help, thank you
very educational,, helpful in understanding some of the procedures used in the formation of what goes into creating machine learning and some useful applications of what can be done with such tools ,done in such a manner that the novice can understand
The educational quality of this course is, without a doubt, incomparable
I really enjoy the course. Thanks for the efforts.
Ease and quickly learn deep machine learning algorithms
Awesome course
Andrew Ng is awesome.
Excellent course. Very well explained and exposed, and the programming excercises were very relevant and interesting. Thank you Mr. Ng, you are an exceptional teacher
Nice introductory course and very helpful
excellent into class to machine learning.
Very clear explanation and exercises in order to start with Machine learning
Very interesting topic and good materials, a real pleasure following this course.
I would say this is the best coarse on machine learning for the beginners. Sir Andrew Ng, he's the best teacher I have I ever seen. The way he shaped the lectures, quizes and assignments is really matchless. Its free of cost above all. If someone wanna be expert at machine learning but he has no background knowledge, taking this coarse is the best way to get started.
Very informative and very well done. The instructor does a great job breaking things down.I'd like to suggest better step by step explanation of the formulas and each index and each term clearly; as well as running a simple example and tracing the intermediate variables after each approach is presented. Sometimes the formulas and indices are a little too confusing.Thanks for providing this amazing course.
Other than no certificate, best course ever.
Its very helpful source of knowledge. I am not able to achieve master becoz my financial condition, but i am gainging knowledge here... its helping me a lot.
It's wonderful!
Highly recommended for beginners in Machine Learning...
Excellent teaching style. Prof Ng has the uncanny ability to know what the student might be thinking about the topic being discussed.Highly recommended as a first course in machine learning.
nice course for beginners
Great stuff!!! Thank you Andrew Ng!!!
I started my journey of machine learning from this course ,the course is excellent, and I've leaned a lot idea and skills from this course
Really like the course. I've learned a lot and the content is pretty interesting.
Prof. Andrew Ng sets the MOOC standard for teaching complex concepts in the most intuitive manner possible.
Very great course!
Excellent course! The ideas of every topics are well conveyed, and the programming exercises are great fun. I did get what I expected in this course. Thank you Prof. Ng for sharing your knowledge!
Listening to week1 lecture..I feel Andrew has demystified machine learning and made it more accessible to people who are eager to learn the subject.
This class is a dope. Well organized, right on the point. with emphasize on the practical side and application and the industry. really well designed homework and tests. really makes you understand and get deep into the content.in fact, it was fun just to solve the homework problems. your brain can breath in fresh thoughts.
Excellent course, just missed the certification.
very practical. very insightful.Someone may think it's too easy for ML class. But I would like to see good teacher can make a complex thing look simple. DR. NG is such good teacher.High recommendation.
Highly interesting, and very interactive, great course !
Would be better if it were a certified course. Perhaps an optional exam after the course, for those who want the certificate..
Excellent course, great instructor!P.S.: I rewrote (and submitted ;)) all assignments up until now (week 7) in Julia (with minor differences) and I would argue that the language is very readable, elegant and well suited for modern scientific computing. I hesitate to upload it to GitHub for obvious reasons, but if you're intereseted, please get in touch.
Some courses are well taught on uninteresting subject.Some courses are taught poorly on interesting subject.This is a very well taught course on a very interesting subject.It is one of Coursera's must-check courses.
The course is awesome and we need more videos to learn more about the content so clearly. I think lessons about coding in Matlab must be there for the beginners to get familiar with Matlab.
so great and efficient
Great course and the teaching is very clear. The exercises and experiences are good for practice.
Great material and opportunity to expand your math skills!
it's very impressive and easy to understand. thanks for Prof. Andrew Ng.
Excellent! Strongly suggested to anyone interested in Machine Learning. The explanations has the perfect pace and a lot of intuitions are given to better visualize and remember mathematical formulas. The course does not go very deep in each topic but it gives a wide and general understanding of many tools and algorithms and it is a solid base for further studying.
Learned a lot, hope some additional related courses open
the best of best
This course is an excellent introduction to machine learning. Credit goes to Prof Ng for making a complex subject so simple. He made it easy for people without mathematical background to understand the concepts behind the various algorithms. The course covers the core algorithms of machine learning in adequate depth. That level of depth is required to get a good understanding of the concepts surrounding an algorithm. What I find very exciting is that after completing an assignment, one can use the code to solve any problem outside the assignment set. I found it very exciting to use the algorithms to solve external problems including those on Kaggle.I also found the documentation in assignments pdf documents and that in the code very helpful. Great job done there.My recommendation for improving this course would be to include some more algorithms which are commonly mentioned on various forums on the internet e.g. tree based algorithms, random forest etc. Or at least give an introduction to these algorithms for students to then explore them further on their own.
The best and the most comprehensive course I've ever taken online :D !!
This is a 5 star course, at the end it is sure that you will have a solid basis to keep learning more complex applications. Also this is not an easy course and require commitment.
Excellent course, it is a very interesting and it combines the practice and theory perfectly
This is my first course on any such topic.And I think for a noob like me its a good introduction to Machine Learning.
The course covers the main topics of Machine Learning. The tool chosen for the exercises (Octave) is very easy to learn and very powerful for the purpose of ML, especially if you use vectors as suggested on the course. I found it to be the right mix of theory and practic
This is great course to introduced in Machine Learning. The way of teaching is awesome..
Andrew Ng is awesome, many thanks!
Was looking for something like this
The bible of Machine Learning. Amazingly planned and beautifully explained that could be interesting a layman as well as to a serious aspirant.
Great course for understand the basics and some of the tricks
Please cover additional topics like deep learning , random forest, etc . Make part 2 of this coursse
unfortunately nothing is being done to fix errors and errata is very difficult to track
one of the finest and complete machine course INTERNET ever had
Really good course！I've just started and already learned a lot, even though I am a rookie in math and computing. Love it!
This is the first class for me to learn about machine learning. This course explains the theory in simple language, easy to understand, and is very fit for the beginners.
This course is simple to learn, even for novice programmers. For computer science students, this course help greatly for better understanding of Artifical Intelligence and making machine that learns.
Like this course very much! It's very useful in research.
This course is very instructive and detailed, easy to follow with enough quizes and programming assignments. The support in the discussions forum is excelent
Everytime i retake this course, it helps me understand the subject more and more.It helps me connect with many things in real world
Excellent teaching, excellent material and excellent assignment. It feels great to finish this course knowing that I learnt a lot ML.
The course is explicit and easy to understand.And the programming assignment is great
Brilliant course. Great content and an excellent professor! Thank you.
This course is excellent, and I have learned so much from the course. Thanks!
This course introduced me to a whole new world, Thank you Andrew. I just wish I complete it as soon as possible.
Good overview course for beginners like me
Andrew Ng is a great teacher and a great example of the true power that machine learning brings to the table if thoroughly pursued.
Awesomessst Course,,,,Impressive Coding Assignment, Had a nice learning experience
Very nice class. Detail class and exercise notes. Very instrumental.
The new self-paced version has a lot more content, including very practical cases and recommendations! And the programming assignments are still quite easy, so it makes it a perfect starter course after which you can dive into more technical material.
Content of the course was great!Sound quality is a bit lower, but you'll get used to it
Foundation of Machine Learning
very strong introduction
very helpful and useful
Course material is quite nice.Though,it'd have been better if submission in octave from windows were allowed.
Best course on machine learning anywhere.
Quite helpful
This course really takes you into practical machine learning. Andrew Ng shows great teaching skills and there is a fair share of coding, a mandatory step for me to really get what I learn. Just perfect. Thanks Andrew and Coursera.
Excellent course not only for beginners; but for anyone who is interested in AI/Machine Learning fields.
It is a great overview of ML and for what it can be harnessed. Highly recommended.
This class is really exciting!
Absolutely top quality course - well done Andrew Ng!
This felt like a great introduction to the algorithms being used today by the top companies and academics. Very relevant course! This was not meant to be a thorough course, and some of the math was glossed over, but just enough was given so that I feel comfortable going further into any topic. This course can definitely take some time to complete, but anyone with some programming experience who's had exposure to linear algebra should be fine understanding what's happening.
Great course, Great instructor, Great material!Thanks.
This course was fantastic. A glimpse of how good quality education could be brought to the millions of people around the world who otherwise would be capable but were not lucky enough to be born in the right place and/or with enough resources to afford world class education.
The professor teaches very patiently. Nothing is left, all the basics and mathematics of the course materials are covered.
A great course! Challenging, relevant, and every concept used is clearly explained.
One of the best courses. Complex stuffs are explained in simple way to undersstand
Great course. Would have liked to have a final project and some more in-depth videos for the mathematics of some of the algorithms. Slides/notes for each lecture or unit or week would be extremely helpful for those who take the class in the future or for those who have finished and would like to review the material. The programming assignments were very interesting and close to the real world. Enjoyed the course overall.
This is a very helpful course.
Instructor way of teaching was awesome. Hatsoff.
exemplary course! highest score!
Very interesting, though it does not dive deep in the maths. Concepts like ensemble methods are missing.
This course is exceptionally well put together. I had this wrong concept that machine learning is a hard nut to crack but Prof. Ng has designed the course in such a way that students get the best out of the machine learning course with fair amount of effort. Nearly to the end of the course. I wish this course was a part of specialization for Machine Learning and AI.
Excellent coverage of the subject.
This course is an opportunity to get acquainted with several machine learning techniques, including linear regression, logistic regression, Support Vector Machines (SVM), anomaly detection, non-supervised learning (clustering, K-means, etc), recommendation systems and very interesting discussions about batch/mini-batch versus stochastic learning and large-scale learning systems. It does not require a deep knowledge in algebra and calculus (although a solid background in mathematics surely helps a lot) and progresses in a logical manner from easy, standard techniques to advanced ones.If you are new in this realm, this course is comprehensive enough to make you confident to design your own customized algorithms. If you have some experience, you can consolidate your knowledge and benefit from the tips the instructor gives throughout the course. I've been dealing with adaptive filtering for some years and I can say I've enjoyed this course so much. I definitely recommend it!
I am really enjoying this course. It's a fun mix of my programming skills and math interests. I Strongly recommend taking Sal Kahn's course on Linear Algebra (@ Khanacademy) or having some Linear Algebra background before taking this course.
Extremely well designed course. The assignments have also been tailored really well to test only course concepts and not extra coding. The mentors have been really helpful as well.
Really appreciate for what I learnt from this course!
Good course but task is little bit lightweight
The best beginner ML course in coursera.
Really really great course. Went to machine learning meetup where this course was constantly mentioned, so I decided to do it. Very happy I did. As a senior developer, I can now have a conversation with the data guys, and can even bring some ideas to the table.The way Andrew Ng teaches is also awesome: he has slides on which he draws with a pen which keep things interesting and make things easy to understand. The Matlab/Octave practical provides extra insight in the course material and is very well set up.
a bit too early.. am still on week 3 but am enjoying every part of it :)
It is one of the best basic introduction to the Machine Learning course.
Really great course. Nice and prepared programming exercises.
I haven't taken a better online course. Hats off to Professor Andrew!
Everything is very well explained. For everyone that wants a quick comprehensive introduction into Machine Learning.
Very well organized lecture. It is rich in intuition and forms a nice first step for understanding ML. Highly recommended.
Great course for people that try to understand better how work the algorithms used in machine learning!
detailed explanation and the quizzes are good practice to strengthen the memory.
Great course! Really good explanation of hard topics and interesting tasks.
Just 4 weeks in now, addicted to the subject. Very clear lectures, great support online and challenging level.
Excellent. Thanks!
Very insightful tutorial on ML. Best introduction to subject I've ever seen.
A good introductory course for newcomer in Machine Learning.
Excellent explanations and proper and useful assignments given at the right time to implement the algorithms in practice immediately after theory material.
The best course for beginners on machine learning.
Instructor is outstanding. Course Material and Programming assignment are well-crafted.
I enjoyed every bit of this course. Prof. Andrew Ng is a great teacher and a pleasure to listen to. In the course, he breaks down the complex material into manageable chunks and thereby creates a gradual learning curve.
It is excellent lecture to me.
Excellent Course! Every course is very clear and programming assignment is well-designed.
Really inspiring course!!Instructor is really great, expressing ideas extremely clear!
Really great course with a reasonable amount of practical tasks. Gives a good and quite deep overview of machine learning algorithms.
If more than five stars can be given to this course, I would rather give. I rarely write reviews but this course enforce me to do so. This is one of the easy to understand courses. The vocabulary is simple and the way of introducing the subjects is smooth. The professor is very humble and try to explain the concepts is a very direct and simple way.
Amazing and Challenging course
The best class I've ever participated in.Thanks.
He does a fantastic job of introducing a complex subject. Each programming assignment builds on the ones before it, adding more complexity.
Nicely written, good exercises.
Very useful.
Great course with hands-on homework and informative video lectures.It would have been great help to be able to get the video lectures as lecture notes too.
very good course
One of the best courses offered by Coursera
clear explanation and coding homework really helpful :)
This is the greatest course i have ever taken online or offline. The instructor has full control over the subject matter, if it was not for this course i would consider ML a thing for the maths wizards. Thank you so much Andrew NG for starting coursera with such a great course.
Dr. Andrew Ng made the whole process an interesting, practical, and fun experience! What a great course!
The course content is thorough and meticulous. One of the best course I've pursued.
Methodical explanation of the areas of ML
As a freshman here, machine learning given by Andrew Ng is an ideal course to start with. It's not very difficult on math, if you have had a quick look on Linear Algebra and Calculus.
It structured very well.
Thank you, Andrew Ng.
Great material. Exceptional and very descriptive videos by Prof. Ng. Can't expect more. The course structure is beautifully shaped and this certainly adds to my CV like a charm. It would have been better if we had signature track for the course though. For everything else, it's as good as it gets.
It's one of the best course about machine learning I have ever seen. Thanks Andrew!
Very good, practical and easily understandable course. I've learned new numerical methods in spite of that I've finished a semester long numerical methods course at the uni.
Course is very good.I liked it. But what I didn't liked about it that you are not providing statement of accomplishment. If it would have been there I would have liked it more. It give boost to complete the course with full hard work. I hope you will give it a thought about it in future sessions.I know that this course is always open that can be a reason for you not providing statement of accomplishment but you are already grading students so it won't be that difficult to give statement of accomplishments
The course is very exhaustive and educative. Good job by Andrew!
very dedicatingvery good explained
Best course I've taken on Coursera.
The course contains some fundamental concepts of machine learning. It is not very hard to accomplish the course.
This course is the best way to start being familiar with ML, I've learned a lot from it. Thanks Andrew :)
nice course, lots of information to learn
This course was very informative because there were not only theory lessons but practical assignments with lot of tips. I learnt a lot and hope to use it and learn more in future. Thanks to Prof. Andrew for the wonderful delivery and content.
Thanks you alot! It's very interesting and useful course!
highly recommend this course.
I learned a lot of useful things, thanks a lot -- Yingliang
Great course ! Thank you Andrew
Great course for preliminary study in machine learning
Very helpful with my research in computer vision.
I consider that the knowledge of this course is very funny and future-oriented. What's more, Professor Andrew's speeches are concise and clear, which help me understand. Thank you very much.
I like this course. I think machine learnig wil have a good prospect. I like use it on my own research.
Simply awesome. Appreciating the great effort by Andrew NG and his team on rolling out such a wonderful course, for free..
I like this course.
Andrew Ng's teaching ability rivals Richard Feynman's. He is clear, concise, and makes everything seem easy and clear. I very highly recommend this class to every friend I have who wants to build their Machine Learning foundations. Thank you, thank you, thank you professor Ng!
Very well structured course on machine learning with well designed software projects.
Very clear lectures, wide covering of the machine learning.
Thank you for such a nice course!
The best!
Great Instructor with Great course material.
This is one of the best course i've ever had in my life. I enjoy learning here . Prof. is awesome.
Very heplful and powerful course. Thanks Andrew!
One can take this course along side with JohnHopkin's "Practical Machine Learning".
This is a really excellent course. I've learned various topics of machine learning including a fundamental algorithm to train models and predict cases and some practical tips like dealing with overfitting. Especially, programming assignments gave me a lot of intuition and understanding, that is helpful though it took some time to finish all of them. Thank Andrew Ng very much for the wonderful experience!
Awesome course. The examples were clear, the exercises to the point, maths just right. I watched all the videos on 2x. The teacher has deep knowledge and industry experience. Amazing course - highly recommended.
Perfect
I thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this course. Although it took a significant amount of time to work through, I feel that all of the work was well worth it. My understanding of the basics of machine learning now places me in a position far beyond that which I could have imagined being in. My thanks to the the author of the course, Andrew Ng for all of the work which he put into this course. It is appreciated by many. I am at the beginning of an academic career in computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence and I have no doubt that the lessons from this course will guide me time and time again.
Interesting and practically applicable course content. Really no particular prerequisite - UNIVERSAL.Enjoying doing the course. Great Stuff!
Excelellent!!! but need certification.
Totally useful course!
This course is perfectly designed and give an intuition on how machine learning works in application. The exercises especially the programming assignments, helps apply the knowledge and see the result and helps understanding the concepts.Kudos!
amazing course
Andrew is really good teacher
Great teacherGreat contentGreat presentation
One of the most usefull course I have taken including my master courses at my university.
Great course! Everything is really well explained and programming assignments are very educational and easy to submit. I love it!
A1, very helpful, very informative course, many thanks to Andrew Ng and forum mentors especially Tom Mosher
Really cool course, Andrew Ng is a great teacher with an outstanding knowledge.I particularly loved when he said things like "I used string kernels just twice in my life, this other kernel maybe 5 or 6 times" because he was giving us a clear, practical measure of how/how much we were going to use it.I think that's what makes a teacher (and subsequently the course) great, mixing a really good theorical knowledge with years of in-the-field experience.I hope i'll be able to talk to him sometimes because he's a very bright person.Also congrats to the mentors working hard to mantain the course.
great lectures by the amazing andrew ng, with fun and very interresting exercises
Its very helpful and informative course but some material need more material and clarificationsuch as : SVM ,recommendation system, large scale machinethank you very much
So far this is one of the most interesting and beneficial courses I took during my study life
This course is really good.I got the opportunity to learn the concepts theoritically and also apply them to real time problems. So I now have an in-depth understanding of all concepts.
great course! highly recommend
It is this course that enlightens me when embracing the era of machine learning. Thank you, Dr. Ng!
Easy to be Understood,very basic,good for beginners!
Loving this course, I'm a big fan!
It can be more interactive if small exercises are followed by each video as in edx.
nice and easy to understand what the main purpose of machine learning！
This course is a good starting point for those whose are very new in Machine Learning field.
it's a very good course. give me so much about machine learning. Thanks , Andrew.
Fantastic introduction to machine learning. Instruction is clear and well presented. My experience with this course has motivated me to pursue the subject further.Additionally it has introduced me to the world of MATLAB, a great program that can now be accessed on mobile devices.Highly recommended.
Excellent course and realy practical
I did this course three years ago, and this course is awesome. The teacher explain very well complicated subjects
Very well organized course. Covers a lot of themes with deteail sufficient to deep understanding of the field.
really great course!!
This course is the best online course I have heard so far at Coursera. As well it is the best course compared to other learning platforms.This course achieves to introduce to the main concepts and provides an intuitive understanding of machine learning. Without drifting too much into the mathematical foundations still the main ideas are very well presented. I really want to thank Andrew Ng for providing this nice course!!!
I'm learning so much! This course is fantastic. If I had any comment, it would be to make the homework just a little more challenging. Students are really walked through the problems!
Epic class on machine learning. One of the best and most inspiring MOOC's I've followed. Do the programming exercises. They are well worth the time and effort.
Course very useful the people trying to learn ML. Basics were explained very clearly. I'm sure Professor Andrew Ng is very good at what he is teaching.
So cool, I'm learning so much thanks to this class!
This is my first courser course taken and it is exceptional. Concepts are explained clearly and intuitively. Very easy to understand. The programming assignments are also very helpful.
Simply Awesome !!
Machine Learning in Action
I'm currently finishing up week 8 of 11. Ng is a great lecturer, and the course is really well developed and interesting. The first week feels a bit slow, but stick with it and you'll get into some neat math and good algorithmic thinking. The ability to visualize vector and matrix operations will help out a lot, but now is as good a time to learn as ever!
An excellent introduction to machine learning for users of many different backgrounds.
A fantastic hands-on introduction to machine learning. A very good balance of theory and math with the hands-on aspect. The math, when it goes into calculus, is there for the interested student but is optional.This course is only introductory and should not be expected to provide anything approaching mastery in machine learning. Such mastery presupposes much deeper math skills than those covered here, along with much greater mastery of whatever language/tool is being used, and deeper knowledge and understanding of many other topics that are either merely touched upon here or skipped entirely. But you have to start somewhere, and this is a very good place to start.A few of the later modules have some very distressing errors in the material that can cause enormous confusion. Otherwise the material is very solid and well-vetted.The instructor is engaging and lively and his enthusiasm is infectious.
Very well organized. Amazing!
The Good: This course is a good introduction to fundamental topics and basic techniques in machine learning. I feel that the biggest strength of this course comes from Prof. Ng's suggestions for how to design and improve machine learning systems in practice.The Bad: This course is a few years old, and there are a lot of errors in the videos and even occasionally in the programming exercises as well. In my opinion, there is a little too much hand-holding in the programming exercises, so that while I was able to implement the important bits and pieces of the algorithms, I didn't get much chance to practice the more difficult task of organizing the entire system.The Ambiguous: This course is *very* light on the math, perhaps as light as you could possibly get. I imagine this is a relief for a lot of people, but personally I felt annoyed and even a little patronized with the number of times Prof. Ng said that we "don't have to worry" about the mathematical details of different concepts and algorithms. It's fine to skip over derivations and details for the sake of a simple presentation or to emphasize practical application, but surely it is important to go back and see what all this stuff means eventually. I will certainly be looking for other courses on machine learning that give a more mathematical treatment, and I think that anyone who wants to seriously get into ML should probably do the same. On a related note, Prof. Ng takes his time in each video, speaking slowly, repeating different points, and carefully explicating formulas with examples. For some people that may be good, but I found myself frequently skipping ahead in videos because I just wanted to get to the point.
I've learned a lot in machine learning by this course!
One of the best courses I have ever taken. Andrew Ng does an incredible job!
good and simple explanation of difficult topics
Great course. A course must for every machine learning beginner.
Interesting topic.
Good basic course which all electrical,electronics and comps people can learn easily.
This has been the most impressive online course I have attended so far and I am sure, that this course will influence my future development but also my work a lot. It has been a real pleasure to learn from such an expert like Andrew Ng, especially on how to tackle complex machine learning tasks.
Thank you!!
Simple and intuitive course that explains complicated things.
Brilliant introduction for beginners with little/no maths background
One of the best courses I have ever taken on Coursera.
Really useful and practical! Great learning examples!
Intense, to the point and highly informative!
An amazing course of machine learning, having this kind of content for free is just incredible. Thank you Coursera and Andrew Ng.
No words, humanity is thanking you as long as earth stays in tact.
Amazing Course,I really enjoyed this course. Is targeted to different audiences explaining in a simple way complex and difficult mathematical concepts. Is easy to follow and goes straight to the point.Thanks
This course gives great insights into the internals of machine learning. I recommend this course to any one who wants to secure a future in machine learning. Andrew Ng is a great instructor and the quizes and assignments are thought provoking. Learning a tool such as R can help you do the stuff, but knowing the internals can help you do the stuff better.
I love professor Ng, he just exudes a Feynman-esque desire to disseminate knowledge using plain language to build up complex concepts.
Wonderful course! With little math background, I can understand what the teacher teaches! And use what I learned from the course in my work!
One of the finest courses I have taken in my life.
This is invaluable
Very good explanation about every topics, almost every one could followed. Thanks a lot!
Andrew Ng has the power to put the things more complicated in a understandable way.
This is one of the most interesting course I've taken on Coursera. Prof. Ng is a great instructor. Glad to be taking it!
very clear.very helpful.
Phenomenal introductory course to the world of machine learning.
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Great videos, medium difficulty programming exercises with detailed instructions, even for beginners.
This course helped me a lot in understanding octave and the different learning algorithm. I am thankful!
This course is both deep and detailed,which is apropriate for all most students!
Excellent course! Thanks Andrew NG! :)
Thank you so much! That was a perfect course!
Great course, very accesible for all, experts and non-experts in engineering or math.
We are lucky to have this course on the Coursera by Andrew Ng. I would recommend anyone who want to work on the Machine Learning should do this course.
Great Course. The content is explained clearly, with just basic prerequisite knowledge.
I have been having a great experience learning a new area of study with Dr. Ng's well-explained and well-guided tutorial. My previous knowledge of multiple regression has been enriched by my exposure to the cost function. I am looking forward to how I would end up with this at the end of this course. So far just great! Thank you.
Very well put together course. The lectures are logically structured and well presented with lots of meaningful and current examples. The Matlab programming assignments have been well thought out to incrementally step the student up through the different capabilities.'Select All that Apply' quiz questions will likely drive you crazy as there is no feedback on no feedback on failed questions to understand where your mistake(s) was/were which means you spend hours more pouring over the videos/notes to try and better understand possible options for a subsequent attempt.
The best course on Machine Learning. Super complete and very well explained the lessons.
This course is the best for those who want to learn and understand machine learning at a good pace. I attended this course for two months this year, was glad to do it till Neural Networks.
good insight to machine learning algorithms, easy formulations and good visualizations, lots of topics and exercises that help to understand the theory
Amazing,awesome !!!no words to describe course,format, lectures ... so well organized.....
sometimes Chinese subtitle goes wrong, but generally it's a perfect net course.
Beyond my expectation! Such an amazing professor and a great content. This is my first course on machine learning and/or data science and I feel that I am confident to apply it on some small projects. And I am eager to learn more. I am even considering to pursue my masters degree in this area. Thank you Andrew! You are awesome!
first foray into ML and it has been made easy by Prof Ng, alongwith a great introduction to Octave/Matlab.
This is an amazing course. Gives you strong basics of the important techniques and concepts in ML. The assignments help you to understand the small details of implementation. This course has helped me to take other online data science courses and understand the concepts with ease. Thank you very much Prof. Andrew Ng, community TAs, and all the staff who put together this course.
comprehensive, complete and well prepared. thank you.
Great elementary material, and simple to learn.
Awesome course for beginners.
Thank you
Excellent teacher, very clear explanations.
Excellent course. In the start of this course, I never thought I'd be able to do things I can do, after completing the course. But the only thing that kept me from giving this course a straight five stars is the lack of formal proofs. E.g back-propagation algorithm or PCA. I know this is somewhat advanced Calculus/Linear Algebra topics but it would have been a lot helpful if an optional material was at-least given.
Clear and useful
It's amazing, I can learn fanstastic stuff through this free course. There is no boundary. I could implement the machine learning code , and understand well. Thank you so much.
Amazing course. Complex topics explained in a way that anyone with a rudimentary understanding of math can follow.
Its amazing course, very detailed and good explanation of each algorithm. Mr Andrew NG has good teaching skills, I am glad that I came across this course. Thanks Cousera. :)
Inoubliable
I recommend!!
Excellent course. It is applicable in many areas as our modern world is adding up complexity about everywhere and everyday in our lives. The course provides excellent perspectives of thinking and good exercisedecision
Very good ! Mr. Morin has this way of making complex issues very understandable and clear ... which is most probably due to the fact that complexity is his specialty subject ...
Thank you.
A must in a world more and more complexe, but where science says everything is connected, and good interactions can make the whole system evolve. Edgar Morin makes it easy, I loved weeks 2 and 5, and I'm finishing 3 and 6, it goes from general paradigm of complexity, to knowledge, companies, futur of civilisation, globalisationn etc etc Looking forward to courses covering applications of the system in different fields: permaculture, blue economy, integral theory etc etc oh yeaah Intergal theory.. Thank you :)
Great specialization - this will certainly help me advance my career path.
A much awaited end for a very compelling specialization! Nevertheless, the work felt a little bit lonely since there was not any input from faculty staff, which led to some unsatisfactory feeling after some peer reviews.Other than that, it was a great opportunity to make a very interesting research and analysis in the framework of what we have learn in the topics of microeconomics, macroeconomics and data presentation.
This is very good capstone project
Instructor is very dry. Needs better on camera presence and ability to communicate the ideas. There should be more homework for practicing the material covered.
Interesting course which goes one level dee
Amazing experience to learn from Coursera
Great
very nice,thanks!
Useful and practical information based on research and current trends. A must for anyone who teaches online courses, provides online professional learning, or teaches a technology-related subject.
It's one of the best courses on this topic! Very well structured and interesting with concrete steps and recommendations.
I followed this course as part of Professional IQ package. It really helped me making the right career choices. I extremely recommend this course to everyone.
Thank you for the course!
This was an amazing and enlightening course. Thank Hebrew University for setting it up in such an all-encompassing manner.
Thank you.
I really enjoyed this honest look at the history of Israel as a country. There's some dirty laundry on display, and a lot of interesting issues to think about. If you are curious about Israel's short and convoluted history, this is a good place to start your studies. (My favourite part was the last debate in week 5! It got a bit fiery...)My thanks to everyone who made this course possible.
I wholeheartedly recommend this course. It was very interesting!
Great course! Gave me a deeper understanding of much I knew, but now my knowledge is richer and fuller than what it was.
The course was very informative in the areas it covered, Unfortunately it almost totally ignored the Israeli Arabs who make up about 20% of the population; perhaps it is normal to exclude them in Israel, but this is supposed to be an international course. With regard to the 'peace process', we were informed that one of the major problems with 'peace negotiations' between Israel and the Palestinians was the 1948 issue, yet Rabin was clearly murdered because it was thought he would return land occupied in 1967 - so your analysis doesn't quite add up. As right wing and religious extremism in Israel and amongst the settlers has clearly worsened since Rabin's death it would have been appropriate to explained how it is now possible with a two state solution, and how todays level of extremism is likely to affect Israel itself.
A fascinating course, well delivered. I was especially interested in the issues related to the dynamics and development of Israeli society.
Excellent experience, highly recommend these certificate. I'll definitively continue with the Engineering Management Professional Certificate.
The instructions for assignment are not clear.
Great course on leadership and team management
This is a great course, I learnt a lot, and I must say I had to put in a lot of work for this course, and it had extra things to consider, like create SMART goals with action and resource plan, and using the prioritisation matrix, and ranking. Thanks for a great course
Great overview of the issues we face on analytic projects.
Very Good.Faculty's speed of presentation is too fast
Crisply covered critical aspects of Data Analysis
Very deep contents, with a great overlook and good examples around the table.
Some of the videos were a bit fast (too much content), but a very interesting course.
loved it.
The course was very informative but the slides were a little boring. The content could have been more engaging. Sometimes the supplementary reading contained examples that could have been better explained in a video. I would have appreciate a more comprehensive explanation of content on slides using markers or pointers. Sometimes I did not know where I needed to focus. I hope the instructors create more videos for the same content. This is may be because I am more of a visual or an engaged learner.
Thanks for the awesome content!!!
My favorite course in the Executive Data Science series, so far.
Great course, thanks Roger
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A long course compared to others in the specialization, but a lot of great material. Very well presented, the instructors know how to present this material and make it easy to grasp and understand.
It was very informative. The instructor needs to slow down just a little though, I could tell he's a little nervous speaking to "large groups". Otherwise, it was great. I'm from BAWA and I am familiar with and love JHU, so I support any great course coming from there.
Brilliant Course!
Good course.
Very interesting
Data Analysis and the technicalities of getting to the right results and presenting them in a meaningful way
Good review of the data analysis process, though it loses momentum when it gets into the communication & presentation areas. On to the next course in the specialization!
EDA approach and steps to analyse is excellently taught. The formal modelling take the course to a lot of depth.
Interesting course, learned a lot of new things. Find it out it's useful for me.
Very comprehensive. Good structure to an otherwise vague and intuitive 'art'
Overall, the course is well structured. The topics covered are very significant in my day to day operations. I can apply everything I learnt from this course with greater understandability.
Very good course.
Need more examples and real world scenarios
Great course! Entire syllabus covered in simple and comprehensible way. Great job!
Useful overview for managers with helpful tips.
My favorite course from the Specialization until now.
Very nice flow of concepts, good explanation and examples.
good course! nice for basics
good insights and foundation for a manager
Content could have been boiled down to about 3 lectures. Most of it was common sense. The high level over view of the life cycle of data analysis projects was interesting and overall this was a good introduction to the field.
Interesting content, analytic points of view that we often forget in the daily routine.
Excellent - right amount of detail and background with applicable real-world les
Concisely written.
Not as I expected. More readings than practices/exercises. Seems more target on traditional statistics than machine learning.
The course is full of the cases and the real life examples coupled with the theory background. Its very simple to understand and the course will definitely be of an value for people looking for
This course was very comprehensive and I enjoyed every aspect of it.
There's room for improvement, aspects are unnecessarily convoluted.
Great course overall. Should only explain better a few related concepts such as the p-value and confidence interval.
It is quite general, I liked the examples, although there could be more varied examples from many other dissimilar disciplines.
Excellent course... a lot to get through but highly practical and useful.
Lots of talking head videos without enough visual aids to solidify the adult learning process. Not very "Executive level" as the course title and description imply. I would expect more "TED Talk" level lectures and materials, with plenty of real-world examples. Content in these courses seem more "new manager / new supervisor" level, if not actually geared toward an undergrad audience.
Excellent course. Extremely useful in the workplace.A must for all Data Science managers.
Easy to understand
Good overview of the steps and processes
Great course. Made be a better person.
well-defined process overview
good course to understand keys questions and methodology to manage each step of data analysis process
This course gives a really good guide on how to define data science questions correctly and how to work with sharp goals during the hole Data Analysis funnel from the definition of the Data Science question to the communication of it's results.
Very good balance between content and presentation
Great examples about difference between 'association' and 'predictive' understanding and pitfalls of decision making without knowing which one to be used where!
Lot of talking, lack of visual, templates, etc.
It's a good course, and the professor is good too. I highly recommend it. = Es un buen curso, y el profesor es bueno también. Lo recomiendo completamente.
Very good... very important...Maybe too fast for a single week...
Best course in the specialization - thanks team!
Good learning of data analysis principles.
Great course for new comers
Comprehensive overview to understand activities involved in the iterations and epicycles of Data Analysis and to manage it with correct expectation.
Personally not a big fan of Roger Peng's approach while teaching. The lessons get a bit confusing, and so does the questions from the quiz.Jeff Leek's approach is more calm and simple.Nevertheless, the course in general is really good.
I think these courses need to be condensed into a single one as the contents are rather limited individually.
Concise overview. Worthwhile introduction.
I would have preferred that the course and/or accompanying textbook contain examples of templates used to manage data analysis.
Great introduction.
Very short. Quality of the course is OK.
Excellent course. Would like to see more courses like this regarding machine learning for example - courses not focused on the implementation and tools (for example I am with strong Java background, have read several AI/ML books, implemented several ML algorithms, including deep learning (DBNN, SdA, Dropout FFNN) - but all courses are built around python/octave/R tools which I have no interest right now to learn and it is nearly impossible for me to learn both the implementation tool/language and ML theory in parallel.Therefore I do not search for the course in the specific implementation language, I search for the course that can teach & verify my skills one level higher - and I think the way the examples were done in the quizzes - is the right (and perfect) way to do it.Hth.Tomas
Fantastic. Professor is great.
Really a very well-done course that has helped me take strides in understanding the EDA approach!
Dr. Peng presented very valuable information, but possibly in more detail than was necessary for the scope of this course.
This class was not useful for me. The professor talked about the idea of data analysis without ever discussing how to actually perform data analysis.
First thanks for your efforts,I am very like your course ,because you give me a system of managing data analysis . At the same time you give me many thought .Expecting more communivating. At last thank you again ,expecting for your new courses.
This is a challenging and excellent course ! This course really tunes you into the nuances of Data Analysis.I would recommend this course for anyone in Data Management.
great for existence human and android based life-form simulation internal lifestyle...The course improves life within the simulation 10 fold at least(when combined with the other specialization courses) ...Perfect learning tool for those who have worked professionally in research field sin our simulation and yet now have a touch of "the turrings" or you know : CBI...Special thanks to the designers of the course.Top scores for coursera.org &John Hopkins ...
Great course.
Very enjoyable and informative course. The course focuses on the process of data science rather than the technical aspects of data science. Provides a great overview. The lecturer is engaging and knowledgeable. An easy five stars.
good course. starts well and is overall very informative. thank you for offering us this info!
Great course. Does not have to be only for executives. It is a great starter course for anyone who is new to data science.
Didn't get much into the managerial aspect of a data analysis. Instead, it covered best practices for conducting a data analysis. Not the same thing and a little disappointment.
Liked how a lot of content was covered in a small amount of time. Thought the instructor was effective in presenting the important elements of the lectures. Only issue is some typos in the quizzes that were a bit distracting.
Excellent focus on what makes managing Data Analysis teams different from managing managing other teams. This course has the most impact if combined with general management background/classes. Speech fillers, like "um," "ah," "like," etc. prove distracting at times.
The content is covered in great depth in this course but pre-reads may help as the course moves up a few notches in technical content.
Want to learn more detail of data analysis.
Challenging at times, and worth the effort and cost. Very clear and well presented.
Very good and quick lessons on Data analysis.Managers should appreciate this course!
Excellent Course for Managers
Very enjoyable and useful.
Short yet nice :)
Nice course on what the most important
Too abstract, too expensive.
Complete Data Analysis Process was explained . An excellent course.
Interesting course
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Very concise and logically structured. Although no prior knowledge is required as the course says but I suggest a basic familiarity with statistics can help you extract maximum knowledge out of this course.
Teaches how to think about a problem more than the specific tools that can be used to solve them. Good practical examples.
Very good and interesting course, I recommend!
Very good start to my carrer in the data science field!
If you can make the assignments nearer to the real world scenario and a little more detailed explanations for some parts, it would be great!
Good course but not good from coursera to not give honor certificate like it used to give.edx still gives..very disappointed with coursera.
Simple and clever. Perfect for learn.
For learn method and idea about data analysis ,it is good.
I got general understanding of data analysis processes. Thank you.
very informative in general framework of data analysis, very helpful!
This course gives me a general understanding of the whole process of data analyses. Pretty good!
Fantastic opportunity to learn from the best.thank you kindly!DGH
Easy to understand what speaker is trying to explain, Good question design, not easy to pass all but really consistent with lecture content.
Everything is good except the duration. It could be of three weeks.
wonderful course
Critical thinking is essential at the moment of working over data. This was a nice course with a very good theory about all the process,which a data analyst has to perform.
professor Peng gave very practical advice on the design of the statistical model, and generalized procedure to conduct data analysis.and he gave very informative written reviews too!
Very useful discussion about the philosophy and method of data analysis. The associated text was useful, although somewhat basic.
Great Discussions from Managing Data Analysis
Great instructor and helpful course materials! 5 stars!
Too theoretical for my needs but gives a good background to how to approach analytics.
Lecture component not as concise or well edited as expected.
Good course for the fundamentals of making sure data analysis is done correctly. These are good things to keep in mind when you are managing a data science team.
Not much substance to take from this.
It was a great experience a big amount of knowledge in a short presentation. Overall the summary papers are great, however I missed a more interactive videos with more bullets points and etc.Thank you!
I just love JHU courses. Well-organized and made.
A brisk and effective introduction to data analysis!
This has some good history in it. But short for sure.
Great Review. I am active in politics and still found there were things I'd forgotten. Thanks for the fun and the review.
Very disappointed in this course. Light on content and heavy (especially in week 3) on political bias towards one political persuasion. Highly biased and controversial statements by those in videos are taken as fact without any attempt to question it. I expected a course to talk about elections and apply it to 2016. Instead what is here is a course that not so subtly seems to have an agenda. Not good for academic discourse. I believe this is my first negative review in my 3(?) or so years on Coursera.
Excellent course, most especially for the professor, whose lucid, well-cadenced lectures were more interesting and comprehensible than I would have thought before starting the class, given the subject. Reading Kierkegaard is not easy, and having a professor who presents the topic with such clarity is a gift.
This is an excellent course. The production values are very high and Dr. Stewart is a very good lecturer. I highly recommend this course for anyone interested in the history of thought and/or the intersection of theology and philosophy.
This was a truly excellent course - substantial and complex, but delivered by Prof. Stewart in an engaging way which made the difficulties of Kierkegaard's work accessible. No mean feat - and attained without recourse to obscurity or jargon: a tribu
Asked for more feedback for peers that found my final paper insufficient. Received nothing! Asked for guidance from staff. Received nothing! Excellent course with great content but I have issues with the evaluation process when peers and staff do not participate in the advertised methods of communicating their concerns with my work!
That course changed my life!
I greatly enjoyed the depth of this course. Like a good philosophy course, it requires time and concentration, and it's definitely worth the investment. Prof. Stewart has an impressive knowledge of the intricacies of Kirkegaard's life and works (and their contexts) and presents it in a structured and clear manner.I especially enjoyed the frequent reflections on the relevance of these ideas to our modern lives.
This course is excellent, brings a lot of knowledge, reflections and is super interesting.
It´s a great course, I have never enjoy a course like this never before.
Excellent course and subject matter. Discussions were always thought provoking and Prof Stewart gave life to a branch of philosophy I had previously found extremely dull. Highly recommended!
The lecturer uses different scenarios, interviews many other professors and makes the subject practical. I recommend it.
I found the course quite interesting overall and it is delivered by an excellent professor. It's a perfect introduction to Soren Kierkegaard's ideas and life. On the (slightly) negative side, sometimes I felt there was too much emphasis on the biographical details with a very light discussion of the philosophical concepts. However, I don't want to misled anyone with this: the course is very enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in Kierkegaard's philosophy.
Fantastic survey course of Kierkegaard's life and work!
It´s not just Al and the TAs; it seems that everyone gets pulled in by the energy. There is a sense that all are welcome to share their thoughts, their reactions...it´s beyond a course, it´s a connection to others throughout the world who share a passion for poetry. Shine On!
Rather uninteresting presentation. I found it hard to become interested in the course or Kierkegaard after having high hopes of truly enjoying it. The best parts of the lectures were when the instructor was taped at venues pertinent to the course. The peer reviewers were not always fair, in my opinion. I'd spend my time elsewhere, personally, especially since this course was something for my own personal edification and not a requirement.
Wonderful course, very well explained. Professor is great!
the course is a real masterpiece! thank you so much
I found this course extremely helpful,well structured and thoroughly informative.The content of each module I viewed, added up to my already acquired knowledge from my studies in theology.To me it was a link to everything I have learned so far about Kierkegaard and has basically completed the picture.Congratulations and many thanks!
This is great course about Kierkegaard. Abundant background knowledge are given and thus we could appreciate the discussions at issue. Different topics from Kierkegaard are beautifully connected together! Learn a lot! Really like the class!
Prof. Stewart is amazing! He is able to take very complex concepts and make them understandable to a neophyte like me. Thank you very much.
Really worthwhile and informative, in-depth review of Kierkegaard as a person, his life, and his works. Can be taken even if you've never touched philosophy before. Great production and selections.
This is a challenging but immensely rewarding course on too many levels to even begin listing.
Great texts and lessons. Nice videos. Congrats.
Excellent course, could be a bit harder on quizzing, it was too easy to pass them, but, it compensates with the final essay. It has great content
From all aspects, visual, auditory and lecture presentation, this is first class. I would definitely study further with the University of Copenhagen and Dr Jon Stewart. If you want to delve into Philosophy and its relevance to our modern life I highly recommend this course.
Really interesting, and despite being thought 200 years ago, the problems covered keep being relevant in our century.
I love the lectures! Challenging and rigorous.
An excelent course. Professor Stewart is a true master. The course is very well-organized and the activities are great.
Congratulations, it has been very interesting
This course is interesting, though the main theme--i.e., how Socrates was a model for much of Kierkegaard's views--gets to be a bit redundant. Also, I did not find the final assignment to be as stimulating/interesting as the course material.
Great course. Very elegantly put together into three-piece modules. Treats the thought of Kierkegaard in both philosophical and historical accounts. Readings are clear and match the accompanying lectures closely. Highly recommend to anyone interested in Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Religion or just curious about Kierkegaard's thought. So far the best philosophy course I've taken on coursera!
Invaluable. Brilliant. Priceless.
I do not intend to write the final essay. I took the course for personal interest and accomplsihed my goals.
Excellent. If this course is given again I will take it for credit. So sorry I didn't do it the first time.
Very informative, educational and well=organized. The professor communicates the lesson clearly and effectively in maintaining one's interest in the course content. I recommend this course to anyone interested in learning about subjective truth, how to be self-seeking, the Socratic Method, and a unique method for challenging traditional thought.
A wonderful course, well presented, a pleasure to undertake. the videos were superb, the content stimulating and encouraged me to read more about Kierkegaard. One of the best MOOC's I have taken. Keep up this incredibly high standard pls
The lecturer was excellent and not only expounded in depth, Soren Kierkegaard's thinking and ideas, he put them into there relevant context in addition to delving into the differences he had with his contemporary thinkers. Furthermore the Professor asked thought provoking questions that allowed the viewer to think and reflect how Kierkegaard's ideas are relevant in our time and our lives.
Nice course. We are diving into Kierkegaard´s mind. Thanks University of Copenhagen and thanks Prof Stewart.
Great overview, I wish there were more courses of this kind about other great philosophers. Kierkegaard is one of my favourites though.
long lectures, hard to understand material. Filmed in interesting locations relating to subjects. Not easy but worth the effort
Beautiful description of the life, times, ideas, and love of Socrates that Kierkegaard embodied. A real joy to run through. I literally watched all the lectures in the span of three days, there is something simple and earnest about the course that I really like. I like that the quizzes never took away from the lesson, they only check understanding at the end of the lecture.
I almost have finished this course. The required litterature is well-balanced. The video-lectures are put together skilfully and the leading professor is eloquent and friendly. I have learned a lot about the works of Kierkegaard and am truly inspired to study more on the topics presented.Ro van Doesburg
excellent structured approach- interesting lectures, reading and assignments
This is an excellent course; well structured and presented.
Highly recommended. It's a self-paced course but you'll get more out of it by enabling deadlines to keep you on track.
Brilliant professor, nice cinematography, old-fashioned classical education, high levels of intelligent thought, and more makes this a great course. It is self-paced as well, so it is always open, which I find very conv
Good preparation. In-depth explanation. Wild ranges of resources. Very impressive.
The lecturer loves the subject and is very engaging!
I loved the manner in which the course contents were delivered. The course teacher know the art of articulation. He knows how to teach complex ideas in a simple manner without loosing its essence of the argument. I was so immersed in his lecture, one full night I watched his lecture and finished 80% course material. I wish I could deliver a lecture like it. A big salute to an inspiring teacher.
What a course! Fascinating, compelling, Thanks for the opportunity
Truly excellent course, Jon Stewart is a superb instructor
Enjoyable, very interesting and easy enough to follow. I love how broad yet simultaneously specific the scope of learning is in this course too.
Quite good! the production is superb and the script also meticulous. Worth any minute!
Very well presented course, but in my view could be somewhat more to the point. Nevertheless, congratulations for a job well done.
Hugely enjoyable and informative course. Very well presented. I particularly liked the variety of relevant locations that the videos were presented from.
Great! I definitely recommend it. I'd do any other course from these group, specially on Kierkegaard!
Excellent overview of Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard's own writing, approached on its own, can be nigh-impenetrable but the lectures really help in figuring out how to approach Kierkegaard's writing.
Excellent Course, learned a lot, hope the person gives more courses in the future
The "how this is meaningful to you" message felt a little odd and sometimes a little insulting. Still, a very special thanks to Dr. Stewart and anyone else responsible for sharing this material.
I can only say: fantastic
great course and extremely well presented.
An excellent course with high-quality and engaging material.
Very thoroughly thought out course
Well structured. Well paced.
Thank you for this course!
NO ESTOY DE ACUERDO CON QUE SEAN LOS ESTUDIANTES LOS QUE REVISEN EL TRABAJO FINAL DEL CURSO. DEBERÍA SER LA DOCENTE.
Exceptional teacher! Great content :D
Lousy course.....boring teacher
Amazing contents in spanish.
This is an amazing course! I am enjoying it so far. I am fascinate the way Claudia Patricia Arias (teacher) explains the topics, evaluates them and does the presentation. I've been watching the first module all day long. She is doing what she is best for: Teach.
I have liked the course so far, I only have a sugestion on the quality of the videos:The first ones had a lot of background noise and the teacher explains a little too fast... maybe for students with a not very fluent level of Spanish it might be difficult to follow...I like the structure, it integrates activities, videos and quizzes so it is easy going.
I have been around horses for years but I still learned lots of new stuff with this course. The only negative point would be that, sometimes, the lectures lack of explanations. It is the case for week 5 when talking about deworming. I could have done with a few more details about the types of dewormers and how often I should administrate them. Apart from that, the course is great and very interesting.
really good course and have enjoyed doing it
As not owning a horse myself i feel this was great information to encounter. I feel this gives me an inmsite into equids as a whole.
Very, very informative. The way the teacher describes in detail and uses different ways of explaining help get what he is trying to teach. I loved learning in this class and am very grateful for the opportunity. Thanks!
This course covers anything you could possibly want to know about horses or other equids. It's great for beginners, like me. Having never owned any pets, much less a horse, I felt naïve in my knowledge on the correct handling of these wonderful creatures. This course really improved confidence for when I come into contact with horses. The only downside to this course was that it only gave one view as to how horses came in existence. There are some people, like me, who believe that all equids were specially created by the Creator. Perhaps for when the makers do this course again, they could give both views and let the viewers believe what they want. But everything else was great.
I thought this was a well-organized and informative course on the basics of equine care and management.
This course was excellent!! Lots to learn. The professor was very easy to understand and did a great job of explaining everything. I was interested and captivated the entire length of the course. This was a great refresher for a lot of topics, but I did learn some new stuff about reproduction! Thank you so much for putting this course together, I had a wonderful time.
Fantastic course for the horse enthusiast and expert alike. Well laid out and informative, spanning a number of topics in a clear and easy to understand way. I'd definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to begin their equine education or wants to compliment knowledge they've already gained through experience.
Wonderful course, its a great refresher!!
I really enjoyed this course and learned a lot about maintaining horses. I would love to see more horse (nutrition and ethology for example) courses offered by the University of Florida!
A very accessible, interesting, informative and fun course on basically everything to do with equids and their care.
This is a really comprehensive course with very clear information. There are assignments which really make you think about how you care for your horse. I've completed horse care course before, which have been face to face classes but this has been the best one by far.
Just a wonderfully straight forward course that is easy to follow and stay enthused about ...Highly recommend this course to anyone from beginner to advanced stage of expertise as you can always learn something new..
It's an excellent basic course for anyone keen on equines. The best thing about it was interaction in assignments and peer marking.
This course has a lot of good information
This course was carefully programmed and developped by a team directed by Chris Mortensen.It is obvious that he loves horses and the research he does, specially that concerning equine reproduction.I love horses myself and I learned a lot of characteristics about horses and other equid animals.It is a very complete course as introduction to the field. If more developped courses are programmed, I will be happy to follow them.Thanks a lot to the whole team and Coursera for programming this kind of courses.
I love it!!
Fascinating course, learned a lot of new things about horses! The lectures & homework were broken down into "bite-able" chunks (for someone who works full-time) and the lecturer is very engaging. Great that the University can offer this course for free to people who are interested in learning more about horses.
An excellent course providing a broad range of information. I highly recommend it, and hope that Coursera expands their range of Horse (and other animal) courses.
Fantastic course, would highly recommend. I learnt so much. Can't wait till they bring out another course.
Thank you, a great course and great professor
Excellent course with great explanations and examples!
informative but somewhat redundant. You can learn this stuff just fine at a stable. Tedious course.
Was an awesome course that taught me a lot about the areas I was lacking in like nutrition and health.
thanks god i finish this imazing coursethanks for all here doc Chris J. Mortensen really i engoy this equine course and your way for teaching and explain information was so good and i hope you teach me face to face some day . iam avet and this course help me refresh my information about some equine medicine and also know new things about equine i do not know before and this may help me in mu career as avet work in aprivate clincthanks for all friends share forums with me exchange informations and idea and hope to keep in touch in the face book groupthanks for all my peers who share assignaments with me and hpe all you finish and graduate from this course soondr mostafa mashaly
good course
Great course, so much information
Wonderful course and wonderful professor!
Great course! I am now mentoring this course.
I have done a equine anatomy and physiology course through Toces in England, and have found when comparing this short online course very insightfull. I would love to do more of these
So much amazing information, the instructor is enthusiastic, and the topics are relevant! Great course!
Very informative. More courses pertaining to similar subjects should be added.
Great course! I'm a city person who knew next to nothing about horses, who moved across the street from a rural horse farm. I made friends with every horse, but didn't know what sort of care they require. Now I know the basics of their care, and know where to go to find out more. Dr. Mortensen did a great job presenting this class, and his love of horses shows through in every lecture.
A brilliant course, covered a lot for an introductory course and definitely exceeded my expectations. I knew nothing about horses before starting the course but did not struggle to follow along. Thank you to all the staff that worked on this course, I cannot rate it high enough.
Awesome class, Chris is very passionate about horses and that comes clearly across in his lectures. I very much enjoyed this course and learned a lot. Thank you, Chris, for making the horse course available to all on Coursera.
an awesome, helpful course.
Amazing course. Covers all the basic subjects of horse caring.
I have just finished this course. this course gave me the opportunity to expand my knowledge on horses their management, and their basic care with and accompanied lectures on many aspects from anatomy to feeding to breeding and gestation. The lecturer is with a great knowledge, enthusiasm and the lectures was very fluently introduce. Well done and many compliments. I recommend this course to anyone who wants to widen his education and knowledge.
Really enjoyed this course.
This course gave a lot of information that is good to know, or even as a refresher
Excellent course! The course content was informative and the instructor kept the flow going at a nice pace and was interesting to listen to. I highly recommend this course!
Exceptionally easy to understand and follow; great whether you have been involved in the equine industry for a few years or are a newcomer. Teacher is easy to understand and makes the videos entertaining and fun to watch.
I absolutely loved this course. I am new to horsemanship and was curious when I saw the horse course offered on Coursera. I thought I might learn something new, but never imagined it would be so interesting and packed with information.
Very informative and course and well presented! I loved it and learned so much!
Great informative course for anyone who owns or wishes to own an equid. All basics that any owner should know are covered as well as many more topics.
I'm a new horse owner. I've taken this course multiple times. It is the BEST introduction to being a responsible horse owner that I have found. I can't say enough good things. Even the content that didn't apply to my situation
This is a great course whether you're new to horses or just want to top-up or refresh your knowledge. I Really liked the format and Dr Mortensen is an enthusiastic and knowledgable teacher. I like that he reviews the discussion boards and works student's comments in to his intro videos. Good quality course. Thank you.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Chris for allowing me to do this amazing course. I love the enthusiasm that he has whenever he is discussing different topics. I absolutely loved doing this course and just wish that there was a more in-depth course which followed The Horse Course. I would recommend this course to everyone wishing to learn more about horse's and donkey's. Thank you again!
Good basic information overview. Helpful instructor.
I enjoyed this course. The material was interesting and rewarding to study. I recommend this class for people who own Horses, work with them or if they just want to learn about Horses so they can understand them better. I work with Horses and the information in this course has helped me to understand them better.
I loved it wish there was more but you learn a heck of a lot in this course im glad i took it
Amazing course! Gained a lot of knowledge about horse management and feeding, and a bunch of old, very well know things were revised and EXPLAINED in a manner, that is understandable for everyone. Thank you so much!
please try and make easier but not too easy to pass. meaning less assignments and more quizzes, which i find fun to do.
Great introductory course with very useful information and tips! Thank you
Great introductory content to Equines!
Loved this course heading down to FL going to stop by.
Terrific course for the beginner owner and for those already with horses. There is so much to learn all around and the community discussions were so great! Thank you!
It is a really good course with high standard. Very good teacher and all is very well made. Thank you to you all involved
Great course! Great presentations and well structured! Would've been nice to get some answers from the professional on the discussion board...
I've owned and ridden horses for 20+ years and found plenty of content in this course of value. I definitely recommend it for the horse obsessed and inquisitive folks!
I like so much this course, th teacher explains all the things very good
A friend told me about this class. I will say, I have never taken a course online like this. I even learned how to take my picture on the computer camera and submit! I had no idea how excellent this course would be. I do have a horse and a donkey. Have been involved in horses for years. This was just what I needed. A review on some things, and then a fantastic course for new information. Just cannot tell you how much I received from this class. Chris Mortensen, Ph.D is excellent. I give this course 5 stars, whether you are new to Horses or have been around them for years. Thank You!
A must do course for every horse owner!
Love the teacher! Even though the full course hasn't started yet, I loved the introduction and can't wait to get started on the full course!
I really liked how enthusiastic and well prepared the instructor was. I also thought the weekly assignments were absolutely great to stay on track and to apply what you have learned to a small assignment. For me, many of the topics were a bit too basic and I would have loved to learn some more in-depth aspects of behavior and nutrition. However, I am absolutely aware that this was not the goal of this course. I just thought the instructor was so great, that I would have loved to learn more. But overall, a great introductory course that is really well done. Keep up the great work!
A huge thank you, I would suggest this course to ANY
This course was absolutely brilliant. The professor explained about Horses in very easy ways. He was always available in the forums helping students. You don't need to own a horse to do this course. I always feel we should all further our education and knowledge on other living creatures that live on this Earth with us.
Great course! Educational and fun! I learnt a lot!
Strong, fluid, insightfull and passionate course!
Great intro course. Very informative, whether you're a horse owner or researching to become one!
This Course was absolutely Fantastic! I learned so much more about my horse that I never knew! I'm definitely going to be looking into the Equine Nutrition course that Courser offers. To anyone wanting to gain more knowledge of the equestrian world, then I would highly recommend this course! Dr. Chris is fantastic and is a great lecturer. Thank you so much for letting me do this course!
As a lifelong rider and passionate horse-person, I really enjoy learning about anything horse-related! This course is great - I like how it's organized, and the videos are concise and easy to comprehend. I'd definitely recommend this to everyone interested in the equine world!
This was a great course as an introductory course. For me it worked as a great refresher course and supported my management process I currently have in place.
I love this course a lot. It helps me so much with everything from the basics of horse care and management to equine nutrition. I am thinking of being a vet, so this course is really helping me. I have also taken the Equine Nutrition course from the University of Edinburgh, and that course really helped me, too. Thank you for taking lot's of time to make this course and to help horse owners with their horses.
Really Enjoying This Course!
this course is amazing i have learnt loads
Im only 14 and I learned sooooo much with it!!! The professor is great!
I am very impressed and I love it to bits.The assignements are not to complicated and refer to the lessons shown. The good part is, that I do have to do some local research for costs of outsorced services and equipment. This means, I am already practical within the whole topic and use the theorethical lessons within the real outside world.Thank you so very much for this course.I could have read all about this myself somewhere. However, such a course gives me good overview and practical 'starters'. I already think about doing some voluntary work at a nearby stable.
Best MOOC ever! I've taken a lot of MOOC courses, Coursera and others, but this has been the most fun I've ever had learning. And I learned more than I thought was possible without having equids myself. I never do assignments but these were fun and educational. Well Done !!!!!
one thing is that people eat horses today in iceland too but super helpfull
Great course and great instructor
Great teacher, from my heart thank you very much
This is a great course for improving my Email writing skills.
Excellent course with Gerry Landers :)
Very useful
This course was great. Thanks for great Info
Excellent course. I totally recommend it. Easy to digest lessons and awesome teacher.
It's such a great course!!
Something that I was looking for... Covers all the aspects in details.Thank you Coursera.
Simple and clear.
My advice for everyone is to take this course because i find it Really useful.
Very good examples if you want to improve Professional Emails in English.
this course really helped me to learn how to write my letters better
excellent course you can opt for this course if you want to learn email writing.
Very useful and interesting course.
Great! This course helps me to know how to write a professional email in the western context, thank you Prof. Landers.
Worth the time, great lecturer! Loved his teaching.Not exhaustive and extensive. Just an half an hour per day is sufficient to complete the course.
Effective, well-structured content, very usefull!
Thank you Professor Landers, for imparting knowledge which was very necessary for me to excel in my Professional career. Thanks A Lot and All the Best.
Very much interesting. I have learnt a lot of things. In one word I would like to say is "EFFICIENT".
This course is very helpful to improve my writing emails.
Great course from coursera thanks
this course is really fantastic! I learned a lot:)
The course is quite helpful, especially for fresh graduates who just learn to write emails in English in the office. The course is conducted in good logical orders, and very informative. I recommend students to learn this course before graduation, in order to prepare for the future working environment.
The course is professional to convert you from the basic low level to a professional level in writing emails in English.
Very Helpful!!
Great!!!
A great way to understand the structure of the emails.Thanks coursera y Georgia Tech!
Dear Landers,Thank you very much for all your time that serve to us, and to teach as writing professional emails in English. I am really appreciated of you fully supports and kindness.I hope I could take some other classes of you in coursera.Best,Faqiri.
The course was a great learning experience in exploring ways to communicate professionally with anyone around the globe.
A course with very interesting details and good tips.
It is helpful for me to improve my writing skills.
one of the most learning source
Very useful.
Great considerations about intercultural email exchange
I would like to thanks Mr. Jerry for teaching me such a good lessons. I would like to continue with other courses also.
Thank you very much. The course is a good source for Speakers of other languages and for anyone interested in writing better emails. I now tend to look at my emails twice (even three times) before sending. I also learnt not to add the recipient's email until I have read the content twice and made sure it is appropriate, polite and aims at what I'm sending it for. That was a good hint.Thank youMaria Barreto
I learned a lot with this course
Good Course
The course was very usefull and the instructor was Excellent, I hope to take more courses with you Mr.Landers
Excellent crush course on writing emails. The course give me some good insights about how to write professional emails and avoid mistakes while writing.
Really Good.
Great Course and the Best Instructor.
Great course!
Very Good Course
Very Helpful Course..!
I love this course. It shows you everything you
It is great!
Geared towards ESL students. I had signed up thinking it was for native English speakers, but it was more of a English 101.
Really good classes!Totally recommended :)
very nice course with very good practicesthank you.
Very helpful
Got to know some of the basics
It was great experience, Now i feel confident about mail writing. Thank you
This course is a powerfull tool to improve my communication skills. Thank you so much!
The course has helped me in writing more effective e-mails
It is good
It was a brief, right to the point and very useful course that I recommend it to anyone who likes to improve their email writing abilities. Thank you Gerry and Course-era for sharing these knowledges with me.
My name is Jose Antonio (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)My experience in speaking English is small because I don't practice it every day.I am in transition career to Data Scientist, doing specializations at Coursera.English could help me a lot at this moment in my professional life.Congratulations to Coursera and Teacher of this course.Regards.
Very good insights and practice
I really appreciated for all your effort to created this classroom.This class helped me so much;in addition to this experience I am also very happy to attend your classroom.I have upgraded my confidence since I started to take this classroom.
This course is very helpful.
It was good thanks.
Good and informing. But you cannot take the quizzes if you audit.
I liked this module. Lessons were clear and relevant.thank you so much Professor Gerry Landers and Coursrea for this oportunity.
Very interesting
Thank you for a great class!
Full of knowledge and easy to understand
Good course
This introductory course was helpful in helping me to learn how to write emails in a professional setting. Tips were very practical.
This is an excellent course which I recommend to all my colleagues. People should know that professional emeil obliges one to follow business etiquette and respect the reader's time and cultural expectations.
This is fantastic course about how should write professional business email. Great teacher and great presentation. Thank you.
This course is great!
Excelent course! Easy to follow, very good content!
He has humor and I like it :)
I learning!
The best smiling teache ever
Very well done. Clear material , excellent lecturer!
It is a very useful course.Thank you very much
The course is very useful.
The course teaches the basic skill of writing an professional Email.
Very well presented, the subtitles are good, some of the quiz questions have excessive spacing between questions and answers (a minor area for improvement in presentation).
`Awesome course % and well designt, hope every one enjoy & earn certificate ..!
Thank you so much! You helped me alot.
Thank you very much. It has been interesting experience.
Great material... everyone who writes an email for business should take this class.
very useful !Thanks to the dynamic professor Jerry !
This course is very helpful.
Good material, would be helpful to have more feedback of the course staff regarding assignment's issues.
So many details to learn, by the most easy way. Thanks a lot!
awesome tips for writing
Veri interesting, I learned spme useful tips
Wonderful course and learned lot of new things.Thanks GT
It really helped me to improve my email writing skills.
Highly recommend this course to everyone who wants to improve theirs emails writing skills. Professor Gerry Landers is wonderful through the entire course with his lessons and tips. I consider this class as a must to all of them who wants to connect with the word of nowadays.
I liked this course very much because I could learn something new to support my professional life.
some common things need to know for writing professional emails
Thanks a lot. Through this course, I have learnt a lot of principle of writing emails.
good class and especially last two weeks are really informative
The lesson is really useful!
Great Course Ever...
This course is very good because it is very clear. Nonetheless, I'm a bit disappointed that one have to purchase the course in order to complete it.
Well structured course. Clear and useful in writing communication.
The course is very useful. It helps me learn many skills in Email.
Very useful for me to write the formal Email in the work. There are a lot of new knowledge for me.
nice and clear. Regional différences
This course was just beautiful.It was about basic things, but received that was important for better fluency of language in the professional world. I have improved my vocabulary.
We need more statements to use when composing emails. More methods and ways to expressing apology and to compose introductions.It was my great pleasure to be enrolled. I learned a lot. Thank you so much.
This course teach us basic knowledges about writing emails. Such knowledges are essential to get success in a right communication. Many times we forget them and committed various silly mistakes unnecessarily.It's an excellent course.
Very comprehensive , I recommended it
Well structured
I like this teacher so much. And I learned a lot in this clas.
So interesting course, thanks.
Great course with great instructors.Thank yo all!!
It is a very interesting and useful course
Amazing course!!
The course is very useful and clear. I think by the end of this course, my English communication skills will be improved. I also be able to write an email more professionnel. Thanks a lot !
Thanks a lot Mr. Landers and other authors for this course! For me it's well-structured, memorizable. These simple, but very important tips were useful for me. That was just what i needed!
effective and clear
very good ,This is my first coursera couse. I think I can get through all the class.
Very simple. The lessons are organized in short videos, the explanations are followed by examples and practice.Very useful so far. I just finished the first week and I already feel a bit more confident with my written communication.
This course really helped me improve writing professional emails in english, I am very glad I took this course, now I am looking forward to see what other courses this Institute may offer. Thank you professor.
This course is great! It's so useful!
i really liked the course thank you so much
Very clear and well organized!
Nice explanation!
Very informative and useful course.
Very simple and very useful.
Not bad. If you have solid English foundation, you should find more senior course.
I mean I cannot do the assignment without the certification process. It is a bad point ㅠㅠ
thanks
It is an excellent course very well prepared, concise and perfectly crafted to progress rapidly in written communications. Congratulations! Good Job!
Great content and professor. I recommend it.
The program very useful!
Very Good...
Precise and direct. Straigth to the point.
great course, very helpful
The course is very objective.
The way of presenting was excellent. Loved the clarity and the simplicity of the adviser. And his little smile throughout the presentations added more enthusiasm. Thank you Sir or should I say Thank you Gerry as I have known you for sometime now.Cheers.
Very well explained. Examples are shown in every case. The course is well structured and the assignments help with clearing up the concepts.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge on how to write professional email in Engl
The course was very helpful. Lectures were very easy to understand.
Lots of good tips...
very useful. Thank you.
Professional communication should be clear, correct, and effective. The course has helped me to improve these skills. Congratulations to everyone who took this challenge.
Well structured course. The basic level, suitable for beginners.
Very good content and methodology.
very good course
Very good course, clear and pleasant. I now feel way more comfortable to write emails in English. Many thanks.
Simple and very useful.
I think the course is useful especially for people who are working in English environment.
Great course, thank you!
Great teacher, although I would rather need more examples of elaborate emails, that I could use at work.Thank you!
I really enjoy the lecture. However,I expected to learn more about english expression or example sentence that i can use in the email from the video.
Clear and essenzial focus on the main aspects
Thanks for Profesional and Effective Course.
Clear, complete and concise! Great course for those who write a lot of emails!
It is helpful for people who speak English as a foreign language. Thanks.
This course contains quite some useful information, but overall it seems way too simple. Most of what it talked about were the basics and what common high school students would know. It could be much better if its depth could be made higher.
Very good course.Full of useful details. Only thing is at times Mr. Landers was uncomfortable in front of the camera and that made me uncomfortable too. Other than that it was pretty good.Thank you,Teo.
Thanks for teaching this great course.I learn something better than nothing.
Great Instructor.
It's a very nice course and make email writing very clear and easy. Thanks!
Brief and useful!
Good course material, and resources. Thumbs Up!
I like your style of teaching. simple and concise. Good job!
Sadly, this course is at the high school level at the most. Very disappointing to see it listet here as a university course.
Thanks for having this useful tips and information available for all of English learners. I was looking for this specific course until I met a Russian teacher who has recommend . I Hope I can attend as many other courses from this University as I can
Brief and accurate course. It provides useful information for writing professional emails. It´s a pity that the free version does not include assignments and peer´s review.
It is a useful course to improve our Mail writing skills, these skills are very important in the business society,
Thank you.
Very useful
Precise and to the point. Easy to follow and understand.
I would love the course much more if there are more examples
Peer review on this specific course is at times not the best choice
Dear Mr. Landers,Many thanks for your efforts and help to improve our email writing styles.
Such a Excellent course for the beginners
greate coursera
Even as a natural born English speaker I found this course helpful and educational
I liked this course but I did not understand much
Only brief course.
Thanks. I appreciate your insight and practical approach to writing emails. It has really enhance the way I draft and prepare professional email.
Excellent and helpful specially the instructor's mind blowing smiling face.
very useful and intersitng
I love this course, very simple
An enjoyable course and very useful. It is a must course to take to learn the proper way of communicating professionaly.
The instructor is great and professional.
Thanks Mr. Sanders for this course.
The grade system is not fair, but class is good.
Very low material not enough examples ( full emails)
The course is great however we have to pay to get all tasks or a certificated
I like the course. It helped me a lot in structuring my knowledge about emails' business communication.
I have enjoyed taking this Course. It's really useful and I learnt a lot.
It is a very useful course.However I am again dissapointed about Coursera's new plocy about assigments, only paid students can participate. I was woundering pier review assignments can be opened for all stdents, perhaps certificate can be given to paid students.
You can't do the assignments unless you pay the subscription. The founding idea of MOOCs was to make education more accesible. How do you test your knowledge if you can't submit assignments? I understand paying for a certificate, but I don't want the certificate.
easy, simple, clear, and very useful.
Way too elementary.
i enjoyed watching this video it was very educational
The course is very useful in writing professional emails. Anyone who wants to improve writing skills or develops career can enroll in this course.
it is good for non-English native speaker. + it is not free.i liked most the additional material.
Great course. I think that everyone need to do this course.
It's easy to follow and useful in daily life.
A great course about professional email writing.
The course has specific, brief and well-explained examples. It is very easy to understand as well.
I liked this course and teacher. I learned enough interesting and useful information. Unfortunately, this course is paid.
Entry level for writing English emails.
This is a very useful course. Looks simple but gives lots of useful tips and information.
Strongly recommend!
Great tips, however assignments are mandatory even for users who don't want to upgrade.
Unfortunately we can not submit our tasks with do Un upgrade in our account.
A very useful course!Now, I know the basic rules of writing a normal email.
An excellent course. Professional coaching and mentoring.
This course is very instructive and useful. If one follows it carefully, it leaves a pleasant feeling of accomplishment.
great course
Simple, but usefull
the teacher explanessions are very clrear
Thank you very much for your giving me this online course.
This course has helped me a lot to improve my confidence in writing professional emails.
Very interesting course, Thanks I learned so much !
Very good! I really like the contents and the style of this course! Highly recommended!!
Mr Landers, Great Job. You are a Great Speaker - Clear & Polite!
This course is really useful.
a little easy
Excellent course to learn basic aspects on how to write professional emails.Very useful for those who need to do so everyday at work.
It was a really fun course. Thank you for that. I found it really useful for my work. I think everybody should at least listen this course who writes professional emails.Thank you again!
Great course!
Wonderful , I Love it !!!! thanks for your teaching .
Good, and explicit, and well organised course.The only drawback is, it's not free......Sorry, too poor to pay....
Very good course!
I benifit a lot! Thank you.
Professor is clear. He taught us specific ideas to be precise and professional.
Good content, feels very automated
This is an amazing course for those who are looking for improvement in their writing english email skills. It is also a good course to improve our writing skills in general. The professor Gerry Landers and Georgia Institute of Technology paid great attention and care with this course. I strongly recommend.
If you are not sure if your email will sound good to the reader this course is the quickest way to improve your writing skills. It is simple, objective, practical and the lecture videos are of high quality.
Gerry Landers, the course instructor, is a true professional of the field. What's more, he is the Teacher. I'm not exaggerating, he is the Teacher in nature. He explains everything in such a manner that everything gets straight to the skill level of unconscious mind, and you, as a student, are able to momentarily use that information in your everyday work.Also, I'd love to mention here the brilliant team work that has developed the way of delivering the knowledge as effectively. Shootings, changing backgrounds, wallpapers, headlines, sound, slides, bullet points, voice instructions combined with simultaneous written information - to say the demeanor is perfect would be a great understatement. I can judge, since I've successfully lived through quite a number of courses not only on Coursera but also on Edx and have a lot to compare with.I want to thank all of you, professionals, for such a delivery. And I strongly recommend every person anything interested in writing to join the course "Write Professional Emails in English" with Mr. Gerry Landers. Join the course unhesitatingly because it is worth finishing.
Very useful course | Covers all components for Email writing professionally.
I got really a good benifit by this valuable course.
Great
Excellent and highly recommended course for everyone.
A very helpful course which will certainly help us in our future studies/careers
Very usefull, thanks a lot
It was a great course and I am very happy with my new skills. I completed the five weeks, but I didn´t have money to do a pay course. I think, if you could do something like this, is better to us have the access to this locked places just to complete de tasks, without an evaluation.Thank you so much.Vanessa Thiago
This course is very useful
Thank you for making the course brief but very useful. It contains all the necessary information and tips!
Dear Gerry,I would like to thank you for your efforts, and I believe we will meet soon by the next course, that's beceause your proffessional way and easiest trend to teach some one. thanks again and I appreciate the system or regiem that allowed to teach people for free for real investment in minds as I think.Best Regard.Batch Plant ManagerGeologist. Youssef Ismail
I really appreciate the oportunity to have been a student on this course. It was great and I have learned a lot! Professor Lander is a great teacher!
I have loved this course as Respected Gerry Landers explains everything considering various aspects. I have surely improved on being a professional email writer. Most important attribute of this course is that it has really helpful links in the ADDITIONAL RESOURCES section after each lesson.Thank you Professor Gerry Landers and Coursera!
I like this course, it is brief and valuable. It focuses on important points in writing emails step by step. Thank you for offering this course.
It was good and simple
Great.
Good course.
Simple and straight to the point.
Finished
I enjoyed this course. The last week was especially interesting and useful for me. Deeper understanding of cultural differences has been my weak point
Great lessons! Thank you
Great course, great professor.
I found this course very useful so far. Thanks.
A lot of email etiquette rules are obvious, but using them is much easier when all of them are logically arranged. Thank you a lot for putting my knowledge in the right order and adding new facts! Hope, I'll look more professional when writing emails to my colleagues nowadays.
I liked this course. There are a lot of useful information. It's well-structured and includes a lot of examples. A moment I didn't like is locked assignments. In my opinion, it's ok when you can't get a certificate without payment but I can't see a reason for practice lock.
I learned many different ways to improve my overall email communication and I am really thankful to the course instructor Gerry Landers for his time and efforts.
Really good teacher and clear line of course!
Awesome course
great courses， helped me a lot!
The course is very clear and useful!
I would like recommending this course for everyone who wants to improve on their written communication, especially email communication.
A good course. Thank you.
I like this course because it's an essential review of basical points that you should know to write emails successfully.
Excellent course! So clear and useful! thanks so much!
It really helped me to improve my skills about how to write a professional email! Even in Portuguese, some rules can match!
Excellent way of dealing with students. Although I have completed just 2 weeks, I find this course very interesting..
It was an excellent experience for me. I have made lots of notes. Many thanks to Mr. Landers and to all who participated in preparing this course!
Uniquely designed and understandingly delivered.
This course is really clear and useful. It helps me to find out and correct many mistakes that I had during writing Emails. Besides, there are many great examples telling us which kind of emails are good and which are not.I like it very much!
very useful
The course is very clear and well organized. I can recommend it to anybody who wants to know how to use the language correctly.
Thank you Coursera and thank you Goergia Tech for organization such useful courses.
This course has remodeled and repackaged me.
Overall this course was very shallow and only touched the surface on the matters discussed. The professors refrained to only mention a few cases of how companies dealt with certain matters rather than provide the tools used in order to reach those decisions. Also, the title of this course barely matches the expectation one has about the content
Huge backlog of assignments from other sessions of the course that are waiting for peer reviews makes it very difficult to get your own assignment peer reviewed, even if you submit before deadline. Course content is not substantiated with research. Assignment instructions and grading criteria are badly misaligned, which is probably why there is such a big backlog of old assignments from earlier sessions.The person responsible for the course should take the following actions:1) Aligning the grading criteria with the assignment instructions2) Clearing out the backlog of assignments that have not yet been peer reviewed. I estimate that there are 50-100 still pending review, many were submitted almost one year ago.
Another winner from Coursera!
Very comprehensive and clear to follow.
Unlike the previous course in this sequence, this course provided little to no substantial information. While I fully agree with the premise of the course, the importance of leadership communication through storytelling, this course presented no sources, psychological research, or evidence to defend its arguments. It provided great "lay advice" with little to no research base. I would not recommend this course for anything beyond casual reading. It is not substantiated.
Good basic understanding of the importance of story telling. More models and examples would have been great.
This is a very effective and well constructed course. I love storytelling. Thanks so much
A very concise course on the storytelling strategy for leadership. The professors teach the course very well. A must take course for everyone.
very practical course, liked especially the tips about how to structure a good story, all the elements of a good story and usage of external sources like TED talk as an example
it would be better if the course could offer more real life stories:) overall it is very inspiring.
This course has impacted my storytelling in the best way! Loved it!
Excellent course. thankyou
It's a good course, with valuable information about Storytelling applied for Leadership in organizations. However, don't expect much depth in the classes.
Content is good, but exercises could be improved, should also add a few interactive quizzes (e.g. a quiz before the segment to ask what they think are the 3 - 4 factors of X,Y,Z; then a quiz at end to summarize). Also add sources.
Storytelling is a great ability for enterpriners and leaders . this course give me some new odeas of branding storying .
Excelllent course. I have completed my first week modules
Excellent. very useful course. thanks to all facilitator
Well done and useful.
Learning storytelling techniques was really exciting and refreshing. Sincere thanks and gratitude to all the facilitators.
amazing though challenging
the course is very good, but in comparison with the first course with dr Leigh Thompson, the instructor in a little bit monotonus, and the screenplay does not have any illustrations which is needed badly. otherwise the course is very good and informative and a big thanks to the instructor and his respected assistants
Great information. Several months later I want a refresher since the material was very good, but I don't think the assignments were involved enough for the material to sink in long term (at least not for me).
It helps you discover the strong and weak characteristicas you currently have in order to excel.
This was a good course although the assignment at the end left a lot of room for improvement. Instructions were not clear and as a result, most of the assignments I graded didn't meet the scoring matrix...
really the top
The lecturers were brilliant and very motivational. They made sure the lectures are fun and easy to follow, always providing interesting examples of storytelling from different industries. I can only recommend following this cours
Great course, very informative, looking forward to the last two of the specialisation!
Interesting course. Thou the entire assignment is bundled up at the end.
I love the course, I thing it is important to know how yours stores impact other to do something.
Great course. Learned a lot.
The content is laid out very well and I found a ton of useful take-away points. Thank you to all the faculty members. I particularly enjoyed the assignments - they really make you think. But I found the branding you - audit and insights the best exercise in this program.I would definitely recommend this to friends and colleagues.
This course was very helpful to me..
I really looked at storytelling differently. This course helped me get my stories into place and focus on what stories I need to tell! Thanks!
Very good course with a lot of great speakers. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to broaden their leadership and communication abilities
Love this course!
The course content was very good. However, I would have liked to see assignments for each
Great!
Interesting course! Very useful information. But it's a little difficult to manage 3 writing tasks simultaneously, it would be good to warn students about big task at the end of the course.
I liked this course a lot as it gave me the opportunity to work doing the assignment, helping me to think as an executive team leader. It was very challenged but very rewarding at the end of it.
The material was beneficial but I would have found the course more helpful if there were weekly assignments rather than one assignment at the end of the course that incorporated all of the principles.
Needs to cover more material in a more engaging way. Felt too lecture-based and observational. Possibly story-telling itself needs to be anchored more to specific usage occasions.
It would be better if there was more tests.
An insightful Course, I would however suggest that the assignments be done weekly. Wonderful course all the same.
The subjects selected are relevant, the professors are very knowledgable, engaging and inspiring and they answer all the questions promptly.I enjoyed this course tremendously, highly recommended!
I think that this course could have more content.
Excellent course. Concise and to the point. Maximum learning with differentiated, relevant, and authentic content.
Very Crisp and revelant
Course is OK. Not too informative or too poor. However, it is in the same context with its specialization series.
learn quite a lot about storytelling, efficient reasoning and communicating for all people.
The final assignment could use a little bit of work, from a clarity standpoint. I actually think that the exercise is quite rewarding, but the expectations of, and directions for participants aren't entirely clear (and that's coming from a native English speaker).
It was a great experience, I learnt a lot especially when I did the assignments. Thank you :)
Great course
Very useful course, even for everyday life.
Excelent course and teachers. Congrats!!
Very good, I missed a deepening of Storytelling elements
Interesting subject and one of the best exams I've encountered so far.
Great dynamic, interesting speakers and round-table,
The first two weeks are focused on self growth, while the third is too focused on the company... I think it is a little bit incoherent. Anyway, it is a good course!
I like the course and the material; I would suggest to include quiz, to the end of each section.As well, it will be easier to write a story from final task after each section, not at the very end
The topic was so intersting but the content was not enought practical!
Great course! Definitely worth your time if you put in the work. Crisis week alone was gold.
Content is grade, however I am still waiting for the grading of my last assignment in this course. :(
its an awesome course i recommends all of you to had it
every undergrad... and those who don't have much financial experience should take this.
A very insightful course for those who would like to improve their financial lives. One of the courses where implementation of the principles correctly would be key to success in one's life.
Good course for Undergraduates. Basic concepts presented in a smooth and easy to understand way
Great!
Great!
Really provides good basis in understanding your finances
Amazing course
Its a short and nice course that gives you a basic insight of how basic management technique and budgeting can help you a lot in managing financial risks and also gives you some practical knowledge of some popular financial instruments .
Highly essential course. Great instructors!
Great course!
I personally think online courses are difficult since there is self-discipline involved but I like how organized the course is!
Thank you to Alex and Professor Navarro for a great course!
Wonderful course to take and this course definitely helps a lot.
Great course!
This course was very insightful and I have learned a lot. I believe this course is realistic and is very beneficial.
It was a very beneficial course. We learned a lot of things that we can apply in life.
Quick course to get started on the business industry
I enjoy the course!!! thank you very much!!
Good basic course for money management
This was a very interesting coarse and i feel like i have learned a lot from participating. if it s to be revised in any way kindly include a broader look into moving the business from an idea into a reality.
THANK YOU!
Love it!!!!
I wish I learnt things in this course when I was an undergrad. This should be useful for everyone.
Very useful course. A lot of useful
too simple, seems like a introduction for MBA class
Very good course to learn business basics like taxes, positions that are helpful for starting a business, also about stocks, bonds or else. I really recommend this course for people who is not aware of business or they are at a basic level so they can have a bigger and simple picture of what involves.
Well, The course helped me to realize the need to check on my savings and expenses and more so planning on money as a whole. If the courses were offered without having to be necessarily purchased in order to make the quiz part valid, It would be good.
Topics were basic but good, but I cannot understand why a physics undergrad with no screen presence and mispronunciations was asked to lead this course instead of the MBA professor who was advertised. I found that there were at least a couple of places that were ageist and overly simplistic in talking about retirement planning and there were moments that there was a paranoid anti-government vibe that I found off-putting.
Basic course and good for high school to undergraduates as the title suggest. Good for overview of managing your finance. Budgeting which is the cornerstone of managing money is well talked about.Very limited coverage on the investing portion and I disagree that intelligent speculation in the stock market is the way to educate individuals starting out on investment. I would prefer Dr Navarro teaching this topic and hearing his perspective on stock market. Asking people to cash out when a stock lose 10% is equivalent to selling low and buying high. A better question is has the business change when the stock price drops. A better read would be The intelligent investor.
Is easy to learn，and useful for my major.
Basic, but quite useful. I really enjoyed it. My favorite Coursera course so far.
Learn the importance of good solid financial insights and gain confidence in your financial future.
Nice course. Enjoying.
This is a good course. The only reason I am giving it 3 stars is because it was very general for me. But, for undergraduates and beginners, this is a good introduction and for them I would rate it 4 or higher. One suggestion, make this course a little harder by introducing some numerical problems or making the course with some more depth. I would reccomend these course to almost all freshmen and sophomores as essential to building good financial skills for their future.
It's definitely a course for undergrads. Very basic but would be valuable to someone without much life experience.
Great course for undergraduates who are new to receiving paychecks.For sure will help in managing money better.
Comprehensive. But some terms are aligned to the US and European economy. But I still had a good time learning about the basics.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was not boring due to the fun format Professor Navarro and Alex had created.The course was very general but it was designed so we could have a grasp of the necessary functional financial knowledge to navigate our daily life.I liked the examples given throughout the lessons to aid the concepts.I will definitely take another course teaching by Professor Navarro.
This course gives you a quick overview of the business major and if you find the video's pace too slow for you speed it up to 1.25 or 1.5 the speed and that will solve your problems.
This course is very good for anyone who wants to tackle MBA fundamentals. Both instructors, prof Navarro and Alex LeBon, are easy going and friendly. I also really enjoyed their jokes and quotations! :D
nice , but basic
A very useful course with loads of fundamental information. Recommend.
Helpful tips, good advice.
Thanks very much for the course! I really liked the optional exercise because they guide me to what to do on real life about what to do, and how to do it. Really loved your teachings. The only thing I would like to say I didn't like was the images behind you, I really enjoy people on real life background, maybe you should just seat at the coffee shop of your university or at an open area. Those photos are good, but I just think the scenario of the university or any other real would be more eye catching.
Good basics!
It's so useful for an individual who is not familiar with north american financial system!
Great course!
Great course for people discovering the 'adult' world of personal finance or for foreigners who wish to understand US specificities of credit, loans and taxes.
I love this course very useful.Thanks guys for all the lectures.
very helpful
Great knowledge to share!
The information is really useful and for the most part, decently organised, but MY GOD Alex LeBron is so painfully boring. I couldn't even tell you what his voice sounds like because it's so bland and monotonous that it blends into the noise of the fan of my laptop.
The course materials were concise and applicable to anyone who will be making a financial decision, so just about everyone.
Mandatory course for each individual who earns!!!
Excellent insite, well structered, and very valuable tips!Thank you!
Very helpful c
A must for everyone. I enjoyed it a lot.
Too basic.
Really useful course that teaches a lot about how to start managing your personal finance
Cool course for beginners like me!
professor is very cute~
Good preliminary overview of these aspects of life, career and business.
Its very effective to Understand USA tax and Insurance status and become new entrepreneurs
It explains all the basics and is not intended to make you an expert. 9/10 because the final lesson is trying to sell you an MBA degree rather than teaching you about personal finance
Great course!
Great insights!
the lessons are well arranged and easy to understand. the tutors are well conversed with the topics being taught and appear to be excited about imparting the knowledge. it has been my pleasure to be part of this MOOC and am well equipped to handle my money matters considering am a medical doctor by profession so this course has been an excellent eye opener to me. keep up the good work and i look forward to more from you!!
Really good course and educates you on how to be prosperous and responsible monetarily. Additionally, Alex provided a very good insight on 5 functional areas a prospective MBA candidate may work. My deepest thanks to Dr Peter Navarro, Prof Greg Archer and Alex.
This course has been structured in such a way that any individual would able to understand the contents without the prior requirement of learning the jargon. All presentations are nicely done, good and simple explanation. Examples were given in each lecture in order to enhance our understanding.
It's a very interesting course that gives you a smattering of how to manage money in life and also gives you a pleasurable insight on how things work in US. I love the section about the MBA and I'm intrigued by the operation management (so i'm going to start that course :)).
It was like having a free financial advisor with you!
Pay attention, this is information you will use for the rest of your life. Good introduction to many financial issues.
I think this course is to basic. It's more for people who not has managment educational formation looks more like a personal financial course. its can get better but they need to add more advancing subjects.
Great course. It gives you insight into things that definitely influence your life.
Very interesting course! Learned some useful things too!
Good general information on basic financial literacy.
good course
This course contained good information and it was discussed in a clear and easily understandable fashion. I was a bit disappointed though that the level was pitched quite low and so didn't answer a lot of the questions I have. If you have next to no financial literacy, however, this would be an invaluable course.
Brief but great course! Offers the basic fundamentals for Personal Finance, Taxes, Insurance, and finishes up with the structure of the MBA program. While this is definitely a 100 level introduction, it is presented and laid out well. Going a little deeper into the subject matter would have earned this course a full 5-stars.
good to do this course for future
Great course really enjoyed it!
Very useful. It is a good collection of common and uncommon sense and the guys are nice. Well done!
The instructors really had a simple structure throughout, which made the course itself interesting and easy to follow along. Also, the few wisecracks here and there are appreciated :)
Great simple lessons that directly increase your financial intelligence and investing prowess. I highly recommend this course to everyone especially young adults fresh out of high school. I learned very valuable lessons on how to manage my money that even a lot of other adults and people my age never learned. It has a cheesy presentation but this course is the real deal if you want to learn about how to manage your money.
It's a great course with useful information. Would be even better if it was a little bit longer and more informative. Anyway it definitely give some foundations about personal finances. Thank you.
The value of the information I learnt is Priceless.
Excellent guide, specially for begginers in life.
Excellent intro course... I think every undergraduate should go through this material. :)Thanks!
Good introductory course
Very interesting materials! Love this course!
Very good basic overview of all the topics which we should be learning in School! Managing finances, evaluating loans and planning for the future with investments are all discussed
Very good course. I knew some of the things in the course but I was clueless about some others. Very information. I do recommend this course for people who never put too much consideration into personal finance before.
Really superb course. Thanks Alex and Prof Navarro for giving this course
Very nice course!
The course is informative while at the same time, quite innovative. The first four weeks provide well-designed and effective video clips introducing basic saving, investment, insurance ... knowledge. The last week talks about Entrepreneurship and MBA, which gives me a new insight towards how business works. Really useful for my career.Thank you very much :)
Great. I cut off and throw away my credit card.
ThankYou! :-) The Course was of Great help For me.:-) ThankYou UCI Thankyou Coursera
helpful basic tips.
Wish I had learnt these 10 years ago when I was a student at Uni. Well presented class and great for students.
Very nice to start understanding investment basics.
A broad and inspiring course.
It was very practical. The delivery was excellent too
Great information, logically presented and with plenty of examples
Beginner Financial KnowledgeVery BasicCover a broad range of topicNo Formulas at All
You've heard this before: I wish I'd had advice like this when I was younger. As in fifty years ago!And: what a generous tax system you have in America. Tax deductions if you save for your kids' education, and for your mortgage payments. But, I think you work harder than most of the rest of the world.Great course, thank you.
This class is a very smart way to learn basic principles of handling your money. The videos are short so it's easy to understand and process.
Very well done. Good structure. interesting insights. Easy to remember examples.
I enjoyed the course as it was nicely structured even though most is just general knowledge. The other thing was that you have to buy the certificate, other courses offer at least certificate of participation for free. Good luck to everyone. Thanx.
I wish I had taken a course like this when I was in my early 20s. Very useful information.
Very good course. I've learnt lots of practical know
Too basic!!!
Excellent course !! wish it was completely generalisable to all countries not only u.s.
Basic but complete
Cool course, interesting but simple.
Excellent, informative and comprehensive course. The tutors go at a steady pace and give the lessons in such a way that makes them easy to understand. They cut out the jargon you hear everyday and break things down to a comforting level. Wish they taught something like this in schools in England as these are essential life skills!
Great course!
Very good introductory course, it's simple and allows any person without financial studies to understand how to manage money.
Nice course, though much of the content is relatively basic and only qualitative (for a professional, might be good for a new student). Wouldn't recommend following *all* the advice (e.g. on topics such as debt) but it's anyway interesting to have the perspective, and it definitely makes very interesting points.
Interesting course for those who want to learn a bit about managing their money, credit/debit cards, loan, insurance...generally everything we need when planning/reorganizing our life.This course can be easily taken by someone who's not familiar with economics/finance.
Amazing course; All undergraduates in African Universities should be tough how to manage their money and how to get their money working for them. I wish I was taught this earlier as an undergraaduate; howeverr it's never too late learn.
Great intro course for learning how to manage your money. Interesting content and the quizzes are pretty relevant to the content.
strong 5 stars. There are some minor issues and concerns, BUT even the sun has spots. Two great things about this course. First, it's very structured overview of how organizations are designed and managed, HR policies, culture, decision making, also it reiterates Northcraft's courses pretty well. Second, is brilliant reading assignments. I would never found and read those articles. They've been SO useful. I definitely recommend this course, although I was a bit skeptical about the first part.
Still pursuing this course, but what I like is... This lecture gave real problem & solution sample.
Great course, highly reccomend it!
I'm not going to recommend this course strongly. I learned from it, not denying that. The reading materials were great. There are critical organization issues to learn. But there are two things I don't like. First, the assignment is not well designed. Article reflection is a convenient way to give an assignment but sometimes off the topics in the course notes. Other courses have along assignments but they are much better designed. Second, the instructor threw a lot of terminologies with much explanations. I don't think people would ever remember or use them correctly. Why bother using them?
Good course I enjoy it
The course lacks coherence which comes as a big disappointment as it follows two excellent modules by Greg Northcraft.
Excellent, this is one the best Specializations in Coursera platform. My congratulations to Professor Huseyin Leblebici, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Coursera. Definitively, you are making a better world for the future generations
A very practical course. Worthy of enrollment by every business manager. Great course by a superb Professor.
Powerpoint slides were never offered in this course even though they were supposed to be. No follow up from teacher or teacher assistant.
While I appreciate the logic behind this class, the content seemed very subjective and loose compared ot the class prior.
Great course! Very insightful!
weather its an act of self-interests or not, I don't really care. fact is after viewing few videos into the starting point where the legit content should appear, I decided to stop; it is a waste of my time.he is either not teaching and providing the real solutions or he doesn't really know much; full of trash talk in generality, negativity on points of view, and outdated methodology that is not practical in the 21st century.I have proof to my review.
very good and challenging
Great, interesting and proffesional course. The best way to refresh knowledge or learn more about combinatorics. Many thanks to authors!
Great speaker, great explanations, nice jokes. Pleasure to watch and learn
The best course ever. I highly recommend this professor.
Excellent lecturer! Rather interesting and exciting course!
Very intresting course
it was too interesting and very easy to understand!!!
Testing replies
it's interesting
Nice refreshing course! Big thanks to the authors for their nice work!
This is a challenging, amazingly interesting and inspiring course. It gives you great foundation in the subject as well as basis for practical application of knowledge. Many-many thanks to professor White and the Team!
Short, informative lectures. Well taught!
An interesting and wonderful course, which gives a deep knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, and also reveals the mechanisms of different pathologies. It will be useful to both students and doctors. Thank you, Dr. White! You are the best!
An amazing course!!! Wonderful!!
Great course. Very educational. I wish there were other free online medical-level courses of this quality available.
One of the best, if not the best online courses I ever have taken. It is demanding, as neuroscience is. But it deserves the effort, no doubt.
Extremely interesting, stimulating, providing great detail, well-organized as well as demanding and challenging. Simply inspiring
Very nice course. I enjoyed and learned a lot! Just to give some comments to improve it, it will have been nice to have more clinical cases during the course. But, I like it a lot.
Incredibly informative and helpful!
A thoroughly organized course! given the time limit medical neuroscience topics were nicely coveredProf. leonard White is a very dedicated teacher and one can see his enthusiasm in neuroscience. I am glad to have an experience of teaching by Prof White through this course. A great teacher is the one who not only teaches but inspires. i am inspired and would continue to study in depth. Great teacher! Great human being! Thank you so much Sir!
Fantastic course for everybody who wants to get a view into this great topic. I'm studying Psychology at a German University and the course helped a lot.
Very informative and explanatory.
An excellent Course, a very inspiring and effective tutor!
It took ages for me to learn from books. This is definitely the best way!
I am excited to join this course... very intriguing professor and material.
Really helpful and the lectures were extremely useful for me as a graduate student
very detail teaching and very good instructor.
Dr. White's classes are concise and very, very enjoyable. The syllabus is very complete and the overall course structure is excellent. I highly recommend this course to anyone who wants to know the inner workings of the human brain.
Very interesting and challenging. Thank you so much Dr. White and to all the Course Management. You taught me a lot.
This was a fantastic course, very interesting and a real challenge! I thoroughly recommend it to those who know about medical science as those who don't will struggle. It was very hard work but worth it!!
I took the Medical Neuroscience course as a way of getting a broad overview of the subject, and was not disappointed. The course starts with a solid basis in neuroanatomy, and builds in concepts and topics in a well structured way. The course seems to pursue two goals - on the one hand, to provide the basic neuroanatomy, physiology and functional background, and on the other to apply the knowledge to understand, identify and localize some medical conditions such as stroke, motor neuron disease, or Parkinson's Disease. The lab sessions and tutorials are entertaining and informative, thanks to Dr. White's friendly and engaging presentation style. The tutorials are accompanied by useful notes, and the frequent quizzes support the learning of the very extensive material. His recommendations for learning the material (follow the path, visualize your knowledge, learn spatially and socially) are useful in many other contexts. The materials are supported by a reference texbook, Neuroscience 5th edition from 2012, and a new edition is expected in 2017. Also, the text transcriptions of the video presentations appear to have been generated by machine, and need to be proofread and corrected. In spite of this, they are very useful to review specific points in the videos. Although the course presents a huge amount of material and the discussion forums allow both clarification of issues and questions as well as deepening and extending the knowledge provided by the basic materials in the course. I strongly recommend this course to anyone interested in gaining a basic overview of human neuroscience.
very interesting but difficult course and very thorough. All the info anyone who is not a medical doctor will ever need. The teacher is committed, patient, kind and overall excellent.This is a very good course but i personally feel that the lectures should be spread over at least 20 weeks instead of 13. As it is currently taught, the course is placing a lot of stress and pressure on the student to keep up with the pace if the student also has other home or work commitments so it makes it difficult for such an interested student to go into all the depths the course asks for if time is constrained by the pace of the course. I feel that if the course had been taught over 20 weeks at least then i would have had more time each week to go into it in more details.But overall i really enjoyed the lectures, and i know i have learnt all that i will ever want to know about the neurology of the human bodyThank you Dr White and team for all your time and efforts in putting out such a wonderful course. Students like me really do appreciate it all
Tough but it's worth it. Neuroscience is pretty fun!!
As a current medical student, Medical Neuroscience here on Coursera really equipped me to perform well in my studies in our school's neuro course. I really appreciated the concise yet thorough lectures from Dr. White throughout the course. I HIGHLY recommend this course to anyone interested in the brain and especially those students enrolled in a neuro course in their current studies. This course supplemented my regular class lectures and assignments very well and helped me to master the content much more efficiently and smoothly!
Really detailed course but super medical (obviously) rather than anything too cognitive. I'd strongly recommend being very confident with biological sciences and chemistry to do this course.
The vast majority of reviews for this course are glowing. Well done!Coming from a non medical background I found this course very challenging. I hardly used any of the suggested readings or references as I found them too technical. I had to start at a more basic (high school) level and work my way up. After many hours of work, many failed first attempts and countless hours of eating comfort food, I eventually reached week 13. Did I feel ready for the final exams? I suppose it doesn't matter because I did pass and received my certificate.
This is a really fascinating course, 'cuz it is organized in a way that students could truly get a lot out of it, though indeed great effort input is required compared to other courses.I started studying 'medical neuroscience' in order to preview for a biological psychology course which is to be taken next semester, and I haven't finished it yet, but I really can't wait to recommend this to everyone who is interested in the field of health and medicine.Prof. White is the best!
Very detailed and very informing, I learned a whole lot from this course, it contains very useful information and it is taught in an amazing way!
Professor Len White made the entire course enjoyable. The teaching tools he used was awesome! I will recommend it to other friends and colleagues
This advanced-level course was designed carefully and clearly, so i think it's the best choice for those who's interested in medical neuroscience. However, learning through 13 weeks could dampen anyone who's just a beginner in this field, especially who is not native english speaker like me. Because there are many terms and knowledge to remember, then to coordinate and to express them again so that everybody could get the points. Even sometimes i found myself unable to extract my ideas in spite of understanding what's going on in discussions. At last, I wish prof. White and his partners a healthy and happy life :). It's really a nice work!
Excellent designed and instructive course. Dr White explains everything in a simple way, even if it is a complicate subject.
Hard work.Knowledge. Enjoy. Thinking. Great professor. Great experiece.
Amazing! The Professor is very active and wishes the best for everyone
I have not really taken any Neuroscience courses and I have to say this was very challenging with my already full-time load at school but I did it! Yay! I love Dr. White he is an awesome professor!
Great course.
Loved every secondof this course, Prof.White is a truly professional and it`s been an honor to be his student even for a short period of time.
Very excellent and informative course. Definitely recommending it to everyone
The very best course I have ever come across! Congratulations to its idealizers.
While I greatly respect Dr. White's obvious immense knowledge of the neural anatomy, I feel taking this course did very little beyond showing me that perhaps medicine and anatomy wasn't for me.
It is a wonderful course for serious learners wanting to learn about the human nervous system and how it works. I myself am a medical doctor (I graduated over two years ago) and I can attest that (in my university at least) I didn't have neuroscience lectures with this depth and detail.Due to my medical background I found it comfortable to go through the course without much effort or lots of extra studying. But I figure that if you do not have some such foundation it might be a bit more challenging to go smoothly with the course, and you might needs more extra studying and more time put into the course.But if you are interested about neuroscience and want to learn the essentials of how the human brain works (as per our current knowledge) then I recommend that you put in the effort and go with the course even if you don't have a strong background in the life sciences or in medicine.Many thanks to Dr White and everybody else who have participated in creating and maintaining this course.
So much interesting. Let me improve my own knowledge about the structure and function of the brain and I might to say that I am a neuro lover jejejj
I found the material well-organized and explained throughout the course. Lots of learning options (video, textbook, on-line labs, and Sylvius) made it possible for me to adapt my learning style as needed to complete each of the 13 weeks. I really appreciate Dr. Len's enthusiasm for his subject, and the great support of his teaching assistants. It is a challenging course, but if you are willing to put in the effort, you will be amazed at what you have learned by the time you take your finals. I found the Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases textbook valuable for learning how medical observations are integrated to make a diagnosis and form a treatment plan.
It's a wonderful course, very helpful to my further study in neuroscience. Would be better if the captions of tutorial videos do not have so many mistakes.
Amazing course and very complete. I do not advise it to beginner students, since it goes very deep into the study of the brain. But I totally recommend for high degree students.
Outstanding course! Quite a lot of content, but Dr White keeps one engaged.
Structural, broad, extremely interesting and so much helpful in CNS work understanding. Thank you very much for the knowledge and inspiration.By the way, some of the universities already recognise this course as big plus for Msc application.
The best course I have ever studied through internet. I quit due to a matter of not enough spare time to devote. I hope I will be able to finish it in the near future.
I am surgical resident from India very much interested in pursuing a course in Neurosurgery. This course has set the ground for my preparation. Dr.White is just amazing in explaining complex neurological concepts in a easily understandable way. Thank you !!!
The best course of neuroscience.
Superb. Dr. White's presentation style is the best I have ever seen. He is engaging...
Challenging course worth 5stars
Four months back, I barely knew few terms in the context of Brain. And today, I'm capable of diagnosing neurological disorders. Immense amount of knowledge gained!
Excelent!! It is one of the best courses about Neuroscience that I've already take. Worth it!
It's great! Thank you for the very good and important work!)))
Very challenging but quite informative. Time intensive. You do need to focus all your mental faculties to take it all in.
World class teaching. Making medical students' lives better since...2015-ish?
It is just Great.
best course I have ever attended both online or in class
Incredible course! Thank you Dr. White!
Amazing course. Thank you very much Leonard.
A great course integrating all the interesting aspects of Neuroscience! Thank you for providing the online learners with such a wonderful c :)
I love science and this kind of courses make me love it so much more, Thank you!
Demanding but rewarding. I am about halfway through the course and I can already see how much I've learned.
Admittedly, some topics (especially neural signaling) could be explained so much more simply. Professor White sometimes picks the most random starting points to explain a new topic rather than explaining the subject matter in a Point A-Point B manner. Other times, there are other topics where information is omitted in an attempt to not overcomplicate the subject, although sometimes that omitted information could have easily helped to explain what the professor was talking about.That said, this is an incredibly thorough, clear, yet manageable course. This course has the hands-down best resources (lecture notes, clinical case studies, interactive anatomy program, and a separate website) of any Coursera class I've taken. I've learned more from this class than any single class I've taken on Coursera or in college. Hats off and big thanks to Professor White, Ellen Vos, and everyone involved in this course.
Thank you very much Mr. White and team. The course is a really jewel. Mr White broadly shows different pathways and amplitudes about our brain and it composition in many aspects: biologic, anatomic, physiologic, cognitive. Indeed it is a complete and unique class. Also Mr White teach all this complex stuff with extraordinary quality in different scenarios: lab, room, his house, in a forest, unfolding new approaches. However the quizzes are very very hard and detailed but they inspire our study. Best regards from Brasil, and thank you again, Mr White, his team and Coursera.
very detailed and thoughtful
The very value able efforts made by Professor White in Medical neurosciences, it is quite, sufficient materials for learners of medical graduates. I found this course a big challenge. Thanks To Professor Len White and the whole team.
excellent course, but you need a very good basic on neuroscience
This course is thorough and well-designed for learning. It connects the basic science with real-life applications. There's an additional course website that was created by a former student, and it has numerous additional resources. Dr. White's knowledge, open-hearted sharing, and enthusiasm for the subject are what make this a 5-star class. He's outstanding!
Great course! The tutorials are very complete and the lengthy explanations allow anyone without previous knowledge of neuroscience to join the course. There are also many opportunities and ways to interact with fellow students. Thank you!
this is a fabulous course with deep insight content as well as a professional team which is lead by an excellent professor, which could maximize the benefits for every students who want to explore the journey of the neuroscience.
Absolutely Fantastic and Interesting Course!
Love the course! Learned & learning a lot! One of the best professors at the coursera.org!
i am loving it. Thank you
it is a little hard to student who not major in medicine
It is great for 1st year medical students! It really goes in detail for the subjects we need to know!
Wonderful. You need a lot of motivation beacuse it is full of (great) content, so the "lazy days" may come, but even if you fail to finish this course it is totally worth it.
I have no words for assessment the course. Thanks for all you've done for all of us. Doctor White is the best teacher I've ever seen in my whole life. There is an enormous amount of polite feelings during performing the tasks, Sincerely Ivan ;)
The brain is really interesting to learn. And this course is one step you should take to understand it
Absoultely Astoundishing. I will highlight the best points:There is a companion textbook. This really helps to consolidate knowledge and sear for new information, although I should say that the tutorials are much complete.There are tutorial notes given to the students. This is crucial. If one was to organize all the course content from just watching the videos it would be impossible. The tutorial notes give a great start for your own knowledge structuring.This course is no light thing. My impression from some of other MOOC sites is that they are much superficial. Their courses seem a good joke at simulating college level education. Medical neuroscience is not like that. You should expect a standard college level neuroscience course.Professor White is amazing. When you think he couldn't surprise you with his teaching methods, he plays music for you!It is better than going to classes. Trust me. I had a neuroscience course in university and I couldn't stad attending classes. I wouldn't have passed wasn't it for Medical Neuroscience.The course subject is just fascinating. Have you ever wondered that there are sensory labeled lines? Did you know that you cannot feel pain unless you have a specific receptor for it? Well, I don't know about you, but for me, that is simply magic.This course will really make you have smarter conversations. Have you wondered launching a neuroscience topic during your date? "Well, did you know that no one really precisely knows how we can see? yes, because what your eyes "see" is just a pattern of light, and it is inverted horizontally and laterally!This is simply the best course I have ever attendedWhat are you waiting for?
This is a challenging and very rewarding course.It's super complete. Perfect for those who want to really learn about brains.
Professor White is an example of real dedication and passion in the field of education. By far, this is the most thoghtfully organized course I've taken!
Lots of self study required by anyone from a non-biology/medical background. This is a very interesting topic, and is a good course.
Really great content and teacher, and also really challenging. Hard work needed to succeed, but it's really worth it ! Recommend it for all person interested in understanding how the brain (and all the superior brain functions such as memory, cognition, emotions...) works.
This is an incredible resource for learning or reviewing neuroscience.
This is the first course which I really liked and I will go until the end.
13 weeks long? This is basically his class syllabus transferred to a MOOC! The first video was a ridiculous waste of my time. The videography was totally unprofessional. Shaky camera, this long walk and football kicking with a brain on the football field??? The audio is horrible... use a mic. I signed up for a neuro course, not an advertisement of the campus. This guy needed an Instructional Designer to help him condense and build this course into something digestible. This is MOOC, not a college course. I am horribly disappointed at the quality. I needed an overview of the main components of Neuro Medical Science.
It's crazy. This professor it's perfect for learn me "neuroscience".Thanks for this course.
It's a great course of medical neurosciece, It's simple and dynamic and well explained by Dr White.
Very interesting and challenging course. The instructor is very professional, videos are nice, real brain specimens are amazing. Highly recommended.
Way to enjoy the neuroscience!
A fantastic course with spectacular resources. Thank you so much for creating this!
If you are looking to learn from a gifted professor, if you want to walk away with a lot of knowledge, if you need a new way of looking at neuroscience, or if you want to be hooked on the subject, look no further. The large international community of learners is really friendly and motivated, too, so as a bonus, you may find new friendships.Dr. White (Len) needs to be a name as familiar to neuroscience as Dr. Goljan to pathology or Dr. Fischer to internal medicine, and you will see why when things just click in your head and when you finish with more understanding than from other courses; he is just such a great teacher. A glimpse of his brilliance as an instructor is when a learner walks away successfully with the knowledge of a medical student and can apply that to research or a clinical situation. The examples that Professor White lectures stuck in my head; the pictures he selects or the ones he draws are easy to recall. Neuroscience is a visual subject as much as it is knowledge-based, and this course stresses and utilizes both. Professor’s White unique talents are 1) to seamlessly repeat an important concept always in a fresh way and 2) to predict the learners’ struggles and confusions and address them. It is no wonder that students at his school honored Len with prestigious teaching awards. You can easily see Dr. White’s excitement for neuroscience and his passion for teaching. Simply a blessing that most of the world is free to learn from him.Two other rare features stand out about this course: heavily involved teaching assistants, such as Ellen (look at the site she put together learnmedicalneuroscience.nl/), and detailed unit notes. In summary, while this is the most demanding and lengthy course on Coursera (I felt the speed of the course was just right), it is also the most rewarding. Duke University has continuously proved to be a great school to take class via Coursera.
Best course ever! it's worth the work for everything you gain, particularily those in all areas of health care..
Peer reviewed assignments are a joke. Assignment was "Not Verified" which is not possible seeing how before you submit you have to verify assignment.
Wonderful course & specialization - I learnt a lot !
This capstone project is a bad joke and I'm gonna tell you why!First, ESSEC TAs were never available! We had to contact Coursera several times for weeks to get a simple yet not helpful reply from ESSEC. And it was too late for anything, really... Remember, the whole project lasts for 4 weeks only!Second, several documents required for the weekly assignments were missing! It's fair to say we were all free-styling (i.e. making wild assumptions) our ways through the entire capstone due to lack of necessary information.Third (and most importantly). most of the participants didn't have any basic business background whatsoever. Be prepared to get a bad grade from someone who's clueless about hotel business, not to mention revenue or demand management. That really makes you wonder how these people even passed the last three core courses....Forth, this capstone is great for those who just want to get a certificate for the sake of having a certificate. Did you notice those 4 or 5 star ratings with no written reviews? Yeah, they were probably trying to show their appreciation for the easy certificate. After all, it's easy to walk away with a decent grade when there's no one knows what's going on. ANYTHING GOES! However, if you are a serious learner who wants to actually learn something, run away from this capstone. You will be thanking me later.All in all, a horrible experience and I wish I could get those 4 weeks of my life back!
As far as I know this is the best series of courses that covers the major programming paradigms and the most valuable idioms that emerge from the different traits of these paradigms. I strongly recommend it to everyone studying computer science!
Interesting class and well taught. Part B was particularly fun.
Really helpful for understanding a lot of programming concept. Very wonderful experience. Thanks to Dan and Coursera!
It really took quite a lot effort to accomplish the course and I'm sure that I am having a much clearer mind towards different programming language, which is impossible without this course.So thank you for bringing us this wonderful course, Dan!
Absolutely Brilliant Course
I took this course about 10 years off the college, and it was excellent refresher on the topics I don't use on a daily basis. Absolutely great lecturer, great videos and study materials!
Really impressive!
Best course of my life!
This course is awesome, I think all developer should take a look at this!
This part concludes the Programming Languages series by Dan Grossman! All the 3 parts are amazing. I have learnt a lot in each part. I think now I can look at a problem and then choose a programming languages with some good reasoning behind the choice I make.THANK YOU COURSERA! THANK YOU DAN! :)
This Course if difficult but is very valuable.
Perhaps the best course i have completed on Coursera. I aboslutely love Dan Grossman's teaching approach. I can only applaud the care and effort that has gone into designing this. I would eagerly join any course that Dan teaches in future
Even more usefull concept to apply SR on an organizational level!
Very helpful course indeed.
Extremely practical and helpful. I will recommend this course to everyone!
This MOOC is probably a bit too much of a rehash of the previous ones offered in the specialization. It is however of good quality and includes some interesting interviews of a few
Fantastic course. I have done all three of the previous modules and would love to move on to the capstone.
A life changing journey. Thank you Valerie :-**
Great
It´s a excellent experience for professional and personal life. The exercises and opportunities to review answers of other participants is a good way to learn how to apply the contend in different situations.
Great course!
It was a great experience!
A final course, more practical than the 2 first, about leadership. A great course before the Capstone !
Crystal clear course on agile and innovative organizations
Excellent course and excellent teacher. Congratulations!!
One of the best courses by Coursera, it significant improve my leadership skill.
Excellent insight and curriculm delivery!
Hope to have more reference to research, all in all great course Thank you a lot!
I really loved all the three MOOCs in this speclization
for me too much graded questions - but in generall the course is good
I enjoyed this concluding part of the course.
The best
A very nice course about leading organizations
Great course and great professor .. take it as you you will the results of what this course will teach you immediately :)
The course was pretty well without problems, flaws bugs, so all went well and it achieved its stated aims in my opinion. I was beta-testing, so to say few or almost zero problems is high praise.
I am impressed by the generosity of the professor. I am learning many new words and the exercices and quizzes help a lot. Thank you.
Great content and extremely knowledgeable instructors. Really nice to have courses in my native language (Portuguese). Keep them coming. Thank you Coursera for all the great online courses. I'm a fan and can't stop spreading the word. I'm assigning courses to my staff for CE credits and possible raises. Thanks again!
Excellent course! Very clear explanations of concepts and lots of great examples.Recommended!
An in depth explanation of how to use Excel for Linear Regression and what the Output values in Excel's Regression mean. Note that the transcripts/subtitles contain many errors, which can be problematical for the hard of hearing or non English speakers, which is why I gave the course only 4 points.
Well taught and extremely useful information. I was able to take knowledge from this course and apply it directly to analytical reports I write at work.
The exercises included help a lot in practically understanding the matter. I did not find that in other courses and it was a miss.
Excellent course. Very well rounded and useful in everyday situations.
Great course! Very good preparation for the HSK2.谢谢老师 :)
I loved this course-But I should preffer it without the pinyin!only Chinese characters for the tests :D
Brilliant course, I would highly recommend anyone taking the HSK test to use these courses by Peking University to prepare themselves!
The course covered the material that was on the HSK 2 final exam. I successfully completed the final examination on one try. So, the course fulfilled its part. It did get a bit more difficult in the final few weeks. Professor did a great job.
The course was really good. I've studied Chinese in China for three years and I still learned so much from this course. I also got a lot of new vocabulary. Things to improve: the conversations need to be louder, the teacher is sometimes standing in front of the words so they're hard to see, the grammar could use a little more explanation. Overall, it's a good course. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make it happen!谢谢你们。
This course features a very structured approach into learning the basics of Chinese. Due to the fact that videos are used (that are downloadable with tape scripts and subtitles) you get a clear understanding of how things are pronounced. The teachers featured in this course speak very clear and not to fast. Following the videos there are clear overviews of the new words and sentences you see in the video, this helped me understand things better. The tests that are used during this course are good and fit the material that the test is about.The subjects that you discuss during this course are all very relevant and useful in case you ever need the basic communication (for example hobbies, weather, etc..)Overall this course is very good and i would defiantly recommend it if you want to understand the basics of Chinese.
Very good class!
I am very glad to gain hsk2 , i hope to progress up and up
Great course with inspiring lecturers using eye opening examples from their practice. No matter if you view your self as a manager, investor, consultant, marketer, or employee, this course is designed for you to get the essentials right so that your company can thrive while you work in happy environment. Very fundamental and very necessary!
Great course on Lean Strategy
This class is informative and engaging, without being too "in the weeds." Highly recommend!
This was a great way to break into Digital Analytics. I've really enjoyed this course. Moving on to the next one!
This course gives you the foundation of digital marketing and analytics. I strongly recommend it for beginners as will as intermediate and advanced students.
I liked the class learned a ton of things and they had us read some very interesting articles.
Great insight about Marketing Analytics
Great introduction to marketing analytics to understand the role it plays in the success of marketing.
Hi team, I just had one feedback on the course content that there were some princip
Great course, well worth taking since Kevin is an integral part of the Google Digital Analytics Team.
Very usefull!
Great course! I recommend it.
Good course! I recommend to all who wants to learn about Analytics
I loved this course I really learned a lot about digital analytics.
Excellent tool for marketers who want to learn more about new techniques, new dapproaches and new retargeting methods.
Excellent class! Loved it!
good information.
Worth the effort
Great course. learned a lot, and hoping to complete all five of these.
I found the course to be very informative and I learned a lot. The reading was very intense but very good.
Structured course with very good information, but sometimes it felt superficial. I know 4 weeks is very short time to fulfill tons of topics on this course, but i think you can push students a bit more.
Loved this course. It really opened my eyes to the power of analytics and practical ways to apply the information gathered to my work. Thanks for a great class!
The course was very interesting and inspiring
well taught..properly explained...
Excellent from a theory perspective. This gives a very good knowledge around the foundation required for Marketing Analytics in practice. Now I look forward to practicals.
really enjoying the course, good information presented well and access to excellent reading materials
Great information.
Lots of new learning. I found the course to be immensely helpful. Thanks Kevin, Coursera and everyone involved with making this course reach us.
Material is outdated and course assignments failed to challenge thinking and encourage critical engagement with the content provided.
I liked the course and the way of approach. The examples and the strategies explained are brief and up to the point. Now I'm encouraged to take one more course in this specialization and make some progress.
This course was essential to my knowledge about digital marketing and I very happy to had complete it! Thanks for the opportunitie and congrats Kevin, youre awesome!
Great course!
It's a really good and interesting course, but is a little bit complicated if you are not familiarized with this topics.
Excellent intro to Analytics! I loved this course and wish to know more about this particular topic. The instructor approach and tips were very useful.
Excellent instruction but the reading materials is quite old in some instances. I'm curious how accurateMr. Peterson's book is now.
Great foundational course for gaining familiarity with the concepts of online/digital marketing. A couple more practical applications (explained through a recent case study or interview with a practicing marketer) would take the course right up there to a 5-star rating.
Great course. Didn't go into too much detail, but the readings were excellent, the real-world examples plentiful and the way the course was delivered was very engaging.
I think its been amazing learning about ZMOT and the funnel, the ways the markets form itself, the moment of truth is really so great explained, Kevin Harman did a great job, i love all the course, and i would totally recommend it and continue this way.
Thanks sir
I learned a lot during this course. I loved the way it is organized and presented.
great content, easy format, really interesting!!
Great introduction to Marketing Analytics. I think it needs a little more examples.
nice and informative course
I really like how professor form this course. It's a little bit difficult for me but I've learnt a lot. Thank you very much for all the material.
a lot of reading existing content, less from the master himself :).. was hoping to get more business case examples. still, an amazing introductory course. thank you
A brief introduction on various phases of Marketing analyst.
Well taught and insightful
Great course! Give you new thoughts on Consumer Behaviour by using what you learn about marketing analytics. Want to learn more! Can't wait to get to the "practice" in the next course.
I can't praise these courses enough. Thank you!
best learning experience
Nice introduction !
Great Course!
It is a great fundamental course.
Heavy, but very insightful.
Liked a lot, more complex than the first course of the specialization but presented in a very clear way.
for a novice, it is fairly informative, additional case studies would make it all rounded.
Does not include latest developments in this industry
Imparted great conceptual understanding
Great Course!
Very well structured and delivered!
The course provided latest conceptual understanding of Digital Marketing Analytics.
The course was very informative and exposed me to modern ways of marketing. I learnt how to set metrics for the different ways information is presented on the internet. I learnt about how there are three moments of truth when a consumer decides to make a buy decision. I particularly appreciated the ZERO moment of truth.
Good platform to start about analytics
I suggest including more practical examples in the videos in order to further understand the theory. Also, some concepts are mentioned but not explained.
Very good course, professor Hartman was really great!
Great Course
The readings of the second week is just too much. As a person who doesn't have a professional background, it was impossible to read.
Great theoretical basis for Marketing Analytics
One of the best course in this Specialization. Gained lot of Insights through this course, enjoyed completely. Having been part of the course was happy.
For a rookie,it's will be better if there are some demo videos of the specific analysis web.
For a person that did not know much about analytics, this course represents the doorway to a good understanding of web metrics, how to identify the proper ones depending on each organization as well as how to study the behavior and processes that meet consumers and needs with goods and services in an assertive and effective way. I think the experience becomes better if the learner can count on a website to apply the new knowledge to gain the skills. The course should have some study cases to see the interpretation of metrics the best!
Very good course. My overall knwoledge about Data Analytics was very limited and the course gave me the essential any marketer must know. Thank you so much for Coursera!
Great reads, a good course to start with to understand the basics of digital marketing and analytics.
Was Super Boring Course Im sorry.
This course is really good, I like
A very good course for beginners.
Great course. Helps you improve marketing strategies, by bringing the base knowledge and necessary theory within various articles, references, and interesting forum discussions. The lectures are clear and objective.
This course is a fantastic introduction to the world of digital marketing. Each point is explained in terms students of all backgrounds can understand and grasp. I took this course to prepare for a potential opportunity in my workplace and it has certainly paid off! Auditing the course gave me access to all of the course material and knowledge I needed without having to empty my bank account. With student debt, this was a lifesaver and career builder.
It is an amazing course that teaches all the digital concepts in a very easy way.
Very good course. Interesting content, great suggested readings, very good instructor, and well explained lectures. I have no previous knowledge about the subject and I have learnt a lot about Marketing Analytics in both course Marketing Analytics in Theory and In Practice.
Great course! That Consumer Decision Journey framework helps a lot in my job. Totally recommend everyone to try.
Good foundation of information on investigating and structuring objectives and campaigns... Real work comes by exploring more current information, sources, and tools. Basic information instructed could be more current, however, I believe that by the velocity of change the course could never be up to the minute timely. Additionally you would lose the developmental history and would not develop the investigative skills necessary to excel in this field.
First of all I was surprised because of the teacher, he is from the Google Staff. In Spain is mostly impossible to have a teacher like this even if you pay 15,000 €. In the other hand this course is "simple", you don't have to expend much time on it". It is what it says it is.
great platform for learning
Great intro into Market Analytics, though more basic if you have experience in this industry.
Great course! Lays solid foundation for approaching Marketing Analytics. Those already into it might find the content elementary but it is very useful. Looking forward to completing the specialization!
too many information just to be said.
Hi Kevin! This course was interactive and entertaining. I am really having fun in this specialization :)Congrats!!!!
good, looking forward to practical application
I learned a lot from this course.
This was an excellently carved course with very good examples, which could be related to day to day application in digital world. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for the useful knowledge. :)
Very interesting reading materials, as well as the overall cover of this course. I truly recommend!
Great material and lectures
The content could have digged deeper a bit more and the assignments could have been harder.
Kevin knows his stuff and shares valuable insight. Overall, it was well-informative.
Learnt new things. Reading material is good. Instructor clearly explains the concepts.
Great learning experience. This course is so upto date
Really great content and learnings.
I felt like this course was too repetitive. Basically, all I learned were from readings and textbooks. Video lectures were repeats from those contents. I did learn useful tools for web analytics, but I wish the instructor put some of his original insights rather than presenting articles written from other people.
It was an amazing course which made the basic concepts marketing analytics crystal clear. Thanks a lot Kevin Hartman for making this so easy.
Great content, nice presentation but Coursera website is slow, especially the submission step is unstable.
It was a good course. Concepts like ZMOT and CDJ were the most interesting topics in these course !! Thanks.
This is a very basic course. The contents do not cover a whole lot of ground. I personally did feel that there is a lot of repetition and this course did not help much . I somehow feel this course and the next ( the practical one ) could have been combined into one. Otherwise, not worth 2 courses of money.
Excellent Insights
I really enjoyed this course, very recomendable
cool
I found that the five points to learn for each module become overly distracting. I hope the course doesn't face any constraint to get the five points. Otherwise, the course is fairly good.
This stage of the course i feel could be summed up to just one week worth of work. It mainly revolves around ZMOT and best marketing analytics and data collection techniques and rawly around 30 minutes of content, and the last week was more of a "let's sum up". Compared to the first stage where every single week had a new subject, with lots of content this one i feel, just didn't cut it. I do feel I learned a lot from it...and i plan to finish the specialization, but this one should be aided as part of another another module.
Great content. I would have preferred it if we had gone through a real example. None the less, it was a great course I definitely found the consumer decision journey model and the ZMOT very insightful.
Very insightful.
Great course!
Highly recommend. A clear, practical and well presented overview of the digital marketing field, with an emphasis on the equal playing field: Kevin makes an effort to provide free resources and tools so that any marketer may use the power of digital analytics unhampered by resource limitations. Which is a good thing because marketers often work with budget constraints. Convincing companies to invest more in marketing, which can be a long term strategy, may not always be easy.The course covers basic concepts, ethics, history as well as practical methods. A very useful addition to my marketing knowledge base, and toolbox.
Excellent Course.Each week involved something new to learn.
The professor shares some very valuable information and presents it in an insightful, easy to understand way. I highly recommend this course.
I really enjoyed to learn new things, understand the analytics behind the marketing
Great course , thank you so much
It's great to learn from the Head of Google Analytics.
Very insightful
Some contents are overlapped, especially Lesson 7 feels like a recap of all previous lessons.Tool list is really helpful.Other examples could be written in more details.The narrative is easy to follow, reasonable pace of speech
High quality learning with relevant industry expert instructor Kevin Hartman. Excellent lectures. Tremendous amount of supporting learning material was also available with the course. Specifically recommended book Web Analytics Demystified is a great source of learning in depth about web analytics. Overall I achieved in my learning more than I expected from this course.
Very useful information, even for someone who already has some background on this matter.
very cool stuff, although the content could be a bit more compressed for this course and the next, I have the feeling that there are many redundancies and stuff that comes more than once
Very nice course with a lot of resources for future use.
As soon as I start this course I literally fell in love with Marketing Analytics and I don't have any background in Marketing studies.Great course!
Excellent course with concise and well articulated content.
I felt that the information in this course was very helpful, but that the modules were a little redundant. It seemed that 2 weeks of material was stretched into 4 so that Theory could be one course and Practice could be another. I am in the midst of Practice now, so my opinion may change and this may not be a fair assessment.
Very special, good insight and directions to grap digital analysis subjects.
Great and Excellent thoughts and course material.
This Course is really awesome for beginners/ professionals......especially on the content/video/study references mentioned.
this course is very nice
Interesting course but would have liked some additional video discussions from practitioners in the field.
A very well detailed course on marketing analytics and various tools available at disposal of a marketing professional for data collection and analysis.
Informative, but needs more challenging assignments.
relevant information
Very good instructor and good structure and pace to the class. Would have liked more real-life examples, and would have liked peer review questions that required more thought and strategy behind them. "Which channel do you like more" isn't really that intriguing a question. Instead, a different question could have been "How might you leverage each channel for different purposes?"
Very Informative, a little dry however
sometimes is dense, a little bit boring
I found this course very informative and helpful.
Kevin Hartman presents great information in both the CDJ and MAP!
For an introductory course it is ok, however can't help get the feeling that the material is just skimmed through. In an effort to structure each session in the same way, detail has been missed out. Practical examples and hands-on exercises are very inadequate. Not impressed.
Awesome course!! I hope Coursera brings more courses like this one!!
thank you for the great structured contentonly recommendation is to increase the audio volume of the lecturer
I don't like the peer review. I don't find it helpful at all.
Great Course seems very interesting and engaging
Thank you!
Excellent content, narration could have been clearer and felt there was a bit of an overload of information in the lectures - could have been broken down into chunks.
It is very helpful
very insightful
Although I've been "doing" web analytics for more than a decade, I still found this course incredibly informative and educational. While all marketers are familiar with the traditional sales funnel, the review of the customer decision journey (CDJ) and the introduction of the ZMOT stage was an eye-opening experience. he instructor was very knowledgeable about analytics. And I look forward to starting the next course in the digital marketing specialization track. T
Very interesting and well supported
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
Especially loved the recommended readings.
More than excellent
Really informative and ideal for marketing professionals. A great opportunity to learn!!
This course has complimented the lessons I have been learning and I appreciate it is on-demand and self-paced. I am a busy professional with a family and I need to be able to learn on my own time. Great material. Thanks!
This course did a good job of explaining the practical application on several complex marketing theories.
Interesting course and good basic knowledge! I wish we had more practice though.
This was a good course, but a bit elementary.
Great intro into analytics. The required reading is woefully outdated, but still gives good basic info that one can then build upon with more recent data.
Perfect for anyone wanted to learn concept of marketing analytic.
This course holds the basis for all web analytics. A must for every marketer
I really enjoyed this course. I liked the professor's teaching style as well as the materials the course provided. All the knowledge I've got from the course helps me when I do research online.
Very good course for people who wants to have an overview of all the options, possibilities and tools existing in the Marketing Analytics field
Useful and interesting.
The lecture presents Google's ZMOT marketing model, how it benefited (and shaped) marketing research and strategies to increase conversion and loyalty. It is a good contextual introduction if you never heard of "search engine marketing", "cost per acquisition" or "click through rate". If you know the basics, it is probably not a good use of your time.I didn't like that the content feels like evangelism for (paid) google services, and most sources of the course are either random blogs or related to interested parties (google, twitter). I still learnt a couple of cool metrics I didn't know about, but the course didn't bring any added value to the blog links provided.
This first kevin Hartman's course shares powerful and compelling and inspiring notions to understand the world of data
The instructor is really makes the topic boring. I would also like to see more examples of real world application.
If you have slightly dabbled in the digital marketing space, you have probably come across what you will learn in this class. But overall, it was a very good beginner course.
I really think this is the best Introduction for any beginner who needs to start learning about Digital Analytics. Thank you Prof Kevin for all the information and resources you provided us !
Great course really enjoyed it
I liked this class. I have mixed feelings about this course not using due dates. On the one hand it's stress-free because I'm not penalized if I don't finish the assignment in a timely fashion. But at the same time, I'm less motivated to complete everything. Luckily I am a completionist so I did everything I needed to complete the class. But I can't say the same for everyone...
Really learning a lot from this course. Kevin is obviously very knowledgeable in his field but a bit boring with monotone which has nothing to do with his abilities to teach us and understand the subject in depth and more clearly. I am very thankful to Kevin, as well as Uni of Illinois and Coursera for letting me to be a part of this learning opportunity. Thank You.
Excellent crafted content for Marketing Analytics
Good class but very little case studies or real world example.
Very boring presentation of the material
With no competitors, I think this is one of the most interesting courses of the entire specialization.
Well oriented, organized and useful. Thanks a lot!
Assignments were uninspired and some questions were weird. Also, this textbook is horrible, and is presented in a very inconvenient format (PDF-only, two book pages per page of PDF so you can't effectively read it on a phone).
Not so good! There is much water
Great course!
Excellent information and presented in an easy-to-understand format. My only reason for not giving this course five stars was how many examples and details were out of date and not current to today.
Best course ever !! very interesting and eye opening. Although there are no practical knowledge here it is very interesting as an starting point in the world of today and tomorrow. The teacher is fun and engaging and the students community is very active. I really enjoyed doing this!! Thanks Coursera, U. Illinois and teacher!
Great course, Ari was very helpful and reaches out regularly. Also arranged meetups on his own travel time, on one of which I met him.
The course introduces some basic concepts but fails to deliver on the objectives set out in the initial module description by barely listing out most topics through a very narrow, linear approach instead of delivering an actual in-depth explanation and commentary on the subject. Some more advanced learners will also find some tools to be out-of-date and some areas - very Google-focused.
well organized but need more assignments and practical assignments
to much theory
The content is very similar to the Marketing analytics in practice one
Provides a comprehensive overview, however it is heavily lecture based. Would be nice if more interactivity was built in, via pop-up questions during the lectures and practice problems.
great course, very good insights about the new marketing reality
A Course which develops Strong Fundamentals.
Thank you for a wonderful learning opportunity. Thoroughly enjoyed the ric
Great introduction into web analytics, with wide variety of tools that can be used and implemented right away.
Compliments: The course introduced me to a number of reporting and research tools that I was not aware of. I have also become a great fan of Avinash Kaushik and his blog in the process.Criticism: The lecturer could have gone into more details in many areas of his course as opposed to just assuming that the prescribed reading material had been read. Many detailed points were glanced over and one prescribed reading material (Peterson, E. T. (2004). Web Analytics demystified) was written in 2004 and as a result much of the information presented in this text book is very outdated.
Professor have in-depth experience in the field which make the course very interesting!
Good introduction into the material. It's great how rating other students' writeups helps you penetrate the material yourself, especially since there are no right or wrong answers.
Short and sweet, easy and quick and gives a genX some insight into GenY (and now GenC
Great informative course
It is worth 10 stars but I can give only five. Amazing course, a must for budding digital marketing professionals.
Very nice course if we need to have some basic understanding of digital marketing.
The professor knows a lot, but it could be a more deep course rather than just a introduction.
Great course. Very clear and easy to understand professor.
Amazing learning experience and great reading recommended. Moreover, you never get bored of Listening to the insights given by the esteemed faculty.
Relevant , not oveloaded with details, easy to follow.
This course is good introduction in digital marketing.
Nice explanation about need and its different aspect of Digital Analytic s.
The course is much too easy, to my mind. Some more practical exercises or more readings in fundamentals could be a nice addition.
The course shows the basic concepts in analytics. I like the structure of it, each lesson has its objectives and conclusion, and presents the concepts in a clear manner.
Digital analytics for marketing professionals: marketing analytics in theory
Great course. Sometime too easy, sometime a little bit boring. Actuality of recommended reading (Web Analytics Demystified, 2004) is under question IMO.
Interesting content and very well designed course. Instructor is good at explaining concepts.
Awesome course.
very useful. it connected me to the reality of digital marketing. I thought it would be boring, but it's definitly not the case.
Have an great overall understanding about Digital marketing, Marketing Geek and useful Digital Analytic tools. With this worth information, I can make my online business plan more effectively
This course delivered a lot of good, practical information on how to work with digital analytics to improve customer content, engage with customers and potential customers, and use quantifiable data for decision making. Take it to improve your understanding of digital analytics.
Good overview of digital analytics.
Excellent intro on Digital marketing!
Basic, but good knowledge
Great introductory course! Well explained and engaging. It doesn't go too deep in the subject but provides a lot of out source material for you to dive into.
Great course! very maker/open source sided :)
Very good course. The material is very well presented and the quizzes and assignments are very consistent with the course material. I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to dig a little deeper into marketing analytics.
Great!!
It's a very introductory class, only works for newbies of digital marketing.Maybe it's a good start point.
Very nice course for people who are new to digital area.
Great content!
This course added to me many important things about the E- consumer decision making and what data I need to improve any website and from where can I find this data and what is the fit analysis for every website depends on the company size which will help every marketer to understand how to improve any website after data analysis.Tariq Husban
Really good course. Mr Hartman is an excellent instructor, the lectures are well presented and lecture notes are easy to follow. Together with the required reading the course content feels really "complete". Highly recommended.
Although it's not a course designed for those who want to get deeper understanding of marketing analytics. This course Introduced a lot of practical website, tools. I like it.
Not very demanding, straightforward, insightful.
The course was great but its taking a bit long to get a grade due to the peer assessments. I think I completed this course more than a month ago and I still have not received a grade. Enjoyed it though and I am presently taking the other courses in the specialisation. I am way behind but I like what I have learnt so far
Very good in case if you are working in marketing, web analytics.
I don't feel like the videos were helpful in explaining and offering guidance. They were boring and basically repeated everything given in the readings. The delivery should be improved. Kevin Hartman was clearer
It's a great topic, but some topics and links are off to date, You need to update some topics and links.Also the Professor Rhiannon Clifton should try to read less and explain a little bit more.But in general, it was a good course, I learned a lot.
I am taking the Digital Marketing Specialization and this has been the poorest course I have taken thus far. The instructor is obviously reading directly from a script because of her constant long pauses between words and how frequently she gets lost when presenting information. She also clicks to new slides and bullet points at the wrong time which is very disruptive. The information presented on the slides really does not summarize what she is saying at all and I constantly had to refer to the transcript to get the information I needed to write down.The assesment questions for this course are also quite poor and a lot of the time need to be further researched online. The quiz questions also seem more involved than the lectures presented and can need some researching as well. I was looking forward to this course and I am disappointed. The instruction for this course seems like she does not the subject well enough to provide insight and quite possibly as if this is the first time she is giving a lecture/presentation.
Really enjoyed this course. It was relevant and showed some new landscapes that I could use in my career.
Great sources of information and nice selection of articles. I enjoyed taking this course.
This course has given me a good understanding about new landscape in marketing media, and marketing opportunities it brings.
This Module was very interesting. It just have to be updated as things change so fast!
Excellent course and outstanding instruction. I'm a little concerned, though, that the readings tend to beseveral years old (or older).
Just following a text book, without an added value from the lectures.
I like the teachers
Too much theoretical.This course should not be a separate course.It can be a part of other course.
Thank you so much!
Awful teacher and explanation and material
The lectures were nothing more than a person reading from the reference text. There seemed to be a lack of understanding of the material--even the jokes were taken from the book (without credit to the author).
The lecturer seems to be reading off the text - could be better.
very boring lectures, the professor should not read the slides, but actually try to speak her own words, because this is causing lost interest and as a result less attention paid and less knowledge received.
This type of course structure may work at an undergrad level, but for continuing education it is sub-par.The video lectures were the instructor reading the slides, reading from the course reading, or showing videos that were listed in the course reading. The course quizzes had too many questions that focused on memorizing details from the case studies or a statistic shown for a bit in the lectures rather than try to foster understanding of the material.There were some technical issues such as links from the course readings expiring and not being replaced, in-lecture questions dealing with a subject matter different from the topic of the lecture, etc.The one good thing from this course - it uses a great textbook (free), which provides lots and lots of useful data and insights into digital marketing - and this is the sole reason the course gets 2 stars instead of 1.
thank you enjoyed it
need more video oriented lecture.
nice and informative course
Amazing techniques, makes learning new concepts very easy
The course is really worse than previous too. Information is to abstract, the teacher tells some obvious things. The one thing I liked are course materials - for this I give 3 stars, not 2.
The content is good but I see some space for improvements in the structure and delivery. I would like to just give positive feedback: 1) the videos and power point slides are broken in too small parts. Each movie/power point starts with the same advertisement and music and it is taking time and attention. Suggestion is to reduce the nr. of videos/presentation to just one or two. 2) for some reason the teacher is looking for my "rigth side behind my shoulders" and not "to my eyes". I guess there is a small mistake on the camera positioning. It results in loosing the eye contact. 3) There is no "call to" go to forum for open discussion. There are no suggestions to topics to be discussed as well. All the forum sessions are empty. The course shall ask comments on the forum like the other courses do. Apart of that small issues, overall the content is quite important and the instructor is good.
This course is a total disappointment in comparison with all the other courses from this specialization.The quality of the course is very poor:- reading links are outdated and not available;- assignments are superficial;- tests consist of questions which do not make you think but make you memorize unnecessary numbers;- lectures are presented poorly. They are read from the screen and you feel that attitude. Very often they include videos from reading.The course feels like an outdated or a class for mentally defective: read about it, then we'll repeat the same in the lectures, then you'll pass the test with the same kind of questions, then we'll ask you to make an assignment, answering the question that has already been discussed three times once again. Do not bother to think, just repeat, because that's what necessary.I struggled to finish this course only because of the whole specialization and a great job which has been done by all the other professors.
was boring. nothing interesting here.
The Instructor is excellent and easy to follow. The readings were rich with information. The subject matter is very good, the quizzes reinforce the information instructed, and the testing is sufficient.I would rate the course a 4.5 with the exception of the Peer Review portion. The staff does not enforce the Rubric Instructions for the Peer Review(at least my experience).Most reviews do not critique, offer constructive criticism, and in some cases I am confident, the answers were not even read. I would like to know why a score was felt appropriate... if I received a 10, what worked so well? If the score was a 7, what can I do, in your opinion, to improve the answer? The overwhelming majority of reviews were simply "very good", "excellent", and "nice job". These answers do not fulfill the rules outlined at the start of each course and I believe students not completing the Review properly should have their grades reduced or listed as incomplete.
Very recomended for those looking to strenghten skills and knowledge. Good for those that want to be up to date to marketing trends.
Great course.
Covers the topics of both digital and traditional marketing channels:-Radio, Television, Newspapers, Magazines, Out-of-Home Media-Social Medias, Blogs, Websites, Streaming and other online platformsROI (Return over Investment), Consumer Decision Journey, Digital Marketing Evolution
It has to be more practical oriented with real-time exercises to gain valuable skills
The content was good, however Prof Clifton is very difficult to listen to and watch on the videos. Mistakes in the PPT and her presentation skills do not meet the expected standard. She seemed as though she didn't know the material and is seemingly unaware of what is required for successful on-camera delivery of lectures.
I did not like the teacher but I did like the course material.
Great insights, great course!
Excellent, very well structured
Definitely worthwhile for the content-- a bit difficult to follow due to the professor.
Quiet informative and good course. It's worth taking the course.
This class is more of a Marketing 101 class than a digital marketing class. Interesting, and probably a great class for someone looking for the basics of marketing.
learned many new things..!!
The proposition of the course is very interesting. The content, especially from the required book is very good but I think the instructor could dive deeper in the content of her lectures and they could be a little bit more dynamics.
Wonderful course and I would recommend everyone to do it who wants insights about digital marketing
Totally useless.1) Why is she speaking so so so slow? I put the playback rate at X 1,50 in order to be able to understand her.2) She is just making a summary in bullets of the readings that we are supposed to read anyway. Nothing new in the lectures.If it was not a part of the Specialization I would never follow that course, neither the other one taught by the same professor.
The instructor is very bad. She made the lectures so boring with her lack of preparation that I switched to just reading the transcript. The assignments were lacking in case studies and were very textbooky. I could have skipped this course and simply read from the E-book. Tried to get a refund but its too late so I will have to force through this one and the next. I hope it doesn't adversely affected my grades as I have scored above 96% in the previous 3 courses in this specialisation. Very disappointed and frustrated. I came to Coursera to avoid teachers and teaching styles like this. This really shakes my confidence in Coursera for future courses. Im definitely not going to pay for any courses in the future.
Enjoyed it!
I think it is a good MOOC, but is the less interesting mood of the specialized course. Still, it has a lot of information, and extra sources that help me. The teacher seems a little confused some times an use to distract me.
The lesson is informative but the course professor does not share value on each slide. She's reading each point and does not provide additional insight.
Honestly didn't learn much from this course. The majority of content is simply common sense, and things you'll know if you've spent any time on the internet in the recent years. The good parts were the evaluation of different marketing channels (traditional and digital) and various stats on how people spend from the industry (ownership of TV networks, time spent per day on different media, etc.).
The course was harder than the other courses offered. However, it was a great added learning experience to have. The concepts taught were very eye opening to the real world and how large companies function in the current fast paced era.
Not very much information and lesson to learn deep
The video lectures are not engaging at all.
not very creative in terms of approach
The books, readings, and additional resources for studying are really good and helpfull. The only thing is that the videos where they explain the courses could be more fluid, dynamic and with a better domain of the tool by the professor.
all video lectures feel like they are just read from a paper and it takes a lot of effort to follow and engage. It is the 4th course I'm taking to get ma digital marketing specialisation and is far off the poorest. The slides don't make much sense and a lot of times I have to research stuff again on other websites to actually get the point. The quiz questions are sometimes not related to the topic. It seems like, the professor does not know enough about the subject to speak freely and engaging about the topics. I'm quite disappointed about this course and can not recommend it. I think the course should be worked over. A great example of how to do it right is Aric Rindfleischs lecture, which was engaging, challenging and very well structured
Very nice concepts which helped me to understand the topics nicely.
This is basic content i wish it was a more outside just a lecture style where the lecturer just reads from the slides.
The first week was a bit dry but improved the following weeks. Articles we read were interesting and the assignments were engaging. Since I wanted to achieve a high grade, I found that the weekly assignments took longer to complete than described.
The content is good, but the way the lectures are given not so much.
Professor is not engaging at all. Presentation skills are poor.
Rhiannon Clifton is a teacher I sensed as not very good at the beginning of the course. To my surprise she acquired such self confidence in the end that I can say I am very glad I was part of her course. I would like to have another chance to be on her courses in the future. Congrats!! I know you are on the right path for teaching
Very light in useful content
Not up to my expectations. Compared to the previous modules in this specialisation, the lectures are dry, the presenter is not focused and slides are sometimes mixed up. The reading material is great and a definite plus is that it is free. But the lectures should be more practical (not just the bullet points of the book), and the weekly assignment should not be a chapter summary question. The course developers should have taken the time to develop a case study for each topic, like in the first module in this spec. I highly recommend reviewing and improving the content.
Pretty good course
The presenter in this course is hard to follow and does not have good slides. She often does not put her bullet points or lists on the slides ( I am a visual learner and she does not provide enough on screen info) She is really uncomfortable and makes it really hard to listen to her talk. She struggles through the entire presentation which is just super distracting. Content is good though.
The content of this course is very good. However I feel it is unfortunate that the lecturer did not make an effort in preparing the presentation of the material. This makes a huge difference. Especially when it is an online course, the lecturer needs to bring the story to life rather than simply reading with hesitation from the slides in most instances.
Well designed course.Really very interesting course.Thank You
this course is very nice
There is insufficient peers to review. The content is mostly theory from the e-textbook.
The slides were too brief, felt presenter at times was reading off a script which made some of the lectures less interesting to follow.
I found this course less engaging than the previous ones in the specialization. I would have appreciated if the video lessons were focusing more on commenting case studies; in many cases I had the impression that the Professor was simply reading the slides...
I think this course could have been more interesting. It was very dry with just slides and majority of the examples were not explained well. Especially the one about the marketing plan was not about plan but about presentation skills. This course content definitely needs update.
Great course for anyone willing to understand and master digital marketing.
This instructor is god-awful, I'm sorry to say. By the 3rd week, I stopped caring about this class, and my grade for that week definitely expresses my disinterest. I'm having to force myself to finish it. Has she ever taught a class before? I felt like this was her first time. Uninspired - not looking forward to her next class.
Thanks for a great introduction for more understanding the various channels
waste of time.
A wonderful course.
The lessons on presentation skills and traditional media should have taken just one one or two minutes, and one or two slides, at most. The details and time invested really had little to do with digital marketing or the digital landscape. The use of the hand-written pros and cons was an unnecessary novelty. Regular bullet text are more readable and technically more reliable. Most of all, the presenter's style was distracting. It seemed that she was unsure of her subject matter and script. I recommend re-scripting and rehearsing the presentation -- before re-shooting it. Finally, with the rapid pace of change in digital, we should not be using reading material more than two or three years old. Five years is tantamount to a generation in the digital world.
I could understand various "Digital Marketing".
I enjoyed the difficulty of this course, however at times the questions seemed irrelevant and frustrating to find the information that the questions referred to. I believe some refinement is due here, but the difficulty was satisfying difficult compared to previous courses!
The professor is just reading the text. Not really a good example of interactive e-learning content.
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
Course was poorly put together with errors that are not fixed.
Wow that was a waste of my time.So many broken elements, mistakes etc. Last minute rush job putting this course together.
The course structure is okay and availability of course material e-book is big plus for the course.However there are negatives also.This is a course on "Digital Marketing" and it has to be taken to great heights in terms of content and delivery.Most critical issue is delivery. The most happening and lively subject like this needs a delivery in a exalted method. Though reference material is good collection but there is total disconnect between video lectures and those reference material at many instances.Revamp all video series. Add more case studies videos.
Great course and great teachers.
Among my registered courses in the specialization this course is the one that should be invested with more effort from creators in order to give students more practical lessons. Regards.
Excellent course! Very well explained and detailed. Overall, Digital Marketing channels are the most valuable course for me!
This course is not as good as the ones that are part of the Digital Marketing specialization. It was hard to keep traction and interest to finish it.
The instructor needs improvement on her presentation skills. She is just reading off the slides instead of providing more examples and scenarios to help student comprehend the material. I have to retake almost every quiz under her courses. In previous courses, I passed quizzes in one try. Please improve material or get a better instructor.
Professor just re-iterated text and readings. Lectures were poor and provided no insights
Terrible course.... the instructor just read out of the power point. No examples or case studies or insights.very disappointed in the class.
Great course with in depth knowledge and up to date information
Course was pretty boring, repetition of Digital Marketing previous modules, would appreciate it more if the professor did a better presentation!
The landscape is quite basic and would require further development to be more relevant
Good course but it's too much academic, I can see that you were talking things you don't understand or read a script without put any of your efforts.
This was my least favorite of the course. The questions were out of order, the videos and lectures were terrible and dry
great course
A little bit too basic, I expected more.
its great. Thank you for this
It was worth learning.
For multiple modules, the questions were out of order. Some of the videos didn't seem polished to the point that it made me think it was not the final edits?Also, from other Coursera courses, I really valued interviews and summaries that highlighted the key points (vs a summary of the topics convered).Finally, the module quizzes didn't seem to highlight the key points, but instead had questions specific to not-so-important details (e.g., which agency created the MB campaign).
Good introduction to the digital marketing landscape!
based on impressions after module 1:-quality of lectures: just dry material from books. not engaging- repetitions (videos in reading materials and in lecture) sometimes feeling that it is waste of time-quizz questions are hardly connected to lecturesdisappointed and discouraged. give a try to module 2 and will see.
Very interesting stuff
Great overview and tips!
really good and informative.
Excellent material, even though students met several problems with the new Coursera platform. I highly recommend this course.
This course seems to have interesting content and presentation, but the quiz concerns the materials not covered in lectures or readings (be it required or supplementary). This is totally confusing.
A great course with good literature, easy to follow videos, a nice community, and very helpful content!
Great overview with good example and PDF. Thanks
Well organized course with great refer
Incorrect references, subtitles that do not follow the video. Questions in the questionnaires that have not been studied and which one does not even know where to find references. The worst course of this certificate.
So informative & useful courses. also encouraging me to study!
The course offers a good mix of media used for the lectures. The book that accompanies the course is worth reading. The assessments and quizes are good to handle when completing all lectures and readings.The course requires some pre knowledge.
very slow pacing but ok content
Un-organized, scattered non professional course. All the materials keep changing during the course. Materials in each module includes readings and exams were not related. Though, I enjoyed the other courses in this series and think they were great, but I am afraid this one was a real disappointment.
Some times the questions in the test were in my opinion irrelevant to the material.
This course is awesome.All the lectures and modules are really easy to understand.Thank you to all who made it available for free.
Good course!
Very good course to go through as a beginner in Digital Marketing.
Very good, informative and useful. My only wish is that the presenter was a bit more natural, rather than appearing to read the text off the screen all the time. But that is just a minor comment
Such a boring class
Great course, Thank you!
Shouldn't be presented as a course that is also suitable for English speakers. It is not. The "English" subtitles are completely incomprehensible.
they have to put a note that this course is just for Turkish students not for international .
It would be great to make a voice-over in English as well
Thank you
This is an amazing course - I loved every bit of it and learned so much. I am going to listen to all the material yet again. Thanks much.
An excellent introduction to Modernism that spans disciplines. The enthusiasm and humour of Michael Roth ensures parts of the course that might be difficult or dull are far from it.
Great journey into the modern world!
Only one star as it was not made clear you could also get 1/5 points in assignments noted as ties but no further explanation. I don't think I will bother with part 2
A very informative course that is extremely well presented.
This course, as well as part 2, is a great opportunity to put things in order. Modernity, the Enlightenment, shaped our present and the course does a great job in acquainting with the basic thinkers of this period. My only improvement proposal is to make access to texts easier by providing handouts in e-book format.
The content of this course is great. I am provided with detailed contexts of certain movements and how they developed under the influence of thinkers and artists.
Thoroughly enjoyed this course. Instructor has an engaging way about him and makes the subject matter clear in the lectures. Essay-work was thought-provoking and forced critical analysis about research and reading material.
Extremely well organised, breathtaking lectures. Strongly recommend to those who are interested in philosophy!
Enjoying the lectures again. This is my second time listening to the lectures and doing some of the readings. Thank you Professor Roth.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The lectures were cogent and engaging, and the materials were wide-ranging and intriguing. While I was initially skeptical about the peer review process for an online course, my reviewers were respectful and encouraging. Overall, this was a truly worthwhile learning experience, and I am looking forward to Part 2 of the course.
i learned what I thought I would learn and more! Plus, the other students are really inspiring. It is a great feeling to get a glimpse of how many other people are interested in the same subjects and also write. Great Professor and a great class!
Brilliant course. This was my first course and the first time in philosophy. I really enjoyed Professor Michael Roth's breaking down of the content matter. It motivated me to read non-fiction on a regular basis and changed the way I view the world to a certain extent. The course is easy to follow through and seems especially useful for beginners in this field.
The classes were interesting. Activities and assignments were very innovative and helped me to get idea about Modernism and Postmodernism. The best part was getting reviews from peers. I really enjoyed learning in this course.
The philosophy course they should have taught my at the Lycee....
A very interesting course. A privilege to be part of it. A powerful inspiration and motive to learn more about the most important figures of the last couple of centuries.
This is a delightful course, despite of its complexity. You can follow the discussion and very good explanation without much difficulty, because the professor guide in a clearly and objective way. I really enjoyed it ;)
It was very helpful article for my future.
I listened to both part I and part 2 of The Modern and the Postmodern, but sadly didn't have enough time to do all the reading and assignments. However, I enjoyed these lectures so much I might do this mooc again when I have more time for the readings. GREAT material and I love the way Professor Roth conveys it.
Exciting material.
Excellent course! Very educational and an interesting refresher on college-level philosophy courses. Waiting for part 2!
I really enjoyed the class. I recomend it.
This is my favourite course . The professor is so enthusiastic and passionate to share his knowledge, and is doing a great job. Best course ever !
An excellent and thoroughly enjoyable course. The readings are accessible and range in subject from philosophy to psychology, politics to literature. Dr. Roth's lectures are engaging and entertaining. He has excellent credentials and an excellent way of discussing his topics.
It's very informative in terms of content while interesting with the speaker's personal style.
Roth is the professor I spend every semester's first week hoping my professors turn out to be.
Imperative to a responsible understanding of the contemporary world and what brought it about.
I really enjoyed this course. What I found particularly interesting was the possibility of reading the essays of my classmates and learning from them as well. I want to especially thank Prof. Roth for his excitement he brought to philosophy of 18. and 19. century.
Wonderful experience for someone who has been out of university for so long. Will be spending time reading the philosophers much more carefully. I had to read too fast in order to do the writing assignments, unfortunately. It is ironic that the writing assignments are to make one reflect and learn, but they force one to read too quickly rather than to enjoy the readings. Good course, however.
Only average. Much is said, little information delivered.
Not as advertized and way too much peer rating stuff--we do all the work the instructor does little or none--too much peer raqting stuff which I despise. And there seems to be no way to un-enroll.
This course is wonderful and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. BUT, it is not well monitored, the peer review process is broken and questions are not answered, making it frustrating. For example, I wrote an essay and received a non-passing grade. I re-wrote it and submitted it. The comments back were very good, but the grade remained a non-passing one. Very difficult to figure it out. I posted a request for clarification and received no response. So, course GREAT, administration of course, not so much.
Thank you for this course!Professor Roth, I love your teaching style. Such course can easily be made boring, but I was excited and interested every minute of your lectures.During last few month (luckily for me, the course is self-paced) I've read more of serious literature than during all my life.The most resonating for me was Baudelaire and the "flâneur" aesthetics.And, quite strangely, reading Nietzsche makes me happy :)Thanks again to everyone, who was involved in creating this course.
Great class!
This class is wonderful and i'm looking forward to re-taking it when it becomes available.
Personally, this is the highest rated course so far I've had on Coursera. Selective philosophers, thinkers, writers and poets with their best works recommended, various topics about modernity and post-modernity. Every module literally helps me review my understanding of the topic and of modernity and modern man. Recommend this course to every one I know.
I advice NOT to take this course.Why: the professor is never there to read your assignments. He leaves that totally to other students like yourself, to grade your written assignments, and, they do not read and give you a RANDOM grade in 2 seconds.Don't take it, you will waste sooo much time on this one.
This is an exciting course offered by in intuitive professor.
Extremely motivating teacher!
Very clear expositions.
I have found this course excellent and I am still enthusiastic about its interdisciplinarity.
A truly inspiring, engaging course. I really appreciate the interdisciplinary nature and Mr. Roth's enthusiasm and humor. He is also very good at explain potentially very difficult subjects. I LOVE the inclusion of art and
very systematic~
This course is very helpful in giving students a survey in the major thoughts of the modern Western world. The fact that it is carried out by Wesleyan University, a premier Liberal Arts College in the United States, ensures its quality and seminar-style coherence. I find it particularly interesting when each chapeter is started by an assigned reading task with the instructor's videos following, which is a rather typical method by which American collegiates learn humanities.
One of the best professors i've ever come across! If the teacher is so passionate about the subject material as well as conveying the ideas, the course will be excellent. This is one of those courses.
Excellent Course with extremely detailed lectures. Dr. Michael Roth is an excellent intellectual historian.
Great teacher, fascinating ideas. The reading was pretty intense, but I loved that about it.
Truly Enlightening with an amazing professor and team.
I enjoyed the course. The lecturer skillfully mixes philosophy and art sources to get us into the world of enlightenment and modernity.
Excellent course. I really enjoyed this and it opened my eyes to areas of thought and thinking that I had not previously had the opportunity to encounter or study.
Great course with quality instruction for introduction to the material.
An excellent overview of the history of philosophy and its influence.
very clear
excellent course and great teacher
On scientific and philosophical reflections there are unbalanced focusing and biased approach to Enlightenment tradition of thoughts and Utilitarions views in particular, on the very contrary to what Prof. Shapiro explains in his MOOC "Moral Foundations of Politics".
Hey,Was a learning course. Ben learned more about the treatment time. I simultaneously following a different course on art: Gogh History of Impressionism which was about the same period.Regards Frank Terpoorten
Excellent content, very good explanation, interesting lectures. Though
Prof. Roth has covered a great many schools of philosophical thought...which, in turn, as driven me to look up more information out of curiosity. He takes an often-difficult course of study, and makes it not only easier, but makes it enjoyable.
I enjoyed this very much.
The presentation of Kant's philosophy is quite inaccurate. All in all, though, this is a great course!
I really enjoyed your lectures-Great communicator of ideas-Look forward to next
Amazing oportunity to develop ideas in different subjects around the theme of modernity. The course covers many authors,and though never gets superficial. The best part is Professor Roth and the pieces of readings in an emotional, thrilling way. Thanks Coursera!
Very interesting lectures. I found this to be a very good learning opportunity. The professor has a very good grasp of his topic.
THE most interesting lecturer I have found in recent times.Wonderfully enlightening approach to the subjec.Thank you
Professor Roth is awesome breezing in all major modern and postmodern philosophy, litera
This course is an eye opener.I can't get enough.
I absolutely loved the course content and the style of the instructor.The only feedback I'd extend is more variety in the writing assignment prompts, and a little more specificity in the quiz wording. Some of the questions seemed phrased in an unclear way.
I love this course. The enthusiasm of the teacher is wonderful. His choice of works and their treatment are excellent. I learned a lot, even though I have an MA in Literary Studies.
Excellent course, thank you
It's a little annoying, because the videos are the same all the time... but the professor is very good, he knows so much about filosofy!
The videos lag behind, and the readings the first one of the first week, the link was broken
I've not finished this course yet, but I found it to be excellent, the content is important to understand, the teacher is clear and I enjoy listening to him. I really recommend it.
though the flow of ideologies eventually became distinguishable, the comments on the several artists and philosophers noted were woefully uninformed and inadequate, even distorted, and the professor's eventual humming and hawing, irritating in the extreme, suggested that he was not at all prepared for his lectures - the final presentation of paintings without commentary at all was thus both a relief from his indecision and, at all of twenty minutes, an outrageous waste of time having left all of these however masterful works without any appreciable context
Interesting and thought provoking, the professor has an engaging style and it encourages me to explore these areas in more detail.
I am learning way more than I had expected.
Extremely-interesting course!
The course offers a sound and well presented introduction to th
Very accessible, very inspiring - thanks
Exelent and only halfway the course
One of the best courses I ever had an opportunity to encounter on Coursera. It is an insightful, enlightening journey into the cultural and philosophical heritage of humanity. The professor opens up and talks in a most compelling way about all major ideas of modernity that you have heard about. This course is a must for anyone who wants to be an intellectual person.
I wish to have a course about Existentialism too if it's possible, thank you!
What is the Enlightenment? Part One of this course pulls together a number of stimulating readings to introduce the basic concepts of the title. Taught by an expert with grace and style. Stimulating assignments challenge the student to think comparatively and deeply.
Fact.Best free online courses.All thanks to this group, which works silently and effortlessly to benefit people all over the world to spread science.
Very informative and amazing course. Thanks to the organizer and all doctors.
This course has been very helpful and informative.
Best course ever .. Many thanks
The only online dental course available which is free and very very didactic. Congratulations!!
Path opener course to enhance one's knowledge about implant dentistry
Great cours))))))))
The best course form the best University
Although I have got over ten years of practical experience in both placing implants and restoring teeth on implants, I was very pleasantly surprised by the multitude and quality of new knowledge and practical tips I have received from this course. I would like to thank professor Matteos and the team for making possible this superb and brilliant course, which will remain a cornerstone implantology reference for me in the years to come. With best wishes and deepest respect, Predrag Škrinjar, dr.dent.med. (Ljubljana, Slovenia), MSc AGDP (Birminham, UK)
this is a fantastic course!! There are not so many online dental implant courses. This offering from the University of Hong Kong is essential for everyone who is interested in implant dentistry!!
I had difficult time finishing this course, it is so worthy course for general dentist to upgrade knowledge.
One of the wonderful courses in the dental field, it doesn't only expand my knowledge in Implantology but it give me the opportunity to help and communicate with implant leaders world wide, it's a great chance for every dentist to enroll at least one time.
thanks coursera
excellent courses thanks all for valuable information about implant
Very interesting and useful course.
Beautiful and well prepared course. Thank you very much.. I t was a great pleasure for me to go through it till the end
. Its an amazing course that inform general dentist how to go through implant and good overview /
It's simply amazing.People spend a lot of money to learn about implants here and there.But,it was unbelievable for me to have such wonderful n extensive lectures from the speakers around the world on every clinical aspect of implant dentistry.The best part was i can learn wherever and whenever i get time.a big thanx to all the mentors and coursera.Love from Dr Bhavin Prajapati,Ahmedabad,India
Best Course With Best Teaching Method, Wish to have more Courses here.
Very good information and review
InformativeEducationalInspriationalFunEncouragingHighly Recommend this course!
as a novice, the course is very useful to me, and I learn a lot from it, and even some exprenced dentists will be thrilled to attend this class for so many specialists here to convey the up-to-date knowledge in this field. well, I greatly yearn for the next turn course.
i see it was useful and interesting experience , thank you
wonderful lessons and professional teachers,could help a lot to my daily work;
It is very good coursera,thank you very much.I'm looking forward to the next to listen.
Great
excellent course to get basic knowledge about implants and its related parts
Helpful for the newcomer of implantology
Fantastic course and easy to understand. And you can always learn more details in the forums or through further readings. Hope there's more in the future.
The course is easy to understand. The explanation and the presentation are good. Looking forward for another additional material in regenerative therapy for implant placement
Very good course
very good course. thank you alot
A wonderful course. I gained a lot of useful information. Big thanks to all the authors of the course and wish them all health and new achievements.
thank you so much for providing such a good course for us！！
Everything is clear, to know and learn everything to start implantology, the course is too a guide to explore more about implantology with a guidelines of research. Because in this surgical discipline, we have never finish to learn, In Dentistry everything go fast and we must stay connected, what's news ? what's protocol is better ? and what we must to do or stop actually with the data acquired from science. In Fact this course it's an amazing guidelines, but we don't never stop to learn more about all of subject in implantology. Thank you to all great and amazing speakers who have try to give us the best information that we need to start implantology or to confirm what we now, it seems to be difficult to resume all keys factors of each course in one video. Thank you all, i'll stay connected now with university of Honk-Kong. Dr Hans Helder Boussamba K. GABON - Central Africa.
Excellent highly productive thankful for such a platform to learn
thanks fore great effort
This course is must for every practiotioner practising implant dentistry.It helps the clinician explore implant dentistry right from treatment planning to the perfect execution of the case.
Love this course, learned so much about implant surgery and implant maintenance. I'm a Dental Hygienist and I would recommend this course to every Hygienist, just to have a better understanding of the Implant world..
It's my precious wisdom of implant. Thank you for your lecture
we need more clinical dentistry courses
Very informative course and designed to learn at our pace
Thank you all for this great job i really appreciated. I learned a lot during this course and i am looking forward to attend your future courses. Iam so happy that i finished all the steps in this course because of my strong potential to end all the course material. The way that you presented the materials it was really very interesting and thanks for technolgy that used during this course.I wish you all the bestthank you a lot again
This was a great experience for me to learn know ways ad the right way and the wrong way in doing things.
My very first experience with an online dentistry course. Implant dentistry explained well from basics to the advances step by step each week along with some interesting cases. Great experience learning from the experts from this field and well known clinicians sharing their experiences. Also got a chance to interact with the best people from all over the world. This course was organized very well and giving sufficient time to read, watch and learn all the lessons, solving my first implant cases along with quiz at the end of lessons ! Looking forward for more such courses in Dentistry from Coursera.
wonderful course
I really enjoyed this course, very well organized, highly qualified professors, nice quizzes and helpful cases.I will recommend it to all my colleagues, Thanks to every one participated to elaborated this fantastic course.
Kudos to Dr Nikos and team. Well designed and well crafted with a panorma of stalwarts in dental implantology.
I enjoy learning with you and I have great new knowledge thanks for all the staff
very compressive , not long enough and still there is many info i didn't get !! :(but thnx any way for ur effort :D
hope we can see more courses like this againthanks all professors for sharing this knowledgespecial thanks to Dr Nikos and Hong Kong University
thanks you
I learned so much through this Course, and everything was so easy and efficient!! Looking forward to more courses by Hong Kong University and Coursera :-) Thank you very much to all the speakers and lecturers!
Very niceAnd good work to learn online the updateFrom different school
Excellent courseMarvelousAppreciate all your effortsThank you very much
i would request you to start a similar course on Prosthodontics- Fixed, Removable & Implant prosthodontics. I enjoyed the course. It was a great experience.
It is quite useful to me especially to our clinical practice. it provides basic concepts to us clearly. The course fee is quite reasonable especially taught by many authorities.
Very good course for the beginner of implant
a must-to-attend course for every dentist who wants to learn implant dentistry!
great course ,very useful , with good informationThanks for all Professor & production team
This course have vigorous structure and systematic content. It's very practical because of its focus on clinical operation. With the various forms of expression such as video, photo etc, we can understand all the content better. The course is very attractive.
thank you dr Nikos Mattheos yhank you university of hongkong thank you for each prof give us an info thank you all i wish to be one of your team one day to learn more from you many many thanks i learned alot of things i love you all
Professional
thank u very much for your hard work and al the good infos :)
The course is extensive. Starting from the basics. Well planned and delivered.
A great course I can only recommend to others!!! The lectures in this course are well-presented and provide the learner with an excellent overview of implant dentistry, even if he or she is not a dental professional.
Is a great course! I am so happy that my first steps in implantology was with this course!!
very useful course and full of good information
Practical, detailed, real-time discussion summarizes very fruitful.
Excellent course except some language problems from the lectures and sound problems during lecturing
I am a pre-dental student, this course provide me with very new knowledge and get me prepared for future career.
Thanks teachers introducing a MOOC on this topic.
the most amazing MOOC i have ever taken!
I recommend this course as it gives a lot of experience about implant dentistry to all students.
II like this course very much
Did not like the peer-graded dynamic, and also the lectures were pretty basic, I felt that it lacked depths in some subjects.
A completely hands on and demanding course. Assignments are challenging and motivates the learner to go out of box thinking
Fun course that was fairly challenging. Good introduction to using Matplotlib.
Great course.
Super useful and practical.
Its a great course....just go for it.............
great course
This course was disappointing compared to the first course in the series (Introduction to Data Science). If you enjoy reading academic papers and peer reviews then this course is for you. If you don't then just search the web for tutorials on Matplotlib and Seaborn.
instructor advice is primarily to 'use stack overflow'.
Peer grading worked well. Good explanations
I gave the feedback to the detailed survey by the University of Michigan. I enjoyed the course but I would like some more guided work before facing the assignments. I think the professors can elaborate better the course
pretty good touch on the fundamentals of charting using matplotlib~great course in the series as usual... thank you!
The last week assignment is easier and no strict rules to achieve. The majority will do the minimum to finish the course.It would be more efficient to push all students to make hard plots in Matplotlib (interactive + animation) with strict rules.This is not a level of an intermediate course!
Very fun, requires you to explore a bit by yourself if you are not already familiar with statistics concepts or programming language but I enjoyed it very much!
Really good course with emphasis on hands on practice and building your own insights!
Very good Course
The first week was interesting as it broke down the different layers that occur behind the scenes of matplotlib. The next couple of weeks felt a little shallow and rushed. Maybe we will explore more of the functionality in the later courses.
really bad!
It was not only the technical part of plotting I enjoyed a lot but the discussions and readings regarding principles of how a graph should look like.
Excellent, especially you can create a lot of beautiful charts and graphs. It's very interesting!
This course was very challenging for me but because of that I learned a lot. I also really like the peer reviewed assignments.
This course gives fundamental skills for data scientists
Very hands-on course. Instructor won't teach everything. Students need to do some search on the internet to complete the assignment. It is not that easy but quite rewarding!
Very easy to follow and well measured workload.
Great instruction and introduction to matplotlib capabilities, includes opportunity to use your own creativity in the final assign
good lectures and theory. I miss automatic code evaluation and more numpy data transformations. I suck at these and I was hoping this course would have more of the same kind of tasks as the first + plotting.Overall, good class as a starter point for plotting in pandas.
Pretty well structured class, but quite expensive considering very limited lectures and assignments that are mostly "find your own challenge on the internet".
A good course that could be better.I think that this course provided a reasonable introduction to Matplotlib, but the lectures need to go a bit deeper and provide more examples. The course left too much of the work to the student. [For your reference, I have a PhD in Mathematics, taught for several years at a highly selective undergraduate college, and have extensive experience in industry as a Matlab and SAS user.] The homework assignments were substantial, and I enjoyed doing the final assignment which required merging two or more datasets using Pandas and then Matplotlib to plot relationships. The course website provides estimates of the number of hours required to complete the assignments, but these were gross underestimates because so much about Matplotlib was left to the student. I would have preferred a bit more lecture time, more examples, and a few side tutorials on using Jupyter and notebooks (how to download and upload), especially since we were grading the code of our fellow students.
Seemed more introductory, here are the tools - go have fun rather than actually teaching teaching
I continue to like the way the Prof. Brooks explains the different topics, the selection of the topics themselves and the scientific articles are very enriching. I was previously an HCI researcher and it was a pleasant surprise to find such great art Thanks for sharing them! It was defenetly a challenge for me, learning it all and doing the assignments. At the end, I'm proud, I've learned a lot and l'll definitely share what I've learn so far. Thank you!
The course can be summarized as: "OK, here are some tools that can be used: now read the documentation, Stack Overflow and some papers that we give you links to". Each week there are just few videos. What I expect from a Course are baby steps and clear guidance about good practices. Of course you can learn it all from the Internet - I am taking a Course to get something I will not easily find elsewhere: a good teacher who will guide me through optimal approaches.
Very good course, solid introduction to matplotlib and interesting assignments. I was skeptical about the peer review format at first, but then I embraced it - good choice! I liked how the course built on the foundations of the previous one. To pass the assignments I had to use Python, pandas, matplotlib and other tools combined!
Very good! Cover the basics and somes of not that basic of matplotlib as well as an introduction to ploting with pandas and seaborn. Essentials tools for a data scientist.
excellent course, lot of learning, very useful; people with interest in data viz should definitely enrol in this course.
Excellent course! not for beginners though. Intensive work assignment, made it possible to work hard on charting. I learned a lot!
The first course in this series was really good and this one was so-so at best. I got some skills out of it since I obsessively plotted everything and over did the assignments, but the peer grading rubrics are crap. It's all or nothing so if you submit *anything*, you get a grade (and it usually approaches 100%) but I didn't really get much helpful/thoughtful feedback on anything I did since you literally get ZERO feedback from the instructors (nothing!) nor did I get much in the way of helpful info from the people who peer reviewed my work. I find that pretty disappointing really.
Great training in matplotlib and the plotting experience.
Excellent course to begin matplotlib. It shows us the intricacies of the matplotlib by showing the basics and prodding us to go deeper by reading the documentation. The assignments are also really good. Recommended!
Nice material and instructor. Thanks a lot!
Great course! Content very organized and its 'hands-on' format is really challenging. It helped me a lot.
First of all, the instructor is very responsible, keep updating information on the forum and course material. The course is a decent level of basic plotting technique review, should be in more detail. Compared with the first course of this specialization, this second course is much less challenging, require less effort to accomplish. The first course is the one attract me of this specialization, the second one, somehow, is a bit disappointing, especially compared with plotting skill of R in another data science specialization, which is even an elementary level course. This course cannot be labeled as intermediate level.Another problem with this course is the peer review, the grading policy should be changed to punish irresponsible reviewers, no useful feedback got. What kind of responsible one provide feedback in two words, where require to answer three questions (week 4 assignment) to review.
Excellent course to learn basic charting and plotting in python!!
Really interesting course. Most of the course out there are only technical, about programming. This is about effective design, effective visualization.
Nice course! Great introdction to matplotlib.
The best practical approach to data visualisation.
One of the Best Data Science Course ever. Very informative. I will recommend for all Data enthusiast wanting to know more about Python data plotting, charting and data representation.I loved it, hope you will too.
Decent overview but could have spend more time showing plotting techniques in more detail than showing what makes an appealing plot. Also The section on the back-end of MatPlotLib was more detailed than it needed to be for quick overview but not detailed enough to be very useful.
Very informative
This course was not nearly as valuable to me as the first course in the series. It breezed through a bunch of different plot types without explaining in enough detail what they would be used for or when you should choose to use them. At the same time, it also didn't provide enough clear examples of how to do basic things in matplotlib, which seems to me to be a very non-intuitive thing with poor documentation. I found the first assignment to be very difficult.
This a pretty good introduction to plotting libraries in python. I would have preferred a deeper dive into some of the built-in methods. A little more on visualizations from libraries like seaborn, bokeh, or plotly would have been nice. Overall, great work.
I learned quite a lot about plotting, especially in Python. However, there was a bit too much theory (Cairos principles etc) for my taste.
Good intro to plotting, charting and visualization in Python. Focuses mainly on matplotlib. I feel good about the content that I learned, but also feel like I wanted to learn more in this class. Maybe more coverage of other python charting libraries. More examples of financial type charts -- High/Low/Open/Close etc.
I think there there is too much time given to the esoteric of what makes plots pretty rather than the nuts and bolts of how to do it and the limitations of using Pandas and Matplotlib for real world data
I found the lectures interesting and thorough yet short and to the point.
Great course.
Loved this course. It really helped reinforce what we do at our school, and identify what I can do in my classes to augment our Learning Mindset. Loved the historical reflection on Dweck.
Very interesting content and the assignments can be used in the classroom as well. I enjoyed the fact that they provide extra material at the end of the course.
Simply Great!!
I could not upload a correct video as I do not have the knowledge to do so but I didnot get to finish the course which I think is unfair. There should be some other ways of uploading the homework. I have given two stars not because the course is not good but because I was unfairly given less marks and as below70% is not passed did not get to complete the course
I learned so much from this class! I really look forward to utilizing this material by modeling my new mindset ;)
This subject could be more productive if they'd go a little bit more into details on how to start and apply all the strategies they have taught us.I do appreciate the hard work and knowledge sharing on this course.
Really useful course for me and I think I will bae able to get others at my school to use these valuable resources.
great people interviewing in the course
excellent course. Unfortunately i lacked the algebric basis to follow and completely understand all the exercises and examples given. I followed all lessons trough the end, but was not able to do the test flight and complete it. but i will try again in future, when my algebric skills are better
Make the math bigger!ótimo curso, simples e claro.
Very good course.
If you love maths. You must take this course.
Great course. I think everyone irrespective of their majors should take this course.
A highly motivated introduction to how mathematicians think, analyse and write!
I have to say I enjoyed the course and the reading materials. My advice would be to take the course it will make you think. It is a great refresher / introduction to mathematical thinking.
Hard work but worth it. I get the feeling I now know something about what maths is about.Brilliant teacher, although I didn't realize this until completing the course.
Amazing course
Great course! I enjoyed the course very much. Learned a lot about writing proofs.
thank's
Here you will learn the basic skills for writing and judging proofs.At core, the taught material consists of the content of Keith Devlin's book 'Introduction to Mathematical Thinking', which is available for low fee. But at this course are come lots of students together and they can help each other at struggling through the plenty exercises which accompany the lectures. And there is also some help from several mentors.In the last week you have to write your own proofs at ten problem sets and peer reviewing them for lots of other students.negatives: Because the instructor suggested group building over the net, It happened at my course that the course participants was split to plenty small groups. And although it's a pretty good Idea that the Instructor presents the learning stuff at the videos by writing it on a small sheet with a pen, his handwriting is sometimes so terrible that it's hardly to read.
Great!!!
It is very good course that teaches simple at first glance concepts that later evolve to something more complex. Mr. Keith Devlin is very charismatic professor who knows his material very well and passes his energy and enthusiasm to students. One minor notice about the real numbers material, in my opinion it is too brief and needs slightly more time to be understood by many students.
this course is what people stupid like me need to make the world a better reasonable place
VERY very good! it gave such a wonderful ability to deploy in science
It is a nice course to learn how mathematicians write proofs. Also how to think in logical way. Great course for maths enthusiasts like me
This is a very important course on the journey to mathematical mastery. It helped in developing the ability to read and write mathematical statements without feeling intimidated.
Excellent course, introducing a difficult concept very well
A classic amongst MOOCs! I recommend buying the suggested book by Devlin.
This course is just excellent. I want to thank organisers of the course for their great work.
This was a really good course, making you "think" in general and in particular about mathematical proofs. The professor's exposition was outstanding. The explanation of evaluation of proofs was really nice.
A very enjoyable introduction to proofs, number theory, and some real analysis.
Wonderful and usable course. I graduated mathematics 20 years ago, and I regret I didn't have such clear and informative lessons back then when I needed them most. Even now, watching tutorials and doing exercises gave me great pleasure and some new insights into the problems and techniques I failed to catch.Thank you for your effort and dedication!
A good introduction to the maths "language".
This an excellent course it provides The beauty of the most precise language of the universe.
This course gave me a number of bright ideas about the extraordinary approaches, when you solving complex problems
I loved this course. I was afraid of proofs and now feel confident in writing my own.
very good intro to maths
oldfashioned enthousiastic presentation of basic skills in mathematics; i really liked this class
Best math teaching I ever enjoyed. If I could I would take up stuying the subject with Dr. Devlin.
This course is so amazing specialty the instructor is so cool.
With consistent effort, I have found this course to re-ignite my passion for mathematics. Keith Devlin, the instructor, does an excellent job of helping us to develop our ability to think in mathematical and logical ways. In short, I have found a new joy and excitement for doing mathematics, even stuff I consider hard. I have a new-found passion and new "eyes" for maths that I didn't have before. Excellent course!
This is really a good course to come up
Perfect.
Very pedagogical
I am really not sure if you need 20-30 minutes videos to explain the material - I think maybe 7-10 minutes clear with some good examples would be more helpful, I fell sleep during some of the lectures, boring, long and not sure if necessary - on the other hand I guess 20-30 minutes is good because you learn to put up with arguments and clear them up yourself - also maybe this course was directed towards high school students thus the long explanations -Overall, as I said on the beginning, it would work better with clear definitions and some examples and discussion board -
5/5Although I am really familiar with all the course materials and etc., I could still learn a thing or two from this course. Or in another words, the "Mathematical Thinking".The quiz itself is not that challenging or hard, but there are a lot to ponder on with the assignments! Try to complete the course with a friend or two, and you will even get out of this.
The course is really awesome and very much help full, as a student I can say every students that they want to go to universities they should join to this nice course which is provided by the coursera the best plat form for education.Thank you for providing such a help full course.
i just had taken this course in the college and i don't understand a lot of things but after i started in the course a lot of thinking going to be more clear , thank you for this course .
Very important course for anybody who is interested in Mathematics.
Classic!
Good understanding of methods to know what customer think and how they think.Useful for anyone doing market related activities. No indepth background needed to get into this course.
Truly fantastic course!
Teacher has difficulties speaking English and is really distracting that has bad audio in some of the lessons. Poor quality overall.
Helpful for understanding basics of marketing
Exactly what iI was looking for.Thank you very much.
thank you.
The course is well detailed thought by well vast and experience teacher in Mario Capizzani.
This is not a bad quality-price course but after working Accounting and Finance IESE courses I have to say that this one does not have the same level. To improve specially content organization: firt week is very heavy comparing with the others. The first and the last videos of the course, in Starbucks, in a very windy day, they have a very bad audio. The fourth week exam doesn't offers the pdf of the results. In final exam results they say 3,8 is 45% of 15,3 ¿?... Anyway, I expect more quality in the next course of the program "Managing people"...
The course content was mostly great and clear, but on occasion it lacked proper elaboration and definition of subjects discussed.
the course outline really equips an individual on how marketing is a core part of business
very good and knowledge based course
The course give a wide perspective about how to understand our customers, pricing the product, creating the value and capturing the value back from them. The course explains the concept with simple case studies relevant in to the market and how did the great companies adopted those strategies to accomplish their goals.
Robust and clear course on marketing. Great explanation!
Excellent course with very useful contents. Professor gives excellent examples
bad coarse unclear one
I did lately several courses using the "Coursera" platformbut this was the closest to what I was looking for.Teachers and their guests, and especially colleagues,they were all amazing and extraordinary!
Although the idea of this course is excellent, the reason I gave this course 2 stars is because of the logistical issues with the peer review process. SInce the idea was for participants to develop a project with ongoing editing based on peer feedback, this process is key. There were issues with accessing comments from peer reviewers and not enough submissions for me to complete all the required peer reviews. In the end, coursera staff were able to override the last bit so I could complete the course, but the experience was quite frustrating and disappointing. The other learners who I did have a chance to share work with were wonderful and thoughtful and several also expressed similar frustrations. This capstone course could be improved with the addition of supervisory staff/project mentors. Overall, however, the 4 course series was excellent.
Great course. Great contents. Great insights
Course is not for free and misleading.
Simply amazing. I feel ready to plunge into any part of of politics, economy, history, and diplomacy with a solid understanding of the broad scope of the modern world.
Excellent course which is well presented by Professor Zelikow. I recommend it highly.
absolutely the very best of Coursera's offerings - riveting throughout, outstanding
Just like Part One, this course was simply awesome! I really appreciated the professor's approach and I enjoyed the videos, always looking for the next one to know more about the "story". I've learned a lot and I regret that it's over! I wish the professor would offer other courses, going into more detailson some specific aspects or moments in history.
Both Part I and Part II are very interesting and enlightening. Well worth participating in.
Well presented with reasoned arguments, some of the slides needed to be clearer especially the maps
As a person who has rarely studied history, I found this to be an excellent overview of key historical dates, people and ideas. Thank you for making this such an effective and helpful set of presentations.
Love this course, easy and interesting to follow.
Superb course on world history. I've just finished watching all the videos in this and the previous course. Twice.The pace is wonderful. The blend of facts, anecdotes, notes, photographs, graphics, etc. keeps you hooked till the end.Thanks for making this great course available to the world.
Better way of showing how finance,politics and war can interact with each other.
This is one of the best history courses I've ever taken. Great material and structure that allow you to identify the global and local; social, political and economic situations.
This is a terrific course, amazing prevention,but it does lack reading material that Virginia's full online course has,it would be nice to have a deeper engamente with the subjects.
It was a spectacular journey through time and space. Thank you.
The excitement to discover why things happened is amazing. Congrats for everybody involved on this MOOC.
Excellent - thoroughly enjoyable, interesting and very well presented. It helped me to place so many isolated events in context and helped to compl
very good course
It was simply a great course, Zelikow is the Greatest!!!
This course is enlightening in so many ways. This course not only answers the "What" about history, but also "Why", "Why not" and the overall perception, feelings of people of each era being taught.
This was a very good course as it highlighted the main actors and events of most of the 20th century, providing a very good knowledge base for further study, reading, discussions etc. The Professor was excellent in his presentation (and preparation) of the course, not only the written notes but also the verbal presentation that created, in my opinion, very good empathy with the student i.e. with me.
The course is logical in its structure, informative, innovative and presented in an attractive way.
Worth your time !
a little propagandist, but interesting with that in mind
Just finnished this course and I enjoyed it very much. Would like to thank prof. Zelikow for wonderful and very insightfull presentations! Would recommend to everyone
Absolutely outstanding course!
Incredible lectures. One of the best courses on the site!
I have finished part one of this course and I am currently completing part two. I have really enjoyed this detail and humane look on history so far. The course instructor Dr. Zelikow is very thorough and competent and has great perspectives and interpretations on different events that shaped the history of the world.
A great course. I learned a tremendous amount and found the professor to be extremely knowledgeable and thoughtful.
This was an easy to understand presentation of modern history. There was more than enough information and no conclusions. We were left to make of the world what we would. I would recommend this course to history buffs and history hates alike. Thank you for making a former history hater appreciate the world around her and how it came to be.
very useful
Very interesting and engaging
Professor Zelikow always does a phenomenal job. By far the best lecturer I have watched on Coursera. Thanks for the class, professor.
I thoroughly enjoy every lecture. I am aware generally of the history of this time frame from past classes and readings. I especially appreciate the "why" or "rational" behind the historical events that the professor provides. I am in my mid seventies, enjoyed history classes in college and leisure reading of history over the past 50 years. This class as well as several others available thru the coursera.org program have renewed my enthusiasm for learning. Thank you.
Extremely interesting and thought provoking. I highly recommend.
This is the second course taken by me from Philip Zelikow. He is an excellent instruction whom I thoroughly enjoy.
Clear and profound analysis of global history. Great professor
I am a lifelong learner older adult. I found this course to be well put together and well executed. Professor Zelokow is well spoken, thoughtful, and thought provoking.
Interesting, well-presented. Instructor was congenial and the presentations were well-illustrated, including some humor.
Thanks Prof. Zelikov. Your History mooc is excellent!
I wish my history teachers in school had half the understanding and ability to explain that you do.
For pay quiz feedback is not part of the MOOC education movement.
Invites to be analytic and critical about historical events. Excellent approach: situation+decisions+consequences.
it is a very nice course !
It is a colorful jorney into history. I am just feeling sorry that there is no Part Three to continue.
Great course, but it's misleading. doesn't tell you from the start that you have to pay for it.
The course is amazing and recommended for anyone who wishes to get more than the basics of WWI & WW2; he explains a lot about each country involved; politics, financial markup and their unique History.He breaks down, what could be dense and boring material, into interesting short chapters and the questions waiting for you at the end helps you absorb all that you heard.His calming voice and professional presentations make it a great course no to be missed if you are into History. You also have a discussion forum that allows you to engage with the Professor and other students and ask question or give your opinion. It's a pleasure as History should be!
As good as Part One, an absolute must for anyone interested in period of History.
I found Part Two much easier to follow because I stopped taking notes. The professor's speaking style is so informally formal that it's easy to understand and remember. His passion for history is obvious when you combine looking and listening.
Fantastic course, linking broad themes and insights complemented with many secondary resources (maps, artwork, letters, voice recordings). Professor Zelikow is excellent. Highly recommended.
Very enjoyable and informative. I'd certainly take other courses by the same professor!
The teacher was rather informative, he analyzed the subject to its detail i am very satisfied.
as amazing as part one. I always finish the lectures with an audible "wow." Great perspective on world events
Might be an instructive course but the guy who presents it is really creepy. And knowing he was involved in the official 9/11 report makes him hard to believe on any issue.
I am changing my review because to do otherwise would be untrue to the Professor who has done a damn good job. Because of him, this course is superb. Coursera is untrue to its representations about the course, which is unfortunate and I will rate them one star, but I can't allow that to diminish the quality of the Professor or the Course. Coursera has taken the position that Part Two is completely different from Part One and different rules apply. I always thought that if you offer something in parts, any disclaimer regarding the parts had to be disclosed prior to someone taking Part 1 and the disclaimer had to apply to all parts.Just be warned that Coursera apparently has taken the position that it can create a totally separate entity and name it as Part 2 and that gives them the right to govern Part 2 differently from the way it governed Part 1. I know that Coursera has many fine Universities that participate in its online studies programs and that a number of those institutions have exceptional law schools. UVA's law school is one of the very best in the country and I would strongly recommend to Coursera that they contact the law professor who teaches consumer law and run this matter by them to find out the potential consequences of what they are doing. 5 Stars to the course, to Professor Zelikow, and to the University of Virginia. Negative Stars to Coursera and the folks who made the decision to change the rules for Part 2 of the 2 Part Course!!
Fascinating consideration of Why history took the turns it did and what alternatives there might have been. As a professor in the area of biology, I admire his organization and I admire the extent to which he excites curiosity. Excellent
I will post my very positive review of both courses, The Modern World from 1760 to 1910 and The Modern World from 1910, in the near future.
Exhaustive, clear, excellent presentation with very helpful diagrams. I have enjoyed every lecture. But where is the book covering all this
It is a unique course and I wish that all people heard Professor Philip Zelikows lectures
Thank you for this two amazing courses of history if the world
Great course! I did it twice
Great course!I particularly appreciated that the emphasis was not on what happened and dates as much as on explaining the why and discussing the circumstances leading to it.
Just a superb course, very enjoyable, not to mention helpful in understanding today's world.
I think the course content is global history US in center.
Thanks for this really great course and overview on the world history.
Really outstanding course: clear, engaging and thoughtful. Prof. Zelikov knows how put complex subjects and historical situations in a most clear perspective without being superficial.
This is probably the best course I have taken on Coursera. I have always been a voracious reader of books on modern history but never studied it or taken a course. Thank you coursera for making such an awesome course available to people all over the world.I must also say that Dr Philip Zelikow has structured the course very well and the load is not too heavy. Thank you Dr Philip for opening up your course to the world.
Perfect follow-up of the previous course, really informative with very good explanations. I really recommend to take the course, it doesn't matter what's your specialization.
Great quality of content.
Great chance to have an overall understanding of the most important events of out time and being able to have it all opened up in detail, explained. At the end, you get confidence enough to be able to make your own judgment. No course could be better than this one in turning tin something easy to understand but not too simple.
A short course but with a great vision of the Global History of the 20th century. Philip Zelikou is an excellent professor.
Fantastic course
Brilliant teacher, wonderful course. This course allows you to not just have a knowledge, but an understanding of the modern world.
This is an excellent course. It provides a very good overview of world history since 1910, highlighting key events and providing the context in which decisions affecting those events were made. It whets my appetite for a more detailed treatment of this period.
It is a wonderful course. I highly recommend taking it soon after completing part one because of the way it builds on information described in part I. Information about money systems and thoughts the key world leaders thought at crossroads in history were fa
Amazing course!
Great course.
Excellent course, professor Zelikow is an excellent teacher-speaker who not only explain the history but also helps us to understand why things happen, the situation, the choices made and it effects. I took the two parts, I highly recommend both of them.
This is an excellent survey of the long 19th Century through WW II with a marvelous ' lagniappe' of very thoughtful coverage to 2013. I think that covering the events of the last two generations is very difficult without the credibility gained via a consistent approach to what came before. This course provided that consistency.I now have a new appreciation of 'what came before' and a reminder, thanks to Philip Zelikow, to resist the constraint of thinking only via the history, outlooks and ideas of my lifetime.Highly recommended.
Excellent course! I enjoyed The Modern World, Part One, as well. Professor Zelikow does an exceptional job of summarizing and thoroughly explaining the situations, problems and solutions in events that shaped the world. I appreciate the opportunity to review events I have studied in the past with a renewed perspective through a global lens. Thank you so much, UVA and Professor Zelikow!
A wonderful course!
It is a great course I have ever seen.
Even though I haven't seen much critics towards the US that seems to be the only country portrayed as the world's saviour throughout the past two centuries, this is a fascinating course that provides an in-depth analysis of the reasoning behind key political and economical decisions globally, as well as useful cultural references that give important art & literature movements a setting in which they were created and contex by which they were influenced. Top scores.
Great 2 part course.I highly recommend it if you're wanting to gain some more knowledge on what major events took place over the last 250 years or so.
Incredible course. Part II was a little bit harder to me, but it's certainly worth it.
Great course taught by a great professor! Very informative and objective.
This was a great experience. I consider myself fairly well informed on history and yet this course tied things together and gave perspective I never had. First time I've seen the interaction of European and American governments with Asia. Take Part One, then Part Two. You'll get context that will inform everything going on today. Hear Kennedy's thougtht processes as he deals with the Cuban Missile Crisis--in his own voice. Hear Lyndon Johnson agonize over whether he should commit troops to Vietnam. He almost sounds human! Dr. Zelikow is surprisingly engaging considering its a talking head video. I will search out more by this professor.
As good as Part One....I have thoroughly enjoyed both parts of this course. Thanks for the wonderful lectures! John Quincy
Excellent lecturer, provided great insight into the world I live in.
Excellent course, well presented and at pace and level of difficulty well suited to Coursera.
Great professor and very interesting presentation of the course material.
The second part is also great like the first part...I deeply recommend
Very few o no information about the Latin America
Thank you so much. Hope you do some in-depth one day. I can go on and on listening to your classes
Deep views. The why part o things is something very special.
Really enjoyed this course!
An amazing trip through modern history!Thanks a lot Profesor Zelikow for this espectacular course.
Really enjoyed following this course, which has capture my attention from day 1. I learned a lot. Congratulations for putting together such a well balanced course.
Absolutely top course in every respect. Highly recommendable.
Very good course.
A great vision of history!
This course and its continuation should be obligatory for everyone to take either as an advanced course in high school or during college.It will be very difficult for anyone to improve on this course. It presents in a superb way how the events in world history are interconnected, and analyzes history from numerous angles.Mark Bergman
Absolutely a great course. I learned so much. I wish this course was available during my undergrad years.
Excellent course! Professor Zelikow explains global events in a detailed and unbiased way, providing points of views of the different sides in historical events. He explains not only why something happened, but why did the other alternatives not prevail and how things could've turned out quite different indeed. Thank you!
Very interesting course!
It´s a very excellent course of history!
Great Instructor/Course from great University as great as the rest of Virginia university courses. Well respected Universities in addition to Duke, San Diego and Michigan Compared to the very short courses from other reputable Universities
Well created lectures with clear ideas.
Excellent part 2 of a modern history synopsis of the world. Highly engaged professor who has excellent insights into the reasons behind why events occurred in the past. Great for overall intellectual enrichment.
great content, amazing professor.
Great course! It was interesting, thorough, and informative. Taught by a very talented, energetic professor.
We need less lectures and more application based courses.
Great Course!
The course explains in very simple ways the essentials for understanding how companies actually perform, although it would be helpful if they used more examples to explain the ratios.
its a great course
It was a great experience. This course help me understand the components of financial statements
Great set of courses for a beginner in the accounting field. Informative and well taught. Thanks to Kevin Jackson for making potentially complicated subject matter simple and easy to relate to.
thanks a lot for everything
Another great course. Excellent instructor...engaging, clear, and easy to understand!
it was a great experience.
It was a great course
Explains concepts very clearly and succinctly. Has great illustrations. Learned a lot.
This course is much better put together than the one on company position (balance sheet). It's still not terribly in-depth, but as an overview for those unfamiliar with accounting, it has quite a bit of good information.
Enjoyed this course thoroughly. Very good instructor, good content, well-designed.
A lazy reviewer gave me the score of 0 and left me this comment: "I am not able to give any score, I tried very hard to understand the matter but it was difficult for me. I have to score it just for me to check the other student's work. Please don't consider my scoring here." I studied hard and received this poor evauation. I screamed for help many times but no one replied to my request. The quality of the course is superb and my experience is completely ruined by a shitty score which does not reflect my work.
It is explained in very simple language that it is impossible not to learn. Thank you!!!
it was quite informative and excellent course, thanks for your efforts
Brilliant course! Well-designed course structure and leading reading materials. Enlightening lectures! Strongly recommend to people who work in the quality management division of a healthcare organisation.
Loved this course. Helped me understand the quality issues related to healthcare, various quality & bench marking options and how to lead a quality of care improvement initiative.
This is very useful in my practice. I have learned a lot of strategies in promoting patient safety.
thank you alot
A good informative course. Very useful and futuristic
I have learned a lot. The best thing among all the good things I could refer, were the materials, lecturers, scientific articles and tools that I can use after the course, applying them to my daily work routine. I strongly recomend this course to anyone that has the curiosity to understand and learn more about quality improvement.
A comprehensive program for Quality and Patient safety professionals which will have broad range of topics related to patients safety and quality management principles. I recommend this course for all healthcare quality and safety professionals who wanted to expand horizon of quality and safe patient care.
Course is exellent. I've learned a lot of useful tools regarding QI. VIdeos and reading materials are very informative. I would like to recommend this course to all who is involved in Quality Management.
I would like to state state that this is a course that is very well rounded in the topics taught/discussed and would recommend it to anyone wishing to improve quality in the field of health care!
Thank you so much its a very powerful course. I learned a lot from it
very nice and organized course, I wanted to give it 5 starts but its missing the interactionI did not feel the class room with students, where I wished to know new people and exchange experiences. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much for this eye opener course especially to us here in the developing countries.
It was a pleasant experience after taking this comprehensive course. I learnt a lot from an experienced faculty.
Very informative regarding the quality management and patient safety. The faculty is well versed and makes you understand each and everything in a very easy way. Very useful course for hospital administration students who want to pursue jobs in quality department of a hospital.
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Too easy to learn
Great course, I have learnt a lot through it.
so interesting helping me to improve my basis
The course is fascinating. Abundance of examples and cases studies makes it stand out. Definitely lots of insights and fresh thoughts on a topic.
Great insights, thank you!
Really great course. I really enjoyed the activities, the practice in a course is fundamental for the success of acquiring knowledge. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn the basics of the marketing mix, in the digital context. Aric is really clear explaining the subjects, but again, the course's success is based in the practice exercises of each module.
some materials are outdated but it is a very innovative and well-structured course
Great Introduction! Thanks!
Thank you for these great opportunities for learningt
The exercises were very interactive.
Found this course extremely helpful. Big eye opener to the Marketing world. Would recommend it anyone trying to widen their knowledge on the up and coming digital world. Looking forward to getting stuck into another course :)
Grasping and Interesting!
Great content that is relevant to my work in marketing. I've already used the skills I've learned.
The only review I have, that is their some exercises that are not available for all students according to their location.Also, the course is not updated as there are some new researches arise for the used examples (3D printing, etc...)
I couldn't get passed the Starbuck assignment, I don't really understand why the choose such a bad application of digital marketing.
I like the course.
Good I learned a lot of things
Very interesting! Slightly disappointed by the peers review approach only, I would have preferred a more blended approach.
A good course to understand the fundamental change which is happening in the field of Marketing and communications. A must for Beginners
Very informative, interesting articles and great case studies. The combination learning works well for me!
I enjoyed studying the lessons and making the assignments. I don't feel comfortable with the idea of reviewing other student's tasks/projects or vice-versa since I'm not a fluent English language speaker, but I know this is the way to get grades on Coursera.I suggest updating some lessons since this course was released on 2014 and some things have changed since that year in the digital marketing field.
very informative and helpful course
amazing course. focus on fundamentals, which is good.
Loved the way the concepts are introduced with real life examples of companies that are redefining how they do marketing by involving the customer, every step of the way and making them an integral part of the journey.I am looking forward to the follow-up courses on this topic. I'd recommend it very highly to anyone who's eager to learn and understand more about this topic.
Great learnings!! Definitely helpful and eye opening. Going for the 2nd one!
i trully loved the experience and what i learned in this course, do it and see it by yourself
its an excellent course and Prof was very interesting and his manner of delivery in world class indeed. a fantastic course for anyone and everyone .
A great way to getting introduced to Digital Marketing
is very interesting! there are a lot of example and case about Marketing in digital.
Excellent and very interesting course!
Well firstly i want to say that i am very grateful to have this great course with an excellent instructor as professor Aric Rindfleisch. he made me more passionate about marketing. i wish him more success and best of luck. And finally would love to thank my peers for supporting me in this course.
I don`t usually 5 stars, but briefly speaking, if there are more stars I would give for sure, strongly recommended.
awesome course!
A resourceful course to start learning Digital Marketing. Courses are aligned with well crafted weekly assignments and a pace to keep up with. Overall, I had a very learned & fun experience. Thank you team.
Good course and visionary
The syllabus is adequate, suitable for introducing digital marketing.Videos are all right, with a good selection of interviewed professionals. Transcripts are very useful to have under the videos, however, there are mistyped and misheard words here and there. It is useful to see the time needed for each task (video, reading, excercise), though it is nearly always underestimated (even the videos).Examples chosen for excercises are interesting and motivating. I like this active way of learning.
One of the best course of Digital marketing on Coursera. Professor Aric Rindfleisch has constructed the course material with case studies with utmost care that every student get the exact idea about the course. The mentors are helpful and quick in case of any doubt.
This is an excellent course. It has wonderful insight into forms and the tools used in digital marketing.
The things learnt are interesting, but do not reach my expectation. I think it can invoke more thoughtful discussions.
I liked it a lot! Learned a few things I didn't know I could do in the digital world, I will definitely proceed w/ the other classes
Great course, I enjoyed it ;)
Great course, and the well chosen case examples like Threadless, Thingiverse and Local Motors brought alive and reinforced understanding of concepts like crowdsourcing, 3D printing and co-creation
great and very informative course
Lovely course and nice start to the specialization. Lot of learning!
It was engaging, and a good foundation for further studies.
Given the great reviews I expected a lot more from this course. It does cover some new developments and provides good examples, but otherwise quite boring and standard fare.
Really poor approach to grade this course. Regardless of the effort put in on assignments, peer reviews are inconsistent, unguided and poor as a result, bringing down the final grade one is likely to obtain on a course. There is also a limited course support from the staff and no feedback in general for any of the issues raise. Personally I would not recommend
Very resourceful
Good... Complet
Good Start for Digital Marketing Beginners.
Interesting!
A highly interesting course with a big fully picture of how digital tools are revolutionzing marketing in modern world.
Great learning experience
A very interesting course. Good explanations, excellent readings and great study cases
Excellent overview of how marketing has changed as a result of the digital world. I highly recommend this course as a great update for any marketing professional who has not updated their skills to understand the powerful impact of digital tools on the marketing mix.
great learning from this course
I had the opportunity to learn some new tools and browse sites I've never imagined existed (and I work with advertising!). Good course!
Awesome course
Good course, perfect teacher.
It's a great course with many examples from the real world and hands on experience in many cases , I've enjoyed it .
Thoroughly enjoyable and great learning materials!
Inspiring course. Aric leads through the content in a nice way.
Great course! I really enjoyed it.
Course itself is interesting, but cases need to be updated. Digital world is changing very fast and articles from and examples from 2010 and even from 2012-2014 are not actual anymore.
Great Course! Can't wait to continue to the next!
This has been such a great experience. I feel truly blessed!
Enjoyed learning about Digital Marketing.
Great class! I learned a great deal and it has me even more motivated!
Hi, how do I finish the course? I stayed in module two and I would like to finish the course. Thank you
Excellent course,it has enhanced my understanding of digital marketing.Good presentation by Professor Aric Rindfleisch.Highly recommended.
Very good course.
Very good course with great examples!
Extremely useful course to understand the basics of digital marketing.
Excellent course, I recommend to any marketing professional.
The course provides lots of great examples to explain the concepts and theories in the digital world of Marketing 4P. The exercises are well selected to help us internalize and reapply what we've learnt into the business cases. Highly recommend
some of the material needs update, like the Redlaser case.otherwise, this course changed my perception about online learning. It was interactive and the case studies were creative.
Very nice and well organized course. Feel the touch of care in the whole course. Thank You, Professor and Team.
This course might look lengthy from the course outline but is rather easily digestible if you stick to a schedule. Do it anyway, it's worth your time if you are serious about a career in digital marketing.
I love the idea of co creation and the evolution of 3D printers. This coarse aggregate a lot to my formation as a marketing and advertising professional.
I enjoyed the course a lot and will encourage executives (marketing or not) to consider opening their perspective about marketing and the digital works. I will ask that some practice examples be updated to revalidate the strength of some new concepts (digital marketing is STILL considered relatively new domain to MANY). It will also make the course close to participants with fresher examples.
In general I liked the course and content! However, some cases studies should be updated. The digital world changes dramatically fast and the course must follow it. We always expect to learn the latest trend and current examples.
Great course, I liked the way each lecture is presented (general overview of each concept; academic insights; practical recommendations) and having a deep and thorough look at how "digital" is impacting "marketing" is so important that is usually overlooked. People just move to specific metrics and practices, but such a revolutionizing way of dealing with marketing deserves this broad and deep look so one can fully comprehend what is going on.
This was a good course,Professor Erik did a great job of using relevant case material to highlight course objectives. This was my first coursera course that I signed up for and completed. Great way to be "introduced" into the MOOC program.
I have no back background whatsoever in digital marketing, I thought the course will be very complicated. Digital marketing was taught using terms that I could easily understand and grasp. It was very informative and I have learned a lot. Thanks!
Advanced concept with specific case study, very interesting, new marketing in the digital world
Great experince and material, I really enjoyed it.
Very effective intorduction into marketing world!
I really enjoyed this course. It was very informative and had great hands on experiences.
Great Course! I loved the first module of Marketing in a Digital World. Professor Aric Rindfleisch is excellent. The material and exercises give full comprehension of the subject even for the ones without Marketing background. I would recommend it.
This is a very good course, that provides you with relevant understanding of Digital Marketing. I have leant a lot.
.In my humid opinion the Digital Marketing Specialization in the World, like all the contents of the studies of its prestigious University of illinois,They have very good teachers as I have had the opportunity to have them as drivers and tutors, in addition to the high pedagogical capacity of their contents that are updated in their content and with a very high dose of Innovation and Transformation.So I infinitely appreciate your generosity by granting me the privilege of being your Students and that I hope to continue learning. Thank you Aric Rindfleisch.I take the course for the need to learn a new profession such as the Digital Markiting in the World, which I wish to allow me to become a Web analyst, to be able to work in Marketing and receive a job that is remunerated in international currencies that facilitate improvement The family income and at the same time to perform in a career that has much to do with my work as Professor in Management especially in Industrial Psychology in the areas of Innovation and transformation given that they study the behavior that in the case of the course is the consumer their behaviors , Opinions and shopping.In that respect I believe I am in what I have performed all my life,Thanks to the special promoters Aric AND TO ALL THE TEAM THAT ARE AN EXCELLENT TEACHERS and to be Human for their humility and desire to teach the good.THANK YOU
Great course to understand the digital marketing.
It was a very good experience but the examples used should be current time and should not be outdated ones.
I was afraid to begin studying again, but finally was one of the best things I done, thanks!
Very interesting and Innovative
It is a wonderful course and i would highly recommend. I got exposed to many new concepts.
Loved it
I enjoyed taking Marketing in a Digital World course. The information provided is interesting, video discussions are dynamic and up to date, the media material is of a high quality.
Excellent course that opened what I had never known to be in existence.
One of the most sort after course . A must give for all those digital marketing enthusiast .!!!
It was very amazing course which provide me with brilliant knowledge about digital marketing knowledge and how the firms employ techniques of digital marketing
useful learning materials, but a little bit outdated~
Got really great information and even more confidence for my digital marketing future.
this was good, I enjoyed it, thank you
I loved the way of teaching of Prof. Aric. It never felt to me like I was attending some formal classroom session because the way that he teaches is so casual. And I loved the examples that he gave with each lesson, it was very helpful to understand new unfamiliar things better. Also, I loved the way the course is being designed, though I missed the course in-between due to some personal reasons, I had the option to continue the course at a different time with the next batch. As per me, this was the best part about the course.
Good survey of the topic. A good foundation for the courses which follow.
Perfect course. I did not even expect I will enjoy so much. Especially, if you got your Marketing knowledge based on old school, this course is the best way to refresh it and go further. Thx.
Great course to gain a theoretical understanding of the influence of digitalisation on marketing.
Great instruction and truly engaged students. I enjoyed this class very much and find I draw on it all the time in my work. Thank you!
Professor Aric, the enthusiasm and energy you have put on building this course is laudable. No lectures during my studies have been so exciting as yours. Thank you professor and thank you coursera for giving us Prof. Aric. Would love to learn more from him.
Useful information for an introductory course to Digital Marketing. Study cases are interesting and engaging! Some topics are more related to IT than marketing itself. Would be great to update some of the reading resources since they are from 2012.
Great course. I learned a lot. I am using this to change careers. I am so thankful that this programs exists!
Very good course with practical implementations !!
I very much enjoyed the course because it is really based on "learning by doing" . I have enjoy the practical cases, although some of them are not applicable in Europe.
Great base course for marketeers to refresh their skills and get connected to the potential of the digital age.
It was an unexpected beginning but full of very productive understanding of the marketing and the case studies, i would recommend anyone this course!!
Great! This first course is an awesome introduction to the digital marketing world. It will change your mind and will open your eyes to show what it's already happenning and you didn't realize yet.
They gave a preview about my future presential course.
A great course. I had a great time learning and applying what I have learnt through the assignments.
It is really good start to understand what digital marketing is. Examples and practical activities are really delighting and helpful to understand how new marketing world is and what it would be in the future.
Great update on the marketing principles but with the digital reality.
Well structured course.
Excellent Course! It's understandable even for beginners. The professor explains very well.I really learned a lot with this course!5 stars.
A great course for a beginner. The Use Cases used in this course is excellent. Aric Rindfleisch teaching style is very good and easy to understand. I recommend this course to all interested in understanding the Digital World.
I was unable to complete my session due to time bound and my busy schedule.
Amazing course! Really loved the digital concepts approach.
It was good., O learnt a lot from this course but it need to be up to dated.
The content is already old and needs to be updated. Of course it is still actual, but still - the newest text are from 2014, so newer examples would be great.
Excellent course. the supplementary reading links especially is so helpful and interesting.
Excellent course ! It introduced me to the world of digital marketing, which was entirely new to me. Thank you, Aric for the great effort.
Great course!!!
I enjoyed the whole experience throughout the course. I would recommend anyone interested in this career line to sign up for the course, very easy to follow, gives great exposure and information for learners.
Great learning experience!
This is a wonderful course. It was very useful and I learnt a lot. The most amazing part of the course were the case studies which were wonderfully linked with the curriculum .
Wow! So much great information. Delivered with obvious passion for teaching. Unexpected but valuable insights (3D Printing). Thank you!
One of the best course so far
Really good course! I liked the structure, the materials, and most assignments. I felt like I gained valuable knowledge; this is a good introduction to marketing today!
Awesome course
Amazing Course. Loved it. Learnt a lot about the digital perspective of Marketing.
Excellent course! I really enjoyed every topic and lesson which gave me a good foundation into the world of digital marketing. My only critique is that the professor have input on grading our exercises or at least adding comments to our work. I value his input more over the other students to determine how well I am doing.
Love it
Thank you for such interesting course
Great Content
Too basic, lack of academic insights, too much simplification of the concepts.Suitable and for sure insightful for participants without any business background whatsoever, but not for others.
its a awesome course
Like this coerce but some more topic should be added in first week. this can be cover within 3 days.
this is a great course for beginers and very helpfull.
Easygoing and mindopening for the digital marketing practitioner.
Very good introduction to Digital Marketing.
A very good introductory course to Digital Marketing.
The professor is excellent and presentation materials are very good. I gave only three stars because much of the course content is outdated by over 5 years and in some cases over 10 years!. This is unacceptable in a digital marketing college level course because the technology evolution cycle is getting shorter with each passing year and some of the case study examples are now obsolete.
Great assignments and content. Highly recommend.
Very Useful, Interesting, Many thing new to learn, Highly recommended.
interested for how working in Marketing Filed .
A very good way to kickstart your studies in digital marketing
Good experience. Case assignments were really helpful to understand the concept deeply.
I´ve learn new concepts and cases are very well chosen.
I believe this is a well rounded course that gives a detailed overview on digital marketing. Its mostly for awareness and building knowledge rather than acquiring a specialized skill.
Excellent course in terms of content, but being evaluated by colleagues is very painful because there are always people too competitive and not at all friendly in the feed-back
The course covers the foundation of Marketing in Digital World. However, the course will be better if Mentors get involved more in the case study discussion and peer review
I really enjoyed the course as a primer to how firms are using new digital technology to change the traditional marketing mix. The materials were well organized, easy to follow and helpful in learning the theories presented. The content was great.One element of the course structure I don't care for is the peer graded assignments. I completed the four week course in 7 days (I was on vacation), but I've had to wait three more weeks for everyone else to catch up with me so I can grade their assignments. (You can't progress until you've graded three other students.) I also do not like that the grading is not blind, so you know exactly how your peers graded you and they know how you graded them. Not sure that merits the most honest grading results. If you grade someone honestly and they feel it was unfair or harsh, they may grade you harshly the next time. A blind system would allow honest feedback and ensure more truthful grading.
Great course. Great insights and illustrations.
Wonderful content, pleasant professor who is very easy to watch, assignments were interesting and challenging at the same time.
While thanking Prof. Aric and my peers for a good experience on the course, I must say that this has been a great learning opportunity and I am looking forward to sign up for the next course and onward until I complete the specialization.
A diff perspective at Dig Mktg.
It was really interesting course for me. I am not a student of marketing background. But the course was not problematic at all. The course helped me a lot to understand any analyze the new era of marketing.
Very good experience having the opportunity to study online, its really surprised me! I learned a lot with Prof Arin! Thank you very much !
Loved the concepts and case studies!
Great course that gives a fresh look on marketing.Although few exercises should be reviewed and updated.
Amazing course. It helped me crack an internship for Digital Marketing right when I was through with Week 3. And guess what the company profile was? Digital Marketing :)
The control over the marketing mix has been shifting from the companies to the consumers, thanks to today's digital tools. If you have a mobile phone and access to the internet, take this course.
very good knowledg
Excellent introduction concepts and case study, thanks
awesome course,with an awesome instructor!!
Great course, the content is well structured and explained and always go with examples what helps you better understand the lessons.
Very useful, practical, with practical examples and high involvement of the student.
Very simple. Almost too simple. Fortunately, this seems to be an intro course, as the next courses in the specialization are much more specific with better content.
Great intro to Digital Marketing. I love this interactive course that provides great insights in small bite-sized capsules. This course helped launch me into the digital marketing world
Very useful
I loved this course but my only problem was regarding this course the video getting old, those videos were filmed in 2014 and we are in 2016 a lot of things has merged and discovered.
Great holistic view of the past, present, and future of online marketing.
The class was very good!
It was an interesting introduction into the world of Digital Marketing
this course answer to a lot of question to my current venture into an online business interest
The course is really helpful for marketing beginners. It explains the four P's of marketing and explains how the digital world is changing traditional marketing practices. The course also has a case study and a exercise per week which are very helpful in better understanding the concepts taught in that week.
Very impressive course.. changed my whole perspective about the digit world and introduced me how digital marketing is penetrating the traditional marketing methods.
Some of the examples used and the assignments given were quite old dated that no longer exist. Also, some of them were region specific tasks. This is a global course site and hence course structure should be such that every region could easily access the information and can contribute well in the assignments.
Great!
Excellent course with great real-life examples of emerging Digital Market
Very insightful, I've learned new things and recommend it.
That's a excellent course for begginers, we learned how to inniciate in the Digital world and how to use it the best way. There is interesting read suggestion and cases studies that push you into the world.
The best course in marketing in Digital world
The professor has clearly taken time to make the information as clear and concise as possible, which is highly appreciated. I think anyone who has an interest in understanding how new digital tools are shaping marketing decisions would highly benefit from this course as the information is as clear as it is crucial. I'm looking forward to the next class :)
Great course, definitely recommended!
Aric is a great teacher and does a very good job of creating a very personable atmosphere in a online experience.
An excellent overview course for execs who don't have the time to update the basics of the new Digital World.
Video is of poor quality, instructor distracts you picking up his glasses from his nose every 5 seconds, reading outdated (you can suggests books from 2000 on Digital topics) and last assignment is based on a website that is not longer online.
Very elementary introduction of key concepts. Some of the material is a bit dated too.Overall, it was structured nicely and not terrible.
Someone who doesnt pay doesnt really participate in this course
Great experience taking this course. Loved the way the explanations were given even the assignments were pretty handy.
good class
Is the best online course I´ever take!
I took some online course from other websites about SEO and digital marketing before, but this course is different ! It goes deep in marketing concepts and help students to gain new ideas about how to marketing in a digital world !This course has many valuable peer graded assignments which help students to understand course's materials better.
Great course, I learned a lot new things, information, brands, and enriched my vocabulary! Great instructor, very fun and interesting course. I am ready to learn more.
Case studies provided exceptional examples to think creatively.
The course was informative and engaging. However, the process of receiving peer reviews on exercises was extremely frustrating and detracted from my overall satisfaction with the course. Many people ignored the grading criteria and gave me a lower score than was warranted, despite having answered the question(s) fully, referencing lecture material and even including additional information sources (all of which was referenced with links). I know that I am not alone in this experience, as these types of comments come up frequently in the forum posts. Since there is no recourse for a poor grade other than to resubmit an exercise to a new cohort of peers and hope that they are more fairly critiqued, this grading process puts students at the mercy of peers who either do not understand or do not care about the instructions for grading each other's work.
I have to apologize this course was so out of date. Yes, I learned a few things, but the recommended reading was from 2010 and 2011. One of the assignments was about an app that no longer exists. Had I not already purchased multiple classes I don't think I would continue on. I hope the next classes are more up-to-date.
Excellent course, and an excellent instructor.Material was very good.
love it , it's all you can hope for i highly recommend this course for those who wants quality education and a perfect environment
Some case are good to learn. This course introduce some marketing info and trend in digital world.
Clearly structured and very informative. Assignments are fun, challenging and require the use of all marketing practices. I enjoyed this course.
Great course for general understanding of neuromarketing concept, tools, etc. But in a number of cases, proposed reading and some of the video content (eg. interviews) are too academic.
Very interesting and well-organized course, but some information is out-of-date.
It's a very good course for the beginners. It covers all aspects of Digital marketing, its concepts with lot more examples.
Thank you Professor Aric and team to provide very interesting course where I have found new business models that are still infant in my country, then there is a lot opportunities to growth those models in my country. I especially love the case studies of Threadless, 3D Printing. I would definitely recommend this course to everyone, especially students in developing countries where you can catch the opportunities in digital world.
A course that brings a lot of up-to-date knowledge with a practical, interactive and entertaining methodology. It motivates you as a professional to look at the 4Ps of the marketing mix from a world digital perspective, analyzing case studies that use digital tools and technology to find new solutions for businesses in a new era where consumers take more active roles in pricing, promotion, placing and even co-creation of products.
Great content, and very good teacher!
good course thanks coursera
No guidelines for peer review assessments, technical issues, very clunky website.
Great course, great lectures, and good subject and content examples and course materials. :)
Amazing course, due an interesting content and a great instructor.
A very good course! Prof ARic Rindfleisch explains very well and it is very interactive. I learned a lot!
Overall the course was good, but some of the materials were not recent. i wish the most recent trends were included
Course is desigend well with intersting industry examples.Thank You Coursera
REVIEW YOUR PEERS IS A INNOVATIVE IDEA.
An outstanding course. Well structured with great levels of support for learners from mentors. Lectures were interesting and the professor seemed like a very nice guy. Supplementary reading materials were excellent.
A very good and clear intro to the subject.
I find the information provided here to be very spot-on, clear and transparent, innovative and interesting. Yet, I would have loved it if it were the professor of the course the one who checked and graded our assignments, as there would be less chances that ge'd be biast. Anyways, I understand the whole idea and the fact that one cannot check all the assignments submitted in here, as there are maybe thousands of them :).In conclusion, I found it very interesting and challenging, therefore I am about to begin Course no. 2 from this Digital Marketing Specialisation course. Thanks and cheers!
Really very help full course to update what is going in the realm of digital marketing, and very effective way of teaching. Thanks
This course was fantastic. I am no stranger to online learning and executive education, and this is one of the most well put together courses that I have been lucky enough to experience. The professor, Aric Rindfleisch is a great teacher who knows his topics, and he is fun and easy to understand. The class is set up well, and it is a great introduction to students seeking to learn about digital marketing. I would recommend this class to anyone interested in digital marketing. Thanks Aric for the great job.
Thank You Coursera for showing me the way.This course is helping me to enhance my interest..........Hats off to the professor , peers and all those who make this happen.
I enjoyed this course and appreciated the fact that not all the assignments were multiple choice. It was great to be able to develop ideas through the case studies and exercises. I would have liked if actual TA's would review our work instead of other classmates, but I realize this might be unrealistic due to the high number of people enrolled in the course.
Amazing course, exceptional instructor, helpful peers.
A very useful course with so many interesting exercises and real examples about Digital Marketing Mix strategies of various businesses. I feel like I learn even more practical knowledge about marketing here than at school! Thank you ASU and Professor Aric!
Really enjoyed this course - very appealing mix of different ways of presenting content and engaging users.
good introduction to the specialization
Great course! I recommend it to everyone!
Empty of content
Excellent course, very insightful about the future of marketing landscape will be in a digital world. Thank you for this great course that is smartly articulated and structured.
remarkably well taught and full of refreshing insights .
I give it a 5 star rating!!!
Great learning overall. The down side I've found is that Peer review assignment, some of the peers don't review my assignments nicely, I tried to make interaction but seems not working.
Great value for money! You need this course if you want to upgrade your knowledge of the digital Marketing Mix
I really enjoyed taking this course. It was informative, interesting and I really liked its format. Every module has a series of reading references, besides the videos on the specific topic, so one can also do some additional reading to better understand the topic. Additionally, there are discussions with campus students or professors, that address the subject from another perspective.
Very informative, very clearly structured and interdisciplinary.
very very useful n knowledgeable.
Good one i like this site to build my skill more potent
Very Good, I found the course exciting and great exercises.
I didn't knew anything about marketing when I started the course. I liked the lecture's content and all the activities. This is my first online course that I've finished
Very useful and interesting!
This is a perfect course for students who want to introduce themselves to Digital Marketing. The readings and peer-assignments are very engaging.
This course was a very informative intro not only to digital marketing, but also to marketing as a whole for those who may not be ass familiar with the basics of marketing. I'm looking forward to taking the rest of the specialization.
Very helpful for people who want to learn the usefulness and concepts of digital marketing.
As it is an introductory course, one would not expect an in depth coverage and considering the fact that the course would have had students with varying levels of prior knowledge/experience, it was a good course. If you are already into marketing, it gives you an opportunity to re-visit the basics and presents interesting case studies. If you have no background in Digital Marketing, this is one of the best places to get started. Looking forward to course 2 of the specialization. A big Thank You to professor Aric and his assistant. Happy Learning!
I found this course to be very basic. I appreciate that Marketing requires a broad interaction, but a course designed to take 4 weeks (with 2~3 weeks of actual content) is too much. I need to learn about cost-per-click, impressions, ROI on ad spend - that sort of thing. I don't see how 3D printing is relevant to the majority of people in marketing today.
The concepts are excellent, but I was a little taken back that the content examples, required reading and/or case studies were dated. Perhaps the best research and case studies are 4-5 years old. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them and learning from them. I guess the reason I didn't give the course 5 stars is because I expect at least one reading or case study pre module (ideally) to be published within the last 12 months. Overall it was really fun and informative and I will be taking more classes. All the best...Stephanie Schreurs
Awesome course. I've learned a lot about colaborative marketing.
Terrific course covering the full marketing mix with respect to digital - truly enlightening and with tons of ways I can improve my new venture - great videos that are well laid out and beyond interesting to watch. I highly recommend this course
very informative course. was great studying with prof.aric!
good learning
Excellent intorduction to Digital Marketing. All the elements studied were more than interesting and essential. Looking forward for the other courses!
The course was excellent ! I recommend for students or people how have their own business to take this course just generally understand about what is going on 21 century business world specially in marketing sector!
It was really a nicely crafted course. Thanks a lot for providing privilege to provide such useful course.
Nice Course to understand the nuances of new digital tools that will be the future of Marketing Field. As a Marketing Manager, this course has updated my knowledge in the changing digital paradigm.
I am very satisfied with this course!I'm not a native english speaker, though it was very clear and comfortable to deal with the course and to understand the material.I feel that I gained relevant and important knowledge.The only "weakness" I see in this course is that it's not challenging enough. The requirements are a bit too low, the quiz level is too easy and it can be retaken with no limit. Thus, It feels that everyone can get the certification without putting too much effort - and that lowers the course value.
Really also and relevant content
Great insights and its a gold for any marketing lover.
Learnt so much! I would recommend this to everyone!
Really GREAT !!Many examples rooted in reality, some academics too... Very smart & compelling.It simply updates me about digital stakes and helps me anticipate future trends/opportunities.
It's an awesome course. I recommend this course to all those who want to pursue the career in Digital marketing. Apart from that, it's very easy to learn and the assignment are very interesting. I guarantee youwill definitely enjoy this course and i recommend you to take all 6 of them.I rate it a 4 star only because the course study must be updated a bit. Else i would have given it a 5 star.
this course is a beneficiary course for those studying marketing,i like the course.
I found this course really fascinating. The key concepts, academic insights, exercises and assignments; all contributed towards real world and practical learning experience.
This class was very well designed and lectured. I have a engineering background but in the first week of this class the professor taught the basic concept of the 4Ps so anyone even without Marketing background had a chance to follow the course.
Great introductory course. There are bad audio and editing misses, but as a course itself was fun and interesting.
This class certainly forced me to think about the future of marketing and traditional retail.The peer reviewed grading system left something to be desired.
DetailedEngagingThe assignments need thought and effort - makes you learn
Valuable class for discovering high level digital trends impacting commerce. Detailed look at how digital is changing the marketing mix. Fairly complete overview. (Mostly geared toward B2C commerce.)
really helpful!
Amazing course. If interested in marketing I would suggest to take this course. Material is really good and explanation with examples from Professor Aric is really good.
Good course for someone seeking to know fundamentals of Digital Marketing.
Excellent course to learn and understand basic concepts of digital marketing
very informative
Excellent option for those with no preview experience on marketing. Really enjoyed the content and found it very useful for my professional life
Amazing course, great experience!
I loved this course! I learned a lot. The topics selected were very strategic and helped me really understand better what was going on in the digital world. I liked that it was the concepts always had real life examples and the course was hands-on despite being online. I got my feet wet on stuff I never tried before. Before this course, I couldn't make sense of my observations until he broke it down in this course quite effectively. I liked that he included emerging technologies as part of the discussion so that even if this course is a few years old, at 2016, it's still quite forward-looking. I will miss Prof. Aric. Thank you, Sir! I had fun doing this. Coming from the middle-ages, you gently held my hand, helped me jump into the water and I had fun splashing about!
This Course needs a Update, im really disappointed of Week 4 and the Assignments are Outdated and nothing new
Great course! Good videos, the assignments are challenging and the concepts clear. Perfect :)
best digital marketing course out there
Wonderfully designed course. Great insights about co-creation, pwyw and other concepts. Thanks to the instructor for wonderful exercises. They were really relevant.
Great CourseThanks Professor AricGood Luck
Thank You!
Good content but would have preferred if it was more interactive. There is no way to discuss in detail and debate over a topic. I still have many questions unanswered and forum is very inactive. Wish there was a thread for each topic where people could just discuss their perspective. Overall good content but lack of interaction makes it incomplete in my opinion.
Like it for it is useful and valuable to enrich my knowledge on marketing in a digital world.
So academic... Interview with students has no value and no point.
Exciting
Wonderful Course. Everything explained nicely along with examples to describe each concepts elaborately.
One of the best courses!
This course is fun! I'm learning a lot about co-creation.
Best course I have done so far in Coursera. The professor has the simplest solution to every problem. I look forward to doing the specialization. Also, after this course, I would personally like to study at the university of Illinois now that I have experienced the quality of learning
This was a highly insightful and relevant course for a marketing neophyte such as myself. Kudos to Professor Rindfleisch for explaining the subject matter with consummate perspicuity.
I'm really inspired
Unforgetable method of teaching, in this course we are not studying we are learning automatically. It is like a method & topic & way of teaching that automatically involved the people. And at the end you understand completely.
Great course. Learnt some really interesting new marketing concepts.
Found it to be a bit outdated.
Well Detailed and helpful content
One of the best course in Digital Marketing for those who need to understand the concepts of Digital Marketing. I enjoyed all the modules and particularly right assignments based on the topics which makes the student to relate the concepts with real world scenarios.
Really worth it. I am planning to complete all 6 courses and might take more as well.
Lucid, well presented and very informative. Loved it!
From the first video, I found out new informations that will help in my marketer career.
I enjoyed doing this course. It lays out the basics in such a structured way that is easy to understand and apply even if a person has no background in marketing. It is a great foundation course.
Excellent format of online education. Participative and top graded content
Great real world example of technology changing 4Ps of marketing.
Very interesting. I like the real world examples and the cases for the projects. The course is worth to spend time efforts and even money! Great Job
Very good course . I would suggest everyone to take this course as it is very innovative with great ideas and case studies . Professor Aric has explained everything in detail about the current scenario of marketing and how the world is changing digitally . Thank You !
I love it!!!!
Great Course,Great Learning.Every thing was New to me.
Great course. Highly recommend for those who want to refresh their marketing knowledge but in a digital context and for beginners.
This is a great first class for developing your basic understanding of digital marketing. The course was very interactive, the professor was engaging, and I learned a lot from this course. I highly recommend it.
Amazing course learned a lot of new things..!!
The course offered an interesting overview and introduction to digital marketing; it is also a good start to the specialization in Digital Marketing. This was the first time I have taken a Coursera course and was able to complete it, and I've tried several. Quite often, the content is just too difficult to wade through without 1:1 human support. I think the workload was pitched correctly. I also liked how some theory was taught, and some research based on the theory. It is not just a bunch of case studies. There is an effort to describe the general principles that can apply across both firms and specific technologies, although there is a lot of both (firms and technologies) addressed as well. The most useful part of the course was a rather extensive discussion around pay what you want (PWYW), and the theory behind that, and the supporting case-based and research-based evidence, is really compelling. I plan to use a PWYW strategy as I develop my online startup. Thanks, Coursera and University of Illinois!On the negative side (and there's not much of that), some of the interviews of students on the U of I quad were ridiculously pointless. They really offered nothing of great value and took up substantial time. They were too anecdotal and at times the resulting content worked against the principles being taught in the course. I would rather see user-generated content, created by students and grads of the course, perhaps, from around the world, each discussing some aspect of that unit's topic. Just focusing on student interviews at U of I seems pretty parochial.I would also love to participate in UGC for a newsletter spinning off from this course. They use the courage presumably to extend the U of I community, but here's the thing: it creates its own community, and U of I would be well-served to re-oriented around it, rather than assuming that the only path forward is the reverse. Again, this is one of the most successful courses at Coursera. So maybe this is the direction for U of I to be heading...For example, I would anticipate offers from U or I for how they can get me into additional non-traditional business (or other) Coursera courses, or U of I courses or programs, or heck, teaching for U o I. Anyway, embrace the disruption!
Great course, very satisfied especially with the readings part and interviews with other people that are involved professional in this area!
Excellent course, both for beginning and experienced marketeers. Loved the way the course focuses on explaining specifically -and with great examples= how the 4Ps theory of Marketing is being transformed by consumers in the Digital Age.
Amazing content and a great refresher as a former marketing student looking to enhance my skills!
Interesting lectures and crystal clear concepts - thanks to Professor Rindfleisch.
Good start to the course. Though I feel more energy and enthusiasm by the instructors would uplift the course. Some content is not prevalent at present (outdated).
Interesting introduction to the topic, but some of the material is obsolete (for example, the web pricing module). Perhaps that can't be entirely avoided in the rapidly changing world of digital marketing, but it was a bit of a disappointment.
Greetings ,This course is very beneficial and i thank the professor and everyone else at Coursera.Please direct me, to be a talented successful individual in Digital Marketing.Thank You.
Interesting concepts and introduction to the specialization but I wish the lectures were more natural and energetic.
Very nicely organised course. With student interviews, and discussions with industry leaders the course provides a very insightful introduction to marketing in the digital world.
SOLID course - far more demanding and education than any other course I have taken on Coursera to date - very, very well done!
The content of the course is very good. What I would improve are the Quizes; I'd concentrate more on key stuff, not include any questions concerning irrelevant details. Some of the assignment questions were also a bit unclear and the rating scales did not make sense at times.
It's a great course, but you have to pay to access a lot of functions.
Some of the reference materials might need updating (but perhaps there are no better studies to share at this point), but overall found this an interesting application of the traditional 4Ps of marketing to the digital world.
Very useful course, interesting enough to let me continue My Specializations!
Nice course the teaching was so simple.
Great class!!!
Loved the course. It not only fulfilled my expectations, it actually was much more than what I was expecting. The course is very well structured and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I definitely recommend anyone who is interested in digital marketing to enrol in the whole specialisation.
Very interesting to have a broad view of how marketing tools create value to consumer nowadays.
Greatly enjoyed this course.Covering:-Basic concepts used as a framework for discussion (e.g. 4Ps)-Technical innovations to incorporate (such as 3D printing, augmented reality)-Trends that businesses need to keep an eye on (customer co-creation, managing negative brand image, a shift in the balance of power towards the individual, the customer) and a lot more.I loved the hands on case studies, the supplemental readings and the discussion boards where I could see different perspectives from different parts of the world. Professor Aric has a pleasant and clear presentation style, and the learning seemed pretty effortless to me as I just worked through the material as presented.Very glad I took this course, and moving on to the other courses in this specialization (and others, too).The Coursera platform gives me an opportunity for flexible skill development, which is very precious to me.
very well put together. easy to fit into my schedule, short videos make it easy to dive in and pace yourself.
Very good course! Highly recommended for someone with no background in marketing.
The concepts and knowledge this course covers are useful and practical. The length of the videos is the only thing I dislike. Sometimes they are too long.
I really loved the course and the way of teaching. I came to know a lot about how different types of marketing strategies can be employed to increase sales and revenues.
I really enjoyed this course. Very informative and fun.
Content needs to be updated
This was a very good introduction class to Digital Marketing.
Interesting
Great Course! Prof. Aric has done a marvelous job. From lectures, quizzes and assignments all were well structured from learning and testing the knowledge as well. I completed the course covering digitization of markets and learning how digital tools are changing the landscape of businesses globally. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested to learn digital marketing. I thank Prof. Aric for his hard work and Julie for assisting him.
Contrary to what is being billed here, all the concepts here are from the more traditional school of marketing. The way the 4Ps are explained and applied (through barely) related to consumer products that are retailed. Digital marketing has barely made a dent in their revenues.Technology products don't follow this model.Another annoying aspect of this course is that things are not well defined so they can't be applied. "customer co-creation" is presented as a ground breaking idea but it is defined so vaguely. The definition states that customer co-creation is any contribution by a customer or otherwise that helps shape the products. What is considered contribution? Is product feedback contribution? If so, this idea is as old as a Bazaar. Or does the customer actually have to do creative work, in the case of Threadless.The big problem with this course is that it does not introduce the student to any new mental frameworks, leave alone anything practical. This course is a prime example of academiaitis - ideas created in ivory towers without any practical input or use.
Great introduction to Digital Marketing. I was able to obtain great insights on how the digital world impacts Marketing and consumer behavior.
Paid for the course and never took it. Terrible professor teaching the course, the format was poorly put together, and just wasn't overall a very good course.
Excellent material and case studies.
Absolutely loving this course so far! I It's great that we can get valuable insights from other professors in the university as well regarding the applications of the latest technology in the marketing world.
Really liked the flow of content and the instructor. Some content is dated (RedLaser) and makes one assignment clunky since it was based on that app. Since this course focuses on digital and the inherent speed-to-market the platform affords, one would expect more up-to-date/timely examples for current content/exercises. Aside from that, the course was engaging and informative. Thanks, Aric!
I found it to be a very basic course, instead of being offered as a separate course this could actually be covered in one module as part of the advanced level. Also, some of the case studies are outdated as i could see the course was developed in 2014. given that its a digital marketing related course, it becomes all the more important to have more recent and relevant case studies for this course.
This course dedicates an entire week to very simple topics. The lectures could use some serious editing too. To help you understand what I expect, I'm taking this at the same time as I'm taking Wharton's Week 1 Entrepreneurship program. I've also taken Wharton's Intro to Marketing course which I highly suggest over this course. The quality is dramatically better. Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking is a University of Virginia course that also is a great example of how these courses should be done. I'm hoping the next courses in the Digital Marketing Capstone are much better so that I'm not watching a lecture and counting how many times the professor pushes his glasses back up.On the plus side, I did like the engagement this course encourages by forcing you to go to other websites & accomplish things as well as review your peers work. I wish your peer reviews had less of an outcome on your grade though. In my experience, many people did not even read the instructions on how to review the assignments.
Valuable basic knowledge to introduce you to Digital Marketing.
I think the content was quite interesting; as someone new to marketing, I was really looking forward to the lectures and exercises. However, the content was simply too much for me to complete. It's a bit ironic that a course about marketing missed its market. To give a bit more detail: there were 12 video lectures, 3 assignments that had to be done days before the end of the week to be peer-reviewed, and then I had to peer review others work, while also going through all the assigned reading. It seemed more like a courseload for a full time student or perhaps a part-time student. As online students typically are neither, I'm surprised the course content wasn't better managed. I take a lot of notes, so perhaps that's what slowed me down, but I also have a full time job and I intern on the weekends. I was hoping this course could easily be done in the evening hours. Other coursera courses provided an excellent balance of content and courseload, I'm disappointed that this course wasn't one of them. It seemed very useful and interesting.
High-quality, fun yet challenging coursework for the global learner. Engaging on many levels... strongly recommended!
Not a very difficult one. but you definitely learn a lot from peer assessment.
Great Insight, a very good course to review the 4P model with a digital lens!
I think this is one of the best learning experiences I have had as a professional (adult). It's academically founded, but I don't get confounded. Its mix of short video lectures, pop quizzes, real life case studies and assignments is perfect for keeping my attention while ensuring that I actually learn and retain that learning.
I undertook this marketing course as a marketer keen to make sure I was up to date and thinking about new ideas. It was a shame redlaser.com is no longer active, however I'm sure there are other tools, the course content just needs to be updated. I liked the Quad elements but found the Quizzes a bit frustrating particularly when they asked questions for which the answer was covered in the next topic. Overall however, time well spend. Thanks to Aric and team.
Well structured content and interesting assignments!
Amazing course
I have gotten great insight into the digital world and a good start on my specialization. I enjoyed the instructor and his engagement!
Easy to understand and participate!
Great course. I'm a fashion designer and this course has been really helpful.
Worthwhile. Very Worthwile.
An excellently designed and delivered course. Prof. Aric has delivered relevant lectures with relevant examples. The industry based case studies have been apt for the course and finally assignments help in enriching the knowledge gained.
Best course so objective at the point!
Great Lesson that offers me implementable knowledges
Very informative course. I like it a lot so far
This an excellent initiative and a life changing learning for people like me who want change in their lives through better learning and
Very insight full
Excellent course! It provides you knowledge about how digital tools are changing the way we see marketing. I learned lots of new things. Great course if you want to learn about how marketing is changing in the digital age.
Simple to use, great information with both academic and real-life examples to reference.
Good key concepts
It was great! With real
This course is great. Very interesting world of digital marketing out there that i wasn't aware existed. Found some new great things in the world thank you so much for sharing!
Fantastic, insightful course which is well presented.
This course definitely enhanced my marketing knowledge but I recommend it be updated. Assignments such as Red Laser should be updated considering the app has been shut down.
Very helpful!
The course is very well planned. Thanks to the entire team.
I thought the course was illuminating and a great start to the specialization. I had me thinking and discussing what I learned. Professor Aric could use a little more energy as he had a very scripted feel to the lecture videos which almost felt like he was reading from the marketing dictionary. However, he was very thorough and informative.
Decent course that explains recent shift in marketing mix. Its more on the theory side, not much on technical side.
They need to re-write the RedLaser module since RedLaser is no longer a thing. That was SO CONFUSING to figure out that I was very last-minute with that assignment; I had to go to Walmart to do it properly because it was still open that late Sunday night.
Very good course and I would absolutly recommend it to each and every one who has intrests in marketing. Moreover the teacher is quite brilliant and very good in delivering concepts.
this course is very nice
Great introductory module to digital marketing!
awsome course for getting knowledge of marketting in digital world .its helpful for devlop you skill.
Excellent class -- interactive with interesting videos and exercises.
elementary .. good.
Wonderful instructor, explained it all nicely, really decent course, very modern.
Good course, but NO Statement of Accomplishment certificate
It was an interesting course. General marketing concepts were discussed, marketing mix, many examples and many essays.Unfortunately, I can not say in which areas the course was bad) This may limit development within the allotted time? :)Thank you for the great class!
This course is knowledge heaven for someone looking for great insights into the field of Digital Marketing. Professor Aric Rindfleisch and University of Illinois have beautifully structured the course by blending both theoretical and practical aspects into this 4-week information curve that will meet all your needs with regard to Digital Marketing.
I can't start this course
Great course. I learned so much new information. Very cool and informative course.
Good course, clear and easy to understand some exercises were outdated as red laser doesn't exist any more
Very good insights. Thanks. I have thoroughly enjoyed this course and learnt a lot.
Interesting content on digital trends. This course encourages you to think critically about how digital trends are changing the marketing landscape. Excellent delivery by the professor!
Loved it! Take it if you are considering the digital marketing path.
Great course - I only can recommend taking it!
it helps me to know what are the latest advances in the digital world and how that change the marketing four p's
Interesting content, practical exercises and well structured.
This course was outstanding in it's presentation, content, and seamless ability to progress.
Amazing course
perfect a very good class
super! best online course on Marketing right now!
Gives a lot of insight how internet is changing the marketing world, and might change the distribution channels in the future.
Good precious insight of the marketing in this present era.Thank you very much.João
Having to finish the course first before having the option to upgrade to a Certification made me admire this course offering so much. May all the other courses follow this model.
I am new to this kind of Course. This is very Excellent, and I am happy to share with you. I hope this enhances my ability to new world in a better way.
Overall okay, but feels quite outdated. As a marketing professional and child of the digital age I feel like the course didn't go deep enough.
I have learned something new.
Some good case studies and interesting content, but it's a 50,000 foot view of marketing. I was seeking a more technical and channel specific insights. This is much more conceptual and high level, so it was less useful for me.
I found the information dated and the exercises applied to digital marketing as a consumer first and foremeost secondarily as a B2C marketer. A B2B exercise would have been valuable as well because the markets act so different. Some of the exercises were not remotely useful. I did enjoy the Radiohead, Threadless, and Thingiverse exercises and learn from them.
The best course teaching Marketing in a Digital World.
very boring
Useful eye opener in different directions.Out-dated, could use an wisp of technology update with a few years since recording.
The more I think about it, the more I enjoyed it. plenty of real life case study which have been true eye-openers. Loved the part about 3D printing.
Interesting and good course.
This is a fantastic introduction to the digital marketing arena. Really excited to move forward with the rest of the specialization courses.
Great course!
I like this course because it has diferent activities.Its not about answering treaky questions but true learning and working around new interesting concepts. The must complete style. By far the best Coursera Ive took.
The videos are long and not engaging enough. Rather than digital marketing concepts, this was more an application of trends to traditional marketing concepts. Some of the topics are already outdated and some assignments were more applicable to those residing in the U.S. or are not exactly feasible to do at this point.
Great Course, convinced me to follow the whole Specialization!
Great course!
Very useful
Excellent course. I truly enjoyed it!
I find this course very interesting.
It was a great experience and i'm very grateful for this opportunity.Learning process is very engaging and interactive.Thank you, Professor!
It's really practical and inspiring! Thank you!
This course motivate the students to study further on Digital Marketing with the carefully designed syllabus. I love this course and the lecturer and regret this course is too short. I would have a comprehensive version of this course with the sam
It was fun and educative.
Exciting, insightful and I really enjoed it. Amazing assignment from which I learned a lot and I loved the structure, feeling and professor. To the point and very useful!!! So happy that I've done that!
The case studies were great
Very interesting course
Learned the fundamentals of marketing with a digital slant. The most interesting portions of the class were interviews with experts in the field. Appreciated that the professor replied to comments I made throughout the course. The peer-reviewed grading for assignments was problematic because the explanation of the grade didn't align with the percent grade. Overall, I'd recommend this course for a great foundation to marketing.
Amazing course and amazing teacher!!!
Very interesting and exciting course material, lectures and assignment. Thank you Aric and the team for this wonderful experience of learning lots of interesting insights about digital marketing.
A good teacher!! Is helpful! And he explain clear and consise, i recomend this course!
Great class with good case studies. Aric is great teacher
Great course
I give this course 5 stars! I learned a lot and I like the hands on activities. The only thing I would change is how the assignments are graded. I know that they're graded by our peers but I don't think that everyone knows how to correctly grade assignments. I received some low scores and I disagree with them. I answered all of the questions with enough detail to be at least "good."
This is a great stuctured course wich the professor gives us tool to comprehend easyly the content given. It made a huge impact on my academical progress.
Great teacher, great support, well-organized. Must be a great university, also!
Good understanding digital marketing world with principle of marketing and examples with real world
This course is requirement of time.
The most interesting part of the specialization, except Channels.
Wonderful and engaging course. This was my first course to delve deeper into Business Studies.
very infomative and innovative. Thanks everyone who have contributed in making this course successful!
IT IS USEFUL FOR ME.
Love the practical recommendations given by the professor and the course basing itself on research and case studies instead of 1 textbook. However, the professor's nonverbal communication (palms down) can be a tad unpleasant.
Didn't think that this is the best course for people who want to learn about Digital Marketing. The learning process is very slow and sometimes I felt that more could be learnt by just reading a number of books or articles on this topic.There is no dialogue with the professor (or anyone who has more experience or knowledge, the assignments are checked by people who are also taking this course. Though one would expect to learn from the assignments and mistakes he or she makes during it. Instead some people who have ideas, maybe even wrong ones, about this specific area of knowledge, judge your work (I could be also wrong about those things and have to grade somebody's work, which is a bit confusing).Besides, the assignments are not very interesting or challenging. I wouldn't recommend passing this course.
Excellent course in terms of knowledge and forming a base for digital marketing.
Great!!!the course itself is an example of the potential that digital marketing have!
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
Great materials, interesting exercises
Very useful and exciting course.
Great starting course for novice studant.
Amazing course!! Really excited to choose it!!
Videos rather slow and don't keep you focus. Voice of the professor is rather low key and slow. Hard to pay attention at times. Even though there are examples, it should be more interactive with other videos rather than links of text.
very nice course to begin with
Very educational course. This was my first MOOC course, and my first actual course on Coursera, and I'm impressed by the quality and programming. I've been in digital marketing for more than a decade, and I still learned important information about this field.
This course have helped me to learn the marketing mix in digital landscape.
The content is great and the professor is excelent to engage the audience.The excercises are focused to the practise of theory presented during the videolectures.
Loved Every minute the session. Thanks Aric foe making my first course in Coursera Memorable
Great course!!! my first interaction with marketing. and it's great
Excellent !!! Informative and direct
Packed full of real world case studies and concepts! We had a very good idea of how to apply these concepts as well. There were also well-designed assignments to trigger our thinking and knowledge synthesis.
Amazing and enlightening course!
Thanks a lot Prof. Aric Rindfleisch and the team behind the course. Thanks for addressing the fundamentals of Marketing in the digital world. It was a great learning experience.
Excellent course. I have an MBA, but this was a nice refresher on the 4 Ps with an emphasis on how they have changed with the rise of digital tools. Aric did a great job.
Is a good course to enter the world of digital marketing.
This course was helpful to get basics of Digital Marketing .
Taking this course is all about fun. The professor tells about the cutting edge technologies in a digital world. I found it fascinating.
Its an Excellent course for any beginner , with good material and lectures and case studies.
Great content, very informative, engaging and up to date.
I did not a lot about marketing in general, and even less about digital marketing. Having started a business with a friend, with an archaeological background, I felt like in the middle of a dark forest. This course is really well organized, the concepts are well explained and you have really the chance to understand the subject with case studies and assignments. I strongly suggest it!
Gives a very good undestanding of current mayor trends in Marketing in a Digital World
Brilliant!
very useful and interesting conceptions!
Good class, with interesting points ans assignments and very god teacher
Excellent introduction into Digital Marketing. Course covers the fundermentals with relevant examples and assignment
Good class, good materials, easy to understand, you learn a lot!
Great insights from the lectures
As a Marketing enthusiast I found this course very interesting and with a refreshing approach to Marketing, namely making bridges to the new digital tools and how they impact on the Marketing Management. Finally I was a septic about e-learning and this course surprise me as it is very engaging and well structured. Congrats to all of the people who develop this course.
Excellent course. Well constructed, well presented, and well received. Thank you for the experience. I'm looking forward to continuing on with the certification.
Fabulous course with a great teacher! I've loved this first step of the specialization and I want to thank Professor Aric Rindfleish for his compelling and inspiring lessons. I recommend it strongly.
Thank you for the course. I am impressed.
Very comprehensive, well structured, and highly relevant.
This course isn't what I anticipated. I see where many topics related to "marketing in a digital world", but most if any had a indirect relationship.
I was previously employed as a digital marketing specialist, but I still learned a lot.
I really enjoyed this course and I liked the variety of videos as well as "special lessons" with professionals from different fields.The exercises supported studies and gave better understanding of the tools.However, I believe some of the lessons (or videos) were a bit off from topic or gave too much focus on the issues that, I believe, are not that much related to the course purpose. (e.g. too much of 3D printing).Overall, it is a great course and I was pleased to participate in it!
totally helpful .
Amazing course! I have learned a lot about new disruptive technologies and innovation as addition to a digital marketing. I enjoyed greatly a practical side of the course. Well done and thank you Professor Aric and all the staff responsible for developing this course.
Really Amazing and Great Course !!! Thank you Professor Aric for all the hard work you put in this course ! you really opened my mind to many new things that i could have never learned or enjoyed in my local education! THANKS!
The course was very good. The instructor's way of teaching with real examples were practical and easily understandable.
Perfect introduction to the digital world. Aric is not only succinct, he also brings to the table several very interesting and up to date technologies that will reshape the online marketing landscape in the next years.100% recommended!
Great attitude and real life cases!
excellent content and format. more than a recorded lecture, really an online education experience
The course content was comprehensive, thorough and required note taking with preparation for quizzes. Solid academically.Some of the assignments required use of third party applications and websites that did function as anticipated or are no longer supported.Peer grading was very poor. It frequently seemed students did not read submissions, off handedly grading. At times comments did not match the scores, such as "nice work," or "good job," while giving only 3 stars.
The most amazing course I've ever experienced.
Excellent content and very good usage of resources to share knowledge.
Very practical! thx!
A very enriching course with excellent insights and perspectives to Digital Marketing and how the rise of technology has changed the face of both Marketing and Business.
Great Course!
I loved the class. especially the real world example.
I really enjoyed it. thankyou.
Interesting case studies, and a lot of usable information
Good starting point.
Great course overall, good lectures and good exercises
Well explained easy to understand and concepts which matters in real life
Excellent introduction course that exceeded expectations.
Structured and well-developed. Overall, it is a great course!
I learned a lot!
Very insightful class. Certainly would need an update on 3d printing as well as virtual reality development
I think the whole process was very well composed and really enojoyed all the classes.
Best course about basic understanding of digital marketing with excellent information and course materials.
A great introduction to basic digital marketing tools and techniques.
Possibly the best of the specialization
Interesting! Professor opened the door that most marketing departments ignore or just mention from far away - 4 digital Ps. Loved all the examples and assignments.
It was my first experience with Coursera and after it I'm addicted to continue learning. I highly recommend this course.
This course is fantastic. The americans are objective, practical and all the things that we are learning have an effective application. Our schools and teachers in Brazil have a lot to learn about how to be pragmatic to focus the energy and time to provide solutions that can improve the life of our people.
This course included a ton of useful information, even for non-marketing business professionals who work with marketers. I also began to understand the waterfall release cycle my company uses more through this course.
For those that has an interest in a career in Marketing, this course and specialization is a great start!
High quality and great insights
I liked the course a lot. Very interesting!
Great first course! Everything is very interesting!
It has great content but assignments are promotions... Like, really, shamy promoted assignments.
This first course i was pretty awesome, very insightful yet entertaining at the same time.
Amazing Course , full of innovative idea .
Excellent introduction to digital marketing that exceeded my expectations.
This course is very well presented, has the right mix of video lectures, exercises and reading material to keep engagement level high. I learnt not just the theory but saw it working in practice. Excellent work by Prof Aric Rindfleisch and team!
one of the best subjects!
One of the best courses Ive ever taken.
Great insight, great course
This is a very informal class with loads of valuable information.
Enjoyed the course, especially the awesome research work by other professors.However, was expecting a more content heavy course, which is a part of the full specialization, kinda unaffordable for me :(Anyways, great course, loved it! :)
Its in Detail and the professor teaching it is also speaks clear.
Ótimo curso. Congratulations Coursera.
Very Good Course, Professor Arac was excellent in explaining this course and concepts. Thanks
This very interesting useful and inspiring course! I am enjoying it very much! Thank you!
It was a really interesting course!
great inspiration and knowledge-update. thank you
Very informative. Lots of new and novel concepts introduced.
Very good content and presentation
Aric is an amazing professior who is passionate about Digital Marketing, which is evident in the way he has structured the course, his knowledge and understanding of this evolving concept, and his ability to explain and teach the course in a
Its a great course and would love to complete the specialization
GREAT CONTENT!!!
a great foundation
It was a pleasure learning the course. Such vivid daily life examples to completely understand the topic. The assignments are a joy to do as well.
I was surprised that studying can be interesting
Great basics
Thank you Aric and his team for giving us such an opportunity to learn about digital marketing.I am very much happy to say that i enjoyed your lectures very much and it has definitely changed the way i used to think about marketing.
The professor is a bit monotone, he needs to be more animated. There are too many assignments , not all can be done while living outside the United States.
good course but need more assignments
This course and the instructor was great i really enjoyed!
IMHO a very superficial course.Lots of outdated material (user-generated content was a big thing 5 to 10 years ago, not anymore). Lacked going in depth.It discouraged me from pursuing the rest of the specialisation.
This was a good course. I really like the instructor. I think he gives good examples and practical assignments to demonstrate the principles in the course.
That is a good course! Thank you guys!
inspiring perfectly
I have learned a lot in this course and the examples and course material are very high in standard. Much better than I expected before I join this course.
Terribly boring. Valuable information, nonetheless.
The course provides a good foundation in understanding the impact of digital technologies on business and how marketing is undergoing a shift. The course uses the popular marketing mix framework of 4Ps - Product, Promotion, Placement and Price and shows the effect of digital on each using theory, examples, case studies and exercises.
Great course, good content and easy pace. Introduced me to great new ideas like 3d printing and looking forward to the next course
Excellent course. Extremely educational and informative. Thank you for sharing, wish the team all the very best.
Hands on courses combining short theories and studies overview with practical examples and exercices.It is a very good introduction of the impact of the digital world on the marketing.
Very interesting !! and helpful
I really liked this course. I am glad I chose this as my first online course.
Very interesting topics and very good teaching method. Recommended.
Lacks depth but gives a good overview of the different aspects of Digital transformation. worth doing
the basics for understanding the analytics of digital data, great value
Loved it
Ideal mix of teaching lessons and exercises
was a great course .. thanks
Excellent course with the Ari in lead.
Prof. Griffiths is outstanding! You inspired me each and every week, even when the topic weren't on my 'most desidered' list. You are information and entertaining, thank you! Thank you for your brilliant knowledge in this field and encouraging me each and every week. I look forward to International Organization Management, any idea when this may be?
I thought the course was very useful. It covered a broad spectrum of topics. I found the case studies useful. Nice job!!
Great course, as a trained scientist in drug discovery, marketing is something that I have never study before; however, Aric has made this course simple and all materials are easy to understand. Definitely will recommend this course to anyokne who is interested in knowing how 4Ps work in reality.
Informative course that introduced me to some interesting companies and gave me some food for thought.
Interesting course
Very interesting curse. It would be nice if yu can add sme examples from outside the US.
It is an excellent course in all senses:content and methodology,Great teacher
Great course
Well prepared videos from quality side.Content is nice. Gave a lot of new insights.Professor is great
Loved this course. It gave me a great introduction to current concepts and trends in Digital Marketing. I was especially impressed by 3D Printers. I hope to visit a hub in my own city soon to try it out!Only suggestion is reduce the number of weekly workload. Too many assignments to complete in a single week! Most courses in Coursera give only one assignment per week. I was able to manage as this was a self-paced course. So this is not a complaint, just a suggestion :)
I really loved this course. It was very diversified with different sources and mediums. The course teaches not only the basics and the current situation but also goes beyond and introduces new technologies that will have profounf impact on digital marketing.
This is one of the best course for getting deep knowledge of market & studying customers behavior.
Definitely reccomend it!The best on its domain!Thank you for everything!
This is an excellent course which extends knowledge about the various marketing strategies that firm are adopting in this changing digital world.
Really good introduction Digital marketing course!Very good Job Aric!!
Great course
Excellent initial course Digital Marketing, I loved!!
Very interesting!
Perfect material with a very interesting subject .
Excellent introduction into the manner and practical usage that digital marketing is evolving in modern society. Specifically, this course is good at employing a number of different examples both digital and experimental instead of just one long lecture course.
Excellent course, the videos were very useful to make the success of the course plus the quizzes ... Thanks for this great experience to update our knowledge!
This is, One of the best course design, material and delivery, Thanks a lot
May be too wide in terms of issues
Awesome course that takes modern day digital marketing insights, best practices and real life scenarios into a good perspective for students to learn from
Great
It an amazing start and i really admire Julie and Professor for putting so much of effort in creating the course in a super structured way , I taking the further modules since i liked the opening so much.
Fantastic Course - from the presentation to subject matter to the real life scenarios a great jumping in point. Thanks to all the team in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Greate course with very interesting case studies! Many thanks to professor Aric! The only wish is to adapt the course to a new platform so that it would be possible to verify your identity via mobile devices.
Great!!! clear and direct. Easy to understand for non native English speaks. Really interesting and not too much data, just enough so you can understand it.
I definitely like this course because: fresh information, great examples, interesting cases and cool teacher!
Thank you for this course!
fresh and informative ....videos and assignments are relevant and entertaining....i will go for other such related courses
Great informative course to learning about marketing online! Aric is a engaging prof :) Thumbs Up!
I am really satisfied with this course.
I liked that there were many practical exercises and it was talked about many crazy new technologies.Still, I feel that there was a lot of subtle publicity throughout the course and sometimes the focus was more on the promoting a brand than the lesson and knowledge itself (ex. 3dhubs, the professors lab, Daqri, ....).I understand that to understand better, we need examples, but I wonder if it could maybe be done in a different way.Nevertheless, I learned a lot.Thanks a lot for all the lessons!
This Course full of information which i was not aware of ,really thanks to professor Rindfleisch in addition, special thanks to Coursera Team.
The course is a good introduction to the Specialization and the topic in general. It could be a bit more structured (like the courses that follow) but overall, as an introduction, it works.
Excellent, interactive course! I enjoyed the assignments (both writing and reviewing of peers work). The quizzes were not obvious and did not require simple regurgitation of info but actual thinking! I found the lessons on DBI, PWYW and Choice Engines very interesting. Well done Aric and crew, your passion for marketing comes through in the lectures.
I like it very much
Great learning platform!
Great course. Finally someone talks about 4 P's without repeating everything in the textbooks.
Love it! Class really in-tune with our time. Great teacher. Simple language, clear messages. Straight to the point examples. Easy take-aways that I can actually re-use the next day (vs usually academic and highly complex learnings from other marketing classes).
Its a good course to initiate on Marketing field with Technologies help, and of course its very helpful.
Interesting course, especially for the people who are planning to do their further studies in Marketing, (Post graduation/ Phd)
This is a valuable course which tells you new innovative concepts about digital marketing, but I think many ideas introduced here are going to work for large businesses. so as a small business owner this course is not perfect for me.
This is a great course, very insightful!!
This course changed my life!
Lovely and very informatic
Great course, many new concepts with practical recommendations
I would like to express my gratitude to the Coursera and LMU .The course is done perfectly : not boring , interactive , quizes and excellent explanation in details by professor Tobias. I acquire a lot of knowledge from this course and I strongly believe that this course will expand not only by skills but also career perspective.
That's a good course. A little bit repetitive if you have already studied about MKT. But it presents new concepts, interesting cases and give you some updates about what is happening in the market regarding the 4Ps.
good course
Found this course an excellent one.
I´ve been enjoyed very much the course. I´ll do the others ones to have the specialization
This was a good course though I feel there could have been a little more professionalism in terms of camera work and testing that apps and services truly were available to all students globally.Al in all a very insightful course that opened my eyes to some technologies and processes I was not yet aware of.Thank Aric Rindfleisch
Great Course
Super Aric was awesome and the examples were very good.
Great course in general, with minor issues on exercises Starbucks and Redlaser which is hard to complete if you are not in US. Thanks a lot!
Basic, but good knowledge
a very interesting course, with many examples and assigment that ask you to apply drectly what you learnt. Thanks !!!
Excellent course. Specially the DBI part
very good and useful
All data is new as possible to be. Great job done by Professor and his Team. Really enjoying!
This is a very well put together and engaging MOOC. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to know a little more about digital marketing.
informative&interesting course
Nice course for practical knowledge of new marketing concepts / possibilities through the changing digital environment.
Very helpfull. It explains clearly how the digital world is chansing and the effects on marketing mix (product, promotion, placement and price).
Loved the content. The instructor was great. The assignments were interesting and beneficial. I feel like I learnt a lot. The only aspect I didn't like was the "view from the quad" section. I quality wasn't great, and I didn't learn any new insights. Plus they always had the same 4 people they were interviewing so not a great sample size.
Very interesting course!
It really great!
Well organized, great and helpful assignments, and a fantastic teacher: Aric Rindfleisch!
great and knowledgeable course.
It is a course which gives a great head start to someones who wants to make a career in digital marketing. All the points are cohesively and neatly explained and are well substantiated by relevant examples which makes the course easy to comprehend.
Great learning experience so far..
Overall a very good course. Great academic perspectiv. Just need to update some exercises to compensate for web changes.
Thanks a lof for this course!
I think this course is interesting and informative. I have progressed into the second week, and the expositions of digital marketing techniques are interesting and fairly detailed. I would recommend this course to gain an understanding of traditional and newer advertising strategies employed by companies.
Great Course, I was able to learn a lot!
A really great course very interesting. I discovered a lot of thing about Digital Marketing. Exercises are quite funny so it is a pleasure to progress in the course.
Great course. I enjoyed a lot the practical part of it. Well done!
It is a really good Marketing course. It is complete and very interactive course. It has a lot of interesting - real life- Cases that help you understand how is working the digital marketing nowadays. I recomend this course.
Excellent course with new and fresh information!
Great course!
Excellent teaching course including managers.
Very interesting and innovative course
For me is amazing, I learn a lot of new concepts about all the Marketing mix. And I am really proud know to work with all this refreshing concepts.
Content was easy to understand and some of the core concepts have, in my case, found immediate professional application. This course is truly opening my mind to digital marketting, without making it overwhelming. Thank you.
fantastic teacherbest educational web site
I like this course - very interesting both theory and practical tasks.
thanks for your dedicated effort
Thanks for everyone worked on allowing this valuable course, and special thanks for Professor Aric.
It's a very good course. Learning up-to-date marketing means a lots!
the lecturer is the best.
Great course! I've been very satisfied with the topics treated and about the teaching model.The exercises and the practical assignments have often been time consuming and this is why I found them effective and useful.Thank you
Great course for me.
Great course to learn how to make your comic book.
Very well organised and taught very well. The interviews are a great resource. Plenty of examples given and lots of useful sites were listed for self study!
very good course!
Amazing way to learn with good examples and interviews :D
I would like a little explanation about coloring
The end section for assembling the comic feels a bit outdated. And I would have liked an option for learning or practicing with choosing layouts for the comic.
Great introduction to what comics are all about.Could be even greater if the famous artists that were interviewed actually demonstrated how they went about their work.
Lots of great reference information available in this course that is constantly being updated. The course forces you to finish your project so at the end of the course you have something done which is a 16 panel comic. Doing a cover for your small comic book is optional.It was fun to do for me. I'd give it 4.5 stars if it would allow such scoring. My only complaint is that the course seemed rushed and too short for all that you need to cover and create in some weeks.I still would not hesitate to recommend this course because it is complete. All that is necessary is some very basic supplies. Photoshop may be needed to complete the final week, but I worked around that issue as I think some others in the course may have done as well.
Very good course. Maybe a few pointers on actual drawing would be helpful, especially for people like me who really have a handicap, or at least
I like it, learn refresh many things and got started.
you cant do the final thing unless you pay so That minuses 2 stars.
Really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot. The content is interesting, engaging and informative. I now feel confident to get started on the graphic novel I've had in mind for some time, as well as starting a webcomic archive. I would recommend this course to anyone remotely interested in making comics. It's a great kick starter!Only reason I haven't given 5 stars is I was expecting it to be more compatible with digital methods of creating art. The course is structured to use hard copy printing and actual pens/pencils/inks, whereas I use a Wacom tablet and pen with Sketchbook Pro. So I had some fiddling around to do to access the course materials in a format that was useful to me. Also, the final week instructions seemed to be directed at a class putting their comics together in a compendium for the final print. I found it a bit confusing.
I had high expectations of this course, but must admit I'm pretty disappointed. Navigating the course feels unintuitive and clunky. Not sure if that's just a Coursera thing though. The actual content (video) looks great, but is unfortunately exceedingly brief, so much so, that it feels like this entire course could have just been a single article. In fact, there's not much presented that really benefits from the video format. Most 'instruction' in the course is centered around brief talks, or artist interviews, and thus you're often just looking at two people talking, or an artist showing you their work while they talk. You never even see anyone draw to my recollection.The 'work' in the course feels rather 'phoned in' at times too. Questions such as "What did you find interesting about the video you just watched?" seem unnecessary, and too elementary to contain any real value, especially when the videos are so brief.Having said all that, I DO think the people who made it are genuine, and have passion for comics, and comics education, and I'll continue to follow their efforts on that front.
Very well made and very helpful and resourceful.
I loved this course! I already had two characters that I had created. This course forced me to actually think about how I am going to implement my characters into their world.
I have so much fun drawing and writing.
It is a great course. It reveals the possibilities of creating graphic novels/comics.I love it.Keli Dey
Wonderful course
I really enjoyed this class. Introduced me to a number of concepts I hadn't heard of before and I found the experiments interesting.
This course presents different moralistic views in a highly engaging, easy to understand, and most importantly - relevant manner. By linking different moral philosophies to our everyday lives, Professor Bloom shows us just why morals and ethics are so important to think about, and are not just theoretical philosophy that won't be put to good use. This course will make you wiser, a more critical thinker, and you'll have lots of fun doing it. 10/10 would recommend!
It was extremely engaging and thought provoking. I'm heartbroken by the fact is is over! I hope Prof. Bloom could have his morality influenced towards offering other similar courses for us who loved it! Thank you!Valeria Monteiro.
Best course I have taken in a while - a real eye opener covering a wide range of highly interesting topics and very well presented.
Amazing! There should be more courses like this.
Would have liked to complete the quizzes with grading even though I took it for interest only. The Professor was excellent
Fascinating look at key issues in morality. Excellent video lectures and recommended reading.
Extremely interesting
Generally quite good in reviewing a multitude of aspects. I did miss not having my responses evaluated even though I decided just to audit this course. On almost all occassions others courses let you evaluate your learning as you go so this was disappointing.I did purchase Bloom's book which I find easy to read and very complimentary to the course.
Very good course.
the best course I'have taken so far. paul Bloom is a truly great lector. Strongly recommend everyone.
Interesting class. I enjoyed both the readings, TED talks, other presentations by Professor Bloom. Would recommend to others.
Even if you disagree with some of what he says you can't help but admire the way that Paul Bloom considers other perspectives of morality. It is one of the reasons that this is such an engrossing and fantastic learning experience. I would highly recommend this course to virtually anyone.
I found it really interesting.
Great, but sometimes too long.
Interesting. Kind of fun.
The course was very well organised, setting good example of the standards Yale University presents.Paul Bloom did an excellent job with every lecture; My focus was never lost.The only improvements I can think of, which is why the fifth star was not given, are: proper maintenance of links for the required reads (two of them did not work for me) and maybe include more questions throughout the lecture (add a greater sense of interaction with the lecturer).
really great. thanks
This was an amazing course!! I have already recommended this class to many of my friends. :-)
You'll need to pay to take the quizzes, which is a bummer, but over all a very interesting, well done, and thought provoking look into morality and how we define what is moral.
Thank you very much for the course. I really enjoyed it.
Had a blast doing this course. Mr. Bloom is a great teacher! Incredibly interesting and insightful resources as well. Makes me wish I could go to Yale!
I enjoyed it very much. I found it very interesting.
Interesting and thoughtful, loved every minute.thank you for making this possible for someone like me to access!
Excellent! I have a clearer understanding of the different influences on people in face of moral issues.
It seems the teacher was under the influence of psychological drugs. He lacked the qualities of humans.
Great course!
Excellent course - it should be taught to every school, university really to anyone!!!
You'll feel the need of sharing some lessons :) Not so useful in your resume but done well.
great course,great teacher, I've learned a lot
Great course! Enjoyable ideas. Recommended!
All the contents are very insightful. I really enjoyed the course. Thanks very much for offering it.
This is my 11th Coursera course and it is my first Yale course. It has tremendous rich information which will definitely affect my views on different issues. Thanks Professor Bloom and looking forward to more Yale Coursera courses.
Fantastic but want more!
Great course. Thank you Professor Bloom and your associates.
Fantastic course- engaging material, interesting lectures, generates further interest in subject matter
Great contents, depth is also great.
Excellent course! It not only explained the different influences on morality but empowered us by explaining how can we use reason to become better persons. A BIG thank you to Prof. Paul Bloom!
Great Professor
Love this course. Now, I'm the fan of Professor Bloom.
Brilliant course.Didn't buy it, so the quizzes didn't work which was a bit disappointing, but the content is very straight forward to follow and thought provoking. You will be a better person just watching and thinking about this. You don't even have to agree with it!
Very engaging lecturer. I would have preferred the course to be a little more challenging, with perhaps a final exam or some extra readings. Nevertheless, highly recommended.
Very informative and interesting!!
I finished watching all the lectures in a weeks time. I was truly hooked to the subject. Paul Bloom is an excellent professor and his books are well written and intereting. I truly recommend this course.
Wonderful course! Just wonderful!
A good well organized course; but I was already familiar with much of the material.
Great course with an inspiring teacher. Thank you!
Love it.
It's the best course I've ever taken! This is what every educated person with a college or university diploma should know and this information partially should be obligatory in junior and senior years in high schools.
An Amazing Course !
Loved it, my favorite so far.
The course is accessible even for those of us who had limited background in philosophy and psychology. I think if enough people take this, it can help produce a better society.
I love it!
Very informative! Great boost of statistical knowledge!
I would give it a 3.5, with the extra 0.5 because of the great interaction, ease of use, and clarity of progress. It was pretty hard for me and I barely made it in under the deadline (jumping session to session to complete). You definitely need some R background by the end for the project. I expected to get more in information in using R for inferential statistics too... though there was a presentation and each lesson had followup for use in R. Great use of examples for each section. That helped me a lot.
Good course, good statistics
The course is structured very well and has some great content, suitable for anyone who is just beginning with statistics in R or if you want a refresher on statistics. Dr. Milne is a great instructor, i have taken some other courses of her's and was never disappointed.
The instructor is amazing. I wish I had such instructor in my school. I love this course. 5/5. I am new to stats, and I feel like I have strong basics.
Very clear lectures and nice slides!
Mine is the greatest statistics teacher I have found so farI would love to follow more courses from her
very nice course
This course gave me the toughest time of my life. I did the course for 3 months, i failed project once but i thank God, i proved toughest by passing with 100%.
This course is an excellent overview of inferential statistic tests / hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. The organization and material is quite good, with exercises and applications using R.
This is great course as Intro to Statistics
A tough course but in the I understood it
Great course !
Great course. If you put in a little effort, you will come out with a lot of new knowledge. I recommend using the book after you have seen the movies. It gives a deeper picture of how it works. Great!
It is my first course. Two weeks have passed and I am learning and relearning. The professor is really good and I am motivated every day to be on track. I registered for the course. I wish to pass the course.
Its a very good way to introduce to R language
Overall great course. The videos were extremely helpful in learning the material. The labs and project were well put together to help learn R.
Good coverage of basic concepts. For me personally, a
Excellent course. Highly recommended!
Thanks, I enjoyed the course and learn a lot in it!
The teacher lacks the ability of mathematical description, including clearing defining concepts, describing everything in mathematical languages, and showing math formulas of t-tests. She hopes to hide everything behind the canvas and just show how statistics are applied. But without enough mathematics nothing she said makes sense. I have to search on the internet to get to know what she didn't teach.------from a math phd.
Clear & concise; maybe could expand or give alternative R packages to practice on that can be used in inferential statistics
Super puper really cool staff!
Very useful tools for inference
Amazing review of the fundamental building blocks for statistics.
Great introduction to inferential statistics. Its helped me understand the course well. The lectures were great and the assignments wonderful. Thanks a lot
Good course worth learning.
Great course
It feels very rushed.
This course really helped set up a foundation in inference that I feel like I've missed in other classes I've taken. This was great! Thanks!
Really good.
Great tutorial! That feeling when everything just fit together and works well...
Great guidance into inferential statistics!
Great course with great lectures! I liked the quizzes. But the most I liked an exam. The exam assignment was very interesting and peer grading was very useful!
The course is very good to acquire a basic knowledge of statistics, however, the final exam is not very easy to standardize to show the master of the materials.
I really enjoyed this course, it is pitched at just the right level for someone who is sometimes busy with part time work. It does ask that when you study, you study well. I've not learned any programming before these courses, so sometimes my knowledge of R is lacking. But it is rewarding to learn R to really see these statistical ideas come alive.
Really good course on inference. The statistical tools and the reasons why those tools are used, are explained well. I am looking forward to the last week's exercise and the next courses of the series. This one is a bit more difficult than the first course.
good powerful insight into statistics. Thanks!
Despite not having a stat background it was very easy for me to understand the concepts in the course.
Excellent course. Highly recommended if you would like to learn inferential stat and the intuition behind it.
Nicely explained all the concepts. Course is planned well. Thumbs Up!!
great course
Great material and wonderful instruction! One of the better courses out there.
Terrific course, i got here after starting the Data Science specialization on John Hopkins uni on Coursera, but there bit on statistics is awful, a waste of time.I decided to give Courser another shot and definitely not regretting it, this course really go over the basics clearly and make sure to make enough exercise to revisit that clearly explain the fundamentals.I was happy as getting to the final assignment i found myself doing quite an advance analysis and inference that i notice i really understood the topics on the course.
I learnt a lot about inferential statistics from this course. It help me to understand better why I used one inferential method instead of another, and the assumptions and conditions.
Thank you very much for the kind effort
It is really the best Statistics course that i have ever done. After doing all the course in statistics i'm very much confident in statistics. The course and Specialization is very clear, concise, nice explanation with example videos to have better understanding of the theory. It is highly recommended course for anyone interested to learn statistics in their career. Please do the maximum the course in the specialization to have good grasp of statistics if you are beginner like me :)
This is a fantastic course with a great instructor! Thank you!
Some parts are needed more clarification. In other words, as a student of the course you need to go beyond the materials, since the materials are not self-sufficient. Specially about simulation methods. However, this is not the reason that I give the course 4 out of 5. The absence of any help from TAs, based on my experience, is the reason. I expected some official replies to my question while there are only a few question for each week of the course.
Very good introductory course for inferential statistics. It is wise to complete the first course Introduction to Probability and Data of this specialization before enrolling into this one to grasp the concepts.
Excellent. Thank you.
So much disjointed information.... I felt absolutely crushed trying to learn and understand all this. Am waiting for another 8 hours before I can reattempt the quiz.Personally, I feel that this course assumes the student is automatically an expert in statistics (simply due to completing the first intro to statistics course). The logical progression of how to approach different problems - and the terminology of the statements involved has been thrown out the window...If you're new to statistics, I suggest you should at least double the time allocation they provided...
This course is really well prepared. The material is very clear and good resources are provided for further learning. The quizzes and labs are always relevant to the course content.
The professor is one of the best instructers I've seen. I've struggled to understand these concepts before but this course just set everything straight. Lots of content to practice with too.
The teaching is good, the course is a little heavy and a lot to take in in the later weeks. But, as a further grounding for statistics and R, I would very much recommend it.
I am eventually understanding statistical concepts, and realizing delicate differences between similar concepts and methods.
Very usefull and interesting.
Great course
Nice introduction to statistical inference concepts and techniques
The best course for beginners in Inferential Statistics. The concepts are explained very clearly. Each and every statement made in the lectures are clearly justified.
It has a little expensive tuition fee than other courses such as Data Science (Johns Hopkins) and Data life (HarvardX_edx). But I decided this course rather than choosing the others because I felt that it was well organized and quite good supplements. What I like most about this course is instructor. She looks like enthusiastic to give a her idea and wisdom. It attracts me to take this course even though it is expensive relatively. Anyway, I appreciate her for dedicated teaching in advance.
Very useful course
Cool
Excellent course. Great jokes too.
Thorough treatment of the topics with great examples using real data. On the down side, the treatment of the mathematics behind the formulas is a little light. Great use of simulation to support the theory or to use when theoretical assumptions are not met. Strongly recommended!
Simply Superb. Things are explained in such a clear manner with great examples.
Great course. Very clear and informative. There are lots of examples that are interesting and easy to understand. The assignments make it absolutely worth it.
very useful, easy to understand
Very interesting and well organized course
very awesome class for statistics, very clear explanation. recommend for any one who want to know statistics. This inferential class is much better than the one I took from JHU data science course. 5 star recommended.
Amazing Course! Nice instructor!
The course content is very comprehensive and all the concepts have been explained clearly. This course has helped me a lot in building my statistics skill. I would recommend this course to anybody who is looking to learn inferntial Statistics.
Great course, the professor is able to explain and articulate complex ideas into a digestible manner. If you ever taken a statistics class you know would know how incredibly rare it is to have such a great professor able to explain the material as well as she does. Thanks you very much Dr. Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel for teaching this course.
Quite demanding for people who, like me, do not practice calculus and math since high school. People with higher skills may found it simple. Very useful and challenging.
If you have higher education, and studied derivatives and matrices, this course is a quick review and test of your skills. If you never studied course subjects, you would hardly be able to learn them through this course. I completed it as a part of specialization, that's the only reason.
It was painful to work through the videos at first place, for more than one reasons. Very linmited (I would say insufficient) and inconsistent use of background data (diagrams, equations, symbols,pointers) on the board to support what was been talked about. It felt like a plain reading of mathematical expressions and descriptions. As a consequence I had to completely rely on the www to learn the topics covered so I could do the exercises. If that is how the standard of tutoring is to unfold for UoL Global MBA program (to which this is a foundation), I would seriously reconsider my decision to go for. I have been into a MOOC UCL and regret to say this course (Quantitative Foundations for International Business) is a big disappointment. Hope someone listens and th
This was painful. The videos were so terrible in explanation, clarity, and relevance that I ended up going to YouTube to watch the topics, and other websites to read the content relevant to the subjects. This must be improved.
Thank you so much for this course, that`s was really enjoing to learning with great teachers and I am really impressed about Coursera, it is giving me new opportunity in life and in my education. I will learning also other courses of my specialization.Best regards, Ilona Lukianova
A great refresher course for math. Depending on which way you look at the course it is either 4 or 5 stars, I wish I could give 4.5 for this reason! I'm not sure if it would be wholly sufficient for people new to mathematics trying to get into business/MBA as there needs to be more examples and problem sets. There could also be some PDFs added to further reinforce learning. However I still rate this course highly because I had no experience with matrices but through the videos as a sole resource I got a perfect score on the quiz on the first time. If you have a maths background you'll find this course the perfect refresher for exploring your MBA options.
thank you
It enables me to have a wholesome understanding of literacy teaching.
Very useful!
This course was just what I needed. The content was engaging and posed some challenging questions that are very relevant to music educators in the 21st Century. I would highly recommend this course!
I highly recommend it for all music teachers.
This course has little or no information, not at all what was advertized, too much peer stuff
A must for any educator
the best course I ever took.
It is a course 100% recommendable, with much material available.
It was very good, specially the new skills about showing cause/effect and explaining graphs. Also, the reading strategies are a plus.
It was great for me! Thanks to all you teachers!
Program of english very essential to professional LATAM (Spanish-speaking) and others continent's language...
A good oportunity to learn business English, communication and much more.
Have a lot of youtube content
Excellent teachers and classes
Such an amazing experience! I'm very gratefull for being part of this community.
Excellent course . The coaching and mentoring were great. I did enjoy it very much. Many thanks to my instructors Wanda Huber, Andrea Haraway and Jenny Young.
Good Course
I love the way to teach the class. great team of teacher, great course. Thanks
Great Job Arizona's State University Team!!!Greetings from Colombia. ;-)
Very good the words, and how can help foreign people
Excellent course and teachers!!
This is very good course.
Good Course.
Excellet! I highly recommend!
Very good. I enjoyed doing it and learned a lot.I would have liked that it had included r as one of the softwares.
easy to capture the concept
Excellent introductory course on machine learning focusing on simple linear and multiple regression, lasso regression and k-means clustering. A background in Python programming is useful but not required as the instructors discuss the techniques with annotated code examples.
Course could be better
Personally felt this course have a lot more potential. The explanations in the lectures felt very robotic especially when describing the scripts. At times the lectures slides felt like displaying the subtitles and reading off them. A lot more diagrams could have been illustrated for explanations. I have to watch other videos in youtube to get a better grasp of the concepts.Good thing is that this is an introductory course, and the codes are given.
Excellent course, some basic tecniques of Machine Learning are implemented in Python and SAS.
Great Class!
Very good course. I recommend to anyone who's interested in data analysis and machine learning.
short vedios and good ma
Not good at all.We see different processes without anyone making clear the reason why we should apply this processes ,under which conditions and what is the question that we have to answer when we apply these processes.The only good is that we get into some new terms and see new things.I could say that for me,it wouldn't make such a difference if it wasn't in this specialization.
It is very interesting, helpful, useful and wonderful course. Everybody who interesting in statistic must surely learn this course.
Option of learning both SAS and Python is great!
Good introduction with python example for famous algorithm such as random forest and k-mean
Actually i want rate 0, as the instruction for the installation of new tools are quite vague and misleading
This level of detail was good for easier statistical concepts but there are much better courses on Coursera for Machine Learning
It's not an intro class. But you can practice a lot if you know something.
Disadvantages : Lacks Rigour, Lacks Support from instructors , Expensive , Peer review ( this is somewhat bad as most barely give any comments, though towards the end, reviews tend to be pretty good). *** DISCLAIMER *** I am not statistically significant as i only receive 3 reviews per week.Advantages :Quick to earn cert, prewritten code available for easy use. Assignments on your own data. This is probably useful for people wanting to learn techniques for data analysis, who need not go too deep into the technique.I would recommend this to people learning techniques for data analysis in various non-mathematical and non-statistical fields, though the content lacks rigour, and you need outside sources to help understand techniques.This course IS NOT WORTH PAYING USD79, there are definitely other courses much more worth the money. You can audit it for free, if you do not want a cert.
More examples in coding and results are expected. So it is more convenient for students to compare different results and understand deeper
I would like to have an opportunity to contact my reviews.
Not impressed with the teaching style.Seems that lectures were being read and not taught.
Not deep enough on diagnostic and interpretation
It was okay for an introduction to the methods, but I would have liked to learn about them in more details, i.e. the course was too short.
I really liked this course. Concepts well explained. I was hoping for more practical exercises on different types of data sets along with how to improve model accuracy in various algorithm taught. concept such as pruning etc. were missing. But I am sure in future, we will have more on it. Thanks Professor.
Totally worth it! Excellent!
I really liked yo give a lot of details into the courses. Thank you so much I've learned a lot but there are some topics that are kind of complex, but still, thanks.
This course explains a lot of topics in the investment bias and strategies. The content is very abundant but i think it can be organized better.
It was nice to have Prof Danthine speaking as well - added an interesting perspective.
Interesting, practical, not so difficult to understand
Good course, but could have explored the topic with more depth.
Useless to say that the course surpassed my expectations!!! Keep on doing this great online material.
loved the lectures by Michel Girardin
Very good and useful course
Great adventure to deeper understanding and building new investor`s goals and opportunities. One of the best classes I ever seen. Thank you very much!
Great course! This has definitely helped me understand how to Meet an Investor's Goal, along with how companies decide on investments relative to a client's needs.
One of the best courses I've found about investment strategies and styles. It was also very interesting the impact of emotions and cognitive biases in our investment decisions. Highly recommended.
I heartily thank everyone participate in this course . this course gave me a comprehensive knowledge about different types of investment styles and the optimum way to build an investment portfolio .
I was not impressed. (And not impressed with this automatically centered text box either.) There was far too much very technical detail that no one save those working for hedge fund developers would ever use. The volume of analysis they suggest is overwhelming and impossible for the average investor, and when all is said and done, worthless. The market moves on news, rumors, scandal, etc; think Enron, Worldcom, Texaco, et al. None of the concepts presented in this course would have prevented you from investing in those companies when they were beginning or in their prime.I'm about to become a registered investment advisor. I took this course looking for ideas to improve my recommendations. No go. This was terrible.In addition, the presentation was presented by automatons I think. They rarely looked at us, they read flatly from the prompter. A good text to speech program could easily have replaced the "teachers".
Sometimes boring and I felt like the quizzes were just worded in a tricky way rather than really assessing learning. Otherwise fine.
Excellent and insightful course!
Interesting and fun course. Learning finance never been exciting!
I would like only 1 question wrong be acceptable as in the first course - I appreciate when the certificate confirms rigor and value.
I love this course because I was planning to start investing in the Bovespa (Sao Paulo, Brazil) following only the guides of sensational analysts. This course recommends being cautious. Thank you.
Very good, thorough and interactive course on portfolio management and construction!
World Class insights!! Extremely useful.
Excellent course content with in-depth evaluation that is effective at replacing face-to-face teaching.
Fantastic! This course will help you to learn how to deal with your customer, how to built an investment strategy and also learn about past crisis.
Awesome Course! Modern oriented theories, real life up to date examples, and practical experienced tutors. Full recommendation!
i recommend this course for every one interested to understand the dynamics of financial markets and the future trends of financial markets and portfolio management
Great and valuable course!
Awesome Course!
it was very informative
Learned so much. Great course - good mix of video instruction, mini quizzes & questions, graded quizzes etc. to keep your attention. Also, the information is current and practical. Definitely recommend.
gives clear idea of managing investors goal.
Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Very well thought out and presented in an informative and very engaging manner. Brought to life many subjects I was aware of but lacked in depth understanding. Now I can say I am more enlightened.
interesting and exercises helped to understand those topics more
Great course
Continuing from the previous course, the instructors explore some key concepts of Investment Management that really redefine the way an investor thinks and acts.Very explanatory lectures and interesting discussions from passionate and keen lecturers.
Very informative. Valuable insights.
Very helpful in understanding the basics.
need a sub. can't not understand what he is saying
Great course
Plenty to learn from this module as it was from the previous ones. Kudos to all teachers and thank you Coursera for making this available to all people who share a passion for learning and trying to better themselves. Much appreciated.
This is a must course! It will help me both personally & professionally to better understand the reasoning both rational & irrational that goes into an investment decision. Totally recommend this course, it will definitely help in my future. Thank You very much.
Great course, well explained and simple to understand and digest!
need to pay to submit quiz.
Great course!
Great
An amazing & really interesting course!
I really like this course, it have a lot of advance finance.
Good course with valuable and relevante examples and explanations
Very nicely structured course. Interesting insights into behavioral finance.
I enjoyed this second course in the series.
Cover plenty of material regarding to the subject.Although it takes some assumptions that are not unanimous about stock investment, specially about returns from actively managed stocks (it assumes one can beat the market).
the course stays a bit superficial
Great course! I like how it explained basic ideas of setting up an investment portfolio. And how it went into detail, such as thematic investing.
It is great and helpful, but I think it is kind of needed to be updated such as unavailable links to materials and some errors on the textbook.
Overall a great course with relevant use of material. Suggestion for improvement-the balance scorecard. Knowing how that might be used in organizations would be helpful. Also, a few more case studies in the videos would be good. I would recommend this course to anyone looking to further their knowledge in decision making based accounting.
Great course, I does complement the Managerial Accounting course I took before. A lot of tools to apply in the work place. The videos and the examples are wonderful for the learning pourpose.
Outstanding ways to broaden knowledge!
Very good course!
It is very interesting course where after each lesson there are tasks which really check the received skills. I have taken great pleasure from a course. Thanks!
Great professor
The material is thorough and liked the content. The testing aspect/ quez, u have to pay !
The course was very interesting and helpful. Now I know some economic terms in English
Very interesting course, high level of engagement learning
Great Content !
Very good teacher! Since I am a choral conductor, I specially appreciated the interviews and advies from the choral conductor. Picked up quite a few points! i was surprised to learn that Dr. Feldman let his players sing their parts.I will definitely recommend this course.
It is definitely the best online musical course that I've ever taken. The professor is so great that he makes the video very interesting. Plenty of content and knowledge are coved in this course. I learned a lot of basic conducting skills which are fundamental to my dream of being an orchestral conductor. I strongly recommend you to take this course.
Simply fantastic! Mr. Evan is an excellent teacher. He was able to transmit the concepts in a very easy way to understand. He is very charismatic and clearly know very much about conducting an ensemble. I'll be recommending this course for all of my peers.
This class was truly wonderful and Dr. Feldman did a teriffic job in presenting the information in an organized and interesting way, as well as provide practical examples and a pethora of helpful tips and tricks in rehearsals as well as regarding Conducting Technique. I'd recommend this class to any musician who wants to refresh their conducting skills or someone who wants to learn conducting for the first time. It was super and has helped improve my conducting abilities in addition to my basic musicianship in an ensemble setting tremendously- thank you so much Dr. Feldman!!
it's a grate course with an important topic for all hobby conductors. I'd learn a lot of practicable things to conduct and rehearse an orchestra of hobby musicians.
Fantastic program! Take this course whether seasoned or not!
This is a wonderful course for getting insights on what is Rehearsals, what to achieve and how to achieve. I've learned a lot of techniques, insights and knowledge about musical rehearsals and making music too.I strongly recommend this to those who love making music and would like to know more about making music and ensemble music.Thank you so much Dr. Feldman for this wonderful course.
Rich with information, comprehensive, covered the topic in an interesting way.
I learned and reviewed SO much from this course. From the rehearsal toolkit to tips with working on intonation and balance to tips on improving conducting, I found this course to be an invaluable professional development opportunity. Strongly recommended for all conductors who work with ensembles everywhere, at all levels.
Practical and have good points that one should remember when conducting a certain group
The course contents are great!But is such a big subject for a single course. This should be a specialisation.
Not only great strategies for rehearsing ensembles. Dr. Feldman also provides a great primer for new conductors.
a great eye opener for a chorister newbie like myself. Although I cannot fully comprehend the rich material and experience shared, the course set me on a good direction on my musical interest discovery
I really enjoyed this course! The instructor kept things interesting and covered a lot of topics in a concise way. I wish there were more choral examples -- as in examples I could watch in action, not just hearing someone talk about it -- but otherwise I thought it was great. I will definitely use a lot of the things I learned here with my own ensemble.
course recommended for aspiring conductors. It's so fantastic
Great and complete course!!! congratulations!!!
Mr. Evan Feldman explains and shows the technical asspects on a very pleasant way. The conversations with a choir conductor and an orchestral conductor gives also insights in specific ways of conducting different groups of musicians.
Very well-explained course, with essential details and different points of view by other conductors who live different contexts in conducting types. Excellent.
Very interesting
Great insight into conducting for people at all levels. It's invaluable as a musician to have as many skills up your sleeve as possible and that's what this course helps with. The video lessons are quite long, but the multiple choice quizzes more than make up for that where other courses have little content and lots of complicated technology requests for submitting assignments. Perfect!
This is an interesting course but I'm disappointed at the lack of female lecturers/interviews. I'm a female and would appreciate leadership/encouragement via role models from educators in this traditionally male-dominated field.
As an amateur musician, this thoughtful and in-depth course has illuminated causes of perplexing situations that I've experienced under conductors, provided a mirror of mistakes in my own playing and outlined remedies for correction. A growing awareness provided by these video sessions will improve not only conducting skills, but sharpen my attention to playing and observing detail as well. I can't thank you enough.A Erickson (F horn / trumpet)
Excellent, very usefull, a lot of concepts and estrategies!!
It is a great course, simple, direct and very useful
Excellent examples and lectures. Ideal for conductors, but also helps develop general musicianship.
Very educating for conductors!
Really Enjoyed Dr Feldmans lectures and personality, this was a great class and learned quite a bit!
One of the Important courses every ensemble Director must study.
I found the course very interesting! I loved to learn about how to talk to my ensembles and how to make rehearsals more effective. Thank you Coursera.
At first I wondered how could there be so much to know about rehearsing ensembles. All info except a bit is valid for all ensembles from a rock group to orchestra. Dr Evan Feldman is a pleasure as an instructor as he has passion, a good delivery and lots of experience and knowledge. I liked the actual rehearsal videos as he put to practice the techniques, I only wished we could have seen the same in the choral and orchestra segments as opposed to just a dialogue with the also very knowledgeable conductors. This was professionally done and the info is so very important. I took the course as I am part of several ensembles but recently joined a university orchestra and this opened my eyes up to the process which had seemed hap hazard but clearly was not, Macro - micro, phrasing work, intonation,sectional work etc all have their place during the rehearsal.
Just a great opportunity! Thanks!
This is a very organized and in-depth class. I have been a music educator for 35 years. I wish this course would have been offered when I was working on my degrees. Great job!!
Very comprehensive.
excellent course and instructor.
This is a great course and also flexible to needs of students. If you get behind, the course is built to help you get back on track. I find this extremely helpful with a busy and irregular schedule.
Very helpful and inspirational course. Highly recommended.
Phenomenal course. Here Dr. Feldman and his associates in the music program take more than 25 combined years of experience equipping students with core fundamentals to get started as a conductor or musical director.
Great lessons!Some of the best I've ever had.
This was a very instructive course that I recommend to any musician/singer/conducting student seeking to understand the inner workings of conducting, ensemble rehearsing techniques, and getting the most out of individual and group practise. The course focuses heavily on beginning and intermediate conducting technique. This course has sparked an interest in conducting and score-reading in a big way! Highly recommend this course.
This was a phenomenal course full of very useful info for musicians of all levels of leadership. It ranges from basic conducting, to rehearsal strategies, to score study, and it is enhanced with Dr. Feldman's interviews with the orchestra and choral directors at UNC-Chapel Hill. Could not recommend this course more highly!
Excellent instruction, enthusiastic instructor. I am learning a lot!
I'm bassoonist and I think, that the course is very valuable for non-conductors. It will be a great experience!
Great course
Thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Excellent introductory course. Good for all experience levels.
Great course, I strongly recommend it for those who want to start learning about Real Time Systems for embedded electronics
scheduling algorithm is absolutely necessary for realtime system
Good introduction to RTOS concepts. A little theoretical, there could have been a project to do in the end which would have made the course objectives more clear.
It is a very good course for embedded system enthusiasts.
Very useful course with good information. Current iteration is a little rough as an online course, could use a little thought into the peer-review process works specifically around how to distribute the code.
The contents of the course are interesting, but it feels too short, and the assignments trend to let you down (the scoring system is sometimes a bit brainless)
This course assumes that you are familiar with freeRTOS.
Very good content. Subject wheel explained and good practical exercises.
I enjoyed this course a lot! It gives a good introduction to the topic of real time systems, the lessons are well organized and you don't need to be a computer science expert to learn and understand the material taught in the course. The course not only teaches theory but gives you practical guidelines and very useful examples/assignments to illustrate how the theory is used in practice to solve typical problems and design real time systems , which is the feature I liked most about this course. This "hands-on" approach is very useful to the practitioner, with some inexpensive and simple hardware at your disposal the open-source software tools introduced in the course can get you quite far in designing your own real time system! Needless to say, no course is perfect and there are always things that can be improved. For example, the wording of the assignments and quizzes in this course is in dire need of an update/edit.
very practical
The course is very good in my opinion. There are some little drawbacks though. The assignments are not very difficult but expect you to be autonomous in setting up the environments; this was a bit of a hurdle for some students. Also the reviews could be better. The review feedback depends on how well the reviewer understood the subject; more concrete instructions would be good as well as more precise criterias for the grading of the peer review.
A must for beginners. Loved the way of teaching and assignments help in self-learning
great course. I enjoy many point about RTOS from here. Thanks ^^
The course feels pretty shallow and it ignores all the interesting stuff like proofs. There is no written material available, so if you can't follow the lectures, poor you. Quizzes aren't very well formulated and sometimes the correct answer is more of a matter of opinion rather than a hard fact. Evaluation seems to be based solely on peer review and there are no model solutions available, so the points you'll get may vary depending on how your peers understood the assignment and if they were interested in the review process at all.My overall feeling is that nothing was quite challenging on the course, and I didn't learn much more than what I could have learnt by reading a few paragraphs per topic from Wikipedia. I also felt that the programming assignments were quite disjoint from the core, tough I don't feel like I understand the core better than before the course because none of the assignments made me think why something works, rather than that we just mechanically reproduced the examples shown in the lectures.
High level content, comfortable language, practical classes under Homeworks.One of best Coursera courses to take.
that was very interesting course with a huge information , thanks !
This was so much more interesting than I expected it to be.
Great Stepping stone for learners wanting to enter the HR field, and also a great refresher course for any HR professional
This course really broadened my knowledge and provided a very good framework about HR.
This course was a joy
This course is a great learning and improve one's HR Management abilities.
The course was very clear thank you so much :)
I'm not really used to online classes but the information was helpful.
No comment especialy the teachers here and the way how they present to us lessons.i really did would like to be a student of them there in usa
Thanks a lot Professor John Budd
Good course and give good knowledges!
Mr. John Budd is the perfectionist , i loved his way of teaching , looking forward for more learning .Thank you :)
Thank you for the penetrative knowledge on preparing to manage Human Resources.
Loved the Course.
What an excellent course! Well done Professor Budd and to all the contributors who made this such a joy to complete.
This course was great! I am looking
Great Course!!!
i really enjoyed the course and learnt a lot too.
Very informative and assisted me in thinking outside of the box when it comes to managing people. It provided different approaches to managing individuals
It's an excellent course, very interesting and the presenter is an amazing teacher.
Very Good course.Very Good course.In my view some needed additions to be excellent. Summaries of the important issues in each lecture video can be introduced might be in a form of Power Point Presentation. This will highlight the main topics. This can be done for each video, each lesson and each module.Prof. Dr. John Budd have already made these summaries and conclusions during his video lectures, but it is not easy to retrieve when you are searching about some specific subject. You have to here again a group of videos to find what you need.
Great course with lots of information for a newbie like me.
A lot of very useful skills to be applied in the workplace. A wide scope of HR responsibilities and examples to achieve them.Only issue I had was the inconsistency of grading from peers.
Good course with a great teacher! A lot of useful and interesting information about HR Management and being a manager. Interesting videos, never boring, good use of pictures, graphics, videos and examples.
its outstanding university i ever see
Good introduction and new aspects of HR covered
Great specialization program.
The teacher makes the classes simple to understand, with dynamic classes, with super interesting questions and debates! I loved it and highly recommend it!
Very good teaching model, all videos are easy to understand and all pictures describe easy to memorizeI'm really happy to continue my learning
Great course
A solid introduction to HRM
Very insightful and lively. Learnt basic principles that were well taught and brought together in an entertaining manner. Enjoyed it
really its very helpful for me and helped me in my College thanks you
Such an amazing course with rich information to get you into the HR world.
Great course. I've mistakenly thought of HR job as a much simpler and bureaucratic than it really is. The course is full of interesting insights. I particularly enjoyed systematic, modelling approach. Assumptions on which models are based are clearly outlined and looked at from a critical perspective. Great intro, packed with more information than I thought possible.
Good and very interesting to know about managing people and labor laws
Very Useful Course and the faculty was awesome
It is not what I was expecting to learn from this course. The course syllabus seems very good but the actual lectures are not good. I would not recommend this course to any one. I don't think we can call this as introduction of HRM because it doesn't give us any knowledge related with HRM. The only new term to me is the high-road vs. low-road, the rest is the common sense to me.
It was really useful! Thanks a lot!
I have never enjoyed learening before like i did with cousera i cant wait to get more of it.
it was so benefit ,Thx
Absolutely Brilliant! This is my first online course and I didn't expect to have such a great time studying online. I believe that it's Prof. John W. Budd's teaching style that had me hooked and his clarity of explaining all topics. Thank you!
This was a great course with enough materials to study and the additional resources were very helpful too!
Thank's Mr. John W. Budd, Professor and Director
I wish the remaining courses in this specialization will be at the same level of quality.
A wery good and inspired Module. I have learned a lot form it. Thank you Proffesor
Good Course, learn a lot
Great introduction to HR policies and managerial styles. Course that every HR specialist should take.
Great overview!
Very good course for introduct human resources management.
Great Introductory Course!This was a very enlightening course about HR Manager duties, responsibilities, laws that affect employees and businesses. Very basic information regarding why people work and how HR Managers are taxed with understanding the workforce needs for their organization and hiring competent individuals. I learned quite a bit. Entertaining as well!
This is a great course for those who are thinking about a career in HR. It is also serves a good refresher for current managers.
It has given me a great view of what an HR is. Loved it.
I loved it. Very helpful and useful.
I am new to HR and found this course informative and an excellent foundation for further learning.
Excellent ! The best course I have ever came across to, I enjoyed the whole session and I learn many things that will be essential for me when I venture out in the job market.
I found this course very interested since it covers some important tools for managing people through quiz, and some external HR people are being interviewed during the course session, where we can learn from them what they experienced as HR managers, one more thing is, regarding the peer assignment which helped me too, I would probably advise my friends to take this course, reason why I gave you 5 stars...
This course is the perfect basis in learning how to manage Human Resources. John Budd is engaging, funny, and shares an array of valuable information. I have left this course prepared with the knowledge of various managerial styles, why they work (and when they work), HR laws and how they differ from the US to other countries, and employee motivations (both monetary and non-monetary).
perfect! thanks so much!
WoWIt was an amazing course. It gave me lots of ideas.It could have had a text book as a reference.Recommended. :)
This course helped me recall basics of Human Resources Management which I had forgotten. A must course for those who are planning o switch careers.
Great course, great instructor who enables you to enjoy the learning process.
great course,so happy to have been a part of this.
Excellent introduction to the next modules. I'm excited to pass all the next
Great Course with Mighty professor :)
Just taking part of the course material was rewarding. A good basic introduction to HRM
a good one for gaining more knowledge regarding managing people
I wish It will be the best one in HR field course on Coursea.
Very Effective
Very good for learning.
Great resource! The content was excellent and gave me a great idea of how and where to look for more information and carry on with my studies.
It is very useful and practical
Great and very informative, definitely recommend to everyone who would like to learn more about HR or change career into Human resources.
Basis in Human Resource management
Great course that gives a lot of insight into how Human Resources is conducted and what it involves in the employee-employer relationship.
Parts of this were really interesting. Ideas around high / low strategy and ensuring alignment between HR and organizational strategy and culture were important reminders. He jumped over a few important areas that may have added more value, such as employment law and managing to the law.
Very Interesting and exciting to learn more strategies..
pure information, a lot of "w
Great content. This course gives you a better context of the aspects a people manager should consider for developing useful strategies for the company, but thinking about the people too.
Excellent course. This course has totally changed my perception towards HR managers. I am now able to understand their importance in organisation.
Good to learn!
The module of legal was very focus on US which does no apply to international students.
Absolutely great and outstanding course. It has been a real pleasure for me to be a part of it. Thank you John Budd for providing this amazing experince and invaluable knowlegde.
A very enjoyable course: not as easy as the subject would let you think. It is a real preparation in the sense that you get an intensive crash course on basics of HR philosophy/history/trends and what's to be expected from a manager.The instructor really made an effort to render the course into a MOOC format. Each course is well documented, his speeches are clear and each sentence has been carefully selected. He summarizes a lot and makes an extra effort to make us understand how each subject is connected to the other. I found him a great pedagog.As for quizzes, you need to understand the subject and not just memorize.Very entertaining. I sure will watch it again!
Very Interesting course
Very helpful curse for people who want to discover HR World and for people who want to learn more about HR.
I totally recommend this course for an introduction to HR. The professor makes each session very interesting.
A very solid intro to how to think about HR, managing, and strategy - very broad, but well-explained and manageable!
Very good overview on HR.Only one comment - would it be possible to add to the law part another perspective than the US perspective? For participants from other countries it would be great to have some general insights to i.e. European regulations.
The proper course for me! My instructor knows to teach and he helps me to understand what is Human Resources. Thank you!
Useful preparation for HR especially for the United States.
Very informative and easy to follow
Thank you Professor for this course. It is really interesting and helpful lessons.
Really helpful and well-structured. The Professor was very communicative!
Great Course!
Awesome course. Must do for any HR aspirant
The best so far with a lot of lessons to put into practical experiences
Great course to preparing to HR Career.. Enjoying and strongly recommending.
Great course, well crafted and full of some wonderful information. I have recommended it for my co-workers.
Simply a wonderful course, you should take this course
Thank you prof. Budd, I am looking forward to see you againg for Capstone Project.My best regards,Massimo Zilio
I appreciate the way course is designed to handle the HR challenges an gives a broader picture on
Gained valuable insight that can be aplied to many industries. The concepts given were comprehensive and easy to follow.
This course was not only enriching, it was to me an INSPIRATION BOOTCAMP. What I studied has raised my confidence a lot and I am already applying my new techniques and seeing results.
Overall good course. I would appreciate if the slides could've been provided. Also some external resources to further study of the topics covered would add value.
great information
professor is very didactic.the main ideas were well explained, and the assignment was important to understand how to apply them. Also, by doing peer assessment my ability to think about the six steps in a more natural way has become apparent.
Very good basic management course and good explanation of the different roles of managers
The Thought Model learned will accompany me forever in a professional and personal life, as I consider that this tool can be applied with my family and friends, whom I will see with other eyes and ears when problems arise with them. Thank You!!!
Great teacher!
Useful and handy introduction to the art of managing as a coach. Recommended for beginners.
Very good course leading to insightful consideration for new managers. Quickly applicable with the Thought Model exercise. Would highly recommend. I give it 4 starts out of 5 because some improvement needed around expected deadlines on week 3, and for a few technical bugs: one must be logged into a browser to participate in the discussion forum - I couldn't make it work from my iPad or iPhone apps.
Great in-depth lecture.
loves the class and the online lectures!
This is my first ever online course experience. I was worried i'd lose interest and not pull thru, but the professor made it enticing and easy to engage. Won't be my last class i take!
The course was overwrought in general - seemed like it could have been accomplished in four weeks instead of five. The instructor was clear most of the time, but there were places were the concepts were unclear, probably 80 percent was on target. This might explain the inconsistent grading of written assignments. Needs some fine tuning, but worth the time.
I really liked this course because I believe that managing / coaching is a personal matter, and this course allows us to reflect on internal believes.Very good approach.
Great course - wish I had this info years ago!
While I was only auditing this class, it has easily been the MOST useful Coursera class that I have taken thus far. The examples were realistic and relatable and helped me see where I can improve by increasing my self-awareness and giving me tools to think through current and future situations. This is a great and informative class, particularly if you are a fledgling manager like myself or finding yourself stuck and/or feeling disconnected from your staff!
Very good content. The lessons are clear and relevant, with good examples. The course would be "excellent" if the instructor would be involved with the forums and would answer questions that were posted directly to her. But I still think it is a great deal for managers to take this course!
Great introduction into coaching as a manager. However, it left me wishing the course had more to it and that it lasted longer.
Really good information for people starting companies and figuring out how to lead manage future employees. Some of the videos were cut off at the end and a word misspelled on the quiz. Other than that great job keep up the great work!
Very good audio quality and good pacing and presentation of content.
Very good but slightly basic. Great starting point.
This Course is Excellent, bu all means.Teaches the Nuances of all the Roles: Leader, Manager, Mentor, Trainer and Coach.The Trainer Kris Plachyis awesome. Excellent Delivery Skills.
It opens a wide perspective about managing, being manager only is the traditional managing concept, but after this course i knew about many other rules...it is very helpful course.
Very interesting, I will recomend it
To the point and powerful. I like the assignments and I was surprised with how much we focused on our own thought model and value system rather that external circumstances & people. I expected a course on "how to manipulate (coach) different personality types. It turns out that good coaching starts with me.
Great perspective for new managers.
The concepts were interesting and helpful. It would be professional of the instructor to cite sources and employ classic principles of curriculum design. The construction of quiz items is a particular opportunity for improvement.
I really enjoyed this Module, sometimes we are a Manager or Coach without the idea of the activities and full definition of what we have to do. Understanding and reflecting on the responsibilities and actions of a Coach is very important, this is what I take as a great learning and experience of this Module. Thanks!
Great introduction to the course and the different roles a manager has. Looking forward to the rest of the course.
What a Excelent course. Thank you.
I have already started using some of the tools I learned through this course in my day to day interactions at work. :) I am really enjoying this course and learning platform.
Very good for those who start, inspirational for whoever. Thanks. Blaho
Great course i learned a lot about coaching
This course feels quite weak, especially for the paid course, for these reasons:Models (Leader as Mentor, Coach, etc..., CTFAR model), which are given in this course, are given as is, with no references on how they were developed, authorship, and how good the results of application are.Almost no (just one) external references for reading to better understanding course material.The amount of material (about 3 hours of video, 4 quizzes, 2 discussions and 1 assignment) doesn't feel like it's a month's course, more like a one/one-and-a-half week.No references on topics, described as "hard" during the course (for example, identifying your values), which would make this topics less "hard".No instructor interaction on the course forum (I don't know if this should be like this or not, but it still feels bad).However, the final assignment is good and practice oriented.
i supposed that may be i am not very clever so the content and the question after the class also make me confused. a little bit disapoint with this course. but i saw a lot people below think this a good course so may be i am wrong.
An excellent course for those who want to know with exactitude their role in the company, and also in life itself.
I like this courses.
This is a great course.
Very interesting course, it made me look at some situations from different point of view
For Good Coach
Excellent course, will need a lot of practi
Great Course, i highly encourage everyone who needs to know how coaching is done either in your professional life or even personal life to attend it.
Very useful course.
Great first part of series. Looking forward to more.
Very useful insights, didactically well done and nice instructor of the course.
I've learned a lot from this course, i help me classify 5 roles of a manager, understand the important of Coaching and differntiate beetwen fact and thought and guide me the way to coach my employee. Thank UCD, Coursera Team!
Basic, but good content
This is a course that is so practical and full of examples that you can relate it straight to your workplace. In fact we can start using the tools and concepts everyday in your life as a Leader,Manager and Coach
Great class - learning so much - well done and well thought out. Thank you!!
The course gave a well structured overview on sound synthesis and I found it a good idea to combine it with building a song-project. It is really an overview - and this could be better labeled in the course description (there are a lot of other synthesis types like fm, wavetable etc.) - however looks like trying it out is the best way to get into it. So this is a starting point into the wonderful and complex world of sound synthesis.
OMG I GOT A SYNTH (FOR 3 MONTHS)
great! thank for new experience
Now I totally understand how to use any Synth.
I enjoyed this course and even though I have owned and played synths since the 70s I still learned a lot.Thanks Loudan!
Thanks Professor.
Is incredible. All the info and all the wasted time that I spent on the internet. You got everything in order. LOVE IT
Thanks so Much Berklee for make my knowledge complete.... increase my skills in everything that i get involved in music world.... What can i say: GUYS ... YOU REALLY ROCKS!!! Thanks so much and merry Christmas and a Happy New year 2017.... Love you Guys!!!!
Very interesting and useful course. Very important that this course contains a lot of practical meterials and exercises.
Thank you very Much!! Tears of Joy...God Bless you Bekrlee and Coursera!
Expensive software. I haven't downloaded the demo version yet but would soon download.
Well-balanced approach to basic synthesizer patches, along with a good portion of composition and arrangement. Highly recommended.
I understand that this is a project centered course, however I do not feel like I walked away with a solid foundation of what goes into creating synthesizer sounds. Sure I learned that I can change parameters within a synthesis program and thereby get various sounds, but that's about all. I was expecting to gain fundamental understanding of the various parameters and what they really do and a more solid understanding of the process of creating custom patches rather then following an example and subsequently making minor adjustments so that it fits my style.
A great course which feels way too short.
Very thorough and a valuable enrichment class to follow the Music Production class, which was also very thorough.
Good background course for learning the basics of electronic synthesis using oscillators, filters and envelopes.
Awesome course for begginers like me for create from scratch my sounds in my virtual synthesizers.Thanks so much Coursera and Berklee Online!
the best!
Very informative introduction to sound creation.
Very useful and interesting. Is recommended (but not required) to have some experience and knowledge about synths and this staff...
basic knowledge about synthesis that you get anywhere on the net.
Nice course! The teaching is excellent (5 stars), and I have learned a lot in this course. It is short but intensive.I initially planned to give only 2 or 3 stars because of several reasons, described below. But in the end I like the course a lot so I don't want to go too low.Reasons are:1) Strobe, the software synth required in the course, was hardly usable (crashing always in 64 bit mode, sometimes in 32 bit mode). Several applicants stopped the course because of this. However this was (at least for me) solved during the course (I can use it now without any problems). So that is great (but a bit late).2) The course is (as of March 2016) new and still contains many errors. The videos, as said, are excellent. But the assignments are often wrong and not accurate (actually 4 out of 4 contain errors...). In the first assignment you are asked to list favorites in 14 categories, but there are only 13. So you can never get the full points, or the reviewers should be flexible. In many of the following assignments the naming of the to be uploaded files is unclear or erroneous. It is important to fix that because reviewers are explicitly asked if the names are correct. In the third assignment it is worse, there is no room for an upload of the MP3, the final product of your whole week work which should be judged. One error was fixed during the course but in a hasty way, the most important errors are still there. Anyway, that will hopefully be fixed before the next cycle starts.3) The course is really targetted to House (or at least Dance) music. All assignments should follow a predescribed form, while I (as an amateur classical pianist) would like to create pieces not following that form, but still using synth sounds. But if you do that, you get less points or do not pass the assignments. So that is too strict (in my opinion).4) Strobe2 is central in the course. It is mainly educating for Strobe2. I tried after the course to apply the knowlegde to other synth plugins, which is possible but only in a limited way. You really learn how to do it in Strobe2, and there is no education for other synth plugins. Many concepts cannot easily be transferred. That is different from Loudon's excellent course Music Production, which was designed to be software independent.So I have several objections to the course. But some of them can be fixed, and it was still a great course, I learned a lot and I enjoyed it, and I give it 4 stars.
Great course for understanding sound design in a project. I did the course on multiple DAWs so I would get the most out of it. The teacher is fantastic and makes the course easy for beginners or advanced future designers. I like that it was in an environment that most people would not already have as a plugin.
Wonderful course giving really nice ideas about synthesis
A great course...
amazing course
I love this course!!
The right Step towards building basics after introduction to Synths. Some very good inputs like Manual control of the Filter cutoff etc.... Overall Extremely informative.
Outstanding introduction to innovation management, with relevant content ranging from the basic concepts of innovation and creativity to teams and network dynamics.
Excellent course and very well structured. Great for the beginers. But also great for someone who are involved in innovation management to reaffirm and strengthen their knowledge too.
The videos are very static, the content good but the course progresses in a rather slow way.The thick Dutch accent and the lack of diversity in the speakers profile is rather paramounting (but I have followed only the first three chapters).
Very good. Thank you.
Very useful and awesome course, I have learned lots of new things.
Very useful
Lots of great, useful and directly applicable information.
interesting topics well presented and the assignments helped to apply the content to real life
Well organized, with good examples. Could be further enhanced with more
A very insightful course. Will recommend to people who want basic knowledge in innovation
I general a good course, but some of the instructors were better than other
The course was very interesting, with real and good examples focused on the real world, not only in theories.
Clear and interesting course! Theoretical and practical approach to topics, explained by experts. I would definitely recommend participation.
Course is good and very interesting, but extremely little interaction takes place in forums, especially not at all from the moderators.
Very helpful course, The course opened my eyes in some topics. Very explanatory!!!
Totally enjoyed the course and learnt a lot.
A very professional, content-rich, well-structured, all in all simply excellent course. Good speakers who absolutely know what they are talking about. All material provided as downloadable files - this is best practice. I profited very much from this course. Highly recommended.
Very interesting and useful course
Great course, though one thing that is missing is recommended reading material.
Great course on how to manage Innovation programs and management expectations. You also learn the different stages of managing an Innovation program in any organization.It has really benefited me to learn about Innovation Management. Thank you Coursera & Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
A great introduction to many important concepts in the field.Not going deep enough into the assumptions of these concepts, why they are the dominant concepts, and what other alternative frameworks/perspectives there are. Too business-school like.
It's been a wonderful journey. Brief and to-the-point.
Great content and clear explanations for a better understanding of the topic. I found very useful all the assignments to deepen my learning.
I have learned a lot and appreciate all classe I had. Thanks to the team!
excelent information by excelent teachers
Great course to understand the basics and the concepts for innovation management.
Great course! I learned a lot about innovation, creativity, idea management, portfolio management and how to execute innovation projects.
I may not be able to compare as this has been my very first MOOC experience, however, I found topic, material and interaction presented of professional quality that made following truly a
I can highly recommend this course to anyone! Really enjoyed participating.
I wish Turkish professor could have better pronunciation, or there could be a speaker to let students better understand the course. Despite this the course is great, thank you all for what you are doing.Best regardsAlex TikhanovMinsk, Belarus
It does not fully utilize the power and possibilities of a MOOC (students cannot study at their own pace, there is no live interaction, standard quizes and assignments), which is a bit ironic.Peer-reviewing really brings down the quality of the feedback. Not everyone is capable of testing, evaluating and giving constructive feedback.
The course that changes way of thinking. Thank you a lot for this.
Interesting!
This was very help of everything i need to know about managing and dealing with different kinds of real world problems.
Great course!
good course
Excellent course. Examples given are very well explained, the professor is pretty clear and has a nice approach when talking. An excelent course for people interested in Microeconomics, although you might need at least an Economics Introductory Course to get the hang of it.
Sometimes I don't understand when the lecture gives some examples of an abstract concept
Great revision for economics supply and demand and consumer behavior.The course is a challenging reinforcement to supply and demand basics.This course offers a lot of practice to revise those basic economic concepts.
Its really Good.
good explanations, easy to understand
Some concepts need more clarification/ elaborations.
I have taken this course to learn this topic in English. I had studied this topic in my language. This topic was a little bit confusing, but I could understand thanks to this .
In general it was an interesting and thought-provoking course. The only minus was that we weren't able to download a pdf version of a book to which the professor kept referring. Recommend for anyone who wants to get to know the basics of economy.
As it is, unfortunetly I can only rate it as a 2/5. The lectures are presented in a reasonable way, but this is a somewhat technical course, for wich additional materials would need to be mandatory. There are no slides for the lectures, the instructor mentions chapters of a book and does not provide the materials to students pursue a more effective way of studying the materials. Also, the quizzes are excessively challeging taking into consideration that the only resource availble to students are the videos. In my opinion, presenting a course that only has videos is not an effective way of learning. To make this course more effective and to allow students to learn more effectivelly and get some learning objectives, more material besides the videos must be made available. As it is, no more than a 2/5 is possible to rate this course.
Very good to start understanding economics from zero
Very good course . Very good real examples. That's all.
best class ever!!!!!
Good Course. Taught well. Should be free certificate. Thank you.
Very informative course. Taught me all the principals. Thank you very much
This was a superb learning experience!!!!!!Would highly recommend for learners across all categories.
Excellent course of microeconomics...
great examples , excellent teaching
This was so far the best free online course I have done. Great videos in which Dr. Vázquez-Cognet well explained the Microeconomics Principles, in a lively interactive way while using good examples from a daily life. The weekly multiple choice quiz which could be repeated (varying the questions) until the subject is fully undertood and minimum score met also contributed to a good understanding of the subject. Unfortunately I got too little time left to participate in the discussion forums. This course motivated me to study further Economics related courses and I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in the subject and who is new to Microeconomics like me.
This is one of finest course to know the basics and to enhance the microeconomics principles. Professor explained all concepts with simple examples that we will never forget.
very good! thank you so much
wonderful lesson~
Great.
very clear and easy to follow
the courses helps me a lot
I expected more math from an economics course. The professor is very good at explaining and demonstrating different topics, but it would be very interesting if we see the actual math, even in details, behind all of these concepts. I think most people who take this course have passed calculus 1 and 2, so a little bit of math would make it way more interesting and useful.
Brilliant!!!
Very solid and useful lessions.I'll highly recommend it.Many Thanks
Very helpful！Clear and have a lot of interesting examples for us to understand
Good lectures
Pretty Excellent! The concepts and principles given here describe and give us a true cosmovision of life.
This course really helped me to take a first approach to the fundamental concepts of Economics. I feel that I have learned so much in such a short time. I found this course very valuable, dynamic and comprehensive. The lessons are very well organized and the instructor does an outstanding job in explaining the concepts in a simple way, with clear real-life examples and interesting topics in the discussion forums. Highly recommendable.
The lecturer is amazing! The way he describes things is quite wonderful. He definitely got me more interested in economics in general. I would definitely recommend this course to any beginner in economics. Also, I am seriously considering U Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne for an exchange now, given that it happens.
Basics but very effective. Prof. is one of the best.
Thanks for coursera to give me a changce to study with Jose Vazquez.
Great
really amazing, insightful and excellent
Awesome Course. I can safely say that you can do this course without any prior knowledge!
very enjoyable course. helps to see things from a new perspective.
its very good. Basic concepts explained very well.
Clear, accessible, rich and necessary
I will be brief: EXCELLENT!!!Dr. Jose Vasquez is an awesome teacher!!!
Informative and engaging
Good Course
This course is very useful and teaches me a lot.
Great course! The material is presented in a detailed way that makes it easy to understand even if you're new to economics, using a local sandwich business as a real life case study was really cool, plenty of practice questions to test your knowledge. An all around winner
I like the course of microecomics is my favority
Great course!. Thanks to the people who developed and worked on it
I find this course very interesting and clear to understand. Using examples and showing different tasks with student is very entertaining and helps to understand the subject. Thanks a lot!
Just completed week 1 of this course. Really good revision for my high school economics!Courses like this on Coursera help me to revise my knowledge continuously and improve my grasp of micro-economic concepts.
Really involved and detailed. Actual strategies discussed and not just theories. Quite a few videos and external resources. I learned so much from this course.
Truly great course.
Great. Helped me a lot
Not really good translation in the subtitles
Good presentation and performance,,,Thanks
The lecturers have poor vocabulary and pronunciation and the videos are very repetitive. They r repeating the same thing in all the videos.
Amazing course..simple,lucid language for our understanding. It helped me a lot. Thank you so much for introducing this entire marketing strategy series of courses.
Very useful for a novice! Well explained music principles.
I had some knowledge of basic music theory, but it really helps me to understand it deeper from different aspect. T
Great Course, Already Told My Friend About It, I Learned So Much In So Little Time.
Love the approach of comprehensive tests.
A great course
Fascinating course about the systems of the body. Albeit it was somewhat difficult.
The contents is really good and easy to learn
more challenging than expected, issues with the Meteor hosting/community caused some issues, but good learning experience
thank you
At first I wasn't sure if the teacher was explaining properly or if projects were just to complex but when I started building my last project, code was just pouring out of my head and I built it in no time. Only then I realized how much I had learned and that I actually understood the subject perfectly. Great course to learn the base of building collaborative and interactive web applications. I would however, strongly recommend starting with the first course in this specialization program for a better foundation into full scale web design & development.
Not very great examples provided but you certainly can still learn a lot. Also I disagree with using Vis.JS, it's a lousy library!
Not really a fan of Mick's way of teaching, he seems to have spent most of his time playing with the music or drawing app rather than explaining the features. I also think it would have been helpful to explain more about the purpose of Session.get for retrieving the features and plotting them into data. I think one of the issues with this is there aren't really many active folks on the discussion, so it is difficult to try to find a solution to problems you are having.
Amazing showcase of usecases. So much creative freedom throughout.
Just showing examples of some good projects and their code at most part of the course .Also comparing Meteor with Wordpress is wrong and I don't think Meteor will reach Wordpress.After all they are different tools for different jobs.
A tough course to get through but rewarding. The lecturer is inspired and inspiring, the example code to be used in the projects must be carefully tamed, and it is amazing what students can produce in the end.
There's no support from the staff. The staff is completely absent in the recent discussion forums, it seems they have abandoned the course few months ago.You have your assignments evaluated by only one peer, and that doesn't protect your final grade from wrong evaluations.
It would have better if the talking and coding was at the same time so that we can see its relative changes, which we can see in previous course.
Good explanaiton of how things work together
The course is a little chaotic and did not meet the standards of the previous 4 courses. Still useful for learning some techniques, but mainly when writing the projects.
Nothing new to learn here, this is very dull in contrast to other courses of this spec. I gave up watching the videos after a while and try to pass anyway. Too bad this is part of this spec, I wish Marco or Matthew taught this course too. This course is very hard to follow and not interactive at all. It should take the students through examples, live examples the student can do too, and things the student builds from scratch. This does nothing like that.DON'T take this course if you aren't after the specialisation certificate. It's not worth the time and effort.Too bad this spec includes this course, it shouldn't be here.
Exellent. It opens a new door in the Web programing world
Great course! It shows a lot of capacities of Meteor
I love the course format
Tutorials ans Examples, great Idea!. Way to follow.
Not the best of the courses in this specialisation, but as all the rest had set the bar very high!! Still learnt a lot about Meteor and how to use database in different ways! Thank You.
Very interesting and useful examples. Thanks a lot to Coursera and the instructors --Dr Matthew Yee-KingandDr Mick Grierson,and Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London,for their excellent work.
Great course, give me the challenge to test me with different scenarios out my comfort zone. Now I am really comfortable to plan my Capstone.Thanks a lot guys !!!
Excellent coursera and nice instructor, keep it up good work.....
Very excited to wrap up this specialization and go on a high note. Hoping to do an awesome capstone project at the end :)
Outstanding class! This one is different from the other classes, as breath of material is larger, but depth is less. A perfect follow-up to the very depthful classes that precede it in the specialization.
Awesome collaborative apps that you can see and learn about it, reactive apps done with Meteor.js.
I want more))
was not as good as previous courses in this specialisation
This module is a very good addition to the specialisation.In terms of sophistication of the meteor app it might be a step back, but it brings all the acquired knowledge and show how it can be put into a good use.The examples of the sound and drawing app are great to demonstrated blending responsive app with media management, while blogging and data-driven web apps are pretty much, what the modern web is all about.I did like the data driven app in particular, because it was just that cherry on a pie, that let me start the project that was from the beginning the very reason I did this specialisation.Too bad the capstone project can only be joined with official admission to the specialisations, I would definitely enjoy to develop my "startup" up idea as a part of the guided education process.And for now - compliments to the organisers of the course, it really can bring one from zero to ready-to-became-a-hero of the web-apps developments and myself - I'm off to learn more about d3.js and react.js ;)
its not bad, but its not great either..the teacher's passion for music may overcloud his jugment..
Could have used a few more details on how to change to various other brushes (squares, circles, etc).
This is a complete waste of time. The other courses were really good but with this course I:Learned nothing newUnlearned best practises from the previous coursesMick doesn't seem to understand what he is presenting himself at times, the supplied code does not match the video's, the assignments change when I already submitted it (from upload a zip to deploy) and the assignments are copy pasted. I think it would help to take this part out of the specialisation.
i thought the course is about showing us some examples of responsive web designs and how to make creative responsive websites as the title suggestbut the course is about 4 basic websites and how they are developed using meteorit goes on describing how to code this stuff and how the code logic is written and add a little to the meteor learning experiencei suggest you change the title of the course to be what the course is really about
Very interesting issue, the professor knows his stuff and communicates his knowledge intelligibly and attractively.
Perfect
It's great!
very good course
Graphics in the videos are shown a little bit to fast. But the course in general is really good.
Subtitles of some videos are not well done. I think we need more documentation in pdf
Grate course with good basic concepts !
Very useful course to learn about viral marketing and how to craft message that sells on social media.
Cool
This course was largely a refresher for me on marketing and statistical terminology and concepts. To that end, it served its purpose well. Professor Sinha did a good job giving relevance to the content and adding real world examples.
This was a great course - a fantastic introduction to Marketing Research and Consumer Behaviour - packed with good info delivered in an easy to follow way.
The professor does not pronounce the words correctly. His English grammar is bad. The terms used are too difficult to understand and way of teaching is too complicated. The PPTs are full of errors and too direct, there is no continuity. I hardly learnt anything from this video.
Good course, simple and easy to comprehend
The course content is really poor, I do not recommend this course if you are actually interested in learning anything.
Fairly poor level of detail - you feel like you end up just learning terms without really getting a proper test on the understanding behind it.
The material is extremely fragmented and it seems like that the instructor is just throwing information at you without caring if you are absorbing any of it at all. I got a headache and lost my motivation to learn the subject!
Resourceful content and very easy to understand. I am really grateful to coursera for this this lovely arrangement.
it is very good lots of thing we can learn it its benefit for me future
I really liked the 2 first weeks, but when it came to the week 3 and 4 I started struguling more understanding the meaning of the multiple equation that where explained because of a lack of real life context use.
Good basic tool overview for entry level learner.
On a whole I am satisfied with he expanse of the course curriculum. However, I wished it covered certain in greater depth such as the Quantitative methods of Marketing Research. Also certain parts of the Consumer Behaviour section were quite repetitive.
Very useful and clear. I like the teacher way of explaining. I learned alot in very short time. I highly recommend it
I'm so great i take this so interesting. Thank you very much.
VEry informative. Thank you very much.
Good course...very good basic exposure
concepts on prospect theory is not explained correctly
Amazing But we really want some explanations in 3rd chapter
sir,I am chirag from India. I liked all the videos that you thought me during the course.
I enjoyed some of this course content, but mostly did not enjoy the course delivery. The instructor is very warm and friendly, but not well articulate. Also, the way the course content is extremely segmented into short videos, with 20 sec intros to each video, is extremely distracting and interrupted my concentration. I I felt the videos with Tiffany were unnecessary and a waste of time. Also, I felt there were not enough examples or really life examples, especially later in the course when describing different types of date and analysis.
Excellent Course. Gives an In depth understanding of Market Research and Consumer Behavior
Quite interesting course, I would prefer more practical examples. Week 4 could have been split in more sections. Was difficult to follow.
Not up-to the expectation. Course content was not of that much strength. Other parameter were pretty well and test question of week 3 were good.
Very theoretical, lack of clear structure and arguments, sadly, one of the weakest courses I've seen on Coursera.
This course was a great informational course on the basics of market research and the market research model. I highly recommend this course for anyone who needs a refresher on the the research methods involved in data collection and analysis methods used in the industry.
Professor is really bad. Had to google most of the topics to understand them better. Not at all up to the usual Coursera standards. My sympathies to the people who have paid for this course.
Lack of examples, sometimes it is not easy to understand what lesson is about
This course needs alot more examples, especially where the statistical tools come into play. It would better to separate consumer behaviour and market research, as different courses. Basically, too much theory and too little practice.
We are getting basic ideas, but going through all the information structuring the ideas too quickly, with NO examples / limited examples, which is what will teach us the most. Then, we get to the quiz with questions where we have to apply real life examples to the structured learning and it's very difficult. Instead, too much time spent on videos of "role playing" - just spend time giving proper examples we can learn from instead of blasting through them. Furthermore, the professor is difficult to understand a lot of the time.The visuals are the best part of the course.
It was a very theoretic course.I would have enjoyed it more if more real life examples were compared with all the theory.At some points I found it too tedious, even though I found marketing an interesting subject, I have to say that the last 2 weeks I found it really hard to pay attention and follow the class.Ways to improve it: More real life examples and more visual explanations.
I've taken 4-5 courses on Coursera before and always found the quality top notch. Sorry to say but this particular course doesn't even begin to compare. I'm struggling to even get through the first week of videos. I find it unstructured and rather poorly presented. The important concepts that should be explained are being skimmed over but binary terms and concepts are delved into detail. The first two or three videos have an immense amount of repetition: same sentence/content repeated 2-3 times in a different manner. Coursera and the University should seriously consider re-doing this particular course. If I had paid for this, I would've been very unhappy.
i do really disappointed because when professor starts the third & 4th week he was only throwing the information without enough explanation so i had to read more about the topics to pass the quiz .
In my opinion, the professor's accent and speaking style makes the content difficult to understand. In addition, the course does not seem to have been properly designed
There isn't any test and the lectures are very boring.
This "Mindshift" course should be on the top of your todo list if you want to broaden your passion and enhance your career, personal life, and learning experience.
Great Course!
Barbara has given a great gift to students. I hope that courses like Mindshift and Learning How to Learn will be made available to urban and rural students in a manner that is just as appealing as the originals!!!!
Great addition to "Learning how to learn"!
This is more easy course than previous one from Barbara. I think it is better to take this course before the "Learning How To Learn" course. Five stars! Barbara and Terrence thank you very much!
Thank you Barbara, Terrence and their team for this excellent course! Wonderful mooc experience!
Very encouraging course!Really helps to find internal motivation.
Informative and practical course!
Larger perspective gained for my life and career from this course. Highly recommended.
Great Course!
Perfect MOOC - along with Learning How To Learn this MOOC: Mindshift must be part of the "starting kit" for MOOC learners.
It was pleasure after Learning How to Learn Mooc... This is the second MOOC I completed...
It is an amazing science based course (explained in a way that anyone can get it) about your mind and how you can make changes in your life through learning. It has very practical advice about many aspects that help you understand how your mind works and how to use it to better your life, no matter what you have experienced before. Thank you very much, again (for this course and for ‘Learning How to Learn’).
You are seriously going to be a different person after you complete the course. Do this with a commitment to complete the material and also being open to a positive change in life.
Best MOOC of self development. Often we never discussed topics like how to change field specially when we grow older, reason is, proof less myth spreaded in the society about learning new things at old age. This MOOC debunked such myth and also give insightful coverage of different aspect of mindshift. If you are reading this review I would personally recommend to take this MOOC if you want mindshift.
Excellent course, as those that Barbara Oakley has us accustomed to.
Fun and positive way to learn about learning. Provides an optimistic view on creating the change you desire no matter what age.
5-star course with pragmatic material to help us continue to be lifelong learners
Very nice ideas and suggestions to think about and work upon.
Barbara and her team are amazing. I can relate so much to many examples given in this course from how we can feel when learning something new to how we can refrain a stressful feeling to keep going with a positive learning experience. I highly recommend this course to gain confidence in our abilities and keep our brains fresh to learn how to learn new skills.
Lifelong Learning is the main idea I got from the course, but more than the concept, the course gave me how to set my mind properly and skills towards the goal of lifelong learning
A very informative course, clears a lot of sides I only thought were nothing but weaknesses, also provides great tips in learning and developing yourself.
I'd like to say thanks to all that helped make this MOOC - it feels good to hear change is possible for anyone at any time.
This course has been a good refresher of Learning How to Learn and has helped me clear my mind about how I can inculcate those habits and take the momentum forward. I recommend it to anyone who is looking to be a lifetime learner
Mindshift as a course was "easy", and "helpful". What i have learnt from the course can be applied to my life to make it slightly better. There is a wealth of exercises in self-help today on the internet and from books. It doesn't hurt to do this course, its well put, and you learn new things(sometimes). What you gain from this course is ultimately dependent on how much you are able to exercise the points of this course. Given the small amount of time you are investing in completing the course (it is a very low requirement course and you can finish it in 2 days if you want to, although that is not recommended), i would suggest you take it, since the investment pays off depending on how new you are to the material and how much you are able to put it to use.
Very Good Course for start-up College students.
I really enjoyed this course! I have learned new skills and important new mindsets to take into future MOOCs. Thank you!
Loved the way the material was presented.
Fun and engaing, with science thrown in!
it was a great
Thank you, Dr. Barbara Oakley, for the great course. The content is presented in an efficient and concise way, but also very pleasant and funny. Through different learning techniques (movement, association, jokes) my attention was always engaged and the content persisted.
This is an important course for your own personal development. Personal and professional challenges have to be dealt with effectively and rationally . Take this course and enjoy new ideas and techniques for developing yourself.
Great course!! Thank you Barbara!
Amazing course, very helpful and clarifying about productivity, changing and learning
Course with excellent insights.
Insights into the process of learning is invaluable
A nice review of Learning How to Learn. This is called mastery learning.
Great content on certain important aspects of learning, especially after one is into career. In the information era, learning new stuff and keeping up with the trend is one of the most essential trait expected of a knowledge worker, and this course equips one with the right mindset for a lifetime of learning. I recommend this course for everyone who has a yearning for learning.
Good course.
Excellent material beautifully structured and delivered. 5 min videos easy to grasp.
very important and good course for life
Interesting course with a lot of useful information! The team that created this course did a great work!
The course gives deeper understanding of how to overcome obstacles we might set for ourselves by limiting our capabilities
Pretty good course where you learn how to analyse performance via various statistical analysis techniques. You also learn quite a bit in MS Excel.
Great course! I suggest to everyone interested in sports analytics to do this course. It is difficult to find courses like this focused on sports analytics.
Useful, broad, and practical.
I think it was best Course I ever took in online platforms.
I found the course very informative and interesting. The variety and concentration of detail was impressive and the lecturer always engaging and clearly strongly invested in the material. He was also very sensitive to his audience. I would certainly recommend the course and hope to find other courses run by the same lecturer. Thankyou.
My grand gran father was from palestine .I am from Mexico ,I love the course I learnt a lot and gave me a lot of information about my grandfather background and the place where he was from.Also I could learn more about other issues that I dont even knew they existed and clarify other topics.I am really thankful of this type of course that show us a lot of history and other aspects of other parts of the world and make us understand why ? thank you very much
Extraordinary course! Excellent analysis, clear and understandable exposition of a complex subject. Academic depth, cross-disciplinary approach. Congratulations to Prof. Afsah and his team! I am profoundly grateful for the thrilling and enriching hours of study and will miss the course!
Amazing job and "Hut ab" for the teacher
This is an excellent course that provided an overview of the broad scope of history of the Middle East, with an emphasis on insights into the Islamic faith over time and among Middle East cultures. This is must-have information for those who live in the Western Judeo-Christian culture.
This is a great course, congratulations.
Excellent, holistic and engaging course! Loved every part of it!
Truly excellent course content that really serves as an excellent entry for people new to this field.My one crib is with the testing methods employed in the course. The quizzes were far too easy and the peer review system does not really give comprehensive feedback. I understand that grading is a huge problem for online education, and I wont claim to have the answers to this, but this really needs to be fixed to help the students learn more.
Long, especially the week on Iran. Really proud of myself for getting through it.
This course is very comprehensive and eye opening. Concrete historical information but also very theoretical.
very good course reach with information !
This is an outstanding piece of intellectual works that has opened my mind to understand Muslim's world systematically, removed my misconception and enabled me to connect with Muslim in greater openness and love. This is enlightening not only to Muslim worldview, but is relevant to every worldview that in process to harmonize the rationality and reality for better living.
Very smart and informative Comprehensive course
Wonderful! Interesting tasks, useful and new materials ^_^
Great overview on Muslim countries, between law, society and political change.
This course is fantastic. The content is so comprehensive, well-structured and clear, and Dr. Asaf is such a great professor. Even if the content is sometimes a bit complex, this course is incredibly enjoyable and interesting. Totally recommend it!
Thank you for a very in
generally good but kind of not clearly formulated
Never have I taken such a better course.
Lectures are long but provide very useful information for all that want to know more about the Muslim world.
this course allows you learn knowledge about a beautiful world sometimes forgotten. The course make you have a critical view on the reasons and problem of the muslin world.
One of the best MOOCs I have done. I learned a huge amount about how the Muslim countries became what they are now. I recommend this course to anyone interested in understanding international politics. Dr Afsah is a very good lecturer, and the course is well-paced and easy to follow.
A very good instructor with a balanced approach in an overview in most aspects of Muslim countries.
I felt this course was fantastic - and it is my opinion that the course should be a requirement for all members of the US Senate and House of Representatives - as they might make less dumb decisions when pedalling democracy in Muslim countries. And I took the course because I felt I could learn a lot. And I did. Thanks to the University, Dr Afsah and Dr Afsah's team for a very pertinent and well done course.
Great!
One of the best courses I have taken recently. The professor provided informative and thought-provoking information and opened my mind to better understand how the history of the MENA helped to shape current struggles. I will take many more courses from this professor.
The course is absolutely fantastic. The instructor and the team are well read, approaching topics from a variety of perspectives. The course uses all kinds of texts and materials. If you are into public law, history and social science, this will be great for you. Even if you are a reasonably advanced student, you will learn a lot, and if you are not - it's easy enough for a beginner to understand. Well done.
Amazing course with comprehensive lectures and balanced approach on historical and contemporary aspects that define the socio-political developments taking place in the Muslim world.
excellent introduction to the political and social issues that the Muslim and indeed the world at large is still resolving
Excelente, el mejor de los seis que he hecho en courseraExcellent, the best of the six that I have done in Coursera
Excellent Course. It can help you to better understand a region with a complicated past and a troubled presence.
It's a great chance so we get to know important topics that we know very little about! Proffesor Ebrahim is a professional at the topic. Thanks a lot!
Extremely useful and rewarding. The content is really worth the effort to listen and understand.
The course is exceptionally informative, objective, but most of all, educational. It includes social, cultural, political and historial explanations of the Muslim World and above it all, it is very clear and straightforward.
Really good course!
This is great. I lament can not take advantage completely of the course
Very interesting and thought-provoking course! I would like to do it again (took the course a couple years ago) and wonder whether it has been updated to include events in the last couple years? So much happens! I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to get an overview and some understanding of the Muslim world as it is today.
I loved this course. Informative but the only complain i have is the duration of lectures which can get long-winded.
It has been, by far, the best Coursera course that I have taken (I'm in the middle currently). I'm learning a lot more than I expected. Thanks!
Outstanding course and unique way of teaching such a complex subject!
Excellent professor and very interesting topic for whoever is curious to learn about these Muslim Countries! I warmly recommend it and the only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is that it is too long! There are many sections that can be cut out and some lectures repeat themselves but over all it is intriguing and fulfilling and I think its also very important to understand the background of these states and why they are how they are today.
One of the best courses I've taken on Coursera. The professor is extremely knowledgable, and I learned many useful things for understanding the behavior of the government of Muslim countries, and on the origins of why their law is different from Western law.
I am really enjoying this course. It has a different approach with deep analysis and a very interesting bibliography. It focuses on what really matters and not only trying to understand the Muslim World only through religion or international relations.
For a survey course, this module does a fantastic job of presenting the various struggles and discourses in the Muslim world, as well as contextualizing its inherent problems both historically and within present-day. It does so objectively, without sacrificing important reflection in the name of political correctness. I recommend this course as a jump-off point for anyone who wants to better understand this topic on an introductory level, or would like to later pursue independent study into more complex or narrow topics. Thank you Professor Afsah!
Understand the muslims could be the key to a better relationships in the future, every country will chance it´s identity and muslims will fulfill that spaces in society
An excellent course. I found it very interesting and inspite of the lectures being quite long in some cases, my interest didn't wander. It not only gives a lot of information but plenty of food for thought.
A fantastic course: immensely interesting, well-presented, relevant to the modern world, and very thought-provoking.
Very well designed and presented, useful, interesting and informative
This is one of, if not the most in depth constitutional law class I've seen on Coursera. Dr. Afsah's treatment of the complex and vastly different types of challenges faced by the Muslim world in the face of modernisation is beyond reproach.
Dr. Ebrahim Afsah is a extraordinary Jurist and well informed about the middle east and the muslim world! I learned a lot it is so worthy! :)
The course has a very high quality and helps really to understand the relation between all the historical incidences . A very well structured course, presented in a very professional manner.Thank you very much for your awesome work.Glückwunsch nach Kopenhagen!!
As a Muslim Woman, It's really interesting to study Islam in details and with all different nationalities and religions. It really opens your mind to understand how to deal with Muslim countries and to know why these Muslims are behaving in this certain way.
Really good course, I recommend it to anyone working in the MENA region as a journalist, or business person.Great presentation of the subject. Professor Afsah's teaching style, insights and critical theory approach combined with pragmatic reflections is very enlightening and useful for me as a journalist working in Islamic nations.I like the recap checks mid lesson, that's useful, as I'm working and get tired, so it's a good check on my own concentration levels.
Dedicated resource person. Good reading materials. Challenging quizzes and assignments.
Excellent comprehensive course, whether one happens to be a Muslim or otherwise, or living in a Muslim majority country or otherwise. Admittedly, every intricacy of the vastness of the subject cannot be covered, yet all aspects regionally have been covered by the Professor.
It has been an enlightening course that gives us a much more deeper insight into the Muslim World issues.
Understandibly a controversial course, but one that shows some much needed insight in the situations of many different countries with the common denominator of the muslim faith. I respect professor Ebrahim Afsah very much for his great intellect and also bravery, for this must not be easy. I am still enjoying the course very much.
Brilliant professor, with an intellectually rigorous, subtle, in-depth and wide ranging approach to unfolding a complex and at times controversial subject. I appreciate the numerous references to history, philosophy and economics, which balance the discussions of the place of religion in state institutions and policy. The legal framework was a treasure trove. Many thanks to Professor Afsah. I look forward to future courses you offer.
Excellent course. Highly recommend it.
The course is very interesting, but videos are too long to be honest.
Illuminating and broad. this course was much more than the titles suggest, or its provenance from a law lecturer would hint at. Spanning history, culture, sociology and politics this is a wide ranging tour of the modern world muslims live in. Utterly fascinating.
The professor has a very biased view of the Islamic world, which is heavily based on his opinion and approach not on the real facts and dominant his
Well organized and invested course.The course includes many knowledges, theories, ideologies and references to help the learners exploring and forming their own point of views.Highly recommend.
One of the best self-paced courses I've taken in a while. I would highly recommend to everyone interested in the history of Muslim countries. The course looks not only at the constitutional aspects of development of the Muslim countries, but to their development on the whole! Sign up and prepare yourself for a long, but a very interesting journey!!!
An excellent introduction to the social realities and politics of the Muslim World for inquisitive learners, not only for law students.
Excellent course.Just a shame, trying to figure out to get always the video notes only in english language and not in my natural language (currently french, detected by Coursera), which is better to understand questions & insure to get the answer. For some videos, only the notes in my natural language are available, which constraint me to translate and probably leads to misunderstandings.
This is an amazing course. I learnt so much. Professor Afsah was very engaging and professional. It was a great learning experience to get a better understanding of this complex topic, to help understand the news better.
this course helps a lot to understand the dynamic of constitutional struggle in the Islamic world
Really Informative . Thanks for the knowledge :)
I would give this course 5 stars: it was excellent, both in content and in delivery. A true learning ex
Exceptionally informative as an introduction to Islamic studies. Could do with tightening up its question and answer format.
It was one of the greatest three months i have eve experienced. Thank you.
A very thought-engaging and enjoyable course. I learned a lot about the history and contexts of various Muslim countries, the challenges faced by them as well as the practical challenges that Islamic-based political thought have not demonstrably addressed so far. The instructor is very knowledgeable and well-meaning. I like the course's approach of not so much attempting to answer the questions as just a 'tour guide' and an entry point to the much more complex discussion about the topic. I might not agree with everything in the course, and some of his statements might have made me a bit uncomfortable, but overall this is an engaging and insightful course.
I once had a boyfriend who said my mind was like an encyclopedia that had come free from its binding. To some extent that's true, and it makes me, I think, fun to drink with. I think the Prof of this course would be super fun to drink with, too. I can only imagine the directions the conversation would careen, how many diversions and reversions and tangents we would go on. In terms of instruction, though, I find it rather exhausting. First we're talking about Ottoman reforms, then a diversion into Goethe (or some other dour Teutonic thinker) then a tangent into- but we'll cover that in another video so in 1924, but if you read L'etranger.... I've taken to listening to the lectures while doing something else, and then parsing the transcripts, trying to tease out some sort of linear narrative for my notes and it's just so effortful and time-consuming.
Nice! Hope to understand international conflicts concerning Muslim
Very analytical approach.General overview of the muslim world.Many great points to reflect upon.Chance to go in depth with the field of international law and religious contemporary studies.
This course is a phenomenal entry point for those who wish to better understand the great variety and complexity of the Muslim world. Dr Ebrahim Asfah makes this difficult task not only understandable but positively enjoyable. I can't recommend this course highly enough!
Brilliant course. Provides an impressively in-depth look at such a complex and diverse set of political, economic and historical matters throughout the Muslim world. A must for anyone with an interest in the region or in the modern expressions of political Islam.
The course was good. But the real situation has been changing drastically. A supplement or extension of course is required to cover the up to date situation about IS activities, syria Iraq etc.
It is a fascinating and interesting course, and it helped me a lot understand different circumstances of various Muslim countries.
Great course
I must say that this is one of the most inspiring, eye-opening and lucid courses I've ever taken at Coursera. While the emphasis is placed on the social and economic factors that shaped the Muslim societies, thus rendering the religious factor secondary, this course provides an alternative lense in understanding the region. I particularly like the way the instructor challenges the well-established narratives about the region and gives us the empirical/historical facts behind the real causes that shaped the Muslim world as we know it! I have already recommended it to all of my politically-minded friends and would do so the same for everyone else interested in the region or who wants to better understand the news at least :D
I recommend this course to anyone interested in the historic background of the current situation in the Middle East. The course gave me an enlightening insight into the origins of many problems in this troubled region. Instead of merely describing historic facts Dr Afsah systematically analyses the historic and political structure of the Middle East.
Simply superb. Excellent instructor and fascinating topic. Many thanks for the professor and his staff for all the time and effort.
The course so far is quite interesting but it can be made more intense with detailed readings and supply of book and journal material. It can also incorporate a series of reform which were took after arab Spring since, it was the phenomenon in Arab and muslim world.
Best course I have ever studied...important information well presented for our world in 2015. It's nice to be able to contribute a balanced opinion to some of the lop-sided dialogues going on around me at the moment. Hopefully enough of us can do this to bring about peaceful change. This is my second attempt at this course.
This is most interesting course where I truly learn a lot and get new insights. Prof. Afsah is a wonderful teacher, I do enjoy every minute of this course!
Great. Too useful. Excellent professor.
well reasoned and thoughtful, and good reading materials handed out for studies. The whole structure and organization is compreshensive
Great course to understand the basics with in depth analysis of the Muslim world.
This course is really interesting and informative. It gave me a much better understanding for the history and politics behind some of the issues we are all facing today, and really broadened my mind.
Impressive analysis. This will truly push the intelligentsia to understand the core problems and ask questions.
I took this course 2 years (?) ago, when it was first online, and learned so much from it. I'm glad that the material is available "on demand" now. It's really one of the very best and demanding online courses I know.
An outstanding course on a challenging subject. Informative and thought provoking series of lectures from Dr Ebrahim Afsah who is both passionate and well-informed about his subject matter. It should be a required course for all politicians and government officials, whatever country they govern.
Excellent mixture of historical, social, law and financial aspects of the areas examined.
Its wonderful course but if financial aid is given for the needy students
So far, an educational and enlightening course about the Muslim world and how it came to be as it is today.
It is an attractive course about middle east. The instructor is born in Iran, he told a little bit story about him and his family in Iran. You will understand more than you read books.
This is a wonderful course.
Very nice course. Thank you Proffesor and Univeristy of Copenhagen!
This was the best course ever in coursera or in any other university I have attended!
Great class with a great teacher, but lack of a forum to discuss ideas and problems severely limits it.
Need a discussion forum.
Great Course!
This course provides a well paced intro for building own IoT solutions with the Arduino
I have learned a lot from this course the way of professor teaching is awesome
enjoyed the last weeks taking this course and assignments, I would recommend any person to take this course.
Gives you a broad knowledge of all the different ways you can interact with the Arduino. Starting withe simplest elements as resistors and LEDs and ending in the most complex and advanced interfaces i.e. ethernet and wireless interfaces. Your knowledge will increase exponentially with every minute you use to study. Personally I consider this course a great and thrilling ride.
Great Course. Easy to learn.
The EEPROM project in week 3 is undoable with the specified simulator, as the simulator is simply not functional. I tested different computers, windows and mac operating systems, different browsers, different security settings, etc. Nothing works. The assignment is also way beyond the level of an introductory course. In addition, the complete lack of discussion forums attached to the course suggests that it is preferable to shut off discussion than to address the problems. Speaking of which, a search of the general forums indicate that this has been an ongoing issue since the latter half of 2015. Seriously, what the hell? Many people don't have a ton of extra money to throw away on garbage, and you are selling a defective product.
The lessons were really interesting. However the projects could be improved I think.
Great course!
It was a great learning experience.Will be coming back for more. Thank You
Excellent lesson, Thanks.
very happy with whatever i have learned
The course was good enough to cover all the basic of interfacing with an arudino and the tutor has done a good job at helping with the basic as well. I would like to thankyou for this good course
An awesome and must take course for the aurduino.
Very good for starting with this beautiful and powerful interface! I really like it!
This one is really a good course. Content is more difficult than the previous courses and learners have to put more effort in order to understand all aspects.
It seemed like the assignments didn't really follow the videos and such. I'm coming from a python background and am totally new to c/c++.. I spent close to 3- 8 hr days trying to figure out how to code a simple read/write to EEPROM . This specialization really needs to spend equal time on the programming aspect.
The weeks 1 and 2 are really good!!!! The weeks 3 and 4 are going to fast and the things that are teached are not connectes with each other well. So its impossible to do the assignment 3 and assignment 4 has nothing to do with what is tought in week 4
It's useful and practical!
Best Course with good assignments and quizzes.
Fairly straightforward course. Could go into more depth for each topic.
IT WAS VERY GOOD ..WITH CLEAR CUT CONCEPTS
First I really appreciate Coursera community because they gave me an opportunity to follow this course module.Now i completed it and i have a valuable certificate .If you didnt give chance for me, i cant get this achievement.I give feedback for Interfacing with ardunio with in few words. "It is GREAT" .It was done rally good by professor Harris .thanks for all
I took this course before when everything was still free... too bad I can only audit the course now. still good course though! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
I learned a lot! thank you
Great
This is great course to understand foundation of IoT and Arduino.
It is a really good course to introduce the Arduino and basic electronic components! :)
Great course!
Great course to learn the different options that you have on the Arduino platform, the structure helps you to learn more than by looking at "videos" or reading online documentation.
great course
Great Course. Learnt Alot
Should have included more relevant content
Nice courses with a so good lecture as usual... it is amazing how Ian Harris can present complicated things in a so simple way ! Very easy to understand even for people whose english is not their native language as myself.Thanks Again !!!Just sad that in the next courses of IOT Raspberry PI devices are not programmed in C++...Bye & Thanks again !
good course, more hands on practice
Course is very useful and easy to understand.
It was really clear for me a person who introduce my self into the IoT
Pretty Good
Exercises should be more challenging.
Great course, really informative
The Good:Very palatable content and provides information at a very slow pace for ease of learning.More reasonable content and far more worthwhile than the first Arduino course of the series.The Bad:Not worth the money when looked at generally. The first and second course could easily have been merged. A lack of introduction to electronic circuits also hinders full use of what is being taught.
Really good for someone who is working with sensor, actuator, bread board for first time.
Follow up to Arduino Platform and the C programming language.
Absolutely loved this course. Despite a very seemingly 'casual' method of instruction, the content surely keeps the student on their toes. There is just oodles of stuff to learn in this Course! You'll leave enlightened in the Arduino Space! Great course, I recommend it to everyone who wants to learn how the shields work, internet connectivity with Arduino and even basics of Arduino.
Very good course! Thank you very much.
Good classes
Very useful course. Yet, as an electronics engineer, i felt it could have been better if it's even more detailed. Nevertheless, i strongly recommend this course to others
Great, Easy & Well-explained
cool , i like it but if it has some thing more like sensor it was be better
Loving this course
cool
Good. I wish it was more extense though. It leaves you hungry.
very nice course...although i believe it should have had more demos and projects
Neatly explained. Easy to learn and must for beginners. Thank you University of California and Coursera. Best IoT course on the Internet
Really bad explanation no code explain they left you on your own i'ts supposed to teach you not to left you undestand nothing they just teach components but the real thing the progaming is undeground no one knows that kinda weird :(
for new people to arduino, its a good introduction but very basic
Very educational. Would highly recommend
A good progression from the previous courses. Lots of hands-on programming.
loved it !!!!!!!!!
So good,but I think the examples should be using the Arduino IDE, writing the code, not just "Open the example Fade..."
Good Course.
Assignment was awesome.
Some more hands-on examples on shields will add more value.
I don't like to tie quiz to the paid course
This is an outstanding course. It really builds confidence fast when using Arduino.
Not in-depth enough. Just barely cover basics of Arduino and a few shields you can use, but fails to go on to build on top of that knowledge.
Amazing course
Nice explaination by the professor.
great course, very useful for me
I highly recommend this course!
Awesome I am a fan of Sir Harris
Quick overview of the Arduino platform. Since I was new to Arduino, it helped me gather key concepts quickly and effectively. The peer-reviewed grading process is something that can be improved.I think the course should have covered some more concepts in detail that are relevant to IoT devices - for example, interrupts and their usage, detailed discussion of the SPI protocol.Also, more elaborate treatment of how to implement security in communication over internet with Arduino would have been great.
Fantastic... Very helpful... Just what I needed!
Not that detailed stuff.
Nice Course but need more topics to be Covered. Thank You.
good and very nice
Easy to follow, great introduction to topics. Very good to have a quick overview of interfacing with Arduino
Great
Very well Explained.Tried to cover basic in very systematic way.
Easy and straightforward.
Great 101 basics in brief. All what you need for quick start.
Very well done course!
Project submission to videos changed compared to other classes
Good hands on elements. A little bit brief on important coding elements.
Great course for newbies and also for professionals from related disciplines. This was the first course i enrolled, and after finishing it, it left me with hunger for more knowledge on Arduino platform and IOT development, so i enrolled for the whole specialization.
Great course from a great University
Really enjoyed learning this course.
As have the first two been, this course is also spectacularly well done. By this time I can almost think things through without going to the books. Almost, but not quite. This series of courses is really amazing. A wonderful entry to the Internet of Things. Thank you.
Could have been much better.good for newbies!
I do like the course, but Coursera has disabled discussion forums for this course, which makes it impossible for the students to interact and find answers to problems or discuss possible errors in the example code. Student interaction is one of the strongest aspect of MOOCs. Without it, this might as well be nothing more than a series of YouTube videos.Had Coursera not discontinued the discussion forums, I'd have given this course four or five stars.
I expected more extensive courseworks. Did not involve me in a lot of courseworks. I learnt a lot but got to implement very few.Week3 assignment was good.
Thanks , professor.Glad to take this course with you.
This is a very basic course in using the arduino and having it communicate with various other devices. It is not a bad thing to have such a basic course exist, it is a good thing, but there are definite flaws in the course, the main ones being the grading system for the assignments and the lack of a place to go for clarification of the assignment / grading questions.Both the penultimate and the final assignments require a certain amount of extra research and learning beyond what was taught in the lectures and yet the grading instructions for the assignments did not allow for taking that into account; the grading criteria was either binary (grade of 100%, or 0) or had the possibility of a partial passing grade but without listing a number of possible criteria that would put a project into the partial passing grade category.
Interesting course, however more examples could be included
The course is good but I'd like a more complicated one. This is too easy.
Great course! You will learn much on Arduino projects and Arduino Shields.This course earns my highest recommendations and is ideal for someone who wants to learn more on IoT.
The course is almost about nothing. It seems to me that the teacher didn't make enough preparations and make a lot of mistakes during the couse. After 8 weeks of Arduino-related courses I've got almost nothing new besides first 2 chapters of Arduino Starter Kit book.
Great course if you want to learn a bit about electronics and how to attach components and sensors to an arduino.
Excellent course, easy to follow and with the appropriate workload!
Very good course with hands-on lectures and an insightful introduction to real-world simple applications.
Good course. Prof. Ian is very good. Only I miss a deeper discussion, more complete examples and assignments. Thanks a lot.
the pace was too fast. it would have been nice if there was any a complete but simple example after teaching each concept. specifically regarding I2C everything was in rush.
Very interesting. Ethernet interface isnnice
great learning, i would say "great start for IOT programming learning.
Easy to follow, it is very helpful to learn basic knowledge to use with an arduino board. I recommend it
really good basics got cleared...thanx to coach
Great class
This was an extremely interesting course.
Very well designed and structured course.
Such a Wonderful Course. I was constantly on the look for a course which will teach me some basics about Arduino, as I had some basic electronics course at college. This course has given me all that I require to further dig in and do the experiments. I right away ordered Arduino and some components from Amazon. Thank you Professor, and thank you Coursera.
The professor was completely inadequate. Many parts were unsuitable for this course. He has eliminated the useful discussions among students without explanation.
Awesome lectures! Awesome explanations! Awesome examples! Awesome assignments!
I did not feel that I learned as much in this course as in the previous courses of the series. The assignments in particular seemed trivial, and were compromised even further due to some technical problems with the simulator recommended for students without access to actual hardware.This course would be a good candidate for revision, with a focus on gradually increasing the depth and complexity from stage to stage, and on commonly-used components such as current amplifiers and shift registers. Problems with the simulator should not be cause for compromising the assignments themselves, there are other ways to address those problems, many of which were employed by students as they competed their assignments.
The teacher is didactic and the material is good. But the course content is too superficial. Because of that, it is really easy to complete it in only one week or in a weekend. The second course: "The Arduino Platform and C Programming" and this one could be merged into one.
One of the best course
these courses are the need of the hour
Course contents are fine.Unfortunately the absence of a course board where students can discuss and eventually receive help from the teacher has an bad influence on the course overall rating
IOT more examples should have been covered and also assignments for IoT would have been better.
Recommended for all novice people that want to learn Arduino.
I liked that this course took the learner through using a couple of Arduino libraries and required video submission to demonstrate circuit operations for the weekly projects. It would have benefited from a few more requirements for the projects, especially the last one.
Highly interesting. Thank you
Quite nice course. Easy going.
Another wonderful course.
Need to update assignments
It was a very enjoyable course up till the end of module three where things went a bit awry; mosty due to the unexplained withdrawal of the discussion forem and the failure of the third party platform to perform correctly at 123D (which left us doing assignments that couldn't be completed with the assigned tools).A big part of the fourth module was about connecting and communicating with the internet via ethernet and wifi. That was a bit lost on me, mainly because i didn't really appreciate why i should want to (I can understand many reasons, but none felt very close at hand). I think it would have been more enjoyable with useful examples and practice.Ok, the course is still worth doing, but i think there is much room for creating a smooth and enjoyable learning process. It felt more like a beta version.
Anyone can learn. very interactive
Great and complete course in getting to know IoT by interfacing with the Arduino!
Excellent and usfull fo a student not familiar with electronics nor programming
great course for interfacin with a wide variety of arduino features
Good course!
Good and well structured course.
Really a simple and great course. Anyone can learn from it.
I feel that the course did successfully help me to get started in this area of computing. My one disappointment was the removal of the traditional forums/discussions from the main body of the course, although it was possible to discuss things in a single discussion area. This made it less easy to discuss specific questions relating to your current assignment. As before I thought the practical demos were very good. I'm pleased I took the course - I wouldn't have made such good progress working on my own.I hope the Raspberry Pi related courses reinstate the internal discussions - they add to the sense of a common goal being achieved and recover some of the things that aren't available in a MOOC where face to face student/professor interaction aren't available.
Awesome course.
Not really in debt treatment of the subject. Lacks realistic applications.
This course provided me a good amount of information to use the Arduino Board.
Great course!
Excelent! Clear, with student Interaction a good course
very excellentadd more tutorials regarding GSM, GPS, Webserver devices
No forum, what are you thinking!
Good overview of the arduino using practical assignments
great course, very usefull.
this course give me wings,to solve my electronics problem,i really happy i can access this course any where in world and can study at my own pace............
I really liked the course, but I would have loved more clases and practices. Anyway, thaks for all!
She is a very interesting instructor and has a special way of keeping her students motivated and engaged with the course!!!
thank you coursera and university of michigan
Coleen is an excellent teacher and has an excellent methodology. This is the third time I take a course taught by her.
It is an excellent opportunity to build up a webpage by my own
As always, Colleen is amazing and explains very well. I liked a lot the interviews she added on the 4th week, mainly the last one where the woman mentions the skills she looks for in a candidate. I know it is demanded from us to search for extra resources and getting our hands dirty to understand how things work out, but I was expecting a bit more about the edition of the Bootstrap's css. It is not really clear for me how to check their css's and overwriting the properties we want.
Its just awesome and have covered all that i need to know to continue designing my ow website.
this a very wonderful course to begin programming
I think this course is missing some key elements for a complete beginner. I would suggest to expand on Bootstrap and how to work with it. For example, what do I do with the bootstarp files I have downloaded, where do they go, how to find their classes etc.
Great course! Learnt a lot
Great Course!
I knew nothing about responsive design but after watching the videos and listening to my lecturer,I am now able kick start my coding with responsive design.
great course
This was an excellent course. The teacher explained the subject material very well and the projects gave excellent hands-on experience. I would recommend this course to anyone interested in web design or development.
It was great. Really well explained
Great course. Really loved the interviews.
Fantastic course! I really learned a lot and I absolutely love bootstrap!
We were introduced to Bootstrap, but not taught much about how to use it and how to structure our html for it.
Nice and easy course for beginners.
The course is quite good and intriguing for it offers challenges which are interesting at the same time. Always good to take up a challenge, oh what an experience
This course is easy to understand, show how is excitanting create responsive pages and the teacher is amazing.
I highly recommend all the courses taught by Colleen van Lent.
It is a great course. I truly appreciate being able to take the quizzes and submit my assignments even if I have not paid for the certificate. This allows me to verify that I in fact understood the material.
Great course, can't wait to finish entire series!
It focuses too much on bootstrap framework instead of in my view focusing on building responsive sites from scratch
Great teacher, and you get out of this course what you put into it. If you feel like a lot of this is review, then you can skip elements of the course without consequence. If you want to dive in head first, there are plenty of optional practice tasks.
This was a great course for those just getting started with Web Design or those who need a refresher course.
Not as good as the former three in the Specialization. The BootStrap part could be better in my opinion.
The best course for starters!! Thank You professor Colleen!!!
A very good course to learn Responsive Design. Colleen is very clear and she knows where we struggle like a magician!
great course, could be better if there more practice .
Very helpful!
It could have been more in depth.
A nice and handy set of skill introduced in a very lucid way.
Thank you!
The teacher is just amazing and the content, methodology and exercises are just perfect to the online course. I would do it again, for sure!
Great course
Thanks for all, thanks for share quality education between the Coursera and University of Michigan, thanks PhD . Collen.
good course
Am done but I still need to repeat this, the content was challenging to me, otherwise great course.
Very interesting course
Great course. It's well structured and very easy to follow. Very grateful to Colleen for making it such a great experience for me (a beginner). Thank you :)
Thanks for providing this wonderful course..
a great course for beginners in responsive design
Great course
Understood the inner details of Responsive designs. All credits to Colleen for taking through the course with so much ease. Have completed the course in record time.Kudos to the entire Coursera and University Of Michigan teams for delivering such a content !
Really recommended course. Ms Collen describe so clearly. I am beginner in Bootstrap and I will keep use it.
This a very good course. If you have doubts how to start with responsive design and what to study better, so this course is made for you. With the Prof. you have a possibility to write code, study new services, discuss any difficulties.Thank you.
Excelent. Very practical. Clear explanations.
I really like the way Colleen teaches. She includes great extra material as well. She gives a good real world experience without any fluff, If I see other (web design related) courses taught by her, I'm already 50% likely to take the course because of that before I have a clue what the course is about.
Great introduction to Bootstrap, even for experienced programmers.
Great and not difficulty. Gave me a great aproach what Responsive Design is.
I am really happy with this course as with the other 3 courses I finished from the Web Design for Everybody specialisation by Ms. Colleen van Lent and her team! The videos and materials are clear and easy to understand. The practical tasks are very valuable for grasping the topics. I really very much appreciate the fact that the videos are well planned and there is no going back and forth between screens and confusion by the lecturer.I would have liked links to more advanced courses in the end of the course.Thank you for creating this course and making it accessible to everyone!
Very good structure, proper pace and informative. Examples are explained and discussed.
Very Important course if you wanna make a responsive website
Really enjoyed this course. Very good!
Gave me base for Responsive Design and an excellent introduction to BootStrap3.
Learned a lot about responsive design from this course.
Excellent course and excellent instructor... Thanks you.
Good basics in order to then learn by yourself all the tools of responsive design !
Excellent course. Thanks to Prof Colleen.
Very relevant and practical
the course is great but this is a little work as colleen says our hands didn't get dirty a lot but i really like it a lot
Absolutely Brilliant! amazing
Great course for beginners! Many thanks to Colleen :)
Excellent Course!! I really loved the last part with the interviews.Thank you very much!!!
Awesome class!!! Wonderful teacher! Knows her stuff and knows how to teach it!
This is the second course I do with Colleen. She is awesome, the way she explain each element is amazing. No matter what is your background, with her you will learn it.
I audited all the courses in this specialization and found them all to be informative and enjoyable. The workload is low, the quizzes are fairly comprehensive, and the projects are interesting and relevant.
Good intro to Responsive Design, although the homeworks could be harder.
Great course, highly recommended!
It was interesting. Thank you
Nice introduction into Responsive Web Development. Thanks!
I understand peer review is a bit difficult, but being quiz only made this course a bit too easy. Colleen is a great teacher though and I like her unique teaching style and viewpoint.
It's ok.
Great content
clear instructions, to the point assignments, side information. great course!
Great delivery, good content separation. great assignments helped the information deliver at their bests.
I would add some "flexgrid" to the course, aside bootstrap.
Great course
Very good introductory course to responsive web design
Very good organized and helpful. I liked the mode of approach, and at some points I got so inspired. Thank you very muchSincerely,Davronbek
Awesome course. I would highly recommend it to any interested in Responsive Design.
Pretty good!
Excellent course, very clear and full of good ideas.
Dr. Colleen van Lent presents a solid overview of the covered topics. This is my second course by her and I find her easy to follow. I would have preferred to use GitHub rather than CodePen, but it was not difficult adapting.Overall, I give a big thumbs up for this series of courses. I'm looking forward to finishing the last one in a couple of weeks so I can start the Capstone project.
I love this course because it gave me more confidence and desire to continue learning how to be a Web designer. Thanks Dr. Colleen Van Lent, University of Michigan and Coursera to make possible the wishes of many students!
Really interesting!
Thanks, very helpful
I think for me this is a walk over. [as at 4 June 2016 ie week 1 of the course]
Great teacher, great way to teach. Love it
Great introduction to Responsive Design!
Colleen is great teacher. :)
It was a nice course which helps you understand basic concepts. was expecting more peer graded assignments.
An awesome course by a great teacher
Does not go into depth on much but provides a nice introduction and reference to continue learning
Not as difficult as I was hoping for.
Excellent teacher!
Great classVery easy to follow
Very modern subject!
Covers the basics pretty well. This should leave you with a good understanding of what responsive design is. The Bootstrap exercises help greatly in providing that.
Very nice for theory of responsive design and had a lot of external links that I found very useful. I did this course with "HTML,CSS,JS" course from John hopkins University and it worked amazingly well with each other.
Great course. Great teacher.
Clear explanation and well presented course. Covers the basics of the bootstrap grid system well.
Excellent course for anyone who wants to make sure their webpage works on different devices.
great course
A great course within this spezialization. Great teaching skills!But the assignments are only optional and the peer review is sometimes a little weak.
The course was very intersting and the Colleen was Really Wonderful.The one think that let me down is that i felt there wasn't enough material. The main ideas went again and again.Beside, I think that it was good combination between technical practice and therotical priniciples.
Great course
Prof Colleen is an exceptional professor. Always able to explain the core concepts in an easy and simple way so that from there on, students have a framework upon which to build additional knowledge. Thank you!
Anyone expecting to learn every subtlety of Bootstrap will be disappointed--but they deserve to be, this is a fours week course! The course introduces the concept of responsive design both through manually coding your own webpages and using frameworks, taking Bootstrap as an example.Over three short videos the instructor gives just enough for students to start using Bootstrap while also giving them the tools to continue their later independent development.Colleen van Lent is an exceptional instructor who manages to be engaging and motivating while always remaining 'human'.I am not altogether happy with the decision to make all peer reviewed assignments optional, even though I understand the reasoning. For this reason alone I have dropped my review to four stars. If you are prepared to make the effort to take full part in the optional exercises this is a five star course--it's up to you!
Thank you!
Great overview of responsive websites
I know i will love it. Colleen is the best instructor on coursera :)
Hard to understand professor. When one needs to read the english subtitles to understand the english the professor is speaking, it becomes inherently difficult in an online course. Also, please kill the intro video for each course. It is completely unnecessary as the courses are labeled on the left side of the screen. Good material, but difficult to watch towards the end of the course.
Good course, clear to understand!
Week 3 and 4 lectures are robotic - Most material taken directly from the internet. It is just a form of regurgitation of online articles from strategy consulting firms with Quiz's artificially made more difficult with cheap word plays. The lecturer for Week 3 and Week 4 should resign with immediate effect and find a job at a school for lower class students where she can continue to brag about her industry expertise without being so irritating. Definitely not IE Business School material !
Interesting course. I'll advice anyone in the marketing field to take this course
Great course! Awesome Profs! Will definitely recommend..
I think this course is very practical and can be used directly in real business running.
Very good course! The professor have a fine sense of humour, and the knowledge is easy to be absorbed. With the homeworks, my skill on programming is indeed enhanced.
It's a great way to learn how to use Maltlab, gives you all the tips and hints to become a good programmer.
It was a wonderful experience! Professor is knowledgeable, humorous and gave nice tips to regularly improve programming skills in the future as well. I took this course to prepare myself for the graduate study in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech.
Thanks ，It's a very useful course.
Very good course as an introductory. Covers basis of programming using MATLAB. The content is very interesting and useful because it shaped a strong basic of MATLAB and make it easy for anyone to finds its own way to go deeper. This my second time as a revision and to complete the Course because last time I have watched downloaded videos.
Great class! The course and the problem sets are both very interesting and reasonably challenging. My only suggestion is that a few of the problems are difficult to understand. If those questions can be described in more plain English, students can solve the problems faster. Nevertheless, the discussion forum is very helpful since all of my questions have been asked and answered.
The best course I've taken on Coursera. Funny instructor and very well taught course. Lectures are concise and homework problems can become challenging but rewarding. I would recommend to anyone who is interested in learning programming with MATLAB.
Humorous teacher, concise and useful explanation!
This is a great introductory course! I recommend this to anybody that tells me they want to learn MATLAB. I love it
This course is really the best I could find on the Internet for anyone that wants to learn MATLAB. The material is good, and the assignments are really challenging and will absolutely help understand the concepts being taught.
Excelent!!!! material.....i really enjoy and learn this course
Great easy to follow course
This course is a very basic introductory lesson for beginners who have no previous experience with MATLAB or programming. I really learnt a lot basic knowledge from this course. For people who already knows programming or has some experience, this course will be too easy and you should move to more advanced class. Many thanks to the instructors!!!!
I was scared of programming before starting this program. This program was not easy for me, but, as I completed it, I'm now confident that I can take up my programming skill further. Thanks to Instructors and Coursera.
Love the challenging assignments! They did their part making us write efficient codes.
Great!!!
i liked the way of teaching from this online classes. now i can go for learning advance matlab. i enjoyed classes.
its a very good course.its very helpful course.
This Course is a great oppotunity to master my programming skills
(1) lectures and example codes are good(2) assignments have some good questions that make student to become familiar with topics(3) some assignment problems are not clear. It is hard to even understand what the question asks. You don't know what to do until you have found a discussion post that a tutor explains what the question is. It will be helpful if the assignment could use more narratives and figures to make the questions clear to student.(4) Some later assignments are hard and may requires more thinking.(5) It is recommended to have an extra week/lectures videos on Object Oriented Programming. This topic can be optional/not for grades if it is too advanced for some students. However, it is good to have this topic covered in this course, as your lecture explanations are good and assignment questions are the best and optimal way for us to quickly master a topic.
Very helpful but sometimes it is too slow
Very thorough rundown on the aspects of MATLAB. The instructor was very insightful and detailed.
This course guided me on my first (somewhat clumsy) steps in MATLAB in an informative, easily comprehensible and fun way! It absolutely motivated me to get deeper into it!Short: one of the best online courses I've ever attended and definitely worth recommending!@authors: thank you so much for your effort!
it was fun learning matlab
Good course overall, however I feel that giving more problems to work would be beneficial. There should be worked problems in each section so that students can gain a better understanding of how to write the code.
Really good course. If you complete all the problems by yourself and really push to get 100% in all assignments you will surely gain the skills to program in matlab. I started the course with little to no programming experience with matlab and this course really did it for me.
Very good and wide course for matlab. I will probably never use most of this stuff in the course but it's nice to know something about them. I would recomend this course to everyone.
Amazing course!!! This is my first time trying a web-course and also the first time for programming. The lectures are well-prepared and clear. The homework is challenging but not impossible, which enabled me to learn a lot. The friendly mentors response my questions fast and in details, which makes me feel supportive. Highly recommended!
Very informative. The tone of the professor is like narration of some hollywood movie. This is my favourite course next to linear algebra by Gilbert Strang. Thank you everyone who made this useful information available.
Very good course with excellent professors
Thank you for valuable knowledge.I am sure this course will be helpful to me in my future life.Thank you again....
Excellent course! Interesting and simple to understand.
I am from biology background and used to have least interest in programming. But the Course is very good. The best instructors ever I can have. They started from scratch so that even a new one can understand. Gradually I got good hands in programming at least in MATLAB.The best part is the assignment. Brain storming assignments which were very helpful to learn the language. Also the mentors and instructors were great who were quick in responses to our queries. All that was very helpful. Thank you so much. I would appreciate if you can make such a great course with python also.Thank you.RegardsMegha Malhotra
Very good and quite interesting! From now on, I am a programmer!
This is a fantastic introduction course into MATLAB programming. The course is very well structured, delivers in-depth knowledge of the main fundamental skills needed to use Matlab. The presentations are concise and well delivered. During the homework help is always available at the tip of your fingers and it takes usually less than 30 min to get a response (even on the weekends... IMPRESSIVE).In addition, the recommended book allows you to delve deeper into MATLAB and I suggest you get that!In short, I highly recommend this course!!!
A very good and extensive tutorial for beginners.
Hard, but worthwhile. Videos are outstanding. Textbook is very good. Examples are also outstanding.
The class is well managed, including the content of each lesson, the homework and also the forum. Thanks for the great effort.
Video Lectures were easy to understand and discussion center helped in further understanding the subject. Examples were chosen from real life, which made the course very useful.
Easy at the beginning, hard at the end. Great!
VERY USEFUL and the problem were mind busting. And I also want to mention about the FORUM. I had never seen any kind of active community anywhere where peoples in the thirst to help others.
It was very helpful.
The course is very good for beginners who are interested to learn programming. The teacher Mike Fitzpatrick is very good in explaining the concepts, I would love to take advanced course as well if he offers. Thanks Mike!
BEST TEACHING I HAVE EVER SEEN
Very nice course, learned a lot. Great instructor with dry bit of humor.
I like this course because of its step by step explanation and real computing problems. On the other hand the last exercises is a bit boring for me especially. I hope I will finish this course . I also want to recommend to everybody who is just started to learn computing, may be you must be good in English.
This is my first course completed successfully on Coursera. I really appreciate the hard work of Prof.Fitzpatrick and other teachers. This course made me go from knowing nothing firsthand about MATLAB to being a beginner.
Great course!The assignments are challenging and interesting. The topics are very well explained and take a logical sequence. The power of MATLAB is well presented in this classes.I'm sure that my programming skills got to a higher level and I've been recommending to all my friends and colleages.
great course
Too many videos with repetitive content. Homework was much more complicated than the information given.
A very good instructor.
Thanks a lot to all the teachers and assistants, you have helped me a lot. The lesson structure is clear and the explanation is easy to understand. I think it would be better if we can get some knowledge about some toolboxes.
Great course. Great videos that are even fun to watch. Perfect course for anyone who wants to either learn Matlab from scratch or wants to refresh his College basics.
The teacher is very kind and humorous. The whole set of video is elegant. My gratitude!
User-friendly learning experience!
this lesson offer much help for new comers in this domain like me.
Great course for beginners.
This course is well organized, and the professor masters that software. It is very helpful to start Programming.
Really a great course.
Very good course. I think it could be a little be challenging for someone like me who has no background in programming.
This is one of the best courses I have done so far. I am thankful to the entire team of Vanderbilt university and Prof. Mike Fitzpatrick for such an amazing course. The course content, delivery and specially Grader has been designed in a beautiful way that kept me moving with the flow and motivated me to complete all assignments. Hats off to Prof. Mike Fitzpatrick and entire team.Request you to please come up with course on Advance Matlab programming and Simulink as well.
This course is very helpfull for the learning MATLAB
This is an excellent introductory course on Matlab. The homework questions are very helpful if solved sincerely. Overall, it's a great course which gives students a solid foundation to build on.
great and inspiring
I like the assignments
It was fun! We can take the course without buying MATLAB software. The course provides web-MATLAB interface.
pretty good. Learned a lot
intresting..thank u coursera
Great course and professor. He keeps it interesting, while being incredibly informative. The course goes over correct syntax as well as common errors, which is very useful for when you run into those frustrating situations!
I really loved the way in which this course is prepared, the content of the course, and also the system of receive and delivering the assignments.
Very Informative and rich in exercises
Well this is the first time I learned any programming tool. I find overall course well defined. It helped me a lot. Thanks Vanderbilt, Coursera, Instructors and mentors.
It is a good course, you work a lot but the teachers show you enough to learn
Some assignment are so physics related
I am very happy to finish this courseit is an amazing course mange to make me a smart programmer.
I learned a lot from this course. The only thing i observed this course was lacking is that the video lectures and the homework assignments given were not perfectly in sync with each other, as the lectures did not completely cover the things we were supposed to do in assignments.
Awesome for beginners . Improve your programming skills as well as analytic thinking towards problem. Solutions comparison is the best way to see how much still you can improve your code. I'll recommend it 100%.
Fantastic classe, perfect introduction to Matlab and mainly based on practice problems rather than endless lectures.
Great teaching and material, easy to understand, I'm taking class.Hope more fluency in MATLAB when class is finished.
Perfect course to learn Matlab (no matter whether new to programming or not). great for Physist and Engineers
Good way of teaching. :) :) :)
Enjoyed a lot.....Learned a lot....Excellent Introductory course...expect more like this
very excellent
Very good introductory course, even for people who didn't have any experience with MATLAB before.
Very good assignments
Excellent course. Completing the homework assignments correctly gave me a lot of confidence.
Thank you for that amazing course!
Great course, very interesting. Especially good for beginners with MatLab.
Great course with a very charismatic lecturer. The assignments were very challenging which was essential as the majority of learning takes place when actually coding.Thanks,David
This course is a very practical way of learning step-by-step this phantastic language and its environment. It also helps to learn some MatLab-way algorithmics. The serious and ironical at the same time style of Professor Fitzpatrick have made this course even more amusing for me. Challenging homeworks and accurate video explanations make this course great. I am looking forward you to make an advanced course and a Simulink one too if possible. Good work!
good but more examples and shorter videos would have made me give a 5 star
good, i request you to kindly present a video on how to get the MATLAB sute for the course. I had learn quickly its a good type of learning i feel its like my normal college class with the best faculty. thank's to the coursera Vanderbilt university.
This is a really good course. I learned how to use matlab as a tool to solve problem, now I can solve problems and I had never programming before! I am starting thinking solution through the programming, and it's quite efficient!the homework is challange, but I like it. everyweek when I finish my homework and pass the grader, I feel fully fulfilled, it's a wonderful experience.Mentors are really helpful, patient, they always give me good advice when I am stumped.
Great course , i had really enjoyed this course.
Excellent. Really useful and enjoyable. Highly recommended.
This course so helpfull me in university.Thank you.
This is one of the best course related to computer programming that I came across. All the concepts are very well explained. Homework assignments are very much challenging. If you are a beginner, completing the homework assignments will take lot of time and will sometimes be frustrating. However, forums will be one of your best asset while completing this course. All the mentors and Instructors answer to all your concern. They will not give you the exact code for your answer, but they will guide you so that you can solve the questions. Some of the questions will be tough and may take days for you to figure out(speaking out of my own personal experience), but keep posting in the forums. So, if you are going for the course certificate then be prepared for the effort and time that will be used up to complete the Home work assignments. A good time will be to learn in your vacations, but don't stress yourself while your college is going on.Since this was only an introduction to MATLAB, you will not be learning how to create GUIs and entire softwares. Also, if you are looking forward to know how to use MATLAB on some hardwares, then you are not going to find it in this course. However, if you ask the mentors where to learn those things from, they will guide you. They also have a textbook available for the course, but I completed the course very well without it. So, it's not a compulsion, but I am going to buy it so that I have a better understanding about how to create GUIs for the code that I type.Tl;dr: This is the best course if you are a beginner and have no experience in programming, but if you are an expert programmer, you might get bored with some initial topics, but later things do start to get interesting. Also, you need to dedicate your time and effort to complete Home work assignment.
This is a wonderful course and very informative for students who want to learn Matlab but has little or no coding experience. The lectures give very specific explanation of how to code with Matlab and what details we should notice.
This course is really excellent, I enjoy it quite a lot. The only problem is the last homework is too diffcult for beginners I think :D
This is the first course that I have done in Coursera and I am absolutely delighted. Clear information, and very accurate assignments system. It encourages me to keep doing more courses.
very practical !!
The course is very good for intermediate level people. Highly recommended for the people who is like me who thinks they know basics in matlab, but I can bet your will be stunned how many thing works which you didn't know previously. The last three assignments are horrible. I've spend at least full 4 days to complete them. But overall good experience. Recommended for people who know little bit matlab but wants to dig more.
Excellent course for the introduction to programming and MATLAB! The lecture is great and explains clearly though sometime it is a little boring. It covert a lot of details about MATLAB than the workshop taken at my home university.The disscusion forum is one of the best I have experienced at Coursera. The reply by mentors is so quick to make the discussion forum really helpful.The assignment is easy at first but it is a bit challenging in the end.All in all , I strongly recommend this course.
Perfict course! Very suitable for someone that is interested in programming without basic knowledge.
Very good and challenging!!!
Great Teaching.Systematically builds concepts from the begining. Micheal Fitzpatrick rocks!Mentors are very helpful and you are certain to get a reply within a day of posting your question on the forums page.Thanks a lot to Vanderbilt University and coursera for letting me be a part of this program:)
A great introduction to programming and using the MATLAB software
Pretty detailed courses. Greap practice
I have become familiar in Matlab syntax while obtaining hands-on problem-solving experience. This course is superb! I like Vanderbilt U!
This course on MATLAB by Vanderbilt university is amazing. It offers various applications of the functions that they teach along with very knowledgeable and helpful instructors. I like the little fun that the professor keeps having during the lectures, it does make it much more interesting.
Just great!
Very well-organized and useful course for a beginner in programming. Can't ask for better :)
Great course! Perfect for newbie but useful also for those who are more expert. Mentors quickly answer questions, lecture are clear... 5starts
It's an excellent course for people with and without prior coding experience.Deals with all basics necessary to kick start an interest and insight to MATLAB.Advanced courses of the same would be greatly appreciated.
wonderful teacher, great pace, great course
The class was fantastic! It was a great way to brush up on Matlab. Highly recommended!
very coherent and comprehensive, a well organized class!!
Good course to start !!! This course points out the core part of MATLAB, which is that MATLAB is assuming matrix
really good!love the sound and truth about programming of the professor!The class lead me to enjoy programming!
very good course to learn
First, I would like to thank Mr. Mike Fitzpatrick and Mr. Akos Lebeczi for providing such a great Introduction to Matlab course.I would highly recommend this course for anyone who is looking for a complete Introductory course for Matlab. Lectures are helpful and informative. I found them pretty helpful and I do recommend everyone to pay close attention to what Mr. Mike talks about. I hope you'll enjoy this course. Good Luck!!!
Best and 1st full course taken and completed in matlab and on coursera. The mentors were experts in their field. Going to purchase this course now. I loved the process of this learning. Thanks for providing such a beautiful platform.
This was the best online course I have ever done, I hope that there is going to be an advanced course soon. It was really challenging. I had an experiance of working with MATLAB before but I learned a lot of new things by this course.
An unorthodox introduction into programming and an excellent introduction into MatLab! The tasks are interesting and some are a challenge even for an experienced programmer (at least for those whose everyday job does not require knowledge about triangular waves or cyclotrons).
Perfect course!
Useful introductory course. Assignments are helpful, though it sometimes also gets quite mathematical.
Great course !
Great introductory course
A very good course for who wants to learn the matlab programming language from the basics. The homework problems are very challenging and the video material are well organized.
I've learnt a lot from the course. Very useful and terrifically interestion.
It is a great course to start learning how to think computationally and wire a computer programs.I wish they make another course for advanced level.
Excellent!Loved it.Learnt a lot.
Great course - thanks!
Easy to understand.... Just perfect for people who are new to programming. Well, to be able to finish the assignment.... you would need a little understanding of Maths. During this course, you will learn the basic understanding of programming, how computer works, and as well how to program in Matlab & some Matlab term( Basic Calculation, Matrices, Vectors, Scalar, Functions, Built-in Function, Selection, Loop, Data Type, File Input/Output ). After completing the course, you should be equipped with basic solid understanding of programming in Matlab. This may help you to build complex algorithm in the near future.
Awesome course! Learnt a lot from it !
Amazing learning experience...though it was just for brushing up my Matlab skills. Thoroughly enjoyed!
good course, very suitble for freshman
This course is great, help me so much with learning MATLAB.
very good and understandable course. Moves just at the right pace.
Sometimes was boring, but I think that is unavoidable.
Amazing course! One of the best I've done in my life. Very well designed, structured and lectured. The subjects are divided in a manner that helps you improve in computer science from zero to where you need to go. But I think if you have some knowledge about program languages and numerical calculus it will help you improve faster. But it's undoubtedly how great this course is. Congratulations to Vanderbild University, Professors Fitzpatrick and Ledeczi!
Very well structured and extremely clear videos and also helpful staff and mentors to our questions. Assignments were very diverse and challenges us to fully understand the concept and functions of the program.
Very well designed course! The instructors from Vanderbilt have done an excellent job. I sincerely enjoyed every bit of it. Many thanks to Prof Fitzpatrick, Prof Ledeczi, and the moderators Prof Paul, Matt and Bjorn.
this course is great! It's useful for the beginner!
The course is very helpful for students who want to get familiar with the Matlab application. Try to be patient with all the practices and you will find yourself improve gradually.
fundamental but very usefull!
Very well thought out and methodical approach. Assignments are in accordance with the lectures and challenges in a good way.
Lessons are very good but the Assignments for the later weeks are way too hard for people with no math or programming experience.
Great course for introduction to programming, and it covers all the basics of MATLAB. Professor Mike Fitzpatrick is an amazing (and funny) teacher.
Very instructive and challenging course
excellent course ,very detailed and easy to follow
Amazing instructors, very appreciate their input and explanations by typing it on the system. Very well thought and excellent material content.
It's a very good course that will sharpen your MATLAB skills ^_^
This is a very good course especially the exercises which are taught in the class. The homework is very challenging!
Very well done, I loved the lectures and enjoyed the assignments. I had no previous experience of programming and I found the explanation of the concepts very clear.The main critique for me is that ,for some of the problems, not having a background in physics might be..well..too challenging! It took me hours only to read about the theory behind the question, to find out the appropriate formula to use in the code, whilst writing the actual program was pretty quick.Other than that, I would certainly recommend the course.
Great course! From the lucid, well presented content, it is a joy for a beginner as well as a seasoned programmer to take home something from this course. Please do bring out an extended version dedicated to image processing, signal processing which MATLAB mainly covers :)
I would heavily suggest this course for beginner in Matlab or who wants to be a programmer.
An entertaining and sufficiently challenging course with a wonderful lecturer!
This course has done exactly what it advertised. Anyone with or without a programming background can learn MATLAB easily. The video lectures and course material are very very helpful. All the assignments are designed o enhance your learning. Excellent course!!!
Very interesting + well made
This course was ultimately frustrating to take. There is a gap in the material presented and the skill set needed to complete the assignments. Using optional methods to complete this course, such as to use the textbook and forums, is too time consuming (deciphering a text book) or insulting (forum mentor responses).To to solve the assignments, it usually involved trying to 1. refreshing yourself in math concepts not used by a beginner or non-mathematician, 2. deciphering what exactly the poorly written questions were asking, 3. scouring the textbook or internet for functions or strategies never covered in the lecture, 4. having snarky and unhelpful remarks by mentors.The unprofessional behavior of the mentors was especially hard to handle. Even from the early week's lectures we learned about semantics, and how simple mistyping could lead to programming errors, so I wrongly assumed the mentors would understand that some of us would probably make simple errors. For example, in the final homework I had a simple mistake, but since we cannot show code, it led to more frustration and a mentor basically just saying "we covered this already." I'm well aware of what we covered, but if someone is stuck on a problem, there needs to be a much better way of helping that person. I did not want to write in the forums after my initial foray in the forum led one mentor to just tell me "your logic is wrong", and the spout the same simple strategies of the lecture that could not help on the complex assignment.There probably will not be anything fixed with this course since it seems like it has been the same for years now. Please fix the questions, stop using Project Euler, and let people directly message code to mentors. Will probably save time rather than try to blindly (and frustratingly) explain code over and over again. Ultimately, I felt that unless someone either has previous experience in coding, or has no work to do other than to do this course, it still is not worth it to just obtain a certificate.
Tough tough tough...
This class was amazing. I finished all of the problems and I think I learned a lot about programming over the course of 3 months. My company uses MatLab for data processing and I needed to learn the basics to understand what is going on. The automated grading is a really nice tool. I feel very confident going forward. Thanks for an awesome course!Education background: BSc, MBA
Best course I ever found
There is much more to MATLAB than what the course can cover. But It has definitely provided me with the necessary skills and confidence to use it in tackling the practical problems in the real world.
The best introductory courses I ever have, with a lot of working examples to get started with.
Great Job. It is really a wonderful course. I has very useful information and practice exercises. The book also is easy to read and understood . Thanks so much for this course. Thanks for all instructors and mentors reply on forum. They were always there for support. I hope you can arrange another series of this course for advanced programming.
Great one already!! I recommended only for people that have primary knowledge background on Maths.
i get so much knowledge from this MATLAB course
The teachers and TAs are really helpful when you asked questions online.
Course contained unbelievable amount of silly busywork that has no place being implemented in MATLAB, while forbidding the use of most useful built in functions. At no point during the course was any of the MATLAB's strengths -- like easy solving of linear systems or vectorized operations, even suggested upon.Furthermore, the course has unhealthy interest in dates and calendars - again of course disabling all the built in tools.
Very good course at an introductory level for MATLAB.
I have learned a lot, unforunately the level of difficulty was extraordinary hard. I spent endless hours reading, studying, and reasearching on solving certain problems.
This course is well-designed ! Great way to learn Matlab and basic programming.
Quite good course with changeling homework. Not for programming beginners!
Well produced!
It's a great course
Easy to understand.It is very useful for rookies to learn.
I loved this course, the instructor and the course mentors...... KUdoS
This is a fantastic introductory course for those of you who wish to learn MATLAB or programming in general. The lectures were superb, very clear and easy to follow. I would recommend this course to anyone who's willing learn MATLAB.
So far the best course available for MATLAB for young beginners.
The module is well designed! The lecturer makes the material interesting with a sense of humour. All doubts and queries in the discussion forums are answered efficiently and comprehensively. Overall, it is an excellent experience!
The course is very helpful in learning the software. It is learner friendly as teacher gives so many examples to make understand the syntax. The course not only enhances software skills but also gives an insight on theoretical concepts. It make different concepts on matrices clear. Last but not the least, Course is very much helpful
very useful
By far the best MOOC I have attended.
This is really nice course . I recommend it everyone who is from science or engineering field .
Boring Professor
Wonderful course.
it is very useful and i want more advanced courses in MATLAB and Biomedical Engineering specialization :D
This course is a very good introduction to programming in general and covers all the basic concepts that is used in most of the programming languages. The lecturer makes things interesting with a sense of humour. The assignments which comes later on can be a tad difficult for someone new to programming, but as the professor says , stick with it, solve it, and the feeling you get when you finish it is unparalleled. All the doubts and queries in the discussion forums are answered quickly and efficiently. Great course and a great experience over all.
Great! It is one of the best courses i have taken. Homework is good(difficult) enough to practise what i learn. :-)
Excellent! Challenging HW Assignments. Lecture notes & Presentations cover the fundamentals of matlab in details. Good course to get started with programing using Matlab.
Brilliant introductory course with very well prepared exercises. The automated testing file was of immense help. Managed to get the knowledge into place, which makes my future PhD work with matlab much easier
Great homework exercises. Really enjoyed solving them.
very helpful
This is an outstanding course. The programming lectures are indeed introductory, but this is not your 'hello world' introduction to programming. The problems are very challenging. But when you solve them you will be immensely rewarded. I suspect that most people who take this course already have a lot of programming experience. For those who don't, I admire you.
Great course material and great instructor too. This is THE MATLAB.
Best MATLAB course for beginners
An excellent course with easy-to-follow, very logically built up and useful topics. The presentation style of Professor Fitzpatrick is amazing, he makes even complex things clear and easy to understand, and he makes sure the audience does not get bored at all. If you need to get a solid base in programming and/or using MATLAB you MUST take this course.
Great Course! The teachers are very nice and patient. It is very friendly to students with little experience.
Fantastic course. Great pace, very explanatory
You learn from zero and become almost and expert in MATLAB without noticing. Highly recommended.
Excellent get hands on programming with MATLAB. It really provide real world insights when it comes to computations used in engineering and science.
The teacher is of the highest standard, finally someone who can make the complex, simple and interesting! One of the best planned courses I've seen, this is a course definitely worthy of a fee. What I've learnt in the first 4weeks is beyond what I learnt in 1yr at university. Makes such a difference having a teacher that goes the extra mile to make something complex into easy. Very impressive.
Very good course. Highly recommend it.
Awesome!!! I suggest creating an advanced MATLAB, such as Arduino-Matlab and Project based advanced continuation course.Thanks.
5 star for this great course
Excellent course, it makes programming look easy. The lessons are very clear and the tutors are always ready to help with any question one may have.
The best course I have taken online. Prof. Fitzpatrick explains thinks in an easy and clear way. He pays a lot of attention to common mistakes (in fact, the course alone helped me to understand almost all problems I had with MATLAB!)
It‘s much better than most Chinese MATLAB courses, but for me, the professor speaks too fast.
Extraordinary course, recommend everyone who would like to learn MATLAB to take part in.
Great Course so far! Totally worth the commitment
Very Good Introductory Course.
Very good course.
Very useful~
good introductory course!
I am a civil engineer. Yet I enjoy programming. I have enjoyed a lot and learned well with such an amazing instructors. I believe they are the best instructors for MATLAB. Learning this course has become a memory for me. Its an amazing experience. I loved solving homework problems in this course.
Positive points:-this really is a beginners course, without any knowledge about coding or the syntax of MATLAB necessary.-you learn by solving the problems yourself. This gives you great insight about the thought processes necessary, about different approaches and how to realize your ideas.-Mentors are responding quickly (sometimes within a half hour) and are doing there best to help you out.Negative points:-The video lectures, although informative have a very slow paste and the earlier ones do not prepare you that well for the homework assignments. However once you get used to it you will manage to get an idea about the assignments from the lectures. Still the same problem is illustrated way too often in the same lecture. One could either add different problems or shorten the lectures a lot. With time it is possible to learn when one can skip a section but it makes it especially hard for people to start the course, since one spends hours watching videos for just learning about basic syntax in the beginning- For some of the homework assignments the mathematical part was the bigger challenge for me than the coding part, which is really frustrating when you just want to learn how to code.
Great course for absolute newbies. Very well organized course material and challenging homeworks.The tutor is awesome and explains everything nicely. It was fun doing this course.
It is a wonderful course and understanding is made simple.
This is the only one course, I have paid for certificate. I liked most of the course. Instructor has a unique way of teaching Matlab. He started Matlab basics. After that, he had shown functions. The reason of showing functions at the very first times was to evaluate the problems. I am so surprised when I have seen the usage of column operator in such different ways. Course was followed by decision structures, loops, strings and file I/O. The course content was well prepared. Video lectures are quite helpful. Especially, 1 hour problem solving example video was so beneficial. However, at the end of the course, problems become quite challenging and time consuming. In first 6 problem set, my success rate was 100%. But, in last two week's problems I was able to solve only 5 of 8. The problems become difficult to understand, there were not enough explanations or hints. Discussion pages were not useful some times. I had to make further research on internet to understand the problem and it was time consuming. In the new version of the course, it would be better if problems are clear to understand.In short, the Instructors and Mentors did great job. Do I suggest this course to anyone else? The answer is definitely YES! Thank you.
Well structured course. It's an important one for specially engineers and scientist.
I cannot expressed how much I enjoyed this course in words. The instructor was awesome and the course material was great. I hope the second part comes out soon!
It is a challenging course, but you will receive the amazing help from great instructors and mentors. Recommended for anyone who wants to study programming.
This course is a great introduction to programming. The homework can be a bit tough, as it will take the concepts taught in the week and have you apply them in novel ways, oftentimes in ways you have to really think through to solve the problem at hand. In doing this, you'll finish the course with a strong understanding of how to use MATLAB, and beyond that the know-how for learning other programming languages.
Very well explained by the instructor. Coursera is a very good platform for learning.
Really good course!Had to learn to use MATLAB for an econometrics PhD course, and this course was veryu helpful on getting me started. The e-book is also very good.
I like this course very much.The way of explaining thins is good and innovative.Mostly I like Homework section, we know that Homework is stressful but I like pattern of homework which is motivating for doing homework.Although I enrolled very late I like this course very much.This course improves logical thinking but hard attention is needed.I would like to attend other courses if release in future.Thanks A lot Professors and Mentors......
Great course for introduction programming of Matlab
it is a very good introductory course, i'm really enjoying it! however, lessons can sometimes be very slow
very hard
Excellent course with wonderful explanations and illustrations. The team handling the grader technology has done a very good job too. Last but not the least, the forums for discussions have been eye-openers in the case of a few problems. The mentors have promptly replied to queries in the best possible way.5 stars from me.
I take this course as a training background for other courses with Matlab and it is super helpful.
Great course !!Very nice lecturer and support staff !This course is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for any MATLAB enthusiast.Thanks,Pratik
Great teaching and very thought provoking assignments. A really good course!
A brilliant course for both beginners and experienced programmers. The professor carries along with a steady pace and has made good problem sets to increase learning. His lecture style is so inspiring , informative and sometimes funny that i find myself spending most of my time in this course. Hope people at Vanderbilt continue to produce such valuable courses in the future.
Very good for beginners.
Phenomenal lecturer. A great introduction or review for those already familiar with MATLAB.
Fantastic course, challenging. The teachers are awesome
let the experts guide u to win..........................................
I really enjoy the course. It helped me to know and understand how to use MATLAB in a basic way. This course will strength your MATLAB skill with a lot of assignments. The longer you go, the harder exercises but I believe that's a good way to learn.
The best MOOC programming course i have seen. THANK YOU!
The assignments´assessments are really smartly set up and help tracking the content of the course by practising yourself
great course. It is easy for me, a new man, to understand these basic content. Thank Coursera.
Very good course, with clear explanations of the key concepts. However, I felt hindered in being able to complete all tasks in the homeworks each week as many questions alienate someone like me with little mathematics/physics background. I feel if the questions were more general I would have been able to perform better each week. Very good lecture content though.
This is a great starting course for programming in MATLAB
very much engaging assignments. I am learning plenty of things in Matlab. Thank you for your committed and sincere effort.
Very clear course material and lectures. And to access all this at no charge makes it extremely valuable.
Its a nice course which starts from elementary level.
explanation of details is excellent ! but speed is a few low ! and please be more advancethank you Fitz
Thanks for your wonderful Course. Really it's very much helpful for novice researcher .
So far the course appears to be very good, but the request for an upgrade after every video becomes more and more annoying as the number multiplies
Best Matlab online introduction course out there.
excellent course, Im advanced at programming with matlab and i found many things I was avoiding for not knowing them rigth
Amazingly beautiful Lectures by Fitz.Very nice modules. i have just started taking the lessons and its exactly what I expected it to be! If not, better!
Very interesting course, you learn a lot about the functioning of the International Criminal Court.
Clear, succinct and easy to follow even for a beginner.
I think it was very interesting and useful, thank you!
Wonderful course I have ever taken. THIS is graet efford by the University ..vermuch userfriendly.I recoment all the learners who wannts to know much on ICc and criminal law must be follow this coure.Higly recomond.Regards.Sasantha sameeraSri Lanka
Excellent Course. Many thanks.
Perfectly delivered!
Very interesting and useful!
Excellent introduction on how the international criminal court system works.
Comprehensive yet respectful amount of gained knowledge within anyone's grasp. Just few clicks away from very valuable knowledge source.
A very interesting and useful course highlighting the state-of-art in International criminal courts and tribunals.
very interesting
Excelent course! The teachers are really very wise!
Very interesting class! Also I appreciate that the professors are not talking so fast as I'm not a native French speaker.
Quite good and interesting course, I would probably add a bit more diversity is presentations, tasks etc. But even as it is now it gives a very good insight.
We always have to thank and appreciate the assistance they have given us and hand in helping us when we need those who stand on our side, and we should always Nbouh them joy for their presence and appreciation for their support.
The topic is interesting, the videos are clear but the animation of forums is minimalist...
Good lectures but lack of pratical exercises
Very useful program combining theoritical and operational tools.
Coursera is a very good platform it provides a platform to learn material processing with better course content .
Some quiz questions ask about material that is not discussed until later lectures. Some quiz questions are vaguely worded. Course seems under construction - many later lectures unquizzed?
Very informative and descriptive course. It encourages a person to do self calculations. Lecture and the material available are all very well explained. Would love to take similar courses.
it was a great course.
Very good course, nice pace, very good graphics. Concise. I would have expected more information on metal processing than on metal properties. If you have a good recommendation on a course about metal forming, I would appreciate that. But still a very good course. Thank you very much!
Good Course for the biginner
excellent course, I totally enjoyed it!
This course helps me to understand the middle east and its backround
Such a wonderful course! Clear and concise, but entertaining, deep and thorough at the same time. If you love history, this is your course: you will finish it understanding why the Middle East looks the way it does in the present. And, indirectly, comprehending in a new way recent developments in the Syria, Egypt, Turkey and Iran. Thank you so much, Professor Susher, for illuminating us with this course!
Excellent! A comprehensive view of Middle East .
Great, detailed history of the middle east. Easy to grasp, well delivered. An excellent course
Very good explaining
Very nice presentation; clear and with frequent references to people or events discussed in earlier lectures to provide a growing net of connected facts. As with many courses, my only objection is that it could be so much more detailed ... but that is not the aim of the course (and thus just a comment from me). Very nice course, easily taken in a few evenings (lectures) and over a few weeks (readings). I would recommend this to anyone.
Very informative, well-paced and objective course. Even more beneficial as it is the sole comprehensive course on the subject in the internet.
This course was a wealth of information. I was a history major in college, yet not much of this information was ever presented to me. I am so happy to finally be able to understand some of the reasons behind the current difficulties in the Middle East.
I strongly recommend this course to all those who are curios about Modern Middle East history or simply love Arab culture. To me, this is a very in-depth course which need to be accompanied by extra readings to have a more complete picture in mind. I'm going to take the secon
Clear, concise, objective. Asher Susser explains so much about the Middle East; helps make the present-day situation more understandable.
Excellent course that is precise, specific and unbiased.
The course is very interesting and has a lot of content, but it could be more structured.
Clear and enlightening - thank you!
I'll be honest. I had ignored taking this course since I worried that learning about the Middle East from an Israeli professor would be filled with bias. How ignorant I was! Professor Susser was an obviously incredibly knowledgeable and objective lecturer. It was apparent that living in the Middle East really enhanced, and in no way diminished, his presentation of the history of this area.Professor Susser and staff I thank you for putting together this fantastic course!
Excellent course to understand a little bit more about the history of Middle East
I had an enjoyable morning to learn the modern politics of the middle east, thank you for giving me a chance learn by the course coordinators, lectureres and big thanks to coursera!
I learned a ton in this course. I have a much more solid foundation for understanding religious differences, issues with national borders/geography, and conflicts between religious rule and secularism.
This course is a great beginning for those that are interested in the situation of the Middle East or curious about what happened with the Ottoman Empire. The professor was very informative! While the information was a lot, it was presented in an accessible way and it did not feel overwhelming.
very interesting with a good exposure of the topics
Very nice, interesting but videos are too long comparing others courses.
The information given is great so far. I would like to have some more questonnaire or summaries to further implement the learned content. Thank you for your services.
So far this has been a very interesting course.
A superb in depth study!
Excellent Class. I enjoyed it. Very in-depth and challenging!
I really like the professor and his narration, quite engaging and interesting course. The only suggestion I have is to improve the quizzes with more analytical rather than fact-based questions.
The information is great and delivered in a way easy to understand. It is clear the presenter is passionate about the topic and presenting. The quizzes capture knowledge that is actually important to know. There are photos, literary sources, and many maps. However, slightly boring to watch.
Excellent course. Highly recommended.
Excellent insight
Great teacher, great course !
Crystal clear analyses of such a complex region.
Such thorough knowledge of the happenings in Middle east.
Very informative and fascinating. I knew some of the history in very vague lines, but this really brings clarity to how that area of the world developed into what it is today.The professor is very interesting and obviously extremely knowledgeable about this topic.
Lot of information and hundred of years of history in four weeks it is a great challenge. Only if participants interact more in the forum.Professor is excellent lecturer away from bias
A clear, concise and comprehensive course on the history of the Modern Middle East. Masterfully presented by Professor Asher Susser. Highly recommended if you would like to know more about the history and origins of the Middle East.
Extremely good course, with the ability to impart an abundance of information in a short format.
The professor was very pleasant to listen to. The pacing was overall good, though the last few lessons have quite a bit of information packed in. My only real complaint was that I was hoping for more explicitly direct links to be made to modern events. Still, very enjoyable class.
I have learned a lot.
This class was so informative and it brought to mind many thoughts and questions about how we interact globally. If you're not familiar with the area, you probably should bring up a few maps to refer to during the lectures -- he has plenty of graphics but that wasn't enough for me.The history of this area has always been so convoluted (in my mind at least); this class has taught me a lot and kept my interest throughout. Too many names but taking actual notes helps. I'm starting the next part now! Very worthwhile class.
One of the best courses on the Middle-East. The Professor is excited about teaching it, and his excitement reflect on all participants and learners. It is not just educational, it is fun and enjoyable.
Thorough, insightful and taught with passion, this course gave me the understanding of the middle east conflict that I was looking for. They say experts can explain a complicated subject and make it feel simple and easy to understand and that is what Prof. Susser did with this course. Truly a "do not miss" course for any level if you want to gain insights into the history or get a simple and real understanding of the modern middle east. Really a great course.
I very much liked this course. Iam reading this book:http://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Middle-East-5th/dp/0813348331this course is a good addition. I think it is necessary to also read about the topics because the course covers a lot. Still without reading I think this is an interesting introduction to get an overview of the past centuries. One may get lost in some of de details but the teaching is very good so you will always get something out of this course.Hopefully more courses on the middle east will be available on Coursera in the future.
Interesting and educational course
An excellent introduction to the formation of what we know as the Middle East. This course offers great insight and context into this area, its peoples, cultures, economy, and politics.
Full of information, great analysis, suitably detailed. A great personal touch as well. This requires attention and thought as a good course should. Highly recommended.
Great intro to understanding the modern middle east, although some introduction to the history of Islam, it's achievements and culture and the ottoman empire would also have been useful to understand more of an overall picture
It is only a survey but it is enlightening and helps to understand
Course was thorough and informative. I entered with no knowledge about the History of the Middle East and now have a solid base of understanding to further delve into the subject. Professor is clear and the lectures are well organized. I'm honestly surprised at how much information I was able to retain on the taught subjects. Take this course! You'll be glad you did.
Good course with abundant materials and charming lectures.
great course and most helpful these days
A good overview of middle eastern politics in the 18-19th century. The pace of the course is very brisk, especially if you're not familiar with imperial history, but if you do some of the readings it will be very easy to follow the pace.
Professor Asher Susser is a very good speaker, and the course is very well organized. The subjects he discuss are very interesting; I enjoyed listening to him for hours. I will absolutely participate in the second part of this course as well as the course about the modern history of Israel.
Very useful and insightful course for anyone looking for the answers to the whys and roots of the conflicts in the Middle East.
Excellent course especially for the uninitiated to understand the history of the Middle East region.Eagerly waiting for part 2!
A very clear, rigorous and ENJOYABLE presentation of a very complex subject. Definitely everyone interested in the roots of the modern Middle East troubles should take this primer.
Terrific overview of the emergence of the modern Middle East. Provides keen insight into the role of the West.
An excellent introduction to the subject...
I thought it was a great course, very well produced, rhetorically excellent. I very much enjoyed learning and I think I profited in my understanding of Middle Eastern affairs.
Very interesting and with very clear explanations.It left me eager to learn more!
Excellent course. Joined so many dots for me. So informative and accessible.
amazing content ...awesome professor
Very informative course, but it would be better with more multimedia materials to make the history more interesting.
Excellent lectures! An in-depth look at the subject handled in a very understandable way.
This is a good course. Thanks a lot. :)
Excellent course that really expanded my knowledge of the Middle East and historical drivers of conflict and friction. Bravo!
I very much enjoyed the thoroughness of Dr. Susser's explaination, the slow and clear manner of his teaching and the structure of the course into small, short videos. This allowed me to complete the course in small doses through my busy
Professor Susser organized a very well done course on a topic with very complex regional dynamics. In addition, the notes for each module were excellent!
Great insight by a person that profoundly knows Middle East; I would sugget it both to those that need to do business with ME people, both to those that are willing simply to know a bit more about today's world.Enjoy it!
Very informative course, instructor was great and very thorough. I missed some way to review most important events and dates quickly.
Great course! I would have preferred quizzes at the the end of every lesson, however.
Very comprehensive course with complex happenings explained in a very clear manner. Extremely interesting.
Great MOOC for everyone want to learn about Mid East issue!!!
Fantastic! It has another perspective about the damages that interventionism did there.
Very informative
The course material was very interesting! The videos were a bit too lengthy, however.
Fantastic and very informative course. I heartedly recommend it to all coursera students.
Excellently taught course with fantastic insights. I learnt a great deal throughout and look forward to Part II.
Great detailed course. Tonnes of information. Tests were tricky.
The course offers great ideas to me instead of facts that can be easily checked. All history are contemporary history. Ideas shape and change the socitey.
Very interesting! I am glad I can now follow par II
Excellent course! Very informative. I am looking forward to Part II.
Congratulations! Excelent course and teacher!!
An outstanding course -- provides a great depth of information and explanation of how and why the Middle East was shaped. I recommend this and Part II to anyone interested in understanding the Middle East and its complex development.
I have lernt a lot about the history and tradition of Middle East from this lesson, which is good for my major, for I study arthistory.
Excellent course! Though sometimes I feel like the lectures can be redundant... But it's also good to really make sure the main points stick.
Really enjoyed this course. Learned a lot. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the history of the region.
Lots of knowledge
Great materials for learning Classification
It was a nice course. I could learn many new techniques and algorithms. Very exciting !!
Exceptional and Intutive
Extremely clear and informative. Good introduction to ML. I felt the labs could have had us write a little more of our own code, and would have been better to use non-proprietary libraries.
Excellent course for learning the basics on classification
Really interesting course, as usual.
This is a great course on ML - Classification that introduces one to the various techniques available in classification and to understand the algorithm under the hood. The course also explains the process, approach for each technique along with the methods to evaluate the results. Overall this takes the student through the next steps of learning classification algorithm from the foundational courses.
Nicely formatted. And it's quite intuitive and practical.
The context and the structure of the course is absolutely perfect. Also, Carlos is the perfect professor!
Nice course but I would have expected more techniques (SVM for instance)
effective teaching and practice about decision tree, boosting, and logistic regression. Could have a little more practice on gradient boosted tree/random forest
Presented content is rather clear and instructors are rather easy to follow. Only the assignments are often confusing as there are questions which refer to missing content.
Really a good course, succinct and concise.
The course 3 got pretty technical pretty soon. Enjoyed the first 2 courses without feeling overwhelmed. But course 3 was challenging. I suppose building the expectation of what is to come can reduce the challenge and lead to faster and more number of course completions.
Best Course on ML yet on the Web
Outstanding Course.....
Super useful and a bit of challenging! Really enjoy it.
If you are considering this specialization I would recommend the Andrew Ng course instead and the main reason is that it isn't depend on proprietary ML framework. Despite the good lectures, the assignments don't help you develop the knowledge required for ML developer role.Taking in consideration the permanent postponing the courses delivery, from summer 2016 to summer 2017, finally the most interesting part of the specialization was cancelled. I'm completely disappointed with the specialization learning expirience.
I found carols to be the best instructor in machine learning domain, he presented the algorithms and all core machine learning concepts in really great way.
Great course.
These courses have been a perfect mix of theory and practice. Looking forward to the final two courses in the specialization getting released at some point in the future :)
Very informative class! The lectures are slow, clear, and easy to follow.
A very good course - understood a lot about classification and the understanding gained will help in reading text books like Ian Good Fellow for deep learning
Not happy about course 5 & 6 got cancelled.
This course is alright. For some reason I liked the regression course more as this one was a little to simple in terms of the practical.
No good without the missing course and capstone projects
Can be more detailed.
Well explaned !
Great hands on, case study driven approach! Helped me to cover all basic and advance concepts in well organized fashion. My python skills came handy and thoughtfully structured assignments helped consolidating the concepts.
Lots of practical tips, some applicabe not only to Classification.
Very impressive course, I would recommend taking course 1 and 2 in this specialization first since they skip over some things in this course that they have explained thoroughly in those courses
The instructor is awesome. He explained the boring statistical method in a very interesting way!
This specialization is delayed for months now - very annoying! Don't give them money!
All courses in this series are organized and taught in an extremely efficient manner. I have learned so much out of them and they have helped me with my current job and my next job search!
This whole specialization is an outstanding program: the instructors are entertaining, and they strike the right balance between theory and practice. Even though I consider myself quite literate in statistics and numerical optimization, I learned several new techniques that I was able to directly apply in various part of my job. We really go in depth: while other classes I've taken limit themselves to an inventory of available techniques, in this specialization I get to implement key techniques from scratch. Highly, highly recommended.FYI: the Python level required is really minimal, and the total time commitment is around 4 hours per week.
Excellent course that I have already recommended to a couple of people. Only annoying thing is the continued inconsistency between the Graphlab version and other versions (I use sframe with python - no graphlab) - some of the instructions are less than clear and needlessly waste time.
Awesome course learned alot
Excellent course with plenty of intuition and practical experiments.
Amazing course, Amazing teaching.
Not as evenly paced as the first two courses. Also some material was covered at a very high level, whilst I found that some explanations did not immediately build on my understanding gained through the foundation course, but rather confused it. Still a worthwhile course nonetheless. I look forward to the rest in the specialisation.
This is a perfect course
Great course, easy to follow, higly recommended!
Awesome, not awful;)
This course is awesome, specially the assignments. In this course, I've implemented most of the famous ML algorithms that our world is now using.I can't describe how happy I am. Before this course, I looked at machine learning as a difficult field which can't be understood no matter what. Today, I'm capable of doing some great effort.Thank You so much :)
Turi stopped working on SFrame (at least on Github), and SFrame does not supports Python 3. Expect some difficulty if you use other tools like pandas - the programming assignment completely assumes you use SFrame. Fortunately data of csv format is provided, so you can complete it anyway but again, don't expect a smooth ride.Also the lecture tends to cover general concepts than mathematical details. I don't like it, but that would be a good point to the starters.
The course is absolutely amazing! Very clear explanation of the concepts with great notebook assignments.
Learned a lot and enjoyed even more. Thanks!
Great course. Material well presented and
Perfect to get a good start in Machine Learning. Setup so that you spend your time learning and not debugging or setting up stuff. Well suited for people that don't have much time to spend on courses but that still want to get a high level of teaching.
Very good and and informative to start with this subject.
I like the detailed comparison between choosing different parameters for creating the classification model. I learn a lot of tricks for creating plots.
Not as polished/comprehensive as the previous courses (especially week1, week5 and week6). But useful techniques nevertheless.
The videos were pretty goods. But a bit too slow and easy. The assigments were ok, but too guiding. Also there were too much reimplementation of algorithm
Learnt new things.
Excellent course. Practical understanding of classification
Amazing Course Module, I learned a lot of concepts for classifications using Decision Trees, Logistic Functions, Boosting, Ensemble and way to attack problems. Also a lot of coding with Graphlab, I personally like to program by my own but I also appreciating the tool for the class and comparing my skills with other tools. Very cool ! Nice Class
funny and enthusiastic lecturer make a dry subject more fun.
Very clear and easy to understand.
Course is really good. Assignments are taking too much time if you want to do the course rally fast, with questionable learning value.
Informative with useful assignments and optional lectures that provide a deeper mathematical understanding. Great for newbies as well as more seasoned computer scientists looking to expand into new material.
Great course with very good material! I'd like to see assignments that leaves more coding tasks to the student.
I think support vector machines is an important topic which is missing. Anyway, the programming assignments were terrific. I really enjoyed this course!
truly enjoyed this course and recommended to my colleagues as well.
Pretty Solid!
Great course with detail explanation ,hands-on lab along with some advance topic. Really a great course for anyone interested in the field of real world machine learning
Well this series just doesn't seize to amaze me! Another great course after the introductory and regression course. Though I really missed detailed explanations of Random Forest and other Ensemble methods. Also, SVM was not discussed, but there were many other topics which all other courses and books easily skips. The programming assignments were fine, more focused on teaching the algorithms than trapping someone in the coding part. This series is the series for someone who really wants to get a hold of what machine learning really is. One thing which I really like about this course is that there are optional videos from time to time, where they discuss the mathematical aspects of the algorithms that they teach. Which really quenches my thirst for mathematical rigour. Definitely continuing this specialisation forward
Amazing course! Packed with insights, reasoning and Carlos's humor and wit. Highly recommended for novices (along with the Machine Learning Foundations course).
Great content and exercises which facilitated understanding of very complex concepts.
they do a good job explaining concepts in great detail so everyone can learn it.
I appreciate the way Emily and Carlos explain the concepts. Its very intuitive for beginners and optional sections give further details. The datasets used in programming assignments are taken from real world examples.Overall an excellent course and really looking forward to completing the series.Kudos to Carlos, Emily and the team.
Learned a lot recommend!
An interesting series of Lectures in the important topic of Classification. The business case approach followed by the instructors provides great help to apply the required theoretical knowledge and further elaborate these methods.
Well, after the regression course, which I actually found interesting, the classification course doesn't look so good. The programming assignments are mostly pointless. The use of graphlab doesn't make it better. The info presented in this course is rather superficial. If you're entirely new to machine learning, you could find some value in this course. If not, go buy a good book.
Wonderful experience. Prof is very good.
Very well done course.Would be nice to have many more very short examples during the lectures that match the formulas. This would help me understand the formulas much better since I do not have a calculus or linear algebra background.
Nice videos. Learned a lot. Also videos good for future review.
Challenging and Exciting Course. Lots of ML concepts (Decision Trees, AdaBoost, Ensembles, Stochastic gradient, loglikelyhood etc. ) are introduced and i believe this course is of extreme importance in laying the fundamentals of ML.
Hats off to the team who put the course together! Prof Guestrin is a great teacher. The course gave me in-depth knowledge regarding classification and the math and intuition behind it. It was fun!
Great course. The lectures and programming assignments have been extremely beneficial to help me get a basic foundation of ML classification.
Good course.. Should have SVM related info too -- waiting for the promised optional videos from Prof. Carlos
I would prefer more complex assignments and more advanced math concepts in the course. Otherwise it is great.
Excellent course with lots of practical exercises.
Great
could be more challengable homework!!
I am afraid that this course is, to a large extend, a marketing tool for promoting the instructors' proprietary product. Its use is therefore limited for the practitioners that want a foundation on the free Python data/ML capabilities.I would not recommend this course to my colleagues.
Very good, sometimes is a little hard, but is very helpful and have a lot of practical exercises
I really enjoyed the topics presented and the fluid way to present them. It's a very well done summary of the classification models.
The assignments are well thought out and explain the algorithms step-by-step. The subtitles/transcripts are a disappointment :( . Full of mistakes. Sometimes to the point of being useless or even worse - saying the exact of opposite of what the lecturer says. Since the lecturer sometimes is unclear - this is problematic. As usual - Graphlab Create sometimes crashes, however there are explanations how to run the assignments using Scikit-Learn.
wanted more sophisticated mathematics and intuition (as opposed to simpler explanations). [regression course had this ...]
Good course!
Very thorough and engaging. Optional material allowed the more curious to learn a great deal about the topics. Simple, hands-on approach to classification algorithms. Highly recommended!
Learn more than just classification, but also learn how to understand the ideas behind classification algorithms.
The lectures are very well prepared and clear. With regards to the assignments: I think it will be nice to design the assignments in a way that allows people to use the language and libraries they prefer as much as possible. I would also prefer to write more of the coding assignments by myself, instead of trying to fill in the blanks in some pre-written code and complete them. That will help the students to learn a lot more.
So cool and much practical.
Sometimes is difficult to understand the concept behind Classification because some videos are more practical than theorical, I mean it could be better to start the video explaining some concepts and then show and explan some samples and theorical issues.Thanks.
Great course!
The course covers most important topics in depth and exercises are very interesting, them helps you to reason about some important theoretical concepts.
Good survey of the material, but assignments are superficial.
This course is COOL
Its s great course
Good course
wonderful course for beginner of ML
All the basics - and much of the advanced stuff - is presented, in a coherent and inspired way. Thanks for crafting such a course.
It covers many aspects in clustering and the assignments are very helpful
very useful course : covers a range of very practical and useful topics I had heard about but didn't fully understand until taking this course. Some highlights stochastic gradient, boosting, and precision-recall trade offs.
Learning is fun when you have professors like Carlos Guestrin.
Another classic and fantastic. Love this Course and learn so much. Highly recommended!
The questions are hard to understand and ambiguous though their answers are easy.
This Machine Learning class and the rest of the Machine Learning series from the University of Washington is the best material on the subject matter. What really sets this course and series apart is the case-base methodology as well as in-depth technical subject matter. Specifically, the step through coding of the algorithms provides key insight that is seriously missed in other classes even in traditional academic settings. I highly encourage the authors and other Coursera publishers to continue to publish more educational material in the same framework.
I was pretty disappointed with this course. Firstly, the course did not seem well balanced meaning that some weeks--particularly week 2--had A LOT of materials to watch and really felt like it was two weeks crammed into one, and then other weeks barely had anything.Secondly, the exercises seemed unclear, poorly thought out and not really helpful. There were many errata that really should have been fixed in the beta iterations of this course.Thirdly, I really would like to see more application and less discussion of implementing algorithms.Fourthly, the "scaling" section was also a major disappointment. While it is mildly interesting to learn about stochastic gradient descent, I think it would have been more interesting to have a discussion about how classifiers work in a parallelized computing environment or actually to try one out using Spark.Finally, given that GraphLab/Dato/Turi was just acquired by Apple, I question whether it is worthwhile to take this course as ALL the materials are taught using a library that in all likelihood will cease to exist.
The good:-Good examples to learn the concepts-Good organization of the material-The assignments were well-explained and easy to follow-up-The good humor and attitude of the professor makes the lectures very engaging-All videolectures are small and this makes them easy to digest and follow (optional videos were large compared with the rest of the lectures but the material covered on those was pretty advanced and its length is justifiable)Things that can be improved:-In some of the videos the professor seemed to cruise through some of the concepts. I understand that it is recommended to take the series of courses in certain order but sometimes I felt we were rushing through the material covered-I may be nitpicking here but I wish the professor used a different color to write on the slides (the red he used clashed horribly with some of the slides' backgrounds and made it difficult to read his observations)Overall, a good course to take and very easy to follow if taken together with the other courses in the series.
Compared with the regression course, this course was a slight disappointment. 1. there is less material compared to the regression course. Maybe this is because classification concepts are more intuitive. 2. the slides are much less prepared. Some of the sides even re-use earlier lesson slides in the beginning as a "review", much like soap operas re-use scenes from earlier episodes as "memory recall" to fill air time. 3. the math is more handwavy compared to the regression course. Neither course are supposed to go in depth with proofs, but I felt the regression course was at the right level and this course degraded too far. Do note it's very possible that I'm biased because I have seen more of the material from this course than the regression course.
Need more content for SVM and Random Forest
Excellent course. Great mix of theory overview coupled with practical examples to work through.
one of the best courses.
Not as good as the previous courses in this specialization - I agree with those who have noted that this one seemed a little rushed. However, these are still the best courses I've found on Coursera.
A great combination between down to earth concepts and their implementations in python. Implementation of topics in plain python is what I enjoyed the most.
The course has be described in a very precise manner. The instructor takes time to clearly explain the concepts and the importance of the same.
Nice Course, very much helpful and reccomended
The course covers many aspects of classification, with each section building on the one before. The lectures cover the theory, with a little bit of practical information, fairly well. The instructor tries to make the lectures interesting, and they are.The quizzes seem designed both to reinforce what the lectures taught and to expand on them. The quizzes, particularly those based on programming, could use proofreading by someone newer to the subject.
intuitive, clear and practical. The best explanation I found so far !
Good class, But it would be much better if the quiz is open to those who doesn't pay.
AWESOME COURSE!! Carlos and Emily are incredible teachers and the course contents are truly informative and well-paced for beginners.
Top notch. Great course design. Best value for money in Machine Learning!
Very pragmatic and interesting
Learned a lot, great course!
A very good course, with effective intuitive explanations of what the algorithms are supposed to achieve and how. The exercises in Python help understand the topic and fix it in memory.
All of the courses lecture are great until it reaches week 5 where it's really hard to catch, the programming assignment doesn't give enough hints and lecture in this topic doesn't help much.
Good practice and bit of theory.
good introduction
It's very practical.
This is the best course ever that can happen in ML...I did not know anything, but after taking this specialization, my understanding of ML has dramatically improvedWould recommend without any reservation - Prof Gustrin and Prof Fox are the best!!!
Very approachable material, given the diversity of classification algorithms.
One of the awesome course on classification. Just so perfect for learning.
The quizzes can be a bit more challenging
Very easy to follow and didactic. Very good material in the assignments.
Exercises for Scikit-learn users were not organised.Course took too long to start
First. I like these courses allot. They are pretty close to covering just what you need to actually do machine learning in the real world and not dive too deep into topics that have no practical value.However:This course was a bit too thin, the last 4 weeks of the course contained little in depth informations and seemed to brush over allot of different topics that could have contained more information. Although they where important topics the course could go more in depth on at least 3 or 4 of those topics. The last 3 weeks could have been a course on its own if properly explored. However the concepts are well enough covered to be usable in practice i belive.The programming exercises where ridiculously simple. Everything was reduced to filling in 1 or two lines in a bigger function. I understand that the point was to see how these functions are made and that it increases our understanding of the algorithms already existing in packages like schikit-learn and graphlab. Also the content became a bit too repetetive (actually started in the second course but continues in this course). The time used on variation over the same topic in different models made it challenging to pay attention when the lecture finally came to a new point (brain fell a sleep while waiting for something new).
I came here to learn. I learned.
This course is very nice and covers some of the very important concepts like decision trees, boosting, and online learning apart form logistic regression. More importantly, everything here has been implemented from scratch and so the understanding of codes becomes very easy.The lectures and slides were very intuitive. Carlos has explained everything very properly and even some of the very tough concepts have been explained in a proper manner from figures and graphs.There are lots lots of python assignments to review what have we learned in the lectures.Overall, its a must take course for all who wants an insight about classification in ML.
Great course materials
Great course , It gives the idea of how we should do classification from scratch as well as understanding the concept of how to handle large dataset during training. Boosting is one of the most important technique as what I have heard in machine learning and it's great to understand the concept of it.
Good course overall. Some difficult materials such as boosting were not clear enough and I had to look into a few online resources to really understand it.
This course was great! I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Very focused overview of different classification methods. Goes deeper than in other ML classes.
The contents are really clear and professors are great!
Assignments were a little too easy, considering that students are expected to have taken the first two courses in the specialization. Otherwise, great course!
Really nice course!
This lecture gave a great start for me into ML . :) :)
good lecture, good for everyone.
The videos are fine. But, It's SIMPLY TERRIBLE to force people to pay to be able to do the quizzes. There was no such a thing in the first two courses (by the way, I gave high rates for both). It is OK to pay for the verified certificate, however, disabling the functions in the course is a wrong way to earn money, because people who want to learn the course might not necessarily want the certificate, and this is unfair to them because it limits the resources available. This whole Specialization thing starts to make me feel like you guys are in urgent need of money, rather benefiting the community. Remember there are tons of free resources on the internet, and this only undermines your strengths. You will lose tons of potential fans. Stop being seemingly arrogant.
Highly recommended course, looking under the hood to examine how popular ML algorithms like decision trees and boosting are actually implemented. I'm surprised at how intuitive the idea of boosting really is. Also interesting that random forests are dismissed as not as powerful as boosting, but I would love to know why! Both methods appear to expose more data to the learner, and a heuristic comparison between RF and boosting would have been greatly appreciated.One can immediately notice the difference between statistician Emily, who took us through the mathematical derivation of the derivative (ha.ha.) function for linear regression (much appreciated Emily!), and computer scientist Carlos, who skipped this bit for logistic regression but provided lots of verbose code to track the running of algorithms during assignments (helps to see what is actually happening under the hood). Excellent lecturers both, thank you!
The best in the field
The course content seemed to be rushed out, as a result, the quality is not as good as the first two.
I really love this Classification course as well as Regression course!! This course is covering both mathematical background and practical implementation very well. Assignments are moderately challenging and it was a very good exercise for me to have a good intuition about classification algorithms. I only used standard Python libraries such as numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib and pandas, and there were no problems for me to complete all of the assignments without any use of IPython, SFrames, GraphLab Create at all. I would say thank you so much to Carlos and Emily to give me such a great course!!P.S. This course would be perfect if it covered bootstrap and Random Forest in details.
Nice course with appropriate amount of detail in it! Covers tough mathematical aspect for those who are interested in it.
Course is too slow to keep focus, it's repetitive but not clear when it's really needed.
It feels like it lacks certain depth.
A bit easy to get through the exercises bur otherwise a very enlightening and inspiring course. - This is btw a positive review if anybody should be in doubt after taking this course :)
A lot of interesting parts of the course are available as optional and a lot of the difficult parts of the coding exercises are provided to you - the challenge is not there. :/
Simply a great course. Good intro to machine learning classifiation.
Professional, comprehensive, worth to learn
As always in this specialization, tough course but so practical !!
awesome course awesome teachers
Very detailed, Liked optional sections also. Loved it.
I think this is an excellent course to give an idea about the machine learning concept of classification. I felt the lectures were to the point, straight forward and more importantly dealt with practical issues and solutions. The assignments are pretty cool, though large amount of code is written at a few points - I still found them pretty engaging.
Fantastic Course
Excellent course that details important concepts in supervised classification. The programming assignments can be a little easy to complete (and consequently easy to forget later), but I believe it's a well paced course and the lecture material is at any incredibly accessible pace, with options for more advanced material.One suggestion would be to include more papers for additional technical details in the lecture or programming assignments as you did with dealing with unbalanced data.
Not as good as the Regression Course, but still very good.While I appreciate prof Guestrin's enthusiasm, I missed a little rigor and mathematical depth of the Regression's course by prof. Fox.I learned a lot, but I feel that regression clicked with me a little better than classification.But that's probably me.In either case, the whole series are awesome so far, better, in my opinion, than Anrdrew Ng's ML course on coursera,A small suggestion would be to switch the main toolset from the Graphlab to something more common, like Sci-kit learn and Pandas.
The course is interesting and well taught. The professor is very enthusiastic and it makes the course fun to watch. The problem in my opinion is that the content is too superficial. It's completely lack of mathematical background and the programming exercises are sometimes no more than copy paste.
Really liked the practical application of this course - very useful in learning classification methods.
This series is taught by Emily and Carlos. Course 2 was Emily and this course 3 is Carlos. Carlos takes a more practical approach by showing how things are related using pictures, trial and error, what happens when we do this vs. that. Emily on the other hand dives down into the math and actual facts. I feel Emily is more difficult overall - but once I got through it, I had a better foundation and intuition as to how things work and better overall understanding. So - giving this class 4 stars as compared to Emily's class that is 5 stars. I feel if they would mix it with Emily doing the math immediately followed by Carlos explanations it would be best. Finally - I don't feel this course on classification had as much content. We could've done more.
Thank you Prof. Carlos for this amazing course. You covered the topics in a very easy to understand way and the course was full of cool applications and humor! The only downside that I felt was that the programming assignments sometimes felt too easy. Even as a complete Python novice (I started learning Python with the first course), I felt the programming assignments could have been made more interesting. But in the larger scheme of things it doesn't matter because the course was really well taught and easy to understand. I'm really looking forward to the next course! :)
Overall a great course and has a very good instructor. Teaches you all the fundamentals behind classification algorithms and models. Contains very good assignments/projects that make you implement the models yourself to get a much better understanding of the concepts.
Great course. I'm really looking forward to learn more about clustering in the next course since I know nearly nothing about clustering.
Very Good!
This course is friendly to machine learning beginners for the learning material is easy to understand as well as the assignment is easy to accomplish.
Worth the wait.
Very good content, very well explained... great course. Classification its a very broad topic but i think this is great introduction.The hands on where kinda on the easy side... but very interesting.
Very interesting topic with some advanced topics covered. It really shows how to use machine learning in the real world.
The course is definitely high-quality and the topics are covered in a good way. I'm not giving 5 stars because I would have expected SVMs and neural networks. Mentioning the many different algorithms for learning decision trees would have been nice, without necessarily focusing on each of them in depth. An entire week spent on precision/recall seems a little bit too much, without touching other metrics like F-score. Overall though a very nice course for beginners, and it definitely gives a good sense of classification challenges and approaches.
Extremely highlevel, quality of the material is significantly lower than in the previous courses.
Very good course
Lack some of classical classification algorithms like SVM and Neural Netwroks.
A good course to start learning classifications and getting exposure to algorithms. The instructor is awesome!!
Great course and learning
The classes are not practical, and the voice of the teacher is very monotone, boring.
Good, but overemphasizes niche software product (graphlab).
A very good introduce machine learning course, it's clear and easy to follow.
Just one comment about how the course could be improved: the assignments should be more hands-on with fewer pieces of code written in advance. I say this is even though I am not a skilled programmer. The assignments would be a bit harder, but also a bit more rewarding.
The course provides an overview on classification methods in machine learning.The lectures are clear and easy to understand due to the quality of the slides and of the explanations.The limit of this course lies in the assignments: too easy if done with the provided notebooks and tools. Sometimes impossible to do with different tools (the suggested machine learning package is free for educational purposes, but otherwise it needs a license).
The content seems rather thinner than that of earlier courses in the specialization, and seems to get more so as the course progresses. (Week 6 is entirely spent on Precision and Recall, with only about 30 min of lecture.) It feels like there was a rush to get the course out and that corners may have been cut at the end.And as others have mentioned, several very important classification topics are conspicuously missing.
Great course! However I put only 4 starts because I would like to see random forests which are not present.
Decision trees and boosting were great.
The best machine learning course I took online. I've taken other coursera courses, and this is the most complete, comprehensive, and well made.
I come to know how can i applym machine learning conceps i real world scenarios . The instructors are so nice and always explaining in simple methods. Nice teaching abilities.. Glad to guided under this kind of instructors. Nice experience.
great course, would have been even more great if there are more details on how to use boosting for kaggle
This continues UWash's outstanding Machine Learning series of classes, and is equally as impressive, if not moreso, then the Regression class it follows. I'm super-excited for the next class!
Excellent Course, I'm very found of Carlos jokes mixed with the hard concepts ^^. Lectures are precise, concise and comprehensive. I really enjoyed diving in depths of the algorithms' mechanics (like Emily did in the Regression Course). I also deeply appreciated the real-world examples in the lectures and real world datasets of assignments.Some may regret the absence of a few "classic" algorithms like SVM but Carlos definitely made his point about it in the forum and did not exclude the addition of an optional module about it.I found some of the assignments less challenging than during the Regression Course, but maybe I'm just getting better at Machine-Learning and Python ^^.Thanks again to Emily and Carlos for the brilliant work at this very promising specialization.
This is a very good course on classification as previous two.Good explanation on topics like logistic regression, stochastic gradient descent. The assignments are well designed.However the decision tree part should introduce entropy and gini which are mainly used for choosing the splitting feature. Also the random forest is worth discussing.Overall, this is a good course which contains a handful of knowledge.
This specialization overall is pretty good. Personally I feel like Classification talks more about concepts and important ideas and requires less on coding comparing to Regression. Learned a lot! Love Carlos and Emily!
thank you every much, every helpful! ~i will repeat several time~
best of the best, theoretically and practically
So far it is a mazing. I will rate at the end of the course
The best part for me in this specialization, Classification is great
Excellent and very intuitive.
Great way of teaching, technical details well demystified. Thank you very much!
good course but too much easy, can be a good review.
These Machine Learning classes have been fantastic so far, really enjoying them. Very good coverage of topics and challenging exercises to drive home the learning. The effort put into developing the classes has been superb and I look forward to the rest of the specialization.
Assignments were more challenging than previous course. Loved solving them. Enjoyed the optional videos.
very interesting and novice friendly, however some math (basic matrix calculus and derivatives) review worth doing
Excellent course! I've learned these topics before, but many things were not clear enough. While learning this course my knowledge really improved a lot.
Excellent theory and practice(coding)!
After 2 great courses this one is really disappointing!
The contents are very interesting and well explained. Nevertheless, unlike the Regression module, the current one suffers of some technical problem, like slides not well formatted, noisy audio in some video, weekly work load not perfectly calibrated. Despite all this, if you are interested in the subject, you will definitely love this course!!!
Great course!Personally I could use a little more on the math behind the algorithms (e.g. Adaboost, why does it work?).Also, would be great to add SVM in next iterations of this class.Thanks!
Useful and interesting~
Course material selection, pace and presentation are all well thought out. This sequence of courses in the Machine Learning specialization is truly exceptional.
A great course! Well presented, does not shy away from the mathematics (very nice optional units that go into more detail for the interested student!), keeps focus on the material and maintains the structure and feel of the specialization as a whole. It's great that we get to actually implement some of the algorithms. Strongly recommended!
Very instructive, you learn a lot.
Awesome. Waiting for the next one.
The course is really well structured and gives a solid understanding in the latest approaches in Machine Learning. However I would also like to see in this course more sophisticated math, because it matters and I think there are important.
This is a hand-on very exciting course, strongly recommended for all audience
One of the best online machine learning courses I have taken. Excellent explanation of many techniques on Classification. A great combination of theory and hands-on examples. Thank you, Professors Fox & Guestrin.
Great courses as usual like the previous courses in this specialization. Cater for beginners who want to gain a strong foundation and practical usages for ML.
Take you too long to come back, but the content is great. Good job
Heck yeah!! its finally here :D
Excellent with broad view on understanding Internet Technologies with clear examples depicted in pictures
Very interesting course
the course fully gave me an insightful introduction to IPv4 and IPv6 technologies
Great course!
Clear, concise presentation. Excellent references for further study provi
Very overwehelming with lots of names and without explanation, just like real lection in real university.
It's interesting to see how the internet really works with IPv4 & IPv6. It's surprising how much header information goes with every packet of information. This shows how really fast the internet really is.
This lecture was introduced in very details. It's very good for me.
Not the best one on coursera. Included many details that are not really relevant and quizes just checked if you memorized it.
The lessos are really good for beginner and also for people have cs degree to revise the concepts like protcol suite
Nice intensive on the basics IP and TCP\UDP technologies.
updated , easy to understand and great professor combination all of those quality make this course one of the best courses i ever take it
Great Course!
This is a great course to learn the fundamentals of Internet Networks.
Good information, but not good for people lacking background knowledge. Lecturer reads off slides and gives very little supplementary information.
Very beautifully presented
Awesome presentation. I got a niche for this.
Had fun with this course. Precise, concise & the content is cutting edge & juicy!
Very clear to explain the concepts. It would be better if the professor offer us more time to go through the diagrams in the video rather than press the "pause" botton.
Clear and concise explanations for the lessons. But not for total beginners I guess, a little background on the terminologies are necessary to understand the lessons.I suggest to add more imagery to keep the lessons from being monotonous. A step by step appearance of the explanations can improve this course better rather than making all information available on the powerpoint in one page.Nice job!
Pretty well presented. Debit 1 star for a mis-quote in a lecture (later corrected via e-mail). I'll do more from these guys.
An exceptionally good course! Relatively short yet very informative, covering the core concepts about TCP and IP protocols.
really great course, I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting
Good refreshing info
The information are super instructured and it combines between practcal world and theory .It opens a new door to understand the Internet clouds!!
Nice course to learns basics of internet.
Loved It! very clear and deep
I really found it very informative and well presented. Professor Jong-Moon Chung does a great job of putting these together.
I understand it is a technical subject but going slide after slide reading the material without any clear explanation, is not learning is just reciting.It would have been better to try and put only half of the facts (we can always search for specific flag) and explain more about use cases.There has to be a better way to pass the materials.
only show us what it is.
Course is really good and covers TCP and UDP basics in a proper and simple manner !!
Clear and concise overview!
Very great course with lots of information
Very useful course
Good introductory course. No labs involved. No certificate issued.
Very good course!
Very informative course. Great.
A good introductory course
Well explained and useful knowledge. I like courses where I decide when to do the tasks without deadlines.
This course is very useful for me.....from this course i am learning many things.....thanks for providing his course .....thanx coursera.
average course not too good not too bad
Well explained
Good: i understand a lot of things.
Great course
It was amazing experience with all the course videos and the quiz at the end of the week was helpful.
nice review in TCP/IP
Interesting and simple explained
Very Poor Course.Should be removed from Coursera.
Loved it!!
Way too technical for a beginner...
Not bad for refreshing your memory, as in my case - I already received the information while studied in academy, and new key principles but overall memory was shady and needed to be refreshed. But to speedy for a newbie in the area, pace could have been slower.
Excellent stuff found........
thank you soo much
Clear and concise instructor, but if you are a novice, it is upon you to discover an appreciation for the references provided at the end of each module.
The course was well thought and well presented. I found it quite easy to follow these concepts and learn.
Very good course. Highly recommended.
Great course, I've learned a lot of networking, the course teaches the basic stuff of internet and it is a good way to start this. I recommend this course to anyone who has a little experience of this, I want to clarify some information like layers, for example.
Great examples, I learned a lot. Thank you!
Good inntroduction to TCP/IP and IP V4 and V6.
This course is awesome. It teaches from the ground and easy to understand all the contents.It helps to build up concept and is very helpful for further detail study in the same topic .
Was very my informative and a good resource to brush-up my academic skills.
The teacher is awesome and I understood the concepts that I had never paid attention to in college! Thanks a lot for this course.Suggestion: Maybe a bit mode detailed explanation regarding the congestion control mechanism of TCP(CWR, ECN), and how it works in real life.
Great amount of information, very useful. Thank you
A great beginers course in the networking field, Youll learn what are the basics of network
Very clear presentation makes the many concepts and abbreviations memorable!
Gives very clear basic overview of Internet or Networking. Fills the missing bits.
What is the reason to put together so much details about network packet headers and all other parts of this course? I think this info completely useless here and must be part of any specialized networking course.
excellent course, well structured. I liked how each protocol is explained.
very clear and specific easy to understand
I rate this 3/5 because of how accurate it looks. I wish it was more practical and that gave some real explanations (not just "this concept is called like this... because it is called like this"). As I said, anyway, it has a plethora of notions.
Nice and clean information about TCP/UDP an IPv4/v6 protocols.
Good Course to understand the basics of Internet Network.
well done. That is a pity that we cannot print the course support document which were particularly clear.
Highly theoretical presentation on attributes of TCP vs UDP packets, and also about IPv4 vs IPv6 packets,A little more on advantages/disadvantages of one over the other, some background history on why and how it was developed, response from device manufacturers, and some opinions on future adoption would be great value-added to the course.Thanks, Professor Chung.
Too much focus on remembering specific details and numbers, and too little focus on broader understanding.
Very clear concise and simple explanation
Professor Jong-Moon Chung is very good at teaching this class. Perfect rhythm and pace, useful and clear analogies. Thank you very much!
Perfect
I miss the slides for static consulting alter the vídeo.
it's was really interesting and easy to understand.
Very interesting! Relates to what I'm doing at school and work. Thanks!!
It's a good one we should all do this
Very interesting. The teacher is a great motivator and the bravery for using the songs arguing that it is for educational purposes was very important. Other courses where music is not reproduced are kind of boring.
I really enjoyed this class! The professor demonstrated an exhaustive knowledge and as well as a deep love for the subject. Unlike similar online music history classes, he played snippets of the songs as he discussed them, which really made the difference. Highly recommended!
What an awesome course! I am truly learning about the foundation of what we call Rock n Roll music. The professor does such a wonderful job of instructing this class. Thank you
Good start
Thank you a lot!))
Actually, I think that information is incredibly relevant, but I need more examples - as simplified as possible - in lectures
Great materials and speakers! Thanks a lot!
Too simple but OK for the introductory course.
Very interesting course. I refresh old university's knowledges. And get more motivation to dive deeper in math and data science.
This was a very interesting course, though a little longer videos on applications of maths in data science would have been nice.
Cool!
everything is excellent!!
Amazing and fascinating course for ages 5-99
Perfect
One of the best courses on Coursera. It's in Russian.
very professional best in web!!
everything is cool
Nice course. Thanks.
Math is rather boring, but programming is too fast sometimes. Also, it would be better to have more programming assinments.
wonderful course!
Thank you for this course. It's very useful for me
Assighnment is partly possible only with classmate who has full knowledge of python!
Very useful and fundamental course
Very clear and interesting course!
It's very interesting!
I really enjoy study this class!
The course covered a huge amount of material but was presented in a clear concise way. I liked the way it pulled together so many different ideas and referred to places all over the world, giving the big picture as well as a fair amount of illustrative detail. The presenter was clear and concise in his delivery and paced it so the student could follow quite complicated material easily. I would have like to have the results of the quizzes before deciding whether to purchase
It's a very open minded course for everyone who wants to learn more about the global history of this period and for everyone who wants to learn some of the skills of a histrian. It has a great pace and a very understandable professor.
Amazing course! Learnt so much, and gained a better appreciation of not just knowing what happened, but analysing the set of options available to individuals at that time to understand why history happened the way it did. Extremely engaging narration and curation of materials.
You have to pay to take the the tests. You might as well watch videos on YouTube or better yet get on Khan Academy. I did like the instructor. Even though he takes a while to warm up, he's really good at showing the big picture connections of why things happened.
Really good insight into the history of this period. I have found it fascinating and cannot wait to learn more.
Such an informative course, and it linked together different regions & events; that's something only top-level sources of education does. I will no doubt continue on with the course to Part 2.
Great class if you are looking for an overview of the 150-year span between the Enlightenment and World War I. What is unique (as far as classes I've taken) is that it makes mention of events in South America, the Middle East and Asia beyond how they affected the European or American powers.
"Events, dear boy": yes, yes, we know, but Professor Zelikow is determined to steer his students beyond events to a questioning of causality - to the whys as well as the mere whats. In addition, the course is very well structured, and pitched I would say absolutely perfectly for the curious generalist. Only cavil is that one or two lectures are perhaps a touch too compressed, even for such a brief course (week three, for example). Overall I would thoroughly recommend this course: I'm not sure I've ever spent €46 so well. On now to Part Two!
Just great course! Easy to listen! Interestingly to study! Thank you!
I am giving this 3 stars for one reason. Although the instructor was terrific and the subject matter interesting, you cannot take the quizzes/tests without purchasing the course (I like to test my retention of the material). As I am an elderly and retired audit-only student and have NO interest in getting a certificate or using the course for college credit, I found that off-putting and dropped the class. Hopefully, other Coursera courses are not going to adopt the same requirement.
It does not let it show as completed unless you purchase the course and take the quizzes. Quizzes cannot be taken unless you purchase the course.
Simply awesome! I really appreciated the professor's approach and I enjoyed the videos, always looking for the next one to come. For people who have a personal interest in history, this course is definitely a must.
Very interactive and good for a variety of ages
An outstanding series of presentations. It was a truly fascinating course to follow.
Great calm organized instructor who helps put previous knowledge into logical perspective. Strongly advise this course for anyone who wants an overview of the time period.
great course. very deep and interesting critical analysis.
The lecturer is amazing and explains history in very easily understandable chunks.
Truly wonderful. I loved this course from beginning to end. The presentations give you just the right amount of information, without overwhelming you with facts and dates.And there's Part 2, which is equally great.I thoroughly recommend this course.
Wow, what a fantastic class. I love how Philip doesn't just talk about a bunch of dates, but really brings in humor, paintings, poems or things from literature, and really does a great job of painting a global view. But it doesn't feel overwhelming considering the topic. Things are presented in an easy-to-understand way each class, and you can tell he really likes this topic, as I found myself more and more interested in all that he was presenting. That's the sign of a great teacher.
Very easy to follow yet imparts a deep understanding of the subject.
Thank you.I have already finished two parts of the course. Your teaching style is suitable for me. If you open any other classes, please inform me, I will join them immediately.
I completed both parts of this course--a lot of work, but well worth the effort. My last formal history course was a two-semester sequence called "Modern Civilization," which I took as an undergraduate at UNC-Chapel Hill back in the late 1960s. It's amazing how much my perspective on history and studying history has changed over a half century.It might be helpful for a student to have had some exposure to European and American history prior to taking this two-course sequence. A knowledge of world geography would also be beneficial. The quizzes in part 2 seemed to cover more material than the quizzes in part 1, which required me to change my study habits a bit. This two-part course, however, was well worth the time and money spent. In fact, I can't remember when I got so much out of such a modest purchase!
Amazing!! Thank you so much, I have learned a lot
This was great. For em, a person who's just in need of learning new things, this is great. Besides, there's no limit of certifications that you can have. But, I still don't think these videos cover everything covered in a professional university.
A truly excellent fascinating course!
This is a terrific course, amazing prevention,but it does lack reading material that Virginia's full online course has,it would be nice to have a deeper engamente with the subjects.
I really enjoyed this course - although I wish the big weekly quizzes were available to everyone, not only those who purchased the course.
Great course. Awesome professor.
Great course. I really enjoyed it
My favourite course. Philip Zelikow is the best!
I really enjoyed this course. I learned a lot and enjoyed how the Professor compared events around the world and tied things together.
It is a very useful and interesting course! Thank you very much
Prossor Zelikow does a fantastic job with world history!! He gives a wonderfully refreshing "Big picture" view during this period of time. Thankfully he constantly reminds us of the "why this happened" instead of the usually boring "and then this happened..."Crystal clear presentation and wonderfully informative!Highly recommended.
Loved it !
This course has a charismatic professor and lots of interesting information. I enjoyed it very much!
Really brilliant introduction to Global History!
Find informative...and with additional details/perspectives that helped me to rethink what I thought I knew.
Although I already had much of the conceptual framework and general history of the course, the presentations filled in the missing detail of events and causes. Beautifully illustrated with art and maps from the different eras.
A different approach to world history. It's not about dates and events, and not even about famous conquerors. More about social and technological trends.
Very nice global perspectives with focus on why and not what! Could be a little less material on America and more global, but still recommendable!
Very good course and analysis of the period
An important explanation of how the world transitioned to the modern, with its benefits and disadvantages.
Wonderful overview of Global History. I have enjoyed taking both parts of this historycourse from this terrific professor.
Despite a bit confusing use of info-screen, this really opened my mind and view to the rest of the world. It´s if he made me see world history + our present world in a whole new light. Thank you so much :)
Excelent course! Quality in knowledge and presentation. Plenty of visual materials, helpful maps and global connections to the history covering the whole world.
It took a little while to get interested in the course, but by the end of first week it began to get interesting. I liked the professor and his friendly style. It is definitely an overview of the major events of history. One can always find out details about events that one wants to know more about. This course gives a broad idea about world history and in a way helps us see what the future would be like. Because history does repeat itself.
Excellent course material, friendly instructor, and a great way to read history!
Great course
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you. The professor is a great public speaker and very knowledgeable. I wish he was teaching another course.
Great! Just great!
Great course. Great Professor.
Interesting course, well presented with just the right amount of charts and graphics, a talk and chalk approach. Some of the diagrams could have been higher resolution to enable better understanding on a first run through
Good presentations. Enjoyed the lectures, good information, and good illustrations and maps. I'm grateful to have this opportunity to learn about this period. Phillip Zelikow takes you through the history through time zones, while visiting various ideas and happenings around different parts of the world, and how they are interconnected. I would like to see some reading material for further understanding (not just suggested books). Overall, I would recommen
This course is very comprehensive. It giive us a realy Global perspective of the importante facts in History that changed the world in many aspects. I just loved it. The tests are not simple, so I advice people to take notes during the classes because it give us lots of information. In order to pass you have to pay attention even in the detail
Someone who doesn't know history is destined to repeat it. I'm not a fan of history, so why take this class? Because I believe in the first statement and wanted an overview of how we got to where we are. This is a great course for that.
Best course ever, from the best man in the world!!
Great course.I only wish Coursera would offer history courses on major revolutions that shaped the world as well, i.e Russia, Iran...etc.
The greatest thing about this course is the connection of different events in the history to create a comprehensive picture about the global history. The professor is so nice and presents the course in a very interesting way :)
Thoroughly engaging and Part 2 is even better. Not full of dates etc. just full of explanations for why things happened and why they could or couldn't have happened another way.
I think this part is great,i have learned something very heuristic.
I just audited this course for the fun of it with an interest in seeing patterns from the past in order to understand our present. I enjoyed the presentation and the professor's thematic approach and his relaxed conversational presentation style. I feel like I got exactly what I hoped to get out of it. I particularly found his use of images from the various countries and time periods helpful and memorable.
Loved it!!
The course was very interesting and the professor explained really well in simple ways.
A great course on predominantly the western course of history from 1760 to 1910; one that focuses on ideas and movements that shaped the world, not a course that focuses on western history for reasons of eurocentrism alone. Where the course is eurocentric, it is so by necessity, a symptom of a well-balanced, well-structured course that strives for an approach that poses questions in an earnest and truthful manner.The professor who runs this course is a highlight. His voice and presentation style makes the course that much easier to enjoy. I hope to later follow him and pay attention to his external writings and insights, even in my time beyond studying this online course.
One of the single most interesting and useful courses I've ever taken. It definitely gave me a greater context for both history and for current events.
An excellent overview of the subject with some fresh analysis by a top professor in the
Very good, concise, relevant and with an excellent presentation. Gives you the big picture on history and also offers an insight in the decision making that shaped world history. Also it offers a big picture, focusing not only on Western history, but on China, Africa, India, Japan, Latin America and the Muslim world.Excellent!
Excellent Professor!!! Not the same old boring history course! Prof. Zelikow really digs into history and poses the fundamental question "Why?"
A clear and lean approach of this period. Well done UV!
Excellent course. Good overview of history, well taught, and very much worth the time and the effort.
Extremely interest course. Learned a lot. Really puts everything into perspective. Professor tells history like a story.
An awesome course, great lectures, neat presentation. I actually binged through it!
Great overview showing the real movements and influences that spurn history!
Excellent course, very complete and insightful
I loved attending the Modern World, Part one course.I have been a student of history all my life but i learnt a lot during the course.I would like to take up other history courses time permitting in futureThanks
I liked the course so much, I have already enrolled in the second half. I enjoyed picking apart history by its cause and effect scenario. Clear, easy to understand and enjoyable.
This course gave me an overall understanding of the globe of that period of time. This course helped me to understand why individual countries were in the situation they were. I am not into academic pursue but fully enjoyed the course. The professor was very clear about his ideas and pleasant to follow. Highly recommend for all people interested in modern history.
The classes are very good and objective. It helps a lot undestand the present world
Overall good class--instructor is lively and engaging
Very interesting and intriguing, quizzes are a bit hard because they cover so much material so if you are a working individual I feel it's almost impossible to accomplish but it's nice for general knowledge.Two notes-First, it would be nice if the professor wouldn't use "get yourself comfortable" in the beginning of EACH video - it is a bit annoying.Second, on quizzes & tests it's recommended that you omit the sentence "in the presentation" that starts EVERY question/quizz/test because obviously it is based on what we are presented in the videos so it's just time consuming, in my opinion.Besides that, great for general knowledge, awesome teacher, I really enjoyed this course, thank you!
Pr Zelikow is really a very fascianting professor.
I am eager to kown what happened between 1760 to 1910,several years.as you said,I am also eager to know how those things take place,thanks this course!
I believe the assessments focus on insignificant details mentioned in the presentations rather than the big ideas that I believed was the crux of the course.
Very well organised and presented. Inspired by the big picture nicely threaded together.
Very interesting!
Great way to start learning history.
Another great course from a professor at UVA! Almost all of the lectures were engaging. He teaches history in an easily accessible way, using very good maps, diagrams, paintings, and clear illustrations of his topics. I would recommend this course everyone, but especially folks who find history to be a dry, dusty thing, as he breathes life into the material.
8 hour waiting period after 3 tries is a pain in the arse. One more try and i would have had it.
Excellent course on the broad sweep of history for the 150 years up to the WW1
A much much valuable course...
This is the way I wish history was taught everywhere.
Very interesting
Excellent course very well presented. Thank you.
Excellent overview and an inspired teacher....BUT:1.A short bibliography for each week/session would be extremely helpful.2.Response and interactive involvement by the teacher in the discussions would be appreciated.3. Lecture notes and Illustrations in digital format would be wonderful as a reference for further work and non-native english speakers.ThanksRod Allwright
Very engaging professor, easily understood. The obvious editing was very distracting and made one wonder what was being deleted.
Excellent insight, clearly understood broad presentation of ideas. Excellent communicator, this was by far the best course I have taken in Coursera.
Just excellent!!!! Thank you for this enlightening course, not just for what I've learned but also for the variety of topics for further study the course raised. Already started Part Two!!! Philip Zelikow you are really a great teacher!
Professor Zelikow is making the subject interesting and is presenting me, for the 1st time with insight into the causes of many wars and revolutions in not only the Americas, but also in Europe and how they were all largely tied to the same causes. It has also opened my eyes to what is going on in the World today and how similar some of the underlying causes are the same now as they were in centuries past.
Excellent. Thoroughly engaging, thoughtfully organized, and insightful. For anyone interested in the historical events leading to the conditions of the 20th Century, this course is a gateway to that understanding. Highly recommended.
Wonderful and intellectual professor!
love it！ very illustrative and comprehensible!
Phil is a great history teacher!
This course gives you a very broad view of world History on a Global scale. It is very well taught. Professor Zelikow teaches history in a very engaging and understandable way.
I think the class gives me a new perspective of the history. The professor offers
Great course, very nice professor. Lots of content about one
Very good for overview of these years, I really recommend.
Nice material and it presentation! Thank you !
This is a tremendous course which revived my intellectual curiosity after many years out of structured eductation. I am now much looking forward to completing Part 2 of the course. My thanks to Professor Zelikow.
good refresher, events of the period pulled together well, pleasant to listen to
very good overview of world history
Great course I loved it with its all parts
An absolutely great course.
Very informative course. I had a fun time learning, so thanks!
It was amazing course.
nice course to understand the history from a different view!
Great overview of this period in history. Professor makes it interesting without overwhelming. I definitely recommend.
The professor is very knowledgeable and engaging. It is fascinating to hear every word he says. I like the way he analyses WHY this or that happened and what we could learn from an event.
I have learnt a great deal in this course. A vast amount of history is covered in a logical and thematic manner. The professor's style is relaxing and warm. He is also well organised and lucid and because of this my learning was enhanced. This is a great course for those, like me, who are new to the history of these events.
Fantastic teacher and great course. Lots of information explained very well and very comprehensively.
erudition big picture connecting 'civilizations'
There is much to praise: nice mapwork, a steady and organized march through time, and some interesting case studies (I especially enjoyed the lecture on Henry Adams).However, the title is a complete misnomer, as the course is regrettably white bread history. I found the approach stale and western-centric, as the content actually covers western Europe and the stretch of its influence through the time period. I also found myself questioning the veracity of many conclusions, as the lecture often had difficulty citing more than a couple specific points of evidence for his arguments.
An excellent course that provides a thorough overview of the changes that lead to the formation of the Modern World.
A good course with great and clear explanation of history
wonderfull and very interesting course. Thanks you so much. Francois
Instructor is knowledgeable and enjoyable in his lectures. I have completed the requirements for a degree in history prior to taking this course (although I never applied for it). I have learned more by taking this course than I did in the same course in college.
Deep, thorough, complex analysis. Clear explanation of quite difficult topics.
Very good course - ties many disparate threads together to make a cogent explanation of how and why the modern world came to be.
Pretty good summary
Great course taught by a great professor! Very informative and objective.
Great course. World history with a different flair. Proffeser is is top-notch. Thank you for the experience.
I absolutely love this professor! He makes the topic and class as a whole extremely engaging! I would take any class he teaches any day!
really excellent . Looking forward to the second part
Interesting and well presented.Why questions are so much more important than what.
Great course: professor Zelikow puts into perspective facts that give us an understandable course of History and the role played by choices made by people rather than reviewing purely theoretical explanations or ideological trends to base conclusions. Really enjoyed it!
I actually took the pair of courses in backwards order and as I was finishing Part one (after part II) I was ready to go and do Part II again.Really enjoyed these to courses very much. Enough detail but also broad enough to cover many things that were happening in the world.Highly recommended as a course to get an overview on what was happening in the 2 plus centuries this course covers.
What a wonderful course and review of modern world history! Loved it!
Very fun and a great teacher
Grate course, well explained to understand where we are understanding how we got here.
I liked the approach of the topic and the narration style. The focus on finding reasons behind historical moments is a good feature of this course.
Really interesting
Really great. A big thanks to the professor for the big effort and clarity of explanations
The professor is very comfortable on screen, which makes it easy to listen to what he is explaining and take it all in. I'm learning a lot from this course!
Great Course! Shows the political evolution from a Feudal System until we have a Modern World that starts changing very fast through scientific knowledge, and the struggle from imperialism to democratic societies, to dictatorships, military goverments.
I think Professor Philip Zelikow is a charismatic speaker. I enjoy listening such an eloquent teacher.The content of the lesson is compact, complete, enlightening and inspiring.I find some of the quiz questions ambiguous.Thank you very much.
Instructor is really good giving lectures. History suddenly seems full of fun and power
Very good course on modern history. Explains a lot how we went from the traditional world to the modern
Excellent gripping delivery of what otherwise could be simply a bunch of dull facts.
I have already done this course before. Now I wanted check do I remeber everything or not. I'm very satisfied because I can say 'YES', I remember nearly all material and I would like to thanks for that course. :)
A great course!
excellent teaching and interesting development of the history.
Clear explanation of global history.
Very interesting, I really learn a lot about History.
It had a lot of information, however there wasn't a vary of sources.
I love what I'm learning and the way the teacher carries himself while explaining.
Unbelievably cool.Must-see for everyone who considering himself a learned man.
Although the content is interesting, I would have liked it better had the content and the instructor been a little more engaging.
Simply great
Being a professor as well (though in computer science), I know how hard it is to get the full attention of the students. I congratulate Prof. Zelikow for his achievements. This course has capture my attention and I was eager to watch the next presentation. I learned a lot and I just have a single point (actually a suggestion), which is that each module should finish with a list of literature for those seeking more info on particular topics. Apart from this, a well balanced course. Not easy to put together stuff about 250 years of History.
A lot of great information! This course made my teaching of World History so much better!
Gives an outline of world history emphasizing on the "whys" instead of the "whats". Great course for a beginner in International Relations who seeks to gain a wide view of happenings helped create current political and economic situations.
Excellent and very interesting course, professor Zelikow is great at explaining things systematically.
Great course. Interesting and engaging lectures. I enjoyed this professor's talks very much.
Great content, the teacher makes it easy to understand in few minutes the general idea of every topic
Thank you for teaching this course. It had been a wonderful experience :)
Great lecture series. It really make you want to travel and see where this stuff happened.
I found the course to be well structured, and striking an appropriate balance between insight and detail.Well done.
Very interesting! Scholarly lessons presented in a fluid candid manner that's very stimulating.
This was my first course, so I don't have any comparison. But I found it really well done. Clearly spoken, interesting content, well understandable. A good introduction to worlds recent history!
Great course. Professor Zelikow takes the entire world and gives us a clear and sometimes surprising story of the modern world. Amazing. So glad I took this course.
Would be great to have slides available to help for future review.
A very engaging approach to history.
I'm enjoying this course very much and looking forward to Part II. I appreciate the approach that ties everything together with larger themes and trends -- and identifies the reasons and motivations behind them as well as identifying regional causes for global events and the impact of global events on individual regions. This class is accessible to students who are not history majors but on the other hand is not simplified -- it's challenging enough to keep intelligent people interested.
This course was great because history has always fascinated me and this helped fuel my love of history.
A rewarding walk through the What and Why of an interesting period in history.
Big thanks to prof. Zelikow and University of Virginia for making history so interesting, and this course a joy to watch. I feel like I got a new perspective of today's world and the processes that will shape our future.I recommend the course to people of all professional backgrounds and interests, even those who never liked history in their student days.
Excellent Oration packed with wonderful analysis. History has never been so much fun.
excellent professor well presented
I love this course. History is my nemesis, but right now I hold my breath in every lecture and my mind winds up with thousands of questions! Thanks.
Amazing content and the professor makes the lecture very friendly and interesting.
The course covers an extensive important period of time and in a very organized way. You never get lost. The quizzes are of remarkable level, very well-thought and never superficial. The way things get related and start making sense helped me get to another level in my knowledge of history. I will never study any subject without making reference to other important events that happened elsewhere. And will always refer my readings on this theme to what I learned in this course. Great chance to watch Professor Zelikow's classes from Brazil. Thanks Coursera!
The Professor is very eloquent, interesting and has a remarkable virtue of keeping you in the loop of everything he's explaining, it almost seems effortless to engage in the topic of the video. I find the course extremely valuable, I'm learning A LOT and am able to connect the dots like I have never been able in my current education.Thanks Professor!
It was a great course and Mr. Zelikow is such a noble soul. I loved studying from him. In this information age, MOOCs will revolutionize education when people like us from far away countries have the chance learn from these terrific professors from all across the world. Thank You professor once again.
Content is 5 for sure. The fact that they keep suggesting to go for a verified course however is a little bit annoyig, so 1 star off for that. I think it would be more appropriate to give an option to disable future asking similar to how ratings on Android work. That being said, the course is excellent I'm taking this for pure fun and it really is, ... fun! :D
Great lecturer!
A great course in a narrative view , and mainly focus on "Why this happen"~~PS:The professor is very charming~~
As a fan of History, I highly recommand this MOOC, it is always good for you to see history from a different prospective.
Very interesting and informative.Well presented.A pleasure to learn.
An essential study for those who want to know the why's of today's events. Bundles of happenings are presented at each course session.A mandatory course for your completion.
Very analytical. Not just a recounting of facts, but a thorough review of trends and attitudes. Very enjoyable course.
This course enable me to learn something new I have never learned before. It also gives me handful knowledge about world history.
Perhaps the reason why I really like this course is that I am very excited about learning world history. But the course content and the way professor delivers lectures is amazing.
I think the course is interesting, but very general.The lecturer is very good and all presentations are clear.There is a lack of references and links to self-study.
good comparative study
This is an excellent overview of the the History of the Modern World. I am learning and re-learning quite a lot and will certainly join up for Part II when it is on offer. I highly recommend this course.
Excellent. The professor was just about perfect - high energy and very relaxed. He was a natural in front of the camera. The subject matter was interesting and informative. Coursera and UVA are to be congratulated for providing such a great product. Nicely done.
An interesting economic and geopolitical analysis of a crucial era in global history. The topics were perfectly arranged and precisely introduced by a very well prepared professor. Nice course, enjoyable classes.
Good lectures, although I prefer application based courses.
Super course. Rather than a course, it seems a guideline of how to create powerful synergies to maximize the outcomes of challenging situations. I highly recommend it. Thank you professor.
Super fun course, great teacher, the approach to the subject is excellent for an introduction. Aboslutely recommended.
Exceptionally good and very very relevant to the world of negotiation. I can see myself using some of the techniques outlined in the course.
Please make an advanced version of this course, it would be very helpful!
Was an excelent education, information and easy, really easy to follow throgh the weeks. Im already taking another course on the site. Thanks a lot coursera team, Barry and the others teachers colaborators.
Excellent content and easy t
Super cool and interesting!
GREAT COURSE. Barry is an excellent teacher - his videos are effective, the practice quizzes really drive home the concepts, and the in-person practice negotiations were both fun and informative. All of the guest teachers provided great perspective and insight on the world of negotiating. I feel like I got a well rounded introduction to negotiation, and I'm confident enough to apply the principles in real life!
Great course. Absolutely loved it. Thanks to Barry and Coursera for facilitating this. The approach was simple and interesting. The course has be instructed in a creative and easy to understand manner. The course material is very much superior.
Absolutely an amazing course. This course is educational , entertaining with clever videos and an incredible lecturer and so so practical with skype negotiations and so much amazing material. I can not recommend this course enough it is priceless. I am already applying what I learned and it is fantastic. I think even if you did half of the course you would learn so much applicable life changing material.Thank you to Barry Nalebuff and Yale University and every one who helped put this course together! Thank you.
Fun course, detailed and high level at the same time, and although finding people to team up with an be hard, these assignments are a lot of fun.
Maybe the best in Coursera!
Totally worth the effort. As a student this is definately not a walk in the park. Be prepared to require solid maths skills - the key strategy to a successful course, amongst a proper preparation.I highly recommend this course to everyone, who is interested in a solid introduction into professional negotiation.
Love this course.Enhanced my MBA materials and knowledge.
Looking forward for continuing course. I hope for it since its just Introduction. Some part was hard due mathematics approach and need to be reviewed again for better understanding. But I like this course and it helps me to train english btw(
The best MOOC ever taken
Seems promising
I've completed 13 courses on Coursera. Far and away, this is the best class! Barry Nalebuff is a terrific lecturer and teacher. The course is well assembled (professionally animated in some sections!), interactive (case studies worked on with classmates), and features outside experts. The ROI from this course is off the charts! Take it - your career, and even personal life, will greatly benefit from it.
An excellent course with clear instruction and purposeful assessments.
Better than Netflix and HBO combined. Everybody should take this course, because it is so much fun.
[Going through Week 8 now] Mr Nalebuff is a great teacher, he introduces advanced concepts basing on the most understandable day-to-day examples. The course material covers a wide range of topics, but every single one of them is taught thoroughly and professionally.Great cases to get some hands-on experience with negotiation.Beautiful animations by Mr Dan Ashwood, hats off for you sir.I am definitely going to recommend the course to some of my friends keen on the matter.Thank you!
A really different approach to negotiation, very practical, and they even make you practice!! Great material and videos.
I thought the active negotiations with other students were very effective...
This was a very informative class and I have already applied what I've learned and succeeded in my negotiation in real life!
Top-notched course with rather practical cases and examples
Fascinating and useful!!
Excellent tutor, and a very interactive course
I LOVED this class and was so engulfed in it that I didn't even realize I had completed it! Would definitely recommend this prof. and this course interested in the art of negotiating.
Great course, and very practical! Absolutely needed.
very good course - covers all the basics and provides exercises to test your newly acquired knowledge.
An interesting course with lot of practical tips and an effective peek into the art of Negotiating. Enjoyed the Negotiation exercises
It's a great and practical course.
A great course presented in a very creative way.I love how Pr.Nalebuff introduced many contents as videos, comments, stories, etc...The exams and homework surely helps get all the information in mind.Thank you for the course Barry & Yale!
What would be better than spending your free time watching at entertaining animation + gaining knowledge! Highly recommend this course to everyone!
The course enabled me to learn various aspects of negotiation, especially the pie, how to expand the pie and get your share.
Strongly recommended: it's not only very useful with theorical contents and material, but with different practical negotiations to be done that help you to change your point of view when negotiating
An energetic course with important lessons on strategic negotiations. 100% recommended!
This is a remarkable course for the insight that it gives into negotiation. Previously I would have approached negotiation scenarios (like the course example of sharing the cost of business flights) with just a couple of options in mind (e.g. "split the cost") but this course has opened my mind to a far richer variety of options, and more importantly how to reason about those options (and so hopefully negotiate a good deal) and how to "expand the pie" with more options. The animations are visually cute, but they are also so rich in ideas that the transcripts essentially form a good set of notes about the topic, and they are infused with Barry's sense of fun. My only complaints are that the last couple of weeks of interviews with negotiators aren't as rich/interesting as the first part of the course (though Cohen was great), the early examples are perhaps overly numeric (though probably justifiably for simplicity), and from peer assessments it seemed that many students had little understanding of probability/expected value. But overall, a fantastic course!
The course is fun, educational, there is theory and practice. I recommend
I enjoyed doing this course and hats off to Prof Barry. His lectures were very interesting and I have learned a lot from this course. The exercises were stimulating and don't look further if you want to become a good negotiator be it for salary or buying a property or just to negotiate with your children!
very much loved this course. Professor Barry has designed a very good course content. I was able to understand through this course the nuances of negotiation. I highly recommend everyone to take this course
Fantastic course! Quite informative and I useful I must say. Professor Nalebuff explains all concepts in an understandable way, without sugar-coating and using excessively complex terms. I could only wish to have attended one of his other courses.. My sincere admiration and thanks!
Professor Nalebuff is an absolutely phenomenal professor/educator. The course was extremely interesting and useful. I hope to use what Dr. Nalebuff taught in my negotiations regarding my daughter's upcoming wedding. Fortunately, the process is in its infancy. I have already recommended this course to my future son-in-law.Thank you.
I am only starting with this course but I love how well the material is presented. These guys put some serious effort into getting their knowledge across having the student´s experience in mind.
A high valuated training, extremely recommended !!!
Great Learning
Very well structured and gives very good tools
Excellent !!!Dynamic lessons, never boring.
Thank You!
Great course, Barry is a compelling presenter and the course offers a good overview of a number of negotiation principles. This is a useful step on the way to becoming a great negotiator.
Very engaging and knowledgeable tutor. The use of case studies with actors brought the online experience alive and reinforced the taught insights with a sense of discovery. A highly recommended course useful for anyone at any level. A good foundation for further study in negotiation, game theory or conflict resolution. Thank you.
Excellent course, but the certificate should include an approximate amount of hours.
the professor nalebuff is a LEGEND
Understanding and having in mind knowledge from this course is an entrance ticket to negotiations, thank you very much! I really want some advanced course of this topic, ex. tough negotiations.
Excellent course, full of practical work and very good examples.
Great course , brilliantly delivered. Learn through relevant case studies and practical exercises
The cases are a lot of fun, and the course offers a lot of different insights both theoretical and practical. The guests are all extremely experienced and shared valuable knowledge. Very well designed course.
Very good course with challenging and effective assignments. Definitely a must!
Great course, the videos are funny, well taught. The practice exercise is also good and really useful. teachers show you the negotiation from another point of view. Very recomendable.
I strongly recommend this course to those who want to learn some useful tools and techniques to become a better negotiator. Content is great, the course is nice to follow and it's not just watching some videos, you must really understand the concepts to pass the tests and it really forces you to think.
Thank you Dr. Barry :) Amazing course
One of the best classes I had. Thankyou somuch for your such innovative approach in MOOCS!!!You rock guys!!!
Great course, !
Too much math! This course was not at all what I was expecting it to be... which could be both good and bad, depending on your own perspective. It concentrates heavily on the logistical side of negotiations via mathematical analysis to figure out "what's at stake" in a negotiation (i.e. "the pie") and less so on learning actual negotiation techniques. I got halfway through the first week before deciding to un-enroll. That said, Professor Nalebuff has a very engaging teaching style and presents each lecture in a dynamic fashion via animation. If you are a math whiz who excels in algebra and can do complex mathematical equations quickly on the fly, then this course will definitely benefit you. If you are like me, however, and looking for a course that will focus more on artistry and practical real-world application, then this course is not for you.
Great Course... Great Instructor... Great skill set
Very interesting approach
Explained negotiation in an interesting and engaging manner. Easy to follow and it's quite addictive.
This course is a great resource of negotiation skills for me (some one new to Strategic / Managerial Skills). I cleared this course with good score and purchased the certificate for this course as well and this to my professional skills.I would recommend this course to someone who is looking to grow negotiation / strategic and or managerial skills.
totally worth money and time
Thank you!
Excellent course that is well organized and to the point. The best online course I have taken.
It was a great opportunity to study this course, hope it will help me to negotiate my salary :D. Many thanks to Mr. Barry Nalebuff.
A fantastic course especially in business administration. Highly recommended for aspiring entrepreneurs and start ups
I'm not done with this course, and I can already review it as EXCELLENT. The Professor is very entertaining, and the content is superb.
Great course.
one of the best courses!
Very well made course. The lecture are fun and not boring at all!It's a very good introduction, and the main takeaway is that you'll learn why and how to negotiate fair.For a beginner in negotiation, this course lays a very good foundation, and opens the eyes, broadens the view on what negociation really is meant to be.
Very interesting course ! Lectures are entertaining and has a lot of real life examples. I recommend it to anyone who is keen on learning new things and wants to learn in non academic environment (eg. at home).
Its Yale nothing more to say
Love this course for being as fun and interesting as it is educational! Helps a lot with my scope of work!
Nice views on negotiations, and well explained. Gives a good introduction.
Excellent course, touch some very basic requirements for successful negotiations. Can be useful for both new in career to well experienced like me.
A completely new way to think about a negotiation.
The best Cousera course
This course is highly recommended for anyone in the world of business, whether you are running a business, want to run one or are a corporate employee. The course is very well presented with animations and graphics and business games are included which help you learn a lot. Quite simply put this is one of the best courses I have ever taken!
A completely entertaining course which changed my perspective on the subject of negotiation.
Excellent, very interesting approach, a shame there is no pdf documents about the courses.
This course in really insightful and with amazing content, but the structuring of the course is a bit confusing: too many divisions, and no clear learning path
Great course!
Outstanding teaching style and animations. Loved the content, format and examples. One of the most interesting and fun online classes I have taken.
This is without question one of the best course I have taken online or in a classroom as an undergraduate or in graduate school. The professor is smart, witty and has a great presentation style. As this is my first course on Coursera, I am so happy that I found it. My goodness, how much more money and opportunities I would have had if I had this course 10 years ago.
The lecturer uses good examples and the animations helped visualize what he was talking about in lectures.
Insightful content, great animated lectures, very valuable group work and very interesting guest lecturers. I enjoyed the course very much.
enjoyed and found the course useful
Superb presentation of objective methods to approach negotiations, with exercises and
Absolutely loved the course! Watched every lecture. Professor Barry Nalebuff is a great teacher. His enthusiasm towards the subject matter is noteworthy. Didn't feel like a 11 hours course at all. Maybe because I played it on 1.5x ;).The course helped me understand a great deal of theory on negotiation. I compared the course content to my experience in negotiations and found the mistakes I was making. I'll try to correct those in future negotiations.I'd recommend the course to everyone!
Useful, dynamic and easy to understand. Super interesting.
Great teacher, great course which teaches strategies that can be applied in everyday life.I would love to see a follow-up couse exploring the concepts in more depth and teaching new strategies.
The most interesting course I have ever taken on Coursera. All credits to the tutor Barry Nalebuff. I highly recommend this course to all !
I am a PhD student from Spain, I loved your course. I expect it will be really useful in my future. Thank you very much!
Great course! The professor makes the class enjoyable.
A great course and let me understand the basics of negotiation
One of the most insightful and educational courses I have taken. The professor is very interesting and captures your attention. The hands on negotiations are fun and valuable. I definitely recommend it to everyone.
I'm enjoying with this Course, is dynamic and exciting.
A very helpful, well-designed course. Learned and Enjoyed !
This is one of the most remarkable, useful and well-structured courses I have ever taken, in real life or online. The principles of negotiation are well explained and applied, and the interactions we must develop with our classmates make the experience incredibly friendly and applicable to real life settings. This course has given me a firm ground to approach negotiation problems from a logical perspective, which is never taught at school but which I believe is a fundamental part of a successful career and personal life.I wish this course had lasted longer and perhaps covered some topics in greater detail--proof that this is an excellent course is that upon finishing I had even more questions on my mind!Thanks so much Prof. Nalebuff for a truly extraordinary course!Diego Miranda-Saavedra, PhD
The Prof is great, explaining in a very easy to digest manner and also has a sense of humour!This course is more than simply a learning tool, it is also Entertainment!A must do Course for anyone to be honest.
Although I find difficult to understand and assimilate some mathematics concepts. I find the course useful. Barry makes it easy to understand and interesting. At the beginning as I couldn`t understand somethings I was thinking of leaving the course. But luckily I finish it and at the end I can say it was a great course.
Amazing course
Good course about negotiation and linked elements to make a better negotiation.
This course is great. There is excellent training material and the live exercises add a lot of value. There is a lot of very good theory, which is very useable, pleasantly explained, articulated very well and highly memorable. I love the principled approach that is used and the concepts that are explained.
Great course, that is informative, challenging and entertaining. The knowledge is gained is very applicable.
Great professor, very well explained step-by-step content and practical exercises
WOW! funny to do and great stuff to know!
very well organized and I esp like the way we have the case studies .
Full of tools based on hands-on experience from some very smart people - fun, challenging with so much wisdom collected in one place. Couldn't have spend my precious time in a more rewarding way, thank you
This course is very helpful. I enjoyed doing all the negotiation assignments with the fellow students. I think there could be even more of those because the most important part of becoming a better negotiator is practice practice practice!
highly recommended...! Feels like being there and actually requires a lot of participation and attentiveness. I feel proud to have done it.
Very helpfull
Totally not what I expected. Most of it was concerned with mathematical problems.
Really Practical and Helpful.
wonderful lecturer, great course design, very interactive and intresting. Thank you so much!
Prof. NaleBuff is awesome, funny and thorough with his explanation in the course. Challeging so far, but I really enjoy it.
It was an amazing experience. I learn a lot. Great course!!
Jedi Mind Tricks 101
Great course! one of the best that I have ever seen in Coursera, very well driven and great content, Barry is an amazing bright teacher....would be great to get some more courses from him
very good strategys of negotiation!
Fluent and entertaing course fully useful for both business and daily life situations.
This great and comprehensive with lots of real world example. I learnt alot from the course.
The good: introduction of some deep concepts that I haven't seen yet, in a clear format.What could be better: I would have preferred the course to focus more on the technical aspects, and there were quite large sections that I thought didn't add much to the information content.Thankfully there was enough good for it to get a high rating overall.
I loved the course it helped me to summarise and bring together all that knowledge I have got through my personal experience and listening to the course I often found myself thinking that I had it somewhere and somewhat experienced in past I am sorry I did not listen nor new of the course then I was younger, how many things could I have done differently
My laptop was not sufficiently fast to run Oracle VM (I'm using Ubuntu) and there where no other instructions for how to install the Oracle dbms
So far, it is very interesting. It has definitely enhanced my knowledge in negotiation concepts.
It was a great course with full of insights.
I learned a lot! Thank you guys for putting this here!
Many "good to know" things both for professionals but even for simple things in life like buying an new apartment or go out and buy anything. Highly recommended.
Excellent content with a brilliant professor
I have a master of science degree in consultation thus negotiation was a big part of the course therefore I have some background on the negotiation topic. I took this MOOC to polish up my skills and to see the value of negotiation training from a top university like Yale.The course was well designed and while I believe there is no one way of teaching negotiation, this course was more of quantitative way of doing negotiations thus the mathematics is a bit hard to follow. My degree course had no mathematics in it and thus this was an adjustment for me.I did like though that e had an opportunity to do live negotiations or the option of writing an essay and that the assignments had no deadlines thus making it a very flexible course.
Interesting course, useful principles and good animation lecture.
Great Teacher. Great examples. Only issue i did not like what that you had to find a partner to negotiate with and I found it a bit difficult to find people in my time zone who spoke good English. Other than that it was a great course and I recommend it for any one who want to go into business, law or retail management
Brilliant course on negotiation.
very good training and pratical , it provides a completely new vision on negotiation.
Absolutely stunning! I learned so much in terms of both knowledge and non-verbal behavioural aspects. Fantastic!
Great!
It's a great course with an excellent teacher. The studies cases facilitate learning , I recommend it.
Loved this course.The lecture videos were very clear, well framed, loved the white background and the instructor was always looking at the camera.The animated illustrations provided made the lecture extremely fun to watch and a lot easier to understand.Barry is an excellent presenter, well spoken, fun, pleasant and speaks in a welcoming tone.What I loved about this course is the nature of the assignments which stressed the point of actually doing negotiations with other classmates, it forced me to interact with complete strangers from different countries and review the work of others, which was an immensely pleasant experience.
Have a lot to learn and the classes are really dynamic and really interesting, also the homeworks are great
Beste Coursera Course followed so far! Thank you Professor!
I found this course very helpful and would recommend this course for anyone who wants to improve their negotiation skills. The course uses animation to elaborate complex concepts and assignments for practices. Not like other negotiation skills teaching the tips for negotiation, the thinking logic and principle of the course is highly useful. Besides, there are many recorded role plays for us to see what others do and what we can learn from others. So far this is the best course I've taken at Coursera Platform! I do think Coursera should make some billboard for course recommendations based on students comments.
The most amazing course about negotiation I have ever enrolled. So inspiring approach.
Great, very usefull, so many examples, very interactive, easy to work with, great content, excelent!! get into it!!
Exceptional format and delivery. Keeps us engaged throughout.
This is a fantastic course. Barry Nalebuff teaches with a tremendous flair and keeps this course interesting throughout.
Extraordinary Course with an excited lecturing team behind it! Have done some courses here, but none of them had so much content and sophisticated teaching methods and cool guests. The only star that's missing is that the system for finding negotiation partners could be optimized. Overall, was worth the time!!!
You're an amazing lecturer! I really enjoyed taking this class, although I was a bit shocked when I got to the "completed" at week 5. I definitely planned for a few more nights of work and got off easy :)
I love the animations, and the professor is very engaging.
Excellent course. It is probably less structured, than the University of Michigan course (by professor Siedel), but contains a few breakthrough insights that the Michigan course lacks - eg a more defined concept of a pie; a more structured approach to dividing this pie; the principle of "never say no to a proposal, make the other side say no to your proposal instead" etc.
A fun way to learn the basis on negotiation. Provides basic tips on the subject as well as it enables you to put them in practice. Thanks Prof. Nalebuff!
Barry is a great teacher. I have read many of his papers and books, but I never imagine how good and insightful he was as a teacher.
A superb introduction to negotiation from game theory point of view, which itself is a fascinating subject and taught by Barry nelbuff, a brilliantly simple teacher. read his books and you'll know.
in only the first week of the course i learned several new concepts .
great from the startdefinitely recommended
Amazing and interesting!!!
A real great course!! Lot's of very relevant lessons and great practice units
Beautiful made lecture. (Be so kind to excuse my miserable English. It is still under construction)After I had to change my proficiency, from being a truck driver to a total different job type by doing sales on telephone, my new boss (new and different company) urged me. She urged me, to invest in my private time learning how to make money on the phone. Instead of irritating potential customers by doing weird offers.After a good while of understanding, why is the other side willing to invest in products, my wage is remarkably higher. By compare of some weeks before.I understand also, to invest in ideas which are worth to pay for. And I started with one bought book to learn "Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook". The other two books are introduced by Prof. Barry Nielbuff.Yes, my QUIZZ-answers are WRONG. Nevertheless I learn what is going on. And that helps me doing a much better job. With great fun.Just want to say ...... Thank you all.
The best course taught by best professor and best university
I liked it a lot it's very useful
A very deep thinking course and I am really enjoying it. It has really defeated the thought about negotiation being argumentative.
After the first two introductions the course was not for me.
Some pretty interesting start based on mathematics, but too lengthy obvious advice for someone who gets the concept right away.
Too much mathematic approach
Extremely-useful course! It has tremendously changed my way of thinking.
Great course. Negotiation in a unique and very clever approach.
Lots of detail, particularly about the Penn museum.Descriptive
I really enjoyed this course and I will miss Dr SIlverman's voice. This course made me eaer to kearn more about Ancient Egypt. Thank you.
The course was pretty interesting and the lectures were engaging most of the time. I learned many things I was oblivious of before. It was quite interesting to participate in the forums as well because the questions made one think deeply about many different things. I am glad I took the course, I'm quite satisfied with my grade and results.
I wanted to give it 4.5 Stars. The course was wonderful and was well thought.
Touching on chronology , kingship , mythology , mummies and pyramids while informing and amazing this has been one of the most enjoyable courses ever .
Unfortunately, I did not find the course overly engaging and only provided very basic information. It would have been more interesting to look at a few things more in depth.
Interesting course stimulated my desire to learn more about ancient Egypt
would love to see a continuation of this course,
There was a lot to try to remember from one quiz to the next and I have memory problems, but if you're a person with normal memory abilities, I guess that wouldn't be a problem. I really enjoyed learning more about ancient Egypt.
learned a lot about Egypt which is total vacancy in my knowledge before taking the course and helped in greater understanding of Penn Museum's collection
I liked it, but I've expected more videos. For example, on the cult of Aton, on daily life of ancient Egyptians and their art.
It was very interesting and the Professor was very knowledgable. I enjoyed the course work and readings.Thank you.
great info
Very interesting course. I was surprised to find how little I knew about Ancient Egyptians.
A quick but thorough introduction to Ancient Egypt, with the added bonus of serving as an introduction to the Penn Museum's Ancient Egypt collection
A good introduction to the history and culture of the ancient Egyptian people. If you are truly interested in the subject, further independent research is absolutely required to gain more than a perfunctory understanding of the topic.
Informative course for anyone not familiar with the ancient Egyptians; The quizzes have a low (50%) threshold in order to pass, but are not always easy.
Excellent. A load of new things to know. Helps a lot to understand the diversity and the way of life of people who are ancient and also most intelligent.
Very interesting material covered by the course. The Professor teaching it sounds a little dry.
Great course, the material was very good. I didn't get a chance to check the book recommended for the course.
Wonderful course! I loved Dr. Silverman's lectures and the photos of artifacts from the museum. It was well presented and I hope I can revisit this course to watch it again just for the pleasure of doing so. There were many links for more information made available as well. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire course.
The skills that someone can aquire in brief:approaching a vast time period critically through keystonesidentifying the most important pharaohs and the monuments connected to themrealising and respecting the significance of different opinions -perceptions in order to decipher the code called "Egypt"
i really enjoyed this course and learnt a lot. having the lectures inside the museum was great. i also really enjoyed the session in the lab.
It needs more written notes so that it would be easier for a person follow up.
Perfect! Really very interesting and complete!
The subject matter is of great interest to me but unfortunately Dr. Silverman standing paralyzed before a projected backdrop and lecturing in a monotone doesn't do it. Too much "talking head" (actually motionless body) and too few visuals of course material. I'm sure he's a brilliant man, but an adequate lecturer he is not. If he's so shy he might just do voice-overs. I have dropped the course and will just read the book. I would not, incidentally, rate the course at an intermediate level. Beginning would be more accurate.Onscreen videos are bad enough, being at one remove from the classroom, but onscreen videos of an immobile monotone lecturers will kill any subject.
The course is a good general knowledge introduction to Egypt, there is lots of information stuffed into each week. The lecturer's style is super dry, but the lectures are ultimately very useful. This course style is sometimes a bit disconnected, in that the information you are given is often handled purely as information, and not quite as often contextualized. This tends to make the quizzes, and discussion prompts feel disjointed, and challenging in the way that it's difficult to use your newfound knowledge in application. That being said, I really enjoyed the class as a very direct knowledge-gathering experience.
It was not quite easy to listen to professor Silverman in the lectures and remember the details later. But I very much appretiated the suggestions for further reading. All in all the course helped me to get further in my studies on Ancient Egypt.
Fascinating survey course of Egyptian life, death, and folk-lore.
Lectures are very short, but there are many. Very informative despite this.
great class, very informative
Interesting class, which give a good overview of Ancient Egypt.
I learned more than I ever knew, even as an avid museum goer and Egypt enthusiast, and loved the videos and museum pieces shown!
A great introduction - very enjoyable! Would definitely like to continue further.
I was actually very excited for this course, yet it disappointed me. The lectures were monotonous and stiff, I found myself watching the videos on mute with the subtitles on! (p.s. the persons who transcribed the videos should have taken the time to see and hear what they were translating since there are quite a few errors on names, locations, even simple words). I also found the lessons rather superficial, did not "dive" into the heart of this great civilization. Finally, having read a book or two on the subject, the whole experience added almost nothing to my previous knowledge on ancient Egypt. The course is good for those who have no previous knowledge on the subject and wish to learn the basics regarding Egypt, its gods, mummies etc.
The course was extremely easy. I hoped it would be more of a challenge. No homework, only a 10 questions test every week (that is also extremely easy). As someone who's always been interested in Ancient Egypt, I already knew some things and ended up being able to pass the tests with 90-100% without even following the course. It's really an introduction for people who are pretty much new to the subject, so I'd recommend it, but for people who are looking for something more, you might find it boring. Even though the teacher is nice, the description of the course made me hope that it would be more interesting visually. I mostly read the transcriptions instead of watching the videos, because the teacher would just stand there and talk without moving, and it was not stimulating to me.
Fantastic introduction to Ancient Egypt. Thought provoking and well researched. Has increased my interest in Egyptology.
Fantastic content, I really learnt some new things
I am inspired to travel to visit Penn Museum. I hope to soon. Thank you for the course, I would take more in this field in the future if offered.
Thank you! Very interesting course.
This course was enlightening, to say the least. Dr. Silverman is very knowledgeable in his field and every time he mentioned some artifact in the Penn Museum, it made me more and more interested in visiting.
Very nice and interesting course, to learn more about Egypt history and culture.
Dr. David Silverman is just great. I learned much about Ancient Egypt, even in an introductory course.
This course was very interesting. I feel very lucky to get this opportunity to understand more some of the old Egypt mysteries. Thank you !
Thank you for that course, I was really waiting for it to appear in Coursera. A lot of new information, looking forward to the next course!
The course was very enjoyable. I would like to see a video lesson the geography of Egypt as there is much mention of locations in the early lessons. There is nothing about temples or rituals or the Valley of the Kings. Perhaps this could be a 2-part course with more themes. Many of the url links I tried to look at do not work. That needs to be addressed.
I liked so much!! Thank you Dr. Silvermann. It's was amazing course.
Very interesting course. I was looking forward to at least a week dedicated to studying ancient hieroglyphs but they were only mentioned in passing.
Definitely worth taking!
A very good basic introduction to Ancient Egypt. But, if you have already taken a similar course or read several books on the topic, you won't find anything new. The instructor knows his stuff but doesn't seem very passionate or engaging.
Great information, however, the professor who is clearly a specialist just stood and read the lectures. Not as interesting as they could have been.
This was a fantastic course, taught by a very experienced professor. The videos and script, which followed with images and parts of the museum, really helped in making come together with concept and context. It was an excellent course and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Precise and straight-to-the-point! I'd love to study in more advanced course.
Excellent course and very easy to follow.
I enjoyed the course, I have learnt a lot and
Great course for introduction to Ancient Egypt! An extensive amount of information pertaining to the the ancient civilization, and Dr. Silverman explain everything with great understanding! One of the best courses I have ever taken! Will definitely be recommending to all my colleagues! Thank you for the great course!
very intesting. what i like most is the collateral readings, very helpful for ancient egypt fans.
Knowing nothing about ancient Egypt except for pure words like "mummies, pyramids, sphinx, curses, pharaohs...", I took this course out of curiosity. And every word have become concrete when I progress in this course under Prof. Silverman's instruction and tour in the Penn museum. This has been a
excellent thanks for your help
I had fun while completing this course. It was interesting getting an inside look into the Egyptian Collection at Penn University, and Silverman's lectures were on the point and sharp. My lifelong interest in Ancient Egypt has been rekindled and I look forward to learning more! Thanks for letting me participate.
A very enlightening course ... i would have liked to hear more about the mythology and the gods roles
Great introduction, easy to understand
David I enjoyed the course and I will purchase my certificate later this month.
Great and interesting course! Highly recommend!
Interesting narrative with great video, the recommended book was very helpful.
I was disappointed by this course. I thought it was poorly organized and focused too much on trivia and not enough on motivating and contextualizing Ancient Egyptian civilization. I was hoping to come away from this course with a richer understanding of Ancient Egypt. The lectures were surprisingly dry.
Very limited treatment of the subject.
Thank you ，professor！I really learned a by taking the lesson.
Very interesting subject matter, however, sadly brought in a boring way, resulting in my quitting the course.
Of the courses I've taken through Coursera, Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization is, by far, my favorite. My interest in Ancient Egyptian civilization began in early childhood and has stuck with me ever since (I'm in my forties now). Dr. Silverman's lectures are very engaging and highly informative, always leaving you feeling excited for the next lecture. He really knows this subject!
This course is recommendable for anyone who wants to begin to study the Ancient Egypt word. It contains very interesting videos and readings! I have enjoyed it!
Dr. Silverman the the content in this course is wonderful. Thanks for the great videos and thought-provoking questions. Please give us more courses on Ancient Egypt.
A very basic overview of Egyptian history, not as detailed as I had expected. It didn't cover as many topics as I would have liked.
Brilliant intro to a very interesting topic.
An superb presentation of Egyptian culture.
Nice and rather short course, giving a good introduction about Ancient Egypt.
Great
This is an extremly intrested couse it talkes about pharohs, gods, and the best of all mumification and after life!
Very interesting course. Handles many aspects of ancient Egypt. Enjoyed it a lot
Definitely recommend if you need a crash-course on Ancient Egypt! In-depth, concise, and well explained; suitable for all those interested in ancient history
I did learn a few new things, but I would have to say the course is very easy to pass. The hardest part is the essay questions, but these are optional. Anyone having basic knowledge of Egyptian history could pass all the quizzes without doing anything else. You only have to get 50% correct.The recorded lectures were good, but not great. The speaker is reading the transcript and it seems like for the first time. He is not speaking naturally and it's a bit stiff.Nevertheless, for someone just starting, the course has all the essential information needed and you will learn a lot.
An fantastic course with plenty of informative information that is current.
enjoyable course I have watched a lot of egyptian documentaries and had a keen interest in the topic and would like to do more study but notice there is not a lot of classes and specialised courses in this in australia which is a real shame.
needs more data visiualizations.. images that used repeated many times which is confusinng.
I found listening to the instructor just read notes became very tedious very quickly. I had to force myself to finish this course which rather defeated my goal of learning for fun. The only video that engaged me was the very last one set in the artifact lab. I also feel that if you are going to offer transcriptions of the lectures, someone should proofread them. Not to do so is shoddy work and doesn't do Coursera or Penn any favors.
I have enjoyed this interesting course about my beloved country, thank you
The course was interesting and contained a lot of information. However, the quiz questions are not all answered in the lectures. Several times I had to go to outside sources to answer some questions. Please go through your quiz materials and make sure that the answers are presented clearly in the lectures. Or more easily, rewrite the quizzes to contain only lecture material.
The subject is interesting, but the presentation is dry, boring, in monotonous tone. Feels like somebody is reading a text book. No pause between thoughts, no animation of any kind. I am sure, the professor is a great scholar and authority on the subject, but as a lecturer he is not that great. It is unfortunate, because I was eagerly waiting for the course.
Excelent teacher and course!
EXCELENTE CURSO EL CUAL TIENE TODOS LOS OBJETIVOS DE MATEMATICAS A NIVEL DE SECUNDARIA Y PRIMER NIVEL UNIVERSITARIO
Excellent Course, Congratulations!! It was very helpfull!!
Nice topics, good explanations and luckly also in spanish
I love that this is available online! I am returning to school after more than 10 years and I have forgotten everything I learned in high school so this is very helpful to me, to be able to re learn what I though I already knew and possibly correct my thinking. Thank you for your time into putting this together!
i don't no spanish and video is in Spanish. i tried hard to understand. Gujarati Language is not good.can I help to tranlation in Gujarati.I am Gujarati. I have difficulty in 8.1 .I have answered all correct answers.Somany times given only 4 correct answers. I am B.Sc, B.Ed with Maths. I have taught Maths in 10,11,12 th class. i will also join new course. Can you give certificate for Pre-Calculus? Any fees for that?Thanks.Jasubhai D.Desai
The course is helping me a lot!
It's a good course to remember concepts.
Muy chevere!
thanks for great course
it is really good i love it , it is simple
it's great course, professional teaching
Concise and Important concepts well explained.
Best, but it could be little difficult for beginner
Overall experience and way the lectures were presented was amazing. Thank you Coursera and JHU
Very good course. It has been very useful to understand the Ruby on Rails basis for web development.
Support was pretty good but I spent a lot of time trying to fight through the thicket of version compatibilities. They introduce a lot of interdependent elements in one short class so that is definitely a feature. I would recommend learning Ruby elsewhere if you're completely new to it before starting this class. I paused to work through the very awesome "Head First Ruby" book and it gave me the skills to move on. What the course does well is show you how these many interdependent elements work together: Ruby, Rails, Sublime Text, homebrew, rbenv, rspec, httpparty, heroku. It's a lot to take in and you really have to explore each subtopic a little more on your own to make it work, but you finish with a pretty rich understanding of the ecosystem of tools and frameworks you need to be effective if you do. Definitely overall recommend, but know that you're going to have to do some work on your own.
Really enjoying this class. Instructors and classmates are very helpful when encountering issues.
A really nice way to get introduced to the whole framework. You don't spend too much time on any one subject. Instead, you get your feet wet with Ruby, the very basics of Rails, and how hosting on Heroku works.
Thank you!
Was great to make this course on RoR here. Thank you very much!!
Definitely not for a beginner.Wish there were more visuals, and assignments to do alongside the professor. Instead, it is a lecture from Power Points, that don't really line up with the assignments very well.If you have previous knowledge in another language, you'll do fine, but if you're truly looking for a beginner course, look elsewhere. Many assumptions are made by this professor that makes it less approachable by a beginner, IMO.
It is very much useful to the beginners who are thinking about their career in the software fields.Because this course is very much helpful to get an internships.
Nice Course, well structured.Only issue faced was with Grader not letting to use Rails 5, please be aware of this and use Rails 4.2.8 and save some time. :)
Very good introductory course
Overall I was disappointed with this course. In the end I don't think it was any better than any of the free online tutorials out there. The instructor spoke so quickly in the videos he was nearly incomprehensible. The explanations were incomplete at best and most of the time amounted to nothing more than "type this... now type this.". I'm well aware that the only way to learn programming is by doing it yourself, but if I pay for a course I expect an explanation of how things work under the hood. I was looking forward to taking the entire Ruby On Rails specialization, now I'm not so sure.
Very practical, makes easy for the student to go over the installation and configuration hubs, to-the-point introduction to Ruby on Rails. At the end of this course, I was able to write a decent looking web application, develop an understanding of the core concepts, and obtain many references to the helpful technologies and documentation. This course might have been better only if it were revised for the versions of 2017: if the student ignores the specificity of the versions in the initial installation instructions, the final homework will to be rejected by the automated grader. Shorty put, most recent Rails version is not compatible with Ruby 4.2.x.
Great course!
This is a great course and a great teacher. I learned the basics of ruby (language) and Ruby on Rails, as well as other tools such as heroku and rspec. I particularly loved what I could do with Blackbox testing using ruby and rspec, as well as easy deploying to heroku.I actually enjoyed this course and I'm looking forward to start the next one!
Great intro to Rails
Video captions were a poor substitute for lecture notes
Please update the given Gemfile in Homework.
That's a very good course!
the good: very well organized course materials. the extremely well thought-out approach to presenting the materials makes the course seem pretty easy. there is so much detail surrounding Rails -- the professors of this course do a commendable job of distilling the lecture material down to the truly most important elements.the bad: i struggled a lot with the automatic grader. i might have spent as much time wrangling and gaming the grader as i did on the assignments themselves. not sure who's at fault on this, but is sure was frustrating. (but i still highly recommend the course.)
Awesome Course. Ruby is really great and easy.
good learning
I thought this course was very disappointing, to the point where I'm not able to finish it. In week one, we learned some basics. In week two, the entire language was dumped on us with no real exercises. Then we were asked to write some programs. The programs didn't build knowledge piece by piece - it was just learn the language, now write these random programs. It was very disappointing. I sign up for courses because I want to learn piece by piece and get to practice each new thing. If someone is going to dump the whole of Ruby on me in 1 week I don't need the class, I can buy a book and get the same experience. There also wasn't a good grader provided. This really took the joy out of programming. I keep thinking I'll come back and finish the class but I haven't so far because I dislike how it's presented so much. A true disappointment.
Assignment is unclear and confusing. The material which is given is not enough , I think the course is good in general but it should focus in building the knowledge more instead of leaving many things on the air and going through the material as if it were a quick review.
Awesome course to start ruby on rails
This course is very good. Also, the teacher is very good and eloquent.
Excellent course. i have learnt a lot from this course and the instructor is very cooperative. looking forward to do the next course
Could have been more interactive .The ruby course that I studied from lynda.com was far better than this
Good. But as the course is rather short, knowledge is not covered in detail and may easily be forgotten without extra practice.
A very awesome course, especially for beginners !
Overall this is a great course, but I do wish that the written materials be revised and clarified. The course videos are great! Prof. Kalman Hazins approach is prefect for online teaching! However, the instructions for the programming assignments were not as clear as they needed to be. There was more than one occasion where I had to spend considerable time trying to figure out what was being asked. And for a newie, any amount of confusion can stop can be completely debilitating and frustrating. It can be the difference between giving up and becoming a developer.
Awesome! Easy way to get started to ruby and ruby on rails!
Well designed, well delivered, with good pedagogy. Prof Hazins did a great job in making the material understandable, but yet challenging.I learned a lot about Ruby/Rails/Web Devepoment from this one course. Look forward to the others.Thanks
It was a really good course, although a bit 'dry' (lessons were similar to each other and thus tiring in longer perspective).
Great intro to Ruby!
Short course but enough challenging and interesting. I really like the short course to update my skills on web development...3-5 week course are really good!
This course provided very accessible startup material. The most valuable piece, I think, was the introduction to Git - it provides a very powerful tool set for its users.
This is a wonderful course and it helped me a lot. I recommend it to anyone who wants to start with rails.
It is obvious that a lot of effort has been put into producing this course but the assignments were just a bit too difficult. They were too involved and very unforgiving of small mistakes. It took more like 8 or 9 hours of problem solving and debugging and having to try different things and there was one every week so it became pretty frustrating as it really ate into my weekend.
This course is really well done (structure, material, examples, tests etc.). It is especially useful for people who already know some programming language. It provides a complete representation of good application (git, tests (rspec + Capybara + phantomjs) , heroku, using some API etc).The course contains only 3 modules, but this modules contains essential information for junior RoR developer.Also I'd recommend to read "Head First Ruby" during the course. The course and the book helped me to dive into ruby during one week.
This introductory course teach good basic knowledge and you can apply it after the course. Excellent!
Thanks to Kalman Hazins and JHU for the wonderful introduction. The course provides for a hands on introduction to the MVC framework along with the Ruby programming and Rails deployment.
The only setback I had was during the purchase of the course. My amount has been deducted from the bank, but no intimation from this is obtained, neither from Coursera nor Paytm. Please DON'T RUIN YOUR IMAGE because of this. Except for that , This is an excellent course material. Loved going through the videos and assignments. Was equally challenging and FUN to learn RORThanks :)PS : Please initiate the Re-Payment process or at least reply to student's grievances in the Help and Support Forum.
very good instruction!
One of the best thing about this course is that even the Lecturer and Mentor will reply to your question. Some may say that is out-dated but I don't think so, and if so the Mentor will try to give you a solution to that out-dated information. The assignment is not too difficult, just revise with a little bit advance knowledge but it's okie.
This is a good tutorial!Thank so much teacher.
Very good introduction course, thanks!
Awesome course designed by professor...very well explaining means why it's need and where we can use it. That's important because without know use of any technology it will be hard to understand. But here I got every thing about Ruby and Rails details. Thanks Professors.
The course video materials are excellent. The tempo is little bit too fast. But for someone that is an actual programmer the tempo is manageable. I've learned a lot of new stuff thanks to this course! And I'm grateful for that.
Awesome Introduction course.
Great Intro coursre
It is an excellent introduction to Rails and the best part is the learning from assignments at end of each week and the final project. It is a well thought out course.
Excellent introduction to ruby on rails.
This is a great course. I highly recommended it!
A straightforward and easy to follow, yet useful and straight-to-the-point course. If you were a beginner in Ruby on Rails, I recommend this course.
Yes!... You can learn!Great course. I recommend it.
This course is a very good option to start your adventure in Ruby on Rails framework. It starts from the very beginning, I mean, you learn some Git, how to set up your programming environment in order to use Rails, Ruby and useful tools like PhantomJS, and much more. The graded assignments are way too good, because they force you to learn and use the things you just learned and a little more. I highly recommend it to people with some (but not that much) experience in programming. Thanks!
its a very good course it teaches both the art and science of programming using ruby
Very interesting!
It's a nice course to start with Ruby and Rails.
Good way to start with ruby and rails.
This course is really good for Ruby beginners but it doesn't provide enough basic information on Rails framework. The lectures are clear and of a good quality as well as course assignments. The one think I really didn't like is that if you use a new version of Rails you'll have to downgrade. It's not a big problem but new versions bring new functionality and give more power to the developer. But if you don't know Ruby and Rails at all this is a good place to start.
Thanks for great course.
A Great MERCI to all the staff Professor and Moderators !!!
This course was a great way to review RoR. The lectures are well organized and the assignments are fun. The professor is there to answer questions and is quick to reply. Great experience!!
For an introductory course, you really need to move fast and stay focused as there is a large amount thrown at you in a very short time. While this was all very good information, I would much rather have 6-7 at least to spend more time and have more exercises with the code.
Suitable for students with intermediate knowledge of programming (loops, if/while/for) as the pacing of the course is good. I liked that the course skipped the extraneous introductory portions (explaining simple programming techniques such as loops) in favour of a practical project such as a web app. I really enjoyed the course and think that it has improved my knowledge significantly.
I did not know anything about Ruby or Rails before this course. I found this course quite challenging because there was so many new concepts covered in very rapid fashion: Ruby, Rails, Rspec, all other tools. However, I think the coverage of the unit testing concepts was really useful. I had to go for google quite many times to find out resolve issues I had with the tools and assignments. But in the end, I think this course was a good one, rating it 4 out of 5 starts.
Interesting introductory course.
I am not native in the language of the course, but the way it was presented and practical exercises as a way of learning helped me a lot to go on absorbing the knowledge presented. So far the course has been very simple, very well explained and following it step by step, what motivates me a lot to go on.
It's absolutely fantastic.
Horrible. The tests make very little sense, use elements not described in the course and is generally very confusing.
I'm very interested in this course. The introduction is very good for beginners in Rails.
Good course!
A very helpful course helped me in recollecting different RoR concepts
Lacks of structure.References multiple tools/programs "that we won't detail in this course" (... why are they talked about then ?).I'm almost finished but am struggling to find motivation for it.After having done the great "HTML, CSS and JavaScript" course, the contrast is hard to cope with.
Excellent course! I enjoyed learning it with the Professors!
Excellent very deep course on Ruby on Rails!
Great intro to Ruby & Rails with enough help to get you going, but not so hand-holding as to be inane for an experienced programmer. Would definitely recommend for programmers who want to learn another language.
good course as ruby :)thanks
Great course !
Nice introduction
very good course! Thank you very much!
An excellent introduction to Ruby and Rails!
Excellent way to start the journey in Ruby on Rails!
Good Stuff
Awesome course. Thank you coursera and John Hopkins University!
Awesome Course! One must do this course if he/she is a beginner in ROR.
Great course with very useful insights and techniques, which would have taken me way more time if I tried to learn and develop it by myself. Totally recommend it.
This one starts out pretty slow, in fact I had a hard time getting myself excited about working through the material unlike the ML specialization. However, it does get better at the end. Not sure I'm sold on this specialization yet, but we will see after the next course. I think overall from Coursera I'd like to see more interaction and graded programming exercises in between videos to really hammer the concepts home.
This is a good course. A thorough introduction to ruby on rails.
Good teacher and lots of code and material.Beginners developers might struggle a little, but there is lots of help.
1. please the instructor speak loud and clear. As English is not my first language.2. please the instructor and mentor check QA and answer them timely.3.Too many information to understand in 3 weeks of courses, Ruby, Rails, Gem, Bundle, Rspec, Unit Test, Black Box Test, and Food2Fork, Heroku.4. And only 3 weeks the instructor could not make these knowledge areas which I list in point 3 clear. Instructor said that we are not cover this point in this lecture in different lessons several times, so skip over something until this course finished. I suggest that add 2 more weeks to this course.5. I like the assignments from this course, these assignments job help me recall what learned in the courses.
Great course.
Really helpful for newbie
Overall the course was good. The final assignment had some details missing and found myself struggling for some very trivial issues.
Very relevant course. Nice one guys!
knowledgeable teacher and has good teaching skills,thank you
Great Initiative
I still have some problems with understanding of Ruby lang, but Ruby on Rails is taught excellent! (anyway this course about rails). Good luck!
The final module is vague , but the course is nice as a whole
Really concise overview on ruby and rails! I am so grateful for this course!!
Very good course which explains Ruby well. If you have familiarity with any other programming language it shouldn't be too hard.Could, however, use more exercises.
An example of how a course should look like. It has everything you need to learn :1) good videos2) good materials3) a teacher that is active on the forum4) very well explained projects5/5 would recommend :DGoing of to listen second part of this specializations.
thanks for upgrading my level ;)
good course, it is desirable to pass before this course 4 about html and css.
Great course, great explanations, very useful.
It represents a great challenge and goal achievement.
A very excellent introductory course to Ruby on Rails. Nice stuff!
Very good course for introduction to RoR.
Does a great job introducing the Rails framework. This course makes it look really easy!
This course is not for beginner programmers. You should have some background on programming (as a whole), you should know object oriented programming concepts and if you want to make the most out of it, I recommend that you have a little knowledge on HTML, CSS and on how the web processes requests (when you access a website for instance). That aside, this course is a great way to learn the basics of both Ruby and Ruby on Rails. I have experience programming on PHP using the web framework Laravel. I enjoyed this course a lot.
I had finished this course , this helps me a lot.
One of the most challenging things I've ever done.The course goes from zero to web deploy in 3 weeks and there are more to enjoy, discover and learn....Try it, I't's a no-return voyage
Excellent introductory course to ruby. Looking forward to next courses in Ruby Specialization
Basic concepts covered.
Awesome syllabus! A great introduction into Ruby on Rails in just 3 weeks!
I think this course is good - before I took it I've never written any code in ruby and now I know some basics of it. I can say the same about Rails and unit testing. Everything is explained nicely, so it's really easy to understand.Even through it a good course, it has it's flaws. While we get to try different things, only the basics are covered - now I know those basics, but I'm not confident in my skills with those. I think there should be more exercises, assessments to develop those skills.
Fantastic course. Did a great job of introducing the fundamentals. I loved the practical assignments.
Very good introduction to Rails! Well-organized and structured course! Totally worth it if you are a beginner or intermediate rubyist!
Sometimes it was hard to understand the presenter. But the information is well laid out, and accurate.
Excellent introduction to Ruby on Rails.
Awesome course! Great staff.
Unfortunately as a course designed to teach Rails, it is poorly paced and has a few issues. The course content is spread out over three weeks as follows...Week 1 they go over setting up a Ruby on Rails development environment, which was fine. They also went over Git and Github. While you can access all of the course content on Github, you are never actually required to use Git for any of the work in the course, and it only shows up as a few questions on the only quiz in the course.Week 2 they cover Ruby programming and syntax. There are a lot of different sources where you can find tutorials and such for learning a new language, and in this course the material was... good enough. They also offered a number of practice assignments with self grading capability which is a nice feature.The graded programming assignment for week 2 gives a lot of information about how to set up your environment and steps/commenting to assist building out your code. However there were a few requirements for the graded portion of the assignment that they don't even tell you about (expected return values under certain situations) until you actually run the grader. They weren't difficult but their reasoning were never explained in the course and it made the code a little more awkward than it needed be to pass.Week 3 is where the major pacing problems occur. There are a number of very broad stroke videos on Rails, as well as several brief videos covering a number of third party libraries or tools sometimes required to build Rail apps. A lot of the content they cover isn't even utilized in the assignments of the course.The week 3 assignment instructions are actually incomplete. They tell you a number of pre-required packages you have to install, including ones you had installed from previous assignments, but they leave out others you will need and leave several development environment issues you end up having to work out on your own.And where as the week 2 assignment was almost overly hand-holdy on showing you where in a ruby file structure to implement your code, week 3 hardly offers any guidance on where or how to implement your Rails structure. The broad stroke videos from week 3 kind of give you an idea as to what each piece of code is doing if your working from a template, but the assignment feels obfuscated when trying to build it from scratch.A major issue also comes from a third party website they require for completion of the assignment (and that requires separate registration to use). During several periods, over multiple sessions of the course, the third party site went down and was unavailable for as long as 48 hours at a time; during which it was impossible to properly run or debug the assignment due to its requirement.What the assignment is asking for isn't even terribly difficult when you do understand what is required, and the code is rather simple and minimal to implement. But you end up having to figure out a lot of that either off site (in which case you are not learning from the course) or by modifying a copy paste of some of the templates/scaffolding from the course GitHub content, in which case you don't get a good reinforcement of the material.In the end I wound up getting a certificate, feeling like I passed despite the course rather than because of it. There is some good foundation for a course in here, but it just falls apart in the third week and lacks any real depth.
Fantastic course! Not too slow or fast, plenty of content covered well with references for more detail.I did spend way longer than 2-3 hours for each week's lessons though, more like 3 solid days from start to the end of the assignment.
It is worth info into.
Initially I thought this was a great course, but my optimism quickly dissipated. The homework assignments all required information that wasn't covered in the lectures, forcing hours of searching for answers. During the week, questions in the forums were answered within a day or so, but there was no help at all on the weekends. If I got stuck on a Friday night and couldn't find an answer myself, I had to wait until Monday to get a reply from an instructor or teaching assistant. For those who work during regular business hours and use their free time on the weekends to study, this course becomes nearly impossible to complete.
It was good but the examples could have been better and there could have been more material. But whatever syllabus was there in this course it was clearly explained
A good introduction course for Ruby on Rails. Thanks for providing this course.
An excellent introduction to the Ruby Language and the Ruby on Rails framework. Lectures are a bit fast-paced, so learners may need to seek reference from external resources.
The ability to self grade is a huge advantage to moving at your own pace. Great introduction to RoR.
Great course!
A very basic overview of Ruby on Rails and how to create APIs from a Rails Application in seconds.
was a great experience.
Good course for fresher !
It takes much more time than expected, but well worth the investment to Git going with Ruby on Rails
Excellent, practical oriented methodology, with strong enough theoretical background. Exercises and examples are especially good. They allows experienced developers who didn't faced up with Ruby easily get Ruby specific things, without boring oversimplified assignments, and in the same way the course contain all necessary details which allow even novice developers to complete exercises with no external help.
Very good course. Covers a lot of Ruby and a little of Rails. It was possible to see how simple is to put a working site on air.
Great class
No really what I expected. It's too advanced for a beginner to Ruby and web development but I feel it would be to slow if you read the tutorials and recommended books.When first module and tests are very easy and guide well, but the pace rushes at the end.There's a lot of parts when "we'll se this later" is mentioned, which means that maybe the examples are not appropiate for the pace of the course.The little exams and practices are way too easy compared to the week's qualified test. Some parts of the test require to check the documentation or looking in the internet cause it wasnt explained in the videos.After trying some Java, Ruby seems pretty easy but from what I've seen, RoR should be a tool for startup enthusiasts who require easy prototyping and low knowledge of programming/web development.This course is explained as if the students are programmers / web developers that already use tools like github, heroku, unit testing who probably dont require that explanation in first place, but is not deep enough for newcomers.I recommend take a bit more time and include more steps of learning, maybe 1 first course for Ruby before getting into Ruby on Rails. And since is an introduction it should include an installation tutorial. Should I install from repository or a Version Manager (like RVM), the gem concept, what setup do I need, etc.
Good course, and the full stack specialization is an excelent idea.Thanks !
If you have some background programming in another language, and some familiarity with HTML/CSS, this course does a fantastic job introducing both Ruby and Rails. The first week walks you through machine and environment setup, the second walks through the basics of the Ruby programming language, and the third walks through using the Rails framework to develop simple websites in Ruby. All the lessons are laid out clearly with solid examples.That said, this is not a beginner course. It really only spends a week covering how to program in Ruby, and Ruby has some quirks that make it a challenging first language. If you're brand new to programming, do yourself a favor and take an introductory course first.
Wordy, dirge like. The topic is interesting but the exposition is so boring - the reading of a lecture outline - that I'd rather study on my own 8-(
Very basic introduction. Having said that I couldn't really recommend it to someone without any prior experience. Most concepts were glanced over, for someone without prior experience the material would be too demanding but for people with experience (e.g. me) it was too easy (even though I had no Ruby / Rails experience).
Great Course!!
great course ! nice explanations and really well focused
Great intro!
This course should be revised. The material was lacking (just static images, no real time coding), overall engagement for the courses was also lacking The instructor sounded low quality and sometimes a bit hard to understand. I could no complete this course, unfortunately.
Good intro, nice to mix in the various concepts that I will be working with as well (Heroku, Git, etc.). Also appreciated the Java comparisons since I have been working in Java for 15 years.
I very liked this course. It was really helpful to introduction.I can just recommend it.
Excellent. Very deep approach for devs reaching ruby.
I like very much this course. It is very useful. It was very easy for me to understand content. I would like to mention here that I haven't used RoR or Ruby itself before.
Too much work in a week. I'm working and I have finished some other courses which were a bit lighter, although longer in time. I would be mad if I try to finish this course on time. It's a bit disappointing.
I like this course
it's ok. i would love more practical examples.
Nice course, lots of information. I liked the level not being too low or too high. The level is nice for if you have programming experience, but have no experience with developing web applications.Cheers, Ben
One of the best MOOC I've ever taken. It's all about learning by doing.
Professor Kalman Hazins is a wonderful teacher.Initially I felt that the course wasn't structured very well but that feeling dissipated as I went ahead with the course. My only complain with this course is that the content of the assignments can sometimes be very vague. Things are sometimes introduced into the assignment which haven't even been mentioned in the lectures. That being said, you actually learn a lot by tinkering with the code.And that is where the support comes in. The support offered by this course is absolutely fantastic. Professor Hazins takes out time to personally reply on discussion forums which is pretty great! The mentors are A+ too.Overall, I would recommend it.
Great course!This course is perfect for beginners which are interested in learning how to use a web framework with Ruby programming language.
Excellent, well structured. Thanks alot
bad instructor
This is by far the worse course I'd ever had taken. If you are a beginner I suggest you go look somewhere else. The software installation is hardly explained (the instructor writes a whole bunch of code in the terminal without even explaining correctly what we are writing). I abandonned this course because the instructions were not clear enough.
It was great to learn from Mr. Kalman and his crew, they are very supportive and helpful on the assignments as well. Looking for the second course already. Cheers.
A lot of material is presented here which is both good and bad. You will find yourself googling a lot of things as the videos cover certain aspects quite quickly, even some that are important to the assignments.If you have the time to research some of the concepts on your own I say go for it. However, if you don't have much time or you are a complete beginner I would maybe try something else.
Excellent course outline and enjoyed every lectures as it was so easy and precise.
This is really a good course!
Great course! Thanks a lot!
Good course.
Wonderful course!
Really great resources + lectures to help for a cool introduction. Really like the available code in the github which helped me better understand the material past the lectures.
Good first exposure to Rails and using API's. Useful, practical skills gained.
I am afraid this is going to be a rather negative review. Having completed over 10 Coursera courses over the year, and numerous other online classes, this is officially the worst. For me personally, the whole course was a complete waste of time. Put it simply, the presenter can't teach, at least not the MOOCs. There were no structure. The instructions were all over the place, and explanations were inadequate. After drumming how important to actually "code", he proceeded to present the whole lecture showing small pieces of codes.... on slides. After touting how cool and useful Sublime is as a developer tool, he didn't even use it. After telling everyone how useful regular expression is but not part of this course (so he won't explain), he went on to use regular expressions for all the sample codes for the rest of the lecture. As mentioned, there was no structure as to how he present Ruby/Rails as a programming platform. It was bits of code here, bits of code there. Beside getting a feel of what Ruby syntax is like, there was no learning. I am aware there are suggested readings, but then why doing this MOOC at all.As I check out other courses from the same Ruby specialization, the student numbers are getting smaller. Hardly everyone post on the forums, I also check the Classmates map. I suspect many simply gave up since the Intro classes were so bad. It's really not hard to find better material to learn Ruby/Rails, even just slightly better, even YouTube videos. I am frustrated at myself for putting in the effort (really try) and wasted days. I am leaving this course and unlikely to sign up any MOOC from the same team again.
Professor Hazins has a wonderful way to teach and each lesson is ideally designed to provide the user a full understanding of Ruby and Ruby on Rails. It by far one of the best courses I have ever taken here, on Coursera.
Rough around the edges. The assignments are not clear enough. I never got contacted by my mentor and didn't know how to reach out to him either.Content is good.
Great course, beautifully put forth. Thanks Prof.
Amazing way to deliver a valuable information and to build things in a best practice .Thank you
This course and its related courses are rough around the edges. Things are not always intuitive.
Great start to rails, provided a practical intro. Could have used a little more frequent practice actually writing code.
great course to get to know about ruby on rails
Excellent MOOC.Not only the basics of RoR are taught, but also tools from the ecosystem: git, github and others.
I learned a lot. I would highly recommend it to others. I feel I've mastered the foundations of both the Ruby language and the Rails framework.
Amazing course explains the basics of everything. Very good to get you started into Back-end Development using Ruby on Rails.
Great! Useful and informative
Nice and comfortable dive into world of Ruby on Rails. Very pleased!
Good for Ruby/RoR novices.
This course gives a very solid foundation, and it is highly recommended for those who want to get a firm grip on the Ruby on Rails development techniques. I am personally impressed with how test driven development is seamlessly integrated into the course material.
Why 4 and not 5?I had problems with the 2nd assignment, because the instructions (what was expected for me to return in the tests) weren't clear enough and if it wasn't for the forum, I'd still probably be stuck there. It might be that there was a "good practices while coding" was missing, ie. "Why to declare something as nil while you assume it's going to be an array?" or "Why and when to initialize variables?"Apart from that the whole thing was very nice. I've learnt a lot. Big thumb up.
Great Course, Great assignments and pace. Loved it.
I really liked this course! I learned a lot about ruby and the way the professor teach us is really great! It's not annoying like other videos or books for those who doesn't like to read too much (like me) Amazing job! thanks you for everything
best rails into ever
Great course. Thank you!
great course
Solid introduction. I really liked the self-assessment checks of the coding assignments with rspec.It would have been a nice touch if the coding examples adhered to the Ruby style guides a little better (Rubocop, rails linter, etc).
Could've been much more clear with the examples if there were some loads of practice problems
In only just three weeks time this course provided me enough knowledge and guidance that I felt confident enough to start creating my own simple Rails applications. I'm enrolled now in the second course of this specialization to continue my journey on becoming a better Rails developer.
Very useful. Thank you.
Poor help with instructions. Was trying to install to Linux while reading the video screen as there is little documentation or any actual explanation as to what you're doing. Got to a part where a command on my terminal wouldn't work and given I have no idea how it works to begin with I couldn't debug the issue.Also as a general review of the little of the course I did it's generally considered poor form to just read back what the viewer can see on the screen already when doing presentations. Was disappointed with this course.
A lot of things to learn even if you are a rails dev!
It assusmes quite a lot of things about web programming… and the assignments were too complex to just practice what we should learn in an introductory course.
A very nice and clear course, nice introduction, a very cool hands-on TDD style of grading. Good intro to Ruby as well.
Very cool course advice to everyone. Well explained material and a lot of useful staff.
This introduction was an extra ordinary course to get started with Ruby on Rails and it really helped me to build my skills
Highly recommended for people wanting to learn Ruby on Rails. Essential if you want to have a good basic knowledge.
Detailed lectures and useful recommended reading helps me a lot. Thank you :-)
Very helpful.
Very completed course for someone who want to get started with Ruby and Ruby on rails framework to get develop web applications.
Excellent course for me, I've been a regular Java programmer, yet the pace this course offered is suitable for me. Not too fast and not too slow.Gracias! :)
Very good, the lectures are straightforward and the material is understandable and well-explained.
Excellent introductory coverage of Ruby and RoR topics. Nice and interesting graded assignments.
Really good course! Covers the introduction in a smart way and show a lot of smart tools. It gives you a important basis for Ruby on Rails with relevant examples and assignments.There is one point against it, it is difficult. If you are doing it as a weekend relaxed hobby, you really need to love programming. The assignments give you an idea of real life problems but real life problems are not easy.Anyway, if you want to learn Ruby on Rails in the reality it is a great course for you.
Very bad course too fast is not an introduction more like a remember of things, this course try to covers too much information in 3 weeks and the assigments are not well guided and messy
Excellent introduction to Ruby on Rails.
Great Class,Great Lecture, very confident speaker
great for an overview of ruby and ruby on rails, thanks so much dear course creators
Great course for introduction!
The instructor is excellent, and the course has ample examples and practice assignments to help you follow along during the lectures.
Great introduction information for newcomers , Thank you
Compared to other courses I have completed on Coursera, this is one of the most confusing ones so far
I learned ruby during my school career. We made a chat with server and client.I enjoyed working on rails.
very good tutorial , thank for share :)
This was a really great intro to Ruby on Rails. Challenging yet I was still able to work through challenges. Excellent instructor & mentor support in discussions!!!
The name of the course says "introduction" but the assignments of the course make the learning of Ruby on Rails a complete rewarding experience. I have been practiced self learning on Ruby on Rails and did not go very far. This course consolidate my past experience such as environment setup (DOS, git, devkit, SSL), OOP, and RESTful API to get data from other sites.
great introduction to rails
This is my first time to program with Ruby. This course lets me have fun with Ruby Programming. Thank all of you sincerely !
You can learn a lot, but I do not think it is useful for beginners.
I happy to learn Rails
It's a great course for beginners in Rails. Mainly if you get a language like Java (has lot of comparisons)
Very good course.
So great
Not too difficult, and covering useful things like git and heroku
Well put & great intro into Git, Ruby, and Rails. Covering setup and tooling for most platforms. Recommended!
A lot of things (Ruby version controls, PhantomJS installation) from this course don't work on Mac OS X El Capitan.
very fast
I just completed module 1 and the coursework was good. I really wanted some more explanation and examples on how GITHUB works and working with remote repositories as some of the question on the quizzes were specifically asking for those. Apart from that , so far this course is awesome! Cheers to the team for putting forth this course .
Great course!
Really interesting and with good explanations about Ruby on Rails. I love it!
This is Good course For the Beginners, Well done to the
Great introduction course to learn rapid web application development on Ruby on Rails.
Course does not explain how to use RoR with mobile applications
I have been learning ruby on rails for a year now, introduction to ruby in this course helped me a lot in understand ruby programming classes and it's object orientation. Course explained a lot why i need to be ruby expert to shine as rails developer.It also helped me to understand lot of stuffs which i did blindly in rails before, like adding attr_accessor in class etc., are actually from ruby.I'm glad I found this course. Looking forward to do next module.
The voice is not good!
Is very usefull to start programming with ruby if you have a background from another lenguage
Great Material and clear example !!!
I have completed this course. This course was awesome. Video lecture were very self explainable. I could also discuss on discussion forums. Really impressed by this course. I know this is one of six courses. But the learning material was limited. There should be more examples.There should be some optional assignments and there should be more emphasis on the quizzes. There was only one quiz in the whole course.I suggest there should be quizzes and coding examples for each module separately and and after each video there should be some lecture quiz. The lecture quiz should have less percentage towards final grades.There should be some passing grades like 70% or more for passing.As I have completed this course without verified certificate. There is no even unverified certificate for me. EDX is offering Course performance certificate and Honor Code certificate for free users. I will appreciate these steps to encourage people to follow the course.Thanks for offering this courseGrateful to Coursera and University Team
I excellent for beginners who have some previous knowledge in programming or have used any other programming language.
Very well structured introductory course.
Well structured and organised. Great tutors as well.
I enjoyed my first foray into Ruby on Rails!! Coming from a JavaScript background, Ruby was certainly refreshing. However, to really learn Ruby, I can see that I will need to spend a lot more time studying on my own. This course was good enough to get my feet wet, though!
I struggle sometimes with tests. But after all everything when was good
very short course.
Nice start to learn Rails!
Very good introduction to RoR
Difficult to follow with no live coding.
great course, awesome contents and grading!!
The course was handled well. I would have given it 5 stars if the last exercise's test case didn't have a bug.
excellent assignments and practice!
A very nice introduction. The assignments are very good at helping students apply the concepts from the course.
Subject matter is excellent, but I feel that the course material had too many trick question for a beginner. Also the lectures would have been more absorbing if they were not just slides with a wall of already inputted code (i.e. a live recording of the coding would have been more informative... like what is done in most other courses)
Nice introduction course. Videos are short and informative. Assignments are a bit easy but that's OK for introductory course.
Great course. I learned a lot. Thank you very much
This is a great introduction to ruby. Some of the assignments were tough to get your head around but once we really got into rails it was excellent
Very good introduction to Ruby on Rails!
Awesome course!
Great course for beginners!
This is a great course, You learn all the basics concepts of RoR.
Great course, teach the basics of ruby, rails and heroku.
A Complete course to learn from zero!!!
Very good course.
That's a really great course and I recommend to everybody.
pretty good and specific!
Execellent class for Ruby beginner and can be applicable to any other language that use as CM like Chef or Puppet as a requirement.
Great!
I had issues uploading the Assigned Homeworks, course was ok, still, a bit complex and fast to be treated as intro to ruby
Very interesting, good explanation. Thanks.
Very good course. Teachers are very reactive to answer questions.
It is a great course for Ruby newer, but with some experience in programming.Congratulations for creators.
So far, I've really enjoyed the course. However, I've had some problems with installing ruby on windows. But nothing google can't fix.
It was pretty interesting, although it may be fast at times. I find it particular engaging and interesting. I would definitely continue with the next course.
the best RoR course in Coursera so far!
Assignment grading had a lot of technical hurdles. Content on Ruby was solid. Rails coverage was very basic.
I hate to write a negative review when the designers of the course have clearly put a lot of love and attention to detail into making it. But...The quality of the code is bad. The quality of the testing code is even worse. This endeavours to teach some horrible practices. That's a shame, because the editing quality of the videos is excellent, the use of git and rspec is likewise commendable.Even worse, it's not entirely clear who the target audience is. A lot of the topics introduced are aimed at complete novices, yet not explained in a way novices might understand. The course needs some serious rethinking and refactoring.
Excellent explanations however, should be sure of do not make comparisons with other programmatic languages since it cause confusions
Lost after 2nd week. I really liked the Python For Everyone Course so I thought I would like this one as well, but it was not done to the same standard. I will find another way to learn Ruby.
very good introduction to rather large ruby framework. Well put together class. Wasn't to time consuming as well.
At first it turns up a little difficult, especially the second week but it's all there.The community was great, the discussions helped me a lot.
The course is not only very didactic and general in some aspects, it's also a course that teaches great usable content beyond the just ruby on rails panorama.
I consider this is an excelent course for those who wants learn the ruby language and the rails framework.
Great course.Starts from scratch, explaining how to setup dev environment to creating a working web app
Very Good first step into ruby on rails
Overall nice way to get introduced and familiarised with Ruby & Rails.
The first Web Development course I enjoyed - instructions were clear, tasks were not that trivial and above all - practical.
Awesome! great lecture and great course......
Kalman Hazins is a great instructor. His lessons are well prepared, no fluff, to the point. As a bonus I can imagine getting taught by Christpher Walkin.
Great introduccion course on Ruby on Rails, with some problems with the grader. Technical staff performing well, very good effort trying to figure out and solving the problems.
Very interesting course, good teacher - its really interesting to see video lectures and understandable! Great job guys!
Excelent course to learn Rails ! Thanks a lot !
I love this course.
Very informative and concise course!
The course is very practical and applies to the real world scenarios. Excellent.
I found this course very entertaining and a good introduction to Ruby and Rails.
good course
Pretty good introduction
This course filled with a lot of useful information. I liked the way Prof. Kalman Hazins taught this course -- very straight to point. He is very knowledgeable and well prepared. I highly recommend this course. However, if you are an absolute beginner, this course might be a little bit too hard for you. I would like to say "Thank You" to Prof. Kalman Hazins to make such a great course. I also would like to thank Johns Hopkins University and Coursera to make this course available to everybody.
Several mistakes in the programming assignment.
This is the best online course for Ruby on Rails I have ever seen so far.
Course provides a simple introduction to Ruby. Unlike some others, it requires you to install Ruby from scratch (no VM with preinstalled components) and the final assignment requires you to do a project from scratch as well (no template). This is good and provides a much more real learning experience than some courses. However the bad things are: the deadlines are way too strict; the lectures are way too long and seem to have an unclear structure; technical problems are frequent; a lot of stuff remains poorly explained.
No accurate help, no feedback on the graders, 2 out of 3 assignments where not specified correctly, or just wrong... this course will only teach you to be frustrated.
Very nice course! However, I felt the the Ruby part of the course was a bit fast paced and short and a little more time should have been spent on it.
Very difficult to follow if you are not a programmer.
It's a great idea, Ruby on Rails is a powerful Framework and Ruby is a Beautiful language, five stars!
Are you a struggling programmer? Someone who doesn't know how to install software via command line? Not experienced with GitHub? If any of those describe you then this is not the course for you. The professors seem to create an environment where if you are too new to anything, then you should take a different course(even though every module has "introduction to .." in the title). Does Coursera offer introductory courses to Ruby or Ruby on Rails other than this "introduction" course? No.
Great Course.
I'm enjoying this course. So far one of the most complete and intuitive courses about Ruby on Rails I have ever taken.
Really hard work.
Looks like a good aproach to Rails aplication development. It touchs lots of rails world things, from basic ones to more avanzed, like code testing. And the lectures show lot's of good rails gems and utilities.I like much the point on making some initial lectures about configuring the development enviroment. In others courses I take, people were disapointed and have lots of troubles configuring a working rails enviroment.Sure that I will take it to refresh my old knowledge on rails and sure that I learn something new by the way !
It was a really good overview to step into the field.
I have done the data sciences specialization from JHU and that was 4 star on 5. Compared to that, this specialization is pretty bad.Not worth doing this specialization. Instructors are clueless on the plan
Good starting point to get familiar with some of the jargon, methods and problems.
I like the "Inside" perspective given by Steven Salzberg.
Good information. I would request more activity based learning instead monotonous one-men presentation.
Very useful and concise background information for starting with.
very useful
It's a such useful and informative course!
A good introductory course!
Course is very interesting to pool knowledge.
Too basic.
Great start into the Genomics world for a non-molecular biologist
It is very useful who are interested in Genomics and overall computational biology.
Excellent introduction to the topic. High quality instructional videos. Mobile app works very well.
This course was a great introduction to the world of the science and genetic, I'll recommend 100%
Awesome Course. Very timely and with sufficient information
I think this course was a good introduction to various aspects of genomic data science. The quizzes were great for testing the understanding of the material and the paper for the final exam was an interesting read. I liked the section on statistics, where a real life example was used to motivate the importance of statistics in genomic data science.
I'm fascinated by bioinformatics and genomics, which is why I took this course. I gave the course four stars instead of 5 because I think the flow of the lectures could have been better. When watching lectures, I often found myself jumping around in my notebook to write something down. Other than that, the course was an excellent introduction.
Good as introduction, but pretty basic for me.
A thorough, yet concise introduction to the specialization and to some of the technical difficulties associate with genomic technologies. Thank you!
good course
Get rather interested in the topic and finished ahead of the plan.
My name is Jose Antonio. I am looking for a new Data Scientist career ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseantonio11)I did this course to get new knowledge about Data Science and better understand the technology and your practical applications.The course was excellent and the classes well taught by the Teachers.Congratulations to Coursera team and Teachers.
It was a really good course for introduction with the genomics and all related to it. I like that the course can be attended without paying the fee, unlike some others in this Specialization. Keep up the good work!
Very suitable for comprehending genome sciences.
Good introductory course.
The content of the course is concordent with the course title. Videos and readings are spread into weeks classified within topics. Quizzes are qualified, some of them were challenging :) Special thanks to Dr. Salzberg and Dr. Leek. Happy to take to course and stepping into "Genomic Data Specialization". I am planning to take following courses.
introduce the basic but crutial knowledge about genomic technology, containing biology, computational and statistics. the course is easy to understand.
Great introductory course!
a great way to start.
Its called an introduction to genomic technologies and that is basically what it is.
Exceelent course for any beginners in Bioinformatics.
Excellent Overview. Thanks
I appreciated how the instructors presented the content in a fluid and limpid manner, with relevant examples and auxillary knowledge that you couldn't find in a textbook. The assignments provided the opportunity to apply the learned content to analyse and parse statistical data from actual journals.The new and up-to-date knowledge I gained by taking this course made me more confident to apply to graduate school.Thank You
I have significant background in this material. I enjoyed the presentation style and felt the quizzes and assignment were well matched to the material.
The entire course took me about 8 hours to complete. The videos are on average around 10 minutes long. The first two weeks of the course were very introductory and had they stayed that way I would have been disappointed (however they were focused on my specialization). Week 3 and 4 made it worth it for me and were very helpful (computing technology and statistics). I thought the course project could have been better. I didn't feel it was a strong overview of what I learned about the course. Either way, I'm glad I went through the entire thing.
Great course taught by leaders in the field.
Informative. Nice, low commitment class to provide some background to genomic technologies.
The explanations were very clear, and the content was simple enough to not be daunting yet the content was still very interesting, especially the final project.
Great course!
The course had a relevant pace, gettnig more and more complex and difficult in later weeks. The overall explanations were easy-to-understand, well described and interesting enough that this was my only second course finished on Coursera!
The course is a good introduction into genomic data science, I disliked last week because teacher gave too many unnecessary information. But overall it is great course for Computer Scientists especially.
Great introduction to the topic of Genomics. Wonderful concised and easy to understand lectures.
Good introduction to the fieldGood presentersPoor illustrations during courseThank's
There exit some details which I can't imagine.
Good intro for a non-biology person like myself
This course gave me the basic terms and tools to start the understanding what genomic technologies are and how they have changed since they began.
Awesome course.
Great introductory course!
It was pleasure to take the course provided by outstanding scholar in the field.
This course is a great introduction to python, and probably helpful for anyone who doesn't know much genetics.
Great to start learning genomics
Cool and very easy
I really enjoyed this course. I found it highly informative and challenging. I would recommend this to anyone interested in genomic technologies.
The final project was way more work than any of the other weeks (10 hours!), but it was definitely worth stumbling my way around Galaxy and foreign genomic terms for that long.
Good introduction to genomic technologies, could cover more information... but it is an introduction.
Excellent introductory material, please do suggest reading material.
This course is great for people like me, who know almost nothing about the topic, lectures are good, points are clear, understandable and not too long. Only thing I actually didn't like is amount of lectures. The course is planned to be completed in 4 weeks and for me it was over in few days. I would like to add that I've listened the lectures from work and spent 1-2 hours a day on it. All in all, I'm glad that I've started from here and plan to continue with the rest of the specialization.
Good Introduction!!!
I learned some things that I didn't know from this class. Compared to other classes that I have taken on Coursera, it has rather low production values.
Very good intro course. Information is presented clearly and concisely, and it was pretty easy to comprehend even with no background. Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was the quizzes were a bit too easy and I don't think touch on all the important details.
good course.
I learn a lot from this course about very basic knowledge and history of development of genomic technologies.
Good introduction at an appropriate pace for people not overly familiar with the material.
I am a PhD student in genetics, so the background material there was review from undergrad courses. Obviously some people who are not biologists will need this background. I do wish, however, that the statistics intro was more applied and covered a better intro and application to the why!
Quite Informative. The course gave me a good background of Statistics as I am new to the field.
A great introductory course in genomic data science. Enjoyed it!
The last module and the final paper was a little confuse for whom is not from Biology (I'm from computer science). But the course is very well made and gave me the notion I'd like to have. The professores are very well qualified and inspired me about the subject.
Very good introductory course. It's a lot of material to cover for a newbie, but if you have some background, you will find you progress pretty quickly. Enjoyable, engaging, fun and useful.
Clear, easy to follow introduction to cell and molecular bio. and genetics.
Good overview of the knowledge domain. Perhaps it could be extended with some advanced, optional reference material for those keeners who would like to explore in more detail some of the topics presented upon....
I highly recommend this course for everybody who has literally no biological background and would like to learn something about Molecular Biology and Genomics.I have tried to learn a little bit by myself a few times in my life but for every try I ended up with some endless clicking at next and next definition from wikipedia, not knowing what is crucial and what I can skip to get a general idea about the subject. Everything but not a successful way of learning. Here, they give you the essence in an understandable way, together with some of these "interesting funny facts" from the field that, added to a lecture, make you more willing to stay focused.
This is an extremely basic course. In my opinion, it isn't worth $49 and is thrown in just to add to the total price of the specialization. It is a useful refresher, but doesn't really contain much information. Just a couple of topics are covered at a very basic level. You could also get this info from watching Youtube videos.
I enjoyed the course.
A good introduction to the topics and concepts in the field of genomic data science in general as well as the other courses in this specialisation.I did this course close to the last (6th) being a professional in the Bioscience field for some time and so the first three 'weeks' I pretty much did in a couple of hours with close to full marks (not a boast but a statement: this course will give you the overview I accumulated in the real world; there is nothing esoteric or missing from this course).The final assessment I found a little quirky compared to the other courses I'd done being a comprehension style 'read a research paper + answer questions' rather than a 'enter the number of X given conditions Y applied to dataset Z' as many of the other course use. Still, celebrate diversity and all that...also I can't think of a better assessment for this entry level / background course.
Explanations of concepts are too complex for non-biologist who want to approach the Genomic field
A good basic introduction. Might have been nice to have had recommendations for further reading for those who were interested.
It's a well-made introduction course
Excellent introduction and great faculty.
Though the content is introductory and general concepts, it could have been done in a slower pace and a little bit more detail.
Awesome course to get real time experience of learning 'introductory genomics'. Excited to look forward and learn from more of these courses.
It's very easy to understand for the researchers who don't have much knowledge of BIo
This is a really strong and conceptually stimulating overview.
I think it is amazing! Let me know a lot of principles in the genomic data analysis.
nice! Stats review particularly
Excellent pedagogy, very clear. Especially for non-biologists
This was a little light, despite the fact that this is not my area of expertise. It was a goo start overall, tho.
This course is an amazing. What students have to do to excel in this course is, they have to study from authentic additional material.
Good understanding of high school biology is needed to grasp the genetics concepts (chemistry too to understand 5' and 3' carbon number concepts).
It's a great course.
Great CourseThank you
Great introductory overview. I particularly enjoyed the summary of the human genome project.
Very basic introduction to genomics including both biology knowledge as well as computer science application in genomics.
it is very good but needs some more explanation and supportive materials other than videos to get more knowledge
Interesting topic, maybe an improvement could be to provide the material as one file and not many files one for each video (also easier to consult in the future).
Great course!
Excellent introduction to the many different dimensions of genomic data science. Brings all the aspects together in a comprehensible manner
simple but good class
Comprehensive cover of the basics.
its really damn good course
Excellent course for someone who has little background on biology and genomics. Keep the great work!
Great course from a great university!
This course was very important to me. I could remember some concepts that have been forgotten. Congratullations all.
Not interesting.To many examples about russian emitents
Dear Coursera, Bocconi University and Stefania&Erica!Thank you very much for this very deep into art point of view and business at the same time journey to fashion. I've learned a lot about this industry. Moreover, I've found a lot of useful things and knowledge for my current marketing job in L'Oreal. And, of course, I am even more interested to try myself in fashion industry now!Thank you very much! And I would be very happy to enroll one more opine course from you. For example, the history of fashion designers, or stylistic identity of the main designers of las 50 years. How do you think about such a course? The Disquared2 case was perfect, I would like to learn Karl Lagerfield, Fendi, Gucci and others in the same way.Thank you very much!Maria
The best fashion management course ever!!!
Amazing classes with amazing techers! Learning about what luxury really means is so important to my career. Also, Learning about the importance of luxury items in the economy and society is simply fantastic.
The course overall has good content. But some videos and case studies were dissapointing in terms of uniqueness of information. You could have easily googled it. Tests could also be more challenging. I would defitenely reccomend it to learners who are new to the industry. For others it could be less informative.
Very informative ! Could use a section with a little bit more figures analysis !
Great course with so many useful contents...
Great course.
I hadn't taken a fashion -oriented course in over ten yrs. This was great! I sincerely felt "updated."
The course gave me an overview of the industry, the types of players in it, different models and strategies that can be applied. Many different types of companies are analyzed. There is a lot of information in it, also interviews with professionals. For me it was very helpful in order to gain understanding of the fashion and luxury industry and where I want to go. Thank you!
A really good and informative course, interesting topics and good teachers. I would definitely recommend it for people, who are interested in fashion business.
Before I used to think fashion/luxury was about skinny models in glossy magazines and walking in fashion shows. This course completely changed my mind.What I learnt? Differentiating between Fashion and Luxury. Understanding customer value propositions, different market segmentation and models, marketing strategies and communication of Luxury/Fashion Brands.Super comprehensive course took close to 40 hours to finish everything. Learnt a hell lot. Quiz 3 was really good. My friend who is in Brand Management was totally impressed with the amount of knowledge I gained from this course.In the beginning, I found the accent of the teachers very annoying but in the later parts, I found the accent quite sexy, especially Erika's :P But the bottom line is the teachers are fantastic.I work in Equity Research but found this course really eye opening.I would highly this course to anyone who wants to know about Fashion and Luxury.Thanks for reading!
I have really liked the course . It has been more than one week that i have completed my profile as well as the payment but I have not received the certificate. I have cleared all the tests. I kindly request to expedite the certificate .It may be sent at my e mail id shipra_wadhwa@rediffmail.com.
That was a great experience to join this course. I work in the luxury retail and it helps me to have a clear vision of the current and future challenges in this business. I would like to go deeper in each subjects in applying later to a luxury and fashion management MBA.
Had a great time during this course. Having no knowledge of this sector, this course has been extremely helpful and informative. It has helped me get an insight in to the Fashion and Luxury world. Great course!! :)
What a great resource for both Fashion and Business Students around the world. I am a student in London using this resource to further my knowledge and Iove it. I will continue using and supporting.
really satisfied ........ loved this because this course have more real business world cases & examples
Very Good Quality!
great course, such a comprehensive look at the business of fashion. also, the videos are very manageable, right length, and the instructors and guests are extremely professional and pleasant to listen to. well done!
The course was interesting and good. The instructors were engaged. It just missed something. Maybe it could be sort of "fresher".
Interesting class and surprisingly useful!
I loved the course. Definitely a lot of information that could be useful in a work environment. My favorite week was the Communications/PR week. It was super interesting with the interviews and discussions.
I loved this course, it was extremely up to standard and beneficial. I wish it went longer. I felt it ended a bit too soon! still got a lot to learn and go into details. It could've used to go over Annual reports and discuss them or go actually behind the scenes on case studies to better implement the things we're learning with concrete and elaborate examples. I highly recommend this course. thank you!
Gave Great real world examples and Interviews with established companies. A great business analysis of the Fashion Industry.
I absolutely loved this course. As an employee on the digital side of one of the world's leading beauty brands, I found this course extremely relevant to the real-world marketing & strategic issues I face on a day-to-day basis.
hi i really liked this course and also i have made my payment for certificate but still its asking to me for repay...kindly help,or mail the details on vandanasingh904@gmail.com
I loved it!! Thank you so much!! Bocconi and Coursera.
I'm actually REALLY INTERESTED on this course, but Erica's accent is TERRIBLE. It's so hard to understand and focus on what she's saying. Had to quit the course because of that.
Great course! All information is very good structured and easy to understand. Highly recommended!Good luck to everyone!
It gives a good idea about this market, although some of the ideas could be more systemized and clear
It is a very very rich course with two Professional professor , it was fun in the same time . i highly recommended this course for everyone who is intersted in fashion and luxury buisiness .
Good to know if you are in fashion industry :)
WOW. 10 stars for this course.
Very comprehensive and well ordered. Full of interesting and specific information. For example, compared to a similar short course I did over 4 days at the London School of Fashion and sadly, paid over £400 for, I would definitely recommend the Universita Bocconi course over the overprices LSF course.
One among the best course I've taken in my career. The teachers are really great and the materials are really informative for learning. I would like to recommend it to anybody who is interested to learn the basics of fashion, branding and retailing. Finally, I would like to convey my sincere thanks to coursera, the organizers and also my teachers for providing me the Financial Aid support to learn this course..
it provides a comprehensive angle of clothing and luxury industry as well as relevant marketing strategy in the present financial circumstance.
Extremely useful for those interested in fashion and luxury!
A very good course. It is greatful the knowhow of its instructors and the great quality of information and lectures. Thank you
This course has a very nice content. The difficult thing is to follow the classes with a very difficult language spoken by the teacher. Her English is not so good, although she has a good know-how about the subject but the classes are completely boring and apathetic. What a shame!
Incredibly well structured course. It covers very interesting topics, which are essential for a career in Fashion and Luxury. The interactive lessons are very effective and there are great guest speakers. The only downside is that certain stats should be updated with more recent figures. Overall, great course!
Such a great course that teaches you the basics of management of fashion and luxury companies. I learnt so much in this course, I highly recommend it to anyone considering a career in the fashion industry.
The course is practical and very useful. The instructors are amazing. I strongly recommend it . Thank you Bocconi and Coursera.
I think it was a very good course. Perhaps the speakers were talking a bit fast (and with the Italian accent it was a bit hard to understand). But except this very minor thing, I recommend it !!
This course is full of information and specific terminology. Thank you for such an opportunity to study this course.
Hi there I am an established fashion designer living in Los Angeles, but with european heritage. Ive heard about the course from other artsy friends and my husband suggested to take a look. It was very interesting and it offered a better understanding and structure of the knowledge i and experience i already have in the industry. This course is good for people who are both beginners or advanced in fashion knowledge. Thanks
It's a very insightful and informative course which explains in detail the working of International Fashion Brands and Luxury companies.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to improve my knowledge in different spheares of life! Really priceless expirience :)
Amazing course! I wish there were more courses about the fashion industry. The professors were great and the videos were so informative. Really enjoyed it. Thank you!
This is an excellent course which gave me an understanding for foreign markets.
very informative course!! Coursera should have more fashion related courses
A very intersting lesson.
It helped me a lot to understand about luxury and the aspects of luxury retailing.
Concise and practical lectures. Well-thought through course design. Interesting readings and visual support for lectures. New and unique topic. Great job. It's one of the best courses I've taken on Coursera.
quite systematic! helpful to learn the insights of fashion industry!
Was exactly what i was looking for, so im very grateful i definitely recommend
Great course!
Great course! Amazing teachers, a lot of information and very interesting interviews.
Thank you very much for this course, i have a hospitality background and always wanted to learn about luxury companies and this course definitely helped! Great job!
good lessons + good teachers + good contents, not enough interaction though
Very good course but with a few OUTDATED materials.
very educative
Wonderful Information, fun and interactive.
very interesting course, with a tricky questions sometimes, but with ones that makes you think carefully. Very interesting interview videos. Thanks!
Great course! Gives brief, but comprehensive information about fashion market organization. Highly recommended for everybody who work or want to work at fashion industry.
I truly loved the experience from start to finish. I wish this course can be part of and specialization about luxury companies beyond just fashion.
This course is a luxury! amazing!
A great course for beginners who want to understand fashion industry.
loved every minute of it!!
An absolutely complete course that teaches about Luxury companies, but mainly about Fashion. There are 2 great teachers that gives contents, but also makes sudents think about future and trends. Cases and interviews are also great !! I got very impressed about quality of Albini Group. Its clearer for me definition luxury vs fashion, business models, differences, challenges and opportunities in Fashion companies. Thank you Bocconi !
It would be nice to have a second part of those topics involved in this course,In particular, how to use the luxury strategies for other products such as perfumes, bags, jewelry, etc.Also, to go depper in terms of luxury advertising communication analysisthanks,
Great overview and practical insights from the industry. Very beneficial as a good introduction.
Gave me a much better understanding of how luxury brand work and how to go about creating my own.
One of the best courses I've taken. The teachers are great and the material is equally informative and engaging, you really do learn a lot. All the contet is presented in a light manner but the modules help you understand its depth. I would recommend it to anybody who is even slightly interested in fashion.
Thought the course does not start very strong, it evolves into a very interesting place of compact knowledge for both the fashion and the luxury industry.For a professional, like myself, who already has a master's degree in the field of luxury and works within the industry, it is a great way to get remind of the theories and the knowledge behind the management, the how and the why luxury does things in its own unique way.It would be even better to add knowledge into more "exclusive" categories like cars or yachts. Yet, the structure of the course, the delivery, the case studies and the overall performance keep the attendee's attention. Personally, I started the course a bit hesitant, but managed to finish it within only a week because of the flow and quality of information.
very interesting and inspiring; the assignment is good but could test our knowledge deeper.
Great course!! :D
I reallyt love this course! I've opened so many facts and information about fashion companies and their business cases and also about their history. Thank you very much)
It is a very inspiring online course I took. It is not only about Fashion and Luxury management, but a diversified way of the future world.
Thank you for a great course! This information is so valuable! But I would like to see the final test more distinctive, the questions are in some terms very vague.But all in all, I had a great time, thank you!
Nice journey towards fashion and luxury products.
very clear for this industry. Sometimes the accent of the teacher makes me confused for the words. But after several class, i am familiar with it and know what the teacher talking about are.
great material content and overall structure
I have learned a lot from this course. Highly recommended for any one works in the commercial department of any fashion and luxury company.
I loved the course! Please have more fashion courses.
this is the best online course i have studied. Please come up with some more fashion and accessory courses also, because being an accessory student in delhi, India, I have always looked forward to whatever knowledge i can get, i should grab it.
First certificate obtained! This is a rich course where we can learn theory and get to know the industry. The course provides guest speaker videos, detailed lecture notes, and other forms of interactive learning. Although the lecturers have an Italian accent, it does not hurt at all. Thank you so much! Suggestion: 1. making assignments a little bit more challenging, so students could have a deeper thought about the topics; 2. the final quiz could be an essay or branding/marketing plan.
I'm learning so much from this course. I love this course
this seems like a horizon changing topic.
A very interesting Courser where you can learn many things from the basic concepts of the Fashion and Luxury world. I hope to see more courses focused on Fashion and Luxury soon in Coursera, that would be so much appreciated!
As a marketing student, I think teachers speach very useful and fantastical . I learn about a lot of company about luxury and fashion strategy.
This course has enabled me to understand how the fashion and luxury industries work in many levels (retailing, manufacturing, commun
It's perfect for those who love the world of fashion and want to understand how work Fashion and Luxury Companies.
Great entry level course for anyone wanting to learn about how fashion and luxury companies operate.
This course took me deep into the culture and traditions associated with luxury brands and merchandise to learn about this important international market!
Dear,I am very thankful to Coursera to create this wonderful Door towards achieving specialization. With this course i not only got knowledge but also a confidence.Fashion is passion for me, i wanted to do this course from a long time but for many reasons i could not afford it, with Coursera i got my "Dream Come True".I am, and will be always grateful to the creators of this wonderful platform.Now my only concern is how i can get onto this boat of Fashion and Luxury Business.Evening a small opening is enough to open the Doors in this business.Thank you.Regards,Junaid Ahmed
great course on Fashion and Luxury that helping putting the right words on thr tight concepts and clarify Business Models
I found this course really interesting and i got a lot of information that i will use in my daily work!
Please do more courses like this It explain a lot about this industry.
Great!
Very useful course for people who are already in fashion and industry or want to be a part of.
Excellent contents, but relator's english is pretty bad. :-)
The course goes direct to the point, it's very objective. The only disadvantage is the Italian accent of the professors, sometimes it's boring to listen. I reccomend this course to students or for people outside the fashion world.
Very well explained course... All about fashion and its business models.
Great to learn the basis of the fashion world! I knew nothing and now I know something! Worth the small price to get the certificate!
very useful course, not only for Luxury industry. Many topics talked about are enlighted. After learning, I think I am more reasonable facing all fancy things and choose them more sophiscated.
An excellent introduction to the concepts required for the management of luxury and fashion.
While the content of the course is interesting and useful, the delivery desperately needs improvement. The professors speak in an extremely monotonous way, making it seem like they are reading their lines from behind the camera. Just awful, and makes it really hard to follow and stay interested and connected with the topic (even when you're passionate about the subject).I would rather have the course in Italian, and read the subtitles, if that means a more energetic delivery.
hope there will be some sequel courses ! so interesting and inspirational !!! Thank you Universita Bocconi !
I would recommend this course both for people without any experience in fashion and with some experience. It's very interesting to follow.
I loved this course, the content is good, has a lot of interviews and cases.
Excellent course, but the english of the professors can improve...
Loved this course! Learned a lot, and it was so much fun! Learn the difference between fashion and luxury - you will never look at shopping in the same way, or learn how to
The content of the course is very interesting, and I plan to go go through with it. A huge downside is that it is very difficult to follow the course because of the professors' strong accent and, at times, incorrect pronunciation. It is distracting. Also, it would be good to have weekly assignments, to stay on track.
I am a beginner in fashion and I found this course very usefull
Contents are good and interesting, but speakers' english is so low and bad (pronunciation) that the course becomes almost unpleasant.
great course
Very interesting ideas. I don't work in the fashion or luxuryindustries, but some of the ideas learned in this course could be used to innovate within different fields. I especially liked the concept of Ingredient Branding and the part where they explain what Luxury is and how it is developped.
It was excellent
I really enjoy the lessons because they show me the professional structure of the fashion industry and the main players in luxury. The examples were perfect to illustrate every chapter. It was interactive, worthed and glamorous. I enjoyed how fierce are Italians of the Made in Italy label and I understood a little more of this concept thanks to the explanations in the videos. I recommend it 100 % !
I love the course the course material was good and very informative.
this course was amazing, i learn more about the retail process, how different brands manage own merchandise and line process, very recommend for learn retail management.
A must for retail stars!
The module was alright but I got bored halfway through
Course is interesting, but sometimes its so hard to perceive the information with such accent :( I`m not lazy to read the subtitles, no.. but they also, from time to time work improperly and its not feasible at all to conceive the information . Plus, its absolutely inconvenient when you provide one huge assignment for several weeks at once! Why couldn`t you make it a few smaller to every week?(( I think I`ll disenroll
Very immersive and entertaining course; the subject is interesting per se but the execution of the Coursera module is very practical and very well illustrated with plentiful case studies, interviews, and real life examples.The only apparent room for improvement would be minor technical issues (video glitches, flawed English subtitles).So far the best Coursera course I have taken.
Thank you for a wonderfully informative course. Wish the team behind it the very best. I hope Coursera and Bocconi will choose to collaborate on more courses in the coming future.
The Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies offered by Bocconi & Coursera is a wonderfully informative, interactive and innovative course. The course uses real world high fashion and luxury examples and iconic figures to deliver their content. This engages the student with real life examples and helps us see what the future of fashion and luxury holds for us as potential managers.
Amazing course! It is very complete, it has great resources, the professors are amazing, and it gives you very valuable knowledge. Definitely worth it.
Excellent. It is very comprehensible even for someone who is completely new to fashion industry. Will be very interested in specialization.
Although I did not finish the course, I enjoyed and was very satisfied with the content. The lecturers, although not very fluent English, were the best and new exactly what they were teaching which made me very happy. I easily understood what was being taught from the beginning. Although my passion is Fashion Design, this course helped me understand more about the Fashion Industry and everything behind the scene within the Industry. I am very happy with the knowledge gained :)
Excellent course! Congratulations to everyone involved in this project. Hope to engage in other courses from Bocconi and SDA Bocconi and Mafash.
Adore this course, wish it would be more courses connected with fashion
The content is very organize and clear. I have gone through 3 weeks and it is a great introduction to the world of luxury.
Very good course, sad its finished. Good level of content aimed at a business professional interested in the fashion and luxury segment.
It was really new - thank you all!
Awesome course, great materials and good teachers. Thank you Bocconi.
italian accent is way too strong.
Both teachers are so passionate about what they are talking that is always a pleasure watching the videos and learning a lot about Fashion and Luxury!
The course content of this course is not much and thus one can finish it rather very quickly. However one of the lecturer's had such a heavy accent I had to use subtitles just to understand the content. I am not in anyway in the fashion industry nor aspiring to be so this was just like a "tester" for me. I was however surprised that its not all about modelling and the sorts but incorporates some business aspect about the fashion industry.
Great course!
I have always been interested in the fashion industry and found this subject not only informative, but also fascinating to go through. I enjoyed this immensely. Some information I knew, but there was a lot that also opened my eyes.My only negative was the clarity of the speakers English at times which made me have to either listen to the video again or use sub titles, otherwise I would give 5 stars. Other than that, a very informative and interesting course. Well put together and structured. Thank you.
Short explanation, too many concepts and no sequence of theories introduced.On the other side, very nice subject and materials, I assume that the profs are very good too, just restructuring of the whole story-tell of the course would be more effective.
I would be delighted to attend a specialization in Management of Fashion and Luxury Companies.
This course has taught me so much interesting information, I am very happy to have been able to take it !
Excellent course and material
Extremely cool course! Thank you! :)
Great course. Very complete.
Amazing teachers, great content!
I learned a lot, it's full of important informations!!! It's a very rich course, I highly recommend! Thanks for the team involved to make this course happen!!
Amazing fashion course. Very complete.
Excellent presentation and very useful for gaining knowledge in Managing Fashion and Luxury Companies
i experienced lot of interesting course materials and sessions, a very best course for anyone look into world in new view...
Thanks for giving me knowledge about Fashion. This is very helpful. :)
Great teachers, good body gesticulation.
Dear Sir or Madam!For me it was a great introduction into the Fashion and Luxury Business. It was challenging, interesting, and also very informative.Thank you very much!Best regards,Florian Josef Reheis
So far, I love this class! the insturctors are very resptable, and dissect the knowledge in a way that is easy to comprehend. The exampes are relevant, modern, and I'm really excited to dive deeper.Thank you Coursera for making this expeirence possible.Cheers,Jordan Swain
Like this course very much! qualitative and well-performed study material, wonderful lecturers, a lot of additional information. Highly recommended!
Would have liked some more examples for the explanation.
The quality of the content is very good. However, the content should be more detailed. Further, certain key subject-areas are missing such as the fashion calendar, quality control, merchandising, cool-hunting and forecasting, market research, event management, public relations management, retail operations in more detail, logistics, store operations etc. Overall, however, the course is a good overview about managing fashion and luxury companies. Moreover, interviews with CEOs and brand directors would make the course more interesting.
Excellent teaching and material
Amazing course!
Very interesting to find out about luxury brands.
A great basic fashion business course on the luxury side business and the many categories you can find within. I would love to see a more expanded continuation exploring the middle ground of the fashion business found between luxury fashion brands and fast fashion brands. Which although less explored continues to be a thriving sector. Thank you to all the professors and assistants who made the course happen.
This is the second course I have from Universitat de Barcelona. Both outstanding.
If you are in love with history, western civilizations, the Middle East and everything related to the Roman Mare Nostrum, you will not regret taking this MOOC. Those professors, lecturers and scholars in charge of the course will not let you down.
Broad overview of subject with interesting essays from fellow students
Very interesting and interdisciplinary course. Congratulations for you great job.
Most of the lectures were very rushed and brief. They quote facts and names and rarely bother to elaborate on them. The "interviews" that often serve as a second lecture for the week mostly repeat the first lecture /average duration for both - 5 minutes/Almost no reading materials in english.The translations in English isn't very good.The peer review processes for the final assignment is flawed, since you will be given to review works in spanish and english, with no option to"skip" to an essay in a language you understand. The grading criteria is also flawed. For example the required length of the essay does not seem to be obligatory.The staff rarely bothers with answers in the discussion forumAll in all it is an interesting topic, and a good starting point for your own research. Sadly, It is one of the worst courses i have taken part in.
Wide-ranging and inclusive coverage of a vastly complex topic by an impressive list of erudite instructors. Very interesting, with very many jump-off points for further study. However... many of the translations into English were difficult to decipher, some to the point of near-obscurity. Sorry to say, translating of words does not reliably lead to transfer of meaning. Still, highly recommended for its reach in surveying the high points of the subject matter. Thank you!
Completely disppointing.
Very good course
A very interesting and accessible course with plenty of reading suggestions for those of us who want to continue learn
Problems with translation from Spanish to English creating confusion to non - Spanish students. Not all the lectures are translated. I have noticed that some English translation is missing or is incorrect.Also, since I am a non - Spanish student I can not review correctly and accordingly Spanish posted assignments due to language barriers.
This course is very interesting and educational. I really enjoyed it. My only complaint is that sometimes there wasnt any translation from spanish.
Excellent course and widely recommended
Too fast speech/ language use in combination with poor english translation, otherwise pretty well done.
1. Sometimes the audio of the recordings is poor, making it difficult to listen.2. For non-speakers of Spanish, the translations are not so great and sometimes lack proper grammar or are almost literal translations of the spoken Spanish version. This makes the subject matter, although very interesting, very difficult to fully grasp. This also occurs in the quizzes, causing me to either misunderstand or not understand the questions.Overall, it is a very interesting course but the 'execution' is not up to standard. It could be improved by updating the audio recordings, and correcting the translations for the subtitles
The course material was good but the lectures being in Spanish with English translations was difficult to follow. I was disappointed in the short videos with subtitles.
Well structured course with an exceptionally insightful view of how the money markets works. The readings that are given are exceptional and I have learnt more about the financial markets that many other courses. Professor Mehrling is an exceptionally charismatic educator and takes us through a journey that clearly explains the crisis and gives us an alternative view that might just help make finance clearer to anyone. I really hope that unit two of this course will be recorded and be distributed by coursera.
I indeed appreciated this course! Now I can build a general view for both money and capital markets in an evolutionary and in a global perspective. I am able to understand and talk about all the players, their funtions and perspectives in the macroeconomic environment.
Extremely interesting!
Fantastic, it is rare to found a course as profound as this in a MOOC
Excellent course, excellent professor, extremely interestig topics, presented in an understandable manner. the only little con might be that the assignments are not appropriate (too easy). This course is a teaser and a perfect starting point for any substantial engagement in modern finance
I was impressed by the manner of professor to tell this money story! It was really fascinating to view complicated money schemes as an amazing quest
Best class ever taken! Very instrumental in understanding banking and money markets!
really very good !
It is tottaly unacceptable to have to pay to pass quizz !!!I cancel my participation
Probably the best economics course I ever had in my life. Mr Mehrling's take on the economics of banking is vivid, modern, broad and does not leave the finance aspect of it aside, which is too often the case in typical economics courses.
Fantastic course and Professor Mehrling is an incredible mentor with great insights
Very good course, teacher is great and content is very insightful.On the less good side, students should not expect all concepts to be clarified from the beginning, so a good deal of research has to be self made.
This course blew my mind. Our professor was interesting, lessons well planned and content important. I now read the Financial Times daily. Thank you
One of the best course I had till now. BEST!
Very good! Exceptional in its explanation of the modern bankin
Great course with a lot of insights!
Amazing experience! I had study finance and banking all my life during BS, MBA, and management consulting and by far the perspective of Perry Mehrling is truly inspirational. This course is a must for every professional.
The course teaches systematically, links up money markets and capital markets and at the end opens a new way of thinking about economics and finance.
Real course, learned a lot from Prof
One of the most interesting and fascinating courses I've watched on Coursera!
awesome professor interesting lectures thank you columbia university and coursera
I can get the useful knowledge on origin of Fed and other basic source about American finace.So I want to deeply recommend this course to all of you. Thanks
The content and idea provided in the course are simply amazing! The best ever I had on Coursera and I really appreciate all the research effort made by Professor Perry Mehrling. Hope many more people using Coursera could have a look at the innovative ideas explained by Professor Mehrling in money market and finance.
The basics were well taught and understandable in 1 time view of video and the standards of the university are great! Thanks coursera!
Good MOOC with distinguished lecturer
Professor Mehrling is fantastic. I found this course supremely interesting, and I learned an incredible amount from it. I would venture to say that most have not taken an economics course like this one before. This definitely felt like a real college course.. 13 weeks of lecture, 2.5-3 hours of lecture each week. I believe Professor Mehrling said in-class that the two prerequisites for this course (for Columbia University students, not Coursera users) are Intermediate Micro and Intermediate Macro, so the course is definitely fairly high-level. To put it into perspective, I was an Accounting/Finance major with Econ minor and have CPA/CFA. So while not "trained" in economics, I've had a fair amount of exposure, but I definitely felt intellectually challenged and frequently had to relisten to parts of lectures. Definitely recommend this course! Learned something every minute of every lecture.
While the course presupposes a state and underconceptualizes or rather even ignores the law it still is the go to online course for anyone interested in the phenomenon that probably is as misunderstood as it is often mentioned: money. Specifically "global money". Perry has amazing teaching skills, too. You can tell he not only has taught this course a lot of times but he also loves what he's doing and keeps on getting an even better teacher. I've done this course multiple times and will probably keep doing it. There is so much in here to learn and to more deeply understand...
Prof. Mehrling's ability to explain such complex items is just amazing. His passion in teaching as well as his neutrality are really thrilling. Thank you very much Professor.
Without any doubt, this is the best course I have taken in coursera. Both because of the contents, the approach and the professor. Surprising approach to the economy, and IMHO, one that once taken, is prevalent.
I found this to be an excellent introduction to how modern banking works. If this class grows increasingly popular, go long whatever company sells chalk because the professor consumes quite a bit as he sketches out a seemingly infinite number of T-accounts to illustrate the trading of money through multiple markets, including Fed Funds, EuroDollar, Repo, Swap and FX. By the end of the class, you get a good sense for the plumbing behind markets, and develop an alternative and practical view of what drives asset prices than what you perhaps learned studying economic or financial theory. You also gain an appreciation for how big shadow banking is globally, how all money is not created equal, and how the value of any asset can change drastically through the mechanics of the dealer system as investors discover this point.
This is one the best curses that I ever taken, it is a wonderful oportunitie to understand the money view, and how the monetary system realy works, with very preciseness and accuracy lessons, if you take this course, you are going to learn amazing knowledge.
Take this course. The lectures are amazing and the mentors in the discussion forums are super helpful. I guess i grasped maybe 60-70% of the course material but that has more to do with the student than the teacher. When i find the time I will revisit the videos, this time in conjunction with Prof. Mehrling's book "The New Lombard Street" and all the reading materials (I skipped some) which take WAY mare than 10 minutes to go through.
This is a truly superb course, probably unique in its breadth, depth and realistic, fact-based approach to teaching money and banking. I particularly liked the systematic use of balance sheets for the presentation of the materials, the emphasis on History and institutions to understand the contemporary banking system, the explanations on the hierarchy of money and credit and of how all banking is essentially an exchange of IOUs (mostly created from thin air). The transition from traditional banking to shadow banking is very well explained. The role of the Fed as a liquidity backstop for the financial system, the eurodollar as a source of global funding and the causes of the financial crisis are all clearly presented. I'm now eagerly waiting for an updated version of the course, since the recorded lectures are from late 2012.
thought-provoking
As far as I have come, the course is depth driven having real life applications than most of the other courses I have come across and completed. Thank you.
A very clear introduction to money
Very thorough and great course!
Completely change my view!!
Very comprehensive
I got a better structure to think about money market.
this is very well informative and well presented course
Great material ... unlike any other course.
Great course! Essential for anyone working in finance and economics.
The capstone was well constructed and the choice of Tesla as a case study was on point.However, it would be nice to have the option of preparing a marketing mix plan for our own business - as an option to replace the capstone. That being said, this is an excellent specialization and I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn how to apply marketing mix principles to real business situations. Excellent course!!!
Excellent class. Well laid out and very practical.
I’m so glad that I decided to take the Marketing Mix Course. I have educated marketing factors including brand and product, pricing strategy, channel management and IMC; more importantly, how amazing they link to each other. The marketing mix program helps me to connect them and see the big picture.Thank you very much indeed all professors
Great!
Hats off to Scott E. Page et al. for putting together this amazing set of lectures and course material. The whole organization of videos, notes, readings fits together really well. I am very happy to have invested my time in this course, it has been very rewarding.
I have thouroughly enjoyed this course; it was a great introduction to many new concepts and reasoning frameworks and I cannot wait to dwell deeper into the technicalities of each model. Scott's lectures and explanations are easy to follow, entertaining and I liked having diverse extra readings for each topic.
This was a fantastically nuanced, and challenging course. Out of all of the MOOCs I've done so far, this has really changed the way I see events around me and has led me to look for patterns in things I've never considered before.
The most inspiring course I've ever watched. Millions of thanks and respect to professor Page. I will absolutely watch it again until I understand everything he says and be capable of explaining the models to my friends.
Probably my favourite course.
Great course!
This is a very good course for many people. From engineers (I am one myself) to economists and policy makers, there is always something usefull. Also, the classes are fun to watch! I had a great time and learned a great deal. Thanks!
i would like to see some subtitles in Spanish, to help me understand much better the main idea ! but in generally is so good and helpful!
Great content and lectures, that possibly provides new dimensions to look/explain the situation in context, I guess I will comeback for references to continue with this journey in to 'Model Thinking'
The instructor does a very good job in explaining difficult concepts and is amazing in his teaching ..
Cons:-Too dated - links to many of the materials are unavailable.-Instructors knowledge of some the models he cover is questionable (regression)Pros:-Covers a lot of materials
This excellent course provides a broad overview of the main models for decision support. Arguments are too vast to be treated in a single course, each of them would deserve at least one special course. But what is important is the knowledge of these opportunities. The course provides the basic tools in several areas, leaving the opportunity to deepen to the interest of each participant. A special praise to the teacher, proficient in triggering the audience's interest and attention, with a good dose of sympathy and irony.
Very useful and engaging course in general! There were a lot of interesting parts in it. Especially, because it showed that the "many model thinking" is a useful "tool" in various fields of life. There were some trivial parts/ lectures, but it was still useful to go back to some basics for deeper understanding. Scott Page was also a great lecturer and I liked the whole structure of the course. Thanks for the great course, keep up the good work!
Simply excellent from start to finish.
Great course for quantitative social science, focusing on modeling. I recommend anyone who are interested in social science to take it to know something beyond the traditional reasoning method. I really think quantitative is the future of social science though it is not mature enough. Anyway, this course gives a great introduction, and the content is plenty.
Excellent course, it helps understanding the world around us and creating logical ways to solve complex problems.
This course blew my mind week after week. Professor Page's excitement for the topic combined with an amazing ability to communicate clearly and concisely made this an awesome 12 week journey. The double edge of the course is that after 11 weeks my brain is carrying so many new models, it can be hard to keep them straight ... that's what practice and refreshing is for. Awesome class!
This course really informs us a great idea ----- the value of a model
Love this course! Thank you a lot!
It really opened my mind.
Il loved this course-- what I could finish of it. I come back to it again and again. Clear, great referernces and resources..and excellent Profes
I loved this course.I followed this course to prepare myself for teaching a similar course at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.This MOOC suits me perfectly to flip the classroom. Students study the videos offered by professor Page before they come to class. In class, I organize workshops that take about three hours during which the models are discussed and applied in groups of up to four students. Having a big classroom available with whiteboards all around the walls is a big plus. Standing really makes people's mind moving.At the end of each workshop, students have to do an assignment that closely relates to the topics that arose during the workshop. Together, all these assignments make up the portfolio wherein students keep track of their learning process and reflect on their learning experience.I wish everybody a happy thoughtful day,Frank PeetersSenior Lecturer at the HZ University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlandsfrank.peeters@hz.nl
This is a a really good intro course. As a short introduction to lots of different models, you come away with a full appreciation of how the reduction of the complex into simple models can advance your thinking, help better understand why people make the choices they do and make sense of situations that otherwise would be obscure. The only reason this is not a five-star rating is because there are a few points in the class where there is a break in the logic (i.e. a missing piece) and there are slides and text below the video that contain typos or mistakes. Individually, none of these are a big deal, but collectively, they take the professionalism down a notch.
Clear. Well paced. Methodical. Ideal balance of mathematics and practical application. Mathematics not too overwhelming although it did push my thinking hard.
I like it when courses are related to real life problems and thus immediately useful. And that's the case with this course. You'll not only learn some interesting ways to model things out. It will make you tick and reflect on a lot of subjects / putting things into perspectives. Long but rewarding!
This was a very well structured course. Prof. Scott has delivered wach lecture with great clarity. As introduction course, it had a very good range of topics and models to learn from. The content is intuitive enough to apreciate the "fertility" of these models and apply them in various contexts.Many thanks,Looking forward to more such courses on modeling,Udaya Ranga
It's an awesome course! Learned a lot here.
Good overview course.
Great introduction.
It is interesting and mind opening during the beginning and the middle of the course. Learned some interesting principle.
I definitely will recommend it to some other friends! It made me understood much better with great and detailed examples.
Broad & Simple to follow - some basic math is required. Many models introduced and extremenly useful to have in your toolbox.
This is a course for anyone who wants to be able to think logically. As an IT professional I would recommend this course to my colleagues in the Information Technology field.
One of the best courses ever on and offline at any University I've been to. Only way to have got it better would have been to do assignments, but I suspect it may have caused a drop in the total number of users participating. Super Excellent course!
The teacher is witty. It's a great course, but more mathematical calculating would be better.
Very informative and interesting!
I would love to watch the videos again! They are helpful and you will find that they can be used in your daily life.
A very good course. Need time to be completed. It should continue on and lectures should be available every time regarless of end of quizez or assignments.
Excellent course, wide scale application, highly recommend.Also :-clear presentation-no technical issues with quizzes or content issues
I think everyone should take this course although some of the lectures are hard
I enjoyed this course a lot; it is very comprehensive and let you gain a lot of perspective through the models discussed in it and how you can apply those.
this course keeps the basic line for thinking on platform. And the You can get the Idea of resol
very good for beginner. if speaking speed can slow a little, will be nicer!
great people
love it great general start, gentle introduction in all the right ways
Awesome Neh!!!!!
What a refreshing portfolio of perspectives on modelling! This course answered a lot of questions that I've been accumulating overtime in the 'unanswered' log in my brain. Doing this course felt like a long overdue spring clean.
Presenter is excellent, subject matter is fascinating
Scott E Page is totally cool!
Clear concise and very interesting. I can't believe it's free
My favorite course of all time.. It has a lot of interesting concepts and a fascinating perspective on this weird thing the world/society is.
I found this to be extremely interesting. This is the course that you savour every second of. Both content and delivery are superlative. Highly recommended if you have any clue of what models are all about.
It's very interesting course. I'm learning new things that were not noticed before
cool
I think it is terrific course - it is just right for me
This course is simply AMAZING!!! Thank you Michigan University, & Mr. Scott for your meticulous efforts in bringing to the world quality education in the most simplified pattern!!! Kuddos to Coursera!!!
Succinct, useful in day to day life, easy to understand and yet complex. A great course I would recommend to everybody (and frequently do recommend).
Very cool course shows me how to model many real world examples, tons of modeling techniques, and most importantly, how to think inde
Wonderful course and equally wonderful instructor. I really like how Scott builds up from a very simple model and by explaining the intuition behind how we got the math, explains the maths.
Professor Scott Page is by far one of the most engaging instructors on Coursera. He makes the course content accessible and interesting through his concrete examples. By far this is my favorite class that I've taken online.
It is a great class. Please keep moving on if you could not understand some sections. You will get it in future sections.
Fantastic, I love this course
Brilliant!
Eye-opening cross-disciplinary program with an outstanding teacher. Cannot be better, thank you Internet for bringing this to everyone.
Very useful in getting to know or getting started in modelling.
Gives perspective to the decisions people take
Excellent course. Great professor. Really enjoying the course
I found this course very educational and i feel brighter after finishing.Modelthinking helps me to interpret the world and my surroundings.
An enlightening course. Opens my mind to a wide vista of new ways of thinking and living. Practical with seemingly endless tools for the mind. Prof. Page provides a wide variety of examples that are relatable.The best thing for me is how Prof. Page feels relatable and approachable in his teaching style - he seems to really want students to understand what he's teaching and meeting us where we are, providing excellent scaffolding along the way.
Great introductory course to expand your mind.
I started to better understand stuff and processes.
It is really great course!Thanks for making it available.I think it is course that everybody should take before going into machine learning/data science. It may help you to make better sense of what you will learn.
Very inspiring! Brings me into a whole new world, to look at things from brand new perspective.I love this course and would like to be posted on any update on this subject.
Very good and inspiring course. It teaches around 20 different models, not overwhelming you with math but giving you nonetheless a good and solid introduction. Also, the reading material is really good.
This is a great introductory course for someone who wants to understand what modeling really is and what are some of the tools and techniques used to come up with a model. This might even pique your curiosity to other advance underlying subjects.
There have been some undesirable references to equations, in terms of equating modeling to economic growth and investment. I was interested by the syllabus and its outline of theories and the means to use models to study social sciences and systems sciences. After week 1, though, it was not a very interesting course so I considered trying to simply survey most of the videos to gain some more information, not necessarily for any more insight from the Professor from the University of Michigan.
This overview of a variety of modeling concepts and applications was both challenging and interesting. The course requires study and effort which pays off with a broader perspective on simple and complex processes.
Mind opening course!
Very interesting! The teacher explains really well and even though his expertise is social science, he always explains how this thinking can pertain to other realms.
The course focus is broad and instructor is great. However, some particular models have been described too general, e.g. the lectures on Lyapunov functions had no connection to the ODEs and other mathematical phenomena.
Outstanding course!
A great job that professor Page is doing.
great course, interesting , many new perspective over worlds
One of the greatest courses on MOOC! The only thing which is still hard to handle with is the temp of speech of the tutor. :)
This is one of the best courses I have ever take in thinking.
Scott Page does a great job explaining the use of models. In this course you will get an overview of a lot of different models, how to use them, how to construct them and why models are so useful.The world of the minde and thoughts...at it's best
Very srtuctored, informative course. Is definitly useful for students from diverse specalties.
this is a excellent course that helps you inproving your thinking quality.
Great course covering modeling techniques and perspective!
Loving this course so far, eager and excited to continue it and finish very soon. A great addition of analytical frameworks and management strategies to add to my toolkit.
Love it! This is my first foray into model thinking. I wish there is a better way to say thanks to Professor Page.
It offers excellent tools so as to understand networks, totally recommended.
Contributed to making me a clearer thinker and was a good refreshment of material from my MSc Business Administration.
Barely in and it's one of the very best most fun courses I've taken. Scott is hugely enthusiastic and articulate in just the right ways. I hope I'm learning as much as I'm having fun letting model patterns float through my brain. I guess that is learning, sorta. I'm excited to complete the course and build on it. A very good sign. Thank you all so much for putting these courses out there. It's fucking fantastic. Okay, it doesn't really get more emphatic than that from me. Thank you again. Tom Bauer.
This course is just amazing.
It's not just for good citizens, it's also for good politicians !
Very interesting course. It isn't a hard course whatsoever but the concepts you learn are very fundamental and can be applied in so many domains. Very important to be a well rounded thinker.
Great teacher!
Excellent course. Even just the first two weeks are worth 5 stars. The math can be intimidating later on. Take what works for you!!
Really good. Fantastic overview.For my taste it was a bit too easy and it could have gone more in depth in some topics. But I understand the need to keep it general also.
This course is brilliant. Organised, well paced and has really consolidated the direction of study I would like to pursue. Thank you!
A must do course for everyone.. It's a rejoinder to all those who say that what you learn in schools/colleges is of no use in practical life.
Great Course !!!
This course is both very instructive and fun. The professor covers a lot of interesting topics. It would be better if he speaks a little bit slower, so the non native English speakers like me can understand all he is saying.
I have a Masters degree and until I took this MOOC I had somehow gotten used to the ridiculous notion that I had learned everything that I needed to know. I am pleasantly amazed at how much I still don't know and I am very excited to learn more. I have even started reading journal articles by Page and Zellner because I am very facinated by the models shown to me in this course.Thank you very much for making this material available.
It is a very interesting course. The lecture is easy to understand and the lecturer is very friendly. I got a lot of interesting and useful knowledge not only for my jobs but also for my life. Thank you very much!
this is what I need.
Contents of the course are very diverse, clearly changes your way and ability to identify patterns, and fit real world in to models to extract additional information ...It does not have a very in depth, description about most models, but enough to understand them, because there are so many different concepts that are fit together ...Its an excellent introductory course to models.
Brilliant subject, awesome teacher!
A comprehensive course that goes into different areas of science to demonstrate why and how modeling is used. Fun to watch and very clear!
Great breadth and appropriate depth facilitating easy grasp
too much theory and not nearly enough practical models that I can use in my life or work. Disappointed so much of the class was spent on describing many different models instead of focusing on ones that can be applied readily.
very useful and interesting course
Great course. Useful for a broad range of subjects. Helpful even in life.
This is an awesome course. Just would like to have some advanced courses that discuss creation of more models.
Excellent overview of a wide variety of models with nice and easy tasks and great examples of real life application.
Haven't done it yet but I love it. Vamanos.
Scott E is wonderful to learn from! Very exciting and interesting material, worth taking the deep dive!
HIS speak
This course is exellent for whom want to be a leader in their country.
Great course to built basic skills.
Excellent teaching and materialThanks Scott
Amazing Course.
I wasn't planning to follow the whole course and doing assessment and homework. It end up being a good learning and I watched most of the videos. I skipped known information and skimmed to relatively familiar ones / or when there was too much examples. I understand the course was built for common denominator student. Thanks for making this free course. It's much appreciated. - Michel
Demanding but very enlightening course
It’s really funny,and we can learn a lot from this course,even without any awareness.Just a few words that we cannot get it indeed frustrated us.
My name is Anna Beatris and I am a postgraduate student at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.The course is hugely important. In particular, I liked the peer-review assignment. Having someone else read my work really helped me a lot. If nothing else, it gave me a break to refresh my mind before I came back for more editing.More specifically, participating in peer review has helped me:· Learn how to read carefully, with attention to the details of a piece of writing;· Learn how to strengthen my writing by taking into account the responses of actual readers;· Make the transition from writing primarily for myself or for an instructor to writing for a broader audience.
I like the recommendations and detailed explanations made by the instructor. Although I have attended many online and life courses on scientific and academic writing there is always something new to learn and master. The take-offs are likely to be used.
I found the course very interesting but was rather skeptical at first as I have tried several different other courses on science writing before. This course has definitely made a difference. I thank the instructor and the team for such a good job.
the lecturer need to develop his way of communications with students
First, Prof. E. Bazanova started with very basics. At the end of this course, Prof. E. Bazanova was given a great idea how to design a scientific paper. Also, She was provided supplementary material and readings.This course taught me how to publish my work on high impact factor journals.My special Thanks to Prof. E. Bazanova and Coursera Team.
Fantastic! It was really useful. Thank you
It's good for undergraduates, and people returning to academia (say, before starting a Master's course). It's a very short simple introduction. I kind of wish it had more examples of language to use in academic writing, contrasting good and bad examples.Some of the quiz questions and final exam questions need some proofreading. The videos from about week 3 to 4 have poor sound quality, but still understandable.
Dear Professor! Thank You very much for the course. It helps a lot in my research work!
Awesome! I found the course really instructive. I enjoyed it and certainly learned a great deal. Thank you, Elena!
Gives the nuances of writing and also presents the logic of academic writing.
The course contains useful writing tips, but severly lacks practical writing assignments (peer-review assessment would be great here!). The quizzes are way too easy, IMO.
Nice course. Very informative. It will built your skills strongly. Thank you very much Coursera & Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology.
This is a very useful course that apart from the video lectures presents a comprehensive bibliography supporting key points raised during the study. The delivery of information and a means of control and organization of the forum and peer review process appear to confirm with important contemporary standards of English-language teaching. I'd certainly recommend the course to non-native speakers of English who need to acquire academic literacy skills.
Great introduction: do it again!
Great course for anyone striving to improve their communication and writing skills in academic environment! Highly recommended
The course provides a number of very useful tips for researchers, especially those whose first language is not English. There are a number of useful guides for new researchers to learn how to structure, phrase, and approach academic writing. However, there are also a few shortcomings of the course. Some of the material is overly subjective (giving rules for academic writing that are not necessarily applicable). Many of the assessment questions ask about issues which are either overly specific or simply incorrect (this is a very small percentage, but it is noticeable). The pace of the videos is also slow and oddly punctuated to the point that it can be difficult to follow at times. Finally, the course relies too heavily on academic writing for the hard sciences, rather than taking a broader approach, so some students may wish to keep this in mind when watching, as some advice may not be applicable to their own discipline.Overall, a recommended course for ESL academics, but could do with some improvement.
During this course, I learned so many tips for writing a good research paper in English.
I like this course's style - the sketch and quote in all the videos. Also the lectures are well given, cover many details in writing.
One of the best course for researhers
The course contains a lot of a pretty simple things that can make writing much better. It helped me crystallize what I didn't understand about writing a research paper before.Thank you!
Lots of essential information for budding researchers.
Brilliant and must see course for every researcher.
Thanks for the Scholarly Communication course.It was useful to know so many nuances 'bout how the academic writing works.Completely updated my knowledge.
Intended for Non-native English speakers, or English speakers without a strong literary background, 'Scholarly Communication' gives an overview of how to construct coherent arguments for academic publication.There are multiple typos and presentation issues throughout the course; however, they do not necessarily detract from the content of the course.
Really inspiring course. It should be recommended to all beginning researchers. Thank you for your great work.
This is a useful course, but please look into the spelling and grammatical errors in the text.
one of the best courses, i have taken. very informative
Appreciate the efforts behind framing this course. It is very helpful to improve research paper writing.
The course lacks for the practice exersises. Instead, the quizes are full of questions like "Present Simple tense is used to write about a special study implemented by a well-known scientist. True or false". The questions of this type are pointless. Still, the videos sometimes contain useful information.
The worst Coursera course I have taken. Total waste of time. The lectures are boring and have no real content. The supplementary materials are good though.
Course relevancy was excellent to HR Operations. Would have liked additional explanation and detail on assignments. More examples ans cases.Some of the lecture were difficult to understand presenter. Some of the quiz answers did not correspond to course materials or ambiguous.
good course
A very high-level introduction, but the analytical part is totally missing
Michel made the learning and watching videos fun. thank you
Highly in depth and qualified lecturers who do brilliantly to break concepts down, especially Michel Girardin. Congratulations and thanks to all the staff involved
Course provides a brief but insightful introduction into new trends in Finance, particularly Sustainable Investing, Neurofinance & F
Enjoyed it thoroughly!
One of the best coursera courses that I've ever done.
Very nice course!!!
Very little of use in this course. A lot of academic mumbo jumbo that is totally useless when confronted with the infinite investment opportunities. The student is presented with a number of time consuming/wasting formulas to apply to the decision process.If one ACTUALLY used those formulas, one would still be waiting to buy the first stock.A question from the Week 4 test will demonstrate just how useless this course is:The Situation: "You invested to maximize your wealth over a one year period. You are eagerly anticipating the returns after the first month."The Question: "What part of your brain is being activated?"What's Wrong with this?First of all, who invests in order to make it big in one year. You are trading if that is your goal.Second: who gives a flying fig about what part of the brain is engaged? What am I supposed to do with the answer? How does this, in the least, help me make better investment decisions.I'm done. I was going to take all the courses in this specialization. No more. Waste of time and money.
Informative and illustrated how some quant concepts are put in practical use. Thank you.
Very outstanding course.
Great course - learned a lot. Videos are short and easy to understand/view and the quiz and questions help to integrate and test the concepts taught. The entire series is the best online learning course I've ever taken! Definitely recommend.,
This course deals mainly with the topic of evaluating the performance of investments and uses the outcomes to discuss the benefits of active and passive funds. Measures are introduced to evaluate the risk adjusted returns of investments. In addition, evaluation tools for the performance of active managers are presented. The videos are of great quality. The quizzes could be more challenging.
I recommend this course for every one interested to understand the dynamics of financial markets and the future trends of financial markets and portfolio management
Wonderful! This course help me a lot in learning how to evaluate the performance of investment vehicle such as mutual fund, also enlarge my perspectives towards future financial trends.
Wonderful and informative course that help improve skills for a better career either in an organization or institution or entrerprise or as free lance.
This is an well done, interesting class with a lot of good information, but the course seems much too biased toward active portfolios and management. The videos from UBS add nothing to the class and seem more like advertisements for UBS than class material. That being said, I highly recommend this class and Specialization as a whole.
In my opinion, this course was way too theoretical. I wish we had more examples and practical exercises. After four courses in a row I was expecting much more skills rather than theoretical discussions all the way long.
Another well thought module by the same great professors of University of Geneva. Cannot tell you how much we enjoy your course so far and how useful all these knowledge is for us, students. Much appreciated!
loved it but have not received my certificate.Dear Heather wright,Thank you for your purchase.RECEIPTCoursera Inc.381 E. Evelyn AvenueMountain View, CA 94041 USA04-06-2017Order Number: 5419588Product Details Price QtyCourse Certificate for Magic in the Middle Ages USD 49.00 1TOTAL (USD): 49.00Please keep this receipt as record of your payment.View our refund policy.View your purchase history.Happy Learning!
My ignorance or Magic, middle ages, early religions, is enormous. This course was a huge eye opener. In Stephen Kings novel, 11/22/63 he often writes about things turning on a dime. My brain was just spun like a top on the dime "Magic in the Middle Ages" and I will never be the same again, in a good enlightened way. Thanks to all involved with creating this course.
Great course, very impressive
I am grateful for take it thanks
3 and a half stars... interesting topic and well presented. A few opportunities to demonstrate learning
A very interesting course with amazing teachers.
very interesting
This course was great! I thoroughly enjoyed my time and the information given in this course. The videos are short, maximum of about 10 minutes, but they're packed. I learned so much of what I had never known before. The videos were well formed and outlined, without leaving the student watching and rewatching the video to understand what was being said. I wish it was longer!
thanks. i was really looking hard for some course covering the topic wicca(:
Very interesting course and very well done.
A deeply satisfying course to anyone who is passionate about symbolism, magic and the occult, from a historical and anthropological perspective. The professors are quite passionate about the the subjects in the lectures, and the content is informative and well researched. This course provides a solid framework for finding accurate and objective information on the subject, and learning how to interpret this data.
This class struggles from translation issues, and order issues, for instance having to watch bonus material before knowing the answers on some of the quizzes. However, it is an incredible class, informative, and provides a very, very interesting point of view on the Middle-Ages, which in all my learning has always been Anglo-English-centric. It's an excellent class despite everything.
Very interesting and objective class. I think I will take it again because I learned so much about something I needed to study a bit. also it is shot so well! And I love the bibliographies… they may be a favorite of mine...
I feel that this course is not looked after. Teachers are not actively present. There was an error on one quiz and another assignment was very poorly explained, leading to many feeling like we lost marks due to not knowing exactly what was expected of us. Many of the lessons waste time gushing over what's coming next, but quite often the lesson itself feels weak and vague. At some points I struggled to understand the point the lessons were trying to make. I learned a few interesting things, but for the most part I'm extremely disappointed with this course.
Amazing course! A+++++
This course gives general information on the magic of middle ages. However, I wish the course could be arranged in a more logical and coherent way, such as geographical or chronological, which will help to understand and memorize. Material in Week 4 is very confusing. It is hard to get the key points from those materials and what the instructors want to tell me. On the other hand, materials in Week 2 is easy to be understood and reflected in the first written assignment.
I loved it! Thanks you. :)
very well presented course, I leaned a lot of information about magic witchcraft and the inquisition.
Very interesting course
Certain aspects of the course could be improved, particularly in the way the material is presented. There could also be more focus on what is important rather than unnecessary etymologies and listing of names which doesn't add to any conceptual understanding. That time could rather be used to go into more depth with some of the practices.https://evidenceandreason.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/review-magic-in-the-middle-ages/
The course material was quite insightful giving glimpses of what magic was perceived as during the Middle Ages. I particularly liked the material on witchcraft and Astrology. I hope there will be second part to this course! Thank you all the professors and other members of the team. I enjoyed every part of it!
Could have more detail. This course feels rushed and skims over a lot of things without detailed explanation. The quizzes and peer assessments are poorly worded and confusing. Week 4 was excellent, Prof. Godefroid de Callatay's lectures about Magic in Islam were very well delivered and informative.
Overall a good course, with a section on Islam and Magic that felt very well elaborated. All peer graded exercises however were poorly designed and had awful correction criteria.
This was an interesting course, not what I expected at all. I would recommend this class to anyone interested.
Very nice and insightful, we learned with the past how to face the problems of the present. What was their means of control? To exterminate the different...
Was Great!
The course gives a good historical view on magic and how it was perceived without being biased in terms of the practice of magic itself. Rather it looks at how the practices were perceived and the factors that influenced the development and dimise of magic and related practices.
Fascinating course from two incredible institutions, an opportunity at Christian, Islamic and Jewish magic of the Middle Ages and think about the historical relationships of not only religion but also science to magic.
Not being an historian on the Middle Ages, Magic in the Middle Ages seems like an accurate and well planned course. Week-4 and week-5 were the most interesting, with week-5 delving into the knitted relationship of magic in Islam, with roots and lineages directly connected to contemporary practices of "magic" (which is something I did not know and was very curious about regarding the context of political and religious tensions evolving throughout the middle east). I would have liked more activity-based and practical instructional units on how magic and rituals were conducted, especially information on healing, medicines, and alchemy. Geomancy was the only practical component with explicit details on how to cast figures, and it needed to incorporate how it was used with astrology in a practical way. A unit on Astrology and the Astrolabe was needed as well since the videos and literature often referred to astrology, and without a basic working and understanding of how an astrolabe was used to calculate a chart, the student is left hanging on having to figure way too much on their own (which becomes rife with problems and miscommunication). The quizzes and assignments are fun but often awkwardly worded which became confusing, and can easily be cheated on. Grading of assignments was a bit nebulous and put into question others abilities to accurately and fairly grade. People paying money for course content should be separated from students not paying because engaging, stimulating, and critical analysis as discourse cannot be maintained in fidelity. Of course, the credibility of ALL courses on Coursera are at stake because little to no universities and businesses accept the certificates as valid credentials for jobs or career ladder mobility. Ultimately, one is paying for a piece of paper that is not really valued or even usable at the very same institutes that put together the coursework; and that is a very lame proposition! The final kicker is that I needed to submit highly sensitive, personal identification just to get a PDF of the certificate--absolutely ridiculous, especially considering that the topic of interest for this course neither necessitates nor warrants such high-end secure methods.
It was an interesting course and I enjoyed it, though I was hoping for less information about the church.
This course is super interesting and amazing!! The content is deep and complete. The instructors are engaging. I honestly think is one of the best courses I ever took here. I'm only sorry that they took out some videos available in the last edition and the page external to coursera where they were posted doesn't work =/
Really liked it. Twice.
It is a very complete and interesting course. I totally recommend it
An excellent class with great historical references. The written assignments really coalesce the information in the lectures.
The lessons i have learned through the course have taught me to new perspective to the time period. Great study.Thank you
Very recommended, especially to those with little idea about the idea of magic in the Middle Ages. Learnt a lot and added much knowledge that I needed for a project.
Absolutely great course! I like the system of work, the submissions, the wideos and the information. It helped me to understand all much better.
While this course presents great content and valuable information, the caveat is in the overall experience. The moderators and instructors are nonexistent and cannot be reached. There is only one moderator who finally did his job and showed up to deal with some issues that many classmates were having (including myself), and even his response time is only once every week! So, he only started checking in once a week after I had already nearly completed the whole course. There are also some serious issues with glitches, technicalities and not being able to pass assignments and grade others' assignments. I completed this course a week ago, and many of my classmates are not able to complete it due to extreme glitches, like the system not taking in their projects and not even allowing them to move forward. It's such a shame. I'm the lucky one in that I was able to finish the course. The others? Not so lucky. They're still stuck back there and the staff of this course is really just not around and doesn't care! It's such a shame because, like I said, the material presented in this course is informative and valuable information.
Great course! I learned a lot from it and look forward to more courses!
Great lecturers, interesting material, easy to understand. Good course! But some background in history is desirable for students, in my opinion.
I really liked the course.It was very interesting and the two instructors conveyed the information in an interesting way, highlighting the important topics/keywords/people..It showed another aspect of the middle ages that I was not aware off.Hagai Pettel
Very good course, a pity that is not as big as we would like!
Just amazing ! Love it, will recommend it ti anyone interested by one of the topic of the course.
I really liked it, an interesting subject with an easy way to learn.I learned a lot and enjoyed the lessons.
Clear, fast and a perfect introduction for those who are interested in the subject.
It was a great course with many details about a period in history we don't know so much!
I love the instructors. They have so much information and teach in an enjoyable manner. I can't wait for the next course.
it's a good course but i think it would be better if they have it also in spanish and apart from that as a suggestion, teachers should talk a little slow, sometimes it's hard to understand some words because of it. apart from that it's a very good course
I feel there are many more topics to discuss for this course. I also feel that the topics discussed could be examined in further detail and at a slower pace. And there were times when the speaker was quiet or the microphone didn't work properly and I had a difficult time hearing what was being talked about.
Outstanding quality of the professors, really pedagogically and atractive classes (not a display of presentations, this is eye-to-eye- kind of presence), comprehensive but extremelly compacted information, comprehensive bibliography that includes all the topic treated or barely mentioned. It's an enjoyable trip to the concept of magic and the social understanding of that word, in the Middle Ages throught the eyes of Catholic, Jewish and Astro-Scientists of the period.
Good course but more room for improvement
A great, eye-opening and educative experience.
I really enjoyed learning about magic in the middle ages and am grateful for the opportunity offered by the University of Barcelona. The lectures were clearly spoken and the content was good.However, I would have liked to go more into detail about the practices of magic, I missed that a little bit. For example, the specifics of several charms/ingredients/etc are only treated on a few occasions.I have now also enrolled in different courses on Coursera and I can say that this course could have been organised better, with better assignments, quizzes, etc. So there is still room for improvement.
Great learning experience!I enjoyed all the videos, the presented material, and the interaction with other students enrolled in the course... I will recommend this course to anyone interested in this topic :-)
The female lecture's speech is so fast and unclear, even though the subject itself is very interesting but I have to leave this class.
It is a very interesting course, but in the beginning it may seem a bit disorganised and slow. The best part, for me, was the week 4, about magic in Islam. The topic was fascinating and the teachers presented a perfect lecture, a great balance between deep but easy to follow.
Interesting facts about the thoughts and ideas about magic in the medieval period and how it influenced the society in that time and even still influenced people of the 21st century.
I have loved this course. Very interesting, informative, intellectually honest and rigorously taught; entertaining, as well. I am grateful for this opportunity. A dilettante in the study of history, I have been delighted to discover the many ways in which this study of magic in the Middle Ages has opened so many doors to a broader understanding of the forces at play in the human experience. Sincerest thanks!
Well presented, informative and interesting.
First and foremost thank you for providing us with all that material which is of high quality! The only improvement I can think of is a better sound quality and also having a person of your institution to review peers' assignment (or something of similar logic in order to improve the evaluation process of the assignments). Thank you for your time and may you continue your wonderful work!
It was an incredibly interesting and insightful course, which opened up a lot of interesting avenues and ways of looking at medieval magic, the time and people and beliefs. The course was well organized, and the lectures were interesting and easy to follow along. I liked the course work with the quizzes and the written part and peer review as well. Thank you very much for the time and effort that went into this very cool and interesting course.
Just incredible. I am just learning a lot. 100% RECOMMENDED. Kisses from Spain!
Very accessible and insightful course. I do wish that suggested prompts were created for the forums, that's my only "complaint." I found the videos rich with historical context and the list of resources to be very valuable. I have already recommended the course to my friends.
Very interesting. I enjoyed and learnt a lot
The only reason this course did not get top marks is because very often the audio and the video did not match. Even with captions turned on it was, at times, difficult to follow as the captions follow the audio and end when the video ends even if the audio is not quite finished.Other than that I found this course enjoyable as well as educational.
Excellent course !!!I want to keep learningYou are to be congratulated!!!God bless you!!!!
As mentioned in the lecture, we take memory for granted before understanding it. I personally learnt a lot from the lecture and it helps me to realize the situation of the elderly around us.
One of the best seminars I have attended so far. You don't have to be into the field to enroll it. The videos are well structured enriched with the essential material to get to into action. For me the best part was that cinema was used as a very useful tool for better understanding the main points of the course.Thank you so much Professor John Seamon. I really hope I could follow another course of yours in the future.Thank you Coursera.org for connecting people interesting in learning with each other in a worldwide scale.Best luck to everyoneElizabeth
Very good course, very descriptive and I learnt a lot of things I didn't know - plus, I developed some ideas and concepts I already knew about so that I have a better understanding for my
Very good course.
It is a beautiful subject. The way in which you can learn about memory is just amazing. The professor uses a simple language that allows everyone to learn about this beautiful topic: the memory and the movies he uses are also excellent in quality and sensitiveness.
Great course. I've learned a lot thru the touching
Thank you for giving me excellent information on psychological system.It is very helpful course for me. Thank you Wesleyan University and Coursera.
Movies were very interesting and planning to watch all of them with new perspective.Wish the summaries and important texts in the lecture was available as slides helping for quick review and recall.The same constant tone of voice made it difficult to keep awake and focus on the contentWished for more reading material each week rather than same book link.
Interesting on the study of how we remember and when our memories play tricks on us.
This was a fascinating course and the movie content he used was amazing. I would like to look into it further and am hoping there was a similar course or an extra course to expand on the content.
I really enjoyed the course and in particular, the professor teaching it. I would have liked to spend more time in assimilating the information and to have some in video quizzes to help clarify and solidify the course content. One gets out of it what they put into it. For those who do not have a lot of time to spend on peer reviewed submissions, this was an excellent option. I am going to review all of the lectures again because I think it is important to retain new information and my 'working' memory is currently impaired. That said, I did not engage in the discussions and will have to do so after the fact. I absolutely loved the use of movies as a vehicle to learn about the course content and to better understand the differences in mild cognitive deficits versus the various stages of dementia. Overall, I really enjoyed the course and would gladly build on what I have taken away from it
As the course has included movies to explain important concepts, it never gets boring. As a result a link is maintained throughout. It is a small course giving a great understanding about memory.
The idea of linking the concepts to movies is really good. I hope to see a course that continues what I've learned so far
excellent course, the topics are taught in a creative and memorable way. Thank you!
If you love movies and psychology this course mixed both great
Excellent course!Thank you very much.As a student of pedagogy, it has helped me to complement topics on cognitive functions and learning. The time devoted to each topic may seem short, but it gave me the information I needed to understand the basic terms and delve into them in the future.For the moment, I'll wait for my copy of the book.Again, thank you teacher.Make another course :)
Wondefull course from create lecture
I wonderful foundation course with the splendid added filmography. Great combination that explains false myths behind memory lapses, episodes of forgetfulness and concussion.
I enjoyed this course. I signed up because I like movies, but really this course is about the psychology of memory. It uses movies to demonstrate its key points.It's not a difficult course to complete. The content is manageable on a week by week basis
The Instructor is just magnificently brilliant! I love him , I loved the Course. I give four stars because it didn't meet my very inner expectation on very much stressing on how to overall extensively improve memory by giving many practical tips(though the topic was covered at some point).
It is a very informative course for memory.
The professor has a tone of voice that is a little monotonous, but it was interesting to learn about memory with movies
The course was very interesting and easy most of the times to follow. The idea to use films in order to show some facts about memory is unique and makes the course very attractive. I would highly recommend this course. I learned a lot and i did it in a very pleasant way. Thank you for the opportunity to follow this course.
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thank you understanding memory!i like this
So enjoyable with clear idea of basic memory structure and function. Loved it from start to end. It is a must for teachers and for anyone that wants to know how memory work.
The course was entertaining, didactic and emotional. This was my first experience in Corsera and I am thankful to Professor John Seamon for his didactic quality and for his humanity in dealing with such sensitive and dramatic subjects.
I liked the way that course go... it was nice to know how our memory work
I loved everything in the course: the structure, going in depth in the concepts, the little quizzes and the movie clips. Thank you!
Not in-depth at all, mostly summarizes movie plots. If you're looking for a very light overview of some introductory psychological principles, this course is for you, otherwise, don't waste your time.
Excellent course. I signed up for this course only because of curiosity, after week 1, my interest grew, I had no idea about how the memory "works" (or doesn't), I binged on watching lectures for all weeks and passed weekly quizzes in 1st attempt (except week 1 where I needed 2 attempts), I'm so glad I pursued this and finished in 2 days' time. The subject content, intermixed with relevant movies, flow of the topics, depth and breadth, the way prof. Seamon explains (narrative, style) - all is very good. I'd certainly recommend this course to other students. And, I'll look forward to reading Prof.'s book to understand the topic a bit more. Thanks to all (Coursera, Weslyan U, staff).
The sections are interesting and informative without ever becoming dry. They include lectures, clips from films, and occasional memory exercises (which are short and fun). The professor also sends out emails with recommendations of other/newer movies and books that are relevant and to give some general info. He's involved, which is amazing for a program like this, and I really enjoy the 'psychology through film' aspect in general. Fun, easily accessible to those without a psychology background, and awesome to see related through media.
An awesome experience with the team. A big THANK YOU!!!
Nice comparisons, presenter might have talk a bit louder
an excelent and useful course I really like it
Intriguingly interesting!
I loved the way the course was given, with film examples.
Very intriguing and carefully structured course. It was pleasant and easy to watch and understand the lectures, even without having any backround knowledge on the field. Great work,indeed.
I think there is not enough scientific facts, I expected some more information about the molecular basis of Alzheimer disease and memory in general. However, I enjoyed the course and I would recommend it, it is very good explained and through the movies you can feel aproximately what these people feel.
An informative class put together in a very interesting
Short course with well prepared and presented information. I would highly recommend this course for those interested in memory and aging. The use of film is very helpful with illustrating concepts and providing insightful examples to accompany instruction.
Great course, it is refreshing to revisit topic in psychology with a different perspective. I like that Professor Seamon demonstrates various phenomena associated with Hollywood films. It helps to look at the films and the psychological phenomena from a different angel and definitely enhanced my learning. If I am not wrong, he is teaching us psychology applying our episodic memory so that we retain the learning for long. Thank you.
i dont know why quizzes are locked even though I'm enrolled in this course and already done watching all videos in it.
I really liked the way in which movies are used for explaining the concept.
Interesting
A great course with a great teacher!
Very insightful
This course is very informative and gives us a pretty good understanding of memory and its working in short amount of time. More over this course also entertain using movies. you will learn in this more effectively and the perspective of us looking at the movies changes. Thank you Professor Seamon for this creative course work, that you designed. Also we can understand our memory and our personality. Highly recommended course. Thank you Coursera
Enjoyed the content and examples through the movies
Loved this course. Very well presented, organized and illustrated. A gem.
Fun and filled with Brilliance!
This course about memory is very informative about a subject that everyone thinks about, around the world.We learn about the different types of memory, and about how age affects our memory as we get older, there are lectures on dementia and Alzheimers Disease, and a lecture on how to live healthy to keep our memory from aging early.The Professor uses movies to give us a visual on the topic discussed, which is a very helpful learning tool as well as entertaining.I highly recommend taking this course.
I liked this course for the wide range of movie excerpts which underscored a memory malfunction. The scenes were often emotional, quite surprising such a short moment could be so charged.However the main emphasis of this memory module was to explore malfunctioning memory, to the side of pathology. This was done professionally without a doubt. However this was not what I personally was looking for although one learns about dementia, alzheimer, etc, which is interesting as they will affect most of us in someway or another.
Was very Interesting! I learned a lot!! Tks
Very good course. It complete its purpose and manage to teach a lot of things in a simple and fast way, wich is the objetive of Coursera. Also, the forum is full of discussions, wich is interesting.
This course has improved my understanding of how human brain works.
Very entertaining way of presenting a serious topic. Although the professor speaks in a rather low voice, the many movie clips make this course very enjoyable. I recommend it!
Such an interesting course, would definitely recommend.
Really enjoyed this course. Funny way to learn a lot about memory through common known movies. Highly recommended. Good teacher, thanks for this :)
nice way of presenting materials. i enjoyed ever bit of them.i will recommend this course to others for sure
Enjoyed the course. Explained how memory works and memory loss occurs in simple terms.
excellent and very interesting course. Loved the concept of understanding memory by watching movies. and the movie selections are fantastic. Great course.
I enjoyed Professor Seamon's lectures and I also enjoyed his book. While you do not need to purchase the book, it is well written and really helpful and interesting. Professor Seamon has an endearing and personal style which makes the material come to life. The movie selection was excellent and helped reinforce many of the technical definitions about memory. I feel the quizzes could have been a little more challenging. Overall a very enjoyable experience.
Outstanding course. To the point and expectations.
Great Course!
A thoughtful and sometimes touching course. It gave me a lot to think about memory and the changes that occur in us as we age.
Informative and entertaining! Yes, in this course you can learn about memory and have fun watching movies.
Great movie selection.
Awesome and interesting, gives you an insight into the area of memory and thanks to film clips, course content is entertaining and easy to remember
Easily Understandable... VERY Interesting... Thoroughly Entertaining...
One of the best courses I ever had on Coursera!
Very interesting and amuzing way of learning about something so important as memory is. I have enjoyed every lesson.
I thought it was an excellent class for discovering how our memory works. Thanks to the movie examples it provided great insights into our brains, and importantly the professor was there to explain the differences between fiction and actual scientific knowledge !
This "should be" a five star course. It is a great topic, with wonderful clips from movies and is well-written.Why only 3 stars then?For a class about film little was adopted from good storytelling and filming techniques. The Prof slumped in his chair and clasped his hands in front of his chest for most of the course and spoke in a wispy, pedantic voice that made me uncomfortable in my body to listen to. I kept on wanting to tell him to sit up and breath and speak naturally! On top of that, the sound quality was simply awful!If the Prof were to take some acting or presenting lessons and improvements to the sound quality were made (or a professional actor hired to present the material) it could be one of the best courses ever, but instead, it was hard to get through for me even though the material fascinates me as I'm learning neuroscience and love movies.The world of MOOCs are different than your old standard classroom style. Visual and auditory presentation really counts.
The professor was very knowledgeable and clearly has a passion for the topic. I enjoyed the course and learned quite a few new things.
Course was fascinating! Clearly presented. I loved the structure with a summary at the end of each lecture. The quizzes contained only information that was included in the lectures. Easy familiarity of the instructor made me feel like we were having a friendly discussion. Instructor intended to present information to the general public rather than psychology majors & he accomplished that goal. This is my favorite MOOC so far & I never expected to find one I liked more than the
Very interesting in an entertaining way
This is an excellent course with a very knowledgeable instructor with the course information laid out in a simple and organized way. I definitely recommend this course to others who would be interested In an interest section of psychology that affects us all, memory. The movies help illustrate the points and concepts that are in the lecture so that we can a have grasp of them.
Liked the course, subject, content and faculty.
Good times!
Very interesting course. Easy to follow and well presented.
A most interesting form of a course presentation. Thank you!
It was an eye opener. I learnt a lot about memory. I also discovered a number of new movies.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. As I love movies, it was perfect to learn about memory using movies as illustration, examples. It has also helped me understand memory problems which has helped me understand myself and others better. I highly recommend this course to anyone!
I enjoyed the content of the course. The lecturer was informative and interesting to watch/listen to and the selection of films was varied enough to make you think about the relevance of plot versus reality.I would recommend this course to my peers.
I am loving this course...It provides such a different perspective to memory. And explaining it with the movies makes it easy to relate and understand.
Excellent course based in the science of psychology and memory with great examples from movies. Accessible to all levels of learning.
It's a very good course discovering the function of memory and how we maintain good memory, while principle and mechanism of memory's formation did not be revealed were the leaving regrets.
Excellent class, valuable information and emotional contents. Great teacher and great presentations. I would recommend this class to anyone.
I haven't finished the course yet, so far so good!I would love to see more variety of films from other countries too.I'm convinced this course will evolve as further research on memorycontinues making the huge 'memory and aging' issue much more accesible.Thank you!
Its an amazing course. I am studying psychology in my high school and memory and learning are the topics which made psychology really interesting. The way everything is explained is really interesting and understandable.
This is one of the few MOOCs I completed! I enjoyed the presentation of psychology mixed with movie excerpts. A great way to illustrate.
A very useful course, and not just for psychologists. I have a mother that has memory problems, and this course helped me identify her illness and help her in any way I can.Also, as a movie fanatic, it was so much easier to understand the complex ways our mind works through all the great movies our instructor used. Thank you so much for this course!!!
Excellent course, excellent lecturer and test material. I will likely buy his book as the topic initially interested me, and interests me even more after this engaging and educational course. Highly recommended.
Thanks for vividly alerting me to wh
well put togethermade me cry and laughjust a great time taking this course--thank you!
Very interesting topic and lectures!
Excellent. Great examples and easy to understand.
Really liked the idea of using movie clips.. -- gives audio/visual illustration/example to textual psychology topics..
Memory is an important topic to learn about.
Great content and movies. Would have been even better if the professor spoke a little more loudly and perhaps there were guest experts.
Very interesting and intriguing way to show, by movies, how much our memory ability means in our everyday life. Thanks to have share it. For me is first of all a stimulating way to train my english fluency
I find these videos very informative. Thank you.
I was actually looking for filmstudy courses but i must say i really enjoyed this one. I learned alot about memories, remembering and how our brain works. I have even found a new way for myself to faster learn scrips for films or remember things, by using the methods from this course! very well done. Just wish Wesleyan would give out the certificates for free. I think its useful to have, but in my case not necessary to purchase for my study career. Besides i'm like most young people very limited in my finances. I'd suggest to rather ask for donations and give out a more detailed certificate for the ones that donate but give out a standard certificate for all students. And thank you to all people involved for making this course, especially prof. Seamon, he explained the material very well!
Interesting course. I liked that each session was short so I could fit them into breaks in my day. I also liked that the professor used movies to demonstrate concepts he was discussing.
I appreciate the effort that went into making this course as well as obtaining the film clips. Having said that, if you want to go deeper into the psychology of memory this course is probably not for you. As I progressed through the weeks, I found myself becoming less and less interested since I already know the basics of memory and psychology. I felt I wasn't learning anything new but the clips of films allowed me to see the films in a new light. Maybe if I had bought the book that goes along with the course, i would have gained more insight but as a standalone course, it rates just three stars.
I really enjoyed this class - it gave me some insight to how the mind works. The lectures were easy to understand, no full of jargon, and the quizzes helped clarify what I needed to focus on
Very interesting and valuable course
Very interestingly designed with theories about memory and films with related topics.
Great course, i really enjoyed it. The material is very interesting and very well presented. Great job Professor!
Really interesting and informative. I highly recommend!
A wonderful course. I really enjoyed studying this. This was my first course on coursera. The lectures were interesting. It helped to clear many misconception I had about memory. Thank you for revealing the world of memory to me. I am not a psychology student. I am an engineer by profession. Just because of my interest in psychology I joined this course and it was worthwhile. Thanking the entire team of Memory and Movies.
I thought this was a wonderful way to explain the science of memory. Many Doctors are giving a dementia test as part of a yearly exam. You draw a clock and must put in the time mentioned plus three words. Frankly, I was annoyed as I was a former teacher, had to drive, park, and use a ticket machine to visit the doctor. I was even more annoyed when I asked him if he could give me a stent test and he asked me how I knew about such things. People in the eighties are very sensitive about their mental abilities.Thank you for a nice experience!Joyce Spier
So far, so good. I am absolutely loving the association of psychological concepts with famous movies. I am certain it's gonna help me remember these concepts for a long time!
Very informative and thought-provoking course. And also extremely engaging. I found the idea to use films as illustrations of concepts and myths of memory absolutely brilliant.
Definitely worth the time!
I thought this was a beautiful way of explaining these things.
A course which is very informative and accessible to anyone. The use of movies to illustrate the content is a very intelligent idea, as such illustrations help to deepen what is said and at the same time makes the lesson much more memorable.
I am really enjoying this course. It is a fantastic journey into the world of Memory, as we see it through film, and Memory as science and psychology researchers have been studying it.I highly recommend this course for those interested in Memory, Storytelling, how Films shape our view of certain concepts, as well as students seeking general knowledge.
Fabulous course. Great techniques and impressive use of movies to illustrate memory principals. I would and will highly recommend this course.
Interesting, enjoyable,and well taught course!
This was an outstanding course. I am a qualified psychologist and lawyer but enjoyed the unique take on this topic. I was particularly fascinated by the warm, engaging lectures. Thank you for a great programme.
The professor's voice put me to sleep; he was monotone. Online classes work best when interesting material is married to dynamic speakers.
The course gives an excellent insight into the topic of a legitimate government.The examples which are discussed before every theory provide thought provoking dialogue and knowledge thus its equally entertaining and intriguing.
Conversational format is really helpful, great real world examples and connections.
Amazing course, would definitely recommend!
It is awesome course for beginners to get a clear general idea of political science!
I enjoyed this course. The information was presented in an interesting way, and the student dialogues reinforced the knowledge.
Great Course Thanks for the Education
Excellent, intellectually responsible and comprehensive approach to the topic. Shapiro is a fantastic lecturer and the dialogic approach facilitates learning. This course sets the foundation necessary for all meaningful discourse about different political systems.
Enjoyed course from day one to last quiz!!! Highly recommend taking this course to anybody interested in politics. It was extremely interesting and valuable.
The vision of Enlightenment that Professor Shapiro offers is interesting to understand why Democracy comes in waves and the dynamics between Capitalism and Socialism
The format is fantastic.
It was a great. Thanks for the knowledge that I have acquired in this course.
A fantastic course. Truly interesting and disseminated in such a novel and productive way. I've never actually ever studied political theory before and thus was a complete novice, but the course took you through everything with simple, but deep, lessons in a conversational style that made it less like lectures and more like a chat with friends.
This course is awesome!
A very good course, with an excellent presentation by Professor Shapiro, in a suitable and current theme. I was very accomplished in having it completed.
I have learned so much from this course, particularly and most importantly about myself and my future studies. I am a Brazilian Law graduate and an English teacher, but I would love to start another course and perhaps engage in another profession. The course has made me fall in love with Political Science. Thank you, Professor Shapiro, as well as Yale and Coursera for making the course available to everybody. It was an amazing and inspiring 8 week-journey towards my own enlightenment and it has definitely broadened my views of the world.
Love the interview style format. Never felt rushed, but never felt redundant. Perfect pacing and gained many new insights and a respect for the political process.
Extremely rich in resources, I could not have imagined to have learnt so many things from such a large number of western thinkers in such a short period of time without this course. Though sometimes it gets overburdening, and I needed time to read and think about the various theories and look through the diverse perceptions. This course has been a wonderful opening for me to the western thought, and will surely help me to look at things more critically.
One of the best MOOCs I've ever had. :-)
a loooot of readings. it's a very reep class, if you have time and desire to read all stuff. Prof. Shapiro is extremely knowledgeable, however, sometimes he is too polite (and boring as well) =). Don't try to watch it at night. Last several weeks require a lot of focused attention. Finally, my grade is 8.5 out of 10.
perfect the
This is one of the best MOOC courses I have attained. The interactions between the students and the professor are interesting to follow. The two students have asked a number of questions which I have thought about, while listening to the lectures. I like the fact that the professor commented the students' reflections.
I strongly appreciate a clarity of the lectures. The course was prepared honestly and in an elegant way. Thank you!
I very much enjoyed this course. It gave me a fresh look at our current political situation.
Great course. Professor Shapiro's ability to digest philosophical arguments to then synthesize them in easier to comprehend terms is exceptional. I am extremely please with the content and the course dynamics that invites to develop a critical thinking perspective.
very thoughtful and informative class
Great course, strongly recommend to you guys to take
Really nice course - interesting and well made!
It's a great course. You'll wish that you could take a course from Shapiro on anyone of these traditions to go deeper.
Really informative and interesting. Thank you Coursera and Professor Sharpino for making this possible!
This is the course that helped me realise what it is that I am actually interested in, A brilliant overview of some of the most relevant discussions in the field. I did it during a busy time in high school but enjoyed every minute of it.
A fascinating and well taught course... Would recommend it to my friends. The course has helped in further expanding my sociopolitical horizon and my circle of experiences and references. I was able to discover some missing links that were previously puzzling to me.
excellent course, very high educational value and insight. Would definitly recommend it to others-Martijn Spruijt
This course is a jewel, a precious stone of political philosophy!
Great course.
The course gives good exposure to (mostly) English language political theories for the beginner level and also points to relevant texts for interested folks to pursue further. The interactive nature of the course (between prof. and two students) is nice and keeps the student engaged in the conversation.
Great course, some weeks are loaded with lots of material so can be hard to keep proper track.Prof. Shapiro 's lectures are clear and easy to understand.I recommend this course.
Excellent. One of the best courses in political theory I've taken
A very systematic and comprehensive course. Thank you for the new insights into the moral underpinnings of contemporary politics.
Covers the basics. Quite Good.
Really good. Prof. Shapiro, thanks a lot for a very clear communication, very good structure and perfect lessions. I can really recommend this way of online courses and I´m very happy with having taken it.
Amazing class, enjoyed it a lot. I'd like to go further !
A great course!
Comprehensive and Illuminating !!!
This was an excellent course taught by a native South African of Jewish decent who heads up an international center at Yale University with a name something like International Comparative Government and Democracy. It has been a good while since I completed this course so I do not remember all the specific names. The lectures were excellent and tightly and logically integrated and focused. There were several times the lecturer said "we could have a course on that subject" and moved on, staying on target. One conclusion I remember is that Supreme Courts do not matter that much, do not influence society so much, which is a real eye opener.
Wonderfully structures course, questions pose critical thinking that applies outside of coursework.
This is a thinking man/woman course. Extremely interesting and enlightening. Professor Shapiro explains everything very concisely. I learned a lot!
I really enjoyed this course. Prof. Shapiro has done a great job - clear explanations with a lot of examples. The lecture format of the course with two students have made it very pleasant to follow the content, at least for me. It really reminded me of being back again to the actual student desk at university when we hadn't always had the answer to everything. I really like I was able to concentrate on each separate lecture.
Overall a good course. Although maybe a little bit short/quick on the Marxism side of it. There's more information about some of the theories of Marx (and how they are thought to be false), instead of the political side of it (stop exploitation).
Wonderful class that helped to clarify the different political theories for me. I would highly recommend t
Ian Shapiro is a true master of the subject. The format of this course sets a high standard for Coursera.
Really excellent. Thank you for outstanding lectures :-)
An inspiring and informing course.
Very insightful, deep, fascinating
This course is really informative for anyone with a developed or budding interest in politics..to understand the basic political ideologies. Concepts like Rawl's Moral arbitrariness..the Eichmann problem..plato's problem with democracy...how the wisdom of the crowd shows that deliberation isn't always a good thing...and many many more-that's going to stay with me and be a part of my 'moral-introspection'...I think if the Kantian philosophy is updated a bit more, it'll be helpful..I have some idea now about Socialism but I can't say I'll be able to successfully argue with some pro-communist guy. There wasn't much discussion in the forum-that's sad..it discouraged me from asking some questions I had. These two were the only downsides to the course.The bottomline is that I feel that taking a course like this is very important for us, when politics is an inseparable part of our lives. It will help in making atleast some sense of what's going on in the world politics-the Brexit, the Trump-success, etc.
"very inspiring, thoughts provocative course", that I have learned a lot as a lay man in the morality of politics.
Great course taught in a solid and easily accessible fashion. Just the right balance of theory and practical application.
very good class
Good to know.
Its been incredibly interesting!
I'm glad I took this class; it was confusing and dense while being fascinating and thought-provoking. How's that for mixed feelings? It feels like a class I should take twice, the first time was prep and the second will be to learn the material and think through the ideas.
Professor Shapiro is one of the finest instructors who have chosen to offer their courses on Coursera. His knowledge is deep, his ability to explain and clarify subtle concepts is superior and the manner in which he teaches the material covered is sound. To have the chance to hear his tutorial is a real opportunity that anyone who has interest in the study of political or political ethics should not miss. A fine course. Bravo!
Excellent course for deepening the knowledge of politics. Maybe too much emphasis on the economic sides in a time of rising identitypolitics. Nevertheless I enjoyed the colleges of professor Shapiro very much. For me, working as a journalist and political columnist in Dutch politics, it was a surprise that mr. Shapiro gives preference to the anglosaxon two-partysystem above our system of proportional representation. The advantage of the latter is that so far we have no vetocracy here as Fukuyama described the deadlock in the American Congress - although the democratic system is undere pressure everywhere in the western word, no matter what system. The argument of professor Shapiro that a first past the pole-system filters out populist appeals is now contradicted by Trump's campaign. Thanks so much for the inspiring colleges, Hans Goslinga, The Hague, the Netherlands
I am from a non liberal arts background, trying to learn more about philosophy and politics. I was a little apprehensive about taking this course because I feared I will not understand much but the way Professor Shapiro teaches, I have barely enjoyed studying the way I have enjoyed this course, the fact that I am finishing this course a month in advance is a testament to it.Cheers!
perfect lectures of Politics ^^
Best course I have ever taken on Coursera, comprehensive and highly insightful. Ian Shapiro is able to draw upon the most relevant issues in multiple disciplines at will. The course structure, in which each lecture is given to two students, allows for a welcome give-and-take on each concept. Be aware that it is highly US-centric, especially in the last part of the course.
Really enjoyed this course, although it was like a whistle-stop tour of political philosophy. That is probably the one thing I would change about it - the title. Foundations of Modern Political Philosophy might be more appropriate as morality was only briefly touched on. But it was jam=packed with information and education, really good, Professor Shapiro was excellent, and whilst the students were a little infuriating at times, I guess that adds to it too. Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant course and Prof. Shapiro really helps me understand important aspects of politics, morality and influential ideologies from first principles. Thanks from Australia!
It help me to understand about political situation and analysis.
Clear and thought-provoking
Thoroughly enjoyable. Easy to follow. I especially liked the question and answer sessions with the two students. Thanks Dr. Shapiro, for an excellent course.
Clearly brings out what you have often known intuitively if you are into politiscs.
It is a pleasure to see the way Prof. Shapiro connect the different ideas in this course. And the best part is you can apply these ideas to understand the world around you.
This course is really important to me because it is the first one I'm taking. So, the choice was just right as it made me literally addicted to Coursera. Thank a lot for this course to Coursera and Yale University! Prof. Shapiro is a great lecturer. Thumbs up
Not that interesting
Professor Shapiro does a great job of introducing and explaining these complex and introspective political theories. The format of using dialog with two students is novel and very effective. The office hours are well organized and well managed by a charming and knowledgeable assistant. Thank you for creating and offering this course via Coursera.
Excellent course. The material was very interesting and I felt that the lecture format of Professor Shapiro discussing the material with two students allowed for a more comprehensive exploration of the ideas presented than a standard lecture might have. This course also managed to avoid a problem I often have with online courses in that the assessment questions weren't too easy with obvious answers, they actually required a level of understanding to answer correctly. I would highly recommend this course to anyone with an interest in politics, political philosophy or political science.
The Professor is absolutely magnificent. I am enjoying every minute of these discussions.
Great ideas
Love the Professor's demeanour and teaching style. What an interesting and practical way to look at philosophy and and what a lens from which to view history. I hate anything to do with law and eco but love philosophy and this has warmed me to them both. It's excellent material for my medical entrance exam essays, and generally makes you a more interesting human being to be around.
Very interesting! I just didn't like the conversation format of it, but the professor is great. Thank you!
This course has been a great development in my law and human rights carreer
What a wonderful teacher, and also a great performance from the students. Office Hours is one of the several highlights of this course.
Thank you very much
This is very inspirational course in politics and also in philosophy. It covers the concepts and models of a lot of canonical thinkers ever since early enlightenment. In every module of the course, students will know more about the trials and errors in human history in producing the "right" government and political system. I also like how the course is presented with the dialogues between the professor and two students which remind me of Plato's Dialogues, full of dynamics and wisdom through the questions and answers. All together, I would like to recommend the course to my friends who share the same interest in politics and philosophy. Many thanks to Professor Ian Shapiro, the two students in the video, and coursera.
Very interesting, clearly presented, a definite eye opener.
A real eye opener on the basics of political theories and the fundamentals of their real life applications. Engaging Q&A sessions and a top shelf lecturer.
I would not ever expected a course like that. Mr. Shapiro have done a tremendous effort to join several authors and connect then into their agreements and disagreements over to the themes. Brought always real examples and showed then in good perspectives. He did trace a chronological line and introduces many important scholars as he could, including references, papers and books. I would like to distinguish the office hours that did a great help and worked like a review to sections.Quite inspiring! Congrats to all. ( next time, change the location, scenario and light )Massive learning...
The course is really well-explained with a very clear logical structure and a lot of exemples. In fact, it starts with a real case - the Eichmann Case which is morally complicated. During the course, the professor raised many questions in order to guide the two students towards the established conclusion as well as who are watching and listening to him in front of their screen, so that we have a sort of interaction. So that's all these reasons mentioned earlier that explains my recommandation. Just take it and let's see how !
A wonderful course that will have you thinking about politics in the present day by looking at the traditions that began in the past. Professor Shapiro provides an excellent format, using a two person classroom whereby student are asked and do ask questions. You will find the time going by very quickly when watching each video, and I found that I retained a larger amount of the material from a single viewing than in other classes.
Superbly taught and enlightening course - this material seems to include a lot of the foundations of today's public discourse. The small seminar and occasionally Socratic method by a master teacher is highly effective.
Great dialogue to learn.
The Course (Moral Foundations of Politics ) is an important subject for Politicains and the students of Political science. Prof. Ian Shapiro's lectureres have good information and most helpful.
Great course and teacher! The format is really cool for the topic. Hope there will be some kind of "part 2".
The best online course I attended, since I came across MOOCs.
I just love it! I don't have any political background and sometimes the interpretations made in the course are confusing (I don't mean interpretation in the sense of interpreting some writing or anything like that, rather than the parallelism that is made between contemporary politics and the original principals).Thanks a lot for making this available!
Excellent, thought-provoking course. I especially enjoyed the final week lectures that pulled it all together. Both should be required listening for both voters and politicians in democracies.
A great course for everyone.
very well-designed and conducted.
Lessons are very objective, while explanations are made clear by useful and easy to remember examples.
Dr Ian Shapiro's class provided me with an opportunity to understand the important concepts that influence politics today. What was surprising was that, even within the limits of a MOOC, the course was able to cover a lot of topics and to the depths that I didn't think was possible!The discussions with the two students, that simulated a classroom environment was also a commendable effort. I could identify myself sitting in the class with those two students. My thanks to the students as well for making this a memorable course.
It is a wonderful course not only from the point of view of the content, but most especially from that of the format. You feel like you are in the classroom and the questions posed both by the professor and the students really make you stop and think for yourself instead of just expecting someone to explain everything for you. Overall, I think it was one of the most enlightening courses I ever attended, both online and offline. Thank you very much for this opportunity!
This course was extraordinary well presented. It dealt with important theories and political philosophers and helped me a lot in deepening my overall understanding of them.
It is a wonderful course and the professor is excellent.I really learn too much and I hope to take another course about this topic
This topic is overwhelmingly interested, and the professor also makes everything so clear.
very interesting and an interactive course
Almost without exception, the best courses of my life have been those that were built by an extremely knowledgeable professor bringing in diverse and original sources of material and organizing them in a unique way. This is one of those courses.
Excellent introductory course.
This course is both rewarding and a bit challenging. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in political issues and moral philosophy.
Since i finished philosophy studies and continue economics, this is a big insight of the development of liberal thought. Great
It is an excellent course. Amazing teacher who explained complex things using appropriate example. It is worth to have more course from this teacher. Somewhere I felt contents presented in manner that it place some premium to the ideological preference of west in general and US in particular. Echiman Problem was interesting example that teacher employed through out the course. But it could have been offered a balanced view, if teacher used "whiteman" problem i.e. exporting and imposing democracy across the world justifying all kind of violenceManoj Joseph, India
Very Good! The course have given me a new angle of view to my country China.
Awesome course
Great breadth of detail. I learned a lot.
It's very well organized
Comprehensive course encompassing multiple facets of historical and international relevance.
Excellent Course. Really enjoyed this and learnt a lot. Put a lot of areas I have read about in context for me and linked them together. Would really enjoy other MOOCs by Prof. Shapiro
This was a phenomenal course that really motivated me to understand the moral foundations of arguments and systems of politics. I look forward to retaining my course material and studying it.
This is a great course to start. Although I am an Engineer by profession, i grew up following different political systems all over the world. I always amazed by the contradictory views of them. Finally, this course helped me to get a sense of different political theories and raised my interest much more. Thanks!
Excellent course provided by Yale University. It helped me to better understand the foundations of our modern society. I definitely recommend it.
Just great.
Its a good course for any one who wants to go into politics, business or religion. Only thing i did not like was there was not too much teacher student interaction.
This helps immensely with my ongoing struggle to understand our world.
Is a very good course.
Brilliant course, I pretty much enjoyed of everything!Thank you very much!
An amazing course for those without a background in social sciences.
So far this is a fascinating subject. I know nothing about politics and only have undergraduate work and I love this class. Anyone interested in politics, even with the lack of knowledge I had should take this course. Thank you Yale University and Coursera
I found this course fascinating. It explained a lot of history and politics that never quite made sense without an explanation of the Enlightenment in particular.My only comment is that it is very dense compared to other Corsera courses I have done. I think it could have easily been divided into more than one course as there was so much in it. I know that Ian said that there were other topics for which he could have run a whole course, however I think it could have been sufficient for me to have done the whole course on the enlightenment and then another on other topics.Thank you Ian
Very clear
Very engaging and to-the-point approach to philosophy, economics and politics!
Very challenging particularly as the modules unfold but the lectures and readings are good.
excellant work dont by Dr Ian Shapiro and staff on putting such a mind turning,thought provoking MOOC on a complex and ever controversial subject known as POLITICS!..I hope to see more from them soon
Opened a new field of knowledge for me. Thank you for your time and efforts.
so awesome class!!!!! I like this class, Even I can't well english
I'm in the middle of the course but having taken many MOOCs I am already far more engaged in the lectures and discussion. I think the model of having the two students to query works well to make us stop and think about how we might answer the question and to reflect on the logic. I also like the black and white noirish atmosphere of the filming although not quite sure why its like that. I also like the fact that there is reading and not just lecture.
I am so so much grateful of the Professor, who has enlightened me on this sophisticated field. All the lectures are delivered in an enjoyable manner that I can not help watching everyday since I've started the course. This will be an immense support in my career development as well as my personal life.Plus, the quick reaction of the two smart students to the Prof's questions is also impressive.
One of the most thought provoking and important course any student could take. It is fundamental to almost all humanities and (especially) law. I give the highest possible recommendation.
So interested
Great course! I`ve been learning a lot from it. Many thanks Professor Shapiro.
Truly an honor to be taught by professor Shapiro, who, with a very precise methodology, was able to pass through major political theories of modern era. Highly recommended!
One of the best courses I registered to :)
Excellent Course , Phenomenal exposure to Contemporary Debates and theories !
very interesting course; the subject treated here seems to have wide applications in geometry and number theory; the weekly assignments were challenging at times but very thought provoking and I very much enjoyed myself during the course despite some minor flaws
Very good course. I have really learned a lot from this course. The excercises are carefully selected.
After having had a long lasting personal interest in modular forms, the miracle happened: this MOOC was offered. A huge thanks to Pr.Gritsenko for providing such high quality content and exercises, which go way beyond the classical theory. This is a very challenging and stimulating course which opens into current research areas. Again, a very big thank you to the organisers, if you are interested in the topic and are not working in academia, this is an absolutely unique opportunity !
very informative and easy to follow, lots of new techniques that should help me on my way.
Too many obvious things.
Interesting topic, however the course lacks practical side.
Short of content and engagement
interesting and with a good balance between theory and practice. A bibliography at the end of the course could be useful
This course has been beneficial so far and I love the videos. The instructors are able to get their point across using layman terms, which is helpful.
I learned more about pharmacogenomics and its application, which is crucial for my career development as a young graduate in biology who is pursuing health sciences.
A very interesting, well- structured, sistematic and didactic course.
a comprehensive course to go through and grab a picture about precision medicine
Fantastic course. Well presented and I learned tons!
I have been waiting for a course like this and what a great initiative! The instructor language is very accessible and clear.
It was a great course and so much information. I would surely like to get more knowledge and insight of the topic discussed.
This course was like a gateway to a whole new unexplored territory to me. I look for pharmacogenetics in every topic I learn about now. Also, it was a great brain exercise for me; all the "what do you think" questions that we're not used to in the classical teaching paradigm were as important to me as the scientific content. Thank you Prof. Dan Roden. It's been a beautiful learning journey for me. You're a wonderful teacher and science communicator.
Very clearly presented, pragmatic knowledge of the genetic basis of personalized (precision) medicine. A medical degree (or some knowledge of diseases discussed and general pharmacokinetics is an advantage.
This is a wonderful course. Dr. Roden does a great job covering the complex and rapidly evolving field of personalized medicine in an easy to understand and practical format. I recommend this course for healthcare professionals and for anyone interested in the field of genomics and personalized medicine.
Very informative.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS COURSE! AMAZING! I learned so much and what a wonderful Professor! Very engaging and warm and really piled on the incredible information- thanks Coursera and Vanderbilt for making this available and thanks Dr. Roden for taking your time to share such wonderfully valuable information!KindlyShannon
Very detailed cases. The instructor discussed each case with in-depth analysis and insights.
I like how they interview people who work in the clinic and talk about the applications to real cases
Good course
It was a great learning experience. Would love to do more such courses, if with any specialization in oncology field.
very informative course at advanced level and also taps the basics required to understand the advanced concepts wherever necessary.
Perfect
Great course, very clear
To the successors:that is an intriguing and informative course,you can learn some useful skills and details concerning the Chartered Financial Analyst that the context (or course itself) in your country may not cover.
The subject matter for this course is very, very interesting! The professor does a nice job of layering the complexity from basic concepts to more advanced concepts. However, this is where the "good news" ends. The course is full of all sorts of calculation errors on the graded quizes
Interesting course material, but there were way too many mistakes in the exercise files. I felt we reached a low point when the only way to pass the assignments was to figure out what the instructor did wrong in the assignments, recreate those problems in my files, and then answer the questions "correctly" with the incorrect data. Really bad.
Very informative and enlightening. Learnt quite a lot.
The course has many mistakes, especially the quizzes solutions. The staff was not very active answering forum questions. In some way, I felt disappointed taking this course, because the quality is very poor in comparison to the other three courses of this specialization. However, I hope this review helps the staff to improve the quality of this course for future students, considering that the teacher has a great methodology to explain the content.
Way too many errors in the graded assignment. Non-reponsive teaching assistants.
Excellent presentation on investment strategies and portfolio analysis, Thanks you! Noted a few issues with the quiz and spreadsheet presented which had some errors.
Learn me some new things about how to manage people
Very helpful and informative. It really adds my knowledge
I would recommend this course for anyone transitioning from a technical field to a management side. It encompasses the core qualities of a manager and leader and it is really helpful through the professor to learn the key concepts about motivation, team work, leadership and culture which are driving forces of an organization.
Course deals with many interesting theories about motivation, leadership, teamwork and culture. However, it lacks practical examples and case studies (there is only one in the last week). I liked the required reading material, but I did not find videos very engaging.
Course has sufficient theory and examples to explain the fundamental & implementations in practical world. It would certainly help personnel to deal certainly in better and effective manner. hanks
This course was great to follow, very engaging whilst remaining challenging.
Great course, useful and practical information on managing people and teams. I loved the mix of theory and
I didn't have any previous experience on Motivation / Teamwork / Leadership concepts and i found this course very interesting and easy to understand.I hope this will help me in the future to improve my team working better.Thank you very much.Stefania
Nice! Informative and to the point !
Great course!
Excellent explanation and detailed orientation with examples. I am loving learning it.
It is theoretical, which is nice, but more practical example like case study would have kindled my interest to go for the certificate.
its a good course but have some problems in the quizzes
As said it empowers you to be a metaliterate learner! :)
This course helped me a lot during my intensive studies for exam at my University. I would like to thanks all contributors and authors for achieving this great piece of good job :)
Thoroughly enjoyed the course information and presentation
Very good and interesting course. I really recomend it.
Really enjoyed it. Very good in all aspects. Thank you very much!
A media-rich and thoroughly fun learning experience. You'll never look at mountains in the same way again, after beginning to know them here.
Very well put together course. Zac and David have done a great job here.
Without the doubt this was one of most amazing courses which I be taken so far. It was my first Official Course and I had enjoyed a lot by watching lectures, reading some extra notes, and completing the quizzesMy Sincere Thanks to Coursera team and University of Alberta
Great content, very well organized.
Comprehensive and very enjoyable! I learned a lot.
I really enjoed each lessons and I've gotten much more interested in mountains around the world. I'll review all lessons again to make my understanding more deep and solid
I absolutely loved this course. The format worked great and I would, in a heartbeat, sign up for another mountains course like this. (Mountains 201 anyone?). Especially if it focused on Canadian mountains (BC/AB in particular) in a little more detail. I soo look forward to taking more of your courses, Zac and David.
excellent course, much enjoyed the journey
Loved the material, very inspiring! Easy, but enough of a challenge; overall, extremely engaging course and would definitely recommend it to others.
This was an incredibly well laid out course that made foreign concepts easy to understand and intriguing to learn about!
Awesome content. Really inspired me to bring out my love for biology, chemistry and nature. The downside is that in order to fully absorb the content, its necessary to take notes while watching the lectures. This added effort turns what says is a 20 minute lesson into an hour at the very least. Besides the time consuming nature of this course, it was awesome. I love the awareness that it brings to people from all disciplines about the potential harms that we are creating for our environment.
Great course. Mountains 201? Please!
LOVED this course!!!! I am looking to have a fulltime career in the ski industry and this was a great base to have. Am hoping that this might develop into more courses ie Mountain Economics or Preservation of Mountain Ecosystems...Thanks.
This was a well structured and simple to understand course. I found the video style learning full a great imagery, examples, and more easily understood that a traditional lecture. The topics were diverse, thorough, and interesting. I also appreciate Matt Peter's knowledge of wilderness exploration. Great tips from a seasoned guide.
good good course love the details
The best online course that I've ever took! Thank you Dr. Robinson and Dr. Hik for making this course available!
This is one of the best college level classes I've ever taken, and my first online class. The slides were beautiful, there was just the right amount of general concepts and specific examples, and many shots were done on location. The instructors were well spoken, informed, enthusiastic, and even had a sense of humour. I live in the mountains of Montana, and I now have a better understanding of where I live, and many things to look for as I walk around in the US and Canadian Rockies. I 'm at a loss to say just how much I enjoyed this class, how much I learned, and how much I was inspired to learn more. Thanks for putting so much care, enthusiasm, and science into this class. Please continue with a Mountains 201.
Awesome course, really interesting for everyone!
Loved it! This is a course that everyone can benefit from and learn from!
Thoroughly enjoyed this course. The dedicated instructors emanate their love for our planet and its environment.
What a great class! It was so engaging, with beautiful photos and a good mix of biology and social sciences. Technical topics were well explained with nice diagrams and the guest experts provided great examples of in depth knowledge. I loved Mountains 101!!!
What an amazing course, thank you so very much !!
Awesome course! Fascinating information and stunning imagery.
I thoroughly enjoyed the course, Thanks!I would enjoy any recommendations you might have for further courses!
Great introduction to many areas of study related to mountain landscapes. Well produced with beautiful photography and interesting content. Thanks!
Excellent learning experience! Thanks
This course was one of the best produced ones that I have seen on Coursera. The production quality of the videos is very professional and they interview experts in many different fields(history, literature, meteorology, biologists, etc.) to provide a very interdisciplinary view on the topic of the course. The quizzes aren't very challenging but they suggested plenty of supplemental material for those that want to learn more about the subject.
Very informative and interesting course! The pictures were incredible & made it easy to stay focused and engaged....I forgot that I was on a computer :) The interviews with researchers & professionals from different universities, Parks Canada etc. were great learning tools. It opened my eyes to the amount of research being done to protect our mountains and their ecosystems.
If you enjoy the great outdoors, stunning scenery or learning about a variety of plants, animals and geological processes, this course could be for you! Not only does it explain how mountains are formed and degraded, it also teaches us about glaciers, the water cycle, and why mountain habitats change as the elevation increases. Mountain ecosystems are visited and adaptations of plants and animals to life in the cold, rugged landscape and sparse atmosphere are described. The effect of climate change on the world’s mountains is discussed. As well, each week features a short video with practical tips on a different aspect of hiking and camping in the mountains.An interactive world map is available most weeks to locate mountains and ranges discussed in the course videos, and the weekly course notes are a handy memory-jogger of many main points. Specialists in many fields provide short segments and there are even visits from two well-known public figures. Although it is a 12-week course, the weekly time commitment is not large.I thoroughly enjoyed this course.
Absolutely enjoyable. Great introduction to mountains: not dumbed down or diluted; covers an expansive range of topics; very well produced videos that keep the viewer interested.
Excellent basic overview. hope that there might be a Mountains 102 or 201
Recommended for all outdoor enthusiasts !!It'll amaze you.... how less you know about Mountains and how much more you can learn about them.
I had an exceptional time during the course. It was informative, challenging at times, always great video, and timely lessons on the state of the mountains. I appreciated the quality of the tips, the pace of the lessons, and for me, I live to spend time in the mountains. Thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for the energy and quality program. Ciao from Nanton, AB.
🍻Absolutely Amazing 👍👍I was worried about taking any sort of U Of A course in the past. Now after taking a step out of my comfort zone and Clicking the signup button😬 I was amazed how well the course was put together. It challenged me to think and view different perspectives at the same time I was learning tons of new and exciting things.Thank you. Keep them coming.Ron
Fantastic course for anyone who loves mountains. A great base for future study.
Really a good course, interesting, well presented and rich of different mountain's aspects!
Well thought out and presented.
An excellent course . Everything you wanted to know about mountain and more.
Very diverse and interesting course, well-taught!
This course is absolutely wonderful and educational. I should get back to hiking. How did you guys manage to get Justin Trudeau to give a speech for this course? Thank you very much.
I really enjoyed this course. The lessons covered a large range of topics and were well put together.
This was an absolutely outstanding course. Professionally delivered, thoroughly researched content and recognized experts, engaging and very interesting. I have learned so much and actually finished the course in a week. I have always been attracted to and loved mountains, but never knew much about them. or their surrounding environment. This course has broadened my understanding greatly and has given me a base to further learn and educate myself. The world map of mountains and important sites was a great tool that I appreciated. I would have liked to see more of the tech tips and perhaps an overview of the technical gear needed to explore the mountains. I wish this course would have been available 25 years ago, it may have changed my career choice! I am left with an even larger appetite to get out, explore, and learn! Thanks so much!
Excellent lots of visuals not much technical jargon . Covers all aspects of Mountian culture/ processes / history / difficultiesWell done
The course does an excellent job of providing a basic understanding of the multi-disciplinary facets of mountains with enough detail to display their complexity and awesomeness, but not so much that you lose sight of the draw of the mountains which brought you to the course in the first place. The visuals in the videos are appropriate and wonderful; while many of the locations are recognizable to those familiar particularly with the Rocky Mountains, it would have been an extra bonus if the locations of the background shots could have been referenced.
Excellent course, very interesting material and great presentation - love the tech-tips.
Excellent course! Enjoyed it immensely and learned a lot! It was great to visit other mountain places around the world that I'll never see as well it was equally fantastic to see and learn about the mountains around my home. I had no idea about the Banff snail. I understand better the chinook systems that brighten my winter days. I am thrilled to see the return of the bison and saddened by the expedited loss of our glaciers. I loved the history, the poems and the pictures! You guys were great at explaining and showcasing, in understandable terms, some of the most majestic of earths creations as well as underlining the importance of stewardship and protection. Kudos to the University of Alberta for, as always, producing top notch research! Proud to be an Albertan! Thank you! :D
Great course. Very informative and entertaining.
Great Course! had a blast listening to the interesting and interactive lectures. The quiz at the end provided a good way to recap the knowledge gained. Good work
Excellent course with an abundance of information that everyone should made aware of.
This course has opened up my eyes to how beautiful and fragile mountain landscapes are. I have a great appreciation for the vegetation, wildlife, and climates which surround and inhabit the mountains. I will look to my time outdoors with greater enthusiasm and sense of adventure, as I try to put some of the lessons into practice and perspective. The lessons on global warming were particularly new to me, to now grasp the importance of monitoring climate change, limiting the change and understanding that mountains themselves could be endangered to various degrees if nothing is done. Thank you to everyone involved in producing these lectures. Both Zac and David have a passion for the outdoors, which is evident in their callings. Matt and Laura's tips are very helpful, and if there is a future MOOC followup to Mountains 101, I hope they would still be involved, with longer seminar length videos, which could explain setting up a bivouac, using crampons with an ice-axe to ascend mountain peaks, as well as more in depth training from the ACC. I imagine Dr. Robinson would love to incorporate a few ascents into any class curriculum. :)
Highly Recommend.
Excellent course.. great visuals, good tests and very qualified instructors !
Leave out the politics and controversial science stated as irrefutable fact.
I very much enjoyed this great and well presented course! It helped broaden my knowledge of mountains as so many different environmental and societal aspects were discussed. Looking forward to follow-ups!
Learned a lots of really interesting infomation about mountains. Thanks a lot, it was realy beautiful and breathtaking adventure and I was sad it's finished - like I always feel when my journey somewhere comes to the end.
I enjoyed watching the videos and learning about the mountains all over the world. Was a well laid out course, very informative and enjoyed the video clips throughout the talking.
Really interesting course and well done. Was really impressed with all the ressources and even guest speakers.
Fantastic course! Audio needs some re-mastering, was frustrating at times.
Brilliant course on mountain. Learned many things from hiking to living of animals & human beings. Thank you Coursera & University of Alberta. Thanks for the certificate.
I was recommended this course by an old friend. I was hesitant taking an online course but was very surprised at how much I enjoyed taking time out of my day to sit and learn about the mountains, whether it be about theory, culture, biodiversity, stewardship, etc. Can't wait to see if there's a follow up course!
I went into this course with a geologic understanding of mountains and I was pleasantly surprised by how much more there was to know about mountains. I loved the graphics and thought that the videos were well put together, and I really liked that there were so many knowledgeable guest speakers from all over (not just from Canada or Alberta). After learning about the Banff Springs Snail at the Cave and Basin in Banff National Park I can't wait for warmer weather to go see them for myself! A great course to help broaden your knowledge of mountains.
I thouroughly enjoyed this course. It was very informative and well put together.
Great course and very well presented. Sometimes I spent more time looking at the spectacular pictures than listening to the instructors. I live near Banff National Park in Canmore so I recognized a lot of the pictures.
Thank you, kindly, for an outstanding interdisciplinary introduction to mountain environments. I am a senior citizen so, obviously, participated out of interest versus a grade or credit. My husband's curiosity got the best of him as he was looking over my shoulder for every lesson! The course content was excellent and well balanced with outstanding presentation by both Zac and David. Appreciated the presenters' objectives of focusing on key concepts rather than every miniscule detail for this introductory course. Of particular interest were the numerous on location interviews with field experts relating to the many aspects of mountain geology, landscape, biodiversity, climate, populations etc. I very much enjoyed the scenic backdrops from all over the world and highly recommend this course in order for each new learner to, in some small way, contribute as a steward of the fabulous world in which we are privileged to live. We have a road trip planned for the Canadian Rockies for summer 2017, making this a very timely course presentation for us. The end of lesson tech tips will come in handy for our adventure this summer...and a real plus given that Parcs Canada's Discovery Pass offers free admission to Canada's Sign up and enjoy the course!
Absolutely a must for anyone who is fascinated by nature and earth.
I very much enjoyed this course, I learned new terms and gained more familiarity with all things mountain based on the curriculum. Great work and great f
A very nice course for people who are clueless about mountains. It made me appreciate them more than before.
Got as far as lesson six. Took test and received 78%. Have been trying without success to retake the test. There does not seem to be anywhere to try and find out how to fix this.???????????????????????
This is an excellent class for the basics of mountain geography. I took this out of interest only, not for a grade or college credit, and enjoyed it very much and even learned a thing or two. The cinematography was beautiful and the lessons delivered in an interesting format. Both instructors were excellent and passionate about what they were discussing. Well done!!! and thank you for offering this FREE class to the world. Well worth the time & effort! Nevada, USA
This was a great course. I am retired so I do not want extremely high level courses with quizzes that are very hard to pass. I feel this course was respectful of learners intelligence without going over the top. Well presented topics made it enjoyable. Also liked the interactive map learning, and tech tips. Thank you.
Fantastic course. I feel even more connected to the Mountains than ever.
The course did an excellent job of providing a broad overview of mountains, from many interesting and important perspectives. So it was completely successful in its primary goal as a 101 course. I also really enjoyed the map section. It was a good decision to bring in different experts to add variety to the videos.Some constructive feedback:The quiz questions need some polish, in particular, the "select all that apply" questions. Also, because Coursera randomizes the order of answers, some choices like "all of the above" simply do not work.The course notes could easily be improved with some nicer formatting. They also do not always cover every question on the quiz, which would be nice for students who want to revisit parts they got wrong or didn't feel solid on.I believe that the tech tips will only be useful for a very small number of viewers. The idea of a quick tip on a related topic to the week's lesson probably sounded great, but the end result was far too superficial to be of any use. For example, instead of listing various navigation equipment and telling viewers to practice before heading out, it would have been more helpful to just pick one and give pointers on how to use it correctly.The sections of video where David is talking with an expert are very awkward. I know it's surprisingly hard to pull off, but those scenes really should have been rewritten when it was clear how wooden the interaction was. The question and answers are very unnatural, and the slow walking toward the camera is so clearly contrived as to be distracting. At the very least, fade the scene in with them already walking, rather than have a beat with them just standing still before starting their next take.That last point isn't a big deal, of course. Students didn't take the course to see great acting. And in general, the videos were good enough. But the production values can only slip so much before flaws begin calling attention to themselves and begin to distract from the material. Maybe one final point on the videos; Zac, was generally able to read the script more naturally, but David's earnestness endeared him to me more.As I said at the top, I think Mountains 101 largely succeeded at what it set out to do, and I am glad I took it. Some polish on a few areas would have improved my experience somewhat, but even as is, I would recommend this course to others. Thanks for doing it! I can only imagine how many hours on the script and in front of the greenscreen David and Zac must have spent.
Highly recommand it to do it if you love Canada and its Mountains!
This was such a wonderful and informative course. I love the mountains and travel frequently around the world to experience mountains in other places as much as I can. The videos were put together wonderfully with different speakers and resources, such a great collaborative effort. Education and awareness is so important for sustainability. I also really enjoyed the interactive maps and tech tips. Really great course all around.
Fantastic course, so interesting! Loved every lesson. Will be recommending this course to all my friends. Thanks to the U of A for putting it together. Congrats to Drs. Hik and Robinson for a job well done. Can hardly wait until Mountains 201 is offered. So appreciative.
Great course! Really impressive collaboration with other universities, government agencies, and cultural institutions (and MEC). Wish another week or two could be devoted to social and cultural themes, but really good to see historical content from beyond Western European perspectives.
Great course! Wonderful video lectures and review material.
Great class that introduced and explored a range of topics related to mountains. Great cooperation with Parks Canada!
It was a great course! It has a lot of new and interesting information. I learned a lot with it and will definitely use this knowlegde in the future. It is worth it to who have some interest in the meat subject and want to learn more about it.
The accent,presentation & stuttering is too cloudy & not suitable for foreigners
At some point several instructors lost necessary passion to keep us focused. Otherwise it was a very informed and enjoyable presentation. Historical references are extremely important.
Excellent course with defined content, structure & theme !
very useful!
I would have enjoyed it more if I had had enough knowledge to do the Honors quiz!I downloaded all the videos so I could play them over without chewing up my data, but the quality is so poor you can't always make out the writing - i's and j's all look similar. It would be better if the presentation material was bigger and the facilitator images smaller - you need only see a face, not the whole upper body in the foreground.Nevertheless, I have been enlightened !
Very good course
Very well-structured & useful course! Having already a background in SEO and digital marketing, I found this course very interesting with a lot of ideas presented in a clear and easy-to-digest manner. I didn't attend the other courses of the specialization but I think that this one summarizes really well the whole specialization. Recommend it!
Very helpful strategically !
Fast paced and comprehensive. Also, very good mentorship from the teacher.
So much great content. Really quality presentation and easy to follow.
Week 1 on Technical SEO was hard. Also, I don't have subscriptions to the various tools but it might be useful for future reference. It was too technical for me. Week 2 on Global SEO was already covered in an earlier course by Mrs. May. Week 3 on Mobile SEO was very insightful. Great! Learning about metrics (week 4) is always useful, so five stars for weeks 3 and 4.
Highly recommended!!
Excellent and fascinating course, Dave is a very good teacher
Very informational class with knowledgeable instructor who inspired me a lot in ASO field.
This course was amazing. I discovered so many useful tools, had insights on what changes should I do on my website for its better performance.
this is the Best App store optimization course on the planet right now
I think this is an excellent course very informative and interesting. The only complaint I have isn't with this course in particular but seems to happen frequently in various Coursera courses. I submitted my week 3 assignment 2 days late but the course was still going on for another couple of weeks so I didn't think my assignment would not get graded. I tried live chat, learner help until finally I kept posting in the forums begging someone to grade my course. Finally I got a response from a mentor, Michael Fortune who really offered help to me. There was something wrong with my link that I still need to find out what it was. It wasn't until the next session of this course had completed until Michael, who stuck it out with me trying and ultimately succeeding in getting other students to grade my assignment so I could complete my course and move on to the Capstone Project.I still enjoyed the course despite all that time it took Michael and I to get the assignment graded.
Great course! Thank you!!
The most challenging course of the series. Although it has a lot of resources to explore as learners by ourselves, I liked that way. This is a practical subject that needs to be learned practicing. Thanks Dave.
Very useful!
Great course! I especially loved the content about localization.
If you want to have deep knowledge on SEO, go for this course.
not all apps wok on my devices so I was unable to do assignment. Apple Annie was difficult
This course was very helpful. The websites and plug-ins mentioned for analyzing a site's SEO are more than valuable.
Great SEO Course ! I really learned a lot of new things !
This was by far the worst course in the series.There is a lot of good content in this course that needs to be shared, but I just felt the delivery failed in a lot of ways.Here are some issues1) Often, concepts are thrown out but aren't explained clearly. Speaker glosses over them without giving concrete examples2) The structure of the course is poorly configured. On several occasions, inline quizzes test you on concepts that haven't been introduced until later in the video, forcing you to guess at answers. Also, the assignment portion of the course asks you to submit a word or pdf with images, but it wasn't configured to allow uploads. You could only submit text in a text box. I realized I wasn't the only person with the issue when I graded assignments from others who had trouble submitting their assignment. In some cases, I believe students failed that portion of the course because they could not figure out how to submit. I have some IT background and was able to share my homework through my shared drive fortunately.3) The speaker should re-record his lecture. It was obvious (or at least seemed as if) he was reading a teleprompter. There were many awkward pauses between sentences that made it hard to listen to. Often times, the audio presentation were inconsistent with the words in the slide, making it confusing because I didn't know which I should be following.
The course has bugs, but it shouldn't distract from gaining knowledge. The 5 star given due to comprehensive tools used and final assignment preparation.
There were several technical issues (no submission button for peer-reviewed assignment, right answers listed as wrong and vice versa in the clips, etc.). The lecturer also sounded a bit unnatural with pauses in sentences where you wouldn't expect them, making it harder to process information. The course material itself wasn't bad, but the execution just seemed a little unfinished.
Submit button wasn't working for assignment, assignment was heavily weighted on mobile app (which was the least pertinent part of the course for me), generally seemed disorganized.
The peer review assignment needs to improve the requirements.
got a new perspective
A reasonable walkthrough of typical tools for photo editing. Only thing I'd like to add is a walkthrough of a simple typical photo editing workflow (like cropping, WB, coarse tone adjustment, tone curve, sharpening & consumption format rendering).
This session represented a continuation of what for me has been an very fine series of photography lessons. Professors Glendinning and Sullivan are excellent, and I would go so far as to so Professor Glendinning is outstanding, at presenting the technical and creative aspects of photography, and though I still have an incredibly long way to go before I consider myself either technically or artistically proficient, I believe I have learned so much in these first months that I now truly know what it is to make a photograph rather than to simply take a picture.
useful and creative work
The best part of this course was an introduction to Adobe Lightroom. Although, I was left feeling as if there should have been one or two more weeks to this course- it seemed rushed.
Excellent and highly recommended!
it was excellent! To me was very complete and the explanations of the tutors were very easy to follow
I absolutely love everything that I am able to learn and gain from these courses and using them in everyday photography
I would have liked more guidance on the actual use of Lightroom for enhancing pictures.. all the slide controls on the right were covered much too fast for me!
Excellent, i wish id known about it before i did and open university course in the uk at the same cost which is why i only did the audit on this one. this was much much better and went into detail so much better. Im waiting to start a journalism speciality which is why im auditing some of the others in this series in the meantime.
Nice course, very informative
It is a great class and teaches me a lot.
This course talks about the composition of photos and about some softwares used to post process the photos.The last two weeks discus the softwares and have trial versions of the softwares available for the learner.
Dear professors Peter and Mark, I am very happy with the improved knowledge and results during the courses. Really, the excitement of you is mine too! I confess that I have a degree in digital photography and his classes always amaze me! It's a great joy to be able to access such a well-prepared content and watch your incredible classes! A hug with affection and admiration, until the end of the 4th. course!Fátima Nunes
An excellent course, I have seen several tools to edit the photos and to exploit an artistic side. The teachers are excellent thanks!Un curso Excelente, he visto varias herramientas para editar las fotos y explotar un lado artístico.Los Maestros son excelentes gracias!
This course has good motivation and challenging. Before taking this course, I do not know much about photography and always refuse to hold a camera. The knowledge I have gained from this course has changed my way of taking photo.
This course helped me understand the post-production software Adobe Lightroom and various apps to be used on mobile. I got good understanding of what all can be done in post-production. In this expertise will come by experience. The week 3 was devoted mostly to understanding of post-production and took lot of time in going through. There was some mismatch between subtitles and audio in 1-2 presentations.
Thank you! I enjoy a lot with this course! And I learn photo composition and digital image post-production. Giving step to improve my skill. Thanks.
Incredibly clear and detailed step by step explanation, great exercises to develop good photography skills!
I learned a lot from this course!
Awesome, Loved the course
Hard getting through this course. It is probably because I don't have Adobe Lightroom software. Perhaps if I eventually get it, I will re-visit this course as the tutorials are thorough. I scored it as I did because I think the course title should have Lightroom & Pixlr in there since weeks 3 & 4 dominate those two.
Very interesting way to learn very important topics in order to develop photographic skills.
I have learned so so much, now I can use my Canon 6D
I am really glad for have participated in this course, even when I didn't have the opportunity to submit my assignments. The course is a great introduction to photo composition, but no so much to digital image post-production.
very interesting and rewarding course, been learning so much through the courses.
Informative
A great course with very enthusiastic and responsive teaching staff
The third course of this specialization, it is the last piece you need to fully being able to control every aspect of your photography. The assignments are much more challenging (if you put the effort) and you will learn more advanced techniques including image post-production and you will be able to carry on a small photography project.
It's fine to charge for certificate, but submit the quiz is also locked if u try to learn for free, i do think that is a violation to the learning process.
This was a very interesting and eye opening course for me. So many great techniques I found of such value. Peter & Mark left me with a great feeling of confidence after taken this course
Okay, you know how to take some good photos but It would be interesting if you could edit some pictures to emphasize or change their content. That's post-production and it's the content of this course. I really recommend everyone to enroll it!
Awesome...I have no other words, the course has gotten better as it has gone on and I didn't think that was possible. The professor's and Coursera's staff took consideration into the learners opinions and made the necessary changes that have refined this course to the maximum.
There were some troubles with the subtitles in the course. :(
This course was a little a more challenge, because for a person that hasn't taken any photograph course it is a good example to proceed on photography. it is really a good course and because it is not only focus on DSLR also to smartphones.
The composition and visual elements part of the course was incredible but the Lightroom part could be improved. Going through every feature in Lightroom is not helpful. It's better to focus on teaching key useful techniques to achieve desired effects
Fantastic course. The professors are brilliant and make it all very simple to understand.
Hard work, but delivered the results. I am at last starting to master 'Adobe Lightbox'.
tHIS REALLY GETS YOU TO THIN
I love the corse!The content is wonderful!Thank you!
Exelent overview of all knowledge needed to become a better photographer
I am sad to be coming to the end of this specialization. I have learned so much and don't want it to end.
I loved this course so much! Thank you Mark and Peter for doing such an amazing job.
Excellent as per usual. Was just hoping for a little bit more detail on lightroom post-processing
This course seemed a bit spread too thin. Not much real coverage on post-production; mostly just an intro and that was at the expense of more learning on composition.
Nice One, good Continuation to first 2 courses
Quizes are getting better with every course. Lectures are good. I like the idea of assignments - to show your work and to see works of others. Only one thing: I'd like to get review not only from other students, buy from at least one professional. It's nice to get opinion from "masses", but I'd like to know professional opinion and directions where I could move to be better photographer.
informative. Yet it was tedious and repetitive I already learned this stuff in college.
Course lessons are presented interestingly and in a helpful way to improve my Chinese language skills.
very useful for a person who want to grasp chinese
In talking to a friend about learning Chinese, I surprised myself with how much information I've retained from this course. The teaching curriculum is fun and evidently effective. I highly recommend this course.
This course is very elementary and provides you with all you need to start learning Chinese. The material is very well structured. My pronunciation has improved a lot. Thank you for such an amazing course!
Excellent course! It helps me learn a lot in a best way. The topics including greeting, asking time, shopping, family and ordering food are quiet basic and useful. The causes are well-paced and i like the way the teacher speaks Chinese. The practice and quizzes help me keep track of what i have learned. I will recommend this course to anyone who wants to start to learn Chinese!
It was helpful and taught everything you would need to know.
Thanks a lot to this course of great practicality. Lessons are quite clear and easily-understood. Practice and quiz with each lesson are really good for reviewing. I have acquired some daily and useful expressions through 3-week study.
This course is very useful for people who just started to learn Chinese. This course is very good. I have learnt much in a best way. The topics are useful and the vocabulary and grammar that we learn are at HSK 1 level. The quizzes are short and the deadlines motivate you and help you keep track. Thanks to Coursera for providing this course.
this course is very good and beneficial for my Chinese learning. the professor is very kind and I learn a lot of sentences which will be practical in my daily life.
A really helpful mandarin learning course including several useful daily topics. The teaching methodologies are quite appropriate for beginners.
The course is very helpful and interesting, especially the lessons are short and interesting and quiz makes it further easy. Thanks for such a nice course.
Very well explained and easy to follow.Learnt a lot from this course
I really enjoyed the course. The instructors are fantastic, and I also liked the way they use videos and online interactions to deliver the content.
Good course. I learned a lot.
I know it's difficult to encourage student participation - in the 'discussions' for example - but a bonus of some kind for participation might do the trick. Not sure whether coursera software provides a means of measuring participation, but a count of 'substantial' comment postings might be a measure.By the same token, compulsory comments on the peer reviews would be helpful for feedback and also to indicate whether the peer reviews have been posted yet.
Loved the content - delivered well!
Great Course
Please offer more courses!
Excellent Introductory Microeconomics course. Its covering of the foundational concepts of when markets fails presented a comprehensive review of the foundational concepts of the subject. I have studied economics at the undergraduate and graduate level, and this course has taught me things I never covered in my university level courses. Outstanding introductory course.
I love the teaching style, very explanatory and easy to comprehend.
Clearest explanations ever.
Provided with good basics on Microeconomics. Thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Very Useful and Well Taught Course!
Elementary course， great for professionals to refresh.
Thank you very much it was very gratifying, excellent for all kind of profesionists.
An excellent to understand basics of Microeconomics.
Market failure is one of the most important discussions in public economics. Although we reviewed the microeconomics in this term, we learned the tangible connection between these two fields. It was very helpfull and thank you...
Rebecca Stein is an excellent instructor to guide you through the material -- after taking this course and part of her other one on Coursera I feel like I know her. She can be quite funny and her explanations/illustrations go a long way in building onto the key concepts of the course. The quizzes can be quite difficult, so I would recommend that any person take notes.
Another fine course from Professor Stein. I particularly appreciated the final set of lectures, but all were well presented, understandable, and relevant.
Step-by-step, clear explanations.
Way of presentation is too good.Beautiful and simple languageappropriate examplesMa'am makes every topic simple
Great course, to the point
this course is great,the professor converts complex concepts into easy ideas.so,i am strongly recommend it.
The importance of Economics in making sound policies and enforcing development and closing the inequality gap in the society made this course very essential.The interactive group discussions and very detailed video sessions also helps to ensure easy learning of the essentials
A good place to start!
Thank you! This course is useful to add my skill!
Great Course!
The program could use more detail in its instructions but I have to say my skills and experience was really put to the test. Just one issue with the specialization. The Protools requirement from the 4 courses is not a good idea. That DAW requires a Audio Interface which is the reason why some of my friends that don't want to take the specialization.
I loved this course. I think it needs more emphasis on the Mastering process, but there's nothing a little investigation can fix. Totally recommended.
In this course, I found the peer review process and feedback to be very helpful and a great learning experience. The assignments encouraged me to produce deliverables and focus on areas where I needed more work. Glad to have taken this course and grateful for the other student as well. Thank you! :-)
The Mechanics of Materials course series is a must for any engineer. The material is presented in a logical and straight forward manner with applications to the real world. Dr. Whiteman is truly a a great teaching Professor!
It's an excellent course where you can remember and learn concepts about the behaviour of materials under certain forces.
It really helped me build my basic!! Thank you sir!
Thank you Sir and coursera for providing such a great course.
Great course
Great Course
Amazing course!! Do it!
This is a great course.
Very good course content related to Torsion. Thank you, Sir!
I love the way Dr. Wayne Whiteman teaches . Has created immense interest in the subject which I felt really boring. Thanks a lot. Has helped me improving my grades and understanding the concept so easily.
Well put together. Straight to the point. Excellent explanation and relation to real world problems.
very nice presentation.
I was really glad to go through this MOOC in French which overall is of great quality; I believe this should be share and view in all business school in Sub-Sahara. Great Job Thierry et al
Concrete and useful, Thank's
It's really helpful for me to construct my learning about medical lessons!
It is the best MOOC I have studied. I'd like to learn another MOOC of them.
Great course but should have time to study because it requires intensive study for beginner or non science stream students. Anyway, thank you all lecturers in this course.Cheers,Banly
the teachers are pretty!
loved every second of it
I have learned a lot from this course!
Learnt alot
Excellent learning experience for the novice to experienced. The course has improved my technical skills as well as the process in the way I take photos now. Thanks to Professor Peter Glendinning and Professor Mark Sullivan.
I learned a lot! Thanks for the experience
The entire specialization was a wonderful experience. I learned a lot about photography, and about project planning. The course also helped me to build confidence and not get so hung up on trying to be perfect right from the gate. Nice people taking photography from all over the world and fun, too. Thank you.
I'd like to thank my professors. It was a great experience!
A simply wonderful course, technical to a degree but not overwhelmingly so, and one learns through doing. There are plenty of assignments to help build your skill sets, and lots of reviews and peer reviews to help build your personal skills as well.
This course has full of motivation and beneficial and practical knowledge toward Photography. I believe people who take this course will have an enjoyable and emotional feeling during the journey of this course.
It is excellent course to apply the knowledge from previous four courses and finally put together series of photographs united by theme. It is giant community of learners from all over the world, some are with good skills, while others complete beginners. Everyone of them worked hard towards the accomplishment of a project. I am glad I had this experience. I would highly recommend this course to all the talented people of this world.
Whenever I want to have photo, I remember the words taught by the tutor of this course that "Photographers don't take photos, they make photos". This course changed a lot my eye-conic vision of photography. Thank you Coursera & Michigan State University for this course.
I learned a lot about how to use my camera from the lectures. The only downside was the feedback which was very limited from other students. The only feedback from the instructors was at the end of the 5 course series and even it was limited.
An amazing course that have taught us many things.
Best course for me in Coursera. The way this course has been designed to take you through the creative development cycle is laudable.
This was a fantastic journey. Learned new things, reinforced old skills, engaged with many other talented amateurs.
Another great course, fantastic seeing everyone's work
This is exactly what I was looking for to figure out how to make sense of a collection of pictures. Definitely for advanced photographers/amateurs who have already experience with cameras and making pictures and who are looking for ways to organize their collections meaningfully.
Building a final collection was challenging but this process made it easier and kept it exciting. I got so much valuable feedback from my peers throughout the 8 weeks, it really taught me a lot. Thank you!
Love this course Peter and Mark are the best!
Worthy
The topics in this course are all useful for a Java developer. The learner should not only learn from the videos and the sample programs, but also the reference resources introduced by the teacher.
What are you talking about?
Thanks for writing the new feature about the java8 for free.But for most lessons it is too easy to learn.
The course that changes way of thinking. Thank you a lot for this.
Unique and useful course. However some of the material needs adjustment, search strategy related material especially. It is introduced too late in the course, when homework needed it is all done with, and in my opinion there isn't enough pedagogic content on the subject. MiniZinc docs are quite minimal, so supporting material would be helpful.
Actually a great class on a topic that is highly relevant in theory and practice alike. The problem of this class is mostly one assignment: The statement of problem set 3 is very unclear while the feedback from the grader is too little to improve anything. Forum didn't help either. Despite my arguably strong technical background I had to give up at this point since I simply cannot invest arbitrary amounts of time. Too bad for the rest of the course, which I was looking forward to a lot.
Difficult but rewarding course.
Excellent course, very practical with challenging exercises. The tools and knowledge leaned are of great use for solving hard problems. Special thanks for the team that made this online class available.
This was a very challenging, but rewarding course. The idea is fascinating, and deceptively simple: write a small number of lines of modeling code describing the properties of the output (as if you're writing a unit test), then hand it off to the solver, which comes up with the answer, as if by magic. Turns out it's relatively simple to write a correct model - the hard part is writing a model which is efficient enough to produce answers in your lifetime.The instructor did a great job of explaining the material, including the subtleties of writing an efficient model. The homework problems were, nonetheless, quite challenging. I spent at least 20 hours on one assignment (week 3). But it felt so good when I finally got it to pass! To get there, I had to re-watch some of the lectures multiple times. This is what made the course so rewarding - and what's so great about Coursera (as opposed to the online tutorial format): it's one thing to listen to a bunch of material and get the feeling you know something, but it's quite another to actually internalize it to where you can wield what you've learned. This course excelled in that regard: I believe I have attained the ability to turn MiniZinc to my purposes.
The course is carefully designed. The assignments are interesting, challenging, but somehow doable.I would recommend this course to people who are interested in optimisation (including discrete), AI, machine learning and similar subjects. Even if the content is not fully applicable (as in my case), the assignments are just fun.
Great Magic touch. It makes course very interesting
Awesome! Just browsing the course content already I see a lot of fun!
very useful for advancing my career and deepen my understanding on the topic.
I liked this course very much because it was very interesting because it analyzed music from so different and for me, new perspectives. The idea of music as omnipresent, music as a character factor in education or Bildung, and the relation of ethics and music, really broaded my scope. I strongly recommend it !!
Learned a lot!
The interviews are excellent; this is a very thought-provoking class. However, all of the assignments are written, and there is one very week. Might not be the ideal workload for busy people, but the lectures are worth taking the course.
very good course! doesn't go into too much depth but is an excellent starting point!
Has some quite interesting ideas.
Very interesting point of view about our society.One of the best course I ever took !
Awesome course! Keep going 'coz ya are doing great job!
Great course for humanists!!!
English for Media Literacy is very useful and great. I will apply Media Literacy on my work and life daily.This is a wonderful course ! Thank you very much.
I definitely enjoyed this course. It challenged me to really think about how the media affects my life. Thank you lecturers. Thank you Coursera.
I enjoyed it. Thank you!
I've just done the first Unit so far but I feel it's very well structured, easy to follow and understand and it helps both with English and Media Literacy!
Very interesting and useful course
This course will help you a lot while analyzing media content in this information-driven age.
Knowledgeable course for all individuals
This is a great oportinuty to me, gain more knowledge in topics, issues and current affairs
I'm so proud to finish the course and improve my English skills!
Absolutely phenomenal. Talk about a ton of information packed into one course. I learned so, so much about the history of music, the development of technology and application, and the business side. And the story telling was fantastic. Definitely a must-take.
Awesome course!!!
Great course and great narrations. Too many dates & history to keep in mind in such a short duration haha! But great stuff! Very helpful to improve your music industry knowledge beyond what your circle thinks.
If you want to know how music industry works, this is the course for you!! Especially if you plan to work in this field or already do! This is the best course about music industry so far! Thousand thanks to Darko Velichkovsky, to West Virginia University and Coursera for making this possible!
This course is very thorough and covers aspects of the music industry one might have not otherwise encountered. I think the mid-screen quizzes are helpful for retaining the mass of information it gives, and the sometimes quasi-poetic sensibilities of the course's author make it easier to digest it. I am genuinely impressed by the high quality of both the content and the presentation of this course.
Loved it! Excellent course brilliant Professor!
Best course of all time!
fantastic information with outstanding detail and comprehension- Thank you Professor Velichkovski and West Virginia University!
outstanding: repeat the class!
A very complete and engaging course.I completely recommended it to anyone in the music business. There are facts that I lived throughout the music evolution that I had forgotten. But taking this course not only reminded me a lot, but took me deeply into the many details I missed. Plus, this course showed me a lot of what I lacked in the past business ventures.This course also guided my previous acquired knowledge. Because of the chronograph order and the way professor Darko exposed the facts, I was able to reorganize my knowledge and experience and re-save it in a much useful order in my brain.I feel much more professional and ready to re-take my businesses and return to the music industry.Thank you so much Coursera, West Virginia University, professor Darko Velichkovski and all professionals involved in the making of this amazing peace of art.I sincerely recommend it.Andrei SoulsilenS
a pity that it is not in English
cool,很实用
Not so good Lack of interest and practicability
A proffessionally created course
Very well structured course! Many congratulations to the creators!!
I find this course very informative and helped me develop my chemical background.
The information in this course is very useful. Help me to understand one of the part of physical chemistry. And the lectures are very clearly So thank Professors for the course!!
I like this course very much as it talks clearly about the basic concept in this course.(Prerequisite: I have learned this course before, I just try to review all the info in this class.)
Well-structured, clear and very useful course. Strongly recommend it!
good course
Very good course!
This is a really suitable course for Physical Chemistry lovers and students, whichs introduces you into the world of Quantums, Thermodinamics and Kinetics, with wonderful videos plentiful of explanations, and really good programation, that encourages students. Congratulations to all the organazing lecturers!!
This course is really, well, introductory. While the material presented is interesting, the lectures can be quite dull at times - especially later on in the course when substantial time is spent plugging numbers into the same expressions 3 or 4 times. Beginners will probably be better off reading a wikipedia article or any general chemistry textbook. For the others, setting the playback speed to 1.50 improves the quality of the course a lot.
Motivating and interesting, where issues are approached in a very didactic way.
Well structured in terms of content and the basic framework. But the delivery is dull. Yes, I know it is Phys Chem but I do think there must be ways to Jazz it up. Gave up after Week 6, so I cannot comment on the whole course.
Easy to understand
Super course, clear in the theoretical analysis, good practice quizzes and interesting virtual lab exercises.
Very nice course
I find that this course is very well organized, clear and useful for those who are interested in Physical Chemistry. The theoretical concepts are explained step by step, through mathematical equations and practical exercises. I have particularly appreciated the virtual labs and the computer simulations, because I found them very challenging and helpful to understand the application of concepts.Since the topics (Thermodinamics, Chemical Kinetics, and Quantum Chemistry) are fundamentals to really understand Chemistry, I strongly recommend this course.Raffaele Pescitelli
Excellent course, very good teachers, an easy and compact way of learning chemistry
Very well organised, specially the lab work + assignments + Quiz.
it's perfect . you actually don't need to know nothing before starting this course !!
It has the best explanation.
Excelently precise and comfortably concentration
what's energy?
The course is very useful and easy to understand for non-chemistry major student. Thank you
Best Programming introduction course ever. The difficulty level is well enough to help us learn faster and become quickly confident with the language and the concepts.
The course that changes way of thinking. Thank you a lot for this.
It opens your eyes to the world fo supply and demand...a very clear explanation.
Excellent course. Well worth the effort Looking forward to Part III.
Thank Mark Zupan, and team prepared for the course and interesting material.One star off for the complete lack of feedback in forums and cheating with text material. Neither of the books mentioned in the course, neither pdf nor links where to get or buy.Finally proceed to the third course where, hopefully, we will know how to calculate the required advertising and other tools to gain market power. Why study the specialization I mainly was started
Although the course offers a very wide range of subjects and also additional recommendations for reading, the basic didactic material superficially explores the work of each artist. I am sure that MoMA team has the capacity to offer a deeper content.
Great introductory course in modern and contemporary art!
This course helped me to understand modern art. I have learned about renowned modern artists, their works, and ideas. Thanks MoMA and coursera for offering such a course.
I'm dyslexic and this was mostly easy for me, the videos, and word for word follow, while the audio was playing, during the explaining of each piece was extremely helpful! Thank you.
So interesting and new!
RIGHT BALANCE OF MATERIAL TO GET YOU READY FOR FURTHER STUDY OF MODERN ART
I'm really glad that I took this course. I've found the lessons very interesting and fun. The extra material is really good as well and the topics discussed are great. There are people from all around the world and I think it is fullfilling to have the opportunity to see so many different cultures and opinions together taking about art. I would like to congratulate the group responsible for Modern Art & Ideas for the excellent job putting all this together. I will definitely take part in another MoMA course.
Great course!
very nice introduction for artist mind
I gain a very important knowledge in learning the modern art which is very useful for my basic understanding towards art.
Amazing course! I am really glad I took it and for sure will take any other courses imparted by the MoMa
Easy to understand, and very informative.
I great opportunity to vizualise the historic contex throght the design eyes. Amaging course.
What a genuinely refreshing course that really caught me attention. Well done to the team behind this course as I am more interested in modern art after completing this course than ever before.
Very entertaining. It gives a very nice overview of Modern Art in a positive, cretive and engaging way.
Nice information about Modern and contemporary art. General information, with good resources.
I have to admit, there is a whole vocabulary to describe and 'embellish' some rather ordinary and otherwise non-significant objects considered as Art.Please don't read this as a negative. I found the experience personally enriching. I also believe I will look at modern art with more openness and search for hidden messages. Still to be honest one sometimes has to feel taken advantaged of by some so called works. As they say not all that glitters is gold. But bravo for this MOOC offering!
Wonderful class!
I really liked this course. I liked the lively video clips, the interesting reading materials, the quizzes and also doing two x 500 word assignments made it more valid and meaningful to me. I am looking forward to receiving my certificate. Thank you again.
Very intensive and interesting as usual of MoMA courses
Great material, enjoyed the pace, and insightful mix of artists and concepts.
I enjoyed this course. It helped me to systemise my knowledge. Very well constructed classes.
The course was very interesting. The organization of the material was very creative and professional same as the methodology.
Great intro course, gives you a framework to understand modern art.Its a good basic start, gives you the tools you need to keep learning after this.
This course was fantastic and the additional readings and information were extremely useful.
Loved it. Wish there were more courses like this one.
This has been an amazing course for me. It really enriched my understanding about modern art, and it introduced me to so many pieces of work and artists that I did not previously know about. I absolutely loved the videos and visuals, and the input of people who actually work MoMA. It also made me see abstract and surreal art in a different light. While previously I would have shrugged off abstract and surreal art as being too esoteric for its own good, I was able to understand the concept of surrealism a lot better through this course. I also really appreciated the reading materials for this course, and how precise yet detailed they were. Doing this course has helped me have a multifaceted view of different kinds of art, and I am incredibly grateful for having had this opportunity.
Fantastic course. Not too heavy, not too light. Gave a great introduction into Modernism and its place in our society.
This course takes an alternate approach to understanding modern Art, moving it away from categories based on the time period in which art was made or what school the artist was part of and instead groups art work by theme. I really enjoyed all the pieces I encountered and felt like I had a somewhat better understanding of modern art after taking this course.
good for art teacher/critics
FUN AND INTERESTING COURSE BUT I FOUND THE INSTRUCTIONS DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO UNDERSTAND AND THE ASSIGNMENTS BLOCKED BY COMPUTER DIFFICULTIES.
Very useful
Absolutely loved this course, thank you.
Interesting and thought provoking course BUT the peer assignment tasks and evaluation criteria are moving targets that seem to be very hard to hit per my own experience and the discussion forums. Also what if you do not totally agreed with the IDEA that thematic presentation of art is the way that modern art has to be presented. And find themes as more of a way for art institutions to promote their own agendas and longevities. Which again is nothing new in the presentation of art but also can meander away from the artists' and art works' intent!
This was an excellent course, in terms of both the content and structure. The way the lessons and course material were presented was both interesting and manageable. The questions and final assessment ensured that I understood the concepts and ideas. I feel like I really learnt a lot about many interesting artworks and the ideas and meaning associated with them. Thank you so much.
Excellent. The resources, material, and presentation made this the best course by far of those I have taken. Many years ago, I was an art student that spent a lot of time looking at slides and listening to commentary. Even jaded as such, I found the opportunity to actually learn and share with an International community. I will seek out MOMA educational opportunities as they are superior!
I very much enjoyed the setup of the course, that is the short introduction and then the discussion of different artworks per theme. However, I must say that I expected the course to be more thorough in the discussion of the different themes and artworks. I believe the course would benefit from a more in depth discussions of the artworks. This could for example include more background information about the artist or a comparison of different pieces by the same artist to better understand the artists' views and development through history. Such additions would elevate the level of the course and also help identify certain themes and events that often recur in art. To conclude, it was a very enjoyable course that help grasp basic concepts of modern art.
A good entry level course on modern and contemporary art. The themed approach works well and the artists are chosen carefully to give a broad overview of the subject. The additional reading material (some optional, other not) allows you to take your understanding to a slightly higher level.I think MoMA have used their resources well. The videos are well made, their collection provides a rich vein to tap into and their access to leading voices in the field is exceptional.
It has its vibes.
Love it. Highly recommend to any one who has interest in Art and the behind.
I absolutely loved this course. Great selection, intriguing ideas, and thought-provoking conversation. Highly recommended, no matter what your background.
It was very nice to understand some concepts and also to know deeply about some artworks.
Thank you for an opportunity to make a course, provided by one of the most famous meuseum of modern art in the world!
This course has changed the way I approach contemporary art and given me the tools I needed to "look beyond what the eyes can see". I learned about many contemporary artists I did not know before and loved the excellent video lectures. The final peer review assignment is also a great way to wrap up the study and get to know about even more artists. Definitely very enjoyable and recommended.
Excellent course, very complete with great features and support activities.
Loved it 💫
The multiple modules concentrating on a specific theme have enabled easier understanding and succeeded in grasping the attention of a student towards speedy completion of course along with complete comprehension of stated artifacts.
I really enjoyed this course and the way art was discussed based on theme rather than chronologically. My only issues with the class were the frustrations with the quizzes being graded incorrectly.
This course gave me a new understanding of modern art, and also about the artists and the works selected for the course. The content has been carefully selected and the reading material is very interesting.
it was nice, succinct, and extremely inspiring for some amateur seeking the meaning of art!!!
Amazing resources, fantastic discussion points; a great course for art students and art teachers alike!
Ithink this course is unbelievably usefuland exciting but there weren't much information about educational method which was essentual,in my opinion. Thank you for your gripping course!!!
Keeps your interest! Great!
Very highlever, i would have enjoyed more technique to understand art
This is a fun course that will change how you view the world and introduce you to lesser known artists.
I have taken many courses on Coursera now, and I've enjoyed and learned a lot from most of them, but I have to admit I was disappointed with this one, despite having a deep interest in modern art and art theory. Here are some of my criticisms:1. The course is aimed at teachers and art educators, which was not made at all clear on the course info page, apart from a single reference to the 'pedagogical framework'. If I'd understood this, I may well not have enrolled.2. I found the course very basic, with no consideration of art theory beyond a level appropriate for classroom discussion. This is in contrast to many other Coursera courses, which have been pitched at graduate level or above. I don't really feel like I learned anything on this course.3. The video lectures are very short and uninformative, but the weekly reading list is very long and much more time consuming that the actual tuition. I would have preferred a better balance between tutorials and reading.4. The weekly quizzes were very short (six questions, where other courses typically have 20 to 30 questions per module), and and questions focus almost entirely on the pedagogical set texts, with very little attention paid to the art history or the works discussed in the tutorials. If you are not going to be tested on the material, what is the point of all that required reading?5. The final peer-assessed assignment is lacking in instructions or guidance. For example, you are required to upload images of 3 or 4 artworks and discuss them. It is in fact impossible to upload more than a single image, but there are no instructions on what to do about this. People found various workarounds - uploading pdfs or Word documents, or zipped folders of images, but really, there should be some official guidance on this.6. Comments made when assessing other students' work are not anonymous - this is unique in my Coursera experience, where anonymous marking is the norm, and knowing how fractious people can get when they are disappointed with their grade, I am not at all happy about having my name made available to them.Overall, the only reason I persisted with this course is that I wanted to get a certificate with MoMA written on it. Too bad I couldn't have actually learned something as well.
Interesting and not time-eating course. Last task is very exciting!
Mostly a guide for teachers bringing classes to MOMA; weak otherwise.
A comprehensive course that provides deep insight into how to thematically view art. The course also taught me how to make connections between various artworks.
Compact, consistent and cool.
I thought this course was about art and related ideas. To my surprise is has a teaching focus which I did not anticipated and which has no interest for me. I did not do the final project because it does not interest me. Thank you for the art part, wish there would have been more of it.
beautifully made.
This was a thought provoking, tip of the ice-berg, inspiring and simple course appropriate for nearly anyone with an interest in 'the arts'. I will say also that crucial to 'getting' this topic and the most out of the course content you must do the final project. That is where the aha! moment awaits. Great course.
A very nice corse which will in a quite simple way show you how to teach art. I'm glad I've taken it!
This was a well structured course even though it wasn't exactly clear that it was about educators in the first place. The introductory videos on every week were very clever and on point. Loved the instructors and the whole team behind this course. However, the final assignment's grading is unacceptable. I cannot stress out how important it is to justify each score given, especially the lower ones. The final assignment did not have this, and as a consequence, when the final grade was in, low or high, you cannot know why, and fix your mistakes in the future. Some people were kind enough to leave comments on the comment section below, explaining everything, however, this should be the case for everyone's review. After all, it is a paid course.
Great understanding on themes and how to see art and various ideas that it permeates from.
This course was great for several reasons. The timing was just right to get an in depth introduction on how to use art in education. The materials provided were excellent and the films were great and not too long. Assessment was well thought through and thorough, and included peer assessment, enabling us to increase our understanding even further.
I've learned about some paintings and object, but the format of the course was weak. Should have stuck with the historical progression of Modern Art--tried and true approach.
This course is really good! The videos are excellent , hold the attention .
Great!!!
For teachers mostly but we do learn a lot about art and its major themes
I really enjoyed this course. It was fabulous/All materials were amasing good, interesting and helpful.Thanks so much.
Wonderful course! I would recommended to anyone who enjoys any form of art. This course invites us to think critically, creatively and mindfully about the world surrounding us.
Great course!
Great course for inspiration and new ideas if you are an art teacher
easy course but the lecturers do know what they are talking about
Love this course sooo much and I spent a lot of time for the last assignment >3<
Plenty of good material and excellent videos describing topics.
cool
I love anything art and it is teaching me a lot. Very good course
so interesting!
This is a great snapshot for a layman to understand the relevance and significance of modern art in this world.
This course is for me an intelligent and surprising way to learn about art. My view at some art and artists is wider than before. Thx a lot MOMA!
I really love this course! It helps me to find a lot of answers which disturbed me and to understand Art better! Highly recommend!
While the course is interesting - I believe it can be more in depth and cover more art works
I really enjoyed this course. The ideas were clearly articulated, and furnished with great examples from the Museum's collection. The assignment at the end of the course gave me a great opportunity to critically think about pieces from a different angle, and the course certainly gave me new tools for looking at art - some of which I already
Excellent course. I had not considered art from the perspectives presented.
This course gives introduction of plenty of artworks from MoMA, but it will be more interesting if it shows more details and explanations about the artwork itself or the background of the time and the society.
As Art History Major I thought this course would give me a little insight but did not expect much. I couldn't have been more wrong. I learned so many things my degree never taught me. I was even introduced to artists I didn't know existed! Great class and super interesting and well put together lectures!
MoMA provides an organized, wonderful, and easy to understand course that is often called art appreciation. This course differs from ones I took in college, thankfully, by pleasantly presenting methods and themes for analyses. I'm downloading all the presentations so I can watch them again.
repetitive content with other MOMA courses (seeing thru pictures)?? duh, not gonna pay $50 for this. :(
I like the course very much because it gives me different aspects of Modern Art & Ideas. Appreciate all instructors.
Perfection!!!
Really informative and well structured. I really enjoyed this course!
This course is excellent!
So good course but the great absent is Sir Edwar Hopper .
It wasn't clear when I signed up that the course was focused on educators. i still enjoyed it.
Even though I'm not on the path of becoming a museum educator or art teacher, I found this course to be very worthwhile. I feel that it really deepened my understanding of art, both in terms of how to approach it and create it.
I took the course because I'm an Art enthusiast and a hobby artist. Previously I was disgusted at anything called "Modern Art" because it made no meaning to me, maybe I just encountered the wrong or naive pieces of work, or I think the major reason I had no complete idea what Modern Art stood for. I was a staunch follower of depictive fine arts, but this course has changed my views about the subject and now I see this domain with a fresh and a better perspective. This course was actually fun to take and I'm motivated to watch the videos again and again as they have been made to be very interesting and the readings though lengthy were quite good. It was a great course andI hope MoMA gets more courses like this on Coursera. I would love to take more of these.Thanks MoMA and Coursera
Great introduction to modern art (paintings, sculptures, everyday objects) combined with some social circumstances!
Thoroughly enjoyed this course as I did Modern Art as part of my BA degree, so it was lovely revisiting some old paintings and studying some new ones.
This was an excellent course... let's continuing teaching through art.
I enjoyed the course itself very much, and I intend to use ideas gleaned from it in my English classroom; however, I was not satisfied with the rating of the final project. I put a LOT of work into it, including eight artworks AND eight corresponding works of literature that inspired the art, and someone ( a peer, not an instructor) kept giving me "poor" as a rating. Not that I expected that ALL would be 3's, but a 1 is not a fair grade.Just my two cents.
This course is amazing. I absolutely loved the, albeit short, fun videos for each week. And the recommended readings make a great deal of it, which is great. Also, the focus on teachers was not something I was expecting, but that may be helpful in the future.
On the one hand it's interesting course with cool (!) visualisation. On the other - it's very simple themes to discuss and there is a usual way to understanding process in art and society.I hope you add new lectures about some directions in modern art, utility art and something like this
Great course!!! It helps to understand Modern Art and to look around with a different approach. Also that course open your world and bring new ideas.
Quiz was not well structured and title suggested a different idea than what the course was really about. Its a teachers guide.
It's a great course to let me know more about variety of conception for art and design, also to realized that how artists combines their life and thoughts into artworks.
Great, interesting and thought provoking course
Excellent! Thoroughly enjoying this course....
I loved the introductions I will take the rest of the course as well.
Very well organised with beautiful and interesting videos. Clear explanations and nice assignments.
I have no complaints over the content. I would however, change the final quizzes, which rely too much on one essay rather than on the videos or on other reading material.
This course is solely for teachers, on how to tech art to elementary school pupils. Very basic. Most of the content is available on the MoMA's website. Disappointing.
Interesting and easy to understand. Suitable for amateurs.
This course is designed for school teachers and, perhaps, for art museum's workers. I'm neither, but I took this course because I'd like to know more about the modern art.The course is essentially a merge of two independent parts, namely, videos about artworks and papers about different theories of education in art. I took this course because of artworks, so I was not interested in papers.Videos were great; especially the first one in each lesson. Even my husband, who isn't fond of art in general, found these videos interesting. In videos, lecturer explains history and meaning of each piece of art.Required reading was dramatically different. First, students are required to read at least 10 pages (art papers) about approaches in teaching AND at least 4 articles in museum's website PER WEEK. Actually, careful reading not just browsing does take a lot of time, in fact, it takes way more time per week than claimed. In addition, these reading were not useful for me! I am not interested in teaching art, and reading same facts about artworks that I've heard in lectures is waste of my time. Seriously, I and most of people grasp most of the ideas from the first time; even if not, I would watch the video again. Why should I do extra reading that brings me no extra knowledge?On a good side, one can pass quiz without any reading. Just a bit of thinking process, and you pass with 5/6 or 6/6 score.Overall, the course is attractive because of amazing videos. However, I believe that this course must be reorganized in two different courses - one would be about artworks and understanding of art, another would be about teaching techniques in art.
Bad teacher. extremely disappointing !
Love it so far. I am learning a better appreciation of Modern Art.
Great course. Interesting and challenging ideas.
The required reading is a bit long, and because it's all written, it's hard to go through at one time. So would there be some videos source instead I could use to facilitate learning in a more visual way?
I just have to say a huge THANK YOU.This is by far one of the best courses I ever attended. Lessons are flawlessly prepared and one learns without an effort, and yet -oh!- learns and develops so much.I hope this course will stay active on Coursera forever. It 's an immense value to any artist or person interested in art. THANK YOU.
Excellent course, which provides you with a lot more than basic modern art knowledge
IT's a course about how to teach ideas and modern art. Very interested. I recomend it to art lovers!
It is good to understand the Modern Art and Ideas.
Very informative, different format of teaching, loved how thorough the complimentary resources were.
very interesting material
Good information. Can be a bit longer. Completed too quickly. Can improve on the quizzes
Very good course, well constructed,
As a total new beginner, this course is really great and interesting. I've learn a lot about modern art in general and work of art in particular.
Good video production, successful combination of video content and reading resources as well as very interesting weekly topics.
Nice themes and very good tips for teachers!
I loved the many different types of art used to show how vast the modern art world is. The pieces the instructors chose to demonstrate the themes were not "everyday" works of art, but more more unique and showed a fresh perspective. I really enjoyed learning about artists who were new to me and the ideas behind their work.
Good way to learn how to present an art work and express personal interpretation.
Like this easy way to talk about moden art.
I enjoyed this course, but am still trying to catch up on the reading! :) I would have loved to see a few more weeks, with perhaps longer and more in-depth videos and more themes and examples. I
Nice idea, but too many technical difficulties. I tried to complete quiz 4 nine times and eventually passed the deadline. And in order to submit my final assignment I had to embedded my images into a word doc and export it as a PDF... I won't get extra marks for being able to work THAT out! ; )I did enjoy the rest of the course though. Thanks for all your efforts.
succinct but well targeted review and comments of several iconic works of art--paintings, photos, installations. The main value of the class is the classification viewpoint--not by art movement or school, but by theme. Not enough attention is given to art and identity and art and society (two of the themes), in the US. "Originality" or breaking into new concepts seems to rule, even when many of those works are rather vapid--such as, Duchamp's . Compare with the works by Lawrence, Picasso, Mondrian, D. Lang and others-SUBSTANCE.---Just my opinion, of course.
Excellent concepts and content. Poor quiz composition and monitoring by MOMA staff of discussion. Logistical hassles tainted joy from the delivery.
Thanks Lisa M. and all MOMA team. This is am amazing course. Inspire my daily work!!!
there were mistakes in the quizzes.
The information, videos, links additional reading do provide important information. However this course is aimed at teachers and that is not clear from the title and much less with the small amount of articles that are related to teaching. This course also has lots of issues with its quizzes; getting no support from staff on technical matters or feed back on why a true or false questions is always wrong.
Very instructive and enjoyable, I look forward to more such opportunities.
Introduce many interesting artworks and you can actually try to be an curator in the last assignment.
This course was, like the other courses offered by MoMA, excellent! Thank you very much, I've learned a lot! Looking forward to studying with you again.
I really enjoyed the course.I learned a lot of things about specific pieces of modern art with some of which I was familiar to and with others I wasn't.The only thing I would say this course lacks is the fact that there are not enough assignments to work on and so we can not use our imagination and knowledge to write something inspiring!
The course was very informative and entertaining. Before this course I did not like modern art at all, but now at least I understand its purpose. Thanks!
A really interesting course on a fascinating and often misunderstood topic. It could be vastly improved by doing away with the peer assignment review requirement.
I am a little over halfway through this course and I would recommend it to any teacher, or any person who just loves art. Exploring themes in modern art is presented in an accessible way through short engaging videos. There is a resource list with further readings to help you get as in-depth with the topics as you would like, and a list of artworks used in the lesson so you can refer to all of them at once. I plan to do more MOMA courses on Coursera, and hopefully visit MOMA sometime soon! (This review was written by a teacher and former art maj
Great course!
AWESOME.I loved it. It was so helpful for my classes and to give me in insight about how we can teach students to really look at art.
Keep up the good work. Great course, so far.
I like the technique of teaching and the supporting materials very much!
I am not teaching but this course was interested
Great video lessons and extra reading material to expand concepts and ideas. The course has also very good rhythm and short tests at the end of each lesson are great to understand the important points of the course.
The concept of this course is unique and pretty interesting, but videos are too short, basic and non-specific, they have vague connection with the rest of the materials. And the design of the tests and assignment is just awful. The questions with multiple choice work wrong: marking all the right answers is not appropriate, you must choose the "all of the above" option, but it is wrong because of formal logic. The correct option here is only to match all the answers and the "all of the above" line. Also many questions are debatable, and there is no answers in the materials for the course. And, finally, the uploading of the last assignment was just impossible for more than a week, and I don't know if it will ever be possible. Bad experience.
A great course for all the music enthusiast out there ,Explore the technicalities and the recent trends in Music technology .
Great course! I did my undergrad at the Eastman School of Music, yet there is still so much more to learn. Although not as comprehensive or involved as a college course (I was never able to view peer graders' comments to my projects even though I did quite well on them), this course taught me that the possibilities as a musician are limitless with technology. The more I learn the less I feel I know. I am intensely curious about Music Technology now. Thank you Jason Freeman!
Not only was this course engaging and challenging, it was fun. I very much appreciated all the link examples the thorough explanations. This was my first exposure to MIDI and Python and DAWs, and I learned enough (mostly about Reaper and MIDI) to very comfortably continue using them.
This was a fun and engaging course. My first on Coursera and was pleasantly surprised at the depth and quality of the instruction. My once criticism is that the course was obviously recorded a few years back and the section(s) on using the Reaper DAW require a little bit of adaptation to translate to the "current" version, but not a show-stopper.
Great overview with a lot of surprising and interesting information, even for a seasoned Music and Programming professional!
Was very interesting an good, thanks <3
This was one of the most thought-provoking and useful courses I have taken. The professor deftly wove together aesthetic issues with technical ones, which was really refreshing given the myopic focus on the technical aspects of music in some other Coursera courses. Projects were well-designed. I feel more confident working with DAW's, MIDI, and musical coding after having taken this course.
I learned a lot about Digital Audio Workstations, Synthesizers and even how to create music with code. The peer-rated exercises were a great way to actually create your own projects. Thanks a lot for putting the course together!! :-)
Very well explained, nice and interesting examples, offers good programs and tools to use and explore.
Good review of basic concepts of DAWs, and further explorations on new topics. Great!
Interesting stuff and nice to have links and tools for creating your own music programmatically.
I like this course, the content and exercise
This course by Dr. Freeman has opened-up some new perspectives for a budding music maker like myself. I especially enjoyed the modules on the different types of ways to compose music. I never would have thought to generate music via code. If you are a compose looking for new perspectives on generating newer music and sounds, Also, the tool they will introduce - EarSketch - is pretty neat. Sometimes I get bored making music the old fashioned way but to create music like a programmer offers new vistas to climb. Great work team!
I loved the course, because it was really practical. It was not just dry theory, we put every single thing into practice through various excercises. I did get solid understanding of the basic fitures of DAWs. We were also able to learn from each other thanks to the peer review feature. It was an amazing and really helpful experience. I strongly recommend this course to anyone interested in music & technology. It develops musicianship in a different way and makes you more rythmically precise. It also shows you how to use all of your resources (even your computer or cell phone) to connect with your passion for music and bring your creative ideas to life.
Excellent course, challenging and great fun
Again, one of the best courses out there from Coursera.Provides you an excellent exposure to all the cool technologies and gives a in-depth view of the under the hood of those awesome technologies.Dr. Jason Freeman way of teaching this topic clearly shows his passion for the field.A ton of thanks to Coursera and Dr. Jason Freeman for putting in the efforts that went into building this awesome experience.
very good, more than what i was expecting.
I wish the programming environment would be portable, so I did not invest my time in learning this in deep, I stay with my Max/Ableton. From the other point of view I liked this Course very much, it would be very interesting seeing more Links or Examples where I can deepen my interest.
It is a great beginning in Music Technology subject. After I successfully completed this course I encouraged myself to study a masters degree in Music Computing.
Lots of good introductory info, well-paced and structured. Definitely a survey course, though it does have several very practical assignments and exercises.
Very well presented. Interesting and challenging projects. Links were very good! I would love to take another from this faculty.
This course is amazing, theoretical and practical! I loved it. I created my first music and want to continue. Jason Freeman is just a brilliant teacher, he speaks clearly and has a lot of expertise in the field. The best teacher I ever had (and I have 3 master's degree!!)Thank you!!
very thorough
This course is so didactic and comprehensive to understand music technology, thank you guys!
The course is great for music enthusiastic.Thas been said, I found myself out of rhythm.If you a have a beat in your heart, this course is for you.
Excellent survey of the fundamentals of digital music recording, encoding, editing and storing. Take this course to improve your ability to create and engineer music with digital technology. I always wondered how the "warp" function in DAWs worked; how does this software change the length of a sample without changing the pitch? Now I know!
One of the most interesting and engaging courses I've ever taken. Really awesome! I will continue exploring its contents for a long time to come. Also, granted, I will continue looking at the many resources recommended by Dr. Freeman at the end of the course. I look to music today from a far richest point of view than six weeks ago. Thanks a lot!
A wonderful course with a great combination of accessible entry points and launching points for future exploration. A fantastic and possibility opening course. Thanks for making it available.
Awesome course I hope institution will provide more similar courses like this one!!
Amazing course. I would like to see more of GaTech's courses related to Music Tech.Looking forward to being a part of GTCMT.!:)
Great lectures, poor challenges
fascinating subject. Excellent course whether you want to just learn about the history of the manuscripts or try creating some yourself. The Spanish professor is a real expert in the subject.
It was a very interesting course, however it was biased toward Spanish history with the inclusions. I was really more interested in what I thought the course was supposed to be about anyway, Medieval Manuscripts. I had a terrible time deciphering the lecturer's English and, because I'm not interested in a course certificate, the course projects were a waste of my time, though I can see that they could be fun and add to the enjoyment of the course.
Great course!!
Very challenging and also a lot of fun. I learned a lot and want to continue
Excellent introductory course to negotiation: complete, clear and full of examples!
Nice course, with amazingly interesting contents and really useful teaching lessons. Highly recommended, non only from a professional point of view, also for the day to day life out of the office.
This course is an excellent one that every professional must take in order to develop negotiation skils. The course is presented in an easy way to understand by foreing students and the Professor is an experienced professional in the matter that helps students to understand all topics using interesting real examples. I suggest all people in Coursera´s community to take advantage of this course.
Excellent course to perfect your personal and professional negotiation skills. Highly recommended.
An excellent course that showed me an undiscovered world (for me) about a very trivial situation that occurs almost everyday but is usually unnoticed. Thanks to the Michigan University for this opportunity and to Mr. George Siedel, I want to highlight his performance, explanations and videos that although simple, are very entertained and highly educationals in every moment.
Its a Great course, you learn to much, and all you learned in this house, im sure, you will use it on you life.
Great course
I really enjoyed the course. Lessons are masterpiece. Thank you.
Very good course
Mr. Sidel is an expert in this theme, the quality in theory and practice is awesome ! Do not hesitate to take this course ! It is unbeliebable that you can gt it for free!!!!!
A great course. I learned a new perspective about negotiation, now I'll continue to making my road. Thanks
Thanks Geroge Seidel, professor,T
Just Great!!!
A complete introduction to the negoiation world!
Very good course
Good course, interesting content.
really well-explained introductory course for negotiations.I would have liked to see more reading materials and real cases explanaied apart to apply the concepts
The videos didn't work correctly (sound and subtitles). I suggest to fix the problems because it is hard to understand the content of the course if the problems reamin.
It's really really good this course, I've learned a lot of things and overall to key points to move forward negotiations in a properly way
very professional and nice cours
Not enough notes.
Problem with quiz week 2
This was a beautiful experience
Very good to give a basic understanding of what planning is.
great introductory course
Great course: concepts well explained, thought-provoking assignments that applies concepts, broaden exposure to the topic itself as well as how it connects to the other components of Supply Chain.
its good introductory course into the Supply Chain Planning world.
Everything is explained in a very good way
It gives a lot of maths. But its quite interesting.
I was enrolled in the full specialisation and things went great for the 2 first courses i did, which were mostly peer-review-based (logistics & sourcing).With this one i gave up feeling really unassisted and unable to get answers to my feedback requests. no feedback is provided when you ask something in the forums, ever.When you flag a milestone because of technical issues you won't be ever answered (even when you upload screenshots as proof).The practical exercises with spreadsheets are poorly explained and even contradicted, especially as far as cutting and/or rounding integers are concerned. this is something that can prove 'costly' when doing the quizzes I failed all the questions of all the quizzes for all the attempts I tried. I'm not sure if this is coursera's fault or rutgers' but i don't think i will take ever another course (paying) here in coursera with these kind of calculation quizzes, it's a waste of time.I can't imagine how a mathematical or programming course must be with this poor approach of assessing the results. I suppose I will be censored if I explicitly mention similar sites to coursera but these kind of tests and quizzes are much more better addressed.In a nutshell, I subscribed to the full specialisation paying 45 EUR per month, the first month I was able to certificate myself with the 2 first I did ( logistics & sourcing), this second month (planning & operations) that has just started I gave up, so my final outcome is 2 certificates for 45 EUR each one.Tolerable but you'll never get me here again.
This is another great course in the series. Thanks Professor!
The course keeps you engaged, very informative. Plenty of external reading optional.
Several errors on the correction of exercises, not so deep material about the statistical analysis.
Very good course for anyone onterested
Nice statistics review, dust brushing from university times...
Very interesting course, gave me an overview on how planning works.
I extend my thanks to all of the shares in our construction out of this session, learn and thanks go to coursera site, which allowed us to this effort, which is not privy that we shall return
Right to the spot with good basic learning!
it was another nice exercise
Really enjoyed this project and I think it did a good job bringing the whole specialization together. Personally, I took more autonomy on how to solve the problems but I think the structure of the quizzes in this section allowed me to do that. In all, it was a fantastic way for me to solidify what I have learned, from the 7-step process and debugging to using online resources to figure out new logic. Thanks!
This is a excellent course and covers all the concept taught in the entire Specialization.
I like the exercises a lot and I suspect is a great thing that I leave the course with a lot of questions.
A clear and well organized course
This Caption project will help you to apply and have better understanding of the 5 courses in this specialization.
I posted a question on the last week on the forum and never received an answer from a mentor. I had one response from another student which did not actually address the issue of my question and I had several views. And it wasn't as if there were a lot of questions posted. One course mentor could have easily answered all of them.
I've learned a lot of how to build a programs in object-oriented language. Thanks a lot, it is the best course I've attended.
Excellent course with outstanding instructors. Requires commitment
Excellent course! A real challenge! It is awesome when you apply what you have learned!
Succinct and fun material, rating movies that is relevant to most. Thanks instructors!
Most excellent Capstone of a course. Love the continuity....
Great conclusion to the courses in this Specialization. I would not recommend it for those already (very) familiar with Java but for those starting out with Java this Capstone is just difficult enough to be challenging yet not too easy.
Great course!
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to learn programming. I started from basically zero and learned a lot throughout the Specialization. The instructors do a great job of giving you enough information throughout the lectures without over loading you and making the assignments challenging enough that you feel like you are really getting the most out of your time.
The project is a little bit easy yet tedious, a good practice of using Java though.
I really like this approach to a final project. I learned a lot outside of the course by using a different, full-featured IDE and writing unit tests for my code. Pretty challenging!
It's a great course. Students build a simple search engine step by step in the course.
Excellent course! I really enjoyed this! Realy cool project!!!
It was Great!
I loved so much , it helped me a lot
Great/Excellent teachers.
The course design is really good. It is very hands-on. We get to build our own applications and test our applications in the quiz.However I really hope if there can be more content. The course is rather short. The quality is good but the quantity is a bit insufficient.I hope this course can be longer. Additional weeks can teach us how to convert BlueJ projects or Eclipse projects into EXE or host it in the cloud.I also hope this course, in the future, teaches us to make graphical user interface, which would be a nice conclusion to whatever program that we makeI love the course. I really want to see more coming out of the Capstone project. I love the idea of the capstone building a recommender engine. However, to make it a complete package, I suggest a few things:---Teach learners to use main() to create apps and convert to exe---Teach learners, after the entire project codings, how to create an Applet out of the source codes---Teach learners how to implement graphical user interface (make buttons, input field for movie queries)---Teach learners how to, instead of getting data from a file in the folder, reads the data from a live-feed instead. That would enhance the learning experience of the course.Thank you for all those. I'm a hungry guy so I suggest lots of things. However I'm very happy with the course designs. Very engaging and fruitful course series.
Loved the project, but I am going to keep my review at 3 stars until there is a module to add capstone project to a web page. This would be super helpful for showing my work to a future employer!
It's a great course for people with basic marketing skills. The emarketing textbook is very useful and its a must read for beginners
This is a great course. It help me a lot.
Excellent class, thank you so much!
Just following a text book, without an added value from the lectures.
Good way to get to know how to present digital marketing ideas to clients in a coherent manner.
Please get a more enthusiastic prof
Great summarization
This course is informative, but some material is beginning to be out of date. I suggest refreshing it to match today's marketing landscape and challenges.
Very general information with too much dependance on the textbook for the course. You might as well just read the book.
The teacher needs to improve her delivery. The quizzes are also useless. They don't really add to important information that we need to remember. Instead, the quizzes usually have questions that make you gofer for irrelevant info, made to test if you've gone through the reading. Honestly, I barely listened to the teacher's videos. It wasn't all that helpful nor engaging. We got all the info from the readings.
So much information in this course. It's been great!
The content is very good. It explores the basics of the campaign planning and the essential topics any digital marketer need to know. Just few improvements must be done in the very first course like not split in so many short videos. It just take time from the audience going again and again in the introductory part with the university logo and music. The material also in the beggining was too much fractioned. Please gather all in one sinple PDF file. The videos in the beggining the teacher was looking "on my shoulder" or something behind us. No eye contact. It must be also corrected. These are details but overall course is very good!
nice and informative course
Not as good as the other courses. I do wish another instructor could have done the videos. I had a very hard time staying with this course due to my frustration with instructor style of communicating. I felt like to much basic info about marketing especially traditional vs digital advertising. Most of us, get that. I don't know when I've struggled so hard to keep my attention and focus on the material. This specialization starts with a bang and ends very boring and outdated feeling.
This is clearly not the right medium for Prof Clifton. This was inferior to the first installment, which had a great many problems on its own. Poor on camera delivery, lack of familiarity with the material and a tendency to just read the PPT slide on the screen are just a few of the problems. While the content is good you really have to work to get through the presentation of the material.
At times a little difficult to track with lecture materials as most of the learnings were not channeled in the quizzes. Overall though, lots learned!
This was a great course and works hard to give students every opportunity to succeed! Thank you Professor Clifton and Coursera!
excellent instructor with rich materialthe best
I did not like the teacher but I did like the course material.
Super basic, nothing to be learnt there. No need to purchase the course, just go over the videos if you're new to digital.
Lots of extra reading - sometimes reading took me 20 h per week
the cousre is wonderful and practical. However, would be more practical as soon as you provide a list of tool that are popular for marketer in digital planning either in a template form or in a case study.
Great course!!
Thanks for also including the text book reading with the course. It has become an invaluable resource.
Easily put concepts and very described.
Excellent i learned a lot from this course
Nice teacher, course was nice.
Great course!
Disappointed by this class. Instructor and mentors added not value to course. The main reading "eMarketing" was good but all video content and assignments were directly from the "eMarketing" guide by Rob Stokes. Also ... they couldn't even get Rob Stokes name spelled correctly in the references.
Nice course for digital marketing beginners! Very detailed explanation with case studies backing up. Good course!
It was not the best course I did in Coursera. The teacher was distracted and I had some issues in following her. The information was sometimes too basic and other time on much in depth.
good trainer, perfect materials and intelligent output.thanks a lot.
pretty good course that generally covers the topics wel but lacks depth
Thank You for offering this course i enjoyed a lot while listening the classes.
Disappointed with lectures-structured data rather than real life examples-professor is speaking monotonously, without passion-no visualisation on the discussed topic
I liked too much the way Rhiannon explained thw best practices to manage and create our measurement and marketing plans, and how to develop them in every digital asset we have available now.
Although better than the previous course, it still was not very insightful. I wanted to know the components of the Integrated plan and not how someone was successful. Majority of the class was just copy from Stokes book. You can take that book and learn it yourself. The style of teaching does not really challenge or give insight.
this course is very nice
This is a great course, with lots of resources to improve your Marketing s
The course material could have been better....Instructor was just reading out content, more practical example and case studies could be a part of content.
It is very basic and boring. Really you can spend 5 min Googling the things you learn on this course.
Although the lecturer is just reading the textbook in the video, the textbook which the lecturer recommended to read in the beginning is really powerful. It provides all the tactics and practical methods to work in digital marketing field. I still deeply appreciate.
This "planning" course was slightly better than the preceding "landscape" course, but it was still underwhelming. The instructor seemed better prepared with her presentation, but her dependence on the textbook and speaking style still made it seem as if she lacked mastery of the subject. The course did touch on the important subject matters at hand, but since the textbook was so old (practically outdated by digital media standards), it missed or made little mention of so many innovations and best practices that are now the rule for digital marketers. For example, the increasingly crucial role of marketing automation platforms like HubSpot, Dynamics Marketing and Marketo and how CRMs like SalesForce and Dynamics are driving both marketing and sales strategy. Another example is how email marketing has moved to rules-based and triggered workflows. Again, there's a definite need for this course. I would actually recommend breaking out social, SEO and online advertising into their own courses, rather than squeezed into small segments. Finally, the "putting it all together" section is vital for anyone who wants to work in digital marketing, but the coverage here was much too general.
This course is immensely helpful for any one who wants to get into the area of Digital Marketing. The lecture series along with the recommended course material gives a very good insight into the vast world of Digital Marketing. I am happy I find this course and could complete successfully as well.
Very interesting and useful.
Poor quality and heavily outdated content. Video quizzes were broken more often than not. Module Quizzes questions and answers were vague and poorly constructed resulting in choosing incorrect answers.Reading material was of poor quality with many "industry professionals" not being professional enough to perform a simple spelling and grammar check.
I enjoyed the difficulty of this course, though I thought the video lectures being broken down was excessive. No need for 1 and 2 minute videos if you can incorporate them into the main video of the lecture.
Hated the course and the content. I truly regret investing my money on this course.
Unlike the previous courses within this Digital Marketing Specialization, this one seemed more "superficial" in terms of concepts and, specially, of materials provided: presentation videos and slides covered only the essential topics and were often repetitive. Considering this is the last step to the Capstone Project, I had greater expectations for it.
Perfect course! I recommend it to everybody who want to further deepen their knowledge in digital marketing!!
The overall quality of this course is good. Thank you.
The course was taken almost literally from the text book Emarketing by Rob Stokes, so the input given by the teacher was not quite relevant. Although the text book was an excellent tool.
Professor just re-iterated text and readings. Lectures were poor and provided no insights
Terrible course.... the instructor just read out of the power point. No examples or case studies or insights.very disappointed in the class.
The course depended in big proportion of the material of Rob Stokes. It's OK to make the process as Stokes suggest but I think you can put more of yourself.
Good course to learn from.
I'm really happy to take this course. It has been a really great experience to be a part of this course.
Overall very good. Perhaps a bit more in-depth at some of the subject but I off course understand that it was meant as more of a overview. Good book.
Brilliant I really enjoyed it!
I would like the course more dynamic and funner.
Good but less depth than the rest of the specialization
informative and helped with our course learning
This course has more interesting material than the previous one (Landscape) but again, the assignments are based on theoretical essays than on practical tasks (case analysis etc).
The two or three minute videos were annoying. I understand that this is what video marketing is about and, PS, not too many people truly watch the videos. Lessons should be 30 minutes each.
Perfect!
This course teaches the bits and pieces necessary for planning in digital marketing, and it gives very good insights on latest tools and use ca
I am not very happy with this course. It lacks depth. Reading the text book gives more understanding. The videos are just verbatim repetition of what is there in the book. The concepts are not explained well. No examples and no case studies. And further there are errors in quizzes. The first course in this specialization was really good... course 2 and 3 were also very informative. But 4 and 5 are not up to the mark and not meeting the high expectations set by the previous courses.
Excellence in targeting the audience
Very well structured course content. Its really enjoyable course.
This course is very interesting and fundamental. Instructors are both: great Mathematicians and great Educators, who present the complex concepts very smoothly and accurately, with a great attention to details. I would like to thank very much to Andrei Mikhailovich Raigorodskii and Dmitriy Gennadievich Ilyinskiy for such a great course!
Great course but is a little bit fast. for beginners "combinatorics for beginners" from the same professors\university would be great to do first.
Great course, it would've been more popular if it is in English
Good course. Good opportunity to learn theory and create own songs.
outstanding -- loved every minute of it! George is an amazing teacher and enjoyed watching his videos and learning from him. I am now applying everything I learned in his course to my own music!
One of the best courses I ever studied about music
very helpful to have an introduction to this topic. Also good to learn from many studies contacted on the field and presented here
Really Insteresting lecture, but it is still hard to understand for people without psycology background.
very interesting, nicely links psychology, neuroscience and economics.
This is one of the first courses I took at Coursera and I enjoyed it far more than I expected. It was long but some of the longer courses are the best ones. Inspiring.
great course a must for all the professionals working in a marketing department
I loved the course particularly for the ease with which I was able to consume it, which in my opinion says a lot about how well it was disseminated. Thanks for bringing it to Coursera and teaching some great insight in this field of research. I have already recommended it to my network on Linkedin and I would recommend it to anyone that is even remotely curious about human decision making abilities.
It's a difficult course with some hard topics on neurophysiology for people with no background on biology. On the other hand, it's a great challenge for everyone interested on brain decision making.
Excellent introduction to a new and burgeoning discipline.
Cannot say enough to thank HSE and Professor for such an amazing course on Neuroeconomics. It made me think a lot on the things I want to research more. Also, now I look at traditional Economics from absolutely different perspective, thanks to the lectures at the week 9. If you do more courses on Neuroscience I will definitely join them. Many-many thanks for these knowlegde I have got during the course. And positive emotions!
Very good, clear and concise course. My favorite so far
I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about Neuroeconomics. I may be biased because I am already deeply fascinated by this field, and relish any chance to learn about it, but I believe even in more objective terms, the course was well-done, and certainly served to provide an initial understanding of the field and lay the groundwork for future study.
Good course but it is quite long, it doesn't seem like an "introduction" at all. If you are interested you will need to invest a good amount of time but overall the course is worth it.
One of the best courses I have ever attended! (And I have two university degrees, for example).
Not too easy, not too difficult. Very educational and met my objectives.
Very interesting and rewarding course, sometimes a bit difficult.
Very interesting stuff :) I couldn't wait to get started with new lessons. Would love to see a follow up course discussing more advance and complex neuroeconomics papers in the future.
I dropped on Week 5. There was just the required minimum for a MOOC. I did not find it engaging. Too bad, as I was genuinely curious of the topic.
Insightful course with very rich content...
I found it to be a good starter course for the field, requiring no previous knowledge of the subject. Some of the matter, though, was overly repetitive, and the closed captions are very inaccurate.Overall, I recommend this course as a basic insight into the field, the material is interesting and well-structured and it was fun to learn about this one specific aspect of neuroscience in detail.
This was an excellent course. The material was quite dense and technical, but presented in an digestible manner. The content of the course was very interesting. I had some background on the psychology of decisions, so some of the studies were familiar to me. Hearing the neurological evidence and extrapolation of those theories was very interesting. I would reccomend this course.
Great course, thanks!
Outstanding overview of neuroeconomics, including excellent reading lists and interesting guest Q&A. Very thorough.
Interesting, broad introduction to the field. Most of the lectures are easy enough to follow as someone with a psychology background.
Thank you, very interesting. A bit difficult occasionally!
Extremely clear - everything is explained from original experiments, and in a logical order. This is not an economy course - instead you will learn a lot about brain and behavior using fMRI and other modern neuroscience techniques. Warmly recommended.
Good course. I learn many things about the human bias on decision making from neuroscience and evolution point of view. Especially the relation of Prospect Theory and the neuroscience and its related br
Where is my certificate?
This course leaned more on the theoretical side and less on the practical. Expect more neurologic research techniques and less real world applications. Which is OK. Very insightful. Tests could be a little more challenging. More interaction would be appreciate. An abrupt ending. Still a wide scope and easy to follow.
Exceptional Information, and a Vasily is great instructor! This course deserves an award!
Great course if you want to understand the Decision-Making process (NeuroEconomics) ! The Professor Vasily Klucharev shows a lot of experiences to prove his affirmations, which is great. Clearly, this is just an introductory course but do it and then go on studying :-)
Somewhat hard to follow at times.
I have gained much more knowledge about the brain and see very interesting study about how it works and how it is applied in social game. The course is made in simple language which helps me very much who does not come from neuroscience background. Many thanks!
Great course! It's a new way to see at a glance our brain and the connection inside of it.Definitely, I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn something surprising = NeuroeconomicsThank you prof. Vasily Klucharev!
Excellent introduction to the subject.
TOO DIFFICULT
Very interesting topic.
Excellent introduction to various aspects of decision making. Course points to specific experiments and researchers so it provides a basis for further learning.
very nice. i like thenksss , i will recommendibng thenks
A bit fast paced but overall really good!
very nice course !!! a real e
Solid content and a great foundation of different schools of thought on the topic. Interesting brain science that is fairly accessible even from someone who doesn't know much about the topic. Some lessons can be difficult to follow.
A great course! It's a perfect start for anyone interested in the topic. The course offers a variety of interesting facts and researches that persuade you to get deeper and continue your studies in the field. The material is updated, comparing with the other courses I took.
Complete idiot. He doesn't have any critical view of his field (which is unfortunately full of crappy studies). Also, I hope he didn't choose the logo from his university. It's a good metaphor for the course though, shiny but absolutely ridiculous.
Great. I can learn what NE is.
Provides a bird's eye view of the new growing field
Highly recommend it. The professor provides very specific explanation on basic concepts of neuro-science for entry level learners and inspires me to
The course is great! And you are the best. Thank you for returning to Russia from basil
Initially, I thought the 9-week course was boring. I actually did not start it on time and was busy to start viewing the videos. However when I started on them, I actually found myself very much engaged to the topics being discussed. I ended up finishing the lectures earlier than scheduled.
Very interesting course!!Requiring almost no background, this course offers me an opportunity to be acquainted with the basic ideas in the field of Neuroeconomics.Besides, it also has many applications in our daily life. It's both insightful in academic research and practical in life.
I loved this course. I recommend to everyone. I wish that there were other more advanced. Thank you!!!
Challenging course for economists
great lecture, nice and simple-<it is even better than the first neuromarketing course that i've finished on coursera before.well done!
This amazing course have influenced my way of thinking. After these nine weeks I am convinced that the neuroeconomics approach is the best to work on mi thesis
Great! Professor Vasily Klucharev is very didactic and the readings are awesome! Thank you very much mr. Klucharev!
awesome course!!
This is one of the best course I have taken!
Well spoken professor, fair quizzes, and very interesting material. Will help me understand how to work with patients in a Physical Therapist setting better
The best course to understand a combined profile!
The lectures can be a bit dry, but this is a wonderfully fascinating subject, and well worth the time to explore if you're at all interested in human behavior!
Excellent overview and mix of economics, psychology and neuroscience. I was missing the neuroscience part in my training and this was excellent for me.
good to start
This course is very great! It works well for social scientists that do not have interest in anatomy and another medical things.
Very good course, very bad accent:) even being Russian I could hardly understand sometimes
Very important to apply concepts in marketing. sound science, everything is based, measured and sustentao. Thank you
Great and recommended
This is a topic which I have been waiting to learn for a long time.Thanks Coursera and Vasily
Not too difficult and good structure. Very interesting
Great course, easy to understand and very interesting.
Great course!!!!
Great course!
Not interactive enough
Great class, very informative and well presented
Interesting introduction. This course helped me find structure around previously known but scattered facts around cognition and decision-making.
fantastic new topic. Despite his accent, Professor Klucharov has taught this difficult topic very nicely.Enjoyed every moment of it and learnt so much despite being a Neurologist.
Love it! So interesting!
Please we all have accents but i can not understand some words and makes it more difficult.
Highly interesting!
Excellent introductory course that I enjoyed a lot. Level was good - some was easy, some requested some more intense focus. Especially the terminology and the names of all the brain regions ;-)Geoffrey (The Netherlands)
It's an excellent introduction!
This was a good introductory course that I enjoyed and found elatively easy to follow
I really enjoyed this course. Therected were repetitions but I think that goes hand in hand with learning. The statistics were questionable but so is everything in Neuroscience :D
This is the great course!These knowledges are very helpful and interesting. I really admire Neuroeconomic!Who knows,maybe I'll become a scientist in this area.)Thank you!
Interesting course.
Very interesting course!
Very informative (and a little bit hard) but also very interesting!
Great lecturer, fascinating course content. Hoping for an intermediate program!
A great course: well-structured, challenging and enjoyable. I especially appreciated the numeroud descriptions to important studies in the field, and the fact that the teacher managed to balance the economic, neuroscientific and psychological aspects of the topic to provide an appropriate overview for people focussing on either of the three. The quizzes and final exam were also conducive of learning and the length of the course was just right.The only thing that l didn't like was that it seems like no Statement of Accomplishment will be provided to those of us choosing not to study towards a Verified Certificate.
I was looking for a phisiological base to decissions to better understand the actions of humans and how they may be influenced.This course gave me basic knowledge about the neuronal system and how it works in a very enjoyable way and seed me the way to look for deeper information.
Great course! I really enjoyed it, the classes are clear and amusing. They make understandable a relatively difficult topic. Five stars!
Excellent. Great teacher too. Thank you.
it's really a great topic and i am very excited to studying it
Clearly presented and well organized material.
Great first approach to the field! Really strong bases and easy comprehension.
Unexpectedly rich in information, and of the same standard as an introductory university module
Great speaker. Knowledgable and has a good way of presenting his information. I suggest that he adds objectives to every week's material as it can be confusing at times what we are exactly expected to learn.
Outstanding. Really a gives a insight to decision making and based on latest findings.
It contains the exact combination of neuroscience, psychology and economics that a student with no clinic background was searching for
The Course was very interesting and I will like to thank all the instructors. Gracias
Excellent insight into a developing field that integrates a wide body of of knowledge. A pleasure to learn with you guys.
Its an amazing course. I am a PhD student in Neurosciences and this is an exciting field for the future. I like the way Dr. Vasily Klucharev puts completed things in a slow and efficient way. That way one doesn't get overburdened with lots of information in a short time. Also, he revisits previously taught concepts to facilitate learning of new concepts which is an amazing thing to do.
Congratulations! Excellent course and teacher!
Very interesting course and very competent professor with high teaching abilities.The only shortage were the subtitles that, most of the times, were completely wrong and confusing.They didn’t match the professor’s speech
This course is awesome, it will open your perspectives about economics and psychology, highly recommendable.
Really interesting and easy understanding!!
Proud of Russian scientists
Very interesting, and a well-paced overview. The course could be improved slightly by having another person even more fluent in English copy edit the quizzes. The wording is sometimes confusing and there are numerous typos.
I have taken 3 weeks of this course already, and the content and rhythm of the course is excellent. I had read mainly about neuromarketing in the past, buy this introduction to neuroeconomics seems so far much more scientifically based than the commercial approach taken by most of neuromarketing experts. If you are looking for scientific evidence about the neuroscience behind decision making, take this course. The instructor’s Russian accent in English is a little disturbing at the beginning, but once you get used to it you just forget all about it and get immersed in this extremely exciting field.
I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to understand Neuroeconimics. Don't be intimidated by the subject, topics are well explained and are easy enough to understand for anyone with not a whole lot of background.
One of the most interesting course I took in Coursera. Difficult because I have zero background of neuro-science, and very little of psychology, but this course drove me to look into neuro-science and psychology in more details.
Very Interesting topic, great production quality , great lecturer !
Perhaps, better MOOC on smart cities among available ones. Covered different perspectives such as social, political, technical, legal, and so on. I liked the course, and will recommend it to friends and colleagues. Personally, I think 'S4-1 Transition in Socio-Technical systems' is very good articulation of challenges from a theoretical point of view. Great job.
Very good course.
The lectures for this course lacked substance. The quizzes predominantly asked for verbatim recitation of the substance-free lectures.
Was clearly structured, contained great content, and constantly highlighted the key takeaways regarding the infrastructure of Smart Cities.
This course is well designed, vedio lectures are excellent, the professors and industry experts were explained very nicely. Over all course design, development and delivery was excellent. I have completed the course on 25/03/17. I need the certificate. I was paying the fee Rs.1948/- through online, but it was not accepting the payment...Kindly help me in this regard. Dr.N.Venkateshwarlu
This course really helped to understand the concepts of smart cities, the management & challenges faced. The interviews helped in understanding these from practitioners. Thank you for providing this course
Very nice introduction to the concepts of Smartcities. A small step in the future of our administrations.
Basics covered very well. It gave me an approach to smart city development
Very informative and interesting course.
Excellent course for people, who are very interested in urbanism and present-day technologies.
Pretty informative course. I found some difficulties understanding some of the terms provided in this MOOC; thus, I think having more illustrated presentation would make it easier to follow along. Great efforts and a huge amount of ideas. Thank you so much.
Prof. Finger does a fantastic job. This is my second course from him though his institution and about my 6th or 7th on Coursera. The class is structured nicely and IGLUS gets great speakers from relevant fields of work with great insight. Thanks for the learning experience!
Very intesrting and well-developed
Easy, flexible and comprehensive way to learn a new subject. Highly recommended!
I have met part of my goals of taking this program. Thank you Prof. Mathias Finger. I would recommend it to be more data oriented like those case studies with specific examples so that it naturally converges to creating case study for a city at the end of the course as final project rather than optional study. Also, suggest to reduce discussions centred to challenges (the course has taken too much of time) and more towards different new services adopted by different cities to capture benefits/impact to the city GDP.
Excellent course for beginners to understand the concepts of smart cities. Recommended for professionals from allied disciplines.
Very interesting course detailing Smart Cities and its management.
Professor Gafo did a great job establishing the importance of positioning and how it is fundamental to the success of a marketing strategy. I feel much more confident about implementing a positioning assessment or shift for my organization's products and services.
Great course and explanations were in detail. Would highly recommend this course.
Really good level of detail versus other courses and difficult questions which really test your understanding of the subject matter.On the downside, some links were not added to supplementary reading, which is a shame as these resources really help with your understanding
I'm learning A LOT! I have a background in marketing strategy, but covering the basics 7 laters in my career I am becoming more up-to-date and remembering things that have been shifted to the back of my head. I recommend this course to beginners as well as people already practicing. Also, I highly recommend taking the entire specialization to get the most out of the new knowledge you will learn as well as a refresher. Who knows, those who are studies and practiced you may learning new things like I have been. Also hearing the things you already know may clarify things you learned a little more as I am experiencing.
Professor Ignacio elaborated the concept of positioning in a detailed manner. 5C's are very nicely explained. The videos are short and engaging which helped in increasing concentration.
Great course for marketers!
I like how the teacher explain the topics and the resources that he used to explain them such as the interviews
The best course I had so far. Very thorough with examples to make it easier to understand basic principles. After completing the course, you will know the basis of successful marketing and commercial plan.
Great course! Wonderful learning experience! Would strongly recommend!! :)
If you want to have a clear map about marketing proccess especially marketing strategy, this MOOC is a must-have course.
Good! But it's kind of easy.
Julia is a great language to learn. It is fast! Julia is my future core language.
Great introduction to Julia and programming
A clear and well presented course.Suitable for newcomers and relatively new users of Julia. The course notes (Jupyter notebooks) are a useful reference after the course.
Good introductory course - but assignments can be made more interesting with actual problems in scientific areas or basic algorithms instead of command knowledge testing.
While the course does a good job of explaining most things but if you struggle with a problem or a topic support is nearly non existent and offline resources for julia are limited. No one used the discussion forums either unfortunately.
Very good Intro to Julia with interesting practice problems.
This course is more like a lesson for data science, most of them are organized for plotting curve and making diagrams. This is good. But I was expected a more detailed lesson toward Julia itself.
I love this course especially honor cert
Tortured by a platform glitch that initially denied me credit for my work and the certificate of completion but would not tell me specifically why. Turns out I needed to submit one additional peer review, although I only found this out by contact customer service. There was never any explicit message telling me what was required to complete the course and the information I did receive through the platform was just plain wrong. Content of the course was good but any feelings of accomplishment were overshadowed by the frustration of trying to straighten out what turned out to be a problem with coursera.
I wasn't completely familiar with types in Julia and this course helped me understand a very important aspect of Julia programming. Now, I feel I have a much better understanding of how Julia works. The professors were amazing and the course was extremely crisp and fun. I would like to extend them my warm wishes and would want to know if an advanced level of Julia Programming course could be planned in the future
This course was helpful in understanding the basics of Julia, but there are still a few things I feel I'm missing. A longer course with more time for advanced details would be better in my opinion.
Great course!
This was a great course for overcoming the inertia of learning a new language.
Good and enthusiastic teachers. I found the difficulty a bit too easy but it was a good introductory course and I was new to Julia, so it served its purpose.
This course was very interesting and well planned. The course material is clear and comprehensive. As for the instructors, they demonstrated experience and deep knowledge in Julia ana statistical software, proving their success for this course. I am certainly going to make Julia one of my main tools.
Money hungry, greedy! Won't let us complete quizzes without paying! Shame!
Very good way to start learning julia
I learn a lot about Julia and many packages that are availables.
The course was a good overview of Julia, starting from the very basics. This makes it relevant for programming beginners at the start. As the course builds up, it nicely introduces Julia's complexity in the assignments, and introduced many of Julia's must-know features such as multiple dispatch and user defined types, without getting too daunting. The explanation was clear and crisp at all times. More content could be covered for data analysis and perhaps more forum discussion could be encouraged. The course didn't take a great deal of time to complete. Perhaps there is a need in the industry for a multiple Julia certification as the language gains momentum. I would recommend this course for those who want to get to know Julia and many key libraries in it for data analysis and visualization.
This course has been very helpful since am in the Oil and Gas industry where we sell bitumen. My knowledge has been broadened and i thank Ecole des ponts, Total and Coursera for that. Hoping you will develop a module on PAVEMENT DESIGN
Information was very useful, but some of the content was difficult to understand due to the heavy accents.
It's really interested and useful course for those highways engineers, specially whom involve in pavement design and implementation!
The course is really help full and it contains all the topics and things about bitumen, by taking this course I am sure you will never faced to problem relaying to bitumen.
Through this course I have known more about the bitumen. And the information in this course really useful for my professional life. I really appreciate high of the knowledge that bring from this course. So I would like to thank Coursera and experts indeed.
I must pursue with this course to learn more about bitumen which is widely use as construction material for roads.
Great Course by Great Instiute.Please take such kind of more course on Roads and TransportionOm Prakash Singh
it's great, all vivid content and clear explanations.
I absolutely loved this course. Honestly, I thought it could get a little boring, but I was totally wrong. She made it fun and SUPER interesting, and her interviews were great as well. Highly recommend this course, even if you're just a music consumer and don't necessarily want to get into the business! I kind of want to take it again...
A course of great value, with very important informations. I wanna another course like this, approaching music marketing! Thank you
it's a basic course very focused on the mainstream music industry, it is very concise and worth reviewing, unfortunately you can not get feedback from the exams if you don't pay.
Good intro course, but that's all it is - an intro course. Expect great interviews and lecture videos, but don't expect too in-depth of a course. My review is biased because I already took Music Business Foundations from Berklee on Coursera and the material w
This class featured valuable interviews of industry professionals and provided an up-to-date and realistic view of many aspects of the popular music business in the USA today
Great course. It gives very good basics of what you need to know if you want to make a career in the music business. I loved all the interviews with industry insiders - they sort of allow you to see the big picture from different angles. All the recommended reading was also pretty useful.
Interesting. Good for beginners but some info is a little bit out of date. Overall, good course.
Fantastic course, really great information!
Great Course !!!!!!! (:
Very enjoyable survey of a variety of issues involved in the state of the music business today. The instructor did a great job of assembling relevant material, and the course was presented in an engaging, very professional way - highly recommended.
Great, excellent information. Very hype
great course
Really interesting course even for someone who's kids begged me not to sing a lullaby to them.
This course contains really interesting information, which is presented in a creative way (suitable for the artistic mind of a musician). The lessons can easily be put into practice. I like the discussions because they are very thought provoking and really challenge the students to think of different ways to add more value to their music.And last but not least I like the interviews, because they give some really practical real life advice.
Besides Songwriting from Berklee this was the most practical and useful course I have taken so far. It answered so many questions I had and gave so valuable tipps for the modern musician. Thanks a lot!
Loved it.It gave me insight to how thing work in this business.Great Job.
Great course, extremely informative and useful. A bit tough sometimes but totally worth it.
The course needs some updating, mostly in some quizzes with wrong data. Also, some of the programming assignments (specially programming asignment 3) need a little more theory. But this course is really awesome. You need to know this stuff if you mean to work with NN.
Excellent explanation by prof. Hinton who invented tones of things in the field of artificial neural networks. Mechanics is clearly justified with intuition behind it.
For those who want more than just a hands on intro to neural networks this is the course for you. I've been through many resources that treat Neural Nets as a black box which, while being a fine intro, fails to give me the understanding required to do anything other than follow a tutorial. I feel like after this course I understand what's happening enough to start reading papers and thinking on my own.
No complaints. An excellent introductory course in all aspects.
The first 10 lectures, while quite theoretical, are very useful to most people learning Deep Learning for practical tasks. Last few lectures are heavily focused on RBMs and might not be immediately relevant, but are great for the historical perspectives and for people interested in more advanced aspects of Deep Learning.
Thanks Hinton and all other stuff for the great course. I spent less than one month in learning and passing this course. I don't know if I am the one quickest. I am sure I have not got all knowledge points and I will continue working on and will make deeper understanding in future work. But, I did pass it in such a short time. I was very challenge journey. I would like to share how I made it.1) I did investigation on Linear algebra and Statistics for about 1 years that helps me a lot in understanding the math （such conditional possibility, PCA etc. ） quickly.2) Before taking this course, I learned Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course. It helped me a lot in understanding the basic concept of learning theory.(such as overfitting etc.. ) . Without that experience, I would have not pass this course so quickly.3) I did programming work for many year though I am a fresh hand on Octave. It makes coding work is not that much challenging.
This course is a mess. Do not even dare to take it without first doing Machine Learning by Andrew Ng (excellent starter) and before reading "Deep Learning" by Goodfellow, Bengio, Courville. The presentations are awfully boring, there is little interaction of the material (unlike Ng who is deriving the math on screen). Hinton is basically just reading off the crowded slides. Very poor didactic style. I would even go so far as to say that the approach is unscientific: no definitions, derivations, examples. Terms just pop out of the blue.If you already know the topic well, you might gain additional insight from a pundit. Quizes are nice puzzles that need some thinking and math knowledge. Programming tasks are not even in the same ballpark as Ng's. Overall very bad use of the medium available.Invest your time in reading "Deep Learning", its challenging but at least its got a very logical structure and style. Also consider Hugo Larochelle's videos.
Very up to date and challenging.Only drawback, not a lot of application and octave/matlab is good for a fast mathematical implementation but not for real application with python packages for example.Thanks Prof. Hinton for taking the time to make these insights publicly available!
This is a very thorough introductory course to the field of Machine Learning. I would have given it 5 stars, but towards the end, I felt the lessons got a bit sloppier. New concepts not thoroughly explained, sloppier slides, and even a lecture video missing at one point (had to find a link to it on youtube)! Still a very solid, instructive course, though. Recommended!
Excellent course! Hinton is a superstar in the field who has made many discoveries in neural networks. He does an excellent job of explaining a number of key techniques. One of the best features was his commentary on the intuition behind why these methods work. Since he came up with a number of these ideas himself (or was part of the team that did) he has a unique insight into how you can think about a problem to motivate a possibly fruitful approach. The other aspect of the course that I liked best was Hinton's copious use of real-world examples and feedback about which methods worked well on certain problems and why. The course is fairly challenging but well worth the effort. Thank you for sharing your insights Professor Hinton!
Nice course, though a little shallow.
Mathematically intense, would like to repeat the course to understand the material even better. It has made me worthy of reading the research papers in this area... Thanks for this great course.
Attending such a class in Coursera is a fantasy experience, it is from a real graduate class in Toronto university and can inspire me in many aspects about machine learning.
Best choice for learning NN! :-)
Not very motivating lectures.. Too much talk but lacks the essential clarity
Prof. Hinton's course was my first Coursera experience and I liked it a lot. A lot of tasks of very different levels! And even if you are familiar with calculus/linear algebra some things will still be challenging. P.S. Couple of slides in the course were missing, but I hope this will be fixed soon.
Thanks Prof. Hinton and Coursera. This is one of the best courses I've ever taken. I learned a lot about neural networks and deep learning!
An all round introduction to the field of neural networks, using a historical perspective, and looking deeply in to the theory. The lecturer is the godfather of neural networks, gives a good perspective of recent research by his group and others.The course has limited programming assignments (in matlab/octave), that don't really give you a good idea how to implement the ideas in the course. This is why 4 stars not 5.However, the phenomenal ideas presented, and the in depth theory, mean I am now bursting to teach myself how to build these systems, because they are so fascinating.
The course is super interesting. However, the lectures could be better explained and the material better organized. I found myself constantly looking online for extra material to better understand the concepts. Also, you can tell that the course is not anymore groomed and there are some mistakes in a quiz due to lack of care. In any case, the course is very recommendable to start with neural networks
Really enlightening, fascinating material. Let down slightly by mistakes in quizzes.
A little Difficult to understand
Awesome content, I leaned a lot
I recommend this course for theoretical knowledge only. I was very upset with the programming assignments - they are few, they are not consistent in difficulty level and the way they being checked is not convenient.
Than you professor Hinton for a challenging course!
I would not recommend it as the first course in Machine Learning, but it is really great as a second course on the subject. Highly recommended for those who want to learn neural networks in more details than offered by typical machine learning courses.
I learned quite a lot that I can use for research, personal projects, and general understanding of neural networks, but unfortunately this course is getting quite out of date at this point. I would recommend to others looking for a first course in neural networks (for machine learning applications) look for a newer course.
Love, just love. It is a tough class, but I feel much satisfaction of finishing it.
The content is theoretical, meanwhile, the application (code) is not enough to help understanding. The knowledge requirement actually is not to high. But the reading-presentation style make the class obscure. Now so easy to learn is you just follow the video. You may need to review previous chapters to try find the "hidden details" or google if you found you dont know what the professor are saying.
The course contains basic informations on neural networks at a quite abstract level. It is not enough to easily understand them without a prior preperation in mathematical details. The quizzes need strict computations based on a detailed knowledge, but usually the course does not prepare You for that. The lectures sometimes sound "babble" and cannot explain even easy things.It is usually impossible to get the minimum of 80% in a quiz. These are only those who have previous knowledge that can pass it the first time they take it. They do not need this course, though.
Course presents an amazing set of topics form experience which spans over several decades. Professor is leading name in the field. I was extremely delighted with programming assignments which are very illustrative and well designed.Greatest minus to the course goes to lecturing approach which basically boils down to reading the slides. Additional literature in form of papers and publications are necessary to completely understand lectures.
The lectures have basically no training or necessary teachings for the math needed for the quizzes. You spend way more time looking for resources about how to answer the quiz questions than the lectures will take to review. Even then you only given the necessary breakdown of the math involved after you answer the question correctly, which doesn't help in anyway when you are stuck.All this course did for me was help me find other courses which do a better job of going over the course materials.
Currently one of the best courses I have ever seen about ML (and especially about neural networks).
Neural Networks for Machine Learning course is very useful for the people who would like to enter into Artificial Intelligence area. Thanks for the great content.
Some the work is quite hard, but trudging through it really helps understand the topic. I feel I can now read research papers that use neural networks.
it is a good launching point towards further concepts in Neural Networks / Deep Learning algorithms. The course is at the right level of challenge and right level of introducing notions and concepts.Side reading / learning is strongly recommended for audiences from the quantitative field without exposures in Machine Learning.
Great course. I especially liked the quality of the assignments, that are challenging and force students to think over the courses. The only problem is that I would like to have 50% longer version that gives details on all the aspects.
Great course! have Learned a lot!
Awesome course.
This is an advanced course and there are a lot of things that Geoffrey Hinton talks about casually which one has to read more about on one's own. The knowledge and clarity of the instructor is beyond doubt top notch. This course if quiet exhaustive and perhaps the best course on neural networks.
This class was extremely disappointing. While the material is interesting and the mathematics and computer science are excellent, the format of the course makes substantive learning difficult. The crux of the course is based on lecture videos. Unfortunately, the videos amount to the professor simply reading off Powerpoint slides with occasional quizzes in the video. There are only 4 programming assignments, the first of which demanded a total of 2 new lines of code. Later assignments are more involved, but there are still only 4 of them. I for one only learn effectively when the class is engaging. That means slightly more dynamic lectures, more involved assignments. I don't learn or retain anything meaningful from powerpoints and multiple-choice quizzes, and I know that many agree. If you're the kind of person who can learn from reading a powerpoint slide, then you'll be fine. I got nothing out of this course.
Very nice way of explaining important concepts. The assignments were engaging. Learnt a lot about Neural Networks which will help me in the future.
This is a great course. Unlike Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course, this course does not shy away from using real mathematics to explain the models being studied, and is all the better for it. Some of the explanations were a little mysterious to this student (e.g. how can you discuss sampling of restricted Boltzmann machines, which are essentially bipartite Ising models, without mentioning conditional probability?). However, Professor Hinton motivated everything so well that I always *wanted* to understand what was going on, and so frequently would pause the videos while I consulted other online resources to find out more about the topic at hand. The programming assignments were also well-designed, so that I found myself forced to confront various aspects of the models and algorithms that I'd thought I'd understood the first time round but in fact had not. Thank you Professor Hinton.
Wonderful and awesome!
Amazing course taught by the mystro himself !!
Great course, I learned a lot about neural networks. I apprechiate there have been also difficult excercises. Also the programming skills are challenged.
A little bit hard to follow, but I endured to the end
Awesome course with lots of hidden gems of insight. Hinton's "bury the lead" lecturing style makes every video a treasure hunt. Students get to discover those pearls of wisdom if they listen carefully and read between the lines.
Great course if you wish to learn about various neural network architectures and the tasks they perform best at
The course provides you with very valuable information. Even though it is quite hard and sometimes the information is not explained well enough for people who are just starting in the field, it is worth the effort. I took Andrew Ng's course first and this course after that. Andrew Ng's course gives good introduction into Machine Learning and this course gives you much deeper insights.
Fantastic course for learning the ropes and gaining intuition.
Very out of date.
Great content. Teaching style could be improved for the medium. A couple of errors that should be rectified. The course seems poorly maintained. It is pity because it is content really valuable and "hot".
Great course: a lot of effort has gone into preparing it. It's a great way to get an overview of and insight into the field from a pre-eminent authority.
Very good material and videos. However, quite a few mistakes in the quizzes and programming assignments (missing information, incorrect answers, etc) which requires a frustrating dig through the forums for errata mentioned by other users that was never incorporated into the actual tests.
Excellent course. Giving a broad introduction to different neural network approaches, while teaching a skill level allowing a comfortable start in using neural networks.
Very nice course. It was a privilege to learn the subject from one of the best teams in the world. However, the course was harder than I expected, most probably because I could not spend much time on the videos and text, and expected to receive everything prepared for me beforehand. So be prepared to spend some time to grasp the ideas if you do not know much about the subject beforehand.
Covers a very broad range of topics, but each topics could be explained much more in-depth. Requires a lot of reading outside the course to complete. Could use much more than just four programming assignments.
Very helpful explanations if you already have some idea of what's going on. Can be a struggle if you come in with no context.I'd never heard of Hopfield Nets or Boltzmann Machines and I found it difficult to understand what was going on in the last few weeks. I think I was missing intuition and having many more concrete examples might have helped. On the other hand, for example, I already knew a few ideas behind convolution neural networks and the lectures cleared a lot up. The explanations are solid, though perhaps graze over some important things for "newcomers." The next step for me is probably to rewatch weeks 11-14 now that I'm no longer a "newcomer" on that topic...
This is a great course overall, even though it is a bit dated and a lot of more recent developments are not covered. There was also a mistake in one of the quizes, where they forget to mention that the values of the variables should be changed. Fortunately, someone realized that the new values were given in an old version of the quiz.
a bit tough and abstract but it is worth the effortreally gets you up to speed with current NN methods
The course is very good and covers neural networks at a detailed conceptual level. The course gave me a very good idea about the important concepts in this area through well structured chapters and programming assignments. I thank the organizers of this course (especially Prof. Hinton) heartily for conducting such an important and timely course. Thanks again !
Great course to understand the mathematics behind neural networks and deep learning. Combined with some practical courses would provide learners much strong background and skills to enter deep learning world. Recommended.
The field has developed quickly, the course covers many classical theories in the field. I suggest those read the deep learning book www.deeplearningbook.org for reference
The lesson is really boring , and the lecturer just reads the slides. And there is no any interaction on the slides, or explaining on the graphs and meaning of sentence. Just read it through. I am enough of this kind of lesson.
great content, probably better with more programming exercises
Great course, looking forward to part 2.Thank you prof. Hinton!
The course is an advanced one and not really suggested for a beginner who would want to understand basic concepts. Also during the course, the teaching was fast and there was lot of content to understand. The practice programs contained lot of code which was confusing for a learner like me. Hence, hoping that these shortcomings will be sorted out as and when the course profile is updated.
It is a great course, but requires a lot of additional readings and study. Compared toAndrew Ng's Machine learning this course should be seen as more an intermediate/advanced level. This course should be seen as a complementary to theAndrew Ng's class, as discuss in more detail neural networks.
This course is very benefial for student.
The content presented in this course is really complete and well presented. It is definitively worth taking. Unfortunately, there were a few organization errors like missing video and quizzes errors. On a side note, it's great to be able to learn from Hinton since he has created many of the techniques presented in the course.
Most remarkable course. Well put together and organized. Learned a great deal, the class has also stimulated my curiosity for delving deeper into the field of deep learning.
this training gives decent background to explore more advanced neural networks
Wonderful course, its not easy, for sure, but what else could you expect from Geoff Hinton :)
The prof seems knowledgable in the field, however the way the videos and slides are prepared is not my preference. I could not find much difference between the online class and the slides alone! There are also a couple of sections (e.g. Lecture 8a), for which the video is not uploaded. Overall I am very happy with this course but I think the presentation could be further improved.
Teaching and lectures are complicated. would be better if more simple language and examples were used
Very well done course! Absolutely brilliant lectures. Quizzes sometimes have questions that would be difficult/impossible to answer without additional resources, but on the whole, this is a course that I would certainly take again.
Outstanding instructor! Very well organized course material make understanding this deep topic easier. The instructor is a leader in the field, from a top notch school and with a top notch education. It is an incredible privilege to get instruction from him.
While I learned quite a bit from the course, I found the course to be far more difficult and frustrating than it really needed to be. Mentors were unhelpful and generally unresponsive during the course, course content was broken and/or missing, and the level of background in both calculus/probability needed to truly understand the material in this course was not obvious at all from the beginning. In general, the holistic experience of this course was disappointing and frankly, I would not recommended it unless you have a strong enough math background or are a glutton for punishment.
A hard course, but very useful. It helped me a lot
Prof Hinton is the champion on NN. Glad to spend my time on this course.
Great course! Amazing opportunity to be taught by G. Hinton, probably the world leading academic in this area.
Excellent lectures; Hinton conveys depth and theoretical clarity along with practical, down to earth advice on how to get useful things done without wasting time. Unfortunately the staff did a rather spotty job of updatating and maintaining the problem sets and I had to repeatedly find corrections from other students on the forums since apparently no one was fixing the problem sets in response to the forum discussions. Shameful since they are taking our money; it would only take someone a couple of hours to fix it up.
Thanks every one
One of best machine learning course!
Overall, a good and challenging course that covered a range of material from perceptrons to feed forward nets and Deep Belief Networks. However, I felt that some of the material is a little dated - convolutional neural networks did not get the coverage warranted by their recent successes. Some of the quiz items were "off-syllabus" too, although this encouraged further reading. I enjoyed the programming exercises, particularly on Restricted Boltzmann Machines, and would have liked more of them. For beginners I would recommend they take Andrew Ng's course first.
Thank you for the great foundation course. It would be great if the course introduces more up-to-date methods/results in NN.
very useful course, but i have understood about 80%)))
A very good introductory course in neural networks. Hats-off to Professor Hinton!
Good overview of a large and evolving field from one of the founding fathers of Machine Learning. Nice complementary materials and further reading.
Very helpful for understanding neural network.
Good course, and well taught. Lecture videos and slides could be improved in terms of summarizing the content. Quiz questions don't reflect the content.
The course looks like a part of something more detailed, complicated and wide. The most interesting part is dedicated to last algorithmic solutions for Restricted Boltzmann Machine and their connections to net.
I took this course after completing the excellent Andrew Ng one on Machine Learning. That course was a good broad overview but I felt left me needing to know more about neural networks, deep learning recurrent neural networks, restricted Boltzmann machines, deep belief nets etc. This course was excellent in taking me to the next level. I now fee I understand many more of the papers, tools and models that I am seeing and am better equipped to both setup and use the same.The course is delivered in a very different way, much more of a high level overview with lots of very valuable insights that point the student in the right direction rather than providing all of the details. As a result you have to do quite a lot of independent thinking and research to answer the quizzes and assignments. Personally I enjoyed the challenge but it might not be to everybody's taste.One area where I think things could be improved is in that of the quiz integrity and of mentor support. There was very little evidence of mentors supporting students in the forums and several of the quiz questions were incorrectly setup with for example the wrong set of weights given so it was impossible to get the right answer until somebody found data from the internet that was from a previous version of the course.Overall despite the above issues I would very much recommend the course and am very glad I did it. Thanks to the team at Toronto that put it all together.
Good for understanding the various types of neural networks, but I had hoped to spend more time learning methods for optimizing model fitment.
Good to learn from the master but not very detailed and hands on
The breadth of the content was good, but the depth, particularly with the recurrent networks from later weeks, was a bit lacking.There were a few quiz problems I spent a while on, only to check the discussion section and realize that the information/image provided was inaccurate.The coding assignments could be slightly more frequent.Overall, this was a good course. It seems like it would be difficult to give a thorough treatment of this topic by simply watching these lectures and taking the quizzes/programming assignments. I think this course is best used for introductions to various topics/authors, which can then be used as a stepping stone for more intricate, individual study on those topics.
Great course! The course provides intensive but very well-organized contents, I have learnt a lot from it. There is no time-wasting explanation in the lectures. $49 is the most worth amount of money I had spent in recent years. Wish coursera provide more high quality courses like this.
MATERIALS NOT WELL PREPARED
Difficult, awesome, brilliant and life changing course- will leave you thinking for the rest of your career. It took me two tries to even begin to grasp some of the concepts. Once you get on the track, be prepared to be amazed. It changed the way I look at a problem and changed my career goal as well. I would like see more courses from G. Hinton. You are rightfully called the "Godfather of Deep Learning". Wish you all the best.
very good course, it gives us the information of the state of the art of deep learning until 2012, also how were neural networks built to being the most important tecnology nowadays.some material and assignements new to be updated, but anyway the experience was awsome, nevertheless to feel good with this course also is needed machine learning pre-concepts, and some calculus, be able to adapt to diferente terminology of kind of topics, becuase the content is very long, but fancy
Best to follow
Excellent course to learn both fundamentals and state of the art techniques in NN. Ant it's taught by Hinton, who is one of the fathers of NN/Deep Learning !
A gem of a course by one of the greatest in the field.
good overview but not up to date and some errors in quizes
I liked the content of this course and for the most part I thought it was pretty decent. I just felt that the lectures needed a bit more structure since there didn't seem to be a very good transition between topics. The some of the quiz questions in this course were broken since they were missing details that we crucial to answering the questions (missing weights or having wrong answers since the posted values didn't align with the answer).
I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that this is a poorly made course for building a thorough understanding of how these different Neural Networks actually function, and building a lower level understanding. The lecturer often introduces concepts that are specific to these types of neural networks without explaining what they are. For example, when discussing convolutional nets, he casually starts talking about an embedding layer and a mapping layer, without really explaining what it is. I found this video on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6aEYuemt0M) and realized that this gives me a significantly more concrete understanding of how convolutional neural networks actually function, than these lectures.
It has a few missing conditions in some of quizs. So it spend more time to solve it. But it's still a good course to learn the basic of deep learning.
Very good course for someone who wants to feel of neural net, deep belief net and RBM. Geoffrey is awesome. You will be able learn and understand neural net intuitively.
Awsome
The course material was useful however greatly disappointed with the organisation. Many quizzes had in-complete questions (no figures) and there was no corrections made. I had to resort to checking through forums for the correct questions.
Very good and interesting introduction to neural networks. I particularly appreciated the history behind the different types of neural networks so that one understands where the basic ideas come from. I was however a bit disappointed in terms of mathematics, the course could have used a bit more mathematical formalism and some more hands on exercises. Still, I warmly recommend this course!
I learned a lot about deep learning. However the quiz contains several mistakes and I wasted many hours. I also thought explanation is unnecessarily hard to understand.
This is a great mathematical course to understand what's going on, but the assignments and quizzes are just repetitive and basically "run these commands." Professor Hinton definitely knows his stuff, and just sitting through his lectures was worth the time. That being said, Week 13 is busted as of 2017-1-22, Question 6 and 7 use variables values that are never mentioned. The only way I passed it was to google an old version of the course in Chinese that had a line saying "please use these other variables"
Good balance of theory, practice, historical background and humor. I finally learned how to do back-propagation on paper :)
You can get many knowledge from this course, but you have to be prepared. Actually learning course gives me no pleasure. It is not complete, you have to guess many things and find additional materials somewhere else to pass all course quizzes and assignments. BTW some quizzes are invalid. I think there was some issues while migrating to updated coursera version, that is why some course materials lost.
Very good content!
The course is very interesting and detailed but maybe too technical in some parts.Also, some (not too sporadic) errors and missing pieces of information in the questions made quizzes even harder to pass. The discussions on the forum were of great help in this sense, though.
Good teaching, good tests and exams (even to procrastinators xp , nice dynamics for programming assignments.
This course is deep. I spent hours on some of the quizzes and assignments, viewing many of the videos several times over. Ng's ML course (also excellent) is like an undergrad course. Hinton's is like a graduate level course. Lots of background reading, covering a wide range of topics. Having completed the course, I believe I've gotten a good grounding in current thinking on machine learning.
Learning a lot so far
Very interesting course. It gives you a quite deep understanding of Neural Networks and Deep Learning. An excellent starting point to start mastering these technique.
Not for beginners on deep learning but great for those starting to dive in the subject
Very informative program and sets the beginning on neural network. I would like to see more practical examples on the application of these algorithm
Prof Hinton shares all his knowledge in designing an award-winning neural network. This is less a hands-on course but is more a very profound teaching of deep learning theory. If you can understand everything that is taught in this course then you will be the next genius that comes up with the next bleeding edge neural nets. That's not for me though as I struggled from week to week till the end but I learned a lot. Many thanks to Prof Hinton for generously sharing his knowledge and insights in this topic.
Overall I really loved this course, and taking it from such an important name in the field was cool. There were a number of technical glitches on the quizzes, unfortunately, and often the wording on quizzes was unnecessarily confusing (but still manageable) so I dock it a single star. Also the visual organization of the lecture slides is a little shoddy compared to many other versions of nearly identical slides from Hinton's courses found online elsewhere. On the mobile app, many of the quiz questions were impossible to complete because graphics could not load. Not sure if it's a problem with the course materials or with the app or with my device, so that has not affected my rating. For anyone considering this course, be advised that ability in calculus and statistics are required for mastery of this material.
Interesting course, good lecturer, but slides have too much text so it was a bit difficult to follow.
A good course that covers everything there is about Neural Networks - from history to the very latest topics in this domain. Not to mention that the instructor - Prof. Hinton, is a pioneer and leading researcher in this field.People may find Prof. Hinton's teaching style a little different/difficult to follow initially, but please do stick with him and it gets better. And the supplementary reading material contains some of the best research papers on the topics and is a must read for everyone taking this course. Overall a very good course to take if one is interested in ML and NNs.
Good course, but is not so well interpreted. In some cases, I really donot understand what does the lecturer talks about.
I have mixed feelings about this course. On one hand, scope is ambitious and getting to attend a course by G Hinton is a luxury. On the other hand, some topics are addressed confusingly (e.g. Hopfield Nets) or without going into much detail. But I think the worst of this course, and I wish Coursera would take care of that, is some quizzes being completely broken (missing or incorrect data), forcing you to go to Forums to get the correct question.There are big gaps of data and no course biography to follow or complete the missing gaps (lecture resources, when available, is just papers on the topic). Also, the course would benefit from better programming exercises... as it stands it is just "download a program, complete a couple of methods, fill in the gaps on a quiz"
loved the course. learnt a lot about neural networks
The videos and the papers presented gave a full overview about the last 3 decades on neuro network research. The course has very tough concepts (RBM, Sigmoid Belief Networks, LSTM), but it can be followed if you have a solid background in math or computer science. The exercises in Octave were well designed to introduce concepts and to give a hands on about how to tune neuro networks. The unique point to improve this course is that there some mistakes in quizzes from 1 or 2 weeks related with missing images (wrong weights to calculate anwsers). The forum helped a lot, but it could be fixed to avoid more complaints. Apart from this minor issue, it is an excellent course from this exciting and promising field.
Great course, highly informative. The generative models parts is especially interesting.
Great material, it is amazing that lectures by one of the most influential people in the neural network for machine learning community are freely available for everyone.The course could benefit from additional topics that appeared over the last 1-2 years (GANs for instance). There was a number of problems with quizes like missing parts of question descriptions, missing images or broken links.
The course gives I think a good overview over the concepts of neural networks and the teaching material is good. However generally the course is more advanced than I suspected, so it took me much more time then what is given for the lectures / quizzes to complete it. If you are not already familiar with the concepts and/or have a strong mathematical background it can be sometimes frustrating :-)One thing that definitively needs improvement is that 2 times the questions of the quizzes were corrupted (parts were missing). Not sure if this was due to the material itself or a bug in the Cousera platform. So look in the discussion forum if you find something strange in the quizzes.
Brilliant course! I have reviewed this course many times, learning more each time, and I cannot thank Professor Hinton and Coursera enough for making this course available. This course was first offered 4 years ago, but the material (as of 2017) is still quite fresh and relevant, and I would say 'required' for anyone who wants to gain a solid understanding in Neural Networks, learning directly from one of the pioneers of Deep Learning.
Some mistakes in the materials and quizes make this course stronger that the others .
Excellent content and overview of the field. Appreciated the links to journal papers as extensions to the lecture notes. Course is let down somewhat by lecture notes that skim the surface too much to really be useful and outright errors in quizzes and assignments that will hinder completion unless you read through every forum post to find the missing information. (Quiz 13 was the worst offender).
This is an excellent course. Hats off to Prof Hinton. I had a great time learning new things. Thank you!
Definitely not for beginners. Very advanced and the best NN course on the internet. I read Bishop's book, but I find this MOO very interesting.
Excellent course. Thanks to Prof Geoffrey Hinton for such a detailed course covering so many topics in this key field.
It lacks programming assignments and a base for understanding the algorithms exposed.
Great course, great teacher and great balance between theory and practise. Videos really need to understand the most difficult concepts
Excellent material! Amazing to learn with one of the developers of NN.Unfortunately, there were lots of errors in the Quizzes and Assignments. Several questions could be answered only thanks to the help of other students that have had access to previous versions of the course.The mentors were at the beginning answering questions from the students that completed the course in the first couple of weeks and later disappeared. Then it was clearly in autopilot.Anyway, positive!It is necessary more hands on exercises to tight the theory with the practice.
A great course to learn.Some quiz are broken, check forums often for that.
Hinton is the reason we use neural nets today. He's advanced the theory and continues to explore new approaches. This is eye opening. He motivates the theory behind each approach he advances very well. Unfortunately, the practical side of the pedagogy of this course is not as strong. It is understandable to not turn this into a programming class. However, there is too much of a gap between even a clear explanation of theory and actual practice. This could be remedied with more hands on exercises (not necessarily coding, though coding is a fine way to test understanding.).
Awesome course. Wish there were more programming assignments.
Sometimes it felt too fast paced, still I enjoyed it.
Difficult but interesting course.
I like this course because it not only explains the theory of neural computing but demonstrates neural networks ML with a lot of practical examples as well. It enlightened me in the applications of Machine Learning technologies.
Doesn't effectively explain how to implement the NN
It's one of the most well structured and prepared Coursera courses I've ever attended. The instructor Professor Hinton is also one of the most famous Deep Neural Network scholars nowadays.
The Professor is making a great effort to make us understand the fundamentals of neural networks. But there is scope to make some topics in lecture 2 and 3 simpler by including notes on additional reading that is a prerequisite on linear algebra, calculus, and 3-D geometry.
interesting history of neural networks and excellent coverage of all main architectures.couple of problems during the quizzes. An update is needed!
Course content:The material is very cool, a lot of topics are covered. As for me, sometimes it was hard to understand the material because there weren't enough visualization and animation. Would be good to visualize/animate content more, like in Andrew's Ng ML course (less text, more visualization).Organization:Some links were broken, some quizzes/assignments were without files/pictures, so it is bad.
no mouse to highlight on slide when teachingIt's a lot of unclear parts in slideI think cs231 is better
The course is a bit disorganized and could have been better. While the topics are really interesting and Geoffrey is really knowledgeable, a lot of simple concepts have been made seemly complicated from the way they have been presented -- often requiring external follow up studies (and often discovering in surprise how simple they actually are). such as, contrastive divergence (CD1) algorithm to train Restricted Bolazamann Machine (read wikipedia to get it in under 2 mins), functioning of sigmoid belief net etc. I believe, the issue arises from slides based teaching, where a slide of texts is presented and then there is a long monologue of how that system works from start to end. A more useful approach would have been to actually draw-and-talk (good example of such courses are Machine Learning by Andrew Ng, Game Theory (esp. Kevin Leyton-Brown parts). Nonetheless, the course brings forth a lot of Neural Net topics and is definitely worth taking if you are willing to study outside the course also.
Really great and interesting course.
It is complete and interesting overview of state of neural network today. I really enjoyed lectures and quizes. Unfortunately, there are a couple bugs in coursera quizzes that confused me. Yet, forum discussions helped pass the course.
Great course for learning Neural Networks. I learnt from the best, the God-Father of Neural Networks. "Who you learn from is just as important as what you learn."
Excellent course but need do a some research outside of the course to understand it
There is a lot of good information in here that is told poorly. Professor simply reads the slides to you for the most part, foregoing practical examples in favor of sticking to abstract concepts, and letting you figure out the details. Quizzes had errors in them that made passing them unnecessarily difficult. The slides that you could download are sometimes cutoff, leaving information out. This is very indicative of the classes I had in college, where the class was "here are a bunch of whitepapers/books, read them, and you'll be an expert". There is little in the way of helping you understand these complicated concepts, and because they are complicated, many argue that should absolve the professor from needing to find a way to teach them in an understandable way (when other professors have been able to take complicated topics like this and distill it down to something that was both fun to learn and gave a solid foundation for going forward). I'm sure Professor Hinton has contributed much to the field, but I suspect his passion lies in playing with ideas and theories, not in trying to teach the next generation about how to do so.
A perfect introduction into the topic
Awesome Syllabus to Learn. In depth lectures and
Well planned course.
The course is really good with a lot of intuition and technical details. The assignments and quizzes help clarify concepts and ideas.However the course requires a strong background in Mathematics and Statistics, so it may not be a course for people without such background.In addition, since the course has been out there for a few years, not many people joined my session and only a handful of people participated in the discussion forum. The forum has been quiet and not much help can be sought from the forum.
good , theoretical,but no new neural network technology . but ,if you understand the theoretical content , you will have one steady base to understand other new technology.
Programming exercises could be made more clear. Also, prior to each lecture, it would be useful to mention what specific papers or back ground material should be read to follow the lectures easily.
Definitely not an introductory course to machine learning, but even if you know nothing about the matter (like me) and have a fairly good understanding of mathematics, or are willing to use your spare time to catch up with linear algebra and calculus topics (again, like myself), you can still enjoy this course very much.
This was a superb course. I completely enjoyed it. There were a few technical issues with the assignments. But other than that, it was a top notch course.
Disappointing. The material is presented in such a way that it neither suits the mathematically inclined nor those interested a more hands-on introduction to neural networks. Some quizzes miss important figures and explanations, so that they can only be solved with the help of other students that have access to previous versions of the course.If this course should run for another session, the provider (University of Toronto) should decide on the proper audience and should also considerably revise the course. Given the flaws with the current session, it seems that the provider just wants to reap some easy money from students attracted by a current and interesting topic an a well-known name (Geoffrey Hinton).
Prof. Hinton has an interesting viewpoint on machine learning models other than neural networks. Watch videos in the later weeks.
There are some problems of the organization of the course. Some conditions and some images are missing in quizzes. Even some videos are missing. There's no official response in the forum. Thanks to the responses of other students in the forum, i can finally do some of the quizzes. It's really frustrating.
In general, this course goes through some basic aspects of neural networks, which is suited for beginners. However, some parts of the course are not clearly explained, e.g. the sigmoid belief net, and there's some problems with the quizes.
Good course, but severely hobbled by the transition to the new platform. Many technical issues in the quizzes (such as questions not showing up, being marked incorrectly). Leaves the student feeling somewhat forgotten, which is a shame considering the brilliant material being presented.
Great course for an introduction to neural networks.
Very interesting material covered and in-depth views. Unfortunately a few technical issues in quizzes.
Very good course
The course was ported to the new Coursera platform in a amateurish way without any testing. Learners have been complaining on the forums for months about bugs and missing information in the assessments, and they are still not fixed. The content is generally interesting, but not presented in a cohesive way. Many concepts are juggled with without giving clear, mathematical definitions.
This is very advanced course I have to say. As many people have already mentioned, it's very hard to learn. Quite often I feel frustrated, helpless and feel like banging my head against the wall. But if you quit complaining and trying to work it out by poking around the forum and goolging a bit, often you will understand and agree what the professor said. I think it's because it's such an advanced topic that you can't cover the depth and breadth in such a short course (yes, I know it's 16-week!). To compare it with Andrew Ng's ML course, After finishing the latter, I have much confidence and interest in ML. But after finishing this course, I feel I know so little and have greater respect for those who's already in this field. That's a good thing I think coz you don't have illusion that you master something but in actuality you don't. Both courses are great and give me valuable things. Andrew's Ng course prepares points me to the right direction and give me motivation while Professor Hinton's course prepares me with the mentality that the process will not be easy but very rewarding.
The pedagogy in this course is truly horrible. It is severely lacking concrete relevant real world examples - in the beginning of each lecture would be super - motivating each technique. This is kind of a dealbreaker. Furthermore the material is REALLY dry and theoretical, lacking pragmatic problem solving. IMO way too much time and energy is wasted on history, name-dropping and dry mathematical backrounds. Andrew Ng of Stanford University, with his course "Machine Learning" is a great example of how it can and should be done.Suffice to say it would be much more smoth, fun and efficient to start with 1) current real world relevant problem(s) motivating the technique, then 2) a clear description of the technique - with concrete examples mapping the theory to practice. This last part is super important and is what is lacking the most in the course. One more thing, the quizes and questions makes alot of silent and weird assumptions, often not even clearly relating to the lecture materials. There are also technical bugs and missing images in the quizes. Suffice to say this is a real dealbreaker.
Really great course. A couple of issues with missing lectures and problems with quizzes, but the quality and death of the content more than makes up for it. Fascinating and inspiring.
This is a great course offered by Coursera team. I really appreciate the coursera team and Professor Hinton for taking time to offer this excellent course. However, In order to make the best use of this course, I think having a basic understanding of NN would be very helpful because materials offered in the course are a little bit abstract and there is not enough time to go into details in these online courses. Also you can go deeper into this topic by understanding details of the codes provided to you (not only the parts you have to complete for the sake of assignment). Overall, it is a great complementary course on NN.
this course is incredible boring. I'm really interested in the topic, but the way it is presented is just sad. only theory and slides with way too much text. I've already taken several ML classes and this one is still hard to follow. Can't recommend it.
I found the course rather difficult, with respect to the other courses I did on Coursera. In my opinion part of the reason I found it difficult is that the material is not explained very well. Hinton is certainly a guru in Machine Learning, but I found him a bit boring as a teacher and often I thought he was explaining some details but failing to give the broader picture. I must admit I did not read the extra material provided with the course (the long articles) but only focused on the videos, slides and tests, perhaps had I read the articles I would have struggled less. I also did the course in 9 weeks instead of 16, but I did watch most videos twice so I feel I did dedicate some time to it. I much preferred Andrew Ng's course, and I strongly recommend doing that one first. I am also loving the University of Washington's Machine Learning specialization, but since I have been wating for the next course in that specialization for a while, I did Hinton's course in the mean time. That said, I did find this course useful, although I often felt somewhat frustrated.
The material is not presented in a cohesive manner. In video questions are not very good and don't make sense often. Since this is the only course of its kind on coursera, you don't have many options either. The material seems very arbitrary and even with a basic knowledge of machine learning, and advanced mathematics it is difficult to understand the first week and the types of neurons presented, understanding which is essential I think.
This is an absolutely excellent course for those wanting a serious overview of neural networks. I would very highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in really going deep in the area.I would not however recommended this as an introductory machine learning class for someone unfamiliar with the area.
Very inteligent course and quizesHowever, there are a few bugs in the grading system, check the relevant forums if your answers are wrongly indicated as mistakes
Great course :)
Informative. I spent way more time on the programming assignments than the posted estimate. There was an error in the text for Programming Assignment 4 that was really frustrating; but luckily, someone had found the correct way to do it and had posted it on the forum. The intuition explanations during the lectures were great. All-around great course.
It is easy to brute force answers, which means, that those, who know it don't consider its certificate seriously and this reduces the importance of the certificate
Difficulty level just right. Interesting. Well presented.
The content of this course is not self-contained. You need to search and read extra materials to fill some knowledge gaps. Besides, some of the videos are missing and some quiz are not well clarified. Well, given all the complaints, the instructor is of no doubt one of the best in this field. The topics in this course is worth exploring using your own time.
extremely well done ! highly recommend it ! The professor, the method and the content are incredibly good.
Absolutely loved this course. Warning: it's not really aimed at beginners. You probably want to do Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course first, play around with the ideas a bit, and then have a go at this one.In terms of style, this course feels a bit like a 'research level' course at a university. That is, the lectures cover a lot of material, at quite a high level. To get the most out of it, you're going to have to sit down after the course and spend some time coding up the ideas. Though I think that's a bonus.In terms of presentation, I thought the lectures were pretty clear and engaging. The course is originally from 2012, and covers material that was cutting edge at the time - including results that were still unpublished. I'd love to see an updated version of this course.
Help me a lot in understanding some difficult concepts.
It is a great privilege to learn neural networks by Prof. Hinton, a giant in the field of neural networks, and I am grateful for that. This course is excellent as a broad introduction to neural networks. Prof. Hinton conveys a lot ofintuition and technical details, and for people like me, who has no experience in neural networks sometimes it is difficult to see the forest for the trees.
A nice introductory course, which could perhaps benefit of a quick update and refresh, to catch up with new development in the field.
Very Good!.
This course is good, unique and relevant for machine learning today. Some things can be improved though. Starting around weeks 11-12 the lectures become a bit vague, and I had quite some difficulty understanding them. It seemed to me that these lectures were hastily created (even though I can only imagine how much work creating this course must have been). Furthermore, the lab sessions are rather easy and the provided code is annoying to work with systematically since they output results as printed text instead of something re-usable. This makes experimentation (like grid searches) a bit tedious. Besides these minor things, the course is quite good.Note that deep learning topics are only briefly touched, but you won't obtain the skills for training and designing them yourself without further exploration of the topics.Finally, many thanks to the teachers!
Great course with awesome theory. The quizzes are great and help to re-inforce the conceptsImprovement area is availabililty of exercises in R & Python and more programming assignments. Only 2 programming assignments are a shame
Really liked the course. The concepts were explained thoroughly, and I think I can apply some of the things I learned directly.Only downside was, that it is using Octave .
Thank you for the great course. Going in, I thought all NNs were feed-forward so this really expanded my view and understanding. Minor issues with test mechanics but those were a small distraction.
This course is just great!
This is a really deep dive into neural networks. It is highly theoretical, and includes deep details, and some optional deep mathematics in the subject. Hence, I do not consider this course as an introduction course on neural networks. I will not recommend this course to anyone who is just started learning about neural networks. However I do indeed recommend this course to anyone who would love to have a deep understanding of neural networks, and already has the basic understanding of neural networks and RBMs. If you've never used a neural network, never heard of backpropagation, or never got the basic understanding of RBMs, then this is not the course for you. If you a passionate about neural networks, have used them earlier, and what to get a deep understanding, this is indeed the course for you. I consider this a Ph.D level course. Thank you Professor Hinton for sharing some of your deep knowledge to the Coursera community.
Should have a bigger practical component. Also, there are a lot of technical problems with the course.
I'm really amazed how well the essential concepts of NNs are organized and precisely explained in this course.
I love the well-designer questions that evaluate my understanding of the topic. and the explanation feedback is good, too.
Great Course
Great, moderately advanced material, that will boost your knowledge on neural nets.
Comparing with Andrew Ng's course, this one goes into more details and is also more update to date with "new" techs like LSTM. Haven't finish yet but definitely 5 star!
There are few typos and missing videos in the archive, but overall this is a top level quality course. It's not an easy one, can be a good follow-up course after professor Andrew Ng's machine learning course.
loved this course. It's the best one i found on this topic!
Quizzes were buggy, but the lectures were good
Such an amazing course. I'd recommend it for anyone interested in machine learning and wants a more in-depth introduction to the field of neural networks.
I really like this course. Geoffrey Hinton is one of the very best researchers in Neural Networks in the world. I gave it 4 stars (instead of 5) for substandard implementation of its tests (misaligned questions and missing question content) and programming exercises (missing supporting documentation and code). I was able to get through this problems by googling it, but this was frustrating. Once this problems are sorted out, this course will be really enjoyable.
Great introduction to neural networks and deep learning. Hinton is legend.
This course offers a unique opportunity to learn about neural nets from one of the people who developed the current state of the art.
Great course
A very good, quite difficult, comprehensive course. Octave is mentioned but I believe anything can be used (I'll be using Python) because the assignments only ask for results, not the code.It's not for beginners, concepts are well explained and course is taught to a high standard.
hard to follow.. usually I don't know what is he talking about..
Great
Waiting for long time for such excellent course
Not clear illustration， many problems are not directly related to the content covered. More importantly, it sucks!
The course is changing my life... Even the mentor speech is teaching me.
I haven`t taken the whole course but I love it!!! The contents, the way they designed it and how they make me check carefully if I understood the concepts, but in a fun way, it`s great!! Also the way they pushed us to join others is wonderful. Congratulations!! I am learning a lot in a nice, relaxed but scientific and serious way.
The combination of theory and practice in this course has made it thoroughly enjoyable and I feel I have a deeper understanding, both conceptually and practically, of mindfulness.
Great curriculum, both theory and practical part.
I now have a better understanding of mindfulness.The course increased my Mindfulness X2
Thank you for this great introductory to Mindfulness and Meditation! Time to take it off the cushion and into the world!
Very impresseive, useful and enlighting way of education. Very convenient too.
I enjoyed studying this course. The video lectures of Dr Gotto-Johns very interesting but at times he was too soft spoken; needing extraordinary attention to grasp its content. Also, found the course a bit dry and somewhat difficult. While some notes were provided, there is a need to do a proper study of the subject. A book was promised by the Profesdor which I look forward to receiving. Actually, for all courses, I feel it will be a great help to all students, particularly those who can not afford costly books, COURSERA offers free or substantially discounted books on the subject taught.I completed Memory related course UNDERSTANDING MEMORY: Explaining the Psychology of Memory through Movies 🎥. The professor who presented this course offered his book Memory and Movies at 30% discount and even provided link with Discount code. As I liked the course, I tried to purchase this book but I got a reply from MIT Press that either to discount scheme is over or has not started so they CAN NOT offer it.!!I was very disappointed 😔 that despite COURSERA being such a big and professional body, such gaffes takes place. You may please address this and then let me know if I can buy at a low price.
Very good course balancing the practice of mindfulness with a look at more academic issues around the philosophy, psychology and politics of the topic. I really enjoyed it.
I did not enjoy how this course was taught. It was confusing and hard to understand the professor did not go at a pace i found helpful.
A practical introduction to mindfulness.
The course is amazing. It offers a wonderful balance between the theoretical and practical aspects of mindfulness and meditation.
Long and unbalanced course. The first weeks are long with too much materials, that I think, should be separated to more weeks, than last weeks has no any new materials just short discussion prompts. Maybe it is my fault, but I waited for something else, this was my first philosophy and mindfulness course.
I really enjoyed the course, even though I was familiar with Mindfulness. The critical focus given to Mindfulness Meditation opened new perspectives which I found enriching and very interesting.It has given me more incentives to continue using the material of the course in my Mindfulness path.I found the instructor was very clear and gave the course a very personal touch.
I found this course enlightening and practical, thank you.
Worthwhile course, not only for the education through lectures which was great, but for the practical teachings and guided meditations which can help transform a life.
Enjoyed every bit of it. Highly recommend.
Awesome course. I very much enjoyed the videos, the readings, the discussions with the international crowd and especially the practice involved. Didactics and flow of this course are excellent. I very much recommend it to everybody who is interested in the topic.
Intellectually and spiritually stimulating course. Both a meditation practice and lecture studies combined.This is a full course.
The course is very insightful and organized. The workload for week 2 to 4 may be a bit heavy if you are working full-time... But going through all the materials 'mindfully' and not in a rush is well worth it.
A great balance of academic content and experiential learning. This course helped me so much in my daily life. Thank you!
The course was well organized. I like the structure of the course: watching the theory videos, practicing various meditations and reflecting on the experience, and summarizing or deepening the knowledge. I was not interested in the written assignments at first because I complete the first one haphazardly just to complete the assignment. However, I spent more time reflecting on the rest of the assignments, and it was important to give oneself time to actually reflect and write a meaningful written task. The workload was manageable. I fell behind on an assignment, but I submitted it late. I was happy to have had the chance to submit and receive peer feedback. I really liked receiving the peer feedback. Thank you for the course. I really enjoyed it, and it has deepened my practice and my knowledge of mindfulness.
Absolutely phenomenal. I have a different perspective on how I see myself, how I perceive the world and everything around me after taking this class. I highly recommend that if you have no idea what mindfulness is or if you think that you do, take the course and receive or add more value.
Best course for personal growth I've done online.
Great course, especially for those with an existing mindfulness practice who are trying to get a better understanding of what the practice means.
It's the best way to learn about this subject. Thanks .
This is a good course, and I would (indeed, have) recommend it to others.However the week on science seemed to lack any references that i could find; unless i'm missing the obvious. If there were none included then this is not acceptable when discussing science in an academic context. If they are there somewhere then i think the course as a whole would be improved by making them more apparent. Perhaps by putting the references for a lecture at the end of the lecture, where there is already a slide giving credit for the use of images. This is basic practice when lecturing on science generally.Either way I'm loving the course and thank you for producing it!
Excellent course. Extremely well organized and prepared with top notch content, videos and other resources. I audited this course and it met my expectations!
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I enjoy the considerate, compassionate, and overall intellectual approach this course takes the student on, and appreciate the overall structure of this course. The instructor of this course is intriguing and immensely well spoken; I feel like I'm enhancing my understanding on vocabulary as well a this topic with each lecture. I look forward to completing this course and using my new found knowledge moving forward in life. Thankful there are facilitators/professors like this man!
This is a wonderful course, no matter what do you know about this subject. I am a chartered psychologist, leading a weekly group to practice Mindfulness through facebook and found the course worth value.
This course was very enjoyable in learning what mindfulness was to me and better ways to become more mindful in my life. I also found more happiness, joy, and peace from taking this course. I would say overall the best benefit is having less stress from the simple principles covered in this course.
I have nothing but good things to say. De-Mystifying Mindfulness is the complete package of academia, personal development, and transferable skills. The course posed interesting questions that made me consider how I think, feel, and how I to live in the world around me. It was transformative experience that I heartily recommend.
Simply fantastic. An insightful integration of psychology, philosophy and sociology taught by a wise and down-to-earth professor.
It was a very easy to follow, deep and challenging course. I really enjoyed it!
Lots of great material. A good place to start for those new to mindfulness and an opportunity to broaden and deepen one's practice for more long-term practitioners. A variety of religious and secular perspective are covered, both current and historical, with a view toward ethics and practical application. The perspective presented is unbiased and encourages independent thinking, self-analysis and reflection. It was well worth the time I invested and I intend to continue referring back to the notes I have made as well as the resources that have been provided throughout the course. I look forward to more from Prof. Goto-Jones in this area!
interesting and fun.
The course was excellent in every way. It combined very interesting content from different sources and points of views with practical exercises that really made the experience complete. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is even slightly interested in what mindfulness is and how it relates to the world around us. I would characterize it as an eye-opening experience. The only thing I would change would be the workload, which should be distributed in some way, as some of the course's weeks were almost impossible to pull off correctly in 7 days.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course as it provided me with directions on how to practice mindfulness; the guided meditations are so valuable. I am grateful to Chris (the teacher) for his understanding, compassion and empathy. I did struggle to juggle videos, assignments, practice, my full time job, kid, dog, various accidents but I was encouraged by the understanding and support of the teacher. I have tried many times to finish a courser but always failed, this is the first time i have managed completion and I am so grateful for what the course has given to me: real support, understanding,
This course could've been better by the inclusion of more examples, the lecturer is very monotonous and sadly, i see no discussion forum for this course, in addition to that, whenever i tried replying to the comments the reply button turned grey and nothing happened. I had reported to resolve the issue but nothing happened the issue persists. It could have been done much better specially the lectures. Thank you :)
Completed a Course which truly speaking was about Demystifying Mindfulness. The Course is different from the other MOOCS in the sense that you have hands on practical sessions in the Meditation Labs of the Univrrsity.
A great MOOC. A good blend of academic material - very well presented - and useful meditation praises.
A really great course, combines perfectly theory and practice.Highly recommended !
Buddhism conversion course.
After about eight years of collage I can finally say I have taken a class that has quantitatively changed my life. Thank you very much to everyone involved.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and the team involved with it. I found it thought provoking, challenging and delightful. A well constructed, well thought out course with clear objectives. After 40 years on the path of Mindful living, this course came at just the right time for me. My deepest appreciation and respect to all involved in the creation, presentation and smooth running of this course. As a teacher and trainer I congratulate you on the creation of something that will change many lives. Keep up the good work and let's see some more of the same so we all keep growing in our knowing.
I think this course was interesting. It made me see mindfulness from a different perspective, to understand its roots and the prejudices we have in our society about it and to practice it.I highly recommend it!
great course
It's a good start for beginners and seekers of the mindfulness.
It's five weeks of learning and developing skills. Great content!
Quite an intensive course with lots of theory and practice. Make sure you have enough time before comitting to this course. But over all good experience, challenging and interesting. Meditation labs were great as well.
An excellent summary of Mindful practices, both the theory and the meditation. Recommended for everyone who wants to understand mindfulness or needs a moment of reflection in his or her own mindful practice
Love it!
This course has provided me with a deeper insight into the origins and nature of mindfulness as a practice and a way of life. It lived up to my expectations and I recommend it to those who wish to familiarize themselves with mindfulness.
This course is outstanding. It not only de-mystefied mindfulness, but increased my own mindfulness, even though I have benefited immensely from a Vipassana course several months ago. Dr. Goto-Jones has navigated the controversial subject of mindfulness brilliantly by his own articulate manner of objectivity, while tackling topics such as religion, philosophy, and commercialization head on, without superimposing his own views, leaving the ultimate choice of what concepts and beliefs one wants to retain, modify, or discard entirely to the student. To that end, his highly qualified, I even say, wise guests contributed significantly through their own views and/or exercise guidance. I hope many more will benefit from this course in future. My best wishes to Dr. Goto-Jones and a heartfelt thank you to hi and all his guests!
The course is clear, to the point and open to bring in your own thoughts. You are supposed to be an active member, answering questions and reacting to others. You can follow the course without that, but it is very rewarding to read what the exercises mean to others. You go through a lot of material in a few weeks - it need not take very much time, but it means a lot.
Incredible course, very deep and rich on many levels for understanding and furthering the study of mindfulness.
The course was hard to follow and understand.
A truly outstanding course for those that seek to better understand themselves and find an improved sense of contentment within themselves and the world in which we live.
It was everything I could think about and more.
Absolutely great! A very well rounded approach to mindfulness.
Great Course - just one of the elements, the interview with the gentleman from Loews Innovation Labs was pretty lame. I don't think he had much content to share, and he sounded as if he's arrived in life!
As a marketer, I see this course opening new horizons to optimize business offerings which other wouldn't have been possible. Being said that we are yet to explore ways of making neuromarketing afforable and easy to use so that we could integrate in day to day activities. Would require serious commitments on budget, adaptation and computational power. Great efforts and thank you Prof. Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, Copenhagen Business School and Coursera for making this amazing course available.
One of the best online classes I have taken. Really opened up a very interesting emerging area of marketing and gave me some useful tools I am implementing at my company.
Excellent course. Very well drafted. The lecturers are guest speakers were very good too. 6 weeks was appropriate time and they also allow flexibility. The app on mobile and website are brilliant; they both connected and very user friendly.
Great course to start learning about consumer neuroscience, the drop-down is that the videos are extremely superficial while the readings (included inside the compendium) are highly technical and advanced
Sometimes, the lessons wanted to cover a lot of topics in a small frame of time, so it may be hard to follow up with everything without a background in general psychology. I absolutely loved the compendium of different scientific studies each week. Overall, it is a great approach as an introduction, but it may fall short if you want to go deeper. Nonetheless, I would highly recommend it
Great course! A lot of useful relevant information!
Very interesting course. It helped me to start studying about the neuromarketing topic.
I really enjoyed this course! I really liked the video of the instructor taking apart the model brain and pointing out the different parts and their functions.
Very interesting course for marketers.
great course , a must for all the professionals working in a marketing department
Great reading material and plenty of researches. Overall it is a very interesting topic, though its better if you have a medical preparation for this course.
For me personally: way to complex and brain rather than output focused
Very interesting and useful course for consumer behavior and marketing area.
Great introductory content into the subject. Monitoring/moderation of the forums could be improved.
A good course on the basics of neuromarketing, but the tests are very simple. Thank you very much for your work
I wasn't a newbie on the topic but it was interesting to actually see how things work in the labs where the investigations take place.The course lacks of a module of specific strategies to implement in marketing, but overall it's a great course.
Why do you like what you like? What do you drink pepsi when you'r blind to the brand, but you choose coca-cola you aren't brand blindness? Why do like something is not the same to want something? Why our emotions are so cognitive and our cognition is so emotional? You wanna know it. Just take this course.
Although I still don't know how do I apply these into my work directly, I have to say it is a quite interesting class.
This course is excellent.
This course provided me with wonderful insight into Consumer Neuorscience and Neuromarketing. It was incredibly interesting and well-driven. Thank you!
Such great information - I'm really interested in learning more on the topic and following how the information is applied. Thanks for giving me a base of information and better understanding! I'd love courses dedicated to individual studies and what's been learned from them!
Not particularly engaging. Some significant overlaps in content on the videos. Some rambling videos that could really do with editing. I liked that the content within the main lecture was concise - it really needed to be because the lecturer has very little variety to his tone of speech - listening requires "high cognitive load". Don't want to be too down on it because I really appreciate the free content and the subject material is very interesting, but it could do with a bit more love and the practical application of the marketing concepts described in the course. Maybe start with some eye-tracking on someone completing the course?!
Very interesting subject, although there were some difficult topics!
Very useful, interesting and would completely recommend the course!
Very good insights. Awesome paperwork materials and excellent videos! It makes a great introduction to the subjects!
Great course. Well structured, easy to follow and to understand. Please offer more about applied Neuromarketing like this.
What I loved in this course is its ability to combine, illustrates and discus to distinct fields into one course that is really interesting.
THANKS SO MUCH DR /THOMAS , I ADMIRE FOR THE WAY TO LEARN AND REACH THE INFORMATION , NOW I LEARN MANY THINGS ABOUT BRAIN AND HOW IT WORK AND I CAN USE IT FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONSUMER BEHAVIORMANY THANKS FOR Copenhagen Business School
A little heavy on the biology side
Most of coursera courses I have taken I am not able to complete, it is easy to drop off, not feel engaged, not able to complete the assignments on time. This course had the perfect balance - it had structure easy to follow weeks schedule and quizes. It provided additional reading and articles if needed to dive deeper. It also was a well rounded course with theory, interviews of experienced people from the industry, videos on practical experiments and summarizes of researches done on the field. I would highly recommend this course to any friend and would look forward to completing more with the same professor in same related topic.
Excellent introduction to the concepts of neuroscience and neuromarketing as well as the tools and methods used in these disciplines. Even if marketing itself is not your focus, this course provides a very good insight or primer to the field of consumer neuroscience. Highly recommended.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Nice course, useful and interesting content!
FUE UN CURSO BASTANTE INTERESANTE Y MUY CLARO, ME AGRADO MUCHO SI VOLVERIA A TOMAR UN CURSO MAS DE ESTA UNIVERSIDAD.
I had just sent a very positive review. I like to add that the discussion on ethics and laws after the course was finished were great.
For marketers with open mind it is a must take!
One of the best courses on coursera...
The course is very interesting. In the beginning it seems a bit heavy with all the neuroscience information and the terminology but as it progresses it gets more and more interesting as it brings it closer to marketing with examples and experts.Moreover, most of the interviews are very interesting, some are a bit longer than needed and in a couple of cases the sound quality is not so great, mostly due to Skype sound quality, making it a bit hard to listen to,
Changed my understanding and panorama of marketing as it is, should be a must for every marketer in the world.
A good introduction to a complex field. Well worth the time and effort.
Very interesting courses!
Excelent . We need a more advance course
It's a very nice course but it is very small.
Pretty good course. Enjoyee
Clear and real (they speak about real neuro-marketing, no overpromise!).
Excellent introduction to the topic by one of the most important researchers in the field. Exteaordinarily well conceived, wonderfully implemented. One of the best experiences in my life, just before beginning my Master in Neuromarketing. Pkease, offer a sequel. Thank you really very much !!! ...
Finally a course on the subject, good insights and format with short videos on theory mixed with interviews with experts within the field.
Great To Start but should perceive continuous research. Thank you
As titled, this is just an introduction course to neuromarketing but very helpful to understand the potential of this new area. The course opens doors and with complementary courses on how works the brain and how to measure the brain signals, it will help a new generation of (neuro)managers to transform their business activities, as well as their personal knowledge of... themselves :-)
This course was too biologically technical, but I loved it. From a marketer's point of view, there was such amazing information on consumer behaviour.
A ton of great information and resources.
It's the future of the marketing foundation. This course makes soft introduction with science-based approach. Thanks!
Phenomenal Course! I got a lot of great information as regards to marketing and how the brain works. I've always been a stickler for psychology and the neurophysiology of the brain and this course helped satisfy some of my curiosities at the same time unlocking new ones. Highly recommended :)
Really love the course. The teacher was really good and have a lot of knowledge in the area. And is quite easy to understands.
Great Course! Thank you very much!
Neuroscience is totally new to me.After completion of this course I have been explored to a new world of marketing with a frame of neuro science.No doubt,it is going to drive marketing world to a spectacular destination where I think it helps in product development and diversification to cater humans' need at a minute level.Good luck Ramsoy....
Great way to start to know a bit about Consumer Neuroscience and Neuromarketing! Interesting readings, studys and lectures.
wonderful course
thanks
i learned so much, i would like to thank all the professors and those that took part in providing this course thank you, i will implement some of what i learned into my life
Wonderful course. Very well put together.
This was really an enriching journey. The way the course is structured makes it extremely easy to go through and the concepts are presented in a way to assimilate and adopt.The topics that were covered touched on the exact questions I had been struggling with while trying to go through the exploration phase of my social innovation initiative; Furaha Education Support, which is a platform that helps asylum seeker and refugees to get access to tertiary education through funding.Regards,Olivier Rumb
Thank you for a wonderful and enriching journey.
I would appreciate a bit more of detail in some topics, butI enjoyed it a lot. Thanks!
Worth following with practical tools to understand better the required thinking to design innovation. I strongly recommend
Great course. Loved the interaction between peers and they marking your work. Was irritating at first, but shows you the mistake we all make. Thinking that others should buy into your idea, but it gives you a slight glimpse into how the community might view it from their side.
Great course that helps you to be able to identify opportunities within your community that helps bring develoment.
Thank you for this course.Its great opportunity for make a differentdifferent.Thank you for share yours experience and knowledge.God bless you.
A excellent course-especially for professionals who want to add to their skills set. It also provides a good introduction to Social Innovation.
Great and inspirational course!
Great course if you want to get into this space. It makes you think about what different factors play a role in setting up your own social venture.
I found this course truly inspiring, particularly because I hail from the Cape Flats in South Africa and have knowlege of (although I don't completely pretend to understand) the manifestations discussed by Marlon and the Rlabs team.I also understand that the problem is a transhistorical cultural-structural-psychological-physical one, and my interest is to understand these problems in its structure, so that it can be dealt with in its structure and not only in terms of individual manifestations, as this course attempts to do.I do however find that dealing with our interconnected problems in its structure, is an uphill battle, and I am keen to try out the advice given in the course, to see at least if a dent can be made, however small.Thanks, and all the best. Dr Sarah Henkeman
Insightful material and great facilitators. The idea of explaining through workings of a real organization worked well!
A well presented course. It allowed me to dig deeper into some Social challenges that are close to my heart, and gave me tools to start addressing the challenges.
Excellent course. Met my expectation. Highly recommend this course be continued and offered by Coursera.
Very nice and informative course. I loved the case studies, it made it very inspiring and hands-on.
Great course. Practical and relevant.
Even though it is only an introduction level course it really opened my eyes to hat is possible and exposed me to valuable tools in starting my project. I would definitely like to learn more. Thank you so much!
These course is very good for me since being the student of social work i could explore by myself with lots of ideas.
It's an awesome course. Well explained, excellent exercises, the topic were mind-blowing. I would take it again.
Excellent course for anyone interested in social innovation and generating novel ideas.
Great course from a great team. These wonderfull overskilled people is doing an amazing work. This course succeed in scaling a critical questions that hopefully turn in more projects that can make a difference.
A fantastic way to get people to think and operate differently!
This course is extremely informative and comprehensive without overburdening the learner with vocabulary, dated theories and complex concepts. It teaches you through the examples of verified Change Makers who are successful today!! Thank you!!!!!
It is a wonderful course that brings great tools to think and develop ideas towards social innovation. Highly recommend it!
Excelent course. You will be taught with up-to-date information, guided by inspirational stories and taught by great professionals in the area. Really, a most take if you want to learn more about social innovation and, of course, impact.
Great job! Thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences. For me, it would be more helpful if the teachers or mentors, will give their own feedback in week 4's assignment- Prototyping. Their feedback is very much needed as it is their expertise. Thanks!
Becoming a Changemaker Course was fun and I have learnt a lot as a result. The course met my expectations but I was expecting more - it is geared towards people who have an idea and aims to harness that idea into something tangible. I am a little further down the line and this would've been fantastic had I done it a few years back, although it was fantastic going back to basics.I am hopeful that a "Part 2 - Social Business Incubator" could be developed in future which delves into more detail to lead people who've decided to become a changemaker through the process of putting together a business case and measuring the impact of what they have started so that they are prepared to scale the social innovation and be better prepared to raise the necessary finances to succeed.
I'll strongly recommend this course for those who are interested to introduce themselves to the Social Enterprise world from scratch. Very well explained, easy to understand, logic order for the content, true stories as an examples, inspirational. 100% recommended!
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and I will definitely be sharing my experiences with other people. It has helped me look at the social problem in my community in a different lens. I learnt a lot from reviewing other peers work and i quite liked the activities that we had to do. they were engaging, out of the box and enjoyable. The videos lessons are short an straight to the point an are jam packed with information. The extra reading material for each week was also helpful. All in all it was good. I highly recommend it.
This course has changed my life and I hope I can do even just a tiny bit to change the world. Well worth it for anyone tired of seeing the need for change and not knowing how to take action.
It cover many important aspects of innoation in social works, however the extra reading is not enough to deliver the know how behind the concepts and approaches.
A great course - well presented - with practical applications and insights that can be applied to the learner's own situation and context. Well worth the effort!
Great course - very inspiring!
The course was excellent. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in this field.
I really enjoyed this course. I loved the idea of filmimg the lectures in class, I felt more engaged as a student.
I found this course incredibly interesting and eye-opening. I would be thrilled to be able to find ways to put what I have learned in practice, both in my personal as well as my professional life.
Wonderful learning! Thanks to all the instructors for sharing their excitement and expertise and research!
I honestly thought this course was all over the place and too general. It also seemed to be full of self - congratulations about what UPENN has accomplished with its research. I wanted more depth in a more targeted approach to improving my life.
Excellent Course! Opened my eyes (and heart) up to the possibilities of applying Pos Psych in the work I do for others. I am eager to learn more!
This course is amazing, new things ans findings, I wonder why it takes so much time to star focusing in positive aspects of people. Highly recomended
This was an exceptional course. I enjoyed the presentation, exercises and assessment. Not only did I gain from an academic perspective, but more important, I gained personally and will use these skills to facilitate collaboration and help others.
great introduction to the positive pychology
Excellent course & really looking forward to the next in series.
Fantastic course. You learn a lot about Positive Psychology and its concepts and researches, from the founder of Positive Psychology.
Very informative course, excellent balance of historical and up to date researches.
Only auditing but I love the scope of the applications of Positive Psychology for anything from the individual, like me, to the US Armed Forces and the city / region of Adelaide, Australia (if my memory serves).
Advantages:1) I liked the idea of filming the lectures of Dr Seligman in the real class. Watching his videos, I felt like I was sitting is the lecture room with other students.2) I also enjoyed watching different researchers talking about their fields of study. Inviting different speakers makes the course more diverse.Areas of improvement:1) Design. Some of the presentations in the videos were not in the style of the course (e.g. videos on constructive journalism)2) Structure. The overall impression is that different parts of the course were not reconciled with each other, leading to fragmentation of the course. It concerns not only design, but also video lenght (for example videos on constructive journalism were way too long) and lack of a sigle thread going through all the videos and supplementary materials. It seems that the course has been made in a hurry.
Overall the material helpful. The tests though did seem a bit flawed when needing to answer with a typed in one word answer. I typed in the appropriate answer and was told it was wrong but when the answers were given it was in fact correct. It was a bit like reading a good book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The information was presented in such a way that I was able to take away valuable information that can help me direct my research as well.
I can't overstate how much I enjoyed this class. Coursera classes are so informative and convenient. This topic is very important to my life and career and I appreciate the insights and I look forward to studying it more deeply.
I found this course to be useful and powerful in creating new (for me) perspectives in psychology. I also found it hopeful and inspiring, solutions-focused and simple. It gave a really good deal of self-focus type information - the kind that makes you want to know more and also makes you feel more grounded in your own identity.
very helpful
Well-organized, interesting, and informative course. I have already recommended it to family, friends, and co-workers. Definitely a game-changer.
A good learning experience! Learning through the weeks per se gives me a sense of joy. Thank you for a great course.
Taking this course has changed my outlook towards life and the world. Earlier, I used to blame everything for any problems that I faced, but now I've started to count my blessings for thousands of small happy things happening in my life.
Exciting introductory course to the field of positive psychology from some of the most prominent figures within the area.
Excellent information presented in an efficient way. I really liked the fact that we were asked questions throughout in order to engage our learning. I also felt it was great that each topic was presented by various short videos as I felt that this helped me concentrate more on the material rather than having to take loads of information in all at once.
Great taster of this subject, I loved it!
Fantastic course! So much great information and I always feel uplifted while doing it.
The course is well designed but it is hard to make notes. There is no summary words or point in every video. Anyway, recommend for everyone who is interested in positive psychology , this course is great!
Excellent course and great overview of the discipline.
The course is interesting and provides the student with opportunities to actively participate with others in the discussion forums. The videos are engaging and the supplemental materials provided with the lectures are excellent. It is personally rewarding.
Research basted "Happiness" metrics is new to me. Will be very useful in my advocation of mentoring under-achieving young people
Excellent course, very useful and mindopening
Well organized and very useful course!
I rather liked the material and its delivery. Another thing I liked very much was students' commitment and achievements as exposed in the peer-reviewed assignments. What I disliked was abundance of personal-computer slang in the language of the professor, jamming all the peer-reviewed assignments into only two weeks and the incident with broken APA style.Despite my criticisms mentioned, I am grateful to the professor, HSE and Coursera staff, and my classmates for the opportunity and experience!
A very good and useful course! Thanks a lot for the great tasks and well-defined topics. I did not have any experience in LaTex and now I feel more confident with this program. The course is very valuable, well-structured and I appreciate lecturer's efforts very much!
Only drawback is translation is a necessity for non Russian speakers. But even this is do - able with google translate. Download video transcripts and translate them. Crude but effective. The web pages can be translated directly.Very organized.
This is a great starter course for materials informatics. It covers a good amount of topics and uses a nice case study to reinforce digital representation of data, spatial correlations, principal component analysis, and regression. I really liked the examples of pyMKS. My only suggestions is it would have been nice to have more hands-ons use of pyMKS and sci-kit learn. This could have been accomplished through a course project or homeworks.
very beneficial
Too much introduction, not much actual useful stuff. Too much mathematically without well illustrated examples.
Great, fantastic information that made me see the importance of data sciences in materials science and engineering. My only request would be to potentially spend more time fleshing out PCA and the statistical tools around it; most of it went over my head without seeing a step-by-step application of it that showed the calculations. Maybe it could be optional so that those who are already strong in PCA can skip it.
Brilliant lectures on a very interesting topic!
So interesting and at the same time totally addictive! Loved it but don't recommend other version than English ;)
This is a great course for those who want a business career.
Perfect!
Nice course! Did I learn a lot of things about Business negotiation.
Perfect!
Amazing! We all need this knowledge in our day by day.
The best course
Very good teaching, very didactic!
Great course. The classes and teacher are very qualified. The only flaw that I found was the tests, specially the last one. Seems that the questions in Portuguese weren't translated correctly.
Excelent material and teaching all the way through the course. Congratulations!
It's great, complete and totally usefull
Very interesting!
Great teacher, great course. The Portuguese subtitles facilitate learning.
Amazing lessons! Thaks soo much!
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I didn´t like this course so much. Great part of the content is about mediation, arbitration and negotiations that are not sucessfully. I thought I´d see more about improving practices to negotiate and convince the other part in a negotiation.
MUITO BOM INDICO PARA TODOS...
Very good, with information clear to learn.
Great, the professor is the best.
It's a very good couse. The professor Siedel is very good.
Amazing course!Maybe it would be even better if it had a "conclusion" at the end of all videos.
This course is the filet mignon of negotiation courses.
Great teacher!Congratulations, University of Michigan!
I am grateful to Professor George Siedel and all involved in the teaching process. Mr. George Siedel aptly explanations and a great teacher.grateful,Antonio Harmes
Great Course.
Loved it! Really learned and was able to apply it in may daily negotiations.
Very easy to understand all the principles and tips given by Professor Siedel.The way He teaches is agreeable to watch the video and using cases to show deferents situation become the program easy to comprehend, even I'm not a native english speaker.Many Thanks Professor Siedel
very practical, so much relevent!
Perfect!!!
Excellent course. All the topics are clearly explained with many examples from the praxis. For sure I will use many of the concepts in my everyday job.As improvement I would suggest to include an organic script of the lessons or book to download.
Was a very useful course that gave plenty of insight into operation management and also specifically helped me in my role as an operations manager.
great teacher. I learned a lot from this class. Every topic was well explained with illustrative examples.
I would not recommend this course. The content is very relevant to the subject matter. However, the lectures are much longer than they need to be, and filled with unnecessary commentary. The instructor often verbally discusses the statistical formula with a few bullets on a slide with the focus on himself. The delivery would be much better if the instructor would put himself in the background and the focus be reoriented on a whiteboard style walk-through of the equation at hand.
I followed all the videos, and I really appreciated the professor tone, slides and operations management curriculum.
Very useful and relevant concepts - honors assignments were interesting and worthy.
Very good course. Explanation is really clear, the topic is really on the spot and applicable. I am surprise to found that all the topic is really linked to my current and previous work.
Great course! Very interesting topic!
Great course and content!! the professor made it easy to understand the concepts.
An excellent and very informative course!
Explanation was clear
Great Course.I am not giving 5 stars because we didn't get the assignment to actually implement LDA algorithm and Complete Hierarchical algorithm.May be I am little biased because 5th course is not yet available.Please make 5th course available.Topics that need to be covered in 5th course are very import for implementing all these algorithms at lower dimensions.
The teachers are really amazing. They do not just explain it as if they read a book. They explain the concepts very well
Overall is great. The LDA and Dendrograms lack quality/specificity and depth of the previous topics. So sad the Specialization collapsed at 4 courses instead of 6.
This course was my first encounter with Machine Learning! The course gave me a good understanding of the different ML algorithms used in clustering and retrieval of data!
Very nice course. Concepts are covered very clearly.
For me, this was the toughest of the first four courses in this specialization (now that the last two are cancelled, these are the only four courses in the specialization). I'm satisfied with what I gained in the process of completing these four courses. While I've forgotten most of the details, especially those in the earlier courses, I now have a clearer picture of the lay of the land and am reasonably confident that I can use some of these concepts in my work. I also recognize that learning of this kind is a life-long process. My plan next is to go through [https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Statistical-Learning-Applications-Statistics/dp/1461471370], which, based on my reading of the first chapter, promises to be an excellent way to review and clarify the concepts taught in these courses.What I liked most about the courses in this specializations are: good use of visualization to explain challenging concepts and use of programming exercises to connect abstract discussions with real-world data. What I'd have liked to have more of is exercises that serve as building blocks -- these are short and simple exercises (can be programming or otherwise) that progressively build one's understanding of a concept before tackling real-world data problems. edX does a good job in this respect.My greatest difficulty was in keeping the matrix notations straight. I don't have any linear algebra background beyond some matrix mathematics at the high school level. That hasn't been much of a problem in the earlier three courses, but in this one I really started to feel the need to gain some fluency in linear algebra. [There's an excellent course on the subject at edX: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1%3AUTAustinX%2BUT.5.05x%2B1T2017/ and I'm currently working through it.]Regardless of what various machine learning course mention as prerequisites, I think students would benefit from first developing a strong foundation in programming (in this case Python), calculus, probability, and linear algebra. That doesn't mean one needs to know these subjects at an advanced level (of course, the more the better), but rather that the foundational concepts are absolutely clear. I'm hoping this course at Coursera would be helpful in this regard: https://www.coursera.org/learn/datasciencemathskills/
Really a good course, succinct and concise.
slightly repetitive of classification course with no real use-case value except lots of math..
Great course on machine learning, however, left us in middle of learning, Recommender System + Deep Learning Capstone is missing
Some themes are shown very superficially it would be great to go deeper. Despite of this the course is great!Thanks.
The course was very engaging and mathematically intensive. It provides background for all the necessary tools one must know to start clustering. Great Course. Will miss this course format as 5 and 6 are cancelled!
Should use pandas instead of Graph Lab Create
Good and deep dive into ML!Absolutely disappointed that the course was delayed and the promise to take it through Course 5 and Capstone Project didn't come through.Not at all happy with that!!
Best Course on ML yet on the Web
A great course as the other 3 courses in the specialization.This course introduces and make us implement Knn,Kd trees,Gaussian Mixture model and LDA model for clustering and retrieval.The data set is the peoples wiki from the Foundations course and theres a assignment on clustering images too.If you have taken the other 3 an do this with ease and if you haven't taken those i think it will be better to take this course after the other 3.
Excellent course! Thanks a lot for the effort in compiling this course... I really enjoyed it!
Dependence on GraphLab technology is a big minus. The lectures are poorly balanced in terms of difficulty. Apart from that - interesting course, I'm glad I took it.
If you are considering this specialization I would recommend the Andrew Ng course instead and the main reason is that it isn't depend on proprietary ML framework. Despite the good lectures, the assignments don't help you develop the knowledge required for ML developer role.Taking in consideration the permanent postponing the courses delivery, from summer 2016 to summer 2017, finally the most interesting part of the specialization was cancelled. I'm completely disappointed with the specialization learning expirience.
Not happy about course 5 & 6 got cancelled.
No good without the missing course and capstone projects
The material is complex and challenging, but the teaching procedure is carefully thought out in a way that you quickly get it, giving you a great sense of accomplishment.
Very sophisticated, friendly and practical instructions
Enjoyed the course and learned a lot. Amazing!
awesome clustering course
This specialization is delayed for months now - very annoying! Don't give them money!
very helpful
I give 5 star for the teacher, really approach having such a well-organized teaching material.I also give -1 star for the homework assignment and its (almost) GraphLab only approach. Yes, it mentioned "alternative" approach (which is much more popular than GraphLab), but there are many bugs & trivial difficulties to get it through. With scikit-learn as a great open source package, the only reason (I suspect) to choose GraphLab is commercial purpose. For me, if the homework assignment is only instructed properly for loading data into Pandas, I can finish each programming assignment within 1 hour for sure using scikit learn; but now, it takes 30 minutes and I still cannot load the data correctly. I like to get a certificate, but it is not necessary and spending too much time is a waste on my time.
Great course but hard going at times for those of us without a strong maths background. The assignments took me a long time to complete and I think I'll have to revisit some areas as I become more familiar with them to really get the full benefit.
I am taking all courses in the specialization, and this is my fourth. I have been having a great time with materials by both instructors so far, until I came to week 5 of this course.Despite repeated viewing, my understanding of LDA is non-existent. The first section is fine, but starting from "Bayesian inference via Gibbs sampling," for me at least, the method of instruction has gone off a cliff.I strongly suggest soliciting feedback from learners that narrowly targets the material of this week 5 to determine if it's just me or if this is a wider problem. If it is the latter, perhaps it is time to redesign the lessons of this week.
This course contain many advance topic which was covered in fast pace by the professor special end lectures. This course contain very important topics of Machine learning could have given more time in explaining things. Thanks professor
I have enrolled myself in the other Machine Learning courses offered by Uwash , but have to say this was not properly organized. I had got my certificates for the other courses easily , not because the contents was easy , but was easily understandable and well organized and there was a great sense of satisfaction after getting the certificate because of the knowledge gained.But unfortunately for this course , especially the week 4 and week 5 was lengthy and not up to the point and the quizzes were hence not seem to be related. So got my certificate after a bit of struggle.I'm planning to see other online materials related to week 4 and week 5 , as couldn't completely understand from this one. If you can modify those two weeks, it would be great. I hope you continue the great work of illuminating millions of young people's interests through your great courses and organization. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It is explained in simple and lucid language by expert Emily and codes illustrated by Carlos. Go for it.
Very Insightful. Great Instructors. Awesome Forum and intelligible peers.
It's an amazing Course.
So Much Concepts to learn and totally worth it!
This was probably the most challenging course of them all, I thoroughly enjoyed it! Looking forward to dimensionality reduction and the capstone.
Thank you, it was a good one
Great course! Very simple and practical.
The course dived into basic and advanced concepts of unsupervised learning. As before, Prof Fox did a great job at explaining things.
this is not a an easy course but certainly an awesome one
Excellent! Very good material and lectures and hands on. Really enriching.
Very good, not only learn many good ML concepts, but also polish my python programming skill a lot. Thank you, Emily and Carlos.
Great course, very hands-on, very practical knowledge.
This was another great course. I hope that the instructors indulge in a little bit more theory. Anyway it was a magnificent course. Hope the coming courses are as good as this one.
Deep insight into most useful techniques of machine learning.
This specific course traded off depth and detail for breadth of topics. Too many ideas were quickly described and not really built up to my liking.
I found that Week 4, Assignment 2 was testing our knowledge in ways that are in opposition to the general ethos of the course.I mean that this course is about gaining insight, intuition and the practical tools for ML, where the smaller details like - knowing which numpy function gives you a random univariate normal distribution - are normally provided for us, so that we can focus on the aforementioned broader, more useful aspects of ML/Clustering.The assignment had good content on the whole but the parts which were chosen for "write code here" could certainly be improved.I hope this is useful feedback and that the assignment is reviewed so that it doesn't needlessly discourage people.
Very Good in depth explanation and hand-on lab machine learning course. very focused on real world analytics and algorithms
I loved this course. then content is designed to acquire strong foundations in clustering.
I really learn a lot in this course, although the materials are very difficult at first read, but Emily's explanation were clear and I would be able to get the idea after a few review.
Great intro!
From LDA onwards the pace ramped up ! Please be slow during advance topics. But altogether it was a great course.
Excellent course - and of great practical use.
All the courses in this specialization are great, but compared to the other 3 i did until now, this one seemed a bit short on material. Especially week 1, and somewhat week 6 was without good material. Weeks 2, 3 and 4 were great. I got lost somewhere in week 5 on collapsed Gibbs sampling.Still: very much recommend this course, it provides a good introduction to Nearest Neighors, K-Means, Gaussian Mixtures and LDA. Thx prof. Fox!!
For me, this course was disappointing. Here is why: First, the level, at which the course material is presented, is very low. It might be freshman level, but certainly not more. There are many buzzwords but no real explanations. The programming assignments are only doable because most of the work has been done by the people designing the assignments. There is very little left for the students. Furthermore, the procedures, that are already given, are not very well documented. Hence, a lot of guess work is required to figure out how things should work. Furthermore, little effort has been spent to structure the procedures that are already given. Altogether, this makes doing the programming assignments very unsatisfying.Finally, the professor presenting the materials does not take part in the discussion forums. Contrary to other courses that I have attended at Coursera, this time the discussion forum was no help at all.
The material covered in this course is immense and gives a deep understanding of several algorithms required to perform unsupervised learning tasks.
This course was awesome as all the previous courses, I'm waiting to the next course and the capstone
Detailed coverage of several approaches to clustering. Not easy but learned a lot.
Feels like this course in the specialization was a bit rushed, compared to the first 3 courses. It had 2 modules (first & last) that were more like placeholders and the middle 4 modules went from concept to the maths behind the algorithm very quickly. It needs a bit of work on expanding the course and presenting a bit more slowly. Having said all that, the concepts and algorithms taught are very interesting and a good first step into the unsupervised learning section.
One of the best machine learning course I have taken.
Another super course. Though admittedly (for me at least) very difficult to make within the allotted time given for one period of the Course. Lots of advanced stuff that require substantial studies to really comprehend, i.e., it should never be enough just to hack & run the code (that's the easier challenge). Still have a long washing list of topics coming out of this Course that I need (want) to understand better. But at least the background to do so is neatly provided here. So without further ado ... Applause!
wonderful course for beginner of machine learning.
Some of the interesting topics discussed in this course could be treated substantially more extensive and detailed in order to get a better grip and understanding on them (e.g. Gibbs sampling). After this course, it is a bit dazzling how much different algorithms and methods are available for clustering and retrieval tasks and this course easily could have been subdivided into two or three separate courses on the same topic with a more detailed treatment. Still, about many interesting subjects a tip of the iceberg has been brought to you ... it tastes so good that you would like to have much more!
Amazing course, really helpful, as a ML researcher you need this kind of foundation
The best course in the specialization thus far. Very rich and wide ranging, perfect for the motivated part-time learner who wants to be challenged and have ample reason to revisit the material. I only wish this course had been longer, perhaps shortening the classification course to make room.
a practical and interesting course about clustering and retrival
The assignments are excellent and help understand the algorithms and concepts taught in the course. There are some garbling in the subtitles/transcripts (including the quirky one that every time the lecturer says EM - the "EM" doesn't appear, and the following word is capitalized). As usual Graphlab Create / Sframes can't handle apply(). however mostly apply() appears in the part of the assignment that inputs files and turns them into data matrices and the explanations how to run the assignment with Scikit-Learn include pre-computed input files
As someone very keen on math, more math background as optimal video would be more helpful.
Great course and awesome teaching by Prof. Emily Fox. Prof. Fox did a great job of teaching some of the really tough components (GMM, LDA, etc) in simple and lucid style (like always) and that made it easy to understand and comprehend those topics.The one thing that I felt had gone down compared to the previous 3 courses was that for some of the topics, the material felt too short and felt like it was cut down to fit within the 6 weeks course duration. I would have at least liked some extra reading material or references especially for GMMs, LDA, Gibbs Sampling, etc.
Excellent course! Subjects are explained very well! Excellent quizzes that allow understanding of lectures better and excellent (challenging ) programming assignments.
Good course!
Great! thanks
Very good course!
Overall a good and useful course, however:A) They could do a much better job regarding LDA, standard Gibbs sampling, and Bayesian model and inference. Many slides on these 3 topics only contained some text and the instructor tried to "verbally" visualize the related important concepts. Hence not a good use of a video session.B) Week 1 and the 1st half of Week 6 were redundant.C) It would be much better to have a 7-week course with more topics and may be with some optional videos on Bayesian model, HMM.
Good survey of the material, but assignments are superficial and don't test thorough understanding.
Worth the wait. COOL learning
Following the overall quality of this Specialization, this course was excellent. From the content, to the assesments, material and teachers. This course is a really good starting point to become an expert in Machine Learning techniques.
Awesome course! The session on EM algorithm is revealing!
A little too superficial and hand waving.
The last weeks, we went through the material a little bit too fast.
the homework is getting easy
This course has been an amazing experience. Congrats to you, Carlos and Emmy!
strongly recommended!
Fantastic course as usual
The retrieval part of this course is great, it deserve five starts. The clustering part was going well until it reached LDA.The LDA module is very poorly covered, and also very hard to understand. I had to watch the videos more than two times to try to figure out what was LDA, and a Quora article posted in the Forum could explain it much better.Then we get to the Hierarchical Clustering module, which was the most poorly module in all this specialization. There is only one video talking about HMM models, and Markov Chains deserve at least one week to even get started with it. And to complete, there is just one Assignment with only 3 questions.The specialization was going perfect until now. I am very disappointed with this course. I hope the last two courses are much better covered and not just ran over like this this one was.
A perfect and balanced introduction to the subjects, adding theory and practice beautifully.
Like all the courses in this specialization so far, the material has been good. The reason for only 4 stars rather than 5 is the difficulty in getting questions answered in a timely manner. There don't seem to be any active mentors for this class.
excellent material! It would be nice, however, to mention some reading material, books or articles, for those interested in the details and the theories behind the concepts presented in the course.
This was AWESOME!
Great course like the others
An interesting topic, presented well by the instructor and reinforced by intermediate-level programming assignments.
Another great hit by Emily and Carlos!!! Excellent Course!!!
Interesting content but explanations are less clear with respect to the other courses of the ML Specialization
Emily Fox did a great job in explaining tough concepts with simple explanation of the components in the formulas!!It's a little tough to get through the materials though, it's the 4th course in University of Washington's machine learning specialization afterall =)
This course started off easy, and became challenging in the last 3 weeks. But a lot of details were covered in the slides and also the forum helped deepen my understanding of the material, and I was able to get through the course. I enjoyed the course!
This is the toughest courses in the specialization so far. But if you manage to complete it, you'll have some really advance skills under your belt.
Yet another really excellent course in this series - the best online course I have ever taken. I really appreciate the fairly high level on which it is taught, and the speed with which they go through the material - it is not here to entertain or waste time, but to get straight to the point - what can I do, and how do I use open source tools to do it?
I used to run into a wall at work trying to train models with recursive partitioning or neural nets because of the long time they took to train for high dimensional data. These clustering techniques are an immense help.Awesome course, with a brilliant instructor and brilliant assignments.
Still a very good course.Week 4 was very tough. The general concept can be understood from a 10,000 feet altitude but the lesson and programming assignment need to be reviewed, maybe with a slower step by step example.As some other student mentioned, it was... "brutal".Other than that looking forward to the next course in the specialization!
The things I liked:-The professor seems very knowledgeable about all the subjects and she also can convey them in a very understandable way (kudos to her since talking to a camera is not easy)-The course was well organized and the deadlines were adjusted when a technical difficulty was found by several students-All the assignments are easy to follow and very detailed-The testing code provided for the programming assignments is a huge help to make sure we are solving it the right wayWhat can be improved:-Some of the concepts during weeks 4 and 5 seemed a bit rushed. Although the professor explained that some details were outside of the scope of this course, I felt that I needed a more thorough explanation in order to understand better-Some links to the documentation of libraries used in the programming assignments were lacking information on how to really use them, I wish we had some other link to worked examples tooIn general I can say this was another good course for this series. Making a course like this is not easy at all and I can see that they are putting a lot of effort to produce them. All of their hard work is really appreciated on my end.
I did not understand LDA from the course materials.
The course, and indeed the whole specialization, was advertised as not requiring the Graphlab Create toolkit. This is untrue, as the final programming assignment does require it. The general dependence on SFrame is understandable since it is open source, but requiring any interaction with a licensed product (even if temporary and research licenses are available) greatly negatively impacted my experience in this course.
Very good course. Too long interval between modules make hard for non-Python developers. Easy to forget some of the Python structures.
very nice lecture
Excellent course. Nice selection of algorithms reviewed - all clearly explained with sample implementations.
less complex exercises to check and validate
very good course but the last few topics could be improved with better assignments that could be broken down into smaller sub assignments
very good course
This is the best course in ML - would recommend it ...the sequence of the courses is the best...the specialization in this ML is a career boost
Great course. Well packed, well explained, nice practical examples, good all around MOOC with of info.
great course, but module 4 lacks a bit in structure. hard to follow. without the forum, it would not be possible to make it in time.
Exceptional course! This is challenging material for me, but it's presented in such a coherent manner that you can't help but absorb it.
Sets a new benchmark for the specialization !!! A great offering on Machine Learning :)
This course rushed through the material at the end.
Very good course nice practical approach. I was kind of surprised that hierarchical clustering was kept at the end and discussed only marginally since it is a widely used approach.I liked the part about LDA but IMHO I would have liked more discussion about fundamental techniques rather than such an advanced method.Too focus on text data. Most of the application I worked on have limited textual data.
The specialization has a good quality on average. I started doing this course immediately after it went open. I had a feeling that the quality of the course went down (questions were often unclear and it took time to figure out what is expected as an answer). However, many problems were solved quite fast and teaching stuff is really helpful.I still would like to see more about MapReduce in-depth in this course. I did not have a feeling that it was covered sufficiently (only theory, no hands-on material). In general, hands-on material was great and useful.
Very nice course, and a great grasp on clustering techniques. If I could just suggest something to improve, it would be the section on LDA and Gibbs: it's very high level and it would be really nice to have some more technical insights on those techniques (perhaps with optional sections, as for other topics).
Good course for KD trees, LSH, Gaussian mixed model and LDA.
Great course. Some week were tough others too easy, but general a very interesting course.
I found this Course less well prepared than the previous 3 modules. Misleading hints in the assignments, code errors, etc... Also, I found the amount of work required higher, which is not in itself a bad thing, just a bit unexpected.
Great!
Good class, But it would be much better if the quiz is open to those who doesn't pay.
please rework in particular week 5, part 2
Another great introduction. The assignments are notably a little bit harder than the previous courses.
I loved the previous 3 courses and what I saw in this course so far seems pretty interesting. I'm really sad that Coursera decided to block access to assignments for not paying users. I really wanted to continue with the specialization but I already purchased another specialization, so I'm going to have to put this course on hold for a now.
Not for the faint of heart but this course does a really good job of explaining clustering (and retrieval) of images and text. It includes several programming assignments which can be tackled with minimal programming experience if one perseveres.
Another great course. Strongly recommend!
it is very beneficial courses i will do hard to get benefits
Teacher was organised and coherent, lectures was clearly planned. Students however didn't seem particularly engaged with wide variance in understanding.
It was hard to learn from the materials that we have to buy. Please understand that not everyone who sign up for the course can afford to buy the books on amazon. Lack of those books are showing effects on the way we attempt the assignments. It would be great if download links or online study links are provided in the readings section for all the necessary books instead of only a few.
Great start of this specialization
Good and interesting course.
This is a really nice course! I am fortunate to be part of it!
Outstanding course
Great for enhancing your understanding of how non-profits are governed. I'd highly recommend this course for anyone involved with a non-profit organization.
Well thought through course with strong methods and tools
(Free version) This course has a wealth of information and resources
I highly recommend the entire program to new and even experienced board members in both the non-profit and corporate world. Very real application and concepts that are applicable.
The material in this course was informative, augmented by interviews with professionals in the field, case studies, and a final project that required interviewing members of a real-life board. A minor inconvenience, not everything is contained within the Coursera app/page. There is a lot of reading material to hunt down and download.
Excellent introduction of this programme. As Australian student and professional practitioner I really admire the contents and research behind this programme. Thank you.Regards
very useful and practical
This course has great potential as it is an extraordinarily timely topic, domestically and globally. The accessible required reading assignments were thought provoking and topical. Also, one of the required videos proved helpful, and a couple of the optional Ted talks were "must see's" for anyone involved in the non-profit sector.It was problematic that there was so little direction with respect to how one might access the required reading materials that were not linked into the course syllabus. In fact, one of the links provided simply directed the learners to a youtube video, extolling the virtues of the book wherein the required chapter was located. Another blatant colleague marketing technique occurred during the course of one of the required videos wherein the organizer interviewed an author about his book. (There was some helpful substantive information that came out of that interview, but for the most part, I felt as though I was watching an infomercial.) Requests for help fell on deaf ears, except for those of co-learners.A small, but annoying, flaw was that the professors were simply reading text from their slides, for the video component of the course--with an additional word thrown in, on occasion, for good measure. It would have been less distracting just to have the slides to read.I wish this course had been designed and taught to the standards I have come to expect from Coursera courses. It could have been one of the most valuable yet.
My overall experience with this Specialization, in general, and this 1st Course, in particular, is very positive.On the positive side, I really like the fact that the Courses are practice-oriented and provide not only theoretical frameworks, but also insights from experts, practical guidance, and evidence-based best practices.Also, the idea of applying Team-Based Learning (TBL), in the forms of Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and scenario-based RAT Application Exercises, for assessing participants' learning, is excellent!However, there are a couple of downsides, that's why I'm not giving a 5 star positive feedback.The first problem is that not all of the required readings are freely available via the Coursera platform, or elsewhere online. I appreciate the excellent quality of the chosen materials, but, if it becomes compulsory to spend more than US $100 for buying books, then the total cost of this Specialization elevates quite a lot, given that I had to pay €162 for it. On my opinion, there should be at least a note in the description of both the Specialization and the Courses about these requirements, in order to make an informed decision before enrolling.The second downside has to do with Course 1 and Course 2 overlapping materials. I'm referring to guest interview videos. That's mainly a problem of the 2nd Course, as there are almost no guest interviews in this Course, and the one interview provided is already available in Course 1. I understand that the topics discussed apply to the topics of both Courses, but, still, I find it an unnecessary repetition.The last problem is about the dates that the Courses are run. Course 1 runs during a given period, Course 2 is on demand, but it makes sense to attend it before Course 3, that also runs during a given period, which overlaps with the period of the 1st Course. Sorry, this makes it very difficult to attend everything and to seriously focus, as it's always about running for deadlines, especially when one has to produce three (3) Board Effectiveness Assessment Reflection (BEAR) papers :( .
Very thorough and practical. Great insights into the governance and leadership required in the nonprofit sector.
I am a student of environmental engineering, I found a very interesting course, the way it is ecclicated and the answer to the one that was created makes me many tools like profecional. Thank the tutors for creating this great course.
The Information provided is very useful the teaching styles are easy to accommodate. The breadth of understanding is great to cover a vast realm of subjects all across the globe. While at the same time the depth of information is just enough to build a desire to learn more.
this course is very helpful not only for the people that lives in developing country but also for the people, as me, that often works as expert in developing country. One of the most common mistake is the temptation to use the same approach or tech used in your own country forgetting the local situation or habits that can strongly influence the final results. I strongly recommend this course to all the guys that work for international cooperation
Very interesting, I learnt a lot on this topic. I hope I will be someday involved in these issues.
The course was quite informative and interesting. I really enjoyed it.
I loved the course. I would like to see more courses about waste management, especially waste to energy technologies. It can also be longer with more details.
Excellent course, really interesting and useful
Very interesting!
Very informative. I cant wait to apply what I have learn from this course. Big thanks to the professors and eawag
great course and everyone should know about this!
The course is brief but intense and focused on key issues involving waste management.
It is a very usefull course, I recommended to anyone who wants to learn about solid waste management. Also, the teachers are incredible.
A little more in-depth than a course for beginners, but still simple and easy to follow, with a lot of additional material provided.
This course is very interesting because it brings important data and information about managment waste and recycling.
Name:Ahmed Mohamed AliEmail: ahmedguray44@gmail.comthis course was fantastic and easy to learn i would like to have my accomplishment certificate.Thanks
This helps me through my solid waste management course at my university, although things explained here are not detailed (in general). This also expands my knowledge about solid waste management around the world, especially in developing countries (like my country, Indonesia).
good experience
This course opened a new chapter for me and introduced to me something that I have never considered. I plan on studying the whole series. The course is very well taught; all the principles, theories and scientific basis of waste management and the way for the future is very well done. Thank you for a most interesting introduction to this very environmentally important subject and necessity.
The learning was very useful in understanding ways of treating waste and the potential of turning waste into business model.
I enjoyed this course very much. I found it informative and comprehensive. Gave me a good understanding of (sm) waste related settings and issues and possible solutions. Am shocked at the e-waste numbers. Fascinated by composting and bfs methods.There are just too many of us though!!
It was a really very insightful course which gave me a quite a good knowledge and understanding about the area of solid waste management. I got to know the basics of solid waste management technologies which are practice in the world along with some case studies. The assignments along the sessions of the course were also very helpful in self evaluating our understanding and knowledge. I thank coursera for conducting this course and hope for some more courses in the area of environment and water.
Great introduction. It covers a wide range of issues concerning waste management and I thought the material was relevant and reflected my own observations of waste management in developing countries.
This was a very interesting and well informative course. It has raised my interest on the subject and could be something that I could include in my professional development. I find it very interesting and feel that we all should pay some more time and join the global efforts to make a better living for all. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to take this course. Best Regards, Jehona Hansell (architect)
the course is super! full of useful information! don't miss it!
Excellent course! Very interesting subjects!
i rate this course five star and how do i get my certificate
Great course, bringing together practical international experience and basic theory!
It was a valuable course on which I can find new and precious information
It is a detailed course on the topic unlike others, insightful case studies from across the globe and other. Nice Infographics throughout the course . I strongly recommend everyone to look into the course and make our world a safe place to live.
Its very interesant and practical
I think I learn lot of interesting things that made me change the way I am looking at the wastes, our world generates. Every week gives you new knowledge regarding important issues ,one need to take account when in comes to solid waste collection, recycling, composting, and other ways of treatment. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in topics regarding environment. It's a really nice intro to motivate you for further investigation about wastes management.
An excellent course. Well presented with some interesting slides. The content level was brilliant and there are plenty of reading material recommendations available.
really good
This course was very informative and educative. The course lecturers broke every thing down so that it was very easy to understand everything they were talking about. I'm going to put into practice what I learnt.
very insightful to help me gain a better understanding about waste management and increase my knowledge on how to reduce my own carbon footprint
Very effective and course that provide knowledge about waste management in developing countries, Thank you so much all the coursera team.
I really like this course.
Thank you Team of Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausame,Brilliant course
Its enlightened me and I'm planning of finding some financial aid to establish one in some cluster of villages in rural Ghana. and when that is tackled well on pilot, it will be brought to the Municipal and Metropolitan areas.
This is a well crafted and brilliant course. The contents are extremely well - researched and is a great resource for anyone who wishes to learn about waste management. Without going into extreme technical details, this course is perfect for a beginner who wants to have a starting point and enter this field.
It's a very complete and comprehensive course. I loved to take it, since it was my first contact with a course completely thought for developing countries, and they have done it very well. I do recommend it for you who are already very interested in sanitation, or waste management, and still didn't have any contact with technologies used in developing countries.
Great course! it has plenty of good information and for all aspects of waste management!
Very interesting course
exceptional course !!! The tutors have put in a lot of hard work and the materials are quality rich and has a lot of learning. I feel very much equipped after the course. Millions thanks to the course providers and the whole team of eawag
Useful Information
Thank you! I've learned a lot from this course. The flow of ideas from a topic to another was very smooth. The cost model was very helpful :)
I hope this course help me in my professional career. Thanks!
solid introduction to the topic
The course is well documented and interesting, covering all aspects of solid waste management in developing countries with interesting case studies.
Excellent course, very interesting and fun. I recomend it.
Great Course
Very interesting and practical course, extremely valuable!!
thank you Lecturer for this course I'm really grateful for you.
Great course! Practical and easy to follow
Very good course, interesting, well explained and really complete!
very instructive and gives important ideas on hands-on and affordable waste management treatment approaches
good course
Well put course and I have really learnt a lot from it. Hope to do more of the kind.
The course and material was excellent and I will be using in my present professional life
The not so short introduction ... with pros and cons
This course provided a great balance, reviewing the main available literature along with presenting super-practical applications, and a good mix of information about policy, science and human behaviours. I've recommended it to my entire team!
such a great topic & interesting one. Thanks for this course
This course was incredibly well designed. The tutors were highly knowledgeable and more importantly they were friendly and lovable. The course presented exactly what it said it will at the beginning of the course which was "introduction to solid waste management". The course producers illustrated the materials clearly without moving into details and calculations, making it complex.
This course - although designed to discuss 'developing countries' has been very educational to myself as I currently sit on our Public Advisory committee for the local Regional District. I took the course because we will soon be 'up-dating' our current Plan and I wanted to access education to bring forward 'tested' or 'innovative' suggestions. Having taken copious notes; accessed the reading material and completed the course, I would recommend this course to anyone in any country who sits in a similar position.
This course is my first online course. Teachers are very qualified. Course information layed out clear. I`m very thankfull to creators for opportunity to have such beneficial studing, espesialy on way of convinient time learning. I recomend to everybody, who is interested in this topic, to enroll this course. Thank you again!
A really well designed course which touches many different aspects of solid waste management in developing countries. Starting from waste generation and collection of different kind of waste and then explaining different methods and technology used across the world in developing countries to treat and manage this waste.
great course and teachers
Excelent course! Highly recommended!
Love the rich graphics and reference materials highlighted in virtually all the modules of the course.
Very well structured and informative course. Enjoyed all the time and effort dedicated. Covers a large spectrum of SWM and the additional material seems very interesting and helpfull
Dear Colleagues,Please, accept my gratitudes for organising this course and presenting an opportunity to benefit from it. It is a prestige to receive a MOOC by professionals as you are and from a world brand institute, EAWAG, SANDEC.First of all, this course is an specialized addition to my education in field of Environment Engineering and a very good chance to get fit my new career in MSWM sector of Azerbaijan.There are several possibilities I can use my knowledge and materials of this course. I will first share it with my colleagues at "Tamiz Shahar" JSC, which supervises the biggest Waste-to-Energy plant in the Eastern Europe and the CIS.Then I will provide access to my students in Baku State University, and gradually to students of other universities as well, to benefit from the course, if they would like to, whereas I am expecting some of them to choose a career in MSWM sector.Being a member of ISWAYPG and having established a local group, I will share the course with members for general knowledge, technical usage and again for those in search of specialization.Gradually, I have an aspiration to get the course translated into Azerbaijani language and provide it then for easiness and larger coverage of users.There is also a suggested benchmark event to hold a National countrywide in-person participatory training organised by "Tamiz Shahar" JSC, ISWAYPG-Azerbaijan local group, and possibly by inviting experts from ISWA, EAWAG, UNEPand other institutions as well.Establishing such a knowledge providing portal will also be a good resource for students, experts, government, businessmen and community, both locally and regionally whenas Azerbaijani being a regional leader, especially in this sector, will establish a regional MSWM network, possibly in frames of ISWA as well.Thank you very much for cooperation. Looking forward to perspective partnership.Best regards,Gadir Huseynov q.huseynov@tamizshahar.az
It is a very nice course to get access to the general knowledge on the topic. Materials are very good, understandable and easy to follow and complete within the give timeframe. I would recommend it to anyone with interest on the matter.
Very well Structured, Instructors, presenting their knowledge eloquently and case studies are fascinating and provide useful knowledge.
Learned "real world" skills from this course.
One of the best enlightening courses
Thank you for providing such environmental concerning course. There we can do a lot to enhance our society.
I really enjoyed the course and strongly recommend it to everyone! During the past few weeks, I have learned so many new things about waste management in general and particularly about technologies applied and organic waste management. The mentors present the information in a fascinating way with a use of graphics, charts, pictures of real examples, giving a straightforward explanation of each topic. I found this course extremely useful and definitely will apply gained knowledge in my work. Thank you!
It provided me with the profound understanding of the issue. Thank you very much!
It is a important to all Developing contries that the current facing froblems in all countries of the globalisation and population grouth.
excellent course for their theoretical materials, practical examples and teachers
I suspended for a while due to reasons beyond my control; but the simplicity of the course instructors and the explicitness of the course content cannot be over emphasized.I hope to finish it without any more suspensions.
i like this coarse
Yes ! this course is very helpful.Well done team!!Thank you so much!
Perfect explanations, great for layman, very thankful for this course.
Very informative and well designed as well.Including Case studies is very helpful as well.
A lot of further research on the topics taught can help you flourish far and wide with the foundations taught in this wonderfully structured societal good course.
This course is incrible. I had an overview on the subject and I can now better understand and decide which parts of topic interest me. Thank you!
Interesting and focused on low cost and locally applicable solutions
This is a great course! I particularly liked the mix of general and specific information provided- the course provides a overview of the physical and governance aspects of municipal solid waste management (MSWM), and then goes on to focus on the treatment options for the bio-waste stream, which accounts for a large proportion of MSWM in development countries, and for which processing and treatment is still not well-developed or institutionalized.
Excelent tutors and information!!!
I absolutely love the quality of this MOOC. The way all speakers elaborate the concepts is very clear and comprehensive without loosing in technical quality. The MOOCs given by the EAWAG are like a book you just can't put down. The notions are down to earth, applicable and tested on the field. I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO START the MOOC on Planning and Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies.
Very helpful
The course gave me a vast knowledge about waste management in developing countries. I strongly recommend this course for professionals and concerned about waste management.
Simple and yet well detailed, although the one thing that I didn't like is the french translations in the quizzes, make them a little bit confusing
Very interesting course, detailed, and pleasant to follow. I yet have to read all the suggested documentation but i already feel much more educated and confident about waste management !
The course was very informative and its a good start for those interested in Solid Waste Management. It was very easy to understand basic concepts. It has created interest to learn more about Solid Waste Management. I would like to thank all the three professors, who shared their knowledge freely and also for keeping it simple and to the point.
great course and content, it gives you a clear view of how waste management is done nowadays in developing countries and prepares you to innovate on the upcoming future of a circular economy
A very well summarised overview about waste management, which everyone should learn. Great knowledge, this will be a good foundation for future endeavors ! Thank you so much, Sam
Excellent course, very concise and focused on the topic. Good instructors, with a lot of external experts being invited and presenting case studies.
This is a very useful and informative course
It a very essential course and I believe that every individual must do.
For students of Food Industry waste management the week 3,4 & 5 are specially interesting. Good tutors and the modules are well passed.
very good course and gives a lot of information to apply in countries in development!
Excellent material, excellent teachers, funny and soft moments. Keep supporting EAWAG!
Really nice course for basic understanding of solid waste management techniques.
thank you for help me!!!!!
Looking forward for a new cources
Love it! Learned a lot, i recommended!
Excellent course which gives practical knowledge of municipal solid waste management. The process of composting, vermicomposting and biogas treatment are so well explained that even a beginner can implement them
Thanks for the course lecturers and providers .It s a really great opportunity for whom to learn about MSW management. There are key points information about MSW management with enhanced visual materials from worldwide
Very informative and educational course!! Lectures and notes are well organized. Reasonable amount of time is required every week for lectures. It will expand your mind and will help you think critically on how to alleviate this very critical problem of waste management.
I have learned a whole lot! Thank you!
I was surprised to see web-based learning has achieved such a great level, and this course is exactly the manifestation of it. Powerful slides, excellent teaching and valuable data- these three things make this course one of the best on Coursera!
Excellent overview and lecture courses of the various aspects of the SWM chain.
Well structured, comprehensive overview of SWM options appropriate for low-income countries.
Very interesting topic and explained in very good detail, with many examples, case studies and recommended readings. Thank you for such a great course.
Excellent course. Great dynamic. Thanks for sharing it with us
This course includes Municipal Solid Waste Management in developing countries, and issues that we do experience in latin american countries. It has a good overall technical data on solid waste management.
Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries is a great course. I learnt a lot of new things. I'm presently studying Civil Engineering and this course helped me in broadening my knowledge about Municipal Solid Waste Management. A lot of thanks to Dr. Christian Zurbrügg, Imanol Zabaleta, Félix Schmidt and EPFL & Coursera team for this brilliant course.
SWM really helped me to understand all that goes into planning a service and the different ways to provide it. Composting and Recycling modules where helpful, as they help me to understand there is more to SWM than landfills.
The course was very complete and it covered all the aspects of solid waste management. It is really helpful to improve your skills and knowledge about waste management
Very understandable and interesting course
Excellent material and lectures. Totally recommended
Its an excellent course with just the right amount of detailing required to develop a decent understanding of the options, costs, advantages and disadvantages. It leaves one confident to be able to plan SWM for small scale projects such group housings or institutional buildings, where current laws require 100% treatment of organic waste at site.I found nearly 60-70% of the material as new for me and I have studied SWM as a subject during my final year of engineering in 1998-99. The case studies were interesting and enlightening. I feel updated.I am glad I managed to go through entire coursework despite the fact I was traveling for 3 weeks and no internet access. Hence, the flexibility of deadlines also supported students like me who do what they can, as time permits.
Well structured course which is presented excellently. Highly interesting and thought provoking. The topics covered were relevant to the context especially the diverse case studies. All credits to the teaching faculty.
This is a very interesting and complete course about solid waste managment.
This course is well presented and easy to understand. Congratulation to the authors of this course.
It is a awesome course from every aspect
Really enjoyed the course. This course has shown numerous paths for me to work on Solid Waste Management sector in developing country like Nepal.
I really liked this course. I just wish there was more documentation on insect reproduction. Other than that really good!
Excellent Course. Gives minute details of the Solid Waste Management!
very clear and precise teaching methods. very informative and practical lessons.
very informative. basic knowledge that could go a long way towards sustainable waste management especially to low income countries such as the Philippines.
Amazing course, very useful.
This was a great overview of the techniques and issues in solid waste management. They put together some great resources as well if you wanted to expand your learning on any of the topics.
Very interesting and well done. It's the first step in the MSW management if you are a beginner.
Great content and very technical. Lecturers explain in detail all aspects of municipal waste.
The course gives you a quite well structured insight into solid waste management. It's a great stimulus for working hard on this topic.
Excellent course. This aspect of economies should be included in any sustainable economics study.
This is a crystallized course for SWM. You can develop your own projects after taking this course. You will have a pathfinder knowledge by this course.
Excellent content and the way of explaining things especially the course notes and case studies.
A fantastic course on such a needed topic!! Thanks to all who contributed on this.
Very interesting course and lecturers provide a wide range of skills and experiences.
This course provides comprehensive knowledge and gave me a whole picture of municipal solid waste management. I learnt basic concepts and terms which are fundamental for my near future formal schooling and the following career in this area.
In my humble opinion this Is a five star course as it provides you with enough information and case studies to help inspire anyone to launch their ideas and get active with waste management even if its just in household (and we all know how little things can evolve) and embrace the genius idea of a circular economy. I loved the course and so would you if you are about to take it.
I found this course very very informative
Interesting and Factual.
Very Useful and Awarness course .Before starting this course i thought waste management is a simple thing .But now i am able to understand the effects of its open dumping an treatment proces
The course was extremely helpful. As a practitioner I will be able to apply my learning in my work with local and state governments and development organisations.
The lectures were insightful and concise. A few topics were a bit too technical like the one on Thermo Chemical Conversion. May be more time could have been dedicated to governance issues and strategic planning for SWM.
Is a very good course with different examples from different locations worldwide.
Very good and informative course
The course content is very relevant and useful. I would like to suggest to include overview of more MSW management options. e.g. Refuse Derived Fuel, etc.
I am excited about recycling , definitely I am going to start to do composting
very good course
the course is very good
Amazing introduction to many concepts and techniques to manage municipal solid waste. Recommended to enthusiasts and also to practitioners within the environmental area.
I recommend to attend this course for everybody!
MUY COMPLETO Y FACIL DE ENTENDER YA QUE MANEJA UN LENGUAJE COLOQUIAL.SI TE INTERESA SABER QUE PASA CON LOS RESIDUOS LUEGO QUE SALEN DE TU HOGAR, Y COMO SACARLE PROVECHO A ESTOS ESTE CURSO LO EXPLICA TODO
This course was outstanding. Tutors were excellent, materials amazing and the contents were pretty useful. 100% recommended!
I am a master student in sustainable manufacturing. So, I enrolled for the course as it seemed to sustainability related at one point. It is a very useful course not only for people in the same stream but also for every individual. Course enlightens the student with what is happening with the environment and how dangerous it could turn if sustainable methods are not adopted. Provides the basic information on waste management especially gives an idea on how to safe guard a developing country from solid waste. For me this has been very useful course. I felt like the course once again remind the duties of a citizen to safe the planet.
Superb. Really well put together and very informative
Well structured amazingly explained
Good analysis of MSW practices in developing countries
Very well-planned out course. One can see that the organisers put a lot of efforts into this (the slides, the guest speakers and the videos). I wanted to get a brief overview of this subject, but got so much more. Thanks!!
This course was very helpful for me as this was a desirable topic for my understanding. This course has encouraged me to apply waste management strategies at personal and community level even if on a small basis so that I as an individual am able to aware people about the fantastically innovative and interesting ways of Waste management and in turn invoking a feeling of responsibility towards the soceity and our mother Earth.
This course is as exhaustive as an online course could be. A lot of documentation, most of which is up to date. Very satisfied, I really needed this resources as I am launching a venture in circular economy.A big thanks to all who contributed to making this happen.I'll definitely recommend and spread the word about this course.
thanks for this course. very interesting and easy to understand
This Online Course is really one of the best , that I have done . The Course design is excellent & a lot of new thing about Solid Waste Management , that I have not known earlier. Would like to go for more courses in Renewable Energy & SWM Sector.
Great course that delivered the objectives- organized and structured, logical and informative materials and content delivery, fantastic professors, guest speakers, and case studies.Introduced key principles and considerations regarding municipal waste management and considered key elements to manage when developing a waste management strategy.
It was a very interesting course, easy to follow also for those who, like me have not a backgroung in engineeiring. It is the first step to broaden your knowledge on solid waste management. It helped me understand what my priorities are and where to point my attention.
Great content, professionally presented. Very thought-provoking and based on some really valuable resources.
Loved it!
This is a brief and very informative course. The mixture of slides, lecture, small tasks and question is an ideal combination. The suggested readings gives the opportunity to get deeper into topics of special interest.
The course is very complete, puntual and organized. I like so much that you give us case of study. In this way we can compare the actual situation of ourcontry to can start or have an idea to what we need to change.I really would like so many people know about this, people who is working or studyng in this areas.Thank you so much and congratulation.
Thanks go to eawag and coursera for that wonderful initiative
Hi all! I suggest you to go through this wonderful course which gives a Fundamental knowledge and ideas about Muncipal Solid Waste Management (SWM). Those who wants to take up in a start up way or for the self home purpose and have little concern towards their cleanliness and waste disposal, I recommend you to just go through this and feel the difference.
The Course Modules are excellent well knowledgeable and thanks for the Lecturers who had made this Course Modules so interesting and the explanation way was really marvelous.
I think I am experiencing a challenge on the MOOC. After completing a course section , you I do not notice any colour change to green, even after repeating some of them. I have completed all of the course sections in week3.
Wonderful and an inspirational course!After completing the course, I'm going to try to make compost out of some household waste in my garden. I'll encourage my friends to also learn from the online documents available.
Really useful to applied in developing country
that was a very interactive coarse.
This course is very useful.
Brilliant course and the mentors are simply superb. Excellent content with perfect articulation . A big thanks to all of you.Warm regards,Rajeev
Great course and practical as I like
Only I can say this course is fantastic!
Excelent course for my personal and proffesional interest in how to handle waste in my city--Bogotá D. C. and also to intrduce this matter in my next courses about "evironmental managment" and also to include this aspects of waste collection in a future book I alrteady writte-- www.gestionambientalobrasciviles.com --in Spanish language.. Thanks to the staff of Lausane Féderal Politechnique--
Thanks COURSERA and special thanks to Dr. Christian Zurbrügg, Imanol Zabaleta ,Félix Schmidt for providing the vital materials ,techniques and strategy... if i'm not wrong ..this type of small things (MSWM) may change the world waste handling.....
Very interesting and clear!
This course is important and very useful
An excellent introduction to the key aspects and challenges of waste management - useful for policy makers, researchers, engineers, social entrepreneurs and any one who wants to find out about this important part of
Good information and acknowledge received by this course. Congratulations !
Perfect!
That course is quite good to get the fundamental knowledge about power electronics
Perfect!
It was really helpful and help me in getting basic concepts of power electronics.
Very good course. Informative and inspiring.
easy and good modeling technique and n
Excellent Course, well organized, under the guidance of a competant instructor
This course was quite easy.The exercises are interesting, given with their full solution.I think your need Pr. Erickson's book to follow the course.Thanks to the University of Colorado Boulder.
It is great.
quite interesting! Good course with very good homework!
Great information, nice pace, only complaint is Homework take a long time especially entering your answers, very picky and precise, enjoy the lectures!
The whole specialization series is definitely a 5 star Coursera course. As a electrical engineer designing lab and industrial use power supplies, I found the material in this class review and enhance my knowledge, and more importantly, a systematic view of DC-DC converter concepts, which is a good reference of my future career.The book those professors wrote is called "bible" in the power electronic industry, and most of the interviewers will ask questions related to the material in that book when you take a job interview in this industry, especially for an entry level or junior position. Watching the videos and doing the homework and final project help me understand those material more efficiently.I appreciate the great work from all three professors!
Thanks to Prof. Erickson! Very good introduction to power electronics!
Very good course.
This was a good introduction to the field. I attempted it a while back. The instructors introduce LTSpice, yet it is never used? Maybe it will come up in the next courses.
Excellent Basics covered. Excited to start the next course of this specialization.
very well organised. Lessons were clear and homework were interesting.
My opinion:Not much monitoring of the forums by mentors\instructors, hence responses are non- existent\delayed\misleading. some of the replies by mentors were misleading, The rationale of the Volt-sec balance was not set out very clearly, The expression evaluator is very temperamental, i had to enter the expressions many times , a very time-consuming & frustrating process.
The course is GREAT!!! It would be amazing if we could receive more feedback but everything is awesome.
Amazing explanations. I recommend for everyone.
This course has been a real confidence booster for a student like me who is returning to the field of Power Electronics after a gap of two years.
It is exciting and meant for people who are interested to research much more about what is thought. May take some time for classmates to help you with any queries.
I really liked this course!
It is a profound foundation for the continuing courses. I really recommend for those who are interested to be a real power system designer.
Excellent course, well crafted quiz's truly push you to learn. Thank you Professors
A very outstanding approach on DC-DC converters. I really recommend and expect to complete all 6 steps of this Power Electronics Specialization.
it is a great introduction to steady state behavioral modeling. You need some previous knowledge of Power Electronics to help you, but the steady state modeling is something I hadn't really practiced much since college so it was a nice refresher.
very informative and verly well designed
Very good course, materials, lectures, the instructor makes everything very clear.
Very good course and exciting quizzes!
This wan an excellent course especially for electrical engineering students.I suggest this course to every electrical engineering student and anyone interested in Power Electronics.
Very good introduction to power electronics!
This is really a great introduction to power electronics. The only thing I disliked was you need to type in your answers accurate up to 8 decimal digits.
Excellent materials, assignment questions;Great delivery by the Professor.
Amazing course!
Very informative course will well thought assignments. I would expect explanations of incorrect answers that would ideally help in correcting the students
Great course for starting power electronics persons
This Course is very standard. I would have given 5 stars. Once you complete the weekly quiz and PASS it, you don't see the worked out solutions for the weekly quiz so that you can review.
Good course
Instruction was very clear and supplemental lectures with discussion forums were sufficient to complete understanding. As suggested by instructor, the most benefit came from repeating coursework until completion. This brought to light points of misunderstanding. Great!
A complete and detailed course for power electronics students
Great course. The conceptual aspects were covered really well and sets up the student for increasing level of complexity in the weeks ahead and the courses later in the specialization. Looking forward to the next course in the specialization.
A very good basic course. Tough homeworks. Be prepared to put in some effort to crack this course. But it's worth the time you spend on it.
not clear homework
This course is very suitable for me. I learned a lot from the video.
Some tough assignment questions which lead to much longer homework time than anticipated, so you need to leave ample time to complete the assignments. But, great class over-all.
There are serious issues with the quizzes. Other than grading correct/incorrect, there is no feedback afterwards.
Really good course, this course is really challenging.
Very knowledgeable and impressiveThanks
The course was good and the assignments were brainstorming. But if we would have the solution for the wrong answers it would be good. We will get to know the mistake.
Excellent course, challenging and rewarding.
Best thing
This is a fabulous course by the Authors. I am glad to be taught by the people whose books are followed at our institute.
Extraordinary...
Great foundation to power electronic learners
Mandatory course for all Power Electronics Engineers.
Teaches the basics of buck and boost converters (switching voltage regulators). Basics like how the switching duty-cycle determines the output voltage, and how the essential components affect ripple in the voltage and current.The homework assignments are challenging and meaningful without being enormous undertakings.Assumes freshman or sophomore-level electronics engineering knowledge (or maybe the first chapter of The Art of Electronics). Assumes familiarity with the basic concepts of calculus (what derivatives and integrals are). Homework requires some algebra (algebraic manipulation) but no difficult calculus sort of algebra. Homework does require thinking outside of the box a bit; the solutions to some problems are not completely obvious from the lectures.
A good class made me learn more basic knowledge in the power elecrrical
This is the best online course I ever had.
A fair amount of self-study is necessary to learn everything covered in-depth (especially if you haven't yet learned these as part of a formal course).
I would like to receive feedback about my wrong answers after I approve the course. I really would like to know what were the correct answers.I think that this is really important because I can learn of my mistakes.
The course materials and the topic of interest is fantastic. Dr. Erickson does a great job explaining the fundamentals of power switching technologies and the homework greatly tests a participants knowledge of the subject matter and forces the user to really digest the material. My only critique is I wish the homework solutions would be shared after the homework due dates so that one could learn from
Very clearly laid out and well explained course. The assignments cover the lecture topics without being an exact recreation of what the videos demonstrate, and the mid-video questions are helpful for building intuition.
this cours is very helpul
Excellent course for brushing the fundamentals. The assignments also shows how the fundamentals are related to the big scheme of things.
Just great
This course is a good start point to know about power electronics subject!
Very patient and methodical step-by-step development of the subject matter. Excited to learn about using LTSpice from the class instructions.
Very basic yet important knowledge about Power Electronics. Amazing teaching.
The course is great, especially for revisiting work previously learned and long since applied.
Course gives introductory insight into analysis of DC-DC power converters, which can be extended to converters of any complexity. Dr. Ericksen has explained these concepts well and the assignments further enhance one's understanding of the subject.
Beautifully covered. It helped to brush up the basic of converter in a well systematic way...
The best course i've ever taken
I thought this course was an informative introduction to an important class of electronics. The lecturer was easy to follow, except during certain topics. That, however, is more due to the difficult nature of the subject than a fault of the professor. I found myself pausing and rewatching some portions so I could gain a better understanding but I don't have any problems with that. There is a good balance between more generalized overviews of key circuit concepts and more detailed analyses of specific circuit topologies. You may have to do some outside research to fully understand all details and I know some people may be turned off by that. I believe it is fine, and it is a good way to learn how to find information on your own. I did not have to do this more than a few times (that would actually be annoying). Lastly, the assignments were just challenging enough to force me to actually grasp the material, without making it seem like it was impossible to complete.
The best course on line for a beginners aspiring to become experts in the field of power electronics.> Chief Course Instructor is a expert in this field with focussed research on power electronics.> Course has a specialization with course design.> Book is will greatly help students taking this course.
Highly recommended. It explain a lot of practical examples.
The course is very good, but would like to make three suggestions:1) You don't have a feedback from what you made wrong in the exercises. It is usefull to learn from the mistakes.2) One week is a short lead time for the tasks3)It might include extra optional tasks regarding simulation
This course is really fantastic and very useful.
Very informative course. Thank you for your hard
Great introduction. Highly recommended.
More theoretical. Analytical and Intuition is not much developed. Good for getting familiar with switch mode converter circuits.
I have been in the power domain for the past 4 years and this course help me understand some of the design choices that we sometimes made as the pass-downs from others experiences.. thanks!!
Well thought out introduction to switching converters
A very good beginning to the topic. Using together with the notes and downloadable slides of the videos makes everything easier to comprehend
Very educational, professional and neat
pretty good basic analysis techniques of most common converter circuits.
Very straightforward. Professor Erickson's approach avoids to overcomplicate the subject by making a very logical analysis of the models, introducing the student in bussiness with ease. No complex math or super-complicated equation systems. It's just clean, simple and conceptual.
I think that it is a great course
Very Good excellent course
Really good introductory course for power electronics!!
Really very useful for a beginner of power electronics, with some simple concepts and calculation, let me have a brief view. Thanks.
Great course! I learned so much about different types of converters. Keep it up the good work!
Great introductory course!!!
I re-learned some basic concepts from a different point-of-view despite practicing electrical engineering for the past 20 years!
Focus is on Fundamentals. Excellent material for beginners.
One of the best course I have ever learned. Truly challenging, motivating, exciting. Learned a lot.... Thanks
Very good instructors and the home-works thoroughly test your learning.
The course is good, the Lecturer is great. I learned a lot in this course.
Very clear course, interesting assignments. It could be even more interesting to get access to the solutions of the assignments.
This course is amazing, all instructors holds a abroad knowledge on power electronics and its branches, also the course infrastructure helps not only the average students, but the real beginners in power electronics to extract te full experience passed here.
It is an excellent course!!! Great for those who want to be a master on the subject!
If you have no background in electrical engineering, do not try.
I like this course because of its content. It is an awesome experience. A must do course.
An excellent opportunity to enrich my self with power electronics from another side of the picture.
Very informative and i learnt a lot from this course.Thanks to coursera.
It has been one of my favorites MOOCs, I would say a top 3 of the best courses i have taken.Even though you have to work so hard to deal with the homeworks, you are going to learn a lot. Professor Erickson is a great master in his field and he explains so clear. I really recommend this course to those who love electronics and want to develop their own projects.
The course covers the topic in sufficient details and the assignments are quite good.
A great introduction to power electronics!
Excellent, Although this topic was totally new for my I enjoyed it so much. Thank you.
Well done in terms of mathematical rigor and explaining the basics. One critique that I have is that there isn't enough time spent on intuition around the circuits. For instance, how does the buck converter work from a more qualitative standpoint? Easy to look up online, I understand, but the professor is excellent and I would benefit from his perspective.
Great course and a great teacher. The assignments were great and really prompted you to learn. I liked how they weren't too easy and at the same time they weren't insanely difficult. Any effort that you put in learning the course was payed off. Hopefully the other courses in the specialization will be similar.And of course, the content of the course was very interesting and informative. Looking forward to the future courses.
Excellent course!I highly recommend this course for someone who wants to learn more on power electronics.
Exceptionally useful and very well organized lectures and homework assignments. Even as an industry professional I felt challenged. I am taking away information and fundamental knowledge of DC-DC converters that I will be able to apply in future projects. The lectures are easy to follow and very thorough. I would highly recommend this class to anybody interested in learning more about DC-DC converters.
Course content is really awesome. Homework assignment will help a lot to learn more about the course content.
Hard and very rewarding to complete.
This course is not easy, but very interesting!
Pretty solid course for an online format. Solid grader and I enjoy how you can input derived equations in the homeworks that makes it feel more brick and mortar class. This beats other class approaches I have used in other platforms that use peer grading. Very comprehensible introduction and a satisfying course. I wish the course work was a bit more challenging. I know this is difficult in an online format (1st offering?) but when I compare this homework to their actual class websites (for on-campus students), it is obvious this online format was given the "easier" problems to solve.
Fantastic introductory course to a long awaited specialization. I'm an electrical engineer and I was related to most of the theory prof. Erickson discussed with us in the lectures, but assignments, quick questions and facts were beyond my expectations. I can actually say I learnt things in these few weeks. And is just the beginning. Can't wait until we get to the control loop design for active filtering techniques. Great job by prof. Erickson and his team for the resources and the knowledge.
It was an awesome course. I learned a lot from this course. The method of teaching was quite simple and student friendly. I just want to say that if you will avail more solved examples then it will be quite helpful for us.
Great introductionary course.Looking forward to go ahead with the next ones!
Nice introductory Power electronic course.
Professor Erickson explains both the mathematical and physical definitions of all converter equations. His methods enable you to tackle more complicated problems while maintaining a physical insight (not just playing with the math). Very good derivation of how to include losses and calculate the efficiency of a dc-dc converter.
Beautiful course. Loved the lecture and assignments. Works great as a supplement to college learning. I am able to "visualize" dc-dc converter circuits which is a great feeling! Thank you Coursera and Prof. Erickson.
A good course
it is GREATA!
Great course to learn about power electronics. This course was a bit challenging to complete in one go, good thing that the instructors divided it into multiple sessions. Thanks for offering so great course.
Incredible quality of materials. Very well paced.
Excellent course by Prof. Robert Erickson !!Want to do a power electronics course after this.
Excellent instruction Prof. Erickson. I am using this to supplement my power electronics course here at school and it has been a huge help.
Very good. Questions were good enough for testing the knowledge and lof students.
Dr. Erickson makes power electronics accessible and fun to the beginner and expert alike. Highly recommend for any student aspiring for a career in power management design.
I have taken this course live in my university, but the messy way it was taught created so much confusion. Now, it's all being cleared up. I really appreciate the slow pace the course is taking and the way that difficult matter is easily explained by the professor. I am looking forward to taking other courses in the Specialization.
Great!
Crystal clear illustration by the professor and very interesting subject.
Great class all around!
WOOO .. This course is great ,, with the quiz in between the video lectures makes learning fun.the home work problems are also great to work. More emphasis laid on the simulations results to be read correctly and reflecting those results onto the solution for the home work problems...still looking forward more to learn and simulate.....
I think some of the content was a bit repetitive, and the time estimates of how long it will take to complete a section was way off (often the reading and videos in one section would actually take 3 hours when the entire module was supposed to take 3). Other than that, useful and insightful content. I learned a lot and I appreciated the video/ reading combination with the examples provided from several industries.
I loved this course. I really recommend it for everyone who would like to acquire more skills in leadership and management in the 21th century.
one of the best course here in Coursera course ,have a unique ,self intellectual ,creative through this course ,I need to thank all professors and workers ,also the actors who thrive to success this course .thank you
This is an amazing course and serves its purpose in giving a bird's eye view of all the pertinent issues in a practical manner using the analogy of Jim Barton and SMA. The non SMA case studies, talks and illustrations did well drive home salient aspects of leadership. Thank you very much for his well designed course.
Very good overview of leadership challenges in 21st century. It was good of my time.
Excellently designed course- you won't feel any constraints even though it is a online course!Must for a budding leader!
One of the best courses I have done through Coursera; the content in particular was very useful.
I strongly believe, that this course will shape my future. It's been greatest learning experience so far
excellent course for leaders with practical skills which are exemplary. id strongly recommend this to any leader
Love it!
Yet another great course from great professor
This course is extremely good, I had never seen the world from a leadership stand point and it gives me more than I was expecting in terms of training and leadership skills. Last but not least, a final thanks to all the Copenhagen Business School who have contributed in this course and have shared their unique experience so that I go out into the world and lead by example.
Wonderful course!!! Very professional, entertaining and educational approach,10 out of 10
Excellent course with an equally good format
That's very good course for training and sharing the useful idea with the varied s
Exceptional content that approaches important aspects of leadership.
So much information in this course. Very useful and enlightening.
As always, Prof Robert Austin is engaging and charismatic. The topic is interesting and Prof Austin's delivery is very crisp and powerful.
thank you
Its very interesting course
This is one of the best management/leadership courses I have ever taken. The material is very creative and helps increase our attention span. My favorite part is learning from the additional resource/links posted (TED talks, youtube links, etc). They are very interesting and I learnt so much in so little time. Keep up the good work.
Upon the first few views of the subject material, presented in the form of dramatized episodes, I was skeptical if this course was worth its time. I was pleasantly surprised once we moved into motivation in the 21st century, and the course only improved from there (though the multiple long videos in the financial crisis module felt redundant). A meaningful course as long as you can engage yourself with the material rather than rely on their sub-par assignments and quizzes to engage you. I also, did not participate in any discussions, but perhaps if I had this course would have been rated 5 stars.
Its very useful course. Useful in terms of our on personality development, development in terms of a company and to develop in terms of social good.
Interesting course, makes great usage of the coursera platform, and the mix between teaching thinking and discussion on the platform.
A very comprehensive Leadership development program. Course content is very relevant, detailed and updated. I personally had good learning from the program. Excellent instructors.
Excellent collection of materials helping you tho think through all aspects of leadership, with a nice mix of role-played scenes and additional resources. Relevant for leaders and future leaders at all
What a great course !!!
thank you for this
Wonderful course. I have mastered much about neurohacking using R programming, and learned about the preprocess step in neuroimaging analysis.
All the lecture were thorough and good.
Really good introduction.
Good course for the basics of neurohacking.
I like that this course goes through most necessary steps, my only suggest would be to have one additional week where you go through everything all together, and then do some simple group analysis.
It would have been better if there were practical exercises, nevertheless it was very comprehensive for basic procedures of fMRI analysis.
Really nice!
Very good as introduction to this area of implementation , It will be very interesting to create another course with more advanced topics.
An excellent introduction to neuroimaging analysis! Tank you.
This course offers a comprehensive description of all the steps required for the analysis of brain images. The notes are clear, concise, and contain a lot of helpful information about reading medical images, pre-processing them, and visualizing them. I'm a statistics researcher, and had very limited prior experience on this topic; but feel that this course has helped me tremendously to acquire the knowledge necessary to dive into research in this area, in a very short time. However, the benefits of taking this class go beyond this. Specifically, I was thrilled to be able to apply the techniques described here to read and visualize in R, medical images (MRI) concerning a patient-friend diagnosed with brain tumor, obtained directly from the doctor's office !!! And this, I thought, was amazing!
I love practical case study approach!!! Great!
Pretty good introductory course.
Very good approach to explain the general concepts of Machine Learning.
A very comprehensive course taught in a very easy and interesting manner!
The theories for the models should be explained in more detail and with few more examples.
A great primer on the various high level concepts in machine learning and some general applications as well as good quick intro to graphlab create. I was originally apprehensive to use another data science tool outside of panadas, but now think graphlab create is even better.
My only happiest moment in this whole course is writing this review, I couldn't wait to finish it in order to give it the 1 star rating it deserved.What I've seen from this course so far is abandonment , that's right this course is abandon ware, no questions get answered on the forums (asked a question a month ago and still didn't get an answer) and the links are outdated (links to further documentation don't work).I wouldn't recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn Machine learning since the instructors use proprietary libraries that need a license to use outside this course thus application wise what you learn her isn't transferable only the conceptual content;however, even in that there isn't much content for, since everything is an introduction here so nothing is quite useful .If your on a tight budget and your taking this specialization you could skip this course. Actually you could even skip this specialization since they canceled the capstone project so investing any money and time here is a waste. I can only recommend this specialization/course IF the instructors add a project at the end , be more involved on the forums , update non functional links ,and finally USE NON PROPRIETARY libraries hence they will need to take feedback from the students and redo most components of this specialization.
Great presentation of the topic and fitting complexity / depth for an introduction.Way better then all the other courses i tried before. Great instructors and concept!
It was amazing! I cannot describe the feelings one experiences when playing with the machine learning codes. My only complaint is that I would have wanted more in the neural network/deep learning module, but I guess there will be another specialization course for that. Thank you Professors!
The material in this course is very interesting. I feel comfortable with the concepts and algorithms. I am definitely prepared to utilize these skills in an entry-level manner - it will take some hands-on practice with real datasets to build expertise, understand the nuances of these approaches and expand my knowledge base. I recommend a decent level of comfort with programming. I completed the Python for Everybody specialization, but still struggled with the programming in this course.
A wonderful course!!!
Course presented in a very simple way especially for beginners
Good introduction to ML
A very good and user friendly course . The practical examples are of great help.
Exceptional overview that presents a big picture that motivates detailed study
A very good course for someone who want to enter the world of machine learning. makes perfect order in all the terminology and different methods.
Awesome - it is a great introduction to ML!
Con:(1) I feel I spent most of the time learning graphlab. Suggest replace it with standard Python as the standard tool for this class. Provide any needed additional code in standard Python.(2) Course is better in the front end than in the back end.(3) Week #6 is significantly more involved than previous weeks. Suggest divide Week 6 into two sessions: Neural Network and Nearest Neighbor applying neural network results (ImageNet 2012 was mentioned and not explained. Therefore the Nearest Neighbor homework assignment from the student's perspective does not have much to do with neural network other than using the results from ImageNet 2012, which was not explained in any detail anyway). This will allow more time to delve into the forward and backward propagation which should have been explained in more details.(4) Home assignments are not best worded, especially homework assignment for Week 6. Suggest reword in shorter statements that are more to the point.(5) Programming presentation and assignments can seem like exercise in graphlab and SFrame functions rather than machine learning.PRO:(1) Class presentation by Professor Fox on recommender system is detailed and clear.(2) Classifier block diagram shown by Professor Guestrin is good, clearly distinguishing training the classifier and the subsequent use of the classification (prediction).(3) Neural network quiz in Week 6 is excellent. It drills down on the multi-dimensional space that neural network is particularly good for.
Excellent introduction to machine learning! Best way to get an overview of the science and practice of this fascinating practice!
Great introduction to machine learning, not too much math but gives a good idea of what ML is + gives practice in Python (which was my initial goal).The tests contained a few inaccuracies (they didn't completely match on my machine/setup), but otherwise was fine.
Pretty decent course for beginner to learn machine learning. A case study approach they used is great and interesting.
awesome course!
It would be the best staring point for people new to machine learning .The course was very clear and well organized .The assignments and quizzes have given me much deeper understanding of what is being told in the video lectures . The only thing which I felt could get better was using other libraries than graphlab ,libraries which companies use .
A really good foundation course for Machine Learning.
Easy to follow up. Very didactic!Congratulations and thanks!
It is a great course. Congratulations! Everything is subject of improvement, though. Check again that the version of graphlab referred to in the videos is the one available to download.
Great one for people who need to implement it for websites and are not concerned about the underlying stuff.
Good start course. It seems some information not covered so sometimes it is difficult to understand the content.
Maybe a good course, but you need to be an IT crack to be able to install the software and make it works. Online help does not help. Irritating! 45USD lost. I don't recommend this course.
This course presents an overview of different machine learning tools but I rather prefer starting from the second course were more specific competencies are given. I believe that in courses like this the contents are to sparse.It would serve as an introduction. But the contents of week 4 and 5 are not even in the specialization!
The content is really good, well explained=> 5 stars, nothing to add.Why the 3 stars then ? Graphlab. If you use the pydata stack, as it is said to be possible in every assignments, you get stuck on the quizz due to variations on data and the algorithm used, so you can't really get quite the same answers.
Good introduction to machine learning concepts and I'm looking forward to a deeper dive in later courses. Would have preferred the course use industry standard, open source tools, but GraphLabs/SFrames didn't cause an issue for me at all.
It was an excellent thorough course with practical sessions using python. It was awesome ..
The Course was very neatly presented, although we used lots of predefined functions to work around Machine Learning Algorithms it was good to know about the concepts that was thought extremely well.
Brilliant overview. Many thanks to the teachers for designing such a comprehensive overview. This course must be followed by all the others in the specialization for best understanding.
A really awesome course for ML enthusiasts
Very nice class. Well designed quiz and assignment
Great introductory Course.
Excellent coverage of the underlying concepts.
Very Good!
Excellent course, which gives a hands-on overview of all the recent algorithms being used.
Informative, good survey of the field.
Very good introductory course with an excellent mix of theoretical and hands-on content.
In general it is a good introductory course. The lectures are easy to understand and the learning materials, especially the notebooks, are very useful, but it is a pity to know that the last two courses of the specialization were closed. Most of the programming assignments are too easy(just copy-and-paste), which is another disadvantage.
simple, self explanatory and self enought to start playin with machine learning
Very essential knowledge about how to get on track of ML and it did very handy for the beginner, who has qualified with the criterions of class candidate. Thanks for the effort in the class arrangement and online teaching!
It is easily the best course on machine learning I ever took.
I really enjoyed the course! IVery practical and straightforward,we dive to Ml right away.Amazing instractors and very funny.
This course is good.
As a statistician, Excellent introduction to ML!! I can't wait doing the other specializations (regression almost done, clustering and classification on-going
Professors are brilliant but assignments are not 'challenging' enough.
I really enjoyed this class! It was well taught and easy to understand.
Very good introduction to machine learning. Concepts are well presented and explained, i would have preferred to use a Open Source library in the assignments, but is not bad to know how to use Graphlab, a very powerful tool, for sure!
Exceptional, my best course in Coursera
It has made a lot of fun, only what I didn't like, that in this course GraphLab is used. We do not use it in my company, so I would prefer to use Open Source Software packages and not one what has to be bought.
This course is great for anyone who wants to not only get a great overview of the concepts of machine learning but apply the concepts and see the results in week 1! You'll be using machine learning algorithms to train models with real data even if you have no idea what that means! If you're taking the time to read this review you should probably take the course!
Awesome course ! Loved the case study approach !
Well structured and engaging.Quality videos, good pacing. Tools were interesting to work with
this is course is very good for a beginner who wants to know what is machine learning , why we want this , what is its application .also you will understand many algorithms used to manipulate data to do very cool applications and you will do this yourself .they made it very easy to understand , thank you .
Best course to get start with ML as it has lot of real world example to get your hand dirty, which will help us to develop approach 'how to solve real world problem using ML '
This course did an excellent job of introducing the basic concepts of machine learning.
I'm just a high school student who wants to attend University at either UC Berkeley or University of Washington as a computer science and physics double major with focus in quantum computing and A.I.. This class was a great introduction into the world of A.I. / Machine Learning. I would highly suggest taking this class to get a start with simple programming and machine learning.
A great introductory to ML.
This course helped me develop a good understanding of complex machine learning concepts.The tools were easy to use and helped me learn quickly. Unlike other programming classes I've tried in Coursera, I did not have to deal with programming environment related problems. I learnt important python skills also.
Excellent introduction to basic concepts of machine learning. I will continue to follow the other courses in the specialization.
awesome lessons!!! easy to get on hand and every piece of ML is crystal clearly explained.
Emily and Carlos are really exciting teachers. This course covers fundamental concepts of Machine Learning and comes with very practical assignments. I've learned a lot from the this course and I believe it will make me ready for more challenging work in the future.
A really nice appetizer to begin this specialization. The professors are excellent.
Really good overview and easy start into the machine learning community. Only point is, that they do not use the usual python packages for machine learning
This course is very important for me and i really learned many things of machine learning concepts and its important study case.
Best Course on ML yet on the Web
A very interactive and learning course
Best course to learning quickly machine learning and understanding concepts.
Great start to Machine Learning.
This course is good as an introductory one
It would be great if you could intersperse theory and practical sessions. Otherwise, a very useful course...
The course is a very good introduction to the specialization. It'd have been better if the course used an open source tool instead of a proprietary product.
Bravo, bravo, bravo.I'm really enjoyed this course. I'm learned what is behind "ML". .Great teachers.
Good stuff so far. Great examples, easy to follow. Speeding up the lectures by 1.25 or 1.5-fold helps as well
The lectures are substantive, although they tend to be too short in duration. The python application component is very applicable to work-related situations.
Very good course material. However, Graphlab is no longer free to use for commercial purpose.
A great intro course to machine learning concepts, the only problem with me is the environment, its course dependent and don't feel like it can be widely applied in various fieldsi would love if tensorflow or sikitlearn was adopted through the courseGreat course though !
love the approach, although the total lack of support (on the forums) is a bit discouraging. also, there are some errors that make it hard to understand the last week's material, but other than that, it's ok.
highly recommended
This course gives the kick start needed to start a data science career.
I really enjoyed the overall materials and especially loved the way they split the course into two sections:Theory and Programming.However, i wish they were using more standard packages such as pandas, or skit-learn instead of graphlab. It was a good class to taste what is going on in the world of ML.
The Course is well structured and gives a good overview of Machine learning and it's various applications. By working with case studies, it is easy to understand the logic behind the application. The only regret is that the usage of GraphLab means that it is a bit difficult to transfer the learning to something more open-source such as sci-kit. Graphlab does most of the algorithm work for you so you might not really understand the backstage working of it. Hopefully the courses further in the specialization will teach what is happening behind the scenes. Also, all the data is cleaned already so it is very easy to work with. you will have to learn data cleaning and data mining separately to be able to use it in your daily work.
I really enjoyed the course. I am interested to continue in this specialization and conduct the Capstone project.
This was a great specialisation taught by great professors, but I'm very frustrated that the final segment on deep learning was never finished! Coursera needs to fill this gap since it is hugely important topic and isn't covered adequately in any other Coursera material right now.
If you are considering this specialization I would recommend the Andrew Ng course instead and the main reason is that it isn't depend on proprietary ML framework. Despite the good lectures, the assignments don't help you develop the knowledge required for ML developer role.Taking in consideration the permanent postponing the courses delivery, from summer 2016 to summer 2017, finally the most interesting part of the specialization was cancelled. I'm completely disappointed with the specialization learning expirience.
Perfect for getting started
Its goo
Amazing introductory course! I only wish that Coursera was still offering courses 5 and of the specialization :(
Excellent Course! Must do for everyone who wants to start with machine learning.
TBH this class's experience is not good. The lecturers seem unprepared and they talk very repetitively.
would be perfect if it didnt lie to me saying there is a capstone project and courses 5 and 6, i wish
Amazing Learning approach.
Thanks for this webSite,I will keep going to my dream!
Good material. I'd prefer the course going without graphlab though. I hope course 5 will be produced one day.
Was a good intro to different kinds of ML. Wish we had used SciKit-Learn.
Not happy about course 5 & 6 got cancelled.
Good lecture and practices.
No good without the missing course and capstone projects
The Deep Learning part needs to be improved
Great course and best wishes for Carlos and Emily!
Good intro to ML, but would've enjoyed less of the "Black Box" approach in using Graphlab.
Very good introduction to machine learning with good examples.Some questions in the quiz could be rephrased to avoid multiple possible interpretations.
Awesome course and awesome professors
Vary good course!!!!
great introduction to basics of machine learning concepts with hands on programs.Loved it.
This course is absolutely incredible.
As a totally new Jupytor learner, I've enjoyed this appetizer course fully enough.
Nice introductory class. It gives you a nice concepts of various algorithms with a working example. Thoroughly enjoyed the class
thank you very much for your huge efforts
Very diverse applications and well thought through
The Deep Learning Module can be improved
very good course
Enthusiastic professor.
Great intro to Machine Learning!
Not easy...but that's what makes it worth it, right?
its good, if new to ML
This course was really good I found it a really good start I also really like the way in which Emily was giving the theoretical parts then Carlos follow her with the practical part . Also Emil and Carlos have a really Excellent way in explaining the course material which make it really entertaining .Thank you so much I really loved and Appreciated every part of the course.
I found the Course very interesting, well prepared from the Tutors and I liked the case study Approach since it provides actual examples where Machine Learning can be realized. I am interested to enroll in the second Course of the certificate to validate if it will go into more Details and Background regarding the build of the algorithms theoretically and in Python. I would like to thank both Tutor
This course is very practical for starters in Machine Learning. The ML methods it teaches are very fundamental, with clear and intuitive explanations about how and why they work. This course is recommanded to those who want a hands-on learning experience and who are not statistics experts that do not care much about the mathematical proofs of the algorithms.
great it was
Fantasic, very practical course!
Definitely a good choice for entering the area of machine learning
The whole eco-system is based on Graphlab create which is not very commonly used in the industry. The "Programming assignments" are very much like the exercise done in the videos - so no real thought and effort were needed. The Deep learning part is really bad thought and bad examined.
A very good introduction to foundations of machine learning. The learning methodology based on study cases is amazing and gripping and the ipython notebooks used in the practical sessions are very instructive. Strongly recommendable for everybody who want to start in this world
Great material. Good instructors with a practical approach.
This course introduces the key topics of Machine Learning, but the math behind the algorithms is not explained and the programming exercises are too easy. Unfortunately, it also relies heavily on graphlab instead of using open source software.
Few moths back I started my carer in Data Science. I was clueless where to start.This course helps me a lot to understand how the model works and the basic concept behind several algorithms. After going through this course "Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach" I'm able to understand several other documents regarding these topics in a advance manner.Only one issue that i faced is the "Discuss Forum". It will be better if any professional gives the explanation of the query. And there should be some fixed time when a discuss forum is open where there we can establish an interactive session where we can clear all our doubts.
Its been a great experience attending the course, one stop for knowing the basics of ML. Looking eagerly to deep dive in the coming courses of this Specialization. Thank YOU !!
General introduction to machine learning approaches and their application in real scenarios.
Great course!!!
The case study approach for explaining machine learning concepts is commendable. This kind of approach will not only help in cementing the concepts but helps in making decisions when it comes to real-life applications.
Course material is very good, illustrating real world examples. Need a bit more participation of mentor/TAs in discussion forum
Great course. This course is designed to make it easy to learn and implement various machine learning algorithms and techniques.
Great introduction to machine learning and its various concepts.
excessive use of GraphLab create which is not an industry standard.
The best module, I ever studied
Complete and great.
This specialization is delayed for months now - very annoying! Don't give them money!
Excellent overview of machine learning and a great approach (case-study) to introducing the field. The instructor were fun and did an excellent job. Looking forward to the rest of the specialization for a deeper work with the math and algorithms behind the various techniques covered.
Great foundation course detailing key aspects of ML
Great mixture of theory and practice. Really enjoyed working through the IPython notebooks!
Great Course!
Challenging to just the right degree!
Really interesting material thought very enthusiastically. Enjoyed it loads
Excellent course but good for the beginners . After this you can will have much knowledge to take any advance course related machine learning
This whole specialization is an outstanding program: the instructors are entertaining, and they strike the right balance between theory and practice. Even though I consider myself quite literate in statistics and numerical optimization, I learned several new techniques that I was able to directly apply in various part of my job (ok, not in the foundations course, but in subsequent courses). We really go in depth: while other classes I've taken limit themselves to an inventory of available techniques, in this specialization I get to implement key techniques from scratch. Highly, highly recommended.FYI: the Python level required is really minimal, and the total time commitment is around 4 hours per week.
The course was very well taught and the exercises provide a realistic introduction into real-world problems. The only thing that is missing to get to a 5-star rating would be to use standard machine learning libraries (scikit-learn, which is free) instead of GraphLab Create, which requires a paid license to be used commercially.
This course is very good.Thankyou for all the teachers.
Very well taught, concepts clearly explained, a good introduction to the world of machine learning!
A very practical approach for learning and get excited about Machine Learning. The python notebook exercises really help if you do them diligently (though sometimes it was too easy because of hints, may be hide them and who when someone asks for it). The mention of so many concepts and algorithms can be overwhelming, so a clear guideline on how to leverage the material specifically in this foundation course in the closing remarks would help.
Very interesting course as the start of something that will get more and more interesting. I am happy that I got this specialization and not only the course.
A nice survey of various topics in Machine Learning!
NICE INTRODUCTION
Brilliant introduction
This course is quite advanced. You should do this after you have finished the one from Stanford U.
Great course to begin your journey into MLBriefly introduces each topic to give a jist about it and also provides a good starting point for using python in ML context
what an awesome mooc. incredibly practical, consistent, coherent and eye-opening! looking forward for the next courses in this specialization.
In general, a nice "into" style course to show the capabilities of different ML solutions. However, trying to be so "cool", "awesome", and "exciting" slash back easily: the first thing I remember from this course is that annoying squeaking giraffe, and not the real content.... Nonetheless, If you need a practical introduction to ML, its worth the effort!
It is better if allow me upgrade only when I finished this course.
In this course, a basic introduction to different machine learning concepts are provided with ease of understanding to those who are new in the field.
Learned iPython Notebook which is good for Machine Learning.Helped me to understand the basics of all the ML techniques and helped me understand where to apply which ML model. This course will not teach u ML in depth , for in depth knowledge u have to take other courses in the specialisation.
Great course!Emily and Carlos teach this class in a very interest way. They try to let student understand machine learning by some case study. That worked well on me. I like this course very much.
This Course really helped me to understand the basic concepts in Machine Learning.
In this course, you use ML algorithms that are already implemented to solve various kinds of problems. The goal is to give you a broad overview of ML and how it can be used to solve real life problems.Subsequent courses of this specialization dive deeper in each algorithm. You'll learn the theory behind them and implement them from scratch.
The course is wonderful. I learn a lot about ML.
Great course, really well designed and with some interesting real life case studies. Lectures are clear and informative and the assignments help cement your understanding of the content
This is an extremely practical and useful course!
Great course and instructors! Thanks!
I like the approach the course is designed on, starting with basic know how about all machine learning techniques. Later on dedicating a course on each individual approach. I am looking forward to complete my specialization
Great course for starting ML
A good introduction to ML applications, but not as detailed and thorough as I expected. I'm looking forward to the following of the specialization.
Assignments could have been little more difficult.
If you are already familiar with ML you won't learn anything new. The deep learning part is new, but it too short and lacks detail. I believe the concepts are explained in a clear manner but they are too high-level to be considered "learning". By the end of the course you will be familiar with some concepts of ML and the Graphlab API, but you won't be ready to implement anything by your own. However, I think this course is good to evaluate whether you like the teaching style and the overall style of the specialization. It would be nice to be able to skip this course and still get the specialization completed. if you already know what you want to learn and you don't want the the full specialization certificate jump into the other courses right away. I will continue with the specialization with the hope in the next courses the topics are covered in higher detail.
Great introductory course for beginners to machine learning and I loved the programming tutorials.
Great class!
Very interesting courses and extremely useful after take Ng's courses.
One of the coolest approach to machine learning by using real life data and its example. I loved it as a beginner to machine learning.
Thanks!!!
This is an excellent course provided by the creators of this course. My sincere appreciation to both of them. The length of theory and practicals are very appropriate. I am very sure to continue all courses and finish them and master them. Thanks coursera for providing this course.
Very good course. Great material, good challenging programming assignments. Emily and Carlos are superb. --- > Wow. Amazing. Love it...now you know I'm using all the positive feature words in their sentiment analyzer!!!
Exceptional introduction to all of the concepts involving Machine Learning! Highly Recommended!
Loved it!
Brief but very good overview to typical Machine Learning models that are currently being used in many real applications. Nice and easy going teaching model based on case studies and lots of examples and practice during the assignments. For being only an introduction to this world, it was a quite interesting intro and now I am keen to follow up with the next parts of the specialization.
I really enjoyed this course and found it fun to use the iPython notebook to play around with the ML models. The instructors were great, but I encountered some issues in the assignments for the last two weeks where the understanding that was provided in the lectures wasn't enough to pass the assignment. Since all the machine learning models are used as a black box, I think it would be beneficial to audit this course and then pay for the others in the specialization. Nevertheless, I truly feel like I have a good high level understanding of Machine Learning.
Really a great course and the most passionate teachers I have ever seen. Looking forward to the next courses in the Specialization.
Very good course for quick learning !!
It's a very good and very structured course which gives you a very nice insight of all the basic concepts in machine learning today and prepares you for the next courses to come.
I very excited for this class, thanks!!!
Great Introduction to machine learning. Found the Turi APIs and iPython Notebook approach very effective in getting acquainted to machine learning algorithms.
The content of this course is interesting, I liked the examples, and the material gave an interesting overview of different aspects of machine learning. From that perspective, the course is as advertised. But, where this course goes wrong is value for money - it is very superficial and not worth what is charged.As noted by others, this is not a course for learning so much as an advertisement for the instructor's own pay software and their other Coursera courses. I'm not against that per say if it was entirely free, but charging for an advertisement is ridiculous. In my case I thankfully started with the free model so I didn't lose out, but I could see others being dissapointed. I strongly recommend starting the material with a free signup and only pay if you really want the extra grading.My other main problem was with the pace and detail in the course. I would have liked more detail, but I recognize this was intended to be a high level view so I'll live with that level of detail. The material covered, however, does not need 6 weeks worth of lectures. This course could be ~1/2 as long, cover the same material, and be a MUCH better course.Other small problems include some poorly edit videos (there are a lot of examples of simple stumbling in the videos that should have meant they do another take), very short videos (maybe a person preference, but the number of <2 minute videos here is annoying, especially when there's a 5-second standard video at the start and end of all videos). All in all, there's just a lot of wasted time.When signing up for this course I was really excited for the entire specialization - now, not so much. I'll probably try the second course in the series (for free to start) to see if things improve, but ironically this advertisement video has if anything turned me off their other products.
great lesson with great professions
Lots of fun, and a great introduction to ML. Will definitely be continuing on in the specialization
Awesome Teaching Technique Used! Kudos To The Team!
Great introduction to the machine learning!
The deep learning part of the course needs to be better done. The rest is good
Interesting but a bit weak for my purposes...
Before taking this course I would not consider the topic as something that one could learn by himself.The Course has opened my mind and has showed me that there is a lot to learn and study in order to fully master ML and AI in order to use it in the applications we can build.
This is a good introductory course, however the quiz questions and over dependence of graphlab are off putting. The instructors share good insights about the need and motivation for various ML techniques. I wish there was more support on the project using pandas and sklearn. Graphlab is immensely powerful, however not adopted in industry making it hard to apply the learning in real world.
Great course for beginners in machine learning.It has created a lot of interest in the field and looking with great expectations for the upcoming implementation courses for the inbuilt functions we used in this course.
This was a great introduction to the field of machine learning. Full with practical examples and hands on homework the course really catered to my learning style. Although the initial weeks were easy, the last week gets pretty challenging.
Very nice overview / introduction to machine learning. Setting up the environment initially was annoying but well worth the effort to be able to analyze/solve more realistic use cases.
This course is good enough for introductory level, and knowledge. However keep in mind that:If you are new to Python, you are in for a quite big a challenge. The course are kind enough to walk you through machine learning steps, BUT will not hold your hands through Python programming.The course focus on using GraphLab Create, which is free for academic use, NOT for commercial. This look like a bad decision to choose for a MOOC. However, when you find out that one of the instructor is CEO of Turi, things start to come clear.Also, staff are not responsive at all on the discussion forum. The only active one are the students and mentors.
Loved it. Simple and crisp !
Excellent Course for those who want their fundamentals to be very clear and precise!
Very simple black box approach to ML. Pretty much anyone can start and play around with ML following this course.I would have like to get a bit more into details but this is great introduction course for anyone.
A solid course, let down by quality issues in the last two modules. I hope these are fixed soon because it would make this a top notch course...
Very good course. I look forward to starting the next ones, in the context of the ML Specialization.One small caveat: I would have preferred using a more widespread and open source ML library, than GraphLab Create, which I am not certain to encounter again in the "real" World.
Amazing course. I would recommend this course to get started on machine learning and understand its applications. This course doesnt go deep into the complex mathematical theory unlike others and the instructors do a very good job in going through the material systematically. Assignments are a bit challenging but manageable since graphlab has a lot of inbuilt libraries.
Well organized. Very practical by using iPython Notebook
Excellent instructors made the course very worthwhile.
The only reason that I am giving 3 star is the design of the quizzes for each week. The readings are too long and the content of the quiz sometimes gets you frustrated!
It is really cool course .
This course was very fun to me.
Good course to build concepts of machine learning that is good platform to move to advanced level.
I did not find the course very good. I came into the class with only real basic knowledge of Python and I was hoping to be able to pick up more as part of this class. WHile I might have picked up more, it was only because I used resources outside the course.The video instructions in programming in Python left quite a few gaps to figure out by reading documentation. The videos themselves were divided into two sections -- first a theoretical or classroom like section and a second a lab/programming section going over some coding in Python. The 'classroom' type lectures were pretty reasonably good. But the lab/programming were pretty terrible.They instructor really break down the syntax of the code and just left the student to figure it out. This made being able to take this code and to adapt it to other uses very difficult.I would not recommend this as a course to help learn Python.
Good Course for someone wanting an overview of techniques. You would not be building something very cool after this. Course assignments are not very challenging, some good questions must be included.Some mathematical part should be there. Expecting it in other courses in specialization.
Love the way the subject is introduced. The course increased my interest for machine learning and also made me understand the power of machine learning first hand. Thank you, Prof Carlos , Prof Emily and entire team.
Well paced. The videos and the notebook go well. Carlos and Emily really bring in their passion and fun. I am now a fan of Vuli Sofi.
The itself to sum up all that is going to happen in the specialization in the first course was awesome and you guys did it with too much coolness
I really enjoyed the practical part of showing concrete examples and direct applications of Machine Learning algorithms.Instructors are dynamic and have made efforts to show enthusiasm.Quiz are too easy though. Completing most of the work would only require an hour or so per week. I hope that the other courses are way more intense and require more work.Overall, I would recommend this introductory course.
Really liked the course and the teachers. Would have preferred more detail on the quizzes so I didn't feel as lost as I did some of the times while trying to piece together what a question meant.
Very good introductory course. I also enjoyed the bloopers
It seems a very good foundations course, it would be great to dive into more technical aspects, specially because I suppose the majority of us has a background related to maths, statistics, cs, etc. Very useful indeed, hope the studd that comes ahead gets even better. Congratulations. Also, it would be great to learn these methods using other ML libraries, like open source / free ones. All the best, Alexis
Excellent approach to get started with Machine Learning, good teachers that make entertaining to follow the lessons, thanks for the good work you put in it!
Some quiz questions' answers are incorrect and instructors need to update the quit to reflect correct answers
Very clearly explained, easy-to-follow pace and great examples.would have been absolutely great if there were references to do the same exercises using pandas/scikit
Simply awesome. Well crafted for beginners :-)
not using scikit and assigment way too easy, not challenging, but high quality video, very easy to understand .
It's easy to understand even if you're beginner. Very inspiring!
Excellent course, I particularly appreciate how concepts are introduced with examples to set the terrain for the consequent courses. Will definitely recommend.
Good course to see various models in machine learning
One of the best courses available online. Actually got to know how to apply theoretical knowledge in designing systems. You people are the best and made concepts and things really easy. Hats off!!
I enjoyed the course and I will continue with the specialization. I am giving a 3-star rating as i) the lectures need to be updated with correct data or need to provide guidance as to when one should expect individual difference when following along with the notebook, ii) instructor / mentor response in the discussion forums is lacking, iii) graphlab is now an outdated tool as it is not commercially available.
Great course. It really helped me understand machine learning and it give me new ideas about deep learning and how to use it even when you have few data.
Very good introduction course.
Excellent course!!... It has been the best online course so far. I really enjoyed the Use Case approach, and got really excited with the fact that –although being an introductory course- I got really a good intuition and hands-on experience about use of machine learning for real applications.Congratulations!!
great course
The course touches upon all the necessary fundamentals of machine learning in the best way possible -- through case studies. One gets a hang of the ipython notebook and graphlab create environment too.
I love what I am learning in this course however some of the lectures are completely disconnected from the quizzes. They could do a better job quizzing based on the lecture.
Thanks, great course!. I'm trying to learn more about ML
It is a solid foundation to Machine learning.
The course is great, but it would be greater if used open source free tools.
Its a good course for those who want to learn ML with Graph Lab
This course gives a good summary of the general machine learning pipeline. However the depth of the course is very low. Also the it uses a commercial python library to implement the models. For these two reasons the course has little value on its own. But this is a good starting point for anyone who wishes to complete the specialization.
Very easy to follow, well-paced, practical / not just theory, cheesy jokes :)
This was a valuable introductory survey course. For me, the challenge came from my unfamiliarity with Python not the material. I would rate this class as "entry level" for anybody with a college-level technical degree.
Very cool course. I can say is the best course for intro to a big science called machine learning, have a lot of good real life examples, with gread mathematical understaing of how things works, i thinks is really cool course
A wonderful foundation course on Machine Learning to understand its various facets... !!!
This course is a greate introduction towards machine learning and the package used graphlab create is really easy to use as well
This is a great course i do recommend it for students ready to learn the new way of working with data and not bunch of IF..Else statements
Course combines Real Word Applications with simple implementation via IPython Notebooks. Professorsknow their stuff but are super chill. Pretty good assignments and quizzes.
It was a great course. I learned many things during this course. Btw, the teachers are really cool... super cool.
Incredibly helpful for somebody with no previous experience in machine learning.
At high level it gives glimpse of different machine learning domains. One can then decide to go deep into one of them.
A very interesting course! I learned a lot. Will continue on the next course once it ready.
Very good starter course for Machine Learning with enough practice examples. It was really helpful for me to understand what ML is and its real time application.
Very informative and useful course
This 1st course was excellent, others in the specialization moved quicker than expected
Improved my insight to machine learning a lot.
Very good overview of the type of thinking required to do Machine Learning on data.
thanks to prof and cousera for this wonderful course. I wish the programming part was taught separately from basic. I have taken the previous course which was case study approach with respect to which it was slightly tough.
The Professors and the lectures were excellent. Homeworks are way to easy. Would like to use open source tools like pandas and sci-kit learn instead of proprietary tools like graphlab.
For me, this course excelled at brushing up ML concepts I had studied years ago and clarifying the appropriateness of different techniques for different problem settings. However, the best part about this course, and the reason I took it in the first place, was that it introduces participants to a new tool that is scalable for use in larger / production systems.I am much obliged to the instructors and am sure to continue on to the next course in this specialization.
Very good approach. Let students hands on and play with ML model first, before jumping into details. In real life, understanding use cases is really important before investigating more time into theories.
Great course, focused on practical learning and some of the widely used applications, such as sentiment analysis, product recommendations, image recognition etc. The videos are crisp and to the point and you will appreciate the amount of knowledge they pack in a very short time.
This is a great introductory Machine Learning Course. The required knowledge is almost nothing, so it starts really basic, but got more interesting on the last weeks.It focus on a practical approach. You will use GraphLab, a powerful tool that allows to easily start applying ML algorithms on real cases, even with just a basic theoretical understanding about why this works.It made me think a lot how can I take advantage of this tools, and I'm excited about start working on some new projects.
interesting to follow alone
The instructors are great and the format of the course and organization is great too. The examples used are great and easy to follow.
A really interesting, introductory course in Machine Learning Methods and their applications. The case study approach followed by the instructors makes it ideal to learn how these ideas used in real-life problems. The programming language used is Python (GraphLab Create or Open Sourced libraries), which is most probably the best choice for newcomers in the field.
Very informative course! Go for it.
Great overview of ML foundations, informative, fun, practical, and hands-on. Looking forward to the next course in ML specialization!
Really good one
It was a great course and had good hands on materials. Now for the theoretical underpinnings!
Excellent. Very Intuitive.
awesome! fantastic! outstanding!
Interesting intro class. Will very much leave you wanting more.
Well-made.Good teachers.But a bit too simple. 4/5Thanks.
Very good overview of ML. The GraphLab api wasn't that bad, and also it was very wise of the instructors to allow the use of other ML packages. Overall i enjoyed it very much and also leaned very much
This was a very well put together course. I like how they walk you through each of the exercises if you need help. Thanks.
It' a fine beginner's course. I liked the hands-on approach using SFrames.
great class!!, I love how passionate you guys are about the topics
Some instructions of the programming assignments are not all that clear, which wasted me a lot of time.
Solid overview of the various ML techniques without getting too far into the math behind it.
A good introductory course
The only way these courses could be better if there were far more of them from the same professors. If more of the nitty gritty details of these algorithms were fleshed out in all their glory, more algorithms, more mathematical derivations & more tutorials in the programming languages & libraries used. Otherwise, these MOOCs are near perfection. A very, very nice introduction for beginners with just a little bit of math & not too much programming. Just enough for busy people. I've reserved that 5th star due to the slow pace that the MOOCs have been released (which will presumably be irrelevant for future machine learners) & the fact that there really needs to be more of these very high quality moocs. So there aren't enough of them, so I reserve a star. Hopefully in the future that will be irrelevant as well in which case I'll regret not indicating 5 stars.
Great introductory course!
This is an excellent course... One can tell that a lot of effort went into making this course fun and easy to work with... Almost certainly the most fun to work on course I've taken on Coursera so far... The instructors are very nice, the video lectures are fun and the assignments are easy and fun to work with...
Very clearly explained and practical machine learning use cases presented in a welcoming manner.
I enjoyed the course.I wish it had more machine data driven models to to address more industrial type problems, for instance Predictive maintenance.
there is no proper documentation.at least there should be some clear instructions for first program
Really good intro for Machine Learning!
the best Course i ever see
Thanks!
Great course
Great course. Good for a broad overview. If you already know basic concepts like regression, classifiers, etc from a statistics class it might be a little slow. Also, the class is taught using graph lab which is not a free software. If you wanted to try it something else that is free, you could... But you will spend a LOT more time on the assignments.
Good on presenting and using ML tools, but the part of principle is not good enough
the best introduction for ML.
A fantastic course! The case study approach really makes a difference. I can't stand purely theoretical courses so this one really stands out. Best ML course online hands down.
Very good course.
Great Course, just felt little weak the last module about deep learning.
dont really like the dependency with dato sframe or prop tools
Great course.
An excellent introduction to the field with well-designed exercises and hands on labs.
It would be perfect if also cover a section on spark an mllib.
A great introductory course to Machine Learning for anyone with experience programming. It's presented as a survey of various Machine Learning techniques and I appreciated seeing many motivating examples for the topics covered. The hands-on examples were accessible, but at the same time gave familiarity with real-world tools like IPython.
I love this course. I do expect we can learn more about the algorithms though. Overall I love this course
This course is fundamental to machine learning and helps me to grasp the idea of it
Clearly course, but still hope to get more information about how to use other frame work
The subjectes are not learnt deeply and precisely. Too summarized and vague!
Good course! The only major drawback is the requirement of Graphlab, which doesnt allow the student to fully understand the applications using real world software. Just recently, Dato (the company that owns graphlab) was purchased by Apple, and you can no longer buy a commercial licence to the software. Despite this, users cannot use Graphlab for commercial purposes, therefore rendering the software completely impractical for professionals. The specialization is designed to help you get a job (see capstone) yet the software currently in place is limiting.
One of the best courses that I attended so far in Coursera. If you already attended the Machine learning course from Andrew Ng or you have some idea of what is Machine learning about, this is the perfect next step. Explanations of machine learning 'buzzwords' and real python examples. Instructors are great. Highly recommend it!
Very thoughtfully and beautifully created course. Both the teachers are really wonderful and know how to explain something so difficult in a very easy to understand language.Thankyou for making it so easy and at the same time very very interesting.
The hands-on exercises were really fun and brought a lot of insight. The material was presented in a very understandable way.
Too much emphesis on graphlab. exercises should be prototyped and done in sklearn.
An awesome course to get a basic idea about various machine learning techniques. Would've been great if instructions for scikit learn were also provided in the videos
The course is very intuitive and very explanatory. This is very help course to begin with Machine Learning.
A great course , I loved the combination of theory and practice , the study cases really helped cement the understanding. Both professors were coherent , didactic and helpful in advancing my understanding of machine learning. Their quirky, nerdy humor was endearing, their knowledge noticeable and impressive.I'm definitely going to continue auditing the rest of the courses in the specialization. I'm still trying to use graphlab as much as possible, SFrames are so similar to pandas dataframe that it's not hard to do , however , plotting more complicated graphs than a scatter or line is still sometimes a challenge.I strongly recommend this course to anyone looking to explore and strengthen machine learning concepts in a vey applied manner. Congrats to the team at UW
Perfect intro course! Thanks a lot!
Excellent course and excellent way to learn machine learning. The professors are great and the exercises are challenging. I love the way the professors teach the course using case study approach, that makes it all the more interesting and fun to learn
very clear and practical!
Actually the course goes great, just a cuople onf the intro video are useless, and in fact distract the real value of the course in its first week
Loved the course. Hope to do more soon.
It was very nice experience. Prior to the course, I heard about most topics. This course helped me to structure the ML concepts in my mind. I like learning by doing. The assignments in the courses really challenged me and I learned good practical knowledge. I am a beginner to MOOC courses, this course was a good start. Thank you.
Very up to date and practical.
Overall the course had a good mix of depth and breadth. There should be examples in the presentations and notebooks to help drive home the concepts better.
Excellent Introduction to the Machine Learning applications. This is course does not cover all the "details" of the method, but rather just prepare/motivates the use machine learning. Only criticism would be that course relies on GraphLab Create, but frankly speaking this is quite alright as I mentioned that the point of the course is to deliver the motivation and show some interesting applications of machine learning rather than explaining every detail of each module. If you want more details, take the entire specialization where you have more freedom to write your own code without the use of the use of Graphlab.
Excellent course, very charming professors, accessible even for people with limited math/coding backgrounds. Some course material needs to be updated, though.
Really good explanations of the topic with practical examples and implementations. Its like a quick recap of important concepts in ML. I would recommend this.
An overview about machine learning. After finishing it, you can get some important structures about ml.Keep learning.
Professors are very good , i am really enjoy in this class, but no further discussion about implementing ML algorithm, just call the API to handle the sort of data.
Very nice designed course!Only flaw is its stuck with a paid license of Graphlab and doesnt focus on free source so that algorithm can be used with the help of free modules in future.It would have been better if the examples were done using free tools, like scikit learn
I believe it would be very useful if the authors could provide a lecture review about python commands. Specially the ones they are going to use during the course.
For me this is the best course for Machine Learning Foundations that I watch. It was challenging for me because I did the assigment with R packages. I hope on the future for doing other courses for the specialization.
It is a good introduction to machine learning with cases. It explains all the big concepts in a high level, and uses all the out of box functions of graphlab to implement those ideas. Do not expect to have super detailed understanding of all the algeralisms and step by step how to do it from scratch.
I really enjoyed this course. The case study approach and the IPython hands-on gave a good understanding of the concepts discussed in the lecture videos. I'm looking forward to complete the specialization. Highly Recommended!!
This is a very cool course about machine learning. I learned a lot from it.
A solid introduction to ML. Note this a basic, foundational course.
Very recommendable
This is one hell of a courseThis is basically a good introduction to each and every basic ML technique, what makes this distinct from the other courses is that, you really get your hands dirty with writing code on Python, which is really an industry relevant language for Data Sciences and MLThe theory is also, taken in detail and the assignments are cleverly designed, this course was a joy to take. Initially, I thought that I would complete this course in a span of 6 weeks, which is actually prescribed. But, the fluidity of the course content was so great, ended up completing the course within a weekDefinitely, taking the advanced courses
Very basic overview using GraphLab Create to emphasize intuition - if you are familiar with ML concepts might be a bit boring.
Great course for starters!
cool, the lectures are nice. Personally I like the instructors' style:)
It was a great course for the intrduction
good intro course
The course is effectively a tutorial on how to use proprietary software to solve a range of machine learning problems.I liked the fact that the course covered a wide range of problems quickly. There were however two issues that I did not like.1) It is not well supported and given that the technology is proprietary, there are few other places that offer support (i.e. you can’t just look at problems and solutions on stackoverflow to get insight into the tech)2) For a course labelled as “intermediate”, it presented very little detail. Most of the course was dedicated to explaining particular problems, the solution to which was inevitably “then you train this really clever, one-line algorithm we have written for you and you query it for insights”. I felt a little cheated by this approach to a subject which should be really fascinating.While some of my concerns may be addressed in follow on courses, I am left with little insight into what really lies ahead. For example, is this really an “intermediate” course? What background do I really need? Will we ever get to the detail or will I always just be expected to call someone else’s brilliant algorithm and accept the result.
A perfect kick start to your journey on Machine Learning!
Wonderful course! Excellently explained
Great start when you want to get an overview about machine learning. They work a lot with examples that help to understand all mathematics behind it.
Might be good for someone looking for a casual overview?I really wanted to like this course, and was excited about the series. Very disappointing. Refunded after scoring 100% on first three weeks and watching the theory portion of week 4. I was familiar, with the subject prior to taking this course; was hoping for a deep dive.Too many trivially short and low information density videos. Handwavy mathematics. I would have liked to get a more solid idea of the depth of the series from the first course before committing money.Default software for the course has near-zero market penetration (per indeed.com), unless maybe you work at Apple -- not really excusable for something that purports real-world value. Yes, you can use other software, *except for the capstone*, per another reviewer: this is fatal.Presenters just not fully prepared to lecture on the topic: the nail in the coffin was the end of the week 4 lectures on clustering: "So, at this point, you really should be able to go out there and build a really cool retrieval system for doing news article retrieval. Or any other really, really, really cool retrieval that I can't think of right now. But of course there's lots of interesting examples. So go out there and think of ideas that I can't think of right now." Really? How about: "Cut! Take two."Many poor design choices for the presentation. Too much time spent writing things on slides that should have already been on the slides.As of this review: no reviews on the last courses in the series, and some poor (but indicative) reviews of the other courses.
I felt that I paid for demo of the Dato/Turi.
Pros:(1) Teachers know what they are talking.(2) They are energetic and funny.Cons:(1) The course uses proprietary and expensive tool.(2) The course is too simplistic.(3) The teachers, although they know what they are talking about, they aren't very good at teaching.
Good introduction, a very comprehensive overview of main ML topics. Examples are easy to follow and assignments are quite interesting.
Great introduction to machine learning concepts. I look forward to the rest of the specialization and to developing some of my own methods and supporting code.
Very informative and make the machine learning experience much easier for a beginner to all these new concepts. This course is very well set up to help students into the future apply there new knowledge. Only thing is the software was a little difficult to at first get working on my mac but other than that everything was fabulous.
This course is COOL
Best hands on course
It is a well organized and motivating introduction to the incredible field of Machine Learning.
While I am aware that this is an overview of the other courses in the specialization, I felt that the quizzes and programming exercises didn't really get into the actual topic. For example the recommender systems quiz and programming assignment have nothing about factorization except a single superficial question. The material is clear and the overview is nice, but the practical part let me down.
It was a great course, showing the general applications of machine learning and great tutorial in how to implement the solutions without the technical and theoretical part of it. Also the use of IPhyton give a lot of flexibility to the material and the exercises. I really enjoyed. Thank you
A very exciting introduction to Machine Learning
Fantastic course. A great, high-level, and gentle introduction to the most important machine learning techniques in use. The professors also co-own a market-leading machine learning company that produces a tool for machine learning practioners and data scientists called GraphLab Create. The tool itself is also fantastic as it not only creates and manages the environment for the Python notebooks and neatly installs Anaconda for you, it takes the guess work out of applying some of the more sophisticated machine learning models.
Very clear and clever presentation of machine learning
An excellent overview of Machine Learning. Whether catching up with nascent developments in the recent years or first diving in, this class provides a stable, well rounded and well thought out starting point on the subject.
it was a exciting course
This is a great introductory course on Machine Learning.
Very well presented! The tools are explained and provided in a way for genuine learning and application. The jupyter notebook assignments allow one to jump into the material, while taking detailed notes along the learning 'journey'. I am excited for all the other courses in this specialization!
Really good learning path. well chalked out couse
Great introduction to machine learning.
This course gives overview of what we are going o learn ahead in machine learning course. Carlos and Emily they both explain stuffs in very detail manner. IN fact it so much fun to learn when you understan thing and specially these cool stuff i hope to see some more courses on this in future. :)
This course is excellent for anybody new to machine learning and wanting to learn this new skill from the top down. For me, I have a strong background in machine learning, not in the context of big data, but I wanted to get familiar with Python and learn how modern companies are using machine learning in practice. This course provides that applied approach to implementing a broad range of machine learning applications with Python, applied to real problems.A course this small cannot provide everything - what this course does not provide is in-depth technical tutorials on the workings of machine learning algorithms. There are many courses out there which do, but this course to great for learning a practical approach to problem solving with machine learning and data processing.If there is a downside, I would say that the use of paid packages in the lectures (graphlab) limits the student's ability to learn Python using the freely available packages on the web, which was my personal preference. However, this is not purely negative, since there are many employers out there who would like to know that you have practical knowledge of things like AWS and graphlab. I did enjoy learning about those packages and services and I feel like I learned something positive which I can share with potential employers.Overall, a very good concise course - one of the best on Coursera for vocational learning in my opinion.
A Brilliant introduction to Machine Learning, I've tried several courses before but none of them got me engaged like this one. The instructors have a lot of knowledge and present the material in a very easy to understand way. Also the assignments and technical work is really engaging and challenges you to really learn the language and the concepts.
Loved it.
Awesome course
Awesome course! Very helpful with a practical / example-driven approach that helps build intuition.
A very nice class really helps a lot ！
Sets a good foundation for getting started with Machine Learning.
Excellent introduction to the promise and applications of Machine Learning.
Very easy to understand and will be a very good first course...
Wonderful! Both material and teachers are very interesting. Can't wait to continue their next class.
This course is light because it is a survey--a taste--of what the rest will offer. Nonetheless, it sets up a starting point for future classes. The instructors are genial and fun.
Course is outstanding except it uses a paid library called graphlab create.
This course is very good. The only problem is that instead of using open source packages like scikit-learn they decided to based it on proprietary GraphLab (which is free only for academic use).
Emily and Carlos provide a very fun and informative introduction to ML! I really appreciated getting a "blackbox" overview of the various ML methods before doing a deep dive into the algorithms. GraphLab and the interactive iPython sessions are great!
This course was a good teaser. Everything is very easy and fun. At the same time, you can see how powerful graphlab is.
Nice overview of the specialization. Since it aims at showing the advanced and interesting things you will learn during the specialization, some of the practical sessions are way too advanced. Thus, for me felt more like a mechanical copying of what the instructors did rather than an actual assessment of what I understood. Also, since some of the applications are actually repeated at the beginning of the main courses, it feels like a repetition somehow when then you move to the specialized courses.
very cool practical approach!
Instructors clearly explained the concepts. Teaching with real examples is a great idea. Looking forward to see other courses.
A very nice introduction to fundamentals of Machine Learning.
The course covers wide range of topics along with the real world examples in simple language , The assignments are superb, they help you to grasp the concepts in much detail and sets a strong foundation . Would definitely recommend this course.
Very good for practicing! It seems to be very easy when you just watch the lectures but after you do the homework you will soon change your mind because the homework is of high quality and can help grasp the working skills for machine learning job.
Very clear and accessible course, great introduction to Machine Learning !
Great course for understanding introductory principles of the different areas of Machine Learning. The classes are very well taught and the exercises are very interesting. Highly recommended for beginners!
I really enjoyed the intro, I would suggest that you take a bit of Python, and Brush up on your Calculus, because you will be needing it. It's possible to keep up conceptually, but I barley made it, and am taking some Python, and Calculus to make sure I'm not waisting time learning skills that are needed in the course, and can focus on the material being presented.
this is really good
Amazing course and fantastic instructors . It is very inspiring course if you are looking to start a business that might require machine learning. It covers multiple real examples, real businesses that we all have used and now we know their secret
The materials are very interesting. Great introductory course. There are a few problems that need workaround if you are using Amazon AWS to complete the quiz. Need some FAQ section for people who are using Amazon AWS. Wish there are some documents reference python/learn. Excited to take the deeper course but need to upgrade the computer instead of using AWS again.
A good introduction tot he tools and possibilities of machine learning.
Great course, I like the practical approach!
An excellent introductory course. Unlike other courses, demonstrations are really good and matter is concise & relevant.
A very clear and straightforward course giving a foundation for the following learning of Machine Learning.
very useful high level overview about key capabilities of machine learning
Emily and Carlos are great teachers and a lot of fun. It's a hands-on review of several methods without going too much into detail.
Excellent content, and at just the right level for a getting-your-feet-wet-course. I especially liked the overall vibe of the lectures, which was relaxed and kind of goofy, and it's actually kind of nice to get some sense of personality from both Carlos and Emily. This is a topic of how to understand and manipulate the world as expressed to you through data -- a completely dry and theoretical approach would be tragic. I eagerly look forward to the rest of the specialization. And I had an ah-ha! moment in the week 5 homework -- it's a fairly simple model of building song recommendations, but when you actually look at the recommendations that come back from this algorithm, you kind of see that it does an intuitively better job than any system you could design and build without using ML techniques. Being a (successful) software engineer, this was both humbling to me and inestimably cool! It's not just a few new tricks to add to my bag-o-tricks, it's a whole new field to digest and investigate.I'm very excited about this!
Excellent course with great instructors and course content.
Interesting and useful course, give you an overview of current machine learning technique.
This course is a wonderful introduction to machine learning applications
This course was not very simple to understand for me, because i'm not a native english speaker and my english knowledge is academic; but thanks to english subtitles and transcriptions of videos i was able to keep pace with teachers as they talked and thanks also to the excellent learning material. The mathematical concepts explained are clear and concise, lessons are not lost in learning theoretical ramblings, but everything is set for the application of the acquired concepts in real life.Python is very simple programming language to learn, but if you want to deploy a real machine learning application you must study other aspects of the language that, rightly, are not covered in this amazing course.
Amazing Course. Covers the fundamental clearly. Best machine learning course out there. Expects you to do some research. A good course in all.
The instructors have taken great care to make "machine learning" human "learnable"! The concise unified ML framework, intuitive real-world case studies, and introductory coding exercises provide students with a very helpful "roadmap" for understanding and internalizing the material.
The course is really awesome. Of all the introductory Machine Learning courses I've taken, this is one is the best!
Good class, But it would be much better if the quiz is open to those who doesn't pay.
Good introduction, the python quick description is short enough.
Really great introduction to machine learning and the various methods used. I really liked the length/structure of the lectures and found the assignments to be fun. I also really liked the dynamic the presenters have with each other.
Awesome course! Only gives an introduction into the Machine Learning topics but does it well. As a Technical PM in the software industry, this was enough depth for me to understand the basics of machine learning algorithms. Also has good hands-on tutorials with Python to implement the algorithms which is great.
great course , great start to ML
This course is the right choice for someone who wants to get a high-level overview of the various fundamental concepts in machine learning and provides the zeal to pursue further. Concepts have been explained by the lecturers really well and quizzes and assignments help us to validate our knowledge of the concepts in a seamless manner.
I have no doubt teachers are excelent professionals in the area, as well as great machine learning enthusiasts. However, I did not like the fact that you get limited to learn how to use a paid and (very!) expensive platform, mostly because there are many other free packages available for machine learning. Ok, the platform offered makes things easier, but if you really want to learn machine learning, you can not be limited to a platform, acting as a robot just using pre-written functions in a black box.
It's a basic machine learning course for new learners who want to explore what Machine Learning is. This course is a setup for the rest of the specialization and requires various guided programming exercises covering the most popular ML algorithms.
Many practical examples for usages of machine learning.Almost concepts, no hard math works.Recommend for beginners who interested in machine learning but did not have any math background.
Great introduction to different machine learning techniques
Basically an ML - 101 course. Certainly it is one of the best possible introductory courses on any topic.
The Lecturers are very enthusiastic, but I was hoping for examples and assignments based on Pandas and Skikit-Learn. Instead the course examples and assignments are based on a machine learning package called Graphlab, that stopped working when it was upgraded to version 2 (there are workarounds that enable it to work locally, but clearly it isn't "enterprise ready")
Really exciting and amazing. I liked the approach of starting with case studies, it makes the full understanding of the entire course easier and concrete.
The enthusiasm of the instructors was the best thing about this class. But I really wanted a more rigorous methodology - and didn't really get it here. But it was an alright introduction to machine learning but not enough if you want to know what makes the 'black box' work.
beautiful overview of ml tools available. kudos to carlos and emily, thank you so much!
It is a very well structured and effective course. I really learned a lot of machine learning techniques that I can use immediately. Both instructors did great job explaining the concepts and algorithms. Very powerful python tools are introduced, and I love them! Definitely worth the money that I paid for!
Excellent course, gives good overview of all the different ML algorithms.Case studies and assignments are really good and help a lot in understanding the concepts.
Just the right level of information. Challenging, but not impossible.
I was expecting to solve problems using more open-sourced package. Unfortunately, I feel this series of courses are more of an advertisement for the instructor's software company.
A different version of graphlab was used without I think being duly noted, some functions work differently in newer versions. For the rest it was very good.
I have just completed the course.I have got an overview of how machine learning works.What I felt is that the course is a very good one for the beginners in ML.PS: Increase the toughness and level of the questions in the quiz
Very nice content but dont like we use graphlab since i wont use it after course
It's an very interesting and intuitive course. But using the Graphlab Libarary require more CS background. this course should add more document and instructions on how to use Graphlab.
Easy and simple... perfectly explained.Thank you
very good for one who has no idea about machine learning , but I dont like dato
Good primer to Machine Learning - uses real world examples to introduce different machine learning concepts in an interesting way.
I like the case-based approach--this course gives a nice albeit shallow overview. I don't like that one professor uses this course to push his startup by asking students to use graphlab. A more commonly used library would have been a much better choice. Parts of the course feel like a "Getting started with Graphlab" tutorial.
This course fulfills its promises. Foundations and relevant tools are introduced via case study. Both theoretical as well as practical reviews are done before leaving for next topic. All in all, good introductory course.
it is an amazing course and a good gate for Machine Learning
Good overview of ML methods combined with a gentle introductions to Python and iPython notebook
A really good course for beginners who want to understand the concepts and not the underlying algorithms
I really liked the case study approach. It starts from real life examples and shows you how simple it is to make your own models and predictions which really lures you into the machine learning concept.
"Breadth with Depth!" That's what you'll get from taking this course (quoted because those are the words used to describe the general education pattern at my university). I never used the forums for this course and had to learn software than what I'm used to working with (sci-kit). When stuff worked it was rewarding, but other than that, expect to read documentation if you get stuck. Finally, for anyone who want to know what Machine Learning is about, this courses is the sampler of what is to come in later courses.
I have tried several introductory Machine Learning Courses. This is the best of them.
This is very good material for machine learning starters.
excellent overview of the ML and to the point, enough to start head on into the subject without beating around the bush.
Good introductory course.
The instructors explained the concepts well. This course gives a great overview of several concepts involved in machine learning.
Exclude the last part, the whole session gave us the clear picture about machine learning -- What the machine learning is , how machine learning works and how to use machine learning to change the world:)I love the course, it gave me a lot. Thanks Emily and Carlos again.
This course provides a quick and easy introduction to machine learning and python. I enjoy the learning experience. The materials have room for improvement: there are typos and redundancies.
I can only infer that this course's target audience is rich pregnant women who care about shoe shopping and celebrities. Unfortunately I am none of those things and had to cringe my way through the examples, watching the videos at 2x speed.The course itself is incredibly shallow, even for a survey course, and basically serves as an ad for one of the professors' own products -- Graphlab Create. You'll be much better off taking Andrew Ng's course, which is significantly more in depth and forces you to write your own solutions to problems instead of relying on a proprietary library.The only reason to prefer this course is if you really dislike the idea of using matlab.
Pros:a) A good overview on machine learning, with case studies that are practical and can really help you remember what machine learning is about.b) It requires Python, which is a language that more are familiar with than R.Cons:a) It uses a proprietary (and expensive) Python module. It's free for academic use, but if you want to go into data science startups, using GraphLab may not be as practical, as, say, pandas.b) If you want a more detailed discussion, go for the next courses, or read an ML textbook.Overall, I'm happy with what I learned.
A very nice introductory course that uses real-world use case examples to illustrate foundational concepts in machine learning. If, like me, you have only an inkling about what is machine learning, this is a good course to give you a broad overview. Along the way, you'll pick up some very useful Python skills for use in data analysis. You'll also learn to use the nice Python tool, the iPython (Jupyter) Notebook.
Really great intro to machine learning - I think this class would have been better if the programming assignments had been a bit more difficult, but overall really enjoyed this class and looking forward to continuing with the specialization.
Great class! I loved the case study approach. I am looking foreword to digging into the details in the next classes.
Great class, definitely worth taking. I have worked on Machine Learning in the past and it helped me greatly. I am looking forward to all the courses.
awesome course , i loved machine learning because of this course.
Great course to get an overall view and some hands-on experience for Machine learning. Thoroughly enjoyed working the course. The videos are short and concise, making the learning experience enjoyable.
Awesome course! Nice examples, good slides and videos. Thanks
homework could be more complicated
It is a good introductory course to machine learning
The course is basically an advertisement for the software one of the teachers created. I did learn a bit of high level concepts, but when it comes to coding, the answers is always 'conveniently, my software does this for you'. I wanted to actually learn about these concepts deeper, and implement them.I also was able to complete this 6 week paid course in a few days which should not be possible. I have since started the free Stanford course taught by a co-founder of coursera, and it is MUCH better! I recommend it to anyone!
awesome course, a really good course to start your data science class. the software is a little uncommon tho.
Shame that it was not possible to progress with this course without using graphlab which the creator of this course himself created. Please see the course as just a training sales promotion for his ML application.
Decent intro, though it would be a lot more useful if the professor didn't use his Software and instead thought us implementations using python/R which are used in most commercial applciations
One of the best courses I have learnt from Coursera. I love the way the lectures are presented, and how great our teachers guide us through it! I love the materials given, the projects and assignments, and the fun part interacting with teacher. Overall, five stars! Highly recommented!
This course start from problem. So this great to motivate the content. However, there are lot of confusion questions that lead to miss understand the exercise problems.
Fabulous Course!!! The case study approach is very effective, since it embeds the concept by applying the learned material in building an application.
The instructors are great and the material logically detailed. The only problem is feed back or lack thereof. The assignments are hard for a person who has minimal computer skills as described in the outline, so having someone to go to for questions, especially the programming parts are essential and this is lacking unfortunately. Apparently, and I don't want to put words in someone else's mouth, but the assumption is that the fellow students will have the missing information and that they will actually answer them. That is not the case unfortunately. So even though I emailed the instructors with no response, I managed to obtain some information from other student who were extremely dedicated and much more advanced. I may have entered the course at a minimal personnel time which may account for my perceived difficulty. However, from some of the griping, I am not alone. On the other one gets what they pay for and I was overall glad to take the course and respect all the aspects except for the one already mentioned.
very practical, both of the instructors are truly awesome.
Great way to warm up the class. Seeing how the various techniques and best practices should/can be used was very helpful in warming up for the more densely focused classes.
The course is Awesome. I really liked the case study approach and the instructors are cool.
Very good introduction to the Machine Learning domain
Excellent course. Looking forward to the rest of the courses.
Get ready for a course that assumes you have all the software they use already installed without advanced notice or instructions!
A good guide to practice machine learning system.
A good introductory level course
Machine Learning Foundations was an excellent overview of the many areas within machine learning and how these techniques can be applied to solving real world problems. Now, I look forward to continuing with the remaining courses of the Machine Learning Specialization.
Very good balance of concept and practice. Would be 5 stars if all tools are open source.
Great Course..Lots to Learn. Thanks to Emily and Carlos.
I learned a lot from this Machine Learning course! It was rather general, but that was what I expected from the first course in the series. In my opinion it was worth the money as the quality was high and it provided an extremely good starting point in this area. I'll definitely be purchasing the next course in the series.
Very useful ,,
it was a good introduction to concepts. would recommend the course to beginners in ML
This is a fantastic introductory course on Machine Learning, I really enjoyed working on it. The course has a great balance between theory and practice.
Generally ok. Towards the end of the course, the lectures could have been a bit more in depth - or provide students with a more in depth reading list.
This is a great class! Highly recommended. Emily and Carlos are a great team. The videos are polished, the progression through the material is well organized and everything just fits together very well in this specialization. The assignments are challenging enough to be worth the effort. Great specialization... I look forward to completing every class.
Great course. Thanks a lot.
The course could have been marked by 5 stars if it weren't for the promotion of a commercial Python library developed by one of the speakers. There is no way a student could complete the course without having Python installed and a free licence acquired from dato.com.Students should be able to use any programming languages and scientific libraries to do their homework and the subsequent courses of the "Machine Learning" specialisation are excellent examples of such approach.
Great Course
A Brief understanding achieved! I love the instructor and the way they conduct the class.
Very nice way of teaching such a difficult subject. I like both the instructors. Assignments are bit easy though and must have been on open source software.
A little touch on the basic concepts and a detailed step by step tutorial on applying ML using python packages, this could serve as a good complement to the beloved Stanford ML course on Coursera. For someone who is just getting started with Python, I think this course would be significantly more useful if the packages used are pandas and scikit-learn, since those are more heavily adopted in the industry. The course is well organized and the programming examples are fun. This is a great introduction course to ML and I do expect highly of the subsequent courses in this specialization.
Very interesting and fun course for really complicated topic. The best part of the course is the recommended software tools they are brilliant designed especially graphlab.create. Both the instructors are really engaging and teach complicated topics really well.
Could go a little more in detail on the algorithms.
The trainers are amazing..! The step by step approach with the business use case helped me understand better.
It is a very simple course.
Very insightfull
Nicely structured and overall a great course. Sometimes a little slow, for my preference.
Great course. I really enjoyed going trough all the classes with Emily and Carlos. The case study approach is also very compelling. Loved it and really recommend it to anyone curious about ML.Some previous experience in Python is required, which I hadn't, so I had a quick Codeacademy python course that really worked well.
Great overview and broad foundation of all techniques
I am really liking this course as the instructors are teaching the concept just not theoretically but building a foundation by practical samples and assignement.The course series is well designed, firstly by this course you get feel of what machine learning is and where all you can apply the concepts. Starting with all the types of ML concepts instructors are building interest among the students.I would recommend this course to all serious students who want to get into the world of ML.
Fantastic course by the coursera and professors are teaching awesome.
Simplistic approach taken to make understand a complex subject.
The whole course based on some proprietary software. In general, it seems that the main goal of the course is promote that software.
Awesome way of teaching that too from a well qualified faculty. Rather than imparting theoretical knowledge, great focus is on practical knowledge that's what I like about this Course. Thanks to Coursera for giving me this opportunity to get tutelage from such an erudite.
I think this course is a relatively well put together, gentle introduction to machine learning. It would be good for people with zero experience with ML, who might be overwhelmed by other ML courses (Ng, Abu-Mostafa) out there. This course would not be useful for anyone who has any previous knowledge of ML.Many reviewers have taken issue with the software used. I actually liked the Dato libraries a lot, but I'd be uncomfortable using proprietary software for research. I thought it was friendly enough to be appropriate for this kind of intro class, and I really enjoy iPython notebooks for interactive teaching.I rated this course a 3 because of the price for the full course. This part of the specialization should be free. It does not provide enough instruction, practice, or content for the cost. Multiple choice quizzes are used to grade the programming assignments, so there is no feedback from the instructors. These answers are not made available to students in the free tier, which flies in the face of open learning. I am disappointed in the recent push to monetize courses. Please don't pay for this one.
The course content is great. It gives overview on what is going to be learned in details in the next courses. Considering that it is an introductory course and the fact that it utilizes the GraphLab library as tool, I believe it is overpriced compared to the other courses of the specialization.
Very prominent one for machine learning, Kudos to the instructor both done their part very perfectly. Thanks for the coursera .
Love the structure for this course. Having a Case Study approach makes it easy to connect the abstract concepts and apply them to real worked use cases.
Good for a introductory course if someone is getting started with machine learning, but as part of an specialization i think is useless (for people who are planning to take all the specialization).
very good course about ML
Instructors are presenting this topic very well.
Very practical course.
best teaching approach .i think this approach should be adapted for other courses also
Very easy to follow and enjoyable
It's a practical approach to different machine learning techniques, it would be great not to depend a lot of DATO, but I think at the other hand that dependency allows to focus in machine learning than in program things with python.
Nice introductory course but too much dependence on graphLab create
It is a great introduction but this could be done by adding a week more in each of the following courses.
Good course.
No Open Source Libraries, this course is not educational; it is a sales pitch to use their expensive software. Good luck having an employer pay this amount of money for software when they can hire employees that can use free open source libraries.
Great intro!
What a practical course. Awesome
very good course
Great introduction to the field!
Very good course.Lots of hands on experience in Python. Clear explanations. Interesting real-world problems on real-world data.Highly recommended.
I truly enjoyed this course, its "case study" approach and its "hands on" learning activities. I expect to continue this spec
Great course! Thank you.
Learnt many new concepts and is amazed by getting to know how machine learning is actually done.
I like it because of excellent practice cases
Loved the material and the course design - it really works for people who don't have much time but want to understand the main principles of machine learning. I think I've watched every week's videos and completed assignments within about 2-4 hours.The only suggestion I would have (and it is a very personal opinion) is to spend less time on illustrating slightly irrelevant aspects of the material, such as showing quite a few Amazon products or going through a full shoe collection. I can see how that can make the course a little more lively but for a person who treasures every minute of their free time, it can be noticeable, especially when it takes a significant fraction of the very well-sized small videos. This was a very minor issue but I thought I'd share in case someone else felt the same way.Overall, a huge thank you to Carlos and Emily for a great course!!
Excellent course, highly recommended. Hands-on and really easy to follow. Would love some more background / reading about the applied statistics though (since this is new to me).
It's not a bad course, but it forces students to use GraphLab, a framework created by one the professors teaching the course, instead of using scikit-learn, a widely used framework for machine learning in Python.
Great introduction into Machine Learning.
Absolutely love the light hearted approach and am having a great time learning something I love.
Very simple to understand, detailed. Best for a newbie. Graphlab is awesome. Loved the "Case study" thinking.
Amazing!Best M.L. course ever.
Love the case study based approach where we solve for a particular problem as compared to just learning the techniques and wondering where to implement it.
very cool
Great great awesome amazing course!
Really good theoretical introduction but couldn't do some of the tasks because my python skills weren't up to scratch, however the course says you don't need any previous python knowledge, so I disagree with that. However, overall a really good introduction.
Jupyter is a wonderful tool, and GraphLab is exciting!
Case study approach is great, which gives me a rough idea of how these techniques are applied in the industry. :)
It should be 5 stars based on content - though I have a feeling it's a bit dragged out to create as many courses as possible for the Speclialisation.However, I think IPython isn't a great tool for this, especially as the requirement is Python 2.7 for GraphLab as it doesn't support Python 3 yet. Going backwards, I think. I also think ideally you would want to encourage people to write bigger chunks of code rather than get bogged down with word counting.However, the main issue is that the assignments are really badly put together. It's actually hard to understand what the underlying requirements are at first read - from about Week 3 onwards. The concepts are easy to understand, it's the way they are worded and jumbled. I had to read them over and over again because there is a fair amount of jumping around and since there is filtering of the data, the order you carry out the tasks matter very much.I was looking forward to this course and planned to take 3 but now I regret paying for this one and thinking about finding another one. I think the tool and the messiness of the assignment make this Specialisation not up to the task, sorry.
Especially loved hearing from Professor Emily Fox. She told the full *story* behind the algorithms, and motivated all approaches.
Too many videos and not cluttered assignment codes
Thank you very much for the course. I have developed my algorithm on Matlab environment, so far. I have introduced to Python with the help of the course and have obtained much crucial information about machine learning.
Good Course to start with ML Techniques
This is an excellent course for the starters to get holistic insight on the niche world of Machine Learning.It is also a revisit to the notebook where you will spent time in evaluating truth tables and drawing planes to derive answer for assessment questions, a refreshing change from the regular work.I am sure in-detail sessions/courses following this foundation course would definitely be of great learning and look forward to be part of those sessions and get enlightened on the new disruptive technological milestones.Thanks,Vaibhav
Dato tool does not even install properly.. so n´makes no sense to continue with the course. The support team fail to help in installing ... :-(
excellent material for getting a feel of different machine learning applications
Awesome Specialization course. A great intro.
Awesome course. But i suggest more flexibility in deadline of submission of assignments.
I think it was a good introductory course. However, I think it was too simple: assignments required no more than copy+paste from the lectures.I understand the primary goal is to hook people up on how good graphlabs is, but I'd rather leaarn numpy, sklearn and other widely available tools. At least show both in the leactures. Please :)
Good for an introduction class.
excellent introduction and practical application domains.
Excellent course! I like Emily and Carlos' approach to delivering online courses and the content and structure of this specialisation. I would definitely recommend this course to my friends.
This course has given a good introduction to the broad topics of ML and what I will be taught in the next 5 courses in the specialisation and gave me a reason to be excited.
A very good and precise review for all the application of popular machine learning algorithms, provide great intuitions.
Installation of the recommended toolkit is tricky and very expensive if perused non-academically.Content is clear and well presented.
Outstanding course. Case Study model is awesome
It's a little hard but i suppose it is meant to be hard because i am studying the hottest course in the world right now
Professional, comprehensive, worth to learn
Good overview and introduction to the more detail content of the following courses. If you are not familiar with Python, this will ease you into the language and enable you to follow.There is a certain style of teaching that you need to get accustomed too in the beginning but when it is done, lessons become very clear and easy to follow. Moreover, it becomes "so what is happening next?" and you are looking forward to the next lesson.Again, this is mainly an overview (with content) and a lot of the material will be reviewed more in detail afterwards.
The course is ok, the instruction was very poor for the deep learning section of the course.
-great introduction .-go through a lot of exciting topics.-but the implementation part is boring something.
Enjoyed this class.
Very clearly presented and appropriately paced. Great overview of topics. I'm looking forward to going into more depth in subsequent modules.
Just the tip of the iceberg, you'll want to dive in on each topic.
I think the text of the programming assignments could be improved. The minimum that should be done, I think, is to do some serious proofreading. I found a lot of mistakes in language (and English is not my native language).
A Great Course.The teachers are funny, and I have a pretty overview of ML.
Awesome, very very useful, and intuitive! Hope teachers can introduce some books or papers for us to read.
AWESOME course! Thanks Carlos and Emily!
Great course! Hope the slides gets better annotated.
very well made! even introduces python basics for beginners.
its a good course to get hands on development with machine learning algorithms. but one disadvantage being its using preparatory library
Excelent course that gives you a global vision about actuals machine learning probles and how to solve them.
An Awesome course, which is quite suitable for beginners in machine learning.
Very good introductory course, especially to someone with little knowledge of ML. My only frustration is that I have some background in machine learning, so not very much new material- I would have skipped this and jumped straight into the the regression models course, but you need to complete them all to unlock the capstone (which looks really, really cool!)
Great hands-on and practical introduction to graphlab and python that is pretty useful in the later courses. I great way of starting a specialization with an overview and small samples of what we are going to learn.
I feel like it should have been mentioned a lot clearer before starting that this was simply a course in how to use the creators library. These skills are not transferable anywhere else as I would have to pay to use them in future! Would have been a lot more useful as a how to for sci-kit and pandas.
I think it's too simple but not clear in the deep learning part, especially the subtitles!
This is course is great and the way its been taught by professors is very cool :)I am getting to know the use case and than how we are going to do it, rather than conventional other way round. I am so happy that we first come to know about the application and its so important for a student to know that.Thank you so much, only problem I see is that this course should have been started earlier :)
The last module was a bit hard for me to understand, but everything else was presented in a very clear way. Great class overall and highly recommended for those with some basic Python skills and a desire to see what machine learning is capable of.
I like this course, very practical and cool!
Really just an overview of the topics to be explained in detail afterwards.Big plus for the use of python + notebooks but otherwise, if one is interested just in the overview and not in all the specialization, maybe the Andrew NG course is more detailed.
This course is wonderful. Thanks very much.
Very practical and the contents are good. But the quizzes are just too simple and the analysis on the cases are not deep enough.
Although is a good for a start, and Graphlab framework is state-of-art software. I would like the same content developed using mainstream opensource frameworks like pandas, scipy, numpy, etc.One of my interest in this courses was that they used python instead of R (which I don't like too much for it's inconsistencies). Python is faster and more reliable.
I wish they would rely in something else than a proprietary package for the course.... but besides that it's a great course.
Thank you!
The ML Foundations course provides a good overview of the other courses in the specialization. It also provides a good introduction to GraphLab.
The course is fantastic and presented well. I never got my feet under me because i had a lot going on at work. Does have some linear algebra pre-reqs that you can brush up @ khan acedemy.
Very pratical and informative. Best Machine Learning course I had.
Awesome course ....Both Professors are very intelligent and teaching perfectly....Step by step explanation and also never feel bore because presentation styles are also very best. Thanks professors and Coursera.
Great course! I think much of it will make a lot more sense in hindsight after I've gone through some of the other courses in the specialization. The main reason I'm not giving it a full five stars are the many mistakes and ambiguity, especially in some of the assignments.
This course is easy to start with. It helps building confidence. Thank Carlos and Emily for this wonderful introduction course.
A Great course. Professors are enthusiastic and well acknowledged about the topic.
Great course. Super case driven approach, professors are very clear.
Excellent Course. Just loved it. Both Prof. Carlos and Prof. Emily has done a fantastic job. Thank you for everything.
It easy to start and content is less mathemetical and ready to use knowledge. And tool are helpful to start playing with. May be later go into details . It's perfect for software engineer not having knowledge of ML but wants to start. One can play with data after this course I think.
This course is for you if you really don't know anything about Machine Learning and nothing about Python. If you do know something about it, look for a different course.I learned the most from lesson 5 and 6 about recommenders and deep learning because I knew nothing about these subjects.The programming exercises are disappointing: just cut and paste. I found this demotivating.
I'm sorry, but this is just ridiculous. I can't recommend this course to anyone. It's all about advertizing: Emily Fox can't stop but recommend Amazon services, and Carlos Guestrin does the same for his Dato's Graphlab Create, which is might be great in general, but absolutely useless in educational purposes. The practice part of every week is just a waste of the time.I can't say "money well spent".
Was nice!
All thanks to Carlos and Emily.This course is great for knowing what ML is with practical examples :)
Very good general overview of ML. I put 4 stars instead of 5 because too much focus is made on Graphlab for the hands on exercises. The focus of this course is not on the tool itself however one should know that this is the primary library used for the exercises. Details are given for those who wants to use other library but the foundation of the course are clearly to present and showcase Dato's product.
Last module on Deep learning is not explained well as compared to other modules.
It was overview of things that one does using ML. The instructors focused just on the concepts, leaving the internal working on algorithms and that helps someone is very new to this field to first get a broader picture
Good overview course.
a REALLY interesting course for ML-beginners.
Great opening course for new machine learners!
The course is very simple so far. Hope it's just because it's the first one in the specialization. Love the teaching style.
good course for data scientist, learn a lot in it
Very good though a steep learning curve at the last lessons - inspiring lectures as well as practical cases :) Looking forward to the next ML courses :))
Best course in data science out there. Believe me, I did all 4 other Specialization, some of then very good, some of then no quite si, but this one is far the best.
An easy, not simple, but humorous approach to a broad topic with practical samples that you can build on for further studies. Good for newbies as well as a fresh up for advanced applicants. Looking forward to the follow up courses.
a really interesting and efficient way to help students understand machine learning
First of all I want to thank you for conducting this course. I have learned a lot from the course. This course gave me basics understanding of machine learning. You did a good job presenting complex machine learning algorithms in a way that everyone can understand.
Instructors are clear and passional about their teaching. I wish the course was slightly deeper.
A well-structured and well taught introduction to the subject, I feel fully prepared for the next course in the series.
After going on with the specialization I started to understand how great this first course really was: It teaches you lots of basics while not expecting too much and shows how you can use machine learning in different scenarios.On it's own it's possibly only worth 3 stars, but in the context of the whole specialization and further courses it's definitely 5 stars!
Very nicely compiled set of lectures: I am new to machine learning and am finding this course very conducive to understanding some key ML algorithms using a case-study approach.
Great introduction to Machine Learning, I'm Highlight motivated by this course on pursue the specialization.
Easy to follow, yet advanced techniques simplified by great software.
Fantastic! Love the professors.
a very good introduction for machine learning with good examples and explainations
The teachers are easy to like, but the course content is very lightweight and will mostly teach you terminology with no real understanding.The worst part was the assignments, which could all be solved by a little copy/paste: I didn't learn anything useful by doing them. All the actual algorithms were supplied in a separate module. More than that, many of the suggested solutions were bad coding (like collapsing 50% of the data before training, or writing sixteen special cases rather than a general function) or pointless (like training a linear classifier on pixel data).There are better courses out there.
best of the best, theoretically and practically
Really good.
This course builds a quick but engaging overview of machine learning. The structure is more than amazing, the style of teaching is very narrative and very helpful.
It is a great start towards the world of Machine Learning, very nice experience to study concepts based on different case studies. assignments are also challenging and interesting
Easy introduction aimed at beginners, with good content and practice
The overall quality of the course is good, but in my opinion the level is quite low and there is less content then I expected. The assignments are more or less copy-paste or very repetitive. The 5-8 hour work per week are a joke, I never needed more than 2.5h per week.
A really awesome course taught in a new and scientific way !!
These Machine Learning classes have been fantastic so far, really enjoying them. Very good coverage of topics and challenging exercises to drive home the learning. The effort put into developing the classes has been superb and I look forward to the rest of the specialization.
I love these two guys, since they can convey their ideas vividly with big smile, which is pretty cool!
Great, It clears what we will learn and what our approach should be during the specialization.Thank you
Good introductory course to machine learning.
very good introductory course. It presents the outline of Machine Learning with concrete examples. Highly recommended!
Great examples. This course would be suitable for someone who just wants a quick overview, even if they don't plan on doing the whole specialization.
Really like the case study approach. IPython notebook and graphlab are amazing tools. I am in week 4 now and was never bored. Hope the upcoming courses will be as good as this one.
The course is great, you do learn a lot of the general concepts. I wish they would use general python packages instead of graphlab, but this is not a deal breaker.
An excellent courser for stepping into Machine Learning as well as basic python programming skills. I enjoy the learning!
Instructors are enthusiastic and interesting to watch; the course content is at the appropriate level of abstraction to build curiosity without getting lost int he weeds. Assignments (except for deep learning) do require some coding knowledge, but script kiddies like myself can pass. Taking one star off because of the strong emphasis on using the GraphLab environment rather than standard FLOSS libraries in Python (pandas, scikit-learn, etc.) or R.
Excellent introduction course.I'm now enrolling on the regression course
Good course which includes hands on training as well
SFrame & GraphLab tutorials were great, Really liked how it was presented .Loving this Course !
Most of the course was fantastically composed but 15% of it felt a little bit sloppy. I was lucky to be not the pioneer of the course because of the discussions which helped me out quickly in these rare occasions. I would give 4.5 starts if it would be possible.
I found this course as a great introduction to the world of machine learning with a very practical approach.I'm waiting forward to the next courses in the specialization.
This was a great overview into the history and current techniques in ML. I am an engineer in process control, so there are areas where I see this could be used. I like the fact that NN's found a place finally which is working well. Obviously the purpose of the course was not to delve too far into the maths, and as such "sells" the software which is a tad costly. Point however is the purpose of the course met the intent, and I found it really interesting and worth the time ! Thanks for this
Best thing to get you into machine learning
Gives a high-level understanding of machine learning concepts and focuses a lot on its application part.
Excellent. Went through the introduction videos and course material. Great one. Thanks for publishing it .
Great one. It is what the name implies! Really enjoy the course very much.
I did not have a lot of experience in machine learning, so this course was very good in the aspect of introducing people to machine learning concepts. Most of the times the material was very well explained, and I like the concept of the tutor writing on the screen at the same time they are presenting, personally it helps me more. Some of the quizzes were easy so you did not need a lot of preparation, some of them were more difficult or troublesome, like the quiz for Deep Learning. I also liked the graphlab module, I think that learning how to use it will help me with my own work.However, as this course does not really go in depth in the algorithms themselves, I feel that after one month and a half I have a basic idea, but I haven't learned much about how to implement machine learning on my own even in basic things, while other courses have more or less the same time frame and are more dense in their material. In my opinion, this whole introductory course would just be just splitted and each of these intrductory weeks would be appended as the first week of the subsequent modules to come. Because anyways, after 4 months in the specialization, if somebody continues to the recommender systems module for example, he/she would have forgotten the basics of this so they would need to cover again the recommender systems week in this course. And from the other hand, if some introduction is again repeated in the subsequent modules, then why have this introductory course anyways?Thanks.
In general a good course, well presented.4 start only due to some assignment questions not being covered in lectures
Case study approach followed in this courser is very use full and helps to understand the methods better.
This course was perfect for me. learnt a lot about ML and got introduced to an awesome tool.
All algorithms were black boxed. It was a nice course on how to use Dato's GraphLab and an overview of ML concepts.
I don't like this course , because the homework can not match the lesson. I can not got more messages to completed the homework.So I will Unregister this courser , Thanks.
Really great approach with a lot of useful and easy to get info. Really loved it!
A very practical course. Like Emily.
Great introduction to get familiar with the different concepts of machine learning especially when you have no ML background at all. Surely recommended by me.
Its a wonderful learning experience. I really enjoyed the course!!
The lectures are fine. However the content is way too easy. Another course on Coursera `Mining Massive DataSets` is much better, in the depth and horizon.
Having almost completed this course, I can say that this course provides a basic over view of the concepts of ML. Quality and content are lacking. The professors, breeze thru the concepts in few short videos. No further guidance is available. You are on your own.While the quizzes test the concepts learned, no live help is available. Again, you are on your own.1. Some course materials should be provided other than basic fancy power point slides. The lectures don't do justice to the material content and quizzes. Some reference materials or write ups would be greatly helpful.2. Teaching assistants or moderators should be made available for each course to help out with any conceptual or programmatic questions. Students are left to collaborate amongst themselves and figure out a solution. For a paid course, I expect some real professional help.Many a times, I had to turn to google to help me out if I was stuck at a problem or didnt understand a concept. If googling was the only option, then I do not see a value in this course.I doubt if I will continue the other courses in this specialization.Thanks!
This course is a piece of work. It is really impressive the cases study approach presented
It is very understandable course.
Hands down, one of the best courses I've ever taken. Exciting, informative and motivating teaching style!
JUST AWESOME :D
great course - i really like it.Aurelije
Pretty high level overview. I guess it's necessary to give a roadmap for where the concentration leads, but I wonder if each lesson couldn't have been added in its respective module, or if at least the Foundations Module couldn't be shortened a little - or alternatively made a bit more challenging. I'm on the first real module now and the change in difficulty is quite significant.
I loved this course! It is really well done, that you have a theory part and a practical "case study" part, were you can follow along with the provided IPython Notebooks.
One would learn a thing or two, but the course is very sparse compared to other machine learning courses, and I didn't feel that it was worth the time and the cost.
I've got very good survey on machine learning!
A remarkable introduction to key approaches to Machine Learning. I'm excited for the coming courses!
very goood course for 1st learner of machine learning
Good Start up with case study approach to just understand what we gonna learn in further specialization.
Excellent course - very informative. Thanks!Some areas could do with a little more details just as deep learning.
Awesome module, but the Deep Learning course should be redone in my honest opinion. The explanation for it is on way too high of a level compared to the other courses within this module and way too bogged down in the details.
Well presented, practical, and hands-on. By far the best Data Science / Machine Learning series I have taken thus far on Coursera.
I really enjoyed this course. It's a very good introduction to Machine Learning. I already know a little bit of machine learning, R and Weka and I liked this course. I learned Machine Learning in Python and a little bit of NLP. I'm very excited to complete the specialization!!
I think that the course is redundant, it is to general, trying to capture to much, and using a commercial program tool that's doing to much behind the scene.The second course in the specialization is really great though and you wont miss anything if you skip ahead
very practical
Great introduction to Machine Learning Specialization and the various algorithms employed in the different courses. In my opinion every Specialization should have an introductory course that covers the various different things that will form the focus of each subsequent course so that students do not start the Specialization and find out down the line that the Specialization is not quite what they expected.
This is a great intro to a range of topics in machine learning. I do recommend pursuing the entire specialization since this course only scratches the surface of each topic.
Great course--I love the case study approach! Combined with both instructors enthusiasm for the subject, the approach was a great way to ground the theory. The quizzes & labs guided a deeper exploration into the topics the details presented in the modules.I'm excited to continue digging into the course material while moving towards the capstone.
I really like this course. Very nice introduction to ML. The only downside is that it would be nice to have some comments on how to implement the algorithms without using Graphlab
A great lesson to learn about machine learning. Two teachers are very funny and the quizzes are not very hard.
Nice class, give a brief introduction to all the methods use in ML without going deep. If you just want to get an idea of what ML Technics are and how to implement them this course is for you. If you are want more technical details about ML this class is not for you.
Excellent course! I loved it! Good overview on machine learning
Great introduction course that requires few programming and math background.
The top-down approach of this course is the best way to understand concepts and view solutions for real-world applications. This way I can go deeper after understanding why I am doing this.
Case Study Based Approach is VERY important in learning new technologies. Need some more practical Capstone Projects...
Had a blast. I have no background in ML whatsoever. But the tools, concepts and exercises presented is really interesting and really help set the mood for the rest of the specialization.
Excellent course for anybody from a college student to a senior Executive who not only wants to understand what Machine Learning is but also how it works and can help! Looking forward to rest of the courses in the Machine Learning Specialization...
The tool, Graphlab Create is very nice ！
Pros: Good course organization, very good explanations, a nice introduction to basic concepts of Machine Learning, because the entire specialization is created by the same instructions it has good continuity and there is a sense of logical progression between courses.Cons: The instructions on the assignments can be a little confusing for absolute beginners (but the forums are a very good source for help), the license to use the GraphLab Create framework for free for this entire specialization expires after just a year.
Awesome courseone will learn tech as well as bit of theory.Will help devs a lot
Very interesting and fun overview of the different machine learning techniques.
Very nice brief introduction into the field. Gives good overview of main concepts: 1) statements of problems in machine learning 2) approaches to finding solutions 3) methods to evaluate resulting solution . Systematic material presentation with good examples and analogies.
Great specialization series! The way of covering concepts is very interesting. I find it somewhat difficult to solve the assignment using Pandas and scikit-learn. The assignments should be provided with enough help for solving them using these open source tools.
In my opinion, the course is well designed. I generate a rough idea about the basic concepts of machine learning through it. These concepts are important but made easy to understand.
Very good course for introduction of machine learning.
The Case study approach helped me quickly get an overview of the usage of Machine Learning techniques in a very short time!
Great course! It wets your appetite for a more in depth look at the various techniques to machine learning.
Could have explained a little more about what we were doing for some of the modules. For example, in week 6, I didn't really understand the 'deep_features' column or how the values for that column were generated for each picture.
Looking forward to learn more.
Excellent introduction and refresher in ML, this course talks in a broad range about the ML applications, and the areas surrounding it. Even if you dont plan to follow the entire Especialization, this is still a very good introduction to the subject.
A good course, but I found the programming exercises fairly underwhelming. It is just an overview course, so it is what it is.
Great material to get you started with machine learning. Covers a bit of different ideas used in machine learning. It definitely got me eager to learn more in the following courses!
Excellent intro course. Emily and Carlos are really great. Very good balance of depth, practical application, and above all: intuitive, thoughtful explanations.
A very well designed course. This course clearly sets a path for introducing basics and fundamentals in a way that makes it challenging but insightful. It establishes the purpose for more advanced courses in this specialization and the need to dive deep in this fascinating subject (machine learning).After completing this course alone, I can say categorically, there is no turning back, there is no sitting on the sidelines, there is no learning something peripheral. Doing this entire specialization will make any successful learner a very successful contributor in the world of Machine Learning
Very good course if you want to learn machin learning.
It's pretty good class that give a quick understanding of what Machine Learning is. It simple but not easy. Really amazing!
Loved it, wonderfully prepared and presented.
I was looking for a statistical software other than R and I found that after taking this course. It served as a good primer as well.
Really Good Introduction!!
The course is an excellent starter to understand the foundations of Machine Learning. The Assignments could a bit more involved and have more rigor
Great introduction to machine learning topics
Thank you very much for providing us this cool and exciting course. Thank you, Emily and Carlos. It opens a door for me and I've really enjoyed ML so far. Hope one day I could be part of the UW. All the best.
A good introduction course for beginners!
Great
Emily and Carlos, you are the best! Thank you so much for offering this great course. I like your humor, your casual, yet very direct and practical, approach of teaching.I'm a film student from Germany but I was always interested in Machine Learning and AI - more like a hobby. This course gave me a very good intermediate understanding for the mechanisms behind this hyped and often overcomplicated subject field. The knowledge I gained helped me deliver a way better master theses in film school. I was able to (automatically) collected huge amount of tv-series data on several platforms via import.io and dbpedia and build a really great, combined database (dato's SFrame was very helpful here!). Through the techniques of this course I was able to push the analysis in my thesis a lot further than I ever expected!!! I will try to finish the other courses of this specialization although I'm an expert and professional in a completely different field. It's just so much fun and so comprehensible!Also I got the impulse for a great sci-fi television series, which I will be writing the next few months now ;)
This course is very fun especially the lecturers. Beside that, all the topics have contextual sample that very easy to understand
One of the assignments had wrong answers for some of the questions, which made passing it a bit tedious. Other than that, it was a fairly descent course.
It's a neat course
It's a great course. The adoption of ipython notebook is amazing
Interesting approach, clear and organized structure, well prepared contents and up-to-date implementation techniques
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I was hearing about Machine Learning so much that i decided to see whats the big buzz about, and big it was! Now i have some of the ideas for my own projects and some solutions for old problems. And must i say that the instructors are amazing, really love their job! Will definitely use graphlab in my work from now.
The course uses proprietary tools for machine learning and data manipulation, making it effectively useless! However, the material on describing the machine learning algorithms were excellent!
The way all the topics are introduced is great. The assessments are simple but its approach to real problems keeps one interested.
Overall, an excellent hands-on course to learn the basics of machine learning. I am really glad I chose this over many other options available online.If I were to pick straws, a couple of the programming quizzes could be better, especially week 6 images quality and related questions 2 and 3, and couple of the theory quiz questions were misleading.Finding all the iPython notebooks and data online on Amazon was a Godsend as those data files just refused to upload from my system. I wasn't aware that these were available so I could have saved 2 weeks of delay in completion due to data upload problems.I am keen to continue my association with Univ of Washington and Coursera based on this experience though I am not in the market for certifications at this stage.
Useful course. Covered good amount of usecases for Machine learning concepts with handson experience.
Really Good for beginners
With a funny and welcoming look and feel, this course introduces machine learning through a hands-on approach, that enables the student to properly understand what ML is all about. Very nicely done!
A very informative beginners cource which offers a macro view of different approaches to MachineLearning and prepaes the student for further study in each different areas.
Great introduction to Machine Learning and the different ML methods. Assignments were not mean to be hard, but practical, which I appreciate. Great instructors as well!
Ecellent Course for introducing machine learning. I like 2 instructors. They are fun and seems really passionate about this field.
Great course, great framework, thank you. But in my humble opinion, the lecture videos are too short. Lectures are generally divided into several videos, covered a lot of transitions.
Unsufficient information for the programming assignments.
Best bang for your buck for getting hands on experience with popular machine learning techniques. Just the right amount of difficulty for an entry level course.
Great introduction to the various topics of the specialization. Introducing each of these topics in a generic way helps to get a sense of what they are about, and what to expect from the specialization. It might be a good idea to be explicit about the fact that this course really only has value added in conjunction with the other courses, and not really as a stand-alone module.
Deep learning session is a bit unclear in that it doesn't give a pratical example of how a simple Nueral network can be mapped to a deep-feature.
Very good explanations and well-thought out assignments and practical exploration. The usage of the proprietary GraphLab software was a minus, but since it was used just for exploratory purposes, no harm done.
A good theory and practical based overview of major machine learning tasks. Hands-on practice using GraphLab Create makes it one of the best courses in Machine Learning.
Very well constructed course.
This was a fantastic course. Just enough to get your feet wet and more. A great overview of the real use cases for now and the future of machine learning.
Very nice introduction to Machine Learning and to Python programming language
The overall course was very useful.However some topics I found difficulty to understand the idea even after repeating the video 3 times.
Good structure, but maybe a bit too basic and slow pace.
Fresh approach towards ML. Grpahlab makes coding very easy. Deep learning explained in a very easy way to understand. Waiting for other sessions to start.
Presenters start off kind of silly and made me wonder what I was getting into. However this class quickly evolved to be 100 times better than the course offered by U of California on Big Data. You do actual python programming through a lot of serious concepts in data analysis, visualization, and machine learning. This first course is hands on - just use the libraries. They lean heavily towards Dato which is not open source - using a 1 year trial license. However there are better instructions and support for open source in subsequent courses. Also - the second course in the series which I'm taking now is taking what we did in course 1 and diving into the math and algorithms involved - walking through actual proofs etc. It doesn't require you to know them well enough to do on your own, but they do walk you through them and explain extremely well - you actually implement the resulting algorithms. I'm fascinated by this course and can't wait to apply what I've learned.
Most of it I already knew, but was nice.
What a course it is?Totally thrilled...
This course was very usefull tome as it was implemented in a way that it's easy to understand the core of the module and the subject.I understand and it prepared me for the rest of the Machine Learning courses
Great course. Maybe a little bit too basic.
Great for beginners with background in programming!
it's the best course of machine learning i'have token in my life,the method of teaching is great, the content is really fantastic, the instructors teaching skill is excellent and it cover lots of real world artificial applications so it's very amazing
Great introduction to Machine Learning with nice hands-on activities!
This course is one of the best MOOC i have attended, best approach and nice hands on.
Poorly executed. Constant differences in data. tiresome to watch two supposedly very intelligent instructors amuse themselves by saying Bro and Dude. The use og graphlab is unnecessary and adds a layer of complication which adds no future value to your toolkit. Probably a lot of better executed Machine Learning courses out there
great course. This covers all types of machine learning techniques deep enough to get a basic idea how things work. Enjoyed a lot. Instructors are really fun to learn from.
Great introduction to Machine Learning.
Great overview of basic ML concepts in different situations along with hands on exercises. It was really helpful, with examples and little programming challenges that help learn easily.
Course is really taking a practical approach towards machine learning, with theory and practical classes side by side. Thanks to Course era and University of Washington for providing a wonderful opportunity.
I would have liked promotion of usage of more mainstream tool like SciKit
Great teachers. Great presentations. Great way to learn Machine Learning. Highly recommended.
This is an incredibly surprising course to me. Learning an up-to-date ipython notebook along with carefully designed instructions helped me have a better understanding of what machine learning is about and how it can be approached. Even though the last part was somewhat challenging to me, I learned a lot from this course and more than anything else, I could have some sort of vision in machine learning. I would like to keep working on machine learning specialization. Thank you for your warmhearted and incredible instructions! Thank you.
I am glad this course is here.... awesome teaching... learned a lot concepts with much ease.
would vastly prefer if this was taught using sckit-learn and pandas, given their broader use.
It is an amazing course being taught by professor Emily and professor Carlos. What sets this course apart from any other MOOCs or classes is the case study approach to explain the algorithms. Learning is most productive when a person can visualize what he is taught. This is exactly what this course does by helping students see what they can do with the algorithms they learning with this case-study based approach.
The concept and overall material covered was exciting. However, the lessons often did not connect to what was actually being tested. This course requires a lot of reading of the Dato SFrame manual. If the instructors focused more on showing how to actually do some of the tested material, I would've given this course four to five stars. At the end of the day, this course does give an entry level data scientist such as myself the ability to do some 'cool' analysis, which I truly appreciated. Overall, I would recommend this course to a fellow data scientist. I just hope the instructors focus on teaching content with more focus and clarity.
It was indeed a very well designed course that not only gave a great overview of various machine learning techniques, but also gave hands-on experience in implementing those techniques. Loved Dato. GraphLab Create is awesome.
The course has a fundamental problem, it relies completely on a library developed by one of the instructors, which is not open source. In the end, it seems like a big opportunity of delivering a marketing campaign by the instructors then otherwise.I definitely will not spend time and money on the other courses of this specialization.
Very good introduction to machine learning, quickly enables the student to perform regression, classifications, etc. but it would be nice if the course went into a little more detail, the quizzes are very superficial. It would also be beneficial to explore examples of applications across different fields.
Awesome course!
Very well designed, the setting up the environment was well documented, with alternative approaches.
Overall a good Introduction to Machine Learning Course. Gives overview of all the major ML models and motivates the learner with real world applications.
great and funny.
Decent course. Not very satisfied with the assignments as they are suited for graphlab
It is a really well thought introduction for Machine Learning. It is almost unbelieveable that you could use every single technique in less than a month. Of course using a framework, but if you are really interested you could do them with open source tools.It is amazing!
I liked it a lot. 1 remark: Some questions in quizzes were not clear 100% in my opinion.
very good ML overview course with practicals (in 4 weeks) I have come across so far...
Very good course for getting a high level understanding of the Machine learning concepts.
Hands on should have been more involved/dificult.
The case study approach makes it fun to learn machine learning. The introduction to various topics through specific examples increases curiosity and sets the tone for the following courses in the specialization.
The presentation, the math involved and exercises were excellent.
Very good approach to this topic. Very good explanation even of complex subjects. It is a general overview and allow the student to have a basic knowledge of all machine learnings sub-topics. Maybe to depended on dato dato framework.
Real life applications....thrust them till the end (even if I'm not comfortable learning from such good but branded teachers)
Highly recommended. Perfect Course.
The course was taught well, however I thought there could have been a few more videos with more details. Although I understand that it's really an overview course.
Great overview!
Specialization is very well organized. A very good intro. to ML followed by rigorous details in subsequent courses.
Great course on ML. All the important foundations explained really well.
Really interesting course that gives a great introduction to Machine Learning. Might be a little too much for someone with no programming or statistics experience.
Very good introductory course. Doesn't require good depth of programming languages. Gives a good overview of ML and data concepts.
Great for beginners in ML!
Very nicely done course.I have to note that I was not sure how to get help as I was stuck on a issue. I was able to finally figure out but the instructors are unresponsive :(.
Great for a start.Still has some issues for those who use sklearn and pandas.Also I'd prefer to see more detailed info on neural networks instead of deep learning module.
The course did a good job of balancing depth with breadth. It's a well rounded course that provides a a student with enough information to tackle intermediate-advanced topics.
Very good introduction as to what machine learning is. Thank you the subject of Machine learning was a complete mystery to me before this class.
I would give 4.5 stars if I could. This is a very good introduction to the whole Machine Learning Specialization series given the topics covered, especially with practical cases. However, as a standalone course it lacks depth for a 5 star rating.
Application oriented approach...easy to catch up!!!
I found here all I need for first step in ML. Thank you. But Assignment you should make different. I mean varied tasks but not the same for each new attempt.
A fascinating tour of what's possible today with modern machine learning tools. The beauty and challenge of this course is the approach - diving right in to the tools to work through and experiment with some case studies. This is not a talk and visuals only course. You will be hands on.This may be demanding for some, but is worth the effort. The course says no previous experience necessary in Python, but I recommend having at least completed a beginner's course before trying to tackle this. (Or familiarized yourself with Python if you have other programming experience - it has its quirks, like every language.)The course will introduce you to the current state of play in machine learning and both show you what's possible and also where the limitations are. This is not a superficial course (talking points only) - you will learn enough to be dangerous. If you want to be a little safer, do the follow-on courses too. (At this time, only the 2nd course has run - regression - but it was very good).
Cool intro to machine learning and graphlab.
Got the best course so far to introduce me to the concepts of Machine Learning. Kudos to the instructors Emily and Carlos for providing a well laid out syllabus with an approach that was grounded on practical concepts and demonstrating hands on with real world examples. Hoping and requesting them to keep up the good work.
The course its a pretty good introduction to machine learning, we explored different technics, models and alghoritms. Im very pleased of what I learned in this course. 4 Stars because some explications needs a little more detail.
It's really helpful to pull back and have a overall look at these algorithms. Especially, the professors gave a very clear talk and explanation which made this course more impressive.
The course is well-designed. The lecturer explain things clearly. Most importantly, they introduce very advanced tool (Dato) to us.
Great course
Very helpful and good course. It's easy to understand for the beginner.
Excellent overview of ML!
Well designed and executed in the main. As videos are recorded once but viewed thousands of times it would have been nice if they had taken more time to write a script and look more professional - also mistakes in the videos that don't match the current material are few, but very annoying.
Great Introduction to Generic Machine Learning Concepts.One suggestion to the teachers would be to include an optional programming section just to introduce GraphLab to users. There is a lot of API calls which are explained on the go but a high level view of the library with the relevant structuring of APIs would be helpful.
Since when I got to know coursera, I have been going through plethora of machine learning courses .I couldn't complete even one of them as the pace was too boring and I couldn't connect anything to the real world scenarios. So I had paid a huge sum and joined a course on classification model using SAS near my place. To my astonishment, this course by the Amazon professors far excelled than what I took up earlier and I feel I had wasted money to pay that institute. This is the best machine learning course ever which has the theory and practical stuff at the same place. Thank you Amazon professors for all the help. Hope I start actively participating in kaggle competitions once I finish the other courses too.
A very nice approach to learning Machine Learning. Doesn't scare you with lot of technical jargons.
Gives a really broad overview of ML concepts. Examples (and assignments) use a commercial Dato product called (GraphLab Create). Expect nothing else.
This course has so much potential but is based on proprietary software. The instructors are excellent and the content is really good. It would get 5 stars if it was based on all open source software.
i cannot spend $4000 per year package just to learn this course. sorry i am off...
Nice practical course for ML-beginners such as me!
Excellent, practical introduction to the topic -- particularly by using use cases that everyone can relate to in order to understand how machine learning "works".
it's very fun
Amazing with the way the course is taught.
I found this to be an excellent course. Both the instructors are excited about the work they are doing and do a good job of teaching the materials. I don't have a statistics background and college calculus is more than a little fuzzy. I was still able to understand most of the course.
Amazing introduction course for Machine Learning beginner!
Great and well prepared course. Thanks!
Great introduction to Machine Learning with the case study approach. Gives you a quick preview on what Machine Learning entails iwth practica use cases without making you learn a new language and several frameworks before you write your first line of useful code. The course seems to emphasize heavily of the practical uses of machine learningThe instructors have a pretty fun way of interacting with the viewers/students. Instead of reading power point slides. The quality of the content is great, though it can be made a bit more consistent in a few modules. The labs are pretty great and an important part of the course material.The format of this specialization should serve as a template for future specializations made on Coursera.
Assignments are tough, but so practical !!
Awesome course I have ever learned. Highly recommended.
It is a great course to learn the fundamentals of Machine Learning, also Emily and Carlos are excellent tutors, they explain very well and they give good examples.
Good Course!
Very approachable method that gets more in depth at a good pace. The later courses in the specialization dive deeper and get into the more complicated math.
Great approach, very usefull metods. I'm really exited on doing the more specific courses.
Great course. Very informative and inspirational. I got tons of ideas from it! Thank you
It is a very nice course which is the fundamental course of machine learning!
this course is one of the best course
Case study approach is awesome!
Great overview of different machine learning techniques. You don't learn much about implementing the individual techniques in this class, but you get a broad overview of many different techniques, which is the point of this class.
Very good course since it give you a high level view on Machine Learning. It would had been useful to have complementary readings and examples using other libraries
Great introduction to machine learning concepts with nice assignments. It seems there needs to be some cleanup performed so that the lectures and content match up a bit better. Overall a useful and approachable course to motivate the need for additional study in the rest of the "specialization."
very basic
The teachers are very good. Makes the rest of the specialization even more exciting.
I enjoyed the course very much!! I think the instructors are great and the method used for teaching is engaging and challenging. Congrats.
Using a proprietary library instead of widely used libraries and discouraging the use of open source widely used libraries. It barely compiles, the example notebook has method calls that use non existing methods of the SFrame object.The course claims that it teaches the student how useful practical knowledge but then ends up using a non standard library and saying not to use pandas or scikit learn.
Very good course and very insightful!
The programming assignment really put the learning into practice. It's very practical and hands on.
Great introduction to machine learning concept.
The course offers a great practical approach using sophisticated software. As a participant, I gain valuable knowledge on a wide range of applications.
Excellent material to introduce such a broad topic as Machine Learning. The highlight is definitely the video lectures with Carlos and Emily whom never lose sight of the didactic purpose and target audience for the course!
Great Course, I really enjoy it. Compared with other machine learning courses, I think this one is really a good start, for its using of examples close to our life.
Superb course - Anyone can easily learn. Case study approach is the right way to learn ML
An excellent introductory course. Emily are Carlos are awesome teachers.
Pros:1. Practical and hands on approach2. How multiple problems like prediction, sentiment analysis, text retrieval etc can be mapped to a common ML modelCons:1. Uses DATO toolkit which is a licensed tool.2. Maths behind any used technique is not discussed, which I think is an issue.
I am Jun Qi, a Ph.D. student in the department of Electrical Engineering at University of Washington. I ever took Carlo's excellent machine learning courses at UW and was really feeling pretty good. Although I may become an intermidiate machine learning researcher, I am of great interest in taking his new on-line courses because his new courses are more pracitcal and focus on large-scale data processing. So I highly recommend Prof. Carlos's machine learning courses on the Coursera.
Good course
The biggest downside of the course is that instead of learning on open source machine learning modules (sklearn) the course offers Dato's GraphLab, a proprietary piece of software that requires paid licenses to operate.To be clear, during the duration of the course students can use a student license that provides graphlab for free but this expires after a year. It seems like fine software but if you arent going to purchase a license after the class expires whats the point? Also, Graphlab is built on top of python2.7. If you are running python 3.0+ on your machine youll have to install a python 2.7 instance.Otherwise the quality is solid. The philosophical approach the professors take is to give you a taste of a variety of machine learning models. The upside is that if you want to get a taste you can. The downside the course feels pretty shallow and then the next course in the specialization -- regression -- feels like a pretty stark contrast. In general it could be argued that this is a problem with all coursera courses. How do you modulate course difficulty when you could be targeting students who are somewhere between high school kids to computer scientists? So the course and the specialization tilts between very easy and very hard.
cool class about machine learning
Great course, with very interesting examples and clear explanations.
Very original and creative approach of training!
Effectively introduces to the basics of all different machine learning algorithms through case studies. The recommended tools are easy to use and understand
Really rigorous course. Love it.
This course is awesome. Nice concise videos, great assignments and quizzes to follow along.It's very practical so you come out of it with a bunch of tools you can use straight away.
This couser is awesome.
Really great one!!
Not a bad course, but extremely basic. Was expecting more.
There are so many good cases to help you understanding the basic concept about machine learning.I would learn more!
This Course is really a great way to get knowledge of the simple machine learning.
great introduction to machine learning with real world application examples
Excellent overview course. It has exactly the right balance between explaining Machine Learning concepts, and providing enough supporting mathematics & logic to understand why these concepts are correct (without going through epsilon-delta proofs).Having followed several Machine Learning courses, this is now definitely my favourite new course, replacing Andrew Ng's famous course here on Coursera (which was also very good & especially complete, but required too often a leap of faith - this course provides really more details on the "why"). Furthermore, the exercises in this course are spot-on: they use Python and GraphLab Create (for which you get a 1 year student license when taking this course) - the big advantage is that you can focus on the Machine Learning aspect, and not on how to implement something in Python (or Matlab or R). The exercises are challenging enough and require some thought, exactly what they should do. This is not a "look up the right answer in the slides" course when it comes to exercises, which I particularly like.The chemistry between the teachers is also very nice and shows they just love Machine Learning, and love teaching it (which they do very well).If you some familiarity with statistics (a bit) and mathematics (a bit of matrix & vector calculations), and want to understand what Machine Learning is about, then this is THE course for you.
Amazing course. Gives a great insight into Machine Learning. If you're skeptical about what machine learning is, this is the course to take.
A good course focused on practise.
At times, this course feels like an extended advertisement for Graphlab Create, which was founded by one of the instructors. The case studies are all quite interesting, however. I would not recommend this course, except that the following course is awesome and this course is helpful preparation for the regression course. The best part of this course is the interaction between the instructors, who are very fun.
One of the best courses on coursera
Great intro to the ML area
As a non programer, or mathematician, this course is too hard to follow.
Great intro course in ML.
It was great course! Emily and Carlos are awesome. Thank you very much!
I really liked the enthusiastic lecturers and the "easy" to learn approach. with that the exercises were easy and meaningful :)
Pretty good, overall.
Great way to provide a conceptual overview before getting bogged down in the details!
Good course with the overview of different machine learning techniques
good overview, a little bit hard regarding the deep learning course, that would require more explanations
Very comprehensive and hands-on course for machine learning
Great broad overview of ML. Found the use of ipython notebooks very useful and the use of graphlab very interesting.
Good intro to topics in machine learning as well as to Graphlab Create and iPython Notebook.
I really liked the fact that we were given an overview of all the machine learning techniques before we actually delve deeper. However I would have rather appreciated it further if we used open source python libraries rather than graphlab!I think the use of graphlab really did limit our scalability and use elsewhere other than on the course.Please do consider using open source tools in further courses and also provide starter code for the assignments in one open source library in addition to the code provided using graphlab.
Overall, this is an interesting course that covers a lot of different topics in a compact manner. I also appreciated the combination of broad "pictures" about the different ML algorithms and ML in general.I only gave four stars and not five because of the lab parts. Even if the topics were clearly of interest, they are really on the easy side. On top of that, using graphlab sometimes hiders the comprehension. It would have been nice to go more into the details of (at least some simple) algorithms. There is a balance between user experience (how easy it is to use powerful algorithms such as deep learning and see in practice their results) and learning experience (how much I do really myself). I feel that the balance is too much geared towards user experience. I would have been rewarding to implement some simple algorithms ourselves (such as basic regression, popularity classifier, ...).
This is a great course.
This course really gives you the foundations using great examples. It's a good place to start learning
It was instructive, easy to follow and fun to learn! Great thanks to Carlos Guestrin and Emily Fox for creating this excellent course! And thanks Coursera for making the high quality educational content available to everyone.
2 stars because the theoretical part is ok but programming assignments are waste of time. I'm not here (and paid) to be trained to use something the instructor is trying to SELL, nor will I ever recommend this product for commercial use. I will switch to other "not recommended" packages in the later parts of this specialization.They should put the disclaimer for Graphlab Create in the specialization page so people can be aware of this.Besides, the sound of that Giraffe toy is really, really annoying.
A great tutorial on using machine learning tools and a very basic intro into machine learning concepts. Doesn't go into how they work at all which is what the other courses are for.Given its basically a tutorial for graphlab create (awesome but commercial software) it would be nice if it also covered pandas directly also. If people are really expecting to head into this field they are likely at some point going to have to use the cheaper tools.It would be great if this module was optional for the larger machine learning certificate. That said I found this class was valuable in preparing me for the next courses in that it got me familiar with the tools and the rhythm of the quizes and assignments. Someone more studious or smarter than me may find this course less valuable.
Interesting! The lecturers were good. Though sometimes, things get boring. But overall, the subject and the quizzes were exciting!
I thought that the course provided a very nice overview of machine learning without overwhelming me with too much detail. Well done!
I cannot review my completed homework. It's very boring.
This course is awesome. Teaching style of intructor is amazing . Thanks for such a wonderful course.
It brushes over all major topics in current applied ML and by the end of it you can have a taste of what it is like to apply ML to practical problems.The best part is that it is a hands on approach, where you will be coding and solving problems.
Dr. Carlos Guestrin and Dr. Emily Fox are amazing. Needless to say, their way of teaching is absolutely brilliant and fun to learn, concepts which took me few days to learn now takes an hour or so, this is primarily due to their mastery on the subject matter and their lucid way of teaching.
This is a nice introduction to the concepts that will be covered in the specialization and the power of the provided GraphLab Create ML toolbox. I highly recommend it.
Fantastic course! Great teachers and very nice to see real-world applications in action. Would have rated 5 stars if an open source library like scikit-learn were used. Students can still use sklearn, but all the examples are using GraphLab Create, a great library, but you need a very expensive (at least for my budget) license to use it commercially.
Great introduction to ML concepts! I'm hoping to dig a little deeper in the next courses!
This course covers all basic machine learning tasks, including the new emerging technology like deep learning. The programming assignments are very interesting, face to real world applications, have an appropriate difficulty and are with good written guide. However, tools used in the course are SFrame and Dato Graphlab. If you are using popular toolkits including scikit-learn and pandas, you will be in trouble to set up the corresponding random seeds and fail to get the correct answer.
Awesome material and organization. Also, real fun chemistry between the two instructors (they MUST be married or something!)
I enjoyed this course but I think assignments could be a little bit more difficult.
Great course! Thank you guys for have been made such an easy to understand way to understand basics of ML.The thing to improve: some assignments didn't explained in the course and I still don't know the way to discover the correct answer for the assignment for the deep learning module. The question about where the simple classification can be applicabable and there is a list of functions.
Good course, interesting information and knowledge. I also love the exercises
Excellent course! My only "complaint" really is that I wish the instructors would use other tools besides GraphLab. I realize that this does make it a lot easier, but I'm sure many of us work in environments where we cannot use GraphLab (for a variety of reasons) and it would be most helpful it they demonstrated how to accomplish the same thing solely using open source alternatives.
This is very great course to get students introduced to different machine learning algorithms before digging into the details. And the Graphlab used in the course is really easy to use.
You learn the basic concepts in a funny way, what else can you ask for?
Cool
Very nice for those of people who want to learn the concepts of machine learning. However, libraries that used (which are not pandas and scikit-learn) was not satisfying for me. Googling about those libraries was totally difficult while there are lots of documents using pandas and scipy.
Great course
Very nice overview of the field
Excellent overview of machine learning technique !Even if the subject is complexe, it's easy to understand, and a good starting point to go deeper, as a deep human learning can be ;)
Great overview with some implementations of what will be covered through the specialization.
Very good introduction to machine learning, the teachers and assignments are very well planned and executed. It is a course where you can spend more time, as the workload is bigger than at usual courses, but you learn a lot every week. I am really fan of this Specialization and I plan to complete the whole Specialization given enough time in near future.
Excellent presentation of material
Instructors or TAs are not available in discussion forums. and the course is focussed on promoting "graph lab" proprietary package of the course sponsor. Maybe you can have a look, not beneficial if you are serious about learning ML.
This is a wonderful course to get you into the door of machine learning. It covers several key concepts in ML. The videos are easy to follow. The assignments are not difficult to complete if you do the "follow along" exercises. You won't be able to understand the theoretical background of the algorithm very well after taking this course, but you can apply Grahphlab functions to whatever data you have and generate quick and dirty results.
LIKE an advertisment!Why not use pandas and numpy sk-learn?Open source is more popular!
The case study approach and the reliance on GraphLab library makes it easier to get your head around the concepts before going into the detail later in the specialization. I learn better when I have a working understanding of the high-level concepts and the use for a new area of study. This course provides that high-level understanding and the later specializations provides the deep dive. Also, the course seemed well paced and structured.
A good course to show the extent of what is coming up in the specialization, a quick and dirty hands-on approach and pleasant course tutors.
Lectures are very easy and unnecessarily long and slow. I had to watch all of them on x2 playback speed to not die of boredom. Also, what is the point of breaking them into 3 minute chunks? Some people may need more time just for getting to the right mood to learn. I cannot imagine anyone watching 3 minute video, doing something else and returning back to it. Also, it requires me to start the next video and set the speed to x2 again.Overall, lectures are OK and material is explained well.Programming assignments are worthless, as they are basically "Fill one line of code that does X. By the way, here is the syntax. And here is the data to use." No thinking required.
Great introduction.I have two suggestions:1- GraphLab is a great tool but it is commercial and it is not available in all companies. Hope there were some guidelines, slides with sample source code etc. for each session showing how to complete assignments with an alternative free library.2- In the slides, I found very useful practical hints mentioned quickly by the lecturers (e.g., how to fit a better regression model by using the same feature with higher order such as X^2, X^3, X^4...). There is a high chance to overlook such hints since they are mixed with other materials. It would be nice if such practical hints are gathered and published in a separate document like a cheat sheet for future references.
In one word, AWESOME. Made a lot of sense for beginners. Certainly recommended whoever is new to machine learning. Thank you Emily and Carlos. I cannot tell you how much help I have received from it. Looking forward to rest of the specialization.
Thank you Emily & Carlos! I really enjoyed the course. It was very well taught with clear explanations. Looking forward to the rest of the courses!
A great introduction. Good relevant examples and thoughtful data sets were provided for the exercises. Both lecturers were engaging and clearly knew their subjects.
Good introduction course providing nice overview of topics to be seen more in detail in the remaining of the specialization.
Great introduction into Machine Learning!
It was more about learning DATO then any insight. However I understand that this course is good motivator for beginners, but was very boring for me.
Great overview of the power of Machine Learning.
Great class!
I love this course. I found it informative and the materials easy to understand.
Loved the course, the teachers, the case study approach.
I passed lots of Coursera courses, but this one is best of the best) Teachers - Carlos and Emily are magnificent, amazing lectors) I'm really impressed.
Well-paced. Assignments are well executed. They are challenging enough to really force me to learn but not too easy that I'm feeling like I'm wasting my time.This class in particular was somewhat high-level and left me very interested in the rest of the classes in the specialization.
Business Cases. The way to learn. Great!!!
A great high level overview and introduction to machine learning. The topics broadly cover different machine learning algorithms and their approaches. The only downside is that the proprietary library they use to teach the concepts is incredibly expensive for an individual to license.
Very clear and practical instruction! I great introductory survey of data science tools with easy to understand use cases.
Well planned, Interesting, Logical, Practical Assignments
Very enthusiastic lecturers and good resources to learn from. The only thing to consider before taking the course is to learn a little bit of python, as well as having the GraphLab guide to look up for functions.Best course I've studied in Coursera.
This is my first time to Study inCoursera.Mrs Fox and Mr Guestrin are so outgoing.its really a good oppotunity to take me into a new world.It is really wonderful introductory course
Great opener, and I learned some good algorithms that I can already apply. Really liked how they walked you through every problem for the quizzes too--the later course was not like that, a bit more difficult with the quizzes, for sure.
This course gave an introduction to ML concepts and applications. This course is good for absolute starters, as it doesn't scare the learner with hard core theoretical concepts. I learnt a fair bit about the overall ML scenario. Thanks to the instructors for making it fun to learn.
Very nice intro to the topic of ML.Fun videos, nice examples, good approach to teaching complex topics
I am giving this course 3 stars for a few reasons:1) (Negative) Essentially no instructions were given for how to get Graphlab to actually work in Python outside of the notebook. I already have python on my computer, but the course basically only explains ipython notebook.2) (Negative) I think the course would be a lot better if it didn't use this pretty graphical interface of ipython notebook. Why use this? I feel like this was done to dumb things down so that more people with no programming knowledge could get by. In reality it just makes everyone learn less. Using python normally, with graphlab imported, would be much better.3) (Positive) The lectures on things other than ipython notebook were fairly good, and I like how the specialty is structured with case studies.
This course is to much about graphlab and not enough about the mechanics of machine learning.
Good teaching your course helped me to learn basic ml algo.Thank you,
Two things make me follow this specialization.Firstly, the Final Capstone mentioned in this course excites me for it is more likely to build a product rather than just to understand some concepts from doing a little programming assignmentsSecondly, these techniques are very useful and cool.But I think this specialization lasts too long and two weeks' material could be done within one week. It is more helpful if other courses in this series would be opened as soon as possible.
Very nice course for introduction to ML.
A good course to introduction.
Very enjoyable course! Emily and Carlos actually succeed in giving a more than useful overview about so many kinds of tasks, algorithms and concepts of machine learning in very short time (given the material to cover!). I really loved the topics of the hands on assignments.New to Python (I'm a R user most of the time) I also learned a lot about "the other language" of Data Science. Thanks a lot!
Having done some other machine learning MOOCS , this course seemed rather basic to me and did not enjoy too much using non open-source software for the programming assignments. The material is nice, In this sense, I would have expected to 'default' to sci-kit learn and offer using graphlab create as optional.
An excellent introduction to different machine learning algorithms. As expected from an introductory course, this deals with only a top level overview of the tools, without getting bogged down with the details and mathematics of the underlying algorithms. I would recommend this course for those who want to familiarise themselves with using out of the box algorithms provided by different software packages.
a good introduction of the topics. I like the ML diagram in each module.
The Course literally boosts off one's confidence in ML, and gives one the confidence to proceed to higher levels in ML.Great Course, Superb Instructors and Excellent Course material ! The complete ingredient for a perfect starter course !I would like to mention that i came to know how to write a review using the words: Great , Good , Superb and Excellent , so that my review is rated above others by the algorithm !So thanks Carlos sir for this superb course ! :D
Great course! I had to watch some of the videos over and over again for the material to really sink in but after I understood what's happening it was very enlightening. This course will really get you hooked into learning data science!
Very Good Course. Dato features are fantastic
A good introduction to machine learning.
Its a course that provides a basic concept of what the ML is such as linear regression, classification, clustering and etc. This course not only offers the general idea for students but also implements Python-based code ( based on the all of case studies), which is an efficient approach to let me real know what the lectures talk about. Its a real nice course for the ML entry-level students.
Provides a good overview of the machine learning branches. Makes sense to approach it as a black box and then take deep dives in later series.
I have loved this course. The approach to learning is most fruitful as I have learned a great deal and had a lot of fun along the way. I am on the last exercise to finish the class after about 4 days. I am going to savor this last one because this was too much fun.
Great overview of machine learning techniques and practices at a high level! There is sufficient material here to go from no machine learning knowledge (and a general programming background) to being able to create and deploy machine learning models for use in applications.
Love the practical application and the high level over view of the varius machine learning techniques. I would say this is an excellent course for introduction to Machine Learning.
In a couple of Case Studies it gives you a wide idea about the almost unlimited potential of Machine Learning while it encourages you to learn more and more about it.
Excellent!! This course gives a nice introduction about Machine Learning.
It was pretty basic but worth what was needed for a head start in machine learning. I enjoyed the course a lot.
that's awesome course. They bridged between theorem and practice. so we can imagine and know how to apply machine learning algorithm in real world and real problem. what's more, we can adjust and tuning machine learning algorithm to make customized algorithm. I am very confidence this course should give everyone great opportunities and good insight.
It is great to understand overall machine leacning technique. However, one thing which is not good is we should use dato's product, graphlab almost mandotorily. This product is very expensive, so we would be hard time persuading our company to purchase the license. I think it is much better for course student to have special offer from dato
very nice! A little bit more of reading material would be interesting, though..
I think this course is an excellent introductory survey of the topics and technologies relevant to machine learning. The teaching method is much more than a mere regurgitation of facts and contributes to an environment where topics can be truly learned and applied in the real world.
Very Cool
Very best initial level course that will introduce anyone to one of the modern ml tools and its usage, with a bit of needed theoretical science (its only an approach aint it?)
Good course. In-depth information about machine learning
I really like this course, it helps me to ramp up with machine learning topic. moreover, it keens me to continue the specialization and dive with the notions mentioned on the lecture, and i won't forget to thank the lecturers Emily and Carlos.
Excellent course content with emphasis on real-life applicationsGreat teaching tools and I particularly love the teaching style of Carlos and Emily. Going on with this specialization till the very end.Great work guys!
This is a really really great course ... and that the professors appear to really enjoy teaching and are fun fun to watch and learn from is an additional bonus. Keep up the great work!
This course was simple. Since it is intended as an overview of few machine learning techniques used to build computer based rational agents it has completely fulfilled my curiosity about what intelligent applications can be built using machine learning algorithms. Professors Emily Fox and Carlos Guestrin did an excellent job of presenting the course in an engaging way and with enough hands-on exercises to better understand the lessons.I am excited to take the next specialization courses to better understand the inner workings of each algorithm, and perhaps manage to understand why these algorithms work the way they do, specially the Deep Learning algorithms.Thank you Coursera for the opportunity and thank the Professors Emily and Carlos for such a valuable gift of sharing knowledge for free.
I really loved the course ! It helped me greatly to gain an overall idea of the aspects of machine learning at the outset itself without confusing me with intricate details of the course and yet introducing to everything in there at a glance !Really keeps you hungry for more !
A good global introduction and simply explained. With fun as well....
Even though the course discusses relevant topics, the level is extremely low: The lab sessions were easily solved applying copy-paste code from the provided notebooks, with minor adaptions. Moreover, 8/10 questions in the lab sessions were not related to machine learning at all, but simply looping over data and counting or similar. The intro video and course introduction strongly suggested using deep learning in the course: did not happen. We trained k-means on pre-computed features which happened to come from from a deep learning network (not sure which one, inception? I didn't even watch the lectures here from disappointment). That is not deep learning, it just shows you how well deep learning can work.Graphlab is a mature framework, I guess, but it's commercial and scikit-learn is better imho (and free!).If you wish to learn machine learning, take the Stanford course on Machine Learning for Andrew Ng. This course is in MATLAB, not ideal for machine learning, but adequate for a better understanding of intelligent system implementations.Maybe the course is OK if you're a beginner in machine learning, but not good.
Its a very basic course and a good start to learn Machine Learning.Course was pretty easy to follow and the real world examples helped to visualize the applications of Machine Learning. Its highly recommended for the students who are completely new to the Machine Learning.
Case study approach works !I completed this course and found course materials present intuitive. Following courses go deep in each method.Thank you Emily and Carlos :-)A small request to Coursera to provide course completion certificate to free account like Edx.
Excellent course to start the ML concepts ! The Case Study approach really gives a deep insight into each concept discussed. Looking forward to further courses in this specialization !! My python programming knowledge really helped to complete the course few weeks earlier !! Suggestions : An example using the python ML modules -sclearn,numpy,matplotlib will also help !
The best ML/Data Analysis course so far.
+ Excellent video lectures.+ Good overview of the field.+ Nice working examples with good instruction video's.-- No help with the practical assignments although the Python examples given are not flawless.
The case study approach works perfectly to enhance motivation
The content and articulation was excellent. Inspired and motivated me to continue the course in spite of my struggle to understand certain concepts. There are lot more statisticians out there who are heaps better than myself and it was excellent experience to read the questions and answers in the discussion forum. Will continue the course and get my certification and enroll for capstone project as well.
I think the course is really COOL :) I know that it's really hard to cover so many topics, but I would have been curious about the area of reinforcement learning too. Perhaps mentioning MDPs and related models.
I appreciate that the first course focused on applications, I've got plenty of math and programming experience, but I took this specialization to really grok machine learning and its applications. By using graphlab as a black box and focusing on specific applications, I really understood why these techniques are useful. Once I've got the why, I feel much more motivated to dig deeper into the how, which I feel confident enough that I can do.
Very good hands-on approach to practical machine learning. However, as the models get more complicated, some of the material isn't really explained very well, specially the last module about 'deep learning' is quite superfluous. I also wish, the course favored providing a bit more mathematical intuition over just graphlab usage. All things aside, if you are really curious about machine learning you should take this course. Be hungry!
Good case studies and teaching sessions
Really great course!
Great format
Great course design and case study! More detail about algorithm will be better, but maybe you can find them more in the following courses.
So far it has been awesome.
Excellent intro to Machine Learning.
This is a very practical an easy way to understand what is behind the ML world. Also, there are a set of tools in this course that would let you implement basic smart applications. I am ver pleased for being part of this course.
Excellent overview course, introducing the ideas of regression, classification, clustering, recommender systems, and a sort of 'short cut' of using the early layers pretrained deep neural network for image recognition as feature inputs into a classifier. Don't expect to get into the 'details' of implementation in this overview course; I believe that level of detail will be covered in the subsequent courses.
Excellent course, with very handy programming tasks
Excellent introdutory course. The only downside is the use of proprietary software.
The homework assignments were not really about having understood the course
very nice course to have, hope they can provide sample code for homework after submission.
Superb organised! Very interesting!
Too much synthetic on very important parts, too much focused on graphlab
I like the way Carlos and Emily explain the course in a simple and easy way.
Great, and very easy to learn the foundations of ML!Case-based study is a great way to teach this kind of material for beginning ML students!
A nice introduction to the various machine learning concepts.
Very clear and detailed introduction with practice!Looking forward to coming courses!
A phenomenal, deliberately shallow introduction to Machine Learning. This course definitely cannot standalone but serves as a great start to the specialization.There was a great deal of sensitivity in the course due to the use of Dato Graphlab, particularly since one of the instructors is the CEO of Dato and the software is not free for commercial use. This was exacerbated because the color scheme of the presentation slides matches the color scheme of the Dato website.However putting this aside the material is very high quality. The use of case studies is inspired and helps students focus on when to use particular ML techniques. Although the material is a little shallow (deliberately) you get a good high-level feel for what techniques are applicable in specific situations. However the course can't really standalone, and it's intended as part of the specialization.
Good application oriented machine learning course. Thanks for GraphLab team!
Emily and Carlos are amazing! The course is well laid out, specially as part of the specialization, taking the regression course would have been different without the foundations course.
A great overview - somewhat basic if you already have some quantitative background, but it introduces the concepts and methods really well.
Loving it so far! Can't wait for the other courses. The case study approach is spot on! This is the first coursera course that is worth something! Kudos to the instructors.
This course is a pretty cool intro to the GraphLab Create library. However, I would have preferred something more challenging, even for a survey course.Though the discussion forums were generally very active (I posted at least one question that was answered by a TA very promptly), there was a question I had towards the end of the course that never got answered. I wasn't alone in this... many people were having a very similar problem.In general, I think the course was good. But, if you have even a very shallow familiarity with Machine Learning and/or Python, you may be able to skip this one and move straight into the Regression course.
I really enjoyed taking this course in Machine Learning. It is my first course in machine learning. The instructors are really great. I like the course logistics, and how it builds up the foundations of the critical thinking in machine learning, rather than learning specific tools. I am really looking forward to complete this specialization with the Capstone project.I know how hard it can be to prepare an entire specialization like this. I appreciate the time and the effort the instructors have put to make this specialization happen and see light.
Great Course. Great material and teaching.
I didn't like the python environment, I thought it will be more like Ng's course. Nice explanations, but for amateurs.
It'd be 5/5 if it used scikit-learn, instead of proprietary software (albeit with 1yr free to use license for non-commercial purposes)
Good course to begin machine learning with but it's too easy !!
Great introductory course
Very interesting and fun, it lets you explore many aspects of machine learning surprisingly deeply given the short amount of time.
The course is very intuitive and easy to follow; nevertheless it never falls in banality. It really gives you the wish to dive deeper in the machine learning world.A big thanks to both teachers; their love for this science is very contagious!!!
good, have learned a lot
Great introduction to ML concepts
This was a fantastic course for someone both unfamiliar with machine learning algorithms and python.
I am in my third week.Its really amazing as I progress in the course.
This is the introductory course to a series of courses designed to teach machine learning through case studies. The introductory course provided a nice overview of key machine learning techniques in the context of common applications of machine learning (case studies). The concepts are taught in Python using the high-level DATO GraphLab libraries, so the course provides a good introduction to using the machine learning techniques that are provided in DATA GraphLab rather than on learning the mathematics behind the techniques.I am investigating the capabilities and advantages and disadvantages of existing frameworks such as Pandas and DATO GraphLab, so this course met my needs, but it would probably not be as useful to data scientists who are interested in learning the underlying principles, mathematics and numerical methods used in machine learning.I would have given the course a rating of five IF it had done a better job of describing the fundamental principles of machine learning and if it had made it easier to use a non-commercial framework such as Pandas.I'm planning to take the next course in the series in the hope that it will provide more in-depth coverage of the fundamental principles of machine learning than the introductory course.
It's a very good front-door for machine learning learner, especially for the fresh hand. I am looking forward for the further studying in this course.
Like the approach of introducing the subjects with real use cases and have a detailed session on future courses.
Instructive and impressive, worth to take!
This course is very clear and gives an intuitive idea of what is machine learning. It is also very practical with python implementations for each chapter.
It is a great overview on machine learning!
Excellent fast paced ML overview with hands-on exercises
Absolutely amazing! The lecturers have great humor and knowledge.
Awesome course
I really enjoyed the course. I found all of the problem sets to be useful to reinforce what was explained in the course without being extremely difficult to get working correctly.
Too easy
This is a really good intro course. It's not pitched at a terribly high level of difficult, but it does give you a fair amount of practice. I'm really pleased with it.
I dont like the tools they used, it seems like a promotion for their company.
This is the most pragmatic course on Machine Learning - A must have course for everyone, who wants to get into Machine learning
I learnt so much about the foundations of machine learning. Emily and Carlos are great teachers. Everybody should take this course.
I think the course met my expectations – it's super high-level and does not at all go over the underlying algorithms involved. I give it 4 stars because I have this feeling like this specialization is an underhanded way to sell the Dato GraphLab Create product. There's a bit of a conflict of interest going on here.
A good introduction to machine learning
Many thanks for offering such a good course. They will help me a lot on my new career.Looking forward to your new courses:).BestPeng
The course was well detailed and gave a good idea of what to expect when learning about machine learning and this specialization.Covering each of the topics well with sufficient explanation and a small project was a great way to learn.Looking forward to the next courses :)
Last section was tedious. Access to a year long graphlab licence was nice though especially since I graduated as an undergraduate in 2014 and am no longer a student.
This was a great intro course to the topic, and the instructors both make complicated concepts accessible. For example, the explanation of non-linear features in deep learning is extremely clear and intuitive.
A really good introduction to Machine learning. Also one of the best courses where the flow, topics, exercises and quiz are in flow.
A good overview of all different classes of algorithms. More engineering oriented than math / statistics behind the scenes.
I think this is an excellent course. I would have given 5 stars if this course is not based on Graphlab which is not affordable to the general public.
I am yet to complete this course but so far I have completed, the course is excellent!
This is a nice entry-level course on Machine Learning. Emily and Carlos show their enthusiasm for ML and engage students in the subjects they are teaching.The video lectures have a nice format in which you can see the professor while he/she is explaining the presented slides. This makes the course feel less online and more personal.The course makes special emphasis on the practical side of the presented material. All the modules have a practical part in which you practice the theory presented.
The instructors a fantastic comedic duo! I had numerous laugh out loud moments while getting a much better handle on machine learning. The instruction is clear and the homeworks are always interesting and well thought out.I really only have one complaint: Graphlab. Graphlab is a fantastic piece of software that makes data science easy. I was amazed at how much harder it was for me to complete the home works with scikit and pandas. Unfortunately, it's very unlikely that any future employer will be using Graphlab. It's a great intro for noobs (like me), but it's very expensive and can be replicated with open source packages. As such, I had to spend a lot of time trying to figure out on my own how to perform graph lab operations in the open source world. Avoiding this kind of slow, frustrating, stack exchange binging, 50 tab opening, nonsense is one of reasons I take MOOCs in the first place. I hope a future version sets up the bones of what open source packages can be used to solve each problem set.In summary, I really enjoyed this class. I was excited to work on it. I learned things that made me more productive at work. I felt the joy of learning. I was disappointed by the insistence on Graphlab but if making the sales case for it is what motivated Carlos and Emily to put the class together, it's worth the frustration. I'm extremely grateful to both of them for putting this together.
I like the GraphLab coding，and this course is an intro, not too much details, if you want to go further, better take the other courseras in this class.
very interesting course for introducing machine learning
Learned a lot !!Looking forward to other courses in specialization :)Appreciate the enthusiasm of both professors.
This course is good for me
Great course.Focuses on the fundamentals and the practice part more. It helps you get a flair for ML.
Recently, I got a certification of Machine Learning course of Anderw Ng.So the first course of Machine Learning Specialization is too easy for me.But I think it's not a matter of how easy it is.This program poorly explain how algorithms workEven if the lecturers keep saying that we are going to study in detail in the later courses,it's very difficult to stand boring situations.And there's a serious problem.They provide data for programming assignments, which shows different results compared to the one in the video lectures. So I am soooooooooo confused.There are some small hardships more. But I am stopping writing this.If at least one of the lecturers find my review, please contact me.
Great overview of the field of machine learning.
Interesting class, but should have used open source python libraries instead of restricted license libraries.
Content and delivery are both excellent. I would strongly recommend this course to anyone looking to get started in machine learning.
I appreciate this course that is one of the best mooc courses I ever done.Being a computer science engineer, I found the "hands on" approach particularly amazing, it lets you immediately start applying the topics with real use cases.I started this course after completing the Machine Learning course of Andrew NG (Stanford University), and this made a perfect companion.I think that if I didn't have followed the NG course, probably I would miss something from the theory, particularly maths and statistic that in this course are missing. (in any case where superbly covered by NG course)Thanks a lot for the courseStefano PriolaTurin Italy
good material. good presentation skills of the instructor
fantastic course! really mean that ;-)
I am currently taking this course and I find this approach (case study approach) very effective in learning on MOOC platform.
I consider the course is easy to understand and useful
Excellent case study approach. Hopefully, other methods-rather than graphlab- will be included as well in future courses.
Really great course content, but the assignments could become better.
The video lectures provide a clear and concise introduction to interesting topics in machine learning (ML). However, the exercises are very general and use 'black box' ML algorithms for most of the solutions. For me, the exercise structure was more confusing than educating. I am aware that this is the intro course to the specialization, and I am looking forward to actually building the algorithms in the future courses. Too bad you can only take the entire specialization over the course of ~6 months, and not at your own pace! Especially since the homework is checked automatically.
Excellent approach to motivate for Machine learning
Course is well organized, lectures explain learning concepts very well. And using python notebook examples to show machine learning uses are very unique and quite easy to follow. The assignments may not have been as challenging as some other school's courses, but overall, this is a great course for those who would like to have a practical approach to apply machine learning to solve data problems.
Very didatic approach to machine learning. Easy access and still powerful technique to understand how it works.
I enjoyed this course a lot! The case study approach is very helpful to quickly understand how to apply the theory to the real world problems. The course materials are very well organized, especially the lab assignments.
Enjoyed thoroughly.Nice way of implementing various tasks using ipython notebook.
Very complete introduction course to Machine Learning. Both teachers are really funny.
Great course and excellent hands-on introduction to ML techniques.Looking forward to next courses in the specialization.
The framework is ok, but it would be more insight on the functions would be much more amplifying the learning process.Good working examples, though!
The instructors are excellent.
The case study approach is a great idea.But I wish the instructors were more candid about the tools that were in use. It seems dodgy that the instructor is a CEO of a commercial tool vendor and is "encouraging" students to use it.The quizzes in the course were extremely shallow.
lectures were well done, but the strong focus on using graphlab ruined this course for me
Very good course to start Machine Learning Basics. Excellent coverage of practical programming assignments.
The course, as intended was just an overview, which sometimes can leave the student with a lot of questions. (which i guess was intentional too). Also i feel the instructors were trying a bit too hard to sound 'cool' and 'fun', or maybe it's just that i am 32 and i cannot relate to it much. The content was excellent and the course serves an ideal platform for the launch of the specialisation.Kindly give other free options of software, since graphlab is paid. I small session on scikit, nolearn or any equivalent machine learning package would be extremely helpful.
Fun lectures but the coverage is too simplistic. Looking forward to the more in-depth courses in the specialization.
Outstanding!!! Can't wait for the next course on Regression!They found the perfect balance between making it fun and challenging. Great job!
The course was overall good in achieving its goal of trying to introduce various machine learning methods, without getting into too much detail. The course used IPython Notebooks, which I found to be a very useful environment for learning. The professors have done an excellent job of presenting the materials with good examples and code.I took a star away because some of the quiz questions did not stimulate my thought process much and relied on remembering terms and definitions. Also, I would have preferred the use of open source Python libraries as much as possible and use GraphLab Create only when using open source libraries would have been very cumbersome or impossible.
Liked the interactive exercises and coding assignments, you can actually play with your own datasets using the ideas shown in the course and learn to apply the concepts. The course is really very basic but can be a good starting point.
It really just touches a lot on different machine learning techniques and really just sets the stage for the higher courses. Unfortunately some of the chapters (especially deep learning) are so brief that it is really frustrating trying to complete the quiz and assignment. Also the course doesn't use open source tools but a trial version of a pretty expensive library.
I love the case-based method and the focus on the practitioner. Almost every other competing course and textbook puts too much focus on the mathematics proofs, on the nuts and bolts of the algorithms. I also like the informal attitude of the instructors.The dependence on Dato, and the fact that Dato does not have a student or home use pricing are bad. After learning all of this, am I supposed to buy software that costs US$ 400 per month (matlab has a student edition for a one time price of $90)Continuem o excelente e inspirador trabalho! Obrigado Carlos & Emily!
An extremely helpful course for beginners. I wish to do all of it's proceeding courses..
Excellent course. I would have preferred sample code with Skitlearn and other Python packages as well because I believe still 95 % of the people use those. I liked the Sframe but I don't see right now many people using it in industry.
Great introduction course on Machine Learning. Got hands on experience to build Regression, classification, clustering, recommending & deep learning model with python and Graphlab.
fantastic teacher
Very good!!! Excellent!!!
The instructors are excellent and the material is good. The only drawback is the need to use Graphlab. This would have been a really great course if we had to use open source software.
Very, very high altitude introduction presented in a seemingly confused way with a lot of product placement.
Brilliant course!This course it taught by two amazing professors- Carlos Guestrin and Emily Fox. In the very first session itself, they make it crystal clear that they love what they do, and in the subsequent videos they show you why you should get excited as well.The course puts remarkable emphasis on the concepts rather than raw code, and once you're prepped on the fundamentals, you're gently introduced into the code. This to me is a wonderful way to go about a new subject.The slides are simple and clean, the work of a brilliant team shines through the entire time. Carlos and Emily are really funny and you just fall in love with this course because of these two exceptional teachers.Without a doubt- highly recommended.
This is a very good introduction to ML. I felt that everything was presented in a very straight forward manner. A little more guidance on installing python and jupyter would be beneficial for those that have not used python packages much.Overall a great course and I am looking forward to the more in depth courses :)
It's a really good course! Easy to follow and instructors are nice!
A great course if you want to learn some basics in machine learning and where/how it can be applied.
These instructors are among the very best I have encountered as a veteran of dozens of MOOCs. Their expertise in the subject matter, presentation and pleasant manner made this a highly pleasurable learning experience.
Great survey course for main topics in machine learning without going too much into detail. The professors do a great job of keeping the topics relevant to modern-day uses of machine learning.
This is a great course that presented a review of the introductory concepts of Machine Learning, furthermore the implementation of the techniques are simple and easy to deploy
Teachers are really nice. Materials and the teaching are fantastic, I really learned a lot from this course. Thanks so much.
Awesome Course
Good introductory course. Provides hands on experience with toy examples that helps to better understand the content. Light on math so should appeal to a wider base. I completed the course in a couple of days. Lecturers are very good with clear exposition of material in most modules. The weakest part was discussion of deep learning but it is hard to fault the course providers since their aim was to provide an overview of the field. Really looking forward to rest of the courses in the specialization to gain more in depth understanding.
Very well organized and very interesting. Increasing the levels of curiosity and enjoyed the course to full extent. Thank you for offering the Great Course.
Course doesn't do nearly enough to bring you up to speed on using mathlab or iPython notebook. I am currently learning to program python and a lot of this stuff was well above my head.The quizzes and assignments do very little to reinforce the work, and often come down to trial and error. I wanted to learn the mechanics of machine learning from this course, but it is too complex, and presented in such an arcane manner to serve as an introduction, but doesn't go deep enough to really teach anything useful. I'd suggest you look at Wikipedia or YouTube for better classes.I'd like to draw special attention to the quizzes, as often they're on trivia from the lectures and not reflective of the actual nuts and bolts of working with machine learning. They, as with the projects, I found to be a massive waste of my time.
I do not like this course being tied to a commercial product. In my opinion it should be using an open source python library and not focusing on the Dato product.
Useful course to get general idea to get onboard with Machine Learning.
I like this case study approach, it shows people what you can do with machine learning, a lot of stuffs in a relatively short amount of time.
Liked the approach to use case studies to explain Machine Learning and the many algorithms. Brought the otherwise complex subject to life. The hands-on exercise were very useful to consolidate learning
Very basic, the quizzes aren't clear enough
Great Course, thanks!
Very nice course. Well structured and applications based introduction to ML with just the right amount of work peer week. Thanks.
Like the toolbox and this case-study pattern
Thank you!Course instruction was clear and home work was challenging enough to make me have to listen ;-)
Very well structured, I'm really looking forwards to the next courses.I like how they always start from a real-life, down-to-earth example and work their way up to the technical bits. Everything is clear and explained in detail, and often multiple solutions are proposed: e.g. 'we do A, but this has the problem blah, so we do B..' super good, comparison is the key for understanding. Python notebook is an amazing pedagogical tool, and I really appreciate how the exercises are designed: first go through pre-made code, then tinker to get a few variations.I would like to see a bit more of the 'algorithms' (e.g. could outliers make centroids drift away in kNN? what is the computational complexity of the various functions we're using?) but it's just a minor remark.Way to go guys!
This course cover all the basic fundamentals require for Machine Learning.Doing Assignment before this were never interesting. I am enjoying the assignment part.
Very practical.
I really liked this course (I have one week to finish, but I have enough data to judge). The professors are really pedagogic and the examples are really clear. The only thing is that I would rather have more difficult programs, I feel like that I do not have much to think to pass the tests.
Good examples and very practical!
I have worked through a number of machine learning courses, and this is by far the best. The course materials and the ipython notebook walk-throughs are incredibly informative.
thanks for sharing this class, i learned alot.
Very good!!! Super helpful
This is merely a starter course that gets you acquainted with the basics of ML using Python. I hope to see the instructors cover algorithms in greater detail in the next few courses in the specialization. Also, they focus exclusively on Dato's Graphlab - that's a worry. I was hoping to be introduced to NumPy, SciPy and other python libraries for ML. They could have at least spent some time demonstrating why they thought Graphlab was a better alternative.
Pros: Really fun to watch. Great introduction to several ML algorithms. Offers specific examples that you can follow along with (Python).Cons: Uses a proprietary library to demonstrate concepts.Overall: At first I was concerned if this specialization would be too difficult, but this specific course was surprisingly easy to follow along.Note, I highly recommend the Data Science specialization here on Coursera.
Pretty nice introduction! I hope the next courses will be as good as it was. I'm excited to see all the subjects with a deeper approach.
I really liked the case study approach to the topic. The instructors' approach to teaching through the Python notebook made it easy to follow and see things implemented as you learned them. In addition, they presented the material at a good level - not too general not too detailed for an intro taste to the topic. The professors were engaging lecturers as well and I found myself quickly going through each week's content to get to the the enjoyable assignments. I'm excited for the other courses in the Specialization.
Very interesting and informative course. Thanks, teachers.
Fantastic course, the professors are awesome, the assignments are great, cannot wait to see the upcoming following courses.
clear and useful explanation of the basic tools of ML
Really great !
Nice for learners who want to jump start in machine learning
The fact that the class uses GraphLab instead of pandas/numpy/sklearn should have been stated up frontThe course felt like an advertisement for the professor's toolkitIt was very disappointing that the equivalent standard workflow was not supported
The course is very basic, and I learned a lot how to write Python code and using the GraphLab tool
Due to many technical issues with GraphLab lib I have to reduce acitivity in this curse for only video viewing :(.
Doctor Emily and Carlos, thank you for your perfect course. Through studying the course, i can learn a lot of knowledges.
A very nice and effective approach. It makes the complicated problem easier to take!
the lectures are pretty great, engaging. the assignments stick with the lab exercise. the forum pretty active.
Thoroughly disappointed to see this course based on
Very useful!
Amazing and very entertaining introduction to Machine Learning. It has interesting labs and the theory is explained clearly.
I love the hands on exercises.
I have been halfway through the course and it is excellent if you want to build strong foundations in Machine Learning. A basic level of experience in programming is required. Python is the medium in which programming assignments have to be done. But if you have a certain level of proficiency in any language then you won't have any problem. Anyways, great going till now.
it's rather a course on using API of proprietary software with very very basic background on the actual math underneath
Great course.
It is very helpful my study!
The Best Thing About Case Based Study is That You See The Things Actually Happening And Nothing Feels More Good Than That :))
A great course for beginners. Unlock the power of machine learning in a quite non - mathematical way. But even for people who are familiar with machine learning, you can learn some good pratical programming toolbox to help you prototyping or develop your machine learning application.
Excellent course, with really good lectures, material and assignment. Plus the professors are really amazing and their enthusiasm is really refreshing and makes the class more interesting. Loved it!
It is giving me inspiration and clarity what we can do if we know machine learning , its clearing clouds to see the sky and letting me to reach it . Thankful to the instructors and to the coursera. love open stuff
I like this course and I like using Python and GraphLab Create. :)
Very well designed course and the specialization. Plus the effort by Dato team is awesome.
Great overview and engaging introduction to regression, clustering, classification, and deep machine learning with hands-on ability to see some of these practices in action programming exercises in Python. Good introduction to the more in-depth materials which will be covered in other courses in the specialization.
Would have greatly preferred if open source tools were used.
A lot of problems with software installations. But, the professors for this class seem to be very passionate about the course and they teach well. If not for a lot of problems faced during software installations(which is still not resolved), would have given 5 stars
This course rely on commercial library. I am sorry, I don't believe the convenience of a commercial library is good for your learning. You may end up locked in.
Great course, such difficult concepts were taught with great fun.
One of great courses, I found significant improvement of my grammar.
It was incredible to accomplish this course. Due to skills of teachers all necessary rules became easy to understand. "Whatever you learn - You take it all - It is your choice!" (Status Quo)
Great!
this is very nice course
this is very nice course.We can learn a lot from this course.
This is very nice course.
Really enjoyed this course. Highly recommended for non native speakers who wants to speak like a native.
goood the best
I learned key messages and a way of thinking beyond what I knew about sport and sponsorship.Thank you
In terms of content the course is superficial and weak, it's also too much focused on promote Cruyff event and institute.
Really interesting. I recommend it!
Course did teach me really deep lessons about myself and how I relate to others.
Very much educative course
Thank you for this opportunity. I am excited to be part of this Leadership Course. Mariela
Absolute gem! challenging and rewarding, makes you really go for what you know.
Although a few concepts are a bit wishy washy this is a high quality course on leadership.
this has been amazing
Loved it
as already explained in the preceding question, this MOOC is less well built and thus useful than the preceding one, partly due to the lack of time and efforts to present the tools, among which the score, the savoir relier protocol which stays on the whole quite theoretical, and some of the leadership models which are given too short a time for students to really make themselves an opinion about it.too many interventions from Oriane and references to what was certainly a nice show, would be good to balance testimonies from young students with more development coming from mature managersthis said, on the whole the MOOC stays a very interesting activity, and my last word will be to thank the team and wish for the SR community to become live, as I have found the conversation a very useful and surprising method.
Very good course
Many important things, we always think , its in our head but when we give word to it , we become realize that , it was not in head, We need regular introspection, realignment and redirect our life as no path is straight forward. It's a course worth going for and than daring to jump for more....
Great course. Highly recommended
Absolutely amazing, to complete this course it requires a lot of resilience, focus and determination. The good thing about it is that all the tools for a successful completion are given during the teachings.
good stuff like the first MOOC thanks valerie
Honored to be a learner of this course, have attended a lot of leadership workshop but this one is the best
Great course. The second in the line which gives a deeper understanding of a new more engaging style of leadership.
Great course!
This MOOC is so valuable. I feel much more energized and motivated to pursue my dreams.
Great Course! Helped a lot for the future and gave some complete new insights.
Ending today this MOOC can only say that I am very happy for this opportunity , I feel more confident and comfortable to exercise leadership aware in my line of work that is organizational and feel that I have now more tools to add value to my community and the world. Thank you!
One of the best courses by Coursera . It is substantial promotes my leadership.
The assignments develop good reflection skills and deep thinking. Quality of presenters is very professional and well structured. Very inspirational!
Really a good MOOC i have done still date!!!
A change I am feeling in myself
Excelent MOOC for those who want to build quality relations
Excellent way of teaching.
Great course and amazing professor.. one of the best Coursera classes I have ever had :)
Its was an excellent learning experience and understanding my self awaearness
This course (as the previous one) needs some improvements. First learning only relying on videos is not very effective. There are no lecture slides neither consistent addtional resources to grasp seriously the materials. Also the way quizzes are designed is not - in my opinion, very well planned. The videos alone do not give consistent background to approach seriously the quizzes. Also - again in my opinion, I didn't saw a consistent approach to the materials, neither the examples given made any sense. In the last video, there is a mention to the business world and how to apply this savoir relier approach, but in contrast the videos and examples show as examples a situation extreme with an avalanche, use the HEC MBA program as example. I simply don't see how this can relate with the business world as a consistent comparison. I think you should reflect on this.
Perfect flow from the first class to this one.
Excellent course and teacher! Congratulations!!
Very good course to learn more about yourself and leading.
My overall experience with this Specialization, in general, and this 1st Course, in particular, is very positive.On the positive side, I really like the fact that the Courses are practice-oriented and provide not only theoretical frameworks, but also insights from experts, practical guidance, and evidence-based best practices.Also, the idea of applying Team-Based Learning (TBL), in the forms of Readiness Assurance Tests (RATs) and scenario-based RAT Application Exercises, for assessing participants' learning, is excellent!However, there are a couple of downsides, that's why I'm not giving a 5 star positive feedback.The first problem is that not all of the required readings are freely available via the Coursera platform, or elsewhere online. I appreciate the excellent quality of the chosen materials, but, if it becomes compulsory to spend more than US $100 for buying books, then the total cost of this Specialization elevates quite a lot, given that I had to pay €162 for it. On my opinion, there should be at least a note in the description of both the Specialization and the Courses about these requirements, in order to make an informed decision before enrolling.The second downside has to do with Course 1 and Course 2 overlapping materials. I'm referring to guest interview videos. That's mainly a problem of the 2nd Course, as there are almost no guest interviews in this Course, and the one interview provided is already available in Course 1. I understand that the topics discussed apply to the topics of both Courses, but, still, I find it an unnecessary repetition.The last problem is about the dates that the Courses are run. Course 1 runs during a given period, Course 2 is on demand, but it makes sense to attend it before Course 3, that also runs during a given period, which overlaps with the period of the 1st Course. Sorry, this makes it very difficult to attend everything and to seriously focus, as it's always about running for deadlines, especially when one has to produce three (3) Board Effectiveness Assessment Reflection (BEAR) papers :( .
Great course with a combination of solid theory sustained by high quality interventions and tools. It cannot be missed by those interested in new business models
It would be better if the instructors cared to respond to queries.
Offered helpful and practical advice about how to use blogs to engage and retain your target market.
Excellent course to understand the two most important strategies in Social Marketing: Engagement & Nurture Marketing Strategies, highly recommended
This was a very useful course in the specialization.
I have struggled with how to integrate Social Media into my business. This course has supported me with shifting my focus to finding the problems of my audience which allows me to engage and nurture them.
This Course is excellent and especially Prof Randy had put in a lot of effort to give this amazing series of Mooc on Social marketing. I highly recommend these Moocs .
excellent , actually and well driven by Mr Randy Hlavac
Excellent insight and learning about how to gain followers and sales leads using Engagement and Nurture Marketing Strategies, including writing effective blogs. You actually have to use what you learn and put it to create a real blog project. Such a good experiential way of learning because you not only learn through video lectures and quizzes, but also through complete immersion of blogging for a while!
Highly recommended if you manage content.
This course has expanded my basic understanding of how marketing should work in social media. I have a different perspective on how to approach marketing and what my focus should be on in terms of trends, listening, and connecting with others on social media platforms. I really enjoy the content of the lectures and the opportunity to see what other members of the course are producing.
Good course, I took it as a free user and really liked the material it's very simple and easy . will taken only a few hrs to complete
Very professionally presented. If I had the money I would enroll in the Master program!
great course, I will recommend it.
Awesome course I love it
I love this course! I'm learning so much! All the info is assisting me in building my own business.
Excellent, really informative and made me assess which strategy would work best for our business.
Great information! This is a high quality course.
You can use this class and apply it to everyday business
I don't know why I did not review this! I have loved this whole series!
Best of the lot so far for me. Much more relatable to my area of work. Found it a great addition to building on the previous
I really appreciate the process we were walked through, it's awesome to really get an understanding of Blogging Best Practices through this MOOC. I wish we could have covered additional styles and turned in more large assignments. I suppose that's what the Capstone is for!
Excellent and very interesting course.
Life changing! Understanding the benefits of engagement and nurture marketing strategies will completely change the way you market your company!
great course that brings your social impact to a higher level!
Great course!
This course was very helpful. As someone new to social marketing, and with a "product" (vowed religious life in a monastery) that is unusual, it's been really helpful to think about the different strategies for reaching different people. For instance, I realized that the most visible part of my audience is other vocation ministers -- but they're the competition, not the real audience! This course is helping me to probe deeper to find the people who really might, some day, knock on the door of the monastery and ask to enter. I'm grateful for the support.
Practical and direct!
Fantastic course and a fantastic leaning journey .
This is probably my favorite of the first three courses in the series. The infographic and blogging strategies were very practical and useful. Even though I've been blogging for some time, I got a lot of new ideas.
Probably the most important in my experience, the encouragement of how to engage in a meaningful way teaches how to really help succeed.
Awesome course! Learned some interesting concepts, tips and tools for blogging and engaging with my network!
A very profound course with narrow specialization
Another great MOOC, with new knowledge obtained. I can't wait to take the next course!
Hi,I'm enjoying every step of this enriching course.I'm applying more and more your ideas, experience in daily business and I use some slide to obtain a wow effect!Thanks to all contributors, and Professor Hlavac, really looking forward to see what's coming next.psI wrote my first blog in english!!, and I still don't believe it :-)
I enjoyed this course a lot because I've wanted to start blogging, but not sure how I would approach the process. This course taught me all I need to know to get started. If possible, please have the guest speakers talk a bit slower. Thank you!
Excellent course material with a lot of emphasis on getting hands-on-experience.Many business and marketing have given their valuable insights that has made the course an excellent one.This course is really WoW!
insightful and practical!
Key points that transcend social media to find a place in everyday life successes
Great course. Couldn't have been better.
This is nice, few interesting ideas and tips. I was hoping for more advanced things, to learn a bit more and for less ads during these lessons. Anyway many thanks for putting this together!
One of the best courses I've taken on Coursera. The lectures are tailored for online learning as opposed to videos of live lectures. They are short and and full of relevant, useful information. This was a huge plus for me because I don't have a lot of extra time to sit through hours and hours of lectures. There were guest lecturers who were experts in the field of social media marketing who provided great insight on the topic. I've utilized many of the strategies learned through this course and the other courses in this Specialization in my own business and have increased my social media following as well as began developing and advertising my blog.
Prof. Hlavac's courses are amazing and easy to comprehend. Finished two courses of Prof. Hlavac. Thanks for the knowledge sir.Mani
Very practical course for those who want know more about how apply operational marketing in a social network environment and also in a internal environment.
Good overview with interview
A great course providing insights on both engagement and nurture marketing, and step by step guide to create my own blog.
I'm only on week 1, and already I've learned things that I can take back to work and use in our campaigns. Looking forward to finishing this and the rest of the classes in this specialization.
I really loved the course. It was so useful as at same time I was changing my website and re-doing my blog.Shame i missed timing and couldn't submit my assignments.As english is not my first language it would took some time for me to write on the basis I was taught. Anyways I've done a much better job in portuguese in my blog.I would like to submit an english version of what I've been writing after the course.
Loved it.
This course is a sequence of sales pitches by Hlavac's relations. The continuous invitation to purchase a course where companies advertise their products is a shame and lacks in depth material. Followed the whole course in the hope it would get better but unfortunately got more irritated than educated.
I think the course /whole specialization is really good. But I keep getting my paid toolkits really late. Only when I finished the course
This was my favorite course in the Social Media Marketing Specialization. Wonderful insight on blog creation and content development. Thank you!
Great info.
Great content! Applicable right away. Very engaging delivery and presenters.
Great course. 100% aplicable and practical. Loved it
Wow. AMAZING COURSE. yet again...
Great course from NorthWestern University, it helps me to know much more about social media marketing.
Great!
Great course with great insights in engagement and nurture marketing strategies
Nice Course. Great information.
Want to lear hands on theories?? This is the course to do. Great job guys!! Loving it! =D
good course.Positives: very practical, interesting assignmentsDevelopment areas: 4 stars because sometimes want more to the point and less not very improtant info in the lections. sorry. for the sake of timeIn overall, a good course. would recommend
I especially love the detailed tips and insight into creating and maintaining a blog. The guest speakers were great.
Good entry level course with lot's of examples, case studies and techniques that really work. Thanks a lot to the developers!
Fun and engaging. The blog post assignment is very much for the beginner but there things to learn for the experienced too. Give it a try if you are interested in marketing, branding or social media.
Great project, very hands on
Great!!!
The course provides applicable knowledge about social media.
Great course
Good content and examples
Good perspectives, introduced to the blogging world, could not ask anything better to learn. Super co
I think course is my fave within the specialization stream, especially as I focused on blogging.
This course provides many useful tips for building a blog and writing good blog articles, I gained a lot after taking it.
Lots to learn from each case study
happy to finally finish the capstone
Dear sir,its great to study with youCan i have a favor please,Can i have a hard copy certificate from NUS, it's sad because i want to learn this course because i love NUS a lot, can you give me a favor please, it will be more meaningful to me to spend time and try my best to pass all 5 modules
I had been interested in learning Chinese. I have completed this course. It has helped me a lot. I specially thank the course instructor Associate Professor Xiaoyu Liu, the Peiking University and the Coursera Team for providing such a good course for free.I once again thank my instructor. I will respect her if I ever meet her. Her teaching method was very polite and understandable.
very easy course!
everything was fine, but i would like to hear more aboutgrammer. thanks to the professor.
Thank yours...
It would be even more interesting if the chinese caracters were written with the Pinyin (and not just the pinyin).
This is an excellent foundation course for beginners. Prof Xiaoyu Liu has a clear pronunciation and a great pedagogy. Many thanks for this wonderful course! I highly recommend this course for everyone who want to begin learning Mandarin Chinese.
Excellent course I learned a lot!!! Thanks!
This is excellent. Thanks to coursera!
It's a excellent course. All the content and the teacher excellent
Nice to start, easy and funny to get involved, you see the difference in last weeksCongrats!
She taught very good!!!
This is a wonderful beginner course for Chinese. I would say it would be great for those who have no prior experience with Chinese, since it is very well made and easy to follow. It gives very well made lessons and is very informative.
JUST GREAT.
Like this course very much! Nice for begginers!
This was an excellent course. The teacher was really nice and she explain very well the subjects of every week. Thank you.
very helpful of learning basic chinese expressions.... wŏ xĭhuan zhōngwén, xièxie!
Great course I managed to pick up a few vocabulary
EXCELLENT COURSE, I would like to further learn more chinese as part of the upcoming course. Very much interested in getting insights and understanding Chinese.
A very good course of chinese , it was very interactive and you could read many subtitles and the videos were so easy to understand! i really enjoy this course. Thank you. xiexie :D
Right amount of work a week, practical, interactive, interesting, perfect to begin with!
Today I,m very happy to completed course chinese for Beginners. i would like to coursera and paking university who encouraged me. Presentation were expected to meet . way of teacher learning was very appreciated .Xièxiè ni
good course
very easy to follow and great explanations
Awesome course! Thanks for everything! It would however be great if you also could provide the Chinese characters for all the stuff we've learned *while* we learn it and not in the end of the course. :) Best,Vinicius
Chinese introduction made easy.
very good teacher
Very well explained. I think it will be much better if there is a revision of previous weeks teaching in current week.
This course was good to get the basics and fast forward if you already have some beginners knowledge with the language. Could be more challenging during the quizzes, maybe also more emphasize on writing the words. I can read Chinese more easy than I can write it
The teacher did a great job in teaching foreigner like me. Thank you
I'd say this was a pretty good introduction to Chinese. The main thing this accomplished for me was practicing the tones, which are very challenging. The vocabulary covered was very limited, and the course didn't really stress grammar, so you shouldn't expect to be able to form your own sentences after taking this course. But I think this is at least a good starting point.
Not a very interesting class, only learned some vocabulary and some pre made sentences, but no general structure or grammar. This means that it would be impossible for me to even guess how to form an other sentence with the words i know.
Great
This course is very useful for beginners without any knowledge of Chinese language and culture.
This is an excellent course. Thank you! I learnt a lot.
Excellent Teaching and really made it easy to understand.
Congratulations!!! Was an amazing
very good for a course for beginners. I recommend for all.
Great introduction to chionese learning! Thank you!
This course is v.good and i learn a lot in a best way.thanks to coursera for this kind. i will keep it up to learn more about Chinese language.....
It was amazing course
Perfect Course to learn !
This course is very useful for people who just started to learn Chinese. It is well-paced, every week has 4-5 sections with a 3 minute video in the beginning that introduces new words and or grammar point. The topics are useful and the vocabulary and grammar that we learn are at HSK 1 level. The quizzes are short and the deadlines motivate you and help you keep track. I also really liked our professors voice and the way she spoke Chinese.
Is a really useful course that helps us to know more about another culture language and idiom.
This course was really helpful in understanding the basics of Mandarin and gave me a little more insight into the Chinese culture and mode of thinking. Chinese no longer looks like an impossible language to understand. Love it! Would love to have a few more printable notes, though.
good for foreigner to learn, I am Chinese anyway feeling that course good
simple and good for beginners
very good thank you so much
Great and easy to follow through till the end!!
It was a great learning experience for me. The teachers instructions were clear and concise. I enjoyed this course
The course starts very basic which is good if this is your first time learning Chinese.A bit of warning; if you take this course you must work hard and practice, but don't worry there is not to much work.This course is not my favorite but it is very good and it's cons get canceled out because the teacher is really excellent.
The course was excellent and the teacher was excellent. I want to give this course five stars only to show my appreciation of the instructor.
The course "Chinese for Beginners" is a good introduction for the "fresh meat" of those striving to learn the Chinese Language and has got all it takes to get you immersed into the language. You just have to find your individual method of staying in it. I will also do the Chinese character for Beginners course, which seems promising. As already mentioned, it all depends on your effort, time and motivation!
Easy to understand!
The course , Chinese for Beginners was fun and interesting.I recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning ChineseThank you Coursera!
fun and easy to learn from professor
Very nice and pleasure course!
i love this course
The course is just brilliantly structured. I imagine that this is a set of expressions to start a journey of love with the Chinese language and culture.I did miss a bit explanations on the gramatical structure of chinese sentences. I.e. position of verbs, times, places, pronouns in the sentences. I kind of figured them out, being them different to the structure of western languages. Google Translate helped often to understand this structure and words.The teacher is JUST lovely. Many thanks for a lovely work!
This course was dynamic and amazing. I found myself returning to the interface after class was completed to see if there was a second class to continue progress. I felt depleted to find there is no other course to continue the learning in this area. Thank so much. I really got a great deal out of this course and pray I can revisit it to practice off an on, while I am taking other Coursera courses for TESOL.
This was amazing! It was so easy to follow along!
Good basic course.
Easy to learn Chinese. It is very clear instruction.
Great! But add some characters,please.
Thank you for the course! As the title says, this lessons is for beginners who never experienced learning Chinese Language. But I think providing chinese characters in the course will make this course better.
Very good this course. It made it easy to grasp the basic concepts of mandarin Chinese !
This course was so much fun. I enrolled on a whim and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm going to review a few of the modules again to solidify some of the concepts. The videos were all short--maybe less than 5 minutes each, so you have time to absorb what you've learned. If I did it again, I would do a quick review of the previous week's videos before starting the next group to make sure that I was really up to speed. The instructor did a good job organizing and presenting the information. Although it's an introductory course, it covers a lot of area. Numbers, food, hobbies/activities, seasons, months, days, directions, introductions and common phrases were some of the things that I learned.
A great course! To me, it has made learning Chinease much easier. I will come back for further courses. Thank you!
The course is very useful when provide a basic speaking Chinese for beginners. However, i hope that in the fulture the course can also provide somethings about chinese writing.
Thank you, what a great course. Even after living in China for over a year I still learnt a lot from this course. Keep up the great work and I look forward to starting the next level.
Very useful for beginners. she speaks very slow and keeps repeating the words until you get it. I really recommend this course for anyone who wants to start learning Chinese. I wish they offer free certificate for the ones who complete the course. Anyway, I hope to see more courses from this university to learn more Chinese
I really enjoyed this course because it familiarizes the student with pronunciation. I can have simple conversations with other Chinese people from what i've learned in this course.
love Chinese easy to understand thank you!
Great for speaking practice and refresher
It was really usefull... i have lerned more vocabulary and expression, i really enjoyed and the topics were chossed well. Thank You
This course is very useful to understand daily expressions. I like this course so much.
A very nice course for people looking to learn Chinese as a beginner
The Teacher explains topics in an easy to understand manner. Her method is effective because she models the pronunciation and she uses nice images to help us understand the vocabulary. Thanks for this amazing initiative. People around the world would benefit from learning Chinese!
It is so nice to learn
Really good, I've learn the basics
Excellent for people with no Chinese language experience and also very helpful as review for beginners with some experience.
Great course. It focus on the everyday conversation skills which is very necessary to communicate there.
Easy to understand. I like it very much
the course was very good and had very good assignments to provoke the learning further and made you use the learn things but in different way than in the lecture videos.
Easy to understand, Can be used in real life
Excellent overview of key beginner concepts. I wish there were more classes in the series!
Excellent course, I really enjoyed it!
A great opportunity to initiate in the chinese languagevery recommended
Really nice course enables one to understand well. I really like the method of teaching.
It was an awesome course. Here where I get to know about GIT Hub... Thanks to Tutor.
The course is good for beginners. The lessons are short and the teacher is easy to understand. I really need the characters as well as the pinyin. I had to spend time after the lessons to find the characters. Then I saw the sheet at the end of all the lessons that had characters listed for everything. I wish I had known that. It would have saved me some time.
The course is very easy to digest. The materials were relevant and straightforward. One improvement I would suggest would be the inclusion of Chinese characters in the course videos. This will help with the familiarization.
Great course! I´ve learnt many useful things....
Very good. It is better than the "Mandarin for Beginners" course in edx.
It is very helpful and interesting, especially the lessons are short and interesting and quiz makes it further easy and Memorable. thanks for such a nice course. Now i came China and practicing this with my lab fellows.
Thanks for this course for helping me be able to listen and speak some basic Mandarin. However, I also wish to learn more to read and write Mandarin later. :)
I'm so happy I finished the challenge of learning a little about the Chinese language. Great course for beginners! :)
the videos are shorts which makes the course nice
I felt very motivated during this course, it was a joy!
i thought that learning this language would be difficult but this website makes it just so easy and fun to learn.I just absolutely love this website,i really recomend this ypo people who are very low on studies or to people who want learn more.This is a very,very,very good website,one of the bast
The course provided a solid, clear, and friendly introduction to the basics of speaking & understanding spoken Mandarin, as well as to how Mandarin is written in the Roman alphabet. Vocabulary and grammar points were introduced at a pace that was never too overwhelming. I'd have liked the quizzes to be based on listening to a dialogue or watching a video and then testing comprehension, rather than just on vocabulary. But on the whole, I was pleased. It was exciting, right as the course was ending, to see that I could have a tiny conversation of the "Do you like autumn?" and "We are taking the subway to school" variety with a Chinese colleague.
Very simple, amusing and easy! Thank you!!!
This course is very elementary and provides you with all tools you need to start learning Chinese for good. The material is very well structured and after these basics, especially in pronouncing, i am confident that i am able to move forward to the next level. Thank you for such an amazing course!
I loved this class and learned a lot ! When does the next class begin ?
Cool
Good Course for foreigners to learn mandarin but it would be more helpful if the lecturer would slow the pase just a little bit cause we are still beginners and have a hard time understanding the different tones.
Very useful and well explained.
I wish the Chinese characters were provided for all the vocabulary and example sentences taught
Easy to understand and practice spoken Chinese.
Ok as intro to chinese language
It will be better when you will give hieroglyphs with pinyin.
I really enjoyed this course. Professionally done and very well structured. Never boring or too much info for a single week. Just perfect for my busy schedule. Thanks a lot! I've had my introduction to Chinese and will most likely further pursue this study.
Introduction to basic vocabulary and grammar. I give it 4 stars because it does not discuss any characters, just uses pinyin.
good course to know basics of chinese conversation. I am positive that this course will help a lot in my next trip to china.
I really appreciated the course and have found it very helpful . Hen Hao !
This is a great intro course to Chinese! I would like to see the characters were written above the words as you learn to simply become familiar with some of the common characters. I am grateful for the access this course provides for those traveling to China to respectfully communicate and show interested in the Chinese culture.
Perfect course for learner that wish to learn Chinese.
Excellent Mandarin course from the Peking University. You will have a good introduction to spoken Mandarinn, basis expressions and even how to write a few characters.
Very fun and easy to understand!
Very instructional and motivational. I really liked it
Interesting course, useful subject, very nice lector. Highly appreciate the opportunity to hear the right pronunciation of Chinese words, because that's the most difficult part for me.Thank you very much!
Good course for beginners. you gain much knowledge from this.
It's not my first time to take a beginners course in Chinese so I already know some of the words and phrases, but this course was a good refresher course, too. The lessons were short and easy to remember. I think the expressions taught were also very practical. I hope there is a second part so I can continue my lessons in Chinese. Xie xie!
Its been a most elaborate clearly structured and properly administered course program.
Very good for beginners. Focuses on conversational skills without needing to know characters.
Very thankful!!
A very well designed course that covers the essential vocabulary if you are
Awesome, just what I was looking for!! Thanks
Friendly, simple and just nice for beginners
Excellent Course outline and it's a good start for beginners. I request Coursera to start an advance course on Chinese Language in continuation of this course .
Very into-the-point and practical. A fast way to be able to basically communicate in Chinese. Thank you very much.
Excellent course. In my opinion, you will make more of it if you have previously studied basic Chinese. It's an excellent way to learn correct pronunciation of words (based on pinyin).This is focused on basic every day conversations. The teacher talks very clearly and marks the tones. This is a crucial part of Chinese speaking, which by experience is the most difficult part.Great experience.
Great course, I hope it can continue.Thanks
I could not finish this course, although I admire the teacher for preparing this difficult material for English speakers. I have studied several Romance and one Semitic language but I was unable to understand the lectures here. I did pass the first few quizzes but I did not feel that I knew what I was doing. I really am motivated to learn some Chinese because it is like a 2nd or at least 3rd language in my city and very much a 1st or 2nd language in my neighborhood. But I needed something a little more tangible with which to get started . I am sure this says more about my inability than the teacher's ability. I know I am not explaining myself well; I simply mean that to learn a language in which the alphabet is different and the meanings are based on emphasis rather than actual words, requires, I think, perhaps a bit more anchoring for the complete novice. For example, i wish we could have learned some simple conversational phrases, early on, just to get started, without worrying right away about all the sounds. Then once we can do that, we could get a bit more technical. Also, it would be helpful to be referred to a relevant text book. However, thank you for the effort. I hope Coursera will offer more languages since I could not find any other languages in the list.
Really well made, easy to access this language and explainations in english are really good quality. Just a pleasure to learn chinese. ....
Supper techniques to understand basic conversation with chines people. It is useful to every one who wish to visit for business settlement or employment purpose.Strongly Recommended
Very, very useful! I love it!
Has been a very good experience. The way that you learn is easy and clear to take the first contact with this language.
Thanks for this course. I like it and this language really so necessary for me and my job. My company in New Zealand - ESKA Ltd (www.eskaltd.co.nz, eskaltd.com) and we are work with aliens from China.
muy bueno. he aprendido bastante. very good, i had learn so much.
Interesting to see day to day usage of the language. Could we have the Ping-yi and Chinese characters?
Fantastic introduction for someone who has never experienced mandarin before.
I think this course is great. The professor makes Chinese much easier to learn. I have had other Chinese teachers and she is the best by far. I am very happy with the course.
I thought this was an excellent entry level course. I spent 10 months living in China, and was self-taught to a large extent. This course helped clear up some things I have been saying incorrectly, was simple enough to learn, yet useful for someone just starting out. I hope more advanced courses are created, I love learning the Mandarin language.
A way to improve your chinese quickly ;)
Great work¡¡¡ and you can practise your oral skills =)
it's a very useful course. Thank you
Easy to learn
Pretty basic, but it is a great start.
Where do I start?
This is an excellent introduction to Mandarin. Basic essentials covered regarding pronunciation and grammar. Lessons are clear and quizzes help learning.
I'm changing my review:This course has great content and the teacher does a great job in explaining the correct pronunciation!
Great class! The professor provides great guidance on pronunciation and quizzes are helpful in developing vocabulary.
I absolutely love the course and really enjoy learning Chinese! I can recommend strongly for everyone who wants to start out with Chinese!
Great course to get a beginners exposure to the chinese language. Liked the practical concept of the lectures, aiming towards sentences and phrases that can be used in daily interaction.
Very Good Instructor, and very well presented material. Loving this course. Worth it.
v good and I learn v easy
One should keep in mind that the course is only a guidance. It is way not enough to achieve any fluency. But it is a good starting point. The teacher is charming, and the vocabulary you are going to learn is really useful in many real life situations. Just keep practicing independently as much as you can!
I think with more listen exercises this course will be better and the length of the videos too short.
I loved the course! Xiao Liu is an excellent teacher. She pronounces slowly and clear which makes all lessons easy to understand and follow. The additional material provided in each lesson is very helpful for practicing before answering the quizzes and submitting the
I am slowly making it through the lessons. A very confident presenter makes it cool.
I think it is a very good course, but for me, it was too dense, which led to me not finishing it. More emphasis should be on repetition and deepening of the acquired knowledge.
Very nice course! It was very interesting for me to learn Mandarin as I was totally new to this language. We went through 7 weeks of lectures which don't take much time. Literally 10 min per day is enough. Now i know a lot but unfortunately still can't really talk. I'm looking forward for another course, because these 7 weeks were not enough for me)
I love learning Chinese with this course! The instructor could be better, but all around
Well explained and motivate me to learn
Course is a little disorganized, and sounds are a little difficult to hear sometimes (in the exercises where you're asked to distinguished sounds, but I guess that's the point of those exercises. I don't quite understand the self-study videos because they're already in the main lesson videos, but otherwise, this is a wonderful course. I mean, I already speak a tonal language so the tones are easy for me, but they shouldn't be too difficult for non-tonal speakers too. Otherwise, this course gets you through the basics pretty quickly without too much emphasis on vocabulary or grammar and without Chinese characters; if you're keen, you'll pick up the grammar as you go along.On a more technical note, the videos could be of better resolution, but that's not going to impede the course progression or anything. Kudos to this course's contributors!
The teacher was very clear and gave information at a nice, comfortable pace. I really liked the format of the class: vocabulary and grammar structures, dialogues, short quiz, and extra practice. The way she made distinctions between correct and incorrect pronunciation of certain pinyin combinations was really helpful, too. Excellent and enjoyable course!
Sub in spanish plz
I had learned Chinese before and I also started to review what I had learned recently. Some of the sentences in this course I'm already familiar with. However, what I like most about the course is that it also focuses on the pronunciation, which I'm not really good at. In addition to that, learning using only Pinyin is really easy to follow because you do not have to remember the difficult written characters of Chinese. Thank you very much for an informative course!
I loved this course , so good, now I have the basic notions to start a conversation in Chinese. Thanks to the creators of this course for giving me the opportunity to do it, I recommend it so muchi./Me encantó este curso, muy bueno, ahora ya tengo las nociones básica para entablar una conversación en chino. Gracias a los creadores de este curso por darme la oportunidad de poder realizarlo, lo recomiendo bastante.
The host teacher explains lessons reliably.
Excellent course to learn pinyin and listening and well as spoken Mandarin!
It was amazing and I hope to learn next levels easily with such a professional teachers&lectors as Xiaoyu Liu!
Best course for basic Chinese.
Excellent beginners course in Mandarin. The teacher introduces new words using pinyin in each 3-4 minute lesson and the content is reviewed in a quiz. The content is limited to reading and pronouncing pinyin words, which is perfectly acceptable to me since I'm supplementing this course with other in person classes. I love the 4 minute classes 4 times per week, since I never felt like I'm so far behind the deadlines that I can't catch up.
as good as any other language course ive taken that costed actual money
It could have a course for learning Chinese in letters, But still free and will buy a certificate.
Pretty good course! Congratulations!!!
This course is good - it focuses on hearing pronunciations, which is good and supports my other learning which I am doing mostly from a book (also learning the characters).
materials are nice.....but if the video of alphabets of chinese were also included then it will be a great help
It's an excellent course to learn basic Chinese
Is so hard learning Chinese but this is a good course :)
very useful.
FOR CERTIFICATES
Good for beginners, as well as for those who need to review some knowledge and skills.
really helpful =)))
This is a best course for beginners
Very Hard To speak But Great Course !!!
I think this is a great program for for schools and everybody
That was amazing!!!Really helps
Lesson is easy to understand. Need to make more time to yourself for practice.
It´s jolly learnable all sort ofa basic things that you´r willing to catch on to about this excentric language you can do it by your own with brilliantness and so on
I'm really liking it even though I've just started it
Good for the beginner.
great class so far
Very good course for the beginners, who knows absolutely nothing about chinese
It is a very good course for beginners, I learnt a lot and discovered how there are many mnemonic way to learn chinese
This was a very easy course and not too daunting considering the topic. I liked learning pronounciations of the words and the basic vocabulary. A great starter course.
The course was well-paced
The course is paced well for those who have little to no exposure to spoken Mandarin. The exercises are engaging.
Really good course. But you need to study hard, because not everything is written on the board.
Easy to follow, and understand. I love that I am able to speak some phrases in Chinese.
Really good, bite-sized information to get started on Mandarin
Very very very very cool! I'm learning Chinese with this course. It's really awesome, because I'm going to China in july!!!!!! So happy
Very good lessons. Slow and progressive
This course was effective in testing what was learned and in testing simple, useful expressions, words, and sentences. However, I would have liked to learn Chinese characters along with the pinyin, as in China reading the characters is just as important as speaking. Also, I believe the quizzes were a bit too simple, there should have been more multiple choice answers to chose from, more questions in general, and even some pronunciation practice.
Easy to understand and very helpful!
After many technical issues I decided to try the course using my phone.... and it worked! I enjoyed the rest of the course immensely! :-) I have given this course four stars instead of five as I feel there should have been a few more interactive quizzes to really imbed the target language. I actually used what I learned to chat to some Chinese people in my area! What a wonderful feeling. :-)
I am really enjoying the lessons. These are easy to master.謝謝老師們。
Very good for beginners!
excellent, an actual chinese person was impressed with my ability to speak
The course was easy to follow and very fast. Thanks.
Pretty good course for beginners.
it was an amazing class. perfect class to take for who works full time. few additional notions every week. the teacher patiently repeats several time ervy sentence to help with pronunciation. Thanks
Quick and Easy to follow.
Awesome simple courses with an awseome teacher !
Best and most pleasant instructor ever
If you want basic useful Mandarin, this course is a great introduction! I am traveling to China in a few months and I am looking forward to trying to use what I've learned in the course! The teacher is easy to understand and the grammar points are straightforward. I really enjoy it!
Great first step to Chinese!
It's really simple but interesting. I thought that Chinese will be much harder and I was wrong
Excellent videos for beginners who wants to speak in Chinese.
For me this kind of teaching is not very useful. I will want to learn more abou grammar so I can make sentences with sense alone. And of course more of phonetics. The teacher was great, she speaks very clear and explain well
I took this course to review Chinese basics, I not really a beginner. The rhythm of the course, the progression is nice. It's a perfect way to start learning Chinese.
I'm not a conversational learner. I like to learn via the puzzle method.
Please bring the next level...........
Really simple yet effective! I am able to understand the basics of mandarim thanks to this awesome course, the University of Beijing, and of course, Coursera! Thank you so much!
I absolutely loved the course, it was tough at the beginning but the teacher gives you examples and makes observations on the pronounciations and repeatedly reminds you how to pronounce the words. So that really helps your ear to open to the different sounds and vowels, and you get better with every assignment. Also the extra exercises helps you to get a better understanding of the Chinese culture, weather, food, etc.
Although I am still learning, the course that I have covered so far is absolutely brilliant.
nicely explained; good for begginers
It 's perfect for those who try to speak for the first time!
I had loved this course, because they teach you a lot of in Chinese and we can improve your language cultural.
This course is easy to understand and give me lot of chance to practice.
This was my first experience with Chinese and was very friendly. At first I thought it would be really hard for me but it wasn't, the readings were easy to follow and really clear. I really enjoyed this course and recommend it for everyone who wants an approach to this languaje.
Really liked the course - a straightforward and clear introduction to the Chinese language that will capture your attention, regardless of your Chinese learning goals.Extremely useful for absolute beginners who want to get an idea of the language - how can you say everyday but essential things about yourself, as well as to familiarize yourself with the phonetics of Mandarin Chinese.Recommended for beginners and people who are considering to give Chinese learning another try. (like I did). :)
Quizes got glitchy however, overall content is fantastic!!!(Wouldnt recomend taking for certification... better suited for fun ;)
Hello!It's a great course and I'd like to thank Peking University and Coursera for this great opportunity!Clarisse Cardoso, from Brazil.
Learned the basics in Chinese. I am glad I took this course before taking classes at my local school.
Very good easy to follow and learn.
This course is very simple to follow and a nice introduction for beginners.
the explanation is very cool. Sometimes the course goes a bit slow.
It's very interesting and the approach is very appropiate
Very nice but very primary level is taught.
I would give it a five-star but at the beginning it was confusing how to access certain parts, there were no instructions on ho
I think, for beginners, it's a good job but the quiz is really hard to use !!
An excellent start for learning the Chinese language!
This course is excellent. It gives thorough introduction into language without going into too much unnecessary details. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to start learning Chinese from scratch.
I like this course too much.
Most of the lessons are available for beginners of Chinese. It is useful to understand.
is it good lesson for beginner to learn chinese
Great conversational course! Everything is clear, the teacher pays attention on special cases.
l really liked this course. Very professional and the teacher is very clear!
Great course! Course providers are into effective explanation and communication with students. Recommend it!
very difficult course but I learned a lot and have a new appreciation for Mandarin Chinese!
It was a great class. Thank you!
Very basic, we need sequels
This is a simple, relevant , and useful course for a Beginners level exposure to Mandarin. It's easy to pass the online tests.
Very useful for getting started in Mandarin!
The teacher spoke very clearly, but the transcripts of each lecture should have included the Pinyin transcriptions. Without them,they were no help.
I have learned Chinese little by little!
I didn't find this course to be too helpful.
Gorgeus. The teacher is good, the material is presented superbly. I loved. I thought learning Chinese would be very complex study, but no. Is very tasty study with Coursera.
This is very basics hence getting a certificate is not valuable. I would consider getting a certificate, if it means something hence beyond a very basic crash course. The certification, should be, I can really use and means something.
I enjoy this class very much. The instructor is very informative, patient, and easy to learn from from. I feel encouraged to want to go further and learn more with every passing week. It is an honor to be able to take this class and learn from such an extraordinary professor. Thank you for making this available to us!
Thanks to this course I know enough to get around in my city, Chengdu (Sichuan Province, China). Xiexie!
Great method and instructor. I am going to keep going with learning Mandarin. Very pleased with the content and structure of the course.
Just Perfect!
Good simple lesson plans for beginners to follow. A great introduction to the language.
Thanks for helping me learn some Chinese in a way that does not make the language seem impossible to learn!
I really enjoyed this course. The presenter was lovely. She was easy to follow and very clear in her speaking. She taught me how to speak sentences and questions. And she presented me with a lot of new vocabulary which I know I will have to sit down and learn. It is a great refresher course if you have tried to learn Chinese before. There is nothing threatening about it. I hope a follow-up course will be created. I will definitely do it.
This is a very good introduction to Chinese, but would help to people that doesn´t have any person to practice match with some people online that would like to chat or talk with the students of the course.It will be nice, to include some part of the phonetic of the words to understand how is a better speaking.
Terrible. Had to verify multiple times. Audio quiz had no sound (struck-thru speaker icon I couldn't fix.)I'd be disappointed with Cousera for foisting this trash if I hadn't taken "Learning How to Learn," much less buggy.Would disenroll if there was any way to do so.
you are excellent. we are not in hurry up. please teach basic and elementary courses more and more.
Unfortunately, not very engaging.
Really enjoyed the course , hoping there will be more Chinese courses
This program was very use full.
thank you!! It was a really different and special experiment for me to try learning chinese
This is a great introduction to the Chinese language. Very complete.
Great Lessons with the student in mind! Easily absorbed part by part lessons give the new learners ample time to truly immerse himself in each lesson.
Great class, easy to understand and resourse can be downloaded.
Helped me refresh my Chinese skills! :)
Great basic Pinyin course!
I'm really learning. It's not easy, but it's possible.
It would be nice to add characters to videos
As languages and foreing cultures lover who has taken more than one language course I can say that I really liked this one, I enioyed it so much that I finished it earlier than expected.The way the information was introduced at every chapter, allowing you to move on and understand each and every word and concept was amazing,. The phonetic's lessons where very simplified and the teacher had the courtesy to repeat the words slowly, at the end it was not that hard. But do not take it for granted, inspite of the fact it is for beginners and the teacher goes step by step, it is quite challenging.I highly reccommend this course, you will not regret taking it.
This is a really great course. Thanks!
great introduction in Chinese course
Perfect! I hope to make courses about chinese characters, or courser for A1, A2, B1, B2... Thanks for the given opportunity!!!
This course is definitely helpful for those who has not learned Chinese before as well as who has learned a bit Chinese.The exercises are well prepared and help learners to review all the lessons logically.
I like it a lot. I learned a lot although many things already gone but I constantly come back to this.
Great course for a complete beginner like me!
It´ll be great if you could show us how to write 汉子。
Excellent format for learning Mandarin. I would recommend this course with the goal of obtaining a certificate for this important course for the modern age; the idea is for this course to only be a beginning to many more that increase in difficulty and information. China is a world power and understanding the language and culture of the people of China will make the two countries, USA and China, have a better understanding and hopefully peaceful co-existence as global powers.
A very good course for anyone wanting to learn basic spoken mandarin and the Pinyin.
i wish there were more lessons i can take the course forever :)
Loved the way it was simplified for all us beginners!
good course for traveler but there are a little of grammar part so you can speak a simple sentence but if you want to create some new sentence it's quite hard.
An amazing teacher and a terrific cours
A good introduction, but it would be nice to learn a little more about written Chinese and some basic grammar. Also, like all on-line courses, this one tests how good the student is at listening, but not how good they are at speaking. You can get high marks but still be unable to utter a single word or read any Kanji characters.
Great!
I enjoyed the course, the videos and quizzes were easy to understand. This was a great start to learning Mandarin Chinese. Will you offer a continuation course, besides the Chinese calligraphy? ;-)
All I have to say it that it is an excellent course. Highly informative and very well received and useful.I would like to please make a request... can you include more course i.e. Chinese Intermediate Courses?
The instructor goes over a lot of material that would be necessary to hold a basic conversation. I really like that she puts emphasis on pronouns and connector words and explains what each individual word's meaning is, instead of having you memorize random sentences without truly letting you know what the literal translation is. I've used Google Translate, Culture Alley and a couple of other sites which have all helped me learn the language but I can honestly say that this course has made the biggest impact for the small amount of time that I've been taking it.
An excellent course that I enjoyed from the beginner to the end. I would recommend this course for beginners.
I love Chinese!
Excellent course, it provides a strong base; in order to learn chinese.
Really good for understanding the basics of Chinese in pinyin!
I missed out the characters during the lessons
Im not finishing it since in the test are missing a lot of sounds ..............
thank you!
loved it loved loved it, simply put and easy to follow
This is amazing....
This was a great basic course that introduced simple pronunciation and words that can easily be transformed into building blocks for learning more Chinese. The instructor was excellent in her explanations and her articulation was extremely helpful in guiding the learner through each video. Thanks for much for a great introduction to Chinese!
The vocabulary was adult and useful.I liked the amount of repetition; the beginner has a chance to actually hear spoken Chinese.I also liked the short sentences. A beginner can't be expected to learn long discourses, especially in a tonal language like Chinese.
really useful ! Well done!
Perfect! It's better than my Chinese course.
Very interesting to learn the basis of Chinese ; very simple and clear!It is also a good basis to prepare the HSK but in my opinion it would have been interesting to have also the chinese characters writen in order to learn both at the same time!
Thank you for an interesting course!
easy to follow lectures. i really recommend this course!
The course only contains a basic introduction to chineese. You need further sessions to learn a language completely and to have any significant benifit from the effort put in.
It was pretty good course though became a bit tough at the end. It will be great if there was a continuation of this course.Looking forward to continue my Chinese learning!
Awesome Instructor and course. It was the best Chinese course for Beginners.
A springboard to start learning Chinese. Very accessible and easy on that tone-deaf Western ear.
Very functional learning
very helpful
hello from Russia...it's very good course for learning Chinese language. i like it!
Good course for beginners. In my opinion, its strong point is simplicity (it does not require much effort and yet allows you to learn something useful, and also makes you think that Chinese is not unbearably complex language after all) and broad range of topics (probably gives you all words necessary to survive short trip to China). What I didn't like in this course is lack of explanation: student is required to memorize entire sentences, but nothing was said about word ordering, personal pronouns and other basic structural features of language. I would also like to have more tests/ exercises with feedback, probably some review tests covering previous lessons.
too easy and no characters
Extremely informative! Would recommend to any friends trying to learn Chinese, also very simple and easily understood, with clear explanations and pronounciations. & vocab!
A good first encounter with chinese that leaves several gaps that may push students to keep studying and making research regarding chinese language.
Everything is very well! Ilike the material and the professor who is teaching us. She is very good. Thank you very much. But the only problem for me is that the wrong pronunciation is given by the professor. For me it wasa psycological issue. Because, I would remember the variant how you should not do! AndI think it is better to make an example only the right variant and repeting this several times as a tongue twister. During the course I am trying to avoid this wrong examples, trying to scroll later and not to hear them. Everything else I like very much!
This Course is good for new learners. I enjoyed this course.
Very useful
Chinese is become more and more important, especially in my city Bangkok.This course is great, and easy to learn!
Good course :)!
Excellent course and I wish there is another one to follow up
It was fun, and a nice refresher for me as it has been nearly a decade since I spoke in Chinese.
Interesting lessons! Quizzes could be improved with sentence translations.Chinese characters could be shown with pinyin in order to be able to recognize them.
This teacher reminds me of old aunties that tried to tell me how to think. "That's just the way it is" is never a good reason for me.
too hard for a beginner
It's a great course for people who want to learn to communicate with other Chinese people. To familiarize themselves with repetition is vital to learning how to speak it properly.
I AM LEARNING A LOT AND MY PRONUNCIATION SKILLS HAS IMPROVED.
A very useful guide to beginner Chinese.
Full of quizzes and tests to test the newly acquired knowledge. This is the way a language should be taught.
by the way, it was a good start for me to learn the first time chinese. Thank you!
it is a great course!!! For me, it is an excellent opportunity for learning about others languages...
Its a wonderful experience that i had gained through this course thanks to coursera for offering such a wonderful courses thanks a lot.
Very nice course... but very, very basic.
Liked it very much! Easy for beginners and it created much interest for China!
Nicely done.
Excellent course! Enjoyed taking it!
Excellent introduction to a beautiful language
I already knew the basics of Chinese -- but I took this course just as a refresher and to make sure I didn't miss anything.This is a great course for people who are just starting to learn Mandarin Chinese.
This is fantastic effort from Peking University, for those who want to learn Chines. it just amazing. chines is very interesting language.....where we need to care of even sounds of a sentence......
Thanks for this course which I'm not only learning Chinese but English as well at the same time.The pace of learning is just right to me. Thanks a lot.
I am giving it a 2 and am leaving the course because several of the recordings in the second quiz don't work. It is not possible to participate when there are technical difficulties like this. If the recordings worked, I am sure it would be a very fun and interesting class.
Great Course
I already attended a Chinese for Beginners course years ago. This course was excellent for brushing up words and sentence constructions. Excellent course also for completely beginners. I hope that there will be additional courses. Thanks!
nice, well organized, and practical. in short: perfect!
I think about this course it´s good for begginers
I really liked this course because all the lessons are coherent with each other which helps one understand Chinese better. I hope that the quizzes would be more difficult to fully test the student's competence.
Definitely worth while, a perfect introductory series into basic Mandarin.
its great!
the classes are sometimes extremely boring and some things are not clearly explained
It was fantastic, and easy for a beginner to pick up.
Overall this course is really helpful when it comes to grammar and sentence structuring. You get experience with a lot of vocabulary as well. I gave the course four stars because Chinese characters aren't taught or covered at all, just pinyin. Which is fine, but it would be nice to have those briefly introduced as well.
It would be a good choice for beginners.
Excellent course for beginner . I f you can provide the level 1, 2, 3 etc will be tremendously good.
This is an excellent course if you want to learn the basics of Chinese.
Great course. Very useful for a begginer with no experience in the language. Great teaching examples
A very nice beginner's course for anyone who wants to learn the basics of Chinese language. Very easy and step by step course. Great job!
Really easy course for learning. Very pleasant teacher.
Peking University's Chinese for Beginners course has been very interesting and comprehensive in covering the basics that would be truly useful and stimulating for beginners. The course has had simple yet adequate approach in teaching and assessing students' learning. For better practicing of conversations and lessons, it might be helpful if actual dialogues between the lecturer and a co-teacher were presented for the students to hear and learn from.
liked the course and the lady teaching - very pleasant!
Absolutely amazing course.
Just great.
I'm so sad that this course is complete! This was a wonderful class with a very good instructor whose logical and gentle approach made learning easy! I would highly recommend making additional courses in Chinese language. Luckily, there is a class in Chinese characters available, but I would love to see Xiaoyu Liu!
I have learned a lot.Now I want to learn more.
Great introduction to Chinese basics. I'm waiting for the next curses! :)
Excelent course from beginners!!
Great for someone with no previous knowledge!
Quite ok, but maybe a bit hard at the beginning
I thought she was a nice Teacher but Didn't teach the Basics steps into speaking & learning chinese .If she had started with ABC alphabet how to write & speak the first week then taught to sound each letter out in different pitches of volume 2week then to sentences building 3rd week so on .it would had been much more helpful I believe ...I sad that i had to leave the course b/c it seem and look like a great obertonty ... but it went to fast didn't cover what i Expected it would.. :(
A submission too complicate to learn chinese-Three submission is too reasonable.
muy buen curso.A very good course.
Very well prepared and presented. I really had fun while auditing this course. Thank you!
have a blast learning chinese!
It´s a great introduction course to Chinese language! Congratulations to the organizers
This course was presented professionally. It was well organized with the right amount of material to keep my interest. I highly recommend this course to anyone who has a desire to learn Chinese. I look forward to any additional courses that Peking University has to offer.
Great course for beginner
It was so clear and so helpful, I know this will help me have common conversation with other mandarin speaking people.
Thank you, 谢谢 !
not practical, some audio files are not working ...
Excellent course for a beginner or post-beginner as the fundamentals of pronunciation are dealt with slowly in the first half and then it races ahead with useful language and vocabulary for everyday contemporary situations like talking about hobbies, using the internet, etc etc. Stylistically, the Professor may seem dry and mechanical to some but I liked her. No fluff. She moves at quite a pace. For false-beginners, would have bene nice to ave had access to the Chinese vocabulary during the course not at the end. Looking forward to the next course.
Very solid content, with distinct sections and themes. No writing makes it into a good introductory course but also is something more serious learners need to study on their own alongside the course.
its going good so far
This course is very practical, I would recommend everybody interested on learn mandarin
Great!Chinese for beginners made simple and efficient. Would totally recommend it to anyone who is interested to learn a new language.Kudos to the entire team for putting together an engaging course
I found very interesting and useful this course. All modules are nicely designed and framed in relation to learner prospective.
Currently I'm in China, and I can learn very fast Chinese from this course and practicing just on the street)Xiexie ni)
It is intresting Course
short modules, focused quizzes,
You should put chinese characters for a better understanding of this beautiful language.
I´ve missed Chinese hanzi.But apart from that the course and tests are all good.
Great Course and teaching style
Goes waaaay too fast to actually learn anything. Not very useful.
Excellent course, I had been learning other Asian languages. However this course is very practical for a beginner or starter.
Great course to get to familiar with mandarin... it will give you the confidence to start practicing.
Nice one.. Helped a beginners like me a lot.. I found confidence in myself. Hats off! Simply explained.. xiexie :)
Good course!
The teacher is very good. It is also good that it has the words written in Mandarin at the end of the material. I just finished the course but now I am learning the Chinese characters for the vocabulary presented in these lessons. I loved this course! I will come back to revise it often.
Very good course! It was my first contact with Chinese language and I learnt so much, thanks!
This course is very good for people without any knowledge of Chinese. I think if anyone wants to learn Chinese in this course will make the first step.
I think any course of Chinese must include characters. To teach only a too basic sentences in pinyin is not a good experience. Nonetheless, I like this course.
Very good course, gives a glance about all the basic expressions / sentences you could need in a daily use in China.
Very good course and well structured. The difference to other fragmented online videos "teaching" Chinese is the thought through build-up and the professional didactic value. Recommended!
Only teaches pinyin but it's suitable instruction for beginners who just want to learn how to construct some very basic sentences and dialogues. All in Mandarin.
It is really good course, fine video and sound quality were most likely for me. Also it's very good lessons order.
A good course to begin with Chinese
It's easy to understand and so useful. I met a chinese girl and now we talk together. I hope will be another one in the future to continue learning this beautiful language.
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Focuses on pronunciation and basic pinyin. I think this might be a difficult course to start with, although the quizes themselves are very easy. Vocabulary is very lightly covered.
Makes a simple, yet very effective start to learning Chinese!!
The course is a very practical approach to the language. The main goal of it being to help you get by in the country. It's title should be Surviving in China 101. Although misleading for people wanting to learn the language to an extensive level, it's definitely a good base to have and to build on. The material is presented in a very accessible manner and the quizzes help you master the key elements acquired within each session. Overall, great class if you plan visiting the country and want to be able to get by without a translator as we all know that not all Chinese natives speak English.
Great introductory to the Chinese language! The teacher is very pleasant, has an excellent and easy-to-listen pronunciation.
Thank you to our teacher because this course it's amazing! I have no idea of Chinese and I am learning slowly but at my own with this course. Xièxiè again 教师!
It was pretty comfortable which makes use to lessons learnt prior in the further lessons, hence helping to remember
Great way to learn the basics of a new language. It was a fun course but not to say its not challenging at all! Thank you!
Fantastic! Very good!
Well, it is a fairly good introduction to chinese. It's short and easy. However, I expected much more from the course.
One of the best language classes I have attended in my life. conceptual and easy to use. I used to think chinese is the hardest language of all, but her presentation skill really impressed me and I understood whatever she taught us. I would say she is really a nice teacher and I would like to have more advance courses from her.
An exceptionally good course for learning how to speak basic Chinese with very clear phonetics and word by word explanations.
Good as a standard introduction to chinese. We learnt similar words in our first-semester course at uni.I'd personally also like to learn the simplified chinese symbols but that's just my opinion.Weekly deadlines are good but if we keep going I won't revise anything. I'd rather have the course force me to repeat some of the words and constructs I have learnt in former courses. The assignments should be harder too.
I've been learning Chinese for 3 years and this is a great course whether to learn from scratch or to review the basics. I think it should also focus on learning or at least showing the correspondent Chinese characters so that the course could be even better.
Videos proceed way too fast for complete beginners and things are explained without enough underlying basics. Plus there is not really enough chance for repetitions in the videos. Tonal explanations are good, except for the green line where you are not told how to choose what part of that tone to pronounce every time. Overall, it could be a great course but falls short because the videos proceed way too fast and without enough repetitions or even practice exercises to be able to remember the phrases afterwards.
Great course, i learned a lot from it. I look forward to another course like this :DThanks!
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It is quite good course for beginners those are Latin-Language-speaking people. You don't need to learn a chinese characters. So, it is very simple.But, I think that these lectures lacks logiccal explanation. Even in beginning, the logical sturucte is undoubtedly important for further learning.And, Quiz are really easy. So, you can finish this course even in a day if you have a sufficient time. I do not think that this course will make someone really spaek Chinee in China. But, this should be recommended for only those are interested in Chinese and do not have a plan to go to china.
Really comfortable with the beginners like me
I l loved this course. I have always wanted to learn to speak Chinese and this course was a lot of fun. I learned a lot in 7 short weeks. Thanks!
Excellent and well paced
A wonderfull introduction for beginners in Chinese. This was my first Chinese lesson ever, and i really enjoyed it : easy to understand. The teacher speaks very slowly and repeats each word/sentence 2 times, so we have time to train our ears to the "chinese speaking music". :-)This course focuses on oral chinese only (speaking and understanding), but you can go further and use other online ressources to learn reading/writing chinese too.
This course is enjoyable and easy to learn from. A minor drawback is that some pictures are difficult to distinguish in the exercises.
very nice and practical introduction into Chinese, tnx :)
An easy course, though I disliked the lack of Chinese characters (only pinyin - the transcription) and lack of grammar rules. I recommend it only for beginners who know nothing of Chinese.
A very good course. A very good teacher!Xiexie! :)
The whole course is basically a short topic based phrasebook being read-out and over-explained in English. Since I already speak English, this isn't very useful. The course contains no dialogues, or any real situations where vocab's being reviewed. I found the exercise nitpicky and confusing, and there's no indication nor review of what actually you did wrong. Better just use an audio-phrasebook and repeat it using the same time.
I really love this course. Easy to learn . I hope Peking University can open more higher level course.
The perfect course for a basic understanding of Chinese language
This class is awesome! I wish that there were some written notes or something to help but the videos are awesome to help with pronunciation.
Really learning a lot. I initially had no working knowledge of Chinese but this course has definitely pointed me in the right direction concerning learning the language.
I am having a really good experience. The classes are very easy to understand and the quizzes help me fix the knowledge. I highly recommend this course for people who want to learn the first words in Chinese.
I found this lesson so valuable! I love how the video teach me and I've gained some new words in Chinese as well as using phrase.I hope there are more Chinese lessons as well as other languages!Thanks for having it online so that we can study when we have free time!
The course of excellent. Recommend to anyone that is travelling there or just wanted to be able to hold a simple conversation.
The material lets you go practically at your own pace, and it is good to teach people how to speak before confusing them with characters.
Ni Hao,I liked the course, good course content though the first week which includes the tones was tough as it is hard to memorize the same. But as English phrase says, "try try till you succeed"or keeping trying till you succeed.So we have to keep trying the tones till we succeed.Would like to thank the Professor for the video lectures.XieXie
I wish there was more character emphasis, but not bad! Nice and refreshing.
This is a very good course to learn some basic expressions and, most of all, get a good first grasp of Chinese pronunciation. However I found the course structure quite repetitive over the seven weeks: Every other module is structured in the same way: "Which fruit do you like? Apple, banana, orange...", then the week after it's "Which sport do you like? Basketball, cycling, running". For a seven-week course this was not challenging enough. But it's a good start.
A wonderful course and an amazing instructor.Hope to get a next level with the same professor
Excellent Course! Made Mandarin fun to learn.
Haven enrolled in this short online course in Chinese for Beginners has really helped me. Now a Masters student at BNU, it's easy for me to communicate on campus and even outside campus. It makes it easier for a native to give you help since you can say something in Chinese. I am amazingly thrilled with my ease of lifestyle in Beijing; thanks to COURSERA
This is the best way to learn!
Funny learning for beginers :)
A basic course . It gives the basics to progress in learning the language. A bit different for a westerner, but interesting and motivating. Anxious to continue and increase the level.
Is a very good course for learn chinese, I learn much in this course.
pretty awesome for your first steps into chinese. Better than any A1 Book!
Excellent chunking of the material, while integrating daily conversational dialogues. Review and quizzes at the end of each section is great. However, I would suggest adding the Chinese characters to the bottom of the pinyin for future Chinese students.
Great!!!
I thought the class was very well done as an introductory class. Although I thought there would be an introduction to characters also. I liked the laoshi and the slides. :)
A very pleasant introduction to Chinese by a competent and passionate teacher!
good course for beginners
It's a great course! The only thing I did not fully like was the we could not learn any of the characters. I guess this course helped to develop the tones and the recognition of them, but, I think that a little shape in the characters and how each sound could improve this course a lot.
It is very interesting!! I love it!!
Great to get started!
Very useful!
This course is very good. Easy , teacher great congratulations everyone!I hope next edition.
Fine sensible teacher, excellent enunciation and pacing. I shall be returning to this course every few months to keep improving my pronunciation bit by bit.It is impossible to recommend this course too highly for beginners -- and I say this as an expert on introductory languages. I have been English-French bilingual as a child, and Japanese-English as an adult. In addition I have learned six or eight languages at the tourist level, and can do "Hello, I'm here from the gas company, to read yur meter..." plus thank you, which way? Where's the light switch? and so forth in 24. (I live in Toronto, so there are lots of languages around...)This means I've seen both good and bad language courses.This course is one of the good ones.
This is very useful course! The professor describe all courses with clam and very kindly. I also love that it is an open course with no time limit so that I could enjoy and repeat every time I need. Please continue the next chapters or next Chinese language course for all of us. Thank you.
This course is highly recommended for those who learn Chinese for the first time.
Pretty cool. Requires good listening skills and attention skills and ver well detailed.
Great course! Hen hao!
This course is very useful for people who want to learn how to speak Chinese in communication. However, I hope there will be pinyin added so that I can try to recognise the Chinese characters. Anyway, thanks for such a great course. I look forward to seeing more courses like this.
That is a great course to make You get interested in wonderful Chinese language. I even went to the local Confucius Institute to continue studying it! It would also be great to give at least some characters in the course,
i have learn so much!!
The teacher is good!!.. I like the way as she taught and gave every lesson
Missing chinese writing
Never expected that the Chinese language is so interesting. I'm so sorry that I have completed all weeks! I'm grateful for my pretty teacher. Thanks to her I would like to go on learning Chinese. I'll be in China on the 27th of August 2015. I hope my knowledge will help me to orientate in this country. Sincerely, Nataliya, Kyiv, Ukraine
very helpful. I hope she there are more learning chinese course not for beginner, for higher lever
I need the writing part
This course includes major topics of daily life. After having completed all lessons with Professor Xiaoyu Liu, the student will be able to express himself/herself in many useful situations. This fast result of some basic Chinese is very motiviating to complete the course and to continue studying this fascinating language. The only drawback may be the lack of some corresponding Chinese characters. However, this may exceed the scope of this Coursera course. Maybe there will be a course Chinese for Beginners 2 in future. If so, I would certainly participate.
If you want to learn some Mandarin and you are not sure where to start...just start here with this Course. It is all verbal and conversational. You do not have to learn Chinese characters and if you have been thinking, "No, Chinese is too hard to pronounce, its a "tonal ;language", blah blah whine whine "...please believe me, Professor Liu Xiaoyu is going to turn that entire generalization on its head and kick it out of the room. She speaks slow and patiently and if you can pronounce the words "seesaw, Jane Eyre, washer-dryer, car, how, why, and maybe" , then, you can pronounce Mandarin. Whats more...you will be understood. Its a seven week course at your own pace and it covers a lot of ground. You will not be disappointed and you will be amazed what you can learn from her. Try it.
Excelent! I Recommend it a lot! I´m learning a lot.
Very nice! I'm enjoying a lot!
"Chinese for Beginners" is the best online resource I have found for learning a language. Professor Xiaoyu Liu's presentations are clear and easy to follow. Lectures build on content presented previously. The quizzes provide immediate feedback. The features that I found particularly helpful was the ability to pause after hearing a word, phrase, or sentence the professor said so I could repeat it several times before resuming the lecture. I also appreciated being able to repeat the quizzes as one way of reviewing the material. I hope that Peking University offers another online course for those who have completed "Chinese for Beginners."
its a very different language from other European ones
Excellent! I hope we (students) have a continous course, like "Chinese for Beginners II", would be awesome!
Great videos, awesome explanations, amazing background history, fun ad libs, and professionally done!! I am looking forward to sharing my new skills and hopefully taking all subsequent courses offered in this series. She has ignited my desire/excitement to learn Chinese! Where is course 2 already?!?!??! :)
For the amount of money one is paying for this product, one would at least expect teacher-student interaction. The tests are too easy, one can't learn properly from them.
The best course for beginners!
Very nice introduction to Chinese with a lot of work from a skilled teacher. :)
It is a very good course to immerse in the basic Mandarin-Chinese language. I learned with an easy way and the best thing is that the teacher is Chinese, a native Mandarin speaker.
I think the quizzes could've been higher quality. Many of the images used in the quizzes were very confusing. Also, i think more character recognition instead of focus on pin yin would've been more beneficial
Stands up to its name. A very good course to start learning Mandarin. Now, the horror of the language "Mandarin" is no more and I can communicate for the necessary matters in Mandarin.
My first step to learn Chinese!
I'd like to know more day-to-day information to keep a conversation, I like how it started, but some instructions were not clear. And I'd like to see the characters to start learning how some words are written.
It has a way better pace
Simple and nice!!
This was a good intro class. Would be nice to have an intermediate class.
This course is easy to follow long with and the homework is written nicely. xiexie laoshi
Great course! I wanted to learn how to communicate in Chinese and it fulfilled my needs! The instructor is great too! I suggest she give another course, say, part 2. XIeXie!
Great course to start learning the language with
Learning some of the radicals and simple words would make this course much more valuable. It already is very useful, why not do better? :)
Good course. I like it :)
I had an amazing learning experience, Xiexie ni Liu Nushi! I am so ready for an immediate course!
I liked so much the course, because the teacher does have an excellent way of teaching the language.
Not a very good course layout
very useful.
Course material is very useful for true beginners. The course helps a lot to overcome potential fears to failure. Xièxi
Course is enjoyable and interesting so far.
Great course. A complete introduction to this language. Teacher is very capable and clear.
I liked it a lot! Continue and do more courses of chinese. Now I want to learn how to write too
It was an awesome experience! I would totally recommend anyone to join in/enrol in the course. The professor is understandable, both English and Chinese. Useful phrases and sentences, while sentences are also covered during the course, as well as the dialogue.
Thank you very much! I used to learn Chines language in the past, but did not use it since 1997. Now I reviewed the basics, learnt something new and revised the forgotten staff. Many thanks!Fei chang gan xie!
Excellent way to learn the basic of an ancient language
Great introductory course!
Very didactic classes, get us to know not only about the language, but also the culture of China. Achieved the objective.
This course was wonderful! I really loved to have the possibility to practice and learn this amazing language! Thank you very much to the teacher in charge. I really learned a lot!
Better to add characters
Good course for beginners!
it's easy to understand. really good course.
A great course. Charmaine Williams is a fantastic educator who made the learning easy, practical and very useful. The course has enabled me to reflect on my situation with much greater awareness. It has also motivated me to be supportive of families who are experiencing difficulties with mental illness. Very grateful.
The content and activities are very well designed and professional. I higly recommend thsi course to any person interested in learning more about mental health and illness.
An amazing course! Dr Williams is a great and engaging lecturer, and the information is presented extremely well. Furthermore, the content is very interesting and adds aspect rarely touched in other courses on mental health, such as cultural aspects and effects of colonialism.
I found this course insightful and helpful, thank you.
I learned so much more on the history of Mental Health and Illness!! Thanks So Much!!
This course helps to expand my views and critical thinking about mental health and mental illness.
Great course!
I really like the course, all the information presentent.I think it can be better if there was some test, because sometimes it gets too easy.
I am currently in my second year of counselling and I found this course really helpful to understand the social impact of mental health and illness. The course is very informative, with excellent learning resources. I have recommended this course my peers, I am a full-time teacher, as a way of understanding the extended context of our learners.I thoroughly enjoyed to course and would take any other course taught by Charmaine. Her teaching style and passion for subject knowledge hand me hooked on the course right from the start!
I like this course, it helps me a lot during my master of social work application season.
love this class, very pleasant instructor lectures and good info
This course brings some great awareness for the full spectrum of mental health with regards to families, individuals, and societies. I would say it's a good course for anyone as we all have connections to ourself and other people with regards to mental health and illness.
A beutiful course- From Freedom Rides to Ferguson: Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement.This is a historical event that keeps updating itself every day. History as it is happening! And we are so very lucky to have the very protagonists of these historical events here, teaching this course at Coursera. People from everywhere in the world can now learn about this.
I am 68 years old and remember this era quite vividly. It is very enlightening to hear these events described by those in the thick of things. It gives me better understanding of their thought process, their issues, and the complexity of the issues. This is all applicable today as we see a resurgence in bigotry and violence against those who are different. It is something we must all fight against at all times.
Amazing course. Thank you for sharing!
I loved being able to hear directly from the leaders of the civil rights movement. The course videos were short enough that I got through the course in two Saturday afternoons. The stories interwove historical events and insights, practical strategies for mobilizing, and inspiring/moving confessions of light in even the darkest times.Some of my favorite parts included learning about the following:-Jails were used as active classrooms for university students! They even shared info on college access with a jail ward. Crazy.-The civil rights leaders honored all people's dignity and believed in their mission beyond what seemed to be in front of their eyes. Who would have thought that the jailed students would sing to jail staff by name, that they'd build a relationship with them, that they'd sing songs of such conviction to uplift their spirits and to warn the system to "be prepared" for the many more who'd soon join their movement.-Andrew Young's confession about what his wife told him after they read about Dr. Lafayette, essentially "drop everything, we gotta go back home NOW." Their sacrifice and courage, even when they had everything set up for them in the North, are incredible to witness.-The cross-continental influences! I ddin't know Jim Lawson was a divinity school student, who ended up learning non-violence in India where he lived 3 years as a missionary. The intersection of faith, social justice, calling, cross-cultural sharing/empowering were themes I found unable to shake from my mind days after I finished this course.-The civil rights movement was fiercely organized and executed. It didn't happen accidently over night, or by fury or whim of young folks alone. Even the young - so many of the leaders were so young!!! - had a very clear strategy to winning against structural racism, and even their sacrifices "dares" so to speak were planned and not foolish. They knew what dangers or threats there may be, but it was always with a clear goal and purpose that they put themselves in the act of civil disobedience.I will be spending my upcoming months going through the readings, books, and independent research to learn more about the civil rights movements and its leaders. I was not taught any of this in detail in highschool, which I feel that it should!!! This course is timely, and much needed, as it's been disparaging to try to remain engaged and active under Trumplandia. Thank you to those who lived this history. Thank you SO MUCH for translating your experiences into another digestible course, so that less informed folks like me can encounter (albeit late) your bravery, intelligence, and accomplishments which should never be forgotten.
A profound analysis of the Civil Rights Movement, told from the perspective of an active participant.
This is a marvelous and very inspiring course. Thank you so much!
The subject seems so interesting but we need more historical information. It's nice to have a personal point of view but it is difficult to follow the process then.
Fantastic class.
Exceptional information and lessons to better understand what was the struggle for Civil Rights. The teachings of Dr. LaFayette invite to take the brief experience as a case study, worthy of being analyzed and considered when comparing it to other social movements.
Great course! An honor to be with someone who besides being friend of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have a biography at the height of the struggle for Civil Rights, Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr.!
One of the best courses I took on Coursera. Very informative and practical.
Absolutely brilliant course. Each lesson is thoroughly enjoyable thanks to the charisma and passion of Bernard Lafayette, as well as eye-opening and educational in an astoundingly refreshing way. This course doesn't just teach a concept, it motivates you to do something with the information and guides students towards an important method in attaining social change. The history and ongoing philosophy and campaign are nothing short of inspirational.
One of the best and most informative classes I have taken on Coursera. I highly recommend for everyone!
Learned a lot of new things in this course. Very inspiring.
This is a great course.It is more than a history lesson.I
It was a pleasure to listen to Dr Lafayette explain not only what happened during the Civil Rights movement but also the background, the outcome and the philosophy of the people involved.This class has outstanding content and is a great source of reflections on our individual actions.
Wonderfully engaging stories.
I'm learning so much, and it's a wonderful format. We're going to need to know these principles of Nonviolence if we're to deal effectively with the regenerative changes needed. I'm so glad i heard about this course!
This class was excellent. I loved hearing what had to be said and the viewpoints I was given. It was like I was actually there walking among the people. I felt myself protesting and fighting against racism. It was interesting to hear about all the different players in the movement and what they did.
Overall an excellent course that involved a lot of great material on the nonviolent efforts of the Civil Rights Movement. I thought I knew a lot about the Civil Rights Movement but this course proved differently. My only suggestion for improvement is to add a segment that focuses on the contributions of women. Although there was some discussion of women's contributions, most of the material and all of the teachers, professors, speakers were male.
A brilliant introduction to the principles of non-violence, the philosophy of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, and the lives of those who were the founders of the movement including Dr. Marin Luther King. I've so many new heroes having completed this course. Cheers.
A great course for understanding US Civil Right history!
This was a great refresher course for me having lived during the Civil Rights Movement but in the northern part of the United States. Dr. Lafayette did a wonderful job in his stories and descriptions to make the Movement struggles and successes real. He and others also shared interesting insider tidbits on those active in the movement. Great class! Thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow in knowledge of those who fought hard so that each of us in this country can eat lunch or ride a bus however we need to in our every day lives.
Very interesting course - Thank you very much
Nice review of a very difficult time in our history which was favored by some courageous folks who worked and endured a lot to effect a better society.
Every body black white green or polka dot should take this course, learn to come together non violently thank you all for the lessons I learned
A very good SQL course for beginners! The instructor answered questions in the forum. When there is not enough participants to do the peer review, the instructor rate the assignment by himself!
Take me to a new field
I'm a GP interacting with pregnant woman on a regular basis. This was a very enlightening refresher course. will highly recommend it to my peers. beautifully presented. N.B very pretty obstetrician!
Very informative!
Excellent course. I learned a lot of things
great course, compact and informative!
Powerful dose of knowledge. I knew a lot but after this course I realized many crucial aspects that are really significant when taking care about all elements of nutrition in pregnancy. This course gave me a lot and I would like to recommended it to anyone who wants to widen his knowledge in the area.
As a prenatal dietitian, I would like to study in the future more case studies. Thank you!
The lessons are sometimes completely disconected from the graded assignments. There were some graded assignements that dealt with things I have never heard about and I completed it without even looking the lessons videos. Some of the lessons are disapointing of the lack of assistance to the required software/code to be used. In such a way that the concept worked is very simple, but if you have no experience on the software or code you can have a hard time to complete the assignements with irritating details which are not explained at all in the lessons. The lessons serves more as a guide to what you should search in google and learn through other source of information. I did not expected such poor course from a paid one; I have doen free courses way better than this course. Don´t pay or this course, find some other course free or other paid course with better reviews.
The course is good. But it does not has lecture slides that is better for students to understand.
Great overview of many models and techniques, but very high level. Would have greatly benefited from links to resources to learn more about all the subjects. This course leaves students with only basic knowledge of the subject matter, which is fine considering the course timeline. But, for those who want to explore further please recommend sources of additional reading and research.
This course is quite outdated. I didn't learn much beyond what I already knew before I started. The Spark courses from edX are way better than these. Hopefully "Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark" from the "École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne" (also from Coursera) is good (I know their Scala courses, which are taught by Martin Odersky, are quite good).There are very few quizzes between lectures and the assignments are not very challenging.Many of the videos, specially the ones at the end were extremely rushed over. They serve more as a review if you know the subject, otherwise I don't think most people will get much from them.The audio isn't very good for most of the lectures, many having an very annoying chirping sound (from when you leave an old flip phone near a computer... "teh-teh-teh teh-teh-teh teh-teh-teh teh-tehhhhhh....". Gosh, I haven't heard this sound in maybe over five years...).The Kaggle competition at the end of the course can be fun if you do the hard work, but you don't need to put much of an effort to pass. I know that the submissions I peer reviewed were quite poor, but the grading criteria that we need to follow as reviewers is quite vague and not very thorough. You also run the risk of getting a lesser grade than you deserve because your reviewer is incompetent, which is a bummer... At the moment the course has very few people taking it (the same people I peer reviewed, also reviewed me, which leads to me to believe that maybe only 3 or 4 people were taking this course during the November 2016 iteration).
Fantastic course! Excellent conceptual teaching for people who already know the subject but need some more clarity on how to approach statistical tests and machine learning.
I felt that topics were not treated in enough depth. It was a lot of topics to cover in a 4-week course.I learned a lot from the kaggle competition.
it gets on my nerve from 3rd Work onwards
This course covers a lot of material, but unfortunately lacks depth and thorough examples in many areas. It could also use more hands-on activities. Overall, I learned quite a bit and found it was worth the time and effort.
The entire course is an overview! This course will be a revision if you already know the concepts.
Nive that the course covered a broad range of topics.And good to get pushed to do some kaggle competition and peer review.
Content is too easy
I'll say the same about this class as the rest of the specialization, if you have the skills to complete this course then you don't need to take this course. If you don't have the skills to complete this course, you will not complete this course. The course instruction is at 10000 feet level and the assignments are very challenging and the course will NOT teach you the skills required to complete the assignments.I recommend the Machine Learning Course (from Bill's colleagues) at University of Washington. That is a course where you get some real instruction and understanding of how to complete assignments (though still very challenging).
Excellent thoughts and concepts presented.
A quick overview of technology terms used for Machine Learning, and gentle introduction into learning through Kaggle.
This course probably deserves 3-4 stars in a better, maintained form, but the entire specialization is not maintained, the lectures have no production values. Basically, it's a money pit that Coursera is keeping up cynically. It's a real shame because the syllabus correctly addresses a gap in most data scientists' skills.
Do not like the slides and the way it is explained. Compared with other ML courses on cousera, this one makes me feel that it is more like a handbook/dictionary instead of a tutorial to teach students. If you already know it, it would help you refresh the mind. Otherwise, you might find it is just to show off how how complex and mysterious is the data science.
Problems with vitual machine for R assigment. For peer review detail evaluation guidelines is need.
the "practical" part is not really existent
good course material!
Professor Bill Howe gives great reactions to when there are typos on the slides!
Its a great review course. Prior knowledge is necessary
This course was in some ways a disappointment. Although the lectures were intriguing and clear, I felt like the assignments were essentially "Go and pick up R on your own," which was pretty frustrating.
Unrelated and incohesive lectures. Disappointed. Lots of random topics talked about .but nothing in depth.
I enjoy this course. The delivery and the course topics were very interesting. I learnt a lot and peer reviewing other people assignments is a great learning opportunity .
Interesting course and specialization. A few inaccuracies need to be corrected so it can be properly pursued at its best.
Its Hard! but AWESOME, some much info packed in a few lectures!
The lectures in this course were very good but I would have preferred much, much more homework to practice the concepts covered in the lectures.Also, I was somewhat disappointed when a certain issue with the course that I asked about in the forums was never addressed by the course staff. Of course, I could have been wrong about it but, but based on the response from other students I was not the only one having this problem.
Great Course but the assigment don't show the understanding of the course
Terrible lecture videos with many typos, absence of lecture notes, absence of course staff on a discussion forum. Maybe suitable for those who is alredy a scientist and just need to get some general sence of data science.
It's a decent course. Not as thorough as Analytics Edge or Machine Learning (by Andrew Ng).
More dynamic visualisation please, and it will be 5*.
Very interesting course. It would be useful to download slide used during videos.
Excellent crash course in machine learning and introduction to the kaggle data science competitions. However, the grading system had bugs and was unable to accept two answers as correct making it very frustrating. The grader was finally fixed so next round of this course should be a better experience.
Excellent course with amazing practical exercises!
A nice and informative course. The only negative side were the problems with the automatic evaluation of the R assignment. In my opinion, the question should have been automatically removed and/or all submittions reevaluated, or all students should have been notified about the need for manual resubmission. As it was, some (like myself) were left with fewer points that they should have received just because they did not check the discussion forums every day (mainly because of other obligations).
Great course!
Hands down the worst course on Coursera. I thought it might be beneficial to take this course but it doesn't cover anything in details. Wherever algorithms are explained, a really lousy job is done. To be specific, first and second weeks are covered badly. I am still trying to understand the material by reading external articles on the course topics. I think that first course of this specialization was pretty great and this one is disappointing.
The topic the professor covers are awesome. Going from statistics to machine learning is something very awesome about this course
Very nice assignments and content. You learn a lot when you complete all assignments.
I like the structure and the examples in each class. I hope this continues for a Korean 2. Both Yonsei Korean courses have been very good.
I learned a lot taking this course! It was a really helpful start to my learning journey. I hope that they offer more in depth courses in the future!
Is a very useful course and with better translation than the previous one, I hope they can do more courses, I love yonsei!
A very good class! I enjoyed every lesson and quiz.
Good review of basic Korean dialogues. Handy if you've ever taken a course before, but I mostly used it as a review. There was a bunch of stuff I had forgotten, but almost nothing new compared to my first semester at Sogang University. Still, a good course, and I hope they do some more advanced ones. I would appreciate some speaking assignments on top of the quizzes.
Es un excelente curso, he aprendido bastante, muchas gracias a la Universidad Yonsei por darnos esta gran oportunidad de aprender mas del idioma coreano. It's a excellent course, I learned many new things. Thank you so much to Yonsei University for give us this opportunity to learn more about Korean Language. 선생님 상미 하 감사합니다.
The whole course was very enjoyable and made very easy to follow. I was able to learn how to form sentences and the essential parts were explained clearly. A++ course!
I rated 5/5 because the course is easy to understand. The teacher and students did very well in their dialogues.
excellent course! they teach you all the terms and sentences you need to know either as a beginner learning Korean or if you're planning to travel there. In addition to the video lessons, lecture notes and homework are also provided for extra practice! Definitely recommend this course to anyone thinking of learning Korea! Thank you very much for this course 10/10!
Very useful course for me to learn Korean as a beginner. Thanks.
it's very detail, thank you yonsei university ^^
I'm really happy with how 선생님 handled this course. It really teaches how to apply Korean in daily settings. I hope there would be another course soon and I'm looking forward to learning more from Yonsei University. 감사합니다!!
I'm enjoy this program, learn korean become more fun
I have learnt a lot with this course. I enjoy it and hope to have more course of Yonsei University. Thanks.
Great course! I am in Korea now and using everything I learned. Also it's great that I can go back and use the Vocabulary lists for reference! Thanks
Great course. This has really helped me with my Korean study!
I hope I see Speak Korean 2 and 3.
I hope there is a series Learn to speak Korean 1, 2, 3. That would make my day!
Lots of listening comprehension with the dialogues at the end. I liked how well the grammar points were explained. ANd there was a lot of new vocabulary every week.
If you really wat to learn about Korean, not only the language but also some of their food and daily life, it's a good course for you and highly recommend it
Very useful for beginners. You can learn basic expressions: listening and speaking.
This course made me continued study by myself easier. Thank you.
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Thanks to this course I was able to enhance my knowledge further in the field of the Korean language.
the best lesson is for beginner!
Worthwhile if you want to advance at Korean.
Very good has helped me out a lot and am enjoying taking to and understanding my friends as well as business clients and family.
The way to learn Korean from videos, conversation of real speakers, and interactive moments of foreign students is really creative!!I enjoyed a lot, thanks to the staff!
I had previous Korean Language knowledge but this course really helped me polish some conversation and vocabulary skills, while also learning new things.
I really like and enjoy to follow your course but do you know, if by chance, there will be some Mooc's (maybe more advanced) in French. I wish you all the best and look forward discovering the "Learn to Speak Korean 2.0".
instructive, well paced. some of the exercises are a bit too far off from the lessons as they introduce new vocabulary. Very good overall
I really like this course. I took the previous one and it helped me so much! I really love how you all teach. Please do bring a level 2 or something. Amazing work!! Hwaiting!
Commendable videos. Concepta are well explained. I love this course! It's easy to learn. Thank you!
I liked the way the lectures were organized and the way the instructor presented the material!My only complaint is that I wish it was longer and had more indepth reading material and examples. More difficult weekly quizzes would also be helpful. Thank you for these lessons! :)
Perfect.. learning new words and expressions is also great!
so amazing, helped me develop my Korean
It was hard. The korean language is very different from the languages I already know (spanish and english), but it was really fun. The instructor was nice and explained the lessons well. She was very engaging with the viewer. Plus, she had nice hair. The videos had cute cutscenes with other students as protagonists. Although they were a little bit awkward, they were fun to watch and very charming.
Enjoyed learning, look forward to learning more! Thank you!
Nice pace, clear explanations, and well-designed for online learning. This course was perfect for me!
brilliant very easy to understand and clear and concise lectures.
Learning Korean on this course is step by step and easy to understand. Great course!!
i liked this course very much. Hope to see your new courses soon!Thank you!
Excellent course about Korean. You will need to study seriously for this course and it's great.
What an awesome beginner course! The instructor is superb! The students performing in the videos were great! The entire structure of each unit is built upon previous material. Yonsei utilizes this important element for long term memory consolidation. I learned a great deal. I now understand the finer points of grammar, such as particle usage, counters, and how to properly construct grammatically correct sentences. This course has given me a solid foundation in which to build upon. I wish that Yonsei University would offer an intermediate course :) Thank you so much!!
That was amazing journey, but why I rated the course with 4 starts instead of 5?1) To choose foreign students as an assistants to wonderful Sang Mee Han sonsengnim - good idea for those who aren't comfortable to see first class Korean students with 100% fluent pronunciation - bad idea to those who want to hear fluency to learn how to pronounce words correctly, not...2) The course is right for people who want to visit Korea in the next month, it's like the lessons were built upon the idea that the visitors have to go the store to buy something, and to go to the restaurants to eat and spend as much money as one person could possibly waste, because they had to use what they had learned. You'll learn only that in this course, in general. What to buy, order.3) Korea is a high-tech country, and to take the students outside - good idea to see the buildings, nature, and to get some fresh air - bad idea to see how foreign students still misspell very basic words and phrases, and the sound quality is just awful. And it's like the foreign students have no idea about the tone of such a beautiful language, and it's like they are just saying what they had learned by heart before to record the video. As artists - the same.4) Additional materials are amazing! Thanks for such a great compilation of workbook with what we learned in each lesson. Painful to download and try to find the right lecture materials as the file names are just automatically generated by computer letters and digits. Sure, we could rename each files' name separately by hand - but it has always been easy to download files that ready to go and most importantly - find.P.S. I'm very grateful to watch the lessons from wonderful Sang Mee Han - she is a great person I believe. For the next time, as I hope there will be second course titles as "Learn To Speak Korean 2", there will be native speakers with native pronunciation and with good audio quality recorded with professional artists. Sounds impossible, but Korea such a country that will make it possible.
Thank you! This course advanced my skills in Korean. I appreciate your efforts and those of your students. I am better not than when I started. 대단히 감사합니다.
Please, upload the next level of the course. It helped me a lot.
Great course, especially if you are already familiar with most of the sentence structures and need a course to progress with your sentence building. This helped me hear and repeat sentences so I could practice my speaking and listening skills. The audio for the "real life situation" videos was poor and they spoke very fast but other than that I learned a lot from the course.
it's simple and very informative .... i love it
Great course! Please create Learn to Speak Korean 2!
I really like that course. It give me a lot. Thank you instructor. Waiting for your new course on Korean.
Excelent course. You learn lots of vocabulary and lessons are very useful. Waiting for Learn to Speak Korean 2!
The teacher is nice. Thank you
I am very satisfied with the course. The lesson is really comprehensive and help me to learn daily basic Korean. I am really anticipating for the next course from Yonsei University!
This course has helped me be better prepared for my upcoming trip to Seoul. I think I will be able to navigate around town a little bit better now!
Easy to understand and take note the grammar/ pronunciation remarks. Easy to remember as well. Very useful!
I really, really loved this course. It's vocabulary and grammar structures enable the beginner student to engage in simple, basic conversation from week one. On the other hand, the creative ways in which the information is presented and repeated makes this course very enjoyable. I already liked Korean language but this course made me fall in love with it all over again. Thank you very much! Anca, Romania.
I really enjoyed working through each module and building on the weekly grammar point.Well presented and explained. Very practical course. Thank you
Very good basic course. The printouts are a tremendous help.
I have enjoyed this course a lot. The teacher explain the grammar very well and it's easy to follow her. I didn't expect I was going to learn and practice so much! I'm very happy with the course and I would like to have a Learn to Speak Korean 2!
This course was incredibly helpful in learning new vocabulary and phrases in Korean. It was practical and laid out in a manner which was very effective and has been immediately useful in my daily life here in South Korea. I hope you will offer more courses such as this.
I enjoyed this course - I feel I've improved my abilities in understanding written & spoken Korean, as well as reading it better.
The best course. The teacher is amazing, you learn a lot because is not boring.
A very nice introduction to Korean; I've been self-studying on and off for a year, but never anything too structured, so I was a little unsure of how the beginning steps would be broken down, but the lessons flowed amazingly smooth and really gave a lot of useful grammar information and vocabulary right off the bat. Extremely pleased by the course!
Who can read Korean should really learn this course?
I really loved this course! They gave us a lot of practical words and phrases, explained things well, and offered plenty of support through the discussion forums. I'm looking forward to the next course in Korean and hope to continue to learn!선생님께 고맙습니다!
Unbelievably difficult for understanding!
The structure of each lesson is well built up, the course content is thought trough.The explanations are clear and easy to follow even for beginners.Any question arises it is answered and explained in the discussion forum by the staff.Great course.감사합니다
I LOVE this course! Thank you!!
Very happy and positive about taking this course builds up my confidence about speaking hanguel language and very good material for learning.
This was a very good course for learning vocabulary and grammar for use in conversation with friends. The video clips of students participating in dialogue meant there were many examples of hearing pronunciation of Korean by different people.
Explanations are clear and the lessons were helpful !
Great lectures and i learn a lot thank you.
The course material is well planned out and the content is methodical in execution. A Beginner should have no problem grasping new words and in grammar formation as there are frequent repetitions and revisions. Kudos to the team that enabled the short skits!!
The lectures are very useful and are sufficient. However, the students should really work hard to study on their own. There are other online sources for practice by using common words being used by loca감사합니다 선생님! 화이팅!
This course was so informative and helpful!I really like how the grammar and expressions were explained. And by the third week, I was really comfortable with practicing out loud (even though I was alone in my room-lol).Thank you so much for another great course!
Excellent course, very good materials and good explanations. Yonsei University, thank you very much for offering the opportunity to learn the Korean language and bring their country and culture through Coursera. ¡Muchas gracias!, 고맙습니다
I see a lot of progress compared with the last course and I really like it so far. The teacher is really calm and easy going and I totally love how the foreing students appear in the videos because it gives me courage that I can do better and that it doesn't matter where I'm from I can still learn the Language!Thank you for this new Korean course I hope it won't be the last!
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In order to take this course, you need to have a basic understanding of Korean and its writing system.This course met all my expectations and I am truly thankful for such an amazing resource. The way the course is organized allows for the material to build upon previous covered subjects and this reinforces what has already been learned.
What a great course!
Hello. I hope you would offer more advanced courses on Korean and even the TOPIK. I really enjoyed this course! Thank you for making it accessible all over the world.
I could say this is one of the most useful courses that I ever take!.As the last one FSK 'til now it has been an amazing experience.
Excellent course to understand the theory behind the applications of Robot motions! Loved this course! :)
very net and clear, yet so basic!
It's quite a challenge to instill life in the mathematical dryness that is "Control Theory", yet somehow Magnus does it. Simply put the lecturer is awesome and that was the main reason I came back week after week. As to how much the taught material be actually useful for my career and robotic hobbyist aspirations still remains to be seen. The main reason I took this course was that my CS studies didn't provide me with any foundation in Control and Estimation and this course definitely helped to fill some problematic gaps in my education.
This is an amazing course if you'd like to get a good introduction to world of Controls in Robotics. The professor derives math and gives explanation for them, good amount of homework exercise. I really wish the the course was updated with time, I kinda feel the simulator and building quickbot has not been updated in a while or enough support.
Such a great course. For the course crew, keep forward, thanks for what you have offered, and to change the mindset for lots of people like regarding theoretical concepts like, state-feedback, controlability, observability and much more.I urge you to prepare more courses that elaborates those "HardTheoretical" concepts in control, and deliver it in a project-based courses like did. Thanks again
It is a good course. The teacher is amazing. The teacher theaches us a lot about control.
great teaching in combining theory and applicaiton
Very interesting course. It pays to have some control theory and matlab background
Great Course!!!!
This course is very good, particularly if you also make the assignments.
A must-do course for all aspiring robotics & control engineers!
A well-organized control course. The lecturers are humorous. The documents are well-prepared. One of the best thing is I can apply the theory introduced in every lecture in the simulation part to see how my robot moves.
this course finally gave me an approach of what the control is, and hot it's related to the real life problems.
Great!!!
Excellent introduction to control of robotics and control systems in general.
The course was a joyous ride serving knowledge and philosophy. The wholeness of the course covering high level strategies to the application level is something to be specially mentioned about. Thank you Professor and the team for the great enthusiasm you have kept throughout the course.
Its really amazing course for beginner.Professor has great technique to explain theory and very well supported by TA.
Excellent course, really good level
A very good blend of theory and practice ! The course is well structured and helps the student increase his/her general understanding of the Control Theory and Robotics, particularly, about Differential Drive Mobile Robots. Dr. Egerstedt's style of presentation of the subject matter keeps the student motivated and helps eliminate the boredom and procrastination tendency generally observed while taking online courses.The weekly quizzes and the optional programming assignments are moderately challenging but awfully interesting and helps get a clear idea of the concepts covered in that weeks lectures.A good course to take if you are interested to look around your world from a control engineer's perspective. Truly, this course not just covers the theory required to control mobile robots, but also many fundamental concepts of control theory. Moreover, it uncovers a broad spectrum of topics like AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision etc to take up after this course. Just go for it!
pretty good course,gave me a good kick start into the robot control field and also on how to proceed further into it.
Informative course with an engaging professor.Interactive videos were the best.
An excellent and well organized course which takes you step by step into the design of control robots. I highly appreciate professor Magnus Egerstet for his efforts taken into making us understand the underlying principles of controller design . This is a must course for those who are really wanting to shape their career in robotics!!!
Fantastic. Cleared my basic concepts of mobile robots
Very nice experience. Very good explanations.